APAGE roux .THE GUARDIAN

Mornlng Dally (Founded tn I581) Authorlzed u Second (‘tun Mull, Pout Ottlco Department, Ottnwn. ‘ The lalnnrl Gunrcllnn Putrlliitilng Co. Editor uiiil lluiiuirln ltlrcvlur, .l. ll. Ilurnett. Aouorlulo Editor, l-‘runk Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

5 CHARLOTTETOWN. MONDAY, SEPT. l2, 1949

‘that these visitors will leave about $220,000,000 in the United Kingdom treasury as the result of their journeys. London is still Britain's best show piece; next comes Stratford-on-Avon; then historic‘ Windsor Castle; then the lokecdistrict in the North, and of course picturesque Scotland does its share in luring tourists. _This is a valuable adjunct to Britain's dol- r lar income. There is a great deal to see in Brit- lain, and one short visit in summer is not en- I ough to do Ell’ justice. Before the _war the Ameri- suuw» on iii-o |2‘.’.'.'?..l.°;,° ..":"i:."".".:i:;:..r“*:. '2::.:':.'...*: :1; _ _ _ . . . . ; only beginning to follow suit. It is not the policy ...tegzszi.:.;".i':?.;:..::i;?‘rats.12:12:: or °.;'"°“g ~= ere-i i.» volunteer PioneerinQ organizations as the Sal- m" M‘ unqlljlans vmhng lhe ‘lulled Kmgdllm vation Army continues to be as great as ever. l mlmhjfjs c7; cjjrjihnjjj; srlrljgfirfslrlrgloairlj: rllulrowlflz? . . . - - ~ . e 35.42;: ".‘.‘Ll'°?.'“'..'l.."§.§f£Zi a". '::?:..'"“.:':::.':'..' ~ " ' 'J.'§"€;...'L“.?£§ *.':§..';"'.2"'l':;:; l‘.""..‘2°.,“'°.'.i?..".’. EDITOR-AL was The modest budget on which the Army operates is an unfailing source of astonishment to thosel who know the extent of its activities, which arei made possible only by devoted Christian zeal and husia for au . “l nrjflnnuurlhfufdnsrfrsrng cumruigr, o, n. i948. That i. getting mi of the profit motive Armv have always heretofore been gencrouslyllllll‘ ‘l velweullce- ' . _ responded to; an:l tomorrow, we trust, will bol no exception when the appeal to Charlottetown citizens is being made. The objective for the City is $6,000, and for the entire Province $9,500. The City campaign is headed by Coun- cillor W. H. Beaten, with a special names com- mittee under Mr. Fletcher Troop and four divi- sions of volunteer workers representative of all our people. lt is hop-ed the response will be prompt as well as generous, thus testifying in the most practical way to the wholehearted op- _ _ _ _ prgcjgf-jgn of jhg ¢gmmuniry_ - The teachers have had their innings pre- paratory to resuming duties. There is a modi- cum of satisfaction in the announcement there

The air tall grows apace. I l‘ I

Britain's nationalized transportation system is reported to have a deficit of £4,732,824 for

Prime Minister St. Laurent expresses ad- mirable sentiments on the need for enlarging . and improving the fishing industry and extending i markets. It only remains for action to follow.

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Manitoba, according to a Winnipeg Free Press writer, is not a prairie province. Well per- haps in recognition of Port Churchill we will ' recognize it as one of the Maritimes.

A‘ A‘ l‘

Social Work Conference . . . . is an increase of students for teacher training at P. W. C.

which concluded its sessions at Dalvay on Sat- urday morning, has served a most useful pur- pose in interpreting social problems and their methods of solution to the general public. The discussions covered a wide field, all tending ta, rr r H‘ h b r .- emphasize the need of unity of action as be-lunswerr a cu P" mug y u" en erprmng tween governmental and volunteer organizations, l leper eh i. - -

and the importance of mantainin the latter as ~ 4 well as the former in achieving fgurthcr Pro9ress b ndcellulose Plrlurmurc-erlrltlcul goodsb lplushcs’ in werrure activities. r ui mg marieria s, po is es, CfOITTIOEdICIG gums, Herein li-es one of the vital distinctions be-l rnanrljrreespforjrucgrtgrjauitrrpf: and ashes rférirdsorirlj: Lissa iiizisrzizrzf. *.'."..‘i’.§Z.'."?."°.“..‘l?§fi r; fig“ Ty; humonitarianism as well as in other directional sen emseves “you: wourw ow" s or” The biblical blessing bestowed upon him who. gives freely can scarcely be said to apply to taxpayers in a completely state controlled com- munity, however for advanced they may be in social services; nor indeed is there any likeli- hood of human needs being met satisfactorily by any system which seeks to substitute mass production methods for the human touch. Cer- tainly there will always be room for the exercise of private benevolence, both individually and in support of volunteer organizations, so long as we make any claim to being a Christian com- munity. There is, however, much need far closer coordination between such activities and those over - WlllCll. the state has assumed control. That, wel take it,fwas the] chiefkaim of last week's confer-l ence o socia war ers re resent - - ~ - four Marirrme Pr°vinces_ Norlrzrng “Ta rfillmlgllfi. r The AirrTransport Board is probably lllSflr- desirable or from rhe ubrrc m d . .l|Ed ll1 refusing to continue American 0If'pI'lVl- rrrrprrrrorrr rho" successprn res l’ prllfrmlirlje. leges in Newfoundland until the U. S. imple- krrrri ' um-wl" ° l '5 ments her part of the pact, now held up by a challenge in the courts. The whole attitude, however, of hard bargaining and insistence on national sovereignty in the air is anything but istimulating to the developing of air transport. A policy to which al-I political parties in ' " " this Province stand committed is that of rurall The Sqint- John Telegraph-Journal celebrated electrification. The progress made in this direc-l rhe end of the dog days with a six-point story llfl". lIOWEVBT. l1“ 59'9" ‘ll5<3°l"'°9l"9lY SllIW-ton the R.C.A.F. which the Air Force promptly Meanwhile, under more fortunate circumstances, denied in rota, Tho final item of the story should extension of hydro-electric facilities to rural l have been q {i gfl yo ir; ghgrngien "Wighgn u. areas in Ontario is progressing to such an extentl pggfqfji)" that? rho speed of jet planes will as to_ have worked almost a revolution. Tllelreuch about 1,200 m.p.h. within the neXt few Ottawa Citizen says in this connection: jyears, the R.C'.A.F. is concentrating on plotting l-"llltlssuvlllq dell?" "l": l-"Irwlllllesd Wllrliill flights before the aircraft leave the ground." would have been un eard o ony two eca es Pminnobly with n crystal boll, ago in most country districts org now becomingl " " " quite common. Refrigerators, electric stovcs,l Here i; new; yo Quf berry-picker; who have irons, washing machines, even electric razors an:l . nor yer rnnde the}, pfegence felt; Cranberry hor- hame movies are entering more farm homes each l vesting in the New England qreg and New Jor- ycar. How strong a farrtor electrification will be r Se), begun on the fir“ gnd wg; in full grwjng by "I _l<'-‘¢P"‘9 _l°'"1 Y°"l'-1 l"°m I d"ll’l"9 l° llle ~ Saturday, Shipment to regular markets will begin cities Olllyhflltle ‘can telfl. Bgit it should certainly l “on nfrer_|-gdny_ A" cnnnherry growing qrgqg "l" "l9 l’ l" ("'9' ° ° "M" l° "mul" l?" now report a total inclusive estimate of 803,000 ll" l°"l"~ ' ‘barrels for I949, a rox'matel I7 r cent less Since the beginning of the year, 3,163 milosl rnnn h“ yew’; clj-an ‘A jqryge pgfcgygfqgg of of rural line have been built by Ontario‘H-ydro,l this Year's crop win he pfe.puckqged gnd sold bYlP-QlIIQ Illa llllfll l9 39.434 HYllm "dlleil 23.973 in ready-weighted cellophane bags for greater ncw consumers, bringing the total to 249,062. So buying convenience, intensively is the program being pressed, thatl " ' even the cold of winter does not stop it. ln Janu-l prmmrury ‘reps rowurds on. 1*’. g} g "'7' ll" ‘llflmpler 275 "m" °l "“"°l ll“ "d concrete and steel grandstand at the Provincial lraco "Mllmels we" “dded- Exhibition have been taken. Mr. E. M. Wooll- The" 0'9 lmPlefslve ll9llles~ Alld '_'°l "ll l combe, vice-president Foundation Maritime, Hali- ii Ille- lfilfll "limb" °l "llwmels 9"°_‘""9' bull fax, and Mr. P. Hall, Montreal, have been con- the per capita consumption is increasing. ll" .ferring with the directors of the Provincial Ex- prices have declined. In I927, forexample, the ‘ hrbrriorr and Driving park Th‘ m“ of the ayerage farmer paid more than fire cents per‘ grurrdsrurrd worrjd b‘ $140M“ Th. "nnng m; l:".'r..*;"“.:::::'r§. ii.l‘."flli'l."f;'ii;".;,=;;"Ys'°:j,‘ i» ~~~.~; i” .,=;~'>;'>'Y " - r - , reserv seats. e resen eac ers 228 kilowatt hours a month. These figures, when: Won“ m" rerrrarrh wood Prrom fir. "n", translated in terms of well-being and comfort, grrrrrdsrmrd Wm probably b. us“ in moderrn mean_the growth of an_ entirely new life in the imrion or m," ‘or Mm‘ Ontario countryside duringlthe past 20 years. a a o Other Provinces are aso reporting progress ‘ford and M um‘ Err m‘, ‘rarer ll‘ "his dldecllml‘ we wsjmlgrfllord l; m“? i Illfllhiabrifllfl tgis date I852? A brilligant lawyer, i135. Lidlllfihiih°ll '33.... milliiiil lfuiii; * l“ "it '° P1P“; '°" l; 2'” ""' "fit "{1}" ' ' oun o ommons. u or e l" l“ “"9 m" “If ll lemolm "I7 l" the. 6°" - rjidrgiitiiihi: otf PrimeMinister Gladstiino. Ha was "ma" '5 llnfmmedllm" ll" in“ lllllchcoble the strongest opponent of Chamberlain's tariff means of bringmgtliis about, with as little fur- Terom Porky, and “cam. chrrrrunor or n" "l" “l” l“ lmmbl" Exchequer in the Campbell-lanricrman Govern- _"‘-"_' T merit. He become Prime Minister in I900, and TBIIIBIC "Ill ‘Y'all remained so until I916; meantime having form- ed a coalition Government in I9I5, the coalition- Iritain, experiencing the best tourist year in liistoriy, is discovering the dollar value of her

ists under Lloyd George and Bonar Law ganged

up against him on account of his inactivity in historical show places. More than 335,000 Wnst- war preparation: and his "Wait and see" policy orii Europeans and about 130,000 North Ameri- cans an among the $60,000 tourists who will

generally. In l9I0 he lost his seat in East Fife

r in tho House, but was returned lry Paisley two hlm vllltod Irl in by the and of this year, says the lrlllsfflfr _r_l Agoclatiorr. It is estimated

years later. In I920 he was raised to the House of

The Maritime Conference on Social 'Work,r ,, , ,,

There are few more compelling sounds than {that of a ringing telephone. Even so it is sur- ‘prising to read of New Jersey's wholesale killer

taking time out from his battle with police to

For some time civilized man seemed to be ‘getting away from dependence on and know- ledge of the weather, but with large parts of this country pressing on the limits of their hydra development the city dweller is again as weather

' conscious as any farmer. ‘k i‘ Q

According to the British delegates at the Washington Conference it is a matter of sales- manship to wipe out the dollar deficit. That is so, but it implies increased production by work- men who are now feeling the pinch of poverty on a hunger diet. lt is euphemistically called austerity but actually means to a considerable extent working on an empty stomach.

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RE Electrification

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This column ls open ta the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian docs not necessar- lly endorse the opinion of correspondent;

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R ESULTS OF SMOKING

Sir, — A woman told me that they went. to spend im evening with a. young couple and when they drove into the yard he came out. of the house smoking as thin as a lath. Yes, I said. he ls killing himself smoking. I don't. think he'll live long. he reminds me of a mzm I mot about l5 years ago who told me that: he started smoking when he was young and when he got along about 30 or 35 he found his health falling and he went to a doctor and the doctor asked, Do You Smoke? Ycs, Well the to- bacco ls killing you; you will either- hzzve to give It up or go very slow on it. Well, he said. I'll give it up. And he said lf I hadn't. given 1t up I would have been m my grave

long ago. Now that. man is about '75 and ls sill} operating his ownl farm.

Professor Raymond Pearle of‘ John Hopkins University. com-I plied the life hlslorlvs of l2.000l Persons and he traced Lhe recordi of tobacco on these person-s and‘ fund that Up to '10 yearg of agoj the death rate of heavy smokers| was double that of nan-smokers‘ He said there are 19 poisons in to-l bucco and when tobacco kills in-l directly the doctors wlll say 1r lsj some disease of the heart, anrl| smoking escapes the blame. Now that shows convincingly the de-, siruciive effect of smoking on the‘ health.

Now I shall try to show its dc-l structive effect on the packcL book. A reliable Christian mn-i; told me that he was brought up ln’ poverty because hls father spent more money ln tobacco than his mother had to feed the family. Dr, Blcknell, of London told the Eng- llsh people three or four years ago that Britain was dying of starva- tlon 178051158 the people were squandering their money In tobac- co and other unnecessary luxuries. and by the rationing they are un- dcr now that. condition must. be Srowing worse for the Govern- ment ls in desperation frying to solve the dollar problem whzch ls a real crisis. And o. similar candl- tion is threatening us. Our gov. ernmcnts are at their wlts’ ends trying to devise ways and means, to provide cheap housing for [hose who can't afford to build for ihcm- selves because they have spent. and are spending their money in clg- aretlcs. '

You can travel along some roads in this Province and also in other Provinces and see little shacks whlch look like little chicken broader houses. You can conclude that these fellows" all smoke; but 1'11 tell you of one fellow iniié didn't. smoke. He was a boy tn i; larize family and hls parenis couldn't glve him nny start in llfe and he went. and hlred with a good farmer. He was o good boy and the farmer paid ‘hlm good wages. He saved them carefully and the farmer raised his wages n: he grew "to manhood and he kept on earning and savlng hl-s money until a tlme came that.

there was n nfco homestead for aelv- He bought It. and was able Lo make a substantial payment on it and gave L mortgage for the bol- nnce. He then m rted a. nice girl and they weni to work and soon lifted the mortgage. Now they have n nlce homestead of about 75 acres and she told me two or three yearn ago that they didn't. owe a dollar and lotn of boys of his time and slmllur circumstances have nothing but smoke. ‘Now they want. the Government to build houses for them. will poo- ple go on wasting their health and their money this wny or wlll they reform’! There la something wrong with imyo that. will smoke or jutlfy smo after reading these facts; they must. have some strange new religion Mth no cross. I am. Slr. etc, OBSERVER.

lle that feoretli God stroll cola forth of them all.

OLD ‘PIMIPIICE

The ancient water-clock Ill

known no o clopnydro.

Raw Carrots andlBeefj

(New York Times) . For all practical purposes Brit- ain's representatives at the can- ference on the dollar question are‘ the two leaders of the British delegation. for they are the ones who will conduct the negotiations and make the decisions — Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State for F0:- eign Affairs, and Sir Stafford, Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchm. qucr. The one has effective juris- diction over the whole field of_ foreign policy, the other over the! whole field of economics, finance and trade. Even in these days‘ when “plcnipotentiaries" no long-r er possess complete powers to rc\—. present their governments. pc-r- sonalities count a great deal. The‘ outcome of those crucial negotia- tions will be strongly influenced by the two British leaders. .0 O O -

Look at them-their chnractcrsr are in their faces, their build, their accents, their dress. The uric

is a teetotaler. a vegetarian, an eater of raw carrots. sharp, in- tellectual. logical. precise, like

one of those amazingly intricate calculating machines that giver simple and correct answers to. the most complex problems, Sir| Stafford has a gift for seeing a clcar pattern in a urclter of seem- l mgly incongruous facts. It. has given him a “roll-carried reputa- tion for being more of a machine than a man. and yet n! heart he is warm and frimdly. with the barbed but essentially kindly. sense of humor of the upper-class Englishman. He has many dcvnt-l erl friends, but he is n0ha.'l_v‘s‘ “pal." For the sort of job he handles he is technically the best equipped brain in Britain- some think in the world. In Lon- don they say that he has been in peace what Winston Churchill was in war, and he has earned gener- ous praise from Mr. Churchill. The praise is a tribute to the pro-| fessional. the technician, the ad- ministrator. What baffles his ad- mirers in the Conservative oppo- sition is that such a man can alsoi be an ardent Socialist rind a deep- ly religious High-churchman. "There. but. for the grace of God." said Winston Churchill one day. "goes God." _ a o

About. "Ernie" Bevin there are no mysteries. One look at that broad, massive face, that beefy John Bull af a figure; one minute listening to his earthy warkmon‘s language and you know the man. His record is proof of his ability —thc ruthless ability of a self- madc man, the creator and ad- ministrator of the. largest trade uulon in the world. the organiz- er nf Britain's amazing labor force in the Second World War. nnrl the director of hcr forciun affairs since the war ended. He is the shrewd and stubborn bargalner. the compramiser seeking a mlrl- dle ground. the incorrigible opti- mist who refuses to believe that a solution is unattainable. I-Ie sees foreign policy ln terms of econ- omics and standards of livlng. and that ls why he ls on his wny to Washington.

Mr. Bevin ls the strategist; Sir Stafford the tacticinn. The Foi-clgn Secretary will propose bold and broad pollcles. but the Chancellor wlll dispose of them on a teati- nical Level. They are equals In power and capacity. but as dlf- ferent as nlght and day ln back- ground, temperament and charac- ter. Take them together and ttiey make a mlnlnture cross-section of British society. In that sense they are true ambassadors of So- clallst Britain. They come to n country that does not believe ln Socialism and that has been crltl- cs1 at tlmes of Britain's foreign pollcy. but It ls o friendly coun- try. They need not feel. and they certainly do not feel, that they are seeking charity. and any dele- gation containing Slr Stafford Crlnps ls not rrolng to offer the sort of "trlck solutions" that President Truman waved nlde ln hls speech Inst Monday. They are the kind of statesmen with whom our own lenders can discuss knot- ’ly Issues frankly and firmly, but wlth friendliness.

FALL sms

I. P.

Queenlt.

MARKET DAY

It follows up the hill and down-- The road that takes me into town; And, oh. lt’s many lads I meet

Wlih smiles and glances bold 0r sweet;

Eyes that. are blue maybe. or b1nck—

But I am never smiling back.

I have to hold my tongue and go

As prim -as if I didn't know.

Ah, dear. It's hnrd-Jhis being; good-

I d0n’l. like doing what I should.

My bnsketfs always heavy. too—

I need a man's strong anm. I rlo!

I wonder why therrfs any harm,

When all the n.li"s so kind and warm.

When smiling lads swing down the road

And tlfili to help me with my loo-d.

In smlllng brick at. them again-

Not every time. but nnw and then.

—Abigail Cresson.

iouqpuoms B Old Ch arlottetown

(And P. IL I.)

ASSISTANT JUDGE NEEDED

"The Trinity term just closed was opened by Chief Justice Jnr- vls, lhls being the only occasion on which his Lordship appeared in Court, hnvlni; been unnblo, from severe illness (we understand from fnlluro of sight) to attend at any subsequent period of the term. We further perceive, by a notice published by the Slicrlff of Klng’s County, that there ls to be no Court held at Georgetown thln summer, owing to the con- tinued lndlsposltlon of the Ctilef Justice.

"This ls much to be lamented. not only ln reference to the por- sonul sufferings of a gentleman who has so mnny clalmn to our re- spect, but as regards the incon- venlonce to which the country at lnrge is subjected by the suspen- slon af the Courts. Out, of evil, however, It is saltl, may come good. We now feel the necessity of a professional Assistant Judge, cap- able of discharging the dutlen of the Chlcf Justice undoi- such em- ergencies as we at PM"!!! lfllml" under. And now since the Steal bugbcnr. the dread of havlnfl n Nova Scotla lawyer plated "D9" the bench, la removed, we trust that the Legislature wlll, at its next Session, make Dfflvlilct" 1°‘ so essential an officer." '