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Authorised no second Ginsu Mull Post omu Deplrtment, Otllwn. The Island liulrdlsn Publishing Co.

President and Associate ltidllor. Inn A Burnett. Associate Editor. Funk Walker.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edwud Island like the dew"

"Ibo Strongest Memory" 15 Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

(THARLOTTETOWN. SATURDAY. DEC. 6, 1952

our Transportatation Needs

Our transportation requirements, both at Borden and Wood Islands, have been in the limelight recently and it is significant that 0the agitation is coming from both sides of politics and that there is pretty general agreement as to the inadequacy of the present ferry services and the re- sponsibility resting on the Federal Gov- ernment for their improvement. The M.V. Abegweit is a magnificent boat but as Premier Jones has pointed out on several occasions, more facilities are needed for fcrrying our farm produce apart from rail- .vay schedules, and a shuttle service, not only for the accommodation of visitors during the tourist season but for our farm- crs as well, has become more and more necessary.

While the Premier was stressing this point at the annual meeting of the P. E. I. Innkeepers Association here, Mr. J. Angus MacLean was driving the same point home in the House of Commons. Both speakers also referred to the need for improved fa- dllities at Wood Islands, which was the sub- ject of a strong presentation before the Canadian Maritime Commission last week, and to which further reference was made by Mr. R. E. Mutch, president of North- umberland Ferries Ltd., in his letter read at the Innkeepers' Association meeting.

Speaking some years ago at a Domin- ion-Provincial Conference in Ottawa, Pre- mier Jones put the issue in a nutshell when he showed that under the British North America Act, Parliament has exclusive authority over .interprovincial ferry serv- ices. sWith regard to- our specific guaran- tee of continuous and adequate communica- tion with the mainland, he pointed out that this clearly meant the maintenance of up-to-date services at all times. "If the agreement had been consummated today instead of in 1873", he said, "it would un- doubtedly have included adequate provision for railway cars, trucks, buses and auto- mobiles by ferries located in at least two points on Prince Edward Island and prob- ably communication by air for mail and passenger: travel; or else we would have remained out of Confederation." Equit- able treatment, he maintained, not only in- volved provision of these services, but "the reduction of carrying charges to the barest. minimum. Ferries should be national high- ways under the terms upon which we en- tered Confederation."

The same points were made more re- cently before the Turgeon Royal Commis- sion on Transportation, and it is significant that in its report, submitted in the spring of 1951, this Commission. agreed with the Provincial Government's contention that the Borden service has been too closely tied to railway train schedules. The Commission ad- vised moreover that the Federal Govern- ment should examine the situation fre- quently in order to determine the ade- quacy of the service "consonant with rea- sonable traffic requirements.”

From the nature of the case, this recommendation for frequent review of our transportation needs is all-important. We are not standing still as a Province. We are expanding in tourist trade and in the exports of our farm and fishery .products, and we hope to see this expansion great- ly accelerated in the near future. Our

population could easily be doubled, and we '

have only begun to scratch the surface of our possibilities in processing and market- ing of our natural resources. What chief- ly is keeping us back, as our political spokesmen of both parties are emphasizing with increasing vigor and unanimity, is the idea which seems to prevail with all gov-

condition and that the belated granting of some concession for which we have been pressing for decades should satisfy us for all time to come. This is not the case. We shall never be satisfied with inaC:quatc services..or-with the spirit of complacency that forces us to put up with them," while we have any initiative left in ourselves or any means of making our grievances known to the rest of Canada.

(tattle Exporttiutlnk

.- . the 1951, exports and dairy cattle and of . ' itotho united States

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stock and meat from Canada, by reason of the foot and mouth outbreak in Sask- atchewan. The border is to be reopened to these products on March 1 next. The flow of exports will then be resumed, but a note of caution is sounded by the Ottawa Citizen as to the extent of this business in 1953 and in the years ahead. American cattle prices have been showing an easier tendency, and the 'U-. S. Bureau of Agri- cultural Economics predicts a "rather sub- stantial reduction" next year.

This forecast is noted by Ottawa of- ficials in their appraisal of the livestock marketing outlook for 1953, presented to the annual federal-provincial - agricultural conference this week. They expectadecline in Canadian livestock prices in 1953 from this year's levels, as a probable result of in- creased marketings and a continued down- ward trend in the U. S. This decrease is believed likely to be more pronounced in prices of cattle and calves than in those of hogs, with the least change in values of lamb and mutton.

"What Canadians must take into con- sideration," says the Citizen, "is the pos- sibility of a gradual decline of American cattle values-a process which might take several years-until the income support provisions of U. S. agricultural policy are invoked. In such an event, the position of Canadian livestock and meat shippers in the American market would become pre- carious, for it seems unlikely that under such circumstances Washington would wel- come competition from outside sources.

"This is to suggest that Canada's cattle and beef trade with the U. S., lucrative as it has been in recent years, rests upon an insecure foundation. It also suggests the wisdom of preparing for setbacks by seek- ing as many alternative markets as possible. The domestic market itself offers increas- ing opportunities to Canadian cattlemen, given price levels more attractive to con- sumers than at present. Export Outlets will be more difficult to find, in view of the competition offered by southern hem- isphere countries and of still unsolved ex- change problems. Yet Canada should face this problem squarely, rather than assume that the American market is permanently secure." i

EDITORIAL NUIES

Tomorrow 2nd Sunday in Advent. O Q 0

Charlottetown's Federal Building would seem to be getting closer. Since first pro- posed a Federal Building has been erected in Summerside and now lenders have been called for one in Kensington.

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The Army is in a position not unlike that of many private citizens. Housing is a major problem for both. To give relief to one at the expense of the other would

be neither wise nor fair.

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As all too often happens the problems of securing a better life were side-tracked at the Commonwealth conference to deal with matters arising out of international

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There was a Churchillian flavour .to the quip of Scottish Labourite William Ross in a debate recently. Called to order for booing the Prime Ministerf Ross remons- trated, "What else can you do with a goose?" Churchill declined to treat the

remark as unparliamentary. O I I

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Kensington is in the news these days because of its remarkably central position and excellent communications. These con- siderations certainly played an important part in the Town's being selected for a new Federal building, including R. C. M. P. quarters and proposed as a site for the es- tablishment of a regional high school.

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Sir Osbert Sitwell. English poet and novelist, was born this date 1892, brother of Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell. He served in the Grenadier Guards before and dur- ing the First World War. The war ex- cited him to the bitter satire, both in prose and verse, with which his name is chiefly

associated.

What they lose on the swings they make up on the roundabouts. British film producer J. Arthur Rank,states that his organization lost money at the box office but more than made it up on the sale of ice cream. From a business point of view showing pictures was merely a method of

-stimulating the sale of ice cream. 0 O O

The taxation of privately owned util- ities such as Maritime Electric while pub- llcly owned hydro installations are tax-free is a discrimination against the users of electric power in this Province, II was pointed out in Parlluncntvby Mr. J. Angus Mscuan. The same type of discrimination exists in many fields but it is pcrtiullsrlv Bailing when every effort Is, being made to extendtrursl electrification within the

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

What's He Savin

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by uurrcipondents of question: of Interest. The Guardian does not necessar- lly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

CATHOLIC SOCIAL WELFARE

Sir,-The December 4th issue of The Guardian reported a meet- ing of civic authorities and repre- sentatives of various organizations in the city, including the Depart- ment of Health and the Red Cross Society. to discuss the proposed establishment of 9. V.0.N. agency in Charlottetown. Mention was made during the discussion of the work of the Catholic Welfare Lea- gue. No doubt this reference was to the Catholic Social Welfare Bureau. To correct any wrong im-

ipresslon with regard to the ser-

vices of the nurse employed by this Bureau may I give the follow- ing explanation:

A home nursing service is car- ried out. Baths, treatments, hypo- dermlcs (subcutaneous and lntra muscular), other forms of care and medications as directed and prescribed by various doctors are given to all irrespective of race or creed. in homes and not as stated in the Guardian report of the meeting, ”that most of her work is done in the Charlotte- town Hospital."

Those. who are able to pay do so, charges varying with care giv- en. Those who are unable to pay receive free service regardless of denomination. Along with curs- tlve nursing care a preventative programme is fol owed in camera- tlon with the Department of Health and under supervision of family doctors. Nutritional aids and medications are provided un- der doctor's direction to children and parents in various homes visit-

ed.

The health of children placed in foster homes for various rea- sons come in this category. Reg- ular vislls are made, progress and health records kept to note mental history and development. of children in regard to habits, at.- tltude towards others etc.

Lack of tmnsportation present- ly presents some difficulty, but the fullest. possible home nursing programme is being carried out while travelling mostly afoot. The nursing services of the Bureau are available to those who desire it.

I am, Sir, etc., FRANK G. O'NEILL President of the Board g Catholic Social Welfare-Bureau

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The Age-Old Story

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And the Lord sent. Nathan unto Ilnvld. And he came unto him, and said .unlo him. There were two men In one city; the ono rich. and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks Ind herds: but the poor man hud nothing. save one little -ewe lamb. which he hnd bought and nourish- ed u : and It grow up together with m. and with his children: It did eat of his own most. llltl drunk of his own cup, and lay In his bosom, and win unto him no I daughter. .And there came a novelist unto the rich man. and he spared to this of his own flock mid of his own hood, to dress for the wuylurlng man that was coma unto him; but tool: the poor man's lunb. and dressed It for the man that win come to him. And David's Inger was great- ly kindled Against the mm; and he sold to Nathan, As the no

llvclh, the man that hath thin thing shall IureI.v dle.

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During the centuries when Can- ada was 9. French or British col- ony, major decisions on its affairs were made in Paris and London, not Quebec and Ottawa.

For this reason many records preserved in France and Great Britain are, for all practical pur- poses, part. of the archives of Can- ada. Access to their contents is essential if we are to understand the motives and personalities that determined policy in colonial days. Efforts have, therefore, been made for many years to secure copies of them, in order that the texts might be readily available for Canadlan scholars. .

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It. is interesting to find that the first person sent to France by the Government of Canada to ex- amine these files and secure copies of some of them was none other than Louis Joseph Paplneau who visited Purisin the late 1840's. The transcripts secured were bound in 10 volumes. Four of these are still in possession of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. As the Public Archive: did not exist in those days, the other six were placed in the Library of Parlia- ment. and were destroyed when the Parliament Buildings in Man- treal were burned in 1849.

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Just 1 century ago Georges Barthelmi Fsrlbuult. was sent to France to copy t -ts there. The printed catalogue published by the Library of Parliament in 1858 lists the transcripts he brought home. Unfortunately, the tran- scripts themselves have vanished The oldest copies now in posses- sion of the Public Archives are contained in a stout volume of 587 pages by the Jesuit. Father Mar- tin. in 1857.

The Public Archives came into existence in 1812 and the follow- ing year the Abbe Verreau went to Paris to make a. survey of ma.- terial of interest to Canada in the great collections there. This was the first of several such surveys undertaken. The last and best known was carried out by J. Ed- mond Boy, who compiled a for- midable 1,100-page guide published by the Archives in 1811.

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In London, copying began in 1882. and here again hundreds of volumes of transcripts were pre- pared snd sent to Ottawa. In ad- dition, the Archives has frequently obtained permission to transcribe material still in the possession of private individuals. To cite two recent examples: The Earl of Min- to permitted the Archives to copy papers of his father, the fourth Earl, w-ho was Governor-General of Canada in 1898-1904; in France a descendant of the celebrated Nicolas Denys made survlvlng-fnm- lly papers available for photo- graphing.

At, present, key flies in the

David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

A Pre-Confederation Records

(Externni Affairs, Ottawa)

Public Archives at Ottawa are belng mlcrofilmed, with a dual purpose; first, the films will pro- vide some protection against. the risks of dsmage and destruction which every archivist must. take into account in these troubled times. In the second place copies

can be made at. a. later date and 3-S-SDCi8U0n. I-he Apbellste Division Richmond street.

sent. to institutions at 9. distance. 0 0

To some extent the photograph- ing of documents in London and Paris may be regarded in much the same light. Every click of the microfilm camera in the Public Record Office or the Archives Na.- tlonsles not only makes the fac- simile of a document available for use in Csnada.bul: provides against total loss of the contents of the paper in question, should the ori- ginal be destroyed. That: this is not a minor consideration is wit.- nessed by the fact that the great collection in London and Paris have twice been placed in extreme peril by war in the relatively brief period of 38 years.

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LANDLADY EAR-m

Although the old proud earth may

play Lsndlady for a while, And open up to paying guests Her beauty. mile on mile.

Let none assume he owns one inch of what is hers, or think,

That she is held by any leass That's signed with pen and ink.

One year of careless tenancy.

Ten of exploitation,

And watch the grass town,

weeds evict. a. notion.

-llzllzsbeth-Ellen Long in the Christian science Monitor.

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CLEANERS Phone 2387

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dcntrilctlon of your livestock or farm equipment.

volley .. wherever your property may be-Aulnsl losses

upset. transportation perils, accident to conveyances, collapse of bridges or bulldlngs Ind other cguus.

We will be glad of III opportunity to serve you.

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MIMI throughout: the. Province.

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so... ms. 9 smmnsmu . nosncou .

Twenty-four pcnons stranded for A day by snow in 1. Welsh train near Merthyr Tydfll. or maybe l.hst's'just what the sta- tion announcer made it sound like. --Windsor star. i

A large Chicago hospital hu discovered that a good way to soothe a baby is to have a nurse swing him gently in her arms, while sitting in an old-style rock-

, ing chair. Grandma would have

blown her bonnet off laughing at

I that one.-Iwindsor star.

The Mr. Abbott on Canudrs new three-cent stamp is a. former Ptlme.,Minlster and not the pres- ent. Minister of Finance. This re- minder from Ottawa is prdbably for the benefit of those ,tax-pay- ers who have been tearing it up on sight.-Hamilton Spectator.

At Bedford, England. 200 biopic from a nearby village gathered to demand that their vicar be fired. This sturdy independence has deep roots-it was at: Bedford that John Bunyan lived and flourished. in Bedford jail that be spent. some years of his life. (Incidentally on In American quiz program the other night. two persons failed to share sl,500 cash because neither of them know Bunyan had writ- ten Pilgrim's Progress.)- Ottawa Journal.

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It must never 'bc forgotlcn that some 14,000,000 Canadians pres- ently occupy. ln sparse settlement, one of the largest and richest areas on the earth's surface. By the law: of nature and the forces of international struggle no such vacuum can be permanently held. We are perhaps the worlds rich- est door prize. Does any one imagine that we can forever en- joy it without admitting other hungry people from the over crowded and poor lands overseas? -Victoria Times.

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The Auoclutlon of the Bar of the City of.New York is to he complimented on its decision to cut the percentage of damage payments is lawyer may take as a contingent fee in personal injury cases. Under action taken by the

will be asked to limit the fee to 35 per cent, node from exceptional

be figured after the deduction of expenses. This compares with a. growing practice of demanding a 50-60 split often before expenses. Arguing for the hsngc. J. Edward Ylinkement 'l ” t. unfair and unprofesslonsl.' It's not justified and it's high time the profession met. the issue." To its credit. the profession met it. squarely.- N. Y. World Telegram.

This year Canadians wsgcnd 8G'l.440.99'l through the horse-rac- lng pan-I-mutuel machines, the highest amount of controlled bet- ting in 30 years and a. near record. The hypocrisy of clamping down on tiny local lotteries while per- mitting nation-wide betting on horse races is glossed over with

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cases. Also this 85 per cent would 21,; pm,

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purl-mutual figures, for lnsianrh were issued by the agriculture (1.. partment. which was given sup. ervlslcn of purl-mutuel betting 1,, the days when it was deemed that horse-racing was primarily to gm, prove the breed. Vancouver Province. I

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P CHURCH SERVICES The following church directs of seventy years ago appeared N HY Saturday in the local new. papers of the period:

"St. Paul's '(Church of England) Queen Square. Morning and en: nlng service: every Sunday at 11 am. and 7 p.m. Sunday sch”; at 254 p.m. Rev. David Flrzcgg. aid: Rev. Alfred Osborne, curate. "St. Peter's (Church of Eng. land), Rochford Square. Sunday services, Matlns 9 s.m., Evensong 5 p.m. except Friday evenings gt 7:30 p.m. Rev. George W. llodp. son, priest incumbent; Rev. R. D, Bambrlck, assistant curate.

"St. Dunstan'l Cathedral. i.ow' Muss every Sunday at 8 am. High Mas; At 10 am. Vespers at 3 pm, Man at 7:30 am. throughout thn week. Rev. A. McGllvrsy, luv, Dr. Chaissan. pastors.

"First Methodist Church. Priory Street. Set-vices and sermon every Sunday a 10:30 am. and em p.m. Sunday School at 2 pm Week day services, Tuesday an Thursday: at 7:30 p.m. Rev. if, P. Cowperthwalte, A.M., pastor. "Second Methodist C h u r c is Prince Street. .Services and ser- mon every Sunday at 10:30 run. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday School at 2 p. m. Week-day services on Wednesday evening. Rev. Wllllm-A Tlppett, pastor.

"St. James' Church (Pi-esbyu terlan), Pownal Street. Service and sermon every Sunday at 1 am. and 6&5 p.m. Sabbath Scho and Bible Classes at 2:30 p. Weekly service in the Lecture Ha on Wednesday evenings at 7:4!

p.m. Rev. Kenneth Macbennan, pastor. "Zion Church (Presbyterian

Services and sermon every Sunday at 11 am. and 6&5 p.m. Sunday School as

Rev. John McL. ille- Leod, pastor. "Presbyterian Church. Prinri

Street. Rev. Dr. Murray, pastor. Hours of service, 11 o'clock a.m 6:30 p.m. Sunday School at 2:33

in. "Baptist Church. corner Prlncc and Fitzroy Streets. Services and sermon every Sunday st 11 am. and 6:30 p.m., and Friday at S p.m. Rev. D. G. McDonald, pas-

tor.

"Bible,Christlans. Prince Sire-on Service and sermon every Sunday morning at 10:30 am. and 6:10 p.m. Sunday School at 2 pm. Rev. John Harris, pastor. "Prayer Meeting at Y.M.C.A. evn ery Sun ay afternoon at 4 o'clock. "Disc les of Christ meet in New Church- House. every Sunday at 10:30 am. and 6:30 pm. Elder! presiding."

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MocPIIee & Trainer 3. F. MlcPHEE, B.A.. Q.0. E SOMEBLED TBAINOII. B.A.

Barristers; Etc.

Palmer 8: Hcslum A. J. IIASLAM. B.A.. LLB. Barrister. Etc. Bank of Nov: Scotla Chambers Charlottetown, P. E. L MONEY T0 LOAN

J. A. Carrulhers. R.O.

0P'I'0lVlETlllS'r 123 Kent Street Phone 2812 (Next to SimnIon'I Agency)

Allison M. Gillis. LLB.

BABBIBTEII. SOLICITOB. Etc.

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B.A., LLB. Bun-lstor and solicitor Bnnh of Commerce Building Charlottetown Money to Loon

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