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Pulpwood Prices

The announcement that court ac~ tion is being .taken by the Federal Government against a number of pulp, paper and wood companies makes us repeat the suggestion men- tioned previously in these columns that an inquiry into the pulpwood cutting business in this Province might be worthwhile.

Complaints are being heard all the time that Island farmers and others who engage in ‘ wood-cutting at cer-

tain times of the year are paid much lower prices for their wood than those paid in Nova Scotia I and New Bruns- wick—as much as five or six'dollars a cord less. There must be some rea- son for this. Just what it is we can’t say; nor, as far as we know, can any-

one else, except, of course, those who -

are doing the buying. It may be that the reason is a good and sufficient one. Perhaps it costs more to handle the wood and ship it from the Pro- vince than it costs on the mainland, though this seems improbable. If there is any difference at all in hand- ling and shipping costs, it seems like- ly that it favours the Island product. In'any event, the only way to'deter- mine the facts is to have the situation inquired into by competent investiga- tors who are in no way connected with the industry. ’

We are inclined to agree with those ,who contend that pulpwood cut- ting in this Province goes” beyond the

limits of good conservation practice. -

However that may be, every attempt should be made to see that the wood is not sold for next to nothing or at discriminatory prices. ' ,-

A Serious Disorder

If President, Kirkconnell of Aca- dia University is substantially correct in his liquor-drinking, statistics, this country is facing a danger as great as or greater than any that might come from outside aggression.

In an address before the W.C.T.U. Dr. Kirkconnell said that there are, now at least 200,000 alcoholics “with at \least 5 who suffer with and be- causkof each alcoholic.” This would mean that all told well over a million Canadians are directly or indirectly the victims of alcoholism. Dr. Kirk- eonnell noted also that, although

drinking has shown a strong decline .

in the United States in recent years, this country’s consumption of alcohol is increasing rapidly—almost a 20

per cent increase in the years from 1943 to 1957.

Whatever views individuals may _.

hold on the question of drinking in moderation, the sort of picture which Dr. Kirkconnel has drawn—and he is by no means the only one to speak in this - way—-—cannot fail to disturb thoughtful Canadians. Apart from the social problems involved, the econ- omic waste in all its phases—money thrown away, industrial impairments, physical and mental illnesses result-

ing from over indulgence, mainten- I

ance of prisons and other institutions, just to mention a. few—is terrific. The

cost in moral degradation is inestim- lble. ‘

Socioligists and other experts in the field are trying to find some solu- tion to alcoholism, which itself is a symptom of a deeply-rooted social dis- order. It used to be‘thoughtgthat ed- ucation wasvths answer. But since, year by year, more and more people are being subjected to the educative process, while alcoholism is on thein-

crease, this approach is open to ques- r

tioning. Yet, if education—the right kind of education—does not bring about a gradual healing of the'dread- ful malady, nothing else is likely to do so.'Compulsion was tried on a. very large scale some years ago; and .most

. sociologists appear to be of the opin-

ion that it was a failure, that it creat- ed more problems than it solved. For all that, there is a widespread agita- tion in the United States at the pre- sent time for a return to prohibition. The matter has been raised in the Congress on several occasions in the last few years. There is a growing be- lief that if other efforts fail, a new try at compulsion will be made within another decade or so. ’

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Parliamentary Investigation

Mr. Sherman Adams, chief assis- tant to President Eisenhower, resign- ed because of pressure from the Re- publican Party, whose leaders had come to the conclusion that he was a political liability. Hardly anyone be- lieves that he engaged knowingly in any unethical practice; and there is no question of hisability as an’admin- istrator. But in public life, given cer- tain circumstances, ’the appearance of unethical conduct is just as serious a matter as actual wrong-doing. This was Mr. Adams’ downfall.

It can be said, of course, that many of Mr. Adams’ critics are not above reproach themselves. But 11’s was in a specially vulnerable position, owing to his close political relation- ship with the President. ,It is a tra- gedy that a man of his reputation and ability could not see that accepting gifts from an industrialist who Was in trouble with federal agencies was bound to be looked upon as shady. The pity is that he did not resign as soon as the case broke without waiting for political expediency to make his posi- tion untenable. .

As far as is known, the sort of thing that led to Mr. Adams’ fall from high place is not prevalent among Canadian officials. We say “as far as is known” because there would hardly be any way of exposing it if

does not have an investigatory system such as is normal practice in_the Uni- ted State's COngress. The Commons Committees do not have this function to any workable degree. There are times when Congressional committees

get out of control and go far beyond

their legitimate course. But there are' times, too, when they render a valu—

able public service. Perhaps we would

do well to follow the better part of

the system under proper and well-de-

fined safeguards.’

Fishing Taught In Korea

An unusual school for boys nowrin Operation in Southern Korea. Thuschool consists ofa three-year _course.“in’ Which thegjstudents live a _ halfASea,‘ halfeland existence. Known as the Yosu".Fisheries ,chool, it is designed .to. fitrain orean youths to meet‘ the needs of their country’s eXpand-ing ~~ fishing in: dustry and the population’s demand fonmore. food. For cenfiiriesxorea has obtained its main protein foods from marine products.

‘ Situated on a rocky and remote peninsula, the school has been recon- structed by the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency. It ‘was occupied by troops in the Korean conflict and. badly, damaged.

The fiftyvton trawlers are used for basic training on how to catch, handle and ice-pack fish. A hernia] catch weighs 2,500' pounds, with as many as thirty-five varieties of fish.

On land, activities include the breeding of fish in a hatchery in the school grounds. 'Ilhere, is an

,oyster'bed on a nearby island that the students must tend. They must also learn to prepare seaweed for food or fertilization purposes.

The boys study in 'class such topics as mathematics, chemistry, English, fishing techniques, naviga- tion, economics and fish marketing.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The more we read about Nelson A. Rockefeller, Republican candidate for Governor in New York State, the more we think of him. The other day, discussing another candidate on the State ticket, he said: “If the voters don’t like our candidate, they’ll defeat him. If they like him, they’ll vote for him.” Soqu common sense which more experienced politicians might well cultivate. '

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Over 100 “permit” teachers are engaged in the Province’s educational system this year. Many of them, ac- cording to departmental officials, have high academic attainments. It is open to question whether a young girl—or boy—just out of normal school is necessarily a better teacher than a. man or woman of mature ex- perience who has a good general edu~ cation but who did not happen to take professional training.

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Governor Faubus of Arkansas ap-. pears to have bitten off more than he could chew when he closed the schools in Little Rock. There is rising opposit- ion to the move. Even the people who do not like the thought of integration prefer it to no public school system at all. To embarrass the Governor still further, there is little support for State-assisted “private” schools, which the Governor has in mind—per- haps because they cost a good deal

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By George Kltson Canadian Press Staff Writer

The move afoot in Little Rock to set up private schools as a substitute for the public class- rooms closed down by Arkansas Governor Orvial Fiaubus is a thinly - disguised hose to get around federal lawns on school in- tegratiovn.

It is based on the fact that nul- ings of the Supreme Count of the United States on school integra- tion apply only to public schools financed by public funds. Private schools, such as these operated by churches other g-mu ,. are free to do as they wish. ‘

This is in line. with the general. puttern'of Supreme 0mm jurisi over civil rights in the South. It has been able to rule against discrimination where the use of public funds or public con- veniences is involved, such as municipallyoperat'ed tram lines, golf courses and swimming pools. It has no authority over such pri- vately - operated wist as

theatres, nestsursnts or hotels. LA-W’s TWO FACES ,

This arises 0mm the tact. the 14th amendment to the US. Com .stitution, which prohibits racial and other forms of discrimina- tion, applies only to auction by the states. It "says “no state shall" deny any person due process of lauw or the equal protection of the laws.

This means purely private dis- crimination is left untouched by the Constitution. An individual or

a, private group or organization be as discriminatory as he not it wishes, and still remain on

the right side of the Constitution. pH, on the other hand, a state

becomes involved in otherwise

private acts, these acts—din the language of the courts—become

{feta-te actions” and, as such, ans "subject to constixnitional restric-

lions. In the Little Rock case, six women moved to take advantage

'Formoso’s Troubled History

National Geographic Society I

Formosa faces Red China over 100 miles of shallow water. 0k-

.inaws lies 365 miles to the north- . east, the Philippines only 225

miles'to the south; As the main remnant of Nia-

- tlionalist China and an \Asian bus»

tion of the free World, Formosa’s position is chronically precarious. The past of the strategic island also is haunted by war and con— quest, the National Geographic Society recalls. It has been a pir- ate lair; a colonial outpost of the Dutch, Spanish. and French; a model colony and war base of the Japanese. V—J Day reverte' the island to Chinese rule, which has prevailed off and on since the 13th century. INTENSIVE USE or LAND The vigor .of Formosa’s farms and factories makes it a prize. Shaped like’a tobacco leaf, 240- xmileolong Formosa is about twice the size of New Jersey. It is lush and mountainous, with silvery streams and waterfalls. The is- land turns a rugged spine towards the Tacific. The towering peaks graduate into terraced slopes and plains that stretch to the island’s western shore. Hence its Chin—

ese name Taiwan, meaning “Ter-

raced Bay."

Something is planted in nearly every square inch of till-able soil- rice, sugar cane, wheat, pine- apples, vegetables or tobacco. Two, three, even four cmps can be grown yearly. At harvest time, rice ls spread on highways and streets'to dry. '

The island supports, to the best of its considerable ability, some 9,300,000 people, including 2,000,- 000 who in. effect suddenly “came to dinner.” They are the anti- Communist Chinese who followed General Chiang Kai-slick from the mainland in 1940.

In normal times Formosa could earn its way easily—4t was one of the wealthiest Chinese provin- ces. But the wartime economy has put hundreds of thousands of young men into uniform. making them consumers rather than pro- ducers.

Yet, with American aid and ad- vice, Formosa has actually ex- perienced a rebirth in the last decade. The living standard, by Asian levels, is high. Nearly ev- ery home, however modest, has electric lights. Farmers have al- most tripled the output of their tiny teams, « =

of this loophole—narrow at most —when Faubus clused the city’s tour high schools, putting 3,480 white and Negmo children out of their classrooms, on the heels of the latest Supreme Court direc- tive to integrate the Little Rock schools.

They obtained a charter setting up The Little Rock Private School Corporation and announced they planned to provide instruction for while students» Only. That was all right as far as it went but they also announced they planned to use public school facilities. This, automatically, would involve the use of public funds and bring their operation within the scope of the Supreme Court’s insistin- tlon.

Faubus, showing his own hand behind the manoeuvne. asked the Little Rock school bound to turn the schools over to the so called primate cooperation. The school board countered by asking for a ruling on whether it could enter into such a lease with the cor- poration without being in con- tempt of court.

And so the legal tangle contin- ues. v k

A peaceful land revolution be- gun in 1949, with reduced rentals. Since then tenant farmers have been permitted to buy land for- merly held by the government and absentee landlord's, As no man may own more land than he can till. holding now average about three acres.

Let Doctor ‘Do The Diagnosis

By Herman N. Bundesen. M.D.

CHICKENPOX is so common and generally such a mild chil- dren’s dlseanse that few parents give it much thought. Yet. I strongly urge you to call your doctor when chickenpox ls slus— pected. The symumnvs of chick- empox and smallpox. you see. are somewhat similar.

SERIOUS FOR ADULT Certainly you shmild seek im— mediate medical help it an adult in your family develops what you think is chickenpox. Most adults have had chickenpox and a second attack of the disease is very unlikely. If it is chick- onipox, not smallpox, the dis- easc may have serious conse- quences for so adult. especlally if neglected.

Most children catch chickena box before they reach the age of15.ltsmeadseasilyaudnsp- dly from one percent to another bysocreuons nomthe victim’s nose and mouth and by the fluid frown the skin blisters.

FIRST SYMPTOM

Usually a person does not break out with a rash until two to three weeks after he has been exposed to the disease. In many cases the rush is the first symp- tom. In others, the patient will have a slight fever and headache and lose his appetite for a day or two before the sash Appear. The nssh. which is comprised of pink spots of various sizes, ep- pea-rs first on the trunk and then on the face. In severe cases. it eventually euveiom the entire body

These spots soon ulnmge to blisters which eventually break and are covered with scabs. Gem orally it requires about three to four days for each crop of spots to form humans and scabs. DON’T LET THEM SCRATCH

The mat lmpontautthmg. lmm the standpoint of parental care. is to keep the young patients from scratching the eruptions and infecting them. Keep their {mammals very short and apply soothing powders or lotions such

‘ as phenolarted columns lotion. Your doctor will prescribe the

proper antiprurtic lotion.

Bathe the youngster carefully

with soap and water. Wash his hands often. Keep his clothing and linens clean and fresh. 7 To keep very young patients from scumbahmng, it sometimes is advisable to place nubtens on their hands.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

Q. Does diet have a direct rol- ationshlp to atherosclerosis?

A. Much expemm‘ cnrbsl work is being done on this :14ij and much remains to be done. All: present, there does not seem to be any conclusive evidence to Justify a radical change in the the general wellubullsuced adult diet of

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SUMMERSIDE WATER DEPARTMENT

Sin—Our Mayor seems to have caused a .“tempest in a teapot” when as guest speaker at the [coal Lions Club, he referred to the Water and Sewerage De— pantment which is a bnanch of the Public Utilities in Summer- side.

His talk was repented in the issue of The Guardian dated September 25, 1958.

As a servant of the people of

1953 1954

Revenue Electric Current

I would like to direct your at- tention especially to the figures shown for the year 1957, in which year the Electric Light Depart-

' ment charged the Water and

Sewerage Department something in the region of $18,600.00 for pumping services. This as you will see has resulted in the pay- ment to the Electric Light De- partment for that year_ of some- thing like three times any other previous year shown. I would like to add that the tax payers were further burdened by «the considerable costs of material, time, and labor resulting from the installation of demand meters by the Electric Light Department.

Perhaps it is not generally realized that a department, such as the Water and Sewerage, exists for the purpose of supply- ing certain facilities to the people. and. as it operates under

1955 $16,305.00 15,614.37 sumac 23,233.“) 7,352.00 $82,539.13

this community in my capacity of a Town Councillor, I feel it is no less than my duty to point out that our Chief Magistrate would seem to be somewhat confused as to the workings of the depantmént that he criticizes. As Chairman of the Water and Sewerage Department. and a former Water Commissioner, 1' would like to bring to your at- tention the following figures :

1956 1957 Total

6,754.00 7,663.24 5,951.36 6,300.0018,675.00 45,343.60

the jurisdiction of the Depart- ment of Public Health it is not to be looked upon as a profit making venture. At best the Town could not expect to realize more than 41742964 interest in the total investment of the Water and Sewerage Department.

The foregoing remarks and the figures shown are used without prejudice, but I feel it is my duty to give a true picture of my department and to show— especially in regard to the year 1957—how the Electric Light Department benefit/Led at the expense of my department’s net revenue. .

Thanking you for the space in your valuable paper.

I am, Sir, etc.

I ROBERT B. DEWAR. Chairman of Water 8: Sewerage Department.

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