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THE GUARDIAN

"Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew‘

I36 Princ. Thomson

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Better Teeth‘

The dentist's drill will be used less in fixture. according to a paper delivered at the annual conference of the Canadian So- riety of Dentistry for Children. Dr. Ralph F. Sommer of the School of Dentistry at the l'niversity of Michigan pointed out that the use of antibiotics and other drugs en- ables infection to be checked. even in the case of abscessed teeth, and it is unneces- sary to drill awa_v the decayed tooth struc- ture. In fact it hardens of its own accord when the infection is cured.

The same meeting unanimously endorsed the fluoridation of water supplies. under competent dental. medical and engineering advice. as a method of combatting tooth decay. The resolution noted that among populations which hadconsuined water in which fluoridation had been carried out in a proportion of one part in 1,000,000. ,a marked reduction in tooth decay had fol- lowed, with no discoverable ill effects.

Like earlier generations of dentists they also recommended that parents should be advised to avoid allowing their children's teeth to be bathed in acid, caused by too many sweet foods.

Th latter suggestion is not likely to meet with any more approval from the present generation of youngsters than it did from their parents when they were young. It all adds up. however, to the fact that we can by taking known and prac- tical measures greatly reduce the amount of tooth decay in the rising generation.

Martian calendar

The workers for calendar reform are not b_v any means lacking in humour. In fact. ridicule is one of the principal weapons they are in the habit of using in order to start people thinking about the faults in the present method of computing time. An article in the Journal of Calen- dar Reform includes a mock-serious discus- sion of the incongruities of the calendar by the French scientist Camille Flammarion in his "Dreams of an Astronomer."

“As in our case, there is no integral number of days in the Martian year. Per- haps their calendar has also been reformed several times without being made perfect. But let us hope they are not as stupid as we. with our months of 28. 29. 30 and 31 days. and with our three kinds of days- civil day which commences at midnight, the astronomical day which commences the next midday and the naval clay which com- mences the previous midday; we who wait- ed thousands of years before we could fix an exact hour in Standard Time because we counted from conventional meridians and the various countries could not agree to a single meridian. Being p_robably morc advanced than ourselves in its planetary age. Martian humanity is most likely more reasonable and is not mixed up with the littlcness of frontiers. dialects, customs and national rivalries. For a long time al- ready. no doubt. they form a simple unit. One may also suppose that they do no‘. celebrate their new year festival amid the winter frosts. hut in the hopeful days of the equinox."

liot Long Enough

An official of the Federal Indian Affair.- Departmcnt has intimated that integratior of Canadian Indians into white civilization is a slow process because “uninfoi-med" In- dians arc hesitant about giving up their protected way of life for what appears to them to he economic insecurity. It is just possible that the Indians the official had in mind are not as uninformed as they may appear. In fact, they may be so well informed on the ups and downs of the non- Indian economy that they believe it is the part of wisdom to give it a wide berth. And who will blame them? After all, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; at least, it would be hard to substantiate any opinion to the contrary.

In this connection it is interesting to learn from a news report that the depart- ment concerned is giving groups of selected flndlans week-long courses in government.

Jurisprudence. civil rights. and life in gen- eral. The presumption is that once the In- ;dlnlII learn all about these important sub- jects they will be ready and eager to leave their sheltered uocrvatioris for the bright llflltl otwbito civilization. So for as the are concerned, this ' in A good smart Indian, ._-many other things on his - N the

about government, law and civil rights. in a week; enough. at any rate. to enable him to vote intelligently or even to run as a political candidate with the customai_~ dignity and decorum. to argue on the nice- ties of the law. and to stand up for him- self in a competitive society.

With respect to “life in general”. how- ever, it is hard to see how even the best teachers could impart. or the smartest pupils absorb any appreciable knowledge of such a vast subject in so short a time.

The “Food Dollar’

One of the disputes developing in cur- rent attempts to solve Uncle Sam's farm problem is just how much of the consum- crs‘ food dollar should go to the farmers Some farm groups publish figures to show that the farmers’ share of the food do] lar has been getting smaller and smaller

It is difficult to measure the food dol- lar. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record point.- out that money that a housewife spends ll‘ grocery stores is not all for food. Part of the money is “tin-can dollars," or "bottle dollars". or "slicing, cooking, wrapping. cellophane. storage, shipping, tax dollars“ and many other kinds.

In other words, a housewife buys more than food. She also buys boxes and cans and many services. to ascertain whether the farmer or any- one else im;olved is getting his share.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow, the 5th Sunday after East- er; Rogation Sunday. 0 D D

In September there will be a keen con- test between teams of British and Ame1'- ican cars over an 850-mile route. Little commercialism is expected to enter into it. however, as the classes are for cars manu- factured between 1906 and 1916 and be- tween 1916 and 1930.

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Eight Provinces joined with the Fed- eral Government in providing vocational or technical training for unemployed in the last fiscal year, according to Labour Min- ister Gregg. This scheme has’ many ad- vantages. A short period of unemploy- ment for an individual can actually mean a higher'standard of living in the long run rather than being a period of dishearten- ing idleness.

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The consolidated financial statement for the Canadian Red Cross gives a complete picture of the widespread operations of that organization. It is interesting to note that the Blood Transfusion Service was the sec- ond greatest item of expenditure, although less than half that going to designated funds. international and other social work. Campaign expenses come to 3.44 per cent and administration salaries to 4.07 per cent.

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Dr. Daniel Francois Malan, South Af- rica's Prime. Minister. was born this date 1874. Educated as a Dutch Reformed min- ister. he became a member of Heri7.og'.s Nationalist Government. I-Ie founded what afterwards became known .as the Nation- alist Parly. He opposed Gen. Smuts' pol- icy.of participation in the Second World War. It was not until 1948, however. that he gained power with the aid of the lead- er of the Afrikaner Party. On the colour question he follows a policy of separation.

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While opportunities for white collni employment are increasing tliroiighout thr world. the demand for such jobs is out- running the supply. according to the Inter- national Labour Organization of the U. i\' The explanation suggested is that pcoplc “do not necessarily measure their socia' standing in terms of income." Perhaps. rather. it is that people still associate whit: collar jobs with higher incomes and Hl‘l slow to recognize. that many others offer

more attractive opportunities. I O I

Names are apt to be deceptive. Ii: previous years Canada and the United States had a simple agreement, existing

since 1930, for the clearance of noat-racing

equipment at border points. With .thc passing of the "Customs Simplification Act," however. boats, as well as race

horses, aircraft, motorcycles and bicycles. are delayed at border points because bond- ing is now involved and is usually avail- able only during normal working hours Race meets will certainly suffer unless the “simplification" is revoked. I I Q

"If only people thought more about marbles and less about atom bombs!" Sc exclaimed a British woman, wife of a Cana- dian when she watched a game at. Tinsley, on the borders of Sussex and Surrey. Am- erican sailors, Londoners, a team from Glasgow and others went down to defeat before the men of Sussex. In this coun- try, and to say, marbles attract only young- sters and them only for a brief period in the Spring before the ground is dry enough for baseball. What marbles need are heroes, like the hockey and other greats.

That makes it difficult’ .-

PUBLIC Forum

[his column is open to the (liscuaslon liy i-mri-spuiiilen‘.-i of iiuestiuiia of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- lly endorse the opinion of wucspondents.

DISFRANCHISED

Sir: Mr. J. Leo Praught having. as he thought. played it smart. by catching his potatoes out. of sea- son thus avoiding buying a potato license which would have gone in party for arlrertising the Industry ind kcepmg it out of the doghouse .imv finds himself caught. in a web of his own weaving and as- sumes the role of a disfranchlaed martyr.

His clarion call to the Matheaon Government to protect. his freedom would ring far more effectively in the Legislative Chamber whcre white rollars are fashionable if starched with a majority of votes.

I am Sir.. etc.,

INDEPENDENT FOX

FOR THE BOARD

S|l".—CCl'IE|ill letters have been appearing in your forum recently which might confuse many fnlmers on the issue of our Potato Mark- eting Board Plebiscite which is to ac held next. week. It is well to lnok it. such things fi'om different ang- lcs. so I would like to point out a few things which have not been ;trc.=sed so far lll your paper.

First. of all the powers of the Baal-cl were outlined in yest,erda_v's paper in a w.iy dcs.gned to frigh- .cn us l:ll'Incl'.<. However. I cton‘i think that will work as we all xealize the need of legislative pow- crs to effectively regulate anything m-ause Lliosc p0'.\ci‘5, as far as I an find out, arc contained in all .nai'kct.'.n;: acts across Canada, and he Domin-on Act. was supported .mphat.ic:illy by the Liberal. Con- servative and C. C. F. parties when L was pas.’-"cit at Ottawa. «See rnin p .he. first

1941! Board is set up on a democratic

scs-ion).

)1-lS‘S iihcre producers in each gounty have the privil:-gr: of et- -cting their i'cp:'csrntallvcs on the lo-rd every tire:-. ycaixs-~~-tlie same 7l‘lllf‘l|.\if‘. a'- applies in rlccting our '.ovci'nine:‘.l nn'i one which we all 'lici“.5li, and tinny of our bft_\'.\ ’r\’c itui;.iiL to defend.

Tlicre arr mine policies of the 3onrrl \\'IlItI’l I am not. fully in zrcrniriit. “till. one is the «lirrci .. is-o fee. ‘Ins. I think. shnulcl

.~ on a l ' bss. and we have )f‘I‘ll lll't)l‘i‘..F .l that it will be as son as lhc i"3flI )iro\isio'.i.s arc snail":-. Aiiollicr is tliat. the pro-

Liice:-s who hold their potators un- .ll s',iri.‘.'.: should be allowed .1 ll'.lilEl‘ inzlal piyincgt. to covet he co<t l sprouting and to allow or sh :9 frliere shou‘d also ic sf)l‘ll"l..'.il1§ done to see that the inalisr former has a cliancc to iispose of his crop before the planting sc:-son commences. How- Fvcr, I believe all these things can ind will be worked out satisfactorily .i the Board is given time and sup- port. - Criticism has been voiced of the mat. of operating the selling Ag- ‘.llC)'. Surely we can afford to pay it’, cents ii bushel to have our market prices stnliilizcd and helil :0 the highest level ros=ib‘.c. by maintaining uniform quotations and eliminating price cutting. At least. we know what it's costing now: we didn‘i, in the past. The old and devious tccl-in;que of confusing the issue by bringing D(‘.l‘.!.0I‘lilIiUEl into it. has been re- stored to. surely our farmers can see through this one. At least the men at the head of the Potato Board can not be bought off. I understand this. too. has been tried. some of our dealers have become very anxious to support and pro- mote co-operatives as the entire ”0illLIOn in our marketing problems This to quite a change of attitude. I wonder why. According to the experience of farmers in Western Canada. Denmark and other ex- porting areas. something more wh needed before producers could mill say they were able in pi-on-ct. their own interests in marketing. I do not think this is on issue between dealers and farmers bit this Inland. We are too small 1 unit. to fight among ourselves. nu-

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I NOTES BY

A psychiatrist is one chap who doesn't have to worry as long as other people do. ——Toronto Star.

The pessimist says many a wo- man who cares nothing for her husband lives on his account. Port Arthur News-Chronicle.

Among Us. children. we under- stand_ “cops and robbers" has been replaced by "spectators and con- gr en.—-Edmonton Journal.

The trouble with spring. In Northern Ontario is not so much recognizing it, as living through ii. ——5ault. Ste. Marie Star.

A Soot chicken farmer bu I radio in his henhouae and turns it on every time a comedian is scattering his corn. —Mooae Jaw Times-Herald.

Mothers are understanding, pat-

ient and kind, but so are some fathers. The real distinction is

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The glad mood In which Toron- tonians first rode their new sub- way has passed. accordins ‘-0 3 ’I'oroni.o newspaper columnist. to be replaced by the deadimn. sm- lng-atralght.-ahead mask usually associated with street.-car riders Possibly the mode of t.ra.nBP01'“"l°“ doesn't. matter so much as the Elm! and destination. Early morning slee mess, with a day's work at. the end of the ride. are conducive to a dazed expression. —Ott-aw!

Citizen.

Old Charlottetown and P. I. 1. MALPEQUE PIONEER’

“The Ramsaya and Mclntoahes. who were the first immigrants to Malpeque. settled there in 1770. What is now iviatpeque was then

that only mothers can tie a little girl's sash in a bow that looks like one.

Harvard University is going to

a dense unbroken forest of im-

——Winnipeg Tribune. imonse hardwood chiefly. and some I softwood.

Huge trees extended even to the banks on the. sea-

send a signal to Mars by l'RdBl‘.ishm.e~ river edge, and Richmond

and senator soaper remarks theta” beach”

For several years

if there‘: an answer Harvard wiliipmvmom were Very scarce, The

say "Who is there?" and if the

landlord's at ‘home’ in Britain. to

reply comes back “It's me" ‘instead imcouraxe people 1., Q;-nigrate_ told of "It. is I,“ Harvard will ring ofl.l1h,,m mu sugar was growing on

—-Hamilton Spectator.

Since the scream of a frighten- ed starting scares starlings but not. pigeons. Washington airport authorities are going to try the scream of an eagle on the pigeons. And if that fails why not broad- cast the roar of a senator letting

off steam? —-Brantford Ex- positor. How important are symbols of

“progres.<" measured against. the lasting and inspiring values of the human heart. and mind and

soul? Bigger guns and bigger sblps1

have no relation to greater cour- age and ingenuii.y—far from it.

‘ Medical science can do less than

nothing for those who treat. their iicalth with contempt. Huge schools do not automatically ensure broad- .~.r educ.ation—very often they do .he reverse. Libraries can't. guar- .lIlt(‘e wisdom. From this we take -—what? First of all humility. With- out it.‘no country. no individual. can n'iuture.——l'<‘i'om an editorial for young people, Hamilton Spectator

.he speculators and big interests outside the Provnice who generally nuke more money out of our po- .:\to crop than we do. and incident.- iliy, have often boasted that they

ran make as much or more money‘

‘luring a year when the price to .hc lal‘n‘|t".l‘ is low than they can when it. is high.

some of our local asst-niblers ind truckers today will admit that they were used well by the board and made a good fair ¢arnlng,for their work. Many of them. however, are duped to the point.-where they are bucking the Board for rea- sons that they cannot‘ explain. They were advised to do it. under the guise of protecting their free- dom. I ask them to stop and think this thing out for themselves. be- Jore they. too, are sorry.

some dealers have gone even so far as tchrefuse fertilizer :1 some farmers unless they prom- ise to vote against the Board. Is this the type of freedom we wish to protect. and maintain?

The question has been asked. "What. program has the Board to offer in the future? will there be central selling? will it be compul- sory. et.c.? Why were there not .wn quantlons on the ballot?" I ask .what. has anyone else to of- fer‘) Let. us profit. by the experience of organised farmers in other part: of Canada. We want. a pool system. It is the only fair way of marketing our product. If we had two queatloriii on the ballot, and

voted against the central selling,

agency the Board would not be

able to take advantage of the sup-i port. legislation from Ottawa un-I

I!!! which we have this past year.

all profited

Remember this. we can sully vote away our Marketing Board but we cannot vote away our mar» .Think it. our

keting probleinz.

and "V01'l:". I Jim. Bit. etc. JAMIE A. MURPHY Cherry Valley. - .

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‘the trees (maple sukarl. tliatxall ikinds of fruits were plentiful. ithat. fish was abundant. and that ‘provisions were in profusion. ll-lance nearly all the first set.- tlers brought no food with. them. and they were exposed to many privations. A few French inhabit- lanta sparingly supplied them. This ,humane people would go to the North Cape. catch aea-cows. pre- serve the flippers. carry home. and also haul on dog sleighs. and give. a considerable portion of this. their own chief food. to the newcomers.

"Two poor man of the British ‘were early one spring short of all kinds of provisions except po- itatocs. They launched their canoe iio search for eels. They spent two days paddling away up along the shores to the Barbara West River, ‘and were returning pearly starved. and melancholy because their cruise was thus far fruitless. when they noticed shallow grounds ‘covered with cut grass out in the Maipeque Bay. and they thought

' that for the curiosity of the thing

ithey would try. No sooner had they poked their spears into the ‘mud. than they caught them full of the long-looked for and much ‘desired fish.

‘ “They soon loaded the canoe. landed, dug a hole on the snow covered, shore or bank. returned .10 the eel ground. reloaded. and again emptied their craft. and the ‘third time filled the canoe. when they joyfully paddled home. Us- ually ln winter eels were found ;to be very numerous when spear- ‘ed through holes cut. in the ice. it half barrel of tlfem being fre- lquently got from a single hole." i -—From an article in The Pres- ‘bytcrlan. Jan. 3. 1878.

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The Guardian Saturday. May 22, 1954

In 1310 a German archaeologist. who happened to be a student oi .Iome:. began I seriu of excava- .Ions in Asia Minor. The mair. .'.i_l:ct. of his search was the leg- .n:iary city of Troy. the theme of .:e Iliad and the Odyssey. After much labour in running down one :‘.ue after another. only to find .:~.at. none of them led to anything f much value to his quest. he at 2.50 discovered nine strata o. ...unds which he and his fellow scientists assumed marked the ulna of nine extinct civilizations