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THE GUARDIAN

Authorized no second UIIII liIIiI l'oII. Office Department. 0tt.IwI. The lIlImi Gunniinn uubllohliu Co.

i'rcIident Ind Auocinte lidlwr. III: A. Iliunott, Auoclnte Editor, Fnnk Wuhan-.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Iiliwnrd l.IlIniI like the dew"

"Ilia Strongest Memory :5 Woaim llmn jfho Weakest Ink".

f)ilAl(L0'I'TETOWN, MONDAY. MAR. 24. ISIZD

What's Become or The Economy Drive?

Just two years ago the House of Com- mons was in a first class tizzy about the necessity for economy in governmental ex- penditures. Estimates were being looked at with an eagle eye by the Opposition, and Cabinet Ministers were at pains to promise. that steps would be taken to pare all items which suggested extravagance and waste.

For a while there was .a flurry in de- partmental doveeotes as civil servants made haste to comply with the objectives of the economy drive. Waste was for a brief spell something regarding the wrongfulness of which bureaucrats were painfully aware. Duplication of effort was to be dealt with by a scientific survey of the administrative structure of the public service. Since the opening of the present session of Parlia- ment, little has been heard concerning the long dormant economy drive launched with such fanfare by Finance Minister Abbott when he brotght down the Budget two years ago. Honourable members of the House of Commons whose responsibility it is to see that the Canadian taxpayers get the best value possible out of every tax dol- lar would be pcrfoifming a useful and time- ly public service by asking what has be- come of the economy drive of two years ago.

Education And Farming

Some of the weaknesses in our educa- tional system were brought forcefully to the attention of the Legislature last week by Hon. Mr. Darby, in speaking on the Draft Address. Many leading educationists are in agreement with him in complain- ing that the modern school system, with all its extra frills, is failing to emphasize suf- ficiently the basic subjects. lf students generally are weak in spelling. reading and writing after finishing Grades 11 or 12, then there is certainly something radically wrong. There is also no doubt that a great deal depends on the ability of the teacher to impart enthusiasm with instruction. which cannot. be done by merely lecturing the pupils. As will be noted. however, from it letter in today's Public Forum by the gen- eral secretary of the Teachers Federation. Mr. Darby's comments on the teacher- training system are challenged by that or- ganization. and leading educational author- ities are quoted in support of their views.

Mr. Harvey Douglas. in his address. dealt. with the agricultural situation and with the settling of our younger people on the farms. He emphasized that mon- etary loans towards establishment on farms are of little value in view of the, greater at- tractions offcred elsewhere. unless genuine interest in farm work can be aroused and

maintained.

"Transoe'ndentallsm" A

Foreign policy of the United States has recently been described by President Tru- man as one which "while springing 5'0”-1 national self-interest. transcends it." "For- eign policy." says the American Chief Ex-

. erent.

can safely be substituted for hard-headed

realism based on national interests as the

cornerstone of Canadian foreign policy. ........L:.j.m

EDI IORIAI. NUI ES

Apparently we have more of the 80-100 age class of citizens to the square mile than any other province in the Dominloii.

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Hon. C. D. Howe came from "big busi- ness" to run Government business: and now his assistant, Mr. Maxwell W. MacKenzie, is leaving Government business for "big business" of the multi-million class. Brains plus' executive ability know no limitations.

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The Government of Nova Scotia is pre- paring to introduce legislation to permit all towns to impose a poll tax on gainfully employed women. The proposal has been made in Charlottetown from time to time and would have the merit of greatly widen- ing the franchise.

It's an ill wind that blows nobody any

good. The rising cost of horsemeat for feeding fur-bearing animals will have a tendency to concentrate ranching on the

coast or elsewhere where relatively inex- pensive fish products are available.

The Defence contracts confidently pro- dictcd by Premier Jones are worth more to this Province than even their monetary value. In addition to contributing to the security of this country they should provide valuable skills and equipment which will make possible greater efforts in future.

High In Our Estimation"

PUBLIC FORUM

The twelve member nations of the In-' ternational Civil Aviation Organization are. pooling resources to learn about the be-. haviour of winds in the upper air regions.l Even somewhat longer routes can be used with advantage when they mean the as- sistance of fast-moving tail winds.

The fur traders of London. most import-' ant fur market in the world. have decidcdf that a new budget tax of 100 per cent of their products must have been a mistake. Dealers angrily pointed this out in a res- olution to the government, warning that if the tax stays. it could mean the end of Britain's fur trade.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Amer- ican poet, died this date 1882. A noble and genial character, he was endowed with a spontaneous gift for story telling. While his ambitious works have been forgotten his ”Tales of a Wayside Inn". "Courtship of Miles Standish" and particularly ”Evan- geline" have achieved deserved popularity for their richness in tender pathos, sweet romance and stirring humanity. "Hiawa- tha". with its haunting, melodious metrc,l affords a striking contrast to his other works. i

It is difficult for financially weaker Provinces to side with Ontario and Que- bec in holding up tax agreements. All Provinces would dearly love to hang on to the vestiges of sovereignty left with the surrender of their birthright. Had it only been agreed that the taxing authority be surrendered to the Provinces. tax agree- ments for the support of the Federal authority would definitely have been diff- We in P. E. I. might have been poorer. but it would have been nice to have the Federal Government submit its 3st- imates and ask a grant from our legis- lators for its maintenance.

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ecutivc. "serves as a bridge between our.

own national objectives and the needs and aspirations of other fi'cc peoples."

If "transcendcntalism" means subordin- siting and placing second a country's na- tional interest to the interests of other countries. then the United States is not alone on this continent in the pursuit of such I policy. For a country which em- barks on a policy to persuade half of Asia to grudgingly accept a few millions of the taxpayers' dollais in the hope that orient- als will forswear Communism is surely placing norms other than national interest first in the development of foreign policy.

It is one thing for Canada to come to the aid of countries devastated by war or wracked by famine. It is quite another thing for Ottawa to underwrite the cost of "technical assistance" to teach India mod- em methods of farming. to provide Pak- istan with irrigation projects and hydro- electric plants. and to teach the Burmese how to take 8. census.

If "transeendentalism" is to be the dc- terminant in matters of foreign policy in Canada, it will mean the extension of our economic commitments to every part of the world where trouble is brewing. Peace can-

. not be -bought for the 525 million appropri- : guu In-opoood Ignln this year Is Canada's

cdlhihttion to the Colombo Plan. Nor has yet reached that Itage of develop-

whero humanitarian intemationalism

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It will be recalled when the Ming Sung ships were built by a subsidiary company with head office at Charlottetown, they were registered as Canadian ships and al- lowed to'fly the Canadian flag, notwith- standing they had been in reality sold to the Chinese. The Federal Government foot- ed the bill to the extent of h12.000,000. The ships are now in the Communists' hands at Canton. and Finance Minister Abbott dc- clares the Government's hopes of having the money advanced repaid are "somewhat remote". What would not Twelve Million Dollars have accomplished in this Province had it been bestowed on us instead if squandered on worthless graft promoters?

C O O

A democratic nation cannot afford to entrust its children to disgruntled. dissatis- fied teachers. Prof. John Hughes, Macdon- ald professor of education and chairman of the department ofeducation at McGill Un- iversity, told I Montreal gathering the oth- er day. "There is no bargain basement in education-you get what you pay for, and the bill must be footed if we want happy schools. happy children and happy teach- ers." he said. What teachers feel most deeply, he said. is not so much the inade- quate remunerption. "though that is bad enough," but rather; the fundamental un- dervaluation of the teacher's function. I-le termed low salaries the "eloquent symp-

Tiils column is open to the rlisculsion by coi-respondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not - lly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

TEACHER TRAINING AT l'.W.C.

Sir.-On Friday morning. March 21, speaking on the Speech from the Throne in the Provincial Leg- islat.urc. the Hon. Mr. Darby. At.- torney-General and Provincial Treasurer. is reported as having made certain statements regard- ing the teaching ofession. to which we feel oblige ed to reply.

During the course of his address. Mr. Darby made an apparent. con- demnation of our present. teacher- training system It Prince of Wales College, stating that we should soon drop the present system and revert. to the older one of which Dr. Darby himself is a graduate

First. of all. in case there should be any misunderstanding as to the stand taken by the Prince Ed- ward Island '1'eachers' Federation regarding the matter of teacher training. let. me state t.hc resolu- tion. passed unanimously by the B0ltl'd of Governors of the Teach- crs' Feclcration at their lost. im- nual meeting, rcprcseiitlitive of tall local groups of teachers on the Island:

"Resolved that the Board of Governors of the P.E.I. 'renchers' Federation reaffirm t.licir approval of the present system of licensing tcncliers. whereby a second class license is obtained after one year normal being added to Grade XI standing: and whereby I fiist. class license is obtained by the candidate's attending an addi- tional year acudemlc. or Grade XII. plus one year normal.”

The present. change from the older system was urged by the P.E.I. Advisory Reconstruction Committee Report of July 20, I945 This committee-was set. up by the Provincial Government. under our present. Premier and Minister of Education. the Hon. .7. Walter Jones. The joint. chairmen were two clei-gymen. the Revs. T. E. MacLcnnan and J. A. Murphy. Along with the latter gentlemen were twenty-one other individuals. biondly representative of all pro- fessional and non-professional groups. A still smaller committee of eight. members. with the late P. 8. Bradley as chairman. made A thorough survey of educational conditions and needs for our Pro- vince. They reported. in part. on the training of teachers as fol-

lows:

"The school plant. has been dealt with at some length. No school building. however well arranged and equipped. can function pro- perly without. an efficient and well-trained teacher. Such teach- ers cannot be secured and retained at current. salaries so long as other avenues of employment offer such strong competition in Inlary or wages. in living conditions and working conditions. Witness the teacher situation throughout. Can- ada and the United States at. the present. time." -

After showing numerically -the teacher situation It. thnt. time (1945), the report continues: "It. is rather I and commentary on our support. of education on this con- tinent. that the history of educa- tion shows that only in time of depression hu the school been able to compete successfully in securing Ind i-et.Iinlng tenchen.

"Plano for the improvement of educstfon must. include:

"(ii The Iuurnnee of I Inluy sufficient. to Ittrnct. 'Ind hold I fIlr proportion of the more up- Ible young people. 'l'huI could some meuurs of tucher Ielecllon be exercised.

"(m A full you If profIIIionIl tnlnln; beyond mIt.riculItlon for teachers of elcmenlnry schools."

I-feeding the wise Idvlce of thin committee, Premier JonoI' Govern- ment of thnt. lime Idvmced the status of the cinching profullon of Prince Edward IIlInd. Ind surely. for this pronwlve Itep it in to be highly commended.

At pi-uent. we find the follow- ing roquirenientl for the two to-

clI-II of uIchIrI' If- oonooo for thy IIiInd: second OIIII - one you Ioodunlo beyond Oi-Ida x. phu one full your pro- fecIionIl troinina. Pint CIIII - two year! of Icodefnlc beyond

tom" of this

Grade x pluo one full year of pm-

INVOCATION T0 YOUTH . ... Dome then. as ever. like the wind

It. morning!

Joyous. 0 Youth. in the Ized world renew

Freshness to feel the eternltles

around it, Rain. stars and clouds. light and the sacred dew. The slrong sun shines Ibove thee: That strength. that radiance bring! If Winter come to winter. when shall men hope for Spring?

muurence Blnyon.

fesslonal training. Thus. in order to obtain I First. Class license, I second class teacher must. have

an additional year of academic work. Now. having clearly indicated

where we stand in our teacher training. let us consider reasons for such requirements in the li- censing of teachers. Surely, the teacher is I very important. fac- tor in the educational process. Does anyone doubt. such I state- ment? True. though we hate to State it. the paramount import- ance of our teachers to the state has never been fully realized by the mass of our people. By law, all of our citiuns who are cap- able of absorbing even I minimum of education must. pass through our schools-through the hands of our teachers. The quality and the stability of our democratic in- stitutions depend lIrgely upon the quality of the product. of our schools. The very xistcnce of our social. economic and political life. Ind that of other highly civillud nations. is dependent on the work of our schools. '

Many governments now are re- cognizing that 0. country needs defence not only from the foe without, but also from the foe within. Whnt. better defence could be devised thIn an intelli- gently mnture. Ilert. contented Ind loyal teaching body?

The late Franklin Delano Roose- velt realiud this when he IIid, "The democi-Itic State that. neg- lects the education of its teachers does so It. the risk of its very ex- tstence."

Said Stephen Leacock. "You can never have I proper system of na- tional education without teachers who nuke (aching their life work."

In 1948. Dr. L. W. Brockington. Rector of Queen's University, stat.- ed. "In mIny provinces of Cm- adn, ItIndIi-ds of teacher training are scimdalously low . . . st.It.iIt.lcs of payment. of recruitment. of training, make melnncholy rend- trig."

Dr. Noi-mIn Mncxenzle. Presi- dent. of the bnlvei-sit... of British Columbln: "If tcIcl” II to re- main I profession to commsnd re- spect. Ind Ichiove preotige, then those who enter it must be willing to pi-epIre themselves Ind to spend time Ind money If. it II well."

The cInIdlIn chunber of Com-

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The Age-iild Story

mm-oo-ace-Q-co-t-com-on

And the Ierpent II1d unto the womnn. Yo shall not Iurely die: for God doth know thlf: in the dIy ye eat. thereof. then your eyes Ihlll be opened. Ind yo Ihnil be II godl. knowing good Ind And when the womnn IIw tint the tree wII good for food. Ind thnt it wII pleIIInt to the eyel- Ind I tree to be desired to mnko on wise. she took of the fruit. thereof. Ind did at. Ind xnvo Illa unin her husband with her; and he did eat. . . . And the Lord God IIid. Behold. the m lI bo- como II one of ul. bu know good and evil: Ind now. lest he put. forth hiI fund. and take also of the tree of life. Ind eIt.. Ind live for ever: therefore the Lord God Iont him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence-ha wan uiien. So he drove out. the mnn; Ind he pIIcul It the east of this gnnlen of Eden Cherublms. and I flnnilng Iwnrd which turned every wily. '0 3099 the wny of the free of life.

the task of initrviewing 2'18 Ip- pltcants of teaching position: dur- ing the past. year. Well over half of them applied for positions. hop- ing some other job would rescue them from teaching. One need not search long to learn of the chief reasons for this reluctance to beach - it. is unmistakably due to B. feeling of incompetency after completion of their professional preparation. Unless we improve our teacher training programs on I large scale and set in motion I new-deal for the t.caeher-in-t.rain- ing. we cannot hope to attract enough first.-rate young men and women to our profession."

Dr. S. R. Liiycock. University of Saskatchewan: 'fJust. why it. takes seven years of university ti-Iinihg to fit. I doctor to treat. I child's body and three years of training to equip ll nurse to care for I sick child and yet. in the delicate task of guiding the development. of I child's personality and character I few weeks of professional t.rI.ln- ing is regarded as Idequnte. is far from clear. In the midst of I shortage of doctors we do not li- cense first. year medical If. t to practise medicine. Why. then. should we be content. to license as teachers those with little or no training for the job?

"The problem of teacher-uhortanc cannot be solved until depnrtnienia of education officials, superinten- dents and inspectors of schools, school trustees. icIchcrI' federa- tions and the parents and general public do some fundunental think- ing about the question: twhnt. kind of teachers do we need?' If tench- ers need nothing but I grade standing somewhat in Idvaiice of the pupils they teach. let. us be frank about it. Ind give up the pretence of teacher-trninlng. If, on the other hand. teIcherI need pl fesslonal training cornpnrablo in that given I doctor, It lowyer, I dentist. or In engineer. let us tackle the job intelligently Ind then my trained teuherl in Io- ooi'dInce with their truninc."

merce: "E-' e:

be increued to the point where men and women of the highest. quIllffcIt.lonI. pei-IonIlly Ind Ica- demicIlly. would be Itti-Iciod to and would remIln in the inching profeuton."

P. M. QuInce. College of Edua- tion. BIIkItchewIn Univoi-Iity: "It needn little Ii-aumont to prove that IIlIi-III In pouoibly the man impomnt Ilngle fnctor in the nip- ply of tcncherl. A trIil of chap- neu lieI Icrou CInIdiIn tion t.hIt mint. be wiped out be- fore there in the Illghtut. hope of securing thou t.eIche of quIilt.y ' "soul the competence ro- oulred.

me other pi-ofuItonI the Ic- quiottion of I decree in I prI-rI- quioioo for Idmlllon to than pro- feuiono. We will never be min to t.IkI our place buido them un- til we do II much. Both Iniong fncfnborl of other profelionl Ind the public in nnonl there muot come I wide-Iprud rullnilon of tho Imount Ind importance of the IpIciIliIId knowlodu lornly tho roluit. of modern poyohoioulnl Ind Iduonionnl which II month! member-I. -

". D. Mcc-rul.h. collqn of man. .34 thor hot but It! Icuoml

cIt.ton, Ohio: "Tho III

GdII0l- tranche:

noouoh. In III IIIIIIIIIIII of flu Idea

The F ” Tenehei-I' Pedan- tion: f"I'hoIo being cert.ificItAd with I minimum of one you": pro- teIIionIl t l ' feel M90100!-

ly tnndequsta to Iuume the srent. responsibilities of the cluu-com"

And over Ininot of these coum the Idvlce of one whom we creIt.ly respect in the field of in: (ti-Iinod in out II he hII boon). Ind In the field of finnneo, but with whIt. quIllflcIt.fonI to IpeIk Iuthoritntively in the field of tnintng. thoilfon. W. I, DIrby: "The time hu pnty neu- iy come when we Ihouid return to our former methodo."

Over Ininot Mr. DIrby'I view- point. In could go on Id infini- tuln to exprel the vlcwpointl of Premier Duplouio. I Draw, the RoyIl BInk Ne . 3.0. A1. Survey. New York Timeo. OInIdiIn provlncinl tcIchIrI' fod- erIt.lonI. etc.-every one of then hu the umo urgent. iequut for better IcIdemlc Ind profoulonoi quIltficItionI for tuchou.

In our Ioeond lomr, we IhIll

I short Icoount. of the find-

lid

yquu-tern building which the zov- tto oi-nmcntvmny build is to hIve I bomb collar. with tho minister of national defence umnlly I target .'or the retired colonel: Ind gener-

IHG CINIII IIIB IBXGI

Q INotes By The Wayx.

The not notional dafuioo bud. fell off Ignin unm in 1” WIlh'lM to Ill). '11: ml 101' OVIty ( lDPI'oxlmItion em”

IN! the n. :3; -e --

all who serve II

for the opposition, the buildin

-OttIwI citizen.

It dIvelopI from the conIuI fl; sexes in the Canadlln populI

high; nearly 113 to and though the

vnriaua provinces of our nation

our readers will weigh carefully the authoritative evidence ex- pressed by these highly qualified

to testify. I am. sir, et.c.. J. A. 8. WILLIAMS. Genernl Secretary, PEI. Teachers Fedei-Itlon Federation Office. Clinrlottetown, March 22.

APTITUDE OB. TRAINING?

Sir.-One hears Ind IeeI in the Press from time to time criticisms of our educational system, cspeciIl- ly when money is being voted for education.

I take mil to be I henlthy It.- tttude Ind norxmlly I good thing, for there In certain deflcienclu in our school system or in my system for that matter and con- structive eriticism should be wel- comcd.

There are some who hark back to the good old dIyI of educa- tion and any that the boy: Ind girls cannoix spell. read or write today as they could thirty years ago. I have no doubt but. that coming through our school: today are embryonic teachers. lnwyei-I,

military critic; could Also do with I Itoi-in cell.Ii-.

urea that. the ratio between the

tion has continued to shift in lo- cordunce with I long term trend tton. We wish the person who u In 191-! the exceu of mIleI won 1" I0 III hid Iakod someone .E,'

ioo foinIle.I.ibl" N5 001408"! is well xrounded pmpo.-um og,In the put few weeko there in; males rose slightly in the 201, jglbieion I change from "God 5."

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In the meantime. we trust thus

1 In excou of inIiaI

lines In the much ":3" ”,",l,if

from frontier dIyI. .. win... '

Free Press. "I

. of I queendom? W! I Rood queg.

. 508" to "God save Queen?" from Klnro Counsel Hg): iQueen'I Counsel; from Klan M 59"” '0 Q1leen'I evidence )3 this still is the Kingdom .,,' ca” IdI. 'I'heidictionIry Lg evasht Webster's defines I queen as woman who is the sovereign 0! : kinldom” which iI no help It .11 it use doflnu I kingdom ., ..lh.' territory or country Jubjecg .0 g king or queen; the dominion of I. monarch; the sphere in which one is king or hI.I control; I Iealm. domain." 'I'here'I no mention ' 0: queencloin. The only exphnauon we can "offer is thIt kinldom II I xenerlc term. covering sou. 3.... den, like the pronoun "he" Mm, used in I collective sense. in. plausible. and for an we know 1. could be correct. windm. Dliiy Bin.

""91? loodl are we ,

I like to Ice them"yiI'all'i'eezithi:ri underpaid.

I Came IWIY from thin meeting well pleased in every rupect ni- though I felt once or twice ".lm Iomethlnz Ieemed to be I lm wrong somewhere on some mix. understanding over A trade prub. lam: I think the whole meeting seemed to feel too thlt something

and politicians who thirty yeIrI hence will slglrfor the good old school dIyI of 1952 Ind Io Id in- flnftum. Even Adam heard t.hIt one.

There Ire some who suggest importnnt thIn trninlnz. Accord- ingly they propose tint the but solution to our educational ills II to find young people with Iptitude, give them the least training pos- sible and they can work wonders. Well and good. I would like to approach this solution with In open mind for I expect it was pro-

does seem unnecessary to spend I

order to teach school. the some proposal should be ex- tended to the other professions. in there I t y for over ' i izstionf II Ill this training ne- cessary - seven years for I doctor. five years' for I lIwyei-. three years for I nurse. one you for I teacher?

It may be that I in biology beyond Grscle X Ind one in health, together with aptitude of course, might launch I lad forth as I doctor on I brilliant career. I don't think I have the aptitude to be a. doctor.

But. I believe that I my: the aptitude to be I lswyer. I find moreover that during my first two years in college I took I course in political science. did a. little debating and once I par- ticipated in I mock parliament. With this in mind I shall submit In application to the legal II- sociatlon for Idmlulo to the Bar. somehow I have I feeling that I won't. be admitted in spite of my aptitude. I lack sufficient training. Afraid to consult I "born" doc- tor without adequate ti-Ifnlnz on the ills of my body, mud to con- sult I "born" lawyer without Ide- quate tminlng on the investment. of my gold. I Im now uked to place my child in the hIndI of I "born" teacher without Idequnic training in education methods. My children In my gruteot ions. I Ihould like their tuchen to hIve aptitude cert.Ifn- ly but I wnnt their tcschen Do have the beat. t.rIining possible I take I chInoe with no other. If that teacher has I university de- gree. post-graduate degrees, In myieh the better. his new suggestion of cutting out or down on the period of tucher training il based on the foot. they clItm. that I lot. of young people In debiu-red from entering the teaching profession because they cInnot'. Ifford to spend I you in normnl Ichool. II this the solution to the deficiencfel in our educIt.ionIl oystam? Ye gods! I promtned to keep In open mind on the c ” however, and when I see the doctorl. the luv- yerl. Ind the like t.hIt. the some It.Ind with i-curd to entry in their pi-ofeuiono, I rmy be led to chInge my mind. Then I'll grin Ind but the illI of the mind II wen II the pIinI of the body Ind IVJIII I call to the bot. ' I Izn. Bit. et.c.. - A PARENT

COLIIISE

summon-Iido. NEWFOUNDLAND TIADI

Sir.-31 Iliended I mebilng of the Fodcrntion of Agriculture the other Ivonlng Ind wII his ly plouod to bar thIt the firm In It not trying to do I

job on their own bohnlf. Ind I otrtnlnly wloh them the byat. Thin or;InlIIlIon'I willingness to tight. for their right: on Ill xen- Inl problems in I hulthy Ilan Ind om. worthy of pi-IiIe. I truut Ind hope thIt thou fIi-moi-I will Itlck C0lIliiII.IlI(i do whntover, they can to help thomulvel nnd no Iloilg hInd in hand to help than who try to hnlp them. Much bltterncu Imou tho potato doIl- IrI Ihould be forgotten Ind eIch

Ill Iido Ihould Ilnrt ovor Iuln with

I cieIn Iheet. I commend thin ornnlutlon for their good uiumonto Ind I but: It. Iamo tlmu. on their

year in special normIl t.rIlning in Iuck and prolperuy Wm, P"h'9' organization.

, mnny problem! which relnted to Ihlp-

ln the form of I report of A delegation to Newfoundland was lfeinz kept back. I only know um I delegnllon went down nbuut two yearl ago and I never mum of I report. Now regardless of

mu, that Iptitude for turning to more who went down or who sent them

down. whatever the office hu in the form of I report why cur: they publish it?

I am inclined to believe that the majority of people do not know much about these trade problems. and would appreciate it if the secretary of the Federation would be good enough to publish any-

5””d '1"? much thW8m- 1" thing that might be available. .

I wish the farmers the belt of their

I am, Sir. etc., GOOD CITIZEN.

EGG PRICES AN!) QUALITI

Sir,-I was more amused than annoyed II I listened to the farm brondcuit. last. Thursday evening. The point. that mode me pick up my eIi-I was when the comments- tor sud there wII I intend of In much In 4 cents I dozen to the consumer on Grade A lIi-ge z-ggs It Charlottetown. the top pncv. being paid for specialized produc- ers' eggs, Ind t.hIt. the people at chulottetown were being carried IwIy. Is it. were. by Iome imagin- ary fancy as the eggs in question were all Grade A.

Perhaps I little explanation from I specialized egg producer could help clarify the Ilt.uIt.ion for Ill concerned. It. to true t.hIt nil GrIde A can look much the Iame under I gi-Ider's lImp but there II mother side to the picture which can only be detected at the eIting table: t.hIt. is nutrltlonnl vIlue Ind flavour. These go to make up I iIi-ge part of egg qual-

It might be I good iden for than with doubtful minds, to have n chIt. with I producer. or better still. pay I visit. to I modern poul- try fann. Ind use for themselvcu how better eggs Ire being pro- duced for the buying public. through Ieientlflully controlled feeding. Ind good can Ind poul- try management. I Im Sir. etc.

RALPH RAYNUR Mt. Herbert, P.!:.I.

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TAXES IN DEFAULT

Sir.-As 131 people have in .m' pear in Court as dcfnulters V"! payment of their School Unit gm 1 tnxel to the tune of 510030-1-h i Im wondering if Iomeihlni '5 wrong? I have I feeling nothlnif ll wrong with their IchoolI. but why do so many owe taxel. I feel th--so nre prosperous district: and 00"" lain good citizens. but. will INN" one pious give an explnnali0"- I am. Sir. etc.. INTERESTED PARTY-

mm?-m DB. GRANT"! LEITEB

Sir.-Congratulatlonu to Dr. Gr.'IlIl' on hlI Itrnlghtforwnrd llIlel'flC"( regarding Ot.iIwI'I trutment 0

Clnriottetown Ind Q1199!" C”""'

U- . . When the voters of Queens wt-”'y up they will have no further Ir-ll Ion to complain. If Mr. Miller were It OttIwI there wood I be no delIy concerning the coml mencornent. of the Vll'iol.II I"Qdel'i1 proiecto promised. Premier Jon; and Mayor Stewnrt Ire well um

vloed to may homo. and novel

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Charlottetown. . wnu. nnnri-no ifonolil Sir.-lb Wll I nut pleasure 10 me to rend In the nIwIv8P0" H the fnrmei-I of Prince Edward "- lInd have Icon fit to bntow "I10" Mr. Harold CIIy. of the Domin H Doputment of Agriculture. ft" honour which to my mind W

long overdue for his outitnndn Iuceou in the foedinl HM 5'";

vino. price: of but and pork. on In: of live ock Ind envetl-"' vrlm. potato mrlmlnf. Inn of mo Yorko In "no: in Iliou. Ito. I trust out in am pgwum. , - bomr wIyI Ina muno of pi-o- Good luck. I-fnroldl keen W duct Ind moi-looting on be no 1).. pm work. 5 qul which I think would be I no. Ilr. elc., ,1. beneficial to Ill. I an never In W. . lfcblil-U - when fIi-vnon expect more than 2

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Alma. P.li.I.