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Morning Dally (Founded tn 1881) Authorized as Second Clue Mill. Poet Ottioe Department, Ottawa.

President, lun A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. I. Burnett; Secy.-Trens.. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor.

hank Walker. ’

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

FRIDAY, DECEMBER ll .19“

Triliute To “Agricola”

Speaking of culture and cultural courses for the community, one is reminded of the week- ly articles this newspaper has been priv- ileged to publish over a long period of years from the gifted pen of "Agricola", which is the nom_ de/ plume of Mr. Blythe Hurst, Sr., of Brackley Beach, who has probably contributed more to the cause discussed at last night's pub- lic meeting than any other individual in this l Province.

No subject of cultural or scientific inter- est is alien to Agricola's columns: history, poetry, folklore, mythology, music, drama, botany, horti- culture, ornitholog)‘, archaeology, astronomy —- he is at home in every field, and writes with equal facility about a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, a new star cluster, Island weather lore, family name origins, or some rare species of bird, in- sect or plant which he has just identified for an inquiring correspondent.

"Agricola's" literary style is the fruit of long familiarity with the Classics, and affords an education in itself in the art of writing felicitously. He also writes authoritatively, as in his "Flowering Plants and Ferns of Prince Ed- ward Island"—several of them discovered by himself and enumerated in his Guardian articles —which was published in 1933 by the Royal Can- adian Institute and remains the standard,work on this subject. .

Tributes to "Agricola" have been received from many sources, including top-ranking edu- cationists in Ontario and other ports of Can- ada and the United States. No one has number- ed the thousands of Guardian readers whose in- terest in cultural subjects he has stimulated in the past three decades and more since he start- ed his "Newsy Notes"; but their name must be legion. '

llow Zealand Liquor Issue

Electors in New Zealand voted recently on the issue of state control of the liquor traffic as recommended by a royal commission last Sep- tember in the cases of breweries, but the vote was not decisive. Nearly half a million voters still prefer the ex-isting licensing system despite the defects in it stressed by the royal commis- sion. About 234,000 voters demanded prohibi- tion, and while only 187,000 favored state own- ership and control, this figure showed a rise of 63,000 while the others declined. The govern- ment, on this division of opinion, must now do the best it can to implement the recommenda- tions made to it and the task will riot be easy. It is unlikely to nationalize the liquor trade, but if the present trend in the voting continues it may be emboldened to do so, being a Labor gov- ernment. lncidentally, what is known as the Carlisle plan, established in England during the First Great War and based on trust control of hotels without profits from liquor, has spread to New Zealand and is now on trial at lnvercar- gill. "

Must Get The Grain

There is a direct connection between Food Minister Strachey's warning to Britons that their food rations might be reducbd and the gathering in Ottawa last week of agricultural ministers and officials from across the Domin- ion. Mr. Strachey said that some of the pro- posed cut was the result of reduced bacon sup- plies from Canada while the meeting was searching for ways and means of increasing sup- plies next year. Says the Ottawa Journal in this connection:

This year Canada will not meet its bacon, cheese or egg contracts with the United King- dom. The redisetion in pork shipments was greatest, and of most concern to Britain. From a peak bacon export of 616 million pounds in the 1943-45 period we drop to about 2B4 mil- lion pounds this year. The domestic market will get about 495 million pounds. Shipments of cheese dropped about 40 million pounds and fewer eggs were sent ever. r

All this was known when the Agricultural Conference met in Ottawa. The problem fac- ing the meeting was to find some means of stopping the downward trend and so direct Can- adian farmers that the best balance possible ltetween domestic food needs and our export contiacts would be reached next season. The prevailing opinion was that o threatened short-

of feed grains was the keystone of the prob- lem, that assurance -of adequate feed supplies next ear was the first requirement.

' ' ‘ he result was that recommendations were made for acreage bonuses for barley, and pos- oily ‘rye, although Eastern representatives to the ‘conference came out strongly for higher for dairy products, butter in particular. riculture Minister Gardiner and his officials to the opinion that it would be useless to advocate production of more milk, pork or eggs, If the necessary feed was not forthcoming. it rice incentive alone for East- rs wood prove useless unless teed

be rantoed. -. the. problem souor up to 10min. wholsaro iieeiilnd ing tn a , tion course innocent years. ‘ Ahojlwdll e blgwoy and gore production this country Tires when wheat seiplulss

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from pork and dairy products. Less coarse grains was another result. that wheat production can be stabilized for sev- eral years at 24 million acres through a price incentive, that there will be a return to more barley and other coarse grains.

Western Islands, (1781) his greatest work: a wise Whig, I believe, will agree. Their prin- ciples are the same, though their thinking are different."

by Mr. lattetown and now residin _ man. is a brother of Mr. J. J. Enman, editor of the Summerside Journal. He has had the distinc- tion of having two of his hymns included in the

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- EDITORIAL NOTES .-.

It seems ridiculous to put such a question; all tlie same, "have you begun your Christmas shopping?" Delays are dangerous.

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It is essential in any telephone system worth while, that central be possible of being contacted instantly. the Davis 8. Fraser fire, recently, may mean death and disaster.

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Delay, as in the case a

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As most of the possible successors of Fed

eral captain King have left the sinking ship, endeavours are now being made to what is left in positions, whether or not they so desire them. ‘

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What a poor alibi the Public Works De-

partment have for depriving the residents of East Point of their daily mail service. Evident- ly the retirement of Mr. MacMillan has not been long in making itself felt.

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The Education

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Dr. Samuel Johnson, man of letters, died

this date 1784; after failing as a schoolmaster Johnson started in journalism, becoming a Par- liamentary reporter; he started _his Dictionary of the followed The Rambler in cession of minor publications. In 1763 began his association with Boswell, which proved the best event of his life, as it led to the Journey to the and the Lives of the Poets "A wise Tory and

English Language in 1747; 1749, and a

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Hymn Book of the Church of England in Can ada and all his work is marked by deep devo tional sentiment. The printed and carries a Rev.'G. Scotia.

sincerely. ‘I r . .

ate occurrences. hospital after a long fight by the writes a Sydney Correspondent.

towns for more suIplies. In desperation

Lismore to be sufficient. Special

Kempsey district a _

yard with a magpie hanging on to his ear. Q Q ,1 i

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An appeal to Canadians for

the Children Fund clothing depot, who members of the Toronto Women's Division

of flannelotte for making loyettos and

i»! "I socks are especially ussiulin making a ' unrovelied or unknit wool help to needed socks and sweaters.‘ D _ ‘N

are regarded, qs precious in‘ swoon

‘lssigitoisr contrasts w... a... , _.M>i!ti!!l" W‘ i!

sboesiooe these oi invalids,

Now the hope is likely

. Just why should not Prince of Wales Col- lege have an extra day Christmas vacation in order to avoid students leaving their homes on New Year's day, a national and long established family holiday? seems lacking in vision.

Department

then suc

of minim. The report suggests that

Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr. is following in the footsteps of his millionaire father in pub- Iic munificence. The late "John D." the pro- moter of the first great monopolist trust which endeavoured to crush out all competitors, gave away during his life time for benevolent, educ tional and health purposes, more dollars, (estimated at more than half-a-billion), than a million men could earn in their lifetime. To give eight-and-a-half mill a site for a home for the Unite wholesale corruption to induce the powers-that- be to forsake Philadelphia and San Francisco. Why did he not do as our local philanthropist, Mr. R. L. Cotton, did, and hand to the Government of the State of New York, for the purpose of beautifying an ditions generally? ’

n_ the revenues of that line. -Wlml- of P03 Free Press,

ion dollars to buy d Nations looks like

the money over

improving con-

"One Hundred Hymns and Sacred Lyrics" is the title of a fine selection of religious verses William Edgar Enmun, formerly of Char- g in Halifax. Mr. En-

booklet is attractively brief foreword by the Rt. F. Kingston, Anglican Bishop of Nova Bishop Kingston expresses the hope that Mr. Enman's poetry may be widely read and ap- preciated, and in this The Guardian joins most

Fatalities are due to all sorts of unfortun- A magpie was the cause of the death of a boy aged 13 in Macleay district doctors, The magpie at- tacked the boy, inflicting serious head injuries. The doctors used abnormal quantities of anti- tetanus serum, and sent urgent calls to Mait- land, Warath, Newcastle, and other southern the doctors then called the northern towns, and dis- covered the combined supplies 0f Grafton Ofill aeroplanes were chartered, but a hitch prevented the Lis- more aeroplane from making the iourney and that supply was sent by train. The Grafton aero-

boy ran round the school

and pieces of material comes here from the cloth- ing depot of the Canadian Save the Children Fund at 111 Maitland Street, Toronto. ,Thous- ands of European women have expressed their wish to begin making clothes for their children, and curtains and other articles to improve their homes. Voluntary workers at the Canadian Save are

the Fund, are trying to answer-this need through the help of Canadian housewives. End pieces night clothes; serge and tweeds for making boys suits and worm winter coats; cotton _in bright calm and designs formaking curtains and brlghten- ' sad homes; and all kinds- of otlierlma- terio_l__cen be used for many purposes. ftissd

tries today-norms hots, but as material in , ‘p, p3,. sea-essay

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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Simpler lnoosne to: teem, are again being promised. Never muss-l. the forms; let's have s, simpler- m. oome tax. —8t. Thomas ‘Dimes. Journal

Elected. or defeated, M]; flg. beth Sheldon breaks new ground 8e a candidate for election to the Bmokvllle town council. We hove had misrilcipal elections slme 153g and she i3 the first of hea- sex to fiwllenee man's eiocluelve position In local politics. -Brodr.vllle Re- corder and Times.

t 1r history lsouid eventually re- call that, democracy was can-led to Japenhot by General Mme- Lrthur but by King Fee-buses’ and (390189 MnManus‘ “Brlngtng' Up - W018i." it would be ironic. For Jitlks’ adventures are the first r W!!!“ “I'll! adventures to upped-I‘ dolly ln one of the One-page Jup- anese newspapers. The Tokyo Yomluri has been using the strip with the orlal-nal balloons and en Enellsh lesson undemeath. Because the newsprint shortage really is no Joke, Yomlurl print; half o, strip u day. —-Edltor and Publisher.

There should be eta-later taste of driver; before permits to 0pm- ate an automobile are issued. One has to show good cause to have e. Def"!!! to carry o. revolver. Yet a revolver Is not nearly Q5 dmc gerous to society as a motor oar, because the opportiunltlee for its use are so lmsch lower. Cripple; with one arm. with one eye. wlth dam!" hwflns. and otherwise incapacitated can .be seen on the media and the hkhways driving thirty to seventy miles an hour in powerful machines welghing up ti? two and three tom. -Chat.hom ewe.

The ueurusicee of the Manitoba Department of Natural Resources that the-re is "no reason to dmibt" the discovery of llgnlte coal dg- lwfllts in Northern Manitoba. near Churchill does not provide my bfllll w! mhwflne their value to this Plwlnoe or to Western Canada Hvwevar. there are two factors which may enter into that oalcul. etlorLOne is that of the ease of

the coal ls on or mau- the surface and consequently mow be extracted by $11111! 1114111118. a misch cheaper method than sinking she-ft; and dome undersmimd work The other 1s that such coal deposits, if their development le found to be oom- merclally sound, will provide return traffic on the Hudson Bey Railway and thereby afford an addition to

Positive action l; needed to keep Young Canadians of ability on the job in Canada. It le not enough to count the numbers 30108 over the line for bigger jabs mid, bigger "WW9 and to wrlnz our hands about lt. Accepting the basic argument .that uncapplng salary ceilings and easing income m“; will go a long way toward plugging the drain, there still remain other important and necessary ways to keep Canadian brains in Crusade. The long-standing argument that bigger money and lower income tax rates in the U.s. are counteracted by higher living costs won't. turn the trick unaided. The thing has to be brought down to earth. ex- amined‘ industry by industry and job by Job. That's the only way n concrete positive cure can be work- ed. Wax in the ears and chains to the mast are old stuff. This is a

wssiisnl Spotlight

By OLYDI BLACKBURN Canadian Press Stu! Writer Wuhlolton When John L. bowls dramatic- ally coiled o! the loft. cool strike he proved once eaoln‘ what most Anni-icons now will promptly for- Iet, that he holds and. wlelde the power of economdo life and death

over the United States. _

He wemeble effectively to stifle the industry and public services of the United States by e word to his soft coal miners. And when the situation wee appraechq ing the criele, another gesture from Lewis ended 1t. and brought relief to s shivering. apprehensive nation.

Lewis never revealed what eln- gle circumstance prompted him to retreat. Probably lt was a Vcomblnutlon of clrc unCBI but Illlilllly the fact that in import‘.- llng the economic life and physi- cal welkbelng of the puhlle he was hitting his own army of fol- lowers and inviting destruction of his union and his own powerful position.

But the lesson for Americans ls that tn ending the strike no leee than tn precipitating 1t, Lewis demonstrated the extraordinary power he holds and does not hesitate to use. ’

‘That probably will be forgotten quickly by the relieved rank and tile but not by the anti-labor union members of the Senate end House of Representatives. » It would seem certelrrttiat a flock of anti-labor measures will be brought fnto the new Congress opening Jen. 2 end that the Pre- sident ln his message to Congress will recommend legislation de- signed to remove from the hands of labor leaders ouch absolute power es that exercised by John L. Lewis.

One direct result of the soft coal incident woe e slight boost to President Truman's prestige. The President handed Lewis and the miners over to the courts and re- mained sbeolut ‘ silent until pressure finally induced him to announce a radio appeal to the miners. But before the time for his speech his "silent treatment" had brought results end the Lewis retreat made his appeal unneces- eery.

"The iloto

(By Larry Hauck, Associated Press. New York)

The veto rears tto heed every time the United Nations debates an important issue.

This has been true in the 1on8 discussions on arms reduction. troop inventories and all the other pAODIGITII considered so important. to the future o! mankind.

This word veto-e Latin term which is the sense in English. spenish, Russian and French-con- cerns the special voting right given the five great powers in the Bec- urlty Council through charter authorization for any of them Lo block e. major decision by merely raising a hand.

m the flnal days of the current assembly session , hops today- the United Nations will act on a proposal aimed to curb the use of the veto. However, the final resolution which emerged from committee

to their wives and Gowns!

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for floor debate wee so watered down by revisions and amend- ments that. it did little more then

20th SIGHT/QTY siren we're up against. . —Toronto Flrienctal Post.

" Ittuodsookteleenifromu meteorologist than an ideal out- door climate would call for a some of temperature of only two de- grees. Professor David mum, an eminent. British authority, recently said that such a climate would per- mlt a men to walk at. three miles an hour in bright sisnshlne without sweating appreciably or to st in the shade doing light work with- out loss of body heat. The upper limit would be sixty-eight; degrees Fahrenheit and the lower limit sixty-six degrees. Many days of the ear in this climate provide at least. a few hour; of this restricted range of temperature. but they are

lzed as ideal only of

cell attention to opposition to the special voting privilege. O I O

Throughout discussions in and out of committee rooms. Russia has borne the brunt of the attacks which have been levelled prin- clpeily by small countries. The barrage against Russia has stCm- med from unofficial figures show- ing that Russia has pulled n wito

5mg out of its pocket; nine times in lees

than a year to block Security Council resolutions favored hv at least seven of the l1 membere. fiance was associated with Russia on one veto; Great Britain, the United States and China have never used it, Russia has

stood its ground

the hours and days when the mbir- cury departs, from that restricted range of two degrees. In fact, the ideal climate, from the point of view of the man who must live in it, requires some fifty or fifty-five degreeebf range to sec off those two degrees in the upper sixties for the gems that they are. Without extremes of climate, what. is now considered ideal might. become mere- Iy monotonous. -New York Sun.

plane get through with 100,000 units of serum, but the boy died. The magpie is a protected bird, but is notorious for its vicious attacks on anybody nearing the nest. Recently in the p a

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What have we done for this, our fiiliusoood u ohoseedoo

Now we die or serve sentence for u! grme, more then that

Wiho will micron bloodluet. to no believe we would I

How shall out memory blot out the d

_ O . Cari v Qeoerostvo qencer ‘ ’ would they tesra ‘m:

Old Charlottetown (And us.)

“THE GARDEN OI‘ AMERICA"

“I promised youn- Lordshlp some further accounts of the Island this eutiumn. and from everything I have tried. ‘both tn husbandry and in nrdenine. my expectations are fully answered. and in many eur- pseocd, such as the raising of In- dian corn, which I have none this year myself, and very good too, though it. was not piesi by more than e month so early ea it, ought to have been. In eves-y other part of America where I have been (rein in genenl deteriorates, es- pecially oats and barley; but. here 1 have raised both this yeerto the