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, Department, Ottawa. President, lan A. Burnett; Vice President. Wm. I. Earnest; Seem-Trees, G. M. Burnett: Editor and Managing Director, J. 8. Burnett; Associate lldicoi. Freak Walker.

“The Strongest Memory i: Weaker Thai the Weakest Ink.‘

FRIDAY, nth-morn s, 194s Symbols 0f Sacrifice

Tomorrow is Poppy ‘Day; and it is worth re- calling, every day between now and Remem- brance Day, these words of General Crerar, made in connection with the Poppy sale ap- peal last year. They will strike chords of mem- ory among returned men of both world wars:

"Some fourteen months ago, on 8 Septem- ber, 1944, I motored up that old road, so fam- iliar to those of us who served in the last Great War—the road from St. Omer through Cassel, Poperinghe and Vlamertinghe to Ypres. The forward formations of the First Canadian Army were then pressing on to the borders of Hol- land and to the geographical barrier OI Th9 broad mouth of the River Scheldt. The doy be- fore, the 1st Polish Armoured had reached, and cleared the enemy from Ypres-

"Thai day, my own Tactical Headquarters was on the move forward, to be set up in the bomb-scarred fields near St. Omer. I was free, therefore, for a few hours, to push on _alone, except for my A. D. C., and, while motoring to Ypres, to connect the memories of the last war with the experiences of the war we were then fighting. Thoughts of 1915, 1916 and 1917, of the Battles of St. Julian, Sonctuary_Wood and Passchendaele, passed through my iiiiriilifll the Canadians who fought there, ond of their $0M. who "i; fighting now. This was Flanders again, with its battlefields and the_ dead_ and wounded which marked them. And its crimson Poppies, which had become the symbol of their humuillyfliserlicrljfibcjsepies are sold on Charlottetown streets not only the memory of those who gape their lives in two great wars will be kept fres . The men who came back maimed or sick, (l5 wgll as the families of those who made the su- preme sacrifice, will also be remembered. _

Each year as the Remembrance Day airm- ygrsqry approaches, members _of the Cana in: Legion auxiliaries join in raising funds to ai veterans and veterans’ families._BY Vel-‘IFIIIQ '3 P°PPY. by having a wreath in a window, PY Pluc‘ ing memorial wreaths on honor rolls or a_t mleiii; oriols, we can all_do Oiir Pt!" "‘ '1'“ "lltuu. ° remembrance. lt is not a diilY °"IY- '5 ‘I great and gloriiiiii PFIYiIiIQE-

llo Snap Election

There is talk in some quarters about the possibility of Prime Minister Kiiig meeting his majority difficulties in Parliament by calling a snap general election. What such talk over- looks, says the Ottawa Journal, is that no re- distribution measure has been passed since the last census and that without such a redistribu- tion measure on election at the present time, snap or otherwise, is constitutionally impossible. The matter is covered clearly in the BNA Act.

Parliament will probably meet toward the end of January. One of the first things on its agenda will be redistribution, among unfinished business last session, but it is doubtful whether ‘it can be hammered into law until well on into the Spring. Mr. King, in the meantime, and regardless of what his majority difficulties may be, will have to worry along cs best he can.

The Journal's guess is that a general elec- tion will come next Fall. This would give Mr. King time to decide whether he really wants to retire or whether, the position of the Liberal party being what it is, lie should put his fate to the test once more. lt would also provide the earliest practical opportunity of dispensing with a crliamentary situation which holds too many ingredients of weakness and indecision.

Education

Much has been said this‘ week about Edu- cation. A good deal of it has been less wisely said than the following comment from the Halifax Chronicle, which goes so closely to the root of the matter that one could wish the whole of, Education Week could have been spent in studying its implications:

"Education today, in spite of our modern advances in most fields, is still the Cinderella of the sciences. It has become so entirely con- fused in the public mind with training, and its purposes ore so commonly believed to aim at en- abling a pupil ‘to earn his living, that its orig- inal meaning tends to be lost.

"Training, professional or technical, most people thoroughly understand. It is practical. lt puts a boy or girl into on independent posi- tion in the world. lt is the pro-requisite to climbing the ladder of material success. More- over, training, whether in surgery, low or mech- anical or technical processes, provides some- thing that can usually be grasped by anyone with diligence, practice and a certain amount of native intelligence. A man or woman may poem: highly developed skills and yet remain uneducated.

" ecause thi: is a severely technical age

lllie virtues of ‘practicality’ have been heavily

dyer-estimated. It is e comparatively rare thing nowodey: to find a student devoting much time

JBI the study of the humanities. The ancient

Gillies have gone almost entirely into the dis- elrd. English literature, with rill it: treasures, i: practically a closed book to too many etu- ‘ of lilgli school and university. History and theory are perfunctory studios. Phil-

biil few devotee: and the social

, .01! looked upon too often a: ‘soft op-

"i" ' e ore, In consequence, losing the capacity

dlllytlcel thinking; nevertheless, if o student "lhieegh e

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factual matter put before him, yet learning to think analytically for himself, that student is educated in the best sense of the term.

"There is a serious danger that we are em- phasizing the need of earning a living to the point where we forget how to live. We devise means of shortening hours of labor, \so that people will have more leisure, but we pay too little attention to the need of occupying that leisure profitably, in the real sense of the term.

"Primarily, we are losing the art of self- expression in either its oral or its written form. If a real effort were made to regain facility in this field alone, in school and college, we might find ourselves at least one step,up the ladder of real education. Self-expression, uiider a constant fire of criticism, forms the best training there is for clear thinking. We cannot have too much of if."

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Straws indicate how the wind blows; with the appointment of a new judge a good deal of private law practice will be available; some- body no doubt will be after It.

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Fredericton, N. B., Legion have invited four ex-service women to be sentries at the cenotaph on Nov. 11, one from each service and a nurs- ing sister.

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The Provincial Public Works Department is to be congratulated on looking ahead in the matter of keeping the public roads open during the winter. The time is long past since the traffic in winter could be allowed to take care of itself, with, or without, the double sleigh outfit.

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Sympathy goes out to Dr. Acker who was expected here yesterday, but was detained in Halifax due to the illness and subsequent death of his father. Mr. Acker, a lifelong civil serv- ant, had attained the grand old age of eighty-

three.

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A good beginning has been made with ar- rangements for winter physical fitness cam- paign by outlining plans for the benefit of youngsters in both outdoor and indoor hockey. Two of the city squares are to be mode avail- able, and a contract made with the Forum for 20 hours a week for school children.

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Following our example. A sample consign- ment of Tasmanian scallops and Australian lob- sters have been sent from Melbourne to the United States by an Australian National Air-- ways skymaster. They were loaded into the plane, packed in 30 lbs. of dry ice to keep them

frozen until they reach New York this week. Ii if‘ 4 Ir

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Final results show the Labor party won 1,041 of the 2,319 council seats at stake in England's country-wide municipal elections Fri- day, building up labour municipal control to a point almost matching its parliamentary strength.

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Could it be really possible the cost-of-liv- ing index rose from 125.5 Sept. 3 l0 126-3 0C?- 1 the 13-point increase being largely duegto higher milk prices, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics? The food index increase was from 143.2 to 146.5 and the rent index increase from 112.6 to 113.4. Other increases: Fuel and light, 107.2 to 107.3; clothing, 129.6 to 130.2; home furnishings and services, 128.4 to 128.8. Miscellaneous items remained un- changed at 113.9. 1'

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The head of the Victorian Police Force is an ex-Scotland Yard man and he has trained his force faithfully and well. This was shown when a defective at headquarters lost his shirt. He undressed in his roomaiid went to take a shower. _ The practical jokers in the quarters proved their innocence and the Scotland Yard technique went into action. A sheet of paper was placed where the shirt had been and the door was opened. The draught caught up the paper and wofted ll through the open window. It floated over an adjoining building and the detectives found ‘ll’ in the backyard. Beside it was the missing shirt.

Climaxing a ducclessful-‘drive for member- ship and funds with which to carry on its act- ivities, the Moncton Board of Trade announces

that Mr. J. Harold Farthing has been appoint-l

ed permanent secretary of the board and on office will be opened in the Imperial Block, Main Street. The appointment was announced by Mr. Harry Joyce, piesident of the board. Mr. Farthing, the first permanent secretary of the board, was born and educated in Moncton. He taught in schools of the province for two years after graduation. He enlisted with the Carleton and York Regiment in 1940 and proceeded overseas with that unit, serving in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Receiving his discharge in 1945, he entered the employ of the Swift Can- adian Co. until receiving his new appointment. "It 4r ' ‘A’

John Kyrle, "The Mon of Ross", Hereford- shire, died this date 1724; although an ordin- ary citizen otherwise, with an income of £500, he was quietly active and benevolent in the in- forests of the community, so much so that he called forth the admiration of those who knew of his good works, including Pope, who dedicated to him the poem "The Man of Ro::". At his death he had neither money nor debts, so close did his income and expenditure al- ways agree. -It was wonderful whet he accom- pllshed by precept and example for the benefit of those among whom he lived, for both their physical and spiritual betterment, including health and prosperity,- he was o jovial individual, fond of e good story and often kept late hour: cracliinghjolie: and having a good time ‘gener- ally. e church being in need of completion and repair, he quietly got the herltor: to Impose on assessment for the purpose, contrlbiitln himself beyond hi: shore. and thereby, Pope:

poem rays, he built "a church to God, and not

nlrerolty, fgrgetting rnoot of tlietefonie, ‘Q

When he returned the shirt was gone,

‘TEL CHARLOTTETOWN CUARDIAN llotos By The flay

Edmonton people think flu“- ciiy i: iioing to become "in, 1-0;. onto of Western Canada." 1t’: an awful future to Cllittemplatg, but dunt lei ii get you down, Iulks. What one fears most sci. dom happens-Ottawa Citizen.

If there i: a rhortago of typ- lsis In some (Ottawa) depart- ments, there certainly L: sumo in others. The volume of typed mimeographed "releases" flowing out of certain offices. moat or them p! the PFOD-‘iganda variety which find their way into newspa, Wflsle-bflskets all over Canada, is "Plialllnil- ~ Windsor Star.

Let‘: have more operatic “he. tlons. more songs. more ballads. in words we can understand. True. this may make some sing. ers more attentive to their enun- Oiatlan. Certainly it will give iliem more work in learning new translations. But what of that Top-rank vocalists are well paid. and anyway. i: it not time Can- adian. British and American con- ei-rt-goer: were freed from the chains of a stuffy. inferior and unintelligible tradition? - Bron-t- ford Expositor.

Something lllre an epidemic of "iiiliilliviiy is causing so much overwork at one London registry office that the registrar, a keen iootball fan, has no time to follow his favorite club. Last wggk n Young couple who had had to wall half an hour after the time 1f their appointment. innocently demanded to know the reason for the delay. The harassed regis- "eri by way pt iespuu. answered: “We couldn't help it—the brand- ing irons needed heating up!" The husbarid-to-be took the joke as such. but the frightened bride. accepting the answer in n llteriil sense. fled hurriedly from the ordeall-From London Letter.

We have always been Interest;- eri in an abstract sort of way in Ilse development of jet propulsion. It was interesting to hear that airplanes could now travel at a speed in excess of 600 miles an hcur. but somehow we felled to link lt up with our daily lives. But it. is quite: different with a jet-propelled dishwasher. which ls iTTDorted l0 be making its appear- ance on the market very shortly.

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This eoliuiu: lo open to tliie discussion by oorr0| opaadeah of queeloa: el ; Inherent. ‘Ilia Charlottetown‘; Guardian doee not aeooomr lly endorse the opinion ai __1P¢=-Dunaeata. "

BOARD OI‘ TRADE ACTIVITIES

5Il‘,-—-Y0lll’ news coverage of re. cent. Maritime and Charlottetown Boards of Trade meetings is ap- preciated. As a rmmewhat critical note was discernible in your edi- torial of yesterday morning, and ivhich ls no doutit justified. it might be well for the wr-lter to make some comments which it is hoped will be of interest to your readers,

tinder the leadership of the can. flfliiiri Chamber of Commerce, new life and a somewnat. ncw oonoep- tion qt Board of Trade work fin; become current. Briefly. ll. ls that the Board should act n; n QQ-Qy. dinatlng influence. or centre, for the various activities of the com- munity. r

I" W"! $0M by. It was a oom- moxi thing to find that two or three prominent merchants who owned _mucli property. and who had Smut influence in the community, controlled it. ‘They usually did well byf the citizens, although often with a considerable degree or benefit m themselves. Nevertheless their ef- fort: usually meant progress in the community. as ihcy were in- variably the leaders. As centres be- ciime more heavily populated, and various pressure groups come into beinB. the situation became more complicated. The resultant discord. and lack of agreement, stifles pro- gress. A more democratic way would seem to be for all interests to pool their knowledge and energy in o community ossotlatlon, and let it speak with one ioioe for all. Presumably it. should not speak until all angles of any given 51g- uailon have been studied. discussed, and a course, of action agreed upon. This is the view the, writer had of the problem when accepting the presidency of the local Board of Trade for the year 1946. So far he has met with little encouragement from the standpoint of bis-opera- tlori, but still believes 1n the prin- ciple. niid that it can be made in work here. Unfortunately, it l: much easier for many to sit on the sidelines and criticize-rather than to take a share in commun- liy effort. To tmplemeri: a program for s community association, sucli as our

Anything that can propel a dfriv dish through soap and water ivlthout the use of human hands holds tremendous possibilities. We think ll is a sign that science ts descending lo the level of the common Yhan.--Comn>a1i Sland- era-Freeholder.

‘Iiliere has been miicli talk in recon-l years about the "econ- omics of full employment." Have Americans. by a faulty and lagg- ing reconverelon. 10st their op- portunity to establish the econ- omics of full employment? We don't think so. But they might. well heed something on this sub- ject the prime minister of Great. Britain has just told the Trade Union Congress: "To match the economic: of full employment. we need the ethics of full employ- ment." Mr. Attlee was reminding his labor supporters that every worker is concerned “not just with his own wage. still lees with somebody else's profit, but with the standard of life of the na- tion." Right now enlightened American business leaders are ao- peaiing to their fellows to avoid excessive price rises and to take n responsible part in preventing nrwther boombust. Christian Science Monitor.

Steady jirngresii is being made .on the Snult Ste. Marie to Lake ‘Head iiigliirziy. although at the lprcsent rate if. will be years be- ‘(one iiie 485 miles of road will be completed. This route along the North Shore of Lake Superior 1s mrough one of the most scenic ports of Ontario and when open usill be one of the zreaicst tour- |lsi attractions of Canada. FYom Port Arthur it r-ow extends some lcifstani-e east of Schrrlber. nor. cnly lo the new toivri of Terrace ‘out beyond for several miles as a ‘usable road. and ls abgut 75 per cent complete to White River. In the meantime motorists can go west viii an all-Canadian route over the more northerly highway ‘V18 Kopuskaslng. if-esrst and ltlang Lac VTIFIICH has been in use since early in the war and which has already been travelled by thousands of motorists. With ihr improvement of this highway and the opening up of the route ni-ound the North Shore of Evoke Superior, motoring west via ell- Canadlen routes will become pop- ular within n few years. - Owen Sound Sun-Times.

A controversy ha: arisen on the subject of birds poisoning their young if threatened with captivity. The Duke of Bedford. that great authority, seems to be among those who consider the belief a mere superstltlona n: his letter to The Field indicates. My own dia- beiief we: not o little weakened by one experience. Lord North- cliffe tried to nniurnilac the Am- erican robtii (which t: a thrush) and breed a number both in the Wild and in captivity. Home young were put in cages. where they were fed by the thrushe: and bilckbtrda that had hatched them out. ‘the looni naturalist tn charge prophesied with confidence that at a certain date. n: the bird: became able to fly, they would tie poisoned. and til: pro- phony was exactly fulfilled. At any rate. the bird: died. and the momenta that they tied been given the find tip: of yen loaves Th: birds. and they were numer- ous. loft in itie vrild flourished greatly. but about ltii: dot: ‘clean vnalatird and no novro of ony ‘ ttirni no: over received. The ii i '

Board should be, l1 l: first, neces-

sary that all those in business for

themselves. pi ' ally or ather- Wi-Se. should 30in. and shore in dis- cussion and action. Secondly, n, pennanent secretary-manager is required who can carry on day to filly W014i. engage in fact. finding for committees, etc. Boards in many towns of our size in Canada retain such a person, who in many cases i: subsidized by town fin- ances.

In endeavor-in; to strengthen the Board and moire it truly iepresen- tetive of the community. all mer- chants, retali and ivholesale. mori- ufacturers, professional and bus- iness men, including representatives of the central co-ops. and farmers’ organizations, are invited ioseek membership. It. has been felt for some time that il-iere are enough retailers here to form a retail mer- chants section of the Board. This section would have its own chair- man and would interest itself In oil matters pertaining to the re- tail trade. Through its chairman. who would have a seat on the Council, the plans and vrlshcs of the section would be brought to the attention of other branches of business. Farming ls rapidly be- coming akin i0 business, and should have a definite alignment. with. and interest. in, business generally. The present transportation bottleneck ls a case ln point where these fn- ierests are one and the same.

A representative Baird would be of great assistance to both local 2nd provincial government, through the building up of n more inform- ed opinion on public and commun- ity pi-Obiems. ‘Phroizgh lis member- ship ln the Unriariinn Chamber of Commerce, and tr-rough frequent contact with Federal Government representatives a notional plan for a sensible government and econ- °i11l¢ DOIicy slufiiid be possible. It would seem, than that the Board of ‘Prado can. nud “should, fill a definite and important plan-e in the community, Rather than de- ride it, citizens nre asked to get behind their community associa- lion.

I 1m. Sir. etc. I‘.W. IIYNDMAN President, Lin-i‘ ttemwn Board of Trade.

TIMPIIANOI

Bug-Having been out of the Province n few years. and not hav- ing kept up-lo-date on all our new temperance enactments, I was quite surprised to find bar moms running wide open in Charlotte- town when I vi-sited the city re- cently. Going in there to see i: so- ciilled boxing match at the ‘Forum I noon concluded that. all was not we] from n temperance viewpoint. I met intoxicated person: on the streets and saw others drinking from bottle: quite freely. Starting down Kent Street to the Forum 1 met e friend who nld lie would accompany me lf I would ivnlt a moment while ti: stepped Into a place to lee n fellow. A: he did not ro-appenr, the door of this piece being lnvltlngly wide open I stepped in to coming along.