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THE GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded ln 1M1) luthorized an i-imiunil Cluu Mall, Poet Olfloo Department, Ottuvn. The loluud uunriliun l-‘ubllobing Co. editor uni uluuugiug Lllrwfur. J. It. Burnett;

Anoeinio llilitor, Frank Walker

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

CHARLUTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY. OCT- l3- 1948 After Better Terms

Judged by what the Maritime Provinces ob- tained under the existing Dominion-Provincial tax agreements, the terms offered to Newfound- land as an inducement to enter Confederation would appear to have been generous. The Fed- eral payment in lieu of taxes and estimated statutory subsidy would have been $6,300,000 for the year i947. Added to this were estimates of old age pensions expenditures, family allowan- ces and other departmental costs, plus a transi- tional grant of $3,500,000, bringing total ex- penditures to an estimated $30,700,000. This did not include the servicing of the Newfound- land debt, deficits of the Newfoundlandrailway and other necessary expenditures on capital ac- count.

Speaking in the Legislature last session, Premier Jones referred to the Newfoundland terms and said he was wondering whether or not Prince Edward island, which is in somewhat the some position, could not base a claim for more subsidy on that account.

Now, however, it is reported that the New- foundland delegation have presented financial statements to the Canadian Government show- ing the need for still higher provincial revenues and therefore the necessity of reopening nego- tiations on the financial proposals made by the Dominion lcst year. This is said to have been "not unexpected", and a good deal of prepara- tory work has been done at Ottawa in anticipa- tion thereof. All of which goes to prove the wisdom of the late Premier Walter M. Leo's oft- quoted maxim, that "the wheel that does the squeaking is the one that gets the grease."

No one will blame the Newfoundland dele- gates for getting everything they can in their

' negotiations with Ottawa. The Moritimes, how-

ever, have a right to insist on equal terms, and

even to have these terms made retroactive. Prem-

ier Jones, who contrary to a Reuters news des-

patch is at home and not in Northern Ireland, w would do well to follow up his idea along this line, as expressed in his budget speech last March. .

The iron Curtain

The lron Curtain is a phrase commonly used to denote the invisible screen put up by the So- viet hierarchy to prevent the outside world from knowing what is going on inside the Soviet Union. ‘Probably this is the intent of the Kremlin. Un- doubtedly they feel that there is protection in secrecy. But there is another side to the Iron \ Curtain with which we have been less concerned, but which may be in the long run more danger- ous, both to the Soviets and to the world at large. This point is emphasised in an address by Mr. Frederick Osborn, deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, which has been published in a collection of Mr. Osborn’: speeches on the Atomic impasse.

Briefly, Mr. Osborn's point is that the iron Curtain prevents not only the people but also the rulers of the Soviet Union from forming cor- rect opinions of what is really going on in the rest of the world. The more incorrect their opin- ions, the more they seem to hold to them. The rulers of the country apparently tend to become victims of their own propaganda because they lack normal sources of information and because public opinion within Soviet Russia is misinform- ed.

There is, for example, a great deal of internal evidence from the records of the Atomic Energy Commission to indicate that the inflexibility of Soviet diplomacy, and its inability to reopen a matter on the basis of new facts, are results of the Soviet system which, first, allows no lati- tude to its delegates, and, second, prevents cor- rect information from getting back to the Krem- lin. Even the simplest questions with respect to some aspects of the Soviet proposals has taken weeks or even months to answer, and if the ques- tion was pressed too urgently, the Soviet dele- gates would use all sorts of delaying tactics to hide their embarrassment. -

This has tended to emphasize the isolation of the Soviet delegation, already marked by the of- ficial distance and formality apparently required of Soviet emissaries in dealing with representa- tives of foreign countries. That common under- standing which develops among a group of men seeking a common goal passed them by com- pletely. Unable to understand the cooperation . of the other delegates, their suspicions of coer-

cion and secret manipulation must often have seemed to them confirmed by the simplest acts of cooperation and good will among the others. lt seemed not to have occurred to them, any more than to their government, that it is the Soviet intransigence which has helped forge such a close band of sympathy among the majority. They have apparently never asked themselves the question whether, if they had listened sym- pathetically to the proposals of the other dele- p .. gates, and when these proposals were sensible, ' accepted them and recommended their accept-

have been seen to be acting on the basis of good sense rather than coercion.

No doubt it was in the hope of remedying this situation- of clearing the atmosphere at Mos- cow poisoned ot its sources and fed on biased reports from the outside world — that President

. Truman proposed to send a "peace mission" to , discuss matters personally with Marshal Stalin. ' Ho has been advised to abandon this scheme, and no doubt wisely. The objection to the Presi- dent's proposal is that should it fail, it would aggravate matters and perhaps provoke the very crisis which the western powers are seeking to avert.

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llnweieome Statisticians

Mentioned in these columns recently was rne survey, now under way, of some 200 Dominion Bureau of Statistics officials throughout the country to find out what Canadians do with their money. Strong objection to this procedure is raised by Mr. George Black, veteran Yukon M. P., in a letter appearing in the Ottawa Journal. To Mr. Black's criticism the Journal adds its editorial opinion, as follows:

"The Government has no right at all to ask people what they do with their money; this is just a bit of snooping impertinence which shows how far we have travelled toward totalitarian technique. The Bureau of Statistics, in making this announcement, said it wanted to find wheth- er its cost of living index was taking account of all factors, or of the right factors, in living costs. lf the Bureau of Statistics is so remote from the facts of life that it doesn't know its index to be out of date, then not much of anything is going to help it.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Lifting of Canada's ban on tomatoes from the British West lndies was HOME I00 5°°"- The ban saved us no U. S. dollars and tlfrefllelled to put an end to Canadian trade with thOSE

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The request of the City teachers to be paid on a twelve months basis rather than ten seems to be most reasonable. Teachers are employed by the year and paying tneni on a ten months basis serves only to create the illusion that their salary is greater than it is in fact. . .. ..

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The expressed opinion of the commandant of the armoured school of the United States Ar- my that he believes armour will play‘ a constantly greater role in any future war is a little startling in the light of developments in aircraft and _air- borne weapons. Surely Col. Blimp has not given up his beloved cavalry’ to: tile armoured corps. .

Mr. King's breakdown evokes the sympathy of all but in a very real sense it is a gain to Ca- nada. This country will now be represented at the conference of Commonwealth Prime Minis- ters by the man who will have the responsibility of carrying out the policies he advocates in Lon- don.

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The decision of a Quebec court, which has not yet come to hand, will determine Whether Montreal harbour is governed by Quebec pro- vincial law or whether that harbour, and conse- quently others, being Federal property is sub- ject only to Ottawa.

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Washington's interim report of the un-Ameri- can activities committee seems unlikely to ap- proach in popularity Ottawa's report of the Royal Commission on espionage. The revela- tions are now of a familiar pattern, perhaps all the more serious for that reason.

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Many people have found fault with the method of showing farm incomes and prices as an in- dex based on the period l935-l939 when the farmer was in a very bad way indeed. A truer picture would be to compare the farmer with the average business man with a similar invest- ment and working a week of equal length.

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lt is not known as yet whether there is any foundation for the charges of irregularities in the handling of export permits under the British Board of Trade. When a government fakes on the minute control of trade and industry, how- ever, there is bound to be ample room for sus- picion that being "on the inside track" is the short cut to a healthy balance sheet.

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What poultry raising can accomplish. A Ger- man arrested recently in Munich told a magis- trate how he keeps his family: "From five hens we get l5 eggs a week. Five we eat, l0 we trade for two packs of American cigarets. One pack wc smoke and the other we sell on the black mar- ket for $8. That's enough."

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Antonio Canova, Venetian sculptor, died this date i822. He is one of the most noted artists of modern times. His subjects were both classi- cal and modern. His favourite material was Carrara marble. Some of the classical subjects selected for his mallet and chisel were Thesus, Cupid, Psyche, Hercules, Venus, Hector, Ajax, and Apollo. ln l8l6 Canova induced the French to restore the art treasures of Rome, which hod been carried off by Napoleon.

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Britain's aircraft flying essential supplies into beleaguered Berlin have started a hospital service on their return journeys according to an announcement by the British Military Gov- ernment headquarters in Berlin. From Septem- ber 20 eighty seats are being allotted daily to undernourished children and others in need of hospital treatment. Vacancies are given to cases needing treatment which cannot be obtained in the German capital. They are being flown to hospitals in the British zone. Hitherto planes engaged on Berlin airlift have returned with industrial freight and mail only.

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Milk is not the expensive food many claim it to be —- even at today's prices according to the Department of Public Health Nutrition, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto, which has been pricing essential foods since i939 and mak- ing a study of their relative values and costs. "Milk has increased on a percentage basis the least of all groups. Milk has been»o stabilizing influence in keeping the total cost of all foods on o lower level," says the statement issued by the University. A compol-ison is made between the cost of milk and other foods in August, I939 and August of i948. These figures show that milk in Toronto had advanced exactly 50 per cent over the period, while in the same period fruits and vegetables had advanced 66 per cent. All other foods advanced I28 per cent between Aug- ust, ‘I938 and August, i948.

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ADVICE TO MABIINEBS

"The north coast of the Island forms a deep bay. ln which it. is dangerous to be caught near the centre of the coast, with a north east wlnd; if it blows hard, vessels will not be able to clear the land either way, and if the gale con- tinue musr. be driven on shore; ships in this situation, when they find they cannot clear the land nor keep off the shore, should attempt one of the large barred harbours, though the sea breaks on the bars, and they would most probably strike, yer. the third or fourth sea will generally carry them over, when they wlll immediately be in smooth water in which the ship may be run ashore, if she has suf- fered so much as not to be able to lay at her anchors. The people in vessels, in danger of shipwreck here, should never quit their ves- sels, as the north east wind by which alone their danger ls occas- ioned, raises the water so much on this part of the coast, that vessels will drive so close to the land as to enable their people to get ashore with very little risk. By far the greater part of the coast ls a sandy beach and where the coast rises into cliffe there are but one or two places of small extent, where they will rriQet with any dif- ficulty in getting on shore: vessels of one hundred tons will generally drive so for up that when the gale (flake? off they will be left entirely

—From "An Account of Prince

Edward Island," etc., by John Stew- art, Esq., 1806.

T00 Easy Optimism

(Ottawa Journal)

"You pays your money and you fakes your choice." very day Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky was boycotting UN’s dis- cussion af Berlin, and President Truman was summoning Secretary blur-shall home to report. to him, rind Field Marshal Montgomery was warning against underplaylng the danger of war, our Prime Min- ister King bobbed up in Paris with: "Despite rill appearances to the contrary’, I ire] much happier about things than when l arrived licre."

Now what is it, we wonder, which makes Mr. King happy while others, as close to the scene as Mr. King, seem wrapped in gloom? If we could feel that. Mr. King had some inside information we might be YHIPDY. too. But remembering Mr. King's statement before leav- ing Ottawa about the possibility of the Berlin airlift being lifted soon, wc are no’. at all sure that Mr. King's information is always good. The truth, we fear. ls that. Mr. King rloes not know any more about whether war is coming or not. com- "18 than any of the rest of uii— this for the simple reason that. no- body knows, or can know, what goes on in the minds of the gentle- men of the Politburo who sit within the Kremlin.

That being no. Poliyiina plate- menfs such as that put out by Mr, King are capable of harm-can b; as harmful as similar Optlmlgtlg statements put out, on the eve of the last war. Mr. Neville Chamber- lalmvafter his meeting with Hitler, dldnt believe ln war. Lord Hall- fox was so convinced of’ its im- probablllfy that he laid: "I do nut believe. and I have never believed in the lmminence of war. . . . A; I see it, the truth lo that Europe t; 23E. so much dange uul a: confus-

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which left Britain unprfdljllarerl? hope that the some port of state- ments don't leave u; u] "hm-en", ed again.

The Age-Old Story

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0&0 I 0W0 Old Charlottetown Apple Butter Boiling (And P. r. l.) --

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When the crisp, mellow, glory of October came to the land Mother began preparations for the annual session of apple butter boiling ln the backyard. Apple butter was one of the foods Father insisted on periodically during the Winter. He claimed there was nothing like the tangy, spicy, saliva-starting frag- rance of the brown, moist good- ness fo add just. that final touch to crisp-crusted, hot-hearted bis- cuits or good, chewy home-bread. Father liked-to emphasize he wasn't fussy about his foods. Merely par- ticular. And he was particular about apple butter.

Over a period of years he had done a good deal of experiment- ation with various apple varieties. In his early farming days Father had been a set-up for any nursery salesman who came along. The re- sult was that the sidehill orchard behind the barn had a surprising number of varieties. A generation and more ago there were not the bugs, insects and fungi tlinr. plague apple growers today. Year after year the well fertilized trees yield- ed generoua crops. As a result of many trial and error processes he concluded the best apple butter was made from a carefully calculated combination of Baldwins, Blue Pearrnalns, Snow Apples and Northern Spies.

It was usually about l1 o'clock when heaped pans and pail: of sliced apples went into the boiled- down cider. Then began the day- long stirring-a job for a boy, al- though Mother and sisters fre- quently spelled hlrn so he could putter with the fire. Naturally the fire had to be looked after fre- quently. Therefore e young man was expected to shout for a sister to come stir for a spell every 10 to 15 minutes. Stirring wasn't neces- sarily arduous lnbor but it could grow mighty monotonous -— push- ing the long-crooked-limb paddle around and around.

All afternoon the stirring went on. Toward supper the mass of bubbling. reddish brown material began to thicken. A little at. a time Mother put. in cinnamon, gin- ger, nutmeg and allsplce. A heady, deliciously spicy smell spread over |the backyard. When dusk was tip- toelng down from the hills and the red-orange flames made changing silhouettes against the deepening shadows, all the family would taste the hot butter on pieces of bread. We waited for Father's verdict “Just right, Mother." he would fin- ally suy. Apple butter boiling was finished for another year.

USE OLD AX

REGINA — (C?) - When the newly-surveyed settlement of Stony Rapids in northern Saskatchewan was officially opened, an ax sold to be 160 years old was used to drive the final stake. It. was found in the district,

FROM:

THE ASPIBING SCH OLAR

when first the college rolls re- ceive his name.

The young enthusiast quite his ease for fame;

Resistless burn; the fever of re- nown.

Caught. from the strong contagion of the gown;

Yet. hope nor llfe from grief or danger free,

think the doom of man revers'd for thee.

Detgn on the passing world to turn

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thlne eyes.

And pause awhile from letters, to be wise:

There mark what, lilo the scholars life assail-

Toll. envy, want. the patron. and the jail.

See nations slowly wise, and mean- ly just.

To buried merit. raise the tardy bust.

If dreams vet flatter, once again

' attend.

l-lear l.vrlln,t's life and Galileo's and.

—Semue1 Johnson (1709-1784)

FIVE MOST VIRILE MEN

CHICAGO, Oct. 12 -- (AP) -- Governor Earl Wait-ten of Oallfbr- nia, actors Clark Gable and Vic- tor Mature, singer Jack Smith and baseball manager Lou Boudrcau today were named the five "most vtrile men in America." The sel- ections were made by the Inter- national Artists Committee, a group of 40 illustrators.

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Ono gentleman from South Afri- ca. in the course of a. speech at an oversees meeting, laid he knew in South Africa a lady from Kirk- caldy. Scotland (where linoleum is made) who, when she gets very homesick, in in the habit of lying down on the floor and sniffing the linoleum."—The Rt. Rev. Dr. Alex- ander Macdonald, The Moderator. speaking at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Another marvel of oonotrructlng genius has been built in the Phila- delphia area. The Baldwin Loco- motive Works has built a monster machine for the Naval ulr arm that calculates the point at which ma- terials will break under pressure. This mammoth, which itself weighs a million pounds and la 47 feet high, can exert 5.000.000 pounds of pressure on materials which here- tofore had to be tested in, by com- parison, test. tubes.—Philadelphla Bulletin.