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Morning Daily (Founded in llilfl) ‘Iulhoriud ac Denim! China blail. Punt Office Department. Ottawa.

The inland Guardian Publl n: (To. ldlwr um! Mum-sin: Director, .. n. iiurnlll. Aonuclnto Editor, Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CIIARLOTTETOWN. ‘FRIDAY, NOV. 25. i949 By-Eloctlon Mandatory

ln a letter in our today's issue Councillor Johnstone calls attention to the fact that, under the Citys Act of Incorporation (Sec- tion 10l it is mandatory, in the case of an extraordinary vacancy occurring in the office of Mayor or City Councillor, for a by- clection to be held. The date is to be fixed by the Mayor if the vacancy be not in his office, otherwise by a majority of the Colin- cillors, “such date not being later than thirty days after such vacancy," and the voting and other proceedings to be conduct- ed in the same manner as in a general civic election. On the pretext of economy, the Council has sought to sidestep this responsibility because “the earliest possible date for a by- election in Ward One would precede the next general election by only two months." Economy is an excellent objective to aim at, but law observance comes first. If the Coun- cil can break the law with impunity, how can it expect other citizens to observe it con- scientiously? The law in this case may re- quire modification, which can be done at the next sitting of the Legislature. In the mean- time, it is there, and no attempt to evade it should be tolerated under any pretext. A bad example of a similar nature has been set by the Dominion Government. in connection with a report which should have been tabled several months ago but was withheld in violation of the Combines In- vestigation Act. Political expediency was the motive in that case. The City Council is a non-political body, and has not even the excuse of politics for acting illegally. The point raised by Councillor J ohnstone, who was unable to attend Wednesday's meeting at which it was unanimously pro- posed to bypass the by-election, is so ob- vious as to require to further comment.

A Radio Pundit In Print

A series of radio scripts by Mr. John Fisher, noted CBC commentator, has been published in book form. The stories run along in a free and easy manner, and as broadcasting material have been widely ac- claimed. In cold type they make a less palatable dish, and one can only regret that Mr. Fisher saw fit to warm them over for the more critical attention of book readers. Here is a characteristic passage, neither bet- t.er nor worse than the rest, dealing with the meeting of the Confederation Fathers in Charlottetown:

“When the boat sailed up the soft har- bour of Charlottetown and as it edged close to the wharf away back in 1864, there were faint and restrained cheers. Who were these frock-coated bearded men from the Canadas? Can we trust them? What do they really want? Shall we lose our rights? Shall we be lost in the big shuffle? The Maritimers watched them disembark with misgivings."

We shall pass over “soft harbour", as we haven't the faintest idea of what is meant; but why describe a delegation head- ' ed by the whiskerless Macdonald, Cartier, Langevin and Gait as “bearded men from the Canadas"? The boat which "sailed" up the harbour on the occasion referred to was the Canadian Government steamer “Queen Victoria“; it didn't “edge close to the wharf“ but anchored in the stream, and there were no “cheers", faint or otherwise, to greet its arrival. The citizens had all gone to enjoy a more lively spectacle that day-a vis- iting circus. According to a contemporary newspaper account, “after the steamer had been at anchor for some time, the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Pope), the only official in attendance, started in a canoe or flat-bot- t.omed boat, with a barrel of flour in the bow, and two jars of molasses in the stern, and with a lusty fisherman as his only con‘.- panion, to meet the distinguished visitors from Canada." _ _ ' Here wasa highly picturesque incident, right from the pages of history-made to order, one would have suDPQ-Sed» f" "If- FlShQfS purpose-which has been lost_ m the telling by a commentator of outstanding radio fame. It goes to show that broad- Casting has a long way to go before meet- ing the exacting test one is accustomed to

apply to ‘the printed word. tinker Paco Proposals

The American Friends Service Commit- [gg has made what the Associated Press refers to as a sweeping study of "The United States and the Soviet Union." lt is an examination of the present international “mutton, expressing the belief that wai- be- tween the U. S. A. and Russia is not inevit- ‘bt b“; if present tensions increase.

THE GUARDIAN

sire for world peace.

ing their incomes froni edible fish by also bringing in trash or “junk“ fish to be pro- cessed into fish meal, fish oil, cat and dog food and fertilizer. there were no trash fish landings before last July, the September take was 5,l80,()l)l) pounds, worth about $17 I l

is not only unsatisfactory to nostalgically inclined fans of the railway whistle but is a source of danger from being mistaken for that of a. bus or truck. that a. British Columbia railwayinan, Ro- bert E. Swanson, has invented the “Hexa- tone", a new Diesel horn, or rather semblage of six horns, which

countries with American export of surpluses be dropped; that the U. S. reduce its re- strictions on exports to Russia and Eastern Europe and that new studies be made of cre- dit extensions to promote East-West trade. The group also recommended that a unified, neutral Germany be established as a Euro- pean buffer state and eventually be admit- ted to the United Nations after all occupa- tion forces have been withdrawn. The most important proposal of the Quakers, however, is that the atomic bomb stockpiles of both the U. S. and Russia be placed under United Nations seal and that the production of all fissionable materials be halted and verified pending completion of control treaties for all types of armaments.

The proposals offer a practical way out of the present morass of suspicion and fear and, coming from the Society of Friends, should appeal to both East and West as be- ing motivated by nothing but a sincere de-

EDITORIAL NUT

New England fishermen are supplement-

In Gloucester, where

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The horn of a Diesel-electric locomotive

.THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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PUBLIC FORUM

'l‘iil| coiuinn is open to the discussion by correspondents or question: of interest. The Guardian doe: not neouear- ily endorse the opinion oi correspondent _ r$dvxco~evwQ we» .

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CITY COUNCIL VACANCY

sll‘.—'.l"h9 taxpayers of Charlotte- l°Wn Wlll- 1w doubt. appreciate the desire of the members oi’ the Coun- cil lo save the City motley by not having a By-election b0 nii the vacancy m Ward One.

when. ‘however. a principle is iii- VOlVed it. is very qucstlciiuiblc Whether the law should be flouted even in tihe interests of economy.

The law respecting By-Elrcliqjs states that if a vacancy cccurs in the Council, "The persons qualified 5° Wle SHALL. on a day to be fix- ed by the Mayor...elcct another Person duly qualified to fill such vacancy."

The law is therefore mandatory and should have been carried out.

I regret that I was not at \’\'ed- nesdays meeting to register this Vlfilvpoint. Prior to the last Council meetins. I heard that some were qlleillmllng the advisability of holding an election and I therefore asked for a discussion on the inat- iter. T-his request was flatly refused by the Mayor. Wediiesdayfls meeting was n special meeting called for another purpose and as I was cut of Town was unable to attend. l therefore, take this oppcrtunily to set forth my views on the above matter.

I am. Sir. etc.

I'M BUYiNG

liot Encouraging ii iiartor

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EDWIN O. JOHNSIONE.

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“Wlieels" reports

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as- faithfully simulates the six-tone locomotive whistle. I O O

A magistrate in Sydney, Australia, has ruled cakes may not be eaten in taxicabs. He upheld the plea of a taxi-driver who re- fused to carry a child eating a fruit cake. The magistrate said the matter resolved it- self into ivhether crumbs on the seat would soil clothing. 1f a woman's frock were soil- ed she could claim damages from the cab

driver.

'I\vice on Wednesday the Speaker's rul- ing in the Commons was appealed and twice it was upheld by vote of the House. The rule which permits such appeals has little merit. It would be better if the Speaker's decision on points of order were final, per- haps with the proviso that he could take the opinion of the House if the situation seem- ed to him not to be clearly covered by the rules.

Akin to the problem of suing the Crown, which is now a subject of public discussion, is the even more difficult one of suing. a foreign government. All governments are entering more into business but the most ex- treme case is that of the Soviet Union. An individual libeled by Tass, the Soviet News agency, or injured by a Russian merchant ship, has no recourse in the courts because both are merely branches of government

and immune to suit in our courts. I I I

Health Minister Bevan said the other night that he “shuddered to think of the ceaseless cascade of medicine pouring down British throats” now that the national health service provides free prescriptions. “I wish I could believe that its efficacy was equal to the credulity with which it is being swallowed," he told‘ Indian students at a London University dinner. Bevan said the health service is expensive, but before it ex- isted Britons were Spefldlllg about tail-Door O00 ($775,000,000) a year on medicines. Q I I

s of Parliament and Senators ex- aliout December 3 a for a new session

Member pect prorogation on or with a return to Ottaw _ toward the end of February. In the interim the Government will be busy with the Fed- ei-nl-Provinclal Conference. At that con- ference, due to open Jan. l0, the Govern- ment will discuss with provincial premiers ways of amending the constitution on mat- ters under provincial jurisdiction and under joint Federal-Provincial jurisdiction.

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t Chantrey, English i841; as a wood- he acquired a sculpture; he ex-

Sir Francis Legal sculptor, died this date carver in his early years knowledge of painting and hibited a head of Satan at. the Royal Aca- demy when he was twenty-six years of age, and quickly rose to fame; was elected A- R- A. seven years later, and R. A. in 1818, being knighted in 1835. works are his busts and representa children, the most 8 ing his well-known Lichfleld Cathedral. statues are those of in

tions of

"Sleeping Children” in Among his best known George Washington at

' a”, _ ‘ , The study recommends u“ to correlate Marshall-Plan ‘ .

Serene the silver fishes glide.

Chantreys finest

raceful of the latter be-

London Guildhall, and

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stmkllplelzield» "id Pale. and WOTidab

9y A! Ill-Mush the aged deeps of ocean The!‘ xlide with wan and wavy motion. Th" ha" n0 Path/way where they

8°» They flvw like water to and fro, The? watch with never-winking

' eyes,

They watch with staring. cold guy. P7159.

The level people in the sir,

The 990M! P8611118. Peering there: Wiio wander also to and fm

And know not why or where they

80. Yet have a wonder in their eyes, Semeilmcs a pale and cold surprise.

—Max Eastman.

x§fi'%0 Old Charlottetown (And r. n1.)

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STOCK FROM SCOTLAND

‘The stock recently imparted fr“? Sl-‘mland ‘by the Central Agricultural Society was disposed of by auction at the Market. l-lousevon Saturday. agreeably to advertisement. After a ivarm CPmPOlIllOH. the Clydesdale stal- lion Columbus was knocked down to Dr, MacGregor. Brackley Point. Road. for £160. The Ayrshire cat.- tle sold as follows: spotted bull. W- W- Irving £25; red bull, James Mulch £18; spotted heifer, Sir C. A» F111 Roy £21: red heifer. James Miller £19. lVluch admiration was e-Xclled byvllid huge proportions. extent of circumference. and cvi. dent muscular strength of the Clydesdale stallion, and the sum paid for him was considered as by no means abovc his value. A5 to the advantages to be ricrived from crossing a large stallion of this description with the diminu- tive mares of this Island. opinions may VHF)’: but w:- bclicvc that PXDGTlPnCP has proved that the great improvement of cart horses l" England arose from crossing lh-e breed of thc large Flanders mares with diminutive stallions." —Colonial Herald. Jllnc 29_ 1339,

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Thorn is he that srattnrcth and yet lncrensoth, and there iii he that itillliillltl-‘lll fitrrg 11m“ t, mo,“ but it tendeth to poverty. T}... "bar," soul shall be made fut. nvul h.- that wntereth iihbll he watered also hiin. self. He that diligently neckctli good procurcth favour.

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WARRINGTDN Higlmid __"p) Th! mllloress oi‘ Warrihgton is to

Potato Trade Problem

tTiie Scene from Shin-gwouk Farm)

'l‘lie baffling trade pl,/.~in cre- ated by the import aiiu export of potatoes between Canada and the United States is small potatoes indeed. but. it illustrates the ec- onomic and. political d-iflicultics that will prevent. the Food and Agricultural Organization of tlic United Nations from implementing its pl-an for the disposal of food SLIDPliISES to needy countries. The first and politically insuperable difficulty is to determine when a food is in surplus supply.

In the spfing of this year pota- toes were declared to be in sur- plus in the United States at. two dollars and seventy-five cents per hundred pounds. At the same time the Canadian potatoes were re- garded as being in sunplus at a dollar and something less than the United States price. Obviously. it w-as good business for Canadian potato producers to ship their sur-

On Tree Trunks.

(Ottawa Journal)

A tree trunk is one of Nature's iuost highly-developed organisms. only a few trees have truly smooth bark. stretching the out. side covering as the year's annual P1118 0f new growth takes place in early Summer. The oak: and maples. ash and cLm. cedars and hemlock have a rough, furrowed covering caused by the expansion of the bole. The sycamore has so little elasticity that big patches of outside bark break off and show the well-known pattern of white. inner bark.

Contrary to popular opinion. roots do not draw liquid food from the soil. They carry water with dissolved chemicals through a sys- tem of tubes to tihe leaves. Here the sunlight works on the chloro- phyll and manufactures a soft, iclLv-like carbohydrate that goes down the trunk in special food lines to nurture each living coll.

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Even the tiny ivhiie hairs at the

plus into the United States, but that obliged the Un-ited States government to buy an equal amount of surplus potatoes from its producers at two dollars and seventy-five cents a hundred. I I O

The political solution of the problem was simple. Canada pro- hibited the export of potatoes to the United States to save its good neighlbor political embarrassment. An open market and tree trade in potatoes would have established the true North American price. providing each government with a true basis for whatever floor prices it might regard as suitable to its own prod-noon.

No true surplus of any food ex- ists until that food ceases to be consumed by people or to be fed

come food, at prevailing market prices. lt may be that. prices will become so low that producers will be unable to recover their costs and lhc governments will pay them stoploss prices in order to keep them in agricultural produc- tion: but until a fcorl ceases to be

and must. be wasted. it cannot pro- perly be regarded as in surplus. The Food and Agricultural Or- ganization nlan is an attempt to establish inicrnziiional floor prices at levels which will return a pro- fit to producers. I O

The pninW nrohlnm of Canada and the llniird States will snvlll potatoes compared with the difficulty involved in establish- iruz the fact ihnt a fond is in sur- plus and fivhi" the international

to animals. which themselves bc- l

consumed in the country of origin ,

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end of long roots must ‘be fed from the food made high above. A tree, as with all life organisms. grows by dividing its cells; ‘but in a large tree only a very small l per can-i. of the material is living ‘ cells.

Each year a new circular ring ,0! cells is made: hence man can itell its age when he cuts a tree. ‘The width of the cell ring can , tell us what sort of a growing sea-

son it was generations ago.

Trees evaporate tremendous quantities of water lifted through the trunks and given off through I the leaves. Strangely enough dur-

ing the cold of winter when evap-

oration is almost nil. the amonn‘. ‘ of water in a tree trunk increases ire:- trunk is constructed hor-

izontally. The cells in the trunk grow and increase; but they cx- ‘Ipand sidmvays. As new rings of

cells are made each year, the wood ‘inside becomes inert material. . . price which should be paid foi- it. l Tlic inability of needy buyers to ' furnish goods and services in pay- ment will oblige the taxpayers of _ the countries of origin of surplus I food to make good the deficiency | of goods and services lo the agri- \ cultural producers. l

IIAS OLD VIOLIN

l CLlVi-Z. Alta. - for» - An old

violin bearing the date i735 is in

Gshwwndlncr. lt is inscribed ivilh

l tho name of a famous violin maker. Jacob Staincr.

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Palmer 8i Hosiom A. J. IIASLAM, B.A., LLB. Barrister. Em.

Bank oi Nova Scotla Chamber-

Dr. J. C. Gallant. B. Sc. '

DENTIST Piciiard Building ibl Great George 8t DENTAL X-RAY Phone 2M7

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n SOMEIILED TRAINOR, nu Barrllura, ma.

send Christmas parcels to all lo~sl members of the South Ion ashlro Regiment in hospital overseas,

Electrical contractor

WIRING AND REPAIRINU ERNEST R. RAMSAY. I29 Elm Ave

Phone [0031

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being known as The Chanlrey Bequest.

Cba l m , . . _ MJNQV ‘Qafllgf; Tonmbo Bldg. 186 QIIOIII st. i MQRRELL NEIL W. HIGGINS u“ onannnno COMPANY ‘woumu, CHARTERED ' ACCOUNTANT oom- Bnliv" w Eutorn Troll Building nnuldofimow" Charlottetown PIIJIZ“ IN‘! Boa I40 f", w" [50, flog u:

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git?i]11; (giiiorlgsel-II Square. London. Being °nu“m'“s" OIIFIUIB- childless he left the bulk of his fortune in ‘fillllaallit m"! °' l W trust to the Royal Academy to purchase ' °' °°" °" °' flhariothtow" works of art for the nation, the amount Oflllllf detach" l §gf;"g,_,n, available being $10,000 annualiyv "l! Si“ u, Guru," “F,” :23“

IN OIIAIIUPIIIOWN

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awnourn‘ -v MANNING. o A.

XNOVEMBER 25. 1949

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— Notes By

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Thc Dominion Government, sayr an Ottawa dupatcli, “shortly will announce a paymenls-in-liru-of- taxation scheme to embrace all Federal properly in municipalities across tho country.“ The tics- patch adds: “All Crown lands arc exempt from taxation under Sec- tiof125 of the Canadian Constitu- tion." But that isn't what Sec-

Almost everyone will admit Lliat the most exacting job in the wurlti is that of President of the United States. Much has been said about what a "killer" it is, but never- theless the World Almanac lclls us that the average age at death of the 30 deceased presidents is slightly over 70 years. And that includes the presidents who were assassinated. all long before they wore 70.

What is happening to the niii- lion bushels of apples which wci-c given to the people of Britain as a gift from the people of (fanada will cause little joy among na- tions. The British llilfllSlVy of food is placing lhcin on the British market. for sale at. the sanic prirc as home-grown apples and im- ported apples for which the inin- istry paid full price. What is more. the British consumer has no way of knowing where apples came from or that lllr‘_\' were sent over as a free gift to the British people‘. The British ministry of food takes the profit and the Canadian Government, which paid for the apples with the money of Canadian tnxpavcrs. will not cvrn get ihc good \\'lll of Bri- tish consumers. —~ Winnipeg Tri- bune.