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CBARLOTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY. AUG. 1. 1951.

The Acadian convention

The Acadian Convention which is be- ing held today at Egmont Bay is a matter of interest to all parts of eastern Canada and the United States. This year the gathering is being attended by members of La Survivance Francaise from Montreal and Quebec as well as by Acadians from this and the neighboring Maritime Prov- inces, the New England States and Lou- isiana. It is seven years since the last con- vention was held here at Rustico. and the occasion is a fitting one on which to recall the splendid record of our citizens of French extraction.

While French settlers have been here since 1720, when they landed at Port La- joie and built the first Christian church of St. John the Evangelist, our present-day Acadians are descended for the most part from some thirty families which re-estab- ished themselves after the general deport- ation of 1755 and now constitute a large percentage of the Catholic parishes of Tignish, Palmer Road, Bloomfield, Well-

In his review of Acadian history pub ington, Egmont Bay, Mount Carmel, Mis- couche, Summerside, Hope River, North Rustico. Rustico, New Acadia and Rollo Bay. They are also well represented in Charlottetown, Souris. Georgetown, Seven Mile Bay and other communities.- lished in The Guardian some time ago, Dr. J. H. Blanchard noted that in the political life of this Province the Acadialls have furnished a Premier and Judge of the Su- preme Court in the person of the Hon. A. E. Arsenault, and a Lieutenant Governor in the person of the Hon. J. A. Bernard. The first Acadian member of the Senate of Canada was the Hon. Joseph Q. Arsen- ault. father of Judge Arsenauit. while the only Acadian to become a member of the House of Commons was Mr. S. F. Poirier. the maternal grandfather of the Hon. Mr Bernard. Among the Acadian members of our present Legislature is the Hon. J. Wil- fred Arsenault. Provincial Secretary.

From Acadian parishes have also come many of our religious, professional and business leaders, who are taking an increas- ingly important place in provincial affairs. The teaching profession is particularly well represented, as are also our farming and

1. fishing industries. Of the 15,000 Acadians ; in the Province, about 11,000 live in the rural districts, while about 4,000 reside in Charlottetown and Summerside. According to the census of 1941. 11,000 of our Aca- dians still give French as their mother tongue.

; It may also be mentioned that in two world wars the Acadians furnished their full quota of volunteers and distinguished them- selves in every branch of the services. In '. every way they have been model citizens, and it would be difficult to imagine what . this Province would be without the vital contribution they have made and are mak- j ing. All classes of our people wish them well in their big convention today, and join in welcoming the many distinguished visit- ors who are participating therein. -

What Advertising Achieves

A conference of business and other ex- ecutives was held in London recently on "The Tasks of Advertising in a Free Worl .". 4' I "Advertising is addressed primarily to consumers' freedom in the management of personal incomes," said Rt. Hon. Lord Bev- eridge (of Beveridge Report fame). "It is natural that advertisers should desire jworld understanding and world trade, so "Ethat the consumer's income can become the .mea.ns of choice between things, activities and enjoyments in all countries. It is nat- Hunl that advertisers should want the in- :come of consumers to be as high as pos- -'slble in relation to the prices of things that they can buy. It is natural that advertisers should want consumers use of their in- :comes to be as free as possible of pro- lfhibitlons, remictions and conditions of all kinds."

. "Advertising helps to give the con-. publications on which she can rely,” zldid Mr. George D. Bl-yson of the London, "England, office of Young and Rublcam Lim- fitted. "Under normal conditions in a dem- ;.-ocracy. it is advertising revenue that makes ftho free press possible by freeing it from fddpendenos on Government subsidies, or -"other financial dlctitlon. As long as the an her tllecuh

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register, advertising will give us a better standard of living and a freer country to enjoy it."

Fear or sophistication

President Truman is hardly to be blamed for making political capital of a recent ex- periment conducted by the Madison Cap- ital Times. The Times found that 111 persons out of 112 asked refused to sign a document consisting of excerpts from the American Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.

The President cited the results as show- ing the effects of Senate charges of Com- munist influence in the administration.

While such investigations undoubtedly have put a spotlight on all sorts of activity which smacks of the subversive, the reluct- ance of the man in the street to sign high sounding and seemingly innocent petitions has another explanation.

Americans are generally willing to have their good nature imposed upon but insist upon having their eyes open in the pro- cess. There are few things more distaste- ful than being made a dupe or "sucker" and the purchase of Brooklyn Bridge has been succeeded by the signing of seemingly un- objectionable petitions, immediately to be used for Communist propaganda, as being the ultimate in gullibility.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Observance of the law must be upheld. unless we wish to return to chaos.

Lammas Day, Anglo-Saxon Loaf Mass. when a loaf of bread was offered as first fruits of the harvest on August 1. p

O O O

A Halifax man sent to jail for six months for stealing shoes claimed the sent- ence would spoil his intended trip to this Province. We naturally prefer his room to his company.

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A 30,000 acreage reduction in Cana- dian potatoes entered for certifice-lion this year over last, should make itself felt when the crop is reaped for marketing.

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Up to mid-July, there had been much less grasshopper activity in Saskatchewan this season than during the correspond- ing period in 1950.

O O O

The U. K. Ministry of Food has arrang- ed to purchase 6,000 tons of Canadian can- ned salmon from this year's catch, for dis- tribution in Britain next year.

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The United Nations should take consid- erable comfort from Red predictions tha: "Just as America lost militarily on the front", no doubt she will be defeated at the conference. What more could be wished!

0 O 0

Chief Engineer W. G. Connolly. assist- ant to the chief engineer, Central Mort- gage and Housing, is visiting Summerside briefly. It should not be difficult to con- vince him that housing construction here requires stimulation rather than oiherwise.

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For practical as well as sentimental reasons it is a very. fllle thing that the Commonwealth Division should have been created, but the significance of the present campaign is better represented by the U. N. medal designed to be awarded to those of all nations serving in the Korean theatre.

Something to be thankful for. but not to hurrah over. According to the Hon. Brooke Claxton, the proportion of the total population employed by the central gov- ernment in the United Kingdom is 1.333: in Australia. 1.478: ;in France 2.286; in the United States 1.395; but in Canada it is 1.126."

The boat races at the North Rustico re- gatta, as with similar events in Island fish- ing ports, call for skill and high service- ability in construction and handling of the fishermen's everyday work boats. Some will miss the grace of boats under sell, but to those who know actual fishing conditions in these waters, the contest has an honest charm which no specially built racing craft could -give.

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The trouble with the C.C.F. Party in Canada (says The Gazette) is that it suf- fers from premature old age. Though young in years, it has become a little old man. With a limited history to look back upon, it lives imprisoned in its past. It is a true saying that a man is as young as he feels. But by this standard the C. C. .F. is of- flicted with hardened arteries. It clings to the worldof the 1930's amidst the very dif- ferent world of the 1950' . And it clings so tenaclously that mucll of what it says

Though it still claims to be "the people's party," fewer and -fewer people are show- fng any inclination to have anything to do

with it. . .

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARUOTFETOWN Recalling An Early chapter

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This column is open to ill! discussion by cu-respondent! of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of I correspondents.

PROUD OF CANADA

Slr.-I am a Canadian who has been working for the past few years in the American Middle West. I fell. 1 had to improve my rpportunitles. and it. seemed so slmple to go south over the bor- der. Away from my country. I have been able to see that Can- ada has a characterized individ- uality of her own. She is not American, not European, and in many ways, blends the best of both. Her future seems to hold the brightest benefits for her people.

I am sure now of one thing. that I will return and be content in knowing I am. and always will be. a Canadian.

1 am. sir. etc. MARCEL COLBERT. Chlcago, Illinois.

A CHANGING WORLD

Sir, - we are gradually adopt- ing a new system of government. There is a tendency towards pub- no ownership of utilities Bui- more striking is the Socialistlc way of levclllng up society. I have just. noticed s quantity of litera- ture dealing with the ques;lon of blindness in the world. The num- ber of blind people is set down at. 12 millions, More cases are found among backward races that do not get. the benefit of modern medicine and sanitation.

The John Milton Society was brought into being at the sugges- tion of Miss Helen Keller for the purpose of providing for the spir- itual needs of the blind in every country under the sun. The colt of this is made up in a voluntary way. I understand that vscatlon school children will contribute to this. Our own blind people receive a Government pension after the see of 21.

840.00 per month. And if in need will get, it at a younger age. The wounded veterans are looked af- ter, orphsns are housed, fed and educated. Those without means are treated free of charge in our hospitals. The TB patient is trest- ed and boarded free of charge in most. cases. The mental hospital is a charitable institution. These all, more or less. look to a. social- ist. minded government and to a few public spirited citizens for the means to carry on.

our Provincial Government feels the load heavy. And the Federal Government is always considering ways and mum of collection from the wide awake producer of wealth, enough to make up what goes out for charity. This is deep- ly resented by many. who, like the high school teacher in New York. when he noticed the young people partial to the idea of a welfare state, told them that it was just an unfair II it he gave them marks for their exams rang- ing from 5.5 to 95. then pulled down the high ones to 80 and raised the low ones to 75. He claimed that this would destroy all incentive for diligence among both dull nnd clover and he would have to use punishment to get. results. So also in civil govern- ment. if you tax the worker heav- ily, he will quit. And if you feed and care for the crippled. the sand, the sick. the blind, the illit- erate. the insane and so forth. these people will simply lapse into lethargy. But. I think this in 3 gross ox- sggention. I know 3 poor widow in her own cottage. gottini 040.00 per month. she faithfully gives four dollars per month to charity. on the balance she lives. pin, taxes. doctors bills pnd fuel. And I hold that if each one went to church every Sunday morning. with him one-hunch of what a earned the previous week, all r public institutions could be maintained without rnhftiht to compulsion. But human nature has not changed enough M for that

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'erection of the Lunatic Asylum THE DUCK

'were met on the Lower Road. in V. ..m.

ithe vicinity of Kensingi0n.' by while midnight clung to every ,four men. It is reported that the sham

llstter ordered the Emi'l103'e95 '0 I walked me round the reservoir. .hB1L Dwdllced ii l”9V9'V9V- Md with little cause and little sense demanded 'money 0' Wnlchesv I rambled round and round the

IThe employees, however. present- led their revolver, and the would- ;be robbers made nlf - taking vwlth them only a pair of shoes ibelonging to one of the party. "The facts were brought to the notice of the Civic authorities by Mr. James M. Butcher. and. as a sufficient number of Policemen icould not be spared to make the arrest, Mr. Butcher vniunteered- if assisted by one poIicemenAto try to bring the robbers to justice. Policemen McGregor and Cameron were detailed for the service. and

fence. And once while standing quietly I saw a little duck swim by.

I plainly saw his head ll-wobble. I pislnly saw his tail a-bobble. As all across the captive lake He spread his negligible wake. And I can scarce begin to tell How mystical this csrsvel.

Or how surprised he was to see A duck as wide awake as me.

Afloat. at night upon the deep You'd think n duck would go to

C. Molyneaux-four in all-started sleep,

in pursuit. After searching in the 3-curd mm; I nmmal dlmk woum woods st Kensington some time hank”

without success, the rendezvous of To close ms eye; and rm. u two of the would-be highwaymer nacho...

was found. and an exciting chase Youvd think . duek would we ms commenced. The Policemen acted breast.

splendidly. One of the men was

fairly run down. The other took Agllmt the w"e' md come to

to the bushes but was closely fol- lowed by Policeman Cameron. die lodged from the covert and brought within the range of Mr. Butcher's revolver. At the com- mand to 'slop' with the revolver nt full cork. levelled at him. he stopped suddenly."

-The Examiner. July 18. 1877.

rest; You'd think that twelve o'clock were late For any duck to navigate All round and round the reservoir-;. 1 wondered what he did it for.

I wondered if he'd left his kind Because of something on his mind: A midnight. sail to clear his vision

.. . And help him reach some duck -'.'l.'l.v.'.'.'l.'l.l'l.F.'.'l.n.-.'..'.'.'.. J.-I. decision.

, I: surely he would not swim and Werzwisndmethlng hard not troub- '-l.-l.-.-l.-l.-l.-.l-u-.-l.-.-.-.-.-.-l.-.-.-.-.-.-l. 11"! him-

It was preposterous to think A duck would rouse to getsdrlnk: Nor was it anything but silly To think he paddled willy-nllly: And though 'twns funny to sup-

, Hear, 0 my people. and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, If thou wilt hen-ken unto me; there shall no strange god be in thee: neither shalt thou wort-hip any strange god.

.m.........mg,gg,.g,g,g.g. Quite a. number of us are as self- ish as the rich man at whose gate

pose A little duck had secret woes. And though he put me on my

Lazarus was laid. We read of meme To guess what problem ducks where he went to. so if they get mu” "me.

our money from us there will have to be some force work used. I heard one men say that. he was opposed to this theory of giving- "Just. semen on the Mount stuff".

Although we are not all agreed on the matter of a welfare state or a welfare world. the snowball

I like to think he swam the deep Because he simply could not sleep.

-8. B. Whlhs. From the strait of Belle Isle of

the entrance to the st. Lawrence Gulf. it is 2.388 miles sailing to the

is rolling, increasing in size and lakehend, momentum. And as I see the mat- ter it is our defence against the atomic bomb. It. is the clenmlng up of the underbrush that the fire gxri Communism is nearly to feed . Dy, A, L, Mgguggg I am Sir. etc. nnN1'Is'r ARCH. MncKENzIE. Kensington. a Dental I-lay Alberto Annually produces about ”":?,:ia,:,gi":f'" 25.000 tons of salt with value to the producero of more than 5360. n''''" 'A

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When I partner dies the partnership In nnlonntlesly dissolved by law. This situation manta many dilllcnltlon. the greatest of which is invariably n ollnlno of cult.

A pre-nrrnnud Partnership life Insurance ngnulcni smooths the way to n npid and nlniubio nornnlullon.

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balloon uocht in nu effort. to sound the note of freedom um boost hln.sititude record. In his abides in man's soul. The new ven. son: you, Dr. Jean Pics:-d declares turn, for which some ssoo,oo0 1, u be is not too old. In his 68th year. be raised. is sponsored by an he says he knows more than he did Thenter Guild; it promises n repel-. 10 years ago and impresses people tory devoted exclusively to shah, who meet. him with his physical spam-inn plays. with s Comps”! and mental alertness. The dlstin-' sent on tour when the Wulpo... gulnhed scientist now vncatloningisenson closes. The theater itself u at the center of lnternstlonsl-to be patterned after the fsmom Living at Cherry Point, apparent-I Globe of London. New yon iy has not heard the slogan "too Herald Tribune. old at 40." He seems to consider .--- his extra years in the light of the A busllworker was convicted' in added experience and knowledge Sudbury court of supplying liquor they have given him. .- Victoria to Indians. which merely um. Times. to point up hhe ridiculous dis- tinction that is made between the original Canadians and the

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msnd. was achieved among var-E 95- "id lab?" ll M qul-rrel Wilh ious netlonsl formations. But such the c0"V"3”0n 01 I man who unification in peacetime ls unpre-I bmk? ""3 1”” HMVGVGT. this cedented. General Eisenhowel-'s' d0e5'.”' -'"'". th” in." "iii "the bold vision of a European n.rmyf 1"" is an "55. Whe" it WHOWS lne that would n'ot only be subject mi mums” ma” ' dr"”k'3" Indian is A single command, but that wouldl mm” "9 be f”"d Pl” loathed. me ,1" "me equipment. down ,0: than his drunken white brother, uniforms. constitutes s new, lmap! 99”” W” "Y9 in N059 associa- ml”V9 "-99- It is Drsctlcsble. as' mm.W,”h md”"i5- ”."””5h W”-l' was proved in the last war, if on! pmxlmny to U.” Indm" F9”"95- a fairly limited scale. I1. is deslr-I know that Indunsdm d”"k 3'” able. for it would improve the ef-I mm they dii 3” nq””'- WV"! if llclency and lower the cost of the" may nuke it themselves ” bl” armed forces needed in Europe to

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