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"Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker Than tho Woakssf Ink."

CIIARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY, JULY 18. 1950

Wily Brides Leave Home

A colonial-minded British M. P. remark- ed recently that the reason so many Old Country war brides were leaving Canada was that this country was a sort of cultural desert. In the face of what a good many otherwise amiable people have been telling the Massey Commission, this novel explana- tion of why brides leave home is under- standable, if not too accurate. The steady procession of scholars, artists, musicians, Iuthors and cultural bureaucrats who have sppeared before the itinerant wailing-wall of arts. letters and science certainly leaves the impression that creative genius is dying of slow starvation in Canada.

Fact of the matter, of course, is that long before the Federal Government began to get the urge to become patron of the arts, progress in the realm of scholarship, music, writing, sculpture and painting in Canada was already substantial. The need- ed support and encouragement came, not from government, but, as Walter Herbert of The Canada Foundation points out, "from a variety of non-governmental agencies, un- der a system which is the Canadian way of life and which is styled Private Enterprise."

Even the CBC, which claims to be the chief trustee of Canadian culture, relies in

large degree upon that selfsame system of Private Enterprise.

Pity of it is that submissions made to the Massey Commission take little note of the role of business and industry in the realm of culture. Mr. Herbert's statement that "Canadian corporations are heroic fig- ures in our cultural field" and .that "com- mercial corporations are a mainstay and chief support, directly or indirectly, of Canadian cultural activity" needs repeating If Canadians are to avoid the fatal error of turning their creative heritage over to the state.

Kilt lot For Women

The Edinburgh - Scotsman quotes an -authority on the subject as stating that the kilt is not a woman's dress. Mrs. Florence Leslie. who has taught the Royal Princesses Scottish country dancing, stated, "Dresses are more graceful. We are so afraid that the kilt becomes the uniform for Scottish country dancing, and the Scottish Country. Dancing Association does not want it to he."

Mrs. Leslie is, of course, right. The kilt is certainly a mans dress and is designed for wear in the open and for manly sports although its colour and smartness make it idmirably suitable for dancing and show.

The Scots are not the only mountain people to have developed the kilt. The Greeks, no mean fighting men, have their own version of the garb, as have other hill dwellers.

All of this, unfortunately, is of no con- sequence. If women admire the kilt and wish to we'ar it, for dancing or anything else, there is nothing to be gained by argu- ing that it is properly a man's dress. Trousers have at least as good a claim to be regarded as a masculine garb but that has certainly not restricted their wear as slacks.

l'lannors' Paradise

Planners of the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation down in Washing- ton think that too many rivers are in the wrong place. Solution for correcting the mistakes of Mother Nature is simple but costly. Just shift the rivers around to- where the bureaucrats think they ought to be!

The Columbia river, they say, ought to be moved three-fourths of the country's width down to Los Angeles and the swelter- ing Mohave desert. Water now flowing down the western slopes of Callfomls's Sierra Nevada mountains should be dammed up and pumped back to flow east into dusty Nevada. Idaho's Snake and Clark rivers should be made to flow into Utah.

Cost of all this and a lot more too- Wsshington's planners are not too sure- msybe s2 billion, maybe 35 billion, maybe 520 billion. Only certain factor is that it

, is going to be expensive.

If these visions:-ios get their way, the International Joint Commission is going to have headaches s lot worse than the prob- lem of flood control in the Winnipeg si-es. Supposing some of Washington's bright boys wsnttomskothcstlawroncsrivsrnm

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Trouble is Ottawa has its economic and engineering experts too who think they can improve on Mother Nature and correct her "mistakes". Conservation of natural re- sources is one thing, but a continental face- liftlng scheme is something else entirely. Let's hope the river-moving bug isn't in- fectious.

' still Going strong

The concern expressed last airing over an increase in unemployment was evidently somewhat premature. Last April the num- ber of those seeking work stood at some 434,700 and there was considerable clamor for make-work programmes in various parts of the country. At June 15, according to official figures, "the number seeking work had fallen to 220,000, and the expansion, in factories and on farms as well as in con- struction, will mean a further shrinkage this month. Account must also be taken of the fact that some 120,000 newcomers find jobs in the labor market each year. Thus there are more jobs and more people gain- fully employed in Canada than ever before. Retail sales and consumer spending are at an all time high. Recently the Bank of Montreal estimated that Canadians are con- suming in real terms about 50 per cent more goods and services per capita than they did immediately prior to the war.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Cherries are ripening fast, as small boys well know. 0 O O '

As long as the United States is ready to pulverize Russian cities the Kremlin will hesitate to provoke a global war.

A The railway see-saw of increased wage rates and increased freight rates is likely to be continued for another couple of years, the only beneficiaries meantime bcinlz the lauyers. O O I The masses of North Korean troops be- ing sacrificed just now lends weight to re- ports that American bombing and strafing has played havoc with airfields, vehicles and heavy weapons. N O 0

There are evidently to be two Federal- Provincial Conferences this coming Fall, one to deal with the transfer of authority, etc., under the B. N. A., and the other to con- sider home defence now that Canada has become an independent nation.

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The world organization of the teaching profession meeting at Ottawa is unwise in revealing that low salaries are a problem in every country. It would be more effective to point to a shining example and urge emulation. O I 0 The Weston boys selected to visit Eng- land experienced two unanticipated sensa- tions in being almost wrecked at Quebec and crashed at London. This will insure a lifelong recollection of their visit apart altogether from their sight-seeing and en- tertainment in Mother England. 0 I 0

Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts, English evangeli- cal poet, born this date 16?4; he was an Independent minister in London, but his fame rests on his hymns and metrical ver- sion of the Psalms sung all over the world to the present day, that most universally rendered being "0 God, Our Help In Ages Past."

An increasing hazard as clothing be- comes more flimsy, is that of fire. Wo- menls clothes today are especially liable to burst into flames from any minor accident, probably with fatal results. Anything that manufacturers can do to reduce this risk deserves every encouragement.

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Island and other Maritime Scouters at- tending the Gilwell Training Cami) at Ham- mond River, N. B., will meet the camp chief of the parent training centre, in England, Gilwell Park. John Thurman has arrived in this country to visit Scoutei-s' training camps in seven Provinces starting with the Maritime Gilwell.

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,Two stained glass windows in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. E. B. Mccresdy are to be unveiled and dedicated on Sun- day st the forenoon service of St. James' Church, the Rev. T. H. Busseil Somers, M.A., S.T.M., officiating. Mr. Mccresdy, former editor of The Guardian and ii stal- wart in church and state was teacher of the continuing Bible class at the time of the Dis- niptlon; while Mrs. Mccresdy, daughter of Rev. Dr. Bennet, Saint John, long clerk of the Maritime Synod of the Presbyterian Church, was a life-long ardent supporter of missions and the spread of Presbyterian influence at home and abroad. In addition Mr. Mccresdy was an apostle of Temper-

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5!- "THE TRAIL OF LILDOOET"

Sir. - Permit me to call your attention to a small oversight in your issue of July fifth. In The Gun.rdlnn's column. "The Post's comer" of that date you gave us "The Tirsil to Lillooec" over the name of Duncan Campbell Scott. It seemsa pity to chest. the author, Pauline Johnson. of the credit for writing that. fine smooth flowing lii.t.le' poem: aspecially as thet Lillooet. Trail and its associa- tions were so dear to her heart. We here in Vancouver take some- thing more than casual interest in Pauline; as she loved this city more than any other in Canada: and her ashes repose (by her own request.) in Stanley Park close by Siwash Rock, of which she wrote so beautifully in her "Legends of Vancouver."

I know this is s smsll' matter. and from the standpoint of cold realism. unimportant even to Pauline: but. let. us put. msterinl- ism aside for the moment and remember that she said in March

of 1913. a short. time before her death; "It now and again the people of Canada read

some line of my work, which brings home to them the lcve l have for this gresrcouniry of mine. then they may remember me as having done my best to share with them something that the Great Tyee had given to me.” And who is to say but. to use the lines of Wilson MacDonald; "Tonight she walks a trail past Lillooet: Past wood and stream; yea, past the Dawn's white fire.

And now the craft on Shadow River fret For one small hlade that led

their mystic choir. But never more will Nig Us re- sponsive strings Awnken to the 'Scng her Paddle sings! " In closing. let me thank you for publishing a very worth while paper. with good all round news coverage. and many special fea- tures especially interesting to one for from "The Island" in both time and distance. I am, sir, etc.. G. L. Mclnnls. Vancouver. 3. C.

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GRAIN FOR. BRITAIN

The Royal Gazette of June 18. 1331. records the sailing from Charlottetown on the preceding Saturday of the 'Adclaide', Csptsin Bari-ct. for Bristol with s full cargo of wheat and osts. "The de- parture of this vessel,” s-sys the report, "may be viewed as on event. of no ordinary -interest. when it is considered that she cor- ties the ilrst. cargo of grsin ever shipped in this Colony. for the parent country; for sithough this Island has long been in the habit. of exporting largely to the adjoin- ing colonies, in msny '-t with considerable loss to the ship- pors. the English msrket hss never before been ottomptod. with such spirit, however has the trsds been commenced thst. two other vessels of much greotcr bur- don no of. present in tho berth loading for iho- ssins dostinstion.” The Adolslds wss "loudly choc- cdf' on her dspsrturo; but tho rs- sull: of the voysse proved disap- pointing. The Gosclto of Sept. I of tbs soino you tolls tho story: "Tho groin which the Adclsfdo carried from hsnco," it ssys. "ss- rivod st Bristol in good order. snd the quality wss spgrovsd of. from over spoculotion, howovor. srising from ill grounded coi- culntlons of s scarcity in Bigisnd. tho msrhou wsrs gluttod with fox-sisn stun. which. added to the prospects of on sbundsnt. hsrvost. and grsstly .oducsd pncca snd rendered it. very diffi- cult to offset ssios. lovsrsl extan- sivs fsiluros tsbon plsos sinongst tho corn, nistobssits.”

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The Sterling Balances

(Monthly Review of the Bank of Nova Scoiin)

The huge sterling indebtedness. incurred by Britain as a result of. the war continues to block that path toward freer trade. This in- debiedness, mostly in the form of current liabilities and known as the sterling balances. has been considerablymeduced since 1946, but at. the close of 1949 it still to- talled nearly E2.350 millions (or more than S10 billions in Canad- ian funds). as compared with something less than I500 millions in 1939.

In some cases the balances were the result. of British trade deficits and in others the result of milli- sry outlays. Sometimes the bal- ances were in the hands of gov- ernmcnts and sometimes held pri- vately. Moreover. in the case of India, though the balances were mainly military in origin and were nesrly all held by the cen- tral bank. the argument for a writing-down of the balances or for a strictly limited scale of an- nual releases was weakened by the great difference in the com- parative wealth of the two coun- tries and by India's obvious cur- rent needs.

The difficulties of any settle- ment hsve been greatly increasedl by the redistribution of the ster-i ling balances which has occurred! since 1946. Certain countries. like Argentina. Brazil and India, ac- quired British investments or oth- or assets in exchange for balances. Australia and New Zealand have- on two occasions written off bal-' ances as a voluntary contribution to British recovery. India, in par- ticular, as well as such countries as Egypt. Israel and Iraq, has made substantial drawings to pay for current imports. At the same time, s number of countries. like Aus-l trails, the African colonies and Malaya, have for various reasons notably increased their holdings of sterling.

The net effect of this redistrib- ution has been that the very large balances whose origin was mainly; in direct military expenditures have been substantially reduced. Meanwhile. other countries have! greatly added to their balancesl through regular commercial trade.

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The use of sterling balances by lndls, Pakistan, Egypt and certain other countries to pay for imports of goods and services in cxces of those finsnced by their current exports has represented s consid- erable di-sin on British resources during the postwar years. The large movement of British capital also provided overseas sterling countries with funds over and above their export earnings. Sim- ilarly, the large expenditures which Britain continued to make for occupation costs and for the mslniensnce of order in countries like Mslsys helped to keep ster- ling in plentiful supply through- out the non-dolls: world. as also did British credits through the Intro-European Payments Plan.

The ready svsilsbillty of sterling in non-dollsr countries strength- ened their demands for British goods, especially in view of the acute shortsgc of dollars, snd in- cressed the upward pressure on prices both in these countries snd in Britain thus slfncting British goods which might otherwise have been exported to North America. These ' S ' r” '10:! .3!

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they were by the decline in U. S. prices during 1949. were funda- mental to the trading crisis which led up to the devaluation of the pound last September.

British credits and outlays to maintain order, the export of cap- ital to the sterling area. and above all the drawing down of the ster- ling balances, though they have constituted a heavy burden on Britain's economy, have neverthe- less played an important part in world recovery. in a real sense. ERP aid to Britain has been through these means redistributed to countries outside of Europe whose recovery was essential to rebuilding international trade. At a time when U.S. interest was concentrated on Europe. British policies and the use of the sterling balances helped to preserve order and assist recovery particularly in the Far East and Middle East.

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But. while the reiil burden of the balances has thus been light- cncd. it has been far from elim- inaled and its existence still con- iinucs in block the path toward freer trade.

The present atmosphere is not favourable, and yet it is difficult to see any satisfactory solution of the problem which does not in- volve U. S. participation. The task of rebuilding an international trading system is not solely in problem of getting the affairs of Europe in order. Indeed. it seems impossible to get Europe's trad-

JULY is. 1959

- Notes By

Clarence Moi-is. 18. s siudcnt of the Ontario School for the Blind in Braniford. was recently awn-d. ed his King's Scout badge. the sni- bition of every Scout. Totslly blind, Clarence is patrol lender of the Whippoorwills. in lhe Isl. Bi-antford Troop composed of 40 students of the OSB. - Boy Scout News.

Photographs of s stuffed wsli-us which hsd been on exhibition in the public museum at Sunderlsnd for at least 80 years are to be add- ed to the collection of Lewis Car- roll manuscripts and souvenirs at. Princeton University. The walrus is believed to have inspired Car- roll's lines on the Walrus and the Carpenter. - Londcn.Times.

The possibility of wsr mskcs one wonder about the condition of communication and transport lines in British Columbia. Greater Van- couver. the industrlal and com- mercial heart. of BC. has only one highway connecting it with the rest of Canada and the United States. If bombs knocked out Pai- ullo bridge and Mission bridge, where would our motor connec- tion be with Seattle. the interior of BC or the other provinces? - Vancouver News-Herald.

Whst we call "lisby csrrlsgso" are "baby coaches," around Phila- delphia. "baby buggies” ' around Pittsburgh and in Northern Illin- ois, "baby cabs" in Sorthern Ohio. Everybody north of the Mason- Dlxon line in the United States "wheels" the baby carriage; from the Potomac River southward they "roll" it or "ride" it. when left on the floor, is northern baby "creeps", but s United States mid-westem or southern baby "crawls". Saint John Teleginph-Joiirnal.

Despite the fact that Newfound- land is not advertising her charms, mainland Canadian and American tourists are beginning to pour in. And although we haven't got a lot of roads or hotels to offer them at the moment. we can keep them coming until such time as the tourist development program gets under way. How? it's simple really. We merely have to wel- come the visitors with a smile. and make them feel we are glad to have them here, as indeed we

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s privilege and not a right. I priv- liege which could be taken sway from the hotels of it were abused -Regina Lender-Post: '

Motorists have losrncd caution in picking up hitchhikers follow. ing A series of robberies snd mu;-. ders attributed to these casual acqusintsnces. There is another type ol.' criminal who is making his appearance in the province, He might be best described as "the beverage.i-oom pal". An acquavim. once with this individual is struck up in a beverage room where 1;" foaming suds sre quaffed in an at. mosphere of good fellowship. sun surrounded by this aura of friend. ship the drinking companions leave the hotel together. Shortly after- wards the police hear a story of robbery by one of the beverage room, "friends". The lesson to be learned from the experiences of these beverage room victims is self-apparent-don't get too chum- my with people you don't known-

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FROM "A RIIAPSODY ON POETRY"

Hobbes clearly proves that even creature Lives in a state of war by natun, The greater for the smallest watch. But meddle seldom with their match. A whole of moderate size will draw A shoal of herrlngs down his msw; A fox with geese his belly crsms; A wolf destroys a thousand lambs. But search among the rhyming , race,

The brave are worried by the base. If on Pnrnassus' top you sit. You rnrely bite," are always bit . .

The vermin only tense and pinch

Their foes superior by an inch.

So. naturalists observe. s fies

I-lath smaller fleas that on him Prey:

And these have smaller still to bite 'em,

And so proceed ad lnfinitum.

Thus every poet in his -kind

are. - St. John's Telegram.

Is bit. by him that comes behind: who. though too little to be seen. Can tease, and gall, and give the

it apparently is becoming an an- nu-al chore for Provincial Treas- urer Fines to take Saskatchewan's holelmcn to task for the short- comings of those who, it is claim- ed. are more interested in making money out of selling beer ihan in providing good accommodation for the travelling public. In his address to the convention of the Hoiels Association of Saskatch- ewan. Mr. Fines dwell with add- ed emphasis on the recurring an- nual thcmc. He contended that op-

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INSULATION

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ing affairs in order. and certainly those of Great Britain. unless nt- tention is also turned toward that large part of the world outside Europe and the Western Hemis- phere. and particularly toward southeast Asia.

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