. in us who listen. It has not-like architec-

1-Acs roux Mr THE GUARDIAN"

Inning Dally (Fouled I: III!) AIIIIOIIDI ll Ioooad OIIII Illl Pol. 01800 Department. Gtsawa Ibo IIIIIII Oludlln Pabllshlag Co. Idnor and Ilalaglng Director. J. l.. Burnett Associate lditor, Irnnh Walker.

('71.; Sfrrongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CEARLOTTETOWN. TUESDIIY. MAY 2. 1950

Forgotten Melodies

A noted English critic has the following comment on the subject of forgotten melo- dies:

”Our mind is unable to conceive of all those thousands and thousands of combina- tions of notes which were heard once upon a time, and are now heard no longer. Gone, disappeared. And whither? Vanished total- ly, like the sunset redness of yesterday, or last year's roses. The roses return, and so does the reddening sunset; but these other things, that were as lovely as they, do not. They have ceased to exist along with the recollection of the men and women in whose mind they had their sole real existence. The thought is strange and difficult to grasp. Yet there is something stranger still, and more difficult for our weak imagination to realize. It is the thought of all the minds in which those melodies were once re-echoed; of all the hearts which, swept by them, shiv- ered with pleasure or pain; of all that life, in short, which is now dead; of all that present which has become the past, and by whose side, even while we are listening to the songs of today, there noiselessly takes its place this present of our own, be- coming itself the past."

One of the vital functions of Music Festi- vals, such as we are now enjoying in Char- lottetown, is to stimulate interest in our musical heritage of the past. It is rich -in beautiful melodies, which share our own frail mortality and die when they perish from our memories. Music is unique among the arts in this respect; it exists absolutely

ture, painting or sculpture-any external life of its own. Hence we must re-create an old folk tune or other classic every time we perform it or hear it performed, and it is this which gives music a cultural value beyond all other forms of artistic expres- slon.

IIon't Want citizenship

The world today, and this country is no exception, is rapidly adopting government measures designed to provide "security" of every conceivable kind. Workers are after unemployment insurance, manufacturers seek protection against outside competition, farmers demand price support and "the man in the street" must have family allow- ances and old age pensions.

It is interesting to note that here in Can- ada we have a group who have enjoyed the protection of a paternalistic Government for many generations. The Canadian Indians are wards of the Crown and have lived under a system of almost complete social security. The positive results of the system are not impressive. Today the Red Man makes nothing like his proper contribution to our national life. Enterprise and am- bition have been almost eradicated from the great majority of those living under the system and, according to Senator T. A. Crerar (L-Manitoba), the vast majority of this country's 135,000 Indians do not want to acquire the rights of citizenship with at- tendant responsibilities.

The citizen of tomorrow will almost cer- tainly have less freedom and more "secur- ity" than now. Is there any likelihood that he will be more prepared to throw aside the mess of pottage than is the Indian of

today?

West indies Trado

, The Maritime Provinces found a power- an ally in their efforts to promote increased trade with the West Indies the other day in the House of Commons from Dr. George Fulford (L. Leeds), a Brockville, Ont-. business man.

The Ontario M. P. urged in the budget debate that government pressure be ap- plied on the Colonial Office in London to improve Canada's position in -the B. W. I. markets, at least to the point of being al- lowed to balance her exports and imports. The situation, as outlined by Mr. Fuiford poses a problem for Maritime exporters which has been keenly felt by them because of the loss of a large part of the heavy trade which in the past had been carried oni between these provinces and the islands.

Currency controls have been employed to erect barriers to trade between Canada and the B. W. I. At present dollars spent by Canada go into the sterling area pool in London and in some instances find their way into New Yaaland, Australia and other ptmiing countries which are ursurping mar- kets" formerly held by Canada in the West mng.,1t,laa,case ofcanadian dollars be-

,, , .- .. . light of Britain's over-all dollar problem, it nevertheless poses a very real problem to exporters in these provinces.

On several occasions in recent years it has been suggested that the B. W. I. join Canada as an 11th Provincex Such a move doubtless would contribute a lot toward unification of the nine administrations which now govern the islands. A big market for Canadian farm products beckons in the West Indies, and, given full rights to trade there, Maritime exporters and importers, because of their advantageous geographical position, doubtless could do much to help improve the economy of the islands

EDITORIAL NOTES

With the resumption of the Wood Is- lands-Caribou Ferry service comes the feel- mg that Spring is really here.

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Gardening and lawn repairs will be the order of the day now till the 24th, when the family can go afishing in comparative com-

ort. -

If potential tourists read all that is be- ing said about them these days the hats they buy wlfen visiting here will have to be out-size. '

The chess tournament should serve to arouse interest in the ancient game. As with almost every form of contest a player can only develop by being matched against superior skill.

Perhaps it is just as well Summerslde aerial navigators did not repeat last year's feat of flying over the geographic North Pole. It would be difficult to avoid the Russian side, with who knows what out- come.

The practice of "iegislating by esti- mates" has been criticized by the Auditor General and members of Opposition parties. This short circuiting of legislation enables the Government to provide money for ex- penditures which have not been authorized by previous legislation.

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Nova Scotla byher Small Tree Act pro- hibits the cutting of undersized trees. In this Province the fact that almost every landowner lives on his own property should provide an equivalent care for the land's future. -

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What is now being done about weed con- trol? A series of meetings devoted to dis- cusslons of weed control methods was re- cently completed at 11 points in north- eastern Saskatchewan. Sponsored by local agricultural societies and committees, they were conducted by G. R. Fraser, provincial weed control representative, and E. A. Mar- tens of the agricultural representative branch.

This makes one envious. A speckled trout caught in Quebec waters during the course of 1949 won premier honors in the annual "Field & Stream" competition. The trout in question weighed exactly eight pounds and was taken in Lake Mattawa, within the limits of the Homamo Club, north of Roberval. Mr. D. Howard, of Attleboro, Mass., was the lucky disciple of Izaak Wal- ton who landed the prize winner.

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In days gone by, Americans had a long way to travel to attempt to get their poli- tical wrongs righted. Just 240 years ago (April 20th, 1710) four Mohawk Chiefs travelled to London for an audience with Queen Anne. The occasion was celebrated the following day in a broadsheet reproduc- ing the "Speech of the Four Indian Kings". The broadsheet will be auctioned at some- by's, London, this month, together with oth- er Harmsworth Americana now being dis- posed of.

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Leonardo da Vinci died this date 1519. Born in 1452 near Florence, he studied art under Venocchio and later settled in Milan. Besides doing many paintings including "The Last Supper", he devised an irrigation scheme for the plains of Lombardy. He returned to Florence and painted "Mona Lisa", designed a palace for the Klng.of France, projected a great canal between the Loire and Saone, wrote indefatlgably on anatomy, astronomy, hydraulics, physics, geology, geography and made eager experi- ment: in the art of flying.

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Our family allowances. Ontario is first and Quebec second among Canada's prov- inces in the number of persons receiving family allowances. In a written answer to a questionlby P. E. Wright (OCF-Melfort) Mr. Martin disclosed 603,847 families receive family allowan in Ontario and 507,727 get the payments in Quebec. In other prov- inces the total number of family allow- ances paid as at March 31, this year were: Newfoundland, 50,694; Prince Edward Is- land, 13,185; Nova Scotia, 91,012; New Brunswick, 72,410; Manitoba, 106,611; sas- katchewan, 118,917; Alberta, 130,686; Brit- ish Columbia, 156,367 and Yukon and North-

ing permitted to work to the disadvantage lDoIhhIlon's.trade, and while it may

Territories, 3,833. p '

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seemgi oducts fi 8,21 theslzrpovincegr

,MAY 2. 1950

! I Notes By Tlie.WayJ -.

In one of the nest biurrgin most Asian countries ooonomlg moves of the cold war to date, factors. including trade. over-shad. thc Russians have brought sev-,ow the fear of Communism 1,, oral witch doctors from British the public mind. Oommumug and Belgian African colonies to.china's power of attraction on Moscow for training as Com-,her Asiatic neighbours will dg. munlst agitators. Although thapend not a'llttla on the extent practice of witchcraft is now for-lto which she is able to establish hidden in these colonies, the voo-lmutually advantageous ti-mum dooista still have big followings arrangements. ft is obviously :4 among the natives, and Moscow our interest to encourage whg". figure: they can stir up a lot of ever possible a smoother flow a trouble against their "colonial G0lTII'nEX'uI between non-Oommun.

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will

FIIDM "A SONG 103 ST. CECILINB DAY”

From harmony, from heavenly har-

funny This universal fl-um began: Thom harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran The diapason closing full in

Man...

The trumpet": loud elancor Excite: us to arms,

With shrill notes of anger

And mortal alarms

The double double double beat

of the thundering drum

cries txerkl the foes come; Charge. charge, 'tis too late to re-

treatii

The soft complaining fluu

In dying notes discovers

The woes of hopeless lovers.

Whose dlrge is whispered by the warbling lute.

sharp violins proclaim Their jealous pangs and deeper-

ation. Fury, frantic indignation, Depth of pains. and heisht of

passion. - For the fair disdalnml demo.

But. oh! what. art can teach. What. human voice can reach

The sacred organ's praise?

Notes inspiring holy love,

Notes that wing their A heavenly

ways To mend the choirs above . . .

As from the power of sacred lays The spheres began to move.

And sung the great Creator's

praise

To all the blest above:

so when the last and dreadful hour Thls crumlbling pageant shall de-

vour. The trumpet shall be heard on high. The dead shall live, the living die. And Music shall untuno the K7-

-John Dryden dost-1-zoo).

' . OWE! I Old Charlottetown

(And I. I. I.)

MUSIC & TEMPEBANCI

"At a recent general meeting of the Sons of Temperance the fol- lowing resolution was adopted: whereas, in the opinion of this meeting. in order to make our meetings as entertaining and in- tereeting as possible. it is and- tful that we should provide Mu- sic, vocal, lnstnunonhl or both: Thordfon resolved. that I committee of nine be appointed to instruct a choir, and re-organize the band'."

-Hasur-d's Cantu, Doc. fl, 1854

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The Ago-Old story

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take care of the oomplsiner.

The Sensitive Something of this machinery

(The Montreal Gazette)

of the Consumer supposing, for victor Hugo mm, "id that um. instance, that a British citizen u-ugh 1, uwny. naive... cemm, were to receive from the coal in- there are times when simplicity d"m7' which h” ”'"”v d W" 01 is ugonlubmuly M”. to ,.enmy. so coal that was mostly black dust. it is in the statement made re- H” cw” Wmpmn '0 M3 "10031

cumy by 3;, non. E ,'.ua.omy."

Shinwoll. Minister of nei?&.me' But that Web! be only the O in,

the nritish' Labor cabinet, mt -WP of the ML The loc-I

Said Mr. Shinwell: "untor-l'l1”"”'"V- 3"" We considera- tunauly, while the Labor move- tlon, could present the case to ment, has quite properly ' 4 W9 2 a' " upon the fundamental principles Th” ””””c" Vim” "1" W3 0339 and ideals of socialism. little n- l0 ll-5 WPWPHW eommittem The

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star.

The fee for

seal attached - is 1C0 guineas. and there are ials, major and minor, who levy a guinea or so for more nominal own clerks also have a tradition-'

- ... . Magazine. is: countries in the Pacific and 1- thus reducing dependence on ab. The Star believes that there communist biog, By uh, mm. should be a new and distinctive yoke", thg gmgngf uh, now 0, Canadian flax. preferably one stragotlc materials mm nu om, containing the Jack for reasons mrumuc worm mg beg”,-, g, N" of tradition and sentiment, if york Hg;-uld 'rrjbune.

for no other reason. If that L? French-Canadian population wishi Breeders of heavy home. 1, the fleur-dc-lis included l.he'l'Oln1gland are disturbed ", mu should be no objection. But prom- iserious falling off in the numbq inent on the flag there should of animals kept on the farm: be a maple leaf or an arrange-"rhey want the Heavy non, ment of such leaves. The maple societies m inc;-can ch. mm,” leaf is the most. widely known of young farmers in horses. n Canadian emblem. Toronto is ten young farmers and fan: ifarm workers are suffering frog T wh t i described " ..

The 1' new K 0'! who-o II-(aril:at.ico'n' and thisuis mlntment the King has Just w- the detriment of the ham mu proved will find the new honor me (arm, In 19.16, the number of involves them in some expense, horses in England and Wales was the Patent an 373,352. Latest figures show lb. imooslns document. with A huge total now to be 538,000 mm", 'are being told that there no can many more jobs that can be dom more economically by the 01' 1953,ihan by the tractor. Every farm. 5”VL”95- A MW K C'5 er is being urved to keep somg,

numerous offic-

horss .

Safeguard 1. described in an article in the Political Quarterly by Mr. J. A. G. Griffith. entitled "The Voice