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-ms GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

10. 1952

THE .GUARl)lAN

Authorised as second class Mall l'oat otllco Depanncnt. Ottawa. The lalaud liuarlllln VIINIIIAIIII CO-

Proaldent and Associate Editor, Ian A. Illu-nail. Auoclata Editor. Frank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Island Ilka the dew"

f'7hc Strongest Memory is Weaker fun the Weakest ink".

CIIARIDTTETOWN. SATUIIDAY. MAY 10. Ill;-1V A Feast of Music

Music has filled the Provincial capital this past week. The seventh annual Fest- ival of Music was indeed a resounding suc- cess and has earned congratulations for all who had a part in making it so. The hon- orary life memberships in the Association presented to the first president and the first secretary who organized the Provin- cial Festival of Music despite inability to find a backer are recognition of a very real contribution to music and community life. The present officers, Dr. G. D. Steel, president, and Mrs. Edwin Cook, secretary. may well be proud of the success of the Festival.

The wealth of talent displayed from var- ious sections of the Province must be an encouragement to other organizations and should make possible numerous perform- ances which would be otherwise unthought of. Competition is unavoidable and those who placed highly have earned their plaud- its but the emphasis throughout was on each group and individual giving the finest performance of which they were capable.

The adjudicators, Mr. Clayton Hare and Mr. Reginald G. Geen, F.R.C.O., contribut- ed greatly to both the quality and enjoy- ment of the performances. They brought an enthusiasm for music and song resulting in efforts of which. Perhaps. the Per" formers themselves did not know they were capable.

Individual performances, both vocal and instrumental, were of a high quality but it was choral work for which the week was memorable. A promising development was the performance of several original com- positions by local composers.

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The co-operative marketing of fleece wool in Canada is dealt with in an inform- ative and interesting manner by Mr. George Allan O'Brien in a brochure recently receiv- ed. It is the writers contention that while the wool industry has never attained a pos- ition of major importance in Canadian agri- culture, the wool growers' marketing organ- ization is an important factor in the farm marketing structure of the country. The major problem facing the co-operative to- day, is the severe decline in the sheep pop- ulation and a consequent reduction in vol- ume of business.

The rapid disappearance of sheep from the Canadian farm and ranch scene since the peak years of World War II has arous- ed s great deal of apprehension among many of the countryls leading agricultur- ists. The sheep population of 2,075,000 on June 1, 1949, represented a 44 per cent de- crease from the record year of 1944 when the number of sheep and lambs in Canada reached 3,726,000. Figures covering the sheep population from 1908 to 1949 show an over-all upward trend in numbers to the end of World War II. Since 1945, the pre- cipitous decline has been sharper than that of any previous period during which records have been kept.

As a result, notes Mr. O'Brien, a con- certed effort towards revitalizing the in- dustry has developed through the active participation of interested groups and or- ganizations. Outstanding among these are the National Sheep Committee, responsible to the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Sciences and made up of rep- resentatives from the Federal and Provin- cial Departments of Agriculture; Sheep Breeders Associations and the wool trade; the Agricultural Institute of Canada, a pro- fessional society of technical agriculturists; the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited. and the Wool Bureau, formerly the International Wopl Secretariat, an organ- ization established for the purpose of pro- moting wool on world markets.

The decline of the sheep and wool in- dustry cannot be attributed to a lack of effective dem'and, Mr.' O'Brien insists. Well-

-; finished mutton and lamb moved readily in- to consumption at prevailing prices during the peak production years although the Canadian public appears to have little ap- petite for lamb. due either to personal pref- erence or to the lack of attractively pre- pared cuts. Per cnpjta consumption of mut- ton and lamb averages 5 to 6 pounds per year as compared with 60 pounds for beef and 50 pounds for pork. With a potential

for-mutton products which

only 12.8 per cent of her total requirements in 1949 and retained for domestic con- sumption only 7.7 per cent. ..Moreover, world consumption of wool is, at the pre- sent time, exceeding the average annual production for 1948 and 1949 of approx- imately 3.8 billion pounds. '

It is significant, Mr. O'Brien notes, that during the drought and depression of the 1930's, those western farmers and ranch- ers who maintained sizable flocks of sheep were not included among the many forced to apply for relief. Sheep raising can be I profitable undertaking at all times as ev- idenced by the many prominent breeders and commercial sheep men throughout Can- ada today who, through proper care and flock management, have operated success- ful businesses through good times and had. We have many farmers in .Prince Edward Island who can vouch for the truth of this statement. '

EDITORIAL NOI ES

Tomorrow, Mother's Day. - I I I

i -Tomorrow, 4th Sunday after Easter. . . C

A memorial window to The Buffs will be unveiled today at Canterbury by King Frederick of Denmark, their Colonel-in- Chief. The Buffs, in addition to numerous battle honours, fought in the Eighth Army in Italy.

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Sumnierside was not to be stampeded into approval of the C. N. R. bus proposal but when an examination of .the facts showed the advantages of the offer, the Board of Trade there swung away from its first attitude of opposition to the change.

U. -N. Prisoners of War may have un- wittingly cut the Gordian knot of truce ne- gotiations. After the seizing of Brig.-Gen. Dodd, the prisoners of war can hardly re- proach their U. N. captors for returning them to their own side as required by the Geneva convention. 9

Ottawa is carrying on an aerial war with mosquitoes. With the assistance of an R. C. A. F. Dakota the Federal District Commission and the Department of Agri- culture's Science Service is now spraying a 10 per cent solution of DDT on infected areas to kill the second lot of larvae. The earlier ones were already subject to attack by crews on foot. I

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Sir Thomas Lipton, Scottish merchant, was born this date 1850. He emigrated to America at fifteen but returned to Glas- gow. He built up a business from one pro- vision shop to stores all over the United Kingdom and tea and coffee plantations in Ceylon. He also had fruit farms, bakeries, and bacon-curing establishments as well as a packing house in Chicago. With his yachts "Erin" and "Shamrock" he compet- ed unsuccessfully six times for the America Cup.

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America could defeat Russia in war but the sole prize would be the right to feed and clothe the Russians, British historian Arnold Toynbee told a Chicago audience. He spoke before a dinner sponsored by the National Arts Foundation in the only ad- dress he will make in this country this year. Dr. Toynbee said that both Russia and the United States are nations that "face facts." He said he hoped both na- tions would continue to do so "and if so we will have a better chance to avoid a third world war."

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Thirteen members of the Canadian In- stitute of Chartered Accountants will at- tend the 6th International Congress on Ac- counting, in London, Eng., June 16 -20. They are: H. E. Crate, A. Douglas Downie, F. A. R. Macl-ladden, Chester S. Walters, J.P., T. A. M. llutchison, W. L. L. McDon- ald and J. J. Schulman, Toronto; Lt. Col. G. S. Currie, D. H. M. Farish and T. V. Burke, Montreal; W.vF. Reid, Calgary; A. E. Beauvais, Quebec and G. W. Benson, London.

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There's a lot of truth, says the Van- couver Sun, in the contention of the Am- erican Society of Newspaper Editors that "nosey reporters" are the best cure for dis- honesty ln government. It's a pity though that they had to use such a disparaging term to describe what is really a very fundamental virtue. "Noslness" has come to have an unpleasant meaning. Even the word "curiosity" has been-given a vulgar tint. But it should be remembered, as per- haps these American editors do remember, that "noslness" or "curiosity" is one of the vital factors in all progress. It is nothing more than a passion for truth in a slang dross. And we have excellent authority for thcbellqf that the truth will "set you free." 'l'hcrc,ls nothing strange, then. in the an- that nosey reporters are the cure

for-dishonesty in government.

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. Tho Guardian does not necessar- lly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

-rnscnnn SALARIES

Sir,-At the Tcacliersi Conven- tion a few short weeks ago, our esteemed Premier addressed the lcachers. While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. he told them that they would get a raise in pay immediately. He said that due to some Parliament- ary error the raise was in effect. Now we want to-know if ihe same crror was in evidence in the clause which gave the M.L.A.ls a boost in salary. How long did they wait for the fabulous raise? We wonder if it has ever occur- red to them to compare the lives of the school teachers lo How many weeks of the your do those mem- bers work at their jobs? Must they please fathers. mothers. chil- dren, school boards. supervisors and what have you and then sink or swim on public opinion? How much did the education of some of those fortunate few cost? Teachers cunnol. hood-wink their pupils with a few platitudes, for children are not well enough ac- quainted with political smoke screens to call a spade anything but a spade.

It is a known fnct that this promised increase was not. added to the icnchcrs' April cheques. And they are no doubt expected to keep on plodding and wait for more parliamentary crrors. Well for our beloved Premier's sake we hope they do not slart nsking if the whole set-up is not one great. big parliamentary error. and if lI9lIl0I.'I'isI.y is going to survive in our land or give way to" the wishes of a few political minions.

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A LOVER. OF FAIR PLAY Alhorton R.l'i. MOTHER'S DAY

Slr,- Once again this lovely month of May is with us and once again comes Mother's Day, and for the twenty-sixth year I try to write about the queen of our homes. Before starting this let- ter I searched the golden scrap book of the past. and find so many writers like myself who have fall- ed to picture Mother and her day as they would wish to along the road of life. We find her warn- ings coming true and her teach- ings in our youth ringing in our ears.

Mother's Day falls on Sunday each year and that is to remind us to pray for her no matter where she is. alive or dead. sun- day as Mothers Day is also to remind us that our Redeemer rose from the dead. from the weight of our sins on Sunday. And so we too should rise from our straying way of life on Mother's Day and walk again with her the straight and narrow path.

when I look back through the yea:-a.1 see her as the one who took me by the hand and along the road pointed to the different path: of life. She told me of. the crimson trail of sin and shame that was so easy to follow. She II the one who warned me of the mountainous passions that would cross my path. "when you are older you will be alone." aho laid; "alone except for the One whom ymlnlec hanging on the cross for you.

me to listen to the murmur of the wind at night and to watch for the glorious sunrise and sec God's bleaalng there. she is the one who taught me to work hard. play fair and live claan.

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She is the one who taught

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SEATS REAIIBANGED

From a report of the opening of the first session of the 29th General Assembly of the Province: "The seats of the members of the House of Assembly have been re-arranged, and placed in rows on either hand of Mr. Speaker - n in House of commons. The Gov- ernment retains the sunny south side of the Chamber: the Opposi- tion remain in the shade at the north."

-The Examiner. March 20, 1883.

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And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples. he gave them power Igalnsl. unclean spir- its. to cast them out. and to heal all manner of sickness and all mumcr of disease. . . These twelve Jesus sent fortlf. and commanded them. saying. Go not into. the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ya go, preach. laying. The lngdom of heaven I: at hand. . . What. I tell you In darkness. that Ipeak yo in light; and what ye hear in the ear. that preach yo upon the housetapa. And fear not them which kill the. body. but arc-not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which II able to destroy both soul and body In hell.

turn again in our darkest hour to the heart we have pierced and broken. to the face we have so often shamed. and she will take us back.

Even as I write this I think with sadness of all the mothers who are today shunned and shamed by theli very own. I think of the dear mothers who have long since gone to the grave heartbroken over their own sons and daughters. They look back from their realm of glory and their voices seem to call in the murmur of the wind at night as they seek again the door of life that is closed, to help their own. We should and must cringe as we see ahead the day when the door of life will close quickly behind us, when we will cry out for Mother to help us and it will be too late. Now is the time; tomorrow is Mother's Day. Let us all remember her on this day.

I am, sir, etc.. WALTER. A. O'BRIEN Morell, P.E.l.

RECORD OUTPUT

PRINCE ALBERT, Soak. - (OP) - The Saskatchewan box factory here sawed a record total of lum- ber in March. making its daily out- put greater than that of any other lumbering operation in the prov-

Braille Centenary (Winnipeg Free Press) Louis Braille was only three years old when he was struck blind in an accident in his father's har- ness shop at Ooupvray near Paris. It was a fateful nccldcnt. Out of

precocious. rather delicate young man. Musically gifted. he learned to play the piano, bassoon. violin and cello. and he became ”onc of

Paris." When he was only 17 he was appointed assistant master at the.Paris School for the Blind Reading by touch was taught at this school, but only the most gift- ed pupils could learn to decipher

which were used at that time. The

searching cizme with the newslhal. Captain Charles Barblcr had worked out a method of

a saddlcrs' awl. the instrument which had plunged him into dark- ness. Braille pricked out the first lines of his now famous system.

The Braille alphabet. made up of 4:5 arrangements of raised dots, met. with a cool reception, The experts and well lntentloned pro- fessors were agalnst him.

But Braille know what a tres-

glve up and after 10 years of in- tensive work he was able to ur-

teachlng method in book

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A correspondent wrl : "What has become of the W Smoke Prevention Department which opened with I staff and office: at the city hall about a year ago?" And goes on to cite an instance of one institution that "belchu heavy black smoke daily." Our corres- pondent, whilc he was about it. might have mentioned I very large number of other chimneys which likewise dim and befoul the air all day long. Getting bnckto the ori- ginal question. however, "what has become of the city smoke Preventlon”Department?" we don't know; we Just don't know..-Mon- treal Star.

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To date Ontario has been lax in the promotion of French cducn- 1 than in its schools. The 1-1ope'rs- port on education has I '

ed that French be introduced as an additional subject of study. or as a language of instruction. pro- vled there is proficiency in Eng- lish and other subjects. Such a recommendation, if implemented. could lead to the promotion of the teaching of French in many of our primary English-speaking schools. Under the present system. those of English origin get their French in night school and most fall to learn the language well enough to carry on ll conversation in French. Perhaps introduction of French in the senior grades of elementary schools would rectify the deficiencies now prevailing in the way French is taught in this province. - Cornwall Stan- daid-Freeholder.

One of the moat delightful of in- stitutions to have come from the old world to the new is the swed- ish smorgasbord. This consists of a long table, replete with various kxlnds of meat,tlsh and fowl; pick- les and hora d'ouevres and other delicacies. The diner is given a large plate and he is supposed to walk around the table, select what- ever he wants and as much as he wants. The charge is all the same. whatever one takes. But, alas, in Minneapolis where the smorgas-

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