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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

JAPRIL 28. ' 1950

THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dslly (Founded In lung Aullnurlud n Bovnlll Clsss llsil Post office Dspunnisul. Oumvn Tbe Island Gusrdln uahtlshlng Cs. Editor and Ilunnglng Illrsrlor. J. R. Burnett A-um-Ins Editor, In-snl WIIIBIP.

"The Strongest Memory is Weake? Than the Weakest Ink."

CIlARl..0'l"l'I'.'TOWN FRIDAY. APRIL '23. 1050

Government And charities

The danger to a private charitable or- ganization of too great Government assist- ance was stressed by Health and Welfare Minister Matheson at the recent annual, meeting of the P. E. l. Tuberculosis League. "If the Government provides all the money, the Governmentwill provide the complete management.” was a warning, not particu- larly to the T. B. League but to all non- profit organizations which feel that they have an important job to do but begin to weary of well-doing and look to the Gov- ernment to finance them.

The Government has only the taxpayer's money to spend and it is not to be wondered at if officials and members should expect to know just how the money is to be expended and exercise some control over the spending of it. t

There is always the further difficulty of getting a sufficient number of enthusiastic volunteer workers to continue along with Government employees. This should not. properly. be a problem and in some cases is not, but it will be some time before any large section of the public will be happy about working for nothing alongside a paid Government official.

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EDIIURIAL NUI ES Premier Jones must enjoy being badger- ed about the Trans-Canada Highway route. His refusal to divulge the details, even after

the agreement has been signed, is the best way of keeping public curiosity inflamed. O O O

forces in Germany to draft plans for re- quirements for a period of five years, should prove a stabilizing factor in the af- fairs of Europe and of the world.

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The support price for butter is down by about five cents but if this should be a good summer for pasture, the dairyman will not be unduly disturbed by the drop. If it is not a good pasture year, the price should remain above the minimum anyway. 0 O I A recent decision of a California court upsetting a discriminatory State law as be- ing in conflict with the U. N. charter, has no application in this country. In the United States a treaty with a foreign government is the over-riding law of the land. A treaty of the Canadian Government is not internal law at all, but usually requires legislation to be passed to give effect to it. D I I

Signora Luise Tetrazzini died this date 1940. A native of Florence, she married Signor Bazelli, was educated at Liceo Mus- icale, Florence, under Signor Cecherini. She first appeared at the Teatro Verdi, Florence in 1895 and at Covent Garden in 1907, later touring in South America and Russia. Her favourite operas were Lucia di Lammermoor and La Sonnambula. She published "My Life of Song" in 1921. -

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. I 0 Today in Ottawa will open an interna- tional conference to consider changes in the regulations for loading of ships. Vast

Spring came to the City yesterday and shoppers thronged the streets in large numbers to take advantage of the Spring sales now in progress in many of the stores.

One citizen reckoned with the report of I. snowfall out West that "it just couldn't last"; but no matter. To Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen it was a welcome change.

Here and there. there was evidence that the -City was putting on its summer appear- ance. Grounds and street-sides were being raked and swept and the blots which give the reputation of being untidy and unkempt were being erased.

In the uptown shopping district it. was just like mid-summer with police directing the steady flow of traffic and the shopping crowds, with purchases under their arms. weaving to and fro to their next place of destination. I

According to the weather man today will be a repeat of yesterday and another op- portunity for thrifty-minded citizens to en- joy shopping in real Spring-like weather.

To Honor lloail of lllopps

Canadian soldiers killed at Dieppe, or who later died of wounds received in the historic assault on the channel port. are to be honored by a commemorative plaque to be erected in the Cathedral there. Their names-more than 900 of them-are to be engraved on the memorial. .

Together with other monuments already erected, the plaque will serve to keep alive the memory of men who, for eight terrible hours on August 19. 1942. fought one of the bloodiest and costliest battles of the war. Other memorials include a monument on Canadian Square on the beach, the Ave- nue of the Canadians, and Canadian Cross- roads-farthest point of the Canuck pene- tration. Even the city's coat of arms has been changed to include a background of maple leaves and a number of memorials to individual regiments have been erected.

There was no indication as to when the new memorial would be erected. That it has been proposed was revealed recently when Army Headquarters, Ottawa, was ask- ed for a nominal roll of those who died in the raid for inclusion on the plaque.

ll. 8. Poultry Support on

The U. S. Department of Agriculture has announced, unexpectedly, that for the first time in nine years there will be no support for 1950 crops of turkeys and chicken. This is the first time since 1941 that supports are-not required by law. The decision was made, in the face of reports indicating that farmers are planning to boost productic-.

changes have come about in the techniques of ship construction since the publication of "Our-Seamen" in 1872 by Samuel Plimsoll. M.P.,. led to the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act (1876). The "Plimsoll Mark" on every ship's hull indicates the permissible load line for various voyages and times of year. I O 0

Complete details of the new Trans-Can- ada Highway to be constructed in Ontario are given in the Ottawa papers, showing precisely where existing roads are being traversed, and where new sections are to be built. The public can follow the route mile by mile. and to aid them in doing so the Ontario Government has released the offi- cial map which was submitted when the agreement was signed, and which is being given wide publicity.

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It is impossible to estimate the splendid work which has and is being accomplished by the P. E. I. Tuberculosis League. This voluntary organization has helped raise the health standard of our people and its far reaching achievements are a credit to its leaders. The report of the retiring pres- ident, Mr. Earl Taylor at Wednesdayls 14th annual meeting gave some idea of the pro- gress made the past several years. He took a personal and active interest in the work and is deserving of commendation for his public spirited attitude. Likewise the exe- cutive secretary, Major V. N. Hodson, has been tireless in the organization work of the League. Mr. Taylor has an able suc- cessor as president in Mr. F. W. Curtis.

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Capital investment in Canada is likely to reach an all-time high this year, accord- ing to a prediction made by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. More money will be invested in Canadian industry and both pub- lie and private developments in 1950 than in any previous year. and the Bureau esti- mates that capital investment of this na- ture will amount to no less than 233,587,- 0O0.000. Investments and exports are gen- erally considered as the two most dynamic determinants of the countryls prosperity. While 1949 exports were slightly below the 1948 level, the Bureau points out, they were still 224 per cent greater in value and 48 per cent greater in volume over shipments ten years ago.

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Electricity from windmills easier than from tides. Sir W. Beach Thomas writing in The Spectator remarks: ”While we are wrestling with "the winds of windy March" that blow down the catkins, it is some satis- faction to hear that at long last a serious attempt is being made to use the power 6f the winds which is yet more freely wasted

of poultry meat this year.

The Department never had to buy chic- kens to hold prices at support prices at sup- port levels in the past. However, because of record-high peacetime marketings. only government buying kept' prices of Inst

year's turkey crop from sagging below the.

31 cents a pound support level.

Effect of the withdrawal of supports on'

chicken prices is problernaticsl. Most fresh chicken consumers are eating now are '.'br.oilers", which never were supported. Be- csusaot s with In the farm lsw, supports , mi-o limited to "farm chickens." '

l'thai1 the tides whose uselessness made Edi- ISO" weep. The erection of windmills, so to lcall them. has begun in the Orkneys, not !for grinding corn but for the creation of "electric power; and there seems to be strong expectation of practical results on a consid- -erable scale. After all. the lovely old Mud- mills, tee'd up on local mounds, were ex. tremely efficient, and if the most windy quarters of this windy island were properly exploited,-'wlnd-power may become a real rival to coal and water. The water-mill also. in my neighbonrliood. is enjoying a revival."

The directions to the United States .

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'5 This column ll open to the discussion by uirrelpondenu of questions of interest. The Guardian does not. necessar- ily endorse the DDIIIIOII of correspondents. E

-Ni.-.-.-.-l.-.-.-.-i.-.-.-.-.-l.-.-.-on.-.-.-. LARRY oonsunv a. ramps

sir. - In a recent column 01 Pioneer Days in P. E. 1.. the in-itcl quoted parts of a. song by l..arl'.l German and said he believed ti. ' author was a resident. of Kings County. A patient in the Senator- lum makes a correction and states that Larry Gorman resided in Glengarry. .1 few miles from Bloomfield Station. New to straight- cn this matter out I come with an- other coi'recf.ion:

Larry Gorman's home was about a mile from Tyne valley on what. is known as the Bideford Road. His parents were among the first settlers of this place and they owned a. farm which is now the property of Hlnson Williams. Their house was down near the shore and the land, which ran from the main road to the shore was called "Goi-man's Lane". and it. is still known by that name.

Here Larry Gorman. along with several brothers and sisters, grow up and attended the little school which was located on the site on which the Tyne Valley United Church now stands. They got what. education they could in those early days of scpnt. opportunities in the field of education; but they were a. clever, gifted family, full of ready wit. and well lked by all their neighbors.

As they grew lo manhood, one by one they left the old home to seek their fortunes abroad. Thomas be- came an editor of the Ottawa Gaz- ette, Two other brothers took up journalism; one was editor of a paper in Montreal. the other edited a paper in Toronto. The youngest brother went to California, and in all probability made good as did his brothers. James. the eldest. brother. remained on the home- stead for a number of years after the death of his parents. where he with his family moved to the west- ern psrt. of the Island. The sisters married and made homes for thorn- selves in different. parts of the Is- lsnd. one was the wife of the II” William Brown of Port: Hill.

The mother of this splendid fam- lly was highly regarded by all who knew her - a kind motherly soul who was ready at. all times to give 3 helping hand when need- ed. Many times she had to per- form the duties of A mid-rwife, where doctors were few and for between. she lived to 9. good old age -- is centennrisn; but oven at that great. sge her mind was keen and glert. and she could relate in a clear and vivid msnner happen- ings of her young days. particu- larly sn account: of the Mirlmschl fire. when she. a young girl of foul- teen, slong with the other unfort- unate residents of the place had to rush out into the water, wsist. deep to save tfl8mlClV:a 'from being burned.

And now we come to the sub- ject. of this sketch. "Larry Clor- msn". He hid in. wonderful gift. for composing songs, and any event ,or hsppenlng in the community was made the subject of his witty verse. He never failed to be a guest. st all the psrlles. dances. frollcs and such which made up the no- clsl life of those early days. It. was "On with the dance. let joy be unconfined”. and then ii psuu.

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when some one would be csllcd on for s song - usually Lorry would be sitting back. not seeming to be unduly interested in the proceed- ings, but at the conclusion of the

party he would sing his sons do- Krrtbing I-vary

thing and every

THE UNCOITBAGEOUS VIOLET

If Godhsdciven msntbopuwsr

To warn the blade sud warn the flower.

"Death is the gucrdon of sill that. live "

And they refrained - would they forgive?

would daffodil the spring desert Because her golden balletroklrt, Poised on a. slim green-stookinaed

too With the first plrouetto. must. so: would lsy said. her yel-

Oonipetltlon with her follow? would violet refuse to be Blue in spring": lupin-lazuli?

would crocus timldly disclaim Her silver heart of candle flame? would ragged-rdbln foil to make Ker universal red mistake?

And 1: the smallest nowclr or wood

Demands her bright specific need.

And tones death behind her stem.

Are we too proud to lesrn from them?

Are we afraid to tell the sage

(Who warns us) that the heritage

of certain death. which does not fret:

The unooursgoous violet. .

we will accept. and being heirs To hLs disorderly affairs.

Will teach him that a, gentleman will spend his credit while he can?

--Humbert. Wolfe.

body who had 1 part in the even- lng's amusement. sometimes there

was s "bite" to his poetry and at,

such times his talent. was more feared than admired.

These stories have been related by members of the last generstlon and snatches of Larry's poetry which were heard in any life are still remembe ed. One in particular stuck in my memory so it describ- ed the lament. of s young msn who started life by keeping s bschel- on bail - I only remember parts of this little ditty -

"Como ladies sll, both short, in and tsll And upon me you'll surely tske

vlty hr Balchelora Hsll is no place st I

And the some el'll explsin in my "ditty.

"I have s fine fsrm. and s house i

snd s burn And a 3:: patch for raising tom-

. l I more no expense in building Ii fence

To keep the pigs from the potstoss.

"Thcbsstofsllntis mynsw chsmt sci:

My bird cues sod my csnu-lss,

A bowl snd I lug snd s fins thun- der mug

with flowers and stripes on the edges."

There were ssvonl more verses which I hsvs forgotton but. Ill turned out well for the bachelor. lfo boosmo s successful fsrmsr. wss twice msrrisd snd hsd runs- tscn children. .

Lorry left the Island said, not his home in llslnl. and I presume be still oontlnusd to write poetry sswssprovsn brbls selections in "King Spruce".

. 1 sm, Sir. otc..

con. i A Tym Valley Ransom.

9&0 Old Charlottetown (And P. E. 1.) ,

"BRING A PUNCBION"

"We would suggest. in the event of a fire again breaking out. to I11 persons who are possessed of s horse. truck. and an empty pun- ebeon. to fill the puncheon It the nearest pump to their residence, and immediately proceed to the scene of the destruction; as. in the event. of the pumps in the vicinity of the fire 'suoking' (as occurred on Monday night at the fire in Mrs. Marcl1Ind's tenc- ment on Dorchester Street) a long line has to be formed to the shore. and by the time a full bucket. on starting. reaches the engines, two thirds of it is split: wheiias s puncheon could be drawn alongside the engine. and not a bucket of water would be lost. in the transfer."

-The Islander. Aug. 28, 1848.

Books Received

"Siructurs And Aims Of Cons- dlsn Education"-J. G. Alihouse (W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.. Toronto, 7'! pp. 31.35) consists of the first series of lectures delivered so the University of Saskatchewan in April. 1949, inaugurating ”The Qusnce Lectures in Canadisn Edu- cation." Dr. Althousc is the Chief Director of Education for Ontario snd his lectures provide I much needed authoritative xevlew of Canadian public education.

."Canadoa And The United Na- tions, 1949"-(The King's Printer, Ottawa. Szopp. .50) is the fourth in a series of reports on Canadian participation in the activities of the United Nations and its specialized agents. It has been written as much for the student or specialist as for the general reader and treatment is analytical rather than merely factual. For those. and they should include all, who are interested in Canada's position on international questions this pub- , licstion should prove decidedly en- l lightening.

FILMING PAKISTAN ...K.A.l.AOKI, Pucklstan -(CP)- A

dlroctw-osmcrman from the Msrch of Time, United ststes r

' to a mere szzo. lowest point on

9 noted Irish Osnsdian poet, auth-

I Notes By

A v dlspstcb quotes but- chers in the cspltst city .ss ssying that. Presently. humburser wl be I dollar a pound. That will H1 hamburger in the position of cav- iar. Instead of buying it by the pound, people may be expected to order it by the ounce. -Vsn- couver Provlnca.

Compenssflon psvmcnts for wsr damage in Britain are now up- proaching some 53 billion. The latest figures issued by the war Dsmage Commission show that during the past your another 5310 million have been paid for repairs and reconstruction. Compensa- tion still avenues S3 Yhillion a week. This average is expected to continue for simo time. - UK Informstlon Offices.

llfsny workers remsin efficient It 65 and after. as is evidenced by the 2.800.000 men and women of this age group who are now employed. They produce slo.ooo,0oo,ooo worth of goods

off at 65 the cost to the country would have been about thst much. In many instances com-

pulsory retlremmts at 65 the worker personally. They o!so

pensions. -Christian Science Monitor. 5 Who doesn't remember the may of the twenties when fan-mersl could have sold their wheat on the, open market at. around :5l.50 but; held on for s2. only to see the, wheat market slip slowly dovin ml the &)'s and 90's. They took a bndi licking that time and a lot. of them went broke. A similar U. 8 I instance is reported. Within the past few weeks so many carlonds of onions jammed into railroad ysrds and warehouse: that the IO-pound suck of onions which sold for 35.05 int September slid

the Chicago exchange since 1942.; Now we don't know what. the, cost. is of producing a 50-pound bsg of anions, but we rather lmszfne thst ssoo would leave s pretty profit. Ancthbrldge Her- sld.

Recently we told s story in re- an! to Nicholas Flood Davin, the

or, onto: and statesman, who was one of the pioneer newspa- permen of the west, Sir Robert Borden used to tell the story in rcgsrd to Davin which involved Viscount Bennett and sir Char- les Tupper. According to Sir Rob- ut, Tupper was touring the West in the rnmpalsn of isoo. lie was speaking in in western city where Bennett. then a youthful politi- cian, was chairman of the meet- ing. Topper and Davin were both

proved unhappy and harmful tojdo so during this century,

The VV.3)f -

billed as speakers. Tupper span first. He was notoriously long. lwlndcd and Stroke until ncai-)1 midnight. while Davin was growl lng more and more annoyed um restless. Every once in a whilg ht would whisper to the chalrm

-"Will the damn. old fool llev

quit?” TI:-ppar finished, 1);

;was not to be balked in his oral torical efforts and with his elo- quence held the audience 1

another hour. Tupper was me ,out and wanted to get back to hi! hotel for rest and he kept whw poring to Mr. Bennett. ”Will th damn old fool never quit? wn the damn old fool never qiimv... 'A. lir. F. in London Free Press,

From l sub-Arctic regions cm evidence still grows that thl ,steady climatiglniprovemrnt; dam ins; from the end of the "um llce Ase.” roughly a. hundrej l years ngo, as mended its pace con. lsldersbly since the turn of thg

aboutlbentury. Dr. Julian Huxley, Whg siwas recently year. and if they had been laid scribed in

in Iceland, has as. tDiscovery' some ex. traurdinary recent Changes in the bird population of the u. land. Ten percent of the specie.

havqnow breeding there only began ug

They

include the tufted duck, now a,

increase the cost. of government.'common species, and three of our

own familiar gulls. The coat. and the starling have only reached Iceland in the last ten years. Meanwhile, several better eats. bllshed species have spread far. ther north. while the little sulr, g true hlgli-Arctic bird. is desert. lng its breeding colonies as the milder conditions advance. It was already known that the cod bu pushed its way some 700 miles up the Greenland coast in thirty years and is now A staple food of the Eskimo - perhaps for the first time in six or seven centur. lcs. This may be Iceland's loss, 1; there is already anxiety some the fisheries. Whether the sum in climate is due to changes in the sun's radiation and its effect on the world system of ntmos. phcrlc circulation is still doubt- ful - The Manchester Gusrdisn.

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