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PAGE TWOTHE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMAllVILL. THURSDAY, MA.RCH 29th, 1934 nbe %àmbt S-tttmun Established 1854 AWeekly Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the town of Dowmanville and surrounding country, issued at King Street, Bowmanille, every Thursday, by M. A. James a Sens, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman is a memnber of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Aiso the Clas'A" Weeklies of Canada. SLJBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere In Canada, $200 a year; in the United States, &IC5 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, E cents. THRSDAY, MARCH 29th. 1934 Why Good Men Hesitate to Accept Public Positions Mayor Ross Strike was accorded scant courtesy by an element when he appeared before the Public Meet- ing in the Opera House last Wednesday to give the Public Utilities Commissions attitude of the recent rate increaises in the waterworks systeni. Mayor Strike is an exceptionally capable and busy man, and his presence at the meeting necessiated his rushing from a previous engagement at Oshawa to attend. In hi-s absence lie wa.s hastily berated for flot turning Up, but his explanation later cleared the air. Many of those in the audience did flot realize the portent of the information the Mayor presented. If careful attention hld been paid to his remarks il would flot have been difficuit 10 see that the Waterworks system is in capable hands and financial- ly sound under the wing of the Public Utilities Com- mission despite recent events. To somne slortsighted citizens it seems to be a mistake for any organization to have enough ability b 1look into the future and take care of the tow's wants ahead of time. If this had been done by previous civic administrations there xight have been far less debenture debt than there is now. To the casual observer at the meeting. and this thouglit was expressed by many others. il seemed as though rome who attended the meeting were so bia.sed and determlned in Meir opinion as regards the water- works system, that it would not have mattered what explanation the Mayor or anyone else lad given, it would not have satisfied that insatiable desire for a big row. T7he office o! Mayor is an office of dignity and should be treated with respect due the position. When the Mayor is shouted ait, wlen he is just called by his surnamne without any prefix of any kind, and when remarks hurled at himn are wildly applauded il shows a lack of decent ethics on the part of those who indulge in this sort of horse play. Each year it lo.s become increasingly di!! icuit to get able and qualified rmen to sit on the council. and it is littie wonder when self-sacrificing men are accorded so scant a recognition as Mayor Sîrike was accorded on Wednesday night. T'he sooner citlizens realize that men who give hours of time gratis to the tow;ýn every week of the year, should at least be appreciated and lreated with courtesy, the sooner more o! the better type of men wilU offer their services to the municipalily. Durham Young Farmers Again Lead A Durham County seed judging team triuxnplantly carried away major lonours at tle Quinte Seed Fair held recently in Napanee. This continuaI wçinn-ing cf lhigh lonours by Durham County boy-s is btecoming so commonplace that we almost expect il, but in other counties representatives and learns look with envy upon tle magnificenl record made by Durham Ceunly judging teams in tle past few years. At seed fairs ail over the province, aI International Grain Shows. and Provincial contests Durham las continually made an excellent name for ilsel!. It speaks well for two Ihings in parlicular, the high type o! Young men who own Durham their birtl- place and home, and tle ability and high regard in which A. E. Suxnmers, Agricultural Represenlative is held. By dm1 o! perserverance these boys, f rom every centre in tle County have educated llemselves as expert judges, net only In tle seed but in tle cat- tie and h7og line also. They have worked hard, lave studtied and lave laken parbicular note e! the in- structions o! their representative, with tle result thàt they can now confidiently face any junior yidg- ing teamn in Canada, and have more chance e! comn- ing out on top Ihan any af them. As for Mr. Summers, le has proven a distinct bene- fit and genuine asset te tle County. Il is quite appar- ent that he knows lis work. He la-s conducted varieus campaigns which have been extremely successful, and aI the present lime is conducting a Warble Erad- ication campaign that is bound t10 te successful. Witl junior farmers le las been parlicularly success- fui, and citizen.s wilI join in congratulating Mr. Sum- mers on île many worthwhile achievements that have corne 10 Durham tlrough lis efforts. Mr. Sumn- mers is proud o! lis Durham young farmers, and the Young f armers are very proud o! Mr. Sumnmers. - A Hopeful Movement The -New Canada Movement- is desîgned te awak- en tle interest o! young Canadian agricultural'st.s in betering agriculture conditions. in the assurance lIaI if agriculture can te rescued f romn the slough into which il las lapsed, tlere is hope o! Canada's economnic recevery. The movernent is attracting wide attention, b:ecause il las ils basis in youthful zeal, and la a frank acknowledgemenb that conditions la 1933. on the f arm. ne less Ilan on the !aclory, cani- flot b>e met by the metlods ernployed by our fatlers !orty years ago. New ideas. new methods. a new vis- ion of present day realities. are essential in seeking a solution o! present day difficulties. The New Canada Movement is still further sub- stantially based, in lIatit : as its genesis among the Young people on the f arms. These are tle custodians o! future agricultural cevelopinent. These young- men carry the responsibilitv o! applsin.g such mel- ods as "I put Canada'ýs basic industry on its feet economically, and enable it to cope with condiir.3 resullant from our highly indlustrialized sysîern. Still further la tle movemetnt s'gnificant. because it las ne political affiliation.s. We lave long con- tended Ilat agriculture suffers mmit acutely because independent and non-partisan conslcterat,:on of pub- ::c problems las not been cl.aracterlstic o! tle farm- erus political thinking. The fiscal poiicy o! Canada la p,<rly designed to air agriculture. A.nd yet. within the ranks o! agriculture rests the power 10, correct iLs xnomnalies. Independent political thinking, and conuerted action in harmony with sane conclusions. wou> ref-scue agriculture f rom its lelples.s and de- T'i. Nv< anada Movenient has a hopeful oullek. look. Building A Community In order 10 build a complele community itlis nec- essary that mierchant.s and consumers co-operate. In tis community we have merhants wvho have for years given leadership in securing improvements and developments. Citizens have called upon these same merchants and manufacturers for aid in building the churches. schools, societies and every detail of the communit.y lUfe. Times like thi.s demand a return for these ser- vices given in the past. The local merchant and manufacturer ha-s 10 depend upon the local business largely today in order that they may meet their ob- ligations. With a hearty response f rom îlhe con- sumers here our local merchants can make progress, their success spells success to the whole community. Their failure means a serious impairment of cern- munity life. Ail sane, sound business men and wo- men will see that this district should give tle local merdhants the preference when buying. Think wlat il means to your churdli, your lodge. your society. your athletic club, your service club. your own horne, to turn every dollar possible int the lreasury o! our local merdhants. We need this co-operation for tle building of the communoty. Our local merdhants are giving values that cannot be duplicated anywhere else. They are giving service that you cannot gel elsewhere. They are part and parcel o! our cern- munity life. Therefore, give tlem your bu.siness. You can shop in comfort and wilh pleasure when you gel mbt the habit o! shopping locally for ail your needs. Give the local merchant the opportunity. Buy in Bowmanville today, tomorrow and every day. An Efficient Public Utilities Staff Will the publication in this issue of the salaries paid to empleyees o! the Public Utililies Commission. this conlenlious malter is given an airing thal should setîle for good the everlasting rurnors that have been broadcast around town by the gossip heunds and scandaI mongers. Contrary te general expectalion.s the salaries are not nearly as large as these self appointed critic~s would have you believe. As far as the Public Ulîlities is operated is the only malter wilh whicl local cit- izen.s ar2 concerned, and whatever salary la paid these employees for their work on the rural power systemn is nobody's business but the Ontario Hydre Com- mission's. It la unforlînale lIat this subject o! salaries is always before a suspicieus and uninformed public and that some people have nothing better to de than sit around and criticise those who are endeavoring te govern the tewn in a fair and equitable manner. Some cilizen.s have yet to realize Ihat a man ex- perienced in lis profession, and who ha.s made a particule r study and success o! lis vocation, is worth a reasoriable salary. Just becau.se some disgruntled person, who la probably not making a decent living because he la not capable. and is net capable because he spends too much lime minding other people's business. wanls te make public every piece of private business in the other man's 111e. Somne o! those who have been carrying on this larping crilicism migît test il out on llemselves and publisl their own sal- aries or earnings. The subjecl weuld flot be quite tle saine then. In the manager and staff o! tle Public Utilities we have- public servants wlo are second 10 none. Practically every municipality around us ha-s re- gistered a deficit for 1933, but Bowmanville net only paid ils .;ay, but has a tidy surplus. with a credit. bill from the Ontario Hydre. Good mangement ha-s brought thîs about, and Manager Cha.se and his efficient and courteous staff are te be highly commended. When 1hs can be accomplîshed in the face o! aIl the di!! icullies vh which the Hydreonmunicipalîties have faced there should be no criticism o! tle salaries paid these employees. We can alse assure those skeptical ones ever- lastingly crabbing about tle promised rate reduction, that tl.is reduclion would have been in force montls age, if île adverse exchange situation will the United States had not cropped up, just aI a tume wlen a reduction was planned and the new rate sheet.s lad been printed. Th e Newsy Weeklies <From Toronto Globe) Over in Wesîfield. Pennsylvania, tle Free Press, a lîvely weekly paper, las been discussing tle service it renders tle community, and finds that it is quite important. Its soliloquy la interesting. 'To begin with,' t says, "we think tle Free Press la needed in Westfield. Every town o! this size slould lave ils own sclo-ol. its own clurdl. ils own industry, ils own newvspaper. its own library, ils own bank. and its own thealre. The other lhings wiil corne o! theor own accord." And tis las equal application t10 Canad- ian bown.s and villages, where tle local paper is a ceaI necessîty. Every community, ne malter 10w small, produces a great deal o! news: net o! national importance, but o! ntîmate local interest. This news is grisl for tle mîlI of the town or village paper, wlose immediate concerni is zhe publication o! information regarding tle activitie.s e! clurcles, sclools and social organ- izations: tle merils e! civic issues; news o! crops on the neiglborlood, and o! wlat is going on in tle farrning districts. This s news te widh the city clailies canne:. day by day, devote space; tley must deal chiefly wtl events o! more general interest. and take tle broad outleok o! national and world affairs. Thus the wxeekly new.spaper las lts prolific field e! nevs al to it.self. Every sudh paper las it.s special mission: te promote tle %welfare o! it.s own district and to de- velop amongthîe people a spirit o! local pride. If eacl comrnunity is doîng weIl there need be litîle %vcrry about tle country as a wlole. Ob.er. aion ef wlat is generally described as -the country pr,2ss- reveais ilt t e on an increaJirîgly ho.altly condition. Eadl paper not only dhronicîes tle nc'.v so! uts place o! publication but dû%votes a gre.sî deal of rpace te news items sent in by rural eorrr.ceî.0 Generally tle country paper is net gi.atly conc'ý,ro:ed over party politics: aI leasi tlere is ne extreme partiSanship. It attacks evîls as t seecs t1cm. and irterpreUîs to its readers tle potential e!- fect o! paolitical action in tle vicIer spîcre. and îhe wisdorn or o:i.erwî.se o! proposed legisîsiion. The country papers o! thîs Dominion are in tle lancIs o! capable publishers. wle kcep an eye on national a!- fairs, but are primarîly concerned witl tle develep- ment o! their district and tle welare o! tle people, thus rendering a service o! île greatest importance. Voice " People WATERWORKS SYSTEM AND PUBLIC UTIITIES To tle Editor of The Statesman: Il would lake Up 100 much space in your paper 10 reply la detail tc ail your assertions regarding the pamphlet and its authors. Perlaps you will however give 10 the public a few facts and figures as the author sees il. As regards tle 2', increase as you stated and which you now admit is more. I contend thi.s increase la 11%ý for if we pay more than 271ýc todaY for an article which cest us 25e yes- terday we are paying an increase o! more than 212C on the quarter dol- lar, which la nearly lc on tle dol- lar. These same figures apply in the case o! aur water rate. On the assumrption we need 550 new meters which cost $15 10, pur- clase and instail we get a total su.rn of $8250. The if e o! a meter depends upon île action e! the water in use, Ibis would te about 12 years in Bowman- vile, so at the expiration e! 12 Years from now al l e meters would have been renewed which including tle cnies already in use would be 900 or more. Taking tle present prevail- ing price of $15 per unit we gel $13500. This gives us a total ex- penditure o! $21.750 10 be spent on melers alone, wliîch at tle most would carry us over a period o! 24 years wlen again the expen.se o! purchasing and installation o! 900 meters repeats itsel! and s0 on inl- de! initely. A large percentage o! meters do net last 12 years witlout repairs and attention. they run fast and slow, have 10 be cleaned. and require new parts just like a dlock. To take a meter off thle une. repair and re- place, costs an average cf $4. Se we gel a figure pretty close to $20 te instaîl and maintain one meter. There are many more added ex- penses attached te tle meter sys- terr, one o! whicl is a qualified man 10 mainlain them. add this. whicl I slould say would be aI least $1000 a year; after making all tle allow- ance possible we have a gross total e! $50,000 over a period cf 24 years and about ahl we have te show for il is a lot o! worn-out meters. Still the expenses gees on. but what la perhaps o! paramounit importance our water supply is still limited. I suggest tle manager o! tle Pub- 1 lic Utilities Commission and mem- bers o! Ihat body add a little more to the enormous amount o! sludy bel.ind their plan and îhink over these facts and figures. Very lilîle revenue can te derived from installing meters and whal there would be only corne-s by tax- ation for using more tlan flat rate. The average consumer neyer pays for a meter, net even the interest on il. Space will net permit me 10, go ie the cosl o! increasing our sup- ply 100 1' , but île outlay would t-e only a fraction o! the meter sys- terr witl ils ever present cost o! upkeep. Thus the Meter Systemn stands ac - cused! Gentlemen, tle Verdict! B. B. Furber NEW STUDY GROUP The Editor. The Statesman: Tîru the medium o! your valuable and popular paper, information and education is given te your m.any readers eacl week. To stimulate tle public inlerest in our present day econornical problem.s i.s effort always wortly e! commen- dation and public support. Emulating the example o! your splendid contribution in this direct- ion, a small but enllusiastic group of boh sexes foregather every Sal- urday evening in a little cottage just soul o! the piano factory, and there strive te imparlially analyse and debate on subjects vitally im- portant te Canada's future. We call te-se meetings -Study Groups- and tle only ones unwel- corne are first, those who have ne- thing new to Iearn, and four nox- ious elements known as Messrs. Fear,' "Fa%-or." Rancor" and "RanI." Shaîl we carry on. Mr. Editor? or shall we continue to doze with île idea fatal te ail patriotism, viz: "-We shalte none tle better for our e!- fort.s one hundred years hence" ? Yours lruly. "A Learner." WATERWORKS SYSTEX SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPERATED BY UTILITIES COMMIISSION YEARS AGO Dear Edîtor: I arn asking you to publisl a few% reînarks re Mr. B. Furbers criticî.sm ai tle public meeting re water sys- temr. Mr. Furber called on me and asked if I was witl lins or agaînst him. I bold him I Ilought le was talking about something le was net conversant %vil and did flot think he wvould appear on tle Plaiforîn or any o! lis fellowers. Mr. Furber did appear on plaîforin but I did not sec any o! ilose le called on tle phone around 8 p. mn. come to lis a.sistîance. No doubt Mr. Furber thinks he os doîng the water usLwrs a wonder!ul service. Havong served on the Council for several Years and lad considerable experience witl tle water and sewer sysiem. laving been ovEr it many trnes frein tle sprîng Le île disposai plant, I founid it te, be a voriderful system. but badlyý negledied undeo town counicil man- agemco'.t I consider ilte obc one o! tle besi moves ever te take place. It os a pity it was not placed under ucl competent management as tle Utilities Commission 20 vears ago. The Commnissioners. Mr. H-olgate. Mr, Knîght and the MaYor, are net paid for their services and no doubl have lad the blest o! advice frein tle test engîneers available and have Spcn* ma ny nîgîts together fîgurîng Iway"s and meaits te put the system in better ýhape te te a ter.efilt toal conce'-ned. If any raiepayer wvisles te krio-.% anything conccrning tle water svstemn or have il explained they can always f ind tle Mayor aI Tow.ýn Hall between 9 and 10 a. m., or tley can gel île Information dir- ect ai tle Hydro Shop f rom Mr.I Chase. Yours truiy W. J. M 1ty. Wherever the Master wa.s. one o! the most familiar word.s on His lips was, "Be o! good cheer." Consider the power 10 make men happy, te win influence, to make 111e worth living t0 others. that lies in such an attitude.-Harry Emerson Fosdick. Douglas' Egyptian Liniment makes the finest blister knownm. Invaluable for stock. Leaves the hair roots in natural and healthy condition. Hair cornes back, No scar remn,.. SPRJNC JERM from March at nmergea into the Sumn mer Session from July ist in each of the SHAW'S BUSINESS SCHOOLS located in Toronto. List and loca- tion of twelve schoois, with copy of curriculum, promnptiy malied on re. queat. start any time. W. R. Shaw, Sec., 1130 Bay Street, Toronto. 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