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PAGE WC- THE CANADIAiN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLZ, THUR.SDAY. APRIL 41h. 1935 A Weekry Newspaper devoted to the interests of of Dowmanvilie and surrounding country, issued 8treet, Ao0wmanvuîîe, every Thursday, by M. A. sono. owners and Pubishers. The Canadian Stati anember of the Canadian Weekly Newpapers Ass aima the Class "A" Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Aflywhere ~in Canada, $2.00 a year: In the United 82-50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, THURSDAY, APRIL 4tb. 1935 The Question of Early Closing We believe that the Retail Merchants Aszo has made a move in the right direction in aý 10 close their stores at 6 p. m. instead off 6.30 and at 10.30 p). m. on Saturdavs ini place of ai up until atnd sonîctimes past nîidnight. T. baundt t be a fcw who ivill say that il is an ven4ence. but tf thcy ai look at it in a rensi lighîtbey xii finti that liot only airethie ner, and c'erks eniîied ta a reasotiable anîout of 1 timn. but that i pros iding for tbiý il crea' hardshi.o, on anyone. Thcre aie plenty off precedent5, for shorter ou hours. The banks. as anc instance, open at 10 and close aI 3 p. m., beinz open for business about hiaîf the lîie the regular nierchanîs are Yet this situation seenis ta work no hardship ci off the bank's custoniers. People have becoine to these set huurs and they abide by tbem. same thîng appuies ta the Post Office. Those chasîng stamps or securing mail from the iv know aI svhab baurs Ihese services are avei and tbey govern Ihern-selves accordingîy, andinfia sbîp resulîs. Exact;y the same situation exists the stores. The buyers can do their purchasîng w the ýstipulated haurs if they want ta. If the wcre open 24 hours a day ciiere wouti stili be who wvould wander ini in the early hours off the r ing. The 6.30 ciosiîîg %as a necessity when loc-al tories operated unîîl six oclock and %vorkers ne lime to do a lttîs shopping. Thess fadtis u eight hour ivorking conditions close at. fisc oclock the -;vorker actually bas an hour more to shopt he had ini the od days. The late Saturday t closiiîg was, alright beffore the advent off the m, cal. Farmers came bto own less often. and arn late in their horse draw~n vebicles. They did pi tically a obole ïweek's shopping at anc lime needeti the hours ta do it in. Ninety per cent ai farmers today possess cars. They can dropi town any day off the sseek andi quite early Satur evenings, and thcy do not ask. nor require any1 hours for shopping. Evidences of Better Times A slory. emanaîmng ffrom Newcastle and publiel ini The Statesman last week describeti a small bo being expermnced by Newcastle industries. A qu 11111e village like Newcastle, and there are hundi( like il in Canada. plays an important part in I minion life, andi reflects more easîly anti with grei truth the barometer off business conditions. Ne casîle factories experiencing a boomn provides people off Newca.tle %vith mare money ta sper They are able ta purcha ' e a wider range off artiî] manufactured outsitie their own ccmmur.ity and tl others benefît. ComJng to a larger centre. the sar tbing happens ta Bow.manville' Bownmanv il indui trie.., have shown a splendid inreaue in Product. and eniployment dut-ms the cuitent year. and r ports lxouid sugge- t Ihat bbc e conditicns are not hu a flash in the pan, but likely ta continue through ti summer and into fali. That meanî other c3mmur itdes are prospering and buying more good * madei Boixmanvîlîe. The empioyment off more BowmanvîP people means that mare money wvill circilate ta bu the praduîcts ranufactured in other contres, anîd gaes the ennEless roundt. For these reasons we are happy ta read that Nem- castle's largest induztry îs bonting, that overtimei necessary te keep Up wîîh at-ters, and that othbi small industries in bhc vl'age are doing weli. WE might just as A-ell get it imb aur heads now thai no section off the Dominion can ptrcsper witbout 1hE olher section benefiting fromn it. and if we can ance realize this in the ut-han attitude to farm pnîces, it will flot te long untîl unemployment Ls a tbing of the past and a more la-ýting prospsrity will be wiîl US. la Dignity of Legislators on the Wane? Accardîng to the 1935 edîtion off the Catiadiaxi AI- mfanac Premîir Mitchell F. He;pburtî receives a salary off $10.575, Hon. Hart-y C. N.xon, Provincial Secreîary, $7,975; Hon. A. W. Roebuck, Attorney General. $7,- 975; and Hon. Gea. S. Henry, Leader off the Opposit- ion iii the Ontario Legi-latu.e, about the saine as the latter. In fact ît îs said 10 co.ýt $60 pet- minute ta opeiste the Ontario Legis:ature. We do tiat finti ffault stîtb the ainaunt off salaries paîi tbese ii.r tant lasv nakers bccau.e se believe thieir offices re- quit-e reaoîable salarie,ý. At leat that is the feelinîg we hase alsvay.s hati as one standinig on the out-ide, taking an average inteiest in lîrovýiticial affairs. But we hase been readitîg s0 mu,2i about bhc consersat- Ions anti speeches in the bouse in the rast fes- eek f tt0 d at Ki J ameu Iesman .d Stat, 1, 5cent zociatioi agreeinI 30 p ni Fhere Ê Iinconl isonabIE rh an t le i5ure L 1,es no 0 a. m. s only eopen. mn any le used .The :pur- wickets hard- swith wit hin stores soifle 1fac- ?eded inder kand than night motor rrive d prac- and )fthe irday .la te shed iuiet eds Do- the nd. des ..ius me ton t-e- tsIt un-- ifn île is In Uxbridge the citizens hit upon an original i, in the fformation off an Anti-Gossip Club, with avowed purpose and ideai off abolishing gassip, most 9'orthy endeavour. jGeorge Eliot says, -Gossip is a sort off smoke ti jcornes ffrom the dirty tobacco pipes off Ihose who d fuse it: il proves nothing but the bad taste offt smoker: and Tennyson in "Isabel" describes t heroine as the perfect wiffe b2cause "a hate off gos, parlaflce and off sway, crowned Isabel through ail i plaidliethe Queen off Marriage, a most perfi j wife. Or less proliffic mmnd and vocabulary endoî , vry hear iy the sentiments expressed. j oôsip is an amaz:ng mischief maker. R.ecent jrumor had it there was a "Jack thEý Hugger" jtown. and scores off women were affraid to leave the homes at night for fear thîs dread vampire off tf dark hours '-hould chase them. Palice invsstigatic tes ealed that there w.as litIle foundation 10 the oi iginal story. But the story was enlarged a.% it mac ils rounds. A young lady only had 10 sec a ma ivalking down the steet. behind her and she woul îmînedîately conjulre up "Jack the Hugger" was o her trail. Many instancs off v-omen who imaginei they swere foilowed by thîs my 'zerious character. wh, sometimes wore a leather .tacket, ometimes a Ion gray~ coat, sometîmes a hat and somet:mes not. weri liroven to te more imagination than fact. The reai danger was the goss.«p that enlargEd 1hi stoîry 10 Ireinendous proport ons as il wenl the rounds Andi many Statesman readers expect us to pubiish a stoiy about thîs man, without having full facîs, an< further add to the fear off women and children whc might îread it. The reason The Statesman did not Ipublish the ýcores off storie.s about this hugging Loch- invar, was because we did nol wvish 10 induige in~ gSsip, knowing ils effect upon those who m ght read ît. Uxbridge is quite a smail place, and even Bow- manvilie with its 4000 r-opulation might take a leaf front the Uxbridge book and ffoirm an anti-gossip organization. Easter Sunday is late this year. Not in the past Ihirteen Years has il falien on as laIe a date as il M-ili this year. And il wil te some time before il again comes as late. Occurring on April 21st, Easter does flot arrive until a month af 1er spring's officiai arrivai. Easter can neyer faîl later than about 35 days af 1er the spring equinox, so that this year oniy a ffew days separate Easter f rom the latesl date on which it can come under any circurustances. Easter Sunday la -set as the first Sunday affter the first ful mioon which follows the spring ecluinox. In 1930 Easîer feul on April 201h. Previous bo that, as far back as 1922, the Easter weekend came much earller than this year. W4J~ ~lR4IJI~1fl ~T~fle~1rnux Thme discoveries of Columbus and L off those who came af 1er him gave Europe its Renaissance, and gave ijan immense impetus 10 the progress Of civlzation. 1fThe wanderings of Livings tone R O Y N ICI 'OL preceded the lifting off the veil whichH made Centrai Afrîcea to be cailed the L Pineigi vr el sie-COURTICE B0 WMAN VILLE receive each session. Is it any wonder thati nient is ramipant, that there is discontent a O.n throughout. the province when government Ing position big guns spend valuable lime throsw & off insuits across the floor off the house?1 18 that story about Nero f iddiing whiie Rom( Il's certainly most appropriate if the va niinds off cur legisiators can grasp ils portU ts. New Governor Genoral a Con Conffirmationi has been received fromn Loi Ottawxa off thc appointîment off John Buchý atîthor as the next Governor Generai off succceding His Excellency Eari Bessborough. n pointtiett off a rommotier is a new dep2 ig Govertior Generals. but if ive recali correc i. Readinig, before hîs appointment as Viceroy (le %vas, a conîiiolier and ivas elevatcd 10 the is prior 10 takîng office. It is flot only l 1- most probable that His Majesty will confer t le tipon Mr. Buchan iithe Birthday Honore s June. 'e Mr. Buchan should make an outstandiîîg General. Those who have read his books, i Green Mantle, one of his finesl, w iii realize 7Sgoveriior designate has a fine underslanding 1. mati tiature. Incidenîalîy there should te y rush ta reat his books at the local Public Li Mr. Buchan is fol new 10 Canada, having guest.off Lord Byng of Vimy during the latte as Governor General. He is said 10 te fond îng andi hunting, both off which he cati induli the full in this vast Dominion. 3 The retiring Governor Generai, Lord Bessi mwill be chiefiy remembeired for his great int the tirarna. Amateur dramalics. especia:l1y Little Theatre variety. have made great slnid jhe came 10 Rideau Hall,. and he has sp jthe Dominioni wide drama festival which has1 Ideffinite benefilto1 the cause in this country. ested in the theatre himself, Lord Bessborou jbrought 10 Caniada a litIle off his own great E jiasnî for this art. The neiv Governor GenerE litcrary nmatioff wioie reiîo;sn night do much jcrease ir Catnada a desire for xriing andi a Ifor readiîîg that nîight well add further ta 1] Jtura' attainnients off our co-mopolitan pplt It's Ail in the Way You Look at We came across a stary in a Toronto new: the other day %vith the caption, 'Catlle E Biamed for Retaîl Price Rise". Il was the -blamed' that caught aur attention. The Wr: that heading no doubl was thinking persona the feW cents a Poundi more he wouid have t for his sirioin steak. and hais heading seemed flect a degree off regret that catlle were beir ported to the United States and Canadian fa ssere experiencing better prices. IThe truth off this malter, as we see il. is lhu jsooner the farmer gels a much bigger price fi bis ffarm produce, the sooner the heading m-ritei the other city urban ivorkers are going 10 enjoy1 limes wtb more mcney ta buy the necessities c and a fewv luxuries. Many farmers in the Past or five years have had bareiy enough to make meet. Consequentiy they have been unabie 10 cbaýe the products off the manufacturer. This hc trade has resulted in sraler working forces anc emp1. yment. Figures t-es ea that more people in Canada engaged in agriculture than in any other lin- busines-ý. Juzt imnagne the effect on this cou îf t-eze rural folk ocre getting enough from1 produce that ýwould permit them 10 purchase grE quantit:eS off iranuffactured gaods. We certi don.t iwant ta blame anything on higher prices farm produce, for the sooner higher prices comý farmers tbe sooner those in towns and cilles are working %viil be able to stop contributing lhro taxes and private:y 10 the great burden off relief Bowmanville Needs an Anti-Gossip C. Ve Lat he ce it f "Nor on cernent elîher", sald Ptemic-r il î}niîl And that is what our cabinet ministet, ai unri legisiators do for the $2000 to $10,000 salai iceý; iîey "S AI T H SP D E R O T E F Y " p ope ini an y" direct- econoiny to sPend no m oney on unemloy-diSAD T E SPDER O TH FLi,,se amenities o life, or to keep O and op-la îc t10 p roLd:g l îY Of f ff fO rt- t9 enlarging exp erien ces. v in g p o sies w a sed effo t. if ý ou like. T h ey W il I h ve f o m c1at e c W b a w a ~S x \.~ 1 h a v e t 0 a d % r e tll e n i c l , a n d mn a k e , t o se p e rso ns W h o lo o k W ith d É burne ? t.-.. ( '~~'-~ îiu îhe~~ haIL try. îerccy. 10 spendflg 1 flo impo erishng la, errrt. he inan thiz is rovaion mo ey-sp ndîng whe tudevllian aiee spender or With those Persons kilt. -oant to0si-v ihat it is not want all effort to be riey en. hrift 0or ee1oui omy buy as littie iusted to the work requiring do as pss ble. -laien uen 1 ee T he w or d h as advanced to Uts rioner i il as po, 1 avin g o eto tro g r dmiiy n t p ri nonrvounne people tovlln ,1 pend îent state of ciization and cui nTun andt ex pand the mni to rclease its la- There is a need in every individu )ndo andtent pou ers. it is noi. îhrîft or life for super-effort. tan. noted é >Canada, WAK ýarture in e peerage sList in Governor .ncluding Sir John Simon and M. Laval: Step right in, H*tîer! But brinz that the your ow~n olive branch!--Neiws of the World (London).' g of hu-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ quite a a al co p ne y ali ca. ibrary. 'Vf IIAuD b labe waste of effort and time. gbeen a £ OUTVWAOIL'I d een of human life. But is r's termni MINI' j the right odt use? Is I O E off f ish- anA AAALghours and hours off time in efforts, Ige in to By to solve problems which others off JOHN C. KIRKWOOD greater brilliance solve wîth mar- borough, Copyrignt) velous speed? Is it waste when na- A savings accounit is like a dam in a river t io n s a n d in d u s t r ia li s ts s p e n d in i l - h h g a h s a h e d o w a r f r t e g e berest in Once there Was a man Who coin- lions off money in experinmental work? hc ahr ed fwtrfrtega f the i ained that a woman had "wasted" Is it wasted time and money whicheato ofpwr les since a pot of perfume when she used it are consumed by scientsts to dis- rto ofpw . bo en o fnour the Christ. He thought cover how diseases and their causesYo r e n n s a e li e he iv r w h th onord that itus value could have been better 1 may be conquered? orenigaelk teivrw hte beof employed . This man was rebuked.1i Inter- But his man-.or the man whor he Nature hersef teaches us that swift current. Unless you build a dam no tyifes_,s always among us. He is prodigality Off effort and production poç%crr will be accurnulated. .gh has observan t of private and public is necessary to keep lîfe goîrce on. enthus- wastes and extravagances, and he Our trees and flowers produce evers- ýa as a protests against themn, in the form year millions of seedz to assurethe With tdie gatherig power of a savings L to in of speeches. books and letters to edi- rerpetutation of their s ecies. Itac o n t r h U O , yo ca m ke ou 1desire tors. was the catyclysins of Nature in the cont rlup ,yuca mke or Ný , I 1 amrn fot propos ng to be the di în past w hich ruade our inînera hý, plans fo e fu r wi h r a er c r in y e cul- defender of waste and Prodigality; our gems, our continents. islancLý..frdefciewthgetrcran tin Iyet I do feel dispoeecid to protesît ag-i mounitains, rîvers and lak-eý; pnasvrsacui ihti ak ainst the condem ners o f everything 1 H istory. likew ise, teaches the ls - p n a s v n s a co n i h t i a k which, to themi, simacks off excess.1 son that human progress to;Ivari A dollar ç%ill do ià. It Coilars on a man are quite an un- Iliberty for neople's and inidîvîidual-s necessary decoration off hîm: and so, is inseparabie fromn extrava2ance t00. are the buttons on the îleeves and prodigality off humnan effort. In ýspaper of his coat. And most of us eat ex- both Nature and hiztory there is n xports cessively or extravagantly, and most such thing as a nicely triîinecl AUL A NflBI of us spend money on various forms thrift. Ony by prodigalitv of en- word of self-indulgence. We "waste' a dea ord en grow in intellect '1 / N I ~ J 1L .iter off lot off time, in the" opinion off many1 andv culture and fortune. Lly rts of f" us, and we use up colssal J C KO F CMEE t ay mounts off physicai energy wî'thou t i s Young People whomn I have .0py an adequate return. Most in mmmd as I write this con- TOTAL ASSETS OVER $ 500,000,000 to re- J C K tribution to The Statesman. What39 îg ex- SuPpose that our critics had pow- I want them to know is that their rmers ler over the wAorld, and suppose that- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ they commanded the world to be'ec- onomicai to the extreme of possibil- al the ity. Imagine what humani life wouldj [or ail be like-how bleak it wouid become, ýr and how unenterprising. how horrible. better Our homes wouid be Just utîlitartanILe the Hlood.Open the Door!1 -places of mere sheiter, devoid off of life anything and everything whch tfour would contribute to their beauty, ends comfort, attractivenesThey would . pu - e b ut as ae he ilos f the 4. UV L pu-Esquimos, or the grass huts off wild e L w e e ~ h l u oss in Africans. or the wvretched cave- d un- shelters of Bushnen. Our clothing would be scanty and ugly. We would aeshun ail formis of culture. We would le off off each day. We -wou-d abhor ail untry forms of play. We would produce their no more than we oui-selves could consumie. We wouid share nothingf aer with others. We wouid grow no ainly fflowers. We wvould kili off ail birds sfor and beasts whose existence contrib- e o uted nothing to our necessities. We ~N~H ~L eWto would become gross as savages. S IX A N D eTR ho This is not a fanciful picture. It IT ough is a sketch off what. wouict happen if 7 f. always we were economicai b the utrost of our conceptions. 'Iub exaoru hoae Who condn L W R1IÈ - excssorextavgaceor pr mnal itY is the knowledge that they them- idea selves miay not, and probably cannot. the do likewise. Most of us in this worlâ a Whoack avde are envious of want 10 reduce them 10 our levels off ;hat purchasing abilitY. Those off us Who T R E O if- have ta work harder than some we th know try to soothe ourselves with he the conviction that il is injustice- the not dessert--.which explains our ýsiP state. o*.i H D AU IC etjing the foulies and icleness and ex-BR ES î travagances Of ail men and women. Rre ather amn I sorry for those Whoj are. Out of their affluence or laziness Iý! or insanity, ruining their own lives and the lîves off their chiidren. i in believe that every m.an and woman eir should bc going somewhere, lot--.. he merely drifting about on life's seas. on I believe that ail offls shoud be contributors to the world's good- )r- this positively and deliberateîY, and de as iargely as our ability and oppor- in tunity permit. But I do flot believe in stîngine.ss, in miserlinessa in thrift Id1and conomy stretched to the edge n off parsimony. 1 believe that men ýdI should e rewardd accord:ng 10 the1 Editorial Notes