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'7 lýl,- - i - .'. 'ý-Il l . -.ýý: - .- ,liý, F ,ý - 1 t --- -, - , .,e. -ls THE CANADIAN STATESMANý, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940 t .~ t.' I j- '-A I ~ In the press and over the air lias corne the news that the young mon being eailed far 30 days' training are ta live the 1f e of Riley. They are, apparently, ta, have ail the comfarts of home and are ta be served food table d'hote, coaked by saldier-cliofs recent- ly graduated fro-m special culinary colleges. AUl this is officiaily iuspired rgan. t. The amnazing thing is that go mmcli press space was given ta this puerie build-up. The tbcory seenis ta have been that this 1940 style of conscriptioin seeded a bromide to e EîSUe lyMtwac; eom-- P M ta the, young men cailed, iinee it interredthat they were IlSissies." This sort of t:hing is- on a par witb the 30 days' train- ing. Bath are unworthy of a cauntry ac- tuaily at war. Consider cahnmly the procedure in BBn- tain and even in tlie U.S.A. and moasure it against this non ense. Bad psychology wan't bolster this picayuue training perîad. Hore-Belisha intradueed the idea when Britain was at peaco. It is ont of date today and for goad rossons. Let ns hear Chm-chili for a moment. I offer you the blood, tears and sweat whicli ià ail that I have ever pramised." "Our people. do nat mind being tald the worst but tliey rosent anything in the nature of soothing statements." Months ago The Statesman proclaimed that we in this country were not fuliy war- -*consci-ous. Ohurchuli 's words wlien aligned witli 30-day training and this progaganda are significaut iudeed. We need a littie more Iltouglinos" and less " hoaey." The Dairy Industry and the Dairy lnterests We are unaiterably convinced that a vory serions situation exists in this district in re- gard ta the dairy industry. We have been sliown on sales slips, irrefutable proaf that dairymen are not reeeiving the retumus that the dairy intorests laim. and proclaim over the radio and in the press. It lias been reveaied, definitely, that the charges for transportatian of mik for city cansumption, shipped from this district, shows considerable variance. Some are charged per eau, others per hundredweight, and rates are 25e; 28e and 30e, and strange ta say, the 30e rate is applied, arbitrarily, ini the case of milk shipped 5 miles by truck. .4, F'urther, ho it nated, the producer him- self canat baul bis owu ontpnt. The dairy firm won 't permit it. Tbey contrai, ab- solutely and arbitrarily, the rigbt toalah the profit ini this regard-or tliey wan 't take the produet. It was broadcast recently that farmers and dairymen receive a basic rate of $2.10. That toc, j» misesding and wrang becauso we have proaf ta the cantrary. We bave on file a sales slip that shows beyond all dis- pute, tbat the. rate paid for a percentago of milk from an accredited lord, R.O.P. and goyerument inspected, is only 91c and th ecompute retnrns for the wliole output ar: far below *aoo. The 'impression exists that producers, generaily, are to eonplacent-too indolent ta organize and protest. Thîey "take it" or' shrug it off. .Almnost ail of them feel that the Assacietign works in "cahoots" with the distnibutors, and that the producers are sold down the river; that leaders in the Association are pscudo-farniers who puff witb pride at seeing their names ini the papers and profit financially from tlieir mesalliance.l A Toronto editor writes'ps in tliis regard, ta the effeet thait there i* gmtbing rotton Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch are Incorporated The flowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 85 years' continuons serviceto the Town of BowinanvillIe and Durham CountY. MEMBER Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and Ciass A Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTON RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly hn advance. $2.50 a Year i the United'States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 17, 1940 Soldiers Long For Letters We urge everyone to read the letters from soldiers averseas appearing in this issue. They want letters froni people back h'ome. They get The Statesmanl and pass it around. But that is not enougli. They want those intima te, personally written messages that mean so mucli to men so far away and whose lives are ini daily peril. And mark you this: Letters wrnl be wel- comed from auyone, whether you kuow the boys are not. Their names and addresses are listed. Why nat sit down right uow and peu a message of cheer 1 In a former editorial we urged that ail of our loceal soldiers proeeeding to battle- areas, be given a send-off. Naw we urge that this be perpetuated in letters. And we have said, too, that we have been tiuged with complacency. So let us rouse up and disclaim ail that. They are today -i~n deadly earnest aud dire danger, defeuding us,, aud yet they breathe optimism-n. . Read these letters again aud theu do* your duty-for it sumis up ta just that. This Chesterfié Id 'Army Community Farming -Present trendsa- in. rural .distriet%. duning,, tiw~r seem ta -pointa the adoption of a systemn of Commnnity farming. Indoed there bas aiways been an interchange of hlep during 'the "rush" seasans. But, evon before the first year of war lisd ciosed, that systom had praved inadequate. Farmlilp aud fanonrs' sous wore "j ain- ing np" or were attractod ta factanies. This mavemont increasingly goos au and it wilI continue. The resuit bas been that womon have had ta tako up tasks beyoud their strength in the fields. They have seldom camplained; tliey are cager ta bheip but work falis behind. It is impassible ta get ado- quate houp today, particulariy on dairy fsrms. Some farmers are forcod ta seli their bords, sa there is danger of a milk shartage if this goos on.1 We affer this suggestion as a wayto meet the situation. Why not paal manpawer and maehinery in units of 600 acres ar 50 and uise anc or two tractors plus hanses as auxi- lianies? It would cnt ovorbead sud get the work dane an timo. Six soparate sots of fanm machinory could be rodueed ta ane com- plote outfit by seiing most af it and buying up-to-date units. Under that system, wo ho- lieve, fanonrs tliemselves, with littie extra hired hlep, cauld do the job. Individual awnership of land would be retained and individual disposition of crops and livestock wauld continue. This is nat a Russianized ides, it is merely a' suggestion to meot a soniaus ,wartime condition. Threatens To Gag Local Press The Statesman lias beent told, privatehy, that if it doos not desist from publishing venbatim reports of thle discussions at the Town Council and Board of Education meetings thie resuit will bo that the mêm- bers of these bodies wvill shut up like dlams sud not discuss varions public questions at their meetings. That 's nat nows. We have heard it be- fore aud the threat lias, in some cases, been put into practice. If is rather ineompre- hensible thaft Me elected representa- tives in this town are sucli shrinking.. vio- lets that they rosent the publication of their own words. Probably klieir rosi feer is of a litthe criticism. So far as this paper is concerned it is satisfied thiat Bawman- ville now lias a very capable Board of Education sud a conscientious Municipal Counceil. Sliould any of tlîeir wonds or i actions ho pnaised or criticised by citizens afteî' they lave road the news reports ap- peaning ini The Statesmans it does not niesu that this' papor lias a clip on its shoulder 1 or is lianding out sugar coated lollypops. Some people do îîot reahize ftle differ- once between a news report sud an edi- tonial comment. The report ini fli news columiis covers wliat actually is said and transpires at a ineetiug. Editoriai coin- nient on fthe editorial page is the editar's owil views sud Ilus interpretation of wliat took place at.said meeting. The present confliet lias ta do withî theo use of the Highu Sehool auditorium. We. t 500 îno reason why this sliauld become ac in Denmark, but it's liard ta put one's fin- ger upon it.% .We agree. W e kuaw that there is some- thuîîg rotten in the dairy industry. Farmers wha toil and sweat and skimp and save are entitled ta every hast cent for the product of their toil and bmains. Dairy- men hereabouts net around 31/2c per quart before averhead is taken off that. The laborer in towns and cities pays 10c ta, 12e for it. And distributars have grown rieh and fattened an the overpîns. The Statesman, unsubsidized aud un- contrahied by any "interests," boldly pro- tests this conidition and boldly will continue to defend, as it alwavs lias, tlie intercsts of agriculture. Nowv that we are at war, conditions sucli as these must cease. We caîl upon ail dairy- men in this district ta place befare us not ouiy their perdoual experiences but any thouglits they rn!y have as ta a solution of this' question. - Spitfires and High Wages We have seen extracts from a letter sent back ta Canada by a soldier, fornierly at Camp Barden, naw au duty in England. Ile tells that when at Borden, the soldiers tried to raise $3000 among the three thousand .cvilian workmen in the camp toward buy- ing a Spitfire figliter for airinen averseas. Workmeu werc receiving 90e an hour aud at $1.00 apiece the ainount cauld have been raised. The final net was arouund $700, after mueli grumbling among mauy and refusai of niekies and dimes, so the letter states. Now that lie bas been in the conffiet hini- self and bas seen the dreadful wreckage, the wounded and exhausted men of the air- farce, the great need far more Spitfires, he lias sanie bitter things ta say concemning some of audr mercenary warkmen in Can- ada. Trhere is prabably mucli truth in what lie wrîtes and there should be complete understandiug of the moods of men who have offered their lives at a pay rate of $1.30 per day when civil wages rate as mucli as 90e an hour. His cancluding remarks are an indiet- ment that ouglit ta compel us ta take steps taward a better understanding betweeîî labar and aur grawing miitary forces.. Iu Britain, it is labor that carnies the weight of warfare, cheerfully yet resalutely and two labor representatives hold out- standing porfolias in the ýgaverument of the day. Here is opprtunity for a public-relations expert operating under direct gaverumeut action. Repaling Fences Mitchell F. Hepburn,6 Premier of Ontario, is daing a good* job in repairing political fonces these days. Tliere was a londud.illa- baloo" amang party staiwarts ini these parts when ho and George Drew teamed up hast spring, against Mackenzie King. Many of tliem stli bristie with indignation. They oye the papers expecting 'that fellow Miteli ta bust anothor fonce." We think their fears are graundless. "Mfit eh" went ta Mount Clemeuce. Mitchell F. came bacli. And lie is coming baek pretty strongly. Hie is nat only co-operatin~g.îwiih Ottawa; sonuetimes lie evon leads. We êould enumer- ate,-a lot af very imnprtant .things lielias donc ta promote and sustaiii 'êur wai- effort' since the Federâi eampaig4 ended but space wan 't permit. Two thigà, liowever, stand out .1 He lias "check-reined" impulsiveness and ie lias given a lead ta other provincial Premiers in lis receut announcement that Ontario would absorb losa -.of revenues accasioned by Domainion indame tax re- quirements and adjust fi-cal., policies ac- cordingly. è There 's politicai prescience, too, in intro- ducing the magie usme "L4urier" ta the provincial arena. May we offor a cautions accolade! The Perfect Food Perhaps it was wie Cleopatra first bath- began ta be used for merer purposq than infant nourialiment. Skimlned milk, "one eansidered ouly fit food for pigs and poul- try, bas been canverted by scieutifie Ire- §earcli inta materials of a ,tiead lires. 4~~'Useèl Iuplywoo,ô'fa-erp unes, it helps man ta fly. Used in ebemical sprays it lielps the inseet ta lose ail interest in liv- ing. Playing cards and wallpaper have it as an ingredient. Added ta kalsamine it gives walls and ceilinga a durable washable' finish. Found in cosmetie shoe polisli, water-paints, putty and mnbber gaods, it By Capt. EI+noe Phlpott JAPANESE BLUNDER mission af menacmng intentions. In this particular part of o My guess is that bath Hitler thern Canada news is noarelafia Japan will rue the day when sac;thy decided ta, put their shot- None of the people ever heax any, -=<S through two sides of tie thing from the Canadian Broad- bear cage at once. casting Corporation; only one oir twa U. S. radio stations ever WjHAT 0F t.S.? pierce whatever obstacle it is that repels the ether waves; and the The Germans have always seem- newspapers carry only flash bul- ed ta me the most lopsided peaple letins fram the autside world. in the world - technically mare Sa what I know sa f ar of the new efficient than ail others, and yet three way pact between Germany, woefuily hopelessly weak in what Italy and Japan is the starl : Ight be called human under- skeletdn of the story. atading. Certainly Hitler did not But tis particular skeleton itealze that the Americans are a looks pleasing ta me. 1 believe1 nation of paker players, in more~ that the alniast mnconceivable has acuses than anc. They have given happened - that the gangsters j Umited help ta us i our war have made anc af the gravest against Hitler, but nat nearly as blunders in ail the long history much as they might reasanably af war and international intrigue have given under ail the miles of They have made it a foreganj international poker. What Hitler conclusion that before th*s ar las said, ta the most confirmed aver they will have a ranged poker player in the world is "l'l against them not only the United raise you." The Arnericans will States of America but the Russian neyer react in the face af that Soviet.move the way the gangsters think It is obviaus, af course, that the thcywil treaty as announced ta the worl' As I size up thc general back- contains a secret appendx, as did ground of the three-way alliance the treaty between Hitier and thus: Stalin, which allotted ta bath cer- Bath Japan and Germany) are ain definîte areas which wereta *fraid of Russian intervention in be acquired without opposition by this war, or af future Russian in-- the other party. But nat even the terference with their own plans vague wording, af the pact, nor to carve up the world for their the noisy announcements by thc, own benefit. Japan hs also even gangster loud speakers - ta Uic more afraid, riglit now, of the effect that the pact is defînitely 1 United. States. Hence bath Ger- and- deliberately airned at theï mrany and Japan promise cach U. S. can canceal the fact that ' other help in the event of attack the real intendcd victim of the an either by Russia. Hence also bargain is the Soviet Union of Hitler is encouraged or alxnost Red Russia. Tis bargain there- forced ta move a spearhead af fore signs the death warrant of his military power dawn ta- the Russo-German treaty oý non- wards Spain, Gibraltar, and West aggressian - the famous p a c t Africa in order ta be able ta men- which ushered in this war. ace South America. In no other There have been many recent aphere can Hitler prove ta Japan indications that Hitler and Stalin i Uitt ha h in a position, if neces- were in any event moving taward sary, ta be ai any assistance tp that geagraphical- sphere the ail lier in the event of a war between area of the near east - which in. Uic U. S. and Nippon. dîcated the stripping off of the masks of the mysteriaus relation- LUCKY BREAK ship between the twa. Therq a emnItl n aa were rumors that Uncle Joc Sta. RdGray tl n aa lin was ail set ta upset Hitler'$ qot made their bargain af last applecart when the latter mnovecl week public opinion in the U. S. too close ta his own domain for mniglit long have remained con- comi art, Yet ail the tme cam fused as ta what thë dictators in- the public professions af mutua! tend ta do ta the western hemi- gaod wiîî. sphere. Lindbergh and other paid or unpaid agents of the Nazis It hs now goad bye toa ah that. have been tclling the Americans, Stalin h a&bout the most ruthless' over and over again, that the die- realisti any position of leader-- tators were înterested only in ship to-day. Neyer once in his Europe. Lindbergh is nat the first pulic career has hie failed ta get Nazi chore boy ta have climbed his revenge on anyone who made out on a linib for the benefit of hostile gestures toward hlm. Ja- hi Berlin friends, only ta find pan and the two Eurapean dictaâ,at hs an atr a tors have made against him notthttseaemserswd only an affront but an open ad- <Contlnued on page 8) WARil JàKoW YOU WON'T mausoleum of emptiness during evenings when not oceupied by teaàihers and pupils, if used by responsible parties and paid for ah a reasonable fee. Citizensa have invested $100,000 in this edifice. l1%ce it is civie praperty and should be consdered as'such. A newspaper is always willlhig ta ignare a goad story if goad taste is lacking in it, or if the publication will injure auy individual. But citizens should inSist that even mixiete deteils of, how publie money is spint, what is thought about it, by those who spend it, and how that business' is earried an, be available. Officiai minutes af a nxeeting hauded out by a secretary or élerk, usualiy contain less of the.'meat' of the praceedings than an old skeleton bears of flesh. Therefore it is aur contention that dis- cussians which take place at a public n*éetiug ame public property and should lie reported in the local press for the in- formation of its, readers. also can be fashioned into plastics, artificial ivory and used. for caating paper. Ta name ail the industries served hy casein, anc of the mast useful produets of milk, would be quite a catalogue. When it cornes ta plastic, the list is impressive. Beads, fancy buekies, poker chips, auto- motive accessaries, buttons and many mare articles (as the auctianeer says) too num- erous ta mention - ail eau trace their his- tory back ta the dairy farm. The National Reeac Conl The National Researh Couneil Cnd is an arganization that gets littie pubicity but whase work is ývastly important in this war. We assume that lack of, publicity is due ta the fact that those who direct its efforts are highly educated mon and specialists who shun the spotlight and are taa busy to th:ink about public relations programmes. This Council had its genesis during the last ivar. It has carried on over since as a necessary peacetime prajeet. When the preseut con- fliet broke out, it was ready instantly ta mÉeot the crisis. Today, over 80 por cent of its affairs are directiy cannected with the war. Mostly, its researchi and tests are eanemned with in- dustrial output and thereby, tremendaus supis are saved and high effiiency main- tained. No crack-pot seheme of any inventor is shelved before the Council passe upan it. Nothing is pigeon-hahed without its o.k. It is. anc of Canada 's greatest services aud the only suggestion we may inake in regard ta it, is that the remaining 20 per cent af its work ishould be devoted ta the problems of 'Agriculture - especiaily by-products of wheat. l-ow About the Veterans ? There is a mavement under way today in several communities that aims ta do something for veterans of the last war who have again joined up for service in this war. Over 15,000 arc now on full or part time as the Veterans' G3uard of Canada. Auxiliary organizatiaus of many kinds- are busy praviding for the younger u nits, the majority of wham, so far, have yet ta face wars' hardships. The Bowmanville platoon of the Veterans Guard lias been earryiug on for sanie montlis under conditions no6t of the best. At' the request of the goverument thcy came forward and are signed up defiuitely for the duration. Naw that winter is almost upan us, this plataon lias not a roof over its beEid where recreation miay be had. The suggestion is that same local auxiliary may be formed that may provide a place where these aid soldiers may gather togethà r fter drille in cold weather; geme place where papers aud magazines anid ,eribbage gameés and s0 forth *would be avaiI>ble. It should not be rumored that these meu who fought througl i ~e last war and are ready for this one are; "forgotten men" in a tawn like Bowmanvýle. VVHEN you wish to tallc to a person, you cari wallc or travel miles to do i. But, with exceptions, you don't. When you wish ta, pay bis'or make purchases, you cati carry around with you a bundile of cash or a sack e of coins. But, with exceptions, you don't . ln the one case you use a telephone. In the other, you use a cheque on your bank. In either case you save time and effort by using a convenient modern device, And you use the one as naturally as the other. Canadians do malce extensive use of the services 'of the chartered bancs. C Deposits in chartered batiks at the trne the last return was made ta Parliament, totailed $2,530,000,000; cheques issned and debited ta individual accounts in Angust, 1940, the mnost recent month for which returtis are available, totalled $2,457,706,218. These figures show that most Canadiati business is done by cheque and illustrate the extent ta, which the people make use of the banking systern. The batiks take pride in the modern services they provide for your con- venience. i In wan, as in peace, Canada's Cbarcered Banks maintain, uninter- ruptcd, thein useful services - safeguFding depositors' funds; façi.itatin the natioa's business -' looking forward to peace with freedom as the only sure basis of enduring prosperity. I 1 THE CHARTERED BANKS 0F CANADA PAGE TWO Do you remember that'pognant phrase?. "I. knaw you wan't for- get us." This column cansiders that Uine ta be the highligît in the radio braadcast on Sunday ai Princess Elizabeth wihen she spake ta and for the children ai the Empire and Uic United States of Anierica. The text ai 1er address shauid be' reprinted and circuiated and clerished among ail wha read and understand Uic English language. Here was a little girl ai 14 speaking ciearly, breathing con- fidence, sincerity and resolutian, nat anly ta children buftot grown- ups evcrywhere. Truc, thc message was directed ta children, but that Uine, "I knaw you won't forget us," went far- the& than that. It was an appeai ta al ai us. Sa we say that we shauld, cacl and every anc ai us, etch it inta aur cansciousness and strive 'daily, houriy, ta fuifiil its implications. Here wag a littie girl bombed out ai 1er home as 50 many thousands ai ail classes lad been bombed, only ta retumu tîrougli Uic wreckage ta speak these Uines ý-o ilpe and courage. And sa wc would say ta al grown-ups 50 proue ta forgetilil- ness, sa intent upon their own littie affairs, - just sit down and read this message from a child, destincd somnetime ta be your Queen. And as she spoke wlat was thc picture ai Uic day? Bambers stiil roercd over Bni- tain but their tactics lad clanged agamn. Instcad ai massed groups, now tley came in spaced and thinned formations and fires and wreckage became even greater than before. Farty days ai con- tinuaus bombardmnent and Lau- don stiil stands and Uic people stili "stick it out", living under- ground - à& "dugaut" Ulic Uiat hlds al Uic dangers ai emacia- tian and deatl. In thc last war, soldiers crawd- cd inta dugauts. Ta-day it's Uic womcn and childrcn. But tîcir morale hlds! And why does it hold? It hlds because Britain, simultaneously1 with ail this misery takes thc of-1 fensive alone, and smashes at Hunj and Wop alike wtl ever increas-1 ing fcrocityr and holds Uiem at bayj until -the remainlng democracies align theraselves deiinitely and actively by lier side. And paraldling this offensive came these messages aven Uic air,i framn Princess 'Elizabeth, framj Churchill, ycs anid from FranklinE Roosevelt. These arc Uic Uiings that sus-1 tain morale. Wc are very sure, le A A" t' toa, that it is time wc leard Uic radio vaices fram Uic sister Com- monwealtls and particularly from Canada. Sa, ta the Head ai State, in this democracy called Canada we would say: "Read that mes- sage: II know you wan't farget us' and respond ta it over the*~ air." Wè must maintain morale wlth- in Britain ail during the long, drcary months ai the comlng win- ter. Trhe radio vaice ai Canada can be a large factor in tUis mast vital phase ai this uniathomable war. Came springtime, we shail sec the way more clearly. Then we may say "we arc less aixiaus now," but nat tili then at least. The foregoing lbas been -mi- pelicd from thoughtful appraisal ai the subject matter in Uic mes- sage ai thç Pi'incesà. This grim winter wiil be the testing time. There must be no complacency througlout the de- mocracies. We are nat yet cured ai that - no, not yet., Naw Hitler drives castward Uirough the Balkans, pramlsing and lying as le gacs. No anc can prcdict lis ultimate, course. Italy remains as she was, wait- ing on the sands ai Egypt, for. Hitler's next nod., Japan squcaks "so sarry" in the East and becamnes .alarmed when Roaseveit admonishes lis nationals ta pack np and came home.1 Italy warns the U.S.A. ta stay aut and if sa, the Axis wil Malte a gift ta Uncle Sam ai Canada and the dismembcred limbs ai the Commonwealth. .Fatuous bribe! Confusion ai thougît, ciumsy dlplamacy. Part- ners in crinMc vaicing conflicting proposais that meaxi, if anything at ai, Uicy ultimately wauld stab cach other in the back. There seenis'ta be no concert among tlem save Uic concert ai canquest - then each ta grab and hld wlat he may devaur. And * ahi thc whilp, the Bear, Russia, stands on the sidelines, slow, uncertain, waiting. Witlin Uic space ai days the U.S.A. wil lhave dccided upan their next President. Wlth thaL.- issue setticd, then we may expectlu thase broad bold, mQves that real-' ists forccast and wc can face a winter with heightcned assurance that spring wiil sec'the dawning ai Uic road ta vlctory. By Uiat time ail world powers wrnl be dcflnitely aligncd, and this means Russia too. It may wcil be sooner than that.- , Meantimc, kecp ever before yau this confident appeal: 'II know yau wan't farget us."