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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO - 9g-t aeîiviîy, home consumptiqu e)wuld risc rapidly. Those statements are auilanitaio. Hils advice, therefore, was that farmers in the U.S.A. should at once take stops ta in- crease beef production. Farmers in Canada are aware thai ail their surplus beef has been markeied in tle United States since war broke oui, and the market has held up well. In the face of Mr. Wickard's statemeni, ht is M aitogeiher likely that increased demande will bc made for Canadian beef, for Canada ships none ta Britain. This new palicy presages > possible scarcity and that means a rise ini beof prices and this may mean "pegging." Everyone is famliar with what happened witl hogs. Thc U.S.A. price sky-rocketed and was pegged araund 9c. That.and the amenided needs ta Britain foreed a le raise from Mr. Gardiner. Hoga that lad hovered for a year around 8-:50, today are quoted, live weight, at..around 9:40. It will le inter- esting ta watch beef ironds, although much will depend upon deisian in regard ta con- - voya. Loeally thcre las been mucli activity in, beef catile circles as reports in aur col- umne indieate. Pasturage ln not only greai- ly increased beeause of shortage of labor, but is earlier and aof sueh lush growih that 'cat investment in beed cattle might be profit- ýeen able business. of- aee, 'Railway Workers Bonus tivo kat Reference was made ta this tapie in aur Our issue of May let, in a way that inviied- com- mal mont froin those wha are in muel botter are position ta get the faets than is an editar ion of a rural woekly. We have had eomnment ,os- front several sources but nane froin those id. 'wha, properly, ought ta bring the maiter Dws leoa-e parliament. The Country Guide of ugh Winnipeg cdaima that the country was shoek- îld- cd wlen railway emplayeca accepied the aI- ed, vmous invitation of the gavernmient and de- pan- manded their eut in the eost-of-living bonus tly ta, the extent of 8 ta 10 millions. We beliove na- theceounry knows little about it. ers Axiother eorrespondent quated figures ta ivs show ihat railway warkers eut a melon t'es- amang theaiselves between 1936 and 1938 ;nt to the tune of $300 add millions, snd ho went 'lis on ta say: "Why do yau not persuade your 7us- member Mn. Riekard, who is a fariner, ta ing maise thls question in the flouse and demand a showdown an this reeent Order-in-Couneil sta granting funther pork-barrel privileges ta the these railwaymen when farmers, whom ho bhis is suppased to nepresont, stand an the side- the linos and get noihingl" This seepia a reas- Ld, anable 'requesi. sts Anaiher eorrespondent says: "The rail- mg waymen were nat asking for an inerease. Lwa until the gavernment laid down this Order- [de, in-Gouneil; thon tley gai on tle band- ýr, wagon. There cannai be aay justification or far paying a cast-of-living bonus ta sudh Sd higihly paid groupe as railwaymen in general, ;his who lately, on accouai of the upsurge in Stransportation, have had their earniaga iremenda-usly increased. The increase in tle eosi of living is very largely a resulti af in- cneased Federal taxation, and, if tle rail- way workers are not ta pay. thib share cf ibis they are being plaeed in a speeially sheliered category." a- Our suggestion cf a Speeial Cammitie cf àed île flouse ta investigate ihis matier is ta strangly endorsed, but, it is painted out: it- "The blaie may le bard ta fasien where it !rt belong . . . an tbe politicians, or, even more, )re- on certain young professons wla are naw c- very powerful in tle Deparimeat cf Labor" da .. whieh infers ihai Mr.- MeLarty is bandi- al, capped by a brain-trust. We end with ihis ýral suggestion; il ai W. F. Riekard can make es- bis name resound across Canada if le in-~ an- sisis upon a eommxiitee largely of farmers eta1 wbo eau, get ai île facis in ilis jack- pot. ion The Press end Propaganda iv- One of the ever prosoni dangers in the ber publishaing field is île possiliity of beeom- cd ing a propaganda agcncy for saine group or hat cause. Editers guard earefully againsi ihis ýre- possilility, and ileir efforts ta be fair saine- -al timnes lueur île displeasure of those whoee le propaganda tlcy refuse ta pro-pagaie. 0f ea curse there are two kinda cf propaganda- cec been niueb alused in tle pasi few years and 'Ip good and lad. The word prapaganda las ýnd ta île man an île streci prapaganda now seems ta mean exelusively tlai type of news re sent oui ly île enemy ta confuse and can- 05s. found ihose who reàd it. on- Prapaganda is aciuàily tle method adopi- Dml cd for île propagation of doceines and 7d, item whicl scughita impresa tle. reader ie- witl île principles orn île doctrine of île lie organlzation would be propaganda. Ia short f.' propaganda la that type cf newsmattcr of whieb seeks ta proselytize or eanv'ert île le reader ta anc particulan code of ctiles, pria- le- ciples or doctrine. t- The position of the newspapen la dlear on 1; ibis point. TIc newapaper la nepresentative îl of the wholeMammunity, and while iii editor I i~IL i AsISee Mt. By Capt. Ehmare Philpott IMSH TRAGEDY The Battle ai the Atlantic ro- mains the masi serious phase of thla war. According ta th~e, most reliable figures yet available the Nazis sunk about a liali a million tans ai British and allied shippig lust month. At that rate ht would take jusi three years ta sweep from the aceans ai the warld ail existing British shipping. Long before tiiree years have Passed many thinga wiil have nappened ta change the piture. Ne0w construction - whiet àlanaw about half Uic total being swik - wiil no daubt have risen tô un- equallcd heiglits. The question ai U. S. participation in Uic War WiUl long since have been settb&d - But what af Uic immediate OUtloelc? It la thus year, 1941, that will surely tel the tale i thia par- ticular battle. What are the factora which make it more difi cult now ta beat Uic submariao menace than it was li 1917? XI the firat place thc relative adds are quite difioront. Brii now figlits alone - whereaa lin 1917 wc lad Uic cooperatian af thc navisosfaihUicU. S., France, Italy, and Japan. To be spcciiic, we have ls than anc third the number ai datroyers aow available for duty in Uic North Atlantic sea battie than the allies had li Uic lasi war. On Uic other hand, Uic Germans now combine Uic use ai air power with under-sca boats to agniy. their strikmng force. But most important ai ail - they naw have Uic use ai bases on Uic .French coust - hundreds of milles dloser ta their targots., The parts of Eire are naw cloaed to Britain, whîdli means Uiat thc difficulties oa igigthe icNazis are increased very greatly. The world thereforo seea this strango paradox: That Ireland, which for centuries fauglit for its own palitical freedam, now pur- sues a course whidl islaonc af Uic chici factars li Ureatenlng the very existence ai freedoan ial Europe. A GENJUS T13OUGHT TIM It la naw idle ta discus Uice why and wliereiare o f haw we gat this way; and why Mr. Chamber- lai ever yieldcd ta Mr. de Val- era's dcmand wliereby Britain ro- linquished Uic naval use ai Irishi parts - a use guarantced ta 1er by treaty li the settîcaient of "Uic trouble: and the establish- ment of the Irish Froc State. The fact la that Uic parts are in Uic hands ai Eire. As thigs naw stand, vluntary handing over of tle parts by Eire ta Britaiwauld mast certainly .end recognition by Hitler af Eire's ncutrality. If Bri- tain taok Uic parts ashe would have ta iight for theai. Neithor Uic gavernment nar Uic peaple of southern Irelaad are completely beref t ai intelligence. It la no secret that many of Uic leaders are dcsperately seeking same.way aut af Uic blind alley inta which they have led thelr people. Their anc rosi hope ai cscapmng warsc difficulties ia an carly British victary - thc anc thing which their own palicy Îla daing most ta prevent. One Washington calumnlat sa3ss that anc intriguing suggestion l bcing bandied about ia diplomatl circles there: That la that Eire shauld apply fan membership as a state in thc American union. I daubi that because it seema jusi too goad ta be truc. AIt9- gether apari from this war criais, John Bull wauld beave a sîgh of relief if Uic nevor-endig, nover- settled, Irish "question" were de- posited once and foral an Uic lap ai Uncle Samn. Thc immediate war-time effecti would be seli-evident. The con-i .vay question wauld be scttled forj the United States because trans-1 atlantic shipment af U. S. warq materiala thcreafier would be as1 between twa states la Uic Union.q If Hitler chose ta regard ihat asg a cause for war, Eire would have behlad ber Uic whaie power ai the United States. She would alsa have behind ber tle whole poweri of thc British Empire. Unfotun-j atoly, human nature being what It1 la, the marc likely course la for' Eire ta do nathihg ai ahl about the1 goneral situation until it is tooa late. Thon, if Hitler chooses ta invade Eire as ho prabably will before Uicead, it will be British'i ses power, British air power, i or1 British land farces that savo lier,1 if she la saved..1 NEVER AGAIN Tis war will put the finishing 1touches ta many arrangementi Lwbich are long since obsoîcte, bul >which have boen talerated be. icause tliey seemed ta le dolng nc particular bari ei n hn 1 Thc statua i ' loactfn thai cannai posalbly survive thù war uachanged. Befone Uic wai it was just a sort afIisha bull e uai a little bit ridiculous. Now 1, la downrighi dangenous. Eire silli lasupposcd ta OWi some sert af "allegiance" ta El Brltannie Majhaty, George VI Yet 1l% Majesiy1s governient Ir Eire laseocthoraughlyneutral Ir Ui tewar hi which Uic rest aifDli MaJesty'ssubjecta are iightlng i lfe-and-death strugglc that tht newspapers arxee xýlicitly farbld. den ta pubhial commenta whlck mught hurt Uic sensitive seul ai Uich Nazi leader, or any of hifi >underlings,icludlng Uic Germar im'ilter ln Dublin, The lateat manifestation ai tha super-neuiraiîy wus an- order tc Uich papers ai Eire ta refrain trour Lmentioning the tact that Iriaimor Ewere serving with Uic Bnitist forces. Wliereupan Uic Irishi Timei rcported that Uic followig "Jap. «anese" wcre among Uic Bnltlsl generals ia thia war, Sir John Dli O'Connor, and sa an down a liai quite as «Japanuso" as Uic aIlle. laI. My owan guess la t, failli Uic setting up ai sanie inter. national authority ai whicli al] -membens ai lie Briish Commnon- wealth are paria, Elre's ridiculeui tic ta thc British Commonwealth wiil finafly b severed on Uic la- itiativeaf Uic rust ai Uic Coin- monweêltu. If Uhi mperlâl Con- feronce la ta romain Uic political moechaulsai whidh decides and re- vises lina-Empire prabloma and lina-Empire relatiaaships it seemas smply silly to retain in Uic circle a state which pursues a course ai aeutrality ln thougît, word, and deed in a strugglc la whici Uic stalçes are civil, palili- cal and religions freedom for evcrybody la Euroe. Thc Irishi absurdity la muai one ilîtastration ai total mnadequacy ai thc international set-up priar ta tbis war. In point of tact Bnitala wus definitely obllgated ta go ta thc assistance ai certaincouninies, if tle latter were attacked by saine ather greai pawer. la same cases, as ai Belgium, Ibis obliga- tion wu nai only bused an what migît le cailed basic poliicsi necessity, but on actual arrange-' mont. Yci whle there wus spec- tic obligation on Uic part of Bni- tain there ws no blading obliga- tion on île part aofilie country ta le assistcd ta tako any stcps la advance ai the actual crias ta make it passible ion British lielp ta le effective wiea it did camne. Nat aaly did these cauntries whicb were ta le saved refuse ta make joint plana for their saving; in saine cases tltcy even refused ta admit Uiceinllitary experts ta look aven île ground wlerc the future aaving waa ta le donc. This war shauld end ahi tuat. Every country ta be defcnded by the democracies should be torced ta contribute ta the peace time cost-boUi man power and moncy power, ai Uic international police force whlch wifll e Uic busis af tle nexi demacratic peace. The function of tuai force should le chiefly preventive. BIDOWNERS TO REGISTER TERPETS XI lus become compuiaary that ail owncrs ai parrots, parrakeeta, lave birds or - budgerigr and cvery otuer bird declared ta le a, paittacine bird by Uic Mlnister af cealt report Uic same ta Uic medical officer ai Iealth for Uic m1unlcipaity, glvig Uic number of birds smd lis place of resîdence, and ail dosions must repart ai their operatians and give such aother information as Uic local ai- fiçer may require. Keep a record ai thc source ai arigin and ai anY disposais, plouce. Every owner ai sucli bird muai declare ita tote medical affiner ai lealtu ai once upoxi ia sliowig evidence of Frenchi moult. Al affected birds msy le dlsposed of la sudh manner as Uic local offi- cor may determine. Miten Octo- ber 1, 1941, ail such birda disposed ai must le braaded wltli a closed band. Thc above ila ssummsry -of recent negulations passed ta con- trol Uic sprcad ot .lniectians tram tuese birds. Local awaers muai repart ta the M.O.H. or publialhen mighi le an Anglican, Baptist, Preplytenian, Upited Clurcîman, or Roman Catholie, i would net be f air ta give udue prominence ta île doctrines of tle secita whieh le penganally lelangs. News is an- Chler matter. f-mare news ca-mes from îlhe United Chunel eause ih las mare organiz- niions, on -becaiiae is pross seeretearies are more wide awalvp, thon naiurally that churcI wonld roceive more space in île paper ihan tle Anglican or Baptisi if those clurehes wene net so well onganized or did nai passes gaad press accretanies. Wcekly newspapers depend ta a very large citent upop correspo>ndenis and pres seeretanies farnenws items, aud ibis being île case it la timeély ta remind' eoknespondents and secretanies ilat the newspaper la inter- oestd primarily in the news. aud nai in act- ing as an agency for tle dissemination cf ther principles. 'luis' reaoning however dae nôt preclude the newapapcn drawing attention ta any special effort made ly any organizatian or institution 1with île coin- munuty. Ta sum. up tle attitude af the press ta- wand propaganda i6should -b. qleanly unden- taad that île pros. la iniprueted iu tIce v- ente ooncerning arganizatïiiin, ratherth Ia île ethicsanrprinociples whicb attract anc ta memb.rahip la theme groupe, IVoic ofetThe People ENGLAND BEWAIRE! Dear Editor, This Rudolph Hess eplsade could very well be a new form of German treachery. Hess may be carrying out a plan hatched by the German liigh comimand. Ho may be ini England with the ful consent of Hitler, and.,his mnission be to mislead and betray the Britýsh (whose unsuspicious na- ture ia wefl known to Germnans) by false and msleadlng informa- tion as ta German plans. Do nat let wlshful thinklng blind aur leaders ta this man's treacherY and lies. He may easlly be the firat Invader" ai aur Engiand. Canadian Mother. R. R. 5, Bowmnanville. San Jase, Caf. April .23, 1941 LFriend Gea; - ,o Pleaso send my papr ta C. M. nAltman 161 No. Mt. St., San Jase, n Calif.1 saw ln The Statesman h you have had a long cold winter, m well we have lied a long wet one, )the rainfail was over six inches habove normal. The weather here 1,ai just gettlng ta be like spring. iI amn enclasing a clippig from one >of oir papers here, It wlll teli you better than' I can about what the gfolks out hero are doing ta help .England. We are alzo sendlng l elp ta the Greeks. There are a tlarge number af Greeks in this itawn and everyone lias a great hdeal of respect fer them since tlhings have turned out the way they hve. Trhere are quite a few Canadians haro also and they are àail doing their bit. Just tell that. ta t the dlrtyslacker ln your town dwho would nat help the boys. IHave you no feather beds bf t or eany tar? He- aught ta' g#et a good adose. If war came ta canada ho twould be the first ta "hoUler" for àhelp. Weil, frlend, hope you and ,yours keep well. Sayr Howdy! ta rail the folks for me. I just read in my paper of the passing of Joe eLaBelle, ho was a grand aid mani. fI saw him whon I was back thare. One more flnk ta the pust gone, isoan ail the old timers wil be gane, and a lot ai the younger anes have gane also.. Soon we rwill have Hitler on the hot spot. Sincerely, Catharine M. Altman, 161 No. 9th St. San Jase, Calif. SoIdl.r's Letter LFrom Pte. Sidney Casbourn, lst Mldland Régiment, St. John, N.B. W Wihere Iarn iinally in a place for a few maonths I hope, but wliile we are bore we will be. moving from one post ta another. Wo wlll be in one post for two weeks and do guard duty and thon we Win be shufted into another position. Sa you cen see that we are having a littie different lite haro ta what we had li Ottawa. We are out on a post now daing guard duty. Just 16 platoon la haro and Lieut. Oattos la lin charge >and then 17 platoon la about a quartroa a mile frýom us and 8paon is held i reserve. We have a lot fun here as there are just forty ai us hero. Our meals are perfect, we have aur own cook and aur own platoan truck and twa truck drivers. Every. thing la rua just as if we are in the front linos. Yesterday for diner we had steak, mashed potataes, turaips, Uapple pie and cheese, tea or coffee, t*bread and butter and jam. Sa that lai a fair meal for the army, eh? 'We are certainly fixing thlngs U ound bore, puttini ia rock gardons. I l reafly gaing ta be nice bore. I wlll take some pic- turcs and lot yau see what the place is like. There are only six huts liere sa yau can do a lot ta make themn look nice. We are right on the shores ai the Bay ai Fundy and you shauld see the tide came ia and go out. Itis reafly marvelaus ta watch. Right eut ia thc bay la the Fart- rosa, they really have some -place over there. They have a spot light that can shine ail aver the Bay. They can also follaw sentries up and dawn their beat ta see that they daa't try ta sit down on the job. The Reserve is really going toaa swell.pLace for their tliree weeks' traini TheCannaught Ranges are reail'y swell and are consider- ed ta be the beat ranges eon the The Geogréphical Journal We are in neceipi, today, af tle Apnil 1941, issue cf îhe Geagnaphical Journal. Mauy people are still unawane cf île faci ibat ibis purely Canadian publication is a-ne cf île finesi nianthly magazines publisled lu île western lemisphere. ha quality cf paper, in, excellence a-f illustrations, li ediiorial land- ling of île matenial wbicl uts pa-licies attraci and in île higI-elasa adveriising elienitele which it aecommodatea, this Journal menite highesi congratulations. Partieulan attention in ibis eurrent issue centres &bout thc leadixig article, 'Devlap- ment a-f Radia Comununication in Canada." This lit of stining lisiary ly .Athur L. Neal cavera 26 pages, remarkally well illus- trated and documented dates fron 1901' when Marconi landed iu Newfouadland ta conduci succeesaful expenimnts. itcarnies an da-wn through ta ibis very moment wlen radia pîaya such an impotani part la Can- ada 's war cudeavans. We eomm'cnd tis Journal and this article ta every teaclen, ta every student, ta eveny- anc who may wiah ta le classed with those who anc well inforzmed. This la vital, living history and it la articles sueh as thiI.tlat make The Can.adian Geographical Journal a iea2flynational institution. oftS TO PATIP4T UN LOCAL Hios~isTAL Yau have ai ton read as well as heard it said "lIt's the little things li lic that caunt." This thout was imnpressed upon us the ater day when we received a "Cheer- Up Book" iromn Grenville Klelser, One West 72nd St., New York City. For three docades Mr. Ki- ser was known internationally as a teacher, philosopher and ex- pressionist. 146w he Io retired. In this unique "Cheer-Up Book" Mr. Kliser explains haw you çan make ane ai these books ta brlng happinesa ta shut-ins ithese words: Here la a delightk"ul* hobby for you. It wlll give yau pleasurable relaxation and at the saine time render useful service ln maklng happy the lives af those leus for- tunate. This hobby consists ai puttlng tagether, i attractive fori, "'cheer Up"l letters, af twelve or more pages each. On these pages you paste interesting items, pic- tures, cartoons and addities cull- ed framn newspapers, magazines, "the funnies" and other sources. When the letters are ready ydu mail theai ta hospitals, homes for the aged, crippled children, and shut-ins generally. .If you, yourself, suifer from nervousness, worry, ilUness, or are muéh confined ta your home, the practice ai this hobby wiil tend ta div'ert your mind tram Intro- spection. The planning of these 11cheer- up" letters wil give wlde scope for your artlstic senso and origin- ality. The good such letters do la in- estimable. Edltar's Note-We have a*eady takep the original Cheer-Up Book Mr. Kiser sent us ta aur lie- long frbend and gaod neighbor, Fred Cryderman, who lai Bow- manville Hospital. When Fred la thraugh with it he la going to pas it on ta other patients in the hos- pital. Gtve if thau canst iaima; if not, afford instead bf that, a sweet and gentie word.-Herrick. North American continent. It is only 12 miles from Otawa and you will certainiy see Ottawa at its best. Sid. N.b.dy Caft R.ad RuralOtario tNes Like Anidy Clarke Frank Chamberlain in his la- tereating page i "Saturday Night"' about what la goixig on in the radia wonld, makes these inter- eatiag commnenta about A.ndy Clarke and lis -Sunday mornig braadcust INeigliborly News": - Just befare thc Churelheur on Sunday marning, 10 o'cbaek,, If yau live anywhere I Ontatio, ~ iyou'l h'ear Uic voice ai AndY F Clarke baamting aven Uic air- wavea tellng oi add littie happ,. inga going, on i thé hanildta, 'viL lagol and tewns af Ontario. Andy'a program la 'called "NXétgl- bory News From the Ontario Weekllea." h la sspüoad by -th* C.B.C. and It has a caunterPakl lIn Uic ather reglons ai Canada. ]Eut l'Il bet a cracker that nobody cisc i Canada can read rural ners, liko Andy Clarke. ' To broadcast that 15 minutes ai Ontario news, Andy roada 180 nowspapers oach week. And if yau knaw anythig about weeklY newspapers you'l know that Uic highlight ai a newo story ia weekly lan't la Uic firut para- graph, -but mare thaxi likely in the last. XI takes A.ndy twe days ta read tle papers, another twe days ta write bis script, and on Uic fifil day his wIf e types lis copyr reedyV for broadcastiag. I Uic C.B.C. dcsigned Uic pro- gram ta make Uic weekly news- papers af Uic country happy, they've donc a geod job. If Uic program, was designod ta interest rural listeners, it la an effective picce ai werk. More than that, the program bas given anc ai, Canada's fine newspapormen a* job ho really enjays. Yes, It's the same Andy Clarke wha used ta braadcast tram the newsrotim ai Uic old Toronto Globe. On July 1, wlien amendments ta Uic Ontario Magistrales Act passed at thc egilature session came into farce, f ive maglatrates i the province are automatically retired, havig pussed 75 years ai age. They include Magistrat. W. A. F. Campbell, Port Hope. 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