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PAGE TWO- -- - ---. - . ~'s"~ IJUWM-ATv VLL V OT RI O TA±UU De g~abi-an tgum EstabIlshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSpAPE]R With which la Incorporated The Bowmanvînle News, The Newcastie Independent, ana Thue Orono News. 91 Year's Continuons Service To The Town Of Bowrmnpife and Durham county. Member » Audit Bureau *f Circulations Cancaiop Weekly Newspape SUBSCREPTON. RATES $2.00 a Year, strleiy i advance. 32.50 a Year In fthe United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL -On Active Service -1 Major W. G. James (Wounded In Action, Back at the Front) capt. John M. James W.O. Donald Cameron CSM. George Graham Cpi. A. Living (Kilied I Action in Italy) lndustrv lMas A Storv to Tel But How Best to Tell It? The Statesman lias ]ong contended that Industry, which today is faced with usurp- ation and confiscationin i socialists' threat for national pow-er, lias a story te tell whichi ougbt to be told for general publie informa- tien. Most people have -but a hazy concep- tion of wvhat the pioneers ini industry have really done in building up the prosperity of this country. Capitalizing upon this* the Socialists have been fliinging mud at big business and industrial leaders have been slow to tell their stery, or at least tell it in a *ay that would reach the cemmon man. How best can the stery be told? To answer that we can point to the case of Col. R. S. Mebaughlin, President, General Motors Cor- poration of Canada. Somle time age, Col. McLaughlini, at a banquet in his henor, gave an address in which le told of the beginning of thceiMe- Laughlin Co. on a Durham Countv Farm, and traced its progress and benefitsi to pee- ple riglit tlîrough to the present day. His striking story was later printed in l4ooklet form., pocket size, titled "75 Years of Pro- gress."' And a centinuing series of adver- tisements, based on his address, bas captur- ed wide, attention. There is a constant de- mand for the booklets for they are of hiandy size and people are intrigued with this min- iature history- of a singfle industry. Col. Me- Laughlin lias solved how best to tel] bis story to the people. They in turn are tbem- selves able te take a niew assessment of se- cialist preachings. Looking about in this district we suggest three other industries iihose associations are close te the life of the commnnity. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Ce.. The Massey- Harris Ce., and the Bell Telephone Ce. The rabber industry beg'an ini 1887 as the Bew- manville Rubber Ce. The Massey-Harris Ce. started at Newcastle and the Bell Ce. is in nearly every home. Goodyear. in fact bas publisbed a 420 page book, "The lise of Goodyear" a real historical volume but hope- Iess of circulation unless eptemised to poc- ket size. The Bell Ce. have aise published a 250 page volume, based on the life of the founder in Canada, but with limitations sim- ilar te the Goodyear book. The greht stery of Masse-Harris is i-et te be told in pepu- lar form. We believe Col. Meliauzlilin bas given a lead that might be emulated by- these and many other industries as a means of set- ting trutb against the doctrines ef visien- ary Utopians. Should Be More ExDlicjt * The famous man in the Street mav lie im- pressed by the Socialist talk abeut the con- acriptien ef wealth,, for the Socialists are very careful te peint eut that thev intend to take away property rights in big corpora- tiens only, and that the erdinary citizen is going to e le eft bis b-ouse, store, taxicab or truck. If this be se, we mighlt begin bý tlîinking, first ef ail, why, it is better for the Goverii- ment te take ever the ow'nership ef big cor- porations than it is for them te take away farms and small businesses. Perbaps the aforesaid mian in tbe street dees.not realise that the big corporations arc ow'ned by sinali people. It is a simple fact that thc big cor- porations in Canada have a great many more sharehelders than tIcy have employees. Why sbould seme ene who bas saved a few dollars and put it inte a big cempany be any more liable te have his preperty taken over by the Gevernment than seme one wlio lias bougît a farm or a store? The answer of the Socialists te this is that, ini any case, th.e owners of big cempanies would lie com- pensated. That wvould mean, if it means anything at ail, tîjat they wvould be given the value of their property, probably in the form ef Gevernment Bonds at 3 per cent. That would net be laving conscriptin, fer '1'00 vlucn rlanned tEconomy Wc are se full of plainncd ecenomy tlies days tlîat it miglit lic a good idea te stop look and listen te 'wluat a plainncd econounI invol ves. Mr- Hoecîsed te tell ns, for example that le luad te push the C.P.R. eut of th( air business, because ail the boys in the R. C A. P. would -want te organize air lines ci tlicir owni. Tluat seemned rather extreme, sine( even (luite a smail air hune requires haîfE million dollars capital or se, but the storý ivas a good eue. Now, thc R.C.A.F. la madc a check of 15,000 flycrs and it is dis covcrcd that only 115 of thcm want te f1i aftcr the war. Or wc miigît take anther case. We arE lieiug told that young Canadians must be gliven an epportuuity te serve in the Mer- chant Marine. No one scems te lie interested i diseovering hew- many of thc yeung Cana- dia ns w'he, fer advcnture, or from patriet- ism., are serving ini thc Navy and thc Mer- chant Marine during thc w'ar, wvould reali' want te fellew the sea as a career after- wards. Thcelitting is that thc perceutage would net lie large. Or, wve niglt takc thc latcst case avail- able. Recently, Gen. McNaughtonl told the clecters ini Grey North that there wvas notb- ing te lie surpriscd about in the percentage of desertiens among the N.R.M.A. mcn. The Governinent, le said, lad calcuiated ou cx- actly this perceutage, and made arrange- menîts accordingly. Without sayîuîg thai Gen. McNauglten is net telling thec truth, it las te lie rccorded that lic -,vas pnitting biînsehf iin a false position by thîs statement, for 'vîcu thc N.R.M.A. mcin were given tlii embarkatien Icave, freni wbîch sQ many3 did net cerne back, câch ef them was given a railw'ay ticket. bought and paià for by the Government, for transportation te Debert. The 6,300 desertjs stîli have these tickets. This is thc sorf , of tI ing wbicb a planued ecouomy meaus. It las te start witl a giicss as te what the people w'ant, and, unlcss the guess is a pretty- geod eue, it may wcil turu eut that w-bat thc Goverument is planning te do is îîot at ail what thc people want. lu simple language, a pianned economy, if it is te lie carricd eut, simply meaus that the police have te make the rest of -us do w-bat thc bureaucrats at Ottaw-a think wc 01g01t te de. Decks Are Being Cleared For A Dominion Election Tlîe National Lilicrai Federation, Ottaw-a, the poitical action executive oerating as thc board ef stratcg-Y for coitcstiingi the ch- ection as thue ri-lit au-n of Prime Miniister inissues a weekly release te uiewspapcr offices acress Canada. probably in thc hope that editors wvlo arc short of help miglit use some of the items is yw'ay of fillers and tIns lip thc cause of the party, without speuding meu-ey by w'ay of advertisiug. The general setup of the "dope" is of course peitical propag-anda and as such is straigît adverfis- ing material. The Statesman las peinted eut errors in former releases by the Federation, but its latcst relcase, Pcb. 12, carnies in- formation that may lie accepted as straight from thue feed box. Fraukiv the statement is mnade: "Thc dccks are no eliing cleared for a general ehctiew" 1Cemiuîg straigît from Lîberal leadquartcrs, tlis eau be acceptcd by the people that thce'election we't bce long de- hayed. It is a challengc te veters te get busy anid do sonie thinkingou the issues te lie de- vehoped. Tlîe reicase states that thc Lilieral appeal wilhlic liased on the war record and social anud ecenemic ncasures of the Goveru- ment and that Mr. King lic rcturned te pow- er as tlîce onl unuiqualified te represeut Caniada at the pcacc table. Tluns, efficially, au-c statcd thie main points en whieh thc Goveruinient lopes te rest its case. There us ne mnution of the mauîpewer and rein- forceent issues that w'erc thc main coucern of people of Grey North. Iu a broadeu- analysis, the release ebserves: '"TIeliv-elcctieu shows that thec0CCF are wcak anýd thc main liatthe i-illibc betwecu thc Liberals and Progressive Conservatives." A furious coutest is prcdieted and this doulit exprcssed: '"Out of tlîe seramble any- tliuîg may C emerge" Concluding with a late suimary of the Gallup poli, thc result shows thc followiug: 28 per cent wiihhvoec Lilicral, 91 per cenit Progressive Conservative, and 17 per eent CCF Socîalist. It will lie scen that thc Federation is cautieus in its approacl concerning tlue ultiniate resuit. There is nothing yct of a militant toue. It is ratIer mou-c defeuisiïe than offensive. But tlîe maini point we ]cave with readers is this of- ficiai intiumationî,"thc decks are uîow- being c]earcd" fer thc coutcst. The Statesman bias already cleared its d-ccks for discussion of the issues statcd and mnu more thian hiave uxot been stated, ahI in thc interests of arous- iug public opinion. You can belp the other fellow, net by what yen tell him ' but liy w-hat yen arc. The people w-ho are mest responsilile are least criticai. The Peterboro Examiner in a strikiug 3- columu-wide display advertisemeut features tItis comment in bold type: "Examiner -di- tonials cornfort the afflicted and afiliet thc cemfortable." As a reguhar reade'- of this outstanding Provincial daiiy, and net ad- mittiug which class we are iu-tle afflicted or thc comfortable-Wc cougratulate Edi- ton Craw- and bis editorial staff on the punch and common seuse tley pack into tîcir daily tlougbts fnom thc fevered brow. Bowuinanv'ille Boosters, iu the absence of a ('hamber of Commerce, 'nowv have before them an epportunuty te get together and negotiate with apple groers of thc district witb a view of gettiug the propesed cold storage plant locatcd lere. Mayor C. G. Morris brouight thc matter np ini Council witl a view- of gyetting, immediate action. It is expected a decision iwill slortly lie made se aiuy delay w~ililibe charged to geuicral lack of iutcrcst. se iy e a y 's ýy -e )e ýd ýe e This Armny "An' just how do we go about it?", ý By Capt Elmore Philpott -r V g WAR HORSE WINS through or around thc srnall forces of Germans wlich were In the Great Days of 1944, when holding the road blocs in between. the Allies were racing from two Se thc attack faiied te achieve its sides towards thc German border, final objective. The Rhine was net tlere was sorne good-natured crossed. The armored divisions rivalry as te which side weuld whicl were masscd just behind- first reacl Berlin. ail set te go racing past Arnhem The Russians are winuing tlat inte thc German Ruhr valley - race, neyer get their' chance. One reason why thcy are win- The war was prelonged into ning it is that tîcir leaders lad another year. sense enough te o keep cavalry as..... Now Consider What Wouid an arm of war have happened had thc western It is the herse cavaonsy et se foolishly abolished that us îaving . cations nThere would lave been the last laugl in -thc samne general plan. The para- this ar. Truc, troeps would have dropped down the Red Armuies as tley did. The ground forces pause i e g~.wouid have swept forward. But, enougl on tIce instead of complete dependence on eisu tc tain mterycles, jeeps and tanks, out he Salinthere would lave aise been strong tank, whicl gave ' " cavalry forces. tlem about the....... That was a job whicl cavalry samne margin of couid have dune te thc king's superiority over taste. That was a job whîcl German tanks lu mechanized forces could neyer do the east as Ger- 'se weli as cavalry. For the water man tanks have barriers whicl stîli frustrate over Churchilîs mechanized forces are literally and Shermans lu duck soup for thc men on herse- the west. back. Cavalry ceuld easily lave But it was because the western negotiated the flooded areas Allies foolîshly dîsbanded their which held up the tanks in those cavalry that tlcy lave been un- fateful few heurs which kept us able te match the dazzling moves from reaching the men at Arn- of the Red Arrny. hem, crossing the RhIme, aud end- * * *ing thc war in 1944. They weuld Our Men Came Withia an Ace lave ridden around the read of winning the whle war last blocs. faîl. That was, of course, when 1 our leaders staged that combina- The Western Nations Confused tien land and arborne attack on thc herse with what was obsolete the Rhine crossings. Let us re- in warfare. Neither the Paies ner caîl wlat happened.. thc Russians did that. But the The total distance te le cover- pre-war Pelish army was built ou cd was net great-about 40 miles. as unrealistic a basis as was the There were tîrce rivers te cross whele political and social struc- -the Meuse, and the two arrns turc of the country. of the Rhine. Tley had pienty of cavalry, but The airborne troops dropped fcw tanks. down as ordered-the Americans The Russians cencentrated on alighting near Nijrnegen, and thc tanks. Stalin said, and acted on famous lst British Airborne land- thc principle, that this was prini- ing at Arnhem. The ordinary aiy a tank war. land attack was slower getting te But the Russians kept their cav- thc first water barrier than lad alry. For the man on a herse can been expected, but the bridge at stili go places more quickly and Nîjrnegen was reachcd and taken with moDre mobile power than can in as spectacular a move as las a man in any cenveyance which is ever been made in war. farth-bound. But-as ail the worid knows- The arnazing Red Arrny corne- the Germans were able te prevent back, which began at Stalingrad our men from dasling througl and is now near Berlin, is a dem- thc last few miles. onstration of the value of the war Our airborne troops were hold- herse. The Russians neyer feil fer ing botl ends of the bridge at the lalf-baked idea that just be- Arnhem. But the meclanized cause things are new they are British forces could net slice necessarily better than the aid. IN- THE DM AND DISTANT PAST Froua The Statesman Files FIFTY YEARS AGO with Frederick Albert Orage. February 20, 1895 Courtice: L. T. Courtice and F. 1Wright have been tlrough here Miss Millie Grigg was home werking up a new egg scleme from Demili College, Oshawa. augmented and conducted by M. Mayer is retiring from busi- Messrs. Mason, Bowmanviîîe. ness and offers his entire stock at Tyrone. S. M. Ciemens and a tremendeus sacrifice. famiiy are ieaving for Wellington H. E. Reynolds, foreman of County. Their farm las been pur- Eiack and Cox's tule yards, lef t clased by Arthur Annis. Drayton for London, England. His parents live at Sauina. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Hampton: Messrs. Pennington February 19, 1920 and Trenouth have the contract to build a new sclool on the Base Thos. Lymer is securing con- Line. .. Members of the Church, tracts with the farmers for grow- with Rev. J. Liddy, pastor, pre- ing cern, peas, and tomatees for sented a purse of money te Miss the Dominion Canners Ltd., for M. J. Elliott in appreciation of its Bowmanville factory. her four years' service as organist. Officers of the B.H.S. Literary Nestleton: John Edwards has Society are: D. C. Warnica, M. purchased the Parr farmi on the Worden, Jane Grigg, M. McCiel- 7th concession. .. Walter Samelîs ian, R. Martyn, J. McMurtry, G. has leased the farm vacated by Morris, J. Merchant and C. Mr. Johnston from Mr. Peel. . . Pethick. MIr. and Mrs. John Veale have re- W. H. Dustan left te jein lis turned from Toronto and will wife and daughter who are visit- build a residence here. .. Mr. Bahl ing his son, W. M. Dustan, at nd Sons are building a steamboat Fresno, Calif. with John E. BaIl, manager, and Frederick B. Lovekin, J.P., John Chapman as assistant. Newcastle, was found dead in his Orono: James Cuttell las been orclard at "Kilcolman Farm."l ransferred as Station agent at Orono: Miss Elva Tucker is eotterville, Michigan . . . Miss home from Dundas, lier school be- [innie TruIl las returned te On- ing ciosed due te smallpox. . * E.* arie Ladies' Cellege, Whitby. C. Tlornton's company organized Providence. Isa Lillian, daugh- te purchase the factory and stock er of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Os- of the Morris piano plant atj urne, was united iu marriage Listowel. .. Ernest D. Rowe, son ti p bc of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Rowe, was scription of a unting trip shoot- killed on his farm in Alberta. He ing pheasant, he ad made at was a Lieutenant and served in Pele Island near Leamington. France with the 19t1 Btn. Pre- vieus te enlisting le was on thc office staff of the Goodyear. LOCAL MUSICIANS ENTERED Hampton: Miss Mary Souch, IN KIWANIS FESTIVAL wlo has been attending Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, has pass- The second annual Kiwanis d er Intermediate piano exams Music Festival takes place in To- wth onurs and is prpared te rnte from Feb. 19 to March 3, take a number of pupils. wen talented yeung musicians Maple Grove: Miss Gladys from al parts of Ontario will cer- Munday, Detroit, was home. pete for the scolarships, trophies, Tyrone: Mrs. Alex Staples died awards and certificates of menit ..Roy White, Manitoba, is witl that are being offered in the hopeg lis cousin, Everton White. ________________ Solina: R. Fowler las cem- menced moving te Tyrone. .. H. G. Pascoe was in Toronto in in- terests of thc Farmers'. Club. [InThe Editor's Mani Mrs. M. E. McFadden, Edythe Ave. E., Mimico: Kindly find $2.00 for subscription te the paper. Am very pleased te see where New- castle has a new reporter. 1 had almost decided te discontinue my subscription as I know only people in that community, and there be- ing ne local news. I thougît it was useless lieing a subscriber but thanks te the new correspondent you may still keep my name on your mailing list. Rev. H. W. Pointen, Admaston, Ontarie: Enclosed please find my renewal te the home paper. The weekly budget of home town nèws is always welcome. Our Church work here continues te progress. Last year's reports are the best sînce coming lere, almost seven years ago. I have just com- pieted my term as Worshipful Master of Renfrew Masonic Lodge. It was the best year the Lodge las experienced for many years. This year for the second time, I have been instalied as First Prin- cipal of Bonneclere Royal Arch S. J. Courtice, Learningten: En- closed find subscription for The Canadian Statesman. Its weekly visits have been made, te us for apýia.s on lat we lave learned te aprcaeits vanieus departments. Last week it announced the pass- ing of a friend of long standing, thc late J. J. Gilfillan, whose acquaintance 1 made rnany decades ago when I first met hirn at Bewmanville Higl School, where le was a student of two or thrce years' standing and I was a raw recruit. Since then I have eften met lim and le was always the same cleerful, lumorous and bnigît John. When I last met hlm a few ycars age on the streets 0f Orone le gave a delightful de- YOU CAN'T STOP JUNIOR NOW THAT HES DRINKING GLEN RAE MWILK Your children will gain new vitality when you switch te GLEN RAB milk. Its every ingredient is conductive te year 'round health. Our Milk is 100 per cent Pasteurized When minutes seem like HOURS... resources in both equipment and workers. Lives can depend on prompt and efficient telephone service. Bell people neyer forget that fact. 6? n4 f iws* ew ý %9 n of furthering musical apprecia- tion and performance. Among more than 9,000 girls and boys who have entered are two from Bowmanville, Miss Louise L. Pearce, Class No. 41, Vocal, and Ray Dudley, entered in three classes, No. 119, No. 114, and No. 131, Piano. The Festival is sponsored by the five Kiwanis Clubs of Greater Toronto. Hold your temper and you hold the answer to the chief problems of civilization. =!i 1 1 FRANK WILLIAMFJ Manager. PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAIV R'(')WAffA7'Zl,'TT-T.V nhT'rAIDTr% ýTTýo WtllcblDTTA13xr -In-.l -- 15 1 &;v Actnle 49~,týze