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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 9 Jun 1949, p. 2

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PAGE T WO TIR CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWM.4NVILLE. ONTARIO THMMAY. 3UNE es. ieém with which hin ncorporated lV» Bowmnavifle News, The Newcastle Lndependont and Th. Oone, News 94 Years' Continuous Service ta the Town of Bowmanviile and Durham County Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Departalent. Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 0 ~Mernber Audit Bureau oJ Circulation&i Canadicin Weekly Newspapers Association SUBSCR1PTION RATES $250 a Year, strictly in advance $3.00 a Yeai in the United States Published by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editai Country Boys Make Good By Their Own Initiative Succenzs stories literally have stood out in the columns of The Statesman the past two weeks. Some of themn probably escaped notice as they were incorporated into news items re- porting current happenings. As a matter of local pride we separate the names and achieve- monts of the boys and men mentioned to make up this column as a matter of present public interest and to maire it easier for t.he research writer of the Dim and Distant column years hence. In case you have forgotten. last week wc introduced Dr. 1. H. Werry. Bla,;kstock, recently graduated with tFe degree D.V.M. who has opened his practice in Bowmanville. Two re- cent graduates of the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Farneombe LeGresley and Donald Jose, Newcastle, smiled f rom the front page. And a week before Wes. His, Tyrone and Jack Green, Nestieton, came home with top honors anct scholarships f romn Kemptville Agricultural School. Last week the feature story with pictures, told of the opening in Bowmanville of the new Boy W. Nichols car sales and service, now operating in Bowmanville's most modern build- Ing. This story brought into the picture Mr. Harry Gay, Couttice. the contractor for the new building, Dean Hodgson, native of Tyrone, man- ager of the new Nichols enterprise, also received deserved notica. Another Tyrone boy, Allin Annis, K.C., Oshawa, was also pictured at the opening. Another farm-born boy fromn Unionville now operating a Durham County farm, who is prom- inently in the public eye, had his personal story told too. He is Charlie Stephenson, led. eral member for Durham County in the last narliament and again stand!ng for election. A 2ýtile farther alield came the story of Chas. R. Clemence, Shaw's, a recent gold medallist graduate in Engineering from Manitoba Univer- sity. Finally, our Pontypool correspondent, flot te, be outdone, told the success atary of M. C. McPhail,* B.S.A., Principal, Kemptville Agricul- tural School. As a youth Mr. McPhail worked in the Ganaraska area and served in the first world war. Now he has sent his son back to Durham County to gain experience with pick and shovel in the Ganaraska forest helplng Ed. Yourigman. The son is a veteran of the second world war. Here you have briefs of et dozen or more farmn boys who declined pampering to make their way under their own steam and win succes in varied directions. Their formula for getting ahead harks back to the honest hard work; the example set by their pioneer ances- The Editorial Policy of Most Quoteci Daily in Canada The Ottawa journal for several years has the record af being the mont quoted daly newspaper in Canada. It is therelore interesting ta know the editoriai policy this top notch paper pursues regarding the election. For the inform- ation ai aur readers we quate lromn a recent editorial af The Journal, which Iairly well coin- cides with the Statesman policy: "A Iriend af The Journal asks us if we are flot likely ta lose some readers through aur editorial support in this election of the Progress- ive Conservative porty. We shahl be greatiy eurprised if this happens. A Liberai reader tells us aur eleçtion ecli- .1Iýials regularly enrage hem - but, she con- ---i thenm. An intelligent woman, she wants ta know what case con b. mode for the L _i , cý ind we imagine that la the cam- mon attitude ai readers who do nat agrce with us, or with any newspaper. Nobody admires the fence-stroddler. Mont people have respect for convictions they do nat share, ci-d in o motter so extremely important os the election af a parliament and the choice af a national government they want the fulleat possible information on the issues and per- sonalities af the compaign. This they connot secure if thay reod only the presentatian that tncath os, their own opinions. Traditionolly The Journal is an independent Conservative newspapor, but tradition doos net bind us ta any party line. Most emphatically i The Journal is not a "Party organ," and neyer wos. This newspapers opinions are mode by those who contrai it, and we think it ia aur duty os a newspaper ta express those opinions with some vigor, with such skill and dol tness os we céin command. To do bass would reduce us not to independence but ta noutraity, wbich is ana ther and for a newspaper a much loss desirabie state. As for its news calumnan, there The Journal hos no opinions. We are eporting the speeches of ail the party leaders at considerable lcngth. But aur editorial colunins are something else." Week ends are the worst. Thousanda and thousands af city-dwellors jarn the highways as they travel ta their favarite country spot or cottage. Swimmers take unneceszary risks for a littie extra pleasure. The result: Death or sever. injuries and griot fom relatives and frienda, Young People Organize to Study Politics and Economics In this issue of The Statesman appears a general report of the organization of a Young Progressive Conservative Association for Bow- manville and district. We trust it will be read with the interest shown ot the organizational meeting which elected olficers and defined the whole purpose of the new movemrent. Those who attended the meeting were given a clear picture of why young Canadiansshould take an active and intelligent interest iii the political and economic ail airs of the country and its world obligations. Two youthful speakers ex- plained the purpose of the organization which in spreading clear across the nation under the impetus of highly informed students and work- ers. The essential purpose is ta attract the wid- est possible number of young people as mem- bers and ta bring clearly ta their attention the fact that the world is now divided into two schools of political thought, namely the theory of state contrai projected by communista and socialists and its opponent, democratic free gav- ernment. It was shown clearly at the meeting that the Ottawa regime ia tending dol initely toward the leftiat camp and that the Progressive Conservatives stand alone as the important national force standing for freedomn and democ- *racy. Aside lrom the clear necessity for young people ta take an active interest in palitical and economic afairs, ta fit themselves ta take over their pre-destined responsibilities. ane other thing was made abundantly clear at the meeting: That ia, the rails are open for accepting niembers who have been brought up under other palitical be- lief s. We hope incereiy that this new move- ment will continue effectively between elections and not lapse into indiflerence as so many elec- tion-inspired movements have done in the past. Keeping educated and inlormed is the only way ta avaid choosing a political candidate who is impelled ta state pubiiciy: "'I don't know any- thing about politios or goverriment. but I amn pieased ta accept the coul." Picturing F'arm Prosperity as it Was Yesterday and Today In ail this loase talk about farm prosperity and the easy lii e alieged ta be one ai the great boons resuiting from. policies ellected by the present lederal government we can test the proposition just by driving about the back con- cessions, or the front crnes, for that matter, any day in the week. We don't have ta organize a canducted tour ta get the reai story af farming bath yesterday and today. If larming is realiy sa prosperous and lfe sa much easier why are there s0 many idIe acres and a rural population today many thousands iess than in the happy, prasperous. pioneer days? We are confident that a county-wide census of farmn buildings, lences and gencrol upkeep wiii show that the vast majority af existing buildings were p'ut up belore the turn af the present century. Generaily speaking the f ences then were in better repair thon today and the land was farmed in a woy ta keep down weeds thot are seen as a disgroce today. Many now living on pioneer lamily larms, ai course heiped as a young labor force, ta create these improve- ments. But the brains and energies involved were those of an aider generation. They achiev- ed success through at least two long depress- ions. Naw we have onother generation inheriting ail the locilities left behind by people af the sali who coun'ted it the best kind af happiness ta work at honest toil for an aId oge compDet- ence and the happy desire ta pass on ta their children the fruits of their intelligent enterprise. Seeking ta win a political accolade amang the ýresent igencration by omitting ta give due credit ta the reai orchitects af larming is a superlicial and iil-inlormed performance on the part af anyone ýengaged in back-potting todoy. As a matter of pure justice we have intruded this picture just ta keep the record straight. Is Spiral of Rising Wages and Rising Prices to End? Just as a Royal Commission begins ta study Everyone likes ta see thom weli-paid and pros- peraus. Most Canodiona, however, do not regard railway workers as underpaid at the present tirno in camparison with other groupa, and there will be gencral regret that the raiiway uniank have miade this lateat dcmand. This is not a time ta resume the spiral of rising wagea and risinq pricea, and it is ta be haped that the raiiway workors wili yet realize that it would be weli ta let the situation stab- ilize a littie bit, befare they make any mare demands. If, whilo drîving, the driver behind yau wants ta posa, move over, be courteous and let him. And don't he in too much af a hurry ta push down on the gos pedl-it's better ta lose a few minutes thon your lufe. Thats oniy cammon sense, care for yaurself and those in the Car with YOU. Last wook this calumn presented undeniablo evidence, with page references from Hansard, to show that a large numbor off the lead- ing, olci-Iine Laurier Liberais have repeatediy warned the St. Laur- ont rogime et Ottawa against its socielist trend. Now we hear talk that St. Laurent didn't really mean what he said when ho wei- comed the CE as just "Liberals in a hurry." But the votes in the House compietely discount this naive palitical jargon. Is Everyone Happy, The Durham County voters are also being told by the St. Laurent candidate who is gotting acquaint- ed wihh the general landscape and the farmers for the first time in his 38 years, that 'everyono seems happy and pieased with their lot" that they don't feel reg- imented and that they reaily "like the Liberal method of running a 'dlean' cempaign." This gentie- ness concludos: 'It makes us feel good inside."' Back ai Drew Thon cames a renewed tirade on George Drew as an ýarr'Ogap t" individuel wihh no credit g iVen for his personal courage at the front in the First World War. Bringing in such extraneous mat- tors as hydro shortage and the Hong Kong fiasco, the St. Lau ren4 disciple appeels for support id this sort o! political camouflage.. Long ago these hhings were re- solved ta completely vindicate George Drew. Hong Kong Again Just ta bring the Hong Kong matter to the attention o! a form- er~ member of the Midland Battai- ion, let us see whah its Command- or, Col. J. C. Gamey, Orono, had ta say before the Royal Com- mission on this question. Ho was asked questions concorning the 52 "ývolunteers" taken from the Mid- lands and assigned ho the Hong Kong force. At page 15 o! the record fiiod with Mackenzie King, July 11, 1942, Col. Gamney is quot- ed as teiiing a Commission coun- sel: O.C.2s Evidence "You grah the men when they are free from guard duty, if yau can, and put them to training. We have not been able ta folaow any deliberate, laid down policy o! training in thiý unit for the past year. The same condition existed at Niagara; in fart it was worse over thore; there were less mon training at Niagara than there were when I was at St. John." Drew's present detractor was a member of the Midlands al through this period. Untralned Men Col. Gamey elso presented a rje- port which is part o! the record. It shaws that these 52 men had received oniy part off their rifle training. OnIy 14 o! themn had ever fired a iight machine gun. None had ever f tred a sub-mach- mne gun; flanc had firod a two- inch mortar; nor a three-inch martar; nor an anti-tank rifle; not anc had fired an anti-aircraft machine gun and not anc had ever thrown a live bomb. Drew Vindicated It was this lack a! training and the lack o! war weapans that Drew complained about as un- nccessarily sending Canadien sol- diers toalamost certain siaughter against the Japs et Hong Kong.1 This wholo record o! ovidence is on file in the office o! The States- man ta be examined by anyone who mniay have been in!luenced against Drew's stand on this question. And yet the St. Lauren t Slogan is put forth as a "Clean" campeign. Farm Question Now in regard ta the "happy lot of Canadien fermers" and their complote freedomn from regiment- atian by the Ottawa rogime. In this case we aIso present clear- rut evidence and challenge any- onc ta examine it in the files o! The Statesman. And, by the way, this coiurnn has continued ta give page, dates and data on ail state- monts made. not the generalities put forth by iil-informed, politicai pretenders. Bill No. 25 Canadien farffiers rame direct- iy under the provisions o! Billh No. 25, an Art ta provide for the sale and export of agrirulturai produots. given first reeding Feb. 28,197, ndjemmed through the Hoseb the Liberai majarity. ~it has been renewed ecd year as one o! the "emergency measures" and farmers must stili conform its provisions. Lot us see if there is any regimenhation in the on- actrnent. Verbatim Sections We quohe: Sec. 2, clause (e) "Agricultural produce, meens ANY product of agriculture. Sec. 3, (a) The Minister may 'soul or export agricultural produots ta the Government o! any country, as ho considers ncossary or de- sirable." (o) By order, require any persan ta give information respecting his fecilities for storing or processing egricultural pro- ducts, et such himes as the Min- ister mey designete." Is there any regimenhation in this arbitrary legisiation?? Bur eau crats Section 4, (1) The Ministcr may establish one or more commadity boards and may authorize and re- quire sucli board ha exorcise and perrorm ail or any a! th; powers as the Minister may designate." Sec. 5, (1) Make reguiations îrc- quiring the shipment ar delivery ha. or ho the arder off the Minister for shoring for future delîvery of eny agricultural produot." The Ministor may establishi advisory committees toaessist hlm, etc. Fines and Jeul Section 9, (a) Every persan who violates any provision o! this Art is guilty o! an offenre and may be prosecuted under the Criminal Code; and if ronvicted is liable ho a fine flot exceeding $200 or imprisonment flot exreeding six months or ta bath; (b) Every persan, "may ah the instance o! the Attorney General o! Canadat or any provincial Attorney Gen- oral..." Heavier Penalties "Be prosecuted upon Indictmnent and if convicted is hiable to a fine tiot exreeding $5.000 or imprison- ment for a term not exceeding hwo years or ta both such fine and imprisoriment." There you have it streight from the record and a copy o! the Bill cari be seen in this office or oh- hained direct from Ottawa. Any person who says that Cenadian farmers are not reginiented in respect ta what they grow for sale needs to have their head examin ed. Western Experience The western farmers have to market their wheat and now their coarse grains just where the gov- orriment tolls them ta merket themn and et what price. This is yaur system o! stato sacialismn in- troducod by the elleged "Liberal" regimoe t Ottawa. There is no groater meesure off regimentation in the whole world than the pow- ors taken hy the Ottawa goverri- ment over the lives o! Canadien f armers. The P.C. Policy The Progressive Conservative party stands pledged ho hand beck ta the fairmers themselves and their own arganizations, the rom- plete righit ta grow and market their products in their own way and ta pratect them by legisiation guaranteeing thoir freedamn in this respect. The farmers in this and every other constituency have the opportunity o! voting on this is- sue on 'June 27. Just add up the score. Courtice Car Crash Injures Two Men A Toronto car and an Oshawsa car, bath proceeding east on Highway 2, Saturday, came into collision et the intersection op- posite the Roy W. Nichais Gar- age. Failing ta signal a left turn, the rear car crashed into the leading ane causing considerabie damage ta bath. The resuit o! the sideswipo injured txýo mon who were treet- ed by Dr. H. B. Rundie, Bowman- ville. One roquirod 4 stitches to close a heed wound but neither required haspital treatment. The accident wes învestigeted by Provincial Police Constable AI- bort Kitr'ning, Bowmanville. who directed traffir and assisted the injîîrod until the crash was clear. ed up. Evidence pointod ta rare- iessness in flot giving a proper change off direction signai. Birmingham is exporting a mo- torized ricksha te India and the Far East.1 Somebody Decides For the Undecided By Joseph Lister Rutledge A recent Gallup survey on the political opinions of those who are soon to go to the polis established a deplorable fact, that more than one fifth of Our voting population -22%--o-hadn't yet made up their minds how ta vote in the Domin- ion election. What is stili more significant is that if that percent- age of undecided voters were sud- deniy swayed in one direction this one fifth o! the voting popula- tion couid determine the politi- cal future of the whole. Even in the unlikely event that they turn- ed unanimousiy to one of the ai- most negligible groups they could make it.a serious factor in our af- fairs. It should be somewhat dis- turbing that people with Sa littho or such undecided interests should have such potential power. True, they probatzly will not use it be- cause of the possibiy relied fart that an almost similar niumber of vaters-24 % in the last election- did flot vot% at ail, though the votes cast showed a higher pcr- centage than in any other election in the past two decades. Obviously, in any eiection therc is a percentage off voters whD b., reason of age or illness or absence. or some other legitimate cause are actuaily prevented from voticg. But surely these curcumstances do not cover a quarter of our vot- ing population. In al prcibability there are pro- portionateiy as many old and iii and absent in Saskatchewan as eisewhere, and certainiy the diffi- cuities of casting a vote are more acute than in the more populous East. Yet, in the 1945 eiect:on, where the Maritimes and British Columbia turned out appriximate- ly 80% of the total vote, Alberta and Quebec about 74 %c and Ontar- io and Manitoba about 76 "1, Sas- katchew,%an reai]y went to town and turncd out 8,5 Ïi. It seems then that more of the people in that province actuallv decided what they wanted and, what was more important, detor- mined ho do somethinga about it. 0f course if what they did satis- fies you, what is wvrittcni he-er is of only disýtant importance. If kt does flot, thon the obvious inipi- ration is that the rest of us had better se ho it that we get out 85% or better off aur vote. If we cari t make up aur minds or if, having mad:e hem up, we are too indolent or carciess to assert our view.s. what thon?. We can blame no one but ourseives if, ulhimateiy a minority of \'oters becomes a majority, and a minarity way of thought becomes the rule and the goverriment of a majority off the people. Men's trouýcrs are now made o! nylon. Shower-proof. they are handy for golf, gardening. îhn. The population off Newfounid- land, 320l.000, is less than that of Greater Vancouver. Canadians earning individually ]oss than $5,000 a ycar receive, as a group, more than 90 per cent off the national income and own the majarity o! stock in Canadian in- dustriai enterpriscs. -The Fenestra Salesman. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA The School-lhe source of un- The best type of! meetlng...Get.. biased information, including the tmng together ini a kindly .p4rft- effects of the use of alcohol. trying to be helpful-no axe te The State-Properly the ser- grind--no chip on the shoulder. vant o! the people, having no It takes a lot ef energy te right to, raise revenue from their make up for a littie bad judge- w'eakness. ment. N I A private home is no place to keep bonds and valuahies, especially if you ire going away. Near you is a branch of the Bank of Montreal 'where you cati safeguard your Government Bonds and other valuables in your personal Safety Deposit Box. The cost is trtifing . ; the peace ol mind great. ]Enquire today ; i:omorrow may be too tate. BANK 0F MONTRJEAL e4a44<ý4* 4 sa" MYOAN R' lu Iai~ <igaa.IN "-'lu ..~IIu Geo. Moody, Manager WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIPE SINCI 1817 suite Fast radio pick-up service i -... nmmeans no more long walts KING'Se RADIO TAXISc 24 HOUR SERVICE Phone: Day 561 FOUR NEW CARS -Night 561 - 707 - 922 ALL PASSENGERS INSURED PROMPT EFFICIENT SERVICE OPERATED BY LATHANGUE BROS. "MFAore of/'or fiiern harteveie#ooe- and wce//lluse 16e Telep6one more!" DAI' AND NICHT, seven days a week the telephone is at your ser-vice. Quickly and easily it keeps you in touch with everything and every- body everywhere. There are 400,000 more telephones and two million more cails a day than there were three years ago. And %ervice is getting better ail the time. In three years, however, cosis of important raw materials for telephone uines and cables have risen sharpiy. Copper pt-ires have doubled, zinc and Iead prices tripled. X'et, up ta now, despite rising costs on air sîdes, there bas been no increase in the basic telephone rates estabiished 22 years ago. Few thitigs give you so much real value at such iaw <ast as your telephone. WVe've broken ail records but there are stili at-dors we haven't been able ta fil]. We will keep rîght on working and building ta make your telephone service a bigger bat-gain than ever - te con- tinue ta provide more and better service at the iowest possible cost. THE PoLlTIcAL SCENE AS THE EDITOR VIEWS IT j 4 .1 irlm%ýw»d JL Vy %J à

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