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bith Year it Examiner Feature Article iEhitnrittl Hour of 0hr Titanic Examinrr BARRIE ONTARIO CANADA THURSDAY APRIL lltgti The CACR Deb Problem from the Iomnto ILIII Slur lItc fulluuing lltlllIl IIcA Linil illtItIItIL iinimiil edi tor gins Li titan pietnh of President Donald Gordons 1191 itlI to tIlJl the lumdian National Rubia of its pics cnt hopeless debt burden he l1 tlnI liead lttllt proved in tin lap of the itmuil toininission on liauspoila lien illicit Jl littticiltl tinniilo lt the puttlaiy tional IItlI appmiid before tILe oi iizd lizmlj declared lIlt Illlic had tome to cor rect tile le iizipmililc debt lluideii tntin p2 ideiit of Nd ov iml tanadzan gt lllli ttflllitll Siiric ltlitllilvill li tiordon txpltilfu t2 llln wl ill lli IllLIE hupcicw nail llil debt tIhltiZt zool ot limil niheiltcti Iitii1lliit and their Itldiluititi faced the of their money win ll the govcinuwnt stepped lll World War and look Utl the Illt the national interest lliv Canadian Northern and lraud lrunk slclllgt for exam pic utItItlUl have been acquired by the government had they been aim to tlll on as private entein pines Instead of having them put thinugh bankruth proceedings Mr Gordon said the government took them over in the national in tvitst In the process the CNN ms Saddled vith $00l000000 of interestbeating debt on these two huts alone The INlt in other words was hopelessly tnirdened from the out cl with debts that threatened the failure of the private lines In ad dition it had to incur substantial Ilcv debts til developing the priv low iflei 00 ltllhtli iHUiltW turtlelate lints into well coordinated tISttl It the It it hint new tItiI IHINIC IIIIH MIndei the nee Ii ili itiltliil iii IIII iiipiezdctl government the iii Ultitllttt national system Obviously it could efficiently he raid the NH mustnut succeed financially lhe capi tal debt should have been written down as it would have been had private companies gone through bankruptcy litlItI int on nil $1000000000ISAVE IAXIAYEIIS MONEY in CNII debt this manner tNll lt aould Ilt done lll lllItltIrittitl me What Mr lordon asks is recog union of this fact And since in 000 ltlie long run would save taxpayers to the mine of 8700000000 livid It Iinoney his proposal is worth of the govciiinuiil would changed or etitut capital cumA mon totk IIlli would eliminate intciel tIlillLit on this part of the debt in common stock unlike bonds shares only lll the profits if any It does not earn interest The goieriinunt in recognition of HS indebtedness to tinl TNII would provide sum of $300000000 which nonld be used to retire inlerestbcaimg ItillI held by the public The NIL in return would issue coirespointing amount of common lltitit to the government This would eliminate tixed lllltllt est charges on another $300iiiillioii of TNII Iilit lhe lltI effect of this would be very substantial reduction lll debt Instead of Sl1lll0flll000 as at present interestbearing debt would be cut back to only 520 000000 This compares with the tlllS funded debt of $l02000000 and ICItllllllc stock of $i000000 With the debt reduced to about $204000000 Ml itllfitlll believes Ilic Nlt could pay its own way Instead of seemingly neverending losses except wartime earnings would normally be sufficient to meet interest charges on the re maining $21tt000000 EXPECT SOME IIHYIESIS Mr Gordons proposal for drastic debt revision probably will bring protests from some quarters The CPR for one may not be anxious to see the Nlt debt cut so low With the Nlt running in the red the CPR has become the yardstick for railway operations including freight rates Willi the CN rid of its impossible debt and paying its way the Cllbcould lose this preferred position WhateVer the reaction of certain fiiiancial interests however the public will generally recognize the need of this debt reform The in dividual railway lines that com prise the CNR today were failures From Examiner Files 50 YearsAgo In the April 1900 issue of The Examiner it was announced that the making of maple syrup was the order of the clay Therewas an edi torial change in the rival Northern Advance and over $1400 had been subscribed or the proposed half milc track at the Agricultural park which would cost$2000iThc first robin had been reported the week previous Shortly before 10 oclock on Tuesday night fire startcdiin the workshop of John Carlys boat housc and did damage to the ex tent of about $700 The cause of the fire is unknown boat be longing to John Stephens was burned Mr Carleys loss is sev he vX consideration and some action the millions of dollars involved the change is largely matter of bookkeeping Today when the cannot meet its iii terest charges it is forced to show loss and the governnunt steps in and fools the bill Actually tawa is taking money out of one pocket and putting it into another Despite It gives money to the CN to pay itsl interest charges including those on the $700000000 debt held by the government The lordon plan eliminates this ommon stock unlike bonds does not entitle the holder to interest Willi the government holding stock instead of bonds the 1th would pay dividends on the stock when it could When it couldnt it would not appear on its balance sheet as loss Much the same applies to the S300000000 that would be used to retire bonds held Today when the CN cannot meet these interest pcharges on this debt the government must pay it Un der the iordon proposal this debt would be retired The government over the years would have the in gtLlcSI charges on this part of the debt The chief value of Mr Gordons plan is that it would at long last put the CNII on proper financial basis with reasonable chance of paying its way This is important With debt charges sohcavy that even the most efficient operation cannot overcome it is bound to be disheartening and discouraging to the staff In the long run it tends to curb incentive Despite its financial record the CNR compares vcry favorably in efficiency and service with any large railway system on the cons tinent It is high time that the unrealistic debt burden which tends to obscure thisfact should as private enterprises They faced be wiped away ere one as all his patterns were der stroyed several new boats and his tools badly damaged He has been very busy filling orders and get ting ready for the seasons trade so that the fire came at the Worst time JASPER On Sunday last large congrega tions attended the first services conducted byRcv Cameron BA as pastor of Allandalc Pres byterian church This week change takes place in the editorial management of the Advance Mr Batten goes to Tor onto to chase the elusive item for the Evening News and Mr Laidman of the Central school staff will drive the quill for our Dunlop street contemporary THE EXAMlt lNER welcomes Mr Laidman to the journalistic field and wishes for Mr Batten every success in the wider sphere of action he is enter ing upon On Thursday afternoon scvcr al members of the Barrie Tanning Company inspected several sitcs available for the new Tannery They found the most desirable pro perties in the neighborhood of Al landale Thoms Turner has purchased Wilkinsons grocery business and will remove from his present afflict anything for insomnia stand Charles Swinnerto re ports seeing the first robin the season in his garden last Thursday morning By Simpkins by the public the old Corps braced each planation However it Was agreed openair meetings Come To Church Easter Sunday From lllli wu ltY Appropriatc to IItirvtertitle which falls close to the lllsl anniversary of the birth of The Army founder in Nottingham England is the following ae count of the start of The Armys work in Canada which resulted in an amazing resurg cnccof spiritual vitality to the people of this countryf1hc in icidcnts related are told iiii booklet Fighting for iflfI in Many Lands published by The Armys International Headquarters My first Contact with The Sal vation Army was shortly after it opened fire in our town Iarrow onTyne England band of rowdics broke up the openair meeting and rolled Lieutenant Johnny Lawley in the nuid can still see him rising to the feet shaking his lottg black locks and God The spirit of the manifested under such treatment moved me mightily became regular attendant at the meetings It was not honever until some months later when followed the Corps to big meeting in New castle led by Captain Gipsy Smith that fully surrendered to God and became Soldier This step was vcryIstrongly op posed by my ScotchIresbytcrian parents When finally told them that the Spirit was leading me on to Officership they did not tinder stand ey felt that was ungrate ful for their sacrifice during my four years apprenticeship to the drapery trade and that all their efforts on my behalf had been in vaierrEghsomc time they had been considering moving to Canada believe their final decision was made with thehope that in new country and new surroundings would forget and their ambitions for me might yet be realized How ever many years before they pass ed on their spiritual eyes were opened and they became fast friends of the Organization and very proud of my success in its ranks On our arrival in Canada my parents engaged in farming and quickly found position in the largest store in London Ontario The Methodist Church was in revival and this wasthe nearest to the Salvation Army that could find entered into the spirit of the meetings and never missed an lopportunity to speak and pray jbecame acquainted with young 7fellow named Cathcart whose pn thusiasm was akin to my own Whenhthe evangelist had gone we both felt that the twmikshould go on and therefore startechttage prayer meetings during the first three months over 30 pebple Were soundly converted One might in 1881 stranger entered and after giving his testi mony ysang an Armysong It was the first had heardsince left could hardly re strain myself Do you belong to Thee salvation Army inquired was con verted there heanswered SD waSI said and we em other The scene threw the meeting into confusion My friend Cathcartand the con verts could not understand who this stranger was who had upset me so despite our efforts at ex that Cathcart shouldcarry on with the meetings when so much good had been done and the stranger Joe Ludgaterand CI would start in Salvation Army style on the following Sun day number of our cottage shouting Hallelujah Glory be to man meeting converts afterward be came Soldiers and Cathcart ye came useful Officer and died in the fight Street meetings were then on heard of in Canada and the crowds Macleans Mogmineblocked the traffic Police order How The Salvation Army Started In Canada The Spar7 That Was fanned Into Blaze ed us away from three separate stands until the chief who seem ed to understand trying to do came and said Boys it you must preach go to the mar 1th square and you can have all the room you want small ball was given us andithe crowd would follow us from the openair meet ing to the door btit could not be induced to eiitei7iiiitil We got the worst drunkaid in town converted Then the hall was too small large skating rink was secured where great crowds assembled and sinners of all kinds were saved in scores lineuurageil to to We wrote to lnternatimial llead quarters asking that officers be appointed lhey replied that no one was available btit sent us some old War Crys penny song books and blue but bands and encouraged us to go on Shortly afterward they wrote asking us to get in touch with Commissioner Railton who with seven Hallelujah lassics had started Army work in New York We tried to do this but aftcrithrce months our letter was returned from the lead letter office We again appealed to England and were informed that Railton had been recalled and another officer received wire telling us to hold Ihad taken his place From him we fessed that the for and that he would be with us in wo weeks We arranged great meeting for him he enrolled over 50 Soldiers vcommissioned local officers made Ludgatc and to fight things out alone One Sunday vvhile military forces were holding their annual were invited to conduct meeting among the soldiers Thous ands of citizens had walked out to the camp and we had hardly sung the first verse when quar rel between two drunken men about the Salvation Army develop ed into opposition large mob attacked and scattered us Three times we tried to rally and com menced to sing but were thrown of Kill them were heard military man endeavored to stop the violent interference declaring that while he was not religious he wanted fair play He tried to force his way through the crowd but stone soon felled him he lay in hosiptal for three weeksrhovcr ing between life and death Newspaper Reporters Testimony Then tinofficer of high rank galloped up dismounted and threatened torrun through with his sword the first man who advanced against us He ordered men of the 2901 chimenltofbrm double ring around us and asked us to contintie our meeting We knelt and thanked God Before the meeting waszover newspaper re porter steppog into the ringftcars coursing down his face and con scornedreligion and had intended towritca Scathing denunciation of the Army hehad seen the Spirit of Christ manifested by thls band of Salvatioulsts vHe declared his determination henceforth to serve God The soldiers vwere ordered to es cort us back to the townand so with the Queens men to our left and right we marched right down to the market square where we sang praises to God and prayed That night two thousand people gathered for our meeting in the rihg half of them from the camp and among the seekers were 12 military men The large rink in which we held our meetings could not bexheated in winter weather so discarded Presbyterian Church was purchas ed at low priceand our troubles began The neighbors did not like the noise or our presence in the neighborhood and tried to get the what we were me captains and toqk Ludgate back to New York With him leaving me anuenvrcs outside the town we down and trampled upon and one while hehad always Seals whether it contribution has eontribution Void woodlot which they had even few acres of timber cash crop leneourage new growth tree church away It om us but our deed had been signed and deliverl ed and they were powerless lhe City Council was influenced how ever to pass bylaw prohibiting our marching the streets or beating our drums Our drummer was ur rested and sentenced to five dol lais fine or 10 days imprisomncnt but some unknown friend paidthe fine and he was liberated The question of our future policy weighed heavily upon my youth and inexperience and threw my self on End for guidance and dir ection lle directed me in thev promise in Jeremiah 119 They shall fight against thee but they shall not prevailagainst thee for as smart politician The am with thee said the Lord toi deliver thee ran downstairs in politics L0 say that he is praising God and told the people illnc the boarding house where It was living how lod had come to our help that the Army would march out that night as usual and that myself would beat the drum The Town was Stirred The news spread like wildfire Turn to page ten please domain bute to public life Compliment To Alcoholics Anonymous To the Editor of The Examitici Dear Sir Having for many years admired your unswerving attitude towards any class of people who deliberate ly disregardlthe welfare of others dont hesitate to ask you to pub lish the enclosed poem which rmy way of thinking is very com plimentary to such faithful souls as Ithey who make up the rank and file of Alcoholics Anonymous Even the worst of us cannot heln but admire the way thoscfellows stick together and encourage each othcr to abstain Yet sad to say when something from within sug gests that we too should abstain for the sake of others at least all foo many of us fear tcven among the best of usi simply turn deaf ear to conscience allowing our in fluence to play havoc with whom it may ed the scorn which seems to the word politician It courts Midhursi Damage To County Roads Could Be Avoided Crcemorc Star True Heroism Let others write of battles fought Of bloody ghastly fields Where honor greets the man WIlU wins And death the man WIlOiCIdS ButIWill writcof him who fights And vanquislieshis sins Who struggles on through weary years Country road conditions are said to be the worst in years audac cordingto reports oftthose who have observed what is happening the usetof snow ploWs just before the spring thaw setin is largely Iiesponsiblc It has Aalso been broughtto cur attention that much if 311 Against himself and witis He is hero staunch and brave Who figlitsan unsecnfoe And puts at last beneath his feet Hispassions base and 10w Who stands erect in manhoodsi might Undaunted undismaycd The brayest man who drew sword In foray or in raid It calls for something more than brawn Or muscle to oercome Anenemy who marcheth not With banner plume or drum MaCLalen PIESident foe forever lurking nigh With silent stealthy tread Forever near your board by day At night beside your bed All honor then to that brave heart Though poor or rich he be Who struggles with his baser part Who conquers and is free He may not wear heros crown or fill heros grave Buttruthwill place his name among bravest of the brave 7050 1949 George Caddgan News Editor The TILE =Anonyniuiis Semi 000 citizen of Isiirryc and District have ieceitcd through the mails slicctot lLaster Seals This is in connection with the llzister Seal campaign sponsored by the Klwtttlls tlab of Barrie on behalf of Ontario Society for Crippled Children Nobody has to do anything about these Nobody will come and check up on whether the Seals have been tossed in the waste basket or forgotten Nobody will re eetvc lapel button or window sticker or get his or her name in the newspaper for any Those who devote their time and effort to the Ontario Society for Crippled Children will carc whether contributions conic inwtliey liaimeri are taking second look at the years merely as source of stovewood and fence posts In many cases theyfind that titty can be developed to produce steady The development involves keeping cattle out of the woods and cutting timber selec tively to improve the quality of the stand and Some farmers find it hard to break the habit of letting cattle roam from the pas turcland into the bush Grazing on forest precnstuff supplements the feed from the pasture and the shade protects the animals from the sun cow that eats seedling kills farmer who protects his woodlol from cattle and from fire and who adopts sysi tematic cutting program gilt reap an annual harvest of lumber or pulpwood while watch Member of the llouse of Commons re cently referred to one of the other Members that this was an improper reference Now Mr Speaker occupies inorcimportv ant post and no comment on hisruling is permissible If he says that this is improper language then it is improper language as far as the public are concerned However outside of the House of Com mons it is not considered as improper to refer to anyone as smart politician It is regarded as tribute to anyone engaged It is unfortunate that there should be this prejudice against the word politician It can be no disgrace to anyone to bewilling to give up his time and energy to serving the nation in the House of Commons It seems probable that most of the citizens who seek clpction are not attractedby the generous in dcmnityfor it is quite generousbut by the feeling that they have something to contri Yet the prejudice against this word per isists and it is respectfully suggested to the Members of the House of Commons the Mem bers of the Legislatures and to all others who represent the public in public bodies that they should consider whether they have earn be provoked by The ABCs of Traffic Safety at crayon col or book for young children is an eiicecdv ingly commendable step in the education of children of publicschool age coveredebook has been published by the Pub lic Relations Service Limited of Toronto and was issued by the Motor Vehicles Branch of the Department of Highways of Ontario On the back cover of the booklet which children can color with paints or crayons is an impos ing graph to show how hundred children between the ages of two and eight were killed in traffic accidents Some 40 were killed while Average Net Paid ABC Circulation for six mohth ending Sept 30 0pm Buy Easter Seals whose chance Seals hose Inaptcl Seals mean it been sent or of horror to will care very divpl so deeply as the lunaireds of crippied children crippled lhose chance for cure chance to walk again like normal children and an opportunity to enjoy short summer vacation at camps such Pages to lint they Will not cure ii life depends upon Buster Scan tiltill education and rt creation to crippled children These Easter wheel chair for some boy or girl or crutch or set ofliacesthings healthy childbut vital to the liaser Seals can treatment as the Blue Mountain near Colliugwood on Georgian Bay Woodlots Pay Off regarded for the spring run on the back All of us should answer this plea to help Crippled Children mg the value of his timber increase year by year All the time the forest prevents the farms good soil from being carried away by otf holds soil moisture that is valuable in time of drought and provides home for wild animals and birds In some casesabandoned farms can be used to grow trees Some day as result of the reforestation and toiiscquent improve ment of the soil it may again be possible to use part of their acreage for farm purposes per cent of the The Canadian Forestry Association which has dour it great deal to encourage improve ment of woodlots estimates that farm wood lots and other small private forests supply 30 millions of cords of pulpwood used by IIlC Canadian paper industry The association says the same woodlots not only income No Disgrace Speaker ruled the impression lead it should direct Parliament are clever in this concerning the That simply provide their owners with more than $50 000000 worth 01 fuel and other wood but also bring them another $50000000 in cash In democracy politicians are necessary to lead public opinion The difficulty seems to be that in too many iases politicians give of being more interested in following public opinion than in trying to The man on the street is not the best judge of the wisdom of any public policy although democracy requires that in the end the opin ion ot the majority of men on the street public policies Members of supposed to give their time to studying and considering public policies so that they should be much better informed wisdom of any policy than is possible for the average voter means that the affairs of dcmocracy will be well run to the extent to which Members of Parliament and other pol iticians succeed in mastering intricate ques tions of public policy and then persuading their constituents to accept wise policy It is unfortunately the feeling of only too many citizens and voters that Members of all Parties are inclined to think only of It is sad democracy the used as term how popular any policy Will be with the un informed public To the extent to which this is true it is evidence that democratic Gov ernment is not working state of affairs thatin any word politician should have acquired such meaning that it maynot be of praise even in Parliament ABCs or Traffic Safety The brightly busy areas damage to the roads could have been prevented by patrol man with shovelwho could divert the =water into the ditches instead of lettingit run along the travelled roadbed One of our mail couriers told us that had he had shovel he could have turned stream of Water in lOniinutes that eventually washed outta portion of the road beddoing at least hundred dol lars damage This appliesto both county and toWnshipv roads more Emit tr gAClossAWeklv DiCOnOdo Published Every Mondayand Thursday at The Wilson Building Post Ofce Sguargarrie Ontario Canada by THE BARRIE EXAMINER LIMITED Walls VicePresident Member of Class Weeklies of Canada Canadian WeeklyNewspapers Association0ntario Quebec Division of CWNA and the Audit ureau of Circulations Subscriber to GP Service AVERAGE PRESS RUN Highest in Canada for Home Town playing on the street Speaking particularly to parents and guardians the bookletSize about eight by eleven inches notes in part Never send children on hurried errands in After dark if your cliildrenhaveto be out make sure they wear or carry something light in color so that drivers capi see them See that children leave home in plenty of time to get to school without hurrying Set good example Be safe walker and safe driver yourself From what we gather there seems to be general let George do it attitude Farmers whocould do good samaritan job byusing shovel for few minutes right opposite their property and save much damage turn their eyes away andlook for the road em ployees who are too busy else where sighted policy for the farmers are the taxpayers Poe SecretaryTreasurer 8000 COPIES Weekly Newspaper This if true is shout who will have to pay moretakes to repair the roads MacLaren Managing Editor Tomlinson Printing Manager Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department Ottiiwn $300 yearly in Canada $350 yearly outside Canada cents Walls Business Manager Chlttlck Advertising 11 Cooper Plant Superintendent gt Subscriptions payable in advance single copy