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X et ide 8 Wa ane = 3 ¥ Re at wt Watch your label; it tells when your $1.50 per year in advance. § cents single copy. EDITORIAL "Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam. His first, best country ever is at home." 3 "travagant. 'pense' of but 5.4 percent. THE CANADIAN NATIONAL IN 1937 (The Ottawa Journal) Critics of the Canadian National Railways, people who keep repeating the parrot cry that "we could save $75,000,000 a year by unification", talk as though they think the National System has an operating deficit. Actually, the Canadian National, operating under abnormally bad con- ditions, earns a substantial operating surplus, Take the National's report for 1937. Because of Western drought conditions, it was a bad operating year, Between 1925 and 1984 the road's gross revenue from carrying Western grain averaged $22,000,000 a year. In 1937 this revenue dropped to $9,000,000. Yet despite that, and notwithstanding as well the recession in the United States which affected certain of its lines, the Canadian National last year had a net oper- ating surplus of $17,606,000, A NET surplus. Out of that net operating surplus the National paid all its taxes (the road, despite a contrary impression, pays millions in taxes), paid all its rentals, paid interest to' the Government on loans 'for capital and temporary refunding "purposes, leaving it a net income available for intefest (to the public bondholders) of $8,287,000., In the end, after eevrything else had been taken care no other loss. We are told that the Canadian National is ex- That it fails in economy. Let us see, In 1937 Class I Roads in the United States, with an increase in traffic of 2.8 percent, had an in-' crease in operating expense of 6.4 percent. In 1937 the Canadian National, with an increase in traffic of 6.3, had an increase in operating ex- Does that tell ex- travagance? : Today in the United States the entire railway system vf the country is in a bad way; is threat. ened with a gigantic disaster. Thirty-eight of the mdjor roads are now either bankrupt or in the hands of a receiver. Be wh A These roads are private roads. They have a greater density :of traffic. than the Canadian National. They, enjoy higher freight rates than the National. for coal, less for engines and box-cars, less for general rolling stock. Yet 'the Canadian Na- tional, despite comparative disadvantages (how many people realize that railway carriage rates on grain in Canada are 50 percent. lower than in the United States?), makes at least as good a showing as the best of the privately-operated roads in the United States, It is not bad testi- mony for public operation, >. of; the cash deficit-was $42,345,000. That, for the Canadian taxpayer, was the real loss. There was Pay less for operating-needs; less.-. SCIENTIFIC GEOGRAPHY The air is full of "change and confusion; yet gradually there is emerging a re-arrangement of political control that may solve many world problems, ~ Humanity is- learning its lessons slowly and terribly. Rulers and people alike are still con- vinced of local superiority and the right to con- trol. Heedless of need and human suffering, the nations are pressing for "a place in*'the sun." The great failure is the lack of realization of the fact that the only lasting title to superiority will rest with the nation that can bring about life, liberity, and the right to happiness to the great- est number of people in all the world. - So closely interwoven are the destinies of hu- manity that happiness or suffering in any part of the world reacts with added force to all of us, no matter how sure we are that we shall be immune. If Japan is hungry and over-crowded; if Jews are driven brutally from country to country; if Spain is mad with self-destruction; if Germany expands to the breaking point--if in part of the world there is destruction and slaughter, we live "in fear and labor under a burden of high taxa- tion. Nothing can be done about all this until the emphasis shall be placed upon the effort to find permanent solution of "world problems, rather than in protecting. vested! interests and national superiority, : ' In spite of derision and opposition the day has . come when intelligent people must consiler mat- ters- in the light of reason, and not of self- aggrandizment, The first step in this direction is being taken by the English speaking people. In some sense it is being taken unwittingly by our American friends, who in their Neutrality Act have prac- tically allied themselves with Great Britain. That Act determines that in the event of war, the United States shall sell only to those who can pay cash and carry away the goods in their own vessels. Great Britain alone can fulfil these ve- quirements, so that while the United States may profess neutrality in the event of war, actually the interests of America and Britain become identical, : Some day a national and scientific geographic "control will 'be worked out and the people of certain areas and certain racial characteristics will be united--not to the detriment of other areas and peoples; but as a basis of the hest con- tributions 'such divisions can make to the world at large: _* % 8 A Federal election this Fall is mooted. Is the wish the father of the thought ? ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF Agricultural Societies Exhibitors spent discussing' problems arising AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES Extr, om the Report of J. A. Carroll, Toronto, Supt. of Fairs. _ The fall fair Seakon of 1987 for several reasons was the most unsatis- factory in recent years, Weather was. bad as indicated by the payment of wet weather grants. In 1936 grants were paid only 35 .societies, which in- creased to B7 societies in 1937, For- tunately the appropriation available was increased by 60% to $9,000. This | enabled us to pay about 62% of gate receipt losses of unfortunate Societies. If the appropriation available had "beeh the same as in 1936, less than 86% could have heer pald, Scarcity of labor and other con- ditions affecting harvest, in many oH parts of the Province, had an effect on : entries and attendance, but by far the most detrimental condition was the health situation, in practically all districts. Fairs were cancelled by 26 Societies, but almost all, large and small, . suffered severe gate receipt losses, owing to the "prevalence and fear of infantile paralysis, ' - The drastic reduction in attendance, "owing to the absence of children, in- dicates how important young people are to our organizations, even in the matter of gate receipts. Perhaps this ik striking revelation may warrant the ; \ giving of more attention to education- al features, and attractions for child- 3 ren. Preliminary reports were forwarded by 274 Societies. The following table, based on these reports, shows the ex- " 170 societies had decrease, 66 so cieties increase, . } i Prizes paid 193 paid in full, 51 paid. percentage only, =. -- . You may recall that last year we reported about 60% of Societies show- ing increases in gate receipts, and a similar proportion with increases in exhibitors, Having in mind the de- crease in fairs held, you will note a larger. percentage of societies were unable to pay prizes in full this year, . Regulations At previous conventions consider- able time was spent on midway pro- blems. = My observations at fairs, during the past year, lead to the con- clusion that where officers were de- termined to have concession areas conducted as required by department- al regulations, results were satisfac- tory. In some cases, evidently the officers were indifferent, with the re- sult that one would expect, midways were in some respects quite objection- able, Little change is contemplated in regulations for 1938, except the en- forcement of same, which we hope will 'be uniformly applied throughout the Province. The regulations, covering the pay- ment of race horse purses, or trials of speed prizes, were complied with, I believe, in almost all cases, By the way, I was disappointed to observe at several fairs, that during the opening ceremonies horsemen were permitted to warm-up their racers, even passing in front of the 'stand when addresses were being \ tent of decreases in gate receipts and given, To say the least this indicates Eh exhibits as compared with 1936: a lack of dignity ,and-proper mana- : "| gerial control. * Gate Receipts . "Pot Hunters" Flas 176 societies had decrease, 70 in-| Last year and at several previous crease, conventions, considerable time was Ld % n L from changed - transportation condi- tions. In visiting fairs this year, I was pleased to note quite a number of Societies had made successful at- tempts to meet these changing con- ditions, by providing classes and al- tering rules, to encourage more local competition. There are several divi- sions of this problem, the most im- portant of which I consider to be that caused by "pot hunters." In case there might be a misunderstanding, this term should be more clearly de- fined or illustrated, We do not intend to include bona-fide producers of live stock or farm products, exhibiting same at a'number of fairs, large and small. We have in mind a few pro- fessional exhibitors, increasing in numbers, the chief business of whom, ,in the fall of the year at least, is at- tending as many fairs as possible for "the sole purpose of making money, and who very often are rather un- ethical in the methods adopted to se- cure sanie, Junior Clubs . In 1937 Agricultural Societies spon- sored junior clubs as follows: 47 calf clubs, 43 foal clubs, 16 grain clubs, 6 potato clubs, 4 swine clubs, a total of 116, ~ Several societies should receive special mention for excellent work done with clubs, not only in respect to the number of culbs and members, The Ilderton Society sponsored a potato club with 32 members partici- pating; a foal club with 22 and a beef club with 17. A team from the latter were suc- cessful in winning, not only the high- est award at the Provincial Contest at Guelph, but the International Cham- pionship at the Royal Winter Fair. We congratulate the society officers, the Agricultural Representative Mr. (Continued on back page) tears, wreathed bequeathed. 'Call Us Not Back (In Year Rook, Canadian Author's Association) (Honourable Mention) Oh Time from whose dark vial we have breathed The dull opiate of passing years, Whose soothing hand has stemmed our stream of Made mute our dirge disconsolate, and sheathed A nation's sword--we thank thee. Whose wheels have crushed bold hearts by us Their souls intrepid guard the grail of peace Beyond the silent squadron of the stars; Where echoes of the drum forever cease, And youth no more is sacrifice to Mars. O Time whose song Lethean has eased our pain, Call us not back to agony agajn! --Irene Chapman Benson. Thou hast Two car loads of Lions made their tortuous way through the blinding snow on Friday evening the eighth to Stouffville to the Charter ight ban- quet, and back through the storm which still continued, Although many from a distance felt forced to abandon any attempt to at- tend, about fifty sat down to a very enjoyable dinner, The President very naively remark- ed "We could have held our Charter night early in the winter but we thought we had better wait, in the language of the Seed catalogue, 'til all danger of snow and frost was past' but it seems we left Squaw winter out of our calculation." Very good addresses were made by District Governor Petersoh and P, D, Governor Harry Lambert, and the Whitby) April 12--Three members of the Whitby fire brigade were taken to Oshawa Hospital suffering from burns as the result of a gasoline ex- plosion, which took place in the cellar of Harry Holman's residence on Brock street South on Tuesday night. The injured men, James Mowat, Roy Wilkinson and Willlam Lawler, were endeavouring to extinguish a fire which threatened for over an hour to blow up the house. man was trying to sweep up gasoline which overflowed a tank in the cellar and was ignited by the coal oil fur- nace. The gasoline was unloaded into the cellar by James Dundas, truck driver for the Goodrich Oil Company, in the belief that it was thirty gallons of coal oil which had been ordered. CHUMS RECALL CH IROPRACTOR Port Perry Women Revive Memories of Founder of Treatment, (Globe and Mail) The brilliant son of a village shoe- maker, who became the foundér of chiropractic treatment, some years after leaving the scene of his birth and childhood, was discussed here by two elderly women who' knew him eighty years ago. Dr. Daniel Palmer, father of drug- less treatment of human ills, has been honoured in memory by the Reeve and Council who have named - the play- ground fronting on lake front, Palmer Memorial Park. It will be formally dedicated during the Isternational Convention of Chiropractors in To- ronto next July. . Memories of the past were revived by Mrs. Naomi Davis Coburn and Mrs. M, K. Allison, two pioneer resi- dents of the village, who knew the Palmer family in the days when they attended school together. "Daniel was a bright, merry- hearted boy and had an extraordinary mind," said Mrs. Coburn, "He was about twelve years of age when I first knew him, Even in those days he was interested in bones and the structure Three Firemen Suffer Burns in an Explosion at Whitby The fire broke out while Mrs. -Hol- Barrie Lions gave a strong Invitation, illustrated by lantern views, to the big convention to be held at Bigwin Inn, at which the Barrie Club will be the hosts, Our next meeting will be Farmers' Night and will take the form of a banquet given in their honour, at the Sebert House, on Friday evening, April 22nd at 6.30 p.m. Every Lion should make it his business to be there to greet our]. Agricultural' friends and every Lion is expected to bring a Farmer as his guest, The guest speaker will be W. H. Tisdale, Director of the Canadian Co- opérative Wool Growers, and his ad- dress. should be both enter-taining and instructive. The committee will provide a short program. Mrs. Holman had her hair singed and suffered a superficial neck burn. The second explosion took place half an hour after the Whitby fire brigade had arrived and brought two hose streams to bear on the cellar and up- per rooms from which smoke was The three injured men, with two others, were at work in. the cel- lar when the gasoline, presumably ignited by a stray spark, threatened once more to blow up the house. issuing. The five men escaped in the nick of time and the blaze was soon under control, but it was finally decided to pump the gasoline out of the cellar. The house and grounds were roped off and a guard was posed for the night. There is no insurance on the house and contents, of animals' bodies. His brother, Tom, was an old beau of mine. cldest brother, chummy." Mrs, Coburn told of how Daniel and Tom, after going to school for several years, went to the United States, landing in a Michigan town with 15 cents between them. They taught school in Michigan for a short time. "Dan started his chiropractic school in a barn in Davenport, Towa," said Mrs. Coburn, "He never returned. to Port Perry, but we heard about him from his brother who became editor and published of a newspaper in Okla- homa. Dan was busy battling for the recognition of his treatment. He looked upon it as a sort of crusade. Tom always maintained his brother would be regarded as a genius some day." Mrs. Allison told of going to school with the Palmer children. All the children were highly intelligent, but Dan was particularly clever, she said. "He was a big, strong lad and was popular with everybody," Mrs. Allison recalled, "We all thought he would do great things in the world. I am glad the Village Council has honored his memory by naming a park after him, IY is a tribute to a great man." He and my Isaac, "were quite SCHOOL DAYS By Margaret Hayes. The last of the Literary meetings for 1937-38, held on Friday, April 8, opened with the singing of "O Can- ada"." "Joel Aldred expressed his thanks for the assistance he had re- ceived during the year from the Literary executive and the pupils. Ruth Carnegie read the last edition of the "Tattler" for the year. The program put on by the Form I pupils under the direction of Miss Currie was "The Evolution of the Dance in Canada." The opening num ber, an Indian War Dance, carried us back to the days of Indian dominance in Canada. Then the French arrived with their traditional Minuet, Two agile seamen then did' an English Sailors Dance, The American touch was evident in the Captain Jink's Dance. The costumes for this dance were singular, being red and white hats and blouses and navy blue trousers dotted with stars. "Scotch lassies executed the Highland number which ~ followed, Several Irish col- leens did the Irish Jig (for no varied dance program would be complete Jackson), the Fox Trot, and last, (but of course not least) the wild dance of negro orvigin)--you guessed it--"The Big Apple." The meeting closed with "God Save the King." * * »* Miss Harris--conducting a Gram- mar class, gave this sentence: "A cow was led into a stable. What mood?" George Stone--*"The cow, I guess." * * * Mrs. George Jackson gave the critic's report. I really can't im- agine what bashful young man she was describing! Fr Ode to Chewing Gum (dedicated. to Nora Porteous and Dorothy Pyatt.) Sweet chewing gum, I hate to see You thrown away so soon. I know you have some flavour left For I bought you just at noon. But rules are made by teachers stern, And your presence makes them sore, So find yourself a resting place And I'll pick you up at four, * * * Last Friday evening the school was the scene of a gay Easter party. The auditorium was certainly spring-like inside--with green, white and yellow streamers around the lights and hang- ing from the walls, and bunnies and Faster eggs everywhere.~The dancers enjoyed a varied dance program with music by Williams' Orchestra. Lunch of sandwiches, cake and coffee was served in the gymnasium. The only regret expressed by the pupils is that they didn't see Mr. Gemmell do the "Big Apple." They were sure he would be an expert after the lesson received in the afternoon. * * * As this is the last of the school news for the year, a summary of P.DP. H.S. activities for 1937-38 follows. Sept. 20--Interschool track meet held at Uxbridge. Our girls won 16 points, our boys 6. The Junior Inter- School Championship was taken again by Marie Hood. * * * Literary [Fxecutive appointed as follows---Joel Aldred, President; Bill Beare, Vice-President; Mary Pyatt, Secretary; Joan Mason, Treasurer; Ruth Carnegie, Editor of the Tattler; Pianist, Doris Mulligan; Poster Maker, Bruce Beare. * * * Oct. 15--First meeting of the Liter- ary Society held. It was in the hands of Form 5, and took the form of a radio program, * * * Nov. 29-----Annual Fall dance ( a big success) held. * * * Remembrance Day service on Wed- nesday, November 10. Address on peace was given by Rev. J. C. Clough. * * * Nov. 17---Basketbhall. Congratula- tions to the P.P.H.S. girls on their victory over the Whitby team. Score 36-12. * * * Commencement, Dec. 16 and 17-- The play, under the direction of Miss SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. Spooner was "She Stoops to Conquer" (with Grace Stone doing the stooping to Joel Aldred.) The Valedictory ad- dress was delivered by Vivian Wal- lace. LJ * * January 28--The birthday of the Scotch poet Robert Burns was com- memorated by Form 5 members in their Literary program of that day. * * * Victory gained by P.P.H.S. Junior boys Basketball team on Feb. 7. Score P. P. 25, Whitby 24, * + 7 February 25--Literary meeting un- der Miss Spooner's direction, Ex- cerpts from "Twelfth Night" pre- sented. LJ * * Miss Harris and Form 2 pupils held on Oratorical Contest. The winners were Mina Dobson and Hugh Na- smith. Rev. W. J. H. Smyth judged the contest and presented the prizes. Pee THIS YEAR"S FALL FAIR without the touch of the Emerald Isle.) Present day dances we a recent meeting of the Port Waltz, a Barn Dance (starring Earl Perry, Reach and Scugog Agricul- tural Society directors, it was decided to hold the Kall Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday September 27 and 28. The date will be one week later than usual; but the selection was made to avoid collision with the dates of other local fairs. The list of dates of Fairs affecting Port Perry Fair is given herewith. Oshawa ........ September 12-13-14 Lindsay ......... September 16-16-17 PORT PERRY ....September 27-28 Bobcaygeon ........ September 23-24 Scott at Zephyr ..Sept. 27 or Oct. 4 Blackstock ,............ October 4-6 Norwood ....... 1st week in October Lakefield .............. October 6-6 Oakwood .......... September 12-13 Beaverton .......... September 23-24 Port Hope .......... Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Sunderland ......... September 21-22 The directors next turned their at- tention to the Fair itself. What is to be offered to the public this year? In spite of the fact that nobody was to blame for the bad showing last year, it was felt that something must be done to make up for last years dis- appointment. Better Races First, then, it was decided to more than double the purses for the Trials: of Speed. There will be offered two purses--one of $1256.00, and the other of $100.00. The additional money, and the fact that the racers can at- tend the circuit of Fairs in the dis- trict, will assure better races. Next, considerable additions were made to the money offered for certain exhibits in horses, and cattle. All prizes on brood mares with foal at side, are to be raised from $4, $3, 2-- to $5, 4, 3. The Roadster class is to be open and the prizes will be $l1v, $6 and $1. In cattle the prizes for bull 2 years and over, the prizes have 'been raised to $5, $4, $3. The sheep list has been revised, cutting out Horned Dorsets, and giv- ing special prize for Mutton Lamb-- $4, $3, $2, $1, $1. It will be required that grain ex- hibits shall be put up in cotton bags, and not old seed. For this year it has been decided to withdraw the prizes for poultry, ex- cept in three breeds--Barred Rocks, White Rocks and White Leghorns. It was also decided to do away with the fine arts section, Instead there will be a special effort made to begin an exhibit of "hobbies". This fea- ture should create great interest, as . there are some very lovely and inter-_ esting exhibits to be secured. The editor will be particularly pleased if vou will tell him of anything that may be secured that will add interest to this special feature. The musical chair, calf race, and other attractions are being arranged. The attraction committee was in- structed to dig up something good. If you have any constructive sugges- tion along this line, please speak up. . The school children of Reach and Scugog are again to be invited as guests of the Fair, and prizes will be ; offered as last year.