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-.unemployment._such_as bothers Can- ~-ada with hér small-population.of.11,- _ a plenic for her ocmpetitors,, for 'she 000,000 she has a shortage of labor. Once the Chinese adventure has been settled Japan will turn to world mar] kets in real earnest. Nor will it be competition witha a is equipped for \ telligence. Sho Jas. me$-corfipet the wealth and men of skill and in: tion before and has won ont and if she sets to work in the right spirit she is bound to come out on top.. If Japan can build fine modern plants, so can we. If hér capital and labor can work 'together harmoniously, what is to pre- TR BY Watch your label; it tells when your Fs © subscription expires $1,50 per year in advance. fon 5 cents single copy. PORT PE "EDITORIAL iv - "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at home." . : * POPULATION THE SOLUTION shall follow the fortunes of these new 'found = I ated ST ESE .t AL kinsmen with affectionate interest, ~ Bf With fences going. up in every foreign market, - We did not realize that they were our King 5 our business seems clear--to develop our own re- and Queen until they canie among us, and made sources-and sell what we produce at home. | themselves "at home." In the Ottawa House What is our home market? . The buying power they occupied their rightful position at the head. of elevén million people. [Is that a big enough The position accorded to them there would be market for' what we can produce? No. , How = po igo conceded throughout the land. In this then can we enlargé the home Inarket? By in- | p we are united. . . : creasing our 'population, va: : Sound simple doesn't it? But the fget is that bod it is not simple at all, for our motto has been-- NOT INTERESTED "What we have we hold." - As for the idea of : oi sharing our treasures, in a piabtical manner we The people of Canada are not interested in have hardly considered it. It is true that much party political squabbles. That is they are not of our land is untouched, and much of it is only interested -now. Later, when the campaign has half worked. - But we are very suspicious of any swung into action we shall enter' our various - movement to occupy and work that land. Every camps, sure that-we are right and that those who plan to bring in settlers is condemned as soon as do not agree with us are wrong. The process is proposed. We see failure from the outset, and age-long, simple, and "satisfying--to us. But it . do not take the troublé to make common-sense does not solve the increasing number of problems ~ 2 investigation so that the obvious pitfalls might be that present themselves in this country. X Sania are AVOTdEq; == TT 7 ; pe The fact. is that theré are no ready-made so- ~ Our forests and mines and fisheries are only lutions. The kalcdioscopic condition of world -- partially developed; but here, again, we can see affairs-is such that only by the daily exercise of "a hundred reasons why we should keep out the common sepse and decency can we hope to adjust stranger. Only those who "know the ropes" and our lives to the eyer changing panorama of { the "have the pull" seem to be allowed to share events: ie a - this wealth. : : Who would have thought six months ago that The curious fact is that these select people are Winston Churchill woyld have hecome an en- *' finding that they possess th goods, but do not thusiastic supporter of Neville Chamberlain? . have access to the customers, As one gentleman Six months ago they wére diametrically opposed - tersely put it, one shirt factory could produce all in policy. Yet both were right--each in his turn. the shirts required by the rich people-of- this Both-were-sincere lovers of itheir coyntry. Each . country; but it would take many factories to had sufficient manliness to admit the other was supply the shirts to meet the needs of millions right as events unfolded. None-of us can see far of common people. . 5 Xi ahead in these days. But we can and must take This matter of looking at Canada's marketing - such risks as seem necessgggh at the time. . future extends to every phase of life. It is much Churehills and Chamberlains are needed here-- - more important than ever before, because all men who are true patriots; men who will risk other market doors are being closed to us as fast their politica} lives for a principle, They are the _- as possible. If the consumer in-Europe won't buy - type of men far which we myst search, and treat . our goods there; let us bring the consumers here with the respect due to honourable men who are and 'they: will be compelled to buy what they willing to give time and falent to the service of themselves produce, and what we produce, = this" country, Not *yes" mén; but thinking and f course increasing population may "work - acting men; capable of dealing with emergencies hardship to some individuals and classes; but that ~ "as they arise, ; a WA is_true of 'every change. What is' gaod for the : 3 Co country as a.whale is the important factor. When . res - : marketing is good all prosper, and all live better. THE BASIS OF GOOD CONTRACTING Every settler of any kind does two things--does i il ha EL i - : work and makes 'work. The resources are here. 'It is difficult to pass judgnient on the pros and We ought ta make proper use of them. cons of the Bren Gun contract, but this extragt . es RA ..from the report of My. Justice Davis has goad kip pon red sense and fairness, as well as protecting public >: CAE TE interest: a hove "What is plain to me at. the end of this, The London Times recently made a true and enquiry is this: that if the policy of private -- ~ gracious statement -- King George and Queen manufacture of war munitions and arma- Elizabeth are at home anywhere in the British ments is to be continued in this country. . .-. - Empire. While they may reside in England, the negotiations leading up to, and the mak- every British country is for- them a potential. ~~ ing of contracts betewén the Government and home, A . - - private manufacturers either for the pyr- That statement is true, and it shows a gracious 'chase or production of. such munitions or i breadth of vision that such statesmen as Glad- armaments shoyld be put in the hands of an l -~8tone and Bright did not possess, i expert advisory group of competent business- The fact is that the King and Queen have men... These persons should constitute a entered every Canadian. home, and have been board (which. might be known gs the 'Defense eagerly welcomed. In the: succeeding years we Purchasing Board')? . . N : The Financial Editor of the "Globe | goo "Working population "which "gives véht ours? If the British are known 3 ©. and Mail" recently wrote an article] trouble to employers. © "She has| internationally a8 nation of shop- that should not be passed unnoticed.| modern plants everywhere, thoroughly | keepers' "has she Tost her commercial * He says that one fact of major im-| equipped to build battleships, ma- skill? If Japay has adjusted herself 'portanpe to 11,000,000 Canadians apd .chinery of nearly every kind, areo-|to meet world conditiqns have we not 126,000,000 in the United States and to planes aiid 3lmost anything that wayld| all the means at oyr disposal ta da the great population of Europe is that | markets may require. She has a gv: | the same? But not only that, the Japan believes herself to bé in a posi- ernment, a banking system and.a|new experiences through which we tion tg take a high hand, and she has| monetary policy which work as gne|shall pass to accomplish aur purpose some grounds for her belief. Japan| for the interests of Japan and the|will make us stronger, and better is armed finangially, industrially and| Japanese. Her plan will be ta do more | canipped than ever before to meet any y commerciglly as well, for whatever | intensively in the future what she has | situation that may-eonfront us, ° «ies before her, and the weak point in| done in the past, that is tq hring in| . her armour scems to he her Chinese| raw materials and ta sell finished pro- X . adventure and that would be 3 Jas) ducts, ; : South Ontario weakness such challenge as that at] ape McMillan was asked how that ' [3 Tiontsin- if. tho -sountries of 'Europe |. iri affect Canad andthe Hettian | YV.OMenN's Institutes Were at peace with each other, «| Empire. He said: "Is it not apparent| por Home and Country", This is As the Editor spoke the wther day | that to do effective work-in trading the motto of the Women's Institutes, "to Mr. H, R, McMillan whose com-| with and competing against a people | op sod vo mbership includes women of mercial activities are known Interna-| so equipped it is necessary for us to many lands and creeds. South On. "tionally and who had -just returned | make ourselves just as>efficient In whose membership includes women of from the Orient, he said in part: every way and to have a government great organization to the number of > "Canadians do mot know how well | system which is" fully responsive to] 479 ang the. reports of the various ac- equipped Japen fs to' compete in all| Modern Needs, - * Itiyities given through the conveners 5 world markets. Last year Japan had| There are two ways of dealing with| of "standing committees, at their an- ~ same export trade as' Canada, she| thes present emergency. One 'is ta] nual meeting held at Claremant, on owes nothing abroad, and she main: | ignore it and that is to cqurt disgster;, Friday '13st, show that every available . ig). tains one of the largest armies and | or we can meet it in the British way. phase is covered. The convener on 3%. Navies.in the world, Instead of the| The Empire has the raw materials, "Peace and International Relations" is Mrs. Lawson Honey, of Honeydale, and to "her were sent- fram the -loeal soditties an account of the work done in"this department. She quoted from Mrs. Sanley Baldwin, "Peace is hred in the homes of our land" and gave helpful suggestions along 'this line. The program for Education, not only . takes in the work of co-operation be- tween school and home in. relation to music, art and the sponsoripg of pub. lic forums and debates and scientific temperance, but included this year the study. of Family Relations and Child Psychology in. relation to behaviour problems. Mrs, Wesley Gee of Kin- sale reported for this work. The Department of Agriculture issues each year a co-operative program through which free services are of- fered in Local Leader Schools, Short Courses Speaker Service, Home Con- ferences nnd Officers Rallys, Mys, 1. Crosier of Altona is convener in this division and her report was full of interest as she reviewed the various activities, A demonstration of the "Kitchen Ensemble" proved most at- tractive with more than twenty ladies wearing the dresses and aprons. made in this class through local leaders, Prizes were offered with Mrs, Mitchell of Pickering, receiving first and Mrs. Herman Harris of Brooklin the second prize, The program on Health is of great importance and Mrs. R. P. Winters of Audley, told of dental clinics for the schools and health pro- granis' studied urging more _support in way of luxuries for our hospitals and shelters, . She also told of the health program in England of which she is in close touch through their In- stitute Canadianization: to make Can- adigns hetter Canadians and to knaw their country and to, welepme new Canadians, was reported hy Miss E. Fletcher, Whitby, Community ge- tivities arg a major part of the work. and the mapy projects cayried out by the local -organizations praved the value of this phase of work. Thraugh this department the Women's Insti- tutes: have reached the homes, the schools, the libraries; the parks, the cemeteries, and the many ways in which -women so organized can bring to pass the dreams gall have far the improvement and neighhaylingss of the community in which they live. Mrs, Wm. Heran of Brooklin in a very pleasing way told of all this wark "A special fepture this year was a heauti- ful scrap book neatly arranged with -j typed pages of Histarical regards of our South Ontario work prepared from | reparts vecpived "from Branchea by Mrs. I, Johnston of Brougham, On the home by Edgar Guest and one on the Country, by Tennyson, with the next page containing the prize poem 'written by Mrs. T. Norton of Broug- ham, at a former convention. Mjys, Mitchell of Pickering is yespansihle for the campiling of statisties in re- gard to Laws of Ontaria and the work done by the several organizations, proves that women are interested in Legislation. Mys. Wm. Brown, Kin- sale, gave thé iepart on Agriculture and Canadian Industries. Nat only | are the women in rural districts tak- ing an interest in all that makes the 'wark of agriculture 'show advance. |. ment, hut they visit industrial plants which are bringing Canada to the front line. . The development of pitch- blend in Northern Ontario and the radium plant in Port Hope in connee- tion with this, was one named. * Mrs. J. S. Gardon of Beaverton represented the Federated Wamen's Institutes. Miss Slicter, the department of Agri- culture.and Miss Pollard of Rawman. ville, the. girls' projects. All hrought messages and helpful suggestions ta the meeting. Miss E, Richardson of Pickerifig presided at the two sessions and Claremont welcomed the dale: gates through Mrs. Augustine, who threw out a challenge to the women to live up to thelr motto, and the Clare- - | mont Institute served a very delicious lun¢heon at the noon hour, -* Officers for the year were elected as follows: President, Mrs, E. Richard- son, Pickering; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. W. Gee, Kinsale, Mrs.. B. Harvey, of Brougham; Sec.-Treas.,- Mrs.' N. J. White, Myrtle Station; Federation re- presentative and delegate .to annual meeting, Mrs. Fred Holiday, Brooklin. ORITUARY The sudden death 'of Ms. K, L. Keenan of St, Baswells, Sask., on May 2%th (nee Fannie King) was a shock to the community. --Bhé-was-born-at Seagrave, Ont, was 41 years of age, 'and leaves to 'mourn her 1683; her husband, two children, a son 18 and a girl 10 years, her mother Mrs," W. A. King, four sisters and three brothers: they are Mrs. Leslie Mogse, Toronto; Mrs, J. J. Gilchrist, Mose Jay; Mrs. Vincent Hill," Calgary; the brothers the first page are two poems, one on|, "PORT PERRY STAR DAY, JUNE 20th, 1989 Running Comment on Current Events At Gore Bay Judge A. B. Currey has condemned methods employed in securing convictions for the violation of liquor control laws. To balance this condemnation there should be one for the methods employed by those who evade the law, and for the loop- holes in the law which make this evasion possible, . > LI The usual number of accidents is belng reported, As the Globe and Mail puts it: "A young aviation en- thusiast making his first parachute jump 'was ane seven persons who died by wiolence in Ontario over the week end. Drowning and automobile acei- dents contributed their usual quota to the tragedy." We as a people are overdoing the -madern advice to live "dangerously." -- There ought to" be more construction mixed with the danger. * + 0 Walt 'Mason, poet, and former (n- tario County- boy, is dead.. His can- has heen very great. He left what should, be his epitaph in these words-- "I receive .the finest letters in the' world and thowsands of them. I have 8 happy family, . loyal friends, gen- eraps 'employers, a god car, and a stanghoff ut the filling station--and what more could an old hard ask 7" C3 os . Rev, Harold Bridge, Secretary of the Baptist Board of Religious Edu- cation, has heen telling Sunday School teachers that they are "lazy". As he put it "we are too lazy to equip our- selves, and then we wonder why 85% of our Sunday School pupils go out without making any decision for Christ," Comment on this statement must be made by the individual Sun- day School teacher under the heading --""Trye or False" 0 .Tientsln 1s now the danger spot of thie warkl, Common sense and decency may yet win in this "matter; but human patience has its limits. ° Japan has agreed to discuss matters with Britain. TT 4 A columnist on a society paper has been tarred and feathered by same +r + * item printed in an American paper. One wanders how sa many columnists who engage so freely in personalities escape similar attention, x "ew ; One could scarcely believe that the Townsend Bill, (which it Is estimated will cast 24 billion dollars a year) would receive any wide support; but the old folk of the United State are putting Cohgress men on uneasy atreet. They want that $200 a month. 3 «sa ; ot The battle -is on to decide whether the Dominion or the Province shauld and are aware of many iIndustriesfegforce the liquor laws in Ontario. There are two classes concerned. Those who do 'and those who don't want the-liquor-laws- enforced: --The question of the responsibility for en- forcement is less important than the enforcement, LE I J Dr. Manian is suggesting the form- ation of a "brain corps" to' study our problems in Canada. The first and greatest one to be tackled will he human selfishness, . : * + Attorney-General Gordon Conant is advocating greater permanency foi the office of magistrate. The idea is right. | Justice fs- truest when it it tempered by experience and the good sense. born of experience. } L ; LI Australia is to jain in the mad rush for "defence" to the tune of $250 a minute. 2 r If we turn all our metal into autos and armaments, we shall have to re- vert to wooden knives and. forks, . . . At Barrle the Farmér-Packer Group had a profit of $2,026. How they did it 1s not stated; but if you are inter- ested it would be a good idea to write to*Hugh M. Bailey, of Melancthon, and find out. are Lamplow, Moose Jaw; Ezra, of Hamilton; George, of Vancouver. ~~ The funerdl was held on Monday, May '29th, at Hodgeville, Sask., with Rev. Mr, Kehenbeck officiating, There | were many floral tributes from friends far-and near, - Interment was made at Hodgeville cemetery. li tribution to the goodwill af the world |" young men who took offerice at an] 'J quate prizes will be given. ++ © SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. THE NORTHERN STAR * "A NEW. HYDROPLANE Mr. J. K, Lawrence, of Myrtle, Ont., a graduate . of Aviation Development Schools, has -invented and built a' composite snow and hydroplane, The machine is propeller driven, and run by Ford V 8 motor, ['1t carries four passefigers in the cabin, and pilot in separate compartment. It is fitted with pontoons or skis and can travel on water or snow. This hydroplane has been ins the Department of Transportion. THE CHRISTENING This event is to be staged on Lake Scugog at pected and passed by RS Port Perry on Saturday, July 1st, at 1.30 p.m., Day- i light Saving time. ~ A big crowd is expected to view Ain the initial run, Eg A, «We offer sincere congratulations to Mr. Law- pA rence (whé, by the way, is Mr. Andy Lawrence's di brother) upon the perfection of his invention, and wish py him every success in his venture. ort Perry Lions STREET FAIR DRAW AND DANCE "Proceeds for Health and Welfare Work Friday | (1939) July - 7 - 4 Friday, July 7th, will be a gala evening in Port Perry. The . Port Perry Lions are sponsoring their second annual Fair and Dance. The Fair will be opened with a Royal Parade, with bands, decorated trucks, cars, bicycles, pets and clowns for which ade- The Royal parade will leave the Fair Grounds at 7 p.m. Standard Time, and proceeding along Rosa street and down Queen. Lions Cornish and Smyth in charge. Games and booths, with Lion Dennis McKinzey in charge, will be played from 8.30 to 10.30 p.m. at Lakeside Park. } The bands will play at the Lakefront immediately after the - - parade, oi 3 i v . The Street Dance with music by Tommy Langley and his five piece orchestra, is in charge of Lion Geo. Manning, Director of Ceremonies--Lion Jim Kerr. Get ready now for the Royal Parade--Floats, Bands; Clowns, Oshawa Girls' Fife and Drum Bands, Jr. and Sr., Whitby Brass ay Band, Bowmanville Band, Oshawa Sea Cadets, Pontypool Bandy ------ Prizes will be given for the following classes: ' J at . Children's Classes--Best Character Group, Best Decorated Bicycle, Best Decorated Doll Carriage, Best Decorated Tricycle, Best Costumed Boy, Best Pony Outfit, Best Pet Display. Classes 1, 3, and 4 join the parade at the Town Hall. . A Open Classes -- Best Decorated Car, Best Merchant's Float, (Car or Truck.) Lucky Number Draw-1st, Radio or Washing Machine; 2nd, 3 burner Coleman Stove; 3rd, Bicycle. The draw will be made dur- i ing the Dance. - . » The Lions Club ds doing valuable community work. Last year the Club bought a swing and diving tower for the Lakefront, pro- vided a lifeguard, sponsored Midget and Juvenile Hockey, tonsil operations,tassisted the merchants in Christmas Cheer work. This year the Club hope to provide Sight Conservation in Port Perry . Ls community and maintain last year's record in wélfare work. You tiv may share in this work by helping the Club make this Carnival a success, The Liong Club is_your.friend. Join in the fun! Be a booster! Help the children! T. : NOTE-- Members of Port Perry Lions Club, like 'the .members¥of other service clubs, give time and money to this welfare work, and mgke this appeal for your practical assistance. The money will be wisely, used.' % bs Admission to the Carnival; Dance and Draw, 26c. .Lion Bert Hutcheson, Sec. are . Lion Jim Kerr, President Fishing Starts July 1st Boats and fishing tackle are being prepared for = Fs the openiug of the fishing season next: Saturday.