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2 g SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. = -- RR ES EE ---------- = ---- = Sr ---- a ---- 7 fos = EDI | ORIAI " FE SN a 178 . h y ; Q "Such is the patriot's beast, where'er we ream: His first, best country ever is at home" . ! " . g ; "A y . : . 14 nd the end is that the § ¥ < 4] THE DEMANDS OF LABOUR Nor is the matter of socialization of basic u . y . . . i fn industries a mattér that concerns only those who workman shall live to enjoy ' Tne JA ite of ho oer, can work in great factories; or for great corporations. ] > . . hi 4 be uncove y improving the efficiency Every man, woman, and child is affected by-any , i. % i in the use of men in essential Nor su movement that shall abolish the competitive. sys- the fruit of his labor; that 18 ' by seeing that all part-time employmen "* tem, and bring industry under strict regimenta- : N is eliminated, and everyone employed." tion. g . i} mother shall have the come- At a recent British Labour Sogargung he = Much could be done to alleviate the distress ] . f ' . . h " . ' y lowing resolutions wax Passe » Which clearly of the poor--the poor who are often too poor to § fort 0 his arm in er age; } ie ht Jato tw yo that there must be be skilful or helpful in any of the services of the [} 3» " ' $ s co e s f e Ne te ; re hy rw no return after the ar o an unplanned com. VOrI07 the poor who enter w world of poverty, "that his wife shall not be un- petitive society, which inevitably produces eco- N X ' i . i . . nomic insecurity, industrial inefliciency and yrofess 12 be the ghanialong of the year, : ¥ timely a widow; that. his ' ~socfal inequality. It notes that the pressure That fia of life will need much more than 13 1 2 i he socializatfon of industry, and the unionization IN \ of war has already necessitated far-reaching t 'y government control of industry, central plan- of labour. NE. ' children shall have a father, ' "ning of the nation's economic life and the sub- ' PO id AY ordination of many private interests to the con- : : a N and that cripples and hopeless | mon good, and urges that this process be car- Competitive labour and industry have in the 7 Mn ried further to achieve swift and total victory. past built up a wonderful prosperity and the IY] wrecks who were onde strong \ i highest general standard of living that the world : In Peace and War has ever known. ' It has always fostered the JA "It declares that measures of government' greatest human freedom that has ever blessed 1% men shall no longer be a by- } - ioe : he ordinary man's life. y i control needed for mobilizing the national re- t hl { sources in war are no less necessary for secur- That statement does not mean that the com- ii product of industry." yi nf. 'ing their -best-use in peace and therefore must petitive system has nd faults. The. greatest of ' [) be retained after final victory is won. It re- these is the heartless neglect of the same people hh --P. B. jubrike n gards the socialization of the basic industries who are ignored by union labour leaders,--the ' , y and services of the country and the planning unemployed, ' of production for community consumption as . PE WW ee the only lasting foundation for a just and pros- ' perous economic order in which political demo- There is a three way program that could in ' r cracy and personal liberty can be combined large measure rid the country of the growing : ADDRESS BY HON G. D. CONANT TT "with "a reasonable standard of living -for-all disgrace-of unemploynient. = That program would citizens. require the training of all physically fit persons 3 s 'The conference therefore affirms that it is to be able to follow some profitable calling; and At completion of Harvest Help campaign urgent to undertake, without delay, the neces- vender adequate service to society. The wind-up dinner for the Harvest Perry supplied an aggregate of 1593 sary preparation for the vital changes here Such a program would need the assent and Help Committees effort, held in the| persons, or at the rate of 53.1 per pd ¥ proposed." assistance of both labour and industrialists, and Hotel Genosha, Oshawa, was a most| thousand of population. Although Ee A With the general statement that--"measures "the control and financial |. Shppiy of the Govern. '| enthusiastic affair, with many repre-| figures for other districts are not a- of government control needed for mobilizing the ment. sentative farmers and other citizens| vailable, [ do not think we have any- . national resources in war are no less necessary in Any program that ignores the fitting of the paying tribute to the Attorney-Gen- thing to be. ashamed of here in com- peace. --we agree. rt ple N individual for service, must certainly lead to eral for taking the initiative in or-| parison with any other district. ue veh STI oed) ype 1 a poverty or pauperization. ganizing a scheme which has Lee o Several factors contfibuted to the RESP Ion thal Tho Joico» . Deon Unemployment insurance, old age pensions, such material benefit to the farmers of | oo en Tort. First, there as rapidly as the safety of the nation warrants. he district Thanks were also ex- We do ot agree with the idea of a thorough mothers' allowances, ete., are good in themselves the « I : _" an or ere h an was a general realization and appre- tats but they are not suflicient to meet the problem of hresses io all Liosy who aseiy on | ciation of the seriousness of the situa- Fegimenialion of jndustey S74 Jahon, "keeping body and soul together of that inereas- manning the various offices and COYIY= tion and of the -absolute necessity of This is not a struggle merely between ing on the actual work of placing har-| ordi ihe "Capital and Labour". Two such distinct classes ing urmys.of unemployables in peace time, A A ) 3 CATS. i saving the crops. Accord ingly, the of i a 'has any surplus A changitig world requires a: program of brs ih Coa i people in our urban centres responded g ! , : Shaws, the Wyarentt Liab nr "| to the call-splendidly. Every man, cash AN ohn dr OWS DIFC RASOAY Viin in ork SATAN, When, 81 diz sve pnkised tor by, the Women's Institute in Picker- lod nh pros tah helped Pky for him is a capitalist (though some of us don't service; and are expected to contribute to the ing and Miss Sadie Hortop in Port hi A Re eho) ak feel very rich). And every man who works with good of the community, then we shall be-on-the---- | Perry. Among those who spoke brief- 'gratulated and EF thank-each and every 5 "Doth, is a labourer. colati : Iv. e nding the effort and the re-| > sy > ; Ld id ith or Ai ek iho fult way to the solution of many national problems. y, commending the cffor ": . he ane of them .on behalf of the Govern- 'Labour" has not always stood for "the fu is 'toi fo EW, --- sults produced, were several farmers| = o5 Co 7 dinner pail" for all who work; but rather for all " rs will a prin SN gama, aud who had been assisted in harvesting ment og Sian, . oS who join ghe unions--a counterpart of the unions t oraugh. eo-oporntion et: a ie parties con- their crops. The speakers included: Then there was the splendid volun- of industrialists. cerned. F. M. Campbell, Agricultural Re-| tary service of those who manned the -- presentative; Ontario-County; Rov, 12, | offices of the four cen --the Cana- = , R. Hall, Field Placement Officer, On-| dian } crritorial Service in Oshawa, . : tario Department of Agriculture; O. Yi Whit-Knit Club and others in : : @ H. Downey, Warden of Ontario Coun- Whit, the Women's lustitute a Port Perry py ty; E. W. Webber, President of South Pickering and Miss Hortop in Port s i Fi . i 0 Ontario Agricultural Society; James | Perry. Our thanks are due to all of FIFTEEN YEARS AGO © | Heffering, Whitby; Heber Down, of| these ladies and I very gladly extend i te oe Brooklin; W. Murkar, Pickering; |our gratitude to them, Without their The weather man provided us with|be some good seed Erban Oats avail- A y Ais Ko soivicd : ' _| unselfish and most valuable services "Fair" weather again this year in-|able for next year. Mayor Gifford, Oshawa; W. H. Doma on) Tord ound hoe ha Mrs. H. Lucas was receiving entries | stead of fai mepihiek This Bice As usual, the "Black & White" show | son, Whitby; Reeve Hey Hazell, E.| the ng Siang by iy £5 y' I'S. LL) . -impossible o all of 1ese men, wo- for the Port Perry Fair, the date Lot edo] yas, the ain. attraction inthe. Live-| Whitby. _. 1 2 TE sich was t. > 0 Li 30 of the animals were Ack powicApanients of thanks for which was set for Soni a% tised yi it lg od to those who 2, making 5 total i 15 entries. It] ance given were made by Mrs, [centres who went out on the farms ank advertised do the pl a k. -| 1, t to st sis . ® oe 2 The | Siandard ever considering how wet it was both tho Black & Vhite. i Pg Zin oh n R. B. Smith, Commandant, Oshawa | and the ladies who manned the offices, , auction sales service! in the collection Wh Hende ' | ¢ 20 score tine of tiles" notes. To-|°0 Toes 22d Wednesley we bai 4 son of Portsmouth, Ont., was judge,| C.A.T.S., Mrs. Frank Hall, Pickering, | I am Sp the Co this district ¥ 00d -e . Foo n Te ay the slogan le--"Tetms Cash" nn Bh A i Jag hg Wis a busy man, he WAS Very | yg Mary MeKay, Whitby, Constable we erate H and-that speaks or the ay the sloga h interesting, when he gave his reason, farmers when I express: thanks on Wm. Huxtable, who was ac-| While the number of exhibits in the afer placing the animals, We would | W- Andrews, M. McIntyre Hood, ! ; esd saentally killed In Port" Perry. was building were oun semevhel, fon (ie 8 so. this. done all through. the {their hha Se iid yy ae of ols , last year, no doubt due to lack offfni [{ is educational and that is gratitude to the press of the distric given a military funeral at Wn sugar and Sortene of bern, fie ui what a fair is for. THE ADDRESS for the generous and very helpful pu- Edgar Arthur Prince, a former lake the il sl Roo do ay G. Christie & Son and J. H. Forder blicity given to this effort. boat engineer on Scugog, was killed t bo the Juntos Fair. School | & Sons had the Shorthorns to them-| The results attained by our Har- . fig i ; or. | interest in : sclves this year, Mr. J, . Leask : : 4 te You ave all familiar with the situa- in an automobile accident at the c t being opened had something to do year, OF. PW RASKE Loot Help Committee have amply joy- EET Te "and Byron Avenues, in With ing one something. herd was missiig, the Arst time in a oo po : | tion that inspired the forming of the of Danfofth™ aiid" Byron ith it no doubt. i. rood man a tified its existence and all the time : , , Toronto. . Out of the 17 in the Field Crop|%°od y-years, 1 oiirt tarolved harvest help committee in this part : Ss f the | Competition, 8 entries of the Oats| There seemed to be more interest in| anc ol dry, nye vey, of the Cpunty. The hay harvest was John Blight, of eagrave, one o were shown, All were good ggmples|the Commeréial and Light Horses| During -the period from June 29, well under way and the grain harvest veterans of the Military Company of grain, Some reported as high as|than in the heavier breeds., Perhaps | when the offices were opened in O- i ner ay Ye en vent ing died Ir Hin 81 DESL 00 os 00 hon} Vis ase SUS sho il iy o-oo siontans of gas shuwa, Whithy, Pickering and. Port] Co 0 siti i 5 --ians, died in his 81st year. : ol Perry until Labor Day, September 8 es ng - a 7 we Pan THE PRIZE LIST 71, 655 men and buys went out from | Hon 410, for wesntonce ino ore ool. 5 : ; Sin 's, se, Posy 4) Kent's grounds (Beech-| HORSES--Clydesdales 2 year old Filly or Gelding--1 J, C. Ostiawe, Whithy, Pieliering and Port it was impossible for me to do very Mo eo li 1 year old Filly or Gelding--1.T. It. } Love, 2 E._ Harris Perry and gave valuable assistancej =. personally and it seemed that, croft). were.open.to_the_pub 5 Hall, 2 L. Cochrane. ¥ Foal of 1942--1 Smith. Bros, 2 E.|in harvesting the erops on the farms Iv by i " Tm Scugog Island School Fair was held | "5h Cor SAR or Gelding 1 Db. | Harris. in this district. In addition 860 wo. | OMY by arousing fo ely 2 vel. on Sept. 12th, NeArthur & Son," 2. J. H, Forder & Team in Harness--I1 Nes Harrison, men, boys and girls were supplied ing up an organiza on with the ne- EY Son, 2 EK. Harris, 3 G. Cochrahe, 3 . . | cessary machinery could anything ' E ) Teani in harness --1 T. R. Hall, Single in' Harness --1 Ideal Dairy,[to pick berries, peas and tomatoes. worth while be accomplished. After cs A PLEDGE "Best Clyde Mare--T. R. Hall, Oshawa; 2 A. M. Bailey, 3 Harrison.| In many cases boys stayed on the 2 prolminary mestine: of & small | Down through the ages : Percherons ay Commercial Yerse == 1408) us fhfouglion, the cntlie arent oi at a June 19th "A story to us is told. : Brood Jiatend J. E. Holtby & Sons, Sati: Hote. season and were of material ii Flap HET. Basaiiblage. ae Be like the famous bulldog. 12 ony Bro - Bil Geldi 1 and| tance to the farmers." Tn nearly every Whith J 24th when the Har h keep hold. 1 ye ar oy my or. Gelding--1 LE| 2 year old Filly or Gelding--1 an ES SOM Tas Te oT nskiet Ande. hy itby on June 24th when the Har All that you have, keep Hoje y &:Song, 2 Garnet Cochrane. |2 Lies: Cochrane, 3 Neil rvis. h Sarin h vest Help Committee was organized. "For the'men in the fighting forces 2 year old Filly or Gelding--1 J. B.| Single Roadster, under 16% h.-- supplied to the 180 farmers who re- Arrangements were immediately v nae & Sons, 2 Frank Hone 1 Ivan Cochrane; 2 and.8 L. M. Pink-{ quested harvest help. Nay x We hold the deepest respect, ¥ tz 1} " made to sel up necessary machinery 'They fight to their last resources 2 Gray. olive DEUMN Dy 4 Fons, Se nal Roadster, over 16% handg--| =I think these onl s wil COMPAL 4 the offices in Oshawa, Whitby, For their country they must protect. Toe¥. in harness--J. E. Holtby &|1 and 2 Ivan Cochrane, 8 T. McKnight. favourably with what as been accom- Pickering. and Post Derry wore ohch. : i Sons. Team of Roadsters--1 L. M. Pink-| plished in any other district in the SIRE IN THe Veore: Kept i. B ~~Thumbs.upl.the boys are coming, Best Percheron Mare ---Holtby & Ji 2 I. Cochrane, 3 T. Pekrght Province. We have read a great deal] open from the 20th day of Taht &n the . As you can plainly see, Sons. C Single Oartiaps, Oe an A about the effort that was made in To- th day of Se Aehibers db Oshawa) " The enemy fast ia running " Agricultural or, Light Draft { pw --1 I. Coch 2 L.|ronto and it apears that from that 1 y Be Fg: A ill Il. se M J. H, Forder & S Carriage Team--1 1, Cochrane, 2 L. from 9 a.m, to 9 p.m.; in Whitby from 'N . And always will, you'll see. Brood Mare--1 J. H, Forder Son Cochrane, i City a total of 930 men went out to 5 A iy aries In 1 x , 1 year ou Fill or Selding~1 "Gent's . Turnout--1 L. M. Pinkham, Without makin am, to 7 pm; and in Pickering '1 What is our people's moral - Croxall, 2 Les, hra EA ea ER eid help on the farms. ithout 8 and Port Perry for certain hours dur. = |S In this country we hold so dear? 2 year old Filly or "Gelding. H.® pony1 and 2 Donald Ballard, 3 N.|any invidious comparisons, our effort ing the day which appeared to be most i : It's peace, liberty and freedom, Forder. & Sons. de 8.8 Purvis, far éxceeds that of Toronto's. Ac- adv Rgoniis. 22 To them we'll hold, never: fear, Fost 1045 Forder § R "Hall Pony race--1 D Ballard, 2 P cording to press reports, with a popu- : Vo : : 2 n by 11,| Best team on Grounds--- E fl lation of 656,000 Toronto supplied 930] Now that in brief is a survey of the We who believe in freedom -| Best Agricultural mare--T. R. Hall.| pot Mare on Grounds--T: R. Hall, will ht to the bitter end Wagon or Commercial y . * le persons, or at the rate of 1.4 per thou-| organization, activities and results of : tng ~ vb Hitler pe Brood Mare---1 Smith Bros, 2 Ed-|. + CATTLE--8horthorns sand of population, With a total po-]the Harvest Help Committee in this Rots hi 2 wn o defehd. ~~ |mond Harri Aged Bull--1Forder & Sons = . pulation in the neighborhood of 30,000 [-part of the County of Ontario in 1942. li _Gainst; rue YT B. Lindsay. or enrol Filly or Gelding--1 FH: far | Thin ga p on: DE, 'Whitby, Pickering and Port ~~ From the experience of - course; we l---- Watch your label; it tells when your $1.50 per year in advance. subscription expires LI J . § cents a single copy have learned a great deal. necessary to undertake a similar wc- tivity in 4¢43 I think we can do it even more effectively than we have in the past harvgst season. 1 will not cause 1 hope that by the time the 1948 'harvest rolls around some much more satisfactory and comprehensive plan will have been developed by the Do- minion Government, to meet the very garding farin help. Under publicized, selective service has been made effective. That is all to the good and undoubtedly necessary for the most cffeetive application of our manpower and womanpower to the-production-of "essential War com- modities. So far as the farmers are concerned, however, it is just about two years late. It will avail the far- mers little, if any, to freeze labour at the present time. Farm help has already left the farm by the thou- sands to take jobs in munitions plants and other industrial works. It would have been comparatively casy and few complaints would have resulted if se- lective service had been made effee- tive two years ago or even one year ago, thus retaining on the farm the labour located there. It is an entively different matter, and almost impos- sible, to redistribute and compel the return to the farm of labour which has already left and is now otherwise engaged. recent is been able to under- Dominion Government did not make selective service effec- tive the outbreak of war. It did not require much discernment to realize that we were lossal struggle and that quire all our manpower power before we could torious, Speaking in October" 141, nearly used these words, "We have our I have never stand thy the soon after in for a co- it would re- and woman- emerge vie- Hamilton in a year ago, I got to make use of all manpower and all our reserves, We have got no manpower to waste, very person capable of work must be required-to render national service inane of the five essential fields: the fighting services; the civilian 'defen- ce forces; industries making muni- tions; the production of exports and the maintenance of supplies. forthe. civilian population. All of this will only be possible through eflicient co- ordinated action which will be need- ed, and which by statute they are al- ready empowered to take under the passed by the Parliament of Canada in June, 1940." It seems a pity to me that the force and truth of those words which are now so obvious did not prevail with the Dominion authorities then or even earlier. However, it is another ex- ample of 'too late'. We have had the same experience in many aspects of en, Goys and girls from the urban OLr-war activities all along, So, the) only thing we can do now is make the best of a bad situation, To deal with stern realities, 1 doubt if it is possible for the Government to compel men with farm training and experience earning $125.00 a month ov more in a munition plant or other in- dustry to go back to work on the farm for $40.00 or $50.00 a month. And make no mistake about it, the real Tonest-to goodness dirt Gini cannot afford to pay more than $40.00 or $60.00 a month for farm help. [It is equally clear that unless a dependable supply of farm labour is provided for next year's crop there will be a great- ly diminished acreage of crops sown If it is und planted in 1943. deal in detail with that, however, be-| hy some adjustment which will have | to serious situation that has wrisen' ve-| years and more recently the Dominion regulations, widely | 'National -Resourees--Mobilization--Act{- =a ---- EES The volume of farm products must of necessity be decreased and that will be serious if not indeed disastrous to our war ef- fort. The situation can only be met to be undertaken and made effective by the 'Dominion Government. - Such an arrangement would nat be entirely new, Wheat subsidies have been paid the Western farmers for some Government has subsidized the beef situation. Whatever may be necessary, however, will have to be done if the production of foodstuffs and farm pro- ducts in this Province is to be main- tained. The Dominion Government which has delayed selective service so long thus creating the present situa=- tion must assume the responsibility of meeting the problem effectively and on a basis which will make farming rea- sonably attractive and profitable to farmers. It is one of the anomalies of our whole economic structure that while wages are fixed cost of living bonuses are given, the price of manufactured products are frozen and substantially { control is exercised in all aspects of industrial activity and output, the farmer is largely left to fend for him- self. He is in many respects an economic orphan. Nobody so far has : done very much to assist him. He 23 loses his help on the farm and that's that. The weather is unfavourable Ni for sowing and planting or for har- 15 : vesting und -he has a crop- failure or a ge "i veaps a partial crop and there is ? I nothing done about it. When he Hh markets his product he must either AS sell in a world market or under a ceil- Tayo my which in very many instances does not allow him three per cent. on his i investment and $2.00 a day for his labour. Well, our armies cannot fight and our civilian population cannot be maintained without foodstuffs. The products of the farm are just as es- ¢ sential as any commodities produced in this nation to-day. A solution must By be: found for the problem and that, 5) immediately, It should not be beyond ~~ i the genius of our race, our economists 3 and our statesmen to find a solution. There must be-a recasting of our eco- nomic structure if our farmers are to be rewarded on a basis approximating the remuneration received by our in- dustriat-workers1f-we fail or neglect---------- to do so our national structure will sutfer. In the present emergency the status of the farmer from that of an ceononiie or phan must be changed and he" ie the special charge, responsi ility and concern of the Dominion of Canada. ~-- Letter from Over- seas by Wallace Armstrong. To the folks at home: By your letter I gather that motor- ing is becoming /a thing of the past. Now old dobbin will come-into his Own again. He'll find the accelerator pretty tough for a while, though, And I suppose bicycles are getting popular too, Speaking of bicycles, I must admit that I have adopted one English cus- tom---cycling they call it...I. still call ---- -- it sitting down walking, though. At the bottom of the hill the bally outfit isn't worth over a few shillings. When the top is' in sight it becomes a bit more unbearable, and if there is a gould stretch of downgrade from the (Continued on back page) AMERICAN LEASE-LEND MA' RIALS MIDDLE EAST " Picture shows a line of American-built lorries undergoing immediate _essembly on arrival at" uw 'Middle East port... or, Za Tir tS \ POURING INTO