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SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher EDITORIAL Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Ris first, best country ever is at home.--Goldamith. THE 48 HOUR WEEK Back of this legislation restricting the hours of labor to 48 hours per week, is the idea of: 'providing employment for a greater number of people. The theory is good; but the practice will be difficult. Where surplus and suitable labor is available any ocncern can carry on, if proper precautions are taken. But even in big and specialized con- cerns there are particular phases of the work that will require special training. It is not possible to put on new hands and secure the same results. This is particularly true in smaller business. Here only a few hands are kept, each with his or her special duty. The work may be in a store where the stock and prices are widely diversified, It is no simple matter to know the whole stock, and be able to serve a customer quickly and cheer- fully. Not only must a clerk know the stock and the prices, but the customer must be understood. "Green" hands cannot step in and do the work efficiently at first. What is true in stores, hotels, and restaurants, is even more evident in small industries. Take the printing business as an example. We have in the ordinary print shop from fifty to a hundred different kinds of type. Each .case is filled with letters and spaces in what appears to be a most bewildered disorder. If a job is to be set from rough copy, there must be quick under- standing of spacing, size of type, emphasis, and clearness that can only come from long practice. When the job is set, it must be prepared for the press, where the thickness of a piecé of paper can make a great difference in clear impression, Ink must be distributed in just the right amount. And the press requires expert attention. If the linotype is to be run, it will be found to be a wonderful, but very complicated machine. Even in a simple matter like folding paper, training. is required. 'All this adds up to the fact that you Savino go out on the street, and say to someone out of a job: "Here Jim, you're not busy, come in and give us a. lift. Our men have put in their 48 hours, and this job is wanted right away." Chances are the. new hand would do more harm than good. Emer: gencies must be met sensibly. 2 LJ L $$ 0% + HYDRO ON THE FARM Electricity is like a river. You can't store its power, and carry it in bulk to the place where it is needed. Lines must be. built and power must be made to meet requirements at any hour. The more widely spread the places are where power is to be used the greater the cost of production. That in brief is the rural power problém, so far as supply is concerned. . How to use the power to best advantage is the. next problem. First, the wiring should be done in a manner so that \abor can be saved in every way possible in both house and barn. playing favorites, Quite frequently the 'extra power used is the cheapest and most profitable, 'This all-inclusive wiring is most cheaply and conveniently done at the time of hydrg installa- tion, In a survey of 600 farms, it was found that the average pre-war cost of wiring, including service connection for house, barn, etc, was $211. 00, Here is a daily water supply table: Each person, for all purposes............36 gallons . Germany is growing daily more secure. It is no use Each horse, mule, or head of cattle....15 gallons Bach COW. onion CT ERR, 26 gallons Each Hog ..... .-2 gallons Each sheep Each hundred chickens ........cccceoeevnens 21% gallons This table shows the saving in man hours for pumping alone. : As an example, when an electric pump is in- stalled on a farm with four in the family, 25 cows, and 15 young cattle, the saving in time and labor would amount to 1190 man-hours (estimating that a man can pump 300 gallons of water by hand) The saving would be correspondingly greater on a farm where there is more stock, and daily water requirements are large, Electricity reduces the fire hazard. It gives necessary power for almost all kinds of labor in house; barn, garage, poultry house, workshop-- grinding, threshing, cutting, ete. It gives good light instantaneously in dark places. It is avail- able night, and day. Investigation may lead to a solution of your labor problem on the farm, * The information here given is taken from a pamphlet entitled "Hydro on the Farm", which may be had for the asking from the Hydro Elec- _ tric Power Commission, 220 University Avenue, } Toronto. T° "OWN-YOUR-OWN-FARM" This Provincial Government plan of giving re- turned men 160 acres of land in Northern Ontario, has much to commend it if-- 1. The land is settled and sown at the right season of the year. It's poor business sowing crops in July, - 2. The settler has a working knowledge of farming, and has the ability and willingness to work. 3. The settler has sufficient capital to keep go- ing until he can sell his crop--and then some, A farm is just like that fortune of $10,000 that a man left to his son--to work for, - The world owes us all a living; but we have to scratch for it, and we have to know just how to scratch, It's plain cruel to let a man take up land unless these precautions are observed. «se PROGRESS OF THE WAR The foundation for hopes of early victory over are many evidences that Christmas will see peace in that phase of the global war. - While the battle against Japan will be a "tough assignment, the release of armies and war equip- ment on the Western Front will hasten the de- feat of our Asiatic enemy Japan, The human tendency toward complacency may easily spoil this hopeful outlook. There can be no let up in our efforts (civil or military) until Germany has surrendered. Even then there wll be armies of occupation to provide and support. There will be the defeat of Japan to accomplish. There will be the rehabili- tation program to carry out--at home and abroad. Further, it must be remembered that we have launched up a program of social security that will require great national expenditures, and these can only be met by continued taxation, and the de- velopment of our national resources. We are getting a better grip on ourselves as a people. World condition will not permit of any sagging down for many years to come--if ever, 1% gallons. There \ . DOMINION PREMIERS SIGN AGREEMENT. Mr, Winston Churchill appends his signature, watched by General Smuts (8. Africa) Mr. Mackenzie King (Canada), Mr, John' Curtin (Australia,) and-Mr. Peter Fraser (New Zealand) at the final meeting of the Dominion Premiers, at 10 Downing Street, on May 16th, 1944. ' - THANKSGIVING DAY, MONDAY, Thanksgiving Day will be observed this year on Monday, October 9th, it was announced in' the Canada Gazette, Thanksgiving Day is one of the six statutory holidays which the govern- ment has recommended be generally observed. The. date is set each year by proclamation, OCTOBER 9th. Junior War Workers The Junior War Workers will meét 'at the home of Mrs. E. J. Hutchinson, on Tuesday evening, August 22nd. Thank You for their gift of $25.00. further their work, The Junior War Workers wish to thank the Business Men's Association It is much appreciated and will help greatly to PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th, 1944 Watch your label; it tells when your Subscription expires. $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy ¢ * 9 |r-t Letter to Those on Active Service eT ey To the Home Fylks Away from' Home. Just now "politics" has almost as big a place in the minds of many as the war. Some of these days there's going to be a Federal election in Can- ada. This is Prime Minister Mae- kenzie King's statement yegarding the mutter: " Today, for the first time, it oan truly be said we are fighting a global! war. means attack by the United nations on every front. It is sometimes easy fo forget in the excitement of- the opening of the second front, the part that planning has played in this vast scheme. - It is even easier to forget that be- hind all this is a different sort of plan- ning, which isn't' dramatic, which doesn't seem to produce any startling end results, but is nevertheless abso- lutely necessary for the success of the military effort. | This is the planning of a stable economy on which to build the war machine. What is called Canada's stabilization policy is really a policy of keeping the various economic factors of the country so well under control that the 'maximum amount of time, money, and energy can be spent got- ting on with the war. . But along with the war aspects of the stabilization policy, there are other considerations which benefit the ordi- nary citizen -- perhaps to an extent seldom realized. This policy has been designed to keep down the cost of living. It has enabled Canadians to lead lives in which there has been re- markably: little disruption, considering the chaos war usually brings. There have been injustices, and minor hard- ships and annoyances, but without a clear policy of stabilization and dis- ruptions and hardships would have been infinitely greater. Apart from the controls"which apply mainly to the production of war ma- terials, a whole system of controls has been gradually built up to ensure that the civilian economy remains stable, The most important of these are: Tighten Your Belt for Victory CANADA'S STABILIZATION PROGRAM The years of waiting are over, | and the culmination of all the plans" 1. Price Control. 2. Wage and Salary Control. 3. Heavy Taxation and increased saving--through Victory Bonds, this fixed by the Constitution, will not, election while the war is on, and I in- efforts speedy "I have said that 1 will not allow Parliament to outrun the time Also that 1 if I can avoid it, bring on an tend to stand by both, "We should put all our thoughts and into bringing the war to a and successful conclusion, When that is over, if God gives me strength, I will put the best of it into another fight." I'all Yote Theory Fades. The statement was regarded as clear intimation that the election might not be held until next spring, contrary to majority opinion among Liberal Commons members that "the campaign would be called this fall. With the time limits required of an election, only an almost immediate ete. - collapse of the Hitler forces would per- 4. Control over the distribution of materials and supplies. When the war started, the most im- portant thing was to produce war sup- plies as fast as possible. LAn expand- ing economy was an assot in getting war production Polling quickly. But after two years definite signs of the start of an inflationary spiral appear- ed. It is not just a bogey of econo- mists that inflation can start getting out of hand almost overnight. In the six months prior to the institution of price control, prices were rising three times as fast as in the earlier part of the war. To achieve stable conditlons, every type of cost or price that can be con- trolled must be kept under control. The government has provided all the | necessary machinery for the stabiliza- tion program by its various price and wage control measures, and its taxa- tion policy. The rest is up to the individusl Can-|' adian, To make the controls work means continued self-restraint. Each Canadian should remember that the way bo make controls work is by: Paying taxes promptly. Cutting out all unnecessary spend- ing. Buying all the Victory Bonds and War Savings Certificates possible. Buying and selling only at legal prices. Not trying to get more than a fair share of scarce supplies. © Supporting both price and control, wage Not pressing claims for higher pro- fits or higher pay because of wartime conditions, BIG For a number of years The Port Men's Association have claimed Civic Holiday as their big day, and justifiably so, because they have 'always given the people a big day's sport for their money. A 2bc. ticket or a 3bc. ticket being all that one needed to have' for a full day's sport--a lot of fun at the booths, an. evening of dancing, and a iciance of a lucky draw. : However, this year the cards were Perry Business | stacked against us, and the difficulties unsurmountable,s which made it impos- sible to arrange a program of horse racing, ete, so the Executive decided on a Street Fair and Dance. The evening was perfect; the crowd a re- cord one. The young people declare the orchestra and entertainers were tops; and those people taking home baskets of canned goods and others with hams, could not understand why PORT PERRY'S DAY they were so Tucky. But there were some who could not understand after all their efforts, why they were so un- lucky. Well, such is life, we help others whether we like it or not. President MacGregor and his ex- ecutive are very happy with the suec- cess that attended their efforts; and also for the generous help given by members of the Fair Board, and the Lions Club, which was very much ap- preciated. Satisfied that they 'had given the public a good evening's enjoyment, the executive decided to help others, so do- nations were mailed to the following: Scugog Chaper, I.LO.D.E. ........ $200.00 British War Victims' Fund, Evening Telegram ............ 100.00 Junior War Workers ................ 26.00 The balance is to be used for local municipal improvements, which from time to time are carried out jointly by the Council, the Fair Board, and the Business Men's Association, to policy. mit a 1944 campaign. So you see that while there is an election in the offing, the date is far from being set. : It is a curious situation here. If all the opponents of Mr. King could forget their differences, and pool their resources, the Liberal Government would suffer overwhelming defeat. But they can't work together. Indeed, it is hard for members of any one party to agree with other members as They can agree as to means of winning the election; but what they are to be elected to do is a different matter, The fact is that we have been going through four strenuous years of war-- from the days when most of our people were pacifists, to the present time when our fighting machine in men and equipment js winning the admiration of the world. Do you think this has been accom- plished without treading on a lot of toes? It has not; and nearly all, who have had their toes pinched, are sure the pinching was unnecessary, For all this unpleasantness the Govern- ment is looked upon as. responsible. Then, too, that Government has been in power for a long time, and the cry-- "It's time for a change" is being put to work. To add to passing through a the confusion, we are period when we that "the Government (any Government) should remedy all our ils, and pay the expenses. On the top of all this we are foster- ing a racial and religious struggle, Naturally almost all our ditliculties, real or imaginary, are painted in lurid colors; and human passions are roused without any clear idea to wh, pur- pose. IFortunately there is a solid founda- tion of good sense that fully under- stands the ditference between promise and performance. The greatest danger is the tendency to -- "Try anything once," Summing up, it looks as if the time : had come to consider men rather than 3 parties, and to remember that it is A casier to make promises than it is to cure evils or promote good living. The louder the shouting and the greater the promises, the smaller the probability of fulfilment, This is the time to do some clear thinking, and not be run off our feet, consider Yours truly, THE EDITOR. SALVAGE PAPER PICK-UP A special appeal is being made by the NATIONAL SALVAGE DIVISION of the Department of National War Services--who find' it necessary to call as many EMERGENCY DAY DRIVES as possible owing to the critical paper shortage situation. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, has been set aside for the collection of waste newsprint, ete. for Port Perry. BUSINESS PEOPLE PLEASE NOTIE.--In Port Perry the collection will start between 8 and 9 (September 6th) -- Queen street, going west; then swing north of Queen street and later in the day all south of Queen st. We will try to do it all in one day. CITIZENS are asked to REMEMBER THE DATE and to co- operate in. the same generous manner as they did in our last - - HOUSEHOLDERS AND a.m, Salvage Pick-up. OI" SPECIAL 1 districts can easily, and without ag they drive by on Fair Day. If PRINCE ALBERT citizens will deposit their salvage in the Church shed on or before afternoon of September 6th, it will be picked up the same as last time. INTEREST TO FARMERS The Ifair Board has kindly granted us permission to use space ungler the grandstand on Fair Day, where people from outlying trouble, dispose of their bundles Field Crop Competition The following is the result of the Judge's score on the Field Crop Com- petition in "No Barb" Barley, that was sponsored by the Port Perry, Reach, and © Scugog Agricultural Society. There were 98 bushels of Registered seed distributed among 13 competitors but one sowed on land where the oat crop had rusted last year, but the oats were good enough to lay over winter and come up in the Barley to make it look like mixed grain. This plot was not judged. Burnsell Webster, 92 points; Lloyd Smith 90 points; Wilmot Phair 856%; Clifford Redman 81; A. R. Johns 80; Fred G. Christie 79; George Samells 76; Lloyd Lee 73; Leslie Smith 72; Anson Gerrow 69%; Chas. Reader 69; HY O. Dobson 66. Mr. Alex. Davidson, of Agincourt, was the Judge senf out by the Depart- ment. 3 R. D. Woon, Secretary. FALL FAIR LIST PORT PERRY ........urene Sept. 4th Lindsay ...covvveviviiieiinnnn . 13-16 OShRWR. ..lvimsmmsarssmsndivons . 11-13 Bedverton .. . 22-23 Orono vee . 19-20 Sunderland ... . 19-20 Blackstock . 26-27 Zephyr ovine. Sept. 27 Markham tertrerre rae erassaes rane erente Oct. 6-7 " Roseneath ...........c..ccoee. seen Oct, 12-18 N Woodbridge .......oceevvervviiviiinninnns Oct. 7-9 ny pt TARA A oe : i Ration Coupons which fay be used Effective Thursday August 17th WARS Butter--70 to 73 » Tea and Coffee--E1 to E6 34 14 to 29; T30 to T38 fi > v2 ft Sugar--14 to 39 inclusive i Canning Sugar--F1 to F10 \§ Preserves--DI1 to D26