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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday march 4 1943 31 stmifftrill srtbmt established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages weekly circulation 1850 copies subscription kates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 2o0 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments uv g smith in the financial post so fa- 4 000 men in the canadian armed forces have indicated that they would like to go farming after the war m er some scheme of assisted settlement more are apply- tng daily gioss cost of plans projected at ottawa is estim- ated to be at least 100 millions but close observers say that eventually it may be three times that at this time still with the heavy fighting as far as canada s concerned well ahead of us it looks as if veter an postwar land settlement will equal the record of the first great war when 72000 veterans qualified for settle ment and actually 25000 took up farms profit by experience as a practical farm measure the soldiers settlement scheme of the first great war is generally conceded a gigantic failure as a means of rehabilitating thousands ot veterans and eventually restoring them to useful citizen ship perhaps it was a success this time however the two jobs are going to be separated administrators of the veterans land act successor to the old soldiers settlement board will leave the 30b of restoring shatered nerves and bodies primarily to the hospitals the pensions board and the doctors they are go ing to be responsible for practical land settlement only that is one of the lessons learned from the experience of soldier settlement after the last war an experience incidentally that cost the dominion treasury 47 millions in cold cash and the general public including many of the veterans themselves a good deal more this time the financial post is assured the mistakes of 1919 and later are not going to be repeated mistakes made first of these mistakes was the placing of practically everyone who applied on a f arm of one sort or another regard ess of whether the veteran had had previous farm ing experience or whether his wife was in the same posi tion hi was allowed to purchase a farm and the authorities backed him to the limit moreover he was left on that farm sometimes years after it was abundantly apparent that he could not succeed and was only harming himself and the property by remaining this time according to the new legislation only those with farm experience will be supported just because a man happened to be born on a tarm which he may have left while still in his early teens will not be enough he must have had real and practical farm ing experience if he has not and still wants to go on the land then the authorities are prepared to finance a train ing course up to two years with some practical farmer furthermore the farm established veteran after this war must show some reasonable progress if at the end of a few years he has not done so then he will be strongly encour aged to get out of farming and into another vocation while he remains young eenough to have a chanc eof succeeding this time too the veterans wife will have to answer some questions the authorities realize that farming in most cases is a family affairthat the life social and busi ness differs sharply from that of the cities unless the wife is just as certain as her husband of success in the new field then there will be no official blessing at least that is the plan in the settement scheme of the first great war there were hundreds of cases of the man getting along fairly well but his wife becoming discontented she missed the social life of the cities the shops movies schools and churches just round the corner she knew nothing of feeding chickens woodfired stoves or five oclock risings she was glad to encourage her hus band to desert the farm on his first discouragement and durincr the short depression of the early twenties and the much longer one which started in 1929 there were nlenty of times when the hushand did become discouraged on the financial side too there was much to be criticized about the old settlement plan it violated almost every fundamental principal of the old timetested mortgage rules instead of requiring a substantial down payment and then possibly a mortgage up to 60 pc of the value of the pro perty ottawa asked nothing and loaned up to 100 pc on a 5000 farm and as if that were not enough a veteran was also allowed to borrow up to 2500 on livestock mnchinerv and eouiwnent the returned soldier in 1919 who assumed obligations up to the full maximum of 7500 for farm and equipment was saddled with a staggering debt and one which quick ly became fantastic when agricultural prices began to to boggan not so long after peace hopeless load in far too many cases realizing that full payment was hopeless the veteran lost interest in paying anything partly the result of the emotional strain of their war ser vice some of them refused to acknowledge any financial obligations to the government even after their original debt had been scaled down several times eventually 40 pc or a total of 47 millions was written off those farm debts besides cuts in interests and losses where the government had to accept title to abandoned farms this overlending has not been forgotten this time veterans will be required to make a 10 pc down payment on their farms and equipment and it is planned to enforce more careful scrutiny of all loans an educational campaign will be undertaken soon to explain the new loan features to prospective soldiersettlers and to encourage them to save now so that they will have down payment and other capital ready when the time com es to beat their swords into plough shares with their own money invested as well as their labor it is felt that the veterans will take more interest and pride in their farms in other words bdtnuch more likely to succeed in addition to overloading in the old scheme there was also overestimating in the words of one official far too much money was paid for far too poor farms rundown badly equipped places often unloaded on in experienced returned soldier for s5000 were not worth half that figure and were actually sold later for a couple of thous and dollars at the time that most soldier farms were bought farm sunday school lesson lesson for march 7 bible teachings against drunkenness golden text strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it isa 249 the lesson as a whole the strenuous times through which we have been passing ever since the hdrrible tragedy and international crime of the pearl harbor massacre have emphasized perhaps more than ever before the importance of temperance in order that a nation may be at its best to meet the treacherous and cruel enemies that would delight in the downfall of our western democracy if their fiendish ingenuity could bring it about yet no matter how loyal we may be to our government in these testing days we cannot help expressing dis gust and amazement when we see the rationing of many foods and drinks too which are considered vital to the health of our people while liquor is allowed to be sold without restiiction and even many of our soldiers are seen on trains and elsewhere drinking to inebria tion the parents of these boys have the right to demand of the govern ment that such restrictions should be placed upon the traffic in alcoholic beverages as to make it difficult if not impossible for those who have left our homes to serve under the flag of freedom to be ruined body and soul while in training prepara tory to the tremendous tasks they have to face ona recent occasion while traveling from an appointment i witnessed a hot discussion between an irate woman and the dining car steward because only one cup of coffee could be served while in the lounge car liquor flowed freely and i noticed one group of two couples served with whisky and soda eight times in less than four hours until all were give to the canadian red cross business directory dental e s barker lds dj honor graduate of royal collect of dental surgeons and ot the university of toronto office iu grubinvs block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office human suffering is greater than ever now an admonition here for all who go forth to fight in the conflict for righteousness lest they too ibecome degraded and weakened by strong drink isa 281 woe to the crown of pride to the drunkards of ephraim here we find the covenant people under the power of the same treach erous appetite overcome with wine they were powerless to stand against the foe that was even then knocking at their gates verse 2- the lord hath a mighty and strong one as a flood of flushed and quarrelsomely mighty water in his ughteous maudlin because of excessive indul gence surely no lover of temperance could be charged rightfully with dis loyalty because he inveighed against such an exhibition of onesidedness in war rationing while it is true that the manufacture of hard liquor is suspended temporarily the enor mous stocks available are a menace to the morale of the nation when will men learn that the liquor inter ests are opposed to everything decent in life and instead of being protect ed by law should be outlawed for good and all verso by verse 1 sam 3016 they were spiead abroad upon all the earth eating and drinking and dancing the context tells of an amelekite raid upon the walled city of ziklag at that time davids stronghold though he was absent when the invaders came upon it returning home to find the city robbed and spoiled and many of its people including members of davids own family carried off as captives he and his faithful hand pursued the enemy and came upon them when they had cast discretion to the winds and were indulging in a drunken orgy thus exposing themselves help lessly to the might of the enraged and tvronged little band under dav ids leadership verse 17 david smote them and there escaped not a man of them in their drunken state the amale- kites were unable to defend them selves and so they were utterly de stroyed a testmony to the de bauching power of general alcohol who fought in this instance on the side of david there is a warning and government god was permitting the armies of israels foes like an over flowing flood to sweep across their land he uses one nation to discipline another when he is forgotten and his word ignored verse 3 the drunkards of ephraim shall foe trodden under feet weakened by diunkenness they would be unable to stand against their foes god himself would not de fend them or turn iback the enemy when his own people had gone so far from him- verse 4 the glorious beauty shall be a fading flower all that they had gloried in their wonderful past the might of jehovah their testimony to his faithfulness should avail nothing now that they had so terribly failed through luxurious liv ing and selfindulgence verse 7 they also have eried thiough wine and through strong drink are out of the way deceived by the false optimism engendered by an overheated ibrain then they were doomed to defeat and captivity their inebriation had so enfeehled and be fuddled them that they were incap able of united vigorous action when the armies of their foe came upon them no maginot line however strong will protect for long an im moral and dehauched nation ga 519 the works of the flesh in this chapter these works of the flesh are contrasted with the fruit of the spirit vs 22 23 the chris tian still has the flesh within but ho is not to he under its control the sins enumerated here are those to which the believer died in the cross of christ and he is to be careful not to permit any of them to hold sway over his life verse 20 hatred variance emu lations wrath etc these are sins of the mind and just as hateful to god as the evil use of any physical appetite the man who walks with god will be delivered from them all verse 21 envyings murders drunkenness revellings and such like cor obrien phone 196 and main coroner for york county dr arthur l hore physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetrics also eye ear nose and throat eyes tested glasses fitted and repaired markham ont phone 7 insurance stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 horace walsh electrician for the stouffville hydro system trouble of any kind over the village system cheerfully attended to private work at moderate rates telephone 802 prices were at the peak anyway it was during this period that wheat sold for nearly three dollars hogs for 24 and butter for 65 cents a pound those prices were halved and quartered in the depressions which were lying close ahead this time the authorities are choosing their farm appraisers much more carefully most of them will have the practical experience of soldier settlement work after the first great war to help them and other steps which may not be outlined at this time are being taken to assure again st inflated purchases finally there was the holus bolus nature of the last scheme you either went all out farming or you didnt ssb wasnt interested in any parttime proposition and as a re sult good carpenters painters and other skilled artisans were buried far out in the country where they had little or no opportunity for making money on the side plans now under way make full provision for veterans who want or would be advised to take up parttime farming only they will be settled on small places outside the town where they can say raise poultry fruit or vegetables and also will have on opportunity for working at their old trades or professions sometimes they will work steadily in the town and gradually build up their country holdings to which they may retire so settled it is believed these men and their families will have a greater chance of making a success of the farm end of their venture and at the same time will have healthy surroundings for bringing up families and their special skills will be of good use to the community regarding block settlement schemes the new setup is neutral last time this sort of thing did not go well some readers may recall the kapuskasing episode of the early twenties when returned soldiers in a bush area of northern ontariostaging something akin to a sit down strike main trouble was due to a lack of community development roads schools churches telephone lines etc later on french canadian settlers moved in along with civilization and were perfectly contented this time the plan is to shun block settlements unless the specific cooperation of the provincial authorities is pledged on the shoulders of the later will fall the responsibiity for providing adequate community environment to make sure that veterans and their families will not be forced to squat for years in the bush waiting for roadschurches and schools lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouffville phone 4301 opposite tbe town clock thomas birkett general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 190s insurance in reliable companies it reasonable rates promt service phone 25902 stouffville h o klinck phone 3307 stouffvlu fire auto burglary sicknesb ana accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance co the pioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 years experience strength and service unexcelled a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance cat -also- automobile and fire barristers office phone residence phone 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary pofehfc 6 king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office wcpolalrdkc port perry uxbridge ontario phone 25 office phone elgin 7021 residence phone mo sik stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 am samuel d borins barrister solicitor etc 503 temple bldg 62 richmond street west toronto brierbush hospital government licensed main street east stoofofue maternity medical and surgical cases taken ambulance service registerde nurses and 24 hoar service mrs e r good phone 191 r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000 l e oneill stouffvtlije funeral dhtector and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night a s farmer licensed austioneer 20 years experience 20 20 years experience york county uxbridge and picker ing townships farm stock and furniture sale a specialty telephone stouffville 730 address gormley po clarke prentice phone agincourt 32 v3 mimical licensed auctioneer for the counties of york and on tario successor for corpl ken prentice of casf and of the lata j h prentice former prentice 6 prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reaaos- able rates f-