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OPINIONS DA LY TIMES:CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE . FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETT OSHAWA WHITBX THE OSHAWA TIMES MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republicatior. of special despatches herein are also reserved. The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Dally News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Daliies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Net Paid Circulation Bue e Per. lane By 91 fi CEMBER, 1947 i TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1948 New Door Opened ! The start of a new year is often compared to the open- fog of a new door which brings new joys and in some in- (stances sorrows to the human race. In most minds, however, the emphasis is upon better things as man is in most cases an optimist looking for improvement with the passage of time. As one draws to the closing 'Weeks of a year, it is com- ! mon practice to take stock of what it has brought. All too . often we remember its troubles, forgetting the good things that have come to us. We also forget that the troubles which have beset us were, in many instances, of our h making, because of our habits of indolence, neglect and mistaken , eonduct of which man is guilty. The new year is a good time to take stock of what is past and to plan for the future. It would be well to remember | that our progress or decline in life is due entirely to our- pelves rather than conditions which exert themselves against wus. It is all very well to make resolutions, but unfortunately i ¥hey are forgotten all too soon. For that reason it would-be | well to make new resolutions every day. Construction Hits New High ! Ih a recent issue, The Times-Gazette reported that the | wyolume of residential building in Oshawa during 1947 had dropped slightly as compared with 1946. A statement issued #his week by MacLean-Building Reports shows that the ex- perience here was in line with the rest of Canada. bi Residential building in the Dominion at $197,196,300 vas $15.8 million below the figure for 1946, and industrial building at $113;495,000 was $24.8 million down. At the same time, commercial and engineering construction was up --the former by $42.7 millions and the latter by $52.7 millions. i Contracts awarded for the year 1947 totalled $N8,137,-. 000, an increase of $54.7 millions over the 1946 of $663,355,100, This represents the highest volume¥ever reported. "Ontario and Quebec accounted for over seventy per pent of the total with awaxds of $258,709,300 and $255,202,- 400 respectively. A slight imorease was seen in contracts awarded in the West with a total of $144,361,200 for 1947 as gompared with $142,920,100 for 1946. The Maritimes with a total of $59,864,200 showed a substantial increase over the 1946 total of $40,838,100--it should be noted that engineer- ing work in these provinces amounted to almost $25 millions which largely accounted for the jump. Last year the engi- neering awards were $11.1 millions. "Awards for the month of December totalled $35,101,- 900, a drop of about $1.5 millions from the $36,534,600 for December, 1946. Increases were noted in residential and commercial construction while engineering and industrial awards declined." Is Prohibition Coming Back? (National Temperance Digest) This is the startling title of an article in the September issue of The American Magazine. Supported by ten beauti- fully prepared advertisements of whiskey, gin and beer in the & front and back of this number you will find, like an oasis in the desert, this well-illustrated article entitled, "Is Prohibi- tion Coming Back?" : Mr. Frederick G. Brownell, a roving reporter, "traveled thousands of miles . . . talked with spokesmen for the Anti- | Saloon League, the Methodist Board of Temperance, the | W.C.T.U., and the Prohibition party; with distillers, brewers, vintners, importers and wholesalers . . . heard the views of ministers, social workers, tavern keepers, bartenders and Congressmen." ' Here is a summary of his findings: "County by county, the United States is going dry. Roughly, one-third of the nation is already arid, and thirty- two of the forty-eight states have dry.spots in varying de- grees. Upwards of 25,000,000 Americans now live in districts that forbid the sale of hard liquor; while for 10,000,000 it's illegal even to buy a glass of beer. Today 3,000,000 more people live In dry territory than in 1940." A map covering most of two pages has the states tagged as sixteen wet, three bone dry and the remainder all the way from 0.5 per cent to 74 per cent dry. In every state the battle * is being joined. In 20,000 local option elections since repeal, the drys have won 12,000, . One of the driest northern states is Illinois with upwards of 1,000:wholly dry districts. Chicago, like most other metro- politan cities, is still wet, with one retail liquor outlet for ev 200 inhabitants; nevertheless, 128 precincts within the is \ a "The chief impression I brought back from my travels," tes Mr. Brownell, "is that the possibility of a national dry law is closer than most people imagine." He quotes Dr. Deets Pickett of the Board of Tempefance of the Methodist Church as foreseeing a new amendment inside of ten years." This roving reporter tells us that the leading Drys claim " n® less than 20,000,000 Americans are actively enlisted in the fight to rid the land of intoxication and says that "The top two organizations to which most.of these groups belong are the National Temperance Movement and the National By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Jan. 6--Inside the Lib eral Party a bitter quarrel is devel- ping over margarine and the two private bills now before Parliament are headed for certain defeat, In the House of Commons James Sinclair, a Liberal frem Vancouver North, has introduced the identical bill which last week was introduced in the Senate. Both bills would strike out section 5 (a) of the Dairy Industry Act which prohibits the manufacture in Canada or import for sale of margarine or any other butter substitute. Sinclair's bill has already caused a serious quarrel with fellow Lib- erals from British Columbia. First to oppose it was George Cruikshank, a Fraser Valley farmer, and lined up with him is Tom Reid, of New Westminster, whose riding alsa in- cludeg'some farm voters. Refie Beaudoin, an influential Quegec Liberal representing Vau- dreuil-Soulanges, was co-sponsor of the Sinclair bill when it came up for first reading, But on second reading--the next time it comes up |in the House--Beaudoin will with- draw his name and Sinclair will have to find another sponsor. Beau. doin's name appeared as a second- er of the bill only through a par- liamentary accident. Beaudoin support the bill. All the political parties are torn in their loyalties. The: rural mem- bers (with the farm vote in mind) will copose the bill. The representa- tives from big city and other strict- ly wban ridings (who have union and other white collar votes in mind) want to bring margarine on to the market. There is only one possible solu- | tion for this impasse -- a govern, ment-sponsored bill. There is as much likelihood of such a bill being | introduced to Parliament as there is of Premier Duplessis being intro- | duced to the Presidium:of Soviet Russia, James G. Gardiner, the Ministe; of Agriculture, said recently he "di not know" what the government's attitude would be toward the Sin- clair bill. Such a measure had "not been discussed for years", he said, and presumably he meant discuss ed by the Cabinet, In the Senate Hon. W. D. Buler is proceeding with his bill although he knew beforehand that Sinclair would also sponsor a bill. As a mat- ter of fact when Sinclair decided to sponsor the margarine, measure he merely obtained a copy of last year's Senate bill and struck out Buler's name and substituted his own, Euler's. bill has more chance of passing the Senate (although it is a very slim chance) than has the private bill of getting passed by the Commons. The senators don't have to worry about being re-elected and hence would be more inclined to give their approval to the contro- versial bill, But even should the Senate bill get approval of the Upper House it would be killed in the House of Commons, Year by year, however, the poli- tical pressure for a low cost substi- tute 'for butter is increasing. Only when that pressure gets really strong will the government pay much attention, The government could escape the dilemma by putting the question on a national referendum, This, again, could only occur under terrific pres- sure from 'elected members, knows that rural Quebec would not |. But Nine-Tenths of the Patients Died ~--San Francisco Chronicle Attlee Attack On Reds Seen 'As Morale Builder By DEWITT MACKENZIE AP Foreign Affairs Analyst /Did you ever sit down with a map of the world and contemplate the extent of the British Empire and commonwealth whic so encircles the globe that, as Britain points out with justifiable pride, the sun never sets upon them? If you have done so, you will know that this mighty combination of countries and dependencies occupies something like one-fourth of- the world's known territory, and that its population is about a quarter of all mankind, that is, mere than 500,- 000,000, A round-the-world traveller | will strike British territory more often" than that of any other "mother country." And an enemy power would find the British flag flying over a vast number of stra- tegic defensive "bases" in both hemispheres, With this information in mind we can appreciate more fully the great significance of Prime Minis- ter Attlee's blast, against Commun- ism in his week-end speech which, by implication, emphasized Britain's solidarity with the rest of the west- ern democratic blqc. Certainly his address ranks as one of the most important developments of the new year thus far, "Today in Eastern Europe," de- clared Attlee, "the Communist par- ty, while overthrowing an economic tyranny of landlordism and capital ism, has renouncetl the doctrines of individual freedom and political democracy and rejected the whole spiritual heritage of Western Europe." It is important to note that Att- lee's slashing attack on Communism followed a campaign inaugurated a couple of weeks ago by Morgan Phillips, General Secretary of the Labor Party, to oust Communists from controlling positions which they hold in some British trade unions, Last Saturday gave us the first concrete results of this crusade when Jim Hammond, Communist President of the Lancashire area of the National Union of Mine- workers, was defeated for re-elece tion by C. L. Tyrer, Laborite, who had been Vice-President. This hardening of the British at- titude toward aggressive Commun- ism lends fresh Marshall Plan for European re- habilitation -- a program which Moscow has vowed to defeat. A positive stand by London in this dangerous crisis is vital to maine tenance of solidarity among the western democracies, It is a great morale builder, Britain is hard hit economically but ghe is on the road to recovery and remains a tower of strength for the democracies, bott sufficient leeway to cut excise and indirect taxes by a fairly wide margin. Altogether the excise taxes yield about $600,000,000 in revenue. They include the eight per cent sales tax, and taxes on such things as liquor, candy, cigarets, furs, amusements, toilet preparayons, jewelry and the' like. Whatever reduction is made, it is expected it will be consistent with the government program to con- serve American dollars. When the | exchange conservation program was announced, the government dis- closed that it was slapping a 25 per cent excise tax on a lengthy list of consumer goods to discourage pur- Looking Ahead In Ottawa Ottawa, Jan. 5--(CP)--This is "estimate time" for the cabinet, It now is coping with its annual task of preparing estimates of the amount of money the government will ask parliament to vote for the coming fiscal year, starting next April 1. Lr It's a complicated and difficult job and it has to be completed within the next few weeks for the estimates likely will be presented to parliament shortly after the session resufnes Jan. 26. The estimates always provide a good many surprises and an inter- esting feature this year will be the amount of méney the government intends to devote the public works and housing. Public works expenditures fre- quently give broad indications of' the government's private estimate of economic trends ahead. If the government thinks there may be a business recession coming along, the funds it is asking for public works may give tip off. Once estimates of expenditures for the coming year have been ap- proved, Finance Minister Abbott likely will put his senior officials to work on preparation of the bud- get for the 1948-49 fiscal year. In the 1947-48 budget presented last April 29, the tax reductions were confined practically exclusively to the income tax field. The wide range of excise or "hidden" taxes were left untouched and drew wide- spread criticism, When Mr. Abbott announced the income tax changes, which he esti- mated would mean reductions of about 29 per cenf to the average taxpayer, he had behind him a fis- cal year. in which a surplus of $352,000,000 was built up. When he introduces the new bud- get, it is expected he will have be- hind him -a year in which the sur- plus will reach at least $500,000,000. Political observers believe that this surplus, coupled with the fact that expenditures in the coming. vear. likely will be lower than in hte current year, will give Mr, Ab- * 'the same stuff that collects on your of non itial products, WETTER WATER . (Windsor Star) 'Fire-fighting scientists are re- ported to be using a wetter type of water to douse flames. It must be hat brim, then spills down ° your back, MEANWHILE, LET'S EAT (Windsor Daily Star) "Mild-Mannered Lunch Counte:r- man, Arrested for Murder of First Wife, Tells Police He Believes He Also Killed Second." In the mean- time, Bub, where's our egg sand- wich? J 4 e A Bit of Verse GRAY SQUIRREL ARABESQUE Like the quick flash of quicksilver, seen and gone, the silver squirrel is antic on the sil- very beech boughs; . like dancing music notes on' austere staves the bright jet glitter of his eyes, the ripple of plumed tail that flashes, vanishes, only to appear again; arched, flowing, mercurial little acrobat of Instant postures instantly dissolved, moving to bright wild surge of autumn sun and wind, the silver squirrel among the copper leaves of beech performs an agile demisemiquaver pert ears and then, elusive, almost quicker than his shadow, disappears in silver flash as silent as his shadowed self. --Frederick Ebright. In Washington Post. ® A Bible Thought In the blueprints of Omniscience, the plan of rescue for humanity was formulated before the founda- tion of the world. "According as He (God) hath cho- sen us in Him (Christ) before the foundation of the world Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." (Eph. 1:4; Rev. 13:8). of strength to the | |'» Readers' Views FAVORS BUTTER CONTROL Editor, "TimesysGazette, Dear Sir: According to an Otta- wa. press correspondent, the cabin- et has considered re-imposition of a temporary price ceiling on butter. The free enterprisers have had an- other chance with "their way" and if it has failed under favorable con- ditions why should we adopt the better socialist way only temporar. ily? Why not permanent price re- gulation as we have with milk? Under former price control of butter it sold without fluctuation at prices comparable with those of milk. Recently the fluid milk pro- ducer received a 15 percent in '| crease for his milk to cover the in« creased cost of feed, but 'even be- fore the subsidy and ceiling on feed grains were removed butter had gone up that much. Now butter is up 40 percent--from 54c. to 75c.-- which again throws milk prices out of line and makes for discontent there. oN With around 50 million lbs of storageMputter- in nine principal ci- tiles of Canada, besides that of smaller speculative holdings, it is easily understood why rising prices are desirable, 'and who wants it, But all butter producers are also in- terested, The creamery gets 123 lbs of butter from every 100 lbs of but- terfat purchased. The extra 23 lbs pays them their operating costs and profits, On V-day we were paying 38c. per 1b, so the 23 lbs. gave them about $8.00, When the price rose to 46c. they earned $1.38 more. Last spring when the 8c. subsidy was passed on to the consumer, making the retail price 54c., the farmer didn't benefit but the butter maker got an additional 8c. on his 23 Ibs. or $1.84. If they were well away then, ag # appears, where must buey be now with butter selling at Re-imposition of a ceiling is no enough, Prices should be rolled hac! in line with fluid milk, Yours very truly, John W. Gilbert Hanover, Ontario, January 2, 1948, Very True A production expert declares that sedentary work lessens a man's resistance. The more he sits the less hé can stand. ® 20 Years Ago With only a 25 per cent vote re- corded, P. A. MacDonald, 8. G. Carnell and John T. Crawford were elected as aldermen in the Northeast. Ward. Elected in the Southeast Ward were John Stacey, D. A. J. Swanson and A. J. Graves. In the Southwest Ward, William Boddy, S. H. Jackson and Daniel Douglas were returned to office. A. L.-Hudson & Co., one of the Dominion's leading brokerage hous- es, was expected to open a branch office in Oshawa. C. N. Henry, manager of the Dominion Bank here for the past 12 years, was re- ported to be taking over manager- ship of the new branch. Arthur Slyfield, Oshawa Collegi- ate librarian, after a survey of Osh- awa and distriet reported finding 28 species of birds. Scheduled to speak at the City Hall was Mayor W. J. Wilson, of Gananoque. Former residents of Gananoque were meeting to con- sider the formation of a Ganano- que Club. . Oshawa City Hockey League op- ened its schedule with St. George's edging out Oshawa Daily Times, 2- 1, and General Motors Service de- feating Oshawa Rallway, 4-2. Brighter To slow music, the film showed the poor old mother, discarded by her cruel children, trudging wearily along the road. 4 The pathos of it brought tears to the eyes of the well-dressed woman in the "eighteen-pennies," and the small boy with her heard her sob. "Dont worry, mother," he said comfortingly, "When I grow up, I won't let you go to the workhouse like that, I'll get you 4 taxi" Gp the Flows? ot DETROIT FACILG GRAND CIRCUS PARK The Tuller, 0 modern hotel for those who want the best! 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