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OPINIONS 5 X DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE. reatuses The Daily Times-Gazette OSHAWA 2 4 . THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) Press, ber of the Ci The Times-Gazette is & 3 and the Audit Bureau of the Canadian Daily N 1 Dailies Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for De enrol a news despatches in this paper credited to it or to The Press local news published therein. despatches herein are also reserved. A. BR. ALLOWAY, President and" Publisher T. L. WILSON, Vice-F and M M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES carrier Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Pickering, 240 per week. By mall, outside areas, anywhere in Canads and England, ery Ruthotired 3 socom isa Siarier, Post Office Department, Ottawa, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for NOVEMBER 9,138 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1948 ered by Price Support Laws On this page of today's issue of The Times- Gazette there appears a letter from Mike Boychyn, of Whitby, taking exception to an editorial which appeared here on Thurs- day, December 9, under the heading, "The 0ld Law Operates." This letter is obviously prompted by a mis-reading of the editor- ial. In it Mr. Boychyn says, "You took ex- ception to legislation passed providing for ¥ a policy of supporting prices of unmarket- able surpluses." At a matter of record, the editorial did no such thing. It pointed out that because the prices of farm products were controlled in wartime and in the immediate postwar years, thus preventing the farmers from securing the prices their commodities would have brought on an open market, the price support legislation was passed to pro- tect them against rapidly falling ' prices when controls were removed. And in view of the handicaps placed on farmers for so many years, that type of legislation is, for the present, quite justifiable, Mr. Boychyn devotes practically all of " his letter to contracts made under the Farm Products Marketing Act of Ontario, which is something quite different from the price support legislation of the federal parlia- ment. While under the:Fatm Pmpducts Mar- keting Act provision is made for the fixing of prices between producers and processors, in effect it gives effect to the law of supply and demand which was lauded in our pre- vious editorial. Both parties to the negotia- tions know what the prospective crop or volume of product is going to be, both know what the market will normally be able to absorb, and on the basis of these facts they negotiate the agreement. The net result of schemes under this legislation has been to improve the position of the producers im- measurably, because it does give them a powerful voice in deciding for how much and under what terms and conditions their pro- ducts will be sold. No Cocktail Lounges The people of Mimico, one of the sub- urbs of Toronto, have decided against the introduction 'of cocktail lounges into their community. In a vote held last Saturday, those who had sought to establish a dining lounge license and a cocktail bar failed to secure the sixty per cent vote which is re- quired under the Liquor License Act. The vote they received fell short by five per cent, 80 their application fails. : While the result is very satisfactory to the forces of temperance which opposed the granting of dining lounge and cocktail bar licenses in Mimico, the disturbing feature is the fact that over 40 per cent of the people did not vote. Had there been a larger vote, it is likely that the count against these li- censes would have been greater, y, ¥ it can be taken for' granted that those supporting the application made sure that their supporters cast their ballots, This result shows the wisdom of requir- ing a sixty per cent vote of the electors who cast their ballots before forcing on any com- munity what is practically a. wide-open sale of liquor, within the terms oi the Act.' No change of this kind, affecting as it does the life of the community; should be made with- out a substantial majority in favour of it, and that was lacking in the Mimico vote. And Now -- Margarine The Supreme Court of Canada has given its decision that the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine are legal in Canada, and that the federal parliament has no right to prohibit them. The right of the federal parliament to prohibit the importation of this substitute for butter, however, has been upheld. Under this Supreme Court decision, which has the Jorce and effect of law, one may ex- pect to see oleomargarine on sale through- . Paul Robeson is unquestionably a great out the Dominion within a very short time. The only hope of those opposed to it lies in an appeal to the Privy Council against the Supreme Court decision, and there is a pos- sibility that the Canadian Federation of Ag- riculture or some other organization repre- senting the dairy industry, may make such an appeal. There will be a great division of opinion across Canada regarding this decision. In low-income families it will be hailed as a step in the direction of lower living costs, because it has been shown in the United States that oleomargarine can be sold at a much lower price than butter. By the dairy industry, however, it will be regarded as a great blow to the stability and prosperity of their industry. But it should be remembered that the oleomargarine issue would never have been raised at all had the industry produced sufficient butter to meet the needs of the people of Canada, and at a price which all classes of people in the country could af- ford to pay. Had that industry devoted as much energy to increasing butter produc- tion to meet the demand at a price all people could afford to pay, as it.did to opposing the sale and manufacture of oleomargarine, the issue would never have arisen, or would at least been much less forcefully prosecuted by the proponents of the butter substitute than it has been. One cannot foresee what the result of an appeal to the Privy Council would be, but with a five to two decision of the Supreme Court judges, it does not look very hopeful for a reversal of that decision. But we do not agree that the dairy industry will be ruined by the introduction of oleomargarine, since the majority of people will still pre- fer butter, and the dairy industry may be stimulated to increase butter supplies to such an extent as to make oleomargarine less of a necessity that it would appear to be under present conditions. Editorial Notes It is now too late to do Christmas shop- ping early, but not too late to do Christmas shopping. * w * C.C.F. Leader Mr. Coldwell lost his temper when George A. Drew referred to his party as National Socialists. Had it not been for Adolf Hitler, he might have been proud of a party bearing that name. : * * * wo The United Nations Assembly had ad- journed after accomplishing little or no- thing. The "cold war" seems to have frozen up its powers of action, if it ever had any. 1 ® x Xx =» * singer, but when he appears as a speaker on a Communist platform he sounds a lot of sour notes. * Xx ¥x *» These are days when parents find that the space in their closets is absolutely in- adequate to the demands for safe hiding places for packages to be openéd on Dec. 25. ¢ Other Editors' Views o 17 STATES DO IT (Chatham News) Across the border the authotities are alive to the hazard of the mechanically deficient motor car. So it is not surorising that 17 states now have compul- sciy motor vehicle inspection laws, and that 12 oth- er states have permissive laws giving two dozen cities the right to make such inspections. As always, it is the careless ones Who have caused this nuisance bur- den to be placed on careful and careless alike. But all laws are like that; the offences of a few place a burden on all. ® A Bit of Verse eo CHRISTMAS LONG Well do I remember Christmas long ago Icicles hanging fro : the eaves And crust upon the snow. AGO I'd lay awake a thinking Of Santa and his toys Wishing that I could but peek To fill my longing joys. ' The slightest sound filled me with fear Of wonder and alarm Afraid that he might miss This quaint old fashioned farm Wide awake while it still dark Before the break of dawn Stole to the window there to look For footprints on the lawn. iv E'er long daylight came Then up I'd spring with joy To empty out my stocking Of orange knife or toy. Could we but go back through the years To Christmas as of yore A wondrous time it seemed to be For memory to keep in store. ; ' --W. J. Brown. .@. A Bible Thought e Jesus came! and came for me! Simple words! and yet expressing Depths of holy mystery. Depths of won How Times Have Changed ~--Justus in The Minneapolis Star Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst The situation of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist ar- mies in face of the Chinese Com- munist offensive is critical. It is a -moment of grave concern for all countries engaged in com- batting the Communist world drive. Figure it any way you will and the vast country of China, housing close to a quarter of all humanity, still remains an important part of the global cefence against the Red ag- gression, Australia is takifig grave note of this threat to her own security. The Sydney Daily Telegraph sums up the position like this: "Hitherto we have planned our defence along lines which connect up with Britain, her navy and her possessions east of Suez." We now have to put far more emphasis on our collaboration with America. "If the United States needs bases in our area, she should have them. We are essential to her Pacific de- fences. She is equally essential to ours, We have to admit the possi- biilty that, outflanked by strong enemy bases on the mainland, America's defences in Japan may fail.. That would put Australia in the front line again." The Australian government is making plans to cope with spies and saboteurs in wartime. Certain Loss Naturally the United States hasn't overlooked any of the facts of this crisis in considering what, if any- thing, can be done to save China from the Communists. However, Washington reads the signs as in- dicating the United States must be prepared to write off China as an almost certain loss. This doesn't mean that Washing- ton won't give further aid. It does mean, as I understand it, that the United States regards it as wholly unfeasible to try to put the Na- tionalist government on its feet at this late date with a colossal ex- penditure of our resources. More Important From the strategic point of view Western Europe is regarded as re- latively the more important at this crucial juncture in the cold war. Once the bastions of Europe are made secure, the Western powers will be bound to spur their defensive efforts in the Far East. There is a grave danger that Communism may make much headway in the Orient unless the western world intervenes. Should China come under 'control of Moscow, it would give them a powerful base from which to oper- ate. e Readers Views ment of weather. We feel that be- cause the crop is less perishable in the processed stage than in the field, a reserve of processed goods be kept on hand to cover a partial or complete crop failure year. It was pointed out to the processors that-an attempt to avoid contracts by appeasing new growers was cost=- ly to both parties, and by the time the experiment was over the new grower was the first to fallin step with the legislation of the Market- ing Board. I repeat everything in the busi- ness world is done according to plan but the plan has not gone back far enough to include the farmer. The wholesaler and pro- cessor receive fair prices, for the demand. The surplus has been dumped at the expense .of the pub- lic ever since the Boston Tea Party. To the producers who do not attend meetings and smugly say the Marketing Board is a bunch of opportunists, do so because they themselves have no' the courage to stand up t6 such criticism. Sincerely yours, MIKE BOYCHYN. Whitby, Ont., Dec. 13, 1948. ~ Business + Spotlight By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor Most signs today point to a level- ling-off in prices and it looks as though the signs may be born out this time unless there is some new important development. It can be recalled, however, that there were indications a year ago that a levelling-off was near. There were downward signs in the form of better supplies of many lines, while against them were demands for goods under the European Recovery | Program. It seemed that the two! forces would about cancel one an- other out with prices remaining | steady or tending down. | Then a new factor entercd--re- | armament. It wasa't so much the | actual demands for rearmament, as | the fact that they were being made | on a supply of goods which was | barely able to meet domestic and E.R.P. requirements. ' i Even so, prices hesitated and vir- tually stood still for two months in the early year, but then started on & rise which has totalled about 10 points in the Canadian cost-of-living index. Now theré are indications that present! rearmament demands can be taken care of without a net in- crease in available production, with shortages here and there counter- acted by decreased demand in other lines. Nevertheless, some of the effects of rearmament have yet to make th lves felt. In Canada products Editor, The Times-Gazette, Dear Sir: I wish to difféf with you on your opinion in the editorial "The Old Law Operates," in the December 9, 1948, issue. You took exception to legislation passed pro- viding for a policy of supporting agricultural prices in case of un- marketable surpluses. My criticism is intended to be informative to some growers who may have the same opinion. It is my opinion that what I have to say was gen- eral at the fifth annual convention of the Ontario Vegetable Growers Marketing Board, Dec. 9 and 10, in Hamilton. The purpose of the marketing board is not to restrict production for drastic profits, but to plan ac- cording to demand at fair prices. legal business in this country oper- ated with as little planning and as great a gamble as agriculture. It is the purpose of the Marketing Board to lessen the gamble, which in turn will enable planning. Our gamble is two fold. The farmer did not have enough faith in our contracts. This lack of faith in' one particular contract made it necessary for the farmer to mech- anize his farm for several types of products. Now the farmer realizes that specializing in any one par- ticular product is our future as well as being more economical. The farmer through legislation is intent on drawing up a standard contract that will pay him a price based on costs for all products grown, and enable him to set up a small re- serve financially in case of partial or crop failure year. drous love and blessing--¥F. R. Havergal. : The second gamble is the ele- There is not, to my knowledge, a of the mines, including the oil fields, and of the farms, provide flows of new wealth. Falling prices, as they occur, may be cushioned by purchasers who are waiting for some retreat from present peaks. Though there are more definite signs than a year ago of a levelling or even a reduction in prices, the balance still is close and could be upset by inter- national developments. Markets Tuesday Soybeans, one source of vegetable oils from which margarine is made, continued weak in Chicago yester- day, following Monday's 10-cent break, though they found support in late trading, as did other commodi- ties. Winnipeg coarse grains were firm. Security exchanges generally tended down. » ® 30 Years Ago Frank McCullough opened up a new factory for the manufacture of automobile accessories. The Oshawa Y.M.C.A. went over its objective of $3,000 in its financ- ial campaign. The staff of the Pedlar People, Limited, received recognition. for having the largest percentage of subscriptions in, Ontario - County's Victory Loan Campaign. Frank Yeigh, noted Canadian lecturer, gave an illustrated lecture on "Canada in Peace and War" in connection with the anniversary celebration of Oshawa Presbyterian Church. s W. A. Dryden of Brooklin was nominated by the Canadian Coun- ¢il of Agriculture to represent the Canadian Producers at the Peace Conference. Mac's Musings Too many people In these modern days Have the idea That riches consist Only in dollars, That on'y by acquiring Great wealth Can they attain The goal of riches. Recently there died In London, a man Who left behind Only a few hundred dollars, But he died rich In those things That really mattered. In his will, he said, He had a wonderfully Happy time, And he thanked God, For the boon of life. His life had been Made rich, he said, By the love and affection Of mother, father, Uncles, relatives, Wife and children, And of friends. By worldly standards That man died poor, But in the things That make life Worth while, He was rich, Because he had won The love and affection Of all around him. Therein lies riches, Beyond that of money, Jewels or gems, The riches of the mind And spirit That can make life And living A happy experience. So when we think of riches, Let us forget, For a time at least, The dollars in the bank, And think of those things Which come from love And friendship Of those around us, Which alone can make Life rich and full In their truest sense. Report From Westminster By JAMES McCOOK Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Dec. 15--(CP) -- British women were given the vote 30 years ago but their influence in Politics still poses a question for party stra- tegists. The question has urgency for La- bor, Conservative and Liberal organ- izers. The next general election is 18 months away and there is gen- eral agreement that in the years since the 1846 vote, women have carried a heavier burden than their menfolk. . Housewives have had the respon- sibility of spinning out slender ra- | tions, standing long hours in queues, patching threadbare clothing and making the family budget meet in- creased prices. Male workers have benefitted from improved working | conditions "and more leisure time | but-woman's work is never done. The working man who knaws the benefit of social security, modern- ized labor relations and increased | mechanical assistance in factories, often is a loyal friend of the -Labor government. His wife, for whom im- proved conditions have been less noticeable, is in a difficult economic situation and has not necessarily | the same opinion. Women now are hearing appeals for greater political action on a. part. A. J. Cummings, writing in th News-Chronicle, said they would be far more effective as a driving force if they would see that more women were elected to parliament. Women outnumber men by about 2,000,000 and their. votes can have a decisive effect in the election. At present there is little indica- tion of a large increase in women's participation in the 1950 election as candidates. The Conservatives, who will contest about 600 seats, have Revoluntionary Farme (St. Thomas Times-Journal) . An interesting visitor to the Uni- ted States just now is James Dillon, minister of agriculture in the Eire Government. Mr, Dillon has the "fightingest" kind of Irish blood in his veins. His grandfather, John Dillon, and his father, John II, were in the British House of Commons, and both were fiery Nationalists, John II having been several times "named" by the Speaker for using violent language. After the death of John Redmond, he became lead- er of the Irish party in the House. James Dillon has been in the Dail since it was established, and his tongue has lashed former Pre- mier de Valera as his father's lashed Mr. Asquith. He felt that de Valera was wishy-washy and not aggressive enough. After the last election he was made minister of agriculture in the Costello Govern- ment, being 'a farmer in a large way himself, : « On assuming office he embarked on revolutionary methods that as- tonished the farmers of Eire as well as his own government. He dis- missed all the government inspect- ors, and published advertisements in all the country papers exhorting farmers to push ahead with their farming in their own fashion; to grow wheat, or oats, or whatever else their knowledge of their own soil dictated. "We'll show them," his, SREY seuments said. vertisements were original not couched in governmental phraseology. "Kill all the old dow ager hens," he said, and campaign- ed for restocking with the best breeds. The pig is known in Ireland as "the gintilman that pays the rent," and he popularized the slo gan: "One more cow, one more sow, one more" acre to plow." He advertised his plans to farmers in the idiom of one farmer to another, and urged them to abolish hand cultivation and buy all the machin- ery they could. The farmers have responded. In nine months they built up breeding stock of pigs by about 10 per oent, and of poultry by nearly 20 per cent. They increased egg exports by 50 per cent. Bacon, which had dis- appeared from Irish tables, reap peared. announced only 15 women so far have been chosen_gs candidates. Labor expects to have a large number of feminine entries and a spokesman recalled that their party elected 21 women members in 1945, The point remains that in the present parliament with 640 seats in the House of Commons there now are only 22 women members and no one is sure whether women in general are satisfied to leave it that Jdondon Letter By NORMAN CRIBBENS Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Dec. 15--(CP)--London- ers are reading less and London's old-established book publishers are worried about it. During the war, they say, the blackout and lack of travelling facilities kept people to their homes and "a book published was a book sold." The boom continued for a time after the war ended. But now sales are down with a bump. Basic reason for this says a lead- ing London bookseller, is the high price of books. "Few people today can afford 10 shillings ($2) which is practically the curren! minimum for a pcpular novel. Non-fictional works are even farther removed from the spending power of the average man." Publishers excuse high prices by increased eon costs--higher wages and gh 0st of materials. Cost of paper is important too. Publishers 'are paying three and four times as much for their paper as they did before the war. Booksellers have another remedy. They declare publishers will have to accept a cut in the higher rate of profits they enjoyed during the war. "If they don't they may have to face a time when there will be no profits at all," a Fleet Street book- seller said. Demand for thrillers and "who- dunnits" which reached its peak during the worst years cf the war is not as great as it was, but most booksellers agree it is still the most popular form of reading entertain- ment. Next in order of popularity, ac- cording: to sales' records, are chil- dren's books, the quality of which has improved during the last year. Tove stories and "shockers" are also in some demand, but sales have dropped off by more than 5) per cent since the war. SLIP ZIPPED Vancouver, Dec. 15--(CP)--Police said Tuesday a woman driver at- tached this explanatory note to a $2 fine for overtime parking: "I had an appointment for a fitting. The clerk put my dress on and zioped my slip and I was stuck. I was freed after an hour." Government Overthrown Guatemala, Guatemala, Dec. 15-- (AP)--A military coup has unseate ed President Salvador Castaneda Castro of adjoining El Salvador after a day of fighting, direct re- ports from the Salvador capital said today. The president's desire for exten- sion of his four-year term of office for another two years from March 1, 1949, appeared to be at least one of the factors., Elections for a Con- stituent Assembly to pass on that question were to be held Thursday and Friday. Four ua..n-American governments were overthrown earlier this year, These were in Costa Rica, Parae- guay, Peru and Venezuela. A distinction of El Salvador is her size. She is the smallest of the Central American republics, fronte ing on the Pacific between Guatem=- ala and Nicaragua. She has a total area of 13,173 square miles, Coffee is the main base of her economy. The population totals 2,018,805. Reliable sources said Castaneda resigned late Tuesday and was taken to police headquarters in San Salvador, the capital. The city was calm after hours of fighting. Speculation here is that the trouble might have grown out of an order by the National Assembly for the Constituent Assembly elec tions. } Castaneda, elected to office in 1945 after the overthrow of Col. Osmin Agiurre Y Salinas, was to serve four years under the new constitution. He has sought an ad- ditional 'two years under the old constitution, which provided for a six-year term. Travellers arriving in Panama frem El Salvador said open talk of trouble had developed in El Sal- vador over OCastaneda's desire for another two years in office and an announcément that he was taking over the Ministry of Defence. EARLY CLOSING Toronto, Dec. 15 -- (CP) -- The Ontario Court of Appeal Tuesday ruled that drug stores which did not confine their sales exclusively to articles "only a registered chem- ist may sell" «came under jurisdic- tion of the Factory, Shop and Other Buildings Act and must con- form with early-closing by-laws. SPREADING RABIES London, Ont, Dec. 15--(CP)-- Dr. Hilary Kropowski of New York cautioned Canadians Tuesday of the danger of getting rabies from United States foxes. Dr. Kropowski told a meeting of the Canadian Publi: Health Association's labora- tory section that rabies-infected wild animals, chiefly foxes, are spilling into Eastern Canada from New York State . Course start! at centr Kingsto® s Jan ally loc@® very schools toronto DEPARTMENT OF FOR: THE PROVINCE OF