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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette OBHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1363) The TI ss A ot The Ca Press ie Canadian Dally Newspapers Association the American paper F h A the O e Dhllles Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Canadian Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters and also the ideal news published therein. All rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. 'A. R. ALLOWAY. President and Publisher T. L. WILSON. Vice-P d and Ma 1 MM. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Bditor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Délivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby Bronklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering. 240 per week By mall outside cérrier delivery areas anywhere In Canads and England $7.00 per year. U.S. $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Canada. i DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION : for MARCH 10,483 THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1950 A Lesson from the U.S. Canadian dairymen, who are still crusad- ing against the sale and manufacturer of margarine in this country, might well study what has happened in the United States with regard to this product. In that country, the dairy interests have for many years formed a lobby in opposition to margarine, but they have been just as unsuccessful in holding back the demand for margarine as as King Canute of old was in holding back the waters of the English Channel. It is 54 years since the Congress of the United States placed its first tax on mar- garine. This was a tax of two cents a pound, presumably a measure of protection for but- ter. In 1902, this tax was raised to ten cents a pound on artifically colored margarine, but it was lowered to half a cent a pound on the uncolored variety. In addition to the federal taxes on margarine, practically every state passea some form of restrictive legislation, most of them placing a color ban on the product. In recent years, all that has been changed. Thirty-one of the states have either repeal- ed or modified their restrictions on mar- garine. Last week, the Congress of the United States repealed all the taxes against it. After July 1, there will be no federal taxes on the product, which for 'he first time enters a free and open market. Ap- parently, the earlier fears that it would ruin the dairy industry of the United States have not been justified. This might very well be taken as a guide by those who are still opposing its sale and manufacture in Canada. Abolishing English Names The Timmins Press comments editorially on the action of the Quebec Legislature in changing the name of the residence of its Lieutenant-Governor from the good old English name of Spencerwood to the French title of "Bois de Coulonge." It quotes Hon. Antoine Rivard, Quebec cabinet minister, as saying the charge was made to affirm before the rest of the country and before the world the French fact in America. This seems like a very lame excuse for a government action which cannot help but have the effect of arousing resentment amongst the English-speaking minority in' the Province of Quebec. The residence of the Lieut.-Governor of Quebec has borne the name of "Spencerwood" since 1811. It was named after Spencer Perceval, Prime Minis- ter of Britain, who was a year later murdered in the lobby of the House of Commons. It was so named by his kinsman Michael Henry Perceval, who held a government post in Quebec at that time. There was therefore a good historical background for the English name, one which justified its retention, even in' the face of the desires of a government which has for a long time been wiping out English place names in Quebec, no matter how historical they may be, and substituting of rench names in their place. Such action on the part of the Duplessis government is not in the best interests of the "bonne entente" between Quebec and the rest of Canada. Yet similar changes in names have been going on ever since he first came into power in Quebec in the fall of 1936. Many instances could be cited of such action. In 1936 and 1937, many street names in Quebec City were changed from English to French. There was an attempt to change the valuable name of the tourist resort of Murray Bay to Pointe Au Pic. When the Ontario Paper Company establish- ed its new mill and town on the north shore of the lower St. Lawrence, it was not allowed to call it Comeau Bay. It had to be Baie Comeau. : We do not need to have English place names replaced by French titles to remind uf as Hon. Rivard suggests, of the French fact in this country. We are all too aware of it. It is given recognition in our con- stitution and laws, and in our government. No one wishes to minimize the importance of the French population of Canada. But we wonder what the French leaders in Quebec would think if a concerted drive were started in Ontario and other provinces to affirm the English fact by abolishing French place names and replacing them with English names? : Expanding Industry The report for the last year of the Trade and Industry Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Planning and Development presents a striking picture of the expansion of in- dustry in Ontario. Under the guidance of its director, Col. F. J. Lyle, it has made an excellent contribution to development of new industries throughout the province. During the year under review, Col. Lyle's branch assisted in the establishment of 47 doing so, decentralization was practised, for only 12 of these new plants were in Toronto and the other 35 were in other Ontario municipalities. The capital invested in these new industries amounted to $33,150,000. The number of employees placed on their payrolls was 5,229, and their annual pay- rolls amounted to an aggregate of $10,- 500,000. This shows a progressive development of Ontario industry as a potential source of added employment. Since the chief cause of unemployment in this province has been the increase in the working force rather than in a diminution of the total number em- ployed, this is a matter of some importance. It is estimated that the payrolls of these new industries would support an Ontario city of 21,000 people, with all the services involved. 3 The results of the past year fully justify the activities of the Trade and Industry Branch of the Department of Planning and Development, and Col. Lyle, along with his chief, Hon. William Greisinger, are to be congratulated on the success of their efforts to bring'new industry to the province. E®#. rial Notes Unless there is a 1apid <n drastic change in weather, very little gard ning wil lbe done in this district on Good Friday. * * » Success of the a nual Easter Paiade usually depends on how kind the weather- man is on Easter Sunday. Prospects at the moment do not look any too bright for this year. +* * 4 While Oshawa's city engineer is anxious to get tc work on repairing the unpaved streets of the city, we could mention quite a number of the paved streets that need more than passing attention. + # + Nova Scotia miners Lave voted for a two year contract with nn increase in pay. Perhaps they sensed that. further pay increases might hasten the failure of +n already tottering Canadian industry. * * . ; All that flood water which poured down the streams and rivers of Ontario in the last two days would have been of tremen- dous benefit if it could have been stored upstream for use in the dog days of sum- mer. The need for conservation measures was never greater than it is now. @ Other Editors' Views o THE IMPORTANT FACTOR (Niagara Falls Review) No matter how much we become mechanized the human element still remains an important factor. The machine, in most cases, must have a careful hu- terrible railway disaster at Long Island, N.Y, was caused by the driver of a passenger train passing a stop signal. Many great disasters have had such causes, lack of care on the part of some particular person. The same thing is true of the highways where a moment's lapse of mind may be fatal not only for the person himself but for others. & ® A Bit of Verse o A GIFT OF MAPLE SYRUP Oh, this is fluid sunlight; Slow rain of spring; Spilled b'rdsong; Brightness of winter star; Still heat of nights in the brief Northern summer; Golden of autumn leaf; All that a tree has felt and taken in To grow on, Yearlong-- What alchemy has closed it in a jar? --DOLORES CAIRNS e A Bible Thought e "Let a man be what he may, he is still to be loved because God is love."--John Calvin. "And this com- mandment have we from him, "That he who loveth God love his brother also'" (I John 4:31.) new industrial plants in the province. In. man hand or brain to control it. It is said that the All Over Again ; --Die Weltwoche, Zurich Looking Around The World By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst It begins to look as though the democracies finally may call off the boycott against Spain--bad lad of western Europe ever since Gen- erzl Franco became dictator in 1939 as the result of his revolt against the Communist-supported republic. The trend was first indicated some weeks ago when State Sec- retary Dean Acheson announced a change in American policy towards Spain. He favored resumption of full diplomatic representation in Madrid as soon as the United Na- tions repeals its 1946 recommenda- tion that all members withdraw t' »ir ambassadors--a recommend- ation which was followed, This reversal of policy seems to have paved the way for a striking development at the recent meetings of the Atlantic pact defence Minis- ters in the Hague. Spain being of vast, strategic importance militar- ily, the question naturally arose of her relation to the 12-power Atlantic pact. The conference military advisers favored the leasing of air bases from Spain, rather than giving her direct membership in the pact. It is said this proposal will be piaced before the meeting of the pact fore- ign ministers in London early next month. All 12 countries must approve be- fore Spain can be approached in the matter. Chief opposition comes from Britain, whose labor govern- ment objects to the franco regime on ideological grounds. The point is that if bases should be leased from Spain, it would open the door to full inclusion of Spain in the Western defence system if she should wish to participate. It is an interesting note that the Western World should turn thumbs- down on the Madrid government, because it is a dictatorship, while playing ball with other totalitarian regimes which are tougher, for ex-| ample, Soviet Russia. The answer to this naturally is| . that the western powers have been making a virtue of expediency, Wheat Price Comes Down Ottawa, April 6 (CP)--Guarding against wheat-board bankruptcy, Trade Minister Howe has announc- ed a drop in initial prices to be paid to western wheat farmers. Beginning with the new crop year, Aug. 1, the initial price, under a three-year pool renewable annu- ally, will be $1.40 a bushel, instead of the current initial price of $1.75. Trade Minister Howe, announcing this change in initial payments in the Commons Wednesday, said the new price will cover the 1950-51 crop year on deliveries to the board of No. 1 northern wheat in storage points at Port Arthur, Fort William and Vancouver. He also said' that the initial prices for oats and barley in the 1950-51 crop year will be the same as in thé current year -- 93 cents a bushel for No. 3 Canada western six-row barley and 65 cents for No. 2 Canada western oats, both prices based on deliveries to Fort William and Port Arthur. Because of the poor reception the wheat board's flax pool got from growers during the current crop year, the government still was un- decided whether it will conduct an- other flax pool in the 1950-51 per- fod However, if it did, the initial price paid will be $2.60 a bushel, the same price the wheat board paid on flax deliveries during the current year. Manitoba agricultural leaders, commenting on the announcement, said the initial prices on oats and barley is "fair," but termed the wheat price "disappointing." ® 45 Years Ago Tax rate for the town of Oshawa for 1905 was fixed at 28'% mills on the dollar. A young man giving the name of John Smith of Oshawa was sent to jail for two months at Whitby for f 'Sus driving 2nd trying to run over a constable. Chief Constable Pengelly tend- ered his resignation to the town council, which accepted it and took no action on appointing a successor. Wor. has gone ahead rapidly on the installation of the town water- works system, which was expected to be ready for operation by May 24. W. H. Greenwood of Whitby was ter.aered a banquet by the Toronto World staff on leaving for London to become Managing Editor of the Free Press, MANITOBA SETTLEMENT In 1857 the only colony west of Ontario not wholly dependent on the fur trade for its existence was thc Red River Valley settlement, Whitehall | Notebook | By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer London, April 6--(CP)--A flash- back on Britain's days of blitz im- plies that German bombs may have helped create the present welfare state. Other conclusions, drawn in an official history of the "home front" during the second world war, are that individual men and women bore their burdens with great gal- lantry, and that civilian casualties under mass bombing were much smaller than anticipated. The history, one of a series of | 20 war studies sponsored by the] British Government, has just been published under the title, "Prob- lems of Social Policy." The . author, Richard Titmuss, says that during the war the gov- ernment took a concern for the well-being of the population which was "little short of remarkable" compared with the government's role in pre-war years. ", .. It was increasingly regard- ed as a proper function or even | cbligation of the government to ward off distress and stress among not only the poor but almost all classes of society," Titmuss writes. The book, while stressing indivi- | dual heroisms, says that the blitz dangers were over-rated. In 1937, it was officially judged that an all-out: air attack lasting 60 | days would kill 600,000 persons and injure 1,200,000. The air ministry estimated casualty hospitals would | require up to 2,800,000 beds. | The Home Office thought in| terms of mass burials and the burning of bodies in lime. More than 1,000,000 burial forms were | distributed to local authorities. which on their own bought shrouds Mac's Musings The floods which Have devastated Ontario communities These last few days Have done much damage, Yet the losses incurred By flooded properties Are not the most Serious results Of these floods. In these floods We have seen precious Stocks of water Rushing over the land Into the great lakes, To proceed from there Down to the open sea Where their usefulness Is entirely wasted Yet how valuable That water could have been If it had been stored, Held back in the hills Where the streams start To be fed into them During summer's drought To maintain water levels, Water the crops, And keep wells From drying up During the dry days. These floods resulted From man's interference With nature's plan, Which provided forests And winding streams To become reservoirs To hold the water Against the day when It is sorely needed. Man cut down the trees, Straightened the streams, Speeded up the flow Of the spring waters, So that they were Completely dissipated In one mad rush Of a few days. Man should turn back To nature's plan, By reforesting the Streams' head-waters, Building small dams At strategic points On the little streams, So as to prevent flooding And what is even More important To store the water For use when needed. and papier mache coffins. The home office hired 10,000 tents for blitz victims, later removing them because their "startling whiteness" made people panicky. Doctors said psychiatric casual- ties might exceed physical suffer- ers by 3 to 1. There were more subtle damages, such as -a weakening of family bonds and distribution of educa- tion. Titmuss comments: Instead, official figures show that the number of civilians killed by enemy action in Britain totalled 60,595. The number of wounded to- talled 401,000, comprising 86,000 severely wounded, 150,000 slightly injured and 165,000 treated at first=| aid posts. By James J. Metcalfe LET ME REPENT | yor many scourges have I laid .. Upon His flesh and bone? ... How often have I gone my way «+» And left Him all alone? . . . How many are the cruel thorns... That crown His humble head . . . To expiate the sins of all . .. The living and the dead? . . . | crucified my God upon . . . A place called the populace .. . That now is Calvary . . . As much as all history . .. He gave His life that I might live . . . Ing my immortal soul ... Might gain the golden glory of . . . Its everlasting goal . . . Then let me kneelin penitence. .. And hang my head in shame .:. . And let me now sincerely ask . . . Forgivenessin His name. Copr., 1950, Sun and Times Co. All Rights Reserved By DOUGLAS HOW Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, April 4 (CP)--The atom is bound to work fundamental changes in Canada's way of life in the last half of this' century, says Dr. C. J. Mackenzie, head of both the National Research Council and the Atomic Energy Control Board. But it's anybody's guess what form those changes will take. Dr. Backenzie's imagination doesn't work well out on a limb. In a cautious, largely general look at the next 50 years, Dr. Mackenzie said in an interview: 1. Development of the "technical- ly-undeveloped" areas of the world, such as India and China, is the big job facing humanity in those de- cades. "That way lies the hope of peace." 2. Atomic fuels should open up great new vistas of development, but they probably will supplement rather than replace coal, oil and hydro-electric power. 3. Science is keenly alive on all fronts and there is no reason to believe the next 50 years should not see the equals in advancement of the last 50, with their jet air- craft, penicillin and insulin, radio, television, atomic energy, vast fleets of automobiles cruising along paved highways. By 2000 A.D., Dr. Mackenzie says, the present stage of atomic develop- ment will be considered crude and primitive. Who, for instance, could foresee in the crude, early days of the in- ternal combustion engine that it would lead to miles of paved high- ways, hordes of automobiles, fleets of bombers? Broadly, the atom had opened up two main approaches to new hor- izons. One was a reservoir of en- ergy and new sources of energy had always brought tremendous devel- opments in their train. There was no need to consider the atomic fuels a danger or menace to coal, oil or electricity. Those sources had not eliminated one another. They had proved complementary. Nuclear or atomic fuels probably would do like- wise. The second approach was through research. The atom could lead to medical and biological discoveries that would transform those sciences. It could bring big industrial changes, might even unlock the mystery of life itself. Dr. logical advancements doing much to raise the standards of living of the Asiatic masses and he considered that a vital factor in maintaining peace. But he couldn't foresee that either technology or the atom should create any large settlement in the Canadian north. "People go where they can make a living and where they can live comfortably," he said. "Why should they want to go into the Arctic Mackenzie foresaw techno- Great Scientific Advance Likely In Next 50 Years when they can live and work, say, in Southern Ontario?" As for science generally, all branches were "very active." Fifty add years ago a great scientist had said science had gone as far as it could go in discovery of fundamen- tal truths. Yet almost as he spoke advances were being niade which were to driver humanity forward farther than it had ever gone. There was no such feeling of lim- itation today. The search for new truths was eager and wide. Surge ery, medicine, aviation, chemistry, nuclear and other arms of physics were plunging forward with other sciences. With present progress, it shouldn't be long, for example, before man has the ability to make artificially almost anything, from drugs to fur coats, The fact that advancements in one area of science tend to flow over and lead to advancements in others made the picture subject to: rapid and sometimes vital altera« tion. Cortisone, for instance, was dis« covered in a Canadian laboratory but lay fallow for years until a development somewhere else brought the discovery of its abilie ties to combat arthritis. HOLLANDER'S STORY Vermilion, Alta. -- (CP) -- John Vos, a young Dutch farmer who came to Canada two years ago, told of wartime farming conditions in Holland at a board of trade meet~ ing here. He said all his farm's stock was killed by German gun fire. He came to Canada because of a shortage of farmland availe able for young farmers. EXPECT GREAT THINGS Montreal -- (CP) -- The publie has great faith in the capabilities of the weatherman, K. T. 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