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6 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, July Is, 1953 ~ Editorials The Dally Times-Gasetle (Oshawa, Whitby), hed by TimesG 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontarie Chamber of Commerce Seeks To Promote Voting Interest In recent years, the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Oshawa has taken a leading part in an effort to .promote a greater interest and a higher percentage of voters in the Oshawa municipal elec- tions. federal general election, the Junior Chamber, and its older brother, the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce, will be un- dertaking a similar activity. The call has gone out from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, with which the Oshawa organization is affili- ated, for a nation-wide, non-partisan "Get Out the Vote" campaign. Thegmove is one in which the Canadian Chamber is enlisting the aid of its close to 700- member Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce, and some 2,350 member companies. These groups representing a cross-section of the country's business and community life, are co-operating in an effort to persuade and encourage electors to go to the polls on August 10. President Lewis W. Simms, president of Now, in the broader field of the , the Canadian Chamber, launched the campaign with this statement: "Democracy depends upon the exercise of the free and secret ballot. Everything possible should be done to bring to Canadians a full recognition of their responsibilities in this con nection. The forces opposing our democratic way of life are assisted by apathy. Poor government and loss of freedom are the end results of indifference. We must therefore be alert and vigilant in the defence of democracy through the recognition and exercise of the responsibilities of citizenship." The need for such an appeal is em=- phasized by the fact that in the 1949 general election, nearly two million reg- istered electors failed to go to the polls and vote. Unless a real interest in vot- ing can be aroused between now and August 10, the 1953 election. record will be even worse, The Times-Gazette expects that the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce and the Junior Chamber of Commerce will parti- cipate whole-heartedly in this campaign, and in so doing they will have the full support of this newspaper. Not Like Oldtime Elections Elections, especially in mid-summer, are not what they used to be. Over the past 30 years or so, there 'has been a great change in the methods used to win the support of the electors, and we are not quite sure that the change is for the better. We can recall when an election cam- paign was an extremely trying and ex- hausting period for newspaper reporters. It was the custom for the various candi- dates to hold meetings in practically every schoolhouse or township hall in their ridings. There were meetings every night of the week except Sunday, and on some nights candidates had two or three meetings, driving. to each one in turn in order to address the electors and the reporters tagged along with the can- didates to report their words of wisdom and exhortation for the benefit of news- paper readers. ; Then there was the old-time nomina- tion meeting, at which the electors assembled, and at which all the candi- dates spoke from the same platform, and revelled in going after each ,other in slam-bang fashion. These were stirring meetings as we recall them, and they cer- tainly stirred up a great deal of interest. How changed things are today. Apart from meetings to be addressed by the party leaders, there seems no inclination on the part of candidates to arrange" heavy schedules of meetings throughout their ridings. So far as Ontario Riding is concerned, so far as we have been able to learn there will be few, if any, meet- ings at which the candidates will speak to the general public. We may have a picnic or two, but that will be all, from present indications. The old rousing poli- tical rallies will be sadly lacking. Of course, there are other facilities open to candidates, facilities which were unknown 30 years ago. We now have radio and television, through which the candidates can be seen and heard by elec- tors sitting in their own homes. Perhaps that has the effect of creating a lazy elec- torate, and that may be the chief reason why few meetings are held. But it cer- tainly removes much of the color and ex citement from election campaigns, be-' cause nothing can be more deadly cold than a political speech broadcast from a radio station. Icing Now Right Off The Cake A shrewd comment on the French political upheaval is made by Time and Tide, an influential London weekly, in a recent issue. Says this magazine: "No one can hope to remain long in office in France except on condition of refraining from taking the measures necessary: to prevent the country from sinking still. deeper into insolvency." The same comment,.says the Letter Review of Fort Erie, slightly modified, may unfortunately be applied to most democratic countries, For example, what politican could hope to attain--or keep --office in Canada who promised or threatened to take the measures neces- sary to keep our export markets. Worthy of note in this connection is the warning issued by Mr. R.'M. Fow- ler, president of the Canadian Pulp and Editorial Notes A New York judge has suggested that juvenile courts should be equipped with a panking machine. But are not all par- nts equipped with two of them? The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA, WHITBY) 'The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) 'Whi Gazette & Chronicle (established 1863) we te thy s and y ) Member of The Canadian Press, the Canadi Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies ally sociation and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Canadian Press is 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 local news Published therein. All rights of special despatches are also Teserv, T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor Offices, 44 King Street West, Taron University Tower Building, Montreal, Pia" Omenys SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin Perry, Ajax and Pickering, not over 30e per week. By i outside carrier delivery areas anywhere in Canads and England, $10.00 per year. U.S., $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATIOI{ FOR JUNE 12,301 . Paper Association, that the "icing 1s off the cake" for that industry. Its order books 'are no longer full, and it is oper- ating below top capacity. Mr. Fowler points out that the over-riding fact in his industry is that it is overwhelmingly an export industry. which must face vig- orous compétition in world markets. "There is already considerable evi- dence that Canadian costs are not fully competitive with those in other produc- , ing countries," say Mr. Fowler. High tax- es and high labour costs have brought about this situation. Mr, Fowler correctly adds: "It will be an empty achievement if government charges attain record levels on wood that does not have to be cut, or if labour rates are advanced for men who are not work- ing." A Bit of Verse AT A STREET INTERSECTION Where a signal halts the traffic / Pedestrians stand agog-- A huge red truck and trailer Tiered high, fir log on log; . Moss-festooned bark, snowy-powdered: Winter in the hills! Noses twitch--no perfume Such as oozing resin spills. . Go-light flashed, the twin loads Of potential homes roll on, But eyes hold upland visions Long after trucks are gone. --ETHEL ROMIG FULLER Bible Thought "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." (Phil. 1:20) Is 'to you to live' material wealth?--How transitory it is! Is 'to you to Mve' earthly pleasure?--How poorly it satisfies! Is 'to you to live' world fame?--Ho fades. But if 'to you to live is Christ', tnen to die is sure gain, 3 quickly it ' self-respecting WAITING FOR SHIPS THAT NEVER COME IN Ssqeeciod <opr AcCayect IN DAYS GONE BY 30 YEARS AGO The YMCA in Oshawa passed out of existence when a Business Girl's Club took over the building. Chief of Police Owen D. Friend, issued notices that home owners and tenants were required to des- troy all weeds in front of their property. W. A. Karn was making exten- sive alterations to his drug store which would double his floor space The new Oshawg Tennis Club courts were officially opened and announcement was made of the tournament for the Conamt Cup. A. McLaughlin - Buick model 23-25 'Master Four" touring stock car made a world's record of 47.16 miles per hour in a 24 hour race on a half mile dirt track at Ed- monton. The car was operated b; the service manager of the Ed. monton branch of the McLaughlin Motor Car Co. originating in Oshe awa. King Street was being re-sur- faced. + The Commercial Hotel, King Street west, was being re-modell- ed to double the accommodation, The Gay Construction Company was awarded the contract for the bullding of north Simcoe Public ool. F. C. Palmer was appointed Town Engineer for LL The Oshawa Band directed by Bandmaster Partridge gave a Splendid concert at Alexandra ark. OTTAWA REPORT Election Throws Light On North By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent for The Times-Gazette OTTAWA--A vivid spotlight il- luminating the immense size of Canada's northland has been switched on by the redistribution of parliamentary seats. Aubrey simmons, the large ami- able Yukon magistrate affection- ately known to his fellow MP's as ~The Little Panda, represented Yu- kon-Mackenzie in the last Parlia- ment. His constituency was the largest anywhere in the Common- wealth, perhaps even in the world. A chunk larger than the province of Quebec--Canada's largest prov- Critic Loud In Praise NEW YORK (CP)--Brooks At- kinson, New York Times drama critic, in reviewing Tuesday night's performance of 'All's Well That Ends Well" at the Stratford Shak- espearean Festival says it would be impossible to find in North America "another company so fin- ished in comedy style and so at- tractive personally." Although Atkinson terms the sec- ond offering at the festival which opened Monday night "'a minor Shakespearean pot-boiler'" he says it serves well to disclose "the ac- complishments of an excellent act- ing company." 'All's Well That Ends Well" will alternate with "Richard III" during the month- long festival. He says the plan, while having "an artificial and rather distaste- ful plot" is a 'new experience in the theatre because hardly any- regards if as worth putting on the stage." Atkinson finds the modern dress used for the play 'just modern enough to take Shakespeare out of the distant past,"' the costumes "stunning," the lighting "ingen- jous" and Tanya Moiseiwitsch's setting entirely suitable. QUEEN'S PARK Money Important To Big Projects By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent for The Times-Gazette TORONTO--Money makes difference. We don't often think of lack of money being an important ob- stacle in government. Government with its huge resources, partieu- larly in our rich and prosperous province, most often in the view of the man in the street merely has to snap its fingers and the funds it needs will appear. : It isn't nearly so simple as this, however. And the need of raising money on the open market can make a marked difference here. MORE DELAY At the moment this is probably the most important factor in future action on the St. Lawrence power development. . With the latest action on the part of the federal power commission, agreeing to name New York state as the body to develop the power on the U. S. side, it might be reasonable to get under way with actual work on this side. It seems the READERS VIEWS Further Discussion Of Rental Control Problem The Editor, The Times-Gazette. Sir,--I am not surprised that I received a reply in your paper to the "strawberry - rent control" jece which appeared in The Rimes. Gazette under the date of July 4. I was surprised however that 'the editor of the Belleville Intelligencer defended, at least in part, the unjust, discriminitory rent control law. This writer is quite sensible to the fact that "strawberries" are not as essential to existance as are houses. Nevertheless I would say parenthetically that not all straw- berries are bought by landlords. It seems that the editor of The Intelligencer entirely missed the point of what I wrote about "'un- controlled" strawberries and "con- trolled" rent. The point, Mr. Edit- or was and is the discrimination in the comparison. It is my convic- tion that landlords would make little or no complaint if straw- berries and every other commod- ity, including darpenter's, plum- ber's, and bricklayer's charges were controlled. But when we live in good Canada, the land of tradi- tionally "free enterprise", and the landlord is singled out as the only one that is unable to market his commodity according to the law of supply and demand, there is justi- fiable cause for complaint. The editor of The Intelligencer observed that, 'There was nothing false, in those days (the days of the war), about the premise that a landlord should not be permitted to charge as much as the law of supply and demand would make possible. But what was not false at the war's end may very well be false today." I will not enter into discussion as to whether rent con- trol was ever justifiable, but would point out to my readers that. the war ended years ago and we still have rent control. But not mow. Only rent control remains as a discrimitory append- age of a period that we hope and pray will never re-occur. Admit- tedly, if all commodities were con- trolied it would be more fair, al- though artificial. But the point in this piece, as in what I wrote on July 4, is that rent control is uns just and: unfair because it is dis- erimitory. . Speaking of the war period the editor of The Intelligencer observ- ed that 'no self-respecting govern- ment could have permitted some landlords to profiteer as a result of the housing shortage." Let me respectfully inquire: How can a government im- pose a discrimatory law. that pre- vents the landlord from selling his commodity according to thé law of supply and demand when it grants free enterprise to every oth- er class. Today landlords are being crucified on the cross of economic discrimination. 3 This writer believes in freedom: religious freedom, civil freedom and economic freedom, I believe also in the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. These freedoms constitute the basic dif- ference between democratic and totalitarian government. We have noticed that no class springs to the defense of its free- dom more quickly and more vo- ciferously: than newspaper editors. And in that they do well. If and when the freedom of the press is endangered, I will count it a priv- ilege to do all I can in its defense. However, the press at present is not choked, strangled or even in- hibited. Also it has economic lib- erty. One of the strangest things in all history is the fact that those who enjoy freedom are unwilling to grant it to others. What hap- pens when the cost of newsprint advances? Does the newspaper ab- sorb the increase? Not at all. The increase is passed along to the consumer as is the rising costs costs of every commodity, except rents. Owing to the free enterprise that it enjoys the newspaper is able to continue to make its accustom- ed profit by increasing per copy, subscription and advertising prices. I cannot help but wonder how the editor of the Belleville Intelligenc- er would view the matter of *"'con- trols", if the only control extant applied to newspapers, and news- papers were not permitted by law to increase prices in keeping with advancing costs and ever increas- ing wages. That Mr. Editor is the exact . "fix"" of landlords in Osh- awa. DALLAS YOUNGS July 13, 1953. almost certain that eventually the way will be cleared for the state to act as a partner with hydro on the development. But the catch is that money is needed to' go ahead. To raise the millions necessary even for a start a bond issue must be floated. And the investment public wouldn't buy the bonds in the still doubtful sit- uation where the St. Lawrence still may be tied up in the courts for many months. So the development is held back, and probably will be for some time to come. GAS ALSO The same problem, it seems, may be an obstacle in the west- ern natural gas development. The Stone and Webster report which is the one against develop- ment of an all-Canadian line bases its objection essentially on the grounds that the return from the line wouldn't be large enough to attract the necessary financing. It finds that eventually there might be a fairly sizeable market. But the costs of financing and the long waiting period before there could be a return, it believes, would discourage investment cap- ital. STEP IN This adds to a belief we have held for some time that eventually the government may have to help in the financing of the western gas development. There seems to be little doubt in most people's minds now that it is essential that we get western gas. Premier Frost's latest state- men makes his feelings clear. From the aspect of northern devel- opment alone it is imperative in his opinion that we get the gas. And although certain private in- terests have expressed a willing- ness to go ahead with construction of the pipe-line it might prove, if Stone and Webster is right, that they couldn't get their financing. In this event it would be logical for the province to step in with a guarantee of bonds or some other form of assistance. And it should have public support if it had to do so. Spud Prices Affected By US. Surplus LEAMINGTON (CP) -- Essex County farmers complained Wed- nesday that a surplus of potatoes in the United States is having a serious affect on the sale price of their crops. The farm price for potatoes now has reached a low of $1.25 a 75- pound bag which, the farmers say, is about 75 cents below the cost of production. However, officials of Essex County Associated Growers said they believe 'the worst is over." "The potato market shows signs of strengthening slightly," an asso- ciation spokesman said. "There now seems to be a slightly better tone on the whole- sale market in Toronto and we hope as a result that the price wont' drop any further." The University of Montpellier, France, was founded in 1125. Association of Canad: The Investment Deal THOMSON, KERNAGHAN & CO. (MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) BOND and BROKERAGE OFFICE 16 KING ST. W., OSHAWA For Information DIAL 5-1104 ERIC R. HENRY "Resident Mgr. ince--was knocked off it by last year's Redistribution Act to form the new constituency of Mackenzie. This leaves the Yukon as our third largest riding, ranking after Sag- uenay which takes in the whole of Northern Quebec¢ right up to Hud- son Strait. Yukon-Mackenzie covered 734,546 square miles. This colossal con- stituency was larger than the whole of Western Europe, including the British Isles, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, Portugal, Italy and West Germany. When The Little Panda defeated bush pilot Matt Berry and pros- pector Al Stephens to become the MP for Yukon-Mackenzie, his sup- porters were outnumbered by the total of MPs in all those European countries. 'Mere population statis- tics are dwarfed by this fact in describing the difference between the teeming hordes in the Old Countries and the loneliness of our wide open spaces. MAC'S MUSINGS People are beginging to Grow a little tired of The rapid succession of Car raffles for which Automobiles are placed On display on the streets Of Oshawa, and appeals Are made to the 'citizens To buy tickets on the Chance of winning a car. There have been so many Of these car raffles Since this year began That there has been a Steady succession of cars And tickets-sellers at Various vantage points, And at times there have Been three or four cars, Shown at the same time, With the sellers appealing For public patronage. It is not surprising that Those organizations 'which Promote these car raffles Are finding their returns From them are declining Because of the multiplicity Of such appeals, and if This trend continues, It will be difficult to Enlist public support For such ventures. It is true that in every Case it can be said that These car raffles are Held for worthy causes, But we doubt if many People give much thought To the cause when they Are buying raffle tickets But think rather of their Chances of winning a car For a modest dollar. It may be that many of These organizations will Have to think of other Ways of. raising money, Because with so many cars In the field every year, The goose that used to Lay the golden eggs is Rapidly being killed. CONTRASTED RIDINGS In this year's election, our big- gest constituency is Mackenzie, covering 527,490 square miles and with a population of 6,046 whites, Indians and Eskimos. Our smallest riding is the Magdalen Islands, measured by its total of 4,691 in- habitants. In area however, the 76 square miles of the islands is of course larger than that of many urban ridings which have 10 times the population. Electioneering would be impos- sible in our huge northern areas without the aeroplane. In 1949, the returning officer in Yukon-Mackenzie, the retired Monn tie "Bing" Rivett, had to charter aircraft to enable him to travel around organizing the polls. Other aircrat had to be hired to drop ballot boxes and voting papers by parachute onto the remote polling stations. And the three candidates could not use the "Election Special' trains and the motorcades possible to their southern colleagues. HIGH ELECTION COSTS The result of these trans, tion difficulties was that pie ed the election cost the government about $40 for each vote cast.. The Little Panda spent the equivalent of two years' parliamentary salary on attracting votes which cost him nearly $30 each. This year the cost to the gow ernment and to the candidates has been substantially reduced, partly because air lines run frequent schedules services around the Northland, and partly thanks to the sub-division of that huge unwieldy riding. Chief Electoral Officer Nel. son Castonguay estimates that the cost of arranging for the polling will not be appreciably higher than the all-Canada average of $1 for each vote cast. : The development of a huge min- eral empire in thé Yukon is now being planned under the Frobisher scheme. This will create thriviag and populous new mining towns there, and quickly lead to its fur- ther sub-division. But the colorful old Yukon will always be remembered here for providing Parliament with its most colorful member, George Black, During his 23 years as an MP, this veteran of the '98 Klondike gold rush set up the rabbit-shoot- ing record on Ottawa's Parliament Hill: six rabbits with the six bullet in his Klondike six-shooter. 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