for social benefit is often among the wisest and most proâ€". fitable of governmental investments. Money spent for child . welfare work will give the country more useful and loyal citizens than double the amount expended in immigration schemes. Money spent in public health saves itself in the. lessened expenses for hospital and sickness cots. Old age pensions, mothers‘ allowance, workmen‘s compensation, solâ€" diers‘ pensions, and the many other services classed as| welfare works, may be shown to be good business, as well as the higher humanity. Governments, after all, are simply the representatives of the people themselves, established in the British viewpoint to allow the majority to make the most and the best of | life. Laws are but the rules and regulations of the popularl will, so far as it may be learned and put into effect with the idea of safeguarding and advancing the common good. The idea of The Ottawa Journal that because someone | labelled this or that as socialistic, such a matter should be| avoided by governments, is totally at variance with the| ideals and practices of the Conservative party. It is a! wellâ€"known fact that Conservative governments have augurated and established more measures for social welâ€"| fare than any other party in Canada. In Canada, tï¬e! Conservative party has emphasized the idea of retaining | and conserving whatever may appear of value and virtue, but at the same time there has never been hesitation to| adopt even the things that appeared radical so long as they were for the common benefit. The suggestion of The Ottawa Journal that the extension of social services means a socialistic state and that if Canada is to become a socialistic state it might as well do so by one method as another is logic worthy of Agnes Macphail. The communists, the reds, the C. C. F., the soâ€"called socialists and all the other rampant radicals are not seeking the ideal that was in the mind of Hon. Mr. Macaulay. What they: desire is to impose the will and the tyranny of a minority | on the mass of the people. Their programme can only bel attained by a form of dictatorship. Their chief hope is to drag down those in comfort to the level of the lower classesl of society. They would at one fell swoop destroy all that| has been built up through the tedious years by the effort, the ardour and the courage of the men who gave their lives to make their country a little better than they found it. On‘ the other hand those who believe as Hon. Mr. Macaulay does would conserve all of good that may be in our present system, |â€" and then by adding more and more to the benefits for the majority, "assure to the people at large a comfortable llvtng « under the circumstances of the day." Hon. Mr. Macaulay was careful to limit the expenditures of | . sovernments "to the extent of their financial ability." With uch a limit it is idle to ask that senseless question, "Where : is the money to come from?" After all it is not so much a! e muestion of raising new taxation, as of diverting mcney trom; « ess essential purposes. Money spent in education is saved | ; n the lessened costs of jails. Money spent for public health s saved in the otherwise inevitable costs to the country. : Jld age pensions and mothers‘ allowances wipe out expendiâ€" Bures charity. Expenditures on needed public works, : dence over‘all else. Vital as these things may be they do| not express the ideal measure of good government. Health is as important to a people as wealth, Contentment should | be prized above trade or commerce or industry. Liberty, so | far as such a thing is possible without depriving others of their rights, is fully as desirable to a nation as the developâ€" ment of industrial interests. It is true that liberty may be lost and contentment made impossible by undue paterâ€" nalism on the part of a government. The happy medium is the desired goal of the government that approaches the closest to the ideal, At the present moment it seems as if the majority were the truly "forgotten men." The great need of the day is for recognition of the fact that majorities after all deserve the first and chief consideration. The govâ€" | ernment that will look after the interests of the majority must necessarily consider closely all sorts of welfare work and carry through all kinds of plans for social advantage.l The Ottawa Journal also seems to fall into the common error of classing all money expended on welfare work and social service as just so much more taxation to be imposed, so much more money spent. As a matter of fact the money part thing The Advance believes that Hon, Mr. Macaulay has the right idea, and that The Ottawa Journal is missing the true purpose of government in a democratic country. The basic idea of government is, or should be, to advance the welfare of the people in general. The industries, the financial inâ€" terests, the trade and commerce of a country are all imâ€" portant, but the comfort, the happiness, the health, the welfare of the people in general should be the chief conâ€" sideration. In the past there has been a disposition on the npart of certain classes to believe that material thingsâ€"the At the Liberalâ€"Conservative summer school last week Hon. Mr. Macaulay, Minister of Highways for Ontario, made the statement that continued extension of social and welfare services by governments is the only alternative to a socialist state .‘"To the extent of their financial ability," he is quoted as saying, "further governments will have to see more and more social services developed, so that the comâ€" mon people are assured a comfortable living under the circumstances of the day." The Ottawa Journal does not appear to agree with this view, and comments on the matter as follows:â€""It is a beautiful theory, but unfortunately it does not stand up so well under cold facts. The extent of a government‘s financial ability is the extent of the taxâ€"payers‘ financial ability. If those who pay taxes are to pay more and more taxes, largely for the benefit of their fellowâ€"citizens who pays little or nothing to the public treasury, then obviously a time may come when taxâ€"payers will decide they would be better off in the category of those who receive. Where, then, is the money to come from? Private initiative eventually may go down before the increasing drain of an insistent treasury. We can go on in good times merrily doing more things more expensively for more people, so long as complaisant citizens will pay the shot, but the rub comes when times aren‘t so good. Then we find fastened securely around our necks a vast structure of social services which can‘t very well be dropped at the time when they are most needed. If we go on and cn from where we are, as Mr. Macaulay suggests, how shall we finance all these splendid schemes for human betterment if and when the next depression hits us? Finâ€" ally, why should we seek to be saved from a socialist state if future governments labelled Liberal or Conservative or what not are to carry on in a manner all but indistinâ€" guishable from the socialistic programme? If we are t have thg game we might as well have the name." Canadaâ€"$2.00 Per Year l WELFARE W At the Liberal~â€"Conservi Hon. Mr. Macaulay, Ministe TIMMINS, ONTAR Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association; Class "A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26â€"â€"â€"PHONESâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Thursday by: GEO, LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: lt stt P PP PCP WELFEARE WORK ESSENTIAL _ c altth lt lt lt lt i: ltA Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Sept. 14th, 1933 Che Yorrupine Advanee | s that may be seen and feltâ€"the things that may be ssed in terms of dollars andcentsâ€"must take preceâ€" United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year causes of crime. In Timmins there is poverty an«@ hardship at the present time. That must be admitted with a great deal of regret. But there is no increase in crime. The outâ€" standing theft of recent years here is the robbery of a jewelry store. It is true that wholesale warehouses have been robbed here in recent months. But cigars, cigarettes, chocolates and similar goods were the articles taken. Once a grocery store was robbed, and sugar and raisins taken, but not‘as foodstuffs but as the raw materials for a still in the bush for the distilling of liquor. Still more striking is the fact that in practically all cases of crime Rhere the offenders have been of the type who have broken the law before, imâ€" pelled by no want except that of desiring an easy life at the expense of others. The experience of Timmins will be found to be that of other towns and cities. It is not conâ€" ditions but wrong outlooks on life, selfishness, disregard fori the rights of others, poor sportsmanship, that cause crime. toâ€"day. There is a class that imagine they can have t,heirI cake after eating the makings. They ask to live on the! industry and the thrift of others. There is a lot of symâ€" pathy wasted on the victims of the law and too little on; the people in general who suffer by the fact that a certain| class selfishly and maliciously refuse to play the game. Noi change of system would change their manners or their| morals. They belong to no particular section of the social order. Whether posing as high financiers taking from the; rich, or as men on relief defrauding those as poor as themâ€"| selves, they are all of the same stripe. No change in laws . or government will alter their attitude. Naturally, they? endure the communist idea of wholesale theft. It is on a‘ grand scale what they have been attempting in a mean way., ‘The pessimists feared t would be increased crime fear was groundless. TT‘ men in general more tho toâ€"day. There is a class t cake after eating the ma industry and the thrift of pathy wasted on the victi "Trying to keep up with the Jones" explains more stealing than does want. Studying the police court statistics of a town like Timmins gives some interesting sidelights on the Fashions change in criticism, as in other things! Toâ€" day it is the mode to charge economic and political conâ€" ditions with causing every ill to which men may be heir, from the loss of religion to the occasional evidences of ar excess of malicious egotism. From the words of one To-‘ ronto newspaper it might be inferred that all crime t,o-day! is due to the treatment criminals receive in the penitentiary. [ Another newspaper rightly questions the implications of the Toronto paper, but falls into another error in correctâ€" ing the first mistake. This second newspaper suggests that it is what it terms the "unscocial" conditions of the day that make for crime. The vision is implied of men who au'eI without chance or opportunity in the world being driven to ; crime through force of circumstances. The "system," it is suggested, is the devil that prompts to all the trouble. Of course, there are cases where need forces the breaking of the law, but such instances among adults are surprisingly rare in this country. < The truth is that men are not forced to crime, but rather they froce their crimes upon others. The banking system of the country does not compel men} to murder or theft, nor is it the marriage laws that lead' to the crimes not specified in polite society. Vanity is‘ responsible for more breaches of the law toâ€"day, than need.| "Trying to keep up with the Jones" explains more stealing‘ Everything used to be blamed on booze, from burglary to housemaid‘s knee. The burglar wouldn‘t have taken what didn‘t belong to him had it not been for the nasty liquor, the world was told, and the suspicion was raised that houseâ€" mauids didn‘t get that way about the knees by kneeling on ficors, but more probably through trying to hold a beer keg on their laps. Were it not for the evil effects that may develop from this cry against penitentiary managementâ€"the tendency to pamper criminals at the expense of honest people, the danger of duplicating in Canada the menace of some foreign priâ€" scners with their political evils and their lack of terâ€" ror‘ for the evil doersâ€"were it not for these things most people would consider the political outery against the penitentiaries as the cleverest political move of many a day. proving that the dear old Globe, as Hon. I. B. Lucas used to dub it, was still supreme in its facility for raising a high moral issue and usmg it for the advantage of t.he country and the glory of the Liberal party ment, or even the Beauhbarnois scandal, but rather the conditions in the Kingston penitentiaries. Its cry is not for freer markets, but for freer prisons. No longer does it ask, "Where is the money to come from?" but "Where are your prisoners to go to?" The alleged maladministration at Ottawa is sidetracked by the pretended mismanagement at Portsmouth. The Globe has attracted to its banners a number of men once prominent in the Conservative party. These men have grievances against the party, it is true, but there is always the fair chance that this may be unknown or forgotten in the fight. No one questions the sincerity of The Globe. That is what makes its battle of toâ€"day such good politics. The Globe has been misled in its opinion of penitentiary life by those with axes to grind or grudges to serve. The kindliâ€" ness, the sentiment, the chivalry in waging war for the poor abused prisoners in the penitentiary makes appeal to the dear old Globe. The facts are against the case of The Glcbe but sentimentality and generousâ€"heartedness are with it. The Globe is, no doubt sincerely and truly honest in itd deception. But how many others will be swayed by the same appeal to sentiment and to kindly hearts. It looks like the best bit of clever politics for many a long day. If it is uncorscious political scheming, it is all the more to be feared for that. Just as unconscious humour is often the most excruciating in its provoking of laughter, so unconâ€" scious political trickery may pull more support than laboured machinations. munists, to condemn the criminai coOge s provisiolid5 dAEdAlll}L the advocacy of violence and bloody revolution. The sum total of its efforts has been that the certain or uncertain newspaper has not been able to convince very many, but it has apparently duped itself into endorsation of the C. C. F. idea of government by a noisy minority, largely alien. On the other hand look at The CGlobe! In apparent sinâ€" cerity it has persuaded itself, and a lot of other people, that the issue of the day is not the depression, or unemployâ€" especially on roads and forest conservation, reduce unemâ€" ployment. The country benefits in double fashion. No one need fear a socialistic state. The road surveyed by the Minister of Highways for Ontario will lead to a truly Briâ€" tish ideal of government where the advantage of the people in general will be the chief consideration. uncertain paper and that when it come youth must be served. What about the facts of the case! situation toâ€"day! The certain or unce been attempting the subtle line of tryi servatives by praising the C. C. F. Th tain or uncertain paper has been to munists, to condemn the criminal code foret It tha CRIME AND ITS CAUSES 1at with reduced prosperity there waves. The facts have shown the e more difficult times have made iglhitful and considerate, Accordâ€" of the case? Well, look at the tain or uncertain newspaper has line of trying to curse the Conâ€" 2. C.F. The strategy of the cerâ€" has been to toady to the comâ€" riminal code‘s provisions against ! "Why, then, should there be such ! concern about the punishment which 'they so richly Gdeserve? Why should the lawâ€"Oobserving portion of the public be treated to such recitals as__ thaosg the pages of some of our publications â€" andâ€" commng from the minds and the pens of former convicts? "It is abcut time that an end was put to this creation of false sympathy for those enemies of society who are mecting their just deserts at the hands of the authorities appointed for that purpose. If thoese who now waste their | sympathies on convicted felons would give thought to the misery and sufferâ€" ing which the acts of those criminals have caused to many innocent people; if they would keep in mind that the fear of punishment is the greatest deâ€" terrent of crime, and that in those countries where all sorts of influences are used to defeat the forces of law and order, the criminal and the thug and ! the blackleg hold the whole population Iin constant terror, there would be less inclination to shed unceserved tears over the fate of those who scoff at the sancity of life and the sacredness of the property of others, and take the law into their own hands. | "The ‘Canadian penitentiary system may not be perfectâ€"there may be need of certain reformsâ€"but it will not help matters to make heroes of convicts and exâ€"convicts, the great majority of whom are receiving, or have received, no more than their criminal acts deserve." through the rigid discipline which must of necessity be one of the characterisâ€" | ties of such an institution. "In opening their columns to the lquest;ionable recitals of former conâ€" | viets, these two publicationsâ€"whether, | they realize it or notâ€"are, rendering A distinct disservice to the adiministraâ€" tion of justice and the preservation of law and order in our land. They are descending to the level of the tabloids, th2 influence of which has never been considered as being helpful in the chbâ€" servance of law ana order. Mrs. Henry Boulanger, aged 33 years, died at Grand Desert last week from burns suffered on Aug. 30th when she rushed into a blazing garage to roscue two children from a neighbouring family. The children had accidentally set the garage on fire and the two youngsters were enveloped in flames from burning when Mrs. Boulanger attempted their rescue. Her husband ran to her rescue and dragged her from the burning garagso as she was pulling out the youngsters. In doâ€" ing this and in trying to beat out th» filames in the clothing of the chiidren BRAVE WOMAN DIED LAST WEEK AT GRAND DESERT "It is always possible that a few Canadian men and women, innccent of amy crime, may get into prison through a miscarriage of justice. But they are the exceptions. By and large those who tenant our penitentiaries are criminals, enemies of society, many of them preachers and perpetraters of violence, resulting in death or injury to lawâ€"abiding people or the destruction of valuable property. ‘"In the commission of their crimes against their fellowâ€"men, they gave little heed to the suffering they were causing ‘those fellowâ€"menâ€"or if the thought ever occurred to them, they pushed is from them as being of less importance than the objective of their criminal pursuits. "No good purpose is seryv to these former prisoners t dom of public press. The almost certain to be bia authority which inflicted ment., and which obliged pages oI one oi the lorot papers and one of Can magazines is to reveal the peniténtiary in questi been the subject of char terâ€"charges, and more re port to the Minister of superintendent of King tiary. tions in their respective classes t rather maudlin exposition of the periences cf two exâ€"convicts while s ing terms in an Ontario‘ penitenti The apparent purpose behind spreading of "these matters upon pages of one of the Toronto daily n papers and one of Canada‘s foretr Save Some Sympathy for Victims of Crime With all the mai for murderers. thu; refreshing to read portant Eastern n consideration and who are innocent c cent editorial artic N.B., Telegraphâ€"Jot "Just recently C newspapers m treated by two of t Presert Danger is a Sickly Sentimen tality by Which the Decent and and the Lawâ€"Abiding are Overlooked. nau ad t rn@Al sSAYysS:â€" inadian read I there be such inishment which â€"Why should conditior on, which ters. In doâ€" beat out th» the chiildren ently of a re ustice by th ton Peniten ed by givin he t’ull free ir views atr the punishâ€" them to go which must characterisâ€" nd district who attended the y acknowledge the excellence of on that after all, the Canadian to almost every year holds more d of attraction than the more cross the line. This will be a they they were or if the hem, they ng of less ve of their ns iin a have counâ€" been and the wife, Mr. Boulanger himself was rather badly burned. He will reâ€" cover, however. Mrs, Boulanger was burned all over her body from head to feet and though she made a gallant fight, it was impossible to save hez life. One of the children saved from the burning garage, the twoâ€"yearâ€"old son of Joseph Boisscnault, is in a crit.cal conâ€" dition in the hospital at Bonfield. The other lad, an 8â€"yearâ€"old boy of the Boissonault family, while also badly burned, is making good progress to reâ€" covery. Mrs. Boulanger, who gave her life in saving the two children,. was herself the mother of nine ch.ldren. The bravery of Mrs. Boulanger and of her husband provo that the high qualiâ€" ties of courage and selfâ€"sacrifice that distinguished the p.oneers of the newer narts of the North has not been altoâ€" pat ther lost Christie‘s G1 Sa::ll\avnch 19 Golden W est Front Quarter Peameal Back Cottage Roll Cooking Sweet Juicy DOMINO Richmello CHILI SAUCE Crosse Blackwell‘s 8 O‘Clock Marmalade CORN FLAKES â€" 2 Pkzs. 19¢ Heinz A Canadian Product Brunswick Sardines â€" 4 Tins 23¢ Adds â€"to Any Meal H. P. SAUCE: : â€" Red Package Bliue Label llogag‘s ir O)aun quali It would be amusing were it not so tragic, that some ple are exercised toâ€"day over the danger that people ma killed or injured during the hunting season, while the r less slaughter of human lives by motor traffic is a we occurrence that has ceased to rouse horror or alaim. 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