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Every day it becomes more apparent that there is little practical difference between Nazism and Communism. They both plan to take away the liberty of their own people and to subjugate neighbouring states. They have shown themâ€" selves brothers under the skin. It is little comâ€" fort to feel that like brothers of some types they may eventually turn to rend each other. When Hitler and Stalin condemned each other in brutal terms, they knew that they were censuring themâ€" selves. Now that they pretend that there is room. on earth for both of them, they tacitly admit that they are practically attempting to deceive themselves as well as others. Conditions and cirâ€" cumstances in the world in recent days have sureâ€" ly proven that both Nazism and Communism are; so alien to all the hopes and beliefs of Canadians that Canada is united in the fight for democracy, liberty and decency, and to curb Hitlerism and Stalinism. It would be deplorable if Canada, fully occupied with the fight for the right for deâ€" mocracy to live in this world, should permit the‘ thin edge of the wedge of dictatorship to be inâ€"| serted in this country. It is readily admitted! that during the war minor liberties and privileges| should be gladly given up to assist in winning. the great battle. There is need for care, however,' that under specious pleas about war needs and| war costs, the very essence of democracy should not be thrown away. The proposal that muniâ€" cipalities should be debarred from the right to| hold elections during warâ€"time is one of L’he, methods by which Ontario may lose democracy at home while fighting for it abroad. The govâ€" ernment of the province may not have any such thought in mind in its proposals along this line. But if that is the case, then the government should be saved from itself. Municipal govem-( ment is the very essence of democracy. It is the one chief place where the average man has the‘ knowledge and influence to really express himself ; 1 | « t in regard to selfâ€"government. In recent years there has been a deplorable tendency to steal the rights of municipalities on one plea or another. The great part of the powers and privileges of municipalities have been gradually filched by the province until toâ€"day members of municipal counâ€" cils have little more than a shadow of authority. Of course, it is argued that all this is in the interâ€"| : ests of the peopleâ€"to prevent them making misâ€"|} takes. Provincial authoritiee have had the} effrontery to talk about the extravagance and|e poor judgment of municipalities, though at the| same time their own pictures of the administraâ€" tion of their opponents in the provincial sphere|r suggest recklessness to the point of criminality c k j I The real purpose of the present war might well be summarized as being to establish the right to live. It is true that the war is one for democracy, for freedom, but in effect it is a battle for the right to life itself. The various conditions and circumstances and situations that have arisen in recent years emphasize the fact that the strugâ€" gle centres round the idea of the right to live. It started with Russia‘s theory that none but those who believed in Communism had the right to live. It reached further heights when Germany conâ€" demned a whole race to death. There are many who believe that Britain should have joined battle with the vicious isms before Czechoslovakia was overâ€"run. If it had been practical and possible‘ for Britain to have acted sooner than it did, thei right time to have intervened would have been when the Jews were mercilessly slaughtered in | Germany. That was the first major attack on the right to life in the world. Since then totalitarian states have challenged the right of| others to liveâ€"in Czechoslovakia, Poland. Thesei lands had earned the right to liveâ€"by enterprise,l‘ industry, progressiveness, and by concentration‘ on their own affairs. Now, it is Finland and Nor-l way that are threatened by those who would denyl the right to live. If any two nations ever won the| right to live, then Finland and Norway havo‘ merited the right to life. Finland has shown a remarkable concentration on its own affairs. It has devoted its whole efforts to perfecting a form, of government and an economic system to meet}| the needs of its people. In no way has it interâ€"| fered with its neighbours, even to the extent of| advice It has threatened no others. It has| made notable contribution to the betterment of! its own people. It has respected international! ethics and infringed on the liberty of none outâ€"| side its own borders. The progress of Norway | has been equally creditable. It is not even necesâ€"| sary to agree with the ideals of these countries to ; be forced to admit that they have made contributions to human progress and content-'- ment. The challenge to these nations is a chalâ€"| lenge to the world to uphold the right to live,| or take risk of the final consequences. P m e P .PP PP L PP P L PP â€"AP P * l lt PP tm t PA P PP P P PPAAA PAAA P SAL LA PA â€"AL PA APâ€" LA AP t 4 Subscription Rates Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year. United 8 TIMMINXS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association; Class "A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 PHONES RESIUENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Nov. 9th, 1939 Che Vorrupine Advancs It is interesting to consider the humour of this war with the humour of the last great conflict. Probably, there will be no equal to the humour of Bairnsfather with his classic cartoon of the two soldiers taking refuge in a shell hole while shot and shell and bomb flew all around them. The humour of one of the soldiers kept him growling at conditions and critical of the protection affordâ€" ed by the shell hole. "If yer know of a better ‘ole, ‘op to it!" said Old Bill. One of the stories current in England at the moment is designed to brighten the sad thought of children being torn from their families in the _ won the last war? There will be many | the last war, though the dental requirements this lanswers to such a questien. One common are more strictly enforced. The medical ofâ€" will be that the soldiers and sailors and airmen}ficer had rejected the recruit on account of bad ;of the Allies won the war and then the politicians ! teeth. "Say, doc," said the recruit, "what are we lost it, and so there is a new war on. Well, who supposed to do? Fight the bleeding blighters, of will win this war? There is little question about | bit ‘em to death?" that. It will be won by the soldiers, the sailors, Another story of evacuated children refers to the airmen, the workers, the thinkers of Britain| one good lady who hung up a printed notice as to and France. It will be won, as the last war was!the behaviour of the youngsters in her home and won until it was lost in the peace. It will be won ! giving fifteen "don‘ts." One boy commented, on the morale of the peoples of the Empire and of| ‘"Fifteen don‘ts! And even Moses was satisfied France. It appears to be admitted that in this| with ten." ‘ war it is the morale that will be the greatest facâ€"| "Aren‘t these blackouts awful," complained the tor in the assurance of final victory. One writer| unpopular Mrs. Jones to her neighbour. "Never in a neutral state the other day said with much | mind, dearie," was the reply, "after a time you‘jll basis of truth that humour would win this war. | be able to see all right like the other cats.f’ There may be room for argument as to whether In this contest, the sailors seem to win with this humour keeps up the morale of the people to such | one:â€"The landlord of a dockside pub broadcast a degree that victory ensues, or that the morale|an offer of five pounds for anyone who could of the people keeps up humour and victory comes| drink five consecutive pints of beer in five minutes. along as a matter of course. In any event humâ€"|A sailor heard the offer and left the bar. Not our is a striking feature of the British and French |long afterwards he returned and announced that attitude toâ€"day. The war is being taken so seriâ€" he would accept the challenge. Ordering the five ously that humour cannot be subdued. pints he drank them with amazing rapidity and | _ Before this vital right of the peopleâ€"the right i to voteâ€"can be taken away, the Legislature will \have to pass confirming legislation. The Legisâ€" ,’lature will not meet until January, and in the | meantime all organizations and individuals should ‘make it plain to the government and to the inâ€" }dividual members that the people are so sincere ‘and earnest in the war to defend democracy that they are even determined to keep it secure at home. There should be very emphatic notice |given that the people of the province are not goâ€" .mg to forego democracy under any sham plea |that by so doing they can help preserve it in disâ€" 'tant lands. Elections may be necessary evils, but there is no question of their necessity. In any ucaS°s where the work is being done honestly and ‘well, ‘the municipalities no doubt will exercise their prorogative to avoid election costs by accla-j ima tions. That was done in the last war in many’ ‘cases. It can be done again in this. But to preâ€"| ‘tend that there will be any saving by robbing thn‘ jpenple of the right to review the work of their| elected representatives is to practice deception | and to pave the way for other undesirable methods of the dictatorship. | l Arguments about saving money by avoiding ,electlons are beside the point, being no more ‘than veiled pleas for dictatorship. The whole ipurpose of the war is to save democracy and freeâ€" !dom Boasts are made that British peoples are [ready to make any outlay to this end. The cost of municipal elections is a negligible amount to !pay for the continuance of the rights of the | people. as well as giving opportunity for the correction of any mistakes that may be discovered. The Advance holds that the people have the right to make soâ€"called mistakes. That is the very essence of democracy. But with that privilege must also go the power to correct any errors that have been made. It is true, as provincial authorities have sugâ€" gested, that muni¢ipalities have made mistakes in their choice of municipal councils and school boards, on occasion. In the main, however, the results have been fairly satisfactory. Certainly, they have been more desirable than in the larger fields of the province and the Dominion. The fact that municipal elections are held each year has had much to do with the good results preâ€" vailing. The fact that they are subject to yearly review by the voters keeps councils within bounds, If democracy is to be saved, it must be saved at its source. And that is in municipal selfâ€"govâ€" ernment. If the people give up the right to elect their own municipal councils, their own school boards, they are in effect on the way to accepting dictatorship. Si2a in the adrninistration of public funds and stupidâ€" ity to the point of imbecility in the administraâ€" tion of the public business. In effect, the arguâ€" ment for greater control of municipal adminisâ€" tration could be expressed in these words:â€""The people are not competent to govern themselves. They need supermen like the provincial authoriâ€" ties to guide them." It is the language, the idea of the dictator. Democracy not only holds that the people have the right to govern themselves, but also the right to make mistakes, soâ€"called. Following the theory of municipal control to its logical conclusion, the province would abrogate all the powers of the municipality; then, for the same reasons and causes, the Dominion might well take over greater control of the provinces, the malâ€"administration of the provinces being a byâ€"word; and, finally, the Dominion government would surely need control, and thus the path ends in dictatorship. As a matter of fact that is just the road that was followed by Germany and Rusâ€" BRITISH HUMOUR THE PORCUPINE AD VANCE , TIMMINS, ONTARIO $ of taste for some folks. Some may fail to bring smiles from the professors of humour when retailâ€" {ed- But hardship and danger will give point to the humour. There will be laughter on difficulit days and in dangerous places, and men will "grin and grin and grin, and win and win and win," as one popular song in the Old Land phrases it. Another story of evacuated children refers to one good lady who hung up a printed notice as to the behaviour of the youngsters in her home and giving fifteen "don‘ts.‘" One boy commented, ‘"Fifteen don‘ts! And even Moses was satisfied with ten." Then, there is the one resurrected perhaps from the last war, though the dental requirements this time are more strictly enforced. The medical ofâ€" licer had rejected the recruit on account of bad teeth. "Say, doc," said the recruit, "what are we supposed to do? Fight the bleeding blighters, or bit ‘em to death?" airâ€"raidâ€"menaced cities and sent to the country homes offered for their protection. "Isn‘t it raâ€" ther extravagant to eat both jam and butter on your bread?" the hostess asked the young boy who had been evacuated. "No, mam," the lad replied, ‘"yer see it‘s really a saving, for the one piece of bread does for both." November 10th being Poppy Day all members are asked to tag, and in this way help in this worthy cause. Headâ€" Comrade Bellamy, of the Legion Enâ€" tertainment committee, presented the Ladies‘ Auxiliary with the proceeds of the bingo night, this fund to be estabâ€" lished for the men of the local Legion branch, their sons, and the families of the members of the Ladies‘ Auxiliary, in this war. It has been named the "Comfort Fund" and will assist all those who enlist in the present war. It was noted that Comrade Mamie Borland makes an individual donation to this fund each month. Mrs, Garrcway and Mrs. Wheeler were initiated as nsw members and Mrs. Harrison was reâ€"instated. _ It was decided that a whist drive would be held each Tuesday of the month, except the last Tuesday, Noâ€" vember 28th, when a social evening will take place. At the first whist drive of the month, which would be held the following evening, there would be eight poultry prizes. As Remembrance Day is on a Saturâ€" day, the members decided that n> dance wcould be held. Instead of the annual dance, the branch will enterâ€" tain at a social evening on Monday, November for all taggers on Fpâ€" membrance Day. 1 1 l l The monthly general meeting of the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Canadian I,»gion was held on Monday evening in the Legion hall, with the president, Mrs Robt. Hardy, in the chair.. Mrs, Garrcway and Mrs. Wheeler were initiated as necw members and Comfort Fund of Ladies‘ Auxiliary to Assist New Soldiers Other Matters of Interest at General Meeting of the Ladies‘ Auxiliary. "Mother is getting on in years." 14 Pine S8t. N QPTICAL COMPANY "She finds her main enâ€" joyment in knitting, fancy work and reading. Naturally her e yes aren‘t as keen as they once wereâ€"ana the strain troubled her a lot,. My husband made an ‘apâ€" pointment for her with Mr. Curtis Now, with her new glasses, she sits contentedly reading and working by the hour. Life for her is enjoyable again." CURTIS Phone 835 quarters in Timmins forâ€"theâ€"taggers will be at the Legion hall; in Schuâ€" macher at Moisley Ball‘s Drug Store. Comrades Wilkinson and McGarry will be in charge of the tagging at Schuâ€" macher. Members were reminded that the annual Legion Broadcast from the Legion hall would take place on Wedâ€" nesday, November 8th, ®hd all were asked to attend. A special note was made of the fact that a parade would take place on Remembrance Day. Members are askâ€" ed to attend and wear their berets. Several of the members have spent afternoons in sewing for the Red Cross and have accomplished much work unâ€" der the suparvision of \Comrade E. Clezg. In the future members will meet on Wednesday afternoons in the Legion Hall to knit for the Red Cross As November 4th is election night, the regular monthly meeting of the Ladies‘ Auxiliary will be held on Noâ€" vember l1ith. All members should be in attendance on this occasion, as it will be the regular election of officers for the ensuing year. MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE ... the outcome of 122 country‘s financial security. To the individual depositor the Bank has meant complete safety for personal savings. To the business man it has been a strong, useful ally and a reliable counsel on conâ€" ditions. To industry it has been a source of financial power and a help in avoiding unwarranted speculation. For Government All Canadians, whatever their station in life, working for a greater and still greater Canada, know they can place full confiâ€" dence in an institution which has never changed in character, yet has constantly modernized its services. In 1817 we pioâ€" neered along sound, helpful lines. The year 1939 finds us still piongering along sound, helpful lines. BANEK OF MONTREAL meant complete safety for personal savings. To the business man it has been a strong, useful ally and a reliable counsel on conâ€" ditions. To industry it has been a source of financial power and a help in avoiding unwarranted speculation. For Government Lwer strong and trustworthy, through 122 years of Canada‘s history, the Bank of Montreal has contributed much to this country‘s financial security. S T R O N G A ND HELP F U L 7/1210(49/2 122 'Z/ea/ui Headlines in the daily newspapers tell about Hon. T. A. Crerar, wearing his gas mask while atâ€" tending" conferences of the British war council, on which he is the Canadian representative. _ It ‘might be a good thing for him to bring back the gas mask and the habit of wearing it when he returns to political conferences in Canada. _ __The war seems to have upset everythingâ€"even {t.o the famous definition of news. "When a dog bites a man, that isn‘t news, but when a man bites a dog, that‘s news." So goes the old definition. Of eourse, if dog biting man isn‘t news, than dog biting dog will be still less so. But toâ€"day dog biting dog is considered so much news that The Montreal Star had the story copyrighted and paid cable tolls on it from London, England. The story was to the effect that British dogs at present apâ€" pear.to â€"be suffering from war nerves, according to the People‘s Dispensary for Sick Animals. In September the dispensary treated only 198 dogs injured in dog fights in London, England, while in October the number amounted to 410. "If you suffer from nerves, your dog will be snappy," says the technical expert of the dispensary. "You get angry through reading about air raids, and your dog goes out and fights the next dog." l Last week the editor of The Oriilia Packet gave an address on the war to a service club. The preparation of the address tobk up time that would otherwise have been devoted to writing his editorials, so he used the address itself as his ediâ€" torial offering for the week. It made most interâ€" :esting and informative reading. The many who _make a practice of reading the editorial page of ‘‘The Orillia Packet were satisfied. Next time the Orillia editor has to make a address to a service club he should reverse the plan and read the editorial page of his paper as his address. It be a rare occasion when the service club would not be given full value. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Timimins Branch: T. W. TOD, Manager | _ This delicate web provides the fins line of lenses by which angles may be Judged. Human hair spun in glass is too thick for the line. The director displayed for the first time in public the progress manuals by which the ministery of supply has toald firms of methods of manufacture. He said the dominion had been made familiar with all the manuals and that Canadians had obtainsd production information. London, England, Nov. 8â€"The lowly spider is doing its bit to help Britain win the war, a director of ammunition production has disclosed. The insect‘s delicate web is used for the graticules of binoculars, The proâ€" cedure is not new but was mentioned by the director in describing the British war effort. Even Spiders Used to Help Win the W ar for the Allies Outlining the problems of convertâ€" ing industry to war requirements, he said the government was attempting to utilize small as well as big firms ESTABLISHED 1817 â€"national, provincial and localâ€"a dependâ€" able financial collaborator. "For a number of years, a great amount of research work has been done _at Lake Shore Mines from the practical and scientific point of view. One of the world‘s greate" authcrities on rock Purst was retained by the company for the purpose of obtaining the brnefits cf his knowledge. This engineer has had many years of exâ€" perience in the Mysore Gold Mines of India, the cnly other camp where the structural â€" corditions resemble those of Kirkland Lake. "Ontario Department of Mines is to be congratu‘ated for the appointment, made early this year, of an outstanding engineer who is conducting a scientific study of rock prolems as it will affect the mines of Ontario. "There is considerable reason for confidence in the belief that the studies being conducted in the research deâ€" partments of Lake Shore and Cther mines, as well as by other jsroups interâ€" ested in the subicct. will result in addi.â€" tional new information which will be put into use in lessening the risks asâ€" sociated with deeper mining." Try The Advance WantAdvertisements, "For the present it h: to reduce tonnage frc» 2,000 tons daily, in orde frequency of the Bburst certain contemplated ct ing to be put into effect "Pecause of the increasing ocourâ€" rence of rock bursts assozialted ‘with greater dapth of mining operations, it has been Gezided from this date to reduce the tonnskhe mined at Lake Shore Mines. This step is being taken in order Ito ensure c,rcat.er safety to employees. Lake Shore Reduces Tonnage in Interests of Safety at Mine President W. P. St. Charles of Lake Shore Mines, Kirkland Lake area, has forwarded the following letter to shareâ€" holders: "May I help you to some boiled rice, Mr. Johnson?" asked the landlady of the new lodger. "No, thank you." he replied. "Rice is associated with the worst mistake of my life." It was necessary to spread the load so industry could also turn out normal products and thus swing back aftet the war without a crash. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 1939 aily Tonnage Reduced from 2,500 to 2,000 Tons. years‘ successful operation present it has been decided tonnage from 2,500 tons to daily, in order to reduce the of the bursts and to allow itemplated chanl es in minâ€" Sad Memories iderable reason for jelief that the studies in the research deâ€" e Shore and Cther y other jroups interâ€" t, will result in addiâ€" nt of Mines is to the appointment, of an outstanding ucting a sclientific rclalems as it will