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PsP P * m l l l ul ul l W O t e e o t t oi Patriotic Canadians have cause for ‘alarm and sorrow in the result of the byâ€"elections for the | Dominion Government. No loyal ‘citigen ‘of the| Dominion need worry unduly at the misfortune that may have happened to the Conservative party.| The fortunes of any ty are only of .secondary | importance in these serious days.> But what has | occurred is a calamity that oversteps party bounds. | There were many who felt that Hon. Arthur Meiâ€"| ghan was not the ideal man to lead the Conserâ€" vative.party, but even these will admit that the presence of such a man as Meighen was most deâ€" sirable in parliament at this time. That it was felt necessary to defeat him by any means, foul or . fair, suggests nothing else than that there â€"are those who fear the light he might be able to throw | on what is going on at Ottawa. In a nutshell, the position was this: The: Conservative party manâ€" agement agreed not to oppose the election of. the »wo new ministers of the Ottawa Cabinet. record suggests that this agneement was fully imâ€" plemented. â€" Onâ€"the other hand the. King party machine promised not ito oppose the election of Hon. Arthur Meighen in South York. No Liberal candidate was §plected to run against Hon. Mr. Meighen. When the C.C.F. entered a candidate in the\field, the implied pledge of the King party management was repeated. When Premier Hepâ€" burn appeared on the same platform with Hon. Mr. ; Meighen it suggested that the Liberal party was| ready to forget party lines for the patriotic‘ good. It illustrates the sad depths to which a narrow partizanship can fall when the presence of Onâ€" tario‘s foremost Liberal was taken as a signal to: rouse all the petty partizanship of the other part. of a part of a party. Mr. Meighen on Tuesday wasi quoted as attributing his defeat to a combination ‘of the government and the C.C.F., "with the Doâ€" minion Government dictating and directing the whole campaign," to use Mr. Meighen‘s words. Evidently here was a pledge that the King govâ€" ernment did not hesitate to break, without the fopmality of taking any plebiscite of the people. But it is not the breaking of the pledge that worâ€" ries loyal people, but rather, the only possible reaâ€" _son for such an action. That reason can not be other than the fact that conditions now at Ottawa are such that they will not bear the light that a mian of Hon. Mr. Meighen‘s power and parliamenâ€" tary experience could bring to bear upon them. Timmins, Ont inâ€"council plan was utilized in a number of Cases, and parliament did not even know what had been done until it was accidentally discovered after the sitting of parliament was concluded. As one glarâ€" ing example of the iniquitous ignoring of parliaâ€" ment, Mr. Moore instanced the case of the price and wage control orders. These were announced by the premier over the radio just a few days before parliament met. ; There was no honorable or proper reason why: the matter could not have! been left for wnament to deal with. Instead,, the clique in contrel took it upon t‘bemmslw»mpm1 the regulations into force by orderâ€"inâ€"counclil. It paflhmenth:snopnrpmemtumotw,ml nave it sit one day and prorogue to meet the next as a new session, simply to enable the members to receive an extra $4,000.00 each. If parliament has j mmrpodeandhnotpermmedwdom duty.it. > Apes seem absurd to continue the excessive cost of ove the country under a pretended parliaâ€" It may be that honest and loyal people in Canâ€" ada in the course Of the next few months.â€"will be beâ€"moaning the loss of selfâ€"government and sayâ€" ing, "Why, did no one warn us?" There have been warnings There is the example of the many nations of Europeâ€"who have lost. their liberty because they did not take the trouble to guard it â€"because they allowed themselves to be. misled by smpoth talk and autocratic actionâ€"because they permitted party to take precedence over patâ€" riotism. Even more diréct warning was given in the House of Commons at Ottawa on Monday W. H. Moore, Liberal: member Oof parliament for the riding of Ontario County. Mr. Moore, who has been a prominent member of the Liberal party for yearsâ€"prominent enough to be given the position of chairman of the Federal Tariff Board for a time â€"apparently is honest enough and patriotic enough and free enough to speéak his mind. One of the gravest dangers of the ‘day for Canada is that there are only a very few in parliament who are ready to place the safety and freedom of Canâ€" ada above the threats and the promises of party. "I venture to say," said Mr. Moore, "that in proâ€" portion to population, Carrada is paying more people for making laws than any other country in the world. The cost is tremendous, the confuâ€" sion appalling.‘" â€" Yet after all this cost, this conâ€" fusion, the elected representatives have practically no voice in government. Practically é'verything is done by orderâ€"inâ€"council.. It is recognized that in times of war, time and need demand that action be taken without the delay that would follow appeal to parliament. During the last session of parliament, with time and opportunity ample for consulting the elected representatives, the orderâ€" PARLIAMENT SCUTTLED THE BYâ€"ELECTIONS .. Thursday, Feb. 12th, 1942 mentary system while the actual administration uwnebyamulmupwhohuedenlopedm‘ orderâ€"inâ€"council mania. The most unfortunate part of the matter, however, is that there is method in the madness. The deplorable depths to which free governâ€" ment has fallen in this country was illustrated by Mr. Moore in his contrast between the action of the government in declaring war against Japan by orderâ€"inâ€"council, and then talking about taking n plebiscite of the people as to whether or not men should be supplied to prosequte that war so biithely declared. The government could not wait for the voice of parliament in regard to opening another war front, but are cheerfully ready to waste months of precious time to let the people at large decide whether the old fronts are to be supâ€" ported or the new one defended. ‘ Despite the fact that the war has come down upon the healls of the people in Great Britain in most brutal fashion, they have preserved parliaâ€" mentary government Necessarily, they have their orders- inâ€"council, but these are always under the 'review of parNament. In any case where it is pracâ€" ticable, parliament does the actual governing. The administration is most sensitive to public opinion. That is because not only does parliament actually rule, but also it is a free parliamentâ€"a parliament in which a génerous ‘patriotism takes precedence over a petty partisanship. has already been made in establishing a "new order‘"‘ in Canada. "I opposed a National Govâ€" ernment," said Mr. Moore, "because I believed it meant the introduction of the oneâ€"party system of government that characterizes the new political order of Europe, only to find myself deprived of a right to present the views of my constituents in the making of laws that affect their livings . ... I conâ€" fess I feel as if I had escaped the regime of a oneâ€" party system, only to fall into the deep blue sea of orderâ€"inâ€"councildom." Mr. Moore‘s warning should make it plain to all that Canada is in serious danger of losing its democratic form of government. Much progress The only solution to the problem. is the immeâ€" diate ‘establishment of a National Government to replace the intense partizanship of the present Al1 pretend thatâ€""an allâ€"out war effort" is desired as an essential. As The Advance has repeatedly asserted there can be no total war effort with a part of a part of a party looking to noothing but its own. No one is silly enough or simple enough to pretend that the Red Cross, or the War Services, or the Loans, or the taxpaying, or the recruiting, or any other feature of the war effort can be run on any "part of a part of a party" system, The only re@son for holding to such a system in the matter of administration will not stand the light of day. In a recent address Hon. Mr. flsley, Minister of Finance in the Dominion Government, suggested that there were some people in Canada who planned to show their disapproval of the adminisâ€" tration of Canadian affairs by refusing to supâ€" port the Victory Loan campaign. If there are any who lack, enthusiasm for the second Victory Loanâ€"and it must be confessed that there areâ€" then the blame for this must rest solely and wholly on the government itself. Mr. Iisley is quite right in asserting that lack of enthusiasm for the finâ€" -ancmg is nothing less than sabotage of Canada‘s war effort. The truth should be realized that no group in Canada has done as much to sabotage Canada‘s war:effort as the part of a part of 3 party at Ottawa. Surely, it"is idiotic to expect that any government can emphasize and reiterate, day after day, by word and action, that it is exâ€" clusively and completely a part of a part of a party war, and then expect total war effort at every financial call of the little group in the sadclle.| There is not a thoughtful Canadian who does not deplore this petty partizanship attitude of the folk at Ottawa. The very fact, however, that there is this evil attitude on the part of the government is but one more reason wWhy the people at large should do their duty. : The truth that one group is more concerned with personal and party affairs than with the support of the men overseas, simply leaves the greater responsibility on the rest of the people to see that there is money for the upholdâ€" ing of the men who are serving, imoney for planes and tanks and other equipment and supplies for the Canadians and other British people and their Allies fighting for the peace and security of Canâ€" _ada and of the civilized world. * _ _Those responsible for presenting the war as exâ€" clusively a part of a part of a party affair will have to bear the responsibility for their attitude. Some day they will have to answer to the charge that such an attitude must bring forth. In the meanâ€" time, it is the dutyâ€"the inescapable dutyâ€"of every Canadian to support to the very limit of his or her resources and opportunities any and every call that may be made. At.the moment the call is for the second Victory Loan. Every dollar that can be invested in that loan should be given readily and promptly. The response to the Victory Loan should show beyond question that whatever may ; be thought or said about the government, t.pe peoâ€" '"Tdémorxow is Friday the thirteenth. There are some people who are superstitious in regard to Friâ€" days and are particularly doubtful about any Friâ€" gay the thirbefnth, Every year, however, there seems to be one or more of these "Friday the thirâ€" teenth" unlucky days. This.year there .will be SUPPORT THE WAR LOAN occasions when this supposed double run of Allâ€"omen will oecnr--‘n;im. Feb. 13th, mday,l Mr. March 13th and Friday." Nov. i3th. Last year, last v , @ue, â€" 5eIOre neâ€" 1211 mo iriciuo omre ba there was only one Friday the Wfihâ€"â€"miqon June,â€"but last year could scarcely be termed :a "Aw Revoir‘" to him. # lucky year. In any event it will not be the numâ€" 3 . ber of Fridays falling on the thmeemh that young lady stenograpner in a local bwmu cyice has gained a notable reputation Nob alWrays make thls year unlucky * . _ having an answer and an excuse ‘for everything. The Oam.dhn Govemment may. be trying to _‘This is of value to the firm generally, satistying "kid" the people by ordering the clock turned on{ customers, who imagine they have grievance. an hour. but that is a l6t better than Hitler who| The young lady always explains. There are timés The Canadian Government may. be . trying to "kid" the people by ordering the clock : turned on an. hour, but that is a l6t better than Hltler who is seeking to turn the clock back a thousand years to the dark ages. y J Still etands the motto of the King: "Put into your task whatever it may be all the courage and purpose Oof which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" en. Let us go forward to that task as one man, a smile on our lips and our heads held high, and with God‘s help we shall not fail." ' “Parliamentary language‘‘ is supposed to be deâ€" cent English without any objectionable words: or this meaning of the words few of the laws passed by parliament canl be considered as in “pa(liamentary language," for few of the laws, and still fewer of the ordersâ€"inâ€"council are free from the most objectionable paragraphs. Further Increases _ Shown by Mutual Life of Canada A heading in The Cochrane Northland Post last week reads:â€"‘"Girls to be Allowed Entry in Calf Club Project.‘" And why not? Some of the Cochâ€" rane girls can display. calves that would steal all theâ€"glances from any entries by the boys. Presxdent Reports Insurance in Force Now Over $600 i ada have doubledi since 1929, now toâ€" talling over $206,000,00¢, while insurâ€" ance in force is more than ‘$600,000,008, R. O. McCulloch, President, informed the T2nd annual meeting. of policyâ€" holders at Waterico. The increase was obtained in spite of the fact that many of the agency force are now‘on active military service. o F2A ‘Increased, business activity: and widâ€" ening employment have tended to inâ€" crease life insurances sales. »‘The necesâ€" sary emphasis placed on savings in warâ€"time, and recognitionvby the pubpâ€" lic that life insurance is aâ€"most éffecâ€" tive instrument for saving alsg> supported this trend. *4 $15,000,000 for New Victory Loan In addition to the substantial part already played by the Comp@fiy‘in asâ€" sisting Canada‘s war effort through investments in War Loans ‘aAnd other Government securities, Mr. ‘MecCulloch reported that the Directors had decidâ€" ed to subscribe for $15,0060,000 in the forthcoming Second: Victory: "L‘-‘.o‘an. } s Discussing war‘ ‘problems, the President emphasized®the need for the greatest possible prodtuétion in war industries. This would ‘involve still further drastic decreases in "consumpâ€" tion ‘of civilian goods, both to release the,. maximum of men and machines for war industries, and â€" to. provide, through savings, the funds‘necessary to finance this mighty war effort.. In spite of the great expansion irt nationâ€" al income, spending for purposes of ordinary consumption must be reduced to approximately $1,100,000,000 less than in 1938. es Must Fight Inflation Recognizing that one of the greatâ€" est dangers to our national economy was that of unbridled inflation the Government had very wisely set a ceilâ€" ing over prices, wages and salaries. This had involved a wideâ€"spread conâ€" trol of our internal economy, which must be given wholehearted support. Most important was the emphasis on saving and restriction of consumer purchasing. "Never in our hnistory," said Mr. McCulloch, has the need for the exercise of thrift and saving been so essential." In this connection life insurance had a vita) role to fill. iIts lifelong activity. in educating the public to the value of thrift and organized saving must now be intensified. Life insurance repreâ€" sentatives, carefully trained to give competent advice on budgeting of famâ€" ily income, were in a position to be of special: service in supporting a nationâ€" wide campaign for still greater savings. Life insurance had already been the largest single contribu‘or to each of our three War Loans, having placed Assots of The Mutual Life of *_TO ALL STATION WESTERN CANADA Excursion tickets good in Tourist, Parler and Standard sleeping cars also available en Canadian Pacific Excursions WCGYV, aiii EOWE withi t.mfls o Unitea States lines. SPECIAL BARGAIN TICKETS GOOD TO TRAVEL IN COACHES DAILY FEBRUARY 21 TO MARCH 7, 1942 RETURN LIMIT: 45 days GOING DATES 'flm. Feb. 13th, Friday,|} . cmmm Revoir, of mm lnt N aqtgnced to M ," Nov. i3th. Last ynrihfltmkmmke up military duties at Huntingâ€" Years : hmryCue iday the mnmâ€"-m'dong Que. | Before he:left nis mmmmwwm‘ Thefe have several cases in the 1A sararcrely be termed ; "Aw Revoir"‘ to him. * _ _ |Worth recently where taxi drivers were °t . _ _ _ L.A of Canâ€" :now toâ€" le insurâ€" 00,000,008, 61â€"B over $170,000,000 of policyholders‘ funds New Mortgage Loan advances mads with the Dominion Government since the year had â€"totalled $3 471 the beginning of the, war. . . $73.96, of which approximately $1,675,â€" Generalâ€" Manager‘s Repoert â€" 000 faepresented advances on National A very successful year of operation Housing Act Loans. was reported by W. H. Somerville, Genâ€" ; eral Managér. ~ The aggregate face G0.8% of the Company‘s Assets are .in value of policies becoming claims ‘by : . 18.3% in Morigages and Sale death, less reserves held in respect of l Agreements; 11.6% in Loans secured by _‘ them, had increased by $107,594, which | Policies:; 44% in Préferred and Comâ€" was well within the provision made. for l mon Stocks; 1.9% in Head Office preâ€" them. Among the claims were 77 war | mises and other Real Estate; and 3% *deaths, under which total payments | in Cash and Miscellaneotus Items. were $159,192. The total of investments in Governâ€" Analysis ‘of investments showed that 4+ a a» + _ The rate of. interest earned on inâ€" ‘‘vested assets was 4.59% as agains, ; 461% earned in 1840. ‘The ratio of exâ€" ; pense to total income had decreased i slightly from 13% in 1940 to 12.79% in Special Reserves and Surplus Funds . of $16,2609,12%3.86 were larger by over a million dollars than at the end of 1940. The total of Free Surplus and General Invesiment Reserve had been progressively increased to keep.. pace with the growth in Total Assets, having now reached the sum of $10,160,13388, or 490% of Total Assets. As in 1841 the sum of $3,500,000 had been reserved for Dividends Payable to Policyholders during 1942. The Specific Reserve for depreciation in value of investmenis had been increased by $399,585.87 to a of $2,400,6%1.58. Assets Increase /. Assets had increased by. $10,857,056.56 as compared with an increase Oof= $8,â€" 968,829 during 1940. Loans to Policyâ€". holders had continued to follow =»a downward trend, decreasing by $1,042,â€" 466M as against a decrease of $693,â€" 581.85 in 1940. : : Real Estate owned, cther than Head Office} had decreased by $1,240,448 21. Last week Chief of Police Leo Gagnon â€"warned motorists to be on their guard against tire ‘thieves. The stealing of tires promises to.be more popular (and more profitable) than blindpigging or highâ€" grading. Recently The Austin (Texas) © Tribune cartried ‘the following classified advt. -â€"â€"“NO'I'ICE TO TIRE THIEVESâ€"My tires are puncture-proof If you try to steal them, you had better be puncâ€" | tureâ€"proof too." m however, when the talent works agaihst the fArm, 1 and then it is not so popular. This week, for ample, the young lady reached the office on Monâ€" day morning at ten.o‘clock by the new time. She: had instant excuse for the lost hour. â€" The family had forgotten to set the. clock: forward, she said. At noon she left for lunch and did not return until two o‘clock by the new time.. Asked by the emâ€" ployer as to why she was late, her answer was ‘as ready as usual. "The family did. not. put the clock forward to meet the new time until noon toâ€"day," she said. To the employer it seemed at first like a good excuse, but thinking it over afterâ€" wards he could not see how it could work that way. 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