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14 * d + ypgt ind 4 h speaking some days ago to the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Mr, David Gordon, head of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, pointed out the danger through the breaking of the ceiling on prices and wages, He appealed to the weekly newspapers to help avoid such a calaâ€" mity and he seemed inclined to blame the people in general for the present undesirable situation. Mr. Gordon said that so long as the war situation was a serious one the people appeared to coâ€"operâ€" ate in the plans for maintaining the ceiling and avoiding the dangers of inflation, but with the war picture and the growing belief that final victory was not far distant, a different attiâ€" ture was being assumed by the publiclin the matâ€" ter, The Advance is not sure that Mr. Gordon is right. It does appear the fact that the people gave very earnest and honest support to the Wartime and Trade Board and accepted rationing, freezing of wages and prices and other restrictions ,',and regulations with cheerfulness and good grace. In one matter at least Mr. Gordon appears to be The outlook for fuel for Timmins during the coming winter is not too promising. It would be well if all concerned were to keep constantly in mind the fact that a full fuel supply is a matter of very life and death importance for Timmins. The town council recognized this fact months ago and took the necessary steps to assure a full fuel supâ€" ply for the town,. The committee in charge, howâ€" ever, have been handicapped from the very start. In the first place there has been the seriousness of the manpower situation. It has been difficult to overcome this shortage, and now there is the trouble of transportation, The difficulties arising from Crown timber dues and prices obtaining for wood have been more or less overcome through the efforts of the committee. Councillor J. W. Spooner, chairman of the committee, is in Toronto this week, and intends to present the whole case very clearly to the government. It appears that the government can do much to overcome the various handicaps. It may be that little can be done by the Ontario government in regard to the manpower muddle. Even with that handicap, howâ€" ever, it may be possible to protect the people in reference to fuel supply for the coming winter. Repair of country roads in the district will be an important help. A few thousand dollars spent oni the rogds would make them passable and relievei the situation for the present. For some years past little has been done to keep these country roads in proper condition. The wet season has not helpâ€" ed matters any. The climate in this part of the North makes the question of fuel so important that it cannot be left to chance,. The shortage of coal and the restrictions on other types of fuel proâ€" mise a great increase in the amount of fuel wood that will be necessary for the coming winter. The present outlook is that, instead o% more wood than usual, the chances are all for a short supply. This is a condition that cannot be viewed with any complacency. Every possible effort should be made to assure a proper supply of fuel wood for the town. The necessary repair of the roads used for hauling wood is a first requisite. These reâ€" pairs should be made immediately. The governâ€" ment should investigate the matter at once and act without a moment‘s delay. @hr Morcupine Abuance TWO PHONBRSâ€"26 and 2020 TIMMINS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association: Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association $ Published Every Thursday by | GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisner Subscription Rates: Canadaâ€"â€"$2.00 Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year. There are said to be some local folks who are chuckling because district roads are in bad conâ€" dition. They see little in this condition other than political considerations. To some of them the facts that the roads to settlers‘ farms and to some mining and lumbering properties are practically impassable means no more than a reflection on the past government of Ontario. To others the bad condition of the roads in question calls for no other comment than, "Why didn‘t the people of the riding vote right?" The truth of the matter is that the condition of some of the roads may have vital bearing on the life of Timmins this coming winter. During the past week or two sevâ€" eral wood dealers have attempted to bring wood into town by truck and have found this impossible In at least one case, the wood had to be taken off the truck, the track rescued from the mud, and then the wood replaced on the truck for conveyâ€" ance to Timmins. This meant an almost prohibiâ€" tive cost for the wood. In other cases the condiâ€" tion of some side roads resulted in the abandonâ€" ment of woodâ€"hauling. One contractor told The Advance this week that the stretch of road that he had planned to use could not be put in shape for summer travel and that he would have to wait for the snow roads to fulfil his contracts in regard to wood hauling to town. He would, however, be greatly handicapped unless a few dollars were spent now, so that he could take in supplies and provisions for the men cutting the wood. The roads at present were in such shape that even the transportation of supplies was very difficult. ) * stt L PA AP PA L â€"APâ€" e PB 4P DP A A AG A A A LA A â€"AA â€"ALP AP P CA C P / ‘ 1 wilts lt P AL LAAA â€"AA io o P l l PPA :PAAA s Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Aug. 26th, 1943 THE QUESTION OF QUALITY ROADS AND FUEL WOOD nations attracted to the Nazi ranks partly by fear and partly by greedâ€"they hold still only by the force of fear. Stories from Poland, France, Norâ€" way, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Czechoslovakia and other lands tell of a hatred so deep and so bitter that it shocks the world. Even Denmarkâ€"used with much greater consideration than any of the other nations overâ€"runâ€"has nothing but the strongest hate to offer the momentary conquerors. During the past two weeks reports from Denmark show sabotage of the most extensive kind and riots on a grand scale, The news bulletin yesterday reâ€" ported another half dozen Danish cities placed under a state of emergency. From occupied France comes the news that antiâ€"German riots have broâ€" ken out in Marseilles, Montpellier and Lyons, on the coast of Brittany, and in the Paris region,. The truth is that Germany has not really conquered a single state or nation. ‘They all but wait in fiercest hate for the day of deliverance. The attitude of the enslaved nations toâ€"day is in itself the unâ€" controvertible proof that the very attribute the It is an odd thing that those who think they are most fit to rule, those who are most anxious to rule, those who are most determined to rule are the most unfitted for the post. This fact is often evidenced in politics. At the present moment it is being strikingly illustrated by the Germans. For twenty years the Nazis have been planning to take ‘over the operation of the world. They have deâ€" ceived themselves into believing they are a suâ€" perior people, born to rule the lesser breeds of man. They have convinced no one else, however. Had the Germans been able to read history aright they would have been undeceived long ago as to their lack of genius in this direction. Great Britain, France, Holland, have shown gifts in this direction. Even Italy and Japan have shown more talent in this line than the humourless Germans. The colonization carried out in various parts of the world has beenl evidence of the ability of different nations to rule. In the present war the Germans themselves have proved the senseless falsehood of their whole belief. In not a single case have they evidenced the slightest ability to rule. All they can do is loot and murder. They have roused the most undying hate in every land they have conquered.l They have been unable to hold the regard of even| their alliesâ€"one of whom dislikes them and the other distrusts. As for the satellitesâ€"the little If the coâ€"operation of the weekly newspapers is sought, it might be well for Mr. Gordon to survey the situation nearer home. He might discover whether or not some of his officials did not speak out of turn on too many occasions. It was underâ€" stood at the start that all the regimentation was for the duration of the war only, and so public sympathy was estranged when suggestion was boldly made that merchants and others should prepare themselves for thae acceptance of this reâ€" gimentation after the war was won. It has not popularized the procedure for the opinion to spread that petty officials seemed to be planning to keep their places for life. There have been also many irritating little restrictions that seemed to be perpetuated only through obstinacy. The matâ€" ter of cuffless trousers seems to be one of these} The ordinary wayâ€"faring man is convinced that there is no real saving in this, and the net effect of it has been no more than annoyance and the thought that the result has been actual waste. There is also the firm belief that the insistence on one pair of, pants to a suit has been another case of useless waste in a great number of cases. There is the growing belief that these petty restrictions were solely for the benefit of large concerns whose soâ€"called enterprise had reacted on themselves. So long as competition controlled them they could not escape from what they themselves had underâ€" taken, but the Wartime Prices and Trade Board regulations relieved them at the expense of the public. Probably, the chief public corpplaint, however is in the matter of quality. During the last war, whatever may be said, about prices, it was always possible to buy quality goods, and so values were kept on even keel. As the days pass now, on the other hand, it is increasingly difficult to get quality at any price. Shoddy goods have come into their own. As The Advance has said on more than one occasion a floor for quality is just as essential in the people‘s interests, as a ceiling for price. The people can not be expected to be content to pay ceiling prices for cellar goods. If Mr. Gordon will do a little cleaningâ€"up in his own bailiwick he will be surprised at the support and coâ€"operation that will be given by the weekly newspapers and the general public. Both the weekly newspapers and the public are all out for the real winning of the war, but neither the weeklies nor the general pubâ€" lic are easily bamboozled for long by‘ empty talk of the dangers of infiation when they see themselves the menace of shoddy goods, blown up to ceiling prices for quality goods. astray. That is in his reference to the leniency shown by the courts in connection with breaches of the regulations. In Tinfmins and the North, at least, there was no such leniency. The law appears to have been very strictly enforced and penalties were inclined to be severe, even for minor infracâ€" tions. Similar enforcement seems to have been the rule throughout Ontario. If there were inâ€" equalities between the other provinces, the remedy would not;appear to be in any general condemnaâ€" tion but in insistence from Ottawa of a more equitâ€" able enforcement of the law throughout the whole Dominion. eacrsremmarmare® 1 UNFIT TO RULE 'w*nm'mmw «t d ~P P P DP AP PPA P L THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMIN3, ONTARIO You can see for yourself that they can‘t get direct price quotations on cvery item in the family budget, but wliat they do is get the typical, and "weight" those prices sufficiently to cover all items in any group. To get a slant on the problems, let‘s look at foods. Many foods have a wide seasonal price fluctuation as you know, nome furnishings, not time economy. Well, of that too and treat: uuality as if it was a the same amount. cost of a fixed standard O Vn In urban areas. It does not measure the increased costs of people who improve their standard of living. Not without logic, some people ask why does the index only show a rise of 17 p.c. during the war, when such items as stewing beef rocketed up 78 p.c., lard 73 p.c. for example. The fact of the matter is, of course, that all foods comâ€" prise less than a third of the whole cost of living index, and we have to look at it in that perspective. Many foods, too, and important ones, have risen much less. For instance, bread, sugar and such foods have remained fairly steady . and milk is reduced in price. i Food Prices Up. It is interesting to note in passing thas cost of food rose 31.8 since the war started, most of it since the ceiling was slapped on. Mrs. Housewife obviousâ€" ly is more aware of this, because it‘s a kitchen and personal problem. But on items hubby pays for mainly the rise shows in the lower bracket, i.e. fuel and light, 14.1, housing 74; clothing 20.3. The total cost of living index rose 17.6 since August, 1939, but only 22 of it since application of the price ceiling. To keeptnack of changes the Bureau not only relies on price reports from storekeepers, but uses information from their regional setups. And don‘t think for a minute that representatives fail to visist small centres for that purpose. They do, definitely. Questions of Quality shows in the lower Drack light, 14.1, housing 7.4 The total cost of living since August, 1939, but since application of the amount of sugatr duced. Then, w! the market maki for more expensi these is considere p.c. and imiscellaneous 23 p.c. Keeping Pace Folks may howl that living conditions Lave changed a lot since 1937â€"38. True! ~The Bureau knows that, and it makes the necessary changes. For example, after sugar rationing came in the amount of sugar in the index was reâ€" duced. Then, when cheap lines are off the market making you fork over more for more expensive articles, the price of these is considered in the index. The index records variations in the cost of a fixed standard of living in urban areas. It does not measure the to take 31 light 6 p.c., p.c., home pc. and imi Describing How the Cost of Living Index is Worked Weekly Newspaperman at Ottawa Puts the Matter in Everyday Language. The cost of living index as related to the cost of living bonusd doesn‘t directly worry the farmer, small proprietor and such like, but indirectly everyone should have the low down in their minds about this important part of our national economy if they don‘t wish to get too provincial in their thinking. Let‘s review the matter informally so you‘ll remember it without any effort. The cost of living index measures the monthâ€"toâ€"month change in the cost of living of the average typical wageâ€" earner‘s family, by the Bureau of Staâ€" tistics. It is based on a full year record mnade in 1937â€"38 on 1,500 Canadian famâ€" ilies, averaging 4.6 persons with an average income of $1,453. The index was in six main groups, showing food to take 31 p.c. of the income, fuel and light 6 p.c., housing 19 p.c., clothing 12 n.c.., home furnishings and services 9 Jim Greenblat vepresents the weekly newspapers at Ottawa as a sort of liaiâ€" son officer between the plain everyday folk and the more highly technical people of the administration. It is fitâ€" ting, accordingly, that he should write something about the cost of living, and costâ€"ofâ€"living bonus, fo to be a wide gulf betwee ties (the people and th on these matters. In ~the House of Commons last month Hon. J. L. Isley, Dominion Minâ€" ister of Finance, gave some time to the €xplanation of the costâ€"ofâ€"living index, particularly interesting in the light of present discussion of food prices. Jim Greenblat gives the gist of Mr. Isley‘s remarks in nonâ€"technical language, as follows: Still stanc "Put into courage an Keep your t en. Let us Ihe Dboasting of some recent converts of the CCF. at the winning of the byeâ€"election at The Pas, Manitoba, over three Coalition Government candidates recalls the story of the four thin men, each of whom prided himself on his individual thinness. At last the one thin man settled the argument by the fiat statement that he was thinâ€" Another envelope was received this week from Ottawa, bearing in bold type the words, "Don‘t Waste Wordsâ€"â€"Don‘t Waste Paper." The enveâ€" Mom compla lality, deterio Germans thought they had is the very quality they lack completely. It is interesting to conjecture the situation that will arise as opportunity is given the conquered peoples when German attention has to be completely centred on its own defence. smile on ou ith God‘s h GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER| The boastin nplains about changes in erioration of clothing and hings, noticable in our warâ€" iy. Well, the Bureau thinks and treats the reduction in [ it was a price increase of ids the motto of the King: o your task whatever it may be, all the m?md purpose of which you are capable. hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" s go forward to that task as one man i _our lips and our heads held high and s help we shall not fail.‘" bonus, for there seems ulf between the two parâ€" overnment) How Much for a Hat? Well, now we come to such items as clothing. This brings up another diâ€" ficult problem and no fooling, it‘s an erratic thing. You know what it‘s like yourself,. You‘ve gone in and bought a ladies‘ hat for say $4.95. Sure enough a month later (to save carrying it over into winter) you see it advertised to clear at $2.98. It does happen with aresses, coats and other items. Thereâ€" fore, the Bureau, and rightly, has seâ€" lected a smaller list of some 29 clothing items of fairly standard construction which have no pronounced seasonal movements. These items represent all the more important materials in makâ€" ing clothing, such as cotton, wool, raâ€" yon, rubber, leather. Just one more thing. Income taxes are not included in the reckoning of the cost of living index. These taxe: do not affect prices, although they do, of course, reduce the amount availableo for spending. The whole idea of having an income tax is so that everyone can contribute to the cost of the war acâ€" cording to their ability to pay. If inâ€" come taxes were incuded in the costâ€" ofâ€"living index, that would raise the costâ€"ofâ€"living bonus. And those peoâ€" ple who get the bonus would therefore get their tax, or most of it, paid back +o them. But some people â€" farmers, small proprietors, domestic servants, etc. don‘t get the bonus, so they would not get any tax back,. You can see how unfair that would. be. ® Then again, all vegetables aren‘t sold on u weight basis. Somée are sold in bunâ€" ches, and so the price may vary accordâ€" ing to the quantity. If some "average" system wasn‘t adopted, the index would certainly be "less" than "more" accuâ€" rate. What they do is pick representtaâ€" live prices monthâ€"toâ€"month, which inâ€" cludes some 44 food items amounting io just about 75 p.c. of tt of food. national day of prayer and dedication." An anncuncemens from Buckingham Palace said, "It is the desire of His Majesty the King that Friday, Sept. 3, being the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of war, should be observed as a national day of prayer and dedicaâ€" tion." London, England â€" The King dire ed that Sept. 3, fourth anniversary the start of the.war, be observed as King Designates Sept. 3 to be a Day of Praye: ROYCNVL O RCi® PILOTS NAVIGATORS BOMEERS AIR GUNNERS OPERATGCRS (AIR GUNNERS}) Aircrow Needed Now for Immediate Training as In years past The Advance used to urge new roads in the North and repairs to roads for the benefit of settlers, and the mining and lumberâ€" ing industries. Now, there is urgent need for passâ€" able roads to keep the townspeople from danger of freezing to death. Reports are frequent these days in regard to country roads so bad that fuel wood can not be brought into town. This is one matter the Government should take up at once. Indeed, it might be good business and good politics if the newlyâ€"elected member for this riding would jourâ€" ney to Toronto and make a deal with the new Government. An exchange of one vote in the House for every so many miles of country roads repaired might prove a happy bargain for all conâ€" cerned. 3 1!" # lope contained a sheet of publicity that could easily have been carried by an envelope a quarter the size and of much cheaper paper. The conâ€" tents of the envelope went into the waste paper basket, like so much other material has to go these strenuous days. All of whichH shows a strange lack of coâ€"operation between somebody and somebody else. On a guess, it would appear that the authoriâ€" ties are not even coâ€"operating with themeselves or their big envelopes. Recruiting Centres are located in the principal cities of Canada. Mobile recruiting units visit smaller centres reqgularly. total cost of And the specialized training you get today as a member of an R.C.A.F. Aircrew will help you take your place in the skyways of tomorrow, Make up your mind to get into the fight now. See your nearest R.C.A.F, Recruiting Centre today. If you are physically fit, mentally alert, over 17%/; and not yet 33, you are eligibhle for aircrew training. You do not require a High School Education, You can be in uniform at once! "’fi S ~_ MAYBE you‘re making bombs ofr tanks or plane it parts or shipsâ€"but the real job, the big job today is delivering the stuff right into the heart of enemy country. No job is more essential today than sweeping enemy planes from the skies; than blasting halfâ€"made Uâ€"boats back into scrap metal. If you‘re a fit, young Canadian eager to do your bit, there‘s a place for you in aircrew. There are fast training planes and skilled instrucâ€" tors waiting to help you get wings and get into the fight more quickly than ever before. The following extract was taken from a letter received by a parent from a serviceman who is now serving as a censor in Melobkurne, Australia: "I think that I mentioned that we have a Salvation Army representative with us. Hardly a single letter which I have censored has failed to add its words of praise for these people. Inâ€" deed, it is :they who make most of the letters possible, by supplying the paper and envelopes which would otherwise be unprocurable. "Whenever you meet any of their representatives, tell them that they will never be forgotten by the men who have served in these campaigns." Soldiers Appreciate the Salvation Army Red Shield ~â€"<~YÂ¥OUR \J MIL K oz PRQODUCTION with /PWER feed costs Tests run on many Canadian farms prove that when cows are fed "‘Miracle" 18% Dairy Feed or a ration containing *‘Miracle‘"‘ 24% or 32% Dairy Supplement, the milk production increases as much as 25 %, and feed costs may easily be reduced 20 %. Use these better ‘"Miracle‘‘ Feeds in the dotted bags, and boost your profits. Missionary Worker: "We‘re havin raffle for %poor widow. Will you a ticket?"" Henry: ‘‘Nope, my } wouldn‘t let me keep her if I won Smiles. At various times there have been obâ€" \jections in northern municipalities in regard to the costs of trips by memâ€" bers of council and municipal employâ€" ees to distant points on municipal busâ€" iness. â€"It may be that the deputation business was a little overdone in some _cases, but recently Timmins and cther northern towns had very dacisive proof that they were worth all they cost in view of the returns obtainable. At the same time, Reeve Shipevy of Teck townâ€" ship has been seeking to make definite regulations to prevent even the appearâ€" ance of undue ancoun‘s going to memâ€" bers of council or municipal employees under the guise of expenses for trips. At the last meeting of the Teck townâ€" ship council at Kirkland Lake, Reeve Shipley presented a resolullon setting the fees and costs for mombers of council or emplovees attending conâ€" ventions or otherwise taking care of township business at outside points:â€" Under the terms of reosolution the following scale of fees has been set covering attendance at conventions and elsewhere at a distance from Kirkland Lake. (1) Actual transportaâ€" tion costs. |(2) Hotel accounts excluâ€" sive of meals. (3) Four dollars per diem allowance meal. (4) two dollars per day for taxis, tips, etc., (5) if a car is used for transportation purposes eight cents per mile but no allowance for cther passengers. (6) in case of the entertainment â€" of officiais detailed statements together with the names of the officials shall be attached. (7) The clerk shall have authority to make a reasonable advance to members on convention. ~(8) No per diem allowance other than the above shall be allowed the reeve. In addition a special form covering expenditures, and to which vouchers must be attached, is to be filled out by the councillor or township employee away from the township on corporation business sets Limits for Expenses for Trips for Municipality THURSDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 1043 NO DICE /,f/’i‘s gilne its go® / on municipal busâ€" at the deputation overdone in some immins and cther very dacisive proof h all they cost in btainable. At the pley of Teck townâ€" x to make definite ‘We‘re having a . Will you buy Nope, my wife iave been obâ€" icipalities in ips by memâ€" emplov=â€"