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Here are some of the things that have been done, and are being done, by the fPanadian Instiâ€" tute for the Blind, examples of which may be found without leaving the Porcupine district. The Institute takes every measure possible to prevent blindness and to cure or retard defective vision. Education and:â€"advice as well as actual treatment are included in this branch of the work. For those who have lost vision, or the greater part of vision, The Institute has a long and varied list of assisâ€" tance. Blind people are taught Braille so that they may read and study. Books printed in Braille type are made available for them. â€" They are taught trades and occupations so that they may be selfâ€"supporting and of special value to the comâ€" munity. They are established in business so that they may have occupation and interest in life. They are supplied with radios and other comforts. Medical and surgical skill is made available to them so that sight may be restored if possible or improved if that be practical. In all these blessâ€" ings the record of the Canadian National Institutei for the Blind is a wonderful one. The North has its own examples of the success of the Institute along these lines. But all these things are simply material benefits. Thd Institute, however, has done something much greater than any or all of these things. The spiritual gifts of the work of the Institute far outdistance any material advanâ€" tages. The workers in the Institute have the wonderful gift of inspiring hope and faith and courage and cheer in the hearts of those who havel lost earthly vision. The chief administrators and| workers in the Institute, blind themselves, have understanding hearts, They know}\ ffrom bitter. experience the difficulties and the burdens to be borne. Still better, they have the faith and couâ€" rage that rise above all handicaps and that overfilowing gallantry has the force of contagion. "A handicap is only an incentive," said one of the Institute workers, "TI‘ll be seeing you!" is the parting shot of D. B. Lawley. The cheerfulness of H. W. Henry is a sure cure for depression. The The Health League of Canada recently has been paying some attention to the problems arising from blindness in Canada. The Health League views with much alarm the danger of a . larger proportion of blindness in this Dominion due to the casualties of the. war and the conditions that have arisen through the conflict and through moâ€" dern industrial conditions and other factors. The Health League believes the question is one vital to the national health. That is sound logic, but the Health League is far astray in believing that the problem is one for a new government department to handle. There is a tendency toâ€"day to imagine that the way to solve any problems is to create a new government bureau. It is odd that such an idea should prevail vhen on every hand there is living proof of the inadequacy and incompeâ€" tence of governmental control and direction. This is particularly the case where the human element is the vital factor. Red tape and regimentation can never accomplish what wholesouled enthusiasm can do in its stride. Perhaps, the best illustration of the point is the case of the Red Cross. Where was there ever a government department conductâ€" ed with the efficiency, the economy and the wisâ€" dom of the Red Cross? The record of the Red Cross is that it is always ready, always prepared, always with the vision and the ability to meet any emergency. To The Advance, the Red Cross apâ€" pears as the veritable triumph of democracy. Much the same may truly be said about the Canaâ€" dian National Institute for the Blind. The Instiâ€" tute was founded by an earnest enthusiast and has been consistently carried on by men and women whose whole heart was in the causeâ€"the cause of helping each other. No government deâ€" partment, no bureau could ever hope to do what the National Institute for the Blind has accomâ€" plished. | 8 Canada $2.00 Per Year Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Assosiation 1 Published Every Thursdy by GEO. LAKE, Owrer and ‘Publisher ’MMOOWM s Timmins, Ont., Thursday, May 18th, 1944 Eo Yorrupine Advanee A TRULY WORTHY CAUSE tÂ¥ P BP PAAA AA C ACAC sb P P P P P AL L P L L L AL L AL PHONE 26 TIMMINS, ONTARIO Subscription Rates: United States: $3.00 Per Year In an address at Campbellton, New Brunswick, this week, Hon. John Bracken, national leader of the Progressive Conservatives, stated that his party when elected will set up a national forestry advisory committee to join the Dominion, the proâ€" vinces and the lumber and pulp industries in an endeavour to develop a national forestry policy. Mr. Bracken said that the Dominion should set aside funds to undertake research, provide leaderâ€" ship and guidance, and conduct a survey of forest resources, while the actual work of administration should be performed by the provincial departâ€" ments which are at present responsible for forest lands within the provinces. The object would be to conserve and manage forest resources to give employment to as, many Canadians as possible and. The Advance last week published in full an article by Principal Wallace, of Queen‘s University on the urgent need for forest rehabilitation. In an editorial in the same issue it was pointed out that this was a question of vital importance to all Canada and of special concern to the North Land. There is no question but that the forest resources of this North Land have been wantonly wasted and endangered.. For years forest fires reâ€" duced this asset of the North Land. At the same time lumbering and pulpwood operations were carried on with too little thought of the future. Experiments carried on by the Abitibi Power and Paper Co., made it plain that it was possible to treat forest, wealth as a crop, rather than a wastâ€" ing asset, and to reâ€"forest to such an extent thatl! there was no danger of exhausting the forest reâ€" sources of this country. Sweden, Finland and other lands have shown the way that forestl wealth may be conserved and maintained by pro-’ per means and methods. ! Councillor Eyre‘s suggestion is that a municipal air field be constructed at Timmins with the thought of private plane traffic in mind, rather than long distance or feeder routes. His proposal would accommodate the planes from any feeder line, but would be specially designed to serve the needs of private planes. Councillor Eyre appears to be on sound ground when he visions a large number of private planes in use after the war. His information is that planes will be on the marâ€" ket at the preâ€"war price of automobiles. In such a case it is easy to visualize the large number of private planes that will be in use, especially in this North Land of great distances. Councillor Eyre does not suggest that planes will take the place of the automobile, but he is certainly well warranted in believing ‘that there will be a very large numâ€" ber of private planes in use, and there should be accommodation provided not only for the locallyâ€" owned planes but also for the visiting planes that will be sure to come here in large numbers. The Advance would urge all its readers to. careâ€" fully study Councillor Eyre‘s report on his attenâ€" dance at the recent meeting of the Aeronautical Institute of Canada. This report is published in full elsewhere in this issue, together with the exâ€" planatory comments made at the council meeting on Monday by Councillor Eyre. It is to be hoped that the council will follow up the question, gather all possible data and take as early action as posâ€" sible. Whether a suitable site for a municipal air field can be secured in very close proximity to Timmins remains to be decided after consultation with experts, but in any event the question should be kept to the front so that early action may be taken to prepare for the probable traffic by air that may fall to the lot of Timmins. When Councillor Karl Eyre outlined his propoâ€" sals for a municipal air field for Timmins, Mayor Brunette commerted that for some time past he had advocated such a project. Mayor Brunette was not first in the field, however, in urging a municipal air field for this town. Some years ago a former mayor, J. P. Bartleman emphasized the need and value of such a project. Both Mayor Bartleman and Mayor Brunette, however, appearâ€" ed to have in mind a municipal air field that would be a part of the transâ€"Canada air route or at least a vort of call on an important feeder line. With an air field as close as Porquis Junction, the practicability of having another one at Timmins for transâ€"Canada or feeder purposes was not as evident, as it is under the plans outlined by Counâ€" cillor Eyre. In the present war the fruits of the work of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind have been very evident. Scores of blind people have been valued workers in munitions and other war work. Hundreds of them have sewed and knitted for the Red Cross. Literally thousands of them have contributed to every worthy patriotic cause They have helped themselves they have helped each other; they have helped the world at large. It is more than a duty to help along the cause of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. It is an investment in good citizenship. It is a privilege to cheer along the work of these cheerâ€" ful people. gullant spirit of the workers of the Institute make the ordinary citizen ashamed of his petty troubles. There is no doubt but that the Institute has the priceless gift of inspiring courage and faith and independence of spirit and giving a new and betâ€" ter outlook on life. Men and women who have felt the power of the Institute and caught its spirit make the best of good citizens, eager to help themâ€" selves and even more anxious to help others. PROPOSES FOREST POLICY MUNICIPAL AIR FIELDS Coâ€"operation in human society is not a new idea. So far as Canadsa is conâ€" cerned, coâ€"operation began with the pioneer settlers with barnâ€"raising and the "Bee." But those coâ€"operation efforts were carried out under a stern system of free, competitive and profitâ€" making enterprise. That system preâ€" vails today, yet there is no country in the world where there is no more voâ€" Ants in an antâ€"hill, or bees in a hive, are perfectly coâ€"operative, but they have no desire or capacity for individâ€" ual freedom. They are socialists by instinct. No individual ant or bee would ever think of going off and startâ€" ing up in the ant or bee business on its own or in partnership. There are no ant or bee capitalists or labor unions, There is no private enterprise in the insect world, and there is consequently no progress. The Coâ€"operative Comâ€" monwealth is not a New Order; it is millions of years old. g Who would not exchange that New ‘Order for the Old one? We all want to be prosperous and happy. We would gladly part with our old feeble .lamp for a new and brighter one that would light us on the way to Elysium Like the Lotus Eaters, we are weary of "climbing up th climbing wave." Still from one problem to another thrown. Why should man not adopt a system like that of the ant, in which every individual would instinctively and obeâ€" diently take his appropriate place in the community and all would work toâ€" gether in perfect coâ€"operation? Theoâ€" logians, philosophers and poets down through the ages have pondered that question, and they are all agreed that man is different from the ant. There is a political war of ideas goâ€" ing on in Canada at this present time. Men possessed with the idea of Socialâ€" ism are going through our land crying "A New Order for the Old!" They are offering us Socialism in exchange for Democracy. They do not say that, for they claim that Socialism is perfect Democracyâ€"that they have discovered the magic lamp which has the power to transform our state of economic and social security into one of permanent prosperity and happiness. Chief among these New Order pedlars are the Fascists and the Socialists, and the present world war is the direct reâ€" sult of the conflict between the ‘two political pedlars. Emerson in one of his essays, written about a hundred years ago, predicted that the great world war of the future would be a "war of ideas," and that prophecy is being fulfilled in our time. Froude declared that ‘"men possessed with an idea connot be reasoned with," Hitler is proof of that saying, and the tragedy is that he has infected an entire nation with his fanaticism. Russia was in danger of the same mass insanity unâ€" der Trotsky, and was only saved from: the mad idea of world domination by the rise of Stalin. Today there are many "uncles" cryâ€" ing through the world, "New Orders for Old," and they all claim to have someâ€" thing better than the existing order of things. But they are not looking for the "magic lamp," for each of them claims to have discovered it. Usually a Trick When New Lamps Are Offered for Old To the Editor of The Advance, Timmins Toronto, May 15th, 1944 Dear Sir:â€"When the wily "uncle" in the ~story of Aladdin went crying through the streets of Bagdad, "New Lamps for old," his motive was not an altruistic one, He was not particularly interested in supplying poor people with a new means of illumination. He was, in fact, looking for an old lamp for which he was willirg to give away his whole stock of new ones. He said he was against tooâ€"great concentration of administrative authority, but prompt and vigoâ€" rous treatment was necessary to conserve forest resources. The national plans for reconstruction should embody roadâ€"building, the erection of lookâ€" out towers, the modernization of firefighting equipâ€" ment, the building of a@ministrative quarters and the laying out of nurseries and experimental staâ€" tions. Mr. Bracken said another need was education among the people to make them more keenly aware of the "great forest estate which belongs to them." Hon. Mr. Braken‘s reference to the need for eduâ€" cation of the people in reference to the matter of the necessity for rehabilitation of the forests is very timely. Even in this North, where the value According to Hon. Mr. Bracken‘s plan, research on the utilization of forest products would be exâ€" tended and steps taken to combat forest fires, in â€" sects and other forest dangers. To develop the proposed national policy the training of many foresters, rangers and semiâ€"technical personnel would be required, with a road building program and the improvement of waterways so that fires could be brought under control and forest proâ€" ducts carried cheaply to the mills. Complete air and ground surveys of forest resources were needed. "Farming and fisheries are both effeécted by the preservation of properly wooded areas; so are the fur industry and the tourist tradeâ€"all of which are vitally important to the welfare of the counâ€" try." "We should at the same time regulate cutting by operators and plan reforestation in such a way that our forest estate will not be depleted while soil and water conditions would ibe favorably afâ€" fected," said Mr. Bracken. enable the Dominion to compete in the world markets. No reply, "Surely you can answer a simple quesâ€" tion like that," snapped one of the adâ€" mirals "Now then, what kind of animals eat grass ?" "Oh, animals," said the candidate in cbvious relief, ‘I thought you said ‘ad‘â€" mirals.‘ "â€"North Bay Nugget luntary coâ€"operation in social, indusâ€" trial and business life than we have here in Canada. We do not need to change our old and wellâ€"tried demoâ€" cratic order for any new one,. We have the "wonderful lamp‘"‘ of Democratic Freedom in our possession, and it is the only lamp that will light us along the path of progress. A young candidate for the navy was being examined by a board of admirals. One of the questions fired at him was: "What kind of animals eat grass?" DTPLOMATTC SILENCE THE. DOMINION BANK C, H. CARLISLE, Still stands the motto of the King: "Put into your task whatever it may be, all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" en. Let us go forward to that task as one man, a@a smile on our lips and our heads held high and with God‘s help we shall not fail." of the resources of the forests should be apparent to ail, there is a notable indifference or lack of thought on the question, or conditions would ncot have been allowed to drift to the present situation. As The Advance said editorially last week, there is the greatest need for general study and considerâ€" ation of the possibilities that lie in any wellâ€"deâ€" fined system for the rehabilitation of the forests, and the dangers that arise from this vitally imâ€" portant question. Recently a gullible contemptiblary had a bold, bad, black banner reading, "Woman Beaten Near Death." What a place to beat a woman! It is reminiscent of another local paper years ago that had a heading that read:â€"*"Dog shot in the South End." In regard to the latter heading, The Adâ€" vance at the time ventured the opinion that the dog must have been travelling north. "This present weather," said a local oldâ€"timer, "reminds me of the North Land." Last week some local beverage room proprietors tendered a complimentary banquet to the genâ€" tleman formerly inspector of beverage rooms for this part of the North. Apparently, these partiâ€" cular beverage room proprietors were _ _better pleased with his work as inspector than either the Government or the people in general. 2*MP P PA AACâ€"Pâ€"Aâ€"Lâ€"ALP L GKAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Canada‘s Merchant â€" Adventurers Lewis Milligan Pres#iden t Only thus is it possible for Canada to enjoy the progress and prosperity inherent in her resources, but so vitally dependent upon export trade. In servicing the complex mechanism of this trade, The Dominion Bank, as one of the Chartered Banks of Canada, is prepared to fill eHficiently the important role it has played in the past. Like the merchant voyagers who carried Britain‘s trade across the world, like the Gentlemen Adventurers who opened up the treasures of Canada‘s virgin northland, Canadians must find a market, under greatly changed conditions, for the surplus products of our farms, forests, mines and factories. In the postâ€"war world, Canadians will have need for that spirit of enterprise which they inherit from their forefathers. Empire Review: The kind of town where soldiers had to pay thirty cents to see a civilian. $0000480000008000000000800000080000000 000000 00 09 0 o a 6 0 6 # ©0@6060000000$000000000000000000000 000 0000000 000 00 a 0 0b ow We sailed wherever ships could sail; We founded many a mighty state; Pray God our greatness may not fail Through craven fears of being great. John W. Fogg, Limited YARD SCHUMACHER PHONE 725 Lumber, Cement, Building Material, Coal and Coke, Mine and Mill Supplies Tennyson: ""Hands All Round" TIEAD OFFTCE YARD BRANCH OFFICE TIMMINS KIRKLAND LAKE PHONE 117 PHONE 393 Try The Advance Want Advertisements HOUSE FULL OF COMPANY â€"DRAIN ROBERT RAFE, A STOPPEG UE SINK is no coalâ€" amity when Gillett‘s is in the house. Leave it to Gillett s to clear out the messâ€"while you go on visiting with your friends! Water‘ll be running freei, again in no time. 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