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From the very beginning The Advance has ob- jected to the. bureaucratic basis of the National Selective Service in Canada. The whole system appears to be wrong. and to have the effect of preventing employees from securing work and employers from obtaining help. There are two reasons why the plan has been tolerated. One of these is the fact that the people are so anxious to help along the victory that they hesitate to protest against anything claimed to be instituted for war purposes. The second reason is that the officials of the individual ofiices appears to have made so earnest and unselfish effort to make something of the scheme that criticism has been less general than it would have been. The record, however, continues to show the impracticability of the whole method. It will be freely admitted that there should be some national regulation of man power. The necessary control, however, could be achieved by limiting employers to the services of a certain number of workers in the required categories and regulating the movement of employees to a limited extent. Employees and employers should be left free to deal with each other and changes should be made, subject, of course, to approval of the Selective Service officers. Such a practical plan many not appeal to the bureaucratic-minded, but it is the one that will work the best. The plan or all negotiations going through the bureau is a completely time-wasting and impractical scheme. About the only time it works smoothly or eflec-l True or false, there should be a moral in the figures so freely quoted by the gentle Thomas Ric- hard Henry. Indeed, there are two morals. One is that the political chicanery of a part of a part of a party in Canada adds much to the cost Of kill- ing the enemy. The other moral is that no matter what the cost may be, it will be worth it all, if freedom is really held and the world is purged of the brutal and diseased gangsters. Another question that arises is whether the ceil- ing price for dead Germans applies to other nay tions. Does it cost more or less to kill Britons, Russians. Chinese, Japanese or United States citi- zens? If. it cost $60,000 each for every Chinaman killed, or every Jap, in those days when bOth na- tions’ losses were claimed to be in the millions, it would mean a lot of money. If the claims of the Russians and the Germans as to the number of dead on each side during the early days of the invasion of Russia were correct, then even a pro- hibitionist would stagger at the total figures in dollars. A local gentleman claims to have kept track of all the losses alleged to have been suf- fered bys he nations involved since the present war ope tithe totals the figures at around fif- teen million? Multiply $60, 000 by fifteen million and you 11.1129 ninety thousand million, which will be a real British billion after you add the sales tax. However, there is reason for believing that it is not costing the enemy any $60,000 each for every Allied soldier killed. Instead there appears to be a sliding scale. Some of the gallant volun- teers sacrificed their lives more cheaply than that, while there are some right here in Canada whom it will cost the enemy more than $60,000 even to get a shot at them. 'W” 'er-N’WW VWN'N" ~’ "N‘ It would be interesting to know where Thomas Richard Henry obtained his price list for killing folks. It may be that he secured them. from one of those Gallup polls, in which case the truth would be sure to be obscured by wishful thinking. It is to be hoped, however, that Thomas Richard Henry is not that gullible. Thomas Richard Henry does not do things by halves. He doesn’t stop‘at the last war or the Boer War. Instead he trots out the Napoleonic wars, when he claims the price per head for killing enemies was only $3.700. Then he skips back to the wars of Caesar when that Roman gentleman only paid a dollar each for enemies killed. Canada $2.00 Per Year m _ That genial gentleman. Thomas Richard Henry, who writes an original and entertaining column each day for the Toronto Telegram, gives some interesting ideas about the cost of killing men in war. According to the columnist, at'the pre- sent time it costs about $60,000 apiece to kill Ger- mans. In the last war it only cost $27,000 each. Yet the Wartime Prices and Trade Board continues 'to boast that prices have been kept down during this war. No one has the affrontery to maintain that quality has not deteriorated in this war in nearly every line. There is a ceiling on prices all right, but no floor for quality. Quality is down in the cellar., In some cases it has gone down the sewer. But the Wartime Prices and Trade Board has been very vigilant in maintaining the price ceilings. And so, any day now it may be expected that General Crerar will be before the court for charging $60,000 for a dead German,, Whose “just and reasonable” price was only‘ $27,000 in the last W312 ) PHONE 26 TIMMINS, ONTARIO Mambo": Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association: Ontaria- Qucbcc Newspaper Association Published Every Thursday by GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher WM’ 0 "0" Timmins, Ont, Thursday, June 15th, 1944 NATIONAL DEFECTIVE SERVICE @112 flurrupine Ahnamr PAC! TWO WHAT PRICE KILLING ? Subscription Rates United States: $3.00 Per Year £111“ auuvc all; UGLUUC W 911C ”5101.)“ ULLLLCID‘ . ’ According to The New Liskeard Spea- whose characters and records make their word of ker there is a possibility that Hailey- honour negotiable security throughout the civil-‘bury and Cobalt may take advantage of ized world new legislation and ask the Province . . to take over police protection in these room as an incentive and an inspiration. There; Cobalt pay very large salaries to their is glory in the belief that the British word oftponcei While 0“ the Other Md they . . . iexpect the officers to do other than honour is valid currency. There is a lesson in the' Dance work. For example. runways thought that such a reputation must be built by chief oi police is also fire chief and has faithful and persistent integrity year after year. some Other work not usually 9‘99““ . ~ [of the police. This. of course. is due {to the desire for economy. and this g GRAVEL AND SAND-AND PLACER {would be the big factor in having the work of policing taken over by the Pro- Still stands the motto of the King: vincial Police. EnClUiI‘Y is now being “Put into your task whatever it may be, an the made as to the cost to the town of hav- in the Province take over the lite courage and purpose of which you are capable. wogrk 9° Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshak- There are people who argue that This is a story that should be told in every class- room as an incentive and an inspiration. There is glory in the belief that the British word of honour is valid currency. There is a lesson in the thought that such a reputation must be built by faithful and persistent integrity year after year. And above all! Salute to the British officers whose characters and records make their word of honour negotiable security throughout the civil- ized world. Twenty British naval officers, the story says, were taken prisoners by the Germans during a combined operations attackfi They had lost their watches during the action, and one of the party wrote to a Swiss firm asking for a supply of new watches, pointing out, however, that the only security they could give was their word of honour to pay at the end of the war. In due course the watches, valued at about $800.00, arrived at the prisoners’ camp. Salute to the Swiss firm for its ready recognitiofi of two truthsâ€"that the word of honour of British officers is as good as gold, and that victory is assured in the end to make that word eflective! Salute to The Legionary, the official journal of the Canadian Legion of British Empire Service League, for giving publicity and prominence to one of the most impressive stories of the war! During the last war there was a very rugged and independent Northerner who surprised his friends by the invariable promptness and willingness with which he saluted any superior officer in uniform. Once he explained his attitude. “I’m not saluting that old corrugated,” he said. “I’m saluting the uniform and what it represents. I’m saluting Waterloo and Balaclava and the Dargai Gap, Tra- falgar and a thousand and one brave battles for King and Country. I’m saluting the Empire, its history and its ideals!” He had the true idea of the salute. He honoured himself by showing his appreciation of gallantry and courage and re- source. The Advance herewith would call for three salutes. I The recent pathetic appeals from governmental ;' heads for volunteers for the armed forces and for thousands for munition work is surely proof of F the {allure of the Selective Service plan. One of the specially disturbing things about the whole matter is that while there are businesses and in- dustries crippled for lack of help, there are persis- tent reports of men and women out of work and E unable apparently to get employment in their ; lines. Anyone who questions the idea that there are people to-day who are actually out of employ- ment should read The Kam'loops, B.C. Sentinel of last week. On the front page of that newspaper is the story suggesting that Kamloops and other Western centres are having difficulty with tran- sients travelling on freight trains. Mayor G. R. Williams, of KaJnIOOps, is quoted as saying:â€" “There is no question but that there are more men riding the rods now than for some time.” Some , of these transients are said to be men discharged ' from the Armed Forces. It is alarming, indeed, to think of these discharged men having to travel as transients on freight trains. If it is impossible for the Selective Service organization ,to look after ' these men now, what will be the situation later on when men will be discharged by the thousands instead of by the scores. The situation in Kam- loops was so serious that the council held an inves- tigation. Among the findings was the belief that none of the transients were destitute but that they preferred sight-seeing to work. In days gone by, before schemes like the Selective Service were; adopted after the manner of fascist countries, free riding on freights was always stopped when it‘be- came at all epidemic. Sufficient police were plac-l ed on duty by the railways and enough arrests were made to discourage the dangerous and unde- sirable practice. This proved of advantage to the men concerned. They were kept where they were known and employment provided for them ,and if this were not possible, they were cared for until work was available. If work were available in other parts of the country, private enterprise was. always able to arrange for proper transportation from one area to another. It surely proves some- thing entirely wrong with present plans when there are such anxious pleas for workers in so many parts of Canada, while in the West the tran- sient travelling on the freights has become a men- ace. Those who remember how these transients from the West were the forerunners of the man- power muddle- in the last depression have good grounds now for alarm. The governments of de- pression days made the mistake of failing to pro-. vide work for the transients of those years. To the timid those days the cost of providing em.- ployment seemed too great. No such excuse is possible these times. From most parts of Canada! there come fairly frantic calls for manpower.’ What seems to be needed is a lifting of the ban so that individuals and firms may secure the help, so urgently needed. The National Selective Ser- vice does not appear to be the way to do it. A chance should be given for free enterprise. u...“ â€"â€"--â€"-‘-â€" t tively is when the regulations are broken. Those en. Let us go forward to that task as one man who use underground methods may find Selective a smile on our lips and our heads held high and Service of benefit, but these are not the maple. with God' 3 help we shall not fall. " who should have the first consideration. I a o o SALUTE T0 THREE! THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. TIME. ONTARIO "The fact that two-thirds of .life insurance company assets are invested in bonds while only one-tenth constio tute preferred and common stocks tells clearly that the direct influence which life insurance companies are claimed to exert over the activities of industrial and commercial organizations is purely mythical," Mr. Manning pointed out. “In the past three years income in Canada from insurance and annuity premiums amounted to approximately s7co,ooo.ooo. In the same period, sub- scriptions to the six Victory Loans amounted to $900,000,000 May Ask Province to Take Over Policing of Towns gations. Assets held in this form we:e never idle-«luring wanime they were invested in Victory Bondsâ€"in time of peace they aided the developinent o! the nation, created employment and raised the standard of living. “It appears therefore to be one of our responsibilities to point out in no uncertain terms that the business in which we are engaged is essentially that of encouraging men and women. as self~respecting individuals, to look first to their own energy and: their own thrift as the origin of their resources." Mr, Manning referred to the much discussed subject of “policy reserves" and declared that they were provisiom not for contingencies which might or might not occur, but for the certainty that money would be paid at some fu- ture time in discharge of policy obli- “What they do assert is that any social security plan must be well pre- pared and making provision for a minimum subsistence level for every- one. Life insurance management seeks general acceptance, as a basic and normal principle, of the theory that the individual owes fit to himself, to his dependents and. to society to exercise the industry and thrift which will en- able him to provide as completely as circumstances permit for his own main- tenance and the care of those who look to him for support. Mr. Manning continuedzâ€"“It is not suggested [by responsible life insurance men that it is undesirable to adopt measures of social security, under the supervision of the state. They do not agree that the state is acting impro- perly when it taxes the more fortunate and successful for the relief of the less fortunate. They do not assert that there is any possible objection to‘rhe framing of plans by which, either from individual contribution of citizens, 01 from the general revenues of the na- tion, provision will be made for the improvement of 11a:iona1 health. for the care of the sick, {01 the relief of pov- e1ty and distress “During the present war years,” he continued, “Canadian have purchased more life insurance than ever before, and new four million Canadians own life insurance for an amount that is actually as great as was the total pub- lic debt of the Dominion, the Pro- vinces and municipalities combined at the outbreak of this war" Toronto, June 14: Payment to Cana- dian life insurance policyholders and their beneficiaries in 1942 amounted to $147, 000.000 and in the past ten years to $1,600,000,0.)0. “an average of $500,000 every working day flowing into the pockets of thriftv peeple and their de- pendents," H. W. Manning of Winnipeg retiring President of the Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association, de- clared to-day in Toronto at the annual meeting of the Association. Average of $500,000 per Day Paid Out by Life Insurance Cos. The irony of fate! A conscientious objector at Chalk River Camp was drowned this week in the Petawawa river while enjoying a swim on Sunday afternoon. In this matter of saving paper, has anyone look- ed into the use of this material in the making of some shoes? Four Million Canadians Now Own Life Insurance Policies. Those people who have been worrying so long about when the invasion of France would start, now must find something else to be anxious about. Well, there is the date of the coming election for the Dominion House! Earlier in the war. the Dishonourable Mr. Schicklegruber made the suggestion that he would never worry so long as he had only the one front on which to fight. Now, he has fourâ€"~the Rus- Mrs. Flannery covered the beef price and supply situation with this signifi- cant statement: “So that there will be no return to meat rationing, the con- sumers must remember that in need. For the province to control all qpolice would be all right, for the politi- clans but it would not be so good for the people_ Mrs. Flannery‘s committee is active in making surveys and observing regu- lations of the Board in the area. "The new reduced prices for front cuts of beef are proving quite helpful to the larger families and is easing the meat supply,” Mrs. W. M. Flannery. Chairman of the Northern Ontario Wo- men’s Consumer Branch of the War- time Prices and Trade Board, stated in observing the benefits of the new beef price order. profincial police would be more effi- cient than municipal police. There ix. no grounds for any such belief . There have been times when provincial police stationed here have seemed to be more effective than the municipal police. but on the other hand there have been pro-- vlncial police here whose record would not stand up against the muncipal men of their time. When municipal police prove unsatisfactory the people can soon bring pressure to have :hem changed. There would be much dif- ficulty in getting rid of provincial pollen who proved incompetent or worse. or course, there is a present day tendency to cgntralization of all authority. and a mistaken theory that by some magic bureaucratic government can do better than government more closely asso- ciated with the people. At the present time the provincial police and the municipal police act as a sort of check on each other. If the one seems to fail the other can go into action in case of New Reduced Prices for Front Cuts are Popular Raddy says: "I! you think our mn- me: weather is ha. :9 member out boy: fight. in; in the tropicsâ€"and support than with your mum purchase of War Sui-s: Stamps." slan front” the Italian front, the Jugoslav front and the lnvaslon front. And there are still more fronts coming for Adolph! What about the early development of the llgnlte fields north of Cochrane? The North should be asking this question loudly these days. It has been claimed that a process ls available that could put this product on the market this year.‘ What has been done about this? If anything. Recent rains have stopped the bush fire menace in this district. It only needs a few days of warm weather. however, to make conditions almost as bad as they were before. In the meantime it would be well for the government to consider the whole question very carefully. The Forestry Dept. has simply done a wonderful work of fighting the fires, but the appropriation for the work is away below what it should be. The permanent staff of the department should be increased and the enâ€" larged staff allowed to plan for further fire preâ€" vention as well as being ready to fight fires that occur. To soldiers applying for everseas ser- vice, authorities at a. military centre in Canada haudedw a form reading: “This application will be made out in triplicate on form FMB 2783. which is obsolete, and therefore the first 16 questions will be answered on substi- tute FMB 813. copies of which are not available at present."-â€"Empire Digest. one. cow, there are only so many cuts and if everyone buys the expensive cuts. then the rest of the meat will go to waste. In order to supply the de- mand for the expensive cuts, more. cat~ tle will need to be slaughtered. The reduced price for front cuts and in- creased price for hlnd quarters means a better balance in meat consumption in all parts of Canada." ARMY EFFICIENCY Q Nice advice â€" winter or summer, But not so easy to follow in sweltering heat. Try to do your cooking and baking early in the day before the sun is hottest. Plan meals of cold meatâ€"cooked well in advance -â€"-and vitamin-rich salads. Then when your cooking and baking is finished and a flick of the switches on your elecnic range has turned off the heat, your kitchen will remain just as cool as the rest of the house for the balance of the day. HOUR FRESH SIRUBBED MID SINK?» MIXING llP! 0No reason to get excited when drains clog . . . if you have Gillett's Lye handy. Just pour in, and bingo! 'l‘hc greasy mess clears right out! Water runs freely again. 'l‘his tip-top, powerful cleaner will saw you endless drudgery. Whisks away dirt and grease without hard scrub- bing. Deodorizes garbage pails. 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