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L Lastly, but certainly not least, are the newspapers and reading material, radios and movies with their wide influence on social viewpoint and attitude. To a certain degree they are controlled by $ w;mqn jaws, but to a great extent they possess a free ever growing eér that inspires, instigates and leads the monzht.s and ections 'M?V“é’ry home in our progressive nation. They have a great responâ€" * -",wdmxmmcanpmcficsnysmxdorfmauthtisgood Y i hâ€" en Lo 9 1e T M j in 1 o ces P stt > A point system might help in the inventory taking, though if your mind grooves additions easier than subtractions the system might not prove very accurate, even though pleasing.: In fact, next year‘s inventory might be a rather high one to work from, and by the ‘middle of 1947 you might find youâ€"have overvalued your assets, and underestimated your liabilities. ‘An embarrassing situation even if the government auditor doesh‘t expose your inflated posmon to tire public. Even the crime wave Canada has experienced in‘ 1946; cannot begin to compare with the wholesale slaughtertâ€"that has beeéen taking pm't in other countries. Complaints about mtioning and ~housing in Canada are a joke when we look at it in a world light. Canad- ians have much to be grateful for in 1946. ~When we compare the problems in Timmins and those of the rest of the world we must surely feel ashamed that we consider them difficulties at all. Compared with other counbfles troubles the ones bothering us are insignificant. . n Making resolutions is the easiest thing in the world, keeping them one of the hardest â€" depending, of course, on what resoluâ€" tions we make. However, assuming that the resoiutions made were‘ arrived at after serious deliberations of our shortcomings, and that a reasonable solution was decided on for the steps necessary to bring aboutâ€"restitution‘ or the desired result, and that we at least made more than a mental note of our resolutions, then we have an inâ€" ventory to start from. * As the old year passes and the new year bogms the conly. wotry of major importance to Timimins residents is the possibility of: a strike in the gold mines; and there is considerable optimism that a satisfactory solution will be reached to the beneflt of all concerned. We believe it will. A To take inventory it might be wise to lock ‘ourselves in a room with a large inirror, digâ€"out the inventory made at the beginning of last year, iook yourseit square in the eye (in lieu of a lie detector) and start taking inventory. A Perhaps it might be better to let your wife take the inventory:; though the chances are she‘ll tike a more realistic ‘viewpoint and start with your pocketbook. Howevex,af you can convince ‘her that it‘s more of a character inventory you want â€" ‘and that you have one â€" the chances are â€" if you haven‘t been. a good Santa Claus â€"â€" that she‘ll discover more flaws in your makeâ€"up than a centipede has legs. On the other hand, if:â€"you‘ve beenia go0d Santa Claus, or * _~_~The beginning of 1947 sees most Canadian industries completely reconverted and steadily stepping up. production as inexpérienced men ‘ gain experience and new machinery becomes available.â€" The strikes of the past year were a drawback but: t.he experience gained Mll ‘prove valuable in the coming year. HAPPY NEW YEAR . The Porcupine Advance sincerely wlshel.. iti Timmins and the Porcupine district a Happy New Yeg"iniextends the wish that the year 1947 will bring to every home contel'mnent happiness and prosperity. e Condmons are improving all acx:osb the Dominlon Hospital- if/ation and unemployment insurance schemes are growing; health and recreation facilities are expanding; education and social welâ€" fare work is spreading; and all across the Dominion criticism, agiâ€" t.ation and planning is fomenting to brmg the best to Canadians. _ 1947 looks like a good year. This year, before making our resolutions, it is to be hoped that an inventory was taken, an inventory based largely on resoluâ€" tions laid down at the pbeginning of. 1946. she still hopes for a new fur éoatv you‘re apfi”t('fvhaVe yotfi char aétex inventory so high you wouldn‘t be able to s\-pop low enough to get through St. Peter‘s gates. 7 k n Then there is your motherâ€"inâ€"law. No# p"erhaps you better not. It might be wiser to join Chiang Kiaâ€" Shek a»forces and test yourself in Lhe Chinese hills. «KÂ¥ THE UNWRITTEN LAWS Nee EOOX PP jap t s â€" > 7 + There are times when we might behevé‘l that laws as written in om statute books are sufficient to exercise adequate social control; txmes when,. (especially during school years), we may. have thought that law as we studied it was the sole force necessary to mold our society and every day lives into the democxatlc system as we know it. today. \True, law, with its monopoly and inexorable backing of 1‘01'00,' with its multitude of regulations cautiously arrived at after years of experience with the prime intention of: ensuring protection and justice to all â€" while still maintaining a guarantee of certain inâ€" dividual freedoms believed necessary to the full development of a man‘s character â€" have been the main féences between which our democratic way of life has travelled and grown into its present acâ€" cepted state. Today home life has lost much of its influence over a child‘s character. The expansion and growth of our educational system and social clubs, together with the vast amount of reading material, radio and movie programs have weakened the once powerful influâ€" ence the home and parents had over their children. As the parents are so the .children are does not contain the truth it did years ago. The unwritten laws of home life have lost their old time strength. Howevex on the other hand, many of the handicaps under which many children suffered because of poor home life and environment has been considerably lessened.â€". So the: g'un has at least equalled if not bettered the loss. The unwritten laws, which, in ancient days were often accepted as the law, have to a large extent been a very powerful force in the progress of democratic social control. ‘These are the laws of home life, churches, social clubs, and a part of our educational system:; and, in many cases, part of a good citizen‘s character. These are the laws of goodwill, fellowship, kindness and common courtesy that home life, religion, clubs and schools must teach and instil into minds and hearts if they are to be real contributors to the improveâ€" ment of the .morals and ethics of our nation. However, it would be a mistake to believe that such written laws alone have been and are the only welders of our way of life. The church, through much the same forces as home life, has time in many countries churches (or religious bodies) were often also lost some of a once virtually allâ€"powerful influence. At one responsible for all the laws, and they could and did enforce the laws by. force, But gradually the better laws.of religious bodies were embodied in the laws of the state, until today the laws of the church which wield greatest influence are â€"the â€"unwritten laws, the laws which have had and still have suclh an important bearing on social conduct and control; the laws of ethics, kindness, and do unto others as you would have them do unto you, to mention a few. . our clubs, with their excellent principles, high ideals and proâ€" grams of social betterment, are a growing influence and steadily beâ€" coming one of the strongest pillars in a better society. Their proâ€" grams such as "Crippled Children‘s Fund," "T.B. Stamp Drives," "Children‘s Aid," and other worthy social services, have done much tq fill in the gaps left in the social structure created by written laws. These clubs do much in the wellâ€" â€"being and welfare of the communâ€" ity. The schools with progressive educational systems which attempt to keep up with the times, have contributed many unwritten laws. School education.. in good hands, is a builder of truth, enlightenâ€" ment and understanding:; an institution ‘where our children can acquire the rudiments of almost all the written and unwritten laws which hold our social structure together: «The learning of elementary statute laws by the students is more a matter of good teaching on the nart of the teachers, and a matter of study on the part of the students the laws are‘ laid down to be taught and learned. tedc'hers be high, and that these teachers have sufficient underâ€" swndlng that the unwritten laws of morals, ‘sportsmanship, conduct amj gluxi;e:i are almost as sential in om‘ “demom'atic Way of life as Unwritien laws acquired by the student in his school years deâ€" pepd largely on the character, outlook and personality of the teaâ€" cbats. Therefore it is essential that the standard of our school RESOLUTIONS AND INVENTORIES * GET A HOBBY Ehnorter working hours and wider extension of pension schemes are givâ€" ing us â€"all more leisure. If that spare time is merely spent in physical and mental idleness, however, there will be no gain for the individual. Both mind and body deteriorate unless put to use. On the other hand, if leisure time is spent in expensive recreations, it may prove more embstrrassing than beneâ€" ficial. To solve your problem cultivate Alice had nothing on the user of, a newly developed mirror glass which looks like any other mirror on one side and is as transparent as a pane of window: glass from the other side. The Financial Post sees dozens of posâ€" sible usesâ€"for it in front door‘s, to permit the housewife to examine callâ€" ers without revealing her own presâ€" ence: in kitchenâ€"dining room doors, to permil those serving to keep an eye on the progress of the meal; â€"as a glazâ€" inz for shower stalls; in security winâ€" dows in banks, post offices, brokerage houses, etc. ‘ Removal of heavy, warm clothing indoors in winter, is urged by health authorities. From Ottawa comes adâ€" vice concerning simple precautions aâ€" gainst chill, which lowers resistance to real infection. The doctors suggest that heavy clothing be reserved for theâ€" outâ€"ofâ€"doors. Simultaneously with announcement of Canada‘s 1947 price stabilization policy about Jan. 15, the government is expected to publish a wide and imâ€" portant list of items to be removed from price control, according to Finâ€" ancial Post Ottawa Editor Kenneth R. Wilson. a hobby ‘such as gardening, painting, collecting, phtoography, etc. They are inexpensive, | healthy, and perhaps remunerative. The announcement will probably inâ€" clude elimination of present, control over consumer credit, and the governâ€" ment‘s decision (not yvet made)» as to overall adjustment. ofâ€" rental ceilings. About 70‘% ol London‘s children have been immuni.secl against diphâ€" theria. 10 _ years ago the deathâ€"rate was seven times as heavy as it is now. The improved health of London‘s children is partly dus to school meals and the provision of milk daily â€" 151,â€" 3406 benefitted from the latter in 1945. "Atomic piles" now being built up in Harwell,. England, will produce maâ€" terials for treatment of cancer. These materials will act as a supplement to radium. This announcement was made by Professor Cockeroft, United Kingâ€" dom Director of Atomic Research, on 13th December. A metal such as coâ€" balt would be put into the. pile and left there for a month, he said. By then it would have acquired properties very similar to radium. A small piece of cobalt would have an activity about equal to the biggest radium source usâ€" ed in medical treatment. The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee recommends the expansion of existing university facilities in Briâ€" tain involving a capital expenditure of $400,000,000. The main object of this scheme is to achieve an increase of fully qualified United Kingdom Scienâ€" tists from the present number. of 55,000 to at least 90,000 in order to meet the demand for additional scientific manâ€" power caused by the extensive prosâ€"» pective scientific developments envisâ€" aged in Britain as part of the overall reconstruction programme. It is inâ€" tended that the target set at. 90,000 shall be reached in ten years. ATOMIC MATERIALS FOR CANCER Building in Canada during the first eleven months of 1946 exceeded that of the same period of 1945 by $176,â€" 669.408. That, the Windsor Star snorts, Generally speaking, the only adâ€" vantage of rushing through your work is that it gives you time to do it over again. is a lot of bowling alleys and movie theatres. "How can a man be so deceitful as to mislead his wife!" thunders a pasâ€" tor; As Mortimer Snerd has intelliâ€" gently remarked, it ain‘t easy. Children do not want to sit at home and listen to your past. They want to get out and build up a past of their OVERHEARD ON ELM STREET "The trouble is he can‘t get alon: with her relatives, and she can‘t get along with his." MORE SCIENTISTS INX BRITAIN They are goinx to make a survey of MORE PRICE DEâ€"CONTROL EXPECTED NEXT MONTH 1t .. s Interest SENSIBLE CLOTHING IMPROVED HEALTH Items MIRACLE GLASS The Minister of Labor has a diffiâ€" cult task. The test of a man is reâ€" sults. The pnav of the worker is higher today than ever before. This too may be said of the farmer. There is, howâ€" ever, a difference. The wage rate of labor never comes down. Labor, in time of depression, in the immorital words of Sam Gompers "takes its punishment in unemployment." Il never lowers its wage rates.. Farm prices on the other hand are merâ€" curial, they rise sharply in time ol boom, if there is no Prices BQard to anchor them, drop drastically in deâ€" pressions. c ‘The earnings of labor depend on production. If production goes Up,. earnings increase, If production deâ€" clines earning will fall.. It‘s as natural as sunrise and sunset. No cabinei minister, no matter how competent ho may be in pulling live bunnies,.out of empty hats, can do anything aboutâ€"it In 1910 labor, in Canada, recéived . i1 salaries and wages a sum equal to 20% of the gross value of products proâ€" duced. In 1939 it had 21.2% . .Inâ€"1943, in the midst of war, when everything tended to ~increase wage rates; its share was 22.8%, a relatively trifiing increase. Working longer hours, muclii longer in 1910, the average factory worker producedâ€" products valued .aAt $2.263. In 1943 he produced producis valued at $7,000. : Labor owes much, to the efficiency of capital. Improved machines made higher earnings poSâ€" sible. Theâ€" decline in the price of ~basic products precipitates depressions, throws men out of Fear of deâ€" clines makes industry hesitate, starts t}le downward move in the tempo 0‘ business. Wisdom might suggest thai I have a scheme so brilliant, so subtle, that to be .accepted needs but to be read. I go further, even those who read as I write, at the moment, with tongue in cheekâ€"»~â€" because I know no other place to put it â€"â€" must accept it after a second reading. Glance momertarily at the backâ€" ground. Few would question the comâ€" petence or sincerity of ‘our Federal Minister of Agriculture,> He knows not only his onlons but his pigs, steers and wheat. He is a farmer, a good one, and a first class Minister of Agricuiture. During depressions real wage rates rarely fall, payrolls always do. Those employed have higher real earnings, the unsmployed are on relief. Durâ€" ing a depression farm earnings fali to starvation lows, labor, those at work, through reduced costs of living have higher real earnings. They profit from the farmer‘s poor luck. The position of the unemployed is tragic â€"â€" n employment is demoralizing. Until recent years, mineral â€"discovâ€" eries depended largely upon .a comâ€" bination of good luck and pertinacity. Today a third element is of increasing importance, namely the knowledge and skill of the geologist. It has been said that one man can see as far beneath the surface of the ground as .another. This used to ‘be true; but today the geologist can detect and measure with uncanny accuracy, ~certain kinds of concealed deposits that no one has ever The Canadian Institute Mining and Metallurey, at its annual convenâ€" ion in Ottawa on Janusry 20â€"22, will devote several sessions to discussions and papers that bear on the modern methods of detecting concealed minâ€" eral deposits. There are now in use in Canada two methods of conducting geophysical surveys from the air, which attain a speed andâ€" economy hardly dreamed of by their footâ€"slogâ€" sing predecessors. â€" Dr. Hans Lundberg will describe to the meeting his method of surveying from a helicopter, which was employed last summer in several localities in eastern. Canada. Dr. George Shaw, of the Geological Surâ€" vey, Ottawa, will tell of the first exâ€" perimental surveys made in ‘"Canada last summer with an airborne magnetâ€" ometer loaned by the United â€"States (Greolagical Survey, and of the preparâ€" Modern Aids. _ To Prospecting 20. Snare . 21. Mountain monkey 25. Elongated fish 26. Fabulous, oneâ€"horned animalzs 29. Music (abbr.) 22 »~Plugs 24. Cebine note » 31. Chum 32. Not 33. ApeX 34. Birds, as 36. Growing in 40. Memoranda 41. Beige o 42. Arabien [7 ACROSS DoWN â€" 1. Sleeveless 1. Fervent garments 2. Flora and 85. Chief fauna of a‘ 9. Cereal grain. region 10. District in 3. Measuze of stances 14. Hate 16, Species of pillar 17. Literary miscellany 18. The milk London 11. Emblazon 12. Circumâ€" 0. U\ s land . Feeling . Donkey . A court of the Roman Curia . Passage 8. 11. 13. 15. More torrid First man Corrodes Number ships 28. Steal 29, Measures 30. Mimicks 23. Potato (dial.) tree © 27. Fleets of 19. Mountain range in Italy 22. American Indian 23. Footâ€"like organ 24, Muteness 26. Javanese The Minister of Agricuiture proâ€" poses lorg term agreements for the sale of farm products. Labor Ministcr Mitchell is busy shoving wage rates higher. The remedy is to exchange portfolios, make the Honcrable Humâ€" phrey Mitchell, Minister of Agriculâ€" ture, the Honorable James G. Gardâ€" ner, Minister of Labor. The new Minâ€" ister of Labor will then make term agre¢ements with labor thus givâ€" ing "stability" to wage rates. Laush that off! The new Minister of Agriâ€" culture will keep prices hiking upward as vigorously as he has done in ths field of wage rates, Under the new conditions we would have prosperity. Noth:ng on earth could hold this coun try down if it had higher average prices for farm products and wase rates which would increase payrolls by providing more employment. we search for the basic causes of the decline in the price of raw materia.s but that is scarcely within the compass of this story. ‘This is an age in a hurry, it wants prosperity â€"tomorrow. I merely point out a way by which it car be attained. Agricultural Minister Mitchell, whe:n he steps into his new porifolio, has his work cut out for him. When he looks at the records he will find that during the depression the farmer took the dirty end of the stick. The price agricultural products was cut in two between 1929 and 1932, and in 1939, were still 36% below the 1929 lrvel. Real wage rates had risen stead:ly through the years. It‘s a hard spot for the farmers. They are row asked to accept a long terms wheat agreement with Great Briâ€" tain. If prices fall.after we make the agreement, it cannot be carried out. It would ruin our best customer. If prices advance the farmer will curse the arrangement,. We cannot attain a privileged position in the British market. The same terms must be given to Australia, Argentine and the United States, or we shall be back into the area of trade discrimination. Ths farmers are entitled to the market price. ~They will never get, on the basis of long term agreements, what the free market would give. Price controls have dished him out of much to which he was entitled. There is nothing for him but trouble in the proâ€" posed arrangement. The new style of marketing will not long remain attracâ€" tive. It will be disruptive while it lasts. The exchange of ministers is the obvious remedyv. It‘s a bright idea, even if I did invent it:" Man, at times, moves in a mischievous way his bluuâ€" ders to reform. ‘ So through the wide world over Where the Printer has his place, We hail the proud free craftsman With his type and rule and case; For man has lived his story From history‘s darkest night, But mankind itself found glory With the Printers gift of sight! Norman Sampson The search for oil in western Canâ€" ada has been aided by geophysical surveys. Officers of Imperial Oil will present a naper on the subject and will show. a technicolour picture enâ€" titled "Search Unending." The series of geological papers will include also a number on gold and other subjects. A poet sings his songs of joy The writer captures dreams, An artist paints the world he sees Musicians haye their themes, And all of them reflect their world For you, my friend and me, But all their gifts are captive ‘Till the Printer sets them free! And Martha‘s sons and Mary‘s In the world each do their part, Between them weave the stuff of life With brain and brawn and heart; Bend nature to their willing With discoveries ever new, But the Printer with his magic craft Can make their dreams come true! ations now under way to prepare an airplane and apparatus specially suitâ€" er to Canadian conditions. T he Interpreter ANSWERS ON PAGE SEVEN 85. Wither 37. City (Alaska) 39. Add up One ecvening in the "local" the vilâ€" lage "strong man" got into a hot arguâ€" ment with a friend and wound up by calling him a liar. What They Laugh At The other iman nalturally resented the remark. "Ho!" said the bis man. "And supâ€" pose I don‘t?" f They were entertaining ‘{riends in their new prefabrciated home. Sudâ€" denly one of the guests sat, up and lis- tened. "Look here," he said, drawing himâ€" self to his full five feet, "T‘ll give you just five minutes to take that back." "Surely you‘re not troubled by mice already?". she said. "That‘s not mice," replied the owner. "That‘s the people next door eating celery." A kindly gentleman of advanced vyears â€" encountered fourâ€"yearâ€"old standing on the street corner in degep perplexity. â€" Labor bosses were one with John L. Lewis in his fight. Also with the barâ€" fiy in the old cartoon, who asked anâ€" other, "Wha‘s the Government trying to do â€"â€"run the country?" "I want to=â€"ask â€"you> something in confidence," began Jones, as Simith and he lingered at the bar. "Right! What is it?" *Well, Robinson wants to borrow $5 from me.‘Is he good for that amâ€" ount?" f x "Yoes, with proper securities." "What do you suggest?" asked Jones. "A strong chain and padlock, a pair oA handculfs and a watchdog." "Oh," said the gentlemzn underâ€" standingly, "why don‘t you?" *’WellJ 3 saxd â€"'th'ev ; ipei‘;iléxed youngâ€" ster, *"I‘m not allowed to cross the street!" Little Willis had been extremely naughty in class, and, anticipating the munishment which would shortly deâ€" scend upon him, craftly slipped a book in the seat of his pants. seat!" A pretty young widow was sitting on the hotel veranda with her small son. Also sitting on the veranda was a "Then," said the other, after alslight pause, "I‘ll extend the time limit." Smith: ‘"Well‘ you see, I can never remember all the things I have forgotâ€" ten till I get to the station, so I have to sllow for plenty of time to go back for thein." We have a pcriect solution for the live o‘clock rush. Everybody .should go home at four o‘¢lock instead. "Now," said the teacher,; producin«s a sturdy wellâ€"worn cane, "you and I are going to participate in a little perâ€" formance together."‘ "Okay, Miss Jones," was the surprisâ€" ing retort. "I have galready booked my Jones: "Why are yvou at the station at this unearthly hour? Your. train doesn‘t start for another two hours." Having been tsasken to church for the first time, the little boy said: "The music was good, but I didn‘t like the news." "I want to run away," confided the tot. ? * : ‘"No," replied Mabel. "He met a girl from Aberdcen whose birthday was on Christmas Dav." S‘%mns of progress â€" once we used to wash the sugar bowl; now we lick it, "Mabel, dear," began her friend, "I was so sorry to hear that Mac broke off the cngagement. Did you have a gquarrel?" Chicago woman complainhs to the police that burglars looted her baseâ€" ment of 50 boxes of soap flakes and Ltwo cases of bar soap. So that‘s why the rest of the country has been going grimy! ‘The onlÂ¥ thing more expensive than education is ignorance. After a time the little boy ran ~S0 DELICATELY t wR ALANCED THAT THEY WILL WEIGH |THE AMOUNT oF INK ~or MAY BE ]LEAD iT TAKES To . g TRANSPOSED (WRITE YOuUR NAMEâ€" 4Â¥ £20,448,401,133,23 U.5. ASSAY OFFICE, 439, 369,000 TIMES Capm: VW Foryg tsauss mwhas. Iim. World nglo sx=nud ,qol" SCALES ARE Adt 26 reffers ~ OoF ALPHABE Tw uUup question was: "Are you mmued?’ "No, I‘m not," was the reply. * ‘The child seemed at a loss as to what to say next, and then turned to his mother and said in piercing tones: "What else must I ask him, mummy?" The reason so few of us find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is that we refuse to dig for it. New Employer:; you »familiar with imules?" ¢ Cuties who affect a faint lisp amight pass the word along: ‘Science has sucâ€" ceeded in. synthesizing pencillin." Stableinan: "No, sir; ah know ‘om too well to get familiar." Some married couples seem to have nothing in common: except: that »â€"they both are. h A cad is a man who talks as imâ€" politely to other women as lhe does to his wife. "Threatens 100 per cent Mechanizaâ€" tion of Mines to ‘Cut Labor. Costs." And you can‘t collect dues from a maâ€" chine. 4s Right now, you might say, we are living in the Muddle Ages. * #° FRIDAY e 8.15 p.m. Combines vs llolllnger SATURDAX 7.30 p.m. (Juvenile HMockey)‘ south Porcupine vs Timmins Lions 9 p.m. Schumacher Lions vs Air Cadets MONDAYÂ¥ . _ 8.15 p.m. Dome vs Mclntyre TUESDAYX Porcupine Skating Club WEDNESDAY 2 p.m. Public ‘Skating . 8.15 p.m. Kirkland Lake v Combines THURSDAY. 93. 7.30 pm. (Juvenile i South Porcupine vs United Airg 9 p.m. Public Skating ; « SINGLE RETURN $7.00 (ex incuseo $12.60 â€" UNION BUS TERMINAL NORTH Bay FRIDAY, JANU LEAVE NORTH BAY 10 am. 4.30p.m. TORONTO Irvin Rosner, R. 0. WITRH . _ sSCIENTIFIC ACCURACY (Standard Time) MEDITERRANEAN CoAst >=m?>:> w>..>x>w. â€" _FLORIDPA , AND THE â€" NORTH COAST ofr ZEUBA WHERE Dbo THt BEST sm’a SPONGES COME FROM ? By R.J. SCOTTâ€" ir ikirn