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THE HITY GAE1T~ ANl CRONYI 5 wnr THE EDITO.RJAL rOFi THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE Oataito Couat7's Leailuag Weekly Publllied every WecIne8ciay morning by Timus Pub- floshing Company of Ouhawa ,Llmited. id. M. Mw'udy, PreuIent; A. . Alloway, Vice-President; Oi'rydon M. Ooodfellow, Director. Aanywhere In Canada 02.00 a year In, advaoe; $2.50 à year to Iubscrlbers ln the UnIted States or other foreign countries. The date to whtch the aubscription i8 pald is IndIcated on -the addreas label. Advertiaing rate on application. . LORUT8MS. EdItor and Business Manager. .Offlce Telerhones: 703 and 418. W~BWEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940 Fire Prevention In Peace and -War Mkembers of Whitby Rotary Club who heard the address of W. J.- Scott, K.C., Pro. vincial Fire Marshall last week, must have been imapressed with the fact that while perhaps unknown to most citizens fire pre- 'vention ia a very Important part of the pro- vincial administration at Queen'& Park. Fire prevention -is important and desir- able-at any time, and many officiais and agencies, to say nothing of the, local fire departmnents, are constantly working to promote it, reducing annually fire losses in Ilie and- property. But when, war takes place it becomes doubly important because its application to buildings in use for- t airiing camps- and' factories manufactur- ing war rnaterials must be thorough and *idespread, and characterized by the great- est vigilance. In the battle against fire and -its annual heavy toil in lives and property according to the fire marshall, great progress lis be- ing-made. Last year it represented a moni- *tary lous just under- eight million dollars which figures out at two dollars a year per person, and yet according to Mr. Scott, this 'was a reduction of thirty-two- per cent of the,, average of the ten years previous to 19». The fire marshall was careful to point out that incendarism accounts for a great deal of the fire losai in Ontario each year, and the startling fact was revealed that thoâe Who set fires, sometimes taking hu- *man ives as well as causing serious proper- ty damage, are not for the, most part of the criminal type but highly regarded- citizens ot the community, On this account crime ci; arson,, no doubt, in much harder to de- 'tcbut progresiln being made in the btti. against it,-for the fire marahal pointed out that durIng the first year that tires of this type were investigated -they were -reduced 'in number by haif, while th.e n.w provision ln some types of fire insur- ance policies which permits tii. insurance enmapanY to rebuild barns and other build- InÉs destrêyed by fire has also been a con- tributing factor in fire prevention, the in- ference being that where cash ia not col- lectable the intentive to start a fire is-not no great. Concernlng the matter of fire insurance rates the fi re marshall had something-to say, and we. propose commenting on bis remarks in a future issue. .With Canada at war, the fire marshall pointed out important added duties have had to' b. assumed by bis department*. Af- ter the war broke out, he stated, 'a great deal of sabotagze was PecedivM vn between the* citizens and the officiaIs- whose duty it lis to prevent fire is very lessential. Taxes Corne Down With D.bt Reduction The. next seven years in Whitby, by reason of substantial reductions in the annual. levies for principal and interest on the\-tewn's debenture debt, should show a general decrease in the tax rate. During the war, however, one cannot-look 80 prom- Isingly to the future because of the emër- gencles that might arise, not the least of M'v these being contributions for patriotic pur- poses, and new taxation which may, be piosed- upon the municipalities by the goveruments in power at Queen's, Park :end Ottawe. Under the present circum- taces the beat that can be expected of Wb iy'nunicipal Council, and co-operat- mng civie bodies, la the careful expenditure of money,, the postponment et ail unneces- sar y capital expenditures and a strict pehicy eftatx arrears clecin Figures taken from the annual report of the. Minister et Municipal Affaira publish- ed iu these columna hast week, reveal that betweeu 1940 -and 1947 there should b. a reduction in the tax rate of 7!/2 mihîs. This bears eut the. assertion made by Cn. meeting that -se long as Wbitby's deben- ture debt bangs as -a cloud over the town's financial structure, there can be. e uh- stantial decrease iu the -tax rate. Further Honor For Hon. Dr. Bruce Hon. Dr. Herbert A. Bruce, -a native ef Ontario County, former Lieutenan1t-Gov- ernor et Outarie, and one wbo bas played an important roI. in xnany avenues, et the public service, was last week elected a member of th, Fedéral Parliament te rep- reent an important- riding in the City ot Toronto. Because of bis extensive kuowledge et Canada's problems, and, of wbat he has been able to accomplisb in bis native City as an outstandiug medic4l practitioner and on. wiio bas seen and made known the great need for. many social services, Dr. Bruce is particularly well qualitied to dis- charge thie new and responsible duties placed upon bis shoulders. Dr. Bruce is a man, wbo regardless ef bis political faitb bas a genuine desire, Scoupled witb the. best of qualifications, to serve bis country, particularîy at this cri- tical tume, and bis many friends lu Ontario Couuty will be glad tý learin that h. bas been placed lu thfs position at a time when services of men of bis type are most r.- quired. important'Highway job Acknowledged Wile ne immediate resumption of work on the, new four-Ian. provincial bigiiway. is lu sight according te information given to a Wbitby aud Oshawa deputation -a few days ago by the. Minister et Highways, it is encouraging te note the tiie Minister promises' that this work wilh receive the. tirst consideration ot thernetwen .the question ot bighway expeuditures for 1940 come up. Tii. importance of the work Is -recogniz- ed at Queen's Park because of tl*e tact that traffie on the, preseut bigbway during the. past few years bas not only the saturation but tiie daugerous point as well and be- cause tiie government stanàls to loose a lot et the money already expended on this stretche et bigbway if work- is net re.. sumned soon. Tii. question et employment et labor dees not enter into tii. question to any great extent because of the exten- sive use et machines by contractors and by the government when the. project was first started. Se far au the. Tewn ef Wbitby is con- cerned the. immediat, need- is the epening up of Henry Street whicb was closed last year te provide a much needed second out- let te tth. Ontario Hospital aud te, that part et the town seutiio etti bridge. As pointed eut te tii. Minister by Whitby members et the deputation tiie closiug of tuis street coustitutes a real tire hazard because it is obvieus that tiie towu must have more tbau eue outlet te sucb a large institution as the, bospital and te tii. south portion of the town where there is a con- siderable portion etftth. towu's population and wher. tiiere la theusande et dollars worth et property. Whiether or net the work on thie highway is rsum.d now the~ Town of Wiiitby was given te uuderstaud that the, department would look into this matter by seuding down its engineers. The cost iuvolved would not b. very great, aud w, iiubmit, it would be notbing lu com- parisen witii lo8s that migbt be sustained if anything siiould happen that Brock Street Soutà sbould b. blocked at tue time of a tire. The Value of'Trees Seme etftii. readers of the Gazette and Chronicle may wonder wiiy we pubhish se much about trees and reforestation. Tii. only reason la te, impress thie importancet tis matter on their minds -se that great car. and - interest will b. taken inl tre. planting aud their protection. A writer lu the, Canadian Forest aud Outdeor Lite points te tthe great value et retorestationen luths country, by iudicating the value et trees. Besides adorning our home surroundings, our streets sud high- -ways and beautlfyingr the landscape, trees are of great assistance te the agriculturist As'this writer points out, we cannot -setop ram and, evaporation but we cau plant trees. wbich will: 1. Brçak the rainfahl into' minute par- ticles. 2. ]Retard the volume'and velocity of the surface ruu-off. 3. Provide a medium for slow exapora- tion. 4. Increase or raisp the sub-soil water table. 5.' Rebuild and hold, sou lu place. 6. Assist lu regulation of earth waters in springs and underground channels. 7. Shade and reduce water temperature along stream ourses. We are interested aise lu tre. plantiug net only lu the. country but in Wbitby. Tiie programme instituted a few years ago througb Reeve A. M. Irwiu bas been et great benefit to Whitby, many trees being. planted on bare streets and on private.. properties. We would certainly ike te see this good work continued. Tii. spirit ef "business as usual," se pro- .minent in England during tiie Iast war, ia cheerfully evident again today, observets "The Printed Word,-" published by, J. G. Johnstou and Associates,- adding that et- ten lu spit.eofthti. mest adverse circum- stances, thie people carry on wiiatever their appoint.d tasks may b.. Tbey build. Up a tolerance to trouble, ike taking doses et poison until poison can't burt them. Tbey are like Jerry Finigan and bis automo- bile. Jerry flourisbd in the pre-pavemneut days. There were a good mauy bors. abee nails in the 81/2~ miles of the Kingston Road between Bowmanville and Oshiawa, which was Jerry's- regular beat. His muner tubes were -always patèbed and vulcanized ail thé way round, and the casings had more shee than a debuta nte. One atternoon Jerry ar- rived at bis home base lu Osbawa. "Did you have a good trip to Bowmanville ?" the bartender asked hum. Jerry dusted off bis ceat wltb one baud and-the inside of bis tbroat witb tii, otiier. "Yes, it was a good tnip," bhe aaid smuling, "only bad five blowouts." Tii. business 'men et England ýre cul- tivating the spirit et cheerfulnes'"intiie face et war and its discourageena Canadian business m n, uc e ,stu ated, although business niay b, a little duli, have good reason te be cheerful. W. bonestly believe that cheerfulness helpa business. Silence OftimesGolpden So many gossipers are at work in Wbitby and elsewhere, that space is fouud lu this columu for a fittlng contribution wrlt- ten by tiie other fellow. Net enly fittlng, but timely it may b. said. Iu auy case, ber. it is to read and te, be judged by yeu, dear reader. It runs: "Iu tumes wbeu a community is passing tbrougii a crisis, wiieu reliable information is searce, and, yet it is known that Important eveuts are happening, ther, is always a temptation, for people te loe their discrimination lu tii. matter et news. Even these wbo keep their seuse et bunior are hiable te, add te it a sense et rumer, te develep a flair for a scare, and te become a sort et patent office for wild inventions. Tee of- ten authonity is little better than that pos- sessed by the rumor-monger lu the nbyme, wiio protested that: ".Absolute evidence bave I noue, But my aunt's charwomnau's sister's sou Heard a policemanou bis beat Say te a bousemaid- in Downing Street. That beéiiad a nephew, who had a triend Who knew for a tact that the war would * end." No eue, et course, would deuy that there must b., in such circumstances, a natural auxiety te learu as many of tbe tacts as pessible. But citizens should net let their ears play truant at every idhe -tale. Bet- ter, at the. least,. migbt tbey emulate the. old Yerksbireman, aud "hear ahI, se. ail, say nowt." A United Effort To -Wn The War With the federal election now an eveut et tue past, there appears te be fairly smoetii sailiug aiiead- for the. country lu its effort te help tii. allies wiu the war. Tii. most cheerful note et the weelils the. bigbly commeudable attitude etoftiiese citi- zens wbo" suppQrted t-be national goveiu- ment idea. Most et their leaders wbo fougbt a losing cause, have pubhicly pledged tbemselves to the support et a uuit.d Canada. In this -respect Harry Newman, KIL. unsuccessful National candidate in Outarlo riding, wus up in the frontranks, PledIging h1is .upport, te .Prime Minister R-Ing -in the pursuaiice of a vigorous, war policy. Wlhthe new government pledged keep. one eye'onh the efficient conductoY the war and the other on safeguards for Ganada'is conomic structuré by the eye whc elooking after the econumîc front, OeeOftthèse is communism, .,wherever -it burrows from underueath across thecoun- try. those whe believe that the nation can maintain its integrity. and make progrýes lu world competition ouly. by a very strong adhéerence to the: policy 'of honesty, find eofÊotin the-fact-that as a result of the Alberta electionis, the. debt-repudiatlug social 'credit goverument new represents very definitely -a minority vote ef the elect- ors. And iu the féderal e lection, their re- presentation was c utlu, two. Th ose elected won by sucb amaîl mar- gins that the -big majorities of 1935 look very sick,- and the. members elected by such narrow margins will not be 80 apt te swing very radical, for fear of alienating- thie reagre majorities they have. The duty of every Canadian citizen now is te forget Party stri<e, and get behind those in autborlty se that Canada may render thenmaximumn in service to the Em- pire at a time when it in no much needed. Eduication and Democracy: Dr. L. J. Simpson, Minister of Educa- tion, in addressing, a meetin g of the On- tario Educational AssociationinTrot last week said that "Democracy is more a way of living than a form of government."' There arýp few, but who will agree with that observation. ; Democracyp after -ail, is founded on the teachingu eoftthe "Golden ]Rule," and the. golden rule comes from the teachinga of Christ to his disciples. Dem-, cracy, then, ln a Christian way of living. A democratie governmnent in supposed-to b. a government by the people for the people' and it is thus seen that éducation and the facilities which our educational system effers for the teaching of demnoc- race. la bighly important., There eau be, ne 900d reason why our primary and sec- ondary, achools sbould shy at the responsI- .«.bility «- inculceting in the minda and lives of the pupîlasosme principles et the golden rule wbIlh point to the right way et living. There are-mauy agencies which eau teach the right way et living, the. home and family coming -tirat, the school comiug second, thon social- contacts, outaide the bomn s choel, lu addition te Suuday School, Church, young peoplexs meetings-ý the moving itue nd te rdio.Evr%. It a be Ed itoria Noes i Impoth ae euAd thjoes, hare imprsod ever b e udtrkear With tii. election sately tucked away, the Dominion Gevernment eau now turu its attention te more serieus business. "Liberalu Again Sweep Dominion"- n.wa headiug. But it will talce a lot et aunabin, and some ramn te sweep tiie snow fron the. nertiieru part eft tus riding. It la reperted that Pittsburg police gagged a radical witb bu eown bat when b. insist.d ou shouting. Once more he was given an oppertunity te tahk through bis bat. The. Allies aYre pressIng à ittl. barder on the enemy, accordiug te latest reports. And that- wiil probably please a lot who'bave been critlcizlng because et thé s.eming lu- actlvity on the war fronts. The Ontario' Temperance Federation bas decided te gettlaahligbt pictures et scenes et intemperance ln beverage rooms, the propesa haviug been made by Rev. Allan Ferry of Owen Sound. If tuis'plan is carried eut, it la goîng te put some efthe beys on the, spot atter they have puiled tue eld excuse ef werking late at tii. office. wiue, Your home or other buildin gs-on your property, whether on a farm or in town, may be improved or added ta u.nder the Government's Home Improvement Plan. The terms are easy and payments may be con- v eniently arranged. You do not need ta b. a regular customer ta secure a loan. Consuit the Manager of our neare'st- Branch and ask for ISooki'et. THE DOMINION BANK Whitby Dranch G. HIEATH ROSS, Manager 14i Further Rise in Business Seen in Second Quarter Records Set in Winter Months Giving Flying Start to Spring Trade - Improvemeut W4 Expected in Ail Areas Over 1939 % (The Financlal Post) Busines5s enters the second quarter on a rislng tide. The voluine'of trade and industim in the f irst quarter, usuallY a period of comparative ciullness has surpassed that of most previous years. givlng practlcally a flying start to the spring trade. Employment is considerabby better than a year ago. Purchasing power mneasured bY available indices is higher. People are more confident. Evidence 0f.the situation is given in tie F'inanciai Post Business Indices for ecd of the five econoitoareas lu Canada for F'ebuar. TIiese show the improvement over lust year to range from 4 per cent. li British Columbia to practlcally 16 per cent. li Ontario and- the Mari- time 'provinces. Ccxupared with the previous montai most areas-are ahead. Moderate curtailment is shown in the Maritimes and the prairie provinces. This, however, left. the general condition of business, mucli better than a yeaý ago and in the case of thýe Maritimes the best On - Business Indices *Peb % change % change 1940 from Feb., from Jan, Maritimes ........... ....... .... 138.7 +139 .1407 Quebee............ .....59 0 +15-.8 -+12 Onai ..... ..129.10 - +15.9 +0le Prairies ............. .......1.1 +15.9 -0.7 B *1tl 26Coumb. ............... 128.0 + 4.1 +0.071 Ba.ster- tracte on the whcle was restrlcted somnewhat by cold wahr But lu spite of this business is estilnated to have been above eat er volume. Warmer weather which cannot be mnuch longer delayed how- ever, by" unlocsing a volume of deferred buYing is. bound to brlng a mnarked lncrease ln business. War orders continue to - PlaY an important part lu givmng emplco - ment. The garment working Plants are estimatect to have been oper- ating on a level about 25 per cent. above last year. The steel plants of the Cape Breton area for the first quarter were operating at about 95 Per cent. Of CaPaclty ccmipared With 62 Per cent, lu 1939- -Work on the varions establishments requlrect for the Emnpire traluing -plan Is ex- pected to Rive employment to large nùmbers cf tlf ontucin rcts Alrcraft plants are busy. Sales cf new automnobiles li the first twO months of 1940 were almost 50 Per, cent. above 1939 and- sales of .used cars are u p 25per cent. Electric Power output is also hlgher, being about 6 Per cent. higher in February than a. year ago. -With the election cirer tis weelc, busines'îisnw awaiting the bud- et and he lucreases in taxation Whlch it Is felt are unavoiclable. Opening f thie spring-naturalpy turs attention cf Canedlan business circles to the ficisture conditions in the western wheat rowng areas. War or no War, wheat is still probabîy the mcst tràportat ingle source of wealth lu t he ountry'. Sore anxiety is feit that owiiig to llght r#i- fanl last fa11- ad llght snows, the niisture uppy -ray be deficlent. But It la also realizeci that this can be reznedîed be.tor ec flt me. z PAGE TW0 ed t Ea s teýr Mr. Movwbr ~.againi Mr. been l for t Df con 7 a nd G rand, occupy, mra.in j evenin Served the wo Bobcay and m Mr.A The meetiný ing, wý leaders the fir pared chilcire. 'Ciou*s i nr.ube: ,chi-I-e- pla que, :vrarjer W: th n mnuch numbei the Bh Sonlef were gi -f ering< candy ' ,wÎich M Haroi_:C er. anda MfrS. Aif White ga -hobbiesa a dli:spiay IiOrk. b were on inte-restixý *young peý charge c The 'W Anglican Cessful tE a large ca Imethiod o cor. fec tio w'as aura brigh! sil .Mrs. Hugl ed much TiLof f tI Ierrýoon i Beltty "HO mnembers ed in sei Radio cortestsý *enjovable by M-,, -. en*s IXIsÈ day in t ing the and a co fun- J MtIn Do dealt : anci z whieh Eac wI te 1 111.1lu - ý i w L HE . HITRY. GAZETTE AND CHRONICLÉ-' How to Be Cheerful