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TIIE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOINMANVILLE. THUR.SDAY. JUNE 14th, 1934 Established 1854 A Weekly Ncwspaper devoted to the interests of the town &f BowmnanvilIe and surrounding country, issued at King etreet,' Bowmaniville, every Thursday, by M. A. Jarres & aons, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesmnan is a mnember of the Canadian Weekly Newpapers Association, also the Class ',A" Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year; In the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. ,THUR.SDAY, JUNE 14th. 1934 Electors Have Important Duty Next Tue.sday the electors of the province will be asked to go to the polils and vote. It is a solemin duty they owe to their fellow-citizenls and themselves. The whole responsibility of goverfiment is on their should- ers, and there should be no shirkers. It is flot nec- essary to takc an active part in the election campaigfl in order to become an intelligent voter. The issues are being placed before the people by means of public ad- dresses and personal contact, so there is littie excuse efor anyone not being fully farniliar with the facts. There are, however, many people who are perfectly conscientious when they decide to remain away f rom the poils, they feel that they cannot honestly vote for a candidate whose public platformn does flot conformn to their own views and they consequently remain at home. They should not complain if, after the election, the party in power legisiates contrary te their views, because they made no effort te vote for or against that party. Party politics ts strong in this cornmunity, and t.here are aiways those who will ad.here te the policies of the party they have adopted no matter what kind of legisîstion they advocate, but there is a growing tendency for people to vote for the can- didate rat'ner than for the party. Thiis rnay be an important factor in the coring election. It is the plain duty, however, of every elector, te give serious cor.siceration to the question of which of the t wo political parties they consider will conduct the business of the province more efficiently and ti the public interest. Too much credence must flot ne placed in everything that cornes f rom the speakers, on either side of politics, but ail arguments should lie weighed carefully and electors should satisfy themisel- ves, as nearly as they can, as to the real conditions prevailing, look beycnd the surface of things, andi vote as their conscience dictates. There is sufficient time between now and election day for people to inforrn themselves on the main issues. Ontario Ladies' College Jubilee The Jubilee Celebration of the Ontario Ladies' Col- lege at Whitby is 0f particular interest in Durhamn County in view of the large number of ladies f rom this community who received their cultural training in this fine institution. The college stands out boldly on the horizon of this country's educational history as a beacon, beckoning its womanhood to higher stan- dards of education, ling and culture. The men of faith ftd vision who sixty years ago were the means of the college coming into existence ~would rejoice if they could returu bo join in this Dia- mond Jubilee occasion and witnezs the work that their endeavours has wrought. It required a lot of f aith 60 years ago te see a college t4ýiat would i future Years cater flot only te thousands of young Canaclian women, but young women f rom other countries as well. The closing of Bishop Bethune Collegý ti Oshawa, and many other fine oid schoois of learning through- out Canada indicates the strenucus days through which private schools are passing. On the horizon however. there appears bnetter times, and who knows but what this Jubilee occasion may ne the stepping stene te better thlngs. The Statesman and its readers are pleased on this occasion to join with the citizens of Whitby and friends ail over Ontario and the United States in ex- tending good wishes and congratulations on this han- PY milestene i a great career. City Departnient Store Racket Exposed Wc feel like climbing te bhc peak of the editorial mountain and about ao alright hear, "I Told You Sa". In a dozen editoriala in the past two or three years we have endeavored ta show that shopping in the Toronto departmental stores doesanDt evcntualhy prove a lienefit to tbc shopper wbo ta a producer cr ta employed in an industry. The amazirig revelabioris at the Stevens Mass Buy- tng Enquiry lest Thursday proves our contentions of thc pasb to be truc. Among these revelations we find the competition bebween two large departmental stores led a large tailoring f irm te accept an order for men's ] suits at a price necessitating cubtirig wages of cm- ployees, ultimnabely affecting 10,000 workers. Another amaztng thing broughbta light was an advcrtisement which sbated that 1200 were suits ad- vertiscd as '"Specials' at $25,00 werc said to include many worth $65.00. The audtor's report showcd ibat only 30 oui of the 1200 were worth $65.00, anid of the remnalning 1170 some were bought as 10w as $12.62 Ib was ponted out that 630 overcoat., werc purchaseci at lcss than $15.00 and sold at $25.00. It was fur- ther brought to light that on 304 o';cerco)ats anc de- partmenbal store made $3410 profit. while the man- ufactures of the coats made only $237. Ib was also sbown that these companies benefitteci through special discounts givEn by manufacturera and that many manufacturera shareci the cat of ad- verbising, ihus di_,criminating agaiînýt the merchants in the small towns who seli good.s bought from the same manufaeturera. Another instance showed that the desire 0f onc of the stores to purchase boys' pants ai a low cost. re- sulted ini Montreal workrs g"ctting- 35c a dozýn for making themn. Irrespective 0f what the resuit migbt lie on bhc worker or the manufacturer the probe was quite can- ilidly informed that these dcpar-tment stores depend upon the bargaining rower.s of their buyers te get mercnand.ise at 10w prices. In 1933 the committee was tod the profit in the c furniture depariment was 44'; on cost after mark- E downs, and shortages had been aerounted for. Ex- 1 amples of price apreacis sbowed markups from 281,, ta 73% ti this departmerit.1 An instance of price apreads was given when it was 9 shownm that one store purchased 33 dressýes in Nov- ember last at $5,10 each and ihe.se were markesi up te $19.75, a spread of 287%. House dresses bought r for 65 Vc werc sold for $1.50, wUile seven capes, pur- chased at 81.58 -each were sold for $7.50 eacb or a mark up over ooet of 374 %.È Further evidence dlsclosed that on an order of mli- r ber foDtwear the store was allowed four discounts aggregating a net discount of 37<1c. With these amazing facts now public, is it flot time that thinking people made Up their mincisflot to patronize organizations that actually create sweat shop labour and are bleeding the working man from his just and rightful earnings. andi the buyer hixn- self. frornlitge rnarkups in price? The Stevens Coin- mnittee investigation, if it has done noth.ing more. has already shovçn the f olly of believing that the big city stores believe in small profits. Their profits are larger than most local merchants ever expeet to get. The time has surely corne when the local merlzhalt zhoulci be given credit for being hontest and giving a square deal to his customers. Those who continue to buy front these big business. blood sucking octo- puses, now that their methods of doing business have been exposed are contributing to poc>r wages. 10w farm prices, and your own financial destruction. Appointment of Town Solicitor Not Warranted There seemns to be a feeling among certain members of the Town Council that this newspaper has an axe to grind in the tiatter of the appointment of a Towri Solicitor. There is no reason for this narrow minded supposition. We deal with any public matter as we believe it te lie in the best interests of the towri, and without any relation whatever to persons sponsoring or opposing it in or outside of the council. We therefore repeat, we do not believe the appoint- ment of a Town Solicitor is necessary or expedieflt. There seems to lie no apparent reascn why af ter so many years without a solicitor, an appointinent should be made at this time. There has been no pub- lic demand for such a move. No petition has been presented to the Council, and as f ar as we are aware no member of the legal profession has suggested the appointment or sought the office. Under the suggested bylaw a retainirig f ee of $250 per annum would be paid. The bylaw is riot at al specific in its contents and according te, the present wording states that special bylaws andi legislabion would lie paid in addition bo the retainer and to the legal costs incurred. Just what constitutes a special bylaw or legisiation is liard to tell. Under existing conditions it is doubbful if any mem- ber of the profess:ori in town would care te handie a Supreme or County court case as a part of his dut- ies covered biy the retaining fee. Instance might be sited in the Brannigan case where the costs and fees reached over $300. Granted that this was a fair charge. as no one asked a taxing account. would any l awyer wante carry out his duties for a year and include one case costing more than $300 in his re- Itaining f ee? Apart f rom the Brannigan case, which was paici andi will be listed in this year's financial report the town has spent little in legal fees in the past threo! years. Tracing back the Financial Statements of the past three years we find legal fees paid in what would corne under a Town Solicitors work, these sums:- $62.60, $35.00. $30.87, and $5.25 making a total for three years, 1931-32-33 of $133.72. In addition there i.s the sum of $150.00 paid in connection wi:h the Hydra transfer, which was paid by the Hydro Commission, and a further surn of $250 raid to M. G. V. Gould. no' as fee. but as payment fcr cne Rayncs prcperty, purchased for park purposes. However none of these payments corne under the heading of Town Solicitor. It might be added that the suggested appointment does not include the duties to extend to the Public Utilities, High School or Public School Boards. That means that only the tewn council will receive the benefit of the solicitor's advice. The sum of $250 per annum is quite apparently an unnecessary experiditure. Two members of the legal Profession are in the council and surely their know- lecige of legal procedure would prevent the corpor- ation doing anythin.g that was not legal. It seems to us that the best way to haridie this matter is to se- cure the services of a lawyer as they are required, and not to pay out a stated sum for services which are Seldom required f rom one year's end to the other. Suggest Plank for Party Leaders Time and ag-ain in these columais wc have sug- 1gesteci and urged the bcst mearis of reducing the mun- icipal tax rate ta by refunding our debenture delit of well over hall a million dollars, or tin other words, re- ducing the interest rate on these civic bonds. One of the writer's last acta as mayor of this town was ta write ta the Prime Minister Hon. R. B. Bennett, at the tirne of the impendirig Federal Provincial Conference in Ottawa, regarding reducing the ini- teresb on municipal debentures. He replied in these words: "I quite agree with you that the interest rate should lie reducei, liut how ta it te lie donc? You realize, of course, that bbc municipalities are created by the Provincial Legislatures, and that the Federal Qoverniment has no transaction in the premises. In the end it would semr to me that the matter wiil have ta lie deait with by thc Provincial Goverriment." Now that Ontario ta in the heat of a Provincial Election and the party leaders and their coherts are working over time thinkirrg Up daily ahl sorts of achemes and maktrtg many pxre-election promises to inveigle the befogged. as well as party teihereci eleo-tors into supporting their parby's pet policies we would suggesb for the benefit of the patient and over- taxed citizens that a plank. be inserted in bhe party Platform to refunci civic debentures by lowering the high interesb rates. which were esablished in se caîl- Pd prosperous times. This would lic ruch, more sensible than atternpt- ing ta force electors te drink themselves ta prosper- ity on a beýer andi wine orgy. Every Town Has These People Xhen you niear a mari running down his home tewri or city or busine. ,s or industry in it. or his home new:ýpaper, take a good look at him. Ten ta, one he %vill have a chîn as long as a rail, an a eye as rcst- less as a horse thief; and he will hitch arounci in bis chair as though he had St. Anthony's dance. Talk to him awhile and you will discaver that he has made a faîlure of evcryth.tng he has ever bricci <except being disagreable>, and rime times out 0f ten hie is depend- ent on thc public for favors or support; yau will finti hîii of a nietdesDme, 1-eevish. jealou.s nature; a mari wha ta always cornplaining, and albhough he lias but little. if anything of hUs own, ane wauld ima- gine ta, hear huim talk he had quit dlaim deeci ta the earth and a first mortgage on heaven. He knows everybodys business andi why shouldn't he? He has nonie of his own ta take up Uis time. Such people. like mosquitoca, were not create intr vain. perhaps, but one fact remains staple. tbey do riot add mater- ially to the pleasure of conductlng legitimate busi- nes.-The Sun, Swif t Current, Sask. I-ANDS ACROSS THE SEA ---Strube 4in the Daily Express, London. News of Cartwright. Township 50 Years Ago Saturday, Sunday and Monday Cartwright ToNwrMship's CentenarYl will lie observed. it is neediess to ssa, that the township has shown a much greater advance in the past fifty years than it did in the first f ifty years of incorporation. To give our readers some idea of the people anid eventa 0of Cartwright haif a century ago we publish a number of items. selected f rom issues of The States- man of 50 years ago. Ali happenied in 1884, wheri Cartwright was cele- brating its fifticth birthday. Mr. H. Smale has opened a boy department in connection with his grocery business. Last week we had no mails f rom Wednesday until Saturday. Just snow, snow, anow. It did not prevent John Bailey and Miss Hoaey. and Roert Lawson anid Miss McKee gctt- ing married. Officers of the Cartwright Agri-1 culturai Society elected on Jan. lth icipal law; Neci Parr jomn the Sal- vation Arrny; George Smnith cease blowing about his work: Mrs Keen- Len's hens lay more eggs; Williams- burg Bahl Club win one match; A handisorneir volunteer than ýohn Bradburn; A harder working man 1than Tom Lattimore; John Short- rîidge get a good wif e; Andrew Kins- man sperid another week at Caes- area. Sorne of our ladies wear a new bonnet every Sunday. Wonder wh.at they do with the old ones. John Grahami has got the contraci for the carpentry at the Church of Englarid Parsonage.* Revi.. Washingbon and Woodger have cntered on their duties here and secm to lie well liked. Jas. William*son has built an ad- diticn to his barri. 1 Crme Terk-anr* Tgp âv officers: W. P. Alex Taylor: W. A.,. 1*~ Miss Mary Beacock; R. S, Qeo Bea- elected: President-Bro. L. Taylor; cock; F. S.. James McHoull: Treas Vice-Pres-Sis A. Hyland; Secy- Rev. T. Cleworth; Chap. Rev W Sis. A. Ph.ilp; Marshal-Bro. Alex Down; Con. P. Wright; I. S î. iBrown. Jeffery. 1I . - : . ,. We had a fash3onable wcdding last week. Mr. Samuel Allun was un- ited in marriage to Miss M. S. Alinr, diughter of Mr. S. Alin. Two Italian.s fromn the railroad wEnt on Sunday ta WiIllamisburg, got drunk, and 80 rocis fromn the vil- lage lay dowri cri the road and near- iy froze to death. Cartwright counc:l met pursuant tstatute, the following members subscribed to the declaration: James Parr as Rc-eve; John McKee as De- puty Reeve; John H. Devit.t and Albert Spinks counicillors. A steam sawmill belonging to A.1 Dean in the first concession of this Township was destroyed by f ire. George Bradburn. old esteemcd residc-nt. quietly and peacefully pas- sed away f rom earth Saturday morn- ing. He was formerly a member of the counicil. The shed belonging bo the Royal Hotel collapsed by an overweight of Isniow. The town pump ta again in oper- ation. It has been repaired by the Caesarea purnp maker. William McLaughlin was appcint- cd Assessor by Council on Feb. llth. James Beaoock's residence was in- vaded by 60 or 70 persons the other night andi Mr. John Jobb's house was none too large on Friday. R.J. Graham*has an addition in his family. They intend calling her Susan. Mr.R. Hyland and children were upe;horse ran away, cutter brok- en, occupants sllghtly injured. On Saburday W. Cowan buried one of his chilciren. Albiert Spinks is around again af- ber Us severe illness. A sight that would appal the about- est heari was witnessed here on Ap- ril 3rd. when Mrs. Wm. Muirheaci was burned te deabh in ber home. Mrs. John Trice was buried the same day as Mrs. Muirhead. Her death was also vcry audden. John Talbott's farm of 100 acres, w as sold by auction for $75 per acre. Birth: In Cartwright on April 12. tw the wif e of Mr. Woodnian C. Glas- peu, a daughber. Fence vicwers appointed in 1884: Thomas Werry, John Trewin. J. Bea- cock, David Johnston, John Eciger- tcn. C. B. Power, Walter Dunn. J. Y. McLaughlin, W. McLaughlin. Tenders are invited for the erec- t'on of a Rectory in place of the one burned down some months ago. * 0 . . John Hughes has improvcd hUs residence liy a liay window. *St. John's Church choir loses Mr. S. Jeffery's fine voice. but Mr. W. McLaughlin adds volume te the orchestral effect. A brasa lband is being organizeci hf re. Dick Sheckleten and Miss Sarah Brown were marrieti on May 23rd On returning home the horse gai on a spree andi upset the rig, spilling the happy couple. WhIo aboie Bandmnaster Atkins' boots? * News Budget, June 2th. Whai we would like te sec: The dentlsts cease quarrclllng; Thos. Seholes join bhc volunteers; Jammie Hunt wear bis plug. R. B. Sptnks floore<t on Mun- Thie iargesu bjJeckleU LIouI, LakCL here so f ar this season was 4', Ilis a.nd the largest lunge 281bs. Our Public School opened on Mon- day with Mr. Gilbert Fallta as tea- cher. * Rev. Mr. Creighton. our worthy rector. i.s spending a few days with old f riends in the West. John Trewini was appointed tax collector for 1884 by the council. Mrs. Sanderson. rclict of the late Richard Sanderson is seriously ill and not expected te recover. Thomas Wood* is erecting a hand- somte residence just east of the yill- Master Johnny Graham is very ill. Mrs. John H Devitt is recovering niccly f rom the effecta of a faîl. The Marlow house at Caesarea is leased to James Bryans. Our collecter is now going his rounds. He caUls for $6.10 for every $1000 amsessment. What municipal- ity can beat that? Mrs. William Brown was buried ti Devitt's burying groundis last Sali- bath. Birth: To the wife of Mr. Graham, <nee Wilson) Scugog Island,. a boun- cing baby boy. Revs. Oeo. and W. E. Reynolds are visiting their home here. AN EXAMPLE TO KEEP The pioncer knew th rift os a stern nccessity and by its homely virtue gove bcginning ta a nation. His example is onc ta be followed today. 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