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PAGE TWO THE CNADIA STATSMAN OW?~A.nm.TWiliukc-z5uAyr-- '... J.L>DR llth1934 I. R~4e &rnIia jibtg#mn Established 1854 A ' eekly Newspaper devoted to the intereata of the town &f B"owmanville and surrounding c ou ntry, iasued at King Street. Bowmanvîlle, e very Thursday, by M. A. James & Sons. owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman is a rnemnber of the Canadian Weekly Newpapers Association. aiso the Class "A" Weeklies of Canada. SLBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada. $2.00 a year; In the United Stat6s, $2.50 a year. payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. TH1URSDAY. OCTOBER llth, 1934 A Cail to National Service The Prime MinistEr in his radia addrEsýs f rom Lon- don referred most apprapriately ta the success that attended the gigantic Conversion Loan which was floated by the Brit.sh Gavernment in 1932. The British people converted the enarmous sum of mare than nine billion dollars ai War Loan Bonds. Nat oniy dîd they conert their holdings and enable the country to save millions ai pounds a year iin debt service charges, but they did it witb a promptitude and an enthus.asîn wbîch cornmanded respect and admiration throughout the world. It is signficant that the success of the British Conversion Loan. and the reduction in interest rates which came with it. coincided with tbe beginming of the economnic recovery which the Mother Country bas enjoyed duririg the isst two years. Great Britaîn's exampe restared courage an~d re- new ed hope amongst ail nation.s. We in Canada hav e been very successful in previaus Conversion Loan campaigns. Had these LDans not been a suc- ces.s our business necovery iromn the 10w point in February. 1933. would undoubtediy have been retard- ed. The Prime Minister pointed out that apart fnom the f act that thene is no better invesztment for Cana- dians than Domnaon af Canada Bonds, holders of Victory Bonds who c:onvert them, as weii as new investars, wîli rentier a national service at this time. The worthy posit'on that aur chanacter and fin- ancial integrity have gained for us in the eyes ai the world wîll be maintained by a prompt and en- tbusiastic response ta the presant Refunding Loan campaign. We must duplicate in Canada the mag- nif icent achievement of the British people. We can. We will. We have. Farmers Will Have More Money The farmers ai Canada wili have more maney ta spend during the comng yean as the result ai better grain pices, althaugb it is impassible at thîs stage ta even guess the amount afi ncrease. One estimate deciares that the revenue f nom wheat alone wouid be $51,000.000 more than las-t year, whie the pnices ai oats, ilax, barh.y and rye are matcrially higher than a year ago. Howv important these advances are is seen in the annauncement frcm the Bank ai Nova Scotia that its index ai the purchssing pawer af a bushel ai wheat at Winnipeg ($1.C0 nepresenting its average purcbasîng power from 1921 ta 1932) bas risen from 86.9 tbe Jure average. ta 95.9 in July. Onhy last March thîs index stoad no bigher than 73. Thus in the short space ai four months the purchasing power ai the bushel af wheat roa fram 27 per cent b>low average ta anly 4 per~ cent belo average. The Juiy figure was as a rnattc-r ai ia2t the highest since Feb- rua ry. More money from the farmens sbould mean mare business ion Canadian stores, more orders for Can- adian manufacturers, more revenue for Canadian nai:ways and mcre jobs for Canadian warkers. The authoak is brighter than at any time in several years. Opera House Needs Decorating The Opera House, oncc the paoulïr stamping graund ai local and travelling d:amat:c grauPs, bas been leit sadly out ai the p.cture in recent years. A rev ival afitIs use boweven sesmis apparent as sýev- raI rlays have been scheciuled for use in recent weeks. Might we sug-gcst that the Opera House is a pctential money maker ior the TawÀn Courcil at $12.00 per n'gbt. However, the rent'ng ai the Opera Hause sbould, be an the samie basîs as renting other properties. A houzehoder expe2ts bis landlord ta keep the bouse in goad condition an.d equîpped mod- ernly. The sanie sbh*uld a:sply to the Opera House wbich is sadly lackîng in equi.ment. The stage and dres-ing rooms bave nat bad a coat ci Paint in a decade. The curtaîn is practically useless and the ugly burlap draw-curzains are not atly an eyesore but are inadequate as praztically every move behind tbem may be seen w.thout drawing them apant. Last year the council took ac'icn in put'irg ta wank a number ai unemplcy2ýd c earuing up the Town Hall buildng. They nigb' p."ofitably be put ta wark this year in redecorat:ng the stage and dressing naomis, flot iargetting tho-ýe upstairs. and in repairing the stage propertes, however iew they bave came ta be. Tw,ýelv-e dollars a nîgbt is plenty ai money, and with it sh2ýuld at least be g.ven a well equipped stage with mad.-rn ligbt ng fixtures and its barenmss cavered wvith a ltte new pa:nt. Party Governnient and Cooperation That splendid weekly newspapen irorn Muskoka, The Huntsvilhe Forester, is another paper ta step into the open and speak its mind in no uncertain manner about ge1vernment c)-a)erat.on in these wards: Recent addrtss.-s by certai-i Canadian public men bave streýs-d tr e need itr ca-ape-ation duing the period ai depr, s ion ar.d ai concerted action in bat- tling ', Uý causýýs %whi-b baý.e brougbt it about. Their plea is obý lau y a b d for lesm rancor in pDlitical stnife and more ai the f nîendiy get-tagether by pol- itical parties ta meet unusual conditions. This is unquestionably the expressed desire ai the general body ai citizens wha are detached irom dir- ect contact witb the development ai party wariare. Wby can Governnnent not be carried on with the generah ca-aperation ai aIl citizens, wba are mare deeply interested in a solving ai the intricate and baiiling problems ai administration, tban in the ims and outs ai political parties? The an.swen lies largely in the forces wbicb underlie the present parî ss tem. Palitical arganizations are oiled and run niost effectively, tbrough favois fnom the party in power. Governments, ai wbatever political shade they inty be coinposed, are in contrai ai a migbty wea p-'n, wben the people are given appartunity ta, voiý-e pro- ferences. Influences, aiten exercised tbraugh coom- plete disregard iar econamy, and toai ten at the expense of taxpayens, are passible with thasýe wbo control electian dates, and deal out public favars. The situation daes nat improve thrcugh temr shifting af authoriy f rom one party to another. The party systemi, operated normaller, is based an the evils af persanal self ishness and party greed. But, when some ather sytem is advacated, who is there who can lay down a modus aperandi, which will substitute relief af the taxpayer, and service to the common inarticulate public, for party greed? Co-operation is an easy Word ta sl.p from the mauths af the party politicians, whose every move is inconsistent with its abjects. Platform oratory from party servants w.,1, e fear, neyer break down aur expensive and sefish system af party governtent. It will same day came through the initiative af those who aie mare cancerned about a le ssening af the burdens of taxation and impravement in gavernment efficiency, than in the perpetual ascendency af one party or the other. A Canvass f or a Worthy Cause During this week, the Canadiani National Institute for the Blind bas been canciucting a canvass af the town, a canvass which will caose on Friday. This Institute is one that warrants strong support by t'he public in general. The saciety does not specialize only in caring for the blind, but carnies out an ecually important function af preventing blindness. At the present time there are about 7003 pcople in Canada who are blind, and the saciety is doing a splendid wark in caring for them. Some cases that1 caine ta their notice they are able to cure, while those who cannot be cured are taught a trade where- by they become independent of charity. But af course we mnust recagnize that this buge number has ta be lessened and thraugh the scientific researches af the Institute and its continual care of ail sections af Canada through field commissianers, this number w ill gradually become smaller, if the public give the support that the institute sa ichly deserves. Send in the News Early We bave often referred in aur news columins, but seldom editorially, ta the detriînental effeet ai con- respondents and cantributors getting their copy in late. Once again we must nequest tbem ta send in thein eapy for publication early. We have aniy one linoty-pe and it is obviaus that everything cannot be set on it on Wednesday. We know just how you feel w hen you get your paper late and we sympathize with you, but despite aur every effort, by having an operator work ahl Wednesday night, the late copy holds the paper up and it is impassible ta catch the, Thursday morning mails. It certairiy does nat put the staff in a very goad bumor either when cclumn after column af news is received on Wednesday marning, when they are vainly attempting ta get the paper out on time. We start ta wark an next week's papen as soan as this week's is gene ta press. The correspondent or contributor wha really gladdens the heant ai the editor is the one wha realizes this and sýend in news as soon aiter it happens as passible. We often get requests an Wednesday morning -Pl2aze be sure ta publish this in this weeks paper." By that time 6 or 8 pages, as the case may be, have already gone ta preszs and we bave anly the four re- mainîng pages ta print. As the front page is neserved for mare important news. aften late news of rela- tively little importance cannat be included at the laest minute. mucb ta the dîsappaintment ai the con- tributor. Wbile on the subject of news we wauld like to point aut that those wba hold up news for one or twa iweeks are not aiding in the production ai a good newspaper. In the daïly field what is news taday is fit anly for the waste paper basket tamornow. T he samne should apply ta a weekly newspaper, what is news this week is not so good next week. We ask aur cornespondents and cantributors ta please bear these facts in mind and thus help in praducing a better and more up to date newspaper, wbicb can be published on time eacb week. A Friendly Town Visîtors ta any tawn on city take away with them certain impressions ai the community. Accardîng ta the treatment accorded ta tbtým, they eave with the feeling tbat t bas been either a friendly or an unfniendly place. One striking instance ai haw vis- itors cati be gîven the rigbt impression is the method adapted in the tawn ai Burlingtan, Iowa, whene they are handed a pinted card beaning the following mesýsage: -We want you ta know that yau are in a buman city and fiat a saulless one. This is your home, be it fcr a day or nigbt anly. "May 3-ou rest well, full ai sweet sheep and dreams maoin bead ta foot. May you f.nd liberty here ta ive your awn lii e in your awn way, ta bave youn priv- acy, your canvenience, and a cheenful atmasphere. "May 3'our days be ful ai success, sa that youn expenience in aur city shah hoe a happy memany. Here may you get good news from thase yau love. May eveny letter, telegnam, or telphone cahl you ne- ceive be ai a kind ta make you bappien. 'When you go away, leave ion this city a bit ai grateful feeling." A mesýsage ai this kind cannot but bave a good efiect on the mmnd ai the vis:tor, and make him feel that he is among friends when lie is in that town. That is a feeling which it is warth any cammunitys wbîle ta cavet for himnsplf. and even Bowmanville might well take a leaf fnom Burlington's book, and make an effort ta impness viitars that this is a tawn worh visiting and woth patraniz':ng in a business sense. Editorial Notes War in Ibis madern wald ai ours is eruptian eau sed by pressures that aperate in peaples and tbrougb and behird tbe nations and political setups. Just as, behind drunker.ness lies flot the bottie, but the tb:rst.-Upton Close. Wbethcr your library îs a rubber-tîred one, spin- ning alang the country bigbway with iL.s cargo oi inifcrmatioli and inspiration for the farmers iamily, or a big city librany ministering ta discouraged bu- mnanity-it need.s the entbus;astic suppoit ofai ah ho value its service ta the cammunitY.-oîenn H. Hol- loway. Cornwall Recrecationi Association is ta be coom- miended for its initiative tiiSPOnISOning an inveýtiga- tian or survey into the extent ai uîsemployznent arn- ong yautbs and Young mnen ai their city. This is a serious problem that face-3 eveny municipality and so far veny littie is being dane ai a permanent nat- ure ta salve this situation which is baund ta leave its mark on the characten of the present generation. YOUR WORLD and MINE JOHN C. KIRKWOOD (Copyright) Article Na. 1 JWhen I was a lad there were in aur homes books ta tell us bow ta write lave letters, how ta extend and answer invitations, how ta w-ritei letters af campliment or sympathy. and so an. These books cantained specimen letters whicha were, af course, capied faithfuily by many-' this because of their elegance and unbanity. Perhaps a book af this sort is nat sa, necessary taday, yet there may be a few men in and abaut Bowmianvilîe who may wel- came help-help of a model letter- in the penning 0of an epistle toaa sweetheart. Sa here is a bona f ide letter written by an English farm- laborer ta h's betrothed: My Dearest Marey, i be verny well and appey ta informn you that i be very well at present and i hope you be the samne dear Marey - i be verry sorry to hear how as you dont like your quartens as i chant be able ta look on your dear face sa affen as i have done deanest Marey, pure and boly meek and ioly loveley Rose af Sharon. Dear Marey, i hant got knaw particler noose ta tell ,e at present but my sister that man- j ryd bave got sich a nice lettel babey, and i wîsh how as that aur littel affare was settled andi we bad got such a nice lettel dear two Dearest Marey i shallflot be appy till then Dearest Marey pure and haly meek and loly iaveley Rose af Sharon. Same- tintes i do begin ta dEspare as i am afrade our not will neyer be mist i as bow as that wheÈn_i git ye he will Put Ye in the who cari Darey yard ta feed the Piggs and ga ye aiten pens (18 pence a week Dearest Marey puer and holey meek and 101Y lavelY Rase af Sharon. Bid i be camming aven tornarrow ta by the Ring and you must cum ta the staysabun ta mete me M o D E R. and bring a pese af string the size af your iinggar and be sure you dont make A miss take dean Marey. Father is A gaing ta get us a beddstead and Granny A 51b note ta by a waýhin stand fier o irons mause trap and Sape. and we must wayte till wee can by carPetting and glass cnackeny ware and chiny. Dearest Marey pure and boiyTOTAL meek and 101Y loveley Rose aiT0 Sharon. i be verry appy ta say aur aid Saw As gat 7 Young uns laste nite and Father is a going ta ge us A roo-ester for oun We --ding Brakefaýt De a r e s Their bouse is a cabin against th Marey pure and holey meet a hilîsîde. -Here it is dry,." write a 101Y Rose ai Sharon, Sa noa Hilda Rase, "~The snaw is like fin more at Present îrom your sugan fan eight months. It is cold fewture and loving husband but bearable with proper clothing Willam Tylor I can keep daddy alive for maný Willam Tylor years in this climate, fan there's ni j c k rheumatism, and no chance for hin A goad frîend ai mine is the vice- to get wet." She continues: 'Think president af a chain-stone organiza- I hiave food ahead, very simple o. tian.* He is about 40 years ai age. course, but gaad for a whahe year and his incame is a substantial one Haw many can say that in the bug -there is a mangin in it far saving c.ties ta wbich the farmens hav( or investing or for indulging luxur- gane these hast years? You will finc iaus desires. He lives in a big city, that there will be a gralwing discon- bas a fine home, a dag (but no tent in the cities. Nat used ta citý bainl, and gives himseli enthusias- Li;e tbey*ll gnow bitter. I love flaw- ticahly ta many causes. clubs and ers and gardens and birds, but a enterprises nat connected with bis village lufe tean a big city wauid awn business. He goes fan for bis just suit me, with a trip now and holiday outings in anden ta see new then ta the city ta hear a great places and ta bave stimulating ex- singer. Dreams! Someday tbey'il periences. Fortune canesses him. came true! " Yet bis dream af dneams is ta go ta Tbene you have it ! The country a country tawn, thene ta own and woman dneams ai the city, but ne- edit a country weekly newspapen, mnember that she lives nean the Arc- and sameday he will make bis tic Cinche, and, after ail, it's a vil- dream came true. lage, flot the city, in wbich she i c k bopes ta spend ber days when daddy This bunger toi get away fram the goes irnm er. fnet and fever of big cities bad ra- ji c k bher pathetbic expression in the fol-1 A suggest that you ask youn pub- .owing paem wnitten by a Young lic libnary ta get The Stump Fanm. waman born in Northumberland- It is an inspiring as weli as a very bhine. England, and wbo died in entertainlng boak, perbaps it is in L~ondon at the earlY age af 23. Hen youn public iibrany already. verses were wnitten in the year ai j c k her passing-they wene ber cry for I propose. in my furtber contri- rue lufe, butions ta The Statesman ta telof Yonder in the beathen thene's a bed other wamen who found the country fan sleeping, alter a lufe in big cities, and who Drink far one athirst, ripe black faund, also, samething joyous and bernies ta eat; contenting wbich the big city cauld Yonder in the sun the merry hares neyer give them. go leaping. ___ _____ And the pool is clear for travel- weary feet. THE THINGS 1 MEANT TO DO orely thnob my feet. a tramping B iaV an London bighways, B iaV on (Ah. the springy mass upon a I meant ta make a f nxendly caîl, nant.hen maor! i And let aur neigbbors know rhrough the endless streets, the We welcamed them into, aur tawii, gloomny squares and byways. And kindly intenest show. Hameless in the city, paon amang I meant ta do it nigbt away, the poor! 1 uPutnit o.ff soenmhnow The Bar îrnprove Making1 ing depx mentsc The Bac London stneets are gahd - ah, give me leaves a-glinting Midst grey dykes and hedges in the autumn sun! London water's wine, pouned aut foi aIl unstinting- Gad! Far the littIe brooks that tumble as they nun! Oh. MY beant is fain ta bear the sait wind blawing, Saugbing tbrougb the fin-tops up on nartbern fells; Oh. MY eye's an ache ta see the brown bunns fhowlng Tbraugb the peaty sail and tink- ling heathen-belîs. J ck A book on my shelves which I prize bears the tille, "The Stump Fanm'-a chranicle ai pianeering. It was published in 1928. The autb- or, Hilda Rase, had been a sbol leacher. Losirîg ber bealth she went ,vest and met and married a man 28 yoears aIder tban bensei. 0f bim she writes, "I worsbip the very graund he walks an. and wbile we bave ta wark bard, we're happy ta have eacb other." Thein baby came, moSt welcame, but bis caming near- 13' cost the maother ber lufe. She says: "For five weeks mather nearly leit tbem. Only the blue eyes ai the baby Pulled ber spirit back ta eartb. I %vanted bim sa bad that I cauld not go. It taok me six mantbs ta learn ta walk alane." '"Daddy"-ber husband - maved f nom bis fanm in Montana ta the Peace River country in Nartbern Albeta-near ta tbe Arctic Cincle. Lk of Montreal is co-operating in every way to help business conditions. loans is as much the bank's everyday business as receiv- osits or clearing cheques. Interest on loans and invest- onstitutes the bank's main source of revenue. nk of Montreat stands ready today, as always, to end fr legiirmate nceds of farmers, merchants and others Smeet the fequirements of sound baniking principles. -.[KN 0F MON TREAL Established 1817 ýN, EFFICIENT BANKING SERVICE ....te Ouccmeaof 117 Yemr' Successfui Operso wnmanville Branch: F. 0. McILVEEN, Manager SPECIAL NEXI WEEK QUILTS OTHER THAN COMFORTERS WASHED 25C Each 2 for 40e Oshawa Laundry & Dry Cleaning W. J. l3agneIl, Agent.- Phone 152 ie es 'le d, 9. IY 10 m Z! )f r. ýg 7e d y a d î t eTill months had quickly passed away The bouse Is empty now. I had a friend. a dean, dqar friend, Sa many miles away;' tI used the little gtfts she sent, And laved ber mare each day. I meant ta write and tell hen sa- Just Put it off, you know, And that is why this quiet ove MY heant is acbing so. Yaur friend still lives? Thened that f rend nsn A laving word ta-day; Penchance 'twill bring a saul fresb hope, Dank clouds may drive away, Twill take a litthe lime, 'lis true, But ather wonk can wait, Fan sad the heart wbase tender wards nre Penned, alas! too late. I meant ta see a dean Young girl Whose fniends were fan away, And warn ber that tbe path sbe took Wauld lead ber feet astray. The task was bard, and loath was I Sucb warnings to begin, And now the one I meant ta win Has neacbed the depths of sn. Sa many things I meant ta do Through blinding teans I see, The warning word, the loving deed, The nate ai sympatby. The things you mean ta do, do naw; Oh, do flot Jet tbem walt tJntîl f nom out youn qulvering lips, You breathe the wards *'Too late!" THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOVnIANVMLE. THTIR-qnAv ru--rnnvw Ilth 10111 i 1