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- PAGE TWO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940 Canada Must Lay Foundation Now for a Great Nation We commend for thouglitful rcading and study a report of Mr R.- M. Fowler's -ad- dress delivered at Blackstack Friday niglit on Dominion-Provýincial relations which ap- pears in titis issue. For bath the serions and the casual reader there is material here that should fix attention upon aur prob- lems of to-day, particularly in regard ta aur awn war effort, and of even more im- portance aur problems of to-marrow - when this gliastly business ceases. If you beieve i Deinocracy - then remd 'tis speech. If you are a truc Omnadin - then study it, discuas it, and resalve ta do yaur part in making aur Canada a better place i whicli ta live and work. Do not forget that Canada is destined ta become a great nation, but we mnust came- fully iay aur foundations ta that end. Saving Our Bacon We observe that thc press carnies, almast daily, references ta aur bacon situation. Al sorts of proposais and panaceas are being propounded by' individuais and associa- tions. Local discussions and complaints have obliged us ta give considerable tliought and study ta thc matter. Since the new bacon agreements wcre announced mma the price lias recently fallen, the uproar lias become widespread. We have been fortune te in recent dmys, tîrougli persomal contact witli highly 'authoritative sources, in getting a long-range view of thc -~question. That view is simply this: Cnada is ta- day the sale supporter and supplier of Bni- tain's bacon requirements, and Britain is the greatworld market. If we are ta hld tînat market ftei -Ïic - war Canada must improve its bacon breeda. If we fail ta do so we shail fal back in the face of campçtition from Denmark, Hl- land, and Scandinavia, as.wc did following the last war. Livestock is the second most important bmandli of farming. Ment packing forms thc basis of the third iargest production nmong manufacturing industries. The pro- duction of bacon hogs is now the outstand- ig phase of Canada 's livestock industry. An increase of over 30"% is in prospect for aur expert mark'et. Our hog population la around 1,600,000 lead over the pmst year, -with scant regard for quality brecding, es- -peeimily in the West. 'j The vastncss and importance of securing a.nd perpetuating aur position in the Britishi %Î market is being obscurcd ta-day by a pie- thora of querulousness that must be broken In the face of misunderatandinga, apathy, lack of cohesion among farmer organiza- tions and govermiental ineptitude, we be- lieve thnt tIc processars can and will step into the picture and bring about order, upderstanding and mutual co-aperation. It '7Y seema te be the most promising prospect in "i view and we propose ta enlarge upan it from tume to time. "Liberty" Resurgent One of the things we enjoy is corrccting unintentional inadvcrtencies. A few days ago, one of our fricnds came into the office with an armful of copies of Liberty Maga- zinc. lHe took unibrage at an editorial we had writtcn wlierein Liberty had been men- tioned in a rather oblique way as cnjoying Ottawa advertising whicli was denied ta the weekly press. R~ e was prcpared ta argue the point that Liberty liad contributed some highly im- portant articles in regard ta Canada 's posi- tion and importance in aur war effort. Hie aid: "Here, read these and sec if yau don't revise your estimate." So we did read tliem on anc of the few eveninga we had free ta enjoy aur fireside and wc are glad ta recommend ta the read- mg publie saineof the articles and authars. Leonard L. Knott wrote a masterpiee an Ipropaganda in the Nov. 2 issue. We find John A. Stevenson of the London Times lias an article in the Nov. 9th issue on tlie Pre- sidential Oandidatbes and Canada that de- serves special mention. In lighter vein is Maureen O 'Sullivan and a pen-portrait of John Collingwood Reade by Ken MacTag- gart Nov. 16. Oakley Daigleisitli writes of Wartime Party Politiqs on Nov. 30 and for the Dec. 7th issue we find "Newfoundland the 1th Province" discussed by Gldwin Gregory, anc of Ex-Igli Commissioncr G. Later, we called our friend and acknow- ledged the impressivenesa of titis array but we stili maintain aur central thesis that al this cannat compensate for the manifeat THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMA.NVILLE. ONTARTO THURSDAY, DICEMBER 5,1940 inequalities in the dissemination of Ottai releases. The Weeklies are stili the coi manding vaice that speaka for the com.m man, !2 ,wa ni- aon Establulid 1854 AN INDkPENDENT NEWSPAPER WIi whlch are Inoorporated The Bowmanvllle News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 85 year' continuons service to Uic Town et flowmanville and Durham County. MEMBER Canadian Weekly Ncwspapcrs Association adClass A Weeklles et Canada. SUBSCRIMTON RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly ln advance. *2.50 a Year ln Uic United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. l-ugh Templin Goes Fishing Editor Hugli Templin of the Fergus News-Rccord bas publiciy posed this ques- tion: "Dear George: Wlimt is tle difference between a gourmet mand a gourmand?" Hugli quoted an editorial of ours on CFowi Suppers" which cantained those expressions. It is insidiaus attack and trickery too. liugh is a prolific and inform- cd witer mnd kncw le wns putting us "on the spot." Ifc knew that in these rush days, with a deplcted war-timc staff that this would drive us ta, distraction and the dic- tionary. Sa we went fishimg. hi Webster's pander- ous tome mnd came up with a whole nrrny' of surprising adjectives. Qne refereu#e led<. ta another. We wcre hooked mnd had ta cInse elusive words tlrough haîf the vol- ume mnd tlereby loat hlf a day. Sa we decided ta publiali aur researdch mot only for the bemefit of Hugli but ta give aur readers too thc benefit of aur excur- sion ia "lenrning." Briefly,- here are the meaninga Hugli: A gourmet is, simply, a gourmet. A gourmand is, flot a politician with a notebook, but ratIer anc with a waistline. The former you will find, largely, amang prolifie. writers - tIc latter, everywhere, including Ottawa. The Milkmaid Tool We got anather siant on this milk situa- tion the other day. Therie had been discus- sion about farm problems at dinner - and it was chieken-pie with "dumplins" and gravy -and maslied potatoes and deep apple pie and certified creani. - a whole gamut of goodies that expanded the bay-window and put us in ane of those expansive moods when we feit at peace with the world. The editor, as a gueat, had dinner at a dairy farm. But this complacency gave way to astan- ished and admiring incredulity when one of the daughters appeared in1 overails and with milk-pails, splashed through snow and slush to help lier only brother milk 14 R.O.P. HoIsteins. She was a highly competent secretary ini the city ail weck and came home on Sun- days. For 10 years since lier father died shfe lias lielp.ed out at home, holidays and Sun- days. For 10 yeard, under careful management and witli an inproved herd, this dairy farm lias flot liad returas sufficient to break even, let alone carry out improvements and in- stail hydro. Now, farni labor lias become scarce and expensive but the.grind must go on. Books and accurate records are kept whicli are so convincing in their exactitude that there can be no dispute about the downright nec- essity for better rcturns for the dairy farm- er. And tliis is but one of hundreds of like cases. Said the liostess and owner: "Sý long as we can raise chiekens and vegetables they can 't starve us to deatli but we can 't stand tliis grind forever." Maybe something can be donc about it. We propose to delve furtlier into the ques- tion with the purpose of .urging botli the gavernment and the apparently reluctant corporate intereste to relieve conditioris sucli as are above outlined. s - 0 The Apple Show & Cooking Scliool an Friday sponsared by Bowmanville District Chamber of Commerce shows what leader. ship and co-operatian will da in putting across an event of this kind. President Alex McGregor is deserving of special men- tion and prai&e for thus outstanding success. AsISeet. Brcai. Elmoro Phaipott MUSSOLINI A LIABIIL1TY Every student ot the gangatE dnys mn the United States kmow that when two separate gangs jai there la inevitable end ta the union. The aplit cames wlhe there is no mare swag for the twi of them ta divide. In gangate values Mussalini's mting was on]. that of a stiletto mai in amy evenl His jab was ta knifc France in thi back through the wall whem Hil 1er lad France backed up agains the wmll. He did that job as mx raiged. But Hitler knew, ai( Mussaline knew, and every stu dent of econamiç tacts kncw thai in a long war Italy would provf mot an asset but a liability ta Rit. 1er. Ini my opinion Mussolini neyei wauld have gane mia Uichewmr un. less Hitler lad comviced him thal Uic gangsters could wln ýewa -this year. Z- sýve oten' wored why Hitler went ta sucli greal pains ta tonl every mai in army that the war would be avé aid Uicy would be home victor- loua by November let. Surely Hitler muet have been enougli of a reallat ta have known thaI the bcst laid plans af mice and men "gang att aglee." He shauld have kmowm tram lis experience in the lat war that if lie did mot make good lis boast lis discredited promise would be bandied about cvery day by cynical soldiers far tram home. Prabably then lie lad an excellent reasan for doing what le did do - mmd that was ta encourage Mussolini who for manths lad been hesitmting, like a small boy on thc edge of a swmm- ming hale, ta take tle plunge. Italy cannai survive a long war. Italy, unlike Germany, la mat only tam mare dependent for importa of faod mmd rmw mâterial, but de- pendent on importe by thc sea. It la uttcrly impassible, for instance, for Italy ta obtain enaugh coam for industrial aid domestic uses with- out manapalizing l existing rail- ways ta the exclusion of all ather war purposes. ANOTHIER ]PEACIE MOVE Behind ail these manoeuvres the basic truth is that Mussolini has already donc everything that hie can effectively do for Hitler. In the near future Hitler lias gat ta turn East and South for oil. He lias nlfleady donc ini theé west exactly what he said lhe was gomng to do in his book Mcmn Kampf. That is, hlias completely de- stroyed military powcr of France. What Hitler wants now above everythmng else is peace. If lic cannot get complete peace hie will gladly take a partial peace the net ettect of which would'be to protect his rear against effective Britishi attack. I expeet, therefore, that whcn Hitler is trying to bribe or beat Russia inta comlng to terms with him about reaching the ail fields of the near cast, that hie wiil make a desperate effort ta secure a truce in the wcst.4 In many circles close ta the Vichy Government I hear of talk of a Catholic plan for a threc-9 nation lime-up which would in- clude France, Italy andt Spain. This may be just talk but it sccms ta me ta have the ring of proba- bility because it would be ta the0 mnterest bath of Hitler' and ofà those Latin nations now daminat-c cd by Hitler.C No British Government with a0 shred of comman sense. would bet a party ta any such plan. Our one chance of beating Hitler is ta hang like buildogs ta the ecanomîc blockade and the advantages con-t ferrcd by sea power. We must be I free ta strike at Hitler and Ger-P many when the time cames wher-a ever it la possible ta do so. ' WE MUST ATTACK P Ernest Bevin, the Labor dynamo ln the Churchill Gavernment, an- nounces that hundreds af thaus- ands at men in the 30 ta 40 age group will saan be callcd for military service. The inference la that Britain's first lins army la ta be transferred tram the hame- n en vo it. it- id - ve br at 3r at, [. The government lias at last "cracked down" an new models of automobiles, elec- tric appliances and quite aSilt of other things just when the warking man and the add farmer were planning ta add a.few of these time.savers and drudgery destroyers ta garage and household. If the price hlds, ail wil be well and thcy may be sparcd the solicitatians of higli- pressure salesmen who annually varnished Up new-modcl sales talks. Wc wcre told the other day by anc of the higli-pressure boys that this "new- model" seieme originated with women 's sky-pieces. There were the annual Easter bonnets, the summer Sketches, the fal Brownics and the winter Turbans - ail at bargain prices of course, ranging from, $9.95 to $27.50 - and up. Then it sprcad to filigreed shoca and ran the gamut from-ankiet ta necklet. Evcry dad and husband in the laid was hecklcd into a state of mimd that nicked bis bankroll. TIen the autos and radios and wliat-not, profiting tlirough observation, climbed on the bandwmgon. It took a war ta stop it. But why flot extend the list 1 Why not new modelaini cleanlineas ta liquidate lip- stick and nail-tints, mascara and duco 1 The Indians who introduced the mode have long ago discarded their war-paint save for rare cermonials. Tley have become civiliz- cd while we head back for the jungles ta jazz-tunes that were conceived along the Congo,. cud opctyw, wt e And we oldopet elwhnw models in marais and particuiariy weli with ncw modela in government. Why stop part way I £XPORTS INCREASE FARM PRODUCTS IFia Fat -G------ I Banning New Modela laid ta some ather theatre of war 'and that Uic aider men will be *left ta defend Britain herseUf if Hitler ever succeeds ii dig what lie lias faiied ta do s0 tir. Theme la mo record Ini history af aiy war having been won by de- fence alone. We canaot beat Hit-i ler until we assume thc offensive and we cannot assume the offen- sive until we have Hitler's armed forces and aur armed farces in some area, aid In such relative strength whcre we have a chance for victary. Everything that I read tram the Old Country about Britmim's home guard gives me a real Uirill. At long last Uic brass hats 'have been campletely sidctrmcked and expert civilian soldiers like Tom Wintringham have been put in contrai. The latter learned lis war lassons in Spain fighting against the Fascists and their Ital- ian and Germai supporters. I cannot imagine amy Caindian Government putting sucli a man in charge of the home guard here. Yet that is precisely what thc Churchill Govermment lias donc and ail of the apen-minded gen- erals have been mmazed aid de- lighted by the resuit. Britain now lias what la mare nearly a peaplc's army than she has ever liad since thc days of ,Cromwell.1 We will neyer be able ta un- ravel Uic mystery of the ecent comingsanad goings by Hitler aid ta Hitler until thc war la aver. But Uic picture la clearing suffi- clemtly ta indicate that the incvi- table split between Hitler aid Mussolini may not be long post- poned. There are anly a few explana- tions of Uic Italian debaciei Greece. Withaut detracting iaiy way from Uic magnificence of Uic Greek military victory, it la ab- viaus that there was no real ca- aperation bctween the two gang- ster leaders in this advcnturc. My first guess was that Hitler hàd caerccd Mussolini inta making Uic first mave ta forestail any ten- dency there miglit have been by the Italians ta hold back - and that Hitler wauld later on try ta crash thmough ta the Meditermai- cai through Bulgaria and Mace- donia. But an increasing volume of evidence suggests that there was no sucli plan. The answcr, therefore, la that in this respect at leat Mussolini lias got lis own way and Hitler is letting hlm pmy the price. Some sources which have been gcnerally accurate in the past suggest that Mussolini was furiaus at the deai which Hitler tricd ta make with France. Accarding ta thla story all that Italy wauld have got tram Uic beaten Frenchi Empire in addition ta such rela- tive trifles as Nice, wms the port of ,jibouti in East Africa., Hitler's otter ta France was mat accepted becâuse it lnvalved ý'full collaboration", in other wards, active participation in Uic war agamnst us by France. Nat even the discrcdited Vichy Gavern- ment was iaw enougli ta attcmptt sucli a degmade of betrayal. But the net effect of Uic affer was ta demonstrate ta Mussolini mmdý Italy just wherc the wind la blow- ing. l Mqen 's Overcoats Windbreakers Up from - - - Boys' Overcoats Up from - - - Boys' Brooks $2.95 Sweaters (Brh -h Sweaters, plain knit Up from - - - $1.00 No,ýelty Ties Golf Sox Up from - - - - 290 Boys' Mitta - 75o Boys' Pyjamas 79c. - $1.29 Boys' Sweaters 95e - $2.50 Boys' Suits $2,95 suc $1.59 Up from '- - - $4,95 $ 1 .9 5 - $ 3 9 For the Kiddies Up from-- Pilmelette Kimonos Coat, Legging and Bonnet sets - - $5.95 I ' $ 3.00 690 - $1,49 Sweaters Up froin - Wool Mittena Pair - - - Up £rom ---- 980 . 29c- 5oc $3.95 The Feminine Members of the Family Everyone loves new clgthcs and Chrlstmqas ln thc Ideai tlmnè to replenlsh the tamlly wardrobc and soive the altt problem at the sanie time. RIslng prices threatcn but we are stil sellng at low prices. Our stocks are complets and bettor than ever to give you a wlder selection to, choctrom. Corne i and look arouna. For Women and Girls inielette .PyJamas - --- - 980 ta $1.95 lanneisttc, Gowns -----------upwards from 59e ool Panticsanad Vesta ------ up from 35o ~-rlc-G-o-es FABRIC AND KID GLO VIS tram, 49et. $2.50 Kid Gloves --.-up tram $1.25 Bauikerchiets ---- 5c ta$1.00 Puilover Sweaters Up tram 98c Twln Sweater Sets ---$4.95 Fine Woai Ski Suits, 2 Plece Up tram $6.95 Flowers... -trm 150 Umbrellu ..----_----fram $1.50 Purses ---- 69e - *3.g5 LINGERIE Silk Slips __...up tram7 811k Gawsuptrmu9 S1k Bloomers 39e - *1.35p S ilk V est e _ _ _ -. .. . 90 . 0 81k Panties _ ..... 9c - * 1 Satin Dance sets, Up tram *1.25 811k Dance Sets.. up tram 980 Fine Bcd Jackets ----- *18 il. Useful Articles For The Home Lace Table Cloths -- *1.59 - *6.95 aYCoh Laiidry Bats ~45o CANDLEWICK Tra Clohs5.S00 Damaak Linon Towels 45.o - $1.00 BIED SPREADS Gucat Tawels.......up tram 7950 Bed :ireads u: troig -*1.95 Bath Tawels-c.h.ram.. trrieedPlo am 95- $S.5O Lace adLine Ruiner. ...590, Embrldeel lUo Cass 90-225 ________________ Damaak Table Clath, up tram 1.49 COUCH, JOHNSTON & CRYDERA Phono 8346 LIMTq CASTAWAYS In recent wecks aur owm Cama- dian Govermnemt lia shawn cam- m endable energy i stepping up the war effort. Given emaugli time there la na doubt that this country wrnl make its welght felt ta an even greater degree Uian it did in Uic last war but the ques- tion la, will we be given enougli time? I sec the Minlater of Labor pro- Pases ta rase the work week ta 48 hours. This may be riglit and sensible amd if it lias a*ïél bear- ing on winning or losing Uic war no patriatie Canadiai will balc at the 48 hour wcek, thc 54 hour wcek, or thc 60 hour week. But I confess I cainat under- stand the Governmcnt's grass in- difference ta anc crying waste of man power. The numbers on re- lief arc bcing rapidly rcduced but what the figures do mot tell us la that there are tens of thousaids and probably scores af thausaids of young Canadians af militamy age who are unfit for militamy ser- vice emd who are ineligible for relief. Evcrywhere I have gone in Uice last f ew months afficials of such >rganizmtions as the John Hoard i Society have told me of thesei neglected * castawmys." Maiy of1 these boys, if given aý course of hcalth training under proper sup- ervision aid adequate meals, côuld be made fit for militmry ser- qcée. AUl af these could be train- * idustrial produc' ., Chsreturn frôm iglid, [onaurable Jimmy Gardemer tald Df talking toameraplane warkers who, tiIl a few months mgo, hmd ever been i a factory i their vas. Why do we persisti neglectimg ur chief asset in this war - mai power. Dressing Gowns - $3.50 - $7.50 Initiall.ed Scarves, plaids Knltted- - 98e - $2.50 pyjamas - - - $1.25 I For Dad, Son or Brother kbrie Gloves UP from 49e 1 TRURSDAY, DICCE»Mt 5, 1940 ÇY 1 1 GANGSTEIRS SPLIT? 1 -Ties Dreas Shirts Arrow Made Fine Sox Men 's Grenfeli .Jackéts - Up from $2.99 Tooke and Arrow Shirts - up from 15 Bar Pins - Dreus StiudS Ouff Buttons - Caps Beits - Boys' Heimats 1 g The value of total exporta af sCanadiai produce for Uic first m ine months af 1940 aniaunted to e860.9 million dollars as compmred with 636.3 million dollars for Uic correspondig pcriad of 1939, n gain of aver 35 per cent. Exporta iof agricultural praducta amounteq fta 285.6 million dollars compamcd -with 218.4 million dollars in the tcormespomdlng mine months of 1939, a gain of appraximmtely 31 per cent, says thc lateat issue of the Current Review ot Agricul- tural Conditions in Canada. Ex- parts of . Canadian tmrm praducta in August aid September, 1940, were above. those ofthUicocrres- ponding months of 1939. While exporta of grains, fruits, mnd vege- tables in September 1940 were 5.8 million dollars lesa than in Sep- tember 1939, this decline was mare than made up by a gain of nearly seven million dollars in exporta of animais mnd animal praducta. Increased, exporta af bacon and lama, cheese mnd eggs, are chiefly respansible for Uic gain in total value of farm producta. Dedlines in vegetablas aid grains are the rasuât of the loss of Europcan markets, mmd exporta tar the re- mainder of thase praducta are likely ta be leas than in Uic lmt- ter part of 1939. Markets for Canadjan famm pro- ducts in the United Kingdom de- pend upan the policy laid dawn by Uie British Gavermient mnd this> policy la camtinumlly subj ct ta change as mulitary mmd palitidal events affect the position of Uic United Kingdom. A wide varicty mnd range of factors must be tmk- cm into considemation, including the mvailmbilty of foreign cx- change, Uic availmbility of ship- ping mmd the moat effective use made of cargo space, Uic meces- aity of cauntering enemy propa- ganda and ememy activities in other countries, Uic maintenance of an adequate diet, tle avail- ability and use of stomage tacili- tics fn the United Kigdom, as well as Iather parts of Uic warld, weather conditions, tle effecta af enemny air action, mnd sa on. On the basis of present information, It would aeem thal for those fam producte on whicl no detinte agreements have been mmde, lit- le icrease can be expectcdi export demand from Uic United Kingdom, in Uic near future. A civil gucat wlll na marc talk ali, than eat mil the least-Her- bort. One learns taciturmity best îmong thase wlo have none, and laquacity among Uie tacltumn. - Richter.4 1 Suspenders Work & Dres.50oc - $1.00 Garters or Arm Ban&a - - 25o - 5o Gloves, kid and cape Up from - - - $1.00 (Linsd and Unlined> Gloves, wool kmit Wool Lined $1.00 - $1.50 HEandkerchiefs Each 5o and 2 for 25o 1 1 . I I c c r t i e c c I o n 'i p - - 25c'. $1.60 1 Il 1 50 1- i I 1 1 ri t ri D 1 1 1 4% s 5 >1 I il .4 THE CANADIAN STATIESMAN, BOWMANVIELLE, ONTARIO i 390 - $1.50 . . 25o