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e ç~e ~ ~ee"~ . 18 CANADA AT WAER? Iliese rainbling writings of mine are now read by subscrib- am to -quite a feW different Cana- 4fian. newspapers. These serve ail àan'ytbcof di!! erent cor6munities be- tenPacifie and Atlantic. Some mre old, some are new friends. I want the latter te know, before reéding- what follows, that I did uY modeàt bit ta help re-elect the ]UgGoverrnment last spring. As 1 write, news cornes from BIhtain that the whole army of four million men is training more .energetically than any British army ever trained within living memnory. Why? Because Hitler L&. expected, by those who shouid know best, ta make a totalitarian attempt ta conquer Britain in the inear future. It may be that he will be frus- trated again, as he has been frus- trated so far. It may be he will Iry ta invade and be disastrously ' beaten. Itmay be he will partial- ly succeed, only ta be decisively heaten after arrivai by the irn- nimme wrry ready for that very emergeflcy. My paint is that we are ap- Vroaching the rnost crucial period et the war. And it is my carefully OSHAWA,' ONT. Free Air prkinK CondItIonilI COUR ALONG AND SEE 11T! Lait Twa Days Friday & Saturday JAN. 31 - FPEB. 1 611in Pan Aiey Ailce Faye - Betty'Grable John ]Payne - jeck Oakie REVIVAL Frlday Night at Il 11,Lucky Night ' Mobert Taylor - Myrna Loy Monday & TIesday VERB. 3 - 4 «Our Iwo days of!]Double «,Public Dob No.- If' GoreM urwphy-BreflS Jeyee Mucha Auer Maxi. Boseblooml A"i the Second Eal!of a Mit Show 1Jè74 Nelan - Lynn Ban "Charter Pilot" Next- Wednesday 701 4 DATS Nelson EMay Jeambe MacDonald NOEL COWARD'S Bittersweet wut GMeore Sanders - lan muter Felix Bressan EVIVAL FrdaY Feb. 7th "Aug9els Wash Their faces", Wb. De"S EWS M& LRoald eagan Make np a pertY ud attend ,-oe eo! aur RAUAIN MATMNES U. wSzyDay 25o hffore 6p.m. 4 ____________ r cansidered opinion that aur war effort in Canada is woefuily, dis- grace!uily, weak and inefficient as compared wlth what il cauld be and Éhould be. In London in anc o! the !ew churches built by Sir, Christapher Wren, not yet destrayed by the Nazis, there is a famous inscrip- tion which reads "If you seek his monument look about you." We right paraphrase that saying about Canada's war effort. Forget what any writer writes or speaker speaks. Farget the fig- ures and statistics. Look around yau. Are ail the able-bodied men and women in yaur community really cngaged in producing saine ggoads or services which are of reai value in the fighting o! this war? That is the real test. It is absurd ta say, as.one o! my best friends in the cabinet did, that "we arc in this war down ta aur boatiaces" when an every hand goad human-pawer-to-serve is running ta waste. TIME FOR FRANKNESS I think the forthcaming session o! th. Canadian parliament rnay well prove ta be the mast import- ant ever held in Canada, nt anly because a! the circuinstances in w~hich it meets, but because the parliamentary pinciple is fia. where mare really on trial than it is right ber. in Canada. Compare for a marnent aur par- liarnent in action with the British parliament in action. In every great crisis, during the war ai wfeil as before il, parliament sup- plied the machinery which cry- stailized inla actuality the basic wishes o! the British people - sometimes despite an unwilhing govrnrent-sometiies by pilch- ing it out in whole or part. Neyer was this sa cleariy dernonstrated as last May when ai long lait Churchill was sent in ta hoid back the deluge, against th. com- ing o! which hie had warned for years li vain. Our own parliament seema ta me ta b. serving tbis purpose nat more but less effectively with the passing years. This fact aimost bits ane between the eyes in Can- ada ta-day. In 1h. past year I my- sel! have traveiled twice acros Canada, and back again over one great chunk o! il. Everywhere I go I !ind the very best o! aur people in seriaus doubt on saine matter thal an effective parlia- ment could and shouid clear up. In a sentence, people do not really know what is going on. Parliament bas not donc its job. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARMY As thc most obviaus exampies o! the effectiveness o! aur war effort, take the arrned forces or aircraf t production. We have two fufly armed divisions already in Britain. These are adcquately trained, but wcre equipped by the Mother Country. xcpt ýas ta ciathing and smail arms. We have anc mare !airly complete division in Canada, fa frorn fuily equip- ped. We have other formnations with equipment s0 incomplete that il la impassible for thern even ta train i arnest. W. have in addition ta 1h. ac- tive army, a great levee o! short term draflees called up for brie! periods o! camp life and amiy drl. I have nat met anc single miltary autaanity who beieves that this play-around scheme bas any value whatever i tac actual winning o! the war.. As a goad be- ginning Parliarnent nught find out why the United States, which la not ithe war as yet, compels men ta train for a whole year. We are content with one monta service. Where are tac men caming froin who are gaing ta attack in 1942? TROSE iUISSIING PLANES The most cammon explanation a! Canada's f allure to, have achieved mare by war efforts is that the situation was what it*was when war "IbÉake out" in Septern- ber 1939. That explanation la *amusiing te me because in y own INSULATE YOUR HOME! THE MODERN WAY WlT Tefuel »mpyth m of aPPlyFI" »irs can be quickly and eàsllY aPPlied bY enY intelligent workxnan: It la avallable lithree :iorms: Li bu]k for use on fiat oeings or pacldng ilato odd leaki. In bats for between ratters Or "i,11g ceilinge. in granulated wool for Pourlng pg *îacceslble walls. znybe instalied wthaut fuis or bother pur present home or i a homne under con- n. Sa easy is Airsea1 ta handie you can job yourself if you so desire. ave that yaur home la lnsulated with >ikwool fibre. A.uk for an estiniate on quantlty required rlght away. -ot Proot - Vermin Proof of and EasIIy APPI[ed Lumbor Co. Ltd. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO g. Asee t. Dy CaptL Elmore Philpott Durham Member Boys' Pamlament Tenusof Sion Ralph Faund, R. R. 2, Bowman- ville, wbo was representative froin West Durham ta the Older Boys' Paliament in Harnilton during the holiday seasan, hai wrilten an account o! wbat went on ther. for Statesman readers, "in order ta allow my friendi wbo so kindy voted for me ta know what was really accompliuhed at 1h. sessions." His report !oilows: I went ta Harailtan Thursday morning - the day aller Christ- mas, in company with the Oshawa candidate, George Lean, whom rnany o! you wiil knaw. We ar- ived in Hamnilton befare noon and bar once in bis lif c "Found was Lost." The fInIt important event and the most impressive o! ail the ceremonies of Panliament wai the Oath af Ailegiance Cercmnony in wbich cvery candidate i urn signed an officiai document in which h. prornised te b. a fAlth- fui !oilower o! lb. King o! Kinga. In tb. cvening we had the for- mai opening o! Parliament b yth. Ligutenant-Governor o! the Older Boys' Parliamrent, Rev. E. A. Har- dy, wha gave a stlrring, addresa on the part that boys and young men should pay in the penilous and treacheroua limes tbrough whlch we are and will b. passihg. Frlday mornig, Rev. E. R. Me- Lean, Secretary a! the Boys' Work Board, revlcwed the wark a! the Board for the past year. At luncheon w. were !avorcd by an addreaa by Rev. Robert Mc- Lure, United Churcb missianary frorn China, now on funlougb, wbo gave us great insiozht int the real war - that terrible war - whicb lasîtlîl raglng iChina. Saturday w. cntered upon the most important phase of parlia- ment-tbe discussion of the Thre C'a Campalgn - Clean Speech, Clean Sports, and Clean Living. In conneclian wlth Clean Liv- ing we were addressed by Rev. Newcastle HordiuluzlSociety Elects Officers foi 1941 Season routine correspondence I can see that as early as 1935 twao o the most important members o! the present governnient expressed deep concerfi at the probability of another world war. But considcring Canada's war effort even as froi tihe date o! the war itself - now aimait 18 nignths ago. In that tlie Canada couid not only have produced plane bodies in large numbers. She could have made ail prepara- tions for large scale production of1 airpiane motors as well. From everything I hear we will be lucky if we turn out a single air- plane motor in Canada in the next year. And the astounding admis- sion is made that ane of the air- plane factories which actually re- ceived educatianal orders in 1939 the total 1940 production was less than that of the previaus year. NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL The King Govcrnment's whole basic war palicy seerns ta me ta be based on a fallacy: That it is passible ta wage a life-and-death struggle withaut upsetting the peacetîme civilian practices and privileges o! private business. The governrnent adapta a train- ing scheme - designed flot ta inake certain that there are enough men for aur armies af 1942, but that fia "trainee" will later hold ta harsh vicws a! corn- pulsary training. The governnient orders Bren guns frarn a financial syndicate in possession of an ernpty factory, rusty boilers and brîght ideas. Canada gets nowhere in procuring Bren guns til the nation sccretly takes back contrai o! its own gun production. Can- ada wants rnoney on loan from. its people. The rate offered is not quit. high enough ta attract enough maney through t h e straight prof essionally-contralled maket. On. consequence is an increased emphasis on War Sav- ings Stamps in which one carn- paign leader' announces that it will take ane-tenth o! ail the pea- p le of Canada ta induce the ret tut up te cash needed and cx pected through this channel. It seerns ta me that it is not oniy hopeless but ridiculous ta ex- pect Canada ta b. able ta do her share in this war - but only an the condition that we wiildo no- thing too displeasing ta private business or individual inclinations. GOVERNMENT MUST LEAD There are vast numbers o! Can- adians ready and cager ta do their bit for Canada and the free wvorld in this time o! crisis, who have as yet received fia opportunity ta do sa. I ar nont naw referring ta those numerous cases where men applied for enllstment i the Air Farce or some other branch o! thc fighting services, and- after a year or more are stiil waitlng. Nor amn I referring ta such facts as that a f ew weeks ago two bright young ladies were arrested for doing a land-office business i signing up members of a Womnen's Auxiliary Corps which was autharized only in their imaginations. The episode at least showed that there were many wamnen who wished to serve wha had sa fa been denied the chance. I amn referring in particular ta the Canadians who would be de- l»ghted ta serve in some wartinie prodution factory, or similar capacity. These are far more nurnerous than the out-and-out unemployed who even yet can ob- tain no paid jobs, and wha con- sequently, i many cases stili draw relief from some public treasury. There are tens o! thousands o! men and women who are doing no real work o! national importance, either because they have flot- had ta do so ta support themselves, or would have considered such wark "Isociaily unsuitable" i former tirnes. The whole picture has changed naw. With Britain actuafly comn- pelling every human being to per- forin sorne work essential ta the state the lesat that Canada should do la ta sec that every Canadian, maie and female, gets a chzance ta serve. luour duily lives.. . JLREADY the pattern/and pace of life in Canada £71 have undergone a prof ound change. Gaps ini emplcyment, are tapi*l filling up. Some 350,000 Canadians who werè unemployed before the outbreak of war are no* employed. Another 200,000 are with our armed, forces. Factories, which ikntil recently were turning out gods for civilian consumption, have been transformed'into hun=ing arsenals, pouring out i- struments of war.* Night and day shifts have become the ru1re rather than the exception. But the peak of *effort as fot yet ini sight. Ini 1941 stili more factories wili switch to war produc- tion.. new plants will be established, thousands more will be employed. This rising tide of activity must continue until' we reach the flood of effort when every Canadian wili be employed and working to, bis utmost, êvery possible square inch of plant will be utilized, every wheel will be whirring ini the race we are waging aanttime and the enemy. More men are worig ... working longer hours ... mnaâkingr more mntios... earning more money.. producing more gods... putting more money nrto circulaion. Most Canudians are sharing i this 'm- creased national wealth -have extra dollars mi their pockets. The effort the Prime Minister cails for i8 gaining momentum, but many Canadians, as individuals, have flot yet feit the real pinch of sacrifice. Canadians of ail classes are sharing tax burdens, but it must be ;çlmitted that up to date the larger part of the money needed for Canada's war effort has come fromn business firms and individuals with large incomes. They are paying high taxes. They have already inveated heavily i War Loan Bonds. "SAVE" Whattamn of the Temperanýce Fd eration.- The purpose of the Three C Campaign (whlch is a provich campaign) la ta educate y* men ta be bettes' !itted for the tasks which wlll be theira nsff ter lJI.. Later oni the session1 we wère entertainod by an address by W. K. Howard who, I arn infrmre has spoken ai Newcastle. jik *àe the l11e of the pàrliament wth bis pleaslng manner, his dry huhore, and his unending benevalenice.; On Monday, Parliament -was closed with a talk by a niemRbP1 of the !aculty o! McMaster lUni. versity who acted so klndiy as hast ta us during aur stay.i Hamilton. In ail it was a very educative and instructive week, and~b present at one of theseprl- mentsisx an opportunity which.no boy can afford ta miss, if Itfafs ta hie lot ta be able te attend. In closing let me again thank ail those who, i any way, made it possible for me ta attend .thé. Twentieth Session.-o! the Older Boys' Parliament. Thanka a mll- ion! Ralph Found. B.H.S. Teacher Ouest Speeloer A.Y.P.A. Meeting A rnernber a! the High School teaching staff. Mr. Walter Car- penter, addressed the A.Y.P.A. meeting January 22nd, giving a niait interesting taik on the. Ro- mance o! the St. Lawrence, a re- view of Canadian History. Guesta were the boys o! Mr. Carpenter's Bible Clasa. Three contributions ta the programn of entertainnexit were Organ Reveries by Teddy Clarke and Poemns by Mary Wal- lace and Ruth Virtue. J. H. JTose moocted Ptesdent- H. R. Pearoe Appointed Delegate to Convention in. Toronto. Newcastle Harticuiturai Society held its annual meeting January 20th, when these officers were elected: ?rresident--J. H. Jase; lit Vice Pres-H. R. Pearce; 2nd.Vice Pres.-Mrs. J. A. Butler; Directors for 2 years-'MÀrs. Chris Law,, Mis. Jno. Hendry, Miss E. L. Trenwith, R. S. Graham. J. H. Smith; Dlrec- tors for i year-Mrýs. P. Brown, Mrs. Wm. Kenefick, Mns. P. Hare, Mrs. C. A. Cowan, Rev. R. E. Mor- tan; Treas.-Mrs. J. A. Awde; Secretary-Mias E. M. Blackburn, Auditars - J. W. Bradley, Fred Couch Sr.; Han. Presidents-Thos. Moffat, Dr. J. A. Butler, W. F. Rickard, M.P. Dr. J. A. Butler presided for the clectian a! the main officers and then rclinquishcd the chair in f avaur o! the re-elected president. Mr. Jase stressed the value o! a horticullural saciety li the com- munity and said that travellers and tourists had olten remarked that they cauld se. there wasaa horticultural saciety in Newcastle by the attention given te fiowers and the generally neat appear- ance a! >the streets, homes, gar- dens and parks. Miss Blackburn submitted a re- port o! the directors, dctailing the mnany activities of the society. Mrs. J. A. Awde presented the treasurer's repart showing a bal- ~HURSbAYI . - 12,000 persans applied for trees a2,00a teal aPP3,000,0r0 weems trlbuted. Coiinty Cauncils, Town- ships, ichools, BOY Scouts, IgOrtl- cultural Socleties are all cafYflg on the good wotk of reforetn wasté- and deiiuded areas, asiwà as thuan4à o!f rmers anfth pivatp land. bMr. mjcbardan ai- sshawed a number o! lides of beautifu gardens and other at- tractive scenes. The meeting ac- corded hlm a hearty vote O! thanks. Anxang those present for Mr. Rlchardsan's addrèss were mcem- bers af the Y.P.U. wha shortened their mneeting and camne over mastly in aL body. $37.92' lait year. it shauid be nated that the Munticipal Council thraugh -its, Parka and Public PrapertY' De- partmnent, Councillor E. A. Wal- tan chairinan, spent $241.96 last year fo cutting grass and weeds, plantn trees, purchaslng flow- ers, etc. H. R. .Pearce was elected dele- gate ta the Ontario Horticultural Convention in Toronto, on reb. 27th. and 28th. Miss Blackburn read a letter !rom Dr. L. B. Williams, Tarante, acknawledging an enqulry sent ta hlm by this, society. The saciety has under'consideration the. send- ing o! an invitation te him to corne ta Newcastle again under its auspices and give a talk and show same pictures. Dr. Williams sug- gested an evening in March. The meeting 'was favoured with te presence o! and an iilustrated address by Mr. A. H. Richardson, M.A., S.M.Silv. o! the Forestry Branch of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto, who kindly substituted for Mr. G. M. Linton* who was ill. Mr., Rich- ardson gave an instructive and practical talk, illustrated* with lantern slides, on the. subject of reforestation in Ontario. H. trac-. ed the story o! reforestation from its beginnings about 30 years ago up to the present and of the be- gmnnings and growth of Ontario's three nurserys for the growlng o! trees which are distributed free o! cost. In 1920 hall a million trees wcre distributed ta 200 applicants; but interest has grown at such a rate that last year there were TAKE SALe Hfees a pinch t/u t s as imorat inri at. blended and their qsiyi~1~hgia obtàinable anywher u h wnd My E wosarifice aamething by gi=gyoutho pure;minerai sai.» ta have yaur imodiicnentae in anmal, compact and easily absorb- ed dos..t ü'atawh o oly need take enaughK chotô caver a dine. Il'. the economical way of taking salIs, 100. SAnather thing ta remember about Kruahen-t daesn t achiove it. reauilt by lrnlatlng or infianxing tbe colon. jt attracla ta tho c6lon the -mouture which la absalutoiy eusen- tialiIf you wisb ta avôid consipation and achievo easy evacuation. You, can get Kruschen froaUm auiàbt. 75e and 25c. #and other points are ta b. found in the bulletin whlch may b. ob-. tained free on request ta the Pub- licity and Extensian Divisian, Da- minion Department af Agricul- kure, Ottawa. Indian (alter examlnfig ham sandwich purchased at city lunch caunter): "Ughl You sice um ihani?" Clerk: "Yeah, Chie!, I sice inn." Indian: I'Ug Damn near miss' RT. HON. W. L MAtCKENZIE KINSG (NM YEARS lYS.1940) This. is not .nough. The plain truth is that Canada's rapidly expanding production for war purposes will require increasing suns of money. That ais why the Prime Minister warned Canadians in bis New Year's broadcast that the year ahead demands more effort and more sacrifice. Every man, woman and cbild is ask ed ta lend. Every dollar you tend wili help ta put another man Wn a job ... makin more munitions. Hvery dollar you lend. may save a solcier's lie ... help to shorten thewar. Smali wage carnets must carr y their share of the burden, too. No one need go without necessities, but you are urged ta, forego tbe purchase of unnecessary articles ,.. however smail the cost. . . f.n atter how, weil you are able ta pay for then. . which take labour and matrial, away from the great tasl of providing goods needed ta win the war. Thiùs s your war. Everything you have ... everything you believe i... isnow at stalce. This is a message ta you ... a challenge ta ever$r Canain... a call ta the colours ... a cal for voluniteers. Be sure to make provision ta pay your Incoane Tax-' payment is made easier by the new instlment'plan. But. be prepared ta do more- budget your earmings ta mrake sure tbat you will have money avàilable ta buy War Savings Certificates and ta subscribe for. War Loan Bonds. You will help, Canada - you wiil help yourself. Minditer of Finoice .4 N ~1 o i1-W Facto For Farmers On CarcnassGrodlng In order that-every fariner rais- ing hogs may be in possession a! full information regarding carcas grading, the Marketing Service, Dominion Departnient o! Agricul- ture, has issued a handy bulletin on the subject. The bulletin cav- rs every phase o! the proceed- ingi, including generai informa- tion, identification of the hogs, carcass grading certificate, state- ment o! settiement, deferred sel- tlement, price differenlial be- tween grades, setîlement accord- ing ta carcass wcight, accurate carcasi weights, "cold" weights, scale tikets which are kept an file for recheck if requested, the non-disturbance of eslablished rnethods a! marketing by carcass grading because the iystemn is ap- plicable tealal, th. correlation o! the carcass ta thc live hog, and a table of corresponding carcass weights for variaus weights o! live hogs at varigus yields. Further information on these "THE. TASK W1LL BE- OREATE'R.IN1H 141ý THAN 'il HAS BEEN Il 10940. les gorng 1t..dernand.more effortf mor sacrifice and far more- change. 1 1-