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~- --.~, -s-~ - '-M '--t. OÂGE TWO Establshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Wlth whleh are Ineorporated The Dowinanville News, The. Newcastle Independent, and The. Orono News. 85 Tears' Contlnuous SeMcie Te The Town of Dowsnanvulle and Durhami County. Member eAudit Bureau of<ireulationa aijm Canadian\m11W Weekly Newspap.na Association Chas A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTON RATES $S." aYear, srcl la advanee. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. Packers and Farmers One of the aims of The Statesman, in the interests of farmers engaged in raising live- stock, wua ahieved on Saturday when Mr. J. S. MeLean, President of Canada Packers * Limited, joined with representative Durham County producers at a complimentary din- ner at the Balmoral Hotel sponsored by th. editar where inutual problema were discuse- .d& The great aim of this get-together was franly ta survey perpiexities that had grown up ini the minds of producers because of lack af understanding of the packers' *- position, and finaily ta diseuss the best way of maintaining aur overseas bacon trade a£- ter the war. We are conviced much good came out of the. discussions foflwing an able and com- prehensive review of the whole situation by Mr. McLean. Tiie fact that he was a Dur- hamn Oounty boy added to the inlereet of the gathering whicii was considerably en- hanced, too. by the presence of Right Hon- ourable Arthur Meigiien, college clasa mate and lifp long friend of Mr. MeLean. Bath gueste were perfectly at home and bath re- vealed wide knowledge of farm problems. The summalion of the discussions, based upon the. fact tbaI today the. bacon industry stood second only ta wheat, was that prime i-equirements in maintaining aur present market are, better foundation stock ýnd "scientifie feeding. 0f considerable interest was the. fact that Mr. MeLean stated. bis real conviction that k farmers îoday ought to be, on accaunt of present prices for their products, in a pros- perous condition and that Agriculture was * fot a " depressed " industry. His opinion was isnpported by apparently irrefutible figures, but he was challenged by most farmers pres- ent who presented equally forceful state- ments ta the. contrary. Junior farmers par- ticularly shed light upon their position. -Here, we think, are possibilities for a real _tudy by goveruments *and those interested i Agrýiculture, for a close survey of real -~conditions on farms. It is ta b. iioped that other meetings wiil follow tuisinitial ex- periment. v Steel Not Wanted Tic Fort Erie Times Review, s weekMy paper that is in lier. pithing al 1he lime for au ail-ont national war drive, calîs at- tention ini s recent issue 10 lhe lad thaltich steel rails of lhe Oshawa Street Railway stlii iay, i saineresemblane ta lhe goveru- ment, "Bequiescat in Pace," enibedded i concrele. Âccording la latesI information, no effort is being made non conlcrnplaled ~< for resurneclion of Ibis vital steel. Oshawa officiais know il, so doci the goverument, an sd now 1h. public muaI be tald. Whyl Siply because the publiceinust go aiead adwin Ibis war. They lie people, must rise up sud put soineone aI lie head af ai- :fairs who will drive sud head sud smash for- 'ward ta victory. ~Osawa i9't an isoiated example. Tens o! r thousauds o! tons o! scrap metal sIil isy * rusting beiind implemeut sbops, garages, mach.ine shapesud on farins. We se. il eveny day. Whyl because there is ouly yet, a weak- iing, arn-chair, aorganizatian. The States- man long ago snd repeatedly called upon lie governmeut ta salvage lie tons of scrap lied up ii lie tawers and plant o! the de- funot broadcasting station, *C.K.G.W., on the. oulakinh;s. of Bowmanville. There bas -* been no reply, no action. Wby t Because il 's ithe Courtsf Tien let 's take it ouI o! lbe Courts sud gel en witi lhiS war. And ... -'misrably .. . the jittery Ottawa leaderuhip * huge canglameration o! scrap steel untonci- And sa we are tld, " Canada is makiug a maguificeul effort" by lie very in who t iSshate o! affaira. Abuse sa ýe lupon Tii. Statesman, but ouly frai n quanters, for "Ci iieizing " the. gav- h on a dozen different questions. We ïRbe glad ho disphay aur back files whici jb0w iaI thie goverument bas followed, - limesa real, later, thie proposais lie basis o! our " cniticiar."A ý*e noticed liaI Kingston ipped up Oshawa can do lhe saine, sud no Lb. permitled bo stop demolition 0telS wbere il may bec- found. * ýad at it ! hy 1 ig. and Quecu have given, tear dowu lheie on fences ipiBuckingham Palace, for, e Empire. * --* ~ Giving 1%y at Christmas, througi, <40 oothers 4bak ho you. in helpimg *uad. paessing TEE CANADIAN STATESM, BOWMANVMILE ONTABIO Drew Leader of Public Opinion More and mare we are canvinced liaI one of the few men ini ail Canada occupying a public position wha can claim aimait minute knowledlge af ail phases of Canada 's war effort is Col. George Drew, leader af lhe Op- position in the Ontario Legislature. W. have followed i course with close attention ever since he brougit tee Bren Gun con- tract ta public view, long before lie war stsrted. He has been a forceful writer an malters of preparedness and national d e- fence for years and speaks with the anthor- ity o! a man wio won. distinction in lie lait war. Il may be liaI we do ual agree with soin. of his political views but he has' demon- strated liaI h. has lutIle use fal- parîy views and party trickery in wartime. Since the war came he has meted out both praise and criticism of Canada 's war effort and no one bas a belter right for he has made a meticulous sludy of ail ita phases during the. paît tw<', years. Of al liahs. who wenl over- seas ta see. at finIt hand, he alone, stayed longest and looked widest aud deepeat. He alone (ta aur amazernent) brougit back the ouly comprehensive picture o! British agriculture in wartime and bis views on agriculture should be welcomed by lias. who today have le1 farmers down in lii country. Spesking belon. Tii. Commercial Travel- ers Association in Toronto, Friday, he re- view!ed again Canada 's wioie effort and again demanded all-out selective conscrip- tion. As evidence liaI ail sections of Can- ada back uis views, his listeners who travel from coast to coast, cieered him ta lie echo lime and again. The, Statesman long ago enunciated lie same opinions as Col. Drew flow sa vigorously proclaims. Tiene is litIle doubt liaIt tus country is on lie thresiold af a reinspired national effort under a truly national administration, within w i i c h George Drew siould find opportunity for lie distinguished services of whici hei.s capable., v They Refuse To Die Taday, as tIls is written, lileralhy thoi suds o! young, strang, iealliy, single. CQ adians, in the A.1. category are exempt fraint isking themr lives for Freedom i. the Empire. Tiey refuse la figit and die f any cause. They wil l liii 1he bnesch ev when scia ai ciums who volunleened'. fi dead in distant lands, figitiug la save t' very lives o! lies. slackers. But just a: moment you say. Are they realhy exernj cd?1 To which we can ouly neply, thal long as Mackenzie King iolds la bis al t lalely neiîerated policy, lhey certainhy a exempted, specifically, by hum from niskii thein lives in any present theatre of th war. Thal is just how simple il is wien weigh( in ail ils slank neality. Immunity s grnuei condoned sud dcfeuded on lihe very faonr parliament. " Volunleer if yrou wisi, but rou wou '1, tien we sisut force you. " That: tie flstly staled policy af lie Libenal go, erument of Canada, in 1he third yean of t] masl desperate slrugghe ini al iislory an in whici Canada is supposed ta be makin an ail-ont effort. Thal is lhe policy o! all Libenal M-P.s, sitliug dunibly under th party whip. Nof a single merceuany "iee er" has dared la opeu hi.s mouti sud stal i houest convictions. We even have-lie spectacle o! rural men bers saying; "Let 'em go toî the faetoniei we don 'I blanie 'em." Iu other wordi "don 't join tie arrny for ovenseas, gel i lie factonies, desent lie farina sud make a] the money you can whihe tie "gelling"i good. " Reduced la plain Englisi sud simpi logic lie whohe setup sums up la 1he cou sîruclion we have hene placed upon il. Thi Uniled.States of Amreica, wiîhin s malte of hours, fhaîly sud preemptorily deeree( mililary service in any part o! 1he worlc now that they are into a "siooting" war And now, expenimeutalhy, w. find Hon. C G. Power testiug opinion i Montreal; flai terng Quebec sud eilargiug upon lie amn biguous rnullerngs of olier cabinet minis ters. True Canadians feel utlenly humiliated aI lh. position Canada bas been jockeyeý int. _V _ Ladies Without Glamor Should this wan endure two yeans more- possibly less-we shah ive in s deglarnor- ized shah.. Tic lime has long since passed îvheu we looked for glamor in war but ti is somelbing new. Tic hast 15 years have taughl Osuadisu women ho glamorize thein- selves. Tbey have added ta Iheir naturai talents sud inuahe encianîrnents, sncb fl- dais as linger nail polish, lipstick, costume jewelry, necklace, bracelgts, slave sud oth- erwise; s wide assorîmeut o! rings, doodads, biain oruamenta, fsucy coiffures, eyebrow finish, sud the lacquen, tinsel sud adon- ment o! s sumpînaus age. Now, according ta Ottawa sud Washington, ahi Ibis may go. War, riding ruthlessly on lhe wings o! realily, demanda more melals, ails, process- cd goods, silks, gums, sud other producîs. Inlerpreted in terms of femmnie glamor, this means lieencd a! face powder, silks sud salins, penfumes, many sorts o! lotions, ton- ics sud varions "fixits." This poses a question for all men. How shalh we take ho aur wives, sweethearts, aunîs, cousinsansd graudmothens, minus al Ibis synthelic. beautltO0 course we sial continue ta take to hem, la put up wili tb.m, ta boid tien in our arma, ta adore tieni, aI limes tb avoid them, for ta 1.1lthi. truti we cannot do wilboul thei. But il will be s simple, natural-complexioued girl we shaU woo. Tiere will b. lace in piame o! neeklsces, pink nails in place o! eninson ones," rayon iustead o! siik, plain combed hain in place o! saine extravazant tonale, u-nadorned fingers inshead a! beinge4 joints. Indeed sie may be able ho blugIu. To sudh a psqs tl's war may bring lie fair sez. an- ted Lnd for 'en ail he ne PI- toa re rig ,ed >d, if is yv- he Aseet. g By CapiL Elmore Phulpoi :M= UU=U MUMM MM UU P.M-M flmm. f M..CCu- PAciFIC SETBACK mhe Big Faur defeuders ai world freedom-America, Bnitain, China, sud Soviet Russia--may tueniselves fid it dllficult ta realize tuat tuey emerged fain tue second week ai war in tue Pacifie stranger than tuey began. The loissai Penang, tue predica- ment ai Hang Kong, sud tue suc- cesuful Jap lsudig ou Bornea are all factors in a seniaus setback iu tue Pacifie war. But far more important than ail tues. things la tue fscl that lie ailied powers are stting up a supreme war coundil. It la lthe first necessary step i wrestig lie initiative frorn the.Axis gangsters. Tii. aIl-important lad la keep in mind i that lis world wide struggie is ail ane war. Il wil almosl certainly take a different course than anyaue cauld have anlicipated even lwa weeks aib. This, in my judgmenl, i5 more the resuit af lhe Genman sud Italian declaratians ai war? againut lie Unitd States than ai the. con- siderable Japanese successes ta date. The United States 5s now able la sit down wihiBrilain, Rtisiia, .China; sud atuer allies like the Dutch, sud plan moyeu which are1 ual restricled ta action againsti suy one euemy. thIlà naywell prove ta b. tiat te a1îe plan ai action will con- centrale first on cleaning Axis influence out ai Africa ratier tian ouI ai tue Pacifiec. Il rnay be- thaI the allies wih unot even aI- [IC p ï ta take ue a ffensiveW U i v th côm imueracewr;bu LU acfi aeaunilth Sviet feels wa rare a. decide the isue af 11g sufficiently secure on its Mascow seýasurea y. ie front ta be able ta become a base A-a skpea otol asoae he for allied attacks agaist a ap n a nAl tuea wa ta ladist- frmeails-k from which U. S. bombers alone ,e A WESTERN STRUGGLE - could blast and burn aU key Ja-. paiiese cities. But if for any rea- While tuis war la truly a warld 'son Russian bases are nal made a-war-and even mare a world war avallable for attacks against Ja- shon thal ending in 1918-liiere is pan,. a]lied flying fartresses could a fundamental difference between -operate direct from Aoisia bases, the. place of the. Pacific and tue as weil as thase i the Phill9p- to Gernian fronts. We can only wmn pines. L the. war ln the west. W. can only RSI EET [s las. tue war in tue wesl. USERPAT le We could loue tue whole Pacifice i.Pdfc ilr ol area---ncluding such key bases as hltePaiepcurcod L- Singapre-and stil in tue be brlghter, thinga could iiardly -e world war in lhe end provided w, b. better bath i Lbya and Rus- ýr avercame the German farces inaloi. dthei west. W. cauld win tue wiiole mhe mast significant lbattIe Pacific area, and knack Japan fouguit last week was nati Libya dlean out of the war, and still be Itsef-though victory there was far from aur final goal in the~ decisive. Il was off th. Libyan averturow i Nazi Gerrnany. coast where Hitier's picked air- t- For ail tues. reasans lhe su- men were unable ta do what the preme war leaders are nol likely Japanesé dld ta unescorted Bni- ta overlook tue difierence in tue tisE battieships. The navy, pro- ultimate importance af tue two perly aided from tu, air, nat anly d fields af war. held its own but iflcted heavy d It la my persanal opinion tiiat lasses on tii. attackers. we shall be able ta knock Japan Meanwhule on tue wiiole Rus- aut af the war b.fore we came ta sien front-as long as from Mon- final gripu witii Germany. But I treal ta Calgary-tue Red armies would not even hazard a guess, In not only had tueir enemies i the ciianged warld picture, as ta fllght, but an tue verge ai rouI. wiien tue allies will attempîtato The miracle afi tus clasing year go ail-out in the. cambined sea sud 1941 lu the. recovery of lthe Soviet air affensive which will ultImate- armies. Tii. defeat af the Nazis2 I v decîde the fate af Japan sud 'in the first BaIlle aI Britain wasc *tiie whale Pacifie. as hernic a chapter as tuer. a isir Eail British history.N JAPS THERE FIROT The rouI af the Nazi legiansN It would b. idle ta pretend that from encircled Leningrad sud ate the Japsuese have not scared re- tue erygiesa Moscow la note markable successes itue liraI only ierolc, bu thatumsiv twa we.ks of war. These succesa- weigiit behind Ilwhlch might r es may be explained on three change tue wiiole course af isla scoreS: tory. 1. The. audacity, scale, sud ef- .Hltler's most desperate moyeu't ficiency af the. Japanese Plan Of are yeîta ocamle. But the. worldv altack. outlaok lu better than il has been b 2. The nearly-unbelieyable un- for many years.h preparedness of the. United States e Hawaiin farces against an attack I precisely tue sarne as tue Japu H WINTER SEASON'S EHERE s made againul Czarist Russla JIn E 3. Tii. equaily unbelievable The creeks ar% seed wîihi ce hi exposure of two ai Britain's best coats, i atesipu ta exactly the. uame The fields are 'neatii the suow; w kind ai air attack as sunk the Bis- Th. bar. lreeq stand a-shiverlng, ti marck, and nurnerous Italian Tii. waads no wild birds kuow. siips-wîîliaut tue kind af air and Farni stock la uaw ail barn roofeP auxiliary naval crait protection Insîde the. stable walls; u wiiicii tus war long since siiowed Where caIlle munch their fodder ti ta be essential. ncmysacindsal. t It is clear that the. Japanese I omysasiloe tal intelligence service must have Tii. fowl are nlcely siieltered .oa knawn, ta tie lait man and last In houses warm sud liguit; m gun, exactly what defensive forc- Tii. sieep fald halds Its quota ar es we hsd at Hang Kong, Malaya Of sii,,p, througii day and nlght. and Bornea. They put aIl tiiese a delence farces In grave peril by Warm avercoated cildreu or lauding mucii stranger attacking Iu madcap chlldiiood play, se armles. There lu no point now in Run tiirougii the snow-flelds ce asklug wiiy Bitalu iiad so piti- iiunting ya fully few men at the. spots attack- Some hîlu down which toa lelgi. oa .d-after months of warnlng, and Whyallthei situations t h aiter assurances ai impregnabili- WAu. ir e huh emngqe t, made not once but a score ai Quît yt houii tsranlng uee? tfule8. Teasyiter rans ltiont, Canadiens Miieht better ask Ti htrseo' ee th"wmelvyos whothen aur çoopera- '-RALPH GORDON. n to .g woé 'q u a b i necessary t o 628 C raw ford S t., T oro to. A I meet tue ueed; sud whah would have uiappened had' tue Sunday mrnnng attack corne ou our coast, nat Hawails. SINGAPORE FLAIqKED- The laU of Sigapore wouid be a reverse ai mail ifar-reachiug consequence. Thée, l but one otuer tuing tuat couid, be a mucii wanse setbackin utue Pacific ilghh, suad tuat wauld b. Japsuese cou- quest ai Hawai-the real outpout ai one heriphene. W. can tuerefore b. depended upon ta deiend Sigapane aI any aud every coît. But-tue Japanese cauquest ai Penang ualot;oly gives them a base on tue India side of the. Malay penisula. It also gi'ves them a point irom whicli tley can uiarry sud harnasi hall of ail the îiipping en route ta tue Siga- pare naval base. Tii. successful Jap lsuding'- n Nortu Bornea siuiharly outflsuks Singapore on tue easl. 1h la rny gueus tuat Japanese successes to, date have already s0 curtaild lthe usefulneisÉ aiSingapone tuat aur whol,. plan ai war ln tue Pacifie wauld have hadta be amended even uad the. Japs not tilt.d tue balance ai naval streugth ratios by uiuing tue uneîcorted batlle- sliip., AJI of which magnifies tueim- poanceu ofaiAlaska sud. tue Arclic air route ta tue Far East. As Admirai Harry Yarneil poihed ouItthis pasl week, sea supnemacy will still decide tue outm ofawthe nPrace o! siai 'What Others Say' ui- fils IN -THE DIM AND DISTANT'PASI ;ted Prom Thei. Statesman Files ; inU U2 U M M U m.. A LABOR CR1818 REVEALU IN RURAL ONTARIO (Toronto Evening i7eiegrarn A survey ai agricultural. cc ditions in West Durham caur by a party ai uewspapermen u der tue guidance af Editan Geai W. James, ai tue Bowmanvi Shatesman, reveals tuat mare thi t6,000 acres of arable land has gc out ai production due ta tue1 ability ai the owners ta secure t uecessary farm help. This la eqi valent ta tue loss of sixty f ari in a prtion of one county,i appalig condition at this tir, whn tuer. la ueed for great beef, hog sud dalry production. Il la ual conlluea ta West Du ham. Due ta tue lure af hil wages in munitions factaries t] farm, depapulation la goig ou aven Ontarioand if il la permltti ta continue il wiil soon result an agnicultural crisS suad cont bute- ta uuemployrnent problen aiter tue war. Thi. immediate e fedt la serious. Big quotas ai po are wauted by Britain. Milk pri ducti are badly needed, as w ness the report liaItutere is r rnllk available for British cildr aver hwelve yars. The*survyj West Durhiam reveals liaI f arr ers are ualicreasing miii prc duction asu orne oaihem ai actually reducing tueir herds. Equally seriaus ta the provinc from -tii, long range vlewpoi will be the permanent decline'i rural population. The -sans an daughters of famies, who hav been on the land since tue cour try was apened are departir from il, many af îuern ta tak jobs in faclorles, sud tue proi pects are tuaItutey will b. per tnaneully lasIta lite agricuilurs community. Tuia la a seriaus sid of tue situation but tuer. lsan other equaily'bad. When the. wa is over a majority ai tu.se peop]i will prefer ta remain in urbai communities sud in tue ensuinj .uemployment many wrnl go oi thie public relief rails. Wlietur lhe goverrnent aI Ol tawa realizes it or ual we do no kuow, but il is plain tuaI 1hq country faces a very seriaus f arr economic prablem witii uuartagi of labor tue prime factor. Hon. J G. Gardluer's promise tiiat th government will hiave the man. power situation in hand withinm wýelve-rnontu will nal help the farmer who' needs a hired niai now and canuot gel ane because he tbannot affard ta psy it tue rate of fabtory wages. TEACH CITY CHILDREN ABOUT COUNTRY :Bride Brader i Globe & Mail) When tue headniasters and âeadmistresses aof private schools meet early in tue New Year,' as we believe they lutend doig, we ,vauder if tuey could ual discuss i.e placing ai a certain arnount of irai enligiinmnut on lie cur- If there la one tuing mare tuan mother ueeded i hi s country, t i a dilferent attitude taward ural hile, sud ta acuieve tuat rnphele change ai attitude w. Luit begin witu the chiildren. But e must creep before we walk. Il vill not be possible ail ah once, ren wlth tue illustrations provid- ci by tue war and- ils demnandi or good production, la aller tue mentality of tue majarity ai aur lucational authorîties. T h e i r ,nds--we have ta admit lt-are àoraughly urbaulzed. Even tuas. rh had the pniceless pnivilege of eiug bonu in lhe country sud of Lvig camne in contact wlth life' mentiah I their earhy days, ave, tao olten, ailowed tuem- fves ta hase prld, in tieir bîrth- lce sud lu tue education tuat es in tue esseutial thingusuad yve. camne la feel liaI whiatever wortu while In their maturlty 'as developed by urban educa- Dn sud experieuces. [t will be a long sud tediaus ocess, this eradîcation ai the . an camplex, but lt S a task il sîll wiia are aware of Ils exis- nce suoul patlently sud pen- tently tacle, usig lhe wrltteu ,d the spoken word and the ore forceful argument ai ex- apie. It is true, as somri educatianal liaritles have sald, that s tue- lîical course in a tawn on cý,ty hoal can give no adequate cou- pion either of the. chanrn, the lue, or.lie hardahip and dis- pointments, ta b. met irural é. But such s course wouhd have epsychologlcal effeot necehsary, would put the. Production af enecessities af 111e on a par h studios along lines tuat have 4hing to do witàl basieco. present we 2'>Bt.She irSa1whô and J. T. Pollock are oppoihg fan 2nd deputy-reeve. Iu Bowmanville tue genlemen are elected by acclamation: May- or, W. F. Allen; Bey., W. P. Prower; deputy, R. Wortu; Nanth Ward Cauncillars, S. J. Hall, M. A. James, L. Pattinson. Eleveni atjier çandidates are also nom- inaled fon two ýwards. D. Burke.. Simpson wsuomiuated for may- or but *Ivred ftrm New 'York tuaI lieË3 declliing tue honor. Mar- sha~ Porter also decllned ta tun ion depuly reeve.' Paulypool-Dec. 17tu tue new Metuadîst churcii was dedicatede Amnount asked ai $1.250 ta liqua- date the. debt ai ciiurch was over- subscribed. , Dr. Stone, Meaierd, preached. Dec. 23rd a pleassut evenltatok place in tue Metuodisl pansonage at Ashburnham, being tue mar- riage ai Dr. W. Earl Wilmotsud Miss Maggie Th6m, daugliter of Rev. James Thom, fanmerly ai Newcasl. The ceremany was perlanmed by tue fatuer ai tue bride. Bey. W. A. Bunnen, Unionville, who iS vliiing relatives sud many oe~ fnieuds lu town occupled tue Metuodist pulpit Sunday marnlng sud preacied su esrnest sud prac- ical sermon, mhe singig ai tue choir was imraved by tue pres- ence ai Mn. Arcie Bingliai, Chatham, who kindly took her former place. Miss Dingle, Oshawa, former teacuer iluth. Central School sud Miss Wilgar, late ai Shaw's Sciiool jHause, hiave secuned second-class non-proiessionai centilicates aI Toronto Normal exanis. While soie boys were skating on Vastone's pond, Walher Fogg, 11, son ai John Fogg, broke througi the ice sud was drawned, Tom Fairbaim, son ai J. B. Fair- ba rPM. ran ta assisl but lie Ece aveway Aller su hour James Nokes suceeded i recov- erig tue body. Higu Sciool Notes: School wli reopen Jsu. 4th. Auyone desiring to secure a seat should b. tuer. early as tuer. are ouly live va- cant. Number ai pupls ou tue roll in 1891-172, curnent, atten- dsuce-116; numben af non-meoi- lent pupl]s-55. Contest ion reeveshîp ai Clarke is causlng some excitemeut. There is a report lu circulation liaI Mn. Juderwood ilanxious ta draw Party Politîcs hita tue contest ln direct opposition ta what he advo- caed a year ago. Mn. Thoruton La iad 7 yearî cauncl- exper- sunce. He iS a graduate ai Landau Commercil chool; ila a uccesa- ful business man sud iias su un- 'lernlshed Christian characten. A happy Ciritmuasand t he Jollilsat of New Turs ho ail our friendsandM patron. NAYLOR'S m THURtSDAY, DECMlR 8U, 1941 OUR. FOOD, SUPPLY Written Speciily For C.W.N.A. Newapapers By JOHN ATKINS, Farmer-Journalist- No. 12-NO £ASY WAY The belief la growing, amang less for mare, It would be *lae to those who let others do their take stock of what has happened thlnking, that mast of us could to tiie whole people as a resuit of get by with very littie work, if our efforts ta unduly shorten the. any, if aur paliticians were smart hours of labor of saine. enaugh. Unfortunately, it is too Most Canadim, n tii.Lama, often good pohitics ta fauter that i the forests, in f&shIngbats, là belief. It is being mooted as a smail business, In thi. professions, partial remedy for post-war ilUs.' and i the homes, work long houri Some see coming an economic to earn enough to buyý the, gooda system that relieves everyone of and services produced by those the pain of thinking and eases tiie who work shorter hours. Tii. pain of whatever effort is requir- shiort haurs af the few mnust b. ed. pald for by' the long houri of thé The. amazig advances of sci- many. Ail wha work longer houri ence and inrentian have led fig- would welcame the natlon-wide ure minded economiista to con- application of the. 48 hour week, clude that it would b. very simple the 44 hour week, the. 40 hour ta produce ail that men require week, ail of whlch exiat in Cana- with very little work i a very da far same warkers. Everyone short turne. The great majarity *<f would be dellghted with th.K8 us have been too busy ta cansider haut week. what this Idea may nlean ta us. The. 30 hour week would cut thé. In Canada and the United farm work-week i half. It would States, where the. advances of sci- do as much for many other oc- ence and invention have been ap- cupations. But it would maise the plied ta, production, there have cost Of livig in Canada te )an been demanstrations of the manux- impassible figure. It would re- facture of needs and wants that duce production ta the. point of impressively support the. vIew pavet. It would increase rather that- somebady cauld produce than abate sufferig. somehow enough for somebody. No question of health, lelsure But Canada and the United States or recreation is- invalved I the have neyer yet produced and dis- eight'hour day, or in the. forty- tributed enough of everything for eight hour week that provides a everybody. President Roosevelt hall-holiday an Sauday and a says that at the. peak of U. S. pros- day of rest each week. The pro- perity* one-third of the. people duction of Canada witii an aver- were 111-housed, il-clad and ill- age work-week of forty-elght fed. Canada is little different i hours would not provide an ade- that regard. quate national incarne. Reduced mher. is no daubt that' a physi- hours of wonk icrease coste; caily fit, hlghly intelligent, weil costs that çan only be met by educated people, living i an ideal those who work longer or barder; world from which any and every tosts that ris. every few years te raw maternal coufd be secured at the point where the. value of will, could,,in the course of fifty short-hour goods la sa aut of Uine years, produce its needus ad most with long-hour goods that ex- af its wânts ini a work-week of change breaks down and we have thlrty hours or less. depression. Why not have a na- Canadians are not such a pea- tional minimum work week of ple. Before w. get toa far ln poli- farty-eight hours until everyone cies whlch permit the. few ta do in Canada can enjoy it. ~ummmmm----------------------------------------.---- :TWNTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From the Canadian Statesman, Deeemben 23, 1916 George Douglas Gray, 78, died in Newcastle ou Dec. 161ii. He was boru in Scothsud sud came ta this country at age ai 19. He had been chosen by Dept. ai Agriculture nany limes as su excellent judge of horses. Ou Dec. 25th, 1866, aItute resi- lance af the bride, Rev. Archie Clarke unlled In marriage John Rundle sud Jennethe Pollari, >anlington. On Dec. 201h, 1916, tie bride sud groom ai 50 years irere given _a surprise party lu Iaydon aItute residence afi heir son Suerwood Rundie. Allen din- nen tue baptisin ai Grace Louise, Lauguiter ai Mn. sud Mns. Sien- u'oad Rundie was perfarmed by Rev.,J. E. Beckel. Fram Hastings, Sussex, Eug.,- Dan Douglas wnils: "I've been "atiug hiere a montu for instruc- ans> before embarkig. This twn is Just beginnig ta realize Lere la a wsr on sud tuat sol- iers are necessary ta tue maiing )f wars. I met Major Chas. Ander- io on tue promenade liS even- ng. He iS tue night man lu tue igt place."1 Corp., Alfred Kershaw wrlles: 'Iu tue early days af tue wan tue ermans wene absolutely taps as 'gards numbers of men, equip- Lent, etc. . .. My duties wene ta ee ail tue hanses in tue carnpany vere shoed rîgut sud in good itu. Il was in Felbuary of 1916 got my, finI kunockout, receiving shrpnel wouud in my leit side iih put me out ai action ion bout a. montu. Wile at Ypnes I ad tue chance ai meeting many lys fraoii Bowmsuviile. I had tue anrowesl squeak oi îy lite an ni. 14th when "bang" cames a Igi explosive Shenl nigit la lhe ouse I was.Just passing.9p The ranis af tue leaders ai )rmer industry sud agriculture ituiS lacality are thlnned, wltu ie Passing af Thos. C. Langmald. 11864 i. was united ta Eliza- 'h Hancock who surý'lves him, :leaves tiree sons, Walter John, harles Thomas sud Joseph eong,. Bey. Gea. Brawn sud H. Neal conducted tue funerai. É Ebeuezer: Cydlit Elmer Run- le. Taranto, was down for hri.tm..... Trustees have i-. alied a telephone intue parson- t.... At tue Base Lin. ýconcert 1 àos. Holuate, Bowmanvlle, de- C ghted everyone wltii bis solos. Il Congratulations ta W. R. Cour. ,e ou his neelectian as counicihlor. FIJY YEAIRS AGO Prom eb Cauadin Statesman, Deceer Se 8, 1891 Our former sud wontuy.citizen Stephen Cotton was cailing on frlends i Bwmanyiile on his wayV home from Scotland where he went wlth a siiipmeut ai horses. The dlais aihanses Mn. Cotan wsuts iS princlpally car- rlag, and saddle honeses. In Darlinglan W. Brent wasi elected deputy reeve and L. M. Caurlice sud Thos. Pasco. coun- cillons by acclamation. Thos. Smale, present neyve, Sla pposed by Ievî Van Camp; W. Trewin manipulatei lie 'wheal market far, far above tue man who pro- duces lie wheat thallis manipu- lated, sud tuis la an absurdity, lsn'l Il? Weil, il's up ta those wlio real- Ire tis absurdIty la make thieir Point o aiele .1.