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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1943 Institutional Advertising Currently flîcre are mnuiîu iii fli et ro- poifanl press a seies of fuuh-page advcrtis-e- nîclîts vhicli are spousorcd by "a group of businîess anîd indusfrial adverfiscrs"'. Tlicv are tiesig-iied for flic two-fold purpose of iin- foimiîu flic public about Catada 's war pro- graini and f0 kecp alive flic facffinît, flîouglî tlîeir cuideavouirs are now' largel.-v levofed f0 wvar productionî. fhey stilli naintain fhîir idcîîtifies and will be prcîarcd to chîaiuge over af ounce f0 peace-finiîc productfion whei 'var is ovcr. Ainong fuis gronip are thie brew- crs auîd distillers of Canîada. Tiiere s an enorunous sectionî of public opinionî wliclî. foda3-, iîîsisfs upon lheingfilly iufornicd on tîhe trenîd of events. Coniseqiieiil nîosf puîb- licationîs give space f0 fliese wartiiiie messages. Thli Statesmaiî lias always beî ouîfspoken against flic liquor fraffic and bas luof and will nof change ifs policy ini fhis respect. Mauiy leaders, nîo touibf. îuill cuiticize ouîr acceptanuce of instifutional advemfising from iuterests if lias alwavs condemncd. But iin these fines fliere ai-e flose w-ho deîîauîd bath sides of flic story and fîeu-e is flic duîfy of fclling if ini order f0 form a balanced puiblie opinion. We hiave in mnîd the iiasmnafic conîditions of flic lasf w-au-anîd our leliaî-fure froni tradiftion is based largcly uponi ainelioratiuig a recirrenice of those condi- fions. w'hili. as w-e kniow, weme deplored b-, aIl serionîs people. Tliere are in Canada today. accordiîîg f0 flieC (anada Year Book, 103 dailies serving '2,218.000 ueadeus auîd 900 weeklies serviuig 4,686,000 subscribers. Beyond tliese are radio auîdflic niails îvbiclipenterafe to everN section of flue counfiry. Tbesc miessages were bound ta -et across 50 if suas up f0 flue -eeklies f0 make flîcir decisiouî. Inflic ir- cuuîstances, weigling aIl factors cauefll-y. ThlicSfafcsiniacccpfed flic trend as uvas evidenced iin last week's issue. 'flic overuu- ment lias gone part way in uestricfing direct advcrtising on this question. Shlud if go furfber wc shahl respect ifs edief. -V Wil War End In 1943 ? Headli.mes followiuig flue Casablanca meet- ing betweeni'Mr.(Chuirchill anîd Mr. Roose- veit led mian, f0 bleieve if possible fliat war iii Europe w-ould be (uvei- fuis vear. WVe view' fliat as a niationial oisservice. We agrec that is possible but we shiould w-uîu. tlmîti is bîgly imiprobable. Tiioîsands of people are f00 husv ini waî- work fo rieadl uiue'l furflier tliai; headlinics. M.%isicaoiiig inmpres- sionîs fend fa slowdowis uand now thaf we have taken the inifiative oiu ail fronts w-e ouglif fa itîcrease flic tempo of îproductionu. Catchi-phrase hcadlines ougt-fitu coniteuîîder ccnsorship. Forfîuatcly, inow fhiaf parI ianîent buis e- asseunblcd, a M.P. officer' lafeiy uetuind froni Brifain, noved flic addu-ess i repIv f0 the Speech fîonî icheTlmoue. îHe arned of the ikelihiood fiaf w-e slîould still bc figlitiîîg iii 1944 :fluat our eneniies were still pow'crful and fuaf w-e face a contiiiig, terrific struggle. lus speech did ujot inakze lieaolines but it ecliocd sentfiments in un- forîncd circles. Wc eonosider i.t sseîîtial fliat mniocn be made oflis speech. . If wil]lile recallcd fhiat ThlicStafcsnîauu cn- visioneco. eai-ini 1940. ia evn er w*~ar. W'e have « ef to (liang-e thaf opinuionu. At tlic Casallaiicà press oîfeî'eneiiiuiio(,îneiit ,vas inade that flic w-ar would becoarrîie o o coinpletc. absolte. iii'offliliionluilsireiioei' of German,.lapait aiid lfal.v. Eur'ope will pro)aiuly stieccuuînl first. TVienu tliere is still Japan to master. As an offset fo coniplae- eiiey i'e sugg-est contfenmplationof thfle real neaning of "uneonid îioiîal surrender". v The Carnage of Peace Peace won 't conie f0 Europe wuhen flic lasf fshot is fiucd. War wvill flare afresh froin Nor- way ta Spainî and across flic Balkans. 'leus of thousaîids of Qislings will be ferreteol ouf nd uitherd iy their outragred ooi- patrioufs. The sweep of the uio'oriouis ar'nîes of flic United Natiouns cauitf licswift enouiglu faresi ore lav- andio<rdo'i i fiîn Io pi-eveut thli slaiiglu er of' frai lois. War a inis iiil Il e ini fle lia iis of souieirs. Thlicki i and chIilis Nvill be iii tl ic lianis offliose wlio dcmnîd swifl eiraoe Stau'ved, fla -ved. tortuireol peopfles ill i-etun, l tcfy ou sav- agcry. Sholîd w-e or ('ail we hreveuf al this? 'fle Vikziîg Norse. thxe fighfing Greek, the grin )uteîu and flic volatile Frenuchihave years of stored up ivrath that wilh forn toi earnage uvben theiîr chaiîîs arc str-uck. To- day aur sympathies may coîidouie thaf wheu seems inevifable. Tomorrouw u' shaîl sîtuit- der at flic headlines aund cry ""lat!' For we claim to be ivilizcd. It is not taa soan fa envisiolifhiese fhuîîgs. M~e %aInabÎirn t4teWm EstablMsed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle * Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Years' C'ontinuons Service To The Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newspapers h <* Association Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly ln advance. $2.50 a Year i the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. They should bave trees anîd bird song, bis fa climb- The faste of summer ini a ripencd pear, Tell tbeîu how tbey are missed. Say nat fa fear; It's going fa be ail righf wifb us down here. And if is not fao soon ta enqlire whiat plans are nder way ta cape witli fuis foresbad- oived revolution. Restoration of law and or- dei-, and quickly too. is a prime requisite ta restoration of the chainmels of frade. Until wc ae.hieve that wve cainiot liave peace, pros- peritY, freedomi froin fear, freedomi of relig- ion. and free expression. We sîuggest tiiese things at this fimie for the sobcr reflection of oui- readers. Socialization of Public Services (Toronto Star) The Bownianville Stafesman announices that the tweîîfy-ycar debentures for $71.000 issued for purehase of thie local ilydro plant ini 19:31 have been paid off in ten vears and niow- the town owns flhc systemi oufriglit. In thaf period the rates have been reduced fromn 5 cent-, and 2 1-2 cents to 3 1-2 cents and 1 cent. lu addition ta reduceing rates while wiping off capital investinent, flhc sysfemi lias miainftainied ifs building and cquîpinent ouf of earnings. Tbaf is onlv one record of many in this province bearing wifniess f0 flic benefits wllichi socialization of public utilities con- fers on comnnunifies and flic stafe. Publie ownership of Hydro is f akenl nowadays as a nlatter of course, but flic older gencrafion recolleft liow biffer w-as fthc figbf agraînst if. Thei facf is fliat ail about us are public services which people nieyer fhink of as anyfhing cisc, yef at onec finie ficy were in flic liands of privafe capital. Even flic collection of taxes lias ini differ- cnt counftries and different periods of bistory been ' farmied ouf'" f0 private inidividuals. The publicans of the Gospels were cngaged in collecfiug flic cusfoms dufies on exports. Most of themn were subordinate to liead publicans whîo paid fixed annual sumis for flic privilege, kecping flic excess collected and requircd f0 niake uip any dficiency- wliich no doubf thcy fook good care fliere wasn'ýt. Ini carlier fines evenl direct taxes wcre fariied out. Thli figlifing services o! mnany a nation blave beeîî enfrustcd ini part or whle f0 "gentlemen advciîfurer's' who fook what thcy could get and fumniec over part of if fo soîfle royal patroni. ltaly liad lier condot- tieri in flic fifteenfli century. Brifaini foighf the Amnericans witli Gerinanin ercenaries ini thic eighfccîifb. 'fhire hiave been nafionally-employed sca- advenifîrers as-,u'cll. Pepys speaks disparag- ing]vin ii is diary (1666) of a proposai f0o famn ouf" tfil av.y. And some of flic fanouis sea-dogs of Eiizabefhi's finie wcre siiipl,% privafe operafors of wliaf werci essence national naval opcratiofls. Thli word 4privater'ý came imb oexisfence f0 describe a vessel of war ownied anîd icensed bv a govemiincnf faseize or îluiidcr flic slips of an eneinly. Vfic post office is a faiiar example of a ptibliicl.-owiiedl service whicb was once in fhlilaiids of privafe organizafions - amnig fini lCîiniversities an(l ierciant guilds of Eiglanid. Thli Canadian posf-offic'e suli- coîifracts part of ifs work, but if is a pub- liclyý-owýiicd public uitiliiy and nio onec iii his senses would consider a chiangle. Tiiere are still privafel.N-owiied1w'afer- works 0ou this confinent, l)1ixatl-ow-tict rail wa vs (stean and eletrie),.2 îrivafcl.N- owned luis services. pivateiy own-ied stcamn- ships prva'cY-ownied garb)age collecfionî s-s5f'i, 1no doubt privafely-owiied street cleaning svsfehis. Bnft public owneirshiip of waterworks lias becone flic rule;flic Cana- diaii National Raiiways, flic T.T.C. and flic Gi-av Coachi Lines are instances of oufsfaîîd- ing transportafionî sysfems owned by the people, anîd there is publie-ow'ned sea trans- portation as we'll. Vile Caiadian Govern- nient bas wislv rescrved tranusconinientfal air traiîsporitioiu in fbis Dominion for flic publiely-owned anîd very suceessful Trans- Canada Air Lines. Toronfo anîd most other cifies would nof tlîiîk of leffing ouf fbeir garbage collectionî and streef cleaning f0 comîpanîcs. The city is proud f0 own ifs local Ilydro. ifs streef car anud bus services, au abattoir. ail isolation liospital, flhc island ferries anditfeic waferworks. Soc.ial izafion of publie services now eovers al wi(le îrange of îictivifi('s. and( wili eoiliiiue to cxpaii(. 'flic old privatelv-owncd "wor-k- liuel as ail cxauiîple of flic ilis of flic "faiîuiiiîg (iit sYsteiiî. Prîvafe liospifals for~ the( ilisalie were, ini the earIv days, tragie iii titeir b orrors. 'flic fiie ý;,iiiprobably ('(lie whici ail suich hlospîfals, and ili(eeà unost otiier liospil ais. iwill be pubilcy oper- LAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Voice of The People p~> The Statesman is pleased at 't, ail times 10 bave lis readers express their opinions in let- ters to the editor. We believe i the right of free speech, the right of every man to defend' .~himself when attacked, the w' right to, express his own opi- zw ion, beIt; right or wrong. We accept no responsibility for any of the views contained i these letters, but shall prit them, as a free press, for what they are .. the opiions of our readers.-Editor's Note. To the Editor: - - I have read the articles in many papers sponsored and written, I »S presumne, by the liquor interests. They often assume that no one would object to their children __ drinking moderately and smoking cigarettes. I do flot think we should let this pass, as certainly the majority of parents are an- xious for their children flot to drink or smoke. I will ask the public what de- based the German race in ideals? Was it flot the beer gardens? Viewing the people as a doctor, the beer we are drinking goes - , ,down quickly with kidney trouble, -,~Anq6rK,,-- rheumatism, neuritis, and many _________________________ other ailments. IETEIRHOMTOW NESPAER Aperson does not ned to be d by the men and women overseas thon the the ones that die early; the life ns are that individuals con no longer send of the daily drinker with the up subscriptions ta those ini the armed forces large waistline is of short dura- i the newspaper office. The best present you tion. The beer today should be a bet- ter grade, and I wîould urge the Government to take over the - - - - - - -** brewing of beer and have it made from grain., It would be much better and would not injure the kidneys. The profit we would nore Philpoît ies would go a long way to pay our taxes, even if we reduced *UMM MMMM MUMM the price of beer. We certainly For Intance could save our people in many Burns,FrIstne w-ays from sickness and premature Hollywood has been turning death. out some good "musicals" lately, We took over the making of woven around the lives of great money fromt the banks. Let us song-writers. When the movies now deal with the brewers. really begin to grow up they will Ottawa. Dr. J. K. BLAIR. do that for the immortal Robbie ____ Burns and others. Here indeed Bowmanville, Feb. 1, 1943. is a neglected "natural" for the To the Editor of The Statesman, movies. Bowmanville, Ontario. I would like to see Canada's Dear Sir: own John Grierson put into pic- In The Statesman of January 21, tures the if e story of the immort- Mrs. Snowden asks what Honor ai Scot whose poems and sangs would do as a start toward better- would supply the words, already ing conditions re liquor evils. long since set to music. The first step would be to take up the Plain Talk About Beer ** .... m..~ Shortage, as published in your is- sue of Jan.' 28, with my family and in young people's meetings. Lin The iditr's ail We would give credit to the Dominion Cabinet which, by or- _______________________ der-in-council, has restricted the use of beer, and ask them to go 911 Logan Ave., farther. Toronto, Jan. 25,1943. We would explain that the Dear Mr. James: Cabinet took plenty of time to Am enclosing $2.00 to renew my give very careful study to the subscription to the Statesman for question, which hail not been mis- 1943. I look forward to it every represented to the Prime Minister, week, and if at any time it should but had been laid before him by be a day late, I feel disappointed. men of keen intellect who had Yours very truly. first-hand knowledge of the evils MR. WM. MeREYNOLDS. fallowing the use of beverage ai- cohol. Soldiers in blistering heat of North African deserts would be 6060 Story Island Ave., immeasurably better off without Jan. 20, 1943. alcoholic beverages. In fact, Lloyd Dear George: George placed alcoholic beverages I am doing my bit of war as Britain's enemy No. 1 in the work. Make two large cakes each last war. And without doubt week for the Service Men's Cen- shipping space is being used for - ter, and my daughter mnakes can- alcohol which could be used ta dy, etc. We also entertain week- much better advantage for things ends every other week, a sailor more useful in prosecuting our from "Great Lakes'" training sta- war effort. tion, the largest of its kind in thxe People used ta speak about the world. I also expect ta go ta the "tippler," but the term was Service Center once a week at dropped because the tippler soan least help mend for the service became the drunkard and there- men, damn their socks, etc. fore the term was unpopuiar. Sincerely, Today they taik about "sane ALLIE WELSH SHANTZ. drinking," but it leads to the same sad end. Na one wha takes L. N. Hogarth, 2416 Eaton Tow- the first glass knaws where he er, Detroit: I was very much will finish. Relaxation they cer- pleased ta hear the broadcast an tainly get-so much sa that they Thursday night, and certainly it lose contrai of tangue and mave- was' very good. I trust I may ments,. and are therefore ineffi- hear mare soon again. cient and utterly useless. Pte. F. W. Beckett, B-42941, lst We would not trust aurselves in Bn. D. & H. Rifles, Can. Army, a taxi or an a train in charge af Overseas, Newfoundland: I would a man who used intoxicants, yet like ta thank yau for sending The1 we trust aur lives and country ta Statesman on ta me naw tfiat I1 the keeping af aur saldiers wham am out of Canada.- I always re- the Brewers are daing their best ceived it every week fromn home ta turn inta habituai boazers. Let white in Canada, but due ta cen- us wake up ta this danger hefore sarship I cauldn't receive it unless it is fao late. The apathy of the sent direct, which you were kind people is appalling. "We cannat enough ta da. da anything," we hear on every Mrs. Larenzo Mountjay, Nesfle- hand. But we can do samething: tan: It is time I was farwarding We can pray and the Lard will my subscriptian for The States- open up a way, for we always man as a new year has dawned find somnething ta da when we NXl TO A LETTER FROM NOM There is nothing more eagerly received "Home Town Newspoper."' New reguiati newsparpers through the mails. OnIy paid con be handled. ond these must go tbrough con give themI By CaPt. Eln Great Canadian Films There is one Canadian war achievement which is winning in- creasing world recognition for its excellence: That «is, the work a! f h e National Film Board un- ~' der John Grier- son. Na finer doc- umentary pic- tures have been produced in this whole war; no pictures have done more ta .carify under- &~ standting of what S is at stake in this war; no pic- tures have donc as much ta deep- en mutual un- k........ ders t a n-d in g amang the Unit- ed Nations than these praduced by Canadians for Canadians., Inside Fighfing Russia was one such picture. Inside Fighting China, experts say, is an even bet- ter picture. John Grierson is what I would caîl a natural born genius as an editor.. If happens that he does his editing in movies and not an paper. But what he has dane in aIl these great pictures is ta ex- amine all the action pictures avail- able, produce enough connecting links ta make the continuity smooth, and let the actualities speak for themselves. I have nof seen the Chinese picture yet. But fhcy say it is almost like watching a whole new nation being born. For, in actual shots from real life, if pictures the passing of the aId coolie China; it shows the farced flighf inta the wilderness o! millions; the build- ing a! men, women and children inta a modemn army. It even in- cludes actual pictures f r o m China's mast significant vicfary aver the Japanese. Movie Future It wauld be a national crime ta demobilize the National Film Board when this war is aver. Apart altogether from entertain- ment value, the films are just in the infancy o! their educational wark. History, as it is naw to ften taught, is dry as dust. It is toa cluttered Up with detail. It is taa much cancerned with the long rigmarole of the namnes of kings, and their wars for jobs, and too littie concerned with the tragic but majestic stary o! the fight o! the people for justice, for freedam, for the right ta consume what they produce. Are people cynical about social "progress"? Let them see pictures of conditions in England at the time a! the French Revolution, where youngsters could be, and often were, hanged for sfealing two dollars warth of food. Let them see pictures a! coal mines in England, exact ly a hundred years ago, where girls with chains about their necks, and thence be- tween their legs, crawled like ani- mals and dragged loads o! coal for as much as tweive hours daily. Let them sec King John being farced ta sign the first and stili fundamental charter of English- speaking liberties; let them see the variaus Christian communions murdering each other whalesale -the Covenanters being hunted down in Sctland-the Baptists being burned in Smithfield Mar- ket in London-the Protestant's being massacred by the queen's order in France; the Cathulies be- ing equaliy rufhlessly butchered by Cramwell's victarious armies in Ireland. Let theni see haw the rich ac- tually stole all the old "Comn- mans"' or communal lands in England; let them see just what the poet Blake meant when he talked about the "'dark satanic milis" coming as a biight to what was once "England's green and pleasant land." Then humant beings cauld un- derstand that theme is a cammon stary of humanity; that if does make a great pattera; that the good in if is f ar stronger than the bad; that iA is a continuous fight. 25 YEARS AGO. January 31, 1918. Births: Nichols, in Bowmafi- ville, January 27, ta Mm. and Mms. Leslie Nichols, a daughtem Darch, af Erpingham Farim, Bow- manville, January 27, ta Mm. and Mrs. John Damch, a son . .. Grif- fithi, af Wellesley Hospital, Tam- onto, Januamy 25, fa Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Griffith, Ncwfanville, a daughter. Deaflis: Tmuscatt, in Bawmnan- ville, January 28, Digomy Trusctt, in bis 9th year ... Byam, at Ty- rone, January 27, F. G. Byam, aged 59 years. Marriages: Smith-Bartan: In Bowmanville,January 26, by Rev. S. Sellery, Bert Smith, Dundas, and Annie, daughter of George Barton, Liberty St. . . . Marphy- Dilling: At the Methodist Parsan- age, Bmadview Ave., Toronto, December 26, by Rev. Thas. E. Bamtlcy, Roy Momphy, Oshiawa, and Miss Florence Diiling, daugli- fer a! Andrew Diliing, Bawman- ville. Miss Violet Osborne, Toronto, was home over liunday. Wili flic party who picked up and took away a black Persiafi caf kindly return ta owncm, F. R. Dunham, Chumch Sf., and oblige? Major E. C. Soufhey, BowmnaI- ville, lias been appointed repre- sentafive in fhis military district o! flic Saldiers' Aid Commission. Ebenezer: Fuel sifuation is driv- ing farmems fa woad-cufting in the bush ... Mm. and Mrs. Elgin Wil- kins entertained a pamf y a! friends fa an oyst cm supper. Enniskiîlen: Wood-becs arc the rage . .. Mm. and Mrs. Arthur Summerbayes are moving near Ashbumn . . . Temperance secre- tary had an intcresting session Sunday morning: "A Prohibition Fable," by Gertie Oke; a dialogue, "Fact and Fiction me Beer," by Dm. Sleman and Howard Pyc. Some thity clippings fron fthe Prohibi- tion Convention in Washington, U.S.A., wemc ead by the diffement classes. A letter was mcad frmm Premier Bomden's secmetamy thank- ing flic Enniskillen Metliodist S.S. for their letter o! appmecia- tion me fthc prohibition measure. 50 VEARS AGO Febmuary 1,1893. Tyrane: The valuable wcil on Mrs. Hamis' premises was finished repairing Manday . .. Wm. Short lias been crecting a back kitchen and slaugliter house for R. Bran- ton duing the past wcck out o! flic remains a! an old landmark east o!flice S. A. Barmacks ... Capf. Mosher and Lieut. intcnd fare- weliing an Sabbah ... Solina: Mrs. Washington lias been quite iil . . . 'fli people in this vicinity should patranize the Solina mercliant ail thcy can be- cause it is a great convenience ta have a store heme.. New Haven: Ehi Osborne lias finislied seven days' clovem flimesli- ing and will have 75 bushels o! saleable seed. His brother John, o! Bowmanvillc, lias bougit flic secd for $7.50 per bushel. Ehi scils clicap for cash . . .The "boss" newsmonger lias got a !rcsli job. He's tmying ta intmoduce a trasliy Tory sheef among the people liere. We'rc quite satisfied with 'fli Statesman, George. You miglit employ youm time better ... Dean Pickel lias liad flic bad luck to have bis rabbit die.. W. H. Faiey, Broken Front, is about to make extensive imprave- ments on bis famm buildings. John Lyle and T. C. Jewcli were naminated for the vacancy caused in flic Southi Ward by the resigna- tion o! Mm. Lyle. Hamry Robinson îeff for Mexico where lic wilh fi a situation witli Mm. Dobson. He taok a fine St. Bernard dog wifh lin. W. P. Prawer was eîected war- den o!flice United Counties. Mount Vemnon: A. Milison has rcsumed his stuidies at the Agri- cultural Caliege, Guelpli . . . J. Orchard & Ca. have cut 120 cards o! wood this winter already... James Morlcy, the thmeshem king, is in aur midst with his claver milis.. S.S. No. 9, Clarke: Miss Douglas, the ncw teacher, is creating a very favorable impression . .. A young son o! Weihington Bowcn is dan- gemausly ili . . . James Chapple, since returninig ta Biilings, Mont.,. had anc o! his legs broken by horse falling an if . . . r Hampton: W. Ruse, who recent- ly returned fmom Mexico, is pros- tmated wifh malaria fever and ague . .. Affer a profractcd illness and intense suffeing, Gea. Oliver passed away Jan. 24 in the blesscd tiumplis o! faifli. The funemal on the 26tli to the Mefhadist Cem- ctcry was largcly attended... I. L, Brown was re-appainted as- sessor and F. L. Ellis callectar. S. S. Edsall, hardware mcrch- ant, !inding collections so slow, has been compchied ta assign for flic benefît o! his creditors. ExplanatiOn of Final Purpose of Education occasionally anc meets an cdu- cafed man. He may have na uni- vemsify training, and possibly left school af an early age. Offen he is a fammer or an industrial wark- cm, wlia was bamn with a critical and inquiming mi, and tlirough wide reading and long fhought aver a peiad a! years has devel- oped an awarencss, a capacify for keen observation, a facility in clear thinking and powemful cx- pression, that make hlm a leader in bis cammunity, and a stimulat- ing persan fa meet. This critical, analytical gift is the eal hall-mark o!flice educated man, and withaut if, ail the uni- vcrsity degrees in the wold are o! littie use. Cerf ainiy anc a! the reasons why sa f ew people have the capacity ta think critically and constructively is because, in schoaîs and colleges and usually in the home we have been taught fa regard the writfen word or the word a! aur "superiors" as final. The charge has been made with some justification that mucli o! oum formaI education is directcd toward the indactrinat ion of yaung people with a set a! ideas which epresent flic thinking, the political and social phiîosophy, a! those who hold power. A!tem aU, what is flic final pumpose o! cdu- cation? We fhink if is ta help people ta adjusf fhemselves pro- gessiveîy ta their environnent and 'ta enable thern fa examine social, paliticai and persanal prob- lems in a sufficiently critical and detached way ta think without in- heifed or acquimed prejudice about them. d This means liard wark, ', course, and is much mare difficuit flian wrifing notes in a ciassroomn with the purpose o! giving thcmn *back again word for word toaa teacher or prafessor at examina- tion time. Recent baose and prejudiccd talk about "Britishi impeialism" served ta raise a fattered bogey, and then anly for a short timne. Same people react emtianally- ather than înteiligently-to the word "imperiaiism," just as somne people used fa react ta womds like "ýcapifalism" and "socialism." - Fran flic Brantford Expasitor. Namby-pamby sentiment frowns an the use o! the lash, but if is the anly reclamation cure for many men who delibcrately adopt a career of crime. They will crush the head o! a victim or in- flict ather punishment o! aimost as seveme nature withaut a qunîn a! conscience sa long as tlicy be- lieve that only a jail fermn will be the punishment if they arc canvicted. - Fran the Calgary Herald. HEARD ON THE STREET "If Carter 's can 't make good bread-then no one can. " 4Why? 1 "They 've been making it for two genera- fions, and practice makes perfect you know." Eat Carter's Bread MADE.UN BOWMANVILLE -FRESH FROM OVEN TO YOU- fiMta have reýceived if fram yaur will be the anly ones wha will be paper. Thank yau! caurteous finaily! I shall be glad ta see letters from mothers wifh help for aur yaung people. They need the Times change. We used ta, have suppwrt of every aduit ta tide a Public Enemy No. 1. Naw we them over these difficuit days. have three-Hitler, Hirohito and Wc must do something and do Benita. it now. HONOR. m THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1943 PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTAÈIO