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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1943 qgijeg %an-iaÎn etttWmfl Estabiished 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporated The Bowmanvii.e News, The, Newcastle Independent. and The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanviiie and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekiy Newspapers w > <* Association Class A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictiyi advance. $2.50 a Year i the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. SmaiI Town Blackout A few Years back we reineniher thaI a liard I itcr rmmcid a good miaîîy orelIiardls in t lus district. Tiiat was an e(-toifl0i(loj ss that u ill take vears to correct. We are faiîniliar. ton. w-it]thec orn-borer and hog c hol d'a and otiier forîns of b)ilit iîncudiîng foot-<111i-11ioutbtll iseas<'. N oýv \VCare af- flictedaui. A withcring l)rccze fromn soîewbrc-n-te-Otaw-\alev seeis to hiave struck the town aund somie fear a comn- plete blaeliout of "siil-townii enterprise. 1-ere is something of flie pioture: W\e hadi soine brický-%ork. roofing- and eavetroughi repairs iii promlpt iîeed of attention but al of our urgent telepbioni.iig got uis sinmply nowhiere. We couidn't -et a single mait 10 do the woî'k. WVe made furtber enquiries. \Ve found thiat pluinhers had lost inen until tbev could scarcelv serve the healtli ineeds of '1w omuit ta about oniy oie aged electrician remained ini town and that 'the sole, renaining independent bakerv vas in danger of hein- losed throuigh drafting ils personnel into thie army. That wvas iiot al but if seemis sufficientiv indicative of 1mw the ivar (or our manpoiver policy) lias bit tis district. There seems to be two main1 considera- tions. IIow can adequate bealth facilities be inaiîitiied iin these circunmstances, and shall we permit the extinction of sucli small- town essential services as those providing healthful dailv food? Most of Our far-seeîng planners agrýee upon the proposition of de- centralization : that smail towns siuould be- corne the real productive, social units of the Newv Era. Maybe wve are inerelv over- looked. Certainiv there is nothing 10 cheer about ini our present predicament. -V I-eIp for Farmers Agricultural production goals cannot be reached this year under present farm-labor conditions. This conclusion was stressed by informed speakers at the recent (ialgary con- vention of the Canadian Federatioj i of A- riculture. Farmers everywhere coîîeur iin that statement and no oneý knows more full-, than farmers themselves. Yet theY and thei r wives and the rnisceliany of liellp th'y are able ho muster ill as usual strive to their utmost ho meet the quotas. Laek of farmn labox' is the root of tlic whole question. Reni- edies are beiug sougblt but few i- n sebiemes of practical nature are fortbicoming. NeN- military eail-ups are announced wbicb adds to the confusion. The Statesmnan lias takeii a strong stand on fthc whole farmi question almost silice the hegiing tçyof fhicxvaî'. If spousored a local farin surve.% by experienced journal- isîs and urg-ed a farna inventory wbich vas later given effeet by the provincial gv ernaient. The findings were iiii hue wi.th our warnings. Yet littie vas done 10 mieet the situation. Help) continnied to disappear and acreage increasingrI.v went out of pro- duction. Al Ibese things are w-eh known. Now_ we propose a praetical. partial solu- tion of tlie farîn imanlpower problemn. Every>'- where at this limie il ought to be conceded that flie danger of invasion of our shores 1)' the eneniv bas passed. NoNv we hold thie initiative. Thie need. therefore, of our pres- ent and grow'ing fireside arm 'v lias passed too. Soidiers wiio have leen cailed iip ani \%oi 't go active '. ,wbo are slielded belîind the igeon-bioled plebiscite caun ow better serve Ithe coitr.N bv being rcoratteol for farîn service. lI thue lilit of eurrent events there seems logic and complete pi'acticai)il- ity , i bissugeston.An- important num __- tically- every wai' piaîît, shlpyard, and of- fice there are stories of workers thuîukin iii) new ways of doing their jobs "just a little better" The accumulated power of tiiese sniall improvelfients is tremendous - iii ternis of an extra ounce of fire power, a bit more maneuverability in a fighter planie, addi- tiouai pr'otection iin armour plate, aund 50oui. Auid fou' Ilis kiuid of thiiking oui our feet ive owc a great debt ho Thiomas Alva Edisonu. Fou' Edisouî's imazim, care er w-as fouuided oui pieciuig together lihîle sci'aps of kuiow- led1ge unuuil tlue addcd up to sonietuiuimu- pou'îaiut. like thue phouograplu auud Ite iuîcan- desceuit luuxanid Ite alkalitie storage ba tteu'Y auud lue electrie dyiiauo-aud-auid -anud-it ýoîuld go oui aluîîost forever. Ed- u-.ouus list of inuvenîtiouus. Aetîîall -IvEdisounIhîroufighlis iuîveitions. us iîot deadt( at aIl. lie is, quite liteî'ally. help- iuuîz the iiuited Natioius tb îviui tlis vai'. For uvluat Elisouu lefI hblind is a verY live tlîing wivîuicmuneaciuicau'î'î-ouu. 'loday- iii Itie field of electrie pow-er, comn-uunicatiouîs, tu'ausîîorta tmou, iîumuîiuig anid constructioni. w-e aî'e fiiruiug the great gifts of Thomias Alva Edisouu towau'd fu'eeiuîg înkiuid luat you aid I 1cauî conutiue ho w-ork anîd think like aui Edusonu eveii if Nc uiever inveuut as unucli as a iiew- way- ho iîseu't a collar buttoui. So, ouithuis Felîmuar * 11, 1.943, it is very fittiuîg Iluat al of lis shiould look up frouuî o111' unacluiuie. lalle. or' desk. foi' amuonent iuîd tluk God w-e lad anud have Thonmas Alva Edisouî ou our side. Another Billion Dollars (',aiuada 's Miuister of Finanuce, Hoîu. J. L. I lsle *vaîîîioîîiced ini parliamnut oui Mouuday- tue (lecisioli 10 fiuuance anuothecu'billioi-dollar gift-loauu ho lIme IUnited Nationîs, -whollv for wai' pui'poses dîiriuug tue éurreuît fiscal veau'. This is tlue seconîd billionî so anuouuuced anîd tlîe oui apparenut effect uponuîls is îiîerely oue of, îild astouuishnuient. Ouir mode of liv- ing and deg-ree of comifort basn't elanged ah ail. But nuiau'ae askiuîg ; 'If this eau be douue inu uartime, why îîoh in peacetiie?" We iuscrt liere two paragraphs from tlIe Mîiister's speech: "No fiîauîcial impedinicuit slîould be al- lowed to initeu'fere with Iluis senisible sharing- of olîr w'ar pr'oduction,' said Mir. llsley-. "Tlerefore auu esseutial featuire of this pr'o- posaI is Iluat il shaîl be good anîd sufficieiit cousiceration foi' traîsfer-iuug war supplies 10 other lUnited Nationus liat sucli supplies ar'e 10 bciised iii the jouît aîud effective pros- eeutioui of fthe -ar.ý' It is uot ah ail improbable we shah mres- urreet anid requiote these items i.thie (lays wli our returuied soldiers and industrial uneiployed form nbeadliuîes and await the reports of tlie Committees oui'Sounîd Secuir- itv. To our very -oudinarv mind it oc'urs tlîat tlîe Mînister could say w-th eîuial cci'- taiuity, -'N-o fiîaîîcial impedéiment shîould be allowcd 10 iîîterfere withi this seunsible shax'- in-g of our peacetime poteuîtialities."' -V Over-Government (The Hunlsville Forester) To merely state that the country is ov'er- go-cemned, wihhout some practical suggestion ho meet the situation, is wasted words and effort. Recently some startli.ng figures were gi-cen by Premier Conant on the over-gov- ernmeuît of Ontario. He pointed out that more than 50,000 persons were engaged in some form of governmental achivihy i. this province. Classified, this showed the fol- loîving break-down: 27 cihy councils; 303 town and village councils; 625 township couniîls; 6,500 Sehool Boa rds; 450 police villag-es and other boards, together with the provincial government. There are practical methods of reducing Iluis army of legislators. Certainly the lime lias corne 10 press theun home. Il serves no useful purpose to talk of over-govemnment, and do nohhing 10 remedy il. In ail humility w-e suggest: 1. The Ontario Legisiature be entîrely abolished, or ils membershuip be reduced to one for each eounty or district, thue uember- slip ho be composed of the county wardens, and the District Judge, or other suitable of- ficiai. of unorganized districts, together wih the mayors of citi.es of 50,000 or more pop- ulation. Thîis would greatly reduce the membership, eliminahe parhy polities, and save the tremeuidous expense of additional electiouîs, anud reduce sessiouîal indemnihy fees. 2. Cnt the functions of tlie Legisînture dowîi to bare business necessity, eliminating cvery deparîmeuit w-liclu duplicates a similar service at Ottawa. Transfer ýeducation ho thue Federal Gov'eruimeit. Thiis would uipe onttIhue deiartmuents of Ag-rieulture, Wel- fare, Higluways, P~ublie Jîcaîli, Crowîî Landis, Miiies, Educatioîî, and possibly otîeu's. Il would cul administration cosîs in less thîaî lualf, anîd add litth-e iin propor- tion ho thie cosîs at Ottawa. where dep)art- iauîicipalities for hlueir suau'e of lbhe cost. Tliese are bunt a fcw' sugestiouus whlielu lead ho a partial solutionî of the over-govemnincuit problcm. IUtil a coneu'ete program us laid dowru. and saune aetiouî hakeuu toward its cousuxMmation, nmo pîrogress will he made un soiving the much discussed question of over- g-overnment. By Cat. Elore hilpett REPLY TO Le DEVOIR Not long ago I wrote an article which deait wihh the Mackenzie King folly of conscriptîng scores of thousands of men for home...... defence alone. Itt"' asked how it îs. that the onemi lion U.S. citizensýý of French extrac-- tion who lfve just.: over the border':: have ac c e p t ed full conscription( withouh com- plaint -and are :.; 110w serving aI ... the ends of te earth. Le Devoir of~ Montreal honor me wuth a front page reply by Emile Benoist- whicb is worthy of the attention of every Canadian. The following is the heart of the argument: "The French - Americans have not the same motives as French -Canadians to be op- posed 10 a policy of military conscription and to one which necessitates service anywhere in the world. Regardiuug that conscription. in their case it can only mean the defence of their own country and the proper and direct interests of their country." The inference is that neither 110w nor ln 1914-18 is or was Can- ada fighting for her own interests and defence - and that hence French-Canadians are justified in sabotaging conscription. ONE-EYE VISION There are Iwo excellent reasons which refuIe the argument of Le Devoir - and which might con- vince anyone with ail thal logic which legend attaches 10 the French mind. They are: 1. That French - Americgns do not accept conscription willingly, simply because the U.S. was "shot inb Ibis war" by Japan. French-Americans also accepted conscription in 1917 when the U.S. was not attacked; when she enter- ed the war by deliberate choice, precisely as Canada did in tbis war - by act of ber elected rep- resentalives. 2. Even if the above were not true-even if the French-Ameri- cans had only accepted conscrip- tion after December 7, 1941, be- cause their country was actually atîacked and their homes threat- ened,does not that same menace now apply 10 both sides of the Maine-Quebec border? If the French-American who luves a mile south of the Quebec ln The Eiditor's Mail = F.G. Truil, 5 MacNaughton Road, Toronto: ý"Enclosed please find $2.00 10 pay renewal of my subscription. With the continued improvement in your paper, may there be a corresponding increase of subscribers." Henry Mahaffy, Nestleton, R.R. 2: "Enclosed please find $2.00 for my subscription t0 The States- man for one year. After having it for six months, I find I can'I get along witbout il." Swift Current, Sask., Feb. 2, 1943. Mr. Geo. W. James, Bowmanville, Ont. Dear Sir: Please find one sub- scription to The Canadian States- man for the year 1943. We enjoy our home paper as much as ever and do not wisb 10 do without it. We had Iwo weeks of very cold weaîher in January, but we are enjoying a Chinook today. Sincerely, MRS. GEO. C. WARREN. 95 Bartlett Ave., Toronto, Ont., Jan. 30, 1943. Friend George: I see il is lime ho send my re- newal for The Statesman for an- other year. It is like a letter from the old town and surrounding district. The folks I used 10 know are pass- ing away very rapidly. I see in your paper you did not go back far enough in your history of the Richelieu House, as il was first known as the Brodie House, be- fore Mr. Ruebottomn took posses- sion of il. We miss Dave Morrison, Sr's letters of remînîscence about the old town. iudence"Section is -not very flsh in the news these days . . . 1 arn enclosing my subscription, for 1943, $2.00.I border goes out without complaint 10 fight in thue jungles of Guadal- canal, can bhe French-Canadian who lives a mile north of Ihat saune border snap bis fingers and say: "This is not our war"? How much dloser must the Nazis come 10 Quebec before French- Canadianswill admit Ihal the numerous subunarines in the St. Lawrence River mighî constitute for Canada sonîething more than a malter for newspaper argument, or as real a menace as in Maine? CAKE-AND EAT IT? The real reason wby the French-American accepts con- scription for war service is quite different froun Ibat suggested by Le Devoir. It is because the Frencb-Can- adian who lives souîh of the bor- der bas no more and no less rights and privileges than anybody cisc. Like anybody else be is free to talk two or a dozen languages if he can. But Ihere is one officiai language. There is one school systeun. When war comes everybody is conscripted-inciuding bbc slacker from French Canada who may have slipped over the border 10 gel away from Mackenzie King's home service conscription. If the Frencb-Arnerican or the Frencb-Can'adian resident of the U.S. aîtempted 10 say "you can't do Ibis 10 us," the American re- public would very quickly show them what was wbaî. They would be told that the rights of ail mean duties for ail, and that no monkey-business is permitted. But here, as Le Devoir says, things are different. We'll say they are. They are s0 different that whaî began as guaranteed minoriîy rights of religion and language have been so prostituted that what bas resulted is a hideous abortion-a system where French- Canadian blackrnail exacts all the piivileges enjoyed by everybody else-and then -more besides. Ib is a system whicb makes bbe vote of bbhernost ignorant French- Canadian worbh more Ihan the votes of any tbree English-speak- ing people in polilical effect. But the mistake Ihat Le Devoir and others are making is to, imagine that things will forever go on as they are. Il bas been found Ihat the radio beaun used ta guide airplanes may wander as rnuch as 10 degrees from its normal position during severe snowstorms, returnîng 10 normal position with the abate- -ment of the storm. r RATIO -N DI -HOW AND Wl For the convenience of the] distribution, New Ration1 locally at the following dist LOCATION Hampton Courtice Enniskillen Newcsatle Orono Bownîanville PLACE Township Hall Nichol 's Garage Conununity Hall Conimunity Hall Town Hall Town Hall ISouth' Ward School DA Fel Fel Fel Fel Fel Fel Fel SELFISHNESS THE CANKER WHICH MARES FOR DESTRUCTION Hoarding and a fair example of selfisbness proved sufficient to brlng about rationing 0f butter in Canada and a somewhat sinilar set of circumstances may cause tigbter restrictions Ia the sale of baconi and other products. For saune time past tbere bas been a sort of vol- untary rationing one-haîf pound 10 eacb customer. Some four months ago Ottawa ordered a 50 per cent reduction In1 domnestic supplies on the basis of 1944) consumption. 0f course Evey thin' is <-nditioned. on the Brts week to make up 0on ber new con- tract. it is still hoped that producers will be able 10 make Up Ubis deficît but one obstacle Is the existence of a well defined black market andi the Governumeflt 15 deterrnined 10 check bacon escaplng int the do- mestic market tbrough other than regular channels. It is contended this leak is quite extensive and as there are about two million hogs butchered in the Dominion every y e ar outside licensed slaugbter bouses it wil prove a difficult matter bo plug it entirely. bacon contract and it can be tkn LOST MOSES for granted that ail truc Canadians ~ stand prepared to make sacrifices We feel sorry for our Albe ta' in order tbat the bard pressed Premier these days. Try as he people of the Old Land may nol might, he can't buck the war news. Time was when he could go short of Ibis vcry necessary crash the front pages of the news- food. papers aI will, and wben people Under the new agreement an- hung on bis words over the radio. r- ounced recenlly the Dominion is That was wbcn he was going to pledged to deliver 6'75 million free us ail of taxes, give boans 10 pounds overseas during the 12- farmers interesî free, and pay us month peniod ending November 151, ahi $25 a month. Who wouldn't 1943, whicb is an increase of 75 lusten 10 a Moses like thal when million pounds over the old con- he was ail set to icad us ont of tract. Despite the increase asked the wilderness! Today nobody for Canada is running bebind in listens 10 bhim on the radio, and lie comilent an ilIs sîîn-owing 10 the raîioning of news- her ommtinntsand t i esim-pnint he's gelling less and less ated she bas a deficit of f ive or space in the newspapers.-From- six weeks at 13 million pounds Pei - bc Letbbrudge Herald. DOK Non 2 HIEN TO GET IT public and to ensure speedy Book No. 2 will be issued ;tribution centres. ITES HOURS OPEN b. 19, 20, 24, 27 10-12 a.m., 1.30-5.00 p.m. ,b., 19 to Feb. 27 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. ýb. 19, 20, 23, 26 '10-12 a.m., 1.30-5.00 p.M. b. 19, 20, 24 1.30 to 5.00 p.m. -b. 20 2.00 to 9.00 p.m. b. 23 2.00 to 6.00 p.m. b. 25 2.00 to 6.00 p.m. Feu. 27 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Peb. 27 2.00 to 9.00 4.00 10 6.00 2 to 5, 7 to 9 4.00 10 6.00 2 10 5, 7 to 9 4.00 10 6.00 2.00 10 5.00 4.00 to 6.00 2.00 10 5.00 p.m. P.M. P.m. P.m. P.m. paru. pari. p.m. P.m. The new Ration Book will NOT be mailed to you. It inust be called for. l3efore you can secure the new Ration B3ook you must fi in and surrender0 the application card in the back of your present Ration Blook No. 1. This card should be left in the Ration Book for the distribution officer to tear out. If already detached, it should be brouglit along with your present Ration B3ook, so the nanie and serial, number may be checked. You do flot surrender your present Ration Blook as it contains Coupons yet to be used. ]RATION CAUVI DE MAKE SURE ABOUT mmKiITONEET YOUR SERIAL NUMBER 0*00 SorjieNumh.g TE 000000 Your namne and present place jE I~~OOdu of residenoe (in the case of h of dZ,.'~'; chiîdren, the residence of the 1 CEctARE 4 .,l' =i de * theclearly Bookc0,letters. Pl d.. parents) must be printed '.m t -hý1à.C'-t number, including letters X. o w and figures as shouvn on de p -- - the front cover of Ration .....-'h1 Book No. 1, is clearly .l'do, 16 written on the application card. This serial. number, de including the two lettera "tewoobu -F. -c-- before the number, le yoftr 1141 ^PLC,,i)t4 ARI IS11ýration book identification of ,UR PRE504YRAION 00 for the duration. Residents of Rural Areas may apply on behaif of their neighbours, providing R ation Blook No. 1, and properly fiiled in application cards, are presented. In the case of residents of a town or city, any senior or responsible member Of a house- hold may apply for new Ration Blooks on behaîf of other members of the household, providing Ration IBook No. 1 and properly filled in application cards, are presented. Childu'en under sixteen will not be allowed to apply for new Ration B3ooks, either for tlîenselves or other members of the family. RATION ADMINISTRATION CLIP THIS ADVERTISEMENT FOR REFEIIENCE. LRB. z '*1-y THURSDAY, FEBRUARY il, 1943 PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO 1 1