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THURSDAY, SEPT. 2nd, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PG HE A WEEKLY EDMTR LOOKS AT Ottawa Wrft.n Sp.dcfl me wnkh nwsou"n of.1Caoide By JIM GREENBLAT As this is written Ottawa* is being clipped, manicured and waved and decoxrated for Presi- dent Roosevelt's visit. There is intense interest on the part of usually blase officiais and cer- tainly the multitude of civil ser- vants, temporary war-jobbers and the thou.sands of others who make this capital. Churchill, Eden, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, Gir- aud and now the very popular F.D.R. himself. It will be an historie occasion, one of the ever increasing evidences of U.S.-Can- adian friendship and inter-nation co-ordination. The vast concourse of beautifully kept lawn in front of the Peace Tower, where Mr. Roosevelt will speak from, will, it You can securo their future..with one stroke of your pen!i Today, and for many years to corne, your family must look to you for ail their needs. 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Well, there are 4,240,- 000 women over 14 years of agE ini Canada. Here are some in- teresting figures about them. A. of January 30, 1943, of this num. ber there were 1,152,000 in in- dustry and 255,000 directly or in- directly in war industry. Farnr women numbered 830,000; womer students 309,000. There werE more than 31,367 in the arme< services (and that figure must bE considerably increased by thi time>. Three hundred thousanc are considered unemployable. Canada's vegetable oul indus- stry is one of those revolutionlzed 1in a sense, by the necessities oi -this global war. This industry is, of course, agricultural. Tak< flaxseed, of which 53 per cent of fthat used was imported in 1939 In 1942, however, ahl of the 3,388.- 195 bushels used were of domestic origin. Our acreage objective foi 1943 is 2,492,000 or an astounding increase over the previous year of 67 per cent. Ail these changing phases having to do with our ag- ricuitural and industrial economy will be part of the post-war prob- lem. Is it ail right to lend your ration book to your farmer frienc who uses a great deal of tea, while you use very littie? The Prices Board says no, and Thelma Craig of the information branch answered me this way: "Rationing is for equal sharing of certain commodities which are in short supply. It does not mean that Granny, just because she likes the extra pot of tea, should be able tc have double the ration of the woman next door, nor does it pro- vide for the swapping of tea and sugar by two neighbors who live across the road from each other.' Fact of the matter is the whole rationing systemn is set up on the basis that the mai ority will con- serve their use of rationed articles to actual and immediate needs. Harking back to the Order-in- Council which made it an offence to waste coal or heat, owing to the serlous fuel situation facing Canada, it is interesting to know that our normal peacetime coal needs are about 30 million tons. This year, geared to such a high war tempo, provision must be made for about 47 million tons. Canadians can be selfish as indi- viduais and sneak excessive heat, more than necessary, or they can play bail for the good of ail in Canada. It's really co-operation for national conservation instead of coercion that is wanted. Talking with a newspaperman back from Washington the other day, he told of trying out a meat shop right close to the main drag which advertises horse meat - choice stuff from "young wild western horses". He bought a roast and thought it quite tasty. Cost less than haîf the price of beef. He was afraid, however, that in time they would be(ring- ingin 18yea-ol frm orss, or something. The Quebec conference en- hances Canada's status in the eyes of the world. In this connection I find that in 1937 our capital city could boast only two legations, four consulates and one High Commissioner's off ice. Today there are representatives of 22 nations always in close touch with the Canadian government. The housîng shortage in Ottawa creates problems, too, for num- erous commercial and military at- taches and their staffs. A very in- ternational flavor is exhuded when one comes across the flags of United Nations in front of kt kf Bowmanville Nigh School Wili Re-open Truesday, Sept. 7th Middle and Upper School students and those intending to enter the Com- mercial Course will meet at 9.00 a.m. First and Second Forin students will meet at 1.30 p.m. W. A. EDGER S. R. JAMES L. W .DIPPELL Chairman !Sec 'v-Treas. Prirvt4 nul various homes and buildings scattered around the city. r 1 Recently a gathering of mem- ibers of sheep breeders associa- etions at the Central Experimental *Farmn here gaw a demonstration of the drug phenothiazine, in the 9 latest method devised by science rfor controlling sheep parasites. 'Dr. W. E. Swales, Science Service t of the Department of Agriculture, showed how the medicine, a two- inch tablet, is plopped into the Lthroat of the animal, using a *tongue depresser. An expert can do 60 lambs an hour. One reason for the importance of the drug at this time is that parasites destroy the animal's intestines which are so valuable for making of surg- *ical sutures needed on the battle- 1field. Children in the country, here's. a war job for you. The National Research Council needs 100,000 lbs. or more of the common milk- weed, for experiments in blending with certain types of synthetic rubber. It will be paid for. Farm- ers who have goodly stands of the weed can cut with a binder, leaving a long stubble of at least 8 inches and making small sheaves. Dried sheaves shipped collect to Ottawa will be worth $30 a ton. For further informa- tion write Dr. Harold A. Senn, Division of Botany, Central Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa. Having a chat in his office one day recently with Fred Mc- Gregor, chief enforcement officer for Canada of the Wartime Prices Board, I had a look at some of the counterfeit gas ration coupons seized when Black-Marketeers of a ring were roped in. Pretty clever imitation they were, but eventually the law caught up with the racketeers. Enforce- ment in control legisiation is a big job, taken on a nation-wide scale. When you hear of abandoned farms, you think of former drought areas of western Canada. Therefore it might joit far easterners and far westerners to know that an officiai. release just out shows that in Eastern Canada there are between 12,000 and 13,- 000 farms, covering about a mil- lion and a haîf acres, abandoned, lying idle for some time. Surveys show, paralleling the western causes much the same, they were abandoned because land was or- iginally submarginal for agri- cultural purposes; some because of unsound farm practices, etc. It is amazing the number of people who come in a continuai flow, from various parts of Can- ada and the United States, and visit the Peace Tower. To reach the top and get that wonderful panorama view from the balcony right under the big dlock, one has to climb a couple of short suries of stairs and ascend by two dif- ferent elevators-one slow, the other faster. The attendants everywhere are, I find on every visit, most courteous. The Memor- ial Chamber is worth a visit to Ottawa alone. On the descent onu is always given a good view of the famous carillon belîs. Naval Service Headquarters is pepped up about the special "Wren Recruiting Day" planned by the W.R.C.N.S. in connection with the anniversary of one year of service with the navy, sched- uled for August 29. Over 4000 of themn are now in navy blue with 5500 being the number aimed at by March, 1944. New recruits will shortly find themselves in the newly revised natty uniform. Wrens are to be drafted to the United Kingdomn and Newfound- land, and what better hope of adventure is there for girls in- terested. The other day I watch- ed a second flagpole being erected atop the Navy Building. It strikes the blue and red field with a large yellow anchor. That's the Naval Board flag, flying beside the usual naval ensign. The say the cost of living in Ottawa is really high, but how does it compare with things out your way? Here are a few average prices listed by the Ot- tawaCitien he day of this writ- ing: sirloin steak 40.8 lb.; round steak 38.8 lb.; prime nib rolled roast 42.2 lb.; ham, boiled, 67.5 IL and medium bacon 48.1 lb.; grade "A" eggs 44.3 dozen, creami- ery butter 38.5; Canadian cheese 33.4 lb.; oranges 40.6 dozen. Unit- ed States anthracite stove coal at $16.75 ton; vegetable shortening 19.1 lb. I do know restaurant eating, piece by piece, is high- but if one shops around off thc main by-ways it is possible to dine reasonably, even if not in fancy no Qo g O i g Qo o MILK Should Have First Place in Every Diet Mllk la one of the essential foods for both chlldren and aduits. It furnishes vitamins and minerais that protect health and bulld teeth and bones as welI as the best protein for building muscle. .-GLEN RAE DAIRY MIIk should have flrst place I the diets of aduits as weIl as children. It's safe and econ- omical. 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