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PAGE TWO TH~ CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ON'1'ARIO THURSDAY, JAN. l7th, 1946 Tom Baker was Outstanding Man In His Native County There are times when a country editor is moved profoundly to write personally lis tribute on the passing of those who left their mark and influence upon the records of a community. Ail too briefly we pay our res- pects to the memory of Tom Baker, Solina, who died last week. He made a great suc- cess in life. He was a lifelong friend both of the editor's father, the late M. A. James, and the present editor. His story of 91 years of achievement was mirrored frequently in the columns of The Statesman. For more than 40 years we visited with him and his wife and family and drew streng-th and in- spiration from the vigor of his personality. Few could match hlm ln power of expres- sion, business capacity, absolute honesty. He kept a daily diary al l is life and Mrs. Baker a series of scrap-books which, if they could be assembled, would form a local lis- tory second to none. Our chef memory of Tom Baker is his amazing memory. Just a few weeks ago hie told us of a horse trade back in the 70's and named the price and whether the halter went with the horse. When Statesman files were missing, a phone eall would bring from hlm exact data. For instance: Wliat year did John A. Macdonald speak in Bowmanville? H1e had it instantl.y, the day, the kind of weather, what was said. He was a great municipal administrator, a vigorous writer like his nephew the late Harry R. Pearce, Newcastle, for 25 years The Statesman's correspondent. Town boys, George James and Guernsey Melellan, time and again rode his lorses at the farrn, sain- pied the tobacco provided for lis hired men. Those were the days! Now they are gone with the passing of this kindly, strong, reso- lute -character. 0f medilum stature, his hand-, ciasp was like a vice, a man of unusuai strength physically and mentally. We con- fess, like so many- others, a deep personal loss at lis passing. *We could say so muciih more but cannot add to the record lie created himself which can be summed up in one sin- Èle word, "Character." The Real Lesson Behind Price Control Mr. Donald Gordon, in lis New Year statement, said that the people of Canada were better fed and lothed today than ever before, and that they had plenty of inoney, and more freedoin of choice, than ever. The W.P.T.B. head appears to attribute ail these blessings to the fact that there has been Price Control ini Canada durixug the war. If what Mr. Gordon has to say really rep- resents important economic truths, then it is extremely difficuît to see why lie weîît on and suggested tlîat perhaps the turnie lad corne for sorne de-control. 0f course, what Mr. Gordoni says is pet'- fectly true. It is a fact that the people of O3anada cluring the war produced ail that was needed for the war, as far as Canada had a part in it, and also eniougli civiliami goocîs 50 that, in many respects, the stanidard of living of the Canadian people actually in- creased ' To attribute ail this to the existencee of Price Control is iiot correct. It was due to the fact that Canada was engtaged ln 'a great war, andI that the Caadian Goverumnent spent so muel roney that almniost aniy (an- adian who wanted to, could worki at higli wages. P'rice Coltrol did niot produce this condition. As a maitter of fact, Price Control was adopted so as to prevent ail tliis moey in circulation froiu losing its purchasiing power. Mr. Gordon left out some of the disadvan- tages of this plani. He (11(1 mot mention that, in some important respects, the standard of is to go on1 laving a war, or at least applyintgi wartime methods of publie flnance and eon- trol, and the country will go on forever and ever getting ridher and richer. It is not riglit that statements of this kind Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporatedl The Bowman'ville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News 92 Years Continuons Service To The Town of Bowman'viile and Durham County. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. aidà redirected tiii.,; na tural tendency, this desire to debate and have widened the field into a ranîge of practical subjects, the soin- tiomi of whicli reaches to the roots of gYovern- ment. It is a iew technique in both culture tlîis course wc need have no fear for demmo- and practicai politics. So long as we foilow creey-, rano'ing as it should froin the grass roots upward. Consider wiiat thiese small Forum groups wiiichi report to central offices have discuss- cd anJ reconmemded. Tiîey have endorsed niatiomial licath iusurance, rural education aud recreation, deait witl production and marketing, land improvernent amnd reclama- tion, indeed a broad siate of social improve- memts. Now~ they are dcbating an interna- tionial farin organization and a world stan- dard of livimng. Those wiio fail to listen in on Momday cvening broadcasts are missing somncthimîg of great anJ grolving significance. Time Statesman ini publishing wcekly reports of Farmn Forums lias beemu glad to play somne part iin a unovemnt that is now crossing in- termnational fines ini a great wavc of public enliglitenment. This movement is one of thie brighitest liopes iin our new atomic age. It 's a great deal easier studying history thai it is making it! - Soldier Returned Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekiy Newspapers Assoclêtion SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year i the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. should be cireulated with Mr. Gordon's au- thority behind thein. Tley tend to deceive the public; to give an entirely wrong im- pression of the situation of the country. The great lesson which the war lias taugît us is that the productive capacity of the country is mucli greater than ivas real- ized before the war. If ail Canadian work- ers are given an opportunity to work, and are provided with good appliances with which to work, then tEhere is no possible rea- son why the country slould not go on get- ting richer and richer forever, but the cold fact is that it is not Price Control xvhidh in- creases the productivity of the nation, but, on the contrary, Price Control limits produc- tion. It was in order to limit production that Price Control was imposed, and any suc- cess wvhich it lias lad lias been exactly in that direction. Mr. Gordon wants us to carry on the wartime plan, but it is quite clear that any attempt to do this must end in disaster. The real question is not whetler Price Control xvas successful in wartime or not, but wlvether it is a good thing in turne of peace. It is a mistake for Mr. Gordon to talk as lie is talking. ln an attempt to justify an administration of Price Control, of wýhil lie lias every right to be proud, le seemus to be creating the impression tliat Price Con- trol made war prosperity. That is a very dangerous impression. It is also an entirely incorrect mie. llog Scheme Authorized By Overwhelming Majority Registered log- producers of Ontario ili the recent, provntice-wýide poili, voted aiînost unauimously to estallisl "The Ontario Hog Producers' Marketing Scheme" which, pend- iing enablii g legisiation, will become oper- ative under the Farin Proclucts Control Act. The proposai xwas recommendeci by the On- tario Hog, Producers' Association andi votimg was facilitated under authority of Minister of Ag-ricuilture T. L. Kennedy. The Durhani Counit y vote whicli madle a local record, was organized by Agricultural Representative E. A. Sunmers and it emphaticaliy endorsed the scheme. Wiîen fiinaly operative, al hog producers wiil benefit but the Board is cmpowered to exempt any ciass or person fromn the provisions. Trhe setup embraces a central Board chosen froin the seven districts inito xvhidh the pro- vince, us divided and within these, County Groups are set up. These lu turni eleet miini- bers to the District Boards. Further provis- ions are the establishmenît of a Negotiating Committee composed of producers and pro- cessors amid finaliv a Board of Arbitration inay become operative to settle disputes. The sciieme is designed for orderiy control and to regulate marketing of Ontarioo iogs, wvith effective representation reaching back to the grass-roots of Ontario farins. The Negotiating Conmittee is enpowered to fix a.cureemnts respectin g minimumu prices, differemtials, premniums, discounts, etc., fix respomsibilitv for bruising amu ini- j m'y, emquire iîîdo eondenîiation insurance andl generally to negotiate ail mattcrs re- specting markè'tiing of liogs. Ail this xiii do away witli nîany long standinmg complaints backed by the weighit of the Control Act. Amother i)rake is that of icensiug mwhicl xviii bc applied to processors, carriers aud pro- (lucers. The latter are assesser 2c per hiog, dedimcted by the processor and forwarcled to the Board. To this, littie exception wvil be takemi if it xii do away witiî thc lomg-stand- mug ieadaches farmiers have suffered under the old system of marketing. National Farm Radio Forum lias Far Reaching Influence FIFTY YEARS AGO Jan. 15, 1896 Percy Fletcher won the David Straclan Dow Sclolarship in theology at Queen's University, Kingston. Norman White is supplying for Ezra Gifford as conveyor of Her Mai esty's Royal Mail to Hampton and points nortl. Levi Morris and Mrs. R. Peate attended thc wedding their niece, Miss Annie Morris, and D. W. Dalton at Uxbridge. Darlîngton Council for 1896 is: Reeve J. T. Pollock, Enniskillen; deputy reeves, Thos. Pascoe, So- lina; L. M. Courtice, Courtice; Councillors, Albert E. Clemens, Tyrone; Richard Foster, Bowrnan- ville. Enniskillen-Frank Bradley las rented the farm of Mrs. J. 4iggs. Newcastle-Wrn. Rickard, coal merchant, was elected reeve... Board of Education consists of W. T. L'ockhart, E. Simmons, John Uglow. Mount Vernon - Miss Katrina Argue is attending school in To- ronto ----- G. H. Murray las re- turned to lis acaderny at Corintl, N.Y------- Miss Maggie Ross las gone to Chicago. Tyrone-R. A. Philp las rnoved into lis new home ---- Ed. Haw- key left' for Toronto Normal school. prepared and carefully planned campaign witî its objective not thc benefit of thc worker as sudh, but of union treasuries and union executives. The urgency of war did not stop the latter frorn pur- suing this objective. It is increa- singly obvions that the urgency of getting into fuli-scale peacetirne production will be equally incffec- tuai." MINISTER 07 WELFARE UNO AT WORK The United Nations Organiza- tion has got down to business in a way which augurs well for the future. The same characteristic can be seen at London as at San Francisco: That is, there is a down to earth reality about UNO which was rarely seen at Geneva in the work of the first League of Na- tions. It must always be remembered about UNIO that it is a league- true, a better, stronger and wiser league than its predecessor-but nevertheless a league. A league is an alliance of governments-and suiffers from ahl the weaknesses that characterize ail alliances. The very first vote taken at Lon- don showed how lop-sided is the representation. The Latin-Amer- ican nations have a voting power far above their rightful ratio in any organization truly representa- tive of the world's peoples. I think as time goes on it will be this weaknes-that is, that some groups of small nations have too much say-that will prove as grave a handicap as the usual cri- ticism that the big powers have too much. The weakness of UNO is that it cannot prévent war between the big partners which are the foun- dation stones on. ... whicl it is buit The strengtl of ...\s UNO is that t*' p ro v i des the:U meclanism s o k the peoples of ' the world can see how their gover n m e n t s actually act in. interna t i o n a 1 session. If will \ .... ing, the nations can learn a they go along i Wben the Big ~ Three foremgn :. ministers meet in London, Moscow or anywhere else, we can only guess what hap- pens. But wlen UNO meets we do not need to guess. We can fol- low proceedîngs froin day to day andi know what the issues are. Publicity is*the greatest tool of democracy. UNO provides man- kind witl the most effective means so far provided to express world opinion on international is- sues. As I talk with ordinary people I arn more and more convinced that most do not realize just how good and far reaching the San Francisco Charter is. For instance, how many Canadian,% know that our wlole nation has signed a sol- emn pledge to provide jobs for everybody-and to take ahl neces- sary national and international steps to achieve that? Article 55 says: "With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and seif-determination of peoples, the United Nations shaîl promote: "(a) Higher standarcýs of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and developinent." Just to make sure that no na- tion would treat this as an empty election slogan Article 56 says: "Ail members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action" for achievement of purposes narn- cd in Article 55. Politicians are good at wriggling ont of promises. But tley are go- ing to find it hard to run away from that plain declaration. We shaîl surely hear Article 73 cited to speed settlement of sudh clashes as in Indonesia. In regard to ail non-self-governing lands al members of UNO "recognize the principle that the interests of the inlabitants of these territories are paramount." The irnperialist powers have always assumed, till now, that their interests and not those of the native peoples were paramount.t The constitution of UNO also clearly provides machinery for handling of sudh disputes as those in Palestine, Turkey, Persia, In- donesia, and Indo-China. The pcace-makmng machunery îs not restricted to present members of UNO. Non-member nations like Turkey could appeal-provided they accept obligation for peace- able, not forcible, settlement. 0 lm ni il bi )ntario profits almost as Every tourist dollar is îuch frorn tourist busi- shared this way: 1. Hotels; Lesa as from goid mining. 2. Stores; 3. Restaurants; t'a up to us to keep this 4. Taxes, etc.; 5. Amuse- )uiness growing. ments; 6. Garages. 1 -I PUIUSHED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST UT JOHN LAIATT UMITIS Hon. W. A. Goodfeilow W. A. Goodfellow, M.P.P. for Northumberland las been appoin- ted Minister of Welf are in the Drew cabinet, according to an an- nouncement of cabinet appoint- ments made by Premier Col. Drew last week. Mr. Goodfellow las served lis constituency since 1943, and is very popular with lis con- stituents. His return at the last provincial election by a large ma- jority was taken as a complete vote of confidence from lis con- stituents. Welfare Minister Goodfellow's wide experience in municipal af- faîrs began in lis early twenties as a township councillor. His home is at Codrington. On the Goodfellow farm, in Northumber- land, the farnily, one of the oldest in the county, settled more than 100 years ago. Premier Drew pointed out in appointing Mr. Goodfellow, that in view of the increasing impor- tance of the Welfare Department and the expectation of new ar- rangements arising ont of the Do- minion-Provincial conference, it was considered advisable to sep- arate the administration of the Welfare Department from the Departrnent of HealtI and have a single Minister in charge of eacl. "Tîrough lis extended exper- ience in several branches of pub- lic life, Mr. Goodfellow assumes this very important office with the highest qualifications for the work le now undertakes," the Premier said. 0f the tîrce new ministers nam- ed, Mr. Goodfellow is the seniomý member in the House, laving been first elected in 1943. New Nealth Minister Would Build Up Towns Decentralization of Ontario in- dustry was urged by Ontarîo 's new minister of healtI, Hon. Rus- sell T. Kelley, at the annual con- vention of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 10. Mr. Kelley is the lead of a Hamilton advertis- ing agency, secretary of the Went- wortl county Federation of Agri- culture and las been particularly active in Red Cross blood donor work durîng the war. Questioning the wisdom of the efforts of Ontario's big cities to make themselves stili bigger, Mr. Kelley saîd that "we would be better off if we were building up the srnall towns." He said that le would propose to the Ontario go- verninent that men be sent into Ontario's towns to survey their facilities in shipping, housing, ed- ucation and labor, and to make this information available to in- dustry. Taking Ontario's indus- trial population dloser to the farins, through building up the towns, Mr. Kelley said, would re- duce farm products distribution costs and increase cash returns to farmers. No deadlock can be fully broken until somebody takes full blarne. The path of duty lies in wlat is near, and men seek for it in what is remote. The work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.-Mencius. Seek lappiness for its own sake, and you wili not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the sîadow cornes witl the sun- shine.-Tryon Edwards. TWENTY-FIVE VEARS AGO Jan. 13, 1921 John Hayes, a Barnardo boy, employed with Milton J. Elliott, Nursery Corner, died frorn injur.. ies wlen knocked off the plat- forrn by a swinging barn door. He came from England over 25 years ago and lad worked for the late John Osborne, Isaac Claprnan and Durhamn Flax Factory, and lad been witl Mr. Elliott only three weeks. During ail these years of lard work le lad saved from lis earnings, along with life insurance, an estate of $15,000, $ 1,000 of whîcl le lad willed to Bowmanville Hospital, $1,000 to thc Barnardo Home and the bal- ance to lis brother, Robert Hayes, England. Pearl Wright, Oshawa, las been engaged to teach at South Ward Sclool. Maple Grove-Fred Stevens of the Standard Bank, Bowmanville, las been transferred to Nestieton. Tyrone-Wilmott Wright is tak- ing a business course at T. Frank Wright's Business College, St. Catharines. Blackstock-Jabez Wright las installed a Delco ligît plant. Marriage-Jacklin-Hillier- At the home of Roy Wright, Star City, Sask., Dec. 22, Ellen May, daugh- ter of thc late John Hillier, for- merly.of Darlington, and Thos. W. Jacklin of Star City. REAL ISSUE BEHIND STRIKES "There is a popular belief, as- siduously fostered by some labor leaders, that recent strikes are the "inevitable result" of reconver- sion.- That supposition is not correct," says The Financial Post in a leading editorial. "And neî- ther is the other currently pushed dlaim, that during thc war there was a truce, witl the country practically free of strikes. "Flat denials of botl assertions corne from the official report of the Department of Labor. These slow that current strikes lave little to do with the question of wages or lours and are therefore not tied witî reconversion and that outbreaks were actually more prevalent during than since thc war. "Thc exact figures were 190 strikes from January to Novcm- ber in 1944 as compared to 175 last year. Time loss in the 1945 period was more than double that of 1944, but that was due on- ly to the fact tîat 10,000 automo- bile workers went on strike in September and precipitated a ser- ies of sympathy strikes tîrougî- out the industry. "The disclosure is significant in that it penetrates the camouflage some union leaders have sougît to draw over the real reason for today's labbr unrest. They have claimed that organizeý labor served with patriotic selfislness tîrough the war years and now seeks only to gain some objectives in peace that were denied it in time of conflict. "The strike record for 1944 and the current predominance of "un- ion security" as a major issue in labor disputes indicates that at least a section of organized labor is being used to carry out a long- As See Et B y Capi. Elmore Philpoft IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PASTg From The Statesman Files j' Tomato Contracts for 1946 It wili pay you to investigate the growing of this high paying cash crop. For inf ormation and contracts cail at QUEENS HOTEL - PORT HOPE FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 - 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. SATURDÂY, JANUARY 19 - 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. BALMORAL HOTEL - BOWMANVILLE MONDAY, JANUÂRY 22- 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Campbell Soup Company Ltd. NEW TORONTO, ONT. THURSDAYJ AN. 17th, 1946 - -1 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVIILLE, ONTARIO PAGETWO Cedar Poles Wanted By THE HYDRO - ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION 0F ONTARIO Ail poles produced in accordance with H.E.P.. iSpecifications, 30 feet and longer, 6" and 7" tops, and offered at acceptable prices prior to October 31, 1946, wiii be purchased by the Commission. Specifications and prices wili be furnished on request. Appiy to: G. E. Chase, P.U .C., Bowmanville. (TO OUR FRIENDS FROM THE U. 5.) Good hunting and our wise game iaws bring more and more friendly visitors froin south of the border. They're doubly welcome as fine sportsmen and :' because they lelp our economy. It's up to each one of us to encourage their visis... give them a real welcome every time.