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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. ROWMANVILLE. ONTARTO THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd, 1948 £stablished 1854 witb whîch is încorporated T'he Bowmanvile. News, The Newcastle Independent and T'he Orono News 93 Yeors' Continuous Service to the Town of BowmanvIlle and Durham County Authonized as Second Class Mai. Post Office Deparnent. Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Me mbe Audit Bureau of Cir\c ultin (1UU1 Canadian WeekIy Nevwspapezs 0 Association SUESCRIPTION RATES S2.50 a Year, strictly in advance $3.00 a year in the United States publxshed kxy THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville. Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editor Ontario Election Called June 7 On Important Issue The people of Ontarioaos a whole were nat greadiy surprised at the announcement ai Han. Cea. A. Drew, Prime Minister, that a generol p rovincial election will be held an June 7, 1948, ta choose a new legislature and pass judgment upon the actions of his government since June, 1945. Following the budget speech ai Hon. Leslie M. Frost, which was a smnashing review ai the sound gavernment Ontario has exper- ienced under the present Ontario cabinet and a declaration of expansionist plans for the next f ew yeors, the general feeling was that wise leadership entailed testing public opinion an the financial outlay required. Hence Mr. Drew stated plainly that the election would be regard- ed as a vote ai confidence invoîving S600 mil- lion dollars ta be spent in making Ontario one ai the greatest areas of prosperity an this contin- ent. Hall of this great sum is earrnarked for Hydro expansion and changeover which will raise rural standards ai living and support bath agricultural and industrial expansian for many years ta came. This programme, as we have said before, carnies more practical benefits thon any programme advacated by any theoretical sociolist party. We have followed the debates in the recent session ai the legislature as they have appeared in the doily issues ai Hansard. These indicate that the Liberals and the C.C.F. have generally supparted the numeraus bills pre- sented by the government. Obstruction bas came anly from the two Cammunist members, wbich in itseli hos been a goad bill ai bealth for the Drew administration. The election will find most ai the constituen- cies very little organized by any ai the cantend- ing parties at the present time. However we believe the public is much better informed on pravincial issues than befare ony other previaus election. Prime Minister Drew hos constantly used the radia ta tell the people what the gov- ernment bas been doîng and the eifect ai the policies planned for the future. This is saund leadership. Other parties have develaped no policies that any way match the comprehensive programme ai the Drew gavernment. The Statesman strangly supports the present admin- istration. While conceding thot the governiment will be returned with a strong majarity. this poper. nevertheless wîll carry a series outlining the issues ta be considered by the electorate befare gaing ta the polIs. Public UtilityProfteering The chairman ai the Toranto Transportation Commission has annaunced that the commission will be lucky if it breaks even this year; that it may have ta dip into its reserves next year. and may have ta increase fores in 1950. The com- missions reserves are enormous, estimated somewhere between 30 and 40 million dollars, which represents profits on the fores charged in recent years-plus the relief f rom corporation and other taxes. It is thus obviaus that the fores charged were exorbitant and the profits exces- sive. In addition, the funded debt ai the system bas heen reduced fram $42 million ta $7 million. Commenting on the statement that the com- at Ottawa and elsewhere dictote where, when and for how much Canadian farmers must sell 90 per cent of their production. There is only one buyer for every bushel ai wheot the former bas ta seîl, the Government whect board, and the price is rigidly fixed. With practicolly aIl other grains it is impassible ta export witbout a permit and by na means are permits reodily granted. Formera are not per- mitted ta ship beef cattle ta the United States though this bas long been the natural export market. Butter prices are still fixed by the wor- time Prices and Trade Board and the samo ap- plies ta many fruits and vegetables. The prices of eggs. cheese, bacon and many other farm pro- ducts are effectively controlled through a series ai Gavernxnent-neotiotod f oad contracta with Great Britoin. Milk prices are fixed in proctically every province. Once the inost independent citizens in oui whole economy, today the former in completely at the mercy ai Governinent contraI. This is a dangerous and degradmng situation. It is dangerous because it may lead ta a national disaster. It is deqrading because it dulls îndivid- uàl incentive ta seek new markets and develop new lines. Unquostionably the off icials who developed and who are aperating aur current f arm market- ing policies are honost, campetent and able, but they are also human. If they make a mis- take, if tbey guoss wrong. hall a million farmers suffer, and o valuable market may be bast. Be- cause they are doaling with a primary industry. lasses will flot be canfinod ta agriculture, but they will spread witb crippling eff oct through hall a dozon other industries. The band ful ai men who negotiate the sales, nat in carloads or shiploads ai agricultural products, but ai aur total ovailable production, are accepting o for greater responsibility thon human beings are capable, ai shouldering. It sbould be much soi or and healtbier if tboy sbored thot respansibility with the millions ai individuols whoso livelihood is directly cancerned. Our present farm expart position is gravely vulnorable. If Britain stops buying aur eggs tomorrow. the Canodian egg market would cal- lapse, and there would be seriaus reporcussians not only in the poultry business but in many atliors closely connected with it. And with Denmark and other big world producers ogoin in the picture, Britain may well stop buying ta- morrow, not only eggs but many other lines fao. A iew weks ago the wbole structure of food contracts was in danger. EBP saved us thon, but it cannat continue ta save us indeiinitely. Sooner or lator this state trading in ioods will end, some day agriculture must face normal campetition. If we hope ta survive we should starf now. The first stop is ta get rid ai the present sbocklos. Marketing contral ai Canada's largest business should ho restored ta the men wha operote that business. A Commons ense Decision The railways applied 18 monfhs ago for a 30 per cent increase in freight ýrates. Sinco freight rates hod not been revised since 1922, it wa scarcely surprising that the railways should ask for some increase. The Board ai Transport Commissioners heard the application, and a great deal ai objec- tion. wbich did flot came froVi business interests, unless same associations ai iarms are so des- cribed. If came irom Provincial politicians. in Eastern and Western Canada, with Ontario and Quebec being silent. That does not mean that there waa nat re- glret on the port ai many others thaf freight rotes hod ta be increased, but business mon and organized labour did flot imagine that an in- crease could ho avoided. The Provincial Govornments mode no case against on increase ta caver added costs, al- tbough same ai their witnesses mode greot ef- forts ta prove that the railways are really botter aif thon they soy that they are. The arguments were really all against the discrimination which the East and the West dlaim exisis, but which really meons that these commnunities beel that added freight rates, resulting from'long distance from tbe main contres ai population should, in some woy, be lessened. As soon as the Board ai Transport Cam- missioners announced its decision thot the rail- waya migbt have 21 per cent general increase, there were pratests fram all parties in the House ai Commans, and on annauncement by the sev- en Provinces concerned that they would appoal ta the Cabinet. Hon. Mr. Chevrier, Minister ai Transport, dis- posed ai the problem with a great deal ai com- mon sense. Ho pointed out that the Governmert could sarcely interfere with an order ai tbe Board ai Transport Commissioners witbout very gaod reasons, sa ho refused ta order any delay in putting the increased rates inta efiect. He thon went on ta point out that the Gavernment bad no idea ai blocking complaints about abnar- malities in the freight rate structure, or present cases ai bardships, and that the Board would now make a general investigation ai tbe freight rate system. That is a commansense attitude ta take. The pratesting Provinces cauld have had their way in ibis repec,-t mucbbeofre tis, Qif they 1-Ad o- Speaking on o bill intraducod by the twa communist M.P.P.'s, MacLeod and Salsberg, an March 17, Mr. Drew warned that their frequent attempis ai ibis character were abviously taken purely os leftist propaganda rather thon with ony çoncern for the public interest. The Premn- iemn said: "This govornment doos not intend ta ignare the association ai these twa members in considering the real sincerity and value ai the things tbey put befare ibis legislature. Wben tbey talk about "belief in free discussion" I do nat farget that by their own declarations they are associated with an international iorm aif treachery." Continuing: I say that because only a f ew days ago in Vancouver, Tim Buck, the leader ai their party in Canada passed a resolution ai congratulations ta Gottwald an bis soizure ai power in Czecboslovakia. This gavorrimont is nat, in dealing with their amendmrents, disreg,.r-d- ing the clear evidence that these mon are the t TIME FOR DCSO NEW SERIES, ARTICLE 28 Except during the stampede of general elections Con- adians have paid littie attention to the practical aspects back of the science of government. Verdicts at the poils have usuaily been rendered on the spur of the moment on snap issues conjured up to give fancied advantage to one or another of the parties contending for power. This sort of oppeal has been the course taken by most of the political leaders of the past. It has not helped Democracy. INSPIRES PUBLIC THOUGHT, In Article 27 it was shown that when John Bracken was chosen leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in the na- tional sphere, his acceptance was marked by an ixnmediote pronouncement of first principles that would guide his course in seeking public confidence. He enumerated 14 points which he termed the "People's Charter" out of whîch his porty's new national policy would be shaped to bring the greatest good to the greatest number. This, clearly, was a bid for Conadians to do some sound, individual thinking. MANIFEST DESTINY The central principle was the right of everyone to work on the basis of fair remuneration and the obligation of the State, or government, to create conditions not only guaranteeing that right but out af the combined endeovors of the whale people, Canada would expand and prosper to achieve ber manifest destiny in world offairs. Enunciation of this "People's Charter" was the culmination af 21 years of practical experience in gov- ernment and the pronoupcement marked Mr. Bracken as a states- man in the national sphere. POLICY INTERPRETED In order to interpret this Charter in terms of the sound policy adopted at the Winnipeg Convention, Mr. Bracken toured Canada frdim coast to coast studying conditions at first hand in the new arder imposed by a new world war. In a series of public addresses he set forth in comprehensive manner precisely how the policies devised would bring about the conditions en- visioned for the future expansion and prosperity of the nation. DEMCICRA TIC TRADITION The supreme obligation of the times while, freedom was being tested on for-flung bottie fronts was maniiestly to make Democracy work. Hence the contribution mode by Hon. Johni Bracken in visiting every part of Canada to meet the people, to study the problems of transition, to make public addresses on national policy, was clearly helpful to the democratic tradition af Canada. At f ew junctures in the history ai the country was there more need toaoccept the view that this was truly a Time For Decision. LOGICAL SUCCESSION In the distractions of the times the people generolly were aware that two figures on the Canadian political horizon far out- distonced all others in octual experience as heads of government. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was neoring the end ai a long and brilliant career. John Bracken, with an equally long record, yet much younger and more vigorous, was soundly qualified ta succeed his great cantemporory. When Mr. King retires in August, Mr. Bracken will remain the sole leader in Canada pas- sessing the long and succeessful experience required for a na- tional administration. NATIONAL PROGRAMME Among the brilliant addresses mode by Mr. Brocken to the people at variaus places it will be found that he declined ta say one thing one place and another thing elsewhere for political advantage. Future articles will summarize his leodirig speeches setting forth his policies on Agriculture, Labor, Industry, Youth, National Resources, Trade and Commerce, in fact the whole conception of a new national programme for the Dominion of Canada. allies ai dictatorship and ai those who cire des- troying freedam wberever they con." Too f ew public mon and business leaders are speoking taday with this forthrigbt directness. It is inter- esting ta note that these two cammunisis did flot rise ta deny the charge mode hy Mr. Drew. The Statesmon reports this incident as ai direct concorn ta rural people who value free- dam above all else. They have no direct con- tact with cammunists and very little realize the unceaaing penetration carried an by this freach- erous pseudo-political porty. It seems strange thot bard-working formera stiive ta praduco an abundance ta f eed a section ai people in Tor- onto wba elect tbese two communists ta the Ontario legistlature. This warning ai Premier Drew is a timely reminder for rural readers. Dumping in Reverse Free traders bave always beld thaf It mighf ho reasonable ta prevent the dumping ai goods. That means that, where o country hors under- taken ta seil gooda for oxport at lesa thon the domestic price, other countries would feel jus- tified in putting on a compensating duty, sa as ta protect their own industries from an uniair 'forma ai competition. In these days ai a Socialist Government in Britain, a new sort ai dumping bas been devised. The idea is that British manufacturera will sl semi-inished products abroad, not ai bower prices thon are charged at home, but af higber pricos. The idea is that twa ends will ho acbieved af once. One will ho ta increase the omount ai ioreign currency received by British exportera for a certain volume ai goods, and the ather will he o ta mure that Britisb manufacturera ai finiabed gooda have an advanfoge avor man- ufacturera in other cauntrios wbo dopend on Britain for unfinished gooda. It is well illustrated by recent evonts. Brit- isb manufacturers bave long concentrated on a goad market in Canada for yarns for weaving or knitting. Those yarna used ta ho sold for expart at the same price os in the domestic market or bass. Now the British yarna are being offered fa Canada ai much more thon the price ai wbich tbey are sold in Britain ta domestîc manufacturera there. If the Canadian industry manages ta pay Ibis exorbitant price, thon the number ai Con- adian dollars earned by British exportera la in- creaaed. If these Canadian manufacturera are forced ta impart these yarna from the United States, thon the Britiah exporter will ho in fine shape ta compote in Canada for finished textiles. This is a new sort ai dumping. If con ho described as dumping in reverse. In the end, ibis is gaing ta ho a bad thing for the British textile industry, but that industry prabably bas blle ta say about if. In a Socioliat stato. the price policy ai every industry is ta some degree under direct contral by the Government, and it is bighly probable thot ibis scheme, whicb la not goîng ta ho very successiul in the end, has been wished on mnanufacturera by Socialist theorists in the Government. Man's Last Friend (Pubtishod by rejuest for bene- f it of somo of our towtn councillors.) (by George Matthew Adams) Hilaire Belloc, in one of bis in- teresting-and often most instruc- tive-essays, describes the last moments of Marie Antoinette. She was lying on her crude bed, weeping and being attended, most sympathetically by a maid. Short- ly she was carried aut for execu- *ian. About this time, says Bol- ]ac, "up and down the passages af the prison a little dog whomn she had cherished in her loneli- ness ran whining and discanso- late.' Wihat did that little dumb crea- ture know about war, politics, ,world affairs, or anything else sa agitating ta the peaples of this earth? He knew absolutely no- thing. Ail that he knew anything about was devotian. And if that one thing then, and now, isnt es- sential ta allow most af his kind ta pass unchallengecl, thraugh the pearly gates, then 1 don't know what would be essential. Literature is seasaned with the noble and beautiful sÉories af dogs-man's perennial and last friend-obedient, loyal, an d faithful ta the last marnent. Why is thîs? Is this best af al man's friends perhaps a reincar- nation af the noblest af this earth, returned ta shame us all hack ta normal and natural procedure? What a selfless qualitxr abides in those hanest, questioning eyes that loak into ours in such silent form! Where amang all ai those xvham we lave and admire does Socialist Mr. Probe Becomes BeallyIndignant Why people prof or comic stripa when the Ottawa Hause la in session is due, no doubt, ta the facf that th*ey havent learned that they con find mucb more canusement in Hansard. For instance. toke the Marcb 3, issue. The praceedinga open witb a protest irom J. O. Probe, the C.C.F. member from Regina. On a question ai privilege ho accused J. L. Gibson, MPan Independent irom B.C., ai miaropresen- tation. Gibson saLid ihat Probe had labelled the H. R. MacMillan Ca., as a bunch ai gangsters in a speech decrying free enterprise. Probe, in faci, admitted using the» words: "the MacMillan gang" in bis speech Feb. 5. But ho waxed in- dignant and quoted the standard dictionary ta prove ho didn't moan "gangsters," No! Na! Naf ai all, "I had no such intention." Ho asked Gibson ta wifhdraw the imputation. Gibsan replied that ho had nof the vasi education ai Mr. Probe but believed "gangster" was the singular ai "gang" and ho didn't retroct. The speaker backed bim up. Mr. Probe sot down with bis unoasy conscience. Cbecking Webster's New International Dictionary, we iind: "Gang- a company ai persans acting tageiber for some purpose, usually criminal, or ai leasi nat gaod or respectable." Ergo-gangsters. Tortuaus ex- planations cant shako the calm assurance ai Webster's. The case ogoinst Mr. Probe oppeors conclusive. But the amusement ibat cames oui ai this performance iç ibaf Mr. Probe anly a short time before in a speech in the House had ta retract a slur directed ta Charlie Stephenson, M.P., Dur- bam Count y. aiter attacking free enterprise by using the term "economic vultures." Priar ta that, in a speech in Bowmanville, ho called ad- herents ai free enterpriso a bunch ai "rats, cura and lying scoundrels." In othor words. anti- Marxisfs are a "gong." Strange are the mental aberrations ai socialiat demagogues! Spewing slurs and whining "privilege" olmost-in the same breof h surely aughf fa take precedence ta camnic atripa as a source ai public amusement. Editorial Notes It's a iunny world! The Toronto Star ranis away that it's a shocking condition that the Drew government sbould show a surplus ai $25,000,000. Yet ioo much praise cannai ho given Finance Minister Abbottai the Federol gavernmeni wbo la expected fa bring down ca surplus in bis budget ai $800,000,000. Guess we are all a bit politically warped in aur thinking. They may rani oll they con about Big Bus- iness, b -ut wben if cames ta an international pinch in world affaira, the United States goverfi- ment simply bata go ta the higher ranks in Americon induztry ta secure a mon ta carry ouf ERP. That mon is Paul G. Hoffmon ai Sfude- baker reputation. Tt is a case ai brama., integrity. vision, balance ai judgment and many aiber qualities.-St. Catthcrrinea Standard. such confidence and devotion as- sert itself in more honest fashion? Even unto death has this de- vation of man's last friend been demoristrated again and again. A friend is a consoler. Perhaps it is this one thing that has sa attract- ed dogs ta those of genius who have owned and loved dogs. and have written about them. I have sc'ores af such stories in my libra- ry. Among themn are those by Matthew Arnold, E. V. Lucas, John Galsworthy, Dr. Joah n Brown, Alfred Ollivant, Robert H. (Bob) Davis, George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, Landor-and a hast of athers. Writing ta John Forster, Jane Carlyle said: "O Lord, I forgot ta tell you I. have gat a little dog, and Mr. C. has accepted it with an amiability! The infatuated lit- tle -beast dances around him on his hind-legs as I ought ta do and can't: and he feels flattered and surprised by such unwonted ca- pers ta his honour and glory." Later Carly le wrote af bis littie dog Nero, after his tragic death fromn a butcher's cart: "Little dim, white speck, af Life, of Lave, Fidelity, and Feeling. girdled by the Darkness as af Night Eter- nal!" Teachers' Salaries Discussed at Meeting The Sauth Darlington Township Area School Board held its regu- Jar April meeting l3th inst., with all Board members present in~- cluding Mr. T. R. McEwen, B.A., Inspector. The chief business ai the meet- ing was a discussion of teachers' salaries and the chairman ai the Board and the chairman afi ti Board ai Management were ap- point ed ta interview teachers af the area regard ing the renewai ai contracts. Secretary was asked ta obtain from teachers requisi- fions for supplies and to order same at once. 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