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rAUZ TWO TEE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVTLLE. ONTARJO THITRSDAV. MAY 2Oth. 1948 'I th Iwhich La Incorpcxated The BoW-ManviUle News, The Newcatle Independont and The Orono News 93 Years' Continuous Service ta the Town of Bowman ville and Durham County Authorxzed as Second Clai Mail. Poil Office Departaient. Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Mem iber Audit Bureau IAIUUI 01 i Crculationi Canad>an Weekly Neispaperi lob Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 a Yeaz, strictly in acdvance $300 a yeat in the United States publîshed by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowxnanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editoi Work of County Health Unit Great Social Advancemnent Vie stili heair some criticism of the tax bur- den invoived to sustain the work of the County Health Unit. That's flot the way ta assess the question at aIl. The right way to look at il is thal very dollar invested irorn the pooled mon- eys of the people save untold dollars in hospilal and doctor bills, saves lost ime from work, banishes the miseries ofilxlness, permits enJoy- ment that cornes irorn robust good health. That kind of health insurance is one ai the great social advancernents of Ihis age. If any doubters stili rernain we refer them ta the very comprehensive annual report ai the Northumberland-Durham Health Unit for 1947. It tells the whole story with facIs and figures that add up precisely to the general conclusions in the above paragraph. The Unit is adminis- tered by a Board ai Hsalth set up by the Count- lies Council and the staff of doctors, nurses and inspectors are aIl speciaiists in the public health field. Their primary job is to prevent disease and then ta educate the public ta observe the rules that make. this passible. There is flot space here ta go int any de- tail ai the operation ai the Health Unit for any- one wishng full information may secure a copy of the report. Our purpose here is la dispel the fancied qrievances of thcse who try ta persuade themseives that the cost is tao high. Rather they shculd consider whether the cost ai ilînesa is tao hiqh. Let us get down la cases in the question. Our county Health Unit serves 52,300 people. We get a provincial grant ta relieve local taxat-ion. This brings the annual cost per capita down ta just $ 1.36. But surely we need flot argue further as ta the high value service ai this low cost setup af the County Health Unit. The Ontario Election And The Public Attitude The people ai Ontario are given apportunity on June 7 ta choose a new Legislature. How they wili vote wiil depend on how weli they are informed on the policies of the parties con- tending for power; the Progressive Conserva- tives led by Premier Drew who have held office since 1943, the Liberals led by Farquhar Oliver, and the C.C.F. led by E. B. Jolliff e. Another con- sideralion will be the pDersonalities and capoc- ities ai the various candidates standing for elec- tion ocrais the province. There have been ample means for the pub- lic ta learn what the respective leaders and par- lies stand for. The Legislature issues a daily Hansard available ta everyane. Il reports every debate on every piece ai legislation brought be- fore the House. Then reports ai press gallery reporters have appeared almost daily in the press. Asid-c frorn aIl these Premier Drew has reported pcricdicaliy over the radio, the facîlities ai whiçh have been also open ta other party lead',rs. But a very large number ai people have not avaziied themselves ai the opiDortunity to read or listento how their business ba-s been conduct- c d ini Queen's Park. In rural Ontario the duty of the weekly press is ta do what il can, in quite lirnited si ace, ta state the main issues and in- troduce the respective candidates ta the elector- aIe. The Statesmain has ,toild thepemrsnalsre Habit halds us in a vice. We look at every problern frorn cur own stondpoint, litîle else aeerns la malter. There is another point ai view, an obviaus one; that production, individuai and national, determines the incarne ai the individual and the nation. There are sorne things we fail la see. In 1870 Conadian industry was stili in swaddîing clcthes, production per workcr was under $1,200 per year. In pre-war years il was aver $5,000. Increased production called for bigger plants, mare rnacbinery. This meant more empiaym.nî for laoa, qreater movement af troU kc on road 4 and rail, mare importa, more exporte, more seiI- ing, more advertising and a voit increase in total wage and salary paymenta. Pragreas means unity ini effort, tearn work --sîrie. lncreased production enriches the individual, the group, the nation and the world. end a prcs;mrcus and p9aceful world is now and xdways must be the true goal of humaniîv The Apple Blossom Wlth Apple Biausom Week due ln the orch. arda of Durhiam County next week w. quoI. fram an article in the New York Tmes ta bring thia annual event more iorcibly ta the attention of our readers. He dwells an the kinship b.. lween the rose and the apple blossom. They aire cousins. The Witer finds a rhapsody ini the fragrance and beatuty of bath: "If an apple blossom i. like a wild rase in miniature, il la no accident, but rather a kinship of the kind which links many strange cousins.' The rose, the apple, the pear, the chokecherry, even the shadbush, ail belong ta the same botan- ical family. And if ono wishos for more thorny kmn, add the hawthorne in ail thoir variations. They are ail rases ai one kind or anoîher. "The apple la aid in ils awn right. Pre-his- loric mon aIe apples, an aciontific evidence and evon cultivatod vapple trees. And, being mon, he no doubt enjoyed the beauty ai their blassoms. Quite probobly. pre-historie waman wore appie blossoms in her hair. On Biblical evidence, we know that woman early knew the laite ai the fruit, and chose ta sixaro it. "Examine an applo blos sorn. Il la, ladeed, a small rose, five-ptaled and ful ai fragrance. Ils bud was the same as that ai a wiid rose, and as the sopals opened il had the iovoly calai on the furlod petls that marks the rase siowly opéning in the brambly corner ai the pasture fence. It, 100, has tho many stamens ai the rose, which are cinnamon-tipped. And il has a fragrance liko Ihat ai a wild rose slightiy spiced and touchod wilh cider. Watch il through the seoson, and the appie biossom bocomes o hip, like that ai tho rose but biggor, moalior, mare swoet ta the taste. 'Thoro thoy stand now, the 11111e rases on the applo trees, great bouquets ai imail petls buz- zing with bees on a sunny aitornoon, sweeten- ing every breeze, flushed with their own simple beauty." Subj ect For Concern. Radio and press play on important port in political olections. The greater of these two forces is the pross. The thoughtiul voler soeks bis guidance in the pross because he con check and double check the dlaims ai the contestants. On tbc other bond, radio wields considerabie influence with the losi lhoughtiul citizen becouse il makes a quick and allen emolional appoal. Those who oppreciale this power ai pres and radio are naluraliy concerned lest some govomrnent, under the guise of "regulating ii the public interest," seize control ai these nied'a for the purpose ai hoadwinking the eloctorato. This concern bas grown in Canada with the increasing power ai CBC, which body aithough set up in good foith la regulote radio, bas become 100 grealto-atmptolion for wbotever polilical parly secures power in Ottawa. The present government bas lorgely resistod Ihis lomptation. Same future gavernment mighl be lois likcly ta resust. The lemptation should be rernoved im- rnodiotely, and CBC freed as much as possible from contrai by the government-ol-the-day. Il bas been orgued that this matter is nol seriouî os long as the pross rernoins froc, ho- cause the newspapors are the greater influence. Tho argument ovorlooki the carning ai foosimilo -broadcasting of tbe prinled word by Herîzian waves. Wben facsimilo cores-and il is on the woy-newspapors will be subj oct ta the same rules and regulalions as radio broadcastizg. Wben Ibat takes place, whatever govemnmont- of-lhe-day sits in Ottawa will have the power ta use these lwa powerlul media la perpeluate its rule. eObviausly such a situation requires correc- tion, and ail who are interested in the frcedom of press ctnd radio should dernond il. Labor and Management Work Under Samne Principle (Satuzday Night) We connot but admire the courage wilh whicb Mr. J. S. McLean re-enuncialed, under '1e spotlight of a parliamcntary inquiry and in tho midst of these days of doubt and question- ing, tho basic principle ai the compotitive sys- tcm-that anc sbould buy for the lowest priceoanc con find and seli for the bighesl price anecacn gel. That statement bas earned him a veritablo avalanche ai bricIrbats, but il h s sil tho basic principie ai the compolitive syslom, and ta aban- don il means abandoning the compelitivo sys- temf-and that in lurni means the adoption ai a system in which aulhorily instcad of compolitian fixes the priceofai verylhing. Sa long as competilion is nol seriously in- terfered wilb, there is uittle danger ai Ibis prin- cipleoaperoting ta the detriment ai' socioty. Il bocomes indefensiblo only wben monopoly croops in, and Ibere are various dogrees ai mon- opoiy and il is nat always nocessary that al tbe buying and selling ai an article should b. cancenîraîed in anc hand. The trouble with the competitive systcm in rocent years is Ihat tbo froc iiow ai compotîtion bas been 50 gravely in- terlored with by contrals ai ail sorts-many ai them extonding their consequencos for beyond the transactions I which tboy ariginale-that il sornetimes faus ta produce ils proper effects, and monopoly conditions arise where tboy are leasl expected. .One ai the places where rnonopoiy condi- tions are arising pretîy constanlly in these daya la tbe supply ai labor, and we note that labor organizations have no hesilation about aelling their product, the work of their membors, aI the bighesl prico lhoy con extart aithougb same ai them are very angry with Mr. McLean for uaing that meîhod wilb bis meat. Labor, incidentliy, is in a botter position ta empiay manopoîy powers thon any other .1.- ment in the ecanornic structure. A labor argon- izalion which embraces ail the warkers in o par- ticuiar industry con set the price ai the praducîs ai that industry, and campel th. industry la cal- lect from the consumnera wbatever price may b. necessaory ta pay the wages demnanded. Christmas Ibis year will nal came on De- cember 251h but on June 71h if the promises mode by the political parties in the Ontario electiona are corried out. Il seema eoch ai the thîce major parties is trying ta cuIdo the others in eleclion promise.-Arnherstburq Echa. FARMERS' INCOME 11 Preliminary estirnates s h o w that the net incarne of Canadian farmers in 1947 totalled $1,259,- 711,000. This is the highest s ince comparable statistios were started in 1938 and compares with the revised estimate for 1946 af $1,- 160,755,000 and the revised figure for 1944 of $1,240,035,000, the pre- viaus record high. Not only did the net farrn incorne risc ta arj unprecedented level in 1947, but there was an ahl-lime record for farrn cash incarne and further in- creases in the value ai home-con- surned farm praduce. Though the change in the value ai yearencl 1 livestock and grain inventories held on farmis was lower in 1947 than 1946, il did nat offset gains in cash incarne and incarne in kind, with the resuit that grass incarne for 1947 also set a record af $2,213,973,000. Major John Foote, V. C. States Ris Election Platform This papar bas been s9lected la convcy ta the electorote ai Durham Caunly the generai prograrn odvocaled by Major John W. Footo, V.C., Progressive Conservative candidate in the provincial election on'June 7. Owing lao eirnpossibiility ai getting about to mccl many lhroughoul the counly belore eloction day, Major Foote finds il necessary ta speak, inlormally, through the press. In an interview bie outiined tbe issues goneraily as ioilows and prelaced bis candidature by stating that b. is prepared ta devote bis full irno la the job il elected ta the Ontario Legisiaturo. Ho said: PEIISONAL PLEDGE "My finIt job will be ta look alter the general interests of Durhamx County ... and lhey are many. This task will ai course be waven mbt the general scherne of the greal program mapped out clearly crbead for many years by my leader Premier George Drew., That program was pioced before the legilature in its rocont ses-' sion. Il onvisions the grootesti expansion ever conceived by any Ontario governmenl. "And moiy I say il wos endors-, ed generoIly in the recorded votes ai bath the Liberai ond. C.C.F. parties. The bosi this1 >.program lu the expansion of, the Hydro Systernitoaoccommo- date bath indus try and. the larrn- i ng population. Il was on this. main issue thot Mr. Drew called this clection. 'Major J. W. Foote, V. PREMIER'S STATEMENT "'Before going on to, discusbis policies for agriculture, educa- lion, laoa, social security and so forth, al ai whicb tics in with the needs of Durham County, may I summocrize what Premier Drew said wbeft h o ld the Leg- ilalture the reosons for 'this elec- lion. He said: "During Ibis session the stage bas been net for the groatost period ai development in the history ai Ibis province. You hve endorsed legisiolian wbich authories Ibis governrnent la pîocoed with the mail extensive power development ever underlaken by this or any other province of Canada. You approvod the great expenditures ne- cessary for this pragram. On a recorded vote il received the unan- imous support ai every member ai the legisiature. C.C.F. REPUDIATION "But note Ibis: Altbougb every member ai the C.C.F. voled for il in Ibis House, the C.C.F. Provincial Leader, Mr. Jollifi e, immediately and categonically condemned il. In Ibis strange situation we must recognizo thal Ibis officiai Provincial Leader must, b. regorded as spoaking in bebafofi ahbbcwboie party. Carr w. trust power ta this divided bouse, puliing anc way and tb. other? LIBERAL CONFUSION "And whot wos the position of the. Liberai parly? Every Liberal member backed their leader Hon. Mr. Oliver in unanimaus support ai tb. bill. But what look place oulside this House? The Preaident ai bbc Ontario Liberal Association, tbe Chairman ai the Liberal Election Board and other prominent Liberais, immediately and in concert with tbc C.C F. leader, became unrestrained in their criticism of lbe pro- gram." 'Con we trust power ta Ibis divided bouse? This repudiation oi the cansiderod leadership and vote ai Hon. Mi. Oliver la support of the bill la almost unparalleled in Ontario polilical histore. How con ho conacienliousiy take the piatiorm and compaign against the very stand ho took in lbe Hcuse?" ELECTION CALLED "Sa in view ai bbe importance ai the issue otaheb.wbole future ai Ontario and thon. divided caunsels, there in no logical course open other thon la cali o general eleclion and let th. people decide, lhe issuo. The electian wili be held lune 7, 1948."' Major racle added: "'I bolieve bhe peope ai Durham County will agie. wilh m'e that the position taken by Premier Dr.w cannaI b. cballenged. When apposition leadfers in the Housaie thus rebuked by their outside orgonizations. sureiy the people must b. given the opportunity toaoct as o jury i1h. motter." SURE 0F VICTORY "May I add thal my whaie experlence in ile and parliculaily in' the army, bas sbown that unity, nat dlvld.d counsel, Je the only course la take In acbieving a great objective. That kind ai unity. biinging th. people logether ta secure qrealer praaperlty, in what 1 stand for in Ibis election. Premier Drew wiii undoublediy be relurned ta power. On thes. grounds I look canfldently ta youî support on June 7." -Advt. (To be continued next week) Whai Oihers Say FACTS ABOUT BUSINESS <Th2 i incnc'al Post) A group af Brantford business-, mezn havejuil donc a useful piece Di public education. Thraugh thc B3oard af Trade, they have studi- cd eight local industries and came up with the foliowing facts: Out af cvery factory dollar: 6411i cents went for materials, supplies, etc. 26% cents went for wages. 5 1/3 cents went for taxes. 2 2/3 cents was retained in the business for plant renewal, extension, ete. And nine-tenths af a cent was paid ta shareholders. The investigation also showed that for every 1100 employees, there were 92 sharcholders; that the average annual pay for each employee is.27 times the amount paid ta each shareholder; that il takes an average capital invest- ment ai $4,764 ta provide a job for cach persan on these pay- raIls. Companies in the study arc. Brantford Oven and Rack, Brant- fard Roofing, Cockshutt Plow, iHardingCarpets, Kitchen Overal & Shirt, S. C. Johnson & Co. (waxes), Universal Cooler and Waterous. The facts about business are its Glen best answer to the nonsense fa- bies af thosi who want a do-ahl, be-ail, rule-ail atate. Good work, Brantford. MIL. OLIVR OFFERS MAGIC (Ottawa Journal) Mr. Farquhar Oliver, Ontario's Liboral leader, promises in one breath that if he is elected in June he will increase workmen's com- pensation, gîve bigger grants ta haspitals, assist mines, cxtcnd ru- ral Hydro, ibuild a university in Northcrn Ontario, and increase aid age pensions. In the ncxt breath he promises lower taxes. Just how Mr. Oliver is going ta perforrn this miracle af spend- ing mare and taxing lois is flot made clear. Maybe Mr. Oliver has a gold mine af his own-or maybe back where bis predeces- sor, Mr. Mitchell Hepburn, used ta be when ho taiked about mon- ey in a way which suggested. he might get it by starting the print- ing presses. A more likcly thing, hawever, is that Mr. Oliver, bereft af a pal- icy, and not expecting ta take of- fice, feels sa fe in promising any- thing which happens to carne in- ta his mind. Not a particulariy dangerous, thing, this, in the case of M.1Oi- ver, who won't be calied on for a long time ta deliver on this promises. Mr. Oliver, nevertne- Bowrnanville Corner King and Silver Sts. Rae less, illustrates a danger of pater- nalism-the danger of or&e party raising the ante on another in brîbing the people with the peo- ple 's awn maney. lIn precisdly Ihat way-with parties comfpeting In bigger and better this, that and evcrything-vie could corne easi- ly ta what somcbody has just de- scribed "as arbitrary power over the vcry act af breathing, festoon- ed by garlands af triumphant red tape in what i represented as 'planning'." IMPWORTANCE 0F FAUXH "Faf th ente6 into practictlly every transaction between mnen. Men with faith have built every- thing in this world worthwhiie. Every farxner, every butinessman, whether manufacturer, tradesmnan or banker, or worker, skilled or unskilied, has aiways cashed in on faith, and thase who lacked lt al- ways lait. That was true ycster- day, it's truc today, and It will be truc tomorrow. Faith is the gyro- scope oi civilization. With it we have a balanced, unified society. Without it evcrythlng gaca wrong. Men must believe in the destiny ai man. Lack of faith shows ci- ther lack of courage, or lack of correct information." - Slerman Rogers. The will ta win must be backed by iaith that victory is possible. I Il WE'3RE THE Dairy 1' *1 Tho iom payaient diirs a Cornier te yaur home ai ln a 1mw muuthi your Cornir will bc paid for coemmtl by your saviep la laundry bis and lio.Fis.om tn for 10, 15,705s, oven 20 yenrs pM uer C M n lSmvo yu mach wmmk u meut oqual la pour riliay laWdrp expoosés. You Mi payiogfeu a Corne auway, se why fnot -M M? ORDER A CONNOR THERMO TODAY b. -s----- and a'. Orono b« FOR ARENMÀa.a.. Be,àcause we feel, thal an arena is needed in Bowmanville Io provide our yeung people wilh healthy exercise and recre- atian, and aur oider people with exciting and enjayable enîertainment, we are danating $200.00 to the fund. We also urge everyone fo danate now Io help raise the $50,000 so that th.e arena may be buili by this winter. THE MONEY IS NEEDED NOW 1 THIS SPACE DONA TED BY FROM TED WOODYARD'S APPLIANCE STORES 1 THURSDAY, MAY 20th, 1948- THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLF- ONTARIO rAUE TWO