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-----Y ov'lt- la*W PAGE TWO TEZCANADIAN STATESMAN. POWMANVILLE. ONTARIO THURSDAV 'i'7<W t¶G~ 1510 Pt Oanaiabn htt#main Establiabmd 1854 with which in lncorpoxat.d The BOWM=uilNews. Th.eNewcastle Indep.ad..ai anid The Orono News 93 Years' Continuous Service ta the Town ai Bowranville and Durham County Autborizd as Second Clan Man,. PosttOffice D.partment, Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT IEWSPAPER Membel Audit Bureau ~.UImW/ Canadan Wookly NewspM»ra> SUBSREPIONRATES $2.50 a Yecu, strictly in advance $3.00 a yea ini the Unted States published by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bawxnanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES. Editoi A Busy Canada Pictured By President Bankers' Agsociation Mr. Robert Rae, President, Canadian Bank- ers' Association paid a great tribute ta Canad- !ans in his presidential address last week. He said that Canadians, when given facta. have a fine capacity for sound judgment scarcely equali- ed anywhere else in the world. Mr. Rae, who i&. also Vice-President and General Manager of the Dominion Bank, was reparting in behaif af the Canadian Bankers' Association ta the 7 million Canadians who are bank custamers. Their good judgment, he suggested, mare than any other factor, was the motivating force for what he described as "A Busy Canada." Confidence in Canada and Canadian Bank- ing Institutions and the confidence af banks in Canadians has resulted in a great post-war upsurge in business that bas fully justified the system oifiee initiative under which prosperity bas îeached record heights. Bath banks and public have proved sound and sale. Wages in total dollars the past year are up 16 per cent.; hourly rotes have increased fîom 80 ta 92.4 points and faîmn cash incarne is up 32.9 per cent. during that period. And in spite ai restrictions, fareign trade bas incîeased over 112 millions the past 8 ronths. These are only a f ew isolated figures f rom the repart. Their significance was sumamed up by Mr. Rae: "These achievements have been made possible under a system aif free institu- tions ai governrnent and business which should not be lightly scrapped. The adaptability of these free institutions has been shown in the elliciency with which the conversion i rom war ta peacetime activities has been carried out in this country." It is hoped that readers will pay special attention ta the brief review ai Mr. Rae's speech in this issue of The Statesrnan. With hall the world gone haywire aver socialist prapaganda which avowedly wauld destroy the very things that have made this country prosperaus, it ln tirne that the public read releases like the Rae Report witb enough care ta understand the les- sons set forth. Britain bas gane back in coal production since mines were sacializod. Now the Socialist Gavernrnent airns ta socialize steel production. If we wish ta continue ta b. pros- perous we cannaI af fard ta substitute the British experience over haie. Truman Election 0f fers Lesson For Canadian Politicians It seems that almoat everyana but Harry Truman was astaunded aI bis victary. November 2nd, in the United States electians. Not wanted by bis own party. the Democrats, as their can- didate. opposad by a rival Demacrat in the southern states; conceded nat an outside chance by public opinion poils and mast ai the big daiiy papers; nevertheless he beat his Republican rival. Govarnor Dewey, captured bath branches of Congress and complately nullified the hapas af the revolting southern Democraîs. He came through with a national mandate that places himt firrnly in the driver's seat for the next four years. a Republican rnajority. No wander he carried the f arm vote. As the voice ai farmars generally the weekly press ai Ihe United States went along with Tru- man in bis declaration for faim prosperity. I this election the weeklies really came into their awn as the dacisive factor in the unuAual cir- cumstances ai the conteat. The lesson this paper tokes from the Trumnan sweep is that Canadian weeklies hava a similar case ta dcl end in the caming Dominion election. While prices have rîsen for farim products, they have been gen- erolly held under wraps by the Liberal govern- ment while contraIs have been lifted from things farmers have ta buy. The political party in Canada thatwulak a stand like Truman and insiat that faim pros- peîity must be mainîoined as the real key ta national prasperity, will farim the next govein. ment ci this country. The resuit in the U.S.A. shauld flot be lest on Canadian fainiers. If the weekly press ai this country examines the re- suit across the fina there will be no question ai ils genaral stand in the next election. As things look now the only "opinion poul" wortb a cent is the down-to-eartb, gras-roots, sober opinion af Canadian weeklies. Political leaders wauld do well ta look over the field an this level. Case History f or the Book From an editaýrial in a magazine ai national circulation, camrnentinq on current protests against crime-soaked radio pragranis, mavias and comic strips and books: "Wbat we olways look aagerly for and dan't find, wbenever this camplaint cornes up. is a nice salection ai statistics going ta prove that the comnic books and radio spine-wîinklers are as bod as ail that." News item: A I 3-ycar-old Chicago boy quarreled with bis sevcn-year-old companian In the woads, stabbed hirn nurneraus times witb a packetknile, jurnped on bis face, coverad the body of tbe still-living youngsteî with leaves and went back ta town. At bis trial bis mother testified that she bad no disciplinary contrai over the boy and sent him ta the mavies ta gel rid ai bim. Evidenca was given on bis constant visualization and reading ai current "funnies," mystery books, xnurder aind bahrrai shorts, 26 in number being produced for the caurt's observation, ail marked and sbowing the bornicidal, near-homicidal, and brutal attocks upon the persans af the characters depictad by means ai knivas, guns, poison, arrows and daîts, racks off clifs, etc. It was fuithei brougbt out that aniy tbree weeks balaie the murder be saw and was greatly irnprassedi by a film called "Bain ta Kill," depicling a character wbose impulse ta kili was "irresistible." People Make Governments Wa Canadians get as gaod gavernment as we deserve, proabby as good as we want, car- tainiy as gaod as we will tolarate. Being im- perfect people, wedded ta aur idols, we will not long support a goveinment that has nana af oui own weaknesses. A gavernment that depends on popular support cannot rise muchi higber thon the people it gavaîns. A latter ta John Atkins, the aditor af The Scene fram Singwauk Faim points ouI that the aim ai ail democîatic gavernments is ta giva the people wbat tbey want. If the people are wisa and demand wbat is best for the cauntry, the gavarnment will be happy la give it ta tham. But il the people praler ta chase îoinbows, it is roînbows tbey are likely ta gel. The gavernment will do ils best ta oblige them. Public opinion, or what the gavernaent con- ceivad ta be public opinion, bas forced aur gaveînment ta do many foolish things. The total- ly unpreporad condition in which the war found us, the scandalous tîeatment we gave oui fel- low Canodians of Japanese arigin, the daplar- cible lack ai law enforcement in recent labor disputes, weîealal foîced on us by the apalby ai the majarily ai the people, wbich ollowed clamorous minarities ta create the impression thal they waîa the vaica ai public opinion; and the gavernrnenl yielded ta Ibeir demnand'- What's Wrong with Farming? In this week's issue will ha found o summary af the livaslock position in Durbam County. The figuras are token irom a recent release sent out by the Ontario Daparîment ai Agriculture. Com- paring the numbers ai livestock on faims this ycor witb iast yeor, il will be sean thol, in six classes alone, including paultry, there bas been a declina ai 109,071 heod during the yaar. This saems generally true ail across the pro- vince. We suggeslta faimn readers a veîy careful study ai the lacIs in the case, for another column shows that general prices for livestack bave gone up quite steeply, in the case af beef caIlle, mare thon 60 par cent. Why is il that the in- centiva ai bigher prices f inds production falling sa sharply within a single yeaî? We recal during school doys the debates an supply and demand and the cost of reproduction as affect- i ing heMaîkl econamy, bu'we c1flAdd Ibis tbousands af burnon robots daing usless things while being poid ouI of ever-increasing aain This waek we lind another item in the same closs. Tha gavernrnent sends anothar mon once a day ta lire a cannon on porliament bill ta tel Canadians f rom coast ta coost that it's exactly faon. But he laIs people sleap in on Sundays on orders not ta disturb the Sabbatb. This silly custom bas gona an since Confederation. The cannon is an aid muzzia loader captured in the Crimean Woî. Eacb "boom" cals up 11,ilbs. ai powdaî and the coat ai the lime af the gunner who plods up and bock wiîh the sanie fideity as the ald iawn sprinklr. We leave ilta a ther ta figure ouI the tons ai powdei, the wages squandered in keeping up Ibis tra- dition. We jain witb taxpayers in footing thasa cauntleas, usaless, expendituras. Lat's conserve aur powder and keep il dry lai a more usaI ul purpase.j In the Dîm and Distant Past Froni The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO October 25, 1923 Bowmanville Lawn Bowling Club boasts that it won first ho- nors at five tournaments the past season and is the holcier af thrce haodsome trophif-s.. While rabbit hunting near l-lay- dan xxith a companian, David Aidread i reived several shotŽs in his legs which xere extracted at the haspital. Mr. and Mr-. Fred Den.zcn' were prcsented with a dinner anid tea set cf dishes an their 25th wedding anniversary. The mater car bas gixen the faîl fairs a nExv lease of life. F. M. Hughes, son of General John Hughes, has heen appointed ass istant Cashier in the Pacifie National Bank in Les Angeles, Calif. The marriage cf Eva A. Mit- chell, Grena. and John E. Lcish- man, Bracebridge, teck place in Oshawa on Oct. 22. E. E. Staples, Enniskillen. xvas elected president cf the Durham and Northumberland T e a c h e r s Asscciaition. NeweaFtle- Ken Hutchisan. telier, Standard Bank, bas been se cverworked cf late taking in the cash frcm farmers that his phy- sician bas ordered him a rest. se he has been transferred ta New- tanville fer a couiiîe xveeks. Nestleten-Lex-i C. Taylor died suddenly w'hile loading ear.th te level grcund araund his nexv res- idence. Slina-Garden Leask and bis bride an returning frcm theiir hoeymoan were the recipients cf twa 'beautiful easy chairs given at a party in their hanour. FIFTY YEARS AGO Octaber 26, 1898 West Durham Agricultural So- ciety is ceiebrating the succ-ess cf the recent fall fair b ' vhcling a banquet at the Bennett Heuse Fni- day night. Tickets anîy 25e for a full course dinner. Mrs. Wm. Clatwarthy while riding in Cawker and Tait's dali- very wagon was thrown from the wagon wbcn the horse became frightened. She brake ane o! her legs and was atberwise injured and ciied three days later. johin Carvelli bas taken over W. T. Lcckbart's grain business in this tcxvrl. Clare Williams has been ap-j painted principal cf a scbool in Partage la Prairie, Man. Rcv. Chas. Paul, pastar a! Chureb cf Christ, Toronto, an Oct. 20, united in maîriage his sis- ter, Miss Marie Ina Paul, and Mr. Frank C. Pethick. Blackstck-fl. H. Prust, choir- ster cf Methadist Church bas re- signed and is succeeded by James Be accek. Slina-Frank Cryderman is aur ncxv blacksmith . .. John Mc- Cullaugh bas been reengaged atI aur acaderny at a substantial ad-1 varice ln salary. Ladies Aid cf St. Paul's cburch are running an excursion te Ta- rante. Nov'. 1l, via G.T.R. Retura 1 ticket $1.15. Tvrone-Dr. J. C. Mitchell and Mr. Stacey, teacher at Enniskil- len, cculd speak volumes for the deniaralizing effeet o! tee rapid transit experienced by themn on Tyrcne's historic hill Wednesday nigbt. EInniskilen-Dr. Mitcheli's sons tcak part in the Varsity sports in Taorente. Aif. won the quarter' mile; 2nd in 220 yds and 3rd in 100 yd. race. Harold won the broad jump and 3rd in hep, step and jume. Mrs. Chas. Ted and daugbters whc have been living in Tarante have returned te Bowmanvilîe te !ive. M. A. James, agent for Alian Line Steamships. advertises re- 1 turo passage ta England, lst ca- bin. at $114. nwcasuenaiepyersup, in 11 air Over New Equiaizalion Program Prepert ewýners in 'ewcaslle .We knew that inequalities are ail a jitter these dass the st il remain but if the people will î'esult of a recent assessment of bear \vith cauncil for one year, village prcperty by an outside they xiii hbcerrected" pramnised assesser. It is contended that scme i the rceve, wha said that nething preperties have becu increased bas heen dene during tbe past 20 300% in its equalizatien prari- or 30 venrs ta have the assessment ram which have been under con- eccualizcd. sideration fer the past quarter Discrepant Figures centry nd erylitle as een The clark explained that ane actuaiiy dene iln that time ta hetel in the village, the assess- remedy the preblem. ment et' wbich is lieing appealed, Appeals have beau registered' xxas încrca.zed from $4,000 ta $15, against nearly 75 per cent cf the 000 xvhiie the same property was buildings in the village, incltxd- seid fer $74,000. ing praperties cf Reeve George A. Assessment on Councillar A.W. Walten and ail four members cf Glcnnev"s home was raised frem bis ceuncil. A large number of S1,100 te $1,700 and an Reeve the appeals were entered by ane Waltan's home and erchards from boee wner, Earl Waltan, lirather $1.700 te $2,400. cf the re.-ve, wbase assessment on Irate preperty ewners cantend his home was increased frem $400 that the assessar did not visit te $1,200, after ha had made a their preperties and that assess- smail addition ta the rear. He ap- ment notices were irregular. pealed ail assessments an build- "If this new assessment is not ings from $700 te $2,100. Any aecepted the miii rate will ba 65 citizen can appeal anather per- or 70 milis next year," the clerk son's assessment under the Act. predicted. He said that $6,000 The fact that the councillers' fer a skating rink would mean 20 ewn assessments have been ap- milis and a grant o! $2,500 for a peaied makes the present Conrt bspital, already appreved by the cf Revision impotent, as the On- ratepayers, wetîid mean another tarie Assessments Act stipulates eight milis. tbat no persan iwith an appeal be- Leg«ai Advice fore the ceux-t may serve as a WTe do net know whether ana member. mani can appeal against the assess- Court Adjourns ments an ail residential preperties As a resuit Reeve George A. andI another against ail farim Walton had ne alternative but ta hbuildings as bias heen done in this adjaurn the se.,sien cf the Court case, the appeliants stating thatý cf Revîsion te obtain legal advice their ewn assessments are to frem eitbeî- a ceunty .iudge or higb in cemparison with the oth- fram officiais of the Ontario De- ers." explained Reeve Walton. partment cf Municipal Affairs. "We are getting legal advice on Under nexv cquaiized system 1this peint." made by an outsider, F. E. Fenton, It i understood that ta asseE- Coîborne, brought in te equalize sor did net xisit ail properties as after ceunecil bad refused ta accept cI aimed, but rather toak advan- a previcus assessment, aIl proper- tage of the portion af the assess- tics have been increased liv at ment Act. which stipulates that icast one-Ibird. with seme as be(-m av ebtain necessary informa- much as, 300 per cent, acceording tien liv disereet inquiry. By this ta . C Boathnclck-teas Imptbad, it is centended that thel urer. . Bxiihalage vrea-ws saved a substantiai thetotl a'ez,~entwascyse i amourt cf monev which would Under neW equaiizedcytm have had te lie p'aid for ail such thetotl aýesSmnt asincreased xverk te have been donc. from S$304,000 te $465.000. whie __________ the fîrst attempt made by the pre- vieus assds-sor increased the total The white-plunmaged and neariy o nix' $7,000. Reeve Waitan ex- extinet wbaoping crane, two ofj olained that a iexv cof 37 milN.; un- xvhich were identified ln Sas- dîer the neu- asýeýsmrt %xvou'il katcýe%%x\an recentlisthecn ra;ýe as much revenue as 56 riVi t 1îw ailest bird. lu has long the present rate, unden the aid lcg*. 2rýcis' seven feet bigh and basis. has a'sex'en-faot wing spread. Work Is the Source 0f True Happiness (The Scene from Shingwauk Farm, by Famer R. H.) One of the most disturbing signs o! aur time is the grawing belief that wark is a curse !ram which man should be freed. Socialists and communists encourage this notion because it breeds discan- tent and belps ta conditian the peopie's minds for the revalution which they hope ta bring about. It is bad enough ta have this failacv advanced by social and political dreamers; but wben we find sound sane-thinking people thaughtlessly repeating it, tbe.matter becornes mare seriaus. One of aur mast sensible per- iodicals recently carried a very excellent article exposing same of the weaknesses o! the socialist philasaphy. But in that article the fallowing sentence appeared: "It may be that mankind has an appartunity within a generatian or twa, af lifting at least the mat- anial part a! the curse that was put upon it at the time af the fall."1 eo cuise was put an man at the time o! the faîl. Priai ta the faîl, Adamn and Eve in the garden were cursed with an easy prasperity which supplied ail their wants, with very little effort on their part. With nathîng ta woîry about and nathing much ta do, they became easy victims for the tam- per and allowed themselves ta get into mischief. Their guilty consciences made cawards a! thern and caused them ta bide themselves at the appraach oi the Lord. It was then that the Lord gave them work ta do, and de- creed that hencefarth they wauld have ta earn their bread by the! sweat ai their faces. For their sake Ha cursed the ground with tharns and thistles, sa that it coul4i no longer !eed themn unless they worked and tilled it. Work Fits Man for a I-igher Life Nothing is said in the record about work being a cuise or a punishment for evil-doing. Workz was given ta man ta strengthen him, fit him for a higher life. It bas proved ta lie his gieatest bless- sing. Ia ail the years fromn Ad am ta naw, nothing has ever 'been devised ta compare with work true source of materiai prosper- ity, and stili less af thý true source of human happiness. Such people JO S lIi'm should neyer be trusted with pow. JâE EIE&I er because they would neyer be abale ta deliver the utopia they Phone 381 promise. Their proposed system wauld neyer ibe able ta praduce DELIVERIES TWIICE DAILV enough ta supply aur needs, and FROM LOCAL STORIES even if it did praduce according to, promise, we would find that One Trip Dally te Oshawa it added nathing ta the sum af happiness because it would de- Try Us For prive man of its greatest source af happiness, the right ta Plan his ]Prompt, Ceurteous SerVi,. awn life and Ia work according ta his plan, ta build for bis own future and ta enjay what he bas.- built. -BlIr Pie/ce le e eut .4t wirr/,qC. as a means of development and ennobiing man, and giving him real jo'y in life. Man Enjeys Only What He EarnsB wmga vle Vo rS ls M1an is sa constituted that th.e anly possessions he really enjoys DODGE AND DE SOTO SALES AND SERVICE are those he earns by his own ef- 166 KING ST.. E. PHONE 585 farts. Those dreamers who prom- ise us a new social order under whrch e shal all njoyi iev* increasing prasperity wi th a ever diminishing amaunt of wark, have little understanding cf the From the *..e 1not the top H E started as a junior. He moved around. - t . . , , t H1e moved Up. H1e Iearned a lot about banking, about Canada, about people. Uc is stili climbing, stili Iearning a job which is ilot mastered in a day ... or a year. Hielias learned, for instance, that in making loans, a bank manager must satisfy himself that the borr6wer would menit your confidence if you were lending your own money. At the same time lie welcomcs opportunities to put money to work. Loans are part of his business, and an important source of revenue. They help people get along, help build a prosperous, progressive nation. Contrast his freedom of judgment with conditions in lands where fr.edom is àenled- where every bank is a political tool, every banker a State officiai! State monopoly of banking, proposed by Socialists her., would open your banking transactions to political intrusion. SPONSORED BY YOUR BANK