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TE CANADIAN STATESMAN. EOWMANVELLE. ONTARIO E.tabUashod 155 with which la incorpoat.d Th e OWMoevill. New, The Newcastle Independont and The Orono News 94 Years' Continuons Service f0 the Town ai Bowmanville and Durham Ceuni y Authoriz.d cm Second Close Mail, Pott Office D.partm.nt, Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 14.mb.i' Audit luret of Circulation Canadian Woekly N.wapru SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 a Year, strictly ln advance $3.00 a Year in the Unted States Published by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editer The Plight of Farmers Ignored In Throne Speech This ecitorial is directed particulariy ta our farmer subscribers. For quite sorie time w. have presented a lot of officiai information, facts and figures, which show a trend unfavorabie ta the Canadian foarmer. Loss of a huge volume of farm exporta ta Britain has been followed by a domestic pileup cf canned vegetables and 1949 contracta have been deiayed pending some sort of disposition cf this surplus. A price break in saveral retail foedis is already shown in current advertisements. As we write w. see a news * report that beef on the hoof has dreppod 20 par- cent while retail cuts remain the smre. As w. see it this whole jumblod picture doesn't look good for the farmer. Anxlety in further invited by a strange winter that is net pramising of a goad crop year. We looked iarward with some hope ta the Speech From the Threne at the apening cf the Hous. cf Commens, January 26th. The Speech From the Throne is written by the Prime Minister as current government policy. It ia read te mem- bers cf Sonate and Heuse by the Governor General or bis representativa. Surely the gev- ernment would indicate smre measures ta coe with this develeping situation! But as we see it thera is net a ray cf hope in it fer Canadian f armers. Briefly the Speech states: "At home we have been blessed with geed creps, industrial expansion, full empîcyment; aur experts have reached an ail-time high; we propose to grant b6ans fer productien cf basic steel; we propese te broaden Family Aliewances; 'fer prespereus conditions new prevailing are refiected in bueyant national revenues, etc." The entry of Newfoundland is given pre- cedence; national defence will b. strengtbened; soe controls will be continued; the report cf the Royal Commission on prices wlll b. debated; rnany other miner things are mentioned as the __Throne Oration concluded: "I f eel it is the hope of ail Canaclians that Mr. Mackenzie King wili b. spared over a long period, with lass exacting responsibilities; May Divine Providence bles your deliberations' That's about the giat cf the me ssage. There were many lifted eyebrows. There was net a word about margarine, net ai word for f armers save the bare, formai pro- mise: "We shall seek ta remove specific ob- stacles ta continued sales cf Canadian producta in our traditional expert markets." That's ail; that's the sole roference that may have soe encouragement for Canadian farmers. But mark you, "products" were nat designated as "farmn products." Indeod the emphasis has been on other products as statistics currently released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics cl.arly show. Quoting figures that made up the aIl-time high cf experts, they were alincat wholly in the. sphereofa manufactures. The sole farma product mentioned was wheat and wbeat preducts, but experts cf these wanted stapies were down ever $93,000,000. Net a figure was quoted on the huge bass on bacon, eggs, applas, tebacco ex- perts, the decine in cheese shipments, the U.S.A. embargo on aur patatees. There was ne word cf what might be done te expert the huge surplus cf canned goods. In short the Canadian farmer was ignored, lef t te wander again down the lane cf Forgotten Mon. Tt in not cften we extend editoriais ta this OU" - y', Newspaper Policy Not Controlled by Advertisers Newspapera are cf ten accused wlth being under the influence or control cf important ad- vertisers in respect te editarial opinion. Tbis accusation is vçiced particularly by C.C.F. Social- lats without submitting eny proof, even if any might exiat in isolated cases. In generel the charge is compieteiy feise fer responsible editora neyer traffic in back ans. They dore net do se, for ultimate discoery would b. as certain as the human fraiity of gosaip. Right or wrong, editora must stick ta their guns and tae. their chances with popular opinion. There are cases, however, where publiahing effara a peculiar peradox. An outstanding example is the Toronto Dqily Star. Built up te a multi-miliion corporation under f ree individuel initiative within the capitalist system, its editerial pclicy pragreasively develop- ed inta a campaign to discredit the very means thet nurtured its grawth. Indeed many of its news steries bave been shaded against "free enterprise" and in laver cf leftist doctrine. Af- frented advertisers couid be rebuffed by the very weight of increàsed circulation cf the paper. Advertisers who refusad te pay monay te a paper apparently bent on destreying them, found their weigbt of ne importance with the Star. Threat of boycott or withdrawal of adver- tising patronage are apparently weapons that boomerang te the diagruntlad. Marchants who try boycott net only hase nioney but prestige as well. But the paradox lu the case of the Star lies in the evidenceocf an expending circulation among a great majerity wha are staunch ed- berents cf "free onterprise." Thora is much spec- ulation new on the succasa of C. George McCul- lagh who, ainca ho acquirad the Teiecjram bas made it clear that ho la eut te undermine the Star's circulation and influence, if it continues its leitist course. Advertisers wili watch with in- terest as the cempaign dovelopa. Meantime, big edvertisers could salI more goods by buying mare space in weekly newspapers. social security guarantees." The C.C.F. was voted the political arm cf the C.C.L. which in- cludes among its affiliates Local Union 189. The C.C.F. ins aise eut te capture farm votes, witbout which the party neyer can ettain power at Ottawa.% We off er littie comment an the above other th=n ta suqgest ta readers that they should atudy an accompanying editorial which shows the present trend cf a break in farm and food prices. Another round cf increcsed industijal woges would alse Increase faor= labor ceas. When fim producta begin ta hit the akids cf prie decline. the fariner stops buying manuioc- turd goods. When this huge buying power drys up, then manufactured goods pile up. And when that happens. what followa? Just enother round of br.adlines eagerly. fotered by the C.C.F. 1 C.C.F. Leader M. J. Coldwell Shamed and Silenced in House The second day ai the preseut session ai parliament lu Ottawa saw C.C.F. Leader Coid- weli ait allant and sbamed as one ai bis newest colieagues, Rodney Young, Saciaist M.P. f rom Vancouver, was forced tao et crow. The tery la told lu Hansard. James Sinclair, M.P., North Vaucouver, Perliamentary Assistant ta the Min- ister oi Finance, tabied evidence that C.C.F.'er Young, bad said lu a public speech that the Canadian people have beau sending a bunch of crooks te parliement. Young offered as proaf, bis observations aiter an exporience of only 10 Jdays lu the Houa. during which ha spaka live times lu liv. days. Young seid h. intended te "lget ai ter these guys good aud pienty et the next session." Sinclair observed that "saenderous ettecka iram crackpats and cemmunista" wera trying ta break down our parliamentary institutions. He chailenged Young ta prove bis charges or re- aigu lu true British tradition. If net, ho movod thet Young be brought baera the standing cem- mittae on priviiegas and alectians and let it decide if Young was "a fit and proper person ta sit lu tbis cempany cf heneat and bonorable mon." Young get te his feet and tried the cuatomary C.C.F. dafeuce cf "weaseling" but ha fiuelly bawed ta the rula enunciated by the Speaker of the Houa. and withdraw bis aspersion lu the case ai Sinclair, a Rhodes Scholer re- presenting a lebor coustituoncy. Young's blenket charge ai "cracks" cf cours. iucluded Mr. Coldwell, fer Canadien voterasgent hlm ta parliament. But Mr. Coidweli, witb the eppartunit? rigbt baera hlm, decllned ta say eue word in repudiation cf bis irrespen- sible folower or lu dofence ai the defamed Canadien electorae. W. believe Mr. Coldwali te be an honorable, sincere, high-minded gentle- man, quita of the intellectual class of Mr. Sin- clair and the great majority lu the House. W. believe b. should have jained Mr. Sinclair in damanding the ratrectian ai bis loose-tougued coileague. By net se doing ho hem permitted bis leadership and the C.C.F. party te be further stigmatized lu public opinion. "Accidents" like Young are te b. foufid in evary local dommunity, the seif-appointad palîbeerers cf the C.C.F. The Statesman Wins Praise From Famed Educationalist One af the moat valued feeturea -in the weekiy uewspeper field is the number of let- ters received fram subacribers and readers who express praise or censure ef news or editorial content. Thay act as a barometer cf public opinion. Lattera cf commendetion on The Statesan's editoriels overwhelmingly outnum- ber those opposed. W. f eei cemiortable in this dapartment aiter heving won the National Edi- tonial Tropby and the Certificat. cf Merit the pat two yeerm in cempetitien with ail the weeklies cf Canada. The higbly educated judgas thus appear lu agreement with letters thet came te us from well informed, unbiased readens. But lu the presantation cf news reports this paper appears ta rate about 100 percent. Amoug scores cf lattera on file commending aur accu- rate reportin4 we cannot find one ofiering mrlous compleint. In presenting the news we keep iu mind, primaruly. that The Statesman la reed each week by mre h12,000 peoble. Wben im- portant speakers maka addrasses before limited local audiences wa strive ta place before aur larger audience of reeders precisely whet was seid. As we se. it this cantnibutes ta public educeticu and an inforrned public opinion. This la one cf the higb functions of a rural weekly. With permission we publish extracts from a letter received recentiy by W. J. Easteugh, Supenintendent, Bowmanvillhe Boys Training School, from Joseph McCully, MA. (Oxen), Deputy Commissioner, Peneh Institutions, De- partznent of Justice, Ottawa. W. reported Mr. McCulley's eddress whon he spoke te a staff gathering et the BTS. An educatieneiist cf high standing, f emed throughout Canada, Mr. McCulley said, in part, in his latter: "The report cf my address la an excellent 4nAJL,.RJZAL, M.D.*-àU, 1U #I'UT'8~1 A sPd - - - one. In fact, I cannot think cf cny occasion in which e reporter hanso5 completely captured net meWlly the verbatim content of an addresa, but almo its spirit and philosophy." "Pleas e b good enough to pas. on te the reporter (whoae naine, unfortunately, 1 have fargotten) my very sincere cappreciotion of his effort. I will b. glad if yau would esk "The Statearnan" te ferwerd to me 15 copies." As we Bay, letters of this kind cerne te us elmoat weekly. Oui senior reporter, A. L. Baker, writas these articles soiely to inform oui readers. He doesn't know shorthand, relies wholly upon a broad education and an amazing memery. He doean't mind being forgotten and does bis job as one of sharing with the entire staff the honor of getting out e weekly paper in the* beat traditiens in that field. W. may add that, in view cf the aboya, we shall con- tinue te b. unimpressed and unlnfluenced by the f ew small-minded, ineff actuel "kneckers" who crop up ence in awhile with feeble mutteringa, boycotts and protesta. Australians Change Their Minds on 40-Hour Week Gallup polis are net very popular just now, because the Gallup Poil gueased wrong about the Presidontial elaction in the United States. But it would be a mistake ta imagine that Gallup Poils do net reflect public opinion. They car- tainiy do. They may easily ba 5 or 6 percent eut, but thay are nat likely te show an entirely incorrect version cf public opinion. In Australia, more than a year age, it was decidad te intraduce the 40-heur week. The Gallup Poli than found 60 percent cf Austraians approving the dacision. Naw, the Gallup Poli asks Australians whether tboy tbink this was really a wisa decis- ion, and 68 percent say that the 40-heur week was brougbt in tee sean. Incidentally, a large majority cf avery class - excapt unskilad work- ers - were ai this opinion. This is really net very surprising. Thare is ne doubt that men can produce mare if they are net workad tee long heurs, but thora camas a peint at whicb it is impassible ta reduce heurs any more, without raducincz production. Few people imagine that workers wouid produce as much in 20 heurs a week as they do in 48 heurs. It seems that, in Australie, there is a gonaral realization that a 40-heur week la just a little tee short, for almost ail the people who gaveaeny reasan for feeling thcxt it was a misteke te adopt it say that the difficulty la that it has raduced production. A great many of the Australiens who think that it has been a mistake, want on te point eut that, in their opinion, this decrease in production had meant higher pricea. Buying and Sel1inrà In buying and selling, whether it b.e cresa the ceunter of -the cerner grocery or ecress the Atlantic Oceen, it is a matter of what aide you are on as te the fairnesof the deal. Canada at present is carrying an censider- ahle trading with Britain, particularly in the field ai textiles. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Ce. is perticularly interested as it is a large user cf textiles. Soe time ago Britain seid she couidn't meet the pricos ai Canadian cetten goods on this market, bacause cf tarif fs and incraasing costs cf Egyptian raw cotten. This stcry was swaliew- ed wbole in Ottawa, aithough textile experts pointed eut tiiat Britain's prices were high enly beceuse profits wero higli, - and tarif fs were suspended for a year. Now the price cf some Egyptian raw cetton bas been reduced. Se bahind the counter everything points te cotton goods becoming cheaper when shipped Business Failures drugs, fuels; auternotive products. On the Increase builders. Commnercial: Cleaners and dyers; laundries; undertakers. A summary of Canadian busi- Among leading failures in the ness failures fer the last quarter list are: Forest products; farm cf 1948, Oct. Nov. Dec., as cern- produtts, food and greceries: ap- pile by un ad Brdstret, arel; general contracters; tran- pile by un ad Brdstretsport busses, taxis, etc. shows7 a sharp increase over the same period a year ago. Total Heaviest liabilities were in: failures, Oct.-Dec. 1948, number Forest products; farm products; 165 with liabilities of $3,495,000. foods; apparel; general contract- They include 38, in Manufacturing; ors, busses, taxis, etc. These items 23 in wholesale trade; 72 in retail show the trend cf the tirnes. trade; 20 in construction and 12 in Commercial service. At ane tirne, shepherd dogs in Among businesses show i n g Scotland accompanied their mas- ne failures during the period are: ters to church, sleeping through Manufacturing; textiles, f uels, the long sermon in a space up iron and steel, rnachinery. Whele- front, and waking when the bene- sale: Dry goods and textiles, -diction was said. Phono 55-r-i Orono FARN AND BOUSE WIRING Repairs and Alteratons ... ... Pole Lines a Specialty ..Free Estimates ... frem the Lancashire Mils. But the Canadiein consumer in front cf thia 3000-mile wide counter in wondering when the price reductions will recch hore. The man with the goods needa deors, and Canadians have dollars. But Canadiens cannot b. expected te part wlth dollars ta contribute te high profita of British producers. The price of British cottens, it would seem f rom this aide of the counter, miust corne down. Leading Writer for C.C.F. Concedes Drew Will Win On. cf Canada'. beat knewn celumniats, Elmere Philpott, who la accepted ta the Canadien ceunterpart of such wrlters as Walter Lippinan and Dorothy Thompsan, but who bas long been e staunch defencfer of C.C.F. doctrine, says in the Vancouver Sun of recent date, thet George Drew cen win the next Dominion electien for hlm chances are f ar botter than thosa cf R. B. Bennett who defeated Mackenzie King in 1930. Almoat certain victory for Drew in predicted on twe main grounds, writes Philpott. "Drew hem shown he hem wbet it takes ta change the polit- icel picture in Canada" and "the Liberal party, now Mr. King is eut, will go the way the Liberal Party went in Britain," an innacuoua remnant relegated te the sbedows. The Philpatt article was written after Mr. Drew had spoken te a great gatheriug in Van- couver. The writer effara ne hepe for the C.C.F. ta win power and states thet the socielista got thair sart through the blunder of the Mackenzie King Libereis lu allowing the C.C.F. ta arie on their lait and later sought te compete with them. Phiipott eema in, errer lu attributing Tru- man's victory soeey te leitiat labor for the mont cýaipeteut statisticiens summiug up after the election, show the mid-west f arm vote reelly put Truman ecross. The farm vote in Canada has been dafinitaly lost ta the C.C.F. socialiats which indicatas also e repudiaticu of the leftist dem- petition ai the Ottawa Liberals. Summing up, Mr. Phiipott wnîtes: "Ail these tbings suggest ta me thet George Drew bas coma on the national political scene et the pro- cisa moment mont favorable for a "Tory" came- back, et the expenseofcitbe Liberals. The chances ai Drew beating St. Laurent look much more probable than Benuett's chances of beet- ing King leoked in 1929." Pointing eut thet the "Tories" eppeer ta be meking a .comneback in the west wbich thraatens te make them a strong- er perty than the Libeaels Mr. Philpott suggests that the answar la found in coalition, but the Libereis have net yat entertained a ccalition with the "Tories" in the faderai field. The test of Mr. Pbilpott's prediction will occur in the Do- minion elaction expected this yoar. Editorial Brief s Sam Carr, bhem Jewisb Schmii Kogan. bas beau errested ln New York. Fermer national organizer, Cammuniat perty ai Canada, ha fled te escape arrest and trial with ather treitors new in pouitantiary, including Jewish Fred Rose, former M.P. Ais6 still seught la Freda Linton, Jewess Freda Mipchitz, wbo f lad irom ber civil service job as a spy suspect. Thase f oreign pro- ducts are found widely in sabotage ai many Canadien activities. 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