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t-AGE TWO TECNDA TTSA.BWAVLE NAT HRDY COE '.i~ wltb whlch ta umacoeted the SowmuvlUe News, The Newcastle tadependeail and The Orno News 94 Years' Continuous Service to the Town o! Bowmanvifle and Durham County Authoimed as Second Class.Mail. Ponl Office Department. Otawo AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Membez Audit Bureau /1 lIEUES of Circulations * Canadian N~AIAjÇ/ We.kly Newapapeuu SUESCRIPTION RATES $2.50 a Year. strictly in advance $3.00 a Yeax in the United States Published by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. 1AMES. Editoz Chamber of Commerce Asked To Further Cause of Education A district honor, and with it equal respon- sîbility, has corne 10 Bowmanviile in that the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has selected this town as one of six communities across Canada in which research will be rnade with a view to further the cause of better education. A report af the first meeting, held locally, in getting this experimental praject underway ap- pears in another column. The Canadian Chamber of dommerce, which represents some 600 comnjunity organizations in towns and cities across Canada, meets in annual convention in Montreai this week. Edu- cation is one of the subjecis to be discussed in the 16-point national prograni. Under the guidance of the Committee on Education, and in co-operation with member Boards and Chambers and representatives of the teaching profession, the Chamber plans in the coming year to redouble its efforts to develop a better understanding and a greater respon- sibility on the part of business toward education. Through business leadership in member or- ganizations across the land, the Chamber will promulgate ils belief that if our way of lufe is to survive vie must teach the advantages of democracy. To this end efforts will be made ta have educators' salaries increased ta the point where men and wamen of the highest qualifications, personally and academicaliy, would bo attracted ta and wouid remain In the teaching profession. This is a new line of endeavor for our local C. of à but ail must admit it is an impor- tant project that deserves our best efforts if we are going ta practise and uphold the high ideas cf the freedom af democracy. WeHave No Choice Announcomont that Russia. bas the atoni bomb and V-2 rockcet bases ringing Europe braught more éditorial comment than anytbing since the atani bomb ilseli. Nearly abI discussed twa altornatives: 1. Either thore wibl be atamic war witb Russia. 2. Or there must be international contrai ai atomic weapans. - Nearly all, however, missed one vital point. They interred that wo couid chaos. botween these alternatives. Actually, as an editorial in the "Washington (D.C.) Sunday Star" points out, 'choice is severely limited." Contrai depends, flot an us, but on Russia's wilingness ta submit Sta international inspection ai which thore seenis ta be small hope. It may be, as the Kremlin dlaims, that tbey do not trust us. But it is clear they do nat like us. The Russians, theref are, wibl hoid ta their awn aims, refusing ahl contraIs that migbt abstruct therh unless sanie other nation finds and foi- lows out an aum fulfiiling ail the deepeat aspir- ations ai the Bussian people in' a way the Marxist ideology can't even promise. This is actualby the only way the Western Worid could ever end the averhanging threat -ofi devastation. But is it realistic? la il possible? Do we stibi have a chance? Not without vaut underlying change in aur existing outlook. In the same édition ai the "Washington Star", the Chaplain of the U.S. Sonate points out that sane alternatives ta atomic warfare, "Namely, just adjustments ai the différences *dividing mankind, cannot be chosen unbess mon and nations change." Yet this is passible, be says. At Caux, ,Switzerland, there are earnest mon and wamen "above political, diplomatic and ecanamic levels . . . frankly facing the fundamental necessity- change, changed bearts, changed desires, cbang- ed attitudes, cbanged objectives . - Jack Jones, steel worker frani Wales and a communist for 28 years, addressing the World *Conference at Caux, bas stated, "Unlest yau *change as manager you wan't have an industry in three years. And unlesa we change as wark- ers we wont have aur freedoni in tbree years." Inviting Their Own Ruin Sanie automobile workers and city officiala in Oshawa are getting worked up aver the number ai outsiders gotting jobs in the big General Motors plant ai that matar rnaking city, reports The Fnancial Post wbich commenta as fabbaws: "Of ail the manuiacturing centres in Canada, Oshawa in perbapa the mont dependent an outside markets for ils very existence. Cars mode in that city are faund an. every street, bighway and "lane ai the country and quit. a few highways, streets, and lanes ai ather coun- tries too. "It is the buying ai these outsiders that keeps Oshawa prasperaus. It was Ibis buying and Ibtis cifne Ibat put Oshawa an tb. industrual map d Canada. Withaut il that tbrlvlng clty wauld silîl be juil a cauntry village. "lt's about time these lit11e municipal pal- riaIs, who wouldn't share a nicke'a warth of _business with anyone b.yand 1he cily limita, -bec'an ta reali7e their utter depenance on th. - rost of Canada and what will surely bappen la t.hem il the other fellow atarta to retaliate.". Better Than Average Year Reports of agricultural production'in On- tarie show that, in spite of the blue ruin reporta whlch were prevalent in the. eariy part of the sunixer, 1949 has been a very good year. The tendency ta compare production with that of last year brings into relief the fact that there has been a reduction this year. But il should be remembered that the year 1948 -was the greatest production year in the hlstary of On- tario agriculture, with a total value of aver on@ billion dollars. This year's figures will be down ta sorte extent froru last year, but they will still be f ar ahoad of any other previous year except 1948. A much botter bazis of camparisan than that ai singling out one record year as a basia ai comparison, is that af uaing the previous ton- year average. Sûch a comparison shows that 1949 is, in mont respects, well ahead ai that average. The exception would be in hay and forage crops, which suffered mare than did grains frdma tho sovere droughts ai early aura- mer, and failod ta recaver later in the season. However, caxhpensation for that was seen ini an excoptionaliy heavy corn crap, which means that the silos wili be weil filled with winter fodder for livestock. It la a good thing for this province that ita agriculture is so diversified that if one particular crop should have a poor year, there are corn- pensating gaod crops in other departments of f arxp production. That has been demonstrated ta a remarkable degree this year, so that it can be scdd that, in spite ai the early seasan dis- couragomonts, it has been not a bad year aller all. "It's Not Sa Bad ta Lose" The above remark, accompanied by a wide grin and a shrug of the shoulders, was the reply ai a basebail player who was asked how it foît ta lose a champianship. The player is a moni- ber of the Bowmanville Juvenile O.B.A. teani, which lost the Provincial Championship ta Fort Eries teani last Saturday in Fart Erie, and the remark hoe made fairly woll typified the attitude ai his whole team. Sanie players might have felt badly abaut losing such an important gamo. They might have leit the field muttering about the umpires or their bad luck and how they feît cheated because they lost. But thore was nane ai that feeling on the part af the Bowmanviiie players. They gave a resounding cheer for the ather teani, thon went over and personally cangratu- lated ils members. There was no solemn n ush in their dressing mrones alterward, nor were there any crestfalien faces. They wero satisfied with the play ai the game and knew they had been fairly boaton. The game was done, the soason finished and Fart Erie Juveniles were the afficial- champ- ions ai their beague. But, as one watched the twa teanis lave the field, one jubilant in victory and the ather congratulating the winners, it was difficuit ta say there were not twa sets ai champ- ions there. It takes a champion ta win, ail right, but it takes another champion ta bose 'and thon turu ta the victar with a smile and say: "You played a gaod garno." The Bawmanvillo Juveniles played the game and played it well and when tbey were defeated they taok it with a grin. '"It's not so bad" ta loue' a championship-not if you lose like champions. Congratulations, fellows! Who Starts Depressions? A story wo read the other day tolls oi a man who lived by the side aif the roaad and sold hot doge. Ho was hard ai hearing, so ho had no radia. Ho had trouble with his 'eyes, sa he read no newspapors. But ho sold good hat, dogs. Ho put signs up on the highway, tolling how good tbey wero. Ho stood an the side ai the raad and cried, "Buy a bot dog, mister?" And people bought. He incroasod bis moat and bun orders. He baught a bigger stove, ta take care ai bis trade. Ho iinally got his son home f rom coilege ta help bum. But thon samething bappened. Hia son said: "Father, haven't you been listening ta the radio? Haven't you been reading the newspapers? There's a big depressian an. The Eurapean situation is terrible. The domestic situation is worso. Everything's going ta pot." Wbereupon the father tbought: "Well, ny' son's been ta college, ho reads the papers and ho listons ta the radia, and ho ought ta know.' Sa the father cut down on his meat and bun orders, took down his advertising signis, and no loniger bothered ta stand out on the highway ta soul his hot dogs. And his hot dog sales fl almost overnight. "You'ro right, son," the father said ta the boy. "We certainiy are in the middle of a great depressian." Editorial Notes 'Money may be the husk af many things, but il is nat the kornel. It brings you food, but nat appetito; medicine, but nat healtb; acquaint. nces, but nat friends; servants, but flot faith- lness; pleasuro, but not peace or happiess." -Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906 "'The f lame of Christian ethica is stil aur highest guide. To guard and cherish l is aur first interost, bath spîritually and matorially. The fulfilnîent ai spiritual duty in aur daily lie is vital ta aur survival. Only b)y bringing il inta perfect application can we hope ta salve for oursolves the problenis ai Ibis world and flot of this worid alane."-Winstan Churchill Han. W. A. Goodfellaw, Ontario Welf are1 Minister zpeaking befare the Social Welf are Con- ference in Toronto gave voice ta a wbolesome and necessary truth. "Governiments are apart front the people," ho said. "They merely dis- tribute revenues from taxation. More and more 1 arn becoming impressed with the work dans by private agencies. It is true thot weifare b.- gins aI home. Develap the whole ai the agencies in yaur awn cammunity becouse tbey are mont effective." Voice of Experience The ConsumersTel Their Story 1 (By R. J. Deachman) The Canadian Association oi Consumers heid a meeting recent- ly in the City oi Ottawra. It wasn't a happy ane. Membership hasj fallen froni 29,500 in its iirst yearj ai existence, ta 8,000. Prices arej stili high, may edge yet higher.i In the opinion ai this graup it was thumbs clown for consumers, hands up for praducers. And yet I wonder! The stand- ard ai living has risen. Rarely in aur econamic histary bas there1 been a clearer evidence ai wide- I TOTAL NATIOI spread prosperity. Back in 19M' there was a stock market boom.. It- crashed and started a depress- ion. In the thirties there was real paverty amang aur Western farmers, the bottomn had iallen out ai the xxarket for farm pro- ducts, workers were idle. The cast af living declined but there was unemployment. It cauld hap- pen again! 1 take this statement iro m pagc 6 ai the Appendix ta the Federal Budget ai March 22, 1949: 'NAL INCOME (Figures in millions - addn6 i cphers) 1939 1946 1947 Salaries, wages and supplementary labor incarne -, ------- $2,583 Military pay and allowances -- 32 Investment incarne --------- 783 Net incarne ai agriculture and other unincarporated business 891 Total National Income ----------- $4.289 Th national incarne amaunteci ta $4,289,000,000 in 1939.-$12,796- 000,000 in 1948. How much of the increase recorded in the figures represents increase in volume as distinguished iromn mere price in- creases. Here is Mr. Abbott's an- swer ta that question: "It is difficult ta Say exactly how much the gain bas been in real output but tentative calcula- tions suggest that when adjust- ment is made for price changes between 1939 and 1948 the physi- cal volume ai Canadian product- ion as a whole in 1948 was prob- ably two-thirds bigher than in 1939". If in volume the 1Q,48 product- ion was two-thirds greater than in 1939, then, in this brief period aur capacity ta consume increased by 661,î Yet it seems ta have es- caped aur notice. This is a typical illustration ai the efiect af in- Iflation. It obscures the mental outlaok, people spend mare and talk mare about the agony ai de- privation Ihrough which they are passing! One wamnan said that it was dii- ficult ta buy enaugh meat for the iamily at present prices. The wo- men oai Canada are doing it. Inj 1939 total cansumption per capitaj was 114 paunds. Today it is ap- praximately 135 pounds. If this lady represents an average fami- ly she is now buying 20 pounds1 mare for each member ai the family than she did in pre-war days. Yet she iinds it difficuit ta 1939 - 1944 1946 ------ $5.322 340 1,949 $6,235 83 2,319 1948 $7.130 81I 2,590 2,154 2,352 2,995 $9,765 $10,989 $12,796 do so because ai high costs ai liv- ing. Trhen thu-re was a resolution condemning the merchants ai coal and gasolin.- for raising their, prices aft-.r devaluation, while t!i]c had stocks an hand at the aId price. The dealers owe something ta their customers. If they had nat raisedi their prices there wou]d have 'oeen an dbmmediate rush ta buy these commodi- ties at the aid ra te. Many wauld have taken extra sup-i plies, The dealers cid pro- cisely what they ouglht ta do They should hoit favor the "Ismart boys". Some day when our dol-' bar gaes back ta par the price ai gasoline and coal wibl drap, then the dealers \vha iallowed the prices up, -if thoy are wise, wil follow the priýes clown. This poli-1 cy is absobuteîy fair toalal classes. It should be approved by ail. Oneofa the resolutions read as folbows: "The CAC petitions the govern- Ment ta take apprapriate and immediate steps ta jcontraI and prevent the excessive risc inr prices ai essential cammodities which affect the day-ta-day living ai every Canadian iamily." It means nothing. Wages and salaries have gano up. Prices af farm praducts have risen. Thero is very little unemplayinent de- spite aur brave efforts ta bring it about. The glistonin g facts stand out they cannat ho dcnied. Here is a comparison af cash sales ai farm praducts and tatal wagez and salaries in 1939 and 1949:j Cash Incarne irain Sale ai Farm Products $ 717,015,000 1,828,949,000 1,742,786,000 Salaries and Wages in Manufacturing $ 737,811,000 2,029,621,000 1,740,687,000 Farm incarne has been even kind ta prove effective in s0oag higher in recent years but on the a field' average total wage and salary in- The firs, t task is ta clarify thc come is igher taniacth. We - have reached new,ý corn ishiger tan ashreceipts heights ai prosperity. This prab- from the sale ai fanm products. lem now arises: prices are iikely The braad issues were nat dis- ta decline, can we step down iranm cussed in these meetings. No one the heights and estabbish a new seems ta have mentioned aur tax basis ai prasperity on a lower level yet this is a factor in the price level. It can be done but on cost ai living. There was a word ai an issue where there are 50 many protest about increased freight divergent means ta the end it will rates-they objected but gave no demand the highest wisdom if we reasons why. It is extremely diffi- are ta reach the objectives w-e cubt for an arganizatian ai this have in view. Basic Thinking think nothung ai a debt that Isj wl vrthirteen 'billion dlas By Jsep Liter utldge Sixty per cent ai aur popula- By Jsep Liter utldge tion doesn't know how tough con- Ail judgnients are based on ditions can be or how impossible, sanie sont af experience. The it is ta assure security in a worbd j danger ai this is that we tend ta where there are no avaibable jobs expect it ta te the same exper- and where a littie better than hall ience as aur own and hence wO the population must support the expect that the conclusions that other half. They were not adults arise will be aur conclusions. This whien world-wide depression set thinking is founded on a miscan- its mark on us. ception and may ho tragicaiby Forty-iour per cent ai aur dangerous. people have nover knawn a world jAlmost three quarters of aur without fear, and how serious1y population, as the Financial Post fear mnay colon al aur thinking. lias pointed out, came ta maturity Thev came ta niaturity just as since the first Great War. They the dawn ai peace was met by the have no practical knowledge ai Ibreat ai a new aggressor. an cconamy that isn't iounded on We cannot hope ta understand world struggle and its ropercus- these new genoratians, or Ihey ta sian!s. They have no knowledge af understand us unless the thinking those years when anc out ai every ai an aIder generation andý.4hc three warkers Was employed in reason for il us patiently and agriculture; and when the aver- painstakingîy' explained ta thej age annual wage was $700. They new. can't nemember "'hon even a vast war leit us with only a ittie more than a billion-dollar indebt- East African jungle lufe is being edness. Tbey ive in a world fiimed from a helicopter. where three out of every four Haw truby is a kind heart a workers are engaged in sonne non- fauntain af gladness, making ag~U'ual 0Vcupatioli. ave an everything in ius %ViIflt,. fti- average ainual earning pawer aiof n îrto Emiles-Washîngton lr- about two thouzanct dollars, and'ving. IC. of C. President Much To Do With Mining Development In 1907, at the age ai 26, Roberti Alexander Bry-cc, who was elct- ed this %%eck prc:ceil-t of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, ii-ent to Cobalt with his degree as a mining engineer fromn the Unà versity of Taronto and three years' experience in Mexico. That was the year the railway opened up Cobalt as the first Imining town of any consequence in Canada. A young giant of a man, Bryce became superinten- dent and later manager of the Sil- ver Queen and Beaver mines Coatin those days had about 18or 20 dividend-pEtying silver mines and drew men from ail over Canada and the United States- venturesome young men in their carly 20's and 30's and thase wha were there described it as a gay, vigorous, and lively community. Five y cars later, Bryce left Co- balt, where he had already estab- lished himseli as a skîliul and scientiiic operator. and set hiniself uP as a consulting engineer in Toronto and the north country. His practice gave him a tharough knowledge af mast af the mining country ai eastern Canada, and out ai that whole area the spot that looked good ta him was the Kirkland Lake praperty that later became Macassa. Ta the east of it xvas the gîlt edged string; Kirk-i I$12.50 Asking If someane said ta you- I wibl give you $12.50 free if yau wil tebephone or write ta Wood, Gundy & Company Lirited-yau would wonder- how it could be. Here's the answr-In- tcrest on $1,000 in the bank at 12% for a year is $15.00. Interest on $1,000 invested in Canada Savings Bonds at 234%7 for a year is $27.50 or $12,50 more. And you can got the full amount of your invest.- ment back quicklY any trne with accrued interestl A Canada Savings Bond is the only investmont with the "money-back at any tirne guarantee" of the Government cf Canada, You can inyest $50, $100, $500 or $1,000. Telephone or write to aur nearest office ta-day. Wood,. Gundy & Company Limited 36 King Street West Toronto 1 land Lake Gald, Teck-Hughes, Lake Shore, Wright-Hargreaves, and others. Bryce took options in 1923 an property which included the pre- sent holdings of Macassa Mines, l but flot until 1926 did he find enough encouragerant ta warrant iC irnng af Mpcassa Mines I Limited. In 1926 and 1928, some undcrground work was done. Financing having become diffi- cuit, this work was stopped in 1929 and was not resumed until 1931. The mine and miii were finally brought into production in early 1933. In 1940, Macassa's exploration engineers found an interesting prospect north ai Missanabie on the C.P.R. which was explored and developed. As Renabie Mines Limited, this property now bas a 430-ton mili operating at a prof- itable rate. In mining circles, Bryce is known not simply as the presi- dent of Macassa but as a man who understands mining and is always ready ta use bis efforts ta Dromote better mining practice, toassist in the advancement and education ai yaunger men in the field. In 1939, he was President of the On- taria Mining Association. which is somewhat in the nature of a mine oprator's association. In 1942 and again in 1943. h. was president cf the Canadian Insti. tute cf Mining and Metallurgy. As a member of the Board of, Governors of the University of Toronto, Bryce takes particular interest in. the athletic program. He is director of several Canadiari companies-, including the Domi- ion Bank, the Confederation Life Association, the National Trust Company and Canadian Generul Electric. Mr. Bryce has been active In The Canadian Chamber of Com- merce for a number of years. Hie has served as 'Vlce-Chairman ot the Executive and ChairmOf the Ontario Regional Com*m as Vice-President in OntariO *W at the Annual Meeting in V*ancoz ver in 1948 was elected as First Vice-President, being the first persan ta hald that office since it was created by a revision of the By-laws the previaus year. He has three children: Robert B. in the Finance Department~ Ot- tawa, Dorothy Johnston, whose husband is in the Foreign Depart-* ment of the Sun Life Assurance Company oi Canada; and John D. who spent 51,2 years overseap with the Canadian Tunnellers, part of %which tîme wvas spent at Gibral- tar, is now mining in Northern C Would you liko to b. sulrs of passing your oId ego in comfort? You con plan for It now through c Mutuel Life of Canada policy that wilI provide a new saurce of incpme wherq the day of your retirement arrives. Consult Our local represontative. Protection et L@w Coai (YOU'LL FINI) VOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE H-ERE.) BRANCH OFFICE 435 GEORGE ST. 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