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PAGE TWO q'wu'. t9A1TAflTAN STATESMAN. ~OWMAKVHLE. ONTAMO THURSDAY, JtTNE 18, 1090 wîth wbicb la iacorporoted Th* 30 D=Mari News, The. Newcatle Independont aed The, Orone News 95Years COninUOUS Service 10 the Town of Bowmanvifll and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 'momber -Audit -Bureau -et Clzeuiloase * Canadian Wookly N.wopap.ra AutockaUea w i2 i 'SUtîtPTION RATES $2.50 a Year, strictiy in advarice $3.00 a Year in the United States Published by MME JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Authorized as Second Clas& Mail Pont Officq Depariment, Ottawa. BýowmiarnIi , Ontafio GEO. W. JAMES, £Ernox THANKFTJL FOR SEttVICE CLUBS As a cammunity and as citizens of a grawing town Bowmanville is fartunate. in having three energetic Service Clubs. The manner in which., these clubs have' igerved the people and eontributed sa much of time, energy and mo>ney for the better- ment and advancement of, the town is a ztory of achievement, as well as of sac- rifice. Many membets of - these. clubs realize that in the braad sense of the 1erm they actually get more out of the Club service than they put in it. It has been ta them a eal joy ta serve and ta be of some use in the development of the community. Citizens as a Whole shauld recagnize' the fact that when these Clubs appeal for aid for variaus pmjects-that every contri- bution helps the tawn1 or citizens of the town, especially boys and 'girls. The three Clubs have already cantributed generous- ly ta the Manitoba Flood Relief Fund and are still warking in an effort ta sweli the amaunt in the knowiedge that every dol- lam aised. and, subscribed will merely be- a drap in thè-bucket, but a great help, towards rehabilitating the unfortunate victims of the disastrous flood. Yes, the Town of Bawmanville would miss these Clubs. There would passibly be no arena. and reeeatian centre, no playgrounds, no swimming pool and many éther institutions and projects, which the 1town could iii afford ta be withaut. MOTORISTS HAVE SOME RIGHTS While there may be ground for the belief that a certain type of matamist shows too little considemation and caurtesy ta- wards pedestrians, the fault is by fia iiieans ail on one side. Motomists have some rits too, a fact ta which many pedestmiarts appeam to be obliviaus. Quite a few pedestrians seem ta think that the red 'and green tmaffic lights are ortly for motorists and that they are free ta cross an intersection when the iight is against them. This is >a common occur- rence at the corner of King and Temper- ance Streets and somnetimes a string of cars coming out of the latter street are heip up so long that some of them have tô wait for the next change of iights be- fore they can cross the intersection or niake a turn. This adds ta the congestion at a busy corner, causes unnecessary an-, noyance and increases the danger of ac- cident. Bicycle riders, of course, make their own ules with littie regard for mnotomists, pedestrians or themselves and about the only thing a driver can do ta avoid hitting one of them is ta mutter a prayer and keep his fingers cossed, It's more than time that matorists, pedestrians and cyclists realized that there is a traffic situation, particularly over the weekends, which is comparable ta that of a large city "and act accardingly. It is no place for jay-walkers or jay-divers. WINDSOR STAR HANDS BOUQUET TO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS The Windsor Star, ane of the most progressive daiiy newspapers in Ontario, %vas very generous in publishing a much appmeciated editorial bouquet ta the week- ly editors during their convention in Windsor iast week. With characterîstic modesty we pass it an ta aur readers for their information and consideration: tive and creative of public opinion in the towns, villages and countryside of these two major provinces. Close ta the people,, they know what people are thinking. town ustually has a progressive newspaper, *and vice versa. TbIs isnat by chance. It is almost imipossible ta have one withaut the other. "Down through the years there has becui a consistent iruprovement in the quahity of weekly newspapers. Partly this Canada and other countries are spend- ing hundreds of millions of dollars every year ta prevent this six inches framn being washed or biowvn away. However, if the greater part of this six inches of soul is kept in grass or* forests, this prabiem is virtu.ally solved. Although the products of grassiand, in their natural state, cannat be used as human foad,' the dairy cow can canvert these products 'int he most valuable food nutrients that man has known. There is nothing ta compare with the dairy cow framn the standpoint of efficiency in turn- ing inedible forage crops into the food nutrients, particularly prateins, needed and desired b;' the human race. Thus it will be seen that a major contribution ta economx' of aur country is made by the dairy cow nourishing the nation while maîntainin.c the top six inches of aur soul. This is of prime ipotaceta the heaith and prosperity of our country. - is due to a reduction ini the numbers. In earlier days there were often two or three in a town which could not support so many on a basis which allowed the pro- duction of good newspapers. "But niainly it, has been because of the development of a fine type of editors, progressive and -modemn; men deteîmined to give to their cammunities the best pas- sible service, and fitted sa ta do." NEED TO REVIVE CIVIC SPIRIT The Huntsville Forester in a painted editorial deals with the present-day lack of civic,spirit evident in many tawns. It is well worth quoting: Time was when the civic spirit among Huntsville citizens, was an abject of gen- etal interest. There was co-operative ef- fort ta help useful undertaking alang. If the tawn iaaked "down at the heels," there was the audible determin- ation: "Let's clean things up." If the streets were ungainiy, the desire was everywhere demonstrated ta have the con- dition rectified. If there was a lagging of interest in public bodies objectively try- ing ta do some useful public service. the citizens provided the needed stimulation. Ta-day, Huntsville is nçit unlike niany otfie'tawns, in the partial absence of a weli-balanced civic spirit, upan which municipalities must ýdepend ta maintain steady and weil-plapaned progress. But we are flot as keen as once we were. The cause may be found in the mun- içcipality of organizatians which demand so much of aur time and effort. The town seems: almost swvamped with evemy cc$n- ceivable form of arganized saciety. Men and wornen alike are 'expected to keep al these Érganizationsl active and usetul. The rut sthat th, géneral civic interest has *slipped ihto the background, when, log- ically, i# forms the most important phase -f aur municipal lie. A live civic spirit is the backbone of arny community. Huntsville has flot been lacking in this; it is however, needing a rejuvenationi pf, that earlier spirit which has, been :ýesponsible for the proud posi- tion "ýw1_h4ve .attained. Our citizens need ta revive a consciousness of their individ- ual esponsibility in fostering theý needful interests which mean progress and'pros- perity. ,Pride, in aur citizenship in one of the best towns in the Province, requires thet we permit no lagging of aur energies and co-operative responsibilities. The ac- tive maintenance. of aur civic pride shauld be the concern of every citizen. VACATION TIME HAZARDS The annual summer vacation season is near at hand. -College students have cam- pleted their year, and have already ac- cepted jobs -for ihe summer; or are plan- ning on securing employment, or are re- mainlng at home. June is examinatian month in collegiates, high and public schoN, which will close for the summer holidays this month. Workers in al branches of business and indu striai life are undoubtedly looking forward ta, and plan- ning, their summer vacations in July or August. Vacations can be fine - but it must be saîd they can make one very, very sarry ev er ta have lef t the comfort and security of their desk chair, work bench, home or schôol. Assuming of course. the x'acation-taker lives thraugh it - with so many vacation hazards. Everybody knows - but too many forget - that each year adds ta age and while yesterday's athiete may think he is just as good a man as he was, a lot of miles have been added ta the aid "frame." Which probably means also a few inches around the waistline and some of that eood aid stamina has been subtracted. The doctor's warn* Take it easy. Old time vacation sufferers also have a warning or two of their own. There is the annuai reminder that too ambitiaus trying for a suntan sametimes results in a calour dloser ta that of rare roast beef. And yau may be one of those unusual per- sans whom poison ivy daes nat bother - CANADA'S FIRST HUNDRED YEARS. (Continued fromn last week) MANUFACTURING Manufactuming industries emplay well over a million people in Canada, and manufacturing now outstrips agriculture as a means of livelihood. Manufacturing plants represent a cap- ital investment of $6 billion. While processing of fammi products occupies a leading position - notably in wheat flour and meat packing - there have been important developments in iran and steel and their products, agricultural implements, automobiles, machinemy, tex- tiles, chemicals, shoes, fumniture, plastics and a long list of other finished products. Since the war, the aimplane industry has taken f imm root in Canada, and me- cently a Toronto plant turned out the first Canadian jet airliner - only a few weeks af ter a similar development in Britain. Since 1939, Canada's manufacturing plants have increased in number by 20 per cent. In 1944 some 75 manufacturing plants were established by refugees from Europe. These plants employ about 6,000 workers, have a payroll of $10 million, and produce goods ta the value of $47 million. 0f 32 new branches of outside in- dustries established in Canada in 1947, 22 were from the United States and 10 from Britain. It is cstimated that in the past two vears sanie 30 British firms opened, or pianned ta open, branches in Canada, in fields which included aircraft, automo- biles, asbestos products, biscuits, chemi- cals, radar equipment, efrigerators, tex- tiles, toys, tea and coffee packing. New United States branches were established in asbestos products, automo- tive products, cellulose products, chein- icals, optical goods, plastics, textiles, wood pmoducts. As already mentioned. Canada's man- ufacturing industries in 1943 epresented a capitalization af over $6 billion. Be- tween 1945 and 1948, Canada invested $1.6 billion in plant and equipment. In 1947 grass value of output had risen ta about $10 billion, and the payroll ta mare than $2 billion. TRADE AND COMMERCE Profitable exploitation af Canada's great natural resources is passible only when done on a mass scale, necessitating heavy capital investmýnt. With her hitherto, small population, Canada has had ta depend upon foreign markets, not oniy ta dispose af hem sur- plus production, but ta obtain the capital, goods for expansion and the consumer goods which she does not herself produce. As a result, during the past two de- cades Canada has become one ai the great trading nations of the world. lIn 1938 she ranked fifth in total trade, fourth as an exporter, and eighth as an importer. One-third of ail hem goods and services were expamted. During the wam she rose ta the rank ai third among the wald's trading nations. lIn 1946, total domestic expomts a- maunted ta $2,312,000,000 and imports for consumptian ta $1,927,000,000. Since the war, Canada's officiai trade and .financiai policy has been designed to: bridge the gap between the requimements of foreiqn cauntries unable ta pay for the goods they need, and hem own expanded capacity to produce. This has been done by providing these countries with loans and credits, and by donations ai food, clothing and equipment. Such export credits and donations have exceeded $2 billion, includinig a con- tribution of $154 million ta UNRRA. Since Confedemation the bulk of Can- adian trade has been with the United States and the United Kingdom. In the case of the former. Canada's purchases have exceeded her sales; in the case of the latter, her exports have been about twîce the value of hem imports. The sur- nlus on United Kingdom account financed the deficit on United States account. This was before the ;var. - Now. however, with Britai-n forced by tion. -Trade agreements existing before the war have been reinstated; and f urther agreements were concluded in 1946 and later, notably with Mexico, Central Amer- ica and Colombia. Canada has also been successfui in in- dlreasing hem markets in the United States. lIn the f ace of thîs record ai resources and achievements, there can be little question that Canada's position at the end of hem f irst hundred yeams will be one of enhanced position and a quickening rate af development. lier immense and varied natural en- doxvmentis just beginning ta be plumbed and put ta work. Much of hem arable land has stili ta be brought under cultivation. In Alberta, for instance, only one-haîf af it is being womked. I-n the areas ai the west, vast irrigation schemes have been or are being completed. The St. Mary's - Milk River praject in southeast Alberta will add 345,- 000 acres, at a cost ai $15 million, ta an irrigation system. which will then. cover over a million acres. As already men- tioned, there are in the Peace River Val- ley 15 million acres of arable land await- ing only the proper transportation facilit- ies ta make it available for fruitfulness. Further intensification and mechanization of farming in all areas is bound to in- crease femtility. The full minerai resources of the great Canadian Shield of pre-Cambrian- rock (about two-thirds of Canada's total area) can still only be guessed at. Enormous unused waterpower, ail me- serves of unknown extent, the develop- ment of 'air transpcrt and of atomic energy (in which Canada is taking a fore- mast part) - these are some af the things that argue for an industrial and commer- cial growth that will autstrip In pace al previaus achievements. Canada, af course, needs more people. Thes e she is beginning ta get - from such countries as Holland, Czechoslavakia, and other European cauntries where skills acquired in generations of craftmanship are being given new scope in this trans- atlantic world. She would like more people from the United Kingdom. But she realizes that just now Britain needs. ail hem productive man and woman power. As she develops, Canada will be better able ta keep at home those of her awn people who are prone ta yield ta the lure of opportunity in the more populous and more fully developed country ta the south. Already there are signs that the tide is tumning. Many who seek ampler elbow room, and the chance ta rirow with a country that has sa great a future be- fore it, are turning their eyes towards Canada. Na one doubts today that children now growing up in Canada will see, in the years that lie ahead, a Canada whose growth and posperity xvill outstrin the wiidest dreams of those who laid the groundwork in 1867. FLYING THE FLAG CORRECTLY Let us learn ta fiy aur flags carrectlv. 0f course it is the spirit af loyalty which prompts the display of the flag. That is the important thîng, but it is also very important that its use should be dignified by an observance af the correct procedure. At times the Union Jack is displayed in a decidedly improper manner. The !ollowing concise instructions as ta how ta use the f lag ought ta be af in- terest ta citizens generally: i. The Union Jack is the officiai f lag of Canada and should be the one flown in Canada. 2. The Red and Blue Ensigns with the Coat-of-Arms ai Canada in the f ly are intended for use afloat and on officiai buildings outside of Canada. 3. The flac, should not be hoisted be- fore sunrise, nom allowed ta remain after sunset. 4. lIn hoisting the flag the broad white stripes in the cross o! St. Andrew should be above the red stripe of St. Patrick on the side of the flag next ta the masthead; if eversed it is an indica- tion ai distress. 5K he fla-- ol awy e are Stalesman Wani Ads. Bring Resulis 1 In First Three Months Pay. Over 10 Million SInzuracnco Companies; Life insurance companies op- erating in Canada paid over $10,- 600,000 in death and accidentai death benefits to beneficiaries of **deceased policyholders in the Pro- vince of Ontario during the first three months of the current year, the Canadian Life Insurance 0f- ficers' Association reports. The Association said that the Ontario payments represented neariy 47 per cent. of the total *death dlaim payments made in al **Canada's ten provinces. It also said the payments represented ap- ~<proximately $140,000. being paid in Ontario on every working day ofa the year's first quarter. On 3,137 ordinary life 1,oiicies, Sresidents af Ontario received over $7,700,000; on 3,860 industrial life policies over $900,000; and on 1,- *388 group lufe certificates over $$1,900,000. In ail Canada, over $22,700,000 * was paid out in death and acci- dentai death dlaims; more than $9,- 300,000 in matured endowments: more than $970,000 in disabiiity Sbenefits; more than $1,890,000 in *annuity payments, about $14,600,- 000 la surrender values, and over *$10,200,000 i.n dividends to policy- holders. The natural flights of the hu- man ind are flot from pleasure to pleasure, but fram hope ta hope. -Samuel Johnson. r THIS MAN IS ~aiuu&4 He started as a junior in a local branch bank ... just as his manager did before him. Now- he's on bis way up, too. He's lea.rning banking skill right on the job, helped by more experienced men on the bank's staff. He is taking special banking courses... Like most bankers, during bis career, he wiIl learn ta know many parts of Canada, variaus communities. He will develop the human understanding and the business judgment' you expect cf your banker. Starting from the branch that serves you he may rise ta the very top. 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