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C) tAflU *Iw -' t= - t-TV- f WW i rvmbman hte#man .EntabhUshed 1854 wlth which in Incorparated Thae owmoenvile News, The. Newcastle Indpendont and The Orono News 96 Yearzs Continuous Service to the Town of Bowmanvilie and Durham County AN INDEPENDFlPT NEWSPAPER UDIT < UREAU SCUA q SUBSCRIPTION RATES 82.50 a Year, strictly in advance $3.50 a Year in the United States Published kby THE MES PUBLISHING COMPANY Authorz.d as Scond Clans Mail Pont Office Depariment. Ottawa. Baw anville, Ontario GEO. W. MAMES, EDiToi SAFETY ON THE FARM4 From statistics garnered from the National Safety Council, farmers lead a rather dangerous life. For everyone kili- ed accidentally many more are seriously injured. Ini contrast to such occupations as mining, construction and transportation, farm injuries are mounting. While the increasing use of machin- ery may be the cause of the rise in the accident rate, farm animais are stili a major hazard to the rural worker. In one report they are at the top of the list with horses causing the most mishaps. Cows and bulis corne next. A third of the farm casualties are among children due to the fact they are allowed to ride or be close to operatîng machinery. Onie cannot blame farm machinery for being the major cause of the mount- ing rural accident frequency rate. Axes and pitchforks take a sizeable annuai tol and they have been used for centuries. There is no doubt that when one an- alyses the cause of farm accidents, care- lessness will be found to be the chief reas- on behind them. ýManufacturers of mod- ern farm machines are careful ta place safety guards on them. These are remov- ed when repairs are being made and of ten are not piaced back. Safety instructions on pesticide containers are disregarded and since many pesticides are poisonous, death or painful illness could occur from careiessly handling them. While industry has well-developed safety campaigns, the farmer is usually on ,his awn and suffers most when he is laid up from an accident. It is up ta the indi- 'viduai farm, theref ore, ta organize its own safety programn and conscientiously follow it. SAVING DOESN'T COST-IT PAYS Plain, old-fashioned saving-putting mnoney in the bank against a rainy day- is a virtue at any time, but right now it has a very important added value. Saving in limes of inf lation (a nice trick if yau can do it) is much more than an admirable habit; it can be a powerfui weapon against the problem every Can- adian faces today. Actuaily, il can be done. Strapped as we are by rising prices, the hard fact of the malter is--or s0 econ- omists keep telling us-that we stili have more money ta spend than goods ta spend it on. If this is the case, the obviaus answer would seem ta be one of two things. We have a choice of either cutting down on our spending-in other words, saving more-or of producing more goods. Or, better still, a bit of bath. Some people prefer ta seek a solution in price contrais. The government already has the authority ta institute contrais if and as soon as it sees fit. But as we see it, the trouble with price controls is that was going ta rôll back ail prices ta those prevailing at a past date. This was more ambitiaus than merely trying ta freeze prices at the present levels but Di Salle pointed out ta the Congressionai Commit- tee that his wife was very angry about prioes-which is probably quite true. The Cangressianal Committee, many cf whom had wives of their own, were nat deeply impressed. In the end, while Presi- dent Truman and Di Salle continue their demands for rigid price contrai, Cangress gave them only a one month's extension Of any price cqJtrai powers, and turned down the rall-back. The trouble was that the mem bers of Congress, with wives indignant about the cost of living, had ta remember alsa that there were a lot of voters in their constit- uencies. As in Canada, farmers particu- larly control a very large percentage of th*-matè,4n the- Leiuature, and United States farmers differ from -their Canadian brothers, in being very anti-Socialist, very much inciined ta believe that the best lhing that can happen to farmers is for the price of what lhey seil ta go up at least as fast as wages and the prices of what the farmers buy. Indeed, United States farmers have managed ta keep somewhat ahead of the procession in this respect. Result was that the Congressmen with farm voters had ta explain la their wives that even the present cost of living would be not s0 uncomfortable as being out of a job, and, if they were toa severe with the prices of farm products, there were going ta be a lot of Congressmen laoking for Jobs. The lesson is very plain. In a tatali- tarian state, where the Gavernment can shoot anyone who abjects ta its policies, or put them in a prison camp, il is not too hard ta impose price control. In a free country, price contrai is impossible, except in the greatest emergencies. Everyone remembers how in Canada, even during the war, the late Mr. King, after agreeing with his colleagues nat to, increase the wagesv>of some steel workers, then, ta the surprise of his coileagues, granted the increase. Price contrai means that prices are in politics. In politics, the best organized groups, who make the loudest noise, wîll gel their prices increased, and Ihat is a certainty. WHERE ARE WE DRIFTING? The press has taken a peculiar attitude ta the Report of the Rayai Commission on Arts and Sciences. Few newspapers have backed the recommendations con- cerning C.B.C. The press as a whoie abjects to a monopoly of network broad- casting in Canada, ta the contrai of priv- ate broadcasters by their Government competitor, ta the increasing commercial- ization of C.B.C. programs, and ta the tendency of the Government radio to use selected Leftist propagandists as commen- tators, on the plea that free speech re- quires this, but does not require the use of equally outstanding commentators wha do not hold Leftist ideas. The other important item in the Repart was the recommendation of grafits ta universities, and the press has almost universally endorsed this idea. Yet, possibly this recommendation is more interesting than the other. The Government radia can affect public think- ing in unpleasant directions at the mom- ent. University education mýil affect pub- lic thinking for generatians ta came. It was neyer intended that the Government radio should become a propaganda agency for Leftist ideas, but that happened. Now the government is going ta have ta do something about this, and whatever il does will be unpieasant. There is the gravest danger that the same thing is going ta happen in connec- lion with Gavernment grants ta universi- lies. Education, which is now supposed ta be under Provincial control, is going ta be thrown int the Federai politicai arena. Il wili not be long now before the beach- ing of certain prof essors in certain uni- versities will be dragged out on the floor of Parliament, for the good and sufficient reasan Ihat these universities wili be gel- ing Federai Government grants. Few people seem ta see the danger mbt which we are drifting. The public like the idea of universities being helped out of Iheir financiai difficulties, without iooking ta the ultimate resuits. Perhaps the most unfortunate fact in the case is that the boards of good citizens and the competent administrators who di- rect aur universities do nat see the dan- gers which are certain ta arise. JUST PLAIN BAD MANNERS When aur American friends corne ta Canada they are visiting a foreign land. They want la have the feeling tihat this is a nation different from Iheir own. They do not want the Stars and Stripes waved in their faces, proud of Iheir f lag though they are. Canadians who drag out the American flag on every pas- sible occasion and some impossible ones do so with the idea that they are being courteous ta American visitors. This is not the case. The only lime the American flag should be f lown in Ihis country is at some joint Canadian-American undertaking. To fly it at any other lime is bad manners. American tourists want la see the Union Jack or the Canadian Ensign f lying in Canada not their own flag. Canadians should get away tram the idea Ihat Americans are flattered when we name our restaurants "The New York Beanery" or use some other pseudo-Amer- ican name for aur tourist enterprises in the hope of inveigiing tourists la came in. Cheap imitations do not make an Ameni- can feel at home. There are fine Canadian names which are seldom seen. Canadians perhaps should gelta know Iheir own history better. We must do everything we can ta build up a sound reputation for hospitai- ity, ta smooth the way for American tour- ists in search of Canada. We must see ta il that American visitors gel f ull value for the maney they spend here. And most im- portant, we must be ourselves. American tourists want ta get ta know Canada and Canadians. We must impress lhem with the fact that we are a caurteous, fair deaiing people, glad ta wei- corne bhem ta aur country. Safety. Learn ta swim. A pool is the proper place. Easy stages for a tan. Camping? Put out those ftires with water, then wet earth. Don't swim underwater, stay on top. Don't touch lifesaving equip- ment, unless for use. Water is very high this year. the shallow spots iast year are deep onea now. THE CA!IADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMAqVLI, ONTARIO Goodyears for Rockies Road Test TheGoodyear equipped '51 Ford taking part in Canadian Oul "Rockies ta the Atlantic" Road Test is seen in front of the New Toronto plant. 1. ta r. - George Harris, Carl Cooper, E. Hayter, Goodyear, and Grant Littlefield, Canadian Oil Company. In the Dîm and Distant Pasi From The Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FIFTY VEARS AGO Luther Nichols' rink comprising Two column articles appear on Jim Infantine, Albert Moore and front page with photo of Samuel C. B. Kent won the handsome Allun as the largest farmer and new Goodyear Trophy in the an- breeder of Shortharn cattle in nual Civic holiday lawn bowling West Durham. tournament. Third annual reunion of Dur- M. H. Staples has been namin- ham Old Boys and Girls is being ated as an independent candidate held in Bowmanville next week. in the forthcoming federal elec- Black horses with long tails are tion. in demand for only such horses M. J. Hutchinson, Manager Of are to be used as cavalry escort Hugh C. Maclean Publications, dfor the Duke and Duchess of and a well known Durham Coun- Cornwall and York when they ty boy, addressed the Rotary visit Canada. Club on Modern Business Prob- Little Miss Hilda Hamley fell lems. He referred to his teacher, from a high chair and broke her Malcolm McTavish and these etam schoolmates: Fred Vanstone, Jacklftam Horne, Oscar LaBelle, Cassel and The schooner Flora Carveth Albert Tait, Charlie Weeks and came inta Port Bowmanville on the Dickinson boys. Monday listing badly due to about Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Tilley and 40 tons of coal on deck being daughters returned this week washed overboard. from a trip ta England. Frank Bros. barn-raising Thurs- Retail Merchants' Association day was a big success-barn mca- of Ontario proposes taxing mail sures 100 x 30 f t. order houses for all business done Town Council is calling for in each municîpality and remit tenders ta erect a brick foundry the tax ta these municipalities. at the corner of Church and Di. F. W. Bowen wasagain chosen vision Streets. Conservative standard-bearer in John Waddell and family, Oro- the coming federal election. no, have left for a trip ta the Brit- Engagement is announced of ish Isles and Paris. Miss Edna Irene Werry and Mr. Owing ta the transmission of Walter C. Murray. microbes by kissing, an Ontario Jabez and Byron Vanstone, doctor has condemned in strong Brent Hazelwood, Charlie Cawk- language the silly habit of wom- er and Ken Mitchell are attend- en kissing each other. No men- ing Taylor Statten's Camp at Al- tion of men is made in this cus- gonquin Park. tom.i Percy Hayward, Tyrone, bas Courtice-S. G. Pickle has erect- the contract of painting Salem ed a new bouse on bis farm. School. Enniskillen-The private tele- Enfield - Talmage Henry, Ty- phone line of Dr. Mitchell and rone, bas bought the Niddery Trebilcock ta Enfield is now in farm. operation. Orono-By the will of Andrew Hampton-Five tons of July McFeeters he left his housekeep- cheese from aur local factory er, Miss E. Samis, $4,000. were shipped ta Montreal. Newcastle-Wreford Souch and Providence-Nellie and Seward Ruth Hancock were declared 1926 Dowson treated their friends ta tennis champions by defeating Dr. an ice cream party which was a J. W. LeMay and Miss Eileen real novelty in these parts. Cooke. ** Problem of Longevity (By Lewis Milligan) Communism is being advertis- ed the world aven as an infahlible cure for ahi social and ecunomic ihîs, but it is not generally known as an elixir for prohonging life. Sucb, however. is the dlaimn made in an article that appeamed in Pnavda of Apnil 26, entithed 'Data on Hurnan Longevity." Ex- tensive wark an the registration of long-living inhabitants of the Soviet Union is said ta have been carried on at the Scientific Research Institute of Biology in Kharkov State University. A unique card index of longevity, composed of several thousands cards with detailed information of people 90 years and aven, bas been collected for the hast 20 years. The index is supplement- ed by about 2,000 pbatographs. These data are said ta lie "of im- mense interest for Soviet sci- ence." Prof. A. V. Nagomny, author of a book, "The Problemn of Old Age and Longevity," is in charge of the card index. In an interview he is quoted as saying: "The opinion existed until recently that favorable conditions for reaching an advanced ald age obtain only in Abkbazia, where 212 people aven 100 years are living. There even appeared "theories" af the very great saturation of thc air of Abkhazia with ultraviolet nays as the main cause of longevity." Abkhazia bas a subtnopical cli- mate and is situated on the Black Sea coast. But "Commade" Na- garny flouted the ultraviolet theary. "The card index," he said, "1shows that the whole Soviet Union is a land of longevity. Fav- arable conditions for tbc pro- longation of lite have been cre- ated in aur country," and be pro- ceeded ta give the folowing amn- azing examples: "The oldest persan in tbc Soviet Union, acconding ta tbc card in- dex, is a Russian collective fer- mer, Vasily Sergeyevich Tishkin, bora in 1806 . . . The aldest wvom- an is Kezamyan Khanum, a 127- yeen-old inhebitant of thc tawn of Turkmenia. Hem yaungest son is 80. The long lived citi7ens have many children and relatives. For example, Mabmud Eivazov, 142-year-old niember of the Young (sic) Communist League Collective Farm, Lenik District, Azerbaidzhan, bas 118 sons, daughters, grandchildren, great- gnandcbildmen, and great-great- grandchildmen. His wife is 120, bis daughtem Dala is 100.... Thene are in the Soviet Union about 30,000 men and women centenerians."l Commenting. on this "unique" record, the Pravda writer says: 'Thene anc few exemples of sucb longevity in capitalist cauntries."' And he annaunces thet the insti- tute is pneparing a book with the titie. -The U.S.S.R.-Country of Longevîitv." We must wait for that book ta discover thc partic- ular reasons why people live longer under Conimun±agm thanl in capitehist countries. We rnay lie quibe sure, howevem. that the book will nat contain a card in- dex record of the shortevity of the inhabitants' of Soviet labor camps. But the Soviet Government can bamdly dlaim the credit for the long ives of the two farmens mentioned, fon they weme already well advanced toward their 120's before the Communist system was tully organized in Russie, Wbich reminds me of a discussion that book place between a graup of farmers around the stove in e village store sorne yeams aga. They weme arguing as ta wbether chewing tobacco shortened a man's life. One aId stager de- clared thet be had chewed tabac- co al bis life and he was 72 ydars aid. Tbis seemed ta settie the question, until an eIder, sbaking an admonisbing finger et tbc la- veterate cbewer, said: "But you don't know how aid yau'd lie if yau badn't chewed tobacco. Soviet scientists, however, are not putting rnuch feibh in Com- munismn as a ife-pralonger. They bave been engaged for many years on the problem of restonîng vital argens, according ta Liter- etumnaya Gazeta, April 7th. They have noted thet certain hower vertebrabes possess the ebility ta estore such major members as the bail and the leg. Prof. V. Popov is said ta have peformed same remenkable experiments, and had "succeeded in giving a frag a new eadrum."' Another article in the seme journal deals witb the question, "Cen Legs and Amms lie Sewn ta the Body?" It would seem that motality is womying the Soviet leaders. Some montbs ega Stalin himseîf issued a special order ta bis scientists ta intensify their research and corne across with e rernedy tor death. LABOR DISHONESTY (Sudbury Star) We don't believe that industriel management should expect a e- duced womking farce ta produce the same emaunt of goods, but on the ather bend there cen be noth- ing but cantempt ton workers who engage in "slow-down" tactics. Honesty is samething more than just returning e hast panse ta its owner. It is elso giving a day's work in retumn for a dey's wege. There is something lecking in the moral fibre of e man who deliberatelv sets out to do less work for bbc same pay, and it is a sorry sight indced ta see union leaders instruct their members ta engage in dîshoncsty. Employers today are level- headed businessmen who have acquired bbc knowledge that bhc best production cames tram e contented working force. When unions goad the employers, tbey cen expect natbing mare than Is written mbt the collective bar- gaining agreement. Labor and management cen wonk as a pertnership. but union leaders who advocate -slow- down" practices must eccept tbc responsibility for ceating dis- harmony- THfUMS1AY, AUGUST Mt, Ift Archaeloqist Writes About Excavation At Washbum Island Mr. J. Russell Harper of the Royal Ontario Museum of Arch- aeoiogy, Toronto, who is conduct- ing the excavating at Washburn Island in Lake Scugog, sends us the following details of the work they have been doing: This letter may serve ta give yau sorne idea of what we have been doing in aur excavating at Washburn Island since cornmenc- ing work on the island. We started ta excavate on July 10 on what appears ta be a camp site or village and where we find srnall hearths scattered indiscrim- inately aver a hait acre plateau. Indien artifacts are ta be found in a shallow layer framn twa ta six inches berfeath the surface, consisting chiefly of pottery with a few arrow heads and other stane tools. The pottery on which we are relying for identification of the tribe who lived here, is ap- parently of the early Paint Pen- insula Indiens on one part of the site. It i5 boa early ta say, but from another area the pottery may lie of quite a different people. We are finding white imitation wampurn as weli of the type used by the early fur trad- ens. The inference is that this site may have been used by In- dians on a number of occasions and that ta unravel the occupa- tions will take a good deal of study. To add ta aur difficulties, picnic parties from Port Pemry, etc., carne aven by boat around 1900 and we are digging up coins, tent pegs. etc. The disturbance of the site has been considerable. We bave been taking sarnp- lings on other parts af the island and find Indian occupation along the shore for at least a haIt mile. There xvi le at least a sampling taken of pottery fram some other spots. I rather teed that it will be impossible in the three weeks at aur disposai and with aur small crew, ta adequately com- plete the job this year. Whether we will attempt ta get out a re- port on this summen's work, on wait until next year and try to do more excavation, will of course have ta be decided at the end of aur digging. If, as you suggest, anyane trami your paper wouhd cane ta came up, I shouhd lbe only toa happy ta try and fi in the framework of this less than inadequate skel- tan about wbat we are doing. We shahlie actively digging un- tiI, I expect, a week tram this coming Thursday. By that time we shahl possibly bave added a small bit ta the unwrîtten history of the prebistoric period in On- tario. Durham Farmers Win In South Ontario Field Crop Contest A field of high-yield oats stand- ing five feet high brought ferm- er W. Heber Down, Brooklin, tirst place in the standing tfield crop competition in oats hehd by the South Ontaria Agricultural Sa- ciety. An anual event the competition was judged by Everett Mark of Little Britain who was eccomp- anied by E. W. Webber, secretamy of the Society. Bath repoxfted, after inspecting il farms, that the propspect was for a high yield of gaod quality grain. "The aats were a lovely sight, genthy weving in the breeze, and prospects were as good as we bave seen for 10 years." was Mr. Webber's comment. Mr. Down cut bis 60-rod tfield with a binder on August Ist. 1 Covering ahi tbc County af On- tario and part of Durham County the competition bad a maximum possible score of 100. Cash prizes were awanded ta the tirst eight competitoms and placings, with tbc points awarded, as folhows: 1-W. Heber Down. Brooklin, 93 points; 2-Boyd Ayre, Hamp- ton, 82; 3-W. F. Batty & Son, Brooklin, 91; 4-John Baker, Hampton, 90; 5-Norman Down, Oshawa, 87; 6-W. H. Westney, Pickering, 84; 7-C. H. Mumford, HampntonR83; 8-Heprbert Arbtn, 'LEAviNG TEfiG CrITES In the United States in recent years there bas been a substan- tiai movement of peaple from the big cities into the suburlis and nearby towns, according ta the recent Arnerican census. Since the end of the last war, it is esti- rnated. same five million persans have joîned this trek from the country's 168 metropolitan centres. It will lie a good thing for Canada, remarks The Finan- cial Post, if the current census here reveals a sirnilar trend. With modemn transportation it is no longer necessary nom desir- able for people ta live jam-pack- ed into narrow streets alongside the factory or office that employs them. They are far healthier, and in these critical times, far safer, spread out over a wider area. THEY WON'T COME BACK Traffic tie-ups on our high- ways over the weekends certain- ly wan't help aur tourist trade, points out The Financiai Post. particulamly annoyed because he has been encouraged ta corne to Canada by officiai literature sug- gesting that our highways are free frmr congestion, that he cen breeze along anywhere at 50 miles an boum and reach the great open spaces almost as soan as he crasses the border. 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