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- m$- .AU T O .. aOâ JSfl t =fl- JA Ol.lNYV flV -- TZruRsDAy, ZAN. iSOth1956 ' EDITORIALS WiII Be Big The Governmnent's farm price support legisiation bas been subjected ta lengthy debate ini the House of Commans. Few new ideas have been offered by its critics -parity prices, deficiency payments, for- ward pricing. Everyone interested in rural votes is getting in bis licks, accord- ing to The Toronto Telegram. This is going ta be a big issue in the forthcoming election. The bill does not go all the way ta meet the demands of farm organizations, but it is a step in their direction. What it does is ta base support prices on the average market pnice of the previaus 10 years. For hogs, beef cattle, sheep, eggs, butter, cheese. and wheat, oats and banley not grown on the prairies, the sup- port is ta be nat iess than 80 per cent of the i0-year ave rage. For other commod- ities supports are ta be set from year ta vear 'on the recommendation of a perman- ent price support board and a farm-dom- inated advisorv committee., The problem for the Goverument is ta rnove in the direction of ereater pnice stabîlity in aericulture without running into the mess the Amnericans are in because of their s--called îpni*,,.- rogran. Canada caunot afford ta spcnd billions subsidizing Governments have been establiished among i for the puriDose of protectingr the rights of the individual citizens. To that end men are willina ta trust the orotection of their rights juta the hands of the established goveruments, and ta grant such governmenfs sufficient power for the performance of that duty. But ruiers have aiways been prone ta abuse the powers cntrusted ta them, and ta oppress the people they arc iutended ta protect. The western world has turned ta dcrmocracy with its pariiameutary institu- tions elcctcd by thrn people, as the form of government least likelv ta oppress theni. But power, wherex'cr il Ns located. always strives ta perpetuate itself; and the -pow er of electcd parliaments is no exception ta this rule. Today aur parliaments have so far de- parted from the princîples an which they were founded that thev have become the instruments by which the people are being deprived of their most fundamental rirchts. Openly, and without shame, aur elect- ed parliament barter awav the right of the individuai ta manage his owu affairs. They are doing this in exchange for the Conrad N. Hilton, President of Hilton Hotels, five years ago delivered an address entitled "The Battie for Peace." Like a pebble dropped in stili waters the prayer, contained in that message, spread around tbc world to 53 countries, over the barriers of oceans and mountains, of creed and language. We are glad to reprint it at this time because we find it applicable to our day and age: Our Father in Heaven: We pray that you save us from ourselves. The xorld that you have made for us, to live in peac',. ve have made into an armed camp. We live in fear of war to came. W%ýe are afraid of "the terror that flics Japan's Prosperity W7hen former Trade Minister Howe concluded this country's trade agreement with Japan a few years ago it xvas argued wvith considerable vigor in officiai circles at Ottawa that Canada would have to absorb Japanese manufactured imports in order to kecp Japanese workcrs employed and prosperous so that they would not be lured into the orbit of communîsmn. Sources at Ottawa have been notabl v silent for the last year or so on the subjeet of Japanese attitudes towards communism. But so far as achieving the objective of making Japan prosperous by expanding liel- export trade is concerned, the trade agreement seems to have been singularlv successfu]. In fact, officiai trade figures from Tokyo show that in the six months ending September 30, Japanese exports werc 19.4 per~ cent above the correspond- ing period of 1956, w'hile exports to the dollar area, \vhich includes Canada and the United States, xere up 41.1 per cent and total]ed $701,287,000. Canadians do not begrudge Japan ler present boominq prosperity. It is, how- ever, somewhat ironic that Japan's export- based prosperity in manufacturing should bc on the rise at the very time that industrial unemployment is begyinning to pose scrious problcms on Canada's economic front. Establinhed 1954 ,with whieh in incorporat.d The Eawmaxnville N e. T h. Newcastle Independont and 17h. Orona N.wi lO4th Year of Continuous Service ta the Town oft Bowrnanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER %que * * t SUESCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Yomr, atrictly in advance $5.00 a Year In the United States Authoaiued ca Second Close MaU Pont Office Depcazment, Ottawas Pubhiabed by MIE jAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmeiville, Ontarlo GEO. W. JAMES, ftrroit Election Issue farmý prices and then billions more in an attempt ta reduce the surpluses generated by the subsidies. The new bill embodies several advances on previous legislation. It pro- vides for a permanent price support board with an advisory committee. It provides that support prices will be set for a year in advance, so farmers will know the minimum they can expect ta receive for their products and govern themselves accordingly. It makes mandatory the sup- port of nine basic commodities at a pre- determined level. This is an ingeniaus formula, which relates price supports ta recent market conditions and thus ta recent cost and demand situations instead of tying them rigidly ta an historical price relationship in which farmers are assumed ta have reccived "fair" prices, which is xvhat the American "parity" system attempts ta do. It is not the duty of goverument ta guarantee a living ta anyone capable of earning it, cither in his present occupation or another. But the political and economic realities of agriculture dictate that some- thing be donc ta steadv farm prices. The farmers wili undoubtedly wish ta gýo aion-g with the newv bill, at lcast on a trial basis. votes of selfish organized groups. Ail over Canada farmers arc bcing coerced juta submitting ta the authority of irresponsible marketing boards which are given monapolistic contrai over the marketing of the crops assigned ta them. The farmers are being deprived of al say in the time, the place and the prices at which they wîll seîl their products. They have no recaurse if these boards fumble the sales and cause them heavy lasses by their iack of judgment in selling. These things are a direct invasion of the basic rights of the individual farmers and reduce them ta the status of some- thing ]ess than free, responsible individ- uals. And thcy are being doue by a ur so- called dcmocratic legisiatures and parlia- ment. Naw, these clected bodies are going a step further and are delegatine the power of taxation ta these irtesponsible market- ing boards. They are empowcrin,ý them ta ievy taxes on the products the farmers deliver ta them, and ta use the money for equalizin,- incomes among the farmers. This is nothing less than a betraval of the trust which the citizens have reposcd in the governiments. by night. and the arrow that flies by day, the pestilence that walks in darkness and the destruction that wastcs at noon-day." We have turned from you ta go aur selfish way. We have braken your com- mandments and denied your truth. We hiave left your altars ta serve the false gods of money and pleasure and power. Forgive us and help us. Now, darkness gathers around us and we are confused in al aur counscis. Losing faith in you, we lose faith in ourselves. Inspire us with wisdom, ahi of us of everv color, race and creed, ta use aur wealth, aur strength ta heip aur brother, instead of destroying him. Help us ta do xour wiii as it is doue in heaven and ta be worthy of your prom- ise of peace on earth. Fi us with ncw faith, new streneth and new courage, that we mav win the Battie for Peace. We swift to save us, dear God, before the darkncss fails. Can't Satisfy Everybody Income support programme for fanm- crs, . naccurateiy dcscribed as price sup- port programme, appears ta have been receivcd with scant enthusiasm. Consumers will not be happy-. because fanm incomne support programme will mnean hi2her prices for foodstuffs. Tax- payens will not be happy because cost of supporting farm income will corne out of their pockcts. Some farmers will not be happy because supports fixed at 80 Per cent of the l0-year average base price aren't fixed instead at 100 per cent. Other farmers are dispieascd because the nîne fanm commodities ta be permailenti'y sub- *ect ta support prices don't happen ta be the commodities thev produce. 'Alreadv farmers in the Maritimes are complainin'z because puiowood cuts, froni farmn wood- lots isn't included in schcmne. Ouly sure things about ncw fanm in- came support proa!ramme are that it will create more problemns tlian it wîilsalver and wiii cost Canadian taxpayers a lot of mo ne v. Observations and Opinions Fashion is a fanm of ugiiness sa jutaI- erable that we have ta alter -it evcrY six mon th s.-Wi lde. A father is a banker provided by nature.-French Proverb. The ideal income is a thousand dollars a day - and expenses--Lorillard. Advertising heips raise the standard of living by raising the standard of long- ing.-Jord an. It isn't your position fhat niakes vou happv or unhappv. It's '<aur disposition. -Baron de La Montesquieii. Bigz shots are oniv*v uttle shots who keep shooting.-Morlcv'. Men are vain, but they won't mind women's workinq so long as thcy eet sma]ler salaries for the same jobs.-Cobb. My way of joking is tellinr{ the truth. That is the funniest joke in the world.- Sh a w. 1 horiesti ' helievP if 17 hý-ttîcr cx know iiothinz than tew 'knowv what ain't so.-Josh Billings. In the I Distant Past 25YASAGO (1933) 49 YEARS AGO (1909) Counties' Councîl slashed sal- Reeve Arthur A. Powers of aries and cut road expenditures Clarke Township, Warden of the in haif in an attempt to bring United Counties, 'was given a down the tax rate& Reeve W. F. Rickard of Newcastle was elect- dinner and reception by his ed Warden on the first ballot, home town of Orono. William Bowmanville's "Grand Old Armstrong was chairman; Dr. Man" David Keith, died on Jan. Neil Colville made a compli- 30, two weeks before his 99th birthday. Mr. Keith was born in mentary address, as did Rev. J. Scotland and came to Canada in A. McKeen, A. A. Colwill, Reeve 1850 with his mother and fam- of Newcastle; Councillor J. G. ily to join his father. The voy- Honey, Robert Knox, W. J. age took five weeks and three Bragg and many others. days. About 75 relatives of Mr. and Scores of former members at- Mrs. A. E. Clemens, Locust tended a service commemorating Grove Farm, Tyrone, gatbered the depositing o! the Colours of at their home to celebrate their the Second Battalion inl St. 25th wedding anniversary. W. Paul's United Church. Col. L.R.Ce nsw car nad T. McLaughlin, former Com- R. emonenswschamirman and mander, deposîted a wreath at Sothrs o teommiee wre the Ceinotaph prior to the serv- SarahE.ToeBak Courtice,JonPry ice. The parade was headed byW.ECorceJonPcy the Bugle Band of Peterborough John J. Tilley, Provincial In- Rlangers, which Regiment per- spector of Model Schools and a r2t'uated the 2nd Battalion, C.E. former inspector of publie F. schools in Durham, was to ler- Florenc" Nightingale Lodgec ture at Hampton. on "Somne No. 66, I.O.O.F., marked its 6lst Changes In Our Scbool Syster.." annivcrsary with a special ses- The Council Chamber was sion on Jan. 25. Noble Grand J. packed for the February Council L. floenigk presided. meeting when W. A. Richards Rev. W. J. Todd presided at a and 281 others presented a pe- Lurns' Concert Jan. 25 inl St. tition against any advance in Andrew's Presbyterian Chur.,-h. dog tax and T. Geo. Mason and Among those taking part in the 153 other petitioned to have it program was a maie quartette raised to $2 and $3. The case ('omposed of F. 0. Mcllveen. . of John Maynard and his S. Haliman, R. E. Logan and F daugbter laying a complaint Brown.d orsnclb at-against The Home for the Aged, ed his 84thi birthday and attend- cuoorn as. am pfrds ed the Canadian Club that night. csin He was busy training a bugle Maniager Edmonson of the band, an indication of his youth- Electric Light Co. sent in a fui spirit. tender for town iighting but Donald Gibson, Newcastle, action was deferred as a pro- opened a new, up-to-date chick moter for a gas company xvas to hatchery. address council at next meeting. Correct Attitude Needed Get Most Out of Church Rev. A. C. Forrest Most persons who go ta church arc sympathetic and reasonably uncritical. But there are others! And if the average minister wcyre ta hear the comments over the Sunday dinner tables of sanie o! thei, be xouldn't eat bis own. Typical amang theni is Mrs. Annabeile Lee wbo bas written an article in the British Weekly wbich leaves me very sad. I'm flot sure wbetber I am more sad for Mrs. Lee or the English chapel sbe attended. Here's the gist o! it. After be- ing brougbt ut) constantly in the atmospbere o! tbe cburch, Mrs. Lee got married, had twa child- ren, and being very busy didn't get ta church. Then sbe got loneiy for the gaod aid days, and so she went back one even- ing. But she didn't like it, and she tries ta tell us why. Mrs. Lee criticized almost everytbing in the service. She xvas very gentie in criticism o! herseif bowever. Perhaps it was because she gat off ta a bad stant in a strange cburcb. Many Objections She didn't like the seats they had chosen in the centre o! the cburcb. She didn't like the way folk wbispered and gossiped be- fore the service started. She didn't like tbe voiuntary the organist piayed non the way be played il. She didn't dislike the ininister, but she objected ta the way the choir came in and sanie of them giggled a littie. She recognized the first bynin, the way the anthem wxas played and sung, and for that matter she didn't like the organist and the music peniad. She was made self-conscious by the fine ciothes the others wene weaning. 4'Wbat a mistake for me ta came ta such a ricb church!" she thougbt, as she gianced at ber son's shiny blue raincoat. Shie found the prayer inspir- ing, but it xvas marred Iy twa bright things leafing tbrough a hyinn book in the pew behind. She sure didn't like The Lord's Prayer being sung, or the tune they sang it ta. She was embar- rasscd bv the bal! crowns and ten shilling note on the collec- tion plate when she had worried PONTYPOOL We cxtend binthdav grectings ta Mrs. Rose Whito who is colo- bnating lier 90th binthday an Wednesday, Jan. 201h. It was my pleasure la drap in ibis week ta sav "'Hello" ta aur oidest citizen, Mn. Robent Corboît wba xviii celebrate bis 93rd birthday tbis year. With the exception o! somne hea-t trouble. Ibis grand aid man is ln good heaith. He enjays tell- ing about the bistory of Ponty- pool and Ballyduf!. Robert was born in a small bouse near xvbere the Odd Felloxvs' Hlall is situaied. The raiinoad came ibrough about î5 yoars ago. There were few homes in the village tlien but thene ,Ne'e sexeril saxvmilis.. There was no schooi and lie attended the old Foc School iwvo miles east, of tb", village. He heiped ta clear lhe ground ,,,here Pontv- pool School is now !ocated and clainms the oldest building in tihe vilage is the prapertv- wh-ler- Mni. Cliff Curtis aperates ther ý*cal lhardware. Bailyduf! xvsmn.e of a lixe burg w.iitb lhrec hatels. twa chunches and a store. Several 121h of Juiy celebrations were beld there and a good dinner was served at 30c. Anyone wishing ta know mare about aur bistory would ho w'ell repaid ta drap in and see Ibis young feliow. Mrs. Maly and Mns. Char- b' 'ý Whîte attended the fu- e, fP.nbrrt Luna iii Or- bçorry to lbarn t.hat Mrs. about sparing a shilling from the housekeeping money to go ta church. I was glad that she didn't ob- ject to the minister or what he wore, but she didn't like his text, his sermon or bis delivery. Nor did she like the benediction being sung, and I don't think by tbat timie she was in a mood to appreciate shaking the sideman's hand the second time on ber way out. Must Not Offend Now o! course 1 admit that if hers was an bonest objective criticisni of the service, I would neot care for some of the features myseif. It just makes regular -worsbippers realize how careful tbey ougbt to be flot ta offend someone wbo drops in every dozen years or so. But one cannot help wonder- ing if Mrs. Lee or persons like ber go back to the churcb in the right attitude to be helped. Slhe xvas prompted apparently flot by desire to xvorsbip, nor a desire to belp the churcb whîcb bad bielped ber. Rather, she went because she was loneiy, and homesick for the good old days o! childhood. Wben she found that the church bad cbanged in lîttie tbings, and that customs wbicb may flot bave jarred ber in cbildbood but wbicb seemed incongruous now were tolerated, she was critical. . It talies a reasonable amount o! grace for a person who bas remained outside the church for many years to admit that they are at fault. It is much more pleasant for us to find that the fault is in the churcb or tbe min- ister or the organist. The cburch can learn from her criticism. Its worsbip must be real, not a chummy get-together of neighbors wbo believe in the same thing, and haven't any- thing else to do on Sundays. Sometbing happens in church xvben people xvorship whicb xviii move the coid and lonely heart of a casuai visitor. But at the same time the casual visitor is going to find it difficuit to get beneath ahl the forms and cus- toms which clutter up the av- erage service, if he comes prornpted by nostalgia, and pre- pared to be critical. Grace Burke bad ta neturn ta hospital again. While we dont pretend ta bave any "Dionnes' iocaliy xve are gciting ta be a prolific commtrunity. Last sunîmer Mn. and Mrs. Larry Bradley were presented with twin boys. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Smit xvbo live on the Blakely farm near the Marsh Church became the parents a! triplets, all daugb- tons. Tboy were the first trip- lets bora in Civic Hospital, Pe- terborough. Congratulations. A meeting o! the Stewards of the United Church was heid on Tuesday. A pot iuck suppen and congregatianal meeting xiii be field Monda ' veniing when reports xiii he heard from aI branches a! the clîurch. The fin bug is stili around with thie doctor a regiîlar vis- itor ta aur village. Sonie of those affected are Mn. Bc"nard Neals. Mr. Ross Hiamilton, Ma's. Ivan Keliett, Miss Dianne CLIr- lis and severai othors. A speedy recax'er ,,ta ai]. Will he Seeing ',"O at the Orange Hall Fridiax, ,jan. 21st, xvhen Moi Lavigne and fils BIne Mountain BoYs xviii entertain you. Many o! you have seen and heard theni on Channel 3, Barrie. We extend aur congratula- tions ta Mns. Murrav Logan w-ha bas received beonclip- ]oana after taking a si.- months course ain lia'rdre-sin-, n lu- lic -. i n ï ';'o r we e>xtend our very beit wishies. 100-Year-Old Tyrone Miii Under New Management One cf the pioneer mills ini the area stili. in existence is the Tyrone Mill. This mill re-open- ed for business Jan. 13 under the new proprietor, Mr. John Thornbeck, who since purchas- ing the business last year bas completely remodelled and re- fitted the miii ta present-day standards. Tyrone Mill bas a close con- nection with Bowmanville for two reasons. It was buiît in 1846 by James McFeeters who became Bowmanviile's first may- or in 1858 upon the town's in- corporation. Secondly, it wvas purchased in 1853 by Samuel Vanstone, grandfatber of Mr. F. C. Vanstone. Bowmanville, and both the Tyrone and Bow- manville milîs were run by the Vanstone family. Samuel Vanstone bougbt the west end store in the village (burned some years ago) and two bouses as xvell as the miii in 1853. In 1878 Samuei's son Jabez C. Vanstone bougbt the property from bis father and Samuel moved ta Bowmanvii1e and rented the Bowmanvilie miii. Vanstane M'oved To Tawn In 1886 J. C. Vanstone mov- ed to Bown'a-nville and pur- chased the Bowmanville mili from the Rayr.es Estate. He ran bath Tyrone and Bowmanville milîs until 1902. His son Fred C. Vanstone continued tao o- erate bath milîs until 1908 mrben the Tvrone mniiixvas soid ta Thomas Goodman. After J. C. Vanstone Tnoved ta Bowmanviile in 1886, an op- erator was employed to run the Tyrone miii. Mr. J. Sanders, Mrs. Theo Siemon's father. En- niskillen, served iongest in this capacity. The Flood of 1890 The flood that occurred on June .4, 1890, which happened ta be provincial election day, remained in the memory of mi Il owners for years as a mast dis- astrous event. Mr. F. C. Van- stone recalis it well. The oniy bridge left coming into Bow- manville following the cloud- burst, was that o! the Grand Trunk Raiiway. In Tvrone the milI dam xvas washed out also the road in front o! the mih.P so that traffic past there xvas impossible for several weeks. Financial ioss was considerable throughout Darlir..gton Town- ship. Marks New Era 1891 niarked a new era at the Tyrone Mill wben ail but one set o! stones for grinding wheat into fiaur were removed and plate choppers for grinding chop were put in. The latter were an innovation at the time. Later an an oat ral was Ir- stalied ta ral aats for the horses. Thomas Goodman who bad purcbased the niill in 1908, in 1912 purcbased Mr. Samuel Bingham's bouse opposite. Mr. Luther Goodman bouglit both miil and bouse from bis father. In 1944 Luther Goodman ir.- stalied a mixer for making Shur-Gain feeds. The mill was soid ta Harvey Pantner of Ty - Social Drinkîng Has Ils Drawbacks (Contributed) While there is fia closed sea- son for parties, these occur mare frcquently in %vinter than sum- mier and especiaily during the holiday celeb-ations from wbich many have sa recentiy recav- ered. Not ta be construed as a cri- ticisrn of gatherings but rather as an amnusing analysis by one xvbo quit drinking because of the stupid antics o! those wbo are unabie ta bandle their hi- quar, the following views fromn tbe book "Drunks Are Dnivîng Me ta Drink" should prove o! interest ta many o! aur more sapbisticated readers. Every drinker regards bim- sel! as a very lavable feliow. He glows with self-affection and takes it for granted that you share bis self-adoration witbhlhm. The popularity o! alcohol is due primarily ta the fact that it chaxýms people witb their own pensonalities. Many a fel- low xvbo knows, xvben saber, that be is something a! a stink- er, and sbould bide it as com- pleteiv as possible, can take a few drinks, start ta lave bini- self dearly and spread bimsel! ail aver tbe place. Ail o! a sudden this dud ac- quires intellect. charni, profun- dity, wit and sex appeal. He becomes a raconteur, acquires a singing voice and achieves new stature and standing witb bimself. Quite a few otherwise good feilaws are prone ta lapse inta an aimost endurable longwind- edness xvhen tigbt. Their stanies ail became sagas. If tbey are relating some trivial incident, they will go back for decadcs ta build up ta it. One of the chie! troubles with alcoboiics is that they dan't edit. Tume is o!fiao con- sequence ta drinkers. Wben I'm with theni, 1 am consciaus o! nothing so nmucb as of waiting for them ta finish wbat the N are saying or doing. 1 know I just bave ta stand there and take it in the iongest passible ver- sion. Drunks, In short, are inter- minable. They won't go any- wbere wben you want theni ta. Did you ever try ta get a bunch o! drunks ta move. as a body? They are as impas- sible as a 20-tan vault. No woan- der drunks stay out ahl nigbt. Tbey have fia sense o! time, na cansciausness of! docks, no realization tbat it wiil soaný be morning. Drunks neyer want ta go home. 1 sometimes do. Wben I was a drinker. one o! the abjections I bad ta drink, even then, was that it took s0 mucb time. Even the moderate drinkers I knoxv are terrific time-wasters. There are s0 many good things they don't get done. The only tbing dinkîng in- creases in the time you spend talking and listening ta people Since they are about the saine people, and people wbo neyer had much of importance ta say in the first place, and fia in- clination ta listen, 1 think is pnetty trivial. It's an accepted fact that dnunks are indiscriminately greganiaus. Tbey'il ask anybody in for drinks. Tbey'll go any-1 wbere thèy're asked for free drinks. I wonder: Wbat's the matter with being alone once in a wbile? As for one wbo can't drink, 1 advance the tbeory that it may be passible ta take sanie of iife's rough gaing without tbe aid, always, of a bottie of Oid Courage. Maybe tbere's a kick, after ail, in reality, if we wiil just face up ta it. But I do know that a good many drînkers, are pretty stouit feilows about facing the realit- rone in November 1953 and b@ ran it for over a year. Takes On New LU e Now the nIi41 lbas taken on new life againl, -"yNUg been re- novated and- - tted byMr Thornbeck. 'He bougr'I the property from Mr. IL. o! Toronto wbo bad acquir! it from Harvey Partner. During Mr. Beil's owngrc.hip, the west end o! thesl building was remnov- ed, and a driving shed et thie east end. Mr. Thornbeck xvas born ini Scarborougb. He attended Ag;n- court Collegiate and Danforti Technical 'School, followilix xvhich lhe served for ten yers on the Great Lakes. F rthne past 16 years he bias beï eýn- ployed witb the Canadian Pa- cific Railway. The ne'cessary macbinery for grinding. rolling and mixing of grains bias been installed hy Mr. Thornbeck. He plans to have a wood planing shop in the upper storey of the build- ing. Mr. Martin Maxwell -whos-z- father was a miller. came to Tyrone xvitli .Thornbeck and xvas the latter's right hand man until lie was injured in a car accident. During these winter days, Jt lias been a source of pleasure ta Mr. Thornbeck to see thie cbildren and young people en- joying skating on the mill pond. Tyrone communit), is happ 'v ta see the nill bumming agaîn,_f and wisb Mr. Tho-nbeck suc- cess in bis venture. les o! a hangover, the next dav after tbey've got drunk to ev- ade some reality that wasn't bal! as bad as the caming bang- over. So drunks are at least not ail craven cowards. They face a frow-up and a bust- head with- out a quaim. Eitber they're pretty brave, or they have migbty short memorie. The most dreadful i-eality 1 suffer, cold sober, is the com- panionsbip of drunks. Dt-n't b. surprised if I resumne driinkin.«, ta help me take people wha drink. The Bible Today Bible salesmen in India some- times meet with difficulties that are flot encountered in aur country. Writing fromn the Canadian Presbytk-'ý Mission at Jhansi, the Rev3$ngus McKay says: "I have just ýeturned from a 10- clay tour with the Bible Society Van from Calcutta wbich ha# , been visiting our area. We werî'- working in what are cal,ot.<ý "affected areas" which mêânx ,ý._ areas wbere there are special police in addition to the regular police, on account o! the lawless- ness of, the people. Several bands o! robbers are operating througbout the territory neces- sitating special corps o! mort hîgbiy trained and more ade- quateiy equipped police. We had an interesting time and sold many Gospel portions even iA the going was rather rigoroues." Rev. E. J. Heuer, who is ini India takîng moving pictures for the British and Foreign Bible Society in Canada, will visit the Jhansi field where Mr. McKay is at work. Suggested readings for next week: Sunday .- John 1:1-18 Monday - -------Hebrews 1:1-14 Tuesday --- Matthew 1:18-23 Wednesday---- Matthew 2:1-12 Thursday .-_, Matthew 2:13-23 Youngman Ys Colu mn We have read about the In- donesian struggie for indepen- donce. and have seen pictunes o! Indonesian - Dutch people leaving the only home tboy ever know, ta go ta the land o! their ancostons (I-oiland). Suchi news and such pictures are apt ta prejudice Canadians in favour o! the Dutch cause. Espccialiy when we realize that this case is similan ta the Amenican Col- onies' struggle for independence la 1776, when tbey wbo were not sympatbetic ta the robel cause, left the U.S.A. for Can- ada. and are still referred to as United Empire Lovaiists. A]- thoughi we may admire ail who rcmained layai ta the British Crown, we must admit that the '"Rebels" bad ample cause for their diissatisfacl ion and desire for independonce. To be fair ta bath sides we shauid liston ta the arguments o! bath. It waq im' good fortune ta meet a full biooded Indonesian last week. When I requosted an interview for The Statesman, be graciously obiiged. His name is Mr. A. Hafiz, speaks and xvnîtes excellent Engiish, thirty years o! a:'e, marniod, two chi!- dren, cornes from farming stock. spent three vears in coilege studying economy, bias been in Canada five months under the "Colombo Plan".--studying fa. - est rna.nzemcnt, ariita tion, and policv; is ani Indoni.- s;an Govt. ernplo.vce in the Fur- e:iLrry Ser\,Ice. ,ver- intchIlige'ît, frank, and a damn nice chai); ho 1eavc.ý for bis honeland next niti Indoni-e la bas a land arca o! 750,000> square :ii:.papu'a- t ion 81) millions, 90 percent Mlo- hamedan, 8 iorcent Christian, one percent Buddlh'st, one per- cent, no rel;,Yion. Their econormy is noughly: 1. Farming: 2. Es- tatcs-caffec. tea, rubber, pep- pen; 1. Mining-aii, tin baux- ite. coal, zinc. goid, diamonid: 4. Export of the valitahie tea!: xvol jthoLi'h Pire trer3 i., n : arean n1po!t- cd irer. bir. Hafiz fincis Canadians very kind, belpful, and bospit- able, and tbinks Canada bas great passibilities o! playing an important noie in the future economic and political affairs o! the wonid. I enquired about the coin- parison o! Canada's and Indon- esia's standards o! living. There is radio, but no television ini Indonesia, in Canada, there is- a choice o! chickon or steak; ini Indonesia, it is a mattor of rire or hunger, and he added, "far hungry people, economie as- sistance can be a great help- remember a hungry man is a despenate man." "We are still very scarce of electricity, but hope aur nta- tional f ive-year plan wiil salve this probiem. Since autos, nefri- geratars, etc., are imponted goods, the priceofo these arti- cles are beyond tbe reach of most people." 'During the 250 yoars af Dutcb domination, au r people have been grossly exploiteci, and are 90 percent illiterate, which the Indonesian Govern- ment hopes ta change. within ten years, ta forty percent. The Communist activity In the present conflict is no factor at ail: aur dlaimn for the wvest- ern part o! Newv Guinea. is the dlaim oif the whoie people o! Indonesia, inicliding the W.est 'Ncw 'z Giniian_. Mv '1 guest thinks the terni g"seiziire*', as used bv We;;Ierti nevs services. is mi:eadIiin" that the Govornmrent piac'd the Dutch owned enterprise-, tiînder Goveramecnt contrai ta p)rcvc-nt possible 'sabotage, ard Ilhat. in dte roLirsP. the (Jov-' errnent xviii ho xviiling ta utir- gotiate with the former awners for a rca'sonahle settiemont. He claimed that, only Dutch enter- prises v.cre being nationaiizod. that no other Nationals have been or wiil be disturbed, and that. thene are splendid opper- tunities for fureign investments in bis counr'-. Mr~. Hafiz aiço stated that. a+, ti.e r, ;îd t a hýe on f(eroce a ii IDcccrnhc r. 1949, it vwas agepd that negouiations wou.lG begia within one yean, but the Dutch ignared the agreement. He dlaims that their Dutch aven- lords barrowed money froni the U.S.A. under the "Marshall Plan", used it Io figbt the ne- helliaus Indonesians, tiien forc- ed the latter, ibrougl taxation ta repay the boan. When I asked hlm why bis people acquiesced. he said tbey ca-opcnated in the hope that il wouid soften the Dutch atti- tude, but wben this did flot transpire by 1957, they becamre tired of twa and a bal! centur- ies o! exploitation, and brokeni promisesý, and decidcd ta turn on their tormentors. And wboe can hiame thoni? When I enquired wby so many Dutch were eniigrating ta Hol. land, lie said that, although nîany o! ilhei were born in In- donesia. tbey pnoferned ta owe ailegiance to Holiand, and would not accept the opportunity ta be 100 pecent Indonesians. It %vas distrez~skng ta bear tha,t hal! breeds and full bioods cauld graduate from the same coi- lege, witb identical academie dlegnees, but because th-! bal! breed was pa . Ditch, he wc Ald be' given' a job warth muri mare than the full blood: it is the aId. aid --tory o! white SU- prernac '. It is the Indonesian ,ntent;ion to have equaiity for a'l. regariess of race or cqlour. Mr. Hafiz expla;ned that the ecnmî tate e! bis counîtr :verv sensitive Ita wýl*poli. tical conditions, because tbu'ir econorny is iargei 'y export and jimport, and lie hopes that irn- dusniak:tao xill shortlv &l- leviate Fsmne of the straini.H reni>ccdme that, economic stabilîtv ik an essentiai factofM in political stability and that bis Govenniment is extending invitations ta every country ta invest fareign capital, in Indon- esia, under beneficial condi-, tions. u It was a tbnilI ta meet, . 1 chat th, Hafiz, and a pri. xilege Ioil~. 4ent the Indoneîi- an riaint ti IoP'V a ur read- ers. Bcst of iuck. 'Mr. Hafiz. ta yýou and youx flliow patriot.. - Imm CAM~AflA1 S%'AWMMAW *fltwu*AVV?1J.r NTYAP610 Departing From Democracy Our Father ln Heaven ým - - -- - -..m os. . - - --- 1