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Td, Watch your label; it tolls when your subscription expires. . \ " $1.50 per year in advance. LAA 3 hie Ti "EDITORIAL, hn is he Tattiot's boast, _where'er we roam: His first, best I ever is at home." TH AT 18 80 Maclean's Magazine says: "Uriless we are mis. taken, the people of Canada do not want a dog- fight, They want to know .what each party pro- poses to' do if elected, and how it proposes to, doit." That is so. ada do not want is unending criticism of the op- posing party. We have heard this type of thing ad nauseum, It is time to stick to the Maclean formula of finding what to do and how to do it. Glib, unstudied speeches will prove to be the undoing of many a fluent' candidate. This is a new world in which we are living. He will be a wise man to-day who promises only to use his best pudgment in view of the unfolding facts, And we shall 'be foolish voters if we send repre- : Foparves with: their hands tied by pre-conceived éas that may be Useless through changed con- _ditions o 4° ... THE TARIFF 7s The man who Knows most about tariff (Mr, W. -H. Moore, M.P.) says it is a '"complicated" mat- ter. Evidently so. And it is more complicated be- cause it has become a political football, subject to - the influence of strong individuals and organiza- tions. Tariff should be imposed with" the idea of "the greatest good to the greatest number." Such an ideal cannot be attained in an atmosphere of lobbying and political self interest. The fact is that Mr. Moore should never 'have been removed from the Tariff Board. {He has a mind 'well fitted for the peculiar and difficult task of sifting fact from the fiction of self-interest: : Mr. Moore's plea for stability in tariff is. a plea dictated by, common sense, In Canada, and much more in the United States, there is a grow- ing sense of business" uncertainty owing to con- stantly changing Government regulations. The cures seem to be killing the patient. There are apparently two diverse ends to be considered in the fixing of tariffs-----the producer and the consumer. the end their interests are identical. * What the consumer, gains by lowered tariff (if anything) he loses by reduced employment; and eventually this' * lowered. employment will affcet sales adversely. The whole subject should be. "studied without bias' in the same manner as the actuary studies "insurance rates. = _ In view of the fact that anything that causes unemployment at once becomes a financial bur: den to the public, two conditions should be im- posed upon all who enjoy the "privilege of a pro-_ tective tariff: 1. The books of the privileged company should be open to Government inspéction, so that the national effect of the tariff may be studied in the light of the facts. 3 2. Where 'tariff is lowered, presumably for- the. h efit of the ,.actual buying of goods * at a lower rate should not be hampered by zones, distributor's commissions, or dealer's dependence upon regulations that render it almost impossible to make single purchases, except through the regular channels, and at _the regular prices, _ Such an application of tariff to trade wold re- Another thing the people of Can: The fact is, however, that in, only sce our own side. Cor unpatriotic. Cie the widest expe¥ience and the truest sense of justice it is possible to find in our best public 'servants, " We rdpeat that Canada" suffered a veal loss - when Mr, Moore was removed from the Tariff Board. We need moré men like him for that work. rr 3 rod OPPOSITION "We must protect the right of our opponents to speak, because we must hear what they have to say"--Walter Lippmann. Real opposition is healthy. Organized, formal oppositiongmay become a dfag om¢he wheols of gtate, and a real menace to the public good! No person can blame another for difference of opinion to-day. two sides to every 'question. Certain it is that those two sides are often in violent contrast to- day, and men may honestly sup ort either side of almost any public question. . . It would be splendid if intelligent men and women could go over any subject of public inter- "est point by point without prejudice--just to find 'out what is best for all concerned. In" short to find out the truth. ' The fact is that any proposition needs dis- cussion. In oui eagerness to present a case, we The picture we present is a rosy one; and we are quite annoyed to think that others do not agree. To sit down and count the cost _is essential. If ah election is staged this* our Yivere "will be meetings held 'and statements made that will be sure to annoy us. - We may think them foolish But it is better that those state- ments should become public property than that ", they should be stifled openly and breed discontent challenged. under cover. ey If a false or misleading statement is. made openly, it can be corrected openly. If statements are made in secret they go un- We must remember that voting is secret, and voters who are not kept truly inform- ed may casily do the country much damage. Short of. advocating the violent overthrow of our form of government, almost anything may be said at tines like these. Our own good sense must then choose the good from the bad. But to refuse to listen to any side but our own is fool- ishness and an 'evidence of weakness. Any person can teach us. a little, if we are willing to learn. If we are right and he is wrong we shall be confimed in our conviction. If h& is right and we are wrong, good sense to modify our opinions. Opposition is good, - "if it is sincere. dangerous if it is professional and prompted merely by self-interest. Mere statements of opposition are almost .uscless. . Debate is neces- sary and profitable. "The unexamined life", said Hotiaiin, "is unfit to be lived by man" If is _ puts it this way--"By bringing men face to face: with their opponents, forcing them to listen and _ learn and mend their ideas, they cease to be children and savages, and begin: to live dike civilized men, Itds quite possible' that our opposition. are just as. loyal as we are, OUR CHANGING TIMES Joseph Denny Walter Lippmann, It is rightly said, that there are - Ed we ought to have the . EU AR ME SE r constantly changing. "sight of grey hai The outlook- -ipon life a appears to be In almost any sphete of our existence one is con- fronted by the same condition of af- fairs. . In the first place a few-years ago anyone with normal health, strength and intelligence Was. able to secure - good employment right up to the time time when he was overtaken by old age. There was no talk of relief, if : you needed relief you had to get it the best way you could. To provide security for old age farmers *used to invest their savings in their farms and when they grew too old and feeble to work themselves they were content to move off and hand their holdings over to their sons, move intg. old age comfortably on the interest the Mortgage provided. But a great chapge has come over the situation, Directly 'a young man «ith the slightest show of age, the > he i8 no longer eligible for. employment - -4n factory life.. If he lacks the education. either " "for clerical work or work on the farm his outlook upon life is anything but rosy, especially if he has saved noth- ing in his working days. Again the Mortgage the farmer had on his farm was at one time consider. "er a gilt edge security, but today a . -rl Vows ee mortgage is anything but a gilt gt investment. Then invesinients arc constantly changing in value. If onc had put all his savings into C.P.R. stock 25 years ago he believed his] future was assured, but soon after he woke to the fact that his security was worth next to nothing. Even had _he put his all into some "Power Security" being assured by the best financial broker that it was the very best that couldsbe bought on the market he' was most likely to be informed on reading his paper one day that his good paternal govern- ment had decided to cut the promised interest in two even though the in- vestor had paid the highest price for his seniey, : ing. times havé, tunity for his = advancement," for though things are changing they are also expanding. New lands are open- ing up hecausé of flying, facilities, new 'inventions are constantly being put on the market whicl can be improved up- on and utilized for the benefit of man- kind. --1It also means that the young people must expect to start at the beginning and not where the older ones left off. Better to go slowly and get ciréum- stances well in hand then one will he ready to grapple with every change that he mecta. It is true they used to speak of the good old times, and perhaps some even do so_ yet, but who would care to change the conditions under which we live for any mode of life under Which PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUG UST 3rd; "Ready or the Big Day ~~ MONDAY, AUGUST A RARE DAY'S SPORT FOR THIRTY CENTS I'he Committee for the Sports Day has had a busy time with good Reports on horse races are fine. about actual entries, quite a number of good horsemen have said that results. they will be here ing a Life Saving Demonst tration. 1939 SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. While it i with their horses. :@ The band music ve LX) 7th. s too soon to talk will be the best -- Ontario Regimental Band, first prize winners at C.N.E. and Waterloo Music Festival, will be here in full regalia. be Baseball: 2 Games: 9 Innings--Seagrave, Valentia, Nestleton: all good: Of course there will be the regular Land Sports at the Fair Grounds. Special attention has been given to the opening events of the Day. Rev. J. C. Clough, Chairman of the Aquatic Sports, has secured Harry Canty, Ontario [Diving Champion, Bob Furniss, Canadian Paddleboard Champion, who team together and give an hour's good exhibition, includ- A number of Y.M.C.A. swimmers are to be on hand to show what can be done 1 in fast swimming. There will be. a Handicap Sailing Race for the Business Men's Cup. So be on hand at 10.00 a.m. d.s.t. for a good place at 'the wikeeftont, stay for the Street Dance with Tommy Langley, and don't forget the Lucky Draw tickets, admitting you to the Street Fair. An outstanding event will + A Lonely Figure I on the Plain (Maclean's Magazine) -- When the Royal visit ended, several of the press correspondents who hal been on the pilot train from start to nish, came rushing to us with the ows that they were going to write! Books on .the human interest side o Their Majesties' Canadian Tour. Nowspapermen eannbt_ call time their own, and we shall be vastly surprised if all these good intention are realized. But we hope that some seribe will collect and permanently re- cord some of the incidents whieh while they may not find a place in the official histories of the tour, deeply | moved those who witiiéssed them. In this month's issue of Maclean's, Renneth, Wilson tells of some of | the impressions made upon the Royal party, of some of the impression | the King and Queen made. . "For our own part, were we asked to repeat ther story which impréssed us most, "we shoulil recall one told to us by a railway offcial who was on the Royal train at it sped through Sas- katchewan, + | West of Melville, in a spot whee no road, no. human habitation was in sight, thert! stood at the side of the track a solitary figure of a-man. Ie was an old man, clad in rough clothes, and he must have walked miles across the plains. On his back was a seedy- looking knapsack. In one hand lie held a hat and a stick on 'which he leaned. In the other hand he heldes small Union Jack. As the train passed, he bowed his head and stood motionldss until the last ear went by. Then he waved his flag. We think there is a subject there their, ide ring from the entries heing ves pwork of the Women's Association; and. ceived fromavell known horse breeders | Mr. Gemmell was a member of the and importers and from leading farm- Pomrd of Stewards and chajrman of the Music Committee: an oul- i A Kindly word should also be spoken The directors ers, the show promises to be fading Buecess, are offering £300 in prizes, -. for Myst Sandy whose gracious pre- The 0 i to be held in the Town | sence has given pleasure to many of Park, snd will stant ot two o'clock in four citizens, ' the afternoon with a pal oly prize We understand that Mr. Gemmell winners at seven: Fhe =how will be | will take a special University Course opened=hy, Hon, Gorden Comat, K.C., | during the coming year; and_has been Attorner General of Ontivio, and [attending summer chool at Hamilton. ! hor fap Piling at. Queen's The Port Perry Star joins, many, pk - . friends in wishing Mr. and Mys, Gem- © directors of the Morse Show | mell future. happiness and suceess. ve Willinm Davidson, Manager, Jas tee ---- | Metra resident; GM. Godd- fellows J. IL Perrys Frank W. Batty; WwW. A. Dryden; Dr. D. R. Fletcher; New Tourist Park | [Ed] Bowman; R. N. Bassett; Donald A. Wilson, Samuel ™, 5; Norman 'at Port Perry Trwing- 12, LL, Odlam; A. IE age John Work is progressing rapidly in get- H. Ofmiston: Knox; Perry Stover; il. {ing the four dered Michell Tourist Honorary Presidents --Hon, Govdon paging vunnings order. The jungle Conant, Wo IL Maoie, M.Pg Mayor] je ropmer days has disappeared, and Fred Rowe, George W. MeLaughiline | Gually there is emerging a thoi up-do-date--park--with-all the acconmodition which the present dr Wy tonrigt traveller requires, Lo The most notable. projeet, after the cleaving and levelling, has been the building of the swimming tank, 80 x 20 ft. This-tank is arranged for both z children and adults, with: special pro In thee removal of Mi. and Mrs. Ro tected shallow end for the kiddies, Goo Gemmell to Toronto, Port Perey permancint bath house (with showers, Las lost two good citizens, For eleven foot bath, and toilets will he built years Mr. Gemmell has given excels next spritigg. The tank will be flood. lent service as teacher of Agric ulture Higghted and pifovide al with two diving "nd Science, and as Principal of Poft honits, Perry High School. He has spent his The general scheme of the hest energies for the promotion of Park will include cabins fitted with the work. Under his leadership Povt!electrie light and running walter. Perry High Schoo) gained an enviable Phere will also be a dance pavillion, record as one of the best High Se hols, refreshment booth, and heating facili- WE - - --|ounghly, Mr. and Mis. R. G. Gemmell Move to Toronto. Tourist! brought 'glittering © opportunities, though for the man with greying hairs, or one who had placed all: his eggs in some: broken mortgage or power basket that was 'no longer worth more than a fraction of the original cost, especially If his earn- ing powers had been curtailed, he was simply out of luck. v For the young person, however, with burning ambition and a strong) desire to make a success of things | were never more bright than they are] at present. If such a. person is anxious to dearn to use every oppor- our parents existed, EE at NN, IN MEMORIAM "KENDALL---In loving memory of Jack, our only child who left us Aug, 3rd, 1932, N Too soon comes death to, show We love more "deeply than 'we know, And love in life should strive to see Sometimes what love in death would be. Always remémbered by 'Mother, Dad and Grandparents. for some artist to-paint--the tracks in the foreground, and, backed by the prairié sky, that solitary, bent figure. a Lions Carnival at Whitby - The; first horse show to he held in Whitby for many years is announced by the Whithy Lions Club for Wed- nesday afternoon, August 16th, in con- junction with their annual carnival to raise. funds for community work, par- ticula¥ly child welfare, : "| Gemmell fook an active part in whe in the Province, particularly 'inthe ties, I modern trends toward, vac ational This new tourist accommodation. de- tratning-- In agrieniture; hop work; Tvetopint iE situate just north of Perry | Lake. Sengog Lumber and Coal Co.) shout 200 yards from Queen Street, and Household Science, Toit has taken a leading pine ein Ontavie, | Three years ngo Mr. Gemmell gavel This is a private enterprise, © The a paper before the 0. B.A. de kind proplictor, Mr, EE, Go Mickell, was the work-done here. That: paper ve- | he an, at Green River, thirty "miles both | from Port Perry, and gpent the early As a yoimg ceived favourable comme nt among trustees and teachers; and dic ph years of hid life there. much to stimulate Vie ational work in! man he. moved "to Montreal where for the smaller' High Schools, leeventeen years he has been with the In community work, both MY. ald | Dominion Stores, I Mra, lemmell took their places, and Mr. and Mrs. Michell have moved to gave efficient and valuable serwices. i Port Perry, and will devote their hest This was particularly true in conne rergies toward the promotion of this tion with the United Church. Me®f Tourist Park. Necessarily the work will not be-completed this ygar; but A when it is finished it will be one of the best Tourist. Parks in the Pro- vince. + This new development should mean much -in popularizing Por(. Perry as a summer resort, Gradually, the town is being fitted for modern travelling life, and in a few years it looks as though we shall decidedly be on the map." ' 'Running Comment jon Current Events Four men in a relay team ran 845 miles on the Europa while crossing the Atlantic---to promote British- - American friendship. "+A problem in higher mathematics. H foui men run 8456 miles on board-a JGerman boat crossing the Atlantic, that should be fostered as long as'it is decent to do so. LE EE I Gene Tunney has discovered that the American Distillery Company (of which he hecame chairman) is not conducted for the purpose of "self- Hrexulating the liquor industry, and protecting the public interest." .iHe has resigned the chairmanship. The liquor trade is an industry that studies the public as a souice of profit. ~~ ot may . + vs Lord Tweedsmuir : become gecond term, if Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King has his way. There is much to be said for retaining Lord Tweedsmuir, who has made himself well acquainted with Canadian terri- tory and conditions, ¢ + ee rv The Firemen's Convention at Whit- hy is bringing together hundreds of volunteer firemen, who keep guard against fire throughout the Province. These men render a fine piece of elyie service, - An extensive program has been prepared for their -entertain- ment. SEE SE HE how does that promote friendship be- tween Great Britain and the United States? : * . . * " Reading the war news, one is plesised to note "One's seared, and the other dassent." An. excellent frame of mind showing good sense,