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rt SAMUEL FARMER, - Editor and Publisher OR PORT PE PERRY STAR RRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th, 1943 Watch $1.50 per year in advance. your label; it tells when your Subscription expires, . . . 5-cents a single copy EDITORIAL of er J ok ad + Such is the patriot's Sant; where' er we roam, Ris first, best country over is at home.--Goldsmith, "© NOTES ON TIMELY SUBJECTS CLIPPED FROM THE FINANCIAL POST ; These Critical Decisions Will Face Us in 1943. MANPOWER--We will have to decide whether - armed manpower is to reach its full potential, how far to concentrate industries, how to protest . essential civilian industries. _, MONEY--We must face the issue that we still have not diverted enough income from consumer spending, either by taxation or borrowing. RATIONING--We must extend this through a much wider field, if only to obtain equitable dis- tribution of the available supplies. "PRICE CEILINGS--We may new and drastic measures to support our ceilings N in the face of short supplies of men and materials. *«. 0° FARM CONDITIONS Few Convenierices. The average Canadian farm home has no run- ning water, no electricity, no central heating and lacks scores of other conveniences and labor sav- ing devices that even the most modern city dwener © takes for granted. The absence of these things : makes for drudgery, ill health and rural discon- tent. In this broad statement we are looking at the It is perfectly true that there are a substantial number of modern farm homes, just as conveniently and efficiently equip- ped as the average home in the city but this fs far from true of the majority. the big cities-in Eastern Canada and throughout whole national picture, ern provinces the farm home is almost as primi- tive as when it was first established. Could Spend $1,000 Each At the very least a thousand spent on each of these homes and that amount of money would only provide meagre conveniences. To produce an adequate supply of running water alone usually requifes an expenditure of several hundred dollars for a well or cistern, pipes and A modest bathroom plus kitchen sink and boiler with the labor and necessary pipe and fittings, will cost four or five hundred dollars. Another hundred or more would have to be ex- pended on some system of safe sewage disposal, The cost of wiring the average farm home for electricity will be in the neighborhood of $150 and considerably more where any connecting power If an electric stove and re- frigerator are to be added then the bill is in- Installation of a central heating will run from $200 to $1000 for materials pumps. v y i i line has to be built. creased by $250 to $400. and labor, 'Barns and Stables No farm, of course, is complete without some - outside buildings in the form of barns and stables. Hore again there is a_huge market for industrial that remains largely un- exploited. Stables require water systems for stock, stanchions or stalls for cattle and horses, feed carriers, feed grinders, milking machines and much other costly equipment if they are to he really up-to-date and to be operated with a mini- méAnufacturers, and mum of hand labor, Prosperity Would Do It. The only practical way to tap for industrial goods is to make the Canadian farmer more prosperous. This prices boomed. familiar in some white brick, and sarily mean a sharp stepping up of prices. wider markets for farm products and lower costs " «of production, primarily through better methods, would also do the trick. On more than one occasion it has been remarvk- ed that about the only time the average farmer was able to accumulate enough money to build a new house was during a war when exports and erected during the Crimean War. ~ Much Supporters of that contention point to a .certain type of heavy stone house, sections of Ontario which was Another, of very numerous in Western On- tario, is supposed to have been largely built dur- ing the American Civil War, when Canada sold have to invent much grain to the States. And there is the square, usually brick cottage roofed structure, during the first Great War period. This time with building materials getting scarce put up and 'especially those that have to do with plumb- ing, heating and boom that may result from this war, wiring, whatever farm building will have to wait until after the peace, i = . A or no capital. lated; Away from * * * a THE ALTERNATIVE The time has arrived when capital must begin to think constructively for those who have little The alternative is some form of socialism and the possiblé: abolition of capital. Already programs with this tendency are.formu- but so far plans to retain the Canadian standard of living; aud to avoid depression and nrass unemployment, The matter is now in the hands of capital- next word should come from that source. Canadian prosperity depends upon the develop- ment of our resources; and those practically unlimited. but little has been heard of -the resources are Industry, courage, intelli- gence can overcome the difficulties that must be dollars could be we use head and mentioned in the in far too many Farming is not like any other met in the years to come; but there need be no cause for fear of depression or unemployment if hands as a people as head and hands should be used. It will be dificult to bring prosperity to the farmer, prosperity that will allow him to instal ~ such conveniences and labor saving devices as are foregoing article. industry. It is hands to be able to control the details of production according to any system. It is also almost impossible to determine what shall or shall not be raised on the farm. Only one effective stimulant seems to be aviil- able to induce the farmers to produce what is re- quired, and that is price. to regulate in any effective way. World markets have been seriously affected by And price is not casy the war; but they were becoming affected before the war. In almost every buying country a move- ment has been on foot to become self-contained-- live. growing everything, buy little or nothing. i Our way outh-appears develop our resources, and live happily in wach manner as those resources warrant. There is a big field for constructive research along these lines. tion of our national life. The bestebrains, the greatest effort to solve his problems, are his just due. to be to settle our land, The farmer is at the founda- Without him we cannot --- We cannot personally have everything; but this vast market the best through does not neces- we can learn- to live intelligently and happily within our means, always reaching out to make industry and good sense of the tesources available, Port Perry FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The death of William. Taylor, pioneer resident of Port Perry,.was reported. ~ He was a compositor in the North Ontario Observer Office. Taylor became noted as a writer of verse (Canadian Season) chiefly about the Lake Scugog district. "He spent some time on the Toronto World staff and us also with one of the New York papers. After retiring from the printing business, he ran a small fruit and truck farm north of Port Perry. In an article headed--"Who Should Sentence Law Breakers?" this sen- tence occurs--"The public need to be educated to the idea of the possibility of reform on the part of those who 'break the law." focal O.H.A. season opened on ay, January 10th, when Port Perry defeated Stouffville . before a well filled rink, Soft ice made hard going for the teams, * Reeve Robert Somerville dropped the puck for the face off. The Port Perry Band played between periods, and their musical numbers were much appreciated. | At the initial meeting of the Port 'Perry Council, the following members were present: Reeve, Robt, Somerville; Councillors -- Messrs, Madison Wil- liams, J. BE. Jackson, W. W. Crosier, : Jas, McKee. The following commit- tees were appointed: Finance--Jackson-and-Williams. Fire Protection--Williams and McKee. Water, Light and Hydro---Somerville and Crosier Roads and Sidewalks --. Crosier and Somerville. Property--McKee and Williams, A by-law was introduced to appoint Wm. Nesbitt a member of the Liquor Control Board. The Clerk was in- structed to draw up a lease. with Swah Bros. for the Market Building. | t Mary Grannon-= (Just Mary) --on the Children's Scrap. Book Program, over CBC. A former New Brunswick school teacher. Inaugural Meeting of Port Perry Council On Monday evening the Port Perry Council held its inaugural meeting at 'the Treasurer's Office. Rev. W.-C. Smith was present, and conducted the devotional exercises. «( A number of ratepayers were pre- "gent and were given thé opportunity _to speak of the Council and its work. Reeve Letcher gave an outline of the Council's work for some years back, stressing the financial improve- ment in the municipal funds; the de- velopment at the waterfront; the widening of the front street at the 'main business block; the removal of telephone and 'other poles from that block; the good road program, includ- ing the final securing of No. 7a High- way and its extensions, and many . other improvements to the village, Mr, Letcher took exception to the Star editorial of last week, claiming I that it would give a.wrong impression of Port Perry to outsiders. He ad- mitted that the Treasurer's Office is inadequate. for the purposes to bo served; but said that 'to undertake any major projects at the present time would require an additional tax rate. Editor's Note '~~ The editorial' was written for future plans. No sugges- tion was made for any immediate ac- (continued on page 4) VICTORY begins at hom the tactories hum, an increas ing forces. And the count. The pavment will He been. As to previous wars, paredness, the ame false awakeniog. But, happily, v determination to ficht on to Lord-Nelson's victory at combination of tactics and the As he lay mortally wounded. nalled from his flagship closely.' } Just as his waetics are bei naval heroes of to-day, so, through the years to inspire can do no more, it means har guns, tanks, lanes, price of VICTORY. Rol ph-( An address by District Deputy Charlie Carter, of Bowmanville, delivered before Port Perry Lions Club. Mr. Chairman, Guests, and Lions: May I bring you to-night, all the compliments of the May | say again how very glad Lam to we back ounce with the Port Penny Lions Club. I am enjoying very much my year in this oflice. Everywhere I have heen Season nore graciously received, made to feel at home. I wish to congratulate you all>upon the way in which you are carrying on your work despite the many handicaps and diflicultics which are the conse- quence of these times. It is of the consequence of the times that I shall speak tonight. Not the effect of the times upon us, but effect upon the times. In my speech at Peterboro, my first, 1 challenged the the truth of the statement "Lions needed now more than ever." Lionism, I said, is not dependent upon any "time" for proof of its usefulness, nor could any "time" detract from the truth of its premises, "Liberty, Intelli- gence, Our Nations Safety." 1 say this because I hold Lionism to be a philosophy; a sound system of beliefs and views. Philosophy has no better definition than that given to it by Will Durant. He said that phil- osophy is the front line in the siege of Truth, reaching out into the unknown, grasping a Truth, establishing a foot- hold and enabling mankind to attain a more seeure position in the light of a fulley understanding. a Now to call Lionism a philosophy in this way, is a broad statement and very properly you expect me to prove it. 4 First, this reach out known must grasp the Truth, Only the Truth will hold, will stand the strain to which it is put. Proof of this you have today in the evident into the un- failure of the so called philosophy of Nonfere Nationalism, of National Socialisms, of Anti-Christianity. Then: Lionism, 1 must prove, is on firm ground and has grasped the Trath. - What philosophy can you find, gentlemen, that has so truly for its basis, Christianity and Democracy. Lionism says ve do not seck to prove Christianity and" Democracy. They are proved beyond the shadow of a doubt." Let us study. our name and its meaning, Liberty, Intelligence, our Nation's Safety. I dp not think it means that we view them" as three goals, but rather that by using Liberty and intelligence we create our nation' 3 safety. "Assuming, then, liberty and intelli- gence. Liberty to be life, and intelli- gence the proper use of 'life, how do we measure our nation's safety? Is it in terms of national wealth in gold, no matter how accumulated? Is it in ferms of manpower, of masses of men, a race of supermen? It ig in terms of our wise men, our savants. Well Athens WAS rich, Athens was Demo RAEN PY and equipment of all kinds must be delivered to our fight- Canadian people must pay the ac- too, his last order comes down rifice, and greater self-denial, that we may supply the ships, lark-Stone Calendar. | Rousse i i: did Germany - may' grasp new Truths, establish new e. The farms must produce, ing supply of food, clothing, higher than it might have here was the same unpre- optimism, the same slow ve now have the same grim final victory. Trafalgar was won by a same grim determination, his final message was sig- "Engage the enemy more ng followed by our great 15 all. For those of us'who der work, more willing sac- and ammunition -- the cratic; said Byron-- For Greeee a sigh, cron nd To the Home Folks Away from Home. The thermometer and the snow are taking it in turns to make this a reat 'old fashioned" winter. This is the earliest in some years for trucks to be hauling snow from the front street. But they were at it last Thursday, January 7th, and made a pretty clean sweep of it, We have a fairly steady job keeping track of our ration book and what we need in their line these days. We never know what will be next on the list. Beef is said to be the next vie- tim; but Ottawa has denied the alle- gation; and the cold storage folk are being compelled to disgorge. Now we Licar meat rationing is postper] until spring. A prosperous man with a cold stor- age locker in a generous mood thought he would help his friends out by let- ting them have a couple of pounds. of butter apiece. He had ninety pounds a tear. Rome had man- Its Practarian Guard of the world but it casily for Greece power. the terror wis | ambitious and unscrupulous men, Athens had its philosophers too, so did France in the time of Voltaire and u, and the Eneyclopedists, have its Kant, Goethe, Heine Schiller. Anyone of these standards is not enough to ensure a nation's safety, nor thy . A nation's safety, gentlemen, lies in the free intellectual development of its least citizen. This, and this only, is the stature, the safety of a nation, Then, has Lionism grasped a- Leuth, is it on firm ground ? Soomuch for the truth of our pre- we imagine human under- standing to be a cirele of light sur- vounded by the darkness of the un- known, we must acknowledge that the more we attain and widen that cirele of light, the more we come into the unknown. Precisely, this is our posi- the truths we have attained are proving themselves, are standing the strain, we are again going to reach out "into the unknown that we S50 are mise, If tion today, footholds, wider circle of light. Many are the proposals we hear to- day. Many the prophets of the "New Fra" 1 propose mow: to have a look at one of them and at his proposals and along with him and his proposals to study again Lionism. I might have selected any one of a dozen others, who might have appeal- ol to you, individually or collectively, to have Tien "the better choice. The man is Dr. Temple, The Arch- hishop of - Canterbury; the proposal, The Malvern Resolution. Dr. Temple is a great man, the san of an earlier Archbishop, who in his time, was himself a great Libe- val, a" humanitarian. I do not use the word Liberal in the political sense but rather as it applies to the gene- val field of free-thinking, the refusal to subscribe to or be bound by dognia. I believe the Malvern Resolution will be the real lasting declaration which has sprung from this War. It preceded the Atlantic Charter and is broader, more specific. Although Mal- vern was a conference it was a meet- ing of Church of England officials findings ggere shortly afterwards en- dorsed, in principle by an ecumenical , aml since, I think has heen the basis for similar «declarations on) other Churches, some modifying, broadening its purpose. non letter, preparatory to holding create a " 20me i thi "I win not concerned with any immediate settlement after the war, but with the goal toward which we should hope to move, Broadly, this may be described as equal freedom for all nations, equal access to raw materials, equal opportunities of developing both material resources and human capaci- ties... . In other" words, ont for Ney ol Another of Feileralism must be our goal, "And we can urge our own na- tions at once to repudiate the claim to be sole judge in its own cause as a first step toward the Federal goal." Surely this is an honest, courageous statement. In our Lions Code of Iithics we say: "That: whenever a doubt arises ns to thé right or ethics of any position or action toward any fellow man, to refolve such doubt against myself" and "to seek success and to demand all fair remunerations How orth barra 4g} bother findings is (sense of the Divine calling of his vo- comferenee, the Archbishop wrote, | A in storage. The man in charge put this question "Where are your ration i ' : [coupons 2" and that generous impulse became an instrament in the hands of | was quashed. The main topic of conversation now | in some how to get along 1 pints of beer a day. In groups it is Do the beverage rooms need a coat of whitewash, or a thorough house cleaning? circles is with only 2 other Port Perry is said to get along with such bootleggers as can still operate under Government: Control --if any. By the way, that illegal tradesman in fiquid refreshment was supposed to disappear when Prohibition was ve- pealed. We have just had the pleasure of a visit from a number of the boys on active service. They are looking par- ticularly fit, and the brief leave w a happy occasion for all concerned. It is great to see the number of men carrying wings or stripes, or sdme mark of rank. We were par- ticularly pleased to see Maleolm Na- smith in his trim outfit as Third Otlicer in the Merchant Marine, Ie has had many adventures up and down the coasts of the Americas; but he is still the same smiling, Malcolm, Reeve Letcher is at the helm again in municipal affairs, and will soon be putting in his eleventh year at County Council where he is an important member, Autos are retiring (no pun meant). Horses and cutters are re-appearing. Occasionally we see a tractor rambling down the street drawing a load of grist to the mill, Ted Jackson is a busy. inan these days, what with sales, implements (a little slack just now), gasoline, and a few other oddments. We we sdrry to lose him on the Councitim Al. R. Archer has ulso retired after 2 num- ber of years of good work bn the roads. - Their places are taken by Geo. A. McMillan and Herb. Brooks. Well, they have their work cut out for them. These retiring Councillors have both served the town for a number of years, often at great sacrifice to theiraown business interes self-possessed Letter to Those on. Active Service REEF Sais I was in the restaurant the other day; and got into conversation with a traveller. He was of the opinion fat ar the C.CUF. could secure balance of power in the next parlinment, it would be better than to actually have the reins of Government in their own hands. There ave a lot of people who are inclined to agree with him. The Ontario experience of the U.F.0. some years ago points that way. It sounds fine to talk of sweeping out all the old politicians, and putting in a whole new set; but experience counts. An entively new Government wouldn't know what it was all about, and would find many pitfalls in politics, which grow more and more complicated as the years pass. Three factors are needed in the Parliamentary representatives of to- day; and "kissing the baby", isn't one of them. The qualifications needed are good character, intelligence and experience, You young folk are having to use your heads to-day, as never before in army life. It is to be hoped you'll keep it up when you get back home. At is time we quit holding a political horse race every few years, and elect : men who can think intelligently for themsélves--and for others. There is no League hockey at the skating rink this year, but some of the local 'boys play on Thursday nights. I guess we'll have to wind this letter up, and save something for next time : Yours truly, THE EDITOR. em tr e-- CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Allin wish to thank the neighbors on Lilla street and other friends in town who were very kind to them during his serious illness and are very happy to say his health is very much improved. . County Council COUNTY OF ONTARIO The first meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the County of Ontario for the year 1943 will be held pursuant to statute in the Coun- cil Chamber in the Court House in the Town of Whitby, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of JANUARY, 1943, at the hour of two o'clock in the after- noon, Daylight Saving Time. All accounts to be laid before the Council should be forwarded to the Clerk, properly certified, at least three days before the meeting of the Council. 'DATED at Whithy, of January, A.D. 1943. R. DONALD RUDDY, 'County Clerk: 0 Mt «>< THANK YOU this 5th day Corp. Maunsell Gerrow wishes to express his sincere thanks to the Manchester Red Cross for the very welcome and generous Christmas par- cel which the Society sent 'to him. Thank you. » or profits as my just due;-but to ac- cept no profit or success at the price of my self-respeet, lost because of un- fair advantage taken." Surely these are only slightly varied expressions of the one principle. The prime requisite of the Malvern "To restore to man the cation" In the Lions Code of Fthies we have "To show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation." Another resolution is: In International trade, a genuine in- terchange of mutually needed com. maoditics, must' take the place of a struggle for a so-called "Favourable balance," , In our Ethics we have, "To remem- her that in building up my business it is not neccessary to tear down an- others'." : These are only a few of the many recommendations of the Malvern con. ference, enough, 1 feel, to show again that Lionism is a grasp of truth, is on a firm basis of Christian Ideals. The Ideals of unselfish service founded on the Golden Rule. This is Lionism as I see it, as I be- lieve you see it. For this year I 'would earnestly recommend not only . Vd to this club but to all clubs that they carry on with the fundamentals of Lionism. With the Child Welfare work, the eye-sight conservation; and above all special attention to teaching the prin- ciples of good. Christian citizenship. In regard to this may I say that I was very pleased to see, in a recent report, that your President had given a talk, reviewing a book by a local member. That type of meeting has long been my favorite ambition. I would sug- west that you continue it and if pos- sible invite to such meetings people of your town and so create the desire get the wider we make our circle of light, the more people can live within ~ ite Lionism is not dependent upon any time to emphasize its usefulness, nor may any time detract from the truth of its premise. | Lionism is like a gem, a rare jewel which, held in whatever hands, exposed to whatever light, from whatever angle will reflect truth and beauty, , a Secretary Bert wrote in your bulle- tin, Charlie will bring a New Years message. You have heard niy mes- sage, for its shortcomings I apologize for its faults I alone am.to blame, for - its fruits that is up to you, isn't it? . for broader understanding. Don't for. ~~