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SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher T PERRY STA PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, 1943 Watch your label; it tells when your Subseription expires. CIE $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy ¥ = | w- - found for farmers ma EDITO RIAL Such is the patriot's ------ er we roam, his first, best country ever is at home, Goldsmith, Lief THE PROGRESSIVE.CONSERVATIYE POLICY RECONSTRUCTION Supporting the idea that employment must take the place of relief, the following plank states the case: "Evy person able and willing to work must be assured of a gainful occupation with sufficient means to maintain a home and family. jective is full employment at fair wages under progressively improving standards. relief as a substitute for work." We certainly hope that the objective will be atfained; but it won't be easy. Three duties are, according to the Polic y to be imposed upon the state: 1. To maintain at high level standard of living of the industrial citizen, whose interests must always be paramount. That is a pretty tall order, and a thorough *re- versal of the Nazi demand, where the State is al- There will be oceans of room ways paramount. for argument along this line. 2. "To maintain the principle of private in itiative and enterprise." Sg . "To initiate, undertake, and control projects of Sa and national benefits in 'those fields in 1. To provide which private enterprise is precluded from serv- 2. To maintain ing, or is unable to serve the public interest." 3. To ensure a Plenty of room for interpretation and elabora- - It will be inter tion in that clause. Protection is to be given to "workers-on- their- They certainly need it. "Youth should be educated, trained, and given equal opportunity to equip themselves for life. "own." Amen. "Those of working age should ample opportunity for adult education." Education of the right sort for the individual need is the basis of any permanent cure of un- Unskilled workers are going to be employment, , difficult to place in employment. There follows a social security. program which advocates increased pensions and aids for unem-* ployables, old folk, and similar people. is all to be worked out, of course, remains to be seen, of proportion of costs. Health service, low cost Tonsine, and slum clearance are all planks in the Policy. Properly administered, such plans should pro- vide employment and make for and contented people. An industrial survey*with a view to "expansion, and diversification is especially" "where industry has not so far estab- distribution, Federal responsibility for costs is claimed. Perhaps we shall yet be able to secure a fair- minded discussion of the Sirois Report some day. Until we do, there will always be a tendency to "pass the buck" on all matters as to assignment That, The ob- We oppose and do something that is likely to after the war. in these words: the income a the setting-up of to ghee There is to be lished itself .on broad lines. too, will take some doing. servatives will likely have to widen their vision as to their duties as Canadian citizens. of them; but some. IMMIGR. ATION "There is the obligation to provide opportunity for citizenship on equal terms to numbers of Lindred-minded people from other lands." Such a policy will increase the home market, "Ontar io Con- Not all to tide over the unsettled period follow the international market Endorsement of the Atlantic Charter is given "We endorse the aims expressed in the Atlantic Charter, and believe that Canada should join in effective international measures them practical application, correcting trade barriers, with a view to making the world's resources available without discrimination for the satisfaction of human needs." no more tariff -- "As high as Haman's gallows", for the Policy declares that "the guiding principles of the Canadian tariff policy should be: dian the Conservative be provided with ity of women in should be closed gainful occupation. a high standard of living. fair price to the consumer." esting to learn what the Cana- Manufacturers' Association will have to say regarding this tariff attitude. Perhaps the most drastic statement of all, from viewpoint, is this: "We accept, without reservation, the full equal- the life of the nation. We be- lieve that no opportunity- in its service or work to them by reason only of sex; and we accept, as a natural corollary, that re- muncration iu all lines of production should rest on no other consideration than equal reward for How this be a policy. Labor tasks of equal value." 'We agree most heartily; but there will need to lot of "converting" to- carry out. such a unions in this country have not voiced any strong demand for equality of the adian public life, sexes, except where women have been used to re- duce the pay rate. The issuing of this "Policy" by the Progressive- Conservative Party is a real contribution to Can- * The standard set is a high one, -- and ils very enunciation should do something to improve the tone: It is sincerely a more healthy tion. advocated, tical conclusion, of future elections. i to be hoped that the party will stick to its text; and risk its "political life in an honest endeavour to put its policy into opera. It will take a host of good, intelligent and wh. informed men to carry out such a task to a prac- County Council Notes Extracts from Report in the Times-Gazette, Oshawa } » Owing to the fact that all the mem- bers of the Educational Committee were not present when their report was drafted, it was ordered to be tabled until the full committee met and considered said report. In it are recommendations for payments for maintenance of county pupils attend- ing school at Oshawa, Whitby, Port Perry and Claremont. Farm. Help Warden William Reesor at Wednes- day morning's session of the Council suggested that the committee on Agri- culture be authorized to lend every co- operation to any organization that might be set up this summer to deal with the farm labor problem. He commented there had been a very fine organization in the south end of this county last summer, which helpers in the urban sections, The labor situation would, in the Warden's opinion, be much more serious this summer. At the opening of this session of Council, Premier Gordon D. Conant expressed the hope that the County of Ontario would take the leadership by either setting up a special committee or re- ferring it to-an existing committee. There was no discussion of. the war- den's remarks. \ Equalization ' equalize the assessment of the ne municipalities for 1943, the warden named the following commit- tee: Reeve Henry Hazell, East Whit- by; Reeve W. M. Letcher, Port Perry; Reeve Thos. Harding, Reach; Reeve Dr. Devine, Beaverton; Reeve J. A. MacDonald, Mara; and Reeve R., M. Deverell, Whitby. The committee later elected Reeve MacDonald chairman. The committee will present its report at the June session this year. Road Clearance The problem of years past of oid ; ing roads open in the winter months, particularly those leading to war in- dustries, has been intensified thisi winter, owing to extraordinary snow- falls, "This fact was revealed to the Council on Wednesday by Reeve Fred Clayton, of Thorah, chairman of the Roads and Bridges Committee, when' he received endorsation of a proposal to secure another road maintainer. The County has only one of these today, and it is kept so busy that it is quite impossible to even begin to cover the whole of the county with its 200 miles of roads. The proposal before the council, which is favored, is to have two maintainers, onc for the north and the other for the south. County Finances The financial structure of the County of Ontario continues fgsim- prove from year to year, wep to the report of the auditors tabled on Tuesday. Debentures issues are being retired annually, and, with no new capital expenditures being undertaken' and the county virtually paying its way, conditions should be excellent for post-war construction, An indication of how the county's, financial position has improved in the last ten years or so is had in the fact that debenture debt has been reduced from $828,600.00 to $300,735.00. It is worthy of note that no new debentures have been issued since 1935 'and that) none are contemplated by the present county administration. A current surplus of $14,807.09 is shown on county roads account, not- withstanding the fact that a deficit of £2,128,71 was carried over from 1941. However, with extraordinary expendi- tures which the county must face on account of snow removal and the open- ing of roads this winter, it is feared that a considerable amount of this surplus will be wiped out. The auditors point out that a cur- rent surplus of $13,710.24 in the gen- [ 805.04; $15,818.82; indigent hospital accounts, , County eral fund as at December 31st, 1942, may be taken into consideration when estimates 'are being prepared for 1943. They point out, however, "that since part of the County Home's surplus is represented by inventory of stock which will not be disposed of, only the balance of approximately $800.00 should be considered in the 1943 esti- mates. Some idea of what it costs to oper- ate the County of Ontario for one year may be had from some of the.larger items of expenditures, appearing in the report such as: Education, $67,- administration of justice, $8,010.05; gaol expense; $9,226.94; de- benture principal and interest, $57,- 247.31; children's Aid Society, $16,- 358.79; patriotic grants to municipali- ties, $23,862.01; maintenance of bridges, $2,469.80; Registry Office, $1,217.12; Division Court, $611.60; Roads, $97,218.89; Suburban Roads, .$8,672.28. There are many other items under the heading of ex¥ penditures showing that the County of Ontario is a large business. The largest : source of revenue, of course, is from direct taxation. Gen- eral and school rates brought in $199, 123.64. Total general fund revenue to 'be accounted for was $435,230.79, i which included a balance of $13,614. 60 as at January 1, 1942, The total income of the Ontario ' County Home is shown at $35,240.40 "and expenditures at $35,845.01, with an excess of expenditures over income of $604.61. The auditors report that they found the records to be in excellent shape and that on their frequent visits dur- ing the year found them® kept up to date at all times, also that every as- sistance and courtesy wads shown by the officials of the county during the course of the audit. Line-up for the Games: Carnegie; Defence--Makarchuk, Love; Centre--MeMaster; Left Wing--DMuir; Right Wing-- ter, McDonald, Dickie, Roach, Francy. Defence--Stan. Centre--Bob Cooksley, Taylor, Mark, Jack MacGregor, Owen CIiff, Port Perry Sport Lovers "Send $100.00 for "Russian Relief Aid to Russia 'Hockey Night a Success Sport lovers i in the Port Perry community did a fine piece of work f r the Russian Relief fund on Friday night of last week, match was staged bumper attendance. interest first, A double header hockey at the Arena, -and there was a The Boy Scouts stirred up the They scurried around and sold worth of tickets before the show started. $36.00 Tharks are expressed by the Committee in charge for this very practical send-off. The Committee kept hustling, too. Everybody chipped in and did his or Ler bit, donations were made, dnd the $100 net secured, surprise of vhe committee, The hockey games pleased the crowd. to the pleased: Our local boys stood up well against General Motors Pay Roll, finishing with a score of 10 to 8 in favor of Pay Roll. The Lions and the Business Men fought like bro- . thers. You couldn't tell which was which. good: natured Donnybrcok, After a 'and some pretty good play for married men who hadn't been in the game for years, the Business Men were declared victors, with a score of 4 to 2. No casualties. The Business Men's Association and Lions Club wish to extend their appreciation to the general public for their generous support, the players from Oshawa, and Port Perry, Scouts. Oshawa G. M. Pay Roll--Goal--Bob Cook; Subs--Lott, Car- Port Perry-- Goal--Don Pargeter; Slack, John Jeffrey; Williams; Wings--Ron. Don Carnegie; Subs--Bill Gordon MacMaster, Gordon the Rink Committee, and the Boy John Christie. Referee--Roy Cornish. Business Men -- Goal -- Pargeter; Archie McDermott, Guy Raines, Bert MacGregor, Ted Jackson, Grant Jef- frey, Id. Balfour, Ben Smith, Jimmy Taylor. Lions--Goal--Carnegie; Roy Corn- ish, Reg Boundy, Cliff Love, Bob Ver- non, Charlie Reesor, Campbell Maec- Master, Sam Griffen, Foster Vernon, "Bill Carnegie. schedule of debentures. highway Debenture Debt The county will be free of debenture debt in '1953, according to the auditors' A King's issue of $104,000 matures that 'year. s Total income for-the Oshawa sub- urban road system for the year was $13,058.86, made up of suburban rates from the City of Oshawa and County of Ontario, $7,000; provincial subsidy, $3,002.56; miscellancous revenue, $2,- 066.30. Expenditures totalled $8,672.88 with an actual surplus of $4,386.68. Tax Rate There will be no increase in the tax rate of Ontario County for the year 1943. There is, however, no possibility of a lower rate than 9.3 mills. . Patriotic Levy The levy foripatriotic purposes will be one and oife tenth mills. The pro- ceeds to be distributed among the var- jous municipalities as in other years, One-tenth of this to go to the Aid to Russia Fund. Grants The following grants were approved by the finance committee: North and South Ontario Women's Institutes, $25 cach; Whitby Fire Brigade $50; Can- adian National Institute for the Blind $100; Salvation Army, $50; Rev. Vin- cent Hickey, $15; cach of the Public Librarics $25; Manilla .Public Library $12.50. Ceiling on Hogs A resolution adopted asks the Do- minion Government that ceiling prices on hogs be raised or subsidized on a level ir keeping with the cost of pro- duction, thereby assuring the extra amount of bacon required. Must Hold Fairs In order to collect from the county the annual grants for fairs and plow- ing matches, County Agricultural So- cieties and Plowman's Associations must hold fairs and plowing matches this year. Grants sanctioned: South Ontario Plowman's Asso. $135, North Ontario Plowman's Asso, $135. Brooklin Spring Fair $160. South Ont. Agricultural -Society $300. Port Perry Fair ... Scott Fair .. Brock Fair :. Rama Fair North Ont, Agricultural Society $300. i Cannington Fair ooo, Ont. Seed Grain Fair .. Quinte Seed air Other grants to annint PE in the County included: Statutory grant| of $500 to I. M. Campbell, District ! Rep. of Ontario County; $150 for Jr. Livestock and Houschold Science; $25 to the secretary of the Ont. Agri. Council, and $50 to winner of Junior Livestock Judging competition of Ont. County for a trip to Chicago Fair. Harper Newman, Deputy Recve of Mara, was appointed a director ofan permanent Board of Ontario County Federation of Agriculture, succeeding George Rae. Council adopted a resolution" from Wellington and Kent Counties recom- mending year round parity price on beef. } "Adopting a report of the standing committee on Education, presented by the chairman, Deputy Reeve Ormiston of Whitby, County Council will pay to Whitby High School $126.40, and to the Port Perry High School $245.64. These amounts represent deductions made by the County Auditors for the, maintenance of County pupilé by add- | ing back the $500 County grant for agriculture made to both schools, as authorized by statute. Port Perry FIFTEEN YEARS AGO - The suggestion was made that'sell- ers of stocks and bonds be licensed. This is the basis of arguments: "If the sellers of bonds had to be licensed; if he had to submit his proposition to a proper authority be- fore offering it for sale; if there vas some way to keep track of him and| his activities; if he could in some way be held responsible for the statements he makes, there would cease to be an open season for innocen{ investors." . The cost to the County Council of [the Whitby-Lindsay Highway was | gba, 000, which was twenty per cent. of the total cost. Thé County Council passed a resolu- tion demanding that the larger urban NICE "magazine / = 4 To the Home Folks Away from Home. Last week notice was taken of the fact that the Public School pupils have bought $2665 worth of War Sav- ings Stamps since the outbreak of war, beside aiding other patriotic projects. This week it is a- pleasure to be able to rtport that High School stu- dents have purchased $3800 worth of War Savings Certificates in the same period. They, too, have given practi- cal assistance to many other patriotic movements. So they keep up the good work. Just a few evenings ago the pupils put on a couple of one-act plays-- "Brothers in Arms" and "The White Phantom". They had a fine house, and receipts were good. In this way a fund is being made available for many good. purposes, always for human betterment and the advance- ment of the school and its facilities. There are great doings in this country these days. Projects like the Alaskan Highway and the Shipshaw Power development are taken in the stride of our people. They do these mighty works almost in secret. When the job is finished, the public mind is staggered by the immensity of the undertakings. That is what I like about our people who are doing things. That is what is the most hopeful sign of what can happen inthe future. . Practically nothing is impossible if we make up our minds to do the job." We really have faith to remove mountains, and then we bring along the dynamite, the bulldozers, the immense gang of husky men, who know neither fear nor saffer unduly from hardship. When these factors get busy, the highway is built, the course of the river is changed, the great dam holds back the mass of water to be released at will, and to be released in such fashion that is may send energy where required for the purposes in hand. We nearly' lost this fine spirit ) tween wars. It was a soft time that unnerved us, made us greedy and self- ish. We actually reached a place where we dumped our responsibilities on the other fellow, and ceased even "Ito have the ability to entertain our- selves--that is most of us did. A few saw our weakness, fitted themselves to be professionals. When that was accomplished, they made us pay--and pay high--for the enter- tainment they gave us. They even provided crooning and jazz, and such like things. (The radio developed to do that; but, fortunately, the radio did good things, too. Of course, so long as we paid, we ESET Letter to Those on Active Service so easily, and amused. Having learned now us a people, to do things, we shall likely redeem our manhood and womanhood--play our own games, sing our own songs and do our own work. There is no finer sight in the world than to see well built men and women, who enjoy their work, and who enjoy their play, who can laugh and sing naturally; and who can face the dangers and tragedies of life with courage and ability. Such _people will not be troubled about nice class distinctions. They will honour character and ability wherever it is found. They will not be troubled unduly about money either. They will, to quote the Lions Code of Ethics -- "demand -atl fair remunera- tion or profit as my just due; but ac- cept no profit or success at a price of my own self-respect." There will be great need of men and women of this type in the years we are about to enter. You young fellows in the air, the army, and on the sea can found a new aristocracy--- not of wealth--but an aristocracy of worth in service to humanity. Thoughts like these erowd in upon us as we read of your endurance and your exploits, Our hope rises for the future that you ¢an build. There must be no sagging down. You have seen the great vision at times, Do not lose it. wo were so 'easily We are still in the snow banks here. There was a wee thaw last weekj but it didn't last very long. Any you who are in England will soonfsee the primroses, the cowslips, and the snow- drops. Perhaps you will sce \ robin, but he is only a little fetlow over there --nothing like the size of our robin redbreast in Canada. The "Aid to Russia" Hockey was well patronized, and some $100 will sult of the games. Our next move will likely be to do something for our Ghinese Allies, who have been in this war business for several years. We can't do too much. In spite of all the are heavy if you begin to add them up --there is plenty of money in the country, very little shortage of essen- tinls, unless it be of coal, which is awkward wt this time of the year. However, there has been no suffering so far. This week we have two fine letters from picture of Murray Holtby. Yours truly, THE EDITOR. 2 Donations to theAid to Russia Fund will be received and forwarded by Mrs. Gordon McKee, Treasurer of the 1.0.D.E., or through the Churches. centres bear a greater proportion of the cost of highway construction. Mr. M. R. Arlidge has been obliged to leave the Bank of Commerce on ac-} count of ill health. He is running al and stamp exchange partnership with Mr. Harry Wood- | cock in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. this week to spend thé rest of the winter in Florida. Arrangements were made for Annual Ice Carnival. tire CoD Plenty of Coal for Brooders Port Perry has been poultry district, and even "under coz ul shortage. this fuel could ha¥e been secured through Ottawa. Now the shortage is clearing and poultry breeders can sceure fuel through local dealers in a short time for their brooders. 'More Eggs--More Mopey | The government is asking for a 25 per cent. increase in egg production, and 15 per cent. increase in poultry meat, To assist. poultry men to at- tain this increase the CBC are putting of these broadcasts 7.30 to 8 p.m. February 16th -- "Care of Present. Flocks"--How to care for layers for the balance of the season. Hatchability of eggs from the breeding flocks, Pre-. N in I Samuel Jeffrey left dee lared « - paration for and breeding of chicks. «. February 23rd--*Efliciency in Flock Management" -- The benefits of pas- { ture and how to overcome labor short- | ages. March 2nd--*"Feeds and Feeding"-- Making the best use of proteins and other supplies available. I./0. MURRAY P. HOLTBY voungest son of Mr, and Mrs. Holtby, Port Perry, who has recently arrived Overseas. He won his wings and commission at Durnville, Dec. 4, 1042, didn't have to care--amusement came be sent forward to the Fund-as a-re<------ taxes--and they" Archie Crosier, and a dandy Ernest § Farr re ARE IT A rR