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T'MU rANADIAN STATMBUN. BOWMANVILLIR, THURSAY, MABCH 30th, 1933 Return to Spirit OF Pioneer Days Says Gen. Currie (Continued !rom.page 1) worn platitudes about aur present state or ta, express ideas o! fear or pessimism about the future. Per- haps there bas already been too much talk and too many volces shauting empty advice. PerhaPs ta- day we need more silence than sound. There neyer was a tme in the history o! aur country when 80 many cures for a disease were Put forward with vigour, but o! ten with- out analysis and withaut thought. The newspapers are flled dally with remedlies, announced by countless speakers at numberless gathering- remedies for the suffering patient, the state, and many a! them bear- ing ail the ear-marks o! the patent- medicine advertisement. If ever there was a time in the bistory o! aur country wben it was necessary ta, keep ane's bead, that time la the present. It la truè that in aur world and in aur country taday there la a pro- f ound sense o!f failure. There la even, in places, a profound sense a! despair. We are ail, every one of us in this room, personally concerned with the tragic irany of! aur econ- amic situation taday. It bas touch- ed every individual and every home. It is a great but unfortunate levelI- ing influence which bas affected al classes o! society ta, some extent. small or great. We are ail on the same ship, endeavouring ta weather the same storm. But some may be still in the more camfortabie cab- ina; some may be in the leas com- fortable steerage. But whatever aur fortune. the hurricane la upon us; the menace is bere; and the desire of ail, whether great or humble, wbetber mare fortunate or leas fort- unate, la ta reach the safety a! part and the future a! peace. To reacli that objective, barmony and gooc will and mutual trust and confid- ence are essential. No Natural Calamity We have not been brought to oui present state by any natural calam*- ity, by floods or earthquakes or famine or crop failures, or by the destruction of aur productive mach- inery or aur man power. Indeed, we have more than an abundance of raw materials, a mare than ampli suppiy o! equipment for mnufactur- ing these materiais inta the goo* which we need, and transportation and commercial facilities for mak- ing tbemn availabie ta ail who nee< them. But raw materials stand un- used; factories stand idie; railroaé traffic dwincles; and thousands al wiling and able-'bodiled men anÉ wamen, in dire need, are clamaurini for the opportunity ta, work and fa> the chance of bappiness. This i the awfui paradox with wich w are confronted, in the Canada ou forefathers made for us,-a stiug. ing rebuke ta aour power ta, guid and manage the country tbey be. queatbed ta, us out a! their tail an( struggie. The justification for that rebuk la alI araund us. We see disorganiz. ed and disrupted monetary systems perbaps not sa evident in aur owi land; closed markets; trade an commerce dwindling week by week thouaands o! shipping tannage tie up on lake and sea-coast. ta idle an( ratting piers; ship-building practi cally at an end; nations pleading fo moratorums, and cauntlesa peap: begging for bread. This is a darl picture, but it is a true and unex aggerated picture. It la 1no les cammanding aud scarcely less piti less than war. I have said that the storm las upci us and that the ship must b brought ta the haven af prasperit and happiness. It cannot be brougl in on thearies alone or on advi< sbouted !rom the shore or by ne, experiments in navigation. It mu rely on courage and endurance, an on the old-fashianed but effectiv chart and compass o! Canadia character. By a strange cincidenci we are met here in a week whichj an anniversary week in Cauadi Who that bas a memory can evE forget that similar week in Marcl in 1918, flfteen years ago, that wee when aur backs were ta the walli France, that week o! dark and mer acing dread, when on the cauraî and wisdom and patience of Car adian men and boys the future aur country depended? The First Gas Attaek And I think today o! anotb4 week, even more terrlfying becau Today, a! ter elgbteen years, t memory o! thase Immartal mon w boys cames ta, us as an inspi: tion. And today, agaînat anatl. foe-tbe foe o! depression and d tress-we can again turn the til if we but bave their spirit of s4 vice, their dauntloss bearlng, and or Many Quack Remredies le Ail thîs bas gone. Our complex rk life bas driven it out, almost com- Xpletely. We must strive ta bring it t back. For something o! that spirit is required if civilzatian la ta be saved. The fruits o! old pianeer on1 days bave been lost. Inordinate av- >e arice o! wealth aud power shawing it iseif in an exaggerated nationalism ýt bas insinuated itsel! between man ce and man, between people and peo- ew ple, and bas driven us towards the It precipice. There is a cry for rem- nd edies-for remedies !ouud lu char- ie acter. There la a gap, a want o! an1 balance, lu aur social and economic e, system which aur fathers neyer knew is and which we have not found ways a. and meaus to f111 or ta suppiy. There ier are quack remedies offered-the up- b, roatiug a! society. the destroying o! skA what our fathers built, the begin- in1 ulng o! civiliZation ail over again an m- a dîfferent plane, and on principles Ln whicb our country was founded. of Advlce te Youth If I were giving advice ta, youtb. ta the generation wbicb must face le the problems o! the future, I would ase say, Strive ta ignore these quack S- remedies. and ta reatore the spirit a~ o! your ploneers. Yau stiil have ex- )ne amples around you. You bave them O! in this roam. It la my priviiege ta the know such an example o! pianeer ien character who la wlth us bere ta- the day. He embodies lu bis character Ich the best traits a! our pioneer an- -cestars--courage, industry, layalty, ich unselfish service ta duty. I know O! f rom my experlence witb hlm in peace and la war sometbing o! bis the wisdom, hais fidelity, bis placldlty [i; and bis !altb. He la but a syanbol o! ur- the strength that madle this giorlous lrt land. Whiie sucb strength endures it- there need be no fear for aur coun- try. Camne ail the world in arma, gh corne ail dlsturbing theorles and oat. movemerits from wlthln. and wlth ier such strength we shahl shock them. id. Let us face the future nat wlth fear ,nt but with hope and faitb; not witb ant unbrldled Individual selfishness but o! wlth the communal spirit o! neigb- no bouriy help!ulness that bas always ty, characterzed this place. Youth- sat youth worthy o! Its ancestdrs-must une In due course take the saddle. The rts obligation and opportunlty o! youtb the are stiVendous. "We live," sald Dis- o! raeli long ago, "lu an age wben ta be Young and ta be ladifferent can be fia longer synanymous."1 And sa I say ta yoti. In conclusion, you can the flot be Indifferent. The future la and yaurs. And lu meeting It wlth cour- ira- age and wlth hope, remember the ier Ideals and the methada a! your pion- lis-, eers. That wlll be your chart and Ide, campass on the stormy sea and wll er- brlng your barque sa!ely ta the bav- i if en af national bappinea and peace. we keep our heads wth calm cour- D age. "What do you want us ta do?" la the question we put'ta our lead- ers today. It must be answered, and at once. It must be answered in no ýelflsh spirit, not with an eye ta C0 personal prestige or party advantage. The people of Canada deserve that it be answered intellilgently, honest- ly and without, fear or favour. It seems ta me as I look back that the spirit of those daya, and the r, spirit so sorely needed taday, la g found and explained in Canadian L pioneer character. We cannot but be stirred as we visualize the Can- adian ploneering whlch made our country great. Our ploneer ancest-d ors faced the new and the unex- t pected eacb day; tbey saw, dally,c new country; they fought against hunger and enemies, ether animaisf or hostile men, and tbey carved outC a new kind of existence, full of in-t terest and stimulation. We mlgbtÎ think today in the midst o! ail the1 lament.aton that there was no cour-t age or magnanimity or sportsman-1 ship or adventure left in the world.t If there were none, we should let aur distressed people starve and f reeze. We would abandon our sick and ourt disabled i a great and universalf retreat from struggle. We would1 curtail the edicational and other privileges of aur children. But, so long as the pioneering spirit lives, we shaîl do none of these. Pioneer Vision Needed The pioneerlng days are flot over 1in Canada. These are the true pion-1 eering days. There are wider flelds1 .for new adventures and new en-i deavours than ever before. We have reached out into the unknown with1 1the bands of science and discovery,1 gathering new facts which give us new power ta do new things in new rways. Those facts, put into use, are remolding, rebuilding and recasting aur civilization. We have yet ta flnd .bow ta use these discoveries in the rbest way for the benefit of ail aur people. New Pioneer vision la re- quired ta adapt aur established gov- ernmental machinery so that it can i play its part in maintaiflg a uni- tf orm distribution o! opportunity and 1a f air distribution of benefits 1brought ta, us by progress. We musù recaîl anew the historic and beraic recbrds o! aur country's past. The spirit of dauntlessness rwhich set the seekers upon the trail -must be reborn for the new quest rupon the trail o! national faith. We ehave moved away toa f ar f rom the -simple 11e and faith of aur ancest- eors, that 111 e and faith wbich built ýfthe wonderful country in the centre eof which we are gathered tonigbt. 1Every farm and home around us, ev- ,s ery school and church and road, is n a monument ta, that life and that -faith. Their life was a communal i life. it was a 11e o! group-help. -A man did what he cauld for him- i self, and then he received the help )f of bis neigbbors. whether it was in d ploughing a field or harvesting a g9 crop or building a barn. There was r self-help and self reliance, but there is was alsa group-help and group-re- re liance. There was no0 undue and ir unnecessary dependence on govern- - ments. When the groupa could no0 le longer handle a problem o! great . proportions, then and only then dld ýd they turn ta goverinents. There was perhaps little a! the worid's ,e goods in comparison with today. >But men did not starve in those aid sý days, nar dd they go without shel- 7n ter. Na wretched lines waited at Ld grim doors in the hope o! jobs or C; helter or a loaf o! bread. And the ýd Spirit a! hope and beauty and f riend- Ld liness and co-aperatian dwelt upon i-the land. >EpUTY PMSTER 0F pUgLI[C WELFARE WAS Liberal IV DURHAM CLUB SPEAKER (Contlnued f ron >)ntario Training School for Boys at' Bowmanville SubJeet of M. A. true, but as bigh as Idollars. mhe goverfn Sorsoleil's Address bad spent 108 millia year which was a P mhe Durhami County Club of To- amy year. He urge( ronto beld another very succesaful start organlzing at Provincial election, ai gathering on mhursday evenirig, hearers ta Invite al MIarch 23r&, 1933, at the WomerI5 ments inta the Liber Art Association, 23 Prince Arthur he believed tbey wouf Ave. In the absence of the presi- icy that staod fai dent, Mr. J. D. Keachie was asked Speaking o! the pro., butian of provinci to preside aud he made an excellent speaker claimed thai cairman. A letter was recelved Tory gerryniander ta from the president, Mr. Walter H.. rai Liberal members. Clemes. expressing bis regret in not S.~ B. Hathway, Po being able ta be wlth us. He la at iatDnram soebr present enjaylng a holiday at Bail- itoas pk r Lngs Bay, Bermuda. There were Much of the a! teri two items read that appeared in up with a discussioni last week's Statesman taken f rom tion criticising the the minutes of Darllngton and Cart- Association f or send& wright council meetings o! 1908 ln inta the territory4 regard ta automobiles runn:îng on Central Ontario As the roads. * It la wonderful wbat a resolution, whlch few years does in the matter of pub- strongly obJected ta 1 lic opinion. suggested that the This meeting of the Club was aur Secretary sbould be annual get-ta-gether evening. mhe regard ta canvassin programn and social part was enjoy- this section of the p ed very much by ail present. mhe Following the gen foilowlng took part in the program: B. Hathway took tl Miss Kathleen McGill, Mrs. R. S. executive meeting o Wilams and Mr. Clarence Brusb. Association when orl Mr. M. A. Sorsoleil o! the Public coming electiori was Welf are Departmnent of tbe Province Hon. Vincent ME o! Ontario gave an interesting talk expected ta addres an the work in the Boys' School in was detained in -v Bowmanvllle. It was very nice ta where he addressed have hlm at a Durham County gath- Windsor. ering and speak of wark that is go- ing on ln the caunty. Dr. L. B. Wil- liams moved. seconded by Mr. T. E. ReX'. W. J. Tadd, Washington, a very hearty vote o! Andrew's Church, tbanks ta the artists and speaker Presbytery meeting for the very excellent program rend- terian Church at ered. Meeting closed with singing. week. e PLYMOUTH 0DODGE 0DESOTO Sales mre than DOUBLED Combined sales more than twIce as many in January and February as in same period ladt year. THE greatest personal honour a manufacturer can attain is ta, have, and deserve, the confidence cf a large and increasing body cf usera of his product. A few weeks ago, I presonted, on bohalf of aur great manufacturing and sales organizatians in Canada, the new Chrysior, Dodge, Plymouth and De Soto cars. You believed me when I said that these cars are groat values. You went out and bought them-almost two and a haîf times as many as last year. This organization has proved beo re that the beat way ta get business is te deserve it. There are ather ways cf attracting patronage, but I firmly believe there is no way s0 sure, so lasting or so profit- able, as the simple method cf giving the buyer btter quality and greater value. People are quick ta appreciate value and the response ta aur off erings is making automobile history in Canada. WAI.P. 'The best way to get business is to DÉSERVE if" That retail sales cf Chrysier Motors producta 1 r January and February are neariy two and a ý;al times the sales fer january and February cf dat year - (241.4%/0cf last year, ta be exact) is the record disclased by officiai registration figures for Eastern Canada -Western figures iot available. This remarkable achievement cf Chrysier Motars products, Chrysier, Dodge, De Soto and Plymouth - is in the face cf a slight decline in sales for the industry as a whale. The reason, in a ward, is VALUE. And that value is due to Chrysier engineering, which has buiit into these cars - ... Floating Power Engine Mauntings, which do away with with Centrifuse Brake Drums, which, with ail- steel bodies and safety glass windshield, make the greateet safety combination ever achieved in an autamobile .... -Dauble Drap X-Type Girder- Truss frame . . .Oilite Squeak-Praof Springs, which smooth out the raugh spots and do away with ailing ... -. Alloy Steel Valve Seat Inserts -no mare valve grindiig -.... Improved Auta- matic Clutch and Free Wheeling ... . -Suent U-Thread type shackles, eliminating rattle and aide sway ....- shack-proaf effortless steering and many ather features that make for comf art, econamy and performance. Above ail, new iaw prices made possible by ment in cost-reducing tools and machinery. Rtde in a Chrysier Motars' car today-you wiil experience a new thriii in motoring. The's a thrifty car for every pocket bock. There are 45 different body modela ini the Chrysier Motors family - Plymouth, Dodge, De Soto and Chrysier. Ranging in price from $615 to $5.380, fo.b., factory. A iso a complete lino of Dodge Commercial Cars, Standards Trucks and Heavy Duty Trucks-Capacities from Y/2 ton Up, ChrysIer Corpratian cf Canada, Limited Windsor, Ontario Dodge andi De Soto cars are sold by WM. J. CHALLIS, Dowmanvllle, Ont,, 1 1 4eeting m page 1) 572 millions éf ment, he added, Dns in the past purported econ- id that Liberals 1once for the md he urged bis the radical ele- 'ai party where id fInd the Pol- )the worker. )posed re-distri- 21iridiflgs the bt it was but a Ddefeat the ru- ort Hope, Presi- ,y IAberal Assoc- le! ly. mioon was taken ao! the resolu- Ontario Liberal lng a canvasser covered by the ssociation. The fInaily passed, the practice and President and consulted wltb g for funds in rovince. eral meeting S. ie chair for an Df the Durham ,ganization for a sf ully discussed. ýssey, who was ss the meeting, western Ontario da meeting at attended the a! the Presby- Peterboro isat JUDGING ABILITY 1 FAMILY HERITAGE WITH BAKER CLAN AT SOLINA Maurice Baker's Forebears Also Prominent in Juclging Some Years Ago Apparently the abflity ta judge llvestock and seed grain is lmbedded deep in the Baker Family of Solina, at least so we miay gather f rom some remarks contained in a letter ta, the editor from Ex-Reeve Thos. Baker of Darlington Township. Readers will remember the great succesa achieved this year by Maurice Bak- er, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Baker, at the seed judging contest at the 0. A. C. Guelph. Mr. Baker in his letter points out that Maurice was oniy 17 lust Aug- ust and that he was several years younger than many who opposed him in this contest. Much of the credit for Maurice's success Mr. Baker lays at the f eet of Mr. A. E. Summers, the County Agricultural Representative. Continulng, he says *Judging success apparently runs in the family. John Baker won the highest honors in second year at the 0. A. C. competing a.galnst the 4th year men at Guelpb Fat Stock Show, and Will Baker entered a judging contest at Winnipeg Exhibition 30 years ago. This contet was open toi the entire Dominion and WiUl stood highest, judging ail classes of stock and won cash prizes and a hand- some gold medal donated by the Farmers' Advooate for the judgel securing the highest number of points.- Durham is proud o! the achieve- ment of the Baker Family. For over hall a century this family has been bringing bonar ta the county, and if the future may be judged fram the paut we can expect the Bakers ta bring further honora to their native county and themselves in the Years ahead. CHRYSLER Spring Ton je Prescriptions F11104 Here You'11 welcome our practical suggestions when we prýescribe a Spring tonic for youxî, home. Be prepared now the winter is over to, protect your valuable furs and blankets. To keep silks and woollens saf e from the ravages of moths, nothing equals a cedail lined chest. This store abounds with these and many other seasonable needs. Take advantage of to-day's price, invest in good furniture. One of rnany new designs in the genuine RED SEAL CEDAR CHESTS- $9.75 IN OUR WINDOW THIS WEEK 9 piece Bedroom Suite Complete with Twin Beds Special Price - $69.00 F. F. Morris Co. Phone 10 Bowmanville