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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, THURSDAY, 3EBRUARY lst, 1934 Establlshed 1854 A Weekly Newvspaper devoted to the lnterests of the town et *owmanville and surrounding country, issued at King treet, Bowmanville, every Thursday, by M. A. James & bons, owners and publishers. The Canadian Statesman ls à member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, ffa the Class "A' Weeklles of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere ln Canada, $2.00 a year; ln the United States, 0&50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, F!EBR.UARY lst, 1934 Words of Wisdom A.ge seems to give new zest to the words expressed by Sir William Mulock. Always interested in Canad- ian youth and f ree in bis expression of words of counsel, bis latest utterance made on the occasion of bis 9th birthday will live on through the ages. His message is a masterpiece, but it is more, it is sound and practical acivice for those wbo would value the true equities ef 11e: "Be flot oversolicitous about the flight of time. Mark it, as does the sun-dial, by its sunshines and its sbadows. If you would be a happy beneflcîary of the bours as tb'ey pass by, ever bear in mind that many, If flot most, of the shadows of 111e are of on's own causing. And 110W 1 close in recalling to you one of the old Olympic Torch games. Each contestant started in the race with a ligbted torcb in bis band, but the winner was the yout-not the one who arrived first at the goal, but he wbo first reached the goal with the torcb StiR burning brightly. The beauty and symmetry of this restriction as touching 11e I leave to every man to apply and take to his orn discerning heart. Today, as in that far- off time, the real winner is not the man who flrst arrives, whom the world so shallowly regards as flrst in the race, in terms of wealtb, station, garish hon- ors, or otber false standards of success. Many a man bas thus arrived apparently triumph- ant, but with bis torch extinguished in irremediable gloom; the torcb o! healtb, tbe torch of. honor, the torcb of domestic bliss or of parental joy. The true winner, the real winner, is be who pressed earnestly, even passiona.tely, to the goal; who has safely guard- ed tbe sacred. flame, the torcb of true fellowship, tbe torch o! precious friends of bis hour and day, the torch of joy ln everytbing that enriches if e. And what an encouraging thought that in sucb a race every contestant may, if he so strives, win some prize." Mass Production and Buying The business world was ail agog a few days ago, over the contents of an address delivered by Hon. H. H. Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce, before the Retail Shoe Dealers Association, in wicb be charged unfair and unethical metbods adopted by large departmental stores and industries, which were threatening thechf e of the small town and city mer- chant. Mr. Stevens had considerable courage to corne out witb tbe statements be did, and merchants througb- out the country are grateful that be bas made public charges that should have been made years ago. Of course departmental stores concerned have taken up the issue with Mr. Stevens, and while tbey deny all the allegations, no one knows bow true tbey are more than tbe independent merchant. He is continuaUly faced with this unfair competition, wich tremendous buylng power and sweatshop factory con.ditions have brought about. *tjnless these evils are eradicated, they will destroy the system itself," warned Mr. Stevens. "Thc.y are the greatest menace this country has ever bad to face." Wbile not advocating government interven- tion in industry and making no reference to the National Recovery Act in the United States, the speaker made it plain that the government was pre- pared to co-operate with decent business men to rescue the economic system f rom the predicament in wblch it bas been placed by the avarice and unscrup- ulous tactics of certain business men and industrial- ISIS. The smallej' centres o! Ontario have a real interest in the exposures made by Hon. Mr. Stevens, because the retail trade in towns and villages bas sufered great injury by reason of these very practices. The independent merchant is baving a difflcult time in making ends meet because of the ruthless competi- tion and unfair methods of the larger interests. The tIme is rapidiy coming when the Government must step in and apply the necessary remedy te a situation that has become alinost unbearable f rom the stand- point of the great mass of business men and small Industries thrcughout the country. From the Editor's Standpoint A cbaracteristic feature o! rural weekly ncwspap- ers is the detailed obituaries that we publish when a respedted citizen passes on. In the larger centres the death o! a citizen is not s0 ruch as noticed in the news clumans unless be is a leader in business, soc- lety, or publie service. Yet in spite of the space and attention that weekhy papers give 10 the passing o! local figures, the items are 100 oflen lacking in es- sential delails through no faulI o! tbe reporter. It is surprtaing sometimes how littie the cbildren of an aged parent know as to wbere and whcn their father or mother was borts, the date and place o! marriage and other points e! fact which figure in the career o! the deceased. In the interest o! accuracy and as a malter e! information 10 Ihose wbo came a! ter, we think il would be a good idea for citizens te write down and then put away for future reference, sorne essential facts and dates regarding their lives and perbaps some incidents Ibat tbey woulct hîke to bave remern- bered by those wbo cerne a! er. Another lbing that a local reporter finds ouI in his dally rounds is Ihat comparativcly few men have pholographs o! tbemsehves, beyond perbaps a baby picture and a snapsbot or lwo that were taken by members o! the farnihy out bebind the garage. Orne can sympatbize with men wbo bale 10 gel dollcd up and "look peasant please" in a photo studio. Most of us are Ibat way ourselves. But we wonder if these mien realize Ihal when they pass eut in a few ycars their likeness will pass f rom the earth and even Iheir own grandchildren wihh neyer know what tbey looked like. And with 110 photograpb o! you, friend wi!e won't be able to show ber second husband how nice you were. Belter arrange for a sitting today! The Nerve of Some Women Few laymeii realize just wbat the local merchant is up against as regards competition f rom tbe mail order bouses and departmental stores. Adcing in- suit to injury some customers of these city stores think notbing of getting the local merchant te help them in thei: purcbasing f romn these outside agen- cies which are gradually crushing the life eut 0f the small town ir.cependent merchant. We beard three instances in local stores this week, wbere the people concerned might bave used a little judgment andi thus bave saved the local merchant f romn considerable embarrassment. In one store a lady stated that she bad purcbased a certain article f rom a mail crder catalogue and tbat tbe article bad arrived but was not satisfactory, being a size too small. Having lost the bill abe was unable to send the article back and rcquested the local merchant to excbange it for the rigbt size. The long suffering good natured merchant did so. In the samne store another lady asked permission te use the telephone. Granted the courtesy she im- mediately phoned an order tbrough to a Toronto mail order liouse. In another store a lady requested a certain article and stated wbat the mail order price was, and that she was not going to pay any more for it than the catlogue quotation. She was quite surprised wben the local merchant stated that his price was exactly the same as the catalogue price. There are two important things te learn fromn these instances. The flrst, that buying f romn mail order boeuses i,,; net satisfactery. The lady in ques- tion ither bad to inconvenience bersel! in sending the article back and wait, or request a local mercb- ant to exchange sometbing that was not purchased from bhis store. In the t incident it was learned that the local merchant is just as reasonable about price as the mail order bouse. City Print Shops Bankrupt Few industries bave suffered during the depression more than that of printing. says tbe Simncoe Reform- er, with the result tbat conditions in Ibis important trade are now in a cbaotic state, particularly in the cities and to a lesser extent in the towns and villages o! Ontario. An impressive picture of the situation, together with some conicrete suggestions for remedying it, was furnisbed by Mr. John Atkins o! Toronto in a straigbt-from-tbe-sboulder address te a recent gath- ering of six bundred members o! the Graphic Arts Industry, of whicb printing is one of the main bran- ches. He declared that 75 per cent of the printing firms in Toronto, as well as in other centres in Can- ada, were on the verge of insolvency. and tbat skilled tradesmen in Toronto were working for as 10w as 15 cents an heur for operations wbicb demand on the bighest scale 75 cents an heur. The vicieu-, practice o! price-cutting has attained sufficient mnentum to threaten the entire indu.stry. The most efficient employer can no longer secure work at a f ar profit. while the employee sufers in the f orm o! depleted wages or loss of his job en- tirely. City firms bave felt the force o! this deplor- able condition more severely than those in the towns, but the latter su! fer, too, because the city printers send their salesmen into the outlying district to con- duct their price-cutting war. Fortunately the aver- age town printer bas a-newspa.per as a revenue-pro- ducer and thus bas managed to weather the storm tbus f ar. Perhaps %,ben bankruptcy proceedings be- corne general among tbe city firms, tbe town trades- men will regain some o! bis normal business. At any rate, the large metropolitan printer ta receiving a salutary lessen in the evils o! cutting price eo cost. Improving Our Environment The excellent record o! the Bowmanville Horticult- ural Society in 1933 further ernpbasizes the value o! that seciety 10 tbe town in general. Not only bas the society made a valuable contribution 10 the comn- rnunity in the way o! beautifying the Mernorial Plot, the approach te the Cemetery, and other plots in the town, but il bas provided a stimulus 10 the practice o! home garden improvement. Under the leadership o! CapI. C. W. E. Meatb and a very able executive the society bas proven ils worth. These improvements will be continued in the future if the wbole bearted support o! the cemmunity is behind il. Unfortunately government grants bave reached a stage where they are almost negligible. In 1933 the grant amounted te a little over $11.00. wich does not provide the society with any large amount on which 10 work. With governrnent support lacking. the support o! the community must increase. Last year rnerbership decreased, but it is hoped that during the current year citizens will gel behind the society, by becorning members and by active co-op- eratien, s0 thal the good work being carried on may net be curtailed for lack o! funds. In many inunicipalities no larger than Bowman- ville the Horticultural Societies have mernbersbips of 300 and 400. and there is no reason why that mem- bership could net be !ound in Bowmanville. One cannot make reference to the Horticultural Societys work without cornmenling also on the splendid co-eperation given the society by the local nurseries. All four bave provided stock aI cost, and the rnanager.i, all o! whom are expert horticulturists thernselves. have co-operateci in every way te make the success e! the society assurîred. Much may yet be accomplished in community and home impreve- ment if cilizens will get behind the society in the work il is endeavouring to do. Conversion of Municipal Bonds The Montreal Metropolitan Commins.sion is the sponser o! a bill te be brought before the Quebec Legisature asking permission to convert ils debent- ure indebtedness at a lower rate o! interest, and thus save revenue for the taxpayer.. The Statesman has aclvocated th~i, measure several limes in these col- umn-s. Apparently Ibis malter Is for the provincial parliaments te act upon. as we received a letter re- cently f rom Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, in which hc quite plair.h' statcd thal the Federal Govennment lias no jurisliction in the mialter, and that il rests solely with rhe Provincial government.s. TIhe result o! Monireal5 application will be awaited with inter- est by scores o! muncipalities throughout Canada. Of course ;f this request ta granted there is no law that can for,ýe a holder o! debentures te conveîrt thern. It înîght prove wiser bowever 10 converl tbern and be sure cf a steady income, even if smaller, than to withold conversion and the municipalily go bank- rupt. Alderman Quintraîl o! Montreal goes as far as te say that il would be advantageous 10 the muni- ciplity tb go inte the market for ils own bonds and pay $105 for $100 bonds, if tbe new boan could be floated at less than flve per cent. For the sake o! economy and te avoid serious financia.l straits, wbicb many municiralites will soon find tbemselves, bond- bolders would be wise to part with their bonds and take smaller interest tban to stand tbe chance o! losing alI to save perhaps one percent. Editorial Notes The next tlection. Provincial or Federal, or both, should prove interesting in this constituency. The new C. C. F. party has organized a club in the town and has dluo rooms immediately north c! St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church. The Liberals bave or- ganized a Twentieth Century Club, wbile the Con- servative party bas always been organized and is working throtughout the year. If organizaticn means anything in an election tben it is going tD be a lively electio'% in Durham. Have you eýver noticed bow an icicle is formed? If you have, yoi. noticed bow it f roze one drop at a time. until it was a foot or more long. If the water was clear, the icicle remained clear, and sparkled almost as brigbtly as diamonds in the sun; but if the water was sligbtly mnuddy, tbe icicle loeked foui, and ils beauty was spoiled. Just s0 our characters are f ormn- ing-one little thougbt or feeling at a 'time. If eacb tbought be pure and right, the soul will be lovely and sparkie witb bappiness; but if impure and wrong, there wýill be deformity and wretcbedness. The Owen Sound Sun-Times strikes the right note wben il declares tbat there is no public demand for advertising of liquor. and that one o! tbe points in connection with the Liquor Control Act whicb bas been under consideration by the Ontario Cabinet lately is a propesal telif t the ban on liquor adver- lising in Onta.rio newspapers and other publications. There ta 1no demand from the public on this score- everybody seems to be satisfled with the existing reg- ulation-with tbe exception o! the brewîng interests wbo are anxious to push the sale o! tbeir lines and A I4EALTH SERVICE OF TUME CANAOTAN MEOICAL. ASSOCIATION AND LJFE #NSURANCE COI.PANIES .lINCANAA THE USE 0F MEAT Nature works with a large factor o! safety. We bave two lungs and two kidneys, yet il is possible for us 10 get along with one, or even a paxt o! one o! these. We sbould, there- fore, net be teo mucb impressed by statements as 10 the least amount o! meat required in the diet, and presume that any excess is necessar- ily barmful. So much is being said witb regard to the value o! vitamins and miner- als that we axre apt 10 f orget that proleins arc Jjust as necessary as lhey ever w . Protein is needed in the diel of the growing child te provide building material, and in that o! the aduit 10 replace worn- out tissues. The growing cbild, be- cause he is growing. requires rela- tively more protein than does the adult. The sources o! protein are meat,.] fish. f owl. eggs. milk, cheese. nuls, beans and other vegetables. The1 primary purpose o! meat in the diel is to supply the body wilb proetin. At the same lime, il does furnisb minerals, fats and vitamins. Altbough the foods we bave men- tioned do contain protein, the type, o! protein ta not the same in any two foods. Il bas been found that the proteins from animal sources meet the needs o! the body more cempletely than do tbe vegetable proteins. For this reason. it is net advîsable 10 rely upon vegetables entirely 10 meet the protein require- ments o! the body. It ta desirable Ihat meals be at- tractive. Ilt i true that no one bas died f rom a diet because tbe diet was merely monotonous. Our in- terest is in making life wortb wbile, not a mere existence, and part of rnaking life worth wbile is 10 make meals enjoyable. Food that is eat- TUE SEED CATALOGUE By W. E. Groves, Bowmanville In a very short lime every gard- ener wilh be busy sowing secds, and il does not inalter bow small or hew large the garden - the urge 10 be- gin spring work is just the samne. But now is the tirne to plan. The seed catalogues are already on their way with aIl their wcath o! piclure and description. There ta an occas- ional lcndency bo just smile aI what the catalogues bave le say. Truc tbcy do not paint the pidlures in drab colors, yet the lists sent out by reliable seed bouses are f ree f rom exaggcration and may be safehy used ies is probably in ahI horticult- ure nting more disappointing than to grow a plant for rnontbs frorn seed only te find out that the bloom is o! itîle or no use. Wbile Ibis may net entirely be avoided, there is very smahh risk if good seed is purchased. By good seed we de net jusl mean seed o! higb germin- ation powcer. That is pretty wel taken careofo by regulations. Se also is tie ceanliness o! seed. or frccdom front weeds. May we illus- traIe by reference te pan.sy, one o! the plants commonly grown from secd. It ita possible 10 buy this seed at aniy price. frem a few cents a packet up to a price per packct that makes it about as expensive as gold even aI the present in!haled price. The reason f or the difference is net always due 10 the facI Ihat some varieties are very new. Iltais prac- licalhy ahways due te the expense and necessary care in tbe selection a few publishers wbo are anxious 10. sell space and wbose only excuse ta that they 'need the money." You can't nieasure ahl men by the same standard. You caîl one m~an wise because be invests bis savings in real estate, and another foolish because he spends ail that be bas for an etching, but tbey are equally foolisb. Eacn invests in tbe thing that will bring him the largest measure e! satisfaction. Each buys the tbing that te bim is bread. Collecting butterflies is another man's golf; a rose garden is anotber's gold mine. If you prefer staying at home witb a pipe and book wbile another man takes bis lady to a dance, dont daima to bc wiser or better than he. You may need to dance as much as be needs te read. In any case, eacb is feeding bis appetite and doing the tbing be enjoys most. You don't measure a man's strengtb by the tbing be indulges in, but In the degree o! bis self -indulgence.-Fountain Inn Tribune. Now that weve taken care o! the banks and the buildings andi ban companies and the insurance companies and railroads and the mortgage comp- anies and the farmers-does anyone have any ob- jection to some sort o! relief for the newspapers? asks the New Glasgow Evening Times. Bad times and good, tb*2c newspapers must go on just the same. The barder the times, the greater value o! news. The newspapers must be manned. It costs just as mucb to get out the newspaper, despite the fact that ad- vertising bas dropped 10 a new record low-ebb. But no one sheds tears for the press. Newspapers are supposed to cry for relief o! others. sob for the su!- fering in individual or corporation form, and snarl for justice and retribution. Every beadache is car- ried to the ncwspapers, every complaint is given t0 the press, appeals for the needy. pleas for business. charitable anci civic organizations begging for pol- itical reformi-all is a part of the newspaper's duty 10, the public. But wben business f aIls off, adverlis- ing contracta are canceiled and publishers are strug- gling for a livelhood, a sudden attack o! deafness cornes over the land. Does anybody ever stop to think that a town without a newspaper these days would bec coniletely off the map? en witb relisb, under pleasant sur- roundings, is more valuable in the nutrition of the body. The flavour of meat makes the meal more appetizing to, most peo- ple. Witbout meat. meals are apt to be monotonous. There is no scien- tific evidence te support the cern- mon critical statements made re- garding meat. and as to the ill ef - fects which are attributed to it.s use in the diet. Practically. -it appears that the best way is to use meat in modera- tion as part of a balanced diet, sec- ured through the use of a wide var- iety of foods. Meat once a day, re- placed by fisb or f owl according to the desire of the individual ot famn- ily. is a good rule to f ollow. Meat is an expensive food, and where the income is limited, care must be tak- en not to spend t.oo mucb of the f ood budget on meat; cheaper cuts of meat. properly cooked, are just as valuable. It is mucb better te re- duce the amount o! mneat than to diminish the quantity of milk a.nd vegetables used. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical Association, 184 College Street, Tor- onto, will be answered personally by letter. We can ail find sometbing to boa.st of-witb some, it's a cb.ronic ail- ment. You can't keep some people f roni thinking. The job is to get some of J them started. ARE YOU IN ARREARS ? j 0. blest is he Who does not f uss When be receives a bill f rom us: But promptly sends in the amounit, Wherewith to straighten his account. And doubly blest is that good f riend Who waits not till a bill we send: But knowing well bis dues are due, Sends in his money to renew. of plant frorn wbîch te save seed. The pansy grower wihh reserve bal! a dozen plants f rom a hundred and set them aside for seed and il o! ten takes years o! culture and attention 10 secure Ibis bal! dozen plants. Il ta quite easy t0 see thal seed collecl- ed indiscriminately f rom any and every plant in the bed could not be worth a fraction o! tisaI secured only f rom selected plants. A lot o! seed for a litîle money is dear aI any price. Merely cbeap seed is really not worth growing. For these reasons we advise a real study o! the seed catalogue. Select the best strains o! standard f lowers or vege- tables and purchase just sufficient for requirernents. And in the sel- edtion ilta swell 10 remember Ihat alrnost always lwenly-five seeds costing ten cents is better value than a hundred costing the same money. We bave aiready used tbe phrase 'reiable seed bouses" and there is ne hesitation wbatever in saying that the well known Canadian seed flrms dan be depended upon both for advice or goods. There is no need whatever 10, go le any other country for seeds we need, witb the possible rare exception o! some new variety not in circulation bere. And speak- ing e! new varieties we suggest thal every garden sbould each year bave some summer flower il bas neyer had before. Standard klnds sbould be relied on for main crops, and the new novelties for experiment. There is a wbole lot o! fun in growing plants from seed. Next week's subject: "Seed Sow- ing." Curses!, We know it's flot the rlght thing to swear, but it's hard flot to when the old car won't respond to the starter, won't pick up, and won't act like reasonable car should act. Perhaps it's because you ba.ven't been particular who repairs your car. Let Clemens' Gara.ge do your repair work, f i x Yo ur brakes, reflul your tanks with good Cities Service Gas and Ol-then thereli be no curses, because your car wiIl respond to expert treatment. Clemens' Garage OPPOSITE A. & P. STORES BOWMANVILLE Some are so skeptical tbey even doubt that rabbits lay Easter eggs. Prosperity for Canada Prosperity for YOU B Y placing your savings in a chartered bank you really help Canada forge ahead, and further your own prosperity and happiness, as well. Savings Bank Deposits are neyer at the disposai of one man or group of men, but are judiciously lent to aid the farmer, lumberman, manu- facturer and every other business man -constantly stimnulating the commerce of our country and at the same time earning interest whicli niakes your savings grow into a sound cash reserve, alwayi available when you need it. You can ensure for yourself greater prosperity by saving regularly, and by depositi.ng your savings in a bank. THE CANADIAN BANK~ 0F COMMERCE -fTHE STANDARDi BANK 0F CANADA) Capital Paid Up $30,000,000 M Reserve Furid $30,000,000 A. J. IVIIALEN, MANAGER BOWMANVILLE BRANCH: MORE HEAT PER DOLLAR when you use Lehigh Valley Coal Scnd Up that thermometer with a minimum of expense by using the right coal at the rlght prices. For years we have suppiied many of the ieading coal users ln town wlth qatisfactory fuel, satisfactory service and satisfactory costs. Join our Iist of satisfied customers and save yourself tinie, money and inconvenlence. J. A. HOLGATE & SON PHONE 153 BOWMANVILLE PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVn.LE, THURSDAY, IYESRUARY lst, 1934