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P A G E T W O " - , U iUfl A ,i x , JA N UJ A RLY lth , 193,5 Established 1854 A Weekiy Newspaper devoted ta the interesta of the town Of Bowmanvîill and surrounding country, issued at King Street. Bowmanville, every Thursdlay, by M. A. James & Bons, owners and publîahers. The Canadian Statesman la à member of the Canadian Weekly Newpapers Association, siso the Classa',A" Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year. In the United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10th, 1935 Ward System of Elections Obsolete It was suggested by one or more candidates in the municipal elections that a return be made t(> the ward system of elections, whereby each ward is re- presentecl by aldermen, in preference ta the present system of election by the wbole town o! the best men available, irrespective of the ward in which tbey live. The ward system o! election is a systein of the past, and one the town cannot afford ta resurrect if the ratepayers are really interested in true economy. The reasons advanced for this type o! election are obscure and witbout any fundamental principle of better government. Ward elections In a small town% bring about a com- petition between aldermen ta do sometbing for the ward in wbicb they are elected. In their determain- ation ta win estecm and re-election from their own ward. tbey make it their business to set that they can get everytblng possible for their respective wards, with the resuît that the town is forced into more expenditure than a town-wide body of men would even consîder. There can be no suggestion either that Bowmanviile is so large that men may run for aldermen who are not well enough known in any particular ward. Most men in public li!e have a townwide foliowing, and that angle of the question does not .iustify a return to the antiquated systein of competitive councils. Proponents of the plan may refer ta the city o! Toronto as an example of ward elective methods. Toronto bas pienty o! excuse ta bold its elections tbis way. Eacb year nineteen aldermen are elected in a city o! 700,000 people, or one alderman for approx- imately eacb 37,000 of the population. Naturaiiy in a city o! that size ail sections o! the city couid not ,elect members from a straight ist, because the ina- jority o! thein would be little known outside the ward in which they theiselves reside. It might be pointed out also, that wbile Toronto elects its coun- cil on the ward systein its Board of Contrai and its Mayor are elected in a city-wide vote. Observers o! Toronto's affairs will agree that Toronto is more governed by Its Board o! Control, or city cabinet, than it is by its Board o! Aldermen. An evidence o! how littie ward or constituencY 2 rcpresentatives really mean la the !act that at the Iast session o! the Henry Government, and since the I accession o! the Hepburn Governxnent more legis- t lation bas been passed by Order-in-Council of the a Cabinet, witbout consulting riding representatives, than in any regular session of the Legislature. The ward system of election la also a means o! limiting the abiîity of council members. It is not necessary that any one ward sbouid bave two men capable o! serving. while another ward migbt bave L a dozen good candidates. A town-wide opportunitY a of nomination and election is best, and !or that rea- e son the City o! Oshawa some time ago discarded the hi~ practice o! ward representation in favor o! a city- 8 wide elected body. Vital Statistics for Bowmanville There were practically twice as many births in Bowmanville as deatbs in 1934, according ta the Statistics compiled by Town Clerk Alex J. Lyle. Birtbs totailed 106. wbile deatbs numbered 55. While tbe ratio betwen the two is very distinct, it is flot as distinctive as these figures would suggest, for a large percentage of the birtbs are tbose of children now resident in the surrounding townships, but who were born in Bowmanville Hospital. It is interesting ta note that of the 106 birtbs, 56 ,were girls and 50 were boys, which seems ta agrec vith figures in other municipalities for 1934. Ap- - parently, despite the fact that 1934 was flot a LeaP 'Year, it was a year for girls. Of the 55 deaths, 28 were women and 27 were men, wbich could hardly be evened up better. In addition ta, births and deatbs there were o! course a number o! marriages and the total of 44 licenses issued bere shows a large increase over the previaus year. which might indicate ont o! two things, eitber times are getting mucb better, or tIse the playfui Cupld bas been directing more of bis romantic arrows at Bowmanville than Is bis wont. Moratorium on Municipal Debentures The municipal elections, beld in Ontario in the past few weeks, bave brought out one o! the best suggestions we bave heard for many a year. That suggestion la the moratorium on debenture debts. There is no suggestion in this that any contract as tao interest rates sbould be broken. that any pledge ta bond holders sbould be avoidied. The suggestion only embodies the desire ta aid municipalities by suspending payment for one year only of principal paYments on debentures. Bondlholders wouid re- ceive their interest as usual. The only difference would be tbat tbe portion of principal due would not be paid this year, but would be put back for one year, making the entire Issue of one year's duration1 .longer than the terra o! the original contract. There Is much ta be said for this. Off hand we would say that it would mnean $20.000 less to a out In one year by the Town of Bowxnanville. With the resultant reduction in taxes and opportunity would be presented ta ratepayers to pay up In full for the current year, and aiso appiy much more ta their arrears. Of course we realize that Bowmanville and its councilibave no power wbatever ta take this course. It must be clone by the Ontario Legislature whlcb orlginally passed on municipal debenture issues. Bowmanviile, bowever, migbt do its share by joining wltb other municipalities sponsoring a like move In demanding o! their representatives In the Legisature 1 In the death of Dr. James L. Hughes. for Chie! InsPector of Scbools for the City of and a Durham Old Boy, the Province loses its most distinguished educationists. Dr. mîght have been called a modernist, for in 1 as Chie! Inspector be was aiways many steps vance. educationaiiy, than bis contemporari w as ilis wont. he entered into ail bis activit. a zest and a determination to make the best o His success as an educationist was the resul' deep study of the Psychology of youtb. Dr. loved cbildren and studied closeiy their nec( was able through the knowleclge thus atta: legîsiate to improve conditions under whicl Dr. Hughes wa.s a strong believer in the 1 and sincerity of the boy and girl attending and he won many a victory in bis earlier da cause he was willing to place tbemn on their more than their own teachers were. He was L opposed to the application o! corporal punis] There are many tbousands of prominent bi men in Ontario who today owe their viewpoir PhiiosoPhY o! life to Dr. Hughes anmd bis teach Dr. Hughes was weii known as a public sp Many or bis writings and Poems found wi»de lation, andi on several occasions he bonored th~ tor of The Statesman wýith copies of bis book was only tu*o weeks ago we saw one of bis Chri poems in a western Canadian newspaper. Hei en credit for the establish.ment of kinderg schools. an innovation wbich met popular api and soon became a part of the provincial syst4 While Dr. Hughes bas been retired for many from educational work, he bas retained anE interest in ail tbings educational and worth' He was a regular attendant at the weekly MeE of the Toronto Rotary Club, and had the distir of being probably the oldest active member of ary in tbe world. Ris interests included charit fraternal, sport, service and cburcb organizat Durham County mourns the loss of a distingui son. Kindly Words to an Old Citizen In the Dim and Distant Past in this issue app a list o! officers o! Jerusalem Lodge. A. F. & A. No. 31, fifty years ago and twenty-five years In both lists appears the naine of John Lyle treasurer. And in the intervening years between1 and 1910. and from that time on until the cio.s 1933 John Lyle remained as treasurer o! Jerusa Lodge, a period of haif a century in the samne o!i This is a record of service in fraternal cir wbich we doubt is equailed in Ontario. It is a markable tribute to the sterling qualities of J( ELyle, the mnerchant, the Mason, the beioved citi and the Town Clerk. Today John Lyle spends evening of bis lire with bis family in the town wh me bas served so well, and wbich honoors bim ini 87th year as an outstanding citizen. .John Lyle started bis life working for a very air wage. It was flot long until bis marked abilitya lis fine personality won bim, the confidence o! fellow townsmfen sa that he could start in busini 'or himself. And through many vicissitudes o!fcf une, bis force o! character kept hlm marcbing fi ward witb the tinies, and wbether or not John L: ever made a small fortune in business, he was a su essful business man, because business meant rmuch ta hlm in its opportunity for service, in friendsbips, as it did in its opportunity for f inanci ggrandisement. Then John Lyle became interest ýnmunicipal affairs, and finally bis ability was r gnized in his appointment as Town Clerk ai rreasurer, a position he filled with dign.ity, abili ind Kith honor for 35 years. Too o! ten we wait ui Il the passing of a citizen before we commend b: or bis life's efforts. John Lyle is a man we ci moscientiousty speak as weli of in life, as we cani lath. w fe fc ci an til foi col Rotary Speaker Makes Strong StatemeK SPeaking before the Amnherstburg Rotary Club nre fcently, Rev. Father M. V. Kelly of St. John the Bai itist Churcb in that. town. macle the rather 'startlinr jannounicement. "Do we tovrn and city residents knou Ithat almost everything we bave eaten ln the pasl ffour or five years bas been stolen?" The statemert mýay:sem broad and barsb, but on dloser study i wilî b realized that what Father Kelly says is very close to actual fact. He wa.s, o! course, re!erring to the scandalously low pnices farmers have been !orced to accept for their products. Commenting on this address the Amherst- burg Echo remarks. 'It is a challenge ta urban dwel- lers ta give thought to the man-yes, and the woman -who produces the necessities of life. The fariner and bis wif e do flot throw clown the bot nor the broomstick wben the whist.le blows. Athough living Iconditions on the average f arn have been vastlY in. proved in recent years, yet tbey lack many comforts wbh are considered necessities in tatvn and clty homes. Urban dwellers gloat %wben the prîces ai food stuffs drap ta insignificant figures, but they fail ta realize that when the farmers are prosperous classes. The remedy? It Is visionary, but it is tbrougb visions that great tbings are first realized and then brought ta successfÊ11 culmination by the cooperation o! ah dcitizens o! the country."' Editar Arthur Maî-sb's remnarks aie most approp- riat. Not until we do realize these salient facts. that aur own prosperity rests on tht prosperity o! tîhe farmer. and that bai-gain prices in foodstuffs are actually detrinjental to tht buyer, will we return ta a definite and stabilized prosperity. Unle&s the f ar- mer gets bietter prices for bis produce f rom tht ur- ban dweler there is na opportunity for the rural resident ta reciprocate by buylng goods manufact- ured in the factorles of urban centres. IL Box lO 0CaplsI.I,,$1.OO& RHEUMATIC CAPSULES Phone 92 We Deliver ALEX McGREGOR, DRuGS that this matter be aired at the next ses, that legisatio>n be brought down implemei suggestion. The moratorium would aiso the Counties Debenture debt, and ln this w Manville would Save approxirnateîy ten mil] towri, and a few ils in the county. We f ident that a tax rate not exceeding 35 mi be accomplished this year if the Ontario Le would pass the necessary legislation. Havinq Up materially under the protection of thei ium, the municipality couid resume its d payments next year and thus balance its bu Durham Mourns a Distinguished ssionfland nting the YOUR VVOIRLJ apply toa u M N Is in the B are con- JOHN C. KIRKWOOD [ls could (Copyright) egislature Lg caught I have been reading a book which morator- gripped my interest. yet which was lbenture j fot a very pleasant book -"The Great Adam." The nan-whose udget. first name was Adamn-had been a farmier in Idaho. In his prosperity he became a banker-hacl his own ISon bank with a capital of $100,000 and a surplus of $100,000. He wus ruth- iess and quite deliberately set out to 38 years acquire al the good farms in his community. One of these farms- Toronto 600 acres or more-was quite the 5One of rinest farm, f rom every point of Hughes view. in the State - so the story hi ie said. Through a bit of trickery Ad- hstre arn lost this rarrn to a rival banker, s in ad-I and with this loss, be began to lose les. As right and Iert, and it was flot long ies with before he was bankrupt. His cred- of themn. itors allowecl himn to live in a sack on one of the poorer rarms which .t f his he had acquired. In the end he Hughes hanged himselr. ds, and Adam had a wl e and son. The ind~ wife was a drudge, and Adam beat ,ie oher and treated ber like a dog. His ýh they son was absolutely worthless-an out-and-out rotter. He seduced wo- men, stole bis rather's money, gamb honesty led and was a drunkard. Yet the schooi, father had a sort spot in bis heart ays be- for his son, andi concloned bis smns. honor, i c K The great Adam broke the first of btterly the Ten Commandments - "Thou ihment. shaît have no other gods before usiness me" He macde money bis god, and nt and h e ad no other god. He worship- iped wealth. He was accauisitive. He hing. 'bad no bowels of mercy. He was peaker. cruel in al his dealings. He allow- cîc- ed bis son to do as he liked. The cic-son grew up without character guid- e edi- ance. He consorted with the evil- ks. It minded and the evil-doing. He haci istmas fot a particle or ambition. He vas a liar, dissolute and weak-willed. igiv- This book, "The Great Adam." garten made me think o! another book ýproval 1 "The House witb the Green Shut- Le. ters " published a good many years ago. It told or a Scotsman who haci years a son who turned out to be both a~ active drunkard and a murderer. The f a- ,while. ther, like the Great Adam, was the supreme man in bis community, and etingsI had the rinest house and the most action prosperous business. A competitor Ro- undermined his business. Like the able, Idaho banker, this Scot made mon- ey and power bis gods. He was a tions. breaker of the first or the Ten ished Commandments. JcKx I suppose that ail or us know men like Adam and the Scot-men who make riches tbeir god. and who crush ail otbers wbo stand between tbem and the getting of larger wealth . They are men with hun- ears dreds of aters or them, and witb not a single friend in the worid. M ., Tbe older tbey grow, the harder- ago. they grow. And whetber or flot eas their end is a tragic one, it is a sor- 185 rowless one. I dlaim that a lire 188 which bas ben iived tolits end, in ;e of 1thecpractice of acquisitiveness, with- alem1 out mercy in it, without any bene- f ice. volence in it, as been a misspent life. and therefore a great failure. cles Wbat does it profit a man to gain re- 'the wboie world and lose bis own rohn sOul? The world is full of men wbose zen, supremne passion is the getting of the riches. They want, when tbey are âich dead. to leave a lot of money. Per- his haps they hope that in te here- ar ter they will be able te read in the flewspapers the figures of tbeir for- riali tune! It is for these figures-to be and made public after they are dead- that hundrecLs of thousands of mnen bis lose their souls! For the sake of a .ess big-figure estate. these men starve rt- their familles, deny themn the most .or- precious things of life, and develop in tbem bite atreds wblch are 'le iikely to manifest tbemselves In very u ugly ways when tbe fortune of! the as dead man bas to be divlded - and its disslpated. i c K ,ial YouwouId tbink that a sane man ed with money-making powers would r- wisb to pass out of this present life ,nd ricb in the love and admiration and gratitude of those nearest and dear- in- whom his life and benevoience bad im heled toilve their lives more fuily an and ricly. You wouId think that i asane man wouid percelve that. inthere are better things to give bis children than some thousands of dollars at bis ceatb. You would think that a sane man would wisb to ecbis cbidren's character, hab- nt it's, inclinatis and emplosrnents of i4 the _rigbt sort-from chiidhooej on- 1M wardi, and that he wouid devote a e- good deai of bis time and thought p- ta make tbemn willing to obey the second o! the Ten Commandments. ig It is vanity of the silliiest kind >w whicb mnakes tens of thousands of Hoe..011ce Toronto The Crown Life Annual Report for 1934, details of which will be published in this paper three weeks hence, wiIl be a strilcing indication of the improve- ment of business conditions generally and of the rapid progress which this Company, in particular, is making as evidenced by the following facts: Big Increase of New Policies Issued Big Increase of Insurance in Force Big Increase of Assets Big Increase of Surplus OPPORTUNIT'Y The Crown Life has an opening for a com- petent district representative for Bowman- ville and vicinity. 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