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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 1937 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO - PAGE TW v. Mbe %àmbUrn 5t1t#~ma Estabiished 1854 A Weekiy Ncwspaper devoteci to the interests of the. town of Bowmanville and S urroLlnding country, Isaued ait King Street, Bowmanvile, every Thursday, yM.A. James & Sons, owners and publirshers. The "anMdian Statesman is a memnber of the Canadian W.eky Newspapers Association, also ha ls A Weeklies of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 a year; in United States, *2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies. 5c. THURSDA'i, .UGUST 26TH, 1937 Playing the Game With Labor List. Tlîîrsday s Globe & Mail cottained a scatlîing front page editorial in wbich it took tu task a promfflîeuit (atiadian textile contpaiiy for the maner in wxvichi it bas exploited anîd treated its enîployees. The Globe & Mail kîîows to pîîblish an editorial of this nature without havingr the truc facts woîîlcl Iave thein opetn to a libel suit of major proportions. Ve cati assume ihiere- fore tint what this paper reported xvas true. and( that its facts were obtaiîîed from sources of a relialile tnture. From this editorial we learîied that skill- ed tîen eariîed around $13 per xeek. wvlile ordiitarv workers averageci somlewliere a- routhe flc$11 mîark. A. great înany of tlîe workers were înarried witii fatuilies to sup- port. Readinîg of tliese facts calînot but tnake the thoughtful itizeti place the blame for many of tlîe curretît strikes anîd labour troubles on the shoulders o? the manufactur- ers atid not the working meni. \e ag-ree that working men have beeti an(l ofteîî are led astray l)y agîtators. but it appears from conditions ini the Textile indusîtry that the worker needs sonie leadership if be is to secure for hiînself even a reàsoflalle stand- ard of living. Had the C'.I.O. w-hen it first came to Ontario started to work on those inîdustries which have sbowtî a total disre- gard for the welfare of their eînplovees il migbt have l)eeti more aieably received. Instead it went to work in industries where wages were good and workiîtg conditions on tbe wbole very sattsfaetory. and ini so doing earned the opposition of both the goverti- ment and the public generally. It seen-t to us that wben these conditions were revealed ini the Price Spreads Probe of a few years ago. and laer by the Textile Investigatioti souething should uhave beeti dotie b- t.he Federal Government. Instead it. bas beeii left to the Provincial Goverîi- metîts to handie the Inatter. lti Ontario a miniimum wage act has been passed, but bas not yet beeti proclaimed and put into oper- ation. t'tîtil mininlium \vages and security are provided for the factory worker Ontario will be continually faced with industrial disputes that wilI seriously affect the ex- port trade of the Province. The manufac- turer who is not playing the game, might just as well start now and save bîmself a 1nd .the Province the loss of millions o? dollars in wages and business. Satety Work at Crossroads Cuts Auto Fatalities Wbat to do witli the injured followingc auto mishaps on highways and rural lanes ils becomiuîg increasinghy important ini gas- oline-conscious America. "So lonîg as people on the bigbways con- tinue Vo be hurt," says A. W. Knigbt, iii the Rotarian Magazinie, "they tnust be cared for. Not just when an ambulance anid a physician are at hand, but at once. there, at the roadside! Spurting blood must bc checked, fractured limbs splited bef<n'e moving, shocked victims made to lie fiat Vo conserve body teniperature fast fadittg from a retarded circulation."' Thanks to the Red Cross and co-operating groups, roadside finst aid stations atteîîded by trained huimanitarians are adiiiistcring Vo the needs o? thouisands suffering froni traffie accidents. Many lives are bing sav- cd and suffering greatly mitigat.ed. "'In the United States," contitnes Mr. Knight, "the American Red Cross, acting in co-operation with the state and local police, publie utility and other groups, bas establisbed 1,300 first-aid posts oti througb routes from coast to coast. Not oîtly that, but 3,500 additional igphway statiotns will soon be complemented by a mechanizcd army of trained first-aiders regularly ply- ing the highway on notorcycle, in police radio car and light truck, who ean -et to the 1,200 miles o? watcrways froîn ftie northernmost raiihead in C(anada down to the rim o? the Aretie Oceai. lHe bas talked to tbe men and wairen wlio ive up tuicre, iii Canada's new upper storey - Vo 'old- timers' wbo have the North su> in their biood that civilization appalis theïm, to nmen who trade for furs and the natives wbo make the catch, and to ni ssiona ries wlîo have giveti their lives to the people of the North. Lordl Twccdsnir camie ' onit' by great. a irpl aîîc hups caeh of whicll would lia x.c tca ricti lini across Europe niore thait once. Ou the Nva 'av lie stopped At places where min- ing ol>ratiotis arc going uon. and wheî'e lie ci) nd sec for i' nselft'of the l)otetial wealth that lies ini what iiscd to bcecalled ' 'waste lan d s. lThe North. of whicli Lord Tweedsmnuir saw su tiýtch., is going to hecomie a more and nmore important part of Canada. 'Vo develop it will îîeed a iînited effort from the coun- try, and so it. should help to bind the Do- minion dloser tog-ether. Canada is one of the few important countries ini the world tlîat still have a "fronitier." Up there ini the North il lias one witli ah the romance amd opportunuity of other frontier regions that have passed ixto history. Now the Northî needs sonî'eone to write about it, to tell of its hold on men, an(l the rcwards that il offers to those who have the couragre t<i answei' its cail. Lord Tweeds- inuir lias heen to see for hiîself and to learti its wavs. Caiiadiaîis. whether "' up North " or '*dowîî South,"' will hope that lie wil write of the (Ganadian North - for no one is letter suited. What Makes a Community? Whlen one hears the naine of a comumun- ity. lie instinct ively classifie., thiat conmmun- îty according to the thiîîgs hielhas lîcard of it. So you lîear people talk of a fine eon- muîîîty, or a poor communtît, or just ait orditîarv comnîunitv. There is littie doubt that Bowmanville is classed among the fine comlînities, and that briîîgs us to thie ques- tion, what are the thitîgs that inake a fine conîmunity? It is a hard uquestioni to answxer. but it cati be said that. the principle itîgred- ient of a good comntiity is its citizens. Then 1n0 conmunity caui le fie unless it lias good citizens iiinîany walks of life. aîîd quite often the good citizen who plays such an important part ini makiîîg his conmmîun- itv out.staiiding, is seldomn given an%. special notice. His iame verx- seldorn appears in the newspaper. and hie does not hold imi- portatnt offices in big organizations, and yet at the saine time, wit.hout hini you eould flot have the type of communitv that eom- mands admiration. 0f sucli good. solid aund substaxîtial citi- zeuiship ivas tie ]aite Slîerwood Rundle. mail- mani on the R.R. 6 route from Bowmaîîville. M.%any y ears agro w-heni Mr. Rundle lived ini the country and farmed hie ias beloved for bis qualities as a fine neighbour and a faith- fui friend. When hie moved to Bowmaîîville anid became a mailmian hie vas beloved for h is devotion to bis job, for bis happy dis- position-~ and for his faithful attendance at churcb. Shernvood Rundle was that type of citizen xvho helps to stamp bis town as a - fine"' town. Hie may not bave beld impor- tant offices, or becomne wealtby in worldlv groods, but bie did bave those traits of citi- 7enship whicb make commuîîities, and pro- vinces and countries substantial and worth- wbile. Good Series on Civie Affairs Leo McLLaighlîn, who bias made a special study of municipal taxation and other pro- blems is the author of a series of articles on m.înicipal affairs appearing in The Globe & Mail. The series are welI wortb reading, flot only by tiiose wbo are serving the mun- icipality on boards of one kind or another, but by the taxpayers also, wlîose deniands are what creates municipal debt. The appointment of a commission to elar- ix' the British North ,'nmerica Act will like- ly have sonie bearing on this topie, for it xiii definitely define tic position of the provinces and dominion ini the field o? munit- icipal affairs. flad this heen more clearly <efiried lreviously many muîîîcipalities whiclî have defaulted their obligationîs mighit have becui stopped before they weiît too far. Unfortunately the municipality is not always to Mlaine. We have an instane of that sort o? thing, right now iii our local High Sehool. The scbool is full and al classroons *oeccupied. The Provincial De- partment of Educatioti rules that Doînestie Science and Shop Work must be taught and that the Scbool Board must provide the pro- per facilities for teacbing these subjects. The Board is certaiuîly not anxious to ex- tsisiîed recerîtîx. VTe issue depicts thie Nia-au'a frontier 's fntl Inteasurt'cof tomani j histoi'y, its marvels of nature aiid its uni- portanice as a chianiiel for' indiîst.rial anîd social intereourse betweetî two great tiat- ions. Editor E. W. Jobnston bas i)erformed an important service to bis community in publisbing annuaily this goodwill suppie- ment. Little Known Facts About WELL KNOWN PEOPLE A series designed to make citizens better acquainted witlî people everyone ini the community bas known for years. C No. 13 - DAVID MORRISONÈ This is Old Boys' Reunmon week. better today, and we could hinik of no person doubt if pe<i more appropriate for this week's they did in th sketch than David Morrison Sr., dîfference ist 89 year old veteran citizen, who Sunday obse like the old boys and girls who used Vo be,a return this weekend, has a pas-. lose a lot l sionate f ondnes.s for the County proper 6bsenv o! Durham. Day." Andt Perhaps nowhere in the entire!'doubt the w county could a man with a more remarkable memory be found. As he nears the celebration o! his 89th biuthday next January he i d'splays a meimory for things o!' theý past that is entirely unique. David Morrison was born o! substantial Scottish parentage in Rosshîre, Scotland, on January 30th, 1849. He was a son of John Morrison and Margaret McKen- zie. the former an oatmeal miller. At Vhe age of three lie made what was tien a hazardous trip across the Atlantic Ocean o Canada, the land of opportunity. For a time his f ather was employed on Vlhe Grand Trunk Railway. but his old calling beckdned him and he went to work at Squair's Mill, op- eiated by Robert Squair, south of the present Vanstone's Mill, in wiat is now Vhe flat.s o! Rotary Park. A few years later he moved Vo Clarke Township wiere he Was employed in Frank 'Squair's Mill. David Morrison went to No. .9 Sciool in Clarke, but relates that he had very littie schooling, whirh lDavi makes uis ablility ta write sa in- marks from terestîngly aUllie more remark- Irinety years. able. In closing His teacier was Richard Hos- admission. r kin, a brother o! Dr. John Hos- are pretty si km., K.C., Toronto, wlio laid the naines of pei foundation stone o! our present ulars of lever Town Hall. His !irst Job, at $1.00 but our chiel weekly, was with Young's Hard- t'on, the four ware. Next he was euliployed for i3 Vhis samne 15 years in McClung's Carniage school, David Shop on Vhe site of tie skating an out-standi rink burned down a year ago. 3pirit o! perl For anotier f ifteen years he was employed by the Dominion The f lirt is Organ and Piano Company as a game she ne, rough tuner, and then he comn-_____ pleted ils working years with a stretch o! 17 years witi the Dur- ham and Goodyear Rubber Comn- panies retiring in 19k29 to lAve the quiet evening o! a busy 111e in quiet reflectIOn. One might say Viat David Morrison is an inveterate musi- cian, at least music has played a very important part in his long and useful life. ýHis liklng for music came naturally, for bis fa- ther was a Scottish fiddler o! the old school who could bow any reel you would caîl. Mr. Morrison's first instrument however was noV, the violin but the E flat tuba, and he played that instrument in a good many bands. Back in the days o! Confederation, Bowrruan- ville had a Citizens Band and on Vie tirst Dominion Day, when canada became a confederation of provinces. July 1. 18M?, David Morison played with Vhe CiVi- zens Band to celebrate the event. He recalled also havlng played with Vie Upper Canada Furniture Factory Band o! whici E. R. Bounsall was bandmaster; the Dominion Organ and Piano Co. Band, wlVh Mr. Carey o! Kings- ton and Mr. Wald.ron o! Toronto a, bandmnasters at different Vîmes. He was actively identified wth Vie 45th Battalion Band, until, as he says, Sir Sam Hughes o! Lind- say stole the band fromn Bowman- ville. He was bandinaster of the Durham Ruiber Co. Band, and played also with the Oshawa Citi- zens Band and Vie old Ciamber o! Commerce Band whici went out o! existence somne 12 years ago. Of course heelias been very inter- ested in the Canadian Leglon Band, but flot as an active mem- ber. Bands in whici he played won prizes at Guelph, Waterloo and Walkerton. Just a few years ago, he organ- ized and directed Vhe Bugle Band of Vie Boys' Training School, and citizens wlll recaîl that 1V was a splendid organization. Outside o! band work he was coninected with tie Bowmanvllle Quintette in which he played sec- ond violin. Others in the quin- tette were Mr. MoEwen, first vlo- lin. the laVe William Roenigk, string bass, Billy Yule, clarinet. and Fred Rattenbury, cornet. Mr. Morrison was originally a Presbyterlan, but for some years attended the Disciple Church wit'n whici ils !irst wife was identified. He laVer became a member o! St. Paul's Presbyterian Churci and subsequently the United Churci. He was flrst married to Eunlce Orr, who died in 1884. From tint union came two children. K. R. Morrison o! Birmingian. Ala.. and Mrs. Winnl!red Thompson o! GuI! port. Mississippi. Mr. Mor- rison was married again in 18881 *but then again I ople live as well as tuose days. The chie! that there is noV the ;ervance that there and I ýelieve people when they lose the tance o! the Sabbath here's few who will wisdom o! those re- vid Morrison Lthis sage o! nearly Swe want Vo make an Perhaps you think .we ;mart at recalling the ople, and the partie- nts of years gone by. ef source of informa- ntain o! local history, gentleman o! the old d Morrison Sr., who is ing example o! the petual youth. is always practising a ever intends o play. Sir Henry's Corne Back P t] By Scibe G We were going to give you a sort of travel talk on Casa Loma and then on second thought. we concluded it would be more con- siderate for us to invite you to inspect it. The price is 25c Per head and neck. And an African Zulu. watches your car while you are in the towers, tunnels and trunk roorns. The proceeds of ad- mission go to Kiwanis Welf are Work. Very worthy cause, dear friends. And did you see that piece in the Globe and Mail a while ago about the Kiwanis Club having Sir Henry up there for lunch? Gosh it was rich. Just in case you missed It . . . here's what: The Kiwanls Club of West To- ronto is the tenant at Casa Loma. They figured it would be a haîf decent idea to invite Sir Henry up for lunch. They said it was a surprise party. And they invited some other Nabobs to make the Prodigal Son feel more at home again. In reading the item in the rxewspaper we came to a part that made us blinc, blush, spit and sputter (get this> "H1onor will be pald to Sir Henry for his vision in building the castle which is now proving a successful show place for tourists." Anybody readlng that sentence would suppose that Sir Henry ... the long sighted old Knight... had built the castle to be a suc- cessful show place for tourists. Why such utter distortion of fact ... Why such shameful pretense? Almost everybody knows that Casa Loma was built as a private residence for Sir Henry. If he anticipated it would be a success- ful showplace . . . it's a cinch At wasn't for tourists. It was f or Brother Barons from other cimes. If the Kiwanians did what the newspapers stated they were go- ing to do. . . that is "Honor Sir Henry for his vision" they might as well advocate Algebra for kin- dergarten kids. It, must have been the coldest piece of irony this sticky summer weather had pro- duced. The old gent's return to the castle served one good purpose however. It furnished the guides wlth a quick answer to the most Mrs. Frank Oke Phone 594 Mrs. W. G. Corden Important Message to ail Farrn Boys NEW TWO-YEAR COURSE IN AGRICULTURE at the Ontario Agricultural College GUELPH No Tuition Fees Board Redluced ta $3.50 per weelc A practical Course specially arranged for boys who wiUl continue farming. Enqireat heO.AC. Booth, West Annex, Coliseum, Canadan Ntibonal Exhibition, Toronto, for fulparticul.rs and aplication forme, or write to Dr. G. î. Christie, President, Ontario Agricultural College. Guelphi. Fail Termn Starts September 2Oth ONTARIO DEPARTMVENT 0F AGRICULTURE BON. DUNCAN MARSHAL Muuagter JAMES E. FAIRBAMEN Depu&yMi r C M. Il ~1 HONOURABLE EARL ROWE States Ris Party's 'Stand on Labor The national policy of the Liberal-Conservative Party, Provincial and Dominion, for many years bas been to create industry for the purpose of providing work and wages for labor and a profitable home market for the farmer; the lumberman and other primary producers. Tbe Party's sympathetic attitude towards labor is evi- denced by the Social legisiation on our statute books. The Liberal-Conservative Party believes that labor should receive a fair shar4 of the fruits of industry and is entitled to organize in order to improve the lot of the worker as regards wages, hours, security in old age and ail other conditions of industrial life. The Liberal-Conservative Party reaffirms its traditional policy of in- sisting upon the maintenance of law and order in ail industriai disputes and pledgeâ itself firmly and scrupulously to uphold the laws of Canada. The Liberal-Conservative Party in Ontario stands for the.following: 1. The right of emphoyees to bargain collectively through their own representatives choseui without dictation, coercion or intimidation. JWI 2. It is and has for many decades been a fact that both capital and labor are International in their organization. Accordingly the right of the utorker to belong to the union of h is clîoosing, Canadian or International. craft or industrial, is fully established; îîroviu'ed alwuîys that the unions must observe, and titat capital nmust observe, in ail their actions, the laws of Canada. . .~,. ...... 3. The Liberal-Conservative Party is unalterably op- posed to the introduction into Ontario of sit-down ~ ..~ . ~strikes, sabotage or other violations of our law, and for the purpose of clarity hereby places *tself on record c, as being opposed 10 such illegalities whiether thev are introduced mbt Ontario by labor unions aliliated with 4h-. .Q the A..F..of.' , or any other organlzation capital or lahor.on 4. That represenuatives from otlier countries, both of capital and labor, shall be subject on the same Princip les as other people 10 our immigration laws and th it they shaîl when admitted to this country, strictly observe ." . tthe laws of the land. 5. The prîmarv function of the state in ail industrial disputes is FIRST-to take no sides and t0 maintain law and order without the display of unn, ce ;sary or provocative force, anid SECOND. to enact and impar- tially adm'înister adequate legislation for the conciliation of industriel disputes. 6. The right to work in Canada is not dependent upon membership in any organization. 7. 'b'at no strike shalh take place until ail reaionabIe meîlîods of conciliation are exhausted and the worker should have the rîghî of secret ballot free from improper influence or coercion in ail decisions relai*n' 10 the . dispute. 8. The Liberal-Conservative Party wiIi contin te in the future as in te pasi to defend the princip.e of freedom o? association witltin the law. The party re-atlirms its belief îliat the essence of deinocracy is trust in the people and bu rely on freedouut and not in t'ictatorsltip, diat1 puiblic opuinionî mai' be led huitflot driven and thai tle greatest safeguiard of ordery progress and reforni is tlie souîîd conunon seuie of ail classes of the Cautadian peuple. 1 have stated frankly anid fearlessly mny Iarty's policy toward lahor and Iaw enforce- ment. 1 stand now, as always, for law and order, for ail, under ail circumistances. This policy is te denIocratic British inethod and 1 shali applly these principjL<s in the admninistration of our provincial affairs. Leader of the Liberal-Conservat. a Party in Ontario popular question posed by parties here since the Sherif f took it all the way from the Prairies to over." The trigger-like repsonse lie Sea . . . IlHas Sir Harry, is "Sure thing lady . .. He was W1hat's-his-flame ever been back here last Thursday." WELCOME . Old Boys and Girls The Evlyn Shop, Bawmanville 's Smartest Ladies' Wear Store, joins in the welcome ta the Old Boys and Girls. Yau are cardially invited ta visit aur store whilej in town. You'll be surprised at the wonderful4 stock of new fali coats, dresses, hats an accessories. W Black and White are papular this fali. See these cantrasting colars ini the smnart new styles. The EVLYN Shop