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aTHE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMIANVILLE, ONTARIO Established 1854 A Weekuy N ewspaper devote d to the interests of the tow n of Bowmnanville and< surrounding country, lesued at King Street, Bowmanvile, every Thursday, iy .,A Jamnes & Sons, owners and pubisherS. The ëa nMda StateM a n is a memnber of the Caniadian Wekly N ewsrpapers Associaticn. also the Class A Weekiles of Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere in Canada, $200 aaycear; in United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single conies. 5c. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 1937 Breaking Down Sectionalismi Across Canada lui a ye-tlitoîilit fnl art i-le ini tliîýisue ,,e,011,11 luot Halifax. saoi of mrs. F. M. -Saucl, Bwuiauvll, uite> on itue d(li- er af seetluai ismîî il' ( 'aada. a ud "'(es onl ta shlow a auuîueiablucpiide liuî is adop t- cd prou-viumee Mru. S'uîci say s iii part - 'the weekly u ewspaper is au ideal place ta lbreak dowii thiese fatuied p)rejiidices, ' 'anid li tlat we h(eartily ,.agree. T[le (auîadiauu Weeklyý Ncwvspaper-s ,ssoeiatioun,îvhîichî liomored us ivitli il.,;presideneîcyvthîls vear. is cndeavaimu- iuîg ta hulid anu ed itorial platfori-u for tuie w-ely uwslîapers of tuhc Domnuionî, sa tIat 1w iuuiited action tliese newspapcrs inay (ho thepir .;uiai-e ta 'Malýke Canada a Better Plae ini Wlichi to Live and Wrk." Mc. Sanch states tuiat flic Maritimes feel thîuî.tue 1Epper 1uoiicsarel)eiuig favou'ed liv fli Federal Gov-ecuîuuent. auîd thîcceiuî lies ane of thue causes of sectiauîalisi. IV may le truce that ýniace mney is expendiIcc by thc Federal Guîv-eriîeuit li Ontarioanaud Qicbec, but fliat of course is because tuiose fwo pro- vinces bouîse 60 p)er'cent. of tIc populationî of tIc whle Dominuionu. For <uic aiv part we doubt if any sectional spirit exists lu Ouftariofo auîy great extent. If is truc fliaf if auîy feeling does exist. iV exists only ini Vhe blief of those wlio feel that the Frondli- Cauadian race are over-exerting- thoir in- fluence. But as Mc. Souci points ont Que. bec and Ontario are flic biggost custamers of VIe Maritimes, wlidh doos noV; suggest tIat flore is secti(hialismn of a very serions nature. What sectionalism flore is seems fa exist more between the urban laboring, classes and Vhe farlmers, and tIat is w'hat tIc weekly nowspapers are trying ta avor- contc, by educating their readers ta realize fIat botî are interdependent, one uîpon flic ather for success anîd prospority. A pros- perouis agricultural people provide a big market for urbaxi nmanufactured produets. and again a prosperous uru)au population provides a splendid market for thie produets of the farm. Apart from a few vxerv miuîou matters w-e feel tIat sectianalism is ami fIe decîjue, aifitat where if does exist. it exists largely lu a mental ratier thami a fac- tuai semse... A great deal of VIls feeling may bci over- caine if Canadiaus- in alI sections will de- termine ta "Sec Canîada Fist." Onilii- seoing, visiting and kuowing first land, can VIe probhems of oaci section or pro- vince of Canada be understood by flic ofhem' sections. Witli a kmowledge of tIc ueed and condition of VIe individual sections btter undersVood1 by ofliers a dloser co-op- eration and confidence should le a realiti- lu bringing about greater comtentment and prosperity to Canadians across tuils vast Dominion. Making the Local Band a Public Institution At a meeting of represeîitative cituzens in flic Townî Hall, on Friday, it w'as decided to apply the provisions of VIe Ontario Band Acf, and ask that a bylaw le placcd beforue flic people of Bownaivillo, at. flicncxt nuxui- ieipal. election, ta provide by taxationî a fund' for the support and maintenancec of flie local band. If is Ioped, and wc bolieve if will le well receivcd by Vhe people of VhIs town. '[o place fhe niatter siuîply if meauîs that the tawn recag-nîzes thiat it lias a defluulte need of a baud, and thaf flic taxpayers are willing Vo support that band Vo the extenft fiat thoy will consenît o VIe (Coineil inu- luding in tuie estiînates a sainu sufficieut Vo maintaimu fle band witli good leadersuhip ln tlue future. 'Tho Canadiami Leg"iouî Band lias labared flou before votiuîg day anud ta renember fliat few public affaira cauî lie siiecessful withaut a band. '[li Decorationî lay service, -tIe Old Boys' Reuniou, fhie frateruial sociefy, churclu parades, tlchervieclub )carnilvals, and a score of ather evonts vould hase mudi of their glamour and iuterest îitlîout a band. '[his îill lie an opportuuîity Vo make sure fluat Bowmanv'ille will have a baud for mauy yeai's Va came. J. Andcew Wiggiuis, secretary of flic Cauu- ad ian Bainast ers Associat ion, and the niaili espoiisille for plac in g the Band Lav- on t he stattntes of thle Province, reca lied on l'ridav Iiit wlieîî thle nine oft Bowian- v-ill l. va> krîw11 theo length ani hreadth of tiîis l)oniniion throughi its fine bauds. A band i nth of the fiuiest advertisenients ain town eaui have. We feel confident that citi- zens is ll not stand in the way of Bowm'an- v-ille once ag-aiu becoiingi. knowu as a culi- tnr-al aîd nmnsical centre throughi its band. "I Live in a SmaII Town and Like It" R. J.. Ieachinîan. a mienber <if the Ilouse of ( onions, ini an article ini The Finaneial Post,.%%rites ou the suliject: I Live in a Sinali Town anîd Like It,* whicli wc repro- dîuee ini fnll ini this issue. Oue of the sub- licads eauglit oui, attention and we read that particiîlar paragraph. and foînud we didn't agree. T[le paragrapli snggested that iii the sînali towvi there xvas no ".Jouîes Fam- il1'ýv to keep up witlî. Mr. I)eachinau niist liîve iin a very exceptionally small towin if lie fiuïds there 's nîo keeping up with the Joiies'. W~e have yet to see a sînail coin- nitinitv whcre this feelingl does not exist. lu Bowiiianvillc there is lots of keepiuîg up wi1h the -Jouîes'. l oin- so maîy lpeople runi mto debt froni vhich they wiil pro- bably uever cmerge. This saine spirit of keeping iiî witli the -Jouîes ' is evideuit in the social life. T[le -Jonîes' in the first place miay lie a littie suiobbishi, and think thcyý are a little better than those w~ho live aroîîîd thcmn. Inimediately they aroîîse in others a sort of inferiority complex whichi reacts by, g-ivin, g the sufferer a determiuîatiou to show the Jones' that they are as good as thein, and so they lelp to perpetuate the phrase, "Keepiiîî, up with the Joues'."' Very littie of hs type of thing is seen in the country. T[le reason is evident.,Prac- tîcaily everyone in the country is a fariner. He may be a good or a bad fariner, but the faet that he is in the samne occupation provides a level for society. In the small own you have the -professional men, the business men, the industrialists, and the laborers. Many are found ta believe their class to be a littie superior ta the other. Here ag-ain s awakened the ambition ta keep up, ta show thiat we are as good as they. And sa we do noV agree that the small towii lias no "Jouies; Family." However there are so mnauy compensating facts iu Mr. Deacli- inan 's article that we deem it well worth publishuuîg. We hope every reader will per- use it carefiîhly. Let us have your ideas about the article. OId Boys Contribute Articles to --Home Town Paper Lu this anîd possibly suececding issues will apear four special articles, ail fcom the peîîs of Duîrham OId Boys. Evcry iiew- paper deems it uecessary to featuce lu ad- dition to regular local liappeniugs, some feature articles of general interest, Fcw newspapers arc as fortunate as T[he States- mainahu ein.g able ta present these articler fronunuatives or formier residexfts of Bow- nanville or l)îrhain County. Thlis very fact speaks v-olumies for the type- of youug.c inanhood w~ho have gone out from Durhîam Couuty to battie their way ta success in the highly competitive life of the world. T[le articles to whichi we refer are ivritten bx- four mnen iin wiulely d iffering spiieres of activity. Rai pli (arrîîtlers of New Yack City, wlio recently woil a Carnegie sehiolar- ship valîîed at $1,500l, at onr request writes on Researchi in Library Photography; Rev. Merrill Ferg-uson. ivrites on life in Africa wliere lie is a M.%issioiiary; Wreford Souchi, of Halifax, discusses the fight against sec- tiouîa]isni iu Canada with special reference Vo the Maritimes wlîere lie hlds a respoui- sible position witlî the Cauadîati Marconil ('ompany; aîd lHarold Gu]ly (Scribe G), Vice-Presideiît of Silvcrwood 's Toronîto Dairy Lirnited, cotributes his modern phil- osophy whiclh deliglits aud tantalizes ýStatesmauîi readers from weck ta wcek. It spcaks well for the upbringiuig of these youing mnu, wlîo thougli separated froi thîcîr'haine eoiiniunuities still niaintain a grlowin- pride in thens, and'also a desice to co-operate iu the production of an interest- As a well-known writer, critic and radio personality complaiîus: "Everything 1 really like Vo (do is ither iliegal, immoral or fat- teuuiru, An enthusiatie goifer came home ta din- uer. Dnring the meal bis wife said, "Willie tells nielie caddied for you fuis af ternoon!" "Wcli, do you know," said Willie's father, "I thouglit I'd seen that boy before." LILLI~ I~RUWR W4Vt~ ~UUU~ WELL KNDWN PEOPLE No. 15-FRED W. NELLES The town of Burlington, On- tario, has the honour to be the birthplace of the gentleman whose career we outline this week. He i Fred W. NeUles, grocery merchant, and Chairman of the Publie Util- ities Commission. Frederick W. Nelles was born in October 1897, in the pretty Ontario town already re!erred to, and he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Nelles. the former Deputy-Reeve of the Town of Bowmanville at the time o! his death a few years ago. Fred received his public sehool1 education in Burlington and later in Sudbury he weýnt to High School. His !irst job was in a Sudbury hardware store, and heý stili has a secret ambition to op- erate a hardware store of his own. While stili a very young man he joined the staff of International N'ckel and was with this company nearly eîght years. Leaving In- ternational Nickel he became identified as a book-keeper with one o! Ontario's largest mines. the Teck-Hughes at Kirkland Lake. In 1922 Fred quit a very lucra- tive position o join his father in the operation o! a grccery store in BowmianviUle, selling out a !ew years later to W. C. Caverly. For Fred W. Neiles ' the next !ew years he success!ully represented National Grocers as a traveller, and then relinquished that position to lemme the White Rose Gasoline Station at the cor- ner of King and Liberty Streets. Seven years ago he decided to get back into the grocery business and st.arted up in his present location. Whether he has been a success in that business is perhaps best illustrated by the f act that three times in that seven years he lup had to enlarge the store, and Vo- day is employing a larger staff than ever before. It is perhaps indicative o! his personality that he has neyer in his business car- eer fired an employee. Mr. Nelles is married to Marion Symons o! Creighton Mines, Nor- thern Ontario, and has two chil- dren, Howard, age 11, and Helen age 13. Mr. Nelles has been active in municipal affairs for the past ten (Continued on page 5) The Man in the Pew By Scribe G One o! those sticky nights mn August, we dropped in to York- minster Church in Toronto where Dr. Trevor Davies, late of Eaton Memorial, was taking the place o! Rev. W. A. Cameron, the miznster. It is a great. compliment Vo the speaker that we did flot go ta sleep. A statement he madle in the middle of his sermon has fur- nished us with the theme for this week's discussion. We approach 1V in bewilderment. To begin with, please picture Jesus. the gentle Nazarene, in His little Galilean carpenter shap. He has been making a hat rack for one of the local sheiks. But al- ways, at His work, He is thinking of His larger task . . . saving the world. AIl o! a sudden He drops His hammer and chisel . . . ta be a carpenter no longer. Dr. Davies said: "The ,most memorable moment in the history o! mankind was when Christ con- cluded that He would quit car- pentering." For our part, we are not the slightest bit sure about the most memorable moment in the history a! mankind . . . and we doubt if anyone is. The bible abounds in paradox. And sharp contradictions. We do not know whether it contains authority for the opinion quoted above. In any event it could be no more than a point o! view. Less than one-third of the peo- pIe in the world are what is call- ed Christian. If you were Vo ask an orthodox Jew . .one o! Christ's own kinsmen . . what he consid- ers the most memorable moment in the hlstory o! mankind, would he say "When Christ decided Vo give up carpentering?" He would not. If you were Vo ask a Hindu... his kind are Vo, be f ound among the other two-thirds o! the world's population . . . the answer would be miles away from the one we are discussing. Ask a Buddhist and he will be farther away still ...and there are millions of Buddhists. Now let ià talk right straight Vo Christians themselves. Ask themn "What ta the most memor- able moment in the history of rnankind?" Some will say: "The moment aur Saviour was BORN. The greatest Prophecy Of the ages was then fulfllled." Just as many more will answer the question by golng Vo the other extreme "The most memorable moment In the history o! mankind was when Christ was cruclfled . . . dled for the sins of the world." Is IV noV very confounding, fel- low citizens? Ceeu G. Mercer Liberal Candidate for Durham FPELLOW CITIZENS 0F DURHAM COUNTY: 1pwards of 3,000 Nyauug m'iien and wonien lu this county wvill vote for the first time, on Octaber (ifi. n fis ct ouyoung people are euterinoîg up- on a new- and important stage iu Canacliaîî citizen- slîip. On you dcpeuds ta a great exteuit the future progress and prosperity of hs great Dominion and Province. You are equal Vo tiîis added respon- sibliiity. As the Liberai candidate I woiîid like ta uleet evecy 0one of you personally. But this is impassible. Sa I1aam takiîîg, what 1 think is. the nexi best means of becoming aequainted by addressing, you through vour local newspaper which vou caîî read at leisure in your home. An election seems sort of a complicated and contradictory affair on the surface. That's why youi have ta do a whole lot of thinking for yourself. Hear bath sides of tIe story. '[len size Up whidh political party an.d candidate is gaing ta give you the best service - or lu other words the most ef- ficient gavernment. For remember a government is no better flan the imen you eleet. Also keep ln mrind that you are an elector on Oct. 6th and the next day yau became a taxpayer - that's the sad part of i. Taxes-Taxes-Taxes! But in this election you have the opportunity of voting for the Hiepburn Government whicl ini the short span of three ycars lias earned a re.markable record for Rcduciug Taxes: Downi-Downi-Dawn! ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOT PROMBES As a Hepburn Candidate 1 have the advantage of comiug Va you with a long list of welcome anîd attractive aecomplishments an behaîf of the ax- payers - and, am uiot handicapped by rnerely mak- ing pre-eheetion promises as is the case of ail Rowe C andidates. Bv this 1 have no intention of belittling my good friend and political appanent Milton Elliott. Why slîould I? We know each other too well for sudh tacties. NVe grew up together nflie samne Concession in Clarke, attended VIe samne sehool and churcli, learned Vo swim in VIe saine swimmiug liole, andi as kids smoked mullen leaves from the samne patdli aloug flic roadside. Good aid sehool days! But naw we 'vo grown up ta manhood - busi- tîess meni - opposîng candidates in a great provin- cial electian. I kuîow wlat's in i-aur mmnd. You are already îuuerestcd ini askiuîg: Wbat are some of thiose t.hings the 1lepbhuru Governimient accompi islîed ta w'arrant i-ou ini vofiîîg foi- me and a boost for "Miteli" ta carry oui lis g-oo<l work of reduciuig the taxpay'er' MANY DOLLARS SAVED TAXPAYERS Well l'Il fell you some of fhem, -' and further- more every item lias nicant a saving -ta yoiu aîd nie auud ail anc neighboiirs ail over Ontario. The Province took over cutire cost of Mothiers' Allow'ance at a saving Vo Municipal Taxpayers of $2,100.000 per yeac. Assumed Muuieipalities shiare of Old Ago Peu- ,ýions witlî a sav-iiîg Vo 'laxpayers of over $1,000,00() a xear. Cauîcelled Amusement '[ax whîch nîcant anof ler $3,000,000 in the Taxpayers' pocket. Thuat surue îîas a inuisance ax ail were glad Vo geV rid of. Parents saved $170.000 hx- abolitionu <f stîideuts' exaunination fees. What pleases the chlldrei t f0, us tluat a lot of exains have beei diseontiued. Pa%-inut of entire eost ta fe lue1>11( amouuîts Vo a $300j)00) early saving. Ijicrea-se of' Townuship Rnad sîuhsidv' froni 40 ta 501 per cenit. saved another $400,000. ('aucelled 20 per cent. levy on eost of Proviiu- eial Iligliways wlîiehi ta date lias lieeui a saî-iug to ('tnuties <if avec $2,700,000, and 1937-38 a furtlier $2,000,000. . A LETTER to the Young Electors of Durham County who cast their f irst vote on Wednesday, October 6 Is it auy woîidec tlîey cali Hepburni a Man of Actiont He certaiuily does thingrs - and lu a bit, wav. A subsidy ofaone iii ta everY muinicipality relievcd Taxpayers Vo extent of $2,933,500. Weare ini Big Business. Imaginme a farmer t alkiuîg up ini tue millions of dollars. I often won- dec just w-bat a millioui$1 billsw'oîuld 1lo0k like spread ont ini front of nie. But 1Iinuist liucry on witli more savings fa the taxpayer. Yes, every car owner gets a $5 reduction in bis motor license whicl fatals over $2,500,000 a year. '[len you already know about VIe tromeîdoîîs reduction in Hydro rates wbicli lias beeîî a saving Vo users of $4,800,000. DURHAM PROFITS BY "BUNSHINE BUDGET" Noxt week 1,11 bring somo of those figures "deoser ta home" by showing you in detail the actual savings cffected by the Hepburn Govemu- mont 's sa-cahled and well-named "Sunshine Bud- get " as it applies Va tIe people in the Unitecd Count- les of Durham and Northumberland. You lavon't beard hlf fhe story yet as ta why yau should vote ta ro-eleet the Hepburn Goverui- mont.' IV aîl seems Vaa gaod ta be truc, and flic Con- servativ e arators anîd fleir paid advts. try ta dis- couuît these figures. but tlîev are having a lard time convineîng flic pubhlic. '[liese are indisputable as tley are issued by Vhe OfficiaI Govermnent Aud- itors wbo were ini office lonig befare Hepburn came into power. FIRST PROVINCE TO BALANCE BUEIGET 'Tbis year flic Hepburn Governmeîît shiowed a surplus of $9,313,938.58 Commenting, on this fact '[he Financial Post hast week made hs comîýnent: "Ontario is the first province ta balance its bud- yeV. tV las showuî the largesf surplus ever reported ly a provincial goverumneut. 'Tlis is an accomphs,ý menut of whîdh Ontario may îicl le proud of." At the samie timo the doIt of the province wârP redîîced last year by $33,000,000 - the first grass doit reduction i 30 years. So muel for tIc spîcu- did finauîcial standing of tIc province. Somo people are askiuîg where 1 stanîd an lic Tomperance questian, I've advocated '[emperance aIl my ife. T[his la no boast, as 1 have neyer lad anv liankering for liquor, being- brougît up in a Cîristian hiome by good pioncer parents of VIls ca un ty. EXPRESSES VIEWPOINT ON TEMPERANCE As a Temperance advocate 1 am absoluitely ini favor of 1Ilepbnru n's policy of faking flic liquior îulesfion ont o f politics bY the appointunent of a Suprerne Court Judc, a Liberal and a ConservaVive nieniber of the Lcgislatîîre ta .administer thuis de- I)artnieuut. 'Tlis is tIe greatest niove foc emper- auîce legislation we lave lîad li a geuîeratioui. 1 do not liesitate Vo say. cither, that the quick and deternuined actionî Hcpburuî took agyaiîîst Joluu r-. iew-is, lis fareign agitafors and flic C.I.O. ivas onîe of tuîe inost eommendable actions, in lis public career. I couîteuîd sudh a stand saved this country lloodshed. properfy. moncy and self respect. Mauîy lahor mcen rigît lu Oshiawa arc uîow will- inug ta admit fhiat Mitchu Hepbuirniv as more fac siluted tuuauuthec. were. Cotiditiais uhav'e proveui this statemeuit anid fhese sanie workicuî are now suppiirt iuug Iepuiiu. Next week 1 will disenss fui'Vuer issues witli you lui the saine frank îvav Iliav-e liece. 1 hape with this presentation youi wilh feel, like thoanuds of athiers, it will bcienii your lest inter- ests to -ive a w-hole hearted mndate ta Hepbunîu to caru--'au by- easting yon r vo)te for, nie ou Oî'.t. (th. Yours sincercly, Cecil G. Mercer. Elizabetluville. Sept. 21, 1937. livote MreriiDurhamu PAGE TWO Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn The Liberal Leader FRIENDLY DISCUSSION 0F ELECTION ISSUES -a 17 1 - - ý j - - : y rmur- 1 VV" THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 1937 i Il If