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4,: YOUR WORLD AND MINE (Copyrgbt) .......... By John C. Kirkwood Two years or so ago one of my ý iâexible rectitude. Her ne gb- contributions to Tbe Satesman bours were siftiess, common gos- . deait witb a bo.ok by Hubert Skd-i more- abookwboe tiie ~ ~sipers, good-heaated after a fa-sb- ion, quite unable ti unders-:and WiIi Lift Up Ine Eyes." Tbis: tbe mother wbo kept bath hcuse book, a novel, toid o! the lfe ofangrentyadwhmoe- a famiy in tbe Blue Ridge couiXi: ed ber family as a mother bien- ta-y of the United States - the: doe- ber cbicks. Tennessee and Kentucky region. This famudly bad a sanall patch of! This mother bad no liklng for land on a bilîtop - barrien land,. the village wbicb grew Up round AUl tbe labour of the famiiy could thue sawmill. She saw that ît wa-Q flot get f rom the soil enough t.e debauching lier eidest son, and susVan lufe during the winter eating away the love of the land montbis. Driven away by the fu- of bier busband. Always she want- tility of their effort, the fantily ed tW get back ýto their littie farm found sustenance in a near-by on a mountain. Tbere she was lumiber camp. Here tbe father ready to work like a beas-t o! and one son found empioyment. burden. There she feit was pro- StilI new to tbe Canadian motor Here the mother made a home in tection from evex-y evil. Priced Hudson One-Twelve, wbich a ranmshackle building. There Yet af-er ber return, wben bier introduction, made spectacular aul were tbree obildi-en - a bout and busband Was killed, sbe found Its early Populixy bas prompt( wayward; another son in bis early Cht the soul of tbe fai-m. and broaden the line by a series of de' teens, timid, a good student n drougbt, cbeated ber labour and much delendent on bis motbes ber faith. So, on tbe eve of wn-cntu:t.a asue inoe oaa-e; and a dlaughter with a club ter, with but scant possessions t-mu:ta acae noe1 foot - a fine chld, devcted to ber andà witb. but a few jars of pi-e- and new opportuntes. mnother. The father was a good serves, this brave woman was Tbe club-foit daugbter, feeling worker and husband. Alas, how- f oropd ta return to the vilage herself o be a dead weigbt on ever, he was kiled - a misadven- which bad been sa abborreci by her mother, bac! gone off wit;h a ture. Then the mother and ber ber. She found an empty sback, widowerVo be-cne bis drudge -1 two youngest; children returned tco and bere she and ber two child:enI a bit o! glorious self -sacrifice.i their si-ali farun on tbe top o! establisbed thema-elives. Despe'-a'e- Tbe wound to thie mother neyer( the bill. ly she oile-c that she migb: earn -raliy be-alec!. EI bu'. haa-dened1 There tbe story ended. yet , a littie money for f ood. b o ber in ber purposetsetrbr knew that the ending was but thbe- wasbing o! -two lumnberinen a-. menaly-aff licted son. temlporarY. for tbe author wroj a total of 40) cents a week. Sht Then sta:k tragedy oveitook me, in reply to a letter of com- gatbere-d herbs and ginseng. Sbe tbis magnificent mother and bier pliment fi-cm me, tbat ha planned and ber son trarnped 8 miles over weakling son. The girl wbom tbe a sequel. Now'the sequel bas be-e-r the bis Vo get two bags of f rýeeson bac! courted was found de-ad, published. with the title, "Heaven apples that she mgb.' make appie'and the yeuth wbom she baci been Came Se Nea." It s o! mhis se-: butter, and tbey caraied this boad eeeing by stealh was believed to quel that 1 now wrte on their backs over bills an-d val- be bie-r slayer. The mother knew i C xK leys. him Vo be innocent. because ber Mr. Sktd'more's f irst bokwai C K 'son was at home whe-n the crime an acclaimdon-b tebok ie- The story focusses cni the son,i was committed. The- mui-derEr vie-wers and by those able to se-e aged 16, and rather faail. This j was the grl's ruff ian lover. qiuality in btb itory and ci-af s- son bac! an aliment. His mind The murder occurred during masip. The- bock was awarded became- confusec unie-r sevýe-tbe perîod o! a revival meeting. a $1500 prise. and two o! the. stress. He seemed o be unable led by an itinerant, preacbei- o! judges my readers rnay know byrte d'stinguisb between reali:y and fierce nature. Ail those at the name - Sincl.air Lewis and Ruth: un!reaù]ity. His vn'vid imagin'ng~s revival meeting allowed tbem- Suckow. The judge-s saw a book be-aie a sort of base over bis 'selves Vo beli-Eve that the mur- which was first-cla-ss portraiture goîngs and ccmings. He could not derer was the widow's son. and - portraiture o! toilers - defeated' finci employrnent in the village. there was a cry for swif tyen- toile-is. Tbe mainpo ri was o!. Vough be- triec! bonestly. The geance. When the alleged mur- thbe mother. I wonder if any writ- ruffians o! the village beat him derer wandere-d inVo the revival er bias ever panted a f mner por- and kicked him andi terrjfied hlm. -meeting. dazed, be was seized and trait; o! a mother - of mother- There- was a girl, bowever. wbo taken away and hanged. The me- devotion. This mother was physi- was knd to bim, and be- feil un ther, wbo was p-esent, fought to cally strcng. Sbe bai no cul:ure love witb ber. Bu't t.is girl bad a save ber son, but was helpless te, as this -word is commonly under- lover - one cf the ruffians. anti do Sc. With this incident the stoed, yet-sbe was magnifice-nt in meetings between her and the- story ends. the nobiity o! be-r nature. Pe- gentie ycuth bac! ta be steaitby J C K baps she- gould read and write. ones. Ycu may tbink that this story and she bad some- appr:eciattocn o! Because- he could flot get work, wbich ends sa abnaptly - jus' the value e! education. Her no- the ycutb went o sebool. Tbe when beaven was drawing 50 blity bac! revelatien in bier in'eg- teacher saw possibilities in bisclose - -the be-ave-n o! an escape iity, in ber passianate devotion to scbolar. and encouraged bim to o a new region, wbere the youtb bier oidren, in ber love o! the prepare blmself for a teacher's was going ta teach and wben hillop f arm. in be unstite examition. This examination there was assurance o! a happy sel!-saerfice, in ber stubboi-n ef-- astaken. and the youth and bis translation from bardships o! fort ;te make- a borne for ber f arn- mether saw glimpses o! beaven - povert y and fear and indignities ily with slender» resour-ces, in ber in the forimo! an escape to a ne-w te a new kind o! life - is an un- Tor Sale By BERT PARKER Phone 2684 Ring St., Bowmanville EMPIRE BRASS MFG. CO. LIMITED>-London, Hamilton, Toronto, Sudbury, Winnipeg, Vancouver 338 :G BRINGS OUT à NEW CAR rwist is t-be iow- i by uts recent ,utmnotive news. ted. Hudson to leluxe medels in se-yen body types, announcec! toc!ay. The ne-w de-- luxe sedan is shown. Smart innovations in styl- ing, fittings and appointme-nis along witb ne-w barmoniflng interior and ext-e-iici colour scbemes are annng its features. pleasant one. Weil, it s; yet it, re-mains a story which' ail love-is o! good wrlting and aIl admi-ers ToWnShip Council of good fiction sbould read.g 1 read a good many books, and CARTWRIGHT TOWNSHIP f I am learning Vo i-ead theinm pcil etigo!Catrib idly - skipping much - i-acing ouncil aseeidg fM ar 1twrcih- ove-r the pages and chapters, .iust edni a hl a 7t al because there is ne gain, no sense. e by tbe Reeve for information un radig ever pag oaefuly.re- issue o! debentures for enlarg- inYe ownd en, I pgeV hoefl cfing the Continuation S c b o o 1I a book 'which bolds my inteorest Hosa2 ln o -a m fi-m i-s t Iatby heexcel- provernent. Members were ail lence of its stoi-y and o! the writ- P-esent. J. H. Foi-der, Sec.-Ti-eas. er's iîterary art. 'Heave-n Came o! Continuation Scbooi Board, So Neai-" is one o! these books. 1 state t tere was no change in urge eve.rY One cf *my readers to rate- o! interest i-e debentures. get; hoid o! it. Ask Your 'public' Road Supt. was instructed to iib-a.ry Vo get; it, that niany may Stop ail parties takîng eartb f rom read it. The publishers axe Dou- road sude unless bavîng obtainedt ble<lay, Doran & Company. Permission fi-cm the- ROI Supt. Owing te Road Supt. being un- J C K able-te pri-coure teams to operate Sorne books àre writ-te-n jist tc the- gradiers he was autborized Vo entertain their readers. Other !use trucks forpoe-toere books are written Vo le-t; us see the- graders unie-ss any person or bow et-bers live, in orIe that oui- Persons is able- te !urnish tearns understanding o! life may be and notifies the- Rd. Supt. bi-oadened and de-epene-d. Seme- o! j Road Supt. is te bhave roat fi-cm us may make ourselves believe' Caesarea Vo Williamns Point gi-ad- that our own peasonal lot is a ed and gravelle-d. and Cie-ik te get bard one. But when we- iearn of prices on calcium chioride for the live o! hose iess blessec than sane-. This prcject is being tried is Our- life, then we are made 'as an experiment grateful o Heaven that by cn- 1 Council adjourned teo June 6tb ,parison We- are trulY te be en- 'as Court cf Revision. vied. Wn eocCeik Bu,, it is the mc-ther o! Mý.i W .B.'k lek Skidmore's story wbom ah o! ils1 Fate seemis to bave picked out shouid know. One can be a verY some men Vo be Punoblng bags noble Mother even in a shack and some- te be door mais. and even in destitutin, even in Some- people who te!U eve-r3- the obscurity c! a mountain Te- thiing tbey know don't bave mucb glon. te Say. BULLETINM 1L~ Written For The Statesrmn ~ lVinifre-d E. Wilson RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD ~ç"Con-ka-ree" siugs greatiy compladn for, altbough the Red - w i ng ed they do eat a certain amnount of S e Blackbird in a f lute- grain in Juiy and Augu.st, eighty per cent; o! tleir diet consista of like voice, witdhnid weed seeds and injurious inseots. exbowing aujd scrapng The femaies flock separately in liftinglbis wings and, spreading the south and do not fiy nort.b lus tail fan-wise. These antios1until two weeks or so after thbe are apparentiy to impress the f e- ýmaies. Then thes-e is great con- maie population. He is suc-h a1 fusion and talking in the ponds bandsome feUlow that we are apt and marshy regions, which col- t,o forgive his short-corings. 1 onies of Redwings share in early The mother bird and her Young spring with the littie pîping hylas. daughters look so much like very The noisy burds, with their harsh, large Sparrows thet you may nev- grating *cack", cail to one an- er have noticed tbem, though other and'seem to be trying to their bis are long, sbarp-pointied droywn the sh.ili voices o! the a.nd dark. Young maies vary a frogs. Later, bome-making be- great deal. At f irst they also are gins, the nests being hung from s&miar Vo SpaTrows, then they low branches o! bushes, or f ast- begm to acquire gaudy epa.ulets E-ned to reeds, not more than two whiiie the iest o! t'heiir plumage is or tbree feet f rom the ground. stili mott.ied brown. The f ull- a.nd always near water. grown male in spring and sum- Some kinds o! birds are unable mer is glossy black with scarlet to defend themselves and their epaulets bordered in yellow. The families when Hawks and Crows rest of the year he rat.er re- Imolest thei- nests. But the Red- sembles his wife, though bis, wings at least put. up a fight. shoulders show some brigh'ter col- Even thought they cannot injure ouring. But we in Canada see lit- the big, strong assailants théy fly tle of him wile be vars that a! ter tbem and annoy them. costume. In autumri tbey join forces with Red-winged Blackbirds winter Rusty Blackbirds and Grackles. in the soutbern states and a large and for some weeks huge, mixed number neyer cone as far as flocks can be seen forming ranks, Canada, but nest in -the more wbeeling across the sky, practis- nRtherly states. American far- ing for their long flight south. mers accuse them of robbing the What do we Canadians t;hink cor-n f ields. Heire, we canno' the Wite-throated Sparrcw says? What Others Say TECHNICAL SCHOOL ADDITION $ Newmarke-t Ei-a) On t-be ground that t-be- pro- vince- sbould assume a large-r share- o!t-be- cost o! secondai-y e--!u c ation, Bownianville- ,own council bas turnec down a re-quest Ii-om the Bewmanville bigh sobool board t-bat-t-be town sbould guar- ant-ee debentures for t-be erection o! a sbopwork and home- econo- mies wing. The Bowmanviile- council by iesolution de-clarecihiat "municipal -eaI est-aVe cànnjt justly be taxec!fer 85 per cent o!f bigb scbool costs as at pi-esen.' and urges the hWgh school bDni-c te support a iesolution -being tnbiec! at t-be convention o! sobeol1 triustees in Oshawa t-bat the pro- vincial gcvei-nment assume- 50 per cent e! -tbe- cost o! secondai-y ed- ucatien." There is a good de-ai o! justice- in t-be content-ion that sobool costs fail tee heavily on reai estate, but the- Bowmanvilie- council se-e-ms t-e be biting off its nose- t- spite- ts face-, for t-be pro- vince dees offer t-o pay 50'per cent o! t-be cest o! building and equip- ping the ne-w wing. Newrnarket bigh scbool board and council concludec!t-bat now was the- time- o make t-is expenditure. that t-be- goverru*rment weuld give 50 per cent belp t-oploneerlng soeois but wouid inter reduce its grant. Bowmanvllle- mny'get fooied. THE MAN WHO WILL NOT PAY (Leamlngt-on Pest- and News) The-re- le net a person un any commun-t-y who te more despised by bis fellow-men t-han -the- man wbo will not pay bis bils-that is, if he bas the means with whicb to pay. 0f course, there are some 'poor devils"~ who bave a bard t'me making ends met, but it bas been oui- experience that these mien would pay if they had the wberewithal. The person we re- fer Vo particularly is the man who bas tbe money witb wbicb to pay bis bis and does not do it. The man wbo pays bis buils. wbether they be meat bis, grocery buils. clotbing bls, gas. water and iigbt buis or any other kind of bills promptiy, is a vi-tue to the com- munity. It is a pleasure to do business wltb bim, but the person wbo neglects bis bis and lets tbem i-un and i-un. until the peo- ple he owes become aimost borri- fied at baving to send out "dun- ners,'" is not regarded so highly. particularly wben îV is known that bc- bas the money wth wbicb to On OuawunI»cdTigit Coriff.ule A4Ilégal Invesment for Trust Funds UnconditionaIly Guornt.d IHe STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION PuituUNOTown TOONTO meet his bill. There is notbing tbat we know o! tbat gives us more satisfaction tban te pay oui- bis wben tbey corne due. What a pleasant worid tbis would be if everyone would pay their bis promptly. à NEALTH SERtVICE 09 TN« CANADIAN MEDICAL JJl' ASSCIAIONANO IPE'I 0MUURMuCK COMPANIES IA IN CANADA SURGERY FROVIDES REST FOR TUBERCULAR LUNG A pimpie on the skin is a gocd example o! inflammation due tc a germ. Pain, recine-ss anc! swelI- ing are the typical symptoms o! inflammation, te be- !ollowed, in some cases, by the- formation c! pus. Insicie the body, the- varicuS disease germs set up inflamma- tions, wbicb bave much in com- mon, but witb distinctive char- acteristics depe-nding upon wbicb germ is re-pensible-. The- inflammation o!t-be- lungs, wbicb we- knew as tuberculosis, is cnused by the action o! t-be tu- be-icie bacillus; it tends te break down tbe lung structure se, that cavities, a-maIl or large, are foirn- e-c. We recovei fi-cm an inflamma- tion, tuberculeus or other, when beaiing takes place. It- mny be said that ail treatment o! the tuberculous is plannecu Vo place the diseasec or in!Inmed part at iest. Wby? Because i-est is 'one cf t-be trinity o! the be-aing grnc- e-s. Witbeut sufficient i-est, be-ai- ing is impossible-. A breken ieg can be splinted un a piaster cast, and se pincec at i-e-st; until t-be bones be-ai. But t-be iungs mnust move in order t-bat we- may live- and bre-at-be. Rest- in bec! mny se limit- the de-manc!s made on t-be lungs as te enabie them te i-est encugb te, ensure- beaîing. This us wbat bas hap- pe-nec! in those tbeusand o! cases wbo bave-, in years past-, coeeout o! sanatorium witb t-heur disease- ai-restec. Unfortunntely, t-bis foi-m ofi-est is net sufficient t-e aleow for be-ai- ing in nul cases. It was for t-be cases wbe did net improve under be-c i-est t-bat- surgical tberapy wns fi-st- suggested. Surgery la now wideiy use-c!te ceilapse t-be dise-as- e-c lung, for wbe-n t-is collapse-d, it us given compiete- ie-st- wiVbthe best cbance- for henling. Today, collapse- thernpy, or sur- gicai t-ieatment e! one kinc! or anether, is re-cognized as one- o! t-be- grenu advance-s of our age- in the tre-at-ment of tuberculosis. Ne longer is surgery t-be- ast- iesrt, but rat-be-r an early choice. It-s value- depends upon a proper sel- ection o! cases suitable for sucb treat-ment. It is* net a cure-ail. The- eaie-r case-s are recegnized. the- bette-r the- opportunity te, use- collapse tbe-rapy at-tbe- time- when it can do the- mest- geod. The forces t-bat- fight- against tubercuiesis have- been greatiy re-- inforce-d t-be-se- past- fe-w ye-ais by t-be de-velopme-nt e! sucb a pow- e-ifui weapon as ceilapse tberapy. Questions concerning He-alt-h, addresse!t-e t-be Canadian Me-di- cal Association, 184 College- St-., Toi-ont-e, willI be answei-ed per- sonnlly by le-t-t-eu-. You needi net woi-ry about gîv- ing bis Siatanic majesty bis due; he'l1 get it. FIGURES lIN A BOOK? What gives rise £0 a loan? * * LITE INSURANCE HAS GOOD YEAR Financial Post) One business in Canada wbicb oontinues te make good progress i3 life insurance. Figures pub- lisbed in tbe annual ife insur- ance i-e-vie-w o! The Financial Po6t show that neariy $673 millions o! business was sold duxing the year -an increase o! 9 per cent over tbe sane figure a year ago. Of special interest is the in- orease in group insurance sales wbicb amcuntei in 1938 te $37.5 millions-a gain o! 52 per cent f rom the pi-evious year's total. Industriai sales were up about 3 per cent and ord.inary business, 8 per cent. Insurance protection now car- riec by Canadians is $6.5 billions. Equaliy striking us the fact that two-tbirds o! this, or $4.3 billions, is carne by Canadian companies. This us a remai-kabie record. Es- pecialiy as some o! the large-st and rnost powerful insurance or- ganizations in the world compe-te !reeiy in this market. in addition Canadian iif e com- panies have placec in foi-ce $3 billions o! their product on the lives o! people tbrougbout the world. This is a potent, construc- tive influence in Canada's Empire anc! foreign i-e-ationsblps. THE ONCE RED SCHOOL HOUSE (Kllarney Guide) Red no more, but sticking out like a sore thurnb aIl over the dis- trict are isoiatec!, lenely littie schcol bouses, unkept anc! untidy. Paint, if tbey e-ver bac! any, bas long be-en i-emoved by the ravages o! urne andi weather. Net a tiee or sbrub adorns the grounds, and the wbole setting us dreariness anc! careessness peisonif4ed. Can the te-acher do bs or be-r be-st work ami sucb surroundings? Are tbey places wbich our chul- dre-n w'11 delight te re-member in the corning years? A !ew galions c! paint would work wcnders. and paint is cbeap these days. A ne-at f ence around the groundis wouid. add 100 per cent te their appe-arance. A few trees and sbrubs would net onlY provide sheiter fi-cm bot wînds in summer and the cod blasts o! winter. but wculd in a few ye-ars trans!o-m the - gounis into spots o! beauty. The ccst is insignificant com- parec! o t-bevalue received. The scbool is representative o! the comrnunity. Can we net do something about it? If you could, then banke-ra in nny country would need ne more than a fountain pen te, pre-vent bank failures. During the- Iast te-n fiscal ý ears Canada's chartere-d banks, ave-oaid more- than $397,- 000,0 in intereat on deposits. If the-y could cre-ate- de sits by the magie proce-s.e0 wnitng figure-s in a book, the-yco^l have save-d that $397,OO00OOO And if banks could le-nd te-n limes the amount of their de- peaita, colle-ding intereat each tinte, bank profits would be-- corne- a national scandal, divi- dends would be paid in astren- omical figue-s pole weuld Le selling alfthbe- ad te buybank sharea, and the-re wouldbe a ]and office rush on at Ottawa for bank charters. But what are the- facts? Bank profits laat year ave-r- age-d le-as than half of one- per cent. on total assets - a lowe-r margin than that on which any other class of business, cerpor- ate or individual, can succee-d. Dividenda are le-sa than 4Y per cent-. on shareholde-ra' in- vestment; nobody is scrambling te se-l l Ahecowna te inveat in hank aharea, and the-re is ne ]and office- ruash at Ottawa for hank charters - tbough ne application has be-en refuscd in teIast fiteen yeara. Banks perform ne miracle-s. They ke-ep cash reserves more iban sufiient te me-et tbe ave-rage- daily withdrawals. They keep mucit more in forma read- ily convertible ito cash, should any emergency e-ver arise. By reasen of their substantial liquid ase-ta Canada's chartercd banks have money awaiti* de-mand - juat awniting safe leaning oppertunity. Banks cannot lend money unie-as pe-ople- want te borrow ut. They have ne monopoly of the business cf extending credit, for the- cash reservea cf many other corporations find a useful earning outlet in the- anme way. See- ans directly give risc te, deffits; but have ' ou ever considered what it is that gives risc te, a loan? A mann's renliz- able ase-ta accuntulated from bis own work, plus bis owu character, ability and wiilig. ne-sate re-pny. Ail deposits are- net the direct result cf bans. People do not borrow morue-y and pnay iterest on it te le-ave it on deposit at a lowe-r rate or ne rate at ail. mheLyberrow money for use. They raw it eut promptly and use- it in the expectation cf making a profit ove-r and nb-ove the bank charges. Let us re-mind yru that de- posita of au yid are always payable te the depositor, or te .i order, icash. Tiff CIARThRED BANKS 0F CANADA Your local brancit banit manager teiU b. glad to talk banldng with you. He wvill b. glati to anstver your questions from te. standpoint of his own experience. The. next article in rE series wilil appear in titis newspaper. Watch for it. Some men are too lazy eve, to The ma who leads a. dog's life, indulge in guess work. has some excuse for gr'owling. k~- '.~-,'v THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND, 1938 PAGE THREE THE CANADI.\N STATESMAN, BO\VMANVILLE, ONTARIO .d. j Buy Guta Percha Tires From DEAN HODOSON White Rose Service Station Bowmanville w-w--'- PAGE THREE THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND, .1938 THE CANADIAN STATESMA-.ý,, BOWNIANVILLE, ONTARIO e'Credit can only b. issued against real asses... The. amount of credit musC always b. limited t. the. amowunt of f-e money. . ." That wns written by one of the gre-atest of Socialists-by the late- Viscount Snowden of Ickornsbaw, Philip Snowden, i 1935 - littie- more than twe years age. Few stood se long or se resolute-Iy i the forefront of public controve-rsy, or areuse-d sucl i lerce opposition by vigour of opinion or severity cf tongue - and none passe-d te hie regt having earned greater public respect than Viscount Snowden. His career was a triumph of sturdy British character. He took an urupopular course during the Gre-at War, but later be-came one of lis country's great figures, standing firxnly for bis convictiots and fer soundness ithe financial struc. ture of Great Britai. %i words quoted above apply te Canadian banking today witb ail the force with which he applie-d tbe-m that day to banking in England. The Canadian banking system is a Britisht systent, ndjusted from tinte t'O tinte te, fit the needs of a developig nation in the changing scene of titis ne-w world. Credit con only b. issued against actual assets. Thot Es as true r.oday as evr. You cannot create credit by writing figures in a book. You cannot mmite bans regardies of deposits, collateral or repay ment, thon Write the. boans up with a fountain pen asigures in a book lab.lled "Deposits" and tend them over and ove,. 1 -,- ' ---- L--"