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Y .3 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 19»9 Establshed 1854 AN ]INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER WIth whlch are Incorporated The Dowmanvtfle News, The Newcastle Indepenhlent, and The Orono News. 85 yeaWs continueus service to thse Town of Bowmanvile and Durham C ounty. MEMBER Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and Clama A Weeklles of Canada. SUBSCRIPTON RATES $2.00 a Year, strlctly hi aivance. $2.50 a Year hlnttse United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3OTH, 1939 Early Municipal Elections The advocates for holding the annual municipal elections a month earlier than usual as a cure-ail and panacea of the ilus, abuses, indifference and inconveniences of a Yuletide election are having their inning this week. T6wn Concil acquiesced to thýe pleadings of the promoters'by passing the neeessary by-law calling on ail true and hon~orable electors to quieken their step and deecýion, by one month earlier, as 'to whom they would entrust with the administration of municipal affaire for the coming-'year. Maybe the terni will bc for the duration of the war if Hon. Erie Cross, Minister of Muniei al Affaire, doesn't weaken ini wield- ing the big stick demanding an election moratorium. Under the new order of thinge nomnin- ations were held Monday night - "minus the usuel Christmas cheer and joyous at- mosphere of years past. It was a solemu affair with silence broken occasionally with a whisper froni the meagre audi.ence of the faithful few, or the footsteps of nominators entering the ide door to fi out papers of prospective candidates. The trini stream- lined Returning Officer Alex Lyle in hie characteristic erect *inlitary posture could flot begin to fi the Chief Magistrate's huge chair as he st out the full hour for re- ceiving nominations. Finally the zero hour arrived with the hands of the town dlock jbointing to 8.30 p.m., and accordingly the nomnations were elosed. The names and offices of thje various candidates were read aloud. Only tw(f received acclamations - Reeve G. A. Edrnondstone and Public Util- ities Cominieioner W. R. Strike. Ail other po sitions had a surplus of nominees who have 24 hours to quaiify. Thncame.the speeches, the usual flow of ratory4 ý-on such auspicious occasions, aitoug hacl1d~à month cariier. The -Mayor, Reeve, Deputy-Reeve and Gouncil- lors (niinué two of the latter) gave an ac- count of their tewardship, some even went so far as to attempt to explain the llth hour salary-grab in 'the hope of easing a troubled conscience. Three members. of the Schooi Boards also addresscd the eleetors before the National Anthem brought. the proceed- k aga to a close.> ,So we leave it with you if an eariy nom- ination is any improvement on the old order. As for the election proper that cornes next Monday. Sec the liet of candidates elsewhere, and be sure to vote. A Choice of Leaders Speakinig before the men's club of the Orillia Y.M.C.A., on the stakes in the pre- sent war and why it muet be fought out, Editof C. H. Hale of The Packet and Times, emphasises the'importance of eeeing the Emnpire through in support of eound prin- ciplea and to prove that right must and will prevail. In concluding hie intereeting ad- dress Mr. Hale uses these impressive worde:. "Hitler sets up to be Der Fuehrer - the Leader. He is the god of the Nazi. But we do reverence to another Leader, whoee ways are not Hitler's ways - but who is the Way of the abundant life, the Way of free- dom-~and respect for every child of man, whatever hie rank or hie race; the Way of inward peace, whatever sorrowe and trials may have to be endured. And we believe &hat.when the&'Lou- av L e -ad-away4i thie opening of navigation. Àiiu editors h*ve t)i own conception of agood couitTYOorv8pDOdeflt, but no doubt tà«y Woud oIAm Wet one of the first e~~ii81 la~lu hs.~ omznunity affaira, zotl4o4 s~ i jp1r ~kindly interest, to .i*u~ *IOr lal social events that adds much te human happines.The Statesm..n.,ides itself on the qu]iy and loyalty of its country correspondents.. An important feature of country coiTes- pondence is the reader attitude, for readers have as much te do with making local news a euccees as the correspondents themselv.es. Without reader cooperation in the forni of social and other newe readiiy voiunteered the work of the correspondent is made much more diffidult. Bach district section is a littie community newspaper in itsecf. It re- fiecte the everyday affaira cf the country- side and gives intirnate human interest te the columne of the weekly newepaper. Mass Production Slowly KiIiing Smail Iowns Ten people are thrown out of work. Ani- other ten or a-dozen citizens are dependent on the first group. Thus the buying power cf a score cf people has been ioet t o the tewn of Bowmanviile. That is just one cf many angles affecting the closing this week of the cideet bakery in thie commuinity. This calamity, if it may be termed euch, brings close home the undesirable condi- tions -which exiet in many smail towns, and which we have discusscd in fliese coium.ns before, that of outalide bakers being allow- cd to pcddlc there goods in town withopt paying a cent cf taxes. Think cf it, fiftcen out-of-town brands cf bread being sold in a town cf les than four thousand popula- tion! This is in addition te our two local bakers. What ie the outcomel, The survival of the fittest, you say. And what a penalty citizens are unconsciously paying for this modern:'trend of elimination cf the emal] town baker by the all-powerful mill-owned and chain store bakers whosc chief intereet is dividends. Certainly net the welfare of the comrnunty. The ruthilese competition these mogul bak- cries use, by their eut throat and unethical methode, is driving hundrede of townkakers te, the wall. Only a couple of wecks ago we recorded the diecontinuane cf New- castie 's old established bakery. Who is taking the place of these induet- rious and hiighly respected bakere who are sucb an important part of cvery town - public spirited i building up their cern- munities, supporters cf ail worthy causes, raise families who are a credit te the town and give employme*nt te xany local people?1 It 's a certainty a dclivery boy with hie horse and wagon, sent here by hie remote- controlled capitalistie bakery, cannot fil] the important place cf the local baker. Thue the towns are becming poarer in commun- ity builders through the modern procese of- mass production for profit. Christmas Tree Devastation Sine we have become intereeted in the probleixi cf reforestation the thought has often corne te our mnd why doca the gev- ernment tolerate the ruthiese destruction of trees for Christ-ie tree purposes on which fbey have epent thousands cf dollars te devclop ini reforestation plante? Right along this tapie we are heartily in accord with the foliowing viewe expreesed by the Fergus News-Record: "Christmas trce time is approaching and it won 't bc long now until. truekers frem the cities are geing to the bits of bush and ewarnp land and cutting dewn those kinds of evergreene favored for. Christrnas trees. The sale cf Christimas trees arouse sev- erai problerne that lkcep caming up frorn year te year. There are no restrictions on the cutting of tree. Anyone who likes may go out and buy any number of trees ta take back te the city to eld. Any persan with a truck and nothing rnuch te do may think this is a way te make sorne easy snoney. The resulte are bad. Far tee many trees are taken te meet cities. A large pro- portion are wastcd, and those which are soid are prebabiy eold at tee high a price. But the worst feature of ail is that many cf the trees are net bought, but they arc stol- en. They bclang te the fammers or other land owners; they are as much a crop as anything cisc grown on Tfhe farrn, and no person has any right te help hirnecîf. For yeara, this paper (with others) has advocated that corne legislation shemld bc pasecd ta license persona who seli Christ- mas trees in the cihies, or some other method of control put into effeot in order te et- teck these two problems - ovecutting and theft. We are glad te sec that thc Bruce Olounty Couneil has pessed a resolutien esk- ing that vendors becampelled to procure licenses and show a signed certificete in- dicating the kind and number of trees and where purchaaed." "B8uy Canadian - Buy British" This is a slogan which requires littie or no comment or explanation. Its truth should bc indelibly cngreved upon thc minde cf cvery citizen cf Canada, and buyers should dcmand that the merchandise they purchese bc- Britishi or Canadien. This would meen strengthening cf industry and the con- aumption cf home preducta, as well as the circulation e! money. Money enakea moncy and irculation cf it enables it te repredue itsecf. By buying Canadian or British mer- chandise we are maintaining our own posi- tion and devcloping tride which givea re- tumna dircctly within the Empire. In look- ing over stocks of merchandise with a view to purchaae, give preference to ail godil cf British or Canadian manufacture. This wili be o! mutual benefit and will greatly essiat i placing the democracicai their meghtful place as leaders giving cf their beat for the cause of humanity. TauILL Do IT EVM1T v»M U. oNt>ýT 'kO ie lý"ý NO! wAy? f IWL.Y A AM-iIk DOW si G.=. KNO iWOO AIRE 6OTiÇING MR 0 BT JinmET HTLO reM v car W« l4ISVw9o ANDo M4VEN~T PIR 1A SmNOT!(=, AM O U L&~8n û WI4AT Do WE CAR£? 'TIINK o TiS u <M waw HMD... % ,.-. z 1*41E-IVLL Do0n. £VRV IM,- The Counsellor B>' RINALDO WniLLIM ARMSTIRONG A Young mas came to secenie the other day. He sccmed very 111 at ease. He shiftc-d from ose foot to the other and uttered some inceer- est remarks about tbe weathcr.: "Wbat cas 1 do for you ?" I ýask- cd, tbinkingr to encourage bim. "Net very mucb, I am afraid, But -"' White be was lookinz for a wIrord I interlcctcd, 'I hope You ar. sot contemolatingr marriaire or suicide or scmething cof that natuire." I thôught I would make him smite, but' bis face orew more solemn than. ever and be replied, "No its worse than that. I've got a desneratelb' udeasy feelingz that I cannet gnt awav f rom." "Have vou sometbing," I asked, "that neither marriage nor suicide will. cure? "Yces," lie asswered. "The doWs of helI are after me." state. But even it were a truc Pic- a far faster pack than that, and I arn surprfised thev bave not tracked- vou down before this." Then I took down a bock and ouencd it at Francis Thompson's poem, "The HQun.d cf Heaven," and totd bim te read cer- tain portions cf it. "I f led Hitu, down the nigjits-and the days; I f led Hium, down the arches cf the vears: I f led Him, down the labyrinthine wavs 0f mv own mnd:; and in thec mut of tears I hid f rom Him, and under rLmnjîng lausrbter." I then turned ta sny typewriter1 and finished the paragrapb I was' writingr. Wben I turned ta 1dm thc bock was lingz on bis knee and.he was staringz thoughtfulty intc. space. I asked.bim if the pcem in any wav reflected bus experience and he sîLid it did. After a prelonged conver- sation be tcld me tbat for months be had been tryingr to shirk a re- sponsibilitv he lcnew lic ouglit te accent. The accepting cof it would make demasds upnn hm whicb lie was unwitling ta meet. "But," lie ccncluded, "perbaps it witt lbe a great dent casier now that I undrstand I arn busted by the hound cf Heaven instcad cf the hcund cf bell." Tbis boy was baunted liv an un- answered chaUrngce. The more be tried to evade it the more uncom- By The OId Box Steve BY HIRAM Back on Uic 7th Concession Thev sav tliere's nothing pew un- der the sun but ither we f orget easity or don't want te remember, but cvery once in a while someone cones eut witli a blast that seems very novel and looks real oriRinal. The gang was wonderisg, the otlier day if that deep thinking, highly patriotic lady in Western Ontario liasn't struck a ncw note. Not that it's a new thinr ta rob or borrow from a child's bank (dad knows) but how did she happes te think cf that? The idea was to tzke aIl tise monev the children had dqsositd in the Penny Savings Bank and donatel it ta the Redi Cross. You bave te Rive" the lady credit fer lieiniz subtle. The Red Cross is a worthy cause there- fore it would be teaching th? child- ren liew te support a zood cause. She bas no cbildren cf ber own wlio bave deposits in the Penny Bank se she is goisgr te donate what she tbinks thev would bave if tbey were smaller. It's attogzether tikely she would pick the highest figure, but that weuldnt lie mucli. On the ether basd the idea is punk. Firat cf ail, whosc meney is it? If a feUlow Rots inte a bank and takes money with- eut Permissuon, lie is pusished, and lic takes f rom those wlio are sot ai- toRether hetpless. In this case it's takdiu candy f rom children and sur- roundisuz the act witli a protectina screen cf patriotism. In the second place it would sot be votuntary Riv- le but more of Hitler's type. The poor kiddies would net have a word te sav in the matter whicli certainty is net f air play. In thc thi.cd place even if the parents had given the manev te the chitdren it loolçs rall te play Indian witb a gif t, and in tlie last place, to be quite f rank, it would lic taking somethinR that dues net belong te us. Let the children kcen their money. When it cornes to irencrcsity tbev cas beat us old- sters al bollow. What the Rang does net like about it is that this thingr carne f rom a woman. 'If a man bad advocated it we woOid have laugbed for men are alwavs doing sucli fooliali things, but a weman 1 What os eartb isj nman's better baîf ceminr te in this9 crazy day and axe? fortable lie became. This je*iion bad been otacinx hlm at war with himicîlf and' had breught him te Uic verge of a neuresis. The answçringz of that challenge meant the fulfit- ment of somethingr in lus own ver- sonality and the clarifying cf bis lifè puroose. We are constantly being confront- cd with ideals that arc Uic compte- menti cf our own persopalities. The suurning cf them is net always ac- ccmoanicd lii the Psycbic disturbance tItis boy expcrirnced but it atways nicans the rcstrictingr of our capac- ities, thc deminishing cof oyr powers and thc impovcrisbing cf our seuls. District Eiders To Hoid Conference At Trinity Church The Session cf 'iinity United Church has arranged for a. Dis- trict Eiders Conference to be held in thc church on Friday, Decem- ber 8th, at 8 p.m. Dr. J. H. Rid- dcll, a former Principal of Wesley College,ý Winnipeg, wrnl be thse gucat speaker and will aise con- duct a round table conference. Dr. Riddell is well-qualified for this work and han been address- ing similar gatherings across Can- ada. Invitations to attend this meeting are bcing sent out te eiders and members cf Officiai Boards of ail charges in, and ad- jacent te, Bowmanviile. ln Th Editor's Mail[ 53 A Clifton Rd., Toronto, No;vember 1l, 1939. Mr. George James, Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ontario. Dear George: -I did flot anticipate p)ress commenta fromin m article ini the, Statesman of Nov. 2nd on <'War Turne Probtema. and Reconstruction," as a whole. If it is read carefully, you will notice that I stated, that none cf these plans could be effective if' we caninqt avoid "Political Patronage" and untit we cas devise a plan ta get away Iromi what I cati a 'Politicai Curse." it, will be difficult to make any nrocer vro- zress in any line, but I stili bave f aith that the country will azree te some plan that is workabte. I bad bope4 that the Labour Party woutd bc a workable eroup) for the vurpose of nominating candi- dates, but unfortunately our old vlan of worlci with them ini the old days has zeone bv the board. Ins those davs we had one Labour Union te dent with and now we have some f ive orsix. and with the C.I.O. Rett- iniz more nowerfui vear by vear that r'allv shuts them out of anv Plan for us te work with tbem. Iii trade mat- ters they are unfortunatelv the "Hitlers" cf Canada and the United States. Thev know notbinr but force and I arn af raid thev are makdig an outlaw of the strike p)ower. Wben labour Unions will co- operate with manufacturersanmd realtv de a day's, wcrk it lase mucis better for aIl concerned, but wben the Dower of atrike ii ristblesply used- they deatroy any possuible co- oneration and at thse saine time f re- quently deatroy tbe manufacturera, rnaldng it impossible for them te continue. This article bas accomplished wbat I wanted te do, mainly, Rive a gen- eral story, but thse Banldnz Probleni should be another article, Uic Rail- ways another, Caput Fins.nce, and Public Utilities should bce 4nother, but te develoo any one tbep is .cuite a lob. Hewever, if Yoeu are wiltiiig ta eDibish thein I witl be Plad te o ahead and do wlsat 1 a for you. I reccived a let of personsal cqm- ments. For instance, Georgfe Mc- Laughlin states lie rend it vesy care- fullv anid wbile areeinar with, sone of it, other pointa be dld net - that is exkacttv whit we waist te aut at. I expect ta go te *awanext week. 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