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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lSTH, 1940 Rje %unabÎun etreîmi Established 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which are lincorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 85 years' continuons service te, the Town of Bowmanville and Durham County. MEMBER Canadian Weekiy Newspapers Association and Class A Weeklies of Canada. SUDSCRIPTION RATES $2.0@ a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year in the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lSTH, 1940 Tribute to Lord Tweedsmuir There are men, and types of men, who, in their lifetime, supercede their contemporar- ies. and soar to the heights, and of these, Governor Genieral Lord Tweedsrnuir, the Belo,ýed, was a shining example. When this type of man passes on, lie is alwayis to bie marvelled at in history, always to lie trea- sured in the memories and hearts of a world of nations, always to be revered. His ain folk. in the Land o' the. Heather lamient witb bowed heads and saddened hearts, a man who. by hâs genius as a statesman. as an autlior. and as a friend, lias earned the name of one of Seotia s greatest sons. Seottish hearts tbrob, and Scot's blood tingles to feel witli pride, that Lord Tweedsmuir lias, by reason of lis personal distinction, most nobl% exliibited tlie virtuie of bis race. Let pibroclis wail, and pipes lament a king anon- men, wlio lias gone liome. "Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hili." Tlie namne of Johin Buclian, the writer, will go down to posterity. as did the naines of Robert Louis Stevenson', Sir Walter Seot and Bobbie Burns - tlieir works will live forever. The name of Tweedsmuir, wortby repreisentative of the Kin- ini Canada. will ever be glorious in that, during his terni of office, lie bas hecome a part of this great land, and of its people. fromn coast to coast. During lis five years of service, lie lias travelled ail over the Dominion, and lias entered into tlie lives of ail types and classes of men, in sucb wholly understanding and sympatlietie fasliion, tliat lie' will ever be remernbered witli gratitude. Gratitude is but a lame sentiment. Not only Canada and Britain, but otlier nations are grateful, for the genius of such a man. Jolin Buchan 's public spirit and desire to aid those Iess fortunate t.han himself. lias in ail quarters earned undying affection. This inborn desire to aid his fellow men, was feit eveîî in bis young days, when, as a lad, working in tlie cîty of Edinburgh, Scotland, his narne becarne a liousehold word. As soon as lie earned recognition iii literature, hie employed every Jneans in bis power to rnake it possible to distribute standard literary works to tlie poor. freely and witbout bind- rance. By lis efforts, ebeap editions were printed, and ail political correspondence that affected the rights of tlie people, were made available witliout charge. So did lie, by tliese and other efforts, become a bene- factor to mankind. In tlie last war, soldiers in the front lines were tlirilledl by bis stories, specially written to alleviate the weary grind. A brilliant example of this was, "The Thirty-Nine Steps," a story that ivent fromn CCend to end " of the army, at borne and abroad. John Buclian was Scotch to the rnarrow of his boues. Many of bis works were writ- ten in the "braid Scot's tonguyte," for lie loved the Doric. As lie hixnse]f once declar- Md, speaking t .afClan-m-et--î:-in4t-e-;it Tw-edrnîirand the farnily-. Great as is tb'M ss to the world, greater far is the Ioss to thei. Consolation it imust be to those hereaved to realize that Canada will alwavs reineinl)er with affeýction, a manî who, if for rio more tban bis valiant service to lîc'r and lier people, lias fouind a place with the iun- nmortal.s. Church Reports Slow Progress The aimnal reports of the -various ehunrches iin the tow-n and district, all of thuose at least w-hicli have been published in the columns of The Statesînan, strike auj optiunistic aînd eîcouraging ilote, in that ever3- one of tliem reports progress ini prac- tically evcry (lepartinelut. Whlh soine reports did mot dcal with fiîu- ances there were indieationýs rev-ealed tluat tliese wvere satisfactory and ail objectives reacbcd. Otliers mntioned finances, uneni- bersluips, etc., but chef of al vas the spirit of co-operation vhich appeans to exist and w-licll uidoubtedly accounts for the pro- gress evident. In face of the inauuy de- nîands that w-cne made (luning tbe past 3-car on tîhe locket books of tlie people, coupled witb the unceîtainty of the fîutur-e, tlue re- ports presented at cadli churcli must have been vcry gratifying, not oni3- to the min- isters iin charge butn the officiai boards aînd every memben of the various congregatioîîs. A go-to-cluuî-c program miglit very w-el! be developed in echd church. The more people go to church the more tliey want to attend and it works the other w-a,, too, the more people absent tliemselves .from the House of God, the lcss tbey want to attenîd. Wc say now, as we bave said previously, if everyone in this community w-cnt to churel this district would bave *a different social and moral atmospbere, there would bie a unity of purpose and man-, of the proble.mr which face individuals and groups would have the sunlight let in on tbem for a bappy solution. Our wish for the congregations of these local cburches is that tliey may stili make greater progress iin the year 1940, and that God's ricbest blessings may attend them iin their efforts to bning Hîs Kingdom upolu the eartb. Making Farm Life Happier Thc shiort courses in agriculture and home oconomics whicli arc being held in rural Ontario under tic auspices of thc Depart- ment of Agriculture arc doing mucb to add to the bappiness and prosperit3- of farm life, comments the Midland Free Press. Young men -aîd w-omen are being tauglit the elements of successfui farming, and home making, and tlicy are begiînîing to realize as never before that the life of the agriculturalist, whiie it bas its hardsbips and disappointments, is possibly the most satisfacton- of aIl for the average man or w-oman. Tbe farmer is the oilly independent work- er iin Cnada to-day. He may îlot have a great deal of cash to show-- for lis labor, but lie does îlot have to cal! any man lis boss, non to go througli bis days with an iiîfeiority complex. A short course lias been cornpleted at C'anton under tlhe direction of A. E .Surnners and bis associates wbicb at- tracted large numbers of students, and their influence will be felt for 3-cars to come. Gives Civic Fathers a ileadache Commnting upon the fact thuat munici- pal goverrnents bave control over a verx- snîall perceîîtage of tlueir revenunes and pointing out that educatioîu health, relief and a dozeîî othen items negularly cat ur sncb a large portion of the revenue that the counceil finds but little left for îîeeded un- provements. the Kelow-na Courier editonial- lv cites the situationu as follows: 'Ig-noring quibbles and special pleadings the nuain case for the municipalities rc- mains w-bat it was: tbey are shouldered witb responsibilities for w'hidb tbey have at this timo no adequate, continîuiiug rev-- enues. The land, the chief basis of munici- pal taxation, lias been taxed uxtil propert3- values have been advcrselx- affectcd, and, in extreme cases, disappearcd. New costs have heen imposcd, without any revîsion of the fields of revenlue. Municipalities have been left to manage as best they- cani under financiai conditionus that have stead- ily deteriorated. "To complete the picture, attenutionî must be (lrawn to the nueu- in wlich senior groveriments have played fast and loose w-ithu the municipalities over the problexuî of r-cief. works, and thue ag-gregate hurden of social scrvices. Thue arrangements mnade for one pcriod liave beeju clanged ini thie next anîd ofteuu retronet ively. Muiicipalities bave fouîud to tlîeir cost that their duties anud responsiilhities have enlarged anud their r-evenues lessenied; and tbis, despite thie fact that their budgiets were generalhy ne- dîuced in the period from 1932 to 1935." Observations and Opinions There w'ere 63 businessmenu iu atteuudance at the banquet and annual meeting of the Rcnfnew Oivie IPromotion Bureau, reads a report in the Renfrew Mercur3-. Consider- able eomrnunity work w'as donc during the 3-car and tbe3- finislued with a surplus. Necd one read funther to realize that there's a group of progressive businessmen w-ho join togethen in a co-operative effort for the betterment of their community. W!î3 doetsn 't Bowrnanv-ille go and do likeivise? I3owmranville lad a live Ioît ic tilt tra] 'Society for a nuimber of years and there îs no< qJuestionu but it did good w'ork. The or- gaiîizatioiu secins to bave faded out of tlue picture. There is pleity of opportuinit3- for a Iloxticultural Society to do real service in this tow-n. A number of citizens w!îo are interested in bcautifying Bownianville %vould likie to sec a new groîîp of 3ounger <itizens take lîold aînd start a live newv soeict3. They àhould not ack public support with four nurseris doing, a thiving businuess iii t(>wi. As a eet. By Ehnore Phiipott ELECTION GUESSWORK put Mitch Hepburn in his proper place. After several weeks in the pro- No one knows that the Hep- vince of Ontario, and before any~ burn-Drew resolution bacie real electioneering campaign i S bIhyear than George D1rew. under way. I would not want toIha fromn several sources that bet any money on the nature of hie has been assidiousiy passing the outcome here. There are so the word around ambng his fri- many conflicting currents in mo- ends that there is absoiutely no- tion that it is impossible to guess thing in the way of a bargain the direction of the general drift. or undenstanding between Mitch Nothing is sure in politics, as Hepburn and himself. Yet the fact every student of that strange oc that he has feit constrained to do cupation knows. About the onîy so shows how deep is the impress- thing almost sure in this election, ion that there was such a bargain. s0 far as Ontario is concerned, s The strongest weapon that the that Agnes Macphail wiil be re - Liberals will have to use in this elected in Grey Bruce. That would war against the arguments of have been true even if Mrs. Black those favoring a national govern- had not announced her retire- ment is that the proposai is not ment fromn politics. But it is more only ridiculous, but downright 50 than lever now. For Agnes' sinister. They wili suggest that the constituents are inordinately reason why the sponsors of the proud in having as their repre- inational Rovernment idea .do not sentative, Canada's only woman name the names of the suppossed M.P. supermen who are going to be Everbod knws tat he on-called upon to formi the govern- servatives are going to gain some mentrmin thtisead 0f b aeing season the rio. evn8iftheysmail or so distrusted that they wonthewhoe 8 tey could couîd not be eiected in an above- hardly expect to gather up enough board contest if named in ad- elsewhere te win a clear majority. vance. That is the real reason why the They will suggest, with excel- old Tory pty o heizdWt lent reason, that the only kind of suh viit o te"National" a national governiment whichi Government label. For the pre- cudcm u ftecmag senthop 0fthos wh wat aas waged to date would be one in coalition governiment is not te j which Mitch Hepburn and George achieve it before the election but IDrew were the key figures. afterwards. It is te force its form- tion by taking so many seat4 from I ALL WELCOmE BY MOUSE MacKenzie King that he will bej HOLE unable to carry on with a stable Certainly the tactics of the Con- Party majority. In that event the servative party in the actual con- backers of the union governiment stituencies of Ontario indicate the plan assume that Mr. King would niove for a "national- government prefer to unite with the Conser- is just a huge joke. In many cases vatives, rather than be dependent the executives of telclCn onthe C.C.F. or Social Credit servative constituence machine groups for continuity in office. has met, enthusiastically accepted For everybody, especially Mr. Mn. Manion's proposais for a King remembers that when the national government and then an- Progressives had the whip hand, nounced that in pursuance of that and the balance of power from policy a compieteiy free and open . 1921 to 1925 the littie group in peoples' convention would be heldE the southwest corner had a way at once. The most importantE of driving a hard bargain when words in the whole announcementr the government needed their were of course "at once." For asE votes most. anybody knows who, has had ac-s What complicates the picture in tuai expenience with the mechan-f Ontario are these most important ics of politics, nominating con- elements. The province is basic- ventions do not just organize aliy conservative, aiways with a themselves. People do not just smail c, whether the Liberals are ýflock out te public meetings ofe in power or not, and usually the c their owr) accord eveni in the best t is flot a small one but a mostf of weather and for the most t decided capital letter. In the iast 'popular of purposes.p election the Liberals won twor Some of these "national" con- s thirds of the seats in this historic ýventions were announced by Toryh old Tory stronghoid, chieily be- machines ail set to grind out in-a cause the voters everywheère in 'stantaneous indorsation of the t] Canada were determined to chas- 'already selected candidate. In F tise Mr. Bennett for the depress- some cases the newspapers an- ion, and for bis failure te fulfili ýnouncing the "national" conven-b his specific promise to find every tion were not even circuiated P man a job. But ordinariiy the through the constituencies before ir Conservatives can expect to win the conventions themseives were a] two seats te every one the Lib- held. And in at ieast one case that si erals can hope to bold here. All of, came under my personal notice e, which possibly means approx- the roads in the constituency were 01 imately a f ifty seat turnover, and 50 blocked by snow that the oniy tV the virtual disappearance of the way the non-partisan voter could iE present vast Liberal majority over have got to the meeting, even if nr ail.i he had heard about it, was to have w NRTC UPSTS EERYBDY 1secured himself an aeroplane or w MITH USET EVRYB Y- a pair of angels' wings. Strangely enough the one thing r I have watcbed political con- that migbt be expected te have-, ventions in Canada for cîuite th assured the sharp swing over to a while. Whether they were Lib- w the Conservative column had ,eral, Conservative, C.C.F. or Soc- backfired so badly that it now iai Credit made no difference as le appears it might operate the other !far as I could see. Customs vary or waY. That is the Hepburn-Drew a bit as between province and vote of censure on the King Gov- province even more than as be- er ernment. That vote, of course, tween party and party. But if I hc made it impossible for anyone to were going to bet about anything- support both it and the King Gov- in this election it wouid be this:- ernment in the election. But so That the oniy way anybody but a indignant are the ordinary citi- true blue Tory, acceptable to the zens at what they regard as in- lôcal powers that be, could getf sufferabie rowdiness in the face inte any of these so caiied "na-É of a great international emergency tional government"' nominating that thousands of themn wouid1 conventions in Ontario would be appear to me iikely te vote forlthrough some mouse hole under the King Government chiefly te the piano in the corner. In te Di andDistant Pasi ILro te The taman Files FIFTY YEARS AGO Courtice: Harry Gay, our pop- bar architect, is preparing plans Frein The Canadian Statesman, for a fine residence for J. Tre- February l9th. 1890 n-eer, Zion. A large number of represent- New Park: A sawing bec was atives from the towns and vill- heid at Mr. Milber's. Quite an ages between Belleville and amount of work was done by the Whitby met in Bowmanville to jolly crowd. discuss plans for sending a dole- Maple Grove: Bros. Mark Mun- gation to the G.T.R. to discuss day, Jacob Stevens, Art Foley, Ed. plans for the new branch lino Rundie, Geo. Stevens, Ed. Winter, soon to be laid. and Sisters Mrs. Geo. Stevens, Henry Meader has sold bis Annie Stevens and Ida Stevens cottage on King St. E., to Mr. Geo. attended the Sons of Temperance Bronson for $500. convention at Tyrone. Bowmanvilie curbers played at Kendal: A social gathering of Whitby and Oshiawa but were de-- young people took place 'at the feated in both places. residence of W. E. Eliott. Jas. Gale, S. W. Mason and J. Solina: Mrs. Werry ceiebrated J. Mason are in Toronto attending bher 85th birthday on Saturday. the meeting of the Grand Lodge j Blacksteck: Married on Feb. Stli at the Sons of Canada. ýby Rev. Hassard, Uxhridge, Miss Robt. Beith lias been appointed May Jobb and Mr. W. Nesbitt. a directer of the Ciydesdale Horse Caesarea: The sleighing is gone. Association of Canada, j Mr. Keeley's drawing bee was not The lien roosts of some of our a success. The boys forgot the bee South Ward citizens have suffer- but remembered the spree. ed ateiy from the ravages of an Cartwright: Mr. and Mrs. Wes. unfniendly visiter supposed to lie- Mountjoy had a narrow escape long te the canine race. G. D. wlien their cutter slid inte the Fletcher liad 18 liens kiiled, Lewis ditch pinning tliem underneath it. Hambby, Mrs. Terry and B. Dill-f Fortunateby the horse stood still ing eachlelst several fowl tlie tili someone came by. same way.f Hampten: Qwing to W. Everson SonsofTmeac officers failîng te fibi bis appoinment Sun- are: W.P.-R. Knox, Orono; W.A. day morning, Rev. R. Hurbey oc- -Miss Carrne Power, Bowman- cupied the pubpit. ville; W.S.-Mark Munday, Mapbe Grove; W.T.-J. H. Aluin, Tyrone; F.T.-Harry Argue, Soina; Con- Leffer to the Editor ductor-Ceplias Johins, Hampton; Cliaplain-Jolin Davey, Leskard; Jaîîuary 22, 1940. Sentinel - A. Stevens, Maple Shaunaven, Sask., Grove. Da ere Died: George and William Pig- 1 erGcrc gott in Bowmanville, Feb. l2tli, Find encloscd $200 te renew our withîn tliree hours of eacli otber. ,ubscrii)tioni for another vear. We Both were prominent men in the c njoy your palier very much and business lufe of the D.O. & P. Co. often lcarn wberc somne of our f ri- John McDougall died suddenly ends are living. I lcarîîcd Luther Feb. l7th. while walking down Nicbols is now living near Renfrew, main street witli John Lyle. and was wondcring if be can stili Clarke Union: Whio were our vut a large orange iii bis mojîtb. young people who 50, nearly upset Mrs. Martvn and niyself wisb Io be whibe out driving Thursday ev- remnemnbcrd tgon01e and ail our re- ening? We would caution Mr. H. latives and fricnds. against driving witli one liand in Yours t ruly, future. Mr. anud Mrs, Harry Lornc Martyn .à 1 Goodyear Tir. Net for Year 1939 $5.25 Per Share Net earnings for 1939 are re- gported by Goodyear Tire & Rub- ber Co. of Canada, Ltd., as equi- valent to $5.25 per share, com- pared wvith $7.49 for 1938, $4.14 for 1937, and $4.73 for 1936. Sales were higher but profits less, due chiefly to the favorable effect of the low market price basis of the cornmencing inven- tories in 1938 upon the showing of profits for that year, A. G. Part- ridge, president, explained at the annuai meeting. Dividends paid amounted to $1,586,139, common stockholders taking $1,286,300. The operations of the combined companies resulted in a profit of $2,204,249. From this there has been set aside a reserve of $551,- 747 for depreciation of buildings and equipment, ieaving net profit of $1,652,502. Working capital amounts to $8,940,796. The companies had no bank indebtedness, and cash on hand and caill bans and Govern- ment bonds aggregated $3,324,281; cash alone amounted to $1,445,178, exceeding by $312,876 current lia- bilities of $489,152 and the divi- dend of $643,150 payable on the common stock, which was paid Jan. 22. The financiai position thus sum- manized is after paying or pro-.' viding for dividends aggregating $1,586,130.63, represented by 55/ or $299,830.63 on the preferred and the usual dividends aggregat- ing $2.50 per share on 257,260 common, amounting to $643,150 plus the extra dividend of $2.50 per share amounting to $643,150, atotal of $1,286,300. Current assets amounted to $10,073,099 compared with cur- rent liabilities of $1,132,302.61, in- cluding the dividend payable on common. Taxes paid or to be paid amounted to $1,291,563 in com- parison with $1,256,076 in 1938. "The use of pneumnatic tire equipment on farm implements and tractors is developing at a rapid rate and making mechaniz- ed farmn equipment possible on a steadily increasing number of farmas. The use of such equiprnent will contribute greatly towards bringing the living conditions of s' industrial and agricuitural work- n ers into better balance, as it will tend to give the farmer advan- :ages in lowering the cost of his production which wiii help to off- set the difference between what he has to pay for articles he needs and the amount he receives for the things he produces," said Mr. Partridge. "The incidence of war bas brought many new and unusual problems, particularly the one of increased cost of raw materiais and operation as weil as the pro- spect of increased taxation. How- ever, the strong financiai position of the cornpany should enable us to adequateiy meet these prob- ms and contribute in no small measure towards the great task which lies before us aillof for- warding the winning of the war." Intuition - the strange instinct 1at tells a woman she is right 'hether she is or not. Lady Godiva was some gamb- er - she put everything she had )n a horse. Road maps tell a motorist ev- wything he wants te know except iow to foid them up again. In Payments ta Living Policy- In Additional Security ta Pal- icyhalders lncluding Surplus, Contingency Reserves and Paid-up Capital ta - - - - $9,852000 1,528,000 8,835,000 740,0QO 720,000 New insurance poid for end revived durng the y... omounted ta $4.2 11,794.00, increasing the total insurance in force te $38.114,680.00 CHARLES P. FELL PretJen GeneraAli 'M anaW e G. F. OSBORNE: District Manager Church St. - Bowmanville, Ont. Epitaph - He walked on the Keep your eyes open before suicide of the road. marriage; bail shut afterwards. Finest food . great variety .. . central --- > location ... world-famous hotel surround- et/ ings ... no extra cost . .. ail are yours at . The Royal York in Toronto. Isnes i imag Reems one of the moot heauttiid etu auto on the continent. Menue ond service of the hlghestd internatona standard. Concert orchestra. Luzrchecns iron VOeteim u Cae:Pictureique wnulted mont.Attentive ervice. Breakfast front 40c, luncheon and dinner fran, 65c. *mndwich lbeP: liglit oppetWng snacks or substantia t maa served prcmptly in ettractive surraundinge. Popojer prices. Open day and night. A favorite rendeevous.o PulVOtO Dimiug PRees amY he reserved for Parties or buldsinssgothering. aunz eusces a brtlient Party every ni hi except Sundny wlt Haoce Lapp and hie Orchestra otf un.makers. Cave charge$ 1.00 per person ($1.50 Saturdayoî. Speciai rates fo ariso25 couples and more-Monde,. ten Thuredoys 6 TORONTO PACIFIO NOTEL L t. BOYD ~~0I Vh1I0A Y0 02#hSI4 You should flot feel the sligh-test embarrassment in calling on the manager of our nearest branch and tell- ing him of your need to borrow. Making personal loans is a daily part of our regular banking assistance to thrifty citizens throughout Canada, Such trans- actions are strictly confidential and our terms are convenient and reasonable: Repay in 12 monthly No other 'charge. BANK 0F MONTREAL ESTABLISHED 1817 "il di6" w" ~ednsa/1accoiu% L 4e «ce6ý,e" Bcwmanville Branch: F. 0. McILVEEN, Manager PAGE TWO - - instalments; cost $ 3.65 per $ioo. FEATURE 1939 RESULIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, 1940 AN INCREASE In Total Assets to - - - In Total Income ta - - * ln Reserve for Policies and a wu---à