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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 1940 PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTABIO EstabliÉhed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER WitII whlcb are Incorporaed The Dowmanville. News, The Newcatle ladepenhlent, and The Orono News. 85 7cm' contlnneus service ta Uhc Town ef Dawmanville a&" Durhami County. BÏEBER Canadiau Wèekly Ncwspapers Assocation and Clan A Weekfles of Canada. SUESCRIPTION RATES 82.00 a Ycar,strlctly l.a avance. 32.50 a Year la Uic United States. OHO. W. JAN=S, Editor. THITRDAY, AUGUST 15MH 1940 Wheat - A Serlous Problem The graveet and greatest prablein facing Canada to-day la not soldiers, not muni- tions, nat airerat, flot polities: It is wheat!1 Vhat ta do about it; that is the ques- tion! Let us sketch the situation. Britain, juat the other day, bought from Canada one hundred million bushels of wheat. That waa the greatest single purchase ever made. We heralded it. We headlined it. We en- thusdd. It was, sa, newspapers proclairned, a great national achievement; a partial solution ai Canada 's major problem - a way out. But, be it noted, that was Britain 's total requirements, under careful budget, u.ntil July, 1941, - from Canada. We must. keep clearly in mnd that i purchases ai staple food stuiis, Britain must consider the econornies ai the Argen- tine and the surplus ai Australia. She must buy iail three mai-kets; muBt nat, moat emphatically, ignore the Argen- tine. We ail know why - or shouid. So, we sec most cleariy, Canada cannat hope ta mai-ket her surplus wheat in Britain under present wartirne conditions. Our carr.yover for the current year; until JuIy, 1941, muet be approximateiy - five hundred 'hilion bushlels. SThe situation is impossible. It la an im- pane. The 1941 erp wdl be upon us in JuIy, 1941, added ta aur huge surplus. When that tirne rols around we shail be exceed- mngly alarrned. All sections ai this country wll be sliouting: "Wolf ! " «Wol!" Our parliarnent, recently adjourned, has again baught the Western Crop at 70c per buahel and has undertaken steps toward private storage. In Ontario, we are tald that newiy threahed wheat commands only, 54e per bushel .And it la goad wheat. We in Ontario have no gavernment guarantee. The vaiees ai the iarmer - members ai parliament are heard but flot hecded. They have pointed out the anomalies and Hausard buries their protesta. Befare the next season rails around we shall have this whole question loudly insist- ing upan a deiinite solution. Why not resurreet aur moribund Depart., ment of Agriculture? To-day we have no Minister in that Department. He is on boan ta the Department ai Go-Ordination. Let us tackie this probiem instantiy! Why not restriet acreage aif whcat; encourage diversification ai vitally ncedcd foodstuffs for overseast Above ail - grow flax and set Up a linen industry second ta none in the world? Look at Iroquais, Ontario. We can do it. It wil be a long, long war. We must salve this whcat situation! The Achievenient of the Age Adversity makes or breaks an individual, eammunity or nation. Under adverse con- ditions people have iiteraliy iorged their way ta attaining the desired goal or have been crushed. The loregoing statement la- eue that history shows ta be absolutely cor- rect. In tiines ai prosperity whén everything la gaing weli there is always a tendcncy ta Iag and let thingts drift. When adverse cir- cmatances surround the indivdual there is immediately a tighteningua netr taken and a resolute determinatian tisn- ulated -in order that the situation may be caed aueeessiuliy. Those who are weak- 1~(defeated. It therefare be- ___ le - tPgr every individuai ta fae ~ ~ opkwhei-e he stands. Thiis ~ ~~4jidual must be " sold"y teachingag will sur- ~ viv Ut.which they are Sconvinced ai this mect and la ready to subacribe ta the iaws and regulations required by democraey and Ghristianity, then and then aniy wiil that solid front be iormed against the devasting distinctive lama. Then the isms wiil be de- ieated and a new era wiil be established. A truc brotherhood will be universal and men wil be rcady ta help eaeh other. This will bring about a peace that wil enable ah ta live in harinony together. This will be the achievernent ai the age. Do this and you wili make hlatory. You Cannot Retainffl-ealth Without Holidays f "The stress ai war makes hofldaya al tke mare necessarsy. You cannat retain health without holidays," so wnites Chai-les E. F'lewman, former seeretary ai the Na- tional Baya' Work Board, i the magazine "Health. " " Holidays ", Mr. Plewman writea "are ineant ta re-create body, mid and spirit. Mr. Plewman givea seven rules for safe and happy hoiidays:- 1. Take sun baths in easy doses. 2. F'Ind out what poison ivy looks like. 3. Be sure water aupply la pure. 4. Make certain niilk is pasteurized. 5. Dan 't do too mueh exereise at once. 6. Don't swim on a ml tomach. 7. Learn how to paddle and row. Acting an Mi-. Plewman's adviee the editor let Wedneaday for a week's holiday by aceampanying the 25 editoi-a iro~m the United States who are this week making a specially eondueted tour ai Ontaria 's nurn- crans pisygrounda for touriats. Starvation vs. Bul1ets When the United States Ambassador ta Belgiurn gave expression ta the belief that the British "blockade sheuld be lifted ta al- low faod supplies ta be sent ta thase cousit- ries in Europe who were rccently aur allies but are now doomed ta feci- the pinch ai starvation this winter, he laid himali open ta, criticiam. lI a word, he let bis heart i-un away with his head. It la anc ai the tragic aspects ai sulfering in Europe ta-day that it cannat be rclieved cxcept at great cost ta the British cause and without giving -the Nazis an apportun- ity for stiil greater wickedncss. Disease is aiready raging in the wake of the German drive and famine seem ini- evitable. The blackade la the anc casential weapon ta ovcrthraw Hitler. We must re- member that evcryane oi the canquered countnies bad ample supplies ai food bc- foi-c the Germans drove Wu Woefuily enough -many ai the common bumanities have ta be thrawn averboard in war and it is, therefore, not hard ta under- stand the indignation af the' Ambassador and others (Herbert Hoover and Rcd Cross o fficiais) who wish ta relieve the food situa- tion in Europe this wintcr. Wbat a paradox - that the British, they wbo are usualiy lirat to get ta the aid ai unlortunate neighbours, ahould have ta fol- iow the German doctrine ai "Buliets rather than Butter" But we muqst remember there 's a desperate war an and Britain is given, the job ai cieaning up the cnemy. High School Situation Hias Changed 6reatly It la a fact, not generally recognizcd, that thc High Sehool attendance in this Province bas doubled during the sat twenty ycars, commenta the St. Marys Journal-Argus. The main reason is the efecet ai the Adolescent Attendance Ac't which bas put. new thons- suds of pupils into aur Secondai-y Sehools, who othcrwise would not be there. Many observera are ai the opinion that a large proportion of this extra number have been mare or lecm "putting in time." Nat being adapted by dlature to the academie course whicb was designed for students gaing on ta university, they ai-e nat interested. Ta support this contention saine educationiats have been quoting statistica f-oin the de- partinental examination resulta. Here are somte figures pertaining ta a certain aplen- didiy equipped sehoal wbieb has a teaching staff that is rated above average. 0f the Middlc Sehool candidates in the achool iorty per cent. oniy paased in Algebra. In Geometry iorty-nine per cent. passed. lu Chemistry forty-six per cent. passed. In Latin thi-ty-nine per cent. Apparently the majarity ai the pupils in this better than average sehool have made a very poor showing. Thc situatian ereated by the larger at- tendance bas served ta emphasize the iact that the High Sehool Curriculum has cater- cd in past yeax's ta the leas than ten per cent, ai students wha went on ta university. And it bas finally braugit about a certain reorganization ai the curriculum by the Department. The new courses are lesa rigid and give more recognition ta the students wha will be only twa or thi-ce years at High Sehool. New practical courses have been instituted whieh pi-avide instruction for pupils whose abilities cali for development in that line rather than in academie sub- jeeta. Much more remains ta bc donc ta -make thc bigh sebool course serve present day needa effectiveiy. For instance, the upeommg generatian needa ta be gi-ounded solidly in the principles undei-iying de- mocracy. In St. Marys and saine other towns ai the Province a start has been made in px'oviding practical aubjects under the new courses. They have been enthuaiasticaliy received by thc pupils andi in our local sebool, inspec- tai-' reports as 'well as observation by the public, would indicate that gaad work la being donc. ,NITIER, AT LAST, WAR S HALTED At one Une, nHtler's ad- famine. Weeks ago this column ane tiuh Fanceweused exploredtat phase af the con- ts phrase: "Hitler is halted - flilt. Itias to-day as an ever butlot stopped." That was true pressing tbreat H itler's em- at the marnent, when he reached bryo-Emplre. In aur former col- the Marne. He swept onward and umn we forecast that the' set- canquered France. hearted Western Demo c r a c i e a But to-day, limited ta sporadic would be- asked ta ieed Hitler's air thrusts upon Britain, we m, conqucred slaves. The mavement viith high confidence, ýconcluYe is now under way - heralded that he is flot only halted, but and headed by Herbert Hoover - stopped; finaily, definitely, con- thf sauve and soft-voiced ange] clusively. o sustenance in the war ai 1914- Hie dare flot risk the Chanuel 18 ' Crosslngt lis impulse la rlght - but Bni- A wek ag we ttetain. must and will maintata ber surve a ea his tatic eUd 8anybocekade even shauld ail Europe survy o histacics hoM anystarve. This phase is soon ta de- attempt at a crossing bea". veiop and there will be wxde- Events may ultimately be out spread recriminations amang the the forecast, but we are w adpas everywhcre. We may be more persuaded, by the weeks sure of bitter cleavage. eventa, that he w l de n s pander »nd hesitate uIftil the That wifl be bad indecdl moment oi thc Initiative lagne- And yet, the solution la simple; forever. s simPle that the pacifists wli have no ground upon wbich ta In a military sense, ta suri-en- stand. der thc initiative, once so bighly and so conclusively attalncd, is It la this: Let itler and bis tocutdefeat. Huns and bis Hec!, thc Wop, ta OI, vacate al thc lands they have Ta-day, it la dlean ta 811 observ- aven-un; and thc moment tbcy do ers that Hitler has Iost Uheiniitia- sa we, the Western Dénrocracies, tive. He is, generally. considered, ;aJ feed a,, these semi-liberated inactive. And inactivity, broadly pîes _-mat vld ee t iliaysesLbe- et tliis suggestion be predicat- aida dfeat. d upon thc assumptian that thc A summary ai Uic wéek's ev- war will continue as between enta require but littie sPace:- Britamn and thc Axis Powers, 1. Hitler has intensified his within their respective national air attacks over Britain while bis boundaries. army stands idie. The reason for Can anythlng bd f airer? these air-raids does not 5sefli P- Such is Uic situation as it looms scure. We may assume that he is ta-day. testing out Uic prospects fQjE cIm- 2. Italy has conquercd, tem- plete air predominance aver Uic porarily, a part af Uic Empire; Uic Channel before be launches hi5sany sun-baked coast opposite fast motar boats as tp o'o Aim= This, plus Uic boas ai Uic ports. Hie' has despatchen planes Channel Islands, marks Uic cx- by Uhc hundreds in recent days, tent af the tbneatened dissolution only ta bè driven off with huge af thc British Empire. Tbere's loss af men and machines. nothing ai importance ina ai this. Britain's lasses, meantime, have 3. Spain, at Uic moment, re- been negligible. The prime iact mains quiescent; nothing ta re- of ail tis is that, apparently, we port. have mastered Hiftler in Uic air- 4. Japan, ater her recent out- and day by day we are iorging a cry, tbreatcning war - bas gone more complete mastery. itota er sheil ta batch another Air suprcmacy is Uic final test. "incident." Britain bas with- Winten is just around Uic cor- drawn ber troaps frgm Shga. ner, and when winter cornes, This may be ,appe et"but down goca Hiter. Hie hbbsted more prabably, a consolidation. ta bis coharts that he would mas- 5. In Uic U.S.A. - nothing to ter Britain befope August 15, 1940. report; Uiceélection conteat is on Al bis previaus boasts bave -but dormant. met with high success. These 6. In Canada, Parliament bas have enthused Uic mass afi'Uic adjourncd, and aur great concern, German people. Now Uicy will meanwblle, is ta speed aur war commence ta doubt. An addcd effort.- Viewing Uic variaus ap- factor ta tbis, is that Britain bas pointmcnts ai !eading tadustrial- seized Uic initiative and is send- ists ta responsible posta under Uhe tag bombing planes deep itt Ministry, we shou[d have great Germany, night aiter migbt, in- confidence iaur objective being fllcting .awful damnage upon mili- achievcd, rapidly and eficctlvely. tary objectives. Meantime, aur governînent, no The cumulative effect of ail, daubt, wMi turn ta pressing do- this is, of course, ta shake Uic meatie problems. confidence af Uic comrnupeopi .d iyare manyrai ei~ ai Germany. It should nat ha t. long until Hitler becomes a bustcd With confidence ta Uic power praphet and Uic hoanse cry ai Uic af Uic British navy and Uic de- disilusioned will hound birn monstrated cam-retencc af the from bis mountain retreat. R.A.F. we can, at Uiis time, sleep Beyond ail this is Uic tbreat of o'nights. laI. the Dim and Distant Past j ~Fi-sm The SttessaFUle FIJTY TEARS AGO From The Canadian Statesman, -Auguat 20, 1890 Bowmanvile: There bas been turned out froin Jas. Morris' Car- niage Works this wcek anc ai Uic neateat sud mast convenient de- liveny wagons wc have seen. It bas been made for a Toronto firrn and ta ai New York design. One af Uic chief tapies engaging the attention ai the medical con- gi-cas ta session ta Berlin la Prof. Kock's theory1that consuniption la a curable diease. Wark bas conmcnced on a C.P.R. brsuch froin Havciock ta Cobourg. It la likcly it wiil be cxtended from. Cobourg ta Wbit- by ta tap Uic CPR. Uine nean Claremont. The succeas which bas attended thc annual Industrial Fair at Ta- ronta bas been remankable. Thc Governai- General sud Prince Georçe ai Wales will probably visit it this year. Folaowing arc Uic namnes ai High Sebool pupils who were suc- cesaful at Dept. exaèma.: Primary - M. Cari, E. Prccland, F. James, F. Jollow, L. Lee, L. Laing, J. McLaren, I. Osbai-ne, E. Parka, M. Rogers; Junior - H. Foiey, W. Frccland, I. Hooper, J. McLaren, J. Mauntjoy, N. MacDonald, S. Prout. Hampton: Miss E. J. Kerslake died suddenly wblle visiting in Tai-enta August 13th. Apaplexy was cause ai death. Rev. Dr. Barras, Pickering, assistcd by Rev. R. Sandersan, conducted Uic f un- erai service. Miss Kersiake was anc ai Darlington's successful school teachers having taught at Union and Providence. Enniskillen: WiUhI His strcngtb redoublcd by su enjoyable vaca- tion at Washburn Island, John Young la agata wielding tic birch. Gi-eat sarraw was expcrienced by ail and tsars shed by same young ladies wben be was obliged ta take bis departure. Mi-. Young becamne a Baptist whiie there and durng bis' immersion leit a cush- ion sud trollilng Uine at Uic bot- tom ai Uic lake. . . . Misa Ida Gil- bei-t fractured ber wrist ln a fail. ..Miss E. Riggs la teachlng at Baker's achool. bTyran : Thc youngest child ai Levi S iner was serioslhr by fa'Il1 off a chair sud ilhtlng on its h d. . . Mebrs ofJ. H. Allln's lble Class were plcascd ta h asve wli them again Sun- day. Werry and Jas. Marris dese credit for thc efficient way yconducted thecclama ta bis a a 1 r -! TWnTY-IV]E TEARS A"O From T1he Canadian St"tesmmn, Auguat19, 1915 Bowmnanville: Part Hope la i-e- cnuiting beadquarters for ts dis- trict with Major Wm. Fan-el ai Tyrone icharge. Qificers ai Uic 4&hi Durhamn Regt. report iten days 13 men have enlisted for overseas service. This makes a tatal ai 140 men from Bowmsu- ville sud this la a remarkabiy goad record. 111gb Sehool Board bas engaged A. D. H. Rosa, Toranto, as Princi- pal. Wcll over 50 yaung ladies met ta St. John's Parish Hall sud or- ganized a Glil Club for patniotic purposes. Miss Ethel Marris pi-e- gided. Officers arc: Pres. - Made- Une Dustan; Vice Pi-es. - Ethel Scabeli; Sc'y. - Ethel Marris; Treas. - Miss M. E. Bruce; Execu- tive - Aima Pollard, Helen Mar- tin, Florence Edsall, Rilda Sic- mon, Mary Cryderman, Ethel VanNest, Ethel Power, Flor-ence Mayer, Mary ]Rowe, Mrs. F. Reh- der-. Alcx Lyle, C.E.F., wiites ta bis father John Lyle, Town Clerk ai Bowmanville: I got thc parcel ail rIght lat week and Uic contents werc very acceptable. The tabac- co was fine. We have every con>P venience ta camp here. Baths wlithbot sud cold water, sud the .neala continue good. We cai buy anything we like sud bring it in- to thc but. We have a lot oi marching ta do now. Last wcck wc marchcd 22 miles in anc day wli about 40 pounda ta carry. Enniskilien: Thcre's a littie son at Leonard Bradiey's - Congratu- lations! . . . Drs. Clarke sud Sic- mon aperatcd an ltle Barbara Wattcn for adenoids. . . Ligbtning' struck a raw ai grain in W. J. Stataton's field sud burncd it. Tyrane: Those wbo are knit- tlng for Uic soldiers sbould put their naine and address and a word ai comfort ta the toc af Uie stocklng. . . Mr. sud Mi-s. F. Byam and Lionel motorcd ta Milbroak. TOUR PIERSONAL APPEAR- ANCE - ]IF ANT - FOR MEN ONLY An instructive, entertalning ar- ticle by Judith T. Chase, well- known quiz expert, appcaning In The Amnerican Weekly wlih tc August 18 issue of The Detroit Sunday Times, presents a icngthy ilat ai questions wblcb, when answered, enables any ma*tot find out HOW be appeans taoUi-h u. Be sure ta get The Detroit Sunday Timnes. 33-1 MRCHANDISING pi-avides the trade chan- Thraugh oui- 500 brandhes wcfsrnish ruidCfli [Ieats hrugh whiéh commodiries ilaw fi-oas xperienced, coaveaieûc banking service Wo dudà source i-o conswnets. Goods muast be keprthausands of moi-chants thioughout Canada. mvns firn miii ta mari-,firo uari-ta Merchants iad thrir woi-kers everywhei-e ar home, fi-m artai-r io table~, i-ba industry and oui- welcome custmers, who keep thcii- sur- ernploMent may be maintained anddeveIoped. plus fuands wi-h us or borrow as nccd arises. Sm'I-g Cauwdiau, and tht/r husiuuss u in ysusImuof#ef b. maaity uw inm-ka ymmt.diseusstOURbauhhg reairmusetsitb n" . 3ANK -A BAUX WBEEEE 8ALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOUE" Bawmanville Brandi: F. 0. MeILVEEN, Manager MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE-... #à#Ontao o.f *x" Yesril SctosfalOpnoieM Il la ai no use runig; ta, set 1Mhaniers requine time, and fia- Take time for ail thinga; great. out betirnes la Uic mata point.- thing la mare vulgar than baste.- haste makes great waste.-Frank- La Fontaine. Emerson. lin. 0NO MN TREA L -1 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVn-LE, ONTARIO PAGE TWO