Clarington Digital Newspaper Collections

Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 22 May 1941, p. 2

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE CANADIAN SUI' TRURSDAY, "(Y 2 u IAN, BOWMANMILE, ONTeO Establlshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Wlth whlch are Incorporated The Dowmanville News, The Newcastle ladepenilent, and The Orono News. 85 Ternis Continuous Service To The Town ortIUrwmaville and Durham C.untY. Member Audit Bureau or Circufflofli Weekli' NewspaPers Clan A WeekJies of Canad SUBScEIMTON RATES $2.60 a Ter, triotly 'a advu8oe. $2.50 & Teariluthie United States. GEo. w. JAMES, Editor. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941 Back Them To The Limit There are two things of the greatest na- tional importance how before the people of this country. First is the cal1 to arims issued by Hon. J. L. Ralston, for 32,000 young, strong, healthy men for miitary service. They are needed now aud needed badly. If this country fails quickly to mnuster them, it will be something of a national disgrace; it nisy even be the last long cail of this present government. It is our duty, aud yours, no matter what our opinon of present qualities of leadership, to do what we can to meet this quota. The caîl hasn't reached this commnunity yet, save as an advertise- ment in the papers, but we suggest to those who can go, that they should do so. . and at once. The other eaUl is for $600,000,000. This cannot fail either because of the moral ef- feet of failure. We expected that a larger amoumt would have been named, but evideut- ly caution and uncertainty held their usual sway. In this district we already 'have a "bond eellar" with an outsider in charge and there is. evidence of governmeut nurtur- ing, over mnany weeks to the end that this loau* will "go across." In tis too, we and you must do our part to 'offset failure. No matter what our views of the -government, and this peculiar, unexplainable uneasiness that cornes over us, as we read Hansard anîd watch events, The States#ia 's stand is these things must be put across successfully wbich means, quickly. If we caui do that . . . then we eau turn our attention to what might be found necessary to do in regard to leadership and reorganiz- ation at Ottawa. As we commence these linos we are in- formed, officislly, that word bas corne to eut dowu by 50 per cent the existing miitary establishments in this locality. There are sueli strango things going on that even the most cool-headed miust become 'côufused. Prom a rank sud file of over 100, our local unit is, now down to about four; the boys simply tsrned in their uuiforms. We now ask that they agam cerne forward to help meet the present eaUl. The Functions of An Editor The titie "editor" is sometimoes misundor- stood by newspaper readers not because they want to misunderstand but beeause they have neyer been told just wbat the functions are of the person who holds this titie. An editor, to oxplain it briefly, is one who superiutends, revises or propsr'es liter- ary matter for publication. The title does net necessarily moan that the policy of the newspaper is set or controlled by the oditor. On large newspapers there are many editors, and policy is usually deeided upon by the managing oditor. The duties of the other editors, city, sport, suburban, women 's page aud others, are simpîy to carry out the dutiçs prescribed in their particular spheres. For our purpose, however, we must deal with the editor in a little different light, because in fully 90 per cent of Canada's weekly rlewspapers, the editor is also the publisher. In other words hé fille the du.al role of preparing literary matter for public- ation, and of decidling upon policy as well. We want to deal with the funetions of an editor from this staudpoint. Eseetially the editor is a human beiug, writiug and dealing with men, women aud childen. e ma be oun .or1od, -zyo of commçns Aind more -i 1p.*pvincial Legisisture are th'n from the cities. .di*i'bDdecides what is fit 4j~fr~It.It je ho who dif- end propagauda. otire leader- aeunity muet have. Ho le not hard to get aloug with, but lie lias a code of ethie whicb. often causes hini to refuse business rather than sccept it against well grounded principles. Ho is flot a super-lruman. Ho is a hard-working in- dividual doing an important job in thre com- muity to the best of hie abiity, aud if at tumes lie fails in bis task, it must be remem- bored that lie is like every other human boing in the comruunity, heir to the frailties with which all mankind is eudowed. In Alil ts Fury Prime Minister King just the other day gave Canadians a view of wliat miglit be expected in warfare very soon. The Hun was pictured as makiug a tremendous effort in a sories of "smaehing blows of unpreced- euted geverity" to bring total defeat to the British Commonwealth of Nations. Aud Can- ada ie senior partner within that circle. He said: "Total war will be waged in aIl its fury." Those were stirring words not ligbtly to be disregarded. Yet their effeet lias al- ready woru thin. It was just anotlier round- ed speech, emboseed witb studied profundit- ies that makes good reading but lacks that quickening seuse of dangerthat inspires ini- stant action. This came on the ove of Mr. Ralston's appeal for 32,000 recruits. 1 This paper bas always liad bigli regard for Mr. King as a peace-time Prime Minister, but as a war-time leader Wve oarly conceived a mental picture of hini. shrinking in borror at thre discovery that ho bad blood ou bis hands. We hold to the view tiret lie bas not, nor ever had, nor ever will attain that bard, cold, ruthiessuoss that is noces- sary for a maxn in thre position lie now oc- cupies. We eau conceivo of those necessarily brutal qualities in botir Mr. Churchill sud Mr. Roosevelt, but not in Canada's Prime Minister. How auy mani or any group can play up the phrase "Total War" sud rejeet its -corollary " Total Effo#t" and try to main- tain sincerity is a xnystery. There je oxly onie way to wage total war sud that je by ma.kixig everyoue within the nation take hie or lier place or cotribute bis or lier substance to the total cause lu axiy manner best suited to achieve total succes in this mad war with Hitler. Wheu Mr. King or an yone else tries to de- iude tbemselves with the ides that Canada is today wagmng total war, oYr anythiug near total war, tliey cannot long survive tire bard, cold, logic of the case sud ail it iniplies. To- tal war eau onîy apply wben tire state takes suprome command sud lunes up the linker witir the volunteer, in ail phases of our national effort. And tis means .Just wbat wo are heading for .. . conscription. We are told that Quebec je 100% behind our war effort. We are told almost in the same breatb that Quebec won't stand for con- scription. What ti slil about we do not know, save that it simply 4oes flot make sense. And we are told that Mr. King and Mr. Lapointe, (virtually joint-premiers ae- cording to oui' readini of Hansard>, are pledged' againet conscription. When tirey are told to look at what Britain is doing in the way of cormaudering man-power, they point wavoring fingers in tire general di- rection of Australia to bolster their uncer- tainties. There je neither, courage, logic nor docision iu the whole silly business. Tire time lias come wbeu someone muet take liold. We eau affoýrd to dare pleuty to the end that we shalbave freedom in thre end. We say this because, day by day in this rural community we licar expressions of doubt sud uncertaity .. . sud even fear, aud from the lips of thoso who only a yoar ago voted Mr. King back to power. The time for total buncombe je past. For À Bigger, Beter Town After listouing to Russel Kelleys' address at the prose convention in Hamilton aset week an editor 's wife was heard to rexnsrk, "I1 wish evory citizen in our town could have ireard that address." "Do you know I was thinking the same thing," commented lier table companion. Mr. Kelley spoke not of war but of the emali Ontario town sud ho'w to make it a biggor, btter town. "I do believe that ini every emaîl town there should be a Cliamber of Commerce or a -Board of Trade or similar organization, " wasoue of Mr. Kelley's statements. "I bo- lieve that escli one of us owes it to iris own comxnunity to spend bis money at hom," na nother-stteniep.nt.- weekly prose of Canada. Tire asuuption of sucli a task by Mr. Templin je a guarantee that well written articles will give in con- densed form tirat whieh tire, ordinary reader ie not able to extract from tire voluminous dispatebes. articles sud broadcasts carried by the daily proe sud varions radios. Oit- izens will do well to foilow tis series iu tiroir weekly papers. -Cartoon by Gtamaf ck in The Flnar&cfal Post 7Toonto. Canada: "How about doing pour bit?" W. Nuit Re, ovev RevoeceFor Earth and'bouces ïiïiî Cilic With sù many "specWil",days, such as Mother's Day, thehtire legal holidays, one la lhable to mise out ou the occasiozal day set spart for observance or remeni- brance. Wonder how many o! ouir 1-ed- ors knew tht ilut Suuday was "Rural Lifc Sunday"l? #e knew it was Uic start of rural Sunday Scirool anniverearies lu Darling- ton Township with Ennisilen leading Uic parade. .,1 Well, coming back to Rural. Life Sunday, we would have passed it by liead we net road an article about it in "Tire United Church Observer." As Uicro are ail too few people Who read their churcir papers we're reproducixig tis article with Uic suggestion you sit down aud reid it aloud to the farnily as rt will more tirsu likely arouse Uiougitful discussion: Rural Lite Sunday ,i Once a year, on Uheic Mt Sun- day after Eser, tire Protestant cirurcires of North America fea- turc tire work of Uic Rural Church. Whire wo muet neyer loec sight o! Uic unity of Uic Churcir's activities, thore le a distinct ad- vantage in ail Protestant com- munions considerlug oee phase o! tire Churcir's work at one time. Tire United Church et Canada minieters te a large rural coni- munity Tis constituteo botir a challenge sud a responsibllity. It SÈ impossible te aS 1 late tiresituation of -Uic rural ~part from su understàndn-o tire ecouomic treuds oftire at few years. Approximately one- third. of Canada e population -may be described as rural, sud yetiis lycar tis 33 % wlil receiveap- proximately 10 % o! tire national income. Tire f armer sut! ered serionsly durlug tire depressioxi years lu compariseri witir otier workers. And now that o'ther* groupe are sharing in tire war- time prosperity toeras beexi no similar advantage to tire farmer. While tire national income durùrýg Uic years 1929-1933 dropped4,% tire income o! Uic farrners rj Uie came period dropped 75%. Since thon, tire national income iras climbed back until it is within 3 % of tire 1929 figure, while the agriculturai income le 26.5% low- or than that of 1929. To put- it another way, in* 1926,.33% o! the, people received 17.8% of tire na- tional income;* in 1932 tirey me- ceived 5,05 %, sud tuis yearwill receivo about 10%. Tis eonomnie situation ha* led' a direct effect on religious t.11Me. Ministers in tire rural area* àre having a irard tirne. They, are doing yeoman service under mnont difficuit conditions. Tire people, aseUic figures quoted show, do net have tire moncy te support Uic work of tire Cirurcir adequatcly. Tire ministers are sharing tiere m- duction in income of the farmors. Ner can tirey produce their owu food as do Uic farmors, yet they, are subject te tire incmeased price of everyUiing they purchase. Tire rural constituency s sti] tire backbone of Canada sud wiren it is in distrees Uic wirole country suffers, for from Uice rural areas there la a constant stream et-new lite sud ucw leadership pouring into Uic cities. Tire plight of the tarmer la net an isolated problem. If Uic mlnistry of tire Churchir l net supportcd lu tire rural #rffl as it should be, if theme re a lack of vigerons, virile Ciristian lead- ersip in tire country, thon tir cities and Uic wholc nation suffer, for it is fmom Uic rural church tirat those wiro ceuse te tire cities receive their training sud inspira- tien. Tirere are signs that tire f armn- ers are at last awakening t thUi need ot dolng sometilg for tem- selves lu tire econemic tfield . Thre Canadian Federation of Agricul- ture, which as anc voice speaki for tire farmer, is now tunctiori- ing. It-represonts all branches of agriculture, with an a!! llhted membersii of 350,000, or half thre agricultumist fCanada. Thon, tee, tire rapid sprcad et co-opera- tives indicates tire determinitlon ef tire tarmers te get thomselvef eut efthtieirands of tirese wiro ex- ploit tiroir labour for profit. It b significant lu tiSconnectien-.tirat the Arcirbisirop et York lu the Malvoru Cenference report, bc iras attmacted sucir wlde atten- tien, suid that in tire werld ifter Uic war, "'We must recover reyer- oncefor tire cartir and its resourc- e, treatlng it no longer as- a- e- servolir et potential wealth tobe explolted, but as a storehouse ol divine bounty on wich we u4ýtr ly depend. T:n wil carry ~t It a deliberate revival et adi1Ôul cultural labourer Sood wages and te Uic farmer a secure andd mat price. We regard tis as Indis- pensable te Uic truc balance of thw national lite." Thre time iras comir wbcn Uic meni and womon li our rural areas should face Uic religlous sud churcli situation. as realiati- cally as thcy are now facing Uic cconomlc one. We are living in a streanùled machine age, sud yet, so far as Uic rural cirurchi l concern, we arce tili ta a large extexit b ick uhUichorse sud buggy days. Little cirurches dot Uic countrysîde. lI msuy places Uihose of Uic. same denomination are not more* than a f ew miles spart. This wae, necessary whcxi a six mile trip li suepen cutter in the depUi of wintcr wae a real jourhey. But now, wiUi Uic roads kept open for thre .meet of Uic year, people may maire Uic six miles lunirardly more than as msuy8mites.,,There muet be cnsolidato; ere muet be a re- organization of Uic religions 111e if Uic work la to be doue efficient- ly sud Uic irealth of Uic Church la to be maitàlncd. With fewcr churches, larger cougregations, botter salaries for Uic minleters, tues csu be donc. Wc are living in dsys wiren traditions are golng by Uic board, when serions ad- justments are being made in ov- cry 'walk dit lite. In Great Britain, thc cirurcire are expeniencing a revival as Uiey do- their work arnxd Uic ruine of their caUiedrals. - In. Canada, Uic streamning Of thc rural churcir 111e muet be at- tempted. But it muet be donc by Uic people themselves. As Uic farmers have tackled Uhir eco- nomnie problems, so muet thcy fàce hirs spiritual one. From Uic meni on Uic' pastoral charges sud from ,UicePresbyteries tUitrural readjustment muet taire ite risc. RECREATUON HUT OPENED FOR MEN BY REDCROSS Tire Red Cross may lack con- tinuons sud appealing publiclty but It nover f ails lu mailg stesdy and well dlrectod contributions as Uic senior charitable organizatien eugsged lu war wemk. 1Last week a brsud new rocrea- tien irut with every possible con- venience for tire troope was open- cd by Rt. Hou. R. B. Bennett ou befo te e Bd Cross at a large Canadian Camp somewbere ru England. A fleet et. 36 mobile fid kit- cirons, maintsiucd by Canadien Rcd Cross are lu coutinuous OP- eration lu Englsud wirerevem ci- vilian bomblug becomes tire meet seiere. Escir unit costs $3 100, built on a four ton cirassis liese. kitchens are cqulppcd wiUi coir- lug range, fuel, water, supplies Qf mneat sud vegetables suffcient te provide meals for 250 ludividuais. Tirey are drîven and manned by Englisir girls o! the Women's Voluntary Services sud are ou -constant caîl wircrever thc au- tirorities soud Uicm. A truck cou- tainlug Rcd Cross blarmietsansd warm cloting as fax as possible operates Iluthcsaie ares with tie field kitchen. Tire most northerlyo e! Ui be Red Cross wareirouses in Eng- land was recently destroyed by bombe includrng ail Its contents but anoter warehousc iras been secured sud a full quota o! sup- plies for it have already been sipped "from a certain Eastern port."p 202 large shlpments of o Cross supplies have been sent tram . Canada since war ststcd and only 6 o! these, wi a total value et $97,939, were lest due te euemy action on tire iigir sean. Rcd Cross supplies te reacir England have smounted ta 9,684,304 articles cantained in 87,347 largo cases wltir a value o! $2,944,928. Tis dae net include ethor supplies sibpped tram tire I.O.D.E. sud Regimental auxil- lane. Praise, like gold sud diamonds, owee Its value only te its scarcbty. iIt becomes cheap as it becomes 1vulgar, sud wlll ne longer raine expectation or aulmate enterprise. ~Samuel Johnson. It is difficuit te say wich may be moat michbevens ta ticeiruman heart, tire pralse or tire dispralse Do! men.-Mary Baker Eddy f It taires a great dcleotgracc .ta be able to bearpralse. Censure ineldom dae un mucir hurt. - -Spurgeen. MORDENS CAMP OS 3OWMANVILLE TO TOURISTS With tire tourist season bore again, a word je lin order about Bowmanviile's No. 1 attraction- Tire Cream -of Barley Touriat Camp. Teo oten its beneficial effeet to tire cornxrunity as a wirole je underestimated or over- looked entirely. Many people kxiow Bowmanvllle only as "thre place where that animal park me situated" Altirougir priva tel y malntained by Mr. 3. L. Morden, its benefits are eujoyed widely. Frequently Mayor Jones receives letteme from distant points asking about camping privileges, etc., at thc park. Thougir it is not necessary to mention tire attractions of -the Park tg Statesmarl reéders it je alay aprpiate to yearly re- mmý7d fols how muci thre people o! Uic town owe to its existence. Mr. Morden never has claimed thc park is a money-maker for hmm nor doos ho put forth any particular effort to make it psy its way. That's net Uie ides at ail. Its recreational fadilities are for everyone and most important o! ani t providos hours of pleasure for littie children. use lu teac iig ns, netwht w are, but what we ought te be.- Haro. GURNEY HAD BEEN MAKINO RANGES FOR 25 YEARS W7HEN Canada was rejoiding at lus newly-gained VV Dominion statua, Gurney was celebrating anotirer red-ofeted-ire twen7ty-fiftir anniversary of tire build- Ingof ir Gurney range., * What greater strides, however, Gurney were yert t onake along-tie road te successI BecauseGre ranges 'were carefltiy built, thoughtfuly designed, awaps m tire lead with'new ideas, they condined to grow ln Lame and popularity. ' Today, Guzney ranges are unsurpassed. Wireter you use sas, electrrcity, coa! or Wood, tirereIs a modern, gleaming Gurney perfecdly suited te your individua! .. need. Gurney ranges provide gratr effidocecnm su .oveninc hn o ever thought possile.Se Gurney flstl ~ sacYur LcalG.my Deaer Y no local Gmmy eDdor av,&i N: pi* dirct to Lsus*ad, ..... .o.... 'j Think flot those falthfui who but those who kindly reprove thy praise ail thy words .and actions, taults.-Socrates. Go60 G0 0'ua. the nmre Goodyear on a tOre is your assurance'of longer mileage, g'reater service, -moe dependable performancelI For satisfaction and economy Go. Goodyear . First choice of Canadian moto rists for over 26 consewtlve years, a. bn n0. MAfl PAGE TWO ý t Po t 1- r A N K 1 PJ ý , JE

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy