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c---,' -,---- -~ '-----.-~,---------- -PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILL, ONTARIO THUrSDAY, DECEMBERI à,19,41g s Town Council For 1942 Last week in a iront page edifaniai The Stateeman cailed for a balanced eouaicil for the coming year. When flic returus were al in Monduy niglif thaf was flic nef reut ... witli years ai municipal cipemicnco and asumnes fthc job ai Chef Magiet rate im- mnediately. affer retiring as Warden aiflice UJnited Counties. Tliree councilors assume office witliout proviaus experienco. Weighed pro and con, therefore, we have ail elemenfe repneeented, praperfy owners ad employee, expeniencod and inexper- inea well rounded representut ion, in whoedands we are sure flic beet infercsfs aiflice corporation wil be served. Some un- S expecfed sideliglifs developed. Our con- gratulations fa Anley Norflicuft, new ta ai- fice, wbo headcd flic poils by an unexpeof cd- ly wide margin. Surprising fao, in view ai an expecfed soiid vote for Local Union 198 candidates, was f hein pon ehowing. If would uppear fliaf an upufhetic public whicb failed ta, inferest itsel int nomi- ations, became an alanxned eloctorat e wlien thflicpersonnel aifth l si f a apart icular faction appeaned intheficissue whicli canied ou admonition far a representative divis- ion. If is possible thaf flic sudden layofi ut - thfli Goodyear plant on eleef ion day on- gendered some confusion and maaiy iuied ~to vote. No greuf questions uppean ut-flic moment for conideration aiflice new coun- cil, but fliene is a sober future ta look ta whicli may engage attention and plane 'cr0 s the yean is ouf. Our, congratulations ta bath electorufe and council. _V Durham Voted Conscription Durhama Counfy voted overwlielmtagly in favour ai cornpulsony miitary conscription i the Great War wben retaforcemeaife were needed fa support aur men aversoas intheli front linos. The late Hon. N. W. Roweil, for- S mer Libéral leader in Ontario wus flic gav- ernment standard bearer in Dùrham County 'where flic vote iavourtag conscription was: 5,923 for coascriptibn and 1,404 againet if. ]I Northiumberiaand Confy wbere conscrip- tion aiea passed by a heavy majoify flic 'vote was 6,313-2,916 and in Ontario Ooulafy S. ta fthc wesf ai DurhiamnCounty, 5,205- 2,682. 0f the eiglify fwo cantituencies intahli Province eeventy-iour vofed for the Gov- ernment and some aiflice Opposition can- didates favored conscription, reservtag flic night ta support ail war moasures. The majority bore in the loyal, Britishi, freedom-loving, gaad aid DurbianaCaunty vwas 4,519 in favar ai an ail-ouf war effort durithefllut war. Theres' not a'doultin t the world that flic same love ai liberty '. beafs just as highly today. I view ai pros- ont deaperate conditions in agriculture and the failure ai eiected ropresentatives ta say even a word for an aUl ouf effort, flic belief lsfliat just as big a majority would bce rail- ecd up today for flic saine pninciple. The test may came soonex- than many imagine. The 'United Sftute, wifhin balf a week ai de- clarng war, hma full conscription ai troops for service anywbere liflic world. * Sehool itealth Service Hgeailih service is a rccognized part ai eiemenary echool ie ta eveny deniocafic cogxtny. I Ontarioaut present approximafe- ly 65 per cent aiflihechcildren attend publie sehools in whicli healih services are etali- * liulied. Of flic 65 per cent flic numnler regis- tered ia nun echools is considerably greaf- -or *ehan tflicnumber regisfered in rural la th u le new pragrani ai studies healfli 1 ttion is given a prominent place. To fJyutüized flic beailh service must b. yrelafed f flic daily heaili fteaching olassroona. Thua flic feaehing staff healfli service pesonnel-physiciaai, hea Oltgh pratil adnsat suit-s ce the development o uefluoesimle is, he rimry bjeterofsuppl i 't' yongchldenfclitig tati jgéap l nsration. tah -eo4d b a h -pand nmea "A.0-4 prvenifve are Eistabllshed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER z Wlth whlcb are Incorporated The flowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Omono News. 85 Yoarp Contlnuous Service To The Town of Dowmanville and Durham Couaty. .Member ~> Audit Bureau of Clrculatloml 5ii1 Caaan ~IN Weekly Newspapers Assoiation Claus A Weekleu of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3.0aYear, strictly ln advaume $2.50 a Yar ta theoUiJuted Statos. GbO. W. JAMES, Editor. sliould 'mnake use aifliceir knowledge. Why nof in flic intereste ai gaod governmenf, rathler thai flat aiflice "honor" attached fa office insist on uspiring ofiice-seekers be- ing btter iniormed on civie administration, as well as huving samething ut stake in flie municipality oCher tban a car lieons. and registrafion card. reflected li the cammunity institution-the school-wliore fthe children of school ugo are compelled ta epend fthe greator number of their wakmng boums aven a period of years. Neventhelees the health teaching of the ciassroom? the heulth service room and the pluyground is affect ing the homos of the communify through the zeal ai beailih con- scions chidren. Home, in Bowmanville, children and par- ente, alike, have been forfunate in respect ta the matter af good heaitli. For this satis- facfory condition, thé interest aiflihe Board of Edueatian and flic untiring work ai Miss Taylor, community nurse, especialiy, are accaunfable. It is ane branch ai the educa- tion set-up bore that is flot oveniaoked or neglected. Deserving Contemporaries To aur desk bau corne, just lut ely single editions of two great Âmierican newspupers. Ono is 30 yoars ald; the other was bomai just 3 days bofore Japan declared war. The Miami Herald of Méroida, in an edition af 262 pages, Nov. 16, 1941, clarioned the news of the opening of a new plant and reaffirm- cd reasons wby Californians and éfhers corne ta Fianida for "tlie seasan." This single odition weighs ex.actly 3 lbs. 14 oz., bas 21 sections and selis of success. Hats off fa flic mon wba bave made a groat paper. As we cansign tlie Saturday Evening Post, witl itis Steifens camplex, fa the wasf c basket, a dawn breaks aver Chicago. The "Sun" is born, full fledged, orthlodox, pro- a1ly, pro-frcedom, and with a Vol. 1, No. 1, circulation af 896,000. Ifs backer, Marshial Field 111, 100 per cent American and hence ail ouf for burnan freedom, lafcly lampoon- cd by flic Anglopliabia Post, wrote bis check for $5,000,000 ta launcli Tho Chicago Sun. Thus, in flie cause of world secunity, lie souglif fa countervail flic viciaus, Brifish bafing, Tribune ai R. R. MeCanxniek. Our opinion, dot acbed by distance and thubu. objective, is that anyone wbo aftracfs flic supcr-supcr-seurrility of tbe screedisb S.E.P. must be sameone af conséquence, willing ta nisk, ta dame and tbus fa defend flic only cause that caunf s ... Freedom. lI the 72 pages af tbeir firet edition we dis- cern sanity, compefeneand the soben reo- lution fliaf Chicago 's manning readers need no langer faste the gamboge ai Tribune de- featism. Our humble hand ta Mr. Field, a Daniel among fli c coaking rayons wbo de- cry him. _V Temperance Sentiment Growing The boom baron and liquor lards bad bot- ter pull in their borne as tbey are in for a sudden joît anc of these days. Many towns and cifies wliere 'boom parlons flourieli anc nat flic popular rendezvaus for sipping a mug of boom f bey once wcre. The novelty bas now become a nuisance with fao many sans and dauglifere acquiring flic habit flinaugli cocktail parties and, midnigbf car- rousels stant cd in beverage roonis. Temperance sentiment is grawing and if je nof ail caming fromt sa called dry temper- ance cranke. Bnewerics and the provincial gavemfiment miglit do well ta take ca- gnizance ai this sentiment. Since 1927 those appased fa local option have attempted ta abtain nepeal votes in 87 municipalities. They bave won only 16 ai fhem. lI fhe' samne peiod, 8 oflien municipal- ifies wbere beverage roame were establielied.< have vated tbcmn ouf. Cabinet Shuffle Primo Minister King announced an Mon- day a flirce point change in bis Cabinet. Hon. P. F. Casgrain retires as Secretary af State ta assume a Quéeco Judgship. Han. N. A. McLarfy je moved irom flic Minisfry af Labor ta flic post vacated by Mn. Cas- grua, and Humphrey Mitcheil, former la- bar M.F. af Hamiltqn, becames the new Minster ai Labor. Mn. King aiea tatimated fliaf ther changes are pending. Public opin- ion and flic press aguin bave forced noces- sary changes. Coalition gavernment je now rccagnized by flic inclusion ai Labar intahli Cabinet. Hon. Mr. Mitchell mavos up iram flic Na- tional War Labor Board ai whichlieh was chairman. Hc e sf rang, resourceful, youtb- ful, only 47 years ai ago, and is endorsed by ail rosponsible labor elemenfe. A great war veferan, a mai who from youfh achiev- cd the distinction ai honest fou and gradu- afed witli flicdegre ai calloused bande IWhat Others Say la The Editor'sMaiIj FAVOIR ASSESSMENT IREFORM~ EDITORIAL ACRODATICS (Renfrcw Mercury) Wo blileve it wiil generaily be The provincial goverrnent has conceded that The Statesman ta- under advluement reforms ta the dulges ta no back-flips, head- Ontario Assessment Act., Under spnn tesa i its editorial thec contcmplated revision proper- hfandiaite f arm question tics wiil be assesscd only once in and its persistent demande for a thrce yeers instead af continuing Iong-tinae and wartime policy for the present systom of making as- agriculture. We attract criticism sessments annua]ly. A n o t h e r ai course but this lu overwhelm- change which is being considered ingly snowcd under by the vol- would force every property own- ume of commendation that coanes er ta make out an assessment me- to us for the cause wc champion. turai givtag full details about thc But there are times, whcn-dravmg buildings on bis property. It lu homne ta governments flic nem contended that thc triennial as- for reqonideration afini- consld- sessment plan would resuit ina g red OMrers, that our enthusiasmn maferial saving and wauld not in provokes embarrasstag situations. any great degree militate againsti For instance, in the December the revenue af Uhc municipalities 4th lusue we strike direct ly at concerned. 90Vernnmonts in an editorial, "«Hy- Another matter under consider- dro For City Only." If was a fac- ation lu that af taxing farm pro- tuai stated case; thc kind that perty an. the production rcturn leglulators can tavestigate and rather than on the assessed values learn at first hand how wrong as now obtains. These are ques- they are. No naines were men- tions that will likely came before fioned, yet in aur next edition we the next session af Uic Ontario find anc ai aur correspondents Legllature for considerafion. eferrmt ftfhe matter and boldly assuming that a lady namced Mme.- ONTAEIO'S FARM HELP Snowdcn sponsored or authorlzed SHORTAGE this withermng indictmcnt of legis- (Toronfo Daily Star) lators. Let us state fully and The 1941 census shows tacreas- falrlY thaf Mmi. Snawden neither cd population in every Ontario saw nom knew anythtag about thc clty exccpt Strafford. But if lu ediforlal until she, like aur cor- vcry different in most ai Uic responçient, read ifta ic hepaper. townships. 0f Uic sixteen ta Grey But thc assumptions ai others county ail excepf Sarawak (which have no doubf inspircd a leffer bas only 660 people anyway) show fromn her whicla we rcceived-ta- a decrease since 1931. i Huron day. hI n mldly suggesting that county only anc of sixteen (Ash- maybe an explanation, such as ficld) shows a gain. In Perth, Uic fhlu anc we are now writing, may entire eleven have gane back in be in order, she draws attention Uic decade. f0 what mosf of us have latcly If ail goes ta cmphasize Uic noticed, tiat letters ta the clty seiausness of a situation wb$ch papers litqçally scream aloud led Editar George W. James, of about fhis very Hydro situation. thc Bawmanviile Canadian States- Hence, aur reference miglit apply man, ta invite a parfy of ncws- ta any anc ai a score of cases. papermen ta Durham ta look over Ottawa of course lu ta blamie for farma there. The vlulfors were tald thec situation in its hastily con- that "nearly 6,000 acres of goad ceivcd crack-down. No matter faim lanid are lying idle in thisWho lu ta blame, Thc Statesman rich agricultural boit because a will pursue ifs fearleso course, whole generat ion of young f ar- consciaus of Uic fact thaf on i arm mers lu 'lcaviag Uic land'.$$ questions, we have been rlghf in The farmers say they can noate mai ority af cases. longer get help. 'n1as nof anly Madesfly and a littie proudly cunfails production, but depre- wc quate part of Mms. Snowden's ciafes the value af their ferma in letter: case fhcy' wluh to sel. The mon "Since I am begglng space In Who woulII otherwlue be avail- your colunins I have the oppar- able have been attracted by Uic tunity aif tlllng you publiel good wages obtainable in war ta- what every necdy furmer sbol, dusfry and elsewhere. Agricul- whlcb lu that we realize and ap- ture cannaf compete wifh these preclate wbat a lead yau gave wages. Farmers doa not blamne Uic over a yeai ago and have cap- yaung men for tking advantagc tlnued to give ta newupapers framn of thc situation, but they do féel coasifta coatitntabmtaging Uic fer- Uiat somethlng0 must be donc mor's stary eut It thle daylight about It if faod lu ta be praduced and housccleanlng it. and if agriculfurluts are ta make I belleve you have donc much a' living, ta give back t<G fammers sanie- If lu a prablcm which Uic gov- thlng Uiey bad lait along Uic yway ernment wlll have ta tudy and durlng the lauftan ycars, whlc deal wlth. Agriculture lu the back- shauld be ai bonefit ta Uic Fcd- bone ai normal peace-time prou- eraflon fi Agriculture. If fiais lu pemlty, and Its roducts are a naf 50 Ite had botter "fold u> "munit ion ai war' as weil. It lua ur tenta and sllenfly fade awayp' abvlously naf an easy pmablem to ta a clty facfary maybe. salebu i l not <anc whlch - tli Chrlstmnas greetings and hast goveriament can aford ta over- wlshes for ail that lu good ta 1942. look. Mrs. L. C. Snowden. GUARANTEED 3Y2% RUST CERTIFICATES An Idealaucrlz.d Investinent for Individuale coupenlea, cemdIe ~bords, execulors am It ruite«., THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION 172 MAY STREET TORONTO GIVECN ORTA1IT 1TB - - -MM - - UUU-Mu-UU-U -mu-..- OURFOOD SUPPLY WitnSpecially For C.W.N.Â. Newspapers By JOHN ÂTKIS, Farmer-Journalist No. -1 l-FARM CUSTOMERS C very faerrtik of other tools for gardening, wood-cu#ing, Canad1n as hi utmers. Ini simple plumbin carpentry, ditch towns and cities only those Cana- ing, concrète and stone work, and dians who deal ýdirect]y wlth far- equipment repair; gasoline and mers seema to realize that a great oil,selectricity, motors, telephone- part of their earnings coma from feed for balanced rations, seed o sales made ta farmers, directly ail kinda, fertilizers, insecticides, and indirectly. disinfectants and stock medicines; .Whether a 'farm makes money breeding'stock to build up floclis or loses money the purchases and herds; special equlpment for whlch must be made, to keep it grain growlng (combnes etc.), operating are important .to ail who for corn planting and harvestlng, make or selU the goods and ser- for potato plantlng and dlgglng, vices that farmers buy. Few real- for fruit spraylng, picklng and Ize that a farm la a business as well cultivating, for vegetable and beet as a home. Aside from the tbings growing and so ad infinituan. which town familles buy, nemrly In addition to ail the needs of ail of wbièh are equally important the fa=mi ncluding insurance to farm familles, farmers aziust and mical services, the farmer buy ail that lu required for pro- in'sures bis buildings, livestock duction. and equipmcnt (crops in some Before production Ètarts, the parts). The total of farm business farm must have a plant suitable and farm living makes a volume for its purpose. Land lu only the of investment and purchasmng that beginnlng. A house lu requilred in rivais that of an average town tawn or country but a modern business plus an average town f armn home needs more equip- home. Farmn expenses are flot ment than a town home. If a wa- nearly so much reduced by home- ter system lu installed, motors, grown products as townspeople pumps, pressure tanks and& septic imagine. Farm food bas to be tanks, are ail extras. considerably supplemcnted by Modern barns need ventilating purchased food. Farm fuel, wberc systems, water systems, 'steci it is available, costs Urne and en- stalis and stanchions, steel-llned ergy that could be spent in other granaries with bins and chutes, production if prices were prof it- choppmng and grinding machines, able. milking machines, cream separa- Many townspeoplc sit up nights tors and coolers, feed and litter scheming ta bring smail industries carriers, hay and grain unloading of doubtful prospects ta their equipment, and many things re- towns. They overlook the value quired for any specialized produc- of the farms which day by day tion. Barns rival smafl factories contribute much more substan- in the cost and variety of equip- tially to their incarnes. They fail ment and in sizo. ta soc that faim prosperity based The housé and barns are only on a f air relation af fanai carnings part of farm oquipment. The pro- ta their earnings, could do more duction of a modern farm mce- for their conununities than anyi quires ail that can be used of the other thing that lu llkcIy ta came foilowing equipment, matemials their way. Farmn production goes and services: tractor, plows, vani- on and famm buying keeps on ta ous harrows, cultivators, seed the benefit of cvery other Cina1 drill, binder, mower, hayloader, dian. Permanent prospenlty wiil raites, packer, manure upreader, be assured when farmtag goes on wagons, sleighs, racks, automobile, to thc benefit of every good far- cutter, harncss, fence, fence poots; mer.- How Prlse C.IiIng Pueet Fan»mr From Infltio In a meent radio address deal- tag wlihUtceiixing ai Uic cclling ai prices and thc relation ai such fa inflation, Donald Gardon Chaimman, Wartlmne Prices andà Trade Board, said the farmer can play bis part by producing as mudh as ho can of thc food pro- ducts most equired. Inflation may seem ta benefitf fumers bY raluing the prices aif tcir pro- ducts, but ta Uic end, when de- flaflon foilows, Uic furmer faces muin, he explained. Unden Uic prico ceiling, the furmer lu Pro- fecf cd for flac firsf finie against a ise in flac pnice ai goada lac must buy and lielias a vital concemia in maklng fie price ceilligwork. Mr. Gardon said, "One ai Uic dangers ai inflation lu' Uic fact that if lu disguiscd in fancy ternis which make if liard ta under- stand. Doa't bofler about Uic iancy ter=i. Thene aie just fwa plain flinga wc must know. First -what inflation does, 50 we can realize wliy wc mnust defeat if. Second, how inflation bappens, sa we can know hiow ta iight If. First thon, whaf dacu inflation do? Why CH RISIMýAS TIES is if bad? WhY nmust we defcat 1< ut ail coula? t «This la what inflation do«u. 1< pute prices and caste itt a spiral tiat clmbs fauter and fauter. Wages and salaries nover catch up. Fixcd incarnes armo bit far behind. The cauf of living cUmba hlgher.and' lhom, bnyond youm incarne.The a)n t ortc kef becomes wonth lois and less. your savings shrlnk away. "Inflation begins ai a naflon's war effort. 1#i tinies of peace, titis tremendous Production woeulid mean pnospenlty because wo would be pmoducing goode for oWn use and enjoymeût. But ~t~ things wc anc produicng to-dao arc malnly for war anct wc have less and les ai thc oods and commadificu finit wc want for ordinary use. What happons lu simple cnodgh. On theoanc hand, la thc iorn of aurGovomiment, we begin -th bld up te buy Uic commodities we must hâWe for wam. On Uic other hand, as ta- dividual citiÉens, we bld -agalnst our Gavernimént-ta buy things for aur ordtaary use. We thus 9M tIt- ta a process ai bldding against aurselves, and up go prices and caste ta sfart Uic inflation spinal. There lu anly anc way ta flght 1<. It lu the price ceiling." DIFIS FOR THE 'WHO9LE' FAMILI USEFUL ARTICLES FORTHE HOME Lace Table'Cioths $1000 - $6.95 Damask Linen Towels 45e - $1..00 Bed Spreads fron $ 1.95 Blankets, pair. front $2.89 Embroidered, PiIow Troy Clotho each 50e Guest Towels front 25e - 45e Bath Towels front 25e up Lace & LUne Runners 59e Dantask Table Cloth front $1.49 - $6.50 Candlewiek Bedspreads $3195 up LINGERIE Silk Slips 9. 8ecup Sllk Gowns.....$1.00 up 511k Bloomers...39c - $ 1.39 Siik Ventes.....49ecto $1.00 S11k Panties...... 29e - $1.25 Bcd Jackets ...$1.35 -$2.25 FOR THE KIDDIES Coats........$3.09 Flannelette Pyjamas 98c.$ 1.29 Kimonos, from $ 1.25 Sweaters, front......... 98,c Wool Mittens.. pr. 29e - 50c Phono 88, TIES MEN'S TIES 50e - 75e - $1.00 GLOVES Speolal weol-knlt, wool-lIaed gloves Fabnie and Kid GLO VIS from, Uàc th $250 SOCKS GaY Pla% id 1k, filahior ail wooL 9C -$1.00 FOR WOMEN Flannelette Pylamas $1.49 to $2.95 Flannelette Gowns 39c,- $2.95 Wool & Rayon Panties end- Veste front 35c Kid Gloves....front $2.95 Heandkerelàefjs.......5e- $1 Puilover Sweaters front $ 1.49 Ski Suits, 2 pleçe .5095 Scarves .............. $15 Umbre lias ..... .95 5 Purses .........69e «, $à.50 Walter S. Thompoon wlio has been appointed Directon ai Public Relations for the Cana- dian National Railways. Ho wil continue fa have junludiction ovor the general publicity -and adver- t ising ai ail dcparfments af Uic system. For Dad,_Son or Brother Dressing Gowns...... $3.50 - $6050, Inltilled Scarves, plaids and knitted 98e -te -$1.25 Pyjamas, smar t new styles .. ... .. $1.25 Colored Dredsà Shirts, Ârrow $ 1.00 - $2.95 Fine Sox.......pr. 39e to $1.00 Suspenders, work and dreus .. . 50e to $ 1. Garters or Arm Bands ............. 25e Gloves, warm kid and'cape, Uned A unllned $1.00 and up COUCHY JOHNSTON & CRYDERMAN - MI - - - - - - - BOWMUVMO