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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JANUARY î4th, 1943 Food Production for 1943 Elscwbcrc in this issue are extract s from a New Year Message issued ag press copy by Hon. J. G. Gardiner, fedenal Minister of Ag- riculture. If sets forthlu ls conception of our national necds ini food production for flic curreuit ycar. Truc f0 ifs uarfime policy of devoting mucili space ini fli inferests of agriculture, The Stafesman is plcased f0 econ- vey ftic Ministcr's programn. Time aud again we have voiced complaint fliaf no lon-ftime agienîtural policy lias been developed at Ottawa. Our files show fliat ever sine France fell we bave rcpeatcdly insistcd lupon ail-ouf production and have beeui bold enougli spccifically f0 iuîdicatc flic danger of shorfages. Whilc production lias been inceased ini most hunes, if lias been aeeomip- lisbed in flic face of deepeing agrictltural distrcss. But foday our production is la- ging ini several hunes. How f0 keep pace is flic problcm. Wc have scen industry dcuîand and gef adjustunents f0 m-cet flîcir refusai of a "cosf plus 5 per cent." guarantcc. We have seen if dcmland and gef mialpomwer drawn froîn farms; and niew plantfs and capital assist- ance. And ive have seen flic armed services absorli and deplete our rural inanîuouveîr f flic vanishing point. Ail this lias progres- sivcly becu recordcd ini these columuns as a record of flic ovcrwhclming, burdens piaccd upon fannuers. And m-e have scen flic de- cine of cxpenienccd farm bauds îuafcled by a steadily lessening supply of farnu machin- ery. Capital assistance f0 farmers bas taken form in boîîuscs, somefixues wiifdrawn, tiien handcd back as in flic case of uîilk. Ail along flic fariner lias been treafed as a " poor relation" and despif c advancin g refurus whicb ulave inercased bis slîare of flic na- fional income, if is mosf probable fliaf w-len the war is over his wartimc. savingys ililibe absorbed completcly ini building and ne- pairing and rceondifioning bis wliole farm plant. The Minister's program coules f00 lafe for this ycar. More consisfcntiy if sliould be annouuccd as a programn for 1944. Time aud again flic Miniister lias sfuek f0 bis fliesis that flic farnier eau work wonders, even wifbout bclp and lic lias been riglit, so far. Ris message iacks coicrete proposais of just liow farmers arc f0 gef cxpericuîeed liclp and adequate rnacliuery f0 mcci lis armbitions increases. HIe is niuzht ini]lis faiflu flai farmers will do flicir ufmosf and fliaf their wives wili strive cquiai]y .wiflu flern itifli fields but there is a brcakiîug- poinit. We recomincuid a careful îradingý of lis message. Tf may lîuffrcss tflimnpossible. Need for Religious Teaching uie ow face a conudition wbere mauy know uitile or îiotbing of flue contecuis of flic Bible, and as a couscqucuuce of this, a quife general desceut into paganism fthrougliout our provinces. A cousin of mine îvas askcd to address a conference of public sehool feachers in onec of our castern provinces. The suibjeef ivas flic teachiuîg of Euîglish liter- ature. Ini respouise f0 a question as f0 who Na.botli uas, one feacher opinied flua ihe was a Greek god, flic others were sulent. Oite more gexuration witionf flic Bibîle, and wc sliall hardly lic a Chrnistianu nationî or world ai al," so wrofe Bey. Johnî B. McLaîîrýu, D.D., Getieral SeearetarY. 'auadiani Baptist Foneigii Mission Board, ini an article cnfitlcd "The Worid 1 Wanf f0 Sec Aftcr flic War" whidli apîucared reccntlY lific h Onward and w'as reproduced iii The Stafesman. If you werc f0 pick feu persouis ai raudonu in the post office ou' any oflier publie place and ask thein if flîcy lîad ever read flic Bible flirougli, hou' nuany wiould bc able f0 answer in flic affirinativ-e? lloxw nany of them îvould be able f0 recife flic Lord's Prayer or'- epeaf flic Teiu Comimandmenfs? Tf is our guess thaf flhc percentage wouid bc small. If you ierrog-ated a group of eider- ly pensons your percentage would lie higlier than thaf of a gnoup of youuug people. Wby? During receuif years flîcre lias been a falling away fromi churcli affendance, Sun- day Sebool atteuidance and Bible reading by young and ýold alike. Ince'ery conîmunify today flicre are young people wlho bave neyer been f0 Sunday Sehîooh and many wlio go only oui rare occasions,. Oflieus drop oui in flicir fecuis. Since the oltlreak of tlhe waur a "lack f0 church'- trenid is nofîceabie. People are lie- ginnfiiig f0 reffize. fluai fthcBible as litera- ture, as histor '.v as a guide to livinighbas a place in our live. Tliere is a moveint oi foot, îvcak as if nJe %nabiarn 94It#mai Estabiished 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whlch ls Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 86 Year's Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanviiie and Durham County. Member <* Audit Bureau ~~ of Circulations S4~~~' Caadi: Weekly Ncwspaperse Clans A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly ln advance. $2.50 a Year in the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. flie lsct'.Salvage programs, scrap drvsand rafioning are edueating uis f0 make flec mosi efficient uise of onr available resonrces. rf]1j1gs arc bceom ing precions. Wlîaf we fornierly flirf.w-awav no-w goes in- f0 flic production hune. AI] this promises mucli for flic post-war period." See m. Mt~.m.m By Capt. Elmore Phiipett -~'.1 The move is eoming from the masses tbem- selves and that is the bopeful sign. For years the Protestant clergy have asked, urg- ed an-I pleadcd with people to show more in- terest ini the sfudy of the Bible and more faithfulncss in atfending ehiurcli and seeing their chljdren w'ere given religious educa- tion. Sonie hceded but for thc miost it fell on deaf cars and those who were accustomed to attendiing( continucid f0 do so and those w-ho hiadn't shown any~ parfieular interest ivent about their business as usual. This move to get fthc Bible iinto the day schools of our country wvil1 110 doubt stirn- ulate intercst in if. If vi11 resuit in a better- iniforined citizenry. If îuay bie that if will bring about a revival of intcrest ini the Church far greater than anyone expeets. -V Rationing liere To Stay We may as wve1l face up to if that ration- ing is here to stay for the duration and prob- ably longer. We must be prcpared, too, for the times wlien rat ioning miay bcecx- tended to comnrodities otiier than those no-w under coupon and those prcsently foreshad- ow-ed. There is littie point at this late date ini blinîiing the grovernmcuît, no niatter whiat censure inight properly be accorded. If is the business and flic duty- of evcryone to ac- cept fthe facts as tlîcy, are or- as fhey de- velop. If is a dutv of flic prcss to informi and f0 foster cheerful acceptance of this wartime cmrcreney. Ever.v last person in Canada, ricli and poor, old aud yu w,~ill lie affcctcd under the rafioning syStem. Tiiere are a few observationîs that nieed f0 be mad e. Let us iundersfand, first, fiaf flhc people of Brifaini, embaftlcd as fhey have been, lhve long sîne cndured cheerfully a most rigid rationing far more drastie than wc arc likely f0o experience. They have carried on inost magnificcntly. They have faccd the facts and they îvill continue ch-erfully f0 do so. If may lhclp us some iii our fhinking to consider also the case.of our great nieiglibor to ftic soutli. Jusf over a vear inito flic con- flief, we find that they have a systcmn of rationîng more widely and deeply exfended than have wc and tlieir people are measur- i,- ip f0 the neeessity. Then thiere are the enslax-pd democracies suffering privations far m-orse thàii rationing. Let us look abroad and tlien turn and vicw our mod- crate case. The simple fact is that 110 Canadian bias so far feit flic pinch of rationing. We have made no sacrifices. Wý\e have lost a few lux- unies al in the line of duty and necessity. Thaf is ail and fbere is no need for grumb- ling. In time there will corne adjustmnents Wbich uili iron ouf present disproportions. In thie maffer of buffer and beef af the mom- ent flîcre is some' confusion and probably iisallocation but no one is starving or even suffcning fromn lack of nutritive food. If should nof bc long, uîider present plans, un- fil ail are served most equitablv. Hoarding sîmply must not becf oicratcd. Complefe in- formation for the geîieral public is fthc prime essenfial and we believe fhat this is now wcll in baud by- our government. -V Improve Farm Machinery The world's flîrce primanies are food, clothing and shelter. Tlie first two are large- ly flic business of agriculture. Wheat, meats, fruifts, vegetables, flax, wool, always ivili supercede synithefies. Yet over the years very little improvement hias been made in machines for production of these basic com- modifies. Farm machinery geuierally lias nievcr been streamlined as have fhe ma- chines anîd gadgets ini most other lines. Cast- ing-s and fitfîngs and boîts and nuts of an- gular proportions continue f0 skin fhe knunkles and illumînafe flic vocabularies of countlcss farmers sweating over repairs f0 awkward farm machines that have a habit of going baywire at busiest moments. Wliile industrialists plan curves for cars and machine t ools and electrie gadgets, the binders and mowers and rakes go their ickcty wavs. "Anvthiiîg is good c»iough for flic farmer." Wbcen fitfings won 't fit, then liaywire is bis perennial sfandby for cmcrgcncy repairs. In spite of ail this flic farmers have delivered flic goods, builf t he factories and creafcd flic millionaires who supply lus nîaehin-crv. No-w in the midst of vari' hc situation is worsc than ever, yet production lias been kepf up and lias even l)en incrcased. A uiagnificent effort if ever ther-e uas one. With al our allcgced plannîing uve shîould sugcresf that if is about tiîne indusfry got JUST AN I[NDIAN GIRL Every now and again the ordin- ary white People of North Amierica sec or hear somethlng about the Indians nof quite as pretfy as those pictures du the -t r a v ci1 posters. Somcthing like f":'tc report which cecenfly hit fhe front pages of our papers for ~one brief day: About a deadl.y nieasles epidem- norfh; about a a ~'~ bout an Ameni- .:.. -.can army doctor who fook time 'I o ut from lis reg- ~a ~ ular job to do whaf le could for fhe strîcken people - but chîefly about a brave Indian girl. This girl, if seemed, was a ver- if able Florence Nightingale - working wonders in the crisis. She was a sort of luman dynamo. She fiansformed the primitive building iafo an emergcncy hospital, nurs- ing the whole communify past the danger point-uursed it so well that only thrcc dicd outriglif. Un- fortunately she was one of the f Iree. Maybe som&:body wiIl do some- thing abou t tUs. Maybe some offi- cial of the Deparfment of Indian Affairs, or scame officer of the Hunuane Society wili gef somnebcidy f0 spcnd a couple of dollars for a medal, or a scroîl of paper. The R.C.MP. consfable on thaf beaf wlll be instructcd f0 gafler the In- dians into a group. The medal or bit cf uaper will be given to the Rirî's next-of-kin. The Indians wilI gather, stare at the white men with those impassive ifaces-and eyes that say so mucli while lips say nofhing. The Indians will go batik to their own way of life, and things wlll go on until pcrhaps soimeday somne en- liglitcned Canadian government wil send somebody to prospect for scmefhlng else in the north -flan eold or silver or lead or mefals witli whidli fo bomb Japs. Maybe the goverient will asic somebody f0 find ouf why the in- dians occupy so different a place ln our national lIfe than dofthe Maoris in New Zcaland. Mayfbe IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST From The Statesman Files FIFTY VEARS AGO January 11, 1893 Soia-Frauk Eadie, foneman for E. N. Varnurn, slot a -wild goose flat weigled 10 Ibs. Tyrone :-Tlie cold suap slarpeu- ed people&s ideas sornewliat. Miss Amnie Hodgson was taken by sur- prise sud preseuted with a famlly Bible sud a feadliens Bible ini re- cognition of 1er long sud faifîful services as ongauist iu île Sunday Sclool, a member of île choir sud an efficient aid in eveny good work. Maple Grove :- Several fiends speut a pleasant affernoon ai M. Munday's. Rev. L. Plielps bapflzed four babies on tle occasion... Robent Moore is a smillug papa. Hampton:- Deafl lias clalmed anofler of oui' old and csteerned residents in tle person of Samuel Ward merchant, who was stricicen wtl panalysis, Jan. 5. Coutice:-There lias been agreai deal of i alk in regard ta dloyen threshing tle old way or by steain. I had fiffeen baga of cdean seed tlresled lu 9 liaurs by honse power with the old Oshawa mlll, run by Robent Hinton, Harmny. If ilene are auy steam tîreshens cari lest tliis-we wauld le glad ta lear froma them. Jua. Oke, "Lilydale Farm.' Euniskillen:-Rev. D. S. I¶auck took lis f ull wonic sablafli. Mns. Houcice sud hiniseif have gone for a sleigl ride f0 Breck fis weck on a bnief visit f0 lis fafler. Newtouville :-TIe Methodisi an- nuai supper, was a success. Pro- ceeds $95. Provldence:-Mn. and Mrs. Jas. Wlgt euteniained tlie chair. J. Wright sustaiued injuries by faîl- ing violently from île slelgl. We omitted f0 nef en f ftle deaili of L. Geo. Quick son of Lewis Quick. lie leaves a wlf e and twa small clildren ta mournulis demise. Ris -wldow wlll necelve $3,000 fronu flie Royal Arcanum. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO January 10, 1918 Soliua:-W. N. Pascoe las neu- nutis . .. G. T. Langmnaid is con- flned fa the hbuse wiih asilma... TIos. Baker and Rd. Pascoe wei'e ai Toronto consulng an eye speciai- isf . . . Elmer Gibsan, wlo is tak- lug a short course ai Guelph Farmers Club sold a carload of aeed oats O.A.C. No. 72 ta Keilh & Ca., Toronto, ai $1.00 a bushel. Enuisiillen:- Elme,n Gibson, Bradîcy's, las recelved onders to re- part for milifary service, Janu. 3.. Walter Smith las deveioped quin- sey . .. Jabez Moore is also on île sick list . . . Mn. and Mrs. H. J. Wcrry enterfaiued a numben of frienda -when an oyster supper and a noyai good lime was enjoyed. Hampo:-T. Mauntjoy lias been very 111 wtl bload-polsoniug... G. Taylor wlo las -een quite 111 is lrprovlng. Enfteld:-Ellis Pascoe weans a smile flese days - a -bouncing baby ,boy arnived as a giff on New Year's day . . . Wood is an exorbitant rpnice; trustees pald $12 a cord... H. Hublard lias sevenal jobs of grain f0 fînesl befane lie st arts ou S Record for 1917 in Bowmauville: -born 37, married 32, dled 60, Pop- ulation upywands of 3,200. Towu saved $100 by electiug the council by acclamation. 1,et flic whole yean be one of cconomy. 1 Thos. S. Holgate, Reeve of Bow- manville, Is in Chicago, Ill., ai- tendlug île American Producens' Association. Cifîzeus wili le glad to lean thfai ai lasi île estate of île laie James H. MaGili is lu a f air way of beiug seftled sud no more liflgatlap is auficipafcd. Bowmanvile ies lu Its -position ta get ifs slare-59 per cent-and flic saune slare of île proceeds wlieu fhe McGll building lu Washington Is sold. Si. John's nugît was fltflngly celcbrafed wiih the usual supper served lu tle bauquetiug hall of Jenusalenu Lodgc No. 3-1, G.R.C.. af fer installaion of ilese officens: W.M. H. J. Kulght; S.W. P. C. -Hoar; J.W. A. L. Niclolîs; Treas., John Lyle; Sec., J. S. Mooncraf c; Sn.D. T. A. Dustan; Jr.D., Frank Williams; Iu G.. Alex Elliof; Tyler' J. C. Gilson; auditor, P. J. Mi- ell, J. A. McClelUau. F. C. Hoar was insfalling officer. Unexpected Meeting On Street In England An interesfiug meeting fook place in Eugland recenfly wheu Clifford Gordon Wooluer met lis brother Thomas Coulson Wooluen walkiug down au' EnglisI streef. Bath boys are wifh fIe Canadian anmed fonces sud fIs informai meeting was flein firsi contact with one another since gaiug aven- seas. Bath anc sons of Charles Wool- uer sud fthc laie Mrs. Woolner, of Bowmanville. Lasi Christmas was île third in England for Thomnas Coulson Woolnen sud île finst for lis brother. BofI atteuded Bow- manville Higli Sclool sudar members of tIc L.O.L. here. Anothen brother, Kenneil Lemn- ou Woolner las leen af Camp Bonden for seven moufîs. Theini sister, Miss Barbara Wooluer, ne- aides in fown. Buffalo News: Another wan ef- fort in wlicl. more sud more girls may become engaged-workiug in plants wlene tîcre are eligille lachelors. Satisfactony nations for animaIs requine a cerfain content of es- sential substances, sudh as miner- ais sud vifamins, necessany for growfh sud normal bodily fuuc- tiaus. Wleu some of these sub- stances are lacking, wliaf are kuow as deficiency diseases nesult. Message from Federal Agricultural Minister "To Canadian agriculture, fhe new year brrngs a challenge in no uncerfain ferms. L ar g er quantifies of foods are needed in the coming year - particularly meats, dairy producfs, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables - f0 meef Canada's requirement s for the civilian population, for fthc armcd forces in Canada, for slips- stores, for the Red Cross, and for export commitfments f0 Britain and other allied counfries. "Each year since the war began, farmers throughout Canada have contnibutecI. nofably f0 the war effort by increasing their output of those food and fibre products caled for. By dint of hard work and favourable weafher condi- tions, record volumes were pro- duced in 1942, and if will not be easy f0 achieve further increases in the New Year. Favourable fac- semebody will asic why the Soviet can educafe aboriginal people, just like our Indians, f0 take their ful places in flhc national life as flic equals of ahl othens. Maylbe sm day somelbody will asic why we caiM- nof do that-or why we have flot even trled.- Biot The officiai Canada Year Book says fhat oîur Indian population Iu Canada Is increasing. If rose froen 102,3U8 In 1871 f0 122,920 In 1931. Buf the book remarks:- "Thue popular notion fIaithfe race is disappeanlng Ls nof aucording to fact.s. Before they were subjecf cd to the degcnerafing cffecfs of European civilizaflon and flic de- vastatlng results of many colonial wars, flic number of Indians was undoubtcdly larger.Y The ahove is wliat playrighfs eaU a "masfcr'piece of undcrsfatenuenf.l' The white man took North Amenica away from the Indian by a process as immoral as ever occurned in his- tory. -'He debauched flic Indian wif h alcolol, gave hinu lis sex and ofluer discases, made freafies wlildh transfenred empires for worfhless baubles-fluen lnvaniably repudiated even luis own word on flie ouf- rageons scraps of paper. The wlioler westcrn march of Anglo-Saxan civl- lizafion 4n Northi Anerica is one long record of broken freafies. Yef so blind is flic Anglo-Saxon f0 the lessons in lis own liisfory- so supremely self -night eous-t hat thec vasf mai onlty of "white" people still believe fliat flic Almiglity sort of landed Nortli Anenica f0 oui' forefafliers on a plaffer. If takes scme lcroic feat like fliat of fthe nameless Indian girl f0 remnind us of the fine qu4lities of these people. Then we may ask why Indians made such good sol- diens iu the last war and in fhIs; why fhe Indian, wlio Is disznlssed qs "unable f0 stand city life" muakes thc finesf structural steel woricer yet discovered. We iuay asi wiuy flic whifc man cannot make peace betwccu the six greaf worid powcrs ýWlen the Indian. lundreds of veans ago, built a federatIon whicl brouglit peace f0 six warrlng na- tions previously as liostile as the 0-ermans, Brifishi, Frenchi, Italians JaPanese or Americans. We may asic ounselves wîy we have f0 apologize for too liigl tu- berculosis rates iu Canada "because flic figures include Indians."' Bound torches, heId eloft NO2WI Good Iighit by femaIe captiveS, ighted whn f m ,,j tbanVet glveflv ee Sennacnerib ng, t Yra in celebration of his returnt front Asiatic trium phs. KEEP A FEW '«SPARES' ON HAND FOR USE WHEN NEEDED. in total grain acreage was floughf necessary lut ratIer fIat île in- crease in crops for feeds sud oul sîould le accomplished by a con- nesponding reduction in fIe acre- age seeded f0, wheat. "TIc requirement for leef caf- île production calîs for a 9 per cent. increase in numbers, witl al of île provinces sîaning in the langer total sud île feeding of caffle f0 leavier weights. "Oue of fIe more important products desîf wifh by fIe con- fenence wass fat of hog produc- tion. With s comrnitment f0 fIe United Kingdomn of 675 million pounds of bacon, sud increased domestic requirements, île objec- tive set for 1943 is 8,000,000 logs to le markefed, an objective thaf calis for fIe breeding of every useful sow sud avoidance of ahl preveutalle losses of youug pigs. "An over-sîl increase in milk production of 6 per cent. is re- quired, which will mean bringing every good leifer ia omilk sud feeding practices calculafed to gef maximum milk yields from every cow. TIc amount of cheese need- cd in 1943 will le about île same as for 1942, namely, 200 million pounds. More cresmery butter HYBRO, tLýAMPS 0 So difierent now-bright, sight- saving lig ht irom Hydro, Long-Lji, Lamps. Thrifty, too-'they give un average oi 1500 liaurs aifi. Efficiency end economy i IMPORTANT: Use ail iights witk care. Don't waste precious eIec- tricity, noiw sa urgently needed by aur war plants. Turn off every Iiplht flot required. Watch your swtches tbraughout the bouse. Save smre electricity every day. - L426 f - iii Il will le required, sud fhe objec- tive 15 f0 produce enougî to sat- isfy Canadian cousumers. "Great Bnifain is requesfiug more eggs, sud with fIe grcatly increased cousumption at home if will le nccessary fa sfep up pro- duction by 29 per cent., on fwo eggs more per mont h from every heu in Canada. There will in ad- dition le a demaud for al fIe pouitry meats Canada can produce in 1943. "If is fully realized fIat max- imum effort will' e required ta produce île volure of food ouf- lined above-an effort that will tax tIc resources of cvery farnu. Given a favouralle season, îow- ever, sud tIc hclp thaf people of flic fown-s sud villages eau give in their hlidays or ofler spare trne, I arn confident that flic farmers of Canada will reacli tIc high ob- jectives set for 1943." For economy's sake, Brirn bans tle double-ring weediug cen- emony. Affer fIe dazed look wears off, flere -will le no way of telling fIe recent groom frorn anybody. -Defroit News. Hon. James G. Gardiner fors are flat livesfock and poultry numbers are af peak levels sud the bountiful larvest of 1942 en- sures f ced grain supplies for fwo years f0 corne; unfavourable fac- fors are shontages of labour on many farrns sud difficulties of get- ting machineny f0 replace lost manpower. "Noue of us, however, can le expecfed f0 do more flan lis or lier lest. Notlmng less flan every- one's lest is counted on for fhis critical year. Canadian férmers have met eveny challenge in the past. They will undoubtedly meet île challenge of the New Year f0 the ufmosf of their strengtl sud resources. "The farrn production prognanu for 1943 was planned af a recent conference between Dominion sud Provincial agniculfural officiaIs sud nepresenfatives of farm or- ganizafions, sud definif e objec- tives sud provincial quotas-werc agreed upon. Thc "bluepnint" uow exisîs. Farmers know whaf is wanfed-and in timc for the working out of complefe plans before thc agricultural y ca r begins. "Wifh respect f0 grains, in view of fhe importance of animal pro- ducfs sud vegefalle oils fIe con- fereuce concluded fIat an increase of about four million acres seedcd f0 oafs, larley, flax seed, sud grass was desiralle. No increase YGUR IB TH BIRTHDAY!l A m 1 PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, liOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th, 1943