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PAGE SIX U14TARIO' THURSDAY, MARC 8h 9 A COUNTR WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR i 4v WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS F CANAI JIN OREENILAT, Editor 0f téeosi SWIFT CURRENT SASICATCHEWý THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK "Price ceiling, squeezes, contraI."1 That ail sounded brackish and puzzling ta me. Most likely it does ta you. Sa I talked with Economist Kenneth W. Taylor,* secretary of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, seated in his ordinary looking office, and me gazing directly out at the Peacc Tower on Parliament Hill. Since this article was first written, Mr. Taylor has been appointed Foods Administrator as successor ta Hon. J. G. Taggart.) I had learned the day before about the necessity of a check onS strong inflationary focs Ahc are inevitable in wartime: that d from Aug. 1, 1939, ta April 1,. I 1941, aur cost of living index hiad u risen from 100 ta 10707, due ta de- st a tic ci No writing. No maney orders. ap No bother. Just cail or phone. M 100% live dehvery guaranteed. be col JACK HUDSON, Orono; eg< sir Wilfred Richardson, Pontypool; ga, stc F. L. BYAlmý Tyrone; or a1 A. W. GLENNEY, Newcastle 1 ma crE 1149 IP TOUR 1 For OI IRecruit for your country's spendthrift dollars and di around seeking ways to be! leaks andi wastage of every k big and littie, salvage and sav -as a part of your contributio, Determineci, systemnatic savinî part of the national price of ' Extra-ordinary saving is nece Bonds and War Savings Certil contribute to war-time charitW A savings accounit is a recruit dollars and dimes. Bring them service-at any one of our hi BAN 0F lac "A Bank Where SmalI 'Accou: MODERN, EXPERIENCED I . ..the Outcomc of 125 Ycars'Si Bowmanville Branch: F.C restless and other maladjustments slipped in, civilian production had EDIT R 1 ta be streamlined ta save metals, time. etc. Then the emphasis shift- Sed ta problems of supply as Sing- R A T IO apore and the Dutch East Indies feli and the submarine warfare, he C7R.n warned, will be seriously reflected ButterCopn in the supply of civilian goods for Butter Coupon No. 1 in y< the summer of 1943. new Ration Book was vaiid IBy urging of the board before- March l0tii and is good in ce THE ~ hand,' Mr. Taylor said, coupled sumers' hand until April 30i iD with the good sense of business Butter Coupon No. 2 becon SUA men, quite a good supply of raw vaiid March 2th and is al UN aterials including waol and such go0d in cansumners' hands u VAN cammodities had been laid in, April 3th. though we were caught short on -preciation of the rubber. Then we reached the Canadian dollar, point where, while flot actually Sgr e of higher taxation, acute, we saw a snortage of lim- Sgr e of i n cr ea se i ý ited supplies, with buoyant press- You nlow have two Rati( h i t h e r ta 0wture, increased purchasing power, Books - your aid one and tl Sfarm prices, that etc., and presto: first thing we new one. After March 31 À Canada had put knew we had rationing starting I fane of the Sugar, or Tea ~. a ceiîing price on with sugar, tea and coffee. Coffee coupons in the aid bec goods and serv- Sugar Shortage Expiained wil be honoured. After th; ices. an « wAage in- Here's samething will interest date your aid Ration Bai * creases and in- Yeu. Out of a normal cansumption shouid be dcstroyed. Dat( troduced the cost annually of 500,000 tans of sugar when Sugar, Tea and Coft * of living bonus, we imparted 400,000, growing the couonsre in o. 2 Bokbeco and that. as a re- difference in Canada, haîf of it in ga r lanymre K. W. Taylor suIt, frorn Nav. 1, Alberta. With shipping acute Can- the back of eacli coupon. 19il, ta Naov. 1, ada agreed through British-Amer- 1942, aur index oniy rase 2.3 ican arrangement ta f or e g o Cni '~ points. fram 115.4 ta 117.7, while enoughi sugar ta save 100,000 tons Canng 'Gulie in the same periad in the United of shipping yearly; later things be- came worse and we agreed ta lo Every wamnan should have States it had .lumped 9.7 points, off anather 50,000 of shipping Caning ude. hese weras And in the last war with only a space. That's why, folks, you're daningeGedetaailhseby pa quarter of -the present resources getting less sugar. 0f course we devoted ta production of war ma- cauld graw mare in Alberta, say; This coîumn wili appear in tl erials the Canadiani index happed it's a profitable crap, but remiem- you up-ta-date on Ration N, up 20.1 points, ber freight rate casts and sup- RATION AI Out of a maze of information I pose you had to move it out ta give yau merely these few meaty Winnipeg you would have ta, meet igures, because. I tao. hate sta- a normally iower price structure. istics; they sometimes frighten Could be dane, naturally, but only the ardinary man. by use of heavy subsidies. Well, how about caffee? The Price Contrai in Brief difference in cansumption with us "What can I tell them in a nut- wauld be saving two shiplaads U MM M I e replied, "In aur first year we consume mare, it would amount naintained stability of prices with ta 40 shiploads saving, but then ' IN THEL UII AN àminimum of evasian and inter- the board feels we cannot treat erence with normal- functioning aur consumners any better than the From TheS )f industry and trade ... but, re- Americans. nember the battie against infla- Then I hitched up my galluses,'* - . .NU on isn't won yet. The supply of started asking about agricultural FIFTY YEARS AGO ivilian gaods will become shorter, prices and prablems, and Mr. Tay-____ ýperating costs wiii rise as trained lor opined there was plenty of March 15, 1893 anpower for civilian industry difficulty in reconciiing beef, but-____ iecames lower. This is aIl, of ter, whoîe milk products, etc. Weii, Courtice: Mr. H. Gay and Soný ourse, a direct indication of aur haw about beef? They were faced, have received the contracts fai ountry's war effort." M u c h he said, with three alternatives doing the woodwark an the houseý impier ta understand, isn't it? Sa because the Arnerican market of Mr. L. M. Courtice and Mr. W ather around in back of the drug "rean away fast". They could E. Courtice. are or out in the barn and hear either hold rigidly ta, the prîce little mare. ceiling, which meant that mast of Taunton: Mr. Jas. Trevaîl re. Mr. Taylor expiained that as the cattle would go ta the U.S.A. cently sold 9 hogs at the Tarant( ianufacturers' and ather casts with very littie left for the Cana- market for $8.25 per cwt. Mr. W~ .eep up slawîy, labour became dian housewife; the price could be Vivian also dispased of same ver3 put up taý the ,American level fine park at Oshawa market a, which means tuie ceiîing wouici $8. Messrs Vivian and Trevai break down; or-and this they de- are among the faremost of oui Reil cided ta do-hold the price in Can- pork praducers. ~CNOpada and contrai experts. The price Newcastle: The freshet swep, was put up a little, taa, at the away the dam at Argyie's mil ani same time. also the one at Bond Head. Som( He admitted frankiy there was of aur young people have beer a difference of opinion "within" contributing to the town finance! for a whiie and it got a little out of for the priviiege of caasting on th( hand, but, "remember this, the hili west of the villaga. western cattle growers will prob- Orono: Mr. Edward Cawan wil. ably get in 1943 the best average return ta his home in Carberry Price since 1920." Man. Food Demnands Strain Resources Providence: Mark Allun, New. Generally the demand for food castle, T. Blackburn, Hamptoni 0 ~is straining aur resaurces, he Miss Berry, Bowmanville, wert pointed out. There is a heavier visitors here. Sdemand averseas; the U.S. is send- Locals: Mrs. Thas. Hoar enter- ,7' ing more to Russia, less ta Britain; tained her Sunday School class al al aur saimon pack is gaing ta the yaung ladies on Wednesday eve- Mother Country, besides milk pro- nig- s.Drn h vnn ducts, canned meats and what nat. they presented her with a volume And an top of it aIl agriculture of Tennysan's paems as a token af has a labour problem. their love for her as their former We came back ta meat for a teacher. à ... minute and he explained that aur SiJ.HSmtofCrwgh be-f shartage in the east is rela- is Grand Master of the Blacki lem tive-not basic-as compared ta Chapter of Eastern Ontario in ses- the west. The industriai eastern sion at Tweed. warkingman is making mare Mr. Thas. Bragg of this tawn has maney, eating more meat; wants been unanimausly elected secre- it. The shortage on park supply is tary of cammittees of Toronto "deliberate" and the result is a University Literary Society. greatly increased demand for Sauina: The Farmer's Institute beef; much park is gaing averseas, meeting at the Hall, Thurs. night o]but (and he interjected) "if thew a s argely attended. Prof, Department of Agriculture's pro- Rayno rgcuidy erl tohor gress is realized, 8 million hogs inspeaking anncross b reeding and wiil be the figure for 1943." Some 1eakages an thefarm. Mr. T. bacon, some park chaps! Bake cuidtecar I gt bck o eonoiesin sk- Tyrone: Rev. Harvey Strike is ing haw the ceiling benefits the' convalescent. Mr. Edward Cann farmer. It daes, he says, in a filled appaintments for him an number of ways. For instance the Sabbath ... On Thurs. last death ceiling on feeds and fertilîzers is claimed a victim in Master below American prices; on wîre Joseph Scott who had been sick fencing, etc., where available. aniy sînce the Monday evening "You knaw," he mused, "a short previaus, of rheumatic fever. time aga I was out at the farm OLLARS where my son was working, and I D O ILLA IRS was shown an aid stack of buis and I noticed that that farmer TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ,VC ~~~~paid $70 a ton for middiings back Mrh1,11 %r E f lt in 19181-19. Today the same thing Mrh1,11 M 'a. Eff rt i $31 a ton." MIdistribution Avoided in Goods Mr. George A. Stephens was Price ceiling, the Board holds as maraoned, during a recent flood, preventing inequitable distribu- out ins the wind and ramn, standing tion coming from uncantrailable an gates of his miii dam, clathing service those careless, scarcity of gaads. The fear that frozen about him, in his efforts business cannat aperaze under rig- ta keep above the rush of water limes which wander idity of the set-up he thinks1 that raared beneath him. He had graundless. A lot 0f the trouble is gane out ta, raise the gates and the squandered. Stop the net price cantrol but in businesses1 water rase 50 rapidly he was uln- Hall, Feb. 28ý, ta say gaad--bye ta The r. an rs. Fred Adamis, wha Tepecan, America's mast val- are eaving for the West. . . Mr. uabîe native nut tree, yields over Herman Wotten, Enfield, and Miss 0. McIVEEN,60,000,000 pounds of nuts annu- Eýv aMartin, Haydan, were recent- McILEENaIIy ly arred at the parsonage by Manager 1Rev.H.Wlkinson. Ebenzr: This community was It is predicted the sky wiIl bel saddened an Monday ta, learn of SIfull of flying "jalopies" after the the death of Mrs. Ann Brooks after Iwar. WelI, the average airpîane a short ilîness. She is about the owner wili certain]y be living oldest resident here, very widely ihigh. known and highly respected. )N NEWSJ mnen and if you have flot re- ceîved a copy, get anc from ýantproperîy fil in your "Application for Canning Sugar" without anc of these Canning Guides. Sugar for Canning !n your Ration Book No. 2 is an "Application for Canning Sugar." It is every Canadian hausexvif e's duty ta make a thorough study of the Canning Guide before completing this Application. Study the instruc- tions carefully anîd, when flled in, send it ta Your Local Ration Board nat later than April l5th. No. 2 Ration Book mes also Itil :on the ;st or hat es Tee Mie boksee mat the -letters a-nd the numnber shown on the front of the aid book are exactiy the samne as have been written on your new book. If there is any a difference in the letters or the *e figures send both books to the t- nearest Ration Office at once. bhis n ewspaper cvery week to keep ýews. Clip and keep for reference. 0MINISTRATION D DISTANT PAST Statesmian Files FARM_ FORUM ns or PROVIDENCE FARM FORUM es V. The forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mutton with e21 present. The subject was to "Problems of Home Marketing". V_ In aur community the milk pro- ry ducers are the only group who at have any contrai of their product .1l on the market. In any of the ir other products the praducer gets a very small percentage of the pt consumers' dollar. If we had id marketing boards for each pro- e ut te praducer coud contraI m his commadity ta the consumer eswe could get a bigger percentage ie of the consumers' dollar. TIfese consumers would have contrai of M1 the product and thus do away with Ysa much averlapping in distribu- tion. They could also place the v- praduct in the place where it was nmost needed. re After the discussion one leader gave us a shart talk an the work -and aims of the Federation of Ag- Sriculture. ig Our next meeting, March 15, at ie Mrs. M. Barrie's. SHAW'S FARM FORUM k Shaw's Farm Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Squair March 8th. There were 30 mem- ibers present. Mr. Squair was convenor. Subject discussed was o"Problems of the Home Market". "What efforts have been made ta .EMPL OYMEA organize the marketing of farn commadities?" was the question asked. After considerable discus- sion by the five groups it was agreed very littie had beeni done. Once upon a time there was a ca- aperative buying and seliing of sait, fuel, bindertwine, spraying material, eggs, apples, livestock, but these eventually came toana end because we farmers failed tc Ca -operate. The Paultry Fair held at Orono and the Seed Fair soon ta be underway, the Milk Producers' Association and the Shorthorn Sale are moves in the right direc- tion. We probably cauid reduce the spread between the price re- ceived by the farmer for his pro- duct and the price paîd by the consumer by cutting out the middle man and seiling directly ta the consumer, but this cannat be done entirely, farmers are taa busy praducing ta take time ta market all their praduce. When the time cames that, farmers be- came fully aware of the percent- age, they receive of the consum- ers' dollar, which is about 40 per cent now, and was 47 per cent in 1929, they may feel campelled ta do mare than camplain about the profits made by packing camp- anys, etc. If farmers wauld al organize as ahl other industries have ta form a st1ýong and pawer- fuI Federatian of Agriculture, they could organize an exchange, man- aged by competent farmers, who could set the salaries of the men employed and also set theif- own prices for their awn praducts, which is not the case naw. The firins they sel ta naw set the prices for them and their awn salaries also. During the social hour, after discussions, music and games were enjayed. Mrs. Squair served re- freshments. The next meeting wili be held at Mr. Elmer Cox's. Mrs. J. E. Allin wiii be the canvenor. S.S. N. 4, DARLINGTON The Farm Radia Forum of S.S. a. 4,Darhomeof, eMrarch 8th, shauld aiways be the highest ex- OL Ivir. ana Mrs.p TO PROTECT POTENCY- ediency.-Wendeîî Phillips. 4LWAYS I)EPENDABLEI 1Arthur Found with an attendance iof 27. The subject for discussion was "Problems of the Home Mark- et". In this community the argan- izations for marketing of farta commodities are: (1) Milk Pro- Educers' Association; (2) Durham 1and Northumberland Fruit Grow- 1e r s' Association; (3) Tamato LGrawers' Association. Very little has been done ta farm other or- ganizations due ta over 50 per cent of the farmers being milk shippers and the remainder are engaged in mixed farming. To further organization there should be (1) greater patraniza- tian of the U.F.O., (2) formation of a local market which shauld be weli advertised and which should permit the selling of anly high grade products. The spread between the price received by the fariner for his products and the price paid by the consumer could be reduced by (1) localizing of pick-up and delivery (2) home preserving and canning, (3) buying in large quantities, (4) elimination of small deliveries by W.P.T.B. is a means of reducing net delivery charges, (5) elimina- tian of middle men, (6) eliminate duplication of services, for in- stance cast of transparting eggs ta an egg-grading station, then send- ing themn back ta store ta be soid, (7) support of Federation of Ag- riculture. Mrs. R. C. Pearce introduced the project, "The Federation of Agri- culture". The meeting of March 15 wiIl be held at the home of The divine ruling gives prud- ence and energy; it banishes f or- ever ail envy, rivalry, evil think- ing, evil speaking and acting; and mortal mmnd, thus purged, obtains peace and power autside of itseîf. -Mary Baker Eddy. When Infinite Wisdom estab lished the rule of right and hon- esty, He saw ta it that justice *YOUR BREAD /5 TOPS!" WRAPPED AIR TIGHT rI8. 0F THE PEOPLE ... BY THE PEOPLE FRED "Whut's that you say? Mie. insurance savings puy a lot of wages ? Whose wages ?-" PRANE: "Might even b. ours. Tou don't suppose they ke.p it hoorded away in a big gold pile, do you ? N?, they finance lobs like this aIl over the country."fJ rP*M preminins your Uncle John has paid to J. protect the future of Aunt Jane and the kiddies, may have rolled back int your pocket. Perhaps' you'ro working on the construction of a munition plant, or on new housing for munition workers. If so, the chances are that part of your wages have been paid out of savings your neighbours have put into ile insurance.' * I peace time these savings may have built the school you used to go to, or the hospital where your baby was born. Certainly they helped de- velop the electricity which coolca your Sunday dinner. The paper you read, the street car- you ride on, even the coins you spend, are at your service partly because of insurance investments li Canada's forests, mines and factories. Four million of you insurance owners keep a lot of money circulating through the country. Your savings, great or email, ranging ail the way up from a few dollars a month, have made life insurance a great business democracy. You people own the assets . .. over two billions of dollars . . . always on call when you or your dependents need help or protection, and yet always circulating to make more jobs for more people. And since, today, victory is everybody's business, your ile insurance companies are in- vesting every dollar they can of your savings in Victory Bonds. They help to pay workers who are making the tools of victory. IT IS GOOD CITIZENSUI]p TO OWN LIFPE INSUIRANCE This message is aponsored àW 14f.InaurancO.COMP»rue8 OPerating In Canada . MMmMmMMý THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVrrT.V nm'rAnTn