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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATSMAN. BOWMANVTT.Tràl %JIN ltfflRSA.MAu3h.14 ~1je ~au------------4 Estabiished 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With whfch is Incorporated The Bo-nmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Town of Boivmanviiie and Durham County. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newspaperse <* Association Ciass A Weekiies of Canada SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictiy in advance. $2.50 a Year in> the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. BEULAH TOMMEY, Associate Editor Would'st thou fashion for thyself a perfect life, Then fret flot over what is past and gone And spite of ail thou mnay'st leave behind Begin eachi day as tho' thy life had just begun. -Goethe. Give The Farmer The Tools Liîgiii on1e of Caiiada ', best agricul- tîîral districts w.e are fairlv famniliar iwitlî the fariuiers' probleniîs tIliese days, -,vith. lack of experieîîced lielp aid iniable to secure the reutuired farni inacliuerv te nîeet the wartiiiie quiotais iii producetioni set by the goverîîmient. WVe have everv confidence inithe Candaiail fariner that if lie is given the tools lie xiii finish the job, to para- phrase a faiomis Clitirehili delaration. The governmeit lias placed uipoiî the farmer, and lie lias aecepted - conditioiîaliy - a very heavv pro(ductioni responsibility. He is short of nianîpow-er and fari machinery aliow- ances hlave been eut te on'e-fourth, thongli repair parts are treated more liberally. It does not look as if the farîn manpower shiortag-e will be met or nearly met, and the answer .s-more machinery-. Granted there may be difficulties iin providing thit equip- ment. but the fariner cannot be expected te feed the home population and fi linge over- seas contracts if hoe laeks both men and maehin-ery-. We have aiways contended that agrienltnre, as one of the important -%ar industries. has not been given the consider- ation it deserves. In the UJnited States the Amerîcan publi- cation '"Country Gentleman" points ont that this year's farm program of production requires thîe equivalent of 23.3 billion hours of manpowver per year. This is over two biliîoni more man hours than are now' in sig-ht. The answ'er is either more labor or adeqnate supplies of labor-saviîîg machin- ery. There is anthority for the statement that the needs of the Canadian fariner are even greater proportionatelv. that the situation iere is even more erticai than across the border. If it is a qnestion of machinerv. as it seeins to be, it is one of priority. Tiiese are set by the governinent throngh iils agencies. But ltme governinent. through its Deparîment of AIgriculture, also set the farni pregrain. Again w-e say '"-ive the fariner tlie tols and lie xii finish the job' but it must be done soon. -V Co-Operatives And the C.C.F. In a letter to the Brantford Exporsitor, Qeorge Keen, general secrelarv of the Co- Operative Union of Canada, eînplaticalyN denies that the co-operative iniov-emietit ]lia, anytliing to do witii socialisili. Il appear.s that the Co-Operative Union is being cou- fused iii the publiceiiiid witlî the (o-Opera- tive C'ommonwealth Federatioîi. and Mr. Keen says Ihat thi-s iistak-e is "catisii the Canadiaî Co-Operative Moveniient -serioîis injury '. Mr. Keeiî contends that the niane (Co- Operative Commonwealth Federatioii. 'if it shonld have any meaning at ail, is iniaccur- ate. It is not a federation of co-operativ-e com.nonwealhis, iior docs ià seek to estab- lish a eo-operatî'e coimoiiw'ealth. Its aim is 10 establishi a socialistie state." Thie co- eperative nîoveint, on the otlier baud, is said to be "fuiidanentally a hiosophical one w.l econoinie applications. Its purpose is to chiange the mental habits, of înankind so that they xiii bc disposed to work tog-ether for their iniîiuai advaîîtage iîistead of coin- petitively againist cach otlier for self- aggrandizemen." The poinît tîmat Mr'. Keeîm wishes to cmi- phasize hi that the Co-Operative Union is îiot a political organization anîd that it is iii no way associated witlî the C.C.F. But the O.C.F. Party is evidently very anxious te take the co-operatives under its wing, for the platform adoptred at the recent Party convention stated that the "co-operatives would be encouraged". The platform aise stated t h at municipally-ow'ned utilities would be set up to handie bread and ceai and the distributioni of niilk, and that al importanît business and idustry w'onld be brought under social ownership. Ini that event it is difficuit te sce what would be heft for the Co-Operat ive Union, whiciî is an "'important"' pivate business and industriai enterprise c!arried oui for the sole benefit of its shareholders. It is little woiider that the ce-eperatives wish 10 dissociate tiieniselves from the soialistic '.(F Creditors Need Protection Too Back ini 1934,' whenIt ow prices inade farin debts see-n excessivei large, thie Fariners' Creditors Arrangemnt Act vas passcd by Ottaw'a as a tdniporaliy relief ineasure for, farmners of ail prevîices. As inecd for sncb relief becaîne less, sevemi pi-olinees wilde froin protectioni uîder tins act uîtil 0111V farîn debts iii Alberta and Saskateliewaiî ua-ce iis doubtful î%'Ilitlîer the aet is îîecded Yet.ulimier deiiiaids froun the prairie Pr vi h ues, tlle govcruîueîit ii 0ftawa is n() OhsiICjIC iiieitiieit 1 tlie E -F. A. w1luioli xvolld ext eîd the proteetîoîî attord( îleltors îîot ou]i* ",ii Alber~ta aiid Ssa w au. but iii Manitoba as wcll. These pr puiSal.s ilalze possible a.n11 ireaCl iiseril tii Ille îesteriîl arier onflic Secîirit-V4 no rtg1aiesand it bis îionei i large part hi beeîi hovided bY- thuose wlio skinîj) aind saý to pay prl)iiils 01 ihsuraiiec polieies vhie biave been takien out for the protectionr îlucir families. Tiiere arc nîanv cases on record wh'ci-re tE application of debt egislation in westcî Caniada bus iiiîfitir].v favoîîred the debtorî tlie cxpeuse of the creditor. 'lo anicîîd th Farniers'* Creditors Arranilcîndnt. Acta proposcd at thîis turne and to extend il operatioiî to Maniitoba, whîre cash inconi of farmners is liighier todaythaîî it hias bee for more than 20 years, m-ould be to work furthcr injustice upon creditors xx'ho hav c' ccv right to expeet that they shouid rn ecive cqual justice iiti, their honest debtor aud protection froi others who seek t, avoid obligations which thie3- are wveli abl to pay. Thc Farniers' Creditors Arrangement Ac could vcry -%vili b e aniended if the purpose o the aniendnients were to assure equal justicg to ail. But after nearly tell ycars of opera tioîî and at a timie xvhen the western farmin is more prosperous than lie lias been at air time in the past ten years, it is iiot proper o1 equitable that the act shouid lie ameiided t( glive further advantagcy to w'estern farîi debtors and to extend its operations to ini chude another province. _V Long For Lite In The Country Living for severai monthis iin Canada's largest citx- the editor of Thie Statesinan lias eîîenuntered many interesting people and experienees. One of the wartime trenids iin large cities, is the increasing desire on the part of city dwellers, born and bred, te "move to that important part of Canada whichi lies enîside thie cities", as Andy Clarke says. 'Heard in uirban cîreles, prob- ably more than evet', is the expression of a wisli to "get away froi it ah '-rowded street cars, linie-ups at stores, cafes, theatres and offices, craniped iving quarters and the general rushi of a wartime city. *Thme thonghit is drivcim home that a busl- ling city is not always both a liaven and heax-eni. There is the fact that there are attractive spots to ive iin other than iii a eity cubicle. Trueinueh of the situation is due te war conditions but the constant day- by-dav repetîtion o? couîgesled movement is making a deep impression on many city peo. pIe. ilence, one hears m-hat is almost a crv -"If w-e onlv had soîne nice uittle lhace ont iin the ceniîtr !" Stili another factor is the prospect that post-war living conditions ini cities may not lie alltlîat eau be desired. There is an urge on thie part of some faînilies to find a "home iin thue countrv" w-here the family can ive more cheaphy, w-bere some foodstnffs and othier iiecessities eau lie produeed iîîdepend- ently anîd wlcre oee's existence is net 50 contingent upon w-bat is brouglit te the door bx- othiers. Because of tlîe war, the soul is calling. quite a few- citx- rcsidemts-and thev are îlot te be elassed as " gentlemen-farmers'" who buy -. estates' to bec'vorked and maintained by eilovees. There ai-e comuphaimts froin the fau-îiers tliese dlays. but thiere are griex-ances <anon-g cîtv folks to0. And the situation s-vsto prove stili once again that there are always two sides 10 a story-and maybe i-niai or semi-îîmral ife isîî '1 so i)ad aftei- ail. Strong For National Unity '101 often the people cf Onîtar-io gel a false impression of Fremci-Canadians throug-li meadingo editorials ini The Toronto Teiegram or froin public utteramices by Dr. T.' T. Shields, Chaloult. Carriere, Pouliot and other radical elements. To give the other side cf the picture, as expressed by many of oîr loyýal neigibors iin the Pro- vinîce of Qîîebec, we reproduce thie follow'- ing editorial fr-eî L'Echo de St. Maurice, Slîawinigaii Falis, Quebee: In tthese diffieult tulles, w-leu national unity- is the principal clenient of the forces wN-idei must lead mis 10xictory. it is neces- sam'y to avoid every aet xwihii iglit dislurb the' cordial relationîs betweeii the two races whiclî coifipuise this countryM. Tiere are, it is uuderstood hîot-heads ini bothu groups. We (ineaiig Freiehi' anadiaîîs) , have fascists w-ho speîid ail day lookiîîg for their pet aver-sionis and wiio w'ould be hîappy if England w'ere vanquislied iii the Homeric struggle w'hicli she lias sustaiiied since 1939. This coloîîy of trailers is happiiy small in iumbers. Tliey are forced te throw mud te give full vomt te tlîeir ang-er ag-aiîîst the Mother Country. They will die of vexation wlîen Eng.latîd, lier colonîies amîd the United States, with our Russian allies have vaîiquisiied the sa-age beast whiehi terrorizes the w'crld. But this band cf faise pati-iots is îlot ahomue ini nîpritimg the siianie of geod-hcarted mnen %vho figlit for their euîdaigeîcd counitryx. Thîeîe are ainong the fîieîîds of Eîîgýlamîd, fanaties Nwio serious]y cîîdaîge theuenci- tenite crdiale xvhiclî if is desiî-able t mainî- taîi betxveeii lhe two races. 'ilîese -lin sov. dissension, wlîo d isjîamage oui' waî-effort, (iineamiing xvwam effort of Qîîebec), ai-e n0 more paî-doîiable. if oui- fifîli colmîmîîi is detestable, tiiose wviii oiislanthv eîry tliat Quebcc does iot dIo emougli, are nonethie less so. Thuese txvo types cf pool' citizetîs are equaiiy umpaidoîable. And tiogrhî it is uiot h)imissah)]e tbget î'id of tihemn b 'v ianîg- iîîg tliem, llîey x%ili nîcet xithithue puiiishu- niienit the>- have earnc-d, xw-liii the day of Mi-ui-arives. Kmjiaxýerxy sooîîer or hater receives its jmsl deseirts. at ~ M M M mn m M = m M M U u ...Fat Collection Must OW ObID s e Mt * goFat collection remains a vitaily .A. OBy CaPt. Elmore Phiipett important wvar job in Canada. As led far back as 1930 Germany made le- ~the collection offats compulsory. r- DESERT VICTORY SCOTTISH folk were what his own bo& Germany's great wcakness, even ni- UNDEFEAT seemed to think; or what did I in those before-Hitier days. wvas The irs Rel Wa Moie eve mae o itanyaythe lack of animal, vegetables, Th[is el a oi ee ik - t nwy and fish oils. Fat traps were eYv saw scared the dayiights out of ** placed on ail sewers in Germany, of me. The funny tning was I had My Guess Was That There Was ýas been. in the battie itself, without nothing wrong with the English, Ve being more Scar- British, nor the Canadian boy. e... . ci '*,* ed than usual. The samne thing was happening to of '~But. when you him as happened to most Can- of ,~ rein a battie adians in the last war, and in this you are too busy No soldier, sailor, or airman is li t e scared. Worth a tinker's dam unless he ril *:Whenyou. say to knows he is as good as anybody. at yourself: "HOly The Canadian airman son of an 'c Was 1ng catfish. ex-English officer is certainly not lie as 1really inl going to have the samne ideas as aasps t li k e to the relative merits of the fight- ýts tat?"ing forces of the two countries as The movie his old man had. Which is a fine lie was "The Battie thing for everybody but Our ýn of the Somme". enemy. a I saw it in Folk- That applies to the crack ve sater' England, Scottish regiments, to the Sikhs, afe o mi toth Australians and to every- e- back from the body else. 1 would bot my next- rs battie itself in to-last dla that one reasonfo o0 1916. The picture gave me that the reaily smashing success by the e samne funny feeling in the pit Of American Army Corps in Tunisia the stomach that a boy has before is that our cousins were deter- he plays his first game for the mined to wipe oft the stigma of t school team. The difference is the stinging defeat inflicted on fthat when the boy gets into the them in their first engagement. I ,e game, or the soldier gets into the vould bet my last dollar that they battie, the feeling disappears. But were more anxious to do this to not in a real life actual war movie. show their allies that their bar- r "The Battie of the Somme" was room wisecracks were unjustifîed, V such a picture. It was too true to than to gain revenge on the Ger- rlife; and was quickly withdrawn mans. from cruain Britain was then* * O stili fooling around with the last But There Is Another Reason, lingering stages of the voluntary more specially and truly Can- 1- system of recruiting. Some Brass adian. Hat fooiishly figured that it would We are a peculiar lot. We do hurt enlistment. not think much of ourselves here * * *in Canada. Each part of the coun- The New Movie "Desert Vie- try thinks even less of other parts tory", is not as good as sorte of the than it does of itself. We seidom blurbs said it was. It suffers respect and neyer glorify our from an obvious handicap-the leaders, while they are alive. And 'S climax comes early in the picture. the reason why dead leaders seem 1 d It ends with the British occupa- so much greater to live Canadians tion of Tripoli - but with Rom- than the onles they have is that il mel's army stili undestroyed. we cannot believe that the dead e Therefore "Desert Victory" will ones could have been no better 0 be a far better picture when part than the live ones. two is added to it. That cannot So we glorify Churchill, Roose- be tili the Axis forces are driven veit. Stalin, Madame Chiang Kai- Y dcean out of Tunisia, and the Ger- Shek or Barbara Stanwyck. I_ man and Italian armies are al ** a killed or captured. It Is Only When Canadians find But, with that reservation, it themnselves transplanted overseas seems to me that it is the best that they lose their local jeal- actualîty picture of this war. It ousies and their national inf or- e is proba'bly true that it had a pro- iority complex. Hero the boy from « found effect in improving Soviet- Nova Scotia may semr to have no-. British relations. For Joe Stalin thing in common with the boyà may be as hard boiled and un- from Ontario or B.C. But in an sentimental as his worst enemies air force mess overseas, being c say he is. He could not look on Canadian means something. some scelles in "Desert Victory" That is also the reason why the unmoved or unconvinced of Bni- whole allied world will soon thrili. tain's sincority in this fight. For in their newspapors they will 'YOUNG MEN ANI) WObMN~ read "Canadians Land in Europe". Collegiates are making oeof1 3 War Movies Fascinate MIe for And one reason why Canadians the AIled War Effort by serving as one minor roason. It is lm- will land, and stay landed, is that pouto ffo ss ia ot possible to fake tho fiction pic- Canadian boys, like my friend's odonofodlsovalt tures to make the doath scenos son, will know that they are do- the axis that it's an important job t look like they do> in real battie. ing a job for Canada, and will feel holidays as a Fara Cadet or Fai An actor who pretonds ho has that Canada is worth the prico. 'rainable and patriotic contributioi t beon killed by an enemy machine your health a world of good and gun bullet may be the best in his informin onc ngbu ,s business. But he can neyer duD- iecatodn? okec.,se or pncipal ng, licate the exact appearance of ?; ieRatoig okecscyurpicplo real thing-that look of a human A f ew facts: A 4-motor bomber Parliament Buildings, Toronto, N( being punctured and deflatod in roquired as much rubber as 36 a split fraction of a twinkling of passenger cars. Every automo -__________________ an1 oye. thtfnrsosav bile tire not made leaves enough I dobt hatfine shts averubbor for 9 gas masks. And the O I ON P M ever been made than those in rubber roquired for a set of fivo "Desert Victory" which show a automobile tires will just about AGRCU Scottish regiment at sundown, line the gasoline tanks on one just before zero hour, while the pursuit plane. lone piper walks to and fro be- fore the group and softly plays "Highland Laddio". There is no play acting on any of those fine young faces. These are clean young British boys who know that many of them, perhaps most of them, will nover see another sun- set or another sunriso in this life. Hollywood Ras Produced some masterpieces in its day. But neyer a shot like the Highland piper walking, then madly dashing, with the famous Fifty-first Di- vision at Alamein. Those are two superb scenles- the Scottish lads at sundown be- fore the battie, pondering the whole moaning and mystery of life; and these same Scots disap- pearmng piper and ail into the smoke and screams in the German positions. Probably flot one lad in ail that group wanted to be a soldior, wanted war, wanted to be a herq -much less wanted to die. But having been brought where he was by fate, circumstance or des- tiny, he was content to do his job. Strangely, they made me think of the fine verses by Audrey Alex- endra Brown, our own Canadian poet-about ships that sali out un- afraid to sure defeat. * *NT 1In> Those Two Scones I think he was a naturai fighting- man, Bonds in two ways .. . fromn savings and on the instal- keen as mustard on his job. I ment plan fromn what you ean. knew that anyway, from other sources. That's what made it ail the worse. For the boy seemed to much better than "the British", Ba kte tac !B y r that dad was really worried.' Cuuld it be that the Old Country and many legal actions were war. brought against housewives ac- If ail waste fats are carefully cusd o watin fas ii teirsaved. poured into dlean wide- cusd o watin fas i thirmouthed cans, such as soup, household. coffee, or even tobacco tins, and Canadians in the past had an kept la a cool place, the required abundance of fats and became cx- amounts of fat will be realized. travagant in their use. Nowva- days when glycerine is se urgent- ly needed for munitions-nitro- glycerine foir explosives and for other war jobs-fats play a dlef- mnite part in the winning of the A prosperous era is that one when the magazines begin print- ing success stories about individ- uals. 5::::::; v w' 1~ "ww.w w NfreinOntario Higb Scboolsanmdh Sthe greatest contributions of ail[te Fana Cadets and Farnierettes. The tie succesa of the carnpaign aant - ,for everycce. By spending your mierette, ycu'il net enly make a on te the w effort, but you'il de extend your knewledge. Fer fun Superisica, rates cf pay, hours cf uite Ontario Fa= Service Force, ZOW. THE E TUPIJIFE Established 1869 HEAD OFFICE - WATERLOO, ONT. nore -Victory Bonds! Wl THE CANADIAN STATEShLý,N, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO THURSDAY, MAY 13th, 1943 , r.* lk.