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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, OCT. 2lst, 1943 Estabiisbed 1854 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER With which is Incorporated The Bowmanviile News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News. 88 Years' Continuons Service To The Town of Bowmanvilie and Durham County. Member » Audit Bureau of Circulations CanadianO Weekly Newspaper Association 14 Cuis A Weeklies of Canada SUBSCRIMTO?4 RATES $2.00 a Year, strictiy in advanoe. $2.50 a Year in the United States. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Capt. John M. James Capt. Wm. G. James Warrant Oficer Donald Cameron Sergt. George Graham I Cpi. Arthur Living CANADA'S FUFTH VICTORY LOAN Five reasons why YOU, your flnn, and your family should sub- scribe to the Sth Victory Loan - 1. To help your country. 2. To back Up our fighting men. 3. To heUp keep prices down. 4. To add to your savings. 5. To insumo the peace. - v - Peacetime Employment For some little time The Statesman lias been urging consideration of local post- war planning. We suggested a special committee of Council for preliminary studies. At the rate we are goingo we shahl find ourselves smack up agaist a serious probiem with liffle or no'thing (louie. Ini- terest in civic affairs seems to lie at a low ebb ini Bowmianville. The declinie bas been noticeable for flie past fcw' years. We wouldni't support our Board of Trade and officers who hiad worked liard for it, simply found a skelefon on1 their bands. Well, the Board will have f0 be revived to tackle post-war plans. And we '11 need every other publie and pafriofie agency to gef behind the wheei. There are many phiases f0 discuss, sucli as housing, reclaiming as employables, not only those away ai. war, but those who Icave here daily to work in war plants. When war ends, those plants will be shut down. We have discussed that several times with evidence gathcred at firsf hand. The biggesf probl.em of ail is uniemploy- ment and we seem to have forgotten what we went fhrough before in this matter. The responsibility for local conditions rests upon both citizens and industries. Citizens rnust speak througli tbeir council or tbrough or- ganizations creafed for commuifty better- ment. Industry, generally, through ifs na- tional organization, is away abead of the Governmcent n its plans for post-war pro- duction and employmient. For instance, Tiiw Goodyear Tire and Ruh- ber Company is rigblt now layintg planis for present and posf-war expalision, wbich means încreased cemployaient, andi witlhî new and varicd produets in prospect, steady ein- ploynient. But at the~ moment, belp is dif- ficuif to find. Those who lefi. tbe Cornpany for fle, armcd services, %vill. of course, have their jobs wbien tbey get hoine again. Those who left presuxnably to better theimselves in war plants lsewbcre, now' have anl oppor- tunity f0 coasider whether it would be the part oif wisdom to get back to normal lie- fore the normal bypasses fhemn. Many coin- munities face this situation. Ottawa is closing ouf many lunes of production, Slective Service migbt be consulted fo ad- vanfage. The post-war probleni is looming- now. t's not Up f0 industry to car-ry if al. Again wc suggest early action. -V Don't Be An Ostrich we're hIle folurth largcst prodmîcer of war suppilies aniongfthe Uniitedl Nations. Simply "amazillg' is the adjective ustially cmn- ployed. 'l'ue anud again Thie Statesnman blas ini- sisfed that t<i achieve ýsiark reahismn. then bard and brutal faets ()"-,lt to lielrouglif fortb and 1pussyfootilglega t ftfeicpar- lors and clubh samefiis îîîh lI cd l b i paui- chy i ittie Men witiu soft balldsuand bridge- piaying dilîctantes. If we liad real war staring us in the face, if we eouhd gct bit bard enougli witlî sfark realisin, we 'd di,- up the nionev wifhont a wbîmipem-. This pape1r lielieves in direct miefbods. Wc fold a story aboutt The Port Hope Kid. if was realismn. Now ve lbear, fromn the squeamisb tbat it w-as pool- a(vertising. \Vell, anyone who w-otild refuse to put uip tlieir lasf dollar f0 a'-emge tlic Kid and stamp ont flic possi- hilitv' of a reemrrence of wliat bappened to imii, that person is iieither a rcealist nor a Canadian. Never mind if the people bave losf cou- fidence in the Goverrnent or that ifs bur- caucracy is a clironie failtire, wýe've simply got fo dig up the money. And we'll dig if up, iîever fear. Gef our rinds and eyes focused upon flic scemies at sea, in fhe air, on flic lloody sands of Ifaly, wifhin the prison camnps of ail our Allies, and there won'f be inucili trouble about digging down. Let's gef real f ougli and surprise fhe doubters and professional propag-andisfs. We are asked f0 put up sliglifly more this time than we did flic lasf. Our securify is flic besf in tlie worid. -V What A Racket! If every piece of adverfising, or free pub- licif y, whicli cornes f0 a newspaper edifor's desk marked "'News Release - Important,'" could be pubiished and paid for af space rates, edifors would be abie to spend their winters in Florida and their summers in the mnounfains or af flie sea shore and stili bave sufficient funds left f0 assure the "gliosf-walkiîîg" rcgularly once a wcek and to take care of ftle sundry taxes. Nof a day passes wifhouf from noîe fo a dozeîî of fliese leecli leffers appearing wifh the morning's mail. Tlieycorne from al direcfions and varied sources. Some of tbem arc clever - cxceedingiy clever - and the cdit.or lias to serutinize carefuiiy to discern flic biddcn advertising. At moments lie may bc iin syrnpathy with fthc projeet ad- vanced, buftflicre come f0 him visions of the ciever publicist, siffing ai. a mahogany desk big-ger than a mouîîtain, puffing a 25e cigar and pockcfing a salary well up into flic tliousands because of lis ability tu put over frec publicity, and lie ceases to feel benevo- lent., -V Koodwinking The Public Tbe decision of the people of Canada f0 kcep National Railw-ays running as a Gv crrnent concern is not f0 be quesfioncd. The late Sir Edward Beatty îîever succeeded imi convincing flic publicefliat if ouglit f0 bc cornbincd with fbhe C.P.R., as a part Govcrn- ment and part private coacern. Therefore, this discussion is not intcadcd to revive flic old railway argument. On flic olier liaad, flic C.N.R. case is one which wc must kecp in mind, wvlen we liear fliat the C.C.P. intends f0 take over ai. least flic big private businesses. The ownership of flic C.N.R. by flic Gov- ernment did not mean clicaper travel or transport ation for flic people of Canada, for flic rates arceflic samne on flic two railways. If did nof mean more mca uscd to do flic samne work, for flic C.N.R. management boast fliat tlicy rua flicir railway very efficiently. They could mof do fliat if fhey used more mcii f0 do flic samne work than flic C.P.R. does. If do-es not nîcan any biglier wages, for b9th raîlways pay the saine wag-es, alfliougb, ii tlic case of the C.N.R., if is usually uîîder- sfood fliaf fheliclier officers .get bigg-1er salaries fhan on the C.P.R. Ail thiat flic Governinent owmership of flic C'.N.R. bas meanf is tîat flhc bondliolders of fbe C.N.R. have the taxpayers of Canîada inaie up their inferest, imi the ycars whien flic railway does not carîî if, whiiee icsbarc- holders of fthc C.P.R. lose flicir îafercst, wben thie raihway does îîof earn if. Omie ofhier consequelîce resuifs. The C.P.R. lias iever been as prosperous siace flic Government boiîgbt flic C.N.R., for flic reason thiat flic Governmenf railw'av comn- pefes witl iti, witli no iif f0t the amount of money whicl iti eau use, and witli every Governiment Dcpartmeîît inclined f0 give flic Goverrnent railway the preference in busi- ness. Thîis is quife a thing for us f0 tbink about. If the Govex-nenf fook over Eafon's, for example, w-bat woffld liappeîî f0 the refail business iin Canada? Affer ali, tbe C.P.R. is a pretfy big ouffif, and lias put up quife a figlit. IIow muchi of a figlit could the small If a nation values anvthiing more timam frccdoîu, it xviii ]ose ils freedom ; and thie iruîîy is fhiat if it is eoniforf omr money fliaf it values more, if will lose thiat foo.-Somer- set Nlzii,,Iam. WINS1VN SPNCER OflaMCHL G3ko3I11OR CkurdiLL $y W. H. GRIFFIN RA P 1 D G R 1 P MONTREAL means were threatening to dcstroy that whîich decent men had worked for and had clierished-when the fires of human freedom were burning how and despair W had taken root, a iglit appeared on the horizon of hope - a light fueicd by the essence of truth and frankness, and reflected to the four corners of civilization by the most amazing man of our time. The world was daz{ed. Few men, if any, knew what to behieve. Wc stood on the brînk of a precipice of political slavcry. It was rhe darkcst hour ever faced by free men. We knew flot which way mn rurn. And then a man appcared. And neyer before in our time has one man donc so mucli for so many. Study this man, my fricnds, and sec if you can flnd another ike him in the pages of the history books. Weîgh him wehh in the balance of your best judgmcnt. Compare him with ail our erstwhilc Mcn-of-the-Hour" witli ahI their panaceas for producing plcnty-with their rosy picrures of uncarned case. He did flot promise to mqake the poor man richer, neither did lic threaten to make the rich man poorer: but to him belongs the credit for the decent world we shah hlive in tomorrow. I-is value to us is incalculable and flot to bc spoken of in the same breath with the exploits or ideohogicai notions of our scif-anoinrcd saviours of civilization, living or dead. But if honesty, frankness and courage are stili virtues, his is thie pattern which others may foliow with enduring profit Forrunate indeed, are those of us wlio ive ini tue sarne worhd at the sarne rime with sucli a man. Long may lie remain hercabouts after biis work shahl have been finished. May lie be phcased witli mhe world lie bas donc so mucli ro save for ail men for ail timec It is inevii'able that, for generations to come, our chldren and their chidren will rcad the story of Winston Churchill and thriil with pride because fatAier or grandfather had heard his voice- hAd liard hirn say those ten words that shook the cariAi, and rhe ike of wlidch no nman before hlm liad ever dared to utter: *AU 1 can promise is Blood, Sweat Toil and Tears7" AND B A TT EN TORONTO 1 M 1T ED WINNIPEG The above, in the form of a beauti- firm of Rapid Grip and Batten amazing number of letters of grati- fully produced Editorial Poster, is Limited, as an expression of apprecia- tude have been rolling in. The edi- to-day hanging in a large number of tion for the noble work of Britain's tonial word ing is by W. H. Griffin, a places high in importance throughout Prime Minister. So remarkably well Toronto writer, while the decorative Canada. It is being sent out com- has it been received that hundreds art units and printing plates are by plimentary to a selected list by Mr. and hundreds of copies have already the sponsor, Rapid Grip and Batten W. Howard Batten, President of the found their way into frames and an Limited. A Five-Point Program Orchids from American columnists don 'f very often fail into flic laps of Canadian wcekiy ncwspapers. Last weck, lioivever, a widely rcad Arnerican columa highligbfcd flic recent convention speccliof C. V. Chart- crs, rnanaging director of flic Canadian Weckly Newspapers Association. Empliasizing flic magnificent part fliat re- porters amîd edifors are playing in flic war zones amid at home, this columnisf stafcd: "'On almosi. every batfle-g-round, idcas as w'ell as armies bave foughf if ouf. Eveafs have been conîplicafed by fleicsfrugglc of xvorld ideologies fliat prostitute words and bide behimîd ivelreaming phrases." "More than ever ini this war," li con- tinues,"fhîcre have beemi problems of in- ferpretation. Nexvsmemî and readers alike lav-e nccded a basic vardstick as a guide fo elear tiiingii and reporfing." Sucli a yaîrdstick, this columnisi. elainîed, ivas offered by Mr. Charters in a straigliffor- ward five-point program givdn fo ail dple- gates of flic C. W. N. A. i. Resfore for the country flic greaf bul- xvarks of feamwork. bome lifé and faitli in Grod. 2. Plant absolufe moral standards as the yardsfick for bofli public and private action to forearniflic nation against posf-war moral landslide and consequent economite coliapse. 3. Figbit for national unmity by spofliglif- imîg whiat is sound and comnstructive and by fcachîing.-flic public to dîscern whaf infiames ami(ldiviclýes. 4. To show flic nation fliat tlie war of arms Ls oniy one phase in tfli figlif for a Christiai civilization against mat erialistie id cas. .5. To enlisi. every reader fo buiid in his home, office, factory or communify flic paf- terns of the ncw world wc ail wanf. The corrcctness of this across-tlic-border evaluaf ion of C. V. Charters' five points will lie, surcly, in how quickly and sincerely Canadiai readers and edifors sfart fo put fliem f0 xvork. _V Don't Market Llvestock As a sideiglif on liow Ottawa views flic livesfock situation in Ontario af flic mo- ment, we -ive you a summary from an of- ficiai relcase. Issue No. 414, Oct. 6, 1943, of Farm News, sent ouf uîuder flic signature of flic mimister of agriculture, lion. J. G. Gamrdiner, ivarmis Eastern farmers about marketimng livesfock. WVe condense bis cohmnn-leugfh admnitions in fliese general fcrmns: "Domi 'fxarket umfinishicd caffle clurimîg fali months; seasomial imîrease of marketings, imi(lhmdimig umpreedeitcd imîrease of liog output w'iih overtax slaughtcring amîd trans- portationi facihifies . . . and if is mot eco- Iomiea] p)mactic( ho rush umfinsbed caffie f0 miarket, espeeiaily whîcîm feed is available ini flim ecounmtmr. (Thtis ast phirase is taken ver- liatimu fromi 1%1. Gamrdimme's varmiug.) lie goes ou,'Lt sa void flooding flic market with poorly fimishde( cattie." And again, "t if viii man unec(iomiluic use of stock cars as xvcll as iniposig an extra strain upon ai- rcady overburdcncd stockyard and packing plant faciifies." And again, to quote from tfli wrifcup of flic minister: "You can do this, because flic Dominion Governmenf lias put info effeef, practical measures of assistance f0 assure fecd grain supplies," and so on and s0 forth. Wclh, The Stafesman, at ifs own expense, gives this message f0 ifs farm readers, xifl- ouf comment af flic moment. Tlie final une in this officiai pronouneement, says: "Eastern farmers may not bc in a position f0 purcliase carloads individualhy - fliey should do so . . . CO-OPERATIVELY." This humble journal lias caled for leader- ship in this very issue. Underlying fliaf de- mand for leadership, but nof ýso stafcd opemly, is flic idea of co-operation. We give ahi flic above official, preseiîf-fense, verbitage for whaf if is wortm. __V__ "The Residue of the Abnormal" The residue of flic abuiormal -clironic idiers, shirkers and obstructors- would be deait wifhî, along wifli olier menfally un- fit persons, ini corrective institutions." Tliat is nof a quotation from Mcmn Kampf or frorn a Gestapo manal - aithougl iti miglif weil have beemi derived from one of those sources. If is coataincd ini one of a series of editorial articles on "Planning Posf-war Canada" fliat have appearcd in The Canadian Forum. the hi.-h-brow organ of flic C. C. F. Party. "The residue of flic abnormîal" is parti- cularly good. An Oxford Englishman miglif say "It is extremeIy funîîy, by Jove!" But if ivas obviously coined by flic delicate liand of a female socialist or a professor of flic same ilk, and a bumorous interprefatiomi eau flierefore bce dismisscd. The same ap- plies f0 flic words "corrective institutions," which is flic C. C. F. equivalent for "intern- ment camps. " These Canadian socialists arc more rcfined in their ferminology fliaî flic fortliriglif Nazis, and their corrèctive rncfhods as applied to "obsfrucfors"' of flic C. C. F. post-war plan wouid, presumably, be a forin of refincd torture. But fliere is somefhing f0 be said for flic Nazi mctliod of shooti.ng or eliopping off flic licads of flic obstructors of flic Nafional So- cialist plannings. If is more business-iikc and effective and pcrliaps more liumane. Anyway, the Forum 's pronouncement on wliat xvi liappen to flic "obstructors'" of flic C. C. F. post-war plan sliould couic as a tirnely warniag f0 "fli residue of flic ah- norma."-Tlie Primted 'Word. _V The adveîîf of an Attorney-Geîieral wlio will back flic police anîdflic courts in flic en- forcement of flic laws, instead of apolog izing t(i thiose who break fhem, wlicn they gof in- f0 trouble, will work a tranîsformation in flic adiministratioîî of justice in Ontario. The sfafement mnade by lon. Leslie Blackwell, fliat flic Provincial Police xiii have bis sup- port ini ciforcing flice ganîbling iaws will put lîcart imîfo that body, anîd spehis flic deafli kuell of flic slof machine nuisamnce. Already thc machines hiave quiefhy disappearcd froni Orillia, discrefion being considered xiser flan risking tleir destimeution, accornpanied by leavy fies, whiicli ias their fate in Barrie-Orilhia Packet-Times. - speed the tanks'ahead - driving te Victory. Every dollar counts. Every DUT BONDSI bond brings Victory thar imuch nearer. Go all-out for Victory. Contributed by Dominion of Canada Goneral Insuranco Company Casualty Company of Canada fCAADA GEEA ELETIi-O THURSDAY, OCT. 21st, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO