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PAGE TWO, M& MLR THE CANADAN STAT~M1I~ (nnwMcIlm? 1~~ .flflAt A C 4l. I AN INDEPENDENT NEW&PAPIR Wlth whleh lu Iaoorporateul The Dowmauvme New%, The Newcatl. ludependent, mua The Orono New&. 91 Year'rn Continuons Service To The Town otflBowmanvmfe and Durham Cont. Member Audit Bureau et Circulatioa canadlan Weekly Newapaper Anoclatlon e StJBSCRWION RATES 8U.00 a Tear, ufrictr ln advance. 83.50 a Ter iluathe United Statea. GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. THE STATESMAN HONOR ROLL - On Active Service - Major W. G. James (Wounded ln Action, Dsck at the Front) -hn M. James * G Cameron M. George Gr aham L A. Living (Kilied in Action lu Ital'> Farmers' New Year On he Production Front New Year's message cornes to Cana- n farmers in the Dec. 20 issue of "Farmn ews" officiai publication of the publicity and extension division, Department of Ag- ,riculture, Ottawa. The Minister, Hon. J. G. Gardiner is quoted in a message of con- gratulation to farmers after the closing of the Dominion-Provincial Agricultural Con- ference. There is also a compiete sehedule of the agriculturai programme for 1945 which outlines percentag-es of production for the coming season as compared with 1944. 0f some 50 items rangingr from field crops to meat, dairy, poultry, fruit, etc. the rèemniended or estimated -production is down in only 8 instances. These 8 embrace wheat, 92 per cent; rye, S77 per cent; condensed whole milk, 94; ap- pies, 85; potatoes, 98; sweet clover seed. 62; ' Î brome grass seed, 75, and maple produets, 88. Ail other lines are at 100 or above, ranging as high as export eggs 131, rape -. eed 175, sunflower seed 145, dried heans 126, husking corn 130, sugar beets 120, to- bacco as high as 145, alfalfa seed 193, alsike 'lieed 500, timothy seed 134, oats 112, barley '9110, and so forth. Plans are no doubt made for ail this very pronounc-ed excess produc- tion to be absorbed and marketed. Thus thc sights are fixed for farmers' greatcst wartime production. Minister Gardiner said in lis address that farmers may experience their greatest dif- >ficulties in connection with the shortage of ibor in 1945, and if not, it will be because e. war is over. He urged ail delegates to go* baek home and do what they can to keep public opinion on "sound hunes." Farmers could be depended upon to do their part in 1945 toward meeting any request made on them as they have since war began. Just what "sound lines" means was not disclos- ed, whether politicai or patriotie. But so far as patriotismn and production are con- dýerned, farmers need no lessons. No section of the national community has met the chal- lenge of war as have Canadian farmers. They will meet the requirements of 1945, even as they await better formulation of post war plans for agriculture. And they can be relied upon to follow "sound lines." University of Ontario New Name for O.A.C. Among the many new departures under- ~tkýr by Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture for the Province of Ontario, anc of the xnost acceptable is his decision to place the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, entirely upon its own feet. He plans to introduce enabling legislation at the next session of the Legislature which will in fu- ture designate the 0.A.C. as "The Univer- sity oî Ontario." It will also be removed froni politicai control and become disso- ciated froni the University of Toronto under se authority the deg-ree, B.S.A. was for- nygranted. This change will bc welcom- by the public, the students and a dis- guished alumni together with the profes- and staff. lie 0.A.C. was established a few years er Confederation for the teaching of the ence of agriculture' with a syllabus ern- cing cultural subjects, and over the rs it has achieved an International rep- io , ttracting students eachi year frorn ny for'igu countries. Shortly after the of the century there was added Mac- nald Institute for women. Fortunate in avi.ng in succession, able Presidents includ- ila Durham County boy, Dr. J. B. Rey- olds, they have directed competent teach- under whom have graduated rnany dis- guished men, notably twb Premiers, Hon. -C. Drury and Hon. John Bracken, and 'D1omninion Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Dr, the late W. R. Motherwell, together with Iiuzidredsof graduates holding important ouiios i muy ars fQ the+1 orld. 1 Need for Conterence Now One aspect of the social service legislatior passed by the receut session of Parliameul (That is, the session befone the conscription session), wvhich is too mudli negiected in dis- cussion, is that a great many of the plans adopted by thc Govenrneiit or foreshadowed are not in accordauce with thc British Nanth Amenica Act. Sudh things as the baby bonus are probably not part of tIc powvers af thc Dominion Goverument, and are onhy now possible as Domîinion Government activities because they are beiug doue under authonity of war legfisiation. Iucidentaily, they arc ouiy possible for thc Dominion Government becanse that Goverumeut lias, under a tem- porary wvar arrangement, use of sources of taxation which, the provinces ivili eertainly want ta get back aften the war. This is something wliich we have ta face. It is of no use for the Dominion Government ta organize social services which it lias no authority ta organize in peace time, and no money ta pay for. Thc urgent uccessities of the ivar are sucli that no anc is citicisiug the Goverument too severely for failure ta cali the necessary Dominion-Provincial conference, ta deal with this very important question, but it is îiot a question whidh eau be dodged mueh longer. W\e cannot afford ta let ah tthc so- cial services which we have bniit up rest entirely an the hope that sudh a confenence wvould enable thein ta be carried on aften the -war. Wliatever else the preseut Goverrneut does, it should eaul a Dominion-Provincial conference at once, ta deal with, this very important question. Canada's Contribution Us Slightly Inflated The indications that a general election is ini the offing appcar ta înultiply week by week. Ail the parties are bringing up their hcavy artilbcry in the way of programmes auJd performances but noue so fan eau quite match the releases of tIc National Liberal Federation. Each week, newspapcr editors get a proof sheet an whieh is printed su- gestions for editanials as released by the Federation. Quite often many of .the items contain mateniai of use for general informa- tion and are welcomed on that basis and often s0 used. But release No, 45, for Jan. 2 we believe ta be slîghtly cxaggerated and we quate it as follows: "During this yean Canada became the second greatest exporting nation ini the world and maintained lier place eas founth bargest producing country on earth. WIen it is rernembered. that, in addition, more than 1,000,000,000 Canadians have joined tue armed farces and that Canada lias ex- teuded billions in aid ta Bnitain and athien United Nations, this couutry 's 1944 wvar ef- fort surpasses the achievemeuts of any na- tion of less than 12,000,000 people. It took leadership, organizationandau vision at the top ta accarnplish this as well as the liard work and co-aperatian af ail Canadiaiis. It required sacrifices, overseas aud at home." \Vhen the dlaim is made that one billion Canadians have joined the armcd services, we beieve the Federatian las become some- Ivlat coufused and thc "vision at thc top" bas become slightlv affected with cendbraI eleplautiasis. Wlen we have become 50 used ta speaking in terms of billions it may le that sanie party enthusiasts mgît be led int6' error in repeating this e * We arc Natio)nal U>t, CCF StylJE ARTtCLE NO. 4 il z" By Capt. Elmore Philpott BIG THREE DOUBLE TALK The Most Disturbing Peatureo alliid relatianships these days i that thc nations are talking oni way and acting another. They are talking as if tIg Warld Security Organizatia: were rcally ta came into beini But they are acting as if it wenf nat. Thcy are acting as if w( wcre ta get anather spasm o: power polities, with spîcres of iný fluence, balances of power, blocý and eaunter-blocs. If the Soviet had real faitlh i the efficacy of the worid organiz. ation it wauld surely be less con. cerned witl gctting the wholE Curzon hune border, than witlh having a Poland ln which thE overwhlming majority of tIi PolisI people lad no cause far gievance or complaint againsi their big ucighbor ta thc east. If Britain lad any real faitlh i the cffieacy of the world organiza- tian sIc would surely not be con- ceutrating on mending 1er fences in tIc, Mediterranean as sIc hs doing lu Italy, Grecce and so on. It Is Only By Accident Thal tIc United States las so fan beer ablc to adopt a less ambiguous position than have thc Soviet and Bnitain. Sa farnon redeemed ares las been lu thc zone of vital con- cern ta 1er. Had the Pacifie islands been recaptured from tIc Japanese before naw thc warld woubd have seepi that aur neigl- bans are ln no position ta adopt a lalier-than-thou attitude. Par tlcy will sureby hang an, for al time ta came, ta tIc îslands naw being wrcsted at sudh heavy eost from tIc Nippanese. TIc trutl seems ta le that al tIc great powers art pracecding with tîcir fingers crossed. Thcy want twa strings ta their bow. Thc sa-calbed Big Tîree really hope that an effective League wiil be formed. But, just lu case it is fat formed, or just in case it fails ta succeed better than the first one, each is gaiug its awn hard-boiled way. Thc borders whieh the Soviet is demauding are precisely those which any gerieral would draw if lis oniy cancern were military security. That is, the western Iborders of thc Soviet Union will run from Koenigsberg in East Prussia, via thc Bug River ta thc Carpathian Mountains. This is thc slortest line-fixed by geograpîy and strategy - not political or racial considerations. I am fat criticising it-bp~t simply natiug thc plain faets. Bnitain 18 falaowing the Smuts plan, whicl calîs for integratian -. Il inta a British defense bloc of ail the seaboard countries, stretching of from the Low Countries in the Ls north, ta Greece and Turkey iu .e the south. I arn certain that as time goes ce on wc shail see the same prmn- ýn ciples applled by the United 9. States, in the Pacifie and parts of c. Asia and Africa. re* * * )f There ls NothngNecessariiy disastrous in ail this. History Splainly shows that there can be two different kinds of blocs. The n onc kind is statie and honestly de- > fensive. The ather kind is dy- L- namic, cssentially campetitive and ýe has neyer yet led ta anything but h war, mare war, and worse and la warse war. le The Monroe doctrine was and ,r still is an example of a purely de- Sfensive bloc. Promnulgated by the United States, on the suggestion n of the British government, thisi policy kept Latin-America rela- tively free from the play and1 scounter-play of European power1 spolities. It is far from a perfect arrangement. But it has made a definite contribution ta human welfare. 'l The British balauce-of-power 3systemn in Europe, on the ather 1hand, is at least as much on the àdebit side of the lcdgcr as on the credit. Over the centuries.it con- tributed ta the defeat of five ag- gressive bids for. international 1mastery by any one natian. But,t .by its very mechanism, it was the t greatest of aIl causes of the Bal- ,kanization af Europe. o 1 An unfriendly United States 0f Europe would sound the deÉthe kneil of the British sea rule quite as effectively as a unified Europe under the heel or fist of a Napol-n ean, Kaiser or Hitler. l Hence Britain ta this day is an f the harns of a dilemma as ta what t to do about the variaus plans for federation of Europe.M * .* h The Point la Tha.t Ordlnaryh people of ail nations have got ta make up their minds. If we want s ta go on from war ta war, arma- ment race ta armament race, al we have ta do is ta kecp right on I doing what we have been doing. t If we want something better, a we have - to get right down ta building at the international level Pl at least the beginuings af respans- rE ible government. t After reading the doctrines of r Plato, Socrates, or Aristotie, we h feel that the specific difference Of is the difference between an in- di quiry and a revelation. ei -Joseph Parker. r :1<~sphere af "home" which will THOMAS TRAYNOR NAMED DISTRICT BELL MANAGER Thomas R. Traynor has been appoiuted Oshawa manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Can- ada, succeedîng Joseph A. Cross, who has been appointed manager of Port Coîborne. Mr. Traynor, 1*1 IeliD the Farmer to HeliD Iimseîf We have just received a 16-page booklet issued by the National War Finance Com- mittee which asks editors and radio stations to join ini a Rural Educational Programme designed ta "help the fanmer ta help him- self." The aim is ta urge the farmer, "in these days of higli fanm incarne," ta put aside his surplus rnoney for future use by buying Victôry Bonds. The programme is stated as "a continuiug plan betwecn Vie- tory Loans. " It points out that intercst paid on these bonds is twice that paid by the bauks and bonds eau be used as coliateral for short term bank boans. When the war is over there will be a nest-egg for purchase of sorely needed farm equipment and re- habilitation of the soul. Farmers are warn- ed agaiust buying more land at present in- flated values. Save rnoney for future use is the keynote and the best saviug is by pur- chase of Victory Bonds. Farmers an the laud today are generally of the higlier age brackets and quite re- member the -experieuce during and after the hast war. Mauy have built up a surplus during this war and in this district they have met their cornrittments for Victory Bonds. There are a gaod many too who have lost money in farm operatiaus during the present ivar. Wc beieve the great inajority who have achieved a surplus are not squaudering it. AIl agree that Victory Bonds are a safe and sure means for providing ready capital after the war. But rny will reseîit being told by non-farmers how ta shape their economy. The present condition of their land, buildings and rnachinery' are daihv reminders of the absolute uecessity of saving every dollar for future use. The Statesman lias souglit ta give fuhlest support ta farmers during the war but has refrained from giving financial advice because farm- ers appear to be pretty good business rnen. Our comment iu this regard has been directed rather ta industrv and finance, pointing ont that farms geilerally' have fal- leu ta a state that iib require every last dol- lar of saviugs after thc war ta bring them back ta decent standards and rnany wili have ta borrow money ta compiete the pro- gramme. We beieve rural 1reliabilitation has not received anywhere near the atten- tion nceded. Buildings, feue-es, roads, baud, mnachinerv, weeds, are geuerally today in an awful state and '110 general inventory hbas been taken to estimate the millions i;ceded ta repair wartime ravages. Planning lias by-passed rural Canada but farmers thern- selves know the situation. Their last dol- lar is rnortgaged for post war renovations. That 's why thev buy Victory Bonds. preserving the nelease ta compare it witî the proof reader by way of iniadvertaney. Sub- îîext Goverument issue of Canada at War. jeet ta later correetion we are cure the num- But we prefer ta le charitable and bebieve ber slouid read a million in the armed ser- that thc release got by bath cecsars and1 vices aud probably less than tînt. t t t i i a ti ti ei w ai il Iii e pc ili' fi wl hi: hi: [s Se] in te fhi hir if th die x This is the fourth arti<'le in our examluation of the CCP Montreal convention and pletform. We are going ta, postpone aur analysis of the convent#on's record on sacialization of in- dustry until wc have dealti with anc or two other subjects- notably the question of natfi4l unity. This is a phrase that has had a great deal of politicai currency lately and t is not surprising ta find the CCF in its recent convention harpiug upon this string. The CCP, wc learn from plank 17 ini their 19-paint pragram, favors national unity! The CCF, an this question is simply boxing the cornpass with Quebec. Bcing stone-wail sociaiists they kuaw that their policy 15 anathema ta thc religiaus majarity in Quebcc, but that, of course, does not stop the CCP from giving lip service ta "nation- al unity." What the CCF wauld do were it in office would be ta steam-roll the Province of Qucbec just as thoroughiy as it mowcd doWn the Quebqc delegates ta the receut Montreal convention. The Quebec delegates were railroaded on conscrip- tion. Their ameudment which sought ta place the conscrip- tion of wealth "befare" conscription of men was quite thoroughiy and efficiently stcam-rolled. The CCP docs not, in reality, stand for national unity. Its policy would praduce the very reverse. Thc CCF proposes ta take the natural resaurces away from Quebec (and the other provinces as well) and ta vcst them in the national authority under a "Planning Commission." Take this quatation from thc soeialist book, "~Social Planning for Canada": "With contrai of finance, of transport and of power, the State hoids the reins of ecanamile authority. The owucrship of the eountry's natural resources would transfer yet au- ather stratcgic field ta its charge."' The wards lu boid type appear ini italies lu the boak itself. But wc would like ta draw the special attention of aur readers ta the words "would transfer." The CCP proposes ta "trans- fer" the natural resaurces ta th e State. What state? The Pro-, vince of Qucbec? Obviously no, for the Province of Quebcc already owns its resources. Sa does each other province in the Dominion. At page 231 of "Social Planning for Canada" the social- ist authorities say: 'Ut is essential that the Dominion Goverument in the final analysis should have full contrai. . . Without such contral the planning authority would be continually sub- jeet ta deiays arising fram negatiations with the provinces or from submissiou ta the courts of legal and coustitutional points." And at page 178 of "Make This Your Canada" they say: "We shail have ta recaguize the nced for adapting the B.N.A. Act ta the new needs." And at page 184. "Two policies are possible; cither ta make some. changes in these old statutes (the B.N.A. Act) ta allow planning ta take place free from constitutional batties.,. . or cisc . .. ta draw up thc first truiy Canadian constitution." What the CCF proposes is fat national unity-its whole record constitutes a pledge ta take away the resources from the provinces and ta remove the powers of thc provinces in regard ta resources, ta vest thcm iu the Dominion and ta give the Dominion a mare highiy eentralized authanity. What uuity would this poiicy briug? At its convention the sccretary of the Quebcc CCP urgcd the view that "Canada should get out of the British Common- wealth." At least he has nat as yet ciaimed ta have been misquoted. The CCP is the last party in Canada that eau effeet national unity or serve as the nucleus around which we may ail unite. Thase who wouid take Canada away from the British Commonwealth, the dissidents of every variety, every non-British, cvery anti-British, evcry un-British element in the country seems ta gravitate ta\vard the CCP, a party which neyer eau dcvelap a national uuity araund the idea of separa- tion from Britain. Like the late Weudeil Willkie and like the receutiy de- fcated Thomas Dewey, ta whom were attached ail the isolation- ist elements ln the United States, the CCP, fa matter what its reai aims, must be regarded as unfortunate in its associations. warm is heart, lift his mor- ale, when loneliness and discour- agement have taken hold of him. Is this not a noble andappre- ciatie effort of the war? Weil, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Week- ly Newspaper is nothng else but these things, but ALL these things. Extract translated f r a m a French broadcast from C. B. V. by Mr. Cleophas Adams, directr of "Le Meganti" of Thetford Mines. Nothing is s0 tiring as selfish- NOTICE FRUIT GROWERS The Northumberland and Durham Apple rowers' Animal CONVENTION IN ST. PETERS PARISH HALL, COBOURG TUESDAY, JANIARY 9th, COMMENCING AT 10 a.m. Instructive Programme on Insect and Fungus Control, Orchard Management, Including Pruning Please forward your Resolutions to scretary or band same lun mornng of the Convention BANQUET 12.30 P.m. - BEV. P. J. KELLY, Guest Speaker Everybody Welcome [Harold Gibson, President, E. A. Summers, Secly-Treas NOW'S THE TIME HERES THE PLACE To Get PROMPT SER VICE m rille, nec Mr. in erk. was e'n and iing the nor rate ich was his lian îer, ýbly Sp- who will also supervise the c( pany's offices at Bowmafvi Whitby and Port Perry, asâur lis new duties on JanuaryuFl. Graduatiug from the Ufiven, of Toronto with the degree Bachelor of Arts, in 1926,1 Traynor entcred Bell service June of the same yean as a ce Several months later he transferred ta Hamilton. Late 1927 he returned ta Taranto spent the uext 13 years gainý expenieuce in ail aspects of1 telephone business. Mn. Trayi was appointed budget and r; engineen in Jauuary, 1940, whý position he held until he v granted leave of absence upon' enlistment in the Royal Canadi Corps of Signais ini Septemb 1942. He has just been honorai discharged with the rank of c. tain. The Importance of Weekly Newspapers The Weekiy Newspaper, is that littie local or district pàpen, which arrives cacl week with a limited fumber of pages, edited by anc of aur own citizens, a friend, or auy case, a man who has the same interests as yau, in seeing the development of the district in which he lives. The Weekly Newspaper is that little paper which has prabably anuaunccd your birtl, wha has applaudcd your abilities for spart, announced your graduation from some University, your success ini polities, yaun initiatives, your ad- vancement, your weddiug and yaur success in the pr~ofession or trade whîch you have closen. The Weekly'Newspaper is that little paper ini which you arc as- sured full ca-operation in ahl your organizations, yaur social mave- ments, religions, patriotie & even political. It is that littie paper ta whom you will nat pardon the least error, the least inexactitude in details, it is that littie paper which slould always report the beast of your activities even thaugh ini the major amaunt of cases, you negîct ta keep it up ta date. The Weekly Newspaper 15 that Littlc paper that you neyer think te thank, or even ta encourage -by the least cncauraging Word; it is that littie heaf which you neyer think ta make gaod even if it lias sacnificed same clients ta serve you; it is alsa that little paper that yau even neglect to pay the subscription and that you wouid bc ail surprised te sec disappear n default of money, as if its pro- pietor wcre fat a human being, submitted ta the same exigencies of life as ail the other human be- ings. The Weekly Newspaper resem- bles these good spinsters and aid aunts who remain in the famiiy consecrating their whole hife ta lhe *heip of everyone, covening them with every cane, and whose work cveryone depends upon but whom no one thiuks ta thank or to encourage with an encouraging wrord. The Weekly Newspaper is the best medium of publîcity and pro- paganda because editcd by one 0f un owu, teliing us of the pensons and things of the district, we rcad Iup ta the iast line, sametimes Dnly ta sec if there is somcthing te criticize. The Wcckly Ncwspaper is that ttle paper which although many .estnictions are imposed upan it, 2ntifues ta make its own war fanrt iu publishing calumus and )ages of different matters. The Wcekly Newspaper is also, Lore s0 at the present time, the ttle paper that the mother or 'ance lovingiy tucks away into he parcel of her loved one, and vhich will go many miles ta tell rum ail that they are doing for .m here, it wili tell him that le snot fargotten, that they sijb- cnibe gcncrously ta drives for ictory Loans, that they7 impose ertain rationing upon tlcmsclvcs a rder that he may have a bet- Br nourisîment, that tley work tail war effort drives, iu vicw 0f ringing ta him certain delicacies issible, ta hasten Victory and lis eturu ta the parental 'roof. To assure him of a happy life iat his sacrifices wouid have well ieitcd for him. It will taik ta ru of those whom he las knowna, Ehis parents, af lis friends, of lose who live and of thase who e. This iittle paper is ta the led one, a reminder of the at- Neyer Let A Customfer Forget AND WHAT BETTER MEIOHOD I5 THERE 0F REMINDING YOUR CUS. TOMER THAT YOU APPRECIATE HIS PATRONAGE THAN A WEEKLY MES- SAGE IN TNE LOCAL NEWSPAPER? ",C Y e 1 ý ý yqý ', , --,, -, 'F 1 1 Thomu R. Traynor t 'i 'q -I An era in human history is the life of Jesus, and its Immense in- fluence for good leaves ail the perversion pnd supénstition iliat has accrued almast harmîces. The anly sound and durable foundation for true fellawship and brothenhoad is love for God, and the teachings of Christ (Jesus) that direct us in love for others.-Henry Greelings. "'Learu of me," says the philoso- pher, 'and ye shahl find restless- Jtý l lçp a THE CANADIAN STATESMA 1 N.i]30WMANVILLR- 0 nwmAlRTr% SHE READS EVERY PAGE 0F THE STATESMAN BEFORE DOUNG HER SHOPPING. US YOUR STORE NEWS UN THE PAPER THIS WEEK? With so much snow this winter niaking the driving par- ticularly heavy on your car, it is urgent that your auto or truck shoulId be in first class condition. Bring it ini and let us giveit a check over today. You save xnoney by keoping your car in good condition. GARTON'S GARAGE Phone 2666, Bowmanvilje Nfever Forget A #O Cus.,tomer FOUT US ONLY BY THIS MEAN& THAT '/OUR BUSINESS CA19 CONTINUE TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY. A CUS- TOMER OS A BUSINESS FRIEND WOR- TNY 0F YOUR ATTENTION. 'j .r0Y11 f t ,-. 1 ri IntrYT17CTItAv -TATZ &flý 10AU ness" "Learn of me" says Christ, ness-nor so tiresome ta others. "and ye shah find rest" -il