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PAGE TMo OIt0anaibmn fltton Established 1854 Wfth which is Incorporated The Bowmanvie News, The Newvcastle IndePendent, and The Orono N'ews 90 'Years Continuous Service To The Town Of Bowmanville and Durham County. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. AN IINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Audit Bureau (D1~II~\of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newspapers 4 > Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly in advance. $2.50 a Year lu the UJnited States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. The Best Christmas Present of ail Your Presence No matter how much money you spend on Christmas or how much love and thought you put into your Christmas plans-it won't mean a thing if anything happens to you or your family. You may flot realize it, but the one thing your family wants most around the Christmas tree is your presence, not your presents. And don't let the cynics tell you different. An accident can be tragic at any time, but at'Christmas it is doubly tragie. And yet the Christmas season is ruined in thousands of homes every year by suffering and tragedy from accidents that need neyer have happened. Many a Christmas tree has become a mocking re- minder of someone not there to enjoy it. The whole spirit of Christmas. is "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men"-the spirit of kind- ness, courtesy and cordiality. How can this spirit be better expressed than in a littie extra care and courtesy at the wheel of your car and in your home, at your work and in your re- creation.# Rt seems a littie thing to do-and yet pays off big in happiness, security and freedom from pain and tragedy. It costs nothing, takes ,no times and requires only a little thought and effort. So along with your Christmas gifts this year, give a littie extra care and, common sense, a littie extra thought toward preventing an accident that might ruin not only your own Christmas, but your life! This Christmas, give the best present of all-your presence! Future of Local Government Rests SquarelyUpon Public There neyer was a time in the history of this country when local self-government should be more staunchly sustained than at the pres- ent moment. When we speak of three levels of government, national, provincial and mun- icipal, as in that order o! importance we sug- gest that the picture is inverted. Real respon- sible government stems from the municipal administration for it is closest to the people. It is related directly to your home, your school, your family, your business, your job, your col- lective interests in a way no other government can share. But we see tendencies toward res- trictions and centralization by senior govern- ments that threaten the municipal structure. It is time therefore to give much thought to the future o! local self-government. Unfulfilled promises by both dominion and provincial governments as to grants in aid to post-war projects for municipalities; quarrels in regard to taxing powers, are cases in point that lead to the conclusion that people must safeguard their local interests by preserving strong, efficient, active municipal councils. In the period of reconstruction to be faced by al- most every municipality, and we are right into it now, we are faced squarely with increasing financial commitments. The problems to be met require the best we can command in ability and experience. This should be the thought in going to the polis on Dec. 23. That this question is viewed very serious- ly is shown in the action of several candidates for council seats who in past years have served in most of the high offices of local governments. In agreeing to serve once again in minor capac- ities it can be taken for granted that their in- terest is not one of achieving any personal honor but merely to accept responsibilities and hard work in order to strengthen the incoming ad- ministration. We believe this point worthy of serious consideration when ballot forms are marked in the coming election. Be sure to vote -but vote for a strong municipal council. A Clergyman Goes on Strike A clergyman has gone on strike. Rev. J. Noel Lyth, rector of an episcopal church in Greenock, Scotland, has sent a forthright New functions, merely to gratify occasional social or convenience needs, and regard church-going as akind of "fingers crossed" gesture, can look elsewhei-e than to his church for such satisfac- THE CÂNADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, DEC. l9th,14 tion. Like some shrewd mer chants, Mr-. Lyth is gomng to keep his choicest products "under the counter" and wil aispense th>m to loyal and consistent patrons only. Few will blame the reverend gentleman. Most wiil admit that, like practicaily ail his brethren of the protestant faith, be bas a grie- vance. Many will wonder that his protest has not been made long ago by other pastors wbo find their services called upon for mariages, baptisms and burials by people who at other times neyer bother their heads about the church, and who contribute less than the pro- verbial mite to its upkeep. This Christmas Sunday, churches will be filled to the door. The sanie will be true~ of Easter Sunday. Apart from these two occasions many thousands o! people will neyer be seen inside the churches. They will have made their superstitious gesture, dropped their nickel or dime in the plate, and gone home supercharged with a sense of vu-tue to which they are not en- titled. They will leave to others the duty o! keeping the church going until such time as they feel it desirable to make another gesture to the conventions. .In an interview Mr. Lyth said: "It is my aim to give them a good electric shock." The most effective shock any pastor could com- municate to his parishioners who make a con- venience of bis church without assuming any responsibility for its continuance, would be to set them down in a community that has neyer known a church and where the leavening of churcb teaching .and influence is unknown. "Labor Unions Are Cartels" The very mention o! the word "cartels" will start a labor agitator upon a tirade against capitalism. To bim the cartel is a monstrous monopoly, and a monopoly is a vicious thing in any form-except in the form o! a labor union. J. W. Hansen, a graduate in economics at the University o! Saskatchewan, has made a special study of Cartels, wbich has been published in a pamphlet by the Review Company, Fort Erie, Ontario. After tracing the history of cartels from ancient times down to the present day, Mr. Hansen makes the rather startling statement that "Labor unions are cartels." "Another paradox in the Canadian Govern- ment's attitude toward cartels," says Mr. Han- sen, "is shown in its labor policy. Labor unions are cartels. Their purpose is strength through combination in order to maintain a stibilized level o! wages, or in other words, a stable price for their product-labor. It is doubtful if industrial cartels have ever resorted ta the" samne type of belligerent methods in order to stabilize the price o! their products as have labor unions. Labor unions are a necessity, but con- sistency should be exercised by the government and the public in their, policy toward labor and industry." Mr. Hansen says that the policy of industry has been to "produce more goods for more people at decreasing costs," while labor unions have been "continuously demanding încreased wages and fewer hours of labor," and he adds: "Increased wage rates accompanied by çle- creased productive output can only mean less production for fewer people at higher cost." Mr. Hansen admits that there have been in- stances where industrial cartels have maintain- ed prices at higher levels than would otherwise obtain under free competition, but he contends that business men now acknowledge the fact that "efficient production, with growing mar-- kets stimulated by low piies, will return larger profits than a limited market at hîgh prices." Price of Canadian Wheat Compared to Other WheatJ When it comes to present returns for Can- adian wheat farmers the pîcture is a Christmas stocking only partly filled when compared with other countries selling wheat abroad. Official figures recently released show wheat prices now being paid by the British Socialist Govern- ment to producers at home and abroad: To Argentine at their ports $2.84 To United States at their ports 2.34 payofi following defeats in Pontiac, Parkdale and Portage. We stand squarely witb Mr. King in bis condemnation o! mushroojning multiple parties in this country. In fact we have been ahead o! hlm in this respect, for very frequently in the past six years The Statesman bas used editor- ially almost the exact language be used in Quebec: That "The danger to representative government today arises from the bewilder- ment o! political parties that have no past, lit- tle promise o! any future." That "A multiplic- ity o! parties bad been Fràncc's greatest mip- fortune at the outbrcak o! war." But these bclated pronouncements failcd to indicate the one prime factor in promoting the development o! these condcmncd "isms" name- ly Mr. King and bis party. Most o! the six "be- wildered" offsboots received nourishment !rom such things as the two-front army, the bookup witb the C.C.F. to defeat Hon. Arthur Mcighen, the marniage o! convenience with the Commu- ijists in the North Grey contest and the gen- eral silence of the Prime Minister during al these and many other blood donor lifts to patients now lustîly competing with their god- father. *umim m-u- - --- - - - - IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST ....... . F* . 1%e: Stemam FIUm FIFTY YEARS AGO December 18, 1896 Several from town assisted at the S.O.E. entertainmént at Tyr- one and spoke highly of the splen- did order kept by *the audience and the fine hospitality extended to them. On the Port Hope market tur- keys sold from 7c to 9c per lb., butter 15c per lb. and other com- modities at equally low prices. The weather was mild, with fiow- ers in bloom being sold in the op- en air. Messrs. Couch, Johnston and Cryderman imported high class goods in immense quantities and had a very fine patronage. Mrs. W. H. Williams and Mrs. W. P. Prower were bereaved by the deMth o! their brother, Mr. Chas. Eldon Ewing, coilector o! customs at Cobourg. Farmer's Institute meeting wu5 very interesting. W. C. Black- burn, Clarke, presided. Topics of addresses included "Some discour- agements which meet farmers and how to overcome them;" "How to retain moisture in the soil," and "Sheep feeding." Miss Eva Worth lef t for a visit with ber uncle, Thos. Osborne, Winnipeg. Mr-. E. Moore, Hampton, was kicked by a horse. Poles for new electric light ar- rived at G.T.R. station at New- castle. Mr. Ira F. Pearce, New Haven, entertained some frîends at an oyster supper; all had a good time. Col. F. Cubitt was elected to County Counèil at Cobourg. What's Going On At Queen 's Park (By Jim Peters) Hospital Pro gram There is the prospect that small- bospital ancas in the province will be substantially assisted in the near future. At present the gov- ernmcnt is considcring o huge program o! capital assistance ta hospitals and o good portion o! it would be marked for devclop- ment o! present small hospitals and establishment o! ncw facili- tics whei-c hospital accommoda- tion is badly necded. The plan is still in the discus- sion stage but it is undcrstood that what is contemplated is o !und o! about fifty million dollars which would go ta capital assis- tance for new building. The pro- gi-arn would extcnd aven a ten- yeor period. A longe portion o! the fund would naturally go ta urbon cen- tres, but under the present ad- ministration there would be no doubt o! the intercsts o! the smnall- ci- centres bcing protectcd. If the Government decides ta procced with the plan it is expect- cd that Health Minister Kelley will have full details ready fan this winter's session o! the Legis- lature. Eariier Session There' is nothing definite, os yet, on the date o! this ycar's ses- sion, but present wôrd is that it, will probably stant coilier thoni usual. Ordinarily it doesp't meetl until mid-Fcbruary ot the earliest. Last year, witb the carly spring there wos considerable unrcst aong the membbers !rom rural ridings as the session 'got into ilater days. Those members wbo ai-e active foi-mers, o! wbom there are o good numrnb, were worricd about their foi-ms and felt tbey should be bock home. The government wonts ta avoid a similar situation this ycar, and it is making eff orts ta get the nccessary pncliminary work donc for an coilier meeting, starting probably late in January. Gasoline Tax Now that the Dominion bas witbdnawn its tax an gasoline the province con secure fi-rn eight ta nine million dollars moi-e revenue if it decides ta increase its present tax by the 3 cents a gallon that the Dominion bas, knocked off. ;It secms likely that it will do. this. This ycor's budget called for a deficit o! aver twenty mil- lion dollars. While the loss,.it is expccted, won't be so large, the.1 Governmcnt, ncvertheless nccds substantial ncw revenue. Power Rationing It appears fairly'dcfinitc that there will be power rationing in the province starting January 1 on soan after. The rationing, bow- ever, wan't apply ta home con- sumei-s cxcept as a veny last ne-f sort.1 Dr. Hogg, chairman Ontario Hy- dro Commission bas mode tbist clear. He also strcssed that the, bulk o! the necded power savingf con be mode in tbe homes, and points out that residence usens o! power- haven't been doing their pont. He says that it sbould be nealized that any dut o! power af- fects bath business and employ- ment, and this means that it even- tuaily bits evcnybody in the pock- et-book. Tourlst Information TWENTY-FIVE VEARS AGO December 8, 1921 Robent McLaugblin passcd away and bad the largest funeral in Oshawa's history. Bei-t Reid, Orono, and Tom Coucb, Newcastle, enjoyed a fine talk on political questiohs. Mn. Frank McCoy, Port Huron, Micb., brother o! Mrs. Wm. Rick- ard, Newcastle, passcd away. The topic at the League meet- ing at Hraydon in charge, o! Clar- ence Avery was "Mankind." At the cburcb service the junior boys sang sevenal choruses." W. R. Clemens, Tynone passed away suddEWy from complica- tions !rom a kick from a horse. Robent James Fowlcr died from appendicit1% before medical aid could be given to bim. Mi-. and Mrs. Salter, Hampton, were presented with two rocking chairs for the former's !aitbful attendance as supenintendent o! the Sunday Scbool. A bot chicken pie supper was served at the Metbodist Sunday School i-oom, in Bowmanville. Mn. and Mrs. M. J. Werry, Tyr- one, observed their wcddîng day with a party at thein home. aRev. G. W. Spanling gave an in- structive address at the Epworth League. .Wm. J. Challs sold all bis foi-m stock and implements on bis !arm, on the Manvens Road. George and Ted Jackson were the auctioneers. Miss Francis Gibson, Newcastle, severed ber connection with the Standard Bank after four and a bal! years o! service. for information on local features which otherwisc might be over- looked. A letter to the Department will get the Bulletin mailed fi-ce to anyone in the industry. TheScene from Shiitigwauk Farm The !ollowing articles are !rom the above journal o! pensonal opinion edited by John Atkins, na- tionally known !armer-journalist o! Bracebnidge, Ontario. NOTHING COMPENSATES FOR LOSS 0F LAND Farmens who talk o! going on strike in order to enfonce thein de- mands on society, sbould not for- get that thcy are a privilcged class, privileged in that they are allowed exclusive possession o! a portion o! the earth's surace, on which the human race depends for food. If all men bave equol nigbts ta live on the carth, it !ollows thot all men have equol rights to the use o! the eorth on whicb their living depends. But the earth o! itself will not supply our needs unless it is cultivated. We believe that the best way ta get the earth ta yicld its fruits is ta allow those who cultivate it ta own the land on which they work. For this reason, society grants thefrr the pnivilege o! ovAwiing bis land. This is a privilege not ta be light- ly cast aside. To own a piece o! land on which be con coi-n bis liv- ing and i-aise bis family, with freedom ta foi-m it in bis own way, without let on hindi-once from onyone, is the greatest pnivilege socicty con confer on a mon. But, if the farmers decide thot they will cultîvate the land only on their own terms, and refuse to supply food ta society until those terms ai-e complied with, socicty migbt change its mind and decide that pnivate ownership o! land is not the best way ta get the world fed. It migbt decide ta socialize the land and make the former! O~ttawa spilea out af tne beauti- ful buildings into the cool, bright afternoon, swarming into buses, street cars and automobiles. Witb thein higbt duties behind tbem, and the bcst part of the day be- foi-e them, tbey burried gaily home at half-past four ta rc!resb- ment and recreation. Canada con be proud o! these keen, brigbt youths wbo trans- oct the notion's business, their healtb and spirits unimpaircd by duties an responsibihities. Tbey are asked ta do only enougb wonk ta whet their oppetites for living. a .et5eaLisJ 1penaion shie lds theUmII Anyone interested in the tour- from the anxieties and bordsbips ist business would do well ta get which beset so many o! the mil- on the mailing list for the Infor- lions wbo make leisurely civil ser- mation Bulletin publishcd by the vice lives secure. Ontario Dcpartmcnt o! Trovel and At the same bour, in a yard bar- Publicity, Toronto. dered by a patcb o! beauty bai- The bulletin whicb is publisb- rawed fnom the gods, a fine grcy- cd mantbly by the Department baircd woman tcnded bundreds o! contains a resume o! its expand- fowl that will bclpifeed civil ser- ing activities, and these include vants and other lcisured workers, variaus services ta the industny, and prùvide taxes and pay cheques wbîch owncrs o! tourist cabine, for them. At five-tbirty sbe and similan facilities otberwise started the supper for the men. mightn't bear of. Afterward she belped witb the The Decemben issue contains a chai-es and finished ber bousework. request for information on tour- At eight she took up bier mend- ist cabiji camps for the official ing and spent a quiet bour witb list wbicb the Department is the family befone going ta bcd. compiling. It also notes that thel The youth o! the civil service Department is preparing a group work thii-ty-six and anc-hall o! maps covening the vacation, hours a week; about one-fi!th o! ai-cas o! the province, and asks1 the time. The grey-haired wo- man works eighty hours a week; TÉown Councli about one-haif o! the tine. The ___ youths get three weeks holidays. with pay, sick leave allowances, (Continued from Page One) and pension protection. The wo- rai-y Board on the $700 appropri- mon gets'no holidays with pay, ated. no sick leave and no pension mn Veteran's Houslng ber oid age, unless she is poverty- MageTonoC stuin stricken.MaaeTrnoCntuin The civil service is divided in- Co. reported dclay in completing to two classes; the minority, whe bouses on Veterans' Avenue, due bear responsibilities and wbo' prnialy to lack o! bardwood work devotedly, o! ten excessive- =foîn.Eîgbt bouses had i-un ly; and the majority wbose duties over original estimates. Remain- are simple and easy. îng 1D would i-un to less cost bence the average would be witbin the The civil service is supported $4,000 estimate. by two classes o! employers: the oeive ai-e compîeted; four near mai ority o! citizens who work cmlto n h eann n from forty-eight to eigbty bours its are expctd toe flanibeduby a week; and a minonity who work isaeepce eb iihdb less thon forty-elght bours a week Mai-ch 1, 1947. Building inspecter mayo! wbom enjoy bolidays reported ail sold that are finish- mi ay adpnincrtcin d and no furtber advertising was withpayandpenionproecton.recommended until more are com- The cost o! suitable buildings pleted. Plan o! the project is and equipment for civil servants completed. The town solicitor and other sbort-hour workers is will contact Department o! Plan- enormous in relation to their use. ning and Development, Toronto, The beautiful and costly offices o! for approval to enable transfer o! government are occupicd about titlcs, thus releasing proportion twenty per cent o! the time. They of McGill funds. must be hcated ah o! the time, Profitable Sale cxccpt in summer. It may be impossible, or polit- Toronto Construction Co. ne- ically inexpedient, to require oui- portcd on sale o! surplus mater- civil servants to work hours that îal at Internment Camp. Receipts bear some reasonable relation te from material already sold are the hours o! the majority o! the $7,774 with prospect o! getting people wbo pay thcm, or to their $3,000 more from miscellaneous own physicol fitnes for work. At items. On top o! this is the sale leost, it ougbt to be practical to te Mr. Berger o! one unit at $1,- reduce the great capital costs and 000. Original cost to the town carrying charges o! buildings and was some $7,000, a satis!actory equipment by establishing two overplus. worksbi!ts for the civil service. Farewel The executive personnel and their . Bill o! sale will be presented assistants could work whenever Mr. Berger for the balance owing, work needed to be donc, as they $600 before building is removed. do now. Two by-laws Were given thi-e People whosc work ends when readings and passcd; borrowings the gong rings, connot contribute from the bank, $30,000 for high- their fain shane to Canada's pro- way job and $30,000 for current duction, in a reconstruction per- works, at 4 per cent, as tempor- iod, in less than forty-cigbt hours ary loans pending fiotation o! de- a week. bentures. NO CONSPIRACY Mayor Morris in bis forewell AGAINST TRADE UNION~S mesage, tbanked members of' council for loyal co-operation dur- A destructive untruth is being in the year and wished succesýs repeated se often nowadays that 1to the incoming council. He be- mony unthinkingly have accept- lieved every dollar spent repre- cd the notion, on the basis o! sented good value for the town "whene there's smokc, there's and he extended Mer-y Christ- fire," tbat thene exists o "capital-n istic canspii-acy to dcstroy trade unions." This malevolent rum- oui- may be the smoke sci-cen for the communistic effort ta wreck trade unions. It is utter nonsense. Our life bas been, and is, lived among all sorts and conditions o! men. In the course o! oui- work we meet communists, socialists, trade unionists, civil servants, manufacturers, foi-mers and other capitalists, and membens o! gov- ernments, municipal, provincial and fedenal. We do not know an industnial employer wbo does not believe that "trode unions ai-e neccssary and tbey ai- eecta stay." Some o! the acts o! unions are open to question, some o! their privileges arc undemocratic, but the desir-l ability o! workers' onganizations' is agi-ced gencrolly. Just as asso- ciations o! cmployei-s and farm organizations arc subject ta cnit- icism, and capable o! improve- ment, sa are employees' unions. They are right or wrong accord- ing ta thein works. The undemocrotic, destructive elements in trade unions, the peo- ple who say that o government supei-vised, secret, stnike vote is o "daggcr aimcd a t the hearl o! laoai," arc the i-cal conspirators whom trade union members should wotcb most carcfully. Wben you are so devoted ta doing what is right that you press stroigbt on ta triat and disi-egard whot men ai-e saying about yau, there is the triumph o! moral courage.-Phillips Brooks. mas andi a H-appy New Year. P/*4~v lA $1350 Order These Lovely Gifts Early MAKE US YOUR HEADQUARTEIRS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS FOOD SUPPLIES CAWKER'S GROCERY We Deliver Phone 677 Electrie Toasters $3.95 - $5.00 $5.75 Electric Irons $ 3.95 -$0 $5.75 - $7.95 Waffle Irons Fluorescent Desk Lamps 14.95 I0iQ 9D l 42 KING ST. E. f Your C.É. Appliance Dealer BOWDMANVILLE, I --%à --- - - - - --------------------Uà à0 ------------M 3 -m 7 A Perfect Gift For Mother The New General Electric VACUUM CLEANER General Electric Mantel Radios A shipment of G.E. 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