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N PAGE 1W I Established 1854 With which 15 Incorporated The Bowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News Years Continuons Service To Thie Town of Bownianville and Durham County. Autborlzed as Second Ciass Mal Post Office Department, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member ~jI"~r~ Audit Bureau_ of Circulations Canadian Weekly NewsPapers+ ib Association .SUBSCRIP1ION RATES $2.00 a Year, strictly ln advance. $2.50 a Year ln the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor. Personal Message Prom the Editor As we corne to the close of another year it is with a sense of profound thankfulness that I express to ahl our readers, our faithful advertisers and to the community as a whole my heartfelt wish for their happiness at this Christmas season and health and prosperity for the coming years. We have corne through trying tirnes together over many long, anxious rnonths both in war and the period following. With particular thanks we remember the fallen and the homes still grieving. Without the loyal co-operation of those we seek to serve it would be impossible to render the service within our province. As I view it the association has been one of integrat- ed community interests, each dependent on the other. My hope is that we shall go forward to the happier days of Peace we ail envision. My thought can no more appropriately be expressed than in the simple, genuine, time-tried wish: Tp everyone, A Mèrry Christmas and a Happy New Year. -Geo. W. James As Ye Would They Should Do Unto You Gripping the minds of people, more and more at this fateful hour in world readjustment, is the ageless precept: "Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you." Speakers are heard at ahmost every assembly in recent times, voicing this thought of mutual tolerance and understanding. At this Christmas season there verily appearssame hope that this earnest wish is being borne in upon the rninds of the states- men struggling toward a formula for universal peace. It is seen in a more tolerant attitude by the Russian delegation at Lake Success in re- cent days. It can be said that the whole warld looks on with anxious eyes, hoping that this change may be more than an olive branch, indeed a living tree sheltering the human mass for countless years. This is the second Christmas since armed strife stopped in the world struggle. Strif e is still with us an many fronts but the abiding faith now is that tlhe hard shel of misunder- standing ift the deliberations of the United Nations Assembiy has been broken. It is the central camforting thought we can cherish at Christmas 1946. It is the hope ta carry over into the new year. These lines are written at this time ta give some littie view of this cir- cumstance as a smaih ray of light in a troubled world. Harsh thoughts have been entertained about the Russians. Ail nations may be re- proached as well. It is not without point that we quote Tolstoy, the Russian who knew the Russians if any man did. Deep down the Rus- sian peasant has not renounced religion. Toi- stoy spake of their innate desires in these words: "In order that men may live a common life without oppressing each other, there is necessary a moral state in accordance with which people, from their inner convictions and not by coercion, should act towards others as they desire that others should act towards them. Such people do exist. They exist in religiaus Christian communities in America, in Russia, in Canada." If this be prophecy, let it be imminent of realizatian. At this season then, hearing these words, let us take faith. Immense Northern Resources Told in Fort William Paper An empire of weaith in natural resources is being developed in the district surrounding the city of Fort William, Ont. The vastness of this wealth is told in a special edition of the Fort William Times-Journal, Dec. 14, 1946. Is- sued in four sections its 52 pages tell in story and picture, not only the latent weahth of the area but the immensity of production that has taken place during the past three decades. Too little'is known of this district among people in other parts of Canada. Few provincial dailies we have seen rate more highly than the Times-Journal. N.one can tell a greater stary than that under review. Amang many others we plead guilty in not having formerly known more about this city of more than 30,000 population and its great her- itage of surraunding resources. In the rounded picture presented we sec unfied the vastness of pulp and paper, news- print, lumbering, mining, manufacturing, power development, transportation, f arming, tourist attractions and so forth. We doubt if any sim- ilar district in Canada can produce such a var- ied source of national income. This particular .Issue of the Times-Journal ought ta be incar- porateci in a text for use in ahl the school across this country. We acknowledge aur copy with thanks. It was sent on ta us by Dr. Albert Allin, former Hampton boy, now with the Provincial Depart- ment of Health Laboratories, Fort William. We envy hilm the privilege of living in such a progressive city, such a grand section of Canada. THE CNADIN STTESMA. BOMANVLLE. NTARO J.U.ELJA , L>JA. Itfli i ed greatly ta the expansion of tobacco growing. Production of flue cured tobacco has grown from less than a million pounds, 30 years ago to more than 110 million annually today, with an average value of 40 million dollars. Science- Production-Marketing, a trinity of co-operative teamwork between growers and manufacturers, has marked the grawth of this vast Canadian industry. We suggest readipig this tribute by a great company to a great national research institution. Subversive Religious Sect Untrue To Christian Faith A note of disharmony mars the observ- ance of Peace and Gaod Will at this Christmas- time. A reigiaus sect called Jehovah's Witnesses have for some time been carrying on an insid- iaus propaganda in the province of Quebec. Many are naw being prasecuted in the courts and seem ta invite the raie of martyrs. For many years this sect has been attacking the orthodox churches. Their supreme Insolence is marked by a new high in subversive doctrine by the distrib 1tion of a pamphlet: ý"Quebec's 1 John Bracken's New Policy A Key to, World Peace John Bracken, national leader of the Pro- gressive Conservative Party, the officiai oppos- ition in the House of Commons, revealed to a Toronto audience hast week that the old National Policy of the party, originally conceived 70 years ago by Hon. John A. Macdonald, was no longer to be the policy of the party today. He came out with a pronouncement in the nature of worid free trade as a condition precedent to establishing world peace. If this may be viewed as a Christmas message it cornes at a very appropriate time, for as he said, we must meet the vast changes foliowing World War 2, to avoid World War 3. Mr. Bracken told of Hitler's warning: "If goods do not pass national boundaries, then armies will." He suggested that by-lateral trade pacts such as the wheat agreement shouid be replaced by multi-lateral negotiations to re- lease goods equitabiy to be shared by the peo- pie of the worid. Prior to the war Canada ex- ported food produets to 92 world countries. To revert now to restrictionist policies was to re- vert to the Hitler philosophy which clearly foreshadowed war and the worst war in history was the outeome. Statesmanship was in every line of the Bracken thesis. Recently returned from the United Nations Assembly where he has been chairman of an important committee, Mr. Bracken has had opportunity for an inside view of the shaping of events. Premier of Manitoba for 21 years, and undefeated in public if e for 25 years, Mr. iBracken has a background of ex- perience, the summation of which is this far- seeing revision of traditional policy. Few will dispute the realism in his warning that food and .goods must flow more freely to avoid an- other disastrous conflict among the nations of the world. It is a bid for Peace through just about the oniy means possible. Senate Gets Kudos From Public Relations Firm That the Senate of Canada is nat the re- fuge of an assembly of doddering old men, but is made up of many vigorous figures who per- form a vital function In our aemnocratic system of government is well brought out in a hand- some brochure recently issued. by Johnston, Everson and Charlesworth, noted Public Re- lations Counsel of Toronto and Montreal. This firm which publishes The Printed Word, a mon- thly journal rich in politicai philosophy and current commentaries, turns the spotlight on the Senate, free of charge, in the way of useful public information. Commending Senators for sound common sense and generally a non-partisan approach to bis sent up for review, tjie brochure takes the objective approach by publishing extracts from many of the speeches heard in the Senate. The foreword suggests that these addresses stand out when compared with many heard in the House of Commons. It is pointed out that Senators need not be absorbed in momentary shifts of public opinion, nor do they corne under the sway of a party whip as do back-benchers in the Commons. Even Senators of the Liberal faith often criticize the present federal regime. In short they are an effective balance wheel to federal legisiation.' Among those perenniaily clamoring for abolition of the Senate, we suggest that this handsome brochure should be required reading. Excellently printed by E. W. Johnston, editor of the Fort Erie Times-Revîew, its 35 pages with a jacket of maroon and gold, form a vol- ume worthy of a place in any library. As an example of fine printing together with its most interesting contents it is something ta be trea- sured not only by Senatars but by a generally uninformed public. We acknowledge wîth pleasure a gif t copy from the publishers. Science in Agriculture Adds Vast Material Wealth Featured in this issue of The Statesman is "Senate" Remembers Prime Minister King On His Birthday Woods' Senate, Bowmanville, that centre of erudite discussion on current events, including mild approach to political questions, is rîght up on the bit when it cornes to keeping track of im- portant birthdays. Last week, Senate Secretary Bill Paterson, in behaîf of mem- bers, sent a telegram of congratu- lation to Prime Minister King on the occasion of, his 72nd birthday, Dec. 12. Surp'rised and gratified, a loyal, "non-partisan" coterie gathered about the hot stove Monday, to read Mr. King's reply. It read: "Mr. MacKenzie King desires to thank you most warmly for the greetings and good wishes you have extended to him on his seventy-second birthday anni- versary. Mr. King would be pleased if you would allow this brief ack- nowledgment of your kind thouglit to bring to you his own best wishes of the Christmas Season and the New Year." Laurier House, Ottawa, December 16, 1946 This is the second occasion the Senate has heard directly from Mr. King. At the time of the banquet tendered 'Senator" Lew Woods, Mr. King sent lis signed photograph jand a letter in his own hand. The above acknowledgment and Christmas greetings, ai- though written in the third per- son singular as in the tradition of persons of High Estate, will be framed to adorn the Senate gallery. Bicycle Club Party At Lions Club Centre Plans are ail complete for the flrst annual Lions Club party for the Bicycle Safety Club. Accord- ing to Chairman Russ Pollard, the evening of Dec. 27, will be given over to entertainment of ail mem- bers of the Bicycle Club, each of whom is expected to bring a friend. The evening will start off with a skating party from 7 to 9 at Ro- tary Rink. Then the gathering will adjourn to the Lions Youth Centre Home, Beech Ave, for lunch, refreshments and a pro- gram. The committee has plan- ned everything in the way of a bang-up, enjoyable evening. The invitation, "Corne and bring a friend." Remember the date and the time. In case the weather does not permit skating, then proceed direct to the Beech Ave, rendez- vous and have a sweli time. May the glowing lights of Christmas shine upon you ahi t he year long with joy and pros- perity. LWu JEWELL PHONE 556 "BIG 20" Burning Hatred of God." It is an attack on the oldest, staunchest defender of the Word of God, the Catholle Church. Professing Chris- tianity themselves, the Witnesses are a very travesty on Christianity. High authorities of the Catholic Church. of Quebec, warn against this subservient prop- aganda which in some of its aspects quite clear- Iy suggests that civil courts are under the domin- ation of the Catholic Church. It is difficuit to devise means of meeting this challenge which is aimed at the hearts of people. Persecution in courts is to be deplored. Very definite laws shouid be laid down as basis for legal action. We suggest that the moral strength of a great church can fully combat this menace. The Protestant Churches will stand with Catholics to destroy this scourge..- Let this be a Christ- mas resolution too. No Need to be Apologetie In a leading editorial entitled "Protestants" in the December lst issue of the United Church Observer, editor Dr. A. J. Wilson says: "Pro- testants today do not need to be apologetic for the word 'Protestant.' It is a good word in bath senses (i.e. Protesting and affirming).. He notes that on the recently held "Protestant Reforma- tion Lay" in the United States emphasis was laid on the positive aspects of Protestantism. The editorial concludes: "The Reformers were not oniy Protesters; they were affirmers, affirming arnong other things the priesthood of ail believers, justifica- tion by faith, the absolute worth in God's sight of the individual and the authority of the Scrip- ture. Out of these have grown most of the cherished possessions of aur democracy-separ- ation of Church and state, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, free- dom of worship. The word "Protestant" is no- thing ta be ashamed of. It is a great word, with a great past, and we dare hope, with a greater future." I--------------------------------------------------- i <.,,w,,,a.fa.a..e.te...,,a.a.seoe.aoei~<.fr< ----- --- ---- We Wish You people to stick and work together by voluntary agreement. And there is no use talking about that when marriage-our most frequent form of voluntary agreement-is breakmng up at the rate of one divorce in every three starts. When we talk about freedom to other na- tions we refer to the ability of each and every one of us always to give his best at any mo- ment. And there is no use talking about that when ail of us-our whole nation-is paralyzed by strikes for days and weeks at a time. We will lose democracy uniess we live it. That, for most of us, does not begin with more debate, but with more demonstration-on the living room carpet at home and on the factory floor. j Nothing pleases us more than ta wish aur friends the llappiest of Holidays and a Joyous New Year. May each day ahead bring you satisfaction, joy and prosperity in unlimited measure. GARTON'S GARAGE Phone 2666 King St. E., Bowinanville GOt h annîversary DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 1886 I 1946 Sixty years ago the Dominion Experimental Farms were established. Few Canadians except farmers and others di- rectly associated with the Experimental Farms or the Dominion Department of Agriculture fuily realise how abundant have been the returns to ail the people of Canada from the com- paratively modest investment made in these Farms, nor how great lias been the broad measure of success attained. A nd the wilderness shahl rejoice and blossom . à. Land that was flot considered of mucli value. ag'ficulturally in 1886 lias been, through scientific soul surveys and analysis, found to be ideal for the production of imported and developed varieties of flue- cured tobacco leaf. Througb scientific de- velopment of fertilizers, crop rotation and methods of processing, pioneered by The Tobacco Division, Experimenta1 Farms Service, Dominion Department of Agri- culture, practically 100% Canadian grown leaf is now used by Caüadian Manufac- turers. The flue-cured tobacco crop lias increased during the last thirty years from less than one million pounds to 110 million pounds annually, with an increased value to Canadian growers now exceeding $40,000,000. The growth of the tobacco industry in Canada in the past 60 years bas been principally due to the fine teamwork of the grower and the manu- facturer. Both have worked in close co-operation, flot only with the Tobacco Division, but with ail the Divisions of the Dominion Expetimenta1 Farms and the Services of the Dominion Department of Agriculture as a whole - Science, Production and Marketing. .j The Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Limited is proud to have been associated with the Dominion Experimental Farms in the development of tobacco culture in Canada and appreciates thi s opportunity to pay Tribute on the occasion of the 6Oth Anniversary. IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY 0F CANADA, L iM 1T ED 1 ý#j 1 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO rMTVC21'%A" TlMr4 Nà&l. qq 1~, Unless We Live It The war of arms was won by meeting face ta face on the battlefield and hurling missiles at each other. We sometimes make the mistake of thinking the war of ideas can be won in the same way-by meeting face ta face on the de- bating floor and hurling ideas at each ather. That is why, in the General Assembly of the United Nations, debates have been and will continue ta be sharp and controversial. It will not help us to pretend that these differences will flot arise, said President Tru- man when he opened the Assembly. Nor will it heip us ta pretend that these differences can ever be settled by argument. Victory in the war of ideas is achieved not by debate but by dem- onstration.1 When we talk about democracy ta other nations we are talking about the ability of aur 1 am