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PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTABIO THURSDAY, JAN. 2Srd, 1947 Established 1854 With which ln Incorporated The Dowmanville News, The Newcastle Independent, and The Orono News 93 Years Contlnuous Service to The Town et Dowmanville and Durham County. Authorlzed as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Audit Bureau Canadian < Weekly Newspapers 0 Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2-50 a Year, strictly ln advance. $3.00 a Year ln the United States GEO. W. JAMES, Editor Public Greatly Concerned Over Town llousing Projeet Last year's town council very commendably entered into a local housing project primarily in the interests of returned veterans. The scheme was sound and a splendid deal was made to secure materials at the local internment camp through the War Assets Corporation. A con- tract was iet to build "15 or more" modemn houses contructed basically with the materials at the camp. The houses so far completed are regarded as excellent and at the selling price $4,000 are beld to be the best value to be found anywbere. Ail the above is generally conceded. But the original estimate for construction, ap- proximately $3,250 per unit, has been greatly exceeded. A deficit is now feared to be the case in the final completion of the project. Attend- ance of ratepayers at council meetings shows that the public is greatly concerned with the outcome. After the 1947 council was sworn in, the new members, all experienced businessmen, immediately sought full information on the en- tire project in order to be in a position to pro- ceed with intelligence in completing the work. A statement was requested from the building inspector. It was published in the Jan. 16 issue of The Statesman. It now appears that both the council and the public find difficulty in gettîng a true breakdown of the figures sub- mitted. In order to assist in understanding the figures and possibly get some concerted action toward a breakdown, we caîl attention to some of the main items in the report. Using figures in an editorial may be condoned in this case. We suggest the following as a fair interpreta- tion: The inspector's figures show 9 houses prac- tically completed; 5 more require basement floors, heating, plumbing, plastering and f in- ish; 4 more mereiy closed in and ahl are shingled. Taking the entire 18 units as they now stand, it is believed that the total work so far done would amount to the equivalent of 12 houses fully completed. Total cost to date is $78,161.28. Deduct from this the resale of materials, $8,000, beld by Toronto Construction Co., plus $1,000 sold to Berger, plus, say, $2,OO00 stili to be sold; a total of $11,000 and the net cost to be charged against the estimated 12 houses as above would be $67,161.28. A breakdown on this basis therefore shows the net cost per house approximately $5,500, which of course may be scaled down somewbat if the other units are completed -with an eye to strict economy. And the houses are being sold at $4,000. Goihng a step furtber, it is shown that labor costs to date are $35,230.70; equipment rentai $5,944.98; tools $376.57 and expenses $189.60; a total of $41,741.85. These costs, ail intangibles, charged against each bouse in the 12 assumed to be completed, amount to nearly $3,480 per unit, with labor alone not far short of $3,000 per bouse. There appears to be something radically out of line in this setup, particularly in labor costs. I-ow To Stay Young Over General MacArthur's desk, îhere hangs this message: "Youth is not a time o!filfe -il is a state o! mind. Nobody graws aid by merely living a numben o! years. People graw old by desenting their ideais. Yeurs winkle the akin, but ta give up enthusiasin wrinkles thc soul. Wommy, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair-these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn tbc growing spirit back ta dust. Whebber you are seventy or sixteen, there as in thc heurt o! every human being thc love o! wondc-the sweet amuzement at thc stars aud the starlike bings and boughts-the un- tailing childlike appetite for what is coming vext-and the joy and the game a! life. You are as younig as your faibb and as old as your doýubt-as Young as your self-confidcnce--and gs old as yaur fear:-as Young as your hope- aud as old as youm despair." Abuse la No Substitute For IntelligentArgument Last week The Statesman published an article titled "Class Struggle Isn't the Answer" written by a cear-thinking labor leader and ne- printed from the Reader's Digest. Its thesis was that to spread employment and push wages up increased production was required. Production makes sales; sales make wages; more competi- tive production howers unit costs, makes *more sales, makes the wage dollar worth more. That is precisely what the British Labor Govennment is urgîng. The story affîrmed that strong unions can enforce legitimate aims without contînuing a tradition of warfare with management but rather substituting firm, insistent reasoning. The average reader capable o! thinking clearly. will admit the wniten pnesented undeniable argu- ment. Since the reproduction of the article, a local labor leader brought in a column-length reply taken from a labor paper and written by a labor man long acquainted with the author of "Class Strugghe." It presented no argument but al- most whohly was a personal attack on the author and the Reader's Digest. 'The author was cahhed a "mush-mouth" and the Digest was attacked as an unfair non-union outfit. Its terms clearhy establisbed titat abuse is no substitute for in- telligent argument. It is calcuhated to motivate the old spirit of industrial warfare as an intrans- igeant policy. Set the two stonies side by side and, we believe, the nank and file of labor would condemn the aleged eply. Many labon leaders appear incapable of exercising the -co-operative, rather than the belligerent, in many o! their actions which lead to exactly the opposite of wbat tbey profess to desire. For instance,, they dlaim labor and the farmers should join forces, yet-in a recent reso- lution of a district labor council a protest was registered against any increase in what farmers grow, namehy food. Another protest was against a raise in barber sbop prices after the tonsorial artists had gone without any increase during war years. Thene is no give-and-take about it. We are ail for survivai of strong unions. But they cannot rernain strong if they continue to be led on a plane of unreasoning class warfare. Britons Can Make It But Britons Must Take It Wben the war closed the people o! Bitain iooked about at the nubble o! shattened homes and factonies and with foreign tnade equaliy sbattened. As expected, they instanthy ralhied under a truiy inspimed slogan, "Britons Can Make IV' wbicb semved notice ta the worhd thut thein first concern was to produce wanted goods ta sbip abroad and regain an economic position that bas meant so much in worid bistory. The slogan truiy implies that goods made by Bnitons wili stili be the best gaods in the worid. But Bnitons have made no point o! the fact that in order ta make it they must aiso take it. We bave to searcb casual news reports ta iearn o! their "austerity pahicy"' wbich is just anather way o! saying they wiih have ta do without as the wbeeis o! industry are speeded up. Too few o! us reahize what anc egg a manth and a strip or two of bacon to go witb it means and poor ciothes and cold homes ail cheerfuliy en- dumed by people workîng daily to win back to prosperity. How iitthe ail this is gasped by Canadians can be brougbt out witb some fonce by reading ecent press reports that once again we are ask- ing the British ta puy more for Canadian bacon, that a shipment of butter from New Zealand, destined for Engiand, was diverted to Canada to take came o! aur shortage, a consignment in fact o! 12 million pounds. And with dairy pro- duction faling we may not be able to fuifil aur cheese cantract witb Bitain. In the meantime, the British Food Board bas asked Canadian producers ta sbip more fal eggs wbile they get ahong with dried or powd- ered eggs. We know uittle about ibis "ausierity" business but we shah hlikehy know more about it after Bnitons "muddhe tbmougb" and seek othen sources o! suppiy with cash on the line. Canadian Citizenship And The General Electioir Foreign born population o! Canada wha now dlaim Canadian citizensbip equaily wiibail others will no doubt be reminded thai ihey weme gnanted ibis boon by the Liberai governmeni o! the day. Much was made o! the public cere- manies in which, Prime Minister King mingied with many speaking broken Engiish as he ne- ceived certificate No. 1, under tbc new uct. If viewed as political propagunda the affain was well siaged and well timed before eleciions. A powerful uppeul can be made ta a very large portion o! the ehectorate by insinuating ibis as- sumed credit. But the !uct is, if our memory serves us, that tbe rigbt tb be known as Canadians was dcfined by paniament more than 35 years ago and ncuhly no further Act was necessany suve ta formalize the status and to require governmeni offices and agencies bo use the designation Canadian Citizens in ai public ceremonies and documents. The new Act stili admits we arc ail British sub- jects. But now, as an effective uppeul ta the fomeign born, we can actuahly prove aur status by securing officiai centificates. The board o! straicgy slipped badly wben exksberant new citizens were iold iheir parch- ménts would cost $5.00 per penson and $ 1.00 per chiid. If truc, bbe tbing is simnphy stupid. Cen- tificutes should be as free as ration books and as easily obiainabie. Fiven at thc pnice quoted the picture frame business will get a boost and in many homes the fnamed documents will be righb theme on tbc walh when election time swings round. Look for cleciion leuflets giving full credit ta Mm. King for canfenning Canudian citizenship without mentioning casi o! centIfi- cates. In the arguments pro and con relating ta the Canadian-British wheatl agreemnent it is pointed out that Cunadian wheat is the best ini thc world and the unfuvonable retunns are borne directly by the farmers, not the Can- adian public as a whole. The above details are given as a mutter of interest in stimulating thought on thc question. p 0 0 Cu ci sel lai i do Po sp ex W] to tr< al] he ex fie tei qu Cie fie W( Io, pr pu of eci ati We th, pe 19 f ol Sb ce: br de IPo be foi va ly ex i ciE pu rel mi thi fui pe. fo Tbi a pr: an Col pri on, lat to giî dei frc ani ME thE gr( lic sui ed evt i ai Do vis pe( of ma lublic Relations eutlined to Memnbers Of Rotary Club Past President Cy. Siemon oc- ipied the chair at the Rotary lub luncheon Friday in.the ab- rtce o! President Forbes Hey- id. He suggested that in act- ig as pinch-hiter it became a Dubie event for program chair- in Charles Carter, Sm., disap- Dintcd in securing an outside )eaker, also went to bat with an Ktemporaneous address. Mr. inter spoke on Publie Relations ith a view of their application the period abead in whiclq con- is and subsidies were gradu- ly dîisappearing. Mucb o! what etold was taken from pensonal Kperience and- observation in the ild of basic food pmoducts. Controls Passing The view presented by Mn. Car- ýr embraced the factors conse- Lent on the removal o! govern- ient direction as generally exer- ;ed during the wam period in the ild o! consumer needs. What luld be the public reaction fol- >wing release of controls and rice advances set in without the ublic being genenally informed Ethe reasons or causes in this onomic readjustinent? He drcw Lention to steps being taken by mding trade associations thmougb ie medium of public relations ta Eform the public prior to the ex- Lctcd control deadline Manch 31, )41. Public Reaction The advance in the price of milk flowing removal of subsidies as an exampie of bow quickly )nsumer protest was aroused. Louhd an advance o! 3 or 4 mts in the price o! a loaf o! read, another basic food, su~d- nly follow mevision o! control iicy, the same reaction couid aexpected. Yet protest was ihd less acute following ad- ances in other lines, particular- luxury goods. It was deemed <pedient, therefore, by fan-see- ýg manufactures and trade asso- ations to set up a pmogram of iblic information, especialiy in dation to basic foods. Funds Voterl Associations concerned with the ling and bakery trade, witb ds object in view, had set up a td to permit spending $100,000 ýr year for the next tbree years ýa public relations program. he money was contnibuted from pencentage o! sales wbile the îce of bread. remained stable id was not passed along to the risumer. It was a manifold )gram not only to wamn o!' ec- iomic prospects but was calcu- ced to maintain bigh standards, increase consumption and to ve personality to those wbo ren- .red service. Precedents Mrn. Carter enlivened bis ex- 3ition witb pertinent quotations om Leacock and Shakespeare id suggested tbat the latter's easune for Measume was appic- Le to the present time. But in ,final analysis The Sermoit on .Mount was the moral back- ound upon wbicb ail truc pub- relations should, be founded. In nming up be believed we fac- an immediate future in wbicb ,ryone sbould do some tbink- galong both economic and mon- lines. The speaker was tbanked by c Rudell wbo was hononed witb place at head table. Interested itors were Walt Pascoe, pros- ctive Rotanian and Ken McKim Saskatchewan, a returned an, nephew of Lou Dippeli. 3lain Elliott and Geo. Chase won birthday flowers. Charlie Miller rose to protest that John James had been overlooked for his bîrthday fell in the same bracket. Charlie was fined for his intervention. Frank McIlveen won the prize as higb bowler for the week and season. Fred Gardner won a box of' tinsel ta be shared with bis bowling team. Walt DeGeer adivertised the basketball garne, Wbeelers vs Cobourg, at High Sehool, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. Attendance Friday was exactly 99 per cent by actual count, in- cluding 10 sbiny domes, whicb always greatly help when bhock- ing out the tahhy., Sale of Houses (Continued from Page One) read again whicb disclosed that the stipulation was to construct '115 or more bouses" hence the four were apparenthy included. He saw in the scheme a desire to get out from under and avoid respon- sibility. He still insisted on com- plete information before any rea- sonable decisions couhd be made. Coun. Joncs was in accord and urged getting a clear picture so accounts could be cleared prompt- ly. He too feit that more informa- tion was needed before ldecision on the four houses was taken. Auditor Suggested Mayor Little suggested that if the four bouses were not sold it wouid "simply prolong the ag- ony."ý Count. James insisted that time and money wouid be saved by employing a qualified auditor to get to the bottom of the wboie tbîng and get a real breakdown on' costs. Coun. Mason believed it im- possible to come to sound decision uniess compiete advice bad been received covering the alleged ex- ceptions on the four bouses. Coun. Garton wanted to know if moncy was coming in from sale of compieted bouses; if sa get on witb the job and see that deeds can be turned oven. Finish the first units and others wouid be encouraged to buy. But money was needed to work on. Missing Letter Coun. James asked if a letter had been received by the 1946 council from town solicitor on bis own initiative, touching on the procedures and metbods involved in the bousing project. There was no record of it in the minutes. Mayor Little saîd be bad heard of the letter and was advised it had been directed to the former Mayor in persan., Coun. Mason moved, seconded by Reeve Baker that ail conres- pondence autbomized by council to be written by ciemk and all re- plies received shouid be read at formai meetings. Copy o! letter to Toronto Construction Co. ask- ing reimbursement of $8,000 was then mread. The motion canried. Coun. James raised the ques- tion of bonding on housing con- tract. The Mayor was not sure on the point but the ciemk said no bond was piaced, oniy insurance covering compensation and pub- lic liabiiity. Mayor Nettled Mayor Little obsemved that cal- iing meetings night after nigbt, going qver and over the same oid ground was getting nowhere and suggested cailing the management of the construction company for a full statement. Coun. Jones said they bad con- tracted to do the job and the building inspector now bad au- tbority to enforce the work and a 2. Thse virgiu cinder concrete ma- sonry column, at thse right, is water permeable, and off crs no practical restriction to, the flow of water through its walls. point had been reached wlere meetings were necessary to ex- tract the facts. Lack Co-operation Coun. Mason suggested there had been apparently a lack of co- operation and recalled that when the building inspector had been asked about the $8,000 he*had re- plied in open council, "Why the bell ask me?" which was an im- proper answer to a proper ques- tion. He insisted on exact infor- mation which would take consid- erable time and saw merit in em- ploying auditors. Not oùly the four new mernbers were in the dank but appanently the whole council was. Coun. James suggested starting with an inventory at the time the camp buildings were taken over and as a matter of simple book- keeping which ought to be found somewbere, a full report could be extracted by a competent accoun- tant. Mayon Little said he personally had helped in the original inven- tory and the building inspector had the records. Coun. Mason observed that the inspector bad told be had lots of information but it would take Phone 715 hours ta tell it. He was prepared to sit and get on with it, item by item from all persans having any information. That appeared to be the gener- ah feeling and the meeting ad- journed with the Mayor asking heave to cahh special meetings at bis discretion and on formai ne- quest under constitutional prac- tice. Nestieton Miss Jean Malcolm, Islington, with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mal- colmn. Mn. and Mrs. Victor Malcohlm, Wayne and Brenda, visited his parents, Mn. and Mrs. Rae Mal- colmn, Yelventon. Mr. Herb Taylor, Mm. and Mrs. Stanley Malcolm and Mns. Leon- ard Jobhin, visitcd Mrs. James Malcohlm, Port Perry. Master Glen Wheelen witb bis grandinother, Mjrs. R. M. Hoskîn, Janetville. Mr. an Mrs. Dan Black, Jean and Dora, visited Mr. and Mns. Andrew Holmes. Mr. Maurice Nesbitt got bis AND STEADILY MOVING ASS URANCE BOWMANVI LLE right hand cut with an axe. Mm. and Mms. Wilbert MeKins- try, Oshawa, Miss Marie Marlow, Toronto, Mr. Haviland Marlow, Haliburton, cahled on Mrs. R. W. Manhow. Miss Hilde Johns, Bowmanville, witb ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Johns. 4- Sympathy is ex*eIded to Mrs. Wm. Armstrong ift.. the pussing o! hem mothen, Mrs.Wic u t Pon- typool. Nestieton W.A. met ut Mrs. W. D. Ferguson's, Jan. 16tb. Scrip- turc reading by M.rs. Ferguson, and devotional by Mrs. Bradley. There were 18 ladies present. Reading by Mrs. Ivan Pmoutt, 'Kcep to the Rigbt," reading by Mms. Wihfomd Jackson "Take Time ta Work." Contest wus put on by Mns. Harrison.. Ladies decid- cd ta bave a crokinrole pamty and Port Permy Band ta put on a concert. Ladies wihl muke use- fui articles for a buzaur. Mrs. Ferguson and hem group senved a dainty lunch. A heamty clap and vote o! thanks was given the hast- ess and ail those in charge for a pleasant and profitable afterncon. Ncxt meeting at Mms. Harold Wheeiem's, in charge o! Mrs. R. W. Munlow's group. FOR WARD b COMPANY 96 King St E. I At the first annual meeting af aur company aur first president said: "The directors are much gratified with the share they have had in extending ta many of their fellow subjects the comforting protection of life assurance". Many thousands of Canadians joined aur great family of palicy- holders in 1946. Life Insurance business in farce, exciuding annui- tics, now exceeds anc billion dollars. This includes more than 100 million dollars of new busi- ness, otber thau annuities. paid for in 1946. Payments in 1946 amnounted ta almast 25 million dollars of wvhicb mare than 62 per cent was paid ta living policyholders. To ensure the payment of those amaunts whicb thecocmpany bas contracted ta disburse in the future, the companys assets have increased ta nearly 350 million dollars in investnents of the highest quality. Our company, toundcd 20 years before Canada itself came inta bcing, bas progressed con- sis;ently witb the growrh ai the Dominion, and we look forward ta the next century witb the expectation of still greater accomplishments. T'U wfl CNADA LIFE goe4 c//eaz4 404 AQUELLA and i& W&dýt dl*q om? THE SCIENTIFIC MINERAL SURFACE COATING that WATERPROOFS and DAMPPROOFS Interior and Exterior Porous Mlasonry Surf aces Such As CONCRETE - MIASONRY BLOCKS - STUCCO COMMON BRICK m ROUCH PL&STER The Sheppard & Gi Lumber Co. Ltd. AGENTS FOR: 1. The "Aqueilized" column at the leftt holda an 8-ft. head of water (500 Ibn. per sq. ft. at the base). PAGE TWO THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JAN. 23rd, 1947