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~'AGE TWO TliZ CANADXAN S î..3MAN. £C.VL1ANVILLE. ON'1'Ar ICi ~vmbmn --- t Establishel 1854 j Wlth which lu lacorporated ThDOWMaaVMO e Nos, The e NoeAti Indepeudent, and The Orono Nlews 93 Yecm Continuous Service t. The Town of Doumanvlie sud Durham County. Athorlzod as Second Clas Mail, l'est Office Depariment, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadiau Weekiy Newspaperu Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 a Year, strlctiy ln advance. $3.00 a Vear ln the United States GEO. W. JAMES. Editor Bank of Montreal Celebrates Ils l3Oth Anniversary An important chapter in Canadian history is set out in a single page of this issue whicb contains an advertisement celcbrating the l3th anniversary ai the Bank ai Mantreal. We hope it will be read by everyone including the pu- pils in schools for it provides the background ta understand anc ai the primary services that have made this country great. It gives also an insight ai the vision ai nine piancers who in 1817 parceived a higb national destiny for Uic generations ta coma. Fabth in Canada and the progressive exten- sion ai credit and collective funds ta promate an cxpanding national economy bas gone on steadily until today the Bank ai Montreal bas an army ai 8,000 pe'ople serving Canadians in evary walk ai lufe wherever thcy live. A mil- lion and a balf clients naw enjoy free, saund counsel in hundreds ai local branches ai the tank and solid financial backing for ahl legi- timate needs. During this period ai 130 years which bas sean many depressions, the doors ai the Bank ai Montreal bave neyer closcd on a single busi- ness day. This may be appreciated locally for Xt is 90 years since the first branch apcned in the town ai Bawmanville. That means that for 27,- NO0 days the people ai this community bave had available the iriendly contacts and financial as- sistance needcd and ail in entire confidence. This pledge observcd for so long carnies into thc far future. Public Indifference Epidemic In MunicipalAffairs, Higbly Iniormed speakers who have re- eently appeared before local service clubs very Vealistically accepted the Invitation extcndcd lthem ta try sincerely and iorcefully to show how many ai aur difficulties in local, national and international aifairs may be traced directly le Public indifference. In eacb case the audi- ence appeared ta to wbolly in accord with thc conclusions set forth. Reports ai these adresses appeared in this paper in order that a mucb larger audience could share in the very abvious truths cnunciated. In this respect the press does its part in attempting ta arouse publie op- nilan. But wc feel that the very indifference sa raundiy excoriated by these visitîng speakers extends inta the indifierent perusal ai the ncws reports. In other words people ai this country, living in imagined sccurity and artificial pros- perity, simply don't give a boot. The charge is true and we know it. We sec the stalking dan- ger spreading aver Europe, rub shoulders with Communists at home, bava no conccrn about public finance and apparcntly no alarma about the passbbilbtbcs ai anpthcr war. As anc speak- er said "We can give lessons ta Uic ostrich." The point in this editorial cornes irom the assertion of ane speaker that this epidemic ai public indifierance is sean most intiznately in municipal affairs. And It is in thesa sminall units that the turning tida must dcvelop and swell outward ta alert the whole nation. Al ai which brings us down ta the test oi whether Bawman- ville votars wish ta renounce past indifference and get out ta the naminating convention and demand reports from aspring office scekers. If we can put aur awn bouse in order it may hbve some influence among other municipali- ties. It's a bit humiliatîng ta agrac with outside speakers on aur state ai municipal decrepitude. Mr. Probe's Performance Quite In the Moscow Tradition Judging bis platiorm performance in Bow- rnanville last week, J. O. Probe, M.P., Regina, Sask., is no asset ta bis party, the C.C.F. Social- ists, nor ta the Housc ai Commons at Ottawa. This May be gathered from the main features of bis address rcported ln this issue. Evidently frustratad at iinding only 12 mon and 6 women e ain was flou experiencing a great wçLv ocf pros- perity under a Socialist government ho' was strangely at variance with Mr. Cripps and his more realistic colleagues and the sane judg- ment of'the clergy of Britain. Mr. Probe would be quite at home with the C.C.F. proponets' ai a resolution advanced at the Ontario Conven- tion, calling on all C.C.F. Clubs ta adopt, feed and clothe only Sacialist families in Europe. Ia this the kind ai heaven Mr. Probe pictured at the close ai bis address? It is fair conjecture ta dwell upon the part played by Captain Probe among the' Canadian troops overseas in bis capacity ai Director af Educational Services and in view af the color- ful epithets in bis current leitist propaganda. But the prize package in bis address which de- cried the profit system was bis dW*closure that he, personally, hastened ta seIl his Vkctory Bonds aiter caming home ta realize the satisfaction af baving reaped a comiortable profit on C.C.F. development bond issues. His ,smal1 audience may not have naticed this contradiction in ideal- ism. Then again, with arm-ilaiiing insistence Mr. Probe denied that C.C.F. doctrine embraced any form of regimentation and went ta Heaven ta prove it. He pictured the faithiul chained and regimented in a bopeiess manatony fceding oniy a neighbor. There were no books, no library in the picture which even fell short of projccting a view into the public lavatory. It was pure, gold-plated Socialism of the kind Mr. Probe of- fered the faithiul few. 0f course ta satisiy the usual local demand af a limited coterie, Mr. Probe took a fling at The Statesman. His main insistance was that the press was a miserabie apoiogist for big busi- ness, cringing in fear of losing advertising, un- able ta offer a word ai criticism. Indeed the editor was one of the poor scoundreis told about earlier in the tirade of abuse dished up by Mr. Probe. In another coiumn in this issue The Statesman answers this silly allegation by re- printing an editoriai on City Moguis. It has not been disciosed whether the C.C.F. Riding As- sociation wants a repeat performance by Mr. 'Probe in Bowmanville. More Comment on the Crime Wave The weakly newspaper likes ta be a "dlean" newspaper going inta the home. In certain other publications the over-playing ai crime, notably a revolting serbes ai murders and sex- crimes during the summer, bas been pretty nau- soating. Like a breath ai iresh air tbrougb this mias- ma cames an editorial in the Fort William Times-Journal antitled "Stop This Crime Wave." It points ta arson in British Columbia, sex <rimes in Mantroal, the double murder in a Tor- onto park, pervert slayings in Winnipeg, the murder ai a bank manager in Vancouver and ai a bank watchman at Ailsa Craig, safcty deposit vault robbarias and the cracking open oi aur penitentiaries witb the escape ai dangerous criminals. In thîs situation the Fart William Times-. Journal says: "Oi intriguing interest are reports that raids on safety deposit vaults have been prompted by an exaggerated balief among thc thieves that black marketears, price-ceiling violators and tax evaders have hbdden illegitimate gains in cash in these 'boxes-thievsosfaianother category. When the robbers go aiter the boarded cash they believe ta be in the deposit boxes, the bon- est box-holders suifer, but aur surmîse is that in the case ai honest folk the banks pay up and shut up, while the dishonest make na dlaim." Evcry time a safety deposit vault robbery takes place wo read sensationalized storbes about people baving "iost their lufe savings." We do not believe they are truc. Our guess, too, is that bonest dlaims ai honest customers ara met. We don't know bow, and the banks won't tell. Probabiy for good reasons, we wouldn't know. Like the Fort William Times- Journal, wa balieve that crime waves are best mat by officiai and parsonal vigilance and pro- caution-and by some exemplary senstences. At any rata, if you want ta "play safe;" if you want ta halp law enirocomont; if you want ta be good and sure you don't lose, keep your cash in a deposit account instaad ai a depasit box; register your bonds, keep track ai the numbers; and do the commonsense job ai in-. suring whatevar you leave in your saiety de- posit box. President o f Rural Weeklies Affirms Their National Sialus The Waekly Press ai Canada bas nover laid much stress on its importance in national ai- fairs. Rural editors have concontrated mainiy on getting out each week, a real, hometown pa- per serving its communbty faithiuliy as a unit in a great independent chain stretching right across the country. But at annual conventions the weekly editar gats a view ai the larger pic- turc, yet seldom tells much-about it iromn the national view among bis subscribers. Sa it is with much pleasure that we read how the newly elccted President ai the Can- adian Weekly Newspapers Association, R. A. Giles, editor ai the Lachute (Que.) Watchman, Is telling the stary of the weeklies in a series ai addrcsses. Mr. Giles ls placlng before the pub- lic the history ai how the wecklies helped ta wjn freedom in this country and the struggles ai the pioncer press from early dayg ta the nation- al status it enjoys today. For instance Mr. Giles points out that there are over 700 bometown weeklies in Canada ta- day and most ai them are members ai the C.W. NAa truly national association. More than 61 per cent, or about 7,000,000 Canadians live in places including towns ai not more than 10,000 population which means that prabably 4,000,000 people read the rural press every week. These figures are impresive and have a mcaning. The iact is that with such a vast reader- ship the wecklies very deiinitely have a force in shaping public opinion and much more de- iinitely ofier great advantages in bringing buy- or and seller together in advertising almost al the products and services in the national econ- omy. Hence the weeklics have an important national status. Mr. Giles is randering a fine Public service in boosting the weekliea. fi TIME FOR DECISION NEW SERIRS. ARTICLE à It la abundantly clear today how the appeasers at the head of governments prior ta the l.ast wgr utterly failed ta rally public opinion, literally capitulated ta blustering dictatoro- by fail- ing ta take a strong le, until finally we were plunged into the most devastating struggle of aUl time. Hoodwinked by Hitler. cringing ta Japan, the Ottawa administration contributed ta thc final payoff. UNHEEDED WARNINGS For more than a decade Churchill shouted from the side- lines his clear warnings against drifting on a rip-tide of appease- ment; even Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech was nulllfied by the sense af false security engendered by the "hopefulness" preached by government leaders and preparedness was accepted as a doc- trine giving offence ta war lords clearly'on the make. Ail this seems clear naw. BUT WAR CAME And s0 war came. And so Canada had ta came te the realization that Hitler's personal assurance ta Prime Minister King that hie had no thaught af war was a lying pattern for of- fensive conflict. And so Canada had ta declare war and linea up with misled free peoples ta recaver freedom. And se naw, te- day, with thausands dead and more thousands crippled, with a crushing burden af debt, we are toid we have reached the heights af unprecedented prosperity. SORRY PICTURE We can look back and see the whole sorry pattern. By temparising and refusing in the British Air Training Scheme Ottawa uncansciausly played into Hitler's hands. By shipping scrapiran ta Japan we gave the Japs missiles later ta decimate aur pitiful confingent ta Hong Kong. But in getting into belated war production we set in motion a vast machine credited with building unprecedented prasperity. PEOPLE TOOK LEAD In self defence people had ta move into a great national effort quite in advance af hesitant leadership. Farmers swung into it without thought ai profit. Labor waited until the govern- ment reshaped policy ta accommodate industrial expansion. Young Canadiahs fiocked into the services. The people took the saddle; the gavernment followed with experimental policies al through the war. PIECEMEAL POLICIES - We had 30-day training, thien 60, then limited conscrip- tion foiiowing a misappiied national registration. Then a mis- appiied national piebiscite and the two-army system. Laggards were wheedied, threatened in same areas, allowed ta roam un- touched in others, a palitical angle in a national emergency. Re- member the "walking out suits" ta entice the zombies? CABINET QUANDARY Do you recail the solemn Cabinet conclusion that Canada could not build tanks, ships, planes and sa forth? The record ai how ail this was changed is on Hansard. The Progressive Con- servative party forced the issue on the floor of the House by in- sisting that Canadians couid build anything and had the mater- jais for the job. Sa we came ta build tanks, ships, planes, and many other thrngs. OPPOSITION STAND These are but a f ew highlights ai how uncertainty be- fore the war carried into uncertainty during the war in the minds of the Ministers of the day. The force of public opinion, the capacity af Canadians ta produce, as expressed in the House by the official opposition, was the cantinuing pattern aIl through the war. Naw we are coming ta an election ta test which party should have public confidence. Editor Refuies the Accusation 0f C..F.-Socialist Member The editorial below appeared in The Statesman on August 28, 1947. It is quite in linb with 40 ot hers poînted at big business by this paper in recent years. When Mr. J. 0. Probe, C.C.F. Sacialist M.P.,, sought ta impress his Bowmanville disciples that this paper was In a category afraid ta arraign big business far fear ai losing advertising they knew he was bath untruthful and insincere yet they sat in dumb admiration of his Communist-tainted tirade. (See the repart ai the Probe meeting and accompanying editorial in this issue ta camplete the picture) .-Editor. City Moguis ',\ot Interested in Importance ai Agriculture A fine piece ai unmitigated ir- any fiuttered across aur desk last week and we propose ta speak aur mind about it. Here is the case. Some weaks ago we had the privilege ai listening ta an outstanding address on tha prob- lcmfs ai Canadian Agriculture. The speaker was anc ai Ontario's outstanding farmers closely in- dentified with administration ai rural schools. At the close ai bis remarks ha suggested that a mucb botter system ai education for ru- ral districts cauld be affected if people in the cities took a greater interest in rural problems and lent their weight ta measures with that end in view. The upshot was that this editor wrote a iew letters to city service clubs suggesting an invitation ba extended ta aur farmer friand ta deliver bis address direct ta the business and proiessional mon who make up the membership ai City clubs. The olive branch bore no fruit and was returned with withered beaves. T h c r e p ly. "Sorry, to iew are interested in agriculture; bave a barrai ai war- ries ai aur awn; feel we can't do much about the situation a n y-; way." Few letters we have re-j ceived bave contained more cal- culated callousness than this bnif fnigld, brushoif. "Not înterested in agriculture!" These complacent, sait - palmed, inpeccable tycoons awe thair very, leisure, their food indulgence, their handy profits, basically ta the men and women ai rural Can-:: ada. "Education for rural child- ren!" wo can't be bothered. Thora you bave the picture ai narrow Canadianisni. There you have the type ai montality that liter- aily challenges leitis.. propaganda. we have nover advocated strike! weapon for farmers. But this sort ai thbnking amang leading cbty individuals almost persuades anc that withholding a month's supply ai food wouid be a good WaY ai stimulating changed op- inions an a basic obligation; a bet- ter understanding ai and Ca-aper- ation With the people who really, count in making a botter Canada, the grass roots farmers. Since writing Uic above editor- ial we came across the following editorial in the Harrow News headed "The Importance ai Ag-; riculture,"l which fits in very nice- ly with aur own views. "Whether or not businessmen and the consumner himseii realize Uic' tact, the weltare af thc Cana. Pup Bgg.st Efp< Canada'& pUlp and paper try accountod for 45 cents ev'cry dollar which thia c, ha. receivedfor exporta to States during the first months of 1947. This was Uic important points atresa A. M. Fowler, presidentd Canadian Pulp and Pape sociation in a. Montreal ac ToÔtal exports ta United excluding gold, in the perio alled $645 millions. Of arnount, pulp and paper e: tatalled $293 millions or 45 Mr. Fowler said, Newsprint produced $188 millions or EVERYBOI ~ByNS The other day 1 had an in- teresting conversation with a piano tuner wha was wark- ing in my home. Althaugh 1 had always thought his professidfl a rather manotonous one, I was soon to change my mind. For ho talked so engagingly about his work, the construction of the instrument and other re- Iated matters, that 1 found myself becoming genuinely interested. But what fascinated me most was his great enthusi- asrn for his work. This attitude towards one's job is greatly ta be desired. warniing effect on ail of us. And in a workcr-bc ho sales- man or carpenter, butcher or book-kecper-it wins admira- tion -and co-operation fromn employers, customers and al others with whom ho cornes in contact. So, especially to younger men, 1 would say: Regardiess of whatever headaches and disappointments your work may bring, keep oig being entbusstssic! Millions of owners and bene- ficiaries af life insuranco pol- icies enthusiastically endorse this formn of investment for security. Agents of the life insurance companios in Can- ada, too, are enthusiastic about thçir work bocause it renor avauabe eric. - -W-2ne52 IT TAKES MORE THAN >IAGIC NOW DO WMAN VILLE- CLEANERS and DYERS 77 KING ST. W. pick-up and. delivery You Icasrn lots of thlngs ln the eieaning business. . . things about human nature and lead- ership, not just how ta remove a spot from a suit, We have observed that aur best custom- ers aren't necessarlly those with the most money, but those who iead ln business, social and' church life - and grooming counts wtih tlîem. ort ance. He was deeply lmpreu.d, Indus- I h do' al pitetexprossed atyour a out of sence. !ountryThey were pleasantly surprise& oUited at the cordial invitation extend.cI eight 1826 E. Second St., ta thcm by the officiai group tu b6 anc cf Las Angeles, their guests at dinner and for the sed by C i.evcning, %e owlng ta former ecÀé ai the Clf gagementiT-nad ta leave for Van-. er As- Deai' Editor James: couver. Canadian courteay anct. Idresa. My purpose in writing i. t wa hospitality will always attiract. @ States, fold. Filtst we want ta extend vast taurist trade from tUUS d, tot- aur sincere congratulations upýon i am enclosing cheque ta ronew Cthat flic Statesman 's success in win- my subscription ta your excellent- xports hing that handsome coveted fro- paper which is indeed a letter 1i/3%c/, phy, from auch a large campeti- from homne each Tuesday. Agalij talone tive field. My son Lyle Moore congratulations ta your edxtarial 29%. and Mrs Moore were guests staff. - at Uic Empress hotel in Victoria Mdrs. M. E. A111.XI and upon inquiry learned that the (Formerly of Newcasle) gentlemen wcaring badges, were __________ (I there as representatives of the ïs Canadian Newspapera Association, One aiten wonders which la so at once he asked If the Editar worse for the motor car, a loasq ai The. Statesman was in attend- tire or a tight driver. 01 -> " 1- dian farmer bas a definite bearing1 on the prosperity ai the nation.' Agriculture must be assured af a reasonabie stability, and farm incomes must be maintained at a proper level sa that farmers will be able ta enjoy a good standard ai living. Toc many people look upon the farmer simply as a pro- ducer. They fail ta realize that the farmer simply is a tremen- daus patential customer, statis- tics revealing that for every dol- lar he takes in, seventy-five cents is spent on consumer goods and for maintenance and improve- ments ai his farm. It is imperative, therefore, that agriculture be in a healthy state and that Canad- ians flot engaged in agriculturê should be interested in a good sound economy on the farm. A proper balance between agricul- ture and other industry is need- TLE TALE your Telephone Directory tells is neyer finished. Year after year more names are added, more people whom you can cal, and who can cail you. Right now we're busy with unfilled orders . .. addmng stili more telephones j ust as fast as materials become 'available. 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