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PAGZ TWO Wlth Wilch lu incorporame The Dowmanle Newu, The Newcastle Independent. and The Orone News 93 Years Continuons Service b The Town et Bowmaavfle and Durham Couaty. Authorlaed aus econd Clai Mail, Post Offie Depertiment, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEE Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadia Weekiy Newspapers Association SUESCEIPTON RATES $2.50 a Tear, strlctly la advance. $3.00 a Tear ln the United States GEO. W. JAMES. Editor e - Remembrance Day -frwenty-nine years ago a shocked world hopefully looked on as caiculating statesmen stumbled alang ta devise means of establishing *permanency for peace and security. But the Lea- *gue af Nations structure heid flaws that remain- ed unrepaired and these widened through the very farce af indecision into breaches through which war again streamed out ta encornpass the entire globe. During this interirn we sought re- newed hope in the annual observance of Armis- tice Day and honored the nation's dead. Two and a haif years ago once again we set out ta build a new structure for peace and se- curity. Statesm-ien stiil stumble alang, stili cal- culating advantages and footholds in opposing -ideolagies. There stili rernains high hapes even in this continuing disagreement. Mean- time in thîs other interim we pause ta honor the dead under a changed term, Remembrance Day. *There is one thing we should point out in ail this. That is how short and fieeting is this national surge af sympathy and understanding. For a few hours we pause in remembrance then * turn ta aur accustomed ways in which forget- * fulness is enfoided in a multitude ai "'Coming .Events." There is only one organization intim- ately assaciated with every com'Ynunity that keeps the spark ai remembrance truly alive. The Legion stands in silent tribute at every meeting. We shall fail short ai peace until that ,.siri prvaesthe whale people here and Income Tax Refunds Soon Available bI he Public As a matter ai service to readers who are entitled te refund on personal incarne tax for the year 1942 we should point out that the gov- ernment is now preparing checks ta lie maied to ail entitled ta receive them. It is hoped te clear the whoie matter by the end ai the fiscal year, March 31, 1948. Many who paid incarne tax during 1942 have since changed their address or have been mar- ried without having forwarded such information te the government. Now the gavernment needs al these particulars in order that cheques may lie mailed to the proper persans. It is quite oli- viaus that refunds cannot be made uniess this in- formation is iorthcorning. Consequently cards are avaihable at ail Post Offices which should be fiiled in with the narne given in 1942 and the present address af the claim ant. The government has individual re- cords oi ail payments due. Full particulars as ta name and present address should lie sent ta Department ai National Revenue, Taxation Di- vision, Ottawa. The Ottawa Rat Race Bewilders Ontario Farmers The mechanical runaround called the "rat race" appears ta lie the policy still applied to Canadian agriculture by the Ottawa gavera- ment. Seldom has The Statesman been swamp- ed with s0 many angry pratests irorn local farm- ers than in the few days following the action taken by Ottawa resulting in an overwhelniing advance in feed grain prices. One would almost believe this paper had sernething ta do with it since we had previously stated it was unlikely ceilings would be removed in face ai the unful- filled British comritments in bacon and other farm products. But we failed to take into ac- caunt the palitical aspects of the prablern. Now that this office has been cleared of the blue haze occasioned by the explosive language o! local livestock farmers we suft out the follaw- ing comments on this new orisis on the Ontario farm ifront. We should add at once that we were ofiered whole pens of lUttie pige at a dollar a head but had to decline. Since then we have .iad eonfirmation tiiat niny litter have been knoclsed on the head nid buried In manure piles and brood sowI ane beig rushed te, packing plants. This wiUl add point to thie otory as we heard IL. We quote: "TMis year we had tii' poorest fted &min What We Have We Give Away (Coatributed Mry a Reader) Obviausly, it is neither the right nor the purpose ai the writer ta presumne ta have the authority ta tell anyone what should be dane with accumulated wealth. What people have is their own, and aur democratic systemn guar- antees (or attempts te do sa) it inviolate. But there is a sense ha which thiags are cammon possessio&s Now, l'est same ane accuse us ai a leaning towards cammunism, may we afiir positively that such is not the case. Furthermore, we are flot considering only wealth la the form ai maney. Ia fact, this form ai wealth ahane is aiflot much worth, unless it lu made ta be the servant ai other forms. Tal- ents buried lienefit no ane-not evea the owner. The challenge here is ta anyone and every- one who has the weliare ai aur community at heart, ta use whatever talents are possessed, so that the community wihl go forwardk But the motive should lie the good ai the people as a whle-not just the individual. Unsehfish service wilh benefit the giver. This is sa true that it requires fia qualifying comment. Have you tried it lately? Editorial Notes We aught ta belong ta society, ta have aur place in it. and yet lie capable ai a complete in- dividual existence outsideofa it.-Philip Gilbert Ifasnerto5. TUL ~ CAN'ADIAN S1A'iLbâS'lAN, .B(.>WMvAN ViLLE, O1'f±Akao out to It but for Ontario farmers to take the dead lois entailed or go out of business." Of course Ontario farmers won't go out cf business but it is certain that great numbers will reduce the numbers ai livestock te be fed until given a better break on casts and returns. There is no questionr about At that great num- bers ai pigs and poultry are beiag sacrifice;d at the moment. British contracta already away short of fulfilment will suifer accordingly. A few -farmers added political comment in their view of the case. They point out that an election is rumared in Saskatchewan and that the lederal contest is not far distant. It was seen that aiter subsidies were ta lie continued temporarily, western farmers held back feed grain waiting for the deadline ai Oct. 31, when subsidy policy had ta be decided. The western farmer held out for open prices on ieed grain and they gat It. This concession is viewed as a bid for western votes. No matter what action was taken the gavernment follow- ing in Ontario couldn't be appreciably aifected. This just about sums up the situation as it is heard in local farm circles. But no matter what action may be taken ta relieve the situation, the fact is thc damage has bcen done ta the Ontario lîvestock industry. Complele CaIm Reigns Concerning Municipal Nominations Scarcely a word has been heard about mua- icipal nominations this fall but ail the machin- ery has heen set in motion for holding elections for the 1948 Councils ai the town and district. Who will rua and why and for what office is stili undisclosed. And voters seem littie con- cerned at the moment. 0f course the whole pat- tcra will lie revealed at nomination meetings. Meanwhile we eall attention ta the order ai business as requiredl under statutory provisions. Nominations will ho held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Bowmanville, Friday ev- ening, Nov. 28. Ehections, if required, will be held an Monday, Dec. 8. If a full slate fails ta lie chosen like hast year. another nomination meeting ,vill have ta be cahhed. The voter's ist is posted in the clerk's office for the accommoda- tion of those entitled ta vote and whase namnes may have been omitted. Court ai Revision will sit ia the Council Chamber, Bowmanville, at 7.30 p.m., Manday, Nov. 24, ta deai with any complaints regarding assessments. In Dar-lington Township, the Court ai Revision sits at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15r. The above are the principal mechanics having ta do with municipal procedure at this time oi the year. This by no means concludes comment In The Statesman on the approaching nominations. The next two issues wihl attempt ta bring out important factors which ought ta be brought into the forum nomination night in corder ta learn more fulhy what has traaspired or what has been omitted in councii's afiairs during this year and ta hear statements ai policy froni. those aspiring ta office. In the meantime keep the above dates in mind. Stagnation in Canadian Radio Traced fo ÇBC Policy Accordiag ta Mr. W. E. Mason, of Sudbury, Ont., wbo operates station CKSO at Sudbury, much ai the blame for stagnation ia Canadian radio can lie traced ta the C.B.C. Mr. Mason feels that C.B.C., "h3- keeping network rates pegged at pre-war prices, is responsible for re- tarding the progress ai commercial radio as a whole." There would certainly be a case for mare costly netwark time. Increased coverage; im- proved technique; increased operating expenses -ail justiiy an increase in commercial rates. Even a very modest increase would have made it unaecessary for the Governmeat ta take an additional bahf million dollars from the taxpay- er this year ta prop up C.B.C's tottering econ- amy. The fact is that C.B.C. is probably afraid ta raise its rates, because the balance betweea commercial and non-commercial revenue wauld lie seriously upset. It is still C.B.C. poiicy ta present itseli ta the public as a non-commercial organization, financed by the individual $2.50's Although launched in a period depression ai the thirties. These ai great crisis, adjusted in a per- experiences alerted citizen and lad ai post-war transition and ex- government ahike ta the impera- tended in a period ai broadening tive necessity ai broadening the public service, recreation la On- base ai public support ai recrea- tario and tbrougbout Canada..is tion and at the same time ai comiag ai age. Slowly but sure- broadeaing the base ai citizen par- ly the conviction grows that the ticipation ia the shapiag ai social vigorous pursuit ai a full fledged pohicy. This is as it should lie. community recreatian program is Rooreation is a peaple's movemeat good economies, good education and it is the poople's business. and good common sease. Recrea- tion is proving itseli ta lie a must in any bahanced program for the P ride, the most dangerous ai al conversation and development of fauhts, praceeds from want of bath aur human aad aur natural~ sense, or waat ai tbo>ught,-Dill- resources. 0 _q. Three basic ideas ie at the beart ment la this province. Their os- sential simplicity may sometimes VR UU eadanger the recognition ai thoîr E VERÂJ>Oj.jj true signîficance. They constitute a substantial, evea tbough incom- plete, foundation for the building Tt O creation prograrn. aia ecratie cs ommuntyoreb ceran ht î~ is th way it was b vides for provincial grants ta the Q :ý local cammuaities. It is for the aged and the shut-in as well as for the teen-ager and the toddher. It is for those who work la a fac- & tory or on a farm., It is for the whole famuhy, father, mother, boy To get ahead in the worid and girl. It is for the street cor- ner gang. It is for the physically you need more than ability, and meatally handicapped. It is persanality and experience. for rich and poor, your next door You aise need good healtb. neighbor and the tourist in aur Nwdy h ia m midst. Nwdy h ia m Recreation is Varied portance of the right diet for Thi foios fom hefirt ca- good health is being more tral idea. If recreation is for ev- wily ecnze.Tu erybody it must embraco a wide mare and more people are eat- range of actîvities and experience. ing less of the heavy starch A closed in skating rink or stad- a nd protein feoda and more iumn May lie for everybody, but it oftevamnrc wad does flot folw that everybody ofteiam-icra an will find a skating riak or a stad- Ieafy vegetables, and fruits. iumn flexible enough ta satisiy ath- As for sleep, doctors advise er equally important interests and a minimum of eight heurs needs. Certain needs are reoog- rs o vrg dls nized ia the growtb and develop- rs o vrg dis ment -if cnîlaren, youth and ad- To most of us, the idea of uits which require play and re- taking exorcise is a chore and creation. a bore. But it is virtually im- Becreation la a Co-operative passible te enjoy radiant It aiways has been and aiways must be so. The very essence ai recreation is its vohuntary charac- ter. For a long period, in the be- ginning, recreatian was largely in- formai and unorganized. The grim business aofiîewing out a' home la the bush left littole ime f or loisure and somebow rod and musket prgvidcd the emotional oquivalent ai recroation. la due course a barn raising or a thresh- îng introduced somctbing ai or- ganizatian into the p 1 c t u r e. Churcli, hodge and ciub added their contribution. Privato agen- oies like the 'Y', later introduced an evenbroaded range ai recrca- tion. Other youth service and commuaity agencies added their resources and services. Commer- cial recreation gradually gained wide acceptance and influence. Schools, libraries, parks, play - grauads and camps folhowed. But somehow, despite al ai this, recreatian as wye know it today was very unovenly developed and distributed. This wNas revealcd mast chearly during the war s0 ,eeitIy ended aMd ù, the gr*aq. gou ealth unless we do 50. A few minutes spent daily in setting-up exercises is espe- cially beneficial to, those with sedentary jobs. Long, brisç walks are aise recommended. Above ail, have your physi- clan give you a complet. check-up every year. AI this snay have a fami- liar ring. But 1 have repeated these suggestions here be- cause they can do se much to help you win success. J ust as health emeasures safeguard your physicai fu- ture, life insurance safeguards the financial, future for your- self and your family. During the past 10 years the Iife in- surance Companies in Canada paid eut an average amount of $400,000 te policyholders and beneficiaries every day. TMUBSDAY. NOV. 131h. 1B4! TIME FOR DECISION NEW SERIES, ARTICLE 5 The main line of thou.gbt developed in this second se'ri.. stemns- frarn releases sent out ý lmost weekly fram gavernrnent sources ta th 1e press which seekW ciearly to spread the impression that Canadians have attained. "4unprecedented prosperity"l and that this is due ta wise leadership and effective policies af the gov- ernment. A new lease af powerw lfl be sought on this premiàse. CLAIMS CRTALLENGED But this column challenges Canadians ta take an objec- tive view of the background af this alleged prosperity and ta note carefully that the same government that helped usher in the late war by trusting Hitler, appeasing Mussolini, bowing ta Ja- pan and which now fails in resolute leadership among the srnaller nations, is naw preparing ta ask for a renewai af confidence. PEOPLE'S EFFORT It has also been shown and cannot be denied that the people of Canada took the initiative and rolled up thé power and production for Canada's sharè In the great confiict. The gavern- ment went outside ta secure the best brains possible ta lend dir- ection to the spontaneous efforts of the people. These were the dollar-a-year men and Women. And s0 we thus combined ta help win victory. SINGULAR STORY Now in putting forth dlaims ta having engineered "un- precedented prasperity" the government releases very carefully attempt ta fix attention on only one side af the picture. We are shown that farmn prices stand at an ali-time high, that exports were neyer greater, that savings were neyer higher, that unem- ployment is almost a minus quantity, that verily wealth is with US. THE OTHER SIDE What the government releases do not show is that the Canadian people have become saddled with a national martgage ai more than sixteen billions, that taxation in peacetime is at an ail-time high, that aur trade deficit xith the U.S.A. is. almost a billion this year and we have an "uniprecedented" annual interest bill. It will take a century to liquidate aur debt. FARMERS NOT FOOLÈD Farmers are not fooled when toid that their returns have reached "unprecedented levels" for their costs have reached "unprecedented heights." When to]d that they have paid off millions of mortgage debt, farmers stili realize they have ta face another huge liability which is deferred only because of "unpre- cedented" shortages. Many will have ta take new martgages to restore equipment. SAVINGS MORTGAGED It is not wide af the mark ta say that aiter buildings, fences, machinery have been restored, an unprecedented weed nuisance brought under contrai and soil restared ta proper fer- tility, Canadian farmers will have spent every dollar they may have saved and will have ta borrow more before the job is done. That is the ather side af the coin in this story.of "unprecedented prosperity." Recreation is a People's Novemeni Il- is -Ail the People's Business By Bart Smithsoii Director of Recreation Saving substantiel sums takes most people quit. a time. Yet you immediately set up an estate for the protection of yaur loyed ones just as seon as you take out Mutua Lhf. cf Canada Insurance. We Invite yeu te se* our representative, or #phone him, and let him tell you how easy it is te "'create" an estate. Iow coif Iife insuraince siréce 7869. Braneh Office 435 George Street From .anuary 1 te, October 4, 1947, 184.3 million pounds o! ba- con and 2.6 million pounda of park affala were shipped ta the United Kingdom. An additional 3 mil- lion pounds of bacon and 53 thou- sand pouznds of park offaIs were purchased and booked for early shipment, says the Current Re- view of Agricultural Conditions ia WHAT OTHERS SAY ADVANTAGES 0F PARK COMMISSION (Lindsay Watchman) Aid. Ada Greaves received thei unanimous support oi colleagues in the Council wben argument was presented in favor ai esftab- lishing a Park Board Commission la Lindsay. For many years a great number of citizens have ex- pressed the idea that an elected Park Commission would lie able ta do much ta improve the beauty ai Lindsay, especially regarding parks, boulevards, tawn appraach- es, plaating ai trees and trimming oi trees and the general beauti- fication ai the Scugog river with- ia the town. To establish a Park Commission it will be necessary ta have a pe- tition ai two hundred ratepayers presented ta the Council, follow- ing wbich the Council will preseat a By-haw ta the electors at the next municipal voting. The Park Commission will be formed much ahong the lines ai the Waterworks Commission, the Eiectric Light, or Hydra Commission and the Board ai Health. The Commission will lie elected from year ta year and have speading powers. It is esti- mated that a mill, or hess, lie set aside in the budget for Park pur- poses. Onhy by having such a Com- mission will the Town ai Lindsay, cver become Park consciaus and ïrrive at a position where a deff- mnite plan of beautification can bc carrJed out. The idea bas manu advantages. THEORY THAT WORKS (Winnipeg Free Press)r Mr. M. J. Cohdwehl, nation,-h, leader ai C.C.F., recenthy unbur- de.ned himself ai sanie thougbts on Free Enterprise at Fairview, Alta. He said: "Free enterprise is an attractive theory, but it just does flot work. It promises security and freedoni ta ahi, and leaves everything but profits ta chance." Mr. Coldwell as usuai is a littie rigbt and a lot wrong. He is right ,when be says "Free enter- prise is an attractive theary" and hopelessly wroag when ho says "it just does not work." Mr. Coldwehl happens ta be talk- ing about the only theary wbich really bas worked, which has raised a goad part of the world ta a standard ai living neyer reached before and whicb naw ofiers hope ta millions alh aver the globe. This country and this contin- ent are proof positive ai the prac- ticality ai free enterprise. If Mr. ColdwelI caa point ta any place uwbere bis particular brand aiece- onomnics has worked half as well, tlhon we migbt lie ready ta listen. But ahi ho can point ta is the Soviet Union on the one haad- bardiy an inspiring example-or ta events in Britain on the other. British sociahisma is still in an ex- perimental stage but even 50 its hopes and its promises are furtber from reahization today than they were when labor enterod office. Mr. Coldwell may say socialisrn bas not bad a fair run. Perhaps it bas nat-yet. Meanwhile, un- tii it bas, he migbt well lie less dogmatic on behalf ai bis own theory and more honest about free enterprise. Fromn northern Manitoba 350 adult trout moved ta new homes in the waters ai Manitoba's Rid- ing Mountain National Park and the Wbîteshell Forest Reserve. They travelled in two C.N.R. ex- press cars. Under the volunteer leadership ai 81,491 Scouters there are 2,208 acti've Scout Groups la Canada, la the nine provinces and the Yu- kon. There are Eskimo and In- dian Scout Troops. In fact, boys ai every natianality and creed are included in membership. Sixteen sheep from Great iun- tain, representative breeding mi- mals, have been aded to the Iivq stock at the Ontario Agricultural Coflege. The sheep are part of 56 head purchased in Great Bri- tain this summer by Thomas Pat- rick, M.L.A., President of the Ontario Sheep Breeders' AsSocia- tion, with a vlew te lmpro'ving breeding stock in Ontario, Coffe 00%~ B 'e "TYES, GORDON,* that's right And tea cornes from Ceylon, sugar frorn the West Indies; Canada imports ail sorts of gooda frorn countries ail over the worid.» "But Canada flot only buys abroad, Gordon' she sefis abroad, too; ; Grain and lumber and fish and fruit;:; manufactured goods and raw materials . .-.' Ail the comnplex operations involved in' foreign trade cal! for the use of bank credit, foreign exchange, world market informa. tion and collections - vital services pet. formed by Canada's banks. SPONSORED &Y TOUR lANJC 'j TRUPMAY, NOV. lm, lot? REMUNERATION to be allowed ah~ executor is a matter for the couirts in Ontario. The saine services are ýeýýRassessed on the same basii whether they are performed by a private executor or a trust company. By choosing the Toronto General Tru~sts to administer your estate, you get the extra value of proved efflciency and de- pendability at no extra cost. TORONTO GENERALTRISTS ÈOR POR ATIO N Headi Ollfce 2533 Ray Street, Toronto M ANAÀGI1N G E S T AT ES S51NCE 1 832