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:'AUL 1~d .LflUfl~LJAX, JANUA1~Y 22,1948 Vit %1naLban îtatoian Entablinhed 1854 with which is încorporated The Bowmanvjlle News, 1h. Newcastle Independent and Thé Orono News 9j Years' Continuous Service ta the Town Bowmanville and Durham County Authorized as Second Class Mail. Post Office Depcrtment. Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Adit Bureau 01 Circulations t ~ ACanadjan Weekly Newspapers 0 Asesociation + SUBSCREPTI0N RATES $2.50 a Year, strictly in advance $3.00 a year in the United States publishsd by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanvjlle, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editor Recipes for Prosperity Corne From Many Quarters Public opinion poils and general statements from various organizations and individuals ivhich receive notice in the press and over the air on the problem of how to head off inflation and bring prices down, would if mixed together, produce a tasteless layer cake f ew would care to samzle. But this medley af recipes appears to be just the kind of mixture that the govern- ment is tcying around with and tossing in and e)u' c'l il'- ovcn rt the moment. Changes in pal- icy are being effected almost daily and the lid is cau'ý-ously being pressed down ta control rising temperatures. Labor wants ph-ce control and subsidies, shorter hours and more pay. The cansumers as- sociation wants contrai and subsidies and the embargo removed from fresh vegefables. Far- mers who have lost millions under state trading want prices that give themn a fair return. Bus- iness wanfs frecdom to produce more goods and services cs the best means of lowering prices and continuing employment. The government wants to hold voters in line by catering f0 al these factions behind a screen of general silence. Infornied leaders are trying to get the true picture across to the public. Thaf is so long as peoffle have- an excess of money and goods are in short supply the competition in buying raises prices anid leads ta inflation. For instance if enly two cakes of soap . are for sale and a hundred people with money want them Ithey bid the price up to an unreasonable level. If there were 100 cakes of soap and only two buy- ers the price woù.ld faîl ta a reasonable level. The solution to present difficulties, theref ore, seems quite obvious. It is summed up by Wilfrid Eggleston in a recent article in Saturday Night: "What is really xneeded is increased production with the existing equipment and the present staffs; higher eff r- ciency without any increase in outlay; greater production per shif t or per person at the same wages. These are disinflationary forces with- out any question." Sidney G. Dobson, President of the Royal Bank of Canada, says: "An honest day's work for an hontest day's pcry is still a good recipe for prosperity, perhaps the only formula that will insure lawer prices, a higher standard of living and lasting good tirnes for ail." John Bracken, leader of the official oppos- ition in the House of Commons, voiced the same warning to the government, Hansord, Dec. 9, 1947 (P. Ill): "We should relieve our present shortoqe of goods and ever-mounfing inflation- cry pressures by getting production going in Can- ada with the same determination and energy which we showed in the war." Maybe we shahl get around to this recipe for prosperity only af- ter a general election. Eight Extra Copies Statesman Gif t Last Year Our auditors have discavered that the Statasman issued 86 mare pages during 1947 over the record esîablished in 1946. Taking the normal single issue 0f average ai 12 pages per week-, Ibis increasa means that subscribers re- ceivad the aquivalent ai 8 extra copies during the year ar an extension ai two months aveu the normal years. At the same lime The States- mon circulation bas reached an ah-ime high. This service bas meant a cansideable ex- pansion in local naws and advartising ahi ai which bas kapt readers up ta date in the im- portant fields ai ganaral information an curuent avants, iarm news and producîs and prices ai consumer gaods in the local market. This is quite in lina wif h the policy af The Statesman ta give the basf passible coverage and service fa the enfire cammunify. Canada Year Book Officiai Fact Volume If you realy want fa know the complete sfary ai Canada you can gel if in o single vol- urne, the Canada Yaar Book, issuad under au- fhority ai the Dapartment ai Trade and Com- merce, Ottawa. Canfaining alinost 1300 pages and bound in blua buckrarn with goid lettauing, this book deals with Canadian source hisfory, gaography. population, gavernment. educatian, health, crime, resourcas, production, power, mon- ufacturing, labor, farming. frade, prices, bank- ing, insuranca, defence, vefarans affaira, in short evarytbing thaf pertains ta the deveîopment o! the country. The volume is replete with mnapa and charts and thara are special articles on citizenship, Un- ited Natiaons, fr Àenile delinquency, national faimn policy. frnily aliowances, irrigation. the Wheaf Board and many other important issues offecfing lornestic and fareign affaira. This book k' issued annually by the gavsîrnent as sou-ce maferial for Canadians wha wish ta be eil inforrnad. Sixiiar volumes with the same quality and binding issued by private publishers would coat $10 or mare, but the Canada Yeair Book in buck- ram and gold costa only $2 and for atuidents, chool teachers and reinisters a paper bound copy costs only $1. Send a remittance direct ta the King's Printer, Ottawa, and the book will be delivered promptly to your address through the Post Office. Ignorance of the law is held ta be no excuse. Ignorance of this country is fo general when it can be dissipated at the small cost asked for the Canada Year Book. 'Meet the Company' Bookiet Invitation of Great Industry The Aluminumn Company of Canada is an- other graat industry that is taking its employees and the public into ifs confidence wifh the prac- tical bel*f that "Industry bas a story to tell." For the past seven. years The Statesman has urged this course on industry and it was with much pleasure and satisfaction that we received last week the handsome 64-page booklet, "Meet the Company" issued by the Aluminumn Com- pany, which sets forth the story of its achieve- merits and ifs programme for the future. Few corporations have been subjecfed ta such baseless attacks by the socialist C.C.F. than the aluminumn industry. Ranting about monopoly enterprise the socialists haven't had a word of praise about the great contribution the Aluminumn Company has made fa betterment af living standards and the whole national econ- amy. In inviting the public to "Meet the Com- panv," President R. E. Powell answers the social- ist diatribes very simply and effectively. His introduction in the bookiet is: "Our job is ta make the best oluminumn in the world; ta make if available ta everyone, economicallv, and ta develop ifs countless practical uses. We are contributing to Canada's industriol growth by developing one of ber greatest natural resour- ces, waterpower, and furnisbing employmenfta thousands oi people. The age ai ligbt metals bas just begun." Serving Canadians in this way is just about the best application of social- ismn one con conceive. The whole story of aluminumn is told in the hooklet with splendid illustrations. Employee relationships are set forth with great fidelity and the reader is given an inspiring view of the future of this magic metal ai the 2th century. I. S. Decarie, Director of Information, Aluminum Company of Canada, 1700 Sun Lif e Bldg., Mon- treal, suggests: "If you would like furtber infor- mation, please write." Canadian Legion Cracks Down on its Subversive Members Since reparting the recent meeting af the Bawmanville Canadian Legian at which the leading speakers waîned against the inîoads ai Fascism and Communism, we observe that tbe axecutive ai the Ontario Command bas taken tha resolution ta crack down on branches and mem- bers taintad witb these "isms." Under the con- stitution no mamber con hold a card wbo bolds allegiance with these subversive doctrines or is a mambar ai the communism Labor-Prograssive Party. Thay will be rooîed ouf and their member- ship cancelled. If is strange indeed Ibaf anyone who servad in the figbt for ireedom as a member ai tbe arm- ed services can be iound i the ranks now linad up whose aim is tbe complele destruction ai the freedom won. But the Ontario Command ap- pears ta have ample evidence ai the fact and many names of tbese active traitoîs. Some branches of the Legion are reported under con- trai ai Communisf axecutives. Their charters wil îikely be cancelled if these officiais are nof re- moved. Fortunaîehy the Bowmanville Leqion is an record as unanimously against any mamber of this stîioe goining admission or retaining o card ai mambeîship. The Pasf President made tbc strongest kind of plea fa combat this menace wben ha spoke the other evening. If is a bappy coincidence ta find the Ontario Command almost immedictely achoing bis worning. Expulsion is the democratic way. In toîalitarian states Ibis boring f rom witbin would result in the firing squad. Farmers Promised Help by The Minister of National Revenue A medical doctor, Hon. J. J. McCann, was the choice ai Prime Minister King as the best ecanomist he could find for the post of Minister ai National Revenue. In a recent statement Dr. McCann teails how be proposes ta dactor the ecanomic ilîs ai farmers 50 far as if affects their incarne fax pîoblems. With an army ai civil servant s bis Dapartmanî bas proceadad on the plan ai sanding these spolIarsis mb very district in Canada wbare thay have opeaofd on the theory that snafching the odd former here and there ta be hailed inta court, other farmars would be scarad inta filing incarne fax faims. Il bas been triad in Durham County whera formais owing no tax have been finad $50 and $100 plus casts. There was no excuse, ail tbay bad fo do was fill aut faims and sand Ibam in aven if fhey had ta go ta fawn and hure o baokkaapar. This huge gavarnmanf expense greafly ovaîshadow- ed any meagra dollars iound os legitimote in- carne fax. But there bas been so mucb angar aI thesa praceedings thaf the faim vole was baing alianatad mare thon avar iîom tha Liberal gav- eunmenf. Henca Dr. McCann advises that future aperations wiii be ahong educational Uines ra- ther thon brutal surgery witbout an anaesthaîic. His new acharne off ais a maie sirnplified faim ta ba fillad ouf and wif b if ha gives o pue- mium aif a new faim occount book, lined and rulad sa that every sala and putchase con ha entered and profit and lass sho.wn. Thasa can ha obtaîned fiee at ony Post Off ice. The Min- ister odds thal as a matI ai ai fairness and de- cancy formais should heaos wiliing as othar Canadians ta belp the gavarnmenf. If formais find difficulf y in understanding how ta cosf up w- 'r--fit and lcss statement or lack ai lime for this homework thay con pîabably hure o book- keeco r in an adjacent tawn. The Dr. odmits thof the ganarai idea is fa axiîact as poinlassly as possible eveuy lasf cent ai incarne fax from farmera, Observations and Opinions Decentralization of industry in Canada is still largely talk, says the Midland Press Herald. Of 60 new projects reported by the Financial. Post as being "in the planning stage" only seven are ta be located outside the major cifies. Saskatchewan newtpapers point ouf thaf the C.C.F. (Socializt) governmenf of that pro- vince is now controlled entirely by the lef t wing Canadian Congress of Lahor with headquarters in Toronto and thaf the farmers' interests in thot agricultural province are subordinated. .In 1946 the Post Office Departmenf showed a surplus of Sl11,000,000, which has been figured oufta mean that every mon, woman and child in the cauntry contributed nearly one dollar ta 1 this unnecessary increcîise in postal rates, under the guise of war taxes. If is high t ime that this fax was dropped, and many others along with if. What con be done ta conserve Canada's greaf source of nafural wealth bas been shown by such cauntries as Sweden. In the last five years the foresf fire loss in Sweden. two-thirds ai which is wooded, bas amounfed to only twelve hundred dollars. One Swedish compony bas had the same timber concession for seven bun- dred years. and now the concession is more val- uable thon ever. Evidently Canada bas some- thing to learn about conservation afitis forests. à "Free enterprise" is getting the blame a lot for the soaring prices. but government planners have creafed shortages. established lixed ex- port prices. cut off import s. alloted mat erials and have put the Canadian dollar at par witb thaf of the United States. The Hamilton Spectator says if is preposterous f0 blame "free enterprise" for the condition in view ai ail the government has been doing ta gum up the works. The Farmers' Advocote offers t his sound bit ai advice fa farmers: Feeding as much as paos- sible ai Canadian-grown groin on Canadian farms is surely a sensible and sound policy. If ought fa be sa declared and translated intoaa definite recognized action programme. Heavy exports ai rawv products irom the iarm simply transi er aur soui ertility ta the fields ai other nations and into the sewers and ditches of the world. If beer and liquor are ta be an issue in the Huron by-election. it wauld be well ta iniarm the electorate that "Mitcb" Hepburn brought in the womnen's beer roams as well as the men's and leit the responsibilitv on bis successor ta makce the best ai a bad institution. Licenses granted by Premier Hepburn were tarred with polilics which is one reform thaI has since been effected. as wcll as other improvement-z <md stricter regulations ail round. In a leading edilorial, The Chatham News gives a wall deserved tribut e ta township clerks in which wa are heartily in accord. As The News point cd out, a municinal clark in the rural areas particularly must be well postcd in town- ship afiairs, municipal law and procedure, so as ta be equippcd ta carry ouf bis duties efficient- ly. and aI the scxme time foaoct as guide, phil- osopher and fîiend ta uninformcd reeves and councillors. His dut ies which already bave been considerable, bave increased from yoar ta year. owing ta the growing infricocy of our municipal system and the exacting requirements ai pro- vincial deporîmenîs in the filling out ai varlous reports. Mis job requires intelligence, training and a lot of work. The firsf hour of the marning is the rudder ai the day.--Henry Word Beechor. No end appears in sight presently ta the spiralling trend of wages and pruces. They are chasing one another in a mad inflatianary rush. If will only be checked when the large volume ai purchasing power still ini cansumers' bonds be- gins ta dry up and when buyers refuse ta pay exorbitant prices. Officiai sources point ouf that about seven billions ai dollars are now in circulation in Canada, as compared with fhree billions before the war, ahl competing for avail- able merchandise. The race connot lasf forever, in facf the turning-point may naf be as far away as some people imagine. Consumer ar hidden taxes are being stress- ed and expased. When a man gets his take home pay, he con take eight per cent rigbt off, because thaf is the percenfage the gavernmenf fakes on everything he buys with that pay. In 1945-46, the gavernment took 812 million irom that hidden source ai taxation, and at the pres- ent rate it will gef 200 million more thon that for the last fiscal year. For the first seven months oi 1947, the gavernment had a surplus ai 541 million. Is there any hope from that for incarne fax relief, or will the sales fax be slashed?- St. Catharines Standard. It is a bit diii icuifta understand the actions and polîcies ai the Canadian Broadcasfing Cor- poration. They cut out the addresses by ouf- standing speakers befare the Canadian and Empire Clubs, which gave pleasure ta a consid- erable constituency that makes very litf le use ai radio, and they put on the air irom coasfta coasf, doubtless on fhe basis ai salary, a commentator like Elmore Philpoft, wbose radical ideas, dog- matically laid dawn, are as far away as could well be imagined fram the abject ivity that sbould characterize national cammenfafors, They are, in fact, pure prapaganda ai decidedly narrow leffist theorizing, wif h lifîle relation ta actual conditions. -Oriflia Packet and Times. One fundamental cause ai aur present grief in the ecanomic field may be iaund in the de- terioration ai standards ai hanesty and morality during the war and post-war years. Black mar- kets and incarne fax evasions are symptamatic ai the general trend. An increcrsing tendency fa evade the law ai the land bas became only toa apparent. Business men who in ordinary circumstances wauld mainfain a bigb code ai efhics and a strict adherence ta laws and cus- toms have become wearied ai the unending1 round ai restrictians, inspections and compul- sions, with the result thaf they have fallen in witb the general trend and have begun ta cut corners and evade the stricf letter ai the law. The wave o! greed and avarice bas permeatedý the land and now all are caugbt in the viciaus inflatianary cycle. Living in a land ai plenty and prasperity, Canadians are now iaced wif h an era ai austerity ai their own making, one Ibhat bids fair ta cause widespread distress befare if bas run ifs course.-Simcoe Reformer. Editor Harmon E. Bice, af The Huntsville' Farester, drcrws attention ta something that pro- bably bothers aIl editors from lime ta time. and wbich no doubt causes some dissatisiaction amang the readers. If is a common custom and a useful one, ta send in a newspaper witb some news item ai lacal interest, fa be copied or com- ment ed upan. Occasionally, there is nothing ta Indicate the name ai the sender, or the item af interest. More irequenîly, there is a note wrif. ten on the iront. "See Page Two,' but nothing on page twa ta show whicb item is intended. Thaf is unfortunate for if the praper item ks nof discovered, it disappainîs the sender, and this paper also misses a news item. Pleý7se i;. the item on the inside page, as well as making a note of the page for wbich we sbould look. Cbearfulness is o duty you owa ta saciety bacause you have ta ive witb ather people and fhey wif h you.-Claranca Reed. Oit SEED CROPS Warning that mnost o! the Can-1 adian ail seed crops - flaxseed,j soybeans, rape and sunflower- tan be grown ta advantage in variaus countries abroad, the re- port an ail seed crops presented1 at the recent Domninion-Provin-g cial Agricultural Canfere n ce, points out that these crops are, therefore, particularly sensitive ta worîd conditions. Thougb no aver-production of fats andi ails is likely ta arise in 1948, a downward revision in world prices is considered pas- sible in the latter haîf of that year. HORSES FOR FOOD During the first eight months af 1947, 6,000 slaughitered baisas andr 1,400 wark horses were shipped ta the United States. Five thous- and live horses were shipped ta Belgium for slaugbter. Packing WSURARCE DISASTR IT'S YOUR NOVE jFRIENDS, Fîre and other ds asters are taking a staggering rtoîl of property dollars. And, for- al we know, your homie j ray be thie next jump. Whv îiot face that possi- bility flo\? Protect yourself from finan- cial loss, Insure with plants producing cannied and pick. led horse meat for export, alaugh. tered 46,000 horses during, thq first nine manths af 1947. In ad-. dition to completing U.N.R.R.A. cantracts, eight million pounds' were shipped for post-U.N.R.R.A. relief and for Children'a Reliel during 1947. 1 É"M ORN-GLO"I ,VPW DINNERWARE Open Siock CUPS and SAUCERS PLATES- three sizes FRUITS - ATMEALS PLATTERS and VEGETBLE DISHES Make yaur every day table attractive. Four different shades. Pink - Blue - Yellow - Green ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS Brighten your raom for the duil winter cisys witb a few colorful StUar B. aMeS pretty and Inexpensive Suceso t . . asn& Son J. W. JEWELL INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE "IBIG 20", King Street. Bowmanville PHONE 556 9.27 King St. W., Bewmanville HEAR [1Queen 's Park Report Noe.; THE HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION FRIDAY, JANUARY 301h C FBB Annual Report Shows jVIýrdv-._h:,- -, Hydro Distribution ýhoNvdro îoac.s, a, oun j _ ifur the \,car 194,r-46. Th e, fi- The 39th anniUal i cpoi t of the re.s; are' for- Julî -Dec. of each Hydro - Eleccric Powr Commnis- sian of Ontario contains complete Peak Loads data on povcr and light. distribu- 1945 1946 tion of the varîous municipal lin-Bo.anic 3579 3948 its makin g up the Pr"Ovin'-wNide( Cobouîrg 2618 2954 operations of' Ibis public utility. Port 1-lepe 9167 3321 The tinancial set-up and balance WhitbN, 1922 2096 sheets of ail Public Utillîx- Coin- Lnd 0447 missions are also shown in detail. inewstl'ev2444 347 The BowN,7an\xille PUC rateýs Orono 150 170 ver ' highly' cor.-parcd xih othcr____ municipal units and I)oNcr- dis- i Frec rren undertake w h a t, tribution shows a high ratio com 1slv es hav e t undergo "DID YOU HEAR A RUMBLE?" 860 8:00 P.M. EMPLOYMENT 0 Ontario's factories, farms and industries are producing ot top speed, but their output tiepends on electricity. Save in every way possible. When using your electric range, turn switch from 'high' ta 'low' whenever possible. When kettle begins ta sing, turn switch 'OFF' . . . stored heat will bring it to a boil. Use fiat-bottomed utensils with close-fitting lids. Use 'simmer' or 'low' heat for stews. Cook several foods at once in your aven, using ortly the bottom element. Neyer leave a switch 'ON' a moment longer thon necessary. Turn 'OFF' ights and ail appliances when flot in use. Save ail the electricity you con. Dowmanville Public Utilities Commission GEORGE E. CHASE, Manager 1% - ti, Là i i Là L!r-% A xp TA .111 A -11