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- ~ a f T1i~.~AY.F!ýB. 2Uith, 1948 Zstablished 1854 wjth which is incorporated The Bowmanvifll.News, Thie Newcastle Independont and lte Ozono News 93 Years' Continuous Service tao the Town af Bowmanville and Durham County Authori.ed as Second Close Mail, Post Office Departmont. Otawa AN INDRPENDENT NEWSPAPER Member Q Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association SUESCRIPTION RATES S2.50 a Year, strictly in advance $3.00 a year in the United States published bi' * THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editoi Council Quite Logical Voting * Extra Remuneration In a closed special session the Bowmanvjlle Town Council voted to increase the annual re- muneration of ils members by more than 66 per cent. The Chairman of the Civic Committee dlid flot support the motion. The increase adds $40 to the income of eacA~ member and the Mayor wiil now get $250. In taking this extra money from ratepayer's pockets, which approx- imates $400, the majority acted quite logicaliy despite the fact that flot a single member seeking election indicated to ratepayers that this action was contemplated. IhsConsiderable criticism has been heard that this an unwqrranted "grab" in view of the fac! that it was flot voted by the electorate and that it îs much in excess of the 2C per cent raise granted laborers in the employ of the town, and that other employees have received no raise whatsoever. It is ikely, however, that Coundil took the samne view as The Statesman; that is, in lecting the majority by acclamation after some S30000 had been loat on the housing pro- ject, a wide open mandate was given for spend- ing. Then there was an important precedent to follow in the action of the Dominion parliament which added $2,000 seasional indemnity as re- muneration to its membera whiie veterans' pen- sions, like the wages of town laborers, were un- important considerations. Equity is out af focus li both cases. But the whaie thing cames right back in the lap af th. electorate and the critica confound themselves by their failure ta take public issues to the polis. They pay for their in- difi erence and inattention. Time to Consider Revision of Assessment e Bowmanville, li common wiîh many other Ontario tawns, wiil soon have ta gel down to brasa tacks li the malter of a, re-assesament af reai estate values within ils corporale limils. Piecemeal methods that have been employed anly lead 10 resentment and cerlainiy side-sîep the principie ai equity. With new commilments already raising the lax rate for 1948 and others jus! around the corner, he ime has came ta systematize the levies on a compietely fair basîs and also ta explore means af transierring some ai the burden ta those who enjay ail municipal services as non-property owners. To institute a general revision on the above lines will require expert services which are be- yond the capacity aifxnast municipal adminis- trations. Hence many towns are conaidering th. employmenî af accrediled evalualors 10 un- dertake the work. This wiil be found a costly undertaking but the resuits will effecl the gen- eral objective of securing revenues on the basis of a fair deal right acrosth. board. Tax rates can then be scaled up or down ta accommodat. the necessary expenditures. Great care should b. exercised li approach- ing this procedure. Councîl shouid not commit taxpayers ta the expense of empioying expert evaluators wiîhouî a thorough examination af the position. W. suggest that a commille. b. named ta include members ai council together seize power wilh the avowed purpose ai deslroy- ing the fre. enterprise conception. H. called on business leaders la speak out and tell the lruth or miserably r.sign themnselves ta com- plet. ovrthrow. W. J. Sheridan, Manager, Economic Develop- nient Departmenl, Canadian Chamber of Com- merce, also speakîng ta anoîher group of bus- inessmen in Montreal, said much th. same thing when he declared that the public mind was be- ing conditioned by leftist propaganda ta regard all profils as samelhing shamneful. H. urged *that il was lime for business leaders ta, gel the lacts and tll them befare they were forced out of business by a socialist government. H. ex- plained how simple il was la tell th. public that profils plowed back int business expan- sion was the surest means ai increasing pro- duction and suslaining emplayment. An eminent authorily on radia programmesj said recently that in arranging debate broad-j casts h. found spokesmen for labor and so- cialliss eminenlly well informed through inten- sive research and eager to tell their slary. On the other hand he iound business leaders, "too fbusy ta bother and with no lime 10 indulge li research." He described their "ignorance and ineptitude" as simply appalling. These state- menîs were made directly ta the editor ai The Stateaman who con vouch for the complet. in- tegrity ai th, informant. Il was a hard and amazing indicîment. But ail the above in general terms has been th. editarial them, ai The Statesman li ils live- year campaign under the caption, "Industry Has a Stary ta Tell." This paper ia widely credited wilh being the first in Canada ta loy down this challenge ta Conadion businessmen. Il has been taken up with great resolution by several much more authoritative sections ai the press since we fired the opening barrage. And with good resulîs. Today many leading industriai- isîs in Canada are efiectively stoting their case' ta th. public and their employees. They are pulling th. weight for the slackers. That this awakening has came ta be ap- preciated in the leading ranks of free enterprise la shown in many public addresses such as thas. quoted above and in on enlightened campaign ai publicity within the Canodian Chamber ai Commerce and the Canadian Manufacturera' Association. But il needs ta penetrate right through imb he individual policies ai every business li every cammunity dlean across the nation. If we are ta preserve freedam then bus- iness in this manner muaI lake 1h. ledid and mulîiply the vaices already beginning ta be heard. Price of Newsprint Takes Another Sky-Ride A press despatch issued aven the weekend states thot the price ai newsprinl has again been boosted $6 per tan ta take eff ect' March 1. The price in Canada is now $92 o tan and $96 li New York. But on top ai the Canadian pnice is the 8 per cent sales tax, which with transpor- tation and otÈier items, boosîs the total 10 well over $100 per ton. Bock in 1939 th. pice aver- aged about $44 per ton, sa the increase leveis off aI about 110 per cent. Long ago w. stopped worrying about aur hair turning grey. Now since il has turned completely white we con no longer use that as visual evidence ai th. agitation caused by this rising cost ai worry as well as the cast ai living. W. mereiy mention this new boost i costs for the information ai readers who have their own troubles and ta assure them we shaîl for the present absorb this new shock withaut disturb- ing their budgets for their home town paper. The Senate Debates Far Superior to Commons Those intnepid citizens who continue la have the fortilude ta read the HaLnsard reparla ai the Canadian parliament, cannot fail ta b. impress- ed with the fact thal the general level ai debotes in the Senate is for superior ta those li the Hanse ai Commons. This past week con be taken as an average period 10 give point ta Ihis assertion. W. cail attention ta th. Senote addresses by Senators Euler and Farris who spoke an the aIea- margarine issue and the cammuniat menace. tGreat cane and close reasoning feature these remankable addresses, It la hoped that th. speech ai Senator Fonis will be widely circu- led. On th. other hand we regret ta cail atten- lion la the addressoes ai many members ai the Hanse ai Commons who oppean ta have no sense ai their nesponsibilities, little regard for amen- ities and very meagne abibities. Others aire merely voluble with interruptions that have lesa sense thon children in grade achools. Archibald and Probe ai the C.C.F. and Harît, a Montreal Liberol, are prime examples ta compare with their Senote contemporanies. Last week the Commans' Hansard deleted some ai the rabid passages. The Senate reflects the mature judgment ai men and women who have been autstanding li many apheres ai the lii. ai Canada. The Hanse reflecîs the vogories ai a generally uniniormed and indifferent public which is aiten carried awoy by the glib pretensions ai fluent denna- gogues. And these are the anes usually clam- oring ion the abolition ai th. Senate. Having iollowed Hansard ior many years we are atll ai opinion that the Senate muaI continue as the slabilizing influence in the parliament ai Canada. The Canadian Almanac Great Information Volume The Statesman said fat year and repeats now the belief that the Copp Clark Cc., 'loranla 2B, Ontario, has cantribuîed more ta the genenal information ai Canadians thon any other ogency pat or present. To support tbis contention we challenge anyone la take up their annual vol- umne, The Canadian Almanac and Direclony, and test thia assertion. The 1948 Canadian Almanac la juat off th, press. Il represents the lOlsI year ai continuans publication. Last year il contoined 772 pages: this yeor il bas expanded la 815 pages ta keep pace wilh the tirnea. Il la by Canadians, for Canadians and comprises aven lii ly thouaand listings, alI mnutely indexed, covening the af- foins ai the nation for the pat century. Yau will ind in ils pages everything per- taining ta th. Daminion, Provincial and Mun- icipal governments with nomes ai off icials, the liassai all organizatiaha and their off icers, alzo lista ai Judges, Court Off icials, Barrislers, Banks, Inaurance Companies, Educotion Institutions, the Preas, and sa forth, with a free colored map ai Canada as a irontispiece. No library, no achool, no home con be con- sidered f ully equipped wiîhoul a copy ai the Canadian Alrnanac and Directory. A limnited number ai the 1948 edition is stili availabili the bonds ai tbe publishena. Write today for your capy ta The Copp Clark Co., Toronto 2B, Ontario, and join the ranka ai the well-iniormed. But what if on. does say the same things --O course in a 1h11.e different form each ime- aver and aver? If he has anything wonth say- ing, that is just what h. ought ta do-Oliver Wendll Holmes. TIME FOR DECISION NEW SERIES, ARTICLE 20 When John Bracken was literally draft.d by the farmers ai Manitoba fa became Premier in 1922 he had flot a single day's experience i political lii e. For 15 years he had been concerned soiely with the deveiapment af western agriculture. Now, sud- denly, he was iaced with problems invoiving the interests ai the whole population, rural and urban, each la be served fairly under his administration. Manitoba Resources Winnipeg, the capital, was the third larges! ity li Can- ada with great and grawing inidustries. The province held great potentials li mining, forestry, fishing. water power, taurist at- tractions and diversîfied farming. The problems ai health, edu- cation and social services also hod ta be studird by the new Premier in aider ta gel a balanced vi.w ai the magnitude ai the job and ta devise policies ta accommodaI. an enlorged future. Paralle) Problems The problema ta be mastered ran parallel la those ai the Dominion for they involved the develapment ai naturai resources aad th. social weiiar, ai the peoplç. In solving them li this prav- ing ground for the next 21 yeara in an undefealed administration, Premier Bracken qualified mare highly than' any other public figure in leadership and experience ta aucceed the present Do- minion gavernnient with a new administration on the retirement ai Prime Minister King. Expansion Programme Speaking in the House ai Cammans, December 9, 1947, as th. national leader ai the Progressive Conservative Party and th. official apposition, Mn. eracken declaned: "I would set in mo- tion a more positive expansion programme for the maximum develapment ai aur wealh and resaurces for the benefil ai al the people ta make a strangen and a wealthier Cancida.'" Basic Policy App)ied That is basic policy which no ather parly dore challenge, which every true Canadian wiil apprave and ought ta support at th. caming eiection. That is th. poiicy Premier Bracken applied for 21 years ta win th. uninterruped support ai the people ai Manitoba. Thal is the policy whi ch opened the rich mines ai Manitoba, expanded iorestry and ishing, develaped and spread out electrical energy and inlroduced diversified agriculture wilh ils atabilizing wealth. Commands Confidence That is the policy under which Bracken retained the con- fidence ai the people la remain the only head ai a government i 1h. Empire ta retain power during the great depressian. Thot la a record that no one con lalk down, that toa f ew appean ta realiz, and which deserves ta b. emphiatically impressed upon public opinion in this Time for Decision. The facIs are histary and this bore oulline la set forth from personal knowledge ai Bracken's record in Manitoba. Executive Capacity When elevaled ta the Premiership he set in motion his expansion programme by personally exploring every resource ai Manitoba. He became the lirai Premier ta use the airplane and cavered every port ai the province time and agcin. He con- sulled the opinions ai everyone in varied interesta - la shape poiicy in accord with the greotest good ta 1h. greateat number. That la precisely whal any executive would do in business. And 1directing government is big business requiring great energy and strang leadership. More Taxes- Less Freedom By Josephi Lister Rutledge Th e recent suddcn upsurge in coinmodity prices bas beeî-i the historie last straw that broke the camel'_ back. When meat gaes up ten ta fifteen cents a pound, and butter and bacon in samnewhat similar proportions it touches alI familles and aIl members off fam- 'hies with an acute and repeating ýense off injustice. Nobody es- capes and hence the wave off an- ger graws inito a force that wil undoubtedlv achieve somne end. ai arger is induced l'y the taxa- tion, direct or indirect, that par- tially at least la responsible for these conditions.. Sa recently as 1938 taxes, direct and indirect, ac- counted for about 16e out off every r lease acc citizen's dollar. But we were reasonably prosperaus, and thep ower dur advance had been sa graduai thatp it was hardly noticed. But, l'ydoie Xu 1945, this perz-onal taxation, direct d n x and indirect, was taking 331/3c. cents out off lbe citizen's dollat-. *~ lt is true that there have been over the same minor adjustmentÉ since that date that niight reduce thisl total ta a fiat 30c aut off each dol-f lar. But is stili remains the most D m si dramnatic increase we have faced.om li Naw, wby do peaple get fight- j r ing m-ad about price increases, ther r d c that are moderate when compar- ed with tax increases, an~d hardly gel mad about taxes at ail? There T i xr are a number off reasons, There l is the recognition that war and post-war obligations; have ta l'e u du fl met. But precisely the samne rea- saning applies ta prices. They are high because the world needs more food than there la food avail- If we cann 1 able. Therefare,. we have ta help suPPl,' a need. Another reason lis that ahl the taxation that irn- a ocu presses itself on us acuteiy is the incomne tax, and it representi an- ]y about lOc out off the thirty. Then off course, we have re- cently added hall a million or soao persans ta the majority a]ready exempt from taxation and. as this I o group reccives most beneffit from aur castly social security measur- es, it is net unnatural that they shauld look on an incarne tax that they do net have te pay with a Fromn net unfavorable eye. As they do net recogrnize that taxation takes from them mare than price in- creases. the tendency is ta waiî These vvill oi about the one and farget the oth- er. W. think that the emphasis be no cuts a should l'e the other way round. W, think that taking too much Vie again ac maney from the citizen is no less injurlous ta him than it is ta the this emerge: gavernment that takes it. il la difficuit for a goveraiment that Industry is c( takes tee large a proportion off the peaple's incarne ta remember tha vent n m l it is the subject off those people.p It ia flot always easy frc tiznst ers only wil] !recagnize that they are l'eing tax< r n h o ed and priced out af their liber-1esith so Happinesa la flot a reward-it la a conse:uence.-Ingersaîî jB oVVm ai Unless I am sorry enough ta quit we I do wrang, 1 wilt soon quit being sorry. COMMlENT ON SOCIALISMI Sir: About thrce years ago Blair Fraser off Maclean's maga- zine asked the three leaders at Ottawa if they would answer some questions. They ail said1 they would. One question was asked Mr. Coldwcll. "How long *will it take ta put - our platformi into cieration." He said it rnight t ake a century. Now the C.C.F. want an uninterrupted term lin office ta put their plat- farm into aperation. What docs that nmcan. Thcy will have ta con- trol the vote. thev are gaing ta tak e ovcîr industries, utilitics, banks and faîm land. Thcy vill put the farms into communîtv farms. s0 they wili have ail the voters working for them, in that way they hope ta control the vote, or a large num- ber. When you have the majority off the pcceple working for the go- TO DRO v USERS ýept our thanks for having co - operated in saving ring the pasi week. The industries of the town have 9plionally well, havi ng cul their consumption well 10 per cent. and commercial con sumers are asked to make fur- ctions in order thait1h e power cuts may be avoided. a effort must corne im mediately and must he contin- the emergency is ove r. tiot reach the 10 per cent objective, il will be neces- .1 power on any day iday through Friday 9 -lOa.m. and 3m-4p.m. nly be effective on days when it is necessary, and there wiIl on Saturdays and Sund ays. isk for the f ullest co-oper ation of every H-ydro user during ,ncy. "o-operating to the f ulles t possible extent and in order to pre- Loyment and loss of pay domestic and mercantile consum- [be cut. This will inclu de some rural customers on our f eed- utheast and southwest e nds of town. ovi 1le P ubl ic U til1i ties Commiss ion - .. J ara m ad M-ff anaunm To eeoiîomirally modernize Kitchens aiid Bs1h roouma. Easy to clean wvith danîp cloth. ('ore nelu4x' shecets. Colors are black w~ith w~hitehUes., -white with black and ivory with gney. Give us a eaul we xiii gladi< cstimate your requirenients. The Sheppard & CIl Lumber Co. Limited Phone 715 Bowmanville 96 King St. E. vernment, you may get 2peists a haif brother ta Communi- Mcalm Bohr cent of them to do a, goad dapy', s im Socialism will take awiay PUblC SrVanS Iwark, the balance wili flot. That our property, Communism takes is soialim. 1away your freedom. -'Tale of Two Cities initiative to produce and don'tBLCSOKFR FO M uni, 48, was sworn in as Mayor of the cauntries of Europe. When A very splendid get ta-gether Toronto, Mondas-, Februarv 23. yau take the intiative away framn h. caught up with bis yaunger any man ta ruii his awn business wa - di h CmuiyHl brother, Frank Noble McCallum, or a number of men ta invesý on Monday evening. Yeiverton 45, Mayor off Oshawa, ta set up a -their money in industry, or a sponsoring the review night for Canadian record for one in this farmner ta own and operate bis this month anid Cadmus and sphere and create a modemn ver- farmn and make maney and l'e sien off the Taie of Twa Cities. independent yau are kiiiing thie Blackstock ioining in. Broadcast Their careers ran parallel untîl x-ery best that is in the human was listened bý' a full bouse after they settled on their individual being. which Farmn Films were shawn. Iincs off business in which' they When the C.C.F. take over any Clarence Aluin, Orono, gave an in- won success. Born in Ontario, industries, they will have their teresting and comprehensive talk bath were after-school newsbayg evaluator; he wilI set the price, an the beginning of Orana Co-op- until the family moved ta Alberta the owner wiii flot have any say erative, after which questiQ~ where bath taak a fling as ranch in it. Harold Winch the C.C.F. were asked. A fine lunch, WA,~J bronc-busters. Depression years leader in B.C. made this state- was verv abiy servcd by the lound themn back in the east look- ment in Calgary: -When w. gct verton ladies assisted l'y their ing for appartunity wit h energy contrai at Ottawa wve will use the good-natured husbands was en- as capital. plce force and the military ta jayed. Then the floor wvas clear- Hiram, with same press experi- fa0rce the people ta sul'mit ta aur ed for an hour's dancing. Ar- ence, set up the McCallum Press, platfarm." Do you want that kind rangements w~ere made for a Toronto, and rnade gaad in a big Ofgavernment, If you do, vote hause ta house canvass off the way. Frank warked for Good- C-C.F. township for the -Canadian Ap- \ear-New Toronta and played And don't forget that socialisi peal for Childirenl." basebali. A 400 bitter he gat an offer froin Oshawa. There he es- tablished the McCallum Trans- port and made good in a big way.' Then they found time ta devote ________________________ ta municipal affairs. cils, Frank taak the top rung in- the ladder in Oshawa in shortC.IFE order and is serving his third tcrm as Mayor of the Motor City. H. also cdges his aider brother in being the first of the two ta be- corne a grandfather. Hiram nNODERNITE top position on theTootBar O E N E of Contrai and became Mayorj when the chief magistrate, Mayor Saunders, was appaintcd chair- man, Ontario Hydro Commission. T!!.'R RflARDf 1