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z ~ - - THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY. 3UNE 24th. 1948 Establizsed 1854 with wwrbwsa mcarpoicted The BowmanvW ews, e, b.Newcastle Independent and The Orano News 93 Years' Continuous Service f0 the Town of Bowmanvifle and Durham County Authanzed as Second Close Mail, Past Office Department. Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER- Audit Bureau ci Circulations Weekly Newipapers Association SUBSCRIPTIQN RATES $2.50 a Yeaz, strictly in advance $3.00 a year in the United States published by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editaz Why Not Let Them Pay For It? I. Socialism in practice, according to Mr. Hum- phrey Mitchell, Minister of Labour, la flot a qood arrangement. He quoted two cases-the Parliamentary res- taurant and the Parliomentary barbershop. He pointed out that, for 75 cents, a Memllfer can get a meal such as he would have to pay twice that for outside, and that the Member who gets up too late in the morning con get a cheap shove, while every Member can gai bis hair cut for 35 cents. Most of us pay more thon that. 0f course, the barbers and the restaurant helpget good wages, and these institutions pay f ull prices for ail supplies which they buy. There is an exampla of a subsidy paid by the taxpay- ers. Now there is something to be said for a Parliamentary restaurant, but it is difficuit to sea why there should be a Parliamentary barber- shop. Why should the Dominion Government campete with private barbershops? 1Trua, the argument can ha used that Mem- bers of Parliament should look well barbered, but tertainly, on that argument, there should heaa Parliamentary tailorshop, for some of them cer- .ainly look anything but well pressed, or for that bInatter, well cleqned as to clothing. ,~Then, it has ta be recorded with regret that 'ha standard of manly beauty is flot so high in ihe House of Commons or the Senate that it tnakes much difference whether the Members lave good haircuts or flot. Do they get free treatment for baldness? Do they get sub4idized hair dyes? If flot, why not? It would be a fine example of a decent res- pect for public opinion and for the pocketbooks of the taxpayers if Parliament would now ar- range ta rent the concession for a restaurant and a barbershop ta privata adventurers, who would be permitted ta charge ordinary commercial prices. That might lead Members of Parliament ta f eel a certain sympothy for the masses af the Canadian people-what with high taxes and the high cost of living. It is ahl a smaîl thing, but there is a point thera. Il is about time ta cut out these petty concessions ta Members af Parliament. Mr. Mitchell had another point. He was sug- gesting that a Government which runs a restaur- ant and a barbèrshop in this fashion is not a Government ta which it would be wise ta commit the operation af great enterprises, or little enter- prises, or anything at all which cauld be done *y private enterprise. Ha will have unanimous ]>greement from those Canadians who have not leen completely sold an the virtues of Socialism. - Your Lif e SLoaking if e in the face seams ta be the eiost diii icult task of any inéividual, We turn ttur backs ta it, run from it, ignore it and in samne ahtccases end it. ! e seem unable ta grasp the one truth that :e was made for mon and not man for hife. 5ve ware nat created with unsurmountable oh- Stacles in aur paths ta make aur existence un- Zearable. Instead, we should view any ah- atacles that confrant us as a challenge that will lot only satisfy aur lust for achievement but ;;Iso strengtheand mould,,Aur_ haacer vive so enclosed o-ursalves in a shahl thot- we ege living in a type of solitary confinement. ::We have flot cutivated the art ai enjaying j&ople. Thay maka fascinating studies in them-. àelves without considering the other trivial hap- .Snings that add up ta make lii e full of joy and Sntentment. Lif e is our heritage, why ahould we not dRerish it and live it to the full? Editorial Notes t 1he Ontario Government in tô be cornmend- <ofor ils efforts ta bring additianal British indus- tges ta this country. It will b. up ta the amnaller czmmunities ta ensure their share af the new *psperity which will r.sult. Toronto, and the cfjoinimg suburba should flot ho permitted ta fIgther complicate the province's economnic lii e 1-V additional expansion.-Midland Free Presa. Farm Lif e is Best Agriculture, as we enjoy it in the province, in flot merely a vacation or an occupation. It ln a way ai lufe, and ta a large percentage ai the people in aur province, it la the hast way ai hile. This is nat only because ai the deep-rooted plea- sure that camnes fram working with the soil, and with plants and animals given ta tha man or waman imibued with the true spirit af rural living. It ianat onhy because the quietude ai rural if e and work gives a caîmnesai spirit and a peace ai mind that are destroyed by the naisy rumble of city streets and the frontic rushing hithar and yon ai industry and commerce. There is more than that ta the rural woy ai lii a. In rural living, doing the work ai perpetuat- ing thea crof tsmanship ai the greot Creator, there is an ahiding sense ai nearneas ta the source and fountain ai ail lii e. There is a close contact witb the things that are fundamental in lii e. And there are the things which have given to aur farm people a sturdy, upright charocter, ai keen vision ta look into the future, and a healthy philosophy af lite ta match healthy bodies and minds. There lsao satisfaction in rural living that cannot ha found in the purely mon-mode exist- ence in urban centres. There is heauty ail around, beauty ai colour and form and design, perfect hecause it has been mode by the Great Architect of the universe. There is lime for thought os the former warks in the fields, plow- ing, harrowing, sowing and reaping. Working as an individualist, plowing the honehy iurrow, following bis catthe on the hilîsides and in the volleys, or working in the woodlands, the former truly finds, 'tangues in trees, books in the run- ning brooks, sermons in atones, and good in evarything.' FRobert Burns, Scotland's greot national poat, composad bis greotest works in bis mmnd as ha folhowed bis team and plowad acroas the fields ai bis littla farm. Sa aur rural people, in the quiet lonelinesai thair daily tasks, find time ta think and develop the phil- osophy ai hife that ha who works as a noturol servant ai the Creator ai aIl tbings cornes closest ta the ideal ai a mon at peace with himsel and the world. This rural way ai hile is the hackbone ai aur country and its democracy. From it have sprung aur great leaders in the sciences, the professions and in government, men who have in thair younger days amidst rural surroundings learned ta tbink for tbemselves, ta have a pro- par evaluation ai what ara the lirst thîngs that must cama first, and an appraciation ai the fact that mon con only receiva hack from 111e what ha puts mbt it. Thase ara the thînga that moka men the servants ai humanity, which is the true raIe ai aur rural people as they live and work in the open spaces ai the countryside. The Value of Advertising One of the outstanding ax'amples ai succesa- ful advertising is that carnied oui hy the if e in- surance comi anias operating in Canada avar on unhroken period ai twenty-seven years. During that time, the growth ai the lii e insurance bus- iness bas heen phenomenal. The amount ai lii e insuranca protection in force bas grown by nearlv six limas. The figures are astronomical. In 1919 the amount ai ie insurance protection in force we-s just over $2,000,000,000. At the clo.q-t ai 19A7. this hadl grown ta approxîmataly $1 2,000,000,000. Tt bas become an accepted axiomn th e very individual who has any resnonsl-fit-ur t t-ý sbould carry insurci1ce on his ie. Tt is loaked. upon as almost a duty.. To such an exteat bas thia devnloped that in 1947 tbera wors approximately Se00 ai lii a insur- once for every mon, woman and -h.ld in Cn ada as against only c'pproximately $250 in 1919. There con ha no douht that the wall thiougbt out advertising carried on hy the Canadian Lii a Insurance Off icers Association tbrough the news- papers ai Canada bas been a large factor in hringing about tbis condition and attitude ai public opinion. Tt la worthy ai note olso thot this odvertising compoign, as for as tha weekly press is concerned, oppeors la a coreiully select- ad group ai wbicb The Canodian Statesman la ana. The Key ta European Recovery? The world's future depends lairgely on the success or failure ai the Marshall Plan. Haw- aven. i may well ha that the only assurance the Marsalal Plan will work lies in the integrity and laith ai the European peoples. If Ibese are hock- ing. motenial balp may ha dissipated by graed and selfisbness. Any news ai the dawning ai this new spirit ia encouraging but il is douhly so wben it camnes irom Essen, whicb is the heart ai the Ruhr as the Ruhr la the heart ai Europe. The people of Essen, whîcb is hattered and bombed as badly as any city in Germany, have sean enough ai war. News comas thot thay aim t a mka il a pattern ai peacaful European re- covary. On ils productive copocity or ils ruin- atian r esta the laIe ai Europe as well os ai Ger- monv. Sanator Vandenherg said in Washing- ton Ibat the timehy inclusion ai the Ruhr in synonymaus with the succass ai the Marsal Plan. The Lard Mayor ai Essen, Garmany, Dr. Gustov Heinemann, speaking recantly ta 2,500 citizens and workers' raprasantatives from al major tawns ai the Ruhr industrial carea said: 'However trua il moy ha that everylhing bas qot ta change, ta ha ramada and renewed in econ- omic national lufe, il is noa bau truc that humnan nature is the hottleneck ai avary kind ai recon- struction. Wa need a ravoluîianary change ai haart and that is evaryane's business. "What would ha the aff ect if aach ana ai us put straight with aur neighhor those everyday things whicb need ta ha put atraight," ho con- cluded, "and if each ai us ot home and in the foctory became an islond ai influence for peace. ai assistance and gaodwill and ai right tbinking about the mon next ta us. That would mean the thrust and the break-tbrough ta a revalu- tioary change ai heart. The Ruhr colla bo Europe. Sa, 100, we want la infuse tbis spirit as the decisive pionening tbrust along the good road." Weeklies -Vi .<Huntsville Foraster) *A study of the vote in Monday's election in Ontario emphasizes the accura,çy of forecasts made throughout the provinde. It was admitted,,aven by rapresantatives of t.he opposing parties, that the Drew government -would ikely be raturned. The general opinion pravailad, however, that the ma- jarity would ba reduced. A Cenfuslng Campalgn The campaign was ana of con- fusion for many voters. The ma- jor issues were nautnalized be- cause of the agreement of al par- ties in the Legishature. This ap- pliad ta the Hydra Issue, the Amusement Tax, Hospital Aid, and other issues which became the subject af discussion, but up- on which bath the C.C.F. and the Liberal Parties raversad them- salves duning the campaign. Vot- ens found it difficult to raach a dlean opinion because of the con- fusion which resulted from this incansistency. Crossing Party Lines The Fonaster bas contended upan many recent occasions that elactions are no langer determin- ed Iby the votes of thosa who car- ry a particular party label. The election this week proves this ta be veny truc. The defactian of many former ald-party follow- ens, featured the vating, and the drift of the nan-party vote, lent many surprises ta the campaign and upset many calculations. The mid-election promise af greater aid ta the old age pen- sianers, the promise ta reduce the gasoline tax by three cents par gallon, and the bargain ta forega the twenty per cent amusement tax, were used as affective vote- getters. Fact ia, the campaign of the appasing parties, and la some measure, that of the Goverament, was a hideous exhibition of pur- chasing compctition. This factor ncprcsented an ail toa frequent means ai winning vote support, which casts its î-flection bath upon the political parties involv- ed, and upon the voters who yield ta ils allunements. A Clean Course The Foresten has no party af- filiations. Under a conviction howevcr, that the Drew Gavera- ment had given ta Ontario, a sound, sane and progressive ad- ministration. this paper believed during the campaiga, and still be- lieves. Ihat it sought promotion af the hast interests of Muskoka and Ontario in urging the retura ai that Goveramfeat ta power. A public journal bas re-ponsibilities. If the needed, courage ta recog- nize such responsibility is lacking. a newspâper becomes a mare cog in the wheel ai a daily routine,1 which neither contributes ta thei betterment af its communily' , non dîscharges its rightful function as a purveyor ci opinion. Wilh equal freedom, il will be- came the duty ai Ibis paper ta seak the replacement oi the Drew Goverameal, or aay other gov- erriment, when, and if the lime should came that, in aur opinion. the coaduct of such Goverament. and its polici2s hecome inimicalc ta thie besl interesîs ai Ontario, and those o'f aur District. It was ta sustain thi's nigIht, andI ta praxùate this pinciple, that %ve saught apportunity la discharge! a roascientiaus duly in the ram-f paign just eadad.i PROVINCIAL ELECTION ]POINTS TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES (Orfllia Packet and Timnes) Monday's Provincial clection attained unexpected significance in that it demonst.rated that the alliance between the C.C.F. and Union Labor bas become a for- midable palitical force. Non is the part played by Communism ta ha igaored, in viaw ai the fact that two avawed Communists ware re-elected in Toronto. Douhtless in other city idingz, vhere the vote was close. Communist sup- port was suffirient la lurn the tables in fayon ai the C.C.F I. is plain that Socialism bas indeed hecome a definile threat la Canada. The Drew Goverament havi ng been returnad la power with a good working majority, the issue is not imminent in On- tario- but it ]aoms befare the rauntry as a wbole in the general eleclian wbich cannot ha poat- paned for mare than a couple ai years. Faderai parties got a par- tant ai what awaits them lin the twa hy-clections on Tuesday, when lhey trailed the C.C.F. la twa unhan ridings tbousaads ai miles apant. The uniortunate, part is that there threatens tai'ha a decidad rift batween the indus- trial centras and the nast ai the country, amauaîing ta sometbing appraaching ciass wan. We do nat balieve that the country as a whole bas any desire ta expeniment with Socialism. Tha dire consequences in same countnies which hava taken this course should be a warning; aven la Great Bitain itsalf the resuîts have 'hean sa unsatisiactory that thera is a tendancy ta dnaw back, if passible; that ia not easy once committed la fundamental chan- ges in the political and econamnic set -up. The pnagramn issued b ' the C. C.F. sbould be sufficiant wann- îag. The promises made wera be- yond ail bounds ai cammon sense, bath ecanomically and poiticai- ly. A graup of men who had not hetween them the expenience on the ahility ta form a cabinet talk- ed ai plahniag for public awnen- ship in the fields ai mining, pet- raleum, food pracessing, farn im- plements, liquor industry and building matanials. The mare suggestion that thay could "'plan" these industries is too absurd for words. Each ai tham requines a high degrea ai bramas and experi- ance. and only men lacking la bath would undertake the task ai overseeîng them ail. The pro-, gram was based an the irrespan- siiity ai ignorance. The danger lies la the reaction that might iollow another depres- alan. This would be blamed an the failura ai the free enteronisi' rýstem; whereas if such a setback' servation program, iA slashed the W w Elciionquota of cotton imports from the occurs the folly of t.he trade un- one-third of that volume. That iione themnselves will be a large meant a cut in the available sup- factor in bringing it about. ply for makîng shirts, dresses, Another weakness is that, while sheets, and other purposes of the Socialists arer in a decided close ta 200.000,000 yards per minority, the forces opposed ta year. them are divided between two There were two sources ta which parties, which split the vote.. Unl- the government loaked ta make der these circumstances, minori- up this deficiency. One was the ties have gained power in other producers of the United Kingdom. cauntries and used it to consoli- The other was aur own domestic date their position. Commun- manufacturers. ism, for instance, probably does Th e producers of the United not command a real majority in K'go eerle pnt any country i h olRsi supply 80,000,000 yards of the included.. shortage created by the restric- If the Socialista shouhd a ttai tions an United States imports. the post of opposition, the ulti- What the government averlaaked, mate answer wauld seem ta be an however, was that Socialist Bni- amalgamnation of the Liberals and tain has become a country of Conservatives, who in the main high production costs. Sa much have comman ideas and who ta- %vas this the case in respect ta tex- gether far autnumber the Social- tiles, that her products had priced ists and Cammunista. themselves out of the Canadian As far as the Provincial field is market. Far from supplying the cancerned, there is little between 80.000,000 yards of cotton textiles the two parties, except a matter upon which the success of govern- of emphasis; sa much sa that the ment policy depends, the British recent cantest between them was milîs sa far have shipped less than ta a large extent shadow boxing. 4,000,000 yards. The inevitable In the Federal field there may be result has heen scarcity and high wider differences. but nothing so prices for Canadian cansumers. fundamental as the quarrel with But this is only part af the the Socialists. If the need for this story. In addition ta the failure union arises, it should nat be post- af the British Milîs ta make the poned till toa late, as has been the deliveries upon which the Liberal case in Great Britain, where the Governmncnt here had counted, Liberal party is little mare than Canadian plants also found them- nuisance. hclping ta keep the La- selves under a seriaus handicap bar party in power. in their attempts ta increase pro- In the campaign that closcd on duction. That handicap was main- Monday, the weakness in the Gov- ]y the govea-nment's taxation pal- ernment armaur. as we said at the icv. Workers in textile milîs beginning, was its liquor policy. weren't anxiaus ta labor longer Dissatisfaction on this score un- hours ta increase output whenl the doubtedly cost the Goverament earnings which they would re- thousandis of votes. even though. ceive for their additional toil the other two parties failcd tai would have ta be paid aver a make it a definite issue by a forth- large part ta the incarne tax au- right pranouncement. thorities. Again, the inevitable As wve said at the begainning, the result was scarcity of goads and Drew Goveraiment is once mare high prices for the Canadian can- in the saddle for five years. They sumner. hadl an administrative record dur- lan brinf.th rcsponsibilitv for ing thiti first five y cars in office the, cri and resulting hi2h which on the whole commended priccs of catton textiles ta the itselIf ta the electors. The Gov'- canadaian canFumcr w-as discov- eî-nment have beor thcm great ered by the Prices Committee ta apportunities for adding ta their be the taxation and foreign ex- prestige before they again appeal chanze conservation policies of, ta the people. the govcrnment. That is an Pin- su-ror\'hîch *hY nouwis becorninýZ almast routine ta tho, camm-ittre. Aftr a c-refil dclving into thr Durhm Me ber facts of th(, rise ln the price of brcad siince last Autuma. it dis- Writes f rom Ottawa .. . . .. By C. E. Stephenson, M.P. Accordin'g ta warning signaIs a w r b u which have bren flashsd lately . dl on Parliament Hill, ane seriaus consumer situation is schcidulcd it impraves. It is the shortage of catton goods and coitan cloth- ing. The currcnt cxtr'nt of this sh1ort- age aIrcacdy is weil kno-%vn ta oev he uose@ cry wýom-an shappcx-. ionis nîî-ts are hard ta boy, cven at sharpily If you are contemplattng inflatcd priccs. Women*s dresz a trip ta the United States, and chilaren's catta:n rlathing are here are two important facts as scarce as they arcepcsc Cotton picec-goods for hm ta remember: dressm,-aking are limited ini range, ~ You may not hring bock exharbitant in pr;ce. Shiez S, with yau any marchandis hcdaing, and houschold rattams can anly b2 baught at prire levels îc s ribte ne whih rsketheir purcasa the Emergency Exchange crally a, luxury lor the average Conservation Act. Find out i houscwifc. advcnce from Canadian The general situation lias loom- Customs officiais whather ycu cd as.a connstnnt and major pnoa moy bring in any critem kzm bco:-e womenz shoppers con rined %vith supply>g a clothn plated purchase. ing anid hausehold nezds off their ea Tr conserve ail availahie families. 'fa these wornrn the U. S. olr for assenttal n2ws that supply conciitions arc- schcucdtbeaearsvc purchases, a frayaI ration of ly and stradily warze, ins1cad o, $150 U.S. per persan for bsttcr, will bring a shock oi th e 12 rnonths between Nov. alarim. But that is the prospect 15, 1947 and Nov. 15 that eni-rent government poli 14cashevetb raîses as inevitable. Tho t&c'. have beenl learned during the Pa 't lished. Be sure ta get the few, days in the course of tie necessarv arms and details probeo of the textile inàustr3, at your hank, well in ad- whirh the special Prices Commit- vance of your trip. tee off the Hause off Commons is j hoalding. This caution is given Io i nat committea w-as primarily hep ac roncerned wvith ilIhe hi hpnices ta barrass which rcotton textiles - mE:n t pon shirts, women's dresses, piece gcods, and shects and beddingg have soared. But in the process af heanning the explanation ai the high pnices, thcy gained anin sight as well into theb fartons which have causcd cotttln goans expansive. Here are same af the FOREIGN EXC main fartons: When the gaverament, adapted ils recent foreiga exchange con- ~ : avoid possible arn- ssment at border LMTU*,HTAlO D1424 RP<UD IN FIVE UwIVERSIT IF COu4E I 8y MVONA065 m'Ç 49MIE tm cmS ew iFUL ROUNOF »Mi IN OMI 1940-1o .rWM VI WM«y #A4 F ý W£ e123 covered that goverfiment policy again of government policies. was responsible for the increase The longer the Prices Commit and had approved it. The case tee continues its work of investi was the same in respect ta the gatian, the more clearly is it be soaling of the prices of fresh ve- caming revealed that the prie getables ta stratospherlc levels. levels and inflated living costs-- And now it la established that the including the high cast of taxa supply of cotton goods in the tian. 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