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PAGE TWO TECNDA TTSA.EWAVLE NAT Obte naban taxte#man £stabhished 1854 with which ta incorpoat.d l'h. Bowmamville News. The Newcastle Independent and Th. Orono News 93 Years' Continuous Service ta the Town of Bawmanvile and Durham Caunty Authorised un Second Clan Mail, Pont Office Departmont. Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Meniber Audit Bueau UAIIW/ Canadian Weekly NewspMer 0 Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 a Year, atrictiy in advance $3.00 a year in the United States published ly THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville, Ontario QEO. W. JAMES, Editoi We Stili Don't Want Our Bank Manager ta Becomne a Federal Employee Five years ago we said in these columni that we did flot want our bank manager and his staff to become qovernment servants. W. stili feel that way. At that time w. were anaiysing some Canadian Sociaiist literature in which they said they wouid use a state-owned banking mon- opaiy in the collection of taxes. It is Canada's prime paradox that at the very time the competing commercial banks stand higher in public estimation than ever before, movements that would wipe themn out as we know them, and substitute a huge qovernn'-nt rnonopoly, strangeiy managed ta secure the votes of many people. In Bowmanvilie we have a rubber factory. In a bank lineup the ather day the editor noticed a rubber worker ha knew turn hie cheque face- down as h. neared the teiler's wicket. He iked bis privacy. The figures on the cheque were bis own business-his and the bank's-not any bystander's. That unconsciaus touch of human nature re- rninded the editor ai that aid editorial, and pin- pointed this whole failacy of making every- body's business the states business.* It ig hurcrin nature Io keep your money matters private, yet some people vote provinciaily or iocally for those who, if in pawer federaliy, wouid throw wide open yaur business and mine ta a Socialiat bur- eaucracy that wouid push us ail around. And the first Sacialist step lu ta take aver aril the banks and merge them into ana 50 that none of us wili ever egain have any choica. Aiter the banks the rest ai tbe economy, as bas been sa weii said, wauid b. just a mapping-up operatian. Sa we make no apologies for the frank laok at the Canadian banks. The reasan they stand so high in public estem nin becausa ai the uer- vice they provide the people and the natian. Seven million depositors cant be wrong. The system iu the best in the warld. It gathers the deposits, large and umail, af millions ai people, niakes credit avoulable wberever reeded, pro- vides the boans that enabia productian, process- !ng and transportation, and furnishas ca rock-like foundation under empioymrent and national norr- perity. Thev have neyer failed un in two warld wars and ail the ecanomic turmoil arising frarn them. No depositer ever feairs the loss ai a dol- lar in a Canadian chartered bank. No doubt you'll b. told that aur financial secrecv can be taken care ai by legisiation. Canadians, w. ventura ta uay, have tao realistic a knowledge ai practical politics ta be taken in. If you are ana ai the seven million depositoru auk yourself if you want patronage ta become the basis ai banking accommodation; or if you want your savings ta be the Instrument of ecanomnie experiment. Then take a gaod look at recent events and ask yourseli If izi irritation or parpiexity you haven't at imes used your franchise "against" something without fuliy realizing that the persan ta whom You gave your ballot is "for" same- thing you certainiy do flot want. General Motors Contract Is the basic rate goas up ta $1.37 per haur, and this ramains as; a floor in case the cost ai living goes down. Quarterly eidjusfments are mode under this acheme and the collective bcrgaining agree- ment 210w in farce is extended ta lune, 1950. Our undersfanding in that this is the qeneral setup under the new agreement. Now that the outside strike han tied up General Matarq a-id several other subsidiary industries in Oshawa, the General Mafors management has sought ta cushion the layoff by a general provision for vacations with pay while the negatiafians can- tinue fa settie the St. Catharines strike. We have seen no comment f rom sacialisf and cammunist sources in this present contretemps. Tt wili b. interesfing ta learn what argument the leftists rnay advance. against this new General Motoru contract, which is much in the nature ai a on.- way streef in favar ai the workers. Tt in hoped thot the St. Catharines stnîke will be settied b.- fore the General Mofors vacation period expires. Agriculture's Important Part In National Stability As citizens ai a amail tawn, we are abie to view agriculture at close range. Durham County heusame ai thë best growing land in the pro- vince and with an impartial panel selectinq Durham McIntosh apples as the best in the no- tion, we have an excellent chance ta see agri- culture et its best, Farming seems ta bave a stability leckinq in any other type ai industry. Wartime or peace- time daeu nof affect the steedy seasonal rhythm af sowing and reeping year ai ter year that ban become a lifetime routine. In order ta profect bis intereste in the mer- kets, the fermer la compelled ta keep himmeif in- formed on parliomentary procedure; consequent- ly as a whole fermer. perhapu have more know- ledge in current affaire thon any ather clans cf people. Along with stability in ecanomics. it ia the farmers that tend ta mointein e conservotive paliticol viewpoint. With the absence ai trade unions, there is no higb power pressure braught ta beor on their thinling and even more impor- tant, thair vating. Mass hysteria, which ban a tendency ta swoy the induutrioi workers et limes af political stress ba little meona ai spreadinq aver agricultiroi ereos. Witb Canada stili young as an industriel nation, agriculture sf111 in the veritabie back- bon. and con withstand the revolutions ai Pol- itical thought that rock the country. With canservotism wolking bond in bond with agriculture it wauld seem thot aur outiook might bacame somewbat narrow. However, the opposite is true. The former is able toasauimnibate new ideas mb b is political thinking, withouf giv- ing radicaiism a free bond. He knows that the fundamentals ai democracy have been present in aur system ai government far many yeans, and that naw ideas should be included os long as tbey do nat prove detrimentai ta the wbole. Therefore with agriculture holding the reins ai aur governm'ênt, there need b. na worry af Communisma getting o iirm hold in thiu country. The Butter Outlook Mr. John Brocken, whetber anyone egrees with bim or not, raolly knows mare about farm- ing thon ail except o iew ai the people wbo are now in Parliament. Mr. Bracken said towards the close ai the session in the debate an the Prices Committee report, that allf his fussing wif h the price ai but- ter bas lad ta a condition in which it is very likely that fao little butter will be stored this summer for next winter. As Mr. Bracken says, if making a profit meons getfing a larger incarne thon before the war, what Canadien is innocent? Profit is the incentive whicb bas increosed production and spread distribution, so that the standard ai living ai aur people is now the high- est in history. Treat profit as sometbing ta be condemned, as the Prices Committea bas tried ta treaf if, and as the Socialists would 1ke ta treat if perman- entlyý and if iu going ta be nacesuery ta find sorne other mathod ai praviding the nation with goodu and services. Frigbt an ouf ai the market by ceilinga and restrictions the people who normolly would store butter in summer for use in winter and the resuit will be a worse butter famine this winter then lest winter. If profit is not going ta bbe lt as the method af getting butter in summer for winfer, then the alternative is for the Governmant ta go inta the. butt1er business, and ta buy enough butter this summer ta carry the country over next *inter. Apply that ta butter, and if will become ap- plied ta everything else, so that ail that is being uaid, wben butter profits are condemned, is that this country sbould be a complet. Social- iut State, in whicb everyone does wbaf bhoj tld, for rewards which are decidad by nome civil servant in Ottawa. Do Canadiens wonf the price af butter ta be set by politicol cansiderotions? Thaf is baund ta happen if Government buying for storage is to be substituted for the aIder and workable system by which men are f ree ta buy butter in the hope ai making e profit by storing if for win fer. Making Lif e More Pleasant By s0 many ai the ampioyees 'spent their-ent-ire lives belping ta build up the company and sare ln ifs successaend likewise turn aven their wark ta their son&. The concluding pages contain a sumnmary ai the modern benefits provided by the campeny for ifs entire circle ai working associates: Med- ical and dental clinics in the plant, insurance and pensions, an entire building fitted ouf for recreatian, games, nesf and cafeteria, the Curiew Club and Quarter Century Club and so forth. Few firms eppear ta bave kept such a modemn pace with the limes. If sa, ils fime they tld about if. The thing we wish ta emphazlze is that f his story ai Molson's goes quit. a way ta confule the persistent propagandeai Cominuniats and Sociolists that big business in uttenly graspinq and predatory under the system of f ree enfer- prise. A poli amonq Maison employees would completely discredit the leitisa.._ lTHUPgDAY, 3ULY 22nd, 1948 What Oihers Say THE LIBERAL CONVENTION (Peterboro Examiner The abject of the Liberal Con- vention is not ta prepare for a ;vîctory at the next electian, but ta repair its armour for a fight for Liberal principles. It is bet- ter for a party ta lase an election than ta compromise with its pnin- ciples, for a party with pninciple. in Opposition, is of more value ta the country than a Varty af no fixed pinciples in power. The Liberal Party, as the 6niy party in Canada with national support, bears heavy responsibilities; it is strong, and uts duty at the conven- tion is ta refresh its strength. TEACHING: -CREDIT SIDE (Christian Science Monitor) The Milwaukee Journal publish- es a letter from a country supenmn- tendent ai schools ta a girl who who is hesitating ta become a teacher because af the low pay. Against the low pay he puts these high arguments: i. Most teachers enjoy thein work. 2. Teaching is a creative, not a routine, process. 3. It is excellent training for the future wife and mother. 4. It associates one withme and women usually of high cali- jbre. 5. It. enables one ta contrîbute and Bowmanville is no exception. To add i njury ta insult, many ai the businessmen are making this situation worse by parking their cars on the main utreet, with the resuit that there is very littia if eny parking space lef t for tauristu. Not anly restaurants, but ail the marchants are losing business. Matonists will not stop for meals or ta shop if there is no place te park on the front street. This is ana dafect thet con b. and should be remedied immediateiy. Have you ever tried waiking ta work? Dadairs daim it con do won- ders for your bealfb and in addition if is ornez- ing bow o brisk walk will clear your mind and make you feal like a new persan. If if la abso- lutely necessery for you ta drive ta work, mnake an ettempt ta park yaur cor uomawbare ather Ihan on main street. Every avoulable parking place may mean another American daller not only for aur cauntrv, but possibly your awn pockat. What Are We Paying For? The word "Success" bas et least twa difien- ent meanings. A privately-owned enterprise lu successful if if attrects enough customers ta make a profit; o gavernment entarprise is successful as long as it doas not antaganize the public ta the point where tbey demand ils abolition. One need only glance et the balance sheaf ai the CBC ta discovar how ingularly unsuc- cessful that corporation is under the first de- finition. However, as a govarnment monopaly, it lu only hiable ta be judged under the second; and by that citerian if is reasonably succesaful. If is regarded et best as satisfactory, and et warst as toierabla, by th. great majanity ai the Canadien listening public. But is thet good enougb? Aiter ail, the listen- ar pays for the CBC. It mighf he argued that hae could not legitimately complain about the lare offered by privafely-owned stations, ta wbose support ha contibutes not a single penny; but from the CBC, ta whicb be contributes $2.50 a year directly, and mare indirectly, ha la en- titlad ta demand service that is mare thon taler- able, or aven satisfactory. The facts, as borne ouf by actuel audience survays, are: first, that a large part ai the Canadien audience deliberately ignoras CBC programs ta listen ta independent stations; sec- ond, that the CBC bas ifs largest audience wben If broadcasts American programs such as Charlia McCarthy, Fred Allen and Fibher McGee. Thera cen be no doubt that, comparad te wbet lu offered iree hy indepandent broad- cauf ans in tbe U.S.A. and Canada, CBC pragrema are simply nat worth what they coat the listanar. And unlesa the CBC stertu worrying less about expanding ils tacbnical plant and increesing ifs administrative power, and more about improving ils services, if will not be long hefara listeners across the countrv beqin askinry mr.re 'md mare frequentiy, 'Wbat are we paying for?" The habit ai viewing things cbeeriully, and af thinking ai lii e bopafully, may ha mode ta grow up in us like any other bobit.-Matthew Arnold. directly ta the suceis ef demao- ships emphasized. And we wish cracy. the teachers a rewardillg travel 6. Itprovdes alongsum rip, course of studly. or supple- 6acaton! e aln ame mentary job in their hard-earned vacaion!long summer vacation. Though the cynical may feel fempteita murmur, "Ail this and heaven, too," we ' re glad ta see The British navy is putting bet- theý rewards as wvll as the hard- ter baths in its-ships. NOTICE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO QLD COUNTRY RESIDENTS DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE Prudlential of Engjlad Amsur=ac Co. Limnited willI be pleased te give yen Information and advice re your policles tram overseas PHONE OSHAWA 2332, or write 25 SIMCOE STREET NORTH, OSHAWA, ONTARIO 3 5/on Guaranteedi 3% Trust Certificates IrSSUED for any amount ... . for a terni of fye years ... . guaranteed both as to principal and interest . . .. lnterest cheques mailed in reaeh holders on due date, or, Rt holder's option, may he allowed ta accumnulate at compoqund interemt. An ideal invest ment, for individualm, cern- panite.; auithorized hy law for cemetery boards, executars and other trustees. THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION 372 boy Stre et, Toronto 1 OF SMO RTIE COATS 2 PRICE Now in the time te 5ev. on these ble znodel coats. Ail have been reduce by Oas-Hall ta mnake raamn for aur fol and winter steck. Dan't delay . take edvantage ai Ibis big saving loday wbile the choice in hast. Ail othen mnodels ai coats drastically reduced. ý Taxpayers Look f or Relief There will he general agreement with mont ai the racomafendations braught down in the House ai Commonu by the Prices Committee, wbich bas been investigoting the bigh cout-of- living la Canada for some months peut, sttes the Simca. Reformer. The Committee bas ne- commanded ravision ai rent contrais ta end berdsbips being suffared by many bome-own- eru; removal ai relaxation ai import restrictions on fruit and vegetablea; removal af the 25 percent excise tex irom commodities in common use; qavernmenf consideratton ai the desirebility ai restricfing price ruses by apecial taxation on un- reasonable profits; reimpositian ai some pnice contrais and temporery payment ai subsidies. There are nome ather recommendafions but these are the chief ones. No doubt they will ha used as the bosis for some Gavarnment action in the vary near future. Iflu no secret that the Liberals are greatly wornied by tb. public ne- action ta the Abhoft budget and lb. subsequent defeels sustained in hy-alectiona in Ibre. idingu. Reports have it thet individuel Liberai members bave gone avar Mn. Ahhott's bead ta appeal ta the Prima Minister t a te some action ta bring down the high cost-of-living, parficulonly in the wey ai nemoving the ohnoxious 25 percent ex- cise tex fram many articles ai every-day use in the home. Tbey hava bad an appartunity ta ossesu public opinion in their own ridings and they know thaf the Abbott budget bas proved decidedly unpopulan. Hence it is almauf certain that some government action ta relieva the pre- sent burden an laxpayers and hauseholdars will ha fothcoming shortly. The Pices Committee repart gives the Gevernment a lever with 'wbicb te tae.nome concret. action. Merchants Owe Much To American Motorists Amenican cars are speedinsg over aur bigb- ways, f ram one caast ta the othan. The touniat tnade lsaet ifs peak and judging tram the num- bers so fer, this year Canada lu axperiencing the greatest influx ai touriste from lb. U.S.A. ofai l times. The majanity ai the visitons are making their way ta the summer playgrounds in Northama Ontario, whera the lakes af Muskoka, Haliburton and Algonquin Park provide a fisherman's par- adise. The Daminion and Provincial gavernmanfs bave promoted the tounisf trade througb many mediums. Highways bave been improved. Owners ai louniat accommodations are encour- aged ta keep their iodges and cabins as attrac- tive as passible. The Department of Trovel and Publicity warns Canadiens ta show tb. greatest possible bospifohity and coutesy ta thes Amer- ican guestu; because American dollars ara sa es- senfiel ta aur national econamy. Howevsr thene is one flaw la this wbole set- up thet is giving rieta many complaints inom touriste and may ho instrumental in a ]osa ai millions ai dolbars of Americon maney. A lack ai parking facilities is on. deflciency that ln pres- ent la a gréat many ai the towns ai the country SUMMER DRESSES. ----------from $3.95 Couch, Johnston & Crydermian PHONE 836- 49 King St. W. BOWMANVILLE . . 7 .. i .,. - MILLINERY REDUCED Our complet. stock ai Millinery hem ben ubstantially reduced. JUST ARRIVED Another Large Shipment of A POOR WAY (St. Catherines Standard) High taxes as a means af stop- ping inflation is roundly con- demned. The Toronto Telegramn puts it this way: "High taxeg are as much an ex- planation for flat bank accounts as high prices. When the wage earner finds that as a eonse- quence of high taxes and high pnices he has not enough ta live on, his finst reactian, and it is not unreasonable, lu ta demand more pay. When wage increases are granted they add ta production costs and the manufacturer and the merchant are campelled ta raise their prices. Sa the ils- tionary spiral is given another turn. 'We think that a pay envelape flattened by too high taxes is a greater contribution ta inflation, fan the neasons just explained,, than a pay envelope with too much money in it, which is the reasani ng behind Mn. Abbott's argument that the way ta fight inflation is ta take the people's hard-earned money from them." Incneased production is, by ev- eny sound econamy, the anly way ta lower prîces, and when prices stant a downward descent uway gaes the inflation trend. Increas- ed production can fallow from in- creased demand and the incneased demand can foiiow when people have mare o! their awn money ta spend. The argument for lowen incarne taxation in the lower and middle incarne brackets is unanswerable. 1 * 4w.4cwa emma 0«fO~/O£s Caneo, pockherm. and skillt are the teels ef Canad', reort guides. And with these teels ho fashions a unique Canadian vocatien. Over lakes und pertages ho ieuds the sportsmen of the worid ..; iettinq them saveur the flaveur of a truly Canaidian vacation. The resert guide ia mouider of "Canada Unlimited". *RiWING COMPANY LIMITEI Publisted by RESPONSIBI.E ENTERPRISE ViChy y 0019.TO,îOntO MOUIDERS 0F' AA A(//UMffEO DEVELOPMNT OFREME MS OF ONfARWO IS EASIER &CAUSI OF fIE K>IOWLEDGC RESORT émis efflTiSum ONTAMRiM RSOP WD U E 4LP iTO CON VERf OUR WILOURNW SAR&AS I1Mb SUMMER PI.AV- fUCINSED- -GUIDE : OWR 11,00 REMOPIGW(£S «0 UOENSEO BV 146 VARIOUS PR»V INCIMEAI.IRMINTLWT VEAR f) THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO . '. À 1