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'AGE rwo %a 0naiaun îgtoittirn Established 1854 with whlch in tncorpozated Tha Bowznanvtjj.News,.The Newcastle Independant and The Orano Nowa 93 Years' Continuous Service ta the Town 01 Bowrnanville and Durham County Authorized as Second Close Mail. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Audit Bureau a1 Circulations Weelynpapera Ceky aadian Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES $250 a Year, strictly in advance $3.00 a year in the United States publjshed by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, Editor People of Bowmanville Decide Fate of Community Council At the annuol civic elections, Monday, Dec. 6th, the electoraf e of Bowmariville will decide hy plebiscite the question of hiring a new Re- icreational Director for the Community Council which bas operated with great success the past two years. The Statesman took a leading part in prompting the Community Council and has inade a far greater financial outlay in sustain- Ing if than any other individual or business or- qanization for reams of free space have been given for two years in its couse. Therefore we have something to say which we hope will be weighed carefully before the vote is taken. In our mind two things stand out in faor of this proposition: (1) The very high value of the Community CounciI's work for the youth' of the community: (2) The very low cosf paid by the municipality for ifs operafion. The first completely outweighs the second. The provincial qovernment pays one-third of the salary of t he Etecreational Director and 20 percent. of the operating costs. But the latter are well on the way f0 becoming self-supporfing. Therefore the entire net cost to the communif y, per capif a, a- rnounfs f0 just about the cost of one ticket te * the picture show. * Providing healthful recreation for the youth zf the community is something far greater than cansideration for the f ew dollars involved. Throw the young people bock upon their own resources crnd this community will have to answer for the consequences. These consequences are starkly .evealed in the daily crime news that shows *how young people react to lack of interesting :ndhealthful means of catering te their needs .nthe community level. But aside from this the 'Community Council provides recreafion for the :cilder people as weil. We have a low-cost, well- :Ostablished recreation programme ready for bew director fa fake charge. We connot afford to let it foul. It should be firmly supported in the plebiscite. There is another consideration. We have Ieen proud fa boast thaf Bowmonville is one of the best communities in Canada. We have yet bl leorn of a single fown giving up ifs Communif y 4Council once esfablished. We would lose much *iDf our moral stature by renouncing our Commun- Ity Council ot this or any otiier time. We simply connot afford the shame of voting if out cf exist- ence. To refuse I0 hire a new director would definitely kill the project. Our answer: "Yes" in the plebiscite. Calgary Stampeders Set Pattern f or Real National Unity In thé past baîf century nothing thaf we recali hos doné more ta make Eastern Canada con- sciaus cf thé fact that Canada doesn't end 0f thé héad of thé lakés than thé invasion of thé Calgary Stampéders rugby football team, togéthér wif h a retinué cf 500 western fans ino Toronto lasf week. Thèse wésteroers camé éest ta centést thé National Rugby Championship of Canada ageinst thé éastérn champions, Ottawa Rougbniders. Calgary wo thé hard-fought baffle 12-7 on To- ronto grounds and thé mast vociférous chéer- leaders were Toronto fans but Offtawa joined in thé gênerai accoladé fa givé thé lighter west- ern teom due crédit for théir winning fighting spirit. Roaning in by spécial train fnom thé west thé Calgary team and support ens bit Toronto drésséd in thé western ganb of cowhoy-Indian tradition and instant ly won thé béants cf thé people cf thé Queén City. Ail during théir stay théy wére completely ondénly yét fulsoely exultant in anticipation cf thé victary they éxpected. Wifh théir 10-gallon bats, théir chuck-wagan paradé, thein cowboy capturéeof Torentos Maoe Mc- Callum, a fermer wésfénner, théy réally weke up thé éasténners who had their werk-day, bard-pan couniténancés and lit erally mode fhem came ouf and cheér. This paper bas long campoignéd for an inferchange cf feachérs and stadénts ameng provinces ta win a béttér spirit of national unity. ]But af fer wifnéssing this Calgary invasion we are of opinion if takés thé cake for this desiréd end. This invasion and vicfary wes pléasing ta xnosf Canadians. We mighf add that having visited Calgary on séverai occasions, we considér if, and ifs énvirnmént af thé feethilîs af thé Rc'ckies, just about thé mosf beautiful area in thé whoié Dominion. And we con say thé samé about the' Calganians wha came eost lest wéék and retuno home this week with their f irsf national sports championship and thé warmfh cf easférn Canoda's acclaim. Fewer Students Registered For Degree Courses in Agriculture Enrolîmént in thé leading Agiculturel Col- lèges cf Canada shows an amazing décline this foul. Thé number cf freshmén énfering thé On- fanao Agricultural Collège et Gaelph is 76 corn- pared with 234 lest year. Maniteba has dropped from 70 ta 63, gaskatchéwan from 90 fa 45, and Alberta fom 91ite 46. This décline cf ovér 100 percent. in thé four leading agrieulfural provinces of Crmorccý.a is causing niuch speculatien emong e - sfarmers and industnial leaders. For e -i 'rî tho B S.A. dégréé are always in demnand to serve thèse thrée intéreste. Sur- ________________________ Tn~ '~A1NADIAN 5TATE3MA~, EcJWMANV.LLL~. oN~rAaLD prising as if may seem, indusfry han claîmed hundreda cf B.S.A. graduates who have made good in this sphere. Many attribute the greaf drop in enraUIment fa several causes. Enrolîment of war vêt rans, as such, is about over. General f armn prosperity rnay be another cause with farm youth remain- ing home fa reap profits while formn labor ré- mains scarce and high priced. Others are af- tract ed by the high wages and short hours in industrial plants. And then again some colleges have raised academic requirements ta enter on degree courses. Viewing the mat fer from the farm angle alone, when science and reclamation of land was neyer more urgent, fhe needs cf the 733,000 f arms of Canada cannof be supported by graduating only a f ew hundred students in the science of agriculture. A science deqree in agriculture is just abouf the best baianced of any universif y degree. It tokes in high elements of an Arts course, Boame cf the science of medicine, many principies cf engineering, business management, and cf her faculty instruction, ail leavened with practical. manual work in several departments. A B.S.A. graduate steps ouf into thé world eminently wel equipped te fake up any occupation, farming or otherwise, wif h sound prospects of making good. If f his provable facf was better under- sfood among High School students, we believe enrolîment at Agriculfural Colleges wouid be on the increase rafher thon on the décline cf today. Attack On Health Unit of Little Constructive Benefit At last week's session cf Counties Council et Cobourg a motion was put and debated on the proposition that the Northumberland-Durham Health Unit could do with fewer doctors and inspectors. The crux cf the arguments appeanéd fa be that a third doctor staticned et Campbell- ford was naf the original intention and became an unnecessary expensé. If was aise claiméd thaf the f wa sanitary inspécters were too arbit- nany in many cases. Other objections weré that fhe health nurses did mast cf the useful work and should hé paid beffer salaries which couid be mode up by reducing the salaries cf the docters and limiting them fao twa. The question was ultimatély shelved. If was génerally admifted hawever fhat the Health Unit was doing geod work and ifs greaf velue in prévenfing diseosé couidn't be dispénséd with. Much paint was mode of the annuai cosf, running fa $13,000 last year, but haif cf this was poid by the provincial governmenf. In onder for readers fa get a sound view cf whaf thé Héolth Unit actually does ta safeguard public health we pubiish in another column a summary cf ifs wark for thé past fen mcnths. We suggest that this reporf be measured againsf thé net coat and whéther if would he advisable ta cut bock ta an inefficiént sysfém. Our opinion is that guarding public health stands In thé fore- front cf ail social services and if must not be relaxed. As ta thé suggestion cf reducing thé number cf héalth inspectors, we have only one for each county and cerf ainly one could nof serve the enfiré area. When talk is put forth about ré- ducing thé salaries of dactors if is on a par- allel with payiog a prime minister the samé as an ardinary member. Chéapen the office with paying cheap salaries and this caunty simply invites incampetent médical direction. We are in faor of paying thé nurses the highest pas- sible salaries and this may be éffected by more rigid economies in othen uines. Reading the repart cf thé discussion an the Health Unit, wé fiod most of thé complaints quit e impractical. Whaf is realiy needéd is dloser attention and ca- operation cf the County Board wif h the Heaith Unit management. Royal Winter Fair in Toronto Achieves Truc World Stature Commissioned fa attend and report on thé 1948 Royal Wintér Foin, Toronto, Thé Statesman's farm éeditor camé home ta déclare: "Af fer spénding 20 hauns iooking cvér éxhibits and inférviewing people in ail walks of lifé, inciud- ing thé judges, exhibitors and directors, opinion was général that the Rayai is thé besf in ifs class in thé éntire world.'" Taking in thé im- mense array cf livéstock, thé magnificént apple and végetablé spneads and thé breetb-taking floral assembliés, thèse alone were énoagh ta win thé accolade. Standing béfore thé greet central rose anhor, and the ruby-red fiers cf applés, people wéré héard ta say: "Wbaf a grecaf country Canada neally is!" Bat théré wos fan more fa if thon this for éveny inch cf space in thé bugé baildings was tokén up with innumérablé producfs cf Canad.. ion agriculture. Claiming thé distinction of con- ferring wonld tif lés in grain, thé Royal with ifs great hersé show féaturing thé Meuntiés and téams from foreign countriés may aise dlaim ta hé thé world's gréafést ln this dépertment. For- funatély thé Royai remains uncluftéréd with the ballyhoo of a "midway" which other exhibitions féafuré af thé éxpensé cf agriculture. By long odds thé Rayal notes fer above eny cantémpar- ary shows that dlaim ta féafure agriculture. Having folowéd thé dévelopment and ex- pansion cf thé Royal Wintér Fair sincé ifs in- céption 26 yers age, wé assént with mach con- fidence that if bas réached ifs zénith véry largeiy fhrough thé bard work and experienced judgménf cf Général Manager W. A. Dryden, Brookîta, Ont., one cf thé greteat livestock aruthoniftes in thé Dominion. Hé sufféréd a break- down in béait h in thé service cf thé Royal lest yeor bat was able ta continué again this year in an advisory capacity. Thé Rayai déservés a greot chapter in thé history cf Canadien agri- culture and Mn. Dryden hes won a national voe of tbanks as ifs chiéf architéct. Our boys and girls are thé future parents, votera, controllers cf car ccantry's déafiniés. To do their job night, fa préservé and further our Christian civilizatien, tbey must hé filed with layait y ta théir community and their nation, wlth a deep sensé cf réspnsibilify ta théir felows, and with thé knowledgé cf what is and what is not cf spiritual importance in thé world cf fomnorrow. Thé seeds of thèse attibutés must hé sown et home, in church and et acheol. -Walter C. Lamgsaxn. Selling Out Empire For Socialist-Communist World Once again The St atésmen issues a warning ta Canadien farmérs fa kéep a caréful eye on what thé Socieliat goveinnient cf Brifein is doing ta réduce fa a minimum thé purchaeéof surplus fur, praducts frem t his country. We have ai- ready submitted éxtracf s frem officiai releasés sent out by thé Libéral gavernmenf t a0fOtawa shcwing thaf Sacialist Brifain has shut-out Can- adien apples, has stapped buying cur beéf, cuf aur fabacca exporfs, is hedging on bacon and egg cent racfs, hopes ta reduce wheat purchases, and is steadiiy fransferring ber trading ta Sterl- ing areos whilé upping ber domestic agriculture ail along thé uine.4 More récent reléases stafé thaf Britain bopes ta close a foun-yéar tradé treaty with Communisf Mascow for coarse grain and thé Soviets have already deliveréd about 40 million bushéls te Brifain. Refusing Canadien applés, thé best in thé warid, thé British Sacialist governmént bas boughf for thé first time 450 thousand bushéls cf apples from Italy. Whilé stili proféssing ta want Canadien chéése a compétition was ré- céntly héld in London et whicb New Zealand chéesé was "very highly comméndéd arnd will probably replacé mach cf the éxparf s cf Con- adian cheésé. These trends cannot hé ignonéd by Canadian farmers. Thé whole tbing is convéniently explaioed as due ta a lack cf dollar éxchangé. But,'it must hé remémbéréd thaf Canada has put up ili cash boans and other aid ta Britain, about five billion dollars and thé U.S.A. bas more thon doubled that in thé samé péniod. At thé samé time Sir Stafford Cripps, Socialist financial dictatar cf Britain, réiteraf éd bis former déclaration: "If is éssénfial ta Sociaiism fa liquidaté thé British Empiré; thaf wé have doné in thé casé of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceyian.'" As we have shown aboyé, this Socialist-Moscow hookup is also liquidatiog thé Canadian former. And we total thé record funthér by repeating thé C.C.F. (Canada) déclaration: "Thé C.CF. Party is idéntical in ifs aims with thé Socialists cf Brifain.' The C.C.F. and Farmers A good déal bas béen said in thèse calumnns récent ly cf thé C.C.F. policy on price and woge contrai. Thé C.C.F. stands for thé contrai cf pricés but not cf wagés. Obviously this is an irrafionai attitude bécausé bigher wages mrusf résuif in bighér pricés éithér in thé form of sale pricés an cf subsidy payménts which, cf course, méan bighér taxés. One way or anothor thé public must pay for wage increasés. But ir- rafioneliy aside, if if hé imaginéd that théré coald hé a governmént foolish enough ta appiy sach a policy, thé conséquences wouid hé ta inflict gravé injury upon a large majerity cf thé liation - particularly thé farmérs and thé se-called whaite collar workérs. Wages are but the prices cf labor. The prices of wheat, coarse grains, livestock and sa on are but the wagéu of fhe farmers. Salaries are the wages or the prices -- whichever you please - cf white coller workers. There is ne différence betweén a price and a wage; the one is thé shadow cf the othor. Except in fime cf war emérgency thére sbould flot bc government central cf éifher wagon or prices. Both kinds cf producers -- those who are paid in waqcs and those who are paid in prices - are entitled ta a free market.---Winnipeg Froc Press. Voting for More or Less From thé béginning men have striven fa get more material benéfits from less work. This laud- able effort bas produced most of our laor- saving conveniences and added greotly fa our comforf. Sa long as individuals sought fa increase their efficiency by bef fer mefhods and ca-opér- ation, producing in competition with ail others, progress was réal and widespréad. When men béqan ta gang up on the cammunity and thé world, fa compél others fa give them more for less, slavery, human deférioration, and war des- troyed thé civilizaf ions théy had builf. Thé méfhods men have used in ganging up on othérs are cf infinite varief y and ingenuity. In this géneratian pressure groups have provén fa hé the most effective means of getting more for less in democracies. Democrafic legislators connat mainfain thémsélves in power unless t hey get the most votes. Pressure groups specialize in delivgring votes. Off en a compact minanity con deliver enough votes fa éelect a représentative and fré- quentiy governments securé a majority cf seat s with the support cf a minanity of vaf ors. This resuit of the aperation of pressure groups nec- essitafes two important changes in a democratic practice if democracy is ta, function. The mefhod of voting should be revised fa reflect port y votes more accuraftely. Polifical parties should define mare clearly the principlcs upon which f bey are prepared to stand or foul. When in power they shouid adhere more closeiy fa their principles. If votes are ta be qained only by th2 variaus parties frying fa ouf do each other in promisinq aid ta pressure qroups who are trying ta secure more for less, af the expense of the mosf in- dlustriaus, efficient and fhrifty workers, then ihe successful part y is likeiy ta be that which will lune voters wif hfthe least, constructive policies. Theré arc no Canadian politicians smart énough ta, give al cf the people more for less. There are many politicians who can givé soe of the people more for less, part of the timé, by fooling most of the best workers most of the time, In thaf lies Canada's doorjor. -John.At kins in the Scene from Shingwauk Form Real Value of Conties'" Health Unit Shown In i Satislics for Ten Monlhsi Thé following is a brief sum- Infant Attendance 1.049 mary cf soeéof thé statisties ré- Pre-Sehool Attendance ---- 681 lating ta thé werk 'of thé Health Niifsing Visits: Unit for the period: lst January, Maternit 'v-----1607 1948, ta 3lst Octabér, 1948: Infant and Pre-Seheai 4.16,5 Communicable Disease Crippled Children 164 Casés reperted in thé General Nursing Service United Ceunties-.-- -- --.2,425 Familles Visited 2,7î11 including: Measles, réd ---- 1,193 Visits ta iHomes 8,44 4 Mumps-------------- 804 Sehocol Hlealth Supervision Chickenpox - . 232 Children given physical Whaeping Ceugh ------ 77 examination bv medical officcr Scarlet Fever ------ 45 assisted by nurse - ---- 2,494 Home visits by Public Health Children given health Nurses and Médical Officérs with inspection by nurse 3,924 reférence ta communicable dis- Children with oexv defccts éase -------- - --- ---------,115 (other than teeth) ----l 914 Tuberculosis Children with dental Mass X-Ray Surveys ....... 1,090 defects 1,215 Chest Chiis héld -- -------1,106* Children noted foi- further Survéys in Industries -------- 348 observation -- -. --- 938 New Casés reported ------- 25 Sanitary surveys of sehools 130)9 Admitted te Sanatoria- - 10 Home visits ta school children Discharged fromn Sanatoria 19 by Public Health Nurses-.- 1,3731 Home visits by Public Health General Sanitation Nurses and Medical Officers with Sanitary inspection referéncé te Tuberculesis --- 634 totalled ------ -- ------- 2.760,r Immunization including: Chies held 513 Eating Establishments -----891 Number immunizéd against Dainies - ----187 Diphtheria 3,871 Dair ' Farms . ----- ---- 104 Number immunizéd against Slaughterhouses ---------13.) Diphtheria and Whoaping Refuse DisposaI ,ý----- 114 Cough (cembinéd) ----- -.-- 461 Butcher and Gracery Numbér immunizéd agaiost Stores ---78 Diphtheria, Whoaping Ceugh Samples takén for bacterialogical and Tetanus (cembined) -- 438 testing: Number vaccinated against MVilk --------- ---------.5,12 Smallpox - ---- -1,453 FWater.------ 1,()40 Materal, nfantandt Eating Establishments, Matrna nantand I Tests of Utensils 337 Pré-Sehool Hygiene Interviews in connection with Chiid Health Conférences-- 133 isanitation problems- 624 Something New Has Been Added THURSDAY, DEC. 2nd, 1948 If we must have heroes and Freêdom demands tolerance, and ,wars wherein te make them, there many Americans have much ta s no war so brilliant as a war learn about the variety of f&fms witth wrcng, no hero so fit ta be which free societies rnay take... sting as he who has gained the We cannot ask that Europe be re- bloodiess victory of truth and built in the American image- mercy.-Horace Bushnell Henry L. 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