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-___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ _ - - - - . -*~** ~ ~ J V ÂY.21.N V ~ I.J± .L ZIIL> HUR DAYONTARIO, u Pt 0anaiIuun ttoinan £tabilhod 1854 with which lu incorporated Th. Bowmatvill. tNews, The Newcastle tOdipendent anid The Oronc News 94 Yeats' Continuous Service to the Town 01 Bowmanvulle and Durham County AW-bhoiz.d as Second Class Mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Memnber Canadian ~ W..kly Newspapers Association STJBSCR1PTION RATES $2.50 a Year. strictly in advance $3.00 a Year in the Unted States Pubtished by THE JAMIES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowmenvillls, Ont ario GEO. W. IAMES, Editoz The Editor is Keeping His "Goat" Chained Up To be frank, the editor of The Statesman is quite proud that this newspaper provides free space wherein his partner con slamn the dickens ouf of the editor ta his heart's content - God bless him! Could there be any clearer demonstration of the fairness of this journal? The editor is also quite proud thot this provision of f ree space to e partner who is opposed politically. was the editar's own idea and proposai. With regret we noted last week the part- nar's admission of anger. Now ancrer nexr got anypody anywhere, and if is universally acknowleged that the man who loses his t emper invariably ]oses his argument, and off en his cause as well. The edifor does not intend Io be provoked into a wrathful public row with a partner. He simply declines f0 ask or expect Stafesman readers f0 regard a difference be- tween business part ners as a worid-shaking national polifical issue. Alter the election the sun wiil stili shine; the earth turn on ifs axis; day iollow night and men oppose each ofher. Furthermore, as be- fore, we shall ail have ta work for aur living, give serv:ýce to aur neighbours and pay taxes. No amount of effort f0 get us ail excited can cover up th'Ž fact thof there is -indeed nothing for any of us ta lose our heada about. Meanfime we shall not be diverted, but shaîl continue fa editoriolize on fhe issues as we see them, shahl continue to provide our shore of f ree space for our part ner f0o tfack us jusf as hie may wish; yes, shahl go on treafting even fthe CCF f airly though ifs doc- trine is poison f0 us; and shahl go on hoping and puling for Charlie Stephenson fa win. We may even go on making the odd uninfen- fional error. We're still human. Liberals Win New Province Newf oundland Joins Maritimes Provincial elections just concluded in the new Province af Newfoundland reveol that the Liberals will form the first gavernment under auspices of the Canadian Canfedierotion. The results show 19 Liberals elected, against 4 Con- servafives, with 4 seaf s still in doubt. The ouf- corne was neyer in doubf in the mindis of polit i- cal observers, for aIl the circumstances led up ta that conclusion. Final confirmation ai the new union was rushed through the Ottawa House ta meet a deadline of ac mat fer af minutes f0 assure prompt payrnent aif family allowonces and old age pensions and so forth. This plus a qenerous financial provision for taking aver ald debts, could not faau ta have a profound effect on the thinking of people whose former autonomy was wrecked in bankruptcy. Governed by a Commission under the United Kingdomn for almost two decades, the exuberance of once again voting self-govern- mient was expressed according ta the circum- stances above outlined. Then there was the factor of the withdrawal ai the CCF f rom the contest off er their speakers had visited the island fa declare their plotform. Cash and collusion economy in a warld storving f'or--io"odand goads are bound ta face re-odjustment on a mighty scale. But the economic praccas is plagued by millions ai decisions moade ouf af selfishness in individuals and in sections of national lie. If every graup graba and forgets the nation, the days ai the early thirties will once agoin b. in aur land. " If everybody cres enough and everybody shares enough, everybody will have enough," soys Frank Buchmon in hiii book, Rexnoking The World, But iflfofew core enough and tc,>im'nv v-rab enough, thon very f ew will have enough. e in C.anada may be slow fa sec the consequences ai selfishness in ifs national ci- fect. The condition ai aur land is a glaring examole. Thousands ai aur moat fertile acres have'hast their f ertility because men mincd the land and grabbed what it gave. Yet f arm- crs are no more seliish than labor, management Canada Really Ruled by Dead-Head Members of Parliament In the librory af The Statesman is o stock af official literature in bookiets piled five feet deep. They canstitute a "five-fot-shel' af the records of the 20th Parliament af Canada, ond are familiarly known os Hansord. Evcry one ai these scores ai booklets has been rcod with close attention and documcnted os references f0 the major legislotian projectcd by the govern- ment and the apposition voiccd thereta. We have just reviewed the whole stary beginning with the. first session in the fou aof 1945 and end- ing with the recent dissolution af the Hause. We paid parficular attention ta the number of members wvho really take part in the debates and ta the recorded votes on buis. Our research disclosed that among the 126 members an the Liberal benches, only about 50 ai them, inciuding Cabinet Ministers, take any real part in House debates. But when votes take place, if is apparent that the 70 or more "dead-hcads" are awakcned by the party whip toa utomaticahly support govcrnmcnt bihls. Thot is how Canada is ruled taday. Just look up the records in case there is any doubt about f his general picture. This is quite a sidelight an haw aur demacracy works. These facts are something ta cansider in choosing members oi parliament on lune 27, 1949. When Sa mony Liberol members sa apporently confcss that they: "Don't know onything about government or politics'" why should Canadldn vaters seek ta add ta their numbers? In the last parliament, the hockey ployer, Bucko Mc- Donald sot for Porry Sound and spent much time ouf ai the House coaching a hockey team, In this election, the hockey ployer Dit Clapper, is the Liberol candidate in Peterboro. Estimable os they may be in arena circles is na evidence ai etficiency in the arena of national govcrn- ment. Indeed we have not seen McDonald's name mcntianed once in the pages ai Honsord. But once elccted, they con vote on gavernment bills af the command of the party whip. Members like Chorlie Stephenson, whose name oppears more thon 100 times in bhe House Index as speaking infelliqently on important issues are the useful and effective individuels in the House ai Gommons. Originator of the Phrase "Fourth Estate" Unknown Historions for . ycors have been knocking themselves oufta det ermine cxactly who arig- inatcd the phrase "fourth estote" as a namne for the press. No anc bas any trouble checking facts about the first tbre cabates, becausc these estotes werc classes rcprescntcd in the Enq- lish parliament and the French stotes gen- eral: The first csate, lords spiritual (clcrgy) the second csate, lards temporal (nobility), and the thurd estote (commaners). One important dlue ta the origin ai "faurth estate" is Thomas Carlyles stotements in "The Hero os o Mon ai Letters," published about 1839, quôting Edmund Burke, the English states- man, os saying: "There were threc estates in parîament; but, in thc reparter's gallcry yon- der, there sot a fourth estate-more important by for. thon them ail. It is nat a figure ai speech, or witty soying; if is o literai iact- very momentous ta use in these imos." This quototion bas led many ta believe that Edmund Burke is the father ai bbc "fourth estate." But the historions point ouf that Carlyle did not say wben or on what occasion Burke mode the remark, ond no record ai Burke'os stotement appears elsewhere. Carlyle moay have been mistaken in giving credifta Burke. Research indicates that Carlyle himself uacd the phrase 'fourth estte' twa years before ho credited it ta Burke. Carlyle in 1837 wrote, the fourtb estote, or able editors, spring up; In- creoses and multiplies irrepressible, incalcul- able.' Another pebblc thot clouds thc historicai waters is Mocaulays reference ta the fourth csate la 1828: "The gallery in which the re- porters sot bas become bbc iourth estate ai the rcoim." Bosweil, boa, got inta bbc oct with his re- ference in "Lii e ai Johnson" (1791) ta "The Stupendous fourth estote, whose world-wide em- bracing influences what cye con toke if?" If Carlylc's repart af Burk's stotement was correct. Burke probobly did originate tbc terni, because be died in 1797. Carlyle's first men- tion ai the "fourth estate" appcared in 1837. Any way you lookak eb situation, the newspapers qot oll the glory, and the historions got ail the headoches. Care, Courtesy, Common Sense Its tbc same cvcry spring and summer. Newspapers are crommcd with accounts ai wanton bas oa ifle as pleosure-seekers hcad for holiday resorta in increasing numbers. Trof- tic occidents usualiy boke tbc heaviest tol but swimming and obber occidents add an impres- sive number to the latality lists. The previaus article in this series coneluded %vith the state- ment that Prime Minister St. Laurent, as leader of the Liberal Party, bas sold out Liberal pria- ciples by embracing the CCF as just "Liberals in a hurry," He bas been ably seconded by a Lib- eral colleague in the House who was formerly Hon. David Crol in the Liberal goverament ai Ontario. Mr. Croîl said recently: "What the CCF promise toda,, we Liberals will give you tomorrw. Statesman Conflrmed That's pretty conclusive evid- ence that the stand taken by the Statesman for the past ten years has been fully justified. That J.5, when the aid Liberal party began ta desert its traditions, this paper - chose not ta foliow it an its new candidates dlaim ta bc "selling Fr yan Libcralism" thcy have figures like Just a !ew more items. Senator Mr. St. Laurent himself and Mr. the Hon. T. A. Crerar, Cabinet Croîl arguing quite ta the con- Minister in bath world wars and tracy. This paradoxical per!orm- Liberal colleague o! Mackenzie ance is causing much public King, speaking in the Senate, amusement. Mar. 23, 1948, warned the gav- UnimeachbleEvidnce er-ament ta get off the backs a! But we submit much more em- rm lgisi armr:tre pbatic evidence in support o! the farm lgiltian; "A form aof stand taken by The Statesman. tyranny that wc, in a free country. We shall quote straight from af- shouldn't have ta put up with." ficial sources, which aayane can He went on (P.237, Hansard> ta examine who wishes ta be hone-,t compliment the Progressive Con- and consistent, the actual wards servative party. who "show real- o! men nated as staunch Liberals ity in these matters." long befare Mr. St. Laurent was Caustie Appraisal ever heard o! politically. And Even more amazing was the they remain staunch Liberals still rex-ait af Hon. Ian Mackenzie, naw trying ta stem the folly o! the a Senafor, who was Mackenzie Prime Minister and bis present King's righit hand man and about Cabinet. the staun-chest Liberal o! them Liberal Dean Speaks ail. Speaking in the Senate la Foremost in protest a t i o ni sflic Senate, Mar 25, 1949, (P.247, against this new Liberai-Socialist Hansard) hie tare into the "con- alliance, stands Hon. Charles Gav- trol" legiý;lation projected by Mr. la Power, Dean o! the House af St: Laurent, by saying: 11 say Cammons wifh 32 years service; i xithout the slightest hesitation Canada's first Air Minister in thej that this paragraph is a camplete Mackenzie King Cabinet; a Lib- negation af Liberalism and a cral a! the aId school ai Liberal- complete usurpation af the prin- ism. Foilowing the example of ciples of Democracv,." The Statesman, Mr. Powec came Another Liberal Senator out boîdîly. two years ago, in an Going further, the well known 1 article in Maclean's Magazine, ta Senator Arthur Roebuck, former deciare- Liberal Cabinet member in On-j Coalition Feared tario, a strang Liberal if ever 'Nowv I amn a Liberal laoking there xvas one, said in the Senate for sarne place ta vote Lîberal." (P.228, Hansard>: -I must say I 'What this party needs is saving have a feeling a! frustration and fram opportunism. neglect a! pessimîsmi as I see men who principle. and fromn the passibility shauld be headiag in the opposite' af coalition witb the falowers afIdirection. gaing on step by step any other poiticai phiîosophy." ln the direction a! a Socialist "Duririg tbc war the Liberal State." He was speaking an ane Party drifted away !îom11 demo- 1o! the "-contrai" bills promulgated cratîc Ideas and principles ta adapt by the St. Laurent goveraiment. the by-passing ai parliament and Fooling the People Governrnent by Decree." That's W could go an and quote à pretty straight talk, yet Mr. St.doen more leading Liberals who Laurent aow confesses "coalition'; hav'e issued similar warnings. witb the CCF as Liberais in a But we assume that enaugb evid- hurry. ence is dacumented above, with Faces St. Laurent page references, ta ]et aur read Two years lafer, at the great ers judge the sort a! phony Lib: Liberal convention calied ta eralism that is being preached ta- choose a successor ta Mackenzie day. Maybe we cani sumn it ail King, the aid Liberal war-horse, up by quoting the present Min- Major the Hon. C. G. Power, M.C.. ister o! Finance, Hon. Douglas spoke an the plat!orrn and looked Abbott, who, at P.2622, Hansard, directly inta the face af Mr. St. April 27, 1949, said: "Let us nat Laurent as lie dcclared: "This try ta fool ourseives, even if we gaverameat bas abandoned Lib- are trying ta fool tbc public." We' eral principles aad the anly thing sgetti atrmr o h Liberal about the gox'ernmeat is 1 pgeapl.a!Dhi armarCo for th the liberal dose o! Socialism it is trying ta give the Canadian people."' This was alirnost pre- cisely the emphasis vaiced in The Statesman many years before. Path ta Dictatorship Conicling, Mr. Power wvarned, 'If dictatorship carnes ta Canada it will not be through those who describe themnselves as Socialists, but through those wha dlaim ta be Liberals, and in spite ai that name, defy every principle for which the name Liberal stands." Mr. Power cleaî-ly described the situation and ia turn, chosea na- tional leader, Mr. St. Laurent bas described the Socialists as Liber- ais in a hurryv. "Selling Liberal- ism'" ai the St. Laurcnt formula, is simply selling political non- WESLEYVILLE Mary and Joyce, Orono, Mr. and WESLE VILLE Mrs. Lamne Pacden and Doreen. Mr. and Mrs. Orm Falls, Stark- Sunday visitors with Mr. and ville. Mrs. Harold Barrowciough were Mr. and Mrs. George Morton and Robt., Kendai, Mr. and Mrs. Jen- STARK VILLE sen, Oshawa, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kimbaîl, Port Granby.. Executivý meeting ai W.A. was Mr. and Mrs J. Wark and Joan. beld at Mrs. Harold Reeve's ta Ou-en Sound, wîth Miss Norma prepare for June meeting. Halioweli. Several of the Weslcyvilie girls Mr. andi Mr,ý. A. Dobsan and and boys w-cnt ta Zion Tuesday Mary Lau were in Orono Safur-I ta sec the lispiay ai !ireworks. day. Sunday visitors wif h Mr. and Miss Helena Haiioweil, Toron- Mrs. Percy Snell were Mr. and ta, speat bbe holiday at home. Mrs. Ernest Cable. Rochester. Pictures shown in bbc scbool by Mrs. George Dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Cecil Carveth were well at- Ken Dianer and !amilv and Mr. teaded and greaf iv apprcciatcd. and Mrs. Fred Tufford, Bunker Mrs. Wormingtan spent the Hill. ,veekend iPi Hamilton. Mrs. Les Beecrof t, Oshawa, and Mrs. M. Benett *itb Mr. and her daughtcr Mrs, NichoIls, Cour- Mrs. J. Halloweil. tice, with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mr. and Mrs. Keith Rowe, New- Barrowelough. castie. with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Newboavihle team on ixhich se- Farrow. xeral Wesieyville girls play won A friend from Cleveland, Ohio, the baIl gamne on Moaday evea- visited Mr. Bert Trim. ing 8-5. Mrs. Lawrence Jamieson, Bewd- Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Thornd3 ke iev. \with Mrs. J. Halioweil. and famii3 with Mr. and Mrs. C. Mr. and Mrs. James Lawery, Pa.vne. Orono, at Victor Farrow's. Visitai-s itb Hcrb Paeden aver Mr. and Mrs. Llew Halloweil the weekend werc Mr. and Mrs. wcre la Port Hope Tuesday. Clarence Pacdenanad Janet. Flint, Tomato piaating bas been coin- Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Wiifred Pae- pieted by sFeveral la Ibis district. rien, Mrs. W. Pcachey and Am.v. Mcr. and Mrs. Shutka were in Tororto, àrs. R. Bostock, Rose Oshawa. or politicians. When times ore hard, each graup gets hard an the other. 'You have to, be self ish ta get along," in the lie that infiltrates into the mind and the clear-cut edges ai motal choracter become blurred. The sister af selfishness is blame. The fact is wc are al f0 blamt; ond we con stop bloming. Nations undiergoing hard times and golfers af the l9th hale aIl have in common the basic cause af thei, trouble: if lies in cir- cumstanccs or in samebcdy cisc. So we come ta the hcart of the current crisis in world off airs. The materialistic forces say - humnan nature cannot change. God in a myth. Selfishness is the nature ai mon. Selfishness admitted. organized and exploited is the hope af humanity, they say. Democracy, when truc f0 ifs heritage, main- tains the oppasite. Human nature can change. Frcedam in the individual depends on his re- sponsibility for thc whole. All have o loir share of the privileges. Ail share the respanaibilities. Moral character is a neccssity. Moral fibre is the backbone of the notion. There is enough in the world for everyone's reed, but nat for everyone's greed. r 1-~1~ nf ~ ~ ~.d should turn at ail times ta Uic The Statesman Office. arnang their fellow member. There are. f course. others, too many of them, popular in their own constituencies, extremehy likeable in their personal relation- ships but void of economnic com- prehension, flot fitted for the job they have to do. The country would be richer if theY could be left at home. The House of Ca m- mons is selective, good men find their mark, the others become ballast-they help to steady the ship in bad weatber. That of i course is important in its way. Members should be able to, speak and speak clearly on issues whicb corne before the House. A good speaker, capable of clear thinking, will be able to make a place for himself in the Hous aof Commons. Even wben he f ails there is a second chance. There are many men who can think clearly but are hopelessly lacking in power of expression. There are different types of speakers. One man may speak well in the House af Commons, iLe. he can plan a speech, put it on paper and present it in the House withr only brief notes ta stimulate bis memory. This man may fali1 down in a committee where the nature of the situation is ve ry different. In cornmittee the sit- uation calîs for the quahities of a good lawyer. It involves quite frequently the examinatian of witnesses. This does fot implv' that a man must necessarily be a lawyer. I can recaîl many quite competent examinations made by farmer or business man. The business man fits into the work because lie bas definite knowledge of his business and therefore capacity ta bring out the evidence. The M.P. should possess the spirit of independence. He is not' likely ta oppose bis own party on major issues but there are o14e means by which he can make his YGU SET IMPORTANT! make sure that you have adequate eleetrie wirtWg facili e.s to do ail the thngs yen want dont. 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Banks compete t&-serve the most diversified needs, no matter how specialized any of them may h .. . personal, business, or farm 1oanEr, money triferg, collections - to naine just a few.e More than 95 out of 100 bank loain applications are decided "right ini the field" -in the branches -by bank managers who take a personal interest in serving their customers' individual requirements. S PO0NSO R E D 8Y YOu R aBA mK fil lt,. - s, P>AGE TWO Choosing Your M.P. pui;pose clear. The çaucus gives actual facta before the foue him an pportunity for fe dis- The man who knows the facta ta By . ~cussion. Me will necd ta be on master ai th.e situation if only he ByR .Deachman, a fermer guard every hour of the day. The has the power af lagleal ex.press.. M.P. for Huron County House of Commons is an ideal ion. Look for these qualities in Soon the people af every con- place for loafing. It'so easy ta choosng your M.P. they are stituency in Canada wil chose drif t around the rooms visting supremnely important. the men they hope ta elect as there smb ers, doin ite.wThe their representatives in the House teetislmch nte onc. Th af Commons. There are many esenal mn is illthgesmakin Th e States aiSl different types in the field rcady.a an .Pisa ilnnestsm nS d ta offer their services. Each mav wrk.At Following Stores deserve a place in the parliamernt The constituency demands too af the nation, but the man select- much frorn ifs member but, in d should be able ta think and many cases, the correspondence Dyer's Drug Store, Newcastle able ta speak. invlved is hepful. The Member D. G. Walton', Newastý. Thereis a easonfor tisoa Parliament bas ta listen ta the Wilson&Bon etnil Many as coreta the House ai people back home, wbilc facing T oM.&SBon, Nwo*il Coa-îmn witut hving prcvfthe task whicb always confronts T .- moEnniaklllea iasl gvn uc ons huhaideration him-his duties in the House. F. L. By.mn, TyTorie tasl eca nmicand oitica ques There is witb some a tendency te G. A. Barron- Hampton ti onThirc adpcit tal qem be fao sharp in debate. Notbing Wm. Hackwood, Pontypool uios.ul embrs dpcte a eir is gained by thîs attitude. It daes H. T. Sa .yweUl, Blackstock ability ta think. If they can net pay ta knock a man down C. B. Tyrrel, Orno tink clearly they can earn ta even in an exchange ai wrds. W. J. Bagfel, Jury & Leveil 00ý- speak clearly. Tey will son be The mind af the tinking M.P. J. W. Jewell, W. J. BerryawiUj T,-wPOLITICAL SCENE AS THE EDITOR VIEWS IT r' THE CANADIAN STATVRMAM iPtnwuawlm.T-v 1 1 T "S