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e fiGz Two THE CANADIAN STATESUM, EOWMANVILLE, O1qTARIO Mtab11ahed 1834 Wlth Wh lch topzat.d The. Dewmaavnu. News, The Nwcastb ladapeden cnd The. Orono News ý5 Years Continuous Service te the Town -eofBawmanvlllo and Durham County - Authorix.d auS cond Clam Ma - Pool Offico'D.partm.t. Otawa. SAN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Audit Bueiazai SCirculations * Wmadienhppe<* Association SUESCRIPTION ]RATES '2.50 a Yoar, strictly i advance $3.00 a Year i the United States * Publighd by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Bowanviile,'Ontarfia GEO. W. JAMES, EDXToR We Need More People *Thoughtful Canadians wll heartily agres with lames S. Duncan, head of Maàsey-Harris,. iff hie contention that we need more people, aSques The Financial Pant. We are flirting with grave consequencem no long as we romain a arsely populated country. Thirteen million citizens scattered along a 4,000-mile lino that seldoma exceeds a hundred miiles in width cannot hope ta hald permanently dti area that in Europe or Asic would have three or four times that number. .'We have dnly ta look around our own country and the Unted States ta see the tre- moendous advantages cf epening aur doors wide té immigrants. These people have brought new lpdustries, new processes, and new ideas ta this dentinent. They have been among aur ,leading liventors. They have opened new areas. They have provided us with the great bullc of aur iûanual labor but alsa, if flot in the firat, then £Ï the second generation, with a large propor- tIôn of aur leading scientiste and industrialists. -Name a score of really outstanding citizens 6f this continent, men or women who are world tczmous for their contributions ta civilization, ànd invariably you will find many who are lÎbtt mare than second 'generation North Amer- kans. SMunicipalSpending lumps IMost municipalities are spending more than they are taking in, according ta a survey in T he Financial Past. Since 1945, current municipal expenditure tas increased by 44%; total municipal revenue bas increased by oniy 37.4%. The largest percentage increase bath in total municipal revenue. and revenue f romn tax- -àtion and aisc in current expenditures was for ïue rural municipalities. Their total municipal Ïevenuo increased 92.9% since 1939 and thoir çurrent expencitures have increased 114.8% in the same period. Second largest percentage increase is for -he othor urban municipaities which sho.w an Izicrease of 58.4% in total municipal revenue and .12.3 % in total current municipal expenditures 'Ïlnce 1939. Î The poor down-trodden and overburdened itaxpayer has It in hie own handa ta cut down -he crgy cf spending by cuttlng out asking and demanding £0 much in the way of munici- pÏal services. Tree Speech Important Part of Our Democracy It is difficult for mont cf us ta remnember that. free speech doos not mean cnly the pro- senting cf our opinion. Happily for us, it ~uometlm es . But, cften aur conception cf jreedorm la confused by aur own personal con- victions or prejudices. W. are quick ta demnand .freedcm cof assembly and cf the press for views .and opinions with which we agree. We feel that it in admirable for aur side ta be given -freedom cf the air; but If contrar opinions are :*in brother lames Franklin, wha owned the pub. -lication, belng temporarlly behlnd bars for ::printing what the Boston city fathors character- :rizod as untrue. Young Franklin's fuîst tank wan :not te secure bie brother's release, but ta defend rhlm basic riqht te print what ho thought true. t"-Wltheut, fre.dom of thouglit," ho uaid, "there .,can be ne uch thing cm wlndom; and no such -thing an public liberty wlthaut f reedom cf pch whch la the riglit cf> every man, an fa nby it h. doe.net hurt or centrol the ;:rlght cf another." tWhat Young Franklin demandod wan just ,what democracy ixnplies, that Uic hearor and the reader, not an appelnted or self .appolntod : .n, hal decide thUic. sues cf rlght and -.wrong- Long years later ai grey-haired Franklin Zelaboratd his original opinion. "When truth ,and errer have fair pla[Y," ho mid, 'the fomer .:in cxiways an overmatch for tho latter." Un- Ziertunately many well-lntentioned persons lack ,the windaan and the patience te give demacracy 1- chanc& The Contention of "Pensions On. cf Uieebig boncs cf contention i the major atrikea current in Uic United States la that cf pensions. I.abor la demanding thet industry (or emplayer) provide the penslbni wholly, and not on a cantributory bouis. If that trend shauld become wide-spread, and it could overflaw into the industriell h e cf Cari- ada, w. sec it as an unecanomic and hazardous wedge adding greatly te the burde;in cf al self-employed people, which would include fermera, Who muet pay for the pensions cf otheri and pravide their own et the same time. It in ebvieus that industry willnat poy the pensions cf its omplayees out cf its awn peaket, but will rocover ita coat from Uic ne- tional cons umner. That puts up the priceocf commodities. The whole thing isn't sound, ad- vantageous as it may appear te those who get it. Socurlty ln w hat everyone aima for, and those arganizations which have already hed the system cof centributory pensions are pursuing the right course. The prectice shauld b. gen- oral bath in public and privato enterprise. To Revise Crimninal Code The oxecutiveocf the Canadien Junior Charuber cf Commerce is having its national affaira cemmittea moka a study an{d report the posîibility cf putting forth a recommandation et the 18950 convention cdvocating a revision cf Section 98 af the ,Criminel Code cf Canada, giving the Government power te deal with subversive- claments advocating the over-throw cf aur country by force. The exacutive foît that there was a need for some type cf law giving necessary authority ta our goverrnent. And that seems a logical procssa. We hardly think anyone is particularly alarrned et Communiat manifestations in Can- ada as "Communist," but rather et the type of thinking and action they seam te stand for. Thus the power should ha given. Why should we allow a group af malcontants ta advocate the overthrow cf this country by force, ta re- place it with a system in which the vary if e and thouglit of the people is controlled by &xe stete. Canadien Communiste ara ne different f rom Communiste in the Unlited States. They seem te show such a desperata rillingnass te live in this imperialistic country, and a dasper- ae unwillingness ta live in Russie, the Utoii îystem they would foiat on us. Cariadian Industry Expands Industriel expansion in Canedc; la proceed- ing et a more rapid pace thon is generally realized. Soe 260 new plants hava bean os- tablished in this country fromn abroad during the lest two yaers. Approximately 180 cf these firme ara branch plants of well-known United States concerna, sixty being engaged in the developmerit of the ail industry. Soe sixty companies originatad in Great Britain and twenty in other countrias. Most cf these firme are now engaged in the pzpduction cf goods which, in the main, would otherwise have in- volved an outlay cf Amarican dollars, or are ccmmitted ta such production, and are provid- ing odditional employmant for soe ?,000 Canadiens. Canada is expanding mare rapidly in re- lation to her gross national praduct thon tha United Statas, the most highly induatrialized country in the world. Canada is spanding more an gooda and services ta improve the standard cf living, and alsoeaxpanding the capital struc- ture cf the ceuntry et a higher rata thon avar before. Total capital invastmant in 1949 reach- ed a peak cf 3.3 billion dollars, and it la ex- pectad that the figure for 1950 will hea pprox- imataly the semae. The development cf industry in Canada muet alweys, in the. final analysis, ba a product cf individuel initiative. The individuel is the dominant factor in aur philosophy of 11e. In fact, industrialization in Canada maans private individuels and private campanies starting naw businesses or expanding axisting cnes. In this effort, govarnimants cen help, but the halp la effective anly if sufficient initiative and vision are forthcoming f romn the business community. Can Anyone Stand So Much Whern Europeans came ta Canada and live for a week or sa in a Canadien hame where they can listen ta Canadien and United States radio programmes, they are truly amazed et the great amount cf bunk and pif fla whidh cames over the airwaya in a day, observed the St. Marys Journal-Argus. Either they have ta liaten to c lot af sa-celled ed-libbing.-by would- b. jokeaters, the stuffy commenta cf record- changinig lackies, the groana and moens cf soep opera disseminetars or the lang and windy dlaimis cf advartiaing pluggers. Thay cannot but amile et the so-called "give-awey" progra and the call-up boys wh o invariably find the heuseholder wan't listenitig. Few radio awners in Canada seem ta real- ize, thot the radio netwarlcs cf teday are vastly different from what they were a few yearsacga. In the tinat place, the modern radie tation ia znostly a pile cf recorda. thausends cf them stored in many tiers af shelves. These "cen- ,.neries" aupply about ninety percent cf the pro- grammes during the day and the ather ton per cent is plugged-in by the aperetor announcer whose often drecry veice reflecta the baredom cf hie solitary confinement behind glass panels withe ha eyea glued ta the secand hand cf the ail-important studioe dock, la it cny wonder that the travelling public in New York City recently put up such a preteat about the blaring af radie programme loud speakers in the terminals there, that authorities quickly cancelled the use af this letest form cf nerve-deodening "noise- kreig"? Frem tue stendpoint ot public intereat and effective coverage for radioaedvertising, it seome ta us, it would ha much mare te the peint for mont cf the amnaller stations ta close dawn more heurs a day and reserve their really goad on- tortainnient for this restricted periad wher they mnight have a decent listener fallowing, rather than ta try as et prasant ta apread a dreMr programme cf non-descript filer ovar the mont cf an eighteen heur peniod. The Poor Chamber of Comme Wilh Advisory Cou Plan Researchi Woi The initial meeting et the Edu- cational Committeaet the Cham- ber et Commerce combinad with the Advisory Committeaet Teach- ars was held Jan. 24 at the Lions Community Centre. The assembly was hald te put intoeaffect the plans- eutlinad in the Canadian Chambar et Commerce agenda for the year. Six cemmunitias across Canada have been chosen fer an axperiment in cooperatien batween business men and teach- ars. Bowmanville lias been se- lected te typity the kind et ce- operativa andeavour which miglit taka place in an average Can- adian tewn. Wm. Lycett, reprasanting the Chamber et Commerce, acted as chairman, stimulating and lead- ing the discussion. The opening meeting was dasigned, ha stated, te initiate intereat in the project and te start the baIl rollirig. The greater part et the meeting was spent in airing views on educa- tien, with littie raterence te the part te be played by the Chamber et Commerce. But the members et the Chamber whe were present took away with them a substan- fiai ameunt et material te work on. It was stated that in the past 25 years Canada has grewn trorxj, a largely agricultural te a main1l$ industrial nation. The problem et education lias become te a degrea separatad tram the central et the farmer çand put in the hands et people engaged in îndustry. But the personal elationship which once existed between the farmer and the teacher lias net been passed on te the business man. It la ecognition et this tact, ceupled with the knowledge that business must make ifs ideals known te the school child that has led the Chamnber et Com- merce te try te enter the sphere et formai education. Buineas dees net want te in- tarfere with methods et teaching er with curricula. But At dees wish te aid the student te under-1 stand how te cape with lis antry1 inte the business world, and it wishas te aise aid the teaching profession in acquiring the basf possible scale et salaries.' The two cemmitteas, atter 25 YEARS AGO 1925 Stuart James was Durham rap- resantative at the Fourth Annual Oldar Poys' Parliament at Queen's Park, Toronto.j Among prize winners at Baw- manvilla Higli School were: Hos- kmn Pize-Maitland Gould; Gil- fillan Prîze-Agnes Vanstane; Tamblyn P r i z a - Marguerite Joess; Literary Seciety-Margam- et McGreger. Men's suifs et fineat quality were salling for $40 and shirts for $4. The annual Werry-James fami- ly eunion was hld at the new Horsey St. residence et Mr. and Mrs. Gea. W. James. Mr. Thomas Baker, Solina, was e-elected Reave et Darlington. Freda Oke, daughter et Mm. and Mrs. James Freeman was marriad te Wîlber Henry Oke, son ef Mm. and Mrs. Frank Oke at St. Paul's Church. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Wilcox celebmatad their golden wedding anniversary at Hampton. Orano beaats et numereus er- chestras including a jazz band; Sunday Scbool Orchestra et 16J piaces; Tuxis Band et 8 or 10; 17-piece Saxaphone Band, and young peaple's choir et 24 mam- bers. Marriages-Roma May Phare and Walter Forbas Park at Ty-j moe; Augusta Louise Luke and1 William Lawrence Meuntjoy at Kedron; Charlotte Amalia Rut- ledge te Joseph Henry Forder at Monteagle. Newcastle-Mr. and Mrs. W. Carter Blackburn celebratad their1 diamond wedding annivarsary. Miss Edith Martha Abar, andj Mr. Roert William Waldan wareg married in Newcastle.1 Capalland*s Shoe Store was Flxed &Inflexible (Br R. 3. Deachman> " Speaking in Montreal a few days ago the Hon. Douglas Ab- bott, Minister cf Finance, raised a question which should receive a great deal cf careful considera- tien: à. "We have", said he, 'built up a high level cf expenditures that -' are both fixed and inflexible. We 4 are spending $600,000,000 annual- ly on social service benefits and another $400,000,000 ta service the national debt. These expend- itures are of a fixed and inflexible character and difficpIlt te reduce." - This statement is true. In part iis the heritage cf war. This is ail the more reason why we should face the situation. Yet to- day, in agriculture, industry, and in private lit e wç watch the slow strangulation cf individual initia- ~- tive, the steady caîl for govern- ~ - ment assistance. The burden will - .- be intensif ied when the price 4e level falîs. It is net reasonable te expect that the national income will continue te rise over a long. - -' -"-'period et years. The increase be- - tween 1926 and 1939 was insig- ::7 We see the present attitude in a recent incident, small in itselt, - ~ but important as a trend of the ~'~<.. tirnes. The price ef eggs has been high. Suddenly the price dropped. Trewere twe reasons for the OlddScai e. The British dernand O idSoakcdased, temporarily at least, and the price et eggs had been toc high for some time. It would be Drce in Co-operation a odtigfr h akti ..J8 . S U'~Llevel. They werp reaching a point am GA af T aciiers where cnupinwsdciig The consumers were being driven eut of the market. The price was rk in Educaioii s the normal answer te a mar- President Keith Jackson had read ket suftering tramn high prices. some et the information sent him When if happens-modern style tram the head office of the Cham - -producers rush te the govern- bestarted off by discussing ment. A few weeks ago there ber, was a meeting ot censurners de- whether or net students should mniglwrpîe.Js h be trained te enter specific in- shounld w price ixingbecome dusris.Mr O.J.Prssné funiction cf gevernment. On Goodyear stated that considering which side dees government the high degree et specialization da h wr.I tfrtepo in mpdern industry it would ducrawteordsi for the ro-A probably be better te continu e duetrerfort onmeA cultural education te round out hatyrgr o f w ec the knowledge et students before et mid should induce it te let the enerd te lmied orkinthings alone and let those who fac tre h imtdwki are directly interested fight it factoies.eut ameng themselves. Only a traction et Bowmanville Shades ot our tathers! Did the students enter Goodyear anyhowpoer hnoftiDdhy sai Mr Prsso, ad i woldrun te the government every prebably be a waste et time te timle they broke an axe-handle. channel the efforts et an îndivid- How did they manage te clear ual student towards such a goal. the torest without help from the There appears te always be a government? If this condition ex- period ef moving around trom isted teday governiments would job te job when a young man spend billions on if. Eggs are leaves school. It is a naturai nyatn in otidctn tearsshimfrît Iwould seemin-present trends. If there cornes a cterary '!n ot tdncytediect general decline in the price- level conrar 'o te endncytodirctthere will be a turther rush te education tewards the satisfaction the governrnent for aid, a cali ef a definite industry. for tixed price. It will make the Atter twe heurs et general con- situation worse net better. versation, during which varieus * * * * * * ideas on education were discussed, What matters if trade is stifled, Principal Andy Thornpson sug- if prices are raised te a peint at gested that the greup get organ- which aur expert trade falîs off! is&i. Miss Gwen Murray was After ail the gevernment pays! chosen as secretare fer the body. This is the modern attitude. It A motion was put forth that a has been developing for sorne cemmittee be set up to provide time, it is getting worse. Some- some torm etf organization for oe suggesteci the other day that the solidifying and carrying out members of parliarnent should et the prograi outlined by the be pensiened and that their cern- Chamber et Commerce. The cern- pensation. should be increased. mittee was elected te include There is a blind faith in the ca- two members trom the Advisory pacity et the government te do Committee and twe trom the everything. very little clear Educational Cernm it t ee. The thinking , ameng those who cry members are Wmn. Lycett and O. the loudest. J. Presson representing the Much ef this trouble resuiots Chamber et Commerce and G. R. tromn the idea that neyer agam1 Elliott and Tom Turner tram the wiîî we have a dépression. It is Advisor y Committee. a dangerous assumptien. Dapres- The committee for organization siens have developed, at more or will meet soon te determine the less regular intervals, ever since date for the next meeting. It is the dawn et civilization. I won- hoped tram the research et the der if anyone can tell us why Educational C o in im i t tee that they should suddenly cease in enough information will héa gathered te previde a' basis for be at the Balmoral Hotel this a cooperative program between week te buy artillery herses for school and business al ever the South Africa. Dominion. - - badly damagad by tire. Brawn and Bennett's dry gaod store me- ceived smoe damage. Bowmanville Public Sch 1~ was ratad 7tli higheat in Canada in deposits accarding te Penny Bank report. Frank Walter la installing sev- eral radios in Caurtica lamas. James Nekes won the Walker Silver cup for the third tima for the hast collection et Rhode Is- land Rada at Belleville Pouitry Show. Editor M. A. James wli e le- brated lia 77th birthday, was teted on the lhappy occasion by membars et lis tamily. Bowmanville Junior Hockey Team won 6 games in a ow. They have failed te hase any in the league play. Gladys Mae Lowe, nurse at Bewmanville Hospital, bacame the bride of Mr. Thomas Caurans, Cobourg. 50 YEARS AGO Ad: "Grit The Teetl"-Do you notice your children gmitting or grinding flair teeth at night? It is a sure sign et worms. Battar give them Dr. Low's Pilla, which aresimple, safe and always ef- fectuai." The Town Council has oe more vacant seat. Messrs. Simp- son, Mitchell and Hillier decined nomination for mayer and Messs. Cornish, Percy, Spry for ceun- ciller. We hear the name ef J. O. Labelle freely rnentiened for the municipal mattars, that should command attention. Tyrone:-A * practical study et the horse's foot under a claver veterinary et western Ontario, mandera G. M Watts titted in evary way ta de superior work in tIa linaeof horse-soeing. Major Massay, Kingston, will Weddings-Marlow - Williarns -Jan. 1 at Blackstock, by Rev. E. E. Howard, Mm. George M. Marlow and Miss E. A. Williamns bath et Cartwright; Darcy-Rob- ertson-On Dec. 27, by Rev. John McMedhan, Mr. William Henry Darcy, Cartwright, and Miss Elizabeth, eldeat daughter et the late.,William Robertson, Shirley. Maple Grae: Mrs. C. Frank is sutfering with muscular rheuma- tism and Mrs. Fred R. Foley has had an attack et branchial pneu- mo nia. Enniskillan:-Mr. Hilton Blue- bend, Man., has been guest et Mr. H. Stewart. Rumer says a wedding is in the future. Solina:-Mr. Chas. F. Vice and bride, Chaplaau, are visitÀing friands liera. Mr. Vice is firaman an the C.P.R. lina. Blackstock-Mm. James Parr, (ex-reeve), has purchased Mm. McLean's lieuse in the village. Mr. Albert Spinks has sold his f arm te Mr. Sammels. Getting at the Facts She-Yes, sha is a woman wha lias suffered a great deal because et hem ballet. He-Indeed! And what hs hem belief ? She-That she can weam a No. 3 soe on a No. 6 foot. (Jekes haven't changed.) Mt. Venon:-E. Milisan is a law student with J. J. Griersen, Barrister, Oshawa. Jas. Heatlie gm., quietly passect away in bis 94th year. E. Annis lias an attack of intlammatory rheumnatism. Newtonville:-About 20 Royal Tempiars of Tampemance tram Exceisier Council, Bowmanville, visitad Newtonville, wleme they raceived a learty welcome. Sales were ranciered by Messrs. S. Woods and D. Luttraîl, Misses E. and M. Tait. Taunton:-On Friday evening a, sleighload et about twenty Oshiawa Higli ScIeol boys and girls accempanied their estaemed adchoolmata, Miss Flossie Arrn- stmang, te hem camfortable home here,where they were moat heamt- ily welcemed by Mm. and Mrs. Armstrong. 'ITD~flAV VI'nrnTAuV e. îem.~ -. - -a-a.---- ai a- --a.---. a ~. avv the tirst half ef this century when we' have squandered mare than at any other tirne i human his- tory in fruitless strife, on mad orgies of waste. Man creates booms--depressions are correct- Ives, they do a great deal et good. It wiil be a sorry world if. in some way we are allowed ta dodge payrnent for- aur blunders. When the modern boom starts aUl efforts are made ta keep it going: Gevernment aids for every cause, low interest rates, currency inflation, high prices. For ail these things we, in the end, must pay. Eventuaily grow- ing infticiency and *high taxes paralyse production-the dreani ends, a depression begins. Hcw are we te get down fram this high pedestal without break- ing aur necks? It's hard ta say but there will be no hepe far it sa long as every group in the House ef Commens, every section et the cornrunity cernes through with fresh dernands for baksheesh. In Great Britain the tax level is new 405c, eight shillings oin the Pound. We have- net gene quite that far, there rnay yet be time. How can it be- dene? In plain werds-by work and thritt. We cannot consume unless we produce. We cannot produce sut- flclently unions there la ene capital accumulation ta previde a basis for progress. We shduld establish a dollar which has'some stabllity, we cannot live torevuer in a price level whlch becomes more and mare unstable. W. shall net ýsave ourselves by outslde props nez inside restrictions. Help - wil cerne from good worlc weil! dene. Nething could be more harmful than the fatuous coneep. tion that governmenta can save, us tram aur follie3.- Goid Production~ In Ont ln IlMonihu Was $76,178,801 Total gold and silved produc. tien in Ontario for eleven montha in 1949 amaunted ta $76,178,801. This was made up 'of 2,115,088 ounces et gold and 360,995 oces'c of Êilver. The bullion production cf On;. tarie's 43 praducing gold minies for November, 1949, registered anether advance and was valued,, at $7,822,866. The average grade et are Vas $9.28. The mines re- perted employing an average of 13,636 men during the month ef. WHhether youre pninting > C-I-L PAINTS can take it! They ~I$ have the lasting beauty, the rugged %.'. resistance te wear and weather, which mean true paint economy. For walls and woodwork, use C-I-L Interior Glass, Semi-Glass or Fiat Wall'-Paint .. C-I L Varnishes for natural wood. ClAIR CILUX Enamel is ideal for furniture - outdoors and in. ~ Yes, and automobiles, tee. Goes on smoothly, dries quickly - and how it lasts! See your C-IL Paint Dealer ,QAINU There's a C-I-L Finish for C * you ypainting. . Whevero everypainting ne. Whnever o paint . it pays ta iee your C-I.L Paint Dealer first. Higgon Electric 42I King St. E. Bownianvilll. tVhone 438 Invitation matches in Ontario attmact ba,%ket. bail squads frorn many U.S. centres, year round. The geod fellawship of these games at'Windsor,l Hamnilton and ather Ontario cities makes them' sportsmen want ta cerne back ... n\akes them tell their friands of Ontarie hospitality ..i helpi aur tourist industry which contributea se much toeaveryene's prosperity. Sa, Iet'sail treat our U.S. visitors with the bast hospitality. John Labatt Limited. - WFOR BAS KETBAL L FANS UiNION In the Dim and Distant. Past Froro The Statesman Files il RIM M 1 milligil 1 ' 5 1 ., THIMSDAY. PERRIUART 2. I«n -