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PAGE TWO ?KU CANADIAN STATESMAN, EOWMANVTLLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, OCTOBE~ 18, 1951 ebt abran yatomu Etabhheod 1854 wvth wicb i wcrprct.d 1h. bowmcsviUe News. rh. Newcastle [ndepe.ndani and The Orono News 96 Yeats' Contznuous Service Io the Town of Bowmanville and Dw'ham County AN INDEPENIYENT NEWSPAPER oios u REAUV RCULAIS4 ' SUBSClYIPTION RATES $3.00 a Year, strictly in advance $4.00 a Vear in thc United States Pulîshied Iy THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Au thorized as Second Ci: Mai] Post Office Deportmnent, Ottawa. Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, EDITOR YOUR COUNTRY CORRESPONDENT BACKBONE 0F WEEKLY PAPERS Ini the world of newspapers, the big city daily wields a powerful influence In *the direction of national affairs. It gathers news of -world importance from the four corners of the earth, and it details the important happenings within our own borders. We can pick up aur copy f rom the doorstep each morning, and absorb al this while we drink aur breakfast cup of caffee. But news that is of sufficient impor- tance ta make the headlines of the met- ropolitan papers is usually depressing. War, and threats af war; grave palitical crisis, and a pessimnistie outlaak for the national economy; train wrecks, and plane crashes; bank robberies, hold-ups, and murder, with a running recital of fatal lires and highway accidents; these make up the bilI-of-fare diýhed up ta us by the daily press. Most of these occurrences do not touch us personally, but they have a bad effect on aur morale. After ail, it is the small, and seemingly unimportant things that make up a-ur daily lives, and command our greatest interest. That aur neighbor Bill Jones threshed his oats hast week, and gat a yield of 34 bushels ta the acre, interests us more than the fact that the pound sterling has ad- vanced two points an the world money markets. That the Women's Institute .held *a successful quilting bee, is perhaps flot &0 important as a session of the U.N. Council, but we can understand its signifi- cance more clearly. It is in its reports of the small neigh- borhood happenings that the weekly news- paper f ihîs a more intimate place in the l1ives of the average reader, than does the impersonal city daily, and the backbone of the weekly paper is the country cor- respondent. Week in, and week out, these loyal contributors send i their budget of news. The average country wveekly cannot afford to pay them very much for their services, but the men and women who report the neighborhood happenings, and the com- ing and going of their citizens, do it be- cause they are public spirited and take a lively interest in the affairs of their com-_ munities, and feel a sense of pride in keeping the public informied of their achievements. We have often commented the service they render is equal in many cases to that of the minister or school teacher. The weekly newspapers and the com- munities they serve, owe a debt of grati- tude ta their loyal corps of country cor- repandents, and again we are glad ta pay a tribute ta their worth. LOOK WHO'S TALKING! Finance Minister Abbott has invited Canadian housewives ta eut down on "thoughtless spending" and practise thrif t ta heip curb inflation. The reaction cf many housewives will bc, "Look who's talking," suggests the Winnipeg Tribune. Most Canadians agree that a nation- wide campaign cf thrift and seif-restraint would do a great deal ta eut down rising pnices and cure many other problems as weIh. But they can hardly be blamed if they do a slow humn when the federal government at Ottawa that has been spending meney ike an Egyptian honey- mooner cautions them against "thought- less spending." Heusewives who have to think twice before investing in wieners or sausages wouhd ike to know how many govern- ment departments have got dawn ta the wiener-and-sausage hevel. The advice wvouid corne much better if Ottawa were ta give any indication cf beginning ta ecanomize in nan-defence spending. The ,Iact is that most government departments, that have nothing ta do with defence, are spending at a faster clip than ever. "... TRUTH WITH DIRT ON HIS FACE" An exeeptionaliy fine definition cf a boy camne to us the other day in a foider received from an insurance company. We quote a part cf it, because we were im- pressed by its composition, its style, its zhuman tcuch: "Between the innocence cf boyhood and the dignity cf manhcod, we find a de- ightfuh creature called a boy. Boys are found everywhere - on top of, under- neath, inside cf, eiimbing on, swinging *from, running around or jumping ta. Mothers love thcm, iitthe girls hate them, aider sisters and brother talerate them, adults ignore them, and Heaven prateets them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a eut on its finger, zWisdom %vith bubble gum in its hair and zthe Hope of the future with a frog in his Spocket." TAKE IT EASY ON THE RETAILER Probably it is a natural vagary of human nature that a great many con- sumers should select the retaiher as their prime target when it cames to complaining about inflation. It is the retaiher, after ahi, who seils the goods and takes their money. They are in day-by-day contact with him. And when they see his prîce tags changed to higher figures, it is a simple matter to reason that he's profiteering at the expense. of ail the rest of us. Natural as this attitude may be, it has absolutehy no foundation in the economic facts of ife. Actually, in a great niany cases covering bath chain and independent merchandising, the m&-gin of profit earn- ed by merchants has declined as the total volume of business subgtantially increased. The increase in prices at retail have often lagged behinci the increases in prices at the wholesale level. That is the resuit of today's intensive retail campetition - and also of the desire of retailers ta mitigate the pains of inflation to the best of their abilitv, as one means of encouraging trade. That inflation is the greatest domestie danger this country faces goes without sayi«. But it serves no purpose ta put the blame in the wrong places. When the price of a can of beans soars, hook for the real cause - which, prima rily, is the wvastcful. inflation-breeding monetary pal- icies of your governmei½t. YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE We have read time and again how ta reduce the cast of living but too many of us wait for the other fellow ta put it 'into practice while we go on aur complacent way hoping for the best. Wherever there is an increase in the supply of money without a corresponding increase in the supply of goods and ser- vices, prices go Up. In order ta reduce prices, either pro- duction must catch up with the money supply or the môney supphy must. be cut dawn ta the supply of gaods and services. Since 1933, the money supply in North America has been increased. five times while production has flot increased sig- nificanthy. Here are facts that must be faced. First, the cost of living is not going ta go down very much or very f ast. Second, the cost of living wilh decrease only as production incre ases. Third, if wages continue ta spiral without corresponding production in- creases, prices wiIl go higher and s0 wil the cost of living. Faurth, wages are the determining factor in the 'cost of living for everyone. Fifth, government cantrQls and re- strictions are incapable of reducing the cost of living but are capable, as in Eng- land, of reducing the whole population ta the level af bare subsistence. IT WAS EVER THUS During the past decade labor leaders in attempting ta get a fair deal for their fellow comrades have been setting such a fast pace in piling up membership and at the same time growing in influence and strength that the ordinary man has sat speilbound iistening ta their leader's ara- tions as they propounded the gospel of fabuhous salaries paid general managers and ather top executives while they re- ceived oniy sweatshop wages. Right along this ine of thought the Niagara Falls Review says: We can re- member - and it is nat toc long ago - how the salaries of some company execu- tives were criticized and pointed ta as cutrageous and sa it was rather startling ta note the other day the salaries paid by some of the unions to their top men. Stan Tobin, président cf the A.F.L. Teamsters Union draws down $30.-000 a year and is ahhowed $50,000 in addition for travelling around. John L. Lewis gets $50,000 and is the highest paid cf them ahi. James Caesar Petrillo draws only $46,000 a year fram the musicians union, but he aIso gets ail hotel, raihway and airpiane bis paid. The vice-president cf the United Mine Workers earns $40,000 a year, and Walter Reuther cf the United Auto Workers gets onlv $11,500 and many people will think hé 15 worth mare than some cf the others who have been mentioned. Well, it ail goes ta show labar leaders and their associates in the lawer'brackets possess human traits, like other individ- uals, by creating smoke screen arguments ta hide their own financial affluence by criticizing management's pay rail. It was ever thus as one blames the other for the spiral inflation and the poor down-trod- den customer pays the shot. OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS The Basic Fre edom - The right cf a man ta work in a Job cf his own choosing, without coercion, fear*or paying tribute ta anyane, is one freedomn that is the basis for happiness. accomplishment and the creation cf ail the great gifts ta mankind. ..This riizht must be preserved for ail, if we are ta rnaintain dèmocracy and a permanentiy acceptable national ecanmy. -R. J. Wilkinson. Mýieters fail ta ease parking problems, according ta the Duncan Record. It fur- ther states the revenue enid cf meters is one that ail toa often takes precedence over the real reason for their installation, which is primRrilN, ta give more people a chance for parkirg privileges. Idealiy, wtthen a man's time an the meter is ex- pired, he is supposed to move hýs car, therebv giving some other. person a chance a t that parking stali. In reality. hé just draps in another nickel and the final re- suIt is that instead cf helping parking prohlerns thev are just a means cf selling parking space on public streets. Y.N. la Six Years Old UNITED ::~ NA.TIONS DAY OnOctober 24 ý'-thîis d-ate, si r yearu agoCth h'Cart er of the Unlted -Natio nu came Into force. On this date U.N. reaffirms the aims of the organ- ization, recalîs its achievements and pledges to continue ail efforts to realize Its purposes: Collective measures against aggressloii, promotion of peaceful settiement of' disputes, International action for economie and social progress, aid to peoples on the road to Independence. These are the main avenues along whlch U.N. advances into Its seventh year of existence. Throughout the world, in every field of human endeavor, U.N. and its afilite agencies con- tinue action towards the achieveinent of these goals of the Charter. In the Dim and Distant Pas! Prom Thie Statesman Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FIFTY VEARS AGO Principal J. H. Jobnston was In the account of his Press Trip elected President of tic Durhamn to the Maritimes the editor gives Teachers' Institute. a glowing report in a two-columil Dominion Store moved ta its article on the beauties of Prince new location in the Cowan Edward Island. Block, opposite the Post Office, W. H. Dustan has taken over with Gilbert Jones, manager. the hardware business of Dustan Rev. David Rogers. St. Thom- & Hoar as F. A. Hoar bas purch- as, reminisces about stirring ni'- ased a simrilar business frorn vival meetings beld in the Wes- Lander Bros. in Oshawa. (Some- leyan Methodist Churcb, Hamp- what of a coincidence that 50 tan, back in 1866 when be was a years later another set of Landen lad. Bros. from Oshawa now occupy Mn. and Mrs. T. H. Lackhant, the building used by Dustan & Hamilton, bave moved ta Bow- Hoan and are also hardware manville. Tom is a native son merchants.) of the Soulth Ward and left town Thos. Percy. outstanding can- aven 40 years aga. ime fancier. is proudlyv displaying Seven-year-old Eddie Hooper a handsome cdiploma on coach fell out af an apofle tree and broke dog lie won at the Toronto Ex- his leg in twa places. hibition. The junior editon relates som-e Miss Ena Trebilcock of this interesting experiences and a'c- town has matriculated into Roose- quaintances made on his first tripI velt Hospita], New York Cit. ta Nestleton Station, chaperoned Dr. W. T. Tamblyn, soni of Mr. by George Thompson, native of W W Tamblyn, bas been ap- Cartwright, now resident of po inted Professor of English ai-id Bowmanville Historv at Western University, In the B.H.S. field day sPorts Landan. Clint Caverly was senio r chari ortc-ledWbrn u pion; Herbert Calmer, junior, and Bob Clark broke the inter-sehool popular b]acksmith, passed aa rurmng jmp nd aso op, tepafter a bni illness. His work iný rngjumpadas osc Mt. Carswell Sons or Temperance Lieut.-Col. Wm. Farrell,. Tyr- was grcatly appreciated, includ- one, praminent military man andinbsvoaseic. well known Orangemnan for .50 Miss Hellen Morris won nine yeans and Mrs. Farrell have mov- firsts and seven seconds in ail ed ta New Toronto. paintings and water cClors at Music Study Club's first fali Whitby Fair. meeting fcatured lIndian Music," Orono-Robent Best is Icaving pnegram being in charge af Mrs. for Califonnia shartly to make bis M. A. Neal. home. Solina-Jack Reynolds andi bis Nestieton -Our church is cele- bride wvere presented with a bnating ifs anniversarv with a beauitiful dlock, candle sticks and chicken pic supper for 25e and flower vase on the occasion af a lecture by Rev. E. Roberts, their marriage by bis football Lindsay, thrown in for good mea- friends. sure. Burketon- Cecil Shartridgc'* .,-rrone-Rev. A. J. H. Strike, teller, Royal Bank at B .hav Lindsay. was unable ta fui his Alta., is visiting bis parents, Mr. pulpit engagement bere on Sun- and Mns. J. Sbontrid ge. day, being laid up with typhold Nestleton-Miss Marie Prout fever. bas completed ber nurse's course àt Lindsay Hospital. . Sauina-John Reynolds is build- Hampton--S. Kersev has pur- 'ng a modemn slaugliter bouse ta chased S. G. Burns' prapertv and take care of bis growing business. Mr. Burns is erecting a new homne A. W. Pickand, Newcastle, has on the next lot. purchased Richard Darch's black- Newcastle-F. B. Lovekin and Smith business bei-e. W. J. Gibson sbipped severalcr Zion congregation presented af apples ta Montreal wbile H isMaudC Campbell, Taunton. W. Dudley and Walter Coucb wvith several gifts before she left sbipped a car Joad ta Toronto, flor Chicago ta continue ber stu- eacb via C.N.R. dies in medicine. Whai Others Say THERE'S DYNAMITE IN THIS (Edîtonial in Tarante Star) The Bowmanville Statesman man bas naised an issue whicb sbouid set ail marnied men tbink-- ing. Noting that the five-da.,' wonkîng -week is napidly becaming the accepled lbing for people em- ployed in business, The States- man points out that the bouse- wiie's week is veny diffenent. "Meals must be prepared, wilh the inevitable drudgery ai dish- wasbing seven days a week, and 52 wveeks a -,ear. She gels na bolidays witb pay." There is, it seems, ne House- wives' Union le demand shorter heurs cf labar, higber wages, and double pay for overtime. But men. yo neyer can tel]; il might happen. The women wanl- ed tbe vote-and gel il. If thcsy want a five day week, tbey ma:,, get that, tee. Il may even be made part ci the wedding coven- ant. And il isn't as if domestic belp were readily or cbeapl.v av- ailabie ta serv-e in the hnîîsewife's leisure heurs. Men will simpl'- bave ta gel used to cooking the meail and changing the baby's diapers during the off-wonk time ai thein helpmeets. A five-dav week? Wbat if the bousewives eboose difienent "da vs off" ta thase ai thein husbands-days wben the husbands are not at home ta do the cooking? That wilI funther camplicate matters;. But there's ne certainty that they went do it. The Bowmanville editor niav bave getten himself in righit with the hausewives af this country, but bas hie no brar ai the ven- geance which the maies may exact? Has lie ne reverence for tradition? Does hie net know thal what lie is trying te change is an old-established custom? As a gond Conservative. hie sunely will no* insist on changing oeeoa those. Finst tbîng anyane kniows, the man will be populanîzing hirnself wvilh the farmens by advocatin,1 a iive-day week for tbem, tea. And what would food cest then.* With such dangerous innovations in mi, the suspicion growvs that the edilor is aI heant a C.C.F.-er. But if bie wiil repent and keep quiet on this subject bercaiter, perhaps the housewives will for~- gel tbe ideas hee bas been putling ino their bead.q. A fiv'e-d a; labor was just heginning ta assert its rights. thi'ee as a papulan son£ which pictured îomething which at that time was consider- ed by many 'positively ridick- lous." A brickhayer was describ- cd as saying. "When tbe cdock strikes six, I will drap my bricks, For 1 won't work a balf a second longer." Just fancy the plight cf pon hubby when bis life.partner says, witb the dinner half coaked: "Take aven, John, and finish it up -my 37% hours have expired." CRUSADING FOR CONSERVATION (Port Hope Guide> One cf tbe most impressive things brought ta aur attention duning the combined field day held by the Ontario Conservation and Refonestation Association and Ganaraska River Conserva- tion Autbority was the crusading spirit sbown by net only the men on the executive boards but those directly concerned with tbe planting and nurturing of tbe Young trees These are not men wha are lukewarm towards thein jobs. Tbey talk and act like men wba bave found their true vocation. Many bave given up more ne- munerative positions ta go into conservation wonk. Mn. Ed. Youngman, for one, was a farm- er. a companatively independent calling, wbo gave up bis farm ýn nesponse ta the need for conser- vation personnel. Mr'. Louis Bromfield, noted par- ticularlv for bis novels but vil- ally interested in conservation work. wbo gave a senies ai lec- tures twe years age aven C.B.C. Wednesday nigbl, forecast dine nresults if conservation were not pnapenlv attended ta. The point ai bis lectures was ta send eut a challenege for everybody ta tain- a particulan interest in conser- vation wonk. Arnold Toynbee, noted histoni*- an, gives as anc ai the neasons ý,vhy olden civilizations collapse, the iack ai meeting challenges when tbey were pncsented to tbemn. The men ai the Gananaska Autbority and the Ontario Con- servation and Refonestation Ar- sociation are those in Ontario who bave responded ta tbis im- portant challenge af conservation. It is haped that the public wilI give these men every co-opera- lion ta insune that aur ]and won't be burnt eut befare many gen- crations. Canada's domestic experts in July, 1951. set an al time nnontbly record witb a value af $374,500,- 000. "Citizens' Forum," a joint pub- lic-affairs project of the Can- adian Association foar Adult Edu- cation and tbe CBC, will return te the air Thursday, Oct. 18. It will be heard at 7:45 p.m. E.ST. Tbe apening forum will focus its attention on "A standard cur- riculum in ail 10 provinces." Tak- ing part in tbe discussion will be: Miss Blanche Snell, teacher af an expenimental ciass in "cane cur- riculum" and ebaîrman af edu- cation studies for the Ontario Secondar - vSebeel Teachers' Fed- eration: H. N. Fieldbouse, dean af the facultv ci Arts and Science at McGill University, and Mrs. Jean Tweed, mother of two school-age children and Home and School Association member. On Oct. 2.5 the question wil be: "Are menai standards slip- ping?"'anîd an Nov. 1, 'How can we get bread and milk ta the consumer mast cbeaply?" Here's 5-WAY Protection . 0 Flush cooiing system-check connections- instali Genuine Ford Permanent Type Anti- Freeze faf ali-winter protection. 2nspect fuel system-check nd service car- buretor, fuel pump end ail fuel linos and connections-for greater *conomny. 3 Inspect Ignition systemn-test entd odjusi Sdistributor-clean sparkplugs-examine high- tension wiring'-for easy startlng. ATest electrical systom - inspect and adjust 4 voltage reg»ltor-check battery and Ieads -check starter, generator. SLubrication-drain crankcase end add winter 5grade ail-service transmission end dif- ferentiail and lubricale cli choisis points. mOVER.1100 DEALERS Before the full force cf winter's fury strikes, make sure that your car gets complete winterizing protection . . * o just an oil change and anti-freeze. "A yaur Ford-Monarch Dealer or your e- cury-Lincoln -Meteor Dealer give your car the protection it needs now with. Compiete 5-Way Winterizing Service- a thorough, step-by-step check-up and changeover service that wiiI keep your car in top shape thnough the toughest weather. Drive in for this quick, eco* nomicai Complète Winterizing by expert servicemen, trained in the latest factory- approved methods . . . using modern, factory-approved equipment . . . and making any necessary replacements with Genuine Ford Parts that are made night . .. to fit right . .. and Iast longer. (;et Complete 5-Way Wintcrizing and he fuiiy protcctcd for cold weathcr driving. COASITO0COAST à g ______ i Tb.eWm TW Rys 0 Grandfather kept a cow for his milk. Ho often made his own shoes. His cash require- ments were small because he bartered his services for his faniily needs. Today - with our tremendous :ndustril growth, aur needs have increascd but cur purchases are now made by cither cash or credit. Your use cf cash or credit for everyday needs requires gcod management and sound budgeting. Occasionaily the pattern breaks, due ta sickness, unempîcyment or unforesceli emergencies. Wise borrowing can thea proteet one cf the greatest assets en.Ioyed in modern family ilife - good credit standing in the community. Unlike "the good aid days", we today have hearned ta use the experience cf othecrs f or cur own benefit. These are condensed into a wcrkable, readable booklet, entitlcd "Money Management, Your Budget" - available at your nearest branch office or by writing our Consumer Eduention Depax-t- ment, 80 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ontaria. HOUSEHOLD FINA>.IC-; Corporation of Canada I. YU '__FFOR-MOARCHDEAER. ORYU NEEDS MORE THAN AN OIL CHANGE AND ANTI-FREEZE 'MERCU y LIN( 01 1 "M CAMADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVMLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1951 .PAGE TWO