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!~LGETws T~I~E CANADIAN STATESMAN, EOWMANV!LLE, ONTARTO THURSDAY. JANUARY l'y, 1952 mIe 0otui1m »uttoman . Ltabuithod 1854 wlth which in lncarporated The. ROWianvlle News, The. Newcastle Indepndit arnd The. Orona News 97 Year' Continuous Service ta the Town 01 Bowmanville and Durha County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEF 51DIT BUREAU> SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 a Year, trictly In1 advance $4.00 a Year in the UJnted States Publinhed by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Authorizd au Second Clama Mail Post Office Department. Ottawa. Bowxnanville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, EDITOI DURHAM CQUNTY APPLE GROWERS ARE MISSING THE BOAT The apple growers of Durham and Northumberland counties had their an- riual get-together at Cobourg last week and from ail reports some brutally frank comments, flot too complimentary, were made "for the good of the order." But similar constructive suggestions have been made at this annual gabfest year after year, and from observations it ends mostly in talk and very littie honest-to-goodness united action to improve the apple trade. It would appear there are too many in- dividualists in the association who have flot learned the advantages of whole- hearted co-operation, or are too indifferent or self-satisfied to keep up with the van of progress by adopting modemn methods of marketing their apples. In this immediate district the growers are to be commended for estab1ishin~g a co-operative cold storage plant at Nèew- castie which should turn out to be an ex- cellent investment and a prof it-making undertaking right from the start. Now the growers can put their apples in storage under desirable conditions and market themn to advantage, instead of flooding the market at any particular time which ac- counts for lowest prices. Durham County growers are admir- ably situated to market their fruit, being in a radius of 50 miles of a million or more population who, with aggressive pro- motional effort and up-to-date marketing methods, should in a few years create the sales of apples ten fold. This could be done at little extra expense by putting on a concerted campaign to make people more apple conscious as a delicious fruit, as well as its health giving qualities. There is no limit to- the ways apples can be served to appeal to the appetite the year round. Ail it needs is initiative, confidence in yourself and your products and a deter- mination to market an apple of quality and color which can't be equalled - and Durham County bas both ingredients. You've heard the old story of "bring coals to Newcastle." Well, the editor had the unique experience of a f irm in the Niagara district "bringing apples to Bow- manville" as a Christmas gift to him. They were beautifully packed in a cardboard carton, in individual sections like an egg crate, each apple wrapped in tissue paper and covered over the* top with excelsior bits of colored paper. But the apples were small, lacked color and flavor - yet we presumne they brought, a high price, due to attractive way they weme packed. We know Dumham County apples are the f inest in Canada, but it's up to local growems to get busy and adopt modern methods of packaging, put on a selling campaign. trade mark youm produce and keep up the quality - customers will pay top price for quality. ALTERNATIVES FOR A NEWYlrEAR 1tird lenate mi te nex loicl step going to explode into the most colossal catastrophe that has ever overtaken man- kind, or it is going to give way to a new type of society through mrevolutionary change on the moral and spiritual plane. As a historian, I firmiy believe that the latter is our destiny." It is a simple f act that the way an industmy goes, or a city, or a country is the sum total of the decisions"made by individuals. Theme are places which have good reputatioris as communities in which to live, and to bing up a family. The ressort lies ini the decisions made by the people - decisions for honesty and dlean livine, that lead to trust and co-operation. The coming year may well be a crucial one for Canada and the wold. Yet It can be a year in which wve take another f imni step towamd building the new world that everyone wants. That 'vili depend on the decisions made by us - the odinary men iLnd women- WRERE YOUR DOLLAR GOES An interesting survey, showing how the average consumer spends his Income now, as compared ta how he spent it at various times in the past fifty years was recently published by an industrial board In the U.S. A very definite trend is disclosed:- Necessities, like food and clothing, are tak- ing a smaller . ercentage of the moderate- Incarne family s dollar than they once did. A larger. share of the family dollar is being spent. on other items such as recreation, cars and house furnishings. For instance in 1901 food took 45 cents, of the family's dollar. Today it takes 35 cents. But other spendings which took only 21 cents of the dollar flfty years ago now take a healthy 38 cents. Not many people will argue that the average Canadian is not eating better ta- day than he was haîf a century aga. He certainly has a better home. He bas more modern labor-saving devices in the home. More time for sports and entertainment and more money for expending on such. True, the cost of living is up but so are the standards of living - and fia one wants to go back ta the so-called "good old days" of years aga. AN OLD FAMILY CUSTOM We have often read and been told that the aid custom of family prayer and of- feringbgrace or a blessing bef are pataking of a meal is becoming less prevalent in many homes in this generation. This may be an odd subI ect to discuss editoiallv but il was bmougbt forcibly ta the writer's attention this past week while at a friend- ly dinner. It was a small party and the hast of the bouse apologetically admitted he had flot acaiuired the habit of always saying grace, whicb vas the custom in bis parents' home. Sa he turned ta a dear aid lady, well in ber eighties, who was the oldest guest around the table and asked if she would please say grace. Withaut a inoment's besitation she offered the most beautiful prayer, as a grace we have ever heard. Il was given in a sim-ple dignified manner that was so Imp)ressive we later asked hem for a copy of the blessing she asked - and here il is: "0 God aur heavenlv Father. we thank Thee for this food. We ask Thee ta be our heavenly Guest, our mamning joy, aur eveninq rest, and with aur daily food im- part Thy peace and lave ta every heart. SECRET 0F KEEPING FRIENDS When you receive a favor, remember it. When you bestow one, forget it. It is unwise ta place peopfle under obligations they cannot retumn. When you do too much for some people, the obliga- tion they feel toward you will eventually cause them ta dislike you . . . ta avoid yau, and of ten, ta fear you. When you belp others, your ego is raised; when they help you, your ego is lowered. Leaders make it easy for others ta cancel obligations ta them. Ben Franklin once turned a political enemy inta a fiend by asking him for a book in which they were mutually interested. The base of charm, paise and above ail, personality, is a deep and genuine (not artificial) interest in other people - and - although people are diffement, the strategy of leîting tbem do littie pleasur- able things for you and of your retumninq favors rests upon a universal human need. This intemest will keep such relations spontaneous . . . but if they are allowed ta become routine. . * if we came ta expect them . .. if we take them as a matter of course - the magic of real friendsbip is shattered, RED CROSS MAS MORE, COMMITMENTS WiIh the warning that essential ser- vices of the Canadian Red Cross Society would have ta be curtailed or eliminated if the 1952 objective is not reacbed, Hon. Leopold Macaulay, chaimman of Central Council, announced this yeam's campaign objective as $5.222,000 or a 4.4 per cent increase over 1951. Pointing out that the Society bas more commilments than aI any ti me in ils peacetime hisîory, Mm. Macaulay emphasiz- ed tbe womk done by the eminent business men wbo make up the Budget Committee in scrutinizing most rigidly the budgets of the various services. "Il îs, and always has been, the policy of the Red Cross ta take the public fully mil s confidence," the chairman stressed, "and I have no hesitation in sayine that the budget commitîee bad a mast difficult task in pruning the original budget into ils present form." He staîed that ail 10 divisions sbowed their desire ta keep the annual objective ta the lowest passible figure and be aeain emphasized that the figure sought, $5,222,- 000, was the absolute minimum required ta carry on Red Cross services in 1952. "If aur thousands of volunteer can- vassers can oblain tbis objective," hie con- cluded, "the Societv can struggle through the present yeam. If not. we shall have ta do what we have always ti'ied ta avoid - curtail essential services." One of the leading editorial writers of the New York Times, Simeon Strunsky, maintains that a single copy of a weekly newspaper slowly absorbed may succeed in driving home a point more effectively than seven daily newspapers me peating the smre point evemy day for a week. He says "With us the ismal bwn and country newapaper which is mast oflen a weekly journal is more influential than the dailv press. A weekly newspaper which is read and absorbcd in the seclusion and com- parative leisure of a small town or the farm is likely ta exercise a greater pull on its readers than the daily paper. Revenue From Local Customs Office For 1951 Reaches Staggering Figure 0f Over Two and Haîf Million Dollars Poto oravlerprsThe Customs Office for the staggering revenue of over two and one-haîf million dollars for the 12 month period ending De- cember 31, 1951. By far the greatest revenue ever obtained by the local Customs Office in any 12 month perlod, the final figure exceeds a similar total for 1950 by more than half a million dollars. I. Frank Pooley, Collector of Customs and Excise for the Port of Bowmanville, registered sui- prise at the business done during the pas& year. He intlmated the increase in Sales Tax fromn 8 ta 10 per cent by the Federal Gov- ernment was decidedly instru- mental in the record total. Sales Tax is the main source of revenue of the local Customs office. Highest revenue obtained in any one month was experienced in February when $426,178.19 was reeeived. Lawest month was April when only $63,349.33 was talcen in. This drap can be un- derstood in the light that the of - ficial. year for Customs ends March 31. and the fact that the office is always working one month behlnd schedule. Money due in April would not be collect- ed until May. The below table includes ail revenue of the Customs Office for the Port o! Bowmanville ex- cept a 'single $2 entry which should appear under the head Ex- cise Duty. The amount repre- sents a license fee receivecl frorn a cedar oll-making plant near Newcastle. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Customs Duty $ 4,464.75 5,850.70 6,297.24 8,261.21 7,963.51 4,095.64 7,377.15 3,124.79 8,862.91 9,796.90 4,020.75 6,422.75 Sales Tax $145,124.26 420,325.29 238,152.67 55,084.92 302.035.72 178,226.4'7 201,267.73 192,574.65 222,944.8- 226,122.06 251,450.51 96,858.66 Citîzens in Durham County in- terested in conservation projects will welcome the news that ü. new overali conservation body for the Province was brought Into being In Toronta recently. This council ta be known as The Con- servation Council of Ontario wiil be composed of delegates fromn various associations or federa- lions in the Province who all have a common aim of conservation of aur land and other natural re- sources. Representatives were present fromn the followlng Ontario bo- dies: Federalion of Agriculture, Crop Improvement Association, Federated Women's Institutes, Junior Farmers Association, As- sociated Conservation (Valley) Authorilies, Ontario Conservation Association, Federalion of Ang- lers and Hunters, Canadian For- eslry Association, Canadian For- estry Institule, Federation of Nat- ura'Asts and the Agricultural In.ý,tlute of Canada. Although some of the bodies reiresented still have ta give, formai approval ta membership in the council, aIl delegates ex- pressed themseives as fully in support of the general plan. Il is cxpected that the council wlll enable its member groups ta Editors have been accused of making their editorials too seriaus and not injecting more humor int their thoughls from the fur- rowed brow. W cil, here's an cdi- tonial from the versatile pen aIf our aid friend and philosopher John Alkins of "The Rural Scene" which should make you chucklc If bis suggestion was ever put int operation. Believe l, or not, here's his outbursl: The welfare wagon is the logical answer ta your problcm cof keep- ing sleady the purchasing power of your welfare dollars. Whether you live in a mansion or a mole's hill nesl you should join in the demand for welfare wagons ta bring the full value cf your tax-paid weifare blessings bo your door. The law now makes ils weifare showers fali alike upon rich and poor, just and un- just. Instcad of sending you cheques Ihat add ta inflation, the Domin- ion, Provincial and Municipal governmcnts should combine in operating a welfare wagon ser- vice that would be the means of dcfealing inflation by bringing ta vour door the Ihings that bbc members af vo.ir famil.v would need most to fit them physicall'/ and mentallv far grateful comnpli- ance ,,,ith aIl the edicts and di's - pensatians of allwise bureaucra-j Sundry $1.80$ 2.20 1.80 1.20 5.50 5.25 8.50 5.00 5.25 6.25 8.50 5.50 Total 1951 Total 19501 149,590.81 $ 426.178.19 244,451.71 63,349.33 310,004.73 182,327.36 208,653.38 195,704.44 231,812.99 235,925.21 255,479.76 103,286.91 86,683.85 91,783.62 113,210.02 96,946.31 121,703.40 211,019.48 197,572.57 224.124.43 352,842.49 198,423.42 229,873.06 59,287.27 $76,538.30 $2,530,167.77 $56.75 $2,606,764.82 $1,.983,469.92 Increase ini Local PhoneRates Due Io Additional Number of Phonles In accordance with a judge- ment handed down Nov. 15, 1950, relative ta a rate increase sought by the Bell Telephone Company, the Board of Transport Commis- sioners classified the company's exehanges int rate groups ac- cording ta the number of tele- phones in service as of June 30, 1949. TIhe Transport Commissioners instructed the Bell Telephone Company ta report when any town had outgrown the rate group in which they were classified. Bowmanville bas outgrown its rate group which was applied August 31, 1951. Previously, this town was in the group which had between 1,001 and 2,000 tele- phones in service. Total tele- phones presently in service in Bowmanville is 2,306. Former (1927) and present (1951) statistics, relative ta the telephones employed in Bowman- vil1le, is printed below. For mer Indîvidual Line Two Party Rural- Other ---------------- Trunk -------------- -- Extension ---- --- - Tfotals-------------- Combined Totals .- Business 135 8 445 16 19 28 632 Residential 306 78 Present Business Residential 3 17î6 414 476 1,046 1,830 2,306i mecl on conmnn ground in the planning and devclopment of con- servation programmes, bath on provincial and regianal levels. Where a common educational programme on any phase or phases of conservation is requir- cd, the council will enable thc member graups ta follow a com- mon pattern in such educational Iwork. Member bodies will flot ]ose their idenbily in any way as a re- sulI of membership in the council. On the contrary, il is hoped that membership h-t the council will resull in an expansion of the con- servation programmes of the individual groups. The first President of the newly formcd counicil is Mr. Frank Kart- righl, President of the Toronto Anglers and Hunters Association and a delegate from the Ontario Federalion of Anglers and Hunt- ers. Dr. W. H. Gunn of Toronto is the Secretary. Il is the hope of those who have been active in the formation of Ibis council, that much good wili resull from the meeting ta- gether in anc body such groups as farmers, foresters, Valley Authar- ibies, sportsmen, Womcn's Insti- tutes and naturalists. tic benefactors, For instance, milk delivercd h-v the welfare wagons might ho, dnied miik if btcexvelfare angelsi guarding your family agrecd with the agiculturai welfare an- gels that bhc surplus of dried milk crcabed by their contrai mis- takes shouid bc dispased af lhrough the welfare wagon ser- vice. This would make no real difference la yau exccpt as a mat- ber of taste. Dried milk is just as nourishing as fiuid milk. Th'_, same processes of fil-value wel- ware wisdom might bring you dricd cggs instead of frcsli eggs~. A pound of butter of first gradE would aiways be a pound of but- ter; perhaps we should say that an ounce of butter would always be an ounce of butter because your supply of choice food wauld tend to diminish. Plenty, af course, cannaI be dispensed by wclfare agencies. il must bc carn- ed by your own production. It is presumned that your ovn carn- ings lefIta you after taxation might stili be spent as you wish. What a joy il wouid be toa al the people la sec their welfare wagons calling so dmc-lcl' aI flhc diors of the oepise~ and the underprivclegcd. and bringing toalal the securitv and happiness ihat cornes from cxcr- cising their franchises to ensure that the prosperous and the poor shall be treated alike even though the social casualties might be ne- glected because the cost of car- ing for them adequately cannot be borne in the welfare scheme that cares for those who do not need it. There should be a lot of these jolly littie welfare wagons paint- ed red to symbolize the red ink that was used to reckon the cost of payments ta the prosperous before this happy anti-inflation- ary idea of distributing welf are blessings in goods was adopted. The welfare wagon service might be co-ordinated with the postal service ta effect the kind of econ- omy that bureaucrats love co much. What a lovely sight it would be ta see these littie wel- fare wagons being drawn by happy old horses, jogging jaunt- ily from bouse t~ house, secure in the horse-sense that tells themn that they will get much more joy out of work for which they are %fit as long as they are able to do it. Then. too, what a wonderful advertising medium for the vir- tues of aur welfare departments these littie red Wagons would be. Thev might carry a message tell- ing the world that they are op- erated by Canada's Providers of Welfare instead of Ministers of Welf are and the slogan they might what we think best." EDITOR'S MAIL Pontypool, Jan. 7, 1952 Dear Mr. James: Please find enclosed $3.00 for renewal of my subseription. We are particularly interested and plcased to see a column from aur neighbouring village, Beth- any. The correspondent is doing an excellent job. Especially do we appreciate her descriptive pas- sages and the well-chosen quota- fions which she frequently em- ploys. We also enjoy the feature ar- ticles by Elsie Carruthers Lunney. They are of excellent calibre. Wishipg you alI the best of luck in the coming year. Yours very tru]y, Jeanne Coulter. Business Directory L E G A L W. R. STRIKE, K. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Solicitor for Bank of Mantreal Money ta Loan Phone 791 Bowmanville, Ontario LAWRENCE C. MASON, B.A. Barrister, Solicitar, Notary Public King St. W., Bowmanville Phone, Office 688 - Residence 553 MISS APHA I. HODGINS Barrister. Solicitor, Notary Public Successar ta M. G. V. Gould Temperance St. - Bowmanville W. F. WARD, B.A. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Money ta Loan 912 King Street E., Dawmanville, Ontario Phones: Office 825 - House 409 CONANT & CONANT Barristers and Solicitors Gordon D. Conant, K.C. Roger G. Canant, B.A. Offices: Oshawa, Ont., '7 ½_ Siimcoe St. S. Phane 3-2227 Ajax, Ontario - Phane 25 DENTAL DR. W. M. RUDELL. D.D.S. Office: Jury Jubilee Bldg. 40 King St. W. - Bowmanville Office Heurs: 9 arn. ta 6 p.m. dailv 9 amin. ta 12 noon Satur day Clased Sunday Office Phane 790 House Phone 3609 DR. E. W. SISSON, L.D.S., D.D.S. Office in his home 100 Libcrty St. N. - Bowmanville Office Hours: Phone 351 9 arn. ta 6 p.m. daily 9 arn. ta 12 naan Wednesday Closed Sunday Phone 604 KEITII A. BILLETT Optornetrist Office Hours: 9 a.m. ta 6 p.m. Manday ta Saturday except Wednesday 9 -12 Evenings by Appointment 74 King St. W. - Bowmanville Phone 3252 Blood of Business (By Joseph Lister Rutledge) Is it possible ta concede that a man can be bath profit-consciaus and a sincere believer in the Christian concept of life? Time and again we hear this question. Time and again we are asked, as a recent questioner asked: "Do you believe that the profit mo- tive system can be Christian- ized?" This is the answer that we gave. We believe that, ta most bus- inessmen, profits iepresent some- thing quite different from what they represent ta their detractors. They represent not the jingle of money or the accession of power. Perhaps it cames nearer ta being the recognition of achievenent- the ribbon ta wear on the coat. We believe-and the dollar-a- year-men have already proved us right-that it would not be diffi- cult ta find a multitude of men who 'would work as cheerfully and devatedly, if they neyer saw a dollar in profits-just if that accomplishment was there and paying off in some sort of coin. But na men-not even top ex- ecutives-are completely free. They are bound by the* conditions and traditions of the operation in which they are engaged. They must live-and their business with them-as life is lived, grow- ing and enlarging or slowly dis- integrating and dying ouI intoaa bloodless corpse. For, however you may confuse or debase the word. profit is growth and 111e. It is the blood of business and, a the body drained of blood mus& surely die. sa must the businese', that makes no profit. Suppose you were the employer of 1,000 men and were suddenly taken with the idea of operating without a profit-just for the love of the job. It might be very stim- ulating for you. But what cf the others? What of the 1,000 men? What would happen to their jobs as machines grew older and more antiquated, anet plants de- teriorated? What of their de- pendents? And what of the pub- lic who have corne to accept the integrity of your product, and% must see it deteriorate as th. '4 plant that produces it deterior- ates? What of the other public who have lent their savings in confidence that thcy will be use- fully and prof itably employed? You must break faith with them, of course. And they are innocent parties. They are also you and me. For. through aur banks or insurance companies or welfare organizations we all have aur share. If people would stop thlnking of profits as a sort cf business blasphemy, and think cf what they are-the blood of business- the great force that has made al our progress possible. we might came ta realize that they are al- ready just as Christian as we whco share them. 41Y£511ta 4 out of 5 employed V(AMPLES 0F LOANS mnen and womefl. s C 20Mo s M.*. "YES" ta a suitable payment vos - -*.- date. No co-makers or bankable Oet 154.19 509.72 719.46 security required. Phone, corne M 1$121I$34 $44 in, or write - Izéeml today! E'e. Sp. t 0.,. ...b.N...a Loans $50 to $1200 oR0I-bie*d bd -rt COM ANY iNA? 9UNES 1 $ATV £$' 2nd Fi., Il11/2 SIMCOE ST., N. (Over Bank of Nova Scotto) Phone- 3-4687 a John Polise, YES MANoger OPEN SATURDAYS UNTI!. NOON toust mode ta rasidents af ail surraundlng towns * Parssai Finance Company ai Canade LOOKIIa DROOMDALL GAMIE NEWCASTLE LIONS OSHAWA LIONS nt the NEWCASTLE ARENA Face off at 8:30 p.m Tuesday, January 22nd Fancy Skating between Periods - Moccasin Dancing after the gamne1 Admission: Adulis 50c- Children 25c Pmoceeds for Newcastle Amena .Now Available in Bowmanville :- PITTSBURGH WALLHIDE RUDDERIZED SATIN FINISH The Revoluiionary New Paint An anîazing, ready-to-use product scientifically forrnulated from the best of traditional raw materials and miod- ern syîîîhetics which give it properties neyer hefore obtainable-including rubber-Iike characteristics. Wallhide Rubberized Satin Finish provides new staindards of performiance and dura- bility.for interior wall finishes. WALLPAPER CLEARANCE CONTINUES There are stili nîany fine patterns from which to choose at rock bottorn prices. J. H. Abernethy's PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE 85 KING ST. W. BOWMANVILLE PHONE 431 1951 CUSTOMS STATISTICS Formation of a New Organïzation' To Co-ordinate AIl Conservation Activities in Province of Ontario 1 Welcome The Welfare Wagon THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANMLE, ONTARIO IIILTRSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1952 TWO