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-, - ---- - - I 1~1 UI~J~i~ X, IVUU¶.Uti 5tfl, I9~ THE CANADIAN STATESMAW ~OWMANVTLT~ flWrA~Tr~ ft~?7?flht,~ Aq* c. A e Sommier Frier Nakes Startling. Admisions About Apple Business -la Amswerimg Stalesman Edilorials Trenton, Ontario, February 22, 1952 Mr. George James, Editor, "Canadian Statesman," Bawmanville, Ontario. Dear George: Arn just getting araund ta writ- Ing You that letter re the apple business. Naturally. I read yaur two cdi- tonials an Durham County apple growers, etc. In fact, I read al yaur editorials, but have came to the conclusion that regardless of how hclpful you wish ta be,- eiou do not realize the factual pos- ition of the apple industry. In your second editorial, you refer ta some statements made by rny good friend, Mr. M. M. Rab- inson. the capable and energetic Secretary-Treasurer of the On- tario Fruit and Vegetable Grow- trs' Association. 1 might say that Mr. Robinsan fs fully conversant with the pres- ent condition af the apple in- dustry and realizes ta the fullest extent that the grawers refuse to accept facts. The situation can be summed up as follows: 1. The apple industry in Can- ada is producing appraximately Borrow fram Household Finance on your signature. No endorsers or bankable security needed. We specialize in prompt cash loans for any good purpose. 3out of 4 prefer Household Finance for fast ,fiendly service. Phone or stop in today! Conas largest and mest r«smnmdd Cosumer Finance Orgamztlu Phone, write or visit H@USEHOLD FINANCE 71 Walton Street Sound Fe., Phone 8O5tP PORT HOPE, ONT. 1 1VA SimteosStre et Southr Phone Oshawa 5.1139 t OSHAWA, ONT. Heurt 9 #0 5 or b>' oppelnmoif (sens mode te rosid.nfi of neerby tffu SERVING TM£ PUBLIC SINCE 1878e 406,% more apples than can be sold, 2. Except in very mninai quantifies, the public will nat buy what arc knawn as the cook- ing varieties and confine 75%o or 80 % ai their punchases ta thnec vaniefies - McIntosh, Deliciaus and Spy Apples. 3. Our expant markets have practically disappeared. Uuden the Impenial Agreements ai 1932, Bnifain was fonced inf a appie production and at the pres- cnt time is pnoducing on an aven- age ai appraximafely 26,000,000 bushels as against the produc- tion in the whole ai Canada ai about 16,000,000 bushels a year. To add ta this fact we must necognize that Canada is in the nanfbern bernisphene, the sarne as Bnifain, producing aur apple cnop at the same time ai the yean and with ever-lessening purchas- ing power ai sterling exchange. Owing ta the stupid, slip-shad methods ai packing and bandling by the Ontario gnowers, the per capita cansumpf ion ai apples in Ont aria bas been decreasing, nat increasing. The consumptian ai apples in the City ai Toronto for the monfb ai January 1952 was very considerably less than the volume in 1951. We must realize that Ontario apples arc subject ta ever-in- creasing competifian by othen fruits propcriy gnaded and pack- ed. Some ai aur previausly bcst markefs for Ont aria apples sucb as the Province ai Quebec, are now being taken cane ai by the apple production in Quebec. In fact. in 1950 Quebec pnoduced more apples than Ontario with a much langer pencentage ai the fhree saleable varieties. The orchards in Quebec are much younger than the orchards in On- tario and have a potenfial produc- tion ai 5,000,000 bushels. Owing ta the geognaphical pro- duction ai apples in Ontario and the diversion ai activities an fanms where apples are grown, as well as the attitude ai the in- dividual apple grawer, if is absa- lufely impossible ta control the industry, even if this would help nemedy tbe present situation. From a common sense, pnac- tical, business sfandpaint, the only answen is the application af the same policy that would be followcd in any other industry where thene is aven-production and no sale far the product; that is, get rid ai the plant, and stop pnaducing unsaleable apples. In plain language, remove the trees. Fallowing this practice, the writ- er bas cut down 75 acres ai onch- ard in the last threc or four months and by doing so, will at Lcast save $65. an acre for spray- ing. The next remedy Is for the grawer ta comply with the riandling, grading and marketing regulations that he, himsell, tbnougb bis laçai and aven-al organization bas'!requested ta be piaced an the stafute books ai tbc Provincial and the Dominion Gov- ernment for enfoncement. The apple grawcn in the Pro- vince ai Nova Scofia, tbrough Ed Youngman 's Co lumn Accarding ta the people we have chatted with, that new column "Now-Hear This," is going over big. And why shouldn't it? It has an unusual titie; is well written; the items are of unusual interest. Its wrîter, Dan Sullivan, deserves aur plaudits. We are glad ta sec Lotus chug- ging along under its own steam, instead of depending on neigh- bouring columnists ta give it spasmodic coverage. Since com- ing ta Manvers, we have always thought the community of Lotus had the pretticst saunding name in the entire township. Don't know who the new Lotus corres- pondent is, but she is very wel- corne in these pages. (Editor's Note-Our Lotus correspondent is Mrs. Lulu Jewell.) The rest af us hick writers are tickled ta squeeze over and make roomn for her. Now that death bas stilled the pen ai the well known Countice correspondent, the late Mrs. Blake Oke. a new anc bas bcen appaintcd for that tbniving, lively community, Mns. Carman Thomp- son. Perbaps the facf that we have a son-in-law, daughter, and two gnandcbildrcn living at Cour- tice makes us scan that column rather closely. Then taa, we have fallowed the fortunes ai Reeve Roy Nicholîs, populan Gc:i- cral Matons dealer. for quite a numben ai years. We extend the band ai welcome ta the new scribe. And, I'm sure most ai the other 30 haysecd corespandents feel the same way. Sa came on~ in sister, and make your coiumn sa good t he resf ai us will be green with jealously. Keeping t he home fown's do- ings befone the public eyc will cost you time, thaughf, and en- ergy. No matter how impartial yau anc there wvil1 be someane 'feeling disgrunfled because your column is not ta their individual iiking. But don't let that bother you, chances arc the squawker couldn't do as well. There will be times when you will feel discounaged; thaf yau are not being apprcciafed; thaf others wha could are flot co-op- enating; thaf even the boys who do the printing aren'f fao helpful wben they spoil a particularly nice item witb a ty pographicai erron. If you ever feel like that, just nememben every one ai your 30 co-workers have icît the same way. If will reveal your depth ai characten and sense ai civk pride. if, in spite ai discounagements, you bang on, tr ' fat get your copv, in on time, with the determina- tion that the Courtice happenings are well wonth reparting in the besf country paper in Canada. Above ahl, dont be a catspaw for a select littie group, give evcny- ane a fair show. AlI Durham masy well be proud ai Mrs. Ross Cars fine bistory ai Bethany. It made iascinating j reading. and must have entailed a vast amount af patient research. I, ior one, wished the tale would be continued. In f bç Globe and Mail last weck, there appearcd a letten fnom O0. P. Hentzberg, Bowman- ville, (wbicb also appears in the Stafesman this issue), in which be pnoposed a novel scheme fan bclp- ing Great Britain secure much- iieeded Canadian dollars. The Herfzberg scherne is simplicitv, itseif. Each interested persan, go ta the nearest bank and buv a pound (or as many as the indi- vidual can afford * Each pound will cost about $2.78. Thus, if ane .MùLion -Canadians- were- patriotic Reflections of a Rural Nother On the Passing of a Deloved King Provincial and Federal Govern- ment assistance bas reccivcd aven $2,000,000 cavering six years tu help ini getting rid af his trees with the result that he bas ne- duced his production in 1946 fram 5,689,000 bushels ta 1,170,000 in 1950. The Ontario apple graw- er refuses ta face f act.% and quat- ing fnom a letter I have befare me written by the Secretany- Treasuren ai the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, "There is no real support for a tree elixnin- afian programme." All your giowing phrases, "We knaw Durham Caunty apples are the finest in Canada" an your reicrences, "confidence in yaun- self and your pnadùct" are not gaing ta cure the situation. The Ontario grower will flot request assistance ta "pull out" his trees sa be is bcing "forced out" ai the business. The pracess ai elim- inatian is at work and the gnow- er like aunselves who leit bis apples on the trees ta freeze last year escaped futher lasses and headaches. "Hope springs eter- nal" will nof save the Ontario apple grawer. He is going througli the wninger and he might just as well face it. His cast ai produc- tion, spray material, equipment. packages, labor, fertilizer and supplies are ail increasing in pnice, and the apples the writtr saw offered yesterday in Tarant o an the retail market at 49c for a six quart basket would not pay the cost from the tree ta the con- su mer. Evcry grower who has 40 twen- ty-five or thirty year aid apple trees on an acre ai land can fig- ure that be bas a $200 mortgage an that land before he gets it, back ta the production ai other farm crops. I know thîs is a preffy long let- ter but if you wîsh ta publish it you can perhaps do sa by using, "To be continued next issue." There are many other defails I could give you, about the apple industry and will drap in ta see you af the first oppartunity. Kind regards. Yours faithfully, W. A. Fraser. Some folks have Intimated h they were disappointed that I C haven't written anytbing, ta date,v about the deafh of aur late Sov- p ereign, King George VI. Sa many ii better qualified people have writ- Iý ton, and said sa many fine tbings, p much better than I, that At would g seem impertinent for me ta even I aftempt an eulogy ai this fine e persan, who died as he bad lived, e a good king, a good man. qi1JL4' (Agnes Burley, Newtanville) The gentlest of Kings is dead and my mixed emotions must spill over on someone. I have been trying to study these reactions of grief, pride and new hope. Personally I have neyer seen the British Isies. When members of our Canadian branch of the family went over during War II it was for the first time in ane hundred years. Our family has flot always blindly fallowed a King for in the background are two on the ancestral tree hanged for the part they played in an uprising againgst a king. Yes, I must ponder this over as a Can- adian. Men and women, especially those who have loved and lost, do not find it hard to enter inta the great sorrow of the irnmed- iate family and friends. It is more difficult for the rank and file to enough ta do this, Britain wvou1d automatically corne in Possession af two and three quarter million dollars. Mr. Hertzberg then sug- gests we put the pound note :n the piggy bank for a couple of years, as a sound investment, the overhead costing us practically nil. I'm flot xvealthy, Mr. Hertz- berg, but I'm going te do what1 0ou so thoughtfully suggested. Thank you! On February 28. Butch and I twisted the rubbcr bands on the Austin tight enougli ta slip up to the Durham County Club's meet- ing in Toronto. We enjoyed aur1 visit with this happy group af ex-i iles from aur home County. As someone else is reporting this event, this scribbler has no in- tention of introduing, except ta comment on Jimn Lovekîn tack-« Iing the guest speaker about the possible release from prison ci Kurt Meyer, as a matter of ex- pediency.* Jim thinks that if Gen- eral Meyer is released on a point of expediency, it will automatie- ally nullify the ideals for which Canadians fought during the sec- ond World War. It took a lot of raw courage ta stand tip in an open meeting and cross verbal swords with a world traveller af the calibre and repu- tation of Owen Davies (guest speaker), but Jim. had the cour-f age of his convictions ta do justr that.1 Even at the risk of being called 1 a rowdy, I'ma going ta go an re- cord as siding with Jim. Lave-s kin. If more of aur youngera people would refuse ta be aver-c awed by academic tîtles and rep- f utations. and would speak theirv piece with the same force andt logic exhibited by Jim, we needr htave no doubts as ta aur future t, ;upply of capable leaders. C appreciate the. new Qucen's ini- creascd butden and lo*eliness af office. This pensonal feeling af grief is hard ta define. This can best be donc by passing an what I considered anc ai the begt stonies coming out ai the Royal Tour ai 1939 while the King and Qucen were in the United States. Aiter f hey had passed by one ai the Canadian reporters naticed a negro, (British subject) in tears. On being questioned he sobbed, "He is my King, too." Beauty ai the Qucen, the pomp and pagean- try was unimportant ta hlm. '_I amn letting that loyal negro's answer be mine. A personally ac- cepted King means a personal sorraw at his passing.1 I arn proud, nat wifh the arro- gant pnide ai the "Holier than Thou" but proud that down fhrougb the centuries there have been men and women in Britain wif h faitb and courage enaugb ta give their lives for the frec- dom ai the individual and the masses-fnam 4he first Britons who kncw nat God down thnough the ages wbcn the.greatest crimes ,were cornmitted in the naine of religion, firstiy dark age Roman Catholicism and later by a nar- row bigated Protestantisrn there bas evoived a manarchy ai sacri- fice and service to the people. Men and women ai vision and langer heart holding for fncedom wifhin their awn group have sav- cd thein country irom revolution. Great Britain bas made mis- takes whicb have cost ber deanly, but she always learncd fram ber mistakes. Each generation, hold- ing sacred the pasf, bas built courageously accQrding ta thc lighf ai their day, and thaf is ail God expects ai any peoples in any ena. I arn proud fao that Canada so promptly acclaimed ber new Queen. In the early ycars Canada was loyal without questianing why. If was the proper tbing ta do, especially when she was young and needed protection. Thon came the years ai adolescence when jaintly, wc untied the apron string and became a littie asham- ed ai the aid Mothen's slowness and aid fashioned ways. These were anxiaus days for those wbo feared Canada would becomre sa riafionalistic she would fanget thc Eland that guided and protectcd hrie so long. However. Canada bas gnown up sufficienfly ta live ber own lii e and keep ber own bouse in order. Sbe naw undenstands the bene- 'ifs reaped in assaciating berseli vif b the aider countny, rich in the wealth ai expenience and patience. She fao is beginning to undenstand the pnoblems ai the Oid World. It is strange as Canada takes her place so strongly in the Commonwealtb how liffle tbings wrhich worried us seem s0 unira. portanf, like for instance the cas- ing ai Dominion from aur name. Vlany a daughten bas taken the plain name "Mabel" ber mother gave ber and transfonmed if 'Maybellc" witbout losing eith- en respect an lave fan that math- nr. However I trust befone they do 3324 *STAR TAXI 24HNOUR SERVICE Ail Passengers Insured Operated by KEITH BICKELL Autumn always bringn a number af taankn to the home owner, especially if he is a gardener. A few days ago 1 naticed such a man proparing for winter. Hc had ahready constructed a'*reel for hie garden hase, irnpressing upon me the need ta drain if after use, then ta store if dry in order ta prevent the rubben from roffing. Well, hie Mdea ie worfh capying. \q \ ~~~~Hie wife wasjust ashandy, in fact she had pee fpn ondwt aro 5#1VicS for the hasleetnt ORANGE CRATES STACKED- FASTEN WITH SHORT NAILS. IF M CARRY A FAIR WEIGHT By the end of 1952 about 700,- Variety Village in Toronto, tha 000 Canadians will be receiving vocatianal sehool for crippled fedral'ol ag pesios- hischildren ' which is supporte4y federl i aed pensions; this people of the entertain < Ymn numercobiedwilichldenfield in Canada, was r*ie in receipt of Family Allowances with a wheel chair by Scouts of will bring number of Canadians the lOist Toronto Traop (Winder. receiving monthly Ottawa cheques mere United Church) during the to about five million. Christmas season. Nyal Creophos Special Stops Branchial Coughs 65e size Jergen's Lotion Is an Ideal Tonie 35o size Dispenser lue. boffle $ 1.25 Bolh for 65t take it fram us a thoraugh check will be made for the arigin of the name. I rcad years ago, somewhere, that a member ai Parliament suggested it after his private morning devotions. if this is true it does nat apply ta Britain at all but 'tis God who has dominion aven us frarn sca ta sea. That ought ta make us less tauchy and proud ta kecp the name intact to help us be strong. Then again is the question aof new flag. Any dnastic change would meet fierce apposition for many many Canadian boys faught and dîcd'for that flag. Howcver we do need a flag af aur own at times when wc are in fieindly campetitian with Britain or on parade. We are accustomed ta and love the Canadian Ensign. It is alsa known abroad. Then why nat the Canadian Ensign with a proud spot on her for French Canada? We owe French Canada the fact that we have remaincd strictly Canadian in thaught and culture. Our new hope lies in many things, some yet nat rightfully understood. The influence ai a righteous man neyer dies. A common sorraw has made us think and also brought Common- wealth countnies dloser together. She in turn has shown the worlIc where she stands. Countrie3 who have .not altogether forgot- ten international courtesy are allowing passions ta cool and dis- cuss their differences. Our new Queen has promised her devotion ta her peaples wherever they are the world over. That means black people as well as white, backward na- tions as well as progressive. poor as well as nich. If she who sits on the throne of Great Britain, the Commonwealth and Empire, is willing ta do that surely we in the humbler walks of life can do no less. It is evei-ybody job ta break down racial prejudice, religiaus intolerance and ta blot anal pledge by each would bring out famine and disease. A pers- this new hope. Personal news items are al- ways welcome at The Statesman. Telepholie 663. For Headache Bayer's Aspinin l9c-29c-79e Nyal A.S.A ---------- 25c-50c AIka-Seltzer ------- 34c-68e Anacin ---25c-49c-79c-$1.19 Instantine ----------25c-69c LARVEX . .. Will Mothproof Your Suit for One Year. 16-oz. Bottie ----------- 93e 32-oz. 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