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W O __ _ __ _ __ _ h wlhwhicb la incorporelai EwavL .News, The Novcuatlt a deadegt and The Orono Novs 97 Yeoa' Continuous Service fa the Town ci DowmanvUe. and Durham County AN INDEPENDEN2' NEWSPAPER UREAI> Ot StIBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 a Year, atrictly in advance $4.00 a Yomr in the Unied Stats Publithod by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Autboriud o« second Close Mai Pool nftiee Dportaiont, Ottawa Bowmanill., Ontario GEO. W. MAMES, EniTos BUILDING TRADES PRICING THEMSELVES OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET Thanks ta a high degree of organiza- tion, and of a leadership almost totally unconcerned with the public interest. the building trades have virtually priced themselvés out of the hausing market. As a conséquence of high wageà and a very law order of productivity housing costs have sky-rocketted, with the. resuit that only abaut haif as many houses wili be started this year as were started in 1951. Moreover, few of such houses as are buit this year will be buit for rent, since their high cast would necessitate an écon- omit, rentai far in1 c ss of what the average worker woul , shauld, or in many cases could pay. Becauâé the wagé and wôrk policiés of the construction mechanics have put housing beyôrid the reach of the average cititen there arises périodically a démand that "'low-cost rentai hausing units" be prôvided by the State. Orié Wonders what thé tèrmn "low-cost" means in this con- nection. At currént prices of labour and of housing materialr: the construction of any hôuaing units Cannot possibly be des- cribed as "law-cost." Presumnably, then, the terni "low-cott" is designed to dèscribe., the level of rents. In ôthér wards, the Staté 1: éxpéctéd ta put up housîng units which must bé costly undèr to-day's conditions and then ta rent them to "the People." But what people? How, in the current climaté of opinion, cân a means test be. developed? IIôw, without a. means test, can the high- cost low-rent housing be honestly digtri- buted? Or will political pull, or bribery, or other favauritism becomé the basîs for $élection? What the advocateg ofi low-côst rentai. hôuaing unitg" are really dêmAnding is that the State subsidize the highly argan- izéd and maônopôlistic construction worker, leavlng him tae njoy bis current Inordinate wages whatever the state of the hausing rnarket. In ather words, when thé con- tumnér décidés hé ean not or will not pay thé price of housing dérnanded by argan- ized labour, the.- State will help net the consumner but thé high-priced union work- man. F'urther, the State will do this by penalizing the low-paid worker through taxes, since only by means of taxes can the State râise the money nécessary ta support the monopolistic union warker in thé style ta which he has becamne accult- tomiéd. Ourx is supposed te hé an economy ruled by thé law of supply and démand operating through thé price niechanism. If the State does Dot permit the price mechanism ta work when it would bé te the bénef it of the bulk of consumnerg, thé State is help)ing taeraintain a form of 11Wé are citizens of Canada, éithér by birth or by adoption and naturalization. "We are cititens of thé Common- wealth. "Our àkins may bé brown. or yellow, or black or white, but we are Canadians. "Our name may hé Podoliki, Fraser, Wang, Spermanti, Dubois, Schmidt or Jones. "Our foréfathers mày have corne from Glasgow, Prague. Tokyo, ironi Dublin, Bordeaux, Rotterdam or Newcastle. «1We ray bé laborer, student, doctôr, merchant or mnachinist. "Whatever we Are, whatever our occu- pation, whatever our background, If we eept Canada as our country, and with it t e démocratie way of life, we are Can- a eans. "lWe have the right ta speak freelv, worship freely, but with these rights 2.. mst learn our dluties - tc speak witely, to worthip wisely, to ehoose Ol leaders 'wisely. "We inherit, along with 14,000,« other Canadiana, a vast hait con tinèr abounding in rescurces and opportunitie for a good, héabthy, and a happy lifé. "Wé inhérit two great cultures - th Anglo-Saxon and thé French - and mo: thart thirty othérs as well. We are créai ing out o! thèse a new and growing Car adian culture. 'We are ai thé dawn of gréat thingi for us and aur country. "We are thé builders ai a gréat ari frée nation, of a gréai and free people. "Ilt': great tô bé a Canadian." TRE COST 0F A STRtIKE If.people are looking for answèrs for Ford of Canada's 24%, drap in net profit after taxes in 1951, theré'g ane item that sticks oui like a ore thumb, stateg Thé Financial Post. This is a boss ai $465,000 - thé direct cosi af thé'pre-Chrisimas striké and sub- sequént disturbances. This jusi covérs thé cost o! repairing thé plant and pay- nient a! salariés to office staff idled by thé walkout. For Ford's unionized employées, there is an important besson in the company's 1951 annual report. Théir ivelihoad dé- pends directly on Ford's ability ta producé and seli its products. If Ford is prosperous and busy théir jobs are sécure. If through sirikes and thréatg ai sirikes, Ford pro- duction draps or Ford costs gel too high for consumers' tastes, their jobs are in péril. Workers in thé Ford plant have as much ai staké in thé sale ai thé finishéd product as thé salesmén who get thé cus- tomer's signature. "FAMILY NIGHT AT HOME" Trhé way "Spécial Weeks" are hein! thru9t on thé people tao bserve thèse daym Old Fathér 'Timé will have ta éxtend hit caléndar ta includé a couple more monthÉ in the year. But we hope in publicizinq thedê "wééks" tome good will hé thé ré. g ult. Next weék, May il - 17, is being organizëd by the Ontario Cauncil ol Christian Educatiôn as Christiani Family Wéek in which la béing emphasized the 1flarhlly Night àt Home." Wonder how many ai aur readerà can reméëmber the last time such an ocasion wà.4 observed In your home? The are days whén the membérà of thé iamily, bath aid and y'oung, have so many appointment9 outsîde the home that there isn't as much family lufe as there used ta hé. Sa thé suggestion is made that during this week every faiily should observe a Famnily Night at Homne, whén ail members of the family should spend thé evening together At home. A programmé for tuch an évent has been made available through thé elergy, if you dôn't know how ta observe such a rare occasion. THINGS MONEY CAN'T BUY The late George Horacé Lorimner, for many yéars editar af thé Saturday Evén- ing Post, once wrote thèse words: "It ig a gaad thing ta have money and the things that manéy can buy, but it is gaad toa, ta check up once in a while and make sure you havén't lost thé things that monéy can't buy." These things; that money can't buy would maké a long list - hère are some of them: Money can't buy réal iriendship - friendship must bé éarned. Money can't buy a clear conscience - square dealing is the price tag. Money can't buy the glow of good héalth - right living is the secret. Money can't buy happines - happi- ness is a mental a ttitude and one may hé as happy in a cottage as in a mansion. Monéy can't buy sunsets, singing birds, and the music of thé wind in thé trées - thèse are as frée as the air wé breathe. Money can't buy inward peace - peace iS the resuit of a constructive phil- osophy of ife. Money can't buy character - char- acter is what we are when we are alone with ôurselves in the dark. Continué the list yourself. You'11 agree that amnong thé things that money can't buy are eomne of the most valuablë trea- sures life bas ta offer. It is a good thing to check up now and then to be sure we are not misging thesé thingg. OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS There are two questions flownanvllle mèrchants should take unitéd action on right now. Are they going ta observe Victoria Day on Saturday, May 24th, or Monday, thé 26th? Are local mérchants going ta accept U.S. money at par or take a discount? In manye other tawns the Chamber o! Commerce ig handling :uch questions. Nbow about it businessmen - co-operation or cussedness? There are too many people drinking too mauch today for thé welfare oi this province. There are too many trafHic accidents directly attributed to liquor; there are too many crimes o! violence and other misdeeds where liquor ha: been a factor. There are too many alcoholics, comment& the Windsor Star. Yet Bow- man citizens are being askéd ta vote for a liquor store and a brewér's warehouse ta supply more booze for consumption ini this comniunity. s s s O r r In the Dim and' Dis tant Past From The Stateaman File$ La! 00 nt, èés "e ýré id ha Sti pu iný a 1 20( FORTY-NINE YMARS AGO Thé Maman Ca. announcém they ve rentéd théir west store ta ttt & Jury, druggists. C. M. Cawker, butcher, has rchaged the China Hall build- ý noW occupled by Young & Ca. Port Hope barbérs have iorméd union and lu future will charge seuad 15c for a haîrcut. P'rancisco. -~ Wh&iY Revlew -. p I Has Christianity Falled ? Iy LEWIS MILLICAN j In à récent article I quate, smre !acts gléaned from thi Soviet press to show that religl was dying hard arnong the Rus sian people, and that young peopli who were educated in thé anti God schools and taught ta havi a msteriaiistic outlook on 111i have camne ta believé in "somi sort of spirit." That, 1 imagined wouid hé good news for Christiai ministérs, but it sema to havý only annoyed a rector in Nový Scotia. Cornmenting on my art icle, he writes: "Communism ha! done more ta déstroy pagamisrr in China than the Christiar churches did in 100 years... Communism is a strang wind franr God blowing the cobwebs out ai Christianity." Thé warst cob. webs, ho says, are "anarchy, sub. joctivism, PsYchologlsmn, self-cen. tèreduess af Pratestantîsrn." And hé adds: "At least one knowm where one is in talking toà Communist." Ta answer this last statemeni first, one only nceds ta refér ta the double-talk and the double- dealings o! Stalin and his dele. gates before and sincé thé close of thé war as examplés of Com- munist duplicity aud treachéry. That la a blightiug blast from the nether regions. To bîsme the Christian churchés for failing ta destroy paganism in China In 100 years, while Communismn did iA in a few years, is ta suggest thâl thé missionaries shouid have used miiitary force aud whalésale exécutions ta convért the Chinese ta Christianity. Sa far firom destroying pagan- ism, Comniuni8m bas created and is spreading a néw kind af paganism, which worships the State as the supreme deity and sets up crafty and ruthisas dic- tators as idols for adoration aud obedience. The "Great Stalin"*has beén elevated ta the position af a modern Jupiter issuing his edicts and thunderboits from his hlh I'ypu in the Kremlin. fnhis conclusion the Rector quotes, from an unnamed source. thé follawing: "Thé radical 'this worldliness' af Communisrn has orne validity against a mysticai, ascetical and extrernelv 'othér worldly' distortion of Christian- ity, when bath are measured by Christ snd the New Testament." Beiug a mère layrnan. I héaltàte ta enter into a theological dis- cussiQn with an ordaIned clergy- man. But I did at one time study theology wîth a vîew ta enterlng into the minimtry, sud I learned enaugh ta kuow that Chrimtianity is primarily a spiritual religion, And that we are enjoined ta "Seek tinst the kiugdoin ai Gad aud his rîghteau&nemasund a&l these things will be added unta you." Côrn- munisrn i. the very reversé of that téachlng. To the Commun- lota there là na Gad and no king- dom worth seeking but a materlal ane In this warld under thé "dictstorship of the Prolétariat," which meaus the Politburo cam- posed of self-appointed leaders o! the Commun ist Party. The fact that the churches have nat detroyed paganisrn and trans. 'lorzned this world i.nto a Utopia ini 1two thousand years does not méan !that Chistianity bas failed in its Lpurpase. For that mattér it could hé argued that thé so-called Christian countries and thé chur- ches themseivés havéeflot always iived up ta the teachings o! Christ. This to me is al éxpiained in the parables o! Jesus. in which Hé likens thé kingdorn ta leavei, snd ta thé mawing o! seed. "Thé field la thé world" in which it la im- possible ta destroy aIl thé taret and blights without destroying thé grain. "Thé harvest is thé end af thé warld; and thé reapers are thé angeis." That is thé Gospel, whéther we like it or nal. Lîke m.) Réctor correspondent, m'any préachers séém ta hé impatient at thé delay ai thé ooming of thé Kingdom. May I hé permittéd, as a poor layman. ta remiud theni that: "The kingdom of God com- eth not by observation; neither shall they say, La hère! or. La tbère! fon, béhold, thé kingdom a! God is within you." N ew Hlqhway Signs Give 1951 Population Le )r .1 Ée )r !r d 0 Thousands of new and larger DMunicipal Location Signs, with t1951 census figures on population, tare beinig erected on the King's 1 Highways of Ontario near such *centres whether metropolitan To- ronto. with close ta a million people, or Tara in Bruce County, with araund 500 Inhabitants. 1 Since Bowmanville has expér- fienced growing pains in popula- tion since the last census by 1nearly ane thousand souls, it is .welcomne news ta learn that the 1figures on the," uew signs ap- ;proaching the town will register 15.400 population. At the same time new and larger King's Highway Number signs for intersections with ath- er Provincial highways, Subur- ban Roada Commission arieries or Caunty Roada are being erect- éd. The aId imunicipal location igns were 24 by 30 inches in area. The new ones being in- stalled as rapidly as supplies of steel permit, are each 5 by 3 feet in dimensions. covering 15 square feet. Old King's highway num- ber signs were approximateiy 18 by 12 inches in irrégular area. The new, larger signa are 28 bv 18 iuches. Ail signs are painted with composition which, by re- flection, makés themn cleariv readable at night when picked out byv headlights of vehicles. Other signa on the King's High- ways af Ontario arc gavêrned by the Highway Traffie Act or by regulations autharizéd lu that Act. New, Municipal Local signa and intersection King's Highway num- ber signa are subject ta recom- mendation by the chie! engineer ta thé Minister af Highways onl.y. Municipal authorities snd civic organizations are being informed, that the Department of Highways erects Sehooi Crossing Signa on King's Highways where needed'. TWVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO A front page article headed "What Time la It?" réads as fol- lows: Prom the expressiong heard on al aides an thé tirnéiY subject a! "Daylight Saviug Tirne" the average native is about as eom- pased as the principal parties ini a wedding ceremony at the zero hour-they don't know where they are at.- - - - - - Then the last paragraph of this article reàds: If any merchants want ta stay open an hour longer at night ta accommodate their rural eus- tamérs what's ta stop them? (To- day, 25 years later, mérchauts are stili squabbling about the hours ai ciosing their stores. One paus- es ta comment, which is thé mont desirable, compétition or ca-opér- ation?) F. lé. Morris in thé néw Rotary Club Président, effective Juiy 1, 1927. Mérrill Ferguson, student af B. H.S., wvas deciared winner ai the District Oratorical Contest con- ducted by the Toronto Daily Star. Subject wass 'Candda's Diamond Jubilee; Her Achievéments Since Confederation." W. W. Down and J. A. Tabb are lu Newmarket grafting apple trees for Sir Wm. Muiock ou his 160 acre orchard. C. E. Rehder. founder af Bow- manville Amateur Broadcasting Station 10 AE. givés Borne facts pertaining ta government licéns-g ing o! radio sets.i Geo. B. Clapham, à former ern- ployee at Kersiaké's Drug Store,g has been eugagéd as baritane1 salolat by Cananâdian Chautauqua* ta tour Western Canada. Charlie Cawker was awardedi first prize In the Pire Prevention' Essav Conteat among local pub-e lie schoôol pupils. TEE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTAR!O Dr. Edgar Allin, son of Samue Allin, Laké- Shore West, has coni Pietéd hsmêdical course in Eng land aud is now a mémnber of thi Rayai College of Surgeon$ ô Engiand. Licénses have béen granted t thèse hotéis in Bowmanviiié fai 1903: Bennett Huse, flalmora Hotel, Arlingtou Hotél. Balsebaîl Club gave Franl (Mugs) Marris a fareweil ban. quet and presentation at th( Biennett House an leaving foi Plttsburg, Penn. KÇeudal-Aléx Murray, formei manager of Kendai Fishéry, an< Miss Carnie Roberts. are ta bE marriéd May 6, at "Cosy Nook,' Michael. B.C. Leskard-Suckers are up! J Blradley and party returnéd IraIT Wilmot's Creek with ovér 400 suckers. Tyrane-Two new menibers weré addéd ta the church choir- A. Wannls and W. Wilbur. Robt. Béith again won laurels with bis Hackneys at Toronto Honse Show. "Canadian Queen' won sweepstakes for mare: the stailion "Saxon" won sweepstakes in thrée classes; "Symiett Penfor- mer" ' lt for stalion 3 years, and "Toscan" 3rd in same cls. Rev. H. W. Foley, B.A., B.D., is being congratu lated on complet- ing hlm exams at Victoria Coilege. Salins-H. G. Pascoé has captur- éd some poultry thiéves-five foxés. Frank L. Colé, native of Gen- eva, north oi Oshawa, writiug ta thé editor fnomn Transvaal, South Africa, says he is now a civilian after being on thé veldt with thé Canadian troops for 18 manths. 'The country bas made great strides since peacé was proclaimn- éd. Newtonvilie-Jahn Staplètou's house, uorth-west a! thé village, 'vas destroyed by f ite Sunday a!- têrifoon, caused by spark fromn thé ch1Nnuy. Word ig réceivéd o!fl'iai'iagé of Mrs. Mary H. Osborne, daugh- ter o! Mrs. W. A. Néada of this tawn. aud H. K. Specknian, which ,ook placé at Oékland, Càli- fornia. Théy will live In San THE STERLING TRUSTS C 0 R P 0 R A T 1 O N H#0 OFFICE sRtANCf OFICU 372< d« $# Toron#* 1-3 Dunlop s, Sunie flear Editor: s I had a note from an nid friend tdday. I hear from hirn quite frequently. HIe asked these point- ed questions: I-Can welfare payrnents in- crease proàperity? J 2-Or f ix a floor? 3-Or are théy a dream? 3 Consider the first item. Wel- t are payments add to taxes. They are tlie joy of the '*hangers on", cost a great deal aside fromi the amount actually distributed. They do flot dreate wealth, they at- tempi only to re-distribute it. A competitive system, a free ieconarny offers prizes for those kwho work and win. The new system offers rewards, flot for achievement, but for lack o! it. t If al People received an ample retiring allowance many would no longer work. The resut- tthere is no escape from it-would be a décline in the national in- come. Some will deny this. Technological improvements in the mneanÈ af production increase the national income. For that reason we might retire a certain number every year. The nation- al incorne might go on increasing but total national income would flot be as great as it would have been if men had not retired ta the easy chair at 60, 65 or 70. Labor, of course, seeks pen- sions aud an early retirement age. The workers feel that the cost can be met from the income tax especially in the top brackets and will not fail upon the average worker. The opportunities are greater in a rich countrv than in a poor one. Money in the hands of the rich eventuallxr finds, its wav into the field ofinvestment. Labor is earning more money ta- day than ever before in time of Peace because încreased invest- ment. means higher production and higher wages. Strange isn't it that labor seeks to reduce the number o! workers in the hope that those remaining wili hé able to colleet higher pay for reduced production! Floors tend ta restrict pro- gréas. If the price of wheat is low and wé put a floor under it- wh5t !oiiows? When the price o! wheât fâlis some farmerm will ai no éxpense ta local authoritiedi or organizations such as Homé and School Associations, Service Clubs and so on. get acquainted with THE BEAUTIFUL NEW 1952 de luxe HILLMAN 7n,n-> Th* Moth engine end veivet clutch of thé Hiliman give yOU eveiryth;ng .,'v *lways wanted in take-off. Ifs econamy is beyond belief until You Seo fR dlirer 100 extra miles for every 7 galion tankful of gos. And when it omes ta parking, the Hillman is mode ta order for crowded streets. 501e0% tervice and parts dealers throughaut North Amerca. $av@ o ey on your trip abroud by using ow Oversoas DOI.Ivery Pion. Wrils je me Ioda>'. DRIVE IN STYLE... FOR LESS PER MILE IN A HILIMAN 77Un-fc A Prodvct of thé Rootes Group 1totes Motors (Canada) Limlfed e Mantrol @Toronto eoVOncm« 1I 'À FRANK'S GARAGE 72 Sicgog Street Bowmaaville p. * HOUSEH OLD' 1/2 Simcae.ouh second floor, phone Oshawa 5-1139 OSHAWA, ONT. PORT HOPE IRANCHt 71 Walt.n St., 2nd floor, phone 300 10*06 l'O OUI CONSUMER 0SOM8 86BJECT TCCONSUMER CR*0IT l!hULiiiOTMM THUIRSDAY. MAY Oth, 1952 turn ta the production of other benefit of the few we do nat in"- products. If. however. the gos'- crease the national incarne; *4 erntnent pays a higher price for do flot enrich the nation; we do wheat than it is worth on the not benefit those we are suppogo open market it tends to increase ed to aid. The welfare state 4i Production and thus Iower the never be the state of welfarçi&kk price. creating the condition it will create more problems thaý seeks to avoid. Ail these schemes it solves. There are wiser mean* are the dreams of a few men to saner ends though we may nôt "who would be God'. Those who seek them till we have paid the might maké a reasonably good price of present follies. God. if they had the chance, have R. J. Deachmn. more sense than to try it. Here is the real problem. Is She is the sweet ralIying-point there aý better alternative means « affection, obedience, and * of spending these vast sums of housand tendernesses..-.Lambr. money niow devoted to social Une. services. There is but unfortun- There 1-q a religion in ail deep ately it may not be effective in Ove, but the love of a mother la gettlng votes. ~ie veil of a softer light betwe, We have niany apportunities thie heart and the heavenly FI f for spending money if we want er.-Samuel Taylor Coleridge. to use it for creative effort: 1-Preservation of aur forests and the development of new Ones A J i is important. Every plot of %#aste land should be producing tlees. VW W W V 2-Protection against iloods. we have seen the dangers-they are likely to increase. 3-Scientific research-4 cov- ers almost everything. WANTAD When we tax the mntforthe 3i>an'e a~ % rce lst R.N Association SD&G Highrs. Cornwall, Ont., 21 Apr 1952 Deir Sir: The Stormont, Dundas & Glen- garry Highlanders are having their f ifth annuaI réunion in Corn- wall this year on June 7-8. - As there are many oid soldierg trom the "Gienb" living ln your Area* with whom we h ave lost contact, would yau ho kind enough to publigh thià letter. Ail enquiries concerning the fieuniôn Should bé addressed tu.: lot 1%n Ré-union Committee, 8.1) & G Highlanders Thé Armoutiéà Cornwàll, Ont. Yourà Véry truly, C. E. Petepiecé. Chairman of Publicity, SD&G Re-union. CAN WILPA1tE FAYMENTS INCIIEASE ]PROSPERITY? 53 Queen St., Ottawa, Ont., À% pkfitable investment for your reguIr savingg, Guarantoed Trust Cerp'caés.. -are unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interéat *pay 3,J 2% intérest, payable Sare short termn-5 years -are authorized investment for trust funds -have no fluctuation in principal I 5 years $420.36 accumulates to $500.00. Invest wiÉely and well