- DITOPIAIYÇ 9-- BD!.JVNIZ.àLMrUL~L, JONTARIO 1NRDT Ti!2,15 - - l.* Jt. (Guest Editorial on Local Option) The issue of the continuation of Local OPtion in Bowmanville is primarily a question for aduits - for it is aduits who Will mark their ballots for or against the extension of liquor outlets in this com- munlty. But it is even more a question of youth, because the decision made by the voters will inevitably reflect itself on the youth of the community. To the aduit the question is, as bas already been stated, one of conscience. %hs being a free country, each has the inalienable right to vote as his conscience dictates. Each likewise has the right to drink or leave it alone, as bis conscience dictates. However, it would seem that the real question is not so much: "Do I, as an adult, want to have liquor outlets in Bowman- ville?" as it is: "Do I want, no matter what my own habits are, to provide my chlldren and the children of my neigh- bora with the temptations liquor offers?" Old Socrates is quoted as having once W&yRui mri Why Our Farmers Would Frown On Collective Farming E>. LEWIS MILLICAN Canadian farmers who hav, any leanings towards collectiv, farming could learn something t their disadvantage by a perusa of articles in the Soviet pre:i which descrîbe how that systen of agriculture works out in prac tice. I have just read two of thes( articles, one entitled, "The Pub. lic Element and the Private Ehe ment in Collective Farming;" ané the other, "20 Years of Collectiv( Farm Workday Unit." The firs article begins by stating thal "Under socialism personal inter. ests are indivisible from publi( * nterests . . . combined in Soviet society in accordance with thE -principle 'From each according te his abilities, ta each according te bis work'." It will be noted by the way, that the word "work" bas displaced the word nieed" which appeared originally in the Communist Manifesto, and the change is very significant. A workday unit is described as "the unit used in computing the ]abor performed by a collective farmer and bis individual sharc in the net income of the farm. It is a quota of daily work per person, graded according to the kind and quality of the worl performed. A skilled farmer may earn more workdays ina day than an unskilled cowherd, and an efficient skilled farmer may earn more than one per- forming the same work but not perfofming as much of it in the same span of time. The farm's net income - both in cash and kind - is divided by the total number of workdays recorded for ail the farm members, and distributed on this basis, much as a corporation dividend is div. ided according ta the number of shares of stock." While the collective farm is said to be a combination of public and private interests, a sort of co-operative. it is frankly stated that "in the process of its growth it will become dloser and dloser in nature ta national pro- property," and the private inter- ests would be gradually reducedi and eliminated. In fact the 'col- lective farm and the collective farmer are already the combined property of the Soviet state. They are both under the control and supervision of the Party 'Centrai Committee in their opera- tions and the marketing of their products, and especially in raising the average of workday units. In one district the average workday units registered per able-bodied farmer in 1949 was 360. "Neyer- theless," it is admitted, 'there are many collective farmers who put in n~o more than 100 ta 150 workday units and even less... It must not be forgotten that on many farrns there are still shirkers and shiftless persans in superfluous jobs who avoid pro- ductive work and live at the expense of the work of the farm- ers who labor in the fields and tend the livestock." In a drive to secure better re- sults, we are told that "the Soviet Government bas awarded orders! and medals to more than 160,000o Ieading workcrs for achievements 'in farming. 01 theâe, more than *5,000, including approximately a 2,000 women, have received thse )iofty title of Hero of Socialist 1Labor." From tisis latter it ap- spears that tise Russian women 1stili do as large a proportion o! tise manual iabor on the farm as tisey did in tise bad old days. In anotiser place we are told that a decree was issued "On Measures 1to Liquidate Violations of tise Collective Farm Statutes" (1946) tise Council of Ministers of tise Party Central Committee "pointed to tise gross violations of tise Statutes, taking tise form o! in- correct expenditures of tise work- day units, and tisat cases of em- bezzlement of workday units re- suit in devaluation of tise work- day unit, reduction of tise income to be distributed for Workday units and consequently in tise interest of collective farmers in tise collective farm work." As a resuit o! tise enforcement o! tiss decree, 535,000 persons in tise collective farms had been "eiim- inated as superfluous administra- tive and service personnel, and 213,000 wiso had no connection witis collective farms were re- moved from tise workday unit rolls." Tise brigister side of tise picture is, o! dourse, ernphasized, and it is dlaimed tiat for tise "over- wheiming majority" o! tise farm- ers "their labor is a matter of honor, glory, prowess and hero- ism." But isow many Canadian farmers would submit to tise workday unit 'discipline" for tise "lofty title o! Hero o! Socialist Labor."' 738,000 Forest Trees Planted This Spring In Trent District Tise 1952 Spring Planting Pro- gramme has now been cornpletedt in tise Trent District. A total1of 738,000 forest trees were set out on 908 acres in Victoria, Norths- umberland, and Ganaraska For- ests. With dwindling timber sup- plies in Soutisern Ontario. tiese trees will some day form an im- portant source o! wood for in- dustry. Since World War Il, a total of 4,500,000 trees bave been planited on County Forests and tise Gan- araska Autisoritv, witisin tise Trent District. Aýbout 5,400 acres bave been reforested. Tise break- down by forests is as follows: Forest Trees Planted 1952 Since War II Durham ~ Nil 212,000 Ganaraska 321,000 2,227,000 Nortisumber. 210,000 1,223,000 Victoria. 220,000 582,000 Most trees planted are White a" Red Pine, Whsite Spruce and Red Oak. These are tise most suitable species and produce tise more valuable timbcr. A truth is as comfortable in hosne!tl language as in fine speeib.-Charles Spurgeon. Words are but tise signs o! ideas.-Samuel Johnson. 1He wiso is not earnestlv sindere îui'es in but bal! bis being, self-î mutilated. self -para 1yýzed......am- uel Taylor Coleridge. Industrial Wages Hurt Farmers If You ReaIly Face the Facis said: "No man can goeth about a more Godly purpose that he who is mindful of the right upbringing, nlot only of bis own, but of other men's cbildren." In that piece of philosophy from the past, seems to be the answer to the question now plaguing the voters of Bowmanville.1 Can any citizen, no matter what bis personal drinking habits are, feel that he is mindful of the right upbringing of his own or other men's children, if he places before them unnecessary temptations? Millions in this country pray daily "Lead us flot into temptation." Let us, in trying to do what is right and proper in this serious question, para- phrase that and say: "Lead them not into temptation."' If we can put aside personal prejudice and desire, and think in these terms, there can be little doubt as to the result of the plebiscite. Bowmanville will ren-ain true and f irm to its haîf century old policy to keep the town as dry as pre- sent laws will permit. ( ai 1Ê bc loi ne ce pr ha wl sic an in: sir stu dit PUM4PS & SOFTENERS LIMITED PEF82 LONDON -CANADA JACK DROUGH PLUýMING AND HEATING Bowmani'ilIe Division St. S. PHONE 615 In the Dim and Distant Past From The Statesman Files The Stalesman Sold Ai Following Stores, TruII's Store, Courtice.-J1 Strong's Store, Port Hope. Ileg. Edmund's Store, Bethany. Dyer's Drug Store, Newcastle. T. Enwright's, Newcastle. S. Brown, Newtonville. C. Pethick, Enniskjflen. T. M. Slemon, Enniskillen. F. L. Byam, Tyrone. G. A. Barron, Hampton. Newton Taylor's, Burketon. H. T. Saywell, Blackstock. Kelth Bradley, Pontypool. ' C. B. Tyrreil, Orono. H. K. Reynolds, Kendal. W. J. Bagneli. Jury & Loveil, J. W. Jewell, W. J. Berry, Elie Harnden's H-andy Store and The Statesman Office. Smarten Up drab walls and ceilings... floors and stairways. Use C-I-L Interior Glass, Semi.G4oss or Fiat Wall Paint for walls and woodwork ... C .I.L Varnishes to enrich the ClAIR) CILUX Enamel cornes in 24 rich colours. Ideal for furniture - ousdoors and ira. Yes, andi automnobiles, too. Goes on sumotbly, dries See vour CaiL Paint Dealer You can dcpend upon C.I.L l>AINTS for the enduring colour, ANý thse rugged resistance to, wear and 'weather wbich maean true paint econcomy. Wbenevcr you paint fd &. . Whatever you paint i .it pays to sec your C-I-L Paint Dealer. Î9 Higgon Electric Plinne 4218 Bùwmanville 42 Ring St. E. Your General Electij Applilnce Dealer TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FORTY-NINE VEARS AGO C. P. Blair, a former partner of Tenders are being called for D. B. Simpson, K.C., has been pro- thse erection of the new town hall. moôted to Assistant Commission- A farewell evening was iseld at er of Customs at Ottawa. Trinity Congregational Churcis Janey Mason has recelved ber due to their pastor, Rev. B. A.T.C.M. in sight slnging at To- Greeilaway leaving for Newago, ronto Conservatory o! Music. Micis. F. C. Paterson, agricuitural Last week 15 prisoners were representative for Durham County committed to the county gaol at for past seven years, leaves July Cobourg, the iargest number in lst for Simocoe where ise occupled an week since the institution a similar position for Norfolk was erected. (This sort of dis- County. proves the "good old days" our Dr. James L. Hughes, Inspector eiders boast about today.) of Public Schools for Toronto, and The Methodists are talking of a native o! Durhsam County, pre- buying a piano for their Sunday sented a bronze bust o!fiimself Scisool. to the Toronto Board of Educa- Rev. D. O. Crossley on June 23 tion. performed the marriage in the Chautauqua concerts wll be Methodist Churcis o! Miss Florence held in Bowmanville starting Tilley and Mr. Alfred N. Mitchs- Juiy 20. cil. H. W. Lapp, manager of Stand- 'Prof." Wm. Allun is given ard Bank, bas been transferred to great crédit for looking after the Campbellford. I T- recnut the Home for tise Aged ronto, was guest soloist with choir Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Hare, On- on Sunday, when spécial services tario Ladies College, Whitby, are were held for a grand re-union already occupying tiseir summer of Enfield Old Boys and Girls on cottage at tise east sidt, Port Sunday and Monday. Bowmanville. Solina-Miss Vera Baker, R.N., Our local historian, Dave Mor- Knickerbocker Hospital. N e W rison, makes this comment: The York City, is hoiidaying with old town hall, the scene of many hefr parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tisos. isigis old jinks, election ructions, Baker. nigger shows, Salvption Army Elbert Hubbard dlaims one o! meetings, spiritualistie seances, the unpardonabie sins is the dis- Plymouths Brethren meetings, Wiz- position to postpone and evade ard oil and otiser fakes, will soon the payment o! small bis. be a tising of tise past. Hilton Peters, Hampton, was Newcastle - George Gray has elected president of the Darlng- again been selected by the Dept.* ton and Bowmanville Sunday o! Agriculture as an expert judge Sehool Association. of horses at fairs in Western Can- Counties Council increases 1927 ada. tax rate to 9 milîs on tise dollar. Kendal-W. H. Henry sold one Local merchants are far from of his fine black horses to Levi unanimous on closing their stores Morris, undertaker, Bow'manville.c on Dominion Day, Saturday, Juiy Orono-A. Leigh has put our lst. lire engine in good shape, ready for aIl emergencies. New packaging equipment In Enniskillen-Mr. and Mrs. F t modemn ice cream plants filîs the Rogers left Tuesday for tiseir various sized packages at lightning new home in the North-West. like speed. Tisis equipment meas- Maple Grove-George Trimble v ures and fis the packages in an Jr., who bas been in New Ontario0 accurate and sanitary manner. for three years, is home.c (Gùest Editorial on Temperance) The following article was written by Rev. Warren N. Turner and appeared in the St. John's Anglican Church "Newvs" for Sunday, June 7th. The statement was prepared for the information of St. John's congregation and expresses the views of the Anglican Church on Temperance. We have the permission of the Rector to pub- Iish It, which follows: "Before the battle here becomes too hot for rational consideration of the mat- ter, a statement of our attitude to the issue to be put before the voters on July l6th is in order. The Church of England be- lieves that Temperance is a Christian virtue to be cultivated in each one of us. But the Church of England does not dlaim that Tremperance is necessarily the same thing as either prohibition or total ab- stinence. Neither in Scriptures or in the Canons of our Church do we find pro- (Guest Editorial on Local Option) Frustration - failure to obtain satis- faction out of life - is one of the main reasons why some people drink a lot of ethyl alcohol. Those who like to pick on Canadi ans dlaim that as a people we drink more alcohol than do the people of the U.S. and they say the reason is that w are more frustrat-ed than our neighbours. (Guest Editorial on Local Option) There Is too mucb, rather than too rtti., liquor used ln Canada these days and upon reflection it would seem that Bowmanville bas been on the rigbt side of things in declining ta have the stuff in town. Places where liquor is sold ]ROW TO LOSE TEN MILLION DOLLARS Want to know how to lose ten million dollars? Officiai Ottawa will tell you. Just enter into a multilateral bulk-trading agreement for foodstuffs and the figures are almost certain to corne out in the red. The Canadian taxpayer will, of course, gladly foot the bill. Such, in effect, is what is about to happen under officiai Ottawa's complicat- ed meat deal with the United Kingdomn and New Zealand. Who says it is going to cost the Canadian taxpayer a cool ten million dollars? No less an authority than the International Monetary Fund. Twenty thousand short tons of Can- adian beef which formerly went to the United States will, under the new agree- ment, be sent to the United Kîngdom, while New Zealand beef, which is nor- mally sent to the United Kingdom, will corne to Canada for resale to the United States. The United Kingdom will continue to pay New Zealand the existing contract price in sterling, and Canada will retain the dollar proceeds of the sales in the United States, subject to an agreement for sharing with New Zealanders any Eatblisbed 1854 __ with which la lncorpoaoed r owmmavifl. News, Th. Newcutle Indeendont <md Th. Orano News 97 T.ara' ContiJluous Service 10 the Town et Dowmenvlfl and Duhama Cauniy AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER -1 bibition or total abstinence laid down as a rule for everyone. On the other hand drunkenness and other evîls connected with over-indul- gence bave always been declared sixful. Furthermore our Church DOES believe that those for wbomn alcohol is a tempta- tion ta over-indulgence should abstain completely both for their own good and for that of society. Also, of course, no one should indulge if so doing means the impoverishment of bis family or other harm ta them. As to the question of the sale or otherwise of beverage alcohol* in our tawn the general attitude of the C. of E., as I understand it, is that this is a matter for democratic decision on the part of those concerned. We would urge our people ta vote as guided by conscience - conscience instructed by prayer, Christian love and unselfishness." L, e s a 't' Whether this is so or not for all Canada, it doesn't apply to Bowmanville. Here we have developed over the years a com- munity whose citizens are a good deal less frustrated than most other North Amer- icans. Bowmanville is a real gaod place to live. We don't have ta drink ourselves stupid in an effort to forget who we are. Let's keep it that way. are "(sour"y spots. Would you want one located next tloor to you, or by a scbool, a church, or the library? If not, wby bave one at ail? Because we have been s0 free of such things so long, we venture ta say that in staying this way we are flot being backward but rather continuing ta be wise. excess over the sterling price which the New Zealand meat may demand in the United States. "Since Canadian beef is more expen- sive than New Zealand beef," says The Financial News Summary, "the Canadian Government is expected ta incur a loss of about ten million Canadian dollars on the transaction." Ahl of which would seem ta suggest that governments should not dabble in the meat business. It is too expensive - for the taxpayer! LET ALL COMBINES BE INCLUDED Parliament bas undertaken the task of revising the Combines Investigation Act; and we wisb it success in its under- taking. We hope it will broaden the Act ta cover ail combines that operate in re- straint of trade, includîng labor, farmer, and professional organizations. There are sound reasons for legislation ta protect the public from the exactions of combines among nuanufacturers, agents, merchants, etc. If there are any sound reasons for exempting labor unions, farm organiza- tions, or professional associations from the provisions of the Act we have neyer beard of them. Parliament should include all such organizàtions in its study of the proposed legisiation, but that is too mucb ta expect witb pressure groups constantly lobbyîng the halls in the House of Commons. 'OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS Judging irom the conmients in the press, since the United States Senate turned down a resolution authorizing American participation in the St. Law- rence Waterway and Power Development, it wvould appear that most Canadians have ,cbaracteristic pride and confidence in their ability ta go ahead with this project on their own. U.S. lobbyists who have been bucking this movement at every turn evidently don't appreciate that this great country welcomes co-operation but it can go ahead in its nation building without "dependence on our good neighbors ta the iiout.h. '4, IPAMgrwO "Lead Us Not Into Temptaton " 1 cau only lead to higher prices, our industries should be looking for ways of reducing costs so that they will be able to reduce prices as market conditions require it. This would enable them to con. tinue to operate and keep their w o r k e r s employed supplyng oods to their customers at prices they can pay. Heaven means to be one with God.-Confucius. Human law is right only as it patterns the Divine.-Mary Baker Eddy. Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.- Blackstone. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide1 Let's Keep It That Way We Have Been Free So Long Two years ago Canadian rail- way workers went on strike for higher wages and a 40-hour week. The railways explained that it would be impossible to grant these demands unless they were allowed higher freight rates. But the unions struck anyway; and they won the strike. Thse railways lmmediately ap- plied for permission to increase freight rates; and in due course freight rates were raised. Today the same unions are coming back with new demands for further wage indreases; and are prepared to use the same tact- ics to get them. If they win again, nothing can be more certain than that freight rates will be raised again. Canadian steel workers are asking for wage increases which, if granted, will necessitate higher prices for steel and steel products. AIl the larger and moreppwer- fui unions are comlng forward with demands for wage increasesi which dan be paid only by raising the prices of their products. The real employers of ail labor are the consuming public who buy the goods labor produces. They are tbe people who pay ail the wages and wiil have to i pay any increases that are grant- cd. Not many of themn are As wel paid as the members of these i powerful unions. Farmers are large users of transportation, and of steel and other factory products. In fact most of the farmer's In- corne is spent on these things. They will have to contribute to these higher wages. Wbere can the farmer expect1 to get the money to pay higher freight rates, or higher prices for his implements? Prîces of farm products are coming down. The decline in the cost of liv- ing is due almost entirely ta the decline in food prices. This is fine for the well-paid industrial workers in the cities. But it doesn't help the farmer oa pay more for hîs freight or for his machînery. The American market, which wias the only market we had for our surplus cattle, is definitely closed against aIl our livestock products, and no man khows when it»will be re-opened. We have no markets outside of Canada for our surplus cattle, or hogs, or cheese, or eggs, or appies, and the countries that buy our vheat are finding it increasingly iard to pay present prices for it. Let us recail what happened in 929. At that time we had had several 'cars o! good prices for farm pro- [ucts. Work was plentiful. Wages were good; everything looked prosperous. Then, thse markets for our ex- port products collapsed. The oattom dropped from under farm prices. The farmers were no moger able to buy the things the eeded. Merchants had to dan- ,el orders for goods they ha.n )rospect of selling, and factories- iad to slow down or close up al- ;gether. Unemployment spread over the vhole country. We were plunged into a depres- on from which we didn't know 0ow to extricate ourselves. The situation today is dlmost m exact parallel to that existixg 11929. It could develop into a milar depression. The problem we should bc udying is bow to prevent a re- urrence of those depressed con- tions. Instead of raising wages which "It la Goo Citzensp to ownlf nua Whothai' yourTO painting C , 1-L PAINTS eau take iLF They have the lasting beauty thse rugged resistance to iwear and weather, which mean true paint econorv. lIt pays AUDIT X Ç1URRAU SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1&.00 a Yom. trictiy la advanc. 84.00a Yom in the Unted Sates lublish.d by in JAMs PtBLLSIqM CObmPAW A£uâodtud mu U.oed CornuMaui Pet 0 ]1e Dpoeb»tmtOttawa. B owmin'ville, Ontario GEO. W. JAMES, EbITon THE CANADIAN STATMQUAM e%,PlTMA",P^ He nay fot be a celebrity, a bigla governiment officiai or captain of industry. But, for his contribution ta the welfare of bis communiry, he desrves to bave a carpet rolled out for him! Who is he? He is sht typkca 1lite hnsormcg Policybo!d ti- à man whosc influence on your standards of living is $rester than you may think! For part of hs prcmiun money, invstd for him by a liec insurance company. bas helped to build new schools, highways, industrial plants, housing, oil pipelines, and many other important projects from coast to coast. Yet perhaps the most important contribution he makes to his com- munity is simply this: As a liec insurance owner, he is doing bis best to make sure tbat he and bis family wilI always be independent. No wonder we're rolhing out the carpet for him - and the millions of Canad tans he represents! More thon 30 tif@ Insuronce companies in Canod compote octlvly te effer you the bout possible lif. insurance service. A trolned lfe underwriter from any of tbm,. comptâmes wlll gladily hotte you chaos. tbe kind and omount of lif. insurance thut wilbout 1ýý di fit your own individuel noeds. THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA 152D là
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