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PAGE TWOTECA DIN TAIlM1 rWA! .'fMPWI EDITORIALS ..Every County Shoulci Have The generai iack of appreciation for things historical on the part of Canadians, compared with the energy with which peopleein the United States preserve their hiistoricai relies was criticized in a recent address by Louis Blake Duff, leadlng Canadian historian and a man who is well-known to niany friends in Durham County. Dr. Duif stressed the need for greater knowledge of the lives of early settiers and h.e added: "History has many founda- tions on which to rest; pictures that are preserved, books and pamphlets that have been saved, and tools and utensils kept to this day. Here io where our museunus corneini. But 1 think we are flot so care- fui nor so energetic in this respect as our neighbours to t. e South. "Since 1940, historical museums in the United States have increased from 600 to 2,500. Nor has Uncle Sam' been pen- urious in the housing and care of his historicai valuables. Mr. Rockefeller has been credited with spending $40,000,000 in rebuilding - the greatest museumn in America at Williamsburg. Henry Ford at Dearborn was flot far behind that. We a Museum lu this Niagara peninsula have flot been unmindful of our history, but the surface has only been scratched. This area was the cradie of settlement and civilizatien lu Ontario. Remnants of the era of the first settlers lie ail about us; now is the tirne to preserve those remnants, house them, and treasure them for the educa- tion and inspiration of the ages ta conie." These remarks by Dr. Duff are very tiely and should inspire ail counties lu Ontario ta make further efforts ta preserve local history. Some counties have already done remarkably wel lu this regard. BNt Durham Couuty, so far, is not lu this class although many lu recent years 'have suggested such a movement and this paper has offered every ca-operation lu such an endeavour. Just this week our octogenarian biack- smith, Frank Cryderman, offered the editor three pieces of anclent farm utens- ils which date back over 100 years. No doubt many farmers could contribute oth- er articles suitable for a local museum if some group or society wouid start the bal a-rolling. Bore foot, Boy Who Neyer Went on Strike Became No. 1 Citizen We came acrosa a story while holidaying in Florida last Mardi that is well worth recounting ta- day. It la a truc story. We have checked It from- its original source. It is the experlences et a mnan stili living. While he was struggling for higher education, he won international fame. The mather af this boy we are talking about was borninl wes- tern Ontario, Canada. She died at age 34. Mis father, a black- smith, -elso dled at age 34. The boy was left an orphan, age 10.- He was farmed out among re- latives. H.exilkcd cows, cut wood, farmcd as his strcngth permltted, gat a sketchy prlxnary education, grew ta a man's sta- ,ture, sturdy,. wide-awake, and ambîtiaus. Many Ontario boys grew up ln like situations. But his adolescent years were passcd in the Oregon country of the Un- ited States af America. There, in rural surraundlngs, h. furthercd his education, went on ta work his way through Un- iversity and win a degre.. Once, flat broke, during a de- pression, he walked 80 miles ta get a job. As a university gradu- ate he took a job in a mine, deep in the earth, digging are. He re- lates that in the damp under- ground, he used ta keep warm by curling up in a nietal Wheel- barrow, under which werc light- ed candles. It dried the dampness out ai grimy overalîs. But, as h. tells it, he saw before himn a big- ger future, sometime, somne- where, emerging tram his very practical experience. He was just a workman wha neyer thought of striking except ta strîke out on his own ta a better job. AlltItis with a University degree. Well, his chance came. He got a job with a mining engineer. He tramped on foot exploring gea- logical formations, made reports that brought him unusual recog- nition. Finally he was on his awn and within 30 years his name and fame was known in almost aIl the countries throughout the globe. His explorations and de- velopments brought wealth and better living conditions ta mil- elions of people% The 'small part he got made hlm a mullionaire, whlch, if lhe had given It aIl ta those he helped, would have yielded ta each, just'about the, value ai a pack af cigarettes. in position ta retire. at riiddlle- age, he was again b.raught up sharply by a demand ta heip others. Millions were starving as a resuit o! a senseless war and this former barefoot orphan was called upon to feed them. His stupendous task was so success- ful that he iinally came ta the point where he was chosen ta head the government ai the grcatcst dcmocracy ever evolved in history. His star declined for a space in a period ai world-wide depression,. mistakenly attribut- ed ta his alleged ineptitude. He bowed out. under fire, ta stand by and watch the socialist inep- titudes that followed and which decried the happy cra oi the barefoot boy. Happily, in a new day of re- current world tensions, we iind this orphaned boy, now an age- ing statesman, embraced by the very political party that hal de- cried hlm. He was called by his [former detractors to engineer a scheme that would save his cam- patriots fromn a national econ- omic crisis. As a gaod citizen hie responded. As a gaod citizen he contiunes ta serve, in an advis- ory capacity, the follawing re- gime headed by Dwight D. Ei- senhower, a man ai the samne political faith as this former barefoot boy, who, smilingly, sturdily, is now 80 years ai age. As aur readers have long since guessed, Canadians as they are, the. boy and man we have been talking about is former U. S. President Herbert Hoover. What we have told is ai interest ta everyone, particularly those Who think there are no appor- tunities leit in this distracted world, and more pointedly at those who consider the iive-day week, the 40 hour stine and the guarantced annual wage ta be something in the nature ai the aid slogan "The World Owes Us a Living." The Role of the Editorial Page Much space in newspapers and niagazines is being devoted these days to modern trends in education, ail of which lappears to be quit. a different system 4o that taught in the littie old red school Ilouse. So just to refresh our readers' -minds we are publishing an article sent ito us by one of our U.S. subscribers which speaks for itseif: j.A school which doesn't spare the rod jhas attracted nationwide attention, with many parents blowing their stacks at the > dea of a teacher or school principal laying Shand on a hard-to-handie kid. Despite the national scene which shows the smal fry and teen-agers operating in switch- knife gangs, sticking up stores, vandaliz- 1f ing schools and homes and giving the police the laugh, the uproar from parents who are outraged by a few whacks £rom ',,a teacher "where it does the most good" can b. heard from coast to coast. Which P s extra hard to explain in view of the fact that if there is anything the kids need .today it is a littie tough disciplining and ,a respect for the rules and regulationse America was buiît through genera- tions in which the trip to the woodshed, :the shingle, the paddle and the school principal's thick strap were routine in the case of a kid who set himself up as boss of the works, thumbed his nose at ruies and constituted a major headache in home and school. It is a notable fact that in those days of a littie hardy discipline now and then io schoolrooms were wrecked, no teachers [ ti t) el ti A tî ei ki PC ic a] pi sj al Professor Has terrorized, no community shamed by juvenile crime waves and no teen-ager seen smiling from car to ear as he posed for the photographers after being arrested for poisoning his parents, shoving a "This is a stickup" note through a bank wlindow, stealing a neighbor's car or pushing over cemetery monuments by way of good dlean fun. Law and order neyer had it so good as when the aid man paddled junior toaa fare-thee-well if he deserved it and when the school head could apply the strap ta a jùivenile rowdy with no screams from daddy and mummy. We could still stand.a lot of corrective work on aur character, but we can't say that John G. Lewis, the school principal back home, didn't try hard when he called us into his office, took out the biggest strap we ever saw bef are or since, and brought it down 10 or 15 times on eachi outstretched paw. He was a workman- like master of discipline who put rhythm' and wallop into it. No gripping too hard or falling ta foi- iow through. It neyer struck us as an1 unjust proceeding, even when he madet us howl, and we knew better than ta tel our parents. No boy had better ones, buts they could hear of a litie punishment inLu school for disorderiy conduct without writ- r ing the editor, getting up a protest parade1 or fiiling the air with arguments thata children must be allowed ta deveiop char-p acter with minimum interference, even s lu their moments of outlawry.P [s Iikely ta be aiiected. To Say About Schools of Todayl (Promn a prc.sentation by Har. aId C. Hunt, Eliot Proiessor ai tEducation, Harvard University Ita American Council on Educa. t tiôn annual meeting, October 1953 and appearing i "School Lufe".) Schools today are flot as they uscd ta be and, frankly, they i neyer were, for that matter. Be- cause we evaluate through aur own experiences, it is not diifi- cult ta understand why agitatore find it rclatfvely simple herc tand there ta arouse public opin- ion. We as school people have not doue as good a job as wc should in interprcting the schaols ta parents and to tax- Payers. Ours is -the respansibil- ity and obligation ta acquaint aIl who are in any way conneet- cd with the educational process ai its objectives, its purposes, and how it operates... While there are truly many major problcms coniranting school administrators today, I can thlnk of no timne when edu- cation han ever bcen more challenglng than naw. The problema thcmscives make aur jobs attractive. With ahi of the prablemas con- trontlng us, it remains that ta- day's schoals are gaad schools and that they are better than the schoals ai yesterday. The gains made by Our schools dur- ing the last haIt cetntury are unmistakable. Today our schools do a more effective job ai teaching the three R's. Today they develop puptîs who are better equlpped ta earn a living. Today thcy Invest more in aur children'a future. Thuis, the natîan-wide average expendi- turc per school pupli Is ten Umu greater today thusi t Wa& - in1900. f Today they hold pupils for a F longer period ai time. Today they affer pupils a~ rmuch richer and mare varied 1program ai studies and activi- ties. r Today they require much rbetter education and training af teachers. Today they cooperate more tully with the home and com-' munity. Today they put a great deal more emphasis on human rela- tions and international under- standing. '1oday they develop new ma- terials ai learning continuously. Today they strive ta shape school work ta the child's abil- ity and needs. Today they tutilize such mod- ern devices as motion pictures, radio, television, and recordings. Today they have replaced the little red schoolhouse, and other Inadequate school plants i af the past wlth large, modern, well-equîpped sehool buildings. Today they provide many fi-. portant special servivees, large- Iy unknown at the turn ai the century. A.mong these are hcalth and safety instruction, vacatianal training, aud educa- tion for the han dicapped. Yes, today's schools are gaod schools. Salving the problenis confrantlng them, however, will make them betteri 1 Receives Degree Director af the Canadian Gov- ernment Travel Bureau at Ot- tawa rcccivcd this mnonth the honorary degree of Doctor ai Laws at the University ai New Brunswick.-This la a wcll-mer- ited recognition ai the outstand- ing services Mr. Dolan has ren- dercd in eifectlvely publicizing the many ad'vantages af Canada as a mecca for tourists in the United States and elsewhere, who camé ta this country in the hundreds ai thousands cvery year. A native ai Fredericton, Mr. Dolan served. as taurist travel director for New Brunswick before he organized the federal bureau in 1934. A former news- paperman, he worked on daily newspapcrs in Fredericton, Syd- ney, N.S., Halitax, Saint John, N.B., Regina, Saskatoon and Windsor, Ont. The Statesman joins with his hasts ai iriends on bath sides ai the international border ln ex- tending cordial congratulations ta "Mr. Canada," as Lea is known tram the pep and en- thusiasm he puts into his jobs ai selling Canada 365 days ini the year. For TI-ose Folks Not Familiar ,With Farm Prices By V. S. Milburn in the Rural îourly wage for builders' la- i III 1 FOR RENIT Large office ln Jubilee Building on King Street, West; available May 3lst; heated; long lease if desired. Apply N. J. SCOTT Brookdaie-Kingsway Nurseries Bowmanviile, Ont. Fast, ane-day service. No bankable secutity needcd. Requirernents are easy to meet. "Right.away" loans for any good reason. More men and women borrow from HFC dmai sny other cornpany in its field. Phone or corne in $50 t0 $1000 today fora fast, friendly loan onyourown signature IIOUSEHO[D FINANCE 11 V2a Slmcoe St.South, second floor, phone Oshawa 5. 1139 OSHAWA, ONT. PONT ROPS INAUCHs 71 Walten Si., 2nd floor, phono G0O 10OTOIfKNloDà il THMEN qHERE's YOUR CHANCîd' MO W11N A 14EW Oaoe Brothers 30"1 ANE'**FREE By purchasing a new Clare Brothers Hecla Furnace betwcem now and July 3lst, you mnay win a famnous Clare Brothm Jewel 30' Range for nothingl To take advantage of Clav Brothers IOth Anniversary offer: Se us. Buy the Clare Brothme Irace most suited to your needs. Then, before Decembeu, 31, 1954 write and tell Clare Brothers what you liked beut about it. If your letter is the best r=cived you wiII win a naw Clare Brothers 30' Range... gas or eIectri ... absolutely fret BEE US FOR COMPLETE FURNACE CONTEST DETAILS ..and remember: this is an unusual contest becaus. 1. There is a separate prize for every Province. 2. 'You compete only with those people wbo have bougEaI à Clare Brothers Hecla Furnace between now and July 31àt in pour Province 1 L. A. Parker & Sons King Street East Phone 651 IN TIME FOR FATHER'S DAY. Men 's A utomatic Wafches " Gold-filled Case " Gold Expansion Bracelet " Sweep Second Hand " Moistureproof and Dustproof " Completely Automatic - No Windlng REGU14R $61.95 only s49 qs IOTHER FATHER'S DAY SUGGESTION $ý IElectrlc Shavers - Lighters - Tie Bar Sets - Waliets - Rings' L and many other fine giftt HOOPER'S JoweII.vy and Gif t, Shop Phone 747 King St.> W. Powell River (B.C.) News It seeme strange ta tind in these enlightened days there is stili a fairly large number of people who fail ta distinguish between the function of the news and editorial columna of " newspaper. As a resuit, because We carry " news story in which some persan or organization takes a stand either for or against some project, it is often assumed the paper shares the same opinion, an assumption which may be completely Incorrect. The news columns of th~e pa- per are reserved for reports of Interest ta people of the district. In these columns, every effort is made ta confine reports toaa chronicle af actual happenings, regardless ai the policy ai the newspaper, the opinions of the person writing the story or of the editor or publisher. Oiten to, there are people inquiring as ta the cost of hav- ing certain items of news pub- lished. Not only is the publica- tion of items free, but space in the news columns cannot be purchased. People who have something bey wish ta have publicized which is flot regarded by the editor as news are referred ta the advertising department. And, if they wish their adver-1 sement in the form ai a "read-i r" then it is clearly labelled "Advt" Sa that readers will know it is not ant unblased re- aort by the paper. On the other hand, the opin- >ns af the paper and its policy1 are expressedl on the editorial1 )age. Here again, there is con-1 i d e r a b 1 e misunderstanding( ibout how the policy af a news-1 Prudent folk who want the best avail- able in social security know that to get it they must look not to government but rather to private enterprise. Don't grumbie too much about your Income tax. The government may get the idea of taxing you on what you think you are worth.-Chatham News. Dominion Bureau of Stati.stics reports at the begining of 1954 the population of Canadian penitentiaries, gaols, reforma- tories and training schools had risen to an ali-time peak of 16,383. Is such a depior- able record due to iack of education, religious teaching or iack of parental example and discipline? Her e's a pleasant thought we came across ln our reading this week: Great wealth and diversity of value are released to us by poetry and music. Poetry is life enhanced by imagination; music is lif. transformed by magic. Poetry and music can widen infinitely the one life each person miust be content with. Education is essentially a thing of the spirit. It is the responsive heart and the skilled hand. It is the quickened mind and the healthy body. It is the creative unfolding of the human life. It is the stuff from which come competent parents and responsible citizens. In its essential expression education has a fundamental spiritual quality.-Don A. Qrton. Planned economy may sound grand on the surface. The C.C.F. Government in Saskatchewan found out the - hard way that in actual operation it is far from "pie in the sky." Premier Douglas' ventures show seven of the 18 publicly-owned enterprises launched in 1945-46- have £.tablichd 1854 with which .Laprtd Tb» aowmanvill. News, . ecxt Idpdn anid 7h. Orono News 1Oth Year af Continuous Servce to the Town, ol Bowmanvillie and Durham.. Coany AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUESCRWPTON RATES 44.00 a Yomr. atrctly in cdvac $5.00 a Yomr ln th United Statue 1PubUabed by THE JAMES PUBLLSMG COMPANY EOWManvlfl., Outarlo ALuthold ce SeUonmd Cq c romt OMMe DUpotuqta" GEO. W. AMES. ENTOS paper la tormed. The policy of a newspaper an any particular question does not ai necessity reflect the personal views ai cîther the publisher, editor or any other member ai the staff. Rather, it is drafted by an impersonal viewing ai the question involved by several people ta decide what stand is best in the community interest and could quit. canceivably nat coincide with the personal viewpaint ai any ai those who chart the newspapers' stand. This is not a probleus which faces daily papers ta the same extent it doca weeklies. On the larger papers, editorial writers are an anonymous body of workers and readers are not so inclined ta credit opinions ta an individual. In smaller com- munities served by weekly pa- pers, however, where the per- sonnel ai the paper is known ta the bulk ai the readers, there is a natural inclination tn accept editorial opinions as be- ing those ai the writer whose identity is known. It would be unnatural If we were always right in aur opin- ion or if aur point ai view was always acceptable ta everyone. On either count, we don't ex- pect ta hit anywhere near a per- fect average. In order that a balance may be struck, aur cal- umns are always open ta those Who wlsh ta write and disagre. with us. We do, lu fact, welcome apposing opinions since there will always be differences ai opinion and it makes for a healthy situation when mcem- bers af the community are fui- [y informed ai bath sides ai any1 contraversial issue by which it as te- es already been shut down. Furthermore,; of March 31 iast, deficits on these stati owned enterprises were averaging iossi of $1,639,200 annually. Did you see where Dr. J. P. Robb of Montreal recommends that nurses be com- pelled ta wear black flowing gowns ta, make them look iess attractive and thus iess likely ta get married? "Doc", yau're ail wet and well named if you wouid really rab nurses of their birthright. Imagine nurses wearing black unifarms! Patients would likely take them for advance agents for undertakers. Before the guards catch up with you, Dr. Robb, you'd better con- suit a psychoiogist, is aur advice ta yau. The C.C.F. sentimentalists'are doing everything possible in their super social- istic tendencies to raise a generation of "softies." As an instance of this attitude at their convention recentiy they passed a resolution that the Federai Government should grant youths leaving school full unempl'oyment insurance benefits tili they fnd work. Now wouldn't that be a fine how-do-'you-do ta encourage and perpet- uate such lazy hounds to avoid seeking a job? A Saskatchewan paper reports thal at a farewell party for one of the local citizens, they played something differen' -"snap" and "old maid"-and enjoyec the evening. The item reminded us of a day many years ago when we kids were playing poker with matches in the kitcher one afternoon. Former editor, the iate M. A. James, a strict disciplihgrian iu sucli matters, surprised- us. Wittiout a quiver, each of us scooped up the matches and with one accord, yelled "snap". It may have been subterfuge, but we liked it better than the woodshed. Government by Decree Ta the vast mai ority of Canadiaus the nation of government by decree is repug- nant and distasteful. That 15 why there in such general acclaim at the dropplug by the Federai Government of the Emerg- ency Powers Act. This legisiation, which conferred arbitrary power upon the cabinet ta rule by order-in-council without regard for Parliameut, la ta be ailowed ta expire on June 1. Under the Emergeucy Powers Act the cabinet is empowered tarniake by order- In-council whatever rules and arders may be deemed necessary 'for the security, defence, peace, order and welf are of Canada". The discretion thus cont erred ta govern by decree, although exercised with moderation by the present Govern- ment, has none the iess been absalute. That the Emergency Powers Act shouid now be allowed ta expire and sovereignty be restored ta Parliament is both approprigte and duuiab& 'v - - .- v- -<v. - Advocates the Woodshed Treatment Observations and Opinions* bour at 45 cents per hour: 1i pound round steak,, 38.4 minutes. 1 dozen eg& 65.2 minutes. 1 quart milk, 15.9 minutes. 1 Pound butter, 43.5 minutes. 1 pound bread, 8.9 minutes. In March, 1954, wlth the hourly wage for builders' la- bour at $1.20 per hour. 1 pound round steak, 29.0 minutes. 1 dozen eggs, 27.5 minutes. 1 quart milk, 11.0 minutes. 1 pound butter, 33.5 minutes. 1 pound bread, 6.5 minutes. These figures indicate that farmers' returns are out of line with consumer purchasing pow- er. Those who frequently com- plain ýabout the price of farm products would be less inclined ta do so, we believe, if they1 would. take time to comnare agrieultural returna wlth those of 'other sections of our econ- omy. Most of us don't trust people eor two reasons. First, because we don't know them, and sec- Pàlttu TfftmsDAT, MM im 1*4 1 1 1- 1 In pto-oertoreuoiin hl l y spte ierfnoulopiniond cithl y insmeaau oo r ownand L ctyo iindthat foaricers are toaigha lothafrmersaren comn a lotheainnerecenti coments by th etinsraifi-h j nanc treval ithat rtrshow ah Agcltural lndstr se fh groups have advanced. There are several obvijous reasans for the present state of iarm income. Agriculture bais not been able ta recapture ex- port markets lost during the iast several yehrs thraugh embar- goes and inabllty ta trade b.- cause ai currcncy discrepancies. Although home cansumptian has increased ln many af aur agricultural products, prices have declined as indîcated in figures released on the cost ai living index. As producers ai food, the Items which have borne the major portion ai thc decline in the cost of living in- dex, farmers find themselves in a less favourable position than their urban friends. Furthcr proof ai the tact that agricultural prices have declin- ed while consumer purchasing power has advanced, can be found ln the following figures indicating the number ai min- utes ai a builders' labour that were required ta purchase cer- tain food itemns in the years 1901, 1940 and ln March, 1954. Iu November, 1901, wlth the hourly wage rate af builders' labour at 23 cents per hour, minutes of labour rcquired for: 1 pound rtund steak, 41.7 minutes. 1 dozen eggs, 52.2 minutes. 1 quart milk, 15.7 minutes. 1 pound butter, 73.1 minutes. 1 paund bread, 7.8 minutes. In November, 1940, with the THE C"ADIAN STATISMAN ROWMANVMLE nNTAlRln 4 Il'e Slalom.. Ssii Ai Following Stores Trull's Store, CoýirtfCe Strong's Store, Port Hlope Reg. Edmund's Store, Betbny Johnson's Drug Store. NewcasU. T. Enwright, Newcastle S. Brown, Newtanvulle C.' Pethick, Ennisklllen T. M. Siemon. Ennlskillex P. L. Byam. Tyran. G. A. Barran, Hampton A. E. Ribey, Burketon H. T. Saywell, Blackstaec Keith Bradley, Pontypool C. B. Tyrreli, Orano H. K. Reynolds. Kendai~ Gilbert Food Market, Mil]br Henderson's Book Store, utI - Bowmanvllle- R. P. Rickaby - "Big 20» W. J. Berry Howes Smoke Shape Jury & Loveg). Elgie *Harpden'sHnypu D. Leo Dolaji il a Good Word