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PAGE TWO EDJI ORlALS A New Year's Resolution for Farm Groups At this tine of year, rnany people complete lengthy- addresses made by the spend some energry preparing New Year's president of their respectiv' raiztos resolutions for the coming twelve months. May we makeit quite cleàr that our Usually, these take the form of corrective upsinlfnoarsfrmsae rneasures tb existing conditions which puoen f, inofar as frmers areit have flot been found satisfactory. acontsefrned, i flot b become puity Mýight we suggest that farm organiza-agentsefor their mbting organizaonspech tions in Ontario might be well advised to W eottermeig n hi peh consdertheresoutin: We es as we feel they sbould be reported. We reslverte do llowing eouin welcome reports from their press secre- reslv todoeverything in our power to taries or pubîicity agents, but alwaYs amalgamate the Federation of Agriculture reserve the right to put them in the paper, and the Farmers' Union int one strong leave them out or use as much or littie organization for the betterment of agi- as we think they menit or we have space culture in Ontario". ta accommodate. One complaint wvas in It bas been our experience that the tact a compliment, when a representative majority of bbheniembers of bath organiza- suggested farmers would read the publicity tions with whomn we have talked agree that material in our paper but wouldn't sec il sucb an amalgamation would be of great in their.fàrm journals. Our aum is to belp benefit. At present, leaders of the newer farmers in any way we can. That is why group in *Ontario, the Farmners' Union, we publish articles on farming which we spcnd a portion of almost every speecc believe will be helpful. Possibly. farmers discounting their opposite numbers in the read that news because wc have beée Federation. In contrast, but just as selective in choosing il. Ineffective in solving farmn problenis, lead- ers of the Federation to date have been The lime is ripe, in our opinion, for working on a policy of ignoring this young some effort eithen at the grass roots level upstart xvhich bas'been gnawing away at or the top to bring these bwo active organ- their membcrship, apparently feeling that izations bogether and stop this useless it may go away. bickering. Our Yelverton correspondent, Peculiarly, some of this animosity Harvey Malcolm, put it clearly in bis camne to light in aur office recently, when column recently whcn he suggestcd such on different occasions, high-ranking mcm- an amalgamation would tic farmers bers of both groups complained that wc together in one closcly knit parent organ- weren't giving theni as much publicity as ization which would relay one unified we should. Both seemed to feel the other expression of opinion to provincial and grotýip was bcing beter treated by us from federal authorities. a publicity point of view than thc other. What better time to start such a move- Each felt we should have published the ment than aI the first of a ncw year? Com mon Misconceptions of Ontario Traff ic Laws 1. The driver on the right always bas the right of way et an intersection. Thab's incorrect. The Ontario law stabes that it î Is only when two cars approach or enter the intersection from different directions et approximately the same lime that the righb of way rule applies. If the driver on the left has prior entry to the intersection, asse. he bas the rigbt of way. t ge 2. Cars have the right of way over Sp pedestrians et intersections where there are no traffic lights. No, yet too many drivrs apar tyahn trvelng nTe a Iateection. On t ly artly crorrectk. Ontario law says you have bo stop whien- eVer a school bus stops no matter in which iircction you're driving. 4You don't bave to stop on amber when a traffie signal is changing from ai green to red. Wrong. Ontario law says un that approaching traffic must stop as soon rec. us the light turns amber unless bbe car cannot be broughîta a stop in safety before entering bbe intersection. You can pro- cced on amber "cautious]v" if you" can't stop with safety. But if you can't stop witb safety, chances are yau're drîving too fast. 5. You cen niake a turn any time as long as you signal. Not so. To make a turn, you bave to be in the proper lane and you shaîl not burn wben such a manocuver would interfere with othen traffic properly using the higbway. 6. You can pass any time as long as you sce an opcning. Wrong. The law says you shall nat pass unless the road in front of, and ta the left of, the car abead is free of traffic and no anc is ovcrtaking you. It is permissibie ta pass on the right only whcn the overtaken vebicle is making a left turn. You sbouldn't pass at ail when appraaching the crest of a grade, upon a curve on the bighway or within 100 feet of a bridge, viad uct or tunnel or railway crossing. 7. Cars niust watch out for pedestrians walking on the roadway. While that's a good idea, bhe Ontario Iaw says that a pedestrian shahl walk on the lefI side of the road, when practical, where no side- walk is provided. A driver must al-ways prove that he was not negligent if his car strikes a pedestnian. 8. Bicycles are flot subjcct to traffic law. Not s-~ Bicycles must obey the same laws as drivers of motor veiceles. -Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company The Fou rth- Estate The wise old saying about neyer miss- Ing the water until the well runs dry is as truc as ever it was. Canada being one of the distinct minority of countries which has always had a truly "free" press, the failure of most of us to value il as we should is perhaps understandable. » o that we all underestimate the role oftepress. Some of our newer citizens, for example, know what il is like ta live under a regime wherc the only publica- tions permnitted are those (carefullv censor- ed) which make daily and craven obeisance before the all-powcrful state. More than ever before, the newspaper of today is a vital guardian of the people's liberties. It is, granted, a daily or weekly compendium of events and an important means of communication as between seller and buyer. But that is not the end of the story by any means. In a thousand and ane ways it can speak for what it deems the public interest, though ils first concern must always be to inform ils readers, objectively and with f uli regard for truth. It must remain at al times impervious alike to flattery or pressure, whatever the source. A Chicago ncwspaper, after weeks of careful inquiry, recently exposed a major scanda] involving the wholesale embezzle- nient of public funds by important public Taxes Bi Taxes by barter fs the interesting suggestion of the editor of The Sudbury JJaily Star. The editor first notes the fact Etoblih.d 1854 with whicb -a incorporated rh.e ovmasnville News. The. Nwcastle Iad&endenl and The Orono News iO2nd Yeai ci Continuous Service ta the rown of Bowmanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER CI % SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 ci Year, trcly in *dvanec. $5.00 aYo in the Unted States Authorîz.d as Second Cas. Mai] Poff Office Depariment, Ottawa puilshed cy TH-fE JAMES PUBLISIIING COMPANY Bowmanvîl, Ontario GEQ. W. JAMES. EnîToR officiais. lb bad no axe to gcrind but Ibel of bbc public interest. iBut for its efforts millions more of bbc texpayers' dollars migbt have been lost. The malefectors, indeed, migbt vellhbave esceped detection altogether so ingeniaus wvas their mebhod. Elscwberc in bhc world there have been numerous other sucb exemples of the frnec press bringin-g tb hîght corruption in high places. Little wonder that ib is the f irst institution ta be muzzlcd when dic- bators bake over' The dramatie developments of bbc pest few wecks have sbown, boo,bow dependent wc are on bbc "on-bbc-spot" ncwsman for e factuel eccount of events as tbey beppen. Tbis is fer from elways bcing thc easy operation il may sccm. In Hungary recently, such men werc equel ta the finest traditions of thein craft. "The newvs must gel bbrougb" wes tbeir mata and get bhrough they did. A num- ber of correspondents and photographers were injurcd in bbc process, and ance t leest dicd getbing in bbc wey of e bail of Russian bullets. These men, tao, werc berocs, bhougb bbev would pooh-pooh the description. Buithbbnks ta their work, wc are.not likcl v ever egain ta been e single free citizen of any free country sa-v that mavbe there is " dsomething la be seid"' for thc reeime ivhich did Ibis foui thing.-"Industry". ýy Barter thet an Englisb carl bas bended a valuebie painting la Britein's National Gallery and received ea tex credil amounbîrtg ta neenly $225,000. The carl, bowcvcr, lost on the dcai, for thé painting could have been sold on tbc open market for $350,000. The payment of taxes by barter raises intniguing possîbihities in tbe mind of tbe Sudbury editor. Among other bhings he suggests: "In tbis do-it-vourself ace there is wvide apportunity for taxpayers ta mccl thein obligations througb the barber of their bandicraft work. Let us consider wheelbarrowvs' Evcry public works deparîment uses a lot of wheelbarnows. A do-it-vourself texpaven could build a numbýer of wheelberx-ows for Ille public1 works depertmcnt and have the value crcdited ta bis tex account. "A municipelitv f inds ibself in a bit of a jam with iUs accounitency. A muni- ripai officia i could get in touch w\ith ail accouintant in afi-ezirs \v.-ti I is taxes. oflt-r hiim pazt-iime wô-rk 0 ,hel) ouI and credit his work a'ainsî bis tax arcears. Theî-e arc viidlcs os iiiisfoi- tex pavients by the barter systcm of goods or services. ý i 1 TEE CA2~ADYM~ ~TATESMAN. BOWMANV!LLE. ONTAJUO Prom The. Statesman Mies 25 YEARS AGO <1931) About 20 relatives helped Mr. F. N. Stevens celebrate his 88th annivensany. B.H.S. football teamn were guests o! Manager T. C. Ross et the Royal Theatre for the pic- bure "The Spirit of Notre Dame". Rev. W. J. Todd, ministen o! St. A n drnew's Prcsbyterian Chunch, was clectcd president o! the Bowmanville Ministenial As- sociation. Running for election in town were, for Mayor, W. H. Car- ruthers, Reeve for the past two '-cars, and Gea. W. James; for iReeve, W. L. Elliott and Thos. H. Lockhart: for Council, Rev. John W. Bunnex-, C. S. Haliman, R. 0. Jones, Sid Little, W. J. Mantyn, Coi. L. T. McLaughlin, Neil Mutton, W. G. Nelles, W. Ross Stnike. Boar's Head procession was a featune at the sixth annuel IChristmas dinner aI the Boys' Training School. Candles gave the only light in the hall as choir boys in surplces filed in singing canols and boys dressed as monks followed. Miss Mary Spencer, deughter o! Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Spencer, won a beautiful, electricaiiy lighted doll's house in a contest conducted by Jury & Lovell. Newtonville-A shower was held for Miss Evelyn Lancaster who on Doc. 16 became the bride o! Mn. Samuel Butter. Hampton-Skating was good an the pond xith about 40 young people ini atiendance. 66 YEARS AGO (1890> The issue of Dec. 24 carried1 pictures af Boxvmanx'ille Public and High Schools, thnse on the( building committees, and somne- thing o! thc history o! the schools in town. Officiel open- ing o! the new buildings was held on Dcc. 12. Mn. John Lyle wàs chairman o! the Public Schooi Board, Mn. J. B. Fairbairn af the High School. The aid Union School burned down in 1887. Dr. John Hoskin took part in apening. Candidates for Entrence Ex- aminations were requcsted ta bning thein copy books as well as their drawing books. Mn. and Mrs. Richard Osborne of Clarke entertained the Meth- odist Choir et a honey social in their home. Ex-Mayor and Mrs. John K. Galbraith cntertaîncd Town Council and Wflicials et a ban- quet in their residence. Hampton-Miss Ada Clark, organîst, was pnesented with a purse of money by the choir, xvith Miss M. J. Eliiott reading the eddress. Mayor Allen, Reeve Prowcr and Deputy-Rceve Edsaii wenc electcd by acclamation in Danl- ingtan. Thos. Small was re- elccted Reeve., Among Bowmanvilie boys who came home for Christmas xvere John Robinsoni, W. Hellyar, W. Kerr, Chas. Baskenviiie, W. Lockhart, Harry Keith and Wes Percy. A Court o! Independent Orden of Fonesters was opened in Bow- manville. Among officers were: J. Lyle, D. Burke Simpson, J. D. Keechie, R. Beith, E. R. Boun- sali, S. H. Reynolds, F. Morris. Orono-Byron Bowen ilf for New York where he entex-ed the empioy o! Mn. Webbcn, one of the largest neteil butchers on the &ln .,te 8cttor siNail Lethbridge, Alberta, the Circus tent until lhe had lo- 1December 13, 1956 cated the most corpulent man The Canadian Statesman, present, and then proceeded to IB owmanville, Ont. sniff excitedly at him. It wasn't Dear Sirs,- until the awful moment hadl I a enlosng n E. Mneypassed, and the King of Beasts enclsinghad been led back to his cage. ire inm n x Monen fr y 57'ad so aed as o e tl Statesman. From your last issue w-as the most docile of animais rdser in a ymentfr m 157tht t aGesoergthtei W. J.i ofndto hospital for andoo îed sts! ams which I arn very sorry. Please convey 10 him my sincere sym- Fritz, as can be imagined, is pathy and trust that he wiil taking some time 10 acclimatize soon be fully recovered and himself to the rather marked a ble 10 take over again his du- change of tempo in our dail 'y tics as senior editor of the pa living, as compared with that per. t h of the North, although he is un- Als tothestaff of the States- doubtedly benefitting from the manmv ish or ver Ha rest. As you know, Jamaican man mywis fr aver Hppy life proceeds at a far slàwer pace ChrisLmas. than that to which you are ac- Yours Sincerely, customed, and il has become T. H. McCready something of a standing joke with Fritz. This will surely 9, Kingsway, amuse you: Fritz brought his Haif Way Tree, electric shaver down, plugged it Jamaica, B.W.I. in and commenced to shax'e but December 17, 1956, discovered that it would work Dear Mr. and Mrs. James: onlv half as fast as it does in First, let me express th e hope ICanada, and took twice as long of us both that Mr. James is now t shave, as a resuit. Outraged, quite recovered and looking for- h le shouted, "But no! I always xvard to spending a jolly Christ- heard that everything goes slow- Mas at home with his farnily. er in Jamaica, but now even my 0f course, there are indications shaver gets ]azy and won't work! that the calorie intake will hav'e This is too much!"' Fortunately, to, be somnewhat less this year, I remembered that while we, in but there are compensations! Bowmianville, are on 60 cycles, Fritz and 1 arrived safely afler in this part of Jamaica we are on two Most comfortable flights, 40. and I pointed this out as and it is simPlY marvellous to- naturally bringing about this be able 10 go about in a mini- sceming phenomenon. Really, imum of clothing (decent neyer- Jamaîca isn't that bad! theless:) and soak up ail the This morning Fritz took out su nshine. The sun secms to be a driver's licence because (and shining specialx- brilliant1v for this is just like hin) lie hates Lis and %-e have heard il said by 1 sitting inactive in the back of more than one person that thé the car while the chauffeur rnonth of December has, so far, drives. The man can therefore heen the warmnest of the entirei look forward to quite a pcriod, vear. Couldn't be better. of inactivitx', himseif. to which Apart from the rnaniv shows., he wilI, of course, not be exact- concerts and dances which we' ]y averse. Wle hope to tour the Plan to attend over the season, island after Christmas, with there is the grand Brazilianj Fritz at the wheel, for he is able Circus which opens up shorly taNt find his wav about amazingly at the Park n Kingston. Bojok- VVll ii»ýS w i l be\t-r 'rv heav v Mummy and DaddY join uis in ko.and %ve hop)e to be in the wvîshing * ou the verx- best that first rush. 1 nix hope no lions1 Christmas can brîng. and everyl or other siich beilst- escape ihiz happiness in flhc New Year. See i iie, as hanprened aitbhe ]; ',ou flCxt year. Circui; The grecat big crrature, Sîncerel',- Ncgus by name, wandered aboui' Betty Marti. There is no such thing as a finm retail price tag on Christ- mas trees anywhere. This statement is made on the authority af Wilfred Rich- ardson o! the Orono-Pontypool district, anc af the biggest Christmas trce farmens in On- tario. Whil-e, as Mn. Richardson says, retail pnices in the sale o! the evergreens fluctuate, "The plantation owncr's price to the reteil lot man remains steady ta ail. The basic pnice of e num- ber onc tree is $1.75, a numben Iwo tree $1.25. These trees will reteil as high as $7.50 and $5,00, respectively, depending onl whcne the retail sale lot is la- cated." Some of the realx- large trees go fan as high as $20 each.j Unlike nationally advertisedi brand products like a can of ponk and beans on a lin of sar- 4 dines which can be counted~ on ta retail with no more fluc- tuation than perhaps a Wl of cents in any Ontario com- munity, Christmas tree shoppers ps1y xvhatever the traffic xviii bean in thein own particular city, town or village. Business Is Good "The Christmas tree business is good this ycar," contends Mn. Richardson. -Gond as il Oas been cvery ycar in the post war era." How-ever, he pninted out that although Canadian plan- tation owner prices liad remain- cd at the top level, when deal- ing with Canadian buyers. they were taking a bcating in selling to U.S. buyers who pay thc Canedian price but nayoff i U.S. dollars, prcscntly aI an average discount af 3 ta 4 per cent and has cost the Can adianj Lree grower as much as 4.25 per cent. That doesn't sound like much in terms of a single buck.1 But when the sums involve1 thousands of dollars il spirals 10 a considenable figure. Mn. Richardson's big market is in Windsor, London, Brant- ford, Hamilton, Toronto, Belle-t ville and Kingston, across the mie he daes a tremendous trep business with huyers in Detroit, ~levcland and Buffalo. When ion or' the part aI hundrcds o! the cheques corne back frn the U.S. merchants they read $1.75 for eech numben anc tnee, whatever the quantity ondcred. 'But when he takes the U.S. cheque ta the bank bhey credit his account lcss the 3 or 4 per cent discount. In some cases, Mr. Richardson hes hed ta ab- sorb as high as fine cents per Ince on a whole shipment o! No. 1 evengreen beauties. What il bouls down to is this. When he deposits e U.S. cheque for $ 1,000, he is acutciy ewere of being light 30 ta 40 dollars in the old hip pockct, meybe more. Reasons For Prices But gctting back ta Mr. and Mrs. Christmas tree shoppen. 1You shouldn't wander around et this cheery season giving the Christmas tree lot operator the look. There are reasons why a $7.50 tree wiil give yau the brush off if you want ta pay less yeî the same tnee else- where wili let you carry il home for five bucks. One of the several reasans ac- coun'ing for the price spnead in diffrent districts is the cýost spread of temporanily renting lots for e two on three-week stnetch at what Is an expensive lime o! year, anyway. Cost o! renting lots can even vany sub- stantially urith in a few blocks af each other, meking the same trees. occupying higher rentai locations, netail at a highen fig- ure. Anoihe- reason is the highly speculative nature of the yuie- time trce business. Aften ait, there is no money back an un- sold Christmas trees from the nlaîî'ation farmers. And if the lot man, stuck with a couple o! hun-dred left over trees, tricd to run a bargain sale, the day îiften Sante Claus had venished for anothen year, ane could bel the -bonus cheque on the affair to be strictly a îlop, unequeiled in the financial and business xvoî-d since the 1929 stockt market crash oid timers stili talk about Pride of Possession Stili anothen equaiiy impor-î tant reason is pnide of possess- individuals living in any coni- munity. They help keep the price up. To'these folks the re- ward com s with the pride and pleasuýre watching their kid- dies awaMi with the break of the Chrgînias dawn and with eyes bigfas îwin sunis gaze zap- turously at the finest Chrirtmas tree in the land. A glorious, God-grown, tree abla7e with multi - colored lights, sugar snow cuddled in its boranches and laden with Christmas pres- ents froni me and pe. family and friends. The littie extras and red and white candy canes clirnbing high 10 the star crown- eci top. .What does a dollar or twa malter for a thrill like Iht- a thrill which cornes but once a year. Approximately over 16,000,- 000 young trees of various var- leties were cul this season with cutters making $10, $20 and as high as $40 a day, in some dis- tricts. The domesîic market re- meined level during the pasî few years. But the exporî de- miand, principally from the U.S., spiralling to 13,000 pines, has boomed the total "take" into national industry of smt over $8,000,000. smti 1SPrayed Trees Poplr Reports from retailers indi- cae a growing populrity of tres sprayed with compounds other shades then the naturel green. In some cases,-the spray- ing helps fireproof the majestic evergreen and preserve the needles aller they dry out. Provincial governments are taking more and more mnterest as the industry grows. Quebec boasts a restocking prograni geared ta produce 5,500,000 trees each year. Ontario officiels fig. ure that 15,000,000 Scotch pine seedlings were planted this year. AhÏ this breeds a wonderfui feeling o! certainty for the fu- ture. Little children are flot go- ing 10 run out of their Iordly Christmas pines in Canada for years ta come-Times Gazette. ELIZABETH VILLE (Intended for last week) The W.A. meeting was on Wednesday at Mrs. Clarence Mercer's. Mrs. McAllister, our president, read a Christmas story. Mrs. Ken Trew took charge of the missionary part with carols and reedings from. Matthew. Election o! officers was held and the following elected: President, Mrs. Ken Trew; Vice president, Mrs. Vernon Pea- cock; Mrs. Howard White, mis- sionary convenor; M.rs. IL Thickson, Sec-Treasurer; Mrs. C. Mercer, pienisî and Mrs. Mc- Allister, assistent. The meeting was closed with the Mizpah benediclion follow- ed by lunch. The young folk gethered at Mrs. H. Muldrew's bo prepare e dialogue for thge Chr.ist as concert. Misses Beryl and Darl ' à Thickson spent part cf rFnl y and Seturday with their sis r, Miss June Thickson, R.N., Ta- ronto. Misses Dareen and Hannah Aibin of Crooked Creek vlslted with Miss Beryl Thickson Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Fafl. and daughters and Mr. Fred Fellis, Millbrook, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Beatty. Mr. and Mrs. C. Beatty, Mns. H. Smith and Mr. H. Sheppard attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Thomas Falls at Bowman- ville yesterday. The TV bug has struck the village with four new ones the last week. Mr. and Mrs. McAl- lister, Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, Mr'. and Mrs. R. White and Mn. and Mrs. K. Trew. Mr. and Mrs. H. Thickson took their three grandchildren, Garry, Ken end Nancy Fowler 10 Toronto Saturday afternoon ta sec the store windows, San- ta, and for a train ride. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beat- ty visited with Miss Mauld Embarra55 ment? I i f j' I I y Conservative THE CAIqADTAlq STATESMAN. BO'ÇMANVffýLE. ONTAIUO TMMSDAT, DEC. 2Tth, 1956 1n th DimNo Firm Retail Pàrice and On Christmas Trees Distant Past ISays Durham Grower jýiwrj