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PAGE TOUR ¶'WU I!AWATITAV ~'l'A'I'V~MAW UOWAIIVWI.U flWPAU1v~ -- -------. --------~. - --- ------ TIIUIWDAY, APEIL aOth, issu EDITORIALS What's Wrong with the Reporters. In our Letters te the Editor Coluinn this week, a Senior Citizen from Port Hope asks what is wrong with the report- ers of this district who have flot ie fied the peo ple cf what is gomng on. Appar- ently, ber complaint concerns recent actions inu Hope Township where a sub- division control by-law startled the populace wben a few of theni realized the ipact cf its rulings and restrictions. She is aise upset about high school and bus- iness matters. Lady, please don't blame the report- ers, blame yourself and your fellow cit- izens. The newspapers in Durham County, including our own, have reported events faithfully and accurately, including many discussions on high scbool matters. Un- fortunately, nuany citizens, like yourself, paid little attention te those reports and editorials. They preferred te ignore their civic duty and responsibility while sitting contentedly at home, letting someone else - the newspapers and municipal officials - handie their affairs. Public apathy is the term most popularly used to describe this shifting of personal responsibility to someone else's shoulders. Meanwhile, your elected and hired representatives have been carrying on your business in a manner with which you don't agree. They have been over- whelmed by a group that appears te be sweeping the country - the prof essional plaiuners and others at high level who, for a price, have accepted the responsibility you passed along te them. Everytbing now basto be zened, restnicted and laid out on a map in conformity with growth e atterns, possible population shifts, etc. eople are being shoved around on the advice cf paid outsiders wbo cdaim they know what is right for us. Municipal officiais, tôo busy with their own civic and personal problems have accepted the trend as inevitable. A few years from now, unless things change, private citizens will wonder tee late wbat bas bappened te their freedom. Fortunately, some seemn te have awakened already to the danger and are taking stcps te overcome it. In school matt.ers, it is the sanie prob- lent Most cf us bave been asleep for so long that we bave almeet, but net quite, abrogated our persenal rigbt te bave any say in the education of our cbildren or the conduct of our sehools. Wben, suddenly, we feel something is wrong and try te do something about it, is it any wonder that those who have bad almost full control resent the intenference and look down at us as ignorant bumpkins who have ne right te complain. Anyone who challenges authority these days at any level is a nuisance. He doesn't fit into the pattern cf conformity and there is nothing worse in our society than a rebel who dares te, have an opinion of bis own. We've brougbt this condition on ourselves, but it is not tee late te do something about it. You think yeu bave trouble in Hope Township alone? Not for a minute, prac- tically every other municipality in the county is in the same fix, and our bigh and public school situation is in tunmoil. Clarke votes next week for the second time on two new public schools. Darling- ton and Bowmahville are trying te with- draw from the bigh school district. Our Chief of Police is threatening court action against those who don't control their dogs and cats. Our Public Works head is going te do the sanie te those wbose garbage cans are tee big or whose garbage isn't wrapped propenly. It seenis te us that it is about time we citizens quit passing the buck of responsi- bility te someone else's shoulders and assurned more cf it ourselves wbile we stiil have the right te forni an opinion and express it openly. Otberwise, we should be content to creep into our sheli and let someone else with complete authority run our lives, our business, oui' echools and our country. Few citizens cf this district appear te be aware cf an announcement which came late last week - and which may trans- form this area a couple of years from now, into a local Indianapolis Speedway. The announcement was to the effect that 460 acres cf land had been purchased between Pontypool and Orono for a race track wbicb will feature sports cars and motor- cycles. According te our informant wbo appears te have considerable knowledge on the subject, within two years this district will be swarming with hundreds and tbousands cf sports cars and motor- cycles all summer long. The land was purchased by Mosponi Ltd., a, company whose stockholders are niembers of sports car and motorcycle clubs throughout the province. The Brit- ish Empire Motor Club cf Toronto, which pioneered road racing in Ontario, initiated tis particular proect. It will replace a track at Harewood near Sincoe wbich has not been complctely satisfactory. Some activity will start on the track and grounds immediately and there may even be motorcycle seranibles this suni- mer. But, next year a 2% mile paved track will be built, the entire property feruced and the project wil be in full By Ronald Scott W'e were discussing how Parliamen- tary Goverrument works, - that Grade Ten group and I, - in one of the school periods allotted to Civics. During the dis- cussion, the question arose, "Should our Governtnent be, responsible FOR the people, or TO the people?" Although the class agreed that, in Canada at present, the Government work- ed somewhere between these extremes, it split on the question. A few thought that a democratic govermment should surely lay down the rules for social living, and that if we did flot agree with these, we could and should replace it with one which would give us the kind of rules we wanted -Govern-ment responsible TO the people; raost thought that we sent our representa- tives to Ottawa to rule and take care of us -Government responsible FOR the people. The latter attitude is, in service terms, a 'shaker' which we really think about it. Here is a representative group of Teen-agers, raised locally for the most (îe autabiat t >tesnm Establshed 1854 with which is incorporated fi..e Bwmanville News, The Newcastle Independent and The Orono News lO5th Yeor af Confinueus Service ta the Town of Bowmariville and Durham County swing. Later, it is expected the track will be lengthened to about 4% miles with the hope that larger and faster race meets will become a regular feature cf the sum- mer progran-. When the thousands cf spectaters and contestants corne te this area, every bit cf accommodation, both sleeping and eat- ing wil be filled te overflowing and, ne doubt, expansion programs will be requir- ed. Our informant suggested that Bow- manville might well become the main centre or headquarters for the group. It is well situated in relation te the track and, he believed, we might be advised te be prepared for what could be a great economic asset and a tremendous tourist attraction. We, along with all other citizens, shahl await with interest this new and sorne- what unique development here. For a long time we have been looking for corne feature which ceuld attract teurists from other parts cf Canada and the United States. If the sports car race track is the answer which bas been dropped an our lap without much effort on aur part, it will be a welcome addition te our cern- munity. part, who are expecting their Goverment te, look after theni, this before they bave even attempted te support theniselves. How will thcy make eut later on when, as happens te everyone at times, thc geing gets rough? And yct, can we, their eid- ers, blame them for holding this view? De we net feel the same way, basically? When any grcup - agriculture, labour, business, management, yes, even social and church - has real trouble, dees it net tunn te "the Government" for help? How cf ten have our children heard, aven radie, television, and around the dinner table, the grewn-ups complaining when things are net te their liking, "Why doesn't the Governinent - - ?" We persist in making our Government assume more power, al- though we knew, from our widcr exper- ience ai-d our deeper understanding cf the past. .what happens te people who place toc much power in the hands cf the few. Por the gain cf the moment, we are wiiling te endure more state control. iMust we bequeath this, tee, to the ceming generation? Haven't they enough te face already - growing up in very troubled tirnes, Communism, space travel, atomic war wîth its threat cf death te them before they have fully tasted life - with- eut having te live in the regimented at- mosphere of cemplete state control? Can we net let thcm know emphaticaiiy that each cf us is f inally responsible te him- self for what he does with bis own life;- that 'the Government', ourselves, is thus responsîble te us; and that "Why doesn't the Govcrnment - - - V' reaily means "Why don't we - -- V DUTY-AS SEEN BY LINCOLN If I were te try and read, much less answer, ail the attacks made an me, this shop mugit as well be closed for any ether business. I do the very best I know bow-the very best I can, and I mean te keep. doing se until the end& Ii the end brings me eut all rigbt, wbat la said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me eut wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.-Abraham Lincoin. 25 YEAKS AGO May 3, 1934 Mr. Fred Cryderman, chair man ef the Public School Board was the unanimous choice o: the Rotary Club te be Presi. dent for 1934-35. Mr. F. R. Kersiake la havlne thie W. D. Short home on Con. cession Street redecorated preý paratory te occupying same. A dance was hcld to close thi Badminton Club season anc' prier te the dance the consola. tien events teck place. ThE winners were: Men's doubles Duncan Smaith and L. W. Dîp. pel;, Ladies' doubles, MisseE Agnes Vanstone and Mildred Downey; Mixed doubles, Dun. can Smith and Mrs. A. D. Wheeier. Friday evening, April 27th, Mr. and Mrs. E. Passant, King St. E., were pleasantly surpris- ed by about 40 fniends anc ncighbors on the occasion o: their 22nd annivLersary. The Woodstock Sentinel-Re. view contains this interesting comment: "Mr. C. HI. Pethick, for some ycars a popular mem. ber of the Royal Bank staff, Woodstock, left yesterday for Dutton, te which branch he has been transferred. After the devotionai and business meeting o! St. John's A.Y.P.A., Mrn. and Mrs. Geo. Vine, who were recently man- ricd, werc called te the front and a presentation was made, along wîth the hearty congra- tulations and best wishes o! the niembers. A Lakeshore Junuion Base. bail League was formed. Fred R. O'Neil, Port Hope, was elcc- ted president, Mr. Milton J. Elliott, former Mayor o! Bowmanville, was chosen Censervative candidate and Mr. W. J. Bragg M.P.P. wili again contest the seat in the Ontario elections. Tyrone -Fire destroyed the large barn, sheep sheds and dniving shed on the Zorajea poultrY tarn. The farm was fermcnly the hemestead of the MoLaughlin famlly and until a feW Years ago was operated by Col. Lorne T. McLaughlin o! Bowmanvillc. Hampton-Mr. Wallace Hern, Queen's University, arrived home having tinished is term's wonk. Blackstock - Rev. Merrili Ferguson had te undengo an appendix operation in Cadomin, Hospital, Alta. Starkville - MIr. Andrew Jëhnston was fatally kicked by one o! thce'herses he was dlean- ing and gctting ready te go te W<ýk - Thc hardware husi.. ness and stock o! the late J. Henry and Son has been, pur- chased by P. M. Lunn, a former assistant. Mnf. Arthur Manning has gene te Toronto te take a speciai course in acetylene wciding. Kenda~l - Young People's League Met Thursday evcning in charge of the Literary con- vener, Mrs. Evan Quantrili. Miss Margaret Bell gave a reading. The Bowrnanville Rotary Clubs Fathers, Sons and Daught- ers Night was a gala party held on Wednesday evening, April 2lst at the Lions Community Centre. John Morrison, chair- Victory Building, Toronto 24 -4 -59 Sir: Please accept this humble but enthusiastic tribute to the Rev. PL R. f'Ucholson's weekly talk- "Let Us Rejoice". This is an epic masterpiece reminding me of similar superb messages by the Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard of St. Martin's-ini-the-Fjeld, Lon- don, England, with whom 1 ce- operated for mnany years. The message in "Let Us Re- joice," could transform Christi- anitY for the vast majority of Christians. Yes, indeed, "Let us rejoice, it will do us good and inake others happy." Yours faithfully, Gladstone Murray, Dea Eitr, April 27, 1959.t What is wron.g with the re- porters of this district? Why are the people flot informedofcf what Is going on until it is toc late? They must get up in arms ta right the situation? The ratepayers of the sur- rounding townships were flott told of the zoning laws until they were passed and made into laws. Now they are trying to undo ail that is wrong. The parents are upset about conditions at Port Hope Hlgh h School. The merchantsaa something 1* wrong, but they can't saY anything because their t business will be jeopardized! si The parents are afraid if they ti aay anything it will be taken C out on their children! Are we l runnlng a demnocracy or ha this a comnmunism? There la a runior th#j a few et the braveat parents are pro- testing. la this true? Why net ee in the public what is be-, C ing done, if anything? Why uuch 0] fear? h A Sw.ior Citize hg Rotary Kid's Night Burke ton Girl Wins' Lamb - Shaped Cake man of tieclcub's youti com- mittee, was in change cf arrange- ments for thc enjoyable event. Thene were 115 present includ- ing 70 cildren. Gaily coloured balloons were thc decorations tha-oughout the large hall, and festive crackcrs rnarked the places at thc tables. *The Wemen s Auxiliary o! St. John's Anglican Church catered for the delicieus turkey dinner. Mrs. Sutton was thc catcring convenor. A toast te tic young guests was gîven by Mr. Morrison. Margaret Thicsburgcr prepoed a toast te tic fathers. An at- tractive cake, bakcd in tic shape o! a lamb, was presented by tic Ladies' Auxiliary o! St. John's Church with tic requcst that it be given to tic child with tic nearest birthday. Miss M. Grace, the guest o! Rotarian Art Ribey, Bua-keton, was tic fontunate young girl, who received it. Tic cake, £ccd in white, was cevered with white coconut, with eyes and mouth marked with dark frosting. Rex Welters, President efthe Bowmanville Roet ary Club, thanked Mr. Morrisen and his comniittee for ail their work ne- arding the success!ul party. Mn. Morrison, wie la tic Supenin- tendent et tic Ontario Training School for Boys, Bewmanviilc, had two young lads from the school as uis special guests. His own son, who is just oven two years eld, was toc yeung te b. present. The young people were de. Hgted wxth the program. o! en- tertainmcnt. Several amusing notion picture cartoons werc ahown. Tien the ighligit of thie evening, Ted and Marion 3radshaw, Peterboroughi, two weil known magiciens, gave a haii-hour show. It was a dazzling performnance c! sleight-o!-iand and amazing stunts. At tic end of the programn two large nets which had been uspended acrosa tic hall below the cciling were lowered and a cascade of balloons carne tumb- Lng eut. Tiec cildren tien iad Rballoon acrambie. There are two ways te Inter- est a mian or am-use is curiosity. >ne La te tell hlm semneting let he didn't kxxow. Tie othen ýte remind im of semeting ie hu aisrgotten..,A. ZIL M. Gnay. &I ?Joungman 's Colam n. In the Dim and DiLstant Past Prom The. Statuma Film 49 YEARS AGO May 5, 1910 r.Dr. A. S. Tiiley suggests con- 1, verting tic Balmoral Hotel into )f a rcst sanitarium. i. Senator R. Beiti lias seven fie yeung Hückneys trem ii ýg Waverley Stables an exhibition -at tic Ottawa Herse Show tliis *week. Mr. W. B. Couch was eut te- ,e day in search e! thc specklcd d beauties. t.Dr. G. C. Bonoeycastle, presiý. le dent of tic board e! directors 5o! tic Royal College ef Dental .Surgeons o! Ontario, Is attend- i ng tic annual meeting in To- d ran-to. Mn. H. W. Crawford, mana- ger efthti Argyle Steamship Ce., was in tewn makin.g ar- rangements tor thc conting sea- 9son. He informed us tic "Ar- gl hs been thorougily aven- hauled and is now in tirst-class ,fcondition. Alderman F. C. Pctni- ick will again look after tic interests o! thc company in town. Bowmanvile Rifle Associa- tion elccted officers for 1910 as follows: Presidcnt, bMajor W. rC. King; Secrctary, Markus 9Roenx.gk; Treasurer, F. J. Mit- chell; Range Com., C. H. An- 1derson, Lieut. F. H. Marris, F. 9 ill, John Morris, J. B. Mit- chell, Lou Tapson. Lieut. G. J. Rowe and Sergt. F. H. Morris are sclectcd mcmn- bers o! thc Bisley'. team whe go te England in June. Miss Arvilla Cox has retun- cd home atten spending a few weeks witi ici- brother Charlcs at Osceola MiVllîs, Pa. Mrs. C. W. Doncaster and daugiten Elva, Oshawa, have1 been visiting Mvrs. Elgin Wight. Mn. Percy Piper has cern- plctcd hus course in drawing witi Illustrator'. Diploma. Orono--ýMiss Neya, daughtcr O! Mn. an.d Mrs. Tics. Smith, graduating nurse ai Yonkers' Hospital, N. Y., undcrwent an3 operation recently for appen- dicitis.1 Newly clected officers of On- anc Basebali Club anc Hon. Pres., W. Armstrong; Pres., Wes Thornion; Vice-Pres., J. R. Cooper; Sec.-Treas., Dr. N. Col.- 'ville; Capiain, H. Rickaby; j Manager, H. H. Reid.Y Hampton - At tic annuai meeting o! thc W.M.S.* Mrs.f (Rev.) T. H. P. Anderson wase elccted president. A Cradle Roll was !enmed wiih IMrs. S. A. Champion as President. Mrs. T. J. Clarke was appointed treasurer o! special funds. n Tyrone-A langer number o! P ladies than usual werc presentP at tic regular meeting o! tic W-M. S. Ma&s, W. R. Clemens gave an, inienesting account et tic District Convention ai New- castle. Miss Florence Clemensb sang a solo and thc watch tow- C er was well taken up by Mrs. WerrY, Mrs. Curtis and Miss F.b Werry. 'More than 75 per cent of i Canadians have a camera in tic ir lieuse and last yean Canadians st spent $75,000,000 on phategra. a SUGAR and SPICE:- *'Spriag h«u sprung, the graus has riz I amn where tree plant. in« iz". Every year, about this time, we plant open areas, ini the hope that, nome day, nome one will be able to utilize the pro- duet planted today, on non ar- rable land. We sametimes "un- derplant," whieh la a terni meaning to plant a species in an area where there may al- ready be an established buah. which lacks a proper mixture, se we try te provide a more suitable balance by adding the missing species. To be more specific, suppose the existing bush Is of mîxéd hardwoods, and not toc "densç," then we plant white pine, whlch la a falrly telerant tree, and will thrlve in company with other trees providing they re- ceive the proper amount of sunshine and shade. White pine, planted in a white birch stand, will, usual- ly, do pretty well, because the birch provides ideal shade, and 1 often wonder if there id< somethiag cise that helps, bp- cause where there is white birch, there is, usually, white pine, s0 it would seemn that, one complemnents the other. There are many chunks of 070 ÇJ/ie the tarmn lane and tic road- side. We really don't need a !ew deluxe Hydro on Highway sta- tion-wagons and several over- seens in tuis. Ail needcd is a neselve ta revive a custom tiat gave us tie beautiful trecs, now disappearing. R. R. 3, Port Hope, Ontario, Apnil 22, 1959. The Editor, Tic Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ontario. Dean Sir: In youn Apnil l6th issue, con- siderable coverage was given te thc remarks et Mn. Peter Newell concenng tic present state o! agriculture. Whiie ne one can dispute Mn. Newcll's nigit ocfrmec speech, tiene werc seme statements made wiici are appanently bas- cd on mislntormation and whlci require clarification. It Is qulte truc tiat 50% of tic farmens receive 85% and tic rcmaining 50% receive 15% cf tai-m cash income; iowever, it is untrue that canning crop prices are bascd on tic produc- tion capabilities of tic inefficient operater. Prices for canning crops are arrived aititrough annuai negotiations betwcen, re- presentatives o! growers and processors. Boti sîdes are wcll in!ormed as te production cosis, average yiclds, tic stock situa- tion and many otier factors whici govenn the amount pro- cessons can pay ton naw pro- duce. It is a neflection on tic mitel- ligence of oun processor tniends te state ihat thcy are toi-ccd te pay dggovcrmcent sponsored prices"; prices o! canning vege-j tables for instance have chang-t ed veny lutile during thc pastj tirce years in spite o! incncascd i costs o! tai-m production, and ifg these pnices are tooc higi-as Mr.i rNcwell suggests-whcre are tic wealthy tai-mens such, pnices siould produce? Mn. Newcil wondens why ail thle canning factonies are ciosing; tiey arc gcing eut o! business for tic same reason thc small,r ine! ticient tai-mer i5 quitting- thene's no profit in a small op- eration o! any klnd under ta- day's mnass production system. Many o! tic factories closcd are ewned by one company whiich ini its annuai statement woadi, pértlcularly on gcod farina, that dont seem ta be propagating the existing spe- cies, -and have the appearance c f being pastured, which ePrompts the passerby te cogi- tate on what is goin-g te hap- pen when the rernaining few trees reach maturity, and are Lcut down. Wouldn't' it seem te Lbe a wise procedure to consuit a forester, and secure, and plant the needed. species, so as ta Pass on te the next genera- tion, a stand of trees that wculd. utilize the land, and en- hance the scenery, besides add- ing te the selling value of the farm? Any forester is, within rea- senable limits, at your disposai, and happy te assist wlth yeur forest problem. The trees may be ebtained fram provincial tree nurseries, at a cost of one cent per tree, excepting Scotch pine, which costs feurteen dol- lars Per thousand. An applica- tion form is free; any person, between the ages of 12 to 65, can plant five hundred trees per day, under normal condi- tiens, se why do people con. tinue te leave their existing woodlots ln such straggly con- tien,, or refrain from prettying up the landscape with some than thc nexi maxi. They were skiliful, but ne mare se iban a goeod arilîleryman. But they were young, and hunsan. Plaeed in Uic lime- llght, tlxey adopted a certain swagger, a eonselously essual dress, a slightly swashbuek- ling air, and gradually, the opinion thait tey were an cie amcng the unlformed Isiades. They neyer gai aver ut. The whole business %vas ac- centuated, between thc two big wars, by a great deal of nemantic tripe written about tiem, and eagerly devoured by schoolboys, o! wiom I was one. Ah, il was heady stuff: the white silk scar!; tic brandy bottoms-up; tic emp- ty glass dasicd into tic fire- place; tic gallant little Spad climbing into tic dawn te meciticheHun. Se, wlxen the nexi war came &long, cvery Canadian youth worth bis weighi in War Aces or Wings wanted te b. a flghier piloi. The very snsall Proportion te make the grade naturally assumed thai Uiey were The Chasen. They bclleved, wlihoui any evld- ence, that tbey were vcry spc- clal Pcople, a eut above a bomber piot, tbre cuts above a naval offleer, and ai Jeasi six cuis abuve a pongo, or army officer. This attitude was infuriat- lng te cthers, but. like all snobbeny, rather pleasant if Yeu were anc o! those dcing tie snebbing. Fighter pilots were a closcknit company. despite tic tact that they wene widely scattcrcd. They kept tabe on their friends tha-ough tic constant chang- i.ng cf aquadron personnel Tliey livcd aboot fromn other !ighting mnen, sougit tic company et nene but their own. They had their own pri- vat* language. a'Monmi ncorn- A newspapen article sug- gcsts that, in view ofthti cianging needs cf national defence, tic Canadian fightce- pilot wlll soon be dead as the dodo, as extinct as a sailmak- er's apprentice. itIf t latruc, and 1 suppose it is, l'm glad. Tic Canadian fighter pilot hail a brie! but gionious hlstory in twvo wars. It la better f or the species te vaxish with its glamour in- tact than te degenerate, witlx thc rapid change lnaearial warfaTre, ia a.amere adjunci to a push-button. *1 * * A peculiar. brced, thc figit- er pilot was spawned, almost by accident, during World War I. Pilots doing reconnais- sance patrels started taking pot shots at eaci atier with revolvers. Next thing you know, the sky waa full of death-or-glory types figiting incredible duels, creating tan- tastic legeuids. hi was &bout ibis tne tisai thc flghter pilot began think- lng lie was a hot-shot. WIth Uic Poor Bloody Inantry bogged I the mud and be- Ing slaughtered bi the thon- sands, the newspapers of tbe day baoked &round for smre- thlag colorful te reileve the grlm reallty of the an:nihila- tion. # e Sucldenly tie fighier pilot found hiniseifthei daring e! tic pres.thc toast cf tic folks at home. Unable to as- simillate the carnage of tic front Unes. the public imag- ination fastencd on this gal- lait, d.ashlng knigit cf thc air, forever tackllng insup- erable odds, running up is score ef kilis, and generally presenting a romantic picture o! war. Al ibis adulation was Dot sought W' ithe pilota. They worà brave., but ami braver prelicasible te others. They evien looked alike. Top button undone, ne but- tons polished, bain worn long, hat& bashed ln, uniformes slightly shabby, and a mous- tache, If possible, the blgger the beiter. They affected silk scarves while flylng, and wore half-Welling-ton beots. Their inierests were flylng, beer and womcn, ln ibai or- der. Looking back, tiey were a collection of ratier foolisà young men, witih ittie te nre- commend tiem except a cen tain skili at guiding a !ew hurtling tons of metal through tic air, and tic abil- itY te aitm and tire guns at objects in tic air and on tic ground. Tet thcy WERE romantie, howeven realistleally we look ai them. Tbcy lied a flair for living. They hadt the dash and spirit o! cavalry. Lacon- ie Cossecks, tbey were. And ihcy were lIkely ithe lait flghing men Uic world wilI sec, te scek oui the enemy and engage hlm la single combat. Tliey were not braver than other men, but they had a greai pnide. Typlcaliy, evert ticir deatis. and thcy died in their hundreds, were drarn> atic: tumbhing down in a baw of tire. blown ta bits in mid- air; cicavîng deep and straigit ie tich cold sea; smashing hard and truc mb .ithe earth. If Uic Canadiau fighter Pilioila on thc w&Y oui, 1e net shcd anr tears over h Let's Just b. glatiho. around wheulio waa. And if ibat asaoutiali, balding fellow. Pushlng fcrty, happons tsp tell You thai he was a flgbier Pilot, don'i feel sorry for hlm. Me bad hi& day, and I hwuas rood orne. trees On that Piece cf bar-àL land that is an cyesore-!? A wcll known chem-istry e51- gier, in the United States, has warned the pap-er making industry that, their supply of ceniferous weods can scarceiy keep pace with the rapidly ex- panding Paper making indus. 1try, and that thèy vill be fore- cd te use more hardwoods. ia future. It was interesting te fnote that, the paper industry con- sumes ene-fifth cf aUl the wood cut ini the U.S.A. each year, and about eighty percent of Wood used is cf the ceniferous viety. Se with the harwoods si ht country increasing fair. ly raPidly, and the conifers gasping te keep up to the de- niand, niY guess is that, the pa- prr making boys wlU take the hint and have their research blekes burning the midnight oUl te find eut what chemical will assist in breaking down the hardwood fibres, in order te make good paper. Did you knowv that seven and a hall' million trees. in north- ern Ontario, were used te make ene billion boxes of Klcenex, since it was f irst packaged in 1928? Makes a fellow sit up and think. Eh! &7Lito'r a period of consolidation of somne operations at key peints."e Incidentally, this cempany is nearing completion ef a $5,000,. 000 factory at Burlington, ont., for the manufacture of cans which they state ceupled with consolidation of smaller factories will mnean "better markets for Canadian growers and bettef value for customers." Appar- ently they have more faith in the future o! Ontario Agricul- ture than has Mr. Newell. This cemnpany has aise closed facteries right across the Do. minion, in provinces which do n0t, as yet, have marketing boards. Mr. Newell, while blaming mxarketing boards for many of the faults o! agriculture, yet states that United States agri- culture is in a "far worse mess."t There are no gevernment spen. ;ored compulsory marketing boards in the United States, se who can be blamed for the lilemma in that country? We must agree with Mr. New- ell that farming is a business and as such requires substantial, expenditures, careful planning anid good management,- however, if farmîng is going te attract men that are capable cf doing these things, lt certainly wlUi have te be more profitable than it is today land lower price. would hardly tend te increase profits. In aumniing up, 1 cap utate that the Ontario Vegetable Grewers' Marketing Board has ever sought government subsi- dies, floor prices or any ferm of andout on behaîf o! canining ,rop vegetable growers. Dele- î~ gations have gone te Ottawa 3eking protective tarlffs te )vercome the dumping of surplus goods on occasion but I hardly 1ink that Mr. Newell would isagree with the necesslty of .ich trips. Mr. Newell In taking issue vlth the government and gev- =nment sponsoreçi marketing )oards should remember that Dth are established at the poils rider democratic principle; both nay be tcrminated by the same rinciple should the majonity so vish. Yours very truiy, E. Ruthven, Director, District 01' On tarie Vegetabie Growem Our Nearby Indianapolis Speedway GUEST EDITORIAL "Why Doesn't the Government * g. * b q *% ~*,< SUESCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Yomr, atrictly lna advance $5.00 a Year in the Unted States Authorsed et Second Clou Mail Pont Office Departhmerit, Ottawa Publjab.d by TME JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIUME BowmanvlUe, Ontario IOHN M. MAMES, Emmo i r, i t 200 Ashwerth Ave. Toronto 4, Ont. April 24 1959. Dean Sirs, Enclosed !ind check fer 54.00 for renewal of The Statesman.- Still look for it in the mail each Saturday and then it goes on to Vancouver, B.C. Sincerely Jane Watkixs (Mrs. G. Watkins) Hampton, Ont. Dean Mr. James, Another expedition: in-ex- pensive Conservation. Sixty years ago I was all for it: It was se, easy te, pick an anniful o! 'Jlles', red, white and Pink, fon n-rother or teacher. The woods was only a hundred yards away and full o! tnilliumn. New, net a tree or !lower lives. When I taught public sohool, eaoh- Spning some childen brought sheaves o! wilted blooms, and when the water- pail was full o! blooms, then the yearly lecture on how, or flot, te pick was given. Now it's net wce childrcn enly, but cars pesa deckcd with spoils fromn semeone's woodlot, though evex-y anc knows that te pick lcaves and ail is te, kill our loved provincial tlower. Our conservation authorities rnight be interested in non- ex-3 Pensive 'wei!are o! tlowens' proj.ects. With by-law making s in vogue, why not a few 'closed seasons' on white and red. Illes and blue-birds, and sabotage o! shelter. I have been d-isturbed by thc tree- cutting, as a-long thc !ifth. 1 have net lest hope that road-1 builders will finally widen1 roads aieng one side only. Thist weuld save some o! our moneyE and hait o! aur trecs. Thc sav-t ng et such and the exercise of! magination beyond drawin-g of! :tnaight lunes seema te demand a rare acumen. Even in China, and nxany iands, the policy o! Planting replacements la fol- lowed-nct here though. We dot nct even ask the Bell Tele-t phone Co. te replace killedf trees, non ou- own Eighwayt and Hydre.e 1 suggcst that we naise a 'hued Lnd cry', and turn back ta the custom o!frny early schooi and a teaching days and on May lst v PAGE POUR TEE CMADMN STATISIUN. BOWZANVffj= ONTAIM ï £etters