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] | . Watch your label; it tells whem your subscription expiren $1.50 per year in advance. ~. 6 cents single copy. ~ "EDITORIAL I "Buch is the o patricks boast, 'where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at home." SOURCES OF 'INFLUENCE There are seven main agencies for influencing public opinion--radio, telegraph, printing, letters, pictures, telephone. To offset their influence in our own lives we have two defences--knowledge. and common sense, ~ Much as we hear about propaganda, the fact is that it has far less influence to-day than formerly. "We're from Missouri; and have to be shown." . Democracy has many voices; dictatorship but one. As long as free speech remains, we shail have conflicting opinions. Our opponents will label what we say--'"propaganda" and we are likely "to retort in kind. Pers who da not think things out are un- duly' influenced by propaganda, That is where edge and.common sense come in. Add to this a reasonable amount of tolerance and we are fairly safe from being carried. off our feet by hatred and prejudice. ow» 0 WHAT CONSCRIPTION CAN MEAN. From the days of the "press gang" to the pre- sent is a long stretch of time, in which many changes in public opinion have taken place. 'Gradually it has come to be a recognized fact that every citizen is under obligation to suppor the State when it is engaged in war, All government action is based oir detailed in- formation as to the capacity of each individual to serve the country in time of war. all others are tabulated as to our possibilities-- and ft is right that it should be so. One of the distinctions. that js being made in . the United: States is that persons - -whose occupa- _ tions are non-productive will be among the first to be conscripted for military service. For in- stance, the occupation of moving picture theatre usher -is_not considered essential--it is non-pro- ductive." 5 Where a married woman 'still goes to business and is self-supporting, the husband (a bank clerk we'll say) is not considered .free from military service obligations, "On the other hand, a young man 'may be willing, or. even axnjous to enlist; but if he is engaged in a vital industry he must stay at his: job. > is particularly true of skilled Srotlmensin vital industries. - Ls As the "American Magazine" Puts it--""In rapid succession (the Board deciding) a teacher, a singer, and a fiction writer find that they are 'less essential' than a railroad man, a cook, and a tele- phone lineman." General laborers are among those who are most likely to be drafted. You and I and. "This « "person who does such- work. Bi Hasty marriages, made to avert enlistment, will be closely. scrutinized. : These few notes as to the possibilities of con- scription in action are gleaned from an article Jin "The American Magazine." ¥ a Lie Pot Another phase of conscription is ting which takes place in industry. necessity, toy factories may have to turn' their attention to time fuses, and automobile factories may find themselves engaged in making gun car- __risges. ~The {mportant thing to remember is that con- scription is a war emergency found necessary: by failure of sufficient voluntary service. If the spirit of the Canadian people remains as. it is, conscription may never come. ; In the event "of war . - drudgery. that can put heart into hard work, and see beauty ~ .air_in the Black Hole of Calcutta? A ITS NOT WHAT YOU DO; oo BUT HOW YOU DO IT. . Any job is a good job if one puts his best into it. The good workman(either mental or physical)' is the only true aristocrat. Neither blue blood nor great wealth have any rightful claim to superior- ity. Only service merits that, Blue blood is a fine inheritance if it represents a long line of service to humanity. But if it ve- presents a superiority complex it is a serious handicap. Great wealth is a blessing to those who know how to use it wisely and kindly; but it can become.a curse to the owner and all who are influenced by him if it makes him overbearing. If there is any product of our educational sys- tem that needs correction it is the growth of the false ideh that education is a short road to easy ~work- and short hours. True education should so develop our best qual- ities that any job undertaken must be well done, or we should be ashamed of ourselves, Cleaning stables, plowing fields, harvesting grain, sweeping streets, cooking 'meals, all are honourable occupations and cannot disgrace the Education should show new pleasures and greater service to human- ity in the simple daily duties. Only monotony makes life duties wearisome - A mind well trained has resources in the simplest duties. ped HISTORIC ~BACKGROUND These are days when we should begin to study our roots as a people." What is there in us that is worth a- struggle to preserve? Have the' British people a record that gives them a worthy place in history? The unfolding years will demand an-answer to these questions. Indeed, the answer is being de- manded iow. Upon our answer depends the vic- tory of the British and French people. Upon our answer depends the future of democracy, = If we have no pride in our country and the prin- ciples of - British administration, we shall fail. If we are ignorant of our historic background, we shall wake to find another people who will govern ._us--a people arrogantly proud of their country, . their people, and their history. Can you see the "Charge of the Light Brigade?" - Can you hear-that handful of British people shout "The Campbell's are Coming" as the struggle for Can you stand with Gordon at Khartoum, with Nelson at Trafalgar, with Wellington at Waterloo, and with Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham? 'Can you sense "their courage and devotion?. Can you realize that to such men we owe our freedom? -. Can you picture Shaftsbury; or John Howard in oo their fights for the right of the common people? Can you realize that reforms were started and continued by such heroic men--reforms that were never realized in such countries as Russia? Do you grasp the idea that, the British record as a whole has been great enough that we have the privilege of criticising it adversely? That is a privilege denied to other peoples. It is a privi- lege of which we have taken advantage overmuch. _ If we spend all our time looking for faults, we "shall end by ignoring the virtues that have meant 80 much to the freedom of the 'human race. We have a right to search our historic back- ground and our present blessings; and to ask our- ed selves if we are willing: to do as well for.our children. i ney ~ WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME Joseph Denny "ting lumber on the Reserve. - One of our friends in the Uxbridge District recently raised. the question as to what is to be done for our young people after the war in the way of giving them employment and a.stake in the country, citing as on instance that. every male Indian on the Gibson Reserve in Muskoka District receives 100 acres of land on arriving at the age of 21 years and that all share in the Royalties paid by companies cut- At Caughnawage, an Indian Village just outside of Montreal every man has a right to a quarter of an acre of land on which to build a home. It is only Just to every one concerned that the ones who fought to preserve our liberties should be accorded the best -treatment possible by the ones who fdr variods reasons were unable to go themselves, Most of the ones who tould not go are deeply grateful, - But would this be the best way of showing our gratitude? If one would take the trouble to visit Scugog Is- , the land occupied by the Indians shows no evidence of meritorious in- dustry, and many of the buildings used by farmers to house their animals are | ' in far better shape than those in which Indians, for the most part, choose to live. So long as they can hunt, trap and fish and sell a few baskets and re- ceive the bounty, which is their due, they are quite content. If my memory is not at fault every Canadian who fought in the Boer War was entitled to 100 acres of land; but in many instances it did not benefit the recipient to any great extent. But our boys are coming back and what are we going to do about them? That is the burning question that should be answered most thoughtfully by us all. They are coming hack soon and in far greater numbers and in a better condition than they did in the last war, because the governments under which they fought are not sacri- fieing their armies as they did last time.. When they come back our of- ficers; will be: questioned: Why? Some short while ago it was stated that the soldiers at the front will be better protected than those who stayed at home. We are béginning now-to see the reason for their argument. It is so obvious that it Is not neces- sary to discuss it. - Then conditions are constantly changing. The present warfare is far different from any war that has ever been fought before. Those who be- lieved that the present war would be fought exactly on the same lines as any previous one will discover them- _What Has Britain Done for India? (Christian Science Monitor) By Everard C. Cotes The question has often" been asked to what extent is there truth in the charge brought against the British in nationalist circles in India of having exploited that country. It is a question which can be dis- posed of only by ex: amining what Britain has done. It is' quite true that many thou- sands of Englishmen, Scotsmen, Irish- men, and Welshmen have made in India a living for themselves and their families in the course of the two cen- turies during 'which Britain has been the dominant power in the Orient. On the other hand, it would be en- | tively untrue to suggest that this fact in itself constitutes exploitation of any kind, When Warren A landed in India, that country had practically no roads worthy of the name. Rivers were unbridged. There were hardly any means of travelling except by boat or on horseback, or by being carried upon men's backs along narrow foot- paths. Highway. robbers roamed the coun- tryside, Famines due to drought swept periodically over whole provinces carrying off millions of the people. Today all this 'has been changed. Security of life and property has been established. Forty-three thousand miles «of efficient railways, built by British enterprise, connect the remot- est districts one another. A net- work of motor roads, also designed by British engineers, form a feeder sys- tem for these railways. Famine Banished At the same time 32,000,000 acres of barren land have been converted-- also chiefly by British money and un- der British supervision--into smiling cultivation by means of irrigation, '| thereby greatly. increasing the food supply, * The result of these measures, associated as they haye been with well organized machinery set up by British officials for rellef works on a 'vast scale, 'have benished famine alto- gather, Education has. been extended by gchools and. colleges started in the first instance by the British _Govern- ment. - There are now in India 14,000,- 000 children under instruction. Eigh- teen universities have been set-up, en- abling hundreds of thousands of stu- dents to enter the higher walks of life. Great industries have been started, not only making Indian largely self-, supporting so far as such essential goods as millet, rice, wheat, oil, seeds, cotton, wool, jute, coal, iron and steel are concerned, but enabling exports of these goods. of such dimensions that India now does a sea-bornié trade 'averaging nearly £300,000,000 in.an- nual value. The pioneers in all this have come from the 'British: Isles. The | manufacturing industrles which Bri- tain has initiated afford remunerative employment to millions of Indians. Small Debt. = All this has been done under British administration without unduly" adding to the taxation which has hitherto been probably 'the lightest in- the - world, averaging about five rupees (less than $2) per head per annum. The country has also been governed by Britain without incurring any con- siderable national debt. The total capital value of such British Goyern- ment-owned productive works as/rail- selves mistaken. The enormous for- tunes made then will be lacking now for Governments are watching eco-! nomic movements with cat like vigi- lance, ; In the ith of November issue of Saturday Evening Post there is an in- teresting article on: "What War 1s Not," "It states that the use we make of our natural resources are continual- ly changing. Fuel, oil and rubber are now essential war commodities, during the Napoleonic wars they were .un- known. No one knows what com- modities will replace these in 650 or 100 years, where they may be or who will 'possess them first? It is not a question. of "haves" or "have nots", the question is "Are those in posses. sion of the natural resources making good: uso of them? The Post also stated that the events that alter his- tory are not too sudden. They take shape slowly and mysteriously, - Who- + (Continued on back page) ways and irrigation canals exceeds Lili ,000,000 which - was the whole public.debt of the government of India in 1037, the latest year for which com- plete statistics are available, The British Government's professed policy 'has been so to encourage political activities among the Indians themselves as to enable them event- ually to take over the administration. For this purpose Bfitain has grad- ually set up municipal, district and provincial administfations under pop- ularly elected Indian councils. The last great move in this direction was made in April, 1937, when 11 provincial governments were created by the British Parliament to embrace the 272,000,000 Indians previously ruled paternally by British officers. N Self-Government These provincial Governments are in the hands of Indians' elected upon a low. property franchise. "The provincial. Governments have PORT PERRY ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, 1939 Christmas that in this way an opportu the people of this communi for child welfare work. Liong Club in welfare work in this locality. of assistance in medical, d As soon as it was decid of the Lions said "You can down for ten dollars." fund is started, following places: the Treasurer's Office, P. and Cawker Bros." Butcher large or small. Thursday concert w was thoroughly enjoyed by a good crowd, Lion Eddie Michell who was Master of Ceremonies introduced the purpose of these amateur nights that have been sponsored by the Port Perry Lions Ciub. He had also delved into Man- chester history, and told of its begin- nings when Abel W. Ewers settled there in 1847, and when David Mitchell opened Manchester's first store. He pictured . something of early trans- portation and remarked that it was not until 1907 that the first auto made its. nppearance in this -locality; and now Manchester is one of the four corners of the earth, where autos of all kinds whiz by night and day: . Lion Eddie told of the international character of the Lions "Club and of the welfare work undertaken by its members. They pay for the privilege of helping others. Already this year evening's tions performed for needy children, and other welfare work has been done. After this broadcasting by Lion Eddie! ofer PPLC, the amateurs lined up st came "the Merry Master of the Mystic Art--Charley Partridge of Greenbank. He was followed by Shorty, Brock in song, dance, and) so far worked Wo, The power re- served to British officials to intervene if serious disorder should occur has re- mained practically a dead letter. In- dians have -thus--for-more -than-two years been ruling themselves at least in 'their provincial- affairs. The British Government hopes 4o add to this before long' 'an even more ambitious arrangement by which a central federal Government is to co- the Club have had three tonsil opera- |" Editor and Publisher, _ SAMUEL FARMER, Cheer and 'Welfare Fund Sponsored by the Port Perry Lions Club This year the Port Perry Lions Club has decided to sponsor a public "Christmas Cheer and Welfare Fund" instead of a Lucky Number Draw. It was felt nity would be. offered to ty to make freewill gifts The care and good judgment exercised by the is being widely recognized This year's budget will require some five hundred dollars, and includes many needed acts ental, and other welfare work among the children of families whose Enances do not permit the necessary attention, ed to sponsor the fund, one put this Lion and Lioness Others indicated that they would give practical support to the * plan, 'and so 'the It has been arranged to receive donations at the The Canadian Bank of Commerce, G. Morrison's Drugstore, Shep. The gifts may be The opportunity is yours to give what Jone can in ) support of Shis Worthy Work, Manchester Amateurs imitations with a little assistance by Arnold Roach. Stanley Mann and his accordion next appeared upon the scene, } After that Port Perry's young art- ists contributed their share of the pro- gram. Beth Griffen and Norine Stewart sang a duet; Doris and Irene Flora and Eleanor Kerr played and sang. Next came in rapid succession a recitation by Jean Ward; a trio by the "War Pests"--John McKenzie, Murray and Keith Wilson; a duet by Marie and Grace Hood; a song by Doreen Thomp- son; a song by Harvey Dobson; speech by Mrs. L. Lee; an accordion solo by Philip Goreski; and song with guitar by Gordon Prentice. = The judges were assisted vociferous- ly by the audience; and out of the storm of applause the following win- ners finally emerged: First---Marie Hood and Grace Hood. Second--Doreen Johnston Third--Philip Goreski Fourth--Jimmie Hood. The audienté voted it a good show and thanked the Lions and local citi- zens for the work of putting it on. Next comes Port Perry--December 1st--Friday. A bis Si Port Perry CHRISTMAS FAIR ordinate the 11 provincial governments states, This was to have come into, operation in April, 1941, and has only been postponed on account of war. The. British authorities in all this have no doubt sometimes 'made _mis- takes, but what they have achieved speaks for itself. They have brought peace to previously continually war- ring peoples more numerous than those over which Ancient Rome held sway. They have endeavoured to edu- cate these peoples and to raise them in the scale of civilization. At the samé time they have in- itiated them step by step into the art of governing themselves democratical- ly. They have also placed wide powers into the hdnds of popularly elected] legislatures, They are now stéhding by to prevent such powers from be- ing 'misused, but their intervention is becoming gradually less in anticipa- | tion of a time in the near future when India may rest entirely upon its own feet. : TUESDAY December 19 The date for the Port Perry Christmas Fair has been set for Tuesday, Dec- ember, 19th. The*program will be simi- with one another and with the princely | ilar to that of last year, with Santa Claus receiving letters on the afternoon of Fair Day and making a seeond a pear- ance on the following Satur- day to distribute gifts to the children. A A new feature will replace the former prize list. Lucky number, tickets will be fleon to all who! bring fowl to the Market on Fair Day. These tickets will draw, for a number of worth while prizes, Particularg later. Sade HOSA Gr -_ Mulligan put on a tap dance; and] ' . County Council COUNTY, CHANGES ITS ROAD x POLICY : Whitby, Nov. 23 In future no further mileage of narrow township by Ontario County Council unless the township of townships in which these roads ave located are prepared to enter into an agreement with the County to the effect that the Township will bear .| the cost of widening the roads in ques- tion to the statutory with of 66 feet if and when these roads are assumed by the county, The County Road Committee, which brought in this recommendation which was adopted, said in its report that considerable difficulty had fbeen en- countered by the Committee and engi- neer at a considerable cost to the County, in getting narrow roads which have been assumed-by the County as county roads, widened to 66 feet the statutory width. It had been custom- ary for the county to wider these nar- row roads as the traffic demands, Weeds Exterminated Good work in the extermination of weeds and brush by the use of a chemical spraying machine during the past summer was reported by the com- mittee. At a cost of $4,000 a weed spraying machine with a 500 gallon tank was bought, result was that 23% miles of weeds and 3% miles of brush were sprayed. The chemical applica- tion being 100 per cent. effective. A county truck was used for hauling the machine. Total expended on spraying was $031.73, or. $26.06 per mile for weeds and 96.64 for brush. ~ - Two thousand feet of new road and a bridge over the Black River will be constructed next year in the Township of Rama, and a good portion of the road cutting will be done the early part of 1940. This work has been ad- vocated for two years by Reeve A. W. Grigs Het CcoNr ERES HONOUR WARDEN = CLAYTON "We have had a very capable and worthy warden, one who has done his work well and one who has earned re- spect of all of us", said Reeve W. M. Letcher, of Port Perry, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the County Council, Friday afternoon, as-he pre- sented Warden Fred Clayton, with a handsome gold wrist watch. The watch, was a gift from the warden's colleagues in the council, and consti- tuted an "ipression of love and es- teem. In accepting the gift, Warden Clay- ton said: "At a time like this one finds it hard to express himself as he would wish., .However," 1 accept this watch in the spirit in which it has been given and 1 thank you very much for it, for to me it will always be a reminder of the 'year I have spent as the head of this council. We have come to the end of a most enjoyable year so far as I am concerned. I have enjoyed the " |confidence and the trust you have placed in me and the co-operation of all members of this council and of all of the county officials. I believe we have had a good year, financially, we are in very good shape, aud I trust .that all of you will be back" next year to continue the good service you have rendered to your respective munici- palities." Following the presentation the Na- tional Anthem was sung,, and the cur- tain rung down on another year's work for municipalities of the county. By a close vote in County Council on Friday a resolution presented by Reeve A. Mansell Irwin, of Whitby, men serving on the County Road Com- ests of economy was voted down after a lively debate.* - . Presenting his motion, Whitby's reevd contended .that the object of the council was to render the maxi- mum service for the County and at the lowest cost. He found that five men were appointed by the council jnelud- ing thet warden and the engineer ps members of the roads committee, but in his opinion the work could be done just as efficient by five as it: was now being done by seven, - Send the Port Perry Star to absent friends. roads will be assumed as County roads which - would reduce the number of ~ mittee from seven to five in the inter. Re ¢ els bd Aan » ' % a a * i