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EE i po i pA 3 'this autumn, a AN SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publishes. 518 ~ + or " 8 | . . l "y » . : ¥< 3 Af 73 A » - AG ' fh at PA 4 Te ie Fist rd math a dai ad . - Fr gh 3d hg - EA a EDITORIAL "Such is the patriot's beast, where'er we ream: His first, best cotintry over is at home." HOW DID WE GET ALONG WITHOUT THEM? Consider the importance of Vitamins Bl, 2, 8, 4. It is surprising how any of we-older people ever pulled through this vale of tears without them. } Until a year or two ago most of us common people had never heard of vitamins; knew nothing about"them. There was some talk that cod liver oil (nasty stuff, except put up in capsules) was good for thin people or people with weak lungs. As for the rest of us whose lungs were so strong «that we could shout ourselves hoarse at baseball games and hockey matches, why, we were plain sorry for the folk that had to take the oil; and quietly wondered how. long they would last. But now an enterprising firm in the United States has captured a great number of vitamins and interned them in little cakes 1% x 1% inches, and less than a quarter of an inch thick. These you can buy at be. each. As they are mass produced and made, of raw oats, corn, and wheat, it is estimated that-the cost of production is less than 10c. per hundred, which leaves a fair mar- gin of profit for the manufacturer. . LI Miss Velma Raines of Detroit, has shown how the older generation survived when she SAYS: "Back in those village days we cooked and utilized fresh growing foods from the garden, or- chard, berry patch and lake, and instinctively our meals-were wholesome, and would pass balanced and adequate diet." ' eu BE NS - One thing is certain--many people are exceed- ing the speed limit in their living, and expect to avoid disaster by the use of "pick-me-ups" such . as aspirin, alka-seltzer, Vitamin Bl, ete., etc. These emergency helps are all right for an emergency; but they will never take the place of wholesome food, sound sleep, and well-controlled . habits of living. o POWER AND CO-OPERATION In the world that is emerging from present day events, power will be one of the greatest factors in shaping our method of living. H " When the editor came to this country, the "Armstrong Binder" was in full. force on the farme. That was niore than fifty years ago, At that time, the scythe, the cradle, and the flail developed, strorig muscles and steady industry, You had to keep going on your own steam, or you -- now as a _ 'Binding still had to be done by hand. And the man who stood behind the "rakers" at a threshing in a fair wind would look like a dirty feathered creature at the end of the day. Now the binder and the combine and the cy- clone blower hurry the jobs with less personal effort. . Life has been made more enjoyable by the re- moval of so much drudgery. In spite of the great advances in the use of power on the farm, it is evident that for many years it- will be on the increase, And because this is true, co-operation will be even more neceg- sary because individual farmers on small farms will be unable to afford to completely mechanize their work. N . LI * Gradually the spirit of co-operation is growing in the farming communities, It would not be sur- prising to find a group of farmers pooling their mechanical resources, hiring a competent ma- chinist to keep equipment in good tepair, and operating all their farms with the efficiency that has made Canadian industrial Jife so prosperous, and so competent in mass production. LI J * * Rusty, neglected equipment 'would disappear. Irregular hours and methods would pass. Record of Performance would become the slogan, Soil analysis would determine rotation of crops. Cold "storage 'on a co-operative basis -would- stabilize marketing. Reasonable profits- would assure suf- ficient labor. . "All this sounds like a dreani. But It is possible --"Health and weather permitting." year by year the weather has been very favorable in these districts of ours, WHAT'S THE USE? Why do some newspapers play up Quebec news that will give comfort to the enemy? Suppose there have been some shootings by fanatical or disgruntled French-Canadians; there is no need to feature the fact as though it indicated genera Canadian disunity. ) The fact is as Bruce Hutchison has pointed out -- "Canada is rapidly reaching a maximum effort which will strain every muscle in its na- tional body." i We shall gain nothing as a people by constant- ly picking at the wound to Canadian harmony by the conscription issye. "When the occasion arises, the means to face the crisis will be found in Que-_ - bec as well as in the rest of Canada, And take - wouldn't get much done. _ When-the reaper and the power thresher ap- peared, a new era started.on the farm. But those first power machines were far from perfect. . A little courting of Quebec will do much more good than any amount of nagging. . phasize our points of unity instead of continuing' cause of irritation. Let us em- , Financial Aid To * Certain Pupils To maintain the necessary reserves of technical personnel in training for the requjrements-of the armed forces and the war industries, the Director 1 . of National Selective Service, under the authority and with the approval of the Federal Minister of Labour, has made arrangements whereby 200 young men and women' in Ontario will be aided in entering the Universities Approximately. 20 per cent. of those selected may be young women, : -- Students will be selected from those who have the full entrance require- ments for admission to a Faculty of Applied Science or to an Honour .--course in Science and-Mathematics in a Faculty of Arts, and who could not without financial help attend a uni- versity this year. Those selected will be given assistance in the form of a loan which will bear no interest, the maximum amount of -which will not exceed $300 in any one year, Arrange: | ments for the return of the money "borrowed "will be made by agreement between the student and the Univer- sity concerned. ; , A selected student will enter one of the following courses: Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineering, Chem- ical or Metallurgical Engineering in.a Faculty of Applied Science, or an cordance with the training received. Students. from this --province will send their applications to the Director of National Selective Service, 238 Sparks St, Ottawa. PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL UPPER SCHOOL RESULTS, 1942 BAIRD, HELEN--Eng. Comp. (c); Eng. Lit. (c); Mod. Hist. (8); Trig. (¢); Fr. A. (¢); Fr. Comp. (c). GERROW, LOLA--Eng, Comp./ (1); Mod. Hist. (¢); Geom. (c); Trig. (1); Chem. (8). ) HUNTER; Esther---: Eng. Comp. (c); 'Geom. (c); Fr. A, (c). MACDONALD, IRENE-Geom. (c); Chem. (c). N MACGREGOR, DORIS--Eng, Lit (¢); . Mod, Hist. (c¢); Chem, (¢); Lat. A. (e); Lat. Comp. (¢); Fr. A. (¢); Fr. Comp, (c¢). MOASE, REG.--Eng. Lit. (¢); Geom, (c); Trig. (1); Lat. A. (3); Lat. Comp. (8); Fr. A. (¢). SIMONDS, AUDREY--Eng. Lit, (¢); Eng, Comp. (¢). WRAY, LOIS--Eng. Comp. (c), Eng. Lit. (8); Mod. Hist. (8); Geom. (c); --Lat. A, (2); Lat. Comp (¢); Fr. A. (8); Fr. Comp, (8); Chem, (c). Life H course in Physics, Chemistry, = or Mathematics and Physics in a Faculty of Arts, The greatest need is for students in, first, Mechanical, sec- ond, Electrical, and third, Civil En- Fingering} a limited number only will admitted to the course in Chemical and- Metallurgical Enginéering and to the course in Chemistry and Mathe- matics-and Physics. Applicants for this astbstance. will be asked to agree to place their ser- © © vices at the disposal of the Director of National Selective Service, to be directed by him as he deems best in relation to the war effort and in ac- Miss Audrey Cook and-John Kirk- ham of Myrtle, visited with Shirley and Harvey Beadle during the week. Chalk Lake Patriotic Group met at the home of Mrs. Joe Parkins last Wednesday. - er id rs, Earle Fielding visited relatives im Oshawa on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs, Arthur Patterson ana son Laurie were visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs, George West on We. nesday, Mr, and Mrs. Allan Horton and ) little daughter spent Friday afternoon with -their-aunt-Mrs. Robt. Héron, en route to their home in Ingersoll, from their summer cottage at Haliburton. Mrs, Arthur Holman of Toronto, spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. Wm, Walker, Mrs, Fred Durdan and family of Welland, returned to their home on Friday after an enjoyable vislt with 'her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Miller. Mrs, Dr, Langstaff of Richmond Hill also visited with her parents, A meeting of Burn's Church con- gregation was held on Monday oven- ing, August 17th for the purpose of electing two elders to the Session. Burn's Church will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the near future. Further announcement will be made by the pastor, Rev. J. A. MacMillan, rn Mr. Byron Holtby has recently join- ed the R.C.0.C. and is stationed now at Exhibition Park, Toronto. . We are pleased to hear of L. G. Lamb's recovery from' accidental in- juries, in England. : The friends of Archie Crosier will be glad to know that he has arrived safely overseas, - He is with the R.C. O. C. L.A.C. Murray Holtby spent a few days' furlough with his parents before leaving for S.F.T.8. No. 6, Dunnville, Ontario. Mr. Geo. Munro of Camp Borden, was home for a few days recently. Mrs, Jas. Masters visited relatives in Whitby last week, Mr, and Mrs. Jos. Ward and Ruby spent a week's vacation with Mr, W. F. Thompson. S ~ Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Robettson, of Toronto, were week-end guests of their cousins, Margaret, Jessie and Alex, Johns, . ih Mrs, Frank Lamb {s at her summer home in the village. Mr. and Mrs, Clifford .Sonley and family have moved to their new home, formerly owned by the late James Lakey. . T PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942 a W. H. MOORE, M.P, CONTROL OF BUSINESS CHALLENGED BY MOORE As an independent and fegrless political thinker, Mr. Williap H. Moore, M.P. for the constituency of Ontario, has frequently published warnings' when he thought the case grave enough. His The Clash, deal- ing with the racial problem in Cana- da, early established him as a. pro- phet. His new book, called Under- neath It All, deserves study as a forth. right challenge to the regimentation forced on Canada by the war, Mr. Moore is entirely consistent in defending the principles of freedom inherent .in nineteenth century liber- | alism and appropriately quotes from his book of 1925: "It may be civiliza- tion is not worth preserving, but let us at least know it is going, and why it is going. Already the individu- al's- freedom has been curtailed the Jworld over to an éftent unrealized." Seventeen years. ago, he continued, "people quite commonly believed they were organizing themselves into a brave new world; and all the while they were platooning back into a bad If modern civilization is to be preserved, it must be protect- ed, not only from those who would de- 'stroy it from without, but protected as well from those who would destroy it from within (and many of them un- consciously)" ------ The essence of the argument is that legislative intervention with the eco- nomic structure destroys freedom and initiative, and finally brings not only poverty, but ._ political absolutism. "While engaged in war in 1917, Rus- sia fell into a new social order; Ger- many, in 1918, set up a new social order which, in 1933, was brushed a- side by Hitler's New Order. France now labors over a new soclal order as a result of the war of 1939, ,. .. For this war is largely over the so- cial structures and substantially be- tween them." Against the delusion of being able to find a better way of life through governmental regulation, Mr. Moore asks: "Where shall we find a social structure that has ever dispensed prosperity -and freedom with -more generous hands than the one we call Modern Civilization? . . . It Is per- haps the greatest paradox of all times that, while democracy has an inher- ent incapacity for the administration of economic life, those people who turned to government by democracy acquired more of the comforts and luxuries of life in a century than hud been acquired in the preceding twen- ty centuries." Citing with aproval Turgot's dic- tum--man's right to work--with its cofollary, man's right to enjoy the fruits of his labor, Mr. Moore says this principle "constitutes the footing of modern civilization, The dictum is not, as some would have us believe, a doctrine of crass individualism; it is a declaravion against violence in economic life, an injunction to release men from compulsion that they may be free to engage in voluntary asso- ciations; it is not anti-social, it is the freedom of choice of work--respon- sibility for the competitivé service of society." The closed shop .is men- tioned several times as an. Infringe- nent "of 'this principle, Defends Lalsser Faire It will be seen that the author is an advocate of laisser faire, which he Review of "Underneath It All" a recent Book by W. H. Moore, M.P. Globe and Mail defines as follows: "The doctrine of laisser faire was never intended to imply that the State was disinterested in the lives of the people; in the words of Thorold Rogers, the doctrine held that 'private and personal interests, as long as they were innocent, were judged better by the individual than they can be by the State; that if men were left free to work, free to bar- gain, free to trade, the result would be ey in the choice of industry the fittest (to use a modern phrase) would be selected, and that the coun- try would prosper much more under competition than it had done under regulation," : ' Recalling that economle controls were a prominent feature of the go- vernments of absolute monarchs, and existed in earliest historic times, Mr. Moore explains how recently the ancient controls were broken. "Me- tlieval economy was in essence social control. 'Our own econamy for seve- val decades has been in transition from the individualistic base it ae- quired in the latter part of the eigh- teenth century, back to social control, We are told the transition should he speeded up; and one naturally asks: Why ii} social control ever aban- doned? V--- 8 -- "How can people still talk of re- conciling political freedom with a col- lectivist economy when the-thing has been tried, times again, and failed with pathetic regflarity? . . . The vir- tue goey out of the co-operative so- ciety when the police step in. Once Europe was honey-combed with co- operatives; in old Russia 100,000,000 were served by the co-operatives, "When one recalls that the econo- mic life of the late'eighteenth century had outgrown social control, one be- comes impatient with the persistent ery for social control over the infinite- J; ly more complicated life of the twen-, tieth century. Perhaps the results are best pictured by asking what would become of agriculture if the management of all the farms were Watch your label; it tells when your subscription expires $1.50 per year in advance. § cents a single copy MEN OF BRITAIN'S OLDEST TO THE part of the British Empire, jacks in Britain. addition, the colony, has Picture shows No. 26-pounder gun. I' COLONY RESOLUTE IN ALLIED CAUSE. Newfoundland, the oldest of Britain's overseas territories, has sent more men to the Allied war effort in relation to its population than any other One quarter of its male population between the ages of 20 and 10 are serving either with the forces or as lumber- Two full-strength heavy regiments of Newfoundland artillery are now taking part in the coastal defence of Britain, and, in voluntarily yearly million pound grant which it receives from the Mother country. 3 of a Newfoundland Avtillery_gun crew laying a LOYALTY renounced for the duration the tinued to permit free hmportation in 1929 uecounted for 39 per cent," Belief in democracy as the expres- pion of free enterprise causes Mr. Moore to-show, by historic references, that regulation by government in one 'sphere will bring about. extension to another. When State control has at last covered all matters, Mr. Moore: suggests that Parliamentary Govern- ment will no longer be suitable. "When States set out to establish suitable wages for workers of the fac- tory, then States must be prepared to fix suitable prices for the unwaged workers of the field. When society sets up tribunals to lay down wage codes for some workers, and prices be prepared to go on to a total inter- ventionisin, and form a government removed from the temptation of seck- ing office by the polls." Raising the doubt: "Can the af- fairs of any industrialized nation (in- cluding our own) be administered by. for some products, the society must | the periodically elected representa- tives of the people?" Mr. Moore, long «a member of the House of Com- mons, reasons that the kind of men elected are not suited to the task. "The plain truth is that, in 1929, we fell into depression largely because the good doctors, lawyers, clergymen and others who constitute Parliament had been doing badly that which they were not equipped to do well." Some business functions they had to per- form. For instance, they had to lay down the country's economic boun- daries by way of tariffs, and changed their minds so often that people could no longer make long-term calcula- tions about trade. ..... r-- "Economic life-is of the long run; the expectation of political life, at best," a short one. Manifestly you cannot have a group of men building industry one way for four or five years, and then take a chance on what will happen if another group of men set about rebuilding it another way." vested in the township councillors, or the management of the shops and fac- tories turned over to the aldermen of our towns; and, of course, we would have worse results, not better, if we were to turn over the management of all economic life to-the sdmini- stration of our Federal representa- tives. (And, here, I would have it re- called I'am speaking of peacetime eco- nomy, not of war economy in which social control is imperative.) One of the most interesting points made by Mr. Moore is that, just as the industrial revolution had been a fact long before It received a name, we have already entered an agrarlan revolution. The essence of this is that the small farmer cannot afford to mechanize his farm; and the capi- tal he needs must be purchased by surrender of economic and political freedom. Further, industrial tariffs call for protection of foodstuffs, and the subsidizing of the farmer, which led, in the author's opinion, to the depression of 1929-39; But, let Mr. Moore explain it himself: An Agrarian Revolution "Most people do not seem to real- ize that for decades they have been in an_ Agrarian Revolution, bearing even greater social consequences. Before 1939, there were in Europe more than 100,000,000 people depend- ent on agriculture, many of them de- pendent on what they obtained from the sale of grain for cash income. How were they to obtain the machines for the new means of cereal product- ion that came with the Agrarian Re- yolutipn? ~~ "The law of size worked different- ly for factory and field. . . . The size of the Agrarian Revolution. . . . . : Europe was in a dilemma. It could generally mechanize its fields only by destroying 'the private ofpership of the land--dnd social" revolution took that course. For years Lenin watch- ed developments in America and vow- ed that some day he would seat the moujik on a tractor. . , . . "At the beginning of 1924 the im- portation of wheat was free in eight of the twelve principal importing countries of Europe; by 1039 there were only four free' markets, The eight countries which permitted free imports, in 1924, accounted for 64 per cent of the world's imports of wheat and wheat-flour; the four which con- of the farm is the limiting feature] __following results: - Score 1 Harold Honey, Seagrave R.R.2 921 2 Burnsell Webster, Port Perry 2 92 3 Lloyd Smith, Port Perry 2 ........ 911% 4 John F. Millman, Port Perry 1, 91 6 0. E.Croxall, Port Perry 4.....901% 6 Geo. K. Beare, Uxbridge 9 7 Ernest Phair, Uxbridge 3.80% 8 Howard McMillan, Seagrave 2 89 9 Lloyd Lee, Seagrave 2 FIELD CROP COMPETITION Port Perry, Reach and Scugog Agricultural Soci- ety this.year sponsored a Field Crop Competition, One hundred and forty-one bushels of Erban .Oats were distributed among seventeen competitors, 'with the Score 10 1. R. Murphy, Port Perry 2.88 11 J. Roy Hart, Uxbridge 4 ....... 87% 12 Wilmott Croxall, Uxbridge 3 87 {only 2'2 acres) 13 W. E. Martyn, Port Perry 2...86% 14 Cliff. Redman, Port Perry 3 86 (only 214 acres) ' 156 J. P. Wilson, Port Perry 1...82% 16 Gray Bros., Port Perry 4 17 Chas. Reader, Port Perry 3...76 WAR WORK ACTIVITIES In spite of the holiday scason being with us, the following splendid bales were shipped to LO.D.E. Head Office the end of July. # , Field Comforts--b0 pairs secks, 5 navy scarves, Il pairs mitts, 30 tuck- ins, 5b khaki scarves, 12 balaclava helmets, 7-sweaters, 5 pairs--gloves, 21 steel helmet caps, 4 leather jerkins, Evacueo Work 9 girls' outfits, 6 pairs boys' pyjamas, 24 shelter aprons, 1 boys' shirt, 2 girls' dresses, 3 lay- cttes consisting of 117 pieces; 10 prs. boys' pants and braces, 12 prs. boys' socks, 1 pair mitts, 6 boys' sweaters, - 1 knitted suit and tam, 'l sweater and I pair knee socks, 12 quilts and 1 afghan, 7 pairs women's pyjamas. Hospital supplies--3 hospital bed gowns. oo ) Polish Relief -- 1 baby's coat and bonnet, 1 man's coat, 1 girls' dress. Camp libraries--166 nagazines, 9 books, 8 decks of playing cards. Here is. Maestro Allay E.D.T.). has planned a gala sal most prolific song smiths . tari RANE IA aad wg i Melver, who's edition of Montreal's Sunday Night Var « And listeners are also the entire Sunday Evening Show cast in Mr. Meclver's Hollywood's impression of two of the most community singers' repertoire. FUN FOR SUNDAY Jiesiling over, this week's ety (August 18,710.16 p.m, Drawing his inspiration from the film capital, Mr, McIver ute to Robin and Ranger, two of Hollywood's oing to hear mpression of pular songs in the