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safes SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher RT PERRY PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12th, 1943 » Watch $1. your label; it tells when your Bubseripon expires. 50 per year in advance, 5 cents a single copy EDITQRIAL gd --- "Such is the patriots boast, where'er. we roam, Ris first, beat 'country over is at home.--Goldsmith, SOME ELECTION REFLECTIONS __ There is a natural tendency for the victors to "crow" The Liberals did it in 1937, when they " gained 63 seats, and the Conservatives secured: only 23. Judged by the kind of statements made by the Globe & Mail, the electors at that time must have been utterly disgusted with the Con- ~--EEIFVATIVOS, &Nd Swept thent "out of "vificer Yet thé fact is that the opinions of the electors do not change in any "sweeping" manner, In the election just passed the Conservatives polled 36% of the total vote, the C.C.F. 31%, the Liberals 809%. Yet the Conservatives gained 38 seats} the C.C.F. 84 and the Liberals only 14, In the election of 1937 the vote was relatively similar in distribution, except that the C.C.F, did not have so large a percentage of the vote, It will also be well to remember that there is a large-clement of chance in election decisions. It takes but a very small percentage of the votes to turn an election one way .or the other, if those votes can be distributed where they are needed in _ doubtful ridings. ~~ While individual candidates may be; justly proud when they roll up big nia- _jorities, the vote would have been much more valuable to the party, if it could have been dis- tributed more widely. "Crowing" overlooks the ------------fact-that "chickens-come-home-to-roost."=--- As it relates to the Conservative and Liberal votes, there has been very little change in the outlook of the voters, except that the C.C.Fagain- ed more votes from the Liberal ranks than it did from the Conservative; which is quite natural if we stress the original platforms of the Conser- vatives and Liberals. But the fact is that both original platforms have been modified consider- ably, until there is now very little difference be- tween Conservatives and Liberals. So far as 'policy is concerned, the two parties might have joined forces with advantage to the country, and they may yet have to do so. * It is really time that these two parties quit abusing each other. This is true, because in the process we ate developing the class system to the detrimént of the country as a whole. The busi- ness of a parlimentary representative is to re- present all the people in.his. constitiency. At present there are three main classes that might roughly be designated as Capital, Labor, and the Farmer. Actually there should only be one class --the Consumer; which would take us all in, - No class has a right to special privileges, if those privileges result in living _conditions, that are detrimental 'to the Consumer. . Historically, the Conservatives have been ex- pected to conserve the rights of the governing and wealthy classes. way in a different direction of late years.) The Liberals were looked upon as champions of the fullest possible representation of the people. Their original fight has been won in the adoption of the franchise for both men and women, without refer- ence to wealth or family connections. champion of the working man and the farmer. The task that the C.CF. has undertaken is'a tre: mendous one, because its two main groups of supporters are basically opposed to each other in Labor wants cheap food and high wages. The farmer wants high prices for his "To ridg two such their ideals. products and cheap labor. _horses_as_those at one time will he a feat of A. est. ; Human nature cannot be hurried into. harmony of the people as a whole. business and vast public projects. tude of the task that would be undertaken. Character is not changed by pressing a button. The human beings who would be put'in charge of these vast concerns may be different individuals, but they will have the same human failings as well as the same human virtues, : To make haste The Canadian standard of living is as good, if not better, than that of any slowly is good advice. other part of the world. a * * * IF YOU DON'T VOTE, WHO DOES? ~ Nearly three hundred voters in Port Perry did not exercise their franchise at the last clection. Some Were away, some were sick and unable to go to the polls; but many were quite indif- They forget that if they don't vote, some- body else does, and somebody may determine to do things which the indifferent people will not ferent. like. - Thousands of people in Italy and Germahy were new methods of living without grave danger to the It takes time to adjust ourselves happily to great changes; and, what is more important, it takes time to train men and women to have the necessary skill and experience to be able to successfully operate big People who . glibly speak of taking over the finances and re- "sources of the country, and operating them for the good of the consumer, do not realize the magni- horsemanship that will be looked upon with inter- _ on 4 .indifferent to public affairs; and they are suffer- sing' terribly for that indifference. If one set of voters refuses to use the franchise, those who do vote will do mich to decide matters. This is very evident in Ontario riding, whiepe an*® overwhelming labor vote clected a C.C.F. can- didate, he . The battle for the franchise was long and bitter. ~ Many lost their lives in the struggle for the ballot. The privilege of voting should not be cast aside lightly. - * * * » THE YOTE IN SOUTH ONTARIO The new element that has entered the political arena is the C.C.F. (They have travelled a long ~~ Anderson Hart Williams City of Oshawa ... 2384 2325 5482 Whitby ........ 576 , 649 442 East Whitby . 546 554 1206 Whitby Twp. 343 348 218 Pickering Twp . 981 973 917 Reach oie tereren 371 344 212 Port Perry ....... 206 '259 118 Scugog Island ........ © 63 48 48 It has styled itself the 5476 5400 8637 Grand Total ......... an | SAE . : : "YOUTH SPEAKS OUT : Canadian youth has been given a chance to tell the nation what it thinks_ about some of. the leading problems of today in five broadcasts from Winnipeg. Every walk of life will be represented. Pictured above are: standing, Albert Hamilton, graduate in English and mathematics; Rose- mary Townsend, science research student; seated, John Howes, English . and history student; Callie Kennedy, former young school teacher; and Morley Kare, agricultural graduate. "Is War Necessary?" will be heard on Sunday, August 16 at 5.03 p.m. over CBC National Network. W. A. T. Si-- 2 pairs girls' pyjamas," 1 afghan. Polish Relief-- 1 pr. children's shoes and stockings, 4 scarves, 3 children's caps, 3 ladies' dresses. . # If you cannot come to the work rooms, please call and take work home with you, either sewing or knit- ting. More workers are needed. ee to ---- ' Council Doings At the meeting of the Port Perry Council on Monday evening, provisions | were made for the re-roofing of the Town Hall. A new site has been selected for the town dump, north and west on the oid C.N.R. track beyond the limits of private property. Negotiations are on foot to appoint Mr, George Holmes as policeman for Port Perry. The retaining wall facing the bowl- ing green is being rebuilt, and a very good job is being done. p x. WAR WORK ACTIVITIES The contents .of the July shipment gent to Hamilton I. 0. D. E. Head- quarters was as. follows: Field Comforts 40 pairs men's socks, 9 pairs sea- men's socks, 2 long. blue scarves, 6 short scarves, 4 fur-lined jerkins, 4 turtle-neck tuck-ins, 6 steel helmet caps, 10 balaclava caps, 3 pairs men's gloves, 2 sweaters. ; British Civilian Clothing-- Candid About It! 6 hoys' shirts, 2 girls' outfits con- ; sisting of 1 blouse, 1 pair socks, 1 pair bloomers; 8 shelter: aprons, 1 girl's sweater, 10 pairs boys' knee socks, 5 layettes, 16 pairs boys' knee pants and braces, 6 pairs" boys' pants, sizé 3 years, 1 pair children's overalls, 2 pairs boys' pyjamas, 1 Hospital gown, 6 blouses, 9 quilts, As the mathematics master was working out an example on the black- board, he noticed that one of the pupils wasn't paying any attention. So he said sharply: "Board, Jeffries, board!" Roused from his day-dream, the lad replied unthinkingly:' "Yes, sir; very!" Rev, Howard Veals Buy for His Daughters. - The following quotations from a letter received by Miss Alice Veals, Omemee, from her brother, Rey. Toward Veals, B. Paed., of Jenshaw Sze, China, dated June 6, 1943, will he of interest to many of our readers. The value of the postage on this air mail letter is $10.75 in Chinese currency. "Things have been rather heetie this past while and the duties that have to be performed from day to day seem to have taken all the time. Well, the Canadian School (for Mis- sionaries' children) has closed and many of the older pupils including Katherine and Marion (daughters) are going to a school for missionaries' children in North* India, 4,000 feet above sea level and 100 miles north of Delhi, You will probably be able to guess why this step is necessary. It is because of the continued unprecedent- ed rise in the cost of everything herve: It is gathering momentum now and so there is nothing to dp but get quite a number of our people out of China. We have had two public sales, in which we sold furniture, bedding, etc. used -in~ connection with the school. In this debated currency things bring "Ja big price but it doesn't mean much in actual values. I sold considerably used flannelette sheets for $600.00 cach. That will give you some idea of how things went. Changes come. Four years ago, there were three mission orgapiza- tions here--the. short . course school OMEMEE WOMAN GETS AIRMAIL LETTER COSTING $10.75 IN POST- AGE FROM HER BROTHER IN CHINA 8s Shoes at $22.00 a Pair, Sold'a Used Flannelette Sheet For $600.00 But Says the Price Doesn't Mean Much in Actual Value. of the University of Nanking Agui- cultural School, the Girls' Normal School and the Rural Unit of the Gin. ling Ladies' College. "They have all gone and now the Canadian School is going too. : With the $50.00 you sent, for which I thank you, we bought two pairs of shoes with it for cach of the girls. They are made in>Chengtu and had leather tops and the soles were made of the heavy rubber of old automobile tires. Have they thought of using those in Canada for making shoes? The shoes cost about the equivalent of $22.00 a pair (Canadian money), so there was a little left over from the $50.00 and I have put that into the account to help out some others of our workers who are worse off than we are. I hope you won't mind that. - -- - We are having very dry weather here now. and the crops are certainly suffering, Prices of commodities will soar higher than ever 1 expeet, if we don't get rain. But I expect we shall get a good rain one of these days. er Our church work 'is certainly more diflicult than ever these days as so many people are too absorbed in get- ting a living in these precarious times and some are busy trying to see how much they can make out of the in- flation." Mr. and Mrs. Veals are missionaries of the United Church of Canada. Mrs. Veals is a sister of Mrs. Wes- ley Boynton, of Port Perry. FIELD T Port Perry, Reach and Scuge Owing to the fact that the Pro- vincial Government is not giving grants this year for Field Crop Com- petition, our Board are offering 12 even prizes of $6.00 on condition that a sheaf from the binder, 8 inches in diameter'be shown at Port Perry Fair. Money to be divided 76<¢ for standing crop and 269 for sheaf. The Standing Crop has_been judged on the regular store as follows: purity of variety, 10 points; freedoin from other kinds of grain, 10 points; free- dom from smut, rust, ete,, 15 points; freedom from weeds, 25 points; stand of crop, vigor and uniformity of growth and maturity 40 points. Due to the cold, Tate spring no one had a perfect score on the stand of crop. The early sown crops were the freest from rust and in most cases were. standing the best. Some were - CROP.COMPETITION MABEL OATS aE yg Agricultural Society. down very badly. follows: Smith' Bros. .. Byron Hill . Wilmott Croxall The Judge's scoring od points L91 points 30° points t 4 Armour McMillan 801% pointy 5 Webster Bros. .........8¢ points 6 Clifford Redman ... points 7 Fred G. Christie ... points oe W. A. Jackson .. Morley Bruce .... 10 Howard McMillan 11 W. Earl Martyn ... 12 Corless Ashenhurs 13 John F. Millman . 14 Geo. K. Beare 15 L. A. Diamond .. 16 0. EK. Croxall .... 17 Frank Dowson . 18 Lloyd Lee ... points 19 Anson Gerrow . 79% points R. D. Woon,"Secretary. 2 points 87 points 861% points .86 points ...86%% points points points points points points . with an extra The Prize Lists are re Secretary, for a copy. Ma petition. Two clisses--C A Prize for each. will be paid for the follow Girls' or Mouth Organ Contest Bicycle Race. Clown Contest. 2to4 p.m. Judged at 4 Russ Creighton and h SER BILLS. f Hog Callin ust perform on grounds from Ho! Ho! Come to the Fair! Port Perry Stages the First local Fair good program ady. Apply to B.D. Woon, ke your entries early. EXTRA --Buck Rake Demonstration and Com- ar Chassis and Tractor. $350 for Horse Races--$200 and $150. . Even money prizes (up to 4 prizes of $3.00 each) ing contests. No entry fea. Two or more entries required. Entries must be made with the Secretary, not later than 1.30 p.m., the day of the I"air--Labor Day, Monday, September 6th. ~ Boys' Singing--under 16, and under 12. Girls' Singing--under 16, and under 12, oys' Tap Dancing. Step Dancing. . Old Time Fiddlérs. Contest, o'clock. At night--Street Dance and Floor Show. is entertainers, Letter to Those on Active Service mA ee fr re ye E---------- To the Home Folks Away from Home. Some years ago there was an editor who summarized the local news with the remark -- "Nothing happened to Abe' Tucker." Probably that fact in itself was surprising, Abe Tucker be- ing what he was. Well the real cause of that introduction is that we have the town pretty well covered as to the news that we can print with good grace to the people. There ave mat- This week my special find in the mass of reading matter has been a ve- port of the "Post-war Planning Con- "at the Annual Meeting of inn Manufacturers' Associ ference' Al tion. Those people are evidently on their toes. It is a pity that they did not hold the conference sooner, and that the general public is not let into more fully. ters which we see and hear that are hardly worth sending anywhere else for that matter. This is holiday time for the for-| tunate people who ean take holidays, and there are comings and goings all the time. = Fox, weasel, and skunk hunting has been the order of the day round here lately. Ronald Peel has lost nearly two hundred chickens in the past two months, Foxes have taken quite un liking to Barred Rock pullets, and look upon the Peel brand as, choice morsels. They ave wasteful eaters, however, and do more destroying than cating. Of course, this kind of thing could not be allowed to go on, and a hunt was organized with Sam Wake- ford as chief hunter. The party had less luck than they would have liked, but they did find the foxes dining, rcom where they saw plenty of evi- | denee of a big feast, or a number of | feasts. Fox depredations can reduce profits in the chicken business. They didn't sing--"D'yve ken Ror Peel?" Id. Balfour had a similar experi- cnee, only he thought he was having his chickens stolen by a weasel. "Hu he set some traps, and next morning he found that he had caught two- fine skunks. Fragrance filled the air Naturally, our home folk ave watch- ing with pride the progress of the Canadians in Sicily. Long training and impatient waiting have produced goad fighting results. Just now our householders othéis are busy figuring how much coal they burned last winter, and making out blank forms so that they hope to receive a like amount this winter--maybe. We are having quite an experience in keeping in sight of the regulations for this and that, The happy-go-lucky days are gone. One is reminded of the story of the young overseas, or } | and get". The first entry in the little houschold expense book was quite cor- Ling business: They bride who started out to keep a "bud- | the complications of the manufactur Canada's birth rate has lowered in recent years, the life ex- pectaney has advanced -- result: the manufacture of more conservative population is shift- ing to the cities, labor is receiving higher wages, machinery aking the place of labor on the farm' and else- where, Naturally machinery facturing looms large. out more problems for your- sell. "And don't think it has nothing to do with you. It may, change the whole trend of your life. By the way, I have just reecived the July issue of "Canada at Wan", and have come to the conclusion that there has been a lot of unnecessary holled- ing about what shall be done for the men and women in military, service when they return home. In the article "Benefits for Service Men" one finds woods, Second manu- You can work some provision made for every contingency And it might be added that no matter what party is in power when you folk do come home, those provisions will be carried oul. include Clothing Allowances, Rehabilitation Grant, Transportation, Medical Treatment, Compulsory Re- employment, Unemployment Insur- ance, Out of Work Benelits, Tempor- ary Incapacitation, Vocational Train- ing, Special Provisions for Farmers, Fdueational Benefits, Post Graduate Courses, Pensions, Employment Ser- Preference in Employmé&t, Citizens' Committees. You wouldn't think that there had been much over- looked after reading that list of pro- visions already made by law. on most generous scale. vice, So many of our boys and girls are busy "Down South" at General Mot- ors, Pedlar's, and Ajax, that it is well to remember that the Canadian weekly total of production along these lines of war material is little short of amazing. For instance weekly pro- duction includes 25,000,000 rounds of reet--"Got twenty dollars, from Har- ry" and the second was hres, too-- "Spent it all?' . The little book bal- anced absolutely. Most of us have been living more or less on the same scale as the young bride. Of course there are housewives who make an entry in the expense book every time they give Jimmy a nickel to get an ice cream cone, but those bookkeepers are scarce. However, we are being train- M via the ration book and the blank form to know .what we spend and why. small arms ammunition, 10,000 tons of. Chemicals and explosives, 13,000 {small arms (rifles, machine guns, ete.) 525,000 rounds of heavy ammunition, | B70 guns and barrels, and 370 mount- ings, 450 armoured, fighting vehicles, including tanks, 4,000 motor vehicles, 80 aircraft, 6 ships (escort, patrol). A good week's work. cargo, Yours truly, THE EDITOR. or i a re pis lh i ! SH A British Royal Artillery sergeant examining one of the enemy ammunition containers dropped by parachute during the battle. Here are a couple of facts that show - rg rt Pe Sd NAS Fr A oo Fe --r-- the secrets of modern -munufaeturhig-------- fe A rE Cr Se he iy Ge VA