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WANTS ELECTION FOR COUNCIL “Onlooker” in another column thinks that not enough interest is being shown in the forthcoming municipal election. and suggests that the ("II rum'vlg' do something about it. We would if we. knew huw, Like “Onlooker the ('hmnirlo is of the opinion there should be a contest for e-wry office on the municipal boards every year. It tlllt's not follow there Would be any drastic changes in the pvl'fimlllt’l HI‘ Ihe lmurds. but it would at least vreute interest. Tho-re is summ- thing wrong when positions on the '.".‘I‘lH'.‘..\' municipal boards go begging. llut Durham is no (lifi'orrnt ll‘£.,1 most of the other Ontario municipalities, in many of NH in tlvi‘ \\;..\ in at a'Hnmlish this than for the Rpm} ~' to stop its (Missy-fuming, quit hating the Tories. and devote itself editorially to advocating Liberalism. It can render invaluable assistance to the party it' it will just “stay put" politically, and in time instead of asking where Liberalism is in South Grey can, with authority, inform us where it is. riding. Old-time 1. coming restless. The to vote fur. A large satisfied with keepir homeâ€"they want to date. into ufl‘iw. [' Dut glm tht a ('2 SOUH PAGE 4 has must either strike nut for it ed. A similar (leflectinn at t just too bad for the Unitml but it will mean the ziwakeni riding. Old-time Liberals. "NIP ye. While we dn no in this riding. we I ”HUM THE DURHAM CHROME Liberalism in South (lrey may have been further eclipsed by desertions of those whose loyalty was unquestioned, but who bolted when they saw the new party spring up and noted its success at the polls. ()ne contributing factor in the downfall of Liberalism in South (lrey. possibly. was the fact that the party for the. past ten years has had no newspaper organ with which to present its views to the electors. Poli- tically. the h‘crmr's erlitorial column has been at best only luke warm in the Liberal cause. It has been more concerned with “heating the ('onservative party" ed United Farmer from 1.728 to 2 no forward mm the fight linfii up with the is beginning to : was evidenced in tht the WHERE IS LIBERALISM'.’ "Where is Liberalism in South Grey?" asks last week's Durham Review. Well, the Review should have a good idea. As the only acknowledged Liberal newspaper organ in the southern part of the county, it must be in touch with conditions as they affect the Liberal party locally. The Chronicle does not know where Liberalism is in South Grey, and it does not intend to guess. We only hope it has not gone where one good Liberal said it went following the election of 19:31. That would, indeed, be disastrous! There is nothing like asking questions to find out things, and the h’el'ieu' should have no trouble find- ing the whereabouts of Liberalism if it pursues its enquiry far enough. No doubt the eclipse of Liber- alism in this riding was caused by the deflection of too many of its followers to the ranks of the United Farmer party. With them went a good many Conser- vatives as well. Cuculauon for 12 months. 1.400 Subscription FIREâ€"FIVE cents per single com; by mail in Canada $2.00 per year; to the United States. $2.50. Oflice floursâ€"9 to 12 M.. 1 to 5.30 PM. rea H hummer 1:5 afraid of submittmg any question, cuil or relzqious to the test of free discusszon, is more in [me uith hes nun opinion than uith the Truth â€"â€" WA TSUX. ”N ntt i refl‘ ht re "C Q ' \V H ndidu paper 2: Tl lhf‘l’itll atm hm!“ '11!" H U H )Y P Kl tlc changes In In :1 at lazlst create ; when positions egging. But Du a other Ontario thv)’ will \V f and its subsequent success, the policy of nlitically was changed in “Independent,” th the pendulum swinging back somewhat L'c find the h" rimc changing hack to an licy of "lndependent-Liberal." This in- n- glean frnm McKim's Newspaper Dir- (1 there been a persistent, wholeâ€"hearted stence: had the lfrrimc remained loyal to cause. there would. in our opinion, be no asking “Where is Liberalism in South Thursday, I)ecember 11, 193 \‘PIHPD n South (ire andidatt the last nitm tht number mer W unde-r a third party banner. It 1t th rey. so far as we can tall, 15 Farmer movement. That it Futility of such an alliance llamininn election when the 's majority was reduced :lism, locally. can hope for (.1 W elf or become submerg- e next election may be Farmer representative, 1.: 0f Liberalism in this wre and more. are be- vzmdidate of their own uf them are not merely :11 any candidate at ' uwn. a Liberal candi- two parties to worry " With the advent of success, the policy of S 0 \V mlme 0f the past t that the inter- ivs by the Dom- tfiviuls. whereby we can tell, m has gone In the good ere would he boards, e is some- municipal event than in nun“, We know ISHI (w of 1n The old way to express enmity was to refer to people being “as friendly as two strange hull-dogs.” The modern method in this section is to say they are “as friendly as the Fergus .\'mrs-Ifu-nrd and the Palmerston Spedatnr." him the: tustomary "penny tor lllS thoughts" we ~huzilil haw hzul wim- ('hange mining. 'l‘lm {XI m} ”3/3: [NI/"l /"\' (illiliUl‘b‘i Was M'c'urimltétl l. our i'vi'e-rwnw in those llt'\\’>‘[).‘l[)t'l‘.\' which. under in grain: of living? ”imivpi'mlmit" Imlitirall}; talw pot not» at lllt' l'X-rgumn government at every oppor- Hinitjv. 'l'he- 18¢ rit'«r-Ii’i'pnrlm' is one of these. and, like 2m snipers in an army, is not too particular what ammunition it uses. Its motto is “Ali’s fair in (love and war and ~â€") politics”. We feel really flattered at the attention we have been given by the Kincard- ine thunder gun. It convinces us more than ever that so long as we are on the opposite end of the argument we are more than likely right. The Chroniele came under fire tast week when the editor of the Kincardine Review-Reporter took us. to task for defending ourselves against a recent in- sinuation in some of the local weeklies that we had received “inside information” from one of the gov- ernment departments at Toronto. Compared with the wail of the Kincardine Fog Horn, that of Ba]- aam's ass wa a dud. The It’uzew- Reporter delivers himself in his usual style of bomhast and invective adopted when he gets the short end of an argument, but as no one in the. Kin tardine vicinity pays very murl‘ attention to him when he gets hot under the (ollar we st e no reason for our doing so He says our comment on his articlv worth it". On reading his editorial a s we ugrev with himâ€"~â€"-â€"it was nutâ€""wind h him the custonmrx' “Donny fur his Ihn We have no comment to make upon the above. but frankly do not like those last two sentences if they are intended as an insinuation that this newspaper was looking.r for any sealps. The Chronicle did not even know the personnel of the Board, and certainly did not intend to “knock” anybody. Neither can we see that there were “other and better ways” of get- ting over the difficulty. If there were, why did not the Advance unloose them? The (L'hronitle also knew of the conditions five or six months before anything was done but withheld comment in the hope that conditions would improve. Last week's says editorially : POLITICS AND BUSINESS L. R. McNamee. organizer for the newly-formed Farmers’ Union of Canada, in an address delivered at Melville, Sask., Monday night, predicted 25 cent wheat in Canada next fall unless the farmers made some efforts to help themselves. He urged that they take political action. We cannot agree with Mr. Mc- Namee. Instead of political action in times of stress, the farming industry, like any other, needs business organization. With a good business organization, any business group can approach a government, of- fer constructive suggestions, and usually receive as- sistance. We have yet to learn of a government that turned a deaf ear to any business organization which knew what it wanted, and had some reasonable plan for its attainment. The big trouble with depu- tations of any kind is that they have not studied their needs sufficiently to know what they want, and have no worked out any scheme whereby their de- sires might be attained. Deputations all too often merely register “kicks”, and we all know a horse cannot pull when it is kicking. Business in the printing line just now, speaking in a general sense, is not good. Would it make it any better if the. print- ers entered politics? We fancy not. And so it is with other industries. of which it requires more than one nomination to fill the seats. I’eOple simply refuse to take a very active interest in municipal politics, no matter what is done. We cannot see that we can better the sit- uatiun any. The remedy lies with the ratepayers. Tf KINC‘ARDINE FOG HORN EMITS BLAST WH Y ”KNOCK" ANYBODY '.’ issue of the Flesherton Adranre to make a world. Some man who isn't excn sigh: '01' his thmmhts THE DURHAM CHRONICLE second \K' \\'( time, paid not 10THER PAPERS’ OPINIONS On several occasions the Examiner has called attention to the menace of lthe deep ditches on the provincial highways and pointed out that they were unnecessary as well as dangerous. 'Apparently the department of high- lways has now come to the conclusion ;that shallow ditches will fill the bill. In idescribing a new stretch of pavement 'between Elora and Marden. the Fergus News-Record says: “Instead of a sud- lden drop into a deep ditch. such as has resulted fatally in dozens of cases in Ontario. the shoulder is rounded off [at a gentle slope and the ditch is not 'so deep. As a result. anybody running of! the concrete has a splendid chance of getting back again without upsetting his car and breaking his neck. Mr. M'uir of the highways department stat- ed that this kind of ditch is likely to be used on future highways.” â€"Barrie Examiner. When a famous German scientist was on this continent, he was asked his Opinion as to the greatest inventor of all timeâ€"the man who had made the greatest contribution toward the pro- gress of mankind. His answer was ex- traordinary and thought provoking. It was as follows: “I would say the man who discovered that an animal could be trained to work. That was the be- ginning of pow;er the initial step. Then followed the discoverv that air. water, fire could be put to w;ork that the invisible force. electricity. was a slumbering giant. waiting to be master- ed. The inventors did the rest." One cannot help wondering how many governments would deliberately Maybe he's right. but we fear no monument will ever be erected to that great man. We would say that the man who did the most to benefit our present civilization was the inventor of the printing press. A derisive cry may go up from some readersâ€"but just consider a moment! It was printing that made education possible. Be- fore that time. books were costly and scarce. Printing made them cheap and numerous. The learning of all the ages has been preserved in books and the student or the inventor can go from the point where others left off. Every branch of learning has profited as a restilt.~â€"Fergus News-Record. Yet there has been no suggestion of I curtailing this flow of criticism: there. has been no censorship placed upon; the press. The recital of all these facts 3 has been made readily available for the ' newspapers of the world to publish as! they please. i All this has been going on in a meet- ing that is surrounded and weighted with all the authority which the British Crown and Parliament can bestow. His Majesty personally opened the sessions. and the Prime Minister presides over the deliberations as chairman. After all. there is something to ad- mire about the manner in which Great Britain does things. A conference has been going on for several days in Lonâ€" don regarding the future of India. There are almost four-score delegates there from India. Many of the speakers have flat-1y denounced the course. pursued by the British in India: they have told of a people being exploited. of native trade being smothered. or promises of reform not carried into effect. They have charged that the state of India's mil- lions of “untouchables“ is the same today as when Britain loomed in the East 150 years ago as the deliverer the low caste people. The Greatest Inventor How Britain 0005 It Shallower Ditches Evening rate: on "Anyone” (station-to-stotion) tall: now begin at 7 pan. Night rate: begin at 8.30 pan. lust give "Long Distance” the nuns- her you wontâ€"4t speed: up the service. If you don't know the distant number, "Information" will Iooh it up for you. plan to have such a chapter of accusa- tion mitten so plainly and spoken so the world can hear. Perhaps. after all. Britain knows a great deal more than the rest of the world when it cames to dealing with people who are in the throes of birth pains that lead to a larger measure of self -government .-â€"Tavra Leader. A scientist is reported to have found a substance like rubber. but more dur- able. He was probably eating a Welsh rarebit.â€"â€"Rochester Democrat. MAKES DARING RESCUE Miss Winifred Spooner. one of Eng- land's well-known lady aviators. who swam two miles during the night to get aid for her companion when the plane in which they were flying to Africa was forced down in the Mediterranean Sea. There may be insurance as good as. ours. but there IS nothmg sold that is any better. PLAY SAFE--lnsure FRANK IRWIN “KAN K [K W [N , Durham FIRE zmd CASUALTY INSURANCE Tclcphuning is 1 together. Out-0f- ablc, inexpensive before. phone every moments of ward to. Th Tuesday and Thursday evening ~- affectiun (u remember and look fur- c weeks seemed only half as long. Telephnning is the next best thing to being together. ()ut-of-luwn mils are simple, depend- able, inexpensive -- and quieker now than not l‘l-‘t\ra was the nicest present he and it cost less than the n telephoned be: 'rvw, IUUCIV . from his too?!) in the hotel. it 3‘ Letters to The Editor asuedhuhmnim. 5"..- The time is only a few um ‘,-_ when we will again be asked '.<.‘. . who shall administer the affair“ . Toxm for another year. Wim- have the business men of llw taken towards securing the sen. good representatives in the mm. fices to be filled. With the paved. the Town Hall made :. able and a municipal water-won. tem being installed. is it not 12:“ best brains of the town shout; the helm and guide the corp-.1 aflairs? Editor of Durham Chronicle This is not to reflect. on i-hOM' : office. but merely to advise the interest should be shown by the 1. business men of the town now. a: wait until the last moment. I. is to be an election. men of the : caliber should be approached a: duced to agree to qualify as cane: A little attention on your pa: Editor. to this. and less to your 0; Pension critics. would be apprem What Durham needs now as it high class officials. is cheaper In Why is it that bread. meat ax“ are still selling above what such a can be bought for in new}. towns? The price of cattle. hogs aim is entirely out of line with that . ~ for the finished product. Willie feed for cattle should result in ('1 milk. As for bread it is a crime. 2 bakers to ask their patrons to 1m sent prices with wheat selling . than production cost or at. leasY .1 low prices. A consumer's strike :1 bakers and butchers would seen. the prOper thing. Let our pi‘v busy. A‘V' I‘\ 1' could have given Thursday. December 11. 1930 (of! all B moved loads" he: â€"ONLOO} pro And a home w thmugh in tho good-m} 1190de like a \1 From H TI"? \Nhlil. \\ID 'I Some in (Zhat Thm‘sda} . Dm-vmlH-r At Ho “In bx Rain! Ruth