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Farmer s Must
Take Initiative
It's Up To Farmer* To G
Good Things Out .of Life
.• The old tin tub is still mo
prevalent than bathrooms in eu
country homes. The soft and
fiatiSfaCtOrY arays kerosen
lernpe light more farm , home
than electricity. The •prosaic evash
board in still breaking belio3 thr
•eleetrie Vtrtashing Machines' woul
•,
savee
Lack of modern "convenience
and laboreiving device i whic
city dwellers take •for granted
makes for drudgery, ill heal
and' rural "disccintent. And an
less the farmers thenaselvei tali
-the initiative nothing will be don
about ite
That, in effect, was what W
P. Macdonald, agriculture Tepee
. seetatiVe for Lareleton. County
said in an address to Larebto
County Council the other day
•Nobody bas ever caught Lamb -
toes neteran agrieeltural official
in •, fit of 'grumbling. He is a
boaster -always. When he tells
the 'farmers they're not getting
a faitedeztl he. isn't running dhwn
the town. and city dw,ellers. His
Message is a challenge to the
• farmeis•theMselves.
* * *
He suggested that something 'be
done -far the farmers by the far-
mers. .to ,ee fa it ht the new
woeld, visioned after the war, be
broaderied to. inelude the rural
areas. Up to the present, re-
habilitation plans foe the coming
peace have been largely pushed
fel- solders, industry, labor, fin-
•ance and urban people Who hive
been more fortunate than the
farmers in ,getting their share. Of
whatever geoct things lifeeholds:
,Certainly, life on the farin,
even art this "enlightened •age, is
not the. grand and glorious thing
the Aosta:Vic farm 'lad who made
good in" the city dreams te be.
Tho clean, clear country- air •May
he' splendid ,stuff for deep -breath-
ing purposes for a week or two
of vacation. But it grows mph- •
otonous over zt 1 2 -month period.
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The early song of the lark May
he a joyous note to the bird lover
and the occasional returner to 'na-
et
re
r
n -
a
e apples today at a, reasortable grice
t for the household? °triages
d ; brought all ,the way 'from Cali.
fornia are in much more popular
dentand then the Canadian apple."
b Even the Canadian black. walnut
has golie into the Itieury class-at70 cents for' a six -quart basket -
Catharines Standard
VOICE
OF THE
. • , APPLE QUESTION „ •
Can you remember .not so long .
ago whenpeople were ocraxedto
helve out the • apple indratry of
Canada by purchasing and .eating •
appleell. Where are the good
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• • • INEXPERT WALKERS •
• E,Newand inexperienced" pedes-•
• trians, placed in that plass by
gasoline restrictions, have result-
, ed in boosting the street reeciderit
n rate in Los Angeles. It, may yet
• be necessary to equip .them With '
horns and tail lights,
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-Windsor Star
"WORK OR FIGHT"
The wee -time: policy of Preel-
dent 'Wilson in the :last conflict
• was. "Work or fight," Which labor
•in the United States on the whole
felt compelled to respect. It is
still a 'pretty good Ultimatum far
* any deinocracy, inthis streggle,
if enforced. •
•
•HamiltOrt Spectator
•
JUST IMAGINE!
• Before rationing, American mo-
torists burned 70,oqu00• gallons
.of gasolinh each .clay. , Until -the
advent of motor cars, gasoline
was considered a waste product -
of •kerosene: refining; . it was
poured into rivers or burned,
-Canadian Press
-a--
• • CChVERING UP •
"Where he all • the _bare-.
•
legge-d-girls gene," inqnires The
titre: but it is just another noise
to the- fernier as he, begins his
long day of herd work, • Waving
fields of grebe' and corn make,
soothing pictures to the passing
• • • nioterist: . But- they harbor": rust
and borers, end nobody knows
whether thee will • be enough
ng*Ureo too -much rain ,before
it is safely threshed arid put &Way.
As Mr. Macdonald said: 14 the
Dominion Construction Committee
• has mind home teeproventk.nt.
- plans to provide employment for
• • beilding trades in the townseandt
cities (and, incidentally, to make
lifteemene-hainfinetahhihlor urraii-
dwellersje tben there wOuld Seem
• „• to be no excuse far itot extending •
• . .it to the rural sections with the
• .• • vast possibilities of :helping agei-
c
• e• •
. •
hltural life. , •
h I Sow the Morning
• .• Break •
• St. •Thomas Times-Journale-e Ai 7
• if the editer didn't know that
• they've gone hp to •the attic to
• look for a pair Of Grandma's old
wool 'stockings. ,
—Ottawa Citizen• ,
BUTTER PREFERRED
' Of •course, it's vv ride f
as out, science making a suit of
• clothes, of rnilih, But if it's all
• the same we'd rather be measured
• for a pound of butter.
-e-Kitchefier Record
'
heeANOTHER---COUPON
It's a lot of trouble bringing
them up, but what's nicer around
the horneeat a, time like this .than
a 16 -year-old who doesn't, drink
coffee? •
-Winnipeg' Tribune
ONE WAY TO, LOAD
Truck backs down into shallow water on shore of -Guadalcanal
to take supplies.from.landing boats --which is one way to do it.
• Corvettes Score
• Againit U -Boats
• Small Fast Vessels Have
Mane Name For Themselvee'
Continued nrenage of the German
.eubniarine andthe strecese of Can- •
-ada'aefleet ofhani`elrfaet coeietfes
in combating it have° aused the
ehampions of the sin.f1l craft to
urge- its use on a-rnol&e eetentied.
scale.'
• The records .shove that coyvettes
• have nee only sunk submarines;
they also have defended them-
eircratt.--Slid-•:14e
tected many • merchant edevoya
across the Atlantic. • • •
•In fct, according to the. pe-
• nutmeat of MunitiOns . and Sup-
• ply, Canadian corvettes 'have ea-
cmited more than 11,000- merchant
• ships -urea the' *Water, •Cirrying
supplies of approximately n4,000,-
,•000 tons to. the battlefronts of the
old world:
With high American and Brit-
ish naval spokesmen emphasizing
• anew the grvity•of the increasing
total of United Nations mernhapt.
men; it is'indicated that new em:
phasis mai be placed •uop. the.
,coreettes
• • LAST IS REAL THING
SellOoling is what ryou get in
school: • Education is whSt the
-hevereflei• givee you' when you get •
out. '
--Brenden ,Stie •
•
But as Mr. Macdoneld stressed:
The chances are nothing will be ,
done about it unless the farmers
themselves take -the
Yea that have faith to- look With
fearlese eyes6
• Beyond. Ore' tragedy of a. world
. at strife • "
And. trust that out of night and.
' dee.th shall rise
• The davert of winner life:
• ...Rejoice, whatever anguish rend
• Mother, L Father '• and ' BabeT ' •1 your heart • .
Will All Feel The Pinch . • That. God has given you, for a
priceless dower, L.' e • .•
To live- in -these greet nines and
have your part
-in Freedm's • croihiing Irohr;
That you May tell you eons whO
see the light " • •
-Hien in the heaver. thei
. r heri-
• tage to take: •
"I saw the riowers of darktiess put
to flightf
saw the morniag break!"
' -Sir Owen Seanen.
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• „90 More Metals •
Casualty List
•
Mother's, emupact babys 'bank
and father's key ease are casual-
ties in the latest Het Of items
Which mutat not be • manufactured
with any metal other than geld
and tilver, the Prides.Ioard an-
neun•ced recently. •
An order by D. P. Orikshank,
eo-ordinator of the metals admints-
tratiori, added 90 items to the list
of mare than 400 previously banned
in an order last September. All
these Ociods now .mustate =deaf
weed, paper, platies, cement, .glass
or other substitute. materials.
In addition to compacts,liPittick
holders, hale curlers of eur"ng
• tongs are out (unless made of gold,
or eiever or substitute materials),
L. ..10
But • bobby ,,Pinn; hair ..pins . Red
clamps for hair curling , or eivirig
are not prehibijed,
• ' her 110P'eabeild.„....daties,__IVirieh
Canuck will have to get a:lote
withoet meteemade gtothes pins;
roo 1in.hae-d11-4-1/4/1.41.0Pleiole-hee
Ishers, • clothesline- pulleys 'or
ai clothes racks. '
• NOv Id es brought under the
intlude ornaments, buttons
buckles, button hooks and . even
socially -prominent items like ae
aranirs 'tongs and mrquees.
Office workers eveetuallY will
• feel the pinch, With pep holders,
. • pencil sirei porters, typewriter rib- Seh lectern, and leter similar re
bon spdols, d $k sets, baszA__Ior.__.e.eardeethereetteedeiennerrintereleen an
eanIfterehoutimetes-----anne water -coolers • Rotterdm. -
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• • (A.
Play Canned Chimes
At Church Services
"Canned -cherch belt !chimes"
are the latest ersatz innovation In
Holland- to be forced by Germat
• cpenscaticin.
• The • Nail authorities recently
-requisitionedeeth-osteente-Hollaner
oharch• bells to melt them down
for -the Reich' War industry. Some
cleave.hes-ematleeeerhonngrapirehrw-
eords of their bells- befcire yield
In them and are now playing these •
reeords at srvices,
/he• German-controlld news-
.
paper Nienwe Ratterdatneche Cour-
ant said the exilerireent was tried
out suceessfulle' during Ohrianeas
• and New Year's Eve see'vce.e at
the clahlialic Singel Church In
banned. Also forbidden are metal e .At !Centel, a Retterd,attrh,stiburle
. . escalators and elevatoi•s. Metal experimental artIPlifying equipment
impelcups we y ruled out in ,the • was Metalled in, a ehure,h steeple,
• previeus order. .1- " ' ' ,witiali etteeeeded "hi braneking
nee Order effects the sports - recorded el1iine8 as far, as eight
• World:ice. No metal May be tried• mies, 'under faverable wind Oh
' in the mantifecture 61' baseball. or, ditions, •• • , • .
swineing pool equipment, race The Convent siild eiturch officials ,.
1.a611s, ski articles. skatieg rinks, wishing to Metall eitullat. apperetne •
ftli Cr' ft 01 ret i C 0(1 Id Malt t, . *cored require • e.•• 'apecisal 41.1ig1fig
ga nteS di. freebies.permin' from the Nazi authoritlee.
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speecf--alidiveretulay •
Thee/a1 boats, whose ton-
nage 1 s in a 'categarY betWeen
that .of a patrol torpedo "beat and
• a destroyer, are lightly ,atined ,and
have Piety their speed- and manen-
irerability .to ward off , attack. •
..As convoy escorts Canadian..bore
nettes -have. performed 'notable
Work. The Arvada recently .came.
.into port with. vveli Over ..100 sur-, .•
. 'venire. from ships .sunk by enemy
action. . • • • •
Seventeen of Canaddee hereettes„
•It was also :disclosed, took- pert in
the , -United Nations invasin of
• North ektriea, , .
• Corvettes have ranged as •far.
berth ea. -Iceland, and as far south .
as the Caribbean. '
• ler the Pacific .Cerhettee provid-
ed a. section of the fighting fleet
a • 0 epehan
oh the'''Aleutiane., to ' take ,theehrife'
• fensive against the Japanese.
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Jeeps Take ,Place
• Of Piow Horses •
• ' American • jeeps, the luindy-
andies of the United States Army,
aee going to 'plow now.
The quarterton vehicle, which
have been used to haul generals
and even Presidents, hunt tanks
harrhta s
earrsr-the-wotructectioe thee*
, will be pressed into eerviee
in the spring plevveng program in
•Britain teinraienef o.o.delare_parthat
the: Amereean arthed forces. sta-
tioned thete They already are be-•
• ing employed to clear thousands
e1 acre- of agricultural land.
LIKE THAT
. By Fred. Neher
000 0_
t, •
"Shutoff that war news! want to hear the battle next doorlIr
•
rtlanrd-b-Conotslds14011..AstOr061
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rte.tovrgr(
THE 1300K SHELF
OUT OF DOORS IN -WINTER
• •_ •By C. J.. Hylencler „
• Perhaps you think -of winter as
a .season- to stay iptdoore, but it
you are a nature lover, you'll
want to Lpet. on. yoier warm coats
-and explore out of doors t Even
' though 'there -may be snow on the
.• ground and less greenness in the
'Iandecape., the world of . nature, le
very aline and there is fun end
...,extitereent for your winter walks
Now that' the .leives are* off'
Seine tree e you havea hate! •
chance to estedy their branches;
And. you'll want to' become better
eqq.uainted -with evergreens, .thos• e
trees and plants that etayegreen,
all year. round. 'There L .are 'per-
manent residents among -birds too.
• It's fun -to learn to recognize 'the.
birdsand.animals by their tracks •
•in the 'sno.W.. • ' .
There may be,'days'. when it's
not easy to go'. otit of doorsand
. then You'll -Want tolearn 'how '.to .
bring neture indoors,' ,with a• .
terrarium for favorite. flowers
•
and 'awes .arraeged for sOme,..of
your. pet ,Anirnals. , And think. of
the , plans you ',can •,meke: clneirigh
the winter for next spring! ,
Out of Doors, in Winter . .
By C. J. Hylan'der'...•..: The Mac-
Millan
.
Company' of Canada
Pricen$,1.75: •-.•, • •
Strange Folk'
These British
They 00n Conduct a War
On Decent Principles
'•'A few ;weeks ago, relates The
Jhansaa City Times, the •British
cruiser ILM.S. Scylla *(Capt. I. A.
• P. MacIetyre); on. patrol dutyin
the' North Atlantic,. was informed.
that a' large German, cargo' ship
',Was attemPthig to. run the block.:
acre -and reacha French port. Aft-
er a 200-mire--Chaea the. • Scylla.
overtook Fife, vessel and' fired a
warning• salvo ahead .of her. Ine •
• stead- of .5topping, . the 'blockade
• Tunner• Ahifted course, end' the
• cruiser then fired directly at her.• •
Hereis the rest of the Admiralty's
report: •
emes.were seen. 124)mi:sig.:
from' 'the superstructure' • of the
enemy ,vessel, and it •was. noticed
that • the crew was •abandoning
ship. The 'cruiser ceased fire entil•
• the lifeboats were -clear of th'e,h
ship, and then thefblo'cicadee run-
finaily sunk 7.ivith a for
• peclo'. This was done as quickly
as • possible,, because it was be-
lieved that, German aircraft 'and •
;T:lhboati might be in' the vicinity
arid might •be attracted to. ,the .
'scene by smoke from the :blirnh.
-in
R.errieml;e:rthe number of times'
that survivors.' of Allied' merchant
vessels have, reported being fired.
ehttenereety the eubmarine, which.had •
sunk ;their ship, after they had
taken to ,small. boat§ and liferafts,
and then nolice -Capt. MacIrityrees•••
order to ceaSe fire as soon as the
Germans •were , seen, abandoning
ship-althougle hostile :planes and
. submarines inicht be in the viein- •
ity. • • I.
• • • •
Canada Keeps
Inflation Away.
• • •
••• •$50,0qq,000-1n..S.ubsideee-Pre.,7
tects Price e Ceiling
•
From the end of 'Meech' last
• year to the 'present time, accord-
ing to a' House Of, Commons re-
- turn, the Prices Board has paid
out. $50,000;000 in subsidies to
protect its prices "ceilieg," ears
The 'Ottawa Journal.
'hit -looks like a lot of troley;
a lot Of miniey, at any rate, - to
protect a ceiling. Atually, it is • I
hue. a bagatellein comparison
with vhat ' the peopleeef Canada
would have haii to pay out.ifthere
, had "heerteneerteesee-elig, • , •
A (jump Of one paint inthe coat
of living lrule* means roughly.
• $30,000,000 out of the poekts, of
Canadian .censtirners. Therefore,
if we were 'without a pricei. ceiling •
and the cost pf living had • gone
up, say, fourpoints' (which .Would
hot have been ,. extraordinary)
What we wouldhave paid would
---not--haveeheenher5.07000;000-,--but-
ISt20,000,0*: as would not
lie been impossibte,'Eitki4ati„
• Bluey and Curley' of the Anzacs
THE . WAR • WEEK — Commentary on Current Events
Fighting Spirit Of True Canadians
-Cannot Be Beaten By Any Enemy
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The Independent Majority of the Steelworkers of Steel Co.' of
Canada ran .the following advertisement in the Hamilton Spectator
On January 23 and paid for it out of 'their awe pockets: , • "
STRIKINQ,IN .WARTIIVIE'IS A' DIRTY -•••• ••••
. • - • • BUSINESS•
. .
In fact, over 75%. of the„SteelWotkerseet the Steel Company of Cane
ada•regard auch.aceitm as TREASON, and •want your help in 'wedding
any such occurrence at our ,plant. Every mae. on 'strike, from, a
Canadian steel plant to -day is killing Canadian .soldiers as surely art '
if he. shot . there. This fact makes .the relations .between...the Steel-
workers' management, and the Government no longer a private,
,e••
eietterrhut a public concern. • , .
We .think theidea of a steel strike 'should make every citizen .of Can-
ada
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'as hopping mad as it makes us. How would . you feel ifethrough
'determined action of an organized 'minority you. were forced to stop
working in what you ile* tribe a Intel part of our war effort? , - ' •
, • -Or if .yeu had .Worked for your firnefor over 25 years, as ever 10* :. • .
, .
, • of . us have, and had no .grievances You thought 'were veryeimportenthe
these due, when so niany .people 'areesuffering so mirk, and were . . '
•'suddenly told you were expected to strike on Monday? • .
•• -Or if you had several .children, a borne' to pan' for, and ;other • .
•
expenses you could just . meet,and were stedeenly faced with the•
possibility of being foreed to live for Several 'weeks with noemoney• -
coming in. ': :, - ..
. .. •
• e. Don't, gat' ea wrong: We aren't . Union . haters, or. "Company '
men." ' We •believe wellrunand teeponsibleuntone can benefit every
"on. :We also know that basic wage .ratee'rnay need to 'be -adjusted.,
hem time_to. time, and there -are- other ,gerieewirc es- in -this
pIa
What we object to is the rage of strikes over which we have rto control.
to forceedecisions in .sueh matters in -these times. The Government
hae set forth a policy of vage' and price centroi to try and avoid
• troublesand hardships met in the last .nver. It also provides' means ' •
for adjuStieg inequalities brought to its • ettention. Public „opinion
should demand qui*, firm and jitst use of this machinery to. settle •
• problems as they aeise, arid avoid sittiatione such is we, have here.
)3'leeed) v any group to 'dictate its own terms in any such d4pitto
p 1 •isaster for the whole national economy.
THE C.h.O. IS BOMBARDING WORKERS•AND PUB-
LIC WITH PROPAGANDA PUT OUT EXPRESSLY •
TO, WIN MEMBERS AND INCREASE' THEIR OWN
POWER . BY DISCREDITING BOTH GOVERNMENT
AND • MANAGMENT. ••"
. ILE,..,.._WQ,ULD LIKE -.TO, -EXPRESS▪ . AND :EXPLAIN— • '''
THE ftEAL CONVICTIONS OF THOSE STEEL -
•'WORKERS WHO DO 'FREIE' OWN THINKING. .
• FIRT-A FEW COLD FACTS WHICH, CAN BE EASILY
1 • Union membership neverViEeRpresieEPte:d more than about ,2.5% of . •
the 4;900' wage earners at Hamilton Works. • Not mere than 000
• members haveattended anyecnie meeting: • • •
2 "Oly 300 members were present at the meeting in, which the strike
hevoe.was hele-ThYeiliundred• men are attempting to fore more ,
•, than 4,00 Men to stop. en:Th. •
3 A large percentage of fornier CLO. members believe in 'Unions
. ' and joined to assist in correcting grievances the C.I.O. bronglit
-to their attention. Theiehjoined on the, undeestaading that 110
strikes woald be called in wartime. These men are now •thoectughly
• ffliS,' but they are ibeluded' in estimates of
mniesmgubsetresdh,ipa.re not paing Unio
.n eines, and are : Completely inactiva,-
4 The strike iseue here is Union recagnition and collective bargain. •
ing, With the pay increase anhicidental. Through our Worke
"Ceuncil we already have a collective bargaining agreed/exit threuh'
elected representatives, free of charge. The Union guarantees to •11
givd us the same thiag for about $50,000 in dues. We.do pot take
ourWorks Council seriously enough,.or make it work as it should.,
becauseWeadidn't-halteterefightferei;-•-e-hh-e-•
0 NO discrimination is shown against Union inembees in the plant.
Union representatives sit on the Works Council. • • • "
•
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•
• • .. ,
e feel that this projected' strike is art of a planned program •- • •
• to Unionize _Canada's steel industry, no matter at 'what cest he, •
the conntry--.YOUR country. The C.I.O. is following a .familiar • .
• pattern •which has been very 'succesful in the States. .• Strong n&. • .
•.decisive -action is needed Limrnediately to prevent :.further troubleand forestalh.a general inflation. , Managements hands -are tied,
the Governmentis unwillingand unable to act .without scene over-
' whelming expression of public opinion. •
Now Ls yow atom...to do something ooncrete to prevent a nfin-
• ority sabotaging. our war effort. Write the Goverronent. Enpress
your opinions in the papers, and make sure any man who ml:parts
• a strike in these tittles realizes Whet he is doing..• •
AS, for itsrhnetake this opportunity th
to,.telle worldthat we have
no intention of being pushed Around. certaininnot byany,selfih
• group who fel that the present crisie is a golden opportunity to
gain power and raise 'wages, 'een at te risk of. topedoing our
„ .whole War effort. •
',hhh"-We-if.frp-zikir'ief'icithTinotice out of our own pockets, hoping it • h • -
may help -to save tie the money we would lose if the Steel Corn- .
pany is shut. doyen by, a strike.
•
. "PURE DICTATORSHIP" •
' A Committee of The Indepndent
, • Majority of the Steelworkers
of the Steel Co.. of Canada
* • et, *• *
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There is •nothieg inour 'Civil law to. prevent strikes, says the
• . . .
Owen Sound Sun -Times. If workers are not Content with conditions.
theY, cannot, lie 'forced to stay en the. job. But what right have they
to say to others, not members of their ;Union, "You shallnot work!"
end use force to prevent them from working? Nonewhateher, we
should say: ,• ' • • • • '
It is a poor rule that doee not • work both ways; but apparently
these steikere want everything their own *ay. - They are exercising
• thprivilegeeir• .o te pting to work bet. they are rfusitig,to o
• - tlie• -privilee Of Sayirig. -het f 'joW.' • And ther.'isnething dehio.cratic abOutthat. .It is pure dietatorship,• • In a dictator ruledcountry
their Unions would not last a minut. •
the cosi of 'living reached . • 10
points (it has gene up that fast
in sortie other :ountries). our bill
woUld be $300,000,000.
• The truth is that a pries' cll-
.
ing in Canada .1-0 workechelt has
qot svork-edjcdeitiTIFailta auilairs
hoped it would; has brought a. lot
kept prices down and inflation
away -perhaps saved all of 'ire
from a maor econornic.-disaster.
• •
• London:s TIM: the govertunent
_..telephdpe - • ••,4 --
'feet tilne, has ,been called 90,*
000000. times since the • service •
"In on the Jack -pot"
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