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•TH'E LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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'THURS., DECRMBER, 2nd, 1943
THE LUCKNOW.SENTIN' EL,.,
. • \LUCKNOW, ONTARJO.
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THURSDAy, DECEMBER 2nd, 1943
EDITORIAL
WE PAY. AS WE GO
• Canadians may well be proud of the fact
•that Canada is one of the •few countries en-
gaged in the war whiChls meeting all itas war
costs with9ut aid of lencl• lease Or any other
help. We have a 'pay-as-you-go' pcilicy, and on
top of this, we are giving aid to. our Allies
in the form .of munitions, food/and other, war
necessities, to an amount in excess of two bil-
lion dollars. - •
In ,view of our stupendous War effort
does seem strange that goods we purchaaefroin
•the United States • for war ,purposes reqUirea
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Slit of .ciiir'• money ,for every dollar's Worth.
THE PUBLIC HOLDS THE ANSWER :
• , ' . 0 • purchased. The United States. is alsourchas,- • -
By making 'cancer a reportable disease • ing millions Of,.dellars worth ofc. war Materials ,
111-14chvaluable infpnatien would be obtained • from us, but they only need '90 cents. of .their.
. in corineetien with . this "scourge. About the . •money 'to Pay us for one . dollar's' worth of•
only thing definite in this respect is the know'- goods.' Why are the U.S. and Canadian dollars
ledge that thereare about 13,000 deaths from
not worth par in each_ country in 'wartime? '.
-the disease eachyearin Canada.. . —2 - Balanee Of trade and -Oilier reasons advanced
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I1 is not known :how many cases there . are high-sounding phrases in peace -time, but
are in the Dominion in. -any one year. An es- . " should mean nothing when this is, supposed to
iimateplaces this at 50,000. It Is net known . be a united nations' war effort to destroy a
how early or how late the diagnosis is :made common enemy. The present set-up is either
, and by whom. It ,is not known how many cases an unfriendly act of a friendly nation or Man -
•are rightly or wrongly diagnosed. It, is not
known how many different ways cancer. is
treated' in Canada and. it is not. known what,
their value is. To assess the value of any type:
ipulation to benefit certain fininciai interests.
If tWc.,• friendly • neighbors and Allies cannot
play fair with each other in wartime, what hope •
is there to establish an Atlantic Charter for all
• ' of treatinexit, statistics are only available -in the. peOPles?—Pert Elgin Tittles.
case 'of surgery and radiotherapy.
The 'answer to all these questions
be fOuncl:by making it obligatory for every
doetor. or layman treating a: case diagnoSed. as
caneer, to report it to a central provincial body
at once ...M.,aking_a_clisea,se_rAportable, need not
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mean- publicity for the patient. „ ••
• ., It is for the public to say whether or not •
cancer should be a•: reportable disease, • and
there should be no hesitation in making the
. reply unanimously' :affirmative, -
FARMERS -SHOULD BE -COVER1$1i-
•, • In 1941, Compensation Boards in Canada "they tell me this, or they tell me that". One :
• paid industrial workers twenty-one and 'a haif of the favorites is that you can get unlimited
million. dollars•for,time off due to injuries. quantities of merchandise in certain other cell.;
• , Farmers get hurt too—to the extent of an tres Which hapPen to be in short supply in the
estimated 51,000 serious aectclenta a year Yet home town.. But why, if they can, are they
they are not compensated' and what is more, looking .for it "where it ain't?" : •
the, farmer ' is responsible for,: the hired- man • • • • * * • ,
getting- hurt, .accordirit, to a recent court
judgrnent.
•In ari article by Dr: James McClinton he
corieludes that•farm aecidents should have
There goes .November ,and.as' Novembers
;go it wasn't such a.__bad month, especially when
compared with'sorne. of its predecessors.
At the nnia_ting_last week the United
Farmers of Ontario adapted a resolution fawn.-
ing a merger with the Ontario Federation, of
Agriculture. • This should make a strong and
influentialfarm organization provided polilics
Local and General
and Mrs. Norman. Wilson
of Hamilton spent the week -end
With relatives here.
.1V1r.. and M.ra 'Robert Fisher
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of ;Hamiltenvsperit the .week -end
,David
Harvey :Treleaven • is ill
at her herne,, 1Vliss Islay Campbell'
.lieg.11.,,,has been in attendance..
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r..' and 'Mrs. .J.•.W.• Henderson
and"Mrs, • Morg•an •Henderson..
spent a couple of days in London -
last. Week. '•• . :
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.Mt and Mrs. Ralph -Nixon, ea-
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te;emed' Zion couplew.he, celebra-
ted their gOlden. wedding .early
in the . year, left . on .MondaY' to -
spend. the Winter at the home of
Mr, J. B. McKay, R. 2,'
Gordon, Statters, who is with
the Bank of Montreal in New-
'foundland, has been, transferred
• from St. John to Corner Brook
as accountant, at the latter
;branch.
Mrs. J. W. Joynt is recovering
satisfactorily from injuries to
ligaments in her leg which she
suffered in a' fall early in Oct -
Continue to be kept •out.
• •• . Every business man is quite familiar with,
ober and has recerrtlYiseen rbie
to be about the house again. Mrs.
D. R: MacLean is in charge of
the United Church choir in her
absence and Mrs. A. Crispin
Mr: and Mrs. Charles Carnegie
ofToronto were visitors here
with Mr. and .Mrs, Jim Carnegie.
•Mrs. Juliet. M. MacKenzie of
Victbria, B.C., who was the guest
of Mrs. Margaret, •MacPherson of
,Milverton for two weeks; was
called to Winnipeg .owing to the
serious illness of her 'niece, Mrs..
Studinan. • • „ •
• Miss Marjory PUrdcin is em-
ploYed at. the, C.Ndi. depot at
Hanover. Marjory took .a course
in telegraphy, typing and express
work' at the local telegraph office
.and then•for a time was employ-
-ed at the Luek,now depot before -
going to_Hanover. •
Take Up :Residence Here
Mr land Mrs. ,Roy :Lattner pf
Kitchener, :who were 'married on
Saturday, have moved ,intb the.
Mies ' Henderson residence . on.
Station St. Roy and his' brother;
who is making his. home.' with
them, .are both ernployed in the :
Maple Leaf Aircraft plant. • .
The Y:1)..S. of Tirst-;:.Church;-vSt:
;Marys, 'recently" entertained . the
Stratford executive of the Y.P.S.
-IVliss Grace MacPherson,' presi-
dent of the St. Marys Society,
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-interesting
addreas on "Our Mission in. Bri--'
-fish Guiana". Lloyd, Stewart of
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Stratford rendered a solo andq
conducted games for the even -
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is presiding at the organ. .• Mg.
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It's December folks! Christmas is only three
weeks F) way. Better get .Christmas sizoiriing
• lone now.
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pre.vention, treatment cOnipensation. Pre T.,. • • ''.."‘".^1,'S"-• "(If .r•-•••-•:.ndFes 17teNryy T ,n
vention' is accomplished. -by educatio,,, .a'rd , . . bronriht this' comment from the.1•.°1Teig• •v-Nrk'
treatment ,by .a •kriowledge. of first. old.. Com- , :TirrP"..: "This athazirq•-reenrel, ..inrTepri. ir ^nr1/2
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'Of the fis•eal miracles nf this war". ‚The • Ornncl..
pensation, ,o,f course,"requires an annual con.
acentraI fund. .., , ' . .... • • total oft. *
he loanastands at about .$1,380,000:imr
inbution to•.
An• aecident Costa abOut one liundred;dol • * . • ,. . ,
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"Oh, Lord", he said as he knelt at his bed-
lars, according to figures compiled by the ,On- \ -,
side One evening, "make be.,,a-good little boy.
tario Compensation' Board, with 28 years ex-
• ' I asked you the other 'day . to do . it but you
perience and over a, million anda . hall case a
••didn't".—Guelph Mercury.' . •
recorded. , .. • ' , . ' • ' .'•
• • • On this : basis, ;severe accidents to Can -
A • There are between four and five 'medical
adian farmers would coat. Something over _fiVe '
•-officers for. every 1,000 men in the Canadian
million dollars annually. 672,000 farm •opera- • Armed Services, WhichAa approximately five
tors would share this cost,. to provide corn-, . times as many doctors for the 'care of the -arm-..
perisation ' for himself and . his _hired 'man in .. ed forces as the pre-war ratio fcerthe general
_ case of injury .withdoctor and hospital billa..• • public. .Then there as an average, Of one doe-
' included. This•could'be had for approximately
$10.00, a year, including administration costs
'• as well as providing a reserve for tinforseen •
demands.
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tor 'for every 1,100 persons.
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-When the :W.P.T.B. has, iiroof of the facts
it doesn't fool. ,A Southampton 'merchant re-
cently paid a fine and costs or $125.00 for
infractions of the price ceiling on such com-
The .Ontario clothing division of the Aid 'modities as coffee, jam, oranges and corn
to Russia Fund is staging a 'blitz" during De- .syrup.
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'Cember 'for clothing for the people. in. the dev- ' • . , ' ' * ' *•*
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astated
• generation is debtor to the past forthe ex-
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astated areas of the Soviet Union. • '• In reply to .the ,slogan, "The World owes
Residents of Lucknow. 'and district have everybody a living!" R. i J. •Deachman says:
previously made a liberal response to . this • "The world owes nobody a living. Each new
effort, and are again being called on for dona
tions of warm and serviceable clothing and ,. cellent start .it gets in life. The only means by
blankets, which may be left at T. W. Smith's which that debt can be repaid' is by passing on
Garage. ',, . to those who come after us a country better,
The need for clothing in Russia is beyond richer, stronger • than we found it. That, should
be the Kirit of the age7-it is the way of prog-
ress".
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• Temperance. advocates are quickto sqiip-
port their cause by the statement that Guy
Lombardo's Royal Canadians do not chink at
any tithe or Under.'any condition. This band
has been voted tops for eleven. successive years.
Guy says, i"We don't want it. It jiist doetrist
. mix with music".
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Read a touching letter from 'a lieutenant
of the 48th Highlanders, who was effering,con-
• dolence 'to the Durham parents of a young man
• who paid the supreme sacrifice in' Italy. The
lieutenant was in hospital himself as a result
of wounds reeeived on that special patrol when
iix' members of his platcion were picked Off.
And then to hear .some petty quibbler grouch-
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ordinary measurement It is estimated that
more that -,-30,00,0,000 persons in the areas being
liberated by the Russian offensive will, be in
dire need of help. These occupied communities
'have, been looted by. the Nazis and .now in re-
treat, they set the torch to the homes that still
stand. . ' '•
-The Soviet people\ have more than earned
our :gratitude. They have paid •and are con-
•tinuing to pay an extremely heavy price to
drive the common enemy from their soil. Ever
Russian family has suffered loss in life and,
property: The devastation in i6t country is
beyond description. , • ,
HOW little it is we are asked to do for
• these brave people! Railways will transport free .-
of charge all donations of clothing to. Toronto
headquarters, where they ,are sorted, packed
and shipped as quickly as received. These baleS
nothing are-trarksprir
on Soviet boats.
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Letters to Editor
MONITORY REFORM ,•
WILL ABOLISH POVERTY
ancouver, J3. 01.,
ovrmber 1591, 1943.
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t- iy3 to finance the
cost of the war, by taxation and
borrowing. I wish to. inform you
, and .your readers. that there is
the third by the use of the
bank of Canada along with tax-
ation. To do this it would be nee-
cessary to remove from the char -
teed banks, the- ssnanee of all
forms of k money,, the bank Of
Canada to be the source of all
our money and inflation to be.
held down by ,taxation. By so
doing we could conduct our war
effort ' with greater efficiency,
Without debt, interest :or infla-
tion. It can and should be done,
as at the present. time the chart-
ered banks issue 90 per cent of
our money and all the inflation.
Let' us examine the war 'debt
to date, including victory bonds,
war saving certificates, compul-1
sory savings- and bank borrowing,
the debt will be lover $6,000,000,-
000 at '3 per cent the interest will
be $180,000,000 per year or near• -
ly .1/2 million dollars per day,
Victor Y bonds do not help the
war. Only man power and mat-
rerial- carr-thrtfrat.
If'each man, woman and child
in-. Canadats ,bought bonds to ari,
equal' amount, they would not
be worth the paper they are prin.!
ted on, simple because each per-
son would hare to be taxed to pay
his own intereat. The only way
to ' make bonds,: valuable is to
have Plenty.of poor -People, not
the wealth of the,- country nor
its production aswe are so often
told. -
You also:, state that the bank
deposits are greater than ever,
• true, ,At the same-tirne against
each dollar, deposit 'there is a
debt to the bank of an eqUal
.ainu
oatr-fria
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inakes one "hot .under the collar".
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deposit • (money) -is • created out.
Of nothing. The banks do net
lend the depositors money. It is
treated out. of nothing, against "
the ;borrowers security at the
time the loan is made and by the. •
cheque system the bank deposits •.
are moved frorn• one person to
onother. Every dollar in circula-
tInn is a debt to the banks, The
q-' way mnrey can get into
- 11 -op : 1 -,•Nr' some person or
'7 l'OrrWin f:Z it from the'
and thi- great mass of, the
'• dnoercl on the bank bOr- •
rwer for their supply pf money,
which • is .
inadequate and they
don't knoiv it.
o I could write much more on '
this subject. HOwever,' ifwe
want to keep our .country from.
going C.C.F. or some other form.
of dictatorial socialism, we must
have monetary 0reform, so that
the people 'can have.. the things
they desire ,when and where. We
live in an age of plenty and mon-
etary reform will abolish pov-
erty. • The reforth can only be,.
brought about bY political dem- •
ocracy.
Here are a few points to study,
we cannothave party politics
and deinociacy. in full at .the
same time, nor can we have soc-
ialism and democracy at the'
same
same tithe. We cannot build . up
a pyramid of debt and have peace
'at the same time.. We should
study our own system and correct •
its Wrongs.
ani not suggesting that the
people shbuld not ,buy victory
bonds but to inform you and
your readers that bonds and debt,
e-unneeessary - that- We'
should demand from our M.P.'s
to conduct the :war with greater. •
Vigour., without creating further
debt, and to, free us from finan,
• cial dictatorship. It is our duty
to tell our M.P.'s what' we want'
clone and its their .cluty to find
the method. o•
We are winning the war. Let
us not lodse the peace.
)(Ours sincerely,
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G. V. ,TOWLX,
2456-E. 37th Ave.
Vancouver,- B; C,
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"Fighting temptation, mother",