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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-07-29, Page 4PAGE 4 THE, CLiINTON: NEWS -RECORD THURS., JULY 29 1943 Summer Wear: for Ladies Men and Children Full assortment on second floor - '3: A. I. COOPER, < j STORE OPEN PHONES 36W t> EVENINGS 6 TO 8 361 3, LZ.:4,tQ' 4:03 WW ..O 1 1 3 i : OW.: 1, if44 4.4. 44-... • ;: .1.4:4:41:4:414 4;44yiH: ».A 8 Hot Weather Needs EFFERVESCENT FRUIT SALINE With Glass ' 39 cents CERTIFIED SUNBURN CREAM A Tan But no Burn 35 cents NIKO SOAP FOR SKIN IRRITATION Takes the Sting out of Insect Bites‘ 25 cents XLENZO TAR SOAP An Ideal Shampoo 25 cents W. S. B. HONLMONTES PHM. B. cLI<NTO, Oatcta Akre PHONE Di • 0 X3` 3« All Straw Hats During August 3 4 DAVIS 8c HERMAN CUSTOM TAILORS — Be Measured easured by a Tailor. V...--;H�HN }��:�iNi ��i�i��.:M�HH� .* H:H�HA.: FM • Red Shield The regular meeting of the Red Shield Women's Auxiliary was held Tuesday afternoon last and the com- mittee in charge reported having sent 10 boxes to the boys overseas. Next week will be the usual pot luck sup- per, each member to bring a friend and their own ,dishes. Group three will serve. Willeach member also bring a donation for the bazaar in the near future? LEARN TO SWIM IN FOUR HOURS IN SAFETY BUOY 0 BUOY FLOATS IN THREESIZES SMALL $1.25 — MEDIUM $1.85 — LARGE $2:50 BUOY 0 BUOY CUSHIONS $1.25 For Canoes, Boats etc, These items will not waterlog in 100 hours EPPS SPORT SHOP Headquarters For All Sporting Goods WANTED Men end Women. For Factory Work During TOMATO SEASON Beginning about August 25th Make Application to Libby, McNeil & Libby CHATHAM, ONTARIO Applications Iroln those engaged in war work will not be considered FOOD FIGHTS TOO Red Shield 'Clinton Dear Friends: I wish to thank you for your kind- ness in sending the swell parcels which I have received so regular, and I want you to know that I, like the rest of the boys really appreciate the parcels from Canada. Canadian food makes it almost like home, The country around her is very nice this time of the year, and the weather has been swell. I must close now, Thanking you again r remain, yours. Sincerely B23172 Spa J. A. Osbaldeston, 31 Field Company R.C.E. Canadian Army Overseas. v IN THE LETTER BOX B. 30044 Sgt. E. Lobb, No. 18 Coy. C.D.C. Overseas. Hello Mr. and Mrs. Johnston. Have intended writing you a few lines before but seems impossible to keep writing when so little really hap - 'pens over here. How is business in the old town? I receive many welcome" letters from home which are sure rip. predated over 'here. I want to thank you very much Mrs, Johnston for the lovely socks you were kind enough is send me in ,Mother's parcel. They, were fine, just the right size. You ladies must be kept very busy . with the War Services Work, I'm sure all the boys would like to thank you as we have received other gifts from the Clinton War Services Association, I still haven't met anyone from home, but ant still looking forward to see- ing some of them :soon. The weather has warned up considerable the last few days, still, have not found a stream where onecould go trout -fish- ing. How about you? I am willing to bet any money. Mr. Johnston, is out every Wednesday afternoon. 1 ani in very best_ of health, and find every- thing fine over here. Hoping the same is with you people. Thanks again. Cheerio for now, Everett Lobb. WANTED Reliable man to buy, Cream, Eggs, Poultry. On Country Truck Route. Apply to SELE'CTIVE (SERVICE OFFICE' GO'DER CII Township and lived: there his entire life., In 1901 he married Minnie EErrat They operated a farm on the Goshen A Line, until nine years ago, when Mrs. OBITUARY. McLinchey died. - Surviving are two sons, Bruce and ROBERT MoCLTNCHEY Frank of Stanley Township, and four grandchildren, His oldest son', Wit. Liam, died 10 years ago. • A public funeral service Was held Mr. McLinchey was born in Stanley at the home on Friday at 2.30 o'clock Interment was in Bayfield cemetery. Robert McLinchey, of near. Zurich, died on Wednesday in his 74th year, after an illness of about four months. MRS. J. FOSTER GTBBINGS Mr, 13ert Gibbings, Clinton, has re- ceived word of the death of his sis- ter-in-law, ilIrs. J. Foster Gibbings,. at her home on Monday, July 26th, at Kindersley, Saskatchewan, She was formerly Miss Ella Wiggins, of Not- tawa, Ontario. Interment in Nottawa cemetery. Country Editor Shows How Socialism (C.C.F.) Leads To Dictatorship Two Minute Talks On Socialism (C.0 F,) By George James, Editor Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville Who Will Control The Controllers? In .our last talk we asked "Who will control the controller?" One of the great strengths of democracy has been that it sought to leave each man to lead his own life as free as possible from outside in- terference, Government or otherwise. The one limitation on the individual has always been that the exercise of his freedom must not interfere with the freedom of others. As life has grown more complicated, the danger of one man's freedom interfering with that of another has in- creased, and we have found it necessary for the State, which represents all people, to exercise more and more control, even in peacetime. Sup- porters of the individualist system recognize this. To ensure that the exercise of power by any individual shall not be excessive, ;the State, repre- senting all classes, maintains itself in the posi- tion of judge, controller, regulator,' arbitrator, and, in the main, it confines itself to these roles. It does of course, supply numerous public services such as non-competitive natural monopolies, not- ably water and light, but it has expanded its economic activities gradually and has been con- tent to act in the main as the regulator and not the mainspring. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION What will happen if it steps out in a big way to operate virtually everything itself? If the regulator becomes the mainspring, then who regulates? The answer can be got quite clearly by looking at Germany and Italy. In these countries, once the political power began to op- erate the economic machine it at once became clear that complete regimentation was necessary,. with the necessary force behind to make sure that the decrees of the dietatdrial power were carried out. The question of controlling the controllers here, of course, never even arose—who could regulate or control the supreme power in the State? Once the regulator becomes the main- spring then • the anaihspring has nothing to regulate it. This seems so clear that one wonders why the So3ialists do not see it. They do, in fret, see that there is a problem•and try to answer it, but being unversed in the practical working of Gov- ernment their answer is entirely unpractical and unrealistic. They fall back on such state- ments as "The principle of Cabinet responsibility or ultimate democratie control must be retained in the running of State industry." But any one who will reflect on the way Government is carried on will realize that "ultimate democratic control" must be entirely • confined to principles and policies and cannot possibly have to do with the details of day-to-day business, In other words, a few men comprising a committee of Parliament (the Cabinet) must make all the day-to-day decisions. BUDGET AS AN EXAMPLE Take as an illustration the budget. We all know that in practice (and it is the only prac- tical way) the Minister of Finance and his ex- pert assistants prepare the budget, that it is ap- proved by theCabinet, and then goes before the Parliament, where the Government majority puts it through. Under the socialist plan, instead of the Government confining itself in the main to regu.- late measures to direct and control other people it will be carrying on the great bulk, of the na- tion's business itself, and to suggest that there will be "ultimate democratic control" is merely playing with words. Frankly, the situation is that a few men, without any one to control them, will run the whole show. There will be no one to control the controllers, and remember' that the proposed' controllers, almost certainly will be men without any practical experience in affairs. And yet they are ready to assume responsibilities from which competent .-nen with a lifetime of training and experience would shrink, How Socialism Affects The Farmer In this talk we shall deal with socialism as it would affect farmers. After stating that the ma- jor proposal of socialism is the public owner- ship and operation of such things as banking, railways, flour mills, pulp and paper, heavy chem- icals, the Research Committee of the League for Social Reconstruction, in its book, "Democracy Needs Socialism," says: "Agriculture, retail trade industries which are really competitive, and small businesses will probably continue for some time to be privately owned, although their output and its distribution will be related to the national plan." It will be cold comfort to the farmer who wish- es to have some control over his Own affairs to be told that "probably"—not certainly he will be left in control of his own land. It will be still colder comfort to have the words "for some time" added. There is, however, one certainty— that is, "output and its distribution will be re- lated to the national plan." PART OF CONTROLLED SYSTEM What is meant by the pharse "related to the , national plan"? It means, of course, that it will be part of a controlled system, It could not be otherwise, because the final objective of socialism is the control of production and distribution. In other words, the farmer may continue to pro- duce but the Government will look after the busi- ness end by taking over and controlling• the dis- tribution of his products. All this is to be done whether the individual farmer likes it or not. It is obvious that this totally disregards what becomes of the farmer's independence and per- sonality as a factor in the life of the country. MEANS CHECK ON PRODUCTION There is another point in this type of control which should not be overlooked. If the bureauc- racy is to know what a farmer is doing with his products, and is to snake sure he places all his production at the disposal of the Government ag- encies, as indicated by "Democracy Needs Social- ism", it will be necesary to check every farmer's production and prevent him circumventing the Government's arrangements for disposing of it. The "Gestapo" methods which will necessarily have .to be used can be left to the imagination. The Socialists, of course, would question this. Mr. T. C. Douglas, Deputy Leader of the C. C. F. for example, would put it differently. He would say that the Socialist plan means giving workers, farmers, trade unionists, consumers, a real voice in managing their own affairs. The C.C.F., he says, will establish a planned economy, but an economy planned .and controlled by the people for the people. Commenting on this, Mr, Bruce Hutchison, the well-known and widely tra- velled student of public affairs and a close obser- ver of politics, writing in the Vancouver Sun, says: "Whether a C.C.F. 'bureaucracy would be elrficient, would. represent only the people and ,remain above reproach, or whether any bur- eaucracy will soon become a force incontrollable by the people and determined to control the people, is a matter of opinion. But it is only child- ish to say that Governments can control an econ- omy without a bureaucracy or operate without tools." PLENTY OF EVIDENCE Mr. Hutchison mighthave gone further and said that in the' last few years in Germany and else- where we have had convincing evidence of what happens when Governments undertake to control economic .life. No one who understands that Gov- ernments must govern can,be deluded by any va- gue suggestion that there can be direct control from the bottom except on broad, long-range ' matters of principle and, olicy. The day-to-day decisions must be arrived at by, the few and carried out by them through the steadily inorea- sing power of a huge and growing bureaucracy. . Wehave already in wartime a foretaste of what that will mean, and we endure it as of neces- sity in wartime, however much we diislike"]t. But we should remember that what we have now is a foretaste only of the regimentation and con- trol which we shafl have to endure in peacetime if the. Socialists have their way. How Socialism' Affects T he Trade Unionist There should be no doubt in the mind of any trade unionist what will happen to trade unions in the fully planned economy ,contemplated by the Socialists, in which, as pointed out ha our first talk, they propose to take over and operate prac- tically the whole means of production and distri- bution. What will happen is .not a matter of con- jecture. We have clear and striking evidence from Germany, Italy and labor elsewhere. What happens is that under the fully planned economy bhe supreme authority, which is also the sup- reme employer, cannot tolerate any opposition among its employees, and, therefore, it cannot tolerate any independent employees' or- ganizations. That is why in Germany it was inevitable that the Nazis should stamp out trade unions, which they did promptly, completely and ruthlessly—, within six months of coming into power. SOME IN ITALY In Italy it took longer. The outlawing of the trade unions was not complete until 1925, three years after the Fascists came into power, There are, indeed, still keine trade unions in Italy how tame may be indicated by the fact that under the law no trade union official can be elected to office in the anion without the consent of high Fascist officials. This makes it clear that the trade union continues to exist in name only. Indeed un- der the Fascist state the trade union becomes merely a propagandist and administrative organ- ization under the direction and dictation of the Government. • How could it be otherwise? Trade unions exist to assert and maintain the rights of employees in any negotiation with employers. When there arises an irreconcilable difference it becomes necessary to have recourse to a higher authority, namely, the will of all the people as expressed through Government. This superior will can har- monize and adjust differences when they arise between employer and employee. But what hap- pens when the higher power takes over the pro- perty of the employers and, itself becomes the virt- ually universal employer? It is perfectly evident to any one who will ponder the facts that when this happens trade unionism is doomed. Its final disappearance may perhaps be somewhat delayed, but is nevertheless inevitable. Let us look at the plain facts. Under social• ism the trade union no longer deals with the in- dividual employer who is subject to the higher authoritiy of the State, but it deals with the State itself, the supreme authority. In these circumstances any negotiation between the fly and the spider. - BENEFIT BY EXPERIENCE With the experience of Germany' and Italy be. fore us, it ought not to be necessary to labor this point further. Surely it is clear that when Socialism steps in at the front door trade union- ism goes out by the back. The union may continue to drag out a shadowy and useless existence as a .tool subservient to the Government, like the case of trade unionism in Italy, already mention- ed, but that is all. It would be well for trade unionists to pon- der these things and to stop, look and listed be- fore they court the fate of the trade unions in Germany and Italy, While no one suggests that in this country they would be put down in the ruthless and brutal fashion employed in Europe, nevertheless under socialism the trade union as understood in this or any other democracy could not continue to exist. Its disappearance would be the logical outcome of the fully planned economy, and experience in other countries has shown that it would be folly to expect anything else, MAKE IT A CLEAN SWEEP -VOTE FOR TIIE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE The Drew 22 -Point Programme Ensures Social Advancement of all Classes Along Sane Lines Published by Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario j Y;; i ''lE kC