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THURSDAY, APRIL,: llthr 1946
THE WEEK ON
PARLIAMENT HILL
(By Anc'lrew- E, Robinson,,
M,P Brtice)
Old truths sometimes arefor,
gotten' on parliament dH 1y an'd
• have to be .relearned. This was
the case during; the past .week
when, the Canadian: Federation;
,oAgriculture and Premier John -
Br cken teamedup in the news
to �'advei�tise ; the.'fact that,' after
• sever.Jl yearsof so-called way
time 'pipsperity, • the Canadian
farrn:ei• still remainsI; firmlyerr;
trenched 'in :his unenviable "roke.
as the- permanently: 'forgotten
,man, 'of the governn'ient's•_econ-
ornc policies,
The 'background ` of, P.arlia-
merit`s..iriterest'in the farmer was
. (a) the famine. ,crisis 'in Europe
urgently -.demanding ,an• imrned,.
iate' increase • in food production;
and (b)' the .growing •:realization
among ..the .M.P.'s : that,. • .unless.
• something ' effective' is done 'and
ian I a l 1
soon �. n_ d.. n. ,kt. b .es ..wrl.
-done a l ,
begin to suffer in: a few months'
Wile from .domestic food short,
ages 'of which the current scarcity
The Lucknow Sentinel, • Lucknows Ontario
ter; for. .redress of farmers' in-
come tax • grievances, for Some
Solution of the farm labor prob-
lem, for farm commodity prices.
which would be,on a parity with
the prices which othercommod-
ities eon -nand. , •
The remark able correspondence
between the PP' ogressive Conser-
native leader's : program , and the,
one brought forward by the Farm'
Federation impressed upon -.Parr
iament 1•i:11•, that John Bracken
the party leader. ' has not ceased
to be John Bracken' the farmer.•
•
Young Pigs Help .Themselves
Ori the farm of Louis•'"Weather-
head, ,at St.' Helens': is a litter 'of
•half a dozen young :pigs' which. do'
the job` of a milking Machine,: so
far' as;. one cow ,'is concerned;.
These you1ng 'pigs, just 'recently
weaned,,- broke. -out of 'their pen
one day . and got into the cow,
stable,. 'when . they, found out
Where. bossy kept her milk: supply'
and• how to extract .: it: The cow
ddn t -:obect "and.-th
J pigs -have
been paying :Such close attention
• to .their foster: mother, .that at •ons which will he. , . the
� p � good -for
,
WEDDING BELLS:,
FAIR -SCOTT
A :queliet wedding took place on
:Wednesday, • March} 27th; at St.
'Peter's rectgz'y., Litcknow, when
the Rev, R.. A. Joselyn united in
marriage Elizabeth Victoria Scott,.
daughter of - Mrs ,Scott • and the,
late John`Scott, Ripley and Fran-;
cis Taylor .Fair,. sor: of the. late
M :::•.'an.d' Mrs.. john.. Fair.... '..The..
bride wore a gown of aqua, crepe
with hat to match and carried ca
corsage of red roses.' The attend, -
ants were Dr. 'and.,Mrs,': J. A.
McDonald. Al' reception • follo wed
at the home ,pf the bride's mother,.
after which thehappy;oodple'left
on a• wedding ti;ip to 'Washington,
New York and, other points, -the
bride travelling: in •a',black wo,al
suit with black and white aces,
sor.ies.On their. return they will
reside on. the •groom's f a r rri
Uur.on' township.
Ration Coupon Due Dates
'C:oupons' now valid are. Meat.
29( to 32, butter' Ri to'' R5,pre::
servers -sugar . S1 ' tp -S5.""
The first , five. of , the ten cou-
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41,
GO: any time Thursday, April
1'8th, yntil 2.00 p:m. Monday,
April 22nd. ` • •
RETURN .leave destination'
up to midnight;`Tuesday April
3 3rd,1946. •
This hong week -end ,.
of ers'an opportunity tora viit.
at: `hone or -away ,With, friends.t,
CANADIAN NATIONAL
Will Move .To Lucknow •
Mr: Robert Rae, recently dis-
charged from •the army, has. ac-'
•cep.ted • a. position • in . Liicknow
with, .yRae 8& 'Porteous; :;hardware
merchants. Mrs. Rae will move
fo .Lucknow as soon '.ass: living
milking . time ' she` can be passed purchaix of ugar for canning quarters 'are available,_
b 'l.l b.. 1'd 1Vi ...' h Ad; -T
,.
-ofbbutter is- j usti a : sample --
y; is Sear wi c va i av 2ndam vance ones
John Bracken, translated I the
situation -into --tern' s :which- no One
in the Commons could `.fail', to
understand:. when ;he: said: ',we
now have 600,000. more:, People" in
• .Canada' .than a :year .` ago. 'At the
a-;
-end- of this -year 'there will , be'
more .than 200,900 more people'
in Canada than at present.' :Yet
�li� :t;Qve��-nae�t : s�tsTpl�cid-lY--b3
and does`:not seem,. to realize that
p ri c e determines , production;
there is only one way• to prevent
the ;decline. ;production; that s
"to =increase the.. returns:. to •the
,producer"".. ,
'• The
WHILE .ON ,a week' end business
.trip 'to London; Mr.:,, and ' Mrs,
Janiies. C. O'Brien of Kincardine
were ,robbed, of $300
-diamond pin; and even 'Mr.
O'Brien's suit.. and a shirt; The
robbery` w a.s committed b y
h4eves
who...gained entrance to.
their hotel!born: ."-J i •
• turns to farmers were ; not -an:
'ineentrve=to profiteer—but , were:
'merely essential: to- ineet:
• pocket`_ production ...costs, `the Pro.
gressive • • -Conservative lea d
ti u"o t e'd govern-rn•er t ,statistics
which. slaw ..:that'''. farm: labor
costs.•aciloss ..the:• Dominion•' have
increased from 25 to 50 percent '
over •the war .years,', while feed .•
costs,': since: 1942, ,have; advanced
1l percent W1itW t vuas "true
'that the: war years:'brought im-'
provement y in ; the...ratio between J
'farm. prices and •other commodity:
prices, the situation, still: remain-'
a . e .in. ex' price :o ° e
goods which.' 'the . fanner- sold,'
stood 'at 104.4; while the price
of the goods .that . he 'had to buy
remained at 107.3.
_There was no .collusion what-
'ever between : Mr •Bracken's • in-
,
n-
tervention in the , Comrnons, on
behalf df.,:the farmer and. the
• delegation Which. ;the Canadian
• Federation . sof Agriculture . ' sent:
two, days laterto wait upon' the
Prime Minister` .and 'the .members
of the. Federal Cabinet..` 13ut al_
though the two , events • were
wholly independent, 'the program'
of•'action .urged'by the Pnogres-•
sive, Conservative leader proved
amazingly' prophetic of •; the Agri-
, euiti#al
gri,cultural Federa'tion's own propos--
als, Mr. Bracken urged . relaxa-
`tion of price: 'ceilings;. equal 'in-.
come tax privileges for farmers,
.such as .being allowed' to charge
. wages paid .rnembers of the farm
families as costs, of. the farm, oiler
ation;, •some solution: of the farm
labor problem; steps t0. ',bring
farm prices into adjustment with
general' commodity°, prices, • at• '
least $1.80 wheat .for the Western
;;farmer; higher prices for dairy
produce to'"arrest the decline talc
ing place' in that.field of .produe-
'tion, ••
The FarmW a
• Federation asked
generally for a Royal Corrunission
to investigate .the broad econoinic
Alight of the ,farm producer. But
.they .a `'o asked specifically' for.
-•r higher •prices iii lirie'ywith increase
. ed Production costs, especially.'fire'
the field bf "diairying where ,:they
. sought an ,increase of four' cents
• per pound in the price of but -
Next• to' heart .disease,. canCer
-is •the-greaatest-'single cause:..of
death ',.on this :continent. 'It
kills.. 4;000.: , Canadians every
: month_ One:out of every .eight
persons now living , must.. expect , to
die of cancer, unless fat -reaching preventive
measures are taken:
Cancer. is a deadly killer unless the patient
See14s..early' medical . advice;,,, But when
canght in its. earl -v -stages, cancer is generally
.
'curable
,The cause of c uker' is still unknown; 'arid•
there is yet filo s:pecific,cure. •l3ut ifdiagnosed
in time and -treated by stiirgery, a ray or •
rad iuin, �a' cure. can be effected in a majority
of• all cancer vises:,
I.t_is nosy' proposed to organize an. ,energetic
canep iign•in Ontario against cancer in all; i'ts
forms:: ' This.camt:rign Will have the follow
ing"okjec,tives
1 -To organize. and ,operate fully
equipped tcancer clinici at suitable
Centres, ' where:' people may be. ev-
I' amined, and, if . necessary, treated
according to the mot scientific methods.
To pay. a portion sof the cost of treatment
of 'cancerfor those needing financial help, '
•
trapelliirg. expenses. to aiid from clinics
if' needed
4,-4o„ conduct an'_ energetic ... ro rani o .. cancer
research.
program,'
.. :
To'<carry out this �roram' the first .• need is .
Y. g >
money Your; donation will :definitely help:
to reduce the number of deaths from, cancer i
:this province. It will hei j hundreds.:of
,: people to be medically examined in. time and
to escape from the deadly' clutches.: of cancer,.
Iiy may;weII1 1p research-scien `ists t'o
cover `a cure for cancer. acid :so f � e mankind
forever from •tlie .dread scourge of cancer. •
This ,appeal` is fon objective of $2,004,000 to 'provide for a three-year program of
' cancer research, treatment and province -wide service.
TAR.1'O C•AN,CERFOU NDATI1O`N
This ortianized'drive against cancer is a: joint effort of The Ontario Cancer Treatment
end Research Foundation and; The Canadian Cancer Society, '
.
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