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S.-\Tl"RD.-\Y, NOVEMBER l4, I942

Just That

A modest young airman arrived at Ottawa the other d l and was greeted by Prime Miri- ister Xllicltvnrie King on behalf 0f the Cana- dian ligillullt. lle “X15 Pilot Officer George F. Behring, 1X51), l).l‘I.C., D.I<‘.1\I. with Bar, 20- year old hero of the defense of Malta

He was of course besieged by interviewers. llis rcplics were Slluft and to the point. Some- one meuiioiu-d the importance of the defense of Malta. zulil the fliers part in it as a. prepara- tion for the big operations now going on in North Africa. Pilot Officer Beuring replied: “I doift pay much attention to that. I just rlo my job."

Isirt that just all that any of us needs to do?

Feeling Cheap Today

Those who have for ivceks been demanding s second from fortlnvith in Western Europe must be feeling pretty cheap today, says the Winnipeg Free Press. It should have been ap- parent to those with eyes to see that there has been for months past a. second front where the fortunes of the Allied Nations were in greater jeopardy than they were in Russia. In Rus- sis. territory could still be given up to avoid ir- remcdiable defeat; but this was not the case in Egypt, where s bare fifty miles lay between the Nazi armies and the attainment of an objective that might well have involved the United Na- tions in ruinous defeat. “The gate of Egypt is in our hands and here We intend to act." So Rommel declared less than four months ago. At the time he made that boastful statement Mus- solini was in Africa in readiness for the triump- hant entry into Alexandria of the Axis troops, which was to take place within ten days’ time.

The over-running of Egypt and the captur- ing of the Suez canal would have made the Rlctlitcrrztnenn an Axis lake and the whole Mid- dlc liasc, Turkey included, as much Hitler's washpot as is southeastern Europe. What this would have meant to Russia in the way of shut- ting off supplies and in making flanking at- tacks upon the Caucasus oil fields possible ought to have been apparent. To remove this danger by stopping Rommel and to build up forces that could destroy the Axis forces in the urholc area east and south of the Mediterranean has been, it is now clear, the first concern 0f the British and American commanders for months past, with which they have steadily and silently proceeded under s widespread barrage pi ignorant, impudent and tendentious criticism.

Big Guns

Not much attention is being paid by artil- lery experts to the German propaganda tales of big cannon in production which far exceed the potentialities of Big Bertha, says a London cor- respondent. For the purpose of exchanging salvoes across the channel both the Gennans and British are making use of naval guns with s range of about twenty miles.

Big Bertha, with which the GCITUBIIS 3h¢ll¢d Paris in the last war, was a 15-inch naval gun reduced in calibre m 8.2 inch by fitting an inner tube. This reduced the weight of 't_he shell, of course, but enabled an immfitise m- CrCnse in the propellant discharge. Big Berthafs shclls carried about 75 miles, rising to a height of twcilty-fivc miles e11 route and their casualty roll of Parisians was 256 killed and 625 wound- ed. 'l‘hcy took 90 seconds “getting there.”

As tho gun cost the Germans over £1,000,000, ztnrl ils lmrrvl hzul to he renewed after firing (>0 rounds, it was not an economic proposition. The modern air bomber has made Big Berthas museum specimens. A heavy bomber can carry a much heavier projectile l for greater fill!!!“ lurch cheaper.

Advertising In Wartime

Tho Retailers’ Bulletin, an official publica- tion of tlic Wartime Priccs and Trade Board, gives some cogent rcasons for advertising in wartime.

The llullctin says simply that if the produc- timl of particular goods or services is permitted tlicn it is permissible lo sell them, and it is ])(‘.l'llll>'sil\l(' tn {Mai-it ihvir szilcs by using ad- vertising uuriliu uithiu the few regulations set forth b_\' tlu- (iovcruincnt. Moreover, the Bul- lctin imtlincs llic fnlloiving ways in which ad- vertising may contribute to the stabilization of buginvsg {H111 thc economical distribution of gmxls and svrviccs:

“lnfnriniilg customers of the effect of Gov- ernment rcgulativms upon purchasing.

“(iiviltg current infatuation regarding avail- able goods to prQvCnt panic buying or hoarding (luc m rumors nr tcmpnrary shortages. _

"Interpreting priority or simplified practice rulings by giving rcnsrlns for rationing, limita- ti u; of supply’, reduced deliveries or other cur- tnilments of service.

‘iiufiling the buying public quickly to avail- able Perishable goods or other goods in plenti- ful supply.“

The Bulletin further makes clear that mer- chants may advertise comparative prices in or-

der to move perishable, out-of-season stock or broken ranges of stock which are offered at sPmifi-l prices. Such advertising is helpful to organized commerce, although it should not en- courage unnecessary buying, nor stimulate the dtsire to hoard.

Concludes the Bulletin: “Until peacetime eon- ditions are restored, advertising will find many new and different functions to perform urgmg customers to restrict their choice and to save rather than to choose and to spend, educating the public to more economical and fuller use of available commodities, informing consumers of the facts behind the elimination of ‘frills’ from new standardized and simplified products, etc."

@- EDITORIAL NOTES-

Tomorroiv is the last day of the year Lloyds shipping insurance holds good in the St. Law- rence.

is s s a _ In these days of Government controlled time, ctc., it is rather discouraging to find the city clock chiming the hours eight or ten min- of? behind. Somebody must be asleep on the yo . - w n- o s

Licut. DougSatinders will be sure of s. hearty welcome on his return from meritorious active service at the battle front. All his brothers are in the services in one capacitycor another, hav- ing been brought tip a: Boy outs,

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Who is who, or what is what in France these days is difficult to tell, reminding us of Keats “The weariness, the fever, and the fret ...where men sit and hear each other groan.” without having the means at their disposal of rising to do anything about it. The day will come, however, and is nOt far distant.

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An Amerimn Army Chaplain has been errone- ously credited with the phrase, “Prdise the Lord, and pass the ammunition." This, of course, is merely a variant of “Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry," Oliver Crom- well’: advice to his army as they were about to cross streams in Ireland. A padre today is no; s belligerent; under International Law he dare not be active in warfare except in the discharge of his religious duty as chaplain. ‘

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Australia soon may conscript women for wsr work. The cabinet is scheduled to review the question of women power at an early meeting and compulsion may then be decided on. The task of providing an additional 818,000 workers, s goal set b Prime Minister John Curtin for the end of t e year, will involve increasing use of women. Mr. Cunin said only 49,000 addi- tional women are sought compared with 269.000 men, but it is likely the cabinet will raise the number of women sought to 100,000 and author- ize compulsion if necessary.

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Last December, at Winston Churchill's off- the-record press conference in Ottawa, Mr. King started the interview with a leading question, published in an Ontario newspaper next day: “Would you tell the editors why Britain wants Canada to continue relations with Vichy?” Mr. Churchill's reply has now been plagiarized too often to be secret any more—Mr. King himself absent-mindedly referred to it in the House a. few months later, and it has been used as a. keynote 0f defence for the Government's policy up to now. Here it is: “It’s well to have one window still open on the courtyard, even though ave may have to slam it shut at short notice."

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Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Scottish poet, born this date, 1490; Lyon King of Arms; famous for “Satire of the Three Estates", a morality play satirizing Church and State; his works are characterized by great command of versification, keen satire, and s decided genius for low humour and delineation of character: Luife bone the ladder quhilk bcs bot steppis twa, Be quhilk we may clim up to lyfe againe Out of this vaill of miserie and wa.

"Love is the ladder which has but two steps Pfi-

by which we may climb up to life again out of this vale of woe.”—The two steps being(1) Love God; (2) Love your neighbour.

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Here is from Agriculture Minister Gardiner: "We have given only one undertaking to our Allies, which we have not met 100 per cent, both as to quality and quantity and that was our undertaking to deliver within 12 months beginning October 1, r941, 6oo,ooo,ooo pounds of Wiltshire sides and cuts. Every other con- tract entered into in three years we over- sup- plied. This has resulted in s. remarkable in- crease in production of hogs, cattle, sheep, wool, cheese, poultry and eggs, as well as feed grains. Three of these achievements," said Mr. Gardiner, “deserve special mention-hogs, cheese snd feed grains. Our hog marketings will be double in 1942 what they were in i939; our cheese mar- ketingg will be 6o per oent higher in 1942 than in 1939; our production of feed grain will be double this year what it was in 1941."

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The following dialogue is the best illustration of the Confucian conception of the man who is free from fear. Ssuma Niu asked about the meaning of the term gentleman. Confucius an- swered: “The gentleman has neither anxiety nor fcar." “Neither anxiety nor fearll" Ssuma re- joined, “Is this the definition of the gentle- man?" Confucius answered: “Upon searching within, the gentleman finds no feeling of guilt or regret, so why should he be anxious rr afraid?" According to Confucius, it takes a moraLman to be free from fear and anxiety, and one of the functions of government is to educate the people so that they may become moral men. Mencius’ conception of the moral man is even more interesting in this connec- tion: "To dwell in the wide house of the world, to stand in the correct position in the world, and to walk along the great path of the world; when in office, to practice one's principles for the good of the people; when in retirement, to practice them independently; when riches and honors cannot make one dissipated, poverty and obscurity cannot make one swerve, and power and force cannot make one bend oneself; these are the characteristics of the great man."

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aside bl lnr. Inn

The drys breech teanperance. but their Iefll obleotive as complete prohibition. Lt pruhlbitm did uiake for moderation-instead of excess- tneie mtlhu be s. sounder argument for it. But It doesn't Pronibltion stimulates dr ’ , and under it the criterion for liquor degenerates to its power to stupity. The dry pressure group, however, has been careful not. to advocate prohibition. ‘hey know that only 29 per cent. o! the peop.e would support sucn de- mands. So they edge in with pleas- to protect. the men in tne armed forces. Unfortunately our fighting fumes are foo bus-y to send oppos- ing delegations to Ottawa. For a. time one drys gave the mipression of having nod their way. ‘Ihose ivno know the technique of prcssure groups and the ways of the pm- LILDILIUXIbLS could see the shape cf t-he wedge. As we go to press. bow- ever, the voice of the malurlty is being heard and there is said to have been some delay in the intro- duction of the new measures, many of which would require provincial oo-operation-Oanadian Business.

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Nearly 500 Mennonites who re- fused to fight Germans will be re- tained 1:1 Bribish Columbia. to fight. forest fires. That, at. least», 1a some- thing, for forest fires though not in the same class as the Nazis, are enemies all the some. —Va11couver Daily Province.

As the Americans moved into Albion, Oran and Chismblmcs. m on; of the crucial operations of World War II. Canada was called upon for n, role which, 1f it lacked

the spectacular qualities of a Dieppe, was of no small import- ance. From the land once called

New Fkanoe -from the very site, ss Justice Minister st. u/ument said, of the old (Xiatenu St. Louis voices whose mother tongue is French spoke reassurance to their spiritual motherland, and pledged "the great deliverance" as neaier now than ever. Prelmer Adelard God . Mr. St. Laurent, Works Minister Alphonse Fournler and Bmzadter George; Vanier were the four men of Canada, with the Beglan Minister to Canada, Baron Sllvercruys, and Percy Philip, a Scot who became almost: a. French. man b adoption during his twenty

ears Paris for The New Yor

lanes. None o.’ the six could have had toreknsusige of what was toward. Eacn, called from his bed in the small how's o1 Sunday morning. must. have had to 11n- Iprovlse in astonished haste his mes- sage to the Rremh people. —Mont- rell Genetic.

1f you're fond of statistics, here are a few: dumg t..;e past few months, the ween. .31 of iron B-no s.eel scru,’ s _vu,=.;,u .1 s b.eri 80.000 tons. Coilcctizig of tins scrap metal saved two nulLon .ons of fuel s. year Recovery" of paper m“? was 18,000 tons weekly. and use 01' Paper was simultaneously reduced. Use of crude rubber has been cut by ~10 per cent. There are 50,000 acres of flux now being grown L1 Bmam f0" the sage ol. the flax fibres. Six million pounds of woollen yarn per year is to be diverted into war uses by cutting down on the length cf men's socks, 31inch must. rtigttrgxccde nine £1.25 Om 9E -_- El 1151] A1!‘ Mail. p 1g

mTnere will hp ogre bsatlsfatfstlon in ving a coupe lowou . With but three tires left. Wu won't have to worry about the amount of gas YOU. get. —'I‘he Albcruan, Calgary,

The best feature of capitalism is freedom of individual inlnatule, and the weakness of socialism is its inevitable tendency to restrlcv such freedom. We must remember, 110w- ever, mot individual initiative is, for a great many people, just as apt to be restricted by great; concentration of f 1&1 power Ln we hands of the Ill-lids of the government ltself.— ‘Ibmntn News.

mlihllfln State mental hospitals due to the general manpower shor- lose are badly understaffed. A D1811 was reached b0 allow conscien- tious objectors to work in the 110s- biitals to meet. the emergency. But 010 raised a howl and blocked the plan to use them in the hos- pitals claiming if would drive down waxes. MentaI patients are working as cooks at; Ypsilanti to relieve the situoklmi. One wonders it they ever mink of the outside world and use lo enough to ask them selves, ‘ 0's crazy now?" _T¢;- onto News.

Wartime restrictions continue to b! . but 1n most cases they are restrictions to which it will be egg to become accustomed. Our- t t, of taxicab operation means that we must walk more, or use alternate forms of transportation. A little forethought usually will meet this situation. Messages of ieliclta. tlonuancll congratulation b wire are out.’ in the United Sltalyes, and 1t can be expected that the some rule will follow in Canada. Our friends will not feel hurt, however, if our good wishes are conveyed to them by mall; it will mean only a slight delay, and should not detract glém sllolelheilrltneas‘ o1 thelgreet-

. ong as ese regulations contribute to final allied victory then nae little grounds for not ac-

cheerfully st

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Bwlnewbfiime " their '11: on

latest atrocity -ahack1lng prl - era. The ‘Irlbime should be called to order. and asked to apologize to the humble hos. Which by no strvwlh of the imagination could ever be accused of such bestlal behaviour as characterizes the Ger- mans. -Pll0t Mound sentinel.

A decade back the C. N, R, grogg- Insz on ore’! main street. vms pu ln with discarded steel rails The old style wooden planks which had to be replaced perlndlcallv were discarded and several rows o! steel rails were laid to make what was to be s. rmanent. fixture Now these raLs are to be lifted and turned in for scra to make guns and tanks. The o1 wooden planks

are coming back once more Star. load

I ‘Ithe Oseehzs up“! known w: exigl- en me s apol- en ut the la at fad of the young Czech sports men is causing the Nazi great troLfivle Accordlniz t4» n, report nub- llshed by Nose Novinv in London and based on information given by a lady who ail/acceded In escaping from the "Protectorate" to a neu- tral country. firerli bar-s take rel-ant plelaure in climbing tihe roofs of mmllc buildings where Nazi tiers are unfurled in order to cut nut. the swastika and leave a round bole as the Symbol of Nazism. Brena] innards were 2:11pm! to c-uard the. Nazi flags. ‘bit sq far no culprit. has been denoted. --Newa From Oaeoho-Biovshs

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History of llew Perth Dairying Company 1892-1942

* (By John. A. Dewar.)

In the opening up of our cheese arade with England can be seen the walking of Emerson's great law of compensation, a mar- ket for a. product the production of which would restore to our soil the elements of fertility. The plight of the potato growers 1n the years leading up to 1892 was a skin to econunlc serfciom. Had the Ameri- cans been allowed to enter our ports and deal directly with the farmers there would have been a good pro- 11f 1n growing potatoes, with stable ntanure supplemented with oyster mud and lime, as a part of the scheme of mixed farming. The fault was not: with the trader or the farmer, but with the system The farmer had no ready money to purchase goods and forced to look for credit from t e trader, who could not be blamed for charg- ing his goods at inflated credit prices. The credit system gave him a mortgage on the farmer's crops. Our only market was Halifax, with an odd schooner load to Newfound- land. In e. time of plenty those markets were soon glutted.

The fishermen who came here from Lunenburg and other points in Nova, Scotla, while a good hgn. es. class o! men, had. no money to buy their cargoes until the trader supplied them with credit. They bought from the trader a. product which he never owned and in the production of which he had never toiled.

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Montazile was st that t‘me the greatest shipping port in the Pro- vince for the raw materials of agri- culture. The same wind that, waft- ed them through the Strait: of Can- so brought. them into Cardigan Bay and distributed them up the various rivers that - emptied those coastal waters. The docking facil- ities were inadequate the river would be crowded w th ship- ing and when a, berth was obta ned there would be a great rush o1 p10- duce.

It is an axlum of trade that the cheaper the article the greater fa the anxiety to get rld of it.

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I will now relate an incident which will give a vivid idea. of con- ditions which existed in the Eight- ies of the laat Century. On s. chilly morning in late Fall when a. more boy, I was awakened out of sleep hours before daylight to so to Mon- vgue with a lead of potatoes. o.

stance of the lllliei. Wnen I got nzere, long beime daylight, the wharf was black with teams that ivere extending up into the street 'I‘lie price was 16 cents per bushel payment on book account. Same o

those farmers had been there nail the day before. When loading cosed down at night-fall they backed in their loads and went home on horseback, expecting first place 1n the morning.

I arltved home late in the even- ing in a halt starved condition.

I did a lot of tlfinklng that. day as I lonfcd away my time on that cold, inhospitable wharf, and I re- solved if I ever got. an opportunity to strike a. blow at the miserable system that I would do it. The scene was replete with drama. It was a farce that had no love scenes but. was crammed with tragedy and comedy. An empty moasses pun- cheon stood on the ivharf. A man unloaded into it. and never time back for it, and though there ale thieves eveywhere one thought it worth steadng them, and they re- mained in the puncheon all winter.