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NOT provide for themselves, AT LEAST may be FED AND CLOTHED.” Re-actionary toryism is the same whether called by the prefix “progressive” or any other‘ name. It is the same Whether under the leadership of Meighen 0r Bracken. Canada wants none of it. We’ve had too much of it in the past. ‘ The sinister propaganda of the re-actionaries musL be defeated, if We are to have a Canada of tomorrow, worthy of the sacrifice of today. in this war, and plans are well laid for a reconstruction period when the interests of the masses, not the interests of the few will be the concern of government. The alter- natives to the Liberal policies of the present administra- tion are the extreme socialism on the left, and the old re- actionary toryism on the right. The GOP. has many splendid policies but to attempt to cure our ills in the difficult post-war days by giving the government a man- date for state socialism is an experiment fraught with great danger. More dangerous is the threat of reactionary tory- ism with its old policy of privilege for the few and as the “Letter-Review” says this week “a re-organization of PUBâ€" LIC CHARITY so that those who CANNOT OR WILL The powerful reactionary interests in UCanada hope to poison the minds of the people against the present gov- ernment, and then ‘use the radical plans of the C.C.F. as a bogey to scare the electors into ‘elrewetin'g; e.__}ez;etier{a1:§ tory administration, when the apostles of exploitation un- der the gyi‘se of: “free enterpyise” _would have a field day. The Liberal governmenf has done a good Q'ar jobfévt; tested by the bitter attacks of its opponents conscious of lhis iruth. There.has been no new crop of millionaires We have absolutely no use for a system be it called “free enterprise” or any other name, which enables a few to exploit the people and resources of the country for the benefit of their own selfish interest and gain. The re-actionary tory View thus expressed is not what Canada wants for the future. Our boys are not fighting and dying for a Canada that will have any system of public “charity” to dole out the bare necessities to keep unfortun- ate ones “at least fed and clothed”. The “Letter-Review” says the Liberal government is going to be thrown out of office because it has not the courage “to stand up for FREE ENTERPRISE”. We could not follow a Liberal party which stood up for the free enterprise ideals of “The Letter-Review”, and the reâ€"actionary tory elements whose interests it and John Bracken are serving today. ‘vv YONGE STREET The reactionary idea of the ideal Canada is expressed in these words by the “Letterâ€"Review”: “we want a reâ€" organization of our system of public charity, so that those who cannot, OR WILL NOT PROVIDE FOR THEM- SELVES, MAY AT LEAST BE FED AND CLOTHED.” 1 Gallon Glass Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Quart Tin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Quart Tin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Gallon Container “Comet Oil” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lb. Tin Lubricating Grease . . . . . _ . _ . _ . . . . . . 5 Lb. Tin Lubricating Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prewar Tubes at Prewar Prices still available in 20-21, 17-18 and 19 inch. The Liberal program of the present administration at Ottawa is cm'tlcised and a call issued for a Conservative government under which “iree enterprise” may flourish. i‘he present government should be defeated says this prop- aganda sheet so that a new Conservative administration can wipe out Unemployment Insurance, the Health Insur- ance Plan, the Industrial Development Bank, the public ownership of airâ€"ways policy of the King Government and other projects which the “Letter-Review” says have been wastefully undertaken by the. government. "published each Monday, With resident editors in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto". The subscription price is quoted as $10.00, per year, so we take it that outSide of its free distribution to editors and the like, the subscribers are mostly men with addresses on Bay St., Toronto or St. James St., Montreal. Just how “progressive” the party is can ,be learned from “The Letter-nevrew", a propaganda sheet SUbSldlzed by interests concerned with the electlon of the Conserva- lee pgrty. “The Letter-Remew” is a, tour page letter As the po‘litlcal campalgn or the federaj Conservative party progresses the real poncies of “re-acmonary torylsm” nave begun to show through Lne s11ver coating of the “proâ€" gressive” prefix adopted at the Wmnlpeg conventlon. It oeoomes more and more evident that “progresswe” is only a prefix to tool the people, and Mr. bracxen only a bit of wmdow-dressmg for the same old lory polic1es_wh1ch have brought dxsaster 1n other years. POLITICAL PROPAGANDA ADVOCATES REORGAN- IZED SYSTEM OF PUBLIC CHARITY An Independent Weekly â€" Established 1878 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Subscription Rate, $1.50 per year; To the United States $2.00 J. E. SMITH, Editor PAGE TWO VICO MOTOR OIL PARIS AUTO SUPPLY THURSDAY, MAY 25th, 1944. 3 \vu‘unnlvl . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . n . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - . . . - . . liner “Comet Oil” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pricating GreaSe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nricating Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “THE LIBERAL” RICHMOND HILL 95c. $1.25 $1.50 85c. 22c. 98c. sizes Hon. J. L. Ilsley, minister of fin- ance, hit the nail on the head ad- dressing a gathering of residents of organized women’s groups held in Ottawa last January, when he said that the government could' not have made its stabilization policy work without the coâ€"operation of women of Canada. Price control would have broken down entirely but for their support, he said, and if they had not been prepared generally to economize, An enemy of food production on our farms is the lowly weed. The department of agriculture shows what can happen if weeds are left to go to seed. For instance a single plant of wild mustard, stinkweed, fox- tail or pigweed produces from 10,000 to 20,000 seeds; shepherd’s purse will run as high as 50,000 and the tumbl- ing mustard about 1,500,000. What could a field chuck full of them do? ‘ There apparently is pressing need ‘for officers and seamen to sign agree- ments with Merchant Seamen’s Mann- ing Pools established in Canada to engage for service for the duration of the war, or for two years, which- ever is the lesser period, on foreign- going ships of Canadian registry. The Canadian government has arranged to operate a number of ships con- structed in this country and a con- tinuous flow of trained seamen is, of course, necessaiy. As a special inducement merchant seamen so signing will be provided once a year with round~trip transportation .at a cost to the seamen of one~third of the single first class or coach fare, for their annual leave. An engineering graduate of the University of' Toronto, F1t.-Lieut. W. E. Cowie of Ottawa is responsible for the research which brought im- provement of the parachute to be usedllby the R.C.A.F., v'ahich is much less costly, gives greater ease of movement and is completely fool- proof. It will be used by fighter pilots, instructors and trainees in Canada. No longer will they lug be- hind them the cumbersome parachute pack containing the canopy. The new‘ device enables the man to carry only the harness, while the ‘pack remains in the cockpit. Sgt. George Bennett of Chatham and Hamilton, Ont., a veteran of 1,306 parachute jumps made the test jumps necessary. With the eyes of Canada foeused on the Health Insurance bill before Parliament, a recent health service survey is of interest, which shows an inequality of distribution in, princi- pally. physicians. While urban areas and high income localities are not so badly off, there are many rural ‘areas which have no doctors at all. This works a great hardship on the people, mainly affecting health of older people and the very young. By the way, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates that persons 60 years and over will increase by 20 per cent in the next ten years. In March, 1943 Canada. had 11,620 phy- sicians, 31006 of which were in the armed forces. The ratio of increase of physicians has not kept pace with population as shown by a compari- son of the year 1901 when we had 5475 for 5,371,315 population; in. 1941 it was 11,190 for 11,506,656, or one doctor for every 1,094 of population. In the United States it was one for 794. The main problem is one of distribution it appears. It is not- able, however, that in 1943 Canada had provided 4.6 physicians for every 1000 men and women in the armed forces. sumpticn compares for 1936â€"39: total beef plus 29%, mil ing‘ butter, plus 18 butter minus 4% 20%. (By Jim Greenblat) How is Canada foodâ€"faring during the war years? Not badly at all. Despite rationing and certain short- ages, civilian consumption of princi- pal foods is at a higher level than pre-war years. According to “Can- ada at War” for April, in term of nutrients our diet generally is bett- er, and here is how the 1943 cpn- sumption compares with the average for 1936-39: total meat ,plus 12%; beef plus 29%, milk products, exclud- THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND A \VEEKLY IEIDITOIK LO0KS AT fittawa ‘nr the weeuy newspapou a! Canada Written spatially I}, c-ggs plus 24%, and sugar minus foodâ€"faring during Not badly at all. md certain short- lmption of princi- higher level than Man leaves his footprints on the sands of time. A woman leaves ‘her lipstick. Specific retail ceiling prices for spring lamb went into effect through- out Canada on May 1. New regulations now permit Mo- bilization Boards to grant postpone- ment from military training to male school teachers for an unlimited time instead of six months as has been the case. Because some employers do not keep adequate books and records some difficulty is arising in adminis- tration of the Unemployment Insur- ance Act, says a Department of La- bor release, and regional inspectors have been given authority to remedy the situation. While they do not want to force small employers to have elaborate book-keeping systems, yet there are certain requirements which must be met, mainly records giving name and address of each em- ployee, whether insurable or not, ac- tual days of work done by each, pay periods, gross remuneration and de- ductions for the purpose of contribu- tions. When the tea and coffee ration upped 40 per cent recently it is quite likely that tea was more welcome to farm workers than uxban workers, and for coffee vica versa. An un- official estimate is that 90 per Cent of farmers drink tea. Reduction of the butter ration for Canadians, temporarily in June, is influenced [by the fact that output during the first four months of this year declined 12.4 per cent or nearly eight million pounds as compared with the same period a year ago. As against this our record of cheese production for the same period show- ed an increase of 27.8 per cent. The subsidy of 30 cents a hundred pounds‘ has a big bearing on that, undoubt~ edly. The farmer, under certain condiâ€" tions, is liable to excess profits tax, that is if his profits, on all his farm loperations after deducting the prop- er allowances for expenses etc., a- mount to more than $5,000. But .there are qua] fications. He is en- titled in calculating his tax, to deduct from his total profits a salary alâ€" lowance for himself of not less than $2,500 and not more than $5,000, if he is a full time farmer, of course. A very clarifying statement in this connection has been issued by the Income Tax Department to the Can- adian Federation of Agriculture, whose address is 165 Sparks Street, Ottawa. This Federation has issued a special press release and presume that anyone interested could get a copy. It simplifies figuring out what is usually a headachy job. Beautiful Niagara Falls and war- time needs! The House of Commons was told of an agreement for a temâ€" porary additional diversion of water at Niagara, about. 4,000 cubic feet of water per second, on the Canad- ian side. For wartime only, the ad- ditional energy estimated at 620,000 K.W.G. per day, will be made avail- able for use in the United States. Engineers of both countries are tak- ing all feasible steps to minimize any effect of the diversion on the scenic beauty of the Falls. Processors of fruits and vegetables (the essential kind) are now being asked by National Sel:ctive Service to proJuce in maximum quantities this year with the indication that ev- ery effort will 'be made to see that labour is on hand when needed, dur- ing the critical coming season; and this even while high priority indus- tries al'e also looking for additional labor now. rehabilitation benefits. The pamph- let will help the camp spokesman or Senior Canadian in advising the lads of arrangements made on their be, half by the various departments of government concerned with their welfare. Approved by German authorities, pamphlets have been forwarded to Berne, SwitZerland for distr.bution to Canadian prisoners of war in Ger- many. Suhjects covered deal with advice to the next»of-k.in. handling of the home pay account; insurance as- signments, dispOsal of credit balâ€" ances; rate oféexchan-ge; advances of pay by the detaining- power; disposal of personal effects; promotions; mail and parcels; educational facilities and to observe price ceilings, to refrain from hoarding and to practice conser- vation, nothing the gayern‘ment could do could possibly havé been effect- ive. This coming week has been set aside in Canada to pay tribute to the women for the part they have played. V HILL, ONTARIO WWW“OOWWWOW W Cleaning and Pressing Womuuomuooowwmwm 9 TOMENSON, SAUNDERS, SMITH 8: GARFAT, LTD. Q): DISTRICT “LRDLK ] K. 5U 1 [ REPRESENTATIVE 3) 18 Elizabeth St. RICHMOND HILL Telephone 25-R @ Expert, dependable service, backed up by our many years in business in this community. Make your garments 100k smart, just like new, by having them dry-cleaned by us. 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