1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1962 An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central ‘British Columbia, A member of the Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited JOHN F. MAGOR President J,R, AYRES Manading Editor PD Authorized ag Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1962 Another side heard from Phe new political situation at Ottawa naturally gives rise to the question: What is Social Credit anyway? Social Credit, writes J. B. MeGreachy in the linuncial Post published in Toronto, has the same relation to economie fact us horoscope casting has to astronomy, or niedieval alchemy to chemistry. If the Social Credit theory were ever tried out anywhere, the result would he the most stupendous inflation ever ~een on earth since the Germans need- cd a wheel-barrow-load of marks to buy a cup of coffee. The politicians who enfoeld them- velyes in the banner of Social Credit, including Messers. Manning, Bennett, Caouette and Thompson don’t know this nor admit it if they do. This truth was admitted by the late C. H. Doug- las, the Scottish’motor boat designer who invented-the Social Credit theory, perhaps the most fabulous crackpot to be taken seriously in the 20th century. : MeGreachy, veteran reporter and editor recalls: “lt saw much of the 1985 Alberta rlection enmpaign in which Bible Bill Aberhart, a milleniallist lay preacher and economic illiterate, won power by promising: 25 a month for everybody.’ After his victory he invited Douglas to come out from England and advise him. ; “On his arrival in Western Can- uda Douglas told ine: ‘Aberhart has blown the trumpets, beaten the drums and persuaded the people to make the emotional decision that they want Social Credit. Of course they don’t understand it, neither does he. But he doesn’t have to. He steps aside now und lets the experts take over.” Doug- Jas meant, of course, himsell. “The present-day heirs of Douglas and Aberhart say they are right of centre, the defenders of free enter- prise, the opponents of “Socialism,” the people who would tax less and pay out more in goodies for the citizenry. Some of them frequently sound like Fascists, John Birch-ers, ran-of-mine unti-semites and mystie fanatics. Their party naine should be ‘Boobs Unlimited’.’—Alaska Highway News. Cutting in the wrong places Daily on the desk of a newspaper editorial department there arrive piles of printed matter trom the various governments of Canada. These piles vary in size and weight, but in the aggregate and multiplied by the total num- ber of newspapers in the country they represent very large tonnage of paper, and a much pipper amount in production dollars. . Most of this mass preduction, by a long way, Cun be classed us sheer extravagance by the voverlments, and as utter waste of taxpayers’ money. A great deal of the material is published, the covermments say, to keep the people informed. They tail miserably - though expensively — fo achieve this objective, chiefly because mast of the tiaterial is simply political propaganda, tailored to plorify the deeds of the party in power. For this reason, and also because so much of it is peorly-produced rubbish, most of this propaganda ends up quickly in the waste bas- nets of newspapers, radiv stulicns and maga- vines across the country. ye + + All of these media of public information Jiave their own news sources in the capitals of Cuninda and are quite competent to ferret out fhe real news in government circles — at no cost ta the publie, The subjeet of povernment waste and ex- fravayanee is timely in view of current attempts to salvage our depressed Canadian dollar’s for eign exchange value. This brings inte focus sume of the various governments’ assinine attempts to bolster the dollar in this respect. +t ry t For example, says The Financial Post, Ot- tawa’s plans to cut back bovernment construc- tion spending will do little to help solve the major problem cf conserving foreign exchange. Very little capital and labor employed in the construction industry can be diverted to uses that will earn foreign exchange. Nor will the cutback do much to ease the strain on the federal budgel, The Post con- tinues. Reduced spendiny by the public works department is likely to be more than offset by the already-sick Unemployment Insurance Fund. Similarly, provineial and works cutbacks are likely to bigper welfare budgets to people thrown out of work. The construetion industry ranks higher In Canada than in most industrial nations as a proportion of the total employment. So instead of clamping down on the industry, governments at all levels should be creating more construc- tien work, wud paying for it by paring expenses, Waste and extravagance in offer directions, of whieh there are many, ‘The Prince George Citizen municipal public result in) much fike cure of those Young people lack fitness The alarming faet that so many school-aged younpsters are below par as far as physical ft hehs is coneerned bas caused same educators to phoke heir heads ta disdain, Mipures saath of the burder reveal that only phout 2b per eent af youngsters are able to pass fluple physical fitness tests while the others are auiat lass to complete even these ele- mentary tests President Kennedy has voiced his Opiion and he is far from pleased with the perfOruieiiee, The comiprien to improve the situation after Jt was determined that sueh corrective steps hid to be taker was ditinted by Bad Wilkinson, former Oklahonie Cuiversity football earch, Poriiqas (he problem crises in time tabling suflicient time for the youngsters to take part In eeep fit propane. aid then agida the atumb- ny bloek may bea soeiety not conditioned to physica) fifaiesn. It (ook ae toreipner, Prinee Phillp to make Conditions aitianed at thele physio! fitness de- Doomed The birth of an estimated 1,000 deformed, Ynibless or monstrous bables i Britahay hus proupbt Che tentiquicted Lritish ubortion Inw dite question agin. ‘The deformations are blamed on the vse by the mothers of the now-discredit- ed dye thavidurmice, Lady Sunnuerskill, the former Dr. Bdith Guymimecsidil, his demanded legal abortions for mothers In danper of bearing such children he Jord chancellor coldly replied the inw does not penmit them. ‘Thus, when selentifie developments tapase a new perilon the human mee, the daw refuses to permite a remedy, flere agaln we see the savage workings of an abortion tawoas bad as Candies, experience his shown that whether or not the remedy tn denatly permitted, it will be ap- plied. "The mother who fears, riphtly or wrongly, she may rive birth fo wu monster, will seek lagu abertion. An offien) Inquiry, estimated thot adrendy 20 percent of atl pregnapetes tno Britaio are ended by sueh operations, The law does rat prevent abortions, Thomerely drives women to take the rial of Nepal aod surreptitious aperations, performad offen by unskilled: practitioners da dangerons nyd vty ele stianees, As the Jord chief fustlee stited tn 1040, the law hi unenforceable and anentoreed, fects and still loo many Canadians devote little if any time to keeping fit, ‘Che youngsters, whe ppear to have pep to spare, lack sufficlent, coaxing to atune to preseribed methods of keeping the body tt. In (ne sehouls, (here is only token help given Q proper program for the children, who may be given two or three short perluds a week to participate dn physical filmess programs, The rest is left te parents, playground supervisors and others, but i tsa'h enough, Further in Wilkinsow's report was the fret thiat over half the children don't even take part Ia dally program of vigorous physical activity, The most important element of the question apperurs to be the formation of wesystematic pro- gran. of aetivities leading bo the development of physienly sound bodies, ‘This can be done throug), (he sehooly or the oY’, bub time and talent is needed to duigment the program and keep it designed to serving (he best interests of fhe children Ue trata, am ‘fhe Chelph €Ont.s Mereury to be born Homerely prevents the performnanee of ihor- Wlons by qualified sargeans da proper sanitary SUProundi nga. . Th this ense we bave the added tragedy of deformed Infants doomed to be born, The reliplous eonvietious of some people may convince Them mathers should bear such ehuid- ron and, onee econeedyed, such ehildren must be bern, That's their privilege. The polnt is not whether they are right ar wrong. (ods that very many people are of the opposite convletion and with elenr conselenees defy a liw they consider ave, Tnbuniine aad bomen , Thos another strong arpuent dno the over= whelning ease foe lepalivine abortions The choles should be aematter of conselonee, nab of erie, The Vaneouver Sun A A hl Mough / for Talay What God hath cleansed call nat thou eon mon, Aets, 10:%h, Thoaieené qievsa when swhie fed on parbage they spread disease widely. Inelvillved) Ghria- flan lends awhie are fed elena food and are net senvenpers cond: Letty daws: prevent the ame of con tindne ced: eddh die food af al Kinda. Pros perly daspeeted: oysters aire see fad: also, tiroly ) trast Ca “Tt ‘ we ene C7 TIME AND PLACE... . PORT, BGHGTON Pert Essington had been the hub of trade and steamer traffic for many years on the Jower Skeena. Four canneries operated there for several de- cades and it was looked upon as the centre of the salmon in- dustry and upriver trading. Although the Hudson’s Bay Company headquarters was at Port. Simpson, their stern- wheeler river boats always made Port Essington their main port of call en route to Hazelton for upriver trading and passenger service. This river boat traffic had been added to by Robert Cunning- ham’s two boats, and two cthers, operated by private business men, With the coastal vessels from the south always making their calls at this port in connection with the salmon packing in- dustry, the little town became a hub of activity, and, on Sat- urday nights, it took on the stature of a little city with all the accompaniment of differ- ent forms of vice. In its sea- sonal adtivity, it could boast a population of 2,000. Women who loved lightly came with the railroad con- struction, settling in an area at the far end of town, down by the cld mill stream. This, coupled with the two saloons that seemed to be always do- ing a thriving business, brought the road workers from the camps across the river to town on weekends. The only two roads, or board- walks, were the scene of fight- ing and drunkeness when these railroad “stiffs” hit town and the Skookum House (town jail) was usually overflowing during their slay. It was very simple jor an innocent person to be- come involved in a fracas, as some of these workers would come oul of a saloon with a few drinks under his belt, pre- pared to fight the whole town and accost the first passerby. The south portion of the town, which was occupied by the Indians, had been donated for their use by Robert Cun- hingham, the town’s founder. Of course, lb was unlawful for tuiyone to supply Nquor to In- dians, but there was always rome whites who would break this law to accommodate an Indian friend If the possibility of making a double profit: on the bottle looked promising, Many a white man was jailed and convicted for six months In some Institution in Vancou- ver, some 600 miles south, be- cause Port Essington had no necommodations for prisoners over such a length of time, Port Easington had its share Of old-time characters who, In one way or another, contrl- buted to the town's develop- ment, Sueh a person was “Keyhole Johnny,” an elderly, bewhlskered = gentleman who held the position of one of the town's bwo constables, Asx the sougriquel implies, "Keyhole Johnny" war credit- ed With procuring a great deal Of his evidence In thls) man- ner -- looking through key- holes. Tf he deemed Jt the pro- per moment for an arrest, he would aimply demand entrance without @ search warrent or a warrant for arrest and without i fun-—just “Keyhole Johnny and his fMeree-looking whis- kors, , If a bottle af “hooteh" could he confiscated ag evidence in an Indian house, so muely the enaler for a convietion, If both Tndlun and white were present. they would be quickly tonsed Inta the Bkookum House, the Indian to seep off his stupor While the white nan would nwalt trial on the more serious charge of mupplylng. Me night, while wa alone the wide bowen known vk Dufferly Street, | met Flor, a Natlve elk with . Was whom I had attended the Met- lakatla school. As we stood and conversed about our for- - mer school days, a young In- dian, large of stature, walked ~ np to us and became very abus- ive to me. “You dirty white thief. Who asked you here? Now, get go- ing before I tear you apart. You Whites are all thieves.” At this early stage of my life, I had noticed many In- cians still held some animos- ity toward the Whites. There were many in whose breast rankled a deep dislike for those white-skinned people whem they looked upon as despoil- ers. It took only a few drinks of whiskey to display it. Having so voiced objection 19 my presence in the com- pany of one whom he con- sidered his girl friend, and as he was somewhat intoxicated, I stepped out of. his way. The girl tried to quiet, him but ‘he would. have none‘of it and made.g. lunge at mej.if pad piways remembered my step- father’s advice never to allow anyene to step on my toes, so J used a trick I had learned from an old-timer. I suddenly butted him with my head in the solar plexus. That did it, for he crumpled up like a dish rag on the boardwalk, . A group of people had gath- ered when I heard. the girl ex- ciaim, “Get out quick Here comes Keyhole.” Right now my feet became a great deal faster than my head had been as I disappeared Gown the walk into the ds- tance. No one seemed to have recognized me and if that con- stable was looking for a young white man he was wasting his time. I was soon In my gas boat with the engine wide open, heading down-river with the tide to my cabin on the Inverness Slough, some 16 miles away. While the Indlan prebably nursing his “tummy"’ and sleeping off his drink in jail, I was snugly rolled up in the blankets in my “Home, Sweet Home”, Because of insufficient pro- tection of the salmon travel- ing to upriver. spawning prounds throughout the years, the geographical fishing Hmits were placed ‘several miles far- ther downstream to allow for better escapement of — fish, placing Port Essington high and dry, so to speak, above the . fishing grounds, This coupled with the completed railroad jnto the Interior, whieh liqui- dated river boat traffic, found Port Essington practically a ghost town In Inter years, What thrilling tales that Old Skeenn could tell If all its river aharacters were gathered to relate thelr experlences on its waters through the passing yarn, A ert ne IN OE tree weet OA Det AO” weet Quote, unquote A. G. Norman, UK, nomsmon: “Research can he a drug, Tb can bo a vory comforting one. The fact that you are spend- hual- ‘Ing many thousands of pounds n yenr or have a researeh fram may he one of the moat dangerous delusions which you can have in your business, "The mangement of re- search and making ib pay are the two thinga we have to con- centrate on.” * + + What's a biiion? Wore's how the Toronto Construction Aw. snolation aorunty: “te a hypothetien) flrm had atartod In bualiesds In the year 1 AD. -- and had mannged things so badly na to lone $1,000 n day, It would alll) hove enough capital Jef to lone $1,000 a day for the next 777 yeors,” - NN on Ve BSD a Si Copyright: Canada Wide Recently my son took me for a ride in his disappearing | propeller boat, an old-fashion- about 10 to miles an hour. is wide and com modious, and rides rough water like a gull, Its seats aref low, and you sits back in them with® an instinctively oe. a grand air, the feeling you have when you go for a ride in a horse-drawn carriage, The ladies say that riding in a DP makes them feel like the Queen Mother. As we toddled along, we were passed by ali and sundry in their launches, fast outboard; and cruisers large and small. We rode their swells with something like. disdain, while they snorted, skidded, thump- ed and banged along in one bi . another’s wash. “The sad thing,” I remarked to my son, “is that modern transportation, whether by car or boat, leaves no time for an- ticipation. They say anticipa- tion is greater than realiz- tion. Here I sit, in this leisurely boat, full of anticipation.” Ja.cksack Grigory Clark And what is more, we did not have to sit tense, with our eyes glued to the way ahead. We had not only the time but the inclination to observe the passing scene. Harbor city in fog Morning: the city lights burn brightly, wharves stitched with rain and feathered with for. Heavily breathing city breathes more softly, harbor silent save for a whistling tug. Slowly, slowly the thick fog closes in, blotting out bridges and an anchored fleet. Sea-gulls vanish in a scroll of mist-— people are shadows on the muffled street. —--~Marjorie Somers Scheuer. Editor’s Note-—Signed arti- eles and editorials credited to other mewspapers do not ne- eessarily refleet the views of The Daily News. rele npenneeeeeene Tha season is lang and the scenory Spactacular when you play golf in RC, ip ge, Mee oul of our pelanation lerton UM olaoug Cancdlray Ager. ites ya pt” Wi srene. Moline Catia EU Nbrole goat hp be hast “darlin, fll, tear Haste: — Moltour Cayadian | mot; Pow Mages witk a " a) voy Jwallous. pe wah, PIRES RPA preset mermyee This advertisonont fs net publielvd or diplayed by tha Liquar ¢ oon yy le 7 19g 8.6: TPP ee RRR ee Tete ey ois , 4 toe Drrmeme ee ere eter rem sels “oan ones N ‘ hi WM ihe ‘ “o be fete at hotles ow ra : REP TEN . , ny Ra GTA nn a D “ a ey ET DEOL forth A enn mh a ars Ane ea Pia oe ah rT) a ae en vomral Hoard ar by the Goverment of Aeitish Columbia, Jumping to conclusions By HAL BOYLE NEW YORE (4) — Jumping’! to conclusions and how inuany do you agree with?: Nervous tension gation. But eight out of 10 people would feel less tense if they’d simply get one more |. hour of sleep a night, walk a mile more a day in the open air — and worry a third as much about the other fellow's problems as they do their own, All my life I've heard about kids eurning their way into the cireus by carrying water for the elephants, but I’ve never met one who did. The most boring jobs I can think of offhand are driving na bus, or being a professional ” hockey player, politician or movie star. The ceived the idea of serving cock- tail canapes didn’t invent stomach trouble —- but he gave —- it a great big push forward. OUT OF PLACE If you have to tip the head- waiter to get a seat in a food restaurant, either it really isn't a very good restaurant —- or you. don’t -belong there. Have you already made out”, your Christmas shopping list? fellow who first con- is one of” the leading ailments of elvili-. If so your life is probably too | well planned for enjoyment, The first reaction of a really | the < fine dentist on Grand Canyon seeing for the first time isn’t one.of awe. He sim-, ply wonders how he'd fill it. A man often will spend his last penny during a night out on the town. A woman always comes home with some money left in her pocketbook. The men who whistle most at pretty girls going by are construction workers at lunch time, . A cautions man is the one who waits to give his best pir a diamond engagement ring until their 25th wedding anni- versary. PIGEONS FOR LONELY Only really lonely people feed pigeons on rainy days. Sound advice: Never lend your necktie to the fellow who wants to borrow the shirt off vour back. Most girls don’t seem parti- cularly thrilled by muscular men who do handstands at the beach to attract attention, As soon as a teen-age daugh- ter is old enough to be of real help to her mother in the kit- chen, she suddenly finds other interests, An independent girl is one who insists on buying her ewn cigarettes while out ona date, but whoever met one that inde- pendent? Se ee oe ee ver tee gp | - op his oft ; fs 4 ' a ; ies STi Pd i air} il Me Le Ai ‘ re % Pre