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And what of the average citizen who isn‘t engaged in agriculture or even in war work? We protest about our declining gasoline ration Our British counterpart has none at all, nor may he use any substitute fuel. Save on essential war work, motor traffic has virtuaily disâ€" In the essential war industries regulations control they control labor. Absenteeism is not just a problem punishable by fine or imprisonment. Even absence must be justified by a doctor‘s certificate. Think how relatively little Canadian agriculture has suffered, except for the loss of man power. In Britain, while the regulation is more or less voluntary, the rural population is definitely regimented The farmer is told what crops he may grow, what wages he may pay If he is not considered an efficient farm manager, his property may be taken from him and be taken over by a more efficient neighbor. In farm production there has been a 50â€"perâ€"cent increase in foed and vegetable production, and wheat production has increased a third There is 50 per cent more land under the plow than there was a year or two ago and al} with almost no increase in the number of people employed. The drain of man power from the land has been vastly greater than here. It has been largely replaced by a woman‘s Land Army of 60,000, who do all the work of the men they replace. Even the amateur agriculturist has done his part. There are almost 3,000,000 wartime gardens and they are not smallâ€"time efforts, as they produce from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 worth of vegetables cach year. Whatever the world has said of the people of the British Isles, it has never said that they have sacrificed their liberties or their privileges without a protest. Yet we have heard no protest from them. In Britain there are slightly more than thirtyâ€"three million persons in the age groups from fourteen to sixtyâ€"five; 17,250,000 of them are women. In that group, 23,500,000 are gainfully employed. And that figure, which includes almost 7,000,000 women, does not include the occupations of housewife or domestic. Of the boys and girls in the age groups of fourteen to seventeen, 77 per cent of the boys and 67 per cent of the girls are engaged in war work. This is neither a criticism nor a defense of the way our governâ€" ment has dealt with what, in kindlier days, we were wont to call our liberties. It is merely a statement in comparison to show how relatively simple and few have been the infringements of those libertics, We are short on butter and beer. We can‘t drive as far or drink as much as some would wish, and probably we are all the better for it. The frills of food and fashion have been taken from us. We are a little less free to move about in our leisure hours, or in our occupations. But, of all the countries engaged in this war, we have probably faced the least in privation or restriction or direction. On occasions, happily not frequent, one senses a querulous note creeping into the discussions of the privations and restrictions that the war has brought upon us. When we can‘t get this and can‘t get that, when we are restricted in our movements and our business activities, we incline to feel that we are being pushed about, to look on governâ€" ment with a critical eye. & ' Attention to the farmer and his problems is urgentâ€"Globe and Mail. â€" 200 Pm One of the cores of the problem is this, as Col. Drew says: "The simple truth is that our farmers cannot risk their savings unless they have some assurance of a fair return. They cannot be expected to produce vital food requirements if they have no assurance against heavy financial loss. Let no one charge them with lack of patriotism. There is no more patriotic part of the whole Canadian community. But they can go only so far, and many of them have gone beyond that point already." Again in Col. Drew‘s words: "Farmers do not know what they can safely grow and what animals thqy can safely breed and care for unless they have some assurance of help. Dairy farmers are going out of business because of the lack of manpower now and uncertainty reâ€" garding the future. There is no mystery about the problem. Farmers simply can‘t go ahead blindly." The common sense in those statements is apparent to every one. But the big question is: What is goingsto be done about them? Other groups ask for things from the Government and get them. The farmers need direction as to stability in prices and allocation of manpower. It all comes back, as far as manpower is concerned, to lack of policy at Ottawa. The result is that we are in real danger of a lack of foodstuffs. These words of Col. Drew‘s are worth remembering: "Food is just as much a munition of war as guns, tanks, shells and airplanes. Our producers of food are doing a war job. Food is not only a domestic necessity. It is a vital war requirement. If the people of Ontario and the people of Canada go hungry, it will be due only to the disastrous lack of planning for agricultural production. We are not short of food because of the demands of Britain and our allies. We are short of food because of lack of courage and common sense in dealing with the simplest needs of our agricultural producers. And the Government of Ontario must accept its full share of that responsibility." ] There are strong pressure groups for other economic sections of the nation. But because the farmers have gone ahead and worked lo‘ produce footstuffs, have labored from dawn to dark, they have begn forgotten, in large measure, by both the Ottawa and Provincial Governâ€" For too long the farmer has been the unsung and unnoticed and almost forgotten man in our war economy. The farmer, as Col. Drew pointed out, is doing a war job, and his work should be considered in that light. _ The stress laid on the problems of the farmers by Col. George Drew in his address in reply to the Speech from the Throne in the Ontario Legislature is one more indication that public men are realizing that as fighters are necessary to win the war and as weapons are necessary, so is food. There is no corner on ideas held by any particular group of citizens or by any one community in the country. ‘The Victory Loan Contest should encourage the production of excellent campaign promotion in every section of every province, and it would not be surprising if the grand trophy were won by one of the many small towns of Canada, where imagination and ingenuity grow as abundantly as in any large city. nings we shouid ao to nurry our victory against oppressors and o bring our boys back home as soon as possibie, the greater our urge to increase and strengtnen our personal part of theâ€"job. wnen we express our feeiings througn pubiic gatherings in our communities during the Victory Loan Campaign, converting our thoughts into action and words, we are bound to feei iike buying more Victory Bonds than we dia before. ‘Lne mental approach to our duties as citizens in war time is governed by simuar conditions. ‘The more we inink andâ€"feel about l&ls lake a homeiy iiustraton to ampuly tne point. Common experience leils us tnat the iess pnysical enort We maxe, as a ruie, the lers we want to maxe. ‘lhe iess we use our muscies, tne weaser lhney become. but when we begin to waik into town, to waix to cnurch, or to put new vigor into tne pnysicai part of our aay‘s work, we sur up our ialent slore of physicai energy and we feel inclined to do more The Victory Loan Communities‘ Contest launched by the National War Finance Committee should prove to be a good spring tonic for the Fourth Victory Loan Campaign. Most of us carry around a fair share of enthusiasm for Canada‘s war job. But the trouble with most of us is that we keep it botued up in piacid form. We don‘t shake it up often enough and auow it to influence our actions as it snouid. PAGRE TWO THE WATERLOG CHRONICLE These Minor Privations Why Forget the Farmer? Ths '.dn' c-n‘ ::-ho 0-‘-‘&1':. g: of the Canadian A Good Spring Tonic $1.00 per yeur in DAVID BEAN & SONS LIMITED Owners and Publishers FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 Cunada. Cingle copies 6 conts. PAYABLE IN ADVANOR management as it is an offence through illness ronicle is a member Association and of _ We read in St. Matthew 12: 40 the words of Jesus Himself. "As Jona was three days and three nights in the whale‘s belly so shall I canot know how people whuJ claim to study the Bible could get| the thought that Christ was cruciâ€" ; fied on Friday and rose on Sunday. It is quite certain that He rose on Sunday. It is quite certain that He ; rose on the first day of the week,‘ It is just as certain that He was| not crucified on Friday. | i e m o ds d c 2 oo en o P e onte m dn from the dead? And they would found emgly. If we read St. not know. May I ask you the quesâ€"|Matthew 27: 57 we will see that it tion? What is the difference to you was in the eening that Jesus was whether Christ remained in the laid in the grave, He was in the grave or arose? The a&osue said grave three days and three nights. "If Christ is not risen then is our Supposing He was laid in the grave reaching vain". What would we on Friday evening, as some people finve to preach if Christ be not would have us believe. Then it raised from the dead? For He himâ€" ;would be impossible that He rose self said he would rise at the third on the first day of the week. If we |day. If He had not risen and reâ€"‘study our Bibles carefully we will mained in the grave, this would isec that He was crucified on Wedâ€" prove that He was not the Son of nesday and not on Friday. From God, that He claimed to be. Our Wednesday evening t8 Thursday reaching would be vain, (of no or evening is one day and one night. fittle value) for how could He give From Thursday evening is one day Eternal Life to others if He had and one night From Thursday remained in the grave Himself®‘evening to Friday evening is two The apostle also writes that our[days and two nights, from Friday faith is also yain. Yes indeed our evening to Saturday evening is faith would be vain if He would {xhree days and three nights, and on still be in the grave. For what Sunday morning the grave was could be the gain of worshipping{fuund empty. So it is quite simple a dead Christ? A Christ who died {a.'ter all is it not? as other people die and remained‘ ‘The important part is not when in the grave. We know that Christ( He was ‘S?ucmed'f“,,,d rose, but rose from the the grave, and God that He did rise from the grave set Him at the Right Hand of Himâ€"|ard is still living today at S:d's self in Heavenly places far above Right Hand, Hebrews lg: 2. "From al principalities, powers, might, doâ€"!in that He died He died unto sin minion and every name that is once, but in that He liveth He named not only in this world but |l:iyeth unto God. Likewise reckon also in that which is to come. yc also yourselves to be dead inâ€" Ephesians 1:20, 21, "There we are |deed unio sin but alive unto God not worshipping a dead, but a livâ€"|through Jesus Christ our Lord". ing Christ. [Romans E:10 11 If sn niut stane self said he would rise at the third | day. If He had not risen and reâ€"‘ ‘mained in the grave, this wouldi prove that He was not the Son of| God, that He claimed to be. Our, freaching would be vain, {of no or ittle value) for how could He give Eternal Life to others if He had | remained in the grave Himself® The apostle also writes that our| "And if Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain, and our faith also is vain, I Corinthiang 15: 14. In all countries where people beâ€" lieve the hht:{ of Christ, one day ‘e.ch year is celebrated, to rememâ€" in ask mioey of the Shonnio poang cou most of the ~go people of today why it so imâ€" portant that Christ should rise Perhaps we might remember some of these lfiinu and, i light of them, see our own sacrifices for what they areâ€"only minor privations.â€"Joseph Lister Rutledge, in Liberty. A man‘s work does not end with the end of his working day. All men who are physically able are required to enlist in some civilâ€"defense work. In the Home Guard alone are 2,000,000 men who are working their regular day and giving out of their evenings and their weekâ€"ends, so dear to the Britisher‘s heart, » total of fortyâ€"eight hours in each month to the serious business of preparing for defense. Waste of any sort is little short of a crime. Even the household garbage may be inspected and the hoyseholder called into court for failing to observe the salvage regulations Black markets operate, as they do wherever there remains a residue of human greed, but such actions are perilous and leave the offender open to twelve years‘ penal appeared from Rritish roads. Railroad traffic has not been controlled, but it is discouraged. It has been curtailed more than a third, and there are none of the old amenities about it. ‘‘Evenings at Home" THB WATBRLOO (Ontario) ‘in that He died He died unto sin once, but in that He liveth He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ‘ye also yourselves to be dead inâ€" |deed unto sin but alive unto God !through Jesus Christ our Lord". 'I{omans 6:10, 11. If you put your trust in Him you will be trusting ‘Jm a living, Christ who is able to ‘save. Receive further information by listening to the Morning Quarter Hours of Fellowship over Radio Station CKCR at 7.45 each mornâ€" irg, or by writing, The Forward With Christ Movement, Box 222, Kitchener, Ontario. The important part is not when He was crucified, and rose, but that He did rise from the ve ard is still living today at S:d's Right Hand, Hep(e_m,lg: 2. "From THIS WORLD NEEDS CHRIST" (Our Motto) bath, (Jewish seventh d.&bdm the cross) as it began to dawn toâ€" wards THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulâ€" chre". It was on the first day of the week that the grave was first the Son of Man be three days and three mfhu in the heart of the earth". In St. Matthews 28:1 we also read "In the end of the Sabâ€" CHRONICLE share their lunch with other traâ€" vellers who are complete smm We saw very few signs of â€" aghe to the railways, but were told, when we e:hptetsed our surprise, that all such damage had been quickly repaired. At blackout time, guards made sure that all windows are covered, although in most compartments there is very little light, only about enough to enable one to get in or out without walking on other peoâ€" ple‘s feet. Usually there is only one dim light in a compartment, and that is almost concealed with a metal reflector. Hotels carry on under difficulâ€" ties, due to shomae of help and fcod restrictions. Guests are exâ€" pected to walk upstairs if they are not above the third storey, and to walk down no matter how many stories. It takes almost a week to get any laundry done _ The usual place names have disâ€" appeared from the stations. In their places are very small printed signs, which are very hard to see or read. The traveller must thereâ€" fore listen carefully to the name called out at the sto%nand take care that he is not ta past his or her destination. Wartime restrictions have made a big change in the travellers themselves, who now are friendly and will frequently jJourney, and bbeuna'flu corridor, if there is one, with b?u It is taken as a matter of course that mlostdof .t.:e trains are hbu.y probably due caused Lm‘emmwdlng. Autlix:t must be shown before anyone can get on to a station platform. This ticket is tuken up when leaving the platâ€" tol:rtt‘u at thu: h:ufimuo:.e However, platform ts may purchased which entitle to the holder to go on to the platform to meet or say goodbye to visitor. J along the side of the train, peerâ€" fof MNfectan rempamgant roate ing us into it with our satcheis, and umfl the driver our destinaâ€" tion; all of which is so w and quickly done untorm asked to name a name a specimen of amost perfect host of uniformed porters, who spring forth to assist on the arrival ‘O‘nnd"u train, rdhvh.w\: of bags Fwthe.mw-ab.m'_'- railways have never adopted the ;lexnimdemhu- many porters after . gage. John L Bi:hd.t-nu TRAVEL IN | [ WARâ€"TIME BRiTAIN |_: (Continued from Page 1) y, there are no porters, and who now are very d will !re&uently even lunch wlle other traâ€" are complete s ers. rery few m%- ailways, but were told, xpressed our surprise. During the first few weeks we were there, we travelled 1930 miles in our own private bus. We found it most difficult to know where we were as all place signs have disâ€" appeared. We frequently went through large places without the least idea of their names. It gives one a feeling of bafflement when it seems impossible to find out the names of the places. _ One day we stopped in a small scttiment. Seeing a young boy at the side of the road, we asked him | The London Underground sysâ€" tem seems to have been affected by the war the least of any mode of travel. The trains run through tubes which are very deep in the ground and are reached by large numbers of . escalators or movl:s staircases. One much appreciat advantage of underground travel is that it is brillianttly lighted at all times. Bus trave!, although greatly reâ€" stricted, due to the need of so maâ€" ny buses for transporting munition workers, is still carrying on. of ours, as hotels with room accomâ€" modation probably would not be able to feed us, or if they could furnish meals, did not have the Few of the hotels provide keys to the rooms, yet nobody seems to lose anythin&nlt is difficult to find accommodation for a party the size "4F! An‘ I always thought you could lick anybody | the block, Pop!" Altogether, travel in Britain toâ€" day is difficult, but not impossible. Our experience gave us an insight into the way Britain‘s transportaâ€" tion problems are being handled. Bicycles are still popular in Engâ€" land. One Sunday afternoon we were taken through Runnymede, (where the Magna Charta was signed), and we never saw so maâ€" ny people on bicycles before in our lives. Some of them _ were equipped with sidecars and could take out the whole family, includâ€" ing the baby. the name of the place. He had eviâ€" Idently been well trained, because he answered that he did not know. Some of our bus travel was done ai night and it always was amazing to us how the bus driver could find his way so well in the dark. _ In most cities taxies are not runâ€" ning, or very hard to get. In London, however, they are fairly plentiful. ‘They looked very old fashioned to us, but are efficient and can "turn on a dime". _ While most of the surface transâ€" port in London is by omnibus, there are several street car lines, such as the one on the Old Kent Road. These look very strange to Canadian eyes as they are double deck street cars, and are operated with hand brakes. The street cars in Blackpook however, are very smart and modern. Friday, April 28, 1948