Page Two Prince George Citizen PRINCE" GEORGE CITIZEN ESTABLISHED 1B18 A locally owned, independent newspaper published every Thursday at Prince George; British Columbia, /Canada, by the Central Interior Printing Co. Ltd. Largest circulation 6f any weekly newspaper In British Columbia north of C.P.B. Main Line Member of the Canftdlnn .Weekly Newspapers' Association^ . THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1943. , Disgraceful Act Since time immemorial the resting place oF the dead has been sacred ground. Friends and loved ones of the deceased have sought to malce the surroundings and graves something of beauty, and to preserve the sanctity of hallowed ground. __ It is, and rightly so, an individual ancf a community responsibility, for death knows no favorites. ....... On the black side of history are written the records of a comparatively few morons who desecrated graves either for monetary gain or merely to feed their moronic tendencies. Those persons who. wantonly destroyed glass flower cases, glass vases and pushed over several headstones in the City Cemetery irv the last 10 days are certainly a type,of citizen not wanted here. Their acts arouse the anger of every decent citizen. Every effort must be made by police and the public to track down these men and have examples made of them. It is hard to understand why anyone desecrate the graves. The damage mighk be the work of smart-Alec, drunks. But drunkenness cannot be taken as an excuse forsu&Ji damage, for the desecration is an act against bb|h the dead and the living. . Whoever is\esponsible must be punished to the full extent of the law. Time to Enlist There is even greater ne"ed today than ever before for men and womeirto volunteer for service in Canada's army. \ Canadians are on the move, keeping in the forefront of the big Allied pu3hes,\ilnd the holding units are calling for more replacements. More women are needed for the Canadian Women's Army Corps to relieve men for front-line fighting.. Central British. Columbia, with Prince George as its hub, has an enviable record this war for providing first class army men and women. Without detracting from the patriotism of these men and women, it should be pointed out that much credit for this recruiting success must go to Sergt. D. C- Smith, popular and efficient sergeant in charge of the Prince George office. The sergeant by his enthusiasm for the army and his general conduct has been a strong advertisement for the services as he has repeatedly visited centres throughout central B.C. on his recruiting missions. Decision of the recruiting service last year to keep open the recruiting; office here has been justified. The Prince George civilian recruiting" committee fully appreciates its value and as'ks that it be maintained throughout the next 12 months, as the call for men and women for the armed services continues. Self-Education All education is self-education, and it is impossible to become educated unless the individual himself desires it, states the Prince Rupert News. The school, college and university is of little use unless the person wishes to gain an education for himself—then they can be of great assistance by providing guidance and teaching. Life in general, and one's occupation in particular, afford one kind: the practical education necessary :to earn a living. Working __with heart and soul in your chosen profession will make a success and educate one, but there is another kind of education also. This is the general ^education gained by reading the works o( the author, poet and biographer, and by cultivating an appreciation of music, fine pictures and good books. It is necessary to choose the best books because the only way to develop knowledge and character is to read the best works of the world's greatest authors. Welcome News ' ;-:•-. Many a housewife is cheered by the Wartime Prices anp! Trade Board order that the tea and coffee ration will be increased by one-third starting^September 2. Afternoon and evening ;*ea and coffee* drinking was fast becoming an institution in Canada before these commodities came under rationing, and the limited supplies have had a tendency to curtail social programs. The allowance of larger supplies or tea and coffee is made possible by the improved .shipping situation. Coupon values will be« the same—that is, two ounces of tea or eight ounces of coffee per coupon Will" become valid every three weeks instead of every four as at present. .,.,...... . ......:. ¦Ready for tf-Boats When you throw mud at other, people you're just losing ground yourself. Democracy" is built by those who live to give, and destroyed by those who live to get. + + + ? How does our own daily life match up with the new order we are striving for? ? ? ? ? Materialism, like sleeping sickness, is,a disease that eats away your life while/you are unaware of it. ? + 4- + The future of a country is secure whose men, on leave, stand and fight for the best, just as they do on duty. JIS WE WERE (Prom The Cltlien Plies) FIVE YEARS AGO Brig-Gen Sir Henry Page Croft, Bart., envisioned 10.000 British settlers with $25,000,000 for central B.C., when he addressed a meeting here. Sir Henry is a staunch supporter of the Hornby land settlement scheme. Henry Strangebye and T. M. Mitchell of Vander-hoof are telling of a fight they witnessed at Cluculz Lake between a large fish and an eagle. The eagle got a grip on Jhe fish but was unable to rise from the water with it and the resultant commotion in the water was fierce, according to the witnesses. Finally the fish dragged the eagle under the water and he let go his hold and managed to fly back to shore. U 'TEN YEARS AGO Dr. R. W. Alward. who sat in the last legislature as Conservative^ member for Fort George, became the candidate of the Bowser-Donaghy party at the nominating convention in Prince George Wednesday evening. School trustees have decided to drop the commercial course in the high school. The City Council has banned swimming under the Fraser River bridge. TWENTY YEARS AGO The Quesnel road will be open this winter and finished in the spring. The road is in first class shape from Prince George to Hixon Creek. Four applicants for licences to operate beer parlors here were approved by the City Council. They were: Louis Zinirnaro, Columbus Club; R. W. Mcleod, G.W.-V-flL Club; Levi Grahanj,Commercial Club, and Dan Radakovich, Empress Club- FOR SECURITY The shores and waters of coastal British Columbia are now entirely prohibited areas for photography, officials of the Joint Services Security Intelligence Bureau, Pacific Command, point out. Defense of Canada Regulations prohibit private or commercial photography of any part of the shoreline or any vessels plying in coastal or offshore waters. Carrying of cameras on ships has long been prohibited. Security officials state there is no desire to interfere with holiday-makers seeking to keep a photographic record of family outings. They add, however, that care and patriotic judgement should be used jin the choice of backgrounds, and potential photographers should acquaint themselves with photographic regulations. The claim that photographic regulations are nullified because picture postcard views are available in stores is refuted by the Security Bureau. Its olficials point out that the views were all taken prior to the outbreak of war. Those considered a menace to security have been officially called in. Since the war started, state security officers, considerable defence work has been undertaken along the coastline and involves projects in addition to gun 'positions. Officials state the danger lies in the fact that photographes taken today might fall into enemy hands. They add that competent intelligence officers using modern equipment can take even a small snapshot and gain much valuable information f ronylt. < Photographic societies, realizing the amazing technical advances since the outbreak of war, are fully cognizant of the danger and are co-operating fully with the authorities. Security officials ask the same cooperation from the casual camera user. I GREAT THOUGHTS I Adolph Hitler: "Apart from the world of barbarism that is threatening from the East, we are also experiencing a satan-ical rage of destruction from the so-called West which is allied with it." . Here arc two expansive presents for Hitler's submarines—two of the .1200 depth charges purchased as the result of the $106,000 sale of War Savings Stamps in British Columbia and the Yukon during the "Stamp Out the U-Boat" campaign. Each depth charge costs $90. Cost of Living Index BM JIM GREENBLAT The cost of living index as related . home furnishings, noticeable in our to the cost of living bonus doesn't wartime' economy. Well, the Bur- directly worry the' farmer, small proprietor and such like, but indirectly everyone should have the low down in their-minds about this important part of our national economy if they don't wish to get too provincial in their thinking. Let's review the matter informally so you'll remember it without any effort. The cost of living index measures the month-to-month change in the cost of living of the average typical wage-earner's family, by the Bureau of Statistics. It is based on a full- year record, made in 1937-38 on 1,500 Canadian families, averaging 4.6 persons with an average income' of $1,453. The index was in six main groups, showing food to take 31 per cent of the income, fuel and light 6 per cent, housing 19rper cent,'cloth-frig 12 per "cent, home furnishings and services 9 per cent and miscellaneous 23 per cent. KEEPING PACE Folks may howl that living conditions have changed a lot since 1937-38. True! The Bureau knows that, and it makes the necessary changes. For example^after sugar rationing came in the amount of sugar in the index was reduced. Then, when cheap lines are off the market making you fork over more for more expensive articles, the price of these is considered in the index. The index records variations in the cost of a fixed standard of living in urban areas. It does not measure the increased costs of people who improve their standard of living. Not without logic, some people ask why does the index only show a rise of 17 per cent during the war, when such items as stewing beef rocketed up 78 per cent, lard 73 per cent for example. The fact of the matter is, of course, that,'-all foods comprise less than a third of the whole cost of livirfg index|, and we have to look at it in that perspective. Many foods, too, and important ones, have risen much less. For instance, bread, sugar and such foods have remained fairly steady and milk is reduced in price. FOOD PRICES UP It is interesting to note in passing that the cost of food rose 31.8 since the war started, most of it since JAc calling was slapped on. Mrs. Housewife obviously is more aware of this, because it's a kitchen and personal problem. But on items hubby pays for mainly, the rise shows in the lower bracket, i.e fuel and light, 14.1, housing 7.4, clothing 20.3. The total cost of living index rose 17.6 since August, 1939, but only 2.2 of it since application of the price ceiling. To keep track of changes the Bureau not only relies on price reports from storekeepers, but uses information from their regional setups. And don't think for a minute that representatives fal to visit small centres for that purpose. They do, definitely-QUESTIONS OF QUALITY \ Mom complains about changes in quality, deterioration of clothing and eau thinks of that too and treats the reduction in quality as if it was a price increase of the same amount. You can see for yourself that they can't get direct price quotations on every item in the family budget, but what they do is get the typical, and "weight" those prices sufficiently to cover all items in any group. To get a slant on the problems, let's look at foods. Many foods have a wide seasonal price fluctuation as you know. Then again, all vegetables aren't sold on a weight bafeis. Some are sold in bunches, and so the prices may vary according to the quantity. If some "average" system wasn't .adopted, the index would certainly be "less" than "more" accurate. What they do .is pick representative ' prices month-to-month, which includes some 44 food items amounting to Just about 75 per cent of the total cost of food. HOW MUCH'FOR A HAT? Well .nowvwe come to such items .as clothing; This brings up another difficult problem and no fooling, it's an erratic thing. You know what it's like yourself. You've, gone in and bought a ladies, hat for say $4.95. Sure enough, a month later (to save carrying it over into winter) you see it advertised to clear at $2.98. It does happen with dresses, coats and other items': Therefore, the Bureau, and rightly, has selected a smaller list of some 29 clothing items of fairly standard construction which have no pronounced seasonal movements. These items represent all the more important materials in making clothing, such as cotton, wool, rayon, rubber, leather. Just one more thing. Income taxes' are not included in the reckoning of the cost of living index. These taxes do not affect prices, although they do, of course, reduce the amount available for spending. The whole idea of having an income tax is so that everyone can contribute to the cost of war according to their ablitly to pay. If income taxes were ln-tluded in the cost-of-living index, that would raise the cost-of-living bonus. And those people who get the bonus would therefore get their tax, or most of it, paid back to them. But some people-farmers, small,proprietors, domestic sevants, etc.— don't get the bonus, so they would not get any tax back. You can see how unfair that would be. ' • What Increase? (Omlneca Herald && Terrace News) We asked a merchant how much benefit the 100 per cent increase of supplies was/to him. He replied. "What is a hundred per cent of nothing?" That is the answer to the announcement that supplies would be increased 100 per cent in the district between McBride and Prince Rupert. At the outbreak of war. Britain had 25,000 tractors for agricultural work; today there are 126,000 in use. Thursday; ^ "" '. ;——I SIDE VIEW? ¦ Discipline is a w ing more famu the unified effo We know that w n -lacks i"B of the most of US against ^s train>As children .amcMnonl the reserve ^energy for the Our parents punish as fo deeds. In. later life- certain^ action in S&tfKg selves.to something morV« We cannot live a m our selves, or from „. ; through the forces .(a iaw ^ We dislike restraint Ifwehl, job to do we want to do'it ba? way, advice even Irritates us cause of our disregard of "selfAu pline. we waste efforrind ti doing things that are compy, useless. We may apply our ti -(something far from the field talents and something that no-real purpose. The effective application of i pline is to visualize your obji realize the principles of it ment and be guided by them Soldiers Fh Time toRek Even in Sicfo OTTAWA—The Canadians in i cily are finding time to relax. That] the word back from the front reports that the entertainment :.•* J ities of the Knights of Co!u Y.M.C.A., Canadian Legion and: vation Army are keeping well upi the fighting formations. Sing : and impromptu concerts wit sound of the action are a thing for men temporarily out of tb line. ¦ft it it It shouldn't be Ions now beta Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Paul, of the< adian army are on an equal fo from the point of view of rank. Paul is now a captain with the< adian Women's Army Corps andl husband has just baer. promoted I the acting rank of captain. were married last winter over both in uniform. , Always a headache whf-n and English officers pet toget military terms are to ,be the sub* of a new dictionary. Theprelii edition has some 15.000 words, the Bureau of Army Bilingual r locations hopes to publish a find' It ion of" 50.000. words. Major Raymond Massev, wbo.fj the Hollywood film lots to jointnr Canadian army lias rr\ rrte^to" serve status due to ill health,*] been attached to the Adjutant-eral's Branrh in Otwwa. The Canadian Wbmens" to Corps members have been P«n| substantial increase /in -pay ^ one from lieutenant-colonel downi private shares in the'raise 8 ilar increa.ses were granted men's services oMhr,Navy * Air Force. Basic pay will n per cent of thai, paid men aj armed forcesinstead «.f the. faff-66-n per cent. .____- V------- - No Disgrace fOttawa Journal) • Some people vise 1 itician" as a sneer chill, is n politician, t one;'7and President .- ,, politioian. and a very.go« y Lincoln and Mr. < '"•"?"'" ng or Disraeli. All of them beWJ fl, longed to Pities. a.KiI 1 M F, politics; this simply »*' is and was of th0 of government.." ..Ptr"!"(lVf'mmenJ King, leading f ii:" is playing politics, is •• . Bracken, leader o a ' liainei? itician. Thnt¦ Ls.wl^j tary system is ;lt)('1 J____ . Not one British **x^£Mt yes sunk . by an fud[a* '.,,' nalf ?e£ during the 1"°*"^ ^ It isd since Italy entered^ ]9i3 f tjulated that by ^ ^ (-nii-<;erS Italian Fleet.had ^os^ nlinlber destroyers and a submarines