Sherbrooke, Que. Aller directement au contenu. Aller directement au menu principal. Sherbrooke daily record, samedi 9 mars samedi 9 mars The war has ended, but true peace has not yet come. Hunger stalks across Europe. Industrial troubles plague the North American continent. But t e energy and faith of free men will not be denied, and when the birth pains of anew world, brought out of the travail of war, are past, we will go forward to a brighter, richer future.
Under the pressure of war scientists, industry and labour combined to produce more efficient articles in greater quantities than was ever dreamed to be possible. In this great task the Eastern Townships played a proud part. Now our farms, our factories and all our efforts must be bent toward the tremendous task of moulding the gieat natuial energies of the Eastern Townships to fulfilling the promise of peace.
Let us go forward, fearless and confident, knowing that the solution to all the problems of reconversion lie in our own hands following the free way of life. Spinney, C. Our productive equipment has not been reduced to twisted wreckage, While our material resources have to some extent been taxed by abnormal wartime demands, by any reasonable standard of comparison we are richly endowed.
Our monetary system is sound and we have been spared the hardships and injustices of uncontrolled inflation. We live on the best of terms with our neighbours. Some of these blessing's, which we are prone to accept as the natural order of things, are all too rare in the world as it is today. Gardner added. We must now produce for useful consumption and, where we produce more than we can use ourselves, we must strive to exchange the surplus for the products of other nations.
Moreover, I do not think any of us would care to accept wartime restrictions and wartime financial burdens as a permanent addition to a peacetime way of life. The post-war is here and now; and with it comes the realization that, in its own way, peace will make its demands no less than wai. Spinney, president of the Bank of Montreal told the shareholders at their annual meeting recently. He upged, however, that those restrictions which remain be subject to the closest scrutiny in order to provide the widest possdble opportunities for competitive and creative effort.
