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p9t 2 the stouffylue tribune thurtdvy october 3 1957 eiib touffuillc tertjiune estabi tshtt 16ss a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized u mconticiass mail poslcfece dpt ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 5350 elsewhere 450 c h nolan publisher jas thomas associate editor our editorial comment trade fair in spring there has been some comment among exhibitor of the stouffville trade fair on the point that early spring might be a better time for the holding of such an exhibition we believe that the show just concluded was quite successful although not as many small individual business estab lishments were represented as in some years in the past one of the main points in favor of a spring show has been that many of the years new models in various types of merchandise are just com ing on display while at present the fall show can display only lines which are running out in a couple of months it has also been pointed out that business places have often just come through some rather lean win ter months and would be more pre pared to launch a businessgetting show the competition from fall fairs is not to be met in the spring as well all these points are true and we must agree with them against the argument for a spring show is the fact that it is usually the month of may before the arena is sufficiently dry to permit a show and whether or not this would be too late is debate- able in additionthe point has been raised that in the spring the public tends to want to get outofdoors and might shun an indoor exhibition frankly it is a matter for the merchants who are in a better posi tion to know the public whims and how their business is affected by them than any news writer the recent fair which drew good crowds and comments on it will likely be a feature of the next businessmens association meeting the life of trade wingham advancetimes there is an old saying among hardened business heads that com petition is the life of trade the de sire to at least run equal with and if possible better your neighbor is one which has for many centuries pro vided the spur on life in general for most people who live under a system of free enterprise and expression though we tend to ask the state to assume more and more of our re sponsibilities the funds for such services are still provided by a nation of people who are free to match their wits and brawn one against the other in the earning of their daily bread as well as the cream the government must skim off the top in the face of this everpresent spirit of competition our present day educational system seems to be bent on teaching the upcoming generation that competition is but a myth or perhaps some socially undesirable and outworn evil in our past school re ports no longer indicate how young william stands in relation to the other children in his class his marks are graded in rather nebulous as and bs which dont indicate too much to the anxious parent students in our schools are quite rightly encouraged to develop such talents and capabilities as they pos sess without becoming unduly con scious of their shortcomings in other lines however there is nothing in human experience to indicate that men and women are likely to develop a world in which competition between themselves has ceased to exist the russian revolution promised such a state and the thing which has emerged has only served to empha size the fact that intense personal competition is the basis of all human activity if our educational system suc ceeds in producing a youth who is completely unaware that the compe titive spirit is a reality that a tre mendous shock awaits him when he steps into the tasks of adult life what a surprise it will be to learn that after he has spent three years in an attempt to master a trade for example some newfound apprentice may become his boss purely be cause the lad has more drive and stacks up as a more useful person to the firm which pays the wages this glaring gap in our educa tional program is not the fault of school teachers but is rather a weak ness in a general policy laid down at a government level some years ago canadas growth really remarkable according to figures compiled by the bureau of statistics canadas population had reached 16650000 by julylst the total in 1951 was just over 14000000 only in the decade 1901 to 1911 when immigration to the west was it its peak has there been such a remarkable rate of increase dealing with canadas growth the bank of novascotias current monthly review says canada added 2000000 to its population between mid1951 and mid1956 the 15per cent increase in those five years was one of the fastest rates of growth in the world being the same as that in mexico and comparing with 16 per cent in venezuela 12 per cent in bra zil australia and new zealand 10 per cent in argentina and nine per cent in the united states good economic conditions creat ed more opportunities at home with the result that the outflow of young canadians to the united states was a less serious drain than it has often been in the past despite the influx of immigrants the rate of decline in farm population was even sharper between 1951 and 1956 than between 1941 and 1951 the cities continued to attract the major share of total population in crease but along with these develop ments in the longsettled areas of the country there has been a noticeable quickening of population growth in the newer areas all across the north while the actual numbers of people involved are relatively small the pushing of our frontier further north is a development which will grow in importance in the years ahead laff of the week anythln- else you dont like about mm editors mail 26 toronto sept editor the tribune dear sir as one of your editorial briefs nicely puts it inflation is just another way of saying prices are kingsize good for you mr editor from my groundline angle it is sincerely to be hoped that the socalled top brass across north america at the organ ized labor summit no less than at the policy control panels of management will decide to get around the conference table and do something effective about in flation now rather than leave the situation to drift into what one of the economic writers de scribes as a depression valley that would make the 30s look like the happy uplands of pros perous times i find one of the farm editors dealing with this same price theme in the following blunt terms the 1956 net income for canadian farmers was 1- 573000000 ie only slightly above the 10year level of the immediate postwar years 1547000000 in that same per iod however according to the experts the value of the cana dian dollar depreciated by about 35 percent in other words if the farmer is to be as well off to day as he was in 1946 he must have 35 percent more income this latter picture makes me think that the socalled big boys asandwhen they may assemble around the above con ference table should make sure that a few of the nations farm leaders are present at that same gathering dirt farmer from our early files oct 1st 1925 a cablegram sent from eng land on monday morning an nounced the safe arrival at ply mouth of messrs w b and h w sanders who sailed from montreal on the steamship an- tonia at a bowling tournament in richmond hill on wednesday of last week a stouffville rink com posed of messrs a c burk- holder skip dr s s ball m e watts and joseph grove brought home the most coveted prize four valuable auto rugs there were twenty rinks in the competition but the stouffville bowlers capped them all the annual thanksgiving ser vice of christ church angli can was held last sunday after noon the church was most beautifully decorated with cut flowers potted plants and fruits of all kinds and vegetables al- thbugh the weather was exceed ingly wet the church was filled to the doors and a most interest ing and instructive sermon was preached by the rev mr rob ins the rector the contract jeor the new post office building at stouffville was let last friday according to advice received from mr w h cane of newmarket president of the north york reform asso ciation mr cane was in ottawa on friday last when the tenders were dealt with a toronto firm was awarded the contract a change has been made in the parcel post regulations heretofore the maximum weight of a parcel could not exceed eleven pounds now it is fifteen fifth world plowing match by harvey hv key manager canadian team markhamvaughan agree to dissolve school area of mo- the first of july 195s assenting to the dissolution these bylaws will then be forwarded by the public school inspector for the area maynard hallman to the minister of education by the time a lazy man gets enough energy t it may be too late fire prevention week for parents only rcmp symbol of canada the only thing in which can adians hase any real faith is the royal canadian mounted police they are a very modest people said miss betty 011- phant mistress of the national ballet in a speech at windsor canadians have a right to be lieve in their mountles their past history and their perform ance in the present make them one of the most honoured of i police forces in all the world their scarlet tunic is almost as symbolic of canada as the ma ple leaf or the beaver the mounties and our nation have grown up together just six years after confederation the canadian parliament estab lished this force because there was a real need a dominion government officer who had been appointed to investigate the north west territories re ported that the whole area was without law order or se curity for life or property the inhabitants ot this part of can ada were a few hunters depend ent on buffalo for food and clo thing around thirty thousand indians and a small number of traders fortune hunters and settlers on farms in many districts pioneer ca nadians were uncertain of their safety from the red man and by nancy cleavet from lawless white wanderers one indian village of one hund red and seventy men women and children had been wiped out by a ruthless band of whits men the task of the mountles was to establish law and order collect custom dues pacify the indians and suppress the liquor traffic among them to an amazing de gree in a few decades in a rough new country they created in the minds of men a respect for the law this is never an easy task in any civilization but it is par ticularly difficult in a new coun- try it has been said of the mounties that they established themselves in a country of wild i men white and red a land of great distances and difficulties i they patrolled a pathless emi pire cut by torrential unbridged rivers among indians whose chiefs had won their place by war and theft and white men who hated law and encouraged the indians to violence by their own conduct the history of this force has been written for adults and fori juveniles in several excellent books and it is a story with which all canadians should be familiar the story of the early j days in the west shows the menj in scarlet tunics performing var ied duties in winter many a mountie rescued travellers in terrible blizzards where they would have frozen to death vic tims threatened by prairie fires were also often saved mail was carried by the mountles to many a lonely farm and mining com munity sometimes a mountie doubled for a doctor and again he helped the work of the sky pilot in arranging for weddings and funerals visitors to the federal paria- ment buildings always admire the mounties scarlet tunic and beautiful horses they were a wonderful symbol of canada in the coronation parade com missioner s t wood who re tired from the force six years ago knew the value of the tra ditional uniform and of a mount ed constable on one occasion he said if you take the red coat away from this force you will kill it he also said there is nothing like a horse for find ing out the weak points in a man besides the horse is essen tial in certain types of country and for handling crowds couyright national civil defence day friday oct 4 1007 too civil btrtkt odoritmioh financial and spiritual a wealthy british magnate said his ambition was to leave each of his children a million pounds we dont doubt that would make them glad although it may not have been good for them the desire to provide for those we love is legitimate and natural when the poet burns lay dying he wrote to a friend for gods sake send me five pounds in a simpler form of life one does have to worry about finances but today even for the best people the financial side of living looms larger new churches and schools make demands upon us all when charles darwin was advanced in years he wondered if he had not spent too much time with science other interests had been dwarfed and ignored until even music and literature seemed to bore him might it not be that some men wonder if they have not devoted too much time to material affairs and little or no time to the development of the spiritual i have friends who tell me frankly that their outlook is financial and other concerns have been crowded out in a wellbalanced life there must be room for spiritual and financial interests when the last big financial depression occurred on this continent it was followed by a long list of suicides which goes to show how our outlook is colored by financial matters probably our commitments are too large and we soon become jittery a wise and devout man wrote nearly 3000 years ago some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the lord our god psalm 207 the truth is that we measure success by financial standards when the late president elliott who was never a wealthy man was on board a steamer a man said to him you are a great scholar how does it happen you did not make more money i have during my lifetime known some very fine men whom i respected and admired but few of them perhaps none could have been called wealthy many of them were very poor john wesley had left to him in a will over a vast sum in those days but when he died he left practically nothing he was rich in spirit and in christian grace i am not discussing theological views here but when john calvin died one who tried to diminish his zc 1 said money never had any fascina tion for him in these days of inflation money does not mean what it did even a generation ago but i am sure it is good advice to balance things material and spiritual there is an old scotch saying economy is a virtue when i read of people spending money with reckless abandon i recall that proverb and think how true it is our quotation today is by henri thireau money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul j control weed growth this is a big order and unless until a few weeks ago the a p do his job em- in a special meeting in the name of peebles ohio was vir- ciently enough to accomplish all vaughan twp council cham- tually unknown now for those these things he will not be mak- bers between the councils who have returned to their home n hw pi maikham and vaughan a in lands after the fifth world lng use 0 p f nmous decision affecting 1946 plowing match it means many matches are the best means to pubuc l children in school things the colour and excite- make him aware of this judg- area xo 1 markham and vaug- ment of the first world match ing is based on the factors that nan was reached with the unani- ever held in the united states indicate a plowman is perform- mous decision on the part of the intent 250000 people who ing the four main functions alboth councils to agree to dis- came to see the match and the j though the disciplines of com- solve the area in 195s separate world conservation exposition petitive plowing compel plow- resolutions are to be drawn up the biggest ever held in north men to work at a much slower i by each council and will be ex- america the generosity of the rate than would be feasible in i changed for discussion these citizens of adams county in actual farming i resolutions are then to be pre- southern ohio where we stayed j what makes one plowman sented to the newly elected coun- our trip to the united states as j than anot in a match cits of 195s with the recommen- guests of imperial oil our tour such as t 0 at peebles for daslon tnat a bylaw be passed of new york washington and tne judge the were dozens of and thl j ff some of the famous farm areas j ppx f to consider of maryland and kentucky j but for thc 250000 people who peebles ohio also marked a went to peebles ohio during turning point after a three- i the two days of the match there year stay in northern ireland j was little to choose among any the esso golden plough has i of them as one farmer-spec- moved to the netherlands onlrator put it if i had to plow september 20 willem delint that way id never get a crop in d was proclaimed the new world but if they want anv one of em p enough energy to do a joo plowing champion after 2 days can come work for me mrv lae of extensive competition against i 2g plowmen from 14 nations of the world bill as he became known to us during our stay at pee bles is only 27 but was com peting for the esso golden plough for the fourth time jn the first world match held at cobourg ontario in 1953 he saw the championship go to jim eccles of brampton ontario in 1954 and again last year he saw it go to hugh barr of northern ireland the man who retired before this years match after holding the golden plough for three years close behind bill delint came the two british competitors john mason of derbyshire the new reserve champion of the world and r j miller of somer set who placed fourth in third place was arvo jokinen cham pion plowman of finland although the two canadian entries did not place as highly this year as in some past world matches their showing was far from a defeat stan willis our 40yearold entry from corn wall pei placed tenth and right behind him in eleventh place was hugh baird 23 the holder of the esso silver plough emblematic of the canadian championship other things stand out too as impressions of the giant ex position the 10 million dollars worth of farm equipment on dis play the more than 1000 air craft that landed and took off from the nearby airstrip lev elled especially for the huge fair the 115000 people who jammed the grounds in just one day to see the plowmen of the world at work the unveiling of the cairn of peace a monu ment constructed of stones from eacii of the 14 nations compet ing in the plowing match sur mounted by a threefoot model of the golden plow doubtless many people ask why plowing matches with even more justification they might ask why davis cup tennis matches actually plow ing matches do make sense and for the farmers who can learn a lesson from them they can mean greater productivity with a resulting greater income this is best explained by recall ing that plowing is intended to do four things turn under the trash remaining from the old crop prepare a seed bed for the new crop condition the soil to permit air and water to reach and nourish the seed and to dont give fire a place to start is this years slogan for fire prevention week it is announced by fire chief wm malloy stouffville will join with thou sands of other communities across canada in observing fire prevention week which gover norgeneral massey has pro claimed for october 612 our aim in fire prevention week chief malloy stated is to sell everyone on the idea that fire prevention is a life and death matter that each individ ual owes it to himself to his family and his community to think and act firesafe every min ute of the day the year round cooperating with the fire de partment in this years cam paign are school authorities and civil defence fire prevention week is the oldest and most widely observed of all special weeks chief mal loy said traditionally it in cludes the anniversary date of the great chicago fire which on october 9 1s71 took 250 lives and destroyed 17430 buildings at a direct loss of over 168 mil lion for canada now beginning the cold weatherhot fire season there could not be a better time in which to focus wide attention to the simple rules of lire safety especially in the homes of the 16v4 million people scat tered throughout thlsvast coun- try precast concrete approved septic tanks sidewalk slabs coloured patio slabs porches and steps curbing brooklin concrete products phone brooklin 155 collect calls accepted wanted more cream shippers for best results ship your cream to stouffville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery to have our truck call phone 186w stouffville creamery co cold storage lockers for rent r they pay no taxes a corporation tax is not a tax on the cor poration but is rather a tax on the customers who buy the goods or services it produces taxes are a cost of doing business they must be included in the price structure along with wages and the costs of raw materials and supplies an increase in corporation taxes or in any other taxes is an increase in costs which must ultimately be reflected in prices hence a decrease in corporation or other taxes would ease the upward pressure on costs and prices the steel company of canada limited montreal gananoque hamilton brahtfoed toronto