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from the iters Notebook ice Reports r Weve been taking advantage fluenforced leisure to catch tip on the history of the Rebel of The Newmarket library has a copy of Charles Life and Times of Win Lyon Mackenie and the volumes of the very excel lent Story of the Upper Can Rebellion by John Charles Dent and we had bor rowed them before becom ing in a soninlaw of Mac kenzie makes the latter far wore of a hero than the facts warrant but he does offer a variety of documentary which is lacking in other histories Dent Is more impar tial arid is concerned less with the man than the circumstances- We finished the books with a clearer understanding of the developments which led to re- bellion but somewhat puzzled by the lack of information about Samuel a man who in so many ways far out shadowed his leader lived in Holland Land where he was a prosperous farmer and blacksmith He was representative for the riding of until when he lost seat in an election which sadly rigged against him indeed against all Reform can seems to have that there was little use appealing the election because the determination of the Tor Ties to use every means to keep out the Reformers v He became a lieutenant of Mackenzies and often spoke from the same platform at the meetings which gradually V A- hi aroused Upper Canada to rebel lion After the fiasco at Mont gomerys Tavern he eventually made his way to the shores of Lake Erie where he attempted to sail across to the United States His boat was blown back to the Canadian shore and he was arrested as a smuggler While in jail he was recognized and sent to Toronto where he was tried and hung There is little more than these bare facts recorded in either history yet it seems ob vious that was a man of great character He was cer tainly no malcontent his back ground suggests him as a more likely candidate for the Tory parly than the Reformers He was well loved in and around the Landing for his many kind nesses to settlers 30 years after his death says Dent people still remembered him with tears Dent says that Lount was persuaded by Mackenzie to help lead the rebellion on the under standing there would be no bloodshed Yet it speaks more for the eloquence of Mackenzie than for the common sense of Lount to believe that the latter could be encouraged to embark such an undertaking with such an assurance The irony of it is that was hung and Mackenzie escap ed Had it been the other way around the loss would have been less For all his eloquence and indignation Mackenzie proved in the pinch very much less the man that he should have been while Lount is by the manner in which he accepted the verdict and went to his death j Sarvlnilijipcwktt Aurora and the rural districts of North York Catnips By Ginger I The Era The Express Herald every Thursday at 142 Main Sf Newmarket by the Newmarket fro and Express Limited Subscription tor two years 250 for one year in advance Single copies are Sc each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN A MEYER Managing JOHN GEORGE Editor CAROLINE ION Womens Editor News DONALD FARROW IAWRENCE RACINE Job Printing and THE EDITORIAL PAGE PAGE FOUR From the Files of and 50 Years Ago MARCH 1901 Mr J P Webb St Louis son of Mr C Webb Newmarket has passed his examination as a registered pharmacist before the Michigan board Trooper Linton of the Horse son of Mr Wm Linton Aurora ar rived in town Monday after noon There was a good market last Saturday and a big crowd of people in town Butter remain ed the same but eggs dropped to cents Turkeys went up to cents a lb and veal made its first appearance by the quarter selling at eight cents While out shooting rabbits Herb and Fred found the compound microscope that was stolen from the high school a few weeks ago There have been eight weeks of uninterrupted good sleighing but on Sunday and Monday there was rain and a snowstorm on Wednesday A poultry association has been formed in Newmarket Officers are Father Morris A E Coombs vice Win Dean J Holland Landing who recently returned from South Africa has again enlist ed the mounted corps and left on Monday evening son of Mr and Mrs King who has been in Germany for the motion of conducted by two years studying music -ttev- took place Of returned home on Saturday rh elected were Mrs Mr district iwWfti vice pre Mrs of the an Mrs sec official to King City lodge on Tuesday A i end trnttr- who have for s year in the of the at rived dramatic i home will New- Mr- Oliver Graham a MARCH 12 There vas a severe snow storm on Sunday evening and roads are completely block d On Yonge St from Thorn- hill north to Bradford there are drifts from eight to feet At the recent Toronto Con servatory of Music exams held at Newmarket Miss Shirley Patterson pupil of Mr Arthur Oliver vas successful in pass ing her junior in piano with honors In the weekly Friday night Bern rink of J Davis Jr Allan Cody and Bartholomew won with a total of 21 points It below zero last Fri day morning The Newmarket junior hock ey team Miss Belfry and Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson were entertained by Fred Thompson at his home on Prospect St on Wednesday Euchre was played and liter lunch Mr Thompson was presented with a silver flower basket and roses For the fourth time York county has Won first place in the Ontario livestock judging competition The team of Don Newmarket Eraser Gee Gormley and Clarence Graham Maple scored points out of a possible The former Presbyterian nd Methodist Womens Missionary societies of Mount Albert were on March the hat moved The oi Aurora on the in the the deaj letter office To ronto BURDEN ON RURAL ECONOMY The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association of which The Era and Express is a member charged in a brief submitted to the government last week that rural Canada must cany an unfair economic burden as a result of the present tendency in the cities towards reduced production and increased payment The brief says in part This tendency evident until most recently in the public service as well as in private commerce and in dustry places an unfair economic burden on rural Canada To those employed on the farms and in the villages and towns industrywide pay boosts and price increases in urban centres often mean longer hours or lower rates of pay or both so that essential city- produced goods and services may be acquired It must be realized that among rural producers the laws of supply and demand are still working in the main in a competitive market Rural residents therefore are not in a position to meet on equal terms the inflationary pricing policies which have recently been evident among semimonopolistic urban labor and management The increasing number of idle farms at a time when adequate food production and proper care of the land is our most vital resource well illustrates this dangerous unbalance between our rural and urban economies an unbalance which in time of preparedness for possible conflict is a weak link in our national armor The Association believes that the interests of every Canadian would be served at the present time by an adult educational program in the elements of econ omics We realize that there arc differences of opinion among both economists and politicians as to the most effective means of combatting the current inflation but we do believe that irrespective of what legislative action may be taken a primer course in what makes prices go up and down and in the need for increased personal savings would be a sound investment The brief also makes- recommendations on such issues as paper supplies postal regulations allocation of labor issues concerned with the technical aspects of newspaper publication One further recommenda tion of immediate interest to rural readers is the de centralization of industry not only as a war emergency measure but as a means of balancing the inequalities between rural and urban economies The brief says that the expenditure of lax monies to assist in this decentralization is entirely justified socially economically and militarily COMMON SENSE PRECAUTION There seems to be little interest in the establishment of a civil defence organization in this area- Canada hasnt attacked for a century or so and the thought of hostile action within our borders is foreign to us Even the defence department anticipates little more than a diversionary action against Canada and main tains that an airborne brigade is adequate defence the fact remains that Communism is a constant threat that some military men expect outright war east and west by August others within a year or No one can say what the enemy will attempt it is only common sense to precautions Ontario Fire Marshal W J limit put it this way in a interview if we take the prime ministers as to the possibility of being not more than one in then civil is today times as as fhv insurance We take out fire insurance as a matter of common precaution Wo should our for the WUfWi reason THURSDAY THE FIFTEENTH PAY OP MARCH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYONE vincial legislative committee Conservation is indeed concern of every citizen and the common denominator in making it so is education in our public schools there is one other reason for teaching agricul ture in city schools In the past the farm population has been more or less selfperpetuating It is less so nowadays with so many farm children and discouraged farmers loo moving to the cities In the cities there are many who if encouraged would move out to the farms Indeed there is already a well established traffic from city to country Education in city schools would encourage that movement and in time balance the departures from the farms With some encourage ment from the government perhaps even those aban doned farms which dot our countryside could be put back into production LOCAL ACTION GOVERNMENT DELAY TORI II I Oil SCHOOLS that in in a foy This for- that with of ft That Ihtro of in in itui pooph w fens hut MWU KdrtcaWoi in in only mvfpf hwlopinf an iff duratjo tin the provincial government has been trying to en courage the formation of a Holland River Conservation Authority without much success perhaps because the governments effort has so haphazard Over a year ago Mr A PL Richardson conserva tion engineer with the department of planning called a meeting in Aurora which was adjourned when it was short a quorum A second meeting was to have been called within the next few weeks but it never was Now a year later the department is preparing to call another meeting Correspondence on the sub ject has been going back and forth between government and local councils for the last month or so and the date is still not set In the meantime however it is revealing to learn what a local council has undertaken on its own King township has prepared a scheme to encourage refores tation on the school section level The plan is simplicity in itself It calls for the establishment of school section committees which would recommend sites for reforesta tion The township then would undertake to provide the trees and labor The cost would be borne on the school section level possibly shared by the township The beauty of such an arrangement is that it rests on the lowest level of administration and is therefore closest to the people directly concerned It is a pro gram that is being looked after by those who benefit the most Because of this it can be carried out with the minimum of wasted time and effort It makes quite a contrast with the proposals and the manner in which they are handled of the provincial government TAKING THE CREAM OFF Here is a point of view about milk control boards which is timely when the increase of a cent a quart in Toronto if it goes through will further reduce the volume of milk sales It is from the Rural Scene a journal of farm opinion edited by J Young Taking the Cream off the Milk The price of milk is fixed in most Canadian cities and provinces by men who operate controls that producers and consumers from buying and soiling freely good milk which meets all the requirements of health standards cost established by the interference of con trol hoards fixes the price of milk for Canadian urban families these control boards the health could bis maintained and fair prices could lie established in every community by free dealing among producers distributors and consumers Con- I ml boards are cosily nuisances which create waste and raise costs by interfering with the natural flow of trade Tint interests of fanners van be fully protected by operated by the farmers themselves If distributors fail to process ami deliver milk efficiently may establish their own cooperatives to maintain healthy competition Tax rebates called family Allowances which are made possible by parents consumption of liquor and tobacco are sufficient to provide milk fur all children The enormous cost of these tax rebates which en- courage the selfindulgence of many parents should be by upending the taxes involved directly on the health ami ethical ion of children You may have been wonder ing where this reporter has been for the past two weeks As a matter of fact your cor respondent has been away on a research trip Since the boss was away sick I decided to take off some time and go to Ottawa to prepare a paper on the national economy and the future of Canadian family The Corners W A had asked me to present a paper at their April meeting so I thought it better to be pre pared with some material As Mrs pre sident of the Corners Womens Association says The Canadian family is a way of life As you can see I am up against a very critical audi ence Leaving junior in charge of affairs I sped to nations capital for my first Ottawa trip in two years What I found was a dreary Ottawa members of parliament were suffering from their usual winter colds caused by the cold draughts in their low rent garrets Their meagre subsistance allowances permit them only humble quarters On interviewing over I found that Ottawa is worried about the future of the Canadian family but not im mediately concerned too much Said John A Jones member for Upper South 1 firmly believe that the Canadian family is here to stay providing that we here in Ottawa can persuade it to stay here Tell me John A do you find that there is a corelation between the Canadian family and the national economy I asked the representative of the people of Kippising Well now our governments policy is firmly entrenched in an attitude toward the St Law rence river greater seaway and nothing is going to change it But Sir John I mean Mr Jones what is the governments When you contribute to the lied Cross campaign fur funds yu are making sure that disaster will be the means to stricken lied is your agency for the assistance of I huso too distant for your personal help ih Ml m guarantee mi fkth99 fab and national if torn im to rftoif9f rest attitude on price controls and what are your personal feel ings about wages and prices In other words I would like to take back home some of your ideas on what the future holds for the ordinary housewife and some of the problems which she must face in the face of inflation I certainly agree with you sir said John Jones Defence is a must As you can see on my trip to the nations capital I found a very thoughtful Ottawa In fact it was full of thoughts however were harder to find In my search for to in terview I looked all through the parliament buildings be hind curtains under tables and in hall closets While search ing through one particular hall closet I came across a sobbing little man In his hand he held a petition Whats the matter little man I asked I cannot find a hearing he sobbed have been in Otta wa for three weeks and I have looked ail over but I cant find a hearing I dont think there are any here and I am discour aged What will the BC say when I report back to the next meeting noth ing Oh this is all terrible What is the I asked North Union of Beef Consumers And they sent me here with a petition to find a hearing for it They would like some subsidies and some controls a request a spe cified amount of action and one or two other things I cant re member I was just in here looking for a gas jet he said It was a dreary Ottawa full of heartbreaks failures and bright prophesies I will have such a wonderful paper full of things for the Corners next month by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches Well it has happened We didnt think it could and we were hoping it wouldnt How ever here it is The price of milk went up in Toronto one cent a quart and we the pro ducers are not getting any part of it I wonder if we all realize what this really means- First of all the producers are now getting a much smaller share of each dollar the consumer has to spend on milk Secondly it will mean probably that te consumption of milk will de crease But will the drivers wages decrease You knew the answer to this one They wont but our will de crease due to larger surplus milk payments and quotas And finally it something which is important and fax reach ing This latest increase in pay sanctions supports the pre sent fashioned and system of distribution and setting We hate id use this column but we are afraid chat shortsighted patchwork t ia the crippling of an industry loverU ci standard a part ii We what supernatural act necessary to to face things out there logical This is the cornerstone of honest and fair milk price Secondly let labor do same and let them face the fact that until rcake up their minds who is actually paying them they get a fair wage They the distributer for a Thats fine and the mere pver them the thai only lair wage will keep up So them get they Bus let then under- system the ire in icmeccuy eej the feecaii the fee fair the til ii- ci aai in y saiseiice rf arcH- ag uui a ai a fir dus woril ir- aot as wagss raid skits wiv- waa the riciner iai Jive is aace 5 we v word wazcirtij if Ca they Wis teal Relieve let the- the prchibitivc the are killing the from the received lays the golden are P duccr And is the one that wilt suffer along with the itfst eventually they wont be able to buy the milk and they won have any distribute Lot us have plain talking Until the milk control make mandatory that there bo a difference between the price of milk picked up and delivered this unhealthy situation will continue Lot people who want milk deliver ed pay for the service Let people who are willing to car ry the milk home the bene tit of their labor and effort THE OLD HOME TOWN for the distribution and service not by euutng the Their present of letting Peter pay Paul and a off both good business And let us give a word of warning to the We dont want the eminent to regulate But are there to lay down the and to keep a balance not through price fixing and suKsidies but by the way of thinking about problem And this is that man who wants to get has to pay for it and no man should be asked to pay another mans service V B NO USE IHNAMC NOW Of BUCKPTS WILLSLOWM tXvViM TO v T fifo x us i fi I Si va j E y -vr- J Ji