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Pages from the Editors Notebook After nearly every federal budget has been announced the smokers in our office decide to swear off cigarets With up five cents a package the pledges are being made this year with more urgency than before A couple of them are rolling their own but years of tailor have left their fingers clumsy and the floor is Jittered with discarded papers and grains of tobacco There has been some talk of a return to corn silk and oak leaves but this is not expected to lost The memories of boy hood when such a mixture was common fare have become gild ed with the years and anyone who tries corn silk in his adult hood will probably end up in a In the sporting suburbs of Newmarket Toronto and Mon treal the young bloods are set ting fashions pace with hand- painted neckties Not all these works of art have been confin ed to hunting scenes and their like In Montreal the author ities have felt obliged to pass an ordinance prohibiting the paint of nudes or scantily dress ed woman on the ties A few days ago one sport was brought into court on this is sue but the case represented a defeat for law and order and good taste We quote the Can adian Press dispatch reporting the hearing It should offer some food for thought among we rural dwellers Montreal If drawings of scantily dressed women on neckties are to be considered obscene it will be necessary for cows to wear brassieres Judge Willie ruled in criminal court today His artistic decision was giv en in the of Arthur Stroll who was accused of sell ing neckties bearing indecent designs of naked women His honor said there was nothing suggestive in the neck tie designs and consequently nothing to excite passion or cor rupt the good morals of the public If such sketches of a woman swimmer wearing a loin cloth and a mermaid were obscene then it will be necessary for cows to wear brassieres and dogs diapers Judge said The designs are probably replicas of colored advertise ments seen in daily periodicals to promote the sale of pink pills for pale women Mrs Frank Newmar ket was into the office the other day with a freak piece of wood The knot in the wood resembled a chicken when held in one position and reversed looked something like a hippo potamus The knot was in the buttend of some wood Mrs got for household repairs Serving Newmarket Aurora and the rural district of North York The Newmarket Era The Express Herald Published every Thursday at Main St Newmarket by me Newmarket Era and Express Limited Subscription for two years 250 for one year in advance Single copies are 5c each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mall Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN A MEYER Managing Editor JOHN E Now Editor CAROMNE ION Womens Editor GEORGE Sports Editor DOMAID FARROW Advertising LAWRENCE RACINE Job Printing and Production THE EDITORIAL PAGE PAGE FOUR THURSDAY THE NINETEENTH DAY OF APRIL NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYONE From the Files of 25 and 50 Years Ago E APRIL Mrs C of New York City and Mr Ross Hugo Tor onto were weekend visitors at the home Miss Doris and friend Miss Elsie Scott spent a few days last week at the home of William at Keswick it is with much regret that we learn that P Gra ham will be leaving town in a few weeks having resigned his pastorate in the Christian church War days in France and Bel gium were recalled by mem bers of the Battalion at a reunion at the Central Toronto last Friday Of ficers elected were lion pros- Co Clarke DSO hot vice Lieut Col J Gibson W Dad Hume sec Gordon Ro binson treas Geo Cooper J Alex J Howell Harry Jack Adams J Boy- and Smith Messrs and Rose have added a lot of space to their showrooms People driving to market last Saturday said that it was neither sleighing nor wheeling Butter sold for cents and eggs cents The regular meeting of the public school board took place at the of the secretary Present were Messrs Eves chairman Both well Chant Manning and Mrs Stephens was moved by Mr Chantler and seconded by Mr Manning that the treasurer procure a new bond for 1000 Main St was cleaned just in time to escape the Mrs J and her daughter Miss Clarke spent lie Easter holidays at Pa with T Mont gomery family Saturday firemen ex tinguished a burning roof at the home of Mr Brown east of the Creek Damage was slight but if firemen had not arrived quickly the high wind would have caused a more seri ous fire Mr A has been appointed as plant manager In Newmarket for the Hell Tele phone Co and has taken Al derman George Barkers house on Prospect St Mr comes from APRIL Mr Lambert Pearson has purchased a stable from Mr and will remove it to the rear of his residence Postponed meeting at the residence of Mrs Robert Manning next Tuesday after noon The incandescent street lights on the west side of town were turned on Friday night for the first time- As far as installed they give universal satisfaction The Duke and Duchess of York are to visit Canada next autumn New helmets were sent to the regiment New market addressed to Col Lloyd on Tuesday It is said that the Juno camp will be postponed this year until September so that the troops can be inspected by the Duke of York and royal party while on their visit to Canada Mr G A is making a wonderful change in his store The work department has been removed downstairs Mr Bolt Hewitt has been showing his handiwork on the walls the Easter holiday Miss Flo Bradford was the of Miss Volma Pretty The Haines memo- commit tee met fire hall Friday evening appro the of our soldi r Haines killed in the Boer is to oc cupy a position on top of the monument to be erected to his memory A Watson asked assistance from the council to secure the presence of Duke of at the unveiling of the monument Mr intends to change the location of one of the build ings on his premises on St The street sprinkler started the season last Wednesday The harboring business must he looking up got two dandy new chairs on Tuesday On the market eggs sold from ten to cents a dozen Chick ens were cents a pair and ducks cents a pair Peas were 2 cents a bushel and hay was sold at a ton and under WAIT A MINUTE FALSE ECONOMY early forecast of the Newmarket mill rate an ticipated an increase of between and mills School costs represented approximately half of this amount The final budget showed an increase of ten mills of which reduced school estimates represented over nine mills and general estimates less than one mill The position of the finance committee as explained by its chairman DeputyReeve J was to find a way to reconcile the high school costs with a minimum mill rate They did this by paring down the general estimates to the absolute minimum But while the finance committee was inspired by the laudable pur pose of holding down tax costs most welcome heaven knows in these inflationary days it is to be ques tioned whether it was a practical purpose Newmarket is still paying the bill run up by administrations which in the past reduced mill rales in the name of economy and let maintenance and repairs lapse It would appear that the town is running into the same situation again An additional three or four mills on the tax rate for current repairs and renova tions could easily save many times that amount for replacement costs in the future The finance committee believes that by holding down the tax rale it is helping the taxpayer at a time when he most needs help This is not questioning the motive of the budget But there is no indication that the inflationary spiral has reached its peak or will reach its peak by next year What is saved now will cost more next year or the year after It would be more practical to raise the mill rate now and save next year or the year after when the going is rougher TAXATION REVIEW The municipal boards of education have an existence of councils Their superior authority is the provincial department of education What the boards want they usually get providing the province approves At the present time this separate existence is being strongly criticized by municipal councils which have had to reconcile increased school costs with the general tax picture There is some justification for the councils viewpoint School taxes are collected as part of the municipal taxes and it is the council which finally decides upon the tax rate Councillors do not think it reasonable that the school boards should be so immune to the practical difficulties of setting an acceptable tax rate There is however a good reason for the separa tion of school administration from the general mun icipal administration If the school system was under the authority of municipal councils there would be a tendency to reduce their costs along with other mun icipal costs as conditions warranted Some time ago there was a movement to give municipal councils that much more authority over the school costs This was bitterly opposed by the section school boards After all it was pointed out the welfare of children is not to be compared with roads and bridges Resurfacing a road can be a year but not matters affect ing the education of children We mention this because throughout the province school costs have shown marked increases and frequent ly as in Newmarket the general rales have been cor respondingly reduced It may be argued with every justification that the councils should not reduce gen eral rates that the increases be accepted in both categories as a necessary byproduct of inflation Hut councils are human and no one willingly raises tax rales any higher than absolutely expedient What is happening is that the pressure of rising costs is showing up the weaknesses in our tax system Possibly these weaknesses can be patched with increased grants from the province but such a patching job would only be temporary at the best and no matter how it is collected by province or by municipality tax money can only come from one source the taxpayer We can see no ready alternative lo p van a tax methods but the evidence at hand indicates the time is long past due when the province or the federal govern ment for that matter undertook a review of present systems of taxation As long as situations such as have arisen in Newmarkets budget where the schools take most of the increase and the rest of the town is accordingly peuulicd exist there can never be equable taxation TEACHER SALARIES Teacher salary increases had a marked influence upon rising mill rates in Newmarket and to a lesser degree Aurora And while there is general sympathy for anyone who seeks increases in wages in these econ omically parlous times the fact that the increases come out of the taxpayers pockets leaves them open to sharp questioning We doubt if the worth of one profession can be effectively compared with another certainly salaries offer no basis for comparison There is however one very pertinent fact which establishes beyond question the need for the best possible teachers Mr Joseph former headmaster of Pickering College and now deputy commissioner of penitentiaries expressed it in a recent address In our society the school is the only institution which touches the life of every child It is therefore imperative that the school should accept its full res ponsibilities in the matter of the total adjustment of the individual to living with his fellows whether it be in the classroom in the playground or in the home No school is in a position to accept its full respon sibilities if it is staffed by underpaid teachers The school is a major influence in our society and unless the salary is worthy the servant the quality that an equitable salary attracts will be lost The teaching pro fession is no different from any other profession in that its members must eat It would be interesting to know how many teachers potential or actual have been dis couraged from continuing or have been persuaded to enter other lines by disparities in salary Most school boards appreciate the need for improv ed salaries for teachers but the action they can take depends upon public support And that public support depends upon the realization that the teacher is one of the most important influences in a childs life DOG NUISANCE The townships in this district pay out thousands of dollars annually to compensate for sheep killed by wild dogs So far no effective way has been found to deal with this problem At the present time Aur ora and IUclunond Hill and adjoining townships are discussing the possibility of setting up a district pound and employing a fulltime dog catcher Newmarket is reported to be interested in such a proposal as are the northern townships A correspondent to the Voice of the Farm column in the Family Herald and Weekly Star makes a sugges tion with individual sheep herders may find useful He tells of a sheep herder in northern Ontario who was almost wiped out by dogs The the herder put in a cross billy goat with his flock and in a month he counted 1 1 dead dogs in the pasture and since getting the goat three years ago he hasnt lost a sheep While practical perhaps for the individual herder a cross billy goat would not be easily placed on the township payroll On a more general scale are the resolutions passed at a recent conference of sheep men and provincial authorities urging that dog taxes be increased that schedule of taxes be revised to provide a high tax for dogs and a low tax for desexed dogs more rigid enforcement of bylaws and payment of a bounty of on every dog destroyed when caught worrying livestock FEDERAL BUDGET After the first shock of increased income and sales tax in the budget most of us have adopted a philosoph ical attitude The government needs the money for defense and so we may as well become used lo it There are considerations however which raise doubts about the budget policy It is a sensible practice to use taxation as an inflation check provided it is used with other controls The government has not provided these controls ami there are already indications that the bud- gel policy may fail At the weekend there were reports that organized labor will press for wage increases to cover anticipated price rises as a result of increased taxation If those increases are granted the inflation spiral will rise to a higher level ami what inflation checks the budget was designed to impose will have failed Before high taxation can effectively limit inflation there must be some form of price and wage control and it was the absence of these which caused most comment The government does not however believe that such controls can he effectively applied ait this time It estimates the effective life of a controlled economy at three to four years and that if applied too soon controls would be ineffective when needed if there should be wa There is always the danger of course that the government might wait too long to impose controls Indeed when controls were urged in the weekend labor brief to the prime minister he replied that it might cost in the neighborhood of millions to pare back prices and that such an expense would hardly be acceptable to the country Labors reply was that the cost of controls would increase and that it was better lo pay it now than to pay more later the state is the servant not the master of the people the state is their guarantee against infringement en their rights their agent in international and national Issues it It not the function of the state to assume the direction of those activities which rest on individual choice Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger Me and Fat did the Good Neighbor Bus tour last Friday The Good Neighbor Bus is the big multiseater job which picks up the high school kids every morning it tours the Bast concessions and officially picks up the high school students unofficially it picks up wayward pedestrians public school kids anybody that might be going into the general store and a lot of East Thimble berry mud Your favorite correspondent went into Fats briefing office the night before the big trip This will be your first trip Better bring a safety belt along he warned It aint often I have a copilot to go along with me Fat is a veteran of the East Thimbleberry run of course He has had many tours of op erations to his credit Fat boasts that he has never once abandoned his bus Theres al ways a first time though he reflected You may still be eligible for the royal order of the boot I said gazing out the window at the pouring rain Friday morning at hours I left the sack picked up the camera and walked to the tar mac at the bus terminal Me and Fat grabbed some Java and piled into the outfit With a roar we were off At about feet north of Fat yelled above the roar of the big engine Milk cans at 2 oclock He decreased power down to a few and I took a shot at the milk cans Fat gunned the throttle and we pressed on- At the corner we hit some duff viz Ceiling was practically zero and Fat went on instruments I was navigat or Later we discovered that it wasnt duff viz at all It was merely a fine rain on the wind shield and Fat forgot to turn on the wipers We did a circuit around a service station gas pump on Main St Main St is that part of the road in front of the service station and gen eral store We picked up our first bunch of passengers On down the fourth we roar ed Fat stopped and picked up a grade tenner who was car rying a jar of water with a salamander in it For our natural science class she ex plained That diverted atten tion and relieved the strain on the passengers as Fat gunned us through some deep holes and thick East mud At the next corner a farm dog was sitting at the roadside on his haunches waiting for the bus Fat pulled up to a stop three feet from the hound Hound still sat there so Fat moved the bus up the three feet so that the front door was op posite him Then the hound boarded the bus At the next red school house Fat stopped and the farm dog got out I sat pondering this little in cident for five minutes and then looked across at Fat question Only thing I dont pick up on this run is pigs he said You know began Fat but his words were interrupted as we dropped into a six foot hole in the road The water line gushed up to the level of the windshield Two grade niners manned the pumps With a lurch Fat revved the big engine and we climbed back up to normal altitude You know Fat continued I figure I will set up a stand on this bus in the summer time Ill set up a stand beside the drivers seat and sell ice cream and pop Maybe get a paper route too I should do a go business and become a real en trepreneur Might even pay me to hire a barber Lots of folks could get haircuts while they were into the general store down the concession by Dairy Farmer Tke Top Six Inches The advisory board of the To ronto District Milk Producers Association met last week in Toronto and our usually reli able friend reports that this means the same old board of directors and some of the dis trict officials Our informant states that it is definitely the same board of directors except they wear a smile twisted the other way At the annual meeting it is twisted this way if you know what we mean Wo further un derstand that the usual number of resolutions have been passed and the usual percentage reject ed The usual number of peo ple spoke and the secretary- treasurer made the usual paci fying comments From alt this we understand that nothing much happened or was decided The directors must think that this is so com forting the boys get some steam off listen to the radi cals and then give them a good dinner and there is peace and quietness for another few months Maybe we shouldnt be so critical though They let the press in this time The thing that amazed us was that three different districts according to our informant brought in res olutions urging better public relations and publicity in gen eral Two of these resolutions were passed they were harm less enough and didnt require anything to be done The third one coming from this district urging a vigorous campaign be fore reopening negotiations has been defeated This resolution you see would have required action Well we shouldnt be too hard on them They did not ask the press to leave this time It seems that we arent the ones who have publicity THE OLD HOME TOWN trouble Across the line the same kind of difficulty is en countered by the producers Those of us who read Hoards Dairyman probably saw it May we quote some of it To large degree we lost their the city consumers sym pathetic understanding and they buy only as much milk and dairy products as they think they need It goes on to say how some people moved to in clude in the budget an item for well coordinated public re lations and how it was voted down It ends by pointing out the need for this type of work They would meet ignorance misunderstanding and suspicion and antagonism with sound constructive information They would tell the truth about dairy ing They would show how much it costs to own and oper ate the average dairy farm they would outline the hours of labor that go into operating the dairy farm They would point out in truth the economy of milk compared to other foods and beverages In other words they would convince perman ently the American consumer that milk and other dairy pro ducts are good foods to buy and that the price is reasonable in comparison to all other foods Well here it is the problem in a nutshell written or spoken in plain words Youd expect that our betters would under stand it They dont seem to yet Could we put it in other words Well there is the story of the three bulls that went for a walk A large bull a medium bull and a small bull The large one left when he saw a large herd of cows The medi um one left when he saw a bunch of heifers The small one went on and on The moral a little bull goes a long way So would a little publicity By STANLY TV