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from the In Montreal last weekend for the annual of Class A Newspapers of Canada we had dinner downtown with a former editor of the Era and Express Mr John Meyer and hi wife We were at the Montreal Mens Press Club newspaperman about Mr Meyer when he walked into the He is with the Montreal Gazette and con tributes articles to the finan cial wife Norma with an advertising agency We note that the Eras paid circulation figures have in creased In the last statement made on the three months end ing December 31 The total number of papers sold per week on the three month aver age was The press is per week The circulation increases were not confined to Newmar ket Figures show increases in Aurora and in the trading area Figures appear in the top right hand corner of the front page Circulation figures are audited by the Audit Bureau of every two years The audit ensures anyone who usee the Era as an advertising me- that the circulation statements ore correct There axe no free copies in the paid circulation figure so ad vertisers know that a true de mand by the readers of the dis trict is represented the figure We noticed a slight drop in new stand sales outside New- From the Files of market the week the price of the paper was raised to cents The drop was more than offset by a heavy demand in the previous weeks for new subscriptions and renewals We are not sure yet that the price increase caused the news stand sales to drop slightly That same week some store owner who carry the paper reported that general business volume was down because of The trend la to subscriptions at the present because there now is a greater saving to be made by taking out a subscrip tion Possibly when mail livery service Is Introduced there will be a greater demand for mail subscriptions Usually we think of snow slides occurring in the Rocky Mountains but they do happen in Newmarket right on Main Street On several occasions we have been walking near the York County Health Unit of fices to be startled by the roar of a snow slide off the steep slate roof of the Health build ing Snow melts and freezes on the roof and large icicles over hang threateningly We have seen great piles of ice fall off the roof onto the sidewalk be low enough to cause serious in jury to a passing pedestrian Possibly the landlord town of Newmarket will look into the situation A snow shed over the sidewalk would solve the problem but there must be another way February 50 Years Ago Newmarket Pencil Factory to reopen in 30 days Wednesday afternoon an Era representa tive was in the office vestibule of the Pencil Factory vhen somebody whistling for all he was worth came across the from the boilerhouse where a man was throwing out frost protective packing from the concrete floor pre paratory to turning on the wa ter and turning on the fire to the threestory building rand put the sprinklers in array It was Howard Cone fresh from Jersey City where with the happy cooperation of Mayor exMayor Andy Davis and Town Clerk Mathews he had arranged the sale of the pencil factory and plant and the adjoining vacant factory building of Win Cane and Sons to the Joseph Dixon Cru cible Company The firm the largest makers of pencils in the United States expects to begin pencil making here within days under Dominion as ihe Dominion Pencil Company of Canada Their representatives will he here on Monday to decide on the ad justments necessary to their special brands of goods Dixon Company yo arc informed is likely to employ to people largely girls during an early period of operation Watson who bus sick for the past three months is out again and has gone to visit her sister Mrs Marshall Mr Arthur Jiawkes of To Pronto is staying at Comfort lie expects later to be joined by his daughter Evelyn Dr Guy who has bccn engaged in a ate course in John Hopkins Baltimore will be in his office Monday Feb 23 Mrs is joining the doctor in New York on his return ft Weather permitting Kids Night will bo held at the arena on Thursday even ing Fob for the pupils of Ihe Newmarket Public and schools The prog rum Will be bigger and Iter than mill will start vi hockey between school team February Several Newmarket sports went to the city on Wednesday to see the hockey match be tween Berlin and the Argo nauts The Rink The band at the rink last Friday night was a great attraction Biggest crowd of skaters on the ice since the last big carnival Everybody vas delighted to hear the band again and the which were limited to for the engage ment acquitted themselves very creditably The only fault the skaters had to find was that there not enough music to suit them Great Improvement Mr Schmidt manager of the Office Specialty has taken It into his head to change the ap pearance of Dutchmans Bay which has been an eyesore and frog pond these many years into a thing of beauty and a Joy forever Ills plans con template an island in the centre of the bay united with his lawn by on artistic bridge and the whole bay transformed so as to make it a delightsome picture Operations have al ready commenced and we are sure Mr Schmidt will not spare expense in carrying out his design and making this one of the beauty spots in Newmar ket Mr and Mrs Brooks of Albert Sunday her sister Mrs It Mrs and son of To ronto formerly of Newmarket were visiting at Mr Jesse Hughes one day last week Mrs John of Orchard was in town over Sun day visiting Mrs Geo Richard son after spending four with friends in Aurora and Whitchurch Mrs Robert Manning gave a tea on Friday afternoon last in honor of her guest Miss Maude Wallace of Lindsay Mr Robertson and wife of brother of the clerk of the Division Court were visiting with him over Sunday Mrs Cassidy attended a five oclock tea in Aurora on Monday afternoon Miss Amy of Colling- wood is spending a couple of days wilh her cousin Mrs J G flCN HUNTS SUB WITH v I ar being tarried out off coast the capability of the as the of Canadian navy Here a of lis mi the helicopter unit water equipment sonar It suspected location of a submarine The helicopter are engaged In developing antisubmarine laciics wilh or MKMaEM r S Ml Express every by Newmarket Era and Express Limited for two years one year copies tte Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian i Weekly Association and the Audit Bureau of Second Class Mall Post Office Department Ottawa Authorized as JOHN CAROUNI ION Sport Mfor -V- TH Job end IT O RIAL PAGE THURSDAY THE TWENTYTHIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYSIX THE SECRET MEETING MEMBERS OF Newmarkets town council decided to hold a closed meeting- Monday night to discuss muni- matters of importance to every citizen of the town This newspaper was put in the position of being unable to report what happened concerning the towns water supply and the possibility of acquiring a large industry We oppose the town councils action to keep the meeting private We do not know who made the request for the secrecy but we are surprised that there was no objection to it from several members It been called as a regular open meeting of council but Monday afternoon the press was notified that it would be closed Later permission was received from Mayor Gladman to send a press representative for background information provided that the meeting would not be reported of council do not inspire a feeling of confidence in its electors when they are afraid to hold an open discussion about their business We know that as a result of the Monday meeting an industry may not locate a plant here as it has intended to do- Council may have good reason for making a decision that has discouraged the location of this new industry but there is no way of informing the public of such reason when a closed meeting is held This newspaper decided to send a reporter if per mitted in order that all background information be known when related matters are discussed at future meetings But in doing so a promise had to be given and we arc in the embarrassing position of having to keep news from the people This page is printed on Wednesday and unless a member of council chooses to make a statement about what happened at the Monday meeting or unless information comes in from a source outside council there will be no details given out to the public until the next council meeting And then we cannot bo sure that all the information will be given We can understand that direct talks wilh industrial representatives should he kept quiet because there is keen competition among municipalities for new industry But town council was talking policy Monday and deci sions were made thai concern the future of the town Whether or not council made the right decision is not the point The people should be kept up to date on all policy matters they do not want to hear about it two weeks afterwards when there can be no turning back We think the excuse which was offered for a closed meeting that members of council might not like to talk freely about these matters is a lame one If that was the only excuse then the town council is admitting its own weakness and fear of the people who elected them The action will inspire that old suspicion among the citizens of the community that the council has something to hide Criticism which the council will receive over this will be deserved HIGH COST OF CHARITY WE ARE approaching the charity season again when we will be urged to i v e generously to worthy causes At one time we were unpopular among members of certain local groups for suggesting that there should be one central money raising authority for charity Supporters of individual good causes argue that they would not receive as much money through one central authority Yet we are inclined to stick to the belief saving on administration and publicity would offset other losses The high cost of charity writes Jon W Kieran in The Financial Post has created pressure on todays community leaders Volunteers are faced with a con tinuing flow of appeals from worthy causes and those most sensitive of their duties as citizens are deluged by the multiplicity of appeals Days and days each year are devoted by Canadas busiest executives to the wor risome frustrating job of deciding how their companys charitable donations will be spent All this costs big money in effective time lost to the companies The answer reports The Post may be found chanty revolution that is evolving into its final phase in the United States lump all regular welfare fund raising campaigns into one gigantic push for money every year concentrate welfare planning and adminis tration into one huge organization The plan is called the united way SEEKS PAVING SUBSIDY THE COUNTY council of York recently passed a recommendation that the provincial government pro vide a sizeable subsidy for th of county roads The countys suggestion is a sound one A high sub sidy would save money in the long run for both the counties and the province Maintenance is expensive on gravel roads and the province is paying out a large amount of money in subsidies for their upkeep If the county were to receive a large paving sub sidy we would have better secondary roads in the dist rict and maintenance costs would be less Looking to a specific problem in the local area such a subsidy could make the paving of an eastwest road to No highway at Schomberg long recognized as a need for the district CONSERVATION AND WATER THERE HAVE been suggestions for taking water from nearby streams for municipal supplies both in Aurora ami Newmarket Whether or not the streams are used the suggestion is a reminder to townspeople of the importance of tree planting and other conserva tion methods in the countryside The urban communi ties could take a more active interest in aiding rural conservation schemes OUR SIDE OF THE STORY by Harvey THfe HUTTERITES AND CIVIL LIBERTY The Province of Alberta bus legislation limiting the amount of properly the tan hold in one place and prescrib ing minimum distance between their properties And now comes the Union of Manitoba Municipalities asking for simi lar legislation In the United States such legislation would be unconstitutional us a denial of equal protection of the laws Why should we have it here are not luvf- legislation them has not pushed in order to curb any has called attention to problem of these who have sought to live by principles of selfdenial and They sell than they buy listen more than they talk pray more eagerly than they vote There Is a story ftltiHit Hut who left the Colony and went to work in Calgary A previous acquaintance mot him there and asked Youre a tciito arent you The man answered I used to he but not any more I now drink and play poker anybody else Im a regu lar Canadian now Simply because it reflects tendency toward intolerance and persecution an attitude which is the antithesis of the spirit at democracy Why is the treatment of a few peculiar a matter of concern to all Why should this demo cratic attitude develop just now It is only a decade since democracy escaped defeat at the bands of one brand of to Wo now en gaged in a cold war with an other totalitarian enemy Why should this be the time that things we most object to in and communism in tolerance and persecution should raise their ugly in our midst Hie question is important be cause once see what is mak ing us intolerant wo shall eo that there is very little ground for the kind of intolerance that seems to be manifested in the treatment of the Intolerance is usually the product of fear and inse curity When we see our threatened as It was by fascism and now Is by wo feel the need for pnily Wo tend to feel that differences and divisions a source of weakness and so we to produce unity There has always been tendency to consider the fttrau- an enemy- In must an cient languages there is only one word for the two ideas And it is a natural next step to feci that people who are In any way strange must be in some way hostile Wo then try to make the stranger over into it copy of ourselves And since compulsion seems simpler than persuasion laws are passed make the stranger conform All of which is natural hut quite illogical It is obvious that discrimination ts going to produce not unity hut dissen sion Persecution is going to produce not friendship hut hos tility Are we letting our fear of communism make us see an enemy in anyone who is dill enlit A LITTLE NONSENSE Slim and I have been making a study of sales men who call around at our of fice Other than the fact that they waste peoples time in variably order the wrong ma terials are seldom needed be cause we could order the by mail anyway talk purchas ers into gadgets they dont need we dont know what we would do without them There are good salesmen and bad salesmen and the category in which each is seen depends on the person who assesses his qualities There used to be a salesman calling for a firm manufactur ing wash room supplies who knew all about entertainment spots in the city so although he was not an important salesman he was of value to some people around here The good salesmen who talk about their products all the time are the worst I dont think they sell very much be cause nobody around here pays any attention to them There is one who comes in every month who wastes the employees time by telling them what good fellows they are The boys lap it up too This salesman also knows a lot about race horses and one man is under suspicion of taking an unhealthy interest in the races I knew a salesman once who worked the same territory 30 years Used to sell Tonic For Blue People He never did any product sell- in at all Just left an order book with the dealers up in Cuttin Corners and spent the rest of the time at the corner hotel Slim told me There are lots of salesmen we only see once They wear char coal suits lately with a press in their trousers that would cut butter Their shirts and ties are immaculate and they wear hats that dont turn down at the front which they hold in their hands They always show all their teeth when they smile Communism is a genuine threat We quite justified in it It become more serious may have to Impose limitations on colli no mist activities Tim no great They not fifth col umnists for any foreign power They tire not carrying on pro paganda that is disloyal or width threatens to disturb the All the arguments In favor of tolerance the argu ments which govern our actions in peacetime are fully ap plicable to our treatment of the today We must remember that do- does not demand uni formitythat its strength lies precisely in the liberty it gives to anything that decs not con stitute a threat to society Progress can oct only as result of some idea or now way of life Any in novation in ideas or conduct must always begin in min ority New ideas can become general only if can be freely New living must be given a trial It we suppress every new idea and prohibit every departure from custom progress is im possible That is why toler ance be the general I tile and why every restriction en liberty Is prima facie evil We must not suppress the ec centric merely because he is eccentric but only if his be- is doing some definite harm The way of life is strange to most of us but it is not doing us any particular harm It may even contain something of value The only way to find out is to give it chance It is only by making tolera tion the general rule of our so- that we can hope to have our own ideas and peculiarities Toleration includ ing toleration of the follow whoso conduct irritates us is the foundation of freedom and the prerequisite of progress ANON NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE WISEST MEN One of them a young fellow said he was educated at one of the best private schools and that- he expected to be vice- president the following year Weve never heard of him since Then theres Jones of of the big houses the city Slim cant figure out why he isnt the minister of fi nance because he knows the an swer to everything He has hi finger on the pulse of national finance and predicts trends of any sort He usually goes away with a That there Is a one said Slim the other day He gave me a tip on a good stock last month and I didnt buy If I had bought enough I had a fortune by now but I didnt buy the stock I asked Nope Cant figure it out either Hes still just a sales man said Slim Jones was In a couple of weeks ago talking about In dustrial expansion and devel opment the combines legisla tion unions and collective bar gaining the national gross pro duct and general remarks felt that we had been talking to Graham Towers and when he was finished the boss said Yes of course and well double our last months or der The boss opened the door tor him when he left and handed him a cigar After DBS Jones had gene the boss stilt stood at the door and I am sure he was wondering it DBS really was an authority or if the boss had been taken for a very long ride Then theres Will who knows all the latest jokes and has funny little printed cards which certain types of salesmen carry The trouble with Will is that he laughs hardest at his own jokes But we could never get along without salesmen v by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches The question most often de bated and kicked around these days is this Is there any hope for the small farmer Is there any room for the man who has an average equipped small farm rather limited capital and who by nature belongs to the generation before us not so much in ago but in outlook There are those who say that unless a farmer Is able to keep up with the times and make his operation a big commercial enterprise with a lot of Invest capital ho might as well take advantage of the present high prices of land and cash on them It Is our contention that in one field at least there Is room for a different approach to the question is a where a man could make a cut on his fanning enter prise even though he might not it on the land and that is in the area of breeding l rod cattle and improvement of purebred stock is a highly special field we were ask to original intentions and Ing out everything that doesnt come up lo his standards Over the years in many breeds a number of breeders have been very successful They were for their achievements their integrity of character and the steadyness of their practices When time came for them to call it off in many cases they found rvaily markets tor their bents and in between they each made a good living on the surplus stock pro- As a matter of fact the Departments of Agricu have d a lot for such a man He is given a sub- sidy In some when he buys bull of the country he is feft us of In ihe service for tine at a wry he lie an litres of such a man ill we look at this man and look another and what man or the other ac complished Ileitis a breeder Is realty being a man who can take a number of females and one or two males ami bine the characteristics that made m Individuals in a package of his own He then keeps the newly wrapped par cel secure sticking to his of ovdttetio nominal through his cUts the given a if he shows the supports- to his money all can vet in thai help to make htm known as breeder It is a slow and wry trying but as corner as it has to will bring not only recognition ami also recognition from the stock community ant even on an International scale How Is it done We wish Continued on Page 12 Cot Si OLYMPIC SKBR AGAIN CANADIAN The is the servant the master of tho people the state is their A A guarantee against infringement on their rights their agent in international and national issues it is the innethn of the state to assume the tlon of those activities which rest on choice mil fc One the Individual Mars of the Canadian championship meet at jumper Rivers Quebec Is congratulated by his wife after dlan closed laurels for the third straight year The Olympic ace leaped feet as compared to Knlevl Karklnen visiting Olympic skier frorn Finland had to settle for second place In the s the Judges preferred the Finns style