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Notebook and EMBEft A Newmarket high school an nouncement of years ago should be of interest in this year of celebrating Newmar kets historic past In March the high school principal Mr William sent out a notice- printed in small type on a sheet by inches an nouncing that the Easter term would begin on the of April The year 1871 marked the end of Grammar Schools and the establishment of High Schools Mr was principal un til his death in He was horn In Weston and was a prizeman of Weston County Grammar School of which his father was one of the founders That school is now Weston Col legiate and Vocational School and celebrates its centennial this year Mr career at the Uni versity of Toronto was brilliant His second name was Handle as was that of his sister and each of his brothers His sister became the wife of J the well known educator and edi tor who was born in Their daughter Miss Alice prominent in the York Pioneer and Historical So- from the Files of found this notice by her uncle among her papers It reads Newmarket High School The undersigned begs re spectfully to announce to the inhabitants of Newmarket and vicinity that the Easter term of the Newmarket High School will commence on Wednesday of April Every facility will be present ed to those who wish to avail themselves of the excellent ad vantages offered by the School under the new Act now force and every assistance will be afforded to all who are de sirous of preparing for entrance into either mercantile profes sional or collegiate pursuits No pains will be spared to render the school as an edu cational institution as efficient and as useful as possible and the subscriber trusts that there will be accorded to him the same liberal patronage which has hitherto characterized the people of Newmarket and the surrounding country Terms per quarter to be paid in advance A reduction will be made in the case of more than one pupil from a family William BA Principal Newmarket March 25 tilth J Serving Newmarket and the rural districts of North York NEWSPAPER Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger I The Newmarket Era 1852 The Express Herald 1895 men Anon little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest 50 Years Ago years April 8 Principal of Pick ering College left for Madison Wisconsin on Friday to make a study of rural sociology work that is carried on by the Uni versity of Wisconsin particu larly by some of his friends of the faculty He has also been looking into the work of Wis consin Historical society in view of the recommendation of the Community Life Confer ences that are to attain the story of their own localities Mr and Mrs J S Allan also Mr and Mrs Walton and daughter of Toronto and Mr and Mrs Hay of Detroit vis ited with Mrs A Starr of Prospect Ave Mr and Mrs Hooper of spent the weekend with their daughter Mrs An drews at the parsonage Mr Jimmy Bowman has re turned from his visit to the States and attended the Lions dinner Wednesday evening Mr Ross returned last to Edmonton where he is the principal of the collegiate 25 Mrs S Prosser and family have returned to Windsor hav ing spent ten days with her mother Mrs Sanderson in town 25 Miss Western of Toron to was an Easter holiday guest of her aunt Mrs Jane Hay 25 Mr and Mrs and children of Welland spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Sanderson 25 Mrs Ross Cunningham spent a few days in last week with her aunt Mrs John T Cowieson 25 Miss Jean who spent Easter holidays in town has re turned to the university at To ronto 25- A of Toronto Is spending a few days with her Mrs 25- Sigrid was in town Saturday and Sunday vis iting her parents on Ave 25- Dr and Mrs Guy entertained friends in their new home on Wednesday evening 25 Dr Mclntyrc is attending the Presbyterian Conference of Home Missions of which he is chairman in Toronto this week 50 years April Assistance to Farmers The Department of Agriculture has made the announcement that a grant of will be made to any five farmers who unite to form a fruit growers associa tion for the purchase of a power spraying outfit the season of Notice of organization and application for the grant must be made not later than May At least 25 acres of fruit trees must be thoroughly sprayed during the proper season with each outfit Before receiving any portion of the grant an inspector of the department must be satisfied that the conditions have been complied with 50 Farewell Party Last Friday evening a number of friends as sembled at Wilton Lodge Yongc St the home of Mr and Mrs Walker Morton to bid the family farewell on the eve of their removal to their new home in 50 The Tennyson club had a very enjoyable assembly in the town hall on Tuesday evening The hall was very prettily dec orated for the occasion Be tween and couple were present Music was supplied by orchestra of To- and dancing was kept up till after two oclock 50 Farm Produce It beats all records how the prices of farm produce keeps up Last Satur day as high as 32c was paid for butter and for eggs Two pair of chickens sold for We regret to report that some lightfingered gentry were on the market last Saturday and abstracted two pound rolls of butler from Mrs basket while her back was turned The ruling prices were as follows butter 27 to lb eggs 15 to doz maple syrup per gal to apples 20 to basket potatoes 115 to bag live chickens to lb live ducks to live turkeys to lb old hens lb 50 Mrs Hall and Mr are visiting her par ents Mr and Mrs K Hall for a week 50 Miss Cormie Brown of Elgin Mills attended the At Home in the town hall on Tuesday even ing and was the guest of Miss Coombs of Toronto Junction spent Sunday with Mr John BEACH BALLET Published every Thursday at 30 Charles St Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Express Limited Subscription for two years S3 for oneyear in advance copies are 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 E Struthers Managing Editor Caroline Ion Associate Editor George Haskett Sports Editor Lawrence Racine Job Printing and Production THE EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYSEVEN NO CHARGES LAID NO TRIAL YET HE WAS CONDEMNED MAN The death of Dr E Norman Canadian ambass ador to Egypt last week has been associated with the witch hunting tactics of a US s e a e subcommittee investigating socalled communist subversion The committee had a man who was be a former communist about the activities of certain per- sons prior to the second world war The man was re ported to have said that Dr Norman attended a com munist study group session in the United States about 20 years ago The effect of publicity about unchalleng ed testimony was to smear the character and reputation of Dr Norman Dr Norman was given no opportunity to defend himself during the committee investigat ions What caused him to commit suicide We may never know but the smear method of the US subcom mittee most likely was one factor among others The Canadian government had made a protest public statements made by the subcommittee It also informed the public last that Dr Norman was not connected with a communist study group as it had been suggested and that he was a trusted loyal ser vant of this country But what if he had attended a com munist study session 20 years ago What if it had been proven that he did Would public opinion in the US or in Canada condemn him as a communist prepared to subvert western democracy This senate subcommittee seems to be able to condemn people to the ruination of their names before the public even without evidence We are not sure about the answers to the above quest ions Our doubts mean to us that there is a greater threat to democracy today from some internal security meth ods than there is in actual communist subversion The threat is greater in the United States but it also exists in Canada This writer is a democrat But we recall that when we were a student at a Canadian university we listened to lectures by communists We took part in discussion group held by students on several occasions some stud ents were curious and others were interested Earlier we had roomed with an English student at a Canadian boarding school He called himself a socialist tften In- 19 he became the head of a communist student party at an English university In the summer he helped build a railway in Yugoslavia For two years we had received communist literature from him by mail and it remains in our bookcase today At home we have a number of books and pamphlets written by communists The material in them is interesting we always arc cur ious to learn more about communism Wc have quantities of USSR embassy propaganda in our desk drawer at the office Incidentally it is published at Ottawa Does all this information mean that we are a communist Would the US senate subcommittee think so No doubt it would If we were an imporant public servant to the Can adian government no doubt the would be interest ed enough to question us had someone else provided this information Then we would be in the doubtful position of once having been investigated It would not be an enviable position for a person hoping to complete a public career or any career- It seems to us that there is a defense for democracy more important than internal security We are not suggesting that internal security measures should although the American craze about it and ex ploitation of it becomes absurd In a democracy it has a limited effect in Canada for instance officials are hushhush about the north country and radar chains yet one can purchase maps of our secret north and ob tain most of the information about radar stations from any number of workers who have been employed in those areas What is more important than internal security is protection of innocent individuals against officials who believe in an idea that one can be guilty merely by association We need people who will speak out against the use of the smear tactics which easily can degenerate into the big lie so successfully exploited by Hitler Level headed Canadians and Americans are needed to de fend democracy by challenging all thinking which threat ens civil liberties and baseless talk which aims at con demning a persons character or reputation As in Dr Normans case a man was condemned yet there had been no trial and there had been no charges laid The affair has been a shameful one but perhaps it will waken many democrats to their senses BREAKING THE SPRING EARTH From The Printed Word This is the season for breaking the earth with a number nine iron or a spade or by sliding into second Although gardening doesnt draw so large a gate as the other sports there are more people doing it either from inclination or force of circumstances the champ ion poet is the greatest sports writer of all time he wrote of nothing but the Olympic Games but there have been more words written about gardening from Eden on than of any other sport in spite of the several pages on baseball golf etc in each issue of the news paper Andrew combined a little of specialty along with gardening in his How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm the oak the bays And their labors see Crowned from some single herb or tree Whose short and narrowverged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid Whether one believes in the efficacy of effort or sides with in trying to do as little work as poss ible all must agree that there is an optimistic featureo sport of any kind when taken up anew in springtime Then one finds that he has many muscles They may not be big muscles but one is so conscious of them that they seem big When one has been breaking the spring earth many and new things seem possible CANADAS CENTENARY Ten years from now Canada as a nation will be celebrating its hundredth birthday If the occasion is be marked with any important ceremony says The Fin ancial Post definite planning must start very soon It that the next Parliament might well consider setting up a broadlybased committee to get this matter under way Canadians dont get very excited about national celebrations Surely however once in a hundred years we can be pushed into a little more enthusiasm After all we are living in one of the worlds most fortunate coun tries have a great deal to be thankful for great ac complishments to boast about If we dont show a little pride and appreciation ourselves we can hardly expect the other people to do so for us OUR SIDE OF THE STORY by WBHARVEY WHO IS TO BLAME FOR RISING PRICES There is wrong with this here town declared Slim on Tuesday When I walk down the main stem dont know everybody no more Why every third persons a stranger these days It aint like it used to be Sometimes I think are losing the small town atmos phere I guess its all the new people moving in from the city I said my place out on the outskirts Why the Piano Box Mansion is hemmed in by sub divisions all around A few years ago I was surrounded by wav- fields of wheat Now look at my place The health officials are thre- to condemn the place just because Ive got outside con veniences And the neighbors what has moved into my own district look down their noses at my place And Ive lived there long before they ever heard of this place Slim said 1 guess youd be better to sell out and move to Cor ners Youre there half the time anyway I told Slim Or else buy a farm out in township At least up at the Corners you aint a social outcast When I go there to pick up the week ly news folks alers is friendly People stop and chew the fat on the street Farmers can pick a spot on the main drag to stop and talk about a sick cow or hassle about politics You dont see any of that here any more I agreed Theres one last link with that small town atmosphere Its the brass railing outside the provin cial police office right next to the pool hall Fellows still lean against it If they aint careful though they get pushed along in rush One feller was standir there last Friday afternoon am a lady ran her baby right over his foot She even say excuse me or Nobody acts neighborly any more Slim complained Thats true I said The bos said he was down town the othe day and the only person knew was Fleming Young the rest were strangers And Fleming used to every soul in the town Ill be he dont now said Slim Nor Ross I said Taint likely said Sliir Oh it aint like it used to be Everythings cash and with this modern method nobody sells licorice the plug theres not a pot bell ied stove in town to put you feet on there aint no fish in creek its a disgrace to tobacco whats more theres no body any more who can a Pierce Arrow Weve reached a new low agreed Well I always knows I retreat to Cuttin Corners wher life is what it used to be Theyve still got a pot belliei stove at Crokers general store dogs can still run at large I get unlimited credit at places the pool hall is neve crowded theres trout in a a mile out of town there no new subdivisions and the on strangers in town are travel salesmen Well its always nice to there is some place to retreat to even if never retreat to it I said by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches The battle is to be joined about the threequart container and as usual it is promising to be a good one What are the issues involved First it ap pears that the issue is between store milk and pickedup milk and then it appears that it is be tween sizes and discounts Ba sically it is the old question of home delivery and beyond that one of technological improve ment in distributing a perish able product Both sides have a case The dairy and the union are natural ly afraid that milk sales from wagons will decrease Since this wagon or truck has to run any way this means a smaller in come to both distributor and driver The consumer lias a case because he or in this case she gets a product at a discount price The solution is not to ban the threequart jug or to do way with home delivery but to find some method of packaging that will suit the area and give a break to all parties concerned It is our contention that the jug will not do eith er First of all it is a heavy clum sy container that will be diffi cult to carry Secondly it is a lot of milk and the more milk there is in the house or the frig or purchased at one time the greater the wastage The final point however is that that jug costs a lot of money and neither the promoters nor the detractors of the case say how much de posit the housewife will be re quired to make Our guess is a minimum of 35 cents and prob ably cents The average life expectancy of a bottle is about eight trips If the children and t house wife break it they will be out about five cents on every pur chase they have made Thi will put it close to the presen price of milk in a container It is open to how long a housewife will along with the scheme after has lost a couple of deposits The same is true in the plan where it is packaged- it may not cost in bulk all money to buy a jug But it i expensive and we cannot how it wilt stay at that price The size of the container ant the amount in it is not a factor in purchasing Wc of many commodities that are small containers and the house wife at the department will pick up as many as needs The ideal container i one that is disposable and to handle It has not yet beer found It is probably plastic easy to fill and empty will in a frig and can be mass pro duced inexpensively The only way the question home delivery versus store picl up can be solved would be t have a plebiscite of the house wives and once a district to go all store pick up dt away with homo delivery com pletely Milk would he bough at depots and any milk from depot would be priccc FOB depot with a fair added for delivery If house wives vote home delivery the district would go on the way and the price of milk delivered would have In go to cover the real cost of deliver it All these are matters should be the subject of serum study by alt parties concerned in a spirit of investigation ant progress and cannot be decidec on the front page of the after noon papers It is not news that prices ami cost of living have been rising for the past twenty years Con sumer prices have roughly dou bled since 1936 They have risen almost 50 since These figures mean that the value of money is only about half what it was in the thirties It makes us happy to have our Incomes rising but when we find that our money has only a fract ion of its former purchasing power our joy gives place to resentment We then start try ing to find someone to blame Businessmen tend to ris ing wages The Exec utive Council blames the rising tide of inflation on excessive prices and profits What is the fact of the matter Let us begin by eliminating all question of blame We liv ing in an individualistic econ omic order People expected to look out for themselves There is no point in blaming people for doing what the econ omic system requires them to do us then admit that no blame attaches to businessman for seeking to increase his pro fits or to workers who try to In crease their wages provided always they do not use un fair or fraudulent methods Labor men point to the In crease in corporate profits billion or almost bus inessmen cite the rise in wages billion or between and 1 Other computat ions or comparisons between other dates would produce dif ferent figures but before we spend any time working over the figures we must ask What do the figures prove Are the high prices caused by cither high wages or high pro fits Or is there something else that causes prices to rise and so makes possible both wages and high profits The brief an swer is that the prices of particular things may he affect ed by either wages or profit a rise in the general level of pric es is caused by increased money supply and by the failure of vol untary savings to keep pace with investment That the desire for profit Is not the cause of rising prices can be proved by one fact busi nessmen had the same desire for profits in the thirties when pric es were falling The vitally important factor that is omitted in most discuss ions of rising prices is the effect of demand Given the fact that businessmen want to increase their profits it is easy to see why they should want to raise prices But the question is What enables them to do so What is the difference between the present situation and that of the thirties when the search for profits did not prevent prices from falling The answer is to be found in the conditions of de mand We are in a period of except ionally highlevel investment The thirties was a period in which investment almost stopp ed Investment means that con struction of plant and equipment rather than the production of consumer goods But these con struction projects involve the employment of labor and the payment of wages Thus consumer buying power Is increased at a more rapid rate than is the output of consumer goods Every additional worker employed in building a factory increases consumer buying pow er without adding to the supply of consumer goods Therein lies the explanation of rising prices an increasing demand facing a relatively constant supply In the present boom prices arc still further boosted by a great inflow of capital and an increased amount of instalment buying In a free- enterprise ec onomy the only way a great in vestment program could he carr ied through without inflation would be if people would save an amount equal to the total being invested If we saved the increase in our incomes if we spent no more on consumer goods than used to the demand for consumer goods would not increase and prices would not rise And the increased savings would be a- vallable to pay for capital goods Continued on Page Col of Canadas leaps over Jacqueline Bnndt during rehearsal on Miamis Matheaon The young company has scored big hits In per- throughout Canada and The state i the servant not the master of the the stale is ffuarantee against infringement on their rights their international and national issues it is not the function of the state to assume the tion of those activities which rest on individual choice PRIM POWER Miss Maple Leaf Lorraine Cfcorny head cm of Maple Leaf the first passenRer tram in SSiadhSi National Railways rvloetobe dart- John Rylott locomotive engineer was rated on to in Toronto from Chicago by United States General Ivan White M Dote and H Locke general superintendent This Is the use cower on a passenger train in the St Clair tunnel need to switch to electric engines at the tunnel