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Editorials A Foolish Move It has long been recognized thai farm tractor movement on the highways has constituted a traffic hazard because of the slow speed at which most move causing bottlenecks and traffic tieups The proposal coming to the fore again from the Ontario Farmers Union that will proceed with mass tractor demonstrations on the highways could if carried out to the dcgiee suggested be the of accidents and perhaps some deaths We can sympathize with farmers seeking higher prices for the commodities they produce in this their milk but cannot The Ontario Farmers Union presentation to the Ontario Department of Agriculture for a higher price for milk Ins dread received consider able publicity along with Agriculture Minister William A Stewarts stand on the question Getting into a mass tractor parade will gain illttfl if anything in fur- publicity to gain their end in fact could to some degree turn the motoring publics opinion against them Incidentally it is our understanding that tractors as unlicensed vehicles are permitted on the highways only for the purpose of moving from one farm to another or from one part of a farm to a more distant If this is so perhaps the OKU should he reminded that all who might participate in a highway tractor parade are virtually breaking the law and could be summonsed As an alternative all drivers should be required to purchase plates if they intend to use the highways for any reason other than the actual movement of tractor and farm machinery from farm to farm The Clarion Call The peal of church bells in pioneer days was the signal for all mem- hers of the family to pile into the democrat or sleigh and head for their chosen place of worship It was a clarion call seldom to be ignored Today many of us are wakened from a delicious moment when wo are being handed a cheque for the Irish Sweep by the sound of church bells on a Sunday morning and perhaps sad to relate they fail to transmit the same pioneer thrill he in a township has had this experience not only on Sunday morning but every day of the week and has found it a nervewracking experience We can sympathize with him in predicament- We can appre ciate the fact that many of in are sadly lacking in our enthusiasm to heed the call to worship on Sunday morning and perhaps this sudden of sound might make us heed the call more We can appreciate loo the link with tradition which I he hells must mean to any denomination but they are no longer a necessity In call the faithful from all over the countryside and are rather redundant as a time check for turning the Yes we can sympathize with our township friend Stationed in a bedroom near a London church tower in the early days of the blitz our thoughts were none too complimentary nor as enthusiastic as the local vicars After a nerve wracking and steepness night we wore clanged into terrified wakefulness by a huge bell al out feet from the bed A later wartime icslrictioji burned the tinging church hells unless as a warning of invasion and after that experience we still think this is an idea with merit Expense Overshadows Zest cast a few nights a pavilions now being In addition if is want to celebrate amid Not thro look askant progress made on Expo G7 via a television new- nought home the fact that the elaborate exhibit led will undoubtedly cost some millions of dollars ins how many have they Centennial with arenas tennis courts other- buildings for various ornamental gardens too much been shown on the whole and visitors to many communities will at the Centennial Project and wonder why was salute to a century of nationhood There is increasing evidence of lack of interest in such projects and even Montreals is failing to excite people despite the expensive publicity efforts dished out almost weekly via the mail radio and TV Behind all the lassitude is probably the fact that few people feel the expenditure is warranted while many others ate concerned about the the hrmn and their about Canadas s added to their AND NEXT By Ray Pensions And Politics The three most vital pieces of legislation confronting Canada to day will not he acted on until the Quebec regime says cant po meet the Jan target dale A new conference of provincii health ministers will have to held first Time less than political expediency for the delay in the Bank Act lation Finance minister Sharp ii determined In permit the hanks to raise their basic interest rates from six In per and later SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Summery Promisings the than ever The Pearson governments de cision to close down the House of Commons at this time was parti cularly galling in view of the stall on such important matters as the Medicare bill the new supple mentary pensions legislation and amendments to the Hank Act Along with the aluiisiiiger caper tcr reasons this will make mo easier to obtain but both I Democrats and many Liberals pose the idea The worse meniary few days of the tuple of on supple- is stalled by pro- St Yes the g rutin hedge needs trimming The beds need weeding The still halfpainted from last though ihe new green is nicely into the old blue pulling a weed here and their toning the birdies watching squirrels at play smelling the Breakfast The works feel and the Day liamenl did give attention lo sue things as redistribution of seats and plans to reorganize tin federal bureaucracy As welt the House approved lit in the Atlantic provinces the Science Council of Can- launched the Company of Km- all that the plan Inn to be desired 11 avoids a in the federal hi addition m piles are acting up my bursitis is my golf has gone sour and I liavcnl got my snow tires off jet my summer holidays Its dif ference between the beautiful illu sion and the sordid reality For the few school teacher- are not taking a summer course or marking papers the two long golden months of summer stretch ahead like a glimpse of And for a few they are pretty These are t who dont ha year They simply i menl pick up head for Utopia cleareyed constitution a book rusting strengthening ready for publisher an the of Broadcast Governors as the con- this isnt really a means test estate looking like out trolling hotly of Canadian radio and is stopgap legislation assist of a womens mainline TV those too old lo participate in the Canada Pension Plan and that the much like reality as the onus the Hank Act heard down the cost It will 225 lie Mil is like an Hie governments plans for supple million year but this will de mental old age pensions cline as more people come under There are several flies ii he for cover Ihe CPP soup 1 wonl even mention such Delay on Hie Medicare bill While il is true that taxes are things as bone laziness the leal understandable in view of federal- high and there is a limit to govern- and 110 chores a day my wife provincial cooperation in this mcnl spending Canada can afford al this an adequate pension for sphere And recent elections especially the defeat of Liberals older citizens whose working One of big ones Is bite ill Quebec have further muddied lives spanned the hard years when mnvic All winter theres no lime the picture Ottawa insists on llni- he country did not enjoy the pri to watch them know Its lipid i 1 iil vate and government security You might as well lie on in or booze who can pass up Farmers Aroused By Pension Plan prime Now that the Canada Pension farmer must pay excess Result instead of a eyed Plan is fully underway Canadian or an amount of up lo attack on breakfast and farmers arc seeing with alarm for bis own pension Of his hired mans earnings in of at nine theres a blearyeyed re what it is going lo cost them he must contribute lSr up heat from Will at eleven Meetings have held already This makes a total of in the West lo demand that they If this continued for years Second big difficulty is lie would have paid out an amount Heres a typical day Ill fa probably equal to his total earnings happened this week Old ends lew realized what they were be- for several years And he will never Willi children dropped in am on their way through 10 led into and one parliament re presentative has stated that few- get anything for his contributions to his hired mans pension Stayed for lunch natch 115 members of the House fully under students arrive for stood what they were voting on farm can expect to contribute some with yearbook Stayed till At This is certainly a fine admission in 47 years but had he in had sally forth to la if they were loo busy to find out vested the same amounts of money parly for new lawn inul what were they busy at on his he could have possibly in friends back yard Home The farmers chief objection is had to do with as he saw twelve miles lo vis lhat he has lo pay jo much more ends at beach collage Yak than a wage earner of equal earn In the light of this its a wonder Home at am ing power The farmer like the that more groups are not looking businessman has no one he Hut Im mil really did gel up early this mo ling can compel to pay half the cost for The Stouffville Tribune the first lime this summer The birds are singing in the trees and one flicker under the sprinkler The squirrels arc frol icking The oaks and the elms and the maples are looking down at me benevolently The sun is shining The sky is blue And my feel are THE ERA Serving Northern York County Since You Mid It would on roads