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Car Courtesy Crumble Han-Isqn. He is an RCAF~a1rcrew veteran, `graduate or-University otrrarouto-wmere..he was assistant news editor` or 'The Vai's1ty, student riewsnaper. and is married with two. Toronto motor car drivers, as omery a lot otauto jockeys as you'd nd gnywhere in normal times, did a complgge `about-face `when the tram and bus smke`h1t"the b'ig , _ I'hey Abandoned their old spgrt of chas- ing pedestrians on cross-walks and splashing them.mth the muddyslush Toronto produces on. its downtown streets after every snow its downtown st-ijeets utter every snow storm, They showed themselves not oniyiwi11- ing but eager to give pedestrians rides. They went out or their way to dQ'it and even de- Vveioped an unwanted civility and consider- ation toward. each other. - " was so for the"t11-st iew days but as the strike went on a subtle changegcame about, Hitchhikers began m.re;iort. many cars passing them and others waited iongv ` before the streams ot- trattic produced a sotthearted car .owner.~ ports or their dany safaris to and tr_om2woi'l.- -` 1-easlon began tn pop up m drWers' re- 1 with cars packed with fellow wotkm or strangers, ` - - ' middges-gged car an the yay _dvownto\'1}-n. _ ` Another reported that when he got stuck in the snow his riders got out and hitched an- `other ride. - , one said his tree passengers -crmetzed his mA=r`1&er left 9. cat duoz` open. as he le hd . e , W--. Y-__. 1-* 1 - Thai: there was the case o1"iz young man -who'stdpped to pink upqn elderly lady gtand. 4:); at a street car amp. 8he'u1.sIsted she was . whiting tors. stree&_p_r. and `admonished mm: -. __Get plans. you mash young man, nah-.. a.......a _..u...._ 1.1;... __._ - .., . .. _ It would upon that the census takers mlssetver a 'thouum`1.8arr!e citizens last - J\1_!Ie: ?D0D1 here were.n'a.nl'.ly astounded when the Bureau 0! statistics Issued at pre- --. , _..... ........ ;....u.5 nuuu. ` xound when they asked their rid- `OP -run I DO` diilfiiblb _ ` . A Clqsg /A Newspa er _ Published Monday - Wednes ay - Friday _ 7 at This Wllluxrbulldlnu. Pan Olca square. Barth. Ontuln. Canada. by ;'g5 `` uqnb:,a,l./O.|u,"A" Wukuu at Canada. Canadian Weekly-Newlpupnn Auodnt: ' lhbctailllltol G.W.N.A..;|nd the Audit Bureau at Clrculatlonl. Subscribe: cc 3. uldlnt - L. .`hfMdX.'VIce~PresIdent, A. F. Elven, Sam-:4 i\ 1P Earrie &?,E3eamin1>r 7,'oIov FQIGABC would annoy them with chatter or `insist on being driven to their doors. some who figured their liability in case or accide t stopped picking up passengers alto- ' gether. t seemed possible that if the strike continued long n-great many who had loliecl -in luxury in theearly strike day; would be taking 1o`Bha.nks' mare before many days. I There were sorne people who had no trouble getting rides at any time, of course. One beautiful redhead at a street car stop had hardly lirted her thumb above her shoulder before a swanky convertible screechedto 9. stop and gulped her intdits red leather inter- ior. Without the red hair and the looks it was up persons who looked like`characters NJIIOI J . 1 _ If you pick up a starving dog and` make _ him" prosperous, he will not bite you. That is fh principal difference between a dog and ( a x na.n."-Mark Twain. - w dress: "xou cannot`-Insist. than more and more 3 or me national income be g1ven`to.pex-sons, 5 however deserving. who neither produce no: : save. without running headlong Into the dan- ger which all at us fear: more ination." It I ~ Bgrrfie Popltion Must Be C_los`fo Fourteeh Thousand A ers` destinations that they had none; they were merely taking advantage "of the strike to ride around town. This soxjt 0! thing I/:egan\to have n biighting effect on the goodwiii of `the drivers. They picked their passengers carefully and passed persons who looked 1ike`characterswIno| Editorial Notes gel` which all Of rear: more 111113?/1011." It]; -would be well 1: more people would remember ,1 and help disseminate this wholesome" and i necessary truth. ` warns we must not blind our eyes to he'1'ac1 that the key factor in our staggering tax load. is `the cost of `defense; phat dux=ing`1952 `the m-st*1mport.a.nt. bills for our defense `effort W111` start to come in. Another factor,-to keep in-xhind is prices. For the moment some3prlc- es `greleasing; at least. the speed of the up_- vardvcllmb Seems o hm/e\ha1ted. No matter how` well Canada mav manage her affairs. ,, ,_ , , , _ ` ' 7 There are reports that Ottawa ls p1ann1ng' tax cuts in the new budget. Such -9. move will -` be welcome. says The Financial Post. but it ( - phe fact remains that ourprice level is pro- IIOW` well Canada may managener affairs, roundly affected by mg in the United states and the U. S. zprlce outlook is anything but encouraging. Canadians may hear good tax newslrom Mr. Abbott; But no wise man will] Abbott wm be a'bl'e.to m'ak ems tax cuts.sti_ck newslrom Abbott; wise will dream dreams of anything resembling the } ``bargaln" tax rates of pie-wax}. Norjperhaps 5 should we have too much` confidence that Mr, over any extended period. ` > ' -011;`. water, it wa.`nts_the element. it .` live in. A building without aibasis ( stand: faith is the foundation. and stand; 1'alt.`17_xjs_ foundation, and eve} gooc1.actlon' as a-stone 1a1d,"--1=`e1tham. ` `L . . here were . n-mny astounded liminary. rspbrt. giving Bu-rie`a `population xofiD51asl&43I.aboaz50o4ess.\hanthe'o.s- sessxnent mu an 101- the year previous. By ioonothmixingtndpeopiearound tharewas, no,u;n I3! drop in population. ,Howeur. I: learn that when Barnes as- sessou hd Iusiagd I311!!! careful ,yar-long check at & wwn. they ca.lculn.ted_':.he.popL1- iadon ll 0: Bovember 30, 1851. 38' 13.318. .ThenIIIodawt-unzm1.sumx-mbx'-enc- cunuae tan tzagceusus. And in fact we believe the pmzplnon rlziat inside the tgwn limits is around M,00D,vacwx-ding to record; of the public `utilities here. - Frederick Helson. Retires From Midland Newspaper an... ..;.>_.. ...- 1.... .. u_- .....4....-u-._ _. Shcjuld Nofg Risk Lqsi-ng _ Small Merchant from Econom . . 4u..._....u.... cu... .._.: 1:-..-....,.\ OPINIONS OF OTHERS There must be som\e end to welfare; spend- 5 lmz. Mr. Robert. Rae. President of the Dom- 1 AN? ow FASHIONED WINTER _HAD MANY ATTRACTIONS ma s.'.... Ranainlaubq Tls _ Fujrjy \X/orild. And the whole high-romng butt I `Was compieuly assmusloned v In raga:-8 to Joyous sleigh-rides. r This will tennh you. gentle renders, country. many times the roads were and a shorten`! would be taken thf tpgmd impassable throughlhe drifts. ` h'the elds. and lots of times : With ret we learn 0! the res1gna.t1on qt Fredck nelson` as publications` manager and new: editor of the Midland Free Ems: `Frztherv Reolledipnlg [Regarding Cannon `In Minesing Area. ; 1 1-... :1 turn ness oiir uul home-away-from-home `is,one 0f"NOh America's many WHEN we travel for pleasure or busi-_' ` ne hotels where everything is desig`;-nefi for our conilniencc and comfort. ` 'I\,'.A. ,,,c,, 5, , ,L-I < - '- - _.... .- _.......... nvn ....,. vvlaivlaivlbv uuu -.uuuv1L. Btxt when {vevvare sick, we go tiollospital--andlhospithls are as " 'di`erent fmm hotels as apples `iron; pomegranates, gotten from wool, butter from cheese. Yes , they look the same in some Ways"-- budings, foyers, elevators, beds, etc. -- but there are many differences. l`ake,meals. -whl`at hotel serves you three meals; exactly tp your\ doetofs prdexs, in'bea every dig (at least without substantial exttaK9st)FAnd sence-c7re hotels staed and equipped to provideba`di:ornfotf:a Ian? xilodem scientic treatfnent for your particular illness? oecoume not. There is ni)"'eolh- parison, andlghbtel qwners would be the fll~st' ones to say so. v 3...; .. `LA: l..._-...... .-nu-.. l _-' g. .u_,-,, , - ..,-.._ .-__-... _.- -..,_... .v .. ....u....... v. .. mg .1 wuyuuuy MI u_l-llncl. ~ Our hospitals te mund-the-clock s;*?anm.of izcalth . . -. . This _Ipqc_o_ conIr?lbund`_byT!I.e Bqljg _Ei_!_l,IlI|'|l!|'- ._ ` ` v v `_,________, ._.-_.\_.--_. 7...... ......_.- we nu. nun \-`Iuva nu say . Just as thir derviccg differ-`- their costs. Figures ahowhat to -rsulbtract thg ,cost`ofj treatment senriccs `in hpspital from daily rates would rcduca the gure to a fractidnjof 3 days expanse in ahptel. nu- I.-...\:a...I.. ...... _....._.1 L.. _1-_|_ ;wut we vs AZVDEPRESSJQN 2 Silixcoe cbunty, Mr. Wiis fiarrisoxg from Guelph up his successor. Mr. Harrison, who attended public school 1n`Bame for several years, was tormeriy any editor ox The Guelph Daily Mercuxy until he accepted the Midland appointment. I Mr. Helson. who is commencing a new line of business, will continue as a contrlhnwr to the Midland paper ; twice-weekly edmons. We hnveuuoygd working closely with mm 101' several yea:-s..As a matter or fact Fred Helsqn lived in Barrie tor several years or the war when he was stationed at Oamp Bonf- den. our rst contadbjwlth mm at ue-Eur: amine: came when we were Drintlmz The den. Our first connaajwith mm The-Eur: gminer when printing The Tank-Canada Magsdne ox which he was e_d- itor am.-`year. He is 3 first c1ass,newspap!:r- map with experience on dailies, weekiiesnnd _ magazine work.-We are sorry to see `him was assistant newspaper, 1 children.