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Num Elli Barrie Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Walls Editor Emeritus Henshaw Managing Editor 4The Barrie Examiner Thursday May 20 1976 Official plan amendment to save downtown Barrie Downtown Barrie as of the community people place The primary retail cial cultural entertainment in stitutional recreational and ad ministrative centre Marshall Green chairman of the civic affairs committee of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Com merce has approached the Barrie planning board with draft statement on revitalization of the city core He is convinced the only way Barries downtown will become strong is through change in the official plan designating the heart there are changes being made Witness the money being spent renovating hotels and introducing commer ques new financial houses and bouti But nothing will change the face of downtown faster than policy It is We ho designation in the official plan that downtown is it Nothing ment ca ital faster than city council at changes the tide of commercial develo ment possible become an election issue will attract develop owntown will the present council and those plan to seek election will take seriously change in the downtown as the primary retail official lan commercialarea The eath of downtown Barrie He is right as commercial centre would be Despite criticisms often atragedg levelled at downtown merchants It can prevented DOWN MEMORY LANE WAR DAYS 35 YEARS AGO BARRIE EXAMINER 1941 Police Chief Sandy rehired by Town Council after being dismissed one week earlier He has been on job here 17 years but recen tly sparked hot controversy among some aldermen Henry Beirne Australian pilot Douglas 20 trainee buried in new Marys Cemetery Barrie He was killed in training crash near Camp Borden Installation of first dial equipment in Barrie started by Bell Canada Rented rooms now un der control Wartime Prices and Trade Board Barrie will set up following recent trouble between Chief and Council Camp Borden visited by 25 members House of Commons on inspection tour Next day group of officers from training centre at Stratford toured Canadas largest army and air force camp GovernorGenerals Hor se Guards moved into armoured corps training centre at Borden will be attached at first Canadian Division overseas Barrie Arena Gardens opened for summer dan Police Commission Dutch Army MAY 20 Stewart drug plot St Bell tertained Gerry CANADAS STORY Simcoe took first steps to abolish slavery here By BOB BOWMAN Although Britain did not abolish slavery until 1833 the British North American colonies had taken action 30 years before John Graves Simcoe ap pointed lieutenant governor of Upper Canada in 1791 took the first steps He was an abolitionist and persuaded the legislature to pass anti slavery measures The im portation of slaves was prohibited and children of slaves already there were to be made free when they became 25 years of age Simcoes measures set an examph for the British Em pire Gradually slavery disappeared from Lower 5hr ifinrrir Examiner 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 7266537 Registration Number 0484 Second Class Mail Return tage guaranteed Dai Sundays and Statutory Ho idays excepted Subscription rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $3400 yearly Balance of Canada $3600 year ly National Advertising Offices 65 Queen St West Toronto 9641710 640 Cathcart St Mon treal Member of the Canadian Press and Audit Bureau of Cir culations The Canadian Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or The Associated Press or Reuter and also the local news published therein The Barrie Examiner claims Co yright in all original adver tis ng and editorial material created by its employees and reproduced in this newspaper Co yright Registration 203815 register 61 Canada New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Ed ward Island Most of the slaves in the Maritimes had been brought there by United Empire Loyalists William Osgoode chief justice of Upper Canada and then Lower Canada between 1792 and 1801 also played an important part in the abolition of slavery On May 20 1801 he declared that slavery was in consistent with the laws of Canada This established precedent for courts in other British colonies and they refused to award slaves to masters who claimed them American slaves who were forced to fight in Canada during the War of 1812 lear ned what had happened and word gradually spread through the slave camps of the south This led to the creation of an escape route known as the underground railway Thousands of slaves travelled to the Detroit River and crossed into presentday Ontario where they were given land An area near Chatham was provided for them One of the greatest stories in Canadian history is that of BlBLE THOUGHT And they asked them saying Is this your son who ye say was born blind How then doth he now see His parents answered them and said We know that this is our son and that he was born blind But by what means he now seeth we know not or who hath opened His eyes we know not he is of age ask him he shall speak of himself Ihese words spake his parents because they feared the Jews for the Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ He should be put out of the Synagogue John 91922 91922 There is no pride like spiritual pride lt9 American Hotel Homer star defenceman Toronto Maple Leafs and soninlaw of Norman manager Bank of Nova Scotia Frank Spry will be chairman for Victory Loan with Dr Bill Little Platoon commanded by Jack Ram say won Major Rodgers award for efficiency in drill and deportment at BCI cadet inspection Inspecting of ficer Major Teddy Graham former NHL defence star with Chicago Hawks remarked the band directed by Allen Fisher was the best school band he ever heard Trom bonist Leighton Clark was band sergeant and Phyllis Johnson the smashing drum majorette cin to music of Bobby Powells Meody Men featuring Oro Fleetham and vocalist Archie Barth Building hit new record in town major permits being for ad dition to Copaco meat packing plant on Innisfil St and new Tamblyns store at Five Points Ar thur Smith Barrie district mana er completed 35 trumpeter years with anada Kiwanis Club en 60 boys at dinner in peaker was Red vicechairman No Josiah Henson who pioneered the escape route His ad ventures inspired the writing of Uncle Toms Cabin YIHER MAY 20EVENTS 1616 Champlain left for Quebec after spending the winter in Huron county near OrilliaOnt 1657 Mohawks defied Quebec and took prisoners from Orleans Island 1690 French and Indians captured Fort Loyal now Portland Me 1776Americans were de feated at Quinze Chenes on Ottawa River 1859 George Barston of Nanaimo was elected mem ber of the BC legislature although only one vote was inst 1862ltMacdonaldCartier government was defeated on militia bill 1873 Sir George Cartier died in London 1885 First through train arrived at Winnipeg from Montreal 1918 House of Commons opposed titles being granted toCanadians 1959 Prime Minister Men zies of Australia visited Ot tawa WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street ad dress and phone number although they will not be published Letters which can not be authenticated by phone cannot be published For the sake of space public interest and good taste The Examiner reserves the right to edit con dense or reject letter EXPORTED TIMBER The first commercial ex port of timber from Canada occurred in 1670 when three ships sailed for the French West Indies with timber in theircargo QUEENS PARK The good arguments behind not raising Seaway tolls By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO Still another fight may be building us be tween the province an Ot tawa The federal government has indicated it intends to in crease tolls on the St Lawrence Seaway and the Welland Canal Last week some of the top industrial brass in the coun try visited federal transport minister Otto Lang and they came away yelling foul From the tone of their press statement one would gather that Mr Lang was adamant that tolls would be increased and that he probably treated the delegation like little boys ONLY US Yet there is very strong case in fact perhaps vital one for not increasing tolls Though it has not done so as yet this time several times in the past Ontario has made this clear and presumably will do so again Manitoba has already filed an official protest The Dominion Marine Association which represen ts most of our inland carriers has presented several suc cinct reasons why tolls should not be increased and probably not even imposed most impressive one is that there are 27000 miles of inland waterways in North America but the Welland and the St Lawrence are the only two systems which impose lockage charges and tolls which can amount to $15000 passage in the case of bulk carrier In other jurisdic tions the waterways are con sidered national asset and the cost is borne as general expense rather than as direct charge on the carriers and therefore on the goods theyarecarrying The association also points out that inland shipping is the one mode of transportation in Canada which has not been importantly subsidized bet ween 1959 and 1973 total assistance to railways was $25 billion it claims and says that if the same prin ciples were applied to other transport as to shipping no train would leave station no airliner could afford to land and no truck would haul freight across the Trans Canada Highway ITS CHEAPER The most important claim is that the future of the whole shipping industry in the prov ince could be threatened No matter how correct this is anything which threatens shipping is integral to On tarios interests For shipping is very ssential component in the provinces economic struc ture Where it can be used it is by far the most economical mode of transportation and therefore is important in keeping down the basic cost of much of our product and along with this its com petitiveness To show its significance in 1973 the last figures available the Great Lakes fleet carried 59billion ton miles of freight compared to 51billion tonmiles by CP Rail and 66 billion by CNR From time to time we hear words from Ottawa about the need for economic strength and development though not so many as we do from the economyconscious govern ment here But in this instance at least it is not putting its ac tion where its mouth is NOW BltL ALBERTA HAS NOINTENTIONQ OF CUTllNG Oil SUPPLIES OFF FROM ONTARIO JUST BECAUSE YOU WONT AFWfOVE ApPlCE lNCREASE AND JUST TO PROVE SINCEin lM SENDING YOU ft lililf Oi Difficult to accept all aspects of labors equality manifesto By STEWART MacLEOI Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service The government should listen with careful respect to the voice of labor but it is dif ficult to accept all aspects of the Canadian Labor Congress manifesto which says organized labor should be an equal partner in the decision making process The price of labors fu turesupport must be ane ual share of the economic an so cial decisionmaking on na tional basis with the other partners business and government says the manifesto And it makes it amply obvious that this proposed arrangement means far more than mere consultation Labor must make it clear that it will never enter any tripartite arrangement at less than full partnership status And at another oint the manifesto says that it is really not uestion of co operating wit the govern ment but one of stren th and bargaining ability which the labor movement has both The theme of the manifesto is that government already shares its decisionmaking with business and therefore organized labor should have an equal influence And perhaps it is true that spokesmen for business carr more clout when they stal the corridors of power around Ottawa But surely the answer doesnt lie in an organized triumvirate in which the elec ted federal government is merely an equal partner We elect governments to represent us and accept responsibility for decision ma ing and if we dont like what theyre doing we have every right to boot them out But we didnt elect this gover nment to become an equal partner with any segment of society SHOULD LISTEN The government would be stupid to ignore the wishes of rganized labor as it would be stupid to ignore the views of industry But it also has responsibility to consider the opinions of unorganized labor which includes vir tually every agriculture worker in the country In fact there is no reason why the Canadian Federation of riculture shouldnt ask for ull partnership on the CLCs proposed decision making team Then perhaps the Northwest Territories could plead special case and apply for membership CLC President Joe Morris was asked who would represent business dont know he replied but know there are enough people who Would uickly emerge if tripartite iscussions take place wouldnt be enthusiastic about the Canadian Chamber of Commerce sharing the decisionmaking process wrth an elected government When the subject of decision sharing was men tioned to Prime Minister Trudeau few months ago he said he was prepared to bring government business and labor together aound the same table but he didnt want structure that would lead to corporate state MORRISIHSAGREES Mr Morris disagrees that this would happen We want free and democratic state whcrc we will be on footing of equality Its glorious goal but surely it is impractical for any group regardless of its size and influcncc to expect to share equmny with the government of country That would be carrying the committee system just bit too far In his speech to the CLC convention Mr Morris said this The battle in which we find ourselves is longterm struggle for power among three major protagonists in dustry labor and govern ment The defeat of the wage controls in the short term will inevitably lead to struggle over the shape of the future institutions of Canada If the congress is to have any con trol or say in this matter and in safeguarding the le gitimate interests of workers it must have the collective support to carry through If we are indeed involved in longterm struggle for cams cuaxt Www 57 power among those three protagonists and if there has to be single winner Ill be rooting for government At least we can kick it out whenever we want YOUR BUSINESS Inflation adds to tax revenue By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service If superinflation continues genuine crisis will probably confront corporations pen sioners and individual savers within few years Thats the conclusion to be drawn from farreaching study of the impact of in flation in Canada that has just been published by Touche Ross and Co Torontobased firm of char tered accountants Although the study is en titled InflationIts Impact On Business one section deals with inflations serious impact on individuals finan cial security Anyone retiring today on $20000 pension for example will find that purchasing power will be cut to $12420 within five years if inflation continues at 10 per cent Most people who started contributing to pension plans just after the Second World War when contributions were tiny by todays stan dards will find on retirement that pension benefits are too small for the role they were designed for But says the study the economic loss to retired em ployees in the private sector cannot be made up by business The cost of doing so would be beyond the financial means of Canadian business Federal civil servants on the other hand are assured that the real value of their pensions will be maintained as long as they live paid for out of the taxes of all citizens AFUTURE DEBT The reason why such scheme is politically possible in government is that it is fun ded on payasyougo basis says Touche Ross This means that we do not know the real costs of pen sions since they are post poned for future taxpayers One anomaly noted by the accountancy firm is the ten dency of individuals to save greater proportion of their disposable income Savers feel that inflation is simply passing storm and in times of uncertainty individuals want the security of having money in the bank to meet some crisis By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service You will remember the my thical country of Lower Slobbovia It has gone into the English language from the comic strip Lil Abner There is no Upper Slob bovia The closest parallel in stvle of name only is the reallife African country of Upper Volta Conversely there is no Lower Volta And so it goes when identifying remote and tiny foreign countries existent and nonexistent This is way of introducing my annual report on Albania Yes Alan MacEachen there is an Albania tucked away as it has been since 1914 across the Adriatic from Italy It is completely isolated from all its Balkan neighbors by choice European Tibet cut off from the world from reality but there never theless In my last column on Al bania reported it once had King Zog by name He was no Disneyland person no Wizard of Zog if you will but French president walks tightrope By BRUCE LEVETT WASHINGTON CP President Valery Giscard dEstaing of France is walking political tightrope llis official fiveda visit to the US is seen by servers as an attempt to put an end to feuds of the past and to forge strong new French American understanding on developments in Africa the Middle East and Europe is dEstaings foreign policy has been aimed at healing the wounds inflicted by an abrasive Gen Charles de Gaulle who withdrew France from the NATO command structure and ordered US forces from French soil How the French president pursues his aims here will be watched closely in France where he can expect crossfire from the Communist party on one side and the Gaullists on theother NARROW VICTORY Giscard dEstaing narrowly won election over Socialist opponent strongly backed the Com munists in 1974 Observers here predict Communists will be ready to portra the Fren ch president as se ling out to US capitalism The Gaullists are suspicious of Giscards moves away from de Gaulles stridently nationalistic policies Giscard himself says the two principle Wounds as he sees them FrenchAmerica disagreement on monetary matters and Middle East policy have been healed However he has expressed concern about what he says is the diminishing credibility of American policy following Angola Vietnam and Watergate Nevertheless he has issued qualified praise for State Secretary Henry Kissingers Middle East peace efforts at the same time calling for the US to join in new aid plan for Africa Albania exists People recognize the risk of loss in the purchasindg power savings the stu says But the individual has little choice most of the other traditional investment outlets have performed even worse than savings deposits during inflation Nevertheless people con tinue to save at an interest rate that isnt quite as high as the inflation rateand then pay tax on their illusory in come ILLUSORY GAINS Much of the Touche Ross study is an examination of the equally illusory profits of business corporations in pe riod of superinflation In simple terms business is taxed on the difference bet ween the price it paid for an article and the higher price at which it sells it The tax collector ignores the obvious fact that the business must replace the sold item in its inventory at ice that has been swollen inflation Inventory profits were one of the two major factors which helped to balloon Canadian corporate rofits in the years 1974 an 1975 to $175billion from what Touche Ross calculates to have been real profit total of $56 billion The other major factor is the requirement that depreciation provision on buildings machinery and equipment be made on the basis of historical cost rather than on the current value of those assets The accountancy firm con tends that 24 per cent of cor poration income taxes in those two years were the direct result of inflation rather than profits It strongly recommends that personal and business capital gains be indexed adjusted periodically in proportion to increases in the costofliving index and that taxes on mythical inventory profits be removed Others have made these and similar recom mendations repeatedly in the past But Ottawa has con sistently turned deaf ear because inflation is such huge and dependable source of increases in tax revenues real live king in his day 40 years ago KING BORROWED Albanias first king of the modern era like those of many other newly formed Balkan States of pre1914 Europe was borrowed from German princedom Many of them came complete with decaying Rhine castle small fiefdom but were going nowhere Albania got Prince William of Wied who lasted exactly six months The big pgers found kings for Romania Bulgaria even Greece with German princelings being the favored royal choices Maybe the same prin celings knew history could not take another princeling family like the Hohenzollerns rising to the status of German Emperors which they did by 1871 If you couldnt be Kaiser in Germany then why not in Bulgaria or Albania Indeed the preFirst World War king of Bulgaria from Germany was called Kaiser Ferdinand which didnt say much for the strength of the Bulgarian language But the likes of such cap tains and kings have long sin ce departed from the Balkan nations And in lovable little Albania sits very touch Communist leader and president called Enver Hoxha He is no friend of the Bus sians but of the Communist Chinese which has resulted in generation of western Albania watchers iden tifying Albania as Pekings European outpost Maybe so But Comrade Hoxha who has never left home and probably wouldnt dare to do so is the only one of Pekings many allies in the large Marxist world of nations favorable to China who has not visited Mac in his central city Peking com pound From Zog to Mac is quite leap But tiny Albania only 11000 square miles and exotic in her history is just as exotic in her politics In Scptcmlxr 1970 100 per cent of the electorate voted unanimously for the 264 chosen candidates on the single list of the Albanian Democratic Front read Communist Party Like the Russians when they vote the Albanians really know where they stand