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oxtfl tvi wajjwiifsjfj jm vf w v ts ttfssfif t -rlsj-t- c the tribune- stouffville ont thursday sept 28 1944 5jt touffmllf bribmu estabfcinedl88s member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontarioquebec newspapers association issued every- thursday at stouffville ontario 8 to 12 pages paidinadvance subscribers 2125 subscription rates per year in advanee in canada 200 in usjv s260 a v nolan son publishers notes arid comments who pays the high school costs we have been asked who bears the costs of operating our high school and the answer broadly speaking is that it is born by the various municipalities from which the students attending the school live in case of stouffville the village markham and whitchurch townships and ontario county meet the expenses in proportion to the number of students coming from each at the moment 30 per cent of the students live in stouffville therefore stouffville bears 30 per cent of the maintenance and the other places pay in proportion to the number of pupils they send the better high school you maintain the more outside students you attract and while 50 per cent of local taxes are school charges the situation is just aboutthesame in every municipality likewise be keptweu down the post argues that in natural lines of production canadian goods shouldmeet world competition what does it mean by natural lines does it mean that farm pro ducts and other primary products are natural lines if so does the post believe that producers of primary products should keep their prices down to meet world competition and that producers of secondary products for example manufacturers must not be expected to meet world com petition surely the financial post would not suggest that we are going to solve the problems of the postwar world by dividing our people into two camps squeezing one group- down to meet world competition no matter where that is and setting up another group with special privileges who can maintain their economic returns on a higher level and who are not asked to meet world competition- we live in a great country and we boast about the better standard of living that we have here than in most other countries if we are going to maintain an attractive standard of living in canada are we going to give all the people in canada a chance to share it or are we going to establish and maintain a higher level for producers of secondary products at the expense of primary producers if so we havent yet learned the lessons that this war should teach us the people of the united states are fight ing for freedom for peace for security for a better break for the common man it seems to us that we are heading the wrong way if we heed the advice given by the financial post in the above mentioned quotation president hannam answers the post the financial post- recently offered some advice con cerning the proposed floor on farm commodities which the tribune believed of sufficient interest to republish the article said in part instead of worrying about keeping future farm and other prices jacked up to some artificial level it would be far better if we concentrated on keeping down costs so that in natural lines of production canadian goods can meet world competition the rural- cooperator published in toronto carries a reply to this article from the pen of mr hhhahnam presi dent of the canadian federation of agriculture he urges the post to elaborate on what it has in mind relative to the issue and further says in part when the post speaks about keeping future farm and other prices jacked up to some artificial level what does it mean is there a natural level for farm prices any more we- presume the financial post is in favor of the general price ceiling in our wartime program that has been a policy of keeping prices jacked down to an artificial level because certainly they would have gone much higher if artificial means of price control had not been employed does the financial post go allout in its support of fixing an arti ficially low price when prices naturally would go higher and 1 then turn around and condemn any attempt at price control to provide- minimum security for large- numbers of our citizens at a time when prices are apt to go disastrously low it would be far better says the post if we concen trated on keeping costs down undoubtedly it would be a good thing in our economy if all industry and business and finance would together concentrate on keeping costs down but in order to be fair to all these costs must be balanced j on an equitable basis the farmer is told he should keep his costs down and he knows that is good advice there are a few costs the farmer can control and he is responsible for those but there are a large number of costs entering into farm production which the farmer does not control there is interest on debts insurance premiums farm equipment etc does the financial post agreethat all these costs should the best democratic government this paper wants to give credit to those few people who last week called a public meeting to protest or discuss the proposed increase in water rates that councillor nolan ask ed the council to consider too often the ratepayers give little or no consideration to what the council does and it takes something big to stir them to action in this instance the issue involved is terribly small yet people have a right to their ideas what better place to give voice to themthan at a public meeting it is a pity the meeting fizzled out often it has been said and with substantial degree of accuracy that the purest form of democratic govern ment in canada is possessed by the municipalities that might mean township village town or- city government a basic condition for true representative government is that the servants of the people should be close to the people carrying this idea further it follows naturally that- the best government conceivably might be in operation in the smallest municipality the mere fact however that a representative is close to his constituents from the standpoint of accessibility does not mean necessarily that he is close from the viewpoint of policy when an important issue arises the elected repre sentative frequently isbaffled to know the publics attitude on the matter most council meetings especially in cities and towns are devoid of spectators and there are few out ward signs to indicate that the very people who are paying the shot care much about what goes on such a state of affairs is confined not only to council meetings but is prevalent at municipal election time when usually a very small percentage of the total voters on the list take trouble to go to the polls it requires some really important civic issue or such like to stir up many people to walk or drive a few blocks to vote once a yean the strange part of it all is that some of the worst offenders among the public in failing to exercise their fran chise would be the greatest squawkers if the right to vote were taken from them the money to keep the munici palities going comes out of the pockets of the ratepayers of these municipalities- doesnt it seem strange that many people show such a lack of interest in their municipalities and their own pocketbooks a weekly editor looks at wa written iptihlly h m wuy nmvnpopert o c by jim greenblatt most people are interested in banks only as a place to deposit money- or cash cheques but in the aggregate of deposit is reflected the wellbeing of canadian citizens as a whole in this connection it is notable that last july saw an all- time high when notices deposits at- our- chartered banks amounted to 2264527000 at the end of that month demand and notice deposits combined reached 4083466000 an increase of 7816 millions over last year now is the time of year when many rural homes expect the annual visit of the village dress maker as a rule they cut down and make over for the children sometimes cutting into new mat erials the consumers branch in our weekly item from them points out in such cases they come under regulations which govern any man- ufacturer of childrens womens and misses clothes when mother has the visiting seamstress make her a winter wool or soft rayon afternoon frock from brand new cloth any style is good as long as the skirt does not measure more than 72 inches around the bottom in the wool frock and 78 in the rayon frock and of course there wont be any long dresses made since ithey arent permitted except as wedding gowns and then only in white or ivory- regulations on the use of excess materials have been retained to help meet the still heavy demands of the armed forces for rayon and cotton fabrics another reduced rate is an nounced on overseas mail now with airgraphs the letters on film that travel by air may be sent for just 5 cents to civilians in which the airgraph service oper ates as well as to members of the armed forces it is interesting to know these letters are flown to toronto photographed on reels of microfilm 1600 messages being contained on- a 3 ounce reel of film over 6800 messages to- the pound enlarged prints are made overseas after being flown across the briny tf a reel is lost a dupli cate can always be made and des patched dont worry the postal depart ment advises that letters from canadian prisoners of war in germany or in the reverse may cease to- arrive altogether for a time because of- cut in german mail connection due to the speedy allied drive as soon as certain regions are cleared it will be poss ible for allied authorities to collect p of w mail from swiss postal people and fly it from there tq country of destination at the moment mail from canadian prisoners is still arriving but it is mail which reached lisbon before disruption of german connection with portugal i the agriculture pood board asks people please to avoid over purchase of milk or any possible waste hot weather in eastern canada caused a falling off in milk production and an increase in fluid milk consumption and the difficul ty is foreseen of meeting canadas agreement to supply 125000000 pounds i of cheese to- britain by march31 1945 it isour duty to help maintain the cheese ration for the british people and the canad ian fighting forces you are not asked to use milk below required essential value just dont waste it at cedar rapids iowa the de partment of agriculture reports that success attended the innov ation of square quarts and half pint milk bottles which increases cold storage space as well as truck loads grocers and retailers found they could put 36 square quarts on a frig shelf that held only 2o round bottles dont let them down mail your christmas parcel overseas to the fighting forces at once because soon closing dates will be- past the recent announcement that meat rationing is not likely to occur again unless unseen circum stances crop up is substantiated by figures showing that while a total of all meat stocks dropped nearly 20 million pounds during august they were still 47 million pounds greater than last years holdings the decline from august 1 was mainly in pprk beef hold ings increased almost a million pounds on- september 1 1943 stocks of beef amounted to 15324 434 pounds the steel production of canada has doubled since the outbreak of war to a present total of- three million hons canadian churches and the war a monthly bulletin of wartime information dealing with the incid ence of venereal disease in the august issue takes the stand that the sal cure is a matter of moral education quoting this editorial comment from the united church man the ultimate cure for our shameful record of degenerative diseases eating like cancer into our national life lies not in hygenic andr economic measures although these are indispensable but in the individual and commu nity ideals wechoose to live by no decent civilization is possible with out at least some- return to christ ian ideals of human intercourse and to the moral law the ten commandments are still the basis of a morally decent civilization while contributions to the un employment insurance fund paid in by emoloyers employees and government totalled 216171931 on july 31 the interest received on investments has been great enough to take care of the total benefit payments under the act so far m the department of national revenue took in last month from its three departments customs exercise and income tax 205051 736 over an increase of nearly 3 million the same month last year canadas breeding stock is des tined to play a great part in re building devastated europes live stock and horses for farm poyer it is estimated horses of britain belgium and holland have been reduced by half in russia by one- third and that only a third remain of the original horses in poland czechoslovakia jugoslavia and greece germany by her plunder ing is believed to have even more than before the war rumour op a november election rumour of an early federal elect ion is a hardy old bird it bobs up again in a story from quebec that liberal members of parlia ment who have come to the anci ent capital after talking matters over with cabinet ministers in ottawa are- prophesying that a general- election will be held nov ember 27 the last monday in the month or at the latest early in december theprophetsadmit that the date will be largely decided by the pro gress of the war in europe if germany collapses or is so knock ed about as to be unable to put up a fight there would be nothing to prevent prime minister king from fixing an election date well before the christmas holidays and re ports from london say that amer ican wan planing officers are esti mating that german organized re sistance will end by october 31 at the outside which makes the tentative fixing of the election date a rumour based on a rumour a foundation hardly strong enough to justify anyone in mak ing a book on it ottawa citizen quotes parlia ment hiil circles as predicting that the election will come between december 6 and december 20 but we do not think the citizen knows any more aboutit than anyone else except perhaps the prime min ister still it gives the boys something to talk about business directory dental dr arthur l horb physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetrics also eyes testedglasses fitted markham oht phone 87 for appolhtmentph stouff 9q8 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stonfftflj monday wednesday fridays s 9 to 12 am insurance thomas birkett general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 1908 insurance in reliable companies tt reasonable rates prompt service phone 25902 stouffville g ft klinck phone 3307 stouffvills fire auto burglary sickness ana accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance oo thepioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 yean experience strength and- service unexcelled barristers the old home town htfttvad u 1 ortwtfomet by stanley farm machinery exhibits are back the farm machinery exhibit so long a feature of- rural exhibitions has come back to its own again after being banned for two years under wartime- restrictions the wartime prices board has lifted the ban put into effect in may 1942 e s barker lds dds 1 honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and- ot the university of toronto office in grnbins block phone274 markham every- tuesday office in wear block office phone residence phone 3160 3514 arthur w s greer bavnister solicitor notary pnmlc 6 king street east oshawai ontario resident partner branch office w c pollard kc port perrjr uxbridge ontario phone 25 offiee phone elgin 7021 residence phone mo 6231 samuel d borins barrister solicitor etc 503 temple bldg 62 richmond street west toronto stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed medical drss ball physician and surgeon xray office cor 0brienand main phone 196 coroner for york county pnup boys were rsaftftamsed byto1ei w d atkinson licensed auctioneer phono 290 f stouffville formerly with- rivers the noted auctioneer of hastings county specializing in farm stock and property sales all sales personally listed and ad- vertised bills prepared and posted prompt service reasonable rates phono 290 stouffville p tarr proprietor phone 4303 brierbush hospital government licensed member ot the allied private hospital association main street east stouffville maternity medical and surgical ambulance service day and night service mrs er good phone 191 l e oneill t stoidffviuie funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night stouffville 9801 a s farmer licensed auctioneer york county uxbridge and picker farm stock and furniture sales a specialty- v telephone stouffville 7312 address gormleypo clarke prentice phone i aginconrt 52 w8 mlllikei licensed auctioneer for the couoties of york and on tario successor forcorpl ken- prentice ot casf andot thejlau j h prentice- former prentice prentice- farm and farmjstoc sales a specialty at fair and reason able rates r g clendening funeral director ambulance service markham ontario phone 9000