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the tribune stouffvill ont thursday novl 16 1944 established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 usa 260 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments not a stone unturned during the last few weeks the city of cologne on the rhine has felt the full fury of the allied air attack thous ands of planes have visited the city and the weight of bombs jposed upon it has been greater even than the total dropped upon england during the height of the blitz by the inten sity of the raids on cologne the allies have served notice upon germany of what may be expected by every city in the reich during the months that lie ahead the reason for the attacks on cologne is easy to see whenit is realized that it is the hub of rail water and road communications between the western front and germany proper germany for a time has enjoyed an advantage in that her supply lines are shorter than those of the allies but with continued bombings of bridges and railway yards connection with the front will be severed for days and weeks at a time the enemy must now realize that there will be other colognes as the months pass and that no city will be free of bombings unless the air forces based in the british isles france and holland will it the germans are powerless to prevent saturation raids this is readily seen from the fact that allied air losses have steadily dwindled despite the fact that more and more planes have been thrown into the assaults the next few months should convince german civilians that they have definitely lost the power in the air they once possessed and that there is no centre in germany where they can be reasonably sure of safety to carry on the production of the goods of war or even to sleep peacefully the time will come when the breaking point will be reached and morale will collapse nomatter what complusion hitler and his hirelings may bring to bear also those opposed to compulsion in the use of the franchise argue that it would be the very negative of freedom which the word franchise implies v on the other hand we must not forget that we have some laws to limit our freedom to keep us from doing foolish things which might endanger others and ourselves for example the driver of a motor car is permitted the use of the roads but he must not drive through a red light there is danger ahead too if we leave the voting to those who might establish a totalitarian state once in power they could deprive us of the franchise this wouldnt happen if the conservative elements numbered largely among the stayathomes were prodded by penalties to get out and vote australia has had compulsory voting for a number of years it has an electoral act which provides that every elector who fails to vote at an election without a valid and sufficient reason for such failure shall be guilty of an offence the penalty for which is not less than ten shillings and not more than two pounds since compulsory voting was introduced in the sister dominion the percentage of those who voted has never drop ped below 90 and has been as high as 9613 we need a similar law here says an exchange paper the situation is such that federal and provincial governments of canada should make it their business to pass a compulsory voting law at their next sessions the st thomas times journal claims should voting be compulsory what causes people to stay away from the polling booth on election day is it indifference irresponsibility or just downright cussed laziness and a dont care attitude those who attempt to answer the question usually throw up their hands in despair the fact is it is beyond anyone to answer it is beyond them to know how many people can have so muchto say about what our governments are doing from the dominion down to the municipal and yet when it comes to election day they are among those who fail to cast a ballot is compulsory voting the solution to the matter we do not think so we feel that if a man does not go to the polls and later does not likethe council or what it does he can lump it he did nothing to choose them and should not complain county welfare plan being considered the following editorial appeared recently in the sarnia canadian observer it is quoted in part a recent speech by the hon r p vivian md ont arios minister of public welfare suggests that the pro- vincial government is considering the merging of all wel fare activity in any county into a county welfare unit on this point the minister said in the matter of public wel- faie such a procedure would demand the creation of a local board having representation from the elected municipal bodies from various organizations in the community and appointees of the provincial government such a unit might well undertake all investigations for admissions to houses of refuge various hospitals pub lic assistance relief old age pensions mothers allow ances pensions for the blind and such other services as presently fall within the realm of provincial or municipal public welfare activity the minister indicated that county units expending to a large extent provincial funds would be mainly under provincial direction here the question of home rule or the related question of local custom is raised it does not appear to be a serious issue more and more because of the fluid intercity nature of such a service as relief for example the tendency is to look for funds to the provincial or dominion governments no salient point of local government would be involved- the minister looked to the 52 branches of the chil drens aid society in ontario to play a leading role in the scheme he suggests a liaison between the county chil drens aid society and the county unit actually childrens aid societies as developed by the war have the experience and the mechanism without which a county unit could not be a success the county unit plan if it does not mean an undue overhead created by administrative expense is some thing worthy of study v sunday school iu vjlessqn vn lesson for november 19 golden text bear ye one an others burdens and so fulfil the law of christ gal 6 2 the lesson as a whole approacli to the lesson if by democracy is meant a sys tem of government designed to protect the natural and acquired rights of the people and to uphold righteous laws founded upon the moral code given by god at sinai we may say without hesitation that this is in full accord with the principles of civil administration laid down in the holy scriptures these principles are not however in accord with a popular phrase vox popuh vox dei the voice of the people is the voice of god for it has often been demonstrated in the course of human history that the voice of the people is opposed to submission to the in struction of the lord as revealed in his holy word we have seen this in various socialistic and com munistic programs now widely accepted but which deny any al legiance to god or acceptance of revealed truth whatever yet these systems are declared by many to be true democracy and to oppose them is taken by many to mean that one is disposed to mistrust the principles of human liberty but we need to distinguish be tween real liberty and mere license the truest liberty is enjoy ed as a nation or people honor god and his word and submit to the restrictions on mans unbridl ed will which are these enjoined upon us the founding fathers of the american republic saw no con tradiction between democracy and recognition of god as the moral governor of the universe our coins bear the legend still in god we trust we still take oath upon the bible when about to be install ed in high office or to testify in court the fact that we stand for freedom in religious matters leav ing it to each man to believe and act upon that which appeals to his individual understanding and is in accordance with te dictates of his own conscience is in itself a testi mony to the soundness of our dem ocratic position that religious lib- erty has been to a large extent r denied under extreme socialistic or communistic governments proves that they are subtle forms of tyranny and not true demo cracies at all verse by vcrc mark 12 13 certain of the off f pharisees and herodians the pharisees were the strict orthodox sect acts 26 5 of the jews but most of them placed undue emp hasis upon form and dogma while neglecting the demands oifhohness and righteousness matt 23 25 28 to therri ceremonial observances were more important than the rights and comfort of their fellow men john 91316 the herod ians were given to political corrup tion though jews they cultivated the ruling class in order to curry favor for themselves and- their families while bitter enemies gen erally both these groups were united in their rejection of the lord jesus christ and his teach ing which would have destroyed their influence had they been ac cepted generally by the people verse 14 master we know that thou art true this saying and the words that follow were spoken in hypocrisy they had no thought of acknowledging that tbe truth of the ministry of jesus christ their question is it law ful to give tribute to caesar or not was designed to trap him into saying something that might be used against him verse l5 knowing their hypocrisy said bring me i a penny jesus knew their thoughts and asked for a coin a denarius worth about eighteen cents in cur money4issued by the roman gov ernment which he might use as the basis for an object lesson verse 16 whose image and superscription caesars point ing to the face and the words on tht coin jesus asked them whose they were they replied at once that they were caesars verse 17 render to caesar the things that are caesars and to god the things that are gods in these words jesus set forth ceacly our dual responsibility as citizens to be obedient to government and as children of god to give to him his due thus the questioners were baffled and their insincerity exposed rom 138 owe no man any thing but love the christen is to main tain an attitude of kindlin- ness to all men manifesting the love that god implants in the heart of every redeemed one this love goes out to men of every race and every condition of life verse 9 thou shalt lovethy neighbour as thyself this one commandment lev 19 18 em bodies all the commands of the decalogue that relate to our duties toward our fellow men verse 10 love is the fulfilling of the law he who walks in love needs no legal enactments to show him his duty he will not intent- 1 lonally do what would harm his neighbor but rather prove help- 1 ful to him 1 pet 213 submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the lords sake the good citizen will be lawabiding and an example to others the christian must be a good citizen otherwse he brings discredit upon the name he bears verse 14 governors are for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of them that do well lawless men need the re straint of government those in authority are responsible to punish crime good men will be approved when evil men are judged verse 15 with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men it was a common charge against christians in early days that were the enemies of the state working secietly to over throw orderly government obed ience to law and recognition of magisterial authority would dis prove such slanders verse 16 free as the ser vants of god the christian citi zen will not be a lawbreaker while free from all men 1 cor 9 19 he will not use his liberty in a manner detrimental to the good of others but as subject to god he will be conscientious in his be havior in order that he may be an asset rather than a liability to the commonwealth the heart of the lesson while ever prepared to suffer if needs be for his convictions and expecting to be misunderstood by carnal and worldlyminded men the christian is called upon so to behave himself toward all that his life will witness for him as one desirous of benefiting and blessing the community of which he is a part recognizing all men as creat ed in the image of god though that image has become sadly marred by sin the obedient believer in christ will be an example of good will toward all and will seek to serve in love as occasion permits chaos or stability after the war claude wickward american secretary of agriculture recently was quoted as saying the huge wartime production farmers are now turning out will make or break agriculture in the years after the war if we learn howto use it rightly it can be the basis of a happier and more stable farm life than we have ever experienced if we do not use it properly it can swamp farmers under a castas- trophe even worse than that of 1932 canada and australia we have heard much of the prosperity of new zealand and australia distant fields look green everyone would be delighted if down under they deveoped a new technique which would bring about steady and continuous pro gress above all stability is need ed if we could measure prospects for the future the way would be easier our problem is agricultural if there is prosperity on the farm it will be diffused throughout the nation if the farmer is hard up not all the strategy of statesman ship can bring prosperity to the cities success for the farmer de pends on prices received for things sold prices paid for things bought the following table gives prices in both countries the figures were obtained by dr donnelly mp who has just returned from a trip to australia australia canada binder 8 foot 525 60 347 50 34146 313 00 19575 7965 2187 00 339 30 12050 70 25 148690 1600 seeder mower hay rake tractor 102 disc plow farm produce butterfat top grade 34 cheese 34 hogs dressed 14 top grade baby beef 05 hcney 09 wheat 72 dr donnelly points out also that on the state owned railways of australia the rate on farm pro ducts is approximately three times the canadian rate what would the canadian farmers say if they were saddled with a burden of that kind r j deachman 43 24 16 11 13 125 v unionville juniors farmers dance at j malvern frinovl7 a russ creightons orchestra what does a sewage system cost we learn from the rlcnmond hill newspaper that that town is considering the installation of a sewage plant as a project to be promoted after- the war since many stouffville people have ex pressed the hope htat a sewage system could be installed in stouff ville the cost of such a thing at the hill would provide a fair idea of what stouffville would be in for if a system is put in here a sewage system to serve the village of richmond hill was es timated to cost 100000 for some five miles of sewers plus a dis posal plant it was pointed out that the cost was not considered prohibitive since there would be a frontage chaige that would dis tribute the charges and not put it all in the tax bill of course it would all come from the same pocket books just the same reeve william neal told his council that he considered the hili should have plans ready so that in the event of government assistance the village would be in a position to take advantage of the help on the basis or cost for rich mond hill it would be fair to es timate that a similar plant in stouffville would run around 75- 000 to 80000 this town would not require five miles of pipes which would be the big factor in the smaller cost for stouffville however it is likely that the people of richmond hill may be given a chance to vote on the question at the forthcoming elec tions now shipping shell eggs to britain shipment of shell eggs to great britain has been resumed by the special products board of the dom inion department of agriculture and it is possible that before the end of 1945 some 36 million dozen in shell form will be sent over stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family shoe repairing womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts j stouffville phone 4301 opposite the town clock sellers atkinson ph ag 201 w2 ph stouff 290 licensed auctioneers sales conducted anywhere special izing in farm stock furniture and property sales all sales personally listed and advertised bills prepared and posted prompt service reason able rates phone 290 stouffville a s farmer licensed auctioneer york county uxbridge and picker farm stock and furniture saleg a specialty telephone stouffville 7312 address gormley po clarke prentice phone agincourt 52 w3 milliken licensed auctioneer for the counties o york and on tario successor for corpl ken prentice of cas f and of the late j h prentice former prentice prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reason able rates brierbush hospital government licensed member of the allied private hospital association main street east stouffville maternity medical and surgical ambulance service day and night service mrs e r good phone 19 l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer t x i continuous telephone service day and night stouffville 9801 business directory dental e s barker lds djda honor graduate of royal college of dental surgeons and of the university of toronto office in grubins block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block medical dr arthur l hork physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetrics also eyes testedglasses fitted markham ont phone 67 for appointment ph stouff 3808 dr s s ball physician and surgeon x-ray- office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county ac kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 a m insurance thomas birkett qeneral insurance agency stouffville ontario established 1908 insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates prompt service phone 25902 stouffville h o klinck phone 3307 stouffville fire auto burglary sickness and accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance co the pioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 years experience strength and service unexcelled barristers office phone residence phone 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary public 6 king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office w c pollard k c port perry uxbridge ontario phone 25 offiee phone elgin 7021 residence phone t mo 6231 samuel d borins banister solicitor etc 603 temple bldg 62 richmond street west toronto stouffville y marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 r g clendening funeral director ambulance service markham ontario phone 9000 it s trmift