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gtV gt MW ELWHW YeOrMNO 8i limitmf ElliP SEarrir Examiner or Wt Hm to BARRiE ONTARIO CANAOA mess NOvEMRERii i549 000 Lettersh the Editor miooooooom TELLS OF PLOWING MATCHES l949l950 Barrie Nov if 19 To the Editor The Barrie Examiner Your editorial 1950 Plowing Match in the Nov issue of your paper and the reports from the Branlford Expositor on Uicvsame page do not give very encourag ins forecast for the International Plowing Match which is to be held in Simcoe County in 1950 The first two reports of the Brantlord Expositor give very fair picture of what might happen at plowing match but the report Of the city sticker is too ridiculous and nonsensical for much consider ation In your report it would seem that you had given too much credence to this last Expositor re port In the first place thousands of farmers wont stay away from the 1950 match for the reason that the arrangements for the BrantCount match were inadequate This Years president of the Inter national said We did not imagine it would be such success The work that was done by the local committee deserves the highest praisc You accept the report that 75000 persons attendd the match on Thursday Oct 14 They would arrive there from ani until pmfive hours that would be 15000 per hour or about 250 per minute It is not surprising that there should be traffic jam but it did not extend for 20 miles or half that distance Our party arv rived within sight Of the match perhaps two miles distant without being in jam although that last two miles did take mole than an hour but on that particular day each year there is always traffic jam On Friday with reported 40000 in attendance there was no traffic jam One Expositor re porter stated Good temper reign ed over the 1600 acres This statement can also be applied to the slow traffic If ticket sellers were stationed on the roads fur ther out from the match it would speed up the passing of the cars As to the htatement that there were only hot dogs and hamburg ersavailable to feed the people that is incorrect for there were many large tents where full course meals were provided satisfactory to plowman and at reasonable prices Of course there were stands where you could get hot dog or hamburger if you pre ferred With reference to next years match being in remote section of the countyin Tecumseth Twp south of Alliston that is also very misleading statement The hector50 the International mens Association who chose the site for the match state that the location is quite satisfactory It was acquired during the recent war by the Department of Defence for Canada as landing field in connection with Camp Holden and the present owner MruWarwiek has very generouslyb offered it for the match It has an area of 500 or 600 acres without fence There are good township roads leading to it from the north south east and west besides there is county road running along one side of it As to there not being sufficient homes to accommodate overnight visitorsin reasonable proximity to the match the one Complaint heard from the billeting commit ice at the match headquarters was that there were not enough en quiries for overnight accommoda tion Our party of five were bil Fromflhe PresswotCoInadq wARTiMEsHOUsES Disclosure thatLwartime houses in Midlandand Penetarjig built re cently at metal from $3500 to $4800 each are being assessed at from $1200 to$l450 shows the unsoundness ofour method of pro perty taxation AsSeSSOrs argue that despite the fact that the houses are selling for Qtwice that assessed value they arentworth it This is peculiarunderstand ing of economies property is worthf what it will bringon the open market If We dont agree with our ass ssmenti act let us change it in fact notgrevlse it in plfgctlcmdland Free Preiis Hers THE2FARMERS leted in private house in Brant ford The beds were clean and comfortable and tasty breakfast was served at reasonable prices In the morning two bright young girls seven and nine years old bade us cheery goodbye when they left for school The County of Simcoe Plowing Match Committee with directors from the International Plonens Assocletion are already making preliminary arrangements for next years match and am satisfied that not thousands or even huhl dreds but perhaps 10 farmersi might stay away due to the in convenience of traffic jam in getting into the match grounds Persons going to colleges on Sat urday afternoons during the sum mer have made the statement that it took longer to go from the south ern limits Of the Town of Barricl to the Five Points than it required to drive from Toronto to Barrie and We have read in your paper about cars being bumper to bump or from Stroud to Barrie but they come again each long weekend holiday SIMPSON Clerk County of Simcoc RECREATION PROGRAM The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Dear Sirs The success of thci summer program was due largely toothe support it received and at this time it ich me great pleas ujrc to exten to you on behalf of lite Barrie Recreation Council our smart appreciation for your co operation and assistance Sincerely WILLIAM CRAIG Barrie Recreation Council PARKING TICKETS The Editor The Barrie Examiner Dear Sir wish to attention to an incident that oc curred in front of the Roxy Theatre on Saturday Nov at approximately 815 pm While standing there an officer of the Barrie detachment of the Ontario provincial police came along on duty which apparently consisted of checking the parking meters and issuing tickets to those who had overparked My attention was drawn to two cars which were parked on the north side of Elizabeth St between the corner of Maple Ave and the front of the Roxy Theatre One of these cars was twotone grey limousine which Ibelieve is own ed by retired Barrie business man The other car was an older model Ford which believe is raw your bad oVerpii the meters bothshowed violation This officer stopped at the big car and noticed that it was over parkedulfe then proceeded to the cashier at the Roxy Theatre and obtained some change to putinto the meter whichhe did and ex tended thepprking time for this vehicle After doing this he pro ceeded to the second car the Ford which had also overparked and without momentshesitation he gave this party parkingtlcket The motorist whoreceived the parkfhgticket had violated the law and deserved his fine but do not believe that an officer of the law should Show discrimina trust that this matter will come to the attention of the traffic com mittee in order thanyanzincident such as this willnot occur again INTERESTED Yet the remuneration firereceivgst for his Work is quite modest Farmers are indeed privileged to have the servicesof such an ad viserwithout penny of cost to themselves Those who are in terested in bettering conditions should at least offer their whole hearted cooperation to him in the various farm activities he in spiresqNorth Bay Nugget RENT lNCREASE The rst reactionto Meningitis announcement of 2025 percent rent iboost is cries etaprofound shook If the tenant will ask himv this as the Finance Ministr saysi why does theGovernme assume the responsibility of it the rent isli Conservative Party Foreign Minister in the Shadow Government the Conservatives hope to put back in power in the 1950 elections and likely Prime Minister of Britain should Mr Churchill win and retiresuch is Anthony Eden today Now one of the leaders in His MajeStys Loyal Opposition tomorrow perhaps in power again Mr Edens past achievements and dignities lend added authority and emphasis to his com ments on current affairs in series of articles by RT min EDEN MO MP LONDON NOVEMBER 12 By Wireless The characteristics that mark one nation from another are among the most stubborn facts of history The aims of nationvmay be modied but are seldom en iirely abandoned Methods may lion in such asmannerras this 13131139 bill Poucies lend torersist all the same Perhaps can best illustrate what II have in mind by quoting some observations of the noted French traveller Marquis de Custinegwho isnftlilielyde appeal very much to the householder was will havtd Ipay say $65 for accommodation for which he nowpays $52 accom modation towhich no repairs have been made for years and which he probably had toy pay key money or furniture money to obtain Ottawabf courSe if it findsa formula at all musHind general formulaand it is impossibleto from the landlords point ofview and at the same time impose no hardship on the tenant It is im possible to find one that will every case across the country The Government is eager to be free of rent controlsand One means ofigetting rid of themgover period of time is usedjby NILAbbott in xi Editorial Page Change This week we are making another change in the makeup of The Barrie Examiner Our editorial page has been completely altered in layout In planning new design for the editorial page we scanned scores of daily and weekly newspapers We found many splendid pages but in practically every instance we found that the editorials were on the left hand side of the page There Were few newspapers with editorial columns in the centre of the page and there were other variations of de sign However we did not see one newspaper with the editorials on the right hand Side of the page This is not to say that there are no such papers but we have not noticed this style in any of the nearly 100 newspapers we receive here each week Our readers will also note another change in this weeks issue The editorial page has ibeen transferred from page two of the first Soviet Foreign Policy That Of The Chameleon AndThe Bear LEden Ifeithphihtrfd Winslon Churchills leadership iii the Brit journeyed in Russia over hund red years ago and wrote The Rus sian political regime would not last twenty years if there were freecommunication between Rus sla and the West In Russia the masses are led only by fear and by force iThis nation dreams of dominating the world Russia sees Europe as prey which sooner or later will by its own disSensions betray itself to her She foments anarchy among us in the hope of proting from our decay Although Communism has super seded Czarism certain objectives of Russian pelicy remain basically the same After the revolutiontlie Sovlet Govermnents aims were to consolidate its position within Rus sia and become the nucleus of World Federation of Soviet Social ist States For some time Moscow cherished hopes of revoltby the workers of the West When this did not materialize but European tension mounted sharply instead Soviet Russia had to abandon her seclusioneand take more active part in international affairs This process was hastened by the change of regime in Germany from the Weimar Republic to the Third Reich Russiarr reactionssfo thrrisevof Hitlerare important not Only be cause they marka sudden swerve in Soviet foreign policy but be cause of the light they throw upon inherent weaknesses in Marxist thought The communist Party in Germany like others all over the world received itsiorders from Moscow Jost before the rise of Hitler it had acquired some mea RT poNf ANTHONY EDEN FEAR OF GERMANY AND JAPAN History has shown how pliable Soviet foreign policy can be if cir cumstances are strong enodgh After the revolution Moscow casti gated all capitalist countries as imperialists Fear of Germany and Japan however drove the Kremlin to draw hurried distinc tion between Fascist aggressors and peaceloving states But in 1939 Soviet leaders cast the Nazis fer yet another role as partnersin SovietGerman pact The early days of war revealed the communist parties of the West inembarrassing confusion Some of thehfhad laehaeenmigh to assume that after theirlong campaign to stop aggressors they wouldbe applauded for supporting War against them But Moscow announced that wafwas not anti Fascist but imperialistic and therel fore tobe opposed All this of course was conveniently forgotten when Germany invaded Russia and section to the front page of the second sec tion This change has been made to facilitate work in our composing room Our sabbath ers are probably notlnterested in the tech nical details of publishing newspaper but we eculd explain to any who are interested why this change will assist our composing room staff The idea of publishing editorials on front page is not new The Saturday Nightcarrled this plan out with great suc cess for many years In fact Saturday Night did not change this idea until the recent jump from newspaper to magazine Sat urday Night liked the idea so much that al though the editorials are now inside the mag azine the page is still referred to as The Front Page Other changes will be made in The Bar rle Examiner from time to time as we ex tend our efforts to provide better newspap er for our 30000 readers Government At Home When person hears the word govern ment he Often casts his thoughts to Toronto or Ottawa But there is form Of government that is much closer to each of us In Barrie and Innisfil and Oro and Vespra and other nearby municipalities we have form of government that is right at home with us the year round Measured in terms of dollars and cents the municipalities in this vicinity spend more than million dol lars everyyear Local governments are becoming big busi ness Town and township councillors now handle money in tens of thousands of dollars School trustees plan in terms of hundred thousanddollar buildings and other elected representatives deal in substantial sums And this business is handled by scores of our neighbors There are many town and town ship councillors scores of school trustees and there are public utilities commissioners and others who are elected annually The time is now approaching for municipal elections To keep these local governments strong it is necessary for the taxpayers to express their views To give the citizens an opportunity of expressing their ideas on var ious issues it is imperative that elections be held Each year there are few persons elect ed in some municipalities who never served before It is to these new candidates we look for new life and interest These persons who are willing to come forward and let their names go before the people are the ones on whom we depend for the strength of our local governments In the lnterests of the municipalities in this area we are hoping to see several new candidates this year Rents Going Up Folks who own their own homes must be enjoying themselves at the expense of those who rent During the past several days there has been new type of game in which people everywhere have been attempting to figure out what the new rental increases will mean Sometimes the reports emanating from Ot tawa indicate that the increases may be 25 percent Other reports tend to Show that the rent increases will be only fraction of this amount ramwn pawmi Many people who own their own homes are almost as interested in the new rental regu lations as their neighbors who are not own ers Some who own are entertaining them selves by trying to estimate how much they will save by not having to pay increased rent Of course those who are most vitally concerned are the families who are paying rent In Barrie the pr0portion of home owners is comparatively high The proportion of owners is even higher in the surrounding municipalities becauserural people have greater interest in owningsland than persons who are not so vitally concerned about where they live But nevertheless the effect of the rental increases will affect the entire esonomy of this and every other part of Can ada Fora few weeks there were indications that the cost of living might come down be cause retail stores were able to Show some decreases However the recent Increase in the price of fuels and the newer increases in rents will give the cost of living further boost in Canada At the close of the war there was gen eral impression that prices might go up for short time but it was expected there Would soon be go decrease This decrease was particularly cted in the building business of houses that hagpcenbulit formerly years But in mostcentredbulld lng costs have not come down to any appreci able extent and the price of old houses has remained comparatively high There are those who believe it is good thing that prices are holding up because this indicates continuing prosperity Many of the persons who are being obliged to pay the increased rents and other prices have feeling that too much prosperity may be too much of good thing But someore finding minor consolation in the littleiokes that are made of those who are given credit for some of the conditions One writer point ed out that Hon Mr Abbott had sigheda lease on his own apartment home before announcing the rental increases and anctli erwriter drew attention to the fact thatthe Government had decided to provide free house for Rt Hon Louis stLLaurent before the rental changes were announced SChool Essay Competition The school childrens contest over an essay competitiondealing with conservation arous ed keen interest among the rising gener ation of Ontario there being eighteen en triesfrom the province One rule provided that the essay might include anything to promote interest in wildflowers and their protection The essay was not restricted to one flower but the care of noxious weeds should not be advocated The Ontario Hor ticultural Association which sponsored this valuable bit of education could not but be gratified at the excellent compositions and the evident desire of boys andvglrls to see the project through Participation in such contest cannot but increase desire to beautify the scene of their operations and imprOVe the surround ings Apparently the girls got most benefit from their experience Judgingfrom the per centage of awards whichwent tothem Editorial Notes Indications are there will be more interest than usual in the Barrie elections this year with the announCement that Aid Edwin Wilson will be candidate for the office of MayorIIf the 1949 Reeve and Deputy Reeve The Town of Barrie Willhaveasanta Claus parade this year Christinas is actually nearg er than manyof us realizeand th rode will beheld next Tuesday afternbo The warm Weather of reeentweeks has no been real indicatitin of the seastin but when hear the boyspnd girls noonthere will no longer been ill lit the proximityfor theYuletide pattern luv 20 tradersemi Whynow If the should be declaredinvalidTiitw be immssia W31 became lantiIEascis again do not choose to run for the Chief Magistrat ith new set oilregulations They sure of inuence in this country Ammee min8 zesoffice there will probably be one or two or de that ifitenanf and landlord though Soviet and Communist pro gree on twosyearleasealt rpaganda grossly exaggerated its ex Commujnisti sixmonthseaiter this invasionli other candidatesi set out on my second visiteto Mos rental figuregvthe rental admin tent By strengthening the illusion rs self thereto somealegalitypfall that Hitlerwasneededj to save propagandagav more help to the Ind one fthtit win he eduitatile Mosc OW intended or Cape in the half light ofthe Arcv tic winter My journey arose out ofan exchange tittelegrams bee seller He in gt tween Churchill ind Stalin vim 19 6m knew thatdiscusSionsvvould be Iruitlets unless could exercise istic but capital blun some of the suspiciORS of theWest humanist theory sups ice Weekl from the Soviet mind Staliugam Class patently feared twtiithinss That Publislied Every =tiaisym Thursdiiyi Ameiticaand Britain would seekto smite Dina Cir inowrnade hence Iv to withholdt it GermanytfrorriDOIShevism Sovietlcow by cruiser lroundlthelNONhlQm tio Idoiqohooovobdo hit urine his