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The Examiner la member at The Canadian Preu CF and Audlt IUer of Circulatan NEWSROOM ADVERT5NG BUSINESS Publlehed daily except MC Only the Canadian Prue may ffipublllh new node In Ibil WW credited to Seen Flnlaymenaglng editor Len Sevick manager Marian Gouohaccountant Sundayond CF The Amuleted Preu Reuters or Agence Froncelrene and local new etarles Randy McDonald city editor SALESME Betty Armer etatutary halldaye published In The Examiner Shelia McGovern assistant clty editor Dan Gaynor DorothY Bowland serving borrie and slmcoe county Gail Periand WEEK Mam 90 cent 32 giggly kl Gram YEARLY by center John Zoreckv IV Mrtflgloorrie cracuurrou $4600 Jon Butler manager SIMCOE COUNTY tndu Halkes asst manager $3650 tew Royce MOTOR THROWOFF Judy Hickey 839a year Alva LePIente ELSEWNER CANADA Elaine Porter causallyor tiara Scartt Bill Curran county editor Bill McFarlane wire editor Hope Dempsey litestyle Lyail Johnson The Iarrle Examiner claime copyright on all original news and advertising material created by its employees and publluhed in this newspaper Published Canadian Newspapers company Copyright registration numbeers register REPORTERS l6 Baytield Street Barrie Ontario L4M 4l6 John Bruce Paul Deiean Richard Dunstan Pat Guergis Scott Haskins Sheila McGovern Sue Burke National advertising otticee 65 Queen St foranto wmo 640Cathcart St Montrwh SI Ruth Biais supervisor Lesley Young Freda Shinner Karen Atkinson Peggy Chepeil The advertiser agrees that the publleher shalt not be liable tor damage arising out at er rare in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that tian at the advertisement in which the error occurred whether such error ll due to the negligence of tie Iervante or otherwise and there shall be no llablllty Ior nonIngrflon or any advertlnemenl beyond the amount paid Ior luch advertisement Elio Agostini publisher ADVERTISING 7266537 NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCULATION 7266539 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 BUSINESS 7266537 Inflation trend hits farm income Along with others farmers are concerned about the continuing inflationary trend and how it might affect their cost of living According to Peter Mann am president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture some farmers could face bankruptcy if inflationary pressures on farm expenses are not controlled Dropping of the federal governments control program as some pressure groups have ad vocated could be serious Guelph farmer himself Hannam referred to statistics released recently showing Canadian farmers suffered 20 per cent reduction in net farm income in 1976 Of men more concern to farmers is the outlook for this year isnt any better The annual report of the National Farm Products Marketing Council shows net farm income dropped from its record high of $425 billion in 1975 peak year for agriculture to $336 billion in 1976 The report pointed out the impact of inflation which was 75 per cent in Canada in 1976 even with controls contributed to the upward costs in farm operation with expenses reaching record level of $739 billion This constituted an 11 per cent hike over 1975 There has been some reduction in prices of items such as fertilizers twine and seeds but farm labor costs show ed an increase of some 18 per cent mainly due to higher wage rates Against these higher costs farmers had to cope with depressed world feed grain prices although there were other increases Although cost of living index has been rising for others too because of the inflation it was not because of overall higher food prices Other factors adding to costs and reducing net farm in come were higher prices for feed energy machinery electricity repairs and in many cases increased taxes and interest rates And good conditions on the farm are important to the general economy down memory lane lit YEARS AGO IN BARRIE From thc Examiner Scptcmbcr I967 An Ontario taxation study committee which recommended 29 administration regions for the pro vince received mixed reception There was local interest in pro posal that Barrie be included in new region for which the name Champlain was suggested Besides all of Simcoe County the area was also to include the northeast portion of neighboring Dufferin County the District of Muskoka and south eastern portion of Parry Sound Mayor Cooke said spccific suggestions contained in the Ontario taxation report would require fur thcr study Work was started on the first stage of reconstruction pro gram for Bradford street Estimated cost of the sewer and paving project was placed at $271677 rillia council made move toward following Barrie to become the countys second city by adopting study report At the same meeting Mayor Isobcl Post ac cused Simcoe County council of violating the principles of responsi ble government in refusing to adopt moves to give Orillia more voting strength in relating to its populzr Interpreting the news tion Eight members ofthc Barric Mineralogical Association were among several hundred who par ticipated in the Centennial Rock Swap at fold Yreck Conservation area Bill Miller vicepresident conducted talk on various aquarium plants at meeting of the Barrie Aquarium Society held at the public library Ontario minister of education William Davis announced changes in the school supervisory regulations which he said were designed to give greater flexibility and more responsibility to local of ficials The senior official in each of 10 school administrative regions would be known as regional super intendeiit of education Suggcstion that Simcoe County change to regional government was criticized by former warden Ilerbcrt Baker of New Lowell who said ti would in crease taxes for ratepayers Work on special cairn in memory of Ivy pioneers was undertaken by mem bers of the Womens Institute Ellwood Madill MP for Duffcrin Simcoe and Downer MPP for Duntroon were invitcd to take part in the opening ceremony for new centennial library at Angus Carter trying to check US military spending By GARRY IAIRISAIRN WASIIINGION itIPi Early this month two US columnists touched sensitive nerve in NATO when they wrote that the Unitcd States is considering new dcfcncc strategy that sccretly conccdcs oricthird of West icr many to Soviet invasion The report made few if any frontpogo hcadlincs but its Ixrhindthcsccncs iin iact on the psychologicnIIysciisitivc work of politics and diplomacy is still spreading The column by Rowland Evans and Robcrt Novak said While Ilousc advisers have draf ted presidential revicw iircmorandum PRMlU stating that the Carter ad ministration is unlikely to find public support we want your opinion Something on your mind Send us letter to the editor Please make it an original copy and sign it We dont publish unsigned letters although pen name will be used upon request Include your address and telephone number because we have to verify letters but we wont print your address should you prefer Weve found that short letters are the best read Because of space limitations public interest and good taste we sometimes haVc to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the editor run Wednesdays and Saturdays Scnd yours to Letters to the editor Ihc Examiner Iiox 370 Barrie Ont 1AM 4T6 for the increased dcfcncc spending ricccssarv to push back Sovict attack in IIuropc lhc lowercost options put forward in IRM 10 thus ciivisagc NATO forces holding it So vict offcnsivc at the Wcscr and lcch Rivcrs yielding Saxony and most of Bavaria Political and economic factors including iri croascd US tradc with the Sovict Uniorr would be uscd to help to deter such an attack and there would bc no public ad mission of military weakness DISTORIION CHARGED Although the White Ilousc was quick to charge the report was distortion the column received international attention and may have lit slowburning political and diplomatic fuse Domestically it has reinforced congressional and sprxialintcrcst groups who in recent months have sharply criticizid what they see as the weakness of US forccs in Western Europc This spring Senator John fulvcr Dim Iowa declared that US forces in Europe are in shocking state of combat read iness with only onehalf the combat air craft for example operational at any given time In June Senators Sam Nunn Dem Ga and Dewcy Bartlett ich Okla criticized Pentagon doctrine that NATO Would have 23 days warning to strengthen its forces bcforc any major Soviet attack The two said the warning may be merely hours SIARIDIGGING thn Congress rcturns from its August recess members can bc cxpcctcd to start digging again into the NATO situation and the White Houses strategic analysis Could lake waveformbut in the end Im s613688 Your business By INtIINI IZGAN Illisiniss rind onsurnci Affairs Analyst Thomson Niw Scri icc It you havcnt takcii your car to tlic scrvrcc station for tillup iii rccciit days youll find wficii you do that thc figures bctiiiid thc IOIIleSleltlrttlllh window on tlic pump arc whirling around litSltl than cvcr What you will be witncssiiig will bc taiizidas cncigy policy in action Its primitch policy of tIic federal and provincial govtriimcrits iiicrcasing oil prices cvcry six months but its almost all wcvcgot Ihc thoory bchind it sccms to bc that ttic pricc incrmisc wrll shock coiisurncrs into using loss IlltI Ilut thcrc isnt much shock valuc in scmi tlllllllill iiiiicnscs of pciiiiics pci gallon of gasolmc whcn motorists arc grvrn plcnty of timc to adapt to onc iiiircast and prcpai for thc iicxt If thc IillfSl iricicasc til your station Imp pcns to bc four cciits which is fairly typical thc govcrnmcnts of tho producing proviirccs icliicfly Albcrtal takc slightly less than two cents of thc incictisc tIic fcdcrzil govcriimcrit boosts its cut by bit morc than one cent and the oil compariics got just undcr an cxtrzi cciit to bc spread among explorers dcvclopcrs icfiricrs distributors and ll ai Icrs in Lo The world today By JOHN IIAltISRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service It is entirely likely the Rhodesian crisis will never be resoltcd peaceably and that both sidcs the white Rhodosians and the black gucrrillas and nationalists will settle things in bloody Malaysianstylc growingtcrror British Foreign Minister Dr David Owcn amt Andrcw Young the contentious black ambassador to the Unitcd Nations of the Car tcr administration have made proposals to Rhodcsian Prime Minister Ian Smith which he uiidcrstood Would not loud to the now IIIlti dcsia The most contentious was the demand not tIic request by thc pioChincsc Patriotic Front lcd by Robert Mugabe that the white Rhodesian sccurit forces must be disarnicd and replaced by his own guerrilla troops be fore any new arrangements arc agreed to The Rhixlcsian guerrilla leaders as well as the presidents of the deeplyinvolved African black states lanzania and Zambia also demanded that British administrator be placed in charge of Rhodesia under whom presumably the black guerrillas acting as security forces would function Primc Ministcr Ian Smith committed to an election of his own but with only two pcr ccnt of white voters has rcmindcd Young and Owen that thc Kissingcr mission of last ycai assured him none of thcsc contentious proposals would be included in the inevitable move to onc manone votc govcrnrncnt in Salisbury TO START AGAIN Accordingly wc have yet another impasse Althouin four ycars liavc passcd siiicc thc Aralrdomiiititcd iiitcriiational catth quiii tiiplcd thc world price of crudc oil the ltitiltlS of our fcdirul zmd producing proviir ccs govcrnmcnts still ippcar to bc lazzlcd by this goldcn opportunity to tukc more and morc iiioiicy from cnirgy users that is from it unadiziiis Nothing of any conscqucncc has bccii donc to ovciconic tlic scaicity Wc lllll along pri tcndiirg that oil is trill that likc alcohol and tobacco should be subject to cvcr Iiigbci plll ally taxcs litllltl than recognizing it as ncccssity for physical survival in cold iilill try The energy shortage isnt going to go away of its onw accord nor its it going to be taxed otit of cxistnnci In tho ncxt fcw yours with oil production from Alaska and tho North Sca wc may gct an imprcssion of iclatch uburidzincc of oil says cconornist Ictcr Iokiupzi of SIicIl tinada Itd but this will bc only short Iivcd rclicf By the mid1980s the world will have to brzict itself for thc possibility of another scvcrc oil supply discontinuity Even if our cncrgyconscrvation programs are cffcct ivc thc world demand for oil will likely catch up with available produc tivc capacity somct into in tlic ncxt dccadc ovcr Rhodesia All the partics involved arc going back to srlunrc onc Smith will usc his oncsidcd election as wcapon for moving over so slowly on for mula which docs iricludc limited but growing black xirticipation in clcctions and govern mcnt lIic fcuding and imputicnt patriotic and guerrilla fronts optrating from Zambia and iii the training camps of ncxtdoor Marxist Mozambique will get morc wcapons Itiincsc or RUssian and widen tlic tcrrorism cam paign Onc wonders if Owcn bright surgeon and Andrew Young great on American civil libcr tics but footininouth international diplomat really know what they are doing in southern Africa 1110 prospect of rival black guerrilla forccs fed on halfbaked Marxist doctrines still lit by tribalism takin oVer control Rhodesia always rul by whites is unacccp table and unworkable There have to be other ways and other for mulas Tanzanianand Zambian presidents Julius Nyercrc and Kenneth Kaunda the alleged acemakcrs must stop rattling thc sabre ere the roles of the Zimbabwe guer rillas and nationalists are concerned lrimc Ministcr Smith has to get on with formula to forstall great and terrible blood bath Another successful election in country where blacks by and large cannot vote is just charado Rigbtly so howcvcr Smith is insisting on settlement which will guarantee white propcrty rights an iiidcpcndcirt judiciary and nonpolitical policc and armed forces Heavens not finding Quebec repreeenicilive New price hike reflects need for gas pipeline Already anadas annual deficit on iii tcrnational oil trade the amount by which our imports cxcccd our exports has reached SI llIIlOll and is growing because of our rcliancc on ovcrpriced iriiports of Vcnczuc Ian and Middlc Eastern oil But while we pay about $14 barrcl to im port oil from the cartel anadian prtxluccrs arc cciving less than $4 out of thc current avciugc wcllrlieiid pricc of about $10 icon sisting chiefly of royalties and tzchsi pcr bare rcl of domestic crudc oil licforc its too late our federal and provin cial governmcnts would bc well advised to take somc time off from thcir pleasant task of counting lIltIl millions of dollars in energy taxes and givc sonic serious thought to lIlt dcvcloprncnt of ncw anadian sources of ciicrgy Rathci than cndlcssly delaying the coir SIIUCIIOII of northcrii gas pipeline for blatantly political reasons the govcrnmcnt should be clearing tlic way for it And instcad of forcvcr trolling about the possibility that sonic profits might go to for cigrwotrtrollcd oil companies Ottawa and the provinces should be vigorousl aiding and encouraging the rcscaicli and cvclopmcnt thats riccdcd to extract oil from the Athabasca sands and to utilize the heavyoil deposits of Western Canada Another impasse is fueling Rhodesia crisis in Africa Nonc of thcsc exist in any black African state All of them including the socalled front line black nations of southern Africa have siriglc party systems oncman rule or outright totalitarianism as in newlyfornch Marxist Mozambique What ttic black guerrillas will not admit is that thcy might have misunderstood thc mood of many Rhodesian blacks who want moderate answers who are not seething with the same kind of hate for whites as the guerrillas DR YOUNG problcms Queen park Seek to cut down deficit By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO few days ago there were probably howls emanating from the Guild Inn suburban Toronto hotelresort They would have been from the ministers of the Ontario government and their deputies For the annual budget meeting of the cabinet was held at the Inn for two days And from all reports the ministers and deputies were men in vicea vice wielded by Provincial Treasurer Darcy McKeough CUT DEFICIT At these annual meetings the ministries come in and present broad picture of the budgets they are planning for the fiscal year with an overall amount Then this gets an initial vetting This year the vetting it seems was more like surgery Darcy McKcough in his last budget speech promised he was going to cut down on the an nual deficit To do this he is going to have to manage drastic curtailment in spending And it seems he is determined to keep his promise PROGRAMS DROPPEI And much to the despair of his colleagues in the cabinet For apparently nothing or nobody is being spared At the meeting every projected ex penditurc was inspected minutely and pared mercilessly no matter what the arguments or pleading or begging Reportedly even whole programs are to be dropped which is change of philoso by In the past the budget philosophy as been to cut back bit here and another bit there The outlook has been the old one that half loaf is better than none But that has meant that some programs have tried to operate on two cylinders This means they can be under constant criticism and are hard to defend ALI OR NOTHING Sonic ministers have arguedand ap parently Housing Minister John Rhodes was leadcrfithat they would sooner defend the loss of program because of the need for economy than constantly have to answer criticism of lame dog Onc intriguing prospect that may or may not be in mind is that we will have new budget this fall which would publicly bring out the new restraints There could be two main purposes for this One the public showed in the election it wants restraint and minority government always has to be ready for an election at any time lwo it would be an object le$on for municipalities before theystart drafting their hextvyear budgets Canadas story Sifton broke with Laurier By BOB BOWMAN Generally the most mccessful Canadian governments have been ones in which anout standing Englishs king prime minister has been assiste by etrong French aking leader or which an outstanding nchspeaking prime minister has had strong Englisheponking colleague MacdonaIdCartier Lauriersitton Mackenzie KingLapointe and St Laurent Howe are examples Sifton was not always loyal colleague of Lauriers and broke away twice owing to dis agreements but he did accomplish out standing work in the intervening periods One of his greatest achievements was the immigration drive he organized in 1897 to get people to settle on the Prairies First he compelled the railways to close the millions of acres of land that had been located to them so he would know what land could be made available to new settlers He offered 160 acres free to every family willing to take up farming on the Prairies He streamlined the process of land grants and put agents in every district to expedite set tlement Then he appointed agents in the US Britain and Europe who encouraged people to emigrate to Canada The agents received $5 for the tread of every tarnin and $2 for every wife and child He also organized publicity campaign in number of nations and brought news paperrncn on tours of the Prairies There were advertisements in 7000 neWSpapers the US that were very successful There were immediate results and the number of immigrants doubled in the first year of the campaign bible thought All that the Father givetlt inc shall come to me and hint that conutti to me will in no wise cast out John 637 Cheer up There is no small print in His great promise It you have ever had any doubt that He would receive you read this again and go to film at once He loves you Attend the services in our churh better all week Ieel