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page two the tribune stouffville ynt thursday august 29 1940 stye fctmrfftriu qtobtuu established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to ten pages average circulation 1400 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment lets congratulate ourselves the council and ratepayers of stouffville are to be congratulated on the ability of the council to hold our tax rate at 36 mills when so many villages find it necessary to strike a rate around 40 and 42 mills which seems to be the average for places of our size in addition to our low tax ratethe charges for domestic water in this village are prob ably the lowest in the province 4 per year for a home equipped with bath laundry tubs and lawn tap is hard to beat and at that the system in stouffville shows an annual surplus this is due to the fact that we have a gravity system and no debenture debt in 1947 the big debenture on the high school amount ing to probably five mills will be paid off leaving only two small debentures so that the future holds excellent pros pects for retaining a low tax rate it should be possible soon to spend more money on overhauling sidewalks and an effort should be made to improve some of the main roads in the village it has been suggested that obrien avenue and church street should have tarvia top roads and we believe this idea might well be investigated as to the probable cost and the willingness of the ratepayers on those streets to bear a share of the cost as they do on main street in the long run tarvia on these streets would not only be cheaper but would give a service such as we cannot obtain from the present effort in maintaining gravel tops on these streets clean pavement pleases the visitor a member of the georgetown hearld staff cruised through many of the towns and villages heading toward port elgin from his home town and is willing to hand the cake to the village of tara for the best kept main street from the standpoint of cleanliness before the trip was made the writer thought that georgetown could not be equalled for keeping a well cleaned pavement but he now bows to the village of tara we mention this fact merely to remind our council and readers that visitors do take notice of a well kept pave ment which leaves an impression on them perhps the next time the herald writer takes a jaunt he will call this way and may he find a street in stouffville just as clean a he leaves behind in georgetown canada and u s sign agreement mutual defence ottawa the good neighbour policy characteristic ot relations between canada and the united states for long years was placed on a concrete base on august 18 last when prime minister mackenzie king and president franklin d roosevelt signed an agreement at ogdensburg ny for the mutual defense of both countries exactly two years ago on that date president roosevelt had stated in toronto i give you assurance that the people of the united states will not stand idly by if domination of canadian soil is threatened by any other empire the practical means for carrying that assurance out were sealed in the agreement reached by the leaders of the two countries forming the northern half of the western hemisphere those glaring lights newspapers are again campaigning for a cleanup of the situation in regard to glaring automobile headlights articles as bright as the headlights complained of are appearing in editorial columns but so far as we have been able to notice autombiles continue to carry glaring and improperly focussed lights and not much is done about it except an occasional burst of profanity from a temporarily blinded driver the regulations are clear enough they make it an of fence for a motorist to drive with glaring lights but some how or other offenders against that section of the act rare ly appear in police court it is difficult for motorcycle offic ers to get the goods on the guilty parties apparently and in case of accidents it is probably the case that the owner ship of the car whose badly focussed lights caused all the trouble is rarely detected he is gone like a ship that pass es in the night and by the time the investigating officer arrives on the scene there is little chance of the culprit be ing brought to justice seems to us that the real remedy will be in the hands of the manufacturer science could develop a head light that will not glare if and when the demand is serious enough chain letters are illegal during the past few weeks we have received no less than a dozen chain letters advising that the recipient pur chase a warsavingsstamp and send five copies of the letter to as many friends with similar instructions the latter says that the recipient will receive some hundreds in war savings stamps but does not say when there was a time we entered into the spirit of the chain letter idea but some- one somewhere broke the chain as we never received the promised amounts and we do not know anyone who did it may surprise some people to know that the sending of chain letters is illegal and if caught the sender is liable to be deprived of the privilege of receiving mail from the post office canada packers net l the editors mail profit up 34 pc kj c ontario august 22nd 1940 according to information published in the financial post the canada packers ltd made a net profit 34 per cent for the year just closed over the pre ceding year chief factor in the improvement is attributed byj mr mclean to the increased industrial activity improve- j ment was also due to the in creased shipments to great britain of bacon cheese and eggs speaking of cattle and hogs mr mclean gives the following interesting information to farmers cattle prices have been firm due to two causes quite inde pendent of the war the presi dent points out these factors include the high price level in the united states especially for choice grades and the com paratively light marketings in canada hog prices isince september last on the average have not been higher than in the corres ponding period a year earlier however the president con tinues had it not been for the war hog prices would have been i lower prices of hides and skins wool butter and cheese and vegetable oils however advanced rapidly and resulted in an inventory profit of 579- 000 this sum has been set aside as a wartime inventory reserve to guard against possible inventory losses at some later date anxiety is caused the com pany by the possibility of an embarrassing surplus of pig products mr mclean points out that a surplus of wheat can be stored but hogs must be marketed when ready in the case of bacon canada shipped so much to britain in the past months of the war that sufficient was not left for dom estic requirements and the de ficiency was made up of im ports from the united states in january however britain was finding stocks becoming em barrassing and restricted ship ments to the contract quantity of 50000 cwts weekly since february this limit has been strictly enforced large quanti ties of american supplies con tracted for proved somewhat embarrassing but the problem was worked out in such a way that imports from that country have rapidly declined no increase the stoppage of supplies from scandinavia and holland and the cutting of british herds to one tmrd has not meant an in crease of canadian shipments to britain if heavier shipments are not taken warns mr mclean canadian hog pro ducers this fall will find them selves in a most embarrassing position production of hogs in canada has been stepped up in antici pation of british needs and present forecasts indicate hog marketing of six million in the year ended sept 30 1941 com pared with the estimate of 48 million for year ending sept 30 next if this forecast is realized the surplus available for export will be about 75000 cwts weekly mr mclean expresses the hope the british ministry of food will lay plans to take all of it and this the president be lieves the ministry can do even with shipments of 75000 cwts weekly from canada to britain he estimates total supplies will be barely more than one half normal consump- the tribune stouffville ontario to the editor dear sir we wish to pay tribute to the splendid cooperation received from the numerous patriotic citizens whose efforts have contributed to make the under taking of national registration in york north a success the task given to us was one which no one person or group of persons alone could accom plish therefore it is with pride and gratitude that we acknow ledge the help rendered us by every organization and indiv idual concerned of whatever character or relationship with out which we should have fail ed in the job committed to us whatever mistakes or over sights may have occurred we trust shall be attributed to our zeal rather than to any other cause or interest you have rendered canada and the em pire a great service and we humbly say to all thank you capt frank mesley j bruce mackinnon registrars for york north tion and will not exceed the total involved in the present ration postwar outlook looking to the post- war period mr mclean outlines the opportunity available for can ada to capture and hold the british bacon market in the war he points out the dom inion won but did not hold it due to the better quality of danish bacon if at the end of the present war continues the president canadian bacon were again pushed off the british market the disaster to producers would be one of first magnitude the only safe guard he suggests is for canada to produce exactly the type of bacon the british con sumer wishes so that again to quote mr mclean the british consumer will demand canadian bacon instead of refusing to eat it in the last 10 years he re ports substantial progress has been made in improving the quality of canadian hogs largely through the establish ment of testing stations in which the best strains are giv en a record of production rat ing final step one final step still remains to be taken by canada if it is to compete successfully the brit ish market demands wiltshire sides of lean type weighing 55 to 65 lb and at present only about 55 pc of the bacon ship ped from the dominion falls within this range this com pares with 95 pc of continen tal bacon mr mclean also suggests a change in trade practice which he believes would contribute to holding the british market that all canadian hogs should be marketed on a dressed weight basis this would make possible accurate grading he points out both in respect of quality and sizeability and would permit accurate appor tionment of premiums for select hogs and penalties for undesir able types the adoption of universal rail grading he adds is a step which can be carried cut only by the dominion de partment of agriculture canadas war effort a weekly review of develop ments on the home front 1 col j l ralston an nounced that 30000 single men of around 21 will be called early in october for thirty days military training 2 thirtynine military train ing centres are being prepared across the dominion 3 a total of 300000 men will be trained during the ensuing year as part of the nonper manent active militia units 4 construction cost of the camps will be about 9000000 5 orders in council passed amplifying the powers of david c dick wool administrator 6 j s duncan deputy min ister of national defence for air announced that by the end of the present year the british commonwealth air training plan so far as construction of buildings and airdromes is con cerned will have reached the objective originally set for the end of 1941 7 the canadian govern ment is to spend close to 1000000 to strengthen new foundlands land and sea air plane bases at gander lake and botwood announced hon c g power minister of national de fence for air these bases have been guarded by canadian troops since the beginning of the war 8 contracts awarded by the department of munitions and supply during the past week number 1753 and total 8067- 620 farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds i vencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains mp villas 3mt located on second floor of former mansion house spacious dining room and lounge room the new ice cream parlor and snack bar now operating we are prepared to serve hot dogs sandwiches cold i drinks and special ice cream sundaes acme ice cream by brick bulk or cones treat yourself to acme ice cream brick flavours vanilla maple walnut varsity acme fruit special fruitful neapolitan open sundays acme ice cream brick and bulk your patronage will be appreciated d f holden prop phone 18402 for reservations savings and thrift real savings arc the excess of earnings over expenditures by saving now you build present security and make provision for future needs when your earnings may be lower thrift is a symbol of responsibility for your convenience there is a savings department at each of our branches in canada know your bank it can be helpful to you the bank of nova scotia est 1832 over a century of b a nk ing ex per i ence stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed p tare proprietor phone 4303 lehmans shoe store phone 4301 stouffville footwear for all the family womens hosiery boots shoes rubbers mitts socks gloves stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers telephone 7001 7002 milt smith proprietor brierbush hospital government licensed main street east stoiifivlllc maternity medical and surgical cases taken ambulance service registered nurses and 24 hour service mrs e r good phone 191 business directory medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien aad hate phone 19 coroner for york county dr arthur l hore physician markham ontario general medicine minor surgery and obstetrics also eyes tested glasses fitted phone 67 markham dental e s barker lds dda honor graduate of royal coun of dental surgeons and of ibe university of toronto office in grublns block phone 8201 markham every tuesdar office in wear block dr j f weatrer1ll office over bank of commence office hours 9 to 12 noon and 130 to 53fl jb phone office phone residence iso 18002 claremont ever tuesday office over bakers store phone claremont 1401 a c kennedy chiropractor church street stoufivltt monday wednesday friday 9 to 12 am insurance see h o klinck obrien avei or your insurance needs in fire life automobile burgiars and all casualty lines thomas birkett general insurance agency representing reliable companies inclodtac lloyds of london england phone stouffville 25902 a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire harry m spang representative empire life insurance ckk also mutual automobile insurance telophone 6616 stouffville ontario barristers office phone residence phow 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary public o king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office wcpoilardkc port perry uibrldge ontario phone 2e mccullough button flbuttonkc hrbuttonbi barristers solicitors convay- ancers etc buttons block stouffville money to loan miscellaneous l e oneill stotjffvtlle funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night business phone residence pfcoc r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone vlarkham 9000