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page two the tribune stouffville ontario thursday june 5 1941 lje 0tmtf futile ritmtt established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages average circulation 1500 copies subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan jp editor and publisher editorial comment a building bylaw something that has been recommended in this paper on many occasion has come to pass in the town of aurora it is a building bylaw whereby no new structure may be put up no alterations made without first securing a town permit it also regulates the installation of new gasoline pumps but that is unnecessary because the province for bids any new gas stands by statutes any building would have to be constructed according to standards that will ba specified for certain areas in aurora and this is a good thing every town should have a building bylaw it would be too bad if someone erected a shack at a cost of 500 along side a 4000 house and therein destroyed the value of the better dwelling which is the one that produces the taxes too much expected of councillors everybody in town has been deeply concerned over the critical illness of our reeve arthur e weldon who at the time of writing this editorial is still in a delicate con dition for more than a year mr weldon has carried on his duties in the mercantile line as well as ably officiated as the first citizen of stouffville both these tasks contributed in some degree to his breakdown so far as the town business goes there is room for better organization so that the reeve would not be called upon to attend so much of the detail this should be the duty of a paid official for instance there is a job in looking after tools engaging help and management of that help when engaged on various jobs the reeve and council have had too much of this to do particularly heads of committees who are usually busy men with more help in the office we hope the council will detail more and more of this sort of thing to their paid staff be ready for the census enumerator this paper was one of those which thought the taking of the census at this time could be postponed in view of the recent census of the man and woman power for war purpos es taken last year however the govern ment says it cannot be postponed and so in a few days you will be called upon to answer certain questions which it is everybodys duty to do m a mackinnon minister of trade of commerce recently gave an enlightening address on census taking and in which he said in part the idea of taking a census is not a new one you will remember that in early biblical days instructions were given for the tribes and herds to be numbered and as civiliz ation grew more complex it became essential that we have available full details in regard to our population and in con nection with our whole economy some of the most important changes which have occurred in the establishment of democratic institutions in great britain and on this continent were the result of infor mation obtained in this way for example the first british census revealed the great inequalities between population and representation in parliament and contributed toward the reformed house of commons in 1832 the united states constitution requires a census to be taken every ten years as the basis for the redistribution of seats in congress in the same way the british north america act of this coun try provided that our representation in parliament shall be based on the populations of our provinces as ascertained at a decennial census not only is the census important to determine representation but also to ascertain the proper subsidy to which each of the provinces may be entitled although it was originally devised to obtain informa tion for these particular purposes the census has under gone a very great change since its inception it- was seen that information could be obtained in this way which would be of tremendous value not only for purposes of govern ment but as an aid to a more complete knowledge of our whole economic life so as each tenth year came around in canada since 1871 additional questions have been added to the forms a greater wealth of information obtained until today a very high value is placed on the statistical infor mation available in canada the farmer will be asked questions as to the major crop that is grown on the farm the number of cattle hogs sheep and hens the number of fruit trees and the varieties the extent to which a farmer may be going into honey pro duction or emphasizing the production of small fruits there will be a definite reason behind the questions which are asked the figures which we have been able to obtain in recent years show a very definite change in trend of our farming operations in both eastern and western provinces because of the increase in industrial activity and the great er need of the urban population for dairying products fruit vegetables etc many farmers in ontario for example are forsaking the methods of production which they followed 10 or 20 years ago it is necessary for the government to know these things and to know them we must have accurate information scores of other reasons were explained by the speak er as to why canada needs to take the census the enumer ators were to start the first week in june but on account of the victory loan canvas it was decided to start on june the 11th 9t tu zdtio mcul editor of the tribune dear sir through the columns of your valu able paper i wish to voice protest which i believe to be in the interest of the public against the unfair and undemocratic way in which the appointments are being made for the taking of the census in june there has heen a good deal of publicity given in the press that there would be no patronage in the appointment of enumerators that the census would be taken by quali fied persons regardless of favoritism now mr editor i find that after having my application in first and being qualified but not being a favorite with the patronage agent it would be more easy to ride into heaven on a donkey than break tho monopoly one man has on all paid work of the liberal party in polling division no 11 pickering twp altona signed interested liberal a tribune record war effort calf auction nets 11000 one hundred purebred holstein calves donated from some of the best farms in canada brought the grand total of 11000 when auctioned by the holstein association at bramp ton last week the money will go to the holsteinfriesian association in england where the muchneeded funds will assist bombstricken vie tims the highest price paid for any of the babybeef during the afternoon was a figure of 325 for a calf don ated by t b macaulay of hudson heights que the first animal offer ed brought 10s while the average price was 105 in addition to the 11000 paid for the calves several thousand more was donated by buyers during the day lloyd turner and william rennie attended the sale from stouff ville this is the third week in suc cession that the tribune has found it necessary to print a tenpage paper instead of the standard eight pages so far as we can learn there is not another town in ontario with a similar population with this record aud we have scoured over the ex change papers very carefully to tabulate this information the publishers feel that order to maintain our large field coverage for local news we must have the extra- pages when advertising demands are heavy and our large circulation shows the appreciation of our readers in the effort we make few papers in the province in towns of 1200 population have anything like between 1400 and 1500 paid subscribers a list built up without prem iums or special drives but just on the merit of the paper this gives the advertiser a reading force of over 5000 people j by depositing their bonds as security today canadians are offered a similar opportunity they can buy j victory bonds that have the same security as a dollar bill the credit i of our country the dominion of canada has never failed to pay inter est and principal when it was due today there is more money on de posit in the banks than ever before in the history of our country in 1941 the people of canada will earn more than ever before these estab lish our credit and capacity to pay and a victory bond is once more offered as the finest investment our dollars can buy as a result of the old scrap collec tion made throughout markham township a sum of 386 has been raised from its sale for the war effort and we understand this will be augmented by further collections and stuff still unsold cpl g r randall of gueiphfl ont has been offered membership in the royal empire society for rescnl ing a waiter from bombed building which had been occupied by the society what i a victor bond a mortgage on canada yielding interest double that of bank deposits victory bonds are a mortgage on the dominion of canada not a mortgage on a house or factory or farmbut a mortgage on every single asset in our country in 1919 over one million can adians bought victory bonds twice a year they cashed their interest coupons at the nearest hank with no trouble and no expense when thej bonds came due they took them to the bank and received their money promptly if to meet an emergency i they needed their money they could sell their bonds with no trouble through their agent or their bank and almost always they could sell i for more than they paid if they wanted to borrow money they could do so from any bank or trust com- 1 pany in canada at a moments notice proclamation to the citizens of the township of markham the dominion of canada 1941 victory loan will be open for public subscription on june 2 a quota has been set for each municipality and in order that the unqestioned loyalty and patriotism of this community may be fully shown it is urged upon all citizens to invest in victory bonds to the limit of their ability as a further expression of loyalty all citizens are requested to appropriately decor ate their residences and places of business during the month of june june 2 1941 james rennie reeve township of markham 7 unemployment insurance plan zwiflmf w contributions i the unemployment insurance fund become payable as bom inly 1st 1941 contributions are made by the employer and the employee and ate paid by the pur chase oi unemployment insurance stamps by the employer iiom the post offices the employee 8 contributions are deducted from his wages by the employer stamps will be affixed to a special book called the insurance book by the employer the book is the employees record oi con tributions and when he becomes unemployed it forms the record from which insurance benefits may be paid full details will be sent to you when you have returned the postcard attached to a form which i3 now in the mails the plan oi procedure has been adopted after consultation with employer and em ployee associations and is one which has been based upon thirty years experience in great britain the dominion government adds 20 to tho combined employeeemployer contri- hon norman a mciarty minittor of labour buttons and in addition pays the adminis tration costs which include the operation of a national employment service for the convenience of employers and employees contributions are payable by all persona while in employment and by their em ployers with the exceptions listed in the panel below the first duty oi every employer will be to register with the commission by completing the postcard attached to a form which is now in the mails and obtain ing and issuing insurance books for all his employees if there is doubt as to whether your employees or any of them are in surable ask for instructions when you return the postal card if you do not receive a form through the mail go to the nearest post office and ask for one all employers must complete registration prior to lunc 14th 1941 the commission feels that it can be assured of the full cooperation of all em ployers nevertheless attention is drawn to the fact that registration is compulsory and any failure to register is an infraction of the law and is subject to penalties the unemployment rnsurance commission ottawa canada m tn m eto0n mote ol the e ployexsoosees im r nation bj w u srh unutt ol v og out 4 1 emptor jjltid oolb- zszv ct- h figents paid toy ca bos ol profita 11 this 1 not th mam means of livelihood and il th employe u not under a contract ol trtc giving in employer control over how and when th mxylc ihau b performed fit a rate ol rmunrattoi- exceeding 2000 la yeai all tradesmen em- ployed in th building construction industry are to b lurd ke oxan km 17 subsidiary employment not th main mean ol livelihood 10 when the employed person t in th eervlo ol hi or her husband or wile 10 where no wage are paid and th em ploye u the child ol th employer 20 where wage ax paid lot playing any gam 21 any employment where ordinarily era- ployed a lot 1 than tour hour a day or 0 by mot than on employer but ten than lour hour a day lor any on ol them or a u only available lor employment la insurable employment lor not more than two day in any week m th e u n em p l0ym e nt i n s u ran c co mm is si on ottawa canada