the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 11th 1943 5ie t0uffuiue urthunp established 1sss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pases average paid circulation 1900 subscription kates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 9250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments strikes may cause real hardship nothing could better illustrate the present and pre carious position of the nations 194344 coal supply than the strike events of recent days says the financial post until mine workers went on strike in alberta b c and u s fields a few days ago canadian officials were beginning to breathe a little more easily and feel that prospects for 194344 were not too discouraging now the loss of tonnage in the canadian west and in the u s mines if it persists long enough upsets the bal ance and may cause real hardship in short the coal supply situation hangs this year on a precariously fine balance which may easily be topped one way or another depending on strikes severity of the winter transportation difficulties ottawa officials believe canada has never entered a winter when there was better coordination and organiza tion to meet the exigencies of a mounting wartime emerg ency demand for fuel not only have plans been laid with the greatest care to avoid or remove bottlenecks but it is thought that the public has been carefully prepared both for conservation and for action which will make the best possible use of what tonnage is available give the matter some consideration we note that towns with the best police protection are not immune night police can be trailed and the robbery committed whenhe is in the other part of the town and so the merchant that is wise will not depend too much on the night patrol the surest way to deal with these scoundrels and jackals in addition to maintaining a vigilant watch is to secure your store premises against entry merchants should bear in mind that only the modern stores built in very re cent years gave any thought to security against thieves and improvements therefore must be added to 95 per cent of the stores to make them more burglar proof windows in the rear of stores should be covered with heavy screen the weight of strong guard rail wire proper ly installed it is almost impossible for robbers to get by it unless they carry special tools which take time to work and are not noiseless y outer rear doors made from medium guage sheet or steel with hinges to the inside and strong hooks inside repel the aveiage burglai- for he cannot get by it with any hack saw such as is used on wooden doors these in stallations well planned are not expensive and will give the merchant a reasonable sense of security from rear door breakins which is the place of attack in eight out of ten cases many local stores we know of have improved locks on their front doors these will do much to retard a front- entrance breakin and if an electric alarm is attached the chances of repelling the robber is a great deal better the merchants cannot afford to sit back like the banks and let the robbers have full fling time to act on time farm groups in hans county n s are petitioning the government to revert to standard time again as soon as possible when you stop to think isnt it amazing that farm groups in ontario have remained silent on a question like this which so vitally affects farm life now that winter is approaching there is good reason for resuming standaid time until spring again shortly we will witness the spectacle of children starting off to school in the gray dawn and protest has been made both in towns and rural districts against this situation some boards even put the school on standard time for the winter to overcome the difficulty and while this is feasible in school sections where children all take their lunch it is not workable in places like stouffville dad coming in to dinner at one hour and the children at another just wouldnt suit anyway what is there to be gained by fast time in the winter the saving of electric current has pretty well been exploded so let the farm groups stir the powers at ottawa to give them back gods time for winter seasons rural merchant must plan against robbers rural business places in this district are suffering heavily again this fall from robberies committed by strang ers who come m cars and carry off the goods in the im mediate district 2500 in stolen merchandise has gone in the past few weeks fortunately for stouffville merchants they have not been singled out for assault yet but it could happen here and for that reason it might be well to the profit motive what shall it profit there is a lot of loose talk in these days about the profit motive socialists speak of it as if it were the original sin the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into this world and all our woe they tell us that we will never regain our lost para dise until we get rid of this satanically inspired profit motive indeed there may be something in that content ion for when one comes to think of it the motive that prompted our first parents to partake of the forbidden fruit was one of profit eve listened to the reptiles sales talk about the big dividends that would accrue from the investment but most of the socialists of my acquaintance dont believe the story of the garden of eden and those who do contend that it is a parable and that the fall of man was in reality a fall upward if that be the case then their argument against the profit motive resolves itself into a plea for mankinds return to primitive conditions on the same basis the capitalists could argue that the profit mo tive was the first incentive to mans progress it has un doubtedly been a powerful motive in the development of industry and the expansion of trade and commerce there would have been no such development without it when jesus asked what shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul he acknowledged the profit motive as a vital factor in religion as well as in secular affairshe was not condemning the profit motive but rather the abuse of it to the extent of making material gain the sole aim in life that the profit motive has been and is being abused in business there is no denying it has been the whole world to some people but with most business men what is called the profit motive is chiefly a matter of bookkeeping of making sure that their profits exceed their losses profit is essent ial to success in business for without profit the business must close down a weekly eb5toii looks at ottawa writttft tptaauy i r a whiv nmpopr of camb by jim oreenblat ottogossip the city of ottawa is studying a postwar program involv ing 900000 worth of new sewers and 26 miles of new pavement and sidewalk costing another 900000 constr lotion is starting on a new 80000 square foot annex to house ottawas largest cafeteria whkh will feed 7000 civil servants there is such a demand for conversational russian that a class is heing started by the high school of commerce a staff of 400 at national registration headquarters keeps busy making some 133000 changes a month in the records of about nine million can adians the swedish liner gripsholm which is expected to arrive in new york early in december will bring a gcodslrcd canadian party repat riated in an exchange with japan ese the majority of the canadians are missionaries members of relig ious orders business men and their wives and children more than half come from occupied china and hong kong some from japan manchou- kuo and korea and some from the phlllipines and french indochina the voyage orientward carried med ical supplies and vitamin from can ada sufficient to serve 5000 people six months with other relief stores these will bo made available to can adians and other allied prisoners and internees still in jap hands the egetable oil industry in can ada gains in impoitance as the war goes on gross sales last year hit the 94s1450 mark of ten active plants foui aie in the montreal area two in ontano a couple in manitoba one each in albeita and b c lin seed oil was tops in pioduction gross sales in 1942 being 5252g05 for 7390240 gallons soy beans are coming along too pioduction in sus sex county ontauo last year was 173305 bushels selling for a total of 229339 saskatchewan is now ex perimenting with laigo scale growing of sunflowei the return to canada of a pro portion of the canadian forestry cot ps from lumbeiing operations in the united kingdom is announced by national defence h q the british governmet has agreed that the out put of timber for the war effort of theoid home town the united nations can be increased by using these stout fellows in the forests throughout canada where the resources and quality of timber are bettei than those now available in gieat butain lumber is one of the musts foi the united kingdom now as always a few highlights of the joint ag- ricultuial committee meeting recent ly completed in washington con clusion was readied that an expans ion in output of ceitaln pioducts is possible but increase in overall pro duction is limited by acieage man power equipment fertilizer particu lar attention was paid to suggested increase in u s wheat acreage from 54 million acres in 1943 to 68 million next year made imperative by abnormal disappearance of wheat currently for feed and industrial al cohol maintenance of dairy product ion by using grain and protein feeds was stressed with preservation of total food value in milk best accomp- ferau i htwwiw by stanley lished by converting as much as pos sible into cheese dued milk etc canadian membeis pointed out need ed expansion m this countiy included special ciops such as oil ciops peas and beans weie considered well suit ed foi relieffeeding in libeiated areas odds and ends good fui catches foi the eskimos have made them folk ovei income tax mounted pol ice fill out forms make necessary assessments maybe its the great- el pui chasing power but canadians are biting into plenty of meat with a modeiate increase in 1942 over 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 191 stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 commando chief majorgeneral r lacock has been appointed chief of combin ed operations m succession to admiral lord louis mountbat- ten new allied chief in south ern asia gen laycock is only 36 years of age rationi tim coffee or tea coupons 1 to 19 inclusive now alid coupons 20 and 21 valid nov 4 coupons 22 and 23 valid nov 25 valid until declared void each good for s oz coffee or 2 oz tea sugar red coupons 1 to is inclusive now valid coupons 19 and 20 valid nov 11 valid until declared void each good for one pound of sugar canning sugar coupons valid until declared void butter purple coupons 34 and 35 now valid coupons 36 and 37 valid nov 11 expire november 30 coupons 3s and 39 valid nov 25 expire december 31 x each good for m lb butter meat buff coupons pans 22 and 23 now valid expue novembei 30 coupon pair 24 valid november 4 coupon pan 25 valid november 11 expire november 30 coupon pan 26 valid november 18 coupon pair 27 valid november 25 expire december 31 each good for 1 to 2 lbs meat preseives orange coupons dl to d5 now valid coupons d6 and d7 valid nov 11 valid until declared void good for preserves sweet spreads or sugar see chart 1941 the estimated per capita con sumption of all meats including of fals in 1942 was 1352 pounds an up of two pounds over the previous year one side of war is a huge business an announcement by munitions and supply shows total values of con tracts awarded and commitments made on canadian united kingdom and other account has exceeded the 10000000000 mark end of sep tember just count the zeros con tracts placed on canadian account alone totalled over four and a half billion dollars including contracts executed for plants plant extension and geneial purchases consolidation by the prices board on thiee previous orders clarified maximum price regulations for used stoves ranges or other heating or cooking appliances range from 90 pel cent of listed retail price when new or rebuilt oi equivalent appli ances a year oi undei in age to 60 per cent for those more than four years old this applies in like ex tent to coal and wood appliances ranges and stoves aie about as valu able these days as hoises in the good old boss tiadin days r g clendening funeral director ambulance service phone markham 9000 stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family shok repaiuivg womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouffville phone 4301 opposite the town clock business directory dental e s barker lds djfcs honor graduate of royal collet of dental surgeons and of the university ot toronto office in grubins block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and main phone 196 coroner for york county dr arthur l hore physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetric also eye ear nose and throat eyes tested glasses fitud school children tested free markham ont phone r a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday wednesday fridays 9 to 12 a m a s farmer licensed austioneer j 20 years experience 29 20 years experience york county urbridge and picker ing townships farm stock and furniture sale a specialty telephone stouffville 7389 address gormley po clarke prentice phone agincourt 52 ws mffiiken licensed auctioneer for the counties of york and on tario successor for corpl ken prentice of c a s f and of the 1st j h prentice former prentice prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reason able rates insurance thomas birkett general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 1908 insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates promt service phone 25902 stoufmlie h o klinck phone 3307 stouffflde fire auto burglary sickness uc accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance co the pioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 yotrs experience strength and service unexcelled a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance co -also- automobile and fire barristers office phone residence phone 3160 3e14 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary pnbllfe 6 king street bast oshawa ontario t resident partner branch office w c pollard k c port perry uxbrldge ontario phone sb office phone elgin 7021 residence phone mo isr samuel d borins barrister solicitor etc 503 temple bidg 62 richmond street west toronto l e oneill stouffville funeral director and embalmer continuous telephone service day and night 3-