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the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 9th 1943 2jje tmifftrilu urihunr established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffyilk ontario eight to twelve pages average paid circulation 1900 subscription rates per year in advance in canada 2c0 in usa 92s0 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments mr gardiner protects the farmer canadas new contract to supply britain with bacon calls for 450000000 pounds per year for two years the 1943 contract called for 675000000 pounds and is being appro ximately fulfilled the reduction has been criticized on the ground that britain will in consequence have a reduced bacon ration why therefore has this reduction been made it has been made because at the end of the war britain will return to her prewar market for the purchase of bacon and that market is denmark not canada and why will britain not now contract with canada to take canadian bacon after the war because she prefers dan ish bacon and denmark will buy british products in pay ment whereas canada imposes a tariff upon them the fact is that if our canadian farmers were raising hogs for a 675000000 pound british demand and the de mand suddenly faded to the prewar 1937 peak of 192000- 000 pounds canadian farmers would find themselves with hogs minus market in 1931 britain took only 11000000 pounds as we have said she prefers danish bacon and denmark affords a market in return for british goods it is plainly indicated that she intends to rely on denmark for bacon after the war is over hon james gardiner therefore as minister of agricul ture and the guardian of the farmers interest does not want our farmers to be let down so badly when the british demand falls off as would be the case if they were still providing 675000000 pounds per year for that market as it is the situation will be difficult enough if the british market is lost in the face of even a 450000000 pound production but mr gardiner has further protected the farmer by making a contract for that amount per annum for two years so that it will doubtless extend for some time beyond the end of the war it thus affords an oppor tunity for readjustment of production and the cultivation of new markets in the meantime the increased price of feed is another factor in the sit uation one which makes farmers less anxious to raise hogs the suggestion has been made that the canadian government should subsidize the hog farmers if canada had done nothing for britain in the way of free gifts due ing the war there might be ground for such action but canada has certainly not been niggardly a gift of 1000- 000000 to britain last year and of 1000000000 to bri tain and other allies this year besides a loan of 700000- 000 to britain previous to these gifts a loan on which canada requires no interest during the war- canada which has supplied bacon to britain during the war is in effect told that our farmers must suffer the loss of the british market to another country in the postwar years a long term agreement which would protect can ada in that respect would be a substantial contribution to the solution of the problem dr j a scott watson agricultural adviser to the bri tish embassy at washington says he fears britain may lack exchange wherewith to buy bacon in canada when the war is over that raises the question of freer entry of british goods into canada the tariff operates against the farmer in this respect by restricting the entry of goods from outside canada which would otherwise be available as barter for what the farmer has to sell toronto star farmers get hurt results of a study of 150 injuries culled out of the press by the canadian press clipping service agriculture in canada is the lame duck in accident care and compensation farmers get hurt and only the family cares that is not so in industry in 0941 the various compensation boards- in canada paid twentyone and a half million dollars to men out of work from injury to hos pitals for white warm beds and op erating rooms and- to doctors mostly for setting bones in some provinces they bury the deceased and compensate the wid- ow they even pay the mother of an illegitimate child if she can prove that the careless father met judgment day from ian accident according to the canada year book nothing has been paid to the farmer for injuries he is not compensated if unable to work from an accident neither are his bilis r if he is fatally injured and indigent his friends have to bury him worse still he is res- ponsible for his hired man getting liurtas a recentv judgment of s4000 indicates if a farm boy joins any of the services or goes to work in a fact ory or gets on relief or develops socalled social diseases his ill ness is loomed after tree it he stays at home goes to church and works hard he has to pay for his medicines when he gets hurt a recent study was made of 150 consecutive farm accidents in can ada as reported in weekly mews- papers while these were notthd ser ious accidents they did indicate the where when and why of farmers getting hurt since 415 per cent of all men at work will get hurt there will pro bably be 51000 serious accidents to canadian farmers each year some authorities estimate as high as 150000 for minor accidents are usually forgotten the story as told in the papers included many fractures of the lower limbs and spine and two many fatalities there were three cases of fly- lng off the handle in two cases the axe handle flew off in anothor case a farmer got mad and killed his neighbor thirty per cent were caused by machinery in motion farmers are attracted by machinery for rapid movoment always allures the rhythmic swell of the watch spring and the mill wheel tumbling round catch the eye more than quiet past ures even a girl that dances well has more partners than a maid with a wooden leg the tractor accounted for nne- third of machinery accidents it raced forward backed up and turn ed over of its own accord it frac tured legs ankles hips and ribs the tractor has to bo handled like a frisky mare half of the machinery accidents were blamed on threshing mach ines and combines quite often in an attempt to adjust something askew or to oil the machinery a hand was pushed in and caught a loose slccve often drags an arm with it there were two holdups one farmer lost some skin off his nose and three dollars a rurial mer chant whoso family conducted a general store for seventyfive years states that in good times a farmer carries forty dollars in his pants wben he goes to town in poor times he jus doesnt go robbery is not important among farmers farmers like politicians often tumbled down they fell from scaff olds through trap doors out of lofts down ladders and into wells and cellars four were up on branches and one minute later were in the shade of the old apple tree with fractured legs and backs others just tell power companies who do a lot of climbing tell their employees to crawl up carefully the air force teaches its men to fall and bump easily but instructions to farmers about crawling up or stepping down safely are all too rare burns are mostly from tubs of boiling water thirty years ago the big pot for boiling lye the brass ket tle for apple butter and the satur day afternoon tub for the hired girl were perilous environments on such afternoons the boys were 6ent to the barn the hired man took to the fifty like a gentleman and the woodshed door was locked once the water was too hot but the scar doesnt show the local doctor will try to stop pain and avoid scars when treating burns he must also treat shock which may hurry in immediately or perhaps a day or two later an ointment for treating burns is valuable medicine in any farm cup board tannic acid preparations are good and cold strong tea is not bad the family doctor can toll about new preparations using cod liver oil sulfa drugs and various dyes in shock the patients face is wet his forehead is icy and clammy and his pulse like the faint ticking of a watch this condition must bo treat ed by plasma which is the clear but very needy part of- the blood local boards of health can arrange for plasma or at least have a steady list of blood donors domestic animals caused ten per cent of the injuries one disconsolate boar bit a farmers leg and it re quired ten stitches probably he dreamed of the black forest where his ancestors pronglike tusks push ed aside young trees like he now shoves away scotch thistles the bull was in nine serious squabbles he carried one man around on his horns throw another into the air gored a third and toss ed a fourth into a manger he bruised the others and frightened them all that same bull mentioned often in hansard makes news when he gets loose and mad even the meek cow trampled kick ed and horned her owners and dur ing the same period a lady was struck by a ram and both legs were broken the reporter didnt say whose the gray mare is not more docile than she used to be eleven out of every hundred injuries wero caused by horses they kicked trampled and ran away one lad was bit on- the nose by a filly but the colt can be excused for human females often do the same one runaway was not reported in this series but was told to me with the greatest secrecy thirty years ago beneath an elm his shoulders cover ed more than half the buggy scat and she was ciiiieen they didnt re member whether the sunset was flashing red like indiimit rays over lake huron when day is done or long fingers of quiet purple above lake winnipeg it was just a night in june lib hard brown fingers moved i across the buggy back and round her shoulders and they forgot th reins dropped mauds bit lay snugly against her lower teeth she dreamed she was in clover up to her spavins suddenly a firefly shone and maud tore through the spruce swamp like a dive bomber and only the britchin was left when they caught her three weeks later they were mar ried the harness cost the lad 14 for repairs and parts he paid the doctor fifteen dollars and a couple of bags of potatoes the licensewas five and he slipped the minister 2 nervous unreliable horses are dangerous people continue to fall off wag gons like they did in the days of caesar one was hard to forget a blueeyed hoy threw pebbles at a white collie as he rode sat on the reach hear the hnch pin the wheels struck new gravel and the boy fell he had a fracture of the spine with the front ends of the verebrae squeezed together the crippled lad might have be come a great counsellor in his com munity farm accidents should have pre vention treatment and compensat ion prevention is accomplished by education discipline awards the reporting ot accidents and routine inspection of danger spots education involves first aid first aid lectures tell people what to do when someone gets hurt it also helps them to appreciate how tragic and expensive an accident can be a fatal injury to a farmer may mean poverty lack of education for trie children and a string of catastrophes that tumble down through generat ions first aid classes may be organized bypublic health nurses which every municipality may have that nurse is a vanguard often a pretty one of civilization she is hard to- retain for nearly all nurs ing studies lead to the altar she can save her salary in fifteen niiu- utes by preventing a serious infect ion how did he get hurt is al ways asked the answer is for rural schools to teach accident prevention and he wont get hurt a board with a sharp nail must be turned down an oil can with a long snout is bet ter than a short one and a loose sleeve moving parts must be left a- lone trap doors cog wheels and cut ting boxes should have guards practically every accident in the series studied could have been pre vented mechanical training is a great pre ventive trained mechanics dont get hurt limiting mechanical devices to anything with a wheel that goes round a catalogue of farm products lbted over 70 they included kit chen pumps motors tractors corn cutters and combines more mechanical training might work wonders at rural schools such training is now well carried out in high schools where mere boys with memories of sore backs and sun burns decide they are definitely cal led to the ministry or medicine a forge a drill and lathe might have a front place in the rural school a postwar wyandotte due to ad vanced aero mechanics and some cooperation on the part of the hen may lay an egg on monday and it can be in the stomach in india on wednesday in it a world of mech anics the best treatment of accidents is the first treatment the old doctor is often temporarily out of breath when he gets there indeed many still think of him as a sympathizer with a death bed manner rather than a scientist with a bedside man ner a st john ambulance group in every school section and a victorian order nurse in every larger munici pality will pay dividends farmers should be compensated when injured the ontario compen sation board with 28 years exper ience and over a million and a half cases on file estimated an accident costs about a hundred dollars s severe accidents to canadian farm ers would cost a little over five million dollars this cost would be shared by about 6t2000 canadian farm operators those farmers should have compensation for themselves and the hired man whenever injured with all doctors and hospital bills paid for approximately 730 a year plus six per cent administration costs this or course allows nothing for reserve compensation boards have large reserves for some indus tries could have three thousand acci dents at once a large reserve is not necessary for not many farmers are ever together at once although now that horse racing is back fall fairs are better attended than they used to be eightyfive cents a month from each farmer in canada would pro vide a fine compensation scheme i items of interest 8225 cases of clothing footwear medical supplies shipped by canadian aid to russia have arrived safely dominion rev enue from customs excise and in come tax in octoher this year was 239682360 a weekly editor looks at ottawa written pfeffr 4p a wvy mwlpofmrs of coaodb by jim greenblao ottawa clippings operators at two high speed cheque writing mach ines are sending out income tax refunds to canadians at the rate of s000 a day at national revenue munitions department is con sidering establishment of a crown company to centralize disposal ot machinery war material and other surplus goods discouraging nonessential buying the treasury board has announced that payment of monthend december salaries to temporary and certain permanent employees before christmas will not be authorized it affects 30000 temporary employees in ottawa 40000 outside the capital and 22000 peruianents in a case here a magistrate ruled that hamburger retains its original name round steak when the meat is ground up for a customer at his request contributions to canadas recently- established quinine pool equalled 110000 doses in the first ten days the canadian army after a goal of ioo 000 more personnel for the 194344 fiscal year had reached at the end of september a net intake of 63580 and net discharges of 21120 total intake was 5518s volunteer 29602 callups we dont know but that we should be bothered about an alarm ing situation wherein the convictions for infractions of the law in canada during the first three years of this war increased 306 per cent there were 420975 convictions in 1936 and 632431 in 1942 the worst of it is of course that juvenile delin quency has jumped up badly way past the adults among the juveniles major convictions increased 379 per cent in short our convictions in creased twice as fast during the war years as during the peacetime period it may not be generally known yet but farmers and other primary pro ducers can purchase lumber for new buildings essential for storing grain or housing livestock at 10 per cent below current retail price through payment of a subsidy by the stability corporation a branch of the wartime prices and trade board the subsidy is also payable to fishermen cooperatives unin corporated associations and incorp orated farms italso may be grant ed in assisting the restoration of essential business buildings when the proprietor is himself hearing the cost of rebuilding the ruling says any civilian purchasing lumber for use in assisting the primary product ion of essential foods is eligible for a consumer subsidy here and there one norwegian tanker of hundreds sailing for tb united nations just crossed the atlantic for the 45th time since tke outbreak of war carrying 300000 tons 105000000 gallons of a across the ocean enough for 1h raids on germany of a thousad bombers each and had never seen uboat the 1943 production of childrens knitted underwear is ex pected to break all previous records with output of more than ten my garments and a continuous flow to retailers the board says diapers for instance are up more thaji 30 per cent over 1941 and flannelette gmr- ments are far in excess of prewar years canadas birthrate last year was 12 per thousand higher than the year before showing increases fa every province except saskatchewan canada is today supplying nearly twothirds of the imports of new foundland with the united states se cond supplying about 32 per cent the federal government will pay a drawback of 25 cents per bushel on wheat bought for feeding pur poses on grade known as manitoba no 4 northern equals or lower to replace eight cents a bushel which has been paid for the paalt year or so it purchased for feeding delivery of hogs reached such treme ndous proportions a short while ago that the meat board asked au pack ing plants in quebccontarlo and the prairie provinces to slaughter so more sows until all regular classes ot finished hogs at yards and plants were slaughtered a recent week saw an alltime slaughtering of hogs a- bout 192000 greater by 15008 than any previous week the con gested situation was not confined to canada but prevailed in the united states too the board pointed out that as two regular hogs can be pro cessed with about the same amount of labor as one sow and as addition al weight does not lower the event ual value of sows temporarily held back this was the best practical sol ution to the problem farmers are urged to make im mediate arrangements for fertilizers they will need next spring and to accept delivery during the winter months because of problems of tran sportation labour and storage states f s peart the fertilizers adv- ministrator if the farmers needs are to be met manufacturers must keep the stuff moving but about 500000 tons of different kinds are expected to be available in canada for the spring of 1944 watches gents wrist watches s1430 to 2075 shock proof watches 25 to 3000 splendid for soldiers ladies wrist watches 1800 to 92500 few ladies lockets goldfilled 600 to 700 few gents chains and focket knives and rings also assortment lot bracelets for watches all prices subject to govt tax j smith at the home on fair street near cnr station stouffville christmas tuesday december 21st the merchants of stouffville announce that they will hold a special christmas market on tuesday dec 21st invitations have been issued to outside buyers all of whom are invited to be here for this big annual event if you are a buyer and have not bought on this market come along there is no charge for scales or services farmers may be assured of highest christmas prices again this year and those who have sold here before know that the stouffville market pays top prices few of the towns or villages will be found better stocked than the stores of stouff ville despite the difficulty of obtaining goods during the war period afternoon horse show in response to a popular demand the horse show will be put on again this year liberal prizes for farm horses will be announced next week plan to attend this show which is a popular event of the day welcome to stouffville dec 21st