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sgsss uije imrffuulp ulriburir v-v- estabimedi8 v member of the canadian weeklynewspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 260 a v- nolan son publishers notesahd comments v the questiohof lowering the voting age at present hasnt received that consideration this paper like saturday isnot unequivocally opposed to a lowering of the age it may be that our youth has so grown in sense of responsibility and general maturity that it wouldbe to the countrys benefit to give it the vote earlier in life however nothing that has been advanced so far convinces us of this and until we see the question considered in the light of the preparedness ofyoiith of eighteen to vote responsibly our mind is still in doubt v too much talk about added rationing threats are being made that certain goods or foods may be rationed this summer such announcements have been made before when it was contemplated that such and such a commodity wouldbe placed on the ration list one won ders why even a suggestion that- the article to be rationed is mentioned in advance since it surely invites people to- rush in and stock up perhaps all these reports are not issued by the wartime prices and trade board but hon mr- gordon lias made statements too that more rationing may be offing and this does nothing but send a certaiitclass of the grabbing type of citizen into the mar ket on a buying spree if goods have to be rationed it would seem wise to simply clamp on the restrictions without any formal an nouncement hepburn at it again 7 no one will deny the right of the opposition to chal lenge any program launched by the government of ontario liberal leader hepburn recently introduced a resolution in the legislature charging the drew government with creat- ing a national disunity by introducing the teaching of religion in the school and has declared the plan asinine or stupid mr hepburn should be well qualified to make such charges for no leader ever brought the people as near a revolt as did mr hepburn when he tried to put over a measure in favor of the rc separate schools at the ex pense of the protestant schools in ontario- mr hepburn too has thrown more mud at religious leaders than all the other premiers together it is well that the electorate are not taking mitch too seriously as they once did haying made this observation we would not have our readers imagine we are speaking for religious instructipniripub- lie schools votes for 18 year olds there may be good reason for lowering the voting age to eighteen but the way that the principle is so forcefully being pressed in canada at the moment arouses the grave concern of saturday night there is a rapidly growing sent iment in favor of the lower age and it is based almost exclusively on arguments which are emotional and on dis- cussion which has very little relation to the considerations involved the voting age has a natural influence on the responsi- bility of the government in countries such as russia where the state has a large measure of control and the vote has relative unimportance the implications of a low age may be minor but in canada where one of our great public needs and one that is endorsed by all parties is to increase public responsibility any move that might detract from that responsibility requires most serious and complete consider- advocates of the reduced age have made their main case on the ground that if a man is old enough to fight he is old enough to vote so far as those who have fought are t concerned this can be made to follow and it has been f ol- lowed but the biggest reason in justification of it is that the fact of a mans accepting his duty and bearing arms for his country breeds in him a maturity and sense of re sponsibility beyond his years because he is therefore en titled to a vote has no bearing however on the situation of others in his age group who have not had the benefit of his broadening experience a second argument of the advocates and one which is surprisingly popular is that if we wish an enlightened electorate voting is the best possible training for voting our only comment on this is that sawing wood is also prob ably the best possible training for sawing wood but when practised too young is often very hard on the furniture ation a school for parents 1 school clinics health nurses and all the rest of it is very good but somehow or other we keep thinking there should be a school for parents more than ever will we be lieve this to be the right thing when the baby bonus comes into effect then parents will have more money to spend 1 oh their family and many will not spend it wisely how- often do you see children on the chilliest of days trodding toschool with only half enough clothes on to cover the middle extremities anyone knows the parent could clothe the child but the craze to peel everything off that jeaves barley enough to cover a fly seems x be steadily gaining- ground canadian cows for britain the first shipment of canadian dairy cows from can ada to britain since before vthe war left guelph recently it consisted of twelve head of highclass purebred holsteins eleven of them bred heifers and the twelfth an exceptionally fine young herdsire these cattle are a gift from jwdowris trenton ontario to his son wm downs who is the official representative in great britain of the canadian depart ment of munitions and supply and on the side a very enthusiastic farmer the cattle will go to his ozendyke house farm ryther near york in yorkshire where he plans to use them as the nucleus of a firstclass herd of canadian holsteins mr downs sr reports that his son attracted to canadian holsteins because f their superior producing ability v- the british ministry of agriculture declared that such an addition of pedigreed stock would be welcomed by them and assisted the canadian department of trade and com merce in securing the necessary priorities officials of the holsteinfriesian association of canada made the actual selections and report that the animals chosen are all except ionally fine individuals- our capital correspondent written expressly for the stouffville tribune by dean wilson i is-ii- there seems to be a wrong in terpretation across canada that the coming world security conference af san francisco in april is a sort of peace conference but must be reported that this is not true according to the best informed sources on parliament hill indeed it is stressed in ottawa that this gathering is not concerned with peace treaties nor conditions to be imposed in fact premier mac kenzie king himself said in part peace can only be made lasting through cooperative action on the peaceloving nations the purpose of the forthcoming conference at san francisco is the creation of a general international organization to maintain peace and security in the postwar world in other words premier king told parlia ment that it was a gathering to create a sort of framework or foundation only v some interesting facts have been hinted between the lines of the main civil estimates introduced in parliament by finance minister usley whoasked for a new years total- of 1023621597 marking an increase of almost 300000000 over last year within these figures is quite a story of expenditures- inci dental to the war as well as to the fact that the stork will be abird with an unusually large bill since the baby bonus- payments will start july first these figures dis close that the government- will spend in the new fiscal year- more on the national gallery of canada and at willbe 67405 or an increase of 1775 involving- costs for art exhibitions lectures and education al work more money will also be spent on other things these are superannuation and retirement benefits for the civil service s3147874 an increase of- 29bg29 national film board is being allow ed an additional 108000 in the supplementary estimates for the current fiscal year ending march 31 and now it is voted 810965 for the ensuing year an increase of 132159 including 237000 to be spent for film programmes in rural circuits the national research council1200448 an increase- of itr w- v- v l fit 1st v the royal commission on education which has been appointed to enquire into and report upon the system of education in ontario will holdjts first sessions in the senate chamber of the university of toronto at 10 am and at 2 pm on april 11 and on april 12 1945 under the chairmanship of the hon mr justice j a hope v r preliminary consideration will be given to such written submissions as are presented on or before april 10 briefs submitted after that date will be con- sidered at subsequent sessions of the commission all organizations interested in any of the problems related to public education are invited to submit briefs to r w fc jackson secretary royal commission on education parliament buildings toronto 247919 veterans affairs depart ment 73745825 an increase of 12618635 consisting mainly of increases vof 4040813 on rehabilit ation service 4527422 on treat ment facilities and 2350000 for war veterans allowances national health arid welfare department 194369814 including- the startling new amount ofno less than 190- 000000 for the -baby- bonus or family allowances alone with its administration already estimated to cost about 2392070 3024948 for the new- reconstruction depart ment and 1500000 for departmen tal administration including 555- 000 for temporary staff salaries decreases on costs will be made by the government in- the civil ser vice commission 495770 or a de crease of 2063 the centra experi mental farm 728935 or a decrease of 85152 on the maintenance of buildings in ottawa 2900117 or a decrease of 19363- between the lines of these figures is the story of the intentions of the adminis- stouffmlle floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 itevmi istf jltv ai- mmm jheitre box office opens daily 630 pan two showing each night childrens matinee sat 5c regular admission 20c and 35c friday and saturday march 30 and31 childrens 5 cent matinee saturdayafternoojr at 2 plmv monday and tuesday april 2 and 3 wivt wednesday and thursday april 4 and 5 the wild west lives again in the life of its most colorful f ry fev tration jn ottawa for the hew fiscal year a story of greater burdens for the taxpayers of can ada avith the circulation of stories about the likely return overseas of canadas governor general his excellency the earl of athlone upon the conclusion ofhis term of office this coming summer it must an emergency shelter area on jan- uary 17 on accounfofthe extremerjr overcrowded conditions which can hardly be duplicated in anyl other city of its size in the country so that it was no surprise when the emergency shelter administrator and other officials hinted to mem bers of parliament not to bring their families to ottawa for the be pointed out that there seems to brief session- however these fse- be an erroneous notion about this position the governor gen erals term of office in canada is not for a definitely fixed termmt is claimed in ottawa though there has been a sort of convention that he usually remains in this office for a term of five years indeed there ials added that permits for family accommodations would not be gfaritedj to these members since their families were not considered to be essential residents of the capital therefore though this was not ah orderand only a hint yet there hasdeveloped a strong resent- is a precedent whereby the government behind the scenes along j parliarheht hill against this action by thf officials since some members interpret it as nothing short of dictation to members of parlia ment by officials nor general has remained in offiice beyond this time limit in any case the successor to the governor gen eral of canada is a matter to be arranged between the prime min ister of this country and his majes ty the king on june 21 1945 it will be five years that the earl of athlone has served in this office andit is said that he might want to return home by that time though lately there have been reports that he might possibly remain until the general election in great britain and canada has been held the earl of athlone is now 71 years of age and he has had a distinguished career including the post of gov ernor general of the union of south- africa from 1923 to 1931 this nations capital wasdeclared a topic of considerable whisper in ottawa is u19 report that the regional rentals officer for the cap- ital ijamckinley following a special investigation reduced the renfal for a building rented by the federal works department for the veterans affairs department in windsor ontario from 412 to 85 a month 1 the widow of the former governorgeneral of can ada baron byng of vimy lady byng who- has resided in this country during the past five years will return to her home in essex lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family shoe repairing womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts- stouffvaie phone 4301 opposite the town ctecte annual toronto milk producers association district no 6 buttonviilegommuiiity hall 4 wedi ncsday speaker mr p milburn entertainers t duncan cowan also local talent lucky draw j tickets are in hands6f the directors available to shippers only until march 28 when if accommoda- tion permits they will be sold to others supper served at 730 pm j v chancy connor president w l clark director t fraser gee secretary y- t 5e sixflikjvv -vr- sik vswtc l j