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the tribune stouffville ont tuesday december 2l 146 oiljp tmrffmu ritwnr established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspcpers association member of the audit bureau of circulations average paidinadvance circulation as of aug 1st 2457 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa s250 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments a hand for the mitten on christmas market day an elderly lady stepped into the office of the newspaper removed a pair of red mittens and laying them down said it would have been very cold on my fingers this morning had i not gotten out these mittens they are thirty years old we noted that the elderly ladys daughter wore a pair of wool gloves probably wouldnt wear mittens but why the times of london recently drew attention to the fact that ranking as a whole ignorantly derides mittens as suitable only for old ladies or the baby carriage and even wee babies or very small children are made to wear gloves when they should be wearing mittens it is an acknowledged fact that men folk deride the mitten as something beneath their dignity rather than be comfortable with mittens on man will freeze wearing a pair of gloves but why should the mitten not be taken seriously it may be that memories of the nursery cling to it but against these may be set its record in the ring and in the arctic it is certainly warmer than the glove and there is at least some force in the argument that it is better to feel ones fingers all thumbs that not to feel them at all cow given road priority in england we think the english version of what the country roads are primarily for is correct and should be adopted in ontario where a farmer may be held for damages when a stray animal is in collision with a motorist cows and horses if they stay in their own neighbor hood in england have a priority over the motorist on the british highways the house of lords made the ruling this month in dismissing a cyclists claim for damages received when in collision with a farmers cow on the highway roads explained viscount maugham are laid out largely for the benefit of owners of adjacent land including farmers and road users cannot expect to have them kept clear of animals the farmer should be given the same protection in this country and motorists made to drive carefully enough on rural roads in that they should be required to be aware at all times for stray animals do we want a christmas market unless the merchants of stouffville wish it otherwise the day of the christmas market in stouffville is on its way out there was a time when to have no big market day spelled disaster to the business concerns of the town but that is not the case today many merchants feel that their business has not suffered in the least since any real effort to hold a big market was dropped probably the least effort in recent years was last thursday there were no prizes no inducement to bring poultry here other than the ordinary chance to sell that always exists and least of all there was no place to hold a market stouffville totally lacks that accommodation pro vided by a market place what poultry came in on thursday was sold on the street and merchants said the farmers demanded of them the top retail price hence there was nothing in the transac tion for the merchant at all they couldnt do business on that basis hence much of the poultry sold went direct from farmer to consumer nor could you blame the farmer for that a suggestion that might be made would be to hold a special christmas shopping day in town in lieu of the christmas market because the need for special attraction of some kind may be very apparent in a few years when competition becomes keen again on such a day christmas music could be relayed all over the business area perhaps a gift for every child coming to town or some other out of the ordinary thing that would be regarded by the patrons to town as a mark of appreciation for their patronage over the year santa claus in person would bring along 500 to 700 youngsters from over the district we are more convinced than ever that a big market is anything but profitable merchants lost money those who did the buying it is fairly proven that low attractive prices all the time well assorted stock and good service are better than anyhing else as a business its the taxes that hurt gasoline is cheap only the tax is high thats a slogan to which american millions will soon be exposed its a good one canadians too ought to be reminded constantly and from every street corner and shop window of the immense burden of taxation of the multi plicity of taxes which if not entirely hidden are at least seldom remembered we would like to see a lot more businesses tell us simply and bluntly how much of the money we pass across the counter goes to government here are just a few samples a gallon of ordinary grade gasoline at toronto costs 32i cents federal tax is eight cents provincial tax is three cents add approximately three and a third cents for other taxes that means the fuel that makes your car go places is being provided for around 18 cents a gallon that package of cigarettes costs you 33 cents about 22 cents of the amount is tax only 11 cents for the cigarette store the distributor the manufacturer and the tobacco grower this is a good place to put on heavy taxes of course admittedly those are among the most pungent examples available all three are commodities which gov ernment finds convenient vehicles for squeezing money out of the populace but the principle of making it crystal clear to the consumer how much he pays in taxes would be good for business and good for government this is intolerance the calgary herald at the moment several hundred witnesses of jehovah are awaiting trial in montreal and other quebec com munities they are charged with distributing pamphlets illegally but the arrest of these people for the distribution of a scurrilous pamphlet is not the most regrettable action of the quebec government the most regrettable action and one which catholics and protestants alike should condemn is the cancelation of frank roncarellis liquor license mr roncarelli operates a successful restaurant in mon treal and appears to feel sympathetic toward the witnesses of jehovah by way of showing his sympathy he posted bail for 500 of them to the tune of 83000 this so enraged mr duplessis that the premier who is also the attorneygeneral of the province cancelled mr roncarellis license to sell liquor on his restaurant premises the license was cancelled on the grounds that mr roncarelli by furnishing bail for so many members of the sect had identified himself with their odious propaganda we oppose these actions and the reasons which prompt us to oppose them are precisely the same reasons which prompted us last july to support the efforts of the roman catholic minority in victoria bc to hold a proces sion of the most blessed sacrament through the streets of that strongly protestant community we believe that any religion peaceful or aggressive offensive in fact or offensive in fancy must be tolerated all along the line we do not believe the catholicism of quebec is so weak that its critics need to be suppressed neither do we believe the protestantism of british columbia is so weak that it will crumble at the sight of a eurcharistic procession we believe that religious and racial toleration are supreme necessities in this country more so perhaps than in any other country on earih we believe that canadians who practice intolerance or even appear to practice it are doing harm not only to their own race but to all races not only to their own church but to all churches and not only to their own province but to the nation as a whole engagement ring romance has changed too nowadays there is too much of the material side entering the picture according to us diamond merchants at their national convention reports the boston post it was brought out that most bridestobe now accompany their fiances when they buy their engagement rings and it is generally the girl who makes the selection in the days of our mothers and fathers this would be unheard of on the night he popped the question and was accepted he had the ring all ready to slip on the finger ana for days afterwards she enjoyed the thrill of displaying her surprise to her friends the modern way of selecting the diamond is merely keeping with the fast tempo of the times the diamond men say ball president quits on 10000 yearly pension this is a funny old world in some ways we humans place such a variation on human worth or human effort a base ball president has just been retired on a yearly allow ance of 10000 called a retiring salary since it is much more than the average human could earn for his best effort in his active life one is led to reflect on the question of the value of human effort jack miners simplicity the last thirteen years of the late jack miners life he was rated by several newspaper agencies as canadas best known canadian in private life while eddie guest the detroit poet always referred to him as the best loved christian in america the big thing that won the late jack miners heart to his fellowmen was his simplicity when henry ford visited him it was always henry when sir william mulock paid his annual visit he was always addressed as william he even carried this plainness in his bird banding activities in 1909 when he started his bird banding he stamped write jack miner on his bands everybody knows what the word write means- in 1921 some twelve years later he was largely responsible in pursuading the us government in banding birds to learn what percentage are shot in each state and province but they put on their bands notify bio sur wash which was the abbreviation of biological survey washington this proved very confus ing because the indians and eskimos and several shooters didnt know what the word notify meant but they all knew what the word write which jack miner used meant the result was a goodly number would write jack miner about these bio sur wash bands because they didnt know what the word notify meant thus the us bird banding was so confusing with such abbreviations the latest report is carried in the september issue of the readers digest page 74 which reports an alberta far mer who shot a crow with one of those bands which read wash bio sur the farmer wrote dear sirs i shot one of your pet crows the other day and followed instruc tions attached to it i washed wash it and boiled bio it and served sur it it was tumble our capital correspondent written exclusively for the stouff ville tribune by m l sschwartz judging from the activities of the cabinet and hints given in reports it is now evident that some impor tant decisions are in the making in ottawa in preparation for the com ing season of the canadian parlia ment opening early in the new year with wellinformed quarters sug gesting that legislation may be re lated to the recent events in domin ionprovincial discussions or talks to the continuation of the controls both rental and price controls foreign affairs etc in fact in face of the happenings lately it would not be surprising at all in ottawa if price controls and reiiuii regulations are brought forth as one of the earliest issues after the mouse of commons opens and the usual formalities are completed somehow there is considerably more tension in this capital over issues bearing on controls since wage and salary controls were taken off than it has appeared on the surface and whispers have claimed that it is a hot issue as pressures for and against retaining such controls continue to reach the authorities here with no unanimity existing even in official circles for every course to be followed in an orflerly process of decontrol likewise in foreign affairs there is a very important series of dis cussions to be considered and probi ably raised in parliament the same applies to dominionprovincial re lations as wel as other domestic matters so that preparations for the coming session which are now in the making in ottawa are abviously involving extremely deli cate and significant decisions of the cabinet it is evident in ottawa that more generous pensions for canadians may be on the way at least changes in the pensions scheme for the old or physically disabled men and women of this country are pop lar topics it is known that a more generous pension plan is to be put forth when parliament will meet by a strong supporter of the govern ment and this plan aims to bring about immediate consideration of pensions or allowances for all can adians who are now not in receipts of old age or other pensions and who would be otherwise without any income or means of support with a condition being that these canadians have resided in this country for five years then again old age pension regulations were discussed by officials at a recent dominionprovincial conference here mat widespread and more gen erous pension schemes are on the way following in the wake of a gathering in ottawa sponsored by the agricultural institute of can ada it has been reported that en trance requirements for canadas agricultural colleges are as high as it is advisable to place them right now since changes cannot be made until there were more high schools in rural communities or more ad vanced training facilities were avail able in such rural communities irdeed it was felt that the present standard is now in a level with ltsa 5cv the falcons alibi tom conwat sjpftr f jr77 wen groomed bride r miuand other professions in most of the provinces with the organization of the atomic energy control board arsenals limited and other bodies pertaining to science nd defence including the latest defence re search board canada has moved at top speed into the field of combin ing her permanent forces to be as a further step forward in the effective organization of scientific research in relation to canadas defence policies and to coordinate economically research problems common to the armed forces canadian cooperatives are going to start a strong campaign it is learned in ottawa for the revision of federal legislation passed at the last session of parliament making them liable to income tax with the position being taken that the sav ings or surplus of a cooperative which is derived from member business is not profit and therefore should not be liable for income tax- parliament passed amend ment last august after a royal commission on taxation of cooper atives had recommended the taxa tion of such organizations in canada with higher salaries and better opportunities awaiting engineers and scientists of this country else where canadian officials are seek ing ways and means in ottawa to keep these trained personnel in canada this having been the pur pose of several meetings lately in ottawa including one involving the canadian council of professional engineers and scientists which suggested that their salaries should be increased to stem the export of brains a group of about 60 members of the stall of the depart ment of reconstruction and supply have received notices of dismissal likewise it is said in ottawa that the canadian inspection board will soon disappear as an organiza tion outside of the civil service following protests from a fellow- diner a german prisonerofwar is said to have been removed from the grill room of a hotel in ottawa by members of the canadian provost corps worker on a district farm he came into the grill room with the owner of the farm the severe shortages of plumbing sup plies were emphasized right in the parliament buildings in ottawa where a pipe shortage caused two washrooms to be closed pending repairs dr charles g stogdill department of national health and welfare ottawa says that feelings of fear guilt and inferiority are the main disturbances to childrens mental health and that parents as well as teachers could be instru mental in promoting good mental health in children few can adians realized that the recent marriage in ottawa of rt hon malcolm macdonald governor- general of malaya marked the first time in history that a british gov ernorgeneral was married in can ada a lifesize oil painting of sir john a macdonald was unveil ed in ottawa by premier king at the rideau club employee- employer contributions to the un employment insurance fund in oct reached an alltime monthly high of 0585000 being up si 205000 from oct last year tk2 ord hometown ltw v t r by stanley