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the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 17 1947 stl touffmllf uribim established 1888 member of the canadian weeki newspaper association and ontario quebec newsptpers association member of the audit bureau of circulations average paidin advance circulation as of sept is 2473 issued every thursday at stourfville ontario subscription kates per year in advance n canada 200 in usa s250 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments dangerous act is thoughtlessness it is amazing how thoughtless younger people can be if they happen to make use of a bicycle the other day a couple of lads rode up in front of the post otlice dropped their bikes right flat on the sidewalk and left them there while they spent some time inside the building during their absence an older person nearly fell as they stumbled on one of the wheels and in regaining balance stepped on the spokes leaving them well bent the owner of the wheel was highly incensed and appealed to the reeve to learn if in his opinion he had to take that kind of stuff without getting paid for the spokes damaged he was promptly told that in the opinion of the official any damage suffered by his bicycle was his own fault and had the person who stumbled on it fallen and received injury he might have been held responsible for that too surely those who are old enough to ride bicycles should know that they are taking great risk when they flop their wheels on the sidewalks where someone might trip over it however with many who are guilty of this practice we put it down to just thoughtlessness perhaps a reminder by parents teachers or scout masters would be timely insurance return disappoints recently the writer had a life insurance policy on which he had made 20 full payments but he was greatly shockedwhen he learned what the cash surrender value of the policy was he was so disappointed that he threw the policy into a drawer and it is still there yet the incident is almost a year old life insurance is very popular because it is very necessary and about the only thing the average man can turn to for family security in case of death however it is apparent that a very great deal of the premium money goes into operational expenses those large expensive insur ance offices in the cities are the fruits of insurance premiums no doubt- today the small interest return on money is squeezing the profits of insurance investments so that the cash surrender value of a policy carried for twenty years is not very attractive unless one values the cost of carrying the risk rather highly is it any wonder that many people are turning to government annuities with increased interest liquor ads and profits effective april 1st the dominion government lifted restrictions on liquor advertising throughout canada this means that it is now legal to advertise liquor in newspapers and magazines on billboards and over the air subject however to any restrictions that may be in effect or that may be placed upon such advertising by the various pro vinces in other words the dominion government has lifted the federal control but the provinces still have the right individually to ban liquor advertising or restrict it as they see fit actually ontario had placed a ban on liquor advertising before the federal governments wartime measure was in augurated therefore the ontario restriction still stands and liquor advertising is still banned in this province no doubt efforts will be made to have this ban lifted with what success remains to be seen quebec and a num ber of western provinces previously permitted liquor adver tising and we presume these laws will again be in force now that the federal control has been lifted in most of these provinces we believe the text of such advertising is subject to the approval of the provincial liquor control authorities in discussing liquor advertising one must make a dis tinction between what is generally known as institutional or goodwill advertising and product advertising which is the direct advertising of intoxicating beverages of all kinds the institutional advertising was used widely during the war to promote victory loans and for other patriotic purposes and no doubt the brewers and distillers felt they received some benefit from it by having their name attached to such advertising many other business firms followed the same process and without question this supporting advertis ing was of great value in promoting the sale of victory bonds and for other patriotic purposes since the war brewers and distillers have continued this type of adver tising with various applications and we heard recently that they propose to make same available for the support of local charities while most newspapers accept the sponsored goodwill advertising some refuse it many of those accepting it would refuse the direct product advertising it offered and the timesgazette is among this number in fact this newspaper is quite in favor of continuing the ban upon the publication of liquor advertising of airy kind in ontario and has placed itself on record in this connection on a number of occasions while on the subject of liquor advertising we were interested in a statement made by mrs t h greenaway of hamilton provincial president of the wctu at a recent meeting of the oshawa branch of that fine organization mrs greenaway held up a copy of colliers magazine which she said contained 131 00 of liquor advertisements as this seemed to us a rather tall statement we bought a current copy of colliers and found it contained 12 pages of beverage advertising whiskey gin ale wine etc ten pages are printed in four colors the cost of which is 10000 per page the other two pages are in two colors with the exception of one halfpage which is in black only the rate for this advertising would be slightly less it would seem therefore that mrs greenaway s statement might be entirely correct with respect to the issue which she is using as an exhibit colliers magazine by the way has a net paid circulation of 28690000 we quite agree with mrs greenaways recommendation that in the selection of magazines for home reading preference be given to those which do not depend so largely upon the distillers and brewers for their support at the same time it is only fair to point out that it is pretty hard to disassociate ourselves completely from the operations of an industry which has such widespread rami fications a return tabled in the ontario legislature a iew days ago showed total sales of beer wine and spirits for the fiscal year ending march 31 135771058 the net trad ing profit for the year amounted to s2160o871 and the province also received ss923559 in fines permit fees and taxes on brewers and wine manufacturers and the products thus the citizens of ontario are compelled to share in the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages whether they approve of same or not they are involuntary partners in the whle enterprise our capital correspondent written exclusively for the stouff- viile tribune by mlschwariz 1 1 evident in many directions in ottawa that the authorities are moving at a faster pace now in reducing expenses and the effects are to foe seen in the budget with one of the most obvious directions of such practice of economy being noted in the lowering of expendi tures for canadas armed services where the cut has been even great er than it has been predicted by observers in fact the defense estimates have dropped from a total of 591 terms in an exploratory manner of a possible creation of a tenth pro vince if newfoundland decides to join canada though it is significant that this delegation will come here only after discussions j london of course it is an important thing to note when this was announced in ottawa it was received in an enthusiastic manner on all sides even if outwardly there was a re served tone it seems that for strategic reasons of defense and transatlantic air service and for a multitude of others newfoundland would be a worthy member of this confederation but at the same time it must not be overlooked that this old colony has had many financial problems in recent years with a friday v saturday april is is mg f pni lucky vivian blaine y dangerous venture h casmdy 3io000 last year to 239741000 and governor in commission in chart xenerou- since 1934 when the ances showed signs islands fin- of needing the cuts have been rather considering the unsettled state of world aitalrs at the present time in reconduction face of peace with even the much- j publicized research efforts in de- two of the busiest cabinet min- fense work being reduced from si 1 isters during the holiday season 195000 to 13031834 though this were external affairs minister does not seem to be generally recogi louis stlaurent who acted as nized by the average canadian prime minister while premier king of course it is pointed out in was away in the united states on a ottawa that other countries are a slashing such costs now in efforts to cut expenses for instance great britain with heavy world responsi bilities has shown in budgetary est imates that her three armed forces would have only 1772865 men for the fiscal year ending march 31 19 is compared with 4202soo in the year previous involving a budget saving of no less than 81595500000 the policies and operations of the canadian broadcasting corporation have been muchtalked about lately on parliament hill and there is much more interest this year in this body than there has been ever since the cbc came into existence with the remark that dissatisfaction with some of the activities of this organ ization appears to be growing especially in view of the complaints against its handling of news and comments on news as charges of discrimination are allegedly heard though this lias been strongly denied officially in any case there is more than the usual interest now in the man committee set up by the house of commons to examine the func tions of canadas stateowned radio system and broadcasting in general with this committee comprising 15 liberals 6 progressiveconserva tives 3 ccp and one social credit member then again it is emphasized in ottawa that the cbc does not take instructions from the government and it alone is responsible for its programmes with this being men tioned to clarify the position of the cbc under its own act of existence and operation and in the light of recent rumors perhaps an indication of the ris ing cost of goods and other s3m- toms is the latest story in this capi tal that the huge loan to britain of 81250000000 granted only about a year ago has been spent about one- half already though originally it was supposed to last for a three- year period this revelation has come as a surprise to observers and it is believed in wellinformed quarters hero that it is likely a fore runner of news since there is little doubt that canada will help further her best customer it appears that a delegation is scheduled to arrive in ottawa some time in june in order to discuss trip and lion douglas abbott fin- ance minister who was working on the preparation of the much talked about budget with the appointment to the superior court in quebec of gerald fauteux kc now the two lawy ers who acted as counsel for the royal commission inquiring into soviet russian espionage in can ada have been raised to the bench previously kenneth williams kc was appointed a judge of the court of kings bench in winnipeg there is strong evidence in ott awa that with the disappearance of wartime control agencies and the determination to cut the heavy tax ation burdens strict economy in governmental operations is in the making it is recalled in ottawa that the late king george ii of greece who died recently upon a visit to this capital told the press that her people are now starving to death but their spirit remains unconquer- ed in telling about greeces efforts in the common cause until price ceilings were lifted on cars sold in canada authorities here held that the black market in used cars had reached the point where more secondhand motor vehicles were being sold undercover than through legitimate channels with the common opinion being that prices of such secondhand cars will rise now a group of army officers and a civilian scientist have come to ott awa from washington for a confer ence with the department of nat ional defence it is emphasized that in addition to the huge benefits derived by the public from wartime price controls the canadian government had saved itself a vast sum of money estimated at approximately one bill ion dollars from 19421910 reproduction prohibited 1947 federal features syndicate g p smith nam 131 cxu freight agkxt cannington native will succeed g h hush in toronto post g f smith formerly assistant to the general freight traffic manager canadian national railways mont real a native of cannington has been appointed assistant general freight agent with headquarters in toronto it was announced by j a argo freight traffic manager mi- monday tuesday april 28 2 anna and the king of siam irene dunn rex harrison smith succeeds george h bush who has been appointed general freight agent at montreal a cannington lad mr smith he- and returned to railway senmte at toronto in 1919 he served iw var ious capacities at both toronso and montreal until 1939 when fee- was marmill chick starter 18pc protein marmill chick starter 18 with marmill chick feed is a starting ration that has given satisfactory results yeaf after year rapid growth strong bone good feather development result from this feeding combination it contains every ingredient essential for good growth health and vitality all scientifically balanced seeds seeds seeds mangels turnip garden srel- lii vniir kcniircmcnls iciirly central feed store gan his service with the national appointed chief clerk to the freight system in the freight traffic depart- traffic manager central isegion ment at toronto in 1911 toronto in 1911 ho was appointed he served 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