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the tribune stouffville ort thursday august 21 1947 bp touffmlle jrtbunp established 1sss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations paidinadvance circulation as of march lsi 2553 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa s2o0 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments were asked to report on the mental health of the teachers in their charge in 11 per cent of the canadian inspectorates 10 per cent of the teachers were rated as inferior in mental health which presumably means nervewracked frus trated depressed mildly nuts one inspector said 60 per cent of his teachers were that way but then that was only his opinion note a lot has been said against the oneroomed school but strange as it may seem a great majority of the leaders in business and professions started in the one- roomed school so it serves its purpose and provides an experience that could notbe gained in any other way there are a lot of advantages in smaller schools despite all that is said in favour of larger and larger schools the coming generation is being spoon fed beyond what is good for all lack of effort to protect safetv deposit boxes should have greater protection against thieves states the montreal star which believes that manv of those in the smaller towns are far too vulner able it is true that banks rent boxes without accepting the responsibility which many users assume they bear but the invitation to make use of such conveniences carries with it some obligation to provide what the name safety deposit box implies valuables stored in bank vaults are safer from loss by fire than they are in any place of safekeeping the ordinary home affords but it is surely not too much to expect that they should also have better protection against thieves than a wall an axe can break down worthwhile alarm systems such as buttons all over the bank that clerks could reach telling the outside help that a robberv was on and other devices could be installed in banks which are totally lacking in doing anything about using these schemes housing subsidy nonsense in plain language this housing subsidy business is just about the most dangerous nonsense that has ever been talked about in this country it would produce nothing but injustice the canadian way of life provides that each of us shall live in the house which each of us is able to earn and that is still going to be the system in the future no matter how many wild speeches are made about subsidized rentals quebec chronicletelegraph the oneroom schoolhouse financial post from the soft depth of bier chairs in city clubs we have several times heard about the passing of the oldtime schoolhouse these country-boys-become-corporation-presi- dents were looking back proudly on their own heroism in trudging three miles through the snow and lighting the fire when i got there the younger generation say they has it much easier the old oneroom schoolhouse is still very much with us according to a report of the national committee for school health research the backofthelot privy where the youth of the land enlarged its vocabulary and its calligraphical skill still prevails in 71 of the nations oneroom schools only 3 have inside flush toilets there is no artificial lighting of any kind in 80 per cent of the oneroomers 82 per cent are heated by stoves in the classroom 30 per cent have too few windows for adequate light on bright days in 44 per cent the school water almost always from wells and streams is seldom or never tested for another 27 per cent the answer on that was occasion ally on washing facilities 73 per cent had some without running water 22 per cent had none at all in 08 per cent of rural schools lunch is provided in 18 per cent one hot dish or one hot drink is provided in 6 per cent milk is avail able apparently a lot of young canada when it grows up will be able to continue telling tales of its grim heroic struggle against the three rs the foregoing facts plus the facts about school teacher salaries make this one less surprising inspectors cleaning of the food places mayor saunders is doing a worthwhile job in demand ing better standards in toronto restaurants too many of the eating places in the city are filthy and if stouffville patrons could see the food being cooked for them they wouldnt accept it for nothing we know this to be true from reports given us by persons whose business it is to visit the kitchens of these restaurants thus in cleaning up the city restaurants a great general benefit is being done by torontos popular mayor the punishment is wrong surely there is something lacking in our ontario statutes wherein a man may be sentenced to jail while his family has to be maintained from the municipal purse during the term of incarseration this is happening in the province every week it was brought home to us forcefully in recent weeks when a local case came to light- three married men with something like thirteen children and three wives depending on them for susten ances were all three sent to jail on a theft charge they stole a cow and sold it an offense viewed as very serious in this piovince and rightly so howevei immediately the wives applied for township relief and the municipality accepted them as charges at a cost to the ratepayers of nearly a hundred dollars a month there is no alternative for the relief officer and there is no alternative for a magis trate but to send men who steal to jail if they are to be punished under present law the weakness in the law seems to be that here should be a sentence accompanied with hard labor and the fruits of that labor should be sent back to maintain the families of the ones sentenced as it stands the ratepayers of whit church have to support all these people on relief while the heads of these households serve their jail terms this is all wrong and should be remedied by our law makers if there is no way to provide fruitful labor for those criminally minded then the strap should be provided without a jail term of any length as it now stands its the innocent ratepayer who really takes the punishment while the guilty lounge in jail m this complaint is true or false can i lie judged by the disclosure that the latest report here reveals that in the first five months of 1017 factory shipments of madeincanada motor vehicles for export included 1s903 units of passenger cars 15000 units of trucks and 20 coaches or i buses so that the total exports of such motor vehicles had amounted to 33932 out of a total production in canada in that period of 10507s passengers cars and commercial vehicles with the costofliving rising steadily and the growing concern of the masses on this account being more apparent now in ottawa it is learned one of the big causes of anger and protest against this up swing has een the governments policy to stop subsidy jayments bread is expected to rise in price for this reason tea is in the same position other increases are on tiie way naturally anger and protests over the boosts in prices are antici pated however there are no signs in ottawa that the government intends to step tack one inch in discontinuing subsidies and more ncreases in everyday items may be lately two reports which receiv ed widespread publicity outside of ottawa have leen heard in political circles but inquiries in wellinform ed quarters inside ottawa have indicated that the facts have not been in accord with these reports one report has insinuated that the government might feel its position insecure in 1918 or after another session so that a general ekction was a certainty within a year probably in the fall of next year it is true that the govern ments majority over all others in parliament is now only 12g11s but here this is considered to be a relatively safe margin particularly if nothing occurs to disturb the unity of the governments political i eypebteil the governments choice at a time when opposing factions are completely support political unified the other report has been pre dicting that premier kings succes sor will le a socalled compara tively young man as a matter of fact no one in the know on parliament hill would even attempt to make such a forecast realizing that there are many fac tors to be considered iwfore such a lender will be chosen with age alone it is hinted here being no mean- the deciding point in other words thee widely circulating reports are not at all in accord with informed views bare and the men- uohirig of such young men such wth w was th as finance minister abbott is countrys best prewar customer transport minister ohevrier ls united states britain and defence minister claxton is i australia but it may take a much health minister martin ii and longer time than it is generally others are not considered indica- realized owing to many current live of the man to succeed premier obstacles in such a trading arrange king in face of the widespread ment with the aside that japanese publicity outside ottawa oiterin seems to be to pay such subsidies with resultant higher taxes or to allow the people to pay more for these items it is not an easy decis ion though the gradual abolition of subsidies may give a chance to lower taxation and competition in business keep prices down a common complaint heard along parliament hill among observers is that the us loan to britain has curtailed or limited food imports by the united kingdom unless there are carried out in principle in strict accord with the terms of the loan canada is aiming to resume trade electricitv ox the farm makes kukaij life worthwhile during the past few years the ontario government through the ontario hydro commission has done a great deal to help farmers to obtain electrical service observes the bowmanville statesman the results are beginning to show and whereas a few years ago the farmhouse and barn illumin ated by electricty was a rarity it is now a common thing to see farm houses brilliantly lighted up at night there are a great many new lines and installations being made in rural districts as materials and power are made available probably there is no single thing that makes life in the country more enjoyable and attractive than to have electricity and no one knows it better than the man or woman who for years had to fuss around with a few coal oil lamps or lan terns that at best throw out only a feeble attempt to pierce the gloom to attempt to read newsaiers or books in that feeble light was quite a feat esjecially if a number of persons were trying to crowd around one or two lamps it certainly gives one a tremen dous uplift to find that after years of carrying lamps around from room to room and having to light special lanterns to go outside or else go in the dark it is suddenly possible by only pressing a switch to have bright lights in any room of the house and also in the barn and stables it also opens up new worlds of pleasure in the farm home in allow ing the use of better radios re frigerators toasters cooking and cleaning utensils and a host of other conveniences and who is entitle more to all the modern electrical appliances in the home than the farmers wife farmers are finding out that electricity makes life on a farm very much more enjoyable as well as profitable tempest ix a teapot somebody thought it might be fun to invite the mere male poor thing to enter the tea brewing con test at the canadian national ex hibition that was five days ago today officials admit they are in the centre of one of the hottest tempests to toss in or over a teaixit over 50 men have accepted the challenge as some of them term it and entry forms are still pour ing in from all over the country not content with entering how ever the males have taken ad van tage of the opportunity to voice their opinions of women and women who profess to make tea in particular they drowned the poor tea leaves declared one indignant male and whats worse folks the women actually wash their tea pots many of the men claim to know this as an actual fact and their writing shakes as they record this tarnishing bit of information the men are insistng that they be allowed to bring their own tea pots states mrs kate aitken director of womens activities and they say some of the pots havent been scrubbed for years as far as mrs aitken is concerned the men can bring their own bathtubs and brew their tea in them but only one cup will he submitted to the such suggestions some serious charges have been made about the operations of an extensive black market in cars throughout this country due to the unusually heavy demand for such motor vehicles new or second hand being great that canadian dealer- are unable now to meet even a fraction of the orders on hand with the biggest complain being that the whole trouble has been aggravated by madeincanada motor vehicle exports why it is asked shouk so many cars be exported a this time when there buying here before the war was given over to potential war mater ials such as lead nickel aluminum copper etc i reproduction prohibited 1947 federal features svndicatei is swcai a desperate need for pass- ens right away beware enger cars and trucks whether snakes in this area a battling good one owner of a profitable huckleberry i area in haliburton a wideawake farmer was annoyed to have hun dreds of holiday and other people roaming over his buhland in search of huckleberries ordinary signs no trespassing were of avrr he tried this one which cleared the property of pick- rattle- dancing cedar beach gardens mussulmans lake every wed fri and sat during july and august qec futk and uli oicueiia friday and saturday aug 23 ffe abies irish hose m chekhov f devils playground win boyd v5f judges four tea tasters represent ing various canadian tea packers will be judges each contestant will receive one pound of tea free first second and third prizes will be 50 35 and 25 all entry forms must be in prior to the contest septem ber 2 what no grand stand performance at the ex this year observed a friend the other day certainly not the old stand burned down is be ing replaced but it will not be ready for use next week now youll see with your own eyes the ex citing things youve been reading about hearing about dreaming about for years styles in homes and in hats farmings newest and finest boat races and soft- ball champions olsen johnson in person television and radar in action whatever your interest your hobby your sport see it at the cne this year k i a scythes eiwooda hughes general manqqf canadian national exhibition