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the tribune stoasvule on thursdav june 17 isms the stouffville tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations ialmnalvarice i ircululion a of march 31 lms 2vj7 issued everv thursday at stouffville ontario id canada 200 in usa s25c a v nolan son publishers notes and comments damaged leather careless handling of livestock by farmers and shippers costs the american public millions of dollars each year for shoes and othtr leather goods how the mishandling of livestock adds to the cost of shoes was the subject discussed recently by dr- fred oflaherty director of the tanners council of the american laboratory of the university of cincinnati the damages to animal hides which are most pronounced are caused by grubs lice mange mechanical injury by wires nails brands and rough handling in shipping when a skin is injured and most often such injury is in the most valuable part of the skin the leather is inferior most skin damages appear when skins or hides have been soaked in lime solution or the hair has been removed having paid the full price for the skins the tanner can only tan the poor with the good skins shoe leather for uppers are often degraded as much as 10 cents a square foot and for a pair of soles as much as 20 cents says dr oflaherty similar costly carelessness adds to the cost of shoes in this country where tanners also have to cope with the problem of damaged leather not so simple now in the old days the life of a farmer was a comparativel y simple one he used horse power to plant and reap his crop and in some cases wind power to grind his grain it was very useful in those days for the farmer to have a practical knowledge of veterinary science the presentday farmer still needs veterinary know ledge to look after his livestock but in addition he must be a fair mechanic to keep all his power machinery in shape he must also have a rudimentary knowledge of hydraulics and to top this off he must know something about bookkeeping to answer all the questions on his income tax form yes life is becoming more complicated even on the farm we vole for sales tax method the financial post finds after taking a poll that public opinion is about evenly divided as to whether we would be better collecting government revenues by sales tax or income tax we favor sales tax it would be more easily collected and would relieve the government of handing out many thousands of cheques to employees engaged in checking income tax forms in addition wage earners and small business concerns would not be harassed making out income tax forms for which thousands are not able to keep a proper bookkeeping record sales tax and such like is a pay as you go system whereas income tax is pay after the money is all gone what some people say after the provincial election of last week and the by- election in ontario riding liberals and conservative supporters were saying openly that the only thing to do now is for the two old parties to unite that line of thought of course was brought about by the inroals made by the ccf in both the legislature and in parliament at ottawa we never heard so many people express this idea before as we have listened to the past week but the daily star on thursday said editorially that the proper thing to do and the only wise course was for the liberals to join the ccf unit the star of course it should be kept in mind s ccf in spirit and would naturally like the remnants of the liberal party in ontario and all over canada to embrace the ccf both old parties know too well that their chances of winning the dominion in the next election are mighty slim the conservatives have no chance and the liberal fortunes are not good one thing we know is that if the matter is left to the rank and file of the electors in this district there would be a merging of grit and tory but only time will indicate what will happen up against professionals financial post for the first time in canadas political history the cio- ccl labor unions have thrown all their strength behind a political party assessing their members a dollar apiece they contributed between 75000 and 100000 to the ccf campaign funds and that was not all these unions also contributed the services of at least 25 professional organ izers throught the campaign and at least 100 organizers for service on the day of the election it was no amateur force that confronted premier drew but a determined army of professionals this growing challenge mr drew and his government cannot afford to ignore it cannot be met by outdoing the socialists and radicals in giving handouts at the expense of the taxpayer and business it can be met by championing the cause of the great majority of citizens who want hon est decent and efficient government with no favors to special groups or individuals the ontario election and the recent federal byelect ion demonstrate a glaring weakness of our present elec toral machinery designed for the two party system it has not worked well in expressing public opinion when more than two parties make a bid for power the vast majority of the winners in ontario are ac tually minority candidates only in 2s out of the total of 00 seats did the successful candidate have a clear majority sjvaking generally and with some exceptions the small liberal vote in the urban centres siphoned off sufficient strength to throw the ccf candidate into the lead while the still smaller ccf vote in the country gave a similar ad vantage to the progressiveconservatives the final out come was disastrous to the liberal party while winning second place in total popular vote it was only able to elect a dozen candidates giant toads niet to protect their bee colonies from giant sugar cane toads queens land australia bee farmers have been advised by their department of agriculture to put their hives on stake- as east two feet high or to construct netting barriers around the apiaries the giant toads which measure up to gars inches long and four to five inches in breadth visit the hives towards nightfall and with the aid of their long tongues lap up bees from the hive entrance sometimes eating hundreds at one meal dissection of one toad showed that its stomach held 300 bees for real results try the tribune classified adv columns k manitoba mcnnonites say last farewells leave soon altona man june 14 ah after- apostel pauls injunction noon the auctioneers shrill voice in paraguay where hey have resounded through the croudedfarm purchaed 200000 acres of land fori yard xow except for the voices sjooooq most of it dense forest of a few people who lingered behind they hope to find the peace andj in the little white frame house the seclusion their parents found inj i place seemed strangeh- quiet and canada in 1k74 deserted for a few minutes thev this to them i more important chatted about the sale then words than any hardships they may face no longer could hide their deep jin starting life anew in a new land amotions the two men kissed each even though it may take years to year their crops were destroyed by locusts the main group refused to turn back although a few- individuals did for once their delegates and the church decide on a new home they believe there t- no turning back today after al most 20 years of sutfering and hardship the chaco colony is slowly progressing from their earliest days ana they trace their history back to the time of the reformation the mennonites have travelled far and often in search of religious free dom the mennonite movement originated in and around the netherlands members were quick ly singled out for persecution be cause of their firm stand for the separation of the church and the state they were in fact the first religious group to stand for this orinciple after a century of persecution continued on page ten other on the cheek clasped hand and shook them solemnly the women their eyes filled with tears tenderly embraced each other as only sisters do for the time had come to say farewell perhaps for ever one family was going to paraguay to jive the oilier was remaining behind auction sales and sad farewells these are typical scene- these days in trie red river valley in southern juild new homes and communities to develop an entirely new type o agricultural economy they are com pletely undaunted and determined it may be years before we hav ears and electric lights like v have here admitted sobemookirig frank enns one of the leaders of the group but he added quickly these are not the most important things in life our forefathers got along without them we will too the government of paraguay to attract such noted manitoba as 1000 mennonites tear south america for two years they have been planning this migration xow the final details have been completed and only a few more- days remain before they climb i- board special trains and start their long journey southward to their new promised land j mennonites has promised then complete exemption from military service for all times- they will be permitted to administer their own municipal affairs conduct their own schools in their own language a low german dialect they call plattdeutsch further they will be exempt from all taxation for 10 seventyfour years ago when the years prairies were largely wasteland these terms are similar to those the parents of these resolute emij offered an earlier group of mani- grants came here from russia in tbba mennonites which migrated t search of religious freedom with hard work and industry they developed the valley into one of the richest farming regions in the west today for reasons somewhat similar to those which prompted this emigration from russia men nonite history is about to repeat itself as it has so often in the past the emigrants are mostly old order or conservative mennonites who no longer feel religiously secure in the valley what they call worldly influence are penetrat ing their secluded communities menacing the quiet simple religious life they have followed for generations some of their young people for example are beginning to drift from the farms into the cities this they feel is contrary to the paraguay in 1926 a few years after the provincial government replaced their private schools with public schools private schools incident ally was one of the inducements canada offered the mennonites in 1874 but when the western provinces were organized and given jurisdiction over education this privilege was revoked less hardy souls than the men nonites might waver before leaving comfortable farms here for an uncertain life in the wilderness of paraguay but not these people not only are they resolute and determined but they have a fatalistic almost mystic faith that what they are doing is right this was illustrated by the 1920 migra tion to paraguay although hundreds of people died of tropical disease before they reached their promised land in the chaco region and year after dont go on that trip until expert mechanics at benhets oarage old gormley has checked your car welded broken fenders and applied a firstclass paint job general repairs on all makes of cars trucks tractors taxico gas oils and general tires prompt service on lubrication welding done oml towing service c m bennett gormley ont dont send to for goods unless you have first consulted your nearest customs office the import of certain goods is now prohibited in order to conserve our us funds if the article you wish to buy is on this prohibited list it will not be allowed to enter canada even though you have paid for it dont be disappointed before ordering goods from the us or other countries consult your nearest customs office or write emergency import control division department ol finance ottawa serving through chemistry tfj ttoun storekeeper may think he doesnt handle chemistry but every thing he sells from costume jewelry to refrigerators is in whole or in pari a chemical product chemistry is a vital factor in fabrics and foods leather and toys its at the cosmetic counter and in the hardware department you find it more and more whenever you shop as nylon hosiery fabrics and bristles in new plastic articles and as cellophane wrappings to protect goods anil make them more attractive the chemical industry never stands si ill it continues to create new useful products and to improve many old ones it contributes to the wellbeing of all of us with the cil oval the symbol of an organization devoted to serving canadians through chemistry for instance- r r ar i is hot li-i- op die l-ui- jeawhftot tri t ioutcd w i i i canadian industries limited