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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday march 16 1950 the stouffviue tribune v established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments no vatican envoy church group says the board of evangelism and social service of the united church of canada today declared itself unalterably opposed to appointment by canada of an envoy to the vatican the statementsays that such a step would provoke serious religious dissension in canada and be a cause of national disunity we do not believe that the present serious situation of international disunity would be in any way overcome by such an appointment the statement continues neither do we accept the view that the roman catholic church can be recognized as a formidable ally in the defence of demo cratic and religious liberty toothpicks time was when greatgrandpaw chopped on a carved ivory toothpick under his walrus moustache says the mon treal star you wont find many of these around anymore except maybe in an antique shop or somebodys curio cabinet but the art of wielding one still flourishes and the- timber industry caters seriously to this longlasting demand one of the delegates to the current canadian lumber mens association convention paul lemieux of quebec says tooth picks are trickier to make than youd think you dont just use any old log or the odds and eyids of other wooden articles those tiny sticks sitting in a jar on the restaurant counter must be white birch mostly likely theyve been cut from a 26inch log which had to be care fully smoothed and shaped before it was processed why he said in an interview on a 10inch log we have up to 50 per cent waste theres no hitandmiss in making toothpicks the thought of estimating how many his company put out a year for cornonthecobeating canadians staggered the general manager of one of quebecs largest firms lets see he mused say there are 700 to a box multiply that by a gross and well all i can say is millions and millions municipal spending all across canada municipal taxpayers are receiving bad news expenditures are going up and so are tax rates in the last 10 years as a recent survey in the financial post revealed municipal expenditures have jumped almost 60 per cent with a 40 per cent gain since 1945 alone and after a substantial period of steady decline municipal debt is on the way up too thus also adding tothe burderi of the tax payer members of municipal councils who are supposed to protest and watch the interest of municipal taxpayers should watch these trends slowly this is not the time to see how much money they can spend or what- new projects they can start there are few bargains indeed offered the municipal shopper in the present market canadians will have to pay more unemployment insur ance as a result of a change in the regulations the benefits are to be extended to employees earning up 4800 instead of 3120 this change is expected to put an additional 100000 unemployed in the pay class it will also buoy up revenue of the government it is also an attempt to gear the- scheme to the peculiar ities of the canadian climate which in normal years results in a larger number of people being without work in winter than in summer the canadian scheme originally based on the schemes in operation in the united states and the united kingdom where employment is not subject to seasonal variations is now to be altered to meet a special canadian condition nothing was done to give a fairer deal to persons who over the years have had steady ejnployment but without the facy high wages of those around cities on seasonal employment who exact top wages but who annually draw unemployment money the lower wage persons who never draw insurance are being bled to pay for the parttime worker its unjust and unfair and calls for a better deal from ottawa worlds richest man various personalities in business or among the indian princes have been described as the worlds richest men but the distinction appears to belong to a man few people out side his own little country ever heard of he is sheik sir ahmad aljabir assubah ruler of the arab principality of kuwait at the tip of the persian gulf it is a narrow strip of land about 200 miles long has a population of 80000 of whom 60000 reside in the capital city kuwait the whole country is notningbut sand on the surface at any rate and for centuries the only trade was in horses the building of dhows for the gulf ports and pearl fishing the people were very poor including the sheik himself there was no water supply for the city and water was brought in by the dhows from 50 miles up the coast and sold at one rupee per skin all that was changed when soon after the beginning of this century british drillers discovered rich oilfields a british company was formed and the sheik of that day granted it exclusive rights in return for which he was to receive five shillings for every barrel taken out of the ground the oil riches of kuwait seem inexhaustible for last years production was 1120000 tons that has been going on for decades and the rulers income at presentday value of the pound amounts to 14000000 a year or about 15000000 the sheik hasnt to do a thing to get that money just has it paid to his account he is not required as henry ford other richest men have done to plow his profits into the business for development its all his the natives have made money also many of them have luxurious cars he must have a stupendous savings account over the years but fortunately he is an educated generous ruler there are blocks of model houses schools and hospitals in the capital and paved streets where formerly there was only sand he still lives in a modest house and lives thriftily because he believes that what allah gave allah may oome day take away at the present time he is planning a 000 water scheme he is an absolute ruler although there is a consultative cabinet and he depends a good deal on the british resident for advice there are several arab countries in the gulf of persia and they voluntarily placed themselves under the protec tion of great britain because the royal navy had suppressed piracy and british officials suppressed slavery when the late kaiser proposed to build a railroad from berlin to bagdad to capture the trade of the east kuwait was to have been the terminal on the persian gulf how ever the first world war put an end to that ambition ottawa letter jack smith mp north york the old home town by stanley the throne sjjeeeh debate is still progressing slowly with the house taking time out every day or so to deal with important matters as they develop the supreme court ruling up holding rental control will mean the probable extension of existing regulations for another year or sooner the housing situation will be so improved as to make control unnecessary hon c d howe minister of trade and commerce returned to the house friday after a six week trip to europe during which time he visited many countries in an effort to improve trade relations the minister is very optimistic and says the overall outlook for the future is good he noted a very great improvement in general con ditions in europe voting ago a private bill has been intro duced in he house which would reduce the eligible voting age from twentyone to eighteen mr argue the ccf member sponsoring the bill contends it is time we took into account superior education and training now given canadian youth and reduced the voting age he adds a further argument that at eighteen canadians are consid ered sufficiently mature to serve in the armed forces patent office canadas patent office is a busy place in 194 it received from corporations and individuals 12972 applications for patents about divorce resolutions on the order paper for consideration this session include one by col d a croll of toronto asking the house to take into consideration the advisability of setting up a special committee to consider amendments to canadas divorce laws and enlarging grounds for divorce to include deseition of more than three years gross cruelty incur able mental disease after five years and legal presumption of death postal revimio one of the interesting features of canadas economic development during the past fifteen years has been the substantial increase in business of canadas post office from 1934 gross revenue has increased year by year without interruption to 9593746s91 last year which is an alltime high record the net surplus or profit on operations for the past year was 297578137 pon population the annual report of the com missioner of penitentiaries shows the penitentiary population in canada for 1919 to be an alltime high of 1225 and this figure includes 87 females in 1930 there were 3187 in our canadian peniten tiaries the total of 1225 includes 309 young convicts under 21 years of age 373g were of canadian nationality 173 were born in the british isles and 316 were foreign born meals alone for our pen population last year cost the tax payers of canada 05916120 postjil employees as at the end of the past year there were approximately 42000 canadians employed in various capacities in canadas postal service premier frost is complimented as one who has been associated with committees since 1933 as a member of mimico council a writer of briefs for chairmen of committees of york county coun cil on matters pertaining to the metropolitan area and ttc matters and more recently as chairman of the housing com mittee for mimico 194748 i com pliment mr frost for his ultima tum to the various councils in metropolitan toronto either to agree on a satisfactory plan of merging services by january 1 1951 or have some one else do it for you- it is simply amazing when you consider- the ridiculous situation prevailing throughout the toronto metropolitan area not only today but for many years that adults will stubbornly persist against any form of unification of services on the ridiculous plea of loss of auton omy the five townships adjacent to toronto with large urban pop ulation equal to and larger than many cities throughout ontario have been the greatest squealers obviously for selfish reasons as townships they enjoy privileges and annual financial grants under a provincial statute which would cease if they should incorporate into a city or become part of toronto it would be much more becoming if the reeves of the aforesaid town ships instead of abusing mr frost congratulated themselves on having got away with the privi lege the correction of this abuse being long overdue the general trend in canada and throughout the world is to reduce governments not add to them i do not think complete amalgama tion of the twelve suburban mun icipalities at one fell swoop is the best plan for toronto or the suburbs however i most strongly advocate an immediate unification of such services as police fire i education transportation and housing the latter is most urgent and should be done immediately john p odonnell mmimico ont markham township building expansion building permits issued in mark- ham for the first two months of the year have more than doubled figures for the comparable period in 1919 building inspector ross norton reports january and february last year saw 90750 worth of permits issued the figure this year was 198900 building permits issued during february amounted to 82900 as compared to 47300 in february last year everybodys business by have you ever felt that you had reached the end of your rope most of us have this experience at least once in a lifetime perhaps after working long at a seemingly impossible task or finding our selves in a serious predicament so it is a good thing to remember that we have within ourselves extra reserves which can carry us through many a crisis there is plenty of evidence to prove this fact countless stories of heroism reveal the human capa city to endure unbelievable stress hardship and pain more than one victim of a disaster at sea strug gling in icy water felt sure that he wouldnt survive for five minutes yet many hours later he was srill hanging on and thus lived ro he rescued such endurance may be demon strated not only in connection with physical trials but also those which are mental and emotional and if you can keep hanging on perhaps for even just a little while longer the success or relief you seek will be yours in short there is a whole world of truth in the old saying its always darkest just before the dawn y no family need endure hardship in the event that its breadwinner dies life insurance puts within reach of every father the means to provide for all their needs as well s for his own retirement income waamcakrjs w- we are keeping our promise two months ago when coal shortages forced us to reduce pas senger train services canadian national promised that all these trains would be put back into normal service as soon as conditions justified it now we are keeping our word full cnr train service restored as from wednesday midnight march 8th all trains in canada that stopped running because of the coal shortage go back on their normal schedules to you the public who gave us your understanding cooperation during this trying period we extend our grateful thanks and say to you that the canadian national will as over many years provide you with fast reliable uptodate transportation president a canadian national railways tvi im