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©Now 1clir truck*> & plece is $300. holidays of vn:'c'nt would cost each 9 of your two grocets t buteters $60 a But it at, at $752 week per m_by’r"’*” TJ will put a fleet of four Pnb ts ts io o t unt them naa..a.-.l'n service to both merchant and eustomer on a collective delivery proposâ€" know are at least 98 per cent true, because lmtmfimhzmhdm J talked this whole ition ower with George W«m%fi«r- Belt. He gave me facts and figures, which 1 Comnm-mtdl:“mgethuncuhmd carry customer should to pay thhlou.Commonmdaoflmethnno merchant should be expected to absorb that Jloss out of his ordinarily small margin of proâ€" fit. And do not let anybody tell you that these grocers and butchers are working on any great big margin, for they are not. cash and carry customer is charged one price Mmdfiv-;w:mhm another price. et.vboisfl:‘("totcythe hfi.filfimwmw;’& losses created by this system. . I can give you the answer to that. Deâ€" mandi;ingbndmf itu;inp'?t‘h.iltl or carrying charges, and worst of all losses, and in the end the merchant either goes broke or gets out of business with a whole hide and else. He also told me that the delivery syâ€" stem had kept him in the spot that he was not making any more than wages. You have on Main Street five grocery stores. Three of these stores ‘belong to a m(hdndm:i{uedflnflnhm they ever conduct a delivery syâ€" stem. That leaves you at the w?nt‘fil: with two independent ou e aree butcher chope Tos bate oo Red wares. They deliver the larger and heavier articles that they sell, but make no pretence of driving a truck two, three or four miles on a round trip to deliver a pound of nails. Now then, both groceries opposed to “fifitywmforthdrmnd.. One butcher came out bluntly and told netlnti{hehu!to.inordert:emteo:n petition, start delivering again would out his business and go to work at something I am afraid, from my investigations, that MWnMdMGRMy is going to have to tell his constituents in the west end of the township, below the mounâ€" tain, that deliveries of merchandise from locâ€" al stores is definitely out, for a long space of fime.mdpm?blym s flmi-mlml-iw;finincfi-fi today. Price ceilings are still <ting in mmumfimfiq restrictions as placed by the WPTB three or more years ago, whereby no order smaller thnmdahreuldhm_-dul; oneddiva-yadqytoaeamntamury.u still in effect. STORE DELIVERIES always to the most perfect independence. Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Now Upper is figuring Tetiiien. Mto'hfi:i: m'n'?'.f‘,&., ,u;. out toâ€" on imnoutnenon ts _ fhoun d uen ionarahs niog True independence is never afraid of PHL, 20. O PoCt Hikures$35 to $40 a week. ing depend add on to that dpreciation on a Ford It is impossible to operate where the FACTS & FANCIES LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. w.â€"u.mmhu.l“ "".‘_ -L-,,“'m Nighes, Seopyeole Grimsby Independent Thursday from in and Osk S onimeby, ty NBWMMQ bo-rn.: Mr"“ starting new salar until the freeze on salaries had been +*2wed. Wage rates have gone up; the unions** to that. Professional people in business 10r themselves have done well. The Ottawa cil mm.'ho'dldnlfimyduime war for seven (7) hours a day except . day, has been publicly thanked in Parliament for his great }:e)m'lbubntothowd. M&Mh:hhau ot.(‘n)d his hours reduced to sixâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half exâ€" m.mw-mm.fim., m!ollndnom ed ehnee(:rnthl:mc by not moving 4 an lmdmtwthcm:nmforthc mm’m.mw«&" Let‘s get moving. Let‘s do , YeGod:.iflhndMOffl.ooom build a brand new fair growds right here in Grimsby and have a Couny Fair within 24 months. Thompson pull the leadout of your dw-ndlundoiu_nlnethiu. OUR BEST CITIZIEX I do not mean to turn Beamsville Fair inwa‘l'onmoExhibifiononni;M.Dntl domunthubyafinyenrm"uu under the name of COUNTY FAIR, that Bnmsvillel"nirmbem a plane with Welland, Simeoe, , Stratford and other fairs of the big time. In fact it should be a County Fairthat would stand onl in the whole provirce on account of our ruit. nd do n 19. avinds T me tat it excont not Â¥ tell me cannot. ors to wake up and go to work. 1 do not mean work on a committee room chair. 1 mean Now what does th all lead up to? I‘l wmmm’?’:inm&awml hnehmdhndidnfigmp.ngath last six or seven Harv Moons and nothing has ever come of it. 1 have at last come to the conclusion that it has been nothing more than a wintertime committee room subject of discussion. 1 am goiny to find out whether my conjecture is correct or not. At any rate, now is the time to go after the creation of the Beamsville Fair into the mbéfi;’fl:;fim-mhrm ary. week 1 see Perusing columns of The Independent, that the Clinton and l Ee e e c $ MITTC 2B aMTCC mlmm&n%dme Society are $15. Come up l'mmm that $15 in advertising space. asâ€" sets amounting to over $7,000. &mu Betsy, that is more than Dyke Lawson and lm‘l‘heirhnfimzmmm they had a profit of around $700 for a one I see where Meryl Thompson, who is a great show horse man, has been elected the new President of the Society. Will he do anyâ€" hind him to create Beamsville Fair into County Fair? 1 do not know, but I hope so work where something can be accomplished. Where help can be secured. Certainix rot vhn(&-h. ceilings exist, that is an Mty. you ‘= stem after the restrictions a':: m tb.e’n it will be by some method that nobody hereâ€" abouts knows anything about right now. Louth Agricultural Society held their annual meeting. That is nothing new, EL 16 just mqn-lnmmmwwmgm day show. I wish that I could show that fit for three months. p THE COUXTY FAIR No, Councilior "Bm» in the West End 1 do not thinx you are going to get a Aclivery system {0r some time to come. piece, ratio, whatever wantâ€" dto:t':’n.hthc'm mm:&hby today that can pay $60 a week delivery charâ€" ges? No, positively no. _ # Now that $60 a week is only the beginâ€" ning. Here the credit starts. It costs money to borrow money from the bank no matter if "The Village Banker" is only charging four es paid vesy 90 qays but the migeeny of was Mm"t':’thm. four, five and six Mndued&umrm& where is the merchant getting off at. He just vires, which cost twiceto three times what tbeywuldeutaawarwha: a”m'!'ith déivery truck; add the 4& * maintainence costs which are heavier for the same reason; figure the interest on your money at about $1600a truck; figure two sets of Ontario licenses; two insurance polâ€" icies as demanded by the Ontario Dlznn- Mdflighms;thamenm for Upper who has to be on thejob from one store to another and run the whole works and "'b""flfi{?flmi:mfiumawek per truck, to make any mymdmdm And knowing Gm;tlhhg'him.beuu.m-w robber, e is a SUCCessful transport operâ€" ator, but he will not invest money and work for nothing for anybody, that is why he is would be inflationary to permit w&m Fair into Has he the proper men beâ€" THE GRIMSBY INDBPBNDENT The new snow that comes in the night disturbs not the sleep of anyone. But anâ€" nouncement of its arrival quickly awakens one to the early morning task ahead. Paths must be shoveled and driveways cleared beâ€" fore the workaday grind begins. ARGUING OVER THE CAR In preâ€"war days there were many arguâ€" ments in families over the use of the family automobile. Young people would ask to have the car for their dates and doings, which Su'd-ringthergfhthinpndmt of surprise. Cries of t‘s snowed!" usually come first from the children‘s room. Curâ€" tains are pulled aside and noses pressed to windowpane in speculation on "how much." The back door is flung open and a dado of Mam:othelm.Ahmmhndhh used to its depth. A new snow comes between bedtime and dawn. It drifts aimlessly earthward while even the lightest suburban sleepers dream on, unaware that a blanket is being laid on mu:m"gdm%m vhiutho-k.edlilzhof.ukl.nddm. F and stone en;quumrtjmtyenn ud ronk are "feathered" downr and smutâ€"smudged ridges protrude benesth white, sequined ESNOW IX THE NIGHT the Heinie that makes a move. 1 would like to be in London when they meet in Leicester I can just see a lot of ng old buddies sailing the old briny, with the rifle slung, sqiung Lne OlG Driny, wilh the mille » looking eight ways out of two eyes. God help That is as it should be. In fact the Vetâ€" eran Guards of Canada are the only unit that can guard them out of this country, successâ€" l‘lly.mylmremrddthem; lived with them ; even protected them from themâ€" selves. Why should any other unit take over. lmbytbefiflwwflntdnm ment of Militia and ‘ence, in Ottawa, has mud-of&ndn. same men that have been guarding them, successfully, for the past five and more years. is the one, in fact, most likely not to try to one, cheat the crown of its exactions. He does the uueuuguu.-the_wâ€",fltro Which doubtless is the reason that no MP. of any party thought it worth while to try to do anything dramatic for his betterâ€" -mh&hm“::fiatm. SOMEBODY WOKE UP the salaried citizen to share in the prosperity. ‘The salaried citizen, in general, has been the mvbolnsbqet a home, complete 'ifi-'%l.flc the chap who buys life insurance. He is the one who got no relief -h-fiomml':f‘“‘h‘ incomeâ€"tax was removed. He is the fellow who is least likely to be able to earn some mfiomwvgygwabflg&qe 1 enc ll’) CANADIAN CATTLE FOR MEXICO «> Gasoline restrictions may have abated those arguments in wartime to a large exâ€" tenLAsemdifiomaffecfiumtomofils:; come more normal, many young people be again asking for the car for this or that they did not get their fair share of it. sometimes collided with the desire of the parâ€" ents to use the car for their own purposes. Some youngsters felt that the use of the car was a necessity in their social life, and that The ability to provide a car to take their chums around is.a social asset to a young person. The young people who drive with the best judgment and who are the most careful to obey all regulations, will encourage their parents to let them take the car more freâ€" Overheard in front of Millyard‘s Drug store: First Venerable Ladyâ€""Aren‘t the streets slipâ€" pery*" 5 Second Venerable Ladyâ€""Yes, but thanks to Mr. Lawrie and his men, they are all sanded, and well." 1 could tell you & lot more. . mmmuammmn& ing was terrible on Friday and Saturday mornings. How is it that the majority of car and truck drivers have no respect for other car and truck drivers. I often sometimes wonder where these double parkers think the other cars and trucks are going to go when they come along. Futher O‘Donnell‘s Lions Club Midget League mmnmum«mma: m-mmmmm:hm Independent. Then listen to the arguments. memory is long. doughnuts. Looks like George is going to jJump through the boop for & long time. 6 # # + Charlie Webster, King of The Snowplows, givâ€" ing thanks for the mild winter, so far, bu: warns this columnist to lookout for the 17th of March. His being outfitted with civvies in was a good show. e Farow Bros. splashing paint all over the interior of Theal Bros. store. # # ud ®# | West, The Barber, ta‘king over plans for the reâ€" formation of the trap «Looting club. # # ®# # If those Eaton burglars had ever stole Nan there would have been plenty of trouble from this Eve Doucett in the A. & P. ordering 20 dozen MAIN= S|REET Warner, fresh out of the army, Bonkam will have to put Business Directory Harold B. Matchett BARRISTER, souicrror, etc. (of St. Catharines) Saturdays Only â€" 2 to 5 p.m. 14 Ontario Street, Grimsby umsrn&soucnm WASHING MACHINES Quick Satisfactory Service T. R. BeGora, B.A â€"â€" Guaranteed Work â€" George 1. Geddes E. A. 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