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from the Editors Notebook Holidays Well if the Era and Express building had not burned down on June we would be on hoi id ay now ever have a tit It it True weve gained a consid erable amount of experience we hopo that it will never to use it again In setting up the new print fog plant at 30 Charles St new numbering we have encount ered numerous small problems were not expected For instance it was found necessary to clean all the linotype mats by hand because they were tar by the a moke of the fire The mat arc small brass moulds about for each letter ft font of type There are thousands of mats and the job requires many hours of labor The staff members have been cleaning mats for two weeks and there will be more weeks until that one task is completed As can be imagined there are numerous other complication which consume valuable time Midst the dust and dirt saw dust wire electricians and car penters we must continue to put out a paper One might be concentrating on an editorial at a desk surrounded by boxes and waste paper and be asked a question like this Have you a hammer here Or a story on town council might get mixed up with an order of parts Tor a printing Nevertheless we can at least form a picture in our mind of what normal is and about when it will arrive In the meantime we received this poem from a contributor in Aurora which fits the POEM The Editor knocked at the Pearly Gates His face looked worn and old He meekly asked the of Fate For admission to the fold What have you dyne asked Peter To seek admission here Oh ran a weekly paper For many and many a year The door swung open sharply A Peter touched the Come in he said and take thy harp Youve had enough of hell From Mrs Edward Foster 19 St Aurora who Mates This was said in year to the year ERA and EXPRESS and PLANT STREET KB ERIE toy for With Parker this newly developed Underwater gravity meter The device now being uied to explore the bottom of Lake is lowered the bottom of a lake or sea sends back signals which aid geologists in determining the structure underneath The device threelegged steel coated weigh pounds In Lake it being used to determine favorable to drill for oil and Deposits have been found along the north of the several companies are Investing family in tha search for wort Ok J- the commander of the attacking Kan- lne where bis force obliterated the headquarters of defending General The generalissimo step back into t of Victoria and his bodyguard will again ho York of Toronto manoeuvres are over manoeuvres Involve are being held to test the effectiveness of thco- and Servia mm of North York TIm Era The Express Herald every at Chart St by Newmarket Bra and Expreaa Limited Subscription for two yean for one year In advance are Member of A Weeklies Canada Canadian Weekly and Audit Bureau of Circtdatians Antkerited Marl Poet Off lot Department Ottawa Ion W John E Strainer a Editor Managing Editor George Hatkelt Snort Editor Lawrence Racine Jen Printing and Production THE EDITORIAL PAGE time man WE HAVE BEEN SPARED The beat news to be herd in Newmarket for some the announcement that Canadian building had been sold to a good em ployer of labor The modern factory building with square of floor space had not been occupied by a manufacturer for the past year and in that period of time had been a poor advertisement for the town With other vacant factory buildings it mocked the ef forts of the town council to bring new industry to New market Fortunately its career as a monument to the towns shrinking capacity to employ skilled and semi- skilled workers has now ended The company which bought the building manufactures aluminum equipment for dairies and breweries We are told that it expects to start opera tions late in the fall employing 190 persons The arrangements for the purchase of the factory building were made out of town was a straight business transaction without local politicians taking part unless to provide some information about the town to the sell ing agent the subject never came up at a meeting of council would not be decent to say that is here because the town council had nothing to do with it Yet it must be admitted recent statistics show that once there is talk about a prospective industry around the council table the odds are high that it will not arrive A seemingly straightforward interest on the part of an industrialist becomes so involved with subdivides shop ping centres and complicated deals with the town that the industry seems to get lost in the shuffle For instance where is the cigarette factory about which we heard so much We are told that arrange ments of a sort are still going on We do not mean to discredit the company nor would we want to jeopard ize the chances of Newmarket acquiring a good factory We are doing neither by saying that the English com panys plans for a Canadian plant called for square feet and to employ people a far cry from square feet and employees or even was once mentioned in council it is time that council attempted to separate facts from fiction when it deals with developers and promoters Correct information usually is easily obtained Sometimes valuable infor mation can be obtained from local sources But council will continue to listen to a stranger who has a good story to tell It is an old story about the home town people overlooked Even in subdivide- the council might have done better to have stayed with known local enterprises Finally a new industry in the company has arrived with no strings attached that we know aboui and we have been spared council hashing and dealing with which have become so familiar lately it an occasion for great rejoicing NEED BETTER ROADS FOR MARSH Considering property values in the rioii vegetable producing Holland Marsh area the roads are poor We arc not informed on whether or not it is possible to pave roads in the Marsh itself The existing roads are well known for their washboard qualities probably because of heavy truck traffic Traffic is increasing on the road from Newmarket through to with the heaviest travel at the west end where it follows the south west border of the Marsh The west end of this road always is in the poorest condition yet it is im portant to Marsh farmers The need for an eastwest highway plus the need for good road service in the Hol land Marsh area call for early improvements to this cross country route The arguments continue to sup port a move by the province to take the responsibility Provincial highway traffic to and from the eastwest No 9 Ontario highway is one of the arguments for it WORTH ARGUING ABOUT A point worth arguing about was brought up by Councillor Gladstone Kidler at the last meeting of New market council When a delegation appeared to seek improvements on roads and services in the west end subdivision developed by a question of responsibility was discussed A performance bond for proper work in the subdivision expired this summer and Mr Lenhardt and associates were given 30 days to repair roads and improve services If the work is not done in days council decided all other development negotiations with Mr will be suspended Councillor said that if Mr and his associates do not repair the roads and do other work required the responsibility will be put on the shoulders of the people of the whole town The problem will be in their laps and it was a problem not of their making he said We disagree The subdivision problem would not have existed if Hie town council of Newmarket had not approved of the subdivision plan in the first place Granted it was not this years council But it was a council elected by the people and the people must take the responsibility for electing such a council It is all the more reason for the electors to give im portant consideration to the actions of council so that they will have confidence in choosing candidates and in casting ballots in December RETRIEVABLE ANCHOR An anchor that holds in mud sand and rock has a handle that moves up and down acting as a lever to free itself when its time to pull it up reports The Financial Post Made of heavygauge plated steel it can be used on sailboats and with outboard motors OUR SIDE OF THE STORY by HARVEY CYPRUS FRUIT OF A FALSE PHILOSOPHY Off ice Cat Reports m m Catnips By Ginger aint what you road its the way that you read it said Slim the other day He was reading a proof of a boss had done on the town council Somebody had made a mistake in setting the type The boss had meant Coun cillors left the meeting hail still friends When it came out in type it read Councillors left the meeting hall still fiends If them linotype operators again things all mixed up said Slim Dont say that to them if you dont want your head knocked off I replied They have enough trouble with adjust ments on those new machines Besides It has nothing to do with the operators Its Aw dont tell that about gremlins said Slim They aint such things Old there was me some yarn about them things he calls type lice I dont believe there is such species Sure there are type lice I said I have seen hundreds em crawling around in the type They can be trained just like I knew a printer once who trained type lice and went with a circus He made enough money to retire Frankly I think its the fault of the boss The fire has affect ed his mind said Slim Weve had a lot of accidental errors lately Weve gotta smarten up- Speaking of accidental errors Ive got a list of them from the Blue Bell magazine quoted The magazine never said whe ther or not the editors respons ible for them were shot or who- titer they just left town Any way here ore some prize ex amples The bride was given in mar riage by her father wearing her mothers weddinggown The couple went to school to gether and their marriage will end a romance begun there The bride wore a strand of tiny matched pearls Her gown was of vile green Her accessories were plain punk The bridegrooms mother was attired in a lace dress which fell to the floor The maid of horror wore yet- low tulle The bridesmaids carried tiny nosebags The little flower girl wort a maize gown with puffed sleeves touching her ankles The brides mother wore a dawn blue chiffon and black stray hat The nuptials took place in a settling illuminated by lighted Roman candles The couple exchanged cows The bridal couple then passed out and greeted guests The ceremony was attended by only a few loose friends and relatives by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches Lord an eminent British judge has journeyed to Cyprus in preparation for the tank of framing a new constitu tion for the island This consti tution could provide a for a of the Cyprus problem but the may refuse everything short of un ion with Greece and loavt the question to embitter Brit ishGreek and TurkishGreek relations and to threaten solidarity of NATO What is root of the trouble and Greece ait both democracies to the use of lawful democratic meth ods of settling issues Why should the Greeks have thought it to to viol ence to achieve their aims One answer is that two prin ciples are in The Greeks claim Cyprus on the good democratic principle of determination of peoples and majority rule The major ity of the Cypriote want to be come part the Greek stale and for Greek patriots that set tics it The British rely on the of legal sovereignty By international law Cyprus pari of British state having been to Britain by Us former owners the Turk in the population but it has unlisted a large and following What is the ex planation Because the no legal claim to the island they cannot get the question raised before any international like the World Court or the United Nations Unable to se cure what they consider their rights by any legal peace ful process the Greek Cypriote justified in resorting to vi olence When the is stated in terms of a conflict between principles between selfdeter mination and sovereignty it that the application of democratic principled would assign island to Greece in deed the Greeks can point to a very close parallelthe claim of the tan German in Czechoslovakia be lo Hitlers Reich Hie had never been purl of Germany the Ger mans had migrated into it in it were located the Czech of defense against Germany cession of the territory left the country absolutely And yet the British and French governments invoking the principle of put the strongest on the to it them cede the area to Hitter It Important to notice that the had no real because the British are not quick to recognize the that other people at tach to abstractions the Cypriote great ly from the presence of the Bri tish base In fact its removal would be a serious blow to the economic life of the island Nor were the Cypriots being depriv ed of any civil rights They had freedom of speech of press and of employment excep tional measures at present in force wore the clear result of Cypriot acts of terrorism The British had offered them self- in internal affairs but vain Now why do a civilized and logical people like the Greek allow themselves to become passionately worked up in a matter in which they have no serious grievances There can lw no mistaking the Intensity of Greek feeling in the matter Greek newspap er of all shades of opinion con tinually feature Cyprus in news editorials and cartoons The word CYPRUS meets you on every hand whether scrib bled in chalk on some wall or featured on store fronts or banners Hie agitation against Britain lias not been carried oh by the Greek government to distract the attention of the people from their misery as happened in Iran and Egypt The govern ment apparently would be will ing to reach a reasonable settle ment The agitation is carried on mainly by the Opposition press and by the youthful Basically it is the Greek acceptance of the discredited philosophy Natural Bights That philosophy in its nature is a lighting philosophy By mak ing an appeal to right and jus tice it can induce idealists to fight for an objective which may be of no practical use to anyone As a weapon against despotism the appeal to natural rights can be of service to man kind But it is out of place in a democracy It permits dema gogues to rouse the passions of mot en a completely irrational fan so blind people to the dictates of common moral ity that a Christian like will condone assassin ation In a democracy we need a philosophy that appeals to rea son rather than to sentiment- a philosophy which asks Who is suffering can the suffer ing be relieved lit a democracy and ly in British are always o I to champion the- the hud hud a real grievance they would have been In the press and iu Parliament and they would have been ill And if the Cypriote had I Yen willing to concern with realities instead of str Actions the present would never have arisen The remedy for nonsensical nation is neither neglect nor re pression but the inculcation of a philosophy that finds its supreme value in the welfare of human beings That philosophy is Utilitarianism It has always been popular to accuse the farmer of being con servative in his attitude and practices The economic pund its like to point out that indus try can adapt itself to labor and money saving methods while the farmer is given to do what his grandfather did Is this accusation really true certainly dont think so Mechanization of farms has at least kept pace with that of in dustry and if it hasnt it was the farmers inability to make the consumer pay the shot that is holding up this process Take this year for example is an unusual year and it is a tough year We are sure that if the figures were assembled it would show that the Ontario farmer reacted quickly to the technical difficulties involved in a very late spring and wet haying weather We know that fertilizer sales would an effort to get more pasture and sale of corn would show a ready switch from grass silage to corn silage But perhaps the fact that de feats the old story about the hidebound farmer is the sale of Now this machine has been popular for many yeans out west and it has been used in Ontario by some fanners It simply cuts the grain and lays it in a swath and the combine with a pickup attachment comes and threshes the grain Afterwards In a wet year like we are having such an arrange ment has many merits The grain will keep in the swath well it will slay dry and in us ing a fairly d swat her it will shorten a combines work It is possible to swath when it Isnt possible to combine and grain will dry out better We are told by our implement dealer here that a few weeks ago there were hundred of such machines available both selfpropelled and takeoff models Today non can be bought and the is simple Not only is the farm er able to adjust himself to any given problem but he is also able to anticipate a given set of conditions and tries to be pre pared for them Now it could be that will be largely unne cessary when harvest time comes It could be that the only benefit from them will that the farmer will be able to sell wheat with a lower moisture content than in other years la the meantime he has a couple of thousand dollars tied up it and with the exception of a few who will be able to make some of it up by custom work it will be just another Invest ment and insurance The only limitation that a farmer has when it comes to adaptability and is his lack of capital and insufr credit His only fines is to try to increase the size of his operation in order to spread his overhead Land is still the only commodity that can be bought on the basis of a small ish down payment This is be cause farm mortgages are quite often held by other fanners who have more confidence in the farmers ability to make a go of it Proper credit facilities to re model barns re equip farm and put them on a par with any other industry is what the far need more than anything else The initiative the know- how and imagination are usually present We are net importers of beef on the hoof now We could easily become that way in other commodities if the farmers arent given a proper rating when it comes to credit SATISFIES CEMENT DEMAND I t f rf V I r j in not the mauler of the people the their ffuaranUe attain I infringement on their right their agent in inter and national Uinta it in not he function of the to assume the Uriel ion of tho activities which rest on individual choice shorties that plagued Canadian construction In nd next year according to cement companies that in and since then Canada has imported cement from supplies from Canadian S t