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Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger A nonsense now and is relished by the wisest Ira and men Anon You know what the trouble in with the reportin in this here paper asked Slim our Cuttin Corners correspon dent and assistant editorial ad visor If youre trying to pick a fight with me about the town council youd better wait till the boss guts in I said No I mean that I was that there writeup about the wardens banquet a while back and I didnt see no jokes reported which was told by the speak er Slim said You never report that part I said Thais just the trouble It full reportin and more people was impressed with the jokes than they was about some of the other part of the pro gram Ill bet Perhaps I said Anyway nobody took notes on the joke I liked thai definition of bavin mixed feclins Thats when you see your mother- inlaw your new Cad illac over a cliff Boy thai one brought the house down Then there was the one about the chap what came home drunk We cant print things about The Newmarket 1 drunks in the home town Serving Newmarket and the rural districts of North York The Express Herald paper I objected Well this was a particular ly good one and after all the speaker was a minister and if he can tell a story like that surely we could print it said Slim Maybe What was it about now Ive forgotten it Well this here feller came home a bit off centre like He knew hed get a blast from the wife anyway and he was in one of them ugly moods Well he managed to get in the front door and into the liv ing room He saw the family cat there and he was so ugly that he just gave it a good hefty kick and sent it to the end of the room Then his wife rushed in swept the cat up into her arms like a protect mother There there she said to the cat as she stroked tenderly Well just show that monster of a beast When he dies well have him cremated and well just put his ashes in your dirt box Well that there good joke really brought down the house Slim said by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches The other morning we stood in a pasture field the field sloped gently to the north The sun was shining gently over the November morning and just hack of US in the barnyard were barrels and barrels of freshly picked apples fragrant and Closer to the house was a very large heap of wood mostly birch and the smoke curling tip from the chimney announced the smell of it Looking across valley we saw the white houses and cot tages of Paradise Nova Scotia clustered around the white spire of the little wooden church The man we were visiting was a farmer in the valley tall well set and digni fied with a warm smile This was the Annapolis val ley a mellow fertile piece of land where people have been farming for a long time We saw grazing in fields where many cows graz ed for many years orchards of apples mostly picked with the exception of some of the Russets These farms in the original deed have been laid out as to width along the river go to the top of the mount ains either north or south The houses are usually along the edge where cultivated fields end and behind them art thv rough pasture where the tree line is receding like a matur ing mans hairline The area where the are cut is Usually the heifer pasture There arc little streams and rivulets coming down the mountain to water the stock meandering their way down lo the liver- A lot of the heifers and cows have bells and in one barn We were in all cows had bell Our inquiry as to cause for this was explained Well we had to have them lo find them on The bains are small many of the farms The is quite often part of the hay mow and the cows look into a man ger that is divided with a wood en from the rest of the barn There are doors in this partition and the hay is put in of them through a door From the Files of The valley is the original home of the Guernsey breed in this country and farm upon farm has these gentle souls grazing It is good to be in that country in the season for pump kin pie with yellow whipped cream on lop of it The buildings often look a little worse for wear No too many new houses can be seen in the small towns we have crossed in the valley Central Canadas roaring prosperity has bypassed these people There are empty farm houses there too and hay sheds that have long ceased to have perpendic ular walls But it isnt all resignation and old fashioned toil We have many auto matic stable cleaners and one or two barns whore such equip ment was to be installed Dairying is a hard job there too and this year is not the best in the valley Hay is and in some sections water was short until the fall rains came The farmers in most cases are not any younger than they are in Ontario The recurrent theme is about the son who has gone away to be an engineer or research scientist or doctor just as in Ontario they have left home for work in industry or commerce The valley is old country- tide mellow dignified and strong It doesnt overwhelm you with grandeur or frighten you by its size But it makes you feel humble It is haul to put it out of your mind There was the old family plot on Ihe side of the hill many farms have that too It was two rods by three rods in adze It must have had about 20 headstones in it The fence had fallen down and tin heif ers were across it We saw there four small headstones for four children between ages of one anil six who died in a per iod m Heboid them Wen- four more almost the same age who died five years later in June in a period of tin days Next to them was a larger stone It was thai of the mother Sue was when she died 25 and 50 Years Ago November 1932 Sharon On Tuesday Nov 1st a number of the ladles of the United church met at the home of Mrs Austin Haines to give a formal farewell part to Miss Joyce Collins who shortly leaving to take a course of training in the Toronto Gen eral hospital Rev or- Conning with a few well chos en words expressed the good wishes of himself and her friends Mrs Alice Thompson of To is spending two weeks a the home of her daughter Mis Curtis Miss Meeda Williams and Mis Sarah Janes of Toronto Univer sity were home over the week end Rev of Kef- wick was In attendance at the biennial convention of Young People in Trinity church on Sat urday Mr James Prior who comes from North Bay district he has lived all his life has bought a small farm on Sriglev St The Era gives him a wel come to town and hopes the family wilt be made to feci at horn November Bradford Mr J of the Scotch Settlement ha a goose which has been cutting quite a caper lately Within It past three weeks it has no less than 0 and in this respect stands all alone and i its glory Mr George Graham is doing much business that he found one horse could not do driving so has a spanking pair of driver Thrv do look fine with their mounted harness on and heads up in the ail Mr A Coomb- principal of Newmarket high school has been invited to luncheon at University College Toronto to morrow and afterwards to dis cuss the matriculation curricu lum with the classical men of the city Mr Gardner got back from on Thursday ev ening of last week having had success In company with Mr George Thompson got a deer a porcupine and partridge Mr Walter and her daughter spent over Sun day In the city Published every Thursday at Charles St Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Express Limited Subscription for wo years for one year in advance Single copies are each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second CUss Mall Post Office Department Ottawa John E Struthers Managing Editor Caroline Ion Associate Editor George Haskett Sports Editor L Racine Production E W Stefaniuk Advertising THE EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYSEVEN EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED It was reported this week that some of the were questioned about their campaign to produce can didates for council this year Perhaps one or two mem bers of council considered this interest in civic affairs shown the Junior Chamber of Commerce a disturb- illg influence On behalf of the we emphasize the facl that they are not supporting a slate of candi dates nor are they supporting individual candidates It is possible that political aspirants mistakenly have con cluded that the Jaycees are taking part in election cam- The civic affairs committee chairman in the has made it perfectly clear that the group is not electioneering It is trying to create more interest in council affairs and in encouraging citizens to be candi dates for office The disturbing influence as some members of council interpreted it is really a healthy sign The have injected a fresh note into the preelection season exactly what is needed in Newmar ket The democratic system has been gasping for breath the last few years and a new interest on the part of citizens young people in particular may restore it health It is hardly the time to commend citizens or others for a new interest in politics Paying atten tion to government affairs is a duty of citizenship but unfortunately it has become a novelty in this generation Cold facts in the western world show that we will be overwhelmed by other ideologies if our citizens do not fulfill their duties so let us not pause to congratulate ourselves or members of the community for carrying out their normal duties Let US continue at least to do what is needed COUNTY GOVERNMENT CAN BE USEFUL A few weeks ago this page quoted from a readers letter about county and road commission expenses in volved at a recent good roads convention The writer suggested that eight men and eight wives attending and of the taxpayers money being spent on a con vention would be worth questioning No public reply has been made to the questions perhaps we never will hear one But the writer has given county councillors good material for thought The expense of sending elected representatives to conventions in many cases is a waste An elected member might attend the good roads convention this fall and be out of office by Janu ary But permanent members of the staff can attend conventions or conferences and gain information and experience that may be of value for years to come Sending staff members could be worthwhile At the recent wardens dinner much was said about the lack of interest in municipal government especially county council Warden Taylor one of the most ener getic and conscientious wardens to have served York County expressed the hope that there will be a new interest in county administration We join him in ex pressing the same hope It has been said that we can do without county government We take the opposite view We can gain through a good county administra tion especially in fields hardly touched by it county- wide planning county coordinated fire protection county coordination in water supply and sewerage fa cilities to mention but a few SPUTNIK OVER Christian Science Monitor Like an unheralded sputnik Mr Bernard M turned up at the Book and Author Luncheon in New York one day and uttered a few eloquent beeps of his own His message which was a warning If America ever crash es it will be in a twotone convertible was doubly effective for its vivacity No expert ifs and cluttered ils brief sentences We offer a few samples here under headings we feel to be appropriate ECONOMICS The cost of preserving the peace is infinitely less than the cost of fighting a war for one will never concede that we cannot do as much in the defense of our freedoms as any potential enemy may be doing to destroy those freedoms WORLD POLITICS Sputnik is more than a sat ellite hurtling through space more than a warning of leadership jeopardized and security imperiled Sput nik represents the test of democracy Page Col OUR SIDE OF THE STORY by HARVEY HOW MUCH COMPETITION IS LEFT The keenest critics of capitalism call attention to the decline of competition in recent decades They have little fault to find with a system in which production is carried on by millions of independent individual pro ducers competing in a free market They admit that such a system with adulteration and fraud eliminated by wellenforced laws would give each producer a re ward roughly equal to the value of service rendered A genuinely competitive economic system supplemented by social welfare measures would not be far from ideal Those critics contend however that present economic order bears little resemblance to the idealized picture of free competition Our system is described as monopoly capitalism Now the evils of monopoly are well known They are the counterpart of dictatorship in the political field The monopolist like the dictator tend to abuse his position of power by exploiting con sumers Like the dictator he is constantly concerned with the danger of losing his power and therefore sup presses all potential rivals with every means at his dis posal finally his management is likely to become in efficient and Now what are the facts Has competition given place monopoly The answer is that while literal monopoly may be rare genuine competition is still rarer In a really competitive industry like wheatgrowing there are so many producers thai no one of them can control the price of his product He produces a Stand ardized or graded commodity and sells it at a price set by demand and supply If he asks a cent a bushel more than the market price he cannot sell his product And il does him no good to reduce his output It is obvious that in most lines of manufacturing these conditions of perfect competition do not exist Manufactured goods are largely branded or trademark ed articles each manufacturer having monopoly of his own brand There is still competition of a kind compete with Fords and Ply mouths but the competition among a few giants is nothing like the competition among a million farmers producing wheat Il is different in two vital respects First the competition is largely in selling rather than in produc ing The result is that selling costs advertising showrooms salesmens salaries and commissions take a large fraction of the consumers dollar It is in these semimonopolies that the socalled waste of lion is really serious Also selling is coming to dom inate production Almost every change that has been introduced in automobiles in the last five years has been made with a view to sales competition practically noth ing has been added lo serviceability Second and most Important these big producers do not keep their factories operating at capacity and sell their products for whatever price the market sets Instead they sol their prices at whatever level they choose and if sales fall off they reduce production in stead of cutting prices It was situations of that kind that had in mind when he said the business man is primarily interested in profits rather than production and may maximize his profits by cutting down produc tion rather by increasing it It is ibis habit of shutting down the plant when de mand for the product falls off that makes the problem of maintaining full employment so difficult A drastic cut in automobile production necessitates a drop in pro duction and employment in a whole line of metal pro cessors and mining companies iron and steel copper lead etc Companies are not to be blamed for cutting produc tion when demand falls off If the decrease in demand is serious the producers will be operating at a loss and if they failed to cut production their losses would be still bigger That is because many of their costs including wage costs cannot be reduced quickly These are times when nothing but a drastic reduc tion in prices ill enable an industry to maintain produc tion In a competitive industry that reduction takes place automatically In the semimonopolistic industry prices are maintained output is reduced and unemploy ment follows If a large fraction of the economy is involved the result is depression Thus mass unemployment the greatest weakness of capitalism is largely the result of the decline in competition The tslate the servant not the master of people the shite is their guarantee against infringement on their fifths their agent in international and national issues it is not the function the state to assume the direct fort of those activities which rest on individual choice Town of Newmarket VOTERS LIST 1957 Notice is hereby given that I have complied with Section of the Voters List Act and I have posted up at my office at the Town Hall Street Newmarket en the 1st day of November the list of all persons entitled vote in the said Municipality at Municipal Elections and that such list remains there for inspection And I hereby call upon all voters to take immediate pro- ceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected to law the last day for appeal being the day of November Dated at the Town of Newmarket this 1st day of Novem ber 1957 WESLEY Clerk NOTE Copies of the Voters List may be inspected dur ing regular hours at the Town Hall and the Post Office Information may also be obtained telephoning Clerks Office at TW Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday 9 am to pm Wednesday and Saturday am to noon Due to the Assessment Roll being returned late this year all Ratepayers are requested to check the list to ascertain that their names are correctly listed thereon a to The Voters List Act the voters list is the one must he posted up and any errors or omission must be received on or before November NOTE To be a I f to vote at Municipal Elections you must be 21 years of ac a British Subject an Owner or Tenant or Wife or Husband of an Owner or Tenant and your name must be on the Voters List or added thereto by an appeal made within the time above mentioned Those who occupy a domestic establishment of two or more rooms in which they sleep prepare and serve men Is and as above are ENTITLED TO VOTE ROOMERS AND HOARDERS are NOT en titled to vote NOMINATIONS ELECTIONS J The Municipal Elections will lake place on Monday December 2nd Polls will open at oclock a close at oclock pm ADVANCE POLL An Advance Poll for the purpose of receiving the vote of voters who expect to be absent from the Municipality confined in a hospital or of election officials who in carrying out their duties as election officials will be unable to atenc the poll at which they are entitled to vote on the day polling will be hold at the Committee Room Town Hall Street on Saturday November 30 The advance poll will be open on the said day the hours of oclock am and oclock pm WESLEY BROOKS Town Clerk and Officer MUNICIPAL ELECTION for Town oi Newmarket E NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOMINATIONS for the offices of mayor reeve deputyreeve six councillors to Ihe said offices for the year and one hydro electric com doner and three public school trustees for the term of two ami three Separate school trustees for the term of two yean the municipality of the town of Newmarket will he held In town hall on THURSDAY NOVEMBER between the hours of and pm by the Returning Oil Every nomination shall be in writing and state the name deuce anil occupation of the candidate and the residence and of the proposer and seconder Such nomination mils signed the proposer and seconder both of whom shall be electors and present and shall be filed with the Rctur Officer within one hour from the opening of the Nomination hi When a proposed candidate is not present his piper shall not be valid unless there is attached thereto satisfaction lo the Returning Officer that he consents to nominated Candidates must obtain from the Treasurer a certificate si in that at the time of opening of the Nomination Meeting I are no of a preceding year overdue and unpaid in the land on which they propose to qualify and business overdue and unpaid lor the current year AT THE NOMINATION MEETING OR OCLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON OP THE SAME DAY A DATE MAY RESIGN IN RESPECT OF OR MORE OFF FOR Willi UK IS NOMINATED FILING HIS IN WRITING WITH TUB RETURNING OFFICER and I IN FAULT SHALL BE DEEMED TO UK NOMINATED OFFICE FOR WHICH HE WAS FIRST NOMINATED If more candidates are nominated for the hereinbefore mentioned than are required t fill the same Voting la the polling subdivision at Ihe subsequent he conducted deputy returning officers at the respe polling subdivisions as follows GEORGES WARD Canadian Legion Hall Penrose IB Mrs IC Mrs Mela ST ANDREWS WARD Town Hall Phillip Tod 2D Alex Eves Charles MacLeod ST ANDREWS WARD Queen street 2D Barbara Hunter ST ANDREWS WARD James Street Mrs Douglas Wilkinson ST PATRICKS WARD llail Albert Swindells Cecil Wray Mrs POM INC SUBDIVISION No I Fire Hall Mrs James Thompson An Advance Poll will be held in Hall Street on Saturday November SO be the hours of am and Deputy Returning Officer I MONDAY the Second Day of December From oclock am la oclock pm no longer Of all of which all persons are to take nolle govern themselves accordingly SAVE THE QUEEN BROOKS Clerk and Returning Officer