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\ \ OPIN TONS ek i LY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES. GAZETTE SHAWA TIMES MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS " Préss 1§ ezclusively entitled to the use for a aT Associated ang also the local news published tior. of special despatches herein are RIPTION RATES | 'Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, pa ering, ooriies per week, $1200 per year. By mail, outside ITE areas, an ere 'n Canada and England $7.00 per (year, A 'moths. $23.00 for 3 months. U.S. $9.0 per year. Au Ariat & saoond Olaf: Matter, Post Office Dept., Ottawa, Can. i : "Net Paid Circulation Eo Per Issue 7,915 * NOV BER, 1947 Er Ra TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1947 S---- Evading The Question Replying to the request from City Council for the instal- lation, of lights along the west wall at the harbor, the Depart- ment..of Public 'Works has pointed out that the area should be used only. by. those on business in connection with the harbor. ~. 'To:our way of' thinking the reply from the Department is nothing, more or less than an evasion. At the present time . the 'only: lights 'on the harbor wall are the navigation aids, 'high on poles, whose red glow adds nothing to the illumina- tion of the pier. In the event of a vessel coming in and wish- ing, to tie up "to the. pier at night, there are no lights, and anyone 'on, the' pier who would take a mooring line would haye:to grope in thé dark to find the line. "The Council sent its request to the Department follow- ing 4 drowning' when a local man fell into the channel at night. Unless a 'fence is erected around the harbor, people will still _dontinue to use'the pier and the danger of their falling in: will still: continue, Until lights are installed, the harbor will contintie : to constitute a death trap for the unwary. . 2 Woman J Qrors As'a vesult ot a ruling by the Attorney-General's De- partment, a, coroner's inquest at Hamilton will have to be repeated' because a woman served on the jury, Under the Coroner's Act; a juror must be a person "qualified and elig- ible" to be a juror. The Attorney-General's Department takes the stand that woman ig not an eligible person. Se 9 istunderstandablé that a 'woman is not allowed to ferve on a Coiinty Cort or Supreme Court jury due to the tact that Atries are bften "locked up" for the night and er the "Fules. ,of the. 'court must remain together at all times. Few, if ang, a of the 'court houses in the province, have thie. necessary. accommodation to take care of women jurors inder: thése conditions. A coroner's inquest is quite another thing. In our experience, the evidence is heard, the jury has returned its' verdict, and the inquest has dismissed within a matter of three hours: Here, the question of accommodation does not enter the picture. A We. do, not hold any brief for those who believe jury work | should be for males only. In recent years, women have taken an increasingly important place in business and pro- fession:l life of the community and nation and certainly the male has nd corner on brains or ability to arrive at a true decision on the facts'presented. The time will come, we be- lieve, when women in Canada will take their places beside men-in the jury boxes of the Dominion. Aged Horses E¥Windgor Daily Star) What th do with aged horses has always been a problem for farmers. Especisily 'when the animals were well loved and valued friends. "Td sell them was to risk their getting into bad hands, who, would 'not treat them kindly. In many cases to keep them 'on as pensioners was no solution. Because of worn- out teeth op other infirniities, they might linger on in failing health. Yet manyfarmers hesitated to take a gun and shoot a faithful anjmal 'which had served loyally in its work. would not treat them kindly. In many cases to keep them on as. pensiofrers' 'was ng solution. Because of worn-out teeth or other.indfmities, they might linger on in failing health. Yet, many farmers 'hesitated, to take a gun and shoot a faithful animal' which had served. loyally m its work. In many part of Ontario, the problem no longer exists. This is because of thé development of mink farms. Horse meat is the ideal food for mink, and several weekly news- papers throughout the province contain advertisements for old horses." This may seem a harsh end to horses, but it has its ad- vantages. it ensures that they are not sold to be treated unkindly by Someone, or that they do not have to endure failing. health, or lingering illnesses. In fact, some farmers prefer to dispose of a horse, which they no longer need but which is still relatively young, in that manner. Most farmers do not like to hink, when selling a favorite animal, that it might subsequently become the property of someone who would abuse it. "XMAS EMPLOYERS ATTENTION A University bg "rorénto Ex-Service Students at Ajaxwint Christmas Employment DEC. 20th TO JAN. 3rd * Selling, Construction Work, Odd Jobs of all kinds for good workers =: STUDENTS ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL PICKERING 81, LOCAL 104 By HAROLD DIN% GM! Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, Dec. 16--No industry in Canada, perhaps in the entire world, has such bad public relations as gold mining. The latest cry against gold goes something like this: "The government has taken the subsidy off bread and milk, but is subsidizing gold." Well, the truth is the gold fnditse try wants a free market for its pro- duct but both the domestic and the international monetary scherers are dead set against this. Hence the Canadian public continues to mis- understand the function of gold, the Canadian taxpayer will con- tinue to pay heavily to support the gold industry, and the industry will continue to smell badly in the pub- lic nostrils. . It is bad economics and bad poli- ties to subsidize gold, but neverthe- less this policy will continue inde- finitely. What is gold? It is a metal that has from time out of memory been considered a desirable thing to own. It has formed a standard of ex- hange for both internal and exter- al trade which has never been successfully dispensed with. Every attempt to dispense with gold has brought chaotic conditions. There is a lot of twaddle from the political Left today about gold and no people know better than the Leftists that they are speaking twaddle. Russia today demands payment for her goods in either U. S. dollars or in gold because Rus- sia recognizes the value of gold. There is no reason why the Can- adian taxpayer should be asked to support the gold industry. It is not the function of the Canadian Gov- ernment to keep the gold industry going, any miore than it is the fun- ction of the government to keep the nickel and coppper industries flour- | If the price of nickel and | ishing. copper skids to an uneconomic low, will the government then subsidize | these mines? Of ccurse not. Can a free market be established | for gold? There are sound men in | Ottawa, and elsewhere, who think yes. Internal Monetary that she ingjended from the Fund, Fund saying Canadian dollar to reach level ia terms of gold. This suggestion = frightens the theorists in Ottawa, the people in | the Fcreign Exchange Control | Board and in the Department of Finance. small group of men -- happen to be in a position of authority in Canada today. They are backed by the Government of Canada. But | their authority does not necessar- ily give them wisdom. The Internationzl Monetary Fund is not working successfully. It was | set up to stabilize currency. Ia the! free market you may purchase British pounds at $2; some days the pound costs more and some days even esss. The French franc and the Italian lire are simply fantas- | tic pleces of paper. nonsense to go on maintaining the fictlon (as our government-backed theorists do) that the International Fund is at all successful. A free market for geld would push the price of gold up. We would not have to worry about our If Canada sent a note to the | withdrawing | she could then es- | tablish a free market and allow the | its own | | crease, therefore, any These men -- it is a | | when It is sheerest | "Mary's Little Lamb" Shoemaker, in The Chicago Daily News e Readers' Views SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OPPOSED Editor, Times-Gazette. Dear Sir: I have read with in- terest your report in Saturday's issue' that Council had requested Central Mortgage and Housing Corp. to build 100 low rental houses in Oshawa. This would be commendable in utilizing unused City owned land, provided, of course, that the City and Taxpayers are not required to subsidize the Financing Corp. and Building Industries in so doing. The report stipulates the City is to provide sewers#and water service. How many thousand dollars will this cost the taxpayers? The C.M.H.C. will pay a yearly payment in lieu of taxes. How much will the payments be compared to normal taxes on nor- mal assessment values? If the payments are equal to taxes on normal assessment values then this concession would be un- necessary. Private building does not enjoy any of these privi . With increased enditures by | the City and Board of Education | it is evident the tex rate will in- such con- cession to C.M.H.C. will mean the taxpayers will have to bear a greater portion of the taxes than | would be the case under a normal ! taxing basis. It is amazing the willingness on | the part of the Council to subsi- | dize the Financine Corg. and Building Industries, especially they would not consider providing free lots for returned soldiers. A full explanation of this "deal" should be given the taxpayérs be- fore final negotiations are com- pleted. Yours verv truly. 0. C. EAGLE. | 73 Cadillac Ave. N., December 15th, 1947. go ge ob OBJECTS TO BANKERS' REMARKS Editor, Times-Gazette, Dear Sir, I read, with consider- dollar in relation to the U.S. dol- lar. The value of our paper dol- lar would also be set in a free market, A higher price for gold -- and not a subsidized price -- would re- vive the Canadian north. Revive it? It would open to and industrialization vast new areas. Monetary experts in Otta- | wa (not the government men) say | that in five years Canadian mines | would be preducing $500 million in gold per year. Gold is: the supreme lubricant in international trade. In volume we are thea third trading nation in the world. Per capita we are the first trading nation in the world. Yet by the action of our government this great beneficial industry is be- ing liquidated. The new aid an- nounced by Mr. Abbott is of littlea importance. 9 free market would put Canada on the highroad to greater economic health and wealth. setltement | able disgust, the account of the President's address to the annual meeting of the Dominion Bank. | Never have I been more deeply stirred to contempt than when I | read his deliberate effort to deceive the people as to their true bene- factors and friends. It is enough that extreme capi- talists wrench from us.the free- doms, security and progress which would be ours if freed of their im- position, but when, posing as altru- istic guardians and counsellors they besmirch the sincere and intelligent efforts of those who are alive to the social injustices of the day, then are we moved to wonder how much Canadian people will stand. But it is only natural, I suppose, | that a man in the speaker's posi- | tion, vill fight, by every means, to maintain the status quo, for with nationalized banking, manipulation of finance will no longer be possible and a bank executive's oportunities for lucracity 'will be restricted to his salary--and he'll have to earn that. It would take an advertisement as large as his to renudiate his er- roneous assertions, nor do I think it necessary--surely we can discern the deceptivenes of his oration. And it's only the beginning! Propaganda of this nefarious and bizarre kind is going to be flung at us with every opportunity and by every medium, in every subtle way to wheedle, cajole, persuade, coerce the people into returning to power the old parties, bound in their pclicies of conveniencing vest ed interests and disinterested inter- national cartels. Columnists and commenters, bent only on pleasing their employers, will sell their con- sciences and honesty for a pittance. Friends, lets get the facts! Study the C.C.F. party and it's basic phi- losophies, examine the party, assess its performance up in Sazkatche- wan and I'm sure you'll conclude as I have that, not chaos, but pro- gress, not stagnation but opportun- ity, not regimentation but real lib- erty lies ahead as we emerge from an obsolete Capitalism into a Soclal- ized Economy. The CCF chose an appropriate banner word--"Forward with the CCF" We are as guilty as our deceptors if, having the opportunity to know | the truth, we resignedly allow them to bully us inte acceptance of their machinations. Yours Sincerely, W. LANE, 155 Carnegie Ave. Dez, 13, 1947 LB SR QUESTIONS TO PONDER 1. "What shall we do about Un- employment and Depressions?" Editor, Times-Gazette, Dear Sir: lage where people supported them- selves by taking in one another's washing? That is another analogy, but probably' not a very good ome). Shall we reduce the time that.each person works so as to spread the work around and give everybody a job? If we do that, shall we pay everybody the same working ick used to him ing eight? Pe we da that, will not prices of goods cause the cost of making them will increase? What shall 'we. do about unemployment and de ons? That Is a hard question; it is so hard a question tha tnobody has yet found the answer to it--any- where in the world. But the pro- blem will have to be solved before we can enjoy true freedom, for un- til a man can tsand on his own feet and provide for himself and his family, he is not a free man. The problem is hard, but it is net impossible of solution, and every- body including the citizens of our community, can help. It is said that we have in this country "po- tential, plenty". phrase mean? How shall we bridge the gap between potential plenty and actual poverty? SLYFIELD Columbus, oe Dec. 13, 1947. P.8--In subsequent Letters from the Back:C bmit other questi ri thinking people to ponder. Re ----_--. _---- eo 20 Years Ago Three aldermen -- George Hart, R. M. Miller and J. H. Stirling--an- nounced they would not stand. for re-election to the 1928 council. Ald. H. P. Schell had announced several weeks earlier that he would not be a candidate. Dr. Adam Shortt, noted Canadian economist and enember of the Dom- inion Archives Branch staff, pre- dicted an' "amazing development' for Canada in a speech to the Ro- tary Club, Erection of what was to be Osh- awa's largest apartment house was authorized by the City Pngineer's department. The apartment, ex- pected to cost about $150,000, was to be erected by H. K. Davidson. at the corner of Simcoe Street North and Buckingham, A drive for 2,000 members in Osh- aka and district was launched at a general meeting of the Children's Aid Society. President -H. P. Schell urged that a start be made on plans for construction of a new children's shelter, Board of Education Trustee E, W. Drew, who had been active in edu- cational matters in the community for 22 years, presented two scholar. ships which were to be granted. to the two pupils in their third year commercial at the Collegiate Insti tute who ranked highest in their year's work. e A Bible Thought . . . Christ in you, the hope of dors (Col. 1:27) Through Christ a thousand times In Bethlehem ba borh, If He's not borp in theé, Thy heart is still forlorn. «Angelus Selesiis (1623). What does that CANADA MUST CHANGE TACTICS (Vancouver Daily Province) Canada's weakness in the past has been her dependence on out- side supplies, A country of great natural resoruces, she found it con- venient and easy to harvest these resources and trade them off in a raw or semi-raw state for finished goods. © She hewed the wood and carried the water. The other fel- low reaped the profit. While we were young-and while our resources were overwhelming in quantity, that course was a proper one. But our youth is going and much of the cream of our resources has been skimmed. It is time we changed our tactics and we should not re- sent it too much that circumstances are compelling us to change. ® A Bit of Verse PRINTING PRESSES These horses of the printing downs Stand at the barrier to start, Rach at the starting signal poun Its track with throbbing, iron Tears, | The tempo maddens; at the turn, { Thunders the might of cloven feet, 8 And down re stretch these trojans | chu To deadiines : they were geared to meet, | i The racing done, the crowded town Forsaken for the evening These thoroughbreds are bedded. down | And nursed and rested for their ills, | But far into the night their hooves Beat down the printed straightaways | To chart the nation's checkered moves | And pound the mind to nobler ways. --Thomas W. Granzhan, | In New York Herald Tribune. 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