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@ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Friday, December 4, 1053 ditorials The Daily Times-Gazette $ostiawa, Whithy), | by Ti Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario 'Plenty Of Ammunition For Arousing Election Interest Mayor Jack Naylor said this week that the controversy over the sale of land to Sklars'. had aroused more interest than any other topic this year. While acknowl- edging that His Worship should be the right one to judge, we wonder if he is en- tirely correct. With an election coming up on Mon- day it is interesting to look back on some of the municipal topics that have made the headlines during the life of the 1953 council. Quite early on last January the civic officials pleaded for the removal of the poll tax which) they said, cost more to collect than it brought in revenue. By a strong vote council not only retained the poll tax--it upped it to $10. Time and time again in the first few months of its life the council discussed Alex Boyd and his ambulance service. That ended in Boyd leaving town and the city starting up its own service which, Ald. Rae Halliday predicted, would make a profit by the year's end. Even while the Boyd controversy was raging in council and the correspond- ence columns of this paper, the first rum- blings were heard of the year's most in- volved rumpus -- how wide to make Bloor Street West? A compromise was finally worked out, but not until Ald. Herb Rob- inson had bitterly attacked a city. official and this paper for their respective atti- tudes. In all probability the Bloor Street row would never have started at all if one alderman hadn't misunderstood the mo- tion and voted the wrong way. The closing stages of last year's council were also marked by a now-fam- ous "wrong-way vote" 'on the Metropoli- ten Store. Oddly enough this year's budget went through quietly and smoothly -- at least, on the surface. Its result, an in- crease of 9.7 mills, was greeted with an astonishing calm by the ratepayers -- a calm destined to explode when they re- ceived their tax notices with the mere words converted into actual figures. It was way back last March that Ald. John Dyer and Ald. Norman Down first put some awkward questions (which no- body could answer) to the council, about the mystery road running east from Fare- well Avenue, Nobody knows any further details on that road yet and the matter is now brewing to the controversy Ald. Dy- er predicted. It was also back in March that Pat O'Donnell asked for a liquor vote to be ta- ken to see if he could get a licence for the Pontiac Inn. He is still waiting--it has taken all this time for an official to "in- vestigate" the validity of the petition! The early summer passed quietly. The Times-Gazette ran a series probing the behind-the-scenes activity behind the new city hall. That was the city hall that was supposed to be opened months ago and still the city waits, although the ratepeyers coughed up an extra $100,000 for it this year, and the final cost is still in doubt. With the coming of fall the eontrov- ersies have been coming thick and fast again, Sklars, the bus schedules and planning matters are all on the stocks. All this proves that even in an elec- tion which lacks the added attraction of voting for a mayor, there is abundant ma- terial for keen interest. Watchful Economy Must be Keynot¢ On Monday of next week, the electors of Oshawa will go to the polis'and elect those who will be in charge of the city's administration for the year 1954. That is a great responsibility, and in an era like the present in the history of our city, it is doubly important. At the present juncture in the city's affairs, it is essen- tial that a eouncil be elected which will concentrate on policies of watchful econ- omy during the next year. It is no light task to administer the affairs of a city with an assessed capital value of $56,000,000, and annual revenues and expenditures in excess of $2,600,000. Such tasks demand keen attention to the spending of every dollar of the taxpayers' money, so that full value shall be received. And with the heavy tax burdens which are today being imposed on municipal taxpayers., there must be further care to ensure that no expenditures are made un- less they are absolutely necessary tp the city's progress and welfare. Editorial Notes Roadside tables, set up by the depart- 'ment of highways for the convenience of travellers, are. reported to be objects for vandalism. The number of mental delin- quents seems to be growing. Despite the fact that there is no con- test for the mayoralty, there are so many live municipal issues that the situation demands a keen interest in the elections for the other civic offices, Recent letters to the editor from former Alderman F. M. Dafoe seem to be stirring up a lot of people. Perhaps many more need to be stiirred up. The Daily Times-Gazette Publisnea By TIMES-GAZEITE PUBLISHERS LIMITED 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa The Daily limes-Gazette (Oshawa, Whiny) combining The Oshawa Times: establisheo 1871) aud the Whitby & Ch i est 1863) 1s published daily ( and y holidays M ot Ihe C Press, the Canadian Dail Newspapers Association and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation The Canadian Press is exclusively entitied to the use fo: re publication of all news despatches in the paper credited to po Mouated Frm of Rey also the loca) pul n. its of al despa! Sows there speci tches are T. L WILSON. Publisher and General Manager M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor Offices, 44 King Street West, [foronto. Outarte, University Tower Building Jootreal, P.Q ci SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby Brookiin Port Fomor cr Sharing. tot over 30¢ pef Wes. By mail $12.0. Elsewhere $15.00 per year vary ww DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR OCTOBER 12,626 It is well understood that there are commitments which must be honored. Schools must be provided to take care of the educational needs of our growing pop- ulation of children. City services and facilities have to be extended to meet the needs of an expanding community, That is all the more reason why those who are elected to civic bodies should be citizens who realize the need at this time serutin- izing carefully every dollar of expendi. tures, and who will have the courage to say "No" unless they are fully convinced of the necessity of these expenditures. With the huge increase im the city's assessment for 1953, on which the 1954 tax rate will be based, it should be pos- sible to effect a reduction in the tax rate in 1954. This can be done in spite of the additional debenture payments which have to be met. It can be done if we have a city council which has the will to reduce taxes, instead of looking at the increased assessment as merely a means whereby they can secure more money to spend. Bit Of Verse APPROACHING THE FRENCH RIVIERA The shore, this, of both France and Monaco-- This, called the Azure Coast. It seems to me Our ship has veered far from reality And found a gentle land, lost long ago. Where else, as here, can sea be seen to flow 80 gentian-blue, lace-crested as this sea? Where headlands, such as these revealed to glow With sunlight of such sheer transparency. This is the Azure Coast where tranquil hours Are spent in gardens, under brilliant skies, Extracting perfumes from a wealth of flowers. If not on some last land, I'm sure my eyes, Searching out trees that glisten from recent showers, Behold a land both beautiful -- and wise. --VIOLET ALLEYN STOREY. Other Editors' Views TROOPS FOR PEACE, OR WAR? (Peterborough Examiner)' The words that reach one about Korea are so repetitious, the situations so recurrent, the impasses so obdurate, that one becomes apathetic or posi- tively bored by the whole thing. The story of the Korean peace is as weary, stale, flat and urbrofits able as the Korean war itself. Yet one must not become apathetic, even a Canadian. A thousand Canadian troops are now sailing to Korea to re- place those returned or returning. Are they sailing into war or peace? That question concerns them vitally; it should also concern us who say at home, Bible Thoughts "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stead- fast, unmoveable, always abounding gn the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your Jabour is not in vain in the Lord." (I Cor. 15:58). Let us be sure that our labour 1s 'in the Lord', end then we may be certain that it is 'not in vain.' OTTAWA . REPORT Price Spread Is Causing Concern By PATRICK C to price paid to livestock producers and the price charged to the con- sumer. WHAT PRICE ELSIE? Many Canadians are familiar with Elsie the Cow which is seen at many exhibitions. She may look lush and matronly to the eye of the amateur town-Canadian who a past to see her in her bou- o1r'; and Elsie would not be very highly valued in the market place as a carcass. While she would fetch a low price as a canner or cutter and end up in bologna, some of her children would fetch top prices as steers; so let us follow one such from ranch to shopping bas- ket. This healthy young animal, well fed and sleekly fa , will b: it. farmer about 20 cents for eac of its 1,100 pounds of live weight, when he sells it to the meat packer for slaughter. but rip off the trimmings th 'out of his WHO MAKES THE KILLING? With that figure of 20 oent pound fresh in his mind, perhaps the farmer goes to a butcher's re to buy himself a round ak. When he is charged 60 cents he hits the roof, and is the MAC'S MUSINGS We believe we are just The average individual aha vier. to 28, an " And we believe that we Share his views and ideas Regarding the sad trouble That is besetting the world Which has become divided ni 0 opposing cam That of the dictators " And that of free people The average man w Why it is not possible For the leaders of the Opposing camps to sit dows Around a common table, Discuss all the problems That are dividing them, * State thetr ations isture Mile Be desires, in gambling langua polace lel cafiy on " In je effort . a an To find a solution § =g [= Bg her family for not serv- meat as marshmallow-soft ne hotel cook. He must some fat and bones, often seems to the that she carries a lot waste hom.. THE BUTCHER'S PROFIT The butcher loses about 20 per cent of the carcass weight from these causes; if the local traffic will not bear proportionately high retail prices, foriop he trims out less fat and bone. He sells 40 per cent as sirloin and round steak at from 55 cents to 69 cents per pound; 26 per cent as chuck or shoulder at 39 cents 24 per cent as shank or plate at 25 cents; and the rest at other rofit of around $40 on the animal ut out of this he must og A his overheads. His net profit ower an the net of the packing house, which on all livestock averages about four cents per pound han- dled. But both butcher and pack- int house undoubtedly enjoy a net profit which, per hour of labor voted on Elsie's offspring, is far far higher than the rewards of the farmer who raised that steer. A government study of this food price spread would reveal this; the question this raises is whether we can afford to price the farmer farm, and drive him higher wage REERRE EES LEH into industry's bracket. READERS VIEWS Advice To Electors On Municipal Elections The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir, Election time is getting near and 1 ap writing a few words of advice to the people of Oshawa. Do not vote for Mr. Timpkins because he is a good Conservative and a very nice man. Do not vote for Mr. Timothy because he is a ood Liberal and a very nice man. 0 not vote for Mr. Toskin because he is a good CCF supporter and a very nice man. Do not vote for Mr. Tinsmere because his little Johmay, used to lay with your little boy Willie and e is a very nice man. Oh, yes, and do not vote for Mr. Buick be- cause he is a good Communist and a very nice man. There may be a candidate run- ning against whom you may have a personal grudge, because his dog once ran over your lawn and broke down your ivy and you have never had any use for him since. Stop, look and listen, that very candidate may be a good business man. In that case, forget the dog and the tulips and vote for him. Remember, when you vote for a candidate, you are voting for your own interests and the interest of Oshawa in general. There used to be a time when election day was looked upon as just another holi- day. If you asked anyone who they were voting for, the answer usu- ally was "What is the difference? They are all the same when they got in there". Now, Mr. Taxpayer, I am warn- ing you these days have gone for- ever. In closing, I say vote for whom you like, but get out and vote after you have found out for whom you aré voting. Sincerely, WILLIAM SCATTERGOOD. Ossawa, November 30, 1953. TIPS FOR "ARMERS EDMONTON (CP) -- Fifteen rural electrification "schools' each lasting about a week will be held in Alberta this winter. Organized by the power co-operatives in each area, they are designed to train farmers and rural residents in the fundamentals of electricity. REID Tell ® SHO-CARDS ® TRUCK LETTERING DIAL 3-8444 62 CROMWELL AVE. For the ed Which threatens = on Involve us in war, is What is needed today Is a meeting of minds Rather than the use of Armed force of any kind, Because if individuals Can settle their differences, 4 reason and compromise ere is no reason why Nations cannot do the same. That may be idealistic, But-we believe that if leaders of nations Would determine to meet Fach he i faukness ni onestly to bring Their views: closer together Much could be achieved Towards abolishing war. GRANTS APPROVED TORONTO (CP) -- The Ontario government has approved grants totalling $40,000 towards construc- tion of hospitals in five centres. The grants: Espanola General Hos- ital, $13,000; Oakville-Trafalgar morial Hospital, $13,000; Metro- politan General Hospital, Wind- sor, $6,000; Freeport Sanatorium Kitchener, $7,000; and Meafo: General Hospial, $1,000. VOTERS' LIST DOWN TORONTO (CP) -- This year's civic voters' list shows 351,195 eli- gible to vote next Monday, 13,005 ewer than last year. Bulk of the drop was attributed to influx of immigrants, who are ineligible, moving into areas previously occu- pled by persons having a vote. A small drop in the city's popula- tion was believed to have had a minor effect. The Strait of Belle Isle between Newfoundland and Labrador is be- tween 10 and 18 miles wide. IN DAYS GONE BY 35 YEARS AGO Harold W. Trick, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Trick, wen the Carter Scholarship for being the most ant- stadng Upper School student in the (\unty of Ontario. Harold ¢ as only 17 at the time of writing his examinations. At a meeting of Oshawa citizens the question of work being started on the harbor was discussed. It was decided to ask the Gover- ment at Ottawa to proceed, as it would provide work for home-com- ing soldiers. A fresh outbreak of flu' forced the closing of Whitby High School. Rev. Captain John Garbutt was selected by the Army and Navy Board to go overseas for special work among the soldiers. Local citizens sent a committee to To- ronto to ask that he be relieved of his call. The decision was left to Mr. Garbutt who felt his work was here. Before proceedig with the auc- tion sale of J. J. Virtues farm stock and implements at Enniskil- len the National Anthem was sung; a departure which had never oc- cdrred previously at a similar gath- ering. ' The Sim~or Street Methodist Church brrned its mortgage after a supper meeting. The Anglican Young Peoples' Association elected the following offiecrs for the following year: 7, B. Mitchell, honorary president: A. Barton. nrie'dast. Tdag (0, isa vice-president: Miss D. Miller, se. cretary; F. © 1-m, treasu» ie ecutive committee, Mrs. Colpus, Miss, E. Walker and T. Johnson. At a citizens meeting the condi- tion of Oshawa's streets was dis- cussed and the conclesion 'ame to was that they were "abomi- nable." Reeve Vickery told a gathering that he had stoutly maintained that there was a need for town planni; as building was '"'running wild" without it. Rev. J. Garbutt, Mr. Dolan, T. H. Everson, William Holland and F. L. Mason were asked to form a committee for town planning and to cavass the town regarding the need for it. QUEEN'S PARK Changed Opinion On Gas Pipeline By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to -Gazette The Times-Gaze TORONTO --It's been interest ing watching the swing in opin. fons on the natural gas pipe-line. Many public bodies and sections of the press which first favored importation of U.S. gas have been changing their minds as the rele- vant factors become more clear-- Particularly the importance in anadian national development, and the unreliability of U.S. sup- plies. One of the most impressive CF. Be. changes was that of the Even so late as a few fore its recent convention it was skeptical of the all-Canadian plan. A resolution in its printed program was quite luke-warm in endorsa- tion of the proposal. But by the time the resolution ot before the convention it had n changed. And the motion fi- nally adop was all-out endorsa- tion of all-Canadian PUBLIC 0 It went even further than most Fhsrests have $Sxoupt for the calling for public owner ship of the line. \ And this is a proposal, we feel, that will enter more and more into Siscuseion as the gas question ns. Tt seems now almost inevitable that there will be a subsidy. And if there is subsidization there is bound to be some accom demand for public ownership. presumably would follow some- thing along the lines of Ontario Hydro, He the DipeJine company wholesal supplies to vate distributors. nip ¥ ublic ownership is a debatable question, and no sides are ex- pressed on it here, But as a re- porter we do know that the CCF not alone in feeling that the line should not only be all-Canadian but should be all--Canadian invest- ment too, if possible. MISUNDERSTANDING One source of The whole province and the whole eountry are Avolved. on southwestern Ont which has been in a favored post tion on gas for years. Wy Aoi westers centres can't READERS' VIEWS Suggests Plan To Use Wheat Yhe Editor, The Times-Gazette. Sir: I am glad that you are backing the Editor of the Alliston Heald in a crusade to have some of Canada's surplus wheat sent to feed the starving peoples of other lands. May I offer a suggestion-- a vigorous appeal by all our news- papers asking for public support in this laudable enterprise. I feel economy. OTTAWA (CP)--A building pen mit covering construction of a new Le Droit printing street was y. The three-storey, L-shaped building will be located on the north side of Rideau between Nelson and Friel streets. The building is to be com- pleted by September, 1954. - . 5d MONEY io" YOU CAN BORROW AT HFC FOR THESE REASONS n Fuel bills, medical bills, emesgencies, dlothing for the children, repairs for car or home, holiday expenses -- and many move! $80 TO 51000 YOUR OWN SIGNATURE ¢ NO BANKABLE SECURITY REQUIRED ¢ UP TO 34 MONTHS TO REPAY ON THE PLAN YOU SELECT MOUSEHOLD FINANCE 29th yeor In Conade €. N. Broek, Monoger ™ Ooh 11% Simeoe 90. South, o LA 4 OSHAWA, ONT. OTICE! FRED DeNURE BUS LINES (PORT PERRY) Have Taken Over The Operation of The HOUCK COACH LINES (UXBRIDGE) and announce that Daily Service Will Commence SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Between Uxbridge and Oshawa, Via Port Perry Searvicing Utica ard Zprc La-& FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ° DIAL OSHAWA 3-224]