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nsa qrot yyy m m a i sir established 1888 h isumished 1888 5 rf v member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance incanada 200 in ua s2w a v nolan son publishers j c s ek i svv a t rv notes kild gohiitts the business of fife insurance the fire insurance businesshas a certain fascination for those who pay large premiums and seldom have any fires the city of toronto or its officials have considered carrying their own insurance for a stated amount and allowing the insurance companies to take care of losses that are very large suppose the idea was applied to our townships just how would it work out no doubt in the township of whitchurch there are many thousands of dollarspaid outin premiums and the losse3 are not very great if the premiums were pool ed could they not be reduced substantially within a few years y suppose we take the village of stouffville withsome 300 fire insurance policies if the premiums were pooled we might soonhave a substantial amount of money that would warrant greatly reduced rates since we have few fires however we would have to be lucky until a substantial fund accumulated anil if the accumulated premiums were not carefully handled the money might be lost it would have to be invested in a way that would leave it readily available in case the cash was required- rnotwithstavuirig the difficulties in establishing pooled fire insurance it has worked successfully in small instances the business men of stouffville have demonstrated that it pays in their case at least to carry their own plate gias3 insurance plate windows along main street are not covered 1 in regular policies so the merchants all have pooled their liability the premium was very small vnd when there is enough to replace several windows no further premiums are demanded a period of five and six years has elapsed without a call and every broken plate has been replaced hundreds of dollars have been saved the merchants by establishing t ieir own fund instead of relying on the regu lar fire insurance companies of course it would be pointed out that if half or the whole of the street were wiped out there would beno funds to meet the loss that is the risk the merchants must carry and they are willing to do it themennonite aid is another instance of privately carriedfire insurance which gives those who are eligible a rate of insurance far below tariff quotations and jthey have always paid their losses promptly this insurance has been carefully handled and has no lossesfrom fire bugs such regular linj companies have to contend t jlleady for fall plowing farmers welcome the september showers because they make the parched earth more suitable for fall plowing which was retarded owing to the lack of moisture the dry- ness was not so severe around stouffville as we noted it to be in the hamiltqnstcatharines area a few weeks ago but rain was neededeveiywhere and theheavy downpours were a blessing it lias made the ground ready for plowing matches that will be held shortly with the war at an end these competi tions may take on added interest plowing is an art to be cultivated thi best plowmen today began as lads years ago in these local competitionsit gave them added interest in the effort and this interest has been intensified over the years with the coming of the tractor plow the work has been speeded up where it is found necessary although team plowing instill the most popular method by which to till the soil and injnosl instances the cheapest perhaps oil lamp dying out a generation ago the kerosene oil lamp was the princi pal means of illuminating our homes as it is in many homes even yet it- superseded the candle for general use until kerosene itself was displaced by gas to be followed by electric light it is perhaps n66 generally known that- a canadian geologist inyynlej and developed the process for making kerosene or coal oil as most of us call it the discoverer was abraham gesener who was born at corriwallis ns in wbl he madehis discovery in 1852at thefage of 55 v the 1941 census showed that 691 percent of all occupieddwellings in the dominion were lighted by elec tricity 305 pr cent by kerosene or gasoline and 4 per cent by gas the proportion of homes without electric light was considerably higher in farm communities than in urban applications lnmarkham and avhitchurcti townships for electric current on the farm are pouring into the hydro- and it will not belonguntihthe proportion of farm homes- electrically lighted in these two municipalities will equal tbthosehghted by coaloil i jne english language lf while this newspaper has no quarrel with the teacbing of frenchin ourschoolswe do deplore the fact that all schools in canada are not compelled to teach english canada in our opinion never contributed to national unity when it allowed the dual language on our bills and coins and when it bows to the french script as it does in so many things dhe language makes for unity two makes for dis unity the world may never have a universal language but the long standing peaceful relationship between the english- speaking nationsis an example oifrwhat might be done in the establishment of world peace the teaching of even basic english among the people of germany and japan would perhaps do more to bring about a common under standing and peacef relationship than all the peace terms charters or atomic bombs combined this is neither lingual or national egotism for the english language is not merely a national tongue a mixture of scandinavian german french italian greek celtic and numerous words adopted from almost every other nationin the world- it is a living growing language with roots striking deep into the past and spreading over the surface of the earth the natives of the british colonies and of china speak some form of pid gin english and they have contributed many words to the language with all due tribute to the heroic stand of the russian people if it had not been for the united powers and c6 operation of the english peoples of the world germany and japan would now have dominated the earth but the war has been won and peace returned and the union jack and the stars and stripes float victorious in the breeze it was under those flags that the men of the english- speaking world have fought and long may they wave over a world at peace cutting restrictions for wood lots provincial regulation of cutting en private woodlots in ontario has been considered by the york county council the government at queens park is enacting legislation empowering townships to regulate tree cutting the pro posal would limit the amount of wood that might be taken from a woodlot during a specified period of time to the amount of growth in the same period there is much to recommend this suggestion the community has a prof ound interest in forest land quite apart from its value as a source of wood wooded land often 1 is vital in maintaining an even flow of water preserving creeks that would otherwise go dry in summer it reduces the tendency to erosion and makes productive much land that could not be farmed economically as wood is such a slowgrowing product the community also has an interest in preserving the heritage of posterity by preventing reck less waste of resources that must be replaced so slowly or at great expense s such an interference with theright of an owner to treat his woodland as he likes is widely recognized as pub lic policy in most of europe forest laws there make the pos- session of forestland conditional on the acceptance of re stricted and selective cutting the theory is that only the increment mav be regarded as the property of the owner the life of the forest itself is perpetual and must not be destroyed in ontario ten acres in every hundred may be made tax f ree if reforested and fenced r it is obvious that overcutting of woodlots while tem porarily increasing the income of the ownei actually im poverishes both himself and the community a cut tree can not grow larger if immature trees are cut to take advan tage of price conditions there will be none left to maintain the necessary- few of wood to the market inlater years re forestation is a slow and often expensive process which usually falls to government agencies on account of the long period before returns may be expected the cost of this work comes out of taxation so the farmerwhoovercuts his wood- lot is not only reducing the value of his own property but contriving to increase his own or his childrens taxes at the same time the globe and mail says that those who show no sense of responsibility in this matter should be restrained in the interest of the community a statement that would not go- over very well with the lumber man who buys woodlots and cuts them off for profit others who overcut unwittingly would benefit from the expert supervision of trained fores try experts provided only that allowance bemadelforthe inevitable exceptions every argument is in favor of- the york county proposal v our capital correspondent written expressly- for the stonftvllle tribune by wilson duction not unlike 1943 and 1944 in other words it has been con sidered by some legislators that the policy of increasing wheat prices and not keeping cattle or hog prices on a parity was not a wise move since wheat was not as badly re quired as meat in fact it is felt that meat rationing would not have been necessary under a different liicontrary to popular impressions toighted policy across this country inquiries back- moreover it is reported in ottawa stage in this capital have disclosed now that there is- no intention at tribune dean rfthat rationing of food is still very i much the principal topic of conver- fsauon amongst the nauons legis present on the part of the govern ment to consider any revision of the ceiling price of beef or pork in can- mature with 7a strong reaction re- in order to brlngabout an in- maining as a result ofthe confused cr it hasbeen claimed v situation whichtaccompariled meatl thismight have been a good -rationing- indeed in opposition ito to hel in checking the curj rxthemeat rationing plan ft has been n downward trend in hog and fsrstatedln ottawa by some legislators catue population a ithatthe confusionwasduein part iatleastto thepollcyrof a year ago though there are now inevitable rvin raising the floor- price of wheat dislocations and rconsiderableun- ifromsoto 125 per bushel though easiness amongst a greatmany can allowing cattle and hogprlces- toadianjswbrkers from c i remain at lower levels so that live- abruptvcancellatlortsjof-warcon- wckproducersinrecenttimeshadtractsinchding theuddencahcei- turned theirefforts month of r j production than hog or cattle pro- about 50000000 in war orders and c v v t- the steady mustering out of the armed forces of thousands of men as well as women yet canadas minister of munitions and supply and minister of reconstruction honcdhowe has cautioned in no uncertain language that even in these testing times for reconversion plans there is absolutely no real cause for- alarm over- the employ ment situation in this nation as a whole as the authorities on parlia ment hill proceed to put into execu tion a careful arranged- recon struction scheme already outlined in an official white paper issued in ottawa ever one and a half years ago and disclosed in greater details at the last dominionprovincial conference im ottawa jone thing thatis abundantly clear is that there are at this moment two jobs for each and every applicant for a job said in part this minister surely- this isnot an unhealthy situation under the circumstances i wi jca hint has been dropped in the house of commons in ottawa by prime minister king that the trial of japanese war criminals is even at this time under consideration by the powers which had taken part in the waragainstuhe japanese in addition it has become known in this capital that canada like the united states and britain has mov ed towards the preparation of cases for actual action in accordance with military procedure as well as the laws and usages of war by naming as head of a war crimes section at canadian military headquarters in london ltcol chsmacdonald with this being done for the pur pose of ultimate action against all accused of crimes committed against canadian servicemen or civilians in world war ii without so far fixing a definite number for these recruitments nor the size of the force in any ofthe three armed services it has been revealed in ottawa that it has been authorized j that recruiting in all three services shall be carried out for j the creation of- a 1 socaued interim canadian forcer the term of enlistment 4 said to be for- a period iexpiringonseptemberv30 1947 and these enlistments are be- 456 thursday friday saturday friday october 5th black and white show york county holstein club judging contests by jr farmers races 228 and 220 trot or pace v tony race saturday october 6th red and white show district ayrshire breeders house shoeing contest judgingjhorses and cattle judging sheep swine and poultry rages 224 and freeforall running race big midway markham citizens band oldetyme in the arena saturday night admission 35c w l clark- pres autos 35c- children free r h crosby secretary ing taken- from those who are now in the services with one of- the principal reasons for this latter arrangement it is frankly suggest- ed being to give those who are now in the services an assurance that for the next two years after the war these persons would have a definite engagement and they would be able to decide whether tliey had wanted or not to remain in the services after the conditions as well- as size of the permanent forces became known to all then again those who enlisted for this special term would receive particu lar consideration for enlistment in the permanent forces of canada at the same time as information in ottawa has shown that canadas national defence and demobilization expenses this year will go as far as 3365000000 compared with 4450- 000000 last year for war and mutual aid expenditures with the civilian expenditures of 1020000- 000 last year it should be under stood that the minister of finance hon jlillsleyha stressed in no uncertain language in the house of commons that expenditures as a result of the war as well bilization are still in t too fluid a state to offer- any desired itemized report in other words- under the circumstancesfit should be noted carefullythat some of these statis tics in government financesjare not estimates in the strictest sense of the word pr inthe same exact sense of civilian statistics on finances being nothing short of a guess with relative certainty only because it is absolutely essential to leave such expenditures in a fluid condition to be used as conditions warrant though the indians of canada seem to have considerable division amongst themselves since informa tion in thisjcapital has shown that there is- now at- north american indian brotherhood- as- well as a national indian government speaking forthem to i the fofficials yet extensive provisions have been made in ottawavfortheirbenefits including 5opo of land at their disposal l5hospitals forjhem familyallowances75 schtfolsand an rehabilitation of the indians throughout canada in jthe- near futures kt w si 1- a right under the nosepf the legislators inottawa and just a few hundred yards from parlia menthill farmers in this nations capital have threatened not to bring any more meat to this citys market because they cannot see the need for the rationing meat policy dur ing peacetime holding that there was plenty of meat and no buyers with the necessary coupons pack ing up their meat supplies on one occasion and leaving in disgust 11 training for one year or two years will be a good thing for young men said in part capt fernand viau mpfor st boniface a vet- eran of the war urging the govern ment to maintain a permanent force in canada during peacetimeand claiming that if a full military set up in- peacetime exfsted it would make for better citizenship and avoid some incidents which occurred during the recent war at the end of the previous month 33001 former servicemen and women of world war ii or their de pendents were getting disability pensions and the total annual liabil ity from these amounted to about 17000000 the sooner the war psychology of official ottawa dis- appearsthe better it will bejor the country declared a senator in the red chamber in ottawa telling the other senators that a very large staffwas still operating in this capi tal anci hecould not see much change in their numbers since the end of the war though the present session is in its early stages yetit is not uncommon to hearfj complaints about the poor acoustics in the house of commons wherejv some speakers canhardly vbe heard at relatively short distances so that the introduction of ajoud speaker system would- meet withgeneralf approval especially in the public galleries donald gordon one or the most publicized names in ott awa iduringthe war andatvthe present time as chairman of ux wartime- prices and trade board hasjbeenl reappointed foranotha seven years term as deputy gov ernor of the bankof canada ollp wewin pay ywsibo for your old horse atyoiuvfann phone stooffvlhe 8308 chascalbeuij y jlgjncosrf jbrs vvtf