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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday march 17 1949 the stouffviue tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized a second class mail post office department ottaw- issued everv thursday at stouffviue ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments a third is tax so far as canadian purchasers of gasoline are con cerned the second world war might still be raging so says the financial post the extra taxes asked to help defray the costs of that conflict still apply and in the pro vincial budgets brought down so far this year there is not the least sign of any relief the million and a half private owners of automobiles and trucks in this country continue to pay almost 30 cents in taxes for every dollar they spend on fuel only from consumers of liquor and tobacco does the tax collector get a greater haul almost a third of the money paid for filling the gas tank goes direct to the provincial government in some provinces the tax is 11 cents per gallon in the rest it is a cent or two more at 22 miles to the gallon and few motor ists can boast better than that this means a direct tax of half a cent a mile shortly after the last war broke out gasoline taxes were taken over by the dominion government and the three to five cents prewar levy was jumped to the present figure the federal move was described as temporary the motor ists hoped that the raise would be too but that hope is still unrealized despite the fact that ottawa moved out of this field over a year ago when the provinces took over again the wartime in crease was maintained right up to the hilt true there was some sharing of the spoils with the municipalities through larger roads grants but the motorist was left exactly where he was before how long the car owner can continue to be left in that position and drive enough to keep one of our most impor tant and widespread industries functioning is extremely doubtful at every turn he meets taxes in addition to the 30 per cent levy on his fuel he is required to pay several hundred dollars in sales and excise taxes when he buys a new car there is also an annual charge for a license plate and other taxes both direct and indirect on oil parts and everything else to own and operate a car costs fully twice as much as it did in 1939 and the major reason is not higher manufac turing costs but higher taxes it is there we must have substantial reduction if we are to have cheaper cars and cheaper driving radle to the grave yes it would just be fine only there is a fly in the ointment where is the money coming from and with everybody on pension- who would do the work even now elderly people capable of tending gardens and doing odd jobs are just not to be found any more they do not have to work so why should they when the class from 17 to 70 can carry the load it is not to be supposed that we do not approve of pension we do but not baby bonuses oh no baby bonus is the primary stage of schooling that gets a nation in readiness to want to be kept by the government for as many years as possible out of the allotted span the shrinking world xew achievements in longdistance flying continue to make the earth shrink and keep reminding us that thjs is indeed the air age another record was established when a b50 bomber took off from fort worth texas and circled the globe in 94 hours in a nonstop flight on a route that lacked only about 1000 miles of equalling the distance around the earth at the equator the feat was achieved by refuelling the big plane in the air four times aviation has made tremendous strides in longdistance flights since alcock and brown flew from newfoundland to ireland 30 years ago this coming june the world has come a long way in three decades in improved types of flying machines in attaining much higher speeds as well as sustained flights the achievement of the b50 is described by us air secretary symington as evidence that b50s flying from american bases could deliver the atom bomb to any part of the world where it may be required it gives a more horrible aspect to global war or to any major war for that matter see your favorite picture first at the stanley theatre rr ss friday and saturday starch is 19 ore come the coeds abbott costello orone crtevc from the cradle to the grave under the present scheme of things in canada children receive government pap from the time they enter the world until they are 16 years of age then they are taken on again when they reach the age of 70 provided they cannot make it go on their own after being taught to ac cept government aid through childhood agnes jlacphail member for east york in ontario house wants old age pensions at sixty well dear lady why not back that up to sixteen then wouldnt everybody be happy after all its only another fortyfour years to make it a roundtheclock pension or as we say from the should leave this alone financial post it is reported that the dominion government is pre paring to toss the coarse grains marketing issue into the lap of the provinces ottawa shouldnt toss this anywhere it should simply drop it and if the provinces are wise they will have nothing to do with this headache either there is no sound reason why any government should take over marketing of coarse grains in this country but there are a great many very sound reasons why they should not this product is grown almost everywhere across the dominion in every province in almost every municipality and it is marketed just as widely if any government or its representative steps into the picture they will find the problems jusjt as widely distributed the only solution is open marketing and that system has given general satis faction in the past it was only after the government step ped in for a period during the war any serious trouble arose and that experience should have been enough to warrant against any repetition now there is a special angle in this matter which has not been given the public attention it deserves with this com modity farmer interest is sharply divided contrary to the case with most other farm products with coarse grains the farmer is both the producer and the largest consumer the great bulk of our coarse grains are used for the feed ing of livestock the commercial grower usually located in the prairie provinces naturally is interested in securing the best possible price the livestock feeder on the other hand naturally wants to purchase his raw material for meats dairy and poultry products as cheaply as possible if the dominion or provincial governments try to set a price they would invariably become a target of criticism for both sides i ii monday and tuesday march 118 29 a double life ronald colnian signe hasso canadian plowmen abroad by elliot moses director ontario plowmens association editors note this is the sixth of a series of weekly stories which elliott moses a director of the ontario plowmens association is writing about the visit of canadas champion plowmen to the british isles aboard the queen mary by the time you will be reading this letter the boys and i will be home that is all of us except wilbert me- faddin the salada silver medalist who decide l remain in england a few extra weeks we are very glad to relax on board this luxur ious liner because from the moment we landed in england nearly six weeks ago until now we iitt g i icti crislritiyuiitl7c the boat trips going and return ing have given us our only quite different from anything our canadian party had ever seen the architecture of the buildings the countryside and even the people vary greatly from one section of the country to another often when driving a short distance we notic ed that the scenery would change entirely within a radius of 50 or go miles a castle xcar the welsh border the farthest point reached on this our visit to england was the city of ludlow near the welsh border we saw the remains of the old castle ludlow which s fiut as visit the angloamerican oil com panys experimental farm located in a fertile agricultural district about 60 miles outside london here scientific tests are conducted on diesel oils lubricants tractor fuels and a host of other petroleum products we were interested to learn that when angloamerican bought this farm they didnt build any new buildings but simply turned the barns and other farm buildings into laboratories what was formerly the horse barn is now the recreational building for the stafr of over 200 this building has a thatched roof which is said to be the largest in england the anglo people did valuable work for the government during the war years in testing lubricants and fuel for engines and aircraft and now in peacetime they are continuing their work with same scientific zeal canadians in television from the esso farm we were rushed back to london for a most iiniisual purpose to appear on the tant industries on our last evening in london we were entertained at a farewell dinner at simpsons one of lon dons fashionable restaurants this brought to a close four weeks of experiences in the old land which will long be remembered by all of us rhys bacher has just come in to say that we are only a few hours from new york we have had a wonderful trip but like most travellers we are looking forward to our homecoming my next letter will be written from brant- ford and i shall try to sum up our impressions of contlitions in the british isles what the people gen erally and the farmers in partic ular think about the countrys nationalization program and the cancellation of food contracts with canada moments of leisure providing one was not seasick speaking of seasickness reminds me of a story 1 heard years ago but which is still timely a young served cabinet- ministers get 2000 pay increase ibc television program rhysl provincial estimates tabled fri- a stronghold against the in vadj bacher wilbert mcfaddin and y pj for saia ins welsh people in the days myself were interviewed the boys j pf kennedy and m ir their owing outfits p for of th cablnet wstny tndian ostuhfabllffir time would appear to have been for the occasion those who saw tnan tney nave wuwifelsh and a4lyejnjearg bitter enemies the battles of that and it fellow on a certain ship was sell ing subscriptions to the magazine atlantic monthly he walked up to a passenger who was leaning over the railing and said sir would you like to subscribe to the atlantic monthly the man replied son im subscribing to the atlantic daily the queen mary is a beautiful ship to me it i more barbarous than the warfare carried on by the north american indians against the new settlers ludlow castle is not as well pre- s edinburgh costle nevertheless it was a wonderful sight to behold with its walls measuring eight to ten feet thick and the numerous rooms occupy ing in all about five arces of land from ludlow castle we drove to an old inn known as whittington inn which they say was once the program remarked that our little part came over well and was received with much interest by the audience needless to say it was an unexpected privilage for us the next morning with mr stapleford of ontario house we visited the headquarters of the hudsons bay company in london known as beaver house it is said to be one of the most up to date buildings in the world on enter ing the increase brings the basic statutory pay of the ministers back to the prewar level of 810000 a year in addition they receive 2000 sessional indemnity and a 1000 expense allowance in 1937 former premier mitchell hepburn asked his cabinet minis ters to take a voluntary cut of 2000 salaries have remained be low the statutory ceiling ever since job of that instead i shall try to owned by dick whittington lord ing we were received by the however no legislation was in mayor of london and dates back companys leading executives who troduced to cover the lower salary s like a floating to the rear 1310 here we enjoyed i arranged a lour of the establish- as a result the increase can he i j rrient l through witnout any we were particularly interested legislation in the fur department where the raw furs are sold by auction to buyers from all over the world island on wheh there is everythnigjour first steak dinner since landing that one may need to live in com- in britain fort i am not gong to attempt to j the following day we journeyed describe it because i know last back to london where we saw years team manager did a good many places of historical interest recall the events of our last few days in britain after sightseeing in northern ireland we sailed for england where we spent almost a week including westminister abbey andjthe auction room is arranged with st pauls cathedral our visits soft cushioned seats in an elevated were hurried but what impressed position and will seat 700 persons us most was the age and grandeur no furs are in evidence when the of the numerous buildings through- sale is in progress for the buyers i out the city have visited the storerooms prev- before our ship sailed our first later we took a bus trip through iously and know by numbers the stop was wolverhampton county a beautiful part of the country in furs they wish to purchase staffordshire one of the most and around london terminating at the bay is proud of its record heavily industrialized areas in the windsor castle where the king of being the oldest established firm stouffviue sand gravel limited british isles the far ms in this and queen spend a portion of their district also appeared to be more time we were impressed with the prosperous than some other sec- magnificence of the castle tions of england wt- had visited during our lour of the countrv- of its kind in the world and after learning the quantity of furs that are sent from canada annually we are convinced that the fur trade is the britisn isics possess a beauty j side we had an opportunity tojeuh one of canadas most impo are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin riant phone 38h oflirr phone 370 00000009000000000 century old city butcher shop makes unusual history a canadian business dynasty covering more than 100 years ended this week and a family firm operated by four generations passed out of its hands in toronto in 1834 the town of york be came toronto and was incorpor ated as a city the firebrand william lyon mackenzie was elected as its first mayor and james wickson of walworth near london england came to the new city to found a meat purveying business which remained in the family for 115 years good beef was abouf seven cents a pound then one hundred years later both the city and the wickson business celebrated their centennial both had acen the growth of canada from a dependency of britain to an independent world power the price of meat had risen consider ably too this week john wickson a nember of the fourth generation jswasssjajpjamily handed over control ahuu5wss9t concern to his mana i macgregor a sturdy sect sgi trained who came to tonnto 20 years ago to work at the wickson stall in st lawrence market now 12 years old and the father of two children mr macgregor will retain the family name for the time be ing but for the first time since 183 1 there will be no member of the original family in charge john h wickson the last member of the family in the market has no children the story of the wickson family reads like the prototype of all those earnest hardworking bri tons who came to canada in the days of its infancy to found busi nesses and industries and bring up families distinguished in their service to the community joy beauty salon near cnr permanent waving individualj styling razor shapinq phone 98w2 stouffviue creamery fined appearing before magistrate f watt in court at guelph ont the manager of the guelph creamery branch of the united cooperatives of ontario pleaded guilty to having od to a retail store in preston ont creamery butter of third grade quality in wrappers irkei first rrwlo fine of s50 says carburetor gives 1 76 miles per gallon gas a new carburetor that will give motorists 17g miles to the gallon is claimed by paul emile desroches 35yearold hull man a reiwrt from ottawa states in a special demonstration for newspaper men desroches fitted his carburetor to the engine of a 10ig standard model sedan drain- iunjed his gas tank poured in a quart c- fiii ll 41 miles he was able uvfsatofneof the quart out of the tank at the elai of the trip the carburetor still unpatented is kept in parts in safety deposit boxes reporters said a 220pound bodyguard who was in attendance kept them from seeing what the gadget looked like desroches a war veteran and the father of five children said he wanted at least 5000000 for his invention he had been working on it for 15 years a former garage worker he left school at the age of 13 he claimed he ins spent more than 25000 on the pi tjeel most of it loaned by friend and backers especially a montreal engineer who has pro vided most of the financial aid his explanation for his carbur etors performance i turn heat fiom the exhaust into the carburetor bringing the fuel to a boil the power comes from the gasoline vapor not from the gas itself i aid ccxiu wii imposed blackboards in some english schools are a light green and the chalk mauve a more restful color combination than black and white