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Since ConfederatiOn
there has been a continual
struggle over finances,-
"hot only between the.
federal and provincial
governments, -but also be
tween provincial-govern-
ments, namely.ine "have"
and "have not" provinceS.
Confederation had hardly '
begun in 1867 before the.
Maritime Provinces de-
manded "better terms"..
The outstanOng public
event of the depression.
-years of the thirties was
Rowell-Sirois Report which
recommended a rational
system for providing a
basic common level of
government servies to
people in all provinces.
regardless of their dif-
fering economic. circum-_
.stances.'
This .principle has'
been applied' ever since the
war and, has been supported
by all-federal governments
and by all pOlitical par-
ties. Qespite the•fact
that equalizationhas been
. reviewed and brought up to
Aate"periodically, there
,are those who use-the pro-
teSs as the'basis of ar-
guments based on prejudice.
Quebec is getting too'much
they say or we:in Ontario
are paying too much. It
,iust isn't so.
'-The proposed equalizat-
This 'week I'm not going to write this
column. ' I'm going to use the contents
of a letter I received, from someone who
signed himself or--herself "A teenager".
The letter was postmarked, in London .. .
but if it had been written in Timbuctoo, it •
would be a dand y.
It was entitled Teenagers are not Bad.
Here it is;
"Children are born to love.. It is ,
adults who make-them hate others and be
cruel. Teaching, a child to love and care
for_ People and animals will help him to
develop into a responsible adult who will
',Dee and care for his fellowman..
"Why do so many people hate long
hair on boys? There's nothing evil about
long hair. Nothing sacred about short hair.
Nothing wrong with sideburns and beards.
Recollect when this was the style in great
grandfather's days when women were
proud of, it. It's time adults .got rid of
the hang up, not the. hair.
"Heed not the worst in us - seek out
and love what is the best 'rips.
"Don't sit back and criticize, if ,you
honestly want to do some good then help
us. Encourage us to work out ourdoubts
and fears. 'By' doing this you. will help us
mature so we will have guts enough to
admit that we do not -have all answers
either. tome of you adults have stopped,
growing mentally. That should not happen.
we (the teenagers) have not arrived at
ion'payments amount to
$213 to each person in,
Newfoundland and Prince
Edward Island; in New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia
and Saskatchewan; the per
capita payments.ai-e $164,
$135 and $102 respectively;
while Quebet'and Manitoba
each are closer to the
national average for re-
venue p.otential and qualify
for $75 and $58 per person
respectively.
In .Manitoba,'Saskatche-
wan and'Quebec, equalizat-
ion payments will amount
to. only 13 to.16 per cent
Of the gross revenue of
these proinces from their
own provincial sources; in
Nov-a Scotia and New Bruns-
wick tr.le proportion is •
somewhat more than one
third and in Newfoundland
and Prince Edward Island,
55 and 66 per cent res-
pectively.
• Three provinces do not
qualifY -for'equalization
payments,'namely Ontario,
Alberta and British Colum-
bia. But it is'a mistake
to think'that the tax-.
payers in these provinces
alone supply the paymehts
Made to the others,. These
payments are made by the
Federal Treasury to'which
all Canadi.an5, regardless
of where 'they live, Coll-
tribute as taxpayers.,
maturity yet, we have not stopped growing.
"I've seen parents who don't bother
with their • children. They didn't try to
teach them the right way to go,• never
let them bring in friends and they were
really cruel to them by, hitting them with
sticks and belts. I've seen these poor
kiciS be hostile. It was hard for them to
(get along' in school and the work world.
They were angry and giv.e.n to frequent
tantrums.
'"Here are some rules for, adults to
raise good children.
"1. Be firm bet fair.
"2. Don't be cruel, by hitting them
all the time.
ea. Teach them how to make de-
cisions.
"4. Have a united front.
•"5. If you promise them soMething,
keep that promise.
"6. Talk to them, eat just when they- •
are little but 'always, They'll love' you.
"7. Don't require your child 'to be
'an extension of you.
"8. Never tell them I don't believe
you.",
And there you ha've it folks. The
words of "A teenager". Do you agree
with the writer that "teenagers are not'
bad". I 'do. I always have. In fact, I'm
learning things every daj) from my teen-
agers, in much the same way that they
learn things from me. By listening.
t APRIL 30, 1897.
A representative of the Expositor paid
a visit to the City of St. Joseph recently,
and had the pleasure of an interview with
the promoter, Mr. Contine. He has created
quite a commotion in the southern part
of this county for the past six months.
St. Joseph is situated on the shores
of Lake Huron, west of the village of
Zurich. The place was formerly known
.as Lake View' or Johnson's tills, as
the post office was known. , bout six
mpnths ago •a young man named N. M.
Confine appeared on the scene. He
purchased the property on the four cor-
ners and announced his intention of build-
ling' a city at that point. He set to work'
at once constructing roads, drains, fence's
and making other improvements. He
intends erecting about two hundred resi-
dences this summer. We wish M.Contine
the greatest possible success with
enterprise.
Walton cheese factOry will commence
operations on May 10th.
Johnston Moore has purchased the,
42 acres belonging to the Hewitt Estate,
McKillop, .and his is now 'living on
it. The price was said to 'be aboilt
$1,000.
APRIL 28,.1922.
W. H. Robinson and'. Mr. Mils ( of
London were in Bayfield, last m, eek arrang-
ing about building 'cottages.
R. Spackman has completed the cement
work at the pavilion at Bayfield, NV.
Jowett's cottage, William. Elliott's liOuse
and has foundations to build for thfee
cottages for E. L. Box of Seaforth.
A very pretty Easter wedding was
solemnized in St. Andrew's Church, Kip-
pen, when Margaret, daughter of•Mr. and
Mrs. J.. C. McLean was united in matri-
mony to. Wm. S. Hay of Niagara Falls.
Jaines Dorrance of McKillop, Inserted
a small ad in the Expositor offering
sittings of eggs for sale. ' He received
from Manitoba, an order for several
dozen Barred Rock eggs. He had seen
- "the ad in the Expositor.
John Flannery has disposed of his
' Teachers are being lambasted from
all quarters these, days, poor things, As
a species, they are practically harmless.
But then is not that one of th,e immutable
laws of our society? Attack the harmless,
and tread warily with the •poWerful and
the ruthless.
-According to their critics, all they
are interested in is more money. This, of
course, is not true of plumbers, police-.
men, doctors and dentists, lawyers and
even Indian chiefs, garbagemen and garage
' operators.
Sure they're interested in more money,
at least enough to keep up with thegalloping
cost-of-living index.
But it's a Ilethat money 'sail they are
interested in. The, great majority is
interested chiefly in 'tiding well what they
are supposed to do - educate our children..
And I can't blame theM When they get
a little sor e at the ,constant, usually
ignorant heckling of people who don't knbw
what it's all about. Nor caw! help feeling
'a certain kinship when some of the more
militant young teachers start talking about
strikes and such. A gar bage rn an can go on
strike , a teacher can't'. The logic elUdes
me. •
The Whole business bothers me very'
little, persbnally. A man who has been
.through a war and a decade ;IS a weekly
newspaper editor has developed a pretty
tough skin.
But there is something a little sinister
In the growing influence of politicians on
education, for purely political reasons.
And I feel a tremour of alarm when I
see .a few so-called responsible daily
newspapers frothing at the Mouth when the
simple word "teachers" emerges.
I am grinding no axe. In fact, I don't
even have a hatchet for chopping kindling.
I lost it, But It appears to me that a few
Machiavellian characters have put their
pointed heads together 'and decided to
destroy, deliberately, our educational
system.
The system, when you and I went
through it dad, was far from perfect. But
it needed reformation, not defamation. It
required healing medicine, not mad, mas-
sive surgery.
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residence on Coleman Street to J.Heffer-
nan in part exchange for Mr. Hefferhan's
farm on the Huron Road east.
Messrs,. Douglas Beattie and Harry
Hinchley of Seaforth, John Dobie, of Eg-
mondville, and Ivan Hill of Staffa, have
successfully passed their third year ex-
aminations at the O. A.C.Guelph.
J. A. Stewart of town haS purchased
a Chevrolet special from „D. Shanahan,
the local agent.
A succeSful Block tea in connection
with the Ladies Aid ofFirst Presbyterian
Church was held at the home of Mrs.
G: T. Turnbull.
Harold Frost has purchased the Hilde-
brand property on East William Street
and will remodel it into a first class
residence.
MAY 2, 19.47:
The choir of Brucefield United Church
was pleasantly entertained by Rev, and
Mrs. E. R. Stanbury at the manse. During
the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Horton
Were; presented with a magazine end
table in recognition ot tilelr faithful and
efficient service in the'cholr4 An address
was ,read by J. K. Cornish, and Rev. and
Mrg. Stanway presented, the gift.
The property of John Finlayson, on
John Street, has been sold to E. C.
Boswell, Manager of the Dominien Bank.
When a bon' fire went out of control,
firemen were called to extinguish a grass
tt fire in tii grove west of the residence
of Dr.. Jas. A. Munn, Church Street. When
the firemen arrived the flames, which were
threatening trees fri'the grove and a colony
of bees owned by Clair Reith, were quickly
extinguished. .
James Carlin, St. Columban, was
elected president of'llie Huron Football
Association. ,
A reception wa 's held in Varna in
honor of Mr. and 'Mrs. Gordon Johnston.
The music was supplied by Murdock's
Orchestra.1iidress. Mervin Hayter made the,
presmernsta.tIonB‘earntdhaG.oprodioian vio
f
Keyes
C:tanasdthcee
has sold her house 'in the village to Thos.
Dexter.
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• The fiist political step toward chaos
. occurred when many of the' local school
boards throughout Canada lost their auton-
omy. The Boards. were. made .up of men
and women who would bust a gut, lit- -
erally; to get the best possible ediication
for their own, local kiids. It was far
from perfet)t, but It worked.
Then the proVincial governments de-
cided -this was archaic. Of course it was,
So is the Bible. So is democracy., So is
- the conceiving of children.
Next step. In Ontario, fOr example,
county school boards were formed. Ad-
ministrators were 'appointed who knew
nothing of -strictly -local conditions. In
many cases, not all, the school boards be-
canie mere rubber stamps for the admints- ,
trators. The latter,, in turn, work hand
in glove with' the provincial Department of
Ed. It, in turn, is responsible' -to the
party In power.. A nice little ring-a-round, -
So who is running what? .
When this was first proposed, I prophe-
sled the result: increased costs; decreased
efficiency. And I take back not a word of
it. Ask any teacher.
Then the government, with pious rec-
titude, after a period of spending untold •
millions on education, and almost
suggesting that ,everyone who makes it in
Grade I should graduate from university, •
takes a sidelong look at the taxpayers,
and decides to play Jack the Giant Killer,
Via Spending ceilings on education.
The're don't seem to., be any spending
' ceilings on health or welfare:
But out of one side of its Mouth, through
its tame Department o f Ed., gOvernment•
says, " Let's have more innovative, daring,
relevant courses for our stUdents."Outof •
the other side it says, "Sorry, we can't
afford that . .or %nat.-or --that." ,
Something stinks? To me 'it does.
Oh, well, let's raise the taxes on
booze and smokes and build .some more
-highways and airports.. Let's raise tuition
fees and cut down on government schol-
arships, and maybe the universities won't
he so crowded.
And let's get out the whips and sliow
those ungratefal teachers where they
belong - hack in the cages.
n the Years Agone
'From My Window
-- By Shirley J.' Keller'---
The First World War was inprogress and the efforts of Canadians from coast
to coast were directed to helping the war effort. In Seaforth students at Seaforth
Collegiate Institute were given holidays in September of that y,ear to assist in pulling flax on neighboring farms since flax was vital in Canadds war mantifactur-
Sugar nand Spice
by Bill Smiley
ing program. The picture was loaned by Mrs: Wen. Petrie of Toronto. Mrs.
Pottle's mother, Mrs. Lorne Speare of Harriston, the former Greta Dennison of
McKillop, was among the students in the photo.