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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-03-31, Page 8& Matter of Principle WOUR HOME IS COLD?) ' VOl/RMUNAfUSS)^ \/STEN FRIENDS^! 75 TIME TO 0 I ; J*l 7 The Verdict May Be Wrong J. Carl Hemingway County Favours Safety And Driver Training Thurs., March 31, 1966—Clinton News-Record—-Page 7 Shopping Begins In The Pages Of This Newspaper At the present time the de-? bate on the abolition of the dearth penalty is taking place in the Federal Parliament, Many arguments have been and will be put forth for and ag­ ainst. I am surprised that the possibility of error has not been mentioned. Surely history has taught us that courts can be corrupt. Even though we think we have .the best judicial system in the world and, perhaps we have, there is still the possibility of you can't see a weed for the beans z v, ■s(By W. E. Elliott) GODERIQH — “Some auto­ motive engineers” believe 22 good features could be incor- porarted in new cars for better safety, and Siimcoe county council. • believes the government should necessary steps to these features are soon as possible. Huron council accepted a recommendation of its legislative committee that this resolution be concurred in, also a somewhat similar one for Grey. This called as well for compulsory driver training courses in secondary schools; Bruce sent along five resolu­ tions, all of which won concur­ rence. One proposes that the federal government pass a law making the Bell Telephone Company responsible for all costs when a cable is relocated on municipal roads; “Since 'the price of farm ma­ chinery is steadily increasing and the quality in some instan­ ces deteriorating,” the Ontario government i's requested to in­ vestigate, and introduce legisla­ tion requiring 'implement man- Z"ufaeturers “to provide repairs and service to the farmers ,and that the repair depot be within a reasonable distance,” The minister of education is urged to consider revision of grants to municipalities in' out­ lying districts for construction of new schools or additions. It is proposed that funds be made available through ARDA to help bear the cost of estab­ lishing water reservoirs in mu­ nicipalities for recreation, con1- servation, ground yvater level improvement, and general rur­ al improvement. Huron joined Bruce in op­ posing ‘‘any action to abandon any railroad lines in Ontario,” and adopted a resolution of its own: ‘We point out‘that the rail facilities of the CNR in the Godeaach-Staatford area should be reviewed by the railroad au­ thorities in view of the deplor­ able candirtlions that existed during the recent Rural Mun­ icipalities and ( Road conven­ tions.” DRAINAGE TENDER A Township of TuckersmithDominion take the see that added as ■ corruption, It is hard to believe . that a court of law could im- . pose the death sentence on an innocent person but many of us don’t hesitate to believe that this happened many times in . the Hitler regime. If we be- ileve this of other people we must confess that the same risk dwells with us. However a much more seri­ ous danger is our failure to dis­ cover all the evidence. There is an old Chinese proverb that states “Never judge your neigh­ bour until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” This is, of course; impossible for the judge and jury to do. Their judgment must be bas­ ed on evidence presented. How can they ever be sure that all the evidence has been given? Can anyone be absolutely free of emotions in any situation? Many times the way a state­ ment is made has more signi­ ficance than the actual state­ ment influencing the decision. The death penalty is frighten­ ingly. permanent both for the defendant and the prosecution. If an error is made it cannot ever be corrected. Missing evi­ dence can be more condemning than the evidence .produced. I don’t mean that this is done wilfully in court. I feel that it is almost impossible to pre­ sent all the evidence in any case. In spite of this we must pass judgment but Jet us leave our­ selves the possibility of cor­ recting an error. I’ve had no practical exper­ ience in court but I am dis­ turbed by statements appearing in the press in reference to the Ontario Bean Growers Board’s operations. In the March 23, 1966 issue of the Free Press Weekly, Min­ ister Stewart is quoted, “it is not Ontario government policy to permit compulsory collected license fees to be used to offset losses of a marketing board that enters the field of direct com­ petition with the established trade.” From this statement I think the vast majority of readers would believe that the Bean Board had been competing with the trade and were 'in fact using license fees to offset losses. Let’s look at facts! Up until two or three years ago the Bean Growers Co. Ltd. never raised the price on the market. They bought beans offered at the'go­ ing price and guaranteed to accept beans at any time at the floor price-from both dealers and farmers. During this per­ iod of a good many years the Company did lose money on its operation^ firstly because very often the volume handled was too small to be efficient and secondly since the Bean Grow­ ers Company guaranteed the floor price to the farmer it re­ ceived a higher percentage of low quality beans which took extra processing and 'handling. During this period a small per­ centage of the license fee was used to' pay operating losses of the Company. However the purpose of the Company was to help dispose of surplus beans and thereby retain a strong domestic mar­ ket. Since this was also the purpose of the license fee it is hard -to agree that this was mis-use of the license fee. In the last two or three years the Bean Growers Company de­ cided to be competitive and raised the price on the market on different occasions. Each of these years the Company not only increased returns ito the producers but also showed V prof it and no portion of the license fee was used. Under these circumstances it is hard to see that the Bean Growers Company was acting illegally. Further, Mr. Stewart is quot­ ed as saying that the Bean Growers Board on November 25, 1965, approved a motion to table the agreement that had been reached by the FPMB and a committee of the Bean Board earlier in the year. Mr. Stewart goes on to say that he didn’t know of this until after the vote of Bean Growers that was held the second week of February. This implies evasiveness on the part of the Bean Board but that is not the case. The min? utes of the Board meeting were mailed to the FPMB within two days of the meeting. If the Min­ ister was not ‘aware of this, it was laxity on the part of the Government appointed Farm Products Marketing Board. In the light of this, is it any wonder that I have some doubts of the infallibility of the de­ cisions that people make.1 ---------—o---.------- Two-thirds of Canada's popu­ lation resided in the 306 urban centers of 5,000 population and over at 'the time of the 196? census. iFor the Construction of the Henderson Drainage Works, 1965, Closed Work only, according to the Engin­ eer’s profile and specifications. Tenders clearly marked '‘Henderson Drainage Tender”, will be received by the undersigned until April 4, 1966 at 12:00 o’clock noon. Extent of work. • 855 lineal feet of closed drain 3 Catch Basins. I . Township to Plan, profile Clerk’s Office. supply tile and pipe. and specifications may be seen at the A ..marked cheque for ten percent of contract to accompany tender. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Supports Plow Match And 12 Livestock Fairs -------------O--------------- Ten inches of snow equals about one inch of rain. 1 . .■»»»■ V 12-13b JAMES I. MclNTOSH, Clerk, HR 3, Seaforth, Ontario. J ■■v TIRE SALEas the fee for A. M. Harper for 1966 audit, and accepted a fig­ ure of $3,300 for 1967. (It was $1,975 in 1965). Among grants approved on reipommendaltion of Reeve Boyle’s legislative committee: county libraries ($40 to each in the county); Goderich and Wingham retarded children’s schools, $350 each; Belgrave music festival, Belgrave school fair, Hensall school fail- and Howick-Tumberry school fair, $25 each. The University of Western Ontario gets: $1,000 for build­ ing fund, $1,000 for bursaries andl $200 for scholarships. The University of Waterloo will re­ ceive $1,000 for bprsaries and. $200 for scholarships, Waterloo Lutheran University $200 for bursaries, Guelph University $300 and Western Ontario Ag­ riculture College $100. (By W. E. Elliott) GODERICH — County coun­ cil set aside $2,500 toward cost of the banquet to be held an connection with, the interna­ tional plowing match near Sea­ forth. A tender of $3.50 for the meal was mentioned, butt Reeve Ernest Talbot, chairman of the agriculture committee, said the matter is not settled. Grants approved on recom­ mendation of this committee in­ clude the following: Agricultural junior exten­ sion $2,500; Soil and Crop Im­ provement Association $400; Agricultural ' representatives $500; Clinton Spring Fair $265; Holstein, Hereford and Short­ horn breeders’ associations $100 each; Jersey, Guernsey, Ayr­ shire and Aberdeen-Angus as­ sociations $50 each; Hensall Spring Fair $150; fall fairs as follows: Bly th $150, Exeter $294.56, Seaforth $503.18, Zur­ ich $154.20, Bayfield $150, Brus­ sels $223.12, Howick $150, Dun­ gannon $150, Lucknow $75, Kirkton $100. Among grants recommended by the finance committee, $1,- 500 for the buiding fund art London of the Canadian Na­ tional Institute for the Blind was about ‘the only change. There is an 'annual maintenance grant of $2,000. 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