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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-06-06, Page 4:Not solving bask. problem In his trip. to Winghamlast Week, a leEon. 11011Ort, Stanfield quite natu, rally used agriculture as one of the Main themes of his speech. It's a topic that is of prime interest to the ma- jority of Huron riding constituents be, cause our economy depends on agricul, tore 'to a great extent, His suggestion for national com, modity commissions, an extension of the crop insurance program to cover livestock, greatly accelerated deprecia- tion for farm storage facilities and pol- lution abatement costs will be of inter- est to all farmers. However, such programs do fall short of the basic farm problem, which is getting better prices for the goods produced. Mr. Stanfield also suggested a Pro- gressive Conservative government would establish an Eastern Farm Bur- eau, staffed with persons familiar to agriculture, to work closely with farm organizations and the provincial gov- ernments. Such a suggestion perhaps has merit, but it points up the fact that most politicians have the opinion that the ills of any s' „;.,,ent of our economy can be cured by establishing Royal Commissions, hiring more civil servants, or by setting up special bureaus. As a result, We SPeild more time, Money and energy delving into the problems —InanY of Which are appar- ent in the first place— than we de in tackling the solution to the problems. Knowledgeable experts have been pointing out for some time that the rate of growth of the civil service in the provincial and federal government employ is at an alarming rate, and it may be fair tp suggest that many of our cost problems would vanish or be greatly decreased if we didn't have to pay the salaries of all the people be- ing hired to do surveys and studies on the problems. There are two primary solutions to economic ills well-known to every business and industry in Canada. One is ,to increase sales or prices, and the other is to decrease some of the costs involved in production. In view of our alarming inflation, the latter solution demands the most attention and our governments should be showing the lead in that respect. Vtiflait Pee ellickeo Won't rest on laurels CAROL ALLEN, R.R. 1, WOODHAM AT SHDHS BARBECUE Members of Exeter's rodeo com- mittee are obviously not content to rest on their laurels, although the tremen- dous success they enjoyed last year could possibly warrant such a reaction. They've already made plans to cor- rect a few minor faults apparent in last year's program, and again this would be about all that could be expected. However, they've also made plans to provide a bigger and better show for 1968 which is shaping up as one of the most spectacular and entertaining events ever held in this community. When the rodeo idea was being discussed last year the promoters point- ed to the success of a couple being staged in. Western Canada which put the communities "on the map". Are we about to see the same thing happen in Exeter? Foolhardy kindness Whenever a child is injured in a tractor accident we are tempted to blaze out with editorial reminders of the carelessness of those adults who persist in, allowing youngsters to ride on moving farm equipment. Then we sive to remember just how it is when a child begs to go along for the ride. It does take a pretty tough father to send his boy or girl scamper- ing back to the house when all that the little one has asked is the privilege of a few moments of companionship and adventure. The price, however, is too high. Every spring and summer adds to the toll of children who are seriously hurt or who lose their lives when they are permitted as passengers (or drivers) on farm equipment. Familiarity, of course, breeds contempt, and the average farm- er is so accustomed to handling his implements and tractor, that danger of accident seems very remote. It is after his child is lying in a hospital bed that he fully, understands even one chance in a million was one too many to take. Farm equipment is rated among the most hazardous class of mechaniza- tion. The farm accident rate is very high and takes all too many adult lives. The addition of a passenger on vehicles designed for the operator only is ask- ing for trouble. Wingham Advance-Times A cla“ Ctiiiiirei unity Nfklmf!PqAt,:gmor ' Times Established 101 <4, 44VMOINOMINSOMMISMIVArata Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 likeecefer itnetaluocafe tpranittnSfarkaa.M.,.. : SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers; J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott Editor.; Bill Batten Advertising Manager; Howie Weight Phone 2354311 GM ow .A" witgAr Paid in Advance Septerriber 30, 1067, 4,J38 SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Canada $5.00 Pee Year; USA PubliShed Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Authori ost Office; aSet De pt Otta d Class W Malt, Pl, and for Portent of Postage in Cash ion Agif $'k4it.naraifi444.1.0. fa hifVwtraa,wnA 4qqom says to show thy 'report card id Yeti. BlieS too tired te blow fier"top,o Guess one can't be perfect Stanfield comes on stronger Since tt was first recommended by the Ontario committee on, Taxation, the program has 114 a PrIee tag of $1591900," VINO the Treasurer must prevkie out of PrPvinrial reYenne4., lie re , (erred, to tne coSt1n his announce- ment on AnguSt 31 that the goy ernment would Undertake the pro- gram and he noted It sPenitiaally in his 196 8 Pcdget StateMent. Frankly, if you or any other person has a sound suggestion 44 to how the government could. Obtain "free money", .1 can as- sure you that the Treasurer would offer the originator a position in his Treasury PePartment at a most attractive salary! The point which the Treasurer and other officials of the govern- ment have stressed repeatedly Is that the program prOvides for a shift in the tax burden for the benefit of the low - income fam- ilies. The property tax, as you know, is levied without regard to the income of the owner or his ability to pay. Other taxes, however, are related more closely to this important consideration. By making a flat rebate to every householder, dependent upon the local mill rate, the program pro- vides greater proportionate re- lief to those in modest circum- stances than to those with higher incomes. For example, the family paying $200 in property tax would re- ceive 25% relief from a $50 rebate, whereas a family living in a home in which property tax is $500 receives 10% relief. In other words, the greatest benefit goes to those who need it most. This brings us to your sug- gestion that the program might have been implemented more economically by increasing the per capita grant to municipalit- ies. This would not have had the same effect since the benefit would have applied to every prop- erty taxpayer in equal proportion. To pursue the example, let's assume that the reduction might have been 15% of the total resi- dential tax levied. This would have meant a saving of $30 for the family in the modest home but a $75 benefit for the family living in the dwelling of higher value. As you can see, the benefit would rise in reverse proportion to need. Another frequent suggestion has been that relief might have been provided by making prop- erty taxes deductible from in- come tax. The taxation committee felt that this would produce neither fair nor full relief to the tax- payers. It would provide assist- ance only to those with taxable income who own property. Moreover, the greatest bene- fit would go to 'those in the higher tax brackets because of the graduated structure of per- sonal income tax rates. The ex- tent of the relief from property taxation would be scaled inver- sely to need. Other ideas considered were the establishment of progressive rates on property tax (which would have complicated min- icipal levies and collection pro- cedures beyond all reason), home - improvement exemption (which would increase the burden on low-income families), partial exemption (which involves an arbitrary and unfair line between properties qualifying for relief and those not entitled to it), and home-owner grant programs of other provinces and some states in the United States (most of which don't provide assistance for the struggling tenant fam- ily). All of this goes to prove, Bill, that it isn't as easy as one might expect to engineer a tax system which is equitable, ef- ficient and conductive to growth, particularly -When it involves three levels of government, And while it is true in a broad sense that the program takes Money out of one pocket and puts it back in the other, I hope it IS clear that the pockets are not necessarily in the same pair Of pants. One final comment about the cost of the basic shelter pro- gram, estimated at $800,000. This amounts to less than Ss per household across the pro- vince. Some newspapers have sug- gested that the rebate shotild have been Made directly to the householders, This would have cost the government about $5,- 000,000 or approximately $2 per hOusehelder. I will leave it to you to decide whether the government chose the proper course: Best Personal regards, Yours sincerely, b. T. Southcott Executive Assistant to the Treasurer. Did you ever sit down and make a list of the things you like and dislike, love and hate? It's good therapy, and if you try it, you'll learn something about herself. I like sleeping and can sleep 14 hours without a twinge of guilt: But I don't like going to bed. Seems such a waste of time. And I hate getting up, but I like being alive and part of the human race, once I've groped through that first fearsome fog Of reality. I like sports, but not the spec- tator va.riety, 1 love to fish for speckles, all alone in a vast sWamp: to deliver a curling stone right on the nose; to sink the black ball In the corner pocket; to make one crisp golf shot out of three. But I wouldn't give 20 cents for a ticket to the World Series or the Grey Cup final. I like parades, any kind; trees, any kind; grass, green; water, rough or calm, green or blue; babies, either sex. I dislike Italian food, Chinese food and most other "foreign" foods, Yet, when we go out to eat, I'm always the guy who orders something exotic like jugged hare or botuf salvage or chicken moulin rouge, only to find that I'm eating baked bunny, raw hamburg or fried chicken with paprika sprinkled on it. And yet I love swill. That's what you get when you decide to have something different, Like the Other night, Things were not marching in the cuisine. In fact, the stove hadn't even been turned on. So I pitched in. Literally. I pitched in a can of salmon, one of mushroom soup; one of vegetable soup, one of wieners and beans, Then I pitched in all the leftovers in the refrigerator; a chunk of corned beef, a glob of cheese, half a tomato, some olives, two hard-bailed eggs and four limpish sardines. It was delicious. In fact, it was so good that the rest of the family couldn't bear to &Secrete my Masterpiece by eating it, and I had it three times a day, for three days. On toast. I even gave it a name—Then Burning Belch. I like women and men, in that order. Women because they're not like men, and men because they're not like women. I like fires, everything from bonfire to barn-fire, Though I'm bone-lazy. I actually like work, And I love loafing in the back. yard, With a cold beer, and the black squirrels and the cocky robins. I like shaving, but despise electric razors. I like peace and order, but my study it a model of confusion, and my life is a masterpiece of strife, Internal and external. I like to be alone but I hate -- Please turn to page 5 Some of our strong Conser- vative friends have been sug- gesting that comment in this column appears to back Prime Minister Trudeau over PC leader Robert Stanfield. This is possibly true to a point as our opinions had been based on a previous personal meeting with Mr. Stanfield at a news- paper convention and the Huron riding tour conducted recently by Mr. Trudeau. In those two meetings, Mr. Trudeau definitely impressed us to a greater extent. He display- ed much more charm, person- ality and vitality than that dis- played by Mr. Stanfield during his address to the weekly editors meeting in Niagara Falls. However, our opinion of Mr. Stanfield was greatly changed after listening to his address in Wingham, Thursday. Reporters on the tour noted that his speech was one of the strongest he has made to date and we have no doubt he favorably impressed the 1,000 or so Conservatives who jammed the school to hear him. It's still much too early in the election campaign to make any predictions as to the strength of the two men, although there is an indication that Mr. Stan- field is now coming on stronger 50 YEARS AGO Monday June 3 was the 53rd birthday of Xing George V. It was Observed as a public holiday by the banks. On the occasion of the visit of the Duke of Devonshire, Gov- ernor General of Canada, to Lon- don on Monday, Mr. Adolphus Hooper was presented with the Military Medal won by his son Corp. Grant Hooper at the Battle of Paschenciale. Messrs. W. D. Clarke, J. A. Stewart, W. W. Taman and R. G. Seldon were in London Wednesday and were successful in winning the Minted trophy in a bowling tournament on the Thistle greens. 'They won five straight games with a plus Of 55. Flax fibre is absolutely neces- sary for the construction of aero- plane wings. Flax, therefore, is an indispensable munition of war. It is the duty of everyone in the community to cooperate With the flax grower, who has increased his acreage, to save his crop. 25 YEARS AGO Exeter Lions Club has con- tra.cted for growing an acre of sugar beetS to aid the war ef- fort, Pearls° = Walper — Mr. a n d Mrs. Edward L. Walper atineunce the engagement of their only daughter, Olive Fern, to MelVirt Pearls°, Only Son of Mr. Alex Dearlso and the late MrS. Pear. iso of Grand Bend—the Mar- riage to take place in June. Mr. H. C,'Rivers Of Eiceter was elected vice-president of an Independent Retail Butchers' AS- sotlatiti, -Which was formed in Seaforth Monday evening, Fifty seven butchers froth nuroni Perth, Bruce, Word and Water- loo CouritleS attended, The first Band Concert -of the season war held EtititlaY &Vetting- irt 'Victoria Park following the church Seri/feel. There was a fine attentlante many beingpres- ent, Ili atitOS, and the early lead Mr. Trudeau enjoyed because of the publicity of the Liberal leadership race is declining to an extent. Politics is an interesting and exciting game and the strategy the party organizers come up with during the next 20 days will decide to a great extent on the final outcome of the June 25 election. There is a suggestion that Mr. Trudeau has been prepared to coast along on the strength of his leadership election publicity and has been content to dwell more on meeting as many people as possible rather than fighting the election on politics. This will probably change to- wards the end of the campaign as he no doubt will try to finish in a flurry by coming up with the policies Mr. Stanfield has charged the Liberals don't have. On the other hand, Mr. Stan- field has had to start the camp- aign on a stronger note than Mr. Trudeau to overcome the advantage enjoyed by the Prime Minister and whether he can come up with an equal flurry in the last couple of weeks remains to be seen. At any rate, it's shaping up as a closer contest than what some figured and we no doubt can look for some real campaigning in the 15 YEARS AGO Robbie Wein, star of Dashwood Tigers' mound staff pitched a five-inning no-hitter last week against Seaforth. The young lanky flinger faced only 16 men and put out 15 himself. The South Huron Hospital Ladies Aukiliary has raised over $2,000 for the purchase of linens during the six Months it has been operating, Funds are now being raised to purchase chairs for the auxiliary roont to make it pos- sible to meet there. Jean Hopper, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. E. R. Hopper, Exeter, and Don Petrie, former SHDHS students, received second class honors in their University of Toronto studies' during the past year. Both are in the second year of pre-medicine. Articles Swooped up by the vicious tornado that struck the city of Flint, Welt, , Monday even= ing have been found near Dash- Wood, over 100 miles from the city on Tuesday mbrning. The wind tarried the missilet across the lake, lb YEARS AGO JimmySharrOW, five.year.old on of M. and Mist. WilliaM Shartent, Grand Bend, first child born after the district hospital Was Opened, in 1953, Snipped the ribbon to OHielally Open the tint. See residence Of the hospit=al Sunday afternoon. Heva C. W. Down; Exeter, who marked the :fiftieth anniversary Of his -ordination Sunda.y, by preething in Jellies Street itC Where he Was Ordained, was pre tented with a coffee table by the congregation. Over tee people flecked to SIIDIIS to attend the annual 'chicken Barbecue given by the SchOol's agriculture department., Over 400 chickens raised at the school under Andrew DIXtni wero cooked and tale& days remaining until Canadians get the opportunity to make their decisions known. Many of today's youth are com- pletely ruining the older gener- ation's favorite guessing game— "What's wrong with these kids anyway?" Out go the youngsters on cold, windy weekends walking any- where from 10 to 25 miles, get- ting blisters all over their feet and straining their muscles left and right, just to raise money for needy people and causes across Canada and the world. The question one would now ask is "What's the matter with parents anyway? Why didn't they do things like that when they were young?" We've been out taking pictures of about three such walks to date and the enthusiasm shown by some of the youngsters is amaz- ing—in two regards. First of all, they bustle about their community for a week or so prior to the walk enlisting don- ors to provide cash for their efforts, and as most people know, there are few better salesmen than kids. After all, who could turn a bright-eyed youngster away after he proudly points out he is going to Walk 10 miles to help the world's hungry and wants you to pay him a certain rate for each mile he walks? Their enthusiasm again shows when they start the walk, al- though in many cases the word walk is inappropriate, because some of the youngsters run half the distande in an effort to be the first to reach the destination. Such was the case in the walk by Hensall Public School children on Saturday. They didn't even take time out When they picked up a free soft drink in Zurich. They dashed into the store quickly picked up their refreshment and drank it as they returned the -walk towards Hensel', The pace some of the kids set made us sweat just to think about. It, Youngsters are certainly to be commended for helping needy causes in this Manner, although again We point out that those who donate the money should receive equal credit, One aspect of the Hensall walk was worthy of note for other groups Who May be considering sitnilat ventures. That was the fact they went by Car to the starting point and then walked back to Hensall. This gave the hometoWri folks —who were Spon- soring the kids-,ail OppOrtimity to see them arrive, n our Opinion this IS More Interesting for the local people than starting the walk froth the home'community. A roUnd-trip would possibly be even better. 7*(4400‘ 1 . Dear rStr: Twenty-six DattenS And tritt:,- ilon4 of people are subjugated by SoViet -Rossian imperialism a.ncl Thousands of innocent people are rotting in tne prisens and concentration camps. Among OM are rnanYUkraln- lans whose only crime IS that they asked for .elementary human rights for the Ukrainian people, including the right to national freedom and independence of Ilk, raine. Most of them are yoking people whose lives have beep broken by the cruel conditions and long terms of irnprisenment. Tortures during investigation, trials be, hind closed doers without pub- licity and opportunity for de- fence, harsh sentences of 10, 15 and even 25 years for "crimes"—this is the lot of the Ukrainian patriots. There are 36 forced labour camps in the Potma area of Mordovia e as t of Moscow) alone. Each of them holds 2 to 3 thousand prisoners, the Yavas camp, for example, contains 6 thousand prisoners. Altogether there are up to 100,000 prison- ers in this particular area. The living conditions are very harsh, food is of low quality and not sufficient, The medical treat- ment and medicines are not avail- able and the prisoners have no right to receive them from their relatives. About 100 Ukrainian writers were shot or perished in Soviet forced labour camps, and a fur- ther 200 were imprisoned. In 1966 ,70 Ukrainian intellectuals were sentenced to forced labour terms for opposition to Russi- fication policies. There are innumerable similar cases of gross injustice per- petrated by Russian colonial masters against the subjugated nations. In 1918-20 Soviet Russian armed forces destroyed the Uk- rainian independent state and created Russia's puppet, the Uk- rainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In the 1932-33 Russians per- formed full-scale genocide in Ukraine, liquidating at least 6,- 000,000 Ukrainians. 2-3 mil- lions were deported to Siberia where many of them perished. About 1 million Ukrainians were executed. In the 1930's Moscow destroy- ed the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and murdered more than 30 archbishops and bishops and then did the same with the Ukrainian Catholic Church in 1946. Hundreds of Uk- rainian priests were shot or perished in concentration camps. Schools and institutions for the 50 million Ukrainians are forced to use Russian as a lang- uage of instruction. Ukrainian national libraries are burned, as happened in 1964 in Kiev. Only 3% of books in the library No. 20 school in Kiev, the cap- ital of Ukraine, are Ukrainian. The .rest are Russian. Moscow's rule in Ukraine is maintained by a strong Russian army and unrelenting police ter- ror. No independent Ukrainian political parties, organizations or clubs can exist. There is no freedom of speech, press or assembly. Any opposition is sev- erely suppressed. Fellow Canadians! You enjoy every comfort of modern life. Ukrainians and others in USSR suffer ' deprived Of everything. Help them, by voicing your moral support of their ideals by protesting against their cruel treatment. Do not be silentj Speak outt Protest against the violation of elementary human rights by the Russian communist regime, de- ma.nd release of all political prisoners itt the USSR! Hear their outcry and help to restore freedom, justice and In- dependence for those who are suffering, fighting and hoping. Help the victims of Soviet- Russian oppression] The struggle of the enslaved nations for their human rights concerns you, because the West's freedom and security depend to a large extent on the outcome Of this fight! Do not be misled by Moscow's lies and smiles! Do not be fooled by Soviet singers and dancers, They are Sent here to conceal by Songs and dances terror, fear and death Which continue to dom- inate the life of people in the USSR. Defend your freecidln—support Uktaine'S liberation struggle! Stephan Ore:tank Stftletatit 914ste Del was interestedatBilli in your May 16 cOltitlin on Ontario's Basic. Shelter Exemption Program, A number of other newspaper editors have Pesed similar quet, tient about the program and felt you might appreciate some explanations. The most frequent suggestion is that the exemption grant is not a egift', to the taxpayers because the money Comes from other taxes paid by the people of 'Onterie. As you put it, 'the rebate, IS taking money out Of One pocket and putting it back in another“, IMO* That MS Provincial Tr , ea en rel., the Honotirable Charles tiaollaughton, would be the Brit to agree that the rebate It not a "gift” In the sense that it it free, Stela add Dear Sirs- atti writitigatiniVertity•theSIS On the Bible Christian church In Canada, a Methodist sect which was introduced to the Exeter area in the la.40,s Within I grantS rein Devon and Cornwall, TO Supplement materials In the church 'archives I would be' pleated tri hear .from any who may have in their pOSSeasioit Bible thristian Churn Minutes, letters, documents, pamphlets :and from people Who have Bible thriStiall ancestrY. Please Write to me at 'gtl Sloane AVentra, tOrentol 6, 4 '4