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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-11-13, Page 9The Free enterprise System No, doubt Melly Of the presed. changes in the federal °sys.ter n of texetIQn will be welcomed,' particularly by those persons In the low income brackets who Will gain some measure of relief from in- come taxation. And that Is as it should be, One aspect of -Mr. Benson's .proposals, however, leaves considerable room for doubt.. The heaviest blows have, as usual, been aimed at corporations.new legislation will te Paper indicates that 9 set corporation income taxes at about 50%. At present corporation profits are taxed at a rate of 21% up to $35,000. Profits above that level bear a rate of 50%. To the low income earner it may seem perfectly fair that a big corporation should be required to turn over 50% of its pro- fits to the government. The usual reason- ing is that the half the corporations are permitted to keep is still plenty. The corporation most people have in mind is a very large. one—General Motors, Simp- sons Sears or Kodak, for 'example. It is quite probably true that 50% of the pro- fits of such giant corporations would still leave them with -many millions a year in the bank. However, we tend to forget that the vast majority of corporations are not large. There are all kinds of corporations with one, two, five, ten employees and the profits of such small companies may be as low as one or two thousand dol- lars a year. Taking half of a profit of that size in taxes, will . quite effectively smother these little firms and will probab- ly sound .the death knell for a host of them. Again, to the wage-earner, the word profit means simply the gravy which a company .owner has to ` buy luxuries, but this is not often the case. For example, when a company owner has borrowed money to buy his business he has ,,only one source of income with which to pay back the principal of the loan —profits. The income tax people permit him to charge the interest on the loan as an al- lowable cost and he is not taxed on that portion of his Obligation, but the reason - Ing is,,that the principal payments are the same as putting money in the bank. Nevertheless money has to be found for these principal payments and the owner can't eat the bricks and mortar and mar chinery he has acquired. During the past few years the limita.; tions and regulations which have been imposed upon the businessman have pro- liferated at such a rate that much of the incentive has disappeared. There was a time when it was a laudable ambition to own your own business. The entire econ- omy of the United States and Canada — the highest standard of living in the world, was created because by hard work and in- telligent management thousands of inde- pendent businessmen prospered and cre- ated employment for wage earners. To- day, however, there is less and less reason to become a business owner. We can recall a conversation with a pharmacist a. few years ago. At that time one of the local drug stores was for sale and finding that this particular pharma- cist was soon to retire from the Air Force, we suggested he would find a good op- portunity here. His reply was enlighten- ing. Why, he wanted to know, would he be interested in borrowing money, work- ing ;ix days a week and most evenings and Sundays, and putting up with all the government regulations and inspections when he could get a five -days -a -week job ,at $12,000 a year? Net resultof all this pecking away at the businessman is that his breed will dis- appear. In the ,course of time we will have nothing left but the corporate giants and the whole country will be the poorer. for the change. How Many More Fragments? A spokesman for the -Calvin Christian Society of Clinton appeared before the Huron Board of Education last week to ask for the use of gymnasium and library fa- cilities. During his presentation to the board he, protested the fact that the schooloperated by his society does not re- ceive one cent of government assistance, the parents paying $12.00 a week to cover the cost of operating the school and its transportation system. - Ontario has never acquired more valu- able citizens than the Dutch folks who set- tled here after .the war. Most of them have, been models of independence and industry and they . have contributed tremendously to. the economy and culture of our pro- vince. However, .we cannot agree with their desire to educate their children in separate schools: When .these people moved to a new land they did so because it had much to offer as a reward for their labors. why Shu • .The subject of trailer residents was brought up at the last meeting of the Wingham town council, and this time the mobile homes were given sensible con- sideration. Many times over the past 18 years we have wondered why members of councils always spoke of • trailer residences as something entirely undesirable. On • this occasion, however, it was pointed out that properly handled. and neatly kept trailer parks can be an asset .to a modern town. Another spokesman said that by enforcing prohibitive trailer fees the town is simply driving out would-be residents who move on to Bluevale and the other out- lying communities. Trailer residences can certainly be an eyesore. But the very same thing is true of homes with no wheels on them. It re - 41 They came with the intention of staying here and providing homes for their child- ren where there was an opportunity for progress and freedom. That being the case, it 'seems only fair that they should 'seek to become .fully integrated in the new land • as rapidly as possible. Basis for their desire to have their own schools is a religious one and as such they are entitled under the laws of this pro - wince. to the same right that is accorded Roman Catholics, But where the percent- age of parents seeking such special fa- cilities is too low, the law also requires that they must pay for them out of their own pockets. - Surely. the example. of fragmentation which we have in the province of Quebec should be ,enough to. point out the folly of perpetuating religious and cultural dif- ferences and endangering national unity. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were all. 'just' plain Canadians — and proud .of it? Then Out? quires a combination of personal pride on the part of the owner and sensible regu- lations on the part of the municipality to make a community's honkies attractive. The mobile home is not a passing fad: It is a way of life for a fairly sizeable portion of our population—and it makes perfectly good sense in today's climate of high prices. Many a young couple have .spent their first few years of married life in .a comfortable trailer which they could afford where a home would be out of• the question. The town should encourage the estab- lishment of a decent trailer park, with the requisite sewage, water and power fa- cilities.. Properly managed it could be a real asset to the community and would mean that more of the local work force would live in town. Wanted—More Men of Goo Will The Pointe Claire (Que.) News Chron- icle says former' Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent may have done Canadians a ser-, vice when he expressed the opinion recent- ly that Canada would cease to exist 'if the Province of Quebec were to separate and become independent. Unfortunately the clamor set up by the Levesques, the Cardinals, the Trem- blays, and their ilk threatens to drown out the common-sense of the moderates who are' fighting the good fight to keep all Canadians just that °— Canadians. Mr. St. Laurent's opinion is in marked contrast to the harmful declaration made by Quebec Creditiste MP Rene Matte that English-speaking Quebecers unable to ac- cept French unilingualism should leave the province and head for English -Canada; This was in a reply to the beleaguered Robert Beale •who continues his fight for English education in St. Leonard. One man does a service by warning of r the consequences of separation while the other pours fuel on the fires of discord and fanaticism. We do not believe for one moment that Quebec will opt for separatism any more than we believe that Canada will cease to exist, Our experience with. the Quebec people has taught us that in the long run — like most people — they are realists. They let their politicians rail and rant but when the chips are down they will opt for Quebec — in Canada. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers `Association Subscription Rate: 1 yr. $6.00; 6 months $3.25, in advance; USA $7.00 per yr.; Foreign rate *'1.00 per yr. Advertising Rates on'application Second Class Mail Registration No. -0132i Return Postage Guaranteed MRS. PAT CAVERLEY of the privy Council• office canvasses her boss to buy Canada Savings Bonds through the Public Service Organization. Naturally, she doesn't have to urge Mr. Trudeau very hard because no one is more aware that this year's issue is the most attractive ever offered and that widespread purchases are an important means of. financing government in a non-irlflationary way. November is a nightmare It doesn't require a high IQ to realize that the World is going to hell, in a hurry. All youhave to do is read, look and listen. Vietnam, thatgreat canker, continues to suppurate. There is an explosion imminent in the Middle East. China . and Russia are ,snarling at each other' in outer Mongolia or somewhere. There are a dozen or " more brush -wars in pro- gress. - Then there's pollution and inflation and discrimination, and high' taxes and shortage of housing, and student riots and sexual freedom and drugs among the kids, just to men- -. tion a few other jollies. Top this off with coronaries and constipation, lung cancer and livers turning to stone, abortions and .acne, and it's hard. to believe the ragged old human race can keep. it finger in the dyke much longer. As if that isn't enough, it's November, in Canada; a thought to chill the spirit, cur- dle the blood, make the bones ache and turn one's thoughts to Hamlet: "To be or not to be; that. is the question." Personally, I'd prefer not to be, in November. But I haven't the guts to commit suicide. However, anyone who'd care to finish me off is welcome. November is a month that should be deleted from the cal- endar, by act of Parliament, if necessary. It's given a perfect send-off by the horrors of Hallaween. This is kind of fun when your kids are little. They're excited and you're delighted. But when they've grown ' up, and you have an entire evening of answering the doorbell and smiling heartily at ,surly ur- chins who sneer at your Mc- Intosh apples and snarl, "Hav- en't Ya got any chocolate bars?", its charm fades a little. , Then there's everything else that November brings. Snow tires neglected until too late. Storm windows ditto. Freezing winds. Rain that turns to snow. —Last year's rubbers leaking. Dirt tracked in. The. glories of autumn have vanished. The pleasures of win- ter are not yet. All you have is ' a grey, ulcerous, dirty, sodden, spiritless- thirty days of gloom in which the sun seems to have disappeared from. the universe. It's a time for huddling by the fire. E,cept that you've forgotten to get your winter. wood in. A time for -reading depressing. poetry. A time for' grouching and grumbling. A .time for watching third-rate TV and despising yourself for wasting the time. A time for AA's to fall off the wagon. But we mustn't despair. must we, chaps? We must be a man . for -all seasons. Surely there must be something good about November. - Just as the human race trackles pollution, inflation, population and, all the other ailments 'mentioned above, we must tackle November. We'll probably be too late, just as we are with these items, but we've got . to give it that old human try. News Items from Old Fi NOVEMBER 1920 Miss Gretta Robinson, teach- er .in the primary department of the Wingham Public School, has resigned and will go to Co- balt to join the other members of her family at Christmas. A team of horses belonging to Murray Wilson took fright while he was loading lumber at Lloyd's Factory and bolted down John Street to Josephine causing some excitement on Monday afternoon. They evidently thought of calling at Boyce's Hardware store and one stretch- ed out on the sidewalk in front of the window. Little damage was done. Mr. James Robinson and sons left on Friday for Cobalt where they will reside in future. Mrs. Robinson and the rest of the • family mill leave in a few days for Cobalt. Mr. Peter Gowans has been appointed Clerk of the town of Wingham, to replace Mr. John F. Groves, who has been the clerk for the past ten years. Mr. Gowans has resided at Warman, Sask. , until a couple of years ago when he and Mrs. Gowans returned to town. Since com- ing to Wingham Mr. Gowans has been teaching school at Whitechurch. Miss Euphemia Chamney and Mrs. Bert Thompson were delegates at the Women's In - stitute Convention held in Lon- don recently. Mrs. Harkness of Belmore has gone to make her home with her son, Leslie at McIntosh. Mr. Alex Gibson of Wroxe- ter who has sold his farm to his brother, John, has purchased Let's see. Well,., there's Re- membrance Day, to brighten things up. There are the Christmas gift advertisements, six weeks early, but very color- ful. There's the annual wallow of the Grey Cup game. I must admit that something bright happened to me this November. I had slept in Sat- urday morning for a bit, got - up, ,looked at my lawn, shud- dered, , and - retreated to the Morning . paper and coffee with a substitute for cream. Doorbell rang. "Dam' paper- boy, . collecting," • I muttered, but answered. Four fresh -faced students, equipped with rakes,. wanted to know if I'd like my lawn raked. They were raising money to take the local retard- ed . children on a couple of jaunts. Somehow, that little note of warmth in a cold world did wonders for me. They raked the lawn, after a fashion, rang the door -bell every five min- utes to ask for a drink or the time, and it cost me ten bucks. But it was worth it.' Some- body was doing something for somebody. It gave me enough strength to hang on for that most welcome day of the year, Nov. 30th, and the end of the annual nightmare; S.S. Guest Editorial What'Is A Man? Is 'man just a mammal created through some freak of nature?. Or is he a type of puppet placed on this planet by an Om- nipotent Being to rule it and revere Him? Or is he the inevitable outcome .of four billion years of earth history? If man is a freak of nature, then, at any time, other freaks of nature may hap- pen and possibly become the rulers of earth. If man was placed on earth by an Almighty personage everyone would 'worship Him and not the thousands of different gods worshipped throughout the world. If, on the other hand, he has evolved over the aeons of time to his present intelligence, then one can safely assume that, by means of further evolu- tion, man's mental capacity will increase greatly, even in the next few centuries. But what will main do with this aug- mentation of his mental capabilities? Man could bring about his own destruction by new scientific discoveries which could start a full scale world war. Or in his spacial odysseys he could come into con- tact with hostile races of creatures who might invade and destroy man. However, also to be considered is the fact that man, in his superior intelligence, might 'outgrow By David Rhody 12B the need for fighting and wars and thus eliminate the first possibility. The second - possibility is eliminated when one realizes that a civilization which has developed to. the point of interstellar travel probably has long since dispensed with a policy of warfare. So what is man's future? I expect man to survive for quite a while. He will live in the glory of his achievements, continually striving to achieve more things. Man will solve his \problems, creating a new problem for every old one solved. On the whole it will be the same old earth, until the sun becomes a huge red giant, extending out to the orbit of Mars and thus enveloping earth. That will be the end of this little planet and' also of man if he does not find another star with a beautiful planet to take our earth's place. But let's not bother our heads too' much about it. After all, it's five billion years in the future that this is going to happen. I'm sure that when the time comes man will be able to cope with this problem just like he is doing today. In fact, he might be able to do it a little better. the Robinson property on Ann Street of that village. NOVEMBER 1934 Mr. Duncan Kennedy who operates a chick hatchery at Whitechurch has leased the Wel- lington Produce building -on Al- fred Street and will move his hatchery equipment there. We understand that Mr, Kennedy will considerably increase the size of his plant and that he and Mrs. Kennedy have been active in the community life of White- church and Will be greatly mis- sed there. They will continue to operate the chicken farm at Whitechurch. • Bernice Blake, who graduat- ed from Wingham High School, last term, and is now a student at Western University took third honors in the Carter Scholarship for Huron County. • The, award carries with it a cash prize of $40, The winner was Roy F. Errington of Goderich Colle - giate who receives $100. Sec- ond award of $60 went to E. Winnifred Savage of Seaforth Collegiate. About 10:30 on Saturday night fire broke"out in the old Williams house on Patrick • Street. As there was no person living in the house at 'the time the origin of the fire is.a mys- tery. Little damage was done ' as the firemen were quickly on the job. - While visiting at Mrs. R.. J. Cameron's, Mrs. Susie Miller had a very pleasant surprise on Tuesday of last `week, when -a box was handed to her • and upon opening she found a love- ly bath robe and note saying it was from her "Quality Hill" neighbors. As Mrs. Miller plans to make her home in Wingham she wishes to thank each of her neighbors of London for so kind- ly remembering her. NOVEMBER 1944 - Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Duval were on a trip to. the Manitou- lin Island last week and they ...w brought back with, the n,two. platinum mink. This week they received a shipment of two silver blue mink. A social evening was, given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benson Hamilton, Seaforth, when a group of friends present- ed Mrs. Hamilton with an at- tractive gift. Mrs., Hamilton is leaving this week for Whitby, to join her husband, who has been transferred to the• Domi- ion Bank there. An address was read by Mrs. C. Sills, followed by the presentation. by Mr s. Gordon Reynolds and Mrs. Clar- ence Trott. Before his depart- ure, Mr. Hamilton was present- ed with a gift by the local bank staff. Benson commenced his banking career here. Orville Allen, son of Mil George Allen of,ttwnflias'reacb ed another milestone in his life in the R, C, A. F. Hie. graduate4 at Rivers, Manitoba, as a l a rn- batdier, with the rank of SOW ' eant. On 'behalf of the people of this' community we extend congratelations.* Prior to his enlistment in F'ebreatry last year, Orville was on the staff at Sky Harbor, Goderich. He is at present home on leave., Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor were honoured guests at a party' held for them at Curxie'sschool on Friday evening by their neighbors and friends. They were presented with :an ,occa-' sional chair and an end table, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and their children Tom and Sandra left on -Tuesday for Caledonia where they will reside. The three Chin brothers,BB, Albert and George of Lucknow,. who attended the Toronto Ma- ple Leaf hockey school at Owen Soundthis fall,. will play at . . Port Colborne this season with the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A Series. NOVEMBER 1955 Results of a draw held in • connection with a 10 -day sale sponsored by the five merchants of town, Edighoffer's,Welwood' Callan's, Dunlop's and Carmi-; chael's are as folows: First prize, reversibleblanket, Mrs,. Helen Scott, Wingham; second, dont; G. Fuikema, R. R. 6, Lucknow; third, lace cloth, Mrs. William Thacker; R.,R., Kincardine; fourth, $8 .shoe voucher, Miss Helen McLean, Wingham; fifth, . $8 shoe; you ' er, Mts. T. H. Abraham,RA. 1, Wroxeter, The new 50 bed chronic pa- tients wing of the 't4ingham General Hospital will be offiei- ally opened on Wednesday, De cember" 7th, according to word received this week by Mrs. Iris` a_ E. Moire y from Dr. Man Phillips, Onta►rto :1 Health. Dr. Plifflipe atilt of« ficiate at. the opening cerernon- res at the hospital on that date. Joseph Jeffrey, 9 -year-old son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Arnold Jeffrey, R. R. 2, Wingharn, re-, ceived a fractured left elbow as a result of a fall on Satur- day. A cast was applied at the hospital and he was allowed home. On Tuesday of last week, Fred Tuck, R. R. 2, • Wingham, was hurt as a result of a fall from the top of the inside of a barn. He .landed on his left . shoulder and was severely • shaken up, but x-rays showed no fracture. He was kept in hospital over night. TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN Brian looks as if he'd like to jump right out of that walker and take off on his own. It won't be long till he can, because this little boy, not yet 11 months old, can walk now if he has something to hold onto. Brian is a wiry, bouncy youngster with big dark eyes, brown hair, medium complex- ion and an entrancing grin showing his fine new teeth; He is a happy young fellow who enjoys other children and loves exploring. especially in cupboards. This little boy has aller- gies which make hirn susceptible to wheezy colds and for which he is on a milk -free diet. Other than that he eats everything. He is always good-natured and he needs parents who will not be troubled by his diet restrictions or by his sometimes raspy breathing. To inquire about adopting Brian please write to Today's Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182.