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There has been conside,: ,able; comment
in the press about whether Or Botany real
Issues will come' to the fore in the federal
election campaign, now in progress. Man
Canadians believe that the election of 1908
was not fought on Issues--rather-It was won
by the Liberal party on the strength of the
famous Trudeau "charisma -
Whether or not the personal attractions
of the prime minister remain as compelling
as they were four sears ego, there are some
important Issuesfacing the nation end elec-
tion time 1s the only -opportunity the average
citizenv has to express any sort of effective
opinion.
American ownership of Canadian -busi-
ness. and industry .is certainly one of them,
but there is no point in deluding ourselves
with the dream that any particular party can
solve that conundrum merely by winning the
election. It isa problem which will"be with us
for many years to come. The prospect of
American interests controlling the major
portion of our economy is not particularly
cheering—but neither is the alternative.
Total withdrawal of American finaring
would leave Canada In chaos.
David Lewis, leader of the. national
NDP, is whipping away at an issue which he
hopes will win the votes of the poor, down-
trodden masses, He is naming corporate
"bums" all over the place. These are firms,
big business enterprises which he claims are
receivinggovernment handouts of our
money to add to the millions in profits they
already make each year.
Both Liberals and PC's contend that
such handouts have created the incentive for
business expansions which in turn generate
some of the new jobs at which a growing
number of. Canadians are employed. ..
Pollution and- what we are going to do
about the quality of the environment, is, of
course, an issue and a cause to which each of
the political parties pays lip service. It is an
issue which has caught the public fancy and
the party showing the greatest concern -
about cleaning up the mess will win addi-
tional support.
Another urgent problem is public trans-
portation. Here in Western Ontario we are
acutely aware of the seriousness of the.situa-
tion, but we should face the fact that ` hunz
dreds, thousands of -Canadian voters packed
M into the nation's great cities couldn't care
lass. They have all the public*fransport they
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Rthe sad plight of a few
thousand country cousins who find it• hard to
travel.
An issue which should receive attention
and so far has remained unmentioned by any,
of the party leaders is the state of the postal
service. At one time the Canadian post office
was a model of efficiency,°doing an excellent
job In a country where distance 'between de-
livery points was alway4 a challenge. Since
thewar, however, that famed •efficiency has
been steadily declining and has now reached
the 'point of non-existence. Between the
Limitations imposed by government control
and the hurdles set up by unreasonable and
uncaring union attitudes, the post office is In
urgent need of a total overhaul..
In our books, however, the greatest
single issue which faces the Canadian
electorate is the question of how we are to
provide for those in our country who cannot
or will not work.
Unemployment can and often has
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haunted a government out of office. Every
party is aware of that fact and the govern-
ment has been quietly squirming under the
burden of 600,000 jobless in a time when the
nation's economy has spiralled up to its
highest point in history. To say. that some-
thing is wrong is the understatement of all
time.
In order to quiet the voices of discontent
a dozen or more programs have been
ini;'ated, both to provide cash for the unem-
ployed and to get as. many of them as pos-
sible off the list of jobless. Government re-
training programs, make-work student 'ac-
tivities, youth hostels to aid the hitch-
hikers—and goodness knows how many
more schemes of a similar nature have.been
gobbling up public funds so that the total of
unemployed wouldbe less apparent.
The biggest single effort, however, was a
substantial hike in the benefits payable
under the Unemployment Insurance Act. It
Alas an. effective way of making sure that
discontent 'did not translate itself into votes
against the ruling party at election time.
Now Canada is saddled with a situation
in which employers alt -over the country are
begging for enough competent help to keep
their businesses going --while the incentive
to do the work has been largely destroyed by -
such generous rewards for unemployment.
All you need do is look at the columns upon
columns of ads in the daily papers under the
"help wante,.d' heading and compare Mem
with the ads placed by those who want work,
which are all but non-estent.
Certainly we do not claim -that all 'unem-
ployed people have lost their pride, but it is
fact -that with upemplpyIpent insurenc ay-
Ments
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part-time work, the urge to9 of •out and fend
for oneself is bound to beseriously, diluted. A
better way must be foyr(d to look after' those
who,for one rea of or another, cannot
secure employr-ri.eht. Whatever the plan it
will have to provide a means ofsorting out
the unfortunate from the shirkers. •
the wrong approach
If ills fair to permit farmers to carry out
this form of market manipulation it would be
equally just to allow ail the clothing manu-
facturers to get together and agree on a plan
to create an artificial scarcity of overalls
and thus get a higher price.- Farm machin-
ery manufacturers would be liable to very
heavy fines if it could. be proven that they
had agreed on a price for a given imple-
ment -much less an agreement to, plan a
shortage of their " products.
One of the arguments against a quota
system of production which was voiced by
the consumers' group was that it protects the
inefficient producer and limits very sharply
the number of efficient ones who might be in-
terested in entering the field after the quota
system has been established. The CAC sug-
gests that government subsidy in periods of
low market price is a better way to provide
adequate farm income.
Strike is justified
The international airline pilots are
threatening strike action—not to enforce de-
mands for better working conditions or
higher pay. They are urgently demanding
that unless the countries which have been
providing havensfor skyjackers agree to
turn these criminals back, the pilots will re-
fuse to take any commercial flights to des-
tinations in those lands. Notable among
these countries, of course, are* Cuba and Al-
geria. r
The pilots are right. Air piracy has be-
come so widespread that drastic and con-
certed action must be taken at once fo put a
Last week spokesmen for -Vie Consumer
Association of Canada appeared at a hearing
where the marketing of eggs was under
study. A proposal that egg production should
be placed on a quota system, as in the pro-
duction of tobacco and milk, was opposed by -
the peoplefrom the CAC. They contended
that the quota system would inevitably raise
the price of eggs and thus create a hardship
for -the poorer people in Canada who need the
protein provided by eggs in their diet.
Although the quota system of limiting
production and thus raising the selling price
for farm products has obviously been a boon
to, hard-pressed farmers, it is just about as
totally undemocratic as something dreamed
up in the USSR. Withholding goods from the
market in order- to force a higher price is ab-
solutely contrary to basic Canadian legisla-
tion in other fields.
stop to it. If it was known that there was no
place to which a plane could be flown without
immediate arrest for the highjackers, the
crimes would cease overnight.
Cuba and Algeria are not worried by the
possibility that commercial flights might be
cut off'. At present they are isolated from the
rest of the world by the nature of their politi-
cal development and since they tend to be
sore at the rest of us anyway they may enjoy
the nuisance value'of their lenient attitude to
highjackers. They cannot remain in isolation
forever and the possibility of a long-term
boycott by the airlines should be understood
as a very real economic danger.
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limite 1.
Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, See.-Treas,
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Member Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associations
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bne to Quit Being Crybabies
Bill Smiley
I am reluctantly coming ,to
conclusion that " Canadians . art
turning .into a nation of ' ►•
babies. It hurts, because . I itArg
this country and want fort
and admire my fellow Citi
But the feeling .has been,w•.
ing for some time and neared MI
flower after the first • <�fty
game against the Ru s'
S 16ns„
What anedifying spectacle that
was! There were our finest,c;giy, -
ing up everything—except salar-
ies, insurance, expenses • and
other fringe benefits—to defer
our national honor against Mos
dastardly Russians who'd`bartith.
nerve to think they belonged ;on
the same ice.
resemble bulls, rushing wildly a
anything that moved, only to fi
it wasn't there,
Not content with looking lik
Ladies' Aid on skates, 'som
Canadian players showed any
thing but professionalism and be
gan swinging sticks, throwing el
bows, and such. Crybaby stuff
What about the fans? Did the
give the Russians a standing ova
tion,, or even a hearty round o
applause for toppling the giants
Not they. They filed sullen!
d out of the arena, muttering, gasp
e ing for excuses, dazed. The
e hadn't had their blood. The torea
dor had not been tossed by th
bull, and the bull had not ev
t where else. Then we can't under-
dnstand why they don't come home
and work in their own vineyard,
ke at labourers' wages.
e Same with our athletes. We
.sneer at their Olympic efforts.
"Yeah. we -finished twenty-third
again." Smarmy sportscasters
find all kinds of -excuses for the
the
athletes. Admirably, most of the
latter are much more honest. The
f best of them bluntly say they did
? the best they could, but it wasn't
y good enough.
- • Oh, we're great at spending
y billions on. building: highways,
e
en
And there was a huge and
happy crowd of hockey fans, sal
most slavering over the an
ticipated slaughter.
'And there were the poor . ►1�d
Russians, walking into the lion's
den, some of them so pint -sill
compared 'to our hulking
• menaces that they lookeC.as
though they were fairly large
PeeWee players.
Whack! went the puck into!°the
net and the roof nearly wenC: ff
the Forum. Whack! again, and
across the nation people winked
at each other and settled back"•to
speculate on whether the I -
sians could score a goal before
our heroes got into two figures.
But then something began''•:to
happen that turned strong men
across the- country a pale gray.
Those dumb Russians didn't
know enough to quit and go hone
and 'forget the whole thing as a
bad dream. They just kept skat-
ing and passing and shooting and
every so often, one of their shots
would go into the Canadian. net.
The happy crowd in the Forum
grew glummer and glummer.
Team' Canada, the greatest- ai i
most expensive c .]lection °:of
hockey talen er gathered
under on of, looked more and
mor i e the Hayfork Centre
gets. But just wait until the
third period. After all these guys
at'e .pro's. They'll, get . organa ,
I ,
-and
come
back�t`
owin•-the:... a � • �;
with a bang. a'
Unfortunately, the game/end-
ed,
ame; ad -ed, not with a bang, but a whimp-
er. Toward the end, the visitors
were toying with the Canadians,
as a toreador plays a bull. And to-
ward the end, our boys began to
been neatly dispatched, just siert
- of stunned. Crybabies.
In the next morning's papers, it
' was rather fun to watch the ex-
perts and the sports writers tear-
ing at their own entrails like
wounded hyenas, a species which
sports writers resemble in some
respects. Crybabies.
To be fair, • the players and
coaches were honest. They'd
been well and thoroughly whip
ped, and admitted it.
Since then, of course, things
have changed and our business-
men on skates are showing why
they areso well paid. But the fact
is that if it had been a one -game
shot, the Russians would be truly
world champs. And if it had been
a two -game series, total goals to
count, the Russians would be
winners, 8-7.
Somehow, the whole thing was
a little saddening. I know a num-
ber of people who felt that their
personal honor had •been sna, jrein
ed. There were aggravated 'ul-
cers, endless alibis, and probably
someheart attacks across this
Mair land. Over a game!
I chose this single incident to il-
lustrate this sinking feeling I
have that many Canadians have
dams, high-rises; and on welfare;
medicare, second-rate education.
But when it comes to spending
something on the development of
the human being, in this case a
strong national team of athletes,
we pinch the purse until it hurts.
This is written more in sorrow
than in anger. Let's wipe away
the tears and stand up in the true
north, strong and free. Come on,
Canadians. Let's not be cry-
babies.
.
Huron CoUnty
rabies Uics
A series of anti -rabies clinfs
will be held in Huron County
commencing October 2, operated
by the . Canada Department of
Agriculture. All residence_ are
urged to take their _pet's to the
nearest clinic _-te - have them „
immunized- against the disease.
The- threat to humans i still a
very real one, as evidenced by
the fact that 52 cases of animal
rabies were proven in the year
1971. However, it is encouraging
to know that the big majority of
these were in wild animals. Only i
one dog and one cat were found to
be infected, so the immunization
September llth, 1972.
Wingham Advance -Times,
Wingham, Ontario.
Dear Barry;
May we again use the paper to
communicate with the many who
have been interested in and sup-
ported the Locktidge Memorial
Midget Tournaentv
o er, the
years.
It , is eight 'tournaments ago
since that first shaky production
started this whole business. ,It.
was started as a fond remem-
brance of a Father and Father -in -
Law who was tremendously.. in-
terested in sport and young
people. It turned:into a showplace
for what we consider the finest
brand of minor hockey and as the
tournament grew, so the number
of people in the community in-
volved and affected grew, with
The tournament never was de*
s;gned,as a money-maker. Which'
is fortunate—for until the 'intro-
duction of Sunday hockey; the
tournament lost money every
year. The hope was it 'Would pay
its own way. The financial state-
ment at the end of this letter for
the 1972 Tournament indicates
how close to the line it was
operated, with total expenses
amounting to approximately $2,-
200.. This has some significance
when one realizes that the budget
for the Young Canada Tourna-
ment in Goderich is about $9,000;
a midget tournament of the same
size 'elsewhere in the Province
has a budget of $15,000. ,
Several hundred young men
had a great deal of fun in Wing-.-
ham
ing=ham last year and in each of the
years preceeding. Those from the
more distant points in particular
do some very favourable talking
about our town when they return
home. That is inexpensive adver=
tising, but it's excellent advertis-
ng, for these young. men talk
about the homes --the people: of
Wingham—who were so great to
their values all turned around. clinics are proving effective. them.
The first clinic will be held at
We whine endlessly about the That, to us, explains one finan-
the community hall in Fordwich tial
Americans taking over Canada, aspect of the tournament. We
and do nothingabout it. Exce t on Monday, October 2 from 9 a.m, were asked countless times, why
pto . In the afternoon .from • and he h'tare tn a oulc . a_ k.. ,!4
the quality of it and enable it to
continuetoenjoy the reputation it
has acquired. The point of tins
let ter, then, ,is to say thank you to
the many, many people yin and
countryalike,regardlessof age,who have contribtjtedV ag• oranothertothesuccesapfthetour-
nament. Your efforts, ' Mmes,
tithe, talents- U sd freely,afteaed--have been extraor�dinaltlygeheroossandsi�x:ce>tafulYa 1' been great -ate• TTBA,N $Sinc~e,.ret� . uRogerand.Helen. West,iFINANCIAL lSTAi'EtV ENTReceiptsGates$1;34925Entry Pee 6190.0.Donations65,00
Saleof Programs •and Sticks
'Total
Expenses
Arena Rental
FoodPrinting &Advert.
Trophies
EquipmentTelephone &Postage
OMHASanction
Games Expenses
Referees' :"Thank -You
Evening
Sundry Supplies
Total
BALANCE
0--0--0
Sept
249252,.60
300.00
493,64
397,.213.77
81.28.
104;3660.00
200,15
.304:55
62.54$2,228:50SPI55.0
Advance-Times, Winghain.
To Whom it May Concern:
I would like to thank the person
or persons who kept: my laige�Siamese cat for a' whole ;month,
for the worry and: heartache lis
absence caused.. He •did : not .goaway on his own. He was never
far from the house and . always
here to greet me..:When-'1 came
back \after •being .away. He .was
quite obviously kept somewherebecause he was in. A-1 conditionon his return. He cried: so °loudlyat the door 1 woke up to let him.io
far $in'w•thi`mY-EvY4ttsf''�edeme��,Ya cr��K`ah.'d n Wroxeter Communi Wle?t'.;a.bsa�'ty.*Centr+e• least a dour!• Twas our ' thinking- fike'to s$y;"�ii"�ii�ir vita» acat, 1. now have kittens for sale
and if you wanted to breed some
you chose the. wrong cat -that
ne is neutered,. but I have a
ale" All you have to do is write
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! run o as ington, hat in hand,
when the Yanks suggest any,form
• of tariff that might cost us dol-
lars. Crybabies. ,
We virtually ignore our writ-
ers, actors, artists, ' musicians,
until the h
y ave made it big some-
TODAYS CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Even the loss of two front teeth hasn't spoiled Martin's good
looks. Unlike sone children who hate to let the gap show, Martin
seems proud of it as his wide smile suggests. Maybe he realizes
losing teeth is a sign of growing up: .
Martin is six, an appealing child of English, Scottish, Irish and
Fre ch anadian descent:Ile is slightly !milt with wide -set blue
eyes, light brown. hair and fair skin. His only health problem is
an allergy to penicillin.
Outgoing Martin craves affection. He is very -.sensitive to the
feelings of the people in his life •-- he knows if they are happy or -
sad and especially how they feel towards him, even if those
feelings are not put into words. He is responsive, to W rmth and
gentleness. '
Martin is an active youngster who likes riding his bicycle and
skating. He loves animals, especially elephants, and he looks for
all the animal programs on television. He enjoys picture books,
music and Disney movies. Martin is in Grade one and is not
expected to excel academically.
This youngster has suffered a number of rejections in his short
life so he,needs the warmth and assurance that he is wanted and
loved. He should be the yqungest in a family where the parents
are relaxed, understanding and involved.
To inquire about adopting Martin, please- write to Today's
Child, Box 888, Station.K, Toronto. For general adoption in-
formation, ask your Children's Aid Society. •
Other clinics will' be held as fol-
lows : Lakelet WI Hall, Oct. 3, 9
a.m. to 12 noon; Molesworth
church shed, Oct. 3, 1:30 to 4:30
Bluevale Community Hall, Oct..4
9 to 12, Whitechurch Community
Hall, Oct. 4, 1:30' to ,4,:30; Brussels
Library, Oct. 5, 9 to 12; . Walton
Community Hall, Oct. 5, 1:30 to
4:30; Blyth at old. fire hall, Oct. 6,
9 to 12; Belgrave arena, Oct. 6,.
1:30 to 4:30; Wingham arena,
Oct. 10, 2:00 to 8:00 p.m.; St. Aug-.
ustine school house, Oct. 11, 9 to
12; Auburn Community Centre,
Oct. 11, 1:30 to 4:30; St. Helens
Community Hall, Oct. 13, 9 to• 12;
Lucknow, town hall basement,
• Oct. 13, 1:00 to 4:30. .
Twenty-nine out of 30 mentally
retarded' children can be helped
to grow into useful, happy mem-
bers of the community with a .
considerable degree of ,self-suffi-
ciency.
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that a family who provided a
bed—invariably, food and good
companionship had already con- y
tributed quite a bit to the .tourna- o
ment, and we just couldn't,' see rn
hitting these same people any
harder than we absolutely had to o
at the arena door. So the admis-
sion prices were, practically the- i
same dating back to the first
tournament.
We were pleased the tourna-
ment contributed' as much as it i
did to the business community.
For the record, we were never
paid anything for our efforts. We
didn't expect to be paid, so that is
not said with any sorrow •or re-
gret.
We have, in view of the increas- w
ing work load, reluctantly de- „„
cided to sever our association
with the tournament. With the ex- s
ceptions of July and August, the
tournament has become a year- h
round project—in order to sustain o
or phone, but please do not `take
ne—the not -knowing is the worst
that can happen to anyone. Also,
'f you would like to have the one
you "borrowed" it could perhaps
be arranged too. He now has a tag
n so there is no excuse for keep -
ng him.
Yours sincerely
Margaret Wormworth
An ardent golfer was on the
utting green when suddenly a
oman came running up the fair -
ay dressed in a wedding gown.
"How could you do this to me?"
he ca'ied. • ;
"Listen," he said, never taking
i5 eye off the ball, "I told you,
my if it rained." •
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