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Governments and the" people who elect them often complain that business is all take and no give, all tax breaks and handouts with nothing in return. But a significant sector of the business community --- the the independent owner - manager — is telling Ottawa that the time has come to cut the governmental umbilical cord. In a prebudget submission to Finance Minister Michael Wilson, the 68,000 -member Canadian Federation of In- dependent Business urged government to stop bailing out dying firms and reduce or eliminate programs aimed at supporting business. The proposals are based on evidence that most jobs in the coming decades will be created by small firms which do not exist today. Logically, then, the economy must be reshaped to provide fertile ground for the for- mation of these employment - producing new ventures. Says CFIB President John Bulloch: "When govern meats prevent businesses from dying, they prevent new ventures from being born." Of course, when any com- pany goes under it creates hardships for the individuals involved. But data show that while many small business people may fail in their first attempt, most are successful in their second venture. "The .healthiest small business communities with the highest growth rates always have the highest death rates," Bulloch notes. Eliminating bailouts will also reduce .government spending, as will business support program cutbacks recommendedby the CFIB. "They can fold 90 per cent off their programs for small business and save fortunes," the business leader says. "They're irrelevant any- way." Specifically, the CFIB suggests an end to subsidized landing programs of the Federal Business Develop- ment Bank which lost $64 - million in the last fiscal year. As well, government could eliminate most of the $43- mi on support for loan guntees under the Small Businesses Loans Act by charging clients a 1 per cent fee on all lending. To be sure, the CFIB brief also proposed some tax changes for small business aimed' at increasing invest- ment in the sector. Significant among those recommendations was a call to allow half of the market value of self-administered Registered Retirement Savings Plans to be chan- nelled into private Canadian corporations. But this move, which would fret up close to $1.5 - billion of potential capital for entrepreneurs, would cost the public purse little or nothing. Small business people have been biting the economic bullet for years. Two years ago, 69 per cent of owner -managers said they took pay cuts to stay in business and the owner's. compensation is still the first part of the business to feel the pinch when limes get rough. But entrepreneurs are pre- pared to live with cutbacks and forego programs if it means establishing a better climate for new business growth — with the jobs that will be created — while _keeping a lid on government spending. MENDELSSOHN DIES On Nov. 4, 1846, composer Felix Mendelssohn died at j the age pf 38. Unice! Canada Crossroads -Mar. 20, 1985 -Page 7 CHEERY LIFT—A floral wall covering in shades of pink,. red and green provides the inspiration for this room with bright parrot green carpeting and white ti bed and shutters. Room was created by G. Allen Scruggs, AS! D. Bright colors give room lift By Barbara Hartung Q. Our 4 -year-old daughter has outgrown her nursery and I want to create a room for her that she can enjoy for many years to come. The walls are badly cracked. They have been patched but not very well, so some areas are uneven. Should I wallpaper over the repairs or have the room re- finished? Also, I want the room to be very colorful. Please suggest some ideas I might be able to accomplish myself.—W.B.P. A. You might borrow from a room created by interior designer G. Allen Scruggs, ASID, who chose a floral wall covering with pink and red accents complemented by parrot green on a white background. (If your 'walls are extremely uneven you probably should sand them well and apply a wallpaper liner to the walls before you apply the wallpaper.) Scruggs selected, a solid parrot green carpeting and accented here and there with the green. The bright green carpeting gives the room a cheery lift and could be com- bined with numerous other colors when your daughter is ready to .change her color scheme.. Woodwork-,, and wood shutters at'the windows were painted a bright white. The shutter windows were given a built-in look by turning the wallspace under the window into bookshelves. A canopy bed with white eyelet ruffles and a white comforter provided a fresh touch, Q. We have a bathroom I would like to change in color scheme and carpeting. The bathroom has pea green plastic tine halfway up the wall and in the tub area. The fixtures, ceiling and woodwork all are white. The upper walls are painted pale Yellow. I have green plastic drapes with a valance in ..the win- dow, plus the shower curtain with white shower hooks. The rug is rust colored with pea green specks. I just don't know how to make the change since I Here's How 115:1r0Arm.,00 . By Gene Gary Q. Several years ago we installed teak paneling, and a wall system of shelves in our living room. y problem is that now I wantMto rearrange the shelves and some pic- tures that are mounted on the paneling. I find that when I move the shelves and pictures, the paneling behind them, which has been covered up over the years, is much darker than -the rest of--the-paneling. What can I, do to remove this --dirk stain and restore the finish, behind the shelves and pictures so that it will match the rest of the wood finish?—Mrs. T.J.R. A. Your problem is caused by the exposure of the wood paneling. to,._ultraviolet_.rays, of the sun. 'The wood sur- rounding your pictures, which has been exposed to light, has become lighter over a period of time. This is a natural process. If you change the location of the shelves and pictures' you have had in the past, the newly exposed wood will change gradually over a period of time as it, too, is exposed to ultraviolet rays. Teak oil can help blend the two shades and preserve the natural wood finish. It is available at a number of fur- niture stores that handle. teak furniture and, wall systems. It is a simple mix- ture of linseed. oil and tur- pentine. Do not use lemon oil pro - ,ducts or furniture wax as .they will change the wood hue to an undesirable coilor. If you have actual stains, other than the wood dis- coloration caused from non- exposure to light, you Can use a fine steel wool (No.. 000) with teak oil. A light rubbing action will help re- move stains and light scratches. Once you have removed the pictures and relocated the shelves it may take several months .for the darker spots to lighten, but they eventually will catch up and achieve the same hue as the rest of -the paneling. Q. We have a fireplace with a damper, and our friends have given us con- flicting advice on closing the damper. Some say to close the damper, even if hot embers- are--left--in the fire- place. They say if not, the chimney will draw the heat out of the room. Others say not, leave the damper open all night, and they also say that fumes would be locked in the house when the damper is closed, which is not good for_ our health. What is your opinion?—Mr. C.J. A. Here is professional ad- vice on the operation of fire" place dampers, taken from a technical publication. Make sure the damper is wide open before lighting the fire. Al- though many fireplaces are operated with the damper fully open, it is not always necessary in order to main- tain .a smooth discharge of smoke and arresting the down draft. You can experimentto see how much the damper open- ing can be cut down to save Back a Fighter GIVE TO Sear heat while still discharging, all the smoke. When only a bed of glowing coals remain, the damper can be brought to nearly a fully closed position. When the fireplace is not in use it is best to keep the damper closed, so the heat provided by your gas furnace does not escape and cause you higher utility bills. However, be sure to open it before refuel- ing with a smoke -producing fuel. don't want to remove the plastic tile.—B.S. A. You have the green tile that can't be changed, but you still have many elements you can use — walls and woodwork, window, shower curtain and floor. So try to find a dramatic wall cover- ing with a touch of the green but' mostly lots of other colors. • Let's say you. choose a white background ' with flowers in pale purple, deep violet, green, yellow . and fuchisa. Paint the woodwork white, select one of the colors from the paper — perhaps the pale purple — for the carpeting. For your shower curtain, select a white eyelet em- broidery with white plastic' liner. Q. We have a small house in the country with a spec- tacular view, so we want to leave our windows un- adorned. I do, however, want to have some light control in the summer: What would look well in a casual, rustic home? We may remodel a little later so I don't want to put a lot of money into a window treat- ment now that might not serve well in the future.— A.T. A. Marvelously effective treatment can be created by using natural matchstick blinds. Cut them to fit into the window, if possible..' These are easy to roll up or down. 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