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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-10-27, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEW THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1 6 4 al eam Natural 4420 0201 /XI rice Are Best A railway trainman and another man are reported to have been discussing the recent strike. The view was expressed that th crucial question is how much the railways are able to pa}. To this the trainman replied: "To hell with the rail- ways, let the ;government pay it." Those words probably slipped out in an unguarded moment, but they revealed what the man really had in mind: and in- dications are that many thousands of the strikers and their sympathizers are of the same mind. The meaning in those words is that, in the minds of the strikers, the value of their labor is not the issue in this dis- pute, that the purpose is to compel the tax- payers to supplement whatever wages the railways are able to pay. This means that the people were being deprived of railway services in order to compel them to submit to being taxed for the benefit of the em- ployees. Any wage increase the railway men gain in this manner will have to be taken out of the earnings of other workers, for the government has no money of its own to give anybody; and many of those who would be taxed for this purpose are earn- ing less than the railway leen who are de- manding such assistance. There is nothing fair or just about raising wages in this way; and the unions should be the first to oh- jeet to it. The determining of wage rates is large- ly a matter of weighing value against value, the value of the workers' labor against the value at which the consumers will buy the products of such labor. No man nor any group of men can accurately measure such values. They are the product of thousands of separate decisions by thousands of dif- ferent persons, each acting in his own in- terests and each free to buy or sell as suits himself. The natural result of such bar- gaining is the "going price' or "going wages" as the case may be. Such prices and such wages are not enforced by any public authority and are binding only on those who agree to them. Experience teaches that when these natural prices and natural wages prevail, unsalable surpluses of goods do not accum- ulate, for under such a system goods that won't sell at one price will always attract buyers who can find other uses for them at lower prices and thus keep the markets clear. --Nanton (Alta,) News. Sorrow and Anguish For too many weeks now there have been stories in the newspapers about peo- ple being killed or hurt in car accidents. Some of them are folks you know. That makes their death and injuries a personal affair and not just another statistic about highway traffic accidents. It is one thing to read that so many people were killed and so many injured on our roads and highways during the last year. It is another, as too many of us know, to have to meet and face those who are in sorrow and anguish because of what has happened to them, and could so easily happen to any one of us. How often have you seen a car going past you and you could say. "There's an accident going to happen". You might be right. But the tragedy is that when the accident does happen, those hurt, maimed or killed may be completely innocent; they may be good, careful and safe drivers. They suffer and the driver to blame escapes without a scratch. It is not enough nowadays to watch one's own driving. You simply have to watch the other fellow's too. This provides no excuse for anyone to take chances on the grounds that other drivers should look after themselves. But there is a fool born every minute and too many of them get hold of a car and drive like crazy. These are mostly drivers under 25 years of age and it is only fair to say that part of their hell -bent -for -election driving is just letting off steam getting the thrill that is promised in the extrava- gant car advertising about surging power. But that is no excuse. The moment any- one gets behind the wheel of a car and puts it into motion, that person automati- cally accepts the responsibility for con- trolling a vehicle that is capable of bring- ing death and disaster to themselves and others .. . and all too often does. And older drivers must accept that their re- flexes and reactions get slower with age, So, when driving, don't drive offen- sively. Be careful. Don't become a sta- tistic in the columns of figures about acci- dents. Don't be a figure on a morgue slab or in :a hospital bed. Drive defensively, to keep alive.—The AIliston (Ont.) Herald. Tire Standardizing It is with much interest that we have heard Canada will endeavour to standardize automobile tires. Long has it been felt that the weakest, most vulnerable part of any auto is the tire, continually bare faced to all weather conditions, and sometimes -hazardous road conditions. And from the standpoint of experienced drivers, the good -quality tire will average better and Ionger wear than the cheaper tire. It is hoped that the Canadian Standards Association will be placed in a position to standardize Canadian automobile tires up to one class of available purchase: the highest quality. Doing away with the de- sire of so many individuals to buy the most economical tire may do much to guard more and more automobile drivers and passengers. The only other way of ensuring tire safety would be an on -the -spot inspection of every auto's tires, which, through its need for a large number of inspectors placed nationally, would be a blooming nuisance, as well as a pain -in -the -neck to all car owners. If standardization of .automobile tires seems to rub a little against the grain of the freedom of individuals to •discriminate and purchase as they please, it would do some individuals well to realize a choice they are now making—to purchase an in- ferior standard tire, which in time would become a hazard to regular road use, while at the same time jeopardizing the lives of himself, his family, and countless other automobile drivers and pedestrians. Tire defects in Canadian cars are help- ing to kill a number of Canadians each year. We ihave been given a chance to try and eliminate a possible cause of at least some of the possible causes. The sooner the better.—The Didsbury (Alta,) Passengers Can Claim Damages Against Driver A new right of court action will go into effect January 1, 1967, for passengers in motor vehicles in Ontario. A guest passenger will have the right to claim damages from the driver and/or owner of the car in which he is riding, if he is injured in an accident caused by theclriver's gross negligence. At present a guest passenger —that is, one who is not pay- ing fare—has no elaim against the driver or owner in such cir- cumstances. (4. fare -paying pas- senger does have the right of action, however, and this right will continue.) The change results from an amendment to the Highway Traffic Act that was passed at the last session of the legisla- ture. In announcing the effective date of January 1 for the new provisions, the department of transport pointed out its sig- nificance for drivers and own- ers as 'well as passengers. The insurance industry ad- vises that almost all automo- bile liability insurance policies now in effect include coverage against this new risk. How- ever, all car owners are urged to check their policies to make sure that the policy includes passenger hazard coverage and where there is any •doublt you should cheek with your auto- mobile insurance agent. Zurich News PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS Lri4tI'lM,ED, ZTJRICH HERB TURKHEIM; Publisher J E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subseriptiln Rates: $3.00 e e rign,advance,single innies an7 Cada; .00 in United States and HERE GOES NOTHING Ever try to think, let alone write, when your nose is drip- ping like a tap in a tenement, you are barking up chunks of lung, your body is crawling with hot and cold needles, and you could fry an egg on your forehead? Yep, I've got the flu, Don't worry, I won't go on about it. Every virile, red-blooded Cana- dian knows all about the flu. But don't expect a sparkling column this week. Along with those symptoms, my brain is about as agile as a basketful of wet kleenex. But, by golly, tonight is the night of the staff party, and I'm going if it kills me. If this space is blank next week, with a black border around, don't send flowers, Just send the equivalent in cash to my wife, Flowers aren't much use to a good-looking widow with two kids to educate. And don't grieve or sing sad songs. Just muse, "Well, he went the way he always wanted to go, smelling strong of Dr. Walker's cough syrup and danc- ing what he thought was the watusi with the smashing young blonde who just joined the English department." But that doesn't solve the problem of writing this column, does it? Well, I'm going to swing in all directions, so, if you aren't a swinger, you can stop reading this and turn to the grocery ads, which are about the most exciting and frustrating reading you can find these days. Speaking of which, did you ever see such prices? I don't know who is pocketing the loot —farmer, middle -man or retail- er—but they won't even let you belly up to the neat counter these days unless you flash a bar of gold bullion. W e d d i n g anniversaries. I bought 20 yellow roses for my wife on our twentieth anniver- sary. She squealed with ecstasy. It was very romantic, especially when I told her I'd paid for them with a cheque on our joint account. But these little romantic ges- tures really pay off. Three days, later, for no better reason than that a tap in the bathroom has been dripping for six weeks, she yanked the fading flowers out of the vase, beat me around the face and ears with them, thorns and all, and hurled the rosewater over Inc. I came t p smelling like a yellow rose az d she came up to the bathroom, helped me wash off the blood, and fixed the tap herself. Teenage girls, Somebody sent me a London, Ont., paper for teens. One columnist. ob- viously a girl, was sounding off, in disgust with her sisters. This was her pungent observation: "Today's young female goes kookie over something that walks around in high heels, tight pants and long locks of hair hanging to its shoulders. Girls today are robbed of their sex in more ways than one," Ain't she right? Strikes. 1 have always been a union man, but 1 am fed up, right to the ears, with the arro- gance, the lawlessness, and the refusal to compromise displayed by many unions this year, How about you? Leaders. The perennial game called "Dump Dief" is popular again. I think he should have retired, full of years, honors, and malarkey, long since. But I can't help admiring the old wolf as the pack tries to drag him down. He is a fighter, and there aren't many left. Advertising. I don't agree with the speaker, but I found the following, coming from a big advertising man, the most refreshing statement I've read for many a day: "The simple truth is that people don't give a damn about advertising. They never have and they never will ... People don't care about advertisng, they care about things. "They care about things that make then happy or beautiful or fat or sober or drunk or alive or Manan; things that en- tertain them, protect them or profit them. But they don't give a tuppeny damn about ads." A melancholy picture of the human race. Do you agree? 0 HURON COUNTY Crop Report A splurge of good weather is aiding the harvesting of white beans and grain corn. Moisture content is lowering satisfac- torily. Fall plowing is progressing favorably. Mild nights are allowing all classes of cattle to remain on pasture. VILLAGE OF ZURICH Standard Time will be in effect Saturday, October 29, 1966, It 12:00 p.m. MRS. ELDA WAGNER, Clerk -Treasurer. 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