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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-09-07, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1967 Cdda4i& Ca#n#ne4 It Takes Money (One of the rilore interesting topics in the news these days concerns the leadership contest in the Progressive Conservative party. The subject is being closely watched by those who are keenly interested in politics. The staunch supporters of the different Canadian parties are eagerly reading acounts of the meetings held by the candidates for the PC leadership. A rather staggering aspect of the campaign is the news report which estimated that the campaigns being carried on by Mr, Stanfield and Mr. Fulton were costing about $100,000 each. This is a sizeable sum to spend in an attempt to become leader of a Canadian political party. Most residents will greet this state- ment with disbelief, or amazement that one could feel the position worth the expenditure. The man earning average wages will probably never achieve nor amass savings to that extent. To spend $100,000 over a period of a year would be the same as spending about $275 per day, every day of the year. 'Whether the report is true is de- batable. Just the same, it does take a bit of money to be elected, and possibly much more after being elected. One former member of par- liament once said that in eight years in office he had made donations totalling $16,000. The members are fair game for anyone canvassing for funds, selling raffle tickets or even seeking a handout. The idea that high salaries should be paid elected officials to attract more competent candidates is not necessarily valid. A man with high qualifications, coupled with sufficient ambition, can make the grade. If he can gain a following, the party usu- ally will supply the wherewithal for the campaigning. It is hardly likely, however, that the party would dole out funds to leadership prospects, and these aspir- ants will have to "dig deep" to pay for the campaigning. — (New Ham- burg Independent) Who Pays For Your Paper ? Every once in a while somebody who ought to know better comes up with the dream of a newspaper with- out advertising. The Pictou Advocate recalls in a recent editorial that once the most sophisticated city in North America, New York, had this dream come true. In 1939 Ralph Ingersoll brought out a tabloid paper, PM, that had not a line of advertising in it. It cost a Iittle more, but it was every penny of it and some of the best writers in America wrote for for it. Realizing that the public do look to newspapers for information to help them shop, PM ran an ex- cellent column for consumers. It ferreted out bargains, pin pointed value, and gave a yardstick against which to shop. It had a faithful, enchanted following and it failed, de- spite heavy subsidizating to get it on its feet. People buy papers not only to read the news, they buy it to read the ad- vertisements. They buy a paper be- cause it is a permanent record, in black and white. Radio may men- tion an item, television may show you one, but the impression is fleet- ing and in the final analysis it is only what you remember you saw that is left with you, and memory is fallable. The paper remembers for you in detail and specifics. It is a source that can be referred to time and time again at your convenience. Newspapers and advertising are and always will be partners in bring- ing the public the history of its tinges. The advertisements are often as much history as the news and his- torians can often learn as much, if not more about life of a period by studying what the people bought, how much they paid for it, and how advertising was planned to attract their attention. Unjust k the Rakeoff Government explains that it can- not return to employers overpay- ments of Canada Pension Plan money because it hasn't found a practical way to do what's right. There is a limit on the individual's share of the pension payment. The same limit is set on the employer's share and no problem arises when an employee has only one employer dur- ing the calendar year. But a man may change his job for a variety of reasons and he may even have, if he is hardworking and needs the money, more than one employer at a time. His employers must start making pension payments for the man from scratch as though he were the man's one and only employer, and each may pay up to or nearly up to the limit. If the employee has overpaid he just has to ask for his money back at the time he files his income tax .forrn, but his two or more employers cannot get back any part of the over- payment, The government is smug about it. Too bad, it says, but there it is. Besides, say some people in Otta- wa, in the great United States of America, employers don't get back overpayments made in a similar pen- sion plan. When the US government cannot find a way to be just, how can we? The UIS had its scheme in operation for several years before Canada thought to do likewise. Presumably, Canada studied all the angles. Did it think of drawing back because of the inevitable injustice to employers? Or was the difficulty of doing justice to employers and the consequent big rakeoff for the treasury one of the merits of the scheme?—(The Print- ed Word) Too Close to See Believers in private enterprise should get busy and convince the ordinary citizen that private enter- prise is better than socialism. Many people on the payroll of so- cialists enterprises would be quick to say that they are not socialists and don't want to live in a socialistic country, but it is nevertheless true that they are well -pleased to work for an organization that rarely re- bukes and almost never fires. They are too close to see the de- fects.—(The e- fects—(The Printed Word) Zurich elutS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZIFRICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher J E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Chas 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 Subscription Rates: $3.00 per, year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and and Foreign; single copies 7 cent*t. From My Window I had that comfortable feel- ing recently. You know the kind I mean. That good warm feeling way down inside which tells you you're just as good as anyone you know. Some days you wake up per- fectly happy with your lot in life. Your husband is a good steady fellow with a respect- able job at a decent wage. Your kids are growing up as well as most others, they get good aver- age marks at school, they lead normal lives and are seldom in trouble with the neighbors or the local law. The house you live in is painted, the roof doesn't leak, the floors are clean. Your furniture is sensible, nice look- ing and paid, Your car isn't the newest on the street, but it's not the oldest. You •don't have bill collectors pounding at the door, you at- tend church r e g u l a r! y, the grocer will extend credit any week you're short, your friends congregate round you on Sun- days and you are planning a trip to Expo like any other red- blooded Canadian. You don't have many vices. The only gambling you do is to buy the very occasional sweep- stake ticket. A bottle of whis- key at Christmas and a few glasses of beer now and again throughout the year will sus- tain you. You're a moderate smoker, a hard worker, a care- ful spender and a faithful spouse. You donate willingly to every- thing from the Red Cross to the fire victim in the town 50 miles down the road. You are a gen- erous church giver, you are an active .community worker and your club dues are never in arrears. A solid citizen, a credit to community and country. Come on, readers, admit it. You've thought this way at some time or another, haven't you? And ,you probably know as well as I do that this type of smug conceit is as danger- ous as any other kind. I found a cure for the mal- ady, though. I went to a high school class reunion with a bunch of equally contented former classmates and came away thoroughly deflated and humble. Part of my reckoning with truth was the realization that I had the distinction of being the graduate who had been married the longest time. While this doesn't sound too serious at the outset, it reminds me that I blew my opportunity for higher learning and traded a diploma for a diaper pail. Even this isn't too degrading except for the awkward silence which follows my polite explan- ation that my only claim to fame since leaving school is a thriving family, a graying hus- band and an expanding waist line. Alas, I learned that what is important to me is of no con- sequence to the world. The days when housekeeping and By Shirley Keller mothering was the noblest of professions are gone. Now such things are only interim occu- pations, necessary to the clean- liness and the propagation of the earth. I'll get over my disappoint- ment at discovering my inade- quacy. I may even live to ex- perience that smug comfortable feeling again. If Ido, you can be sure I'll cherish those in- timate moments with my ego which lets me believe, just for a while, that I'm a worthwhile citizen who makes come contri- bution to society even though I'll never hold a Ph.D. 0 Centennial Group Given Pat on Back By Commissioner The Zurich centennial com- mittee received words of praise from Commissioner John Fisher this week, and also were given a centennial flag. The letter accompanying the gift was as follows: The Spirit of '67 Now that we have reached the halfway mark in Centennial Year, it is only natural that Centennial planners should ask themselves just what has been accomplished. It would be a simple matter to prepare an almost endless list of sparkling Centennial events. Instead, let me quote from a Canadian Press item in the Ottawa Citizen, June 30: "Some elemental Canadian appetite evidently was awak- ened by the Centennial celebra- tions. The hunger for things Canadian has been expressed in a trail of shattered crowd esti- mates. Color has flooded into the grey old image as the citi- zenry not only seeks, but pro- vides, fun. "In a country where nation- alism was regarded as a for- eign disorder, a song called Ca-na-da is suddenly the all- time bestseller. The delighted self -regard has flabbergasted officialdom who spent public millions to generate it." Centennial events don't just happen. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, your committee and all your helpers for their splendid work. May I also thank you for the many courtesies extend- ed to our regional officer, Mr. Gil McDermott, and Mrs. June Carmichael. On behalf of the board of di- rectors of the Centennial Com- mission, it gives nae a great deal of pleasure to present this Cen- tennial flag to your committee. They can all take pride in their priceless contribution to the Spirit of '67. Yours sincerely, John Fisher, Comissioner. 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