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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1968-10-24, Page 2PAGE TWO Mounting Paper Woi k The increasing complexity of mak- ing up a payroll in a small business is a good example of the mushroom- ing paper work that must inevitably dissuade would-be small businessmen. The payroll deductions and calcula- tions are being gradually increased as governments find this their most efficient method of collecting from the millions of employed Canadians. While it may be efficient to the gov- ernment, it is far from efficient for the enfpIoyers. What was once a bargain to pay for work given, be- tween employer and employee, has now been penetrated to an extensive degree by the middle -pian -govern- ments taking a share of earnings be- fore they can be delivered to the in- tended receiver. But payrolls are only one example of the mounting problem of govern- ments in business. Company reports, Dominion Bureau of Statistics re- ports, tax payments with penalties for tardiness, and a host of others place their share of an increasing burden on the operators of small businesses including most weekly Under -Ag The problem of under -aged drink- ing is one which continues to plague the courts and society generally. That the incidence of such offences has increased in recent years there no longer can be any doubt. But the real question remains: What is to be done about it? The time has come, we believe, when it must be asked if the age 21 is any longer a realistic and manage- able age at which people are legally permitted to begin drinking liquor. What sets this age apart as the magic formula of responsibility ? There are many, indeed, who argue that if a person has not matured to the point where he may be trusted with alco- holic beverages at the age of 18, it is highly unlikely that he will gain that something extra in his character within the next three years. (It has been suggested that 18 would be a far more realistic age as the mini- mum for Iegal drinking, just as it is in the State of New York.) We permit a 16 -year-old to hold a driver's licence and thus assume what has become an awesome responsibil- Signs Incite The urge to rebel against hidden authority never entirely leaves a man no matter how old or complacent he gets. Most of us, one way or another, get our licks in quietly and without fanfare. Each tiny victory over face- less authority may be a secret and personal thing, but that doesn't keep it from being a victory all the same and totally satisfying. Have you never hit a red light late at night at some remote intersection ? There isn't another soul around and as you come to a stop, the extent to which lives are regulated by mechan- icaI dodads begins to sink in. There you sit, a thinking, reasoning human being waiting for a blinking little light to give you permission to go ahead. It's downrigt mortifying, that's what it is. A traffic light is a recognized ne- cessity t regulate vehicles and pedes- trians passing through an intersec- tion. But when there's just you and the light, it gets to be kind of a per- sonal challenge. It represents a dis- tant and unseen power that can sil- ently reach through the dead of the night and by remote control make :you sit and wait like some errant schoolboy. If the moment catches you in ex- actly the right frame of mind, you'll treat the light with the contempt it deserves and drive through ... with, of course, a quick anxious look around the corner to make sure there isn't ra darkened police cruiser lying in ambush. Chalk up another small triumph. In a showdown with a contrivance you've once again upheld the dignity and superiority of man. You've dem- onstrated you don't slavishly allow ZURICH CITIZONS NWS newspaper operations across Canada. One group of small business dis- sidents organized to oppose a ruling that all employee income tax deduc- tionat must be paid through the local bank or mailed to Ottawa by certi- fied cheque. Certification of a cheque, of course, niay require ab- sence from a small business by the owner, at times not particularly con- venient, A recent survey suggests that bout 400,000 firms spend a minimum of an hour a week supplying figures and reports to government depart- ments and many firms have large staffs doing nothing else. At a con- servative estimate, the cost of this non-productive time is more than $420,000,000. While we doubt there will be any major reduction in the number of reports and returns expected from small businesses, we should bear in mind that governments and their of- ficials will impose on the public to the extent they are permitted. Any- thing that slows down the process is in the public interest. e Drinking ity in our society; and yet we say that he can neither drink or vote until he is 21. Does that make much sense, really ? Again, we see nothing wrong in making it possible for a youth under 21 to serve in the armed forces, to kill other men in war per- haps; but at the same time we tell the young man (for that is what he is) that he niay not drink. That does not make any sense, either. Does not this whole issue bear a relationship to the kind of world we live in ? We expect a youth of, say 18 or 19 years, to assume the responsi- bilities of adulthood when it comes to fighting in wars. But at the same time we expect his to remain for other purposes as a minor, unable to think for himself, unable to learn by his own mistakes, protected always by this well-intentioned but unreal- istic adult attitude which insists that 21 is the proper age at which to cut the puritanical umbilical cord. How can a person be expected to act one day as a man, the next as a boy? Yet that's exactly what we expect of him. Silent Rebels yourself to be pushed around by me- chanical devices unless it is logically reasonable. Most rebels at first flater them- selves that they're battling single- handed in the surreptitious war against bureaucratic pettifoggery a n d authoritarian flim-flammery. But the soon discover they're in the ranks of what is probably the largest unrecognized, unorganized and sneak- iest army in the world. Quiet rebels usually specialize on a particular pet peeve and quickly be- come expert at striking back. And if you're watchful and alert, it's not too hard to spot one at work. Take signs or other types of printed and written instructions. These are top priority targets in the quiet re- bellion, and wherever you find orders of this kind you'll find a rebel quiet- ly fighting back. If the sign orders "Move to the Back of the Bus", the silent rebel will deliberately move to the front. Here are a few other ways to spot the anti -sign rebel: If it says "Ring Once For Service", he rings twice. Packages marked "Handle With Care", he takes special pains to handle as carelessly as possible. You'll find him with a hand cupped around a cigarette having a quick drag under a "No Smoking" sign. He always tests the wall with a finger under "Wet Paint" signs. He'll drive with one wheel on the white stripe if the sign orders "Do Not Cross Centre Line". He'll always step at least once on lawns with "Keep Off the Grass" signs. — (Fort William Times -Journal) Zurielre PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH 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 Mi,mber: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.50 in United States and Foceign; single copies 10 cents hit r. pati ` } (By Raymond R. Canon) Canada and Nato One day when I was walking down the street in Paris, France, I met my old commanding •of- ficer from my air force days at Trenton. After we had ex- changed surprised greetings, he asked me what I was doing. "Looking for a job," I replied. "Don't look any farther. You've got one." Two surprises in •one day was almost too much, but I recovered sufficiently to ask what the job was. He explained that he was working for NATO, the defensive alliance that had been set up by Canada, the United States and most of the countries of Western Europe to counter the Russian aggression in the post-war period. Canada had agreed, among other things, to train large numbers of pilots and navigators for the Western European air forces, and I was to help set up the training pro- gram in London, Canada. So it was that a little while later I found myself on a boat to Canada, and a few days after that I was told that when all the necessary papers were to be signed, I would be called. I was taking life easy in Simcoe when the call came. The voice said that they wanted me to be in London by six that evening. Since it was already noon, I hopefully checked the bus Iines, ,but no luck. I had no car, and it began to look if 1 wasn't go- ing to make it. However, I had just finished cycling 1500 miles in Europe, so rather than not show up, and perhaps lose a job, I borrowed a bike and cycled the 60 miles to London. It was a cold October day, and needless to say my clothes were warm, but not fashionable. When I appeared before those impeccably dressed civil serv- ants and air force •otrtcers, they must have thought they were interviewing the east beatnik. When I explained that I had cycled 60 miles to be there on time, there was a stunned sil- ence. Then one of them said, "Sign here. The job's yours. Anybody who'd cycle that far must really want the work. An- other officer took compassion on me and drove me all the way back to Simcoe, so I could pick up my belonging. Thus began my first day at NATO. Since the inception of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiz- ation, in the late forties, it is safe to say that it has been one of the greatest deterrents to Russian expansion plans that we have conte up with. Of course, it cannot be denied that the major force has been the United States, but Canadian can certainly be proud of th role our country has played Not only have we sent forces t Europe for the defense of that continent, but we have traine large numbers of military me from the other member cou tries, have donated large quan titles of equipment, and ,outsid of the United States, we are th only country that has paid it own way. The first commanding office of NATO was Dwight Eisen hower, who later resigned t run for president of the USA Since that time there have bee a series of competent America generals in charge. In additio the military forces of the mem ber nations have been built up to a much more efficient fore than they ever would have b themselves. Three additional countrie have joined since the beginning Western Germany, Greece an Turkey—all of which have ex cellent fighting forces. However on the other hand, 'there hav been negative aspects that hav detracted from NATO as an of fective deterrent. First of all, General De Gaulle has all but withdrawn French forces from the alliance and his departure has left a big gap in the ranks. Added to that has been the squabble between Greece and Turkey over Cyrus, and for a while it was feared that the two countries would come to blows. Finally there has been an in- creasing amount of complacency due to the decreasing Russian threat to world peace. How- ever, the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia has jolted the member nations to the extent that there is now considerable talk about beefing up the fight- ing forces of the member nations. A great deal of our tax money has gone to support NATO in the past 20 years, but it has been generally been money well spent. The Canadian forces are frequently envied by the other members for their efficiency, and have won numerous con- tests held among the NATO forces, There is many a pilot of the other air forces, includ- ing General De Gaulle's, who owes his skill to the training he got in Canada. Some of these flyers have even returned to Canada as immigrants as soon as their military training was completed, so we have received somewhat of an extra dividend in skills. s e 0 d n n e e s r 0 n n n e Y s d e e Have you found the answer to ensuring your children a college education? Cal: The Mutual Life of Canada REPRESENTATIVE: G. R. Godbolt, CLU Phone 235-2740 Collect. Corner Sanders and Edwards Streets EXETER, ONTARIO, am THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1968 From My Window I've been tremendously inter- ested in these schools I've been hearing about where the kids make all the rules. Apparently, there are actually places—other than the faltering home—where children set the standards. It wasn't enough that we have mothers and fathers who are afraid to come downstairs after eight o'clock at •night lest their teenage kids are taking a LSD excursion with some pals and wouldn't like it if they were interrupted. Now we have to have schools where the teachers practice the ancient ritual of silent obedi- ence as their new masters—the students --stalk all over them in their high heeled hoofers and their low loose locks. It certainly isn't much won- der that adults the world over are shaking their heads in dis- may as the younger generation rocks and rolls its way to ruin- ation. This self-expression mon- ster they've created has the upper hand now and it is going to take something more than a sound scut on the hind end to cure it. I understand that in these new fangled educational institu- tions young boys and girls are encouraged to make their own decisions about life. If they prefer to explore the excitement of alcohol and drugs to the thrill of arithmetic and dramatics, they are urged to barge ahead. Experience is the best teach- er, they say, but I'd hate to think that every new automo- bile driver would have to wrap his car around a tree before he could learn how to avoid an accident. There is lots of noble sound- ing talk about youth wanting to be free, but nobody seems to be taking the time to find out what freedom really involves. The young men and women who sit smoking pot and spout- ing poetry aren't free agents. They're escape slaves, caught up in a phony cardboard landscape where the only sense of fulfill- ment is to drag someone else down into the mire. Protest marchers talk about freedom in such glowing terms By Shirley Keller one is almost tempted to accept their philosophy until it be- comes sadly evident that free- dom isn't a road one can travel alone. Can there truly be free- dom without reason and respon- sibility? I may be old fashioned, but I believe that the sooner children are taught respect, decency and honesty, the sooner all men will be free. I also doubt that a boy or girl of teen age can safely decide their destiny without some very definite guidelines from parents and teachers. Think about the kids of your own acquaintance. Give them their heads and they'd eat them- selves into chronic malnutrition, dance themselves into exhaus- tion, entertain themselves into ignorance and discover their way right into the penitentary. Most tragic of all, kids really don't want to make their own way in the world. In this re- spect, youngsters are smarter than their parents. It has actually been proven that your teenage son enjoys the occasional rap in the mouth for sassing his mother and that 11 -year-old daughter you've been worrying about secretly wishes you'd cut her bangs and put her to work with the vacuum cleaner. Youth is the time to have fun. What wants to be burd- ened at that time with all those decisions about life? It is so much more pleasant to have a few simple strictly enforced regulations to order your days. And when you get off the beaten path, it is pretty nice to have a loving parent to snap your chain and set you right again. Man, that's when a guy is really free. 0 Last year, 1,796 blind Cana- dians received training in crafts, Braille reading and writing, typing, cooking and white cane travel. They were taught by 40 blind home teachers from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Many in this area received this service, made possible by your donation to the CNIB. 4 DR. R. O. 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