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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1969
The International Scene
(by
Raymond Canon)
A question which people often
ask is which countries have the
highest standard cyf living. Nat-
urally the answer is generally
that the United States and Can-
ada are about the highest, al-
though it Must be admitted that
the Swedes arc giving us a good
run for our money.
Actually the meaning of the
expression "high standard of
living" is rather vague to most
people, and as far as they are
concerned, it means the country
where you can get the most for
the money you earn. In order
to make a good comparison you
have to equate the standard in
terms of how long it takes a
person to work in order to buy a
certain object. For example,
if we accept the fact than rhe
average teachers earns about
S7, 000 per year, it will -take
about ]half a year to buy a new
car. In another country it may
tale a reacher one, two or even
three to hu) the same style of
car.
It is important to remember
this since people often get the
idea that prices in some countr-
ies are cheap while others are
expensive. To illustrate this,
when I was living in Spain, one
could get a haircut for :) pesetas
or about 1:' cents our money .
This Is much les: than the price
of a haircut in Canada, and so
it is easy to ger tate idea that
life in Spain is tnuclt cheaper
than here. This is true, bur
only in terms of our income. if
a Spanish worker earns only
pesetas a da) a haircut is much
more expensive for him tliari it is
for us here. 11e may have to
work over an hour just to earn
enough money to get his cut,
while here we can do it in less
than an hour. liens: life in
Spain is actually titer: expensive
than in Canada, and therefore,
the standard of living is lower.
While we admittedly have a
standard of living higher than
most countries, it does not
necessary follow that this will
continue to be so. If our wakes
do nor rise as fast as prices, the
net result will be a lower stand-
ard. This is not to say that
wages should automatically be
increased at a higher rate than
prices, since it is letter to try
to keep prices down than to raise
wages too rapidly, However,
there is no doubt that over tate
past twenty years there has hceu
a continual rise in our standard
of living, and let's hope that it
goes that way.
but let's not forget that with
this increased standard of living
there will he some inherent
hazards. For one tiling the
pace of daily life seems to
increase, our divorce and suicide
rates grow, and the poorer ele-
ments of the population often
fail to keep pace with the in-
crease. indeed it is one of the
anoinalities of Canadian society
that there is so much poverty
in the midst of plenty. Other
eauntries lool< upon us with a
certain amount of envy, and yet
Switzerland, with a lower stand-
ard of living that he have, has
far less poverty than Canada or
even the Americans for that
matter, What some countries
have succeeded in doing that we
have not done so far is balancing
the national income tour: even-
ly tliat while the standard of
living may not he as high tis it
is dere, neither is tile_ poverty
level.
Tr all adds up to the fact that
\.Mile he may have one of the
hi;g]hest standards of living in
the world, we still have a loci
way to go before we will he able
to itiake this standard uniformly
high.
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E\1\L\N1'1'1. UCW \11:I:TING
The highlight of tate Emmanuel
t'C1y" June meeting was the show-
ing, of slides on South America
by the ;guest speaker Mrs. Lph-
ri.un Cin<ierich. Mrs. Hoffman
chaired the meetitt;g, and opc0 it
with the call to worship. Several
livnuhs were stats followed by a
poem "Loving Words"given icy
Mrs. Rrcake) and Mrs. Rader
favoured with a duet.
The Scripture has read respon-
sively fcillowed by prayer in un-
ison. A solo by Nlaura Gascho
was enjoyed. The offering was
received. The June worship to-
pic was presented by Miss \ieda
Surerus. The business session
followed the worship service.
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On Wednesday, .irate 11 at t:•l:a
p.m. a truck operated by John 13,
Pryde of Exeter was pulling a
trailer west on No. 01 County Rd,
when tate trailer carte loose and
went into the north ditch and
damaged a farm fence. Damage
•:stintated at :27th, Provincial
Constable F. L. Giffin investi-
gated.
On Thursday, June 1:3 at 4:4:)
p. M. a car operated by James W
Bishop of Grand Bend, lost con-
trol on No. 81 Highway durins; a
heavy rain storm and struck three.
1),11.0). guide posts. Damage
estimated at $:;:)hi. Provincial
Constable P. 1.. Giffin investi-
gated.
On rrida), .Rule L't at t1:1.:, p. m
a ear operated hS Charles A,
Martin of RR :t Exeter, collided
with a farm tractor operated by
Whitney Coates of Exeter on No,
G County Road. Charles 1\lartin
suffered head lacerations, right
knee lacerations and possible
chest injuries. Muriel \lartiht
suffered lacerations to head, a
broken pelvis, puncture wounds
to both legs, and a broken right
wrist. Whitney Coates suffered
lacerations to the forehead, chin
and a possible concussion. The
damage was estimated at $2, ;no.
Provincial Constable D. A. La-
niont investigated.
On Saturday, June 1.1, at lo:2:)
p.m. a car operated by 1). \Itir-
ray Elliott of R122 Centralia, col-
lided with a car operated by Gar-
net R. Thorne of London, on No.
i1 County Road at an entrance to
Huron Park. Damage estitoated
at
$27:). Provincial Constable 1)
A. Lamont investigated,
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