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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
When errors Will be no more 1
The printed word suffers from a traditional enemy, the
typographical error.
What this means is that human beings, when setting type,
make mistakes. Their eyes skip over lines, miss words, see the
same thing twice, or press the wrong letter key. When the type-
setter sits looking at printed material all day, the chances for
error increase. The truly remarkanle thing is that relatively few
errors do get into print.
In book and magazine publishing, plenty of time exists to
make corrections, Even so, a few slip through, even in high
quality publications.
Newspapers operate against time deadlines, so the whole
matter of setting type, proof reading it, and correcting it, is
carried on under the pressure of such deadlines. Because of the
way some new machines space type, a single wcrd error some-
times needs an entire paragraph reset. Then, alas, when one
error is corrected, another may occur.
Despite the most rigorous effort to "control typos, " as the
trade refers to them, some get by everybody.
The worst feature is that they occur in the most embarrassing
places, in headlines, in people's names, or similar things.
When necessary, we run corrections. The pain errors cause is at
least as great among those who produce them, as it is among
those who read them.
Meanwhile, we labor to reduce them, and dream of the day
when we all become perfect and errors will be no more.
(St: Marys Journal Argus)
talking for the future!
The move of Huron County council last month to begin a
county -wide building inspection program is welcome news.
Despite the facts that the cost of the inspector will cause a
slight increase in the cost of new buildings under construction
in the county, and despite the added inconvenience that will
likely go with the inspection, it seems likely that the added
cost will likely save money in the long run by stopping shoddy
workmanship and save inconvenience by eliminating problems
before a building is occupied.
The people of Huron can be thankful that they have a forward-
looking group of politicians to lead thein at this time. While
such things as building inspection, zoning, planning and part -
lot control are being brought in elsewhere only to meet problems
that have already grown immence, in Huron they are being put
into effect to eliminate future problems.
Our political leaders could be on the "all for development"
bandwagon and be giving concessions in all directions to try
to lure new industry and business to the county. They want this
growth, but they realize that growth can bring problems and
that if we want to keep the wuality of life we now enjoy, cert-
ain rules and regulations will have to be laid down.
They realize too that sustained growth is bound to come in
the next few years to Huron, situated as it is on the fringe of
the growing urban centre of southern Ontario. By setting down
the rules now, they can control this growth as it comes and
eliminate the kind of problems that have plagued other areas.
• That is why the work of our local planning board is so impor-
tant and why it is encouraging to see that the village councils
seem to be taking steps to make it active.
(Blyth Standard)
A SOBERING THOUGHT
Did you know that the same
laws that apply to motor vehicle
operators also apply to snow-
mobile operators when it comes
to drinking and driving? Con-
sumers Association of Canada
reminds you that a snowmobile
operator must comply with both
provincial and federal laws
regarding operating a motor
vehicle while under the influ-
ence of drugs, narcotics, or
intoxicating beverages.
Consumers' Association of ,
Canada reports that Manitoba
has set up a committee to
assist in updating and standard-
izing municipal police regulat-
ions for the entire province.
Provincial minimum standards
of police training, recruitment,
discipline and promotion will
be established after a review of
existing regulations and proced-
ures. CAC national headquarter:,
is located at 100 Gloucester
Street, Ottawa,
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IT'S TAX TIME
AND BILL'S ANGRY
People will put up with al-
most anything, as long as they
are left in peace. They'll take
an incredible amount of being
pushed around without doing
more than grumble. But there
comes a point when all the frust
rations, the cheatings, the
bullying, merge under some
catalyst and the great public
heart boils over with rage and
humiliation.
When it does, heads roll.
This is just a little advance
notice to some of our various
governments, so that any of
their mandarins who want to
take to the hills on the day
of reckoning can get their bags
packed and pick out the partic-
ular hills they want to take to.
In the French Revolution,
the Bastille was the symbol of
authority and repression. The
people stormed it and took it.
The American Revolution, or
the War of Independence, as our
friends to the south prefer, also
began with a symbol- - chests
of tea. A large number of these
were dumped into Boston Harb-
our in a protest that has resulted
in the peculiar way in which the
people o1 Boston have spoken
ever since.
In both cases, the revolutions
were produced by the same basic
factor- -excessive taxation. In
the case of the French, the tax-
ation produced extreme poverty
and hunger, With the Yanks,
it produced violent anger.
In the one case, the result
was the loss of a head for a
great many people who had the
same quantity of brains before
the operation as they had after
it. In the other, the result was
the loss of a half -continent of
incredible riches.
Both events in history brought
their advantages, of course.
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Without the French effort,
which spawned Napoleon, we
wouldn't have had the Napol-
eonic Wars and the Retreat
from Moscow, and where would
our history teachers be?
Without the American Revol-
ution, western culture would
have been infinitely poorer.
What other nation would have
had the initiative and gumption
to develop such monumental
human achievements as Holly-
wood and the hamburger?
You may think this excursion
into history has no point. But
the more discerning readers of
this column know that Smiley
is getting somewhere, in his
own laborious way. And the
most discerning readers are
chuckling, "I'11 bet he just
made our his income tax."
The latter are right, of
course. And as I sat there,
surrounded by papers, sick at
heart when I realized what a
puny amount a year of hard
labour had produced, I had only
one thought'!"When is the great
Canadian Revolution going to
start?"
Then carne other thoughts.
What symbol shall we attack?
Do they need anyone to lead the
attacks on the barricades?
Which of the dastards will I
personally gun down?
I have news for those in power
I'm not kidding. If you don't
get it with bullets, you'll get
it with ballots. You can rub our
faces in it only so long, and the]
the hand that robs the cradle,
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1973
along with everything else that
can be robbed, is going to be
bitten. To the bone.
Our national Liberal party,
supreme in its power, arrog-
ance and scorn, should have
learned a lesson. It is still
bleeding.
In province after province,
the people have had their say,
and have tossed out the old
guard. Ontario is one of the few
that have survived.
Here's a prediction: Check it
later. I've never been wrong.
Premier William Davis, the
most unimpressive politician
I've ever heard, and that ranks
from deputy -reeves up, is in'
for a big fat fall, along with his
party. art
Why? It's obvious, from the
recent Ontario budget. The
party has lost touch with reality.
And that's death in politics.
An example? The tax on
energy sources. It's not going
lc hurt me. I can afford it.
It's not going to hurt anybody
except all those people who can
already barely meet their fuel
and electricity bills.
Tax the luxuries. Whack it on
cigarettes and liquor and fur
coats and there'll be some grum-
bling. But stick a tax on light
and heat, necessities in this
climate, and you are accepting
the political kiss of death. We
shall not forget, at election
time.
It's the most stupid single
tax that I have ever encounter-
ed, and that is a big statement.
It hits the little guy, the elderly
those on welfare, and everybody
else who is scrimping to make
ends meet.
EPILOGUE: My wife asked
rne, as I paced a hle in the rug,
grinding my teeth: "What do
we get for all this income tax
we pay 2"
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