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Doesn't seem fair!
As most consumers realize, a period of inflation such as we
are experiencing at the present time is a spiral --a vicious up -
curve of mounting costs which lead inevitably to higher prices.
Many of the sharp increases simply cannot be avoided when
the cost of production is climbing so steeply.
There are, however, many instances in which even the dull-
witted buyer can recognize all the hallmarks of sheer greed,
Merchandise which we all know was manufactured many months
ago has suddenly shot up by anywhere from 10 to 40 per cent.
Seldom is the local retailer responsible for these jumps is
price. He does not have the storage facilities to keep several
months' supply on hand and thus is forced to pay the higher
tariff when he buys from the wholesaler, But back the line
somewhere there is a monster rip-off under way.
One of the increases we do not like is the jump in gasoline
prices. Despite all the statements from oil companies and
government officials that there is no real shortage of motor
fuels in Canada, the sharp demand in the United States has
apparently been reflected in higher prices right here in Ontario.
Now, if you know anything about business you cannot blame
the company which recognizes a seller's market and makes
the most of his opportunity to turn a better profit. However,
in the case of the oil companies the situation is somewhat
different. The commodities they sell are pumped from the
depths of the Canadian earth. The companies have not purch-
ased any of these natural resources. They have been granted
a right to market them because their operations will provide
employment and tax revenue and a favorable trade balance
(we hope). But the crude petroleum out of which they make
their profits actually belongs to the people of Canada.
It would seem obvious, therefore, that Canadians should not
be penalized in the purchase of their own natural resources
because there is a better market for them in the land to the
south.
The federal government announced late last week that a study
would be undertaken to probe the increase in the price of gaso-
line. it should be sharp, swift and meaningful.
(Mt. Forest Confederate)
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,Q viers!
Whether you subscribe to this newspaper, or buy a single
copy of it each week, 'makes little difference to us. But it was
interesting to see the imaginery things that allegedly happen-
ed to a family in another part of this world as the result of fall-
ing into the practice of borrowing a neighbour's weekly newsTi,
paper.
Here it is -
A man who was too cheap to subscribe to his hometown news-
paper sent his little boy to borrow his neighbor's copy. In his
haste the boy ran over an $80 hive of bees and in 10 minutes
he looked like a warty squash.
His father ran to his assistance, and failing to notice the
barbed wire fence, ran into that, cutting a hole in his anatomy
as well as ruining a pair of $20 trousers. The old cow took
advantage of the gap in the fence and billed herself eating
green corn.
Hearing the racket, the wife ran out, upset a four -gallon
churn of cream into a basket of chicks, drowning the entire
bunch. In her haste she dropped a $235 set of false teeth,
which the family dog buried thinking it was a new type of bone.
The baby, having been left alone, crawled through the spilled
cream and into the parlor ruining a $250 carpet.
During the excitement the oldest daughter ran away with the
hired man, a stray dog broke up 11 setting hens, the calves got
out and chewed the tails off four fine shirts on the clothes line,
and the cat had a batch of kittens. All this just to save 20
cents, And in this case, the poor guy never did get to read that
week's edition.
(St. Marys Journal Argus)
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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1973
nice, it was one of the simplest
and nicest speeches I have ever
heard,
Half suspecting a practical
joke, for this was a group I'd
tangled with in the fall, I open-
ed it, standing well back. No
joke. There was a handsome
little book of inspirational poems
and prayers. I thought this
might be pointed suggestion
that I needed both, and was
still slightly wary.
Then I opened the other
package. It contained an etern-
al match. This is a fancy type
of cigarette lighter. You pull
a sort of stick out of a little
round barrel, it strikes a flint,
and you have a long match -like
light. It would be great for a
pipe -smoker.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't
work when I tried it. Typically,
Marlene had tried it thoroughly
before wrapping it, so thorough-.
ly that she'd used all the fuel.
She tried to get it going for me,
and was greeted with hoots of
derision when she couldn't.
However, the thought was
there, and they)elled at me
that I could take it back to the
store.
A small thing, in their busy
lives and mine. But it's warming
to know that somebody out there
loves you a little bit, even
though you are a teacher, and
is willing to ante up a dime or
even a quarter to prove it.
I'd rather have that, once
a year, than a gold watch and
a stupid scroll at the end of
twenty-five years.
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THEY REALLY 00
LOVE ME A LITTLE
This year, as I mentioned
previously,, my wife taught
English in a private school.
It was her fust crack at teach-
ing, aside from kindergarten
and music, and she taught a'
Grade 13 class, so it was no
cinch. She worked hard at it.
But the strain on me was
something else. Every day when
I got home from teaching 150
students, I had to endure a two-
hour monologue about her 'kids'
.and what they'd said and done
today. Once in a while I'd try
tp get in a word or phrase about
what my "kid" had said and done
but it was like trying to stop
Secretariat, in full gallop,
with a piece of thread.
At the first of the year, she
was worried about a few of
them, who gave promise of
becoming recalcitrant. But by
sheer charm, and her innate
interest in other people, she was
able to establish a close and
friendly relationship with every
single one of her huge class of
ten.
By the time the last day of
school came around, she was
almost in tears as she realized
she'd probably never see any of
them again, or only as compar-
ative strangers.
This is something that happens
to most teachers who really like
youngsters, especially when
it's a graduating class. There is
generally a mutual warmth on
the last day of school. The stud-
ents suddenly realize that it's
their last day in high school,
surely one of the happiest times
of their life. The teacher sudd-
enly realizes that this is the
last day, that he's made it once
again without going around the
bend., and that this is a pretty
good lot of kids.
Some of the youngsters are
actually scared when it comes
upon them that another umbil-
ical cord has been cur and the
great big hard world is waiting
to swallow them. Occasionally
there are tears.
One young lady wanted to
know, as she wept, "How did
you feel when you left high
school?" She obviously meant
that she was almost heart -brok-
en. But she received the realist-
ic answer, "Great, It was the
happiest day of my life."
At any rate, the last day of
school usually produces a feel-
ing of fondness and exchanges
of "Have a good summer, sir."
And the response, "Will do. You
too, See you in the fall." Or,
if they're graduating, "Come
and see us when you're home
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Once.
Of course, the longer you
teach, the tougher you get. In
my first couple of years, over a
decade ago. I was almost stunn-
ed by the good will on closing
day. The class president would
advance to the front, watched
by 35 hawklike pairs of eyes,
each pair of which had kicked
in a quaeter, and, after a shy,
unintelligible mumble, pres-
ent me with a handsomely -
wrapped gift.
Now, when the kids are choos-
ing their class president, at the
beginning of the year, I assure
the reluctant nominees that,
"There's nothing much to the
job, except to collect the
money for my Christmas and
end -of -year gifts." It shakes
them a bit, but it pays off.
Over the years, I've been
the recipient of dozens of gold
balls, a bottle of good wine,
a smart desk set, a lawn chair,
and shelves full of fancy shaving
lotion and exotic talc and stuff
I never use.
This year, I didn't have a
home form. No present. But I
got a pleasant surprise. Last
class I had with my four-year
Grade 11, a group T would have
considered least likely to do it,
they kicked through.
Marlene came up and said,
"Mr. Smiley, this is for you,
for being such a nice teacher."
Not a good teacher, mind. Just
a nice one. And speaking of
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A million litter bags are being
distributed by the Ministry of
the Environment to meet the
start of the summer vacation
season.
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