HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-01-29, Page 7Freed m Of Enterprise
"The highest standard of living in the worlds and the fullest
developteent of freedom of conscience and the dignity of the in-
dividual have been achieved on this continent in the atmosphere of
freedom which is generated by the system of private competitive
enterprise, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce again records its
unswerving support for that system and its vigorous opposition to
socialism or to any other political or economic system which weakens
or destroys the responsibilities, rights and freedom. of the individual
citizen. Further, the Chamber reiterates its intention to do all in
its power to encourage a wider public appreciation of the virtues of
the democratic system of freedom, of: enterprise.
Freedom of choice and freedom of action, within the limits of
the public welfare, are inalienable rights of the individual. The
Chamber is, therefore, firmly opposed to every kind of state and
bureaucratic control of those activities which are properly and
traditionally the province of the individual citizen. The Chamber
believes that Canada can be great and prosperous only if all in-
dividuals have the incentive of adequate reward for hard work, in-
itiative and enterprise and the right to enjoy the products of their
thrift and foresight.
Freedom is indivisible. The individual cannot be deprived of
his economic freedom and retain his politcal freedom. The rights
of free citizens to offer their services and the products of their
labors cannot be surrendered to the state without a loss of personal
liberties such as few citizens would be willing to accept.
The Chamber reiterates its belief in the application of free
competitive enterprise to all phases of the Canadian way of life.
It believes that a system which rewards individual effort is funda-
mental in the democratic form of Government. The Chamber also
believes in the right of the individual to conduct business in ac-
cordance with his beliefs and judgment and feels that producers
should continue to exercise full freedom in the formation of co-
operative buying and selling organizations. It believes that these
organizations should be voluntary in nature and subject to the
same tax laws as other forms of business rather than compulsory by
legislation or monopolistic governmental bodies. It believes that
delivery quotas and Governmental marketing monopolies should be
limited to times of extreme national emergency or a state of war.
The Chamber believes that all producers should have complete
freedom of choice in the marketing of their produce. It believes.
that governmental marketing agencies established to assist producers
in the marketing of their produce should be voluntary marketing
agencies and not compulsory and monopolistic in character and
operation.
Bureaucracy never can posses the initiative and dynamic
qualities of private enterprise which must of necessity have strict
regard at all times for economy and efficiency in its operation, and
be under the constant stimulus of competition. Private enterprise
is always aware that any inefficiency, if not corrected, will result
in financial loss and eventual bankruptcy.
Social security as provided by the state must not become an
end in itself. Canadians must beware of looking to the state to pro-
vide security to the extent that the individual loses incentive to
provide for himself.
The Chamber recognizes the responsibility of the individual in
a free society to exert every effort to solve his own economic pro-
blems and deplores the growing tendency to look to government for
help in every difficulty. Approval of the principles of social welfare
does not mean that it is the business of the state to provide those
services which are properly the responsibility of the individual.
The Chamber commends the growing awareness of Canadian
business in the field of social welfare, as evidenced by the number
of employer-sponsored plans for retirement pensions, health in-
surance, holidays and vacations with pay, and similar welfare
measures now successfully operating in companies throughout
Canada: The increasing number . of such programs attests to the
support of business for social welfare ideas.
Demands for lower taxation are incompatible with demands of
increased government services necessitating heavy spending. The
Chamber points out that high taxes make personal savings increas-
ingly difficult, discouraging the virtue of thrift. Excessive taxation,
excessive bureaucracy, and excessive governmental control all tend
tb stifle freedom of enterprise and, consequently, must be avoided.
The Chamber reaffirms its belief that the appeal of the citizens to
the courts is a fundamental right of democracy, and emphasizes' its
deep-rooted convictions that governmental exercise of arbitrary
powers constitutes a real threat to individual liberty and to the
freedom of Canadian institutions.
Further, the Chamber recognizes that individual freedom, which
is a spiritual heritage of the citizen of a democracy, carries with it a
duty to put forth an effort to maintain a high standard of ethics in
the community."
-,-Declaration of Policy approved by The Canadian
Chamber of Conxmercc at its 23rd Annual Meeting
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Dramatic Appeal Over TV.
Odd things sometimes happen
during television programmes -
especially in the United States.
The other day Mrs. Mary
O'Connor was a guest in a cer-
tain TV network programme.
While she was being interviewed
and brightly answering an an-
nouncer's questions, a sudden
terrifying thought struck her
She began to worry whether she
had turned off the electric iron
in her apartment!.
She whispered her fear to the
announcer in full view of the
viewers. He was a man of ac-
tion. He appealed to the viewers
near Mrs. O'Connor's apartment
to find out quickly whether Mrs.
O'Connor's living -room was on
Cult.
vIen with a ladder close to the
building acted promptly and,
gazing through the window of
the room, discovered that Mrs.
O'Connor's fears were unfound-
ed. The iron was off. They
'phoned the television studio and
before the programme finished
she learned with relief that all
was well,
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Blessin;e For Nine Lives-Msgr. Touze, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris,
blesses a reluctant lion cub, during ceremonies marking the
100th anniversary of the first performance of Paris' renowned
"Winter Circus," the first performance of which was held for
Napoleon HI. Msgr. Touze celebrated Mass in the circus ring, in
commemoration of Winter Circus performers who have died
through the years.
From Monster
To Emperor
Newspapers a r e notoriously
fickle in their likes and dislikes,
and , on occasions have been
know to change sides completely.
But in all the history of jour-
nalism no change -over has ever
been so quick as that executed
by the French "Moniteur" in
March4 1815.
It started on March 9th, after.
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from
the island of Elba, where he had
been exiled after the defeat of
his army, and began his march
to Paris.
"The monster has escaped from
his place of banishment," an-
nounced the "Moniteur."
The following day's bulletin
was in much the same vein: "The
Corsican ogre has landed at Cape
Juan."
On March llth the "Moniteur".
announced: "The tiger has shown
himself at Gap. Troops are acs-
vancing on all sides to arrest
his progress. He will conclude
his miserable adventures by be-
coming a wanderer among the
mountains."
"Terror Seized All"
March 12th: "The monster has
actually advanced as far as Gren-
oble."
March 13th: "The tyrant is
now at Lyon. Terror seized all
at7his appearance."
March 18th: "The usurper has
ventured to approach within 60
• hours' march of the capital."
March 19th: "Bonaparte is ad-
vancing by forced marches, but
it is impossible that he reach
Paris."
March 20th: "Napoleon will
arrive under the walls of Paris
to -morrow."
March 21st: "The Emperor Na-
poleon is at F'ontainebleu"
Thus the change from monster
to emperor was affected. The
following day's announcement
stated:
"Yesterday evening His Majes-
ty the Emperor made his public
entry and arrived at the Tuiler-
ies. Nothing can exceed the uni-
versal joy."
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Using a stop -watch' for check-
ing purposes, a well known farm
economist found some illuminat-
ing facts regarding how Charles
Cowan was able to cut down
dairy -chore time in a bank barn.
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A check of 16 fanners with
similar arrangements had shown
that their average chore time was
75 hrs. a year per cow. But Co-
wan had cut this figure to 55
hrs. per cow for 15 Guernseys
and Byers set out to find the
reason.
Cowan's speed was due mostly
to the ways he had adapted his
bank barn to ease his chores and
take advantage of the walk-
through milking arrangement.
His milking parlor, rnilkingroom
and loafing area are on the bot-
tom floor. His feed room is on
the second floor and feed can
be unloaded there from trucks
and wagons without elevating it.
His feed mixer and grinder are
close to his feed -storage area and
mixed feed is dumped into a
700-1b. feed bin. A chute on the
bottom of this bin drops con-
centrates directly to the milking
parlor below and each bin sup-
plies two stalls_
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The homemade milking parlor
is a four -abreast walk-through
with the milkroom adjacent.
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Hay is dropped from the mow
on the top floor of the barn into
racks i11 the loafing area.
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With his milkroom in the base-
ment level of the barn, Cowan
found himself faced with the job
of lifting his milk cans 6 steps
for loading onto the truck.
He solved this with a can hoist
of his own design which cost him
$35. It has a 4' reach -is pivoted
to swing cans from the cooler
and lift them to the top of the '
steps, a distance of 8'.
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The basement -level milking
parlor and milkroom also makes
a comfortable working area the
year around. It's warmer in win-
ter and cooler in summer.
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Best use of antibiotics on the
dairy farm is in treatment of
scours, say experts of Cornell
University's animal husbandry
department. They do not think
there is any present need to in -
elude them ht. the rations, 1 i!
dairy cows.
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Calves on antibiotics over a
3 -yr. period grew more rapidly
and had less difficulty Irene
scours and digestive distur-
bances. As an average, calves ori
antibiotics gained 22% more rap-
idly during the first 8 weelus
than controls. The latter group
scoured an average of 10 days als
compared with 4 days for those
fed the drug.
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Intake of starter feed was 30%
greater for antibic tic -fed calved
but there was no difference ht
the amount of hay consumed.
Cost of feed required to make to
unit of grain was reduced 9%A
Scours cases were decreased in
number and were less sevens
when antibiotics were used.
However, this treatment did not
prevent all cases nor did all.
animals respond favor ably.
Where calves were paired for
study, there was no difference
between control and treated.
calves in some cases when rates
of gain, incidence of scours ee
general appearance were com-
pared. '` `'
Number of unthrifty animate
may be decreased under antibio-
tic treatment. End result is that
all calves do about as well a.
those making normal growth.
Even with antibiotics, it remains
important to follow good feeding;
and management practices and
to avoid overfeeding.
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Accidental doses of antibiotics;
do not affect milk production or
change feed intake - nor were
they transmissted into the milk.
When an excessive amount of
aureomycin (6 tines that nor-
mally foundin conimerci.al
feeds) was fed the cows in grain.
they refused to eat the grain.,
But a somewhat smaller amount
had no effect on their feeding
habits.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
Baffling
Business in
Baffin Land
Crewmen of the icebreaker East-
wind and natives of Baffin Island
had a wonderful time when the
huge ship made the earliest trip
ever to be effected, to Davis Bay
and Baffin Bay, last May. The
Eastwind, engaged in a special
hydrographic mission, was finally
grounded in ice 10 feet thick,
some 25 miles from Baffin Island,
near Cape Christian in the Cana-
dian Northwest Territories. While
oceanographers completed their
search for information via dog-
sled, the remainder of the East -
wind's crew whiled away the
time by building igloos, and in-
troducing their native visitors to
the delights of food from the
"south," and to the rare treat of
sound movies, first that some of
the islanders had ever seen.
Crew
members of the Coast
Guard icebreaker Eastwind build igloos while "aground" radar
Bay,
Baffin
This knife -and -fork business is a nuisance, Fingers are easier ala
Their first experience of sound movies delights Boffin Islanders use,