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Times-Advocate, 1978-10-05, Page 4 (2)Page 4 Times -Advocate, October 5, 1978 That's restraint': Deciphering the wheat from the chaff in government promises -has never been. easy. But you really have to wonder about the federa4 government's commitment to financial restraint. • According 40 the most recent --Statistics Canada figures. the federal government employed 16.594 more peo- ple i4t June of t)iis year than one year earli That represents $2.292.8 million for payroll payments in the second quarter of the year an increase of $33 3 million from last year. If that bears any evidence of restraint it issa lucky . thing for Canadians fhe government didn't decide togo on a spending spree. It's all well and good for the federal government to slash budgets and things like the Company of Young Canadians. The Consumer Protection Association .and other high profile areas of government spending. That gives the impression the government is serious about keeping a lid on spending: but we have the.sinking feeling that the government is Ynore interested in appearance than substance and in fact. groups like the Company ,pf Young Canadians and the Consumer Associa- tion are sacrificial lambs. Everw'i those cuts one could con- clude the federal bureaucracy �is so Targe and so far out of control that the government ends up spilling more than it spends on services. Later titan you think Th•e fact that\ municipal nominations and elections are planned almost one full month- ahead of usual apparently hasn't hit home with many area residents as yet. because veru few people have been stirred into action. . In about -10 days. nominations will be received by municipal clerks for the various municipal and school board posipions and where elections are ne +essary. they will be held on Nelnber 13.- ' In short: it' l r than you think' • Indicatio s are that there t ere w' til be several vatanci s to fill in the area this year and there i also a suggestion that some of those to have been filling . ,public offices f r the past two years • could be replaced by more energetic and conscientioustindividuals. Holding a pulic office is hot an easy task. One ha.\ only to look at some of the major decisions that have been faced by council and school board members over the past two years to see that it requires people who are not afraid to take a stand on some ex- tremely important matters. v But that fact alone points up the need for every ratepayer to accept his responsibility to ensure that he she is represented by the most capable peo- ple in the community. . There are many such people in every area municipality, but it is up to Their fellow citizens to encourage them to seek public office to ensure that the proper leadership is available to make the important decisions that will con- front all public bodies in fhe next, two years. If you -think you deserve the best» make sure you get it' hort is long This nota tall yap, but the results of a, study: short Oen live longer. Women thay still prefr tall. dark and handsome -men. but.if they prefer those likely to be around longer. they better ge for the shorter kind. • Science Digest reports that a study t of U.S. presidents. successful businessmen. baseball players, and boxers reveals that "the shortest men By SYD FLETCHER • • Seeing pictu• res in the .paper recently of plowing tbntests reminds me of the .stories my father tells of the • days when horses were used for transportation summer and winter- They pulled buckboards. plows. coal carts. and the milk wagons Even 1 can remember the milkman swinging easily out from the wagon The horse old straw hat over its e . would keep right on go- ing d the milkman would cat it at the nexst-lanuse D asked of one team they us to have. not what you'd call a matched pair The grey gelding was about six hundred pounds more than the little bay mare yet it seemed they could out- work any pair of big horses ammMioo. Times Ei'obinh.d IA77 in each -grouping lived longer than the talleit group." The article doesn't say hots age and height are linked. But the long.and. the short of it is that somehow they are. Tall men should think twice before they look down their noses at their shorter companibns. 4 Ottawa Citizen Perspectives arountfi Though the gelding did the bulk of the work she seemed to know exactly when to pull so he could get his tooting Together they were a real team • Apparently my grandfather was a - real judge of good -horseflesh One time he,,,,. picked up a mare that was ifalf-sister to y{te fastest. horse in Canada Speed was in her and she would not be passed Once dad and his older. -sister were coming home from church in the cutter and somebody came up behind them The old horse took the bit in her - teeth. and her rear quarters mining like two pistons. they.fairl• flew home. snow flying.out in every direction.' :1 wildi:..scary ride. Tile shry•1 liked best was not reall about a horse at all Dad h d gone to. work for a cousin s a hired man. The cousin entioned that the mule they u. ed for plow. - ing was 'a littlemean' but never said much ese When ' dad got into the stall with it to harness up it started to crowd him. just easing over Ad.rocot. Estoblish.d 1881 dvocate SERVING CANADA'S a TsfA1rMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A. ASS :A' and ABC Published by .1. W. led Publications limited LORNE EEDY, PUBLISHER Editor.— Bjll Batten Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh • Advertising Manager --s- Jim Beckett Composition Manager — Harty 0,Vries Business Manager — Dick Jongkind Phone 435.1331 PCNA a little at a time. laying its big ears back quite knowing - h• Each day he did this. then when he got out into the field would work half- heartedly. always waiting for a chance to kick -- One day he caught Dad 'if the stall Moved in ast enough. .hard en gh to almost break a riff Angrt•. Dad took a piece of rope and wrapped it around the base of the mule's ears: pulled it tight enough to cut off part of the circulation. then went' in and had his breakfast When he came out the old mule was swaying back and forth He stood very doe5ilely to be hitched up and then went out to the field All day he worked. really worked. plowing a good acre and a half of ground. Tlftrt' were'x good friends .after that it was just a f tter of being boss There is something to be said for working with. horses or mules Now if your trac- tor breaks down on you. the hest you can do is kick it and that doesn't help a great deai - A" oIgoma•.d 1924 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 SU$SCRIPTION RATES: Canpda Si 1.00 Per Year; USA 522.00 7. 1 0113 TALI About it16tl th!(ES- PUMPERNICKEL is now CCILLEtt PuMPER11Ir1E 1 ' I was going to but' a roast for supper but 1 needed a co-signer." BATT'N AROUND with the editor The fraus are liberated indeed There's considerable accent on far- ming in the area these days. what with the International Plowing Match on our doorstep and the annual rush to get the bean and corn harvest completed under the fall vagaries of the weather. To that extent. we felt quite at home on our tour through the German coun- tryside recently. because the harvest was -in full swing- thereaswell in the lush growing area of the Black Forest. Wet weather had set crops back about three weeks. so farmers there 1iad their worries as well. The interesting aspect of German farms- is that there are no self- contained units as we know them in Huron County All the farmers live in the small villages and each day head off to the perimeters of the village tb Iook_after their land. Their barns and implement sheds are attached to their houses and there are no farm buildings in the crop area. • Generally speaking. the farmer's house and barn are attached. with the livestock living in the "next room" to the family abode. Invariably. the manure pile is located outside the front door of the house. yet there doesn't appear to be- any odor as ope walks along the twisting -streets. The size of the manure piles would indicate that German farmers spread. it ,on- their fields at ''more regular in'ervals than their Canadian counterparts. Due to the numerous military exer- cises staged throughout Germany. as well as the limited size of most farms. livestock are seldom out of• the barns and fences are few anii far between. it fact. in most of the small villages we visited. we were advised that animals were never taken out of their fens or stalls Fences were not 'permitted in that area because the cost of restoring them after military exercises had been held would be too great. Because many of the- Canadian Forces units had taken up residence in farrllyarc, locations in the villages, 'we had several opportunities to inspect the barns and found—Them- uncommonly clean and neat. Each morning. the villages were a hive -of activity. as farmers drove through the streets with their tractors and machinery on their. way to the' fields The women. meanwhile. were pushing their milk carts along the street -to -a central location where they would be picked up for delivery to a dairy nor women readers will be in- terested to note that German wives work very hard on the farms, and- we 'suspect that some men have been smart enough not to train theirfraus on the fine art of driving a tractor. Haying operations were in full swing in many areas. and we noti' ed that it was invariably the man who'was driv- ing the tractor. while his better half was relegated to the more arduous task of taking the bales off the baler and_ stacking them on the wagon. Potato harvesting was also 'a common sight. and again it was the male driving the tractor while his wife (and quite often grandma) were out breaking their backs picking up the spuds.. It was also evident that every last strand of hay or straw'tlsas valuable: After the machinery had combed the field, the women were out with hand rakes. collecting any portions that may •have.been missed. They also raked up the grass that had been cut by highway crews atong the roadsides. , Wheat. corn„hay and potatoes were among the main crops. along with a considerable acreage of sugar beets. which we were told. were used for .processing as well as feed for pigs. Contrary popular belief. Germans do not 1' very f ' on sauerkraut. They were w cabbages in evidence. although .we did see one field being Sugar and Spice Dispensed by Smiley We do have tourist paradise While we wet "4Javelling this' past summer. my wife remarked something to the effect that it's too 'bad Canada doesn't have the attractions to lure hundreds of thousands of tourists that Europe has. 1 assured her lardy that she was all we+ This country has • everything to make 11 a_ tourist's paradise: moun- tains aplenty. great plains. deep forests. thousands . of miles of coast line. a million or so lakes. goof; hotels. interesting cities in French and English. and good highways. 1' not that we don't have enough for the tourist We have too much. and we take rl for granted. Tiny Switzerland doecn•t. a.vd it.makes use of every: inch. milking the tourist as carefully as it milks its cows. those brown ones that graze up the mountains in summer and ive chocolate milk We have tremendous sports tacilities: skiing. sailing. fishing. hunting. hiking. alar of It free or very cheap Try going skiing or fishing or hunting th Europe. 11 will cost you an arm and a leg, and in many countries is impossible for foreigners. We don't have any ruined abbeys or lalling -down castles. but have plenty orahandoned log houses. .which, in terrtls of r (inanity. are just as touching. if noi as impressive. We're a little short on cathedrals, but ,blot on churches. Some of our towns of, Rees or three thousand have as many as len different churches. You can pray standing up, silting down, on your knees or flat on your hack. You can't do this in Europe. We are nationalistic., - but -ih a lackadaisical way. with nothing of the prickly pride of the trench, the 60a vu pride of the Italians or the smug cwrip1lacene.y-of. the Swiss or (Germans. We have a certain hlttndness, $ lack of local color perhaps, to the unoh servant eye. But local color often consists of nothing more than roll§ so hard you can't eat them, dirty -toilets. • • and execrable wine; in Europe. And we certainly have all those. As local color. try a house party in Newfie, Saturday night in Sudbury. a stroll down Yonge St.'s Strip in Toronto. or amble through downtown Montreal or Vancouver. Or try Friday night in a beer parlor, anywhere in the country: r - We don't have many ancient ruins. We put them away in nursing homes. But a visit to these could probably be •arranged for the tourist. People think we don't have much history. We do. We have all kinds of il. It's just younger than that of European countries. But the Battle of Duck'Lake. Saskatchewan. is just as important to this country as the Battle of Waterloo was to Europe in its time. The restoration of Ste. Marie Among the Hurons at Midland. Ontario, the 17th century Jespit mission, is just as valid as. thel,r'ation of the Roman Colosseum. iginored by the Romans for centuries Furthermore. for the delectation of the tourists. we have a dollar that is w orth.85 cents. That means their yen and marks and francs will stretch like elastic hands And finally. we have something no other nation in the world can touch. Thanksgiving weekend. and everything that goes with i1. The great sad, final flaming of our foliage before we close clown for six months. if our tourist industry wasn't s - a weak sister. Canada would be cr wling with millions of Japanese a Arabs and Germans and Italians f m about September first to [the addle of ()etober, to the point where we wouldn't have room.to rake our leaves arid burn. hem. tweaking of Thanksgiving, ',hope you have a lot to bethankful for. i think we do, as a nation. We have the most bracing, delightful:), exaaperating .climate in the world. We stilthave vast, comparatively unspoilt wilderness. harvested and the heads were gigantic. almost equalling the size of purppkins. Around the larger communities. such as Lahr. many of the city residents refit,- land in their neighboring rural area. and on a drive through the coun- try on Saturday: it was buzzing with people out harvesting their -fruit and vegetable crops. Most of the people have erected small tool sheds on their holdings. and quite often take along their sleeping bags and stay out in the country for the weekend. The Black Forest area was experien- cing a bumper fruit crop. especially plums. and most trees had to be propped up with boards to keep them from splitting. Most of the harvesting of the fruit •crop was simply undertaken. A large piece of plastic was placed on the ground around the tree and the branches were then shaken vigorously to disgorge their yields. Grapes were also abundagt. and home wine making is a popular hobby. If you don't have your own wine. you can take your bottle to a farmer to have it filled. When it is emptied,.you return with your bottle for another refill for attout 50 cents. With the price of energy even higher in Germany than here (about 52 per gallon for gasoline) the- German farmers enjoy cost-saving benefits with their farm operations. The heats from their animals help warm their houses and usually. -their grain is stored in the attic. • itis a rather unusual - sight to walk along a•street and see a grain auger pumping the harvest in through the windows above the bedrooms. (Witness the scramble for • recent Europeans. now Canadians, to• buy a chunk of it.) We have a very high standard of living:despite unemployment. strikes. high taxes. fumbling politicians. We have a country in -which Jack is as good as his master. and servility is scorned. Don't believe me? Try hiring a cleaning lady or bawling. out your plumber. • Ask among the first -gen ation Canadians from Europe how ny of them would go hack. Nary a o e. Aside from thinking this is a pretty good place to live. 1 have lots of per- sonalreasons for thanksgiving. A good wife who can cook like a chef. sew like a couturier. (We .almost remembered - our anniversary thi§ year. Were just a day late.) My daughter. with two children and three degrees, finally got a job. As a file clerk. My son is alive and well in a South American country. `which is sometimes a difficult thing to be. i have a great fad next door•who cuts my lawn and shovels my sneiw faith- fully. i have a job 1 like with people 1 enjoy working with. 1 have good neigh- bors. But) must admit I'm looking over my shoulder quite often these days. i'nm thankful that my health is good, hut 1 blink the Lord is trying to tell me something about my English depart- ment. Two of them have faulty tickers. • -A thir ang his back and whs flat 'on it all ummer. Another, a recent ad- dition, h.p his gall -bladder removed reeen1J> And finally. Roger Bell, whose contributions you - may_ have read in tills space. fell off his motor- hike,and dislocated his shoulder, it's q ood thing they have a gtrong, , virile l lel:-Be thankful for what you . hay • >, I 4' .Think small by Jim Smith Beggar your Neighbour Ajong time ago. the well- known Fathers of Confedera- tion agreed that , in future, all of Canada would stand 'to- gether, sharing equally in the - good and the had. Blit some- thing went wrong along the way and now the intpover• e ished' Maritimes are part of the same Confederation as, wealthy Alberta and Ontario. Increasingly and intite aside from the well-known sovereignty issue;' in Quebec -- Confederation has become a platter of every province for itself. The noble concept of one for all and all'(or one has gone by the hoards. One example of the course we're taking can be found in Quebec where, by provincial decree, it has heen specified that const ructionworket•s frons outside Quebec will nos,, he permitted to work in that province unless it cap be de- termined that workers with similar skills are not available locally. Quebec's action invited immediate response from Ontario which has introduc- ed legislation barring Quebec tradesmen. Other regions can be expected to follow suit. But let's not duinp all the blame on one province..Last year. for example, Ontario went shopping for new pub- lic transit vehicles. The - lowest bid came from NILW Worthington, a Quebec -based outfit — but the contract went ;10 Ontario's Hawker- Siddley at a higher price. Alberta, meanwhile, gives preferred status to its own contractors for pipeline con- struction. Outside contras- . tors get work only when there aren't . any local firms - available.. Manitoba stipulates that only Manitoba -based consult- ing engineers be employed onnpclear generating plants there. Competent engineers from anywhere else in Cana- da are out of luck. Then there are the inter- provincial trucking .wars where vehicles with. out -of - province License plates are pulled off the road by police. `The examples of beggar - your -neighbour pglicies with- in Confederation are almost endless. It's impossible now (0 ignore th} fact that Con- federation just isn't working • out the way. [fie Fathers plan- ned it. The provincial leaders are to blame — but so is Ot,.r., lawa. which has failed to de- , KIIM comprehensive na- - 'tional development policy: The provincial ploys are born nut of frustration with an economyfat has stagnated. There -r an important les- son here for Canadians. Al- though we operate'one of the wgrld's most open economies amore than half the goods coming into Canada pay -no duty whereas the U.S., for example, taxes- more than 9(`: of its imports); oily trade representatives in the. Geneva trade negotiations are talking about cutting 'az riffs even further in exchange for non -tariff concessions from other countries. But ,agreement on tariffs is a relatively easily attained state, being nothing more than a matter of arguing over easily defined numbers. Non - tariff barriers, on the other hand, are far more subtle and less readily defined. So, if we can't cope with trade barriers within our own borders, how can otir-name "bdy scout” approach- to international trade in Geneva accomplish anything of value? There's a lesson on international trade to be found in our own inter- provincial affairs. _ L •Think small is an editorial message from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business eztovu n memory lane 55 Years ago Mr Clayton Prouty is suffering with a compound Iraelure of the right leg. Mr. Prouty was working in the gravel pit owned by Dun- siord Tiros.. Hay township - when without warning the pit caved in and he was partly buried tx'neath the falling earth. The line double hank barn of Mr. William Darling of the third concession cif McGillivray near ('lan- deboye was completely destroyed by fire together with the season's crop. a pure bred Hereford bull and several pigs. Mr, Darling just completed his threshing that afternoon. The Plymouth Brethren have rented the old YP('A -building for the purpose of holding gtlspel meetings. The 13th annual- con- vention of the Exeter and t:sborne Sunday School Association met Tuesday in Thames Road Presbyterian Church with President J.W. Skinner in the chair. 20 Years Ago Sieve Storey. who has pa Ironed right wing for the Lucan Irish tor the past four' seasons. has heen named playing coach oLlhe Irish Six for the '748-'59.season • The Exeter Tames - Ad% ovate offers to award the person who sends in the hest news Tip of the week. two tree tickets to the Lyric Theatre which may ie used for any regular per- formance. . About 3:4 pupDrayton school 3ttendediIsof the marriage in the Christian RefornledChurch,Exeler of• . hel ,L'e4.Ottawa to thelir tetrusrn•achier.' Ott11'iltiam. 1• 'anWeiren. un Saturday. McGillivray School Area Board 11a e taken an option urr land tor• - genual hol 1111-fatr n.la. f l4'vi %scWhite,o Concession 14 and have engaged an architectural •hrnf .20 Years Ago Exeter chapter OES celebrated its tenth an- - niver$ary last Monday. Six, brides were received into church membership at Thames l4oad t'nited Church on Sunday -morning: Mrs. borne Passmore. Mrs. Alin er Passmore. Mrs. Donald Kernick; Mrs, Beverley Morgan: Mrs. William Rohde: and Mrs. Edwin Miller. Prizes for the best skating couple at the Exeter Roller Rink carnival went to Marion Webber and Bill Musser. • The Exeter Lions Club. sponsors M the Lucan Lions Club field a joint session with the Lucan club on Friday evening. - A new railway siding is - being built into the new plant of the Qxeter Rutabaga -('etiipany in .Exeter north. lS Years Ago Siafla Nlerrhanls, won -the (IB:\ "("' crown Sunday by defeiitl.rg Little Britain 7-fi and staged a happy parade on a Model "T" through Statfa. Cromarty and Mit- chell following the victory. * Ivan Hunter-Duvar. local businessman escaped with minor inj(rries Sunday when the plan he was piloting 'crashed_ on a runway at Ht'AE' Station Centralia. Exeter Lions made a good 'start Thursday night in their raffle canvass. part of a campaign to raise $4,010. -for welfare work for the coming year. The new 4210,(x)0 Blddulp)i l'(entral School will he of- ficially f-fisially opened Friday night in a public ceremony. Trucks of area farmers are slaking frequent trips to SIaIla Creamery to draw water for :their livestock.. Well below normal rainfall has. resulted in ninny wells , going dry and up to 35 far- mers are drawing from this'' • source • e • •