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Times-Advocote, October 12, 1478
CuDing isome throats -
There was a.time when death and
taxes were among the -only certainties
in life. but the list has been extended to
include postal strikes and slowdowns.
The great paradox in the situation
is that while the postal union leaders
and their followers take such action to
gain better wages or fight automation.
they jeopardize their very livelihood.
__-The fastest growing"business in the
-country today is mail courier services.
Each strike. or'even the mere mention
of a mail disruption. sees more and
more customers switch their business
over to the new firms rather than suf-.
fer the consequences.
• In addition. many customers are
finding that the couriers not only
provide better and more dependable
service. but in some cases it is
cheaper. In one Toronto borough. the
PUC has hired a courier service to
deliver bills to its 80.000 residential
customers. In so doing. they're saving
$30.000 a year as it costs only eight
cents a bill instead of the 14 charged by
the post office. `
It is a mole that other firms wilt be
investigating closely and 'one which
taxpayers will be demanding their of-
ficials to look at in view of the savings
involved. -
Meanwhile. postal unions fail to
se\the handwriting on the wall and •
continue to cut their own throats. It's
almost beyond comprehension' -
Need candidates
. While it may still be too early to
tell. indications are that Exeter tax -
pavers may have difficulty filling -the
mane'. vacancies which exist on the
local Council.
There are at least -four members
planning to retire and to date the
. number of candidates 'announcing in-
tentions to seek office is not sufficient
to provide a full slate.
That situation could change during
- the -nomination period over the next 10
days. However. there is a danger that
the positions could be garnered through
default by people who have dubious
qualifications or interests for.th�coun-
ciI seats.
People usually get . what they
deserve and surely one of the fastest
growing communities in Ontario
deserves the most. qualified people
possible to make the important
decisions for the next two years. ,.
Ratepayers would be remiss in -
their duties if they failed to ensure that
the .vacancies are filled by conscien-
tious citizens.
What are alternatives?
- Thanksgiving -Day has come and
gone for another year. and given the
current state of. -the nation's economic
status. there may be those who found it
difficult to reflect enthusiastically. and
thankfully on the pat year.
. Unemployment has not shown any
decline.^'strikes are still rampant in
many segments. the Canadian dollar
continues to struggle and inflation is
far from levelling off. , - -
The country. in many respects.
could be termed to be in a rather anx=
ious state.
However. given the alternatives, is
there anyfplace you'd rather be? '"
'Changes difficult
In a. number of municipalities
across Canada. police are switching' to
smaller -cars- The. reasoning is simple.
Smaller. -Cars are more economical.
And police today rarely indulge in
those wild high sped chases that re-
quire, big powerful cars — dangerous
drivers become more dangerous. when
they're desperately evading pursuit
Blau. women an\ members of
some minorities are slowly beginning
to appear among the ranks of -
profesSionals.` and in executive
posit• ft's. \
In India.•rats still destroy about as
much grain as humans consume.
What have these three examples to
do,with each other'
•Stir iply- this — the first two are
chp405 taking place..in_ tiort?
Amdrica. Sone people welcome them
as common sense and justice. Others
regar them as' dangerous deviations
from radttion. and fight them with all
the ve mence they can muster. Both
1 k'
these changes. now becoming more ap-
parent. have been slow in developing
• although they. have been advocated by
thoughtful minds for years.
and this- .is in North America.
. where we have become accustomed to
change. where change has taken place
faster. and more often. than perhaps
. anywhere else on earth. In contrast life
in much of .India. south-east Asia. and
Africa continueswith few differences
—from centuries ago.
Today. many well-meaning people
on this continent grow disillusioned
with aid to underdeveloped . nations.
and argue that there's no point in help-
ing them with food or technology until
they make radical changes.
If we who are fatniliar with change
find it difficult te-necept,miflor changes
in vtj Irves. how can we -so glibly de-
mand radical change from,people-who
appear to us to have never learned how
to change? _
The United Church of Canada
Perspectives
were the days tietore, un-
employiment insurance.
when welfare was Mill a dir-
ty word and people knew
what 11 was like to he
without ali the things that
we •consider as the
necessities of life -
He told me about the hun-
By dreds of voting men who
SYD FLETCHER rode the railwayfreightcars
• from town. to town At each
In thl,c the 'latter part .01 they would he given some
the 20th century. here in soup and If they were lucky'
wealthy Canada 1t would a place to sleep The. next
seem 'hal nobody" would day they were n14-10. more
need to go hungry on or fare. vagrancy
div father told me -about charges
how it was hack in the thir- in the city of Hamilton he
ties. the 'hungry thirties' remembered that you could
people called them These .ee young fellows walktnt.
Times htablrshed 1873 Advocate EstabIshed 1 881
the city streets When they
came to a garbage can they -
would turn it over. going
through the messy piles to
find any morsel of food or
worthwhile piece of
clothing Then. very careful -
Iv they would place every
bit of it hack -in the can -so
they.. wouldn't get into any
trouble
Hard times I doubtthat a
weight -watchers club would
have been much in demand.
imagine the lapghter when
somebody suggested that a
group of people•should pito'
three dollars a week to not
eat
This summer i was sitting
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