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The Brussels Post, 1953-1-7, Page 7Freedom Of Enterprise "The highest standard *of living in the world and, tire fullest development of freedom of conscience and the dignity of the in- dividual have been achieved on this continent In the etm05010re 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 enjo'y 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 effott 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 to 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 itdieidual, 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 coni><nunity." •-Declaratidrt el° policy apan proved by The Cada"an Chamber of Commercej9i is 23rd• Annual' Meeting. Is My !-louse On Fire? • Dramatic Appear Over TV.' tifi2i things sorkethnes happen during television programes --•• especialm ''- ,M the 'United Statues.'' The - other day Mrs. Mary O'Connor Was a guest M a cer-` tain TV 'network prograninie. While she was, being intervidived and brightly- answering ail 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 fear ta;the announcer in full 'view 'of the viewers, He was a inal).`of ac- tion. He appealed to the viewers near I irs. O'Connor'e, apartment to find out quickly whether Mrs. O'Connor's living -room was on fire. Men with a ladder close to the building acted promptly and, gazing through' •the window of the root., discovered that Mrs. O'Connor's feats 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 CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACnOaa 1. Encountered I. ittbbod fabric` 7. Coincide 12. .Fenn 13. Natal 14, Coronet 18. gratuity 18. Fish's etvinl• ming organ.. 17, stratum 18. Minister 50, (crown. boy 21. Watling bird 25. Sapertorlty In Content 80 Lure 28,1V114 plum 29. ]lnaallty 22 Oriel' 84. cry of 11 cat 38. Too bad 84, Roman lioune- hold god# 89. Bullaghtcr 41. Intrlllgenee 48, Doter. 44, Eating' 47 ''sage 00 1nvltr 51.11%11 hill 54aheeplll;e 55Aualraltan • 1,1rd 54.Ntllve IAct,t5 00Shoots of filaax 00. Turn right 87. trovIted fabric TOW.: 1, Cantcxl 8. Ancient 1 i Oman officio 4. cultured 5. Poem 0. Faoton 7. Book of niapx 8. Mythical men n. Beam, 10. Bather than. 11. Organ of hearing 19. Start 31.,7apanesc coin 20. City official 40. Tropical tett ts 49. Radium emanation 32. Orindina tootle 23. shade tree 24. Slsh 8ggo 43. lrrpathe 58 able of heavily in evergreen sleep 27.IIue 44. Yteron 29. Old card game 40. Silver coin 29. Winn. 47, dtllnp 81. itodollt 45. Topaz tram• 43. Remainder ming bird 30. One of as 52 Large rceep. ancient Ilbre• fade ponnrnee- ad.Implote 1 2. .3 • 1, I- 5 4 ' £ 1 u. ' 9 10 11 11.. l ,t 13 4.14 15 ? h i4 s' I7 n1 til 23 ,t4 14 l',A t 21. 1 '.}FR 28 34 39 30 31 s 31 33 •t',�v 3s. 24. ", 31r. ,;' 59 4oq'C.•9l +1 49 44. 47 48 49'K::" o n 51 5A vv. 4 - II; 'i.S5 7 Answer telsewl 514 nn This Page Blessing 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 III. Msgr. Touze celebrated Mass in the circus ring, in commemoration of Winter Circus performers who have died through the years. Frozn 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 March, 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 banislunent," 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 11tH the "Moniteur" announced: "The tiger has shown himself at Gap. Troops are ad- 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 at his 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 Fonteinebleu." Thus the change from monster.,. to emperor was affected. The following day's announcement stated: "Yesterday .etcening His Majes- ty the Emperor made his public entry and arrived at the Tuiler- ies. Nothing can exceed the uni-• vernal, joy." Thine Stands Still With Ilnsect Life Latest estimates by scientists who specialize in the study of insects, put the number of known kinds of insects at 750,000. They add that nearly all kinds exist "in incalculably great numbers." Many of them, especially flies, live in the Arctic as far north as 'there is any vegetation to sup- port thein. They thrive in the cold, desolate regions of north- western andnorth-eastern Green- land where the average winter temperature is forty degrees be- low zero, The caterpillars of butterflies living in these regions may be frozen until they are as hard as Ice and as brittle as rotten twigs, yet when it warms up they thaw out and come to life, and as though nothing had happened they cantle= with their inter- rupted feeding. From the surface of the land insects are found in diminishing numbers up to a height of at least fifteen thousand feet. Recently, high up in the Andes Mountains of South America, at an alti- tude of 10,028 feet, a small. white butterfly woe discovered which lives among the most desolate masses of rock and can o•11t• survive it the air pressure is less than half that to which we are accustomed. Insects have not always been as small as they are ,now. In pre- historic times there were moths ' as big as starlings and beetles the size of rabbits. But Nature found that insects would have special advantages it they were smaller, They would be able to exist in great numbers in a limited area on a limited food supply. If millions of them were killed off, the remainder could increase rapidly in proportion to the amount of food available, Another advantage Nature gave to insects'was the ability to exist in a dormant or semi -dormant state over a long period in some cases thirty or forty years. This is , illustrated by some of our northern insects which 'hiber- nate" during the winter months, and by those numerous tropical insects which lie dormant throughout the dry season. Some desert insects, with ap- parently no form of sustenance whatever on which to live, re- main dormant from one rainy period to another --ea period which sometimes lasts several years. Studies of forest soils in Den- mark have revealed an insect population varying from 4,000,000 to 34,000,000 per acre, with an average of nearly 15,000,0001 Be- sides those figures the human population of the earth pales into insignificance. Using a stop -watch for check- ing purposes, a well known farm "economist found soma 'ilium'tnat- ing fade regarding 'how Charles Cowan was able to cut down dairy -chore time in a• bank barn,. * A, e A, check of 16 farmers 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. 4 4 Y 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, milkingroozn and loafing area are on the bot- tom floor. His feed room is on the second floor and feed tan 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 -ib. 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. * e a The Homemade milking parlor is a four -abreast walk-through with the milkroom adjacent. 5 h. O Hay is dropped from the mow on the top floor of the barn into racks in the loafing area, * e a 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 hire $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'. 8 e 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. 5 r o Best use of 'antibiotics on the dairy farm is in treatment of • seems, say .experts of Cornell University's animal husbandry department. They do not think there is ally present need to in- elude them in the rations of dairy cows. • * r Calves on antibiotics over a 3 -yr. period grew more rapidly and had less difficulty from scours and digestive distur- bances. As an average,' calves on antibiotics gained 22% more rap- idly during the first 8 weeks than controls. The latter groups scoured an average of 10 days as compared with 4 days for those fed the drug. 5 fl 5 Intake of starter feed was 30% greater for antibiotic -fed calves but there was no difference in the amount of hay consumed. Cost of feed required to make a emit of grain was reduced 9%. ✓ 5 * Scours cases were decreased in number and were less severe when antibiotics were used. However, this treatment did not prevent all cases nor did all animals respond favorably , Where calves were paired for study, there was no difference between control and treated calves in some cases when rate of gain, incidence of scours or general appearance were com- pared. Number of unthrifty animals may be decreased under antibio- tic treatment. End result is that all calves do about as well as those making normal growth. Even with antibiotics, it remains important to follow good feeding and management practices and to avoid overfeeding. 5 4 * 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 times that nor- mally found in conunercial feeds) was fed the eows'in grain they refused to eat the grain. But a somewhat smaller amount had me effect on their feeding habits. Mo ra Knorr 4p The pollster who ask a'teel.. Joh question Is apt to get a fooillie, answer. Perhaps it waszr't downrigo silly 10 ask houswives, tie an+d mrecentlanufayctudidrer, I1of gw home thaepplilMs8 1asze0o their time, but it was at le*Mi teasing the obvious. When the houswife replie i. with a straight face that else spent about six hours a dMy "entertaining" her children, tlsa pollsters solemnly recorded they fact for the everlasting centre« sion of sociologists and the malty - ere of washing machines. NO one who has been izriloei up with a small child would ever refer to his monumental invollfe went as entertainment, nor wail$ he figure it required only s1a hours. Relations with a chili can only be described in terns of war -attack and counters - attack, double envelopment, psy- chological warfare, saturati0ttt bombing, armistice and losing the peace. And it is all total. The 10 minutes required tib make beds, for instace, is a pure- ly theoretical accounting ac pinch of the bread crum & scattered through the day's ham- burger which is all playing' with and against Junior, diem- • tangling him from the biankefr rescuing the pillow case emptying the dog out of it, an - steering questions, picking exp pieces of the alarm clock. If the pollsters really want ee know what goes on in the bonus, they should stay in it°And that incidentally , wouldn't be a bets idea. Detroit News Detroit officials countered a starling invasion he the Sher- wood Forest section by, .instet- ling loudspeakers emitting 11,004E cycle whistlings. These sotindg frightened off the birds but wee* inaudible to humans. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking eIPP ®®O ©©FM 2nr om® MEM 00B OED MOM MEOW QUO BMEEVOUDOVUIn WEMU I 6JLki■`v T EI 1 MECO GUM I QOM MEM MOOEOL LZ ©E!2 Jf MOM D©©k4 ©O©©ENE ME MEMO gAinl 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 fmally grounded in ice 10' feet thick, some 25 miles from Baffin Island, .hear 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 Guard icebreaker Eastwind build igloos while "aground" near Bay. 'Their first experience of sound movies delights Baffin Islander wl This knife- busines is a nuisance. l=ingers are casie Ula, IA