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Zurich Citizens News, 1966-09-15, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 151 946 editotsal Ca�nme4 Ominous Sign It is an ominous sign that in their eight -city strike against Canada Packers Limited, members of the United Packing- house Workers union indicate they are prepared to stay out a long time in pursuit of a wage settlement that would be the equivalent of what the union calls "the Pearson formula". The phrase refers to the government -approved 30 per cent wage increase over two years that settled the strike against the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. In the packinghouse strike the company offered a wage increase of 20 cents an hour in each year of a two-year agreement. The union claims that this would be only about half the Pearson formula settlement. The seaway dispute was not the gov- ernment's only excursion into this field. Earlier there was the settlement by a cabi- net team of the Quebec longshoremen's strike with an 80 cents an hour increase over two years, about a 33 per cent wage hike. Ottawa also bears some responsibility for the fantastic wages being paid in the Montreal area—$6 an hour for plumbers, for instance—because of the urgency to build Expo '67 on time. It will he surprising if almost all con - r qw tract negotiations coming up in the near future are not plagued by labor's claim that it has e\'ery right to follow the wage guidelines set by these government -dictated settlements. Negotiators for 95,000 rail- way workers were quick to dismiss a con- cilation board recommendation of an in- crease of 40 cents an hour over two years; they have said they exxpect to settle for nothing less than the percentage increase given the longshoremen and the seaway workers. We could applaud the determined drive by these particular unions for higher wages if it meant higher living standards for all. But that is not the case. The wage hikes are far beyond the economy's in- creased rate of productivity. The inevi- table result is higher prices and higher living costs, another discount on the dollar. Even for those who wilfully and without conscience use their monopoly power to enforce quite unreasonable demands, the real gain will be largely illusory. For salaried workers and others on fixed in- comes, particularly for pensioners, it will be the equivalent of a healthy pay cut. The so-called Pearson formula is really a formula for inflation. — Nanton (Alta.) Sow the Wind Sow the wind, it warns in the Old Testament, and you shall reap the whirl- wind. It is a warning that crowds into the mind with regard to the rash of illegal strikes that has broken out across Canada, and particularly to the mob of strikers who defied police and union leaders and virtu- ally seized the Steel Company of Canada's Hamilton works. "The strike," says a news report, "was sparked by fewer than 200 workers, many of whom roamed the plant instructing other workers to leave their jobs. Some strikers broke into supplier plants, which are not part of the Stelco group, and cut power cables to try to force workers to leave posts. The strike appeared to have been well organized. but neither the union nor the company could identify those be- hind it. Some attributed it to young hot- heads, others to Communisits and still others to a group of Canadian .autonomists within the union." It may be an unwelcome truth, but labor's leaders have contributed to this spirit of lawlessness. They have long fos- tered disrespect and dislike for "the boss". Recently they have fomented defience of the law. When the leaders of illegal mass picketing at Peterborough, Ontario, were convicted and sentenced, one labor leader denounced the judge as impertinent; an- other told the press, "if we can't find ways of conforming to the directions of the court we will have to disobey the court order"; another counselled union members all over Ontario to go out and repeat the offence, and added that the province woud need new jails to hold all the union lawbreakers. So the wind. Nanton (Alta.) News Too Much Must It is time for officials of the govern- ment, particularly in the income tax divis- Jon. to be less demanding and more polite towards the customers. The customers in this case are the people who have to pay personal income taxes. or who have to remit regularly some sums of money for other people. There is too much of the demand and not enough of the request in all their communications concerning the payment of money to the Receiver General of Canada. Even the phrase "you are required" would sound better than that word "must". After all, payment made to Ottawa are made to servants of the people, not mas- ters. If everyone in Canada refused to pay taxes, it could be that the Receiver General and all persons under him would have to seek their sustenance by holding a tin cup at the business corners of Canada. —The Printed Word. From My Window By Shirley Keller FREEDOM — IT'S GREAT There's something about door- to-door salesmen that has al - ,ways bothered me. I've tried to figure it out why I'm on guard the moment I see a case -toting male at my door. Usually he is friendly enough; generally he is well-mannered and polite; always he is anx- ious to be of service . . . but still, my inner being tells me to beware. I had another attack of this curious malady the other day when a salesman, a long-time agent in the area, knocked on my door. My first impulse was to ignore his presence (maybe he'll go away, I thought) but the blare of the television and the cries of my infant had no doubt assured him that I was within. After a moment or two of deciding just which excuse I would use this time, I ap- proached the door Iike an in- fantryman would scout around I guess, I had hoped the mo- ment's delay would have dis- couraged my visitor or even better, that the ground had swallowed him up ... but alas, he stood firm, nodding and smiling, "Hello, may I have a few minutes of your time?" All my standard refections were poured out like a broken record, "Not today, I'm too busy" and "my baby is crying" and "I really don't need any- thing" and "I'm pretty well stocked, thank you," I told him. Then came the shocker. This gallant intruder said he'd noticed my hesitancy on previous occasions. He wanted the truth about my reluctance to purchase, not a bunch of ex- cuses he'd heard at thousands of doors from thousands of women. I admired his forthright ques- tion. I had thought I had spurn- ed his sales pitches so subtly he would never have noticed I seldom bought anything. Now, the next bend. Subconsciously, I learned the facts. I was wast- ing his valuable time and he wanted know whether this trend was apt to continue. With my heart in my mouth and my eyes glued to the floor, I explained that I preferred to shop in a store and to make my selections without pressure at my leisure. I assured him it was nothing personal and certainly no slight on his com- pany. He smiled once more, agreed that it was my choice to make and left without fur- ther adieu. Thunderstruck, I watched him get into his car and drive away. I had expected, I think, that he would attempt to set my house ablaze or kick me in the shins or snarl at my children if I told him simply 1 didn't want him to call. I realized now that this is a free country, I am the mistress of my house with a perfect right to refuse to buy if that is my desire, and sales- men are busy businessmen with many interested customers to see. I'm indebted to that sales- man, for he taught me a lesson in living. Honesty is the best policy, even though it some- times hurts more to tell the truth than to hear it. Zurich News PRINTED BY CH HERB TURKH)IN{„PvGtisherTH HURON PUBLIST3ERS J E' HLTI4IITEDUNT, PIant Superintendenf Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. and for payment of postage in cash. • Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscripti9n Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States stied and ?oreign; single copies 7 cents. TRAFFIC MUST STOP IN BOTH DIRECTIONS NOW! Red signal lights have replaced the amber ones on the front of school buses in Ontario ... and now motorists approaching the bus from the front must STOP when the red signal lights are flashing and must remain stopped until the signal lights are of'. (The only exception is when you are approaching the bus on a highway divided into separate roadways.) For some time now drivers have been required to stop BEHIND a school bus which was stopped with red signal lights flashing on the back. The new amendment to the Highway Traffic Act, requiring traffic to stop in BOTH directions, will give further protection to youngsters by allowing them time to cross the road. (Ontario Department of Transport photo). SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley NOT AS BAD AS COLOR SLIDES Don't ask me what I'm doing in a hotel room in Calgary, writing this on a rented type- writer. The best -laid plans of men with stubborn wives gang aft agley. We should be at home right now, but get my wife and daughter into a posh hotel and the only way you can get thein out is to call the man- agement and tell them you have no money. Travel is supposed to be broadening. And it is. In the first place, you're sitting around on your tail most of the time —in planes, trains, buses and hotel rooms. Secondly, besides the lack of exercise, you eat too much and too often. Between the two, travel is definitely broadening. Travel is also exhilarating, expensive and exhausting. The best part is starting out on the trip. There's the excitement of anticipation: new scenes, new faces, new experiences. You're feeling first-rate. All your clothes are clean and fresh and pressed. You have every cent of available cash on your hip. The worst part is the tail end of it. The anticipation has turned to satiation. You're feel- ing awful, whether it's consti- pation or piles or dire rear or just the fact that you're utterly bushed. Every rag you own is soiled and crumpled. And you are not only flat broke but you have signed a couple of cheques that are guaranteed pure India rubber. We've seen a fair chunk of the second largest country in the world, in the last few days. Jet liner to Vancouver. Back by train through the Rockies to Edmonton. Tomorrow off to Banff all day, back to catch jet and into Toronto airport in the dawn's early light, after •a 22- hour day and a couple of thou- sand miles. Yes, even the bourgeois are getting around these days. Now, I know there's nothing quite so dull as hearing about somebody else's holiday .trip. So I won't bore you with a res- ume of ours. Except in the next two or three columns, Just a few general impressions. I'm not sure Lake Superior is stili there, as we were above cloud when we flew over where it was supposed to be. Nice cloud, though. The prairies are very wide. Also long. But don't expect a sea of waving wheat, like in the novels. From 33,000 feet, it's the same .old patchwork quilt as elsewhere. Further- more, those of us who don't Iive there have beengetting a bum steer for years. There isn't supposed to be any water out there, but when you look down, they're crawling with lakes. The Rockies? Very rocky. Aliso high. Lots of high rocks there. No, what made me gasp was the thought of the early birds. First, the explorers like Mc- Kenzie and Thompson, who fought and starved their way through that massive, menacing wall 200 years ago, with a sack pemmican, a few Indians and a canoe. How their lips must curl, those early birds, as they look down and see us rolling through in 10 hours, and her us com- plaining about the lack of space in our compartment, the lack of variety in our meals, and the slow service in the bar. West coast? Very coast -tike. Good deal of shore -line. And water. 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But it hadn't impaired his appetite, I noticed, when 1 was paying the bill for dinner. He left with a big grin and one of my best shirts. Well, here we are, running out of space, and I haven't even begun to tell you about bow Kim fell in love with the life- guard in -Edmonton, or how my wife fell asleep on all the sight- seeing ightseeing tours or how I fell into the lap of a nun when the train was swaying in the Rockies. Oh, well, at least I haven't made you look at colored slides. HURON CO-OPERATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES Offers to Residents of Huron County Comprehensive Medical Coverage At Cost! —Individual and Group Rates Available— Inquire today from: KENNETH JOHNS, 67 John Street East, Exeter MRS. 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