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Strange regulations!
The Ontario government's 1974 budget, brought down in the
Legislature recently, contains some oddities that are more than
puzzling.
For example, the provincial sales tax has been removed from
shoes costing less than $30. Why the limit? We know several
people who pay more than$30 a pair for shoes --not because
they want to dress more ostentatiously than their neighbors, but
because they have foot defects which make it impossible to
wear less costly footwear. They winnow pay not only the
higher price, but a 7 per cent tax their more fortunate fellows
can avoid.
And how about the budget's decision to permit the province
to pay 50 per cern of the losses of urban transit systems? The
avowed purpose behind that one is to freeze present fares so
that city folks won't have to pay more for their bus, streetcar
and subway tickets. The 50 per cent provincial assistance, of
course, comes our of the pockets of the country folks as well
as the city dwellers and darn few of us our in "the sticks" are
going to save much because subway fares are frozen.
Perhaps the most controversial item in the budget was the
declaration that there would be a 50 per cent tax on profits
made from buying and selling land and real estate which was
nor improved during ownership. There are so many exceptions
to the regulation that it will be very difficult to apply fairly.
Intended to freeze the spiralling price of land for development
in the province, it might turn out that the additional tax will
have the opposite effect. So many are greedy for land profits
that the extra tax may simply be added to the asking price and
thus bring about even wilder prices. (The Printed Word)
Accident often not accident!
"Accident" is one of the most weary words in Webster's
dictionary.
It is stretched to cover auto crack-ups killing or maiming
people for life, children who die after gorging on "candy"
aspirin, a person crippled for life after a crushing fall down-
stairs as well as spilling a glass of milk.
The label "accident" - credited with more than five thous-
and lives last year --actually poses a stumbling block itself. "It
was just an accident" is a socially acceptable excuse, even if
a person is killed or maimed for life.
Even accident statistics --by their great diversity --confuse,
rather than clarify the issue. For example, more than ten
percent of 1973's accidental deaths were due to falls, and about
ten percent of the victims burned to death.
So what do you do? Avoid stairways or eliminate fires and
heating equipment from your home? That would hardly be the
answer.
Accident prevention today mainly consists of safety check-
lists and slogan campaigns. But hopefully, in the future re-
searchers may be able to paint the true epidemiological picture,
much as was accomplished in the last ten years with polio.
Some reserach has been done, but the fourth dealing cause of
death presents a mammoth and diverse challenge. Indications
are that there is more involved in an accident than just a simple
occurrence --fall, poisoning or burn.
The most dangerous time of the day, as far as home accidents
go, appears to be the period immediately preceding the evening
meal --between three and six -- the highest point of hunger and
fatigue of the day.
Children in families under stress of some temporary type are
more susceptible to accidents.
As far as cause -effect relationships, little is known. And
unfortunately, much of the available knowledge and just plain
common sense go unheeded. For example, we know poisons can
kill, but babies continue to crawl under the kitchen sink and
drink to the death the poison left there.
Although we don't have all the answers, we can apply
knowledge that we have the question the label "accident"
before stretching it to cover a death or injury in your home.
(Gilmer Mirror, Texas)
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Mennonite arts festival
planned for May 5
A Mennonite Arts Festival
will be held Sunday afternoon,
May 5, at the Cambridge
Shoppers' Mall (Hespeler).
Hundreds of items will be exhib•
ited to show the arts and crafts
of predominantly Mennonite
artists. Past will blend with the
present as articles lovingly
fashioned by past generations
are displayed along with those
of present artisans.
It would be difficult to
think of an art which will not
be represented. Needlecraft,
rugs, macrame, leather craft,
toys, puppets, weaving, candle•
making, flower arranging,
painting, ceramics, photograph;
will be some of the art forms
displayed. There will be books
by Mennonit authors. Drama
groups, choirs and singing
groups will perform throughout
the four-hour festival.
Of interest will be two group-
ings of children's art, one
rural and one urban in origin.
Room settings will display
antique articles gathered from
the area. Straw dolls, dried
apple -head dolls, carved wood-
en figures are but a few of the
distinctive hand -made items
to be viewed. There will be
live demonstrations of decoup-
age and rug hooking.
The early Mennonites, with
their emphasis on simplicity,
sincerity and humility, discour-
aged the use of art as an aid to
worship. Music was the except-
ion, being a part of their relig-
Steer
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BY
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SNIDER
To increase mileage, have
spark plugs gapped to the
maker's speciafications.
Too much steering play, ex-
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shimmy can be due 'to loose or
worn bearings. Noise from
front wheels may be another
sign of trouble.
A good habit for the motor
tourist is to check local road
conditions on tomorrow's route
the night before.
Too much inside illumination
can be distracting during night
driving. Use the dimmer con-
trol to reduce light on your in-
strument panel.•
We know a fellow with a mam-
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called the salesman he bought
it from, and asked if he could
trade it in for two compacts.
Big cars, small cors, we've got what
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ious expression from the begin-
ning. But creativity cannot be
suppressed and beauty of colour
and design were evident in
many band -crafted articles
used in the homes.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1974
Butter prints, family docu-
ments with their elaborate
fraktur embellishments, sampl-
ers and quilts are but a few
examples of articles in com-
mon useage which bore testi-
mony to the artistic talents of
their creators.
A Mennonite arts festival is
an opportunity to view the art
pilgrimage of a people.
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