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The Huron Expositor, 1949-06-24, Page 24141. st 1 Xas' a 60<, ,., CLeau; dltor.• shed a'G' $eaf'arth;, Ontario, e' - U qday afternoon by McLean scr pttoxn'a ateai $2.00 a year in n1�0 x' foreign $2.50 a year. Single WC*. 5 cents each.. dvrtising rates. on; application. ail POffice Department, Ottaaasoa as Second alaSs awa ;.FO1TH, Friday, June 24, 1949 Alex Lowery Alex Rutherford Lowery died on Saturday afternoon. To some readers his passing may have no sig- ' ilfieance, but to his ,fellow employ- ees and to those many friends who respected and appreciated his great loyalties, his kindliness and ever good will, his death leaves a void that will be a long time in healing. More than sixty years ago as a boy, he entered the employment of this weekly and learned his trade as a printer. With the exception of two or three short periods when he sought employment elsewhere, he continued to serve the publishers of The Huron Expositor. At his death, and for many years previously, he was foreman of the mechanical de- partment of the paper. Never one to seek acclaim, it was typical of him that even his closest friends had no knowledge of his full name. To them he was "Pete" or "Slick." His reward, he felt, was the realization that he was doing his job in the best way he knew how. $e had a gentlemanly interest in his Bellow men—not from a sense of idle curiosity, but rather one which ]stemmedfrom an innate interest in their well-being. He liked children and children liked him. His passing will be most keenly felt by his fam- ily, his grandchildren and great- grandchildren. He was faithful. No employer could have had a more conscientious employee, or one whose life was so dedicated to service. During his lifetime he saw three generations of editors in charge of the paper, . and to each he gave of his loyalty and support in a manner that can never be fully acknowledged. Alex Lowery is gone, but his in- fluence and example of service will live on and be reflected in future issues of this paper for years to come. That is as he would have wished it. • A Proven Record On Monday citizens of Huron- rerth and of all Canada will have the opportunity of deciding the pol- icies under which they are to be governed for the next five years. In marking their ballots, electors will give consideration to the proven success which has marked the ad- ministration of the St. Laurent Lib- leral Government on the one hand, and the promises of the opposition parties on the other hand. They will recall, too, those past occasions when one of the opposition parties was called on to implement its promises and the conditions, notably in the ;early thirties, which resulted in Canada at that time. I Voters will also consider that ;there are more jobs in Canada today and Canadians are enjoying a better income than they have ever had be - 'ore. There are nearly a million more people in jobs today than pre- war. In three years ex -service per- isonnel have been re-established and ,tthousands of young Canadians have tgrown up to job openings with a future. Yet this influx of labour has lin no way reduced wages or income. The national income today is three ]times as high as it was when war 'broke out. Wages and salaries have ipied, farm income is four times tris pre-war figure. The best proof of this, of course, is in the bank. Wages And prices mightgo up apace and no- ody would be better off. But the act is that real income—the things rou buy with an hour's work --'has tinereascd. There are a billion dol- lars more in savings accounts today fan there were ten years ago. Xlldividt ally every Canadian has ea�leitttd from this prosperity. Col- e t110 yy. `�v 'aye vastly improved sur stake in the world. The products°SUER o of our farms, fQreats and_ fisheries, Qf our factories ami our mines, are worth twice as much today as they were text years ago. This great increase in our produc- tion means two things. It means that here at home each Canadian gets a greater share of an increased wealth. It also means that Canada is producing the goods to maintain' an ever growing export trade. It will also be remembered that while prosperity is increasing, the Government also made sure that ev- ery Canadian would enjoy a greater measure of security for all time to come. Family allowances are per- haps the biggest factor in this social security program. Pensions have been increased, too, as part of the Liberal program for ever greater social security. Fed- eral payments have been twice in- creased for old age pensions since 1945. The basic old age pension is now $40 a month. The provincial governments have been encouraged to contribute more in line with this federal policy. A third factor in better social se- curity is the national health pro- gram, which provides $165,000,000 in grants from Ottawa to the provin- cial governments during a five-year period. Something more the voter will con- sider is that by careful administra- tion the Liberal Government has produced the conditions of greater prosperity, • provided more security, and yet cut the national debt by more than one and a half billion dol- lars. Since the war our national debt has been reduced by $1,625,000,000. At the same time every budget since 1945 has announced lower rates of taxation. The decision which rests with the voters is a vital one. Upoirit depends Canada's progress in future years. • DEBT REDUCTION LOGICAL COURSE (From the Winnipeg Free Press) With a growing recklessness Mr. Drew has made some extraordinary statements in the pre- sent campaign. But perhaps the most extraord- inary of all is the statement that the Canadian government has been over -taxing the Canadian people to enforce a cyclical budget devised by a set of "long-haired" experts in Ottawa. Such a statement would come with questionable wisdom ' from anyone. From Mr. Drew, as will be seen in a moment, it comes with complete mathematical absurdity. Mr. Drew begins by attacking the cyclical bud. get theory as an invention of official crackpots. To hear him one would think that the theory was some kind of mysterious and dangerous man- ipulation of money, about on a par with Social Credit. In fact, it is only the simple proposition that in good times a nation should spend less than it collects, use the surplus to reduce its debt and thus prepare itself to carry a deficit, if nec- essary, and expand debt in bad• times. But one does not need even to subscribe to this simple proposition to see that the Canadian government, having amassed a gigantic debt for war purposes, was wise to reduce it as much as possible during a period of boom and record high revenges. For if the debt, and its heavy interest cost on the taxpayers cannot be reduced in such times, when can it be reduced, and how can the nation afford an unavoidable increase in debt and interest costs in less fortunate times later on? The nation is in precisely the position of a private citizen who, during a period of misfor- tune, has placed a heavy mortgage on his house. His position improving, he finds that he is earn- ing more money than before. 'Shall he spend all his income or shall he pay off part of the mortgage and time reduce the interest charges whioh it involves? t Elven if he were assured of a Permanently high income the same citizen would attempt to reduce the deadweight of his debt; but the citizen knows that in the normal course of things his income is likely to drop at some time in the future and, moreover, be faces, heavy extra expenses, perhaps Tor the education of his children or some other purpose. Reckoning on these ,prospects he will not spend on unnecessary luxuries every cent he makes. He will reduce the mortgage and, if possible, put something by for a rainy day. • After the war Canada had a heavy mortgage, the interest on which was costing it almost as much as its total expenditures before the war, It had a record high income. It, faced the possi- bility of a drop in that income through world factors outside its control. And it also faced in- creased costs of government for various desir- able purposes. Yet Mr. Drew says that the gov- ernment was wrong in reducing the national debt, even by a moderate amount, at a time when this reduction was especially needed to combat infla- tion. He says that the country has been over- taxed until now, as if every dollar collected by the government above its expenditures were not used to relieve the burden of debt on every citi- zen. Mr. Drew could argue thus with honesty if he proposed to reduce the total cost of government drastioa.11y. Then be could say that, since the total cost was much smaller than before, the country could afford to leave the debt alone and carry it comfortably, and that, if necessary later on, taxes could be increased to meet unforeseen extra costs. But Mr. Drew says ndthing of the sort. He promises to increase the government's total casts immediately by some 50 per cent„ which would involve an increase in taxes of the Same amount or, alternatively, an increase in debt. While attacking the government for over- taxation vertaxation in the past he would raise taxes by ;;. something• like a billion dollars a year or finance the state by borrowing, so long as anyone would lend himp oney. There tit ay be powerful arguments for increas- Ing taxes for certain purposes, though the public obviously Is opposed, to them. There can be no argument for Mr. Drew's soacalled policy Mince It defies arithmetic, distorts the facts of the Pact, ignores the facia of the present and leaves the ,facts of the future to .Look waiter themselves. To Klee a charitable word, Ibtr. Drew is yraznlsing,. an inipoSsibility and he knows MEADOWS A country church on. las'. Sunday' at service bas' an, s,tmnaphere about it that I personally think you can't find anywhere elee. It may only be a gaunt white brick building, standing on a patch of ground that hasn't had too much care, or it may be a small, white frame one, surrounded by flowers and shrubs planted in a loving but inartistic Way. It..pan ,be a church at a crossroads, or one that has a small cluster of buildings about it. The roof may need shingles, and the shed may be leaning at a crooked angle. The fence way be battered by ears, and the lawn may be cropped by the sexton's cow. • Just the same, if it is a genuine ccuntry church, then it has a coun- try congregation, and they are the ones who make the atmosphere. They come in cars• that stand tip to the hard knocks of hauling chop and calves and double for plea- sure. The vintage of the cars may range from old-timers that Ford -would like to have back as museum pieces to the latest models, and even a truck or two. The men drive up and wait until the womenn'folks get out. The wo- men bob along the line of cars, and standing men with nods of their hats and self-conscious flut- terings of their hands. The men stolidly light their pipes and get By Harry J. Ooylo out of the cars to 'walk up to they, knot of people ta'lkizg, They're sunburned an freckled and 4 keF suits show the algae) of Where they, have been hanging all week on hooks or hangars. There is an ex- change of greetings and they ,g t into the conversation. It ^realt y isn't great as conveinsations go, but it concerns the familiar happen- ings of the community. Somebody bobs a head out of the front door of the church and they knock out their pipes, or 'butt their cigarettes and go inside. They find the well -rubbed wood of the seats that have been occupied by their families for gen.eratione. A community of men and women,. who by •their work ,probably live closer to God than any other ]peo- ple ,in this world, have come to pay their respects to the One who surveys their ]tabors during the week. Sometimes it's hard to keep pay- ing attention .when you're not used to sitting for ,such a long time. Other times, the sounds' of the birds in the elm outside the win- dow and the lazy buzzing of a bee around a woman's hat„ takes your mind away from worship. Just the same, there is a quality of sincer- ity in a,simple setting that must please the one to whom it's adi dressed. Canada's Smartest Finish Obtainable in 25 CHARMING COLOURS JOHN BACH Specify Murphy Paints and NARVO for your next paint job Main St. Telephone 17 ADD A PLEASURE BONUS TO YOUR HOLIDAY TRIP Holidays are meant for enjoyment ... don't let tire trouble mar your trip ... cause delay or perhaps an accident. Let us equip your car for a tire -safe holi- day, with dependable new, road -gripping Goodyears. They give more miles, more satisfaction per dollar because they are built better to last longer. Come in and see us today. GOODYEAR LIFEGUARD SAFETY TUBES make blowouts harmless, give you the ultimate in safety. 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