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IDITORIAL COMMENT W. Get What W. Pay For? A bouu«OeWho.te &Wa1md ..Of a tee m Snuamerpim sby W~etmamot that "h. iU M~t -êdms.tkýt W food noW ttan 1e inuit, Mm .V. G, (<tia4w& p<i.1.nt ne the Hamiltonit b 04 c tt 4 ta4Udma Auociation et Coiiwwwq,.tAm dth* M>c two per»M mt Me$13a wm, th@ amom aamuat m ** ipfft MU tIc M tm M Yulue shopp&cg10" *mx %,*MItmmi Own cookirtg. I dctt'"t nl fooda" No cumbt Ntts. a mlnority. witft. 'xItAti h" teatimoy mako. tw % jýd Mt tthal yen pay tfor what y@m"q Wv*kt must pay extra fir4it4t tiew pre-cooked eti ttetsAod f4a1e. ~- eni juiea, instant eakm ,.uming& t&- ~ toes and sw on, The prncipt aj'pti.ato &Il consttin. er goods. Thte transportation »sett nf the Bureau of Statisties' prices index, which includes the cost of owning a ear, has gone up by 55 per cent since 1949. But today's car is a far better mode! than the 194 model. The food index is up hy 45 per cent Fi rst White Man to Sée Great Lakes tr'm 190, but, as noted, we are not buYlnt thesaime fooda today. T%9ho uaing Index 18 up by 48 per cent, but Inday's apartments and houses have ppiancs. conveniences and cont- tirUta way aheïd of 1949. ('Iothingiiau rby 29 per cent froma Ibo, but there ano compariaon b.- twen the textiles of 18 yearsa go and the long-.ar' drip-dry, permanent- eimoo fîlrics of tndmy. Another witness who ruffled the <alm W the priee. committee's Toronto hoarin.g was an economst - George 'Romrs hairman of the Canadian Ec- iumer undation - who suggqested thal the main factor in higher living "e* a higher government costs. The ~~'mtte.did fot welcome Mr. Rogers' argument, but h. has a point. 111 1940 the population numbered MAt million, Total goverriment spend- mng %v&ex$17 billion -~ or $277 per capi- ta. In 1985 the population numbered 19,5 million. Total government spending was $16.1 billion - or $824 per capita. Poifficians blRme rnanufacturers, wwl'esalers and retailers for higher living rosts. But none of tht consumer's rosts have gone up as much as the cost of government. Further, a question that somenne is sure to bring up is wbether, in this area, we get what we pay for. Was Malthus Righi? It was in 1798 that the Reverend Thomas Malthus published the first of six editions of bis Essay on tht Principle of Population. In bis pamphlet Malthus advanced tht pessimistic tbeory that population tends to increase faster than food supply and that, therefore, to pre- vent population from outgrowing its zneans of subsistence tht world must depend on tht checks of war, famine and pestilence. For most of the last 100 years, im- presstd by tht wonders of technological advance, economists and others dismîs- sed the Englisb tconomist's proposition. Recently, however, many people are wondering if Malthus was right. The world's population explosion is foster- ing great concern over the question of adequate food supplies. Tht încreased tempo of population growtb is remarkable, says Tht Clip Sheet. Scientists generally agret that it took ail of history up to about 1850 for tht world's population to reach its fîrst billion. By 1925 or in only 75 years the total had reacbed two billion. By 1960, only 35 years later, it had reacbed three billion. If tht trend continues, it will take only about 1,5 years, or by 1975, to addi another billion; only 10 years for the fifth billion, and even less for the -sixf h.-Further, if recent trends persist, tht fastest growth in tht remainder o! this century would occur in the less de- veloped countries that even now are strgglngto raise living standards above subsistence levels., SIt is unlikely, however, that the patterns of population growth will go ianchangèd. There is mucb interest in tht devéloping countries in the possi- bility of decreasing birth rates. Ten years ago India was tht only one where government had a policy of trying to limit population growth by disseminat- ing birth-control information and de- vices. Now most of tht countries of Asia and at least four in Africa have national policies to foster family plan- ning. Also, it is historical fact that bîrth rates decline as levels of education advance and economic sophistication grows, a trend that is already evident in Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tai- wan and South Korea. However, there is no question but that tht nub o! the problem is much greater food production. In this area, scientists say that within a gentration it mnay be possible to cultivate destrts with desalted sea water. Fishing tht seas more thoroughly and even farm- ing coastal waters is another possible source of more food. In some of tht countries that now are surplus growers it may be possible to open up new pro- ductive land, but tht most important advance will be to help tht developing nations transform tht low yields per acre of their traditional agricultural methods. 0f course, tht main immediate hope is vastly increastd agrieultuial produc- tivity in tbe countries that are now tht most efficient producers. And reporting ail tbat is now going on in this field bere in Canada, tht Financial Post rtc- ently commented that "agricultural rather than space scientists may be the glamor boys of tht 1970s." They've waited a long time, but maybe their day is coming at last. Reportfrom Ottawa By Russell C. Honey, M.P. With tht passage of tht Bank Act this week aIl major items o! legislation in thé government's program have been passed with tht exception* o! tht National Defence legislation. Tht legis- lation, authorizing unification of the Armed Forces will be the first and only major item to be dealt wfth -whetî ve return to Ottawa a! ter Easter recess. After a lengthy study in1 the De- fence CommitteethtJe unification legis- lation was returned to the House this week. There are ail kinds o! estimates as to tht ltngtb o! time f he House may take to finally pass tht legislation. There is little doubt that tht Cana- dian Forces Reorganization Act will b. passed. Tht minority Parties will in al Iikelihood support tht government. The problem tht government will have is a procedural one . . . getting tht bill to a vote. Tht Conservative Party will un- doubtedly launcb a filibuster to prevent the* decision being taken. This may be another appropriate ýI=abmn situation for tht application o! closure. Tht government.will do so with extreme reluctance. The only time closure bas been used in recent yèars was in tht flag debate o! 1964. On that occasion the debate had been prolonged by the Conservative opposition who took tht position that they would continue to rnake speeches as long as necessary to prevent tht question coming to a vote. Only after it is patently apparent that a filibuster is being maintained so as to thwart a vote being taken will tht government consider implementing closure. My guess is that this unusual and drastic procedure will have to b. employed next month in order to bring tht Armed Forces legisiation to a vote. Do you like to gamble? Tht Ontario Safety League says that in an automobile collision at 20 m.p.h., tht odds against suffering a fatal injury are 1000 to 1. At 75 m.p.h. tht odds are reduced to 2 to 1. jttmu Durhamn Couaty's Greaui rfumily journal%,leus Eaabiu.d11 yarnuo ln 1854 l Also Incorporatinq The Bowmmofe vl.News £uikoIs~ nSmoeaThem Newcamtl.Independsnt e.pm4unlu P.uO.oDuta190 a OuYrm -6 M«R"c7b 8-5OaYmü l *0United std Cie ph -edvorg n ê qsis4 Etienne Bruie at the moutb of the Humber, 1615. He left no written accounts of bis journeys in the service of champlain, and be remains a strange, shadowy and tragic figure in the history of Canada - yet he was one of its most energetie explorers. Among his discoveries, he was probably the first white man bo see al the Great Lakes, including the site of Toronto. Here he is shown in sight of Lake Ontario at the end of the Toronto carrying-place, where the trail dipped down to the Humber River bank. This portage was part of the most direct route from the Northern lakes to Lake Ontario. Bruie chose bo live among the Indians, learned to speak several of their languages, and adopted their habits andl customs, including the promiscuous moral code of the Hurons. The Frenchman showed the same disregard for the religion of bis countrymen as he did for their morality. The missionaries in particular unanimously condemned his bad example and bis mockery of the Christian way of life they were trying to teach the Indians. Bruie heiped cernent Champlain's alliances with the Hurons against the Iro- quois, acting as guide, interpreter and agent, but bis main interest was in explora- tion. He was probably the first white man to go up the Ottawa River and on to Georgian Bay; he discovered and surveyed at least four and probably five of the Great Lakes; he followed the Susquehannia River in what is now Pennsylvania lown to its mouth on Chesapeake Bay. In 1629, when Kirke's British fleet at Tadoussac wayiaid and sank most of a fleet of 18 French supply ships which Bruie was supposed to meet there and guide to Quebec, he went over to the English with three other Frenclimen, and pioted KiîrJe's ships to Quebec instead. Champlain could not conceal the weakness of h is'defencés' andL was foeeWd to ender:'Mweting,.,irule r~~t time at Tadoussac, he rebuked him harshly for bis treachery. Tbere is no f urther record of Bruie until bis sudden and terrible death in 1662 or 1663, sornewhere in Sîmcoe County's townsbip of Tay, when he was killed and then eaten by the Hlurons. It is flot known what offence h? committed against bis former Indian friends, or why tbey turned on him so sivagely. (This picture is one of a seriez which readers may wish to clip and save.) In the Dim I 25 VEARS AGO (April 2, 1942) The editor was pleased ta have a cali Saturday fram Ms. Dan Douglas, Pet- erborough, The Statesmen's b war correspondent in the 1914-18 wer. Mrs. E. P. Bredt bas been entertained extensively for the pest week by her frîends holding social affairs in her honor previaus ta the fam- ilY moving ta Guelph where Mr. Bradt was transferred some months ago as Agricul- tural Director of the Prison Farm. Miss Raymonde Gravel, near Leskard, well known artist, is exhibiting ont of her famous portrait paint- îngs et the Spring Exhibition of the Art Association of Montreal. Lions Bicycle Safety Club will hold its first-of-season meeting in tht Council Room, Saturday A.M., with Charlie Carter, mentor, and Art Baker, newshawk, on hand with new ideas for 1942. Thterew gasoline ration books have distinguishing colored bands ta identify the different classifications. A is red; B, green; Ex, yel- low; C is marked purpît;, D bas a brown stripe, and E is gray. Commercial ra- tion books have a blue stripe. LAC Harvey G. King, R.C.A.F., Lethbridge, Alta., in home on leave before Ieaving for overseas. Ht in accompanied by bis wife wbo was formerly Normia Woollard of Winnipeg. Lieut. Chas. H. A. Spen- cer, wbo bas been on a 5. months' course in England, returned« home Friday and In vlalting bis parents, Rev. Canon and Mns. C. R. Spen- cer, before reporting for duty. Mr. Donald Williams, tormenly of Barrie and now witb tht Bell Telephone Co. at Hamilton, spent the week- end with bIa parents. Fl]Ying Officer Thomas Spencer- ha. been transfer- red'tt<m Gander, Newfound- lasdtO Trenton, getting a Sup in rank and made îU et the hospital at 49 YEARS AGO (April 4, 1918) Mr. Alfred E. Luke, a native of Whitby, and his family have moved into Cherry Cottage. We wel- corne them ta this town. Mrs. W. Thompson, De- trait, Mich., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John G. Manning. Members of the Girls' Patriotic Club will be "At Home" in the Tea Rooni on Wednesday evening, April 10, in honaur of Nursing Sister Mabel E. Bruce, home lrom France on furlough. Sergt. John Living of tht Convalescent Hospital, Kingston, and Mrs. Living, Jack and Joe Edgcrton, Toronto, and Miss Clat- worthy, Hampton, were East- er guests of Mr. John Edger- ton, Westrnount. Mr. F. H. Botinsali was in Toronto, Saturday, to meet his son Pte. Bert Bounsal wbo bas returned froni the Front, wounded. Mrs. F. D. MacKay, Toron- to, spent Easter with her mnther, Mrs. Thos. Sherin. Mr. and Mss. Arthur Bell- man and daugbter left for the West last week. Miss Susie Deck, Owen Sound, is visiting ber sister et Mr. John Grigg's. Miss Kate Foster attended the Peacock-Philp nuptiels in Port Hope. Mrs. J. Infantine was operated on in Port Hope Hospital !or goitre. Easter Viators . Miss Dorothy Johnston with ber sister Helen in Toronto, accompanied by their cousin, Miss Viola Gil- fillan, Orono. Mr. and Mss. James Gi and Harold, Master Edward Richards spent tht holidays in Toronto with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Shaw and son Raymond, Toronto, nt his mother's, Mns. W. Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred I. McTavish, Toronto, guests of ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Manning. Miss Nellie E. Pattinson, Toronto, witb hes parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jna. Pattinson. Miss Marjorie Wcstaway, Canada'. Business College. Mamlton, at home. The Rectory, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, 20th March, 1967 Dear Sir, I wonder if any ot your readers would be able to he]p>me in some genealogi- cal research in which 1 arn engaged. I arn searching for details of the family of BARFETT which emigrated to Ontario about a century ago. Sonie of theni were liv- ing in Newcastle, Durham Co., in the 1860*s. They were probably Methodists and so may have been con- nected with a local Metho- dist church. Yours truly, The Rev. Canon T. Barfett. Editors Note:- If any readers can provide this i- formation, please write dir- ect to Canon Barfett. Dear Sirs: Enclose mnoney order $6.50) U.S. funds for renewal of subscription which expires early April. Enjoy verv much t he "Statesman" for although being away froni the home- land of D2urham County for sorne sixty years, find nanies and events of earlier years which brings back memories of ather days. I was born in Cartwright Township, grew up as a boy in Newtonvilie, attend- ed Newcastle High School et the time Mr. Hugh Da- vidson wes Principal. My good friend Frank Rîckard of Newcastle was a high school mate. Best regards, Sincerely yours, Fred M. Hughes, 2206 Louella Avenue, Venice, California 90291. Memorial Hospital Weekiy Report Week of Mar. 20-26 inclusive Admissions 64 Births-3 malt, 2 female 5 Discharges -. ~75 Major operations - .14 Minor operations .~ 32 Emergency trtatments- 28 Viuiting houri 3-8 p.m. dmily Sugcar Remember where we lef t off? Twety ear frm nw.A weak cenm the housewife to the U.S. government down on it. A tough, ruthless Uniforce, popu- larly known as the Canadian Cobras, 100,000 strong. And jut-jawed Jot Gar- ibaldi, former union leader, as Defence Minister. The Honorable Joe vaulted into the House of Commons in a rather unusual fashion. Ont o! his opponents withdrew fromn tht campaign, on healtb grounds, and set out for a world tour. Tht other was run down by a truck, just after addressing a meeting in which he bad attacked tht Honorable Joe. Both in- cidents occurred three days before the election. Joe won. Ht moved into Ottawa with several beetle-browed cohorts. A modest flat? Not on your life. Ht took over an entire floor of the Chateau Laurier. There he lived quietly, with nothing to distin- guish bim from the average MP except tht constant flow of champagne, cal girls and guests. Ht was lavish with the press, and they liked it. Ht was always good for, a story, because he had guts, color, and good whisky, an unusual combination in a member of the House. But tht majority of his guests wvere sleek-headed men who grew fat and sleep o'nights. Industrialista ivith a new gimmick, armament-makers with a new toy, politicians with a ncw angle, and ail tht other flies who gather around honey. The Honorable Joe was tht natural choice for Defence Minister. Slack- jawed Lester Gordon, Prime Minister, Iast of Canada's Rhodes scholars, feit in a vague sort of way that tht Cabinet needed -new blood. Withîn two years he had quadrup- led tht defence department's suice o! the national pie. That made it 85 ptr cent of tht taxes, but nobody kicked, because, even though there hadn't been a new post office, bridge or breakwater built in several years, everybody was proud of tht Cobras, tht world's finest1 'Report from Queen'fs Park by Alex Carruthers, M. P P. Spice UNIFICATION: PART TWO Provincial-Municipal Relations On March 19t'h, anairtne$ tht Prime Ministers motion on the budget was moved by tht Opposition. Tht amendment viewed with concern tht rising cost of municipal govern- ment, particularly tht cost of educa- tion, and deplored tht governmtnt's faîlure to alleviate tht situation. As increased taxes are a matter o! growing concern to ail citizens, a brie! study and summary of shared costs be- tween tht municipalities and tht prov- ince sbould be of interest. Tht study must, o! necessity, in- clude not only education, but also the whole field of provincial-municipal res- EDUCATION At tht present time, tht provincial government assumes, on an average, 45.4%c of tht cost of education in On- tario, ranging from 30% in Metropoli. tan Toronto (with a large, industrial assessment) to 95%1, in some o! tht lower assessed areas. In Durham County, tht province's share of the approved cost of elemen- tary and Secondary education is as !ollows: Cartwright - 72.6%,1; Hope - 66.0%; Bowmanville - 63.3%; Manvers - 73.5%; Clarke - 67.7%; Newcastle - 72.5%; Cavan and Millbrook - 79.41,'; Port Hope - 58.2%; Darlington - 73.5%,v. It is interestîng to compare these figures and the, average o! 45.4' (,for tht province, with those of other com- parable jurisdictions. Tht operating grants available in tht states bordering Ontario and in neighboring provinces are: New York - 44.8'; Illinois - 25.3% ; Minnesota - 39.8"(; British Columbia - 44.8%M; Pentisylvania - 45.0'1; Michi- gan- 44.0"f; Saskatchewan- 44.3%ý; Ohio- 24.3%_,; Wisconsin - 26.0%; AI- berta -43.0". In addition to the above costs, the provincial govtrnment also assumes: (a) tht total cost o! tht new colleges o! applied arts and technology; (b) 161 million dollars in grants to universitiest for operating costs; (c) tht continuance o! capital grants for technical, voca- tional education for a period o! two years when these are discontinued by thé federal government on March 3lst. Tht cost o! Elementar and Sec- ondary education in Ontario rose front 545 million dollars in 1962 to 780 mil- lion dollars in 1965, an increase o! 43%. In tht same period, provincial grants for education rose from 221 million dol- lars tri 335 million dollars, an increase o! 50%. DEPARTMENT 0F HIGHWAYS Grant. 1963-64 1966-67 Road Development in Municipalities -- $11,000,000 $20,000,000 Road Development in unincorporated Municipalities - 1,000,000 2,000,000 Municipal Road Subsidies . _ - 88,000,0,00 124,000,000 Connecting Links 4,000,000 9,000,00 Special Agreements nil 7,000,000 Prt~ty' ôsts - ' 144,O00 2,500,000 Grant Increase to Municipalities - 60%Î, representing 407.o o! the Departmtnt's Budget. PUBLIC WELFARE In tht last ttn-year period, the provinct's increased assistance to muni- cipalities for public welfare has risen by 500% from 40 million dollars to 208 million dollars. Over this period, the provincial government bas gradually taken over tht following: Old Age Assistance; D3ependant Fatb- ers' Allowances; Blind Persons' Allow- ances; Disabled Persons' Allowances; Mothers' Allowances; Allowances for Widows and Single Women at 60 years o! age; and on a shared basis, general welfare - 3051; federal - 50%; munici- pality - 201%. Homes for tht Aged Maintenance: 80%ý/; municipality - 20%.c Day Nurser-. ies and Homemaker Programmes.- 507c; munîcipality - 50%. The total assistance to municipali- ties as outlined in tht budget, is now in excess o! 1.1 billion dollars, wîth subsidies to municipalities increased at 3% times the rate o! corresponding municipal tax levies in tht period from 1943 to 1965. For every dollar raised, by municipal taxation in 1965 at the municipal level, an additional 71 cents. was provided by tht provincial govern- ment. This summary dots not include a' 32%ý1 increase in health expenditures,' including increased grants to hospitals, and a provision for fret medical cover- age for some 1,000,000 Ontario citizens. Tht incrtased cost to tht province, in assuming the full cost o! education, would be some 400 millions o! dollars, ad undtr present agreements would' mean tither a greatly încreased sales tax or an annual delicit o! approxi. mately 500 million dollars. Dedicated to: "A Friend" IF I WERE By Exford MeIlim McCoy If I were a slave among tht fret Enchained witb such catastrophie, It would be wrong to fear tht fo. Since it's not 1, but Christ.who If I were lost among tht milling crowd O! those wbo think themmelvea uecured Then, I remember thet bat wms found ~ Ib is He, not I, who wears tht crow. If I were an fliegitimate mmong thewn fathered ones, I think not 1, but Thee, O Christ the Father Son. Spitting, coughing, deriding shame Ail this - and more, he bore for my name. If I were as black as my outward skln, I think not o! me, but o! Christ witbin. Since I amrnont The., nor The. me, Demi lord, teach me hunility. ~ij and Distant Past Front the Statesman Files By nBd Sl ey l-ahoe nm bens ofntheapfes todfahitoeddmek- bhesCofra tht npres cengt ofdthit thaesobras ai ten pertcent d of te salaries, voluntariy, nto ht id noldhe ier ne oenthF. Chiairma197ofh coundrsep hJ. Ga reialdi. By 1987,od cors ef,b the were ltrcio ed sol telet u.ttewerases wfl traed y, thte Fund.s Two lisses of beand aey femoes, roll-yuraownighd a exye moviaed ritrda n ghet.he you w aed it r ol. H nie o plad itrcool. teiNnted restaurant up for a weekend bash. Everybody thought he was flirting withl the Chinese. The U.S. State Department called" an emergenry session. The CI.A. infil. trated Ottawa, ini the guise of civil serm v'ants. Of course, nohody recognized* them. Each thought they were other. civil servants spying on him. Next thing he did was throw up a>, string of fortresses at Vancouver, Wind-, sor, Brockville and St. Andrews-by-the.. Sea. He justified the expense by point- ing out, at a secret meeting of the caucus, that the forts were made of paper, thus giving a boost to our pulp' and paper industry. But the resuits, were-drastic. The Amerîcans pulled eight divis-' ions out of Germany and sprinkled them, along the 49th parallel, about eight men to the mile. They sent an aircraft car-' rier up the St. Lawrence Seaway. It got' stuck sideways, but the residents of Prescott, Ontario, lost their cool for a few days, with those 19-inchers trained on thent The entire U.S. Air Force was yanked out of South Africa, from which they had been napalming the Congo«. lest. The pilots were delighted te bq back in spots like Oswego, N.Y., where a beer was 35 cents instead of a buck, and besides, they wanted a whack at those Canadian Cobras, who were get- ting more space in Life magazine than they were. Alas, once again we have run out of space, and you must wait until next, week's issue te learn how Canada wai',s taken over by a dictator In the only.: bloodless revolution in history. Well,. and