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lieIS -1' 4 The Canadan Statesman., BowmanvMe, Dec. 3. 19 EDITORUAL COMMENT Now We Can Settie Down For Three Years After a brief but hectic municipal election caxnpaign, the votes have been tabulated and the mvinners and lasers chosen by the resuits. There were sev- eral surprises both in those elected and those defeated, but as always most of the voters appeared ta came very close to having the same selection. With virtually a brand new council, His Warship Mayor Hobbs who rece iv- ed one of the largest majorities in rec- ent history, will have his work cut out, introducing them ta proper council procedures and informing them of the town's general situation. The newcom- ers will of riecessity have ta do a con- siderable amount of homework ta be- corne familiar with the complexîties of their new posts and it will be niany weeks before they will feel quite at home in their coundil chairs. However, once this period of indoctrinatian has passed we have every reason ta believe they will do a commendable job and we wish them well. In aur humble opinion, this elec- tion achieved one basic good resuit, it broke up the pattern of block voting that has been so evident during the past term. So far as can be determined at this point, those elected have no par- ticular axes ta grind, nor any specific loyalties or affiliations. As a result we foresee the entire council warking ta- gether, for a change, on the town's busi- ness, rather than spending fruitless hours on the petty disputes that have caused frustration and annoyance in the past. We hope so anyway because there is plenty of planning and genuine hard work ahead, without wasting time on personalities and backbiting. * Congratulations are extended ta the elected representatives and condolences ta those who put a great deal of time, effort and expense into their election campaigns. Unfortunately, in these af- fairs there are those who are lef t by the wayside in spite of their desires, ambitions and their dedication ta the jobs in the past. That's the way dem- ocracy works and sa far nobody has found a better system. One highlight of the electian day activities took place at Vincent Massey Public School, and possibly others, where pupils frorn variaus classrooms were brought in ta the polling station and given a brief lecture on just what was taking place. For many, this was their f irst introduction ta the demo- cratic system of voting by secret ballot and those on duty were quite impressed by the intelligent questions asked by the youngsters. This is a project that would be well warth fallowing in fut- ure elections because there are a great many of today's adults wha have no conception of the details af vôting. Concluding this early 'morning after election' rambling, aur compli- ments must be extended to the large number of electors who took the time and trouble ta visit the polis and cast their ballots. We alsa extend regrets ta the others who couldn't spe their way clear ta express their opinions on who would govern this town and look after their affairs. If council doesn't measure up ta expectatians, they have only themselves ta blame, no one else. Now it's ah aover here and in those nearby communities where ather muni- cipal elections were held. Sa, let's settle down and get started aon the work that lies ahead ini sorting out the. problems and fînding the solutions. Report from Ottawa By Russell C. Honey, M.P. Because cf changing conditions mnany small Pest- Offices are being closed. Where sat-îsfact-ory alternate service can be prcvided, Post Offices which are serving less than 30 families, and those with a yearly revenue ai less than $1,000. are considered for closure. The Prime Minister is trying ta get our economy back in shape, particularly ta bring inflation under contrai. We can best do this by tightening our beits and balancing t-he budget. As part of t-is program, Erie Kierans has said that the Post Office must pay ils way. If we did not make the changes presently being put into effect by Mr. Kierans the defi- cit, in his Depart-ment this year would bé about $130,000,000. and by 1975 it would be running at $500,000,000. Some cf the Post Offices being closed in Northumberland-Durham and the 1968-69 revenues and expenditures are as follows: Name of Pest Office Leskard Tyrone Ida South Monaghan Norham Burketon Garden Hill Vernonville Camborne Cold Springs Cost of Revenue Operation $196.88 $1,200.00 880.48 2,400.00 728.93 2,000.00 744.10 1,400.00 889.43 1,600.00 750.97 2,800.00 '309.64 1,000.00 269-49 1,300,00 604.37 1,600-00 408.43 1,000.00 Where WiII We Find Candidates? At t-he recent 7Ist Annual Conven-. t-Ion ai t-be Ont-aria Municipal Associa- tion, beld at t-be Sberaton-Brock Hotel, Niagara Falls, Retiing President J. A. Heenan, Mayor ai t-be Town ai Cobourg, dellvered a moving address. He empha- sized that the opinions he expressed were his own and net necessarily relat- ed ta t-be aims and objectives ai t-be Association. "Like a frog being boiled in the pot, t-be water warrns sa slowly t-bat hedoesn't realize he is being ceeked. And se il is wit-b municipal councils, we now finally wake up t-o t-be fact t-bat we have been cooked. . e. Cabinet decis- ions are rnajority rulings. The removal cf local services att-be local level bas started. This is only t-be beginning .. . "'The sky is dark, I t-ink we are al well aware ai t-bat but- we are nat delug- ed by any means. The lMe af local gev- ernment is ane t-ing t-bat wiii be very hard t-o kili. Already wa bear ihose around us tolling t-be requiem for local government-. We hear t-base asking "Is municipal gavernment necessary?" Well, my friands, it is my opinion t-bat we must guarant-ee t-be future ai muni- cipal government - t-bat is t-be chai- lenge t-bat is thrown aIt-bhe associations lnierested in Ont-aria. We must not only reach t-be senior forms of government but- we must also ask for a great-er effort and a greatar sense oi responsibilities from aur awn municipal represenia- tives; t-is is a rougb t-ing ta do t-o take a seii-invent-ory, il is a prett-y rough t-ing t-o look in t-be mirror and say "I am t-o blame", isn't it 50 much easier t-o say "Provincial Government is t-o blame -t-be Federal Government is t-o blame -Joe Mush is t-o blarne. net- 1". Now I tbink t-be time bas came for realîza- tion cf t-be facts t-bat we are partly res-. ponsible. Let us dlean up our own back- yard and go aller t-be rest. "The local citizen wilh lase bis iden- tily if t-is continues and be wilh lose bis independence when be telephones a councillor or alderman, a reeve or a rmayor on a problem, and be is then t-aid bis problem is now up t-o t-be Prov- incial Government. He becames depen- dent complet-ely upen t-be Provincial Gavertiment and he doesn't bave any fait-b whatever in t-be power ai t-be man he elected in bis own t-ewn or cit-y or ward. It can bappen very easily, let us net let t-bat happen. "Those serving in senior forms ai gev- ernment sbould bave bad municipal ex- perience in their chasen field wiib t-be knowledge oit-be needs oft-be pulse of t-he people t-bey serve. There is no great-er training ground than local gev- ernment ta t-base interesled in provin- cial or faderai administration. Fromn wbere will qualified candidates coma if t-is source of supply is dried up? .. . THE FRAUD 0f' LONELINESS To see t-be storro Behind t-be rainbow; To bear the siren Beyond the brook; To toucb t-be t-bai Beside t-be rose; Is t-a be alone. .--aronFord Zbe h4b1irn *ttOmn Durham Cauntys Great Femily Journal Established 115 years aga in 1854 Aima lncorporating The Eowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The. Orono News Second class mail registration number 1961 Produced evzy Wednesdary by THE JAMES PUBLISHJG COMIPANY LIMITED P.O. BOX 190 62 -66 ling St. W., EowmanviUe, Ontarlo JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS AXIYTO. MM bMAAGER BiSaisMme -Copyright «ad/oV propetirirghta ~s mùt iLathe mage appmainq on this proos. P.zu*uaj« Io zprmduca in whole or la port emd in amy Sona whatsoâer, paflIcuIaly ~,orapbloor ioffeet proO m n uMlcoion, mg lhoobtained fremthe tblishez «"d h Ay zWuboje. seproduation w!1) bu ubSot to ecourse. lakw.- $&W.CI Yom - 6 lon&I&SO 88W a Yom u"Unitd statn Aluodgb 09". pnoeme.wa hobe to avad sam= Ib.o om"Msdoeteguam «cail dvaiU Me"egd ed « pol a u avelutl rumsdt attqbyU.«IoU mI utuidt. .mdI SI e.5. dul7 s&- kr01D04bly Ut qêmafl.,md wt* BUCh 0ail t.l e laÎW"-- Ib« ere» MI m M bda_ îb= o oIqý la . w"ffl q-am "l AMacDuff Ottawa Report Inflation Fight OTTAWA -- Decisien of Prime Minister Pierre Tru- deau ta summon a Federal- Provincial Conference ln February t-o discuss Inflation witb t-be Premiers shauid be an amber light- ta bus- iness and lndustry as well as organized labor t-bat t-bey may soon face tough new restraints. The patience cf t-be administration is rapid- iy runnlng eut. Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Ronald Bas- fard bas repeatediy pleaded wit-h business and labor ta bold down their prices and wage demands. He bas ap- pealed for an exercise ln voluntary restraint. But the plea. so far, bas failen on deaf ears. The recent rise in gasoline and cil prices put into effect by Imperial 011 Limited triggered cff an ah-eut ai- tack on the Government's% pelicies in t-be House cf Commons by the Opposition. Imperial was followlng the iead set by Sheli,Gulf 011 and Texaca which had put price Increases Inta effect- ea rlier. Tbroughoui N o ve m be r there was not- a week pass- cd that the Opposition did not- pepper t-he Government benches wit- embarrassing questions about the mount- lng lnfiationary pressures in t-be economy. The Gev- ernment consistent-ly fell back on the excuse t-bat It could say nothing because It bad set up t-be Prices and Incomes Commission ta handie t-be Inflation prob- lemn.. That- Commission bas been desperately strlving t-o ar- rive at a voluntary restraint formula t-bat would be ac- ceptable ta Industry, labor, farmn organizations and gov- erniment-s. It proposed ane formula wbicb It boped would meet- the situation. That- called for a ceiiing on wage In- creases o! five per cent and on price Increases cf 21/i per cent. Incorporated would be a cost-of-living bonus plan. Under IL when the prîce Index rose by more t-ban 22, per cent during the 12 mont-h perlod ln 197o employees would be entitled for the montbs affected ta an additional 0.5 per cent increase in pay for eacb 0.5 per cent Increase by organized labor. Faced with t-bis disappolnting set- back the Commission start- cd re-examinlng the situa- tion and was attempting ta work out a new formula t-bat would be acceptable toa ah sectars of t-he economy. However, Dr. John Young, Chairman cf the Federal Government's Commission, warned t-basewho refused tai consider same form cf joint- action now. ta weigh care- fuliy what the consequences would be for the level of economnic wel.being in Cana- da for 1970. He warned that in the absence o! t-be Commission finding an alternative formula, Governments would probably rely on fiscal and monetary restraints, Inter- est rat-es wouid be driven up) even higher and Govern- ment expendit-ures would have t-o be slashed even more ln t-be future. Aiready the growth Input bas been slowing in the country wbile unemployment bas been climbing. This wouid con- tinue but at even greater rates if thbe Commission could ndt find a plan al groups wouid accept vol- untarlly. Prime Minister Trudeau with his disclosure t-bat be Is canvasslng ail 10 premiers ta flnd a suitable date in February ta hold a Federal- Provincial conference t-o con- sider what other steps migbt be taken ln the inflation figbt, served as a clear warn- lng ta labor and IndustrY t-bat- thngs could get mnuch rougher. There is ne doubt that the Federal Govern- ment- is playlng for time, hoplng that ln the mean- time the restraints Imposed by Washington, as well as THEY EARN THEIR KEEP Tfhis coiumn is dedicated t-o my namasake, Bill Smiiey, a higb scbooi principal in Saskat-chewan. He doesn't- even read my coiumn, bad cess t-o bim, but- bis wife doas. Recentiy, she forced bim la listan as sbe nead a column in wbicb I burhed a dan mi t-bte raw bides of scbooh ad- ministrat-ors. It made him write, but- il \vas a fiendly letter and it's nice t-o liear from you, Cousin Bill. He nmust be a cousin. The Smileys, five brothers of t-hem, came eut from Ireland during one cf the periodic potato famines and with t-be skill and foresighi that has always characteriz- ed the name, chose some cf t-be most meagre land in Canada on which te strike it ricb. The crops were mainiy st-cnes, witb an occasionai bonanza af bouiders. Most ai them bad enougb dim Irish wît ta gel oui and move West-, but- my grand- faîben, with nine kids and no wiie, st-uck il oui and t-be aid family farm is stili there in Pontiac, Quebec, pusbing up uts annual crap of milkweed, burdock and f ieldsione. Cousin Bihl must be a dascendant ai one ai t-be Smileys wbo went- West- and starved during The Depression, in- stead ai staying home and almost st-arv- ing. We've lost contact completely. But I did meet a chap, Bey Smiley, directly ahead aifnme in a lie-up on a troopsbip coming home, wbo t-urned out to be a son af my fathçr's first cousin, Joe, wbo went West. Isn't t-is fascinating? Howeveri t-is is flot a family bist- ory, though I know you're int-rigued. It is a heart-feit expression of sympathy for high school principals, like Cousin Bil. - A b& 40b",L p =P81 is Uaua1I by Ottawa. will st.art to take hold and brake the Inflation spiral. Under the constituition ln Canada the Federal Govern- ment cannot apply corn- pulscry price and wage ceil- Ings without- the consent of t-be provinces. Such ac- tions come within the jur- lsdict-ion cf the provincial government-s - The Prime Minister and bis Government is reluctant ta get lnvolved in a price and wagc freezing process. It- would require a tre- mendous bureaucratic buiid- up ta bandie t-be camplicat- ed administration. In ad- dition Canada's experiences durlng t-he Second World War witb price and wage freezes were net happy cnes. Only as a last resort would the Federal Government- want te go miet sucb an operation with the advlce and consent o! the prov- inces. Nevert-heless If Inflation continues ta, rage and the cost o! living continues ta soar ln Canada Ottawa bas te consider sucb a possibil- Ity. It is ta explore this that Mr. Trudeau want-s t-o meet- with the Premiers. separate and apart from the Federai-Provincial Constitu- tion Conference schcduled ta meet December 8. Mr. Trudeau sald he would sumnmon sucb a conference to, consider inflation - and other problems - enly if t-be Prices and Incomes Com- mission fails ta camne. up with an effective volunt-ary restraint formula. The Gev- ernment Is still pinning Its hopes on tliat commission- but the hopes appear t-obe fading. Mr. Basford made a direct appeal t-o t-he executive officers of Imperial 011 and Gulf 011 to defer their price Increases. But less than a week later t-be Increases were announced. Mr. Bas- ford toid the Commons that t-be action of the ail corn- panies lndicatcd t-bey were a normal human being (lbougb flot a]- ways) wbo is caugbt-, net- bet-ween t-wa grindstones, but- four. Grinding froni above are t-be scboai-beard and t-be par- ent-s. From below, be is wbett-ed t-o a fine edge by teacbers and siudents. Eilber be emerges keen as an axe, or ground t-o a pulp. The odd one is smart enougb t-o quit and go back la t-be classroom before ait-ber happans. But most-, dniven by t-be insatiable greed of their wives, keep at- it- until t-bey are puncby. This is one of their bairiest limes ai t-be yaar. Allter t-hrea mont-bs of un- believable chaos, t-bey bave finaliy ctot t-be big, brut-al, awkward, maniacai ma- chine, t-bai is a modern bigb scbooi, nunning wit-b only t-be odd f it or start. (Be careful there, linotype operator) . The Board bas cul off ahl expendi- lunes until t-be new budget- is struck in January. The studenîs are becoming un- nuly. The teachers are camplet-eiy browned off with Board, principal, stu- dent-s and eacb ot-her. In short, every- t-ing is normal. Tben t-be pon old principal gels t-bree on four resignalions f rom bis staff. Tbey are from people wbo are iii, lad up, or menely gaing out aift-hein minds. Where do you pick up, in Decem- ber, an art teacher who can double in typing? Or a German teacher who is a whiz at German but weighs 200 and must coach the basketball team? Or a history teacher who can pick up a weld- ing class without doing a Nero? Somebow, t-bey find bodies t-o put in front ai t-be kids and t-be show goes on. And the principal takes anot-ber giant- st-ep, net for mankind, but- toward his iirst coronary., Bless yau, chaps, and bave a happy Christmas. It's a job I wouldn't t-oucb wit-h a 20-foot Ilungarian, let ahane a net prepared to go &long wit-h bis requests. 1,; part o! the vicieus circle that is a feature of infla- There is ne doubt that it- tien. The private companies are worrying that Ottawa will decide ta embark on price freezing and If that Is going ta occur they don't want ta be caught witb their prices down. Conse- quently t-be more t-be Fed- eral Government ma ke s noises about cansulting with the provinces ta appiy more desperate measures ta cape with inflation t-be more price increases are brought- about by industry trying t-o get- an increase into effect- before a "freeze" goes inta effect. It's frustrating for al concerned. Memorial Hospital Weekly Report Week of Nov. 24-30 Inclusive Admissions - -- .-71 Birt-s-l maie, 1 femnale 2 Discharges - 89 Major operations ------- --Il Miner operations -- .. ---39 Emergency treat-ments . 126 Visit-lng heurs 3-8 p.m. daily 25 TEARS AGO (Dee. 7, 1944) 0. Sig. Wm. R. Edger, R.C.N.V.R., St. Hyacinthe, Que., is on furlough with hLs parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Edger. Bill has pass- ed his exams for a signal- rnan and will now report to Halifax for further in- structions. Privates Mabel and Don Brooks of London and Or- Illa, and Mr. D. S. Hut.ch- Inson. London, brother of Mrs. Brooks, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Brooks. Silver Street. Cpi. Tom Lyle, one of the originals of the Midland Regt.. after over four years service ln Canada. has been discharged as medicaily un- fit Suzanne Thompson went. ta Toronto to see Santa Claus, wlth Mrs. W. M. Tbompson and Mrs. B. King. Mrs. Jim Thompson spent a few davs in Toronto at Miss A. Bonatharis and at- tended the Ice Capades. Sgt. Bob Evans, son or Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Evans, stationed at Rivers, Mant, bas been promoted ta the rank of Flight Sergeant. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jack- man and Mary visited their parents, Mrs. F. Jacknan and Mr. and Mrs. R. With- eridge. Miss Molly Moorc. Torniu- te, spent the xveekend with Miss Marjorie Couch. Sgt. Reg. Coombes, R.C. A.F.. Guelph, visited Mrs. Coombes and Caroi. Blackstock: We are proud of Dalton Dorreil whc, with Lloyd Ayre, Hampton, is the Potato King cf Canada, They recently had trips ta, Toronto, Guelph, Hamilton, Niagara Falls and Ottawa. Solina: Mrs. Geo. White has left ta spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. C. McBride. Peterborough. Hampton: We Welcome to aur village Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stevenson and family of Haydan, who have taken up residence in rpart. cf the Gerald Baison hr' -e, 49 YEARS AGO (Dec. 9. 1920) Mrs. S. W. Sisson, Beth!*_ any, has been visiting her brother. Dr. J. C. Devitt. Mr. and Mrs. Normau Taylor, Port Arthur. are here for the winter. The ,oratorical contest under the auspices o! thi' Llterary Society of Bow' manville High School was held an Friday eveningi Winners were. as followsc Boys. First Prize, Gordoiý Moorcratt; Girls. First Prize, Hazel Hodgson; Sec on d Prize. E dy t he Ciemens. Judges were Rev. D. W. Best. B.A., Dr. G. C. Bonny- castie and Mr. J. H. H. Jury. Musical numbers were given by Miss Doris Foster and Miss Gwendolyn Willlams in piano sala and Miss Mild-ýi red Souch In vocal solo. Misses Leone Wall.ac* and Gwendolyn Williams, as ac- companists. Her friend.s and school- mates will be giad to hear that Miss Jennie Merchant bas won a Bronze Medallioff and Profîciency Certificate at the examinations for awards granted by thbe Royal Lufe Saving Society at On-. tario Ladies' College, Whit- by. for proficiency in rescue w-ork and fancy swimming. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood, Janscn. Sask., and Mrs. Leighton Wood. Oshawa, re- cently- visit-ed their cousins. Rex- and Mrs. W. C. Wash- inr4ten. Mr. Bert Bounsail wbo has been foreman cf a large ranch at Cupar, Sask., during the summer. Is homne for the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Brown who recently came from Okotoka, Alta., are visit-ing ber aunt, Mrs. Louise Pater- son- Mr. and Mrs. J. H. H. Jujry have gene ta spend the wvinter on the Island o! Bermuda in the West Indieg. Mr. Levi Jamieson, Ty- rone. bas ret-urned frorn a pleisant visit witb biS sister. Mrs. C. W. Kelly, Montreal. THE ESTIMATES 0F THE DEPARTMENT 0F AGRICULTURE AND FOOD Like a good bank account, the 'soil is a st-orage place fcr wealt-h. In fact, it is the orngin of mosi aoft-be eart-h's riches. Witb t-be heip ai waier and air, soul enabies green plants ta grow and mnakes possible ahl animal ie. Wheat far aur bread, vegetables for aur heaith, trees for aur shelter, fibres for aur dlot-bing, flowers for aur enjoyment, livesiock fer aur meat, and wîhdlif e far aur pleasure. Preservation af this treasure house provîded one af thbe main t-opics for discussion during t-be review of t-be Agricultural Estimales in t-be legislat- ure a few days ago. The Oppositîon's crîti cism of t-be Government's land use and soul con- servation poiicy centred largely around the industrialization af t-be Niagara Peninsula and Soutbern Ont-aria with t-be subsequent less of some oft-he prav- ince's besi fruit farms and agricultural resources. The New Democratic Part-y por- trayed a very bleak picture for this pari of t-be province and criiicized t-he Government for not taking any action in order ta assure the besi use cf t-he land availabie and proiecit-bhe farmer t-brougb proper research. When a farmer can gel $10,000 an acre f rom a developer for bis land when it is oniy wortb $500 in agniculural t-erms, it was argued, t-be resuli can be disint-egration oithe farming industry, not only in the Niagara Peninsula but in Sout-bern Ontario. The Honorable William Stewart, Minister af Agriculture, replying, point-- ed ouit-bhat t-be mosi important- horti- cultural st-ation in Canada was locat-ed ai Vineland in t-be heart ai t-be fruit growing area. Il warks fuily, ha said, with t-be fruit and vegetable growers in t-bat- area, bot-b in soul and foliage testing. The Minisier said be expressed similar views as ibose expressed by t-be NDP wit-b respect t-o land use in one of bis first speeches in t-be legishat-ure. The result-, he said, was t-bai be receiv- ed many let-ers from t-be people in the area st-ating t-bat- the land was theirs and il would be seld, if t-bey se wisbad, ta wbomever would pay t-be mosi for it. Other letters from Essex and Kent- Counties, be .added, infonmed bim t-bat t-be farmers in t-hase Counties could grow more peaches t-han in ail of t-be Niagara Peninsula. Criticism was aise expnessed by t-be NDP that canned fruit was beîng import-ed into Canada tax free froro Australia in relurn for sales cf beavy Canadian macbinery. The Minister poinied out t-bait-bis was a federal government respansi- bilit-y but-t-bat- ail kinds of' representa- tions had been made t-oOttawa in t-bis canneciion but wit-h lit-tle or no avail. As an answen t-o t-be problem of scii conservation, t-be sociplist mernihrs advocated a form of st-at-e farming, witb the Civexl=ent buying up the~ land as il came an the market. In other words, a paiicy of land use zaning shauld ,. adopt-ed and the land leased back farmers by government. .A beated discussion followed as ta whet-her the land sh ould be purchased by government at the going speculative price or ai the value ai it as agricul- tural land. Mr. Gaunt, Agrîcultural Critie for the Liberal Party, said that he bad grave reservations about prevent-ing a farmer froro selling bis propert-y ta a developer. Il could very well be, he said, t-bat the farmer bas struggled for years and is depending on that capital gain froro the sale cf bis farm in order ta live easier in his old age. When land use zoning is applied t-o an arpa, Mr. Stewart coniended, you are faced with a number of realities: 1. You deny the farmer the right ta relI bis farm to whomever he wants ta seli it. 2. In ail fairiless, the farmer bas a right ta receive froro the Govern- nient, as purchaser, the same imount be would have receîved froro a developer. ln doing Ihis, the Government would be subsidizing a private enterpriser with t-be tax- payer's roonev. Trhe Ont-ario Gavernment, through the ARDA programme, is actuaily buy- ing up large areas ai unprofitable farni land ai a federally set level af $100 per acre and this land is either reforested or leased la farmers ta enlarge their holdings. Mr. Gaunt suggested Ihat the $100 level be raised in order ta encourage the leasing of land for agricultural pur- poses. The Min ister, however, poinied out that the $100 level was federal gov- exnment policy and he agreed with il. Afler al. he said. the farm income re- port indicated that 927rý of ail farrni land in Western Ontario is, at the pres- ent- time. rented. The day ma 'v came when some for'ni of contrai an the sale af agricultural land wiil have ta be applied but- the fadt rernains that we have only scratch- ed the surface cf potential food produc- tion in this country. The enorrnous wheal surpiuses in western Canada erophasize this iact and indications are t-bai western farm- ers are turning ta poultry and livesiack ta provide incarne. One wonders what wiIl happen t-o t-be economy af thbe east- ern farmer when western livest-ock produce cornes on the market, and wben the eastern farmer is only able ta purchase western feeder caille on a limit-ed basis. As far as we cati sec, however, as long as there is normal rainfaîl and t-be sun continues t-a shina, Canadians îii1 neyer ba shortai food, l iýs ta sa&yIJc_ tian, bowever, an aur socieiy, wh<'n we came ta realîze t-bat wbile in t-bis coun- t-ny we ara paying an ecoremic penalty for t-ha overproduclion of food produets, nver anc and a bal billion peopl: in t-bis world of ours' go t-o bed hungry every night In the Dini"p and Distant Past Front the Statesnian Fies imu- -thé iu.e r r Report from Queen's Park by Alex Carruthers M.P.P.