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~~~.h 4 n nadim MStteman, Eovmmnme, Aug. 30, 1987 IDITORIAL COMMENT Seat Beits Make Driving Safer * To help check the rising toil of auto accident fatalities during heavily trav- elled summer vacation months, the Garage Operators Association of Ont- ario warns motori8ts to use their tst beits. G.O.A. says that accident victims have a far greater chance of surviving and of escaping crippling injuries when restrained y seat beits. "«It only takes a few seconds to buckle Up," says William Derkach, President of the large trade association. «Once you start wearing seat beits, it becomes a habit, one that could save your life. " Recent auto lndustry tests, G.O.A. points out, conclusively prove that bodily injury is substantially reduced when seat beits are fastened. Motorists who are "4strapped in for safety" avoid ramming their head on sharp objects on the dashboard and collision with the windshield upon irnpaçt. "Drivers who shun the use of seat belts are only taking needless chances," says Derkach. "The seat beits are there and should be used." G.O.A. also reminds motorists to make sure their doors are locked when travelling along the highway. Many injuries, the association claims, might flot be fatal if car doors remnained closed durîng and immedi- ately after impact. Something For Nothing For the past few months, a strenu- nus effort has been under way in sev- ex-aI Canadian cties te, introduce local Slotteries and sweepstakes. Under pres- ent laws, these are illegal in Canada. The decision of New York State to -~hold monthly government-sponsored -lotteries with a top prize of $1 00,000 * han given gamblers, as well as crimin- ::-ais, new hope in Canada. Lotteries tend to attract underworld elenients to take part in these activities, and generalîy breed governrnental corruption. Yet the people of Toronto are to b. asked in 1969 whether they want a municipal sweepstakes to be held In the city. A number of leadlng political ~*figures have corne forward wlth the * well-worn cry that state-run lotteries are both an easy and a justified means of rising revenues, without having to -increase taxes. Doubtless Canadians would flock to buy lottery tickets - partlcularly those who can least afford to squander their money on garnes of chance. But not only are lotteries an economically unsound methoci for provincial or municipal goverfiments tô bring-in new revenues& They demonstrate that the state' is fot mmerely suipporting, but Is in fact encouraging the insidious philo- sophy of "something for nothing"5 which has been eating into the foundations of Western society. How can educators, officiais and politicians in one breath complain about the growing segment of young people Who consider that societv owes them a living - whether they work or not; yet in the next breath promote the cre- ation of prize-promisirig lotteries as beneficial to Canada and its institu- Aiready North American soci( troubled by the frequently ai search for material wealth. T ooi young mnen and wom-en are goîng life flot so much with the concel service to the nation and the comi îty, but with the one main questic "What's in it for me?'! This is why several religious anîzations, including The United Ch of Canada, have gone on record de] ing the trend toward state-run lotti as harmful te public morais. Canadians alreadv spend betv $50,000,000 and $100,060,000 annuall, the Irish and other foreign sw stakes. They must flot bc encourî by their own governinents to squai even more. Lotteries should rel- illegal acts, as they are today Ut the Criminal Code of Canada. The -Sweep Dream Those whô argue that legalized- lotteries would be a painless way oh financing school and hosputaî costs con- tend that the, public would be quick te, put - undreds of millons of dollars, into -lottery tickets ii they could buy. them ewMxy and openly. Judging- by ---what -Ïhas happened. so-th of the. bor- der, that would seem to be a wrong assumption. For the past three years the state of Wew Ham psbire lias been running atwicé yeaxrly sweepstake. The total amount raised for education in period is only $4.5 million. Now the state of New York1 started a monthly draw, also tof ance education. Gross revenues wý forecast at $30 million a month, but each of the first two months tic] sales have amounted to oniy $6 millii The school budgets that were pre cated on lottery ticket sales appareri are going te be in a bad way. -Clip ShE Fact and Fanlasy It may seem to be à subject thal ~sshould interest only economnists and Sfinancial analysts, but profits of the - ,Canadian rnanufacturing industry fell in1966 for the second consecutive Myear. And in truth it is a subject that ' directly-concerns every person in the country3 Thnployinenjt.îevels and living standards are not going to be sustain- ed if profits continue to decline in the industry that is the country's major source of jobs, says C. J. Harris in a Srecent article. The monthly publication Industry, I' ssued by the Canadian Manufacturers' 4 Association, reports a survey (the l9th Sannual survey by the. CMA)* that cov- gï. ered 912 .companies; total sales of the *~companies were $14.3 billion and total Semployment was just over haîf a mil- Slion. The average alter-tax profit was yr 4.7 cents on each dollar of sales. In 1965 the average profit in manufactur- m îg was 4.9 cents; in 1964 il was 5.4 't ents. - On last year's 4.7 cents of earnings, -shareholders receiveci 2.1 cents and - a more significant figure for the public Sgeneralîy - 2.6 cents were left for plant ;mnodernizati 'on, produet improvement .~and future expansion. 0f last year's sales dollar, 49.7 4cents (coinpared to 47.0 cents in 1965) was spent on the purchase of- materials; Swages. salaries and employee benefits took 21.7 cents (only 21.5 in 1965); overhead such as office supplies, pow- er, maintenance and local taxes tooý d13.7 cents. Excise and sales taxes took e3.5 cents, corporation income tax took 13.4 cents, and depreciation 3.3 cents. C "A breakdown such as this," In- tdtîstry -comments about the survey, > dcertaîniy serves- te separate fact fron fantasy. The actual return cf less thai a nickel on each dollar cf sales - hard- ly more than two cents cf whîch gets back to the shareholdei' - is a far cry Lindeed from the twenty cents or .-or e which most Canadians, according to opinion polis, think the manufacturer gets. (Even when the yardstick cf net worth is used, the return is no more than a modest 9.8 per cent.) "To sum up: Manufacturing pro- fits, neyer remotel\r as high as mest people imagine, are falling and the im- plications for the econcmy in terms of investment, empîcyment and tax revenues, if the trend% i- not soon re- versed, are flot pleasant. That Cana- dians should be aware cf these things is of some importance. Another significant figure turned ,up by th- survey is the dollar cost oh one job in manufacturing. By dividing the number cf empiovees into the total net worth oh the companies, this aver- age cest per job was $13,899 in 1966. In other words, to obtain enough new càpital frcm profits t<) create one new job, the average -nanufacturing coin- pany must have more thian haîf a mil- lion dollars worth oh sales. 1urham COUI]ty' Greot FamIly journal Aise Inconporaunqi The Bowmanvjfl. News The Newcastl Independent The Ovno Newa% Ii*ph.d essd aus SEan by the Pm mO i>. om. Oaead forpaymen os potage la casb Poducds4ney Wednomy by TM JANPPIULSMN O eM IffITED 62M6 King St. W., UowmynvMl, ontar4o JOIM'AUGEO. W. GRtAILAM GEO. P. MORRIS,, AW. Maa BusmaMma i.w" L - . ny aa7W mthorjsd $2.75 d z, IS&SO Ym Ln SttesmUnite ta ts. = tS m .n i; l otb aLa .mv zo l . Ss g Uvtu.mo l nmnsd lu vlift bY tee,' t duiyig~,yp. adrnIs.xam WU-e. - 5Wh h ~ 0 vsncba poeuon Of thlb* utremo ~~ ~ euujsd - babs-lto t. whoW ao omis ety is many If you are a student, readlng graduates ta begin with, noti -into this, and one of the hundreds because the education andj 5tofof Canadian Collegiate stu- training they have 15 of im-1 pofdents who is considering re- mediate benefit, but ratherj mrun- maining out of achool this fail, because thé better-educated( on g ,ive It very serlous thought. can be more easily traincd 'de-i If you do drop out, the chances veloped and promoted. lhey are you will be sorny you did stressed that competition for org- for the rest of your life. "Why miarkets was forcing indu9tnial urch do you prefer te hire gradu- research and technological p Mr-aes of âcademlc high schools, development at. an 'unprece- eiscollegiates, vocational schools, dented rate. Industry must 'eistrade schools and commercial therefore be adequately pre- schools?", This question' was pared toaineet changing con- ween -asked recentiy ot 50 of Cana- ditions by making certain that ýy on da'g langeat employers. Thry their m ost valuabie asset- ie-represented m a n u f a ctunîng, their staff-has been, properly .eea banking, insurance, civil serv- trained and educatéd. aged Ice, transportation and retail- One of the chief qualities nder ing. The majority of the em- these employers look for in an ,nain ployers stressed the following empîoyee is the ability to rdrimportant points:, persever- acquire and retain neW skîIls ance, ambition, ability to learn, and ideas and master new ielf-dlscipllne,' dependabiîity, problenis. A persaon who leaves udgment, potential and în- school early la not necessarily ltiative. lacking in this panticular po- Many of the employers sur- tential, but frorn the point of ve'yed feit that a young persan, view of the employer he has by complcting bis or ber sec- flot proven that he posseases the ondary school education, indi- this ability. cated the ability ta stant a In personnel- selection, by1 projcct and complete it. In- far the mort accurate Indica- r h as duatry and other professional tien of future performance isc firrns are looking for people past performance,. and a achoolk fin- who have proven that thev drop-out stands a better than t 'ere bhave self-discipline and are average chance of heing an t n capableý of petsevering and company drop-ut. For thata flapplying thenacîves. SomTe reason many companies atatedh ket employerxsésijtW.to run..,tha Ua1ey, per«n* :nW -erie on. rlak af hiring people wlth a shol roit,'i ~jof t ed-llmited educatton gince they course therèeiee éxtenuating are lesa llkely to be adaptable circumstances. jE tly to the constant changes which Finally, the simple: matter in are occurring in modemn in- of supply and demand 'was ai [eet dustry and business. also a serious consideration for ai Tbey citer the better jobs ta rnany employers. The greater r ýk ik k ~1 Students Could Be Forever Sorry Sugcar Weli, Expo is ail they Say it r It's fantastic and fabulous, exhaustit t and expens 'ive. It's got everything f rc Saturday night ln Hayhork Centre a reund-the-wenid cruise ini your pri ate yacht. tats~ true that the line-ups are lor at sme o thepavilions, but you cia easily get around this. Some people pi on a walking cast and are ushered1 the head oh the line. Others use a whei chair. Or you can buy a sailor sui Visiting sailors march straight to th head oh the line, wink at the girl, an walk in. One chap 1 know spent two houi in a line-up wlth no strain at ail. H waa organlzed. He set up bis foldini stool, sat down, put on dark giasse to make him think hie was in a hai and opened the quart-size thermos o Ice-coid martinis wvhich hie had pruc entiy brought along. Ail about hin people wëne cunsing, fainting and wisii ing they wcre home in bied. He kille( the quart and never did make the pav ilion, but lie made a lot of life-loni frienda when lie shared bis potion, arn stili dlaims it was the bout party hi was ever at. Another middle.aged friend, whose only normal exercise is walking ouf to the car, went te Expo with hssoný fi! teen. The boy is a fiend for organi. zation and had a series oh plans and ti-ne-charts werked out. They coverecl 57 pavilions in two days. Thoroughly. Three weeks later, the old man is stili limping, clutching his chest in the reg- ion oh his heart and you can make hi jump two feet straight up merely by uttering the wordt "pavilion." One way of getting around smart- ly, saving tixne, and giving your dogs a, rest in to hire a rd*-cab. This in a rickshaw-type vehic e propelled by a youth on a bicycle. Holds two. And It's only 25 cents a minute. Corne ow, don't b. so cheap. Normally, it costa you forty cents just to clirnb into a taxi and the surly driver cowes you into tlpping ham for not helping, you with -your luggagle. One thing you can saY about Expo in that nowhere in the world can you £et -00 nwch tu »slittie. And s. t tU and availability 0f educated job applicants and the decreasing number 0f non -specialized jobs, means that employers can afford to be more selective in their hining. flEMIES xEWS REPORT Newcastle. Ontario, August 28, 1967 Dean Mn. James: In last week's issue of this paper, on the Newcastle page there was a report of a Special Council. meeting in which Mr. Adams stated "the ex-Reeve had told him, point blank, that the Dur- har Hlgh School Area Board did not want a woman inember"l. I want it made known that 1 die not; make thia state- ment to Mr. Adams or any- one else. Frankly, 1 don't know how the. members of the Arca Board feel on this matter as I have neyer been a memnber of this board non have I dlscuased ti# - matter time. Personally, I have no ob- jection to women' being nernbers of Council, Boars or Committees. 1 have been asociated with w o ni e n nembers for the past ten ipice for se much. The first applies to ail- the wonderful free entertainment, the sights and sounds. The second applies to iiquid refreshment. Many people feel it's a great pity that these mnagnificent buildings should simply be demiolished when the fair ends. Somne think it would make a fine university. Others believe it couid be- corne a great international centre for the exehange of Ideas and cultures. Something like the United Nations, without, the scab-picking and back- stàbbing. Montreal, which had the imagina- tion and guts te create the thing, wil probably salvage something. Toronto would solve the problein with dispatç4x. The whole thing would be knocked af Whatever happens, I hope they jdon't take it away until we get there. nWhat's that? You thought we'd been? Oh, ne. We're just getting paclked at ýd the moment. 1- You don't have te go te Expo te 9 write a colunin about it. I could write da book. The country is full oh Expo 0 experts who are only tee ready te fi you in on everything about it, ahtèr, espending two beWlldered days there. We've been hearing about Expo from friends, relatives, neighbors, and cas- ual acquaintances until we have Czech blown glass coming eut our ears. S It's rather amusing to have people who have nover seen anything bigger than the county fair dismissing the Russian pavillon as "brittle" or "pon- Sderous", or pralsing the Britishi pay- ilion as "subtie" or "wonderfully un- derstated»" They've picked Up these expressions frein the enflies and are galng to use them even if it makes you throw up. Everything we've heard about it bas been contradictory, frein the avail- abillty oh lavatories te the price of meals. However, that's life, that's peo- ple, and that's probably Expo. Today we beave. We re ail set. My wife hamn't slept for two nights and has a blister on her heel. Kim lias a fallen arcli. I have a vicious corn on the bal of my foot. But, neyer mind that. It's the spirit that Counts. And ours are very low. -A years on Counties Council, various boards and commit- tees, and at no time have 1 heard a maie memnber reject women as members. On a numnber of occasions, if there. had not been womnen mem- bers present, the men would have had to seek advice of women outaide the com- mittee.* 1 do feel, hOwever, regard- less of sex, the persoth hold- ing office should possess the initiative and ability to cèpe with and carry out the ne- quirements of the office with "which he/she Is charg- ed. Yours truly, Memorial'Hos-pital Weekly Report- ,Week of Aug. 21-27 inclusive Admissions -' --75 Births-2 male, 5 female 7 Disch anges--- ----- --72 Major Operations .12 Minon operatiOns -----30 Emergencies ------------ 130 Visiting Hours: 3 to 8 p.m. Corn on the cob should be completeîy thawed before it lai cooked,,.advise home econom- igts at Macdonald Institute, Guelph. When cookcd in, a frozen state, the outer 'kernels Report from Q ueen's: Park (Sept. 3, 1942) Master AUlan Richards. spent a week holidaying with hi8 arandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Richards, Salem. Mii. Raymond Cole and son Billy, Kitchener, who have been enjoying the sum- mer ait Inverhuron Beach, Vislted hier sister-ln-law, Mrs. Reta Dudley. Bernard Jones was holi- daying at Pleasant View Farm, Orono. On Augugt 29, he celebrated hi& I lth birth- day and was entertained at a wiener and marshniallow roast and two bîrthday cakeés were presented. Laurie Hart whô attend- ed the Salvation Armny Mugie Camp reports a suc- cessful tîme. Over Ion .Youn people attended. Con- gratu iations are due Laurie for having won first prize ln the Theory of Music test. Leading Aircraftmnan Clar- enlce Wltberidge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Witherldge, BowmanvÇlle, was in the clasi Of navigators who graduated on Auguet 29th from No. 4 Air Observer's Sehool at Crum]in, near London, Ont. Engagement: Mr. and Mrs Wm. H. Lonsberry, Well- ington St., announce the en- gagement of their daughter Vera Elena, to Ivan Maurice Hobbs, Bowmanville. The 1 marriage will take place 4 Saturday, Sept. l9th, at the 1 home of the bride' parents. 1 Miss Muriel Baker, R.N, Hearst, Ont., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, Solina,, wag at Mliitary 1 Headquarters, Kingston, last ' week, enlisting for overseas service, r Miss Jean Fletcher, while guest of Mrs. H. M. Tyrreli in Toronto, saw Arthur 1ý Lake, the famous Dagwood ci of movie and eomic strip C farne, in person at Suniny- Chief of Police S, Venton, ai Mrs. Ventdn and Audrey a] have returned from holi- daying at Meaford and Owen H Sound. hi Mr. E. J. R. (Ted) Mason R bas been appointed to Port Hope High School teachlnq Li staff. He was formerly Ib- M cated at Clinton. Miss Carol Martyn laboli. si daying with bier aunt, Mns. W M. Mitchell, «' elleville. Mr. and Mra. Stanley Car- ap den and Roy spent the week- ais end at Camp Borden. ,, N. Brigadier Edwy White, di. Visional olffler and leader of Buffalo and Western New York Salvationfis, bas been draited by the national headquarters of the Sabra. tion Army for work oarer. geas. Brig. Edwy White je a Durham boy, claiming S0. lina as bis blrthplace, cousilà of Miss E. White, Bowman. ville. Mr. and Mrs. H. Yjatea and Mr. Bert Yaxes Motored from Cornwal 'àd spent thé holiday witb their son Mr. R. E. Yates, Liberty Place.* Miss Lepha Doncaster, Queena.St., Bownienville, will reaume ber class in piano on September 3rd at hier borne. Mrs. (Dr.) J. Adams and two chlldren, Canaan, Conn. are visltlng at ber father'., Mr; P. C. Trerbilcock. Miss Evelena Bedford là taklng a coufse at Elliott Business College, Toronto. Mrs. Edlth V. Scobell's black female Persian cat wa: judged best in the open class at the Toronto Exhi- bition last week, which car- ried wlth lt prizes covering best typed female in Show, and second best cat in Show. Winners in standing field crop competition for Prov- ince of Ontario fromn this district are: wheat, A. A. Colwill, Newcastle, 2nd, and R . E. Osborne, Darlington, lot, H. Blckle, Port Hope, 2nd. Mrs, Milford Wilkins, son * rheodore, Mr. and Mrs. Orvï.S& ilIe Heard and babe, ()sia. va, visited ber sister, M. R . Ifamrley and other relatives. Miss Doris Ding, Annesley rl, Toronto, visited the Misses Drummond, New- ,astile. Her home la at Foo how, China. Miss Marjorie . Waddell, hathamn, là visling ber lunts, Mrs. Duncan Belth r>d Mrs. É. C. Southey. Mr. and Mr. Cio. W. îinds, Colborne, are visiting il ~parents, Rev. and Mrs. ~Miss Hlelen Brown.idf'¶ lndsay la visltlng ber aunt, nrs. T. 0. Magon. Mr., and Mrs. Isaac selby, xaw's, Are on a trip tO the Miss Mildred Selle y is >ending a montb WMt her ten at Mountain Lmkeg, 25 TEAr. AT. W9 JacsonAg J.atesne ulcn and disability insurance, etc. The costb of the programme, hawever, hàs placed a heavy burden on the Swedish taxw" payer, as the following facts illustrate.: 1. A married Swede, with an income Oh $5,000, Pays 25 per cent of hisC income in Social Security taxes. - In Canada, a - Canadian wlth twao. * children pays Only 9 per cent oIC. $5,000. i 2. A single mnan in Sweden, earnin~ $5.,000 pays 35 per cent. In Cana it is 15 Per cent, 3. A $10,000 a year Swede (marriel4 pays 37 per cent. In Canada, it is, 15 per cent.. 4. Tax 'es represent 66 per cent of the. cOst of a gallon of gasoline in, Sweden - compared with 39 per. cent in Ontario.. 5. The tax rate in Sweden on. a pack- age Of ciparettes Is 80 per cent. e, In Ontario, the rate is 57 per cent.- 6, Living costs have risen 30 percent, in Sweden since -1960, cornpared' with an annual rate of 2.2 per cent in Canada. The cost however, miust alsocb. measured in the moral and social ef-u. fects of the programme. Although ,faored wlth a *mal>~ population growth, - Sweden, alter 2«, years oh building the world's greatesC7 Welfare State, is faced with nlany seri.*M eus problenis, including- 1. Axdiscofitented and, restive popu.,, lation. 0 2. A senious political setback for itiC Labour Governiment.#b 3. A doubling of the crime rate, sinc@: 1950, with juvenile crime largelyt responsible. 4. A sharp increase in crimes eZC violence. 5. During' the last three years, thi number of homicides and. robberieC bas clinibed by 80 per cent. 8-Acuté alcoholism la growing et startling rate. 7.The housing criais is more sever* now, than twenty years ago. Ther< io a waitlng list for housinge Stockholm of 120,000 plus 5~0% looking for homnes in the cit* suburbs.. espte government controls, rentit Y have skyrockete4. Workera in the iower and niddQ' Income brackets pay, lin taxe twîce as mucli as Ontario workez in the same bracket. Loekin~ behind the lac&ie wdoenl Great Socity", we tind Wurbngpicture - a picture of devl Pia cias,- bat ouG0180",w The Universal Welfare State One of Britain's most hamous and cherished sacred cows - the Welf are State, appears te b. in difficulty. The experience of that country may provide a lessen for us 'in Canada, where the trend bas been steadily toward a simi- lar type oh society. Britain's venture into socialisin, instead of vanquishing want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness, ap- pA r tothave rulen awenting btwcon the, have and hav fe nots. te yA rcen thgoe wrnent rpore thationcetryervetha fer nine- tae enoearson te mwlonldfirst aree living in peverty. There is a growing realization on the part oh responsible citizens in this province, and in other jurisdictions, that the concept oh Social benefits for ail, means, that the enormous cost of any increase in, these benehits, pre- vents it frein being large enough to heip those in real need. The dilemma faced by, the Labour Governinent in Britain is, whether,,to continue the Welfare State, thinkinig that the only way to help one million needy children, is te raise the family aliowance for ail six million of the nation's children - rich or poor, or to cencentrate help where help is needed. To foliow the first course, would mean A belief. is beginning te develop that universality in any welhare preg- ra,.ime militates against those who need the assistance. It maintains thein at a subsistence level, while the gap be- tween thein and the affluent grows. The solution would appear to be the abandonlng of universality and givîng the help whero help is needed. This is the presént policy of the Ont- ario Geverninent in its OMSIP and other programmies of social security. Further proof oh thé higli coite and limited benefits oh universal wel- fare programmes, can. be found in a companison oh taxes in Canada, with those in Sweden, a country whlch seems te have gone the limnit in cradie- te-grave security. The Swedes, in a material wayi noythe hîghest standard oh living in Wýesotern Europe. They get housing sub- aidies, rent rebates for low income groups, free hospitalliation, subsidies for doctors' bis uud dru g bÂis, ira. care in child bfrth, cash allowances for maiernlvy, *fre. hihJ#r *duatoiuol pay, wiemiployment IizUrn2e, odd q. 1 U TZARS AGO 49 IMARS AGO , Lq l'HE EXPO TRAIL , 1 SY Bill Smiley