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TOT COLBORNE CHRONICLE, Thursday, April 5lh 1962 Page Three Colborne Chronicle Established in 1959; Successor to the Colborne Express, (Est. 1866) and the Colborne Enterprise, (Est. 1886) Published every Thursday at the office of publication King Street, Phone 44, Colborne, Ontario WILLIAM T. HARRISON -- Editor and Manager Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Subscriptions Payable In Advance In Canada $3.00 In U.S.A. $4.00 (Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa) % « BY DOROTHY BARKER Canine Cuts Loose The Red Cap was having trouble with the dog's tail. As fast as he tucked it into the wooden crate, it would wag out and a whine of protest animate it even faster. "Come on Butch, settle down," pleaded the Red Cap. "I beg your pardon but he's not Butch, she's Janey," said a whispy little woman in a scared small voice, trying at the same time to help tuck the flip-flopping tail behind the crate's opening. We were all standing in line in Union Station to check our baggage when the elderly man had opened the door "just to peek and see if Janey was all right." Janey was as scared as her mistress, for neither had ever travelled far from home. Both were headed for a new and strange harbor, where a daughter had offered a lifetime mour-ing for her elderly mother and this aging pet. This information had all tumbled out as the nervous, small passenger tugged at her carryall and ran the dog's leash through her fingers. Now I was trying to comfort her and tell her how happy she would be residence with her daughter when Janey, with a heave of her brindle body, slipped through the crate's door and started down the full length of the station's foyer looking like a yelping, tail-wagging bundle of fur about to orbit any place but back in the crate. Red Caps, passengers, gage employees and gatemen all tangled in an effort to capture Janey. They had one thing in their favour. The inclement weather had closed all station doors and it was just a matter of cornering the fractious animal. The more we all grabbed for her as she ran by, the more wiley she became in eluding us. Finally her mistress regained her composure. She called, "Janey, heels" in a commanding voice much too big for her small frame. The little dog crawled on her belly until she was at the heels of her mistress who picked her up and without any further nonsense or coaxing, pushed her into the crate and "battened down the hatches". These lovely marine terms were all hers. She had been the wife of a lake captain, she told me, and when disaster faced her and the one she loved, she took command. I shan't worry about how these two fared when they reached their destination. I am sure the captain's wife will know how to take charge if the going gets rough. A Boy and His Dog Because it is fast drawing to close to that time of the year which beleaguers town councils, when the problem of dog control aggravates citizens anc feeds the linotypes of the nation with copy, I am repeating the advice a weekly editor, Foy Evans, of the Warner Robins Sun in a Georgia town, gave of his small readers who wrote this note to him: "Dear Mr. Editor: I am nine years old. I have dog. Why can anybody tell m what I must do with my dog? He only barks at people. He doesn't bite. My friends have dogs too. Our teacher can't tell us. Our parents don't tell us. Can you' Replied the editor: " .... It is not within my rights, Jimmy, to tell you what you must do with your dog. However, the organized society in which we live does have the right -- and the responsibility -- to adopt rules of conduct for people, as well as their pets, which are designed to best se the majority of the people. . "These rules actually depi you of certain freedoms, but they create an organized society in which the people are all expected to follow the same rules. It makes it possible for your father to drive through an in- tersection when the traffic light is green without fearing he will be struck by an automobile from another direction. "When the rules are broken the violator is penalized. That is another of the rules we live by. If we did not have rules; if everybody could do as he sed . . . we would have anarchy. Under such disorder you and your family could not sleep soundly at night for fear of a raid from a jealous or greedy neighbour. . . ". . . . a neighbour who did not like your dog which barks at people could kill your dog and there would be no law to punish him. "So Jimmy, you see, when your city tells you what you should do about your dog, actually is looking after you, protecting you, and not mistreating you or depriving you of an inalienable right. "It is not possible to live ii an organized society without giving something in return for what you receive. We, each of us, give a little of our freedom for protection, the opportunity to live in peace and the opportunity to earn a living. "It is a good bargain." Furrow and Fallow by Fairbairn There is more than just tobacco smoke swirling around southwestern Ontario these days as the Ontario Flue-cured Tobacco Marketing Board finds itself involved in what must be the hottest controversy since it was established after one of the most bitter fights in the history of Ontario agriculture. Tobacco sold very slowly at the beginning of trading for the 1961 crop with one of the biggest buyers obviously holding back. It i: ported to have stocked up in previous years so that it could operate with, very light purchases of the current crop. Sales have picked up but prices are averaging about three cents a pound below last year's average and the board faces the prospect of either a drastic price break or a substantial amount of unsold tobacco. Tobacco must be processed before the warm weather arrives or it will lost. In an effort to meet this situation the board last month held a plebiscite of Ontario growers to allow a levy of 2 cents a pound on this year' crop with the funds to be used to process and sell any surplus overseas. The Ontario government had offered to guarantee bank loans to purchase any amount of surplus tobacco so this scheme might work, provided the growers put up the two cents per pound. The vote saw 81% of Ontario tobacco growers casting ballots but only 56.7% favoured the levy. Since it was held under the Farm Products Marketing Act, a two-thirds majority is required so the levy was not authorized. Now supporters of the levy claim it would have carried had the vote been held a week later and are circulating another petition asking for another vote. While there is no precendent for this particular type of vote, statutory requirements under the FPMA call for a two year period after a vote fails before other can be held on the same plan. In any case, it seems likely a second vote would be held within a month. If this favoured the levy, opponents would be quite justified in circulating another petition asking for another vote and this sort of thing could go on indefinitely. The tobacco growers board are also pressing the government follow through on its promise to guarantee bank loans to purchase the surplus even though the plebiscite did not show sufficient growers in our to authorize the two-cent levy. There seems little likelihood that the government will agree under the circumstances. The condition of grower support was perfectly clear to most While some tobacco processors have indicated opposition to the growers board entering the processing and/or manufacturing field, there is little evidence that the board has any definite plans to do so. In fact, the board's present predica ment may be largely traced to the policy of increasing production each year by about ten percent over normal domestic and export requirements in order to provide supplies for additional exports. To date these additional markets abroad have not materialized. Canadian manufacturers have been reluctant to negotiate with the growers board in the past to try to develop any overseas markets. There is no sign at the moment that growers are willing to sit down with processors and manufacturers to discuss the current surplus situation but with time running out and the levy and government guaranteed loans apparently doomed they may be forced into such meetings. It is almost a question of- selling at distress prices or leaving some growers with unsold tobacco. PLUMBING and HEATING CLARE HECLA FURNACES PURIFIERS -- PRESSURE SYSTEMS WATER SOFTENERS DOUG HAIG Office 21, Res. 388 Brighton, Ont. LUCKY DOLLAR FOOD STORES Week-end Specials THURS., FRL, SAT. April 5, 6, 7 Habitant Pea Soup, 28 oz.................4 tins 69c Habitant Vegetable Soup, 28 oz.......4 tins 69c King's Choice Pears, 15 oz.............6 tins $1.00 Kraft Dinners ................................4 pkgs. 49c Duncan Hines Cake Mixes..........................37c BonelessjPot Roasts^ lb. 49* Cottage Roll £1^49* Fresh Pork Shoulders lb. 43* Cook's Groceteria Phone 56, Colborne WE DELIVER JEWELLERY Watch Our Windows and Come In for Gift Suggestions E. M. 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