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Gr REL J 270% & Sel al ae hats » 14 34 7, iN i 4] TRAN 33 Biseuhere $000 per year. re we 1 LAAN Po SA Rar a AS XTRA RBA FLLLE RON RL EE IRAE A TR { PEARANR SU SAR EDITORIAL TOPICS Farm Safety Week dy 20-26 The number of accidental" deaths and disabling injuries suffered by Canada's farm population has reached epidemic proportions, the Canada Safety Council' YA VE ca SAY Sv Epdmedaadinin says in its National Farm Safety Week campaign. "The rural accident problem is a matter of national concern," Norman H. Bell, president of the Council, comments. "While the number of Canadians engaged in farming is declining, there is an alarming increase in the rate of farm accidents." ~~ The accidental. death rate on. the farm is 20 per cent higher than the national average. The absolute number of these fatalities is higher for farming than for any. other industry and it follows only mining and construction's accidental death ratesper number of workers. ~ The Council predicts there will be 1,400 farm and rurat-deaths this year, 75,000 accidents, 35,000 injuries and 1,500 permanent injuries. These figures are based on trends indicated in previous studiés and statistics. Half of the fatalities will- take place because of traffic. The home accident figure is also higher than the national average. But the farm machinery accidental death toll is increasing at twice the rate of these traffic and home fatalities. Whereas the accidental death rate in almost all other industries is being checked, a.Royal Com- mission an Farm Machinery study discloses that farm machinery fatalities per 100,000 farmers doubled between 1956 and 1966. _In the same period, the farm population dropped to 1,951,000 from 2,734,000 while the number of tractors increased to 597,000 from 499, 500. Even more disturbing is the inordinately high number - of children killed in these accidents. 'The Royal Commission study reports that children under the age of five comprised 12 per cent of farm machinery fatalities recorded from 1962 - 66 inclusive. Two-thirds of these young children were run over. Twenty per cent of the deaths occurred in the under 10 age-group. - Another 17 per cent comprised young people age 10 - 19, half of whom were killed in overturns or crushed, meaning that too many were riding machinery not built for passengers or else were operating them without the needed strength and skills. _Many of these accidents can be prevented by 'farmers forbidding their children to ride tractors or drive them before they are qualified. But vehicle design is very important, too. 'The installation of protective frames=-roll bars--and- crush resistent cabs cut. overturn fatalities in Sweden by 50 per cent when this was made compulsory. The Canada Safety Council says overturn fatalities making up 40 per cent of all farm machinery deaths can be reduced.by three-quarters through installing these protective devices and. safety belts in order to prevent _ farmers from being ejected. Once again, the Council stresses there is no place for children on and around these' powerful machines used in a womplex, highly skilled 4 picTeion: Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas -P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor REE RRR RR a 74 Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association 7 Member - of the Ontario Weekly. Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Go. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0268 Subscription Kates: In Canada $4.50 per.yr., ingle Copy. 10¢ Us 3 #4 TAR Dr aided A ; % 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 24, "1919 " For many years the Dept. ing that a new High School be built in 'Port Perry and according to the way matters are shaping it is probable that .the matter will be brought before the people for their consideration at an early date. In the coming prohibition ects, male or female, who have resided within the Prov- ince for one year and who are 21 will be entitled to vote. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 3, 1944 . For sometime past there has been trouble owing to the flooding of the Beaver Creek Bridge on the concession of Reach. At the present time it is closed and the situation is difficult to decide. - Phil Orde, John Jeffrey, latest -boys to join the armed forces. L.A.C. Harry Carnegie, BILL SMILEY Sugar and INJUNS ON THE WARPATH "Bar the door, Matilda, and close them shutters! Henry, look. to vour flintlock! The Injuns are on the war-path!" . Let's hope it doesn't come to that, but the Indians of Canada, a quarter-million of the natives of this vast continent, have blood in their eye, whether it's a product of politics or bean wine. And. they don't _need_tomahawks, bows and arrows, and rusty muskets this time. They have two weapons which bring them richt into the nuclear age. One is the _white_man's guilt complex, 'with which _ they belabor him at every opportunity. The other is the mass media, which they are using with a skill that would make a public relations man turn green. There are some facts that have led up to the current confrontation. First of all, the Indians were victims of one of the greatest con jobs in history when the 'various treaties were drawn up. Have you ever read one? They sound great. full of poetic stuff like, "As long as the rivers run to the sea and the grass grows to the sky and the. mountains do . not fall down . , . ete, etc." Then comes the crunch, in the small print. As long as the Indian stays on his reserve, and out of the white man's hair (especially the : " scalp), he and his children and his child- ren's children shall receive an annual bounty from the Great 'White Queen across the Big Water. For a whole Indian band, it might be 1.000 pounds sterling. Not cash annually, but only the interest thereon. Figure out sometime what the interest is on 1,000 _ pounds sterling th 1969. Yes, inflation has caught up with the Indian, too. Tréaty Day, according to old- timers, used to be a real fair at the reserves. Each In. dian family received its share of the loot and avaricious merchants gathered from: miles around to separate the Indian and his treaty money as quickly as possible. Today, he might be able to buy a few bottles of wine. Second. the Indian culture, or what's Teft of it, is quite dissimilar to that of the White man's. It is based on communal, = 1 Spice ol to spend a few holidays at ic rather than cut-throat society. "The roman- tic refers back to the "noble red man", The nragmatist - calls -him "a shiftless bum." Neither 'is anywhere near the truth. He is a human being. He's neither ted nor any more noble than the rest of us. Third, the paradox exists that the Indian has special privileges (medical care, free education, no taxes on the reserve, ete.) - .and yet he is underprivileged (inferior housing and "ediication; "plus-plain-vld-dis--- crimination,' social and -economic.) And now, the Federal government, with a _cold logic that seems to seep down from Mr. Trudeau, says, "Put up or shut uv. If you aren't happy about the way we run things, do it yourself." This, after years of treating reserves with all the largesse and benevolence usually associated with an orphanage. . The Federal government proposes to dump the Indian problem on the provincial governments and the Indians themselves, all in the course of five years, then fold its tent and steal off into the nigtt The provincial governments want the Indian ...problem like they want the Black Plague. 'So do the Indians. For the latter, the Canadian govern- ment's new policy is a smoke -screen to cover failure. For the young Indians, dis- solution of the reserves is like burning your boats behind you. For the middle-aged and elderly, it is terrifying. Indian leader Wilmer Nadjiwon of Cape Croker put it succintly, if over-simply, when- he said the new legislation would allow an .is spending a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. Carnegie. Bil are leaving 'this week Sturgeon Point. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 29, 1954 The Union Picnic at Lake View - Gardens was well attended. cast of the Union Rod and Gun and the Port Perry Rod Tr The usual team- . onde AED of Education has been urg- referendum, all British subj fourteenth . what can be done to relieve - and Ross Harrison are the - J RCAF of Rivers, Manitoba, CA. "Glass - and- -son-- - » 1 LJ} and Gun Club is a feature "of the tournament. hY Tal" A very enjoyable time was "held "at Geneva Park when-- Seagrave Sunday School held their annual picnic. Mrs. LR. Bentley "has returned hotite after spend- ing some time at Axbow Lake, Muskoka, the guest of Mrs. A. C. Clifford. Mrs. R. Nodwell, Rose- mary and Elizabeth Ann visited with Mr, Nodwell's relatives. in Callendar last week. : 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, Miss Doreen Evans, Ux- bridge R.R. 3, was declared Ontario County Dairy Princess for 1969 and a close runner Indian to sell his property for two bottles: up was Doris Evans, her sister. of wine. That doesn't solve a problem. It creates one. The Indians don't want assimilation. They want help to get on their feet. and some redress for 200 years of being considered "second-class Canadians. Some reserves are worthless, mere slum areas. Some are extremely valuable as potential resort areas. How does every: body get a fair share if these lands are handed back to the Indians themselves, for disposal as they see fit? You're not going to settle that one in "five years, Pierre Elliott. : Mr. and Mrs, Ray Medd, Elaine and Betty have return: ed home from their trip to Western Canada. Congratulations to Nancy * McDonald who was one of the winners in the third Limerick Contest. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Gibson motored to Pembroke area for a few days recently. July 30, 1959 [7] 8