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t j iV-i- Mage front the Editors Notebook We have had two letters re cently in as widely diverse sub jects as the maintenance of old country graveyards and the use of waste and timber land in North York as public parks- On the first our correspondent writes Couldnt the Era do some thing editorially to have some improvement made in neglected cemeteries which exist in the northern parts of the county It is particularly noticeable reading one of the interest ing articles on the early days of the pioneers of the Sharon vic inity to drive up the Lake Sim- road and see the neglected condition of the cemetery in Sharon He mentions too the old Burial Ground north of the village The Era has been trying to do something editorially for some years without too much success The fact seems to be that with our concern for the living to the neglect of the past there just doesnt seem the sufficient public interest to do thing The last time the Shar on cemetery was in the news it was because the council on its annual inspection trip found several stones overturned by vandals We dont suggest that we must worship the past and scurry about in sn attempt to restore simply for the accomplish- itself but the way in which wo so carelessly ignore Vwen the simple decency of a tidy burial ground merely points up that disinterest in our which the Commis sion found so prevalent Our second correspondent is owner of land out Sharon way upon which there is a large tract of which he has carefully preserved but is concerned that with his death it may be ruthlessly cut down as has been done in so many other Instances At present the coun ty has a lav which restricts the carefree cutting of other days but it does not offer the com plete protection our correspond ent desires He writes Some intelligent person sug gested that Toronto buy park spaces outside the city I offered my land to the city from the Files of but it was turned down While I live it will be protected but after that it would be a shame to have some vandal tear all that beautiful bush out and thats what will happen One English institution we could well copy here is the es tate and farm combination which has done so much to wards the preservation of game and the of the countryside This question of the utiliza tion of poor marginal land is a big one in this country and deserves more attention If the population in the Tor onto area continues to expand the area will be sadly short of recreation space We have heard that the Conser vation Authority plans parks at the headwaters but there can never be enough such facilities not for a city which is so and packed that its inhab itants flee it at every oppor tunity We doubt though if the city will worry about it until as usual it is too late Then they will probably appropriate the land Our correspondent speaks of the problem of marginal land The fact is that there is plenty of good farm land which has been abandoned The problem as we see it is not so much the reclamation of marginal land as it is the returning to pro duction of abandoned land We hope to extend to the Newmarket Journal in England something more than journal istic greetings although unfor tunately it must be done by proxy Harold Simmcrson who left Newmarket last week on his way to England says that he expects to be in Newmarket and promised he would drop in on The Journal We hope he can make the trip We are frequently run ning across references to our English counterpart former servicemen have been there immigrants arc fam iliar with the district and so on In a recent issue of Mc leans Magazine Beverley Bax ter writes at some length of a visit there the horse is king Aurora and of North York Hi Era 152 Herald Iff Published WWf Thursday at Main St Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Express limited tor two for tor one year in advance Single copies are each Member of Class A of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of deviations Authorized at Second Class Mail Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN A Managing Editor JOHN t News m m CAROLINE ION Womens Editor GEORGE Sports Editor RACINE Job Printing and THE EDITORIAL PAGE PAGE FOUR and 50 Years Ago A AUGUST 1MB One hundred relatives of the Smith family gathered at the Stephen Howard homestead in East arid held their annual reunion After ball games and races supper was served on the lawn were present from Chica go and Toronto The North York Reform As sociation has engaged rooms south of the Palace theatre as the headquarters for North York during the present elec tion Mr A Bruce Union- is in charge Good market last Saturday Fruit was the principal though butter and eggs were plentiful Prices Inclined to advance Ruling prices were butter 30 to cents a lb eggs from 28 to cents a potatoes cents a basket ripe tomatoes cents III Cherries were cents a small basket and from cents to large basket red currants 15 cents box for cents gooseberries cents box red raspberries cents box or cents lb by the pail Mr and Mrs Robert son Newark were calling on friends in town over the weekend Mr Harrison was employed for years at the Office Specialty- before joining the Overseas battalion in market Since the war he has been living in the States Miss Joy Marritt vho has been taking a five weeks course In kindergarten pri mary teaching at the Toronto normal school returned to on Saturday Miss is to teach hi the kinder- department of a large school in York tovnship in THE OLD HOME TOWN AUGUST Mr A Colling wood Collegiate Institute has been appointed to take the place of Mr Forbes at New market high school He is specialist in science and holds a first class professional cer tificate Mr has had six years experience at teach ing in public and high schools His salary is to be a year Fair market here last Satur day Butter had an upward tendency as high as cents being paid Eggs plenti ful and price remained same as it had for several weeks from to cents Green apples sold at cents a peck pears cents a peck cucumbers cents a peck beans cents a peck and black currants cents a quart Messrs Cane Ed Rert Marsh and A spent Sunday friends at and Mr David who has been In the butchering business in Newmarket for 25 years has sold out to Mr Win Green- sides The grandstand at the fair grounds is to he extended feet to the east and will pro vide accommodation for spectators Houses arc being picked up fast by the employees of the shoe factory Aurora and rents have jumped Mr Sis- man is in Aurora superintend ing the instalment of the ma chinery and Mr Phillips is assisting It is hoped to be gin operations September Miss Amy leaves tomorrow for she will continue school mis tress for another term By STANLEY AND SWIMMING POOL TOO What started out as a campaign for floodlights for the diamond at the old fair grounds seems to be expanding into a much larger campaign for a recrea tion park It is an undertaking which is worthy of eve support Newmarket needs these facilities they can he had if we all share in their accomplishment We are not familiar with the committees plans to bring about the full objective Perhaps it is a little early to even consider the swimming pool play ground facilities etc with the floodlight campaign still to be completed But we would suggest that when the floodlights are in and paid for that the committee expand itself to include representatives of all New market organizations and then prepare a continuing campaign for the rest of the parks facilities The committee of Messrs Charles A George and K J Flett are to be congratulated on having accomplished so much to date in the provision of floodlights and the completion of that job is naturally first on the program But having finished it is there any reason why their lead cannot be followed and the swimming pool built and the other facilities provided Here is an undertaking which should engage the attention of every group in town it is the kind of project which is truly communitywide There are several organizations in town which at one time or another have considered campaigns for a swimming pool and the rest There is we believe some funds tucked away for application to such campaigns Here would be an excellent opportunity for all these groups to come together and work together to accomplish a common purpose The nucleus of such a group exists in the present committee and a start has been made Lets finish the job TOPSYTURVY LAND li The Milk Control Board formally granted the producers an increase of cents a hundredweight effective September This is not the increase the producers sought and according to the producers figures even at the new price of they are sell ing milk at a loss Mayor as consumer representative to the board refused to sign the boards price increase order and thereon hangs a talc which is illustrative of whole upside down manner in which milk prices are considered The mayors argument against the price increase was that it would mean milk unless the dairies could work out a more economical way of distributing the milk He wants to hold up the price increase to the producers until the distribution is improved We know of no other producer which would be subjected to such unreasonable arguments hut the mayors state ments are apparently accepted as quite reasonable among his constituents There is no reason on earth why the price paid producers should be subject to considerations arising out of delivery and marketing generally if the pro ducers were marketing their own milk it would be different but the producer sells to the dairy and after that he has no control over the manner in which the milk is marketed Why then should his return bo considered subject to marketing arrangements What makes the mayors attitude doubly unfor tunate is that it is echoed frequently when prices of other farm products are being discussed The con sumer forgets that the economics of production are not a oneway affair Rising prices in farm products are a reflection of the rising prices of the products the farmer buys from lite cities But because the city consumer is generally represented by strong and highly vocal organizations of one sort or another only one wide of that story is told as was so evident throughout the entire milk price dispute V TIME FOR INVENTORY Isnt it about time we took inventory of our moral values We have learned With increasing frequency of revelations of corruption and cheating so much so that instead of considering these revelations as exceptions we are beginning to think of them as the rule Something is very wrong with our standards when we no longer protest these disclosures It is true that much of what we read about cor ruption comes from the Stales but that is perhaps only because in our neighbor the opportunities are greater Because there is so m In common between the two countries Immorality ill re fe reflected The current fixed racing probe at Fort Erie shows how true this is Statisticians may assure us thai those involved In these crimes are only a fraction of one of iopulatlon That is not tho issue That fraction of oho percent represents big fish a goodly part of the rest act in the same way but not to the same degree How frequently do we fix a ticket or make a deal to get around an inconvenient law The man who observes the law is more frequently called a sucker by his friends than he is respected These are small things The man who tries to get his ticket fixed wouldnt dream of getting mixed up in a rigged race but the attitude is the same only the degree is different What is at the bottom of it What is the cause There are several One of them is the growth of materialism one result of two world wars Another is the growth of commercialism which either nourished or was nourished on the belief that financial success was the index of a mans character It has become so important to have money and all it represents that the seeker after the dollars is willing to sacrifice his standards to achieve his goal Still another cause has been the multiplicity of regulation It is easier now to break a law than it was years ago There are more laws and their scope extends into every activity Ill advised efforts to impose unpopular laws are another contribution to holding the law in contempt And then there has been this emphasis upon win ning whatever the cost The old cry of Play the game has been replaced by Win no matter how but win But whatever the cause it cannot be made to serve as an excuse The fact is that the standards of our national morality have been lowered If Can adians are to have any sort of self we will have to first vacuum clean our current beliefs and restore again the old standards COST OF LIVING The latest increase in the cost of living index has prompted new demands for ceilings In a year the cost of living index has risen from 1075 to 1876 The government has steadfastly refused to consider price ceilings believing that inflation can be better con- trolled by other measures At the same time the United States has imposed ceilings and this as well as the most recent increase in the cost of living index gives ceiling supporters a strong case The government believes that the imposition of ceilings now would be foolish because they would en courage black markets The country has not the same purpose which made ceilings generally suc cessful during the war Without full public acceptance ceilings could become the government says nothing less than a farce The government also argues that imposition of ceilings is an emergency measure one which should be against the possibility of war If ceilings were imposed now and there was war within a year or two tho ceilings would have lost their effectiveness by then Instead the government has gambled upon the effectiveness of currency controls of various sorts Since availability of money in a major cause of infla tion restricting that availability should check inflation so that the government has imposed credit restrictions bank loan restrictions higher taxes and similar meas ures The government has also argued that inflation could be best controlled by increased production and Mr Abbott has frequently urged greater output for the same return How successful the governments gamble will he is a matter of doubt A few weeks ago one writer said that in Ottawa it was believed that inflation was licked Since then however the cost of living index has jumped points In theory the governments policy seems sound In practice less so While en couraging production on one hand it has made it more difficult to purchase that production Defence orders might have taken up slack but lacking those orders there has been mass layoffs We would dislike to see controls imposed fur the same reasons of the but it would seem that there is something wrong with their alternative infla tion checks when the cost of living continues to rise ami demands for increased production clash with lay offs because of sales slumps EDITORIAL NOTES Whatever our attitude towards Toronto we all can agree that it is an endless source of derision laughter and entertainment Wo are not sure under which of these headings the latest outburst of Mayor McCailum should be classified but we offer it for what it is worth The mayor was reported as having said in effect if the royal procession passed by the city hall it would have to bo cleaned up If not would save the money and let it be as is Now you decide how such a statement should bo considered Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger THURSDAY THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYONE Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh would have had a busy time of it on their visit to Corners in Octo ber A town committee headed by chairman Col Holland Riv ers made large scale prepara tions for the royal visit How ever there had been some dif ferences of opinion between the Col and his committee and Mayor and the mem bers of Corners council The members of council all had their own ideas about what the royal couple should see when they visited Cuttin Corn ers But there had been a lot of talk about whether the Fair and Horse Show should be postponed and held during the royal visit One faction was holding out for the original date to catch the end of the tourist trade The other faction was patriotic and said that money isnt everything The art club wanted to have a royal exhibit and the Handi- women Club would liked to have had a display of its weav ing of wild Canadian scenes The Farm Forum wished to put on a pageant to illustrate that farming is a way of life and the Rod an Shot club would like to have preserved some game and for ests for the royal couple The impending royal visit had at least shown the citizens of Cuttin Corners just how many wonderful things there are in their community Coun cillor Bust the new member of the council elected last year after a seven year try had sug gested that the committee take the royal couple out to the two new ranch style bungalows at the west end of town to show how our community has expanded over the last ten years The new garbage disposal in cinerator was high on the list Councillor Belyake wanted to show how sanitary the commu nity is and what the adminis tration has done to better the lot of the people Its the by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches people what counts to the roy al couple said and the after of their inter ests can be shown in this new garbage disposal plant But the news on Tuesday night a shock to the commun ity put an end to all the hag- A pall of gloom felt over Corners and there was talk of renewing the re bellion of Fists were rais ed in the direction of Ottawa We need a change said the opposition leader Who seized the opportunity and made a torchlight speech in Thimble Park that night This was the news The royal route was not to include Cuttin Corners Oh royal woe The Beagle cancelled its plans to have its staff photog rapher fly to London to get ex clusive pictures of the royal couple Col Holland Rivers started thinking of a way to change the royal route Tele grams were sent to Ottawa There is talk of a coupe The township road gang had a plan that might have worked but word leaked out to the law They had planned a Corners stroke of genius on an extravagant scale On the night before the royal time- table indicated that the train was leaving they would tear up the mainline track four miles east of town and reroute the railway through the Main Street It was a daring idea and it deserves a commenda tion for the township road crew But like many a community in Canada it looks as if Cut- tin Corners will be disappoin ted The rebellion of has died down As a substi tute there is talk of taking fire truck to the city and a banner over it Cutting Comers salutes the Royal Couple Deputy Fire Chier Ira Maniac objected What i theres a fire that day To heck with a fire Mayor Well pass bylaw that therell be no fire- that day S i Those of us who have follow ed the milk squabble from its very beginning to the recent third and fourth reversal of the Milk Control Boards decisions have a bitter taste in our mouths We are desperately tired of it all and very discour aged As far as we are con cernedand after all we are the ones whose livelihood really depends on this we have been kicked about and sold out and now made the goats of a sordid spectacle It was astonishing to see how the dairies and the socalled consumer representative were unanimous in their condemna tion of the farmers raise of cents a hundred One of the vote catchers in that dismal building on Queen at Bay even said that the farmers price went up five- fold since 1939 Since the price of milk is not up percent since then the dairies must have made a real pile of money out of milk in 1939 ThU fivefold business is a falsehood the kind on which these petty politicians hope to ride to power at election time So we are the goats There is no condemnation of the sys tem of delivery Nobody talks about the new picked up milk price All they talk about is the farmers piddling raise Well we as close to not knowing the solution as we are willing to admit If it was a ball game we would suggest that they yank the pitcher Thats the new Milk Control Board All they do is moke a lot of noise but they are not winning any games Then warn the manager the provincial not to sign such in effectual players This four- man milk board was doom from the start because the id behind their appointment unsound This cry of hold milk price is a political slog and not a just ami sound basis for neotiaMot Their performance their reversals of decisis caused muckraking rumors political deals and bad publicity for us After the manager and pitcher if we really want clean up the league the next- go should be the product board of directors We wo like to know where the priced help was that state of affairs have Where was the publicity to balance thai lv eye we ended Where the sane voice to point out 5 sordid political manoeuvres made us the goats The g organization was bad a bunch of yes men imagination and drive And then finally lets of the the consul representative If the consul is to be represented let by a figure of respect dependence somebody realize that this whole will have to be solved by thinking and give and take us not foot the public man whose political future for decision once a year i proper man to represent a biased opinion We are sick at heart member of the judicial should have to sit on a which irresponsible political expediency and sighted passing the greedy people has turned political dungheap iV MAN EATER COMING tot a it the tenant not master of tho infringement on their their agent in iiemational not the funrton of ttxrte to of the