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Our daughter has never heard of the celebrated Rev who gave his name to a habit of twisting words into delightful mixups but the other day she pulled a which would have delighted the master She had heard the weather broadcast and came upstairs to tell us we would have scoured shatters the next day Our money what we can snitch from the family purse is still on the Tigers to win the eastern Big Four rugby league In fact we call them in this J- order Tigers Ottawa and Montreal Were having a lot of fun with these rugby games Weve ndt seen one for years but we manage to hear most of them over the radio This fall we worked out a deal with the mistress of the house whereby well do the Saturday dishes in return for a couple of hours alone with the radio We man age the cups and saucers in the first quarter the dinner plates in the second Have a rest and a smoke at half time and finish off the pots and pans during the last half They rated the team of last year as the best of the half century after it won the championship but after listen ing to the same team play this year weve decided that they werent nearly as good as the opposition was lacking Ve quote the following from the Vall Street Journal which despite its title seems to have the farm situation well in hand A hog buyer going through the country saw a drove of hogs large but pretty lean and noticed that Uiey acted quite peculiarly From one point they would all at once run to another part of the field stay there for a few minutes then From the Files of hump themselves to a different place They kepi this up for some time The buyer called on the farmer said he had been look ing at the hogs and they were about what he wanted except they were a little light in weight and then he mentioned their peculiar nervousness The farmer in a hoarse whisper explained that he had always called the hogs to feed them but that he took cold and lost his voice and then got in the habit of pounding on the fence with a stick and now the- darned woodpeckers are running those hogs to death Holland Landing had a grand gettogether on Sunday when the fire whistle blew in mid- afternoon It was a chimney fire in the cottage colony along the river and put out in a trice Everybody who was anybody was there and a grand gossip enjoyed by the wives while the husbands admired Chief Norm Pearsons new firefighting uniform We were at a meeting re cently where there were repre sentatives from city and from country One speaker from the city reported an amazing ex perience During the summer she had attended a camp where she had met and lived with representatives from rural areas And she really was ex cited Why she said those people from the country were just the same as the people from the city Goodness me After all says Slim gens well known local primi tive artist and authority on roots as long as you has got roots theres nothin to worry about You dont have to fret about what kind of roots they is or even go back and look into them A town that has got roots has to worry about Stnrfng and the rural districts of North York Era Published every Thursday of Main St Newmarket by Newmarket Era and Express limited Subscription 4 for year for one year in advance Single copies are 5c each Member of Class A WeekKes of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association end the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Pott Office Department Ottawa JOHN A MEYER Managing Editor JOHN CAROLINE ION Womens Editor GEORGE Sports LAWRENCE RACINE Job Printing and Production THE EDITORIA L PAGE PAGE FOUR THURSDAY THE TWENTYSEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYONE 50 Years Ago SEPTEMBER Little Miss Florence Gold smith who had the honor of presenting the beautiful quirt flowers to Hon Mack King at the arena re ceived a large photo of the v premier last Friday and a letter the contents of which Florence regards as very precious This was the bouquet which was placed on his mothers grave The equinox passed on Tuesday Hope we may have better weather for a while now A piece of wood from the interior of the wrecked Church of after that town was captured by the British in vas made into a gavel presented to the town council of Aurora by the York Hangers as a souvenir of the units diamond jubilee The ladies of the United church at Virginia are having a shanty mans supper on Fri day evening Oct A good program will be given Come and have a good feast During last veek workmen vere employed installing a lighting system on the courts of the tennis club This has now been completed and the members fire more than pleased with the lory results The membership already is nearly and now that the lighting has made evening play possible it is ex pected that number will be substantially increased The public school pupils with their teachers visited the school fair at Sharon on Wed nesday afternoon and were greatly enlightened by what they saw and heard They were conveyed by voluntary cars and trucks and had a good time The children of Newmarket are having a school fair this year in connection with the agricultural fair SEPTEMBER It was an ordinary market last Saturday Butter sold from 17 to per lb and eggs from to per Po tatoes more plentiful and sold from to per bag and by the pail Poultry more plentiful than for some time Dressed ducks dressed chickens to live ducks to live chickens to turkeys lie per lb and pigeons per pair Somebody carried a pink rose jar from Floral Hall by mistake last Friday morn ing Its return to the secretary would greatly oblige the owner Royal honors to Canadians marking the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to this dominion announced at Montreal last week Lt-Gover- nor of Quebec and Sir John Boyd chancellor of On tario are made Knights Com mander of St Michael and St George T president of the CPR is made a Knight Bachelor Principal Peterson of University Principal Grant of Queens Hector of Laval Mayor of the city of Toronto Major Maude governorgen erals secretary and Joseph Pope under secretary of state are made Companions of St Michael and St George These are all the honors to be be stowed Aurora Something should he done to prevent boys getting on the Metropolitan cars and riding through the town and then jumping off while the cars are in motion also med dling with the cars and trucks standing on the switch at the north end of the Unless this practice is stopped some person will be killed or serious ly injured printctf extra papers last veek but they were all gone on Monday THE BALANCING ACT THE KING The illness of the King is the cause of deep anxiety The public prayers of last Sunday are echoed daily in the hearts of Canadians It is an hour when all members of a family are together in their common concern Canadians will approve of the governments mes sage to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh assuring them that they need feel under no obligation to make their forthcoming tour of Canada at this time There has not yet been a definite word of the Kings condition beyond the bulletins posted at the palace gates Before this is published it is hoped that a complete report will have been issued We can only wait and hope and pray May God save the King TOWNSHIP BUILDINGS Whitchurch has just about completed its new township building and East Gwillimburys office is coming along nicely Both buildings will be quite respectable structures when completed and it is gener ally agreed a credit to their respective municipalities We cant help wishing however that the township councillors had a more developed sense of history and the funds to build township buildings more in keeping with their rural setting Old Ontario developed a dis tinctive form of architecture It would have been appropriate if the township buildings could have been in that style as well In East the township building is near the Sharon Temple Well grant you the imprac- of our proposal but had the township building harmonized with that stately monument to the past the corner would have been immeasurably improved But then suppose progress must be served And theres nothing like brick and stucco to serve the purpose ELECTION COMING UP Theres election talk around the hardwares and in the genera stores again and the bettings about even that therell be a fail provincial election We doubt if there will be but for awry argument against an election must admit one in favor of it In any event the issue will be settled within a couple of weeks Most of the election discussion seems to centre about the merits of the new Liberal leader Mr Walter Thomson Those who believe in an early election argue that the Conservatives have to stop Thomson ore lie becomes too strong Those in disagreement and obviously with no high Opinion of the gentleman say that the longer the Conservatives wait the more chance there is of Thomson running out of support We cant see that Mr Thomsons merits have much to do with it The is the party the Con servatives must beat For an opposition party the has been unusually quiet but the fact remains that they have the second largest representation in the house and in these times can be sure of the moil consistent support from their followers Ontarios industrial population is steadily growing and it is from this group that the draws its support And judging from the statements coming from recent labor conventions labor is hopping mad about the cost of living and kindred matters Theyll register their protests with the If the federal government accedes to some of labors demands it might mean some support for the provincial Liberals but otherwise we fear the pro vincial party will be ignored by labor in the country though it may be different The farmers have no reason to love the Conservatives not after the Milk Board fiasco and similar matters and theyre not particularly fond of the so the Liberals stand a good chance to pick tip votes outside the cities But how that will effect the outcome is debatable CONTROLS ALL OR NOTHING If as Ontario minister of welfare Hon fellow recently proposed subsidies were paid on basic foods as a means of cutting down food costs then it would be only a short step to ceilings on food prices Even without Mr proposal there is a growing demand for such ceilings But to impose ceilings on food prices would be an act of discrimina tion which no subsequent benefit could justify Herbert president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture hud this to say about food price ceilings Theres considerable pressure for price controls on food Since everybodys wage or income or fee enters into somebody elses cost of production or cost of living or both that request if acted upon would create a hardship on the farm family It would make the farmer the goat for an inflation era If and when the time comes that the need for price control becomes imperative then price controls should apply on all prices wages and profits The farmer docs not ask for himself to be exempt and others to be controlled no one in any other industry or profession is justified in asking for controls on others leaving himself free To which the Financial Post adds There are a lot of people who are shouting for some form of control but it is always for the other fellow and his products not their own Labor has been demanding controls too and exemplifying the Post statement want ceilings on goods but not on wages It is impossible to subsidize or control one segment of the national economy without applying the same processes to the others Our wartime experience should have taught us that It is just plain nonsense to talk about ceilings and controls unless we are prepared to apply controls to everything And kick as we do about costs no one is ready to accept the alternative of a completely controlled economy THE DANGER OF THIN SKINS The Count it Free Herald Midland Crowing sensitivity to criticism on the part of our federal members of parliament and senators is both good and bad Thai the cabinet ministers particularly are be coming more concerned with comments in the press on the air and from the platform indicates an improved understanding of the elements of democratic govern ment When however as has been too frequently the case of late senators and ministers have voiced in public and in private the view that criticism of their policies is not only unpatriotic but against the national interest it is perhaps time that the electors reexamined the capabilities of the men they have chosen to repre sent them Anyone who runs for public office must accept the criticisms as well as the plaudits of the press the radio and the public it is true criticism should he confined to policies and personalities should not enter in By the very nature of their jobs how ever members of parliament and of the senate combine policy and personality and when praise or condemna tion is voiced it sticks to the man or woman as well as to the hitters opinions and administration Indeed there are times when a personal attack is justified on an elected representative of the people It is just as much a betrayal of the electors to be lazy to imbibe too freely or to be dishonest in office as it is to support policies which are unpatriotic or opposed to the public interest If the electors in each constituency were to receive prior to each contest a detailed report on the personal regard in which their candidate is held by his intimates a wiser selection might be made Be that as it may it has been most disturbing to note in recent months the reaction of two senators Liberal and Conservative to a broadcast over a pri vatelyowned radio station in which absenteeism in the Semite was condemned under the criticism the truth of which was not disputed by facts the two senators recom mended that all private radio stations be taken over by the governmentowned Canadian Broadcasting Cor poration so that this sort of thing would not be related If this is in the concept of certain senators the function of the it is high time the Prime Min ister either speedily corrected them or clarified the position of our broadcasting system Wilfred in Saturday Night quite cor rectly comments What is likely be the reaction of a private station owner getting his licence from the a public corporation to such Senatorial attack Is it not likely lo be more careful more timid in future There an laws and conventions which protect Can adians against licence in the press and these should suffice for material which is broadcast over the radio as well What has been made outstandingly clear is the gulf between the freedom of the press in Canada and the freedom of the radio publisher not the stare is guarantee Infringement on their agent Jit international and national issues It not the function of the state to the of activities rest Reports Catnips By Ginger Although docs little boasting about It roots it was written up s a special feature in one the city papers having strong and solid ones Slim nays where you finds them Corner root it Is said run back to the time when Indiana traded with the white men on the hankie of Creek that just a bit of popular hearsay We have it from good author ity namely the History of Founding of Corner written in by Olden Mux- tie that the roots go hack to when the British explorer the Third Duke of Miiford washed his socks and underwear on the of Creek Strong though the roots may be boasted to be Encyclopaedia of Early North American Notables says that the Duke of was tried for in the port of Boston in escaped and disappeared into what was to be known as Upper Canada Last records show according to Cuthbert that he died while establishing a large chain of outlets to sell spirits to the In dians in what is now Thimble- berry township Now you may talk about your roots Why doesnt the press show every side of the early historical picture Does it say anything about the early settlers being scared off by a headquarters of a cutthroat band of swamp whiskey dis tillers along the banks of No they smooth it over and make it look as if there was nothing but good solid tradition behind it all The reporters had cornered both Mayor and a prominent old citizen Ben Bet- of course was interested in good town publicity more than in sound historical fact Your corres pondent was talking with Ben Betterdays after the story was published and he had this to say Them reporters turns ft thing says inside out and then adds their idea to it What particular information yuu referring to I asked Hen i one of them reporters what I knew about tradition of the town and me hard of I thought he said condition of the town Weil I told him thai thought it was all in a condition on account of in office and that the next election there would have to be a change went and told Him about the frogs in the water reser- vandal and all about the sewer mixup i tell you I shouldnt a blabbed I should have kept mouth shut But those there report- gels confused M There has beer a in the ihe city dd the feature story or Corners roots May nott Pal for tji towed hi it been the wish the the committee n recognition that statue of of premiers used Is campaign in the brought out tad ery ioh to make -S- Duke of Councillor Bust that the premier had the Duke had a and that it problem in Thats no excuse Lets at v ass ta the publicity had from tt Inaiirruch i there has confusion between and popular talk the cal background Cor ners it is well established now whether we or not that it has strong and solid roots by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches Dairy Farmer is in bed with the flu this week In place of his regular column we a couple of provoca tive opinions from The Rural Scene published by John At kins Trice Cant Aid Farmers When government makes it self responsible for the prices of farm products it assumes the responsibility for securing prices satisfactory to the farm ers to the consumers also if the commodities ate sold for domestic consumption This is a very difficult task and one that is bound to make enemies for any government that undertakes it The only prices that will be satisfactory to the farmers will have to be higher than the open market offers and the only prices thai will please the con sumers will have to be lower than the open market asks Hut no government can do the impossible If it departs from open market prices at alt it will have to favor or the other of these groups In Canada the farmers are a minority of the population The Voting power is in the towns and cities and no government is going to offend the city vot ers by making them pay higher than open market prices for their food But the farm vote is import ant too If a government tries to buy popularity in the cities by lowering the price of food how is it going to explain its action to the farmers Here is where the govern ment is tempted to go wrong Its first impulse is to close the open market and not allow any other buyer than itself to oper ate This is with the object of keeping the farmers in the dark as to the true value of their products The next impulse is to compensate the farmers in some other way for their losses it through its activities This is bad business makes the farmers income pendent on his political influ ence and turns good farmers into bad politicians The only market m the former has any a square deal is the open for it is the only one that is free of political influence The Dilemma of The Milk Hoard a THE OLD HOME TOWN Our sympathy goes out to the Ontario Milk Board which has been wrestling for months with the problem milk prices in Toronto The difficulty is to find prices that will be both econ omically sound and politically possible Economically sound prices would have to be high enough to encourage all producing groups to stay in the business and continue supplying enough milk of standard quality to sat isfy the demand But such prices might arouse the wrath of the consumers who think they are paying too much already and who will blame the government for any further increases Board might authorize A decent sense of loyalty its employer would cause Board to hesitate about making an order that would prove em- to the government that created it y Fixing prices for an essential food is a thankless task and one for which Ihe government will get the blame no matter how impartial its Hoard might be The moral of it all is that governments should not be ex pected to fix prices They have no means of determining whats is a right price for any com modity and every price they set exposes them to resentment from some quarter no matter how hard they try to be jus and fair m fc S STANLEY 5a