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There has been a lot of talk shout In allele}! Peace Now Campaign in Ontario There in only one Peace Now Cannot“: in which Canadian ere mien-ted. end General Montgomery in running “.4an man. I2CaZE A magazine or a useful woullen article or playing cards placed in their: hand: through the agemy of the Navy League gives them a menlal boost The magazine: and woollies must come from us, though. You can send your woollen: to the nearest Navy League branch or Comfort Hmsdquarters. 748 Yonge St, while magazines can be dropped " any Navy League Branch or any British American Oil or Crown Dominion Oil Co, station for forwarding. Now. more than ever, with the boys living in fox-holes and slit trenches and engaged so thoroughly and lengthity in fUhting back the enemy, and with our sailors and merchant seamen rushing the trans- ports through with the ammunition and food our servicemen need, letters and indeed anything from home, are more than ever welcome and NEEDED! It means that we Canadians are proud of them and that we think anou¢h of them to send them something from Canada. Some of the sailors are Canadians with no lath and kin to write to them. Some of them are lrom far distant countries. With specral maul planes assigned to transport mail to the Canadian forces in Italy and to the Canadian Fist Army in Normandy special arrangements are made to get the mail to our sailors and merchlnt seamen as quickly as possible, there is no reason why our men and women of the Services should not receive mail. The only reason now to prevent a man or woman in uniform getting letters in. in use the letters are never written? And the letters should be cheery, always cheery! And containing recognition of the fact that we all do realize what our boys are doing tor us. There are a lot of fellows at so: whose homes are tar distant who still go for long periods without letters Their lot can be lightened if, when their ship hits a Canndian port, . bundle of magazines or boon or Woollen: are taken aboard for them. The Wunune Prices and Trude Board was mated only in the III! to prevent "tttation by controlling prices and rationing material. which would be Lair to all concerned. The board commenced operation: with public opinion In every Province, inetuding Quebec, overwtsetmineV behind it, It is clothed with ample power to regulate when Will. the Dominion. It u administering the Inn 'iarleasty and impartially. Our men and women overseas are looking forward to a better place wherein to live after the war. They expect us to think about the improvements that are needed and the changes that must be made, and to have plans made so that when this war is over we can all Join forces and build an Ontario and a Canada second to no other country on earth Our duty 15 clearly defined even though at this moment we do not know how all our desired protects Will be fttumced, Let us assume that funds will be found for all worthy projects. Just as funds were tound to ftght the war. Unfortunately the board struck a max in Quebec City recently when the Provincial Iliniater of labor, tor pounce! new”. instructed uncut: operators to defy the order of the Wartime Prices Board and chute farms which violated price control "guutiona. Hon. Mtgtid Hamel, on the eve of the Quebec election. declared that the Province in labor matters was "master within its boundaries," and that he would "see to it" that the authorities at Ottawa understood this. To win votes in the Provincial contest, Mr. Hamel diaregarded the tact that the issue was not a labor matter, involving the lmount of wages paid to taxi drivers, but an increase in the price charged to the public for taxi service. The Minister of Labor thruted the law himself in challenging the authority of the Prices Board What can plans do tor the life of a community? The best answer to this can be given by asking a series of questions such 'Mr,--- l. The you satisfied with the house you live in? . 2. Are you satisfied with the playgrounds for your children? 3. Are you satisfied with the hospitals and health organizations in your community? I. How much time do you spend on busses or street cars going to work or to shop? 5. ‘DO your children have to cross busy streets going to and from school? ti. Are there proper schools in your neighborhood? T, Are there any parks where you can go for recreation or a picnic? 8 Has your community a satisfactory water and sewer system? " the answers to all these and similar questions are satisfactory then you do not need much planning. If they are not, then you do. It will be recalled that when the matter was brought to his atten- tion in Parliament, Prime Minister King brushed it aside with the reminder that "there is an election campaign on in'Quebec." In other words. he regarded the challenge to Federal authority as excusable as a political ramp. But now that politics has been served, it is worth noting that the Quebec Minister has done nothing to put his Govern- ment right with the law. Canadian Jurisprudence is replete with cases in which the board has prosecuted individuals and companies tor breaking its law; Butchers have been ttned tor selling meat above ceiling prices; furniture com- panies have been convicted and punished for violating the Law respect- ing prices; a Montreal fur dealer was ttned $3,500 for aiding Ind abetting in the export of furs to the United States; Montreal ttgms were heavily ttned for engaging in black market activities; Toronto merchants were convicted and ttned tor setting produce at prices above the ceiling; a Toronto ttrm was tlned $3.000 for processing and selling popcorn above the mainmum price ttxed by the Prices Board These and other questions are constantly going through people's minds to-day. for never was there so much talk about planning. Most municipalities have planning and reconstruction committees. all keenly anxious to do somethi,ng to make their community a better place in which to lure. This desire to improve our living conditions is wide- spread. and is the most hopeful sign that all this talk of planning win come to something. The basis of successful planning, and ot getting protects under way to implement the plans. is to have as many people as possible taking an active part in the plans. After all plans should be nothing more than the engineer's and architect's statement of what the people want to do. The people of Ontario must take stock of their present living conditions, they must decide for themselves whether or not they are satisfactory, and if not, what changes they want. This is the ttrtrt step to be taken by the planning and reconstruction com- mittees. When this has been done the expert planners are invited in to put the ideas into workable plans. If any municipality firttt invites in the experts to make a plan for them it will probably be unsnaeeesafur, for it will be the experts' idea of how they should live. not the people's. Why are so many people talking about plans these days? What does it all mean? Are we following a will-ot-the-wisp. or will some- thing substantial come of it all? The Supreme Court upheld the authority of the Prices Board. In view of the impressive array of precedents. it would be ridiculous to assume that the taxicab operators of Quebec City may laugh at the law and get away with it, There is no other course open to the Prices Board than to insist upon compliance with its orders everywhere in Canada and to press charges against alt lawbgenkers. The Govern- want of Quebec has no jurisdiction in the taxicab dispute The Minister of Labor. who has now been discharged by the vote of the people, was clearly in the wrong-Globe and Mail. THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE '" "" '2tt'lti't.1'g"t'tui'rr2Attt st1ht,i'iiiilirigrii fit'.'NetMItet.' , cum-mt Price Control Must Be Enforced We Following a Will-of-the-Wisp? Are YO U Writing? 'r90.are-t. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16, 1966 mmmnaaommn'm Owns-db“ WHAT OTHERS SAY m “*0“ 7“” u ”A“ Jdm Kreita, rellel. $10.00; J Buck & Co, relief. g.00; Duhrlck Bros. Bakery, relief, MO; A. E. Rer ner, relief. 10.00; E. L, Stable. re- lief. 2.03; Hospitalization. relief. 21.07; Municipal World, supple; 10.83; Pneumothorax refills, ree- rt Son. 10.00; Department of Rblic Welfare, rebate. 00.58; Clan Writer. caretaker. salary, tsat. Commercial Letter Service. rlnr ing Voters' List, W000; _ B Chriuner, convention enema. 30.00; C o, Knupe. -or'. sup- plies, 27.00; Kitchener Dally Re. cord. rt',G"e"t 8.02; Voucher No, a. pay roll for MIL 91105; T, C Mew. machinery em. 06.25; Alvin no e, grmrel mi“. loo.. R Hammer. In») trucking 00.00; Wm. line“ a Ca. iron, " ., John Moved try Alf. E, Kerr and Hy. B. Bowman that trr-laws NM 840. MI, '" be now read a third time any; Bntlly ered. _ _ _ A Moved by Simon Dimer and All. E. Kerr that the following accounts be pulsed and that the rave issue his order: on the treasurer in pay- ment of lame: Moved try H. B. Bowman and M, A. Schmidt that leave be given the moved to intmduee a by-low to le- " and collect the sums required by the several school sections in the township of Wilmot for the year 194445 and that said try-law be now read a first and second time, Moved by H, B. Bowman and M. A. Schmidt that a by-law be mm duced to assess and levy the rate- payers of the township of Wilmot Telephone system to coiiect rates and tall: and that said lay-law be now read a Brat and second time. Simon Dimer, chairman. when the by-laws were completed the rate or taxation was struck at " mills on the dollar tor county, townmip and school trams. Moved by M, A. Sc midt and H B. Bowman that this council go into a committee of the whole on tttrl-tr., - ( Moved by Simon Dimer and Alt E. Kerr that leave be given the mo- ver to introduce a try-law to pro- vide tot current andyysetee up genus for the township of Wilmot or the ensuing year and that said by-law be now read a ttmt and sec~ ond time. V Moved by Simon Dimer and AM. E. Kerr that the townshif road superintendent make appicauon for an interim payment of subsidy under the Highway Improvement Act on road expenditures incurred during the period from January ist toyyuguyl 3133., um; _ -e- Make Provision hr Collection ili Twp. Taxes The August session ot the Wil- mot Township Council was held at Eugen on Mopdax. August. St, 1954. Every member in attendance, the reeve in the chair. . Letters to hand from the Depart- ment of Highways re interim re- turns on road expedditures, the De- partment of Public Welfare ex- plaining medical assistance tor re- h'efyeeipientt. -- _ ___ Figures estimating the 1044 fruit production in Canada issued by the Dominion Bureau ot Statistics on July 29th. the second estimate this season, place the total apple crop at 1s.8u.000 bushels. a 22 per cent in- crease over the MMS crop. Of the total it is estimated British Colum- tua will contribute 6.480.900 bush- els. a 46 per cent increase over last year; Nova Scotia. 5.303.000 bush- els. in 21 per cent increase; Ontario, 2.37l.000 bushels, the same as in MMS; Quebec. 850.000 bushels, 7 per cent below last year; New Brunswick, 247.500 bushels, 25 per cent below MMS, A Grapes, at 54,913.500 pounds, are 2 per cent above last ear. Ontario will account for 52.1%).000 pounds and British Columbia 2,753,500 pounds. The peach crop this year estim- ated at 1,712,100 bushels is no per cent above 1943. In Ontario the yield is expected to be l.l52.800 bushels. 3162 per cent increase and in British Columbia. 559,300 bush- els, p 190 per cent advance. 0 Plums and prunes. grown in Bri- tish Columbia. Ontario and Nova Scotia, by importance in the order named. will be 365.700 bushels, one per cent more than last year. Pears. at 605,300 bushels, are five per cent below 1943. This fruit is produced commercially in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. British Columbia grows all the apricots for the commercial mar- kets. The crop is estimated at 122,- 200 bushels. a 388 per cent increase over 1943. Much Bigger Crops Apples, Peaches, Apricots This Year III 1tAQtIictq, Harbor. telephone and pipes, 19.06; Alvin Steinman, gas, 899; P. W. D. Auto Co, repairs. 71.15; John Shultz, concrete tile. l39.38: M. Warnhultz. 644 yards gravel tip 88c. 566.72; H.' C. Schumm. revenue stamps. 10.00; Wm. Schneider, gas. 28.08; Charles Knipfcl. cement. wire. [mi-I2. Moved by M. A, Schmidt and H. B. Bowman that this council do new adjoum to meet again on September 19th: 19t.f, _ Many Needed To hid Harvesting “The period from Aueust IS to September 29 will be the critical period tor farm htlp m the Prov- ince of Ontario. particularly sh the fruit and vegetable sections of the Provinsc," says Alex Maclaren. Director of the Butane Farm Ser- vice Party. "While It is true that just at the present moment there is a temporary slack period. the big rush of the trust and vegetable crops will begin about thc middle at August and for a period of six weeks we wtll require all the voluntary he") that ran be secured tn_m eycry Prrsohlc source." For gem-m! ham-sting work on mixed farms, bald Mr. Madmen. mm) and buys arr urgently rc- quired. Thousands of thrm can be used. either for the full period of six weks. tor holiday pcricds of two or three wales. ur nun tor odd days at any limr during the har- vest season Any men and boys who can give any tin". “halt-vet to this work are urgently rcqucslvd to communicate with the farm help headquarters in their own com- munity, or, if none has been sot up, to get in touch with the Farm Scr- vice Force Headquarters at the Parlaiment Buildings. Toronto, Charles Helpel. Clerk, We cannot continue 0 full war effort and prep“. to meat the problems of the post-war pedod union we maintain a noble cud moon-Me price level now. - II. AOAIII' YOU-IIIJ- DI. II A“. - But . . . if prices are bid up . . . all our dollars wlll lone some of their vulue. Even necessities could get out of reach. EVER walk into In auction Ind find ynuuelt getting excited and wanting to bid . . . a victim of "auction fever"? Wartime condition. can breed “auction fever" it we let them. Everything is in short supply. Many more people In able to bid. “N"HMW‘ '-oeeqt-t--br.o.oitr'-t'.' mmmvmvm Mummmmmqum 1.0.”.l-IJ. 'mr-rt-oi-qt-r-Fir. ' Whet good In - mm. on 50:00.“, ll they on on.” by Not" - D Who. doos ttto “mo: “I. ll - hm who. lead to “wanton and low who. Icon. D Who. In. In more “any, If “Vin. :0". go up um higher. A: a bit ot vacation diet, It 'tte be interesting this Week to " into some of the history of Cana- diets" agriculture. I ran i'lgl'I', med. rc erence super: y Wartime dltr,,'lufln'flh at Ot- tawa which intrigued me, humane Uke others we generally that ot this undustry in terms ot when. cows and chickens. barns. chokes. etc. Possibly few people in the ru- ral and semi-rural are” ever think at agriculture except that it's here, but as a matter of Net that: to- ance attached to it, the romance of achievement. So here's some- thing about it, Look at it this way. At the last cur-sus in Canada the number of farms totalled 732,715, with a com- bined acreage of 125,000,000 acres. Well. in 1535. just 400 years "tr-- and that's really a short span in tune-Jacques Cartier reported the indians around Hochehga. where Montreal now stands, were culti- wting small, patches of land for the production at maize. The Hu.. ron Indians. living in the area close to Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, were growing corn, peas and been. wncn first visited by white men. Primitive as they were these were Canada's first organized agricultur- al ventures, After the tirst French colpnists can": to Acadia. on Canada's east- ern shore, Canadian agriculture went through several distinct stages it developed slowly until too. Its earliest forms were noted in the Maritime Provinces and Quebec: Settlement became brisk- cr in the next hundred years in Up- pei and Lower Canada and agricul- ture kept pace. Then came Con- federation in 1867. Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Itmti opened up Western Canada and de velopment of agriculture moved swiftly. while that of east- ern Canada went through a period of adjustment. Now we Jump backward again from our 732,715 farms of 1941 to the early Acadian era of 1671. That year the census showed only “I Acadians having 429 arpents (an urpent equals 0_84 acre), under cul- tivation with 866 cattle. Mn sheep and 36 goats. The mighty develop- ment that has taken place in the three hundred years since that time is emphasized by figurxes which show us that there were 8.833.700 head of cattle on Canadian farms cn December I. 1942 and sheep "ruuberud 2.432.70ll In the lower St. Lawrence valley some attempts at agriculture ap- pcar to have begun as early as 1608 when Champlain, the founder of A WEEKLY“ was " mama By Jun Quentin Quebec, came to the country. The tttst real farmer 13 said to have been Louis Herbert who started farming in 1617 on the site of what Is now Quebec City. lt was some time before the people of that day were able to become stlf-sturicient in food-stuffs. It was the French who intro- duced agriculture In Upper Canada (Ontario). with the first settlement started by Frontenac at Kingston tn 1671. Here again transportation ..nd communication hindered de- velopment and it moved along slowly. but it is interesting to know that by 1852 there were close to 100.000 farms in Ontario. ms: real tanner is said to have That bun s us aerois-io-t%ro= e - been LOWS Herbert who started Vince which touches the Pam farming in 1617 on the site of what ocean, British Columbia. Agricul- " now Quebec City. It was some ture was started in the Fraser Lake time before the people of that day district about mo. Cultivated were able to become stlf-sturicient areas were of necessity small, amt trt food-stuns expansmn was blocked by the It was the French who intro- rugged nature of the wooded coun- duced agriculture in Upper Canada try. The Hudson's Bay Company (Ontario). with the first settlement maintained a number of farms in started by Frontenac at Kingston and around Fort Vancouver and on In lli'll. Here again transportation Vancouver Island in the early days ..lld communication hindered de- Then agriculture got a tillip, indi- velopment and it moved along rtctly of course, from the Caribou slowly. but it is interesting to know gold rush in the 1850's because pro- that by 1852 there were close to duce had to be supplied to the 100.000 farms in Ontario. camps. It was not until the Mrs It was in the year 13.2. not so however. that commercial planting long ago, that western 'isa'lha'rlit.'ll'a)7 started properly Since then agricultural history starts, with theiBritish Columbia has built up an Selkirk Red River Settlement in c_rtviar.le reputation for the amine- Manitoba. A little over a hundred "on ot apples and other fruits. Its years later western Canada 'ey-r:',?.'.','", can be gauged by the fact duced in the 1942-43 crop years " that when contracts were made up 400,000 bushels of fiaxsced which i for 1943-44 l?. suply my) apple; to is only one of the smaller produc- l the United Kingdom. this provtnce ing ot its grain crops. The Selkirk or the growers were able to supply settlers had a hard time. not only l 200.000 bushels, with the Indians, but also because; Now for a little rccupitulation of or the rivalry between the North-Alm- achievement of agriculture west Company and the Hudson's; from the humble beginning of the Bay Company. The population intrepid Acadians of 1871 with didn't increase fast and agricultur- {their 400 odd acres under cultiva- al development was equally slow. tton. .Canadian agricultural objec- However this changed-and quick- 1 t.vcs for 1944 are: wheat, 17,500.- ly-once the Canadian Pacitk Rail‘3000; oats. [6.377.296 acres. For way reached St. Boniface, opposite commercial marketing 7 million Winnipeg in 1878. Wings. l.l60.000 cattle, 929.000 sheep. Settlers trom eastern Canada and i milk 17.5 billion lbs: creamery but, the United States Bocked to thel.t:a?rM.?.8'r4.000lbtcucrtttttds1,_ west. many of them bringing _tttre/f,l lbs; eggs, 337.500-09Q dozen; stock and equipment, but to meet)hielwn and ton/[1250 million lbs.; new soil and climatic conditions itli'lrkv)‘5- 33 million Ite.-.; oilseed was necessary to change many l cel."' wyit oycr.threte million YTes; Settlers from eastern Canada and the United States Bocked to the west. many of them bringing their stock and equipment, but to meet new soil and climatic conditions it \\ as necessary to change many farming practices. However it wasn’t long before large farms- compared to the eastern conception --werc' built up. Wheat production for export became increasingly im- purtant. The history of agriculture in the west has been brief but solid, wsth many important develop- ments, chief of which as everyone knows is the recent change over to DUE 31:1 AUGUST,, 1944 1943' INCOME IAX _ Inasmuch as tho lacuna To: pay- monh thot 1.11am on 30th April had was postponed to 3lat August. this will tunind you unit any bolunco duo must be nmitbd to you: District Inspect): of lnoomo Tax on or Mon 31st August. MM4 lo ovoid paucity. To ho out. that tho paymonb on mostly cuditod to you: account. your "3mm should ho accompaniod by a lotto! shoving cloudy your full ammo and addu- ond - in. that tho paymont is to ho orrilod to you: 1943 ineomo tam COLIN GqSON C. FRASER ELLIOTT - Mme! _ Bop-3v Mme-3' - mm PAYMEUT mechanization Thvy'rc aiming tor 15 million bushcls of apples and 553.980 acres of potatoes; 3.007.700 gallons ot ma- pus syrup: 36.597.000 pounds ot ho, my and fourteen million pounds of "ool, That's achievement. isn't it? Surely agriculture in Canada has a romance and background of which 'rt' may well be proud. Moi-unit“... toe ‘uth M.Aw..llu