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Ontario‘s steelworkers appear to have been more fortunate than their American counterparts and, in the matter of hours and wages, they are much better off than any other industrial workers in the province. As once justification of his attempt to force higher steel wages, President Truman stated that U.S. steelworkers had had no wage increase since December, 1950, and that since that date earnings of other workers had surpassed earnings in steel. That situation does not apply in Canada, at least not in Ontario. A survey of hours and wages issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows that in Ontario, as of December 1, 1951, steelworkâ€" ers received the highest hourly earnings of any industrial employees. The average hourly pay in Ontario‘s primary iron and steel industry was $1.61, per hour; the average work week was 41.1 hours. A year previously the average hourly pay in steel was $1.37, so that while American steelworkers‘ earnings are said to have remained stationâ€" ary from December, 1950, to December, 1951, earnings of Canadian steelmen increased on an average of 24 cents an hour. Soâ€"called "fringeâ€"benefits" are in addition. Probably no industrial wage controversy has received more pubâ€" lic attention on this continent than the U.S. stee! industry negotiaâ€" tions which the American government prolonged and confused by its direct interference. The magnitude and complexities of the U.S. situation have completely overshadowed new contract demands of the Canadian section of United Steelworkers of America. That the Canadian union leaders are demanding wages equal to those paid in the U.S. steel industry seems to have escaped public notice, perhaps because our steelworkers can‘t name their ultimate wage demands until the new American wage rates are settled. Tire manufacturers have been aware of the trend to drive faster and harder, to consider the tires less, which existed in recent years. They know that a blowout could be fatal either on a crowded highâ€" way or a narrow country road . . . that a blown tire could involve not only the car it was on, but several others if the road was crowdâ€" This tire, if it continues to justify expectations, may revolutionize tire manufacturing. With tire blowouts written off the list as one of the main accident causes, it might even be expected that our car accident toll will decrease, despite increasingly heavy traffic. With this in mind, one manufacturer, the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, have developed a tubeless tire. This tire is supposedly blowout and puncture proof. In recent demonstrations, this new type tire was driven over fourâ€"inch spikes at high speed, with no apparent loss of air. The manufacturers also claim that a better designed tread gives surer braking under any weather condition. Have you ever thought of what might happen as you drive blissfully down the crowded highway, with a hundred horap power motor giving you any speed you wish, if the hoiding nut should come off your steering wheel* If a wheel should drop off? If you should blow a tire? There is a good reason for this. Bigger tires, lower pressures, much higher speeds and longer distances possible in the modern car. With new type shock absorbers, better insulated bodies and softer tires, the new cars can be driven over rough roads at a speed never dreamed of a few years ago. Mechanical failures of a serious enough nature to throw your car out of control, are few. On the other hand, tire blow outs are on the increase. on appeal to All citizens A Different Situation traffic volume and increase the danger of accidents. 1 earnestly urge all citizens, and all leaders in comâ€" munity and municipal life, to encourage widespread awareness of the need for safer dfiving and safer The Department of Highways is conducting a planned attack on accidents. Let us all work together to keep the approaching holiday period free of accidents. The traffic accident record can be kept downâ€" each of us does his part. Holiday weekâ€"ends bring unusual traffic hazards to Ontario. More drivers and pedestrians use the streets and highways. More miles are travelled. More time is spent out of doors, and thousands of children are reâ€" leased from school. All these factors swell the normal TO KEEP MAY 24th WEEKâ€"END FREE OF ACCIDENTS MINIST ER The Provincial Department of Education are naturally desirous of ensuring that school grants are equitably distributed. At the same time, to ensure that a muniâ€" cipality which installs a proper system of values is not discriminâ€" ated against, the{ have placed in their grant reguilations a method to overcome this to some degree. We have mentioned above the importance of ez}ualized assessâ€" ment to ensure a fair distribution of shared costs or government irams as between municipalities. proper system of assessment and equalization is especially imâ€" portant, to the local taxpayer for on the basis of this assessment is Decisions have also been given that in counties where a County Assessor has been appointed that the assessment may be compared with the assessment of prorerty in another municipality of the same county. However, an assessâ€" ment in the City of Hamilton canâ€" not be compared with one in the City of Galt thm?h the municipaâ€" lities are fairly adjacent. It is also assumed that if indusâ€" trial property or farm property is assessed for 80 per cent of its actual value that residential and commercial &roperly shall also be assessed at per cent. The Assessment Act in explainâ€" ing the dutles of Courts of Reviâ€" sion, County and District Judges and the Ontario Municipal Board when determining appeals against assessment states that the assessâ€" ment of similar property in the vicinity is to be one of the main l‘ueide’ in deciding the actual vaâ€" ue. ; The History of Assessment and Municipal Taxation in Ontario ::.l-nd-d-:â€"u-d:.:mt m:wlqd&mfl ~|.o perform the feat can be the fact that pictured Gloster Metsor 1 trainers can be n in the inverted position for 15 seconda. The school traina selected pilots to be and is now busy contributing to the R.A.F.‘s expansion which is this year costing the Rnitish equivalent of over a billion doilars. Equalization of He should keep in mind, howâ€" ever, that badlr laid out buildings, lack of natural light and the poor location, etc., of a property will definitely reduce the value. He should not penalize the iood citiâ€" zen who improves his home by such items as hardwood flooring or mastic tile floors, fireplaces, atâ€" While it is not entirely le to ensure that taxpayers m::- ly pay for the actual services the{ receive from a municipality, still some pn:’gress along this line has been made in the past few years. A good assessor never raises the assessment because the exterior or interior of the buildin{'is well gaintzd or decorated. Neither does e rate the value of buildings higher because of a food roof or eavetroughing or well kept lawns, flower beds, paved driveways, fences, etc. However, he should not reduce the assessment because of the lack of any of these items unless such lack has caused an actual costly physical depreciaâ€" tached oil burners, panelliuf. builtâ€"in cupboards, etc. While all of these items are legally assessâ€" able, yet the taxpayer whose home has these features does not tion. He is, therefore, in the first inâ€" stance concerned with the assessâ€" ment of his neighbor or similar }m)perty in the municipality. The act that his assessment is $1,500 and the tax rate is 60 mills or whether his assessment is $3,000 and the tax rate is 30 mills does not change the actual tax dollars to be paid from $90.00. However, he is concerned when his assessâ€" ment is $3,000 and similar value gzpertv is only assessed for $2,â€" So equalization and per asâ€" sessment should make FJ“ start in the local municipality before it can be :rplied as a test against the equalization and assessment of other municipalities. ‘ determined not only the amount of taxes he pays to maintain counâ€" ty services and schools, but also the services provided by his own municipality. _ 00 Next week begins BOOK TWO of "Man in the Making", a modern epic, written by the same author. TB3 WATHRLOO (Cansb) CHRONICLE Civilization has been founded on The proper use of basic energy ; And all approaches to a useful view Of economic structures must proceed From this most practical of estimates Of what we call scientific postulates. Three basic postulates insist That mental symbols match the gist Of everything that must exist, If uniformities persist. No science employs more subtle tools Than common sense controlled by rules Which generations of mankind Through trial and error grope to find. Only objective observation Gives probable determination : If one phenomenon intact Repeats itself, it proves a fact. Strict mathematical precision Brooks no poetical elision ; In this dynamical conviction Man has a method of prediction. We need to make but one experimeht To prove the claims we have expressed herein: Let us select an island, anywhere, With an appropriate environment For human beings to survive and thrive ; And there let us expose a healthy pairâ€" A boy and girl, who have been reared alone And were not taught to speak a human tongueâ€" As soon as they can hunt for food themselves ; And none of us would ever doubt the fact That generations of their progeny Would have to pass, before their mental growth Could lead them to a culture of their own ; But it would be impossible to guess If theirs would ever reach our present mess. The scope of psychological responses Is wider than the range of circumstances. Still, the experiment which we proposed Is quite impractical upon this earth, Because our couple‘s progeny would need At least a virgin planet like our own And all the million years our progress had. All peychological advance is slow And not determined like the force to grow. Therefore, I have decided to attempt Through pure imagination to account For that which led up to our mental gauge Here on the verge of the atomic age. MAN IN THE MAKING THE END OFROOK ONE By HENRY ENNS BOOK ONE to those taking part.â€" This is difâ€" ferent kind of music and may be sung in a much different key. Hark Hark the dogs do bark and not at their own homes either One irate citizen says that if the council or somebody doesn‘t do something and â€" soon, he will. ‘"What‘s the use of having a law if it is not enforced?" roars this gentleman. Stepping out of the place where he was holding forth on the sub’jec\ what did he see right in front of him? You guessed it; a dog belonging to one of the town fathers. Council meets Joe Weiler, Miss Margaret Snyder, Miss Virginia Huffman, Mrs. H. Veitch and Mrs. Stewart Kuhn and Nancy. Following the proâ€" gram the Ladies‘ Aid served lunch Hats off to the ladies of the Livâ€" ingston _ Presbyterian _ Church. These gals needed money. So what did they do? No, they didn‘t have a tea or a baking sale either â€"they sponsored a community program of fine music and readâ€" ings. Surprising is the fact that no one ever thought that Baden had enough talent, and good talâ€" ent, to produce an entertainment of such high calibre. Miss Anna McGillivray, porular principal of the local school, highlighted the program. Her full beautiful voice and her simple manner of vnresenâ€" tation has pleased mané audiences since she came to Baden two years ago. The young people who scored hits at the Waterloo Music‘ Festival presented several vocal numbers. Mrs. J. Rynard and Mrs. J. Holst favored with readâ€" ings. Others taking part included Items which are more or less standard as plumbing, electric lighting and hot water or hot air furnaces are assessable and should be included at a fair charge. The elimination of the assessment on items which are more or less frills assist in e%ualizing not only the assessment but also the taxes R‘id for the municipal services which are available for our use. (Next week‘s article will deal with the assessment of farm proâ€" perty, etc.) Baden Breezes : receive any extra municipal serâ€" vice because of them and in some instances receives less. By Mrs. C. W. Fleet (Chronicle Correspondent} dress based on I Corinthians 8:13, "If meat make my brother to ofâ€" tend, I will eat no fiesh," Rev. R. D. Trask, of Belwood, called for a fearless facing of the facts in reâ€" gard to beverage alcohol by Unitâ€" ed Church members, and apâ€" pealed for support for the camâ€" paign for voluntary total abstinâ€" ence pledges. In the report of the Evangelism and Social Service committee, Church Sessions were urged to take appropriate action regarding temperance commitâ€" ment on a stated Sunday. Send Condolences F Presbytery regretted the abâ€" sence of Rev. Bruce Hall, minisâ€" ter of Norfolk St. Church, Guelph, due to illness, and condolences were extended to the family of Professor L. Caesar, prominent, Chalmers Church layman, who died recently. Calls to Rev. W. O. Mather, of Ailsa Craig, from Palmerston, and to Rev. Hugn McTaggart, of Dalâ€" ston, from Eramosa, were apâ€" proved. * MEN WHO THINK OF TOMORROW PRACTISE MODERATION TODAY The CCF was formed by a group of formers, workers and professional people to build a new kind of society â€" one where the people would coâ€"operate to use the vast wealth we produce for the good of all â€" not just to make fortunes for a few. We believe that in this wealthy nation there‘s enough for all to live comfortably, to provide everyone with a secure income, with proper housing, health care and a comâ€" fortable old age. We believe that God has given us the brains ond the good will to use our resources for these purposes. So for we‘ve failed to do it, because we‘ve left the political control of our land in the hands of political servants of the wealthy few. The CCF is a crusode of the PEOPLE. We can grow only as fast os_'you and your neighbours join the crusade and help to build a better future. WHAT WE HAVE NOQN is the result of old ponE gliciu. Why not staort now to establish a coâ€"operaâ€" tive society by supporting the on May 26th? Len. SCHROEDER Your CCF Candidate Notice is hcreby given that a Court of Revision will be held on the third day of June, 1952, at halfâ€"past seven o‘clock in the evening at the Council Chamber, City Hall, Waterloo, Ontario, for the purpose of hearing complaints against the proposed assessments for sewers, concrete walks, watermains, curb and gutter, road base and drains, road surface, constructed in the City of Waterloo during the year 1951, and also for hearing complaints against the accuracy of frontage measurements, or any other complaints which the party interested may desire to make and which is by law cognizable by the Court. Dated May 14th, 1952 CITY OF WATERLOO NOTICE â€" COURT OF REVISION:â€" a4 89 195%â€"53. Mrs. Bruce Hall deliverâ€"| Ron Evans of ed, an _inspirational address enâ€"| business visiior m fiMflNCW wulnn;‘ Mr. and Mrs. George Berge and emphasizing the importance of| daughters of near Ayr made a cal‘ Woman‘s Maveal, | TH E HOUS E O F SE AGR A M R. G. GIVEN, City Clerk The Coâ€"Operative Commonwealth Federation is just whot it‘s nome implies. It‘s a federation of ordinary people likerou and me coâ€"operating for the common good. For a great many years now, we‘ve had the old parties â€" one after the other â€" and we‘ve had one crisis after anotherâ€"depression, high prices, unemployment, fluctuation of farm inâ€" come, debt, and ali the rest of it. Through it ali, big business never suffers. The well to do weather every crisis, but the workers and farmers always teel the pinch. This isn‘t strange. Both old parties are financed and controlled by the rich â€" to do a job for them â€" ond they do it, and do it WELL. 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