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Pan: l - New Hamburg lndcpcodont - Wednesday, August 18, "rt A vital aspect of our community that we often take for granted is the large number of small businesses serving us. These are operated by men and women who work extremely hard to keep them going. . c There is satisfaction of course in running a business successfully and there is a good feel- ing in helping your neighbours. But let's con- sider the main barometer of reward, money. If he were to give himself a decent hourly wage, the storekeeper wouldn't be able to af- ford his own .help---there would be just too many hours. Many small businessmen are working for less than the minimum wage. The basic reason he cannot afford the help he needs to do all the little things to help him man- age his business properly is the cost. Employees in small businesses have to be paid something at least close to what their counterparts in unions and big offices get. However, this often makes the cost of labor get too far out of line in comparison to other expenditures in the business. A local store owner for instance often puts in 12 hours a day for every working day and then a few more on his day off. His wife also helps to keep the store going. What do they get for all their troubles? _ Many larger Canadian businesses have simi- lar problems. There are many manufactured items not produced in Canada because they are products of labor‘intensive industries. In other words things that take a person a long time to do and must still be sold at a low price. Busi- nesses that succeed best in this country are the highly automated kind. This is the only kind we can afford with our high labor rates. Due to this process our working force does not get involved in much manufacturing that takes a lot of. human time; skilled workers become fewer and fewer. One place where the cost of labor can be reduced is in income tax. Many more stores and businesses would succeed if the 20 or 30 percent that goes out in income tax could be collected in some other way. It is often said that income tax is the fairest of all tax systems. This is hard to understand when we see people who earn high incomes who manage to pay very little tax by way of invest- ment write-offs and loopholes which the average worker cannot make use of. The fairness of income tax sounds good in theory, but it doesn't seem to be that way in practice. At Monday nighCs coun- tul meeting. included m correspondence being hand- led was a letter from Census Canada stating that as of June 1. 1976 the pop- Motion of Wilma! was now 10.600 Despite handicaps such as an inadequate water 'sup- ply for sustained growth the township IS still slowly attracting more rostdents on a permanent hasus It Local business _ could be aided hy tax reduction Control growth a division of lam-Wand» accord Ltd., amt. A Fairway Rd. s., Kitchen“. Ott address correspondence to: 100 Humi- St. New Hamburg. Ont. telephone '6btMtt Publisher: Jams M. Bound l Editor Mike Roy subscripmns; 86.0tt a year in Canada. ”no a year in United States and Foreign Comm.“ sound class mail registration number Ml MlMevel-y Wetland” by Funny PM. sum controls on urban and industrial growth In Wilmot will safeguard our important agricultural lands and maintain the lifestyle _that sets thrs arm apart Iron} the rm! of tho T021011 rogmn is pleasant to note that this area is not experiencing runaway expansion and uncontrolled building we see in nearby municipalities. etttablighed 1m But Bill Davis probably will be relaxing in the sun at Honey Harbour, puffing a cigar without worrying about photographers, sip- ping rum and orange juice if he's really cutting loose, and reflecting with saisfaction on his past activities. by John Scott The race isn't over for those great survivors, the Ontario Tories. Some hurdles remain to be Jumped. And Tory dig- nity has slipped to around the ankles. which makes jumping awkward. Still survival is what you've got to do in politics and the Tories keep doing just that. When the Legislature adjourned in the middle of Albert Roy's contribution to the debate on the bill legalizing Ontario's partici- pation in the Federal in- nation programme. only about one quarter of the speakers had been heard. Still nothing startling is expected in this debate. Just jeering as the three parties perform as a three ring circus at the start of the more peppery speeches. The premier has not yet had his third meeting with Arthur Maloney about what to do with the ombudsman's report condemning how pro- vincial housing officials pressured Pickering resi- dents into selling property. Still I have a feeling the Sometime ago human re- lations workshops were profuse in North America. Those who attended and conducted such workshops hoped to gain a better self- understanding in order to live harmoniously with all people. at all times, in ev- ery way Such workshops were regarded as pressure releases to keep society from disintegrating. By Rev. A.D. Scharlach Emmanuel Lutheran Church Petersburg Human relations work- shops are nothing new. We may not call them that. yet they are conducted weekly PC 's offer best alternative FilFtiltiB'1rllAlNlll REFLECTION two men have come to an agreement and only the final details remain to be worked out. This will come later and presumably will be a diplomatic compromise that won't suit Housing Min- ister John Rhodes or Mal- oney but will get the govern- ment off the spot. What might well curb the demands of Maloney is the discovery opposition MPP's are not' unanimous in sup- porting him completely. . Public servants cover a lot of jobs. In a way it is anyone on the public pay- top jobs. Troops, you know generally reflect their of- fleets. Prime Minister Trudeau our profligate PM who is a wastrel with taxpayers' money and a skinflint with his own. is puzzled that Ca- nadians seem selfish and cynical about anti-inflation measures, He thinks it okay for MP's and mandarins to get big raises while workers get little. Tru- deau is our top public servant twhich is a laugh. considering his elitist Authoritarian tendencies. ) And Trudeau's friend Mi- chael Pitfield, Canada's top civil servant, sets a lovely example by seeking a first homebuyer's grant when he's already owned one in the past. Anyway the pro- gramme wasn't set up to help rich mandarins buy $180,000 homes. in every centre across Can- ada, Such workshops are called Christian worship services. In them we meet God revealing what He has to say through' His Word. In that Word we learn that we are out of sorts with God because we go our own way in matters of doing, having and thinking contrary to His will. Consequently. we are then out of sorts with our fellow man. Cain and Abel serve as a good example of this, We know our lives are any- thing but perfect. Further- more. we never seem to be able to get them to a point where they are. Otto Jelineks Tory MP and vociferous critic. of Trudeau's style, is also a public servant. For his wife to apply for the same grant as Pitfield did, for $105,000 home in Ottawa (condominiums in Toronto don't gaunt it seems) may not be illegal - but it sure is disgusting leadership by example. Do as I say, not as I do. For shame Otto! What is "truth" Otto? It is close to form of mor- al corruption. And it is ram- pant in Canada. Especially in Quebec where, when it is detected. draws charges of "racism". Whether or not we know it. we can look forward to being manipulated by our elected officials. but there is one consolation. Father Time will eventually put all people out of business. It's fine for him to be off telling the Yukon he'd like to make them the llth province. or praising bi- lingualism in Manitoba. or organizing in the boondocks. But as main Opposition leader ics also his respon- sibility to do some opposing. It used to be Joe Who?' Now it's Joe Where? Where in the name of parliamen- tary Opposition is Joe Clark these days? - Where was he during the Taiwan Olympic fuss, with the unforgiveable Trudeau changing the rules, and do- ing what in effect, even Hit- Finding fault with our fellow man helps us feel better quickly, We don't look so bad in our own eyes, nor do we have to be amic- able to our neighbor. Our problem is self-ac- With that Good News ring- ceptance. In the service ing in our ears we begin we learn that God accepted to live harmoniously with us while we were sinners our fellow man disregard- and unloveable to Him! ing his faults, As a community newspaper number with their letter the Independent is always happy to hear from renders Att Artters will 00 sub]? through its tqrttors"cotumrt, editing. " " wishes O P Persons wishing to submit letters to this column are asked to provide their reel neme, eddtess end phone Submitting letters ler didn't dare? No word in the Commons from Jugular Joe. During the bilingual- ism issue with pilots and air controllers, where was Joe? Oh, he mouthed a few platitudes about sup- porting bilingualism. but he had no zip. No fire. Ed Broadbent, the NDP leader made sense. He was ef- fective. All Joe had to say was: "Bilingualism in the ground - safety in the air." But he didn't. He hedged. Played it safe. What Clark should do is approach the old warrior. John Diefenbaker. and solicit his advice and help. Diet is a fighter. A real one. Clark should dump his Tory- chic "advisors". And try- ing to con Quebec. Forget Quebec. Lean on Dief again - Dief, who didn't speak French but understood Que- bec. Diet, who in one elec- tion got more seats in Que- bec (50 in 1958) than other Tory leaders did in a total of 10 elections since 1935. And Clark‘s remarks that he didn't go after Jean Marchand when he resigned because it might be in- terpreted as racism - isn't that reverse racism? And gutless? Double standard? Yes. If Trudeau is going to be defeated it should be by a fighter. So far Clark shows all the fighting instincts of . . .of a Stanfield. How? He sent Christ to die in our place. the perfect for the imperfect! Since God has accepted us, can accept ourselves! All letters will be subject to editing. " he wishes e person may use e pen name provided the submitted letter is signed end a notation mede Iegerd- ing the use of the pen heme, siiii {WHERE