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' Wood for us.

IT WOULD be far too easy for the B.C. Liberal
‘government to sell Skeena Cellulose for whatever
-it can get, put the money into the provincial trea-
‘sury, write off any accumulated debt for which it

won't be paid and blame the NDP for buying the
‘company in the first place.

While that would fit the B.C, Liberal philoso-
phy that a government has no business being in
business, it wouldn’t address a very real problem
in the northwest — there’s far too much wood in
the northwest under the control of one company.

What the B.C. Liberals also must do is ensure
there is wood to at least create a climate for the
nurturing of smaller enterprises.

Skeena Cellulose was a company controlled by
Eastern interests which then abandoned it to the
four winds after first loading it down with debt.
From that experience, which caused the NDP

government to step in, we already know bigger is
not necessarily better.

Consider Bud Papineau, a small cedar shake
-manufacturer who employed up to five people
but who has now moved away because he
-couldn’t get any raw product from from large li-
‘cence holders.

Mr. Papineau’s circumstances weren’t tied to

THE UNITED STATES
HAS No MORE IMPORTANT
RELATIONSHIP IN THE WORLD?
THAN THE ONE WE KAYE

WITH MEXICO.

It began with a man called Ludd |

VICTORIA —1 stand corrected
and chastised. In a recent col-
umn, I referred to Luddites in
the same derogatory way most
people do, as backwater hicks
opposing change for opposi-
tion’s sake,

And then, last week, my
friend and colleague of 30
years, Jim Hume, (enemy dur-
ing the old days of fierce com-
petition) told me that I should
read up on the Luddites. [ did,
and here is what I found out:

HELLO MEXICO?
You PON'T KNOW ME
guT | WAS THE
{IMPORTANT RELATION SHIP

BEFORE You---

Fast-forward to the year
2001. Another Labour Day has
come and gone. In the days
leading up to the holiday, most
of us treat as just another day
off,

I have heard people say la-
bour unions are too powerful
and, anyway, they have out-
lived their usefulness. Really?

I remember when the daily
newspaper I was working at in-
troduced computers in the late
1970s. The unions didn’t op-

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we casually refer today as
workers, and human rights,
In a recent piece Hume re-

called a well-documented inci- .

dent that took place in 1919
outside Manchester,

There was a gathering of ar-
dinary folks, who had come to
hear Henry “Orator” Hunt
speak about the need for par-

liamentary reform, annual ses-

sions of parliament, universal
suffrage, and voting rights for
all of a certain age.

to. . It appears that in 1779, in a -THE CAPITA ei © pose computers per se, but “Tt was to be a festive occa-
the larger machinations surrounding Skeena Cel- small village near Leicester- HUBERT BEYER wanted to make sure that sion with bands and banners, a.
lulose but his inability to find wood is an agoniz- shire, a mentally retarded people wouldn’t lose their jobs picnic, partly to celebrate a
! ,| young chap named Ned Ludd thing they could think of: to the new technology. newly-found equality for
‘mg scream that should penetrate the eardrums of i} ‘was incessantly ridiculed by wreck whatever newfangled We were only partly suc- women in the Radical

those who make forest policy decisions in B.C.

The B.C. Liberals are fond of saying it’s time

‘to think out of the box. If that’s really the case,
do something about people like Mr. Papineau.
The answer might be the long standing dream of
‘the local Skeena Community Timber Trust group

to create a community forest,and log yard, access. Sty broken. ee, 2 Luddités,, ac, *! oe. ja gusually those who are not ‘or-”” men moved ‘in to arrest ‘him:
to wood and a place in which’ it could be bought: ~“T™ "Three! decades ater, “new *’ “* Today’s technological réva? “ganizéd, spout the. platitudes. The crowd closed around Hunt

The idea of a community forest does not in-
.volve a lot of wood, particularly given the mas-
sive amount now under control of Skeena Cellu-
lose. Indeed, the benefit to a company buying
-Skeena Cellulose at a fire sale price is not so
‘much its mills and equipment, it is the bonus of
picking up licences to lands on which consider-
able amounts of tax dollars have been spent on
‘silviculture.

Some place in all of this there must be room
for something like a community forest, for a log
- yard, for people like Mr. Papineau.

The B.C. Liberals have nothing to lose and
everything to gain. In truth, the B.C. Liberals
have no choice. With many hundreds of people
-out of work in the northwest, a sale of Skeena
Cellulose without addressing other forest issues
up here won’t wash.
‘As well as saying they are thinking out of the
box, the B.C. Liberals like to tell people that one
- size doesn’t fit all. Their challenge is to make sure
that box doesn’t resemble the size of a coffin.

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other kids.

One day, he flipped and
went after the kids. When he
failed to catch them, he broke
into a house and smashed two
stocking-making frames.

This eventually led to the
saying, “Ned Ludd did it,”
whenever a piece of machin-

machinery had been invented, .

machinery that replaced the
workers who had been making
a meagre living in what until
then had been a cottage indu-
stry.

It was a time of naked and
ugiy capitalism. The rich in-
dustrial barons didn’t give a
damn for the workers who
were starving as a result of the
industrial revolution, and nei-
ther did the government.

The workers did the only

machines they could lay their
hands on. Their families were
not only poor but starving.

The leaders of the crews
wreaking havoc on the ma-
chinery often called them-
selves Ned Ludd, so as not to
give away their identity. Even-
tually they became known as

lution has also thrown people
out of work, but today we do
have employment insurance,
welfare, retraining programs. It
is offen not enough, but better
than being left starving to
death,

In 19th century England,
the government was not as en-
lightened. In 1812, when they
could think of nothing else to
combat them, they imposed
the death penalty on convicted
Luddites,

cessful. When the dust had
settled some 65 people got
their pink slips. Were we Lud-
dites? I suppose we were, but
not with the connotation that I
previously attached to the
term.

What amazes me again and
again is that even workers,

of trade unions being obsoleté.

I wonder what they attribute
their wages to, wages that may
be below those of organized
workers, but are still substan-
tial enough to feed, clothe and
house their families.

It is the unionized workers
who set the standards that em-
ployers have to meet, even if
they do not have an organized
workforce, It is the Luddites of
nearly two centuries ago who
fought, bled and died for what

movement,” Jim writes.

It appears that the govern-
ment wanted to arrest Hunt be-
fore he spoke. To that end,
someone read the Riot Act
from a nearby house, overheard
by only a few people.

When Hunt stood to speak,
Manchester and Salford Yeo-

“and the Yeomen. Next, the

15th Hussars were ordered to
intervene.

“By 2 p.m., St. Peter’s field
was deserted and the bodies of
15 dead, sabred or trampled by
the cavalry. Three were

women,” Jim says. They still
call it the Peterioo Massacre.
Thanks, Jim, for setting me
straight.
Beyer can be reached at:
E-mail: hubert@coolcom.com;
Tel (250} 381-6900.

Individualism at risk in Terrace

IF IT isn’t government telling

~ us how to live it’s some sensi-

tive soul offended by our exis-
tence. Even if we don’t make
noise, stink, or encroach upon
another's territory, someane is
bound to bitch.

In recent weeks the in-
stasices Of busybodies interfer-
ing with others has peaked.

In Coquitlam, neighbours
who own expensive homes
complained about one property
with grass higher than theirs,
too tall for their liking.

And last year an Ontario
woman incensed neighbours
and city hall when she quit

her neighbours.

THROUGH BIFOCALS
CLAUDETTE SANDECKI

eyes, his Wild West storefront

homeowner whose hobby is re-
plicating miniature churches
and other buildings from his
hometown of Youghel, Ireland,
was reported to city officials
by a neighbour who objected
to the waist-high structures

detracling from enjoyment of

his living room vista.

To rescue city hall from this
awkward tiff, the hobby builder
agreed to plant a hedge and
build a fence to screen his
models from his neighbour’s
view, Why didn’! the complai-
nant build a fence and plant a
hedge?

In the words of Oprah’s Dr. -

calm those perturbed by the

from plywood, paint them, and
anchor them on top of the
house. It already looks like a
giant window box.

Most heritage buildings
would be tickled pink ta be

equally well maintained and

painted. Far from looking blah,
the purple house stands out, an
excellent reference point for
tourists.

“Looking for the museum?
Drive along Lakelse Avenue to
the purple house, then turn
north.” Bet no tourist would get
lost.

Terrace is forever secking
ways to draw tourists, Well, di-

houses that are already attract

NEWS: Jeff Nagel , ‘ : arn ’ : sans .
— f/f . growing lawn in favour of na- place until Labour Day, two Phil, “You can’t change the versity and individuality sell. ,
; 2001 SHINER NEWS/SPORTS Sarah Zimmerman tural grasses and wild flowers. weeks longer than the rodeo. other person. But you can Who wants to see another ce- |
' HEWSPAPERS NEWS/COMMUNITY: Jennifer Lang She preferred habitat for wild Tourists approved of the fa- change your response to ment block building painted |
COMPETITION FRONT OFFICE: Darlene Keeping & Carol McKay songbirds. Her unkempt yard cade; his business picked up. _—‘them.” white or tan? |
CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Terri Gordon ruffled many feathers among City Hall bucked. In their Dr. Phil’s advice could Here we have miniature |

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the front of his premises. He
intended leaving the facade in

clashed with the English motif
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Here on Agar Avenue, a

purple house on the corner of
Lakeise and Kalum, Instead of

insisting the owner or tenant
repaint the heritage building to
suit the critics’ notion, why not
saw some giant petunia shapes

ing tourists, so we complain
about them. For ugly, look at
the Chamber of Commerce,
beautiful logs smothered in
school fence green. An insult to
log construction.

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