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The Four-Way
Test

ot the things we
think, say or do.

Is it the TRUTH?

is it fair to all
concerned?

“ADVERTISING .
Will it build GOOD

MANAGER
RALPH KERMAN

FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be

BENEFICIAL
-to all concerned?

m1 ites

_ Unity on trade remains a distant goal

The poorer nations continue to demand a fairer share of
world trade — yet their hopes will not be realized for many
years. The Third World countries had hoped to establish a
common fund to stabilize wild price fluctuations in ten key
commodities. They pressed the issue at the recent United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
held in Nairobi.

Bul the rich countries, led by the United States, had grave
doubts. Washington in particular did not commit itself in
any way to a common fund for financing buffer stocks of
raw materials. Most of the free enlerprise nations felt it
would be difficult for them to support any trading system
that requires a prior commitment to the kind of commodity
agreements thal are based on a system of government.
aiministered prices. In other words, the capitalist traders
of the world were lined up against those nalions controlled
by Communist regimes and military dictatorships.

It would be of great benefit to the world’s nations if such
trade issues as commodily stabilization could be removed
from the realm of ideology, and examined on their practical
merits. Slatesmen have stressed that the aim must be to

preserve an Open environment for world trade in most
products, but at the same time to build certain safeguards
for poor nations. These countries simply cannot endure the
erratic swings in the world market for their few exports
without seriously endangering their economies — and
sometimes even the health and the lives of their population.

Clearly, the rich and the poor must work toward a
compromise in regard to trade issues. The western system
of basing most international trade on market demand often
hurts the poorest among nations. This system must be
modified gradually. But in trying to achieve their demands
for aradical restructuring of the global economic order, the
poor nations'should move away from lheir present stralegy
of confrontation, The more conservative among the western
trade exports say why should the taxpayers of rich nations

put up a $3 billion fund to stockpile commodities in order to

elp goveriments and countries that expropriale private
investments and in some cases even Support terrorists. Yet
understanding must prevail. And trade — fair trade — is

one way to bridge the horrendous gap that still separates”

the rich from the poor nations.

Lotteries

What would you do with a million bucks? Or even
$100,000? Dream a litlle, break oul of the humdrum, the
treadmill of paying bills. If you win a million, give half — or
most— to charity?

Probably ail of us have indulged in the seductive day-
dreaming thal goes with an Olympic lottery ticket or a
Wintario. And, the government information flacks tell us, it
enriches our coffers by some half billion dollars a year for
such good things as sport and culture. :

Something for nothing. The age-old sluff of which dreams
are made. But also the age-old stuff of which greed and
avarice are made. And yel to knock these government-run
lotteries — which is what we're about to do — is a little bit

_ like knocking fun and human nature, Whal’s wrong with

dreaming? °
What's wrong is thal lotteries are immoral, wasteful and

” “degrading tothe society sponsoring them. Having said that,

ve stand back while we are called stuffy, square and a
illjoy.

Lotteries are immoral in that they legally tell people that
their ropes for material wealth are based on chance. They
exploit the dreams of the poor to pay for the pleasures of the
rich. ;

Lotteries are wasteful in that more than half the proceeds
are used for promotion and administration. To give an
example, the Presbyterian Record notes that Wintario
provides only 42 percent of its proceeds for grants to sports,
recreation and cultural associations after spending 58
percent in prizes, promotion and administration. A straight
canvass or taxation would go further and not be an unfair
burden on the poor, ,

Lelteries are degrading because they pander to the
grealest social evil our society faces today — its idolatry of
material things. Win more money to buy more things and
you'll achieve everlasting happiness,

But what is most disturbing about this phenomena is. the
almost tacit approval of the great majority of those who
ought to be most opposed. Those wha call themselves
Christians may very well belong to churches which of-
ficially oppose gambling on the very Biblical grounds that
gambling fosters greed and greed, along with avarice and
covetousness, is a sin, Lotteries are legalized gambling.
The churches must oppose them because it is wrong. It’s
that simple.

Bilingualism; a

Not long’ ago, Prime Minister Trudeau said that
Canadians still have a deep:and underlying mistrust of
bilingualism. He .was speaking during the recent air con-
trollers and pilots illegal strike over the use of French in
Quebee air space. |

The Prime Minisler, we suggest, should be commended
for the moderation of his language. That issue —
bilingualism — has brought to the surface more open
ignorance and bigolry than anything in recent memory,

English-speaking Canadians al bes! seem neutral to a
policy — in fact a law under the Official Languages Act —
that may very well be the cement that can keep this nation
unified.

Bilingualism in Canada does not mean that the residents
of Come By Chance or Burnaby will have to speak French,
Some will and do and their children are thankiuily getting a
chance to learn French at school so that some day,
hopefully, most Canadians will be able to speak the two

. Official languages of Canada.

But bilingualism is not being forced down anyone's
throat. All ‘that is happening is that both English and

French-speaking Canadians are being put in the position of
being able to deal with the federal governments — and some
Provincial governments — in the official language of their
choice,

This means that a considerable number of civil servants
must learn a second language. Even that modest aim will
take a number of years to achieve but it is a small price to
pay for Canadian unity.

No doubt some of the bilingualism programs in Canada
have nol worked ‘or have been implemented in a bungling
bureaucratic fashion but that must not be the central issue,
The issue for English-speaking Canadians is simple — do
we support bilingualism as a national policy and are we
prepared to support it as a way to broaden our nation’s
unily and to support those people in Quebec who are fighting
separatism?

Atis time for the many English-speaking Canadians who
Support unity to speak out on the issue of bilingualism and
nol allow the bigots to monopolize air time and letters-to-

e-edilor. :

"For whom the bell tolls" —

The English clergyman-poet John Donne once wrole:
“Ask not for whom the bell tolls’. Now, some 450 years
later, Canadians should be listening very carefully, for the

ominous clangor of those warning bells is sounding even

louder.
Back in 1975, when the Vancouver Board of Trade’s an-

: . pual offshore mission returned from Brazil, the bells were

already ringing. The Board warned publicly that Canada
could expect more and more competition in world markets.

in altitude, development and natural resources, Brazil
makes a prime example of the up and coming competitor.
Australian growth also portends considerable competition
for Pacific markets.

Asa result, a recent news item out of Tokyo was of more
than passing interest to Canadians. In discussing new
Japanese agreements with Brazil] and Australia, the article
made some disturbing points.

- Canada lags behind Australia and Brazil in both
Japanese trade and investment.

- Canadian restrictions, such as the Foreign Investment
Review Act and
Japanese to look elsewhere. ;
the $13 billion Japan has aiready invested in Brazil.

- Japan's need for assured supplies of natural resources is
the basis for these agreements.- Investment in the

roductive facilities and establishment of long-term con-
racts is One prime Japanese method for gaining thal
assurance.

rovincial regulations, encourage the-

proval of the new agreement may more than double

- Australia will probably net both a substantial increase in
trade with Japan and a large gain in the $524 million in
Japanese investments already there.

Brazil’s attraction lies in its tremendous potential. Japan
is helping fill Brazil’s.need for foreign capital to develop
abundant natural resources and, in turn, to provide jobs and
to build an industrial infrastructure.

The new agreement will help provide all that and, at the
same time, will strengthen Brazil's competitive position in
world markets. ; ms

Australia has the advantage of a good geographic location
vis a yis Japan and a recently improved investment
climate. Japan is well aware of both.

Well, Prime Minister Trudeau will soon be on his way to
Japan and it will be most interesting to see the results.
Hopefully, he will return with some sort of understanding to
help Canada win back the compelitive edge we have held up
o now,

Meanwhile, the Tokyo article demonstrates that Canada
has no monopoly on natural resources — and certainly none
on markets, It also shows that any nation like Canada,
which lives primarily by exports, cannot afford to diminish

’ its world competitiveness by internal programs and actions
|

which force it to produce high-cost goads. _
Politicians, business people, unidn leaders, workers!
What Donne said applies to us all:
“Ask not for whom the bell tolls —it Lolls for thee!”

Suicidal lovers:

By Dwayne Serediak

We were walking on the beach,
When she began to ery.

Then she asked me if I loved her,
As she looked me in the eyes.

For I'm going to have your baby,
So for God’s sake please don't he.

I turned and walked away from her,

And Lord:'1 still don’t know why.

Because of what I sald that day,

She committed suicide,’ :

But darling wherever you may happen to be
Please walt for me. 7
For my body has. just been found

On the beach beside the sea.

WILL and BETTER

w

_owor
financial, policies, -have

The following is a rej rt

by Ray Williston, president -

of British Columbia
Cellulose Company. It was
released to the press by.
Cyril Shelford, MLA for
Skeena. ‘
- PRESENT
SITUATION
Trucking contractors
have refused to continue to
haul logs from the Nass
River to Terrace because
their rate of return does not
cover expenses. The answer
to their problem is not
satisfied by a simple up-
ward rate adjustment but
involves wood qualities,
load capacities and efficient
truck dispatching. The
contractors realize that the
value of the wood can only
absorb a certain total cost
and once this point has been
passed, movement of wood
as at present organized, will
stop.
BACKGROUND
1) The problems
associaled with total land
management in this area,
have been the subject of
detailed study by the
Secretariat of the En-
vironment and Land Use
Committee. Since the
foresls dominale use, this
sector of the study has
received the most attention.
The work is virtually
complete and a report
should soon be filed. As a
result of discussion with
members of the study
group, certain pertinent
Observations can be made
which relate to the serious
nature of the continuing
roblem, which relates to
jogging in the Terrace area.
(a) Wood quality in the
general operating area is

nacelle pata ieee tat tee tetera sce et
Soe heen ae

low. To my knowledge, this
point has never been
adequately. documented in
appraisals on area viability.

tb) The better operating
sites have now been cut and
future logging sites must be

accommodated to a com-
bination of extraction
methods. The simple

skidder operation may no
ionger dominate production.
There must be a. studied
adaplion of equipment to
site, if costs are to be con-
trolled to establish con-
tinued economic viability.

(c) Hauling distances are

‘long — requiring 12 to 14

hours for a single return trip
to the Nass, ,

(d) Favourable ‘“‘snow-
free” or “snow covered’’
operalions are constrained
more than in the com-
petitive interior operaling
areas.. Available time for
efficient logging is more

‘restricted and when snow

does fall it is of a quality
which hinders rather than
helps the operator.

(e) Log qualities are so
varied that the problems of
sorting and milling are
intensified. The returns
from the low quality are
further lessened through
multiple-handling. It is
suggested that more at-
tention must be paid to
rocessing better sorted
ogs in plants more
specifically designed lo
extract. particular values.
The total handling must be
reduced. No single sawmill
can efficiently process a
wide variety of log sizes,
species and quaiities.

2) The reduced demand

for pulp has increased the-

problems of loading for best

The Editor;
Dear Sir: -

On April Fool’s Day 1949,
the late Hon. Louis. St.
Laurent announced, .with
great eclat, that
Newfoundland had joined
the Canadian Confederacy.
Only a short time before, in
a National Referendum, the
people of Newfoundland had
voted by a margin of about 4
percent to join Canada.
Before the Referendum was
held, Mr. St.Laurent said he
would accept the decision of
lne Referendum if there was
a ‘significant majority” in
favour of the move, Ap-
proximately 48 percent of
Newfoundlanders claimed
that joining Canada was a
fraud, a-delusion and a

The L.LP.

hoax
The Editor
Dear Sir:
The Local Initiative

Program Hoax is on again,
complete with ministers and
civil servants proclaiming
the great assistance to the

“community and unem-

ployed. mo,

Toevaluate the usefulness
of the program’ perhaps a
close look at the funding,
benefils and reasons is in
order.

The §0 to 100 million
dollars which incidentally is
the same amount spent on
teaching Frenc to
government officials
achieving a 11 percent
success rate, are in this
writer's opinion, made
available by the following
cutbacks in other services.

The federal withdrawal
from a number of social
service provincial sharing
programs, removal of
support of, for example,
Northland Navigation.

A cutback of 600 million
dollars to the Unem-
ployment Insurance
Program, achieved by
making it more difficult for

the unemployed to receive |

-assistance, in general, and
by totally refusing benefits
to anyone 65 years of age,
regardless of their years
contribution. That's how
your benevolent govern-
ment gets the funds te pay
‘for programs to “benefit”

ers that their own

‘casual labour unemployed,

A policy by the federal’

iZovernment for political
reasons against all odds and
experiences elsewhere
continue the unfair Wage

letters to the ed

Fooled Newfo undlanders

snare and they were being
led down the garden path by

a demagogue. Now is the:::
‘Falls...We produce nearly

time to prove them liars.
Much was made: of the
benefits that would accrue
to Newfoundland by lum-
ping its fortunes with
Canada. Little was said of
the assets Newfoundland
was bringing to the Con-
federacy. These have all
been whittled away in the
inlervening years, much
after the same manner in
which Hitler whittled away
at Europe until he came to
Poland. The reason the
whittling has been so suc-
cessful is the lack of interest
and understanding by Ot-
tawa and the Canadian
Public. No.one would listen

Control Program, that
depresses the economy even
further by diminishing the
workers ‘purchasing power
while at the same time
allowing banks, financial
institutions and big business
to charge exorbitant in-
terest rales and achieve
higher profits than ever
before.

The hoax about L.LP.
grants is that the govern-
ment does nothing to
alleviate the unemployment
program indeed, are to
blame for the bulk of it and
once they have = ac-
complished unemployment
they then put people to work
for nearly the same pay as
would be: achieved by
someone on U.LC.

While one could argue that
some benefits are received
by the community by way of
buildings or whatever, the
fact remains that these
projects are not paid for by
the federal government, but
by unfortunate people thal
oul of desperation regar-

. less of their skills work for’
_the minimum wage offered’

‘by L.LP. .
Take for example a
building tradesman who has
been unemployed for 8 to 9
months is now faced. With
either social welfare or $425
per month before taxes
working under a L.1P.
program, To make matters
worse the projects un-
dertaken by LLP. will of
course not be built again
thereby effectively
* preventing the worker from
making a decent wage,
paying taxes, buying goods,
ete., in short contribute to

ry

the community. . .,

While the press releases
and snapshots of politicians
handing ‘over the LLP.
‘grants cheques to the
communities are  un-

weight. Wood now being
removed has been cut for
some time and is drier and
lighter than normal, Large
stems with rot which can
sawn reduce the net ioad,
weight and hence the
returns to the trucker.
There is now no small pulp
to counter balance. the
sawlogs.

The values received for
either lumber or pulp have
not increased to the point
where the accelerated costs
of production are going to be
covered and allow. for a
proper margin of profit,

3) The situation
developing at Terrace is an
indication of what is hap-
pening to production costs
generally in the Canadian
forest industry. Our costs
are out of line with com-
petition and are difficult to
cover at present market
prices. Uneconomic
situations will first show in
the most difficull operating
areas and Terrace is one of
these. ‘

OBSERVATIONS AND-
OR RECOMMENDATIONS

1) There must be im-
proved efficiencies of
dispalch and truck
assignment, It is my in-
formation that a dispatcher
has now been reassigned to
this task. However truckers
must accep! responsibililies

‘lo assist with more efficient

coordination in direction
wherever possible. Any
activity which adds to cost
without producing increased
efficiency must he
questioned. There is no point
in trying to solve a problem
through ‘spreading the

hauling over more units
than are actually required.

wien

to our side of any con-
troversy or dispute. Poland
in’’our ‘case .is ‘Churchill

5,600. megawatts of electric
energy there and the bulk of
itis sold to Quebec. Now we
are asking for the return of
800 of those megawatts but
Quebec would sooner selk
them to New York,

One of the claims of those
who supported our entry
into the Confederacy was
that we would never be able
to support ourselves. They
forgot that “never” is a long
day. ‘The power generated at
Churchill Falls sald at
current rates would come so
close to paying our way that
we, wauid be able ta da away
with quite a few of the taxes

doubledly useful in creating

a good government image

and get politicians re-

elected, this still in’ my

opinion represents an insult

to the voters intelligence.
N. Smith

Valour
in sports

*Ms.-lona Campagnolo

House of. Commons
Dear Ms. Campagnolo,

The Sports Federation of
Canada has been. asked to
participate in an exciling
new Award Program to

honour Olympic Courage. ~

The founder of the award,
Cyril Levan of London,
England designed the
criteria for the award so
that — “The Award should
go to someone who is more
than a winner, Courage is
more than skill, it is more

‘than strength, it's a higher

attribute of the mind or
human spirit that faces and
endures difficulties without
fear. [tis most dramatically
seen when spirit shows its
face on the slope of Mount
Everest, in the Marathon, .
on the playing field, in

‘ motor racing, in fact, in any

activity where man seeks to
excel, Courage: it is that
extra dimension of the
human spirit which tran-
scends everything else. It's

in the winner and in the .

loser. Jt is hard to define,
bul we all recognize the face
of courage when we see jt!!,

The emphasis this year is

on the Olympic athlele and |
Federation ‘of «

the Spor
Canada has been asked to
receive nominations and
present . the
Nomination’ to the Ad-
judicating Committee in

ae

Canadian ”

The economic trucking of logs in Terrace

2) A minimum load
guarantee. must be
established. An agreed
negotiated figure will not be
easy to establish. Truck
costs are fixed and as is the
value of wood. If the. unit
cost of wood is forced to the
point where it cannot be
processed at some profit,
such use will cease. No
trucker can be expected to
move material at a loss. To
reach an acceptable balance

-there are going to have to be

changes made in the present
operating procedures to
establish required  ef-
ficiencies. 1 am informed
that a guaranteed minimum
load weight has been offered
by CanCel but this falls
short of that demanded by
the truckers. At this stage,
data would indicate that
total weed worth will not
meet the cost which would
be imposed by . the
Buarantee if no way were
found to increase actual
load weights in a practical
way.

31 The tolal cost of log
production in the region
must be reviewed, not just
the trucking. It musl be
established that proper
machinery is being em-
ployed and that this is being
used to its required ef-
ficiency. Proper planning af
the logging shows is going to
take more time and study
now thal more difficult
conditions are being en-
countered and distances
travelled are increasing,
Since general log quality is
atso deteriorating, there will
be need for a better sort and
direction of logs to enable
more efficient. production.

tor

eases

with which we are saddled
today. Instead, we are tied
to a bad.contract that. still
has 65'years to run. Quebec

‘is paying us something in

the order of three mills: per
Megawatt for this power
and selling it at forty odd.
That, if there is any justice
in Canada, is barefaced
robbery. We-. are. not
demanding the return of all
the power. We are asking for
enough to develop our
potential but Quebec will not
accede to our request. In-
stead that province wants to
sell it abroad at a greater
profit.

ne Canada, what about
i

Sincerely yours, .
T.E. Furlong

Londen for the final
selection which at that time
will involve nominations
from over 100 countries.
We invile your nomination
and would be pleased to
receive nominations from
Canadians right across’ the
country. We hope therefore,
that aside from your par-

. ticipation in this program,

you might use your in-
fluence in promoting this
International Award in your
area. IL is expected that we
will receive nominations
from sports people at all
levels, from the sports
media- and, from the
Canadian public at large.
The Provincial Sports
Federations have agreed to
assist us in receiving
nominations. You :.may,
therefore, forward your
nominations either to. your
Provincial Federation
Office, or directly to ‘the
Sports Federation of
Canada, 333 River Road,
Vanier, Ontario, - 00 |.
Sincerely, cabot
Jo-Ann Lawson
Executive Director

J CONSUMER GUIDELINES |

Consider Effect": .

When ordering new
Grapes for your home,.con-
sider thelr potential effect
on Your comfort, especially
in winter, Grapes that block
your warm alr register will
_| prevent sufficlant heat from
entering the room. Each
lime the heat comes up, the
drapes will billow out and
dance around, Instead of
staying in place, while your
thermostat keeps “calling”
for. heat. If there are electric
_| heaters along the oulside
‘Wall, drapes must be cut to
hang about six inches.a-

there Ia the risk of ctiarritig
certain fabries.

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