Bo erent rere . PAGE Ad, THE HERALD, Wednesday, September 22, 1976 the heral G4 635-6357 An Award Winning Weekly Published by Sterling Publishers Ltd. Putlisned every Wednesday al 3212 Kalum 5St., Terrace, B.C, Amember af Varified circulation. Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return ‘ postage guaranteed. PUBLISHER GORDON W. HAMILTON EDITOR PAT O’DONAGHY NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and ur editorial or photographic content published in Ine Hera.d. Reproduction is noi * without the written permission of the Publisher. 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. 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