THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday, November 4, 1959 FILL UP THE EMPTY SPACES —Grand For! We had an interesting discussion recently with a person now living in this country who had come from overseas to make his home here. One thing he could not understand about this country was all the “empty space.”’ ‘‘ Why not bring in many people and start to fill it up?’ he asked. s Gazette To anyone who has lived in the crowded condi- tions of Europe, let alone other nations such as those in Asia, must find this question often on their lips when they look at the vast empty reaches of Canada. Indeed why not bring in other people? Well, it will mean unemployment, counter some—this in spite of the fact that while there are many still looking for work, there are thousands more unemployed as our population grows. It will mean cheap labor for the factories and lower our wages, some other§ suggest. Yet trade unions protect the wages of workers and today there are many jobs, menial and skilled, but still jobs, that go wanting because ‘ho one wants them. It will lower our standard of living, others com- ment. Yet, it may—slightly and temporarily. But we must soon realize that we must either lower our standards slightly for a while—or they are going to be lowered for us for poverty-stricken nations will not always sit idly by and watch their wealthy cousins across the sea. Economic competition is going to be rough and tough for’ some time to come—and this is one way to forestall it. Increased immigration will mean more people to buy the goods produced in Canada, more people to man- nufacture goods for sale here and abroad. It will mean more earning-power in Canada, more people to open up our isolated but rich in resources areas of the north. Immigration will not solve all the problems—and it will probably create some new ones. But from the stand-point of what is right in today’s world—in- creased immigration is one of the proper courses to follow. It can help not only in Canada, but the world. CANADA'S SOCIALIST PARTY —tThe Letter Review In Canada, where all major political parties prac- tice socialism in varying degree even though only the CCF openly acknowledges the socialist label, it may come as a surprise to learn that there is a political -syoup that calls itself the Socialist party of Canada. According to reports in the Winnipeg Free Press, the Socialist party of Canada, which had its start in 1931, is now able to claim a total of 14 members. Mr. A. Simmers Shepard, who has been associated with the party since its birth, explains this somewhat unspec- tacular growth to the fact that Socialist party of Can- ada is very discriminating about its membership. All candidates, it seems, have to undergo a test and many fail because they are unable to answer questions set by party members. Disqualification, it seems, comes easily to most candidates for membership of the Socialist party of Canada. Some, according to Mr. Shepard, have been refused .membership for getting the Socialist party confused with the CCF. Others have been turned down on grounds of religious belief. Only the 14 qualified members really seem to know what the Socialist party of Canada is all about. WHAT IS A COW? You may have a general idea of what a cow is, put would your definition or description be as compre- hensive as that of a United States agricultural attache in New Zealand? “The cow is a mobile, animated machine, housed in unprocessed leather. One end is equipped with a mower, grinder, and other standard equipment includ- ing bumpers, headlights, wingflaps and foghorn. At the other end is a milk dispenser and insect repeller. “Centrally located is a conversion plant consist- ing of a combination storage and fermentation vat, three converters in series, and an intricate arrange- ment of conveyor tubes. “This machine is also equipped with a central heating plant, pumping system, and air-conditioning. “Although mysterious and secret, this plant is unpatented. It is available in various sizes, colors, and output capacity, ranging from one to 20 tons of milk a year.” THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Established 1931 Editor, Clive Stangoe Published every Wednesday at Williams Lake, B.C. by the Cariboo Press Ltd. Subscription per year, $3.00. Outside Canada, $4.00 Advertising rates on application ‘Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office. “Friendly Drug Service from the Heart of the Cariboo ' Williams Lake } P H g Pharmacy E J. Brace Magoffin, Pb.C. | 99 Dispensing Chemist | WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTIONS — PHONE 336 EDITORIAL PAGE Williams Lake village spot on the valley landscape back in As it used to look was a tiny the 1920's. Lake Mount taken from the side of Williams This photograph was ain. LOOKING BACK ALONG THE TRAIL ONE YEAR AGO November 5, 1958 Do the Indians in Williams Lake Agency have a sub-stand- ard health service? Are they living a sub-standard life with little hope of reaching what the white man would consider “nor- mal living?” Seeking some of the answers to these questions, The Tribune has interviewed medical men and employees of the Indian Affairs Department and has come up with some strangly opposing viewpoints . . . Preliminary plans proposed by the architectural firm of Thomp- son, Berwick & Pratt show an ultra-modern, five story hospital to serve the Central Cariboo Hospital Improvement District . . . Over $30,000 is being spent on further expansion of the Wil- liams Lake telephone system this fall. FIVE YEARS AGO November 4, 19: Little in the of inform. ation for the public was avail able from members of a dele- gation who talked over the local hospital accommodation prob- lem Monday with Hon. Eric Martin, Minister of Health and Welfare at Victoria . . . Some 200 children, dressed in a iety of costumes for the occas: way ion, took in the Elk’s Hallo- we'en party last Saturday night Charles Hamilton, long- time resident of Lac La Hache and a member of one of British Columbia's pioneer families, passed away at his home Oct- ober 30 in his 87th year... So far this season there has been considerably _ le: mot taken out of the Interior than the same period last year, a check at the Game Department’s station at Cache Creek last weekend revealed. TEN YEARS AGO November 3, 1949 Im the presence of a large con- course of people, numbering several thousand, Premier Byron Johnson officially opened the Hope -Princeton link of the southern trans-provineial high- at 2 p.m, Wednesday, Nov- ember 2.. . as a result of the last two summers of operation by the government land clear- ing outfit, more than 2,000 acres of good agricultural land has been made for crops South Cariboo, according to M. J. Walsh, district agriculturist in charge of the operation . A total of $119,328. return from the auction sale of 1,022 head of cattle by the Quesnel Cattlemen’s Association at their sixth annual sale last week at Quesnel... A grizzly whose skull measurements, it is ready the was claimed, made an all time re- cord for the North American continent, fell to the bullets of Jesse M. Moorman, of Pasadena, California, while on a hunting trip with guide Walter Henry, of Prince George. TWENTY YEARS AGO November 6, 1939 Xmas trees for export are now rolling into Williams Lake from all directions with trucks runn- ing day and night delivering bundles to the rail road... Up to Friday night the only work which has been done on the air- port is excavating with the one tractor and fresno. There is considerable stumping as well as slashing and burning to be done. Having bought from Canadian producers at 34 cen a pound, the Canadian govern- cheese meut sold it in the United Kingdom for 29 cents. Tax- pay made up the difference. me — LOOKS AT — Picture possibilities for the hometown By A. J. While many may fee newspaper Drinkell 1 the recent visit of Cow- town by the Minister of Justice was altogether too brief, and that many matters of vital importance received only cursory attention, most people will agree the Minister himsel. The Tribune. indicative of the publishers’ intention to present an entirely new front to The Tribune's many readers, the boys look forward with keen anticipa- tion to seeing in sub- sequent issues: the local MLA (a) hav- ing a cheroot lighted ior him by the president of the Board of Tradg (b) inspecting a pile of gravel in conjunction with the district engineer and it is senior road foreman; said gravel being destined—D.V. and P.G. permitting — to be used to improve our secondary roads (¢) chewing on a few pellets while ssuring a group of prominent ranchers a dis- trict agriculturist will be stationed at Bill's Puddle very shortly—and no fooling (a) squatted by a campfire out at Sugar chief Cane, along with the while the latter to call the Attorney- attention to inability to invite him his home to quaii a (e) consulting the mat- of the hospital regarding giving ron a raise in pay for her staff and an increase in the grant from the BCHIS for patient ete. (f) patiently endeavour- ing to convince the town’s bankers the province is truly debt free (g) addressing the local order of Elks upon the government's plans for better- ing the lot of our senior citi- zens (h) to answer a chief care, is the rushing call from whip in Victoria LIBERALS TOO? Following thi cipate a series we may anti- depicting the Liberal candidate revealing to various par! tirely new bag of tricks which he hopes will enable them to y stalwarts an en- toss the Socreds completely out of the ring at their next encounter. This series should culminate in the — worthy gentleman, shorn of his lux- uriant h te adornment, mounting the cab of a D9 Cat en route to take his newly won seat in the House The prospective CCF candi- date should be seen in the next round, blanketed by The Trib- une with samples of the photo- graphic art in which we may discern him closeted with vari- out moguls of labor and man- agement they plan the stategy for their next effort to jar another round of better wages and higher prices out of the mass of long-suffering con- sumers. Our last view will be of his coat tails as he rai off to wire Mr. Hoffa, “It’s in the bag. To roun& out this en panorama, to as ghten- may fully expect to see independent aspirant wearily tramping the highways and byways to warn John and y Doe and their numerous fellow citizens to be- ware of the promises and blandishments of all party poli- licians which are in his words ing we an f was fully ‘‘ covered” by “nothing more than a succession of mir- ages, having less durability than a snowball in the fiery furnace.” Alas, he too will fade from view and as the misty curtain envel- opes him, we will gamble Frenehy will h deeply and say, “Lite, monsieurs, she erful — Oui?” , and shuffles off to empty the cus- Pidors our faithful old roust- about, Ah Me, will mutter, “No savvy. as THE MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT CHIPS OFF AN OLD BLOCK OTTAWA Who are the true “chips off the old block” of the Fathers of Confederation? Are they the Proincial auton- omists, the people who want to see more Provincial Self Govern- ment based on Provincial taxes and without Federal participa. tion? Or are they the exponents of — to borrow a phrase from Professor Co of Queen’s — “ Co-operative Federalism,” the people who think that much of the running and building of the country must be a joint effort of Federal and Provincial Gov- ernments? These aren’t idle questions on political philosophy. They are at the heart of a vital issue which is once again under in- tensive study preparatory to the negotiation of new deals be- tween the Federal and Provin- cial Governments which will take place before the next elec- tion. The answers will affect basically the future of our socially, economically The Government of Quebec, with at least lip-service support from conservative politicians in election campaigns, has main- tained that the “Spirit of Con- federation” is on the side of the Provincial autonomists. A less- vocal opposition has _ replied, “Nonsense.” And they are historically right. The powers doled out to the Provinces in 1867 were the minimum necess- ary to bring the various Provin- ces together. LEGISLATIVE UNION Sir John A. MacDonald’s orig- inal concept was of a legislative union and he departed from it only as far as he had to. The Fathers of Confederation must have agreed on the desirability of a strong central Government, for they gave it that were major in the year 1867. served to it the (Federal Gov- ernment) and residual powers that were not specifically assig- nedto the Provinces. This was the deliberately opposite to the responsibilities And they re- American Constitution where the States got what was left over. Since Confederation and up until the last war, two fact- ors strengthened the Provinces in relation to the Federal Gov ernment. First, judidal decis-? the Privy Council in Second, the growing in Government of spheres assigned the importance those — By Clive Stangoe — BEARING IN MIND Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi’s statement that newsmen said he was the “most approachable cabinet minister,” when I wanted a bit of information on the Chilcotin bridge contract last Wednesday, I had no hesitation about putting a telephone call through to Victoria. made im However, I two mistak the first place, proachable or not, I decided to pass up the minister and place a call to the bridge engineer. Mi take number one. The s mistake was in intention of said telephone call. ap- paying for the After a cheery “good morn- ing,” the first words of the de- partment’s switchboard operator were “Is this call collect?” Had I answered in the attirmative I feel the inter-office run around would have been shortened con- siderably. However, from her I passed to the bridge engineer's office and another female bar- “Oh, yes’ you want Mr. unders,” this cheerful call- passer carolled. “I’m sorry, he has just stepped out for a min- ute. Could his assistant help you?” I agreed that the assist- ant could probably very well help me, and being passed on to him, I told him who I was, that we had heard the contractor's was crew was on the job and asked if the contract actually had been let. From the length of the pause that followed, I thought for a moment he had just left the building too. However, he even- tually snapped out of his con- sideration of this engineering problem and suggested perhaps I could get the information from the chief engineer. Back to the front switch- board and through to a gal who presumably was the chief engineer's buffer. “ Mr. Brown is out of town, sir. What did you want to know?” I go through my routine for her benefit and she has the solution “Tu put you on to Mr. Saunders, the bridge engineer.” “I've al- ready tried that, and Mr. Saunders is out, I rather testily ad- vised her. ‘Is he out of town or just out of the building?” I passed on the information that he has just stepped out, but she said she would try any- and sure enough M aunders was back in his office. But evidently not ready to discuss matters of bridges with me, since the next thing I knew I was taken back into my tele- phone chat with the secretary. Again I explained (at her re- quest) exactly what information I wanted. “Well, the person you want to talk to is Mr. Baines (or was it Barnes). He’s in charge of all press releases.” L agreed that he would be just fine, and I’m back to my first switchboard girl, who informs me that my final target is in his office but is on another phone. I reminded her that this business was costing money, and she promised to do her best to get me through. She did, too, and when Mr. Baines got on the other end of the phone, he was just as prompt. In fact, the question was answered so promptly, one got the idea that any of the parties concerned could have handled it with a minimum of effort. Mr. Gaglardi may have been quite correct, he may be the most approachable of all min- isters. But I won't buy any similiar claim for the rest of his staff. all the powers - Provinces in 1867 which in- cluded most of the areas em- braced by the modern “Welfare State.” Since the beginning of the war, the .trend has been re- versed. The Federal Govern- ment has now taken over entir- ely, or initiate! jointly with the Provinces, the following major programs: Unemployment In- surance (Federal), Family Al- lowance (Federal), Health and Hospital Grants (Joint), Trans- Canada Highway (Joint)’ Old Age Assistance (Joint), Univer- sal Old Age Pensions (Federal), University Grants (Federal), and Hospital Insurance (Joint). TREND GOES ON The Conservatives have not stopped the trend. Since their election they have inaugurated the joint roads-to-resources program and a joint crop in- surance program. It is true that they have also agreed to larger tax shares for the province, but these have not matched the added bur- dens placed on the provinces by the joint programs. In the past three years the provinces’ annual’share of taxes has gone up about $200,000,000 from about $550,000,000 to $750,- 000,000, but the amount of federal payments to the pro- vinces under joint programs conditional on the provinces matching them has leapt by $310,000,000 from about $110,000,000 to $420,000,000. The implications of all this are clear. In order to obtain national standards in many spheres, the federal govern- ment is either undertaking pro- jects on its own or in co-oper- ation with the provinces. “ Exclusive” provincial jur- isdiction is becoming meaning- less. Indeed, the time may not be far away when the money allotted the provinces under the Dominion-Provincial tax- sharing arrangements is no more than enough to take care of their share of the projects they carry out jointly with the federal government. QUEBEC OBSTACLE The Conservatives are thus following the Liberals in fostering co-operative effort to create, maintain, and develop natignal standards and equal opportunities for all Canadians —socially, economically, politic- ally—as being in the true spirit of Confederation. But, it remains true that national unity cannot be maintained if the taxpayers of one province (Quebec) are going to have to contribute ‘to the co-operative program in other parts of Canada but forego themselves, on grounds of provincial auto- nomy $50,000,000 worth of benefits from it annually. The great hope of removing this major remaining obstacle lies in Quebec's new Premier, Paul Sauve, who has made an extraordinary impact in his first few months of office. He Nature’s scrapbook by Bill Myri 5-HOUSE” SPRUC A spruce felled this the Queen Charlotte Islands by Northern Pulpwood Division of Crown Zellerbach, Canada, Ltd., contained enough lumber to build five age-sized houses Fourteen feet across at the butt, this giant is believed to be the largest handled in Canada tor many years in terms of lumber content. It scaled 51,004 bd. ft. and was bucked into six huge each 24 ft. 8 in. in length. While this adds up to just under 150 feet, the top of the tree had been blown off within the past 50 years or so. Thé logging manager estimated the big tree was probably 0-275 feet high originally. ABOUT SPIDERS In case you have wondered why spiders are not caught in their own webs, here is the answer: Spider’s legs are coated with a natural oil which pre- vents them from sticking to the strands they spin. If spiders are washed with chloroform the oil is removed and they cannot walk on their own webs. aver: No fanfare accompanied the appearance of our new editorial page feature “speaking parson- ally,” which i ni popular wi . As you will have noticed, local ministers Arthur Anderson and Ed Wallace are the contributors, alternating each week. As you will also have noticed, Mr. derson has handled the as- signment alone for the past three issues. Reason for this is that Mr. Wallace is ill. Until he recovers, Mr. Anderson is pounding out a weekly column instead of a semi-monthly one. ar in Ls has declared that hospital in- surance is not a constitutional issue in Quebec. It looks as though he believes that a lot* of other co-operative projects do not interfere with the aut- onomy principles dear to -his province and himself. While maintaining the pride — the national, not provincial, pride —of religion, culture and language of the Past, Sauve may turn out to be a son of Confederation in the same spirit as Sir John A’s partner, Sir George Etienne Cartier, was a father. With the Drew - Duplessis provincial autonomism contin- uing to lose support in their own provinces (Ontario and Quebec) and parties (Consery- ative and Nationale Union), Dominion-Provincial relations will be worth watching, not just for the battle for the citi- zens’ tax dollar, but, for the solutions of principles as to how far we will go with co- operative federalism. CAPITAL HILL CAPSULES Site of the coming summit conference may be Quebec i Prime Minister Diefen- 's invitation to the major powers to hold the meeting in this country has been accepted by three of the four nations, the United Kingdom, the Un ted States and the USSR. Only the French as personified by Gen. Charles De Gaulle, have failed to go along with the idea of a Canadian summit confer- ence. Sharp debate over the fede- Tal government’s switch from price supports to deficiency Payments under the agricul- tural stabilization program can be expected November 23 and 24 at the Dominion-Provincial agricultural conference here. Agriculture Minister Harkness will stress the advantage of deficiency payments in prevent- ing the huge accumulatién of surplus stocks under price sup- ports. Agricultural represent- atives will demand that far- mers be insured a larger share of the national income. SPEAKING PARSONALLY BY. REV. A. ANDERSON Have you ever wondered about the thoughts and prayers that move through the minds of the multitudes during that two-minute silence on Novem- ber 11? For many of us that must be the longest two min- utes of the year—long for i emptiness, or long for its ful- ness. ~ ‘ It will be an empty two minutes for those who are not accustomed to silence, or thoughtfulnes, or prayer. The only thread of meaning run- ning through it for will be what a full two minut tor those who know what to do with = sil- ence! Only two minutes to remember. And the memory brings pain to some as again they work through their grief. But to all the memory brings gratitude that a man, any man, would lay down his life for his friends. “Greater love hath ho man than this.” (Joka 15: 13 Only two minutes to repent Our own personalities are the polluted = sprin. from which flow all the evils which event- ually give rise to war. individually and colle Must turn away from evils if we are even to of a war-free future. Only two minutes to make a new resolve. Where there has been selfiish competition for profit, there must be un- those think competition for power and prestige, there-must be humble competition wherein we “ out- do one another in showing honor.” (Romans 12:10) Only two minutes to hope. We hope for and work towards a continuing world peace, of course. And we hope for a new spirit of brotherhood through- out the world. But our ulti- mate hope is in the Ch expectation that God finally be victorious over evil, and will establish his rule of righteousness among men. We can’t afford to waste those two minutes.