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ED VAN DER LEELIE GEORGE T. ENGLISH

MANAGING EDITOR

GORDON HAMILTON.
PRODUCTION

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Our Opinion

As this week drew to its close, the
prospect of a friendly settlement of the
world’s monetary and trading crisis
seemed to be receding farther and
farther into the dismal distance. The
word from London was that U.S.
Treasury Secretary John B. Connally
had stunned the major non-Communist
industrial nations represented in the
Group of Ten by the toughness of his
rejection of their proposals.

No progress was made and none was
in sight when the Group's two-day
meeting adjourned. It will assemble
again in Washington on Sept. 26 but no
firm conclusions could be expected
then, said Canada’s Finance Minister
Edgar Benson, chairman. He thought
solutions would be extremely difficult
and long to reach.

Indeed they will, unless the United
States is bluffing or its trading
partners back down. Mr. Connally
held strong cards, however, and
showed a determination to play them,
Mr. Benson said there was “no
hostility’? during the discussions. But
neither was there anyone brash enough
to call for a showdown,

The blockbuster was Mr. Connally’s
statement that the U.S. intends to

convert a $9 billion surplus.
He estimated that the 10 percent
import surcharge imposed last month
by President Richard Nixon might
reduce the exports of the other nine
nations to the U.S. by $2 billion a year.
He argued that they could easily
absorb this in their present surpluses.
But $2 billion is only a fraction of the
$13 billion trading turnaround that the
US. has in mind.

If the U.S. is to attain its target, the
other nations would obviously have to
: buy far more goods from the U.S. than
they are doing now and retieve the U.S,
of a huge portion of its present
overseas commitments for defence
and foreign aid.

“We have a problem and are sharing
it with our friends - as we shared our
prosperity with them,’’ Mr. Connally
said. ‘‘That’s what friends are for,”’

ASSISTANT EDITOR

MARY OLSEN
ADVERTISING

TERRACE, B.C,

Stakes too high

crude challenge or a magnificent
putdown. Either way, it effectively
chilled hope for a sofening of the U.S,
position short of the goals set by Mr.
Nixon.

Perhaps the iciest note was struck by
Mr. Connally’s indication that the U.S.
would even think of maintaining its
surcharges for as long as a year,
waiting out the reluctance of its rivals
to revalue their currency in line with

what Mr. Nixon has called ‘fair
treatment,”
Much can happen in a year. The

other nations, feeling the trade pinch,
could set up protectionist barriers of
their own. Once that process begins, it
tends to speed up and becomes
extremely hard to stop. The U.S. could
find that its surcharges, far from
improving its balance of payments,
had led toa general impoverishment of
disastrous magnitude.

Canada, which must trade to live,
could find itself in an impossible bind
and through no fault of its own. This
country is not contibuting to the US.
balance of payments problem nor is it
maintaining its dollar at a fictitiously
low value; quite the reverse. This is
the strength of Canada’s case for
exemption from the U.S. surcharge
order. The be&t explanation for the
rejection of this request is that the U.S.
doesn't wish to appear to be weakening
its over-all position.

Under these circumstances, Canada

other countries to try to persuade them
to take a more conciliatory attitude. It
is just possible that the surcharges
might be lifted, perhaps progressively,
if even partial concessions to U.S.
demands could be shown to be easing
the plight of the U.S. dollar and if
Mr. Nixon achieves some success with
his employment and anti-inflation
program at home. ;

Mr. Nixon has said that he is alive to
the danger of global protectionism.
The question is whether he might be
willing to compromise his immediate
political prospects to avert the global
risks,

This could be described as either a

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, September 20 edition of The B
_ Herald ‘on-page.§, under the §
-heading ‘Wanted Jesus Christ, §

. °. .we-would like io take this
* > @pportuaity to explain that this #
' * ad was net placed by the Young §
'. “People’s Group’ that meet at #
' 4440 Park Ave. every Saturday §
‘evening... 9-6)
We do not feel that this ad is @
representative of us as Christian:
Young People, and would like to %
state our objectives as follows: §
- 4. To obtain’ and maintain a
closer walk with God.
2... To promote Christian
service, fellowship, growth and
_ Church attendance,
- 3. To be an influence in the
community by. Christian

"example. -- ; us ;

' 4." To make members feel
united ‘in Christ and promote

. fell6wship among Christians of -

different denominations,  ~

- Anyone interested is welcome

to come at 8 o'clock Saturday §

evenings to 4440 Park Ave. —

Signed on behalf of: the
-executive and “members - of
Terrace’ Interdenominational
Young People’s Society -

NOS YUSANOINVA—NOSUALId

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, President: Albert Chretien
Sponsor: John Peters

The
Northern
Way

A good idea of British
Columbia's continuing progress
‘ ean be gained from the forecast
that 1971 construction in the
province will amount to more
than $2.2 billion by the end of the
year, anincrease of 22.3 percent
,over 1970 construction.
Of this total, nearly $1.2
billion is accounted for in

construction of buildings, while

the balance of more than $1
billioa is accounted for in
engineering construction of
such facilities as dams and
docks, highways, aerodromes,
waterworks and so on.

- According to.estimales by the

da Provinoial’ Economics’ and -
must certainly use its influence with Statistics Bratch. direct: costs’.

will involve expenditure of $963
million on materials and $775
raillionfor labor, Indirect costs
such as transportation,
administration and profit will
account for the balance.

A labor force of 71,944 full-
time employees (or ‘the

uivalent in part-time and full-
time help) will te required to
meet the anticipated program.
By way of comparison, the 1970
labor force in this field was

Total building construction is
divided into five major
headings -- commercial,
industrial, institutional, other

building construction, and
residential. / ;
Residentiai units are

éxpected to account for more
than half the total value of
building construction during the
year, or $671 million out of the
$1.2 billion expected to be spent
in this sector,

The value of the other four
groups of building construction
is expected to amount to $518
million this year. compared
with $432 million in 1970. Twe of
the major ‘categories -
industrial and commercial -
account for more than 75
percent of the increase, with
industrial (primarily mine and
‘mill buildings}
contributing $32: million and
commercial (particularly office
building) accounting for $35
million,

Engineering construction,
which accounts for the balance
of the total value — of
construction, Is expected to go
over the $1 billion mark, an
increase of $211 million over
1970. a to
The largest component in the
engineering sector is electric
power construction which will

require $228 million, more than -

half of which. Js destined for
‘electric power generating
plants, =: "

’. What -may be a surprise to °
that .

many |p the fact.
construction, ‘accounts for

nearly..60 percent of the total -
private ‘and: public investment -:
‘inBritish Columbia and that the |
province will have’ the highest |

per capita total investment in .
‘Canada, according to the 1971...

estimates, ;

work ‘is concerned on a per
capita basis, : British Colubmia

So far as value in construction The

“Aste supper.

BY M.D. CLARE

All is fair in
Germ warfare

Hooray!!!Now that our local
newspaper is doing its upmost
te promote a higher caliber of
reading: material, I feel
compelled to expose my latent
Genius (which I acquired in my
think and do book days) and
support any and all newspapers
that feel strongly toward
“germs”. (Good educational
reading material) —

I'm proud to think that our
newspaper is forging ahead in
this terribly lacking field. May I
contribute? My good clean

educational topic for today is:
1 «How teSnare A Duck?) .- .

For those not knowing what a
duck looks like, they are most
frequently described as being
sort of round with feathers on
and wings that melt once a

year. Contrary to popular belief
this does not prevent them from
flying. Hunting does to a certain
degree, but most ducks prefer
to walk and forage in lush green
pastures,

This brings us directly lo the
point of how to snare a duck. All
expert duck hunters know that

New

cables

B.C. Tel announced today that
the telephone cable addition —
project to provide new and
upgraded telephone service ‘to
the Granduc housing area and
other areas of Stewart has been
completed. ,

Stan Patteron, the Company’s
Terrace District Manager, said |
the project provides initial
telephone service to the
Granduc housing development

in the town of which portions ..
have been completed {fo nine -.
and |
upgraded service to other .

existing residences
areas,”

. The telephone cable will serve
the housing development which:
will contain 35 town house:

‘units, 44 apartment units, 17.

mobile home sites and 65 single
dwellings, .

The work involved placing
9,575 feet aerial and 350 feet of
buried cable at a total cost of
$18,600." ;

Reforestation
VICTORIA, B.C, — (Sept. 17)
— The B.C, Forest Service has
learned some more bear. facts
about its reforestation
Program. °. ;

- Erie Robinson, head of the”

department's Reforestation
Division,

‘containers)' were recently
shipped fromthe “Forest
Service nursery at. Duncan to
Knight Inlet,
infant : trees * were

seedlings had been ‘carefully

: packed: in cartons .lined ..yith
.',, Plastic ‘garbage baga.. =“.
“SAE Knight Inlet. they “were

Placed. In’ temporary storage ~

Near & camp. garbage duip. .°,
There was: trouble: the, first...
:. night... Several bears,’ making ©
thelr nightly visit to thi dump,”

ipped upen: a number: of .the
bags and:cartons in search

Wary be

reports | 137,000 -
seedlings . (in- plastic “bullet!”

transported by fish boal and the |

a | munro's...

:Can you

to,snare a duck requires an
immeasurable amount of
accuracy in placing the snare sa
as to lure the unsuspecting duck
to it. Have you noticed that
ducks and other foul birds are
particularly attracted to shiny
objects This is why Duck
Hunters bring ample bottles of
all shapes and sizes. Bottles are
excellent lures.

The contents are used to
camouflage the scent of the
hunter, The contents are
usually very effective, As a
precautionary measure the
wise ‘hunter ‘is. ipresently
camouflaging his'scent;s0 welll.
observe for the time being the
movements of the hunted.

He is cautious, He is being
watched with zeroed-in eyes. As
you well know duck food is very
hard to come by up north and
this particular duck is no fool.
He realizes something is fishy,
_. He's positive of either being
down wind from a distillary or
else in a field of fermenting
wheat. In either case the hunter
by this time has effectively
camouflaged his scent.. The
unwary, duck is now boldly .
waddling his way through the

' field ever so close to the trained

eyes of the hunter, The duck
waddies (This. duck in

- particular) because his cénter

of gravity has’ temporarily
shifted to his head.

One strike against the duck
and maybe one point in favor of
the sneeky hunter. He appears
to be overdoing the scent bit
though.

No; No,. he's emiphatically

" suggesting that all good hunters

never” waste or leave
combustible litter on famers
fields, We all know this gesture
promotes good will, The
moment of trath approaches,

The duck versus the steathly
hunter. He stiffens! -Fright
paralizes. his thinking and ins-
linctfully he flaps frantically for «
the sky above. .

Quack Quack Quack Moo
Quack Quack Blam Blam Blam
Blooy. Moo!

The hunter is now -earnestly
promoting good will to the
Farmer.. .

dig it?

So you donot think wecan go daily, heh.

Are you saying we cannot successfully. bring-out one paper
every week-day starting September 23? That's what I thought
you said..you only think we can’t.

Well listen here buster, if we at the herald fail to upheld our
five-day-a-week-excluding-national-holidays promise ‘to you,
thenI will kindly accept your copy of this article and rightly eat
it (headlines and all), a

The offer only lasts for a limited time, though...haw about
1,000,000 seconds. :

Why can we not go daily? Itseems that this question is quickly
and differently answered each fime I pick-up one of our
constantly ringing telephones. It is hard to get the connection.
Prince Rupert has a daily newspaper. What have they got that
we have not. . _

From this day on, however, 1 will never flash anything
resembling a. smile or. kind gesture to elderly women I pass on

_ the street.-One:of youeldertysladies gut: there!in Terrace-land»:
wis Weep ride tome Oherthe pine enon anntwno youard .
lady, but from this day on.] will not associate: With any of yéur

fellow class members in society, for fear I might present you
with a fresh rose instead of a venomous snake. Which.you,
honestly deserve. Does anyone have a rattler for rent?’ 7

If there were no laws in this country of ours I wouldwithout .
censorship give you the gest of her nasty dialogue. Her gest
obviously implies a gerk (pronounced jerk). ;

Many perople say there is not an adequate supply of
local news to. fill a daily paper. - They’ say- there
is not enough of the stuff in even our
biweekly paper, You might agree with them. You might have
read our paper.many years ago, formed a distaste for it and
never touched a copy since. Well why not get your names in the
paper. Tell us what you are doing. If it is in the slightest waya -
community value, then we will publish it..despite past cases, -

’ News is always in the making. You will have to train your eyes -

and ears for detecting news. If you want a good paper then help
us, We only try to reflect your own activity. Even “now news" or
“little news” is considered “news”,:What do you think. [ am
writing about now. Did hear you say TRASH? Well wash your
mouth out. - ; oe a
itisvery insulting to receive rude remarks from our readers.
‘We whole-heartedly will accept your criticism- no matter how
correct you may be, We are still students here. We are still -
learning the business and we are: still trying ‘to iron out our
mistakes, \ an a
We do not-spend our hours replenishing the coffee supply,
changing front page banner heads, cleaning out our desks,
combining our long hair or recycling used paper clips. Once and
awhile tend to place our bodies in front of a typewriter. We try
our best. Look at me for example, I stay behind late at night
because I am furiously. trying to memorize the keys. of. my ;
typewriter. Instead of using only two ‘fingers I will soon be.
graduating into the eight.finger two thumb division of typing.
Butstili I will occassionally pinch the wrong kay or maki a selly .
mistaike. Youknew how itis vithus rapporters. 5 ©
We know that there are some souls out-there. We know about
‘Terrace residents. We are strong in believing, despite contrary
Tumours, that you actually do exist,-We know.because we see —
Many of our papers crumpled up and thrown into waste barrels
already overflowing with discarded Heralds, ee
Is this any way to treat your neighbour, It is your paper. You .
spell it; Terrace Herald, We do not tack on “Terrace” justfor ~
illustrative reasons. The paper is Terrace,Go get that paper
before the garbage man retrieves it or béfore a transient tramp

‘picks it up for his own. (free) reading...

. We here at the Herald believe you people are worth something |

SANG ON A
MINUTE, LADS. i