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TERRACE/KITIMAT

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EDITOR'S JOURNAL:

By Grey Middleton

{ wandered Into a store the other day, at-
tracted by asign that said there were fireworks
for sale.

i grew up before the legislators decreed that
firecrackers were too dangerous to be put into
the hands of children. Those were the days when
stealing a car meant a few months in jail. They
called it a home for juveniles but a jail it was
nevertheless. Disobedience in school warranted
the strap. Most parents in those days dealt out
justice quickly and usually with a leather belt.

’ Now, I don't want to say that | would like to see
youngsters incarcerated in places in which they
learned the fine arts of breaking and entering,
cooking up and how to take and give a beating
without complaint. ’m not advocating the return
of that two-foot-long rubber weapon wielded by
teachers who couldn't command respect and
frequently couldn’t teach either. Nor do | speak
in defense of the outright chiid beating that went
on In the name of discipline.

What | do bemoan is that all the risk seems to
have been taken out of growing up.

- Halloween was a special time. Quite the mast
Important holiday of the year. Christmas was
alright, there was loot then too. Halloween,
however, had a little more to it. Instead of the
gifts being given with sopping wet kisses from
parenis and great aunts, the booty was a little
more begrudgingly handed out, or so it seemed.

There was a delicious element of extortion to
the “trick or treat’ with an implied threat of
soaped windows or garbage cans hoisted up
telephone poles. Everyone, of course, came
across with a required amount of illicit eatable.
The one old codger, who wouid have got tricked
even if he had bribed us, had a window or two
hervously smeared with lifeboy. He gof his for
chasing us out of the apple tree, complaining to
police about our riding our bicycles on the
sidewalk or telling the teachers about our first
few tentative and sickening attempts to learn
how to smoke behind the paperboy’s shack.

For days before Halloween we saved every
cent we could muster. A few of the less

‘scrupulous and more daring raided the milk:

bottles for money. That was an oniy too readily
available source of emergency funds for us.
Others collected a little early on October’s

. subscription on our paper rautes. A few of the

Jess = imaginative did extra chores.

The purpose of all this fiscal manipulation was
the tempting array of explodeables that were
displayed soon after the Thanksgiving turkeys

were out of the way.

A tew days before the great day, some wag
would be unable to resist the iemptation and
would set off a package of firecrackers either
inadvertantly in his desk or deliberately in the
waste paper basket. Retribution was unmerciful,
Instantaneous and very painful.

The unlucky, or foolhardy soul stood for the
rest of the day or spent a great deal of time
cooling his hands under a tap, depending on the
principal's preference.

. All Hallow’s Eve was a gloricus night. The
delightful release of deliberately disguised
identity and the abandon of one night when
parents turned you loose and other adults, so we
thought, hid in their hayses in terror was com-
bined with the awesome power of an arsenal.

For days afterwards the autumn air was filled
with the acrid smell of gunpowder. We went off
to secluded places to lei off the few remaining
bangers. It was almost a capital offense to be
caught with left overs. Besides, most of us were
nursing singed fingers and a lot of the en-
thusiasm was dissipated in that one night of
anarchy.

The paltry display of a few Glowing Fountains
and Sparkiers, with ane or two rockets, too ex-
pensive for any but the one or two adults on the
block who want to participate with their children
in something that’s lost its magic was
depressing.

There may be a Great Pumpkin now. Charlie
Brown may wait In the pumpkin patch. But t still
miss the excitement of throwing a four-inch
bomb Into an empty garbage can, just to see if it
would blow the fid off.

TAL ApOST CRIME
LATHE STMEETS- ave”
You Sit THE Fiutes oF
‘Tit Wow const

Sag

“How many miles between recalls does this model get?”

Rear Sir: ¢

With reference to your
article in today’s Herald
(Oct.25) concerning
criticism of CP Air's
schedule by Kitimat council,
perhaps some elaboration on
the problem may be of in-
terest to your readers.

Two weeks ago when Jan
Gray, CP Air president,
addressed Terrace-Kitimat
(businessmen at a meeting of
the Terrace Chamber of
Commerce he advised that
CP Air will take delivery af
{three hew Boeing 737’s next
summer ‘‘and we should be
able to give you a better
schedule from then on.”

Mr. Gray expressed his
regrets at the scheduling for
the Terrace-Kitimat area,
but pointed out that even
though CP Air was short. of

| LETTER TO THE EDITOR
CP Air answers council

airplanes and the airline's
forecast for Terrace-Kitimat
traffic this winter was for
minimal growth, CP Air was
nevertheless holding the line
with two flights daily.

As for timing, Mr. Gray
said CP Air's scheduling
people are aware of your

. complaints and he was sure
“that they had pul their
hearts and souls into it” in an
effort to provide
Terrace-Kitimat with the
best" possible service under
the circumstances.

Delivery of a new airplane
takes about 18 months. If
CP Air had known back in
1975, when It was losing
about $10 million, that
business in B.C. was going to
pick up sharply by 1978,
maybe it could have ordered
one or two more planes.

Nobody knew then that oil
and gas activity in the
province would be stepped
upso sharply, with the result
that now everybldy wants
the same airplane, at the
same time, al a different
place, ;

As Mr. Gray put it, when
-“‘you're in the glue for $10
million you don’t go out and
buy an $11 million airplane”
when you don’t have a
reliable indicator of what the
future holds,

T can assure you that upon
his return to Vancouver, Mr.
Gray passed on his concern
about the problem to our
scheduling peaple. He
certainiy knaws about it first
hand, as he had to drive back
to Prince Rupert for a return
flight. Terrace was socked
in, So no doubt our
scheduling department will

be doing its best to reselve
this difficulty, although it
may take, as Mr. Gray in-
dicated, until next summer.

Mr. Gray also pointed out
to the Terrace-Kitimat
businessmen that CP Air
“realizes it has a manopoly
position and we don’t forget
it. We try to do the right
thing for you, and I’m sure
that if we had competition by
the bucketful they wouldn't
be able to do a heck of a lot
better when it comes to
airports, getting in here
under the weather, and so
on."”

Yours truly
George McBurnie
Public Relations
Representative

HOMAS ATRIL INKS”

There are still some good books

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Have you read any bestsellers lately?

Over the years, such books have been a
disappointment to me, indicating that my
taste in literature does not colncide with
that of the masses. | enjoy thought-
provoking novels, positive in their view of
life and containing some moral or message.
| was pleasantly surprised, then, to find that
a 1962 bestseller was such a book.

A friend suggested that I read The Devil’s
Advocate, by Morris. West. First published
in 1959, almost 20 years ago, it tells a grip-
ping story about an Investigation into the
possible sainthood of an obscure Italian,
murdered by the Communists in the closing
days of World War Two. This is a book that
ought ta be read by all thinking people,
regardless of faith: a towering work that
must have been inspired. | can think of no
other book which Is in its class, unless It
might be The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas.

Speaking of books, there is an author who
deserves special mention. | refer to Ayn
Rand, who began writing in the early
thirties, continuing until about 1975, when

she semi-retired. Her books are constant
sellers, all better bookstores stock them.
Primarily @ philosopher, Ayn Rand flashes
out her beliefs and presents them in novel
form and as treatises on various subjects.
Her beliefs and her writings are ‘a thing
apart’; not for the collectivist and not for
the casual, escapist reader.

Those who read and understand Ayn
Rand can never be the same again. | began
with The Fountainhead; then Anthem, We
the Living, Night of January éth, Virtue of
Selfishness, For the New Intellectual,
Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal; Anti-
Industrial New Left, Romantic Manifesto,
and then her most important work, Atlas
Shrugged.

It is difficult to be casual about this book;
you either love It or hate ft. Atlas, who
according to the ancients, holds up the
world, literally, decided to let it drop. The
doers and achievers went on strike, leaving
everything in the hands of the socialist-
altruist gang. The results make fascinating
reading.

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Calgary is the business centre

CALGARY (CP) —

Calgary is the breeding
ground for Canada’s future
business leaders, says the
new president of the Calgary
branch of the Chamber of
Commerce.

For Al Rosas, 55, that ja a
bold assertion, belying an
affable, retiring manner
cultivated in oil company
boardrooms in the last 28
years,

“We have the nucleus here
to create the business
leadership for the entire
country,"’. said Ross, ex-
pounding upon the
hypothesis that Calgary’s
moment has arrived.

“We are much more
aggressive and active than
the rest of Canada, and now
we are beginning to show our
financial strength. For
example, the Swiss Bank

opening an office here.
Before we had to go East to
do business, but now they're
coming here."’

To this end, Ross has com-
mitted his year as chamber
president to furthering the
image by setting up a special
committee to research and
support Calgary's claim to
being Western Canada's
financial centre.

Research is a secret

passion of Ross, president of -

Pembina Pipelines Ltd. He
graduated as a civil engineer
from the University of
Alberta In 1945 and received
a MBA from Harvard two
years later.

To overcome Alberta's
Geographical handicap ag a
landlocked province, Ross

said, ‘we have got to develop
high technology industries
re,’

He knows of what he
speaks. He has been
president of the Canadian
Energy Research Institute
at the Uhiversity of Calgary
since ita inception and be-
came a director of the
National Science and
Engineering Research
Council this year.

Ross projects a low-key
profile while radiating high-
grade efficiency. By com-
parison, his predecessor,
Norm Green, was a flam-
boyant personality.

Ross hopes to build on
Green's successes, main-
talning a high visibility for
the chamber.

On assuming office at the

end of September, Ross did
accomplish a first for the
chamber. It marked the first
time a son had followed in his
father’s chamber footsteps.

His father, W. H. Ross,
served as president of the
Calgary Board of Trade, the
chamber's ancestor, in 1930,

Though his unassuming
manner reinforces his non-
controversial stance, Ross is
not reticlent about his bellef.
in the  free-enterprise
system.

“I really believe in free
enterprise, I believe the
country is much better
served by business, by
people creating jobs and
stimulating economic ac-
tivity. [ firmly believe that
people can run thelr business
much beiter than any
govermment can."

‘

Watch out for
those children

The witching time of year is upon us and
the dark, rainy, foggy nights of late auturnn
are quickly closing In.

Will you remember, motorists, asks the
British Columbia Automobile Association,
when you‘’re hurrying home from the office
to keep a watchful eye out for tiny, excited
ghosts, tramps and space creatures .who
will be taking to the roads for Hallowe'en,
Tuesday, Oct. 31st?

Driving conditions are always dangerous
at this time of year, reminds the BCAA.

The auto club urges drivers to turn their
headlights on earlier than usual to both see
and be seen more easily. Trick-or-treaters
may be darting across the streets or run-
ning out from between parked cars fo join
thelr friends on the other side of the road.
With pranks and gocdies uppermost in their
minds, the little ones may easily forget their
safe walking rules.

Parents of young children should consider
holding a neighbourhood party to keep their
youngsters off the streets and to avold the
dangers of children collecting tampered
candy.

But if your children cannot be appeased in
this manner, the BCAA offers these
guidelines for their safety on the street: '

At least one responsible adult or older
sister or brother should accompany the
children on their rounds.

Urge youngsters to start off and finish
early. Set a definite time for them to return
Home and discuss with them the route they: |
plan to follow. Instruct them to visit only
one side of street at a time and not to weave,
back and forth. 4

Dress children in light coloured costumes;
or outline their clothing in reflective tape
and ensure that their regalia is flame proof,
Avold baggy or long costumes that might
cause them to trip or fall, or pointed ac-
cessorles that could cause injury.

Encourage them to use make up as part of
their disguise In place of masks which can
obstruct their vision. \

Give children a flashlight to carry with
them.

Advise them to walk, not run, to look in al!
directions before crossing the street, to
cross only at corners and to observe all
traffic signals. .

Sweep your walk clear of slippery leaves
and remove any other obstacles that might
cause treat-seekers to stumble or fall,
Leave an outside light on.

Warn your youngsters not to enter the

- homes of strangers, nor:to eat unwrapped
candy or fruit. Caution them against ac-
cepting rides from strangers.

Finally when your ghosts, tramps and
Space creatures come home with their
spoils, Inspect all of their Hallowe’en
goodies and dispose of any unwrapped
articles.

THINK SMALL

BY JIM SMITH

The story was patently
false. At first, everyone knew
it was a lie.

By the second telling, how-
ever, it had become a “en-
mou",

On the third round, it was
“reliably reported”,

And, after that, everyone
knew that it was the truth.

Tell a story — even the
most outrageous lie — often
enough and it eventually
comes to be recognized as
the truth. Which is what has
happened to the belief that
small businesses in Canada
are less active in export mar-
kets than big firms.

Some poputar misconcep-
tions really don't matter a
great deal, Does it make the
slightest difference whether
the telephone was invented
in Brantford or Buffalo, for
example?

But other misconceptions
do matter. The issue of ex-
port drive is one of those is-
sues that count, We live, after
all, in a global economy and
any group of firms which fail
to compete for international
business are letting the home
side down, as it were.

For many years, the small
business community has been
claiming that it does pursue
export markets vigorously

‘while big busixess has been

arguing that only large-scale
firms are capable of getting
into foreigners’ pocketbooks.
There has never been any
solid evidence to support
the claims by either side (al-
though, when you realize
that most big businesses in
this country are subsidiaries
of multinational firms, it
doesn’t make much sense to
imagine those big firms com-
peting with the ‘head office
for world markets). But a new
study by Talaat Abde!-Malek
of the University of Saskat-

chewan has finally cast 2 sci-
entific light on the entire dis-
pute,

Abdel-Malek has found —
after surveying large numbers
of big and little businesses —
that there is no significant
difference between the ex-
port attitudes of big business
and those of small business.
In fact, small business in Ca-
nada is every bit as active in
the export fields as are Cana-
dian big businesses,

If anything, Abdel-Malek's
study would seem to fail to
take full account of the role
of the smaller firms. A sue-
prisingly large. portion of the
production by small manu-
facturing firms is done as
sub-contracting on major
contracts by big business.
The big business sssembles
the components produced
by the smaller businesses and

then exports the final pro- -

duct. Even though the small
firm's production isdestined
for the export market, it only
counts as domestically-ori-
ented for purposes of the
survey, ;
Time and again, our na-
tion's economic counsellors
have advocated creation of
more big businesses as the

answer to Canada’s intema- -

tional trade problems, Abdel- .

_Malek’s study shows that in-

dustrial strategy to be quite
inadequate, Discrimination
against small firms cannot be
justified by international
trade considerations.

. A patently false story will

always rethain patently false,
no matter how many retel-
lings lend It veneer of
“truth”, Small firms are ‘ss
export-oriented as big firms,
Pass it on.

“Thnk small" is an editorial
massage tvom the Canadian
Federation of Indapandent

Businesa®)