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“the surprise of

' lady to'take.” -
But Marion’
thinks it’s fine.

* -pegources : anid industry. to’.

Roger Gibbons, a political ”

career choices open, 30. her. .
_ high schoal courses include
computer science, mugh- to:

the proper thing for a young

_ . The Grade 6 student, ‘who
has planned her high school |

" ésifffelent *

“very amali,”” he said." “Hand
the rest, of
degree.

- 4

anti-feminine. sentiment

“For Pager No.3 to work with: children . when she goes out on the job
- — eventually. ae _ market, :
aa Bul she wants to keep her; “I'll probably be- a day .

IT really like’ kids, : I'll do

her grand,

s mother’

trouble: getting | jst about,

“this. view of the Gouniry;’

“At*s not! growing to any reat -

Looking at the brosider ;

care centre worker because “

“something to do with ‘kids.
" “I'm squeezing in a lot of
mother who said ‘fit wasn’t Spperinters, Lalready-know :

ow fo cook andssew well.
. enough torun a home or day’ -
care. So I’m going to expand -

“my knowledge’ as:much as
“possible: so 1° won't’ have.

torate ‘that, seems Lo éndiise

| Gibbona said no mainline *

“political party. te moving to 3

‘ll Women are computer minded

VANCOUVER (CP). oe 12, expecta to encounter
_ Marion Saunders, 14, wants

* While her. grandmother —

: “might Agot” approve. of her
choice ’.pf cotrses, which -

next year will include

woodworking, Marion says ”

her mother, a lawyer, en-

‘courages--her to. study:

whatever she wishes.
‘Marion, however, realizes

there are people. out in the ,

career world who have their
own ideas about. a. woman i)
place.

“women are inferior,’ she

: ie the: same: ‘nd of.
‘frustration: -that‘ss been -
bubbling’ away, in: ‘Western
: Canada for some ilme.”
Gipbons sald the Alberta

**4 lot of people still think.

“Concep

list parky, > th
: bettie Belentist said. “It’
given thely’.a spokesman.
that’ has: ae be. ligtehed. to °

“iegislatuce. would help lure |
serious, : ialistream ...
- candidates” to “the pany
banner, he aaid. oy

children’ ‘she might ‘hot
encotinter much
discrimination hetause it
traditionally has. been a
“woman-dominated field,
‘The. slight, - attractive

tert - hyélection vletory ie
‘the.. Bordon. ‘Kealer: sof ‘th

ds-Did sou was * 2 aes ‘on: April 36 is not a
, ;

teenager says she likes her |
independence; ne

She worked for her father— ays

‘ina creative metal shop last
summer, and: for ‘her
stepfather in his law office

the cost of her horse. |

"I don't like depending on -

r- “aaid. But she added that ‘if | people,” she said.
~ she: pursues- A career: -with——Bhe— gets about—a—B~—
7 :.* average inher courses. As

7 ~working."*

‘| reforestation by ; as fiuch as

.800n a5 school-is out for the
.. day, she bicycles ta the. barn,

.. and tends to hes horse.
‘Marion said. Wot many
téenagers her ‘age con-

to earn money to pay part of

“Sande of out
" aero '

askatehewan: “general

= reason! for: ]
Opnd to separatism, ‘The:
party too came three: per-

‘SENSE

ret Sterling News Service
‘ Feature... ..-

BY WALTER E BLOCK, SENIOA ECONOMIST
_ FRASER! INSTITUTE, VANCOUVER, B.C,

THE TOP WAGE EARNERS

Wayne Gretzky will earn $20 tnillion over the next”
15 years playing hockey for Peter Rocklington's, Ed-
_monton ‘Oilers. —

: Vinee- Ferragamo;~ quarterback -for-the Montreal _

Allouettes, has a, salary in excess of. $400,000, for.a

“football season which lasts all the way ‘from June to i

November,
It is reported that the’ Montreal: Expos Gary Canter
is prepared to quit next -year unless owner Charles

é Bronfman offers him an: eight-year contract for $16

centrate. on what their .

careers are going te be and

” “some are more interested in

‘finding bosfends.
- “Usually you don’t get a
- boyfriend until Grade 10.’.
“Only the ones thdt con-
_centrate get boys“fast. ©

: “Some get réally dressed -

up and it makes them look’ .
ridiculous. .
scrape. the makeup off."
‘While’. she admits to
having a large wardrobe,

~ she generally wears, jeans.

and running shoes. .

- Marion, “whose ‘parents .
are divorced, sald she plans
~ to "get: married’ ‘eventilally,

| . “after a couple of years of .
: being by myself “and

- million. :
‘Halifax boxer Trevor Berbick pulls: down several ©
‘hundred thousand dollars per fight, depending on the
quality of the opposition, and could conceivably am-
mass in, the tens of millions. of dollars if his ‘career
" continues on its present upward course.

“And the prognosis for the-future: of ‘top’ sports a

. wages is even brighter, as breakthroughs i in electronic
- technology: continue to unfold. The present 3 year

C.F.L: deal ‘with-Carling O’Keefe. for T.V. rights

"calls for'a total payment of $15.6 million per season,

You- haye ‘to

“of. $600,000 per team, But this will undoubtedly in-
crease the. néxt tithe around, and cable T.V. -will up
_-thegnte sports business eveli more: ;

The other source of top salaries is the business

- world. Although ‘the top earners weigh in with

somewhat lower remunerations than their athletic
brethren,: their. -Compensation. is, quite respectable, .
thank you, ..-
’** Leading’ the’ list. is ihe Seagram Co, Ltd., with:

"Bronfman at. $1,042,789, President. and Chief
Operating Officer Phillip E. Beekman at $889,348,

Patent -
idea
‘helps _

A New Brunswick .
ventor is-in the process ‘of
patentingdan idea: which
may cut’ the co

_ two-thirds. ,
- So far Nelson Adams’

about 12 hectares (0 acres) .
in the Fredericton. area,

: Adams has designed a .

“plasticulture growth

package” and a machine —

that can’ lay. down the’.
*. packages. quickly ‘and. ef-"
ficiently.

. Plasticulture, widely used

and-.Executive—Vice: “President Harold Fieldsteel. at
$749, 220 all'in 1980. ;

Next-on the: agpenda is. A. Al MacNaughton and
Ross J. Turner of Genstar Ltd., with identical pay of

-. $728,590, Dome Petroleum's J.P. Gallagher who |

“drew $682,800, and lan D. Sinclair of. Canadian a |

me Pacific. with, earnings:of $568,701.

a Pe ‘method has been tried on -

Bringing up the rear of this rather exclusive ¢ club in :

1980 was C.F. Baird of Irico, at the $513,300 mark, . °

* David M. Culver of: Alcan Aluminum: al $467, 184

‘and John A. Armstrong: of Imperial Oil with a’.

- Kelatively modest,
---$408;850,
Two questions arise in Most peoplé’s minds when

as. these things: BO, salary of.

_ presented - with ‘information of this sort. First, the: -

Ne just: why the. masters of puck ‘and pigskin inhabit

sé higher reaches -- hig own ticket purchases, after.
allMput them there. But he is likely to wonder what’
thos stuffed shirt businessmen ever did to put them
in, cOmparable income- brackets with his “beloved
sports heroes, ©

_ average beer-swilling -hockey fan may understand _—

- He,has‘an implicit premise.- =e. that sports, bul not. *
business leaders, deserve. their astronomical salary aa

‘scales. In’ this, however, the sports fan is quite
WION.; In a relatively free economy such.as Canada’s, '
the earnings’ of -both ’ professional . athletes ‘and

’ businessmen can be traced: to the voluntary purchases

- ofthe citizenry.
Although perhaps harder to see, this is no less true

ta” grow: vegetables and.
~ fleshy fruits in-some part of.”
the southern United States.

‘and in southern Europe,
° involves plastic coverings to"

‘keep moisture. and heat'in .”

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j :

; \ the ‘soil. while smothering .
yoo the growth ‘of weeds;

: Adams’ s° "machine cis
‘ designed to be attached to a”
ticulated tractor.

"small section of. ground.
. Then it feeds out a length of:

: whieh | is. ‘tamped: down
around the édges of the plot. -

” ches dholein the plastic and

hole: °
“-initlal protection and: slowly. .
_ decomposes to give the seed
- nourishment. ;

“the plastic sheeting holds
warmth and moisture’ in! the’
‘soil - and: prevents weed

_ inderside of: the sheeting is,

‘yf. 7 : alittle bag’ contaitiing -

-fertllizet.. _arid perhaps. a.
“nurse” crop such as.clover
or vetch.to add, nitrogen to.
: the soil. .
So far ‘Adams has used his

variety of tree types — from

‘ tree-skidder, a type of ar-'.
His
_Mmachine- first searifies a —

tough | plastic. ‘sheeting, .
- about half a.metre'square; |
only applieswhen government does not Stiort-circuit

the system,. whether by bailouts,:loans, subsidies, by...

“growth. : Attached ,, ito’ the

machine .to. planta: wide .

jackpine to maple and birch: ©

-Next the. machine pun-

-a treé seed encased in a tiny. ~, “status.
“peat. plug is inserted.in-the.. :
The speat_ provides.

» WARES. people would not

‘of commerce than of sports, But ‘industrial i income, .
too, depends upon consumer approval. Without: it,
_ the corporations would go bankrupt and be unable ta
“pay any salaries.

And ‘the results’ of ‘this system. have’ ‘been
"magnificent. Everytime the average Canadian steps
into a supermarket, restaurant, movie, pharmacy, or

: department’ store, or purchases ahome, auto; toaster .-

or T,V.-set, he. is .the beneficiary: of our ‘country’

“chief-execulive officers: Moreover, at the same time, 7
“he indicates approval for the aclions of the executives 2.

who haveorganized industry and commerce.in such a
{way as to provide him as a consumer with a standard
of living the envy. of most of the world's people, 1f
the consumers are not Satisfied- with the product, not
_ buying it will cause the responsible executive either 10:
‘change his ways or to suf fer a dramatic decline i in in-, :
come. °c.

There. is-one jmportant’ proyiso to ‘the: above. It -

~

_ licensing;: tariff and other “protections,” or by par: ”

, tial-and outright ownership. or crown corporation.” .”°

“If government’ intervenes:: the). consumer.’
sovereignty: catingt reign: supreme.,

not only: on’ the People’s “purchasing. decisions, “but”
also on pill; political favouritism, dnd coercion. -

7 “Fhe second, and mote important question is; why axe
me di any of tliese high. priced workers: deserve: thes enor. *
“mous Wages: ‘they are paid? 4

~ Fhe brief answer is: that liiey ‘ail deceive itt: Their" ~
* entire salaries can be traced ‘to the voluntary pur-.-.*:

a chasing devisians undertaken by: ‘the’ Canidiatshop- - “".

~ pers Were executives. not, able .to earn heir high -

e [ree to spend their money...

ple,"ar law: were’ passed =~.

fimiting salaries to. $50. 2000 per year, this would set up |. |
“Sports and ‘business . +
‘ ‘figures would tend -lo° drift to the U.S., and other. -

iC .
4

‘as, they wish: If, forte
‘an immense. “talent” drain,"

_countries,: where their abilities : were: “able’ 4o be ap-
" preciated, ‘And we, ‘the orditfary Canadians, would —

“be the pporer tor jt, both in terns of enjoyment of: .

_athleti ig feats and i id our standards of living.

‘ :
1

Profits, income.’
“atid stilaries — executive and otherwise will be based \

_ Chaieman and. chiel ExXééutive Office Edgar .M.- oe tee