Page 2 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.0. thursday, October 16, 1988.- THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Co. Clive Stangoe, Editor Subscription: per year $2.50 Outside Canada . Payable in Advance Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Established 1931 Agriculture Is Not Alone Whenever the government puts a ‘floor’ under an agri- eultural product, there are loud wails of protest from the consumer side of the fence. The rest of the taxpayers in the country are sheiling out io kee; the fariner in business SiLy the crities. Other businessmen want to know why the govern- ment should guarantees. the farmer a fair price for his com- modity when it doesa’t bother about what is happeniug to the markets of other industries. In verbally assailing the theory of price supports for the agricultural judustry, tnese critics are ouiy lovking at the obvious torms of assistance meted out through our complicated economic set-up though, warns the British Columbia Federa- tion of Agriculture Taking the figures released by the government Price Support Board, the federation points out that the farmer is not alone in receiving guarantees that his produce will bring a fair price on the market. Over the six and a half years of the support board’s existence the cost of support on agricultural products amount- ed to slightly over $10 Million, or the equivalent of only 12 cents per capita per year. Against this figure, the federation points out that few Peopie realize that tariffs to protect Canadian industry are also an indirect subsidy paid by the people of this country, and that these tarifis are said to cost each man, woman and child in Canada $25 per year. No fuss is raised at the Federal Goy- ernment subsidizing gold mines to the extent of $8 million a year, although agriculture’s labor force is one million men compared to 23,000 employed in the mines. Another example of government help to labor is the benefits of Unemployment Insurance, which costs the taxpayer + $46 million a year. At the same time farmers and farm help do not come under this safeguard to labor. The recend period of high meat prices did not work en- tirely to the benefit of the farmer either. According to the Bureau of Statistics, between the years 1935 and 1951 the farmer received on meat products an increase of 33 ,bercent of the consumer’s dollar. At the same time the cost between the producer and consumer had increased 236 percent. Security For Sale What is the cost of a welfare state? Mr, Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand, when he introduced the budget of that country in August, made the following state- ment: “People must realize that the welfare state is a costly business.”” Seeing that he proposed to spend nearly half the budget on social security, he didn’t need to anticipate much disagreement on that point. “But just how much does a welfare state cost? How can we get a fair picture of what the people pay for it? Half the budget isn’t much if the country spends next to nothing on any- thing else. Then, when you’ve worked out the monetary totai, you still have to take into account the size of the popu Jation—only a per capita reckoning will give any sort of truth to that picture. Lastly, it’s hardlyfair to discuss amounts of money without considering the quality and quantity of the goods received and, if you want to compare results in your own country with those in others, you’re faced with the further problem of translating the currency value of that country into dollars aud cents. It’s all very complicated. However, the International Labour Organization has issued what seems to be the best comparative set of figures yet. They’ve taken 24 countries and computed what percent- age of the national income each one devotes to this purpose and, since they’ve employed United Nations’ methods of con- verting the currencies, their results are probably as reliable as any such calculations can hope to be. Western Germany heads the list with 18.56 percent of the country’s earnings earmarked for social security. The Uni- ted States percentage is 6.00. As we’ve said above, you can’t take figures of this sort as conclusive, but it would be a good idea for some of those people who think of the hand-outs of government as indica- tions of advancement, to give some thought as to just how much the hand-outs cost and just who pays for them. Prime Minister Holland stated: ‘The government (of New Zealand) is the first to recognize the harmful effect of a too heavy burden of taxation, but its capacity to reduce taxation is dictated by the services people expect from the state.” How right he was. The so-called benefits of the welfare state are paid for out of taxation-and it’s the taxpayers who foot the bill. The people of a country are not given social security by the state—they buy it.—Industry. Time To Re-Tire We will soon have the problem of slippery reads to contend with, but the car owner equipped with the proper tires can continue to drive with safety. Examine your tires now, if they are. worn smooth, or not the proper type for Winter Driving, we suggest that you drive in as soon as possible and have them replaced. Our tire stocks are complete, and we also carry a large stock of chains. Regardless of what your tire problem may be, we can solve it in a hurry, CENTRAL SERVICE LIMITED “The Car Centre of The Cariboo” CHRYSLER — PLYMOUTH — FARGO DEALERS THIS WEEK'S CROSSWORD ACROSS 43. Affix 20. In so far “AN EXAMPLE 1. Weep con- as (L.) vulsively DOWN 21. Cozi z 4. Silk 1. Strike scuttle Williams Lake is setting an ex- ge) , zPercolate 22, Rowing See ample uhat might well be followed Astringent 3. Turkish implement he y ri d ae a ae heneseee ere, Recently the Cariboo cattle 8. Throw 4. Shave (slang) = centre has issued an edict banning! 10. Foggy 5. Outer 25. Kettle For Solution operation of trucks in that muni-| 11. Anglo- og coating 26. River ipality which are not equipped sae soon . River acts) 9 Iceni es Sroper mufflers. First a warning was| 40° Gontend 9, Ceesatiog feacnstine issued to offending truckers, and now with (collog.) 28, Greek ummcnses are |eing issued to those 13. American 12. Crown epic poem berating trucks with straight ex- Indian 13. Perish | °29. Put on 37. Female deer bauats: 15. Rough 14. Devoured" 31. Prophets 39. Sleeveless 3 oe = * 16. Merriment “34. Gite earrcnt Here in Quesnel noisy trucks are 16. Any pina» 19. Past e- (Alaska) 5S Tara every bit as much of a problem as routs tres hey are in Williams Lake, and as in eae Yi, TER) FS Es = ‘Villiams Lake there is equally as 18. Wall ittle excuse for the operation of ornament 7 Y fe rucks without mufflers, 23 Firearm io Tr Worst oifenders are most certain- L oO ZA ly the freight trucks plying between (Tibet) 2 15 | 14 here and the coast. Heavily loaded. 25. Malayan = Z —— hey enter town at all hours of the ie v GG and night, and all too frequent (Sp.) ry 19 [20 2r [74| 30. Exclama- | ses tion as 74 WAZ 31. Perch | Yo (Z 32. Behold! 25 [26 27 23 33. Shining Z metallic 30 3 al strips 36. Lean Ee 34 [35 ae 38. Memoran- qi lum 77] 39. Melody 38 40. Chieftain (Arab) ee 41. Tie 42. Bitter Et an? LWA" | | ZZ vetch eee From the Files of the Tribune ONE YEAR AGO October 18, 1951 The 14th Annual Stock and Feed- er Sale realized $383,500 for’ the 1588 head offered. The top offering of $33.75 was paid by Canada Pack ers for a lot of nine steers of mixed ownersrip— The Grand Champion of the show, Kalwood Domino 13D own- ed by V. E. Ellison of Oyama, was sold to Alkali Lake Ranch for $2250 — Richard Dick from St. Joseph's Mission received four awards at the Cariboo Cattlemen’s official sale ban- quet— Four hundred and six moose have been bagged in-the Car boo and northern B.C. so far this season, according to game branch. officials at the Cache Creek inspec- (ion station—Town residents awak. ye this morning to fing the Sore pel Vvered with snow— About 350 sons attended the first two days df the TB Travelling Chest Unit— Crews from the W. C. Arnett Con- struction Company started work clearing the road allowance for the 9.92 miles of Cariboo Highway that will be reconstructed from Lac La Hache north— Accommodation for customers in a modernly equip- ped dining room has been provided by the management of the Famous Cafe as the result of a major alter- ation job just completed— FIVE YEARS AGO October 16, 1947 Grand champion fat animal of the tenth annual show and sale went to W. “Bill” Dingwall who ‘won tho David Spencer challenge trophy with his entry. The animal was later sold to Johnny Erickson of the Cariboo Cold Storage at 22c a pound— Grand Champion in the Hereford classes at the show of bulls was won by Earls- court Farms of Lytton on Court Lionheart 6th. This. prize animal was sold to Alkali Lake Ranch at the high price for the sale of $950— At least 260 persons. attended the an- nua) banquet in St. Peter's Hall giv- en by the Cariboo Cattlemen's As- sociation— Championship* in the boys’ and girls’ calf club competi-| tion went to Madeline Wright of Lac! La Hache— Following the lead of other business houses in Williams | Kennedy of Soda Creek— Lake, the gar; ing Wednesd: to Mr. and Mr ges have started clus- s— Boys were born . Waller Montgomery, Lac La Hache; Mr. and Mrs. H Patenaude, 159 Mile House and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sandy, Sugar Cane. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wilson, Williams Lake— TEN YEAR October 15, 1942 $142,000 was realized from the one-day sale of cattle, and it took only 1900 head to do this. The a er| AGO This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Li Board or by the Governemnt of Bri bi From Another Viewpoint TO FOLLOW” (in The Cariboo Observer) ly Grivers apparently take a delight in gunning their motors on every Possible occasion. Quesnel has become a busy town, and traffic noises are to ne expectea, but there is, and can be, no excuse for the unnecessary noise created by some truckers. Besides making an unpleasant racket the open exhausts can be downright dangerous. On a busy thoroughfare like Front and Reid streets the thundering truck ex- hausts frequently drown out all other sounds and pedestrians at in- tersections must be doubly alert if they wish to avoid unheard traffic approaching from the opposite direc- tion of a lumbering truck. Just why certain trucks must op- erate with straight exhausts is. pretty (Continued on Page 7) iquor Control ia ‘ish Colum! age price for steérs was 9.27 pe: pound— The Champon Hereford bull, Boscald Lad 50th from the! herd of R. McGregor of Pinatan,! B.C., was sold to Alex Graham of Tatla Lake for $450— Alkali Lake Ranch was awarded first prize and the’. Princetgn Challe: C¥p for 3 their carload of 20 finished steers \ over 1000 pounds—_Gerald Gordon. age 18 y was killed instantly when he fell off a Turnapull at tha Dog Creek airport— E. G Woodland will act as District Volunteer Rep- resentative of! the RCAF Reeruita ing Centre, Vancouver Miss Isobel Chrome Adds Moore, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Ken Moore of Tatlayoko, became the bride of MF. Benjamin Franklin Wilson— Anna Louise Gulstine wa: united in marriage with William | The same quality at TWENTY YEARS AGO October 13, 1932 The Cariboo Lodge of the BPOE commemorated its second anniver- sary with a dinner at the Lakeview Hotel followed by a meeting and in- itiation ceremonies. With the closing of the lodge a dance was held in the Stampede Hall— Carl Swanson was killed in a hunting aceident in the vicinty of Timothy Mountain— First Cariboo ‘Bo: cout Troop 1 commenced its week meetings— A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Walters of Horsefly. The basking shark is not a man- eater. Best sellers are books most fre- guently purchased. not necessarily! the best books written. 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