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Phone: White Rock 3606
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H.R. PINCHIN, Editor and Publisher,

Those high prices

There Is no one in ee ts not concerned about tho aky-
Righ coat of living—no one who Is not affect We are chiefly
Interested not In the causes of inflation (we leave that to economists)
but in its effects upon our own pocket books and standard of Iivil
tendency these days to regard him as something of a pirate, out to

fleece Us “Sam Smith” (our local merchant) wo nay, “Must bo
making a young fortune at our expense, Look at tho prices he
charges!”

We forget that Sam in just as perturbed about those high prices
8 we are, When the wholesaler raises hix prices to Sam, all he
fan do ls pass along the increaso, Often he absorbs as much of it
as he can and still keep solvent.

‘The wholesaler, too, is in a similar spot sineo, by the time the
goods reach him, the primary the manufacturer and
almost inevitably, the government, bad the
increase.

It is the old law of supply and demand at work.
prices in any commodity, either the supply must be increased or the
Semana decreased, or both. At prosent In the ease of many articles
the supply Is relatively small andthe demand Js great, not only here
Dut all over the world.

During the last war the Canadian Government did a noteworthy
4eb of controlling. prices. popular, effective
though they were, and they cost the country plenty of moncy, Con-
trols, subsidies and restrictions of one kind and another do not go
over big with Canadians. After the war tho government removed
controls: The result was a rise in the cost of living in Canada that
took our breath away.

‘Through its polley of Bigh taxation and through too ttle effort
to curb government expenditure, the federal not
helped the situation. While prices were low during the war the
public pald nigh taxes but could purchase necessities at relatively
Jow cot due to subsidies and ceilings. Now both taxca and prices
are high,

‘The whole mess is particularly tough on many Canadians—those
om salaries, which haven't increased in step with increased living
costs and inervased indirect taxes, the pensioners, tho small business
ten whose turnover {s up but whose profit I down.

What is to be done about it? Wo suggest that Canadians need
to roll up their aleoves and produce more. They need to give a fair
@ay's work for fair pay, to work longer hours and produce more
woods. At the same time they need to decrease thelr purchase of
goods and Incrense their anvings. Temporarily Canada’s high’ st
dard of living may suffer.

Canadians do not need to leave thix cost-of-living business to
“thelr government. They can do something about it themselves once
they realize that the Iw of supply and demand ts at work,

Gt iCeeOunD

producer,

havo thelr share of

To got reduced

The controln were not

government has

A war of nerves

The following paragraphs are taken from the lead editorial of the
MONTREAL GAZETTE. tor Tuosday, July 24. ‘They contain, we be-
lieve, @ profound truth which must be tecognized and understood by
all! The editor points out that there In no way of winning a decision
with Russia quickly and sharply but that final victory will xo to the
side most capable of waiting and watching, and fighting it out here
and there, and living with the unsolved Problem, He sums up the
‘situation ax followa:

“In Umes past, the Wentorn World haw been roused for n great
Feckoning,.and haa won many a decison, when they wero clearly
‘and briefly prevented. But the Wert hak never yet nettied down to
(& stale of Andectaive war, as the permanent climate of living.

“The rtruggie naw taking place Is one of the most tremondous
tn the world’s Distory, It's the struggic of the reaignod obedience of
‘thoxe who have no will or choles, ayainat yolunthry constuney of
those who can, Af they choowe, grow Impatient or indifferent,
"The outcome of the atrugeio will be .n profound testing of
Human qualitien, Tt will anawgr the question of whethor a free

‘ # the namo endurance ax a hopeless resignation.”

@ Th far off Prince George, BC.
the editor of The Citizen gloomily
turned of hla set ana wrote, in
part: “Prince George radio iaten-
ern who haye tuned thelr sets to
OBC programs this aummor in the
blind hope that they may hear
something entertaining or inatruo
tive could not help but note tnt,

{mporsible ax It may seam, our
summer radlo fare in even more
palatable and indigestible thai

u
the winter diet, We havo hi
dreary wuccesslon of inne plays

by unknown authors dor
modernistio atylo which can

nothing but repugnant to the aver-
axe Matoner, ‘They have been In-
terrupted from time to time by

screeching contralton and an oo
cantonal inaipld interview of an

uninteresting pernonality.”

The Country Editor

‘and returning a Jost purse with
$300, golting a 50 cent reward,
adds; “That's why tore purses
aren't returned when found.”

At Amherstburg, Ont, the park
earotaker found a tower plate of
fale tooth under a tree, now The
Koho 1s looking for the owner “nat
to pry Into the private life of any
oltizen, bul the aweot corn geanon
ix coming on’ birds whould be
tn ood abape for hunting in Mand
toba, nx Mike Karpinukt of Prairte
Tox dimiriot ways in hin b
fleld the top shoaven of every
havo been wtrippd by wild ducks
9 frolght train of the CNR
yards for

ac

Tenving ‘Pransc

‘wentern grain crop destruction wax
14 mile tony pticw, one
tank rofrigaritors

ALP, Arp of

Davenport, Towa, dropped into the

© Canalllana; Tho Forest 4Ont.)
Standard fella of a citizen finding

office of High Fivor (Atta) ‘Timer

incorporation a

of loeal advertising, a purveyor of
page of syndicated nonyense, and
a few columns of local gosaip, It
Is cstential that it carries reliable
news of local Interest, detailed In-
formation of municipal
ment, and thoughtful, construt

govern:
Ive

editorials.
Most people will probably agree
that the “Sun” has improved al-
most beyond recognition, under the
ownership, and with fur

prese
ther improvement, will take its
place amongst the large number
of excellent weeklies, and, who
knows, may eventually win top
ard, for Its class.

However, rude language, innu-

endo, and a liberal use of eliches,
must not be mistaken for forth-
rightness in editorial columns, and
some of your editorials have bei

at appalling in this record.
it

somew!
Ut is surely foolish to sug
that our municipal
municipal servants, school trustees
and 0 on, are, generally speakin
deed, not actually dishonest, If It
were true it would be @ distinct
reflection on us as a whole, for to
be consistent, it would indic
that those who nominated our re
prosentatives as well as those who

councillors,

yoted for them, must also be
somewhat mentally deficient and
dishonest,

Some very silly, or perhaps I
should say adolescent statements
have been made In editorials deal-
Ing with sewers, schools, hospitals
and that very mouldy old corpse
of Incorporation. These are all mat-
ters of importance, and should be
handicd with judgment and cour-
tesy. c

Perhaps a little more courtesy
in all directions would go a long
way In solving many of oun prob-
lems.

‘With best wishes for the future
of the “Semiahmoo Si
I am,

Editorials appalling says reader

Dear Sir: +
If a weekly nowspaper aspires toy Ja back with us in the Semiahmoo
be anything but a small medium | Sun.

Youra truly ,
LEWIS H. WARD,

ED, NOTE: Tho Sun welcomes
Mr, Ward's comments and Invites
him to point out where councillors,
trustees or servants of the muni-
clpality have been described as be
ing mentally defielent or alluded
to as dishonest, Reader Ward may
bo confusing the editor's challenge
to councillors to face up to thelr
responsibilities with rude language.

Mr, Ward does not take Issue
with ths contont of th Sun's edi

In defence wo can only state
that ‘we attempt to present the
hows In an Informative and Inter
rating manner, and editorially to
Provoke discumston and the free
exchange of Ideas. Wo feet that no
Progrews would result should the:
Sun adopt a policy of being com-|
plotely vacous on Iocal Issues ax!
have nome Its predecessors and
[oontemporarion. Dofonce rests,

mouldy corpse

why

‘There are several reasons
I think {t in a g
this column In your
news on peace Is Indecd news
we cortainly don't havo it blasted
fat us every hour, on the hour, on
nearly every radio station In B.C,

In all probability Mrs, Nora K
Rodd ‘would not be welcome in a
public meeting, in the United States
today, for no other than
speaking the truth, as sho saw it
in Korea,

‘The people in Korea are fight-
Ing for thelr rights, to be treated

paper.

as human beings, In the past,
dog’s position on this carth has
been far superior to theirs. They

pave nothing to lose, as they
had nothing. The jails In South
Korea were filled to overflowing,
with people seeking to achiove
human dignity. As will our own
(jails) if our country and democ-
racy lose the fight—to Fascism.

Congratulations on your Job on
this paper, White Rock and sur-
rounding communities should be
grateful for this new, Improved,
Semiahmoo Sun.

MRS. EVELYN SUPRUN,
eS
Great Service
Dear Sir:

T should 1ike to take this oppor-
tunity of showing my apprecia-
tion of your very finc page in thin
week's Sun In reference to the
opening of the Hilltop P.O.

I also feel indebted to you, par-

tloularly, for our nice advertise
ment and commentary on this
page.

May I pleo express my thanks
for the excellont way you have nl-
‘ways set up our advertisements,
and to say too, that you aro indeed
doing White Rock, ‘genorally, 0
great eoryice through your publl-
cation.

Beat wishes for your continued
muccons,

Shaw's Feed & Sood Storo,

JIM. SHAW.

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$300, getting « £0 cent rewnrd,
wanted to know why the Duke of
Windsor wasn't "at home” on bin
High River ranch to receive tour-
At falter Smith's taxi nt
Yarmouth, N.S, according to The
Hernta jn being renamed The
Hiork Taxi, ann baby was born to
Mrs Norman Nickerson in hin Cab
whilo rushing her to hospital at
Bhelbourne; her 12h baby, it wax

delivered by Mex, Koy Swim of
Churk’a Harbor tn ight of faa:
Muht held by Mr, Mlokerson. » +

AL Penticton, 1G, Pat Hall of Port
Alberni, had a $1000 eup of coffer
Word into n eafe for a cup, and in
the Intorval hie wan
ntruck und that damage sustained.

, EAmund Relehert of Thorn
hill, Man, dug up an old cooking
his farm be 100
heading on display
in Norrii

parked car

on raid to
years old.
ad, for furnit
town Time-Horald: “Bring Your
Bedroom to Us"
© Shawinigan *allx
While it tm disturbing 10
that there Is no let-up in the Ce
munint endeavor to attain positio
in Industry which would enabl
them to carry out a program of

0 store

Problems
dard:

realize

espionage and sabotage, it Ia re-
assuring to know that the ROMP
fs on the job, Now, more than
é¥or, the price of freedom tn eter-
nal vigilance.

@ Red Deer (Alta.) Advocate: |
Responalbilities reat on both sides,

employer and employee. In the
Inrge majority of cases they are
being accepted as should be.
It is only by a sound partnership,
acceptable to both, that the work
of the world can be carried on.

economic chaos on
Samm thrives, The onky |
the government oan effective
meet the demand Sir comtsche!
to take positive and
steps to curb Inflation boy
curtallmant of pondefence govern
ment spending . . ahd Chie Ideq
in leo supported in an sAitertat
in the Dauphin

which goes farther by
that all governments, Cederal,
Wnciat and municipal should
lent soo the need of reducing
civilian expenditares.

© The Hanriah (Alta) Herald ba
saying this in the time of year
when employers dlecover that uni
versity and high schon graduates
cannot spell, comments, “What te
the use of good grAnemer, a5 exe
collet knowledge of titersture oF
the ability to compose = written
article if words are Sarproperty
npelled”

e Val Dior (Que) Sar: “There
no reason to toast of moos, bot
Keeping the miracles of indlvidanl
and Divine grace Gark is one ria
son why too much of this world
otil] Js heathen or, worse, stherty
athelstio”

© If every tax were muddealy
removed from the goote we bey,
says the Clareshoimn Local Pres,
we would be amazed at bow Sow
prices would be, pointing out that
“although they do not seem to be
Included In ¢he government SnBex
taxes certainly form one of the
chief ingredients of the costof
living in this 4

mig toate

Zé

do you

Look around

the service station o}

larger bu:

ness too,

they decent

By-and-large do:
their employees
the best the

ances, so when you
general criticized th
to do is to compare
you know.

If you do, isn’t

how many
‘managers

personally?.

you! There are quite a few
of them. Some manage stores, the
corner grocery, the barber shop, the drug
store—some run seryice businesses, the
shoemaker, the doctor, the dentist,

ably know someone who operates a

Just think about them for a
minute. By-and-large aren"t

people, wanting the same
things out of life that you do.

can with the
business they have

You wouldn't believe a stranger telling
you lies about someone you know well!
And generally speaking you discount
malicious gossip about casual acquaint-

they are, on the whole, a pretty —
decent group of people? —

ee ee

know

perator. You prob-

respectable

n't they treat
well and do

hear managers in
© only fair thing
them to the ones

it likely that = a]

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