LETTERBOX Prince Rupert Daily News and also see to i' tht cars iiv. not park on the sidewalks, mak-.to 'f4 V ing it Impossible for pedestrian, sued ,hor' ! ' to get by and leaving big V SIDEWALKS Tuesday. March 27, 1951 Victoria Report : . . . by J. K. Nesbitt As I See It 1 .1 h i. Independent daily newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rurxrt and Northern and Central British Columbia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Daily Newspaper Association This suberh tea wlty more jit ..;. the flavour of ev Editor Dailv News: Talking about sidewalks, just where are the citizens supposed to walk? Some parts of the city have no sign of sidewalks whatever, for instance Second Avenue from Lindsay's garage to Eleventh Street. In the spring water runs down there like a small creek. In winter when the snow grader goes up the roaj it piles the snow en the side .'1 the road, covering up the faint trail which is suppoted to be a sidewalk. ! ' By JIM NESBITT Civil Servants Enraged Old Landmarks Disappearing VICTORIA. The rank and file of the civil service is seething with anger because the govern-jment has given more money to some deputy ministers and to the judges, at the same time ignoring those hi . a. hunter, Managing Editor. H. G. PERRY, Managing Director v Carrier, Per Week, 20c; Per Month, 75c; Per Year, $8.00; By Mail, Per Month, 75c; Per Year, $800 s&fcii3tl Published every afterr.oon except Sunday by Prince Rupert Daily News Ltd., 3rd Avenue. Prince Rupert. a i ii r '. .- a MORE ON LANDLORDS in the lower brackets HYDERBAD, India. Kr, one doubts the importance 1 '"8 torn down to make for ! We the citirons, would be In an earlier article I ! of the deputies and the work they ; a parking lot for government em- j glad Jf thyjvould remedy this Man The Unknown do; no one doubts that the hard ployees. These are the old homes , chowed the desperate na the city's front tioor. Trve lovers are afraid the government will of David Spencer, his sun Chris ( and of W. G. Cameron, one-time j i nrdpr down th niaunifinont ture of the Nehru government's race against time. Food is the main problem in India now, as it has been for Victoria alderman. They are on ; maples thnt now glve atmosphere government property, across i to th's area. frcm the War Memorial entrance I - MEN'S WEAB centuries past. Directly connected with that is farmland working justices oi the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court should receive more mney in these days. The extra pay for the deputies and the justices, of course, is 2 mere drop in the bucket only about $30,000 a year. On the other hand, a 15-percent increase for the 8 000 civil servants would cost S2. 000 000 ?. year. It's a small matter In itself giving certain people more money but it leads to endless trouble. Ihe Communists sav: "Shoot WORK SHIRTS-A nice variety Cf work all sizes WORK AXI SFMI-PFFSS rAXTsIAli;!e' tailored for perfect fit. RPKCIAL BLl'E DENIMS-8-oz. tripi, tm BOYS' AND CHILDREN JW! BOYS' WIN'bBREAKERS All W(x,l, fullziD,.r A'l sizes. REAL KPECIAL ( llll ItRKN'S SWKATRRS-Ali Wdot'nulkweri ." iiharleH. Sizes 22 to 2G. REAL BARGAIN'S ji the landlords, burn their property, drive them out, kill them if you can." The government says: "We in- the government saying it , -'res form nrogram. The farmer who worried about inflation yet at works the lands will have no to the Legislative Building. Tire David Spencer home was built in 1875 and there grew up the 13 children 5 sons and 8 daughters of the pioneer merchant who built a great business from a modest beginning. In 1895 the eldest son Chris, built an 11-room home next door and took his bride there. They lived in the house until about 1910 when Chris was sent to Vancouver by his father to start the mainland business of David Spencer Limited. The Cameron hame went up about 1882. In recent years the three have been rooming houtts. Eventually the government hopes to put up a museum and art gallery on this corner. The parking lot lis bound to be an eyesore in so prominent a past of the same time encouraging it. There's no doubt of that. It's too bad there isn't r bigger deposition which could go through tlie $118,000,000 budget and pick out landlord over him. He will pay a fair percentage of his crop to the government, and he can retain his farm for his whole lifetime, so long as he works it well." I'IMKIIIIII! ii hop and 1NPI !!' the government's extravagances. ave at B ' ' . . ?5'u " They're all small items but they ' is, to date, so hedged in and held , ,J ... . ,,, Ask your tnvrtmnt Dealer Or Broker for proipectut. CALVIN BULLOCK lid. back by difficulties and complications that it Just has not done add up. Take travelling expenses St 300.000 a year, and growing each year a colossal sum for a he job. It just has not convinc :,Z Ce with a comparatively going to get the land at a fair" l' , tw FISHER At EN... price. enrage the civil servants when, at tlre same tne cant pensatlon-20 times the annual v mnra more mrmotr money. The The imvprnmpn government if ? EARL RIVER is a quiet little place, about 20 ' miles west of New York. A young fellow was valking -along there the other day shooting at :rows. One of his bullets went astray: instead of hitting the crow it was aimed at, it hit a fireworks 'actory. The whole place went up with a blast and a cloud of smoke that led people all around to think an atomic bomb had been dropped. What did they do? A listener to lectures, a peruser of pamphlets, might suppose that they all ran away from the explosion. The fact-of the matter as any real student of human nature, especially North American human nature, might have guessed is that they did just the opposite. They ran, drove and propelled their wheelchairs toward it. Every highway leading to the plant was jammed. Civil defense officials might well study this incident. They are making their plans on the assumption that when Megalopolis gets bombs, thousands will flock out, looking for safety. They should also consider the possibility that when Megalopolis gets bombed, thousands will flock in, looking for excitement. The traffic jams may well be caused by people entering, not leaving, the doomed city. Man is made of flesh and blood, sure enough. But in with the flesh and blood is mixed a good bit of rubber. Knock him down, and he bounces right up again: abolish him, and he comes shambling back. Threaten him with nameless horrors, and he expresses a lively interest, and asks how much it will cost to get it, and is it all right to bring the family. The kind of people now facing atomic demolition are, after all, the kind who pay out good money for automobiles which they drive at 75 miles per hour on roads fit for half that speed." Let us not too readily assume that when the thing happens, an invisible hand will be seen writing, "Mene, mene, tekel upharsin." What is as likely . is that an all too visible hand will be seen collecting admission fees, and an all too audible voice heard crying, "Popcorn, peanuts, soft drinks . . ." Toronto Globe and Mail. now considering their case. But the civil servants are sore. rent on the farm in question, plus a bonus to the landlord of 15 percent is just too much. Urtwownr mnnw nf tVio nrnvtn. delegation from the B.C. Ooverr .,,;,,.. nn, .a ii I ment Employ ?es' Association saw for complcu? overhaul of you: Hiifh Rper'd Gasoline EngiitM, seat Rupert Motors Ltd. We l-nve the trained merhan-k- a.i so"Ciali7,ed cquiprntnt to peUom this work for you . . . effl-.' "".tly and economically. To avoid delay this spring when the rush is on, let us have that Job now. the cabinet the other day and raise the amount of money iwed-! usd some tough language. They ed to complete the transfer said the government had broken quickly. mi oOo How faith in the matter of cost-of-living bonus. A brief read to the government said: "It would appear the employees are the victims of their own good faith. It is the mutual desire of the government and the association to HERE IN HYDERABAD THEY will show you spots on the map where landlords had as much as 10,000 acres. Other authorities will ihow you the Communist Rupert Motors Lii hot-spots. YOU are immediately ma,niairi t.ho envernment service struck by the fact that where effi- at near optirnum operating lanuioruiMii ims leacnea iiigneji, Wo wh rvrnanX that BOXED STATIONERY INK do you Capture (and hold) a husband? the striie and turmoil peaks, is!th.e cftUens of the p,ovlnce are V!0Jt' . . : entitled to the best in govern- t Wise statesmen will tell you , ment aftministraUon. However, that Sheik Abdullah , they envy h. Association ails to see now his in Kashmir. Because position , this ran a(,rnmnlishpd in the WRITING PADS ENVELOPES - BALLPOINT PENS & PENCILS ' SCRICELFRS Sheik Abdullah s government is f,, pf th contlnued 3XOctu, not. bound the Constltu- yet by fr th tee on the part of 1 1 ,f in,dif ' J"!, Ca" pr0Ceed young men who find it imoossiblp with land distribution on a corn- f t uk advantage of mon-sense basis. He is re-distr 1-j he ater opportunllies and r, butmg : tha land by taking It muneraUon t0 be received ln pri. away from those with vast hold- yate mdustrv. Unles, something mgs and giving .1 on most liberal u done f tnese employe.es, the terms to those with too little or nm,moliii,i.tnT none at all. The re-distribution 1 as a mere training ground for PrOCeSS (j -mr,lt,0 hofnra thu IpflVA akes place BEFORE the argu-; th ,prKvi,,p. Th; AsJ1riation The Better Buy lit.laArtW,. maintains this o be a poor use of good material." ' Then there's the cave nf thr retired civil servants. They've been after the Kovernment fir a long time for a cost-of-living bonus but so far have had no luck. ment over details of . compensation. Thj exact opposite is the truth in India proper. And the delay is the key to much of , the remaining crisis here. oOo HERE IN HYDERABAD THE progress that has been made A delegation of retired employ- since union with India re- eessaw tne g0Vernment the other uiai &auic. nil uiiuusL rvciy utriu of government and social wel day and said this: "When you consider that the superannuant'3 fare they have made great visible '. rinNnr trtHav hnvc nnlv nhmit nnp strides. Outside the for ln-'h - city, loo ,K ho .,, ,t ctm.r. Th5t fin dinit Af I tompariiwi jkow jro how. Few men can afford an extravagant wins, II I . . One of the gloat advantages of adver I Ittlp mm Sffvt tiNing is hat il actually saves money for public. It creates the demand that makes low cost mass production possible. He'll be iatrrestcd in you if you show interest in him. Advertising works lh 2 fsjft akttt him same way. By talking in terms of your desires it awakens your interest in new products and inventions that can help you. . . as if w needed to tell you. 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For thii reliable remedy is like two treatments in one works faster to relieve painful backache due to faulty kidneys. Dr. Chase ally starve before autumn. On this background, completion of land reform Is surely an a name you caa depend on. 51 urgent, vital necessity. AB APRIL and income tax month comes up, it may be interesting to reflect on the inner " feelings of the taxpayers whose patience is becoming tried with many annoyances such as the con-. stantly rising cost of living, the hospital insurance premiums, failure to get things done and a general sense of frustration to say nothing of the other and 'even larger anxieties which fill the air these un-- certain days. Even if there may be jolting increases in the ; income taxes, such as we all expect, there is still . freedom, prosperity, justice and opportunity for the ? most of people. Looking around the world, the most : of folk would still probably jump at the chance to pay the taxes which are or will be exacted in Canada in order to get the privileges which Canadians still enjoy. And, after all, much of our taxes are going for defence to protect ourselves from outlaws at home or conquerors from abroad who would take away from us the priceless privileges which we as people of a democratic nation possess. A lot of our taxes this year wall go towards the general effort of organizing a common defence . against the threat of totalitarian aggression. It is no guarantee of peace but, if it succeeds, millions of people will be saved both from the creeping inundation of tyranny and from the sudden scourge of war. It may only buy us a truce and a chance to prove by peaceful means the superiority of free speech and free enterprise. Meantime, if we don't have the defences, for which we all must pay, how can we ourselves enjoy higher standards and carry those standards to more backward peoples? Looking at things this way, Canadians may be a little less impatient with the increased taxes, providing always that they are fair and equitable and that the money realized is efficiently and effectively used, realizing that they may be instrumental some day in bringing better things if not for ourselves for those who come after us. If I had to sum up my impres J 13 """s r m rwnli .mart!.. : mm In is ,n. , ; ..,,B fc l dfinhai ir.t., is, skines st oivnr lt. tit ih., uit,li,af Wtll ars m iwllitisa ia tiylng, tsnit!r, ts sttiact Iht n en sf y,ut J,,t7 ' This advertisement sponsored by Daily Nnuis in co-operation with advertising recognition week sion of Hyderabad's crisis ln one sentence, it would be: The only Phone 210 Prince Rupert STEAMER Prince Rupert j SAILS FOR (0 way to bedt the Communists, for good and all, is to "beat them to it." Democracy in Asia and India seems to me to have only one real choice: Either give the land to the tillers now, or wait for the Communists to come along and organize them to take it by force. Land reform is much more truly a democratic than a Marxian device. 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