cates the, negati
an: ores on downtowns:
be temporary.
‘Tho, lasge: majority:
loca, merchants in malls
“towns thought shore
had a negative Infl
ere “Interes'

in. without any one ‘cent
development by 1979 vie
the| potential!’ influence.
very negative than the

mall hurt . the dente

pointnsnt with: a dentist he ~
called the newspaper to: take
ied iad:

ged t
fixed/and plug some’
the dentist's ro.

cludes: unemploymei

ance benefits, a few dollars.a

week.for spending | with

psychiatric ' patients ‘at a.
nearby.’ hospital, ‘and; extra

cash for salvaging furniture ~
froma local dump and selling }
it backito the “same:

wife who threw it out

omni
although it ‘goes'‘largely un-
<< taleed.

is illegal, although there have © |.
beenno prosecutions yet.
“The kind of normal neigh-
= bourly ‘exchange ‘that’s gone
>on for ever and ever is fine,”
says'a Revenue Canada offi- on i , H oe
“elal in Ottawa. “But anything : > sae Se Pe ys . c % fp and love for children (including
you would normally get paid . = - It is with great prid therefc
ble, That's all there , ‘ . oe pha i
is to

The ‘underground economy
can be expected: to reach a
new. peak: as) more: unem-
ployed individuals with ne
on their hands look’ for w:
to stretch the‘ doing dol
lar. ;

It) isn't just the ‘ynem-_ oe ae Ff : : A 2 : ‘ 7 : di on
ployed, however, who. are ieee: ig ites : : ; : : : 38? 5 ; head: eS : q si ‘ ¥: 0 tosewatap, -
turning to bartering. ':: - us 3 Fagen z “ oe a " 2 ; s of ts - ‘ ‘ a i

A_ well-known . Montreal
lawyer recently ‘paid; for, his «,
dog’s stay in hospital by pre:
paring, the veterinarian’s
will. A city ad agent accepted
a faully, paid trip to Houston
for:some help with a' travel
agent's graphics, And a: pho-
tographer traded’ an‘ engine
job on his car for taking pice
tures at the mechanic’s-wed- ©
ding.

One company, ‘Trans: :
Amicrican ‘Trade’ Exchange, on 3 EEN A RANE Useeatwar race asad wee Z s © peer tre ee . M4 ; ere tena 1 tlio bt has abroddy v
even organizes barter be-. ‘i : fe + s . r uN ‘ a : : oN eae many lives in’ Vancouver. A’ drive,, therefore, has’|
tween ‘city businesses. It is Aw Pts bar) ik cs : Si : ionalHospital
perfectly legal because the
firm's clients are required to
sign a statement saying they
will pay all taxed ‘due ® on”
trade between members.

Company. co-owner Kamal
Dhar terms the exchange “a A
mixture of a Rotary. Club and
Charges,” adding “we're: er- ab the whale oink
sentially bookkeepers and we Y «

Pt poplin tou with each sporting goods to hardware.
other.” i 4

Meanwhile, economists 4 And. lots.1 §

warn the trend to unreported

bartering may actually

a high price tag.

“the ere feportaat thes be here when the doors Open
shadow economy bear ‘Thursday mornin: ng,
of the International Mone- ce And make a Discovery Day of itt

tary Fund.
And it probably won't be

ie ee oe a a oe THURSDAY ONLY

versity economist: Bill ‘Wat-

‘Cheque donated by;
to former. SHSS teach

ES hoe