Nar Res tae aa The Human Cost of Socialism By R. C. Quittenton It is ironic that society seems unable to understand the difference between social welfare and socialism. Neither socialism nor capitalism has anything at all to do with social welfare. Social welfare is the invest- ment by government of some portion of the nation’s in- come in programs of social value such as education, health, pensions, unemployment insurance and.so on. It follows; therefore, that the larger the nation’s income is, the larger is the income available to government for social. welfare. _ Socialism is the ownership and operation. by the state of the assets of the nation. Capitalism is the ownership and operation by indi- viduals, or groups of individuals, of the assets of the nation, Thus the nation’s income can be developed either through capitalism or socialism. : Governments obtain access to this income ‘of the nation either through taxes in the capitalistic system or through profits from state-owned operations in the soc- ialistic system. The government can then invest in social welfare as much or as little of such funds as it chooses. Some socialistic nations such as, Russia invest re- latively little in social welfare. Some capitalistic nations such as Sweden invest relatively much in social welfare. This seeming paradox arises because of the enormous investment in defense and heavy industry by the gov- ernment of Russia and from the enormous investment in social welfare by the government of Sweden. The irony is that, due to this heavy investment in social welfare and because the present government of. Sweden uses the term “social” in its party name, the Social Democrats, many now consider the Swedish gov- ernment and economy to be “socialistic.” The. Swedish economic system is, however, as capitalistic as is that of Canada. In both countries roughly the same propor- tion of the populatidn works for the’ government. The: real-need of government and:of society is thus:. ‘to maximize the income of the nation so that’ ‘more money can be madetavailable for social welfare, if de- sired, Now the income of any nation is its.Gross National Product, or GNP per capita. The unfortunate tragedy for society, with its attendant human suffering, is that society more and more tends to equate socialism with social welfare and thus support socialism emotionally and politically to the detriment of capitalism. Yet soc- ialism has not, can not, and will not generate as much iricome for the nation as does capitalism. One thousand years of recorded history now show beyond any reasonable doubt that capitalism is more productive than socialism and therefore makes more inconie available for social welfare than does socialism. Recent United Nations data, as shown in the box at the bottom of this page, make this point abundantly clear. Neighboring countries were examined to reduce geo- graphical differences wherever a socialistic and a cap- italistic society existed side by side, as for Russia and Finland or for the two Germanies. Those items that bear directly on personal living:standards such as paper con- sumption were studied, as well as the total national in- come. 4 The capitalistic economies outperformed the social- istic economies in every item, by as ‘much as five times for cars owned and paper used by the people. Even re- moving China and Japan from the comparison does not change the values significantly. Resource-poor but cap- italistic Austria, for example, outperforms neighbouring socialistic Czechoslovakia in every factor. Even strife- ridden ‘but capitalistic Greece has twice the national in- come of neighbouring socialistic Yugoslavia. And soc- ° ialistic Russia, of course, cannot compete with capitalis- tic Finland let alone capitalistic Sweden which has three times as much national’ income as Russia, As for the ‘Orient, capitalistic Japan and Taiwan draw further away from socialistic China every day. “Thus if greater national income for social welfare is desired, the capitalistic ‘route is far more attractive’ to society than is the socialistic one. * These results do not arise by accident or coincidence. There are some deep-seated psychological reasons for the profound and permanent failure of socialism to be as productive as capitalism. . é : Atthe individual. level, freedom of action and per- sonal incentive are destroyed by socialism. Thus the in- dividual Canadian farmer is ‘far, far more productive than the socialised or collective farmer. This holds true also for shopkeepers, entrepreneurs and small-business men. This is why Russia has never dared to remove that 3% of its farm land stili given over with official approval to “private output” by the individual farmers. The Rus- sian economy would collapse if it did since this tiny 3% produces a stunning 15% of the national farm output. The capitalistic farmer does not watch the clock, permit his equipment to rust or “let George do it,” as does the socialised farmer. The tragedy for Russian society — and the human suffering involved — is the fail- ure of its government to exploit this fact of life. Instead it: clings to socialistic dogma, whilst importing grain trom North America. If the North American farmer '2 ever to be,’’callectivised’’ in the name of socialistic , the immediate effect on world food supply wou- Id be catastrophic. poe: At the group or corporate level, socialism not only destroys freedom of action and group incentive but also eliminates management accountobility, the critical loss. In the socialised society those ultimately accountable for the socialised industries are the elected representatives. The people-gap thus produced. between the voters and the socialised: corporate presidents is just too great . to be as effective as the control-relationship between shareholders and the capitalistic corporate presidents. As. result socialised industries survive only where they -have some form of monopoly. But they survive at a net reduction in national income. For basically the same reason labor strikes against’ socialised enterprises are never,as rewarding to the'strikers as are strikes against .capitalistic enterprises. It is just not as simple to strike against a voter. as it is against a shareholder, Thus socialism can. never be as productive as capital- ism, as human experience thus far certainly demonstra- tes. So the opportunity for society, and its pressing need, is to exploit the proven greater potential: of enlightened capitalism for human. good. What governments then do with the greqter income so generated is of course. the real role of government. Similarly, with the spectre of world food shortages emerging in ever grimmer detail sca w HE Ae Ste LEGION PRESIDENT Ear! Rourke was returned to office jcrday when a joint installation of 1975 officers was held by -Rebson Royal Canadian Legion No. 170 and the Mary. Legk front row, left 2 a i S right, past president Wilf Leduc, president Earl Rourke and first Stand ive members vi sident Ed Ze CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, ‘ Costlegar-Robson Royal Canadian Legion Joint Installation Held In a Joint installation of 1976 officers held last Saturday by members of the Castlegar- Robson Royal Canadian Legion, Mr. E. Rourke and Mrs, W. Ledue were installed as pres!- dents of thelr respective execu- tives, The installation of new officers was conducted by West. Kootenay Zone Commander, E, Weir of Nelson. Other guests included Mrs. E. Weir, as well as Mr. and Mrs, Smith of the newly-formed Branch and La- dies' Auxiliary in Slocan, ‘The 1975 executive mem- bers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary aze as follows: president Mra. W. Leduc, first vice-president Mrs. F, Bonnett, second vice- president Mra, J, Leckie, secre- tary Mra, H. Johnson, treasur- er and past president Mrs. E, Rourke and executive members Mrs, R. Olsen, Mrs. C. Kerr, Mrs, W. Narraway, Mrs. J. Mykyte and Mrs, A, Sperling, Miss Gloria Pagel Is to be the now Sgt-At-Arms. Foltowing her Installation as president, Mrs. Leduc was presented with her president's ‘pin, while past president Mrs, Rourke was given a plant of bronze mums in of Legion branch for the coming year was installed as follows: president E. Rourke, vice-presi- dent Ed Zorn, Chaplain Rev, R. Klein, past president W. Leduc and executive members N. Blals and H. Bate. Those members who were unable to be present’ will be installed at the next regular meetings of their respective groups... At the close of the meel- ing, a very pleasant soclal evening was enjoyed by all members, Monday.& Tuesday 8:30 a.m, to 5 p.m. Wednesday 8:30 to 12 Thursday & Friday 8:30 am, to 5 p.m: TELEPHONES “ Office & Classifieds “3 965-7266 Pa News Department 965-3517 Advartising 365-5210 her work during her two yea: as president, : ‘The male executive of the Valhalla Valley Vaudeville Show fo Go on Tour . Norm Blais, Harry Bate and padre Richard Klein, —John Dvorak Photo for the Castlegar News Bird Slaughter on:Highways To-the Editor Being Studied by Student Salt, seed or grit? This is the question facing Michele Sims,, a student of Selkirk College. Michele has under- taken a study to answer this question in the hopes that the conclusions reached from her. work will help lessen the anaual slaughter of birds on West Kootenay Highways, To make this study a success, road killed birds are ‘being sought for dissection and analyses. The public is being asked to help by’ picking up road casualties, freezing them, and then sending them to the biology lab at Selkirk College. Any student will deliver them, or pick-up can be ar- ranged by ‘calling the lab at 965-7292, local 248. This study is under the supervision of Dr. Peter Wood and Bill Merilees and is sup- ported by the West Kootenay Naturalists’ Association, It is felt ‘the more speci- mens examined, the more meaningful the results will be. Findings on Cycling Safety - ‘The following is a sum- mary of findings compiled in a Cycling Safety Report put out by the Canadian Automobile jon: {1. Large metropolitan ci- ties are ‘safest cycling areas. “2, Death-injuries tripled over four years. 3. Despite greater partici- pation by adults, 89.0 per cent of those killed or injured were riders aged five to 19. 4. Males continue to domin- ate, but female involvement increasing. 5, More than 95 per cent of all bicycle deaths and injuries resulted from motor vehicle- bleyele conflict. WANT TO SELL YOUR HOME? = = Call Mary" 965-9996 oF 365-5246 6. Ideal weather conditions most dangerous time, account- ing for over'82 per cent of deaths and injuries. 7. Most dangerous bicycle manoeuvres are: ‘improper + turns, -failure to yield, disre- garding. 3 signals, 8. Most ous months’, ~'My Dear Son’ ly Dear Son: paki Just a few lines to let you know I'm still alive. I am writing this letter slow because I know that you can’t read’ fast. fou won't know the house when you come home...we moved. Itwasa lot of trouble moving. The most difficult was the bed. The man wouldn't let us take it'in the taxi. It wouldn't have been so hard if your father hadn't been sleeping in it at the time. . About your father...he has a lovely new job. He has 30 men ‘under him. He's cutting grass at the cemetery. Your sister got herself engaged to the guy she's been going around with, He gave her a beautiful ring with three stones missing. Our neighbors, the Browns, started to keep pigs. We got wind of this. this morning. I got my appendix taken out and a dish washer put in, but it isn’t working too well. Last week I put four shirts into it, pulled the chain and haven't seen them since. ‘our little brother came home from school yesterday erying...all the boys in school have new suits, We can't afford to buy him a new sult so we are going to buy him a hat, so he can look out the window. Your sister had a baby thls morning. We don’t know if it's a boy‘or girl so we don’t know if you're an aunt or an uncle. Your Uncle Dick drowned in a vat of whiskey in a Dublin ‘brewery. Four of his workmates dived in to save him but he fought them off, We cremated his body and it took three days to put it out. i in. She's been underwear, as ta ce’she ‘Christmas. I put a are. May. to Sef but: winter accident experiences increasing. 9. Most:dangerous day is Thursday with Sunday the safest. 10. Most dangerous time of day is 9 p.m. to 6 p.m. 11, Special bicycle paths and trail development increas- ing. 12, An estimated 112,000 bicycles were stolen in 1973, valued at over $5,500,000, - 13. One-third of reporting ellies do not prosecute or issue warnings for violations of laws by cyclists. PLAZA (Bulk) DRY CLEANERS Come in and meet “Hazel” Let her look after your Dry Cleaning Needs + Your vi bottle of castor oil in his pint of beer. It kept him going till New Year's Day. is + T went to the doctor on Thursday. Your father came with me. ‘The doctor put a glass tube in my mouth and told me not to open my mouth for 10 micutes. Your father offered to buy it from him, I don’t know why. j It only rained twice last week. First for. three days then for four more. Monday was so windy that one of the chickens laid the same egg four times. j : We had a letter from the undertaker. He said if the last installment wasn't’ paid on your grandfather within seven - days..up he comes. . +5 I must close now because the plumber is coming to repair the plpes and there is a shocking smell in here. Your loving mother.) ‘ —Revelstoke Herald Two Separate Accidents; No: Injuries are Reported . No injuries were reported Castlegar sustained an esti- in two separate accidents last ‘Thuraday. One occurred in the Kinnaird area and the other on Maple St. in Castlegar. At 9 am. a°1972 vehicle driven by’ Elsbeth Zinlo of On March. 1, the Modified Grid System of claim staking will take effect In British Columbia. This is a far superior method of locating and identifying mated $350 when it stopped on 6th Ave. and was in collision with a 1969 vehicle driven by Verla Reid of Robson. - The Reid vehicle, which sustained an estimated $200 damage, was travelling north ‘on Maple St. and attempting to make a right turn when it skidded into the Zinio vehicle. Nocharges were laid. Road conditions were described as The Rang: ers, a group of energetic musicians and actors from the New Denver area of the Kootenays, have put together adazaiing vaudeville type show which will open in Kasloon Jan. 18 and continue on tour of the West Kootenay. It will appear at Selkirk College Feb. 8. The Valhalla Valley Vaude- ville Show, as it is called, Includes an incredible variety of acts. The musical numbers range from traditional country, _ to 50°s rock and roll; from Rogers and Hammerstein put- There is hilarious original comedy and advertisements for strange products, not to men- tlon.an actual cireus. ‘The show is to be staged in Kaslo, Riondel, Nelson, Selkirk College, Lower Slocan Valley, Nakusp and New Denver. eering, etc, Castlegar Socials Mrs. H. Johneon 365-8234 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Horn- ing, Miss Michelle Horning and Miss Melanie Horning, re- turned home last weekend after visiting Mr. and Mrs, Bruce Horning of Port McNeil, B.C. over the holiday season. Mr. J. W. Hall of Burton was a recent guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Kerr, On her return home, she took her son, who had been a patient in the Nelson hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rourke of Calderbank have been visit- ing their relatives here and in ‘Trail. Mr. W. Easton returned home Weditesday of last week after spending. three weeks visiting his son-in-law: and daughter, Rev and° Mrs. Wayne McKenzie in Squamish. He also attended the wedding / of his grand-daughter, Miss Susan McKenzie, in Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roots - returned home Tuesday of last week after spending month in Europe. They would like to extend belated season's greet- ings to thelr many friends. Mrs. B,C. Donnan return- ed home Saturday alter spond- ing the holiday season in Oyama and Vancouver visiting relatives and friends. __ Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. MeCrelght over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs, Art Swihart and Mr. and Mrs, E. Swihart. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. E. MeCreight on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary were their daughters, Mra. Edgar (Doreen) Wood and son Scott, of Regina, Saak., and: Mra. Edna ‘Cleary of Surrey and her daughter Mrs. D, Alcock of Langley. Other guests inchided a sister, Mrs, Amy Webb of Kelowna, as well as Bill Merritt of Fort McLeod, Mrs. Gene Swihart of Coaldale, Alta. and Mr. and Mrs. MeCreight’s niece and her husband, Mr, and Mrs. Emil Glosser of Nakusp. Free Booklet for Youth Clubs Tell ifow to Handle ‘Finances How to organize and handle the financiat affairs of a youth club. is. clearly and simply detailed in a* new booklet published by the Canadian « Bankers’ Association, Banking. for Your’ Club is designed to familiarize the young reader with the range of financial services offered by the chartered banks. It tells clearly and simply the types of accounts “available, how to invest. the club’s money, how. to write cheques and how to set up a simple form of ledger. “or your club, as indeed for you personally, a banking connection is very important. effectively and gain experience which will be useful in later Wfe. But like any other group activity, there are a few rules and procedures to follow. Your bank will help make it easy.” Copies of the. booklet in English or French ate available free, either singly orin reasonable quantity for clubs or groups, from: The Canadian Bankers’ Association, P.O. Box Toronto — Dominion Toronto, Ontario MK 1K2. Fee: $30.00. SELKIRK COLLEGE MATHEMATICS 12 for Secondary School Credit or College Preparation. The Mathematics 12 (Academic) course will be offered for credit for high school graduation (in cooperation with Stanley Humphries Secon- dary) and preparation for entry to the following Selkirk College programmes. 2) Forestry Technology b) Electronics Technology ©) Aviation Technology d) University entrance to programmes in Mathematics, Physics, e) Chemical Techonology. Prerequisite: Math 11 or equivalent. Time: Monday, 7-10 p.m. commencing January 27, 1975, ending May 26, 1975 (one evening per week); Additional time Thursday 7-10 p.m. will be scheduled for those that require extra time, Place: Selkirk College, Room 8-16. For more information please contach J. Peregryri,. Chairman Mathematics, Selkirk College, 365-7292, Extension 244 or SHSS, Castlegar, B.C. Chemistry, Engin- STRAW! Seleigege POETRY READINGS : THE TIGER‘'S DAUGHTER Author, Bharati Blaise Room K11 — 1 p.m. Today (Jan, 16) BLEW. OINTMENT PRESS Author, Bill Bissett Main Lounge — 1 p.m. Jan. 30th GRAVE — DIRT AND SELECTED ERRIES .. Authoress, Susan Musgrave Faculty Lounge 8 p.m, Feb. 13th ARARAT! POEMS NEW & SELECTED Author, P. K. Page Faculty Lounge — 8 p.m. Feb, 27th B CUPS,. THE MOTH POEM e Author, Robin Blaser Faculty Lounge — 8 p.m. March 13th CUP.N-EAVE Ez THE POWER OF THE DOG AND OOTISCH ENIA Local Poetess and Authoress, Rona Murray Room KIT — 1 p.m, April 3rd Choose yours carefully and then find out all the ways it can be helpful to you. You will find the manager and staff anxious to help you und give you useful day by day, nowhere is capitalism so vitally néeded for mineral clalms. It should lead to.increased discoveries and developments, world survival as in the production of food. while virtually eliminating conflicting claims. oo So =) Tie OUT icy. ; At 10 a.m. ‘a 1974 pickup, driven by Dennis Hydamacka of Castlegar, was in collision with a 1974 Datsun driven by © 10h a William J. Evans of Kinnaird, _ vice at all times. Mr. Evans was making a “Whatever the purpuss of - right turn into a driveway at young people's groups, money the time of the incident. is. always involved — money The Cost of Socialism Capitalist . ‘Margin moh oe he worked sd oy Ricard Guittenton i a chemical engineer, born in-Toronto in 1921 and ee Before this‘can happen, if t tl Iniversit Te to, He if Y lucated at the University foronto, He married Marie Diane Ethier In 1943 records must be revised and maps rt be Tie arideeibehe fescee © which telines vo the poop 3 6 prepared, using the Modified Grid System.. An charged with following too whole, not to the individuals care must be taken that the new system.and close. conerared. Fe ihe People “ihe Total damages have been laok after the financial affairs he present system 38 ot confused. So, here estimated at $300, .of the club want to do sv in the will be a moratorium beteween January..15 best interests of the whole and February:28 on claim staking In British group today and for those who Columbia. Remember, no clalm Staking dur- will belong in the future. ing. this six-week period. Socialist Economies Capitalist and has five children. After European service with the Canadian Army Engineers Economies - in Arvida, Quebec, for Alcan, Later he was the Research: Dire John Labatt ttd. in London, Ontario, Thus he has deep and Pmrenal toon both English and French Canada, Since 1967, as founding president, he has been developing St, Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology In Windsor, one of the pioneering community colleges in Ontario. He has also been active in his ‘own professional sphere, serving as a director for the Chemical Institute of Canada, as chairmen on engineering research for, the Engineering Institute of” Canada, currently as first vice-president of the of Eng- Ineers of Ontario and chairmen of the International Environmental Council for the Windsor-Detroit-Samia-Port Huron region, FACTOR — 1969 Dut wpm GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT — $US. 995 - 1,870 19 per copila CARS per 1000 people | '69 Ambassador. — ‘65 Chev % Ton ~$ 51 246 48 ‘ 1995 a “Handling money for a club needn't bea problem, In fact, the teasuter ad others con- cerned can derive real satisfaction. * from handling the club money READ THE CLASSIFIED ADS TELEPHONES per 1000 people NEWSPRINT CONSUMPTION 3.88 18, 48 Kg per capita : 7 253 3.3 “For a full report es : - y on innovations in 8.C. mining, read “There : Hava Been Some Changes.” This, booklet Is available at Provincial Mining Recorder Offices. of Mines and F F Victoria. vO4O0s m= | 7 nn NOTE: The socialist economies are East Germany, Czechoslovakla, Russia, Yugoslavia and China. The neighboring capitalist economies are West Germany, ‘Austria, Sweden, Finland and Japan. Canadian and data are shown for comparison only and are not included in the averages for .the capitalist economies. REFERENCE: “The United Nations Statistical Yearbook,” 1970 : E Panel i Chev $995 * Cherokee “S” 1634 Second Ave., Trai, B.C. Phone 364-1205 Published in the Interests, of the Competitive Enterprise System by the CASTLEGAR NEWS ~ ” SALES & SERVICE CARTER’S SEWING CENTRE PHONE MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES f a ne 703 = 7h Ave, §. 3653810 Casllegar, B.C,