eet Sante ASTLEGAR NEWS | t the press the neople's rights taawed by by ‘gabe: blished. in Nineteen Hundred and aE Cut the Canedian Car Prices; or Else ‘The Canada-United ‘States automotive deal is ‘in’ deep ‘trouble: at Washington. : Congress hesitates to approve it—oddly ‘enough,’ because it is ‘unfair to the Cana- i‘dian~ people. Ape : If free trade in automobiles and their parts ‘is to mean anything the”. result should be a fall in retail prices, But prices in Canada have not fallen, and show no early sign of falling, even though the manufacturers can: now im- port their’ American components without paying the former tariff. They are sav- _ ing $50 million a year and not handing any of these gains on’ to the buyer. Members of Congress naturally com- plain when cars made and sold in Canada at a certain price are exported. to the United States and sold at a substantially lower price. This has been called dump- ing. What else is it? The House of Representatives’ Ways ~ and Means Committee has refused, so far, to ratify the agr :in Canada by cabinet order. There is no immediate prospect of ratification and the ing the issue unsettled, the deal in the air. : Meanwhile the United Auto Workers insist that car prices in Canada must come down before the United’ States com- mits itself to free trade. Under the. pressure of this powerful union the Ways and Means Committee has j asked the Commerce Department. to ex- ‘plain why the Canadian "price remains } unchanged when’ ‘the: manufacturers are being subsidized heavily by the‘taxpayers in lost customs revenues. This is a good question but the Cana- dian government has ead tried to ans- | VICTORIA REPORT Congress may adjourn in the autumn leav- : -wer ‘it., We. are told only that prices ‘may come’ down. gradually, some day, and in ‘the meatitime the subsidy ‘must be paid until the manufacturers: have reorganized . - their operations at leisure, Such excuses may satisfy Canadian * consumers who are used to the’ high cost of protection by tariffs or- otherwise. It doesn’t satisfy the United States, which had rightly supposed that free trade would assure. equal prices in a free mar- ket. °° * If the. Canadian government wishes “to. get. the deal ratified and safely on the ‘American statute books it can’t afford. to leave things as they are. “Nobody expected, of: course, - that’ prices in the two countries ‘would be .com- pletely equalized at a’ single stroke. The H (H manufacturers ‘need alittle time for re- : adjustment. : SUGAR AnD rue Apparently, however, they intend: to take years ‘and the government isn’t hore rying them, in the least. It will, have to di _better ‘than that, and produce much snide er results, or run the’ risk of. finding the deal indefinitely delayed in Congress. | The American legislators, while prop- erly concerned wih foreign dumping, have done the Canadian, people a favor by pro- testing that the deaf isn’t working in Can- ada. The:Pearson government should prod’ the manufacturers.'and make it work, || If the |manufacturers refuse to: cut prices the. tariff on Biiropean ‘cars ‘ should. he .jprivate Canadian * buyer. eq be allowed: to:import American ‘cars; with- out paying: any’ tariff, \as the: manufactur- ers alone. are now permitted. to, do.'Then ° ‘ prices would certainly fall. next _ Vanco sence : pers are not ox sins, oT atcher Copies: Homeowners’ Grant . now they must eat humble Bio, fora Liberal premier has pled” the fanciest pit of So. © cial Credit financing ‘on the’ books, *: i. ‘Ross’: Thatcher Meas. ti i <".0f Saskatchewan, ’\-who has ~ brought,in that most poy ular *- of all, government: hand-,.: outs,’ jomeowners’ grant... - © ..,Premier,.. Thatel really b ae ie: ie bids ait, financing tered“ high schoo : and the teache: when. she hi compare him ther. | If: it: is” any onaoladion. to him, ‘however, je teach: was probably deli ted to ect ! Pp ly ait te Set another pupil from: a family but her phraseology was unfortunate. It -would have been happier if she had said “So you are Marvin's brother. wet enjoyed ‘him’ and no oul 3] you.’ is unfortunate that tea- py pee so seldom say plea- “Premier Bennett ' may now {ge expected to be just-a Dit smug. and whe can hlame’ Let the B.C.. Libe “Yes, it’s 80 good: that; your now doing exactly as.we di They. have stolen-from us.” it marks,-he' said, him? als criticize : ‘his fibneing and ‘he’ can. say; Haney), is $2. are forced’ to subsidize the: pte eter it's great “View a 2 tory for ‘Bennett to have ano- One paeaisenee rates : constantly.. baffl: fy and annoy me, I have been’ studying a current bill and: see “that a two-minute call from Victoria to Coblle ‘Hill, 25: miles away, is $5 cents, and a two-minute. call: from > Victoria: to - Seattle, 80 miles away is 40 cents. A.14-minute; call’. to: Seat- tle fin Victoria is $1.50, but» an eight-minute call from’ Vie- toria ‘to Whonock. Gust; east of * 05. that can be said is that: there's oe at Gang funny, some- give him nine out of 10, other: trying.’ “wise” he. will stop Teachers heed appret tion, too. For years I took poorest pupils in‘ the three He: divisions of the grade, until, in fact-I concluded: 1 was not a good teacher. Then one year, by. good luck, I managed ‘to. get a few good pupils and at ~ the end of the year one of them. topped | fhe grade. Did my principal co! gratulate mi: .‘.-Oh no.’ He thought he should have had that pupil so ne ‘de- manded to know. how. I: had Tanaged:t t0 get | the.top p Pupil _' Other teachers can’ help . too:’ More than once. when I have’ asked a bolder teacher wr iactan other Sue toe ho sald, “Do. ‘Spat on should ten my teacher that.” Tacteristle: of foe: The he got It hs y ‘old him "it. was’ ood. eos how. the new. one'-was getting ... “T think: cher pe Smith.’ Smiths and pérhaps the ‘best:is to move ame another Mau subscription rate-to the Castlegar News 18 $3.00 per year. 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Rueiive is still ru ‘There are can ine good! upils so a:good .ny.: ways..of dealin; with the parc mana Geena ue te | i nin ng” face reality. yi "Oh, maybe we'll” It’s now. 10.30, Time to get leave that cne ‘till tomorrow. Here’s one that looks friend- : quoter! 01 in’ the: world oie doesn't con: | kids sider that her old:man is: the : +s dope of the, earth.” Well! Real- ; ing. From Miss oN. rhe’ one “sounds better. 8: “Dear: Bill: Sealt you Bill. If), Hon, George Pearkes (, extends his term’ at ’Govern- ment:Houge he will be. the jfile Heutenant:governor, in iF “history: to’ do,’ s Glowieut Fran- (from ..1881'. Seu end Se Honrl Joly. de :.Lotbintere’ from 1900 to 1906, 1, .No..extension' ‘ever. went more : Several iicutenant-govern- ors, were at Government House :less;-than. the: usaul ‘five-year ‘Dr., Thomas. Robert Mein- : ; Nes was there Jess than three. +.He was fired ‘out of office:by | Prime Minister Sir wittrla Laue er. * Shortest-torm Tteutenant- - governor was. Edward G.‘Prior who died at Government House in 3.920 after but one year in - office: James Danamatr stayet and a half years (agus) i three and then couldn't stand a min- ute “longer.:) down a few pegs 8 for knockin, the Beatles. She has me al wrong. I: ijove: ‘the Beatles, I ; have® to, in” self-preservation, or I'd: go: slavering mad ev 6 I drive ‘the car with h my in Wee Fi Let’s ‘see, Here's a letter addressed to me, by Gwen Sar- etaky.. Sood old Gwen,’ She like my column. ‘about 1,000 is: a ~ Hey, this good, i She's commenting. on.a recent ested Snow soe ad ‘ee George,.a- Here's Kinda a on DRE such ietly ‘The Klan ‘has ‘a long record of bigotry, violence and‘ * and the. opportunity p: ‘res at the: Alabama State Fair:lends'no crédit to Alabama: With- to it to expolit its wa- out®.doubt; this isa case of falling obviously to put our’ best foot forward. s Monroeville (Ala) Monroe. Journal stean chaps eect oe ¢ column} .in; which 2: sug t that mod modern:.women had gone men‘are the same they says: : “1 wonder if Cleopatra ey- . erchad to'drive one of her : ‘We have always been nase’ the. impression that the ral _ ‘purpose ‘of public fairs is to exploit, what is‘ best within the areas’ ~ they serve, but the news that the Ku Klux Klan: has a booth at : the. ‘Alabama Si Fair atric gladiators ‘home :in