Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press thursday july 18, 1968 eco expansion predicted Al the six countries of the european common Market on july 1 eliminated their internal tariffs and began applying a common Tariff against goods from abroad. James Nelson of the Ottawa staff of the Canadian press in this first of a series of articles predicts a big expansion in this trading bloc. By James Nelson Brussels up the six members of the european common Market now properly called the european Community have built themselves into the world s largest Trad ing bloc and now appear set for even greater achieve ments As their Union becomes fully implemented this sum Mer. Belgium France Germany Italy Luxembourg and the Netherlands set nut in 1958 to form a common Market and eventually a political Union to end forever the conflicts which so Long divided the nations of Western abolishing the barriers which split the Western part of the continent into Small protected markets reached its fruition july 1. On that Date the., last Tariff barriers to Trade among the six disappeared and they worked from a common external Tariff base for imports from All other countries. The common Market actually got its Start in 1952 with establishment of the european Coal and steel Community. It the european atomic Energy Community or Euratom and the european economic com m u i i t a now have been merged into one with the Community s commission Headquarters Here in Bel. Gium s capital. Deficit wiped out total imports of the six from abroad last year amounted to in United states funds compared with in 1964. On the Export Side the six sold leaving an Export surplus last year compared with sales amounting to and a Trade deficit in 1964. Industrial production in the six has risen 23 per cent in the last five years. An eco nomic recession in Germany last year and a smaller one in Italy had a depressing effect on the Community As a whole but they now seem to have been overcome. Most economic forecasters now say the six subject to France s setback this Spring Are poised for greater new advances. On the basis of International statistics compiled by the 21 member organization for economic co operation and development this 23-per-cent growth in Industrial production in Western Europe com pares with a 34-per-cent gain in Canada in the same period. Comparable . And Japa Nese figures Are 28 and 74 Pel cent. Trade growth helps clearly not All the eco nomic expansion of the six can be attributed to the com ing into effect of the common says a review of 10 Sears of by the Community s staff. But economists agree that tie r o w t h in Trade among the six Liam Between the six As a group and the rest of the world has been a substantial contributory cause of this rapid moreover the knowledge that customs barriers Between the six were being gradually removed and. That in Many cases duties on imports from non member countries were also being lowered undoubtedly acted As a Spur to Community Industry and Commerce to reshape itself through Merg ers and internal reorganization and thus meet fiercer Competition through greater a walk through tie streets of any one of the six capital cities or other major communities gives evidence of what the c o m m o n Market has meant to the individual House prices reasonable retail store windows have become Cornucopia of the products of All six countries. The shopper Here has a Selec Tion of goods Many times wider than that available in Canadian shops. And prices Are remarkably reasonable. The wife of a Ca Nadian airman now stationed in West Germany who has been abroad from Canada for a decade expressed concern about the prices she will face when she returns to Canada this autumn. Officially the Recd Statis tics show a gain of 11 per cent in consumer prices in Ger Many since 1963, compared with 10 per cent in. The . And 14 per cent in Canada. France has recorded a 14 per cent gain and Italy 18 per cent. The Netherlands have been hardest hit up 22 per cent. These Price increases How Ever started from a lower general Price level than that which prevailed in Canada five years ago and still the level is lower. One retailer said incomes in Europe Are lower than in North America and prices have to be lower As a result. Output moves up the Community itself cites three key Fields to show the productive Power and the con sumption capacity of the six countries. In motor vehicles the Community ranks second in output after the United in steel and in electricity production it comes third after the . And the soviet Union both of which in their vast have larger Pupul lations and much greater Nat ural resource potential. At the same time a lower consumption of Energy and of steel per head of population and a smaller number of motor cars in use per inhabitants show Bow far the Community lags behind the . And Canada in living standards. But it is far ahead of the .s.r. The Community countries Are making rapid headway however particularly in com Parison with View says. Average living standards in some countries Luxembourg and Belgium and probably Germany and prance too have caught up with or overtaken the British an important Factor has been the six building up their economic strength by saving a greater proportion of their Gross National product than either the . Or Britain. By investing at a High rate in modern Plant highways docks and other productive facilities and holding Down cur rent consumption of their total production of goods and serv ices the Are ensuring a sound base for Ion e r m Prosperity the commission says. This is significant because the people in the common Market increased their Gnu by 9.8 per a year Between 1960 and 1965. Canada s growth rate in that period was 5.2 per cent a that of the . 6.3 per cent. There indications now that Canada s growth is marching ahead of a slacker common Market growth. When All customs duties and restrictions on Trade in Indus trial goods within the Community were abolished july 1, this had been achieved in years instead of the 12 years originally contemplated by the 1957 treaty of Rome. There now is Complete free Dom in the movement of labor from one country to another and social security1 rights can be carried from one of the six to another. National tax. Laws incredibly c o m p 1 e x and varied Little expo disappoints . Paper London up an evaluation of the Man and his world show at Montreal published today by the financial times terms the exhibition a Digap a ointment even though one should expect it to the show lacks some of tie major exhibits As Well As tie excitement and big crowds of expo 67 and this is a tragedy for Montreal and mayor Jean says an article for the financial times by its Toronto correspondent. The unnamed correspondent cites and Lack of an International advertising Campaign As factors in the at Tendance figures termed Well below however tie fair is still Worth a few. Days of anyone s the article adds., seek higher minimum Montreal up the Montreal Council of the confederation of National Trade unions called on the Quebec government tuesday t o establish a minimum hourly wage of even though it is an in sufficient salary for leading a suitable a Resolution adopted unanimously at a coun cil meeting called an increase a the Montreal minimum hourly wage from to entirely if Pihi open late till 9 . Upholstering Reg. Factory to Home delivery 7-pce. Modern living room 49 console with croup Reg. Only a month no Down payment 4 seater sofa 2 lamps Matching chair 2 end tables 1 Coffee table 5 it it for less at the factory bedroom bed smooth top mattress and Box Spring boudoir lamps pillows Bedspread. While Stock lasts a 30" Range styling. Wide Choice of coven 6 colors chair 4 seater sewn Back modern m i Dinette suite 5 Nib onto top. All colors. Continental bed headboard and legs. Deluxe 3 room group bedroom mattress and Box Spring 5 pee. Kitchen ste., dishes 7 pee. Living room croup tables lamps and bonuses. Regular factory direct to you easy terms Tay nothing till sept. 6b free layaway or storage until needed free delivery up to 200 Miles written Money Back guarantee among them at the outset now Are being brought More or less to a common base though this won t be achieved before 1970 or 1971, if then. A common Market transport policy involving maximum and minimum haulage rates for rail Road and Inland Waters is being worked out. The biggest difficulty has been to arrive at a common agricultural policy now generally settled except for Dairy products and tobacco. The state monopolies in to Bacco in Italy and France Are to be ended. But the common tobacco regulations proposed for the six last july involving regulation and restrictions on imports from other countries such As Canada Are opposed by the dutch. They fear the loss of their tradition Al and profitable free enter prise Market in tobacco products. Prospects for major Cana Dian exports of tobacco to the six Are decidedly slim. A Ca Nadian Trade official in the Hague said the dutch need for Canadian tobacco is Small to be used As fillers with other tobaccos and that the Canadian Price is too High and Supply too variable from year to year. The same was heard in other countries of the six which get their imports from the Mediterranean and East european countries the ., Africa or even from As far away As the Philippines As needed to fill out supplied by Southern Europe. Itself. Building limits hit a building contractor monday lashed out at the City of West Kildonan for its restrictive building requirements. Ernest Secretary treasurer of w. Rudolph construction Ltd., appeared before metro s planning committee to ask that it ignore a requirement which forces a builder to get approval of plans from West Kildonan before a building per Mit is issued. Or. Rudolph said the require ment stems from an agreement Between the City and Baum limited a development firm which is subdividing and Dev eloping Large tracts of land in West Kildonan. Or. Rudolph said his firm was required to spend to alter plans for a House and construction was delayed three weeks because of the agree ment. The contractor said metro should assume its responsibility for looking after zoning require Equality stings London a a three judge Appeal panel ruled tues Day that a wife is liable to pay her husband s Legal costs if she loses a divorce action against my the that husbands pay court costs no matter what the outcome should be scrapped the judges suggested. These Days wives Are frequently skilled women and frequently earning As much As or More than their commented lord Justice Widgery on the Appeal of mrs. Doris May goo Day against the costs she had been ordered to pay in the divorce suit she lost. Ments and ignore the West Kildonan requirement. Or. Rudolph also criticized a Deposit charged by West Kildonan before construction is started on new houses to cover the Cost of damaged waterlines and sidewalks he said a great Deal of. The Money is not of the trouble required to get it Back. These things Are reflected in the Cost of a or. Rudolph said. The planning Quested e. A. Committee re Levin metro s planning director to prepare a report on the questions raised by or. Rudolph. The committee also asked or. Levin to study the possibility of licensing general contractors to assure the Public and municipalities that contracting firms were reliable. Outlook is dim London Reuters the Outlook for German jews is very dim the 1968 convention of the world Council of synagogues was. Told tuesday. Many of our communities have j no children at All and have i nothing to look Forward to bit or. Bernard parkas rabbi of Aachen and Bonn told jewish religious leaders at the convention. 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