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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1944
The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario •
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FAMILY. `BONUSES
J. Deacl .man
Family bonuseswill be quite
popular. 'Everybody :like's to get.
something for nothing. It will be
claimed that they take from the
rich and give' to the '-poor and
obin Hood, late of Sherwood
orest,. ,is now the /atron saint
f democracy, In the' background
biere lies this heartening story—
✓e are in' the age •of deficit fin-
ncing. ]People May become rich
- ay getting into debt a cr staying
there when they are in—payday
never comes. This • is the light
which more and .more directs our:
thought and action.. , ,
Then there ,is- another. ,idea, Sri.
explosive, and expansive ore:'xWe
are going 'to have "a high income
after the . war and an impost of
$200 or" $3OO rpiltion, 'a' mere fifty
per cent . increase over, pre-war
taxes, pa(d out' of a national in-
come of $9,. billion will . not be
apparent—while' on an income of
$3 or 4 billion it would be'a mat-
ter of vital importance.
OTTAWA LETTER
(By A. 3I.' Nicholson, M P.)
The weekly letters .from Parl-:
iarr,e'nt Mall have ,been' interrupt
ted again, while the „member for
`�:,ackenzie`'att�nc��ci�the �vsi•ear'ing
in ' of the new -Cabinet at Regina
and the Provinai•al convention of
the Saskatchewan ' section of the
C.C.F.. It has been the custom 'for,
the elected members of the Pro-
vincial,' House and the Federal •
House tobe on hand 'to "give some
ae&ount of • their.. stewardship
when the delegates from all parts.
of the' Province meet 'in . annual.
_
convention It seems important
• that there should be the ' closst
consultation betw en those who
r.:ak'e the laws in arliament and
the rank and file of the people
who pay. the taxes. These annual.!
conventions offer an' opportunity
to get a picture of problems E
throughout a wide area.
stressed, the fact .that the, new
order seeks to shift. , the emphasis
l,Lr'om the sacredness •of possession
• to' the sacredness of life. We ha'. -e.
to tliink in terms of our cdmmon
humanity and our,,"common. ob-.
ligations .to each • other and the.
necessity for caring for the well-
beirg of. all if the well-being of
each is to be preserved.
IUI. I_ Coldwell, speaking for, the
C:C.F. .group. welcomed the in-
troduction of the measure. He • r'-
vie,-ved. the nrI ion eete:.h,c-
isted' during.; the 1930's, and an-
ticipated that the Family, A11,owi-
Anse Bill would helm to ' provid:•!
a minirnurn stagdard' of 'living in
every Canadian brine_
illus. , Neilsen from• North! :Bat-
tlefod told of the first-hand ex-
perience that she had known dur-
ing the. 'depression years when
The swearing in of Premier T:' shelost her first son through .lack
C. Douglas :and his Cabinet has of medical attention_ It will 11 -
been featured in the picture: ways be a source of sorrow for
shows ' across the Dominion. Itj her to know that one of her chil-
is the first time in the history r dren .will suffer during his whole
of the Province that the cere-
mony was held in the Legislature
with the galleries ,filled', with cit-
izens who •heard : the, Cabinet
members assume their solemn
Obligations.
The debate on Family Allovir-
e nces has taken a good deal `cf
time .during the '.present week in
the House., The ?'rime Minister in
rlrwing the second reading of the
Bill made one of his most elo-
r,,:ent speeches of the Session. He
explained . that the income 'tax
it gislation has recognized since
l' it that incomes should be ad-
justed to make provision• for the
additionai family • hosts in cnn-
rhrtir n with raising children. The
ntesent income tax structure
:.avec 30,9 a month fora family,
r'ir each Child. The Family Al-
l-II-caner
l-l-Iccanee. Bili is supposed to ee-
i-rid the lame princmle to farri-
tiv's in the lower income. brack-
't>. Mr. King in discussing mod -
ere trends pointed' out 'that the
w•i< has hrnuahtin the fore very
steoegly the injusti-es that exist
in htrrnan cncietE. and leas cone -
lied mere' attd women to think
r "ply on the social problems of
Lb,. anrr has macre therm feel that,
IA...! must have a new order. Ile
•
lifetime as a result of . physical
disabilities caused through, mal-.
nutation... ill his-_. early ...days_ She
1 hoped that Canadian .families
would never be called on to live
through the conditions whir:1
northern settlers endured during
the 1930's.
Gordon • Graydon. leader of the
Offi-ial OppoSition. moved an a-
mendment which would .have
blocked' the passage of the Bill
for this session. When the Speak-
er ruled it out of order. a division
was called when A. W. Neill, In-
dependent from Comox-Alberni,•
was the only one to support .the
vote with the Progressive -Con-
servatives. John Diefenbaker,
sneaking later, supported the
principle , of the Treasure: but
urged the government to submit
the measure to the' Supreme
Court. which would, also . delay
the introduction of it for a year
'or more.
`` As the House will probably•
I have adjourned by the time this
letter appears' in print. the Mem-
ber for Mackenzie takesethis no-
portunity to thank the Editor'.. for
the space .'given ' to the Ottawa
!Letter. Through five sessions 1
have endeavoured' to write some-'
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1
Our national: income 'at the mu-
Tr-ent 'is'high,. It has been s i`rnu-
lated : by, tremendotis borrowing,
it is. drivenupward by war. The
problem• of markets and Market-
ing- is shelved \ for :the moment
and life, despite War, goes mer-
rily along_ In the end there comes
tomorrow Mr; Hitler will throw
in the sponge, the towel, the
dressing gown • and everything
else. V e, staind then at the door
;f the new 'era. We are unchang-
ed` from ,pre-war. days, •a 'little
sadder, .a little wiser, •perhaps-
but, In the "main, as We were.
What' then, are We to expect? ' We
do 'not know. The general as -
sum.l tion' .is' '''that Adolph has
brought up a new era. By reason
eifehis.a.ceiv4ies:•it-seems;teerenate
ional income is to be. doubled.
This is . a niirage, • a form • of in-
telleetual strabismus, nye ate gaz
ing inward, ignoring the, world
in which. we live:•
:.
I may be wrong -it may' he
that, Hitler has solved the age-
old problem of depressions and
uncmployment. It may be that
we can impose taxes which will
retake us 'rice -rand 'exploit -the cap-
italist `without making us .poor.
There may be magic' in the wand
of this bemustachedand bewild-
ered lunatic, but. I do not think
sol There may be others who
have similar v ie vs=there are, I
have •. Met .them. Then why not.
discuss • realities and the reality
I propose tos is family
bonuses and the particular phase
Of it. I wish to stress is this: If
ive have $200 or $300 million• to
spend, could we find a better,
alternative method of spending
it? If we can, why ,not do so? 'At
least the contemplation of that
idea is not a- sin -against -rnanki'nd,
nor against the children of men..
It is said that this will increase
purchasing power—will it? If you
stand alone in a room with -5100
in your.right-hand pocket and
you decide to transfer it to' your
left-hand pocket. you will . not
thereby have increased your own
purchasing power: If I join you
and you give me 825. is our joint
purchasing power increased?
Look now at the nation — take
from' some, give to others. is the
spending: power of the nation. as
a whole, thereby increased? I do
not think so.
I am riot now discussing the
wisdeen of this proposed action_
Regardless of' the rights and
wrongs of it, action' should not
•
thin each week from a non-par-
tisan angle with a view to'stin'i-
Quality 'You 11 Enjoys
be taken under a false coneep=
tion. It involves an' increasein,
taxation •of somewhere between
$200 and $300 fnillfon: Thele i$'
a constant tendency for the real-
itiesto be' higher .than ,the 'estim-•
ates, ' nor, 'does the . calculation
take •into consideration the cost
of distribution. While straight • in
front of us there looms this fact
—we cannot• enrich the nation by
increasing . taxation unless the
,.taxes, in, some .way, . add 'to the
national income, that is increase
the volume of liroduction. if it
does this, then_ __tbe,_,pieture.„is
changed: As th'e income ..increases
there is more.. 'employment. We
have less difficulty in finding the
necessary capital for investrner®t.
The stabilization' of national in-
come, 'at a high level depends; to.
a large extent, upon the caq!taI
we have,; ' for ' in esti:nent. iper
worker employed.. and on the e-f-
fie.ncyof management and labor..
As this increases. production rise
es and if ''we can. succeed .in_' the
process of increasing production
and- lowering unit costs. of 'pro
duction. we have th•e basis of a
nigher real income:
This is' the ooze: of the r: he e-'
,problem., Can we increase pro-
v..ia;i . d
to do ,._b w .,.the:..
ud c is 'ti-erf
taxation until taxation, in 'peace
time, reaches the level of.; the
:.wartime load? It is a nen. con -
1 ception, perhaps' a foalish one.
We face, after the, close' .cf the
war. the fact. that' tl,e rations of
the world' will • be ' poorere We
•face also that fact that they will
i be heavily. militarized. . i _S. net-
ion will be involved, in the n- air.
twnance..f an Arr,ylNT: -
so also will the .other great naive
ers and as 'the. tax lead impinges
upon the capacity of the, consum-
er to,buy; we shall find, that we
have 'a limited market and the.
'higher bur level of :taxation the:1
more difficult will be tHye prob-
lem of prodticirig and, seling at.
a ISrice withing the capacity of
the' market :to absorb. . house.
Cagle Men Held Barn
Meeting At 'Lorne Reid's
Apprbxinaately • 35 Holstein
breeders. from the south - west ”
district of Bruce County attend-
ed aa• Barn• Meeting` held during.
the 'evening ''of. July 19.th "at the :
Maple Lea farm of Lorne -B. Reid, ,
Huron Township: The . spic and,
span condition of the stable and.
the fine bloom Of the cattle com-
prising the' Maple Lea herd were
the:. object of much ' favorable
,comment.1 Agricultural represent-
ative: George Gear supervised the:
.program 'in his- usual capable
manner, . , • •
J. E. Terry, Western. Ontario
fieldman for . the• Holstein -Fries-
ian Association of Canada, intro- •
doted' the main feature of the e :-
ening, • a judging.,' competition by
pointing Out the important.. things
to look for in ,a good' Holstein
cow.. After each member of the .
crowd had tried his skill at plac-
ing the animals, R. M. ' Holtby¢,.
chiefinsjiector of Selective' Reg-. '
' istration .. and' veteran Holstein
fieldman, officially linedup the
class.
W. B. Walden, Ripley, 'presi-
'dent of . the ' County Holstein
Breeders' Club, spoke briefly, as:
did,. Wilford :•Dipple.: Walkerton,
and Roy Geddes. John Reid and!
Lorne: Reid, all
THE'AP
Take the heart of a sneak thief,
The slime of a .snail,
The tooth of the serpent,
Now throw in the . taiI,
•Add the gall of • a monkey,
The, eye' of a r•at,..
The claw of a buzzard,
' The• ear=of
Stir them up slowly:
Then boil out the sap,
And the scum that is left.
Is the "Heavenly" Jap_
A man is that irrational creat-
ure who " is always looking for
a home atmosphere in a hotel
and hotel service around the'
ulating inter e_+t 'in rimti id j
of Parliarnen. It is tn3 h)pe `het
those who have rea' thisfeature •
will have found same, suggestio is '
which have Rbeen i:eleful.as we.
perform, our joint ,responsibility
inconnection with making .le-
mocracy work on the home front:
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PREMIER
GEOIIGE DREW
gall make a report
TO THE PEOPLE OF ONTARIO
Wednesday, Aug. 9th
8.30 p.m.
over the Ontario Regional Network :of the
Canadian Broadcasting. Corporation
and Affiliated Stations,