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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-08-09, Page 3SUPERIOR Propane Limited Your Distributor for Propane Gas and Appliances for Farm/ Home and Industry Call Stratford 4174 Evening Service Open this Sunday., Wednes­ day afternoon, and during the evening throughout the week: Exeter Motor Sales Th* Auguaf tFormer Pastor Dies In Bronte Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Steiner, Mrs. R. L. Mote and Ronald at* tended the funeral of the late Rev. Arthur Page held in Walton Memorial United Church, Bronte, on Monday afternoon. Rev. Page was forced to give up his duties as pastor of the Bronte church at the beginning of this year. He was formerly pastor of Jam.es St.. Churcch, Exeter, Surviving .are his wife and one son. Dr. John Page, of Brookville. Interment was in Brampton cemetery. Report From Parliament HillHawkey Reunion Held In Seaforth The Hawkey reunion was held at Queen’s Park, Stratford, on Sunday, July 22. Sixty-five were present from Mitchell, Russell- dale, Kirkto.n, Exeter, Woodham, St. Marys, Mount Elgin, Fullar- ton and Rannoch. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Levy and Mr. and Mrs. Preston Morrison were in charge of the sports.’ Winners of the races were: under 5, John Gartenburg; 5-8 years, Peter- Gartenburg; 8-12 years, Ross Jolliffe; 1246 years, Lois Jolliffe; girls over 16, Lou­ ise Blommeart; boys over 16, Murray Pridham. Balloon race, Cliff Moore and Mrs. Joe Blommeart; couples race, Murray Pridham and Kar- •en Moore; clothes pin race, Har­ old Levy, Dorothy Mathers; bal-; loan race Joe’ Blommeart, Nancy j Jolliffe, Karen Moore. The oldest! person present was Miss Dorothy i Hawkey; youngest^ Brenda Blom-, meart; birthday closest to pic-1 nic date, Russell Morrison. An election of officers was held and Ray Mills was named pres­ ident with, secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Preston Morrison; sports committee, Mr. and Mrs. Rus­ sell McCallum, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Morrison; lunch committee, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gartenburg, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moore. Must Regain UK Markets To Relieve Wheat Surplus ■jj£ roll your own OGDEN'S By L, .£♦ CA'?r’lFF The agricultural and coloniza­ tion committee of the House of Commons has been meeting of late every day,1 and sometimes twice a day, and as per usual, it has been wheat, shortage of box cars and so on., | We had Mr. Mclvor, Chairman .of the Wheat Board before the Committee reporting oh the oper­ ations of the Grain Board for the crop year 1954-55. The operations of the current year took prece­ dence in the discussion. The huge I carry-over of lower grade wheat I plus a small selective demand, •was in Mr. Mclvor’s opinion, the reason the wheat board found it quite impossible - to get the i suitable grades to export posi-1 tion. At the present ___ marketing position is brighter largely because of a new demand from Iron Curtain countries for low grade, wheat, Canada this year expects to sell 4Q million bushels of wheat to this market during 1955-56 crop year. ■ In addition, there -is an in­ creased demand from Europe arising from the damage to. spring crops during the severe weather there. The market in Asia is also improved but, re­ gardless of the help this will give, if we in Canada harvest again, this year another crop anything like the crop we had last year, we will still be in a worse position than ever. - The United Kingdom picture ■ is jstill far from bright. So far I as Canada is concerned the U.K. [is still buying more and more from the non-dollar countries like Argentine and Australia, and is continuing to increase her own domestic production. Last year, for example, the United King­ dom imported 190 million bushels or ■ 20 million bushels less than the pre-war average. Canada’s share of United Kingdom has long been Canada’s traditional market for wheat. • Must Restore UK Trade It is doubtful if. stability can be restored to. Canada’s grain marketing picture until empha­ sis is removed, from, the United States trade and restored to the United Kingdom where it right­ fully belongs, and ’I could add should never have been lost. The time that we Ibst. the British Wheat trade was when we insisted on Britain paying $2.05 per bushel and she refused to sign on the dotted line. Mr. 4 i \ Specialized Business Training Tuition - WW Pw Month * Practical Instruction in ell Commercial Subject* A Courses Approved by the Canadian Business Schoo is Assoc. A Modern Equipment FALL TIERM OPENS 5EPTIBMBER 4 Howe made the remark that, re-1 billion and 60 millions, again gardless of whether Britain signs I just short of half. or not they will buy our wheat. 1 In the whole Dominion succes- But as it turned out they didnt sion duty tax field, the collec- and we lost that market. On tw tion in Ontario was 34 billion of that we have never received]266 million, out of a total of 73 $2.05 for any wheat since. This'billion 944 million. Again almost was bad salesmanship for which:1--’' ' ” ■ ........................... the Government will have to ,ac-1 cept the blame. I have been asked time and! I time again is it true that the l Federal Government is falling apart, I can only answer in this way: Do you think the Federal Government is fair in keeping 80 cents out of every dollar? After ah, who is the Federal Government? The Federal Gov­ ernment is only the head of ten ! provinces banded together to i form a nation to the advantage I of all. Federal and provincial re­ lations negotiations are based on bargaining—even more intri­ cate and devious than between labor and management. Accept­ ing that the Dominion has shown lack of strength in the recent negotiations with the provinces. There are few people ihdeed who would dispute that, particularly when the size of the federal bud­ get is taken into account. Prem-; ier Frost, who represents the j largest province in Canada, has: a strong case. When he asked; for a relatively • minor increase inx the Federal offer the Prime I Minister in his tired way, did1 not even »give the request -the courtesy of a full scale reply, and has shown the same atti­ tude towards the other provinces as well, and I cart add,„ none of whom1 are satisfied. " Dictatorial Attitude In my opinion this doesn’t even make political sense. It demon­ strates without a doubt, a dic­ tatorial attitude on' the part of the Dominic.: Government that is not in keeping with a unified and strong nation within itself. Take the case of the. old age pensioners for instance. Any wel­ fare administrator in the country will tell you what a mess they are in. The Dominion Govern­ ment has made no change, not even any attempt .at a change in Old Age pensions, yet spend millions each year on defence. The Old Age pensioners are com­ pletely ignored. relief was considered a. national problem, and the federal govern­ ment accepted if as such’. But now, regardless of the fact that they keep nearly all the tax ment a responsibility to be dealt’ it is found. Such ignorance! _____ __ _ swering the question “Is the government falling apart?” use ’ your own imagination and let the case rest right here. There has been no serious con­ sideration given to- the complaints of . the provinces, and the -com­ plaints are both urgent and 'just­ ified. and must-be dealt with in a businesslike manner, and not just brushed aside. Let us look at the three, fields of direct taxation namely, per­ sonal income, corporation in­ come, and succession duties. Those are the-three fields of tax­ ation which the federal govern­ ment has enjoyed .almost ex­ clusively, and which have be­ come a. great source of the ad­ ditional revenue’s which are now focused in Ottawa. The total of these taxes in 1954 was 2 bil­ lion. 418 million, or about five times the total revenues and ex­ penditures of the Federal Gov­ ernment in 1939. This shows very clearly the expansive power of these taxes in a growing econ­ omy. Provinces Seek Agreement It is these taxes which are be­ ing considered in Bill 442 to authorize the -Minister of Finance to make payments to the gov­ ernments of the provinces and to authorize the government of Canada to enter into fiscal agree­ ments with the governments of the provinces. Let us look a little further. In 1955 the personal income tax paid by the people in On­ tario was 633 million out of a total collection of 1 billion and 284 million, roughly 50% of the total income tax collection in the whole of Canada. The same thing is true in the corporation profit tax field. The collection from the corporations 'was f 12 million from’ the province of Ontario, out of a total of 1 I I time the Fashion-Craft's Annual Mid-Summer Made-to-Measure Suit Sale 20Jb DISCOUNT , -V ’ An excellent opportunity to save up to $16.00 on your new Fall suit. This sale includes our complete range of cloths in all of the new Fall shades and materials and is for a limited time only. 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Stee 81”x99” fine Cannon Sheets— snow white—very slightly imperfect. Oh sale at $3.29 each. Five dozen large size Cannon Terry Tdwfels, Size- 20”x40”, plain pastel shades, first quality. 'Keg. $1.25 each. On sale at 98^ each, $1.95 pair. Buy several at this saving in price. Wash F. A. MAY & SON Phone 190 EXETER Phone 190 .iinuiihau ftiwMiri .................................................................. ... half of the total for all of Can­ ada. Is it any wonaer that Premier Frost feels he is not receiving anything like his just .share? The Fede;al payment to On­ tario under the 1952- tax agree­ ments was, to say the least, a I pitiable amount in comparison. ’Percentage wise Ontario was only getting about 14% of the ! lax collected by the Dominion jin Ontario alone. In 1939 the municipal governments in On­ tario received 39% of the tax (dollar. Today they only get 11%. Is it any wonder we are, hav­ ing difficulty? These are some of Hhe things our people know very little about, and I consider it my duty as your representative to inform you. Shouldn't Be Beggar* Within the municipalities the tax load is beconllag more and' more unbearable,, and while this new agreement on the face of il looks more patetible. so far as the proyinces are concerned, they are being short-changed to a marked degree. The provinces, under our constitution, were . never intended to be beggars, | Provinces have responsibilities. ! Provinces have fields of • action, j and the concentration of power | and authority in • the Federal Government with respect to tax­ ation has had an adverse effect. Municipalities must be assured I of a reasonable • opportunity to discharge their responsibilities. If the provinces have to accept the terms of the bill, then the bill will have an adverse effect on the municipalities , arid thejr 'responsibilities1, and -will, inter­ fere with Canada’s international responsibilities in the .field of technical education. In fact we are suffering now along these- lines. It was suggested many times that the Government should re­ convene this tax. parley. Failing that, as far as the municipal taxpayer is concerned, it is time that he was allowed some de­ ductions from his. income tax for the payment he is making toward educational costs, which at the present time in Ontario at any rate, constitute just about one-half of all taxes. The way it now stands, the whole responsibility’ will rest on the treasury benches.,. It will rest even more • on the Minister of Finance and, subsequently, right back on the shoulders of the Prime Minister and his Govern­ment. ’ ’ 1 I pietety ignored. , • ■ . Ten years ’ ago unemployment’ problem, and the federal govern­ ment accepted it as such’. But now, regardless of the fact that they keep nearly all the tax money, they regard unemploy­ ment a responsibility to be dealt' with by the community . where Io far as an- Albert Morenz Active Layman ■ Albert Morenz, 76, of Grand Bend died suddenly.at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leslie Adams, 13th concession, Stephen township oh Sunday, July 29. A native of Egmondville, he had farmed on concession 16. of Stephen township before retiring and going to Grand Bend 12 years ago.-He had been an active member of the United Church there serving on the Official Boatd.Surviving besides his wife, the former "Eleanor Maier, are three daughters, Mrs. Leslie Adams. Mrs. Jack Corbett, Hensail and Mrs. Harry Chapman, London: two sons, Hugh and Roy of Stephen township;- two sisters, Anna and Catherine of Detroit; three brothers, Frank and Wil­ liam Of Detroit and Edward, Marine City,. Mifchlgafi. < Services were held from the: T> Harry Hoffman funeral home, Dashwood, on Wednesday, Au­ gust 1, conducted by Rev, H. Holley with interment in .Grand Bend cemetery. ■ After an extensive three day search by polite and private radio’ appeal to locate Mr. Morenz’ daughter, Mrs. Chap­ man, she was foufid at Bala, Muskoka. / She was flown to Grand Bend in a seaplane from Port Carling and arrived at 2.3o p.m.' in time for the funeral of her father at ................ ' .... . ' GODERICH BUSINESS COLLEGE East Street Goderich, Ontario Phene 421 TALK SINCE 1946 the ’ average price of Canadian steel rolling mill products has gone up a’bit more than 70 per cent. But the price of scrap, a vital raw material for the steelmaker, went up 181 per cent in the same period; and the price of labour in the primary iron and steel industry by 130 per cent. 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