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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1911-12-21, Page 2a THvwuav, Dixecn trent !li Hill THE Si t: . 0 TAR1t1. EVERY THURSDAY n TOL dIONLL —11 Ns. Limited TOISPI Terns M Oubmruthen : Me. 'Lai • year Mb=who tall ta naive Tim SIGNAL mall er01 ender • tatter by ac. se of the fact at as *arty • ago as di=• okaaita at address is dusky& both obi wow address should be divest. Lewd and ethos. similar advortamosesta. 10o Wie Ikea Insertion and per line fur twsivs lines to as look. Business garde al atx lime am soder. IP es year. maims ftwr dshm or tom tbe Vasa, Ste mob insw& Udder for ante subsenimint nionUt. meads In t la ordinary media/type emote RAlainensamemsaesat . their/ Lao hay sonarennas sittea the Aiwa which te the agile 'gad amass sidsred i hand Rates toe dleptay end 000tract advertise Menta will be given on application. address all coo-aanloanoos to TOR SIONas L PRINTING CO.. Limited ctedsrich Os. IOODOIUCII THURHUAY. DOC. IL till „_.,__,.___i GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD. Christendom welcomes the Christ t astide always, as "a good 1 time: a kind, forgiving, chant - able, plx'aeant time; the only time in the long calendar of the I year when men and women I seem, by one consent, to open their shut -up hearts freely." But to the thoughtful one■ the season brings not only joy but humble pride : pride, because humanity w•a deemed worthy of the sacrifice of the Son of God : humility, because, even yet., after the lapse of many centuries. aanitind is so far, so very far, below the height des- tined estined by God for it to occupy, and. worse. apparently content with its lowet plane. "He knew what was in man." A we are told of the Saviour ; the iknowledge of the worth hidden beneath all the smallness, the meatiness. and the sin, made IHim willing to descend to earth. to take on Himself the form of a man, to live man's life, to submit to shame and death, in order that man might be raised c. to his true sphere. Therefore should the Christ- mas season, the time when divinity put on our humanity. lying to us not only peace and joy, but a chastened pride be- causeof, the confidence shown by our Creator in man's true worth. THE ASSESSMENT QUESTION. Mr. M. Lockhart, whose letter on taxation wets published in The Signal last week, claims that "power to pay" --- ---- is the fair and equitable principle upon The Gaekwu• of Barod• has been which taxation is now levied. iui•behaving himself. if be doesn't Upon wbast justification can the com- watch out soinebody will .tie putting munity levy taxes? Why should a another kink in his name. man be'forced to give up any part of his property }ear after year in the shape of taxes ? The justification is that the ratepayer receives certain benefits from hie membership in the community and that he must pay his share of the expenses incurred in con - locrsase in value. This is the evil that the land tax aims atto densely p •palated countries monopoly in land is sant to be the greatest of curses. In Canada we have not yet reached the stab of land hanger; but every year brings us nearer to it, and now is the time to make an adjustment which will prevent our repeating the errors of older countries. The tax reformers ask for "local option" in taxation, so that different methods may be tried and the one Lound by .xperieoce to he the best may ee adopted. Mr. Lock- hart makes much of the confusion that he thinks might result; but in the end the land tax would be very much inure simple than the present jumble of assessments. A distinction should lie drawn be- tween the poor snarl and the unpro- gressive man. It is often the unpro- gressive man, who is poor Daly in his capacity for useful industry, who has the "unimproyed farm, poor house inferior outbuildings and undrained land" described by Mr. Lockhart, and it is not doing him any good to let hint off easy on his taxes, and it L doing the community a positive harm. In towns, the benefit of the land tax is even more apparent. The exemp- tion of improvements would encour- age building opera/ ions and the labor- ing roan would benefit from increased opportunities of employment. More dwelling onset would be et•ecteyd, and rents could not be increased without good reason. Lend would be assessed at its real value. A quarter -acre in the centre of the town, held by its owner in the hope of getting a big price for it, would be assessed, not as at present often at a nominal valua- tion, hut at its actual value, thus pro- viding an incentive to the owner either to make the prolog ty remunera- tive by building upon it or to sell it le someone else wbo would build. The poor man's quarter -acre, away from the centre of the town, would he as- sessed at e lower valuation, and it in his spare time be sber,id make any improvements upon it he could do so without fear gfbetllyedleiad fortis in: dustry. The lend tax gives the poor man justice, and that is what he wants and what he has a right to ask. The Signal would be glad to have Mr. Lockhart or others continue the discussion of this question of taxation. It one of the most interesting as well as most important questions that have been before the people in many years, and discussion pro and con is an excel- lent way of letting in light on the subject. EDITORIAL' NOTES, Merry Christmas all! . la month easber or • month later, so that they would not come at the holi- day .5,son when people ate preoccu- pied with other matters? 1.,ute two bun lied, jt is said, of the civil e'iv•nts at Ottawa have received a "t'bristwaa box" in the shape of die- nsisaal from the set s toe to make way for l'ooservat ice ole ee-seekers. Is this what Mr. 13 aeleo in his election campaign meaut by "civil service re- form 7' Do your Christmas shopping early— next year. The mew hospital project is right in line with thea Christmas spirit. Help it along. NAL (:( 1DER A PAIR biAMPLE OF LOCAL OPTION. CH ONT lU Local Option in Oheslsy. As to the working of Local Option in the town of Charley, the following questions touching upon, the morel, aoci-•I and commercial conditions in the town were submitted to the Mayor, Mr. Wm. King, who has answered them as follows :-- 1.—What effect has Local Option bad upon the moral tone of the town ? Ans.—A very decided effect for the good of the towu rowdyism having well nigh ceased. What the Wineseea t 3—le the young man or youth as PheLe , much exposed to the temptations 8aaluitoouNinety-five Centsper bushel in land daogers of the drink traffic as he Y was under license ? North Da o'5. fur • grade of wheat Ans.—decidedly not. (etching only ilk per bushel in Saskat- chewan leaver route for the imagination to figure out woar the West has lost through the defeat of reciprocity. HOW GALT STANDS IT. Local Option Conditions is "the Mas_ cheater of Canada." One of the best contribution* to the local option campaign was the able address delivered iu 'I'empersace Hall by Jas. R. Cowers. of Galt. ` "Eminently sausfsctory," was the term he used in describing the work- iug of prohihiti it in hie home town, which, from its large manufacturing interests, is known throughout the Dominiou as "the Manchester of Can- ada." Mr. Cavern was firm in the belief that the local option bylaw was en- loretd as well as any other law on the statutes. Although situated in close proximity teethe license town of Preston —just three m Mt away— there were no dives in Galt, no "hliod tigers," no place vberi you could ,'get it." Data oft the eighteen months that local it,. ion had been in force there had o n only three prosecutions. The h t 'keepers had kept the law faithfully, but a ¢.ang of young men were discovered in a cellar and were accused of disposing of the "wet goods." They probably bad it for their own private use, hitt a syphon pump was found in their p s.eeesion. and this being taken to signify that they were selling liquor they were fined $100 and costs. An hostler at an hotel paid a simi- lar fine when found guilty of the same offence. The proprietor of a bonrdiftg hou-e was lou d in possession of an amount snore than the law allows and he, too, was taxed $100 and costs. The lesson, the speaker said, that there were no 01 her prosecutions was because there was no call for them. He went on 1,1 tell bow the bylaw had succeeded from a business st od- point and remarked in poising: "If you hesr anybody say that it has not been a success please understand that man doe-n't know anything about it." Mr. Carters had with bitn a "verdict" of eighty-one business men of Galt who took "pleasure in bearing testi- mony to the fact. that business in Galt has -not been injured by local option. The past summer hos been one of the most prosperous in the history of the town. Th- hit (dine trade hi' booming and houses are still scarce. Real estate is advancing. Payments were never better and the retail trade is eminently satisfactory." Only one firm testified to the effect that meal op ion lad been detrimental to their it is said that Hon. W. S. Fielding may take a seat in the British House of Commons. We hope not : he is needed at Ottawa. Existing transportation routes should he improved before new pro- jects involving an expenditure of mil- lions are taken up. The deepening of the Welland canal should have pre. cedence over the Georgian Bay canal ducting the community services scheme. keeping up roads. maintaining police — protection, looking after the public Municipal affairs, which affect us health, and so on. The taxpayer is more closely than Federal or Provio• paying for services performed by the tial policies, receive very s.•ant' tten• community from which he is presumed lion. What is the remedy for this to receive • benefit. It is a businesshick of interest ?' N1.ould it not be transaction, and should he conducted, better to have the municipal elections on sound business principles. Is it a sound business principle to levy on a man according to his "power to pay," any then it would be to apply the Mme methods to ordinary Iwrd- oees transactions and ask a man to pay for his shoes, his groceries, hie drygeods according to his degree of wealth. What would Mr. Lockhart think of a business man who would "sin up' every customer as to his ability to pay and vary 'his prices ac- cordingly ? How long would a busi- ness conducted on such methr.ls last? Taxation aorordiny to "power to pay" is not taxation at all ; it is big- aedage. i.t is the method upon which highway robbery is conducted. It Is the plan which history tells us was in favor with needy monarchs .once cen- turies en- turies ago : they wanted the money and rook it where they could get it. The 'assessor of today, levying tares on verything in sight. Is a reniinafer that 'aid custom. die haul. Mr. Lockhart gemprtbis,. with tie poor man, anal rightly so. If the pent swan is doting his test. la regard to poverty. however• as with other stings• preventiorrt, hettar than cuts: +ad the land Las u • movement In the diresttios of eliminating poverty it is not the pons mart who hoed. taint 1d1e sad mattes fat on the onsares, 3.—In what way, it any, has Local Option affe:tsd the mercantile and manufacturing interests of the town ? Ana.— In general busineps has in- creased. 4.—Have the merchants found that their customers are less able to meet their obligations under Local Option than they were u n d e r license ? Ana —No. It is reported that old standing accounts are gradually being settled. 'S.—Haw any branch of business been injured by Local Option? Ane.—No. 6.—Improved by Local Option Ans.—Yes, to a considerable extent. 7.— Do you °onside: that the town jr on a better or worse footing morally. socially and economically through the closing of the fors ? Ars.—Yes; decidedly better. WM. Klett, Mayor. A vote "For Local Option" is a vote for the home. A vote "Against Local Option" is a vote for the bar -room. Which are you voting for—tbe home or the bar -room ? Wilson MacDonald, Poet. Canadian Century. When "Tile Shame of Qoderich" ap- peared in Toronto last Jbne, that re- inarkable ballad caused a good deal of enquiry about the author, Frederick Maclean. It proved, however, that the real author used a pen name. Wil - bon MacDonald, who wrote this poem, and who is the author of tl)e following exquisite lyric, is • giadtdate of Mc- Master, and a Toronto man. The poem, "Purified." is the subject of a Boston story. In a mixed company, a professor of literature there severe criticized some of Mr. MacDonalds work, declaring, that tripling was the only writer of the present day. "Have you seen his last poem' ?" asked Mr. MacDonald, who volunteered ro read a copy he had. The professor was delighted, and descanted upon the beauties of the verses. "i%' bell he left there was a general laugh at his expense. Purified. Once love flames burned thy cheek-. where now, as ashes,. A tear -marked pallor on that sad hearth lie-. Once, where the twilight play- behind thy lathe'. Stood windows open to the morning skies. I do not find thy beauty bath diminished : Rather doth it Increase with evety year. True loveliness shall grow 'ill life be finished And they alone shall fade who sin or fear. i would not give that love with which I love businere. IA was an undertaking firm. thee The statement was signed the follow- For all the pas -ion that try youth could ing summer after local option had gone -how. unto fusee, and the speaker declared There is no single star that shine- above me that opponents of prohibition could Hut keeps. s ,me secret we. alone. missy know. scot get half -a -dozen merchants to sign a statement to the contra, y. Mr. Cavern "put the lid" on all state - menta to the effect that Galt was a "diad town " He referred to an 5.r ti- When will meet. -cul upon love's eminence. cls in a recent number of The Cans- dien Courier iiitwhich the writer had Public Guarantee. said that "Galt is probably wore pro- Freredve than almost toy other town We are authorized by the publish- tn, Ontario." "rite inkn who wrote ere to guariantee that every person that," he said, "knew what he was who, during the month of December, talking abut.", pays a year's subscription to The As proof that plenty of money was Family Herald and Weekly Star of in circulation in Galt he cited the re- sult of the campaign waged by the Y. M. C. A. last summer, when $70.011) LIFE NOT WORTH • I. the way Miss Alta Abel of West Haden, Ind., summed up her existence after having sought In vain for health. She writes: "i was a complete wreck always tired, worn out and nervous. I had to spend about one-third of my time In bed. "Vivol, your delicious cod liver and iron tonic, was recommended, and I can truly say it has dose me more good than all the medicine I ever took In my life. That nervous and tired feeling 1s all gone. I have gained In health, flesh and strength. until I feel like another person." (We summates this testimonial to be genuine.1 What Finial did for Miss Abel, we know ft will do for every nervous, run-down, overworked, tired, thin and discouraged woman to this victaitf: Try a bottle of Vlnol with the un- derstanding that your money will be returned if it does not kelp you. H. C. Dunlop, Druggist, Ooderich, Ont All that is beat In youth ioinr in migration. And leaps the bound. of passion. ..nd of. sense. Age hold,. the miracle of adoration : Montreal. will receive a copy of their valuable premium picture, entitled. "Home Again." The Family Herald was raised to purchase p•operty for a and Weekly Star's subscription re- new A,sociatton building. This ceipts in November were ts) per amount was an average of about $7 centover November, 11110, almost per bend from each of the population. entirely owing to the picture, The leading functipn of the year in which is admitted l,y all who Gait is the horse allow. 'the strong- have seen it to I e the Veit pre - eat opponents of the passing of the Lc- mium ever given with a newspaper. law were the directors of the horse Those who fail to secure a ropy will show association, as they declared have themselves to blame. The Fano that when the hotelmen's supp art way ily Herald and Weekly Star and such lost the event would be a complete a beautiful picture all for one dollar failure. When the bylaw passed the is such rate value that no person can directors resigned, but other citi- afford to miss it. The picture is given tens took up the work and they sue- both to renewal and new subsetilaers, ceeded in 1910 in making the show --- — -- one of the most successful in the The cheques for -the second pay- ment on York loan Company claims have been Issued and several hun- dred of them have been received in town. CONSUMPTIYES READ TINS ! Dr. Morriscy's No. 10 May Save Your Lite. It Has Made Man j? Remarkable Clues. history of the association. 'l "cis year's show way the best ever, and ample accommodation for man and beast was provided on both occasions. ot7 (THIS MATTER SUPPLIED HY THE LOCAL OPTION C'OMMiTTKK► 4:14/714;0_ ST. ANDREWS, N. B., July 21, 191E "Ia the Autumn of 1107 1 found my- self the. victim of a very distressing cough, and In October. 106:, during • tit of coughing I had a dreadful hemorr- hage, and great streams of bloat] issued from my mouth. We called 15. 11,e family physician. who pronounced it Tuberculosis, and said It Was a matter of but a very short time. We had heard a greet deal of the wonderful Father Morrlecy, and we wrote him to send us some of his No 10 Lung Tonle. fur I had heard what a fine remedy It was, and felt sere It- would help me. The dear good man sent the cure. an I I took it faithfully, but 1n the sprier of 1101 the family called in a local Physician. who maid I bad consumption. and there was no hope for me. This however, did not daunt me, for I brew that the cure was helping me. and I kept on taking it faithfully for oxer a year, and never missed, and to -day I am In splendid health. Every one In town has said It was the most wonder- ful and miraculous cure they had ever heard of. I can walk 0 to I0 miles a day —. an eat anything I want.. and I ,oh as though there never had been any- thing wrong with me. People loo's on sort of filled with awe, but still have no Idea how wonderful my recov- ery has been. I could write quite a book on what your No. 10 Lung Tonic h_s doge fur me. and then feel that I bad Not done It justice. I took a full two years' treatment of your medicine and I am cured of consumption. I cannot taos- slbly express my gratitude b"cause words fall me. W always recommend your No. 10, and I know It will cure other cases as bad as mine If they will only nee It faithfully. I will gladly answer any ques:inns from anybody who wishes to know further particulars. Harry Montgomery Byrne. The above prescription Is not a "Cure - All" or so-called patent medicine. Dr. Morriscy prescribed It few 41 years. area it cured thousands after other da•tora railed Price—Small Size, 21c.: Large Sire. :,*c. per bottle — at your deale-s .or Father Morrtscy Medicine Co.. Limited. Montreal sea Sold and guaranteed in Goderich by F. J, Butland W. AOHL SON & •ON Handkerchiefs Initialed Handkerchiefs Byreason of the "personal" inpreesioo ecoveysd by one's nitials, they are one of the must popeler of Christmas Gifts. Our stook is veru large in all n flak, in beautiful qualities, nicely boned, at each 25c and 25c. Plato hemstitch Hendkerobiefs, every width of beet and in every site, superior Irish linen. men's, all nicely boxed, at six for 715c, $1.00, $1.315. $1 50, $1.75. Umbrellas One of the nicest and must andel of Christmas (lifts, Rustle and fancy handles. Prices taue for lndkd and gentlemen's from $1.11), $1.25, $1.5n, 2Afl, KA $5.00. $4.00, 5.00, Hosiery la always a popular gift. article. We have splendid qualities of ladies' black cashmere Hoer—three pairs for $1.00; others at 80c, Mak. 75c per pair. Silk Hosiery, nicety boxed, any quantity, at per pair, :11k, 76c, $1 00. Ties and Scarfs Men's *sleet Tics in newest shapes, in good dependable qualities of silk, neat patterns, at 26c, 50c, 71c. Ladies' Gloves Splendid makes; also silk -lined and wool Jersey lined, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Rugs The largest display of choice lap Rugs, or Couch Raga, or Shawl Rugs in Goderich. Eminently suitable for a damn purposes. Tartan fancy and plain colored and fringed, or plain, at $300. $4.10. $6.00, $7.00, $8-00- Fur 8.00.Fur and Fur -lined Coats Ladles' Bocharan lamb and river mink Coate at $60.00 and $75.00. Ladies' cloth Coats, heavily lined and some fur trimmed, reduced greatly in price. Formerly $12.00 to MOO; now selling at $8.05 to $12.00. Ladies' Scarfa. Muffs, this eek. Regularnd ows, all at big values, $8.0- count trout regular primahi 0 to $15.00. Selling sat $4.75 to $10.00. Men's Fur Coats Our choice is larger than shown by all other stores in Goderich. We invite your inspection. All coats at sale prices. W. AOHESON a SON Greetings We wish all our patrons and friends a Merry Christmas .and a Happy New Year. nr $2.00 Christmas Box for YOU at WALTER C. 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