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THURSDAY
UODEKI(:H. THUIE UAT. JAN. 96. 1913
T
THE LANG TAX.
"What valuta would a store 01 shop
have .without a community''' Mr.
Lockhart asks in his latest letter on
the land tax question. This in reply
to The Signal's statement that it is
the community that gives value to the
land.
It surely should not be difficult to
ser the difference:. The store or .hop
le part of the rommunity : it comes
with the community : it is one of the
evidences of the business activity that
gives value to land. On the utter
hand. the land was there flow the be-
ginning. and whether the community
metes or net tee land remains.
It is the man who builds the* store
or shop who increases the value of the
land. The man who happens to own
the land does not give value to the
store or shop: be may. indeed. be a
non-resident and may never do a
oent's worth of business with the
storekeeper. If be had never lived
the land would have been there just
the same.
Mr. Lockhart iiluetrates his view
with a supposed care of two men who
two adjoining lots, on one of which a
rich man bunds a $19,1100 -house and
0o the other a poorer man erects a
$1,000 house. Under the single tax
they would be assessed equally. and
Yr. Lockhart thinks this is an injus•
tire to the man with [Mucase immodest
residence. Mr. Loekhart's supposed
case is a rather far-fet;hed one, as
men do not build $19,000 houses on
$1,000 lots: but it will do all right for
an illustrtioo.
Now. let us vary the situation
slightly. Supposing Mr. Brown (Mr.
Lockhart's poorer man) has his $1.000
lot and $1.000 bowie. Mr. Willison
comes along and Silks of building •
floe house on his hit adjoining, but
finding that the old•fashioned assess-
ment law is in force. and that he will
be taxed heavily if he builds •a big
bootie, be decides not to build there at
all. but to put up his Douse and make
his home in a community where the
single tax prevail•. In this case what
advantage doe. Mr. Brown get from
the system of assessing lmprovements?
His property being worth $$000, be
would have to pay twice as much in
taxes* 31r. Willison would pay on
his vacant lot worth $1,000, whereas
under the single tax system Mr. Brown
would pay only the same as Mr.
Willison.
effect to Invalidrlts o qualify any touch
marriage or any of the rights of the
said persons or their children in any
manner wkatsoever."
Premier Borden in reply to Mr.
Lancaster held that the Provincial
Legislatures were supreme in the
matter of legislation affection Ware
rise, and tnat Mr. Lancaster's pro-
posed till was not within the compet-
ence of the Dominion Parliament.
He promised to submit a case to the
Supreme Court of Canada, whence it
could be carried to 'he Privy Council,
to determine the powers of Parlia-
ment io the matter.
This was not satisfactory to many
of the Premier's followers. several of
whom rose and stated their concur-
rence in Mr. Lancaster's views and
their intention to support his bill.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier made an import-
ant contribution to the debate. He
said it wag not well for outsiders to
intertere in family quarrels, and there-
fore be bad hesitated to speak upon
this question, over which so much dif-
ferent* had arisen bet ween the Gov-
ernment and its supporters. The
question war not new. The ne semen
decree was simply au extension of the
tetnisti decree of the Council of Trent.
made 9i0 years ago. The decisions of
the Council of Trent had not been are
plied by the church to France, but
many cf them, including that relating
to marriage. were introduced by the
Kings of Franee into the laws of the
Government of their American colon-
ies. In thin way they came to the
Province of Quebec, where they had
been in force for 900 years. As he..
understood the ne temere decree. it
provid d that to he valid the marriage
must be celebrated by the parish priest
of the parish. The purpose was to
Prevent clandestine marriage,,, and he
was sure that everyone. whether Pro-
testant or Catholic, would agree that for mrl,y a long day.
the prevention of clandestine marri-
ages was wise.
It. wood(' be well to free the discus- An arrangement wee made in South
cion of this question from prejudice. Renfrew whereby Mr. McGarry (Con-
servative) was to he returned by ac-
clamation for the Provincial seat, in
consideration of which Hon. Geo. P.
Graham was to be elected by academe -
tion to the Ottawa House, Mr. Low,
the then sitting Liberrl member, hav-
ing agreed to retire in favor of Mr.
Graham. The Liberals have carried
out tbeir part of the agreement in
allowing Mr. McGarry to be elected to
the Legislature without oppoeition,
but a section of the Conservative
party now refuse to allow Mr. Gra-
ham to take the Ottawa seat without
a consent, and a candidate has been
selected to oppose him. This breach
of faith, which baa tbe open endorse-
ment of some of the Federal Ministers.
has created a good deal of bitterness,
and Mr. Graham ought to get a rous-
ing majority if the people of South
Renfrew have any desire for fair play.
in the meantime the Government
-earn to be afraid to set a date for the
election.
THE SIGNAL : GODERICH ONTARIO
penditure of a mtlli� and a halt'dol-
lars. The town is t take stook to the
•mount of $60,000 and grant • bonus
of $10,000 aonaally fo• twenty years.
with •zemptbo from taxes other
than scbool tatter.
The Globe broadly hints that the
•'merchants of Tory Toronto" may
have sowetbiog to say io favor of the
000tinu,'noe of the "Flying Post" mail
service. which carries the morning
papers from Toronto. We cannot see
why the people of all Canada should
be taxed to give speedy circulation to
the advertisements of Toronto toner
chainte.
Joseph Fels, the militant advocate
of single tax, bad an interview the
other day with Sir James Whitney,
but he could make no impression on
the Premier. Mir James told him that
Isis single tax agitation and Henry
George philosophy were ••fakes and
fads." However. the movement for
tax reform will prorated, in spite of
the Premier's stubborn refusal to see
the light.
Mr. Winston Churchill. uoe of the
most aggressive members of the
British Cabinet. and John Redmond,
leader of the Irish Nationalists, have
arranged to address a tweeting in
Belfast in advocacy of home rule, and
the Ulster Unionist. are enraged at
the announcement. They declare they
will notperinit the meeting and will
use fore if neceraary to prevent it.
The hone -rulers are equally deter-
mioed. and prospects are for one of the
biggest shindies old Ireland has seen
and simply look at it from the point of
view of common Canadian citizenship.
There was an immersion that the ne
tentere decree was Intended t o override
the authority of the Ring and Parlia-
ment. As a Roman Catholic he pro-
tected against linen interpretation.
There was no .ii'h intent. and the ne
temere decree did not go beyond set-
ting down rules binding upon the con-
science of Catholics. It was chosen to
give civil effect to his provisions or
otherwise.
" But will the tight hon. gentleman
say the decree does not effect the
rights of parties in a mixed marri-
age ? " asked Me M e clean.
.. No " replied Mir Wilfrid. " If a
Catholic in the Province of Ontario
marries according to the prnvisiona of
the civil law of the Province. even
though it heenntrary to the ane temere'
deevee, be is legally married and his
children are legitimate, hut the
Catholic who marries contrary to the
previsions of the deme may he penal-
ized by Woo church. But., as I ander
stand it. it Atte. not go hevonei the
conscience of Catholics. 11 hoe been
nnderetond In the Prnvinre of Quebec:
that the civil anthnritlee have given
effect to t' e religions orvtinanw nn
thi. subject. How far the civil laws
of Qltehec affect the enhject is nnw In
question before the snorts. I. ter my
part,rannot.uppnrt the hill became its
provisions seem to me to beahsoliitety
ilingicsl "
Rir Wilfrid said that a., marriate
celebrated in a P•ovinre wee valid or
not veli i, anrnedine to the law of that
Prnvinee. 1f the aim were toamend
the oonetltntion. that wee another
marter, hutthat the law n1 the Prev-
Inos•a ehonlli' be overridden by the
law of the Federal Parliamentrotlld
not he conducive to proper adminis-
trat.ion.
, if the Province is wrong." said Sir
Wilfrid, " let us go 'o the Province
and try to make it right."
Rir Wilfrid said that the matter wee
now helore the rnnrte of Quehee. and
judgment world he delivered at nc AU.
tentdate. It was prohahle that this
definite rase would he referrp'i to all
the i'ldirial trihnnels and a final en-
thnritative derision meet:red upon
Thin, in his opininn, wee a better way
to handle the matter than to refer to years. The purpose was to prevent
it in the confusing and merelyyears.
;mond ea, a worthy ppur-
pose it must be admitted. Sir Wil-
frid'e protest against misunderstand -
log in the other Provinces 0.e to the in-
tent and scope of the decree is worthy
of attention. in this country, where
we have a divieinn among the people ,
upon the question of religion. it i
well that we do not allow prejudice t
blur our judgment and understanding
Nevertheless, there must he a clear
recognition of the fact that the civil
law prevails,"
Mr. Lockhart (cr ted be eerioue in
thinking there is any parallel between
the single tax system and the feudal
*sateen. The present taxation law is a
survival of the feudal system. The
baron enjoyed life and lorded IL over
the actual tillers of t he soil. Ro the
present landholder enjaya life while
his tenants do the wort end support
him in idleness. The single tax 1e
designed todo away with land'ordiem
M discouraging the bolding by any
man of land which he cannot nee.
PARLIAMENT AND MARRIAGE.
Now that their own party occupies
the place of responsibility, Conserve,
tive papers are working overtime in
the effort to justify things for which a
few months ago they were quite
ready to find fault with the Laurier
Government- Here is a' paragraph
from The London Free Press in quite
different tone from that paper's edi-
torial articles prior to September 21 :
"Sir Wilfrid Laurier contended that
there was no ocrecion for Federal in-
terference with the Provinces. The
ne temere was misunderstood, he pro-
tested. A wrnng misinterpretation
war given to the decree. There was
no intention of overriding the author
ity of King and Parliament. The ne
temere decree did not go beyond set-
ting down rules binding upon the con-
science of Catholics. The decree was
simply an extension of the Tlernieti, •
decree of the Council of Trent, which
had been in force for three hundred
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Change o f
Business
1 have purchased the
;team laundry busi-
ness on Hamilton
Street run for rnaa
years by Mr. D. H.
Koss, and I am pre-
pared to attend to all
the wants of his cue-
tcmere and many
new ones.
i solicit your patron-
age.
Satisfaction guano -
teed.
George Pong
Successor to D. H. Ross,
Steam Laundry Hamilton St.
scaA.mic wavrnonnaed by the Premier.
To dimple/. of the innraater hill simply
by moving the adjnnrnment of the
debate. as suggested by Mr. Botd.n,
wee not at all the proper or creiit-
ahle manner of dealing with such an
important quest inn.
While the debate was proceeding
members of the Government and
Government whim were pieatling
strenuously with t h e Conservative
members wbo bad threatened to holt,
and the result was that a ntnwber of
them withdrew their opposition to
tbe Government's proposal and voted
to shelve the matter by a reference to
the Privy Council. Mr. Lancaster.
however, was still eupoorted by
The ikowininn Parliament on Mon-
day dierusaed the marriage question
and the -toe tamers" decree. Mr.
L►n:aster, the member for Lincoln,
introduced • hill which provided that
•'every ceremony or toren ot mar-
riage heretofore or hereafter perform-
ed by any parson authorised t.c per-
form any ceremony of marriage by
the laws of the place where it is per
formed, and duly performed according
to web law a. @ball everywhere within
*made he deemed to he a valid mar
rive, tens witbstand inn any differences
10 t religiose faith of the person so
maenad and 'Athena regard to the re-
lishes of the pars* performing the
a}hg and duties as married
poMelthe respective vert
per. near -
PO es aforesaid, sod of the children
Air wash emu Mese. .ball be absolute
•ts.d emopbre4 sod les law tie e•monlcat
Arises es slMne •f or it any Famine*
kg [[reds NMI have any fore or
Sir Wilfrid Laurier s attempts to
maintain goodwill and harmony in all
the Provinces have been of ineetim.
able value In bending rap • united
Canada, hitt they ave received scant
and tardy acknowledgment from his
Several Conservatives. including W. political opponents.
F. Maclean. Richatd Blain. Edward
Kidd and Dr. Edwards, who voted
with the Liberals against the Govern-
ment. The Liberal vote went solidly
against the Government's proposal.
When the House divided tbe Govern-
ment had a majority of 25.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Ontario Legislature is to Meet
on February 7.
By the way. where are Dr. Me
chant and that report on bilingual
"drools/ Lost in the snowdrifts 1'
The Minister of Justine io the Hor-
des °overtones& takes the some view
01 the "ne bemire" question. so far as
the Cowen• nI the Ottawa Parliament
are r.rocerroesl, 0.e did the Minister of
Justice in the Laurier Government.
it is joist ne.ihle they know mor•
afoot 11 than .nuns other people.
At the Birthplace of Burns.
ey Robert Ingersoll.
Ttsoogh Snoth ad boast a tbearnd tlwrller
of patriot., king and peer.
The noblest, graadaet el tars all
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Here lived the feet!o pesesst prints.
The levier natter Mag.
('ompared with wham the grimiest lord
I. bet • titled tidal.
Tts teat • not roofed in with straw.
A hovel nada of .•I•y .
One dor Mote eat the wird sad etre*.
Oce window Greets the day -
And yet i .toad walla this roes.
tad held eN themes d. ream,
Fee hers Imeeeth this lowly thatch
Leri a eweasst bard was Nm
melds tate beDiesell hat 1 fed
Lits stn who elates a thine,
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The eearathisid breed Melte :
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Plumbing. (testing. Electric.
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Beginning of the Romance.
"Was your first meeting with your
wife romantic?"
"Extremely so. it occurred at a
picnic. I wee eating a very ripe to-
mato and some of it squirted into her
eye." . e
quartera really look
Prepare for Sleighing
Retort purchasing
for the coming win-
ter, call and inspect
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t.be cutters manu-
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Steamship ticket. on sale by
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Full particulars and tickets tram F. F
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north of MscEtvan's Coal
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it means footwear that will stand up
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