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The Signal, 1918-3-14, Page 22 THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 191`1 THF SIGNAL - GODERICH, ONTARIO I coed with their great publicownerihip al)!7•+ enterprise treed from fettering inter- otgl I ference m hands hostile to the public pro- enterprise Globe. fUB SIGNAL PRINTING (U., Leo. What "fettering interference" is Sir Pvat,Iaaw Adam Beck meeting in his enterprises? Is it not nearer the fact to say that he is allowed to do as he pleases? The Hydro is a great institution whose' benefits are much more obvious in Toronto than tit a THURSDAY. MARf711 14, 1911+ - EDITORIAL NOTES. It looks like spring. It feels like spring - perhaps it is spring. Mr. John Sowerby ks that Gode- rich should raise 500 pigs this year. Is he trying to get the name of "Hogtown" plastered on to this town ? Remember that when you do your shopping at home your money is more likely to return to you than if you send it to the city mail-order house. Mrs. Ford. who wrote the song "Keep the Home Fires Burning," was killed at London last week in a German air raid. The Germans cannot kill the song. The Fifth Division has been broken up. if this had occurred before the Military Service Act was passed. it would have been attributed to the failure of the voluntary system. Maple sugar is the quickest money- making harvest in air the business of farming, says an "exchange." Yes -if you happen to have the maple trees. If you have to grow the trees. there's noth- ing quick about it. "Returned soldiers arriving home to Collingwood receive no more attention than an ordinary visitor to the fall fair." says The Enterprise. Goderich was al- most in the same class for a while, but on recent occasions the returning heroes have had a reception more creditable to the town. t'nder regulations which have been is- sued at Ottawa. the profits o( packing houses are to be limited to two per cent. on their gross annual sales. or eleven per cent. on their actual capital investment. These regulations apply only to • those packing houses having a gross annual turnover of $7$0.000 or over: A despatch from Winnipeg announces that last week 1,500 pounds of chicken from th William Davies so 'scold -storage plant were destroyed as i -for u n Good. The chickens had been old - storage since October, 1916. The civic authorities are taking action in the mat- ter and it is to be hoped that stern meas- ures will he taken to prevent such waste in future. TO HELP WIN THE WAR. Greater Production in Town and Country the Duty of Canadians in the Present Crisis -Address by Prof. 5. B. McCready at Town Hall. place like Goderich where the rates are three times as high; but great as ill is. shou'd it not be under the control of the people whose money it is spending:' Has there ever been a proper audit of the ac- counts of the Ontario Hydro -electric Power Commission? The progress of the British troops in Palestine and in Mesopotamia is a bright spot in an otherwise rather gloomy war outlook. The withdrawal of Russia front the struggle may be offset by the paralysis of Turkey, and if the Allies can establish themselves strongly in the Balkans the defection of Russia may be largely dis- counted. Students of the war will keep their eyes on the march of events in the near East. _ The death of John Redmond. the Irish Nationalist leader. is a great misfortune. His patriotism was beyond chal- lenge. and the value of his services to the British Empire in the war crisis can hardly be estimated. He did much to justify the claims of ireland tor home rule. and it is one of the ironies of fate that he did not live to see the consummation of the work to which he devoted a lifetime. Canada is to "go dry" on April 1-t. The manufacture of liquor for beverage purposes is prohibited from that date. a- is also the transportation of liquor from a "wet" area into a "dry'' one. As r.early all of Canada. the exceptions being a number of municipalities in Quebec. is already under prohibition law. the refect will he to dry up the sources from which liquor is now obtainable. The tegulatlens are to remain in force until a year atter the close of the war. EDITORIAL GLEANINGS. Commenting on the suggestion eman- ating from the Bruce county council that the three counties of Bruce. Grey and Huron combine their gaols and use the Walkerton gaol. The Owen Sound Sun says it wouldn't do at all. Owen Sound gaol. it appears. does more business than the other two counties combined and the expense of sending prisoners by rail would be prohibitive. The Sun quotes figures from the Attorney -General's reports. showing the total' number of prisoners committed during the past five years to be as follows: Owen Sound. 90. 128, 72. 9x. W, a total for the five years of 452. Code. rich. 37, 54, 46, 32. :ti, a total of 193. Walkerton, 32, 43. 30, 37. 21. a total 163. Of the 452 prisoners ^ent up in G 432 were sentenced at Owen Sound. The Greater Production meeting held 1 in the town hall on Monday- even ing of last week was not as well attended as might have peen expected from the importance of the ob- I ject in viewrbut as the weather was un- 1 favorable this fact may account for the small number in attendance from the i tow nsbips. There was a fair. though by 1 no means large. representation of towns- people. Mawr W ogle. who presided. welcomed the members of the Colborne and Gude- rich township Farmers' Clubs and ex- pressed the hope that the meeting would help to do away' with the lack of mutual understanding between the farmers and the townspeople. The one QAbbject of the meeting was increased prodtaction. The toen-pegpl were prepared to say to the farmers. f Sou will increase your acreage we will see ahf,ut the labor supply. The question of wgges could be eliminated the discussion. His Worship then called on Mr. H. K. Revell. pf the Gpderich township Farm- ers' Club, who explained the origin of this meeting. The meeting last year. at which there was manifested a great deal of misunderstanding between the town and the country people. was called by the townspeople : this meeting was vir- tually called by the Farmers' Clubs. Production this Bear depended on the labor question. Canada could feed the world if labor were available for the farms. it was said that a cargo of wheat grown i.t Canada was worth -in the'way of helping to win the war -three or four times the same quantity of wheat grown in Australia. because it took so much longer to transport the wheat from Aus- ' tralia. The town could grow its own supply- of vegetables and also provide 1 hundreds o: helpers -men. boys and girls 1 -for the farms. The town and the !country must co-operate. Last year tie (the speaker, had employed fourteen girls on his farm. and their work was sat isfactory. The trouble was that he had Ito go all over town to find the girls when they were needed; there should be some organization whereby helpers could be. secured without all this trouble and waste of time. Prof. S. B. McCready. of the Provincial Organization of Resources Committee. was then introduced and gave an illumin- ating talk on the situation which con- fronts us at the present time. He said we should be able to use all the time be- tween now and seeding in organizing for increased crops. fbe Organization of Resources Committee, established two years ago by the Ontario Government. was a sort of efficiency council. designed to secure the very best possible effort to- wards winning the war and to. provide for conditions after the war. It included members of both parties in the Legisla- ture. representative farmers. business men. transportation men. and others Last year the attention of the Committee was devoted largely to ford production. The High School boy effort. the Victory loan campaign and the British Red Cross campaign also were matters in which the Organization Committee had been en- gaged There was no need to debate the ques- tion of the necessity of increased produc- tion. The situation overseas was des- perate. so far as food was concerned. and the next sixty days would be the most critical periudef the war. -10 France the people were living from hand to mouth. depending upon cargoes from overseas. There was a fear that France and Italy might go to pieces as a result of lack of food. It was lack of food that brought on the Russian revolution. and the enemy push against Italy was successful largely because of the ford shortage and the co n- sequent discontent in the Italian ranks. There was even a possibility of Britain's breaking loan. Shortage of food would very quickly undermine the morale of the civilian people. and in'turn that of the men at the front when they learned that the people at .home were suffering. The submarine situation was not at all satis- factory. The speaker said he would not be surprised if the Government were to take all the wheat in the elevators. We in this country were not vet or- ganized ;or war. They were more strict in the matter of Good regulations in the United States than we are in Canada; they seemed to be more in earnest over there. This rreefing was for the purpose of or- ganizing Goderich and the district for the ginning of the war. He could not speak vi ith authirity as to any plans of the Government. but both at Ottawa and at Toronto the Governments were pledged to do their utmost. He thought there would be no conscription of labor for production purposes. The labor representatives said they were quite willing to have thei forces conscripted on a military basis i the Government would carry out its pro The occupations of the 2'34 members composing the new House of Commons, according to figures compiled by W. F. O'Connor, general returning officer, are: Barristers, 73; notaries, 3; conveyancer, 1; physicians. 23; veterinaries, '2; dentist. 1; farmers, 39; rancher, 1; publishers and journalists. 11: educationists, 2; manu- facturers. 3; lumber operators, 7; con- tractors, 2; merchants, 22; brokers and agents, 17; plumber. 1; ra !way conductor. 1; land surveyor. 1: military officers, 4. in addition to the four members who are designated as officers and soldiers, there will be about a dozen others in the House Oho have served in the war. WAR TAX ON INCOMES. Those Enjoying Highest incomes Will Pay Largest Amount. Ottawa. March 11. -If the income war tax law. about to be applied. did nothing more than cause a national stock -taking, it would serve a !post useful Purpose. The taking of an inventory of one's re- sources intariabl' induces a desire to save, and a desire to save, when translated, as it very frequently is, into a determination to save. means getting on with the war, as well as happiness all around. This process: first an inventory of one's resources. then a desire to save. applied to every unmar- ried person. or widow and widower with- out dependent children. receiving an in- come of $1.600 and over, and to all other persons receiving an income of $3,000 and over, will unquestionably result. in a large proportion of cases, in a determina- tion to save. And that means more gen- eral prosperity and renewed national strength. • But a national stock -taking is only in- cidental, of course, to the chief purpose of the income war tax. which is to pro- vide revenue for the prosecution of the war in as equitable a manner as possible. The tax is to be graduated, according to one's ability- to pay. Those who are in receipt of only a living wage or salary will not be called upon to pay; those enjoying the highest incomes will be called upon to pay the greatest amounts. and the great body of income receivers between' will be called upon to pay in their due proportion. Moreover. the purpose of the act is to distribute the burden equitably among all classes. Hy way of illustration, the farmer will- be required to add to the value of his actual income the value of the home-grown products which his oan family consumes. This places the farmer on a plane with the salaried man, the valueofwhose services is wholly repre- sented in the income receiv._d and agains which he:must charge all his living ex - Canada has established a war record -that is the envy of the world. It s coir- tain that the Canadian people will run true to form in answer to this latest call of their war Government._ Dreadful Goings. - "De you know there are times when it 1 is positively terrifying to enter a church. - observed a lady to the Bishop of Lincoln, at a dinner gaily. "That cannot be. madam," returned the bishop: "pray explain." "Why," said the lady. "it is when there is a canon at the reading desk, a big on in the pulpit: when the bishop is charging his clergy. the choir murdering the anthem and they organist trying to drown tilt choir... A special committeeof the Legislature is to review the Provincial Assessment Act. with a view to a revision of the Act, if found advisable. at the next session of the Legislature. This will afford a fresh opportunity for the presentation of the views of those who consider the chef fault of the present assessment system th be the penalty it le'Aes upon improve- ments. Why not give municipalities the right to exempt improvements, in whole or in part, from taxation? Would this not give a great impetus to industry? Guelph is to launch an interesting ea- periment in municipal government. At present the city has six public utility commissions. These are to be done away with and their work is to be handed over to the city council. in order to secure continuity of administration, six of the eighteen Members of the council are to he elected for three years, six for two years, and six for one year only, and the Mayor is to he elected by the council. Probably this system will be found to have some advantage and some drawbacks. Good municipal gov- ernment depends rather upon the men who interest themselves in it than upon the system under which then' work. There will be no public plaint over the Legislative vote of nine million Holtan to the Hydmelertric Power Cnmmiscion of Ontario for development work and exten- sons if evidence is forthcoming that the provincial Government to let Sir Adam Beck and his cgues pre - A woman makes a rival happy by envy- ing her. gestions of Prof. M.'Cready. The bowl- stJotJoa� ung club, the Canoe Club, the churches rhtArr� and other societies might organize for the cultivation of a few acres; it would be a W. ACHESON & SON pleasant way of carrying on the work. Mr. McCready said there were signs that the lab x ;situation would not be so i acute this year. In the cities sten were looking for work. Applications kw help might be made to the Labor Bureau at 1 15 Kingstreet- east, Toronto. or to the 1 Labor ureau at the London House, Lon- don. Mr. John Sowerby said parents should be so interested in the struggle that is going on that they would get their chil- dren at work. Ile was sorry that the people is so grave a situation should be so indifferent as not to come out to al meeting such as this. He felt like apolo- 1 gizing ;for the unlit number of farmers present. lie feared we were not hearing the worst of the situation in England. 1 Ile considered that 500 pigs should be . raised in Goderich this year. If Cana- dians did not compete with the Germans in thrid( they -night find the Germans on top. the thought the Governments were lax, half asleep. The people, he believed, were ready for food rations. Mr. Sowerby spoke of the large quan- tities of beans that could not be sold be- cause of the condition they were in, and the following resolution was adopted: Moved by Mr. John Sowerby. seconded by Mr. O. Ginn: "That. in view of the great scarcity of food in the allied coun- tries. the Dominion Government be re- quested to cons der the advisability of , establishing drying plants for the pur pose of conserving the large crops of ductive plans as a state undertaking, but they would not consent to being con- scripted to work for individual farmers. For this year at least labor would be on a voluntary basis and Goderich district must look alter itself as far as it can, must organize itself and stop looking to the Government. Goderich should aim to feed itself. There were three ways in which the peopled the town could work: (1) Cultivating land within the town; (21 cu tivating lard adjoining the town; 3) helping the fanners. There should be Mann' ng to prevent the growing of too much of one thing. Neighbors might co- operate in cultivating lots. The idea was to grow things to take the places of wheat and meat as far as possible. There was no vegetable so all-round acceptable and profitable asAn acre of potatoes would .eed ortf y people. Every second helping of potatoes would save a slice of bread. The children should be well organized and their work supervised. Backyard gardening might be left to the women and children, and other lots looked after by ' the men and bigger boys. Parents could do nothing better for their children than to get them fond of gardening. There might be a school fair in the fall, with prizes well distributed rather than given t� a few. This year all forms til idling should be discouraged. Pleasure-seekmg this year would not be good Canadianism. An effort should be made to have every bit of ground put to production. The speaker gave interesting examples of what had been done in a number of Ontario towns last year in the matter of production. For work outside of Goderich co-opera. tive schemes might be profitable. Sane fanners might hesitate about putting in an increased acreage and risking labor and seed. and their friends in town might help by advancing money for seed and taking chances with the farmer. Anything the townspeople could produce would release food for overseas. The food shortage would last for two or three years, whether the war went on or nut. Suggestions for Farmer. For ft rmers, too. he suggested that co - ( and organization were advis- abte. A raeeting should be called by the council in each township to organize for greater Production. He suggested a (cod production committee for each township with a good strong man at the head of it; a production "captain" in each palling subdivisions, and a "lieutenant" for each back or school section; and each officer should make a thorough canvass. Each! township officer should make a map of his district, finding out what crops will be raised and what help will be needed. Then they could come to the town and show lust what was heeded in .ole way of labor. Huron could do a most valuable service by increasing its production of beans. If the wheat were taken beans would be very useful as a subetit Another suggestion that those who have boys and girls at high schools should encourage them to get out and help the I farmers. Cooperation --team play -was what was wanted this year to back up the magnificent work of the boys over There was a somewhat general d Mon following Mr. McCready's address. Resolutioas Adopted. The following resolution was moved by Mr. E. V. Lawson, of Dunlop, seconded by Principal }fume. and adopted: "That whereas it is desirable that all- possible llpossible efforts be directed to agricultural production during the season now ap- proacting, and whereas farmers as a rule cannot successfully compete with+urban industries in the matter of wagges. this meeting. representing the Goderich Township Farmers' Club, the Colborne Farmers Club and the citizens of the town of Goderich, would respectfully urge upon the Ontario and Dominion Governments that a fund be instituted from which may be paid to fa -m workers recruited from urban industries the dif- ferencebetween a fair normal wage to be paid by the farmer and the wage earned by such workers in their ordinary em- ployment, and that payments be made from such fund under regulations to be made by the Departments of Agriculture." Speaking to the motion, Mr Lawson saidit was not fair to expect the urbanite to work for the wage the farmer can pay. The difference in wages between town and country was one of the things that had caused an exodus from the farms. Many townspeople thought the farmers were profiteerers, and some farm people thought the townspeople were parasites. They should get together. so that poorer people might have food as well as the splendid men at the front. Pn , ipal Hume agreed that farmers could not afford to pay the wages paid r in factories and it was wise that the Gov- ( ernment should be asked to make up the - 'difference. He was pleased with the sug- s- TiMBER GIRLS HARD AT WORK WITH CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS. A'forage wrpra nenposed of women is now attached to the Canadian Forestry Corps, which is feeling timber in the Cumberland wrxde. The jirls work for the great part in the big sawmills. where they hew. M^ -r a-sd; t_i a varic'y of useful duties, hitherto migrated ddy by men. The picture 'Wry tb' girls ca: rying very h avy loaie. s that were raised last year and are not available for food in their present con- dition.'. ucs�na�,�tyss�pnyo�o��rrn�r�e�c�n��es��tt��e Others who took part in the discussion Mill At>t7oAoflntfloftiof'f[rfleotlofltexfle fioAoti were Mr. George Laithwaite and Mr. Revell. Mayor Wigle said the banks - - - were prepared to lend matey to any man, p: A vote of thanks was to end to Mr. McCready. and the meeting concluded with the singing of the National Anthem. Spring Coats and Coatings A very stylish showing of new Coats for early spring. The styles are very smart and practical. Materials are of excellent Tweeds, Worsteds, Silks, etc. Prices range $15, $18, $20, $25 and $30. Dress Silks A very large choice in new Taffetas, Poplins, Satin Duchess, French Failles, in all leading colors and shades, also black. All 36 to 40 inches wide. Excep- tional values at per yard $1.50, $1.60, $1.75 and $2.00. Dress and Suiting Serges 54 -inch all -wool French Suiting or Coating Serges at ore -war prices, in navys, blacks, browns and greens. Qualities which will be impossible to procure very soon. At per yard $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50. • W ACHESON & SON • woman or could to buy a n� for raising. IIIIIII{IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIUIIIIINIHIIIIIIIOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL MUST CONSERVE FUEL. All the anthracite coal used in Eastern Canada and much of the bituminous Lig coal. is from mines situated in the United 11 s S.ates. Munitions plants alone have in- creased the demand upon United Me States coal suppl es by 100 million tons a a year. Due to labor and transporta- tion shortage, the output could be in- creased by only 42,000.000 tons Con- servation and the use of substitutes must make up the balance. Present indications are that the coal shortage sill be more serious next winter than this. I = The extensive use of wood fuel. par- ticularly in rural communities. is being urged. both in the United States and 1 Canada. to help relieve the present s tua- tion and to avert possible disaster next winter. 13 Wood for next winter's use should be = cut now', to allow time for seasoning. Farmers and rural communities gener- ally can render a distinct patriotic ser- vice by reverting to the use of wood fuel. thus, at the same time. hetptng to relieve the shortage of coal and of freight cars. Substitute team haul or water transporta- tion for rail haul. so tar as practicable. it may become necessary to restrict �I even more closely than has. yet been done the allotment and distribution of coal in sections where wood (fuel is available. Prudence demands provision against this contingency. A large production of wood fuel is the best safeguard against extortionate prices., Municipal woodyards will, in many cases. help solve the problem. The large ' New SDrin2 Footwear AT POPULAR PRICES Have a look at our snappy styles of up-to-the-minute FE - Footwear. Made in grey. chocolate, black vici kids, E patent and calf leathers, at last season's prices, owing to our contracts being placed several months in advance of 3 the recent rise in spring and ow summer footwear. SEE OUR WINDOWS for prices on nigger -brown Boots, made with Neolin soles and rubber heels. SHARMAN THE SHOE MAN operations thin involved will rustily the IInIIlilnlnillnnnlllMN lIIMIIIIiIIIIIIIInninl illllllllllllllllllllllllllllli use p power saws. and power splitters. 1 and perhaps also of mo' a trucks for haul- , ing. The ,abshortage will in some ! or make it desirable to transport th 2 I large factor in the wood fuel situation. a sufficient stand of the thrifty stock. to the municipal yards in Inc . 1t is. however, of the utntoht importance Protect the yo'inr growth. Retain the hs. there to be cut up and split by I that the wood -lot be not destroyed by I Crest cover on all lands not suitable. ,w the useof machinery cutting clean. Remove dead. diseased. !not needed far cultivation.-Coneerva- farmer's mood -lots should become a defective and over -mature trees, leavin; I tion. 3 a Income Tax Forms Are now available Retdrns must be filed on or before 31st March THE Dominion Income War Tax Act requires you to fill in one or more of the five special Forms provided before 31st March, 1918. In order to assist the public to understand just what is required of them.. information on each Form is given below. Read carefully, then get three copies of the form that fits your case and fill them in. Answer all questions fully and accurately. For making false statements, a penalty of 510,000 or sti months' imprisonment, or both, is provided. Individuals. -A11 persons unmarried, and all widows or widowers without dependent children, whose income is $1500 a year or more, must fill in Form T1. All other persona whose income is 53000 or more, use the same Form. Where anv income is derived from dividends, list amounts received from Canadian and Foreign securities separarrly. Fill in pages 1, 2 and 3 only. Do not mark on page 4. Partnerships, as such need not file returns, but the individuals forming the part- nerships must. Corporations and Joint Stack Companies, no matter how created or organized, shall pay the normal tax on income exceeding $3000. Use Form T1 -giving particulars of income. Also attach a financial statement. Under Deductions, show in detail amounts paid to Patriotic Fund and Canadian Red Cross or other approved War Funds. Trustees, Executors, Administrators of Estates and Assignees use Form T3. Full particulars of the distribution of income from all estates handled must be shown as well as details of amounts distributed. A separate Form must be filled in for each estate. Enspleyars must use Form T4 to give names and amounts of salaries. bonuses, commissions and other remuneration paid to all employees during 1917 where such remuneration amounted in the aggregate to 51000 or over. Corperatl n Lists of Shareholders. -On Form TS corporations shall give a statement of all bonuses, and dividends pard to Shareholders rending in Canadsf during 1917 stating to whom paid, and the amounts. Figure, in every case are to censer 1917 inaotne-.l Forms must be filed by 31st March. For neglect, a flute M Ilia for each day of default may ba ksgosed. In the case of Forma T1 and T2, keep one copy of the 'filled in Form and file the other two with the inspector of Taxation for your District. In the case of T3. T4 end TS, keep one copy and file the other two, with the 'Commissioner of Taxation. Dept. of Finance, Ottawa. Forms may be obtained from the District Inspectors of Taxation and from the Paoli master at alt leadlwi mettles. Notice onto M poid on oil fete, e u d r eines', for100r164 by ata.l at /a specter of % asarwa. Depa,tmenf of Finanre, Ottawa, Canada INSPECTOR OF TAXATION, GEORGE R. TAMBLING, LONDON, ONT.