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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1919-5-8, Page 29 --Thursday, May S. 1919. Oa a10 ig1UNLL PRINTING Ott. , LTD PCRI.IaHaRP Thursday, May 8, 1919. THE TARIFF ANI) HIGH PRICES. THJ , Q(I4, -- - 0611110111, ONT. The influence of high tariff duties on the cost of living must not be overlooked. The protected manufacturer puts up his • price under cover of the tariff; the whole safer takes his profit on the increase d price. or, it he imports. adds the duty to the price of the article and calculates his', profit on the total: the retailer also cal- culates his price on the cost of the article ' alien it reaches him. and by the time it gets to the ultimate consumer he has to pay not only the legitimate charges of the middlemen but also two or three profits on the duty, or. if it is an article manu- :ac ured in this country, on the extra pries. which the tarifa enables the manu- facturer to charge. So an endless chain of increased prices is started. The wage- earner. with higher prices to pay for almost everything he buys. demands in- creased mages, and finds himself no better off with them than when he was getting lower wages in an era of lower prices. To reverse the process and begin to get back to reasonable prices. the rational thing to do is to lower the to ifl. The special duty of 7S per cent. added as a war measure should be taken off at once, and other duties which bear heavily on the people should be Immediately revised. There would still be left a large measure of prote.tion-I(o large, in our opinion; but the structure built up, by protection is so rickety that too sudden and severe a damages. The gust might inflict heavy process of freeing trade must be gradual. The manufacturers must recognize that very large and increasingly powerful in- terests in the country are demanding district close to Niagara would allow of a 1t9 Always &St veryccxparatreduction theprice offthe comparatively small amounts used in the outlying districts. If the price at —To Be Well on the Safe Side the Niagara end were fixed at the rate at which Hydro could successfully c xnpete with private power. and instead of making further reductions at that end the aur - pluses were applied towards making the price uniform, or more nearly uniform. throughout the wlrole system. the success of the project would be unimpaired. the ouVying districts would be using more power. and the whole system would be in 1 hetter shape. Mr. Castor in his address in Goderich the Detre night tri d to show that the flat When buying Tea, insist on getting The Tea with a Quarter of a Century of rate would be imlxacucable on the as Unrivalled Public Service. a 52• sutoption that districts to which it would be utterly unprofitable to supply Niagara of th sr municipalities which are satisfied power would demand it. and at the with the pros-nt method of Belling power; uniform rate. Clearly the Province could but Goderich has other ideas. and is not not supply power from Niagara to James Aker ',laves with a long haul tryst In the west. the peke would Ise so Mich in Iw •�: 44.11141 hut 1141cttstnme 1 had They would all 11441 With the; t•heup•r tomlp•litori, lu til . ase'of Geu1PriclI itw'It, If the prier of ta,wer ileacs wits overlcaelel pith the ,'sirs lout of taewer t•arrled to p.hats where the .•stwnse. of ale- Ilyery wou1.l 1.e• rivessire, it wouM uiake a prohibitive rate iu Golerii•h at which steam power, pr.atm•er gas. gasedlne foul other G.rtus of power would be more economical. Then' is only law way of distril.uting paver sm'.rrsfulty 51141 (1114 1. tit 44101. l'Nw'er ut 4ost (t t1W Mel lit and watch- word of tlw+itlydrlr-haw trpc system. and there is not a watt delivered any- where in the Province that Is not given at the eheulu•-t possllde note, bearing at tlw same time its dale *Karl' of all boats incurred in tl,tumon. and to Oust extent ale./ n•liecwl of e'SIWO a tl.rongh joint u.Non, loot bearing tlw entire float of all sersitr liter rrwl for the paint of delivery Orme, and outside any Joint w'rvbr taste .In common with other pisirs. This is the true principle ut mercies- at ercitt.at ,nit. aoaf 4 .tilerh 10 ut,. 1st h, (net it clearly in Whtd. This is all very well from the standpoipt lower tariffs. To in conciliator' part of wisdom. rather than by an un• yielding attitude to arouse antagonisms that might bring about much more sweeping changes than are at present contemplated. a meet manner moderate demands would be the THE TORONTO WORiD AND. I UNIFORM/ TOWER RATER. The Toronto World pays some attention to the campaign for u;r:f •rm power rates i and in an editorial article says: Godiril•h is still agiti1,+1 over the ides of getting u nut rate for'Hydro 1:1w•trie power for all tarts of uhtario. limp of the Ilial.'1•il•h officials has linea writing ho tIle press rls•fendiiie the idea. and asserting that it is uo• a pian to benefit G.slerteta merely. but for the ndvuutaite of places that fay twice at,. 11111111 as Grsterleh d.*'s. 1-;.inity unit Jtt.-tice demands It. he de- g -Lite* further. sod he s.'te'cts th.• .•c- uiuple' of n !sot' of municipalities clubbing together cud owning a soft nano•. ill whish saw• a uniform prier. be stlbtuits, would be Just its feaahl.. its • u nnifurW rote fur postage un oat letters, rt'ganllees of the dlst.eces they are carried." This Is an nufurtottWte Illastrertim for his argutueut. coal and Hydras sower nee uu all fours its regards peke, lout postage Is not, and for one 1,1a'•if1 cud 11.1 111.1118r reawtu. The 11,0,4111 ,oilier Is a tit onopoly. and coal Mimi hydro 1a,w.•r are not. If the (nails were not pro led riga hist competi- tion. the short hauls on the hulk of the letters w'nnld never be ro•alilA'll to pay for the hung hauls. 11 it hundred and fifty Wunbeipalittes in Ontario Joined together to own ea coal mite anywhere they would tusk.• x eoluumna charge for the overhead es prose us for as the uverhend had u colnmuu inrideuee. SHY' the tn1111P W11 in the United States. All the coal cowing to outario wntild (otitic In. let us ustuute, by Niagara Falls. .The charge',. would Is• ((outmost up to that print. Then. aeenrding to the Gale- rfl.h kiss. if Masora Falls wits x party to the 11grt+•weut, that city would have to Ia•y 11811 the tcpllee for whatever its proportion wnnld Ile• of the divided cost 1 of carrying the coal wanted in Gob•rieli to its desthation. \\-lull woittd Is' the rc.ult:' Niagara Falls wntild bur front the competing supplies that were ifvaihehlt in Ningaru Fells to Is• 11811 from dealers who were not leatalfl•appd 1.y helping to pay the cost of the railway charges of /0101 earnest to Toronto, to I:olerich. or v,ther padlras. Now 1111* ie exactly the ease with Ilydra-Electric power. The power Is pralnt''l at Niagara. amt has to 1*' carried, just as nitwit as mai is car - 11141. to the pIsc.' where It is to be 11.41. Power is not carried is wagons, like coal. lout over -,title4 and wires. Tire *witless of t11P Hydro -Electric /whets.. hu* depmde•el on the ahsnlutely jnst and fair apportionment of the cwt of tits 1 earids ge to the munitl- iatitles W1114.11 eou.nnle It. 1t I* clear that It does not Goa a* much for power ID Niagara, where It Is prorhn•ed, a* in !tondos, where It La* been en riled icer the 1.01111*. ('imaivile'Iatly Maga rat is Charged for the /Dost of production. end not for cerebral-. 1f the erect of earringe to Hamiltnn were added to the Nieman pprtr. the other power compelnteels world undersell the Hydro power. and the Nie gnrl psq,lI. would very sensibly boy from them. Sleet of the power delivered in tln- tarlo gm.. from Meese. to ihzndaa All 0( thst power *hares the eosin and eef vonveynn. to Dundalk 11 li 1141.14.11 from there over different lines ggotc west a041 north. The coot, .*o eat- • i1 I* e•umitton to any group of IItM,., 1s divided among thou' lith'*. Kr, far all en*t 1s particular to any munt- Gine on that municipality 100(0 had to *hare the power to elt.rderich sod adults scarcely ever meet, unless they happen to go to the same church, or be - lung to the Farmers' Club or Women's Institute. Much as the telephone. rural mail delivery and the out) are doing to relieve the isolation of country lite. and to save time for the farmer;. the change they are bringing about is not all gain. A Teacher With Goal Ideas. Galt Reporter. One of the teachers heard at the an• nual convention of the Ontario Educa- tional Association this week. one hailing from a rural section, was Mr. W. H. Johnston, of Kippen. His topic had naturally Udo with life in the country and in discussing it he made some wise suggestions. Deploring the lack 01 arti- ficial beauty in rural sections, he pleaded for earnest effortpn the part of teachers. trustees and all others in improving the natural beauty of the Provence, explain- ing what is being done along this line in Huron. Such improvement work. he maintained. would help to hold the rural population in the country and ad greatly to the value of farm property. He advocated the planing of trees, the m ole S. alone in this respect' as many municipal- Bay or Manitoulin Island; neither doesleveling of the roadsides the l Pr menta of lanes, fences and farm build a' ities are coming to realize the undesirab'e • the Federal Government give a postal logs and urged the As ociatinn to give conditions that will surely follow the service to Baffin Land. Those in charge municipai councils more authority to - pres. nt plan. The one-sided development of these things are supposed to use coin- � wen the h work cpointlrn outby ow of the Provincewhich is now going on, as mon sense. The Provincial Hydro Com- States of the Onion on municipalities in the result of the extremely low races for mission could map out the district that order to prudu.e a more attractive rural al poste in the district within a radius of could profitably be supplied with power 11;e. fifty miles r so of N agara Falls, is not to from Niagara. and likewise the districts When teachers start a propaganda of this sort ofd prejudices against pressure be regarded with unconcern; and as that could be served from other water- Iron without will break down. Sta,uid Niagara power is the property of the power sources. end any part of the Prov- preachers for them in th• call for co - whole Province, and not of 'the Niagara , ince that could not he included in one or operation a mg neighbors the etfe.:t district alone. the people of the Province I other of these districts would have to use would be se ` 10 such conditionsn in nt 1 may determine that some better way 011 some other kind of piw'er or do without: counaddress befoxe the Assxapication. using it it can be devised than that which I just as the man who does not live on a •abouts we have men on the farms proud commends itself tc1 The Toronto World' road served by the rural mail delivery oto of •their surroundings and municipal and other city papers. to submit to the comparative inoon- improvers exerting a beneficent influence. lenience of walking to the postoHSce. May their tribe increase. The World says that the Hydro system and the postal service are different be- ams* one is a monopoly a+d the other is not. But the Hydro system can be made a monopoly. and it is not at all unlikely that in time it will be. In the meantime. a small increase ••n price per horsepower on the Targe quantity of power used its the DALLEY BAKING POWDER/ CONTAINS NOALU —" GIVES sure results—and makes most delicious biscuit, cake and pastry—because it is pure and wholesome. TRY IT. e Y THE POUND 5 ZE FOR ECONOMY. IDENTIFIED elf THIS MARK OF QW*LITM\ COFFEE, CAKIr;] posvor_R, MUSTARD DRESSING, exteacYS TFa F. F. DALLCY CORPORATIONS L0:nit.t, Ha'nitten, Cassie WH -1T OTHERS SAY. Where Radials Are Needed. Guelph Mercury. It) H. F. Gadsby. All the argument for main lines first iOttawa. May u. -A gulp or two- dota not listen good to the men frtxn tete the Government had to choke the• until such lines are down it will probably be ten or twenty year= before an electric road is connecting the sm tiler villages with the county towns. The need is more desperate because they haven't a road of any descripudn, and they would like to have the feeders necessary when the time came to support a main line. Net an l'nlsliseel Blessing. 4 Ur lI A farmer friend was lamenting to The Parket the other day that modern -con- veniences" were destroying the sociabil- ity ot country lite. Nei,thbors no longer meet act exchange greetings and gossip at the postoffice and the corner store. The mail is delivered and taken up daily at the farmers own gate. 1f neigh - boa have husiness to transact they use the telephone. instead of driving over, and so five minutes suffices for what would formerly have taken an hour. or More and me. the tendency is for the young people to hie them off to town by automcibile in the evenings. instead of holding so: a concerts of their own. And so it is coma to pass that families can live on a !joining farm and the SWALLOWING THE RAIL- WAYS. ba k townshIf the ' have to wait ips. y thing down with the closure -and the bill incorporating the Canadian Na tional Railways Company passed tai House. The bill having been rendered. so to speak, all Canada has to do now is i t0 pay it. Our expertment in public, ownership will 'cost us 17t1,000,000 thew year in repairs and betterments and there's t more to follow. Opportunity for Retail Merchants THE next few years will mark a tremendous change in the business of retailing. Motor Transportation, now reduced to a low-cost basis must revolutionize local trading just as Railroad Transportation revolu- tionized national trading. As men everywhere grasp this idea, as they seize the opportunity for business growth that now presents itself, the retail business will be operated on a higher, more efficient plane. The public will be better served. Larger and more varied stocks will be offered for sale. Batter and bigger stores ,will appear. The Ford One -Ton Truck makes available this opportunity. It is Motor Transportation at low cost ---low first Dost, low mainten- ance coat, low operating teat. Mae (Chassis ..y) as $7PO L w I. dead, oat. 1 lAa P. J. MacEwan, Dealer A small outlay will motorize your deliveries and open to you the opportunity for business expansion. Complete Trucks— Two Standard Bodies, Ordinary hauling and deli work can be best adapted to two Atvadard types --the Stake Body and Express y. These two body types are kept in stock ready for immediate dehvery. They insure the maximum efficiency from the Ford Truck. They give the buyer of a Ford Truck the recognized benefits of Ford production. Both types have the Enclosed Cab with the two-way windshield which gives the driver proper protection from the weather. See these complete trucks. Seize the qpportunity to enlarge your field of business. Let us solve your delivery problem. al Stan.iard F..d Seals alta- Get aur Prices - Goderich 41/1111.0 CONGOLEUM RUGS Serviceable and handsome patterns now showing at special prices. Size 2x2 yards $ 4.00 3x3 yards 10.00 3x3i yards 13.00 1 3x4 yards 15.00 BrusselsRugs Special reduced prices on all lines of Brussels and Wilton Rugs. Every size in stock up to 4x4 yards. Curtain Nets 38 -inch hemstitched Scrims and:Marquisettes in arab, white or ivory. Regulari40cifor 25c Tapestry Squares Heavy pile, and in neat patterns, browns. greens, etc. 2%x3 yards $15.00 3x3 yards 12.00 3,3% a yards $20.00 3x4 yards $25.00 Suiting Serges No doubt the Government will give us :E taime tnce to invest ino time and show rttowamucb weltove 111111111A111111111111IIII111111111111IIIUAIIIIIIIIIlll1111111111111111111111111111111111111ler 42, 48 and 54 -inch navy and black Suiting Serges, all pure wool. Beautiful stock and quality.uantity limited. but from our old reserve stock. At per yard $2.25, $3.00, $3.50. Ladies' Coats, Skirts, Suits and Waists Ready-to-wear, select and high-class choice. 1 is S MimM MEM GOSSARD CORSETS. We carry all styles. W. ACHESON & SON s our country at five or c nt. or better. One ot the speakers ahuded to our latest aoquisitiox► as a half -billion dollar ele- pltaut. An el- pliant like that eats a lut ul hay, but twboCy will complain if it does the work aria siwas results. It is quite true that its chief feeder -0C slut OUgut to be its chtet trader -that is to say, the thing it rakes the hay together with -in other words, the Grand Trunk - u nut an integral part of our elephant yet, but we have hopes. The Act is wide enough to take in any elephant or any part of an elephant, and although our elephant s feet are hobbled ; to the extent that he is not allowed to underbid the C. P. K. on freight raves Ithe time may cume-not yet nor very soon -when public ownership .of rauways will accomptistt its real purpose: which is service, nut dividends. . Meanwhile here will be htteen dime- ; tors on the board of the Canadian Na - 1 tonal Railways Company -not a labor ramong them -and the one share- er will be the Dominion of Canada. hom the directors will report via the ernor in -Council. This means that directors' meetings will be about as public as directors' meetings usually are. While admitting that the Dominion of Canada is the only shareholder -indeed, the Government made nu attempt to deny a - Sir Thomas did not take the House into his conndence on the subject of the bondholders -the canny fellows. for example, who bought up C. N. K. bonds at forty cents on the dollar and now find them at par because Canada stands behtnd them. Naturally, the Act said nothing about there lucky dogs; it would have been ar. unkind Act if it had. and very cruel to some goad friends of Union Government. Perhaps it was a certain nervousness that the House might get round to this ticklish subject that suggested the closure to Mr. Metghen, who has the kind of disposition to which closures appeal. The House has been dawdlin{ over all sorts of wall stuff, wasting daylight and electric Might worth a thousand dollati an hour to the ratepayers. on any kind of piffle that would stave off the tariff until Premier Borden could get hack with five cents on the dollar -or less -and becloud all the other issues- The Government has had all sorts of time to squander on knighthood debates arid Sir Sam's little quarrels, but as soon as it got round to the Canadian National Railways Company it was in such a devil,( a hurry that Mr. Meighen had to clap the closure on before the question was fairly opened. The closure had not been used since 1913, when it was em- ployed to expedite Premier Borden's dreadnoughts which never got near the water, having done a I their fighting in the House of Commons. The closure, as 1 remember it, is always trotted out when there is a menace to be discussed. The menace in this case was not, I take it, public ownership, but the want -to -know spirit. which makes sarcas- tic remarks about the nigger in the wood- pile when the Government refuses to answer questions. Sir Thomas, it is true, carried the war into Africa when he hinted that the Opposition was in love with the C. P. R., whereas (he Govern- ment doted on public ownership but the words of the man who made the famous speech on Naboth's vineyard did not c rry conviction. In short. there was considerable dissembling. On the other hand, there is no doubt that the Government has a reap affection 1! the C. N. R. Those who think that the National Railway Company's Act gets rid of Mackenzie and Mann have another guess coining. In some slight disguise or other. we have these two gal- lant gentlemen always with us. We can't 1' '.' them any more than we can Sir Joseph Flavell, or the high cost of living. There is no woodpile on Parliament 11111 where these two blackbeards do not lurk. last session we had them with us collecting the Lad Ten Million, which wee cnnadetably (Continued ou page 3.) i l ADVERTISE IN THE SIGNAL. IT PAYS. Unexpected Company Finds You Ready 1S cents for Id ez- tin THE door bell • rings. You have had a busy morning, but you slip off your apron and go to the door. "How do you dol I'm so glad to see you. Come right in. Of course you'll stay to lunch?" What a comfort to know that on the pantry shelf, handy and ready, you have several cans of Davies Pork and Beans when friends drop in unexpectedly. You are never too busy—never caught unprepared. All you have to do is to heat a can or two of Davies Pork and Beans, (plain or with Tomato Sauce), slice some bread and butter and boil the kettle for tea. And you have a delicious appetising luncheon, ready at a moment's notice. Substantial too. All the nutriment of whole, well cooked, mealy beans, with the delicious flavor of choice pork. Tomato Sauce to give an additional zest if you want it. Packed in 11, 16 and 20 ounce tins, plain or with tomato sauce. Order from your dealer. The William Davies Co., Limited Toronto and Montreal Canada Fond ;laird lin-ken' I know, Nnt. lit 50 and 13-54 ass