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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-8-2, Page 7ISE TAX RILE";�... R MINISTER F FINANCE -Canada's Wealth to Contribute Full Share in Prosecution of the War. A despatch from Ottawa says: -The wealth of Canada will be made to con-. tribute its f1311 share toward the cost of tZ calleY in • on the war, In the Com- mons Sir- Thomas White introduced his income tax proposals and the extent of the toll to be taken of the incomes of the rich met with decided approval from both sides of the House. The Finance Minister proposes to exempt the incomes of single men and widowers without` children up to $2,000, and all other persons up to $3,000: `-'.:, Income Tax and How, it Works Out. Four per cent. upon incomes exceed- ing`$2,000per Annum in the case of unmarried men or widowers without children. The same tax on incomes exceeding $3,000 in the case of other persons. In addition the following super -tax is to be imposed: Where income exceeds $6,000 and does not exceed $10,000, 2 per cent. Where income exceeds $10,000 and does not exceed 20,000, 5 per cent. Where income exceeds $20,000 and does not exceed $30,000, 8 per `cent. Where income .exceeds $30,000 and does not exceed $50,000, 10 per cent. Where "income exceeds $50,000 and does net exceed $100,000, 15 per cent. Where ,income exceeds $100r 000, 25 , per cent. A tax of 4 per 'cent. on incomes, ex - needing $3,000 in the case of corpora- tions or joint stock companies. The plan will work out as follows: Income. ,. Uumarried. Married, $ 4,000' $ 80 $ 40 5,000 120 80, 7,000 220 180• 10,000 400 360 12,000 550 540 15,000 850 810 20,0007,300 1,260 30,000 2,500 2,460 50,000 5,300\ 5,260. 75,000 10,050 10,010 100,000 14,800 ' 1,4,760 "150,000 29,300 29,260 200,000. 43,800 =. 43,760 WAR COSTS CANADA $850,000 A DAY Statement Showing Financial Burden Assumed by the - Dominion. A despatch from Ottawa says:— Canada's war expenditure both in the Dominion and overseas now amounts to over $850,000 a day, This state- ment of the extent of the tremendous financial burden the nation is assum- ing,, in carrying on her part in the great struggle, was given in the Com- mons by 'Sir Thomas White. The Finance Minister gave the figures to the House in explaniing the necessity for the new income taxation. From the. beginning of April to July 20th war expenditure in Canadaamounted, to $39,700,000, and estimated expendi- ture elsewhere, including France, dur- ing the same period, was $52,600;000, or a total of $92,600,000. Taking that total as a rough basis Sir Thomas estimated the daily war outlay now at $850,000 to $900,000. CANADA. OBTAINS $100,000,000 LOAN A despatch from New York says:— J. P:xg & o an Company: announced M that arrangements had been perfected ° for the flotation of a $100,000,000 loan of the Government of the Dominion of Canada, which will be offered to the. American public upon a basis to yield approximately 6 per cent. The loan will be.unsecured, and it will run for two years. The loan to Canada will be the first foreign, Government trans- action that has been undertaken since America's entrance into the European war. FRENCH AND ITALIAN SHIP LOSSES LIGHT A despatch from Paris says: -Dur- ing the week ending midnight July 22 not a single French vessel either over or under 1,600 tons was lost, according. to the official statement. Six French merchantmen were attacked unsuc- cessfully ";during that time by, sub-. . marines. Ships of all nationalities, -. numbering 1,063, entered port' and 937 departed: A despatchsays:—Two from Rome sa s: -Two. Italian steamers were sunk and one, small sailing vessel was damaged dur- ing the,week"ending midnight July 22, says an official announcement Five hundred and ninety-three vessels, with a gross tonnage of 389,815, arrived, and 550 of a tonnage of 403,450`;left port. LOANS BY BRITAIN TO ITER WAR ALLIES A<, despatch from London says:— Bonar Law has made a stateinent in the House of Commons in regard to loans to the allies and 'the dominions. The total.- advances F to the allies are £1,025,000,000 in addition to £146,000,- 000 loaned to the 'dominions, the total being £1,171,000,000. , RUSS TRAITORS R PUT TO Capital Punishment to be Meted Out to Seditious Troops. A despatch from London says: The Russian Government's policy of "Blood and Iron" is to be carried out along lines which bodes i11 for the se- ditious troops along the Eastern front and those persons within the country who are trying : to nullify the good work that has followed in the wake of ,the revolution. Capital punishment; abolished with the advent of the new Government, again. has been put into force on the demand of the military commanders at the. front, who will now be able to assemble field courts-martial and put to death summarily traitors in the army. Gen , Korniloff, commander of the forces. in Galicia, whose disaffec- tion and ' desertions have wrought havoc, in*4Yie Russian morale, was the most insistent of the military chiefs in calling for a free hand to check the refractory troops, declaring that the death penalty was the only means of 'saving the army. FRENCH CAPTURE ENEMY TRENCHES German Losses Are Very Heavy. in Aisne Region. London, July 26.—Again the Ger- mans have made a vicious thrust at the French line in the Aisne region of France, and again they have paid dearly in men killed or wounded for a slight gain. The attack was de- livered over a front of, two miles, from Hurtebise to La Rovelle, but only to the south of Ailles was the Crown Prince's army able to penetrate French first-line trenches. In' Champagne the French have captured German trenches. PLACE NEW BR1DGE;.SPAN ON SEPTEMBER -12TIi A despatch from om Qu ebeo says:—The centre span of the Quebec' bridge will � be put 'in place on the morning of September 12, The event was planned to take place quietly; without wit-" nesses, but an engineer of the com- n isslon is . supposed to have told the secret to -a newspaper man this morn - SUBMARINE TOLL .,WAS'24 VESSELS A despatch from London says:— Twenty-one British vessels of more than 1,600 tons each, and three of less than 1,600 tons each; were sunk last, week by mines or submarines, accord- ing: tothe weekly Admiralty report on shipping losses. ' One fishing vessel was,also lost. VN Markets o the World tosaetuieay.. Tnrentc, J'uiy 31 --*Manitoba wheat— No, 1 Northern, $e.341; No 2 Northern,, nominal store Port William. Manitoba oats --No. 'r C. w„ 844, track lip v ports, American corn --No, 3 yellow;, nominal,. track Toro1At0. Ontario oats—No official' tluotatttons, Ontwrio;wheat—No, 2 11"hirci, per oar lot, $2,05 No., 3, $2,52, nominal, accord- ing to freights outside, Peas ---No. 2, nominal, according to freights s outside. l Grley--4i'altltzg, nominal, accoraing to fr itts ude. Rye-pi'-No,o2,tinominal, according; to freights outside. Manitoba flour—First patents, yn jute bags, 312,50; second patents, in jute bags, 312,40; strong bakers'. 1n jute bags, 312,00 On tart() flour—S\rinter, according to sample, 310.75 to 310.85,1n bags. track,_ Toronto, prompt shipment, Ivlillfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, 'bags included , --Bran. per ton, 325; shorts, per ton, 343.;, middlings, per ton, 344 to 345; good feed flour, per bag, $3.25. Ifay—lDxtra No. 2, per ton, $11.50 to 312,00; mixed, per ton, 39 to 310, track Toronto. Straw—Car lots, per ton, $8.00 to 38:50. track Toronto. Coiihtsy Produce—Wholesale Butter—Creamery, solids, per lb., 348 to 35c; prints, per lb.; 35 to 353c; dairy per lb„ 29 to 36c. Eggs—Per doz 35 to 36c. 'Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices : - Cheese --New, large, 224 to 230; twins, 221 to 234e; triplets, 23 to 233c; old, large, 30c; twins 8930; triplets, 3040; Butter—Fresh dairy; choice, 34 to 35c; creamery prints, 38 to 39c; solids, : 37.2 to 38c, Eggs -New -laid, in cartons, 43 to 44c; out of :cartons, 40c. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 30c; fowl, 20c; squabs, -„per doz., $4,00 to 34.50; turkeys, 25 'to 30c; ducks, Spring, 20c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, Ib., 22e; hens, 16 to 18c; ducks, Spring, 15c. Honey—Comb—Extra fine and . heavy weight, per doz., $2.75; select, 32.50 to 32.75; No. 2, 32 to $2.25: Beans—Imported, hand-picked, $9.00 to 39,50 per bush.;' Limas, per ib., 18 to 19c. Potatoes. on track—Red. Star, new, bbl., 35.50 to $5.75; North Carolinas, new, bbl., $6.50 to $7.00v seconds, bbl„ 35.50. Provision's—Wholesale Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 30 to 31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42c; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 36c; backs, plant, 36 to 37c; .bone- 1ess, 39 to 40c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 26 to 269c per ib.; clear bellies, 25 to 26c. Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 26$ to 27c: tubs, 27 to 271e; pails, 273 to 273c; compound, tierces, 21c; tubs, o2130; pails, 2110. Montreal Markets Montreal, July 31—Oats—Canadian Western, No. 2, 84e;, do., no. 3, 'r83c; extra No. 1 feed, 83c, ]3arley: M'an. feed, 31.26. Flour Man. spring wheat patents, --firsts, 313; seconds, $12 50 to 312,60; strong bakers', $12o $12.40; winter patents, choice, 312.50 to 513.00; straights rollers, 312 to 312.80; do.. bags, 36to 36.15. Rolled oats—Barre s. $9.00 to 39.35 bags,' 90 lbs,; $4.40 to $4.50. Bion, $35 to 336,• Shorts, $40 to $41. Middlings, $43 to $50. Mouill]e, $60. Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, 311.00 to 511.50. Cheese—Finest 'Westerns, 213c; finest Nasterns, 218e. - Butter—Choicest. creamery, 379 to 353c; seconds, 363 to 378c. 13:ggs Fresh, 48c; selected, 44c; No. 1 stock, 40c; No. 2 stock, 36 to 38c. Potatoes—Barrel, 34 to 56. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, July 31 -Cash prices:- Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $2.34; No. 2, do., 32.31; No. 3, do., 52.26 No. 4, 52.14; No 5,3.1.89 No. 6, 31.59 feed, 51.50. Bads contract—July, ,$.,2 .34; feed, 52.29. Oats—No. 2 C.W., 78c; No. 3, do., 77c; No. 1 ex ra feed, 77c; No. 1 feed, 75c; No. 2, do., 713c; Barley—No. 3, 31.25; No. 4, 31;20; rejected, 31,10; feed, $1.10. Flax—No. 1 $2,954; - No. 2 C. '35r„ 32.919; No. 3, do., $2.779. 'United States Markets Minneapolis, July 31—Wheat—July, closed $2.68; September, $2.17. Cash— No, 1 bard,.,$2.93; No: 1 Northern, $2.85 to $2.93; No. 2, do., 32.80 to $2.87. Corn 3 yellow, $2.18 to 32.20. Oats— No, 3 white, 75$ to 76.3c. Flout—iin- changed. Bran -$31 to $33. Dulu%,., th, July 31-Wheat—No-:.1 hard, $2.81; No1' Northern, $'2'.80; No: 2, do., $2.76. Linseed—$3.37;• July, $3.17; September, $3.19; :October; $$3.17. Live Stock Markets Toronto, July 31—Choice heavy. steers, $10,25 to. $10,76; butchers' cattle, choice, $9.75 to $10.25; 50., good. $9.25 to $9.60; do., medium, to $7 $8,25 .25; td b$8.85;utchersdo.,' bullscom- mon, , choice,, $8.00 to 3.8.50; do., good bulls, 37.25 to 57.50; do., medium bulls., $6.50 to 36.75; do., rough bulls, $5.00 to 56.00; butchers' cows, choice, 57.75 to 38.25; do., good, 67.10 to $7.25 do., medium, 36,50 to 56.75; stockers,' $6,40 to 38.25; feeders, $7.75 -to $8.75; canners and cut-') aet,s, $5.25"to •35.75 milkers, :: good to choice,"380 to 5100; do.. corn. and med.,' .340 to $50; springers, 380 to $110; light ewes, 32.25 to $9.25; sheep;, 'heavy, $6 to' 37.25;' yearlings $10. to $].1; .calves, good to. choice, 513 to $14; ` springdhmbs, 13:25 to $13.76; lambs, yearlings. $9 to 10.51;,hogs, fed and ;watered; $16.76 to 16• do.i weighed off cars, $16 to $16:25; do., f.o.b.,' 515 to $15.25.. Montreal, July '31—Butchers' cattle, choice, $10 to 510.25; do,, medium, 58.75 to 39.76; do., common, '57.50 to 58.50; canners, $7 to 37.25; butchers' choice cows, 39.25 to 59.75; butchers' cattle, med., 57,50 to $8; do., bulls, 39 to 59.50;. milkers, choice, eaoht:$70 to ,515`0; -sheep,' ewes, $8.50 to 59; bucks and culls, $8 to $8.50; lambs, 514 to ,$1,4.50; hogs, fed and watered,` $3,5.90 to 516; calves, milk -fed, 512 to $12; do., grass-fed, $6 to $8. • In the firt three months this year the United States consumed 83,652,- 907 3,652;907 pounds of cotton fiber in the manu- facture of explosives. Dahlias, gladioli' and hollyhocks and other tall plants should be staked up if exposed where they are likely to be broken by the wind. HUN AGEN RSY.' :Pt....RUSSIA Offer Money to ,!nate Rebellion Against Provisional Government. A despatch from New York says: It pis true that Germanagents under the guise of Socialist and Anarchist speakers havebeenopenly engaged in- spreading nspreading revolt against the Republic- an Government of Russia, and German money is being freely used to encour- age discontent and dissatisfaction with the progress of the war, according to ;Mrs. Alexander Lodyguine, wife of a former New York construction en- gineer, who arrived here on Thursday after spending ten years in Petrograd, where her husband i$ employed. She, asserted that. she had seen Ger- man agents circulating among the crowds surrounding street speakers and openly distributing ten -rouble notes to those who would agree to Ishout for a separate peace or the overthrow of the existing government. 1 She added that these emissaries are 1 everywhere in Russia, in the army and among the civilian population, and that their: work is aided by shortage of food, due -to the existing disorder. "We are confident,, however, that Premier Kerensky will bring about order out of chaos. He iS a wonder- ful man, and the best people. of Rus- sia are ready to follow and, obey him. There will be no separate peace, I am sure, and Russia will continue to stand on the side of democracy." - FOUR SENATORS ARE APPOINTED n — Five Seats Are Yet Vacant, Three in Ontario and Two in Quebec. A despatch from Ottawa says: Four new Senators, two of whom have up to thepresent occupiedseats in the House of Commons, have, it is understood, been appointed by the ,Government. They are Richard Blain of Peel, John Henry. Fisher of Brant, David Ovide Lesperance, •chairman of the Quebec Board of Harbor" Conemis- sioners, and Lendrum McMeans, K.0 ; ofWinnipeg.These appointments ' e- Iiduce the number -of vacancies in the Senate to five, three in Ontario and two in Quebec. It is understood, how- ever, that two further appointments will be made on Friday or on Satiar- day, leaving only three seats then .to be filled. • :1. I'� AliC RULE .r. CONTROLS GREECE King Not Present at Opening of Parliamenthen at Athens. A despatch from Athens says: The meeting of Parliament on Thursday was `signalized by a complete re- sumption of popular rule and the end of autocracy in Greece. King Alex- ander did not take part in the func- tion, the speech from the throne hav- ing been abandoned on the ground that it would involve criticism of a fa- ther by his son. The Chamber presented a pictur- esque scene, with Greeks, Mussul- mans and Islanders ,dressed in their quaint native costumes. Premier Venizelos was acclaimed by a large, majority of the deputies. The new re- gime completely controls the situation and is in full accord and co-operating. with the Entente. ITALIAN GUNS BUSY ON WIDE FRONT. A despatch from Rome says:—The' War" Office statement..regarding mili- tary operations on the,Austro-Italian front reads: "On the whole front the artillery and patrol activity was nor- mal. During the night an isolated at- tack by the enemy southwest of Cas- tagnavizza was broken up by our fire. One of our airplanes paid -a surprise visit, under adverse atmospheric con- ditions, to St. Lucia-Tolmino, drop- ping, a ton of high explosives on the railway works and doing considerable damage." cutlxigescot t•Icluat No, 0 tvi A'4 JI4RtCK5HAW, ONE of 714o55 MAN POLI -E.1) CART'S Ti U5E 'Ih( JAPAN. 1-f MS 1'WO BIG Wiiee1.5 lJ oN FROM SUNSET COAST WIIAT THE WESTERN PIi'.OPLEE ARE DOING. Prog,,resa of the Great S3'est Told in a Few Poipted Paragraphs. With the arrival ofC he. T.' G t P. steamship Prince George at Victoria, Capt. D. Donald completed his - two - hundredth round trip to the North as commander. The greater portion of Sumas prairie is still inundated, as well as a part of tike through highway from Chilliwack to Vancouver. Traffic over these roads has practically stopped. That tourist travel to Alaslca is re- markably heavy and compares 'well with that of. last year is the statement of Mr. C. E, Jenney, general agent of the Grand Trunk Pacific liue, which is now operating its summer service' to the north, According to news just received in New Westminster, Lieut. S. F. Knight, who went overseas as machine gun of- ficer, has been' awarded the military medal for bravery du -ring the struggle at Vimy Ridge. To have something over thirteen and a half hours oe bright sunshine every day for a week is somewhat of a re- cord. That is what Victorio and Nanaimo have had for a week. An order -in -Council has been issued at Victoria permittin4g the Canadian Northern Railway to operate a work- men's train between that city and Port Mann without paying bridge tolls. The proper conservation of the few remaining spawning grounds and, sources of fish food on Vancouver Is- land is being strongly agitated'for by residents- of the Cowichan district. At Nanaimo the employees of the Granit Colliery Company, the new mine in process of successful development at Nanoose Bay, have -just received an advance of eight per cent. in their wages. The danger period from bush fires is again upon the province of British Columbia, in the coast district as well as 3n the dry belt, and the part that members of the general public canex- ercise in reducing the number of fires is once more emphasized by the for- estry department. ' "Cordova" is to be the name of a new station on the Canadian Northern Railway at Cordova Bay. The erection of the building has commenced, and but a few days will be required to carry out the necessary work. The Nelson Patriotic fund total' is $14,377.41. During the year the Nel- son men's auxiliary committee of the Canadian Red Cross has collected over $3.000 and has paid a regular income of over $200 a month' to the local branch. Next to Australia;Hanse, at Aid- wych, British Columbia's' new home at the bottom of Lower Regent street, close by Waterloo Place and Pall Mall, is undoubtedly the most imposing of all, the overseas Government offices in London. The fifth of the six mining engineers who are to be in change of the several Mineral Survey districts created by legislation of last session was selected .by Hon. William Sloan, Minister of Mines. This is Arthur G: Langley, a Victorian. At Mission City the feeling against the Japanese seems to be lessening.' The Ja,p will buy cheap land that white men will not touch, clear and "drain it, and, the following season produce a crop equal to his white neighbor. A. cougar is skulking in Stanley Pari.;, according to Mr, H. Irvin of the Heaver Rooms, Vancouver, who claims that while walking in the park, near the, "Seven Sisters," he saw a big inountain lion in the underbrush. M. S. Middleton, who was assistant provincial horticulturist at Nelson for five years, has been temporarily ap- pointed by Hon. John Oliver, Minister of Agriculture, as provincial horticul- turist to succeed R. M. Winslow. We often hear people say, "I could have amounted to something if I had had a chance." The person who has it in him to amount to something does not wait for a chance, he just goes ahead and makes it. The man or wo- man who makes up his or her mind to succeed can do so. In order to succeed we must have faith in our own abilities. If we start out depending. on "chance'e alone, and thinking "may- be we will succeed and maybe we won't," we night as well give up at once, for will power is the foundation of success. Lel" s SEg, ld0W J- 1- M IR- l-� K_sr_�.» AR L ERS DUELS RESUMED Fighting Ras Been Resumed ha 1, ianelerf ' on a Very Large` Seale. A despatch from British Headquar- ters in France,.. .seye:--The German and British fighting lines in France. and Belgium, which have been'°com- paratively dormant for several weeks, so far as any large offensive is con- cerned, have tensed perceptibly in the :last few days. Out of the stiffening have grown numerous fierce artillery duels, espe- cially in Flanders. #' The Germans have developed what is known among the British as "nerves"; that is, they have become exceptionally sensitive to any movement of their opponents: whicli"deviates from the routine, and. give evidence of this condition in furi- ous bombardments at suspected points. From this the conclusion is drawn that, for reasons of their - own, the 'Germans ,may be fearing that t ouble is impending ;in some section, •unci tre not certain where to lookfor re1t s ap- pearance. Lens and Hill 70 nearby have been under heavy and almost continuous gun fire. Even the battle -scarred and barren Vimy ridge, which overlooks, the .valley above Lens, has been the object of vigorous shelling which has accomplished nothing exceptto add still more shell craters on the already badly punished hill. WILL STOP ALL PROFITEERING British , Food Controller Will Regulate Prices. A despatch from London says:— Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, outlining on Thursday the policy he purposes to follow to regulate food prices and eliminate profiteering, said he intended to fix the prices of com- modities of prime necessity over which`. he could obtain effective control, at all stages, from the producer to the con- sumer.. Every efl'fort would be made to' prevent .speculation, and unneces- sary middlemen would be eliminated. Existing agencies would be utilized for the purpose ur ose of distribution under ex license and under the control and sup- ervision of local food controllers to ,be appointed by the local authorities. HOW MANY LANGUAGES? There Are Over 4,000 Languages Spoken by the Human Race. How many men, if asked how many languages there were in the world, could give anything like an accurate answer? The average man's knowl- edge or ability to speak languages rarely exceeds two besides his native. tongue. The, late Emperor Francis Joseph, when visiting a Red. Cross hospital, spoke,with the patients in their own language, which showed the aged emperor to be master of six. It may appear strange; ,but it is nevertheless true, that there are over 4,000 languages spoken by mankind, while the number of, dialects exceeds this. There are more than sixty vo- cabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico i n the Nahua i broken up"7nto 'some 700 dialects: There are ' hundreds in Borneo, while in, Australia there is ria classifying the complexities. Let us assume that fifty dialects, on an aver- age, belong to each language, and we have the colossal total of a quarter of a million linguistic abilities. A century hence the probability is that there will be only four languages ofimP ortanee in the world. Central Europe may produce a :. newer' and. more straightforward German lan- guage, Imperial English may reign alone,, over the North American Con- tinent, and a more businesslike Span- ish will be used in - South ' American States, while Russia may take on some more rich Slavonic dialect which will blend the races of Eastern Eu- rope and Central Asia into a harmoni- .eus federation. So that in future these four languages will enter into what may be a never, -ending competition. 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