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`a UE$»AA, OCTOBER 18th, 1015);
_19*T' iN-STAL:11!tENT OF
TA REDI,TQTIOI
its ,, lisley 1?rida
.inat, � Miza ter le �• y
It u e . �., �'
1a6t, •subinitteti his ,azlnt .l 'budget in the
use of}' n1mo,• with. the 'whole
oto. �'r
etlu retry to g on from outside. with
relief from tax burdens.
haps ��� some e
AIr. Ilsley was able to satisfy, thin hope
to some. e#tent., Ile announced a 're-
duction of sittt•�eu per cent.; In, personal
income tax reduction of the tax. en
excess profits from 100 per Cent. (with
20—per cent. refundable) .to 60 , per
."cent. straight:' removal of the sales
tax from machinery and apparatus' of
production; removal of ' the .13 per
cent. tax ' 1111 profits of sole proprietor-
ships
roprietor
ships anti partnershipsq, and ,some
other minor concessions.' i1e ebtiinated
that these changes would recluse red -
had for some time lately.
The Saltfovd. nage sway's that ifs the
I3I1 • Seents, have a a .n Apple Days this
year he, holies , they will. ,Knot him up
tlnd• let hat ,buy an apple. ' Ile hasn't
had. anything ,but two'or three scrubby
ones, this fall, be says.
Canada's war, exiannlitures have al-
ready reached a total of over fifteen
billions , of dollars, and demobilization
And rehabilitation e1;pencltures
acid 'considerably more. Alid', tile- ost
in lives lost; in wounds 'suffered, .and
its yea1rS wasted eaunot be, put in dol-
lars. Next time anybody who attempts
to ape Mr. Hitler should be nipped in
the bud; it would save an °iiuiaense
VIA . OOE IC SMNAL-STAft
PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS
e ��( � �a'': ':Zlsv'l�
a' i
PETTING VPJ THE. CLOTHESLINE"
Iii
IEIttte you -ever trie l hitting 'tip a
clothe 'Brie on a cold October clay?
It's a tas1 to „ take all Mile patience
an; matt is c.lnable of Mustering; `fur
t job' I>erforutcd at the insistence of
the lady of the house. It rant .s,vi'hth
such ine,aial jobs . , 'altttl n'astyw ones,
_ slight 't4il4 "... 'as those of puatiing
on ,stor'm' windows or putting up stove-
pipes or cleatilp "a .e Lunney. '
Our clothesline was a boor cane ,full
of swirls and `Punks and tuai e':of Some
.walrtiue ,substitute •'vbah: rusted to
the'1. curt Where, it .ht9ked,like :a light=
lColored copper. piece of wire. ' I didn't
iI)aty much attention :to .the whole thing,
Iaid ongh. Mrs. • I'ltil often mentioned `it,,
until o great streailk, of rust appeared
un I1iy ;ou,e good. White shirt reserved
for Meetings of the • school board and
sueh affairs. . •
;At a sale about tt week age' bought
a good galvanized clothesline . for a
dollar • and went inane. in great ,.glee;
111 some strange Way or other. I sup-
pose -1 imagined. that. would mean the
end of the whole affair. It .didn't, by
any mewls. Mrs. Phil took great pains
to tell isle at regular . iulervals that a
clothesline bundled up in-: the wood -
amount of money, to say nothing ef died wasn't a bit more good than one
the srttl'erie and misery. that was rusty and strung out un the
f
* . lino.
oral revenue by $300 ,000,000 in a full. I.aate on. Monday afteries. t I (put 11
#A Loudon (1 England) newspaper .slays little' eaarly, hum work, firs. t'llil loot
twelvpuon.th period. • . . that the battle of Germany was won rue alp,' the Iritchen door holding 11101
Mr. Ilsley evidc�utly at,ttaleked the --on the airfields of Canada." In the 1.10110lsltue. When I took it -do W11 ,1t
priableaia,of tax reduction with the ain1..1'uture, this journal continues, cauadat tl.e. auction sale'it didal't• make tultch,
it dit'ferente just how I brindled it up. so
...;(`. trt giving sone 'satisfaction to els many. -will tower like 0 giant, conscious 1 1„ut at- it would -lit into the back seat
;different interests or taxpaying classes-, her strength. and mindful of her of the old {gar. What a fool I was. 1
as possible, and that:the job was done; destiny:" The preterit!'e of ,Canadian It was t\s'isted flint t;taa;:,lkv1 and j
with' consitleral)ls, skill is .a1�M;areltt1 troops in Britain '•raliied 11s ii1 our snarled into as thousand awl 'One, dif-1
from the comments u1iit.h come iruiri` „daarkes , ferl•ut ways. IIunestly it didn't svetuf�
t hour when to the rest of 1111. Mo Bible. that one snutll piece of wire I
various quarters expressing a sense world ar1l seemed lost. It was the could bet twisted into so rlfuny' (111111.1itt i
of relief. The proposals were pre' ;kill and courage of Canadian p111)15 knots and angles., The pulley's \sere 1
sented merely as a beginning in the that. helped us win ,the first great battle i right in the middle of it. Winn it 1 got 1
process .,of tai, reduction, is With rill 'of `the skies." The British public i h1 : tiro only end into the Mulley ;full started
. ;1'111111111;4 the whole mess 1,ut 11 Gould
he continued as eircumstunces and coo- no doubt as to the value_ of Canada's silo clad slide like strings of jelly and
great gg , ,!iy Nick 111 lily. face. 'pry getting the
ditions periuit.. Taxpayers ,should,. aid in the brut �skru„blt that has •
however; not -,entertain , too high ex-
pectations. The war has left an im-
mense national debt upon 'which an,
nua]. interest- charges are ' over-
000,000—as much as the total Federal
expenditure not so many years ago.
;T.his, with additional large amounts
for social services, • such as the family
allowances, .will Mean for the years to,
come an annual, Midget three or four
tinges larger than the pre-war budget.
War is an `expensive .business.
This column would have , liked to
see an all-round reduction In the sales
tax, Ruth the prospect of its complete
abolition ' at .no distant date. Mr.
Ilsley has made a start, not by a
general reduction, but by the elimin-
ation entirely of the Weft machinery
. and apparatus of production. The
benefits of, this reductfon will of course
spread .beyond the immediate benefic-
ii'tries, but Will not- be so general and
incunediate as an all=round ,reduction.
The. sale's tax is a drag:upon business
and an element in the cost of living
which should be removed entirely as
soda as possible.
DREW GOVERNMENT
ABSOLVED
now ended so triumphantly.
- t NO PERSONAL DISLIKE
Editor The, Signal -Star'.
Sir,—Your "Editbr's note" sounded the madder I got, the worse lite whole
• if yo.u'were cross at me for writing
as I , did ,about Mr. Ring. Well, • I
`am. cross„t Mr. king tor` some orthe
things be did. I did not write fruiu
personal dislike; I nei'er do' that. n-
;-dee.d, .1 have' ne personal disLikes... I
could' have written Much more;.,, but
refrained from prudential reasons. .
Let ,ole say I was on'e".of the "major-
ity" which ,kept Mr. Ring in office
so long, but in 1940- he received my
last support.
Yes, the Canadian troops helped' to
guard the shores of Britain from the
enemy, until we were -able to carry the
war ' elsewhere:. Then Canadians
Wanted to be "up stnd at thein" where
.they were t� be found.. `
I hate never belittled our war effort
-pity it was marred by "a war on
two fronts"=one with the British War
Office, and the .other. with -the (com-"
mon) enemy.
Long live . the British commonwealth
r of, Nations.
straggling wire •ends of a clothesline
brushed • acros;5' your farce ,Dose •time
• and see 'how well your temper ' keeps
under control. -
- The more, --I p.t111 i1 and trigged and
thing :icival.ly seemed to be.
.It flipped and it banged,' and just
,heti "r had the whole tiling straight
then it would slip again and convulse
inti a writhing mess of wire.. We
had slipper at 'eight . . . a fashicmable
hour,. 1 suppose.. `My face and hands
were scratched and my smock' was torn
arid- there was a gash across the knee
of - my. -overalls, but the .clothesline
was in place and Mrs. Phil is much
happier about the. \Ogle thing. •
have caused much concern,' for, increai.
ible tins it may it em, Englishmen at one
period' seem to ,have grown tired' of
smoking. We have it en the authority
of Dr. Johnston that in 1773 "smoking
had gone out, a fact which astoniibied
him, for, sal id ; he, "To be : sure it is a
shocking- thing, blowing smoke out of
our mouths into other people's mouths,
e3es, and Inoses,' and having the' same'
thing done to us, yet I cannot account
A. E. ALLIN. why a thing which requires so little
exertion and yet preserves the mind
from total. vanity • should have gone
out." Whatever. the: cause of the de- (
cline—possibly 'the popularity of snuff,
—it seems to have been. of short 'dur-
ation.
STATE • CONTROL IN AUSTRALIA j
_ (Lciud.on Daily Mail)
Australia's. and New Zealand's; ex-
periences of nationalisation have been
tar from happy -so far, indeed, that 1
we should think twice, before we begin
to emulate their. Ztire process has
their worlciug_.years, there alight lib been carried farther in Australia- than
something to. be said in favcir of _ a in any other country under the British.
pension of $20 a week; but to give -a flag. Railways and ships have been
couple $50 a month .each at the age Government- controlled, and in. various
91 sixty _would enable them to live States, like 'Queensland, 'New South
better than many peo.pie•-,,ever do on Wales and Victoria, smaller enterprises
farms, villages and towns. have been brought under public owner-
• ship. In most cases the results have
been 'financially disastrous and . many!
concernsaloe reverted to free enter -1
THE OLDAGE PENSION '
• `• (Chesley Enterprise) .
That there .is getleral disagreement
with the old age pensions system of
Canada is admitted, but there are dif-
"ferent views as to what- should be
done. The Government ,has suggested
30 a month for everyone over seventy
Nr. Justice LeBel has delivered f and 'would .even share the cost if
- his judgment upon the charges made, provinces 'reduce flie sage to.sixty-five,
by t;.C.P.' Leader Jo1lifLe before the While the '.(1.F. favors' ..$30. a month
for all at sixty years Of age. If people.
••last Provincial' election with regard to contributed towza rd a' penrdon fund 'in
a secret political police organization
said to have been established' and main-
tained by. the Drew Government.
'Justice = LeBel concludes that ."there
were no -such •deliberate• and wilful
acts'" on the °part of the Government.
Premier Drew is absolved of know-
ledge of what was going on, but it
. DIDN'T LAST =
(Manchester Guardian) •"•a h t
is 'admitted .tla,at Attorney -General There was a time, long after the prise. Such, an experience is common
Blackwell received some forty-one re -1i introduction of tobacco into England, to most countries where nationalisation
ports from Osborne -Dempster and thel when a shortage of supplies.wonld not has been tried. .
judgment states that "Mr. .Black Rvelll
should.' have found time to discuss the
reports with Commissioner Stringer
before dismissing thein as of no im-
portance." Some of the proceedings
revealed in the investigation were ad- .
mitted to be highly unproper, bat the
j tdgment finds that there was • no
evidence to show that Premier Drew
or members of his Cabinet knew of
them. •f'
.Lr
Justice LeBel's report is . a :very
-lenithy ' one, much too long to be read
by the average person, but • newspaper
extracts fail entirely to •mention one
,point. in which the taxpaying public
• has,,, a direct interest;. Why did the
Provincial. Government pay the bills
for tike Maintenance of the office that
• was 'under investigation and whose,
activities, if .not mischievous, were of
no public benefit rind in -some instances
were admittedly improper?. • Who
''certified the. ;counts ;dor paynient by
the ,Le slatvre ' out of the provincial
revenu
That Jollif'te went too far its
, his Charges waft ,,made evident as the
iuvestigatiod.proceeded but something
w11S accomplished ,by the afevefation
that things were going on- that would
ltot iso tolerated in a free country.
ED1TORZAt► NOTES
The best thing -about Mr, lisley's
budget wails the intimation that It waas
'just A beginning in the reduction o
taxes...
*,* *
One good thing about a poor' crop
rear, it gets us thinking how Sine it
wftt be to have the usual, good crop;
• text year.
* * *
"The wether profits areat it again;"
remarks, an. "e tebsugc." Mite,. people
t►m
,fitia it difficult to -fit any prolifs
Out of :the kind ofa Weather we 'have
4R$014 Ra TURNED
T ae _coalition "Government 'a: Alan-
itoba led by Preattiler StuarE° S. Garcon.
-was returned to office.lTonday's
Provincial : eneral elections, -Returns
at time of writing give (x
the. o�'e1'nlnent
37 seatA in 4Rouse of 55', with 13 seats
111 doubt. Tile 'iib opno'itfotl,
has four, seats,• witlh, the -possibility. •ef
talking a few more from the doubtfli"l
column.
A.N ®' PQRTUNITY :TQ!` um?
r4Qpi.g.iN-DipTitgAs
O rte national clothing collection on
behalf qg the distressed peoples of the
liberattl eo1ntie, Iurepe. it re-
t
commended community pboje it for all
service dribs in the Dominion. • A1i'<'ay s
to 'the fore in atty. • wortily° .:welfare
effort, particularly sa behalf of under-
privileged eliildrt'ti,, Rotatry, Iiitvaitis,
Lions ;fid other 'servient e1iil► • and
placing tht'ir; seis'iees ever,vwhere at
thou dlsp.cisal of local eb,tuntittees in
-organizing the-catupalgn to, ebllecet
many ntillions .of pounds of ust'd cloth-
ir1 from. the 'Canadian, people 't•o ,bp
shipped immediately to these wha Saeed
no muds.
The president of Lions `International.
P. A. Skeen, of Salt' Lake City. Utah.
in a message, wishing success 'fol* the
campaign, .1uu3 written' to. W . NI 'Birks,
chairman of the rational ;.t'olnrnfttee,
Paying his. tribute to. the ettlzens• of
Canada its, their war efforts, ' evidence
+nf Nytic"h lti gathered during ids recent
visit to. tlhe district conference, of "the
Canadian *Lions Clubs' at Quebec. • ,�'
Referring to the national clothing
eollectiori campaign,- in Canada frog i
C sober" 1;1 o. October `20, the president
or Lions International sayt ; '
"I wish to commend this as'oiuntery
effort which °the' Canadian •pe ide' are
privileged to make. It has been my
opportunity to sea, v`e :ifs... aa.: member of
the taxecutive , couuuittee' directed by
Ilenry •I. I>,aiser .rat the 11'aaitecl Nations
c'o11ec�,tiou program Here Through the
co-operation of the malty service clubs,
the iuterest of the people in every Com-
munity was•' aroused and the results
1►re t (1 "wok satisfactory.
-There is no question as to . the
!Worthiness. orthiness .of tin cause, and I' believe•
the people.;' fortunate as.,we ai'e 1 these
county ies; 'should ;look upon this as - an
.n
opportunity to give generously, and
that the service duras in pa 'titular
regard this as heir Opportunityto, contribute to the "welfare of this
large unfortunate group brought til!
their present condition of suffering
without any fault or cause of their
own."
OCTOBER 3.8th., 15
Tantalite,
the* and precious
ore
of the metal tantalum whit'& was in
gLeat' demand during the war, has beeeu•
found in, considerable quantities in,
Ca jrtd,'t's° Northwest Territories. Two-
adds
woadds one more rare metal to (.)anada'f
list,
.11
NEmp
,Y'pur. o1RO )X EX
Wall Believe Now!
-4-ARTHRITIC PAINS
'—IVITEUMATIC PAINS
NEURITIC PAINS
--,VARICOSE 'VEINS
INS
•Y SIN7.�rS rm
'---1NSOI.NIA.
--NERVOUSNESS'
—CONSTIPATION _
-and many Utllel` eirc;I:iiatory
ailrncuts. •
Are Past Middle Age
When' men and women get past middle age their
, energy -and activity, in many instances, begin to de-
cline, and their general vitality_ is on the wane.
Little ailrnents and sicknesses seem* harder to
shake off' than formerly, and, here and there, evidences
of a breakdown begin to appear. •
Now is the time those wishing to help maintain their health and- vigour
should take a course of Milburn's Health and Nerve Pills.
They help tone up And invigorate the patient by their 'tonic action on
the system. •
Price 50c a box, 65 pills, at all drug.counters. -
Look for our trade mark a "Red Heart" on the package.
• The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto. pnt.
ON DISPI Y AT
• ,7(•-; . INN
,HO1VfE•APPL•IANOB STORE
So many time& you hear people say "I wish
1.could' � buy more Victory Bonds." -'
Well, it has been announced that there
will be only oneVictory Loan in the
next 12 months.
People who buy' Bonds now -will have 'a
whole year to pay for them.
Bear this in mind when the Victory Loan
•
salesman calls on you.
The same rate of savings as ,in previous '
loans will pay for twice as many bonds
over the 12 -month period.
Farmers can buy Victory Bonds through
any bank . on Y convenient ± deferred
'payments. ' e
Victory Loan salesmen have copies 'of
the letter at .the right. (Banks also
have copies.)
When you sign this letter,. aid pay 5 %
of the cost of the -bonds ....the bank buys
the bonds for your You have 12 months
to pay for the •bonds and the interest
the bond earns pays the interest "on the
• bank loan. . Po as
y .
"
P
° . ONTARIO
.Hours of Work and.. a'
Vacations with Pap Act, 1944,..
The' Industry and Laboi,ir: Board which',
administers The Hours of Work and Vacations
with Pay Act, considers, in view of the tegmina='
tion of hostilities; and the cancellation ofwar
production, the acute manpower shortage Which
, existed during the war years will be sized,,
• therefore the postponement as to workinghours
Y' -4' -previously provided shall be cancelled and
effective November tat, 1945; the working hours
of an • employee . in any industrial undertaking
shalt not exceed forty-eight (48) in the week..
.
. 1. Regulation 4 of Ontario Regulations
8/44 is .'amended by' adding thoreto
tho following subregulation: ' •
' ' (1a:) Notwithstanding the provisions of
' subregulation 1, an employer' may adopt
one or more overtime work periods in
. his industrial . undertaking, between the ,'
lsrday of 'November 1945 and the 31st:.
day .of' December 1945 without a consent
in.vwriting of the Board, but the otertinlo
. , . shall ,not exceed „thirty hours in the a ,
aggregate.; , ` ,
. titiMintit AND LABOUR *OARD, '
Diptiitaorkt of Labour, Ontario, ' Hon. Charles Daley,
n •,; • Mustard thbour:
IV
4R$014 Ra TURNED
T ae _coalition "Government 'a: Alan-
itoba led by Preattiler StuarE° S. Garcon.
-was returned to office.lTonday's
Provincial : eneral elections, -Returns
at time of writing give (x
the. o�'e1'nlnent
37 seatA in 4Rouse of 55', with 13 seats
111 doubt. Tile 'iib opno'itfotl,
has four, seats,• witlh, the -possibility. •ef
talking a few more from the doubtfli"l
column.
A.N ®' PQRTUNITY :TQ!` um?
r4Qpi.g.iN-DipTitgAs
O rte national clothing collection on
behalf qg the distressed peoples of the
liberattl eo1ntie, Iurepe. it re-
t
commended community pboje it for all
service dribs in the Dominion. • A1i'<'ay s
to 'the fore in atty. • wortily° .:welfare
effort, particularly sa behalf of under-
privileged eliildrt'ti,, Rotatry, Iiitvaitis,
Lions ;fid other 'servient e1iil► • and
placing tht'ir; seis'iees ever,vwhere at
thou dlsp.cisal of local eb,tuntittees in
-organizing the-catupalgn to, ebllecet
many ntillions .of pounds of ust'd cloth-
ir1 from. the 'Canadian, people 't•o ,bp
shipped immediately to these wha Saeed
no muds.
The president of Lions `International.
P. A. Skeen, of Salt' Lake City. Utah.
in a message, wishing success 'fol* the
campaign, .1uu3 written' to. W . NI 'Birks,
chairman of the rational ;.t'olnrnfttee,
Paying his. tribute to. the ettlzens• of
Canada its, their war efforts, ' evidence
+nf Nytic"h lti gathered during ids recent
visit to. tlhe district conference, of "the
Canadian *Lions Clubs' at Quebec. • ,�'
Referring to the national clothing
eollectiori campaign,- in Canada frog i
C sober" 1;1 o. October `20, the president
or Lions International sayt ; '
"I wish to commend this as'oiuntery
effort which °the' Canadian •pe ide' are
privileged to make. It has been my
opportunity to sea, v`e :ifs... aa.: member of
the taxecutive , couuuittee' directed by
Ilenry •I. I>,aiser .rat the 11'aaitecl Nations
c'o11ec�,tiou program Here Through the
co-operation of the malty service clubs,
the iuterest of the people in every Com-
munity was•' aroused and the results
1►re t (1 "wok satisfactory.
-There is no question as to . the
!Worthiness. orthiness .of tin cause, and I' believe•
the people.;' fortunate as.,we ai'e 1 these
county ies; 'should ;look upon this as - an
.n
opportunity to give generously, and
that the service duras in pa 'titular
regard this as heir Opportunityto, contribute to the "welfare of this
large unfortunate group brought til!
their present condition of suffering
without any fault or cause of their
own."
OCTOBER 3.8th., 15
Tantalite,
the* and precious
ore
of the metal tantalum whit'& was in
gLeat' demand during the war, has beeeu•
found in, considerable quantities in,
Ca jrtd,'t's° Northwest Territories. Two-
adds
woadds one more rare metal to (.)anada'f
list,
.11
NEmp
,Y'pur. o1RO )X EX
Wall Believe Now!
-4-ARTHRITIC PAINS
'—IVITEUMATIC PAINS
NEURITIC PAINS
--,VARICOSE 'VEINS
INS
•Y SIN7.�rS rm
'---1NSOI.NIA.
--NERVOUSNESS'
—CONSTIPATION _
-and many Utllel` eirc;I:iiatory
ailrncuts. •
Are Past Middle Age
When' men and women get past middle age their
, energy -and activity, in many instances, begin to de-
cline, and their general vitality_ is on the wane.
Little ailrnents and sicknesses seem* harder to
shake off' than formerly, and, here and there, evidences
of a breakdown begin to appear. •
Now is the time those wishing to help maintain their health and- vigour
should take a course of Milburn's Health and Nerve Pills.
They help tone up And invigorate the patient by their 'tonic action on
the system. •
Price 50c a box, 65 pills, at all drug.counters. -
Look for our trade mark a "Red Heart" on the package.
• The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto. pnt.
ON DISPI Y AT
• ,7(•-; . INN
,HO1VfE•APPL•IANOB STORE
So many time& you hear people say "I wish
1.could' � buy more Victory Bonds." -'
Well, it has been announced that there
will be only oneVictory Loan in the
next 12 months.
People who buy' Bonds now -will have 'a
whole year to pay for them.
Bear this in mind when the Victory Loan
•
salesman calls on you.
The same rate of savings as ,in previous '
loans will pay for twice as many bonds
over the 12 -month period.
Farmers can buy Victory Bonds through
any bank . on Y convenient ± deferred
'payments. ' e
Victory Loan salesmen have copies 'of
the letter at .the right. (Banks also
have copies.)
When you sign this letter,. aid pay 5 %
of the cost of the -bonds ....the bank buys
the bonds for your You have 12 months
to pay for the •bonds and the interest
the bond earns pays the interest "on the
• bank loan. . Po as