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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1927-1-19, Page 5L o eller it robds in Life To become better acquainted with your own country— to take g restful sea voyage— to enjoy new scenes and con- tact with strange peoples— these are amongst the delights of Travel, available to these who save money. This Bank will -welcome your Savings Account. Deposits may be made by mail. The 1< yJ a 1;�� � 4�� WK% ��1.. � filaa ESTABLISHED 1852 Capital $10,000,000 Reserve $19,500,000 Resources $245,000,000 2C12 News of Local Interest 1 Boosting His Name. The London Echo, a weekly, gives the following recommend to a former Rector of St. John's Church, Bens- sols:—Rev. Mr. Mess should make an excellent cheirman of the Board of Education. Ile possesses both the ability and the experience. Engine Went Dead. Lucknow Sentinel:—The C. N. R. train from Palmerston, d ne here about ten o'clock Tuesday night, did not arrive until •3 o'clock Wednes- day morning, owing to the engine go• I ing "dead" a few miles out of Brus- sels. Passengers had a tiresome wait' of four hours before a special en • - gine arrived from Palmerston, Met With Accident. The Seaforth Expositor last week referred to an accident to the father of William Gillespie, of town:—Chief William Gillespie met with :t painful 1 accident on Wednesday of last week, ' when he 'fell on some ice near his home and fractured three rib;. Giv- . big -in being foreign to the Chief's nature, he went about his duties as usual until Saturday, when the pain became so severe that he consulted a doctor, when he found out the extent of his injuries. Since then he has been confined to ,,his home, but the whole town hopes to see him on his feet and out again soon. Postal System Extends Prepaid Parcel Service. Postmasters have been informed by the, post office department at Ot- tawa that parcels of third class -tail I matter nr parcel post, posted in Can- I ada and prepaid under the postage paid -in -cash system, may now be ac- ccpted for transmission to Australia and New Zealand, under the sane terms and conditions as apply to such parcels mailed for delivery with in the Dominion of Canada or the United States: As the postage on all , such unreels will have yeen prepaid ' in cash, they are to be forwarded to tits destinations given without fur- ther prepayment. The post office department has also arranged that parcels sent by parcel poet to Rou- mania may now be dispatched via Franco, Germany, Czecho-Slovakia in addition to the route via England, Germany and Czecho-Slovakia. The rates of postage for •the now route is 476 for one -pound parcel, and ran- ges up to $1.77 for parcels weighing 11 pounds. Postmasters are remind- ed that all mail intended for trans„ mission offer the semi-monthly motor service for nil classes of -tail, ex- cept parcels, between Haifa, Pales- tine and Bagdad, Iraq, must be sent to the Montreal post office under a special wrapper. Some of the letters and pacicet:, have been dispatched di- rect to Canadian exchange offices and consequently have not been in- cluidecic:,in the cheek kept at the Mon- treal office on which ns basest the payment for the special motor trans- portation, egirdwatomensueseive Ice Harvest. The ice crop is being harvested this week and is in pretty fair condi- tion. Huron Old Boys. . The Editor of the Post has re- ceived an invitation to attend the 27th annual At Home of the Huron Old Boys Association, of Toronto, at the Oddfellow's Temple, 229 College Street, on Wednesday evening, Jan. 26th. This event is one of the im- portant ones in Toronto. Engineer Injured. Alex.. Edmiston, engineer, receiv- ed painful injuries when the side - rod on the engine of the p-tssenger train from Kincardine, last Wednes- day afternoon, }broke and flew up, hitting' Mr. Edmiston's hand and breaking several bones. The train was delayed for over two hours while en engine from Palmerston was sent to bring the train in. The train had gone as far as D. M. Scott's farm when the accident happened. Your Eyes Need Attention If your eyes bother you in any way; If they tire quickly or be- come inflamed; If you do not see easily and well; If headaches impair your efficiency or interfere with your pleasure; If you cannot enjoyevery minute of your reading? --•-, SEE Maudo 0. 3ryarta riutonrotrtet Phone 26x Brussels Is Right. After the fire in the Theatre at Montreal, inspections have been made all over Ontario by various of- firit:ls, but Fere Chief Murray, of Woodstock, has the right idea, He says "that conditions in the local theatres were such as to make, then practically safe from fire, but add- ed. in his statement that no public building in which people are gather- ed can over be called safe in case of a panic." Minor Locals. How are your New Year resolu- tions breaking out? first thing site knows, China may be found guilty of moral turpitude. Three hundred and fifty-three days still to come in 1927, full of oppor- tunities. At this season you can't teit,whe- thee the stabing pain is appendicitis or lust mince pie. No sooner are Christmas 'cud New Year's over than people are looking up the date of the next holiday, lus- ter. For their benefit it is stat- ed that Easter this year falls on April 17. New Flat Rate on Heavier Packages The poste ice department an- nounces a change itt parcel post rates effective Jan. 13. Where pre- viously the rate was graduated from 22 cents to 30 cents for parcel> weighing f'r'ont. 10 to 15 pounds, within a '20 lolls radius, under the now charge a flat rate is set at 25 cents for all weights from 10 to 15 pounds in this radius. The change means r, slight increase in packages weighing little over 10 pounds, and. t reduction in greater weights up to 15 pounds. A flat rate of 55 coins is set for postotfices beyond 20 mile radius in Ontario, 75 melte in Quebec and Manitoba, 51,15 in Sask., and Maritimes, $135 for Al- berta and; $1.50 for 13. C. or Yukon, The rates IfOr weights of less than ten pounds is net changed. Facts About the Malting of "The Ten Commandments." After eight months of preparation production 1y119 started n1 desert loc- ates closely duplicating lerael's exo- dos from Egypt.and stay in the Sins ante Wilderness. More than 2,500 people, were employed in the Biblical scenes of the piitm'e. Fifteen tons of modeling' clay, 300 tons of plan- ' to', 550,000 feet of temper, 25,000 pounds of Haile, and 75 miles of ca- ble end wire were used in building the immense sets. Sixteen milts of cloth were use to make 3,000 cos- tumes. Three cons of i .moth t made tmnns. 7.hn �i. into 250 setts of Egyptian chariot harness. Ten tons of hay were? re- gt,ir>d to .feed 900 hoe lee, 200 bur- ros, 50 camels, 500 einem and 1,000 cattle, The nationalitise of the players inelmlr d Arabi ane, Paolo t at- ia1s, Turks, (aurasi:tns, ,Mos'spota- mialls, Ureic:., Rounn .111111,0•1 held Moors---tbit'ly naflnns 1 pr tente,1 in (1ll- As the Grand Thr +tie ... three .days•-WJen.. P0, 21, '22, a+, usual jipuder pieces, . THE BRUSSELS POST WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1027. Coldest of Season. When the thermometer dropped 17 degrees bedew zero Saturcluy mooning and stayed 4 degee.e below ell (lily this wasa miWd breaker in this i l a tion. It \515:1 aieoiel job there Wax practically no wind. Guelph's Share is 8 28.00. p s $5 ,2 . During the your 1929 the Guelph Junction Railway paid to the city of Guelph the stn- of e58,220, this be- im. 11 per rent. of the fully peid up eupital of the company. The Guelph Junction is affiliated with the Cl. P. 1:., between Guelph and Gods1lch, Hew Old? Anel the gnustien arises How old is "The Merry Widow" She won't tell- -but we du know "The Merry Widow" ds .wise as old as her cousin was When She vests .oId as her cousin is now. When the rnusin reaches the "Merry Widow's" present age The sum of their• ages will be ono hundred years. What i$ "211,' Merry Widows" Age? Rector Moved to Toronto. Rev, J. H. Colclough, of Cree- ntore, and former rector of the An- glican church, Dutton, has been ap- pointed rector nt Lakeview leach, near Toronto, on the Toronto -Hamil- ton highway. Mr. Colclough is an old Clinton boy, and a few year; ago addressed a meeting here in aid of the Ilile Soviety. Ontario Gets Good Price for Bonds. A syndicate, headed by the Bank of. Montreal, was the succcssrul ten- derer when bids were opened to -day et noon, for the $24,00d,000 issue of 4 hs per cent. serial bonds of the Province of Ontario. The price of- fered was 07,2335, and is the best recorded on the market for some time. The cost to the province is 1.70. A Bad Blow to the Eagle. When George Young, aged 17, of Toronto, defeated 101 contestants in the world's greatest contest in the 22 mile race off the California shore, dee eortainly pulled a good many tail -feathers out of Uncle Sam's eagle. He was the only one to finish the race. He wins $25,000. It took him 15 hours and 45 minutes to make the distance, though with vari;us currents it is estimated that he swam about 28 ntiles. Minor Locals. The days once more are beginning to lengthen. • Not very many 1927 motor mark- ers have put in an appearance yet. The 17th Legislature of ,Onta•ia hits been summoned to meet on Wed- nesday, February 2nd. The gasoline tax yielded the Pro- vincial Treasury $3,376,000 this year, nearly double that yielded: last year. These great balloon' tires aro more economical if you save and sell all the scrap iron they pick up. ' The Soviet Government has order- ed $300,000 worth of farm machin- ery in Canada the past month. It is now possible to look Turkish women straight in the face. A pro- clamation has,- been issued prohibit- ing them from wearing veils. The Maker of Acton's Steam Fire Engine. Acton Free Press:—John D. Ron- ald, the manufacturer of the first steam fire engine in Canada, died in Hamilton on Sunday. He was ninety five years of age. Mr. Ronald was the quaker of Acton's steam fire en- gine, and was here personally when it was demonstrated' about thirty- five years ago. It was stationed on and i the edge of Henderson's Pond 1 streams were thrown over ths Stor- ey Glove factory with ease. Mr. Storey was reeve at the time. The engine was purchased and put into comntlesion. It never failed hi doing good service at any fire in town, and is still effective. This was shown particularly during the big fire at the tanneries in August, 1923, when its streams were a valuable adjunct to the waterworks and the. Beard- more systems. Acton has been very proud of the fire engine, as well we may. -for it was the medium through which tens of thousands of dollars worth of property has been saved from destruction during the year's it has served us so faithfully. 11Ir. Ronr•ld had a record of achievement in the business world which wee equalled by few of the survivors of the pioneer industrial regime of• the; Province. During his career the. late Mr. Ronald enjoyed excellent health, and had only been ailing for' a few. months. Jail Term for Bootleggers. Acton Free Press,—"When1 Gov- ernment Control of the sale of liquor becomes the haw of Ontario the pen- alty for bootlegging will likely bo imprisonment—for nothing short of this will satisfy public opinion, Un- der the 0. T. A. there have been heavy fines, but when a bootlegger can make $200 in a few days the fine does not stop him in his work. However, a and term will have a selutary effect and it will no doubt be more dreaded then a fine. The desire to make money molly and quickly has takena grip on very many. and unfortunately, bootleg- ging hats appealed to very malty as the solution of the problem:--Pcm- broke Standard -Observer. The pen- alty referred to as likely to bo ante posed under the new Government Control :Law will be salutary and de- sereed. The writer evidently for- gets or is unaware of the fact that joist terms for pooticggere ars pro- vided under the Ontario Temperance Act, From this county alone three ieoLh •gi'r't', sentenced 11111101' 11 1'. A., are tit meisent time serving terms cif fifteen months snort,• two at. • Thiewaslf and ono at Guelph Reform - :dory. During the past year; nnm- 1 her,; of bootleggers have served • twins 111 jail in this countv." The e.lifo' of 1,ht, Journal, H. P. M,:o'e•, is also Me 1 trate, in all 0. T. A. raps en quit section and knows whet he ie tale in;; about on tdiet;n cases. LIBERALS TO 'SELECT HURON COUNTY WARDEN Four Are Mentioned For the Office —30 Members Compose Council This Year Goderieh, ,lain. 11. --Liberal mem- bers of 11uton County Council have the privilege this year, aceordine to the time-honored eus inin of party al• - Donation, of selecting the warden for the ensuing year. Four 11tunes have beton prominently mention:3d for the poet is successor to peeve J. W. Mc'Kibbon of Winghatn, who in- cidentally is a member again of this ys ar's council. Thome being spoken of for the harem of the wardenship are; Reeve J. W Beattie, Scaforth; Reeve Ow- en Geiger, Honsali; Reeve Elmer F. huopp, Hay '1'ownship, and Reeve 0, L. Mcl'1wen, Turnberry Township. Mt Geiger is a former warden. Sea - forth, so it is said, has never had• its representative chosen as the coun- cil's head. Alex. Neel), Reeve of Stephen Tp. for the past six or seven years, will he missed at the council board this year. He resigned to run as Cone servative candidate for South Hur- on en the provincial election but was defeated, Mr, Neeb has been men- tioned lately for the vdcant regis- trarship in the county courthouse at Goderich. Huron County Council will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 25, for its inau- gural sessernr. This year's council 1114.4 30 members, one less than last year by reason ofa decrease in population in one of the northern townships where the position of de- puty reeve has consequently been eliminated. ! (1 51eelclt Hot ti cull ural Soci sty had i+ e small hal twee al the end of the year, An election seas held in Auburn, to determine who should occupy the seats 011 the trustee Hoard, dui ing the soloing year. The candidates aeon : Messs. .1 0110,9 J01004011, Nets• no Hill, Ezekiel Philips, Ed. Ilelwig and Albert Naegel, The first three were the sureessfnl aspirants, EAST WAWANOSH COUNCIL Tne first meettug of the Council for 1927 teas held on January 10th, with all the mem bets present, Reeve Ooult- es presiding, Each having stetted the necessary declaration of office, the minutes of the last meeting in 1928 were read and approved. A by-law was and passed, confirm- ing the appointment of the following' otllcera, for the present year, at the sante salaries as formerly : W, H, Campbell and Frank Thompson, aud- itors ; Wm. Robinson, assessor : R. Buchanan, member of Board of Health ; H. Perdue and A. McGowan, sanitary inspectors • J. Caldwell, J. C. Stole, W, G. Held and, Wm, J, Currie, sheep valuators. Ootnmun'o,tions from the Sick Children's Hospital and the Huron County Shelter, asking ,for grants in aid of these institutions, also from G. Wilson, Toronto, asking for a con- tribution to the presentation and testimonial to .be tendered Lieuten- ant Governor Oockshutt, in Toronto, on Jan, 1811, received and filed. Application of R. H. Scott to have his pr, party, NI- Lot 38, Con, 12, transferred from 8. S. No. 11 to S. S. No. 0, rt calved. The clerk was in- structed to notify the trustees of the above section, of this rrquest, the matter to be dealt with at next meet - of the council, The following accounts were paid : Truetees of Belgrave School, use of echoed for nomination meeting $4.00 ; The Advance office, printing financial statements $18 00 ; G. Jordan, repairs to threshing machine owing to de- fective road $8.00 ; W. Mason, put- ting ditch across road, Oon. 4, $11.20 : W. J. Rodger, 57 yards of gravel $8.555 ; F. Davidson, grading and cut. ting weeds 54.85 ; The Municipal World, subscriptions to paper 86 00 ; W. McGill, patrolman, $1700 ; 0. Oarter, patrolman, $91.00; F. , Ander- sen, preparing statement. war tax and exchange $35.00 ; A. Porterfield, salary $190; postage $15 00 ; fees as Div, Registrar $15,00, Council adjoined to meet again on Tuesday, Feb. 8111, A. POR'1'SIRFIELD, Clerk. HURON COUNTY t The 'Hayfield gravel teams are busy hauling gravel on the provincial road. the roads being good for team- ing at this time of the year. Wm, RIcOool, a former foreman of the job department of the Advartee- Times, Wingham, has started a job printing plant in opposition to his former employer, • le 0. Brooks, who for 28 years, held the contract for ca•lying His Ma:j- esey's mail between the Exeter sta- tion and the post office, has been euc- o •eded by Wm, Gillespie, who was re- cently awarded the contract. R. N. Rowe, Exeter, proprietor of the South End Fiu•niLure Store, has purchased el. I?. Gtu'diner'e furniture and undertaking business and also the dwelling on Simone street, Mr. Gardiner has been in business there for 10 years, and during that time has won many friends. Ile has pur- chased a simiiiar business in Meaford, and has already taken 905855sicn. Mr. Rowe will cm,tinne both stores, foe the present, One of the oldest and moethighly reepeoted residents of (inderielt hes p sssed away, in the person of Jessie Urquhart, widow of William Bell, in Inc ninety-fourth year, Mrs, Bell was born in Inverness, Hoot land, and ,.ante Ln 09.11ada ,tbmtt 60 years ago, Mr. Bell piedeceased her about 22 ,years, She leaves a family of three daughters, Mrs, A, G. Morrison, of Chicago a Mrs. Alexander McBride. of Culbertson, Montana, and Miss Jessie Bell, of Goderloh. She is oleo survived by one sister, Mos. Stewart, of Inverness, Scotlatnd, and one broths sr, John Urquhart, of Kansas. There are (deo five grandchildren, John and Mrs. Ferguson, of 011110ed, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding day, at their home, last week, The happy occasion was rec- ognized by a family gathering of fourteen nelatives for the ann051 Ohristteas dinner, with special refer. etnee to the appt•otolling anniversary, A gift, foe the event was a six -tube radhnset, which the raged rrripie18t• are 1111w enjoying thoroughly, Mr, and Mrs .Ferguson were mauled on Jaunty 3rd, 1867. at the home of the bride, in Nort11lrrnhelland County, by thelet eRev. John Rai rig inking up is:sidelineimmediately 92Ier, inHnsv- lpic'Tnweshtll, 1,115,1 ,hey i11'0ved 10 h,. a pa11,v of 1r110 pi'nc'er will heist, Tri 10117, 11154) 01 weed to their present home iu (1liffeid BRUCE COUNTY (0. R. Rutile, of Ripley, leo t•el his !militate bllcineee to A. Potties, 1.f (ihesley, who will take pussnssiou "u J+u,, 15111. Arehie Eraser was appointed night constable, at Walkerton. instead of Police ywnnsnu, who ling held the position fora number "f years, Lie protest in ennnretinn tvlth t.hn election of M. A. 11eialium, Progres- ive candidate in South Bruce, in the emelt election, was enter- ed last Thursday, A. W. Chittick, of Teeswater, had the misfortune to be kicked by one of hie race horses, as he was entering the stall, recently. The hoof struck Into above the eye, and it required several stitches to close the wound Robert Brown, of Lneknow, who has been in that village for the past ',lye ire, hes sold out and moved to Simcoe. He will travel for Headier Bros., woollen goods manufacturers, of Wellesley, The inquest held at Kincardine, by Coroner John Ferguson, into the death of Levi Rustle, killed by a skid- ding ear, on Jan, 3rd, by William Smith, returned verdict of accidental death. No negligence wasattaehed to Mr. Smith, S. 5, No, 4, Bruce and Kincardine, which competed in the school fair, at Tiverton, has this year wen the shield awarded by the Department of Agri- culture. This shield is given to the school winning the highest number of points per pupil. Ed. Witter, of Mildmay, has again been awarded the contract of supply- ing about 200 carloads of ice to the Canadian National Railways, and it is expected tint the work of cutting and loariing will commence in a few days. The ice is now about 15 inches thick and is extra grand clear quality, hdward W. Schickler. of Milc)rnay, hag made an assignment for the ben- efit of his creditors. His liabilities n,'. somewhere around ,15000 more than Iris r,cunty, tin h•,a rkr) ipa nn a CentraCtillg bn9lness in cement and concrete work, 7. A. Paterson, of Hanover, has been appointed as cust- odian. The trustees of the Ripley School Board ate contemplating a few need- ful improvements to the huildings. The erection of an up-tn-date lay. atony at the public school and the placing of electric lights in both pub. lic and Continuation Schools are things which should meet the approv- al of every ratepayer. One of Kincardine Township's most highly esteemed and life-long res- idents, Peter Glahn, passed away at his home, Lot40, Con. 2 S. D. R.. on Friday, Jan. 7111, in his 05th year. He was born 011 the homestead, son of Fred and Sfre, Glahn. After their missing, ha continued on that farm until about 18 years ago, when he moved to the North Line. Thirty. four years ago, he married Martha Anderson, who stn'vives him. PERTH COUNTY Mayor John Watson, of Listowel, began hisilth term ie„the,t office. Nominations for the vacant' place on Listowel Council will he held on January 25111, and if there 1e to be an election, this will be held cot the first day of February. A re-count has been ordered in the municipal election itt • Ellice Twp. Charles Quipp and Daniel Crowley were tied for the office of Deputy Reeve, and clerk gave owning vote to Crowley. Misses Race, Mitchell, have receiv eel word from Edmonton, Alberta, that their cousin, Cecil Race, had pas- sed away. The late Mr. Race, who heed visited in Mitchell a number of times, was tuna in Port Hope, about 50 years ago, and had been a teacher in the university, in Pdtnnnton, for the past 211 years, THE INCOME TAX (By R. J. Deachman) It is suggested by those who op- pose the Income Tax that a very small proportion of the total income tax receipts of the Dominion Govern- ment cones from the farmer. 7]his ;statement is true. rilso this is the reason why objec- tions are matte to it by merchants, millionaires and manufacturers. If a tax were levied which fell entirely upon the farmers there would be no agitation against it— at tenet the agitation would not come .from the classes which were not asked to beau' the burden. The income tax is not Braid by the farmers for the simple reason that the Act specifically ex- empts those of small Meow, When •a tax is levied upon those having 011 income in excess of $3,000 a year, then it is little likely to catch the Agricultural population of the nom - Non, because there are not a great number of farmers in Canada whose annual income exceeds that sum, What He Pays in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1926, the contribution of the separate el.• etes in Canada teethe in- come tax were as follows: All others, 20,-185 18,527,154 Farmers, 3008 9 1660 38 Proi'ees'l [lasses, 19,305 2230,080 le,mployees, 1.68,804 ,.. 1.3,0713,011, 5lorchants, 16,809. 7,097,163 Manufacturers, 3,000 1 1,003 .3x88 UncIa esified 100,654 Total $57,466,682, Its su etinr strength makes s P noiry o farther ther dial orifinery hours. 15 isperfect ler all your baking-- t tl esepies, buns and broad — so the one flour sack only, is necessary. Try Purity Flour to -day — it is certain to please you. Send 30e in stamps for otrr 700 -recipe Parity Tlopr Gook Hook, 202 Weatean Canada Hour M(Ite Co. Limited, Toronto, Mumma, Ottawa, Selac Soto. Loss Refunds 1,218,11.11 Net r56,2480143 If you take the trouble to divide the numbers in each class into the total amount; paid you will find how lunch more comforting it is to he a merchant, a professional man or a manufacturer and have the pleasure of paying big income tax than to be a farmer and have little except abuse for your inability to pay. The con- tribution of the farmer may seem small, but where will you get the farm which in the average year yields its owner over 52,000, let al- one conte within scope of the income tax. I have before me they statement of the earnings of a first class hunched• acre faun in the province of Ontar- in. It ie a mixed fart-, well run and the accounts I know are accurate. The earnings for the year 19215 were its follows: Milk (10 cows) 572$,23 Cattle sold , 151.50 Hogs sold 447.75 Eggs and poultry .. , 373.e6 Wood sold 861.75 Maple syrup 95.00 Grain 83.70 Potatoes 35.00 $2.271.7e Total Expenses Iiepairs Taxes Insurance Feed bought Hired help Threshing Blacksmith and repairs ,... 65.00 Total 5597..18 The farm carries a mortgage of 55,000, on which the f ill year's in- terest amounted to $435,90. This leaves the total income for the far- mer, his wife and one daughter, cap- able of doing considerable work and, assirsting on the farm, and for the interest upon his equity in the farm amounting to $6,000 over and above his mortgage, a total sunt of $1,244,- 71. 1925 was by all odds hie best year since the collapse of the post war boom. It is easy to see haw much greater would need to be his effort before he reached that strata of society which because it pays, ar- rogates to itself the right to protest with vehemence against the imposi- tion of an income tax, To Much Of course an expert accountant go- ing through this world cut a pretty wide swath. Nothing ie allowed for depeeciation in buildings. The gene tleman has sold $361.75 worth of wood, which represents depreciation of capital assets and not income. There is no allowance for deprecia- tion of equipment which must be quite large on such a farm. Even the ten large cows after a season's production are not so valuable as they were at the first of the year and still the total income is nowhere near the level where the income tax man bi'ontes entitled to lois share,' The fact is that the farmer Paye so much in indirect taxes that practical- ly nothing is left :for mint to live on. In the west there is a 'wide varia-' tion in conditions. ' The same general principle applies, however. The western farmer as a class is a -tan who has a relatively 51111111 income. It is safe to say that if both farmer and manufacturer were put in the same conditions --that is if both re- ceive the, same tosistance in making nut income tax state1110nte, the 10t0h paid by the farmers us 0 whole would be much less than it is 110W. Instead of the fermnrs of Canada failing to flay their full share of in- come tax they are overpaying through ignorant, of thee, nieetie,s of book-keeping which enable the wealthier mare to redeye his pay- ments. aymints. $ 110.00 99.48 (1.40 94.30 170.00 46,00 What the Provinces Pay The different amounts paid by each of the different provinces are an interesting revelation of where big incomes are in. the Dominion of Canada, The figures given are for the year 1:12;1 10151 show the amount of income tax paid by eac'r province and also the per capita amount eom- tlilnuted by the residents of -each provinete--- Income Tax by Provinces Province Amount Per Capita Cnntrihutit,n Prince Edward 1. $ 48,096.00 .41 Nova Scotia ... 5147,447.00 1.58 Now Urtuiswick 706,596.00 1.90 quo., 20,147,700.00 7,00 Ontario 26,0 59,.127.00 5.40 Manitoba 3,521 17,3.00 5.37 Saskatchewan . 891,399.00 1.07 Alberta 1,110,5711,00 1,83 brit.: h Col, . , , 3.0,0, 598.00 6.96 Yukon (18,1100.00 1.97 The• more thoroughly agricultural the province the smaller the total and the lees per capita "ontruution. THIS IS NOT BI.CAUSE+: THE FARMER DODGES HIS JUST TAX- ES, BLIT BECAUSh; HE 1LeS NOT THI'l INCOME WHICH WOULD PERMIT HIM • TO HAVE 1716 PLIIASUJIRE OF CONTRIIIUTING TO THE INCOME TAX OF THE DOMINION. Income Tax Efficiency The Retail Merchants who are car- rying on a campaign against the in- come tax have stated in a number of articles that the tax is difficult to collect and that it leads to mis- representation and crookedness. It will be recalled that the Re -ail mer- chants, took an active part in the re- cent attack upon the administration of the customs Department. They were practically certain that She ad- ministration was rotten. It never crossed their minds to suggest that was a justifretttion for the abolition of the Custom's Tariff. Why should they now urge difficulties of adminis- tration as a reason for the abolition of the income tax? The income tax is easy to collect. It brought in last year 550,243,042. The cost of administering this de- partment was $1,724,159.00. The Custom's Revenue totalled $127,360,000.00. The cost of admin- istering this department was $7,262, 209.00. It is true that this includes certain expenses on collection of ex- cise, but it also leaves out of the statement the inside staff of the Customs' Department, a rather cost- ly organizaion in itself. But though the cost of collection of Customs taxes is much greater than that of income taxes, that is by no means the main difference be- tween the two forms of taxation. Every dollar collected in income tax, minus only the 3 per eent. required for collection, goes into the. revenue of the country. On every dollar contributed to the Customs Revenue it is safe to say that at least $3.00 goes into private business of one kind or another for enhanced prices of commodities due to the Customs' tar 111'. We pay hundreds of millions of dollars in excess pricey to local manufacturers because of tariff ex- actions. We pay higher prices for transportation because our railways 1-;cve had to pay tariff niacin prices for their rails and equipment. There is no other factor in our National life which exerts so strong an influ- ence as the t::riff in increasing the price of co 11noditics, The income tax is honest, straight forward and direct. It places its burden on the broadest backs. It takes money from those who have it. It takes its toll from those to whom we have given special privileges. It is it just tax, There ,are anomalies in it no doubt. These can be correct- ed, but it ought to remain perman- t•ntly, the corner stone of our reven- ue system. To abolish it would be a backward step of the worst possi- ble kind in the present circumstance, of the Do upiion,• T Charles R. McKeown, 1LC., ex -1i, P.I'., of Orangeville. has been ap- pointed chairman of the Ontario Rail- way and Municipal Board, 117 51e - Keown, who ht a well 'drown Con- servative, succeeds Donald `1 Me- Intyre, K.C. Many New Year resolutions have been shattered already. Dr, Hugo I?cknner, old Zeppifn cilot, will attempt a globe encircling flight in the new Zepplin L7:•121 when that ship is completed in ,tune, Aberdonians may be interested 111 a "slow :smoking” contest held in 13 German town. The winner, a tete- ran of 72, smoked.. hos eig:ur unilntrl' ruptediy for 2 hours and ie nlitlul' Married mels employed 1:1 Wis• co11510 fact.ol•ies where they are re- quired to wont on Sunday have a grievance. It is the euetoM of eni- ployer's to lay the num oft' ne -Mone day. They complain that thein' wive, hike Advantage] -af their mreivinee at ]tote. .t0 t'.elnmalideer t111'ir imevires In helping Witt( the family wa,hnt<,.