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Wc''D PAY
JUST THE SAME
When the annual Municipal con-
ven?tton gets under way there will
be resolutions placed before it. One
is waiting already and it 'has -a
solution for relief coats, It is just
this, that the federal and .provinc
al governmentsshould assume the
entire cost of relief and the muni-
cipalities should: have nothing more
to do with it,
111te beauty of the scheme 1s ap-
parent at &tit glance, The mruni-
clpalities a8 such'woifld be freed
from aay further obligation. There
would be art immediate drop in, the
:tax rate because there would be
nothing .raised for the payment of
relief. And all would be well.
It is so simple that it looks too
good to be true. And that is exact:
Iy the situation,
If the municipalities, paid noth-
ing at all out of their funds for re-
lief purposes then the money would
have to come Frohn the federal and
Provincial governments: Those
governments are in bhe same posi-
tion as municipal governments, --
they have no money of their own
P,v ery dollar they spend has to oe
taken front the people, and if they
started paying railef costs) they
;would at once start Making the
money from the people ih the
muahctpalitlea. The only difference
to the ratepayebs would be that in-
stead of paying here they would, be
paying there.
Possibly we will never rid our-
selves of that strange bel'i'ef that if
'federal or provincial government.
spends money we do not have to
put it up. An individual realizes
that mmnivaipl•1 taxes are' betty pad
because the individmal gets, a bill.
for a certain amount and it is pos-
sible to see the Decsple to whom the
money ire ptrid, There is the proof
of 'pe'itrenal contact • and. laNteratidA
payment, One who pays 'income' tax
has the same experience,
The difference is that so n'atry
fededal and provincial taxes are col-
lected ht ways which are not :fully
revealed, and for that reason we Are
hot aware that we /ire 'bhYiiig them,
and, we dol not knew the extent of
the demmds, we, are meeting, But
we aro paying Wilt .the dame al-
though we do not get a receipt elat-
ing we have paid so much Inc taxa-
tion, It would 'Undoubtedly be
better if we ware fully aware of
the ainoitntt ce taxation which we
are paying, for then we would UD
dougtedly be inclined to db some-
thing
omething about it.
WAS KING JOHN
ILLITERATE
The Interesting claim was made
by the Chatham Nervus that King
Joihn did not sign the Magna Carta
because be could not write, nor
could he have been, certain what it
was all about because be could not
read'.
Actually there are no signatures
on Magna Carta as we regard
signatures today. Names were not
signed as they were oia the Amleri-
can Declaration of In;depenttence.
Instead King John placed his seal
at the bottom and there are .akin(
,the seals of his secretaries, The
barons of that tme also. arflxed• their
seals.
As to whelther King John could
not have' read the document there
are several explanations. The or -
laical -was written in Latin and at
that time (1215) Latin was the
language undertstood and used most
ly by church dignitaries, and it is
possdbdle that Soto, along with
many ahem, was content to leave
'all.ettch matter's in the hands of
other, 113th ,there appears to be
no sound reason for ,saytlr,g that
Icing Solan did not know what it was
all about. Ile had ears, and it
could have been explained to him,
and it is Oslo a fact that the con-
ferencels pieceiding the actual sign-
my laaltedfor several days,
Looking through Isistores modern
and ancient, We ' have so far tailed
to flndt hnything much which tells
of the 8arly training of King John
dr throws ,light on the 'extent to
Which : his, schooling was oomlpleted
-or neglected 'Certainly there
'was nothing in his career toindi-
cate he was, a scholar of any stand-.
ing, and few hisboriants have any-
thing whatever to saj? of Id
Following the Magna Carta there
were several letters written and
sent to Rome appealing to the Pope
to try and get John released from
,the great document, and reading
these one is, invpreseed' by the
strength of utterance and the air
-
gently et the plea. Bit here again
there le nothing' to indicate that the
le,tteris were written by Ktng John,
Bo there aepeltans, to be frothing to
et$pport the picture of King John
THE BRUSSELS POST
untidy a tree at Ittunnymede "sign-
ing" Magna Carta, - One lidetor:an
citgw pat attention, ,to the fact that
In 1215 the number of people who
oou':d read and write was very few.
At the moment we have to leave int
j ut;lt there—We helve Lound nothing
to show that King ,7obn coutld read
and, write, and nothing to make it
cartainl he could, not. On that
great document he affixed, his Beal.
THE PRICE OF MILK
A. nunr'bet of years ago a man
who kept three or four oowe used to
deliver milk to people in the vil-
lage, Ile had a horse and rig and
When he called, at the house be
carded a large can, with a spout on
it. and a quart measure was bang-
ing over the snout, The people in
the house hada large pitcher into.
which 'their milk was measured,.
ani' the tieketis were made by the
,mil>tntan n his spare time out of
soda biscuit boxes. It was as
simile and direct a bit of cleating as
could have been ' devised, There
wasn't anything much between pro -
(Nicer and consumer there prob-
ably not more than a mile-anal-ahalf
of road.
feet.. And that does not make
joyful reading when, one considers'
that 5,230 feet mktke a mile
Many Italian resid'e'nts' wdlo want
to i1thaoplal are going back home.
The reasons given are fever, bad
weather and, maids by the natives. It'
hardily leeks' as 'though Mussolini's
dist great eongnrest had been Werth
the price.
Six persons at Gue1h - Reforms -
tory tired to stage an escape and
for their &frontal• they weer straipped
and that we suppose is an official
wap of referring to the old 'custom
of being taken to the woodshed.
Indians in Manitoba say there is
going ,to be an early winter be-
cause the muskrats are already
looking for sites to build - their
winter homes, That may not be
fair proof as the muskrat always
has the problem behind, him of
figuring how be can save his hide.
I LET US LOOK.
AT THE PAST, I
New Fork city uses over 4,000,000 bre ire Tam h
ow
quarts of Milk per day, and there is iii o, 1<1*. 1'O
et oi SO
in, eavatence a great machine for die. SII/ N roars
Ago
trilrahion, Giant trucks carry the _
milk tor miles toward the city; -
owatamaaar
more trucks carry it to louses alter 25 YEARS AGO
it has been bottled and cared for.
But in, agate of al lthis major system
of distribution there was trouble
for thea best part of two weeks . be-
cause -the producers wanted more
for their mill. They 'had been
getting $1.60 per hundred, and they
wanted 02.35. So they fought and
spelled milk along the highways,.
Smashed in same heads: ant put a
number of people in hospitals, and
then compromised' at $2.15 per
hundred—or 47 quarts, And that is
what the emus -sena in, this, advanced
district will receive.
A little close arithmetic shows
that the faraner.'producer will re-
ceive 4.57 cents per quant for
milk, and that le what might be call-
ed a victory price because he has
been( receiving 3 19-47 cents per
quart.
an the days of the village milk-
man used to change flue' cents per
quant for his prodluct but he took
the entire five cents, and put it in
his pocket, and tha twos 40 years
ago. He was getting $2.35 per
hundred, the price which the New
Yonk Skate farmers failed to attain.
Of course in those humble old days
there, alta no giant system of deliv-
ery in between the producer and
consumer. We realize quite well
the milkman, could not drive into
New York and cover a route, but
that does not alter the plan fact
`that the milkman in the village
with his big spouted can 40 years
ago was, getting more for his milk
than the producer of tolay,
NOTE AND COMMENT
Judge in 17, S. court turned a
good enough phrase when. he Bald
"A sharp tongue gets sharper by
constant use."
The air 1,000 feet up is said to be
entirely free of anything w'hloh
would cause they lever. The only
problem now Is to yet up there and
stay.
London lawyer says, he is certain
erimre increases during the hot
weather, anti pos(dbly that is why
thep that thought of the plan of
Pitting criminals in the cooler,
At times we are inclined to agree
with, those who claim the world is
going crazy—especially after reati-
ing drat in &mope there are now
8,500,000 meal bearing arms,
Mrs, Maud Tarbet of Oklahoma
City had $70 in bills, hidden, in the
oven, which. seems, to have been a
splendid lidding •place until she. for-
got
oegot about it and delciled to do some
baking.
Mans in Nebraska has applied for
a 1939 license for a car manufac-
tured in 1904. 11 has two cylinders
and, a drain thrive—likewise wheels
and a seat,
'The Premier of Nova Scotia atter
flying to Vancouver said it was the
daily oe public Wren in Canada to get
around and see all parts of the Do-
minion. Possibly if they did they
weed not hiave to spend so much
time worrying about the hart' luck of
the folk' at home,
A level crossing accident in which
a man was killed near Leamington
mattered, pieta of a car ter 6,000
GRAN BR'OO K
Miss Ashton of St. Thomas, is
'visiting Miss Thelma Smalldon,
* * *
For the past two weeks Thomas
Russel and his daughter Mrs. John
Halley of Saginranv, Mich„ have been
visiting relatives and friends and re-
newing old acquaintances,
BLUEVALE
IYPiss Markle Paul, of Pittsburg,
has arrived at her home here for a
few week's holidays.
Miers Cora M. Messer has return-
ed from a trip down .the St, Law-
rence to Quebec. IShe was accomp-
anio(t on her ousting by Miss Pearl
Beaker, Toronto.
Mise Mary Stelwait has returned
from a holiday trig to Gladstone,
Man,
•JAMESTOWN
This week George Johnston lett
for Pelee Island where he is in-
structing the young idea lin edu-
cational affairs,
Donald Strachan and. Mrs. Strach-
an and baby, Annie, Hanover, visit-
ed the fonner's 'parents, Mrs. John
Strachan, last week.'
JLiss Annie •Hamrtlton, who bas
been staying with her cousin, Mrs.
D. McDonald returned to her home
at Shakespeare this week,
Ralph 'Shaw, son of Anson and
Mrs. Shaw, who was home for a
holiday lett last week for Irvine,
Arta., where he has a good position
as teacher,
M'O'RRIS
Harry Graeiby, lett Blyth for a two
month's trip in the West,
* * *
Mrs. 'Jose'plr' Whitehead and
(laughter, Nellie, of Calgary, are
visitors, et the Mime of them uncle,
W. H, Anmistrong, Stir line,
* * *
Miss Alice J. Bristow, who has
been, visiting firer relatives, in these
parts for the past five weeps left
for home int Bast Orange, N.J., om
Monklay.
Bilis, Myra R. Hood, nt Pontiac,
Miclr., fs spending her, vacation at
the home 0* her mutts, Mrs. Wm.
Jackson, Blyth and Ms. Albert
Code, 0th line, Morris,
Mr, Ross, if New Zealand, who, is
a nephew, of Mrs, Wan, Cochrane,
3rd' line, was here for short vdsi.
Miss Annie Rowell and nephews,
Of Clinton, have been holidaying
with Hellbent and Mre. Manning, 5-th
line, and other old friends,
WALTON'
Barrister Rea, Edmonton, has
been renewing old ft,+lendships in
Walton and locality.
* * *
TSchooi opened Tuesday wit hJtiro.
Hendetean of Brussels as prinetpal
MA Mlles McDonaldd as' his, associate.
WROXETER
Haigh Logadadl, Montreal, 1s re-
newing sejuaintances in the village;
Biro, 't. 3', 'Galbraith, }Fantasy,
GOOr2EA,R
WINIMPSP
80411,'9$+1
OUTRUNS ANYTHING
ON WHEELS
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tire mileage to new long-distance
records. See this handsome streamlined
tire here NOW!
ANDERSON'S GARAGE
Orwell Elliott, Operator
UMW
PHONE 82
BRUSSELS, ONT.
Man., is the guest of her brother
Jno. Earner, of Hawick,
« « •
Miss Mary Hwpfer has opened a
dn'essmakdng shop in the Rasannt's-
sen block.
After an absence: of 34 years Mrs.
Millen, of Winnipeg, a former resi-
dent oe the village, renewed ac-
quaintances here.
GREY
Percy Baker, wife and family
from Moose Jaw, are visiting his
brother, J. K. Baker, 9th con. '
* * m
miss' Bisset, Brantford, bas . been
visting her sister, Mrs. J, K. Baker
for a few days,
* * *
Dr. Will Turnbull, Winnipeg was
here for a short visit.
Mrs. Fletcher Sparlin,g spent a
frlom- an extended visit to the Soo
B.. Roe and M• rs, Crich are home
week with. her sister in St. Marys .
and other points.
• « •
W. 0, Stratton, of Lancaster was
here this. week.
* **
\firs. Dodds' of ,Swiet Current,
Sask„ and Mrs. W. A, Johnston of
Seafonth were visiting the Misses
Ross in towns
50 YEARS AGO
ETHEL
surfs. A. Panabaker is visiting
friend1 in Toronto and vicinity.
8
Elijah Bateman has disposed •et
his Senn just out of the village to
his son.
MORRIS
Chas. Armstrong talks of
to Manitoba nett week.
'Miss Annie Sholdice is away
ing her sister Mrs, Button
Paisley..
*
A bear has been *causing come
exoitement in this toavnship and 1
fast week who ohaeed by some
Brusiselites near the Harris harm,
4th line.
going
visit -
near
Boyd Morrrison, * Walton has
been engaged to teach in S. S. no.
9 newt year for a salary of $350.
BLUEVALE
Franc Patetrlou • + had a quoit
match with several crack ,players of
the county town on Tuesday of last
weep, Pitank caro out `victorious.
Of course,
• • •
Nixon* trotting mare, "HAPPY
they" won the three-mdtiute trot at
the Goder'ich races,
tBLYTH
Dr, W. Sloan and wife retitPbetl
from tar* trip to Banff, N.W.T, on
Friday.
* *,<.
An interesting lawn tennis match '
was played in the park on Saturday
between F. M. Tanner and Miss,
Bina Curtes and R,' B, Coluton and
Miss Ann Kellry, which resulted in
favor of the latter, 6-3, 5-6, 4-6.
GREY
The bears have 'been having a big
time in Louts Holler's oat field this
summer,
• « «
Sere. Geo. titlark, 17,th eon., fell
down the cellar stairs and sustained
severe injuries. She, is lin'enieving
BRUSSELS
Frta.nk S'trettoai de working in
Gerrie.
* * *
B. A. Martin, L.D.S.,
for a week in M(ebigan,
• Wm. Downing, who has been sail- -
ins on the Tnnpre all season was
home tor a visit.
* * *
J. D. Ronald and wife, Mae. W.
Sinclair and Foreman Watt, lent
Brussels for •Saullt. Ste. Marie, per
Beatty line of Steamers, from Kin-
cardine
incaadine on Wennesdby,
was away
The history and character of a
nation are reflected largely in it's
care of the dead. Every Montt -
merit and marker that leaves this
establishment Is guaranteed to be
perfect in design and lettering and
that it Is exactly as We represent.
Brussels Granite 'and
Marble Works.
MARS AGO people aped to
ny,lle them•elee• hemi br
eteaetlngt from in. LOOM top*.
swr.. Med that to-dos sca
iswld probably lj.",ee tar epptier
Mf•t9111 n bo16.tiAWea, In tumults.
• ltO'W.A..OAle the bw0as p
rs a"ei