The Clinton News Record, 1941-01-30, Page 7THURS., JAN 30, 1941
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
CARE OF CHILDREN
COOKING
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f the o inion -Pr
Conference on the Sir is
(CONTINUED)
PION.
T.11. YIUQUESTEN, R.C., ONTARIO MIN-
ISTER OF HIGHWAYS AND MUNICIPAL
AFFAIRS, '(Vol. 2, pages 83 to. 87):
"Mr. Prime Minister and gentlemen, before this
"onferoneodissolves, the province of Ontario would
like to placebefore it its financial position with regard
to the effects 'of the Sirois report on the province's
'finances.
Perhaps, T might properly preface what I have to
•say today by referring to two points touched upon by
the Premier of Mnnitoba (Mr. Bracken) in the pre-
. sentation of his argument before the opening session
'of the conference yesterday.. Tian. Mr. Bracken made
'what I might call an earnest plea to the delegates of
'this conference, and particularly to the Premier of
'Ontario, to consider the .attitude taken by the late
Bon. George Broweret the various adnferences leading
asp to confederation. In bringing Ile. Brown's name
'Into the conference he has suggested that Mr. Brown
• 'eery properly forgot his own personal feelings in the
"matter and Joined hands with Macdonald and others
'inshaping confederation as expressed by the British
.North America Ant.
I consider .it rather an unfortunate choice of argu-
snout to ask that the Premier of Ontario emulate
Brown. i bold that in taking the attitude he has, Lion.
Mr. Hepburn has been but living up to the traditions
of Brown, and has defended and uphold a]1 that Brown
stood Inc, and is safeguarding the rights and rosponsi-
•bilities vested in the separate provinces by con!edera-
• "tion. I prefer to support and adopt the material
structure which was created by Brown, rather than
attempt to interpret its spirit, as Mr. Bracken has pur-
ported to do. I4 Mr. Bracken's argument were to pre.
mil, history would be degraded, our ideals shattered,
and the names of our public men east into the ossuary
of time.
Mr. Bracken was on bettor ground when he advanced
the idea that provincial autonomy, without adequate
rum= fit ':--,.,- .- . r
fro ^sib e, is b°e little mo
for which prev;nces aro responsible, is but )idle mora
than a farce. To put the same idea in another way,
w ithout aseel independence there can be no provincial
autonomy.
I em prepared to -day to review the anencial history
of the preview of Ontario, particularly relating to the
years 8ilnee the present government hits been in &large
at Toronto.
Ontario Balances Budget
Briefly, let me state that wo have followed since the
103 of April, 108e, a sound financial pokey, ns shown
by our budgetary position, In 1980.87, 1987.88, and
1988.89, we had balanced budgets. This year we are
promised by our premier who is also the provincial
treasurer, a balanced budget, a surplus and a reduction
In debt.
This wholesome and enviable budgetary position has
placed us in a position t0 entry out a policy 0f analat-
atlee to Inc 000 nittnieipalilies which form the local
government administrations of Ontario.• Por example,
the .province has assumed the entire capital cost of
construction of ourgreathighway system, the 'Mendel
'burden of which formerly -rested -in part numthe
municipalities. The province also contributes in various
ways toward highway construction expenditures by
'anuuieipaflties.
In mm.ttero of public health, Ontario has mnde great
atrifle% and has, shies this government took charge, at
an annual cost of millions of dollars, a0000010d the entire
burden of the care of indigent tubercular patients.
Teblic health in Ontario costa the province of Ontario
•a son exceeding $000,000 per month. -
Then, in exchange for the income tax, which was
?) 'formerly eancetod by a tow of the 000 municipalities,
wehave substituted n provincial income tax, lord
have assumed the entire cost of the ohm formerly
borne by the municipalities of old age pensions and
mothers' allowances.
The annual coat 40 the government of Ontario for old
ago pensions, ns repreneuled by the present 010ca1 year,
amnuni, to three end a half million dollars. This in.
eludes the province's share of pensions for the blind.
The annual coat to the province of mothers' allow-
ances this year will exceed the num of five and a quarter
Million dollars. All of these Hems—that is, old ego
Penalties. pensions for the blind and mature' tllow-
nnces—aro annually increesing in amount. I quite
agree with the estimate node by prominent arhari"$
that they w)il 1o0l1tue to lere:ee for the next silty
Years. It is 1ifiienll at thte time to estimate the final
limit of the cost of these thaw social services, which, ns
7011 ere 11)011.041. were never dreamed of by the Fellers
of Confederation.
We also par, to the municipalities an annual subsidy
of ono still, Lased an the general naa0aament of Ike
municipalities, and thin amounts in round figures to
the sum o£ three million dollars per annum,
Another function of government 'that ,is growing
!natally is education, and it is eutintnted that for the
present fiscal your the province will spend upwards of
thirteen million dollars.
Compares Relief Costs
Ono of the services that has cost enormous sums du».
Ing the past decade is that of the cost of relief. Under
the mount busts of contribution the dominion pays
40 per cent, of three' relief costs, excluding mettleal
services. Lncluding medimtl ecrvicee the dominion eon.
tribntion le 30 per cent. ofthe total expenditure. For
the present fiscal year, lila' is, lite period ending March
81 next, relief will cost Ontario Inc Sala of ten mi11)00
(lettere. Of this the dominion's e11ar0 will be $8,300•
• 000, the provincial share $4;900,000, and the struts
sipahtics' share $1„000,000.
Estimating the cost of relief for the fisenl year which
begins April 1, 1041., eulculeterl on the present baste of
Owing the coat of relief, and estimated from the best
available informotien, the relief picture in 0ulario will
bo represented as follows; -
Dominionshop&.............. $2,655,000
Provinelal 0hnro 2,802,000
Multiripel share 1,1178,000
Tf the Sirole basil be adopted, for the fiscal year
5.941.42, the cost is estimated as: -
Dominion share $ 569,00
Provincial Share 4,027,000
Municipal share 1,202,000
Titus it will bo observed that by adopting the Sirois
basis the dmninion would enjoy n saving of $1,080,000,
while the province of Ontario would bo called upon to
increase its expenditurco by the sum of $2,035,000,
end the harden of the mnuloipalitlee would be prac-
tically the same 00 under the present pints; the differ.
cnec beta; less than $50,100. The officers of the
treasury end welfare departments nee here, and arc
supplied with ell -details with reopect to relief fignr03,
and in feet other relief figures. and we are prepared to
discuss these natters in dotthl if and when required.
At this Juncture I deoI,e to make a statement with
respect 10 the esttmuted snvblg orgranto the province
of Ontario ns contained on page 06, Book II, of the
✓ ec0mineudations of the Sirois commission,
The estimated savings or gain to the province of
Ontuits, on the 1.037 base is $5,526,000 per annual.
But n earofut nmlysis of line figures indicates that in.
stead of a gain of $5,820000, the actual not loss to
the province for the 10:1.7 period would be :16,433,000.
Thus it will ho seen that the inlormalton given on page
96 of the Sirois report as to the expected improvement
to the financial Position of the province on the 1967
baso is inaccurate and not in a:mordaneo with the
'findings of the treasury department of the presen¢0
of Ontario. This inaccuracy amounts to the largo figure.
of $11,758,000. The reconciliation of those amounts
is available and can be explained by the technical
officers of the treasury department.
With respect to the preeent fiscal year, the situation
is infinitely worse. It the Sirois plan were adopted
and made effective for the present fiscal year, which
ends on March 81 next, the province of Ontario would
be faced with a certain net loss in revenues of the
sum of $17,000,000. This for the present fiscal year
alone.
The province will be required to give
up annual revenues of $40,000,000
Deduct from this, expenditure as-
sumed by the dominion, and the
one mill subsidy to the municipal-
ities, O'11ici1 could not longue be
paid, a total sum of 28,000,000
Leaves a loss of $17,000,000
One of the first results of this loss in revenue,
brought about by the giving up of the succession duty
taxes, would be the loss in revenue to the University
of Toronto of the sum of $500,000. I would refer you
to the Revised Statutes of Ontario (1987) chapter 872,
section 120, which 'is the stutotory authority for pay-
ment from the proceeds of succession ditties to the
University of Toronto in the sum of $600,000 per
513.1111211.
Set Education Back 50 Years
But that is Just one indication of what the lose in
revenues would mean to education in our province.
.Education in Ontario would be sot back fifty years.
This would apply particularly to the "little red school
house" and to the struggling separate schools, which
under present conditions require the same as public
schools—annual grants from the provincial treasury.
Otte splendid work done by the department of health
of Ontario in waging n successful light to stamp out
the men000 of tuberculosis, which light is being con-
ducted nt an annual cost to the province of upwards of
68,000,0en, could not be carried on, unless revenues
from sono outer source were forthcoming.
This would involve some new type of taxation, but
inasmuch as taxes on estates, lases on inromes, taxes
on corporations, and taxes on mining profits, would no
longer be avnilnble to the province of 0nmria, any
adduionni burden of fexntton required to raise revenue
to continuo n reasonable standard of education would
inevitably 1011 upon real estate—upon the farmer, the
home -owner and the business man.
T also bring to your attention tlo fact that uutui-
cipolitics of the province of Ontario will snRer for the
present fiscal year by the implementation of the Sirois
report; the loss in revenue exceeding $0,000,000.
Now, if yotl will add the net loss in revenue to be
sustained by the province of Ontario of $17.000,000
to the $3,000,000 certain loss to be suatniued this
year .by the municipalities of Ontario, you have the
enormous ane of *22,000,000—net loss to the province
and' the municipalities.
" °1171iii; '.,lar: Clnlrina$,'Js hely the beginning. - These
losses are bound to increase, because the functions of
government left with the province are, from their very
nature, increasing in their burdensome character, in
so far as the need for revenue is concerned.
( Real Estate Burden Intolerable
No one conversant with the problems of public fin-
nuco that beset the provinces and the mmliripnlitics in
Canada to -day will attempt to deny that the burden
on real estate at present has revolted a point where it
is difficult for the farmer to meet his rate and taxes;
it is discourngiug for mime to attempt to build n
hoer; and, in fact, daily in Ontario discouraged hotne-
metiers are attempting to satea o sumnthtng front their
equities, and are parting with their Names, which rep-
resent in large measure their only life savings.
Tim real estate owner- today, who east barely rates
the amount of ids 10100, 10111 find that for every duller of
1,3003 le pops tastes to Ontario be will be relied u;e,a
next year to pay 41,20. And this under writ' voudt-
tlnns, where the cost et tieing le already mmu.tine,
and le. generally epenhing. ten per cent, higher than
it wee ut the outbreak of the war.
An the Prime 3fiaieter los said, "You leave us with
the expensive functions of government."
And, I hold that the figures I have submitted peeve
khat we P111 have msn5trlent funds to d stili the these
feasialte of get mamma that health Intl Attention in
petal,.ul0r will suffer, and the standard of living of
our iii Io, na who tore ht t10 alas of g11101 nti,sta be
described as the Power ecnnntoic settle will be akin
to a ooadttion of servile dependency.
I0ow, Mr, Prime Minister, I have finished with my
presentation of the Rnaneinl effect of the report ns it
appeul'a to this province, mud I am authorized on behalf
of the premier of the province of Ottnrio, the Ontario
tlelegatioa, end tho people of the province, to anuoun00
that our n8001ali011 with 11,110 so-called conferenett is
over, Some other members may lake title opportunity
to pre0ollt their reply to the fimnuiol address of the
Iton. Mr. Ilsley, end In wilhdruw as we are doing.
YVo leave It to the rest of the members to continuo time
efforts to do what wit urn bound to 0ny would result
10 wrecking confederation, es we understand it, and
in destroying muvte:dal autonomy and rights. We aro
returning to Dar bu0hles0, land tier Ilool word to tito
dominion ix that word with which we opened: if the
dominion decides to t)roeernte the war on a basis of
cooperation Nye shall be toady, ns wo have always been
in the past, to cooperate in every known way and to
throw the full weight of our great prov1nc0 into the
dominion's war endeavour."
RT. HON. ERNEST LAPOINTE, MINISTER OF
JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY -GENERAL OF
CANADA, (Vol. 2, page 100):
"7 read the Ontario newnpaper0, and this morning
I read a statement in a Toronto stewspnpee to the effect
that tnie commission report Neu 0 Quebec report,
prepared by and for Quebec, for the benefit of that
province. That article urged the people of Ontario to
oppose it. My friends who arc luno know that at the.
same time in 1110 province of Quebec this report is
eonsideeed by some as leading to the destruction of,
provtneial autonomy and the snored rights of the
eitisens of that province. It has been atntod that the
Preston -Canadian race will be ouolaved if this report
is adopted and ,,&¢opted,"
RT. PION. W. L. MACKENZIE RING, PRIME
MINISTER OFCANADA, (Vol- 2, page 112) :
"May I say this next. When my colleague& end I con -
Mitered the calling of this conference there was between
us n great diversity of view as to the wisdom of having
such a gathering at this time. In saying that I do
not think Land betraying any ettbinet meet which 1
ant sworn to respect. 2 for ono tuck the view that it
watt rely doubtful 'whether it would be wise to have a
conference in war time."
•
NOOTtEOCEFPBCEMINISTERP PRVINOIJEE(o. , page
117).
(The Prime remarks in Preach,
the Is English translation)
"Should the continuation of this conference con -
statute 11 menu to Ounadian unity, I would suggest,
Mr. Prime Minister, that it be dissolved."'
PUBLISHED BY SUE 4 %immt OF TIE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF mum
(Continued from page 6)
"GOVT. ASKS 120 -MILLION IN 1941
-and he weakened on the second.
Must Stir People Up .
"We stirred the People up. It was
the old hoorah, stuff," said the chair-
man of that Cineinnati campaign,
mow a retired clergyman living in
'Vero—rite. "That's what is needed. in
'!Canada to day, a stirring up of the
people, a feeling of responsibility by
the little man for the financing of
this war effort.
"A direct appeal shoulcl be made
to new Canadians, people who have
come from foreign countries and
found the benefits of free living,
After taking into consideration the
population, .normal payroll and war
contracts in each proviirce, the War
Savings committee has set the fol-
lowing monthly objectives:
British Columbia, $1,000,000; Alb-
erta, $530.000; Saskatchewan, $250,-
000, Manitoba, $520,000; Ontario
$4,680,000; Quebec, $2,400,000; New
.Brunswick, $200,000; Nova Scotia
$400,000; Prince Edward Island,
$20;000.
It's your move, little man!
HEALTH
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful'
and Inspiring.
IN. CHURCH
"God comfort those who suffer in this
war," the parson prayed:
The sun shone in through colored
glass; vibrant, the organ played.
Deep in my foolish heart I asked,
"How much does God take heed?"
Thousands of hearts are broken and a
' million people bleed!"
And as I sat remembering only such
things as these—
The victims of the devil's work were
rescued from the seas;
A thousand nurses stooped to ease a
thousand soldier's pain;
A hundred Spitfire pilots rose to clear
the skies again,
Many a foster mother kissed some lit-
tle orphaned child;
Smoke -blackened firemen fought huge
fires with spirtis undefiled;
Ten million willing outstreched hands
fed homeless, hungry folk;
A tired crowd underground laughed
at a wounded actor's joke;
White helmeted young doctors brav-
ed a screaming shower of death,
Binding up hurts, speaking kind words
restoring failing breath.
"Oh thou of little faith," He said,
And humbled, deep I bowed my head,
Jean Frances Austen,
MY COUNTRY
By James Montgomery
There is a land, of every land the
pride,
Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world
beside,
Where brighter suns dispense serener
light,
And milder moons imparadise the
night;
A, land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth,
Tinge -tutored ag,jtnd love -exalted
youth:
The wandering mariner, whose eye
explores
The wealthiest isles, the most enchan°
ting shores,
Views not a realm so bountiful alld
fair,
Nor breathes tite spirit of a purer air
In every cline, the magnet of his
soul,
Touched' by remembrance, trembles to
that pole;
For in this land of Heaven's peculiar
1.1100,
The heritage of nature's noblest
grace, •
There is a spot on earth supremely
blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the
test,
Where man, creation's tyrant, casts
aside
His sword and sceptre, pageantry and -
pride,
While in his softened looks benignly
blend
The sire, the son, the husband, brother
friend.
Here woman reigns; the mother, dau-
ghter, wife,
Strew with fresh flowers the alarrOW
way of life:
In the clear heaven of her delightful
eye,
An angel -guard of love and graces
lie;
Around her knees domestic duties
meet,
And fit'eside pleasures gambol at her
feet.
"Where shall that land, that spot of
earth be found "
0, thou shalt find, ho'v'er thy foot-
- steps roam,
That land thy- country, and that spot
thy home!
Man, through all- ages of revolving
time,
Unchanging m'i'ni, in every varying
0111110,
Deems his own land of every land the
pride,
Belgved by Heaven o'er all the world
beside;
His home the spot of earth supremely
blest,.. ' . •
A dearer, sweater spot than all the
rest.
GODE1ICH TOWNSHIP
Mr. and Mrs. ICen Merner spent
Wednesday in. London, •
Miss Helen Thompson, Bayfield
Line has been visiting relatives in
Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs, Dick Ellwood of Clin-
ton were guests on Sunday with Mr.
and Mt's. Fred Thompson.
' Mrs. Robert Taylor - motored' to
Chatham on Sunday to spend: the day
with her husband wilo is now taking
his 30 days training.
Mrs. Albert Craig has returned
home after spending the past week
with her parents in Clinton.
TREES
If I should leave this earth before the
Spring,
To wander in the fields of Paradise.
I think that j would ask of God just
this:
That I might have a chance to rest
my eyes
Upon the wondrous trees- that He has
made;
Of every lovely kind --of every Else!
I know that I should feel at home at
once,
If wandering by the River I could
see
The waving branches of His friendly
trees,
Scenting the air and beckoning to
lee.
For Paradise could hardly be quite
dear,
Unless God planted a familiar tree.
—Ethel May Hall
THE HOME PAPER
The paper came and now the old folks
sit
Tenderly reading every word of it,
They're living at the Coast .. and all
they know
Is back there in a land of wind and
snow,
That's why they left, they couldn't
stand the cold,
For blood runs thin and sluggish when
you're old.
And now they sit among their bloom-
ing flowers
In solid comfort .. . yet the summer
hours
Drag by, and there is nothing much
to do,
No baking . . ,.: When you only cool:
for two
You buy the bread ., . and dad jolt
never took
To passing long long hours with a
book.
'They love their little garden and the
way
The lawn stays green . , . and in the
month n of May
10 11
The trees flame out Iike brides to
greet the Spring
And all the holy bells of heaven ring
Across the Lawn where daisies nod
their heats
And Bold communion in their sunny
beds.
Yet when the preci'tus home -town
paper comes
They gloat above it, all tate tiny
crumbs - -
Of news, they gather tip like miser's
gold,
Pour over all the paragraphs and
hold
The sheets aside and talk with eyes
aglow
Of dear old neighbors of the long ago.
For many iteral is a personal thing;
They know the folks; and so the col-
oui»is ring
Small bells within their hearts, for
they can see
The faces of old neighbors tenderly,
And 31100911 they go their lonely ways
apart,
Still they are members of a 501all
town's heart,
By Eden Jacques
ADVERTISING MANAGER
SYDNEY R. SIKELTON
The Goodwear Tire and Robber
Company of Canada Limited an-
nounces i;he appointment of Sydney
R. Skelton as Manager of the Ad-
vertising Department. Mr, Skelton,
who was formerlyengaged in ad-
vertising agency work in Toronto,
joined the Goodyear organization
some five years ago.
Air Raid Horn Heard in Montreal
meamiiev x emote ni .94
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_ P11010A4oafreal Standard
MONTREAL citizens were warned last weekend that the time has came
.I.V1L for then' "to prepare an air raid shelter" in every home, by Assistant
Director Charles Barnes of the Montreal Police Department and organizer
of the "CPC" Civilian Protection Committee (15,000 strong).
Above, Director Barnes, and William Fair of the Northern Electric Special
Products Division, on the roof of the Company's building, test the Diaphone
Horn, twenty-five of which spaced a mile and three-(luarters apart on roofs
that have been selected, would adequately cover the metropolis. These horns
can be heard over an area of four square mules, but to overcome normal sounds
within offices, stores, factories, homes and public conveyances, etc., sites half
that distance apart have been chosen as a result of many tests.
These horns being operated by compressed air, a reserve supply is avail-
able to offset danger of power failure.
Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions
FROM ALL STATIONS IN EASTERN CANADA
GOINGDMML,Y-Feb.15-Mar01,I94llnddusive
RETURN LIMIT: 95 DAYS.
TICKETS GOOD IN
COACHES at fates approximately 116c per mile.
TOURIST SLEEPING GARS at fares approximately 1%e per mile.
STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1%c per
mile.
Cost of accommodation in sleeping cars additional.
BAGGAGE CHECKEID. Stopovers at a 1 points going and. returning...
SIMILAR EXCURSIONS from WESTERN to EASTERN CANtAig >,1'
DUURING SAME. PERIOD.
Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and All Information
Cram any Agent.
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GUILD
P CTURNG SMALL CE -HUMERI
Good expression is the important point In baby shots. Watch for them—
and let your subject be has natural self.
1'T'S easy enough to get good baby
Pictures—it you go at it the
right way. The secret of the whole
matter is to pick your subject when
he's in a good mood—and just let
him be natural. Give him a toy—
something bright, something that's
colorful and maybe ,new to him, and
he'll provide the expressions, you
want.
This is one case where you don't
need to worry.about small details
of the pose, or about special light-
ing effeets. Good expression — a
genuine, natural effect—is more im-
portant. And the best lighting is
simple — a soft, overall lighting,
withplentyof illumination in the
shadows.
Indoors, you get 'this type of
lighting by proper placing of your
photo -lights. Space them rather
well apart — one toward the sub-
ject's left, one over 'toward the
right. It you have a third light, It
may often be used to brighten up
the background, producing the
light, cheerful effect that is so de-
sirable in a baby picture. The third
light, if used only for the back-
ground, will snake no practical dif-
ference in the exposure.
Very satisfactory snapshots of
babies and small children can be
made with a box camera or a sim-
ple folding model. However, if I
were choosing a camera especially
for these pictures, I would want a
shutter with speeds up to at least
1/100 second, so that when the sub-
ject was lively and active I could
still get good sharp snapshots. And
I would want an eye -level view
finder—I find it the most conven-
ient type for these shots,
But whatever camera you flee, re-
member the points above -balance
your lighting' for soft shadows, let
the child be natural, and watch for
good expressions. Do that, and
you'll get satisfying pictures.
311 John van Guilder i
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