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The ,budget statement -delivered in
the Houee of Commons this week
may be regarded as the economic
swan Song of the ' Mackenzie King
Administration. bt hears evidence on
the face of it of having been dictated
by the spirit of 'defeatisui whichyers
varies government circles 'o-nitli eve
of a general election. Delivered by
Ilon. Chas, Dennieg, Minister of Fin-
ance, it was not a Dunning 'budget.
du past years M r. Dunning endeavdr-
ed to -cope with 'conditiona confront-
ing him. Even his 'politieal opponents
admitted that The, had made an effort
to face iprevailiug conditions. In this
week's .budget no such effort was
made. Even the ntost loyal friends of
the Administration see in it a surrend-
er by Mr. Dunning- to ministerial he -
Potence and the pre-election pork -
barrelling impelaes -of its members
and folloWers. The resourcefulness
with w hit h, in previous budgets, Mr.
Dennills.; attempted to meet difficult
situations is almost ,entirely lacking in
his ,current effort. The general impres-
sion in parliamentary circles is That a
.z:oial fighter ha' at last thrown up his
hands.
Mr. Dunning's effort to relive the
'darkness of the fiscal picture he was
compelled to present to parliament
was obviously half-hearted. In com-
puting the budget deficit for the fiscal
yenr, ended larch 31, last, at :553,000-
00u, he 'placed the loss under Wheat
'Board operations at •$25,000,000, al-
though it is generally conceded that it
will he much greater. In estimating
,the deficit for the present fiscal year
at ;1;60,0003100 he made no allowance
at all for \\*heat Board loss, which
may easily overdraft to $100:000et110e
Even this deficit figure is predicated
upou an improvement in business
during the year.
Financial appropriations presented
in advance of the budget precluded,
any attempt to cope , with the deficit
through economy measures; and, with
an election in the offing. it was out of
the question that it should be met by
additional taxation. No provision is
made for tinancine the pre-election
agrieultural measures recently intro-
duced :by the Government.
To the demand of 'business for tax-
ation relief \1r. Dunning has respond-
ed with tin amendment to the Income
Tax Act providing that, where com-
pany profits are used for plant expan-
sion, a percentage may be deducted
from Income Tax assessment. In
view of the complaint of business that
government policy. or lack of policy,
renders its operations unprofitable,
this will not be regarded as much -of
a relief measure. The grievance of in-
dustry and business is that under ex-
isting 'policies there is no inducement
to expansion. Mr. Dunning's answer
to this grievance was an attempt to
shift the blame from the Government
to business itself. 'Notwithstanding the
discouragement:: imposed on business
enterprise by the Government he ac-
cused husiness men and investors
timidity.
made necessary by the terms accepted
by Canada in the 'trade bergaie with
the United States. The large increase
in -the eustoms dtuty on spirits for the
maeufacture of vine -gar is 'to encour-
age the use of Canadian cider in vin -
gar nratelug and is intended as a meas-
ure •of compensatibn to apple 'growers
for the loss Imposed on them by the
Gcrvernment's sacrifice of a 'third of
the British preference On Canadian
aLiples in connection with the 'United
States treaty,
The campaign waged 'by Conserva-
tive members of the House of Corn-
111L)11A 'during the last two or three ses-
sions. against the loss inflicted on Gan-
adiae farmers, dairymen .and livestock
raisers. -by the 'competition of vege-
table oils imported free of •duty may
result in a small measure 'of redresg.
In his 'budget statement Mr. Denning
reported that 'the Tariff Board had re-
eommended u re -arrangement of the
tariff in this connection and the im-
position of an excise tax of three
cents a pound on the vegetable oil
content of shortenings and lard 'com-
pounds and of two 'cents a pound on
the similar content of soaps. Before
these recommendations tan he adopt-
ed, however, it is necessary to secure
the consent of the British Govern-
ment to modification of the Empire
agreements. The Conservatives had
urged a processingtax on important
vegetable oils for the protection of
Canadian producers of animal fats,
which tax could have been imposed
without consultation .witb any other
government. ,
Grave alarm is felt in Government
and other quarters over this week's
report from London that ,the United
States is seeking to negotiate a ,barter
deal with Great Britain providing for
the exchange of over one hundred
million bushels of American wheat
and quantities of cotton for supplies
of rubber and tin. The United States
sold some 30,000,000 bushels of wheat
to Great Britain immediately after
the signing of the Was'hing'ton trade
agreement under which the six cents
a bushel British preference enjoyed
hi' Canadian wheat was voluntarily
abandoned 'by Canada. The sale by
the United States of an additional
hundred million bushels of wheat to
Great Britain would virtually 141111t
Canadian wheat out of the British
market. Total British imports of
wheat from all countries last year
amounted to only about 1190.000 bush-
els. After Mackenzie King signed the
new trade agreement at Washington
the government here issued statements
to the effect that 'the British prefer-
ence 011 wheat had been of no benefit
to Canada and no sacrifice was in-
volved in its abandonment. The
Washington Governments 011 the
other hand, issued statements claim-
ing that the removal of the preference
front Canadian wheat would restore
American wheat to its former place
in the British market at the expense
of Canadian wheat, The barter deal
negotiations are designed to make
that claim .t.oied.
The only important tariff changes.
apart from those necessitated by the
Washington. trade treaty, were the re-
moval of the three 'per -cent import
e xcise tan on all entries except those
-under -the general tariff and the in-
crease from 27 cents to 60 'cents a
gallon on spirits used in the manufact-
u re of vinegar. The first of these will
cost the federal treasury $14,000,000
a year in revenue and will deprive a
number of Canadian industries of the
margin of 'protection which enahled
/them to compete in the home market
with foeeign products.
The sacrifice of this excise tax was
HURON NEWS
Golden Wedding At Clinton—
Resident:: of Clinton for the past 31
years, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Draper
oe April 24111 observed the .50th an-
niversary of their wedding. Mr. and
Mrs. Draper were married at Sum-
merhill in 11190 -by Rev. 'William
Craig and farmed in that locality for
nineteen years.
Baseball Clubs Organize—
Gordon A. Miller 'aa. elected pre-
sident of the Clinton Baseball Club
last week. Plans for the comingsea-
5011 were discussed. It is expected
that Clinton will be included with
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CASSAN SYSTEMS
DEPT. L TORONTO, 9, Ont.
COMIC 'CONVOCATION'
Dr. Alan Roy Woe, who has tended the Dionne quintuplet.
.since their birth, is shown here a: he appeared atthehilarious party
at New York recently at which he was initiated -ieto the Circus
Saints and Sinners, an organization deveted'to fun. Tribute to his
talent was paid when the degree, "Doctor of Litters," was conferred
,an hint as the climax of an elaborate skit.
VVOMENS GROUPS' FORMER ,EGMONDVILLE
ANNUAL MEETING. TEACHER DIES AT 32.
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Mrs. games 'McCrea, of ,Clhatham,
London Conference Breech, the guest
Speaker, 'brought la very, inspirational
message. She spoke .highly Heron
Presbyterial and paid special 'tribute
to the snail auxiliaries which 'foetal
such a large part of our 1Presbyterial,
stating that the missionary work had
its beginning -in that little Ignoup of
women who 'first told of the resurrec-
tion. This should be a challenge
the small auxiliaries not bo :grow dis-
couraged, but rentain fem. She men-
tioned the contributions made 'and
said vve, should not'. think -of it -us a
duty, but 'as a challlenge,from God to
make Christian Cariadiab' ;Citizens?
The world needs 'more of spirit,
more of His love, more of His inIfin-
ence.' She ,stated that the redemption
of 'the thenvan race rests 'in fele hands
of 'the mothers in the homes. There-
fore, we need Christian mothers. it is
very important for the future of our
country that we christianize the
youth. It is ,the ,privilege of the W.
M. S. to win Canada and the world
CII7ttistiti:
Aber of points 'were 'cleared
Op during the opening Forum which
was PC011(1.1I:Usql \V. P. Lane,
of Goderich. .A resolution against the
opening em of our Sabbath was also
brought in and passed and is being
sett 1 -to tit e pro v i aria' and dont inion
'governments,
Mrs, W, 'B. ..McCool, of Wingham,
contributed 'a lovely solo ,at this time,
Rev, A. -V. Robb, Bluecalc, brought
greetings from the Presbytery. He
spoke highly of the worlc of the W.
M. S.
Rev, J. F. Anderson, of Wingham,
installed the new officers in a very
nicely carried out service. In the re-
port of the courtesy ,committee the
thanks of those present was tendered
the \Vingharn society for ithe splendid
hospitality extended to them.
The f ol to wing is a list of the of-
ficers for 10319: Past pees., Mrs. W.
J. Greer, Wingham, President, ,Mrs.
A. W. Gardiner, Seaforth; vice pres-
idents, Mrs. R. E. MacKenzie, Sea -
.forth; Mrs. Robe Nay, Gorrie, R.12,3;
Mrs, Jas. 'McGill, Blyth R.R.3;; Mrs.
Herman Powe, Centralia; recording
secretary, Mrs. . W. P. Lane, God-
erieli; 'corres'ponding secretary, Miss
Celia Christie, Exeter; treasurer,
fiss Mary Milne, Myth; Christ-
ian stewardship and finance secre-
tary, Miss Lawday Young, Landes-
boro; mission circle secretary, .Miss
Clara McGowan, ,Blyth; .affiliated C.
G, I. T. groups' secretary, Miss Car-
oline Weliwood, Wingham; mission
band secretary, Mrs. W. Pickard,
Clinton; supply secretary, Mrs. A.
Colclough, Blyth; 'community friend-
ship secretary, Mrs. R. M. Peck, Zur-
ich; literature secreMry, Mrs. J. D.
Colquhotm, Seaforth; missionary
trionthly and world friends secretary,
Mrs. W. Wellevood,' Wingham; .tem-
perance and Christian citizenship sec-
retary, Miss Maud Stirling, Bayfield;
Press secretary, M.r.s. Leslie Wight -
man, Wingham R. 15; 'baby band sec-
retary, Mrs. J. M. Southoott, Exeter;
association helpers' 'secretary, Mrs.
M. Aitken, Clinton,
Goderich, Hensall.• Seaforth, Mitchell.
Zurich and Lunn.
Interest Increasing—
Interest in the nil drilling venture
in this locality is not confined to
Shareholders in the Huron -Bruce
Company, and should 'the search be
success -lel there is every indication
that other companies will be on hand
quickly to secure options on any
available property in the nearby vic-
inity, Evidence Of this -was on hand
this week when a number of strang-
ers were seen combing the swamps
north-eaet of here with their divining
equipment. Work at the well :has ,been
progressing very satisfactorily of late
and reports yesterday were that the
drilled depth is around the 3090 .foht
level. Work was temperarily tut -
ended ou Tuesday due to a 'break in
machinery, but it is expected ,that
Work will again be resumed this
week enci.—Clinton "erews-Record.
Died In Listowel -
111r. John Pride quietly passed
Away it1 Li -towel memorial hospital
on April 18th, He was the eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pride, horn
in Wellesley Township. He is sur-
vived -by Itis wife, several daughters,
Mrs. Gres Wheeler )f Brussels; lire.
Fred Sinalkion and Mrs. Alvin Hunt-
er of Cranhrook; Mrs. Ross Speiran
of Saginaw. )licit.: and Gertrude at
home, and 'three sons, Alvin of Brus-
sels; Seth and Frank at.licnne.
Dies In Alaska -
21 ichael P. Murray of Logan has
received word of the passing of his
'brother, Patrick Murray, in his 67th
year, which occurred at Skagway,
Alaska, onlfarch 311st. "Pat," as he
was known, learned the blacksmith-
ing trade with the late John Dawe of
Mitchell. He left Mitchell about 45
years ago. The -deceased worked at 'his
trade as a ,blacksmith at St. Marys,
'Mitchell and Grand Trunk shops at
Stratford irr his early days. He then
moved to 'Bette, ,Montana, and in '08
came over the famous Chilcoot Pass
and :for a time worked in Dawson. He
entered the employ of the White Pass
and Yukon Ronte th9011' es a blacks;
smith and had been continuously in
the company's employ up to the end
of 1,937 when 'he took a year's leave
of absence on account of ill health.
21 r, Murray leaves to mourn his loss
his widow, one son and two daugh-,
lers. His son is ,postmaster at Sicag-
way. Also surviving are seven broth-
ers and five sisters: John and With-
olas of London; Michae P., Logan;
William, Kinkora; Thomas, Superior,
Wk., James, Detroit; Edward, Strat-
ford ; Mrs, Pat Bannon, Kinkora ;
Mrs. A. Cameron. Stratford; Mrs.
Michael Crowley! Kinkora; Mrs. 'jos-
.
epit Evans, Dublin, and Mrs, Fred
White, St, Marys.
Early Dandelion—
Despite the -fact that we are hav-
ing a very backward spring this year,
a dandelion was found in bloom Mon-
day. April 17th on the lawn at the
home of W. T. Miller, Pleasant Val-
ley.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Hurt in Car Crash—
Bruises and minor injuries resulted
from a terrific crash occurring on No.
4 Highway a little distance south of
Eleinfield recently. Rev. and Mrs.
'James Anthony of Motherwell were
the occupants of the car Which -was
enroute to London. Rev. Anthony
was following a truck and pulled 'out
to pass when he saw approaching
traffic. Applying the 'brake; his car
swung across the -road and was bit by
a truck. The force of the impact
threw Mrs. Anthony from the car,
knocking her unconscioue.
Wins Again—
Fred ,Murray of Mitchell visited
fee Hamilton Dog Show with his fine
St. Bernard's, carrying off fourteen
awards.
Strips Clothesline --
Some mean thief visited the home
of Mrs, C. Lancaster, St. George St.,
on Mortelay night, stripping the
clothesline of the 'weekly wash:—
Mitohell Advocate.
Large Turnip Business—
The turnip shipping industry 'has
developed into tremendous propor-
tions in this district, as evidenced by
the fact 'that 11162 carloads 'have been
shipped from this station last fall. J.
A. Goetz has announced his intention
of enlarging his turnip waxing plant
during the coming summer.—Mild-
may Gazette.
Will Be Presented to King and -Queen
Mrs. J. C. Gardiner, mother of the
Minister -of Agriculture Hon. Tames
Gardiner, is to be presented to the
Xing and Queen on May Path '.at the
State dinner at Government House,
Ottawa.
Youth Swims Maitland—
On Tuesday afternoon about -four
o'clock Kenton Cole swam across 'the
Maitland river from hack of the Ford
garage to the barn .at the rera
Queen street. .After resting for about
five tninutes he made the return trip.
The river was almost at high water
mark at the time and the ourrettt was
quite strong. The water was also ice
.cold.--Harriston Review,
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GDO. \\. HD L NI AN
George W. Holman, former coun-
ty clerk of -Huron -for sixteen years,
died suddenly 'itt,'his home at &oder-
ich last Is eel:, in his t13'rd year. Mr.
Holman was well -known in Seaforth
having taught the Egmoudvilki
school for 145 years,
Mr. Holman was working in his
garden when he 'became ill, and pass-
ed away 'before the doctor arrived.
He was one of the best known
citizens of Huron County and had
many friends throughout the prov-
ince, A school teacher for 39 years,
he could number among his pupils
many man and wonien who had gaite
ed prominence.
lie was born in the township of
Stephen and taught school at Bay-
field, +Elimville, Winchelsea and Eg-
mondyille, prior to his appointment
as county clerk. He was clerk -of the
township of Usborne for 20 years and
a court auditor for five years. Ele was
the county representative on the sem-
ate of Western university.
He was married, tirst to Mist Jen-
nie McCurdy of Usborne, end later
to Mrs. Brownlee, formerly ,Miss
Pollock of Bayfield, who survives. 'Dy
the first marriage there were four
children, Wilmot in Western Canada;
Gordon, who passed away a few years
ago, both of whom served in the.
war; Mrs. Jones and Miss Sadie Hol-
man, of Toronto.. By the second mar-
riage a son, Harold, at home, sur-
vives. Burial took place in the Exeter
cemetery.
Want and For Sale ads, 4., week., 25c
TWO "CENTRE TRACTION" TIRES
• Where the tire meets the road is where
traction is needed most. That's why
Goodyear builds the long -wearing, 4 -way
traction tread. It keeps cars moving. . .
on any roads . .. anytime .. . but always
adding up miles that reduce tire costs.
W. G. Wright, Jr.
PHONE 267
Seaforth, Ont.
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