HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-03-30, Page 3THURSDAY, MARIOH 30, 1933. TIE' SEAFORTH' li'EWS.'
PAGE THREE.'
THE LURE OF ISLANDS
Something of niystery and .rernote-
Imess ilmerees about istiands rRintlmed
!boundless Waters, touched by the
curling iarecl happy wave, cooledby.
seasonable wind's, they the aloof from
the traffics and confusions of time,
CUpri, ILesbas, tCorsica, Elba, ,Slar-
dmia what ,imiages these names
evoke of light iand shadow, vineyard
and magnificent sky.' II like island's
'best in. late set -mintier, 'when the ,'heat
:has spent itself and ctoolness rest's
.upon the sea.' Then they are Spars ling
in 'their tfreshness, as 't'h'ough ,spring
,had once metre 'overtaken, them. 'Then
they ,deooy,tbh'erwande'rer;;'and thy their'
mere itranquillity wrest {him from 'the.
'humid'rum'toif everyday. ;Tlhey 'harve a'
formula of (their ioiwn. They offer
n'othin'g to the agitated (heart .an'd are
intent only on bequeathing " detach-
ment to the spirit.
Q' often think tthat people are ,per -
reaps boyo hazy to leatve the stricter
oom1fnkes Of themiainband and 'ex,plbre
'the 'fa'bulou's territory of islands. They
take a .waywiard pleasure in ,accepting
the things near at ,hari,d; islands seelm
to them too liar off the ebeaten 'tnadc,,
too unattainable,
IWllve'n I -speak of island's, II mean
those ,:ctf r'oist'er' Ipriotportnq'n's_, (Th'oe
ithore delica'te'Mane's .it1tat seem 'cut
•from .Chrysopr'ase,',oann'e'o-shnrp again-
'st the whiteness Of 'surf. Thbise that
shelter no 'longe ,cities or 'town's - u'p'on
fihem.•'Ellb'a, tobe sure, 'b'oas'ts sety-
eral, 'but ;the feeling ,of ,towns is not
there. It may bu'stl'e and pretend to be
busy and ,grave ,with ,large affairs.
hitt even so the island spell is upon it.
The mellifluous wave is 'still 'its own,
the ,crystal imnsnaur, the rise and 'fall
of t'id'es. 'Let those Who will .find' Sol-
, ace among her 'dark trees; diet those
who will penetrate her ;cypress groves,
„and wild ,ravines --she remains rapt
inviolable.
I should Ibe glad to know that 'peo-
pie are 'beginning to, go seaward
again. 'I .am 'the last person to dis-
para'ge mohn'tainis or 'cities; but d
fancy islan'd's offer safer sanctuary. 1
am something of a 'Ulysses at ,heart
and 'fear 1 must continue so. Islands
are not for iconoclasts or for the gre-
garious; rather are they for the phil-
osopher who is content to sit under
trees of an ,af'terno'on. It is comfort-
ing to know a ifew agree with Inc.
Allow me stilt to 'trust in tranquillity,
to he one :of her ibenign followers.
Capri is certainly the loveliest ;is-
land in the world. Viewingler from a
'balcony in 'Naples, one is aware of
her charm, even from a d'i'stance. 'B'e-
y'ond the encircling arm of the great
bay itself, that smiling expanse of
placid water, she dreams :between
summer. and summer, more like a mir-
leg
age than reality. Her mein is proud,
and does not alter as we approach
her. Here it would seem the mordant
breaker does not strike; all is per-
- petual ,peace. Neptune does not lash
his horses into a fury beneath those
flowering h'il'ls'id'es; the (heavens. (brew
no storm. A multitude of ',bells ring
•constantly, 'tingling with :the sound
of surf; the crags rise sheer from the
bay; flowers of all colors, motley as a
rainbow, tumble , aver .the ;fecund
earth. Nothing seems mutable (here,
or 'fretful. Far ,front ;p'arlia'ments and
senates and exchanges and barter one
may dream. utunole'sted. Evening, sil-
ver -sandaled, comes here with whis-
pered'footfall. ;Earlier 'thrum in naost
places, night is eager to spread her
Lengess !beforethe -wondering pilgrim.
S'tarli'ght seen 'from island is ''nnore
magical, more beautiful fh'an else-.
where, for the. .sea.edflec'ts the firma-
ment like a silver mirror; At IP'alnta
they say the stars are' brighter than in
most places; hut •I have never seen
them so 'brl''gh't or so numerous as
-frown Gorsitia.
Sail with ,me of :a summer after-
noon into the little harbor at 'Elba,
when the waning and translucent
light falls aslant the :bowof the ship.
'Climb with , Me 'past the straggling
houses to the upper *town and stand
there awhile to marvel. Pilgrim, - you
will took at beauty thea (Silver will
be commencing to .enmesh• the ho'wse
tops;'the'sunset will be .sliding down'
the scale of 'col'or to p'e'arl; 'bells Wili
,be ri'ngi'ng from all quarters. The is-
land peace will be desicdndtiin'g. Even
better; walk with nae ,(if the .ga'te's are
open) along the wide parapet front-
ing 'Napoleon's deserted house, and
gaze as he did r across blue distance.
' The two . stone eagles on his battle-
ment' will be silhouetted against the
safffnon of the western horizon. /Below
us the murmur of the rceepreeses will
be heard softly. We will iisaia to the
night. Having stood in such_ solitude
and envisioned such ,loveliness, I
t'hink'yout will agree with ane that is-
land's Nave a:'peculiar and' definite
value.: Whether you know it or not,
you will return to your cities never
quite the serine,
Want ' and For Sale Ads, I time; 25,c,
of We/Mfteo eptemeer Poe
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Dublin Days
• Young
Of D,u'bl'in's younger days
Inn going now to sing,
:When booze an torrents Iran,
'(And IBianley' (Corn was king,
He salt enthroned an',hilgh
lAlnid' stroked his w'his'kers 'dowers
Illnavilbiinlg all "to come,
Their sornolws 'for to dr'Own.
IH'is sweet en'ti'cing smile
Would Simply ,meslmerize
ITlhe luokl'ese osies Who !stood
B'e'fore his (blameful eyes.
IHe'd itelil''df what occurred
dei days of iOarroidbnoodc,
What joyful Itime's they had
In every belle land n'o'ok.
Cif harro'am fights and 'brawls,
And I1eu'ds ]that long endured;
Till tinoe land ,pa'tien'ce had
A we1c01-1. tlycy,. sglea'rgd,.
11s d 1plobs of suipply "r'
Were stationed ihere land :there ,
Along' the ceteltne'sttreet,
That Ibstsy thoroughfare
1Wti'th 'glaring signs aloft ;
TO ‘tell the parsserbyl
That 'standard drinks were served
With lager 'beer and pie
mheyid ,fill your empty tanks
[With conversation gas,
The kind the Hebrews us,ed
IIn day'* (Salaam's ass.
"Twou'd loosen up y!aur ,tongue
lAnd ,cause•your 'heard Ito (spin,
Then swerve 'from !side to vide
Then, 'clutch ,the ,ground and 'grin.
The !Dancing (Halls were 'filled
With powdered heads and scalps
All pounding rocky ,roads
On "Roney 'o'er the ;Alps."
The 'village'girls were there,
Aired country 'maidens, 'too,
`Veneered with pa'in't and rouge
(Amid 'robed in every 'hue.
Two fiddlers of renown,
Mick Nevin, [Pete McCann,
IWould''grinel the music' out
For 'Robley, IF'ritz and Dan.
They 'hopped and (f'ris'ked .about
Like (hornets r'ou'nd their nest,
Till IPhoelbats would appear
And (Luna ,sink ,to 'rest.
113ut if you'd :ohence to break
'Or violate :the ,taw
'Piet ?Jiord'ant 'was the roan
To grab you by the craw
He'd march you.tldwn the line
To Justice Aikens' court
(Who 'would alline impose
rFor your unmanly sport.
!Sometimes .a•tfoar was ,heard'
'Resounding through the ',air
(For Ned the 'Lyron•King -
Would issue ,from his •lairs.
tFIe'Vartatble down the street
While boys to cover 'flew,
But peace was soon restored,
Neel :won his ;Waterloo.
Bill iCat''pen'ter, 'begad,
Dispensed ,across the bridge;
iA-served the country sound'
!From there ,to Mitchell's ,ridge.
The ,Reyitard's from the ,West,
The Oughton from the East,
Cance 'nses''c'hing into town
'Co 'have their daily feast.
They drank and .sang ,and dozed,
And evade the eagles fly
While Bill with nimble' hands
Supplied the beaded rye,
They 'welcomed every. one:
They knew ,then all by name,
To come and join the gang
'Aiiid ,play ieh'e drinking game,
'One rueful, day they had,
A day of grief and gloom,
When ,K'avart'a,h sailed -the • er'ec't
,T'or,his eternal doom
I1,U'ihla slow, unsteady steep,
And drink 'befuddled brain, `.
He sank beneath the 'waves
To ahcolhol's 'refrain.
Yoqu poor' un'lu'cky :Miles . .
,'Whom 'people did ' 'benatoan,
You 'left your family clear
'To ,fight the world 'alone.
IBut'bime,and so'rro'w healed
That hand, distressful 'bt ow,
Which as as ntenahiry now
Of eighty years ago.
The 'Nevins, ,Pete cued
'Ad'jacent to the creek,
:Retailed the gladdening s'tui£
Seven joyful days, a ,week;
They gathered in the coin
Atari filled their money bags,'
IBut 'idied as 'poor as Job,
That man of sores and rags,
Atari ILord '\fontealle, too,
iA nnan of gentle birth,
IServed his 'Tom and Jerry,
The fin et dritak an earth,
113'e 'wore his crinoline
At .foety-five deigreee
• (When sauntering wound ,the ;sbree
To sniff the morning breeze.
And `Oanney Prendergast,
'Who never melt ,the 's'tork,
Put on'this'blandest smile,
Then ;pulled the rubber cork.
(He'd fill you up with rye,
Then .chase it 'down . ;nith' beer:
Then; pbliant the tided to ,h'o'me,
To wife and ichi&iren 'dear.
INiextt, Mistress [Gallagher
,(She ikept'a dandy lunch)
Could raise .a,s'inllking heart
'With cold dishiWaler ,punch.
ISllte'd 'squeeze the Yankee bird
'T'i'll he'd evatcuatte,
(Then ,d'rgp 'him in 'the till.
in' er l"'at to confis'c'ate.
771 -ell
(And John 'McConnell, 'too,
The 'Cattle King of Penth,
IRetg+aled' the 7Dubllin bbys
With that Which causes mirth.
[Boit John in' liquor sales,
A':fortune never made:
mrent'bock to cattle deals,
A more -congenial ,trade.
IIn •after times arose
The famous Tonpey ,Inaru
Where aconite and rum
(Were 'Mixed 'wi'th Holland gin,
Their forty rod cigars '
•
(Would 'disinfect 'with ease
A room infested with '
IAirkansas hugs and ilea's.
IWlha't joyful times they had
In 'Totp,ey's:. famous' roost
When ,Elb would steal a .flask
To give the •boys a 'boos't.
'They'd •amble ,dawn the ,oreek
Tio some seolulded nook,
'And drink their tonic 'there
Along the 'bubbling brook.
Olohn'Crawilord, -happy John;.
W'hose :whiskers swept 'the bar,
'Displayed a flask. 'or two
IOf Whiskey called the (Star.
(He'd tell some awful 'tales
Of what 'he did and'thlow
Them wink his eye :and say
IIow
Aikens lost the ,cow.
Tam 'Crawford, s'il'ent Tont,
Ile1'owsmo'hlering into dust,
Would proudly ,b,end the knee'
To great King 'William's 'bust,
IA traitor who had come
And stale the English 'Crown,
'Evpiei'led the :Stuart race,.
And 'trod the ,Saxon down.
Tont built the 'Hunan
IOt land once ocicupied
By Toremy,Fax and sons
0'f Carron ilBrOok the pride.
The 'Canada 'Co'mfiauy 'then,
Alt D'unlbp`s sole command,
Establiis'lved feeding posts
For seekers after land,
The town was well supplied
IWrth works of every kind:
'Fine, huge department stores
''Aatd lesser ones we find:-
fits
ind;Qts stave and •lumber
tl,ts' prantt`;For making 'salt,
IOhfdistanced every p'l'ace
This side of Guellp'h, and (Galt;
1Twa blacksmith shops they had—
%Jim Pearce and Jack D'evyer,
(Great- troth ts in their day,
Beluinr a furnace :fire
'Ih•cy'dprune your horses feet ,
Aind rub their spavin s cl'o'wn, ,,
'Cut out their growing corms
And 'chalk ,the, charges, cloowln,
'In after times there came
Young •.h4iclaaei lD y, IncI'told,':
Who made the anvil ring
As Vulcan did' of
A smith ,by,aatture 'born
And genial 'to 'the core;
Throu'gh'out the cou'nt'ry round
An honored uauve,'he bore,
IHlis friends, ,were ,great indeed
For legion was their name,
They canvae from far and inear
I\'V'ibh horses hlallt and lame,
(He'd fix them up with' pride
And nail ,their s'li,p,pens. ion
/In that' artistic 'style
He Ieareied in •days agone.'
'They had a',Doctar, too,
efeCrintmon was his name,
IIPis drugs,. and 'nameless pills
Brought neither wealth, nor fame:
II -le hada a sure .relief
For Monday morning blues,
A recipe he stole
Flroni fantails Dr, .Hughes.
Another •Doc they had,
nee agetaial ,Doctor Beale,.
(Whose aconite and basis
'Could all disease's heal,
'There was a h'arne'ss 'sharp
To Clothe the fanmer'!s steed.
iA :place Lor 'making clothes
(From Dutch and I,ri'sh t'w'eed.
'Your ,boots and shpes, you'd 'find
In alrnosit every place,
And candies for she, kids
And ,pa'in't fior.ladies' face.
Toe Kidd, the merch'an't prince,
And salt and lumlbeir 'king,
[Kept ,bofoze in carload lots
''To'serve the;Dublin ring:
His cellar 'v'au'lts wleree 'filled
"With' drtinic of evtery'hue
)T'ha't ,ca'ine from, IWalkervilie
Or (Seagram's, W'aterlo'o.
His huge ,dep,ant4ir'eutt store,
IT'he .greatest 'of its time,
iWas ,rifled with merchandise
That came from every ,ol'imne:
(His other:interests, too,
Were large 'to contemplate,
101E which he lost control'
,And sank 'bene'ath t'he we'igh't.
ir ,"•.
Alla'
the pioneers are 'gone
(Who founded C'arrionlb'iook,
Their sons and d'augh'ters, too',
Their 'native town. forgolak:
(Sone sleep in foreign S'and's,
The wages of their flight,
'While sante .cone ,back to resit
On Sit. Ca1utm!ban height. se-
Jbe Kidd, the autocrat
And 'Tsar of iDiebtitnrvi'lle,
(Lies soundly sleeping now
(Ora. Tommy 1Oarlin's hill,
A (green. uph'ol'stered 'grave,
'Surmounted by a stone,
lis all 'he does possess
Of what he once 'dideown•
The other kings 'and queen's
IWtho fluttered in his train
Have 'flown to dis'baalt tpants,
New fortune to. obtain.
IOid Dlonkin, 'too, is gone,
;Great pioneer ,of trade
Whoibuil't the En'glis'h (Church
Where oft he salt ,and prayed
'That ' 'G'od would shield the ,town
(Front drink's infernal tide
And thwart the foul designs
Of -Pluto ia'ntd'his bride.
He sometimes :asked the (Lord
jPo• 'place a Safety Zone
lAround cad Garronlbrook
'IGa'inst' tempest and cyclone.
tCar'penters' and P ennys,
The Staipleton's and ',Parrs,
Have vanished from •:the town,
They're gone, ,perhaps, to 'Mars.
"Tike Nevins and the ICirlds, •
.The'Falhentys and Friel''s,
Have joined the travelling club,
And showed 'the 'town their heels.
O'1d:,Doc M,c'Crintiniiott, too,
,Arad' gian t Willians iS'liaw,
'Who did m'anilp•uiate'
Joe Kidld's revolving saw,
(Tian ‘Carroll, the station boss,
With 'his Uk'ranian brow
Will read his Bouriente
And tell the Angelis how
INap•oleou reached the top
Anti nestled in the sun,
'Till pulled to eartlt agaju
7By Britain ata,d the Hun,
Pat Jordan with his club
To 'knock the bandits down,
(With (Pearce -'and Tom D'etan,
Have gene to.lget 'their crown.:
Ned', Lyons, the heavyweight,
,Who thought himself John L,,'
'Will mover tano're, alas,
Hear 'Garney's' dinner bell,
,An'd' ,Prendergast lairnsel'f.
'To'get'her svitla his wife,.
Now sleep 1,, foreign soil
Unknown to earthly strife
The Kennedys and IK n,gs
And meta of le's's degree
;Have»crossed` the bridge of fife
To live eternally.
The Lamberts .anti the Woods,
The Grawfordls and the Dyers,
rIIanr+atty:s and [M'c(D'adcs,,
Belong to an'ge'] choirs.
They chant and sing thio praise
.01 Hina who flied of old
To snatch ,a sinful world,
From S a't'an's ,deadly bald.
Another noted sport
Is Michael ,Klindaham?ner;
A ]ranter of renown,
A. daring 'Powder ;iamttier,
He hunted m'oos'e and deer
' Through ,sysniter:snows and .cold
And brought his victims clown
As Nimrod did of old
With, deadly shot and shell
An keen distcertaiag eyes;
I -Ie brought to Dublin town
The lisiters'. envied ,pride;
'Another. gunman, to o,
IResildes in Dublin now,
A s'kilhti Doc is'Sam,
(Hie cures the 'h'ors'e and eolw,
He's tramped' Muskoka wilds
Isle; search ,of forest ,game,
--)Brought home, e' corpse or two
[Which added to his fame.
i must a tribute pay
To Peter D, who slid
Into the boiling tank'
W'h'ile raking salt for Kidd.I
He waded 'th'r'ough the brine
And out the other side)
T'h'en lay 'for ,day,,s and weeks ,
IA -nursing of his hide.
IHe-,walks more 'bri'sk to -day
T'ita'n men of lesser age
Just wa'itin'g for the time
To quit this earthily stage.
With five and ninety years
;(Ln circles an, his 'brow
He tells of b'a'ttles fought
Just where, ,and ,w'hen, and blow.
He dives in Egmbra'dville
With his devoted w'i'fe.
ICross ,breiedinlg Cobbler spuds,
•A mast congenial life.
We must with ,ca'nd'our 'hope,
He'll cross ,the century mark,
Then bid the world adieu,
And enter Peter's .I bark.
We also wish and 'Nope
He'll wear vs bright a gem
As that which lights the brow
Of •old iVItethuisalem.
DUBLIN DAN.
In the Ontario legislature
,A majority Sof sixty-one was accord-
ed the :Henry Government in the first
division of •the present session' when
the division ;wag Ita'ken `ora ,the adoption
ro£ the motion df the address in rep'l'y
to (the:'.Slpeech from th'e Throne, the
voting being Sd-'20, Oan the same div-
dsi'on,` W. E. N. Sinclair, Oppesifran
'leader, accepted defeat 'for leis anven'el-
nsnit on a. reduction: in school grants,
whale the ,o:igiinal vote deicated the
amendenen,t to :the amend'men't moved
'by 'H;' 'C. Nixon; Progressive leader,
which• was a want=of-':ottlfidence mo've
against the government.
Attorney -General; 'W. -1. Price, in a
,fig'h'ting speech, wound up the debate
on the Speech -for the 'Governneen't,
declaring thalt t'he people of the prov-
ince appreciate the tried 'and truslted.
Henry 'G'overnmen't, and at the next
election, w'heth'er it comes six or ten
months from now, the same govern
:men't will be returned with a larger
majority than they now enjoy,. Col.
Price turned a spot light on tlae entire
administration of ,governmental activ-
ity d�raiwi'n'g a telling comiparisan ;be-
tween the change of, extravagance
made by the Progressive leader and
the d'a'ys of the Drury Government of
which icfr., Nixon was a member, He
ridiculed the split and wabbling'con-
dition of the Liberal .group as: one in.
,which electors could Stave' no confi-
dence while the 'Henry Government
stood alone in their earnest.desire tc
abandon partisanship in 'these distress-
ing times. No inquiry of any kind was
feared by the Government, he pointed
out, and no cowardice exists in its
ranks, .elle government statading will-
ing and ready to meet all congers ata -
tvhere or any place, The present gov-
ernment, Coil, Price charged, had nev-
er solei su'ccession dirty bonds and .gi-
veir millions to prom'oters like the'
Drury government, there being no in-
stance of any luau getting $100,00:0 on
an exchange ileal, and no Hydro .Com-
m'ission inquiry hail co's't $1000,'(100.
"This Glovennhnent in (these difficult
tines,". declared Col. Price, "lead .gone
'ou't to consolidate the people, to pre-
serve law and order, 'to nialattaiti tite
system of gavernvnon(t' now iu .opera-
tion, to be 'geaaerous to those itt dis-
tress and needful of relief,are de-
term'ined•to carry an au,d do our best
for the welfae ,of Onta'rio."
Col: Price gv,oted front the B'
(Examiner of a meeting aerie
with- the B'< meeting In sr,'t 'ecbioap
•tine Packing plant ivhicit
declared that E. C. Drury had receit--
ed a commission on a $50,0'00 loan h
had .raised for Ibis plant• IIe ,els e-
fended .the a de-
Gowernmeta't's' action in
prosecuting the,cantniseists arnd
trap, ithant iu a is-
sued �a, peufteirtfary; and also.. is -
the diming to C'omt'tniunis'ts,thatl
pt•otnitaee will not tolerate their
agetats a ho -arc nlpting to .ovcr
throw. British pritnoiples and ins :tit u -
tions, 13elieving;,itt trade with all cotttl-
tries, yet ;Col. Price contetid'ed that
he could not see eye to eye iu, detailing
with Russi r, whose policies so'ug'ht •to
break down our systemics
T. 'P11 Jt9tten, Con's Centre ;Hareil--.
ton, introduced an amendment to the •
M'ntaicipai'Alct .which seeks unif,ornaity
o'f tisutucipal. in'oome ,taxation thvottgh-•
ou't:the province, 'the hill being sent to ,
the M nicipal, Law Committee for fur-
ther consideration. •
A Bill sponsored by A. R, Nesbitt,
B'rycondlale-Toronto, seeks to have os-
teo'path's eep:resentted on tlae Ontario
-
!Medical 'council, the bull proposing
that ithe Council -c'o'nsist of the Minis-
ter of ,Health, oche m'em'ber from. every
medical college, five mentb'ers elected
lthy praobi'tioln'ers in 'O'steop'athy, one
by practitioners in , homeopathy and
ten elected by registered' .memtbers af•
the medical profession,
'the question cif compulsory v'otin'g;
as contained in a hill tntdod'ulced by
lOIplposition 'Leader :Sinclair 'was' sent
to the Committee which is dealing
with the question of preparatiolnt of
voters' lists, P'rerni'er 'Henry favored
some Provision that would :encourage:
voters to use their ballots, ,bait :he did'
not approve of e'omipulsory voting:,
The ,mealsnre m'e't divided olpinion, the'
pett,allty contained in the bill' for none
obser'van'ce o'f the .fra'n'chise •bo'n'g. •a
$20I fine and conael'lation of the fran,-
chise for seven years. •
IA'special committee of the House
was appbin,ted on motion Of Premiere
:Henry which is 'to deal with the. '
'charge Made by Gordon Waldron, IC-.
'C., against Edward J. Murphy; Gorcas.i
St. Paltrick'stTociolnito„ the farmer:
charging that Mr. Murphy had taken
a fee for introducing a 'bill to ,abolish.,
the Optometry iBlcard. 'The committee •
will be ,presided over ,by Hon. Charles
MidGrea, Minister o'f' Mines, and con—
sists cif six other ' members, whlo will"
decide wihether ikIr. Wialdran is to be-
called before the :bear of the Hotuse'andf'
ordered to, make an apology,
Attorney General Price frt speaking
.to second reading of his Moratorium
extension on m'ort'gages 'pointed out.
that it does not apply to tax questions:..
This. questi'o'n.. will be dealt with MI- •
der"the. Mumicipa'l Act, he stated, Ulm
measure Was given ,practically tenni—
mous suppartt, the principle of the bill'
being upheld and 'the government
complimented far its.effort to assist
those who now find themselves in dif-
ficulties.
An, amendment to the Judicature
'Act, intro:du'ced •by Arthur Ellis, 'Con:,.,
South Olttawla, seeks ,to abolish juries
in, litigation involving public ntilltie's
and municipal ,corporations, the mea—
sure being
ea-•sure'being• referred to .the legal hills•
committee for consideration. Many-
utilities
anyutilities and municipal ' corporations
are in favor of the bill, but it ,aroused
considerable opposition.
(Before the Municipal Law Commit-
tee, the bill to amend the tax on chain, •
states was left so that the business as--
sessment on the purely retail estab—
lishments of chain stores should re-
main at the present level of 25 per •
cent, but t'h'at, warehouses and distrib-
ution 'plants " operated under chains.
should have their rate of assessment
increased to .715 per cent: Tih,e bill will
again be;dealt with in the House.
IH'an, William Finlayson, Minister
of Lands and ;Forests, spoke to second',
reading o'f his measure, providing $3,-
000,000 for northern' development
wotk, during which he observed that
this year no new work would be pro-
ceeded with while .very little mainten-
ance would be carried on. Since the
Act came into force in 1912 he pointed
ou that $60,000,000 had been spent in
northern development 'work.
An Interesting Experiment
Ata interesitinig develaomenit has ta•
-
leen place itt Enanvos a 'toivn'slaip itr
Wellington County in the section
served by Chas. Birge''s flour mill, Mr.
Birge' grinds the wheat ,into flour for
use of farmers of floe district. He
charges 20 cents per bushel;' giving
the farmer 'back the flo'ur, bran and.
shorts, less two pounds to cover the
waste, He states' that there has beet,
a large increase •in the',nuntiher of. far-
mers 'taking advan-tage of this scheme,
in
cheme-
in .the lastyear or. tas'o. Quite a few
of the fammers are ,making bread :Frohn
the'flour w'h'ile others buy a hiltadred
pounds of pure 'Manitob'a flour to mux
with it. •
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