Zurich Herald, 1926-09-02, Page 5• Tliuradny;. SeptOmber 231441926
aixd Mrs. Thuk of Lond.en,
Mr- and 1)1r4, S. B. Pauist /Ma' l'ano-
43nd Mrs. .Ratz and daughter
oie Mitchell, Mrs. A. Benedick and
ifkiughtor of Kitchener and Mrs,
liChris. Hoffmano feredikon,were
lOuriday vilsitors at the home of
Mr. and Aids. W. n, illoffmar‘
.! FOR SALE
A good steel -tire top buggy in
;vats' condition.
C,Pritz & Son
EXETER
7'ho "Exeter baseball team has
1Corried off the laurels in the Smith
Igiarou League while Hensall and
Zurich are neck and neck for Sec-
totond place, • 1
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land Mrls, Bd. Clarke 'Motored
from 'Clcage and .mpent teeveral
days, with Er. and Mrs. nos, t.
Clarke. •
• Linda Waiper and Xis. Hints
of Romeo, Mich:, Woe spending n
few weeks here. ,
B. C. Harvey, who ha is conducted
a grocery !stow near •the ;a/etre*
olitan has. decided to close
and the stock is being taken ov-
er by garvey,& Harvey and Jones
.St Nay. Mr. Harvey will devote
his full time to life insurance.
After visiting thirteen states of
the Union and covering over 8,000
miles by motor W. S. -Cole returned
home follewing a trip to California.
ZURICH NM:AIM
he fell to the ground injuring his
back,
Mr, and Dirs. Chas. Sehroeder of
Staph announce the engageratmt of
Stephen announce the engagement
O! their daughter, Cora May to C.
3. Scriven of Toronto, of the West.
The marriage- to take. place in Sep-
tember.
An auto accident took place7•15
miles weat of INcter. TWO. Str-
atford reel) were on their way, to
tilt,. Bend h a Cher. coach, when
ano111(11).C:at in pEPAIgilg cut in too
quickly striking the front wheel of
the Che v ear. The car was up -
'set in the ditch and Foster Deal,
one of the occupation rerieived a
nasty gash above' the nose which
required 'seven 'stitches.
On June 22nd he left Tilxoter in cam
x.vany with Rev- M. J. Witson to
motor to the latterls home in So-
uthern California, the trip had
been well planaei in advanc.q) and.
the journey of over 0,000 miles was
made on ischedale time.
COUNT'
• Thais. Johns of Brucefield is
iag radually growing weaker and
no hope is held 1 or his Tecovery,
Luther Reynolds, of Usborne,
which will confine him to his
bed for !several days daring *very
busy time :on the farm, 13e climbed
an apple tree to !shake down some
applea when the airab broke and
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A fatal accident took place early
yearthe pasem.nt Wingliamr when
HI ward IL Kerr was almost inst-
antly 1ciUed he was accompniaed
by two .other men and Wert. com-
ing from. illiklinay when their car
was overturned.
Within the past few day e ten
dogs have died. at Glider:lob from
the effect:3 of -strychnine poisoning
in the townafter- the first one
died one each Kay succumbed on
Buitclay ond leach day sinceetheri
tr,ore have died, making a :total
of ten, they ,all belong to one We,
tion of - 4.h.e; town and thq policrer,
wlho are working.ort the caSi!, find
it most mysterious and as P1 have
found no clue to tko Immo 1) 'who
JieL ti):6 poisoning.
FOR SALE 41
A very desirable dwelling PrOo
perty in Zurich iooated at t10
west end. Also three acres ot
laud which will be sold with thel
in.operty or oeparate. Thof
house is a fine brick in A J.co1Pro
Jition, new furnace, etc. also 4'
tine barn, :For further partictim
lars apply to John Gall/ma, Za,r3
FOR SALE
A limited number of boilerflueld,
11 and 30 feet long. Suitable fo4
re -enforcing cement floors, bridges
etc. Apply to George For
Hay, 2.0. Ont.
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With the customs investiga Ion still far from finished, the
airt-ady st•tnds cimvicted ifhavi g co-operated vfth smuggla.-8,
clopesters nd thieves, anol h.2aving thus been ta deig.tavc.°,-747,r, 0-e
Nati al Treasury, strwIli legitimate business, debauchi.mg offie:ials. high
nd low, 'thwa,rting th diAinistration ofjustice -91/d bribi the electorate
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1 Stolen automobiles, smuggled into Canada conn;varice
• of Customs officials, were soldfor a pittance to trierit.:s of the
King Government, and those found guilty were aBowed-not
only to go unpunished, but to continue their nefarious trade,
2 Smuggled liquor selling was engaged in on a large scale by
Custo:ns officials whose duty it was to protect the Treasury.
42: Corrupt officials were unpuni:aied and promoted; honest
officials were punished and den cted; -
A Prison -made goods are on the orol-ibited list, yet tons and
tons of such goods, produced 1:1 pi -Sons where contagion:3
diseases were prevalent anion imn'ates smuoled
into Canada for sale to innoc f•madian eee.:reeeees,
the direct knowledge and co-onee of Govefill.fit
4 Police cfficers—members of the Incorruptible royal Carioca -in
Mound --were withdrawn from the Quebec boondary tine at
the request of the smuggling ring. Honest traders had as ed
for in-:reased police. protection, but the King Government
preferred to grant the request of those who were defrauding
the public rev enue.
6 Guilty knowledge even in 1923 of the frauds that were being
• practised has been proven against the King Government
beyond the shadow of a doubt. Time and again, in 1924 and
1925, the Commercial Protective Association ---an organization
of business men—placed before Mr. King irre:utable evidences
of it, that they had succeeded in tracing down at their own
expense. With his Government hopdessly entangled with
Canada's criminal element, Mr. King did rot --dared not --
take any action to remedy the appalling conditions.
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• 7A total revenue losT, estima;ed at $35,000,000 per year was the
result of the Leauggling thus condoned by the King Govern-
ment.
A $54,800 loTs was sustained in one case alone when Mr.
Cardin, Actin, Minister of Customs and Exciae settled for
!...1.1200 with a dishonest importer. who: according to Mr.
" 4n's own officials, had cheated the Treaslary out of duties
rao....7ing to $58,000. This deal was consummated just
to. the last election,
Q V-ee I • :poi, from Government warehouses in Montreal, was
lin generous quantities to members of the King Gov-
t air t and to Government officials in Ottawa, in contro-
1•. both of the Federal Law and the Prohibition Law of
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The nabit-forming drug traffic is one of the worst curses in
the world today. Under the protection of the King Govern-
ment, Montreal became one of the great dope -distributing
centres of Nor ...h America.
The peak of this corruption, and of tais interference with the
Customs coil& ; ion and the administration of justice, is proven
by the evi.denee to have been reached just prior to the general
election of October, 1925, when, at the written request of
Liberal ca.ndidt,tes, Ministers of the Crown called off the
<Royal Canadian Mounted Police because they were enforcing
the law, kept convicted crooks out of jail, and sanctioned
•Treasury frauds as a means of securing the return of the King
Government to power.
Despite the fact that with Mr. Ken ,,-dy supporting them, the Liberals had a majority on the Investigation
Committee, that the Chairman M. Merder was a Liber, and th--t the Prosecuting Counsel Mr.
Calder was .t Liberal candidate in the last eketion, and despite the further fact that the committee sat
almost daily fw' five months, thus affording Liberal members ample opportunity to uncover malfeasance
on the part of previous ministries, not one word of proof, not one breath of suspicion, was brought
against the administration of the Customs Department under the Laurier, Barden and Meighen Govern-
ments, but only against its administration under Mr. Williahn Lyon MacKenzie King!
Has anything more disgraceful ever besmirched the pages of Canadian
history? Can a proud and honourable nation, whose people fear God
and eschew evil, afford to condone such dishonesty, such corruption,
, on the part of its leaders and public servants ?
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