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Zurich Citizens News, 1966-01-13, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1966 SRI 91, Same Tax, Less Nuisance Cigarette prices, and prices of other tobacco products have been jiggling up and down since the beginning of 1966. There have been more up -jigs than down - jigs, it seems, but the likelihood appears to be that the retail prices of cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobaccos will come to rest after a bit of oscillation, at a level slightly higher than existed at the end of the year 1965. The official view of the Ontario govern- ment is that prices should not change, be- cause the rate of tax has not been changed. The action taken by the provincial tax- ing authorities was to change the system for collecting the tax. The change is to collect the tax from a relatively few wh- olesalers, instead from a great many ret- ailers. Hon, James Allan and senior officials of his treasury department said last year and said again at the beginning of this year, that with one solitary exception, there is no change in the rate of the tax. The exception is concerned with packages containing 25 cigarettes, selling at less than 50 cents. Under the plan which went out at the end of 1965, the retail sales tax was one cent. Under the plan which came in on January 1, 1965, the tobacco tax is one and a quarter cents. The choice to be made by the tobacco dealers, in this instance, was between losing a quarter of a cent a package by leaving the price unchanged, or gaining three-quarters of a cent, by putting the price up a whole cent. There seems to be little doubt that some of the one -cent and two -cent in- creases which were, experienced by cust- omers in the first few days of this month were the result of a simple, straight -for- ward desire on the part of dealers to get more money. The tax change provided a convenient umbrella, and an excuse. It is also very likely that many retailers (like many customers) were simply con- fused, and did not know what to do. If they went on colleting a cent a package, as they had been doing before, the cust- omer ustomer was paying the tobacco tax. conceal- ed in the nominal price, plus the extra cent. Small retailers, handling cigaretts only as a convenience to gasoline buyers or restaurant patrons, may very easily have continued to do in January as they for them are only a minor sideline, to for them are onl a minor sideline, to which they pay little attention. After the temporary confusion has sett- led down, the chang in system will amount to a good thing. Every time an extra tax has to be calculated and recorded at the point of sale, it is a nuisance for the seller and a nuisance for the buyer. We would hate to have to calculate the coll- ective nuisance value of all the separate tax transactions on all the packages of cigarettes bought in Ontario in one day. If cigarette smokers do end up paying more for cigarettes, after competition has has settled the prices, no great tragedy will have happened. A man who is compelled to buy fewer cigarettes is not harmed thereby. Laziness At the Wicket It is time to say a word in praise of bank tellers. Among all the classes of people we encounter who are dealing incessantly with the public, they seem to be the most unfailing, good-homored and obliging. Customs and immigration men, both Canadian and American, are pretty good, in our experience, and deserve high marks as a group for courtesy in the course of duties which exhaust the patience of most of us. Bus -drivers as a class also get good scores; it is very rarely that one hears a bus -driver answering the passenger's grumble with a grumble of his own. Bank - tellers, though, head the list for staying polite and unruffled with a public that in- cludes some impolite or ruffled customers. On the customers' .side of the teller's wicket, the chief fault, and the one whi- ch must tax the teller's patience occasion- ally, is sheer laziness. A surprising number of people line up with a fistful of money for deposit, or a thought in their minds that they want to take some money out, and leave it to the young person behind the wicket to do all the work. They expect their deposit slips and their withdrawal slips to be made out for them after they get to the wicket. Customers who are unable to read or write can reasonably expect this service. Customers who are weak on arithmetic at the grade three level might be better to let the teller add up the figures. Customers who are palsied, or suffering with the shakes after too much liquor, or have a broken arm in a sling, might dodge the chore of getting their business in shape by their own efforts. The majority should not need this ser- vice. Those who expect it, when they do not need it, are plain lazy, and thoughtless of those who are kept waiting behind them in the lineup. (Stratford Beacon Herald) Fewer Attending Funerals Funerals are not what they used to be. Once there was a time when almost every- one for a wide area around, along with re- turning members of the family, got togeth- er, both to pay their respects to the dead and to renew acquaintances. This was par- ticularly so in rural areas. The funerals were in the home, or sometimes, in the church. Now, of course, most are in funeral homes, largely because private homes are now smaller and unsuited to such services. Only when the deceased and his or her family are unusually well known is there a large crowd. There are exceptions of course. There are those about whom little has ever been known, but who have gain- ed a wide circle of friends, and their high esteem. Another factor in smaller attendance at the actual service is the practice of friends to call and pay their respects prior to the day of burial. Many too, express their sympathy by card or letter. Unlike in past years, it is often very inconvenient to attend a mid-afternoon service. It means asking for time off, and in many instances, dropping a half day's pay. Small attendance does not mean that people today have fewer friends, or are any the less sympathetic. It is, rather, that there are many other ways of show- ing interest and sympathy and that, gen- erally, more demands are made on one's time. (Owen Sound Sun -Times) Lost Monopolies As expected, Canada's national team could do no better than second in the am- ateur hockey tournament held in Colorado late in December. Also as expected, many Canadians are again shouting that something must be done about raising the calibre of the nat- ional team. After all, they keep repeating, hockey is Canada's national game, it has always been considered our sport; and besides, the Russians are Communists. It is, of course, sad to report that the best of our hockey -playing amateurs can't beat the best of the Russian amateurs. But let's face it, the best English and Scottish soccer teams can't beat the Brazilians or the Italians or the Spaniards very often these days. Furthermore, in the country where '"ten- nis, anyone" was made popular, no Eng- lishman has won at Wimbledon since Fred Perry was a young man, and that more. than a quarter of a century ago. Has a Scotsman won a world's cham- pionship at golf recently? They even say the Japanese will be beat- ing the Americans at baseball within 20 years.—Hamilton Spectator. Zu rich News PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS L1M1'PED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM„ Publisher J. E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash, Member: Member: Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year .in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States end and } oreign; single copies 7 cents. .rw..uu..1o..wv10 rw.r.o.-w. w.-»4 0,.x.0, mpar.y.p.or..o .eo...,0 ..d -OF- YEARS GONE -BY- 50 Years Ago JANUARY, 1916 P. Lamont shipped a carload of cattle to Toronto last Satur- day. Mr. Wesley Merner, who re- cently conducted a grocery busi- ness in Stratford, visited rela- tives here over Sunday. The annual meeting of St. Peter's Luther League was held on Tuesday evening and the election of officers resulted as follows: Presdient, A. F. Hess; vice-president, P. Deichert; sec- retary, H. Whetton; treasurer, R, Kalbfleisch. Evangelistic services will be held in the Evangelical church every evening next week and the week following. The serv- ices will begin at 8:00 o'clock, and will be held in the German language next week and the week after in the English lan- guage. Everyone is cordially invited. 40 Years Ago JANUARY 1926 W. G. Hess & Sons have in- stalled Westinghouse radio sets for Messrs. Joe Meidinger and George Hess. Mrs. John Hey and son Aus- tin left on Tuesday for London, where they are spending a few days and where Austin will take treatments for his arm. Mr. and Mrs. Major, of To- ronto; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sie- bert and ffamily, of Detroit; Miss Nora and Messrs Frank and William Siebert, all of De- troit, and Mr. Albert Siebert, of Niagara Falls, spent Christ- mas at their home here, Frank McClinchey, Clifford and Lawrence Talbot, who are attending collegiate at Seaforth, are home for holidays in Stan- ley Township. 25 Years Ago JANUARY, 1941 Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Edig- hoffer and son Grant left on Saturday for the sunny south, Florida, where they intend on remaining until the sun gets a bit higher and warmer in On- tario. Mr. and Mrs, Albert Smith, of Crosswell, Mich., were vis- itors for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William O'Brien. Two packages of corn flakes sold 2 for 25c cents at J. Gascho & Son store this week; also pink salmon, two 1 -pound cans for 25c, Sorry to report that Mr. Merino Steckle Jr., of the Bron- son Line south, had the msfor- tune to fracture his kneecap and was taken to Clinton hos- pital for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, of Caledonia, are visiting at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, lir. and Mrs. Walter Eckel. 15 Years Ago JANUARY, 1951 Mrs. Sol Zimmerman, who has been a patient at the Clinton Public Hospital, has returned home and we are pleased to learn she is much improved in health. Zurich residents welcome the new physician, Dr. T. Keast, and Mrs. Keast to the village. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Gingerich, of Goshen Line south; Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Gingerich, of the Bronson Line north, have left to attend their studies at the A.M. College at Harriston, Vir- ginia, after a lovely holiday with relatives and friends here. Mr. Milton Dagg, of Tees - water, called at the home of Dr. and Mrs. P. J. O'Dwyer on Fri- day and attended the opening of the Community Centre and "Babe Siebert Memorial" Arena. 10 Years Ago JANUARY, 1956 Mrs. Ray Fisher is a patient at Clinton Public Hospital. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Victor Dinnin has re- turned from Clinton hospital. Her many friends are pleased to hear she is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clausius motored to Tavistock one day last week accompanied by the former's sister, Miss Amelia Clausius, who spent the holiday at her home and other relatives in the city. Misses Erma and Ver d a Baechler spent one day in Lon- don this past week. Mel Graham Appointed Assessor In Stanley Township Along With Clerk Meeting at the Stanley Town- ship Hall in Varna last week, the township council appointed Mel Graham tax collector, in addition to his duties as clerk - treasurer. H. M. Hanly will continue as assessor for the township, but he has given up the job of tax collector. He also will continue to serve as truant officelr. Other appointments made by council were :welfare adminis- trator, Reeve Ernest Talbot; the drainage inspector, Cal Horton;solicitoxs,Donnelly and Murphy, Goderich; auditor, A. M. 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