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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-09-17, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1970 Withholding Taxes Hurts Municipality: While we sympathize with farmers in their protest of the amount of education tax they are required to pay, we cannot condone the decision of some rural people to withhold the payment of their education tax to their municipal government. No doubt their action draws attention to their plight as over -burdened taxpayers, but it also jeopardizes the financial status of their municipal government without affecting their local board of education. Backed solidly by the law, the school board, one way or another is going to get its money. According to provincial law, municipalities are required to hand over education monies to the boards four times yearly. However, here in Perth, and in many other counties as well, municipal governments and the boards of education have sat down together and agreed upon a twice -yearly system of tax collection and payment of education monies. This is a concession on the part of the education board, made nec- essary by some rather hasty legislation. A more realistic ruling specifying that local governments be required to pay their education taxes to the boards twice yearly would have eliminated the need for individual agree- ments and also a feeling on the part of municipalities that whatever the Department of Education says goes as far as Queen's Park is concerned. Municipalities, whether or not ratepayers have paid them their education taxes, will have to turn over pay- ments to school boards even it if means borrowing the money. And since municipalities are not allowed to borrow more than 70 per cent of their current year's accounts receivable, including the municipal tax levy and funds due from other sources, should more fanners decide to hold back tax money, it could put a municip- ality in a very precarious position. The fact that many school boards did not have a budget ready before March, does not appear to offer any loophole for the farmer. Legislation passed during the last session of parliament and made retroactive to Jan- uary 1st. decrees that municipalities must pay the allot - ed amounts to school boards. One positive thing the tax revolt has accomplished is to unite, for the time being at least, members of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the National Farmers' Union. And it we don't agree with their tactics we do agree with their contention that the owning of property does not prove the ability to pay taxes. Farmers should not have to pay education taxes on their land since land peruse does not generate an income. Land, unless it is put to good use or is in an ideal location, is worthless. Education tax like income tax should be based on ability to pay. Salaried workers can complain that they too pay an exorbitant amount to education through weekly rake -offs in provincial taxes. After all, over half the cost of ed- ucation in Ontario is paid by the government. But in the case of the salaried worker, taxes are geared to income. The crux of the matter is, a majority of people in Ont- ario feel they are paying too much for education as compared to returns received. What we can do about it, other than to disclose displeasure through our vote come election time, seems to be beyond the power of any single individual. Perhaps the farmers, when everything is said and done, will have done us all a favor, We only hope some municipal governments don't get caught in the middle. (Listowel Banner) ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385+104.7 +`�at,�F+� Member: Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association �IJItIR Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Sidneription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Canada; PAO in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents. Sunshine, Sand, Bacon, Eggs and Beans by Bill Smiley In a burst of blind fury, 1 made my wife get off her tail and go with me on our Big Trip, in the last week of holidays, It had started out, back in May, as a leisurely trip to the British Isles. It shrank like a dowager on a crash diet. There was no formal opposi- tion, just a lot of little feminine tricks, something like the Chi- nese water torture. Drop after drop, Insomnia, nothing to wear, can't afford it, who'll cut the lawn, absolutely must have the so-and-so's for a weekend. You know the gamut. By mid-July it was a trip across Canada, with a trailer. Looking up friends and relatives, not driving too far in a day, enjoying the camaraderie of the trailer camp. By mid-August, it was a mad dash to the Maritimes. But Kim was home and, "We can't leave her alone" (and she didn't want to go with us, after just having been there). Well, spilt milk isn't much use. We finally made it. Left on a Thursday afternoon, and got home Sunday evening. How's that for a Big Trip? However, perhaps it was worth waiting for all summer. It was different. We bought a Coleman stove, as we planned to cook along the way. Anyone interested in a brand-new Cole- man stove that has never even been lit? And, of course, we bought food here and there, to cook on our new stove. Arrived home with two huge boxes of grocer- ies. I swear I had 12 meals in a row of bacon and eggs and beans. No mean fare. But we've still got two weeks' supply. We just drove until we felt like stopping. North and north. And we wound up spending a couple of days in a cabin on a lake and loving it. It was a run-down, old- fashioned tourist resort. We got one of the deluxe cabins. No bell -hops, no broadloom, no TV, but a real washroom, with running water, In fact, the water was running all over the floor, from a leak or something, when we checked in. Strangely, my wife loved the place. At home, she's a psy- chotic emptier of ashtr..�ys, sweeper of floors and maker of beds. At the cabin, she cheerful- ly walked around in grit up to the ankles, and actually chuck- led when the Trans -Canada train went by three or four times a day, rocking the cabin like a cradle. For a couple of days we vammsisisOmMffaressomailag FOCUS: One Moment of Time Our camera records a child's First Smile . . . makes an official report on the bride's radiance . . . Commemorates a trio posed for Dad's birthday surprise. Moments like these can never be recaptured unless they are per- fectly preserved by HADDEN'S STUDIO. Your family's pictorial history should be an qualified hands. Contact Hadden's Studio GODERICH 118. St. David St. 524.8781' forgot about pollution and population -explosion and other such poppycock. It was enough to wrench the door open, look at that great, clean lake 20 yards away and wonder what the rich people were doing. Sunshine and sand and bacon and eggs and beans. Evenings were just as paradisi- cal. Campfire until midnight, then into the hut with the little gas stove sputtering cosily, a novel, a nightcap, and no phone ringing or car door slamming to indicate callers. We had a special treat on Friday night, when the proprie- tors held a dance. The rock band made the railroad train sound like a muted whisper. We didn't go to the dance, but it was just like home, when Kim has a record on. But idylls must end. Third morning, woke to a wild wind, a driving rain coming in around the front door, and the worst storm of the summer in full flight. Drove the long way home in rain that was worse than a blizzard, with sundry morons tail -gating, cutting in, passing on corners and hills and over the white line, when you couldn't see the front of your car. Shaky. Things didn't improve. They just got back to normal. Discov- ered daughter engaged to fine young chap who had two cents. Literally. I know it's hard to believe in this affluent age, but he had two (2) cents cash when he proposed. 0 Every week more and more people discover what mighty jobs are accomplished by low cost Expositor Want Ads. Dial 527- 0240. Changes Made In Broiler Marketing The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board on September 3, 1970 approved amendments to the Ontario Broiler Chicken Producers' Nlarketing Plan, which will enable the Broiler Chicken Producers' ?Marketing Board to control the regulating of the marketing of broiler chickens in Ontario, including the eviscerat- ed product originating outside the province. This action was necessary be- cause of the chaotic condition of the market for broiler chicken due to over -production outside the province. The result has been an undermining of the Ontario market at distress prices, which has placed the whole industry in jeopardy. Iti making the announcement, C.E. mighton, Chairman, indic- ated that this action will assist the Broiler Board in restoring stab- ility in the market, not only for producers but for the industry as a whole. At the same time, the program will assure adequate sup- plies of broiler chickens for all Ontario markets. Sales of eviscerated and cut-up broiler chicken from live chickens produced outside of Ontario will require a marketing permit from the Ontario Broiler Chicken Prod- ucers' Marketing Board. 0 Lutheran Women Discuss Letters The Lutheran Church Women held their monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 3. Mrs. Blackwell, Mrs. J. Parkins and Mrs. A. Finkbeiner were in charge of the topic "The Letters I Write. 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