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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-01-02, Page 6'V. SIROIS REPORT The Ontario Farmer The Royal Commission on Do- minion- amnion~ Provincial Relations StudiedHew to Relieve the Municipalities, Hence Rural Areas, of Part of Their Tax Load. (NO. 4) Far and away that it may seem„ what is going to happen in Ot- tawa at the Conference of the Dominion and the Provinces on the Report of the Rowell-Sircis Commission affects .directly the Ontario farmer. Like very few other things that happen away from the farm, what the dele- gations at Ottawa will or will not do means dollars and cents to rural Ontario. The debts of the municipalities are in some cases very heavy. That is true in the province. The Report calls for the assumption by the Dominion Government of the debts and provincially guar- anteed debts of the provinces. With the assuinption of the On- tario debt by the Federal authori- ty it puts the province in a po- sition to look into the question of helping the municipalities which are in some cases now too heavily burdened with debt. Help Small Communities Ed(ation, social services and public health all come under the main responsibilities, from a fin- ancial point of view, of the mn-• niciplities. The province has juris- diction over the municipalities, and when the burden is removed from the shoulders of Ontario it will then be in a better position to try to relieve the municipli- ties of part of their load. What is almost as important, the pro- vince can devote more of its time and effort to helping the small communities find their own way out of the maze of heavy debt. and consequently heavy taxation. The province of Ontario shares the burden, in some cases in large part, in some cases in only small part, of the education, public wel- fare, and public health of all municipalities. With the imple- menting of the Rowell-Sirois Re- port the province will be able to take 'over a greater share of the financial assistance of the muni- cipalities which in many cases have been bearing too heavy a IQad _fox some of the smaller Centres to Carry. Who Best Pays Taxes? The essence of the Report as , far as taxation is concerned is Ache shifting of the burden of tax- ation to those best able to pay. If the Report is implemented, and the taxation scheme or struc- ture is so arranged as to be more equitably applied, then certain work that the municipality has to assume will likely be undertaken Tay the provinces. In that way the greater burden will fall with the authority that has the greater taxing ability and source and so •e&n best handle the pressing seeds. Right now the municipali- ties are too heavily burdened with payment of taxes for services that the province, in equity, Should look atter. Th real principle behind all taxation is to put the tax where it can best be paid. If the Re- port is put into action there will be a saving for the municipalities as there will be for the province. So the implementing of the Rowell-Sirois Report comes right home to every farmer of Ontario who pays any sort of municipal taxes. Farmers' Handy Account Book Aids Greatly In This Busin- ess of Farming — Record Should Be Kept of Each De- partment of Production In modern farming, one of the more important essentials is the keeping of accounts, and something more than a rough and ready estim- ate stimate is necessary. farming is now more than ever a business proposi- tion and the farmer who does not know the exact state in which he stands with reference to every item connected with, his farm is under a 5tandicap. In order to assist the farmer in keeping a record of each department of his business. the 'Dominion Department of Agrieul- hire issues a very simple and use- ful little account book. INVESTIGATE YOUR FARM This account book covers every essential detail, and while no spec- ial knowledge of accounting is nee• essary, a record of transactions can often be made in less than one tour a week. The book may be ob- tained from the King's Printer, Ot- tawa, at the nominal price of 1O Cents, The beginning of the year fel as good a time ae any to start using the account book. and as it happens the winter time affords the hest opportunity to the farm- er for making a detailed investi- gation of hie business, least, pre - eat, and future - Italian Equipment Abandon ;d After Attack by British Here is a scene on a battlefield at the Libyan frontier with Italian equipment strewn after an attack by British motorized units. A British soldier is examining some of the wreckage. The two forces clashed in this section as the British drove the Italians into the interior of Libya. THE WAR -WEE K—Commentary on Current Events Churchill Talks To Italy; U. S. Moving Nearer War To the Italian people, last week floundering in a sea of bewilder- ment, despair and defeatism, fol- lowing the Fiasco in Egypt and the debacle in Albania, Prime Minister Ohurchill of Great Britain address- ed an open invitation to revolt against their Duce, the "man who bas brought his country to the hor- rid verge of ruin." To this one Haan alone, Mr. Churchill told the Italians, do 3-ou owe your pre- sent sorry plight—Italy must eith- er stand up to the full battery of British power or call in the Ger- mane to occupy, protect and hold dawn the country. "Ripe For Revolt"? The New York Times, comment- ing on Mr. Churchill's bold speech, declared that the Prime Minister would hardly have taken so daring x line "unless convinced that con- ditions in Italy were ripe to over- throw the regime and withdraw from the war." The official Turkish radio at An- kara broadcast that an armistice between Britain and Italy was "en- tirely possible." The announcer said Italian reverses in Egypt would have "great repercussions in Italy." The newspaper Ukchani said: "The damage done the Ital- ian fleet and the removal of the possibility of an attack on Egypt have settled the Mediterranean problem in England's favor. This means half the war won for Eng- land." Prepare For Anything While aiming crushing blows at Italy on several fronts in a grand effort to incapacitate the country, force its withdrawal from the war and detach it from the Axis, Bri- tain •ritain .was busier than ever before with preparations to counter a vast Canadian Trade with America's Increases Since War Started Unloading Canadian Produce at Demerara, British Guiana. Canadians are becoming interested in the Latin-Ameriean coun- tries as sources of raw materials needed in Canadian industry, as sources of food, and as markets for Canada's manufactured merchandise. Can- ada's trade with the Americas has increased since the war started, al- -Weigh in 939 it amounted to about 5 per cent. or $70,000,000 of Canada's total world trade. The Dominion is the fourth trading nation in the world. Since the outbreak of war, Canada's trade commissioners at Buenos Aires; Port of Spain, Trinidad; Kingston, Jamaica; Havana, Cuba; Mexico City, Mexico; Panama City, Panama; and Liana, Peru, have inundated Canadian business opportunities in their accredited coun- tries. Canadian bankers are pointing out to Canadian business men that tries. Canadian bankers are pointing out to Canadian business men that the Dominion can supply Latin -America with numerous products which were formerly imported from Europe. Nazi onslaught within the next few days, weeks, months. Plans were made to stave off a possible invas- ion during Christmas week. But the most vital work engaged in by Britons had to do with the secur- ing of immediate aid in the form of ships, planes and munitions from the Americas, from the United States in particular. Tangible Aid, Now! The big problem in Washington, following the receipt of the British requests, was how to divert to Bri- tish use without delay, war facil- ities that were already in existence. The general opinion seemed to be that "Roosevelt would find a way.". Competent American observers agreed that the balance was .now tipped in favor of the United States entering the war at an early date, much earlier than predicted two weeks ago; and that some form of American -British union, military and economic, was to come in the near future. (Leading most directly to war between. the U. S. and the Axis would be the use of American warships in British convoys). • • • Of "peace on earth, good will toward men" these was very little in the worl4 last week. Evergreens Need Winter Protection Join Main Stems Together to Resist Snow and Sleet 'Whether or not winter has really set in for keeps, it is time to give a thought to the welfare of ever- greens and shrubs during the per- iod between now and spring. Every year thousands of beautiful ever- green specimens are severely injur- ed merely because they have been left to shift for themselves. Much of the damage is done by sleet storms and heavy falls of wet snow that freezes on the branches, bend- ing them down until they break. The mere fact that an evergreen may have gone through many win- ters uninjured is no guarantee that it is safe. PROTECT SHRUBS TOO Evergreens of the. type that has several main branches are especial- ly subject to snow and ice injury. It is no great task to fasten the main stems together with small, stout rope in such a way that they cannot be spread a,part in such manner as to cause splitting. The foliage will usually hide such sup- • port from view; if not, the rope can be made inconspicuous by soaking it in green shingle stain, which serves also as a preserv- ative. The Book Shelf "LAND OF THE GOOD SHADOWS" (The Life Story of Anauta, an Eskimo. Woman) By Heluiz C. Washburne and Anauta This is an amazing story — and a true one -- of an Eskimo woman who spent the first half of her life far up in the Arctic Circle, and is 'spending the last half in our industrial civiliza- tion. Born on northern Baffin Island, during the swine night that a hunter • on a floating ice pan drowned in a blizzard, Anau- ta was given his name, that his departed soul might have a body. She was brought up as a boy, and lived the nomadic life of hoer people — travelling long distanc- es by dog sledge, sleeping in snow houses, harponing seals, hunting caribou—a life of adventure and courage, of simplicity and kindli- ness. As a young woman Anauta liv- ed In Labrador and Baffin Island and on Hudson Bay. Then through tragedy and an extraordinary series of circumstances she and her children found themselves in Indianapolis. She met dishones- ty, sickness, poverty, the driving drudgery of a factory. But the • simple traits characteristic of her people — humor, understanding, determination, and bravery — carried hes through to triumph. The late Sir Wilfred T. Gren- fell has written a foeeward for the book. The text is accompanied by photographs. "Land of the Good Shadows" (The Life Story of, Anauta, an Eskimo Woman) . . . by Heluiz C. Washburne and Anauta . . . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Publishers ... $3.75. Birds Are Ideal .Fliers Strive For Flights of 22,000 Mlles A Year Achieved — Canada's Native Birds Furnish Examp- ' les of Endurance, Speed Canadian fliers have had good examples in the native birds for years of endurance and speed in the, air it was demonstrated by John H. Storer, natural- ist of Waltham, Mass., who spoke recently ]n Montreal, under the joint auspices of the Province of Quebec society for the Proteetioh of Birds and the Sigma Xi Society. Mr. Storer, who showed natural color films and spoke on "Birds in Wild Life," pointed out that the Arctic tern makes a maximum round-trip flight in a year of 22,000 miles. This tern travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic areas, and at the extreme northerly and southerly points manages to miss seeing sunset for eight months of the year. The speaker had a special inter- est in the Canada goose, wh.ieb,, he nays, performs very creditably In the, air. This goose, which should, incidentally, take the place lit people's conceptions of the so- called wise old owl, travels at 55 miles an hour for many Itcue at a stretch:, Votes Slacking Fail Democracy Hamilton Woman Contruplier Charges Voters In Canada This Year Are Failing -- Light Votes Recorded to Sup- port Soldiers s Miss Nora Henderson, member of the Hamilton, Ont,, Board of Control, said in a recent address at Toronto that Canadian soldiers are fighting to save democracy on the war front at a time when de- mocracy is at its lowest ebb on the home front. The survival of democracy, she • said, could not depend on force of arms unless citizens accepted their responsibilities and realized that democracy was "a great co-opera- tive enterprise." APATHY AMONG ELECTORS Miss Henderson cited -recent mu- nicipal elections in Hamilton and Montreal as showing the apathy that existed among voters. in Ham- ilton only 32 per cent of the elec- tors cast ballots and in Montreal there had been elleof the lightest votes in years. -, "It seems incredible that at a time when we in Hamilton are sending our sons to lay down their lives if necessary to save the de- mocratic system, one of the lowest votes in the history of our ei:y was recorded." 11, .!7 ENE' GY' fo r i bet byes\\\ OTTLE ee Hive Syrup For Infants Feeding! Cie LIFE'S LIKE.THAT By Fred Nether les SH moo 4oV¢ 'roo.,. acr e L� t/'Eit . .r« , _v (Copyright, 7088, by Fred Helier) "General, we wish to report the show is lousy, l .1 1" REQ'LAR FELLERS -- What a Life MY• MOM SAYS WORRY AN' UNI•IAPPINESS CAUSE WRINKLES DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CERTAINLY/ DIDJA EVER NOTICE THE PRUNES IN NOODLl:NADI-Et 4RQCERY STORE 'l SURE f2UT WHAT HAVE PRUNES TO WORRY ABOUT A X CAN'T SEE WHAT SHOULD BOTHER By GENE BYRNES OH, No WELL, Novi womb 'i U LIKE TO SPEND ALL YOUR LIFE IN A V.00DEN BOX WITI4 A PRATE OF ONIONS ON ONE SIDE AN' A MESS OF SPINACHia , ON THE OTHER SIDEOF YA i' S,