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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1929-03-15, Page 600/A lla 'oma page 2p l oaegablla leader of tha Tawry woad Tanee rare retnnn pita mz- tlae hluluaaigtati a ez peaio cs lla csoxuuatu'y ea is throngb v - �e national paw of prroteetion M and 1806. That policy te4 eighteen 51a of stza, stn lrq;'Canada, with tirade dead, t iluacrazoing, Population at r. ptmdl- ,i ja isasaigration reduced to a mini - and emigration at full fiood- rdr0,=gr, hopeless period of Cannd- the; eighteen yearswhich pokey strangled Canadian de- tapxgdePat, our tot, exports increas- frons 879,154,678 to $116,314,543. Frye ' a Ian exports in July, 1927, total- I1eai1 $80,770,925. In July, 1928, the Dotal was 8127,368,623. Th increase of the month of July, 1928, over the month of July, 1927, was over nine xuii ioxa 'stab thzu tkaca ,t,,,tal inerenaa an =Kite dining' & Whole le, yeO:ts of the natitne d policy, The paralyzing influence of that eighteen years of Imith protection in Cyan da should never be forgotten, Canada rips never yet` shaken herself free from the 'blighting effect of that policy and I exhort the present gov- ernment to realize that it is our duty -o proceed snore rapidly along the line of w.11 -considered tariff red - don, The danger cry has always %toren, "Oh we must be care°ul! We need the revenue!" That argument can no linger be used, every succes- sive reduction having verified our opinion by yielding a greater revenue. Such tariff changes can only he made with safety in times of prosperity. Apparently, however, in view of the present American tariff situation, the Cabinet have decided for the pres- ent to simply mark time. I hope I am not mistaken in my opinion as to what may be dons during the ap- proaching special session of the Am- erican Congress. If I am wrong as far as I know there is no member of this Blouse may suffer greater loss, by the imposition of high duties on our finished live stock. I am no prophet but President-elect, Hoover has never shown himself to be a fool- ish man. Personally, there is no doubt that he entertains the most friendly feel- ings towards his northern neighbor. He knows that Canada is his coun- try's best customer. He also knows: 1. That 66 per cent. of the Ameri- can people live in incorporated vil- lages, towns and cities; if not 2. That the great majority, all of them, desire a lower cost of living; 3. That Canada in her own par- ticular lines produces the finest qual- ity of foodstuffs in the world; 4. That there is a decided short- age of American fresh meat products to supply the domestic demand; the shortage thereof in 1927 below the previous year being over 400,000,000 pounds; in 1928 a further shortage of, I think, some 642,000,000 pounds; 5. That Canada is the only coun- try from which the United States can secure a supply of disease-free high quality wholesome meats; 6. Above all, President Hoover knows from the lips of the Prime Minister of Canada, stated openly on the floor of the Canadian parliament, that Canada is open and above board and willing to join in every legitimate way as far as federal jurisdiction goes, in the development of the great international St. Lawrence Waterway, towards which he himself has already set his heart. In the face of all these facts do you think that President-elect Hoover will come out boldly and hand out by enactment any such economic 'handi- cap to both his own country and to Canada. Mr. Speaker, I refuse to be- lieve it. I believe, Sir, that the American people have placed in the presidential chair a great American who will prove himself worthy of the name. .7O'J CAN aARRt C_ 11®� �'� KIR ®AY Learn and Earn part-time on lleotor Mech��d ga anics. Batt ry, Vulcanizing :..d Rouse Wiring. els. R-ic.claying and Pla-te•i-'g, Barber- ing and Beauty Culture Work. Be Prosperous and Hippy Good nosiuons now open. 'Write or cell free ins,:n.etive book. Dantnnnionn Chartered Schack T.,:eat wast - Toronto Free Etployrneut Service -Coast to Coast -th Iiul 'The many= cod. meek' and lrot41:4a4 on OKI tentative fres list. He wise n very elude to the members of tl e C ind'inn Ooveu^aa- ment. Why did be not then show lice appreciation and desire to a ' d the great live stock industry ofa oda by insisting that the Govern- nient meet the American Government by removing the duty on like Ameri- can products coaxing into this coun- try? Is it any wonder that after five years experience of an entire lack of appreciation, during which the Tory Government in Canada maintained an almost prohibitive duty against like American products, the, American Government saw fit to withdraw the privilege. That was the time when ho and his political friends should have shown some concern for the in- terests of Canadian agriculture, but they were asleep at the switch. However, we do occasionally get a glimpse of the honorable gentleman's meanderings. Speaking at Cookshire, Compton County, Quebec, on July 30, 1928, he said: "There should be in Canada a tariff commission such as they have in the United States. . thiseshould determine the conditions under which our manufacturers and our producers have to meet the com- petition of the world." On August 2, 1928, in the City of Calgary, he made a similar statement: "A Tariff Board, such as they have in the United States, should hear all the evidence and make its recommen- dations . . . by that we stand or fall." Here is a clear statement of fact, made two years ago -repeated re- cently. What kind of a Tariff Board have they in the United States? It is in effect a Tariff Commission for the purpose of giving the manufac- turers the full power to exploit the consumer. For instance, it investi- gated the sugar duties. Its report was presented to the President. From that day to this, the President has failed to make that report public. So close were the 'big interests linked up with the operation of the Tariff Board in the United States that actu- ally the representative of the sugar interests was present on the Board in the person of Mr. H. H. Glassie. Common decency would have dictated that this gentleman should abstain from sitting on cases in which his personal interests were so apparent. This he refused to do. Congress pass- ed a special law removing Mr. Glassie from the pay roll of the nation until the case was finished. Yet, this is the kind of thing that passes for a Tariff Board in the United States. Naturally this aroused some storms; investigation was threatened. Sena- tor Smoot, one of the big sugar men of the United States, was always on the job to block investigation. All this is mixed up with the notorious speculative sugar market of 1921 when the exploitation of the consumer by the sugar trust was one of the most glaring instances of the looting of the consumer by predatory inter- ests, ever brought to the attention of the American public. Yet, this is the kind of thing which the honored leader of the great Conservative party apparently wants to have in operation in Canada. Na- turally, there are very strong opinions voiced in the United States regarding the work of the American Tariff Board. Dr. Taussig, of Harvard Uni- versity, and a former chairman of the Tariff Commission of the United States, expressed it as his opinion at a meeting of the American Economic Association two years ago, that: "The interests involved in the results rful Many successful business mmenn regularly use Wrigley's. The act of chewing has a soonassig a i ect. The 'healthful' cleansing action of Wrigley's refreshes the nrmouth- gu hely stimulates the flow of the natural juices -steadies the nerves - aids -gestion. LONDON AND WINGIHLLM North- i4 a.m. p.m. ttralia 10.36 5.51 Exeter 10.49 6.04 ]Eensall 11.03 6.18 7;ppen 11.08 6.22 ]Brucefield 11.17 6.22 (163) (165) D ton 11.53 6.52 Londesboro 12.13 '7.12 Myth 12.22 7.21 ]Beigrave ... _ . 12.34 '7.33 17iThegham 12.50 7.55 South. a.m. p.m. Wingham 6.55 3.05 ]Belrgrave . 7.15 3.25 ]Blyth 727 3.38 7.35 3.47 7.56 4.10 7.58 4.28 (162) (164) Klippen 8.22 4.38 ensall 8.32 4.48 Exeter 8.47 5.05 Centralia 8.59 5.17 Londesboro Clinton Eruceleld Ei! C. N. R. TIIME TA East. LE a.m. tG,oderich 6.20 cllmesville 6.36 6.44 6.69 7.06 lin 7.11 i:. (Minton Saafort'h Celumban 1IDubliun t. Columban. l eaforth Minton ]13Tolmesville Poderich The honorable leader of the opposi- tion would convey the impression that the Australian agreement has been injurious to the Canadian dairy farm- er. While I am not going into an elaborate analysis of the effect of that agreement, the real fact is that it has not •been detrimental to the dairy industry of Canada. Every economic student of those conditions krows that until very recently Great Britain has been the world's best mar- ket for dairy products, and conse- quently the greatest distributing and price regulating market of the world. But what happened'? On October 1st, 1925, the Australian Treaty came in- to force. From that time there was a steady advance in the price of but- ter in Canada till March of 1926, when No. 1 pastuerized butter was 10 cents per pound higher in Montreal than the price of Australian butter in London, and generally it has re- mained higher ever since. During 1926, No. 1 pastuerized but- ter in Montreal was an average of 2.46 cents per pound higher than Australian butter in London. During 1927, No. 1 pastuerized but- ter in Montreal was an average of 4 cents per pound higher than Austral- ian butter in London. p.m. 2.20 2.37 2.50 3.08 $.15 3.22 West. S.M. p.m. p.rn. 11.17 5.38 9.37 11.22 5.44 ... . 11.33 5.53 9.50 11.50 6.08-6.53 10.04 12.01 '7.03 10.13 12.20 7.20 10.30 C. 1P. R. TIME TA East. ILE a.m. Q ,.etlsArich 5.50 onset 5.55 ffeGav✓ 6.04 ycabana 6.11 r. r h 6.25 Patten 6.40 I akTaaght 6.52 411win to 10.25 West. Toronto 5e ]fit t Aeghtrn ell ami 7.40 11.448 12.01 12.12 12.23 12.84 12.41 12.45 During 1928 the price of Canadian dairy products ranged from 2 cents to 3 cents per pound higher than the world market price. The Tory policy is to compel Canadian consumers of butter to pay a still higher price for that article. That is the policy which their honorable leader has been preaching, and I want every consum- er of butter in Canada, and more particularly the mothers of every family in every town and city in this Dominion, to know that that is the policy of the Conservative party. ARV . � ivrm auraa, maid u ilo ig 2tcum,:lrem liour4. Atli 016% *.Souttlta of tariff making were so powe and exercised such influence upon the party in power, that disinterested and non-partisan action was practically impossible." That may be an ex- treme view, but it comes from a man of calm and reasoned judgment, who has had the experience and is by no means a bitter opponent of the policy of tariff protection. In Montreal, on October 25th last, Hon. R. B. Bennett asked: "What are we doing to safeguard our natural resources not only for to -day but for to-morr6w?" He then referred Ito the importation of butter under the Australian treaty and said: "The dairy industry cannot be built up in a day or in a year. It is being de- stroyed. There has been no safe- guarding of the agrieultur,' life of this country" :under this Govern- ment -is his inference. I wonder where the honorable gentleman has been sojourning when he thinks that the Canadian dairy industry is being destroyed. Elas he actually sunk in- to such de'pt'hs of real bachelordom? If any of our other bachelor leaders should develop such density, we would have therm married at once; that, Sir, is the surest cure for any sueh'ail- ment. For the honorable gentleman's information I may tell him, as every other person already well knows, the Canadian dairy industry has reached the peak of its prosperity the only thing it complains of is its growing pains. But, Sir, the mental peregrinations of the honorable gentleman are most amusing, they call to mind that divine injunction, 9dan, know thyself." The greatest study of mankind is man and goodness knostrs we li1d. P.'s have a Wonderful opportunity for study along' that line. 1 often wonder where the horreralbio gentleman was &mortising menfatly when is 13A5 '&16 :Ar'nerlean Gelasiyunent remote& every restage. - tier Egainat tutputiation o an- o.dk t 0:tithe': liv • flttek nine fresh tadatca gotd tit*. 010,004 tai tat, 1640 Mr. E. P. Costigan, of Denver, who also has had !experience with the Tariff Board in the United States, says: "It should have turned upon it the clearest searchlight of public- ity. that its past performances have lritle to commend it, and until it con- forms to disinterested standards of public service, Congress should refuse Tory Government at once invoked the any further financial appropriation for its work, and yet, Sir, this is the kind of thing which my honorable friend wants to have put in opera- tion in this country. Possibly the honorable gentleman would like to revive the barn -door and shuttle -cock methods which were in operation when the Meighen Gov- ernment took office on July 10, 1920, when be himself stood very close to the Government of that day. It might be interesting to lift the veil for a moment on just one com- modity -the sugar situation of that year. To really understand the facts it must be known that when James Murdock resigned his position as the last remaining member 8f the original Board of Commerce of that day, he preferred serious charges. against the members of the Cabinet. Rather than irvestigate those charges the Govern- ment filled the vacancies on the Board by appointing three paid servants of the Government --very meek and pli- able civil servants. There never was a case which show- ed more plainly the absurdity, the in- justice, and the injury to the con- suming classes of the enactment of customs duties than this sugar mon- opoly did. In the whole muddle one fact was clear the sugar trade of Canada was largely in the hands of a group of refiners- who acted together formost purposes and who had very successfully controlled the sugar sit- uation in Canada to their own exhorb- itant profit for many years, through the kindly aid of the tariff. In this particular ease, the sugar refiners, under cover of the tariff, had evidently decided that the price of sugar mast remain high for man; months, (Canadian consumers were then paying as high as 26 cents a pound for it) so they bought largely of raw sugar for future profits. But for once they were wrong. American sugar took a sudden drop. It began to flow into Canada at greatly re- duced prices. The refiners became alarmed. They appealed to the Gov- ernment for help; and the members of the Tory Government --the worn it9.iitisters of the Crown -the .groin seavante of thepoopir deeided that an am alarnshs of olrleaper sugar into 11 k Jl. t kt s of C This 01,1,i,z?'virovCr ata is dincezei to RepattS aaae- sos o 1in Tzssiteacg AW _ani "* e f-• -. ,e "artvorma IMO= TAX 20420 Mammas 1.• m•rt.scaecom. -.e.ePcade What ns Requlfeed. of IIDe1"so n1R Ai cg az Trustees All trustees, executors, administra- tors, assignees, receivers or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity are re- quired to make a detailed return off the income of the estate or trust which they represent. This return should be made on Form T3. What is IRequitzed. IEmrnpleyeze Each employer in Canada must make a return giving particulars of salaries, wages, commissions, fees, bonuses and other remuneration of all dlrec- oraUUo the Umlw ®2es f ®7' May. IL®emi:Laine ®f 1[ c®ma Tax *Me cam Inspectors of Dominion Income Tax al`e located in convenient places throughout Canada. They will comply promptly with written requests for information. They will supply you with the proper forms upon which to make returns. Consult the Income Tax Office nearest to you. Address "Inspector of Dominion Income Tau." The offices are at: ]E&aiifou. Novo scene Saint John. New Srunowickc Quebec alCi� Quebec MoonQuebec Ottawa io mlleeOntario Belleville Oat:viol Toronto Hamilton Ontario London Ontario Fort wllliarn Ontario Winnipeg Manitoba Regina Saskatcbewcan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Alberta Alberta British Columbia Hurron Territory Prince Albert cn.ratoon Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Dawson tars, ol`i cials, agents, employees, prra- fessionall men or other persons who received $1,000 or more during the cender year 2928, and who were paid at'a rate of w,:, e or salary (in- cluding bonus) equal to $1,500 or more per annum during the same period. Employers should ask for Form T4. What ns IEZ.eq ed. o CC ozporr lttn®rrns Every corporation in Canada is re- quired to file a return of its dividends or shareholders' bonuses paid or credited during the calendar year 1928. This return TS. SI ould be made an Form 1?et Your I.Fcw cgs °ice Blank forms may be obtained by writing your nearest Inspector of Dominion Income Tax, or Postmaster, or the Income Tax Division, Department of National Revenue, Ottawa. The addresses of inspectors are given herewith. Full instructions appear on each form. Do not delay because of the absence of officials who generally sign such reports. Any responsible member of a firm or corporation, or any person acting as agent for the trustee, may sign these returns and so avoid the penalty. March 31 is the last day for making information reports required under the Inca= War Tax Act. The Income Tax Division aeepeztfully asks for the ffunllltest operation of fiavpayers requiirectl by llacr to make ttlhene neasaraa THE D3PATMENT Off' A XO A Ilnllcorm Tax Divisioza IE®an®nnrra llWo Do EUL R, C. So WAITERS, Minister of National Revenue, Con lei over off Income Tnx the homes of our people must be pre- vented at all costs. They became afraid that, perchance, some of the boys and girls in our good homes might get a teaspoonful of cheap sugar and in Scottish parlance it might "pushion" them. And so, that dumping clauses of the Customs Tariff, which were devised for a very different purpose. Penalties were levied on several consignments ;of imported sugar but still the inflow of cheap sugar continued, and so this moribund Board of Commerce was brought into service, which made the amazing order of entirely forbidding the importation of American sugar for the time being, and set the price of sugar in 'Canada at 21 cents per pound till January 1, 1921, while sugar was selling at 12 cents a pound in Detroit. Does anybody think that this Board of paid civil servants would ever have made any such order without being coached by somebody higher up and some+one favorable to the refiners? But there was at once such a bowl from everybody -in which even the Government press joined -that the Government itself took fright, sus- pended' the order, attempted to disa- vow all previous knowledge of it, cast the whole responsibility on the hap- less Board of Comrenerce and set Octo- ber 20, 1920, as the date for hearing an appeal fromit. What are the facts? If we believ- ed press reports, and in the refusal of a thorough investigation by the Government we had a right to believe press reports, it was well known in Ottawa that at least one member of the Board of Comanerce was in close conference with Cabinet ministers only a few hours 'before the order ws issued. itt is also notorious that the sugar refiners themselves were eonsniting freely with the Board over the order, and had with thein in an advisory capacity, W. 1F. O'Connor, then one of the leading attorneys of Ottawa, and a close friend of the Government. And there was every suspicion that the refiners were allowed to revise the final terms of the order for two of their 10ing champions were known to leavethe private chambers of the Board luat prior to the itisu- afxce of the order.The fact is that -so callous had the meuiiberre of tha Goverment and, their profiteering tutermta tecomme to tiro effect of peabli� d av opinion that they thought the lot id nPaa deaid that there would be no popular outcry. To show further just where the Government did stand in the matter, what happened on October 20th, the date set to hear those who were ap- pealing against the order? Whom did the Government hear? No one but the sugar refiners. When they were heard the door of the investiga- tion was closed. Those representing the consumers leagues and the gen- eral public, were suppressed into sil- ence. True, the order was quashed, but to this day it has never been made public what arrangements were made with the refiners. hal that ac- tion the people of the country were ignored, and the Government would listen to no one but their friends - those special interests whom they sought to screen and protect at every turn. Experience teaches that that is what happens under high tariff, which means special privilege, and more particularly when specially favored interests once get Cabinet Ministers under their thumb, and that is what usually happens, they have no mercy; they forget the hand that nourished them and under pain of political death compel them to do their bid- ding. Canada should get back much more rapidly to a strictly revenue tariff up- on all necessaries. This Government ought to know and realize that these specially favored interests will never do this Government any good, and the sooner they get back to the basis of equal rights to all and special priv- ileges to none, the better it will be for all concerned. If we maintain n high t ariff on luxuries, an excise should be imposed upon the home manufacture thereof and thus aboliaa all protection. Although a young nation, we have already become the leader in many avenues of national and international life., We were the first to show the way in the encouragement of inter - imperial trade in 1897, when prefer- ential tariff in favor of the mother- land under the foresight and states- manship of Sir Wilfrid Laurier was established. Dominions Britain and between Guest an - theCanadaom has blazed the way for all tain and France, than upon': any other the inions from Coe►federatio>n sinle factor. Canada being compos - down. 'The position she has always' advocated no a t rgely of her two dominant races, d tea strongly, first advanced Trade is not an enemy, as some would allege, but carries with it a de- cidedly friendly influence. Mutual trade, both domestic and internation- al, is a wonderful harbinger of peace and good will. Canada is the one country that since the war has led the way in a policy of gradually re- ducing tariff restriction, thus demon- strating to the world that stxe realiz- es she has become one of the leading countries of the world, and is willing to encourage international trade with all the world upon fair, equitable and genetous terms. Not only so but we have also be- come a leader in that this Dominion is now the happiest of all lands in that Canada enjoys more in the way of prosperity than any other country inthe world. Canada is to -day the land of opportunity for all citizens who are willing to demonstrate that they can stand alone and face the, battle of life with energy and courage and unflinching determination to win. We do not want those "shucklin" characters who are always holding out their hands looking for something for nothing, that disposition is no good among the poorer people and we should stop encouraging it among the wealthier and manufacturing classes. But, above all, Canada has become the real world's leader in the paths of peace and good -will between na- tions as among men. Canada has achieved a high place in the :mindsand hearts of European nations. Great benefit has accrued• from the sojourir of the Prime Minister of Canada in Great Britain and on the continent during the past year, and with his timely message of international peace and good -will and conciliation rather than armaments as a means of set- tling disputes, the Rt. on. W. L. Mackenzie Ring has lifted Canada to a high place among the nations of the world. Canada has now signally qualified as interpreter nation along the paths of peace as a means of settling inter- national disputes. The peace of the world depends more on good relation- " ship between the United States and 1a t e greneh and the ",ritioli, Canad- at the Imperialilonferencea by' Lama c® t fey And afterwards frraps out wadto inns have learned by errperien o i respect and honor their raepectxve' held by Sir ]Robert orclen choraieteristies, $adVeed , they have san% and Bound poeltinn� g �►ncg he long tines so Tilended tfnop frsaitr� of ?` 1 d Dominions the full dagt'0 of tatosp eharaotsr as to vrdor b hand in hand nation on the fabe of the globe. surly Vault 9 ley now sn o1 and with the heartiest feelings of kindly consideration have enthusias- tically set themselves to the task of not only building up a united Canad- ian people but of building up a great and prosperous nation on the north- ern half of this North American con- tinent, building it upon the noblest principles of humanity the principles of "Peace on earth and good will to- wards men." With such a prospect in view and living alongside a nation with whose people we enjoy the most intimater and friendly relations, this Dominion understands and can interpret the French, the British and the United States characteristics. She is, there- fore, qualified to act as the interpre- ter nation. With her understanding of all their peoples, she holds it in her power to cement closer, and' clos- er, the bonds that exist among them. Europe and the 'Old World will have to come to the New World point of view with respect to their efforts for world peace. The new world can present to the 'old a practical exanvple. of the effectiveness of disarmament as a means of perpetuating peace. Canada and United States have dem- onstrated the value of the effective- ness of arbitration and conciliation inn the settlement of international' : afro ever since the Rush-Bagot Treaty wan signed and became effective on the 28th day of April, 1817. Canada's representatives were in a particularly happy position during the peace discussion at the meetinga of the League of Nations last year, because Canada had already renounc- er war and substituted for it recon- ciliation as a means of settling dis- putes. When questions of disarma- ment arose Canada's representativeo were able to point to the thousands of miles of border line without a fort or a cannon, and what is more, they were able to say that/this situ tion had prevailed for more than a hun- dred years. What would have happened if Can- ada and the United States bad enter- ed into a competition in armamenta4 Wo have ten million people. The Unit- ed States has one' hundred and twentl7 millions. Where would Canada h:vn been in such a race? Disarmament is not only the secret of peace, it is the secret of prosperity as well. Can- ada is applying reason rather than force to the settlement of intertt - tional disputes, and largely as a eon - sequence she stands to -day the hrby- pies • andmost a l -noun prrosperrouo 6. • ,1