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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-05-09, Page 4Page r. out IE W I GUAM ADVMTOE ataInstJt?Ytirt Proprietor A G, 111101a4er 1918 Ci 19 "s Dion. Ter; .0 13 20 27 WED Tar. 1'• " 7 t3 itl 1.4 1J ' 10 21 22 23 28 29 30, 1918 Fat I BAT.. TIIURSDA' , MAY 9th,19fS. GAMSIIY'S 1,1'1 CR do not expos t The income taxes, ate mew, eel wtth general approval. Theft a bugr,estion made that the super -itch man be super - taxed even harder—a popular gospel but defective* in practice because the million- aires are few and the people are many and when a Finance Minister here or anywhere else in the world wants a lot of money lie rcliee ort the little dollars of the poor to do the trick. Down to a thousand a year we are all doing our bit -- all perhaps, except the farmer who has a capital investment that many a poor wage-earner in the city would envy but whose income, even in these days of $2.21 wheat, is hard to ascertain, The farmer, cat course, want., to do his full share: How would it do to tax Bien on assets and let his income take care of itself? OTTAWA, May 0—It is of course, a red•whitesaid blue budget—the red signi- fying war, the white the pure motives of Union Government, and the blue the feel- ing the taxpayer experiences when he is called on to foot the bill. It costs money to stick to one's colors these days. So far as the debate goes in the House it is a curious niixtute of resignation and threatening. "Pinch us harder," says the orators one after another. "Treat us rough and we'll love you, but remember as soon as we get better all this martyr- dom stuff is,off." Tlie Western members in particular will not down. They sizzle with suppressed wrath like a carbon of soda. "Tax while the taxing is good," they seem to say, "but don't forget that we have our own views on the public ownership of railways, free trade and the absence of duty on agricultural imple- ments." If they do not press their views stow it is'because there is a tacit agree- ment between• the two parties not to start anything this session. Even at that Dr. Michael Clark had been heard to mutter Cobden's name in his sleep. An opinion very generally expressed is that now that the Federal Government has assumed the power to tax incomes, the lesser authorities, such as legislatures and municipalities should be inhibited from so doing. The income tax as it is enforced in cities like Toronto is a farce. It gets all the little fellows who are on pay rolls and lets the big ones who can conceal their holdings escape on Whatever value they attach to their word of honor. The revenue collected is not worth what it costs in duplicity, falsehood, evasions and general resentment. There is • not a ratepayer alive in Canada to -day who would not rather pay his income tax to a Federal Government that would ad- minister it wisely than to a muddle- headed, ward -heeling city council that would spend it like a drunken sailor. Some day pretty soon our statesmen will have to get together and define clearly the zone of taxation—where the Federal power stops, where the provincial power begins, where the municipal power conics in, There must be no unfair overlapping of income taxes, A good substitute for an income tax 10 • Soft-pedalled as they are the speeches cities would be a tax on business trans - indicate that this is going to be a mighty actions such as they have in many Russia Was =' 4. r=e German Vassal +_% .y+ independent Parliament when the German menace is removed and that the formal interchange of courtesies which was known as as debate under the old stand arrangement between the 'parties is going • to be supplanted by a real cleavage of opinion. in fact there will be many real cleavages,, of opinion and they will all be tee' 4! wawa easas8aXestea+S'+leasee .e a eseas seassaaas T is a, mistaken idea that the col lapse of Russian v esietanco to Gernrauy was a matter uta few mouths. For fifty years or more the frermanr. have been undermining tl,e national etrlreture of Russia, anti only a miracle could have prevented what has happened. It was the logi- cal result of 'a campaign tbat tilts been going on for generations, and as we look back over the events of recent years It seems that the . al- liance between Russia and !Franco was an artificial alliance, and that the natural fate of the Russian peo- European countries=a tax sealed accord- ing to the luxury or necessity of the article sold—a much smaller tax, that is to say, on a pair of shoes than on a box of candy, or a ticket to the theatre In this way the people would pay a large part of their municipal taxes in their daily pur- chases and the stratlger in the town, or extremely. in earnest• from purple Tory the unmarried wage-earner, who has just ',light -down .to red, red Radical. Weare as much use of the city conveniences rs in for a.: period of plain talk which will be the substantial householder, would not :'•.• a .good thing for this mealy-mouthed .;To• have the courage of one's 'conviction's "will be ' accounted a virtue hereafter.. Somehow or other I.imagine that out of this welter of opinion will develop a Whig party .which _. will include most of those �eho have a substantial stake in the • •country..'It Will be in.favor of an ordered democracy,•" public ownership of public '-utilities`,' fair treatment .of manufacturing industries, scientific development of agri- eulture, enlightened cooperation between capital and tabor;' a reasonable tariff and .,,a, groaning, tendency to direct taxation. ...This ideal • party .will. be as far from socialism. . as it is from Toryism. It has found a ..new and eloquent voice this z ession;in Mr, HWne Cronyn, of London, arho ie a .sound thinker on his merits and itof simply because.he.is *nephew of the '"great Edward Blake, • • • • A matter, of comment by the budget debaters has been that the publicdebt of Canada is now $150 a head as compared with; S.70„ a head for the United States, a ';far bigger and richer country. At present this fact is not viewed with alarm because Canada has great natural resources, still untapped, which render the . potential wealth- of "this country equal to almost any burden.' Another fact worth ponder- ing' fs that Canada has paid eleven per sent. Or' her war expenditure out of ' ` curreli& revenue, *while England has paid seventeen per cent., and the United States fourteen per cent. Eleven per 2cent. is a good'start'on the pay-as-you-go principle, and reflects . considerable credit on Sir Thomas White's war financing. More- bver the gold• reserve is not in as had shape. as :was apprehended, questions by Mr. Arthur Graham, who is a shrewd and soon the entire torn, root and all, lifts critic of finance, having brought out the right out without pain. get off without paying his bits. More- over the farmer, who has the full benefit of the city market, might very well pay octroi as they do in Paris. The taxes on tea and coffee are accept- ed as a necessary evil and will be paid more cheerfully than the tax on tobacco, which has a tendency to make the ten - cent cigar more hollow -chested than ever. It goes without saying that a budge debate which touched on profiteering took a slant at Sir Joseph Flavelle, the cost of whose bacon is none the more palatable because it is seasoned with prayer. Judge Mackenzie told the old, old story with a great deal of force and humor, but for some reason or other his fellow -members of Parliament did not follow it up. Prob- ably it was because Sir Joseph is a bank director and Parliament is very sensitive to overdrafts. H. F. GADSB?'. plc was that of subserviency to Ger- many, Prussia knows Russia better than any other country knows her. The french were strangers in the alliance, however honestly Russian statesruett, strove to fulfil the terms of the pact. There is a common Rue, Sian saying, "The stoney comes trot)) France, but the brains come from Germany" In Russia we are watching the last act of the drama; we see military penetration following the peaceful penetration that was going on even before the birth of the German em- pire. Attention is called to this fact by K. Bercovici in the New York Sun, who seems to know as much about foreign affairs as his name implies. Ile quotes from G. L. Schnizler, who wrote a history of Russia in 1817, in which he says with simple Toile tonic modesty: "Russia contains within her a nation of Germans, who in all respects possess an unquestion; c ed superiority over the Russians, And It is frotn them, the Germans, that she draws the most distinguished of her statesmen, her politielans and her warriors, And why is it that these are, comparatively speaking, so superior to her Russian subjects? Precisely because as men they were born Germans; that is to say, their morality and their intelligence have been cultivated, have been developed in the more genial soil of a richer, a more elevated, a more enlightened, c.ivtlization." Old Kulture again. But there in truth in the boasting, and in the old saying about the brains comiug from Germany. The penetration of Russia by Prussia which has been going on for gener- ations with the approval, If not with the suggestion, of the German Gov- ernment, has had the tendency of putting Russian business in the hands of Germans. They have been the lawyers, the professors, the "in- tellectuals" of the country.' it is said that in the eyes of the ignorant Rus- sian peasant every German, is a doe - tor, and there is a story to the effect that when the German doctor 'died In a certain village the populace insisted that his German servant should car- ry on the business, and beat hint. until he consented to do So. The higher educational standards in, Germany enabled the German profes- sional men to outstrip their Russian co*npstitors, and just as other coun- tries, against. their will perhaps, have become resigned to see the banking business largely in the hands of Jews, so the `Russians have become accustomed to seeing Germans con- trolling the commerce of the country and becoming leaders in other walks of life. In Lithuania the richest tradesmen are Germans. The Baltic provinces have been thoroughly Germanized, and the aristocracy is almost wholly German. Poland, Finland and Cour- land..acknowlsdge German predomi- nance,long before the events of the past few months. It is true, as the historian, boasted, that Russia has been indebted to Germany for many of the men who have directed her public affairs. Russia's greatest op- pressors—Buhren, Pahlen, Bencken- dorff, Berg, von Plehve, Minn, Riman Iiaulbars and Stuermer have been Germans; and at the head of the Russian army have been. such Teu- tons as Stakelberg, Star Stossel, Rennenkampf, Grippenberg and Gra- ner. In many cases where the Ger- manic name of a particular Russian does not explain, his pro -Germanism his affection for Germany was deriv- ed from a German mother, or per- haps from a handsome German bribe. Germany has always formed a bar- rier between Russia and the outside world.. We have been obliged to see Russia through her eyes, and her de- sire was to show Russia to the worst advantage in order that the Russians might drink in the belief that Ger- many alone understood and loved her, The Jewish massacres were ap- proved by Germany with this end in view. Germany bad also the motive of particular haired for the Jews be- cause they promised eventually to open the eyes of the Russians to the fact that they were being exploited by Germany. German agents were also active in promoting revolution- ary uprisings and in any other enter- prise which would weaken the strength of the nation, lower it in the estimation of the outside world and make its final downfall more certain. For generations she contin- uei to "hear" the stock of the Bear in order that at the meeting of the creditors she could hey in. the hide at he's own figure. She appears to have succeeded, although her present title is none better than that of a man who buys property at a tax sale, Weird and Wonderful Tobacco. Weird and wonderful are the mix- tures that pass as tobaceeo in Ger- many now that the Government has decreed that anything is tobacco that contains not leez than live per eerie. el the nicetien ercod. 'The root ma;- bo dried lcae ee of betel), cherry, r,"1cor:', hors, beetroot, sorrel, potato, rhubarb or eoltsfoot. One German writer says that the result Is "a rank offence, it smells to heaven. Cigars made from this "tobacco" go by the aptiropriate popular name of "Irefamla f5eandalosa.-' (netts need grrminatcs in from 14 to 18. davit. GIRLS! ITS YOUR STEP THAT ATTRACTS! Says women pay to much heed to their face Instead of their corns E FIGHTING TRAIL EPISODE 8 ---THE BRIDGE OF Mir',MT1 "I'm sorry," said the Commissioner," 1 + "Good work little girl called a big fellow over at the edge of the crowd." "Righto! We're for you!" came the answering shout from another. Nan raised her hand for silence, -ready to continue her speech, but as the cheer- ing subsided the distant rapping of rifle fire came to their ears. Mingled with the single shots came now and then what sounded like a sustained volley, The firing seemed to come from the direction of the mine. When Von Bleck drove off he did so with a def r to purpose. Now that he had the deed recorded he must also gain pos- session of the mine. With the double claim of title and possession he knew there would be no danger, of his plans hanging fire. But he must have both to be safe. Straight i.o Brown's saloon the drove, and there in the rear room, gathered in a tense circle around the rolling dice, he found his band whiling away the time' at their ac- customed pursuits. They sprang up as he entered, eager at the prospect of an- other fight. "Well," announced Von Bleck, "this afternoon we'll capture the mine. Get busy now. I want results • this time. have a drink on ire and then get to work! Standing hi the back of the bright red I will join you later," Five minutes machine, one hand above her head and afterward the band was on its way to the hair flying in the wind. Nan made a! attack, with Rawls in command. Von picture that drew the sympathy of every ; Bleck, Shoestring, and "One -Lung" re - man in the crown. Swept away by the entered the car and drove to the station, emotion of a great cause, eyes bright al- most to tears, she told her story with dramatic effect, Even the Commissioner, listening behind his closed door, could sense the rising enthusiasm. In it he read a significant message for himself. "Who will vote for Hogan?" she cried, and the call was greeted with a gusty chorus of approval. Hats waved wildly as she stood looking down into the surg- ing sea of faces about her impromptu platform. can do nothing for you." The sheriff gave liim a significant glance, and he went on. "You ice, they have the title deeds and have staked out a claim Possession is nine points of the law," He was an old man, the Commissioner a cringing soul to whorl the petty clerk- ship recant the very means of existence. Ile owned that job to Causley, and paid tile debt by eau:irking his convictions when the sheriff said the word. Never- theless a tools of mingled discomfiture and regret showed in his face as he watched Nan's. plucky effort to restore her hus- band's courage. Hogan drove up at the door as they emerged, the brave piece of bunting on the rear of his car still flapping in the wind, The placard above it read: FOR OnEtties "SQUARE DEAL" HOGAN It was Nan that saw the opportunity, not Gwyn. She pointed eagerly. "Look, dear,! Ilalf the .voters in Lost Mine were at the wreck to -day They saw a good example then of the Causley brand of justice, andenow is our chance to show the pcoele that he really is a scoun- drel. I'm going to make a speech!" Watch your stepl A brisk, lively step is what charms more than a lovely skin, bu t your high heels have caused corns and you limp a little. That's bad, girls, and you know it. Corns destroy beauty and grace, besides corns are very easy to remove. Rid your teet of every corn by asking at any drug store for a quarterof an ounce of freezone, This will cost ltttle but is sufficient to emoveevery hard or soft corn or callus fromone's feet. A few drops applied directly upon a tender, touchy corn relieves the soreness fact that the gold guarantee for Dominion • - notes has shrunk only thirty-nine per " cent. in four years. The value of . the paper dollar stands up pretty well. If exchange ' is against us in the United • States it is because we keep our gold and This treezone is a gummy substance which dries instantly and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding skin. Women must keepin mind that cornless feet create a youthful step which enhances her altractiveneSs. Removal Sale of IMILLINER`a' As I am leaving town I will sell the balance of our SUMMER BATS AT HALF PRICE 11101MOPOMOMat Mrs Runstedler for the next few weeks. We will have some rare bargains to offer and it will pay you to buy now. 'All the new and summer and straws will be ready. All trimmed and untrimmedshape:i, flowers at a big reduction. . looted[, in laces, 1 v'erything must be sold for cash. All accounts owing Iles must be settled by [lane 15th. malefleS Shelter behind all pre train outside. "Take the engine house" sho'sted Rawls in command, and half a dozen of the ban• dits dashed in through the door and took po ition to defend the entrance. But Casey was net c .':t s, to t: e eieeine housa joss lis• . ea at he ex,:.'; . t nese men ant of ttv tr5ap. Le 1.,ori:eu along the side of the train until ane reacher' the engine, mounted tin step and crouch- ed behind the cab. ' Hold tight" he called, "Lie down be- hind the ore in the cars!" and with this he grasped the throttle;ancl started the train. Protected by the piles of ore, which serv- ed as a sort of entrenchment, Casey's menbeat off all attacks as the train gainer headway and crawled faster and faster to- ward the incline. But Rawls was alive to the situation. What he desired was not a retreat, with the possibility of a counter attack, but a decisive victory, a stunning defeat of Casey's entire force. Another train, with its engine pointed in the opposite direction to that in which Casey was established stood on a siding. Ilis decision was in- stantanecus. Sunmoning his men to limb aboard, he backed the train on to the track and started hi pursuit, where a long heavy box was taken aboard and carried off into the seclusion of the forest near the track. Back at the mine Casey's men were pre- paring the midday meal. The two men who had been left as sentries came in from their posts, and everyone was settling down for a comfortable hour when Rawl's first shot knocked the kettle from its hook Taken completely by surprise, Casey's men were so demoralized that instead of defending the engine house they took rieervoteepoweroaramemste~taitikt tweel4^,a~4e r+rr�,l+rw�tr�a•r�'g DRUGLESS PHYSICIAN CHIROPRACTIC Chiropractic Drugless Healing aecur ately locates and removes the cause o. disease, allowing nature to restore health J. A. FOX D.C.D.O. Osteopathy Eleetrb'ity Ms'rn er D-egtess Physitiasiis Aseocia- tiaa at Canada. Phone 191— it It I,' 125 , Rbc,IM Ne. (1a [eiatretioa 2323 ,1 q� _ I t tllifz-i ', i! • ALni f(Cliasaiite�cihers !1 °!lhiattoata -RS .f -t.. "-rM` , -a_ • ' • Phoepherlc Aci il° • X ( Potash ye y"etarea .•< Fres 1 11 t _ UNNS I LD1 .WESTTORONTO1' OMMINOOMIIMMINEMONIMION Do you not pur- pose en- riching your soil for next seas o n's crop. Order now `and you will besureof "delive t' y. Cream, Butter, Eggs and Produce Wanted. GUNNS LIMITED E. R. Harrison Branch Manager Phone 25 Wingham, Ont. 1 1 1 1 The race was even till they struck the grade, and then Rawls' train with every car loaded, had a greater motive power than any engine—gravity. As the two trains slid down the mountain the dis- tance between grew less and less. Both sides were firing as rapidly and continu- ally as human fingers could load and press the triggers. Narrower and narrower grew the intervening space till the trains seem to couple and lock. And now, back and forth over the swaying ore cars, there waged a hand to -hand battle. ,First one side would take the upper hand, then the other, in a desperate rush would carry the fighting back. But this could not last. As Casey turned the bend leading down to the burned bridge he knew in his heart that defeat was very close. Outnumbered, his men would be virtually surrounded as soon as the train eamesto a stop. The only way out was across the bridge itself, trusting to a higher power that 'the charred supports and sleepers would bear their weight. Word was therefore passed along that all hands were to make for the bridge as soon as the engine halted. A moment later Casey closed the throttle, and calling his men to follow, leaped to the ground and started over the flimsy framework toward safety. It was a costly operation, but most of the men had made their way unhurt to the center of the bridge and were holding off their assail- ants with fair success when a new enemy appeared in the rear. Von Bleck, Shoestring and "One -Lung" had mounted a gatling gun on the front of an engine and were bearing down on Casey from the other side of the bridge. been 1 severethis fire had less on side and the engine crept out over the sleepers with its deadly weapon pouring forth a flying fusilade of bullets. It was only by swinging their bodies underneath and hanging by the beams that the stout- hearted litfle band of defenders could save themselves. Election Day dawned bright and clear, and Hogan; his red machine conspicuous with campaign banners. was greeted with cheers wherever he went, The events of the day before had turned the tide, and Causley's defeat was a foregone con- clusion. But the candidate dropped his campaign smile for a hearty laugh when he suddenly came upon Casey twisting his hat with boyish embarrassment before a young lady's praise. "Isn't he—I mean it—perfectly lovely?" she exclaimed with enthusiasm as Hogan drove up. "Do you know what Mr. Casey did last night? Captured a brand new gatling gun Von Bleck had shipped from the East. Isn't that simply magni- ficent!" She was beaming on the big Irishman with frank admiration, clapping her hands and murmuring those girlish exclamations which prove so often fatal to any man's self-possession. Casey wel- comed the newcomer as a providential diversion. "The Von came too far, that's all," he explained. ,"We worked along the side of the engine, and the gat couldn't turn on such a wide angle. But they still have the mine, and a gang of men is working now rebuilding the bridge. Gwyn and I decided we too could use the bridge, so we are not disturbing them. And now tell me how the election is going?" "Fine," grinned Hogan. "Mrs. Gwyn here is the best little politician I've seen in many a day., And by the way, old. man. Taylor, the poor old skeleton that keeps the deeds, told me this morning he had changed his mind about the title to the mine and corrected the records in her ladyship's favor. I wouldn't wonder if he were something of a politician himself, eh?" ' By noon the ballot was almost com- plete, with Hogan leading by a safe Majority. "Well," he told Gwyn,"since your wife fought for me I'll repay the favor. The boys are having a holiday to -day, and I don't know any kind of celebration that'd please 'em better than a stiff little scrap. Let's drive those bandits out of the mine before supper time, What d'you say?" I-Iogan cupped his hands and gave a shrill- signal, In a few moments every man on the block had gathered to know what it was all about, "All I have to say is this," Ile told theist "Gwyn and Casey and I ate going after' the bandits at the Mine. Anybody with a good gun who wants some excite- ment is invited. The line forms on the left." Half an hour later the new sheriff and his first posse were on their way up the mountain. • Ill!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Illilllllllll re fop hams reonorrry 1 Ilillllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllll Do you Practice it? Take Care of Your Telephone ! ANY repairs t telephones are made necessary by careless handling. q A telephone instrument has more than a hundred parts and is built: like a watch. Rough usage impairs its efficiency. q Help us to conserve the supply of telephone material and skilled labor by always hand- ling your telephone carefully to avoid costly breakages and repairs.) The Bell Telephone Coe of Canada ••••• ..... .14111010.0... n ¶,hurfaday May y h 'lgt8 How We Can Afford To Do It, The secret of our success with the Bachelor Suit is found in, the turnover. We are Con- tent with a very small margin of profit in order to be able to sell the ,SUIT' $21a,00 AT "The Suit with the Guarantee." The profit on each suit is small, but we can afford to do it because we sell such a big quantity. If you want a suit that will wear as well as it looks, don't lose any time about coming in here. Preparedness Smokers should plant plenty of cabbage this summer. Taxes unposed ora going to tender ,smoking a luxury more than ever, and we rnney yet have to go back to the amolting material of our younger days, "Sy rine priedOliee tetch the it portatoeNktirigix40)411 The universal military service gum— A Soldier's offering to his sweetheart is naturally the sweetmeat that gave him most refreshment and great- est enjoyment wen On duIv, The Flavour Lir G ./,�.y�y/y�"//>>yY�` 1ti6tF rye•;.. 94 Belmore Mrs Maslam and family and Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Johann spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. C. Johann. Owing to the Sacrament•Services being held at the Salem appointment, there was no service in the Methodist Church last Sunday. Mrs, Wm. McKee, who had the mis- fortune to fall and break het• wrist a short time ago, is recovering very slowly. The annual meeting of the Woroen's Institute was held in the Hall, Saturday afternoon. Those holding office were re•eleeted. The Treasurer's report showed that $1127 11 has been col- lected during the past year, and the great-. er part expended in comfort and shies for the Red Cross Society. Grey Mrs. Thos Stevenson epent Guaday in Brussels. Mrs. Wnt. Schnock is visiting in Mil. verton. Levi Whitfield 12 Con. continued very poorly we are sorry to state. Quite a number attended Mr. Mc Culloch's farewell services at Ethel, Sung day. We regret to otate that Mrs. jot Hollinger, 10 con, passed away Wedincs- day morning of last week. neceee DAILY BETWEEN` BUFFALB4 CLL,VU 3 Il A.GNI ICENT STE.c. s ..19..[ ILII Si 3 The Creat Ship "SEEANDBEE"—"CITY OF ERIE" "CITY OF BUFFALO" BUFFALO —Daily, May lot to Nov. 1.5th.— CLll VI!ILANII Leave tlerpAto - • 9stOt:. sTrnv I r.cace tit .csr.,Thor • '7:1O 1'.V. Arrive t:t:C,Vtat.AND 7:30 A.:1r. j Sr/ .nArit 't9str: Atnce IS t r u t, - tlonneetiotte et Cleveland for Cedar Print. t'ut•in• ler, Tnleuo, Detroit ^n,1 all , int1 We: t nntl Southwe3t. 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