The Huron Expositor, 1962-04-19, Page 2o t
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 22, 1062
Farm Forums Seek New Tax Base
The imbalance that exists in sources
of tax money required for educational
purposes has forced Canada's Farm
Forums to the conclusion that property
tax can bear no more of the burden of
education costs. "Education 'contri-
butes directly to income, so let income
taxation bear the main load," said one
group.
Property was once a good invest-
ment, encouraging the wise use of
buildings and the conservation of re-
sources. Now many of the groups
argue that such is no longer the case,
'and that many examples of rural de-
cay stem from the habit of raising
taxes shariply if home and business im-
provements are made. They believe
that such taxation methods discourage
community .improvement and encour-
age the "mining" of property. If in-
come could be taxed for education, the
farmer would invest more in his pro-
perty and take less interest in direct,
immediate cash return, argue such
groups.
Throughout the four hundred group
reports, there was agreement that fed-
eral assistance for education is past
due and that local municipalities can
no longer increase their share of the
cost. "The entire nation benefits .let
it share in paying the cost," was a typi-
cal comment.
As an alternative source, the Forums
suggested sales tax should be employ-
ed to provide revenue to meet educa-
tion costs.
Business is Not All Crooked
The Bowmanville Statesman editor
says there is one column in a Toronto
daily that irks him quite frequently'
because of the writer's devotion to
pointing but weaknesses in our com-
mercial system. • The Statesman refers
to this writer's habit of selecting firms
which are charging exhorbitant inter-
est rates for time payments, pointing
out crooked deals of one kind and an-
other where unfoxtunate, misguided
and gullible members of the public
have been gapped in a wide variety of
ways.
"We have no objection to this type
of research and writing," continues the
Bowmanville editorial. "The crooks
should be exposed. But there is no
one, that we know of, counteracting
this type of publicity. Readers who day
after day- consume his bitter findings,
must sooner or later come to the con-
clusion that all business is shady and
operated by people ' whose only desire
is to fleece the public. We suggest that
this is far from the truth and that the
crooks ` represent an extremely small
segment of the over-all business com-
munity. There is never any mention of
how business firms are continually be -
being taken in and robbed of legitim-
ate revenue by an unscrupulous min-
ority of the general citizenry. Yet, we
feel certain that this takes place far
more often than one realizes.
In every business, unless it is op-
erated strictly on a cash basis, . there
is always the problem of collecting -out-
standing debts from customers. People
order- things in • large quantities or
small and 'then just neglect to pay for
them. All too often, bills sent out regu-
larly by storekeepers are ignored,
while the irresponsible buyer trans-
fers his purchasing to some other
sucker storekeeper who doesn't know
that this person's credit rating is minus
zero.
This is the otherside of the picture
which ,doesn't receive tie publicity ac-
corded the down -trodden victims. We
present it here to emphasize that peo-
ple in business are not all crooks, as
some writers would have you think."
the Bowmanville paper concludes.
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
BUDGET FOR BUSINESS
OTTAW—Despite the fact
it was brought down on the eve
of a new Federal Election, the
budget unfolded last week by
Finance Minister Donald Fiem-
. ing was one of the barest the
average Canadian taxpayer has
seen in many a year.
It was no-nonsense, business
• budget bereft of all the glitter-
ing pre-election goodies usual•
ly dangled in front of the voter
a, few months before he is sent
packing to the polls.
It was a budget with a single
goal, to stimulate expansion of
the Canadian manufacturing
and ' petroleum industries and
industrial research in general.
Ey providing tax cuts of up
to 50 per cent on the addition-
al profit stemming from increas-
ed sales, manufacturers and
processors were encouraged to
get out and start hustling.
They were encouraged to step
up the lagging program of in-
dustrial research with a 150 per
cent write-off of all research
expenditures from taxable in-
come, ' In -effect, the Govern-
ment extended an offer to sub-
sidize business research in an
effort to promote industrial de-
velopment through the discov-
ery of new products and new
processes.
For the ordinary Canadian
taxpayer all Mr, Fleming had
to offer was a $50 increase in
the tax exemption for depend-
ent children. For a man with
• a taxable income of around
$1,000 and two children, that
amounts to a tax saving of
roughly $11 a year. Even in
post-election budgets, the gen-
eral public has frequently far-
ed better then that.
Even though Mr. Fleming
tbudgeted for a, deficit of $745,.
000,000; (based on the assump-
tion of a healthy 7.% increase
in the gross national product
and no new expenditures) only
$45,000,000 below the peace -
tithe high recorded last year
and his sixth in a row for a
total of $3 billion, the docu-
lnefit he presented to Parlia-
Meht may still be considered
Something .of rl monument to
fladat Integrity.
the;jjroblePt Th ffo'iVevet, that
(1t Vetif bl' M04,066060
r6s(perity
Mkt tioliollr iff& iiti*y1 Italy um
out to, be the highest ever in
peacetime. The question then
is how and when can Federal
budget ever he got into ,relative
balance again?
-It was also something of a
daring experiment, since few
Canadian Governments in the
past have ever had the cour-
age to go to the electorate with
as feta vote -catching budget
concessions for the "little man"
and as many concessions for
business.
It is true there ,have been
other measures earlier this year
designed to encourage the voter
to smile on the Government at
the polls, such as the $10 -a -
month increase in the old age
pension and the 12 -cent -a -pound
putter price subsidy' for the
consumer, but everything (i.e.
politics) being considered they
have been reasonably moder-
ate.
The budget itself is based on
the theory the Government has
some kind of fiscal responsibil-
ity to maintain and that the in-
centives provided for business
will benefit all Canadians by
stimulating the growth of the
economy and the creation of
more badly needed new jobs.
The sense of fiscal responsi-
bility has been provided prim-
arily by Finance Minister Flem-
ing,' while the driving force be-
hind the granting of concessions
to spur Canadian industry has
been Trade Minister George
Hees.
The budget is not a Diefen-
baker budget, If the Prime
Minister had his way, it Is al-
most certain that he would have
chosen the tinsel and gloss,
shunned like the plague the
more fundamental changes re-
quired to help Canadian•indus-
try undertake the agonizing re.
adjustffi nt to increasingly in-
tense world competition that is
so desperately needed,
The fact that Mr. Fleming was
able to bring down a buatness
budget shortly before the Gov-
ernment embarked on a battle
for its very life is the best pos-
sible evidence of the huge in -
China and power he wields in
the touneils of the party,
Late last year a shtldow fell
over the MIniater of i'inance as
>r'llrrl�rS'lfl piked by Pt'ittie Mfrl�
i tela Die enbnite*' -
culated that he would be re-
moved from his portfolio.
From several quarters it was
reported that Mr. Fleming
would be stripped of his office
in an effort to atone for the
political odiousness which clung
to the Government from chron-'
is budget deficits, the bungled
Coyne affair and hitter rela-
tions with Britain over its hid
for membership in the common
market.
Mr. Fleming, along with Jus-
tice Minister Davie Fulton,
were scheduled to he eased out
of their portfolios in the course
of a major cabinet shuffle that
would be carried out within
the ramparts of the old citadel
at Quebec City. At the eleventh
hour Mr. Fleming and Mr: Ful-
ton succeeded in winning the
battle for their own political
lives, the former because of
the alarm that spread through
the business community because
of rumors of his pending dis-
missal. '
With the show all set to go
on the road, Mr. Didfenbaker
and his cabinet were forced to
trudge down to Quebec to go
through one of the greatest po-
litical anti -climaxes in Canadian
history.
Despite this apparent demon-
stration of political power
wielded by Mr. Fleming, it
was suggested from. -some quar-
ters that he had in fact made
an unconditional surrender to
the Prime Minister, the real -vic-
tor of the battle.
It was said 'that Mr. Fleming
had agreed to throw, fiscal re-
sponsibility to the wind, pro-
viding a vote -catching pot-pour-
ri which would carry ai budge-
tarydeflct of around $1 billion
and a cash deficit close to $2
billion, Mr. Fleming had the
answer to those charges in his
budget last week.
If the Conservatives win the
next election, however, Mr.
Fleming's job may again be in
serious jeopardy. Prime Minis-
ter Diefenbaker Might hesitate
to engage in a knock -down,
drag -out battle to establish his
un uestiohetl .supremacy In the
Cabinet before an election, but
there is tie assurance that he
tv111 not do so immediately af•.
I look forward with the keen-
est anticipation to the annual
church drive for funds. Every
year I volunteer as a canvasser,
because the experience pro-
vides a capsule commentary on
human nature, concise but com-
prehensive, and I enjoy every
minute of it.
Like everything else, the
"drive for funds" has been. ele-
vated. Just as the caretaker
has become a Superintendent of
Maintenance, the battle of the
bucks ha assumed the disguise
of a Sector Project,'or a Visits-
tion, or an In -Gathering.
* * *
But the victims aren't fooled.
They recognize you the mite
you open the door, just as
readily as you penetrate the
Hallowe'en garb of the neigh-
bor's little girl, the minute she
says, . "Twick or tweet, Mr.
Smiley, I bet you don't know
who I am, I'm Mary."
There's nothing new about
the church needing money. rll
lay odds that St. Paul was tell-
ing potential Christians to put
up or shut up a couple of thou-
sand years ago, nearly. And he
probably got the same answers
then.
*
* *
Such as: "Well, we've had a
lot of expenses .this year, with
the new house"; and "It seems
the church is always looking
for money" and "We donate
pretty heavy to other charities,
y' know"; and "Seems to me
that preacher has a pretty good
thing, free house and all"; and
"I ain't gonna sign no pledge";
and a hundred and forty oth-
ers.
As civilization has become
more complicated, the need of
the church for money has
become greater. Maintenance
costs were low, I understand,
in the catacombs. Light, heat
and insurance didn't amount to
much, and the rector didn't
need a car allowance, and the
"a^
telephone the or g an
weren't inventedyet, and Sun-
day School supplies consisted
of a stick and some sand.
* * *
Then the Christians -made the
mistake of moving to such in-
clement climates as that of
Britain, and that was the end
of the infinitesimal' budget;
they had to move indoors, and
promptly walked 'up to the ears
into a morass of carpets and
new roofs and stained glass win-
dows and furnaces and seats
and baptismal fonts and choir
lofts and such. •
As if that wasn't enough,
along came this crazy, socialis-
tic idea that ministers and their
families should eat as well, or
nearly as well, as the . rest of
us. Ever since, most churches
have been staggering along in
sorry financial condition.
***
When I was a boy, the prob-
lem was dumped in the par-
son's lap, If he wanted to eat,
he preached. Some of the most
fiery sermons I heard in my
youth were those based on the
need -nay, the duty—to • give'
more than two -bits a week to
the church. The minister would
work himself into a regular
paroxysm on the subject, while
his flock,just sat there and look-
ed at him, coldly.
After this system proved an-
utter
mutter flop, and the faithful prov-
ed as bloodless as stone, the
new method came into its own.
It has turned out to be im-
mensely successful. Church rev-
enues hake sky -rocketed. Unfor-
tunately, what . with inflation
and the like, church expendi-
tures have managed to stay',
ahead of revenues, until it now
costs as much to operate a fair-
SUGAR
and
SPICE
f)y Bill Smiley
sized church as it did, 70 years
ago, to operate a fair-sized
town.
* * *
Today's campaign is highly
organized. The male pillars of
the church, and a few doughty
females, are wheedled into de-
claring their willingness to
serve. There are training ses-
sions, which are a cross be-
tween a sales Meeting and a
pep rally, for these volun-
teers. Tremendous enthusiasm
is aroused. This is fanned into
a veritable flame by a special
speaker, who tells the canvass-
ers how to crack the hard nuts.
Everybody agrees that if ev-
erybody else gave what he
should, the church would be
rolling in greenbacks. The list
of church members is produc-
ed. It is huge. It 'looks as
though there'll have to be an
addition built to the church, by
the time the campaign is over.
About here the minister tries
to point out that it is the miss-
ing member's soul we are af-
ter, not his roll. But nobody
pays any attention.
. ' * *
When the voluhteer canvas-
sers are in a fine frenzy of un-
selfish inspiration, their own
commitment cards, or pledge
cards, are handed out to them,
if the chairman is on his toes.
Everybody definitely increases
his giving by a buck or 50 cents
a week, glaring at his fellow -
workers.
And right there, though not
too many recognize it, is the
climax of the entire campaign.
Oh, it runs its course, like.. a
spent rocket returning to earth.
The canvassers are -blessed on-
Sunday morning, they have a
lunch after the service, and
they go out in pairs, determ-
inedly clutching their cards and
their leaflets.
•
�.* *,*
To their amazement, as the
figures are tallied, they learn
that the campaign has beep a
complete 'success. She's gone
over the top. How come? Be-
cause they, and their fellow -
canvassers, carried away by the
spirit, temporarily, had in-
creased their own donations en -
l? to make the total, before
they ever went out. But it's
good fun, good for the soul, and
good for the church. So I'm
looking forward to next year's
campaign.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia •Canadiana)
Who was Montreal's first
printer?
Fleury Mesplet.. Born about
1735 in France, he met Ben-
jamin Franklin in England and
followed him to Philadelphia.
When Franklin headed the Am-
erican commission in Montreal
in 1775, during the U.S. occu-
pation of the city, Mesplet again
followed, as printer to the com-
mission. The British recaptur-
ed the city, Mesplet took the
oath of allegiance, and- went in-
to business as Montreal's first
printer. Later in life he found-
ed The Montreal Gazette, con-
tinued it to his death. It has
.survived as one of Canada's
leading newspapers.
The trouble with the chronic
borrower is that he always
keeps everything but his wprd.
MY WIFE'S A CHARM!
CAN -Db EVERYTHING
BUT MAKE A GOOD
CUP OF COFFEE..
by
Tom Dorr
FATHER, TRIED TO GET
MOTHER TO -MAKE A
DECENT CUP OF COFFEE
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS . J
SHE FINALLV WAS
ABLE TO SATISFY
HIM.
HE DRINKS TEA
NOW.
IN THE YEARS AGONE-
interesting items gleaned from
The, Expositor of 25, • 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 16, 1937
The mild weather brought a
sudden stop to the maple syrup
season and the crop was a light
run in the Manley district.
" June Snell, four - year - old
daughter of Chief Constable H.
Snell, had a narrow escape from
serious injuries when she ran
into, the side of a truck on Sea-
forth's Main Street Tuesday af-
ternoon. She suffered bruises
and lacerations. Running direct-
ly in the path of a truck, she
was only saved by the quick
work of the driver.
Birds and bird houses have
occupied the attention of Boy
Scouts of the First Seaforth
Troop during recent weeks and
A SMiLE OR TWO
The minister came to dinner
with his collar unbuttoned. "I
have a very painful boil on my
neck," he apologized, "but then,
we must endure such misfor-
tunes with patience. Suffering
is inflicted on us. at times to
try us."
The little, six-year-old listen-
ed and then inquired: "Well, if
you're supposed to suffer, why
don't -you button up your col-
lac"1,,
the result of their labors was
on display in their club rooms
on Tuesday evening, when the
houses were judged by the Boy
Scout committee of the Sea -
forth Lions Club.
The work of the Seaforth
Lions Club in caring for the
crippled children of this dis-
trict was recognized in a tang-
ible manner when Lion Dr. F.
J. Bechely, chairman of the
committee; .in charge of the
work, was appointed a director
of the Ontario Society for Crip-
•led children, it was announc-
ed at the club's meeting on
Monday.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
April 19, 1912
The Kilpatrick Bros, of Kip -
pen have bought the 100 -acre
farm, known as the Paul Doig
arm, -south of south of the vil-
lage, which now gives them 200
acres of fine property.
Forbes Bros. have secured the
contract for the new telephone
line at Aylmer; also for theex-
tension of the line at Shake-
speare.
The Cluff planing ;mill has
been removed from North Main
Street to the new site on Gode-
rich Street.
Mr. J. M. Best has sold the
Lawrence farm.
The large quantity of eggs
coming to Kippen stores must
mean a moneymaker to the lady
of the house by the high prices.
The council of Hensall are
having a number of shade trees
removed from the . streets,
where they have become to,
dense or thick.
* *
*
From The Huron Expositor
April 22, 1887
We have much pleasure in
stating that our young friend,
Mr, Frank Ewing, of this town,
passed successfully in all
branches at the recent exam-
inations held at Trinity Medi-
cal College, Toronto.
Mr. David Sproat has the con-
tract of erecting Mr. Gillespie's
new cottage on John Street, and
now has the frame up.
The rain thathas fallen dur-
ing the past week was much-
needed and -has put the land
in good condition for plowing,
Mr. George Good had his
store beautifully illuminated on
Friday night, and made a very
handsome display in the boot
and shoe line,
The Hensel) salt well, after
being shut down for a short.
time, is once more hi full blast.
Mr. ,J. Armour, of East We -
nosh, sold a fine pair of
working oxen to Mr. G. Stehle,
realizing £ 30 for them.
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