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The Signal, 1933-3-9, Page 2• IF-Thersday, March lith, 1911 THE SIGNAL liWrstis4assalf 1143 Member or comrades.' Wilisisip Nelimpopers eiesealeassi Published every Itmredae marling Ilabocription pries 91-00 Per rear. SIGNAL PRINICING Me urn. Telephone 36 : Goderich, Ont. 91. 11. Roamersort, Editor and MeleiLifIr Thursday. March 9th, 1943 HOW TAXES HAVE IN - • statement issued by the *ureter, el the Ontario Agricultural Council shows that municipal taxes in Ontario Increased from $26,363,325 lo 1911 W $118.6.57,664 in 1931 -an increase of nearly 400 per cent. While the actual increase has been greater in urban than la rural Neu, thgeneal_tazation &bows a greater income, per capita. la 1911 municipal taxes in rural On- tario were 37.84 per capita. In 1931 they were 328.07. From the figures which follow will be seen the enor- MOUS illerahhe in municipal taxation la the MA hiadecades: Year , Rural Urban 1873 8.402.978 2,202,803 1881 3.694,005 3,481,553 1891 4.544.201 7=3,457 1901 . 4,888.415 8 474,040 1a11- 7.971.435 11.100.110 - HMI 21.335,101 1931 31,138,921 97,518.763 It Is only fair to the municipal bo- dies to point out that a very cot:udder- able proportion of the taxation so im- posed doea not originate with them. It would be of interest to have an an - styles of a municipal taxbill to show just where the responsibility lies for the huge ineresseltilligilana- posing of 1,900,000 shares of National City Mock to the public tor $650,000,- 000. & Tbe National City Bank loaned $2,- 400,000 to a score of its own ofikere to carry Weir stock (largely Notional 1.3tY) after the crash, and wily five Per oent. of these loans have been re - 4. National City employees are still paying gum their salariee for SUMO chased at 3200 a share, and these em- ployees still owe more than the pres- ent market price ($30). 5. The National City Bank financed its afilliste's pool operations in copper stocks. The National City Co. put on a whirlwind selling campalgu in Ana- conda copper in 1929, and persuaded the public to buy 1.300,000 shares at 3120 a share. Present price $5% a 6. The National City Co., through an issue of its own new stock, 1827, bought $25,000,000 of stock in General Sugar Corporation in order to relieve tbe Na- tional City Bank, which had made bad sugar loans. The .National City Company has since written down this loverdnient to $1. 7. To avoid the Federal income tax In 1929 Mitt -hell 'void 18,000 shares" of his National City stock to a member of his family at a 32,800,000 loan Mitchell resigned after them revela- tions, but Ids fellow -directors, among them lame of the financial magnates of tbe United States, had known for year* of hie operations. yet made ItO wove to depoxe him. It is evident. says The London Advertiser, from which ads information ts taken, that the Federal authority will have to seek the co-operatiou of the &atm ineemillatilF ',wising the banking laws leasuediate task will be to get the prurient banks functioning in the mean - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT In spite Of am elements OF tra- gedy that surrounded the occasion - the Mayor of the weond city of the Usion lying on hit deathbed, shot down by a bullet intended for the Chtenet Ministers takeu suddenly L ed unexpectedly by death; the fin- ancial structelef-i"Usthe nation crash- ing into rules as the remit of the loog-eontinued commercial and indus- trial depressiou-the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President ef the United States was carried out with impressive ceremony •nd amidst scenes of enthusiaetic acclaim at THE COMING WEEK IN CANAuA'S PAST Compiled from Files of The ,Montreal Oseette "lintios is maims oamsui.i.• GODERICH, ONT. I A Circus "Lord" EDITORIAL NOTES Perham' Mr. Hoover is not emu tas get from under. 1780.--Whe first Presbyterian ser- vice at Montreal was held in the Jesuits' chapel and continued to lie held there until the first Presbyterian church in Montreal, St. Gabriel's, was Lyon Mackenzie eras born at Aberdeen, Scotland. He tut - grated to Canada and In 1834 was first Mayor of Toronto; was M-L.d. for York and several timer expelled from the Upper Canada Awnemble, er of the -1837 rebellion and after the "battle" of Youge street lied to the l'ulted States, returning after the granting, in 1849, of amnesty; en- gaged in journalism and died on Au- gust 28th, 1861. 1924 -The Rev. G. E. Lloyd was conseCrated as Anglican Bishop of Salkatchewan. In 1885 lie went Wert as a volunteer in the Querie own Rides. When the Barr colony was dumped on the prairie he was instru- mental in saving Chan, many of whom became prosperous citizens of Lloyd - animater teemed- after him) and UM was kMed in an airplane crash at 01- tsvra. During the war with Germany he destroyed fifty-two enemy ma - 1878. -1n the House OF--00111Mons Sir John A. Macdonald moved a reso- lution that Canada have a national policy of protection for home indus- tries. It was voted down In the House, but was endorsed at the general elec- tion on September 17 following. 1913. --Eastern Ontario lost a lead- er in political life by the death of Hon. J. 0. Hauart. lie had been M.P. ,for South Lauark *Wee 1872 and d held the Cabinet position of Post anaster-General ad well as that of Wa- iner of Railways aod'Canala. Mardi 14 1814. -York (now Toronto) nag created • market town. It was not till twenty years later that its name was changed to Toronto, the original Indian name, and it was then incor- porated as a city. 1928. -The Robb budget, reducing taxes and duties, was endorsed by the House of Commons. Mauls 15 1603.--Sansuel de Champlain 'Mired from Hotifieur, France, on his first visit to Canada. He reached the Sa- guenay June 11, Stadacona (now Quebec( June 23, and Hocheiaga (now Montreal) on June 30. 1800. -Father eared, the last Jesuit In Canada, died. The order had been suppressed by the Pope in 1773 anti when the Jesuits( were again recog- nized the Order claimed that the es - tall. should be restored. In 18104 •n act was passed granting 1400,000 to the lesults. .An agitation began in Ontario for the disallowance of tbe 'emit Estates Act. but the view pre- vailed that ft wan nor one for Federal interference. being a•Prorinclal mat - With Hitter in power la Ganealt7. the world will keep an anxious eye ou Berlin. The popular game &cram the line just now is "Dollar, dollar, who's got the dollar?" • And people thought when the was over there wouldn't be any PaPecli- The death of Mayor Cermak will probably result in a summary short- ening of the sentence a eighty years' imprisonment meted out to the asses - sin Zangara. war news Washington on Saturday. _ A portion bf the new Dominion loan 'rho inaugural speech was that at will he issued in 3100 mid $200 lots a mrn who realizes hie reeponsibill- for the UPC of smell Investors. WM ties and who intends to dieeharge there be any at 35 and $10 for the them faithfully and ascortng use of still smaller investors? to whose stubbornness and incom- "Mnreh comen in like a lamb and h tt ibuted muell of the na- goes out like a lion," or vice versa, Is action. to solve the nation' a problems -to put people to work. to reduce agricultural distresui. to place trans- Portation, banking and other business on a secure foundation. `There onist be an end to specula- tion with other people'a money, •nd there must be provision for an ade- quate but sound currency." Congress would be called in epeeist session to take meanures to ineet the national emergency, and If these should not be euMelent he propoeed to ask Con- vert "for broad executive power th wage a war against the emergency as grest as the power that would be giv- . en to me If we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." "We do not distrust the future AL essential d PIDOC nag. The A ple of the United Stales have failed. In their need they have regletered a mandate that they want direct. vigorous ac- tioa.. They have asked for die- elpflne and direction under lead- ership. They have made me the present instrument of their wisties. In the spirit of the rift I take it." The people a Canada will oh - ' twee President Rooeeveles course with the utmont goodwill and gym- pathy In him effort,' to bring his country ont of the distress in which It iv plunged. He is "the man of the hour," and on this side of the boundary line, as in his own country. there la strong eonfidenee In him will sad ebility plsy the part for which destiny ban chrism him, HOW • BANK WAS LOOTED When I was a lad la say early teens long darning needle he peftormed a exeitemeut caine to belling pellet la painful and shuddering oPerailoil great each child as he passed it through the cousmou with other boya when upver part of the muscle of the right posters annOuuced the cosolug of Lord arm. Then lute' the tiny wound ebeesee_Sangers to the nearby be rubbed a little of the serum taken towu. Sanger was a %Me to conjure trom the fully developed put/tales oi with to those who liked amusement tIse sick girl. The reitults, says Ocoee Banger, were all that could be aud circus pageantry, Sanger's great wished. show on wheels- hero today and gone A grim 'tory of body .8o, Whim. prf tomorrow -seemed to be England** Talent in those days, reedit like a pet diversion for a day. To nu de- Page from Dickens. The finding by luxe. from prison. He bad been Im- sayings about the weather are sinall-1 arty evorned. Manlrind. however, • of l'emer Canada. HP afterwards turned traitor and was killed while fightirm in an American uniform at Fort Erie in 1813. 1834. -The bill Incorporating Tor- onto as a elty received assent. and shortly afterward, William Lyon P457. --Gold was discovered at Cari- boo, Britesh Columbia, and within a few weekn there were in the district 1,5,000 whiter', 2.000 Chinese and many D. Roowevelt is the thirty-first or the hundred Indians. thirty-second President. Disagree- 190f. ----The fine "movie" theatre in ment hinges on the feet tnat Grover Canada was opeeed at Toronto. It Cleveland was President 1884 to 1888, pettier -al for elandering the Assembly What in wrong with the United S tates bents? The qneetion in on many limo thaw dart in many, per- haps in most. eases there in nothing wrong vrith them cxecat that Mier ca• w cases the hanks to whieh people ligion warted hy "high finance" An t.riliRlistandbag row is that of the We- /10/114-01ty Bank of Now 'fork and ita iffaii881. the National etty nom - sap atIlIsow York A Senatorial in - lit grow from Pharieri E Mitchell. ee*III ter Terra of Name institu. must hare its little superstitions. and then, will be as many as usual looking for e tliange of weather at the cluing*. of the moon, and watching the weathervane on March 21st to get a slant on the weather for the follow- ing three months. There has...been a discussion In the United States as to whether Franklin 141116 101101,108 8diniooko" , /*.-yso Nos National COT Rank „.4. "'alio Mammal City Bent, • yang George of a sack, on the wagon, light I have found a book that tells rontatning the body of a woman sta- tue all about that show, its develop- en from • needp-nrade grave la a grue- meat from small beginnings, from the some tale. A glimpse of a Chartist time Sanger carried the little all on do: is given that spoilt Newport Fair his back -requisites fog lais_peep show when the travelling van of the Smi- rked coujuriug entertainment -unfit it gere with all windows mid doors became the mammoth circa. with its closed up held a trembling familY variety and number of bogie& the group as for two hours the thirty caged beasts, to ray nothing of the thousarui rioters beat ou murder and hertia of camels an' nelephants. The rapine went past. How the gypsies book brought back to the writer those fousht at Moueley Races, the Lees thrilling open mouthed days when school and Work were forgotten as the pageantry of the free procession passed through our etreets at noon- day, and the Hugs of the afternoon performance provided breathless won- ders anti unlimited •musement. Yes, It's a great book, this Seventy Years Showinan. 1 read it as a famished wolf devours meat. It is a great document of the Vic- torian period. written by Sanger hits - self in the form of autobiography, re- vealing not a little literary abilitY. and as full of interest as an egg is full of meat. It gives a phase of Entr- eat' life with its joys and sorrows, its romances and tragedies. from the early twenties till the end of the cen- tury, that we are not bountifully treated. to in itteratare. Dickens has given us very welcome and delightful peeps' Into this realm of the showman. Bit; in this book we are lured to fol- low the showman's fortunes, his early struggles, the simple joss and sorrows of the lad who aeco Ills fath- er on the open road, w hewers and toll -gates, our commons with the peepshow, until the time he becomes the proprietor of • great atuusenient organization with barbaric ter and the admonition. "Be a man, display and trumpeting processions Georgie, and fir still!" The seeress in whieh Sanger himself moved like of this piece of remarkable sailor - an emperor 'Millions came to him es ehowman surgery was a thing of med- to lw entertained, kings and queens teal wonder. and George did not en:- commanded his show tu he at their fer the cripledom that surgeons said service. All this has been carefully 110 would. In six weeint he was able rec mded by a faithful pen In the to walk again, and the limb served hand of the showman himself. lie him well through half -a -century of made eta intensely Lumen story for anyborlf-to read who likes to indulge himself in sogatlaing out of the beat- toonomeizing talk A sentence iiiiiN•eloquent of much in the opening page is "Beneath the eud the tinsel N many a heartache. The opeu road is often strewn with thorns." We 'mon tind that to be the ease when we •re told the story of the harsh and hard emelitions of a showman's life in the earlier part of the nineteenth and amain le92 to 1898 -the only President that erer had two non-con- seentive terms in the White House. The matter seems to be settled by the statement of The Boston Monitor that Mr. Itoonevelt abould be called the thirty-first Preeident. "Orover Cleve- land was president twice, not two Presidents." With that little question out of the way, the puzzle fan, might work on thin one: If a friend on Janne,y 30th aaked you to mil on hlm Just Ofw mouth later, on what day would you make your call? When the member tor North Huron atated in the Legislature that the eountry was "lousy" with inspectors, there was a lifting of eyebrowe and a wiliailered eneuirY all to whether such a term was "parliamentary."' No formal objection was taken to it, how- ever, and the phrase will be remem- bered to Mr. Robertson'it credit all ness man a few days ago 4; ss com- plaining that he was "Intmeeted to death.",and there are many who would echo hie compleint. All these inspec- feifiliiiild to the cost Pt lieveritierot. and to the burden'earrIerl Witte tax. prayer. Now the ha tiers -sow of them., at leant -are 'Inking that all harbors be ileenned. Thin would mean another lot of inapectors, and another net of clerk(' and ofetiograpbers on the civil pecvlee steff to pigeonhole their reporta, None lieennes, etc.. etc.. etc. Rome day there will be a clearing out doweritt Toronto. the list of inspertort will be reduced fifty per eent. or more, lightened terialignOthittii. Mar& 11 Of knowing how to tumble down with- out hurting yourself." "The worst al. ways happens to the man who is ready to believe the worst " Not only was be a wise counsellor, but be was so affectionate and resourceful in the Interests cot his family. George tells use how be detested the colliers of the day, the gamblers and frauds of the fele "heartless robbers of the poor." as he named them - Perhaps the reader's appetite has been whetted by tnia for ibis tisesis proprietor's story. One cannot stay to tell of his acrobatic performances auei juggling, the time be had Ave be canaries, two rtdpolea and six white mice all trained to give a charming and ingenious performance. At eighteen be was a clever conjurer, and being of a handsome appearance was ntcknalned among the showmen, "Gentleman George." His Hamlet costume at the front of the sbow at the tttir with Its black velvet, Hessian boot. aid Dat trimmed with three os- trich plumes got for him considerable attention among the fair sex. Let 1t he said to his credit, to one pretty girl he was true -Ellen Chapman. She was one of the first females to against tide itosaltera, is graphically thrill the public by entering • den of tot' . Other eases of mob brutality I1eim and tigers and to put her head are given 1n these pages which San- in the Jaws of a large lion. The only ger eye -witnessed, revealing the time her courage failed her was when coarse, rough life among which he after a royal performance she was wits thrown in those early days. How I commanded to meet QueenVictoria he kept hie soul and became a circus king of charm end eitaraetar is a wale der • _. The {� mad her royal tuna:wt. ! gold lentil' and chain wad caw These terrifying experiesees, so see ore! on the performanee by saying. memorable tp the boy. were not lees "Ittar. are you not afraid?" The trying than the 'evident to his test tears came into the girl'. eyes and she the tiesh of the calf of the leg to an when a holt of a wagon literally tore paueed twfore 'the replied; then she stammered out. '1 am not afraid of alloming extent A doctor was con- the wild beasts, but I am oervous and suited after the other had gut -Cane overeorne wfth kludnene since I came on horseback the three miles to the haopy year,' George ganger and his wife were roared to each other. To eurgeon. The -doctor said the leg Ude his own words, they were "lovers saki tbe *rime thing. The father, uot Fortune' nmilettildse became the satisfied, took up Ids boy and *rode back as fast as be could to the cara- van. Here, shutting all others out, he worked for the lad's life and Ilmb. Cato( a curved needle and some white theounh thatbet calf, beagles it oisewrn back to posillon. lie completed the mod come dr Other medical advice to the aart. IN MEWS WEAR century. A bottle of showmen on the Oxford road near Reeding in which desperate ferocity wee used by two circus groups over a Matter of getting the best pitch at the fair is described freake, fat man and skeleton had a share. Horses getting frightened and running a way. upsetting vans, and elephants rushing hither and thither smashing things to pieces, were all a part of the doings of that day. San- ger and his brother William beheld the scene in tbe evening light as in their night attire they tremblingly witched from their little caravan win- dow the slaughter and depredation. As thty watched, the horse attacbed to the van ,got frightened too, and their fateer having gone te see whae the row was about the horse got away with its trod and upset it in a ditch. where it caught Ore from the overturned sto lrortnnately, people passing got weter and pouring it through the open window put the fire out and res- cued the bruised and very frightened Quite early In life, whee only • little fellow, he provided the patter for his father at the entrance to the peep-ehow to induce the public to pat- ronize. lie sOon becasoe adept with hie "Walk Up! Walk up'. walk op sad see tho only correct views of the ter- rree murder of Marie Martin, histor- ically accurate and true to life, depict- ing the death of Maria at the hands of the villain Corder In the famous Red Barn," and all ouch rigmarole& Such a record and description hardly prepares the reader for the scene so tenderly depleted when the fair had closed and all was quiet for the boys" of the earav•n to he kneeling •t a dear mother's knee saying prayers Ole would never •Ilow them to neg tee'. Tbe chapter on *lite Iteourge" la n illuminating page dt the Whole - 1111)111e life that evidently was lived be hind all the paint and Morel, the rib- aldry and ranconanees, ansociated with • show that was daily subject to a fieree publicity. Smallpox wan the weenie. In those tiara it waft a dreedfal and dangerous thing with out the modern wientlfie and medical provisions that are taken today against it* virulence and npread. In the veer 1t stalked as a tremen. dolls pestilence through the land. At Newbury the tearoom of the Sanger" eamped for the night when tbit father came In and told the mother that the scourge Was In the town and spreidIng rapidly. Earneat prayers • re offered is the van that night for the wsfety of all. Father told moth er and bop' they were not to 1111e• wly to fear; everything wan in the hand• of God. Who did all thinga for the best. The next night a little air. ter was ',tricky/1: though mho Peens' eyed the nkln of the Wein pitted thirst hi told that that father. though - _ filet:. Was later haring "hear" end All you remember ne the fortune illareen slowly. and withemt looting seen aomething nf the heneffts ino- teller's Merry are the predietionn rho, heart pet !nee work twenty times' egietion as a check to dbrearie. was mem true. on the anvil.--itoileau. I issid enosigh to experiment With le49.-The Iroquois captured tbe Huron ttlenione. fit. 'glance and dt. Louis. on bake inmate, and rather Brebeuf was tortured to death. 1843. -The construction of Fort Camosun, on the southern end tif couver island, was begun. James Dougla& chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Co.. anticipating the decision a the arbitration of the Oregon bound- ary and forseelng that their depot at Fort Vancouver would be in American territory. selected Camosun as their new east. The name wan soon changed to Fort Victoria, In hosor of the then youne Queen of Great Britain, and from the little Indian village of Ca- mosun has grown the beautiful city of Victoria. 10458. -The choice of Ottawa am the future capital of Cansda by Queen Vittoria was aerially notified to the ParlItment of the Province a Canada. Mere was disagreement and the ques- tion remained an open one for eeveral years. hut finally. largely owing to the efi'orts of lion. It. W. Scott, the Queen'a choice wan contirmedl, and on September let, BOO. the then Prince of WrIen laid the- foundation stone of the Parliament building in which /wren yearn later was held the fleet meeting of the Parliament of the Do- minien of Canada Marsh 17 1701. --The firat eolebratiolliAle. -St. Patrielem Day In tianarllan history 1.4 recorded •1 Quebec. 18111 - The first tit. Pauli** Der parade In Clinada was held at Quebec. Nerds III under the leadership of Louie Mei vras ntarted by the halfbreeds at Duck Lake imprienning the Indian agent and others. 1929 -Ground ors* broken for • tee - net between Windier anti Detroit. 7.- ronvetortegE7taelitvot tit Mous king of Europe. In the leading cities of Great Britain he kept large shows going as he did In London, con- tineonely, over a long otretch of years. For twenty years he ran a high-class don. keeping up a high reputation. ale road. patronized Ids performances. The Prince of Wales (Edward w•s very partial to him. His Royal High - neer came to pee the only white ele- learnt exhibited in the western world and *eked pointedly. "Sanger, is this really one of the sacred white ele- phant. of the East?" "Well. your IlIghneen," staid Sanger, "a showman Is entitled to practise a little deception on the crowd...As rat Circus life. That showman parent le a fine see, It Is eertainly • white elegbant, study in fatherhood. His wise ad- monitious to his boys are worth re- membering: "Keep your ere and eara open. You never ktkow but what something heard •nd wed may prove of value to you." "Keep your tem- per. boys Never lift a hand to a hu- man being except in self-defence, and never seek a quarrel." "Learn all you cen; the poorest trick may come in useful some day, if it is only that Hand Tailoring and Special Order to Your Measure Chas. Black but only became' we give him a spe- cial coat of whitewash every day. Bet I should never think of deceiving my futire king" The Prince laughed most heartily •t the joke. He kept ler counsel, too, says ganger. He placed. too. on Sanger's finger a ring of unique design. • beery gold strap with seven large diamonds on the tittle. sad 3115 suudi brilliaots round -cOAL COAL COAL COAL - ANTHRACITE -NO 111121111 COAL MUD- - COILE- We weigh our Coal on your own scales (the Marker Boalaa). For SHELF and HEAVY HARD- WARE. PLUMBING. HEATING and TDISMITHING-TEY All work and material fully Chas. C. Lee MMUS awl 00AL YAM al Os -COAL COAL COAL, 010e••_ We can give you prompt and satisfactory service in Folders Fine Stationery Statement Forms Factory Forms Business Forms Blotters Cheques • Receipts Envelopes (all kinds) Tickets Business Cards • Personal Cards Wedding Stationery Funeral Folders Announcements Shipping Tags Posters - Sale Bills , Window Cards reneteverraCei Auction Sale Bills Printed Forms Save Many Otherwise