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The Brussels Post, 1929-12-18, Page 6TDNi SDAY., DEC. ;1$tb, 1020, heatehelntaINews-psRecord so To Income Tax Says, Municipal Impost An Un. Ing the real estate 'assessment at 50 fair *Stern a£ Taxation; Out. 0" cent. 01 actual property values, Y the mill rate might easily be 40 standing Objections Raised by mills, A man with real estate valued Paper Owned by Hon. VV,. D., at $10,000, and assessed at $6,000 Euler. • ( pays $200 in taxes, and a man with en income of $5,000 above the Tho Ontario Association Boards salary exemption also pays $200 10 of Trade deserve credit for the taxes. criticism on the injustice of muni- However if real estate were es- cipal income taxation. Without sensed as the law requires, that is doubt this form of taxation, as ap- at the full 100 per cent., then with plied at present, is a most unfair the assessment doubled, the tax. system of revenue collection. And rate would be redneeal by half, that it is only heecatuso those suffering le, 20 mills. Now, the men with from this injustice constitute a real e:tete volec.,1, null ql;;a ;:�'c.•s,•,I scm rativel small number of eiti- et 1110,000 would pay .as before; na Y serve that there is not more said $200 in taxes. But the income tax -i Income tiro tion effects only pen- earns. True enough, but don't for, . about the hatter. payer pays taxes only on what he pie with income above the average get that the real estate taxpayer i living wage. It is quite proper that art'. ide of his dwelling, really pays such people pay a special impost ae no tuxes at all, since the tax mon their higher earnings, but it is ev ? included in the rent which he highly improper that the method of receives from the real estate. Hence collection should be so unfair that mit 00 far 'teff he is concerned both the tax payers in some cases con- tribute more than twice as much hie real estate and his rental re p rei0te are absolutely tax tree. And, sill along the ineeme taxpayer paYs per $100 as 'those who pay taxes the whole shot right out of his o'vn on real estate The objections arsinst the pres- ent system of municipal income tax collection are many, and the res- ponsibility for this unsatisfactory ehnut the injastice of the heels for form of taxation rests en the Pro- ',oiler -tine municipal income taxa- •vineial Government.. It has impos- ed the tax. It must see to it that it is unfairly applied. This may be difficult, but that constitutes no ex- cuse. Difficulties are here to be overcome, not to be sidestepped rocket. POSSIBLE REMEDIES There ran be absolutely ne doubt Hon. Sometime must be dour to make these taxes reasonably fair to those who pay. The province might determine on a fixed rate of income taxation, so that all over Che province this tax rate would be MANY SERIOUS OBJECTIONS overtly the same. Tn each munici- Every municipality in Ontario is benefit it where from aetoasc real estate . holhernt s b supposed to collect income tax. But come taxpayers should enjoy the the actual collection on the part of same privilege. Dividends should the 'assessories varies from fairly consistent efforts down to nothing a'i also not found to secure be taxed unless sofullpay- Ontario differ greatly. one man in _„ me cye- at all. Since tax rates throughout -„t on income derived from pry - City "A " may have to nay inc'nme fits. tax for the full taxable amount at a 43 -mill rate, which in Township "13", adjoining, a moan with a sim- ilar income may, owing to lax en -1 forcements. be assessed for only 251 per cent. of his income at a 15 -mill' rate. The difficulty is increased by the 1 fact that dividends )raid by joint stock companies are taxed fully be- cause they nee easily ascertained, whereas profits derived from a rrartnerahin or a private business must often be guessed at and there fore 'usually escape taxation. OUTSTANDING OBJECTION But the outstanding objection against the present system of muni- cipal income tax collection is the unfair basis provided by law for protection. An example will best explain this particular specimen of, extortion, as it fully deserves to be called. Real estate assessment in manic ipalities is required by law to e cm 100 per cent. basis As a matter' of :fact, here in Kitchener the t. sessment is only about 40 per cent. of the actual property va'.ue. For convenience let us call it 50 per cent. In so far as tax payments are con - makes no difference. The only result' is that with a low assessment they cerned, the aesessment percentage tax rate is higher than 'with a high assessment. Bat the real estate tax-! payer in any' case pays about the same amount of money in acture taxes. Not so the income taxpayer. Tak- AMIASOKIMLIRSIMMY ATM 90010ALIEROOMMEr ENGLAND'S SPOF, r1xG 1'E1iRE S Elinor Lath'Peri hr ,n, who Is knotty as tic. "po to Teel s" of in.tae) Iv tiny n tier nor -we • . nterod in the big i ice rvot:. you. nt..y be silr<• to ud I„riy T,o••rincton on the field. tier raeiu rah -:•l, "Oyer the Gard, -.n WWI,” r.' eaitly attracted rnucli notice,. T 'I3 US 'ELS etil NOINO LONDON. rumps mostom of the Lest Century Are (ihing Way to Modern D4wkvion >.''lat'e, The disappearance• of Yletorian London Is proceeding apace. Not only have well-known landmarks like Re- gent street and the Stroud under- gone, in the last few yetere, a change almost lie remarkable es that of which Ariel sang, but the famous mansions of the last century have either already given way to modern mansion fiats like Devonshire House in Piccadilly and •Grosvenor Clouse in• Park Lane, or aro about to be con- verted Into giant Hotels like Dorches- ter House, next door to the latter, or, Iiko Spenser House 7n St. James' Place and Harrington House In West- minster, have been modernized and transformed Into clubs, telephone ex- ehar.:''e and what nut. rue Mansion House, it is true, has escaped demolition fur the time be- ing, far the proposal, recently moot- ed, to remove it to a less congested area within the confines of the city has been rejected by the Lord Mayor and the City Corporation; but, oppo- site it, the Bank of 'England is rising to undreamed-of heights and dwarf- ing Its old ;rimy and forbidding ex- terior, while, as if fearful to be left behind by its "Old Lady," Thread- needle street Is daily shedding Its hoardings and revealing new wonders of masonry, sparing nothing, it aP- pears, la its appetite for renewal, not even the old city churches, says an article in the Christian Science Mon- itar. And in all this change, Lon- don's sky line, architects point out to those who have the inclination to ad- mire such things. is also changing so rapidly that before the Londoner has time to accustom himself to the new altitudes, still newer ones spring into view, obliterating spires, cupolas and beloved chimney stacks. An extremely important step to- ward the transformation of present- day London has been taken by the civic authorities and the directors of the Southern Railway Company, who have just come to an agreement to remove Charing Cross Station from its, present central position In the Strand to the south bank of the Thames. This latest scheme, which has taken three years to evolve and which is calculated to take twelve to complete, provides, in addition to an elevated railway station, for the con- struction of a new bridge for road traffic, which will replace both the present unsightly railway bridge and Waterloo Bridge. But, apart from the disappearance of these two old bridges, the new Charing Cross Sta- tion will be instrumental in removing a considerable section of the over- crowded slum area on the southern side of the Thames, and in the erec- tion, in its place, of an up-to-date hotel, an embankment promenade and gardens. It will, above all, great- ly relieve the cross -river traffic, one of the most troublesome problems of London streets, by permitting the construction of a wide bridge across, and the widening of the streets on the two sides of, the Thames. 13ut what gives this latest change so different a character from the probably no less drastic. changes of Victorian London is the anxiety mani- fested in oJiieial circles not to sub- ordinate artistic values to inilitarian motives. Thus, one of the elauses of the Charing Cross n::rt•:.m.,nt stipu- lates that the new station and other works on the new site, in so far as they face the rive "shall be gener- ally in keeping with the architectural scheme for the approach to Charing Cross Bridge, and shall not interfere with the architectural amenities thereof." This. surely, is an Impor- tant feature, not only of the proposed uew railway station hat of the whole character of the rebuilding of modern London, which e e for to redeem the perhaps quit, ju: ty deplored though equally in Yt it:ttic a l: apprzau•anee of certain admirable architeetnral land- marks of past ages, Arnow: Asiatics it is still a pop. trier belief that earthquakes are true to the skippings and breathings of a huge frog. There are a great many ways .rto do a ?ob of printing ; but quality printing is only done one way—THE BEST. We do printing of all kinds, and no matter what your needs may be, from name card to booklet, we do it the quality way. P. S,—We also do it in a way to save you money, 7 he Post MAY MANUFACTURE KELP.Industry Baud on Seaweed Flourish- ed Seventy Years Ago. About 70 years ago, the manufac- ture of kelp front e• aweed was an im- portant industry in the 'Hebrides. Two exp.ri t, representing important French interesia, have just concluded an r.xamination of some parts of the Hebridean coast, with a view to ar- riving tit a derision as to the pros- pects of r.wiving the kelp industry in the Western Isles, Theseexperts be- lieve th:.t. as the exaet type of sea- weed needed for the Industry grows in great abundance on rocks adjacent to the coast of the isles, the industry If conducted efficiently would un- doubtedly he successful. Formerly the kelpers of the Heb- rides cut the seaweed off the rocks and towed it to shore, but aater the workers used weed torn by the waves off the rocks. According to the visit- ing experts, the seaweed should be elf: off the rocks to secure the best circ ;meal yield, and rock surfaces at different points of the coast were in- sl>..•,rted to discover whether a weed - cutting wael>inc a>t used by kelpers in .France could be used in the Hebrides, Publishing Rouse 1 Iengtlhy Smiths, An Egham gamily named Smith claims to be the tallest family in Eng- land. Father, mo her, and four chil- dren have a total height of thirty- seven feet. Mr. Smith is six feet, white Mrs. Smith weighs 16 stone. One son is 6 feet 314 inches tall; the only daught,.,r, Ruby, is the same height, and can lift a nine -gallon cask of beer; another son is 6 feet 4 inches, and the shortest of the fam- ily is Edward, alio is only 6 test 3 inches. Scandinavian Want to Tindo, J. Coffey, managing director of the Gupta Percha Rubabr Co., back from Europe, reports an eagerness on the part of the Scandinavian countries to trade with Canada. He attributed this largely to the feet that Canada welcomes Scandinavian settlers. INGHAM W Monumental 104'WORKS Has a large and complete stook of Fancily Memorials :fit newest designs at very reasonable prices, Rall and see us before plac- ing your order, R. A. SPOTTON ebone 4fficel2o Windoham House tae wing 'OST Their Excellencies Sail For Holidays in Indies T General of Cured aand Viscount- ess Willington sailed from Halifax in the Canadian National steamship Lady Hawkins for an extended tour of the British Westest Indies. They were accompanied by Cap- tain R. T. Fiennes and Captain R. J. Streatfield, aides-de-camp. Potatoes Good Poultry Feed Small unmerchantable potatoes may very profitably be fed to poul- try. In an experiment to compare boiled potatoes with corn meal in the laying plash at the Frederieton, N. B. Experidental Station, it was found that the pens did even better than when corn meal was used in the mash. Each group eves fed a scratch mixture of two parts of cracked corn, two parts wheat, and one part oats. One group received a dry mesh containing equal parts of corn meal, wheat bran, wheat mid- dlings and crushed oats )nixed with boiled potatoes. The proportions fed were two parts potatoes t-nd one part ma.'Jh. Eaeh group receiv- ed charcoal grit, milk, green feed and water. The experiment ran from the first of December until the end of May in each of the three years. The overage egg production for the six month periods for the three years was 82.3 for the corn meal fed lot was compared with 88.69 when the potatoes were fed. The potato feeding also ehowed en ad vantage in hatching results, as it is shown in the report of the Sta- tion for 1928, published by the De- partment of Agriculture et Ottawa, that in all the matings and hatchett were lighter from the birds, both ovale and female, that received po- tatoes instead of corn meal in the mash. Huron Hens Wan In N. S. Contest an • heir excellencies the Governor- zepBAK "0/12 (•Meat re Fishermen Sometimes Valet; Sharks In 'their Neta, Many Creaks large acid :small, are caught by trawlers when out on their yxpeditlons oil the banks surrounding B3'rtain's shores, says an article in the Glasgow Record, but moat common amongst all the blg denizens of the deeih.to be trapped In the nets Is the shark, those fearsome brutes that thrill ono even to read about. At Castebae. Marra, recently, I witnessed. the arrival of two of those monsters within an hour ' of each ether, Irae11 was secured to the side of the vessel by ropes, and teach had been towed from the Stanton flanks, over 45 miles away. They were of the variety known art the Duetting Shark, a species of mam- nlal which reaches enormous propor- tion;e, One or those' sharks had become entangled in the nets of the motor boat, Ray of dope, will's, fishing for herring, and it wee in order to save as much as possible of the nets that the fishermen uteric the monster a Prisoner, This, as may he imagined, was no easy task, but eventually Mr. Shark was made fast with many ropes, al- though not before he had become thoroughly entangled in three note. • SAKLAVALA IS ANGRY The British Government has re. fused to allow Shapurit Saltiavale, former Communist member of Parliament, to visit India, and be Is very angry at the Government's decision. and had broken the winch with the strain of hauling 111m, On reaching Castlebay the catch of herring was discharged, and then the motor' boat proceeded alongside the steamship Admiral --a steamer with a cargo of salt for the curers --which was lying at anchor, in order to get the assistance of her more powerful winches and derricks to free the car- case of the nets which, of course, were badly damaged, Captain Jones of the Admiral, will- ingly lent assistance, and after some difficulty the shark was hoisted aboard the large steamer and lower- ed into the hatch, where it was found that Its length eves fully $3 feet, while its weight was estimated at two tons. The fishermen assured me that this fellow, despite his size was quite a Young one, and small as basking sharks go. After much work the nets were eventually removed, and. the carcase again lowered into the water, towed out a few miles to sea and dumped. It was no little surprise to me to find that no use was made of the body for I was later Informed that a shark of this size would contain ap- proximately nine barrels of livers, which make valuable oil, They are, however, very unwel- come visitors on the herring grounds owing to the havoc they play with the nets. They are often seen in large num- bers sporting themselves op the sur- face of the water or basking lazily in the sun from which habit they do - rive their name. For the first time since the con. test was inaugurated, first place in the fifth annual Nova Scotia South- ern Egg Laying Contest was won by Ontario hens, owned by J. Fair - service, of Blyth, with a winning total of 206.4 points, laying 1,961. eggs. The contest is held at the Do- minion Experimental Station at ifentville, N. S O frolgeeLOOK AT YOUR LABEL e Crowded World is only one-third of the number, which are supposed to be able to grin enough to eat from the total estimated production. But in the year 2,100, et the present rate of increase• in popula- tion, it is estimated that there will be six billions of people, which is,. supposed to be a capacity erawd for this old world. That is only 170 years away*. Moreover, with the record of long- evity steadily increasing it is only reasonable to believe that the six billions of people will be hire long before 2,100. Possibly there will be that many by. 2,025 or sooner, An 1wit the spanoflife being increased as it is these days, it is quite possible to believe that some individuals Iivine to -day will still be alive when the six billions of people will be trying their best to scrape together 'a living in a world crowded beyond what the present estimates say is the maximum. Besides, when that time comes, and if life has been prolonged even more, the increase of births over deaths will have reached an ,alarm- ing degree. There are certain other bets that add interest to the pros - Few people want to die. iked, pest. In the seventeenth cunt - equally few as want to live for ury, in England end Wales, any great length of time. That Is for instance, 80 people out of one of the strange paradoxes of the every 1,000 men, women and world. Young people look out to children died each year. In one the days when they will satisfy hundred years the 80 hati some of their ambitions. Old pen been reduced to 50 per thous - pie look back upon life and wonder and, when a kindly providence will Back in 1880. the death rate had , spirit thein away to the never been reduced still further until it never land. was only 22 for every 1,000 pop - Yet scientists are going ahead celation. To day the per ratio 1,h0as00been ' with experiments in the effort to ut until it is 11 .6 . prolong life. Some are hopeful , And the scientists are making i they will be able to make it cam- more and more discoveries. Before mon to live 150 years or more. Still long the rates will be reduced until others think the day will come it is 10 per 1,000. And, that means when man will have achieved al- that one in every ten would be liv- most immortality, and only aceid- ing to be one hundred years old. ents will cause him to shuffle off It is quite an increasing prospect. this mortal coil. There are three great causes of I Perhaps to worry about the days death in the world to-day—tuber- when life will hve been prolonged culosis, cancer and influenza. So to mare than a century and a half far they have managed to defeat is like worrying about the supply the best efforts of doctors to con- . of. salt in Essex County. According quer them. However, the scientists to interested partries there is reek- have not given up hope by any oned to be enough. salt deposit in means. They are quite confident elms - is to meet the World's needs the day will come when there will for some millions of years. There be no disease that cannot be as - is not much sense in worrying tered almost instantly. about a shortage these days, it is a strange thing perhaps, j And it will be some generations but there are few who would like . yet before the longevity of humins to live on this earth forever. WEE MONKS BUILD. will;be sufficient to cause much e ter erowdin * oaf opulation than. Ancient Abbey Rebuilt by 13enedic- tine Monks. Not very far from Plymouth, up the river Dart, Is to be found the lit- tle town of Buckfastleigh, whose chief industry is the manufacture of serges and blankets. It once had a ri1538.ch abbey founded by the Cistercian monks in 1137 and suppressed in Falling Into ruins, a Large factory was built from Its stones, and in 1882, the site of the ancient abbey was purchased for Benedictine monks expelled from France., Ever since, these tonsured laborers have been piling stone on stone brou:;ht from Bath, and a neighboring quarry, t111 to -day the handsome structure is nearing completion - all built by themsehes. And in the beautiiul in- terior, which contains six private chapels, you will hear those who are not building up their )tome singing chants to a beautiful organ accom- paniment. It is all very simple and massive, with its four -storeyed tower, this ab- bey, the only one being built in Eng- land to -day. And its restorattou be- gan with a humble offering of £1 col- lected from the little village. of cloth- iers un the banks of the Dart. gree p QUITS POLITICS at the present time. Nevertheless it is interesting to examine a few facts in connection with the way the world, is heading. For instance, during the 70 yet.rs between 1861 and 1921 the papula• tion of England and Wales increas- ed from 18,000,000 to 38,000.- 000. 8,000;000. In those three icore years the number of people was more t1tan. doubled. The average •' annual in- crease amounted to around 300,- 000. i However, the average span of life is also increasing. And when the birth rate be- comes three and four times as' much as the death rate, the in- crease annually in the popula- tion 0000 begins to gel greater and greater. And when people become more and more numerous there must be found ways to feed and clothe thorn. Work must be provided by which, the wage earners can look after tb f '1' If the enan of life e 0m1 Dies Steel Railway Sleepers, become longer and longer in every country, it will soon mean 1 our railways may soon be things of that comnetltion will soon become the past, nye au article in Tit -Bits. exceedingly keen. A contract for steel sleepers, equal to SIX BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ave thousand tons of steel, has been placed with a British firm by the Statiseians have estimated that Southern Railway. If steel sleepers the world is capable of producing The familiar timber sleepers on were used on all British railways, the cumber required in one Year would reach four millions. One tan of steel makes about fourteen sleepers and costs about 255. Experiments with. steel sleepers have been satisfactory. At the present, issue price of timber sleepers, with the necssary chairs and fa tc ningt the cos,,,. of installation and maintenance, Including r,•n'>wnt, 18 about the seines as for steel loop - ('15, assenting ae e:1+1a1 life of twenty year's. If the price of tiinle,r sleep, rr increases by only sixpence, there would be a honsiderti its 111tvie11 in 1..vnr of the et. sic(: .pons. )lays Forced to Smoke. Barrow School was fnaneletl In 1571 by John Lyon, a 134'1, tle•n1: 0 farmer, to whom eine•,•n Elizabeth .,rantrd a charter. "i'hlther, in 1524, our,• •11.• Prior of St, itarthoiott, smiths c td, and many of the breth- 114❑ 1>, escape a Rood that n11 astrolo- ger bad predicted would deerroy,Lon. dun city. Nota hzrpprncd, however. an.l the artrofoge h prop0et aft erwzad eve platn,•d that the clis;darh g 01 a ,hrci- .nal point had to ulie.cl to an err.,r e•1 100 years. During the Glom.. F Harrow was a favorite refu_" 10 wealthy citizens, and the rinser »t t:r school were ordered to sntr.l: • 1•., e: eo 1n chapel to ward off Infer•ttin d!a obedience being punished M. d.., Fox Jlanebes Irl Que'.Y'C Per rendre: in the Protinee r. Quebec are raising a high grad. i,v. •nx. sutnr people. To day the same statiseiens estimate the world's population at Followers of Buddhism will not slightly less than two billions, That kill animals. fent food for six billions of Hon. Harry H. Stevens, Conserv- ative front -bencher, and member for Vancouver Centre announces his retirement from politics. He will continue in the Commons for the remaining time of this Parliament. ante We pay Highest Cash Price for Cream. 1 cent per lb. Butter Fat extra paid for all Cream delivered at our Creamery. Satisfaction Guaranteed Brussels Creamery Co. Phone 22 Limited meamisissimilrallammimiumr •