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The Brussels Post, 1926-5-12, Page 6:WEDNESDAY, MAY 5th, 1926. Safety Convention tet Toronto, May 11 and 12. 404-4>eeleeeeete4+fe4a44440 cAt Odd Purposes Sir Hugh E. Poynter, Bart., Bald - wens Canadian Steel Corporation, Toronto, Chairman, Committee on Safety Convention. EXEMPTIONS FOR CHURCHES ASKED Synod of Huron Will Consider Amusement Levy—Court Opens on May 10—Ferguson To Address Clerical and Lay Banquet The first resolution to be placed before the Synod of Huron which be- gins on May 10 with a religious ser- vice in St. Paul's, London, in the evening, will be one in regard TO amusement tax and the church and church organizations. Rev. A. 13. Farney sponsors a resolution in the Convening Circular issued Tuesday which reads as follows: "That this synod go on record that the provisions of the Theatres and Cenematographs Act and the Amuse- ments Tax Act and the regulations thereunder should not apply to chur- ches or church organizations, being both vexatious and needless and that a• copy of ths motion be forwarded to the honorable provincial treasurer adn the Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, premier of the province, and that the Government be petitioned by this synod to so alter, vary, or repeat the said acts so that they shall be made not to apply to churches or chureh organizations." Bible Instruction. The report on Biblical instruction in public schools made by Von. Arch- deacon G. B. Sage, chairman, notes • "with satisfaction that a slight addi- tion has been made to the number of Scriptural selections en the revised readers used in the public schools. Six Scriptural passages in each book have been increased to eve 11. The report further states that "re- ligious edueation in public schools !el being more and more strongly ad- vocated, not only in Canada but in the United States, as an antidot, to the rising tide of crime among young persons.'" The Biblical instruction committee like:wise thinks that Biblical ineeruc- tion could, "with profit, be extended , into the high schools." The committee of Young People:at' activities recommends development of the Lenten program, and states there Etre some 100 chartered bran- ' ches of the A. Y. P. A. in the dio- cese, and six local councils. Certain reeommendations are made in the report of the insurance cam- mittee by Ven. Archdeacon Doherty, chairman, Social Service. The social service committee find:: that while much good work is being done, there is little or no connection between the actual work being done and the social service council of the general synod, with certain excep- tions. This committee, the chairman if which is Ven. Archdeacon Fother. ingham, of Brantford, holds that spir- itual needs of those to bo aided should be considered rather than get- ting mixed na with policies of immi- gration or of •social issues, which are political rather than religious, On Monday, May 10, the executive cointnittee of the synod will meet in • Cronyn Hall at 2 p.m., In the even- ing, at 8 o'clock, a divine service Will .tre condected, with Very Rev. W. W, Craig, D.D., Dean of Ontario, of Kingston, preaching. , The rest Of the week the synod shallassertible at 10 aan, in Cronyn Hall foe blieitess. Hely counnuhion is to be held in St. Paul's at 9 term on Monday, and divine service at 9.80 in the letter ease effeetive, all the Week, t. On Wednesday, at 12.417-, there tq be cleated': of Officeee. • • Tuesdaye May 11e, ?renter Perge- son la to Speak at a deeded •attid,- heee banealet in 'CrOilyte t1T." ta-NA-S By BELVA M. THORNE eateieee+retteleeee+atelairebee0eteiaet reeeereeee.a.aree.teeeeetaarteeaeeeteteer (Copyright, 1919, by tho, 1Voatora News- paper unlitn.f Afartin Wolcott, baehelot`, moved from Lisle to Clyde lee:tat:me be was in debt. Mrs. Althea Duryea's, wItiow, remained in the latter town for the same reason. The coincidental simi- larity as to motive and environment went still further, Both were regard- ed as above the average as to wealth or the prospect of it. A third circum- stance in this chain of sequenee was the tact that Judge Alward Marsh, who bad been Mrs. Burrows' attorney for ten years, became likewise the legal adviser of Mr. Wolcott. . Now neither of the two named made any pretense to the merest graze with opulence. Neither was over thirty, and both were healthy, accreclitable and good looking. Common rumor had it, however, that the fair widow had in- herited a gold mine out West that might at any time open its vast store of wealth. When Mr. Wolcott came to Clyde there followed him the report that when R certain lawsuit he had been lighting for tire years was de- cided, he would become the recipient of a royal fortune. The facts were really these: The alleged mine had never produced so much as an ounce of the precious metal, and Mrs. Burrows had leased the fifty acres involved for grazing purposes at barely enough to meet tax- es and water right installments. As to the lawsuit, Wolcott had expended nearly all he had in legal fees and had hopelessly abandoned any antici- pations of suecess in winning it. As said, Wolcott had come to Clyde because he was in debt. Not that his Lisle creditors were manifesting any - collection pressure, for he was a fa- vorite with everybody, but, finding himself growing poorer and poorer, he resolved get (1MM to real work. He was a • pecielist in cattle diseases, and Clyde was i‘e center of a large rich fame 1, r cl]slriet. It was .e the ottiee of judge Marsh one day Alurtin Wolcott met the charming idow. The observing old jurist's ey, twinkled as he sensed a mutual established between the two. It ge ro be so that Wolcott be- came a weeely visitor at the Burrows home. They were vastly pleased with each other and the prospective match met with the approval of theirfriends. Mrs. Burrows had made some in- quiry regarding Mr. Wolcott. It was to receive exaggerated intelligence as to the wonderful lawsuit that would place him so high above her in the way of wealth that her heart failed her. Walcott did the same thing. He became despondent and hopeless when he heard about the undeveloped Gol- conda in the Rockies which would make of Mrs. Burrows a social queen, who would naturally disdain the at- tentions of a poor and obscure individ- ual like himself. Woleott began to curtail his ealls uptib Mrs. Burrows and the latter in- fluenced by this arid a realization of the vast gulf between them, tried to root out the love that might bring only disappointment and sorrow. They had not seen one another for two weeks, when they came face to face in the office of Judge Marsh. Bach acted as if their relations were strained. The judge was net in evidenee, but they decided to wait for him. A quick ten- derness permeated the sensitive heart of the sympathetic widow as she no- ticed that Wolcott looked thin and worried. "You do not seem as well Os when last saw you, Mr. Wolcott," she said. "That Is because I haven't seen so much of you," replied Wolcott bluntly. "Ts not that your own fault?" st ftly intimated the blushhig widow. "Sure- ly you have been always welcome at my home." "1 have met wilt such kindly con- sideration," answered Wolcott in un- steady tones, "that I dared not con- tinue my visits bemuse. I foresaw that It could end only In banishment." "How strangely you speak," she fluttered. "Mrs. Burrows, I an a plain man," saki Wolcott serionelly. "It will be no news to you to kuow that you are to me the one women in the world I re- spect, admire and cherish. It is only recently that I learned or your pros- pects of fortune. A poor man, I dared not presume that you would look tip - on me as your equal." "Why, Mr, Wolcott," exclaimed 'Mrs. Burrows, "who ever gave you such a ridiculous idea. A poor man? It was when I learned of your coming wealth that I felt that I could never hope— that is—" "Poor man, poor woman," interrupt- ed Judge Marsh, bursting into the room radiant. "Mr. Wolcott, you have said enough to divest the situation of any misconception. Mrs. Burrows, you are toe sensible a woman to resent an old friend like myself saying that there is no possible barrier, of inequal- ity, eoelelly OY as to wealth, between you two. I sent for both of you to report that the people at the other end of the lawsnit are willing to com- promise for fifty thottsand dollars, and that they have discovered gold at the :One and It promisee a fortune. Be happy, myehild' ren " laughed tbe Od jurist gleefully, andhe tweeted himself froM the room. and When he returned halfcia honr later the glowing fade* ci blettlieleta told Men that there Weaeld soon he a Weddielee.,,,,_ THE BRUSSELS POST oemelePtetteeeNs 4 enestleeeeoseeeseeeeeet 0•00.0000004,00.0.04,00 000000 ; 0 0 . Th Sea,forth Creamery • * 0 0 0 eatre7:11 Stl.weasesesaatersaluswiliMenem 19 We solicit your patronme knowing that we can 2 give you thorough satisfaction. • • • We will gather your Cream, weigh, sample and test it honestly, using the scale test to weigh Cream sam- ples and pay you the highest rnarket prices every two • weeks. Cheques payable at par at Bank of Nova Scotia, • • • For further particulars see our Agent, MR. T. C • * McCALL, Phone 2350, Brussels, or write to • • h Seaforth Cr athery Co. • • • SEAFORTII, ONT. • meeeeeaceeeeneeectwareememasszmemateme, Se'ild your Creairi to the Creamery thoroughly established and that gives you Prompt Service and Satisfactory Results. .0 0 • is 0 0 • • • • • •ec0,4•4,41.8.66.0(044re...6.94.esSa0,40.-1k0 4.0.660.04N0e, s 4.4 efo6e641.11.** PASSING TAXES ON TO OTHERS The editor of the Forest Free Press Mr. H. J. Pettypiece, is up in arms a- gainst the suggestion, so frequently made by city people, that the farmers do not pay their share of the taxation —and that so few of them pay federal income tax. The reply which Editor Pettypiece makes On behalf of the farmers of Ontario, is two-sided. The first M as regards the municipal taxation which the fanner pays. In 1906 the ten townships in the County of Lambton had a population of 30,886 and the total municipal and sehool taxes paid amounted to $268,725, being $8.71 per head. ' In 1924 the population had dropped to 24,124, the taxation had increased to $717,138, being $29.72 per head. In one case the taxation amounted to 40c per acre and in the other it had increased to 91.08 per acre. Most of this increase was due to paved highways for tlwough motor traffic and not for the actual use of farmers. That is one side of the reply of The Free Press. The other half of it is stated thus: "Food production is the only In- dustry taxed under our federal and provincial taxation systems. Pro- prietors of other industries are not tax payers, but Mort* tax collectors and they get well paid for doing the collecting. Whatever taxes they pay on any of their products are added to thesale prices of such products with a good percentage of profit, and pass- ed on to the purehasers of these pro- duete, thus making the pzying and reflecting of taxes a very profitable line of bueinees, "With the food Producer 11 13 alto. :Tether different. No matter how much taxes he is compelled to pay he can- not recover one cent of the outlay, as he cannot add anything to the sale price of his products, because he must sell at prices fixed by supply and de- mand, and often by speculators and gamblers. Therefore, whatever taxes he pays is a dead lots, whereas the taxes paid by other industries are not losses, but in many instances are 0 source of additional revenue." 1 The editor of the Free Press carries his reasoning as far as he can. He Faye to all the industries, except food production, the amount or taxation is immaterial, since they don't Pay it hut pees it on to the coasurners, and "what the older provinces need, and must eventually have, is a system of taxation which will exempt the food producers from all taxation except that required for municipal purposes. What the Free Press means is that if a tariff is granted to the makers of agricultural machinery or motor cars the food producer on buying a reaper O motor car or a one -ton truck must be granted by the government a re- bate equal to the tax imposed by the tariff. This b startling stuff that the Forest Free Press is handing out. It con- tend:: that the farmer, being a food producer and unable to pass Inc taxes on to the consumer as others do, must get a rebate of the taxes which other men pass on to him. Either that or something else, is said, :must be done, or he can't keep on food producing. .And the township population, is in fact, declining rapidly. QUILTED IN SILVER One of the loveliest imaginable wrap; for evening is made of deli- cate lavender taffeta quilted in silVer threads and collared with gray fox. JUST A SIAGESTION Peels appreciates the charm Of delicacy, and for that reason sOfterls hem and necklines with erabroidered geelande in the retest itconspietteres and betely tints. Here and There The maple sugaring industry is on the up -grade again. The year y sugar production with its equivale it In syrup decreased from 22,000,000 pounds in the '80s to 20,000,000 pounds a few seasons ago. For 1926 production is equal to 26,512,289 pounds of sugar. After one of -the mildest winters in the known history of the Rocky Mountains, the Banff tourist season was ushered in during the first week in April, when a distinguished group of Australians, under Sir Frank Heath, of Melbourne, took the general drive through the surround- ing mountains. On the last leg of the 129 -day Round -the -World Cruise, the Cana- dian Pacific liner "Empress of Scot- land" passed through the Panama Canal, and Miss Katherine Kinney, a passenger, was elected to operate the controls of the two Miraflores locks. In doing this the young lady raised the vessel fifty-four feet. A toll of $17,21L26 was paid to clear the vessel at the canal. Sir John Pickford, Chief Scout Commissioner and Conunissioner for Overseas Scouts and Migration, recently laid before E. W. Beatty, President of the C.P.R., his plans for assisting boys over seventeen years of age to come to Canada. SM John said that more British boys were going to Australia because the age limit for assisted passages to that country was higher than Can- ada's. Increasing prosperity in the agri- cultural industry, resulting in re- awakened interest in the acquisition of Canadian farm lands, has had the result of raising the average value of western farm lands from $37 per acre in 1924 to $38 per acre in 1926. For the yettr Prince Edward Island shows the highest increase at $45 /ter acre, compared to $40 in 1024. Of the grain stocks at the port of Vancouver, which are being steadily exported, European markets received practically 27 million bushels and the Orient 20 million bushel:3of the 47,640,647 bushels of the 1925 crop, whieh had been shipped to Van- couver. The amount of grain in store at Vancouver is seldom more than 4,600,000 bushels. All local trains corning into Wind- sor Station, Montreal, from the Eastern Townships brought supplies of maple syrup which increased rapidly during April. Similar ship- ments poured into the Plate Viger Station from the Laurentians. Do- minion Express officials stated that the quantities were well up to the average of former years, while the quality was also up to the mark. — With the inauguration of the new "Redwing" special train service on the Canadian Pacific Railway line between Boston and Montreal, a group of prominent )3ostonians were invited to Montreal on the initial trip of the "Redwing" from Boston. Montrealers went to Boston on the same special. The "Redwing" cuts several hours off the old schedule between the two cities. Aecording to the weekly crop re- port of the Canedian Pacific Rail.. Way the spring opening of the 1926 seeson, after one of the fitted twit- ters ever experienced in Western Canada, finds eanditions very favor- able. Feed was plentiful end winter losses less than uettal. Proapeets tor coming swoon are fine owing to good meistute. Thetet is cilive tegaa,44 1.or ay4140.4#0 PREPARE YOUR GARDEN i SOUS SI/aCilfSTIONS VDU SOIL TB11)4T1VINNT. A Small Vegetable Garden on the MOM 01. the Rack Yard Will More . Than Repay Time mud Trouble. (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture Toronto.) The soils preferred for vegetable Production are sandy, sandy loam, clay loam, silt and muck. A saudY • loam is probably the moat popular, but eaull type has Ho limitations, and I some crops are better suited to one , than another. Soils or it sandy nature are early soils, because they dry out and warru t up early in the spring. They Etre not suited to late growing crops. In gen- eral sand polls are low in fertility and mut be manured heavily that I plant food and moisture may be avail- ! able to the growing crop. Clay teams retain moisture longer i than sands or sand loams and they I are also richer. However, such soils Iare not so well suited to the growth requirements of early crops. Crops grown during the drier part of the season find more moiature in this type of soil and hence we find such crops as late cabbage, •late cauli- flower, late potatoes, canning factory sweet corn and tomatoes grown on such land. Muck soils on account of their high organic content, their moipture hold- ing character and the ease with which such soils can be worked, are con- sidered the best for celery, lettuce, and onions. Muck soils are some- times used for growing potatoes, beets, parsnips, cabbage, cauliflower and spinach. Muck soils are not suit- ed to early crops or long season ten- der crops. Soli Preparation. Thorough soil preparation is neces- say to ensure worth while crops. Drainage. Drainage is the first step in pre- paring the heavier types of over moist soils. Open ditches—tile drains and high bedding soon pay for the labor and material cost. The better areation, increased available food and early warmth make good drainage well worth while. Digging. Deep soils are needed by the vege- table crops. The deeper the soil the more moieture it will hold and the greater will be the feeding area of- fered the roots. Plough or dig deep- ly. If the surface soil is shallow go down a little deeper each year. Autumn ploughing is generally desir- able on all soils, especially the clays and sod. If ploughing is done in.the apring earliness is important. Clay soils may puddle and bake. Squeeze a handful of soil, and then release the pressure, if the soil gradually crumbles and breaks it Is in good condition to dig or plough. Harrowing. This operation should be perform- ed as early in the spring as the ground is fit. The hand cultivator, rake and hoe, aro the email gar- deners im.plements for surface tillage. Per heavier soils and for sod, the disc harrow is invaluable, it shonld be followed by the spike tooth har- row which reduces the soil surface to a state of fineness and smooth- ness. The muoker smoothing harrow Is a very useful implement with which to finish a vegetable area pre- vious to planting. ' Manures and Fertilizers. Stable manure is the best all-round fertilizer for the garden. It supplies both plant food and a mechanical condition that favors the retention of moisture. Applications up to 40 tons per acre are made on gardens. when obtainable. But owing to the general scarcity of stable manures chemical fertilizers are now largely used in conjunction with the more bulky etable product. Stable manure is deficient in phosphorous, so this element should be added in the form of acid phosphate at the rate of four hundred pounds per acre. Poultry manure Is valuable, particularly for the leaf crops. Care must be used in its application to soils growing delicate foliage plants like the to- mato. Heavy applications will stim- ulate too much leaf growth on most soils, Coarse fresh manure should be applied in the autumn, and well rot- ted manure in the spring. Commercial Fertilizers. Commercial fertilizers may be used succesefully to supplement a scant supply of stable manure and to make up the required quantities of the dif- ferent elements which are needed by particular crops. For general use in O small garden a complete fertilizer, that is one ready mixed, containing about four per cent. nitrogen, eight per cent. ot phosphorous and four per cent. at potash, should be fairly satisfactory, when used at the rate of two pounds for each 100 square feet of surface, Nitrogen. The effect of nitrogen oet the growth of the plant is noted in the development of the leafy parts, the deep green oolor being particularly noticeable. In vegetables eucculence s it highly desired quality and nitro- gen tends to produce this. Phosphorous. The role given to phoophorous in ',lent growth Is that it hastens ma- urity, increases root development, especially the fibrous roots, improves he quality et the crop ahd increases he residence of the plant to disease. Mtash. Tho third ef the elements la essen- lel to stareh formation and in ite uhsequent transfer 'within the plant belt Sandy soil:: and niuok wits sere usually poor in potash, The ad. dation of potash exeept in small quane Ries is lineally not profitable, ex- eeptitik for such drape ais the Petato. Seed tor Ihtliethe 814 and get the est of tbe storye—feept, of Ilertioul- ere, 0, A. donego, .414,1 t12:01' Wa ted ttnt. We pay Highest Cash Price for Cream. 1 cent per ib. Butter Fat extra paid for all Cream delivered at our Creamery. Satisfaction Guaranteed Brussels Cre Phone 22 •-4.4.1.413ZA414416111,10:34:1 mery Co. Limited Safety Convention at Toronto, May A.. E'. Joynte a former business mare 11 and 12. , Man of Seafcath, died in London, following an operation, in his 60111 I year. Deceased had been in ill -health for a number of years, Besides his I widow, he is survived by two sons,. A. 0. T. Beardmore, Bearchnore & Company, Acton and Toronto„ First Vice -Chairman, Industrial Aceident Prevention Associations. HURON COUNTY • Chester Lee, propitiator or the Oen- tral Hotel, Exeter, has installed run- ning hot and cold water in all the bed- rooms. ThOilleS Cameron, Exeter, has sold the latge brick building commonly known as the Poundary, to the 0110;7 11108 Oompany. RN being torn down down now and will be moved to en. large the canning factory. The marriage was quietly solemniz- ed at the rectnry, Gerrie, on Wednes. day, April 21s1, of Alice Minette, yonugest daughter or Russel Harris, and Edvgai d Francis Newton, both of Howiek. Rev, R. S. Jones tied tbe nuptial knot. Again, Lakelee 18 111 trouble with the "hole" at Blind Lake. The water in some places is feet deep over the road, and it extends at least 80 rods, and will cover a much longer span tv hen the snow in the swamp is melted. At a meeting of the harnees racing enthuslasties, of Exeter, it was decid. ed to hold this yeala events on June 2rid. The offlcere were elected : Pres- ident, W. R. Elliott ; Secretary, R, •(4. Sealer' ; Committee, Jas. Jankell, J. H. Grieve, VV. Hearnan, Frank 'arter- iole H. Williams, W. D. Sanders, Fred Ellerington and IV. Andrew, I Robert, of Seaforth, and Leo, of Well- and and two daughters, Bernice and Jeannette, at home. John Joynt, M. P. P„ of North Huron, is a brother. W. Bryoue, Ohairtnan of the (Min- ton Collegiate Institute Board, and Rev. Je E. Hogg, a membee of Boatd, were at Toren -Am Interviewing the Minister of Education, and inspecting seveval schools with a view to getting the best poiuts of each for use of the Board before letting the contract for the new school there. The Huron Milk Products, Limited, has purchased from S. S. Cooper, the old elolsons Bank building, Ratten- bury street, the building formerly oc- cupied by the Clinton (nub and the Jackson Mfg. Oo., the engineers, Mes- srs. M. R. Oarpenter, Chicago, and W. A. Drummond, Toronto, having de- cided that it was most suitable for the purposes of the company. The inter- ior will be altered to suit, and as sonn as possible work will be commenced. William Kerslake and Leonard Gay, of Seaford, purchased from Wesley Litt, of Fullerton Township, the bay gelding, Oliver Pete, which is the most valuable race borse ever owned in Seaforth. Last Winter, he was started seven times on the ice at Tor- onto, and won three firsts, three se, - (nide and one third. Oliver Peter, along with Mr. Guy's other two hove - es, Tony Bars and Del J., and Mr. Oudneore's two °mittens, onght 10 make a good showing for Searorth at the races this season. PERTH COUNTY Wm, J. Dyer, former managing ed- itor of the Stratford Beacon -Herald is now managing editor of the Elmira Signet, The Matheson House, on the corner of Ontavio and St. David's streets, Mitchell, which Vrit9 purchased Gy Scott Barr, is being changed froni the place where it has it has rested for 74 years. It has beau moved back six- teen feet, and to the East for fourteen feet. This house was built by Mit- chell's first mayor, the late Thomas Matheson, and it, is the house in which be passed away. After Ulf, house has been remodelled, Mr, Barr and family will reside in it. Rev. W. O. Allison preached hie farewell sermon in St. Thotnas church, Granton, lost Sabbath morning, Mr. and Mrs. Allison and Family will leave the end of the week for Hanover, • Since coining to the village, Rev. Mr. Allison ancl his family have made a great many friends (enough his up- right. kindly manner, and thew i friends are now very sorry to see him I leave toe community, 111.11•01•100111.10111•1011113.144111111AMI,M114 Tbis ever-present task of the busi- ness man is one that Advertising can most efficiently perform. Advertising in THE POST would carry any message you,desire into every home in this community. It would spread the "news" about new merchandise1 spec- ial sales or new store policies quickly and thoroughly. Take a friendly interest in telling the "buyers" of this town what you have for sale that is of service .to them and you will win new customers constantly, PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS ADVERTISE issued by Canadien Weekly Newspapers Aasocietion