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The Seaforth News, 1941-01-30, Page 5THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941. THE SEAFORTH NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR f the D" inio 9®Pel`' o �i I Conference ,on the Sirois Report (CONTINUED) HON. T. B. McQUESTEN, X.C„ ONTARIO MIN- ISTER OF HICNIVAYS AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, (Vol. 2, pages 83 m 871: "PrimeMinister and gentlemen, before this conference (Resolves,the h re of Oario would like to place before t its financial ponitinn with regard to the efforts of the Sirois report on the provhuc0's Nuances. Perhaps I -might properly preface what I have to say today by referring to Iwo potato touched upon by the Premier of Manitoba (sir. Bracken) to the pre. sentanon 09 his argument before the opening session of the conference yesterday. J3on, Mr. Bracken made what I mightcall un earnest pleato the delegates of this oonforence, and particularly to the Premier of Ontario, to consider the attitude taken by the lute Idon. Oaarge Brawn at the vedette ennferences leading up to confederation.. In bringing Mr, Blount's name into the conference he bas suggested that Mr. Brown very properly forgot his own pr100nal feelings to the mutter tool joined hands with Macdonald and others in .shaping r0ntederation 00 expressed by the Britigh North America Act, I consider itrnlher an unfortunate choice of nrgu. meat to ask that the Premier of Onfo'io emulate Brown. I hold that in taking the attitude he has, Iron. Mr, Hepburn has been but living. «p to the traditions of Brown, and has defended and upheld 09 that Brown stood for, sad is safeguarding the rights and responnl. bilitles vested its the separate provinces by eonfedora- tion. I prefer to support and Adopt the nutteriul 011001ur0which arts rr00ted by Brown, re cher than attempt to interpret its spirit, as Mr. Bracken has pu" ported In llo. 12 \Ir, 13rnckon'n argument were to pre- vail bs11007 would be degraded, our ideals shattered, and the names of our public men east into the ossuary of thno. 3L•. P,reeken was on better ground when he advanced the idea that provincial n, touooy, without adequate revenues for disoliarging the fun tions of government for which provinces are responsible, is but little snore than n fares, Toputthe same idea in another way, without livent independence thine can be rte provinchd 011100omy, I nal prepared to -day to review the Onandul blstory of the pr0vtnee of Ontario. pnrtienlarty relating to the yearn mince the present government has been in charge rat Toronto. of Ontario. This inneeurncy enemat,,, to the I r r tutors of $11,768,uuu. rhe reronrilintion of these annum available and can he explained by the (Motion; officers of the treasury department e tut With respect ro . `)resent fiscal year, 0 vt, u o iawi ely worse. Ir the present sin alms l wore , Mirar and antic. vaunt ve for the present Ovral year, nods on March 31 next, the province of Ontario would be fared with a certain net loss in revent)os of the sum of $17,000,0011. raw for the pressor dy'al year ol000, Ontario Balances Budget Briefly, 1st me state that we have followed since the 1st of April, 1936, a sound Ouo olol policy, es shown by our budgetary position. In 1930.37. 1937.38, and 1938.38, we bad balanced budgets. This year we are l treasure', a) balaneodebudgeier t, laais also surplus and a he reduction in debt. This wholesome and enviable budgetary position has placed us in a position to tarry out a policy of. assist.. Knee to the 990 untniripnlities which Corns the local government rad ao s 0f Ontario. For ee ex m to the province lute paeutmed the entire capital costvof burden n of of our great hu horny system, the 1100 the burden at es, h -(romote casted to part neon cue muuf0ipnlitiesr'1.1,0 previa curse contributes in various ways toward highway construction expenditures by ,uunleipnlities. In matters of nubile health, Ontario has node great strides end bas, ninth this government took charge, at all ungual cost of millions of dollars, assumed. 11,12 entire burden of the rare of Indigent tubercular patients. Public health in Ontario 00010 the province of Ontario a auto exceeding 9900,000 per month, Then, in exchange tor the income tax, which was formerly collected by 0 few of the 900 municipalities, we have substituted a provincial income tax, and. have 110011010E1 the entire cost of the there toemerly borne by the mnnietpalithes of old. age pensions and mothers'allowances. The annual cost to 1110 government of Ontario for old nee pensions, rte represented by the present naval year, alnonnte to three and d half million dollars, This in. eludes the province's share of pensions for the blind, The peovinee will be required to give up- annual revenues of 940,000,000 Deduct from this, expenditure as mimed by the dominion, told the one mill .subsidy- to the municipal. Men, which (mild sol longer be paid, a total sum of 23.000,000 Leaves a loss of 917,050,000 One of the Orst results of this loss in revenue, brought about by the giving up of the suct'essinn duty tuxes, would-be the loss In revenue to 11n•- University of 'Toronto of the stem of 9000,001). 1 would refer yon to the Revised Slptute0 of Ontario 11037) chapter 372, section 190,- which is the statutory authority for pay.. ment from the proceeds of sitecession duties to the University of Tomato In the emu of 93011,000 per manna. - - Set Education Back 50 Years But that is lust ono indication of what the lose in rovonues would mean to eduenlion In our 000)0ra. Education in Ontario would be set back fifty years. Thin twirl apply particularly to the 'little red viten! house anti I. the struggling separate sellouts, which Under pre0001 conditions require the sante as publle schools—annual gruels front the provincial treasure. The splendid work done by the department of health Of Ontario In waging a successful fight to Hemp cue the menace of tuberculosis. which fight in being 'an• dueled 0t au annual cost to the province of upwards 09 V1,1)00,000, some otherdsource e were tforthcoming, revenuers This would involve some now type of taxotiou, but leammuch as taxes -00 estates, taxes ell incomes, Mane On corporations, and tuxes 00 mining profits. woIAd net longer be available to the province of Ontnri0, any additional burden of taxation required to raise revenue to continue- 0 reasonable standard of education would inevitably fall upon real estate—upon the farmer, the home -owner and the business man. I also bring to your attention the fact that muni- cipalities of the province of Ontario will suffer for the present fiscal your by the implementation of the Siroio report, the toss in revenue exceeding 95,000,000. Now, if you will add the net loss in revenue tobe sustained by the province of Ontario of 417,000,000 to the 91,005,000 certain loss to be sustained thin year by the muuicipnlines of Ontario, you have the enormott the prostitute loss u o r um P522,000,000—netp uud the municipalities. This, Mr. Chnirmnn, Is only the beginning.. These losses are bound to increase, because the functions of government left with the province are, from their very nature, Increasing in then' burdensome character, In so far as the need for revenue is concerned. The ann001 cost to the province of mothers' allow• anew this year will exceed the nun of five ,tad a quarter million dollars. All of these items—tbnt is. old age pensions, pensions for the blind and mothers' allow. 0e01—ora a000IIy increasing in amount. I quite agree with the estbnato made by pr0nliuent actuaries that they will continue to 'intense for the next fifty years. 1t is difficult at this time to estimate the -nal limit of the cost of these three soeinl services, which, as you are aware. were never dreamed of by. the Fathers of Confederation. we also pay to the municipalities an annual subsidy of one milt, hosed on the general assessment of the muuheipnlithes, and th10 amounts in round figures to the sunt of three million dollars per annum. Another Enaction of government that is growing annually is eduentinn, and it is estimated that for the presentieni year r the province will spend upwards of thirteen m Compares Relief Costs One of the services that has cost'eo0rmous sums dun- ing the past decade is that of the cost of relief. Ceder the present basis of contribution the dominion pays 40 per cent. of direct relief costs, excluding medical servir00, Including medical services the dominion cote tribtimt i0 314 per rent. of the tote) expenditure. For the present Oscal year, that is, the period ending March 31 next, relief will rust Ontario the sum of ten million dollars. (1f this the dominion's share will be $3.000: 000, the provincial share $4.300,000, and the muni. cipalities' share $1,900,000. Estimating the east of relief for the 80041 year which begins April 1, 11141• tmleuloted on the present buds of shoring the cost of reties, and estimated from the best aveilnble Information, the relief picture in Outselo will be represented as follows: Dominion share 92.565,000 Provincial shine 3,802.000 Municipal share 1.,278,1100 If the Siroio basis be adopted, for the -seri year 1941.42, the cost i0 estimated 081 Dominion share 9 606,00 Provincial above 4,097,1100 Municipal share 1232,000 Real Estate Burden Intolerable No 0110 conversant with the problems of public lin• once that beset the provinces and the municipalities in Canada to -day will attempt to deny thattho burden on real estate at present has reached a point where it is difficult for the farmer 10 meet his rates and tax00; it is discouraging for anyone to attempt to build a home; and, In fact, daily in Ontario discouraged Lorne. owners are attempting to salvage something from their 00111 les, and are parting with their houses, which rep. resent 10 large measure their only life savings. The reel estate owner today, who cnn barely raise the amount Of 1Ala taxes, will find that for every dollar of taxes he Paye to -day in Ontario 1,e will be called upon next year to pay $120. And this under war condi. Hone where the cost of living is already mountings nail is, generally speaking, ten per cent, higher than it 500.0 at the outbreak of the war. As the Prime Minister has said, "You leave us with the expensive functions of government." And I held that the figures I have submitted prove that we will have insufficient funds to discharge thheits. functions of government, that health and education 1u particular will suffer, and the standard of living of OUT citizens who 000 in the 01000 of what might be described as the lower economic scale will be akin to a condition of servile dependency. Now, Mr. Prime Minister, I have finished with my preee0tation of the Onunelal effect of the report as it appeo'0 to this province. and I um authorized nen behalf of the premier of the province of Ontario, the Ontario delegation, and the people of the province, to 001100000 that our nosorintion with this so•ealled co,ferenee be over. Some other members may tape this opportunity to Present 41eir reply to the financial address of the Hon. Mr. Ilsley, and to withdraw as we aro doing \Ve leave it to the rest of the members to,continu0 their efforts to do what eve are bound to say would result in wrecking confederation, as we understand it. and in destroying provincial autonomy and rights. We are returning to our business. and our -nut word to the dominion isthat word with which we opened; If the dominion decides to prosecute the war on a basis of cooperation we shall be ready, ns we have always been in the past. to cooperate iu every known way and to throw the full weight of our great province into the dominions war endeavour." Thus it will be observed that by adopting the Sirois basis the dominion would enjoy a sawing of $1,000.000• while the province of Ontario wenla be caned upon to increase its expeudhtlre0 by the sum of $2,585.000. and the burden of the municipalities would be prac- tically the sone 00 under the present plan, the differ• treasury altndlrss welfare departments lure tamest here, and ahe re supplied with all details with. respect to relief Ogn res, and in furl other relief figures, and we are prepared to discuss these matters in detail ,f and when required. At Oda juncture I desire to maim n statement with respect to the estimated sovung or gain to the provinee of Ontario, os contained on page 00. Book Il. of the reeonmendntluns of the 810010 commission, The esiimnted soviet:a or gain to the province of Ontario, on the 1017 brae is $ 326,n0l) per annum, Bttl a (gleeful analysis of the ,,grew ndienIt" 11,0 lla stead of n grain of the overbite; for the 10117 period would he 911,432.')01l. Thee it will he seen 11101 the informs tion given on page 99 of the Sirois report es t4 the expected improvement in the finaneini position of the province on the 19117 base is ituteettrele and not In arrm'dnnee with the findings of 11,,' treasury deportment of the province PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO RT.HON. TOGLROJUIEAND ATTORNEY F CANADA, (Vol. 2, pogo 100): "I rend the Ontario newspapers, and this morning I read n statement in u Toronto newspaper to the effect that crus commission report was a Quebec report. prepparedby and for Quebec, for the benefit of that 'troe'inee. That article urged the people of Ontario to oppose it. My friendswhoare here know that at the sante time in the province of Quebec this report 10 considered by some 0t lending to the destruction of provincial autonomy and thesacred rights of the eitirens of that province. It hos been staled that the Frenelt•Canadiatt thee will be enslaved if this report is adopted and n .carted." RT. MINIS ER OF CANADA, (Vol. 2, paIE ge ICING. "May 1 say this next. when my 001100gaes and i' eon- sldered the rolling of this eonfereneo there was between tis a great diversify of view as to the wisdom of ,mv;n4 01011 0 gathering et this time. 10 saying That 1 du not think 1 em betroyhrg anycabinet secret whirh 1 nm sworn to respect. 1 for ono tool: the view that it was very doubtful whether it would-be wise to have a eonfer,nee in war time." 7d0N. ADEEARD COD8OUT, PRIME MINISTER OF THE PROVINCE' OF QUEBEC, (Vol. 2, pogo 117). (The Prime Minister's re,nnrks were given in French, the following 10 the English translation): "Should the continuation of this eoufer000 con- stitute 0 menace to Canadian unity, I would suggest, Mr, Prime BLnisler, amt it be dissolved." TOWN TOPICS Mr. Wm. Hili has returned after spending a pleasant holiday with friends in Brantford. Miss Ednat. Rivers. Toronto, war guest of !ler sister Mrs. Hehnai Suet( Mr, surd Mrs. bleat and daught<'l Dorothy, of 9t. Thonmas, wore n isic ors with Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Bremner. Sterling Habklrk of the R. C. A. F. 'loam, was a visitor with his mother Mrs. T. Habkirk. Mi•, Clayton Dennis, who has se' cured 11 position in Wood's Silkuit I•fosiery in Toronto. was a week end visitor with his grandmother, Miss James S. Brown. Mr. Alvin Dale of Hullett has been appointed truck driver for Supertest to succeed Mr. Gordon Bender. wllo has enlisted in the air force. when he receives his tall. The ,WomanAssociation of North Sidi United (torch in•tentt holding r tutu annual 4aValentinesup} u0n 14ted., Feb. inch. Hensah defeated Ct'editotl 10.2 in their opening Cyclone League game. Mr. Alex. McDonald. 2nd con. of Tuokersmith, is confined to the hos- pital. IMr. Harry Weiland, Toronto, who recently suffered blood -poisoning in his hand, 5110)11 the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry (Weiland. Mrs. Langford of London is visit- ing her daughter, (Mrs. Bert Shaw. Misses Margaret and Betty Smith, Toronto, spent the week end with their parents, IMr, .and Mrs. W. D. Smith. Mr. and \irs. 1V. Snider of Bridge- port were uee.k end visitors at the borne of the 1.110x', sister, I1ll' . A. Zimmerman. Miss Edythe Zimmer- man returned house with them. I\l r., Jean 1. Kyle of Clinton visit- ed with friends on Monday. Mrs, R. tub. 'Coates has returned af- ter -spending the past month with her son, Mr. G. F. Coates and family at Pickering. DUBLIN Mr. and \ire. 'Michael Flanagan have returned hone after spending several weeks in Toronto; John f\1,'"al- sh, James hraus'kopf and ?Mets. Frank Smith. members of the 'board of ICon- tinua'tian high 'school, made an offic- ial visit to Stratford recently. Visitors: \ii0s Genevieve MdiCarthy, Toronto, with her parents, Mr. and ''\Mrs. Mich ael McCarthy; Ted 'Carroll and IMiss 'Marcella Wood, Guelph, with Mr and iM'rs. Wm. 'Curtin; ;Miss !Heidi Kraurkapf, London. with Mr. and Mrs. Tames Krauskopf; E. 'C, Niakle Clinton, ww hit friends;tda• !John Cronin Detroit, is visiting with relatives here Joseph Canpenter, Chatham, with hi. parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Joseph Carper ter. Francis Rowland youngest son o Mrs. Lillian Rowland fell on the it while skating on Saturday and 'suffer ed a severe blow cot his head cousin concussion. 'He was unconscious fe several hours. For a time his condi tign was considered critical but he is convalescing satisfactorily. iMre1 Peter Matthews suffered a serious heart attack recently, PAGE FIVE F till• e 8 1ions MONTH 'PHONE t e• r a' •a v. ® y - END SALE January 30 to Feby. 5th Quick Quaker Oats, plail....large pkg. Golden Sultana Raisins 2 lbs. 1 9c CRISCO 1 lb. tin 19c MAKES HIGHER ER B ETTER CAKES Bee Hive CORN SYRUP 2 lb. tin 1: 9c AYLMER PORK & BEANS :3 15 -oz. tins 1 9c PETER PAN PEAS, No. 3. sieve 2 .16 -oz. tins 19c Cascade Heinz Connor's Palmolive Aylmer Sweet Van Hillcrest Country Manning's McLaren's McCormick's Libby's Sani Icing Blue Lynn Aylmer Brown Neilson's Dew Helmet Aylmer Pitted Aylmer "2 Chocolate Fry's Polo • Salmon, 2-% Ketchup Kipper Snacks Soap Tomato or Meaty Prunes Camp's Tomato Pure Lard Kist Golden Assorted Minute Tapioca Waxtite.Sodas Cooked Spaghetti White Tissue Sugar2 Boy Coffee Valley Pears Spinach Jersey Gloves Cocoa Kist Choice Plums Corned Beef Tomatoes . Sair Dates Choice Raspberries Shoe Polish Bars Unsweetened Cut Golden Wax SS N. MissN ib. tins 25c . . . large tin 19c large 14 oz. bottle 19c 3 tins 19c 4 bars 19c Vegetable Soup 2-10 oz. tins 190 2 lbs, 19c Juice 2 large 26 o2. tins 19c . .. _ 2 lbs. 19c Corn 2-16 oz. tins 19c Cream Sandwich Biscuits ............per lb. 1929 2 pkg. 19c 16 oz. pkg 19c 2-15 oz. tins 19c 3 large rolls 19c lbs. 19c / Ib. bag 19c 2 15 oz. tins 19c 2 15 oz. tins 19c per pair 19c % ib. do 19c 2-15 oz. tins 19c per tin 19c 2 squat tins 19c per lb. 19c or Strawberries 15 oz. tins 19c 2 tins 19c Paste 4 bars 19c rf lb. pkg. 19c Chocolate .. 2-16 oz. tins 19c Beans 8 Sproat PrycePHONE 77 BLAKE Wedding bells are ringing. Quilting bees are the older of the CROMARTY day with the ladies In this vicinity. Owing to the 'very inclement wen- Mr. and M. E. Faber and family L cher on Sunday, the morning service of Henault visited at the tatter's was thinly attended and the Young home during the week. ,People's evening Meeting was can- Misses Norma Hey and Vera and celled. The minister, the Rev. Peter K. Oesch were attending a floor ,Jamieson, gave a timely and excellent shone in Loudon one evening. discourse in the morning entitled, Ml's. Boehler and son Harold and "The, Sins of the Saints." Rae Oeseh of ''Zurich visited at the Under the enthusiastic leadership home of her sister, Mrs. Manson and of their teacher, 'Ross 'MacKay, the Miss Beatrice, pupils of the Cromarty school have During the service at the Blalce entered lw'holeheartedly into aiding in Church on Sunday a duet was giver :the war savings certificate fund and by Misses B. Mattson and N. Hey many have already several dollars ad- "Have Thine Own Way. Lord." Mrs van ed Stolck ae(.ompaaied at the organ. ,Mr. and Mrs. 'John ;henhp and fam- ily of 'Mitchell spent Sunday with Mrs. Houghton and family. BORN A sleeting of farmers and their Public HMI- wives met at 11'. Elmer Towusrud's TUCKERSMITH VRIGF•IT—At Clinton u c o - fir di+enssions as they riser a calk tal, Jan. 27, to Rev. and Mrs. H. E. conte over the radio at A p.m, Thos Wright, Brucefleld, a daughter. call the meetings t'auadiau Filet( VERBEEM—At Scott Memorial Hos- Problems, pital, to Mr. and iiL's. ,Joint Ver- Quilting is the order of the clay. beam, Kippen, on Thursday, Jan. The young people of Whitmore:. 23, 1941, a son. visited with their cousins, Mr. and Num (leo. A. Hogarth in Hullett last Friday evening,. Miss Dorothy Coleman spent last Thursday afternoon with her friend. Ruth Carnochan. Burled At Clinton There passed away in Blyth, an Jan. 15t11, at the home of her sister. Mrs. Mary Rath, Susan Moore, be- loved wife of the lute John Goren, of Clinton. A life long and highly- re- spected ((Risen of Clinton she will he sadly missed by her many friends and neighbor's. She Waal a devoted member of the United Church. Nor the past live years she has made her Monte with her sister in Blyth. De- ceased is survived by one sister. 31sti Mrs. Mary Rath of 'Myth; three bro- thers, R. A. Moore of hoose Jaw. Sask.; A. E. Moore of California. and Wesliv 5lOo1•e of Goderich. FARMERS ! SPECIAL RADIO SERVICE CALL LORNE E. LAWSON Nai:iona.l Itadio Institute alai Radio :Physics Course Graduate On service work for past 12 years BURGESS BATTERIES F 1N.IDE STORAGE BATTERIES delivered, and attached free For Economical and Efficient Radio Service Call 841 - 23, Seaforth mix ammwcmeto MANLEY The many friends of William Koehler who is still convalescing in Scott Memorial Hospital, are pleased to hear that heis getting along nice- ly. Last Sunday the 01.0r00 held up the traffic and Warty visitors were Ana. mooed. 1VIt. Vincent and Raymond Murray who have been visiting friends in Toronto, have returned home. Mr. Thos. Purcell, who was on a business trip in Tawas, Michigan. has 1'eturneel. 1101,10, REMEMBER! THE DATE MONDAY, FEB. 24 FOR THE C. Y. O. DANCE AT DUBLIN Watch for further announcements CROMARTY Mrs. Houghton is visiting her deo, ghter. Mrs. ltenlp, in Mitchell, Mrs. Roy McCulloch and Mrs, 11.0. McDonald are under the doctor's tare. Mr, Jim IIoggarth. who has been ill with pneumonia is improving. Mr. Ross Saxons has returned from a visit with his sister's in Tor onto. Mr. Slimly McKellar visited lu Sea forth this week. Mrs. Tiros. Scott - has returned from Brodhagen where she speut the past 'week with her son. DANCE! at Kippen FRIDAY, JAN. with Clayton Steeper Marriage Announced— Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bissett, Goderich, announce the marriage 09 their younger daughter, Margaret Elizabeth. to Jaek Carman. younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldred A. Yee;., Goderich township. The wedding, which took place recently, was sol- emnized by Rev. Andrew Lane •i Clinton. AND THS ORCHESTRA 1'1I Meet You. At Kippen GENERAL ADMISSION 35c 1.'. \1'alsnit. Manager. THE KIPPEN EAST W.I. beilig out of funds for the buying of yarn sponsor a SCOTCH NIGHT Featuring Ross MacKay and his School Children, followed by a EUCHRE & DANCE In the Hensall Town Hall FRIDAY, FEB. 7TH at 3 ti'elnck Olin (loch's Orchestra GENERAL. ADMISSION .'- A11 ladies provide hnnh t 13 zvee.'.-Ir Annual AT HOME IN COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM FRIDAY, JAN. 31 R.A.F. ORCHESTRA From Port Albert ADMISSION 75c Dancing Commences at 9 Valentine DANCE!! • & FLOOR SHOW (The Four Aces) FRIDAY, FEB. 14th Under the a.ijspices of the Sodality Dublin Music by Joe Henry. Aclmissi, n iii cents E6Ei T Seaforth PAT O'BRIEN NOW PLAYING "Flowing Gold" T JOHN G.,RFIELD MONDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY MAUREEN O'HARA RALPH BELLAMY "Dance Carl Dance" Lucille Ball Malde Ouspenskay ('urns,-dy l?amanee with t,czoi COMING q.0.1set. , "RIVERS. END" "DRESSPARADE",