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Zurich Citizens News, 1966-03-10, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 196i eddo44aI Carnrne4 Control of Power to Tax History of a sort was made last week when the Ontario Government fired a farmer -elected board which had been man- aging the selling of white beans in On- tario, and replaced the 11 men with a three -plan committee appointed by the government. Powers to regulate and con- trol marketing have been given to farmer - elected boards in Ontario in greater or lesser degree, for 29 years. It is the first time in the history of farm -marketing legis- lation in Ontario that the government has intervened so decisively. A good many of the arguments which will naturally follow this step will never be settled, because they are matters of opinion, in which honest men could hon- estly disagree. The action which led the government to step in, it appears, was the effort of the elected bean board to finance a proposed bean -processing plant, by tax- ing bean -growing farmers. This effort was supported by such people as Robert Allan, of Brucefield, who is a respected leader in farm organizations in Huron County. It was opposed by such people as Gordon Hill, of Varna, who also is a respected leader in farm organizations in Huron. In such case, one can only conclude that it is quite possible for sincere and capable people to have opposing opinions. The essential point in the white -bean controversy, it seems to us, is that the root principle which is at issue is the power to tax. A good many people were reluctant to agree with the principle of the Ontario farm -marketing legislation, when it was proposed and when it was new, because it put in the hands of special groups part of the government's power to tax. The general principle of our society is that only the elected government has absolute power to impose taxes. In the course of developing the British system of govern- ment, the British people at one point found it necessary to chop off the head of King Charles I, to convince him that he did not have the power to tax. The rebelling American colonies might have been in- clined to behead King George III, if they could have got their hands on him, to prove the same point. In pre -revolutionary France, the estab- Iished Catholic church had the power to tax, and bloody wars were fought to ob- tain for the French government the sole right to impose taxes. The special nature of farm -marketing legislation in Ontario is that it gives lim- ited rights of taxation to certain farm groups. The hog -marketing group has the power to tax hog -raising farmers. The peach -marketing group has the power to tax farmers who own peach orchards. There are 17 such groups altogether, of which the white -bean marketing organiz- ation is one. They differ from other or- ganizations in having the power, which clubs and churches lack, to impose taxes which can be collected with the full force . of law, It is reasonable that the Ontario Gov- ernment, having conferred this power, should keep a string on it, and be pre- pared to withdraw it. In the particular case of the Ontario Bean Growers' Marketing Board, the pro- posal was to put an extra tax on growers of white beans, to provide money for building a factory to process white beans. There has been plenty of argument for and against this idea, from which we can conclude, at the least, that the idea is debatable and controversial. A vote of bean growers showed a majority, but not the required two-thirds majority, in favor of this special. When the 11 -man board seemed ready to go ahead with building a factory, or a large addition to a factory, the government •surprised everybody by stepping in, for the first time in 29 years, and firing the board. It can not be disputed that the gov- ernment, which has the right to give away part of its taxing power, also has the right to play Indian -giver, 'and take back the power which it has given away. In any case where the power to tax was being used wrongly, the government would have not merely the right, but the duty, to step in and cancel taxing powers. In the White - bean ease, it is a matter for debate and argument; there can be two opi1sions, cer- tainly, about the proposal on which growers of white beans voted. What the govern- ment has said, in effect, is: "It looks doubt- ful whether you should do this, so don't do it." From a detached viewpoint, the pic- ture is creditable to farm marketing boards in Ontario. Having conceded powers to 17 boards, for periods up to 29 years, there has only once been a situation that has led to drastic action. The record speaks well for the good judgment of most of the boards, most of the time. ---Stratford Bea- con -Herald. By Shirley Keller THAT INDEFINEABLE THEY' Accepting the blame and the credit for close to 90 per cent of the world's troubles and mysteries is that group of un- known people or things some- where known as "they". Just who or what "they" are has never—and probably will not ever be— defined. And isn't it lucky for you and 1? Seemingly an inborn out for mankind, humans learn at a very early age how easy it is to wiggle themselves away from almost any awkward situation by pointing to the handy "they" when caught in a trap of their own making. After all, "they" will not question the accusa- tions nor come forward to steal the spotlight in the event the problem should :miraculously melt before much damage is done. Like everything else though, it takes a bit of practise before we become adept at casting suspicion on "they". Early at- tempts by the pre-schooler don't very often fool mother when the sugar bowl is dampened down by telltale chocolate milk and little Lester says, "Dey did it". Very few teachers fall for the line about "they" when the classroom window is brok- en and the grade five baseball squad is nervously grabbing at .tee From My Window straws to avoid punishment. No, the most skillful decep- tions generally make their pres- ence felt a little later in life. We are really making progress when we discover the excite- ment of holding an audience spellbound by fabricating all manner of :tall tales using "they" as the patsy. Many factual accounts are made highly interesting by in- serting a few white lies about what "they" did. It doesn't do much for one's ego to relate merely the dull events of the minor skirmish between two neighbors over the location of the line fence. What harm will it do to insert some stimulating sidelights like, "They say Mr. Brown nearly hit Mr. White?" Actually, no one can prove whether or not "they" made the remark because "they" could be anybody . . and the storyteller is scot free with the added bonus of having the dis- tinction of being the first to know and to tell. People w h o wouldn't be caught dead listening to or re- peating gossip find the use of "they" soothes the conscience. Somehow, to say "bhey tell us" relieves the guilty feeling we might otherwise possess and gossip is no longer gossip but something we can actually be- lieve because there cannot be a dispute, When we have reached this stage, we have attained the ulti- mate—the peak of perfection. So it is that "they" continue to spout all the filthy slander and the hateful and harmful dirt that corrupts most of us and may even attack as at some time or another. 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