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The Huron Expositor, 1923-02-16, Page 1;i FIFTY -BEV NTS: TEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2878 Stewart Bros. The Best Work Shirts for Men, $1.25 There is a wonderful difference in Work Shirts. Some are made like a bag, without the yoke, single stitched, no gusset in the seams and skimped in both length and bredth. STEWART'S WORK SHIRTS are made of extra weight material; they are made with the yoke double stitched throughout, gusseted at seams in the body and sleeves, lots of length in the sleeves and roomy at the elbow; full sized every- where. All sizes, 14 to 18. Price $1.25 The New Ginghams Are Beautiful. We can't refrain from again calling your at- tention to our New Ginghams. The colorings and the patterns are so unusually attractive that we delight in both telling you about them and showing them. Of course, they are as you would expect— the best quality and weight or -the market. Come in and see them. 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Smith) While it is true that the greater part of the taxation imposed for road building is the result of work auth- orized by municipal councils, it is also true that the road policy of the Ontario Government gives a very strong incentive to municipal spend- ing for this purpose. A brief explanation will make this point clear. The Government does not base its grants towards county and township roads on population, or even on the respective needs of the several localities; the Government grants are based on the amount the several townships and counties spend themselves. at was because of the prin- ciple on which the provincial subsi- dies are based that Grey County in 1921 received close to a quarter of a million in Government bonuses to- wards road work carried out by mu- nicipal authority, while Hastings, a county of equal area, received only HOUSE OF COMMONS TO HAVE a little over $100.000 in the. same way. Halton, again, with less than TEN MORE MEMBERS one-half the area of Perth, received more than two dollars of Govern- Canada's next House of Commons ment money towards municipal road will consiat of 245 members, an in - building for every dollar that the crease of ten over the present rep- largei county received. What is, what must be, the result of all this? The result is precisely what those who framed the present policy desired to attain; the adop- SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923. the people --all the same. )!lues of some three and a half million dollars paid by lumbermen in 1921 were, in the end, paid by people generally in the higher cost of lumber, etc The $8,000,000 or so collected from life and fire insurance companiea, banks, and so on, was not paid by these institutions, but by the people who did business with them. These and other indirect sources, stretched to the limit, are proving insufficient and the Province, following the lead of the Dominion Government with its income tax, is now resorting to direct taxation as well. The stamp tax on transfers of securities and the tax on each transfer of real es- tate is a beginning in this direction. I It is only a question of time, unless a check is put not only on road ex- penditures but on all other expendi- tures which have grown in propor- tion therewith, until, every township '• tax bill will, in addition to a county, lev, carry a Provincial levy as well. • resentation. Tuesday afternoon Premier King presented the awaited Redistribution bill. Under its pro- visions—based in turn on the 1921 census—the Maritime Provinces lose tion by municipal councils every- I two members, both in Nova Scotia; where of ambitious road building I the Prairie Provinces gain eleven— programmes in order that they may ; four going to Alberta. five to Sas- secure from the Government 60 per I karchewan and two to Manitoba and cent. of the coat of provincial county, British Columbia gains one. The other 40 per Bent. of the coat of county and provinces remain as at present as 20 per cent. of the cost of township I does the representation of the Yukon roads. When the people of Fronte- Territory. The net • increase in rep - nae, for example, see that their coup- resentation for the whole Dominion ty received only a little over $30,000 is therefore ten. of Government grants toward muni- ! As was the case in the last two re- cipal road building in 1921, while i distributions, the bill will be refer - Carleton, a smaller county received red to a special committee, compos - over half a million in like grants, • ed of members of the three parties, what is going to happen? Does not to work out the limits of constitu- a demand in Frontenac for the un- encies. dertaking of an extensive road pro- In introducing the measure, the gramme become inevitable, even if Premier said that he need not re - about half the to'al outlay must be mind the House that it was the met by local taxation? And so the constitutional duty of the Govern - movement, like fever in a hospital ment to introduce such a bill after patient, will spread all over the each decennial census. The British Province. In years past candidates North America Act provided that fur the offices of reeve and councillor after each census a bill to readjust made their appeal on a platform of the representation in the House of economy—of limited spending. Their Commons should be introduced. successo9•s of to -day, in seeking re- The Prime Minister read a list of election, will point to the volume of the years in which redistribution Gevernment grants they have se- hod taken place in the ppaast, open - cured towards the cost of highway ing with the first read)uathient in programmes carried out by them- 1812, and closing with the last which selves. took place in 1914. Partial re - If this is true in regard to munici- distribution, for the purpose of pal road building programmes it is granting representation to new pr4v- undoubtedly true in regard to Pro- inees entering the Confederation, had vincial road building programmes, taken place in 1871, to give Mani - that is, Provincial Highways towards toba representation, in 1887 to give thc. cost of which the Government representation to the Northwest contributes 80 per cent. Each coun- Territories, and in 1907 to give re- ty will vie with others in seeing presentation to the new Provinces which can secure the greatest extent of Saskatchewan and Alberta. In of Provincial highway mileage. 1915 a partial redistribution to ad - The tendency to grab from a cen- just the representation from Prince teal fund for lornl benefit 101111 not Edward Island had taken place, and be given a greater stimulus than by in 1902 one to give representation a comparison of the Government's to the Yukon. share of the expenditure on Provin- The unit of representation under cial highways in different counties the 1921 census, Mr. King pointed in 1021. Taking 15 cnuntie•s, selected nut, was 2(128(5, as compared with I at random, it is found that the Gov- 30,819 in 1911. ernment's 80 per cent, contribution to the cost of Provincial highways Seats by Provinces. varied from $13,000 in the case of The distribution of the seats Prince Edward County to $776,000 in among the provinces he gave 08 the case of Wentworth Prescott and Russell had $304,000 Govern- fellows: ment money spent on their Provin- cial highways against $46,000 for Victoria. Peel got $339,000 and Iten- frew $38,000. Simcoe secured $225,- 1 2'25;1 000, while Bruce, another of the northern counties, was put off with j $44,000. Comparisons similar to these might be multiplied almost indefinite- ! ly and one is oppressed by contem- plation of the raiding to which the Provincial treasury wilI-be subjected, when these facts begin to seep in, unles9 sane people, with some regard fur the future, insist on a curb be-+ ing put on Provincial and Municipal . Mr. Meighen asked if the Premielt srending alike. had not made an error in assigning It is in the hope of helping on in a movement of this nature that this article is written; it is with a view of showing that we cannot continue, as we have been going without, in the opinion of the writer of this at least, bringing disaster to both Prov- ince and municipalities. Just a few more facts by way of emphasizing this point. The popu- lation of the Townships of Ontario was less in 1921 than in 1915. At the same time municipal and school taxation in rural Ontario has practi- cally doubled in that time. Despite this increase in taxation, debenture indebtedness in rural Ontario has al - j most doubled in the sante period. This condition would he alarming 'enough under any circumstances; it becomes doubly so in view of the fact that. ninny of the hest farmers •of Ontario have actually gone behind in the last two years and that last fall the unusual spectacle was pre- sented of hosts of farmers harrow- ' ing money to pay their tay•'s. The financial p„silion or +h•, Pee- ' Vi !1(7(' Is e .Lally startlii,:; debt ' frcr lint, en many rears act,. (l:+tarin at he end of the fiscal ye:n 1'.)21 was carrying direct. and indirectlia- bilities of $240,000,000 and the repro''. for 1922, when it canner out, will show n further Increase. it is true the Province does not, like the munici- polities, send around a tax hill every year to each ratepayer in order to meet the growing Provincial expendi- ture. But the money which the Pro- vincial Treasurer spends comes from Present New House House Prince Edward Island4 4 Nova Scotia 16 14 New Brunswick 11 11 Quebec 65 65 Ontario 82 82 Manitoba 15 17 Saskatchewan 16 21 Alberta 12 16 British Columbia 13 14 Yukon 1 1 Totals 236 245 DANCE - to be held in The Kippen Hall OD Wednesday, Feb. 21st Hogg's six -piece Orchestra. Ladies Please Provide Lunch. Floor Manager, Wm. Hayter. Gentlemen - - 75 cents 82 seats to Ontario. Should it not be 81? The Premier replied that the leader of the Opposition had over- looked the saving clause, Sec. 51, Sub. -Sec. 4 of the B. N. A. Act, which provided that a province should not have its representation reduced "unless the proportion which the number of the population of the province bore to the number of the aggregate population of Canada at the then last preceding re -adjust- ment of the number of members for the province is ascertained at the then latest census to be diminished by one -twentieth part or upwards." The proportion of the population of Ontario to the aggregate popula- tion of the Dominion in 1911, added Mr. King, was .35069, while under the present census it was .33380; while in the case of Nova Scotia the proportion in 1911 was .06831, as compared with .05960. The differ- ence, therefore, in the case of On- tario was .01689. and in the case of Nova Scotia .00871. Thus the ratio of decrease in Ontario was .0481 and in Nova Scotia .1275. No Change in Ontario. Theratio of decrease in Ontario being less than one -twentieth or .05, and in Nova Scotia being greater than one -twentieth, it followed that the representation of Ontario would not be changed, while that of Nova Scotia must be reduced. Summarizing, the Prime Minister said that, the total membership of the House would in future be 245 as against 235 during the preceding ten years. In the matter of redistribution the Government was not exercizing any discretionary right, since it had none. The application of the law was simply a matter of mathematics. Pries� to 1903 the Government of the day,in introducing a redistribu- tion bil, brought into the House a measure in complete form. The electoral districts were outlined as prepared in advance by the Govern- ment. The bill was thus submitted to the House, and redistribution brought about in such manner had given rise to vigorous controversy both in the House of Commons and in public life generally. It had been contended that the Government had thus offered to profit at the expense of its opponents. In 1903, under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. a new principle was adopted. A bill was then brought into the House which set forth the number of seats to which each province was entitled under the census, leaving blank the delimitations of the constituencies to be represented. Sir Wilfrid had contended that a greater amount of confidence would be established in the country if the Government in- , vited the House in joint committee to draft a bill of redistribution which would not be subject to the taint of unfairness, and which might thus be adopted by the House without dis- pute. Followed the Precedent. The result had been so satisfac- tory, said the Prime Minister, that when Sir Robert Borden, who suc- ceeded Sir Wilfrid Laurier, had oc- casion to bring in a redistribution bill, he followed the precedent. And, said Mr. King, the Government to- day proposed to follow the example. It was the purpose of the Govern- ment to refer the present redistri- Consignment Sale The Huron County Breeders' Association is holding their third Annual Consignment Sale in Wingham, on Wednesday, February 28th. This Sale offers an excellent opportunity to those wish- ing to purchase Pure Bred Cattle of quality and breeding. Many of the best families are repre- sented. Some excellent young bulls are includ- ed. Those looking for Bulls will find something suitable here. Forty females and ten males are being offered. Terms—Cash, or 10 months' credit at 6% per annum on notes suitable to the vendor. Liberal guarantees are given. Catalogues may be had on application to the Secretary. 0. Turnbull, Brussels, President. Secretary.Auctioneers : ROBT, T. AMOS, OSCAR KLOPP, W. J. THOMPSON, Guelph. Zurich. 1Lit�ell S. B. Stothers, Clinton, button bill to a ,joint ,eorgmittpe, the House in which. all parties Would be fairly represented.; . Tide committee would have the power to work out all the detail,. The Prime Minister read thebill, which was being placed before the (House and said the Government was anxious to secure a fair. and just measure of redistribution. lie be- lieves a committee, composed of members of the, three parties in the House, could work out the details of a measure which could be later accepted by the House with little dispute. The bill was given first reading and stands for second reading at the next sitting of the House. HURON NOTES .—Brussels will receive the sum of $1,066 from the County on the Good Roods Commission's recommendation, for the money being spent on Main Street. This will be a much appreci- ated grant. —Mr. Will C. F. Oestreicher, of Stephen, met with an unfortunate ac- cident on Thursday of last week and nearly lost the first finger of his right hand. The finger was nearly sever- ed in two by a knife. The doctor has sown it together and is endeavor- ing to save it. — Mr. Ryder, an aged gentleman, is very low at bis home on the Roman Line, near Whalen, resulting from a fall on some ice in front of Mr. Mor- ley's barn. Mr. Ryder was walking from his home to Whalen shop when he slipped and fell, striking his head, at first he seemed merely shaken, but some days after his condition became more grave and few hopes are enter- tained at present for his recovery. Mrs. Ryder is also quite ill. — Mr. Alex. Reeder, of Exeter, met with an unfortunate accident on Thursday of last week. Mr. Reeder has been running the planer at Gillies' saw mill. He was struck in the abdomen by a bbard and was knocked out. He was taken to his home where he has since been confined. — Mr. Lloyd Beavers, of Exeter, has accepted a position as hydro superin- tendent at Ayr and left on Friday of last week to take charge of his new position. —Last week, Fred Hunter, who has purchased the General store busi- ness carried on for the past 40 years by Alex. Strachan, in Brussels, has taken possession. That he will do well goes without saying. He . has been associated with the store for the past seven years and is not only a competent salesman, but is acquainted personally with the regular customers and the public generally, who have been dealing at the store, and under- st:.nds the stock and its values. Mr. Strachan will remain in Brussels and will continue to act as town treasurer. —Mr. Alex. Porterfield, Clerk of the Township of East Wawanosh, was I injured recently when taking a load of hogs early one morning to Bel - grave station for shipment. As the ' horses wer.' 'ratting along the rather slippery road, '`,•• fear wheels of the wagon swerved so sharply as to cause an upset, throwing Mr. Porterfield out on the bank in such a way that he was pinned underneath the rack where he was rescued some time later by children going to school. He is seemingly not a great deal the worse for his accident, except that an injury to his leg and ankle cause him to walk with a limp. The pigs which had strayed away after the accident were soon rounded up and conveyed Ito their proper place. —Under instructions from the De- partment of Education, Dr. J. M. Field, of Goderich, Inspector of Schools for Fast Huron, left Thursday of last week for Des Moines, Iowa, to visit and report upon rural and Consolidat- ed schools and the Junior, Intermedi- ate and Senior High Schools of Iowa, with special reference which they make towards higher education out- side the larger cities and towns. As Dr. Field is a member of the commit- tee appointed for the preparation and revision of text books for the Province of ()Mario the important mission on which he has been sent should enable him to gather much valuable know- ledge for the use of his committee. —Death claimed another of the older residents of Wroxeter, when Win. James Ritchie passed away at her home here on Monday afternoon, after an illness of several weeks. De- ceased originally came from Ayr, and with her husband spent many years in Howick, moving to that village shortly after his death 20 years ago. She is survived by two sons, Thomas, of Wroxeter and Tindal, of Wingham, and four daughters, Jeannette, of Wroxeter; Mrs. Alex. McKercher, of Howiek; Mrs. T. P. Sanderson, of To- ronto, and Mrs. W. McLaughlin, of Winnipeg. —Last Friday forenoon W.H. Maun- ders and John Cunningham drove to the former'e farm, 5th line of Morris, to cut wood, and left the team stand- ing in the bush, near by, blanketed and waiting the trip homeward. Something startled them and they made off with the sleigh. By the time they got 80 rods one of the team ran against a stump and both horses fell. Before the men could get the harness off the injured animal died. it means not only a couple of hundred dollars to Mr. Maunders in the loss of tbis five year old beast, but broke lip the team to the great regret of the proprietor, as they *ere sisters and specially well matched. --Mr John Cottle, of the Thames Road, died on Wednesday of last week at the age of 88 years and 10 months. Mr. Cottle had the mister - ug 'Mrs .Robert, McD1d Th est, M barn in ifeabbe, y and 'wwhen about twenty hey lite ,Leith his plrenta,to the family settling on ie S.tty' eeseion of I1Aborne._'Tho $lent ye was in Canada he worked as a'.' er on the Grand Trunk etatlo London and also on some bridges there. Following that season be atar..ed ikrto business for himself as framer and for years he bad a large gang of men under him. In • later years when the work became too strenuous for him he retired and be- gan growing beautiful flowers and his home on the Thames Road pre- sented a very attractive appearance in blooming time. He has carried off many prizes and honors with his ex- hibits at different shows. He was married to Margaret Turnbull who predeceased him six years ago. One eon and -four daughters survive - A LETTER FROM IRELAND The following extracts are from a letter written to Miss M. Johnston, Goderich Street East, by Miss Annie Hutchinson, a sister of the late J. J. Hutchinson, one of the first to enlist from Seaforth, and who was killed in the early part of the war: I received your card last week and was so glad to hear from you again. You must not have received my last letter, but I am not surprised, for mails frequently get lost going and coming to Ireland nowadays. I have been here for some time, having been demoblized from tate army last autumn, but I think I have done my bit in war nursing. I have over four years' record, have never been reprimanded by my matron and the War Office says my work has been satisfactory. I possess a num- ber of nursing certificates, I think seven in all, and gained all the hon- ors the army could give me, so I could do no more. I was very tired when I came home and whether it was the change from the south of England to the north of Ireland I know not, but after my return I was seized with an attack of neuritis, which nearly prostrated me. I had it in my arm and shoul- der down to my finger tips. I had treatments for it, of course, but it was a long time in getting better. Even now, with the advent of wet"weather, j can feel it. I am feeling so much better but have -not started to work. My aunt and my sister have been very ill with influenza, so 1 have had my hands full, I assure you, but all my patients seem better. It is lovely here compared with the rush and bustle of London, yet I could content myself anywhere- Ire- land is in a topsy-turvy condition but rather more settled of late. Our country is patrolled day and (night and we think nothing of seeing huge armoured cars passing by. It is quiet up here in Ulster as compared with other parts. I have been through Dublin and Belfast on my way to and from Londoh, yet I have never seen anything abnormal and have always found the people oblig- ing and gracious. Sir H. Wilson was killed almost at our door. HAY The Council.—The regular meeting of the Council of the Township of Iiay was held in the town hall. Zurich, on Monday, February 5th. All mem- bers were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as read. The report of the auditors was adopted as presented and the Clerk instructed to have fifty copies of same printed for distribution among the public. The engineer's report, re Schwalm Drain, was received and the said report shall be considered at the meeting of the council, to be held on March 6th. The Reeve and Clerk were authorized to sign and submit to the Minister of Public Works and Highways of the Province of Ontario the petition of the corporation of the Township of Hay, showing that dur- ing the period, January 1st, 1922, to December 31st, 1922, there has been expended upon the township roads the sum of $9924.63 and requesting the statutory grant on this amount, as provided by the Ontario Highways Act and amendments thereto. By-law No. 2, re -appointment of officials for the township for 1023; By-law No. 3, re appointment of T. R. Patterson, B. Sec., and his assistants as engineers of the township of Hay, and By-law No. 4, re extensions of payment for two years on all expired debentures of the Hay Municipal Telephone Sys- tem, who continue to take service at the same rate as heretofore, be read three times and finally passed. The following accounts were passed: P. J. Haberer, auditor's fees, $10; K. Routledge, ditto, $10; Exeter plowing Association grant, $15; Molsons Bank, Hensall,fees, collecting taxes, 36; Beat & Best, re Zurich drain, 325; Canadian Bank of Commerce, Dashwood fees, collection of taxes, 37.65; J. Kipper, iron and bolts, $13.25; F. Stelek, wood for hall, $35.; R. Masse, refund per- centage taxes, $1.97; N. Sararas, car- rying goods; R. Masse, $1.; John Rechler, teaming relief goods, $6.00; P. Haberer, auditor's fees 310; K. Routledge, ditto $2; A. F. Mess, in- terest on note, 327.50; A. Morena, re- fund tax, $2; Northern Electric Co., supplies, $18.75; T. Webb, refund tax, 36.00; Stromberg-Cariston Mannfad- turing Co., anpplies, $28.29; J. Kip- per, account, $2.50; Bell Co., tolls, $46.69. The council adjourned te meet again on Monday March 5th,. at 1.001 o'clock p.m.—A. 3i Hees, Clerk.