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BEAFORTH, Friday, January 27th
A Tree for a Tree
At a recent meeting Seaforth
Town Council approved a building
permit for the construction of a ser-
vice station on Goderich Street, west
of Main Street, There can be no ob-
jection to changes and additions such
as this that come about as the result
a the inexorable demand of prif-
gress, providing that they axe in
keeping with a preconceived and pre-
determmed plan wherein iS set out
• the -manner in which it is intended
vatious areas in the municipality
°
Will develop.
But in granting the permit, inher- -
ent in which was permission to cut
down -several large trees, it is hoped
council took steps to ensure that
young trees would be planted to re-
place those cut down.
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•
Buprd'Strike May Boomerang,
A resolution calling upon farmers
to participate in a buyers' strike, re-
cently adopted at a meeting in
Walkerton, has brought forth con-
siderable comment in the provincial
press. The resolution was presented
to a meeting called in the Grey Coun-
ty town to discuss the situation that
'has arisen as a result of certain farm
• products selling at prices lower than
those that have prevailed for some
time.
Pointing out the dangers of such a
move, the Port Elgin Times suggests
that "those advising the farmers to
establish a boycott are showing poor
judgment as a boycott is a two-edged
swore." The Times goes on to say
that "the average citizen is happy
over ,ower ed costs- so that educa-
tion end no t belligerence is needed to
solve the !bolls problem- facing ag-
riculture: Farming must' be kept
• prosperous or everyone suffers, but
recriminations, bombast and boy,-
cotts settle nothing. -We took strong
issue with the Housewives' League
'Who advocated a boycott on the use
of meat, butter and other food pro-
ducts a few years ago because we
felt that a buyers' strike was only a
childish attempt to, evade the real
issue."
Recognizing that on a profitable
and sound farming industry depends
the healthiness of the Canadian econ-
oiny as a whole, the Delhi News -
Record adds: "Certainly any ap-
preciable drop in the price of farm
produce callnot help but have an un-
desirable effect on the livelihood of
Canadians in most other walks of
life; and arly constructive action on
the part of the Federation shonld be
welcomed." It ,goes on to point out
• the improbability of a boycott of
Machinery firms contributing to a,
solaion of the problem and suggests
that E!tich a step "would probably on-
ly' be another stone in a landslide
whicto followed td its ultimate con-
•-chisicm, would involve thii nation in
econc-mic disaster."
That a Canadian agriculture that is
selling its produce at ,less than the
cost of production, or Whose net re-
turn is out of line with returns in
other industries, can be the means of
cOntributing to a serious economic
• ndition in Canada. is not to be de -
Ailed. Such a condition must be pre -
Vented at all costs. Agriculture, as
the prime industry in the Dominion,
.tightly,,demands that a parity be
• gintamed as between its income
it that of seeondary industries. ,
It is doubtful, hover, whether
-e:denting of g lifelhood to secon-
industries' -through a, buyers'
e,,will do otheil. than aggravath
CoriditiOn, whieh,presentlsr is said
AftAt all, :UV first custom -
the takiner produces
Oter who iS employed in
Uiu,i,,16g,Whi6h it
ccit
As the 'Port Elgin Times says:
•
Whatis needed is an honest and sin-
cere approach to the problem, not on-
ly by the farming industry, but by
all thoseelements who to such an ex-
tent depend upon the farmer for
• their - Ill-considered de-
mands, purely subjective in their ap-
proach, cannot fail to be harmful in
the end.
•
Growers Must Organize
(Goderich Signal -Star)
Before talking of cutting down
their orchards the Ontario growers
should organize in marketng their
apples as efficiently as the B. . grow-
ers do. Existing conditions n Bri-
tain are not going to last forever; in
a very few years there may be an
overseas outlet for all the apples this
country can export. Ontario apples
Are superior to' those grown at the
coast and with proper selling meth-
ods should -have top place on the
market
•
•
Mischievous Squirrels
(Wdodstock Sentinel -Review)
The squirrel population in Ontario
is well protected by Ontario's game
laws, with the briefest of seasons and
lowest of bags. But many a harried
citizen wonders if the destructive
little animals should not have their
numbers reduced.
The stately shade treed of Wood-
stock and other Oxford County com-
munities are well stocked with black
and grey squirrels, whose only active
enemies are cars, cats and boys with
slingshots. And every summer the
complaints are numerous about the
damage done by the squirrels in gar-
dens.
While the squirrels are Pretty and
engaging creatures, there is little
doubt that they do considerable dam-
age. The indictment against them is „
heavy, their theft of corn and other
garden preduce being only one of
many destructive acts.,
•
Tree -Planting Still Secondary
(Stratford Beacon -Herald)
About 665 thousand acres of land
in Canada have been planted with
some 665 million trees over the past
30 years. Natural regeneration is be-
ing relied on almost entirely to en-
sure perpetual supplies of wood, with
planting given a comparatively min-
or role by forest industries and gov-
ernments, according to Norton J. An-
derson, vice-president and general
manager of the Canadian Forestry
Association. Announcing the results
of a cross-countrereforestation sur-
vey conducted by the association, Mr.
Anderson said that the question of '
whether Canada's forests were being
successfully restocked apparently
hinged on logging methods. "If the
right ones are employed and other
factors are favorable, there will be
prompt and good restocking with de-
sirable epecies of trees," he stated.
"Sometimes planting may be needed."
Some doubt over whether these
favorable methods are- being meth-
odically practised is reflected in re-
cent statements and actions on the
forestry scene, Mr. Anderson added.
Operators and Governments dhould
be working together on a plan that
will make certain that the forest will
reproduce itself. To get results will
require a much greater re -investment
in the forest by both government and
industry.
• Very little planting has been done
on burned -over and waste lands, the
survey brought out. While cost of re-
planting huge areas where natural
regrowth is not satisfactory, or sub-
marginal lands that should be return-
ed to tree cover, is considered too
• costly at present, some solution may
be found through federal -provincial
• co-operation under the new Canada
Forestry Act. Planting of about one-
third of Canada's five million acres
of abandoned farmlands could in time
produce 50 million cubic feet 'of tim-
ber annually.
Other facts from the survey: For-
est industries have planted about 13,-
‚600 acres with companies in British
Columbia taking the -lead; provincial
nurseries have distributed softie 288
million trees to private land -owners,
federal nurseries some 210 million
• trees to prairie laud -owners, about
1.56 million trees have been planted
in provincial,federal plantations,
county, authority and Municipal for-
ests.
IFER o
LAZY MEADOW S
e By Harry J. Boy!
I picked up a book the other day
on a newstand that gave me, a
start. The clerk wrapped it up
and I took it home. After supper
I put my feet up on the fpotetoel
in the front parlor, lit neY pipe and
picked up the book to read it. As
I read that book it seemed, to me
I was., hearing over again a voice
that is as familiar to yea in all
probability as it was to me.
The book was called' "Andy
Clarke and His Neighbourly News."
The illusion started when, 1, read
the heading for the first chapter.
It war called January and Under it
the editots of the book had wee -
ten in a kindly and yet simple way,
"The month of reslutioni-dibut not
for Andy. He never gat amend to
reforming himself, or trying to re
-
Perm ether fOlks. Only he doctotd
ever tried to reform Andy; and
with indifferent success. JanuaxY.
was Andy's lazy month., a Month
to coast after the holiday hustle.
Friday night, with more than half
his Sunday broadcast on paper. wee
;hoer luxury. He'd lie back against
its triple -size feather pillOw and
eeati David Grayson or Vanity Fair,
er another of the battered, faded
.,olumes in his library. It was a
new. year, but life was. kind -and
tomorrow was another day.
Here in this book I found a host
of stories, many of whichI had
heard over the years as Andfbdtead-
cast on Sunday mornings.- Along
with the stories as clipped. from the
Ontario and Quebec weekly news-
HERE'S HEAIiTH
• - .
papers, there are the comments tn
Andy. •Two -tailed chiekens wen
Andy's solution to stirring up th
egg production in the eountr.
Weather prophets, and hove the:
used certain' eigns to top,se their
prognasticatione on.
Andy loved to dip into the 'weal -ti
of reminiscences of the weekl
editors. There was always a toucl
about the "good old days" and these
are reflected in the hook. Andy -was
careful to salute the folks who
Were 'over ninety, and paid special
attention to golden wedding anni-
versaries. In the spring when the
creeks started chuckling again, be
used to get itchy feet to get out
fishing and his broadcasts started
chronicling the big ones and the
Eood spots. •
He reeorded such stories ae the
one about the passerby who stop-
ped' to speak to an old gentleman
"sitting by the side of the road,
laughing. He asked the old man
what he was laughing •about: and
the old man said, "I'll be ninety-
eight tomorrow and I haven't an
enemy in the world." "How
come?" asked the stranger. The
old man said, "Well, it's' like this.
I've outlived them and I'm not
makinga any new ones."
I read on and on until, the fire
went out, and. when I finally look-
ed up I had a hard time to make
myself believe that I hadn't been,
listening to Andy Clarice in place
of reading. his stories."-
_
: Just A Smile Or Two
"How' large did you 'say these
offices were?" inquired the pros-
pective tenant.
"This big room is 18 by 40," re-
plied the agent, "and the smaller
room is 10 by 16."
"Fine," 'beamed the executive,
"we will have the reception room
out here of course and cut up the
small room into private offices for
our vice-presidents."
•
•
A gentleman who just drove
back from the Colorado mountains
in a convertible says that he stop-
ped at a general store in Ohio to
get some road information and was
edvised by the proprietor that he'd
getter put his top up. "Going to
rain any minute," said the proprie-
tor."
"Is that what the almanac says?"
asked the traveller, who felt oblig-
ed to say something.
"Don't need any almanac nowa-
days," the storekeeper tolehina, "1
just keep my eye on the television,
and when she statrs jumping and
flickering, I know we're in for a
storm.
•
We were at a mountain cabin of
a friend for the opening oe the
hunting season:
We (to old timer): "What's the
weather going to be like tomorrow
-fit for hunting?"
Old Timer: "bond know, boy.
Used to be, man could, always
judge about the weather. Now the
government has took it over and
you can't tell what it will do."
•
"Now here," said the saleslady,
in the millinery shoppe, "is a that
that will never go out of style. It
will look ridiculous year after
year
Huron. Federation of
Agriculture Farm News
Types of Farming in Canada !standard, it is tagged and sealed
What crops do Canadian farm-
iprescribed by the Seeds Act, accordance with the regulations
era grow? What is the extent of
the ,livestock industry? Where are
apples, small fruits and tobacco
produced? These are a few of the
many questions often asked con-
cerning Canadian agriculture. Per-
haps the dominant place of wheat
in the agricultural economy, of
Canada has overshadoived in. the
minds of some, the many other
kinds cf ,farming practised in the
country.
A most useful guide to Canadian
agriculture is a recent
"Types of Farming , in Canada"
which is a joint .study by the Bee-
nomics Division, Dominion Depart,
ment of Agriculture and the Census
Division, Dominion Bureau of Sta-
tistics.
Climate, topography and soils,
play an important part in farming
Practices, particularly in a country
as vast as Canada, and along with
them of course, are the economic
factors - availability of markets,
transportation, labor and prices.
Taken together, at is such matters
as these that dictate the types of
fadming found 'throughout the
Dominion.
In addition to a large-scale map
indicating in 'colour the general
types of farming, use is made of
smaller maps to show the location
and density of the principal crops
and the importance of livestock and'
livestock products in various areas.
The, bulletin may ebe obtainef.
from the Dominion Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa. Ask for Pubs
lication 825.
* * *
A bushel of wheat weighing 60
pounds contains approximately one
pi:Ilion kernels.
* * *
Good Seed Factor in Fighting Weeds
Good seed as better able to fight
weeds. To be certain of obtaining
good seed, buy only certified or
registered seed. These grades are
derived from crops inspected in the
field and for which certificates are
finally issued by the Plant Products
Division, Dominion Department of
Agriculture: Certified Seed 'and
Registered. Seed are legal grades
under 'the Seeds Act of Canada.
A variety is accepted for registra-
tioti only after it has been Care-
fully notnpared. with other varieties
an found to be deserving of a
place in 'sem* part of the Domin-
ion.
Registration or certification of
seed implies that the crop ;from
which it has come must have Wend
inspected in the field andlound to
have the required. degree of Mikity
of vadlety and kind. It must also
iee free from weeds and seed -borne
diseasee within certain limits. Be-
-fore seed call be sold as. reglater-
ed or certified, it must have been
subjected to field inspection as well;
as a /Stir* tInd genet -nation teas
and, if up to a certain specified ,
• * *
A square yard of the top six
inches of farm soil may harbour
two to 18 million nematodes -most
of them too small to see without a
magnifying glass. It is now believ-
ed that a lot of wilt, poor growth,
lack of vigour and decay, often
blamed on other things, is really
due to attacks by the invisible leg-
ions of these subterranean pests,
sometimes termed eelworms.
* * *
muscles Magee had the strength of
a horse • and his bulging biceps
had their source • in. a balanced.
diet -of vitamin meals • that gam
• him his stamina from bead to beds
.......... Of INATIONAt OfALTO AHO VfltfAllf
Years Agone
• Interesting items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Tvfen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago.
Weol Still Tops As Clothing Fibre
In spite of allthat has been done
by research experts, no fibre has
been found to equal that obtained
from the fleece of the sheep. Those
who study true values are ,unani-
mously of ethe opinion that for
clothing, wool still reigns supreme.
It is -noteworthy that those in
search of new fibre from which to
make cloth fabrics still accept wool
as their standard of perfection.
Even th.e very 'names of fabrics
made of synthetic fibres ate bor-
rowed from the lexicon of wool,
such as flatnels, cheviots, tweeds,
worsteds. savonys.
Continued wool popularity is re -
fleeted in a gradual increase in the
uses to which it is put, and to the
ever -widening margins of world'
demand over world production. At
the present time there is no indica-
tion that wool production can catch
up on world consumption for some
years to come as wool stock piles
are low.
Sheep populations in both the
United States and Canada are
loWer than they have been for 50
years, despite the • fact that the
prices, for lamb, mutton and wool
are the best they have been since
the turn of the century. In Canada.,
production of wool is now consid-
erably less than 20 per cent of the
tonnage required by home manu-
facturers.
* * *
• • Potash Strike
Until recently it was expected
that supplies of fertilizer materials
would be 'adequate for 1950 require-
ments. The prolonged' strike at
,,he three major potash Producing
companies at Carlsbad, New Mexi-
co, 'U.S.A., however, is placing pot-
ash in a tight position. No in-
creased imports' from Europe are
expected as potash there is also, in
short, supply. This shortage h4
slowed down production in Cana-
dian plants, but it is hoped the
strike Will be over in time for
spring deliveries. Even with the
end of thesstrike, the first deliver-
ies Will probable, go to districts In
the United States where seeding is,
lit operation, eildsclatiadian deliver,*
lea Will Nebably be late. There
dote 'net aPpear to. be; any;shoed-
age of nitregett or Phopphate rna.:
teriale
Frbm The Huron Expositor
• 'January 30, 1925
The auction, sale held by Mr.
Egerton Roe, of near Manley, was
a most successful one in every
way. The total sale amounted to
$2,000 with Mr. Themes Brown as
auctioneer.
Mr. J. F. Daly's Garage on Main
Street was the centre of interest
to many from both town and coun-
try on Monday evening When a
snowmobile was here giving dem-
onstrations of its, ability to make
time over any kind of roads.
The thermometer registered 15
below zeto cn Tuesday morning,
and on Wednesday it was 22 below.
Mr. James O'Connell, who has
been inethe Bank of Commerce at
Walton for some time, 'has been
transferred to Strathroy., .
The Board of Governors of To-
ronto University announces ,he ap-
Pointmeirt of Miss. Mary Cowan,
B.A„ M -B.. as research associate in
the Connaught Laboratories, She
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JIL:3.
Cowan. ,
Seaforth Bell telephone central
office during the past week has had
installed the latest type of magneto
switchboard, with a capacity set
ficient to accommodate Seaforth
for some time. At present there
are 252 town phones and 537 ruse
ones.
The total eclipse of the sun, a
phenomenon which occurs in any
particular locality perhaps only
once in two or three centuries, has
come and gone and left Ontario
with a mixed heritage and its pop
ulation with milted feelings.
Ed'elweis's Rebekah Lodge held i
successful and enjoyable euchreii
the G.W.V.A. on Tuesday evening
The prize winners were; Ladies
first. Mrs. G. T. Scott; lone hands
Mrs. James Hays; consolation'
Mrs. Joseph Thompson; men, filet
W. M. Stewart; lone hands, Joh,
Cummings; consolation, John Long
Toronto. The music' for danoing
was contributed by Mrs. J. E. Kent
ing, Mrs. G. T. Scott, Miss, Editl
Hunt and Mr. and Mrs. 'Herb
Fowler.
At. following officers odeFidelity
Lodge of Oddfellows were installed
Wednesday evening: PG.. W. Bris
tow; N.G., O. Elliott; V.G., F. Hae
burn; recording sec.,' C: Aberhart:
fin. sec., W. H. Golding; treas., .T.
Thompson; W., S. Deem; come W.
Edmunds; chaplain, . Williams;
R.S.S.. J. A. Westcot ; I.S.S., T.
Bickell; R.S.N.G., A. IV eGavin; L.S.
N.G., R. Eyre; TO., Ed. Mole;
0.G., J. W. Free. '
•
•
Seen in the County Papers
Suffers Dislocated Shoulder
Mr. .Clark Fisher, of Usborn4, is
laid up with some torn ligaments,
the result of a dislocated Shoulder.
He was working in the granary on.
Saturday and' had the misfortune
to fall, dislocating the left arm at
the shoulder. -Exeter Times Advo-
cate.
From The Huron Expositor
January as, 1900
A team belonging to Mr. Wm.
Fotheringham, of Tuckersanith,
brought to James Beattie'e store
house be Seaforth one day last
week, 111 bushels of peas in one
load, making 6,600 pounds.
Mr. John MdGovenlock, who has
been operating a brick and tile -
yard near Walton far two years,
has purchased 25. acres of land
from Mr. McSpadden. near Win-
throp, and will start a' new yard
in the spring.
The 33rd Battalion ' Band has
elected the following offieers tor
this year: President, W. McLeod;
vice-pres., J. .B. Campbell; sec.-
treas., Thos. Murray; managing
committee, W. Smith, E. Paley and
J. Thornton; whipper -in -,W. 'Smith-
ers.
A lerge sleighing party from
Tuckersmith drove to Logan ':ast
Tuesday evening where they were
heartily welcomed and hospitably
entertained at the commodious resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs.. Diegel.
ft The dwelling house of Mr. Arch-
ibald Menzies, of Leadbury, was
burned down on. Tuesday eveaing.
New Village Clerk
Jack Witherspoon, principal of
the village school and resident here
for the past four years, has been
appointed the new clerk qf Grand
Bend. succeeding Mr, W. MacLar-
en,who has been village clerk for
the past six years, and. 'has resign-
ed the post to devote more time to
his ,own business. He also served
three years as village trustee. The
new clerk, Mr. Witherspoon,' will
commence duties immddiately. He
was raised an Ailsa Craig and serv-
ed in the R.C.A.F.-Zurich Herald.
Singers Listen To Themselves
Members of the Harboraires and
their wives listened to themselves
singing on Wednesday night and
found it "different." It was the
annual meeting and. ladies' night of
the organization and about sixty
were present at Sky Harbor. A
recorder was on hand to tecord
numbers sung by the gather-
ing. Then these numbers were play-
ed back to the gathering. Fred
•Sturdy was. announced as the new
president for the year. Other offi-
cers are Jack Murphy, vice-presi-
dent, and John Walls. secretary-
treasurer.-Goderich Signal -Star.
The annual meeting of the Board
of Trade was held in the council
chamber on Friday evening. Mr.
D. D. Wilson, the retiring president,
reviewed the work done by the
Board last year. The following cf-
ficers were elected: Pres., A.
Young; vice-pres., Jas. Scott; sec.,
W. D. McLean; treas.. W. K.
Pearce; council, F. Helmeted, M.
Y. McLean, F. C. G: M,inty, D. D.
Wilson, J. C. Greig, G. A. Sills, S:
L. KilloraneendeW. 0. Reid.
Mr. T. N7Forsyth, of Kippen, is
making preparations for holding a
grand entertainment in his acheol
In a few weeks.
Mr. John B. McLean, f Kippen,
has been, attending the ctiuntse
council at Goderich.
The following were ticketed to
distant 'points this -Week at the of -
flee of W. it Somerville: Rs 11.
Muldrew, to Winnipeg; Marl eft
HaMnletd to Yale, Mich.; Mr. and:
Idenhart to Qu'Appeller
sinibolo; Mrs. F. Case land Miss:
Clement Kitt to New' York; Midd
W. A. 'Gray to Mackinaw City.
Attieh,
Thebes Sangtorum ef the Ancieut
Mystic Order of Sa,maritaus were.
duly installed into office. The in-
stalaltion was carried out ‘by Ideat-
ing brethren from St. Thomas un-
der the leadership of District Depu- ,
ty Preston E. Ford, elad in robes
suitable to the order. More thane
200 Oddfellowe_ and • their wives,
were present, lining the hall about,
three deep. lefembers were adorn-
ed with the customary fez, white
the visitors were presented 'with
colorful paper hats. -Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Accepts Calls To Bluevale-Belmore
At the meeting of Huron -Mait-
land Psesbytery which was held in
St. Andrew's Church, W1ngham, on
Tuesday, the call which was pre-
sented to Dr. Rev. C. H. MacDon-
ald, of Lucknow, from the congre-
gation of Bluevale and Belmoree
was a,ceepted. Rev. C.' H. MacDon-
ald will preach his farewell eerinon
in Lucknow on Sunday, Feb. 12, and
is induction will, take place in
Belmore on Friday evening, Feb.
17, when Rev. J. R. McDonald, of
A,shileld and' Ripley, will preach,
the sermon; Rev. P. A. 'Ferguson,.
.
Hensall. will .address the minister,.'
and Rev. D. Sinclair of Exeter, will
speak to the congregation. Revs A.
Nimmo, of Wingham, was named -
interim moderator of Lucknow and
Dungennon. "Wineutm Advance -
Times.
• Winds -Play Havoc With Barn
The old snyinge-th,e wind she'
blew •Oshurrieene-was certainly a
truism in this area during the past
week. On Saturday the 40x100 foot
barn on the old DungeY Place, new
the possession of MT. MacDuft,
lef over into the barnyard and this;
building said to be the largest its
Logan Township, is no mored"Lo-
cated on concession 7, lot 7, it had
three threshing floors and was of
frame construction. Years ago it,
stood nearestto the road. ,but ithad
been moved further in when the.
Dungey brothers, owned it. It had'.
not been repaired for seine years,
Departing Member Honored
Group 1 of the United Church
W.A. met at the home of Mrs.
Duncan McCallum on Tuesday
night to honor a member, Mrs.
Norman Radford, prior to her de-
parture for her new home at Park-
hill. Mrs. Radford expects to leave
early next week. A most enjoyable
time was spent playing cards, with
Miss Mary Milne winning high hon-
ors, and Mrs. Frank Tyreman as
consolation winner. Mrs. R. D. Philp at is understood, and was nearly
read an appropriate address and lost by fire a couple of year ago,
Mrs. Ate Taylor presented Mrs. when an adjacent straw stack was.
Radford with a. lovely donee. The
burned. There was no stock' in the
evening closed with a delicious' barn when the wind did the lifting;
lunch being served -Blyth Stand- act. -Mitchell Advocate
ard.'
Elected President of Jr. Farmers
Feted By Fellow gmployees
The Legion Home was the scene
of a gathering of railway men on
Friday night, when. Mr. F. D. Rut-
ledge, retiring C.P.R., station agent
here, was honored by fellow -em-
ployees of thisdistrict at a social
gathering. The evening was spent.
playing cards as well as in social
chat. During the 'course of events.
H. P. Holman, agent at Walton,
read an 'address to Mr, Rutledge
and Herbert Dexter, section fore-
man at Blyth, presented' him with
a purse of money on behalf of those
present. Mr. Rutledge replied suit-
ably. Lunch was served. Railway-
men were present from Walton. Au-
burn, Goderich, McGaw and Blyth.
-Bl§th Standard.
Elected Grand Monarch
There was fun galore at a meet-
ing of Samaritan and .Sheik Odd -
fellows inethe Exeter Opera House
At the 'January meeting of the -
Clinton Junior Farmers, vice-presi-
dent Fred Gibson was in charge as,
Bob Allan was in Toronto attend-
ing the Jurtior Farmers' Provdneial
Conference. A discussion on sod
-
conservation followedethe film on,
"Soil Conservation," shown by Har-
old Lobblocal projectionist for Na-
tional Film Board. A film, "Plant
Food," was shown. through the
courtesy of C.I.L. fertilizers and.
their agent, Mr.' Bushel. Stuart Mc-
Ewen,- chairman of the' nominating
committee, presented the slate of
officers for 1950: President, Bob.
Allan, Brucefields vice-president.
Fred Gibson, Clinton; seeretary.
Edward Wise, Clinton;' treasurer,
George ColcloUgh,, Bayfield; direc-
tors. Stanley Townehfn John Camp --
bell, Bayfield; Goderich Tovaiship..
Rey Wise, Clinton; Hullett Town-
ship, Fred VanEgmond, Clinton:.
Tuckersinith Township, Ken Rog -
Thursday evening of last week, erson, Seaforth.-Clinton News -Re-
-when the newly -elected officers et cord:
Who Gets the Money?
(The Winnipeg Free Press)
The anatomy of the Canadian in-
come taxpayer ---a highly complex
and sensitive organism -undergoes
Its annual dissection in the new
"green book" of the Department of
National Revenue. Through an in-
evitable time lag in such a gigantic
study the new figures are two years
old, covering the returns for '1947.
Thus the report on the income
taxes paid by Canadians is en-
tirely out of date, since tax rates
were .drastically reduced last
speing. But the 1947 analysis of
all Canadians' income could be ac-
cepted, broadly speaking, today,
though total incbme .ha e increased
in the last two years.
In any case, the last figures the
Government has compiled, for
1947, are the best we have to go
on and, as usual, they will prob-
ably surprise most taxpayers as
they certainly destroy the calcu-
lations of many politicians.
The outstanding fact of the
1947 analysis is that ,most 'of the
nation's income goes to people
who consider themeglves relatively
poor; and from this it follows, of
course, that most of the Federal
uw:Iastlothth.sibreaking point is moved
y5,0„00 'a
on such a man, however, he at
least Will not regard himself as
income'of $10,000 . a year as the
mark of a wealthy man, less than
90.88 per cent to brackets under
$10,000.
10 per cent of .dattediane are weal-
thy., Considering the taxes levied
even if they were taxed into pov-
erty.
point:
Of
figures will illustrete this
63.12 per cent went to people
with individual incomes under $3,-
000 a year; 81.68 per cent went to
the brackets under $5,000; and
Governmenne expenditures Must
and cannot be borne by the rich,
be borne mainly by these people
If one arbitrarily regards an
Of the total income of taxpayers
•
year, only 5.62 per
vend,n Cithadians are wealthy.
Catreing the figures farther it
ta ftitlird that only 1.011 per cent
of 'eat -Mame have Weenies. of $dfl,-
000 to $25,000" ae year; •1.60diele
deldellede $26,000 to $50',004WAIT
Pei -bent have $66,000i $100004i
'0.40 tiese cent have 'over
The fetal • timeline Of takpayete
lie 1947 Was $5,551 m1Ifliis, The
tti.6ototi of the vetickie isidtekete
inelleititted Was' as f011oWs:
In millions
Under 1800 • $24
$800 to $1,000 $163.5
$1,000 to $2,000 • $1,577.0
$2,000 to $3,000 $1,869.2.
$3,000 to $5,000 $824.0
$5,000 to $10,000 $516.0,
$10,000 to $20,000 $294.90
$20,000 to $25,000 $56.2!
$25,000 to $50,000
$50.000 to $100,000- $43.0'
/ Over $100,000 $22.5;
These%guree reveal clearly„fiow
the bulk of the nation's taxable -in-
come goes to the smaller brackets -
Thus of the total taxpayers, income
of $5,581 millions in 1947 the sum
of $1;765.1 millions went to persons
receiving under $2,000 a year; $3,-
634.3 millions went to those 're-
ceiving less than $3,000; $4,558.3.
millions to those receiving less
than $5,000; and $5,074.9 millions
to those receiving less than $10,-
000. •
This left only $506.1 millions in
the•brackets above $10,000 a year;
$158 millions ink the brackets above
$25,000; $68.5 millions in, the brack-
ets above- $50,000; and $22.5 mil-
lions in the brackets above $100,-
000.
'Breaking down these fighres
again with a' few samples from var-
ious bratkets, the Government
finds that of'2,366,456 taxpayers in
1947, 32,160 had incomes under
$800; 213,160 under $1,000; 1,251,-
560 under $2,000; 2,025,340 under
$3,000. Hence only 341,116 had in-
comes over $3,000; • 104,316 over
$5,000; 28,126 over $10,000;, 6,076
over $20,000; • 3,559 over $25,000;
787 over $50,000; - and 139 over
e100,000.
Thus the high income area
which the Government can tap for
Income is extremely Small and al-
ready has. been heavily tapped. 'For
example the incomes above $10,000
totalled $509.1 millions' and of this
the Government, in 1947, took
$174.20millionS in tastes. (The col-
lections ofslater years will reflect,
the 1949 tax reduetions, in these -
brackets and still More in the
lower brackets, • many of which
have been. exempted altogether).
The Goverement'e eXperte have'
also studied the average income of
taxpayers in various occupations.
Mention was made of Some of these •
in a 'recent artiele but only briefly,
and a more detailed table may be
of interest:
Oeoupation Average incora
Lifryere ' ..........$7,822
IdontorS $7,666e
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