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Established 1864. `A weekly newpb ph;`devoted to the interests of the "rnwn of Barrie anl `fhe surrounding country, issued m the Post Office Square, Barrie. every Thursday. by J. A. MacLuren (editor) and W. C-. Wa-ll`s t`-mam-i-ger}, mvncrs and publishers. The Barrie Examiner is a ` member of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Asso- ciation and of Class A Weeklies. nr vhl3tV`D1D'1"Y(`\?d DA'r'1:`.Q (`t`nE. I01` SIILS. Mr. Hambleton is of the opinion that this your the Ontario tourist traffic will shatter all prcvious records. Enquiries for prospective U mtcd States tourists to his bureau were up 300 per cent. in January alone. \I7hnf {n nan-in rlnl.no- tn mxntnrp :1 lamer JUU DCI` CGIIL. In .)Luuuu_y LLALHAC. What is Barrie doing to capture a larger slx-are of this found" money from the tourist buslness? It would be a good idea for the Town Council to call a meeting of business mm to discuss the mat.t,er with them. The Board of Works and Town Engineer} are to be complinwxxted upon the effective use 01 the new grader to clear the main streets I 01 snow. making" them in excellent condition ; 101` xnoto1'mg;. l Smut` of the language being usvd in the On- ` tnrm Legislature this session does not elevat.` . Ih.\.t.bo in the esthnation of the publiv. 1 I A Midlzmd dispatch t.o the Toronto Star told `1 of mbbit hunters roam-mg` from Midlancl Loi Emsdale. Jack rabbits travel fast and far but nppurvntly they have nothing on the Midland 5 t hu11t.ers. ~| 1 US. Takes Lead in Peace Plans". says :1 [ ho`adi:1g' in an American newspaper. Else--i xx-11-cx'c in the same publication it is stated? 1 `.4 . ":1 fawornblo report on the 1`ec0x`d-bx'eak~ mg: S5-13.341000 War Department uppr0pria- ; Man was read in the House". 1:: this Uncke ` Sam's idea of Peace? Old Dobbin. bravely bucking the huge drifts of snow as he provides the only avail- able means oi` transportation, has come into his own again this winter with a vengeance. The use of sieighs and cutters is more "general than for many years on account of the sever- ity of the season and the vast amount or "the beautiful" which has fallen. Despite the on- rush of the automobile. the horse and cutter still have their distinctive place in the scheme of things. ' Canada's great neighbor, the United States, 1 is rapidly growing in population. The official count taken at the middle of the year 1935 according to the estimates of the census bur- eau was 127,521,000. This is a gain of four per bent. from 1930 when the last actual census Luck of water is complained of in many M .-:m-t.io;1s. This won't be the case when the pre- wnl. uccumulaxtioll of snow gets nicely st.m`t.ed Q ::rm`ltTmg`. ` THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936 Clilllull ullu Ul \..Au.3n (L vv\.\.u.u,.w. SUBSCRIPTION RATES /\n,vwhere In Canada. $2.00 :1 year; in United States, $2.50 a year, payable in advance. Single copies, 5 cents. "Subscribers wishing to discontinue paper at expira- (inn or period paid for are expected to notify this of- fice before time of expiry. ,, * THE - BARRIEH-=E-XAMIINER THE TOURIST BUSINESS _-:r< EDI"E0lAL NOTES EDITORIAL was taken. If this increase be continued the nation's population will be a round 132,000,000 in I940. With Canada, Mexico and the Central America republics the population of North America must be considerably above 150,000.- 000. l A motion was passed at the mectinp; of the Town Council, Monday night. that an e1`1`m't be made to get an agreement with the hospit- al whereby some control might be exercised over the admission of indigent patients. For I the information of the Council it should be stated" that no patient, is admitted to the Roy- al Victoria Hospital without :1. do(:tr.n"x order. except in cases of om(:1'gency when they may be taken in upon the authority of tho Su1)m'- } intendent. The ho:~'.pita1 cmmot refuse to ml~- mit :1 putic-nt, except in v:1sr> oi` mmitnl or I oommunittnblo (li: In la1'ge,letters on its front; page`! 1,110 l`1-no Press last week proclaimed l\/Iicllzmcl II`-il`!,l1 Wealth-iest, Town in Ont.ru`io Province". Tho Free Press in the smno a1'Li(:lo, :`1l:;o st,:1l,ml that Midland stands twelfth in tax (-,o1lvc~ tions. E1SeWh(.`1`(* in the sonic iSSll(` was :1 statement`. showing that; Mi(llz1nd`s I'(`1ir*f penditures for 1936 are cstinmtvcl at :;sl8()_ll()(l. , of which Midland will pay only $2r;_()()() ls~;s.s' than 15 per cent. Those two it,mn:s, 1'ullowin(.'_` what has alre-.1dy :11)pe:11'0cl 1'og':u' Mid-~ land s position with 1`(>.s1)(~>('.t . to its do not help the outside public In nmlm'.~4I.:'n,n<! M the Midland situation. The South Simeon W0mc`n`s linsLil,uL<~s nrv planning to have every n1ombm' hm1uI.il'y 1.hr: entrance to the farm or other pmpm-Ly, by planting hollylmcks. l.`lw:s<: u1(l-l':1:~;l1in1nnl flowers. with their bright and v:uwd (`,<)l()x`.~`., make 21 gay mowing". They are <~:1:;ily grown and when once vstublislmecl l,l1m`o is lit.Ll<`- (iil'~ ficulty in maintaining bloom yvur :Ll't,m` your. In town there are, no doubt, gurclons whoa`: there is :1 superl`I11iLy of h01lyhn(-.k s9u(llim2:r;. ` Where there are such plant,:; to sp:1r<`, pusxinv; them along to mombors of tho W(')mvn'.<. Tn- stitutes would be an :1p1'ociz1l,o(1 um 1,0 t/11f:_ very commendable movement. ' It is admitted that Ald. H. J. Riielizinaiii gave a very thorough direction to the (list,1'l- i I bution of relief in Barrie last year. He gave ' quite as much time to the work as will be ex- pected of the relief officer recently :ippoin:~~ ed., yet all he received was the cost of pgas _ for his car. no other allowance even lieine; made for its upkeep. It does not seem fair that his painstaking discharge of the arduous duties connected with relief administr-ati i has not been recognized by at least :1 nin(1e1'- | ate grant. The Council should give this mat- l ter further consideration, and we feel sure` the citizens will approve of a sum being` voted I to Mr. Buchanan. ` An unusual news item appeared in 1.11:` dailies some days ago uncle!` a I itt.sbur_i: (latc-- line. It was this: More than 5000 miners laid aside their picks Saturday, declining" to take advantage of union permission to work an ex- tra day in a step to combat coal ShOl`LfI_L`,`O.\'. A spokesman i_`_o3;mthe llli1lG1`,S:'S`thi(l2 `We want more men put tovqonk instcagi of more work- ingmdays for those al1`eacIL.o'n the pay roll?` While the available Supply of skilled labor in many cases might not permit taking on tine necessary extra hands for such sliarinp; of the Work. the minors` plan could probably be put ; into effect to an extent that would help out 1 the unemployment situation considerably. WOULD EASE THE TAX BURDEN The Water, Light and Gas Commission has reduced the hydrant rental charged to the Town to $25 per hydrant. This is a step in the right direction but it is quite inade- quate as the deduction is less than ten per cent. of the net profits made by the Water- works Dept. in 1935. The original debentures ' for the construction of the plant, which i'orm- ed the basis for the rentals, have long since been paid off and the rental should be cut to little more than the cost of maintenance. In ~ fact it could be wiped out altogether and ; the Department still show a handsome profit. ;as the receipts from hydrants last year were less than 409? of the net profits. As the Com- A mission has been so niggardly with respect to tho. hydrant rentals, it is not unlikely that the '_`().'ouncil will make a demand upon the Com- mission for the 1935 profits, as it is entitled .'.to do under the Public Utilities Act. In these jdays of high tax rates and of tax collecting \ difficulties, the citizens are justified in look- ing; to the Commission to give to the Council i`ull cooperation towards easing` the tax bur- den. There is ample profit in the Waterworks Dept. to furnish the Town with funds equal to two mills on the tax rate and still leave the Department a working balance. l ` There is under contemplation in British 1` Columbia. according` to the Duncan Loader, :1 l provincial tax on retail sales. If the tax is to be two per cent., as in the Slaate of Washing- ton. the Leader says it would take $.24 from a family of four. Add to this the Dominion sales tax of six per cent. and the total for this type of tax alone would be $75 for an average l`am- ily. This move in British Columbia is but an- other example of how new methods are being; sought for extracting from the lone` sul'i`erlng' taxpayer sufficient funds to meet the encr- mous cost of government. What members ml` our governing bodies should be (l`.\'()fll'f, ,' themselves to is not devising new taxes but to studying how government costs can be out to the bone, thereby making` new taxes lll'l'.ll`('(`>. ; sary. 1 (`I I15 1HuL'LHL'uIu:> highways. This is floating debt to be paymont of $51578 .`\ppan:n(1_\' last ycm vial hi1!h\\'a_\' debt :1 total of $67569. A I the road upprnpria general levy. makir a correct anal_v; 0 4:.nnn~. qrn 1`nn \~:zn\4 unxaus ulu uw .\uII|L' .1.` mm _`\\u. .. _ , the County Council is 'uud;=v1in;' for :1 deficit hf armlnd 75.000. 01' the same as last yum`. Smm` members` wanted to add :1 mill to the run` and clean up :1 1:u'_L t` part of the deficit. But on the whv.-Io there npnenmod to be an attitude of casualncss tow:u'd:; the whole sub- ject. What the members wanted \v:\.~: :1 rate no high- er than last year's. Whether it would nwet the Coun- ty's obligations or not was a matter of soc-0ndur_v in- terest. ommdms or OTHERS (`Ol'\'TY'.\` Fl\ \\'(`l-'..\' IKVIL {ll \Il\|l(|I\- 1 d . ., rmo pea The gt an 1:111:10 mere C he itentir no ` ` .90! M Cor sec-0ndLn'v much I * mg It I world. Onxvn, Fob1`nnr_v If} -'I`ho House uf (`omnmns xvzush`-(I tho bvtter pair! bf 11 wock on puliticnl m'nlm'y. but thew` \\`m'o throo or four b1'ip;l1t put- ,.|.m- :n :4 Thu u-ncnnnui|\H\' o'm~ (U'i|\V IKTI` ll'(Yl}l UH. I:l|Jl' which it did. It would. perhaps be tun much 10 human nature that mcmh ;:.'11hr~r in11'01h(`l` ul`tr.-1' :1 h( vh'('1i withnut fighiimg Hm l)nHlo.< over mzuin or ..l' H. XI...-n "l`\-\..un n-1 ,$u1u 1);) `board 1 ` 121?! mi can nnu-i `nmlmg puL)nc:umns H: rlnvw nu v .C:1n:1d:a's chief cu.~`tmnors wcrml ;plL-asod whh the change of policy `.The ;.'m'emmcnt did not intend to ipush Canadian wheat on the market at fire-.=:1le prices. but they did in- ltond to continue to offer it freely competitive levels. getting as` lmuch for it as they could. but keep-1 ing it moving on the markets of the `world. There is to be a parliamen-| lulu 1. uu -v-u - The tourist industry is one of Canada's, and certainly one oi Ontario's, greatest indus- tries. Situated on the direct north-south route of automobile travel from the United States border to the land of lakes and rivers and the quintuplets. Barrie is very keenly interested in the comings and goings of our friends from Uncle Sam's domain. 7.- 1A0: .1... .....m1..m- Mr fnrnidn r-nrv: mwmring` uh nu Wheat Chargns ese Charges M r. rm. .`...~.\.....o hna THE BARRIE EXAMINER. BARRIE. 0N'i., CANADA I. h(` Said. In I) VVL l;`KS Hwy n11 | 65'-; million bushels: and the 1 they replaced had sold m!_v nimuns in a c0n. long- -riod. Ho quoted from British ur nnhlir-nnnt tn ShL)W h()\Vl ' Ll1I'('(` U1` IUU` . Tho I'(`.\`.])() nf 1)m'l_v fovl r`1l\' nn HIF` < `.<(`nI l)0aI'(1 \vz1s >(fXl `aid. In 6 weeks they ...;n:.\... 1\u1ck()'e' -and ll Ul'ilU|l'_V. Ulll mr pun.~:ibi1ity fur .nHn:r lune! ht- Ansxvorod Euler ansv . .1 117-11` cal UIH. HI L'U\Il.`*{'. 1 expect of (-mh:`1':: should hotly fought ling :1 f(`\V nf I` ..y. cl". -1....- 1 uzllcn I.ib(=.ru .1! 4`! um; :1 urw n 1 on the flm. > <-:1r'n0s1 n(-v ~i of lh("I'Im1.<' th<- g'(*nv:`:- .... -u rvmllxn U1'1CiC tsarn`s uumum. In 1935. the number of foreign cars entering: the Dominion was 3,605,086, as compared with 3,261,848 in 1934, an increase of 343,238, or nearly ten per cent, according to a statement announced by the Department of National Revenue at Ottawa. Ontario alone admitted 2,374,517 tourists, 757,450 entering through Fort Erie, 731,491 through Windsor, and 622,- 623 through Niagara Falls. A,.,.,....n.... om mm: um-nhlotnn director of J, Hlll.\l Ul mlziors of fur <>vu1' (-nlnlod `.0 `ml ranks. F 1-nan -n ci1rii'gcs. ; The main oslirnziles were lnhlirrl` (li:rin1.{ lhv wi-ck. 'I`hL-y show an up-f. pzironl F(l\'ll`l].;' of about $l2.()()().()()0 .i.=. cmnp:Ii'e(l with Ins! y<,-:ii".~' l'ii:iir~::. but this will ho l'(`(lllL'l'(l (1 lilllv by the .\'llp])lt`nll'l'llII`_\' v. Th" distiirbing fv.'\1Lii'(-- of the 1-: was the sum now l'(`qllll ('.`(l in meet interest on tho piilnlic (14.-bl. [I went up smother thrvo million (1-;ll:i'.`.~`. .4lui1(ling now zit S140.I535.l)7:, Whit Ml`. Dunnim.: 21('lUJ\ll_\' (lid w:i.< in `l..:. fif'Cnnn m;ii:....g ....o ..r I-nrrn-\li The biggest weekend of the svrzr-s 1, which havv given impetus to winter` ./'.~'p0l'IS in Ontario terminated Sun-1 ' l day night when tho 'I`m~mito special '. [left Huntsville at 7.10 with 500 visit- ) `ors from Toronto and other points in t thoprovince. One accident marred! - the program. Park Patterson. Tor- ,v onto. was rushed to the Western s`Hospital. Toronto. suffering from -isevere injuries resulting from col- e'lision with a tree. He sustained a - fractured skull. X Some Thinkabouts f('>p;;rmIrI) $ H355 l.X'UuL anything. |.lULllJlL'h llkf. w preacher will if nobody tells HHU! him: illl ill).`vH'iH'l and o.\'pt-ndimros` for Jznmury. Thu .'tnluu receipts (!11l`im{ the 1 807.54. :15: (-mnpnrt-d vnnnlc ml Q90 ,"u$".."\ Ni iIl('Hlll 3Ul.n)`f. (I5 l,'lXlH]J-Ill'lI \\'ll|| lHhlJU|hl."i moms of $29.."v85.2(S. ' R(:L-ipis anoxuam s1.mo.43 fur 19:13 I` m:-: .. .514 Im` 11:): :n':`<`:n`s. $17.60?`- ,1.') for 1036 tm<(-:=.. and $1458.81 from Ilhn Ont;1z`ia> (invurnmentl Wt-Il'm'x [)<~p:u'1mm1l. F.xpz~nrli1m'r=s rlurimz 1hr- mrmih inclue-d .`:1.R6R.32 for lmupnmn dun. .`33.176.`.'H for dvhcntnn |(:- rlur-. nrnd '38?) Fur wi-}f:n'n. {HI Ul l'l,`(.'l'l[Jll:| r `.110 month nf` um-nt indi(':11:(-'1' month of >333,- with disbursw E 5 (`Z6 LI`()llgIl J.`uu5zuu ruua. According to Jack I-Iambleton. director the Ontario Tourist Bureau, in ten months oi` 1935 United States tourists spent 21 total 01` $70,000,000 in Ontario, and of this over $52,- 000,000 was spent by tourists travelling in automobiles and therefore not likely to be bound to any set itinerary. A total of 521,000 cars had sixty-day permits, and 626 cars re- mained from sixty days to six months, the 1'osi; remaining for forty-eight hours or less. nn-...a An mm. man:-1'. `Mr 1-Inmhlptnn i`irzur- I Among Comiy Leaders Educafion Week to be K Observed Feb. 23 to 29 THE The Royal Bank has booklets, prepared by competent authorities, on Livestock, Poultry, and Water Systems. Many form:-:-rs have found these booksinteresting and helpful. The Bank will be glad to supply :1 cony of any one of these booklets on rcqur:'.t,f1r:L: of charge. FREE TO ANY FARMER l`lnn'.'d:|y, lv`vbru:v.ry :20, 1936 1'(`{\'Il rernzuulng, lUl' LU1 by '*t:n_5.uo Aluuno u; u...;. I What do they spend? Mr. Hambleton figur- 0:: it out this way: A A0 "\I\\1`1 nnvv in uvnrfh Q0 9?` Q n-dV Car 113 out Lms way. A 48-hour car is worth $9.23; a 60-day car is worth $72; a six-month car is worth $422. 1-1...... An Akncy nnnnrl f".L._.9n T\t-\Y` ('PY\1 . fnl` 1-`? WOYLH $73; a 5lX'l'XlUHhLl an In WU1 uu uyxau. How do they spend it?-~20 per cent. for transportation; 20 per cent. for hotels and camps; 25 per cent. in the stores; 21 per cent. 101' food; 8 per cent. for amusements; 6 per cent. for gifts. 1\.- `nrnhlnfnn ac nf mn nnininn that this Page '.