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Page Two Barrie. Ear] Rowe, member for South} Simcoe in the Le::'is1:1tL11'e, was one of the two C0nse1'\'3ti\'e members. who Voted for the amendment con-H demning the 4.4 beer. In voting; as` he did Mr. Rowe acted in accord-I ance with the voice of the majority; of the people who elected him, and: he is to be commended on the st-andi he tcck. > ` An objection to the bithulitic top - on the street paving done in Barrie last year is that it takes an expert`\ to do any repairing, thus making` it. rather expensive. A cement top, properly laid, gives entire satisfac- tion, is cheaper and repairs can be made by any ordinary workman. It might be well for the council to consider this in awarding future con- tracts. ' THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925 Accordinsz to the Packet, Mayoi-_ McLean has been preparing` Orillians for an increase in the tax rate this} year. It is understood that an in- crease of two mills is in pro:~:pect, which will mean a gross rate of 48 mills for Orillia. Barrie town fathers, we understand, are making an effort to keep at last year s tax rate for 1025. Estimates will have to be cut to the bone if this is ac- com.pli; but we believe it to be good policy to keep the taxes from increasing. ' -e l The Collingwood Bulletin draws attention to a practice that is all too common, that of inviting a promin- ent speaker to a gathering and then not giving him a chance to speak till people -are ready to go home. We invariably nd it that there are a half dozen or more local speakers who say practically the same thing on the first part of the programme at advertised gatherings. The main speaker comes in at the tail end, when people are wearied and feel like going home. This does not give the speaker a chance to do jus- tice to his subject, and his audience as a rule are disappointed. A little forethought and common sense on the part of those responsible for the programme would be in the best in- terests of all concerned. It would seem that altogether too much publicity is given to the :beer question. It is good a(lve1'tising` for the vendors of the beer `all right, but not in the best interests of the temperance cause. When every one is talkinp: beer and intoxicants it is but natural that the desire -to try these should be increased, and the more restrictions that are put in the way, the stronger the desire to get them. If the people of Ontario, or any other Frovince, are to become a temperance people it will not be by telling; them that they cannot have intoxicants, but rather by educating them to realize that they are better without intoxicants. Legislation can only [:0 so far; public sympathy must be behind legislation before it can be effective, and those in charge of ad- :ministe1'in_-.5 the law must be held in Tuesday next is St. Patrick s day. FEATURES OF 1924-25 BUDGET AS PRESENTED BY TREASURER 1. $4,500,000 new revenue ex- pected for current year-in the gas tax $2,200,000, and beer tax, $2,- f\f\ -van v.pu,uvv,vuv, uunu -.n.\.; van, 9-... I 300,000. 2. `Provincial (tax on pool rooms, amounting mo $100,000, imposed by Drury, rcbated by municipa-lities. 9 D.\.......... 4'-.. ....u..m...+ `man Al: h*N95**v."."P""r*\ .LJLuL_v, Lu-2a.u;u u_y' AAL\,xA1;\.LL.'(A1LLx\,.:a 3. Revenue for current year, 46 millions; expenditures 49 millions, net decit to be therefore only three millions. Decirt for budget year just closed its eight -and a half million. ns_,L2.___ _(_-.._.`l .1... .L'.... ........ 1-. llll'lllUll. 4. Sinking fund plan for care of provincial debt, Ito ebe effec:tive at end `of October this year, is being worked out now. r I ! L ,1 L:_.L___.... .........t......4-2,-. per Hulk: Curl. U1 ovwu ram. ycax. 6. Province relieves municipal taxation by spending $25,000,000 on municipalities. n n......:..r,. :..+m-n=+ km 1-.m+ vmw WU1l\t:lI ULNI; Hunt. 5. Cost of highway <:on's*truction per mile cut in fowo 1a$-It year. Q `Du.-un'v-unn vonvtn-E ,'l`Y1I1'r1i(`inn:1 lllulllljljjallvlliau 7.. Ontario s interest bill last year was $16,000,000. 8. Roads: cost 94 millions in ltlie last six years, and only 25 millions before fcha-t. r. H..- 1-....,1n.1 L1`I\1'\x+ 1'c 9995- i 11. T:he1'e were 50 new audits last year, and the `audit of all receipts has speeded up collections. 12. People of Ontario said =to en- joy many taxation privileges other provinces have not. 19 1v`I+n1'(\C.l` nn farm loans rc- per cent. . 14. Only one-third of or(li1m1;v`I Icxpenditure is contro-llable. 15. Success claimed in oating long` and short term -loans, lone-yea)` t1'0asu1'_\' bills sold to cost province 13.86 per cent. per annum. -1r` Innnnnxxlnc n'nr-lhml 5`:1\'lhE Of . hoax. u. $41,000,000. 1 1 '1h nI'n !pl`0V1l1Cca' navu nu. 13. Intc1'es-t on farm duced from six to ve and a half cent. 1 1.4 f\n1\' rmn.+hh~1 of ordina1'_v. 5.6!) 1301' CUHL. pcx cluuunu. 16. Economics e'ected $48,000 in ad\'c-1'ti. p1`intin_2' and st:LtioI1e1`y an nnnm-Hnn incrozlset l 1*.` (Founded 1851) I -ublidhed every Thursday mm'n- ing at the oice, 123 Dunrl-op Stt., Barrie. Subscription $1.50 per year in Canada and Great Britain, $2.00 in United States. Subscriptions payable in advance. Advertising rates on application. Morrison & McKenzie, Publishers. I 16. Lcononncs eueuwu .-a...;. 'VA `$48,000 costs and 1p1'intin_Q` $132,000. iCzu'efL1l collection increased revenuei `over $6,430,000 and all departinents. I I J reulucc- expenditures. 1'7. Abnormal expenditures. in- crease difiiculty of decit re(luction. 18. Over 174 millions :of pro- vincial debt is invested in realizable `land income-producing assets. I 1.`). Capital expenditure decreased `lover $7,600,000; capital revenue in- lcreased over $5,000,000. 20. New statistical, actuarial and exchange bi`anch being inaug- r urated in Treasury Department. A1- "so new ling system. -* H4 1?-..1.v I-`n-.n~n.-.n1 :ai*n+n.\`\1(1h:+ |+n I150 new Juxug `:_y=u;.... 21. Early nancial xstatemenrt :to .be continued next year. nn \Y..... .....-.+.m11nv n+' o-vnnf ac- IDC c0m,1nux:u nl:.u. gun. 22. New controller of 3.-'1`eat as- sistance and Public Accounts volume further improved; cut down to save $10,000 in prin-ting, clearer and more comlcnsed balance sheets and each newspaper in province provided with copy. John Hopkins, whose fortune created the Baltimore University which bears his name, sometimes re- fused loans to men who could offer excellent security and loaned money to others who had no nancial stand- in,9;. Yet in spite of this seemingly eccentric course, his loans were al- ways paid, indicating that his course was not in reality capricious, `but was due to an intuitive knowledge of A 4- A4` '1: Ylnnlrinc of `(lue LU an luuuluvx; \1IvvvAu\nhy \.IA. Imen. A cousin of Mr. Hopkins at one time asked him how it happened that he so xseldom was mistaken, and in a recent issue of Co1lier s he tells the ;z'1*ea.t nancier s reply. ... ,,, ____.,I_ ..L&,` I never pay much attention to a man's assets, said Mr. Hopkins. I always try to know what a man is worth, but that does not determine my judgment. I must know about` the man. If I nd a man does not live cleanly I will not lend to him. If I nd out he has ever lied I will not lend to him. If he .ha.s a repu- tation for sharp practice, in the be- lief that business is business, I will not lend to him. If I nd, `however, that he `leads a `good life, is truth- ful and fair in his dealings, then I will usually lend, regardless of as- sets, and I scarcely ever have a note unpaid. It will be paid with interest at the end. The important asset is character, for that grows in -strength, while capital is sometimes lost. That judgment -of a successful man is Worth the consideration of all young people. The important asset is character. Some young men are embittered by the realization that they cannot start life with the ad- vantae'e of an inherited capital, that they must begin at the bottom of the ladder. But the money which is inherited is a poor thing` compared with the character which is achieved. Before proili1.:'acy and folly, many a fortune melts away like snowakes in the sun. Character is an import- ant asset, not only in business, but in all the relations of life. The young man with a clean record, with a reputation for truth aml upright- HCF6 to back up his ability, has no need to envy any one.---Young: 1.\.. Hr CHARACTER AS AN ASSET `MONTHLY LETTER `Issuer: BY CANADIAN BANK 01-` commence Business condi- t.i~ons during Febru- ary differed little from those of the previous month. The prices of farm s-u..nAnnA-n 1' n.-nu.-nu-.1 I-unuynunr Lnwun v Av uu lllnlllvllo ducts in . O`l"Y1D O... ;.~.u\. yn. A\ 1'21, hmvever, have vu xu. :.u-A... __J l !:l ._ 11:. 5`..;;'..L:.;, _-r.--.\...--...;, .--.u~.'. continued to advance, and a num- ber of unusually Large orders for Canadian our have been received from Europe, which serves to em- phasize the low level of food stocks on that continent. Particularly heartening to agriculturists has been the advance in the prices of hogs, mea-ts, leather and cheese. The turning point in wool [production al- so appears to have been reached; the number -of -sheep and lambs in Canada fell from 3,675,000 in 1921 to 2,685,000 in 1924, but more have been wintered this season than last, and it is therefore expected that the wool clip in 1925 wll be larger than that of a year ago. V1"...-. nnnnn ...-.1 Luqe-want. lanc` 1nnA- 1-n. Luau `U1. a ycan. ugu. Thar. general busness has not re- ceded is evidenced by the fact that car loatlings continue to be equal to those of twelve months ago, although the grain crop is so much less in volume. In indusitrial districts of the Dominion there have been fewer complaints of unemployment during February. It may also be noted that permits for building` construction is- sued during January exceeded by 22 per -cent. those of January, 1924. It cannot be s=aid, however, that indus- try has yet responded to the im- proved agricultural conditions. The people of the Dominion -are at present inclined to conserve their resources, and the nancial statements being submitted to various provincial `legislatures and those reported by municipal organizations througihout the Dominion would also ind-icate -an appreciable effort to keep expenses lwell within revenues. Even with the unsettled conditions p1'e\ ;1ilii15r in Europe our exports to that part of the world are steadily increasingr. The purchases of Can- adian products by nine of our chief European customers, other than the United liingdom, totalled $97,934,379 for the calendar year endin_e' Decem- ber last, as compared with $87,006,- -164 in 1923, and $(55,bG9,398 in 1922. It would rthus appear that despite the restrictions placed on trade by post-war readjustments, the nature of our surplus products is such as to ensure a steady, market. Any further advance, therefore, to- wards the payment of the inter- allied war debts and the settlement of problems arising out of the col- lection and application of reparation payments by Germany, may be re- garded as otl`erin_Lf us an opportunity for still further extending our trade with Continental Europe. The Agrricultural Situation Farmers in Canada as a Whole, and more particularly in the Province of Ontario and those parts of -the West in which fairly good crops have been harvested, are very much better off to-(lay than in any other of the past three years. At the same time it can hardly be expected that this will re- 1' sult in a period of business activity such as might reasonably have been looked for if the past year had been - an -4: m-..-..1 1I\r'n7\ IUUKUII LU]. u LIIl.' pan _y\.uL nun vuunn one of a `succession of good crop years accompanied by fairly high prices. Most of `the surplus of the present year will, in fact, be absorb- ed, not in fresh rpurohases, but in paying` off liabilities irfcurred in previous lean years. At least two more seasons equal to Ithe past will be necessary to `put agriculture real- ly on its feet. f1"l.,. 4`.u.An-nnn- anrnrnnvi-rnc nnnnv_ n_y un Au.) J.\.\.v- The foregoing` summarizes accur- ately the general position _-of the farmers as seen by nancial and com- mercial interests, and as it is voiced by one of the accepted spokesmen of the farming` world it is `of par- ticular interest. Any improvement in general business that is so :far noticeable is attributed `popularly to higher prices for grain, but there are other factors, chief among; which is the adoption of better and more varied methods of ufarming, and the result is reflected in larger exports of miscellaneous farm products. Live Stock and Animal Products An interesting` point with regard to the present price of registered animals was brought out at one of the live stock conventions `held dur- ing February. A year -ago, one breeder of national reputation said at this convention, a bull was with- drawn from sale at $90; last spring that same -byll fetched at the same place $330. That, perhaps, was a little out of the ordinary, but it at least justies the belief that the turn has come from a period of two or three years during: which prices have not been good. It is reassuring to nd so hopeful a view taken by a leader in the live stock industry. rnI., ....I.... -4` . . M ..1.. .....l H...:.. luauuu in nu. um. own. AA|\ruuvL_y- The value of animals and their products exported during 1924 was $153,213,086, as compared with $136,858,250 for the previous year. 1.. H101 ....,......l:n..- +n Han nr)`nn]-1.. .p;ou,ouo,auu nu mu; llL\;vAuun _y\;u.A. In 1921, according to the calcula- tions of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, tho `prions of livc-. stock 111'` I ` v` Trade with Continental Europe The Northern Advance 1-\rt.hu1' Ostramler, writing in the` Detroit News, says: .... . - .. - I Skirts above the knees are now worn by the fashionable set-just plain kilties. _,e, _, ,,_ The size of the fire lias nothing` to do with the starting condition, as they all start slowly and increase as they are fed. The re of alcoholism is started in the same way, from easy beginnings such as beer and light wines. A glass of beer or light wine, accompanied by the words of a moderate drinker, that there is no harm in a glass of beer or wine as the match, oil and kin wood that starts the fire of alcoholism that only a miracle will stop short of the drunkard s grave. Why do the bootleggers want beer to be ex- empted ? Because beer is their bait for trapping the young and inexper- ienced, and so they can get life-long` customers out of our boys and girls, and you, moderate drinker, are help- ing thcm when you say that there is no harm in a glass of beer or light It ought not to be necessary in this day and generation to argue on the value of prohibition, and yet it is. It is needful to do so in order that the younger _g'ene1'a Lion may ap- preciate the privileges that rtvhey en- joy to-day. My boy has never seen I 1 a bar room, and it is a real task for l me to explain to him what it was and to picture the condition it created in the community. He has no background adequately to grasp my explanation. Yet we must teach our `boys and girls the evils `of alco- hol, _the evil that it creates for the individual `physically, and the evil it creates in the community, whether it is sold in the old way in hotel and ' bar room, or from Government dis- pensaries. ` active, -For the liquor forces are whether the temperance forces are or not. Coroner Robert Patton says that! Philadelphia is in the throes of a. bootleg orgy that is costing` an aver- age of twelve deaths every twenty- four hours. The Coroner of Phila- delphia has laid the situation before Mayor Kendrick, and sugrestell rthat something he done immediately `to stem the tide of lawlessness. The rA-~A- ----- L -..2|I .\..L ...4.........LI. auulu uux: -wuu v4 1v\VvA\.uuAA\.ou- &AA\4 coroner `says he will act promptly to bring to justice millionaire boot- leg';z'ers as well as mhose of more humble station, whom he accused of peddling` the liquid cleath. _ i cf 1913, but since that date there has been a general decline. In 1922 "prices approximated those of 1913, and in 1923 and 1924 wont even lower. With the exception of hides, however, the prices of animal pr.- zlucbs have since ' 1921 remained steadily above the level of 1913. In January, meats and poultry prices were 31.2 per cent. above that level, and milk and its products 39.2 per ` PHILADELPHIA Beer and Wine BOOTLEGGERS To Merchapts and Salesman 211 wou1dn l: slam the door in their Faces I There are now six vacancies in the Senate and Premier King` is not so insistent on Senate reform. EACH NEW SUBSCRIBER ADDS TO THE VALUE OF YOUR TELEPHONE Every business has two doors, the street door and the tele- phone door. Those people Who are prevented from Visiting your store -- are you making it easy for them to buy from you by telephone? Many of them would like to. Would a polite, intelligent, cheerful voice answer their ring? Would the experience be such a pleasant one that they would Wish to repeat it? We have helped many stores to successfully organize their tele- phone departments for such trade. It would be a pleasure to help you. Loss $2,000,000 to Ontario Farmers in 1924 I Barn res, according -to Fire )I:u'- lshal Heaton, are very 1a1'_9;e1_\' scal- sonal. A~1thoug'h the number fluctu- ate in every month throu:.;`hou'L t1.c year, the fluctuation is no haphazard I111 corresponding months in L].i.('T('l'C`1]t_ ..n...... um :.1,.........m. ~nn\\'\.~u:n W,"-.m-1.-.1 l K 111 l:U.l.Ll.'bj_1UxllIIl|5 Juuuuna Au \..I:1( .L\. uu years the increases rc-nlain runark-l ably constant. June, he told the an- nual convention of the Mutual Fire Underwriters Association of Ontario` in the course of an address, was in- variably a bad month. H2 attri- buterl -the fact that during June the hay was i'1`equcnt1_V St01`(`(1 in the barns in a `damp condition. Spon- taneous combustion resulturl and both `barn and hay were 'Iestroyed. ..- I\ . . .. . . 1 `I vr In Ont-a.rio, declared Mr. Heep` ton, there are 8,]')p1'0Xi1'ni1`[r .`1_V 18:3,- 000 barns. I have travelietl in every province of the dominion and most of the states of .the union and I know of no district where the value- of the farmers barns appi-oximatosl the value of the barns in Onimrio. Each year mhey are becoming more\ valuable and each year the problem of safog-11ar khem from re be- comes i11c1'e21si11giy importa-it. Live to-day! Get shine, the happiness, better viewpoint that for you. E No Longer Necessary to Dose Chil- ` dren With Internal Medicines Io R..--1. 0-1.1. I SEOITIEICDS. I E H At therstsign of croup, sore throat, or any other cold trouble, apply Vicks i freely. There is nothing to swallow- you just rub it on. Mothers Treat Colds The New Direct Way I V '-`uijIVfT Ours; I7 Muuow Jam` (I550 YEARLY Funny how so many strong tem- perance men know that 4.4 beer is intoxicating. For ourselves, we couldn t say. BARN FIRES ARE COSTLY HIDES WANTED! We will pay the following prices- Green Hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cured Hides . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Calf Hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kip Hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1i BARRIE TANNING CO. m Internal Med] Break Colds. tions are easily up- set by too much dosing. Vicks VapoRub being ex- ternally applied, does not upset little stomachs. A I fhn F"-cf c:rrr\ nf Chi1dren s diges- ' Y 4` 1'0 `u`. S J33` all the sun-X the `broader, to-day holds A farmer brought a load of wheat to, town the other day, 65 bushels, and he received a cheque for 3115. There's money in farming now, if you huve the `wheat. Manager Smith Kain The Harness Man ]ALL KINDS 015' HEAVY 1AND LIGHT HARNESS 1 Blankets and Robes All Kinds of Rep-ai1'i11g Done `Barrie - Marble - Works THURSDAY, MARQH 12, 1925` l 129 Dunlop St. e. G.SMlTH& co. | Memorial Tablets Corner Stones Markers Monuments I Canadian & Scotch Granite- PRICES REDUCED JOHN F. MURPHY, Prop. Telephone 734 79 Bayeld St. .- E Mofor Ambulance in Connection Open day am; night. Morgue and Chapel in connection. Established 1869 Orillia ncwsboys now have to wear! badges, as they have `been causing too much of an uproar. Oriliia al- ways was pretty noisy, but why single out the newsboys ? I Phone 82 Open Day and Night 47 Elizabeth St. Phon P. c. LLOYD Full Line of Travelling Goods F`UNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER FUNERAL DIRECTORS .....10c1b. .11c to 11-go ..14c lb. ..11c to 12c Barrie. Ont. Phone 2 I 8. Barrie. The divo_r_ce ratio has doubled in the last two years, according" to the! U.S. Census Bureau, and this has led to a prominent woman asking if husbands and wives are bcconrl ing more wicked, more found out-1 . I . 01' just more bored.