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1V\.l V1 15.: sn.an.4 a-.-..... `To Place Your Order for a Monument or Memorial Let us get it let- tered and ready for setting early in the spring. A large stock of all kinds of Il'11- ite and marble to choose from. The Simcoe Marble }_/_(_>`1j_l<:s G. W. J. EASTMAN Prop. Phone 277 20 Owen Sfreef LOVVEST PRICES i3Ai1RiE HOW .15.`F%TE!__I`}V'E .. l\IIl `Ill ":q`-:~?Zi`-`.4.-`-5&4. '-`=. ~`~':'.>u'~ - gym:-. ` hnlawJIrJ:Ir.vs-u:r-`.I:wx'lI{I!ll I THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925 On account of the Crown's failurei to establish any ownership of the! mirror found in the }:o.~`.=ession of `Walter Longhurst and Arthur Howell on the night of Tuesduy,i March 3, the cl1arg;ca 3f \"1I:i't against. the two accused was dismissed by P.M. Jeffs in Police Court on Tues- day morning. r~...._;..L.1,. Tn (nan ~n1.l n4` Tnnnl. [lily .lllU1'lllHLL. Constable Jas. Case told of meet- ing Howell and Longhurst on E1i7.a- > both St. about 1 a.m. March 4. No- lticinfr that Howell was concealing` something` under his coat he accosted them and produced the mirror .11 question. Both alleged they had been working at the Opera House for the Black-stone Co. and hzul taken the mirror f"om there. Mr. station, where Chief Stewart, upon] hearing their story, placed them un- der arrest. rru 'L,, __ 1.-.! :..L,......:,\...~.] 41.. `Case then took then. to the pollce l I HUI l11J.'Uhl. ' The witness had interviewed the `Blackstone peoplebbut they had not identied the mirror as theirs. Neither could Mr. .1. Powell, man- ager of the Opera House, identify it as his. ` ` 3 ~~-~--~--u-- 4- ~~L-`Ll!-I-. Gian E15 1115. As it is necessary to establish the! ownership of any object in 21 theft charge, the ca as dismissed. {THE LEGEND OF THx:. IACINTH ; tal wound. _ caused three beautiful and fragrant The wild hyacinth was originally found in Greece and Asia Minor. The ancient Greeks had a story about its origin to the effect that one day the god Apollo was playing a game of quoits with a young: mortal, Hyancinithus, of 10m he was very fond, when Zeph rrus, the god of the west wind, passed by. was jealous of Appollo and blew the latter s quoit aside, and caused it to strike Hyacinuthus and inflict a mor- In his memory Apollo clustered blossoms the fallen drops L1--.`l to spring" from of the youth's Zephyrus - ux, bioocl. The hyacinth was brought to Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and extensively cultivated by Dutch horticulturalists. The ori- ginal blue and purple blossoms were varied to numerous shades of pink, rose, yellow, sczmleot and pure white. The population of London and suburbs is almost equal to that the whole of Canada. THEFT CHARGE DISMISSED THE TWIN TRUST-BUSTERS WORK plc(lg`es. So the old errib1e dragons are being trotted out again. "I`....,. ,.n~.~..-. YH-snmnla uylnn Ia-nu. `An 411:: ucuns w.uu.w\.u vuv ubuunn True, some Liberals who have no use for shams and fake issues, doubt the wisdom of such manoeuvres.` Liberals responsible for the party's stratep:_v admit that the terrible dragon act is just about worn out, but they think it is good for at least another turn. You can t get it out of their hemls that you can t foo: v 1 R. G. MANUEL 'l`l`I_ ___ _ rvn-1 -Llh \JIa J..-L Mgr. I"11c:;1`ev :2 -.21 Hvon. W. H. Price, K.rC., Provincial Treasurer, delivered his second bud- get speech on Thursday `last, and he gave a clear cut statement of the finances of the Province for the past year. Ordinary receipts amounted I to $40,540,923 and ordinary ex- penditures during the year were $48,866,668, thus showing a decit of $8,325,645. Hope was expressed by the Treasurer that this decit would be cut to $3,000,000 in the present year a.nd that thereafter a balanced budget would be possible. The -Government's controllable ex- penditure was only about $16,000,- 000, or one~third of the total ex- penditure, aml Hon. Price pointed out that to further reduce the debt z-r\.'vV`In hour Of revenue '\\'CIU](l further reduce me new some new source of revenue have to be found. In view of this, two new sources had been contem- lplated. The estimated revenue from the -gasoline tax \\'-as placed at $2,500,000 and the new beverage tax an equal amount. Increase in Revenue The revenue-p1'o depart- ments of the service, the Minister commented, show a very large in- .--n-..:n In Lzmds and F01'est.s the :by $10,984. `the fact -that revenue from O.T..'~\. terest on It over 21 perlou 01 years. Speaking with respect pa1`ticu1m'1y to The Atto1`ney-Gene1`al s Depart- ment, Mr. Price pointed out that revenue had increased b_\',$277,25~'l and that expemlit,u1'e had (l(.`C1`E`Z1.Se(` He called attention to nes had inc1'0use from ;$359,3L15 to S-126,665, and from COl1SCHtf3{l hquor from $71,619 to >310(i,5S)(3. In ot`ne1' wo1`d.<," he saisl, the 1*c\'(,-nuc inc1'ea. 2.3.(3J. pt-r cunt., and tho cost of. 01):1'z1ti0n:~,' (lL`(, 1'L`d$L`(l 1.70 pm ct-nt. 21(i|1i(:\'(`l11(3l1t when one conshlr-x'.< that ;it is the 0.T.:\. which is being: (:11- Iorcc-1]. This 1.-; :1 1't.-n1:u'k:1b1u- of the SC1'VlCC," me .LV1llll5\,i.`J in- crease. In Lands and increase is $1,341,757; in `Public Highways, $972,100; in that of the Provincial Treasurer, $1,966,513. In the other departments the collec- tion of revenue is far more less sub- servient to the service of education, law enforcement, cncouragrcment of minin_e' and fishing`, health and la- bor, a_e:1'icu1tu1`e, and the operation of hospitals and public institutions. Yet in all these latter departments there were remarkable increases in revenue. The effect of this revenue eollection~is that without any new taxation, yet by competent and care- ful collection, the Government has been able to increase it over $6,430,- 000, thereby saving the Province from having this amount added to the public debt and from paying.) in- it period of years.` Qnn-.uL-inrr with l'(`ShP( .t T){l1`tlC1.llZ).1'lS' ! l'J.\. J(_'I|lllLL|l\.} l4\l\V\ '1`urnin5.~' then to the expenditure side of the 1ed:.1'e1`, Mr. Price pointed out that a decrease of $295,750 hnd zbes.-11 achieved, the total having: dropped from $~19,305,~13`.) to $45),- !00S),688. In order to get an idea of what actually has been accom- nalnnzl hn +11:-n ehlfr-1], mm 'h`l1ISt l)l':l`ll 2lClllCV'(.`(l, U10 tUL'd1 nu\'in;_' 009,688. -plished, he then stated, one must divide this expenditure into that af- fecting" the 3.,-'ene1`al (lepartmeiits and that effecting the public debt. When one looks at the expenditure in the various (lepartxnents, excluding: the public debt, we nd that in 1923 We spent $35,322,429 and that in 192-1 we spent $32,692,976, which actual- l_v means a not decrease outside the public debt of $2,629,453. If one had the opnortunity of Luau JG, wu.,y and ......J ...--. But un1`ortunately, Messrs. Mur-`i dock and Preston have a reputation more for talking` about trusts and combines than for killing` them. When the Minister of Labor was a candidate during the last gmieral election he told the most harrowing tales of what these terrible . doing to Canada. Having; been a inember of the Board of Commerce, which was supposed to inquire into such matters, the electors thought he knew what he was talking about, and a they expected action as soon the Liberals got into office. 1.. 1000 \XI '1` D 79-ncfnn nrr-fr-ml-n `public debt of 2$Z,b'.U,4:)i5. If one opportunity leaving; the matter here and adding to it the di'erence in discount upon continued, the actual decrease would have `amounted to $2,958,635. H('1'C, however, the uncontrollable factor comes in, because in 1923 the interest on the public debt amounted Ito $13,510,708, while in 1924 it stood at $16,173,592. We, therefore, paid in interest in 1924 -$2,662,884 more than in 1923. This item, which had been caused by the interest on the money spent in 1923 and more particularly by the $40,000,000 loan which had to be placed when the Government came into power, al- ' most wiped out all the improvement that the cutting down of expendi- tures in every depantment has shown. T+ uvnq nnfnlxln unn M1` pl-inn loans, amounting to $329,181, he. . the `should not be allowed to suffer be- shown." _ It was notable, Hon. Mr. Price pointed out, that every department \\hich showed an increase had some important reason for that increase. In the Health Department there was the free distribution of insulin, in the Auditor s there was the more careful check which was being placed upon the Province s receipts and disbursements; and in the Agricultural rthere was the with- drawal of the $300,000 subsidy by the Dominion Government, which had been made good by the Province in belief that its agricultural schools, courses and other services cause of Ottawa's neglect. Policy of Economy The various departments were then reviewed separately by the Treasurer in order that their show- ing; might be explained more in de- tail. As illustrating the g'cI=eral policy of economy which the Ad- ministration had caused to pervade the service, and Which had resulted in a saving that -was large in the aggregate, he cited the case of his secretary, Mr. George Jones, by carefully checking; the incidental expenditures of his department had saved the sum of $7,837 durin_e: the year. The Hydro bonuses of $769,- 422 to rural lines also came in for explanation, Mr. Price explaining that $79,026 of this -amount had been paid out under legislation which was passed last session to he retroactive, and had not properly belonged to the expenditures -of the current year. 'l`ihn Nlinicitnr rsxnlninml at cmnn who , %LoAiai3'Budget current year. The Minister explained at some length the proportion of the public expenditure which was controllable. During the year 1923 $19,427,454 of expenditure had been controllable -and $29,877,985 uncont1'ol1a`n1e. During the past year the unr.--3ntrol- able portion had risen to $32,090,- 620, due to increased interest charges, but the controllable portion had been pared from $19,427,454 to $16,919,067. The 1923 opportunity for reducing: expenditure, the ' W " -'*-.z rd. '.!.'.'u: nrnttv xw`-H lcunuuuu LU Lnu conuuuauic t:;\.puH'.ii- Ex1)c11(litu1'u Lo\v<:1'e(l ........ \r\I\ en Hun x.\')\nr The Northern Advance = been the active .1:ure of $19,427,454, and from this gure -we lopped off over $2,500,000. It can practically be said that two- thirds of the expenditures of the Province are `uncontrollable and one- third controllable. Effective Retrenchment Dealing with the Mothers` Allow- ance Board, Mr. Price said that while every one realized that the Board had had a great social effect on the community, it was expensive to the municipality as Well as to the Government. The record of admin- istrative cost had been as follows: 1921, 10.06 -per cent; 1922, 5.42 per cent.; 1923, 4.58 per cent., and 1924, it was 4.34 per cent. In No- : vember, 1924, it -was 4.31 per cent.; in December, 1924, 3.89 per cent, while in January, 1925, it had `been reduced to 3,67 per cent. This was a remarkable achievement and was due to the active supervision of the Minister of Health and Labor. One of the reasons for the great reductions in higihways cost had supervision of the Minister. During; 1924 the number of residences on the Provincial hi_:`h- w.'1_vs s_vste:rn was reduced from 23 to 9 and the number of enig,-`inee1`s and others attached to these resi- dences from 97 to 30. There had been a total reduction of 71 in the en,\_2:ineerin,-` stall , and the total ing in salaries and $85,842.75. LIwv:]\or\ (3X1)L`llSCS \\'1S I A I-1-An um, n'nc ._)ou,o~x.a.Iu. Hy(l1'o s A1`rea1`ag'es With respect to the H_vdro-Electric Commission, it was pointed out that on 31st October, 1023, 21 `balance of $567,621.58 was owin_9_;` .to the Pro- VinC 011 intC1'C..t ZICC0l1nt. F01` `thl'CC` ..-nus nu-Fnv fn H: Hun nnrn':1Hn!>` _crr:a. in oralinary expendilur |vmce mT01'CST. account. rur Iulrut: years prior to this the operating: costs, including` interest, exceeded the revenues of the system by $620,- 818.33. O\\`ing' to -the better price received for power and to the ac- tivities of the Government and the Commission, the Province expects to receive in 1925 this sum of money with interest thereon, and in Janu- ary, 1925. we have received the sum of over $150,000, stated Hon. Mr. Price. The Ontario Power Company and the Toronto Power Company had also begun to pay back rentals and interest payments. The total of these payments -was $1,180,693.69. Decit Sharply Reduced Dealing with the decit which the Government faced as a lag;-`ac_\' from the Drury Government, Hon. Mr. Price said that as a result of a 12l]`f:'(: and Sui)>'Ianii'd.i increase in ordinary revenue and a 1'e1ati\'ely largre le- Ium .1... .:..n. ni' . ;.5:z in err..-a. in ommary 0.\;p3I1(l1lu1'L`.s Ill 1024, the tlelieit of $l5,lS)5,22(i.53 hzul been reluc<: in 102! to $3,A1l'>S,-. 764.51. The 1':=.\'o1*al)le result hu.~:' been obtained l`lOt\VltllSiZ1l`l(llI1_;`U10 increa; (lemamls on uncontmllable expemliture, '.1m0untin.-4 to $4,137,- 662. Last _\'ea1', >_'Z1l(i Hon. Mr. Price, he haul estimated that he could cut controllable expemliture by about $5,000,000, but the uncontrol- lable items had pretty nearly wiped out this mag-`nicent showing. The uncontrollable items were as follows: Interest on public debt, 52,662,884; grant; to a;zriculture, owing` to discontinuance of Federal . 300.000: bonus to Rural James Murdock and W. T. R. Pres- ton, are again on the war path. They are making the welkin ring. Even after three _\'ears of Liberal rule, which was supposed to be fatal to trusts, combines and monopolies, they have discovered these terrible xlragons and are out to get Lhem-- that is, they say they are. A 1,, `.\,l ,..,..... 1\K.... The `twin t1`us`L-busters, Honorable` l |owmg' 2120 (nscontmuancc 01 rcuurzuw `subsidy, $300,000; bonus to Rural! Hydro transmission lines, $579,030; payment of old ]1ig11\\'ays accounts, $300,000. 'l`hn mmifnl 1`P\'(|n11(! for 1924. $3Uu,Uuu. The capital revenue for 1924, eliminating` the public debt, amount- ml fn . 7R_70. :12: :1u`:1inst $3.- elilmnatlng` the pumic uent, amount.- ed to $9,011,578.70, as against $3,- 913,795.16 in 1923, an increase of $5,098,783.54. There was a consid- erable signicance in this, the capital revenue received from L; departments, the less it would be necessary to borrow in any one \'D\\` :- um. nu year. Bip; Savings on Hig`h\va_vs Coming to capital expenditure, Hon. Mr. Price `stated that in 1924, excluding the public debt, the ex- penditure was $36,035,218.79, :1 net decrease of $7,658,565.26. In the Lands and Forests Department the saving: was $1,051,639.36; Public Works, $294,018.46; and Public Highways, $11,075,095.G6. In w>::nM't. to the tremendous (le- Hughways, $11,U't:),U:1:).oo. In respect to the tremendous crease in highway expenditure, Hon. Mr. Price commented: This is a most remarkable showing. Part of this amount was paid to the coun- ties and townships, the balance was used for the construction of Provin- cial Highways. The department here have reached a remarkable achieve- me-nt-name1y, that they were able ` to construct practically the same niilea-ge in 1924 as in `1923 at about half the cost -per mile of the form- or road construction, making a sav- ` ing in this item of $11,101,000. l 1 l i rniccinn Advances to Hydro There were some increases in cap- ital outlay, one being occasioned by advances to the Hydro-Electric Com- l`lm inm-page here was advances to Ine nyuru-r41ecu-u: pum- mission. The increase here $4,229,540, but it `had to be noted that this was for a revenue-produo ing investment. ncmlinyr with the exnenditures on ing investment. Dealing with expenditures roads, Hon. Mr. Price commented: The expenditure on roads during the past six years has been prodi- gious, expenditure `on capital ac- count ibeing $72,926,487, and on maintenance $15,342,642. Last year the Province spent on capital account upon various types of roads, including` Northern Ontario and col- onization roads, $10,159,125, and in maintaining these` roads $3,930,316, $3,000,000 from Gasoline . The proposed gasoline tax, the Provincial Treasurer thought, might provide probably $3,000,000 3. year, while license fees on cars and trucks might provide between $5,500,000 and $6,000,000, :1 total of some $9,000,000 from roads. T-his would still be somewhat short of the amount necessary for providing.-; a sinking` fund to retire bonds for road building`, but it would go a long: way to making: new roads for the coun- try pay for themselves. Pressure, it was noted, had been brought on the Government for a connecting` link between Ontario and Port Arthur and Fort William, and as this would be primarily a trunk road, it could hardly `be charged against Northern Ontario, `but the cost of construction should be borne by the Province as a whole. Moneys expended on the various "es of roads from 1910 to 19211 were tztuulaueu as .LUuun..; Liuviu-` cial highways, capital $47,669,613, l maintenance $3,679,582; county roads, capital `$14,509,755, mainten- ance $5,362,51~5; township roads, capital $925,115, main-tenance $1,- 1 386,246; roads in Northern Ontario, 1 capital $7,950,873, maintenance, _ $3,490,332; colonization noads, capi- ' tal $1,871,130, maintenance .$1,423,- 965; total, $88,269,130. Expects Lower Revenues Speaking then upon the outlook for the coming year, the Treasurer anticipated a decrease in existing revenues, due to general business conditions. The department feels, he said, that we will probably col- - lect $1,000,000 less in the Lands ; and Forests Branch. We will col- . lect somewhat more in the motor L vehicles vbranch. We will probably v collect le.ss on the race courses and! . nrn ovvH1cn:x'rnnhf +qvn= T wn wow: (1011801) less 011 um: 1'a.1;t: Uuuzaua auu on amusement taxes. If we were! left `on the same basis as we were last year it is quite likely that the revenue, which this year amountvrd Mn enmnH1ino- in cnznngg nf $40.000.-l .L.1De1'a1s gob uuu umu:. In 1923 W. T. R. Preston pretend- ed to discover 3. terrible combine on the Great Lakes, whlch was taking from the farmers all their prots on ,_, rru. (`,...,u...w.nn.+ cuhl 'T`l1u lrevexiue, `this amounted` to something in excess of $40,000,- 000, would be decreased to about $39.000,000. \K7\4nn \\'a h1vn fn nYnnn(*:1I'.1," When We turn to expen Hon. Mr. Price continued, we are faced rigiht away with -an inc1'ease interest bill for this scal year of about $1,500,000. In csti`-na.`.in_Q', therefore, or(linar_v payments, if the-1`0 $2-5H.UUU,UUU. \ Iii fn hn 2 nmnnrni r]P("1`(`}1SP W0 musti |n0I`CIO1`C, O1`(llr1a1`_V pilyilllcllb, u Lm.-H.-3 `IS to be a general decrease we must overcome this $1.500.000. This (le- crease must actually be made, 21': ex- plained previously, from the con- trollable expenditures whicli now +m.-ml nvnr $10,000,000. E. -utli (le- 000. trouaole expen wni-:11 now total over $16,000,000. Each do-I pzwtment isimaking an attcmut to further cut its expenditures this year. It is safe to say, however, that the Province will be doing` very well indeed if it can keep its total mwiin-I ary e.\:pemliturc- next year somr.-xvhorc 'netween $49,000,000 and $50,000,-` New Taxes Necessary Honorable members. the Minis- ter thereupon averred, will see that. with a (leclinin_Q' revenue and an ex- penditure up $1,500,000, to allow for inc1'ez1sed interest pa_vments some- thing` must be (lone if the p1'ese.nt decit of over $8,500,000 is to be retluced. To cope with this fac`:.,r_.I which is beyond our control, threl Government has announced its policy from time to time that all . niust be self-snstainin:2`. 1`hi.~`, gentlemen. is one of the chief rea- sons` for the ,9,'z1.=oline tax. It is not` :2. question of choice, but of n:,-c<~:<- sity. l have ('StllTl2lt(?(l that it will .\'ir.-hl in this fiscal year $2,300.000. l. have <-; . rluti:-.< at ~21 nnn l1;n`l\r-1- l\r-I-nnui ni' Mir!-i 1 nave <-; succession uuu:-.~ zu, :' higher l)ecau.~'e 01' thew- hr-in_u` :1 lar_2'er number of estzitvrs. I have estiimiterl also a bcvu-1`:1:;'e tax, which would bring: into the Pro- vince p1'obal)l_v $2,200,000. Alto- f4'f`ll1(*1'. one might account for S;':,- 500,000 of the present decit if the l`I_'\'l'll11C`S stand up as well as t.h<-)3 did last yc,-nr. This will leave $3,- 000,000 of a decit. Plans Sinking Fund The Treasurer thereupon n1enL9)n- ed another project which the Gov- ormnent had in mind, and hoped to inaugurate by the beginning` of lllC` next scal year, namely, the tstab- lishment of a sinking` fund. A totall of $3,000,000 would be requir-2.1 an-l nually for this rpurpose, some of which would come from Hydro and ISN T IT A FACT ? THAT outside b11si11(>ss c011cm'11s do n01'11ing 1'o\\'a1'ds `rho im1n'm'0m01'1t of the home t0w11 01' <:01111m111ity. THAT home business i11st`it11ti0ns that are. ]101p1ng to 13:13 for the mai11tenan(:0 and imp1'o\'oments of the town are 011- titled to the 1'1-ade of the people of the community. THAT buying a\\'a_V from home, when you can get better service and as good values at home, should be u11iVe1'sa11y discouraged. I1`0IIl LHL` J.`cu'nn:Ls an vuuu 1uu...... .... grain. The Governmeirt said, This seems to look like the real thing in the way of a terrible dragon, and it prepared some legislation to dis- member the animal. The machinery was set 'up, but when they came to work it something happened. The American vessel owners refused to carry Canadian grain under the con- _ ditions imposed, and before they ?;,_i be induced to relent the Gov- fment had to go down or, its knees To the Americans and beg them to come in. But before they did so the Government had to assure them that they would not be prosecuted for breaking the law. n---_.u.. `D..,...a-rm tlicnnvnrnrl wlmt THAT every one of us should take an active and positive stand on all things that go to make local conditions better. THAT no man is a success who only enriches himself. The man is a suc- cess who ennches the commumty. THAT there is only one town in the world in which to live and prosper, and that is the town in which you live. THAT :1 good way to boost the home town is to buy from local buslness con- CO1'11S who advertlso 111 local papers. THAT local advertisers are the people who usually lead in things that keep a town moving fo1'wa1'd in t]1eAn1a1'c11 of p1'og1'ess. THAT local mo1'(:11'.111ts who advertise are those who oarnost1_V desire `ro trade \\'1th the people 111 the comnlunity. THAT 1`11eir' weekly annou11cemoni's are alxvays money-save1-s fo1'buye1~s. DEATH OF WILLIAM STRACHAN Following a brief nine days ill-r ness with spinal meningitis and pneumonia, Mr. William F. Strachan passed away at his home in the township of Oro, on Saturday, Feb. 28. The late `Mr. Strachan, who was in his six-ty-sixth year, was born in Markham and came to Oro with his farther when quirte young. In Orr) he was -married to Miss Elizabeth Paisley, who remains with three sons , and .'two daughters, Messrs. Jas. Strachan of Orilli-a, William G. and Joseph of Oro, Mrs. A. Taylor and : Miss Myrtle Strachan, Oro. Mr. [ Strachan also leaves one sister, Mrs. :!Duncan Morrison of Oro, his brow 5 ther, the late Mr. Robt. Stmchan, i having; predeceased him by five _ months. The funeral was held on. t Saturday from the family residence, concession 7, Oro, to Kiiox cemetery, where interment was made. Service was conducted by Rev. Mr. Jones, and the pal`1-be~arers 'were Messrs. James Brandon, Alex. McArtliur. 'lJohn Horne, John Wooclrow, William _|C1arke and Nathan Brown. Many - beautiful flowers were 1CCCl\'C(l from ' relatives and personal friends`, also ilfrmn Central church, Cro, and the Oi1.o.0.1~`. lodge, Orillia. Times. In Ceylon live the VC(ili1S, whoa are the nearest approach to primi- tive man known. They have never been known to laugh. Scientists lhave tickled their feet to such a de- igrree that an oi'dinar_V man would have been in misery. But not the Ir :1 for nreaxing mu mw. Recently, Preston discovered what he describes as a terrible shipping combine on the Atlantic. Worse .-u 1.- 2-4,. +L..A- Hm ('1-nun-nmpnf 'g~A\.\, ullscv nu V. _, ....." Veddas. The Vt.-(l hav no mar1'iag'e- ceremon_v. A man takes 2). wife -without any form, but he remains 1105111 to her through thick and thin. I \7.. \7,..l.I.. L..-. , .. `\/\nI1 1>v|r\1Ivr\ |1U_\:u nu IICL u|uUu_5,u LlII\4l\ nun mun- No Vctlcla has ever been known to tell a lie, or even to e1on_v.'ate the [size of :1 sh the fraction of an I - ~. n mA11\. Ii inch. `from roVenu<---producing bo:lic.<. The balzmcc would have to come on: of or expenditures. (`.nmins>-_ tlwn. tn Hw r-.0'.1(:h1. of ormnary expenuitures. Coming`, then, to the c0:1clw1. of his long: address, Hon. Mr. Price said: Last year, it will he rr-mom- i)L`l'(`(i that, in brin:_~'in}4' down the first buzlgset 01' thx: Governinezit I made an appeal to the n1eml)er; to support; the Government in any economical zulvances that could be made. I desire now to thank the members, irrespective of pzxrty. for their very kind co-operation. They lcncw that in many cases we have had to cut down expenditures that vitally affected their rldiligs ;1n(l municipalities. I ask for their fur- itlzer help this year, so that with new [revenues induced by new policies we will be able to operate, at least. next year, without 21 decit." PEOPLE WHO NEVER LAUGH` Page Sevr-n . L` . COITIDIHC 011 HR: .rxuuuun.. nu..-s. still, he nds that the Government Merchant Marine has been a. mem- ber of it. Of course there was no- `thing new about that, for Parlia- ment found it out in 1923, but though the champion trust-busters were in power they did nothin,v,'. lf this shipping combine on the ocean has been holding up the people of Canada, as is now alleged, and the Government knew that its own ves- sels were a party to it, why '_lidn |t it do something ? nu; urn. :4 lat): 1-nor-I1flv b(:f`n it do something : Out West, it has recently 1 disco\'ere that there is a fruit com- bine that has been holding` up the - ublic. Well, it has been operating , ever since the Government came in- to oflice. Why didn't the trust- busters get busy before ? `$ ,`~ I`he reason is that with a gene:al \election in sig.-;ht the Government has had to scurry around for new is- sues. It has gone back so complete- ly` on its 1919 platform that it mast have sometliim: to divert the public