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Aberhart s Social Credit scheme may be losing ground in Alberta, but Dr. F. E. Townsendls plan to have the government give every citi- zen of the United States over 60 years of age $200 a month on con- dition that they spend it all, is gain- inig; favor. The idea has been de- nounced up and down the land as a crackpot dream, pages of gures have been gathered by learned econ- omists to show that the scheme can t work, but millions believe in it, think it will solve the nation s problems, regard it as sound, and are prepared to defeat any candidate ,for office who won : endorse it. `h_. rn,_,_,.,,,. 1 1 `I unu Wipe ULH4 LlIlBXllL)lUyIIlUH`l:. The idea has taken the United States by storm and has resuLted in more petitions to Congress than any other cause has `ever before pro- duced. Letters have come to Sena- afooms by -che tbhou-sands. Nobody knows how many signatures have been obtained. Townsend organizers estimate there are -215,000,000. Olubs have been -organized through- out the country. Initiamion fees are 25c and monthly dues 10c. Mn mainr nv-nc1'rlpnf1'a1 nanrlidntopg _yvu1u5\1:L Lanna UL Ian; ullclnnynuauu I This monthly outgo of $1,600,- 000,000 from the Federal Treasury would be 'rec`ap`..ured immediatelyl through a tax on transactions. A two per cent. tax is suggested. This transaction tax would be levied on every business t.ransaction-on pa.y cheques, every payment of doctor's bill, every sale of grain by a farm- er, every purchase by a business concern. Dr. Townsend's id-ea car- ries :1 two twofold purpose: the one is to provide security for old age, the other is to stdniulate business and wipe out unemployment. 'T"hn irlirmn has tnlapn 1-hp Tlrliterl Townsend Plan itself. ZOC and mommy (11185 J.UC. No major presidential candidatees have `as yet endorased the plan. In the House of Representaitdves the scheme received only fty-six votes. Shouid sentiment for the plan per- sist at its present or at greater strength, the effect is more likely to bake the form of afnternpting to in- crease the benets under the exist- ing social security legwis-1aJtion, rather than venture on a trial of the nu 1-v .~ ,;:.__,;,_ LL, LUVVLLDVAAIL nnuu AuuUAa.- The U.S. census estimates the number of persons sixty yeans of Iage and over at 10,120,000 in 1929 and 11,445,000 in 1934. Each of these persons is to receive $200 a month or $2,400 a year. That would require total pensions as follows: $24,288,000,000 in 1929 and $27,- _ 468.000,00~0 in 1934. TH: mmmv wnnld have to he , 4bb.UUU,UU`U m 1:104. This money would have to be raised each yeaar by the Federal G presumably out of the national income--that is, the total ' income of all persons in the United SU',`.tC S--bGCZ111S`- such huge sums. . could not for long come out of bor-' 1'o\vin_r_>-< or accumulated capital. Vru. H...-,. 1Iv1n.(\ nnum-w Hwnf rmnnn] 1-owing`: accumulated capmu. To those who answer that national income of the United States is not large enough to afford such pa},'~ merits, Dr. Townsend replies that the elimination of unemployment and the incre:-sed business act}/it_\` which $20,000,000,000 or so of nnrn*n..1`n`n1ihrr nrmsirm navments! wmcn >,~2. .U,UUU,UuU,uuu u; nu UL pump-prming pension paymen would swell the national income by thwt. amount. mmm nwml-:nn-e Tn:h"m+nn mn`e.= : f H 7 -r . . S1162 Iii. ./ .;:.J'.`, .'.;L 2 `__. mt. amount. vi The Brookingzs Instltution guresl Ever widening the scope of its service, the Bank of Toronto now maintains branches throughout the Dominion, with facilities for overseas and international commerce that have enabled it to render invaluable aid to citizens of a country that now 1 4-4-4 1. Townsend Plan HasU.S. Politicians Greatly Worried pared by the town C0l1I'lCl1. ; The by-law provides that licenses; be $50 :1 year for one machine and; '$10 for each additional me`-chine..` The same by-law sets a motor bus! license. zut $100, a $10 license for} : 'taxis and trucks. g 3 Dance halls will also be e*'eoted1 *{by the by-lerw, which provides uliati ":1 $1 fee for each dance held must` ;be paid. Certain exemptions are| 5, made for charity dances. 1 .L\V CHI] (3Xl_]U_Y OLll' ]_JULllLalE.bl WUd.1u1l.| If present public officials are too fearful or to stupid to design pro-per merthods to -accomplish this resu11., they will be retired to private life and other ofciais elected in their stead. This is not a. threat. Irt is a s*ta:tement of fact. The people will neiiaher temporize nor com- promise. Their patience is ended. They want and will get action in 19%, , April lat, 1886 Last. Sarturday a. mast piece of pine, cut on Mr. Sh:anah~an"s property near Vasey, was brought to the de- pot. It took ve teams to draw it down. The piece was 86 feet long and 26 inches mast thickness. T.nad- 1-nanlr 4-`Ina-vn 117121-o nnuha in Last week there were posted in Barrie post ofce 10,811 letters, post` cards and paper_ 298 registered let- 1 beers and 520 free letters. The amount of posizage prepaid on the above was $219.12. The above does not include the newspapers postedl by the local newspapers, T"|'m inn m1 the blav is zettinz 3110. Z0 IHCHBS IIl'dSL LlI1lUKlM`.'. I on natiomal income reveal that gen- eral employment would now producel $.20,000,000,000 more wealth than. was produced in the boom year 0I'E 1929, Dr. Townsend S-ays. Social= dividends under the Townsend Plan: would require approximately $20,-| 000,000,000. It is, therefore, plaini them we have the productive ability} !f.n nsnr en:-in] ivirinhric nf S:`)(ln i LXILUL \Vl'J IIZLVB L118 PFUUUCIJIVU `d-U1L1l._y} to pay social dividends oI $200i `monthly to retired citizens, and ,srbi1l `have left for the rest of our peoplei as much as all the people had in: 1929. Only crass stupidity and igvv! n-orant sesvlmess can prevent the` |A.1T1E|!'iC'.1n people from working out a system to distijibute. purchasing power so that all instead of only 21 Iew can enjoy our potential wealth.I H-' nrrzcnnf. nnhlir nfninl nrp 1200' by me 1002.1 newspapers, The ice on the bay getting treacherous and some place six inch- I es of water covers the Ice. I qn.+nwr]nx1 a n1a1r*1!n+` urlnnnf. '7:'{r' 2| OI Wa,-I-I-Jr COVBIS Lne we. 1 Sauturday s market: wheat 75c al bus.; barley 55c, peas 52c, outs 35c, beef $4 to $5 per cwrt., dressed pork $5 to $5.50, _chickens 30 a pair, butter 14c to 15c 21 1b., eggs 13c to] 15 a dozen, po-tatoes 40 a bag, hay` $10 a ton. GAMING MACHINES TO ' 121: I Irwwtzwn !N' ORILLIA l Slot and gaming machines will be! glicensed in Orillia undera: 21 new by-1 law which has been ordered pre-! pared by the town council. The hv-law nrovides licenses: mu-:y r 1936. r ...u. uuuu. vvuv wvu u cuuxuavs: lb. Dr. Townsend who has passed his :*;::ei::;3%`W 4 oo mg ou 0 1s w1n- dow at Long Beach, California, and saw three old women pawing` over a g`ar'bage can. In a lash there came to him the horror of such things in a land groaning with ex- cess of food. Pay these poor, age- ing creatures. Collect from those who have and give it to those who` are no longer able to work. They Have: znrvn thpir hime `Thpv hnvpl Days of Yore FIFTY YEARS AGO {L5 MAUHIIVLD [U I I BE LICENSED EN ORILLIA he trading I SIUIE. The rst and most important mat- iter is for the growers to cut as ;many suckers of the kind of fruit {required (to be used as Scions) as inecossziry, for the purpose of hav- ing a good supply on hand when they are needed. These suckers should be of last years growth and Ishould be good sturdy shoots, and as long` as possible. They must cut now, before the buds start to swell, wrapped in moist sawdust in cold storage, where they Will be kept from growing until ater the repair grafting has been done. fr. , 1 . . 1 n- ..-,-v_.. -...-.....D . . . u ~ y . . u V . . \(l The best time to do the repair grafting is just when growth starts in the spring, but where a consider- able amount is to be done it may be necessary to start earlier. Wait until the bark slips so that clean needing repair must be considered on its merits. Girdle-d trees up to two or three years of age can be cut. off be-low the gridling and allowed: to grow again. If the growth comes ` fnom above the original graft it will be of the same vaniety as planted, but if it comes from below that point it will be necessary to bud or graft the resultting shoot to the de- sired variety. Trees three to six years of age should be cut off and! `cleft grafted with the desired var-l iety instead of attempting to bridge graft. Older trees which are making good growth should be bridge graft- ed. gunions may be made. Each tree `REPAIR GRAFTING FOR I GIRDLED FRUIT TREES! l Eof?"in%1-rh`ioS`?`?ii7tri``, ff~i fcularly app1`es,_ caused by ra_.bbits l 3i1`in i%" sh(c1>:fclin1owtl}3ee ;i`3n'3` `iii: }p_ai1'ing the damage as far as pos- is1b1e. '1`1`\r\ l-`.\m-4- nu-u-I n-n.:~+ :v\'\`v\r\1O{-nIr1:4~ man! I I ..... Where the injury is only slightl and it appears that it will heal over [without grafting, then the wound [should be treated by covering with la grafting compound such as Brace, which may be painvted on without heating, or grafting Wax, which may be put on while hot. It! would be advisable to go over all trees now, painting the wounds with a suitable grafting compound to pre- vent drying out. h__:_L, nu - . . 1 cum UL LUUU. ray muse pour, age- those! have served their time. They have helped to earn . prots for others, and are ernui-tled to live out their old age in comfort and security. Thus the Townsend Plan was born. A-F +1nod- +1'nnA Thn 'T`.nunru:cn-an` unac _. ...D e....-`. 1 Bridge grafting consists in placing scions with one end in contact with . . ` lthe Cambium or growing` layer below!- . the girdling_ and the other end above" `it. The injured area is first cleaned _ :nf dirt and then painted with a`- igrafting; compund. The number of| Zscions will be determined by thei `inches apart around the girdle area.i lwidth of the girdle. Place them two cut a channel in the bark of the" {tree above and below the wound in iwhiich the scions will fit as snugly as ipossible. Raise the bark with a |screw driver and slip each end of ithe scion under the bark above and lbelow the Wound. Drive one or two nails througrzh the scion to hold_it in place. Then paint over each end of ,;f,lie;;-{scion-s, being careful to cover `all cut surfaces. Cleft g'raf'tin, is done by cuttingl the tree squarely across` and split- r} ting the wood to allow insertion ofI( the scion, which is cut in a Wedgeli shape, leaving the bark on the thick , side of the wedge. It is important : that the camblium (that part of the tree between the bark and the wood) of the scion should come in contact with the cambium of the tree, or no union can take place. The thick edge of the scion is placed at " the outside of the cleft and the thin side toward the centre of the tree. Split the wood by hitting the back of the axe so the split does not go too far down into the trunk. If done properly the tension of thel spilt trunk will hold the scions in place. Use at least two scions per tree, and cover all cut surface with ` a grafting compound when the scions are in place. ` Full information may bp obtained from the office of of Agmiculture. 1` 2 the Department I IKING GOVERNMENT FACING DEFICIT OF OVER $120,000,000| Finance Minister Hon. Chas. Dun- ning" is now wrestling: with the prob- lem of producing` a balanced budget without imposing` any increase in tazzation. The budget will not likely be presented before the end of April, but it now seems certain that :1 Ilnoif. nf SZ19.n.0D0.00 tn $140.- .`\p1'H, DUE IT, HOVV S(.`CH!S CUFLZIIII LHELL` :1 decit of $120,000,000 to $140,- i 000,000 will have to be admitted,` due 1a1'_qe1_v to the continued serious- ness of the unemployment problem! aml the eme1`g*enc_v expenditures for` public works designed to provide` jobs, and the 1'ai1v.'ay decit. Tf. would not ho :1 nnmlinr move JODS, cunu me 1'z11u'.'uy u`Cm:1I-. It would not be a popular move to impose new taxes. particularly in Ontzmio, where the people are now groaning; with E1. prowincial income tax, in addition to federal imposts. Operating revenues of the Can- adian Nabional Railways for Febru- ary werc $13,066,507, compared with $12,42'1,8`0~5 for the corresponding month of last year. Operating ex- panses however, showed an increase of $1,065,728, leaving a net revenue deficit of $288,460 for the month. `.or the two month period of this year there was an increase in oper- ating revenue of $1,279,688, but an increase in opemcting expenses of $1,530,673, leaving a net revenue decit of $864,790 `compared with a net revenue decit of $613,786 for January and February of 1935. C.N.R. SHOVVS DEFICIT FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY CORONET TO DECORATE 1937 AUTO MARKERS Ontario motor vehicle markers for 1937 will have the imprint of a coronicvt. Background of the plates \will be military scarlet and the let- ltcring: white. The scheme c`:*.rrric-s Iont r:orona\tion c-olnors. The palltC.- .'-r~:- bcinp; made by the reforma.'Lory u . H1`1`.1L'nc: at Guelph. VLIIUS Ue LUWHSBHC. rlan WES l)r0'1'Il. At that time Dr. T-ownsend was trying to be a real estate salesman. He was employed by a young broker_ thirty years his junior, R. E. Clements. Dr. Townsend took his idea. to his employer. Y-oung Cle- ments listened and spent a. day read- ing eoonomics. He decided that the plan was practical and the tnvo of them set up shop in a small way in January, 1934. By midsummer thousands in California had heard of the plan and pledged their sup- port to it. When the plan was a] .year old the Townsend forces set up .'headquarters at Washington and the "national ght was on. 1` "1 n , ,,,:__;_:-._ E11011 C'.l12.l1'g8. Already at Wakencm for some time special men have been allowed to leave the prison each morning, drive several miles out into the country, and there, attended by a prison oicer, occupy themselves at forestry work. No Attemnts at Escane 1.01135-Ll'y \VU1'K.o No Attempts at Escape No one has ever tried to make an escape from such conditions-even though the Yorkshire country is covered at times by nlists from the North Sea and escape would be pos- isibI:e-and it is therefore now deem- led safe to try allowing men to re- main in the forests at night and under an unarmed guard of no more `than two ofcers. Qn 1'|v1r`n|< Han nan: c.-Jmonvan c.nm- ADI Dl'ldI1 T/W0 OHICBIS. ' I So under the new scheme some 40 of them will drive out each M~onda.y morning, work in the open air by, `day and sleep in huts by night all `through the week, returning to the prison each `Saturdayy night, since, as the aut.l1o1'iuties explain, letters have to be written and baths in- dulgied in, and such things do not t in easily with camp conditions carried out in the rough. ` Tried in Other Countries Unwalled prisons, tho-ugh experi- mental, are not entirely un-known Lo Europe. They have already been tried -out both in Russia and in Switzerland. In Great Britain the lway to them has been paved through experiments made by the Borstal Insvtitu-tions to which lads b`e:`.wI.=en the ages of 16 and 21 are sent for discipline and training. 'l"l1r: hvn n1n:1`. n('P1`If.lV aS~i$ll')l.lSl|(!rl The conducting of an open-a1r prison whih is really not a prison an all, is to be tried out at Wake- eld, England. A hut instead of a cell and green walls of a forest gzlen will be something new. Tl-.~'. penal authorities have been for some time making experiments in dis- covery of ways and means whereby men who have gotten themselves in- to criminal` diicullijes may best be res*tored to w.ays of decent livingzl At Wakeeld it has been found that men work well in small groupe un- der leaders who through their own merit have been raised to positions of awt11o1'ity, and they have consid-I erable inu-ence over those under their charge. Alvnnrlv at Wenlzrme-nu for some l0PEN-AIR PRISONS TO BE I TRIED OUT IN ENGLAND mscipune anu training. The two most recently established lBo1'stal Institutions-~those of Lowd- iham G.rang'~e and of the North Sea -Camp at Freiston in Lincolnshire- lhave both been experimenting, and ihave both established in their own }way, the fact that the right sort 01` gfriendly unde1's=tand'inj._-:, aikled by the irigihi sort of comracleship, will sci: :. jboy-or a man either-on his feet iwhG11 little else will. of interest to Barrie. The govern- ment, to assure proper conditions for visirtors, has under way a bill to and roadside restaurant keepers. ;[The tourist tra1c is now one of lCanada s principal industries and il- is important that it be regulated in ; a way to ensure a certain standard ` will be required involving accom- lmod.a.tion, equipment, sanitation and ` general atmosphere. As the tourist : stopping pliasces compote so exten- ; sively with the standard hoitels, some t ' such measure as that proposed seems only fair. An Act proposed at the present session of the Ontario Le;;is1aturc is i _ regulate and license tourist places j TOURIST HOMES UNDER NEW!` LAW In 1925 Canada produced 177,- 672,129 pounds of cheese-. and in [1924 it produced 100,765,800 pounds and is expected to produce about 70,000,000 pounds in 1935, and while we use more butter than [almost any other country per cap- ita, we only use three and one-1lu'rd `pounds of cheese per capita. A sur- vey is being made of the cheese in- dustry and efforts will be made to, [rectify what may be wrong. 1 - Saturday night, March 28. The Broadway blinks in the splendor of huge tropical sh in the scene swim the world s largest tapestry in c-ler:- slowly, in startling contrast to the rtrics, as the new iSpectaculzu" 0:: usual eye jerking signs of this type. the Grearb White Way, Times Square A full block long and stretching` ten New York City, is put into opera stories high the new display repre- tion with ceremony for the first time sents :1 million dollar investment. TLI-FU'tRJSD1AY, APRIL 2, 1936. ----_-.-.3 Orville Burrison, Midland shipper, was drowned at Chiago last week, and a jury empanelled to inquire in- to his death decided `that the fastality was accidental. A delegation of Midland unem- ployed and the town council inter- viewed Hon. David Croll, Minister [of Public Welfare, last. Friday, fol- lowing` the forme-r s protest against relief cuts which become effective April 1st. ` I Es$imzL~te~s for Collingwood schools have been -revised at $41,000 for 1936. The estimate was reduced from $45,000 following a conference with provincial departments. A beam of horses and a heavy dairy sleigh went through the ice while crossing Lake Couchiching last week, endangering the life of the driver, Arthur Paine, of North Ori1- .l1.Q ufhn nnvvtnurhv ncnvvnnrl .-lvn~ur~n1'n.u (1I`l\F< I lia, A novel sight was witnessed near .Bra.dford last week when a ock of 40 to 50 wild geese landed on Ma`. W. H. D!auy s property -on the H01- land marsh to feed. Newmai-ke;t s tax rate : been set at 44 mills, less than last year. I In a drastic attempt -to halt us- ing relief costs, the Orillia council have approved -a resolution giving notice them, beginning on'April 16: : next 2111: emplhoyuaible s.in.g:e `persons and ali employable married couples, without dependenrts, will be struck oft` relief. Medonte council art its rnegular March Meeting decided thalt all re- lief payments -be struck off after April 1st. There is quite an epidemic of measles in Midland. No less than 20 cases were reported 111 one week. simple; so simple that you think you undersrtand it at first glance. which accounts partly for its rapid spread. His-theomy is that if every nmn and woman would quit work at sixty and spend $200 :1 month, ithere would be no unemployment. no depression, no poverty. Every. citizen six~'ty years of age or over, who has never been convicted of a felony could apply for the pension on condition that he refrain from any remunerative effort, and spend the money wiltihin the month it i.-` received. He estimates that he-[ tween 8,000,000 and 10,000,000 per- sons would appljv for S.ffl1 _r*-:1: " That would mean a forced exp-2n(ii ture of at least $1,600,000,000 :1 month or ncarljr 5120.000 "" l..0 year from this source. This wouild Dr. Townsend s prescription is| The convention of the Grand Orangge Lodge of Ontario Wesrt, held ,recenb1y in Midland, attracted some |1,800 s`urange1's to the town. .`1..l.laU1` h|UVl`.J.`i'.1L yE'cU.'S U]. IUIBIIES. move 15 bemg made to re-open |O Hare VV00len Mill in Midland. [isirict News With the Iargwe.s~ c number of logs on harnd since the mill opened 12 years ago, Wat];-on s sawm;i.1`l in Stayner commenced operations last week. Robt. 4G.. N-esbitt, treasurer of the Tiny and Tay Ag`1'icu1tu1'a.1 SocieLy, which conducts the Midland tall fai-r, has been elected to the addi- tional ofice of sec1'eta1'y. After being` held two days in gaol awaiting trial, two 18-year-old girl hitch-hikers arrested in Orillia on charges of vagrancy, were remand- ed for sentence and allowed to go. Oollingwod Collegiate and Sep;a.1`a.te School are closed all this week due , to an outbreak of scarlet fever. On ' several occasions during the winter ; lower forms in the Collegviate have _ been closed for a few days at a i time, due to odd cases of measles _ and scarlet fever. The situation be- _ came serious on Friday last when 9 docto1`s reported eight cases, and ;the two schools were ordered closed Qfor a week. I H. A. Burnet was elected pre:~:i- dent of the Orillia branch of Vic- torian Order of Nurses at their an- nual meeting` last week. The estimates for Orillia, which were forwarded to the Deputy Min- ister of Municipal Affairs last week. provided for a tax rate of 52.5 mills. After several years of idleness a 1nvn ie hnintr n1-nrln Tn vn_nnn~n Han V-8'1`, 1111311111` tame, OI NOPUH U111- who narrowly escaped drowning. Page_ Three *__ ~ for 1936 has a half mill `ha 21 the LOSELY LINKED with the sound principles of conservative banking that ' maintai: have stood the test of time, the w Bank of Toronto has ever been an internationa institution that has looked forward rende: with courage and condence to the country destiny that the future holds for the Dominion of Canada. THE ' JA stands fth among tl nations of the world. provide work for millions. In add:- tion some 4,000,000 persons over sxty Who name now employed would! be taken out of jobs, thus providing room for many re_p1acemc4nts out of yourugter ranks of the unemployed I 'n'bn'=. m.-m+1.1u ....+..... .4 m1 ann