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The Future of Great Britain 3y It nucnmn gm Britain is in troubiewi would be amazing if she wasnt If buy other nation in the world oven the United States had faced th same conditions it too would bear the scars of conflict Britain entered World War on August 1914 the United States followed on April ti 1917 Woril War 11 came on September 1939 The United States entered the war against Germany Italy and Japan following the sncnk attack by Ju pan on Pearl Harbor December 1941 Nations as well as individuals re spend to conditions In Britain they could hear the distant rumble of the guns enemy plants vvrc overhead If the Government of the United States lnid declined Vllt immediately lIltIC might hnvc born within the ngilinn iolcn differences of opinion Blllillll was united she was ill the conflict from the start WAR To run WAR Great War was supposed to be war to curl war Wars not end wars pence cnds war ue war is preparation for the next World War III is on the way llIll Protect building Materials Merchandie oic INSURANCE AGAINST DAMAGE Protcct materials and mech anical equipment cheaply with these Weather Proof tampcrproot TicTight tun ytms fovcrs one the job on the farm on the truck while goods are in transit Ilicsc rip rcsisting waterproof cov ers quittly pay profits on their small cost Barrio Tent Awning to 34 Bayfield Phonc43l4 to prevent if It will call for Wis dom and clear thinking World War II was more savage conflict than World War New wars bring new and more effective Wrav puns In former days so long as Britain held command of the seas she was safe from invasion Now defence demands control of both sea and sit The ocean in both conflicts saved the United States from the direct impact of war Freedmn from outside attack we have the forestght and strength strengthened Americas capacity to produce In Britain the war was at the front door Its hard to work in factory when bombs are VVfoliing around you Sometimes men went home from work onlyto find their homes wrecked their families bur icd in the debris Women made cartridges for lilnthillt guns made them for the usc of their own sons The wounds were letper thnn wt knmv The people of Britain wmc close to the hum of human endur iIlCt IltlIhllINDOIS The physical damage wus lrc vmcndous The nrcn of iron Bri tuin is approximately equal to the ctunbinvd men of Ncw York and Pennsylvania If the bombs pour itti on llrilziin hutl been lurncd on Ether two sizilcs the damage voull linvu been tremendous but their urm is only 33 of the total nrczi nf the United States If this haul happened the remain ling dress of the United SlitltS lwouid have come to the rclicf of fthe damaged sections the shattered rimmes would have bccn rcbuill tntlorics wuuld th reconstructh Nn problem of cxchnnilc would lorise New York and lcnnsyivnnui urc port of lhc United Slillfi Iluy would be rebuilt hotter than ttl Life would go on much usual There would be more graves more broken hcurts but little of the rimv process of recovery which dc clopcd in the United Kingdom EEvcn at this distance it is not dif tcuit to see why British recovery lagged DIFFERENT WORLD The World was tiiffcrcnt after World War II Part of ihc markets formerly open to Great Britain were lost The United Slatcs and other countries thcir industries stimulntcd by war had increased vastly ihcir capacity to produce Tariffs blocked the free movement of goods costs of production in Britain had risen America ycs and Canada during the war great ly increased their plant capacity The tax burden in the Unitcd Kingdom had become almost intol crnblc At the present time it is approximately shillings on the AGE ipound 40 of the national income Trucking Service Loom LONG DISTANCE TRUCKING PCV CLASS 24 HOUR SERVICE DRIVEURSELF CARS 10 per mile DRIVEURSELF v2 TON STAKE AND PANEL TRUCKS per mile LARGE TRUCKS 15c prmile Dial 2433 2222 conference of senior Royal unadian Engineer officers from the five Army ommands across the country took place in Ottawa last weekend The conference was Ltllttl with the aim of continuing the high peak of training and work of the corps It was timed to permit those attending to be pres ent of the annual meeting of the Military Engineers Association thich also took place last Friday and Saturday The officch shown in the above photo arc left to right scatcd Lt 01 Blair Ottawa Rodger QuitrtcrmastcrGcncral Maiitll ttttuency of Knmloops Standing left to right MI ll Rochester Chil liwack Lt Col OConnor Winnipeg Lt Col Brown Ottawa Lt Col MacDonald Ottawa Lt Col Webb Ottown Lt Col ll llltrwin Halifax Lt Col hitonnelL Ottawa Lt Col Beeman Edmon ton Lt Col Lilley Kingston Lt Col It Ilenslewood akvillc Lt Col Akcrley Montreal Lt oi Jones Kingston Maj Hart Ottawa Maj Brisset tics Nos Ottawa and Ma Mitchell of Winnipeg ol Lovt hicf Engineer Lt Col apcllc Ottawa and Lt Col Smith Ottawa Prosperity Reected In Mr Abbotts Budget Written For The Barric Examiner By KEN METHERAL OTTAWA Oct 24 ICI rare occurrence in Canadian pnrv linmcnlnry history took place in Ottawa last week For the second time in one year at iinunce minister brought down budget The budget presented to the Commons by Finance Minister Ab bott last Thursday was little changed from his tuxsloshing prc clcction budget of last March that was not passed when pnrliu mcnt was dissolved last April to hold general clcction Its trcmcndous load British in dustry staggers under it For years before the war indus trial progrcss in Great Britain lagged Reports made some years ago show vinarkcd differences be tween Britain and American man honr capacity to produce On Oc tober 1945 The Economist Britains leading nancial and economic journal made this statc ment NEEDS DRASTIC ovEnuAUL The public has in recent inonihs waked up to the fact that the whole wealthcreating mechanism of the British community is badly in need of drastic overhaul Several of the basic industriesone is tempt ed to say most of themare badly outofdate in their productive equipment and methods An hour of work in Great Britain produces less in material product elatively i0 lothpr countries than used to and less than it will have to if the British people are to keep their place among those with high standards of living The criticism is well within the facts Some of the wool carding machinery in use is over 80 years old Automatic looms in Great Britain cover no more than of the industry while inthe United States they cover 95 The tex tile industries of several other countries had in 1939 consider ablylarger proportion than Great Britain These are irrefutable facts yet Britain canndt be written off She has madea tremendous contribu tion to saner and better world Those whtm her past v7i1fnot underestimate er future tg Unsbrviceobl CANADIAN ARM PHOTO nblc nancial critic for the Pro zl grcssivc Conservatives and member for the Ontario constituency of iDulfcrinnSimcoc jumped to his llcct and charged that the reintro sduccd budget was shockingly ob Tm Qwocping income tax ICdmltoietc in the face of world condi itions that had sharply altered since irons and other cuts that affectedi Practically every Canadian home it was first presented last spring wore mined the revised bud As the week drew to close two got wantofcondence motions from ihc Progressive Conservatives and And Just for good measure ML the CCF were introduced in the Abbott added three more small tux budget debate With an over reductions representing it saving whclming majority me Liberals or about 559003000 for tax payer showed not the least sign of worry in the current fiscal year and abou COMIC WORRIES 511000000 in full year Although The Liberals may have little to welcome relief the new tax rc duciions were only drop in the worry about But it was incrmm bucket compared with the mor ingly evident in Ottawa last week than $80000000010ppcd off govcrn that some of the Canadians who mcnl lax Ievenu95by the nance made their living distributing and numstcr in his original budget selling reading matter soon would The three new tax reductions have worriesplenty of them wcrc Justice Minister Garson rose in Immediate elimination of the the Commons to announce that the eightpcrceht sales tax on all fch federal government is asking the oils used for heating or lighting provinces to help find ways of purposes plugging loopholes in the criminal reduction immcdia of from 50 to 25 cents argallonrorislhe taxon cider and other wines con taining less than seven per cent of proof spirits Holders of both common and preferred stock will be able io charge up to 10 per cent of their dividends against personal income tax In the earlier budgetthis concession was g1ven only to com mon stock holders Thechange will be retroactive to Jan 1949 BUSINESS BOOMS For the third straight year Mr Abbott happily announced that government business was booming Surplus ofrevenues over expendi tures for the scal yearicnding last March 31 was $590000000 That gure was some $20000000 greater than he estimated last March He forecast that the 194950 sur plus would be very close to the $87000000 gure he estimated last March The small surplus com pared to the year before is of course largely dueto the sweeping tax reductions There was little doubt that the tax reductions left most Canadian happy But one section of thes ance ministers budget addrss drew quick opposition fire After reviewing domestic and in ternational economic conditions Mr Abbott said conditions have not altered sufficiently since last March toewarrant any signicant changes in our tax proposals Mr Abbott had hardly resumed his seat when Hon Earl Rowe From The Camp Borden Citizen ters said this week Altiidugh Army vehicles which normally schools have been opened in al would be headed for the scrap hepp most all camps housing Army have been given new lease on life They now are being re issued to Reserve Army units for the lrbining of vehicle mechanics new Separate School has been set up at Valcartier Camp Que for children of servicemen stationed there Army HeathuarVbeen openedAat Victoria families the new school will be the first separate school sponsor ed by the Department of Natio Defence new millionrdol Memorial Arena dedicated to men gt andwomen who gave theirliiies in the Second World Wiir has QuebecArmy Cadet WinsQBravcryAwictrd code month which manypubtish will any with turning Bog mm iBontmzct Harvest MM also aid the federal govq meat is willing to include crime TORONTO Oct 15CPlTherel the comics in the provulons of the is pm good chance that mum icranberries you will have with this The twice minim spoke as the years Christmas dinner will come Common live second radius to from the farm or George 81tloliard m5 lame Bill of Torontoand Macller Ont wwd cars oMr Mallard stat mmbum crime comm my edFgigtzing cragnberricsa business mum SW of 11 which in Ontario is about as com wblcb is claimed on all sides of men as elepmm herding me Home my mum Most of the provmces cranberries leader of the Young Progressive 558 Com come from Wisconsin an he meg imhgin mm lchusetts but the enterprising Moi or we own Mallard literally dug intlo pdbolgfofi almost pure peat which ea or 63 1d mm growing the berries and came up gen huff mova with crop which he estimates will lot hues 073 35 hornet him about $15000 ayear make cum But it isnt like growinganythlng crimml code more enomeab else he says One of Illsllcuitlfs mgaeasezmtunder which crime is discovering how to grow we comics will be included provides in maximum penalty of two years imprisonment tor anyone convicted of wilfully publishing distributing or selling obscene literature One of the main diiculties in cul forcing the law is that clause wil fully Mr Garson pointed out that hockseller handling thousands of books Just cant read them all And it is hardly fair to convict book seller because he Sold book that without his knowledge was ob scene CONSTITUTION LETTERS Throughout the week the wordy battle over Canadas right to amend her own constitution and the meth 0d of obtaining that right waged inthe Commons and in the Senate It was rstltouchcd off when the government introduced bill to abolish appeals to the Privy Coun cil Shortly after the present session started That bill was approved by the Commons over bitter oppos ition from the Progressrvc Con servativcs and went before the Senate The battle was reopened in tbcl Commons last week when PrimeI Minister St Laurent introduced it resolution that would ask the King to give Canada power to amend the constitution on purely federal mat ters At the same time Mr St Laurent tabled in the Commons letters re ceived from the 10 provincial prem iers replying to invitations to at lend constitutional conference late this year The letters indicat cdrgeneral acceptance of the invi tation However to the evident joy of the Progressive Conservative and Social Credit forces in the House premiers of three provincesAl berta Ontario and Quebectook cXception to the federal decision to go ahead and obtain powers amendment on federal matters be fore the conference opened The Dominionprovincial confcr ence will seek ways and means of amending the constitution in Can adain matters of provincial and joint federalprovincial jurisdie lion in these days of The Imperial Life today onus LEADING no 1qu You can however mortgage payments may he met through ries It takes lot of hard experimenting and bit or gambling spirit But $1501 is nice reward or gamble When yourMCK ACHES Bachch often and by In ulna Wbmkitheytntodotukum adds mdpeinuumhinthcamh backache budthe rheumatic pain db lubed mt or tlui tired out feeling no follow To help your lth wotling properlyuse Pill Tmtuted popuhr ale W4 in Kidney Pills ineld box with tho red band Sold cranium in 044s walls mortgage made it pructicablo for on to buy that new home of yours it if you have the usunl typo mortgage and are around Ill yours of age the chances urc in that you will not live to son yourhome vicar of debta grim prospect for 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