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l.t's 5; , 'ij.', ' a" W. 'it $.35 v - -_ -'__.-i- I'Vv“"“u' Taxation will never be reduced by clamor against, taxation. What is needed is clamor - against expenditure. Practically all of our Governments in Canada today-Dominion, ', Provincial and Municipal-are spending more than they earn. They are doing so either be- ' cause the public is indifferent, or actually pres- ses for expenditure; and the consequence is growing taxation. _ The King? Government thi; vpar will enPnA Yet the people who clamor against taxes, who compare our income taxation with Ameri- can income taxation, ‘who denounce the Sales Tax as inquitous, neve1,r think of denouncing extravagance. Millions' go here, there, and everywhere, and those who protest are called cranks; jiptpething TIke, $tit),00rr,tir)r) maize than it; re- (vkirurs. That 1114:4112; mu Ham's), (j) That there isn't 9L chums m. the 1vorld at liducing federal taxation; and tk)) that, by adding that much tp the public debt, we will betaking on textra, fixed charges for the future of some- thigg mate $$,000,0.00 a year. Actually, judging from the public's indif- ference toward expenditure, as contrasted with its rebellious attitude toward taxes, one is al- most forced to conclude that manyrmust think Governments get their money from some se- cret, mysterious source. It never seems to occur to them that the highways, and public buildings, and branch railways, and break- waters that they demand, must be paid for through taxes from their pockets. The clamour that has arisen over the Fer- guson Government's proposed gasoline tax il- lustrates an important defect in the public's attitude towards Governments. It is the de- fect evidenced in complete lethargy about Go- vernment expenditure and extravagance, fol- lowed by an acute, often unreasonable reaction against the logical outcome of taxes. moss, IT IS not gomg to allow its own money to be used to put its own vessels out of bus- iness. This is the position taken by the Con-. servatives and it is sure to commend itself to the taxpayers. The cogintry can't afford to have its own yessels put out of business in this way. Be- sujes, it is not going to allow its own money 4-A L- A‘A_J. . .. ' The Government's contract with Petersen amounts to this. It will' pay Petersen $1,375,- 000 a year for the purpose of cutting in un- der, not only other vessels, but under the Government Merchant Marine, The latter is losing quite a sum of money now, but it would lose a great deal more if the Petersen deal Were put into effect. Within 10 years the Petersen arrangement would cost the country o'ver (ir17,0()0,0(jo; in 20 years it would cost $46,200,000, principal and interest compound- ed. _ The country at a cost of over $70,000,000 has built 65 steel vessels, which, known as the Government Merchant Marine, are being operated by the Canadian National Railways. The railway management has atways consider- ed these vessels a valuable adjunct to Nation- al system, for they have provided a splendid outlet for freight. In the debate on the Pe- tersen contract it has been shown that pot only are these vessels much more numerous than the Petersen fleet will be, but that-the larger of them are faster and more conimo- dioug, _ _ "That pending anrinvestigation to establish the extent to which the ruling ocean rates are iinrleasonablc, and would be effectively reduc- ed by Dominion Covernmeni subsidies, and considering Canada's, serious h1tav,cial position sowing to existing obligations, and the exist- ing burden'of taxation, the Council, while re- cognizing the concern manifested by the Do- minion Government in the matter of ocean rates, goes on record as deprecating so serious anreatpenditure of public monies by meansof subsidies”. ' _ 7 _ Even the western farmers are not to be caught by this kind of chaff. At its recent annual meeting the Canadian Council of Agri- culture came out against the ship subsidy prin- ciple, in the following resolutions: It has already been found out that rates on grain, flour, cattle and sugar are not fixed by the North Atlantic Conterence. So away goes the charge that on these products the farmers are being held up. It has also beep grain shipped from the port of Montreal by tramp steamers, which d1sposes of the charge that liner vessels controlled by the Conference have been holding up shippers of grain and cattle. The, Canadian public must get over that at- Having come to the conclusion that the public will not stand any longer tor its mis- taken tariff policy, the King Government is trying to hold the support of the West by representing that there is a terrible ocean combine that is charging the farmers unduly high rates for the carrying of their grain and tattle across the sea. This is the situation in a nutshell. I The Conservatives are just as much in- texestedas any other party in breaking Isp any real combine that may exist for the main- taining of high freight rates on theiocean. But they do not intend to allow the Government to get away with its two-faced policy on the tariff without exposing it. However, by a thorough discussion of the Peterson contract for a trams-Atlantic service they intend to let the public know what the real situation is. :The’ King Government's proposal to break the,so-called combine on the Atlantic are nothing but a red herring drawn across the trail in an effort to detract attention from its failures on other matters. There is not the slightest doubt of this. EXPENDITURE AND TAXES aig " Government this yekr will spend , like $,i80,00trtr)r) more than its re- :th lug-(11151 two things: (j) That t a chance lil, the 1V orld M reducing A FINE RED HERRING '1r:iria,"hu, att J. H. Pirie, a returned soldier, is in prison convicted of murder and awaiting execution. A war widown has secured the signatures of no fewer than 3,000 names to a petition asking that the death sentence be commuted. Another war widow has started a counter appeal to the Minister of Justice, to allow the sentence to be carried, declaring that there are thou- sands of war widows who refuse to sign the petition for clemency. There is nsuallv much sympathy for the average person sentenced to death. It is also easy to get persons to sign a petition. Not so easy to secure needed support for those who are sufferineorbecause" of the act of the condemned. _ Ontario is to have stronger beer, and Al- berta, if an effort of Dr. J. S. Stewart, M.L.A., of Lethbridge, (well known to many readers of The Conservative) succeeds. The doctor says the price charged is altogether too high. In Quebec an investigation of the Work of the Liquor Commission Has been ordered by the legislature. All of which goes to show that King Alcohol still occupies a good deal of attention in Canada at present. A national flag for Canada is the proposal of R. A. McMaster, Liberal member of the House of Commons, for Brome. Mr. Mc- Master proposes that "the Government should take such steps‘as may result in the creation or choice of a national flag.” The Union Jack is not a bad old flag. It has served a good purpose in days gone by. 1' - _ ---__ie "J --'_.- w LvI'. .L\»V. A'Ll. anLuuleU], a Glace Bay clergyman is responsible for the "statement that, one family whose condition was brought to, his attention, "a soup bone, commonly known as a shank had been made to serve for meals for three days for a family composed of a miner, his wife and several small children." In the mines of Cape Breton there is a. strike in progress between the Bri- tish Empire Steel Corporation and the miners. The Government of the Hon. Mackenzie King was appealed to for assistance. The answer was that the provincial government was giv- ing attention to the matter. In the meantime according to a telegram read in parliament soup kitchens are being organized by chari- table persons. And this is in Canada, where we are told prosperity prevails and where eq- ual rights is promised for all classes of peo- ple. Very much has been heard during the past two years regarding the extent to which un- employment prevails in Canada and to the suffering iq,consequence. In every city and in most of the large towns special appeals for assistance has been made. The federal, provincial and municipal authorities have been appealed to. The Dominion government has promised the Construction of public works, which however has not the relief that is need- ed at once. The provincial government has furnished some labor in Toronto. The muni- cipal councils, the churches and social and fraternal organizationsrhave done a great deal and in most places have provided against ac- tual starvation. The reports from the mining districts of Nova Sgotia are the most tragic. There starvation is said to have been ex- perienced by not a few. Rev. Mr. Maclevoy, Two or three statements made during the debate on the address in the Ontario Le- gislature should not be easily passed over by those who are interested in the cause of tem- perance. The Attorney-General gave the stlr- prising information Ihat $5,125,000 worth of liquor was sold by the dispensories on doc- tor's prescriptions in 1924. It is also stated that at least $1,000,000 worth of wine, which has an alcoholic content five times greater than that of 4.4 beer, which it is proposed to have sold, was legally purchased in the. same year. To these the premier gave the further fact that in 1924 the Dominion Go- vernment issued no fewer than 28,000 permits to people of Ontario to manufacture home brew for their own use. No one now suggests that five million dollars worth of liquor was required for medicinal purposes. The above makes no allowance for the trade of the boot- legger. If the illicit traffic is one half as great as it is represented to be the flow of liquor is almost Sufficient-to destroy the claim that Ontario is a prohibition province, and to force upon the people again the necessity for a renewal of the old time efforts along'- moral suasion and total abstinence lines. (It is often stated that when legislation was obtained ed- ucation was neglected. Premier Ferguson and Attorhey-Gentral Nickle take the ground that, in view of the great reduction in the vote in favor of the O.T.A. in 1924 compared with that of 1919 the act is doomed unless changes are made that will result in the stopping of bootlegging, -in reducing the sale of strong drink, and in the better enforcement of the Act. To this end they have provided for an increase in the strength of beer, in which they have had the support of their followers, with two exceptions, and of seven of the Liberal members of the Legislature. Those of us who have failed to see the wisdom of the course adopted ,will follow the results without pre- judice and if the expectations of the govern- ment are realized will not hesitate to give due credit. Other amendments one promised, during the present session. They will be judg- ed on their merits. In the meantime a good way to advance the cause of temperance is for every man and every woman who votes for prohibiting enactment to assist in enforc- ing the law, and especially in the practice of total abstinence from all intoxicants. In this way the ground that has been lost in the re- cent years will be regained. ' titude. It must learrrto distinguish between cause and effect, if it is ever going to get anywhere toward retrenchment.-rdotwnal. ttt Min-flllfllfll‘hllnuluullllllIIn!IInI-IIIIIIIllnliliiiiillifliiillffililmillllllllil I St. Andrew's, Thistletown Sunday School, 2.00 p.m. Service, 3.00 p.m. ' 7 p.m.--Service in St. Matthias' Church, Westrntunt. 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