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(2) The corporation of each county when striking the rate or levying the amount required for county purposes in each year shall include therein and add thereto a special rate sufficient to raise an amount equivalent to one mill in the dollar on the total equalizâ€" ed assessment of the county and the same shall be assessed, levied and col lected in all respects as though it were a rate for county purposes. (3) The clerk of the county shall certify to the clerk of each municipal ity in the county separately the amount to be raised under subsection 2 in the municipality, and he shall not includeâ€"such amount in the total amount certified by him under section 92 of The Assessment Act. 5. The provisions of The Municiâ€" 1. This Act may be cited as The Provincial War Tax Act: 2. In this Act, "Rateable property" shall include assessment for real pro perty, income and business or other assessment made underâ€"The Assessâ€" gnrent "XKet:>â€" _: (2) Such special rate shall be leâ€" vied and collected in the same manner as municipal taxes and shall be simiâ€" larly calculated upon the assessment as finally revised, and the amounts shall be entered in the collector‘s roll in a separate column to be designated "Provincial War Tax." 3.â€"(1) In each municipality which is separated from the county for muni cipal purposes and in each municiâ€" pality in territory without county orâ€" ganization there shall be levied and collected annually by a special rate an amount equal to one mill in the dollar on the total value of all the rateable property and such amount shall be known as The Provincial War ‘Tax. , Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:â€" The Bill | Whereas the Province of Ontario has granted and intends to grant as-l sistance in aid of the cause of Great Britain and her Allies in the war now being waged; and whereas the said' war has already been and probably’ will be the cause of a considerable reduction in the ordinary revenues of Ontario; and whereas there is now and ‘ has been for a number of years past | provision in The Assessment Act, for the assessment, levymg and collection of a Provincial tax; and whereas in} conformity with such provision it is necessary and expedient at this time,f that a rate should be imposed on all the rateable property in Ontario in order that the burden may be evenly,‘ and equitably distributed ; j On February 24, 1915, an act to levy war tax to supplement the revenues of the Crown was introduced in the Ontario House and passed its first reading. It passed its second reading on March 16 and was duly passed on April 1, 1915. We print below the bill in full: The Special Rate Shall be Levied and Collected in the Same Manner as Municipal Taxes and Shall be Similiarâ€" ly Calculated. In This Act "Rateable" Properâ€" ty Shall Include Assessment for Real Property, Income, Business or Other Assessâ€" ment. + WAR TAX BILL PASSED BY ONIARIO GOVERNMENT AFFEGTS PROPERTY HOLDFRS ONE MILL ON DOLLAR Pages (Continued on page 3) Twentyâ€"ninth Year. | _In 1903 Dr. Aikman was married ito Miss Laura Muir, of Grimsby, and since that time ~â€"he has resided in Grimsby and was one of our most ~prominent and â€" highly . respected | citizens. ‘~â€" The funeral will take place from Ihis. lateresidence on Thursday, |April 15 at 12 o‘clock noon to the [1.19 G.T.R. train, thence to Toronto ; where interment will take place in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. The annual meeting and election of officers of the local branch of The Lord‘s Day Alliance was held in St. Johns Presbyterian church, Tuesday night. Rev, E. L. Currie presided. An interesting address on the work of the Alliance was delivered by Rev. W D. Snider of Toronto, secretary of the Ontario Branch. The election of officâ€" ers resulted as follows: Presidentâ€"Wm. Montgomery. Vice Presidentâ€"Dr. Brownlee. Sec‘yâ€"treas.â€"W. B. Calder. The executive comprise the minisâ€" ters of the town. Since coming to Grimsby he has lived a retired life, ipracticing _ his profession very little and not taking a very active part in public affairs, but he evinced a great interest in all projects that have been put forâ€" ward in late years for the ‘benefit of the town. The deceased gentleman was born in Ancaster in 1841 and was a son of the late Cslonel John Aikman, a veteran of 181i2. He studied at Vicâ€" toria College and McGill University and after receiving his degree of [M.D. practiced medicine at Burlingâ€" ton and Coliingwood, giving up his ,practice at Collingwood about eight ‘leen years ago. In politics Dr. Aikman was & staunch Conservative. In religion he was an Anglican. In earlier life he was a great Tover of . horses and when at Burlington and Collingwood was noted for the many fine horses that he owned, some of his teams selling for very high prices ard being taken‘ to the United States. The deceased is survived by his widow and one son, Mr. Fred Aikâ€" man,‘ of Tororto. _ dn â€"1897, while Dr. and Mrs. â€" Aikâ€" man were on a yvisit with their son, Fred, in Albany, Indiana, Mrs. Aikâ€" man died after an illness of three days with pneumonia, He was married in 1868 to Miss Matilda Houck, of Whitby, a great grand daughter of the late Hon. John Wilson, of Winona, who had been a member of the first Parliament of Canada, sitting at old Niagara. ANNUAL MEETING LORD‘S DAY ALLIANCE Dr. R. T. Aikman, who has residâ€" ed in Grimsby for the past eleven years, had lived such a bhealthy life and presentedl such an appearance of vigorous middle age that it was with the greatest surprise that the citizens learaed of his death on Tues day, April 13. after a brief illness of six days, with pneumonia. DOCTOR B.P. AIKMAN PASSES AWAY, AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS John Aikman, a Veteran of 1812 Son of the Late Colonel My plan is such that there will be no interference or change with the present manner of doing business. A grower will be free as he is now to ship direct or send hig fruit through a shipping company. The shipping companies can buy and ship just the same as they have been doing but will sell their fruit under more faâ€" vorable conditions. The present marâ€" kets will be greatly enlarged and new markets developed through intelligent and judicious advertising. We must _ subordinate personal feelings We must be big enough and broad enough to put the interests of the whole community before everyâ€" thing else. We must pull together like a wellâ€"broken team. Business must be done in a businessâ€"like way. First grade fruit only can â€" be packed under the "Sunmaid" labelâ€" "Consisting of well grown specimens of one variety, sound, of uniform and of at least normal size and of good color for the variety, of normal shape, Coâ€"operation would result in harm onizing and unifying what might now be termed an incongruous mass of ideas and undigested restrictions and requirements. We need better transit facilities, better laws, better governâ€" ment inspection, uniform packing, etc., but to get results there must be underlying unity in all things. . Immense sums of money are spent annually to produce superior fruit. Cultivating the soil, pruning and spraying trees, fertilizing and caring for orchards; and after carefully picking and packing the fruit the grower practically turns his product loose on a cold unsympathetic world with "combination" and indifference staring him in the face at every turn If we would accomplish anything of importance we must be united. The day of isolation and individualâ€" ism is past. All great modern underâ€" takings have been brought about only by combination and coâ€"operaâ€" tion. The fruit industry of this disâ€" trictâ€"the â€" Garden of â€"~Canadaâ€"is unique and practically without comâ€" petition. It should be conducted as a large, modern, upâ€"toâ€"date business in which every fruit grower should be an enthusiasticâ€" booster and in whose prosperity all should share. My plan is to organizeâ€"in a short campaignâ€" the fruit growers and shippers throughout the district in a parent association with subsidiary branches on a federated basis. The territory to be divided into seven or more districts. Each district to have representation in the central council or governing body. I was invited to lay the matter beâ€" fore the executive of: the _ Niagara Fruit Growers‘ Association and have also explained my proposition in deâ€" tail to their Publicity Committee. I am glad of this opportunity to give an outline or synopsis of the proposed Soles and Publicity Campaign which, of course, will be largely of an educaâ€" tional character. * Organization ! Coâ€"operation! Standardization ! £ Publicity! combined with proper selling and disâ€" tributing facilities. After a careful diagnosis of the sub ject I found that it was neither "Paâ€" triotism nor Productiun" that â€" was lacking, but the fundamentals thr spell prosperity. These fundament: are: A f I became interested not througthhamber, Grims] socialogical consideration but viewing’April 12. Hamil it rather as a big business WhiChIOf North Grimsb; needed leadership and development.| The meeting j Considering it cumulatively and in its |discussing the peculiarly unique surroundings it is and also that of the only large business that I knowiwas held at the of that is mnot oganized in some ; Hillier, expre§s shape or form. ‘the presence of _â€"I took up the study of this question several months ago as a result of nuâ€" merous complaints made to me by growers regarding the unsatisfactory] conditions that obtain in the _ fruit industry. I conferred with many of | the fruit growers and shippersâ€"both large and smallâ€"and thus accumulat ed a vast fund of information regardâ€" ; ing the troubles, inconsistencies and financial losses to which they are subâ€" ject without apparently being able to help themselves. They all evidenced a longing for a panacea that would cure their troubles, right their] wrongs, bring order out of chaos, solve their financial _ problems by' bringing prosperity to a land flowing | with plentiousness whose husbandry | was of the best and whose returns,| for the labor and investment involved | was entirely inadequate. | Address by George F. Lewis at a Meeting of the Grimsby Fruit Growers on Monâ€" day, April 12, 1915 Held in the Council Chamker GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1915 ‘Publicity and Sales Campaign‘ to Develop the Fruit Inâ€" dustry of the Niagara Peninsula FRUIT GROWERS HOLD A GPLENDID MEETING IN GRIMSBY WELL ATTENDED (Continued on page 5) At the conclusion of the meeting, a resolution was moved by F. B. Henâ€" ry of Winona, seconded by Erland Lee of Fruitland "That in the opinion of this meeting, when an amendment is made to the Fruit Marks Act, that a clause be inserted to cover immature fruit." Carried unanimously. California peaches monopolize the table trade in Montreal at present, while our peaches are entirely used for preserving purposes. This is beâ€" cause they arrive in such poor condiâ€" tion, as a rule. Mr. Lewis gave a full account of his scheme for a Publicity and Sales Camâ€" paign for the Niagara District. At the request of the meeting, Fâ€" G. H. Pattison of Winona, also gave â€" a short address. NOTEâ€"Mr. Geo. F. Lewis‘ address will be found in another column Messrs Hart and Austice gave a lot of valuable tips as to the condition of fruit on arrival at Montreal and Otâ€" tawa, and also answered a number of questions fired at them by the local men. Both recommended the working up of a box trade in peaches and a stronger. and better basket for table peaches. "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall rot want.‘" In the matter of packages, a strong er basket was needed. He also conâ€" demned the practice of â€" commission men receiving tender fruits in Toronâ€" to and reâ€"shipping them to local towns and recommended the shippers to ship directly to such places. He was recommending to the Department several changes to be made in packâ€" ages: 2. That the small basket be 5% quarts instead of 6 quarts, so as to be half of 11 quarts. 3. That the berry box be a â€" full quart instead of fourâ€"fifths as now. 1. Permitting the manufacture of a deep 11 quart for peaches, with a shorter lengthâ€" Sunday, April 18, 11 a.m.â€"‘"The Three Appearings of Our Lord." 7 p.m.â€"‘"Life a Failure Without Chtist." Monday, 8 p.m., B.Y.P.U.â€""One Day in Seven for the Highest Things." Mr. Carey also gave some excellent advice as to _ wastey fruit â€"being shipped. He considered that tender fruits, such as peaches, plums â€" and berries, should be preâ€"cooled if posâ€" sible. & Wednesday, 8 p.m.â€"Prayer and Praise Meeting. and also that of fruit packages, and was held at the instance of Mr. H. Hillier, expreS§s agent, who secured the presence of Messrs P. J. Carey, Dominion Fruit Instructor; F. Hart, of Messrs Hart & Tuckwell, Montreâ€" al; Austice of Ottawa and Geo. W. Lewis, at present of Grimsby: Mr. Carey was the first speaker; he save an‘excollent address on the disâ€" tribution of fruit. The past season had taught two lessons: One was that you will have to sell your peachâ€" es at such a price that peaches can enter every house in the land. The second was that it paid to advertise fruit extensively. 2.30 p.m. Bible Schoolâ€""The Shep herd Psalm." °* A well attended meeting of fruit growers was held in the Council Chamber, Grimsby, on the evening of April 12. Hamilton Fleming, Reeve of North Grimsby, was in the chair. W. H. Bunting of St. Catharines, was in the chair, and J. F. Gayman, of St. Catharines, acted as secretary. The meeting was the purpose of discussing the marketing question, After considerable discussion, on motion of A. Onslow, Niagara, secondâ€" ed by S.. M. Culp, Beamsville, the comâ€" mittee decided to endorse the plan of Mr. Clement, confining it to newspaâ€" per advertising for this season, owing to the time being short. A meeting of the Publicity Commitâ€" tee of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers‘ Association was held in the Court House, St. Catharines, on the afternoon of April 10. Two alternative schemes for a speâ€" cial campaign to advertise Niagara District fruit during the present seaâ€" son were presented. One, by Mr. G. F. Lewis, at presentâ€" residing at Grimsby; and the other by Mr:â€" F. C. Clement, Director of the Experimental Station, Vineland. Addresses by Prominent Fruit Growers, Dealers and Inâ€" spector Carsyâ€"Geo. F. Lewis Launches a big Proposition Largely Attended Meetings at St. Catharines and Grimsby FRUNT GROWERG DISâ€" WAR STAMP TAX COMES GUSS PROGPEGTS FOR | _ MORROWâ€"LOOSE! THE SEASON _ !"wmngnn maetee uac peou THE CHURCHES PROSPECTS BRIGHT BAPTIST we can give you that little bit _ of ginger that makes you look just a little different from the other fellowsâ€" In our boys‘ department we give _ a watch, a knife, a ball and bat, a mask, a catcher‘s mit or glove, a mouth orâ€" gan or a knife, free with each suit at $5 and over. Tobey, 50 and 52 James St Hamilton, Ont. MOTHS, MOTHS, MOTHS â€" These destructive insects will not bother your cloths if properly looked after. Beat them and allow to hang in the sun for a day. Then put them in a mothâ€"proof bag. Our whiteâ€"lined odorless is the best. Price according to size. Parke & Parke, Hamilton. Men and boys who want to speed up a bit in their clothes this year, should see what I have. The clothing that was made after my man attended the opening in New York in March, is in the store now and whether you pay me $9.95, $12.50, $15, $20 or $25, ‘"What, tear thig ‘house down," says Scott, "why this is no ordinary house, it is the most talked of house in GRIMSBY." Walter Scott and hig teamsters spent the best*part of the day, with the ~assistance and adviceâ€"mostly adviceâ€"of nearly half the town getâ€" ting the building out to Main St. From Main street on it was easy sailing. Somebody suggested to Scott that it would pay him better to tear down the building and rebuild it, than to move it. 3 They got it out to Ozak St. but could inot make the turn successâ€" fully. After jacking up, backing up, pulling ahead, pinching, shifting, pushing, pulling, grunting and swear ing they finally got it squared away and started off. Scott said he would move it onto another lot in a different part of the town, but the Cpuncil would not stand for this, as it did not comply with the Fire and Building Byâ€"Laws. So Scott secured a lot on the farm of Mr. G. L. Book on the Beach road, whither the building was moved on Thursday last. « The house was loaded on two large trucks and three teams hitched to it. At the last meeting of the Council Mr. Marlatt was notified that he would have to move the house with in two weeks or it would ‘be / torn down by Supt Bromley‘s "strongâ€" arms." The large beautiful threeâ€"roomed house of Mr. Walter Scott Marlatt, situated on Orchard Lane, which has been <â€" the subject of discussion at several Counrcil meetings the past six months has at last been moved _ off the "boulevard." ‘"Windsor Castle" has been moved and great excitement prevailed durâ€" ing its removal. The Most Talked of House in Town has Been Moved to a lot on the Beach Road Opposite the "Rollerâ€"boller" "WINDSOR CASTLE" HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ORCHARD LANE TAMP TAX GOMES INTO FORGE TOâ€" MORROWâ€"â€"LOOSEN YOUR PURSE STRINGS SPEED In addition to this, a person buyâ€" ing a railway ticket for a sum over one dollar and under five dollars, must.pay a war tax of five cents and over five dollars and for each addiâ€" tional five dollars of fraction thereof, five cents. There is also aâ€" war tax on each telegram, of one cent. The public should also be very care ful with regard to cheques. Each cheque sent out, to be used either loâ€" cally or at a distance, must have afâ€" fixed to it a war stamp tax of two cents and for failure to attach this stamp there is a penalty of fifty dolâ€" lars fine. This penalty also applies to drafts, money orders and notes dis counted at the bank. People posting letters and postcards after the 15th of April should be very careful to attach, in addition to the regular postage, a one cent war stamp.. If this is not done the letter or postcard will be sent to the dead letter office. Mrs. Fred Cowell, writing from 379 Queen St. West, Toronto, states that she wishes to contradict the statement made in a public notice in THE INDEPENDENT with referâ€" ence to her having left her home and mer husband in GRIMSBY. She states that she had no intenâ€" tion of leaving her husband and was greatly surprised _ to learn from a friend in GRIMSBY that a notice of this kind had been published in THE INDEPENDENT. Mrs. Cowell wishes to state that she left GRIMSBY and went to her father‘s home on account. of _ ill health, as she has been sick all winâ€" ter and is still very sick. There is also a war stamp tax of two cents on each bank money order and each express money order, on each money order of the post office and on each postal note. In addition to this there is a war stamp tax of one cent on all letters and postcards. Every person making a â€" draft through the bank must affix a two cent stamp. Every person giving a receipt to a bank for the withdrawal of money must affix a two cent stamp. Every person issuing or making a note to be negotiated at the bank, must place on it a two cent war stamp. The public should bear in mind that the new Act, known as the War Stamp Tax Act, comes into force on the 15th day of April. The principal clauses which affect the general puâ€" blic in this community are: That every person issuing a cheque must place on it a 2 cent war stamp. There is Also a tax of Two Cents on Every Bank Money Order, Express Money Orâ€" der, Post Office Money Order and Postal Note. The Act Says That Every Perâ€" son Must Place a Two Cent War Stamp on Every Cheque, Note, Draft or Reâ€" ceipt of Withdrawal. MRS. FRED COWELL DENIES THAT SHE HAS LEFT HER HUSBAND TAX ON LETTERS $1.00 Per Year Pages