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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 9 1947 le tmiffmll utribunr established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations average paidinadvance circulation as of spt it 24t3 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 2o0 a- v nol son publishers notes and comments the new citizenship act on january 1st 1947 the canadian citizenship act came into force the act was proclaimed on july 1st 1946 and as the canadian citizenship bill was piloted through the house of commons by the hon paul martin then secre tary of state the outstanding features of the act are 1 for the first time our naturalization statute states that a canadian citizen is a british subject 2 a nativeborn canadian or a british subject domiciled in canada brides of canadian servicemen and all those who now possess naturalization certificates are declared to be canadian citizens immediately 3 the act provides for the establishment and recog nition of canadian citizenship formerly the only definition of canadian citizenship was to be found in the immigration act in future all canadian passports will carry the words canadian citizen a right which in various circumstances was not general before 4 the bill maintains and recognizes the status of british subject with the advantage that canadian citizen ship papers will be supplied upon request after the legal period of residence once in possession of citizenship papers they will have the right of entry into canada and the right to canadian diplomatic protection 5 women who marry canadians will qualify for can adian citizenship one year after establishing residence 6 recognition of the status of british subjects is shown in clauses which provide that all british subjects now in canada are declared to be canadian citizens certifi cates will be issued upon application noncanadian british subjects coming to canada will obtain certificates in the same way after establishing legal residence no court room ceremony will be necessary 7 the act recognizes the right of women to decide their own nationality previously women have been classed as persons under a disability and automatically assumed the nationality of their husbands a canadian woman who marries a man of any other nationality may retain canadian citizenship if she so wishes 8- noncanadians who served in the canadian armed forces outside of canada qualify for citizenship after one year of such service 9 naturalized canadians will lose their citizenship if they stay out of canada for a period of six years or more canadian citizenship can be retained in such cases only by an official endorsement on a passport or certificate of citizenship accidents on the farm dealing with accidents on the farm a report made by the mayo institute where so many cases were sent in the us for attention the clinic points out some facts they observe on the matter around stouffville however we believe the major accidents and indeed the majority of accidents on farm arise from persons being injured by power machinery especially tractors one or two recent cases were due to a farm hand running a fork in the foot but actually power machinery caused ninetenths of local accidents in 1946 in this district the mayo clinic points out five hundred and seventyfive accidents on the farm caused persons injured to come to the mayo clinic in the nine years from 1935 to 1943 inclusive most of the injuries were due to falls farm machinery and livestock most of the men injured were in their most productive years accurate statistics of farm accidents are not available but the mortal ity rate from them is known to be extremely high other industries have reduced their accident rate by eliminating hazards as much as possible and by educating their employees in the safe ways of handling machinery an educational program for the farmer is the first step in decreasing the number of accidents on the farm it is of interest to note that farm laborers throughout the united states have little insurance protection the same situation no doubt prevails in canada as a result statistics of farm accidents are meagre some plan of insur ance would also provide better information from which a campaign of prevention could be laid out it is known however that a large factor in the cause of accidents is that those using machinery are not trained in the use of such equipment- equipment in many instances is poor and in a poor state of repair another factor which enters into accidents on the farm is the ever present gas and tetanus bacilli which invade cuts and scratches and often result in serious infection and sometimes death the problem of accidents on the farm is a national one and can only be bettered if those who work on the land appreciate to the full the chances they take and institute measures to remove the hazards which exist friday saturday jan 10 11 the pride of the bluegrass rendevous no 24 wm gargaa our capital correspondent written exclusively for the stouff ville tribune by m l sschwartz when the former finance min ister rt hon jlilsley made his budget speech last juno he predict ed a possible balance of canadas budget probably next year hinting at a shortage this year of about 200000000 to 300000000 how- everthe present finance minister hon douglas abbott has come out flatly in ottawa with the forecast that a balanced budget is practic ally certain and a sizeable surplus not improbable to the maninthestreet across this country this may mean more roval succession because his than appears on the surface since i majesty king george vi is king of again and again lately there have canada with the statute of west except over prices which has work ed out to be beneficial since coal coke etc dealers report good supplies of course the winter started with a mild spell and this helped though it was not the whole story in any case reports coming to ottawa about freezing temper atures are not looked upon in any dark light now since it is known that fuel supplies are reassuring for the first time in several years t much has been written and even more has been said lately about the possible marriage of iirh princess elizabeth and now the question has been asked if dominion govern ments including that of canada would be consulted since this is a marriage which might involve alert move shows wives work can still be profitable to show the man and wife who are both working that the bark of the new tax regulations are worse than the bite the london chamber of commerce filled a page of the lon don free press on boxing day with an effective analysis of the new laws which went into effect this week the fullpage ad was paid for by the chamber of com merce in the interest of london workers its selling point the joint income of husband and wife will in almost every case not be reduced by more than 2 a week the point is proved bv a table covering husbands incomes from 1500 to 3600 and wives from nothing to 1500 since the new tax laws were announced the ad says some married people think that it will no longer pay the wife to work if she is to be taxed on anything she earns over 250 actually if both work it is still a mighty fine way to accumulate cash the chamber of commerce gets some help in its presentation from the national employment service which says with new factories such as the tuckett tobacco co canadian general electric parker pen and others coming to london more women will be needed a great many of these women can and should be married women under the heading lets look at this income tax prob lem the chamber of commerce takes the new laws and breaks them down into financial abcs it explains that the husband can earn 1500 the wife 250 before the govern ment gets anything that gives the married couple 1750 tax free income if the wife earns over 250 but not over 750 her husbands exemption is cut by whatever amount she earns over 250 she pays no tax it all comes out of the husbands pay envelope when the wife earns more than 750 thats something else in this case each has to pay taxes on everything he or she earns over 750 for easy figuring the ad offers this formula 22 of the first taxable 250 25 of the next 750 28 of the next 1500 31 of the next 2000 34 of the next 2000 j monday and tuesday jan 20 21 easv to wed esther williams that the warswollen city is sett ling down wearily to a peace where oooo are unemployed and fewer jobs are open than in any other can adian city and of the g500 more than two thousand are veterans been suggestions on parliament hill that taxes for the little man and perhaps the little business may come down after the start of this new year an estimated 550000 or more persons have come off the income tax list and corporation as well as excess profit taxes have battle over postponing the hearing been reduced bv certain percent- of an application in ottawa by the ages now with a balanced budget canadian railways for a 30 in- and even a surplus for 10101911 crease in freight rates can be used fiscal year a certainty as more ex- estimate what will come when minster of 1031 being raised where in the dominion government as well as the british government are concerned with questions touching on roval succession if the events marking merely the servicemen return to civilian life with accompanying provision of new taxpayers and wages as well as salaries going up conditions seem ready to allow further tax cuts and this is strongly hinted as being on the way in ottawa while reports are reaching this capital about freezing temperatures in various parts of this country yet officials in ottawa are learning with considerable satisfaction now that coal coke and solid fuels are plentiful everywhere in canada though it is not so long ago when it was feared that canada would have to face in this winter a pos sible shortage of no less than 3500000 tons of coal as shipping and coal strikes both in canada and united states presented a rather gloomy scene however the removal of all con trols over ewl coke and solid fuel in this fan stance iti the real issues are argued it looks like a mighty bitter battle is in the making before the roard of trans port commissioners the hearing has been postponed until feb 2 by majority decision of the roard in ottawa but not before a stiff fight had occurred during which lawyers used such terms as intolerant and arrogant in referring to the rail ways attitude at the postponement hearing furthermore it is said that this bitter battle has a large stake since it is estimated that approximately sso000000 additional revenue may be involved each year for the railways if their effort should succeed a black market butter coupon racket is under investigation by the royal canadian mounted police it is alleged in ottawa following the disclosure that used ration coupons ijd other circum- may have been retrieved and used gh a freedom j for illegal purposes out of the large piles of paper brought to the mills of a company across the river from this capital where this company had provided facilities for disinte grating and pulping waste paper the company is reported to have had nothing whatsoever to do with this event nor assumed any respon sibility having merely granted the privilege to the agencies of the government to dispose of confi dential documents or to process old paper for further use all oper ations being carried on under the direct supervision of representa tives of governmental agencies however it is charged that em ployees had obtained illegally such butter coupons and sold them supposedly to a black market setup dressed in a blue serge suit canadas governorgeneral and viscountess alexander toured the civic hospital and the rideau veterans hospital stopping at the bed of each veteran in order to say a few words judging from whispers heard on parliament hill now there is considerable opposi tion in canada against any lifting of the controls on rent at this time it is understood in ottawa that reconstruction minister howe has the report of the royal com mission on coal under deep consid eration canadas peacetime merchant fleet is being increased by large numbers of surplus war vessels since the war assets cor poration has disposed of no less than 00000000 worth of such ships since the end of hostilities the recent severe jap earthquake the greatest in two and a half genera tions was recorded by the seis mology branch of the dominion observatory in ottawa where regu lar shocks continued for over five hours charwomen in the can adian governments service in ottawa are likely to receive the privilege of sick leave and holidays since an mp has caused their case to be brought before the treasury board the dairy products board has resinded its order requisition ing 75 of the roller skim milk powder manufactured in ontario and quebec for export to the british ministry of food since domestic users will require the total production the remaining winter months reproduction prohibited 1017 federal features syndicate windsor is a jobless black spot windsor ont jan 4 black spot of the dominion for unemployment is windsor reports show today i ii the only food for him and millions like him in war- ravaged china this old peasant his farm devastated by the japanese is too weak to work his diet for months has been grass and roots of chinas people 83 per cent are farmers mil lions are in urgent need of food clothes medical supplies unrras work is ending voluntary agencies must cawy on canada must do her share will you help china a good neighbor and customer will not forget he feverous china a good neighbor calls to you canadian aid to ciiixa make cheque payable to cas ad as aid to china and mau to pntjncul headquarters ontario committee headquarters room 101 371 bay st toronto 1 this is the only national appeal to he made in canada tcithin the next ticelve months jor chinese relief chairman h b burgoyne st catharines ontario vicechairman c r rowntrea london ontario treasurer e j case imperial bank of canada bay temperance st- toronto 1 wimaammmxaaxabaammamm