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tae trfbase stojftv on thursday tibeouy o 19s5 news for the farmer holstein association has record year 70000 registrations sein mater brrtjir shields awarded roy barker o weodbridge out was reelected as a direc tor of the hoistlnrriesiai as sociation of carad- at the an nua convention of the asso ciation held february 2nd and 3rd at toronto fred m snyder was selected as president vith f c eligh finch om first vicepresident hon c b sherwood norton sb 2nd vicepresident james t brown newcastle 3rd vice- president and stanislas pan reton trorivieres que th of cheee in canada are more vieepreswent some 1200 khan adequate for the normal ttended the annual needs of the country tie largest number in retiring president norman k martin st thomas ont l hat during this gener ation dairy farmers have suc cessfully adapted themselves through an almost complete change from hand and horse power methods to mechaniza tion the growth of population is creating an everincreasing demand on the domestic pro duction of mik and milk prod uct- a resolution was paed pro testing the importation of 2250- 000 lbs of cheese when stocks plan farmer church service fac e0ee4a pt cc0ee tyt p nt mom ptopu mln pm 60 now thn in 192 t tom rhaixv of lirlnn to b 60 mnd elder improt rfwy j thank to hlffhr ttmndmmh of living nd mrdiml roc routltinjr from tbe dncminuf mdm m imt ar r tkt ul jraw kxtra yr in h erurr fre frow fporum upon h yoo can b mrt by inrtinft now in canadian government annuity ftl i i annuity plana r available to aah yvw imffvfua1 nmvl any iijit of canada between the age of and s3 u dijphk to buy a rwnramt annuity find oat riajbl now bow yoa can bay a guaranteed retirement income during yoor earning year conault your district annuities repre sentative who will call at a time convenient to you or null thai i bejo postage feee for further information nit cojciot cuuoun cotquen manns hpminsn of umot onm mhm rem w- ttjr myov owa wahs a committee was set up at the south ont county federa tion of agriculture meeting to plan for a faimer sponsored church service early in the summer rev hugh cowry of leakdae is assisting the fed eration in this countywide in terdenominational church ser vice the secretary was instructed to write the township councils the yearly letter asking that federation levies be forwarded to the county office a co- operators insurance association committee was set up to fur ther the promotion work of the federation sponsored auto insurance which was pattern ed to especially cover the far mers needs mr anson gerrow seugog island mr russell rodd uxbridge and mr wm esbitt brookiin will present the plans tor furthering co- lope ators insurance the marketing legislation presented to the provincial government by the federa lion of agriculture was dis cussed each member was re minded of his responsibility in urging members of our govern ment to give careful consider ation to this petition the di rectors of the federation unan imously endorsed the market ing legislation as the most ad vanced step yet taken and felt that they could improve their position if this legislation would become law regarding a request that the federation do some promotion work in mara township a good deal of discussion took place hut it was decided tha mrs hamer and mr tindall should approach the township council in a greater effort to ascertain the wishes of the people and that south ontario would do all it could to help the feder- aion of agriculture feels that it has many worthwhile bene fits for country people whioh can be enjoyed now and the county group is anxious to do anything to improve the secur ity of the farming communi ties in ontario the subject of a farmers market as again discussed mrs hamer reported that the general article in the rural co- 1 operator in the ontario county j upplement page was concern ing a farm market and that the i response to the article would give the directors the informa- jtion they needed regarding the wishes of the farm folk in the county of ontario for a market of this type ten questions were present ed to the directors which it wts felt that all farmers ought c be interested in their profesons urhciently to answer these questions are to be published in the rural cooperator to determine the farmers feeling for his advancement such quetioas a is do you think the farm ers buying power is necessary for a healthy economy 2 would you be willing to tooperate if it meant a fair deal for all i3i do you think we deserve a fair deal if we are not inter ested in farm organization 4 did your farm pay in lki including interest on in vestment 5 would you be willing to pay more to the federation of agriculture to have a better job done these are questions the fed eration of agriculture would like the farmers to ask them selves and answer for the fed eration every mans opinion will be valued the federation of agriculture in your county is continuously working in your behalf your interest will be appreciated starr asks for relief from tax on cars partial text of speech deliercd in the house of common by michael starr mp ontario mr speaker i rise to bring to your attention ard to that cf honourable members a simple ard constructive step which can be taken by the govern ment immediately which will increase employment by at least wc in one of our most important industries and save some canadian consumers 71 millions of dollars this year i refer to a decision in the 19j5 budget to remove the excise or luxury taxes now levied on passenger automobiles i hasten to say that i am not advocating the remov of all taxes from automoniles the present total of taxation is 25i of the manufacturers selling price of this loc is the general commodity sales tax the re maining lore is a luxury tax it is this utterly j unrealistic- added burden of taxation on one ot the most important and i might add expensive neces sities of normal life under mo- dern conditions in this country which should be removed 1 am certain mr speaker that there is hardly a single honourable member of this house who does not feel that this luxury tax should have been removed some years ago when the reason for its imposi tion had ceased to exist i re fer of course to the fact that the automobile luxury tax as we know it today was first of the york countv branch of a a wartime austerity meas- york county hog producers meeting the ontario hog producers as sociation will hold its annual meeting in the parish hall newmarket on wednesday of next week february 16th the meeting is slated to commence promptly at 1030 so that the business session includ i n g election of officers can be taken care of before a most interest ing discussion or quiz panel at 1130 to cover various phases of hog production a panel has bee set up to discuss feeds and feeding and problems in breed ing and management following the free lunch each township group will elect its committee and direotor be fore reconvening the after noon programme will include two addresses on most impor tant subjects mr finlay stew art will explain the advanced registry policy for proving per- ure and then a control device to conserve exchange and com bat inflation it has been con tinued at its present or higher level for some years now re- gardleess of its depressing ef fect on an industry which ac counts for one eighth of all retail sales regardless of its limiting effect on employment regardless of the severe hard ships it imposes on consumers in the low and average income brackets the two great problems fac ing many canadians today mr formance of breeding stock as well as discussing the test sta tion feeding eldred aitken chairman of the ontario hog producers board will speak on the hog marketing agree ment this is the mark of a new age that big bold sweepsight windshield curving back to vertical corner posts is easytosee evidence that chevrolet has cast aside the tradition of the past to starl a whole new age of lowcost motoring its smarter to look at safer to look out of and its only part of chevrolets new outlook for 55 yes chevrolet brings you a whole new outlook in lowcost motoring for 1955 1 its best symbolized we think by the sweeping expanse of windshield th widens your view of the road and lets you see through the corners for greater sifcty thr car with ihr nrw idc besides widening your view of the road the motoramic chevrolet broadens the whole horizon of the lowpriced car it was built around the idea that a car doesnt have to be highpriced to look ride and perform like it a lot of time and sweat went into the building a lot of old traditions went out the win dow because they didnt measure up to this daring new concept trust chevrolet to have the re sources and the skill yes and the courage to break so completely with the past- kverylhinrs new in chevrolet 1 everything from its tubeless tires to its lower top theres new beauty with that lonir low lets ro look new fun underfoot with the new turbofire v8 and the new blueflame six 1 a new choice of drives new overdrive supersmooth powcrglide extra- cost options and new standard transmission a wonderful new ride new highlevel ventila tion but we cant even begin to give you the whole story here ixok who healing rhoc thunder chevrolets stealing the thunder from the highpriced cars in more ways than one come in drive it and youll see why the motoramic chevrolet starts a new and excit ing age of lowcost motoring this youre going to love 1 a clearer view of the road v coming and going j ivj more than a new car a whole new concept ob lowcost motoring everythings new in the motoramic see your clievrolct dealer ccnttal mololli vawc chiid chas phone 103 fir 104 cooper limited claremont ontario speaker are unemployment and inadequate family income to meet t le demands of our mo dern standards of living the government can go a long waj towards relieving both there problems if it will in the forth coming budget abolish this out moded and unrealistic luxury tax on passenger cars in some measure i speak of this crying need as the repre sentative of the riding of on tario one of the two great cen tres of automobile manufacture in canada i speak auo in much larger measure fot ail cana dians who are forced to pay this arbitrary and artificial penalty of over 400 if they vdsn to buy the most modestiy priced family car of canadian manufacture on the market to- oay i admit that they should pay something but 1 submit mr speaker and i am sure honourable members will ag ree that 150 or sloo per car which is the amount of the sales tax is a fair contribution of this family necessity to the federal treasury the luxury tax mr speaker costs each modest car owner an additional s210 or so it is a luxury tax but in this case it is not imposed on a luxury i think it will be generally agreed that this proposition is self evident the facts are mr speaker and this is the find ing of a very thorough and ex tensive survey that kivo of passenger car use on an aver age day in canada is for essen tial travel of one kind and an other that f5 of every hun dred miles of car travel is di rectly connected with the ne cessity of making a living and that today almost one million of our citizens are driving cars for these essential purposes which are 10 years old and more apart altogether from the important safety factors in volved it must be obvious that the continuance of this luxury penalty on new car ownership is seriously affecting the effi ciency- of the entire national productive effort the estimate i have given of a 10 percent immediate increase in employment if this luxury tax is removed is conservative most labour leaders i am told think it would be considerably higher even so i know what a 10 increase in high pay em ployment would mean not on ly in my own riding or in the windsor area but in many other parts of canada mr spea ker 260000 canadians depend for all or a large part of their income on the manufacture of motor vehicles the supply of materials and component parts and the sales and service of these vehicles all would re ceive benefits direct or indi rect from the removal of this luxury tax four or perhaps five thousand new jobs would open up in the manufacturing industry alone and as many again in the supply industries the latter incidentally actu ally give work to more people than the manufacturing indus try itself i need not explain to this house mr speaker that i am not talking about stop gap mar ginal low wage employment the jobs i speak of are pre ferred jobs in our national work force if our economy continues to expand and the canadianmade automobile is allowed its full share of the domestic market they will be steady jobs it will give honourable mem bers some idea of the magni tude of the burde- of this pres ent luxury tax jn the payroll tesources of the industry when i say that this year 1954 the federal taxes paid by the au tomobile manufacturing indus try in canada exceeded the total paid in wages and salaries by some 13 million dollars the figures i believe are 137 mil lion dollars in taxes and 121 millions in wages and salaries it seems to me mr speak er that on these facts alone the immediate removal of the luxury tax would be fully jus tified but there are other compel ling reasons perhaps the fore most of which is the long list of consumer benefits that would follow from the rechannelling of those 70 millions of dollars into new disposable income some of it would be spent on cars and much of it would be spent on other commodities regardless of what happened to it the fact remains that mr and mrs canada would have 70 million more dollars in their pockets and purses to spend or save than last year if there is anybody on the op posite of the house and i am sure there is not one but many who may be interested in rais ing the ievel of canadian retail spending next year i commend this simple and available source of substantial millions the exciting prospect of the immediate redistribution o f thee millions s even more ap pealing if we look at the kind of canadian families vjio will benefit the most they are nat- husbands wives want new pep and vim rfwj tjsi j npvt nrr hm frn tt united tlr t 11 l o forspw raitjituyowtnctkv s iff tra fu t mty tr4 at rp ippmiv t rv 4 vifmm rj fnroa rv zrt- t cii2jt hi only 60 at all dr ijh uraily the people who buy dcers mcvt of our passenger ws i also important in this con- who are hev again i ijtete nection and trust ms aspect the very reliable independent will hive the serious constder- survey inide of this and other o the minister is the ajs- basic facts of automobile own- plierion of the tax reduction ership although it was made or removal to cars in the hands about three years ago 1 ttfii in- of dealers on some other oc- formed by those conversant casions the government policy with uptodate statistics that has been stransely inconsistent its conclusions are still valid ion this point when the luxury at the time of the survey sl ux has increased o even- 100 passenger cars genera were owned hv households i w apjvy to a 1 whose senior wage earner had hands of dealers on the othei an annual income of less than en reuwttions hav 4000 05 of everv 100 passen- been made si has nor been p- 1 hy families ipjied to such cars perhaps i income should explain been made cars still in the ger cars were own- whose main source of was les thin 330 1 have said that the luxury tax amount to well over 200 in the cost of the average car lu removal- mr speaker would be the equi valent of a round of pay raesj of between nve and ten percent for every 2000 to l0o0 wage earner who buys a new car this year i might say also at j this point sir that i have en- 1 quired into the matter of pass- ing on to the consumer the lux ury tax removal and i am most reliably informed that the en tire reduction would be passed on by the manufacturers and hat the ealej nd excise taxes on pasjngr cars are collected from the ma nufacturer before the car goes to the dealer for sale to the con sumer it is to all intents and proposes still an unsold car merely having moved from the factory into the chain of dis tribution surely it is most un fair to all concerned to treat these cars vill in the sales rooms and vailing to be sold as though they had actually been sold while the higher tax levels were in effect of course the tax will have continued on claremont page 9 m t m v v v v t t v v r0xy theatre mark ham evenings doors open 630 pm sat matinee lso pm thur fri sat hurry hurry hurry here come those clowns in their clowning glory and on the same program western welcome wilh ray whitley monday tuesday feb 1415 all technicolor show and tropical masquerade wednesday thursday feb lfi 17 plus ihrillinr cofcalurc iawk- 6a howajdkugkis l devils 5 aijyon fca thsbi yjtm hmia a he huraibirxkirrs v rtrqaaaaia mlhiiabaamimn