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Pub '|'_wo ....,, uwaun nu quuavuay one amuu-3- as om- er citizens of the province, while as a sink hole-for the. disappearance of provincial money this department is in a class by itself and the insolenei nf emnim ml LI... .........1...... -3 u. , 39' vanes) uuuvctul us: DQ5- Over in -Alliston, officials made- themselves so objectionable in trying to make collections from certain 01"! :`lganization's_ that the Alliston Herald 1 criticized them unmercifully and, we i understand, caused them to with- % draw from certain positions they had v taken. Learning of recent activities. of an amusement tax officer in Bar- rie, the Herald last week had this to say about it: A demand made by the Amusement Tax Department of this province on the Women's Can- adian Club in, Barrie has aroused .a furious hostility in that -town to the collection of amusement taxes on leg- the country. `It is to be ardently rie will attack 1: is unfair imposition that will result in it being thrown in the scrap heap where it belongs. For some years it -has been a haven for a squad of civil servants that should be taking their chances in the ordin- ary elds ofwactivity the same as oth- AV! ndfduanu A-F 4-L- nu.-- ' itimate community undertakings in . hoped--that'thei fluential men of Bar- d with an aggressive determination ' i J 1 1 4 I ! 'vvUIl uyytavu UH CIIUUI Ulllllllltilllv EIVUU jbyy churches and charitable instit- Tutions where a rental is paid for a _.theatre or hall, and, apart from the` nuisance of collectingf and remitting ,it, the- province must be in a sad iplight nancially whenit is necessary ;to adopt` such methods to raise `money; Members of the Legislature ,should endeavor to abolish at least gthe most objectionable features of this obnoxious tax. - f\--.... 3 .. `II! J llll I u - vvnaovoo uuc LGEUIGUIUIIB arc Ull.l.Ul'CUU.." For example, the Pembroke Ob- server says: We heartily agree with ;those newspapers which have "of late !been criticizing,the_ Ontario Govern- ment's [amusement tax-__as at present iaclministered. As apfprm of taxation it is about as -vexatious and despic- ableas could _be devised. Now it is even applied on entertainments given ihv nhinmhnu and nip...-m'&-..1..1.. :......4..'1. : I ! Recently The Examiner quoted an editorial from the Beaverton Express severely criticizing the "amusement tax as the smallest and most despic- Iegble form of. taxation `any govern- 'r'ne'nt ever devised. This opinion has been endorsed by a number of weekly papers and strong objections ,have been made as to the manner in `which the regulations are enforced.` 13...`. .........'....I.. LL- 'n_.--L_--1_ Av, I` The r_e.tirement so: Mr. Frawley ; ;?from the Public_-`Library Board re- ; :moves `the last of_`the-.old gtiard" 1- ; who were for so long associatedvvwith . this institution. Three others con- : nected with the work for over a~quar,- i ter-century were Mr. Hay, Mr. Marr 1;. and the late R. J.` Fletcher. `It is a_. 3 long time since, Mr. Frawley` rst itook part in library work. Then ; t_he_library was known as a Mechan- _ ics' Institute library and_.wa's located` . over where Beecroft s bank is today. ; Membership fees were the main 1 source of revenue nd _' these had to I be supplemented by entertainments , and other methods of raising the ne- I _ cessary funds." Running thelibrary, F compared with what we have today, even though but a small a air as ` 1 was much -more- of a job than the . present board has with every modern ; ` facility and all the money required ` available for the asking. Small '. _ though it was in comparison, the lib- ' rary of those days lled perhaps a greater want "than in these times when reading matter is-,so abundant. ' Mr. Frawley lent valuable assistance to the library in those early days of. struggle and in his later years on the board he had the satisfaction of see- ing `Barrie i supplied with a library fully up to all the `town's require- ments and the citizens availing them- selves of its advantages to an ever. in- creasing. extent. - vfuuu nag nmvu. auu bud 11150181166` some of. the members of the staff iularly--though `it is the duty of @1117- _,should demand the strictest economy in the administration of county of- ,fairs._ L" CONDEMN THE TAX Venezuela I Nassau rrmcl Portof Spain Bueno|Aires I Janelro Montevideo Cimcgs . 0997' 100 Branchu including / London New Yotk Paris Barcelona V St. John's, Nd. ' Havana San Junn Santo A `l'\..._!_ _. In an editorial concerning the in- creased assessment of the towns un-; der the new equalization. and what! the urban municipalities receive in return for the greater sums taken -from them, the Orillia Packet urges the need for the ratepayers to scrut- inize more closely the expenditures authorized by the County Council. This is a timely suggestion and it ap- plies especially to what is spent on roads. Large county grants for roads. mean a higher tax rate. Just because it appears on the tax bill in the form ' of county rate does not make this ex- penditure any easier to pay. It is strange that many of the reeves . and deputy-reeves are much less crit- ical of expenditures by the county council than by their own municipal- ities. Still, this is but another illus- tration of something which has often been stated, viz., that the farther the spending department is removed. from those who pay the greater is the tendency to laxity in the scrutiny of expenditures. Under the new equal- ization. the county levy is greatly in- creased to a number of municipalit- ies, including the town of Barrie, and ' the representatives of these partic- v wuutu . Domingo " P93 !-lib Annmn ..... Prlncq `F.-`E. Secord was elected Mayor of Meatord at. the deferred election held on Jan. 18. ` . , V coma oetruz-y said, "he did his part. Someone recently attributed the growth of municipal expenditure to the high standard of cduntyism and townshipism. Judge Vance did not a know that he could point to any par-_ ticular extravagance by the County ~ Council of -Simcoe County. Yet there had been a yielding to public de- mands, and expenditures had been made which might have been post- poned. until. things brighten up. Would Halt Road Building If I were in the County -Council," said His Honor, `'1 would call a halt on road-building . :I would keep up what we have--and we have not made too many so far. The County Council -has as, much as it can do to take care of the present highways. People from all parts of the county are clamoring for improved highways what shall be spent rests with the County Council. Too. much emphasis is laid on the government grant. Whether the money -comes from the. Government or the County the peo- same thing applies to general pro- vincial, _ expenditures. ' County Shouldn't Pay Taking up the nancial report, Judge Vance called` attention to one item. the charging of which to the County he regarded as absolutely a (Continued on page 9) _ but the responsibility for deciding E ple have to pay in the end, and the " o-uuovwn IIJ uul-A57 V GIIUU I ` Judge" Vance, in opening his ad- dress to the Council, said this was the i fourteenth time he -had administered ' the oath of office to a warden. The County `Council had many duties and responsibilities and it was gratifying tosee mentgive up their time to such public duties. Reference was made to the death of three men who had been prominent in the work of the County `Council: Ex-Warden Train, ,a painstaking, careful councillor and a. practical and useful member; Ex- Warden James Moore, .a hard-work-a ing interested member for many years; Wm. ,Williams,_a `diligent and faithful councillor, whose education- al accomplishments were of great as- sistance in school affairs, to which he devoted much .thought. Of each it could" betrul-y said, He did his part. Qnmnnnn -unimnl-In nu-..:l....4..'..l 4.1.- uu uuvy I Rev. I prayer. A mu auu wucre uuuu 1119 W111 De pro- tected and developed. Upon each rested aedefinite responsibility. With each assuming his full share, the` year 1926 could be made the brightest the County of `Simcoe has known. pl, 13. 1 1171...... .0..Il-_.-__! ___,-u. naauulablull. . I Rev. A. J. _G. Carscadden, in a brief address, pointed out that the founda-; tions of all good legislation are found . in the divine law. God uses human! instrumentalities to accomplish His} purposes and men should recognize - it a privilege to have a par-t in_carry- ' ing out the plans of the Great Archi- " and girls shall grow into the nest tect. The duties of the County Coun- ' cil had a side greater than the mater- I ial. It was their duty to strive to make Simcoe a place where the boys types of manhood and womanhood; a nlace where the home life may our- ish and where child life will be tected and dnvnlnnnd, TTnnn nunln Buy Advoi-clued '1`hin_a.. . If any local housekeepers desire . lee what men regard `as thorough: sweeping they should visit the curl"-= ing rink when the bonspiel is` on um ,` week. % _ _ I (Contlniied from page 1) Barrie Ministers Officiate After the Warden had taken the; oath of office, the customary relig-1 ious `exercises were conducted byl members of the Barrie Ministerial. Association. 1 D ... A T I`! n-___-`__1,1, - -' - -' `tidal luv `lulu-.' It was the very great privilege of s` the - Canadian. weekly newspaper party which went` overseas in 1924 T to be receivedby this distinguished prelate at his `palace in Malines. ` Vividly do we remember his tall, spare gure clad in the crimson silk robes of his. `office, his saintly coun- tenance illuminated by a kindly smile and `his gracious words of Welcome. ~ A deeper light seemed to come into his eyes as heipraised the valor of the Canadian troops, told of Bel- gium s debt to them and asked the editors to convey to their readers Be]- gium s appreciation and gratitude. Standing in his presence, we easily, understood the great loyalty, devotion and reverence which he inspired in_ the hearts of his people. ' ,l92*6 WARDENSHIP #7 TO ESSA SREEVE ! on FIRST BALLOT; 1. The death of Cardinal Mercier,! j: Primate "of Belgium, on Saturday ,- - afternoon, removedlone of the heroic 7 gures of the `Great War.] Inspired _' by. intense patriotism. _an`d_'holy in-` dignation at the manner in which ~ the Germans, disregarding their sol- emn treaty obligations, had invaded ; his peaceful and inoffensive country, 1 he denounced the invaders and _en- 1 couraged his" people -to resist- Un-. ' dau-nted _by the threats of personal ' violence, he continued sending out ' those pastoral letters which gave fresh heart and courage to his $eo- ` ple. His letter; issued in December ' 1914_ has been called one of the m_ost ' damning indictments of the German invaion of Belgium and `of German` treatment of _Belgian'` people ever written. `Since the war he had been active in the restoration of Belgium and in the relief work on behalf of" the suffering children of Central Europe._ .._-Cardinal Mercier was a man of high scholastic attainments, a great personality, devoted to his peo- ple and deeply beloved by them and . admiredby the world for his noble stand on behalf of the principles of` justice and humanity. His funeral will be national in character, a tting honor to the memory` of one to. whom Belgiumrowes a debt which never can be paid.. ' ' `N. u..... 1.1.- __-_,__ , . . .. ` - has ben `so grant as to mark fhm ' for summary-dismissal which ip nowi long overdue." uflddrss by Judge Vance Alb` II` --` Q UL ouuuuu nus KIIOW . E; J. Whgn follogved with cA1g_D1NAL MERCIER `THE BARRIEJEXAMINER Having the local bus service under franchise`, as has been suggested, would have some advantages, If a franchise were i granted, denite terms could be laid down for the ser- vice,` something which cannot very well be insisted upon when a service i is operated simply under license..'1`he franchise could be made conditional upon the required service being giv- en; failure to carry out the terms of the franchise being sufficient cause for cancellation. The franchise could be made for five years and not trans- _ ferable except with the consent of the Town Council, the price to be; either xed by Council or put up for ' tender. With the assurance of a five- ii year franchise, there would be more ;3 likelihood of competition for the bus ii privileges, as the term is long enough ;` to warrant the expenditure of su ic-ill ient money to provide the necess-'-` ary equipment to take care" of_.1 the business. One of the main ob- 1 jections to a franchise is that it ,i would create a monopoly, but there I) would be little objection to that prov it vided the desired service was secured ii without any additional cost to those ,5 using it. The suggestion "is worthy it or the Council's consideration. l t Get the habit. Read The Examiner Classgedsh each week. They offermany money-saving opportunities. INLADIES LACE COLLAR7 AND CUFF si .- Men's Navy Blue Serge Suits, up to $30.00, all must be cleared `Out at $19.50 each Men's Tweed gnd Worsted Suits, greys and browns. Men, here is your chance! Asuit for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .s . . . . . . $10.50 Men's Overcdats, remainder of our stock to be cieared out at . . . . .. . . . -. . $9.95 These prices only prevail once `in in great fvhile, so get on the great price reduc- ; tion sale before the lines are broken. ` STANlh-`Il:h'.LD"S, PE%NMAN _JS, WATSON S, TIGER BRAND ahd ox:-`om: KNIT ALL BRANDS TO GO AT COST AND LESS` THAN COST. ONE cR"KND`c1.EAN.uP in ALL 0&1; t}1I)-ERwEAR LINES, _ BQTHINI-ADIESfAND-MEN S.' lig._UnderWe arJSale I. T. DEVLIN We believe our patrons will agree that to maintain and ex- tend a service vital to the welfare of the community far out- `weighs- in importance the moderate increases the individual telephon user may be asked to pay. `The tendency is thus toencourage the development of res- idence service. Continuous extensions of `residence tele- phones ad'ds`scopeand -value to the service of, merchants and business houses. ' - The Canadian National Railways has signed adenite contract with the British Empire Steel Corpora- tion to take 600,000 tons from the Nova Scotia coal mines. It has also agreed to carry arfurther supply of coal from Alberta to Ontario at the $7.00 rate. These actions on the part of the C.N.R. will be of great bene- fit to the miners of Nova Scotia and Alberta and show that Sir Henry Thornton has been giving sympath- 0 .etic co-operation towards meeting .1 the coal situation. The great majority of telephones in service are residence in- struments. A much smaller increase is proposed on this type of` service. _ ' e i MEN S SUITS AND OVERCOATS. - -an-.4-a avaav vv 4:15 UGULU DLIUVVD DIIU 1J1.'.lI1C1pH.1 .1 effect for th1s exchange`, and the new rates for wh1ch ,,We are asking the approval of the Board_ of Railway Commissioners:- V . _SPEClAl_. _E0]{__SATURDAY AND MONDAY HE following table shows the principal rates now in for this Telephbne Rates I at this Exchange Residence Service Individual Line $2.05 2-Party 1 . 85 Present - Proposed Monthly _ _V Monthly.Ra1:e Monthly Rate Increase Busmesa Servlce ' Individual Line $2-57 $3.25 V $0-58 2-Party V 2.05 2.50 .45 Ladies Wafson Bra; Vests and Draurers, with short sleeves or sleeveless, nicely trimmed, regular prices up tp $2.50,` sale price . . . . . . . . . ._ $1.39 garment Children s Vests and Drgvers, Sizes up to 34, sale >. price . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 garment A high compliment, and one that -' was fully merited, -was paid the Anglo-Canadian Band, Huntsville, when it was selected to provide one of the international radio week fea- tures. The reception was perfect during the time the programme was being broadcasted and the music of this superb organization afforded de- light to thousands of radio listeners and at the same time made a ne ad- vertisement for Huntsville and its band, of which this northern town is justly proud. * " Ladies Drawei-gin white or cream color, open or closcd , styles, at . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . ; . _. . . . 59c garment Boys Fleece-IT.inedA Underwear at . . . . . . 49c garment Boys Staneld Shirts only, in sizes 32 and 34, 69c ea. _._-_..- '--v .---.n. -now ulllul IIIIIVVCIB, xuuxcu price $1.50, sale price . . . . . . . . . . . . 98c garment Men's Tiger Brand, 100% pure.wool garment, nice soft wool, regular $2.00; sale price . . . `. . . $1.49 each Me-n s F Ieece-Lined Underwear, good heavy eece, sale price . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 69c garment p Men ; Dodds Knit Shirts and Drawers, rcg_u1ar I\I`:f`D :0 0n`;\ can-:nn Men ; Label Staneld s, reg; $2.75, sale price $1.98 The Bell Telephone Company - of ' e -DEVLIN S- (Above rates are for wall telephones) w. E. Bizawsrnx, $2.25 1.85 ' T I `Whitby gouncil has provided ai atone plle to which able bodied men; will be directed when they apply for_ relief. -111 these days of fuel scare-I ity would not a wood-pile ~be betterl I THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1929. 12- "' '- 79 51:1` All Kir H. LEN 'rHuRs| Buy mil 3: EDITORIAL- COMMENT $a%$&%***%%%%%%%$$%%$*&$iw 109 C11 Near- 1 H1 W11 Good line. of p BRIT \/`Ce ITICII P114 me Royal Bani: - % of Canada