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tm vskm the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 13 1917 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 sept 1st 2473 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments our capital correspondent written exclusively for the stouff ville tribune by m l sschwartz prior to the start of the present session of parliament it was ispered in usually wellinformed bm canada object to term this quarters in this capital that foreign as full participation in a proper ffairs would assume a much more manner to her status as a nation given the right to work out the details of the peace treaties follow ing the foreign ministers decisions in the moscow conference on the general terms this being accomp lished before these terms are made final for presentation to a general peace conference it is understood in ottawa that canada did not oppose appearing before the dep uties as proposed to give her views r y friday and saturday march 14 u wvf sinoky fred macm urray oniario income tax not wanted if the drew government finds it necessary to impose per sonal income taxes no matter how small it will be received over the province with disfavor just as the dominion tax is received even a small ontario tax will necessitate no end of trouble for the tax payers who will have to make out reports for the provincial levy add to this the cost of collection which is mounting the cost of collecting and the picture will be more unsatisfac tory it is to be hoped that some simpler method of raising money can be found dominion taxation on income starts at too low a bracket because it wipes out the small wager chance to save not in accord with public opinion a woman has escaped the gallows after being found guilty of murder by one jury whose decision was reversed by a second trial we do not recall ever hearing of a ver dict so out of accord with public opinion as that given on thursday at hamilton when evelyn dick was acquitted a tire tip some motorists have deflated tires a few pounds during slippery weather believing the softer tire is safer under such conditions evidently this is a false notion skid tests on a frozen lake surface conducted by the national safety council in the united states have shown the deflated tires are no safer on ice motorists are advised by these safety authorities to keep tires inflated to the exact requirement at all times and slow down daring grandma the 42yearold grandmother who leaped 4000 feet from an airplane to see how a parachute works and landed with out injury had plenty of spunk she had packed para chutes during the war and wanted to experience an actual jump of course it was a daring stunt she even had her knitting along with her most grandmothers while ap plauding her nerve will not have the least impulse to emu late her parachute jumping is for welltrained solid young men important place on the agenda than it has in the past and the latest events on parliament hill have con firmed this forecast adding even a little more than it had been ex pected especially after the can adian government had made it quite clear to the rest of the world what its attitude is towards the rights of these so called smaller nations like canada in framing the austrian and german peace trea ties in terms of unusual frankness for diplomatic manoeuvres the can adian government has declared in ottawa including almost one full hour speech by the secretary of state for external affairs hon louis st laurent during a debate in the house of commons that this country wants to participate in the making of these vital peace treaties in a way which is in tune with its war contribution in so far as this main principle is concerned the government seems to have the siip port of the other political parties in the house of commons so that its voice on this subject is in reality the voice of canadas people with the remark that when this state ment was made by mr stlaurent in parliaments was significant that the usually empty seats of the dip lomatic gallery of the house of commons were occupied oy several representatives of socalled smaller powers including belgium aus tralia czechoslovakia etc in other words except for some constructive suggestions from the other political parties the canadian governments demand for the rights of participa tion in framing peace treaties was backed by this nation as a whole and this is not important in judging the momentous declaration on foreign affairs which the govern ment has made to the rest of the world behind this historic declaration in ottawa there is the straight state ment that canada believes she as and her contributions in the war with the degree of national unity on this point being indicative of the general attitude of unity in the de claration on foreign affairs submitt ed to the big powers in regard to the framing of the peace treaties indeed mr laurent spoke heatedly when he declared in parliament that canada was going to have a foreign policy of her own hence forth and was not going to be the instrument to carry out a foreign policy made for us when veterans affairs minister ian mackenzie proposed the ap pointment of hon c g power to the important special committee of the house of commons on the re distribution bill it started whispers that an approachment between the former member of the mackenzie king cabinet and the liberal party was in the making earlier thi session an open break between the former minister for air and the king government was a topic of much discussion along parliament hill where mr power has been a popular political figure since 1917 finance minister douglas abbott has been asked to confirm or deny a report credited to a government fin ancial expert that every dollar spent on price control has saved the consumer at least 55 however mr abbott has replied i do not know who the government finan cial expert is and i cannot vouch for the accuracy of the s55 but i can say that i am sure the money spent on price control has saved the cana dian consumer very substantial sums members of a group of royal navy british army and raf officers paid a brief visit to national defence headquarters in ottawa on their way to kingston where they will give a course in combined opera tions at the royal military college staff school at the same time a wellknown british authority on in dustrial and reformatory schools hsc rees has come to ottawa for conferences on juvenile delinqu- well as others should have been 7179739 liekwise it is shown that monday and tuesday march 24 2o rebecca laurence olivier joan fontaine hands at work learning to build owtttlthps progress and prosperity are directly dependent on her ability to produce goods in sufficient volume to meet domestic needs and the demands of world markets never before has the demand for the products of ontarios great industrial plants her farms mines and forests been so great production must be increased and that requires skilled hands skilled hands for plant expansion skilled hands for industrial operations skilled hands to provide homes for ontario workers and higher wages job security better working conditions are within easier rearh of those who have mastered a skilled occupation today through the plan sponsored by the department of veterans affairs and other agencies hundreds of young workers arc being trained to mirt the building needs of this province graduates of these rehabilitation courses are now ready to take their places in ontarios industry available to yon are veterans well started on the road to skilled building trades such as bricklaying plastering plumbing steamfitting and carpentry seek ihrm out with confidence they arc your future craftsmen pulluhrd by the brewing industry ontario cahpextiiy the carpentry course gives the student a basic knowledge in liolh practice anil theory his training ranges from bench work and the care of tools to the hanging of doors and the laying of flooring available at all schools this course is the equivalent of third year apprenticeship vocational training courses arc offered at training centre located in the folloicinfi cities and tonus in ontario toronto inilon hamilton kitchener windsor ft william broeki ille preseott kingston north hay ottawa guelph kempt illehailey bury operations of the national film board since its inception have cost taxpayers of canada no less than 7179739 likewise it is shown the estimated cost of tourist pub licity this year is 100000 if unit ed states sugar rations are raised it is quite possible that a somewhat similar increase may follow in canada according to reliable infor mation there trade minister mac kinnon has stated in ottawa that he was quite sure consideration might be given to increasing the price of eggs to offset a recent jump in the price of wheat used to feed poultry when the french picture les enfants du paradis was banned for showing in theatres in this capital it was screened at the french embassy here to invited guests only no less than about 1500000 has been left in canadian banks awaiting claimants owing to negligence or other carelessness of depositors it is reported in ottawa up to the end of 1910 the national film board production exercise musk ox made quite an impres sion on an audience called together by special invitation when it was shown in a theatre in this capital where members of the armed for ces diplomatic services and other government officials were given an opportunity to see canadian ingen uity at work in conquering the canadian north in midwinter reproduction prohibited 1917 fed eral features syndicate wptb questions and answers q why do you try to tell us we receive 75 lbs of sugar per year when anyone in the second grade at school can count the number of lbs we receive a at no time have we ever said each ration book holder re ceives 75 lbs of sugar per year sugar is a world commodity and canada receives a fair share based on the number of persons living in this country thai share must be distributed between the holders of ration books and industrial users such as bakeries soft drink manu facturers candy manufacturers etc the total amount of sugar used in canada would probably amount to 75 lbs per person per year each person receives the sugar purchased with ratior coupons plus what is contain ing sugar which they purchase we hope this explains the sit uation if not please send in your name and we will write you personally in more detail q why do we permit soft drink manufacturers to have such large amounts of sugar when children would be much better oft without this stuff a children are not the only ones who enjoy soft drinks the manufacturers have spent many millions of dollars build ing up large plants etc and it would not be fair to single out any one industry and cut off their supply of sugar they are entitled to a fair share as well as anyone else and too if they had no sugar at all a great many people would be thrown out of employment q if the united states citizens receive five extra lbs of sugar on april 1st why cant can adians receive the same amount a it is rumoured that the us ration will be increased it is also rumoured that the can adian ration will be increased but wo have no definite information on this matter t stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop favourte rado staton toronto