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. â€"TWO eanenuamponcemee nreeneningy: Q/ECLECTRIC @ OI1 L Re oBn Be Ee Te cBe aBe oBe eBe eBe eBe eB oBe eBe ce oe eBe eTe eBe ofe ofeeSo ce eRecTe ce At all Stores M oBe oBa cBe oBe aBe oBe oBe oBe aBe cBe oe oBe eBe eB ofs ofe oBe aBe afe ofe afe efe ofeefeofe i Robt. Duncan& Co. °O REACH THE PUBLIC ATVERTISE What Every Woman Knows â€"â€"â€"THEâ€"_â€"â€" 5%4,«â€"DEBENTURESâ€" 514 and SAVINGS DEPOSITS Carrying 3%% per cent. on Nothing so mars or makes the appearance of a home as its wallpaper. It can distract from the effect of finest furnishings, or lend attractiveness to the plainest. Repapering is so easy â€"so inexpensive, ‘tis poor econâ€" omy to be content with shabby walls. In our Wallpaper Department you will find the best products of Canadian, American, British and European makes. At pleasing prices! You will ~receive courteous and intelligent help from our salesmen. "WALLPAPERS" James St. and Market 5q Cor. King and Hughson Sts. The Hamilton Provident Are legal investments for DAILY BALANCE in Cigar $Â¥ Loan Corporation TRUST FUNDS D2 THOMAS‘ A. Hamilton D. M. CAMERON, General Manager. oomane en peemnm onammer ces memrarcen‘e uy and IAIG iC E4 . oo 1f a municipality is free or nearly free from dehbt, the reducing of the taxes is a simple matter, or at least a matter that does not present any unsurmountable obâ€" stacles, but if a municipality is already heavily involved in debenture debt, then the difficult‘es facing the counciliors or aldermen who are economically inclined are gigantic indeed. css [ w _ ':0)-()-()-()-()-()Q().()-()-()-()-l)-()-().()-()-()-()-() ':‘ . Of course, there are extravagant school boards \ economic school boards, but the best of them will that the fixed charges are always so high that it be impossible to keep the taxes low. j Many Councillors in and members of Count ize that the taxes ha last few years that th a halt. The trouble is that : what to do or where to that they bhave a most | **THMere are"two Ihnes ol â€" aldermen cannot possibly Row keen they are to cut the debenture debt and the The debenture debt is inexorable only ‘be gotten rid of by"* payment. fixed annual charges are to an eft they could be reduced in some cases Fixed charges, or overhead, cons‘st of the salaries of all offcials employed by the corporation, expense of fire department, heating, lighting, insurance, telephone, etc. This overhead expense is to an extent under the control of the councillors and may, by strict econoâ€" my, be slightly reduced in some cases, yet they are a continuous performance and liable to increase year by vear rather than decrease. ye? Another heavy drain on the taxpayer and one that is continually increasing and cannot be avoided, is the cost of education. This item is steadily climbing each year in every municipality, and no doubt will continue to climb for all time, as the call for new buildings 'and new eqiuipment is constantly being made by‘our Eduâ€" cational department at Toronto, ‘and in this respect the common people need never look for respite. With three classes of fixed ghargesâ€"debenture debt, overhead charges and school expensaâ€"it will be diffiâ€" cult for councillors to tell just where to begin with cheese paring. $ & The only chance for economy seems to be in "current account‘" and here is where the only chance for effectâ€" ive work presents itself. Small municipalities may be able to make small savings, but larger municipalities and county councils have an opportunity to make substantial savings by the employing of the strictest methods of economy. A halt must be called in this respect at once and not only must the amount spent on roads be greatly reduced but the strictest attention must be paid to the "spendâ€" ing‘" so that the people get value for every dollar paid out. In the matter of road building it has not been the amount of money spent but the amount of money wastâ€" ed that has made the ratepayers sore. Money wellâ€"spent need not be regretted, but money illâ€"spent or wasted must always be a sore touch to the taxpayer. No other question is so important at the present time as the "taxation‘" question, and no other question should take precedure to this one in the next ten years. Nearly all councils have gone crazy on road building during the past few years, and in this line alone, big savings can be made. The amount of money wasted by county councils and the Provincial Government in road building during the past four years has been enormous and has run into the millions. / : { nc i) oumome 114 csmm 1J mm Established 1885 JAS. A. LIVINGSTON & SONS, Owners and Publishers BY Ww ee â€" ITHE . INDEPENDENT &4 THE PEOPLE‘S . PAPER J. ORLON LIVINGSTON JAS. A, LIVINGSTON, 1e is that most of these men don‘t know or where to beginâ€"and I am free to admit ive a most serious problem on their hands. J. A. M. LIVINGSTON, General Manager SUsiness Trey"ot expenise that counciliors or possibly get away from, no. matter â€" to cut down the taxes, and that is and the fixed charges, or overhead. n townsh e t me [CIES Laditor 11 11 nexorable and fixed, and can "payment... The overhead or to an eftent fixed, although Manager d W anC FAIRBC ips, Aldermen Is are beginnin i to such an & is certainly cor come ig to realâ€" extent the me to call town and find will 3~Ten years" of golod, hardâ€"headed economy all along the line would bring .taxa,tion“%ck to normal, but it will require a lot of courage, a lot of fighting and the display of a lot of common sense to bring about this state of normalcy. . Happy will be the municipality, the county of the province that will have men of this calibre to protect the people. 8â€"Because the home paper boosts your town and its institutions, its people, its schools, its churches and helps to promote good fellowship in the community. 9â€"Because the live merchants offer moneyâ€"saving bargains and protect you from catthâ€"penny mail order houses. D 7â€"When some unscrupulous person tried to injure your character it was the home pap@r that came to your aid. j nom bors P 10â€"And last, when you are finally laid away, it is the home paper that prints consoling news of your demise and that extols your virtues so that hearts of those who mourn are made to feel thankful that the home paper stuck by you from cradle to grave. nc SsSWAT THE "NM cornet THE INDEPENDENL, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO ATdowâ€" h distili1n€ nation distilleries. Many that 1 the brewing in 1€ Many that began with home brewing are changing the brewing into distillingâ€"because distilling is easier, requires less attention, the result is more easily hidden and transported, and it produces a bigger "kick". Here are a few pertinent facts taken from the New York Journal that should Be.carefully. considered by any_man who sits waiting for the brew to bubble, or for the little coiled pipe packed inâ€"ice to begin pouring out its ‘condensed, highly reliable alcoholic poison. "Formerly, beer fit to drink should not be made in less than one year. Then scientists showed that, with greatest care, with machinery costing hundreds of thousands, with careful filtering, settling and refrigeraâ€" tion, it was possible scientifically to make beer in three i¢Ss tnan one year. . NCn sCicl greatest care, with machinery . thousands, with careful filtering, tion, it was possible scientificall» months, free from dangerous fer A boy named Jackie Coogan, popular sin films, reâ€" ceives a half million for four pictures, and a good share of the profits as well. â€" ya pra" This is more money than any man, in the pursuit of ordinary, useful hard work could acquire in a lifeâ€"time, or perhaps in half a dozen of them. + Py The public purse is a fickle old thing. It will loosen up to the extent of a few dollars a day to.a man who digs a sewer, or does other very hard, but very necesâ€" sary work. It will haggle quite a while before it will raise the salary of a good teacher from $2,000 to $2,500 a year. Yet it springs open to the tune of a whole haif million for a boy who has the ability to give patrons of moving picture houses what they want in the form of entertainment. sX 2 1et thousanas of pe called ‘beer‘, very *b2 "The home brew way to insure his life he starts his career. The payment for his services throws all our old theories about values and labor power into the discard. Coogan enters the ranks of the millionaires before he becomes old enough to think of quitting public school. Take it another wayâ€"a man works in a factory for a whole week. He puts in long hours and performs a lot of useful service for his employer, who in turn hands it out through his sales force to the public: This man is, in reality, performing a useful public service. At the end of the week he goes to the pay window and is handed an envelope with his name or number on it. He takes out his $35 or so and is paid. If he is able he may go to an entertainment, for which he pays $1 to hear some artist who gets perhaps $350 for one night, and that is not by any means a top figure. One makes as much in one night as the other does in ten yveeks. Don‘t fail to have an object in view. Many a man leads such an aimless existence that he could fire at ranâ€" dom without hitting it. companies won‘t insure him. "As for home distilling, that is shorter, easier and better than home brewingâ€"if you are tired of this life and would like to see what comes after it. ‘"‘‘There ‘are poisons in badly made whisky that sometimesâ€"cause blindness and immediate death. This is the kindest sort of whiskyâ€"it puts you out of your misery quickly, saves you much distilling and bother. "The least harmful kind of whisky you can make at home is thoroughly poisonousâ€"so is all whisky, for that matter. â€" But the difference between homeâ€"made whisky and whisky scientifically made is the difference between the bite of a rattlesnake and the bite of a mildâ€" er snakeâ€"it takes more bites from the mild snake to kill vyou." & : It is a difficult matter to try and put down any parâ€" ticular rule and make all these things stand up beside it. â€" Halfâ€"Million Coogan and the $35â€"aâ€"week factory man both have something for saleâ€"their power to do things. It may make you shiver to think that we pay the worker $35 and hand out the half million to the already rich youngster for scampering across the screen and getting rescued from an ash can. â€" But that‘s just what we do. od So it is with the Coogan youngster. He has esâ€" .ablished himself on that peculiar line that crosses the path of what the people want and what large numbers af them are willing to pay for. n 5â€"Wh Mu: aitts A HOME BR or nat ded y« If m the,home paper. #7 ien you had been successiul in a had been promoted, it was the ho l~your ability. ; you sold out or moved to anothe aper followed with news of frien ca" Domestica" is here d to do so withant inks OUR SENSE OF VALUES all 11 U also "become a A te nt someare changin e done eople 1 wer is advised_ I1 fe for the benefi eC ~CA dittle whil a" is here. He and his wife, if vithout interruption, will have one â€"five million little Muscas around by September next. Or, as someâ€" ix ba ple today ilv made, M 1 U n en success:.tii in a Dusinc ted, it was the home paj bly bus USCA atches of eggs of Mrs. Muscas , all hatch out, and all the little ry and bring up families there uscas next fall to bury this old ly ;guessed it by nc ugologist‘s pet nam common house fly. in the holes and cor survived the thores eeking out the sout! s wiggle one foot a: than no time they a y, it is true, but stil! e family of 120,000;( ix months and cve ith the idea that® sc ‘NING 1ortune invaded your nome to your friends and neigh nd 11 cA DOMESTICA" omeâ€"Ifrewins born, it e world V +1 our lif a j 1€ ame~d rom 11 ited t! n M i1 )eI Z] + 1 ~ this homeâ€"loving r:rs=sud. honie their kitchens into RTA TTMOARNI ing and bother.â€" you can make at all whisky, for i three months dly drinking so e most friendly is family before r he starts the n ocation and nei W Musca en the ne T Thse cou1 labor ay W the cha« markets One of the chief remed‘es for thisâ€"â€" indeed, for most of our present troublesâ€"‘s a wide, liberal immigraâ€" t‘on policy, excluding only those who are e‘ther phys‘cally or morally unfit. And in th‘s connection, as: far as regards persons born within the Britâ€" ish Empire, anyiregulation» prevent‘ng any immigrant«6fâ€"the.class desgr’ié;ge?i f)r"om"' go‘ng to ‘any place within ths British Emp‘re he pleases, is an unâ€" warranted interference wi‘th the perâ€" sonal lbherty of every British subject, whether from Great Brita‘n, Ireland, Austral‘a, New Zealand, etc., and is quite unconstitutional as long &s Canâ€" ada remains within the British Emâ€" The abnormal wages paid to railâ€" way men, amount ng in many cases to 100 per cent. over preâ€"war prices, is ons of the chief reasons preverting us from placing our National Railways speed‘ly on their feet instead of addâ€" ing to our already enormous tax b‘ll every year. These high wages, moreâ€" over, oblige the railways to charge high freight rates, which injure every shipping bus‘ness in the country, the It remains for a native of Scotland named Forgan, now President of the National City Bank of Chicago, to sugâ€" gest the only real way to cure the financial collapse of the old world, and that is by burning up Europe‘s inflated and worthless currency. Already, during the present Provinâ€" clal campaign, both the Conservative and Liberal parties are trying to put over the public the idea that they, along with Sir Adam Beck, invented shipping bus‘ness in the cof farmers probably most of make lumber, coal, and all manufactured goods ever dearsr than they need be. High wages paid skilled labor in the building trades is one ‘of the chief causes of h‘gh rents and dear houses, and the abnormal wages paid coal miners in Alberta and British Columâ€" b‘aâ€"also the shorter working hoursâ€" are large factors in preventing Onâ€" tario cit‘zens from getting Western coal at a price they can afford to pay. We justly) howl today if manufacâ€" turers or speculators corner sugar, flour, or any other commodity and force the public to pay an artificial price, and the present aim of the Labor Party appears to be to do that very same th‘ngâ€"a corner in skilled labor, of course, producing even worse effects on the public. Some idea of the extent of money inflation in Central Europe may be gathered from the fact that it has been decided to raiss the fees in Austr an universities to 150 times these in force last year, which is equal to making them 2,400 times the rates charged before the War. Much has been said about the shortâ€" comings of our branch bank system lately, ~especially by‘ the Western ‘"Progressives" as they are called, but following the failure of two crops in Johnston County, the Guaranty State Bank at Cleburne, Texas, has been closed after a two weeks‘ run. In Canada the branch bank system has sustained areas in the West where there have been crop failures for seyâ€" eral years and where unit banks would have gone underâ€"if indeed, such â€"banks would have ever found the capital on which to establish. Her Young Brother: "I believe you, captain. You never did." Sheâ€"Mr. Snook seems an attractive type of manâ€"is he married? Heâ€" Dunno. He‘s a reserved sort of chap. Keeps his troubles to himself. Captain Borewelk: "The tiger was quite ten feet long. I never saw such a monster‘" Gold weighs about twenty times as much as its own bulk of water. The, following was overheard at a directors‘ meeting: "While we are sitâ€" ting here, let us see how we stand on running expenses‘". ' n NOTES AND COMMENTS $ ON CURRENT EVENTS BY PETER PETERKIN 1a country needs an ample supply of r available for both agriculture industry, but the Labor Party, by ttitude on immigration, blocks the n @4 0 he n (0)1 n wneI e of arises Ccnh organized condit‘on farmers rece‘ve iC [ those which they purchase. And th 1€ the la d C uU 11p pIC U tOI V U . ARG_LAiS MiALâ€" efly from the deâ€" labor, and from of the Euronean n W Tm who â€" ntario DI }( all. and raw and so much $ in 0 t] O1 L +1 uSss uld the n toward consid. works fo 8 Wed She d« But I When sowing wild oats stay in your own field. Correct this sentence: "The hu: band had a headache and the, bilue but he smiled cheerfully and kept h troubles from his wife". n The‘ only time the averag rest‘ without her conscien is while her hair is drying maturday, ‘April 28th, â€"by the rspreâ€" sentatives of the Emergency Red Cross Committee, who had beén sent to investigate condit‘ons and report on the need. . The Executive Comm‘ttee had alâ€" ready informed its committee to act if necessary, had made an apprcpriation of funds for immed.ate use. °It was decided to take over immediately the financial responsibility of the emerâ€" gency hospital of e‘ghty beds with its staff of twentyâ€"five nurses, which the mun cipality could no longer support. This met the need of only a fraction of the sufferers who needed help. Perhaps even more urgent was the neâ€" cessity of suitable food for the hunâ€" dreds of convalescents just struggl‘ng back to normal life, who without suitâ€" able nourishment might be unable to earn for weeks. IQOr fhelp inâ€"its brought to the The same evening, an order for canned soups, fruits, malted m‘lk, ceâ€" reals, cheese, butter, lard, bacon, eggs, potatoes, soap, drugs,> disinfectants, hospital ~supplies, nursing utensils, sheets, pbillowâ€"slips and towels, was shipped to the Deputy Commissioner of the Red Cross ,who is a trained PuNWic Health Nurse with business exâ€" perience as stenographer and bookâ€" keeper through whom all Red Cross supplies will be distributed. . When the Red Cross helps in an emergency, what actually happens? The requestâ€"of the town of Cochrane The needs of the situation are such that this work must be maintained for at least six weeks, and it is in supâ€" port of this work that public subscripâ€" tions are being solicited. _ Writefor Free EyeCare Book. _ _ Mariao ESyeRemedy Co.. 9 East Ohio Street, Chicago LESLIE J. FARRELL, The Rexall Store GRIMSBY n U #"* _ *>> But you can Promote a v @ Clear, Healthy Condition Miar Our EVE SUsstrine ze Renetr Keep yorr Eyes Clean, Clear and Healthy. YRINE YouCannot Buy % . But gf ::-_I%{E:qt_e a Home mVB A TA n OFFICE D06 They used to But now we I And will unti Don‘t worry about your wandering y.. He has to do more or less wanâ€" ring to find parking snace. : he sir; hey us Tello Sn n :y Ou O 1C L. a ri leal it ) thing taste i can‘t help wondering whether ow march of the advertisements 1 the front of the magazine is ered progress. Te & don throi NA net d Th hi c n n n all A.â€"2 ofM U t their seemsâ€" a â€"place where woman er board and clothes. doesn‘t build a big house, d a failure; if he does one, he. is called a menace its typl the Ont: April â€" 28 KT n 11 not to ride us for a nickle; m T rts when you stop fool TE & TT ra w De 1001 it t0 Cur saq 1 they lower the on w 18 cuss words in our hich are inadequate wrons number. g house and learnâ€" a woman has about e ‘th‘is Spring. h, »~by theâ€" rspreâ€" Emergency â€" Red ho had beéen sent 0 INX ACTION RM INSIDE chass it is best to 101 veI n Cross on | P O. Box 157 Grimsby. Phone 238w I¢ nurting Int on the 1Cc I "(Recently arrived from England), pupil of the late John Kennedy and other emininet European Masters of Voice Production, Elocution, etc., is ’now open to receive a limited number [of pupilsfor ~Singing, Elocution, Pianoforte, Theory of Music. Highâ€" est local references. Terms modâ€" esate. i .Apply, ! Heintzman & Co., Hamilton Land Surveyors, Civil Engineers James J. MacKay, Ernest G. MacKay William W. Perric Phone Regent 4766. 72 James St. N. _â€"____â€"Home Bank Building â€" 8 NPAAA ra: Hamilton Nelles Road Dominion Land Surveyors, Ontario GRIMSBY HARRY 865 Keith Street mmzy Office 1 LAND SURVEYOR MacKAY, MacKAY & PERRIE Orders m: VAAA o Classes are held every Wednesâ€" day and Saturday, at 2.30 p.m.. HENRY CARPENTER" â€" cOUE CLINIC OF APâ€" PLIED PSYCHOLOGY Mr. F. P. Macklem,â€" having been â€" authorized by Monsieur Coue, to teach Autosuggestion, has opened a Free Clinic at the White House, Grimsby, Ont. Collective treatment is given without charge of any kind. All are welcome. Dentist Officeâ€"Corner Main and Mountain # Streets, Office hoursâ€"9 to 12, 1.30 to 5.30 â€" Phone 127. _ Grimsby, Ontario G. Al J Peqeral We shall be fileased to. call at your home and give you an estiâ€" mate on repairing and upholsterâ€" ing your furniture. You will find our prices moderâ€" ate. â€" All work guaranteed. Furniture Dealers Phone 72. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, etc. Office: Main Street, Grimsby. Phone 7 Funer~| Di Fot or â€" farnr for sale. â€" No comâ€" mission or fee charged unless we secure a purchaser. Our experience is at your service to assist in disposing of your propâ€" »~rty to the best advantage. CALDER & HAZLEWOOD MULLEY Grimsby EVERY CALF G. ARTHUR PAYNE & SON Wednesday, May 16, 1923 MRS. W. E. JOHNSON HUNERAL DIRECTORS GILBERT RAYNER A.M.E.I.C (Late of Royal Engineers) CIVIL ENGINEER _ «_ Phone 440]J We Issuer rister, Solicitor, Notary Public ederal Life Building. Hamiltoxfl â€" t UPHOLSTERING REAL ESTATE suer of Marriage Licen COUNCIL â€"CHAMBER ROY C. CALDER Piano Tuning, $3.00 will gladiy PIANO TUNER DR. D.~CLARK , Solicitor, Notary Public to loan at current rates â€"Griimsby and Beamsville iUR PAYNE & SON Directors and Licensed rers _ Motor Hearse, is 72. 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