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When the abattoir was opened in 1915, its advocates argued that its operation as a municipal enterprise would be justified beâ€" cause it would keep down the price of meat. But the taxpayers in Toronto have had to pay virtually the same for their roasts, steaks and chops as have the citizens in other For only a few years has the abattoir shown an operating surplus, and even that would have been wiped out if it had been subâ€" jected to the same taxation that privatelyâ€" owned businesses pay. The civic abattoir pays no municipal tax, income tax, excess profits tax nor corporation taxâ€"yet it is operated at a loss. In the twentyâ€"nine years that the abatâ€" toir has been in operation, the gross revenue has been $4,561,519, and the total expenses $4,926,194 â€" the deficit amounting to $3864,â€" 675. That was the total ‘accumulated deficit as of December 31, 1948 . Since then the sum of $100,000 has been appropriated for mainâ€" tenance. Those who advocate the socialization of all industry in this country, might well ponâ€" der the record of Toronto‘s civic abattoir, says The Fort Erie Timesâ€"Review. A COSTLY VENTURE As usual the facts are the best answer to the wild and bitter falsehoods of the socialist revolutionaries. Grey & Bruce Trust & Savâ€" ings is to be congratulated on its forthrightâ€" fiess in doing its part to spike those falseâ€" oods. ‘"We are proud of our standard of living in Grey county and the excellent financial condition of the county itself," declared The Grey & Bruce. f Deposits with this trust company in 1932 were $1.1 million; in 1988 $2.6 million; in 1944, $5.1 million, an increase of 369%. In 1944, Grey county citizens bought over $9 millions in Victory bonds; a total of $26 millions in 1942â€"3â€"4. "In view of the fact that a large proporâ€" tion of our customers are farmers and workâ€" ers we believe the public should know the facts." These it set forth. When that angry and illâ€"informed socâ€" ialist declared that monoply had left a trail of ruin in North Grey with workers and farmers the viectims, The Grey & Bruce Trust bought space in the Owen Sound Sunâ€"Times and declared that this was casting a reflecâ€" tion on the citizens of Grey county. This modest community institution (1944 net profits $57,000) set all business a good example when it spoke up and demolishâ€" ed some untruths hurled into the campaign by CCFer Noseworthy. We admire the spunk of the Grey & Bruce Trust & Savings Co. of Owen Sound in some swift, hard punching in the North Grey byâ€"election fray, says The Financial Post. MODEST FIRM SETS FINE EXAMPLE We‘ve got answers, too! Why not Come in and pop the question ? All the "git" we‘ve got, we‘ll give, To fulfil your suggestions. ‘‘What and where and when and why And which, and who‘s behind it ? Gran‘pop‘s on the spot this time But doesn‘t seem to mind it. ‘"How to cut down living costsâ€" Who‘ll win the next election ; How to get a husband back, Arouse an old affection. Gran‘pop‘s got the inside dope, Thinks he‘s quite the berries. Breathless newsmen seek him outâ€" Pepper him with queries. "THE EXPERT" S EIE!IER.I2.E!I.9!%!.@.2.2!.5.8.s.5.7)=.~° N True independence is never afraid of appearâ€" ing dependent, and true dependence leads always to the most perfect independence. Issued every Thursday from office of publiâ€" cation, Main and Oak Sts., Grimsby, by LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. TWO SBubscriptionâ€"$2.00 per year in Canada and $250 per year in United States, payable in advance. IRIEIC..E:!C!.2!.2!.8.3!0.5.5!:2.5.3.3)5 The Grimsby Independent FACTS & FANCIES Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. "Lincoln County‘s Leading Weekly" Established 1885 Telephone 36 Nights, Sundays, Holidays, 539 Frank Fairborn, Jr. J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor A large increase in the number of autoâ€" mobiles will mean that traffic on the roads will be more congested than ever before. There will be more need than ever of safety instruction, to teach people how to drive properly. i The ownership of an automobile has proved a practical proposition for countless workers and their families. It has made it possible for many more of them to take jobs at a considerable distance from home. It has given their families pleasant recreation, and has contributed to their health and hapâ€" piness. _ e MORE AUTOMOBILES Predictions are made that there will be a big increase in the number of automobiles owned and operated by the Canadian people after the war, and after production is resumâ€" ed on a big scale. Any letdown in our efforts now would be a gross betrayal of our fighting men who have a right to expect all of us to see our jobs through. We can and must keep a counâ€" try that Johnny will be proud to come home to. With Johnny‘s feet on German soil, we naturally feel as if we‘re on the last lap of the war. But the war on the home front needs to be waged with more vigor than ever. We must remain alive to the fact that the basic causes of inflation are still with us. War maâ€" terials still have to be produced in great quantities. There is still a scearcity of manâ€" power. There are still insufficiencies of civiâ€" lian goods on the one hand and tremendous purchasing power on the other. Fathers and mothers who have fighting sons in this war, will well remember that it wasn‘t until after the last war that inflation really got in its dirtiest work. By the middle of 1920 following World War I, the cost of living was 91.6% higher than in the summer of 1914.. In this war so far, the cost of living has risen only 18% and only 2.1% since Novâ€" ember, 1941, when overall price control was imposed. The big answer to most of our home front problems is â€" keeping inflation down. Fighting it every day, no matter where you find it, in the price of stewing beef, potatoes, flour, butter, sugar. Watching that rents don‘t rise, that the clothing budget keeps a steady level. How shall we on the home front measure ur to him when he comes home? Will he think, secretly in his heart, that we might have done better? The answer is ours to work out. We have it in the broad prairies of the West, in the dairy farms of Eastern Canada, in the mining towns of the North. We have it in our corner grocery stores, in our kitchens, in our hearts. He‘s been ‘in‘ on every invasion front from Sicily to Normandy. He‘s hunted subs from Iceland to South America, battled his way from Newfoundland to Murmansk, and he‘s still going strong. Convoyed hundreds of ships across the icy north Atlantic, carrying vast quantities of supplies needed for the fighting fronts. Blasted war plants at Essen . . . Frankâ€" fort and Dusseldorfâ€"the Uâ€"boat pens of Wilâ€" helmshaven, not once but dozens of times. Helped blast the great Mohne Eder dam flooding the Ruhr Valley, putting scores of German war plants out of commission. Stormed the blazing beaches at Dieppe . . . young flesh and blood against blue steel . . . and brought back vital information that made Dâ€"Day possible. Here are a few things Johnny Canuck has done in the last five years that will put his name on the white page of the immortals : "Johnny‘s a great boy"â€"that‘s what his dad thinks of him, that‘s what his mother alâ€" ways thought he was . . . that‘s what Canada thinks of him too. In that connection, is there a single exâ€" ample of a publiclyâ€"owned industry or service in the whole of Canada which is a success without being a monopoly in its field? JOHNNY CANUCK‘S A GREAT BOY In accordance with the principle that exâ€" perience is a great teacher, some may attriâ€" bute the discouraging history of Toronto‘s civic abattoir to insufficient experience with publiclyâ€"owned enterprizes; and, to support that argument they may cite the relative sucâ€" cess of the Toronto hydroâ€"electric system, and the Toronto Transportation Commission. But, both these latter services are monopâ€" olies; they are not subjected to the competiâ€" tion from private industry in their respective spheres. Ardent socialists may contend that genâ€" eralizing from this particular example of a publicly owned business would be unsound reasoning; but what justification is there for assuming that greater success would be achieved by a civic ironworks, brickyard, or gasoline refinery ? parts of Ontario where no civic abattoir boosts the tax rate. Johnny‘s a great boy. 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When they gave concerts at the hall, they always drew a crowd, For then the boys were at their best, and did not play too loud; They‘d wind up with a rousing march, and then we all would stand, While patriotic airs were played by our old village band. â€" $.0.5. signals for fliers forced down at sea. I often long to hear again those "Symphonies of J‘Oyn As rendered by our village band when I was but a boy. I still recall a few old tunes that used to bring a "hand," When they were played in public square by our old village band. Now there was Number Seventeen, ‘twas in the old black book, They played that piece for many years and yet it always took, At ball games they would whoopâ€"itâ€"up, at pictures it was grand; But, then, you know, there was "some class" to our old village band. S@NIEIEIE!IEC.2.2.9!.5.2.2=59 909. )e> 1222229299 9.2.9@.25=.%4 No doubt supports another band of more or less renown;» @ Buy War Savings Stomps and Certificates Regularly, ‘WAY BACK WHEN Ee pirecting y$ & ghfing Frank Fairborn, Jr. OQUR OLD VILLAGE BAND fire ship$â€" Clearing messages through military exchanges. Speeding the flow of war production on catching up with civilian needs. In the meantime we promise this: Applications will be filled just as soon as possible and in the order in which they have been received. IF you are on our waiting list of applicants, no need to tell you what it means to be without telephone service! Imagine, then, how helpless our battle forces would be without telephones and other communications equipâ€" ment. Right now, the men, material and machines which would normally be used in turning out telephone equipment for you are still working for them. â€" Only when this first responsibility is discharged can a start be made Ceimimmmronimmimmcnmimtenrntnnt e ite ies But just the same they‘ll have to go and with the town expand, To beat the "rep‘" that once was held by our old village band. The old band now is broken upâ€"some members far & away, The practice hall degenerated to a storeroom, so they say. # Old Jim, the leader, is at restâ€"gone to a better land; In mem‘ry though, his name will last, with our old village band. Whoever would have prophesied this ? Sammy Bonham, beg pardon, Councillor Bonham, standing in the middle of Main street in the cold and the wind and the snow, at two o‘clock in the morning, giving directions to the operator of the bulldozer snowplow, incidentally giving that overworked Chairman of the Board of Works, Councillor Inglehart, a chance to get a little shurâ€"eye. MAIN= SJREET Thursday, February 15, 1945; 9 Manager. of