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Last week The Advance made brief reference to Mr. J. A. Bradette‘s preâ€" sentation to parliament of the against exemption of Government railâ€" ways from taxation. _ Mr. Bradettc spoke at length in the House on the matter and presented the case very In Able Address in House of Commons, Member for Temiskaming North Presents the Case Against the Exemption of Railway Property from Municipal Taxation. clearly. After â€" complimenting the mover ‘and seconder of the address from the throne on their able efforts and congratulating the leader of the opposition (Mr. Bennett) and the prime minister (Mr. King) on their ‘apable addresses, Mr. Bradette proâ€" ceeded to explain that he had preparâ€" ed a resolution in the matter of taxaâ€" tionâ€"of Government railways by muniâ€" cipalities, but had, received notice from the clerk of the House that the resolution was not in order, as it was the sort of motion that was reserved for the Government to introduce. Mr. Bradette, however, read to the House his resolution which was as folâ€" lows :â€"â€" ‘‘Taxation of Canadian National Railway property, on that portion of the Idll\\d\ system primarily known as the National Transcontinental, and extending from Quebee City to W inniâ€" pes, for municipal and school purâ€" poses, in all locatities, along these seeâ€" tions of the railway municipally orâ€" ganizedâ€" ‘‘Whereas, government ownership of the Canadian National railway sysâ€" tem has created a burdensome situaâ€" tion in a number of municipalities having a large portion of otherwise assessable propelt\ placed on the exâ€" empt list; and Mr. Bradette, M.P., Shows Why Towns Should Tax Railways ‘‘Whereas, in many cases the loss of municipal taxes from such exempt property is out of proportion and creates a very serious loss of revenue absolutely needed for the proper adâ€" ministration of municipal affairs; and *Whereas, the nrerogative of the ‘*‘Whereas, the prerogative of the crown, of having property exâ€" empt from taxation, was established prior to the crown ever expecting to or undertaking to take up competitive business in full competition with priâ€" vate corporations which are subject to municipal taxation ; and ‘‘"Whereas, it would appear that justice and equity would preclude the crown from taking advantage over private corporations in the (.1\~hax~e of corporate business; and ‘‘Whereas, the National Transconâ€" tinental was built by the Dominion government for the Grand Trunk Pacific railway on the understanding that it would be handed over to this latter railway on completion and unâ€" der a lease, as an integral part of the Grand Trunk Pacific system; and ‘‘Whereas, the principal of taxaâ€" tion of railway property on the Canaâ€" dian National railway has been mainâ€" tained and in some eases established, in most sections of the present eorporâ€" ation, namely; over the portions of the system un«rmall\ called the Grand Trunk railway, the Grand Trunk Paciâ€" fic, the C dnudmn Northern and the Inâ€" tereolomal: "Therefore be it resolved : That this house urges the waiving of the prerogative of the crown of exempting any such railway property from muniâ€" cipal and school taxationy, on that seeâ€" tion of the Canadian National railway system originally known as the Naâ€" tional Transcontinental railway, from Quebee city to Winnipeg, for all orâ€" ganized municipalities along that part of the Canadian National railway sysâ€" tem which is oceupied and used solely for the administration and maintenâ€" ance of that portion of the aforesaid railway system."‘ Mr. Bradette then proceeded to (1) The National Tra line was built by the L ernment for the Grand Railway on the understa would be handed over railway on completion lease, as an integral part Trunk Pacific system. Mr. Bra quote from town of C the Govern tiee suftfere throug! to mun YXation 1 Cuts the cost of breakfast â€" * MADE AT NIAGARA FALLS â€" Heat and serve with hot milk Protects the family‘s health e zZ7 MWH F ze * mt Cochrane and rnment relative red by the town hern â€" Ontario the differentiat ipal taxation of Railways. â€" 1 Now is the time for > then solution in the House ented the cas complimentin ind forward ‘@anscontin Dominion and under a of the Grand 3154 thi nenta very the at the 1O (2) The National Transcontinental line, to all intent and purpose, was completed at the close of the year of 1913, but the failure of the Grand TrunkiPacific to fulfil their undertakâ€" ing left the National Transcontinental line at the merey of an indifferent operation of portions of the road, by contractors, thereby greatly retarding the development around nere, (3) A large section of the National Transcontinental line has been built through ‘virgin land of Northâ€" ern _ Ontario and Northern Queâ€" bee and must be considered, in â€"every sense of the word, purely a colonizaâ€" tion road. (2) The Natio: line, to all inten vmuplete«l at the way De considered a Doon TO tTthne LTIoOwns along its right of way as all these towns had to come subsequent to the building of the railway and they have since done their full share in the colonization and development of the territory. (5) The demand for educational and sanitary measures alone, in the building up of the towns to the presâ€" ent time, has been out of all proporâ€" tion to the ability of ratepayers of these towns to meet, since the largest property holders, the railways, are exâ€" empt from muncipal taxation. (6) Conditions as they exist toâ€"day in Cochrane are to be found in a more or less like measure along the entire colonization section of the National Transcontinental line between La Tuque, Quebec, and the Manitoba boundary. (4) The building of this colonizaâ€" tion portion of the National Transâ€" continental line can therefore in no way be considered a boon to the towns (7) In addition, the town of Cochâ€" rane, in common with other towns and villages along the National Transconâ€" tinenal line in Northern Ontario and Northern Quebec, has suffered repeatâ€" ed devastation and the town of Cochâ€" rane especially, suffered on two oc, casions almost complete destruction by fire. (8)\ Again, owing to the inability of collecting adequate taxes, by reason of exemption of railway property, the town of Cochrane suffered severely through the seourge of epidemics, bwught about thmuo'h lack of funds to complete necessary sanitary imâ€" provements. (9) In the year 1919 the town of Cochrane petitioned the Dominion government and parliament for reliet through permitting assessment of railâ€" way property within the municipality and a promise was made that pendm" legislation of the session of 1919 would make special intervention by the government â€" unnecessary, _ as through the ereation of the Canadian National Railway Company, this comâ€" pany would be given a lease of the Canadian , Government railways and would take the status of any ordinary corporation. C C se (10) Statements made in the House of Commons at that time by the leader of the government, as appearing in Hansard of that session, clearly inâ€" dicate the intention of the governâ€" ment to fulfil promises made to the town of Cochrane, but there is nothing in the final bill enacting the Canadian Railways Company to supâ€" plement such statements. (11) The colonization section of the National Transcontinental line is the only railway bauilt in Canada through virgin lands in the last forty years which has never assisted in the and sunbhseanent nrogress anhd (12) There is no place in Canada which presents a more incongruous situation than that which exists in Northern Ontario and Northern Queâ€" BEST FOR ALL YOUR BAKING â€" to the inability of taxes, by reason way property, the he National beenâ€" built of â€" Northâ€" bee with respect to exemption of railâ€" way property from municipal taxation and no comparison can be made wilh sections of the Canadian Government railways where the advent of the railway came subsequent to the exisâ€" tence Cof towns and _ villages, ter the be quite satished in Untarilo to receive a grant. _ We do not want a straight assessment. Perhaps in the discussion some legal point might be bought up which it would be hara for us to overcome.‘‘ Mr. Bradette quoted from opimions expressed by Hon. Arthur Meighan, Hon. Thos. White and others to show that the National Railways were operâ€" ated apart from the government and so should be under the same rules as to taxation that met other corporaâ€" ated apart Trom so should be un to taxation that tions. Just before concluding his addres Mr. Bradette, according to Hansard said :â€"â€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO of t HAILEYEURY HAS A CASE OF SMALLPOX REPORTED The Haileyburian last week says :â€"â€" CA case of smallpox developed in Haileybury last weekâ€"end, the first to be reported here for several years. The patient is Mrs. John Wilder, Blackwall Street, who was stricken following a visit to friends at Kiurkâ€" land Lake. The discease is said to be of a very mild type and Mrs. Wilder is, it is understood, not dangerousily ill. One or two cases of, chckenpox have been reported and are being careâ€" fully watched, but it is not thought that there is the slighest danger of an epidemic. . Smallpox reached raâ€" ther serious proportions in Kirkland district around the end of last year and a few cases were found in Cobalt, but in both places it was well handled and is now nearly over. *‘ the w a and the general eont idea that municipaliti¢ moral right to taxes f1 perties in their bound tioned the ‘special Brunswick and Nova 10 No man graduates from the school of experience. It‘s a life course. â€"Exchange. Toronto Mail and Empire:â€"The hunâ€" dreds who were turned away when Rabbi Isserman occupied the pulpit of the Carlton Street United Churceh, and the other hundreds who were turned away when Rev. E. Crossley Hunter preached from the Holy Blossom Synaâ€" gogue are reminded that on numerous Sundays in the future they can listen to the rabbi at the synagogue and the minister in the church. s W imount il ds M r We Buy and Sell, all Kinds of 14 Wilson Avenue M j New and Secondâ€"Hand Furniture, Stoves, Etc. 11 1011 line ine ition ne had l« ; 1923 apuskas (Hunta Bradetti s where ~tChe 8 came subseque of _ towns benefiting such 1 a large measu Bradette 4urths 10On C $230,000 a year, as comâ€" grants in Jlieu of taxes. ‘‘ he conti 1, * would , â€" he continued, ‘* we would itisfied in Northern Ontarito a grant. We do not want a ssessment. Perhaps in the some legal point might be Telephone 375â€"J. il Tra ithin KA aries. eraits Seotia om railw ind _ villages towns and vi in Kirkland of last year nd in Cobalt, well handled sessmen ental P 10 Ww C â€"50â€"1 p. tf He met 1 rom thi Ooft Pies, Cakes, Buns WOULD DO AWAY WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF FPRANKING There is not much to be said in favour of the privilege of franking. There is â€"no doubt but that the priviâ€" lege is shamefully abused, party proâ€" paganda being sent by mail under cover of the franking privilege. Reâ€" ference was made to this abuse by The Advance last week. Another feaâ€" ture of the case is emphasized by The St. Catharines Standard as follows :â€" ‘"‘It may be a matter of bookkeepâ€" ing, but it will be a step in the right paganda bei eover of the ference was The Advance ture of the e St. Catharing Berkeley â€" (California) â€" Gazette:â€" There is a current idea that most American tourists who fare abroad, go to Europe. They do not. They go to ©~Canada. In the first nine months of. this year 11,435,000 tourists from the United States entered the Dominion, of whom 8$,500,000 entered Ontario. That, by the way, repreâ€" sented a gain of 30 per cent. over the same period last year. no reaso ment sh« ness lin function day and has ‘been Sheâ€"Tell another? Heâ€"Why, you think th girl like you London Free Press:â€"Some irresâ€" ponsibles of Mitchell, Ont., rottenâ€" egged the cars of the Clinton hockey team recently because the Clinton sextette administered defeat to Mitâ€" chell‘s team in their own town. It would be difficult to imagine an inâ€" cident prompted by narrow regard for one‘s own town and a restricted sort of love for a sport that would show a broader lack of true regard for a town and less real sportsmanship. direction whe recevet USsUAl ment rIage 1 mMme} receilyve the : of this grea ason why the should not b lines, and ite and the yourgrocer always has a fresh supply T‘ell m« this great volume. is i why the Post Offtice Departâ€" uld not be conducted on busiâ€" ‘s, and if it performs a big for the Government of the the country at large, which it doing for years, free, it should redit on the right side of the OU needn‘t w orry about the family milk supply. Stock up with Borden‘s St. Charles â€" then you‘ll always have plenty of fine, fullâ€"cream milk, and never too much. THAT‘S practical economyâ€" the modern commonâ€" sense shortcut to good cooking. 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