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any F tion C It wil 1 per where it wo to try pitgfs at . terial / tacks jectiv and : lc 2 tA 4 per cent.:for collection. Usually it costs much _ more than ‘that, but it is the unfortunate indiviâ€" ~dual or flrm selected as the special victim who has _ to foot the bill. Sometimes it is the manufacâ€" _ turer, sometimes the wholesaler, sometimes the muuer and sometimes all three who have to do the actual collecting and forward the amount to . the government. Often times the cost of this . oallecfslon1 is a serious burden to business. Someâ€" ' .umes extra help is necessary for the accounting !U.l.‘..’l Â¥ ZL11NXAJ 19A 1X JJ«â€"/A 1J P * In the annual report of the Columbia Broadâ€" casting System there is reference to the importâ€" ance of divorcing the control of radio from govâ€" ernment influence. The Columbia Broadcasting System does not know anything about governâ€" ment influence or interference in â€" radio. Canada is the one democratic country of toâ€"day where government influence controls radio for purposes of the party in power. <# $# %: «e m Always the matter is a decided nuisance,| md nuisances in business mean cost and loss.| The British Government is constantly seeing aring m‘i last war the sales tax proved a moneyâ€" e need for changes in the Cabinet so that the tor the government but a double burden| best effort of the nation may be applied to the "‘"‘ff’@g the vietims. The cost of collecting the sales war task. In Canada, it is differentâ€"different tar was oftén more than the amount of the tax.| both in policy and results. ‘_'yamt, hOWeVQI‘. boasted about the s * : * * ~economy j â€"There is very general agreement that the adâ€" he ‘ mr m sltna.tion where a limited 1° dress by Miss Dorothy Thompson, famous newsâ€" * of taxs m to pay directly for the paper columnist, to the International Affiliation ] o k o + TIMMINS, ONTARIO ~The levying by the Dominion of Canada of a tax of three cents per gallon on gasoline has raisâ€" ed an interesting point. Gasoline taxes were 1ormerly the perquisite of the provinces, and in collect.ing the tax the province allowed a small commission to the individuals and firms doing the actual collecting. Not only will:the provinces lose the gasoline tax but the chances are that the collectors will have to do the work of collecting without any recompense. It is the policy of the Dominion..to avoid as much as possible any charges for collection of any taxes. Of course, a small army of inspectors is usually necessary, to see that everyone pays this or that tax, but the government likes to boast that the collection of any particular tax only costs a very minute fracâ€" tion of the large amount realized for the treasury. It will be. said that a certain tax only costs of The Advance has the idea that the fact that the Hun bombers centre on churches, hospitals, schools, is not altogether due to any thought of killing religion, nor even to the hope of lessening morale. Indeed, it is questionable, if it is prompted .completely by viciousness or brutality. There is a strong possibility that there is more than that to it. A chief reason miay be given as ‘"‘a guilty conscience." It would not be illogical to believe that knowing how the British respect churches, hospitals and schools, and how as a consequence there is a tendency to spare these structures, the Germans find such buildings an ideal location for the storage of wiar munitions and supplies. There were cases in the last war where this was the fact. It might easily be that it would be specially good policy for the British to try a‘ little bombing of German churches, hosâ€" pitgfs and schools. There is reason to believe tHat such bombing would destroy more war maâ€" terials than the present plan of Testricting atâ€" tacks to what are generally termed "military obâ€" jectives." If the Hun is using churches, hospitals, and schools for military purposes, it is not diffiâ€" cult to understand how he would credit others mth similar crime. This would explain much of the Hun attitude towards certiain buildings usualâ€" ly exempt from attack by honorable nations. Are making a particular target of the churches, just as they are doing with hospitals, schools and homes. In this policy some people see an effort by the Vandals to destroy religion in Britain, just they attempted to kill all forms of faith and . piety in their own country. Some reports from Germa.ny would suggest that religion has not died even in that apparently godâ€"forsaken country. vertainly in the lands brought under the heel of he Hun in his recent mad outbreaks religion has urvived the worst that Hitler can do. In Britain thought of killing religion by destroying ..nurches is as futile as the Hun hope to lessen untish morale by bombing the homes of nonâ€" uombabants References in English newspapers suggest that instead of a decline in religion since ae war and the wholesale destruction of churches there has been a regular revival. The British people recognize that religion is not the building, but is a matter of the spirit. History has shown that religion thrives on persecution. Every atâ€" tempt to kill religion by force of arms or brutal might has ended in failure. In recent years cerâ€" tain nations of the world have gone back centurâ€" les and resurrected pagan plans for the destrucâ€" tion of religion: Russia was one of the first to try this ancient game in modern times. As one writer phrased it, Russia couldn‘t kill Santa Claus, let alone religion. Religion in Russia and Gerâ€" many has been driven underground but there are. réasons to believe that even in those pitiful lands religion still holds many hearts. t e n L . 4 ,I’tg has been sta.t.ed that over seven hundred de;troyed by the bombing activities of the Huns in this war, and that some nineteen hundred other church edifices have been damaged by the _nme villany. These facts suggest that the Nazis COLLECTION OF TAXES .00 Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year 1941 In the annual report of the Columbia Broadâ€" casting System there is reference to the importâ€" ance of divorcing the control of radio from govâ€" ernment influence. The Columbia Broadcasting System does not know anything about governâ€" ment influence or interference in â€" radio. Canada is the one democratic country of toâ€"day where government influence controls radio for purposes of the party in power. The writer of the "editorial‘" in The Port Hope Guide no, doubt would recoil with horror from the thought of doing anything subversive, but if his idea is that the government should be permitted to do as it will without criticism, that is the most deplorable form of subversion and a direct denial of democracy. : Subversion will: be agreed to be anything that retards Canada‘s fullest effort in the war and anything that betrays the cause of liberty and democracy. To fight. subversionâ€" and the "editorial" is absolutely right in suggestâ€" ing that this is very necessaryâ€"it is vital that there be criticism of anything and everything thiat handicap‘s Canada‘s complete devotion to the cause of winning the war. The people of Canada in general are anxious to go out to the limit in war effort. The greatest handicap is the part of a part of ia party government. The government by settâ€" ing part of a part of a party before everything else has hampered Canada‘s war effort and handiâ€" capped itself in the work of the war. By retaining a strictly partisan government the administration has not only left Canada to be served by less than half of its ability represented, but it has also made its own effort more restricted and circumscribed by tolerating the machine methods that are so out of place in j(a time of crisis. So long as there is a party government there will be lack of full supâ€" port and full confidence, It can not be otherwise. There are certain restrictions upon liberty, upon criticism, during a time of war. The people of Uanada are willing to bear these cheerfully. But fair criticism is an essential to democracy, and of inestimable value to a democratic government. This has been proven beyond question in Great Britain. The British Government has shown itâ€" self very responsive to publicâ€"opinion. The fact that the Dominion Government has adopted a directly contrary policy is @ll the more reason why it is the duty of every patriotic citizen to see that this tendency is not permitted to pass unâ€" challenged. Advance has received a copy of The Evenâ€" ing Guide of Port Hope in which there is an "ediâ€" torial" marked "contributed‘"â€"a contradition ‘of terms in itself. There is worse contradiction of ,terms than that in the "editorial‘"‘ ftself. The “editorial" urges war against subversion, yet in eflect suggests the worse sort of subversion and the most deplorable betrayal of democracy. "There is the neverâ€"ending carping criticism of the Govâ€" ernmnment without the relief of any really construcâ€" tive suggestions," say the "editorial.‘" That is a truly subversive statement because it is untrue and consequently holds back Canada‘s wholeâ€" hearted war effort. As a matter of fact the Govâ€" ernment of Ganada has escaped the faultâ€"finding that is customary in the case of rankly partizan ‘governments. Indeed the Canadian Government has not been subject to oneâ€"tenth of the criticism that has been constantly given to the National Government in the Old Land. This is not beâ€" cause there are few points for objection, but beâ€" cause there is a desire that seems to be shared by all Canadiansâ€"except those in the Governmentâ€" that all in this country should work together for Canada‘s maximum effort to win the war. The criticism that has been made has been very deâ€" cidedly constructive. First of all there hias been a general demand for a National Governnrent, inâ€" stead of one by a part of a part of a partyâ€"so that all Canada‘s resources of ability and interest might be given to the war effort. Another structive criticism has been voiced in the appeal that twelve million dollars or more be saved for war purposes by stopping the work on that unâ€" necessary railway station at Montreal. A third constructive criticism is the request that three million dollars be saved for war purposes by deâ€" ferring the unnecessary taking of a census this year. It will be recalled that the criticism of the Bren Gun contract was so constructive that it has saved time and money by indtucing the governâ€" ment to do surreptitiously what it was urged many months ago to do openly. cost of colleéction as well as their share of the tax would seem to lie in the limitation of the number of forms of taxation. At the present time mâ€"{ ernments appear to be seeking as many as posâ€" sible ways of taxing the public. If it were known that the actual cost of these many collecnom] came from the public purse there would soon be agitation to reduce the number of these imposts. There would be tendency to centre trxpaying in two or three linesâ€"instead of scoresâ€"with income ‘tax as the main feature, even though the rate of income tax were increased. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Home local gentlemen might do well to note the fact that last week at Rouyn Dominique Mancini alias Franâ€" cois Guenette, was fined $5 and costs for insulting a policeman and $2 and costs for resisting arrest. He was .on street with two young ladies and withâ€", out any apparent cause or reason startâ€" ed to abuse the police officer. ‘The young ladies promptly disappeared and the officer arrested the man, who at first put up a battleé but ‘was soon Mr. Chas. Campbell, who has been the popular and successful manager of the Noranda hotel for the past twelve years, will retire from that position toâ€"morrow, and will be sucâ€" ceeded by Mr. Kelly Lettner, a former member of the staff but more recentâ€" ly manager of the Coulson hotel at Bill Fraser left last week forâ€" St. Hubert, Que., where he will take a radio technician‘s course in the Royal Canadian Air Force. â€" _ _Pte. William A. Harvey and Pte. James Faulkner, of the Veterans Guard, and stationed at an internment camp "somewhere in Northern Onâ€" tario‘" arrived in Timmins on Saturday and léft yesterday afternoon after spending a short leave here. Coulonge, Que., accompanied by Mrs. John Judd, of Shawville. and Mr. Anâ€" drew Judd, of Waltham, were recent visitors to Timmins and South Porâ€" cupine coming up by motor car. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. White, of Kirkâ€" land Lake, spent Sunday the guests of Mrs. White‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Macdonald. Pte: Tommy Boucher, one of the trainees at the North Bay Training Centre arrived in Timmins on Friday morning for a weekâ€"end leave. He returns this afternoon. parents at Haileybury. iPte. Bill Scott, of â€" the Ordnance Corps, at Newmarket, arrived in Timâ€" mins on Friday and left again this afternoon after spending a weekâ€"end leave with his family here. Mrs. Audrey Broughton and son, Wayne, were recent visitors to Haileyâ€" bury, the ‘guests of ~Mrs.s Broughton‘s parents Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Trowhill. Mr. R. S. Taylor, of New, Liskeard, has been <appointed ‘as chairman ~for Temiskaming district for the, 1941 Vicâ€" tory Ioan campaign to be staged in the new future. ‘ _Pte. V. A. Knott, of the Veterans Home Guard, stationed at Espanola, arrived in Timmins on Friday morning and left again this afternoon after spending a short leave at home.. son, Ronald, returned last week to Timmins after a visit to Mr. Trowhill‘s Word has been received in Cochrane that Corp. Otto Thorning, formerly on The Northland Post at~Cochrane, has been promoted to sergeant. Mrs. Hiram Groulx, whose husband recently joined the Canadian . Navy, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Guy Morris at Kapuskasing. Many in town noted the flocks of geese and ducks passing over Timmins on Sunday morning on their annual migration to the north. Mr. and Mrs. Silas G. Stevenson, of Montreal, spent a few days in town last week., of Sales:and Advertising Cltibs‘at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, on Friday evening, was one of the outstanding addresses made during the present warâ€"andythat is saying much.. It is worthy of note that not only was the hall where she spoke crowded to capacity, but that other delegates and their friends were packed into other rooms in the hotel, the address being heard by them through the use of loudâ€"speaker equipment. The majorâ€" ity of the audience were rtom the United States, but listeners on the radio were impressed with the fact that every reference to Great Britain and her noble defence of liberty and the right won very special applause. Mr. L. T. Powell, of Sudbury, was the guest of friends in Timmins for a few days last week. Mr. Joe Dionne, of Timmins, left on Saturday to spend a weekâ€"end at Clute near Cochrane. Ross Service, pupil at Toronto Uniâ€" versity, has returned to spend the sumâ€" mer months at his home here. Mr. Bill Wilson, formerly employed at the T. N. O. Freight Sheds, left on Saturday for a holiday in Toronto. There is a sort of @argument in progress at the present time as to the attitude that should be adopted towards the war news One group apâ€" pear to wish to be gloomy and depressed, under the plea of ."facing the facts," If the facts were fairly faced there would be little cause for gloom. On the other hand there are many who are accusâ€" ed of being illogically cheerful, no matter hov Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Knight of Clute, near Cochrane, have "been visiting Mr and Mrs. Wesley Knight in town. Dr. E. Judd and Mrs. Judd, of Fort Mr. and Mrs. Dalton J. Trowhill and Aey ‘.S A varied and interesting programme was directed by Miss Judy O‘Neill, and featured practically every member of the club. Jean Sweeney‘s two mouth «rgan solos "There‘s a Little Spot in Ireland", and "‘There‘s No Place Like Home‘, were among the highlights of the programme, with pilano solos "Deep Purple‘"‘ and ‘Song of the Bayou‘ by Annette Rogers, other great favourites. "Hello Ma. I‘ve Done It Again", and "Frenesi‘, were the pleasing vocal â€"Try the Advance Want Advertisements south Oof the racks, to put Out fire ” 14 l'ln that had started in the scrub bush there. At 6 p.m. firemen went to 40 Floral Park to put out a grass fire that had started at Leo Fortin‘s house, and at 8.24 a garbage box had broken out in flames at the Chenier Undertaking Parlours that the firemen had to exâ€" tinguish. Among trip to Ti the Can: at North Pite. Wilt Guidice, Pte. Nor Couchon. ‘Ticket conveners stated that an inâ€" creasing demand for tickets would have all tickets sold by the end of this week, and members were cautioned to advise their friends that the growing. démand for tickets required that all obtain their tickets within the next few days. The Rev. Father Murray, popular spiritual director of the club, gave a brief talk, in which he said that the members of the Caâ€"Boâ€"Gi Club should not overlook the most important phase of their work, its spiritual activities. This phase should be uppermost in the minds of all members, stressed Father Murray, adding that everyone should be as active in participation in spiriâ€" tual endeavours as in the social activiâ€" ties of the club. Pleasing Programme at Caâ€"Boâ€"Gi Club Meeting Yesterday Sunday, May 18th. The entire proâ€" ceeds of the performance wlll be donâ€" ated to the Spitfire Fund Reports of ticket campaign conveners submitted at the regular semiâ€"monthly meeting of the Timmins Caâ€"Boâ€"Gi Club on Sunday evening indicated that a capacity crowd will attend the first showing of the Northern Caâ€"Boâ€"Gi Clubs First annual drama festival at Among the trainees spending the weekâ€"end in Timmins on leave from A Company and B. Company, Basic Training Course, North Bay, were Priâ€" vates Wilton Burgess, John Shuster, Ken Lainsbury, T. J. Boucher, Fred Hill, Walter Zadarozny (of, Schumachâ€" er); Tony Klowaty, Leo Laitinen,. Joe Slobodion and Omer Clusiau of South Porcupine, and Warren Carver. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cookson left last week to spend a holiday in Brockville and Toronto, spending a day in Kirkâ€" land Lake en route, where they visited Mrs. Cookson‘s father, Mr. F. Bowman. Pte. Warren Carver and Pte. Johnny Shuster, of the North Bay Training Centre, and formerly employed; of The Advance, were weekâ€"end visitors Mr. J. M. (‘Happy") Woods, â€"now of Haileybury, but formerly of Schuâ€" macher, was a visitor to this camp last week. While here he sold the last of the properties in which â€" he had reâ€" tained an interest. Pte. Ned Edmonds, of the Training Centre at North Bay, was a weekâ€"end visitor to Timmins, spending his leave with his family. Mr. and Mrs. John Burkholder and son Charlie, of 86 Second Avenue, Schumacher, left on Saturday for a trip to Cochrane and returned today. Mrs. L. S. Burkholder, of Cochrane, returned Saturday after spending a two weeks‘ vacation with her daughter, Mrs. Joel Teal, 3 Wilcox North. | Privates Sammy Guiseppi and Mike Kremyr were among those from : North Bay Training Centre who spent the weekâ€"end in town. ' Her many friends are sorry to learn that Mrs. J. McChesney of Schumacher is ill, and extend a slncere hope for a speedy recovery. , Miss Rita Thrasher has returned from Toronto, where she took a post graduate course in surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shub ‘left, on Sunday to take up residence in 'I‘or- onto. Pte. Carl Johns, who is station=d at Néwmarket, arrived on THursday to spend a short leave in Timmins. â€"Pte. Carl Johns of the Ordnance Corps, Toronto, spent weekâ€"end leave at his home in town. Mr. Fred Ferland, of Toronto, was a visitor to Timmins over the week- end. Mr. George Francis is spending the week in Toronto. btdthbnm Rhnotmwbemmw, depressed over the odd ~reverse ‘or too mfiqi elttedmrmemmtflmry 'rhepmper attitude seems to be outlined in the noble wordn, of His Majesty the Klnc last year:;:â€" "Put into your task whatever it may be, all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resoive unshakâ€" en.. Let us go forward to that task as one man,.a smile on our lips, and our heads held high, and with God‘s help we shall not fail.‘" In Britain the government is very responsive to public opinionâ€"as should always be the case in a democratic government. In Canada, it is quite different. Despite public opinion, there is no national government, there is no stopping of the waste of millions on an unnecessary railway staâ€" tion at Montreal, there is no ceasing of preparaâ€" tions to spend three million dollars on a census that could be"deferred until after the war, and the soldiers are still expected to beg or steal rides to get home on leaves. At 6 p.m. firemen went to 40 Floral Park to put out a grass fire that had started at Leo Fortin‘s house, and at 6.24 a garbage box had broken out in flames at the Chenier Undertaking Parlours that the firemen had to exâ€" pipes were burning at 67% Balsam Street, South, in a house owned by R. Delucca and occupied by A. Caswell. There was no damage. The grass fires were early in the afternoon at â€" 12.13 and 1.07 p.m. The first one was at 306 Spruce EStreet North in a vacant lot. The second call sent the firemen to 11 Lincoln Avenue to put out a grass fire at the home of N. Hubisky. On Friday the firemen had three minor fires to attend to. . At 11.14 they were called to the Gauthier townsite, south of the racks, to put out a fire that had started in the scrub bush Firemen were called out three times on Saturday to put out two grass fires and a stove pipe blaze. The stove pipes were burning at 67% Balsam Yesterday afternoon Timmins fireâ€" men <received a phone call from a young lady who told them that thére was a big fire near the corner of Pine Street and Kirby Avenue. The two big fire trucks streaked down the street as a general alarm was sent out. When the firemen arrived at the scene all that they could find was a lot of smoke pouring out of a chimney and floating down> the street, so they turned the trucks around and returned to the station. At 9.2) this morning firemen were called to 272 Cedar Street, South, to extinguish a stove pipe fire at the home of C. Centener. The two men joined the army on the same day at the same place. They passed their medical board and were taken into the Canadian Army at the recruiting station in Timmins on April 2nd. From here they were sent to Toronto and were put up at the Exhiâ€" bition Barracks there. Later they were transferred to Newmarket and from there they came back to Timâ€" mins on leave the same day. They have been in the Army for well over a month now and they have not been separated yet. Every time that they got a leave it was at the same time. Eight Fire Calls Since Thursday _ Kept Firemen Busy Phone Call Sends Firemen to Corner of Pine and Kirby but They Can‘t Find Any Fire. An ‘interesting story came to light this week when two men from the Royal Regiment (Tanks) came to Timmins on leave. The two men Trooper Reg.> Westcott "and‘ Trooper Kalliokoski».now.~stationed.... at.... New». market, arrived in Timmins on Friday morningâ€" on ~leave. ~ They returned again this morning. Joined on Same Day, Transâ€" ferred on Same Day and Got Leave on Same Day. Two Men that Can‘t Get Away from Each Other in the Army A War Savings Stakes of $8.50 will be awarded to Miss Olive Lafreniere at the next regular meeting. Miss Laâ€" freniere qualified at the meeting for the award, after her name was drawn and will receive the prize for which several earlier candidates failed to qualify. solos by Florence Noonan, and a humoâ€" rous "Model proposal‘‘ was the teamâ€" work offering by Dorothy Kelly and Charlie Burgoyne. The latter number also had "I do‘s‘ by Maisie Newton and Louis Doiron. ‘"‘The Men in Glengarry Castle" feaâ€" tured in its cast David Banning, Mike Noonan, Edward O‘Neill, Howard Carâ€" penter, Andy VanRassell, Henry Magâ€" non, Charlie Beleéec, Lawrence Gibson and Tom Roach, while Doug. Ogilvie took charge of the jester‘s duties. Oone hundred per cent scores were realized by Blanche Morin, Bill Branâ€" nigan, Mary Giallanardo, Aileen Maâ€" her, John Lawn, Ron McLellan and Ike Cullighan in the musical quiz, with Marg. Edmonds, Ann Svos, Leo Svyluto and John Gillen being eliminated durâ€" ing the competition. Among the trainces making: the trip to Timmins for the weekâ€"end from the Canadian Army Training Centre at North Bay were: Pte. Merv, Webb, Pie. Wilton Burgess, Pte. Frgddle del Guidice, â€"Pte. Fitzgzerald, Pteé." Major, Pte. Norman Rudd and Pté. Rollic FOR RENTâ€"Modern apartment and front office in the Gordon Block. Apply L, Halperin 7 Pine St. North. 36â€"3"7 APPLICATIONS â€" FOR SHELTER MATRON will be received up to May 15, 1941. Applicants must be under WANTED, by the Childrens Aid Soâ€" clety, families willing to give homes on a boarding basis to Prot_estag children 10 to 14 years of age. intere=ted, phone 855, or call‘at Room 4, Municipal Building, Timmins. _ 60â€"62tf WANTEDâ€"Experienced â€" with knowledge of general bookâ€" keeping. Apply to Box C. 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