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If any of the present government of Canada imagine they have any original thoughts in regard to taxation or control of prices they should read some of the ac‘ts mentioned in The Gazette of 1691. There was one act planned to set the "rates of carriage of goods," and another to deal with the liquor business from the financial standpoint. A study of The London Gazette of 1891 would tempt the belief that there are few r:atters of toâ€" day that would not be paralleled two hundred and fiity years ago. The year 1691, however, had one point on which the year 194i would nave difficulty to equal. One such case is in regard to a want advertisement, where a "very large camel" is ofâ€" The pages of The London Gazette give very clear evidence that there was a war in progress two hundred and fifty years ago. The war was for liberty and progress, and all the rest of it. There were two marked differences between that war and the orgy of toâ€"day: The foe was France, and there were no suggestions that the enemy was either brutal or wanting in courage. mawed these last three or four days, and if it continues the Maes will be open in five or six more," says one despatch from Brussels. Ssocial problems were not unknown two centuries and a half ago, nor were they left without some legislative attempt to solve them. One of the acts mentioned by The‘Gazette as passed by the House of Commons and given the royal assent is "an act for the better explanation and supplying the deâ€" tails of the former laws for the settlement of the poor." day, nor so much so. Perhaps, in those days of long ago, gambling was forbidden, Maybe, raffles and draws were not perimitted. In any event some special notice was given to the fact that money was urgently needed for the winning of the war. Accordingly, there was legislation entitled "an act for raising money by a Pull." Those Canadian editors who thought they had touched an original note when they â€"urged the use of raffles to raise money for the financing of the present war might do well to deflate their chests, for men two hunâ€" dred and fifty years ago had the same scheme and actually had it tried out. In those days of 1691 the popular cry was for a "vigorous" prosecution ot the war, even though a little "Pull" was necessary. Toâ€"day‘s "pull" is chiefly used to get war conâ€" tracts. in need 0 Hence, th ding of H If any C imagine th to taxatior some of the There was Several paragraphs in The London Gazatte indicate that two hundred and fifty years ago the world was handicapped and disunited because of political party performances. Taxes were a grievous burden two hundred and ifty years ago, even as toâ€"day. One paragraph in Jhe paper of centuries long ago says that the farâ€" mers in the Paris district were forced to sell their properties because of the burden of government. They had odd ways of raising money in 1691, but they were no more odd than in the present Hicgchway Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Dec. 4th, 1941 Cbe Yorcupine Aduanee adaâ€"$2.00 Per Ye TIMMINS, ONTARIO vers Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association 1€ TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 Published Every Thursday by GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: 10 Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year two h hundred and fifty years ago were ir and correction, even as toâ€"day. for the better repairing and amenâ€" Canada is building an immense armyâ€"one that promises to stagger the worldâ€"and particularly Canada. It may not be a standing army, but it certainly ought to make Canadians sit up and take notice. The array of the Air Force men may not live up in numbers to the popular conception. The navy may easily need more men than are in sight to the average man. The army may fall far short of its quota of recruits. But the other army is beâ€" ing built up at a tremendous rate of speed. It is the army that is being established to lend a helpâ€" ing hand to assure the success of all the innumerâ€" able items of legislation that have been put on the books since the war commenced. It takes a small army for the income tax department! Another for Unemployment insurance! Still another for the War Time Price Control board work! Add to these the armies that act as publicity experts and whatâ€"not for the government forces at Ottawa. With all the licenses, rules, regulations, laws and requirements of these warâ€"time days, Canada is certainly raising an army! This army can always find something to do no matter what happens, even if that something is nothing more than drawing pay. But what is to be done with this immense army when the war is over. To strike them off all payrolls would be to create an unemployment situâ€" ation more troublesome than the worst of the last depression. The fighting armies may be demobiâ€" lizedâ€"though furtherâ€" troops of this other army may be required to speed the deâ€"mobilization. But then how is this other armyâ€"the army of inspecâ€" tors and enforcers and so forthâ€"to be successâ€" fully scattered. This other army has been growâ€" ing by,leaps and bounds. It seems to recruit itself. Anyway, there are certainly enough of them. Their growth and power have drawn little attenâ€" tion. But it is certainly a live issue. Why waste time and strength worrying about the varied forâ€" tunes of the day in war? There is a real cause for worry. The present problem is to keep the ranks from overâ€"strength. The coming problem will be to disband the ranks. For those who wish a proâ€" blem here is one for every citizen: What to do with this great and growing army of the government employed? The War Time Prices and Trade Board at Otâ€" tawa have been given the work of preventing unâ€" necessary inflation, and they have adopted a broad policy to this end In this country all are agreed that inflation is an evil that might easily work serious harm and undermine the whole busiâ€" ness, industrial and economic system, as well as making Canada‘s war effort more difficult. In previous efforts to curb inflation, governments have adopted what may be termed halfâ€"way metâ€" hods, with results correspondin‘gly ineffective. At the present time, however, the War Time Prices and Trade Board is using the very wide powers conferred upon it, and the problem is being dealt with in a way that promises a great measure of effectiveness. With the full coâ€"operation of the public the plan should prove very successful. As soon as the public understands what is desired there will be general readiness to help. It is well to remember that there are a number of objects sought. While the freezing of prices and wages is expected to prevent inflation, there is the further hope that the use of everything approaching luxâ€" ury goods will be greatly curtailed. This will leave Canada so much more free in money and labour to devote more effort to the war. The war effort is of course, the chief purpose of the whole matter. It might be a good idea for the general public to adopt the attitude that in helping the work of the War Time Prices and Trade Board they are doing one of their special duties in actual war work. No matter which side of the business they may be on they should not only make a point of seeing that the spirit of the law is observed by themselves but also by the other party, whether the latter be buyer or seller. Extended machinery will be necessary for the enforcement of the reguâ€" lations, but the cost of this would be greatly reâ€" duced and the effectiveness much increased if the public in general adopted the attitude that the method in force should have the most compléte opportunty to prove its value. In addition to obâ€" serving the law in the matter, if the public took the friendly coâ€"operative attitude the value of the whole system would be greatly enhanced. The one thing to remember is that it is all a very imâ€" portant part of Canada‘s war effort and so it is within the power of all to give valuable assistance. Thoughtful people will be inclined to believe that despite the recorid, there has hbeen some improveâ€" ment in governmental and human affairs in the past two hundred and fifty years. If this is to continue and expand, there must be a general deâ€" mand for a total "allâ€"out"" plan and procedure for the winning of the war. Around election times in the Township of Bucke, near Cobalt, there is usually considerable exciteâ€" ment. To the byâ€"stander it might even appear that each council in succession proved to be glarâ€" ingly incompetent and undesirable, though after all the excitement there is just as likely as not to be little change in the personnel of the new govâ€" ernment elected, despite all the criticisms. Through the years many have had the opinion that there was more sound than fury to all the excitement omm mxmmm\\“x\v within the power of all to give valuable assistance. stt t stt lt e t lt P P PPA stt GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACERz lt ltA elle tsA "'o'o-"momz Around election times in the Township of Bucke,| near Cobalt, there is usually considerable exciteâ€" | ment. To the byâ€"stander it might even appear! that each council in succession proved to be glarâ€"| | ingly incompetent and undesirable, though after all the excitement there is just as likely as not to be little change in the personnel of the new govâ€" ernment elected, despite all the criticisms. Through the years many have had the opinion that there% wauk_ nmmnra. «hAitnfl than" ta all tha aÂ¥ritamantl hn ie fered for sale. There are very few camels offered for sale in Canada this season. CAAA P P CA L â€"AP C AP P PP ut Lo it se l P lt AP LA P CA P ~ALPâ€"if attitude the value of greatly enhanced. The that it is all a very imâ€" war effort and so it is rive valuable assistance. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE,. TIMMINS, ONTARIO in Bucke at election time. There appears to be proof of this theory this year. This is the time that usually all the excitement occurs in Bucke about municipal affairs, but everything is quiet and peaceful, This is not because the present year‘s council has been more publicâ€"spirited or able than previous ones, but chiefly because as a warâ€"time measure Bucke township arranged a year ago not to have an election this year. Instead of the usual crowd of scores of excited people at the annual public meeting of the municipaility, there were only two ratepayers at the gathering. The New Liskeard Speaker refers rather boastâ€" fully to the fact that a New Liskeard man of eighâ€" ty years of age has spent half of his life in New Liskeard. As New Liskeard is a nice town of nice people, it should not be considered much of a feat to spend forty years there if a man has the time. It would be something, nowever, if a man could spend half a lifeâ€"time in Toronto and still live to be eighty years of age. Like the new aeroplanes time seems to fly with increasing speed from year to year. It is only three weeks from now to Christmas, and only seven weeks before Burns‘ birthday. The detective said that a s:arch of Leblond‘s residence uncovered a quanâ€" tity of cigarettes in the basement of the house. He questioned Leblond and his wife about the cigarettes and they told him that they had been left at the house by Laross and Arbic. Leblond then took the stand gave practically the same evidenc his wife and added that two days : the cigarettes were ‘bought by Larose and Arbic had come to house and he asked them if the c ettes had been stolen. They both him that they had been. He said when he bough; them he thought they had come from the St. Ch Hotel and when questioned by Def counsel 8. C. Platus, as to whethe thought that Larose would steal cigarettes from his father, he re that he thought he would steal â€" anybody. The two men were charged with beâ€" ing in possession of a quantity of cigarettes:; that the crown said was stolen from the Central ‘Grocery in Timmins on Monday, November 3rd,. Failure of the crown to prove definitely that the cigarettes came from the Cenâ€" | the men themselves admitted that they came from the grocery store and he had the proprietor in court to prove that the store had been robbed. Magistrate Atkinson refused to alter his decision and dismissed the chargts against the two men and then the tral Grocery resulted in a dismissal of crown withdrew the charges preferred the charges and the withdrawal similar charges againsit Alex LeBlond, | youth, was given a term in the Ontario 32 Southern Avenue and Jerry McNulty, 47 Wende Avenue. McNulty was also charged with breaking into the Central Grocery and stealirg the cigarettes but the crown w1thdlew that charge as well. Detective Ernie Gagnon took the |3rd and November 21st. of against Leblond and McNulty. Garnet Johnson, a sixteenâ€"yearâ€"old reformatory for his recent actions in Timmins. He faced nine charges of breaking, entering and theft, and pleaded guilty to all of them. The ofâ€" fences took place between November In all of the stand and said that as a result of some | places he had taken small artices, such information ‘that he had placed Arbic and Larose under and ‘brought them to the police station for questioning. Both denied any conâ€" | nection with the cas>2 at the police staâ€" | tion ‘but after they were released they | had and the returned to the police istation made a voluntary statement to detective. They admitted that left . they had received he { as arrest fountain pens, watches, rings, old coins, etc., and one of the rings had been recovered as well as a valuaible watch. Detective Gagnon said that the boy assisted him in recoverinz some of the loof and and had helped the police as much as he could. Magistrate Atkinson decided that as there were so many charges it would be for some cigarettes at Alex Leblond‘s home ; him to let the the boy go, so he passed Detective Ernie Gagnon took the stand and said that as a result of some information ‘that he had received he placed Arbic and Larose under arrest and ‘brought them to the police station for questioning. Both denied any conâ€" nection with the cas> at the police staâ€" tion ‘but aifter they were released they returned to the police istation and made a voluntary statement to the detective. They admitted that they had lef some cigarettes at Alex Leblond‘s hom on Southern Avenue and they also ad mitted that they had sold some cigar ettes to Leblond. In police court Tussiday afternoon Le£ Larose, Room 4, St. Hotel, and Rolland Arbic, 11‘% Balsam street north, faced a charge of being in of stolsn goods, and at the concii.sion of the crown‘s case the magistrate refused to place either of the accused on the stand to put in a defence. Quite an argument followed the crown‘s presentation of the evidâ€" ence ‘but Magistrate ‘Atkinson insisted that there wasn‘t enough evidence to warrant placing the men on their defence. Aibout s2zventeen dollars‘ worth of cigarettes was also discovered a}; the home of Leblond‘s mother and when questioned about them Leblond toid Detective Gagnon that he had bought the cigarettes from Larose and Arbic. ‘Mrs. Leblond then tock the st and she said tha; Larose and Arbic come to her house the day aifter cigarettes had ‘been stolen and t asked her husband to buy some. agreed to buy $7.50 worth of them, said. She said tha;, at the time husjand didn‘t know that the cig ettes had ‘been stolen but he found a couple of days later and asked rose to take the cigarettes away f his house. The detective added that two parcels of cigarettes had been located at anâ€" other two houses in Timmins. The residents of these houses had told the police that the packages had been left at their homes and they didn‘t know who hnad lef; them there. He added that, all told, approximately fifty dolâ€" lars‘ worth of cigarettes had been reâ€" covered. 4444 4 * * * 4 **%% Crown Failed to Prove That Cigarettes Found in Possesâ€" sion of Men Came from the Store That Was Robbed. T‘wo Dismissed and Charges Against Two Others Withâ€" drawn. Dismissals in Charges of Receiving Stolen Goods in Police Court on Tuesday Enquire about our low rates for Fire Insurance on that new house or improvements. We also sell Automobhile, Plate Glass, Accident, Sickness and Life Insurance. Phone 104 FIRE INSURANCE ULLIVAN NEWTON Naliomal Housing Act Loans »C,. CNAL by Defe: Timmins, Ontario time he ci found »li¢ (Est 1914) and had h HC iT I¢ very drunk. When the defenant took the stand she said that the man had called on another man who was in the house and he did not appear to be drunk. She denied that she had served him with any beer. Magistrate Atkinson didn‘t believe her story though, and he fined her. The fine was paid. Jean Paul Labelle pleaded not guilty to a charge of having liquor illegally purchased. He said that another two men had entered his roocm with the liquor and had left the bottle in his rcoom. He swore tha; he didn‘t know the bottle was in the room. The maâ€" gistrate gave him the benefit of the doubt and dismissed the charg». Two men were charged with vagrancy and one was dismissed when he said that he had a job to go to in the bush and then promised to go to work if he was let off. The other man had a long record of previous convictions on the same charge and the magistrate added another to the list as he passed sentâ€" Crown Attorney S. A. Caldbick then closied the case for the crown and Maâ€" gistrate Atkinson commented that he saw no reason to place the defendants on the stand. Crown Attorney Galdâ€" bick argued that there was evidence in the statements of the two accused men but Magistrate Atkinson insisted that there was insufficient evidence. Maâ€" same as had been stolen a} the Central Grocery. Mr. Caldbick pdinted out that the men themselves admitted that they came from the grocery store and he had the proprietor in court to prove that the store had been robbed. gisrate Atkinson pointed out tha; there was no evidence to prove that the cigarettes found on the men were the 111111 (O 12L Un TNn€ Doy soO Nhe passed sentence of six months definite and three months indefinite in reformatory on each charge with the sentences to run concurrently. Marie Lanthier, 14% Cedar Street Kouth, pleaded not guilty to a charze of permitting drunkenness but after Magistrate Atkinson heard her story and the stories of Sergeant Gariepy and Constable (Beacock, he told her that she could think of more excus>s than anybody els2 and then charged her fifty dollars and costs, or the alâ€" ternative, 30 days in jJail. Ssergeant Gariepy said that he had raided her premises twice on the mornâ€" ing of November 28th and that a man had been caught in her house with a bottle of beer in his hands and very drunk. He testified that when the police were leaving the house after the first raid abou; halfâ€"past two in the morning the man ‘was just entering the house. The police returned about half an hour later and the man was i d imon 21 Pine St. N. Soon the Nazi spuareheads will hate the Rusâ€" sians as completely as they do the British. The Russians have developed that fearsome state of mind in which they refuse to be wiped off the face of the earth, but after each apparent reverse come back apparently stronger than ever. Still stands the motto of the King: "Put into your task whatever it may be all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve 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 a booklet issued by a British firm on the war there is a regrettable error that may confuse some in the Old Country and annoy some in this land. A picture is shown of the mobile canteen presented by the town of Tilbury, Ontario, to the people of Tilbury, England. On the vehicle itself is a sign reading:â€"*‘"The gift of the people of Tilbury, Canâ€" ada, to the people of Tilbury, England." Undérâ€" neath the picture, however, appear the words:â€" ‘"‘Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service of Tilbury, London, have their first drink from a mobile canâ€" teen sent from Tilbury, U.S.A." Two men paid fines of a dollar and costs on charges of illegal parking while six men who were caught playing poker on Sunday in one of the local "clubs‘" were charged ten dollars and costs. They all paid. Ernest Kerouac paid a fine of twentyâ€"five dollars and costs when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a car while his license was under suspension. Two men, Gilâ€" bert Ruest and Victor Ristimaki, were charged with carless driving and both pleaded guilty. Ristimaki was charged fifty dollars and costs and Ruest got off with a twenty dollar fine. Nick Simmons, facing a serious charge of indecency, asked for and was for a month. One paid and one went to Jail. millions in August 1939, and $2,962 millions in August 1935. From these hgures it would appear that the Covernment of Canada should not have undue difficulty in floating whatever loans may be necessary to carry on the war,. security tered Banks on $1,5498 millions millions on 31 $4.0 metals have increased by about 23 per cent during the first nine months and the Canadian output of aluminium has increased to five times the preâ€" war level, already the third highest in the world. The steel output for the first nine months of the present year has been 18.6 per cent over 1940. The construction industry has conâ€" tinued to expand during the current vyear, the total of contracts awarded up to November 1st rising 28 per cent. Canada‘s electric power requireâ€" ments have been greatly increased by the industrial expansion of the last two years and while the production as a whole was 15 per cent greater in the first eight months of 1941 than for the corresponding period of 1939 the demand still exceeds the supply. The total deposits of all kinds in the Chartered Banks have grown from $3,095 millions at the outbreak of the war to $3,542 millions on 31st August 1941, an increase of $447 millions but in this connection it should be pointed out that $311 millions of this increase was due to temporary balances of the Dominion Government resulting from the Victory Loan in June. § . Current loans to the public amounted on August 31st 1939 to $826 millions. This figure had grown by August 31st 1941 to $1,.153 millions, an increase of tinued to expa year, the total up to Novembe Canada‘s el ments have be the industrial two years and â€" a whole was 15 first eight mont corresponding demand still ex The total d the Chartered J said in part: A review of the Canadian business and economic situation for the past 12 months shows that Canada bears all the cearmarks of prosperity for business undertakings. Canadian farmers have this year marketed a larger volume of produce than in any previous year and farm purchasing power is reported to have increased by 15 per cent or more since the war begun. Returns, however, appear to have been unevenly distriâ€" buted, for the Government has conâ€" sidered it necessary to extend subâ€" stantial assistance to the grain growers of Western Canada and to the livestock raisers in Eastern Canada. The acreage reduction bonuses which the Government has agreed to pay the Western wheat farmers are reported to total about $30,000,000. It is now understood that the Government will also compensate those farmers who suffered a relative failure of this year‘s crop and that additional bonuses will be paid based on the estimated value of a normal crop on the restricted acreage and the value of the actual crop. â€" These additidnal bonuses are estimated at about $15,000,000. and a recent measure provides for a "farm income bonus"‘ of 75c per acre on half the cultivated land with a maximum of $150. per farm. This is intended to President and General Manager Address Meeting Imperial Bank of Canada Reviews Industrial and Agricultural Conditions extent the fi expan r busin MK. A. E.. PHIPPS President, 3 millions, an increase ol . These figures indicate » which the Banks have ncial needs of Canada‘s m in manufacturing and holdings of the Charâ€" 31st August 1941 were compared with $1,508 t August 1939. The the Chartered Banks t 1941 amounted to compared with $3,548 67th Annual Report THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1941 given a week‘s remand Leon Cousineau faced a charge unâ€" der the Game and Fisheries Act and pleaded guilty. He was fined ten dolâ€" lars and costs. One man charged with vagrancy was sent to jail for a period of three months definite and one month indeâ€" finite when he pleaded guilty and said he was suffering from veneral disease. Argonautâ€"The principal business Americans before long will consist trying to keep out of bankruptcy, order to be able to pay their taxes. that the work is kept up to date in every way, and the heayvy volume of additional work resulting from War Savings Certificates, Victory Loan and other war activities handled smoothly and efhciently. I think I can justly say that in no particular has our service to the public deteriorated. It has become apparent that the greatest danger facing our Canadian economy is the danger of inflation. Our Government has taken steps to Ax prices and control wages.â€"We are entirely in accord. It is necessaryâ€" and judging by the calibre of the men that have been placed in charge I feel confhdent it will be done. appreciat: the older faced the O( our now num inexpericened of 79 during â€" do not includ staff on active granted leave tion of the W outlined a y« represents : 26. staff at the out sorry to say t lost their lives. men have to a by the appoint Shareholders of the Bank as on Sept. 30th, 1941 numbered 2708â€"a decrease of two during the yearâ€" the average holding remaining unâ€" changed at approximately 25 shares. 6,515 of our shares are held by residents of the United Statesâ€"a decrease of 136 during the yearâ€"they are distributed among 311 sharcholders, During the yc Bank were opene in the Province « boro ‘in the Pr Branches were C Ontario, Richard and at Bracken Saskatchewan. 1 branches now to of one from a yvea Current Loans and Disc Canada which now total $75$ as compared with $67,878 increase of very close to $12,0 or over 17%. I think your this as an indication of the « which your Bank is assistin financing of those. particip Canada‘s War Effort, and growth and activity of our in general. Deposits by the Dominion Governâ€" ment, by Provincial Governments and by the public now total $179,929,434. compared with $165,453,751. a year agoâ€"an‘ increase of $14,475,683. This increase is distributed â€"$3,400,000. in balances due to the Dominion Governâ€" ment; $1,900,000. in balances due to Provincial Governments; $6,400,000. in deposits by the public not bearing interest and $2,600,000. in deposits by the public bearing interest. I think under each heading you will agree that the increase is satisfactory, particularly so in the item of what we commonly call Savings Deposits as it was largely from this class that heavy withdrawais for investment in the Victory Loan last summer were made. said in part: A year ago I t the duration of the policy of your Management to k Bank in a liquid « Once m To the person who must wear glasses, there is the constant questionâ€"how will I look? But new styles in glasses have taken care of that question neatly. Designed to flatter the face, they make the wearing of glasses a pleasure rather than a disfigureâ€" ment. PRICES ARE DEFINITELY LOWER AT New Beauty 14 Pine St. N. MK.â€"OH.â€"TC,. JAFERA Y General Manager, total ber 6( ar. 3: 26.06% 1e out bre say that oans and 1Jiscounts in h now total $79,609,294, ~with $67,878,158. an ry close to $12,000,000.â€" ) 401 RAKEK KA X py / XFZUL : danger ¢ it has tak ontrol wag: rd. It is the calibre placed in c T car branches of the »d at Montreal East of Quebec and Scarâ€" rovince â€" Ontario. closed at Timagimi, Is Landing, Ontario in the Province of The number our tal 196â€"a decrease think you may take ion of the extent to k is assisting in the se participating â€" in ept up to date in e heavy volume of sulting from War , Victory Loan and s handled smoothly think 1 can justly t we commonly is it was largely ivy withdrawais > Victory Loan the ic not bearing in deposits by rest. 1 think Discounts in Phone 835 nd of the ur business 1 October o Jncrease s includes Duration members