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Following up its criticism of the tax In- , creases in the DUNNING Budget, the_Manc!on

Transcript (Liberal) in its Monday’sI1ssue em- phasizes the fact that it is the consuming Publlcv and not the big corporations, that must P331-~.It “Y3

“In the case of the sales tax, for instance, there is no person in the Doiniiiion who.can es- cape making his or hei- contribution. With very few exceptions, every article bought and sold must bear its share of the levy, and eyery person pays. The additional two per cent imposed by the latest budget will increase by that much the cost Of living. .

“The increase in the corporations tax IS not so direct a levy, but it will be paid by the same people. It is not to be imagined that it ‘will be taken from the corporation profits, leaving the consumer uiisczltllcd. It immediately lJ€C0m€5 3" item in the cost of operation and will.be figured in the costs, just as are the sums paid for nia- [crilll and labor. It will be added to the price of the goods or services supplied by the C01‘- poratioii, and so passed along to the consumer.‘

“Thoiightless persons may consider that it has little to do with them, because it is collected from corporatioiis, if they do not happen to be interested financially in any incorporated coni- pany. There will be few who escape, however. The iiicrcilsrd corporation: tax will be passed along for pa_\-limit by the consimicr yrs! as surely w as is the sales tax."

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Our’ Oyster Industry

Noting with approval the development of oyster farming in this Province, the Montreal 1. Gazette says:

‘ ‘‘‘Cosniopolit:m genus of bivalve molluses' is what the dictionary says of the oyster, but in this part of Canada the old and familiar name is Malpequc. The schooner loaded with Mal- pcques is no longer a fall visitor to this port. with the go-as-_vou-please and eat-as-much-as- you-can—opcn-and—consume for 25 cents, with :1 pail of water to clean—up with after leaving the table of planks nn barrels, but the oystercomes oftencr now and is just as succulent. It IS even available in the non—R months and promises to be so from now on. The reason is that the Do- minion Governmcnt has been encouraging the oystcr to such an extent that it is now being farmed off an extensive scale at Malpeque Bay and other resorts in Prince Edward Island. The oyster farms are in addition to the fishing beds which are ‘open to that part of the public which has the industry and strength to work them. The monthly Fisllcricr Z\'crr': Bulletin of the Depart- ment of Fisheries at Ottawa tells of a tenfold

K K K The collapse of Ethiopia means not only the end of that Black Empire but of the League of Nations. The League depended upon collective- ness to make it effective, and that having failed in the case of Ethiopia, no other small nation is likely to continue to put its trust in it. Hence the rearming of all nations big and small, with the notable exception of Canada the faith of which is not in the League but the Mother Country. *6 ii iii In the Senate, Hon. GEORGE LYNCH- STAUNTON opposed the sciapping of the B. N. A. as suggested by transferring‘ amending authority from the Imperial to the Federal parliament. ‘-‘If we were to become an independent nation, cast off from theshadow of the British Empire, where .will we be," he asked. "The United States once endeavored to annex this country. Is there any reason to think that country would not at- tempt to do it again if we become an indepen- dent sovereign state." ’ lie ale as Imports into Canada during the fiscal year 1935-36 amounted to $562,803,001 compared with_ $522.43r.xs3 in I934-35. $433.798.62s in 1933-34 and $406,383,744 in 1932-33. Domestic exports amounted to $765,615,563 compared with v$6s9.899.994 in 1934-35. $s79.343.14s in 1933-34 and $473.799.9ss in 1932~33-R€'¢XP°l’t5 amounted to $13,441,659 compared with $7,658,- 963 in 1934-35. $6.3II.324 in 1933-34 and $6.- 913.342 "1 1932133-

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IE 9K K To curb the practice of house to house meat peddling, Pembroke, Ont, Town Council have passed a by-law prohibiting the sale of fresh meat in quantities less than a quarter carcass other than in places authorized by the Council. Town Council members felt that peddling of meat on the public streets is unsanitary and det- rimental to health, since inspection of meats sold in this way is almost impossible. It was also held that this practice was unfair to butchers who pay high taxes. ¥ 9K *9

In Melboume on VVednesday, three days before the budget here was delivered, Represen- tative GULLETT announced in Parliament that the Canada-United States trade treaty detracted in some degree from the value of the Canadian pre- ference toward Australia; however, as a result of representations made to Canada, the Domin- ion Government had agreed to place a duty on dried fruits, with the exception of currants, on a four cents basis during the life of the Aus- tralia-Canada treaty.

ilé BF BK Rev. KAREL M. WEGKAMP, Ph.D., credited with being one of the organizers of the “Hatless Manhattan Club” who surprised New Yorkers some years ago by appearing on the street witli- out hats, died in Toronto General Hospital on Friday at the age of sixty-nine. Mr. VVEGKAMP often recalled his New York experience, saying that there was much opposition at first "but to- day there are thousands who go hatless." He was a familiar figure about Toronto streets in his long walks. He wore no underwear or socks. On

growth in production by the Island Province's oyster farmers since 1933, when the new devel- opment was put into effect. In the earlier years the sales from areas leased and cultivated under l, the Fisheries Department's policy totalled only 92 barrels, while last year they had risen to 1,000 Ind one and a half barrels. This is exact, accord- : "ing to the bulletin, which rightly claims this to be proof of the success and expansion of the _'farming programme. These areas were first of- [fered for lease in the autumn of 1931, and in the following year the number under cultivation was 26, with an approximate total size of 110 1 acres. Last year the leased areas being farmed numbered 140 of a combined size of 601 acres, not all of which were in actual use. In 1932 the farmers planted 254 barrels of oysters in build- ing up their producing stock, while last year the plantings totalled 2,103 barrels, exclusive of a jnouple of hundred barrels left on the beds ,for part of the season only. There is a scientist in charge of this Atlantic oyster investigation, namely, Dr_ A. \V. H. NEEDLER, who declares that the oyster farming industry is now estab- lished and growing rapidly. This will be gratify- ing news for the lovers of the oyster as a food to be eaten on the half-shell, in a glass, fried, or as stew or soup. There are even gounnets, or rather gourmands, who delight in "the \frog," "that is, a third of a glass of oysters topped with two—thirds of beer. Not so delicate, perhaps, but rather good, if one may say so. But in whatever " form, the oyster is succulent, and, thanks to Canada's Fisheries Department. and the Prince .. Edward Island farmers of the beds, it may be eaten with confidence. The oyster is supervised ‘ All through its career, from sea bed to counter -"oi dining room table.”

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A "practical joke” by Edinburgh University students has landed fifteen of them in serious I trouble. The students stage a parade every Spring collecting funds for the Edinburgh Hospital. Some bright genius suggested “kidnapping" a popular actress then playing at one of the thea- tres, and holding up the management for $125 for her release. But they reckoned without their host for it turned out the actress was married and her husband on the scene. The result is, notwith- standing the plea of the actress on their behalf, the students have been deprived of “rectorial priv- iliges”, while the police “take a very serious view of the occurrence and are proceeding with in- quiries with a view to prosecution.

X BK X Mr. J. M. M/lcooNNl:1.1.’s letter to the Lon- don Times on the Canadian "attitude towards foreign affairs should be read with as much at- tention in Canada as in England. He divides‘ Canadian opinions into three groups: the “one hundred per cent. North Americans" who have made themselves believe that Canada can live and die apart from Europe; the Imperialists, "attitude of 1914"; and the Collectivists, who recognize that we cannot evade foreign responsi- bilities but are prepared to assume them only as members of the League. He declines to estimate the relative strength of these classes, but assigns the French and the foreign elements "on the whole” to the first, Unless the other two’ groups can be brought into some measure of union there is obviously every prospect of the “North Ameri- can” view dominating Canadian policy, though Mr. Macnonmru. does not make this explicit statement; he does however make it clear that the only way in which’ the two other groups can be united in by means of "clear and unequiv-

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7 Notes by the Way

President of the llnlnrally of Oregon says the younc man‘: most difficult problem is choodng the right. girl to marry. lflortunately, however, this Li I. problem In‘ the solution of which the y.ni. usually can count on plenty of oo-opcn- tlon from the party of the second pert.—Wlnd.-or Daily Star.

F1-om Fremont, Nebraska. comes one of the moat dlvertinz stories of the day. Professor H‘ ” , log I bottle filled with fluid In front of his psychology class at Midland College. uneorked it and asked the students to raise their hands as soon as they smelled chloroform. In two seconds the first hand had been raised. In forty seconds twenty-six out of a total of thirty students present declared - they smelled chloroform. Then the pro- fessor closed his simple experiment with the equally slmplo statement: ‘This bottle contains mm."- Montreal Star.

Ndlhfir pro-German nor pro- Frvnch. but pro-peace. That we are sure. is the emphatic ‘ out of the British people. It was the guiding principle of all Arthur Hen- derson's wi-ok. Would that he were alive now to enunclate it once again with all his special authority! For It 15. in these days, of crucial lin- portance that none should be Cmled by Pfellldlce into one or flhe other camp. but have can only for the peace of the world. we think that, for those who make such an approach, everything else 1n the present crisis dwlndlee into lnalg. nlfloanoe beside the opportunity of negotiating a general European settlement of paclfloatlon and security through the League--1.01» don Dally Herald.

The potlntch, It is explained. la a native feast, at which the guests are presented with numerous gifts by their generous hosts, who some- times so so far as to give away everything he possesses. That. may not necessarily mean much. and there are features connected with the practice which seriously detract from its merit. For instance. the reclple -us of these favors are ex- pected to return the gifts later, with interest. Moreover.,. the ban- evolence of the donor is purely political; he is virtually attempt- ing to bribe his way into power. Apparently. it was at one time the custom of the trlbesmen to elect as their chief the one who “gave the most."—Hamllbon Spectator.

“It is realized everywhere that Mussolini went to war because he was becoming afraid of the rapidly worsening economical situation in Italy. Even those who approved the war at the outset as a means to an end are now realizing that the Drive Italy is paying and will con- tlnue paying has made the adven- ture worthless. Tlie Ita.lta.n house- wife in larger towns finds almost every morning some new increase in the cost of food. Oil, agar, coffee. butter. bacon, codflsh. and even fresh vegetables cost now al- most double what they did four months ago."—Glovanni Glglio. Ex pelled from Italy.

Great Britain always keep: her word. But it must be remembered that our Domlntons are expressly exempted from the Locarno obli- gations by Article 0. and the majority of them have not accepted the treaty. Indeed. only this week the Prime Minister of Canada drew

mlnlons do not co-operate , the Elmphe may be dangerously weak- ened. It. is therefore of urea Im- lng importance that France‘: posi- tlon should be jurldlcally unusuall- able. Here it cannot be denied that the Franco-soviet Pact is regarded with misgivings throughout the l!:mplre.—London Dolly Mall.

The new naval trelty signed at London by . ,rese1-itatlves of the United States ,l"rance and Britain is the best that could be had. but it is precious little. Neither Italy nor Japan is a party to it. Italy having refused to sign so long as sanctions of the league of Nations remain in force against her. and Japan having withdrawn from the London conference because of the rejection of her demand for “A common upper limit." Two hithly trnportant signatures are thus rrllasing. Moreover, the terms on which the three remaining Powers were able to urea fall for short of those contained in ‘the Inndon treaty of 1980. The whole system of limiting naval strength has been discontinued. There is nothing in the new troetytopt-event the build- lnc of any number of new warships. and little that to lighten the burden of increasing amia- inenta—N'ow York Times.

Once Inln It bu been recom- mended the nteabolintalledatall

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April, one could. sat. alone. Dally men and not-lee at work the roads.

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were notified not to do any work Iatherewnatobenehangetiithe Road Act. As if that was any ex- cuse! Not since the spring of 1002 me there been such an opportunity to put the roads in possible condi- tion. It is so simple to do that the in: public warden why those in authority do not net. We have hundreds of road drags lying idle. Perhaps one for each oohool district in the Province. If two men with four horses were employed for one day in each district, all roads in the Province would be made pess- able within 24 hours. This at a time when the land was unfit for culti- vation, but ideal for smoothing off the roads at a. time when the net- ure of our soll would bake. That time is put for this season. L was out. yesterday. The r0n_d.s are baked hard. But still in the rough condition that the heavy traffic at’ last. fall left them in. Deep trench- ea. deep ruts. At 20 miles an hour I broke a spring.

Now we hear that the tractor: and road machines are to so to work. At. what? Scraping off the hard ridges that a drug could not make an lmprealon on. The result wlllbethatthedryolayaerapedby a machine knlfe will fill the t.renc1i- es and ruts with dust to be kicked out by the first few cars. Result of neglect we will have rough molds and dusty roads all summer. and yet we ha/ve a department of public works who. to say the least, should be ashamed of -themselves, if they have any shame.

Before our last. local election we listened to all the great. and wond- erful things that Melntyre and his staff were to do for us if we would only give them 3. chance to show what. they could do.

on every platform you hear the same story. The same promises. Promise anything and everything. No more relief money. But work and plenty for a.‘l. Every- one was promised ii. job. It was the same in the Feda-al. Dr. Grant - otnlbed so many jobs, six eight or ten for the same job. Why, when speaking on the floor of the House at mtawa on All Fools Day, he asked: “What am I to do. I have over 400 aiprplicatlons for jobs on boats. and can place only l7." The Dr. should have thought of this at the tlme when he was making his promlsis. But. he is only one among very many who did the some thing. Therefore they voted seventy five millions for relief when they said before the election that If you put us In there will be no need of re- lle-f. However likely, half of this seventy five million will go to the "Faithful" and the "relief wfl be to the cheap tlnborn politicians who will have some relief from be- ing chased so much, that they come from Ottawa to their homes in sec- ret.

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and you will be tui-prised when you see what we can do." They have been there only a few months and we know now what. they can do.-We know that the other 28 in the House do not pay the least. bit of attention to them.

The members from the Murray Harbour and the Cardigan districts

n Georgetown elected Hughes and then he turned tall and ran for Sourls.

The only time that I noticed anything that be mild in the House was that heniedellttle of and run down the work of the ship carpent- er; of Georgetown. and did not even

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