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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1948 THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE $70,000,000 Yearly Freight Boost May Hike Living Cost | |! - tractor, depending on = where he roceries, Fuel Supply Likely To Cost More Under Authorized Jump By John LeBlanc Ottawa, March 31 (CP)--How stiff a wallop will the railway freight-rate increase hit at the pocketbook of the man who foots the bill--the consumer? ° That's a tough one to answer--and probably no one can answer it immediately, There's no doubt it will send the grocery bill up, and the fuel bill and the clothing bill and the cost of running the family car. But it's doubtful if any one can say now how much the $70,000,000 a year involved will be passed on to the man at the'end of the line, though certainly he'll pay for a good chunk of it. One immediate boost, it appeared, would be in the price of coal. Deal. ers indicated they would pass along to the customer, the whole of a 25. cents.a.ton increase ordered by the board of transport commissioners. The ultimate cost of practically all commodities was sure to go up by varying amounts. But just how much depended on a number of va- riables. One of these was the extent to which the charges are absorbed. be. tween the producer and consumer. Another was the extent to which the middlemen apply percentage markups--margin of profit. Various Increases A third aspect was the place where the consumer lives, since varying rail hauls will bring dif. ferent increases in the 'cost of transport. . It looks as though the. middle. man -- wholesaler, distributor, re- tailer, jobber -- wouldn't lose on the 'deal, but the producer might have to share losses with the con. sumer. Many producer goods--such as livestock, 'wheat and farm produce generally--are sold on a "delivered" basis. That means the farmer foots the transportation charge to the nearest stockyard or distributing point -- in the case of wheat, the head of the lakes. So when freight rates go up, he would normally be expected to ahsorb the added charges on that fifst stage of the haul to the con. sumer. The same applies in quite a few other industries. In some, the, man. ufacturer doesn't absorb 'all the charges. But usually he does have to take care of enough to put him on the same competitive footing as the plant that is nearer his market. _ Right now, it's regarded as impos. sible to tell how the laws of eco. nomics of supply and demand will | work out in this case. It has been more than a quarter.century since Canada has had a freight.rate jump, and times have changed greatly. Some hold that a freight.rate increase may jolt the market en. ough to give the livestock produc. er--for instance--enough to let him break even on the deal. On gasoline, an increase might be in prospect for the west. The cost of moving a gallon from the refin. ery at Calgary to, say, Edmonton would be up two-thirds.of a cent. Steel is Hit Steel costs will go up. The charge for moving a ton of steel between Nova Scotia and Ontario will' rise as much as $1, depending on the type of steel. + Maritime potatoes shipped to To. ronto will cost about six cents more a T5.pound bag. 'From Ontario points the hoist will be two or three cents, Meat prices may be affected by up to two cents a pound, depending on how the charge is spread around, . The cost of a ton of fertilizer for a farmer will rise by 40 cents or more. ne . The cost of laying down Western butter in the East will be up about two-thirds of a cent, though the ceiling will force producers and dis. tributors to absorb this. * The new rates will add between $8 and $14 to the cost of a farmer's buys it.' Automobiles also will be up, though the amount has not been worked out. Canned goods will be affected. For instance, on canned products going from Ontario to Alberta, it will be some 40 cents a 100 pounds-- perhaps one cent a can, It's Only a Flood, Keep It Dark--Mayor Montreal, March 31 Gazette reporter and pho eo Te nolograpner a 3 g ; 8 fil cannot be found. NORWAY'S INDEPENDENCE Norway declared its independen- ce from Denmark and Sweden 'in 1814 but the union was not dis- solved for 91 years. : Says "Cold War" Is Warming Up Very Rapidly The Oshawa Branch of the Bri. tish Israel Federation, held a meeting in the Forester's Hall, on Monday, March 20. Mrs. C. H, Dow. ton gave an address entitled "A Message of Hope". "As we look around us at the world of today, the outléok is very dark" she said. We see widespread famine 'and undernourishment in almost every corner of the earth. There is pestilence in many forms --tuberculosis is rife among the underfed and underclad peoples of the world .Egypt experienced a bad outbreak of cholera last year. And we see warfare--bloodsheq in Pa. lestine, in China, India, Pakistan, Greece, etc. Elsewhere we have only a pseudo-peace -- the cry of peace when there is no peace. ~ In fact we hear much talk now of a cold war, but, i) 3 rapidly "warming up". Our si men are increasingly .more outspoken, as they are aroused by the aggressive actions of the US.S.R. The signing of the 50 year defense agreement by Britain, France, and the Bene. lux countries, is a step further in the dividing of the "sheep" and "goat" nations into their respec. tive camps. In addition, there have been earthquakes in divers places, terrible. tornadoes and floods, and we need not go far afield to see what havoe has been caused by these things. Truly, conditions are abnormal in every phase of our lives today! * Another nail was driven into the golden coffin of Financial Babylon, with the devaluation of the French franc and' its consequent weaken. ing of Britain's hard-pressed econ- omy, Almost immediately the Ar gentine stopped shipments of meat to Britain, because she was afraid the pound sterling would be affect. ed. As a result the people of Britain have had another eut in their al. ready. inadequate meat ration. 'We see whole nations being over- run and enslaved. They are living in untold misery and degradation. "The latest to come under Soviet domination is Chezechoslovakia, If ever we needed any vindica- tion of our British Israel! belief, we have it today. It is being emblazon. ed almost daily in our newspapers Events are working out so accurate ly, and so rapidly, that one can only marvel how Israel can remain so blind. Wherever we look in the world, moral and spiritual values are at 8s Vv low ebb. Nations seem to have lost all sense of decency and integrity. Crime and violence flour. ish on every side, both at home and abroad. Worst of all is the ap. palling apathy of our so-called Christian forces towards it. Ang over and above all else is the dreadful threat of world-wide devastation or annihilation by atomic power, Its a grim picture, isn't it? . It would seem that only a hardy soul could face the future with any degree of equanimity. It has been well sdid that there are 'three kinds of people in the world today. 1. Those who are living in a fool's - paradise. They cannot dis. cern the "signg of the times", and do not wish to be aroused from their sleep of death. 2. Those who are afraid of the future, whose hearts . are failing them for fear, for looking on thosz things which are coming on the earth, 3. Thirdly, those who face the future with complete trust and con. fidence, knowing that God is work. out His purpose here.on earth. which group do we belong? As British Israelites we can go forward into the darkness with hope and faith, because we believe God. His word is sure. Down from the -beginning of time we can see the working out of His divine plan, It is now rapidly approaching its consummation. Is that not a cause for all God.loving people to rejoice? True, we are in for a time of trouble such as never was since the world began, It is not prosper- ity that prepares a people for God. Nationally and individually 'we are still far from God. How many of us could cry out with Job, from the depths eof affliction, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him". And the words that have echoed and re.echoed throughout Chris. tendom at this Faster season. "I know that my Redeemer liveth, ang that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth," Oh! for that kind of a faith today! A living dy- namic faith that nothing -can shake. We stand on the threshold of momentous happenings; things which will shake' the very founda. tions of the earth. We are indeed, in the time of great tribulation. But died | the" darker it becomes the nearer are we to the dawn. Let us go for. .| ward into the future witth this hope on our lips and in our hearts: --'Surely I come quickly, Even so, come Lord Jesus." "My dear fellow, there are two sides to every question--" "Yes, there are two sides to a sheet of fly_paper, and it makes a lot of difference to the fly which side it chooses." 4 MISS ANDRA McLA N She has a wide range of costumes and is shown above in one of her favor put will take place within a few days. Very Diversified Performer One of the most outstanding skaters in the United States, Miss Andra McLaughlin of the New York Skating Club will be one of the stars of "Ice Frolics of 1948". Miss McLaughlin is a specialist in carnival skating and | gives a diversified performance. She skates a comedy "Boogie-Wo~gie" number as well as her interpretive solo. | for "Ice Frolics of 1948" went on sale Monday morning at Mike's Place and it is hoped that a complete sell- ite roles, that of a jitterbug. Tickets | Dominion-Provincial Meet Is Said Remote Possibility By D'ARCY O'DONNELL | ceptance of the proposed tax agree- Canadian Press Staff Writer menst, we shall be ready to ex- Ottawa, March 31.--(CP)--Possi- | Plore in general conference or oth- bilities of a new Dominion-PJro- |€rwise the possibility of working vincial Conference in the near fu- Out mutuallywsatisfactory arrange- ture are remote. | ments in regard fo the whole or A cabinet source said today the | any part of our earlier public in- | government felt it would be use- |Vestment and social security pro- less to hold a conference'as long as | 8rams." agreements are lacking with On-| The social security program. in- tario and Quebec. And, as far as | cluded a national health insurance he knew, Quebec and Ontario still | plan. It also included a federal of- were not prepared to sign agree- fer to pay $30-a-month pensions to ments similar to those accepted by | all 70 and over, regardless of means. the seven other provinces. | The Dominion offered to share He said the cabinet has not con- with the provinces the.cost of pen- sidered the question of a new con- sions to the needy between the ages ference recently, although some of of 65 and 69. 'As well, the Domin- the provincial legislature have urg- | ion offered to pay grants-in-aid to ed that new efforts be made to help the provinces combat such reach an over-all agreement with | things as tuberculosis, mental ill- the nine provinces. | ness, and venereal disease. The federal government's atti-| In making its offers, the domin- tude, he said, could still be summed | ion asked for exclusive use of the up in a statement which Prime | personal income, corporation and Minister Mackenzie King made inheritance tax fields, which it July 15, 1946, a few months after | formerly shared with the provinc- the last Dominion-Provincial Con- |es. ference ended in failure. In that | For the tax concessions, the do- statement, Mr. King said: | minion agreed to pay $12.75 per "As soon as there js sufficient ac- | capita on 1942 population, plus 50 per cent of the provincial revenue | from income and corporation taxes ! in the year ended Dec. 31, 1940, | | plus statutory subsidies, When agreement with all provin- ces was found impossible, the do- minion withdrew its health and in- | | vestment offers. The agreements | signed with Prince Edward Island, | Nove Scotia, New Brunswick, | | Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta | jand British Columbia, deal only | with taxation matters. WORDS WERE PROPHETIC | Toronto, March 31--(CP) -- Dr. | Date V. Wooford, Professor of | Elementary Education at the Uni. | versity of Florida, replied pokingly | that "nothing short of a broken | leg will keep me away' when ac. cepting an invitation to address a | section of the Ontario Educational Association here, Yesterday offi. cials had word ffom her when she did not appear. She had fallen in | her Florida home and broken her leg. BODY IS REINTERRED Espanola, March 31 (CP).--The body of Mrs. Albina Morreau, 68, was buried again yesterday in the same casket which was disinterred | by a ghoul last week. The body | was found in, a field near the rav- | | aged grave. . Investigation is con- | tinuing, | | _--_ Ghost of Mrs. Copeland Said Due Again at Sable optimist who believed he could es- cape from the island--tried to steal Sable Island, March 31.--(CP)-- |the dead woman's wedding ring. No ghost ever returned to a more | When he couldn't remove it he lonely and desolate spot than did hacked off the finger. the ghost of Mrs. Copeland. | Regularly ever. since, according And according to a legend hand- to the legend, the ghost of Mrs. ed down from generation to genera- Copeland has returned to Sable Is- tion of the small marine service land and drifted up and down the staff who are the only residents of | shifting sands looking for the ring Sable Island, Mrs. Copeland's ghost and presumably for the sailor who is scheduled to make another visit stole it. to the 21 miles long sand pile this Since there are no cruises sche- year. duled to 'this treacherous lump of The gory and tragic story behind sand with its tentacle-like reefs the ghost goes back more than 100 stretching for 17 miles from either years when a shipload of immi- end, doubting Thomases will have grants was 'wrecked 90 miles east to take the word of a reporter for of Nova Scotia. the veracity of the spookiness at Only a few of the shipwrecked |Sable. mariners and passengers survived.| The flotsam and jetsam, the half- Mrs. Copeland--her christian name | buried hulks of ships, the abandon- has long since been forgotten--was |ed homes and barracks of a few one of them. But she died shortly | wartime personnel all add to the after her harrowing ordeal. fantasy of the island whose (A greedy sailor--he was also an [clutching shoals have earned it By WYN RHYDWEN Canadian Press Staff Writer the nickname of "Graveyard of th» Atlantic"--the burial place for moi » than 400 ships wrecked on i. sands. King Is Not N.Z.'s First Royal Guest Auckland, N.Z, -- (CP) -- Ti» King's visit to New Zealand ne: year will be the first time a reign- ing British monarch has toured t. - inion, but news reports that it wily be the first visit by a rulir;, sovereign are incorrect. Queen Salot, ruler of Tonga, the only independeni kingdom in L Pacific, is a well.known visitor New Zealand, where she has rece tly been on an extended priva: visit. She is well liked in the Dom: inion, where her generous hospita.- ity to New Zealand troops statione ° in Tonga during the war has no' been forgotten. 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