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mssm i voj j thbgf w mkooftvvo- thfe acton free press i iv r v vtt the home of miit acton 3fwf pre0 meznber canadian weeuy newspaper association member ontarioquebec tmvlsion c w n a the acton free press u published ererjr huirsdaxecning- at the free press building mill street acton ontario the subscription price iszeo per year in advance pbstam is charged additional- to office in the united states the date to which subscriptions are paid is indicated on the address label xi vkrtisingratesfor small onclassi- fied advertisements and in other columns the rates will be found at head of column dis- play advertising rates on applica g a dills editor and proprietor telephones- edltorlal an oos a brake not a propeller- doubtis spmetimes useful in an emergency biit it isnotsrconstructive it is a brake npt a propeller the more you doubt the less you do you cannot put the same- kind of effort into your undertaking when you are uncertain as to the outcome as you give when you are convinced that you will succeed- doubt weakens friendship doubt is disastrous be- pause so often it springs from selfdistrustv you doubt the success of your undertakings because you doubt yoiirability you your friends tjecause you do not feel that there t anything in you 10 compel love and admirationj you can see success beyond struggle if you expect the same loyalty that you- give it because you believe in yourself t revenue from income tax since the income tax was imposed in canada in 1917 as a source of raising revenue for the dominion government approximately 744000000 has been collected the average yearly collection of in come tax for the first- 13 years amounted to 52- 60489521 while for the fiscal year ended march 31 1932 the total collection from this tax will reach it is estimated 61000000 about 20 per cent of the total revenue of canada is raised by the income tax in the united states about 5777 of the total revenue comes from income tax and in the british isles the income tax returns approximately 4174 of the total national revenue the canadian government does not impose income tax on interest or dividends paid to honresidehts ithelxost olcolr- lecting the income tax since it has been in force in canada and also the business profits war tax which has returned over 198000000 has been less than 26000000 or about three per cent where a saving- would be noticed it appears that it costs the c n r about 149- 402 per year for trieupkeep of the president the iternsgiven to make this amount in a news particle the other day ere sir henrys salary 75000 special allowance 15000 salary from g t western 500ft salary from central vermont 5000 salary from ontario car ferry 5000 sundry directors fees 250 personal expenses 24152 free house estimate 20000 the average individual will naturally say thatthe president is greatly over worked with so many desirous of securing- em ployment it would seem that the division of labor and -salary- could like other matters calculated to lower railway costs come m tor some adjustment unlike some of the small savings inaugurated a very- slight percentage- on big amounts is at once produc- tive bf psllp thtthad apr 21 1932 chronicles of ginger farm r- written special for the free press by k- tiwendoune p clarke to his banker every morning for the last few days i have wakened to the glorious inuslc of the most spontaneous te deumdne could widh to hear there is ho accompani ment from musical instrument n words are used but the joyous knowledgel that the years at- the spring is trans muted through a rare melody of sound from hundreds of little songbirds that fly hither and thither from bush fee and shrub it is a wonderful tc deum this song of the birds and it never falls to waken a responsive chord in my own heart nor do i forget to be thankful that i have my heariirg there lsso much we take for granted think what it means to the deaf to be shut out from nature smusic to the blind who are denied the sight of spring flowers and to the bedridden who are perhaps suflering too greatly to take any pleasure in living and it is so lovely to feel the bright waim sunshine even though the wind is cool as though to warn us we must not take any liberties with the changing seasons but we do not mind we can wait a uttje longer certain at last that springy real spring following is an actual letter written to a banking house in response o its request for moro collateral it is impossible for me to send you a cheque my present financial condition is due to the effects of federal iaw3 statelaws county laws corporation lawn byjaws brbthcr motherin laws and outlaws that have been foisted upon on unsusnectlhg rjujbllc through the various lows i have been held down held upt j walked on sat on flattened and squeezed until i dp not know where i am what i am and why i am the laws compel me to pay a mer chants tax capital stock tax income tax- real estate tax property tax auto tax gas tax water tax light tax cigar tax street tax school tax syntax anil carpet tax v the government has bo governed my business that i do not know who owns it i am- suspected expected inspected disrespected txaminfed reexamined until nxknowis that im supplicated for money for every known need desire or hope of the human race and because i refuse to fall and go out and beg borrow and steal money- to give away i am cussed and discussed boycotted i talked to talked abouc lied to lied about held up held down and jobbed until i am nearly ruined so the only reason i am clfnging to life is to see what is coming next one cause of unemployment is dehnljely on its way we still have judgdfwhen you workj what work4f mud and plenty of it but what matter do you do we have reached the stage of hoping prisoner im an organist the department saves alone even the school pupils are called upon to assist in raising additional funds the departmental ex aminations which formerly cost a dollar per paper will be 150 per pper this year the maximum for middle school students is 10 upper school pupils 15 and lower school ejtams are a maximum of 5 just at v time when students parents rnay find it difficult to keep the children at school trie increase in the fees is not an incentive to continu ance of education fees for presiding officers and their assistants at entrance examinations have been reduced from 9 and 7 per day respectively tb 750 and 6 fees for reading answer papers of entrance candidas have been reduced from 150 to 125 per pupil each pupilwrites eight papers at any rate the department is out to save money but there appears to be no assistance tendered to those who make an effortto give the children the advantage of education spring optimism itjsspring time ratleastrtrisrweektwith its warrri sunshine had all the earmarks of that season and with the opportunity to get outofdoors comes a feeling of optimism there is the winters accumu lations to be cleared away the farmers can prepare for their work on the land and in the action of getting out on the land and the expectation of seed time and harvest forget some of the financial prob- lems that have seemed unsurmoun table the town dweller who may- have found the winter with its forced inactivity irksome can now with the advent of spring weather find an outlet for his activities about the home and garden for those who can afford improvements it would seem that the present is a most opportune time for their fulfilment labor and material costs are the lowest that have been quoted in years it is extremely doubtful if they wil go lower and it would appear that those who can investjn improvements this year will be making a substantial saving the odd painting repairing or building job can best be7done now after all themoney put mrirculationbutreturns ragain to be redistributed restore public confidence the delayed investigation undertaken by the on- tario government into hydro payments is again to be resumed truly the whole affair is enough to cause illness of more than those who are obliged to listen to the evidence and untangle the affair it would seem that those who could untangle are very loathe to render what assistance they may after months of prodding the investigation has been wid ened in its scope to include the payment to ohri aird jr of 125000 from the beauharnois corpor ation it is intimated that hon g howard fergu son will give evidence- before the investigation that will now be conducted by justice orde in the interests of hydro and of those who desire tf have public trust reestablished in all institutions it is time for- a complete revelation of all these mysteri ous financial manipulations it is no time to tan talize the public mind by merely a whitewash in vestigation if there is guilt among those who are in high position let them shoulder their responsi bility we want no demonstrations in ontario such been carried out in jewfoundland the 5vpobic confidence must be secured in its institutions qjswdjio matter where the guijt lies british justice canadas mineral production mineral production in canada for the calendar year 1931 is valued at 227456365 production of metals reached a total value of 118636071 fuels including coal natural gas crude petroleum and peat were worth 51588933 other nonmetals the principal items being asbestos gypsum salt quartz feldspar and sodium sulphate totalled i084917o in value stcucturalmaterials including brick cement lime stone sand and gravel were valued at 43382- 191- the principal items in the metallic production weregoldtz695 1- fineouncesvaluedatr 55t7 l5r- 120 copper 293154655 pounds worth 2418519 nickel 65666320 pounds worth 15267453 lead 267339203 pounds worth 7260060 silver 20558r 216 fine ounces worth 6140739 and zinc 237245 451 pounds worth 59249 the platinum metals including platinum palladium rhodium iridium etc aggregated 2813547 a large increase over the previous year gold production increased by 282 per cent over 1930 ontariowas first among the provinces in- the value of mineral output with 96- 126990 quebec was in second place with output valued at 35673395 british columbia in third place had mineral production valued at 34302146 alberta was in- fourth place with an output principal ly of coal natural gas and petroleum valued at 23- 970783 editorial notes with the ruraj communities demanding a re duction in rates and thegoverhment demanding a tollwi the rates the position of the telephone com panies is not an enviable one its spring time and cleanuptime aud the urge to be outofdoors in the bright sunshine will do much to cha j the gloom of the winter months it is a tjjne of optimism when nature leads the way there have been 596 postmasters fired since 1930 when the conservative government took office its fortunate that therewasnt as much furore over each individual case as that which the simcoe dismissal caused under the liberal regime the st johns riot caused property damage es timated at 10000 it was rather an expensive way of registering disgust for those in position hack other peaceable means failed before this was all tried the public always pays anyway i i i the mitchell advocate observed its seventy- second anniversary last week in a historical mood the editor last week pointed out the many improve ments seen during the years and was optimistic of the future of mitcihell and proved as a good local paper shoulclhe a realbooster forthe home com munity y that sometime it will dry up yesterday i went to a meeting and once nore hadrtbepleasure of hearing nina moore jamleson give an address it wouldbe no hardship to hear her on an average of about once a week her subject this time was the adventures of a farm woman in journalism it was of course particularly nterestlng to me and i was amused when she spoke of other people imagining writers to be specially gifted with inspiration in spiration said mrs jamieson is rare it comes on an average about once a year there is supposed to be a good deal of perspiration in connection with writing but let me tell you there is a large amount of desperation a writer may have a contract for a weekly article and there is just so much spape that her editor expects to be filled up every week and sometimes ideas wont come then she spoke of the different letters thl came to her most of which were appreciative but there was one which was not and the writer of it asked her how she could possibly imagine that her mrs jamlesons farm and family af fairs could possibly be of any interest to outsiders that her children were the dullest she bad ever heard of and that her home life must be one of the most humdrum existence the writer later apologised and explained the letter was written when she was in a neurotic mood and had to take it out on someone of course the letter gave mrs jamleson an awful shock and i can quite understand what she felt because i too often wonder what impression my articles make on the public when eetey are large ly taken up with our own affairs at ginger farm sometimes i imagine my readers must think- my articles are made up of a mighty t because a whole column is mainly taken up with what i or we think do and say but think fbra if i want to write that way and you care to read it although it may be ordinary enough yet there is no harm done and no ones feelings are hurt but supposing i write of what i know or think i know of our neighbors affairs how long should i last neigh bors would- cut vac- in thestreetthe mail box would be crammed with letters de manding apologies and explanations and the editor of our paper would also have a mest uncomfortable time it so hap pens that i have never received an abusive letter but i havent the least doubt that there arc many people who have just that same- idea of chronicles of ginger farm in writing it is some thing one must face directly one comes before the public eye cne naturally be comes the target for public criticism for that reason it is best to err on the side of safety even at the risk of being thought frightfully egotistic tnere was another tshmg mrs jamie- sonsaldwith which i-entirely- agreed writing she said is i imagine some thing like drink once you gbt into the way of it you cint give it up that is so true time and again i have looked around at ihc various jobs that i might do and i have thought now i wont touoh my typewriter for a whole month i havfc never yet stuck to that resolve instead of speeding up things such a resolution impedes progress because my head gets- cluttered up with ldeag which worry me until i get them down on paper they may not be any good often they are not as rejection slips are not un- known to me but they serve as a safety valve as an outlet for expression which if denied makes me very much like my favorite remedy for colds lemon and soda and its effervescent qualities judge how can a man with such a godgiven talent asy ever be outof a job 7 v prisoner my monkey died help-both- kind wife henry theres a burglary at the silver and another in the pantry eating my pies get up and call for help hubby at window police doctor you can now buy now old price- red label 25c v lb 30c old price orange pekoe 38c va lb 43c you now pay only a little more for red rose than for cheap bulk teas we refund- the grocer the drop in price we beak the uss ti vincs there are few birds ta gay as me i find a spot thafs sweetly sunny and sing of carroll quality and how they save the people money mra making the best of it buying the best of all these days of restricted incomes are times for malting the best of it and for baying the best of all when its a question of food ae best of k that u none too good for you for those of us who most codnt the- v pennies carrolls prices are a joy they represent definite satmfs on the h best of everything yooye sore of quality and cant help economizing- when yon shop at carrolls quality first economy always carrolls del monte dried peaches 2 lbs 29c australian choice sliced peaches- no 2 squat tin 1 5c lynn valley dessert pears 2 no 2 tins 25c ayfcner reel pitted cherries 3 tins 25c ayfanct choice quality aprlcotsnoiltinj9c singapore sliced pineapple 2 tins 25c carrolls wrapped skced bacon lb 16c special perrina new assorted 2 biscuits ibs special harry homes pure peanut 32oz butter i r essex sweet white cork 4 no 2 tin 25c aylmertiolden bantam corn 3 no 2 tins 27c green valley tender peas 2 no 2 tins 1 5c green giant peas no 2 tall tin 2jte aylmer or iviittirey best tomatoes 3 timsoc harbor cliofr qiirli tomatoes 2 large tins 15c special natures best tomato juice tin 5c 1 ecttrt a joke such a jojce partner has just come back from the mill with the news that we- are leaving the farm how or why the rumor got about we dont know but it is the first tmo we knew we were in the position to retire i but if it is hard times thafare supposed to be driving us off then all i can say is we did not give this place the ncknameof ginger farm for nothing and come what may westfll have a good supply oh ginger to draw from whenever the necessity arises we ahall look forward- to hearing what wo are going to do riext worms feed upon the vitality of chud- ren and endanger their lives a simple and effective remedy is mother graves worm exterminator sp pbttts fittjb national sauerkraut week special libbys canadian kraut no 2h tins bl 9 special nodes condensed milk 14oz tih l specialr sweet mixei pickles 34oz jar para- san i wmd land fspv foo feet with bearing ucvsce shine saucepans win so s pads 14c and 23c oxydol or chipso j carrolls own cleanser 2 tins 15c special antiseptic floor wax poliflor llb tin 39 special surprise soap 5 bars 23 ouauty first economy always w0 extra large sunkist oranges per dozen large sunkist oranges per dozen medium sunkist oranges per dozen small sunkist oranges per dozen 53c 43c 35c 25c 3banxnas tbs for lemons per dozen leaf lettuce per bunch l 25c 23c 5c 2 2 head lettuce extra large for rhubarb bunches for new cabbage special per tb 4 egyptian onions tbs for- 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