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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1932 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE "investigate" Seems Popular At Ottawa Parliament seems to be in an en- quiring mood this year. They want to know things. "Investigate" ex- presses the activities so far better than "legislate"' Due to the activ- ity of Mr. Humphrey Mitchell, new member for Hamilton, a Committee of the House of Commone is being set i:p to consider Beauharnois con- tributions to campaign funds and In the Senate a Committee is enquiring into the conduct of the three Senators who .were mixed up in Heauharnois The Senate alone has the ripht to git in judgment of its own members. Some little time ago Mr. G. N. Gor- don of Peterboro, accused the Hon. W. D. Herridge, Canadian Minister at Washington, of wrangling the price of his wedding trip out of the Gov- ernment. A Committee is going to ifive him n chance to prove his state- ment, not apparently because it re- flects on the honor of Mr. Herridge but because the Prime Minister be- lieves it reflects on his own honor. If the hearings are public one would judge they would be well attended. Possibly the most important inves- tifration is one to be made of the Civil Service Commission branch ol the public service. There has been principles I am opposed to the idea cf a bonus, but speaking for Ontario farmers, if 5c a bushel on wheat will keep the western farmer growing wheat and keep him out of the mixed farming field, it might be worth that to the Ontario farmer. If any more mixed farming products come from the west into the markets of Ontario, things arc going to be even worse for the Ontario farmer. Mixed farm- ing suits Ontario and if the Prairie Provinces go in for mixed farming it will be disastrous for this province Th^ Prime Minister considers a balanced budget essential. He be- lieves that a non-balanced budget in- jures the country's credit and the country's credit is his first concern. To balance the budget he must spend less and receive more. Expenditure' have been decreased arid it is In- timated taxes will be increased when the budget comes down on the 10th ot March. The summary of the esti- mated expenditure for this fiscal yeai ending March 31, 1033, makes inter- esting reading. Some big cuts have been made. Public Works is down six million and over a half. Soldier and general land settlement down two million. Agriculture, three. Mail subsidies nnd steamship subventions, one million, and to my delight, Nat- ional Defence is down over two and a half million. There are increases in items in the estimates; interests on public debt, including sinking fund Rome indication that the merit of the j has increased over thirteen million candidate as revealed in the examina- tion papers was not the only factor in deciding on the condidate for the position. The Committee is to find out whether or not there has been discrimination. We had a couple of days debate on the 5c bonus on wheat. A western member thought it should be $1.00 an acre bonus. The members accus- ed the Government of having agri- cultural relief in the west adminis t'-red by a partisan board and some of the members from Alberta and Manitoba were inclined to think that Saskatchewan had got more than it? 'harp of relief. But taking it by ind large., all western members wen in favor of the bonus. Speaking foi Ontario agriculture, I said I doubteo very much if agriculture could tax itself into prosperity. "On genera, dollars and the Royal Canadiai, Mounted Police have an increase 01 four hundred and eighty-five thous- and. The increase shows that our debt has greatly increased. As one member put it, '-We have more debt to pay and the police are increased to see that we pay it." There is no doubt that such largt ciccreases in expenditure will cause unemployment, this is particularly t:-u-j of public works, and where it does not cause unemployment it will indirect taxes, less is left with which to buy goods. That being so fewei goods will be sold and unemployment and general stagnation will increase An increase in currency, to mako it possible to move the goods from th producer to the consumer is our great- est need. In view of that fact, Che two bill's now before the United States Congress must be interesting to us. They provide for a degree ttt inflation, ',they are deliberately trying to thaw out frozen credits; to float the goods out from the machines that are now clogged with them. companying inflation should be legis- lation thot gets the bulk of the taxes from those who have the wealth legislation which takes away from the privileged croups and special rifi-'nts they have enjoyed under the law. It seems that every country r.rods a carefully worked out plan for the production and distribution cf goods and a plan that realizes 'the great importance of the consumer. All this would have sounded like wild talk five years ago, but that is not so today. I spent last week-end in Philadel- phia and Baltimore. On Saturday I attended a tea meeting in the Belle- vue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. The subjects under discussion were the Disarmament Conference and the situation in the Far East. Tlhere were many speakers, for the most part from the University of Penn- sylvania, from Prineton and one out- standing one from Washington. The ''-'omsr.'s International League and the League of Nations Association arranged the meeting. They are two of the organizations who worked val- iantly to secure strong delegation from their country to the World Disarma- ment Conference at Geneva. They felt they were in part They seemed especially pleased with the woman delegate, Dr. Woolcy, of Holyoake College. Several speaker!" True Stories On Jack Rabbit Pest JACKRABBIT JUMPED OVER MAN'S HEAD reduce the purchasing power of the ( tro"j$ht that the critical condition people. TJhe same can be said of increased taxation. The bulk of the taxes come out of the pockets of the working people. Their purchasing power is already seriously affected They have a fixed amount of money tn spend; if more of that money poo in the far cast might have the effect of spurring the delegates at the World's CnfereTiee of greater efforts. Others thought it would have the op- posite effect. Dr. Lin, a Chinese from Pri"ceton nrcsented the Chinese sido of the question. It to pay for taxes, Whether direct c: a moving story. One on hearing THE STORB WITH ERVICB F. T. HILL&CO.,Ltd. CHAIN STORES Markdale, Ontario OUR BUYING POWER SATES YOU A LOT OF MONEY Week End Feature Sale Big 25c Sale of Merchandise. 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MENS' BOW TIES 25c EACH Attractive 1 patterns in extra quality cloth 25c ea. WHITE TURKISH TOWELLING An Extra fine Towelling in 20 in. width 25c yd. LADIES' RUBBERS 25c PR. A fine quality rubber. Makes an ideal chore rubber 25c pr. CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS 25c PR. Fine quality felt slippers. All sizes 25c pr. SHELF OILCLOTH 5 YDS. 25c In white only. A retil special. Regu- larly sold at lOc yd 5 yds. 25c LACE 5 YDS. 25c , Fine quality silk lace, out to cleat 5 yds. 25c EXTRA SPECIAL < Ij4 yd. table oil cloth in white only 2Sc vd. PLAIN BLUE & KHAKI SHIRTING An extra special in good heavy weight cloth out to clear at 2 yards 24c Earl Carson, local dairyman, thinkt there ought to have been a high jump contest lor jackrabbits at the Olympic games at Lake Placid. One morning recently, when he came into_ the shed cf his barn, there was a jnckrabbit Arming himself with a stick and sta- tioning himself at the open end of the shed he "set" the dog on ths rabbit, with visions of tasty jackrabbit pie K'oing through his head. But Mr. Jack had other plans. When he got neai the shed door, with the dog in hoi pursuit he jumped clear over Earl's- head to freedom. Believe it or not as Riplcy would say, that rabbit jump- ed at least fifteen feet broad and six feet high, Earl says, and he deserved to escape. Dundalk Herald. RECORD RABBIT DRIVE AT SPARTA LITTLE TOWN I never thought to feel ashamed Of my own little town, With little houses up flhe street And little houses down. Where maple trees grow unafraid Beside uneven walks, And over hedges hollyhocks Peer from their flouncing stalks. Where neighbors run in any time Their sorrowings to tell, Or to bring e'.ioice cooking in a bowl When one is sick or well. There is a friendly atmosphere In any little town, With friendly houses up the street And friendly houses down. Farmers Should Benefit The new hog grading regulations put into effect by promulgation in the Canada Gazette of January 30 extend the provisions for trading in hogs on the basis of official grades in such a way as entirely to eliminate flat-price trading. Hogs sold from A plague of jack rabbits in South j farm r or other Producer right down Yarmouth is causing muoh concern | to orchardists in that district and re- sulted in a big drive being organized in Sparta, Tuesday, Feb. 9th. A total of 125 rabbits were bagged, estab- lishing a record for one day's shoot- ing. The previous top bag was 111 jacks. Fifty of the rabbits, many weighing 1 from 10 to 12 pounds, were tpkcn to th uty on Tuesday even- ing to be given to needy families. The iacks were distributed from the city hall Wednesday morning. Appeals will lik'.'ly be made to city hunters to join us in drive?, if damage by the hungry rodents continues. Consider- able damage has already been done to young trees according to reports. The rabbits girdle the young trees de- vouring the tender bark. Thirty-five hunters of Sparta and district, took part in the drive, which was the first of the season. Aylmer Express. __ The Canadian Navy may be small but it is at least useful in acting as i c policeman in some of the ports ol the smaller South American republics at election time. the line to the 'final packer or pro- cesser must be traded in on the basis of official grades. This ensures to the farmer full benefits of the ngree- ment with the packing industry whereby a premium of one dollar is paid for all hogs grading "Select Bacon." The regulations also pro- vide for that premium for quality which is rightly his, passing back In larger measure to the original pro- ducer. Big WooHllip Handled Although faced with poor markets and approximately 5,000,000 pounds clips ever handled, W. H. J. Tisd-ile told the Ontario Sheep Breeder's Association the other day that the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers had disposed oi this successfully and that fuil settlement would be made immediately. Moreover shippers through the Co-operative would re- ceive as high or higher prices, qual- ity for quality, as were paid in Canada or elsewhere. Due to careful man- agement, handling charges had been cut a third this year or three-quarters of a cent per pound. "Our ware- houses are practically empty," stated Mr. Tisdale, "and we enter the new season in excellent shape.." This record has been made in the face of dire predictions that wool could not bo sold at any price and was only possible, -this speaker claimed, because the Co-operative during the past ten years had been opening up many new outlets in Britain and elsewhere for Canadian wool. These outlets saved the situation in 1931, according to Mr. Tisdale, although he was of the firm conviction that as we were producing only a fraction of our domestic con- sumption of wool and wool products practically all our clip should find a market in Canada. Herring fishing at the Allandalc wharf has been unusually good this year and strangely enough the fisher- men stay on the job all night. The Great War cost the world ar- round 8,538,315 lives and $168,233,- 637,097; yet men are now figuring on another calamity which might prove still more costly. A barge skipper is held for $10,- 000,000 ransom in China. It ought to make his relatives feel elated, that he was held in such high esteem by the natives. Because for only one day, Windsor managed to sret along without a single arrest a really unique record for the city is claimed to have been establish- ed. The oldest court official state' ho never saw the like of it before. it could r.jt understand why the pow- ers are not taking more positive ac- tion tn ensure the integrity of China. The peace groups in the United States are behind a bill which is being fathered by Hamilton Fish of New York. The bill prohibits the exporting of arms or ammunitions of any sort including nitrates, to nations at war. Mr. Hamilton Fish had "asked the Women's International League to hare witnesses come to Washington to give evidence in favor of the bill. They came and so many friends of peace came that the Committee room was filled and when the Committee saw this they suddenly withdrew for - private consultation which they said would last only a few minutes. They didn't reappear for nearly two hour:! and then a very angry Hamil- ton Fish came back to say that the Committee would not give a hearing. Miss Dorothy Detzer, the very able lobbyist for the Women's Interna- tional League, spent some time try- ing to find "out why the Committee would not allow the- hearing to go on and she finally discovered that the State Department <had forbidden it. Two days later she noticed in thej press that American, English and German ships were carrying nitrates to the war zone in the Far East. The one encouraging feature of the meet- ing in Philadelphia was the intense interest of the people. Sunday in Baltimore was wlholly enjoyable. I was the guest of Eliza- beth Oilman, whose father was the first President of V^orms Hopkins University. She lives in a der^htful old house which has been occupied by the Gilmans for a hundred years and is furnished in Oolonisl style i Maryland is the beginning of the ; south, 8,0 we had griddle cakes' and sausage for breakfast. It is a plea* ant change to have food served that is really quite different from ours At Miss Oilman's home I met Scott Nearing, the intellectual outlaw ol the United States. He was telling me he had tramped over Great Britain with a knapsack on his back, aD throujrh th general elections. In his opinion the leaders of the Labor Party are not the important thing. Ho claims that the massos are of the lenders and any action they hav c taken has conif nhout because they were pushed t< it. **'>- s a habit Chevrolet drivers soon acquire IT'S one of the biggest thrills of modern motoring to get behind the wheel of the new Chevrolet and actually know the advantages' of a 60-horsepo\ver, six-cylinder motor, silent Syncro-Mcsh shifting, free-wheeling and down-draft carburetion. ^ Acceleration! When the light flashes green step on the gas then glide swifdy away ahead of the trailic! The new Chevrolet gives you matchless "pick-up" lithe power that responds to every need. 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