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ifest 5 m y jfv j yh7y je j v u flbi vv naxiais mwzm nw wiwootntraikfca -j-r- iiiij i jj 7 ao two- theracton pree press hotjjgpiay aprxl 14 1ds2 th jtpm pw ijf acton jffmfjrwib member canadiaitweelcly newspaper association member ontarloquebefr division c w n a 7 the acton free press published jrery thursday evening at thefreepre bnfldtaj mill street acton ontario the subscription ifrlce is oo per year to advance vomuinu charged additional to otuces ta the united states the date to which subscriptions are paid is indicated oh the address label advertising rates for small unclassi fied advertiementa and in other cplumna tbe rates will be found t head of column dis- i play advertising rates on application 0 a bills edito aiu telephones- editorial and business oses resi fewer accidents in industry there were 3836 axideritsrported to the work mens cornpensatibnboafd during the month of jhafchtascompared with 4023 during february and 4523 durjn march a- year ag the fatal accidents numbered 18 as against 29 inmarchlasfyear the total benefits awarded amounted to 50196502 of which 42988004 was for compensation and 72- 08498 for medical aid the accidents reported for the first quarter of 1932 numbered 11460 as com pared with 12683 for the same period last year the total benefits awarded during the jirst quarter of 1932 were 35952696 as compared with 1646- 18871 during the same period a year ago an unfairness rectified by an amendment to the municipal act passed at the recent session pljhe legislature villages are now given the same power to govern hawkers and peddlers as was formerly enjoyed by towns and cities the changing of two words in the bill gives to villages a protection which fills a long felt want and- enables them to pass legislation tp protect against transient traders acton council at its session on monday night startedto take action on the new provision and it is hoped that the fees will be sufficient to make the provisions of the act pro tective the bill was introduced in the legislature by t p lancaster m p p for peterboro county and village councils all over the province will be grateful that this seeming unfairness against the villages hasbeen finally rectified excessive public costs a budget has been brought down at ottawa and it was hard to finlttltenian was pleased follow ing the announcement of its conditions last week when business conditions are in the boom state taxa tion appears rather insignificant because the money is forthcoming to meet the demand butrwitrrevery- one at the bottom of the pockebopk and experienc ing the same difficulties as the government- in balanc ing thebudget and in most cases coming as far as the government from the balancing feat the pros pect of meeting increased demands is not so easy roger w babsonina special- article in the toronto star the other evening had as usual the matter pretty well summarized he put ft thus the trouble with government finances is that they follow the crazy principle of spending the moneytrffst and trying to raise it afterwards instead they should usihesspfinciple7of estimating f the in sv hf61iowtrie come first and then appropriating only as the income willpermift therels a definite limit to the income which the government may exact without killing the goose that lays the golden egg namely business current financial reports show that this limit has alreadyjbeeil reached8ndbusinessinstead of lay ing golden eggs for public officials to gather is laying just ordinary goos eggs canada has done more than the united states toward reduction of gpvernment expenses but this curtailment has been relatively small in comparison to the decline in in come which business labor and investors have ex perienced cost of government in canada is still tjoo high for present conditions the cuts of five per cent in various civil service wages the moderate reduction in staff foircesy the postponement of non urgent improvements have all helped to some extent but the exigencies of the situation demand more retrenchment i return of prosperity both in canada hdjri the united states would be hastened if ivbttdndss anrnfierublic courd relieved of excessive 1c costs coul an baniple y some interesting facts regardiiig judges salaries was btotrghthtnit in the recent debate in the house of commons when the pay put was under considera tion the salaries range from 5000 to 15i000 and there are 276 judicial appointments in canada in detailone jujdge get 156q6 6 others get 12000 each js received 10000 apiece 113 are paid at the rate of 9000 per year2 receive 8000 and 3 at 7000 and the remaining 133 get 5000 the total paid tothe 276 judges is l986id00 annually these salatresrwflrtfotbe affected by the pay cuts no one will question ihawor of justice but when everyone else seems to bedoirig with less it would appear splendidly if a voluntary reduction were- offeredby way of example to those in lower positions a loal educational evening the auditors reports of accounts of actoir municipal council the hydro and waterworks de parturients public school board cemetery board free library board and arena have been printed ands made ready for the perusal of the ratepayers itis quitea complete little volume an 4 con tains many interesting statements t is published in its arid shows the true position of the municipality as at the end of last year and actori may well feelwell atisneawithherflnanciai position true it-is-notias- thls weeds chronicle piay or may not appear in print it just depends upon whether i can plough my way through the inudtq the pqat office- nodoubt town people wonder wiiattmv eartllt am taiyngr about mud yqu say mud whats the woman grumbling about nowsurely this lovely spring weather would suit anyone and let me hasten t6 add it does at least i have no quarrel with pverhead conditions but under foot is a different matter at least it is at ginger farm one day this week 4 was going to town and lost my rubbers before i could get into the buggy the next day i started out with rubber bootai radld- not expect to have to get out of the buggy at all but of course as soon as xigat to- town i remembered something t wanted and out i had to get rubber boots and all down arthe farm my mudbespattered footwear seems quite in enviable as a year ago and the tax arrears list occupies a third more space this year but there is scatcetvta busines o any description that found col- lections as easy to make the past year if all the arrears of taxes were- paid the overdraft shown at the bank balance would have turned to a consider able surplus there is no need to go into details on the report full details of acton and its finances are contained in the book which is free for the asking by any ratepayer at the clerks office there is no need for guessing there is no need for hearsay about acton and its finances any ratepayer can assure himself and an evening or two spent digest ing the figures presented in this report will make any ratepayer ahetiercitizenubecause he will then have an understanding of his municipality based on the factsas found by chartered accountants there is little or no change in the general preparation of the statements from those of the past few years since this firm first brought in its municipal audit editorial notes true wisdom is to know what is best worth know ing and to do what is best worth doing some features of the good old days seem to be returning the railroads are running cheap excur sions again arid the people are flocking to them in crowds its a long time since the railways made an earnest bid for business the deadly carbon monoxide gas from the er- haiist of motor cars continues to take an everin creasing toil- of life working over a running car in a closed garage leaves as much chance for escape as beating a train to a railwaycrossing a fellow has to be a contortionist to get by these davs first of all hes got to keep his back- to the wall and his ear to the ground hes expected to put his shoulder tothe wheel his nose to the grindstone keep a level head and both feet on the ground and at the same time look for the silver lining with his head in the clouds so says an exchange all members of the newspaper fraternity are pleased to hear that mr e jroy sayles isjecoyering nicely following a recent surgical operation besides being editor of the renfrew mercury one of can adas outstanding weekly newspapers mr sayles js managing director of the canadian weekly news paper association and in this capacity has exercised a strong influence for the betterment of weekly newspapers in the fiscal year ended march 31 1931 the number of seagoing ships entered and cleared at canadian ports and the total tonnage were as- fol lows vancouver british columbia 4709 ships 12321886- tons victoria british columbia 4997 ships 938205 1 tons halifaxnova scotia 3226 nps 8184238 tons montreal 1699 ships 7337- 224 tons quebec 689 ships 3372251 tons st john new brunswick 1304 ships 2365629 tons- new westminster british columbia 759 ships 2043771 tons seagoing ships entering and leaving the river st lawrence number 2436 and had a total registered tonnage of 10440768 tons chronicles of ginger farm written specially for the free frew by gwendoline p clarke home grown cranberries new industry sanemed for maritime province 1 although canada produces her own turkeys for christmas new years thanksgiving and other festive occasions the bulk of- her cranberry requirements is supplied from outside sources statis tics supplied by the department of agri culture for the canadian national ball- ways show- that every year from 100 to iso carloads of these berries are brought in from other parts of the continent mainly the cape cod section of the state of m8ssachusettsconi31flons 01 cilmate and s6uveryslmllartp those obtaining in- the cranberry 1 growing districts- of massachusetts prevail in certain areas 0 nova scotia new brunswick- and prince edward island and we believe that all or at least a large part of canadas needs could be produced there states mr p far walsh superintendent of agriculture for the railway cpmpany wlththls in mind we have been en deavoring hi the past couple bt years to popularize the growing pf these terries among the maritime provinces and pro gresses being made last year car loads were marketed in montreal tor onto winnipeg- and ottawa and we believe that in the next few years thl3 1 iii j cactesky optometrist 1 illhsv will visit acton olt y f monday may 2nd sl anyone suflertrfg from eyestrain s v- defective vision or- heodacli6 should not nilss theopportunlty o i consulting this eyesight speclalls j appointments may be made with consultation free office boom 9 a m uu t p na more power to you keeping with the general conditions but outputwill be considerahy increased when i get to town and step out onto the clean dry cement sidewalk darling clementine isnt in it with me and my rphhor hnntji nr miidplftktfrprt nvprsripips a canadian weekly which boasts the largest cir culation in the country announces that it is obliged to reduce its size on account of a decrease in adver tising patronage due to ipreserit business conditions it further declares that if the reduction in the number of pages does notbalance its budget it will be forced to add something to the subscription price until the worlds business reyves wehave here the key to the situation with regard to many newspapers subscription prices cannot be reduced in fact they may have tobe increased if they are to continue giving as gooderyice pr even in some cases if they are not to cease publicsition jwourit forest con federate 1 herring boxes without topses re danc lng pumps in comparison next week weare expecting visitors who have never been lief e before arid lh giving them to locate us i u was the first house on the right hand side of the road butlf we had any more rain between now and the time of their arrival all they were likely to see of ginger farm would be two red chimney pots sticking up out of the mud but still things are never so bad but what they might be worse it may be the same with worries as it is with heart lnfatuations there is safety in numbers when it is a feat of strength to gee strength enough in your feet to get from one end of the barnyard to the other then there isnt the same opportunity to twor ab the budge and its far reaching results and now the tjudget is out we shall find it is parallel with the case tof the ordinary individual it lis not so much what aperson or gov ernment gets that counts but how they spend it v even the budget has its compensations since it came out we have been counting our many blessings for instance if you havent got an income you v have to worry about income tax its a mercy they havent invented an outgo tax then we should be in the soupl then there is excise stamps if you cant give any cheques you dont have to won y about stamps exceptr when some person yho ought to be labelledhands you a cheque minus a stamp and then every one who is as fond of the cup that cheers as i am must breathe a sigh qf relief that no new duty has been imposed on that commodity wouldnt it be awful if we had to economize oh tea fancy having friends in for the afternoon and not be able to afford this comfortable little form of hospitality tea is the beat social antl- freeze i know under its influence women unbend and become delightfully informal yet strange to say it seems to havethe opposite effect with some members of the stronger sex who handle a cup and saucer more carefully than a stick of dynamite they will dally with a fancy china cup and saucer as though doubting the strength of its handle and then watching a favorable opportunity when their hostess is momentarily engaged take the plunge and swallow the tea at one gulp its a wonder some of them dont swallow the cup as well in their anxiety to get rid of the stuff of course there is tea and tea in cidentally tea makers and i cant wsh anything 1 worse for some of the tea makers than for them to have to drink their own brew there are as many ways of making tea as there are of making a living some of the cottage people in rural england make tea in a huge earthen ware t pot first thing in the morning stew it on the side of the stove and use from it for the- rest of the day careless people wil make tea without bothering to wait until the kettle boils the result is a tasteless falntuy colored liquid with numerous tea leaves floating about in the cups it never falls to give me the creeps because to my imagination ttc tea leaves look for all thj world like dead fish floating about oft the surface of the water i many people make a practise of steep ing their tea bhereby drawtngout all the injurious tannin and then wonder why tea gives them indigestion there is a fine art in making tea as well as in everything else and from my own per sonal experience i have reached the following conclusions that the best tea is always the cheap est i that tea is only indigestible atter being steeped that water must always be freshly boiled that the tea pot must be warmed that an earthenware or porcelain pot makes the best brew that tea for large social gatherings should be poured off the leaves into largo enamel pitchers and kept hot on the stove and poured into tea pots as required king bruce of scotland regained his courage by watching a spider women get the same results from a cup of tea ffdm it they imbibe inspiration energy arid compensation english as she is spoke an auto toujlstwariravening through the great northwest when he met with a slight accident to- his machine- in some way he had mislaid his monkey wrench so he stepped at a nearb farm- house where the following conversation took place between himself and the swede farmer have you got a monkey wrencji here naw my brother he got a cattle rench over there my cousin he got a sheep rench further- down this road but too cold here for a monkey rench keeps you active 12 big biscuits in spring weather uadmjn canadm with canadian whmat the canadian shredded wheat company ltd quality into tnetbarqain bsgni the bat of umjllini at a savin is real ttum aad it m caw be poke ifa bcin d carroll customers do it qy day we jost d sacrifice qoafity to make low prices be we sacrifice profits to sjwe yon bars ins hssajiai of which i is the past coma aad see shop at cartons and eajey beak prices effective till april 28 oxydol special soap spacfarf 10 bars fancy eating figs 2 lbs 29c golden hallow dates 2lb19c seeded valencia naraisins lb 15c recleaned australian currants lb 15c carrolls silver star flour 84lb big 55c crisco 1lbn24 old cheese crrota own koe special 3mmt cap brand pilchards m5 special fancy shelled hafares walnuts b 43 special good sena now prunes 3 mmoas dried faches 2 lbs 29c arlmer choice apricots tja 19c valley mist blueberries u 10c aylmer red cherries 3 tin 25c australian choice peaches tin 15c lynn valley pears 2 tins 25e special st charles evaporated milk 2 21 clarks cooked spaghetti 10 carrolls own macaroni 13 aylmer choice tomatoes 120 chipso pus 9c nd 21c gilletfs lye tin 14c nugget shoe polish 2 tins 23c carrolls own cleanser 2 tins 15c babo 2 tins 27c the original 3m1nute oatflakes x 24 mclarens assorted quick pntfdmgsi23 aylmer choice golderr bantam o 2 una i 27 green valley tender peas 2 t 15 quauty first econocty always distemper responds quickly to doug las egyptian liniment keep a boltle handy in the stable v extra large navel c7 oranges spec dozen j i t large n a vel o ran ges ao per dozpn t-ji- medium navel oranges per dozen large grapefruit for 35 c small mavel oranges oc o special per dozen cd 15c r small grapefruit je- lemons per dozen tomatoes lbs firm and ripe 23c 2ic leaf lettuce spectah per bunch pineapples each egyptian onions lbs for spinach tbs for 3 2 5c 18c 20c 25c carrolls own fine teas new low our 39c blend- our 49c blend now per tb now per lb 29c 39c our 55c blend now per lb l 45c r our 70c blendnow per ito 4c mill street phone 158 inttil- v is t fsm