x 1 seventythird year of publication ifefamcfcj evening september 20th 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa iflle parking oil main si decided on by town council at special meeting held on tuesday eveumgvall members present tbwh council met on tuesday even ing with mayor jos gibbons in the ohalr reeve davis and oounduora n h brown a e orlpps jos hall jas ooatigan tfcos lyons and k r mc donald present lite main item of business was the discussion over angle parking on main st some members took the stand that angle parking onone side of thestreet would have been sufficient while the jnajorly ruled otherwise and the fol lowing resolution was passed moved by jas cosugan second ed by n h brown that the clerk he instructed to have bylaw no mi amended to provide tor angle pairing on the northeasterly and southwesterly sides of main st parking and noparking signs de signated under the supervision of ctoisf w g mptrmu and to pro vide for additional stop signs on other streets carried yeas cos- tigan brown mcdonald hall 7 gibbous nays davis cripps lyons there really isnt sugar shortage t is no sca told by all the big sugar refinery peo ple by the canadian authorities at ottawa and by the merchants them selves yet for the past two weeks sugar has been getting steadily scarcer in this locality and all over ontario householders have had to take what local merchants were able to ration out to them while still holding sufficient to cover community needs so it seems evident that people remembered the shortage of sugar during the last war and that instead of buying their usual- quantities large numbers of househol ders in cities towns and villages in creased their purchases by leaps and bounds with the result that mer chants have been hard put to it to sup- ply their customers with anything like what they demanded as the dominion government appointed a poodboantand control ler with wide powers and as the indi vidual hoarder as well as the big pel- there is every assurance from ottawa that profiteering in food or other prices will be severely dealt with the board is empowered if it should become necessary to license manufac turers and dealers fix minimum prices or take steps to require equitable allo cation of quantities of goods among distributors and regular distribution to customers it is also an indictable offense for any person to unduly o lessen the manufacture supply or dis tribution of any necessity of life or to sell or offer for sale any necessity o life at a price higher than is reason able an announcement states also that canada has adequate supplies of the necessaries of ilfcand there are ade quate sources for further supplies so althougbnqheat flour butter and canned good prices seem to be rising steadily and coal owing to the unfav orable rate of exchange on the cana dian dollar is also bound to rise some what there seems to be no reason for panicky hoarding and every reason to believe that if householders will exer cise a little patience matters will satis factorily adjust themselves as the pood board gets into canadawide action meantime local merchants are of the opinion that the supply of sugar will become easier in the next few days and that the price is likely to remain uo- changed as a p blake manager of atlantic refineries ltd has definitely stated that refineries have a normal amount of sugar on hand for this time of sear but increased buying by the public has created what is merely a temporary shortage 3 in the spot light at ottawa 3y wilfrid bgglesion ottawa sept 09 in a score of ways the dominion government is mobilis ing the manpower and economic re sources of canada so as to make the effective contribution to the cause of the demo given wholehearted cooperation by the canadian people the authorities here are satisfied that canada can make a greater addition to the strength of britain and prance than any other member of the commonwealth while every canadian will be called upon to make wartime sacrifices the potential resources of canada are so great that the surpluses needed to aid britain and prance can with efficient and zealous organisation be provided without reducing the standard of liv ing in canada much below present lev els in this respect canada is vastly ahead of those countries which have been living from hand to mouth with every of potemttal-erjergydtver- ted into war preparation vast reserves of strength canada has a great reserve of strength economic and financial this was demonstrated in 191418 and hex capacity is far greater today than it was tben her population is nearly 40 higher there are upwards of 300000 unemployed persons capable of being absorbed into industry half of them now on relief if war demands grow still greater another 300000 per sons could probably be drafted front occupations which could be neglected somewhat in wartime to more produc tive occupations the efficiency of canadas produc tive mi can be rapidly improved under the stress of war demands ec onomists point out that full produc tivity and employment would increase the national income at least one billion dollars annually in other words an annual contribution of one billion dol probe ordered into at vkelha1vton houm ofi rkftjgr v an investigation was ordered by crown attorney a q davis kjo of brampton on saturday into the cir cumstances surrounding thedeath of james cation 60yearold inmate of the peel4halton house of refuge who died at the home onsaturday an autopsy was perfarniedtm cations body by a toronto pathologist it is claimed cation died on satur day afternoon following an alterca tion with the superintendent of the heme william yarranton the quar rel is said to have occurred last fri day morning s dr p a edwards of thehome was called he did- not believe car tlons condition to be serious but re mained in attendance during the day his condlton changed suddenly late saturday afternoon and he died at four oclock dr w h brydon chief coroner for peel was notified and provincial constable t celebrated fiftyfourth v weabng anniveraary mb and mbs geo oollop op nokval recipients of many congratulations ihuwday last marked the 54tta arj of mr and mis william george oohops wedding tn north bend nebraska both were born in halton oounfy and they were sweet hearts before mrs oollop moved to the slates to live with brothers mr oollop followed net to north bend and established a kaddlery business and they were married by inches mrs oollop explains this peculiar statement by revealing that they were married by a minister named inches mr and mrs oollop have been re sidents of norval for the past twenty years and their chief hobby is hortl- cuuure their home oh no 7 hlgn- wiyr in the centre of the village is oneof the enow places of this dis trict mr oollop was largely respon sible for the organisation of the nor val old timers club which pre sented an annual review of oldtime dances and songs m his youth otay ed in the village band and was a keen lirampton was ordered to inquire into sjjler 1 rw of the montreal office of the canadian the circumstances of cations death commissioners of the house of re fuge and cown attorney davis re fused to discuss the matter until an official bearing has been held industries limited vthe herald joins with a host of ether friends in extending congratu ljktlons to mr and mrs oollop 31 glimpses of parliament written for the heraw byhughar cleaver hp hoitons representative at ottawa me wh mig nut be ac ahle 1 lofe will be prosecuted if found doing it the panicky condition seems to be m other words an an rfui4tsef rshbwwnat dorian a year could be made to the allied cause without reducing the present standard of living in canada under extreme stress and with some priva tion this might even be doubled the magnitude of these figures isbestmea sured by a comparison during the past five years germany has spent about four billion dollars a year upon her war machine canada alone once her efforts are geared up to fullest production might be able to throw a contribution of two billion dollars annually in helping to win the war germany is believed to have reached her maximum economic capacity whereas most of the two billions that canada could contribute would be new wealth created by the employment of idle manpower and idle resources these are startling facts and it will be well to remember them when peace time comes again they are a challenge to our unemployment and low stan dards of living in recent years the horticultural society at the committee meeting held on september 14th a report was made by mrs gardiner and miss staunton nfthe result of the judging of school gardens of which there were thirty- live offered for inspection 1st prise vloletr same clair burns norma and audrey herrtngton 2nd prise robert mackenzie albert morton ttmmie carney 3rd prise susie coleman tessie murphy ingebord haupbnan tth prise bernsce jagges harold oumour the chairman was authorised to purchase two benches for the library lawn it was decided to purchase bulbs cor the schools three pots for each room mr p c thompson kindly ottered maple trees from his fann for orna menting the streets strong condemnation was ewpressiij regarding the con of the towns gives offence on account of the odour emanating from it the paper sontter- ed by the- wtaxt and the rats that thrive there and infest the netghbor- fair division of borden though the financing of war effort will be a heavy burden upon the dominion government the budget of last week is an encouraging sign that the load is to be distributed fairly as possible among the canadian people the money to finance the war will come from three sources 1 new taxes and higher yield of old taxes 2 borrowing 3 transfer of sums now spent on unemployment relief wheat and other agricultural assistances deficits on the government railways and steamships to war effort in 19141918 the government provi ded something like 400 millions a year for four years toward winning the war this time the sum will be greater if the war lasts as long however the cessation of unemploy ment the higher prices- for agricul tural products and the full employ ment of canadas transportation sys tems will lift a load of upwards of k200 millions annually from the dominion treasury this sum can then be spent upon war efforts and win lessen by that amount the sums needed to be raised by taxation and by borrowing the productivity of the- new taxes can only be estimated tn the first full year they will approach 100 mil lions i expect if this is so the neces sary bo win not be a large item trie government has no intention of cresting a lot of war mluionalres comfortably fixed up with taxfree bonds that mistake of me last ma has been carefully studied since it is safe to say it win not be repeated the special war session of parlia ment completed its work in six days my report in last weeks press com prised the first three days of the ses sion down to the declaration at war the concluding days of the session were taken up with the war budget the creation of a new department ministry of munitions and supply and necessary underlying legislation to put into effect the budget recommen dations two attempts were made to defeat the government in fouowlngout its aggressive war policy one was a mo tion to prevent canadian troops from leaving canada this amendment was overwhelmingly defeated receiving only 16 votes the other amendment sponsored by the social credit group in regard to financing the war only had eight supporters the ont conservative opposition supported government policy throughout out any bolters the budget address was given by hon j l ilsley acting for the mini ster of finance as the minister of plnanle j l ralston has not yet been elected to the house the following extracts from the budget speech will gives some idea of the manner in which the problem has been approached by the government the magnitude of the new burdens thrust upon us makes it imperative that we should do everything that is practicable to conserve our resources and to economize on any expenditures which are not urgently needed in the national interest first of all let me emphasise that however we finance the cost of the war whether by taxation or by bor rowing or by inflation we cannot es cape its real costs by the real costs i mean the goods and services which have to be sacrificed out of our cur rent production to meet the needs of war we shall have to devote a vast quantity of materials and the work many thousands of men to produc the foodstuffs the equipment and the mu ttons which are used by those who are drawn out of peacetime occupa tions to serve the needs of defence to destroy the menace of hluerlsm we must be prepared to sacrinoe what the use of these materials and the la bour of these men would otherwise have provided for us in terms of bet ter and more secure living if must devote a great deal of our labour to making guns and military supplies we shall have to do without whatever would have been produced in their place hi peacetime the urgent demands of ourselves and our allies for supplies of all kinds and the will of a- united people to win the war even at the cost of some regi- immedlate installation of emerg lighting systems m 11 theatres of on tario has been ordewttbxo j sfirer- thorne chairman of u board of do not forget the spsdaj prtass at the fair for the rnembers of the so- motion picture censors rind director of ctoty winning the kmajmw of tbe theatres bntnon mr sirrathorne prises for flowers tfraw am also be ingjhttn mat tn tbeat tens times a tec bo rrem ohildtensjrjanic might watt ftom the fafldre of the ordinary tigwng a democratic people in peace- wul provide that impetus ion of production and capital n vestment which has been iwtn m tfceee recent years of uncertainty and 7far- a 100 per cent taxation or pay-as- yougo policy would seem at first sight to represent the ideal policy of war finance tn principle it would appear to be the most logical the most equl- teblethe least likely to create distur bances and dislocations but in the first place this takes no account of the desire indeed the necessity of individuals making some savings provide for a rainy day and an effort to take so much in taxation that ln- divduat savings would be practically wiped out would become so disrup tive in character as inevitably to pro duce disorganization and public dis content in the second place realism compels us to admit that a pay- go policy has tq take account of psychological reactions to taxation brother words we must recognise that when diversion by means of taxation rather than borrowing is carried far the average citizen begins to feel that there is no use in his working for any additional income and there fore he does not put his best effort in to his work with the result that efflci ency and production fall off if w cannot maintain our production a maximum efficiency we may lose the war and at least the real costs of the war will increase it is by a reasonable balancing of these various considera tions that we have to decide how much to tax and how much to borrow inflationary method of financing war is easily the most unfair and inequitable of all the methods of di verting labour and materials to war time purposes it represents merely a thinly disguised scheme of taxation of a most unjust type it throws t grossly unfair proportion of the bur den upon the person of small or med ium income the wage earner the sal aried man and those who have sav ings deposits insurance policies or se curities of any kind whose value i fixed in money it represents a com plete violation of the principle or taxa tion in accordance with ability to pay all this is not to say that a small and carefully regulated amount of cre dit expansion may not be desirable in the early stages of the war in order to assist the increase of production and employment it is with these fundamental con- stderatlons in mind that we have de cided upon our policy of war finance because we believe it is the part of wisdom we aball follow aa far as may be practicable a psyaayongo patter in imposing the new tax burdens which this policy will require we shall continued on page 8 prayer for youth good weather should find a v record irowd al fair nexl week back the local fair not only with oar cjdiibiu bat huntlky r vbxjmmosd is bllbc- ted to bank of montreal presidency ynnrmrirg m mflting at the directors of the bank of montreal announce ment was made of the election of hun tley r drummond to the presidency of the bank in succession to the le sir charles gordon long prominent in canadian industrial and financial circles mr drummond has been asso ciated with the bank of montreal since 1912 as a director since that time and as vicepresident for the past twelve years in an interview given the press mr drummond said that he felt very much honored that the office of the presi dent of the bank of montreal had de volved upon him and particularly so in that he is following in the steps of the late sir charles gordon with whose policies mr drummond in his capacity or vicepresident has been familar and which be will endeavour to follow in this he stated i know i shall have the loyal support of the staff whose ability i well know and in whom i have always taken a deep interest with that support i shall carry on until the time arrives for a younger man to shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the office in his earlier days mr drummond was more particularly identified with industrial enterprises following an apprenticeship as a clerk in the bank of montreal he had a thorough tram- log in the sugar refining business and in 1910 became the president of the canada sugar refining company ltd which later was merged into the can ada and dominion sugar company of which mr drummond is now a direc tor he is also a director of the can ada baa company and vicepresident of the royal trust company keenly interested in education mr drummond is a governor of mcgill university he is also a governor of the alexandra hospital an officer of the canadian red cross quebec div ision and a member of the council of the montreal art gallery he member of the mount royal dub the royal st lawrence yacht club the montreal ski club the montreal ama teur athletic association the montreal jockey club and the montreal hunt club in being elected to the presidency of the bank of montreal mr drummond is following in the steps of his father the late hon sir george drummond who was elected a director of the bank in 1883 and occupied the position of president during the years 1905 to 1910 ah roads win lead next wednesday and thursday georgetown pah- day george wul be the centre of attraction for the hundreds of farmers and urban citt- s who are interested hi a local fair and willing to support one a tremeni- dous amount of work has been put into the snow this year in order that a much larger prise list might be of fered and a bigger and better pro gram presented it is no wonder we say that the 193ft fall ettilhraorl of tbe itoquesing agricultural society whlcb opens ft uas- xmietyrthlrd cfcnsec- ttve year will be the bee t yet- last week we told yon of the many attractions aavfe- fair the program by buss cretguton and his canadian mountaineers on the wednesday even ing the nan exhibits the baby show the races livestock show midway and dance on show daythere is no need to repeat in detail what we want most to impress on our readers this week is the fact that the snooaat of the firjr is not only measured or the exhibits and entertainment but hi the gate receipts the final anmrnma up of receipts and expenditures ilea with you and me lets not fall down on those who have so valiantly work ed in its interests meet your friends at the pair still seems to be a good slogan names wanted of men who enlist in this district the georgetown herald would likor to keep a complete list of au the men and women of m3eorgetown and the wide surrounding district who enlist in the service of the country during the present conflict and invites the cooperation of all its readers and friends such a list kept up to date win be an invaluable record in years to come but it will only be of use if information is given to us prompt ly and in detail the names age and parentage of all those who enlist whether male or female should be handed in together with the unit that they join and thla should be followed up with any changes of location whenever they move parents and friends are asked to keep this in mind and those who enlist are requested to advise the herald of their movements whenever possible consistent with military pru dence remember them o master who are to die in battle youth of this day who do not know the battlefiejds red harvesting of woet to whom the silver bugles calling high are as summons youth has not dented remember them with mercy as they go to darkness with their dreams descending slow the rarning paths of pain unaanctified remember ua with pity who have made this bitter world of hatreds armed anew to fashion with young hearts mights vic tories remember them until men unafraid shall dwell in peace and war be lost to view in ancient jungles of dark centuries iode held first meeting this fall the opening meeting of the fall sea son of the imperial order daughters of the empire countess of strattimore chapter was held at the home of mrs c h barber monday evening sept 18th with twenty iq present reports were given by the secretary and treasurer voluntary registration cards were given out to be signed by members to signify their willingness to help in sew ing knitting office work etc an em ergency service committee was form ed to take charge of the tt for war work undertaken by the chapter it was decided to pnrchase a silver tray for which the members win sell tickets to raise fends for war supplies during the war of 1914 the lojdjc raised over soojooo for various par- poses donated tr m trucks fiehkttebens mamtaj nurses at the front pfeaentad xcay apparitor and operating theatre to the xojxs hospital london gu the order contributed generously to every patrlotie fund and assisted with every campaign such as british red croat frtan n and a relief as in the past the loj3e now stands ready and eager to shoulder tta part of the burden laid on the world by oris terrible catastrophe mrs w o o t bono regent offered bar home for the neat toronto man crushed by truck on no 10 highway wilfred leach 33 of klppendavia ave toronto was killed on tuesday when the ou truck he was driving turned over in the ditch on no lu highway five miles north of bramp ton apparently no other vehicle was in volved in the accident and marks in dicated that the truck had left that road skidded on the slippery shotuv der and turned over hi the ditch a special tow truck had to be called from georgetown before the chassis could be raised from leachs body thedead man was pinned in ubb wreckage with a heavy steel frame resting on his bead and ahouldera all the strength of trafnet offlcera spectators and truck men was needed to loosen the wreckage before the body released precautions were taken to prevent ign of the scattered kerosene no definite time was fixed for the accident as the overturned transport was not seen until a pg trucker noticed it at 5 oclock the accident investigated by inspector j jerome traffic officers ray hodgson fred kirk of shtiburne and praaor bell of cooksylile assisted by pro vincial constabel t h owens of brampton coroner dr w h brydon bad the body removed to the mutuary the brampton funeral service according to brampton track driv ers who knew leach he had been driv ing trucks for the past 14 years dur ing the past five years he had been driving for a cartage company m ha milton and an oil company for alter nate periods he is survived by has widow and three children twin boys robert and bruce 6 and bettyiql the ha t that nightblooming cbkbus now in flower at public school a rare treat for the eyes was hi store for those privileged to see i nlghtbloonung oereus which bloom last night at osor public school it is not frequent i this plant blooms and mr t caretaker at the school says he watched it for seven years and 1 the first time a flower baa been i two bods remain o the plant i is thought they may open m t no doubt if any interested t su wish to see this plant htonrntnc and are at the i caretaker would be pleased to i to them we would like tb evpeaas ear grate ful thanks to an tisoee who so wh- ingty and ir aanatod as at the ore