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r the georgetown herald wed neaday evening march 27th 1940 page 7 inexpensive elections hi view of the special circumstances the generalelections or 1940 will so down in canadian history as surpris fajgly inexpensive in the 1917 war l general elections when the un ion government wen to the people tor a judgment tne canadian de fence force vote alone actually total led 234952 this being made up or 37 194 votes in north america 85221 in the united kingdom and 112537 on the contirent in 1940 the total vote cast among the army navy and air forces of canada is less than 20 000 when the total voters lists were made up it reached the figure of about 6 400000 though na urauy only a pro portion cast their vote with the cost of the whole undertaking being close to 3 000 000 to the dominion treas ury since around 160 000 persons have been employed officially by the gov eminent in the election machinery namely 45 000 enumerators 35 000 re turning officers 35 000 polling clerks 35 000 lanulords ol polling booths and 10000 special constables an equal sum must have been spent by the vari b political partiescombined in all- jt was a surprisingly inexpensive elec tion in comparison with previous ap peals to the people of this country un der less stringent conditions key to the new parliament one of the strangest anomalies which an old timer can observe parliament hill at the present time is the tragic grim and disturbing reac tion of the man in the street through out canada towards national and in tematlonal trends in democracies as reflected in the common attitude of the average canadian citizen during the electoral campaign and what may be expected to be the trend of opln ion towards governmental measures in the historic and important parjiamen tary session which must be held in ottawa soon in order that the legisla jnmay grant fee necessary money to carry on not only the war work but the usual and ordinary essential mac hlnery of the administration on one band there is a persistent and strong demand on all sides that the govern ment of canada shall take serious note of the very alarming growth of taxa tion and public debt wherein a teni hie fear is expressed for the future of this nation if canada shall continue to travel on such a dangerous finan clal road and on the other hand there is an equally forceful and stubborn de manri that no expense shall be spared to aid those canadians who cannot help themselves and to wage the war without any consider of the cost so that a full limit of contribution can be made to the allies which is only a logical and urgent policy in other words the governments and taxpayers of canada have been going in circles since the letdown of econ omic conditions in 1929 and the busl ness of this nation has been going from worse to worse regardless what political party held office in ottawa during these eleven eventful years with the result that the new clrcum stances of war have brought on acute and serious repercussions in this country which only a thoughtless citi zen can ignore it must be reported here that ever since the start of the war in september of 1939 the useful re venue from special war taxation has shown only a net gain of 7 ooo 000 which is very unsatisfactory and which will certainly not provide the neces ary funds to pay the ever increasing expenditures custom duties have- mcreased in that time 000 000 else duties have risen 6000 000 and excise taxes have accounted for an other 6 000 000 in additional revenue due largelj to greater levies on liquor and tobacco but at the same time there has been a steady and sharp de cline in income taxation revenues din ing the past seven months dropping almost 911000 000 and leaving a net gain of only 7 000 000 it should also be bom in mind that the war outlay and the other emergency cliarges on the dominion treasury will increase and not decrease in the coming fiscal vear with llfle improvement in the revenue a strong possibility when these facts are added to the informa tion that every person in canada is in debt 800 becajsse the govern t of can ada owes at leas 8 000000 000 that each family in canada is already pay lng at least 30 a month in direct and indirect taxation or 25 cents out of every dollar and that every man wo man and child in canada must pay the equivalent of at leas 10 a year for the upkeep of the canadian national railways alone it is apparent that very little is left out or the dollar earned by the average canadian in fact some time ago experts of the department of tirade and com merce in ottawa undertook an ac- curate and aclentiftc survey of wage earning families over a widely and evenly distributed crosssection of all canada particularly jtiose earning be tween 400 and 2600 a year and their findings were very enlightening it disclosed that food costs the average oanswan lamtlybout 32 cents of its dollar rent costs between 16 and 21 cens of the dollar life insurance and other forms of savings plus payments on contracted debts take away about 9 cents of the dollar recreation expen ses vary from 6 to 7 cents of the in come dollar the automobile usually costs about 4 cents of the dollar 2 cents of the dollar are spent on per sonal care and 4 cents on health 7 cents of the dollar go for furnishing houses 2 cents are used for transpbr tatlon 3 cents are spent for charity community and other social activities it is a foregone conclusion amongst well informed and dependable atoutr ces along parliament hill that one of the first and foremost acts of the new nineteenth parliament of can ada will be to find a way to safely coordinate the complicated and speci aiized economic activities xd this young nation so that there will be an auto matlc check upon the growth of taxa tion and public debt and there will be no longer a complete reliance tixn the sole vigilance of the citizens who are determined to remain free by fighting for the democracies and at the same time who are determined no ess to protect their incomes and pro perty from governmental confiscation taadtrectctmdircct manner it to recognized that at best even with i government ideally organized for con trolling economic life and with 3503 miles per imperial gallon in official gas economy contest metes tte atuedt fltice cab tuttacwed you 0 to 25v studebaker champion ideal set of repre en la lives and officials wno may be masters of the best econ omic thought it is extremely difficult to work out a conscious control of economic life of the canadian people which would approach in efficiency the unconscious automatic coordination and control which free methods can rive to these people since democracy and free enterprise have grown to gether for a great many years how the grim changes of time will force greater economic planning on the part of the government in ot tawa and though no person will fall to recognize individual rights yet it will not hamper any plans for read j lstmenl with all signs along parlla ment hill now indicating that the pri mary instrumentality will be preceded by more emphasis on irtmgthenlni the powers ol the centralized govern ment in ihe nations aoltal reproduction prohibited 1340 edu cational features syndicate w c anthony says its finish made for the decks of freighters is sorely the best available an pro coatidga lowe brothers offer you mt mm grtmttr emit such a marine finish in their porch and deck paint cor oje on your verandah floors it will withstand all kinds of rough treatment czowc 3oz7uxy rch anc ofc- for salt by cj ain w c anthony hardware plumbing iwsmrrhing and electric wiring phone 46 georgetown enthusiastic owners of studebaker champions across canada report averages of 2329 miles per imperial gallon and similar savings in all operatingcosts these own ers reports cover all kinds of weatherandroad conditions get this kindof economy ourselfio thi5carthataveraged35 03miles per imperial gallon with an expert driver n the gilmore yosemite run come in now low down payment easy terms county council grant to lorne scots rifles at the afternoon esslon of the coun ty council at milton last week repre sen ta lives from the txrne scots rifles were present col o m fitzgerald former commanding officer of the regi ment injoduced the present com manding officer col r v conover from brampton col conover out lined ways in which county grants had been applied by the regiment which includes training expenses for the vari ous militia training schools of the regiment col conover objected that more rural districts had no been given renresen tatlon in the first and second dhi lens going overseas but sincerely hoped that the powers that be would see fit to call on the lome scots for the third division col conover gave i as his opinion that country raised units were far better fitted for army life than those raised in the cities the colonel also gave a cordial in vita tion to members of the council to visit the regiment while they are in camp a niagara if they are still in canada u that time considerable discussion took place in respect to the amount that should be given the lome scots as their an nual grant it was moved by mr chalmers and cconded by mr cleave that the lome scots should be given a grant of 600 last year the grant was 450 an increase over the previous year of 200 because of the royal visit mr chalmers explained the reason he had suggested the i w because-of- the extra expense incurred by the re giment in training men for overseas mr gilbert objected to the increase the government is responsible for the expenses of military training so why should we pay twice he asked mr gilbert then presented an amendment which would have given a grant 250 tr byers i always like to keep expenses down but i hardly think 250 is in keeping with present conditions and i feel we should stretch a point to see that these men are properly equipped for service vand as you know many winter mr cleave i think mr warden e that it is up to us to do our bit and 1 don t think 600 is a bit too much for us to give to help these men who are giving freely of their time mr gilbert i understand the grant was increased last year so that the regiment might be made presentable for the royal visit i cannot see any necessity for increasing the grant this year and i cannot see that there is anything disloyal in my amendment mr wilson i think because of the war the grant should be the same as last year dr heslop if we are going to win this war we must do our bit but we should remember the officers and men are giving their tune grattsand that is more than we fellows are mr oubert do you mean to say that these men are not getting any thing at all mr cleave so i understand these men are giving their time tfaree or four nights a mntk gratis mr byers it u my opinion that ttbe dominion government abould pay an military expenses but if they fall down faen others must come forward and do it for them an anondment to vie mwwi wma floored by ur hume and aecond- ed by mr wuson that the grant to the lome boots rifles be mm ttoe me aa last juar warden i would not like to let the regiment down and peraoocjly i tan in favor of mr hume amand- studebaktr wmrovw mircm in official gas economy test under aa a supervision studebaker 3 treat 1940 cars with lowextracost overdrive finished 123 in the gil moreyosem te economy sweepstakes the studebaker champ on averaged 35 03 the studebaker commander 29 6fi and the studebaker pr 28 08 m lo per imperial gallon phone 161 art scott georgetown ontario nobval rifle club too late for last week the norval rifle club visited ha mllton on monday night march 18th and came awny victorious by a margin of ixtcen points out or 1000 the harnillo i men will come to norval for a tefcim match on monday april is the ten high scores made by ha mllton 963 out of 1000 the ten high scores made by norval 986 out of 1000 the individual scores made in the aggregate events follow r w hall 100 x 8 atkinson 100 x 9 meredith lou x 9 nurse 99 x 8 a w wilson 99 x 9 robertson 99 x 8 caves 99 x 8 ruddcll 99 x 7 johnson 98 x 6 can telon 98 x 5 w usk 94 x 4 o downs 94 x 4 reeve 94 x 1 f stark 90 x 3 ordcrbray chicks now and be lucky when egg pnceacl mb next patl see me or plione me tight away personal attention prompt delivery george c brown norval phone 382 r 21 heating hint i oftentimes during the win ter when the heat u on the air in your rooms he cornea dry colds are caused by hot dry air it also causes furniture to dry out and crack this condition can easily be remedied by keeping a f pan hu midiner or hot water pan in each loom these pans are designed to hang unseen between the radiator and the wall the heat from the fwftuator cause the water in the pan to evaporate and thus provide moistura for the air in the room gmt it fron totfec too warm air heating plant hare a hummtnar pan eonneeted to them in this case it la only naeaa aary to keep aueonatant supply of wntahn the hnmidlfler pan 15 ment the am to toe amend ment was put to the vote and canted itoe when you buy blue coal the colour guarantees the quality w h kentoer san geohgetown listen to the shadow every wednesday ove- cfrb 9 00 to 930 pjra i was just thinking of hint as a wee bairn long distance all the way from camp and he aid it dldnt cost so ranch trust every braw laddw to find bia way home the moet economical way andtoloare a cherished memory into the bargain eapedally after 7 pjnaa all da sunday yon can travel hundred of nulea by long disunoe for ao little