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PAGETWOTHÉ CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE , THUR.SDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1930 LEGAL M. G. V. GOUTLD, B.A., LL.D. Barrister, Solicitor. Notary Money to loan on Farm and Town1 prupety. Royal Bank Building,( Dowmnanvllbe. Phone 351.1 W. B. STRIKE Barrister. Solicitor. Notary Solicitor for Bank of Montreal Money te Loan. Phone 91 uowmanvllle, Ontario. W. F. WAED, B. A. Barrigter, Soicitor, Notary &SM 7ta Loan. Bonds for Sale. offices: BE1a lOy Block, King Street, BowiflfvilC, Ontario. Phomos: Offce 102, House 409. IL C. MASON, B. A. flarister, Solicitor, Notary Loas - Investmeflts Bowmanvllle - Next to Royal Theatre1 Phones: Office 688', House 553. 1 DENTAL Dt G. C. BONNYCABTLE Nenrsrdute in Denistry, Toronto1 Univeruty. Graduate of the Royal C~llgo f Dental Surgeons of On- tgrlo. Oafce: King St., Bowmanvill. Office phone 40; bouse phone 22. X-Ray Nqulpmeflt in Offce. Dg. j. C. DEVITT Aa.idmat Dr. E. W. Slsson Ghladute of Royal Dental College,1 Torcto. Offic: King Street East,1 Eowmanlle. Office hours 9 a. m.1 te 6 p. m. dally except Sunday.i phone go. House phono 283. 1 X-Ray Equlpment in Office. MEICAL -C. W. SLEMON, M.D., CCM. Oraduate o! Trinlty Medical College. Toronto. Office and residence: Dr. Betl's former residence, Wellngton Street, Bowmanvllle. Phono 259. J. CLARK BELL M. 0., Ch. B., F. R. C. S. <EdIn.), . P. H. (Successor te Dr. A. S. Tllîcyl Hons. Graduate i Medicine, Aber- deen Unversty; Fellow of the Royal Collage of Surgeons, Edinburgli. Offie ad residence: Queon Street,1 Bowmanvllle. Phono 89. OfficeH,,urs: 2 ta 4 p. m., 6 ta 8.30 p. m. CIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS THEBOPT DURWIN E. STECKLEY Honar graduate o! Toronto College of Chlropractlcs wil ho in the Bow- inanvilie office Tuesday. Thursday and Sturday evonigs, phono 141J. Reidontial caîls made durmng fore- noon. FUNERAL DIRECTORS F. F. MORRUS CO. Complote Motor or Horse Equlpment. 1 ~ Al calls promptiy attendedi ta. PiaeAmbulanco Bowmanville phono: 10 and 34. I Brandi Stores: Orono & Newcastle. ALAN M. YWILLLAMS Embalmner and Funeral Director. Calls given prompt and personal at- tention. No etra charge for dis- tance. Motor Ambulance at your service. Phone 58 or 159, Bowman- ville, ont. 3-tf AUCTONI - TUO IL ULUAOI< AusUemor PNand m ouas Sales a Speclty. Teraismoderate. 5inlaillMesP. 0. PhonÀO 197r3. 1-tf VETEINMAIT 0 . KEILAKE, VAS. B.V.Se. Orna amnor Graduate of fthe Univeruity of Torme. Al Came given prompt and careful attention. Office: Dr. MsErors former offce. Phonos: Clrke 3921; Orono 18-1. THE RUSHI IS ONI Stove and f urnace pipes to put Up: cleaning out furnaces; andi installlng new f urnaces. More are showing a preference for the Hecla Furnaces because it saves 1 ton of coal in 7. Pon't buy a new furnace until you have learned about the Hecla. R. E. LOGAN PlumbIn.g.e..tlng& hinmUtbi Phone: 264W Shop; 264J House BOWMANVILLE THE EDITOR TALKS "A Toronto Clergyman' wrote The Daily Globe a letter that would dc credit to a Minister of Agriculture His article was headed with this question: "What is Wrong Witli tli Farmer?" Statesman readers. man: of them, read The Globe, but thiý article is well worth two or tbreE readings. s0 we are serving it up ir an easier form for their eyes. Wo- men will find the statements it con- tains of interest to them. Ever3 person on farms or interested ir Canadian agriculture will find ii a wealtli of thouglit of a profitabli character. To the Editor of The Globe: I the midst of mucli discussion aboul unemployment and business depres- sion very littie notice seems taken ol the stern fact that agriculture in thii Province is in a condition of bank- ruptcy. The Ontario farmer is in- telligent; he is not lacking in indus- try; lie understands bis business and knows how to get the best resui from the soul. Nevertheless, durin@ these years it is doubtf ul if there i one farm in Ontario giving its occu- pant anythlng like an adequate re- turn f or bis time and outlay. GooÈ crops are being produced. neyer bet- ter, perhaps; live stock on the f arnr lias been very mucli improved. and everything else accordingly. But by far the greater part o! il is taken f rom the farmer througt conditions over which lie las no con- trol. UnhIke the Irish peasant o the forties who watched one suppos- ed creditor carrying off the fruits o bis toil. the farmer today must stand by and watch the pillage of bis pro- duce by a numerous group of vested interests. He is unduly taxed b: Federal and Provincial Legislatures by manufacturers of implements, b3 the large commercial firmns wlio bu: lis produce. by the railways. by thE Department of Education. by scliool teachers, doctors and nurses. 0 0 0 With the price o! practically evory- thing le produces reduced below al] reasonable bounds, lis implomont: have more than doubled i price; and now in the recent session the !atherly band o! Government stopE in witli a 25 per cent tariff on Ihose implements and tle inevitable oui- come o! a corresponding increase in their price. The farmor is one of the very few to wlom under present conditions an automobile las be- came a necessity. Generaily le is satisfled with tle cleapost car available. Our Federal Government insists or maintaining a 25 per cent tariff or even île cbeapesi style o! car, and tis notwitlistanding Mr. Ford's pub- lic assertion tlal lie can manufac- ture dheaper in Canada than in the United States. This, o! course, simphy means lIaI a Ford car costs you $150 ta $200 more in Canada tlan in tle United States, or. ini ailier words, tIat every lime a !arm- or buys the cheapesi car attainable, our Federal Government paternally insists lIai ho make a presont o! $150 to $200 10 Henry Ford. or some other struggling manufacturer. 9 0 0 ion that tle gasoline tax builds and! maintans tle hlghways. Apparent- hy only a few know that 20 per cent o! tlat outlay com'es !rom tle coun- lies' revenues. even in the case o! Provincial highways. Those high- ways are flot for tle farmor aI all: not one farmer in a hundred uses them. But every year there is a large' addition ta bis tax bill i rder that peophe with higl-priced cars and higb-priced situations or business prospects, witli their wives and sons and dauglters, may spted from one city ta another and from one sum- mer resort te another. a 0 0 Every year the farn'er's taxes in- crease until to-day they have become more than hall of what the farrn would roni for. The land ho strug- gled years ta pay for is no longer bis. Meanwhile, local autonomy. as a f undamental principhe of government and a chersled protection oi the people's librties, aur Provincial Leg- Isiatures have practicahly aboislied. Il is not in the power of etber township or county councils to re- duce taxation in any way wortb whie. County councîls and town- slip councils are compolled ta colloct large proportions ef tho ever-ln- creaslng taxes wthaut any volce whatever in the disposaI o! the money. Cantributors te the press may ftnd, if they choose. some iterestig tap- les for discussion n an account o! the economic conditions ta whlcb the f amer is subJocted. The public la not often remlnded, for instance. that whie dealers i meat have made little or na reduction in thoir charges thoy are paylng the fanmer for fatter catlle just about bal! tle price paid last April. Or again. white woob. a world product, is sebing at about one-sevonîli o! tie war years' price, the farmer bas yot observed no re- duction in lie price o! a suit o! clties. His famlly are provided with boots and shoes wth ne abatement of cost as years go by. white the price is offoered for bides barehY romuner- aies for the expenseofo sending them ta market. Transportation charges are so ex- orbitant that farmers not 40 miles away fram Toronto have paîd for rallway and cartage delîvery a figure exceedlng the actual pice o! pota- lots. There Is probabhy nowbore in tle world a climate btter suîted for the production o! appies than in On- taria. Are your clty readors aware thal île apple industry o! tuis Pro- vince, for years s0 prosporous. is ruined? The price obtainable for tle very besi quaity doos flot remun- orale tle farmer for tle cost o! picking and freigît charges. Every lime the city iausewife finds a raise in tle price of butter and eggs, she rails against île farmer. apparentby unaware lIaI no farmer, nor all e farmeV's together, lave anything ai all ta do wilh it: equally unawarel o! 10w small a share o! what she pays goes intoîle farmers' pockets. There was a limýe when the farmer and lis family preserved tle kindest' recolections af tle physician. A peiiod of siekness in the hame re- PAGE TWO a mi hm yC of ot sulted in a life-long friendship, in JUDICIAL HEARJNG 0F APPEAL feelings of esteem and tender regard. 0To-day sickness is dreaded in mucli Revaluation of Counties' Assessmenti )the samne spirit as the bailifi is held Amounting to $51,000,000 Heard in horror. A termi of sickness re- Before Judge O'Connor s sults in an indebtedness which re- ýe quires years of struggle and priva- Judicial hearing of an appeali Y tion to meet and overcome. I have launched by the urban municipalities Is met an estimable couple. married of Northumberland and Durhami ýe seven years, whose payments to doc- counities against a revaluation for' n tors and nurses have reached a total assessment purposes totalling overi -of $2.500. 1 do flot know just what $51,000,000 which was passed at the1 L- that figure may seemn like to a clty June session of the United Countiesi 'Y family, but to a f armer of these years counicil was opened before Judge L.1 n it is an impossibility. V. O'Connor, counities judge, Tues- it . . 0 day, Nov. l8th. le The couple in question, are flot in- Every municipality in the counties, valids by any means. It is saf e to with the exception of the township say that, while the attention they of Haîdimand and the village o! n received did not take much more Hastings, was represented. Appel- It than seven weeks of the nurse's Uie, lant communities were represented -and certainly not sevon days, per- by special solicitors, and after the )f haps not seven hours, of the doc- causes being incisively outlined by s tor's. this man and woman have not Judgo O'Connor, who urged limita- -Ibeen able to save as mucli out of tion of the inquiry in the interests -seven years' bard work as would of the economy as well as that ail - eet the demand. communities satisfled with their as- ,d To be a successful farmer requires sessment should withdraw from the As as great. if not greater. intelligence, inquiry, adjourniment was made until ýg than to be a successful surgeon; it Tuesday, Nov. 251h. 5S requires more years of training- On that date, the counties special 1- considerations which give somne idea valuators, namoly, Col. T. J. John- -of the injustice of such extortions on ston of Peterboro, R. J. Rowe of New- i the part o! those whom we call pro- castle, and George Thompson of Co- ;- fessional. bourg, are to appear for examinationi Hen n by the counties judge. d Her andthere in every commun- If il is found necessary, assessors ity, however, there is evidence of of ail municipalities in the united iprosperty in a certain number of counties May also be asked to appear h the families with a daughter or two O'Connor liopes this will flot be nec- -teaching scliool. In dress, in fur-esay iIemanmealass- >f nishings purchased. in a general ease Ient rolîsIfothe years 1928ailands o f circumstances, the differnc e 929 are to be placed in the hands >fsoon observable. It is a rthrex-oftecu. d rodnr equalizing of rewards .tecu. -wlien a Young girl just out of the Judge O'Connor referred with toi- dnormal scliool can make a larger'erance but wth evîdent impatience y contribution to tlie f amil y budget ito the fact that municipalities in than ail the rest of the family to- Northumberland and Durham are V geher 0! oure. he eplaati n ~fot assessing for income. His Honor y ththeOfcoertetofEduation elrdthat lie realized the special y tht te Deartentof Eucaiondifficulties of assessors. but pointed Splaces lier in a position similar to' tliat enjoyed by large commercial. out that the affidavits tliey MI1 oui in manuactringintrest, rilwas o making returns of rolîs could flot anufcu gineesralaso bear strict examination in tlie liglit - . . .of tlie Assessment Act of Ontario. She can impose a higli tax on ail No Alternative 's the f armers in the neiglborliood andI All this indicated that if munici- ýcarry the returns to lier home or t0 palities could or would not reacli a ebe spent on 1er own amusements. compromise agreement in the matter, G Under circumstances under whicl an interminable inquiry may result ýI have been trying to describe. what along with the bringing to ligît of -hope is there for agriculture? Every many matters that might prove o! npublic man, every newspaper editor far reachîng concern. ýfreminds us frequently that agricul- Judge O'Connor. however. clearly b ture is the basic industry, tleie ndicated lis hope that the whole foundation of ail industrial and matter may be cleared up at tlie ses- Scommercial interesis. We are told sion on Tuesday whicl xvlii be con- rthat witl it everything must rise and tinued on Wednesday, if necessary. faîl. Meanwhile it would seem that In adjourning the initial hearing, lie aIl these in-perests unite in impair- pointed out that ahl present were ing, if not destroying. that founda- gathered together to make a calm in- bIon. Wbat must be the consequence? quiry on a business-if e basis. There Just exactly what we are experienc- would be no display o! sentiment Or *ing-world-wide depression and un preiudice, if sudh existed. He was employment. igrateful. lie declared, for tle repre- * sentative turnout of counties author- For the past twelve years, wlietler dties and members of the bar and feit sinîentionaîîy or not. every movement sure that tle inquiry would be pro- 'in financial and commercial l! e lad ceeded with in the best spirit and *a tendency 10 handicap the fariner. witl no motive apparent otler than The orkng f th enireeconomic arriving ai an ecuitable solution. yTem wrk me t loing o!thintr D. H. Chisholm, K. C.. Port Hope, less for wlat lie lad to give and suggested that the whloe matter, a!- clarging him more for what lie lad te r hearing tle counities valuators, to uy.Meawhie te praste le-should be le! t in Judge O'Connor's ment in commerce has multiplied had ihutffhrexmnto beyond calculation. eacl one endeav- o witnesses or legal Procedure other orng 10 fil bis pockets from the pro- than that His Honor himself might ducts o! the soul and give nothing in see fit to rinstitute. This suggestion return. The farming population lias was received witl general approval ceased to buy. It cannot. When and may be the final decision follow- things are flot being sold tliey can- ing examination o! the valuators. not be manufactured. witli the resuli- Urges Economy ant ondiion ! unmploment In calling the liearing ta order, everywlere. Judge O'Connor outlineci the cause * * as le saw it. Will no one be gerierous enougli 10 "This, gentlemen. is a very import- sugesttha th raica reedyforant malter. I understand that theret ugest ymthat îlepradcemecfr lias not boen an equalization in these ing community in a more prosperous cute ic 94 o napa condition? That the prevailng pol sînce 1902. At that time, the inquiry icy in rocent years o! extortion and was very extensive and two volumes pillage aI ithe expenso of' the farmer of evidence are i existence, cuver-t is the real cause o! present distress- ig 800 pages o! typewritten matter. f ui conditions? A North Dakota but see tlirougb 11, I cannot hlep Senator stated on thie floor of Con-bu e that mucli o! the eviderzoe e gress Iliat in 1928 grinspecultors was superfluous. That. o! Course Was gothol offi b undred mllondol- not tle fault o!fIlie presidig Judge, gots whld o vo v gn it tebut of île clrcumstances of' the case. pockets o! the United States tarin- Prhaps we can aesm ers. Even that amount preyperly of arriving at the solution o! the placed would have put those farmors matter. in a position to contribute very T'at- "The Assessment Act, as regards erially to the general prosperity of appeals fromn equalization. lias In tle country. Less than a yeur mgo (Cortiiiued on page 8) t large grain interoats undertook to le______________ bring wleat 10 bottom prices (no one in sane mmnd supposes that efther prevail against undisguisecf opposi- CI tle large supply or tlie action of co- tion; if. for instance. tlie prîce pro- si operatives could have done this). valing in Auguat. 1929. had contin- * cued 10 Ihis bour, overy businessi- iz There las been an active propa- terest in Canada would have contin- a: ganda ta kili in the public mmnd anzy- wed prosperous. On tle other land. tling liko sympathy for the farmer what tlat figure for wheat prevaili-bi and bis bssflin thîs matter. But lng, would the public have found fi doos anyone stop to thlnk o! the their bread buis an Item o! exponso goneral off oct? If there lad been sufficient 10 make any difference i e somo power on earth 10 guararîlce their standard a! living? that a fair price for wheat wxyuld A Toronto Cleryman, sl MAPLE GROVE REFLECTIONS Instaflmeut No. 5 Do You Remember- WHAT became o! Jack Robinson who lved aI Ilie foot o! Jefferys Hill and brouglit bis dinner ta sehool in a eather satcbel wtb a hock an Il. ta the amusement a! others wilh tboîr "tiret quart" dinner paiba. One day a wag brouglit a buncli o! keys and flndîng one ta fit bocked lie satchel. Imagine Jack's con- sternation wien the dinner bell rang and ho found bis dinner under hock and key. Ho had no idea liow. wly or when bis dînner became locked in, but It leaked oui. WHEN R. D. Fohey, wlo lved in lis fine brick residonce back in the famous evergreen circbe. was a noted producer o! tlorouglbred stock and dld an extensive grain business? Ho built a private teleplone ine f rom Bowmanvllbe 10 lis lame. possibly tle first rural tebepliono Ine in lie worhd. WHEN lie best teams o! lie Grave took turfis drawing lie sheigli loads. wlen lie Ohd "Division" paid f rater- nai visils 10 Solina. Hampton, Har- mony. Newcastle, etc. The "Sans o! Temperance" dId a great service ta tle communlty in tiose days, social- ly, morably and inteilectuabby. (Ta bo cantinued> Simpsons, Limited 6ý23% Preference Shares Simp.on.I-, Limite], controls The Robert Sillip.-zoi, CompanY, L-imited, and its sub- sidiaîijes. Tliese Pîrefereflce Shares present the opportunity 'ýf obtaining safety of principal and substantial yieid from the securities of one of the greatest Canadian mnerchandising coînpanieS. "Simpsons" has given satisfaction in business; its secur- ities are a conservative investmeflt. Prico: At the Market, Yielding about 6.950/. A PREACHER WANTED ýj How to Solve the Problem of A Inviting a Minister Adcurch was considering "calling" 11 a minister. and before doing 50 made ; an effort 10 gel parliculars about the iman by sending the following ques- 7 tionaire to a brother minister wbo .was acquainted with tle ollier. This > was the questionaire: How old is lie. and is le married or single? If married, how many cbildren bas lie and wlat are tlieir ages? 1 Are any o! bis chuldren unruly or uncontrollable? Does lis wife take an active part in dliurch work? How long has lie been preaching? What dhurcies bas be served and wbere? 1 Give name o! some officiai or pro- minent member in oaci dhurci serv- ed. 1 Where was le educated? Is ho orîliodox? 1 Has le any oratorical ability? Does lie speak fiuently or does le hesitate? Has le any impediment o! speech? Does lie read bis sermons or con- fine himself closely 10 his notes? Is ho a deep, doctrinal. bogical preacher and teaclier or o! île shal- 10w, popular type? What is lis leight. weight and build? Is lie portly or siender? Has ho a strong personality, and is lie a graceful speaker? How is lie soclally? Does le make friends? Is ho a good pastor? Is le studious or o! the opinion littie preparation is necessary for lis people? Is lie deeply spiritual? 7 Is le level-headed. cautious and 1tactful? 1 Is ho a good Sunday School man? L Any musical talent in famihy? The Reply The brother preacler replied as follows: I have answered your on- closed questionaire as best I could and return lerewith. If I can serve you further in this malter, please f eel f ree 10 caîl on me. I would suggest, however. that I would be in a botter position 10 advise you as 10 this brother's adaptability 10 your needs if I lad information on the following points covered by tle ques- tionaire attached with this, or. if you prefer. you may fill out same and send it ta the brother in question. as it may assist him in arriving at his duty in tle matter: Wby did your last pastor beave? Has there ever been any dissension in your church? Wlat salary do you pay, and is il paid promptly? Are your mem-bers failliful i at- lending public worship as a wliole? If not, wlat per' cent are "absent spirits"? How is the mid-week prayer ser- vice patronized? What per cent o! your elders iead in prayer? Is tle congregation rosponsive to pastor's leadership? Do your people enjoy strong ser- mons on stewardship and missions? Are the members cautious and tactful in dealing with the minister? What is the average height and build o! île congregation? Are tliey gonerally o! pioasing per- sonality? 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