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THURSDAY, MARCH l8th, 1943 ------------........ v ~ifl, ~J~N LCLLaJ PAGE THREN THE CANADIAN STATE~MAN ~flWTI1AM17TTTYC' Mvrs. L. C. Snowden Comments on Farmers and Income Tax Article In the March 4th issue af The Stafesman we printed an article wriffený by R. J. Deacbman en- f itled "Sbauld Fanmens Pay In- came Tax?" If bas been widely nead and discussed. "If gives us gneaf pleasure this week fa pint Mrs. Leslie C. Snow- den's commenta on this article. Mns. Snowden, wbo lives at Maple Grave (R.R. No. 3, Bowmanville) is well-known and is noted for ber insight info the farmers' pnabiems. Mns. Snowden wrifes: "If scarcely seems necessany ta ./'act upan the suggestion that we comment on Mn. Deacbman's article, "Should Farmers Pay In- came Tax", in Marcb 4th issue ai The Stafesman, because bis able Jpresenfafion ai iacts was conclus- ive proof thaf the majority of farmens were nof in a position fa [be sa taxed. "We can add much ta the pic- ture ai fanm depreciafion and add back concession raads. Let us com- Pare the cow, orchard and prinfing press depreciation. The prinfing press depreciates wbile in use but because animaIs and vegetation are lufe eifhen may depreciate in value ovennighf. We cannat stand a cow in a corner at nighf and feel certain she will be jusf as we leit ber. We mnigbf bave in the "good aId days" but cows now are civilized and subject f0 al Light by beetie- powerl Frontî a ?dth century spanish IiuntIng scene in tropical America. DON'T USE 2 SWHEN 1 WILL DO TODAYI Electric Light with HYDRO ,,vr'LAMPS *Electricity lias given mankind a better light. Naw, Hydra Long-Life Lamps have an average 1f. of 1500 hauça. That means convenience and thrih'becaus. Jeus frequent need for replacements cainserves war materials. When yau need lumps buy Hydro Long-Life Lamps. IMPORTANT: Everyone m ust save electricity for our war industries. Canserve it wherever passible, Use fewer liglits in the living roam. Save Hydr-it is vital ta Victory I _____________________________ H_____ YB____R20 -. -SIHI Il af the ilîs of civilization, as orchards. "'So many things, perhaps j small things, over which a fanr has no control, may mean i difference between debt orj debtedness, profit or loss. ThE might be that extra dollar fort aincome tax but we just hand tl over te the Red Cross or Aid Russia. "In speaking of high wage rai we have a long story to go inta. matters nlot sa much what wei ceilie for our products or wh workers receive ln wages, w matters is what we placeo values on and what aur dollar warth. In the thirties whg wages to farm labour we eighteen and twenty dollars m'onth, we had more serio warries than wage rates, L.e. et May marning after a night of fro the prettiest field of alfalfa ever saw was changed ta bro' and a]so in those years, one: particular, three farmers we threshed out in one day. "We have heard much about ct abundant crops in 1942, but dt ta incessant ramn at one periodj the planting season there wei areas of land neyer touched hei until faîl. On this place one si stood empty when silo filling wi completed. Grain was two-thirc of the normal crop, and man dairy farmers found milk produ( tien dropping because of loi quality home-grown feeds. "Now farmers are being accuse of not being business men. Who about it? We could be with cap ital and labour. We could get te gether as group producers and sE pur salaries, then provide for bus iness insurance, current expense, depreciation, and profit, and thec send out our high pressure sales men and tell the world that w4 have more streamnlined product than any other country has an( make their tastes agree that wý were right. "We could pay high wages anc overtime and then when we hac enough income to live without al of thîs work and worry sit bacl and let people go hungry forE while but we won't do that, wE shall leave the farmers' share oc income tax ta the city businesý man farmer or the farmer re. tailer. It may cost toa much te callect it but I wauld substitute 'ignorance, (no disrespect to aur finance cammittee) for Mn Deach- nan's word 'stupid'. "We who have neached the îalf-way mark an the fanms,I believe, are content to jog alan in our secand-hand cars aven Poo oads and be ready te give a hand ae the men and women who wi]l return from ovenseas when they begin ta win the peace for us. "We shaîl hope for betten econ- mric conditions when the masses fid it their duty ta be informed, Bducated and nespansible for their iving conditions." Diesel engine power may soax :e boosted by supercharges simi- ar ta those now used on plane ngines. Iran are movement an the Great ,akes reached the record-break. ng tatal of 92,077,000 tans in )42. are ,b e arehard on machinery and resul dl~i cthe ov m nt S ts ause of mare idrtn just a m bo e e tS t a than is required ta harvest cleai mxerl or f a crops. They aiso harbour ne the ood xa pvRf r n ario pest and fungus diseases, t a, in- nathing of neducing land values iere Due ta labour and other short the We in Ontario are taa aften in- aIder. Annual dues are a dollar ages as a resuit of the war, farn bat clined ta think that the rural per member, and each dollar is ers may nat be able t0 give ti( 1ta people in ur sister province of i Quebec are agging in progressive- matched by a dollar from the proper attention ta the cultivatiar ness Hee'sa mst intrti Government up ta, a total of $50.00 oof their land ta contraI weeds itesand eresxeeîngbut they can be sure that they dc atsadcballenging article whîcn Per Circle. Ta this is added a not aggravate the situation by ) tproves otherwise appearing in special subsidy af 50 per cent af sawing seed cantaining weed re- Warld Affairs Magazine and writ. ucaigaloadasbiyses bat ten by John Murray Gibbon, weîî- ucaigaloadasbiyses bat known author and genenai pub- ta the Regional Federation of This is the time of year wbe: ou licity agent of the Canadian Pa- Circles nat ta exceed $150.00 per every farmer can, with advantage, r i cific Railways. Ontario farmen Federation ta caver the expenses spend some time in securing clean henogazaon ad seed for spring sowing. Gaod seed orgaizaionsandmembers of af study caurses and regional ex- of most crops is available. If is ,ee Women's Institufes would do well hibitions. The Circles must qual- bad ecanamy ta save money an Sa ta read this article as if shows ify for tersbdis by culti- the lower grades af seed. A Po. us bow ta keep the young folks on the vating according ta model methods animal can be disposed of and Dne farm. The article follaws: a garden, a poultry run, a bee- forgotten as a bad debt, but once tI Quebee's Farm Mavement hîve and a home indusfry (handi- a field bas became infested with wn What's ta be done ta stop the ci'aft) or at least one ar other of sucb weeds as field bindw(?ed ar in exodus fromn the Canadian farm ta these special activities. wild morning glory. bladder cam- ere the city? This bas been a par- One result has been that there pion, white cackle and many ticular problemn in the Province are now 60,000 laoms and 100,000 others, the loss may become per- ur of Quebec, which until this present spinning wbeels being worked in manent or at least recurrent for lue century has been mainly an agri. farm homes in the Province of many years. icultural country but which is rap- Quebec. Instructors have been Procure the best possible seed reidl en indsraie througb traîned at the Government School of whatever crops you intend tc re te discovery that electrical en- afi Handicrafts and Home Econ- sow, urges Mr. Summers. When ;lia ergy could be delivered ta distant omnics ta conduct courses in spin- purchasing seed be sure ta procure 'as points over high tension trans- nîng and weaving, while tbe nuns Grade 1. The grade sbould be rds mission lines. This discovery af the teacbing Orders co-operate marked on a container or label. ny made Shawinigan Falls a source of by adding these handicrafts ta It is advisable nat ta wait until c-_ power for Montreal, while other their instruction in needlewark. spring ta procure your seed. :Wrapids an the St. Lawrence above Every convent-bred French Can- Lachine have added their voltage, adian girl has always been taught ad s0 that over haîf a million borse- to sew and knit. It is the palicy itpower is now driving the factories af the Department af Agriculture O iu re at- of Greater Montreal. 'lPo this whîch administers this plan ta en- O iu re t source af power must be added courage the use of approved de- ,et0" which has transformed the signs and pramate good faste THOMAS WESLEY PASCOE as hre of Montreal Island, east ofi among the farm women. A well- ethe old Ville Marie, into an ail kept home cbarmingîy furnisbed For 50 years a Sunday Scbool en city. The result is that the pop- becomes a source of pride and teacher at Toronto churches, ý ulation ai Greater Montreal has lessens the desire ta leave. The Thomas Wesley Pascoe, 71, ai 181 ve grown ta number a million and a plan has praved bighly popular Lauden Ave., Toronto, a retired ! haîf. and the Department bas been manufacturer, died last Friday at id To the manufacturer looking for working overtime ta pravide the bis home. e labour which is plentiful and re- instructars required. Born in Hampton, be went ta hiable, not addicted ta gaing on If will be interesfing ta see Toronto as a young man. Mn. id strike, Quebec is a lucky find. The wbetber the Provincial Govern- Pascoe was a Sunday School *d French Canadians believe in large ments ai Western Canada, which teacher at aid Euclid Avenue il, families and are nof sympatbetic are being faced by the samne prob- Metbodist for a time, and later ,k ta the waiking delegates from the lem of exodus fromn farm ta city, taught in Westmoneland United a international labour unions. But will follow the example ai Quebec. and Duffenin Street U n i t e d ie this bas resulted in a migration ai The Searle Grain Company af Sunday Schools. Recently, hie was ,f Quebeckers ai bath sexes irom the Winnipeg, which is aiso intenested a member of St. Clair Avenue .s farm ta the factory, nat anly ta ln keeping the farm folk an the United Chunch. B-Montreal but also ta Quebec City, farm, bas intnoduced the Quebec Surviving are four daughtens, toThree Rivens, Sherbrooke and Plan with striking success into the Mrs J. Stuart Wilson, Miss Edna te othen industnial centres nonth and provinces ai Alberta and Sas- Pascoe, Miss Margaret Pascoe and nr sauth of the St.Lawrence River- katchewan, and is planning ta ex- Mrs. R. H. Boyle, al af Toronto. vincial Govennment, whicb evenThfueawshedfo te Le bforethe ar as fndin itfamily nesidence Monday after- e bffore the watopwasefidin fnoan, followed by intenment in g foicuttaso the mignt io GOOD SEED Mount Pleasant Cemefeny, Toron- )r One aftempt at solution ai thisto d problem bas been the anganizatian Shortage ai labour is now one aiof___ Il the Circles ai Farm Women the great pnoblemns facing farmers, H.MNG ER S(Cercles de Fermiers) - stanted cosequenfîy it is necessany ta cut an îW. nessMO aTG Even ythirty yeans ago and pnomofed conwn a lnsso ee L- witb particular vigour during the down the amount of wonk involv- weeks duration the death occurned ýs lasf ten years by Premier Godbouf, ed in producing safisfactory cnops. an Monday, March 8, at the home himself a farmer. The idea af Under the circumstances there i b er son, Bent E. Montgomery, these Cincles grew out af the grve danger ofwesirain 10 odl A nuOh af Home Makens Clubs ai Ontarior edsicesn Louise Victoria Montgomery, wid- wbich spread fill tbey neached ta sucb an extent that they may ow ai the late William Henry counties adjoining the Province ai become a mare seniaus problem Montgomery. Quebec. In 1913, the Quebec on cultivafeci land than ever be- In ber 76th year, Mns. Mont- KI Government decided ta anganize for e, says E. A. Summers, Agnicul- nomery a onnarBaktc -similan clubs, but adapted tbem ta i C rigbt Township and fan ethe ways ai living and tbinking fural Representative fon Durham. the past 37 years bad nesided in of the French Canadians under The production of ail craps is the Enniskillen district. She came1 the titie of Circles of Farm Wo- largeiy a baffle witb weeds. As ta Oshawa ta visit bier family at men or Cercles de Farmieres. The weeds compefe with craps for New Yean's and was taken iii dur- tUnit ai eacb Circle is the parisb, water, lighf and the mineral nutri- ing bier stay. wifh the parish priekt ta exercise ents found in the soul, the argu- Predeceased by ber husband in bis moral supervision and the ment that a few mare weeds can- Agronome, or local officer ai the not make any difference ta the- Department ai Agriculture, ta see resulting crop shows a lack ai that the Cercle activities made ion knawledge ai the compefition the befferment ai the îarm. wbich the crops have ta meet in The five declared objectives ai weed infested fields. the Farm Circles are: 'Many farmers are inciined ta 1. To atfach the waman ta ber accepf sucb common weeds as beartb, in rendening ber more lamb's quarters and pigweed as a agreeable and better able ta matter ai course rather than con- fuifil ber duties in regard ta sider them fa be serious weeds. bier îamiîy; If the quantity ai water required 2. To give bausekeeping qualifies ta produce one pound ai iamb's more or less equal ta all the quarfers in dried form is coim- active members ai the Circles; paned with the amaunt necessary 3. To make rural life more attract- ta produce an equal quantify ai ive and more remunerative, aats if will be found that lamb's 4. To encourage peasant bandi- quarfers make far mare demand 5 craft; an the sou maisture than the oat 5To develop the sense af justice plant. Oats require 597 pounds ai and cbarity by means ai union waten ta make one pound ai dry and ca-openation. matter, wbile lamb's quarfers ne- Ouf ai this mavement bas grawn quire 801 paunds. a quife remankable neturn ta Many weeds require and use handicraft, particuîarîy spinning more than double as mucb nitra- and weaving, whicb had been gen, phosponic acid, potash, as a major activifies among the French well-develaped aat plant. Canadians fon two centuries, but Weeds increase the cast ai wbich were passing ouft be abour and equipment, and greaf- mail-order catalogue and travel- ly advance the cosf ai prepaning ling salesmen promoted pnite crop products for eitber animal or textiles and iactory made good. uman consumptian. Membership in the Circles Weeds in cereals nat only low- (there are naw nearly 1,000 in the er the value ai the grain, but Province) is valuntany and is limited ta wamen 0f 16 yeans or F o ihfrd dnia Lit [ne act 'y es. rt- 1- he on Is, do y ed m in s )r id LlUêefth+ rd.U;ilL.I And Efficiency By C. H. Tuck Optemetrist Eytsight Specialist Disney Bldg. (app. P.O.) Oshawa with the P?~d . ?Wou . A k pure, wholesome sweet If yaur gracer is temparariy out ai stock, tisis deliciaus At present the cemand same.24 dînes exceeds the much larger24 quantity now being praduced, In the relief from the effects of because mnany thousands af direct or reflected light the end in Canadian housewives bave view is to reduce the intensity of jained the great bast af radiation of rays of light entering 'Crown Brand' usra the eyes and to jproperly accamp- lisbi this end it is necessary to know the condition of the eyes and how they are used. Radiant energy injurious ta, the eyes may be defined as those light 'Eand heat waves of such intensity or frequency of vibration as to be harmful to the delicate tissues of the eyes which are adapted to a more normal radiancy. Harmful conditions of this na- OMM- ture abound where work with vis- Oww,ýfflU ible energy of this kind is required ~ ~ as in testing lamps, ftîrnace work, etiutting, welding, and brazing in the steel making, high frequency Swelding, Oxyacetylene and Oxo- "Hydrogen Welding. The harmful gRAND element increases where the more ' i £ ~ powerful energy is used. And the CROW Nprotection exists in the wearing * of the lens, or other protection SYRUPthat when worn cuts out the harm- fui rays that go to help make up Pte" et. US the light as generated orîginally. TM. CANADA STARCN COMPANy. Un*ed (ta be continued) You can taire yoi scrap fat and bone dealer. He wil established price fi and the scrap fat. you can turn thisi your local Volur Commjttee or Rec War Charity, or-' 2You can donate you ;crjap fat and baneý Voluntary Salvage they collect tbem munity, or- ýYour Fat and Box ieain is in effect. Department of National War Services hATIONAL SALVAGE DIVISION 1927 she is survived by one daugh-" We cannot, indeed, give like ter, l'Mrs. Lloyd Ferguson of Osh- God, but surely we may forgive awa and two sons, Bruce on th'e like him.-Sterne. hofi'estead at Enniskillen, and Bert E. of Oshawa. The funeral was held from the Prudence is a conformity ta the home of her son, Thursday after- rules of reason, truth, and decen- noon, followed by interment in cy, at ail times and in ail circumn- Cadmus Cemetery. stances.-John Mason. GLENN W. DUNN Glenn W. Dunn died suddenly Saturday evening, March 6th, at W LC M bis home in Bowmanville at the E C M age of 37 years. He was born on relief from stuffy miii,, of ar fat drippings, ls ta your meat 1pay yu ts for the drippin money over ta, itary Salvage Dgistered Loal mr fat dripping, es ta your local ICommittee if in youx com- parents ta Broaklin. He attersdedI Brooklin High School and be was particulanly intenested in radia, making the first small radios used in the village. His mather died several years ago and bis fathen, William Dunn, bas made bis home with him in Bowmanville for same time. Beside bis father, he is sur-» vived by bis wife, fonmerly Miss Winifred Owen, daughter af Mn. and Mrs. James Owen, ai Port Perry, and tiko children, Jimmy and Sheila. The funenal was heid Tuesday aiternoan. Interment Pine Grave Va-t ro-nai belpa VUCkS .-~ -~ prevent many colda Cemetery, Prince Alhert. irom cleveîoping. VAiROMOL flEU IGULR3 Ar salen mem- PUEPGUE ba and clog- ~ EMCUU ine mcuscaused ejýCg by a stuif y- head cod nikrghemsrbli or you? Thnrlee discomiants wlth a f eW draps af Vicica Va-tra-nol up each nastril. Va-fra-nal ls so effective because If does three important thinga- (1) shninits swollen membranes- (2) soot hes lrntatian-(3) belpa flushnaa passages, clearIng clogglng mucus. ..Andi remember, when used in time, <'i'! Blood Donors- Must Be Backed by Money Donors MACHINE-GUNNED, bieeding ta deacis, anocher Canadian or British flghcing man is reached by the Medical Corps. Wilf he lhue? Yes, bis chances are good, if l'e receives a blood transfusion in time. Thanks ta, the Red Cross Valunteer Blood Donor Service, military doctors on thefiIeld and mn hospitals, ashore and afloac, are equipped ta administer tise biood serum that cheats ideacis. Lasc year Canadian Red Cross collecred 200,000 blood donations for use in bombed areas and an fighing fronts. This year the demand is fan greaer-world wide. Reserves of bload musc be neicher too liccle non cao lace. Tise present Canadiats chain of Red Cross Blood Donor clinics MUST be enlarged and new anes MUST be equippd Aithougis doctors and nurses give cei cm, onr give ciseir blaad free, large sums are invalved in maintainicîg clinics. For funds ta Carry an, tise Red Croslooks ta you. The scark life-ar-deacis nature of this appeal commands tise wisolehearted response ai every Canadian. Think ai aur wounded, aur pisoners ai war in barbed wire Nazi camps. Think ai bacle-ravaged Russia, scarving China, and dying Greece and ocher peoples of the United Natons...then you'il give every dollar yoII canr. Your donation will save many lives. Chas. D. Searle - Phone 402 T.EM CtRPOS52 CANAD IAN RED CROSS V/~5-Aamae 4u#/e.~s~ i~s ~*ear~* ?ha~t e~ê 400_YEARS BEFORE HYDRO ý- - v 04 M a lm THE CORN SYRUP THURSDAY, MARCH 18th, 1943 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANviiLi.p.- (-jmTA1:?lrrN à i 1 , -1 - - . . . -. .. - - dom, CAMADIAN