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Taxation per capita of the population has been reduced by one-quarter." 5 Mr, King said these reductions are not enough. The Sales Tax is still burdening industry and further In- come Tax reductions must be aimed at. Economy and retrefthment will continue and important polictes anent transportation, Government we should continue in |and finance are to be worked out. office, drawing our indemnities and salaries as members and Ministers, and enjoying the other fruits of of- fice, when great national questions press for solution, with which for want of an adequate majority in Par- liamentwe are unable satisfactorily to cope?" Motives of Embarrassment. Having thought it inadvisable to make many tariff changes, Mr. King complained that the Tories and Pro- gressives have united to criticize him because he has failed to'go "in op- posite directions at one and the same time." He recounted his voting vie- tories in the House, and sald that be- hind the Opposition 'Were the motives of embarrassment 'to the Govern- ment, désire of all members to be on record, and "Mr. Meighen was de- termined we should not be given a chance to go to the country in June or early summer and a policy of ob- struction was accordingly indulged in. In the event of another session without resort to clostire, we would be kept in session from January to September, every item would be blocked just to create an impression that the Government was in the I do not believe the country wants to incur the expense. Where a reasonable majority is wanting there is bound to be additional delay and expense." Monetary expense is the least im- portant item, however, said the Pre- miler, adding that Mr. Meighen's con- tinued detraction of Canada is in- jurious to the country. "Of all factors that have tended to lessen confidence in our country, to regard its progress, to discourage its citizens, to occasion a feeling of continued depression, to keep people away from Canada, to cause individ- nals and families to migrate to the United States rather than to come to Canada or td remain here, not one has been eo potent or powerful as the unwarranted-and reckless statements made by Mr. Meighen, and persisted in by him, for no purpose other than sowing the seads of a political pro- paganda against the Government. What Mr. Meighen is apparently in- different to, what those who follow his methods are also apparently in- : different to, or 'fail to see, is that | propaganda of the kind intended to injure the Government is in fact helping to destroy the country." Caused by Untrue Talk. The real caubes of depression and migration to the United States, Mr. King gave as being the untrue talk of Opposition parties. He claimed his tariff policy is not to blame, and that "ninety-five per cent. of what has been said about migration from Canada to the United States has been equally false, and has worked a steady injury to our country. "I can forgive Mr. Meighen his pessimism-----it is allied to his sar- casm, and cannot perhaps be helped, both with him appear to be chronic ~but I cannot forgive him the de- liberate way in which he has mis- represented and continues to misre- present conditions in our country, to the great detriment of the interests of Canada, both at home and abroad." Had another session been decided upon, Mr. King declares these "de- tractors" would only become worse, and would include talk of annexa- tion, separation or independence. Dealing with the effects of the 375-million-bushel crop, he said business transactions five times greater than $375,000,000 would follow marketing operations. "We can decry these potentialities, spread the miasmatic breath of pes- simism like a blight; or we can offer up prayers of thanksgiving to an all- wise Creator for the blessings to us and all those who look wistfully to our shores from other lands. Which is best? If detraction and deception continues, I can see only rust on the grain tarnish on the gold. The sooner we end the tirade of abuse with its baneful reaction on business, the better." With his present slender majority, Mr. King says he could only mark time on his reform platform. First and foremost is the problem of taxation. The reduction of taxa- These items are all intertwined and only a new House can give the issues | the proper attack. Group or minor- ity Governments can't deal with such matters. The Transportation Problem. - "Let me deal first with the trans- portation problem, and I wish to make clear that I include transporta- tion on land and ocean transporta- tion; the problem of railway rates and ocean rates, of railway deficits and of ocean charges. With each of these problems a beginning has been made. Let me speak first of the railway problem. C.N.R. management, he declared, should be divorced from politics, and claimed that the situation here has improved in four years as in taxa. tion. "It is perhaps sufficient to say that impending bankruptcy was alleged as the reason for the acquisition of the lines added in 191%, and that of itself is perhaps sufficient to explain the deficits that have since occurred. For the 'two years 1920 and 1921. during most of which time Mr. Meighen was in office, there was ad- ded to the debt of the National Rail- ways the sum of $278,563,303. This is in an amount greatly in excess o? the total deficits incurred during the three years 1922, 1923 and 1924, during which time the present Ad- ministration has held office. "For Mr. Meighen's term in office there was a total deficit of $46,000,- 000; for our three years a total sur- plus of 40 millions. "I. am informed on the best of, authority that unless something wholly unforeseen happens, the sur: plus on operation on account of the Canadian National Railways "this year will exceed last year's. -- The Railway Problem. "The railway problem, to my mind, is the most important of all problems pressing for immediate solution. Can taxation be substan- tially reduced till we have overcome the deficits on our National Rail- ways? Can the National Railways or the Canadian Pacific Railway reduce rates so long as there are deficits in tHe case of the one and reductions in earnings in the case of the other?" "An amalgamation means .mono- poly," he continued, given as the other alternative, the continuance of the two systems as separate entities, but with the introduction, either voluntarily or compulsorily, of a suf- ficient degree of control over both by them to eliminate waste. Of those who advocate amalgamation, the believers in private ownership of railways would absorb the Canadian National Railways in the Canadian Pacific Railway; the believers in Government ownership of railways would absorb the Canadian' Pacific Railway in the Canadian National Railways. Each designates the pro- cess of absorption by the word "am- algamation." In either case the re- sult would be the creation of a mono- poly, and that, I venture to say, the most powerful monopoly in the world. Finality in this belongs to Parliament and Parliament alone can deal with it. "That is why 1 feel 80 strongly that it would be against the public interest to hold another session of the present Parliament, why I think a new Parliament should be speedily elected, a Parliament clothed by the people with ample authority to undertake this all-im- portant task." He declared his adherence to the policy of giving public ownership a fair trial, and to that end consolida- tion of C.N.R. lines was effected un- der Sir Henry Thornton. *I think it will be conceded we have the right man in the right, place, and have acted wisely in retaining him." On the other hand private owner- ship is to have fair play. We have reason' to be proud of the C.P.R., whose 'interests encircle the globe; The competition between the lines has had an effect on C.P.R. earnings which dent go to the public treasury to make up deficits. -------- Happenings, Hartington, Sept. 4.--Many from here are attending the funeral to- day of the late Robena, omly child of Joseph Watson, Pleasant Valley. The much needed rain arrived yes- terday. Helen Loyst has returned from Ottawa fair. Miss Oliver; Ro- chester, N.Y., is returning home to- In other | words, where the previous Govern- | immigration | BROKE INTO HONE OF | R. EMMONS, GLENVALE | {Two 'Toronto Girls and Four! Kingston Young Men in | Jail for Crime. { | ---- 1 On a charge of breaking and en-| { tering the farm house of Ross Em- | | mons, half a mile north of Glenvale, | | on Sunday afternoon, two girls and | four young men, Ruth Taylor and Greta Forscythe, Toronto, and Harry Austin, Oliver Martin, Harold Wood- | ruff and Kenneth Pybus, Kingston, | appeared before Magistrate Brad. | shaw, on Monday morning, and were | remanded till Tuesday morning at| eleven o'clock. According to Mr. Emmons' story | he and his family were returning} home about six o'clock, Sunday even- | ing, from a motor drive, when they | saw a man and woman leaving their | farm. Letting all of his family, but | a small boy, out of his car, Mr. Em- | mons gave chase. The unknown | couple boarded a car at the side of | the road and set off north. Mr. Bae | mons passed the car and then went into a farm house, where he was ad- | vised to phone the Provincial Police, ! Constable MacLachlan at once | gave chase and traced the unknown car to Harrowsmith and then on to Verona, where he found his party in the village in their car, a rather dilapidated McLaughlin touring, | with two flat tires, hauled up on the | The Abernethy Shoe Store | side of the road in the rain. He placed the party under arrest and put them into his car, a Chevrolet sedan, and then repaired the punec- tures in the McLaughlin and came back to Kingston with the two cars, Harry Aselstine, Verona, driving the McLaughlin in. =~ The six young people were put in the county jail about ome o'clock, Monday morning, and the McLaugh- lin stands parked behind the court house. It was about three o'clock when Constable McLachlan was able to retire. : According to Mr. Emmons sixty dollars in money and a supply of edibles consisting of bread, pre- serves, eggs, etc., were stolen from his house. Entrance was obtained by pulling the staples out of the back door. THE FRIENDS' MEETINGS. Were Interesting Gatherings at Sun- bury on Sunday. The West Lake quarterly meeting of Friends was held in the Friends' meeting house, at Sunbury, during the week-end. There were a number of visitors from Wooler, Wellington, Bloomfeld, Moscow and Thirteen Is- land Lake, also a group of seven young Friends from Coldstream, Pel- ham, Norwich ahd Sparta. Most of the visitors arrived on Friday and were entertained at the homes of William Webb, George Webb, Thomas Makin and Watson Hanley. "The business meeting, on Saturday morning, was preceeded by a meet- ing for worship. On Saturday even- ing there was a missionary meeting presided over by Mrs, Wild. Several of the visitors gave readings, short addresses and a duet was sung. which he did. ! | | School Boots Wy Mh ao WR ALL AT BARGAIN PRICES THIS WEEK | Trunks, Bags, Hat Cases--all clearing this week at 20% Discount Come and get a bargain. This is Clean-up Week after our big sale. \ The new season brings new home things--Looki at the Autumn Styles in Furniture, The new season styles are starting to make their appearance a THE LEADING UNDERTAKER. many discriminating women who aspire to exclusiveness as well as f fonableness, are making their selection NOW from among our presentations. JAMES REID 'PHONE 147 FOR SE Sunday service opened with the Bible school at 10 a.m., followed by meeting for worship in which mes- sages were given by James * Wild, Wellington, John R. Webb, Rich- mond, Indiana: Asa W. Rogers, Wooler, and Moses Yerex, Toronto. The afternoon meeting was held in the open air on a rock elevation on William Webb's farm. The meeting was conducted by William G. Orvis, Friends' minister in Kingston's monthly meeting. A stirring mes- sage was given by Howard Arkett, Bloomfield, followed by a solo by Miss Lily Brimley, Wellington, and a splendid reading by Elston Will- son, Pelham. The Friends after- Half the world is half Bile orgy ae the rock. wards enjoyed viewing the caves in In the evening meeting, gospel messages were given by John R. Webb and William G. Orvis. GAVE PULL ON WHEEL; CAR RAN INTO DITCH Woman Was Unusual Automobile An American party, two men and their wives, from Lan- cashire, Penn., were badly shaken up, when their Cadillac ran into the CL Smeets iis His he pytion? it can. polsons of this dis- Suan rs wan and you Sener rompted tnd [HERE are men and women who seemits = health and about things ditch a short distance this side Odessa, on Saturday afternoon. were brought to the Kingston eral Hospital, where Mrs. C. Brobst's injuries were found by Gardiner to be the most though no bones were broken. car was badly damaged and taken to Boyd's garage. Injured in an : The cause of the accident was to a misunderstanding. Mr. ) was driving, but the owner of car, sitting with him, thought he w too close to the ditch and gave a on the wheel. It was enough to dif the car on the other side of the Accident. composed of droop and feet that drag" keep you feeling fit. Eat two