ire 5 to the Editor ard published over ihe actual name of the circulation of The British Whig by the Audit Bureau of EE ae CUT INCOME TAXATION. he President of the United States . peduced federal taxation by ,000,000, and more than $200, 00 of this will be for the bene- "of personal income taxpayers, Under the new law, a married man two 'children, will "have to s more than $4,300 before he is it to any tax, having an exemp- $3,500 and an allowance of . for each child under 18 vears 8 the widespread tax reafc- the bill makes several changes administrative sections of the 4°' repeal of the provision al- the publication of amounts of de tax payments. revision is in part: ._ Increase in the per- from $1,000 to $1,- trom $3: rates 'cont. on the next $4,000, and to five per cent on the re- a Canada the people cannot hope y heavy reductions, our war 80 Jarge, as we were in the ars ahead of the United States, should be the constant aim of on Government to irrevo- fts face against increased and ax earnest purpose pomize in those committments yearly to be faced. We are immense interest charges United States fs not com- set as it was able to wipe "war debt from its yearly But we should early reductions so that by have wiped out the forced pou us. Hin ada foregoing title the last proaching a level crossing, observing an automobile rushing for the crogs- ing. He blows his whistle. "A thrill of horror seizes him, enfolds him." Perhaps the speeding auto comes to a stop a few feet from the track. The driver of it thinks it a great joke and waves hid hand at the engineer. He little thinks of the mental torture which he imposed on the engineer, who is "clammy from head to foot" in "consequence of the motorists dare-devil conduct. "To the engineer in the cab of your train they are the ever-recurring, permanent, hair-rais- ing hazards, and terrors of a life of: service." The fact is that there ought to be nation-wide laws requir- ing motor drivers to stop at a safe : | distafice from railway crossings, with severe penalties for violation. e-------- i ---- THE PULSE OF INDUSTRY. J ---- The United States Steel corpora tion has just completed a quarter century of cxistence as a corporate body. Its development is a romance of industry, affirms the Watertown, N.Y., Standard. When United States Steel stock was first Maced on tho market in 1901 it sold at $656 a share as compared with $135 at its highest 'point ip 1925. In 1904, when the "trusts" were under fire in and out of congress it fell as low as $8.40. United States Steel had to fight its way. It took power ana genius to bring the corporation to the position it now occupies. The corporation "has paid out in the twenty-five years of its ex- istence about $6,600,000,000 in wages and about $2,000,000,000 in dividends. Its current annual payroll fs about $450,000,000, paid bout 250,000 workers. Its total 8 are worth about $2,500,000,000. The gross sales of the corporation were $560,000,000 in 1902 and in 1924 were $1,203,000,000. Its gross busi- ness for twenty-five years was $23,- 000,000,000--more than the na- tional debt. Net earnings in that period ware $2,125,000,000. Call it a trust'or what you will, United States Steel now is, and for some years has been, the most potent factor in American industry. The volume of itz filled and unfilled orders is regarded as the key to the country's economic condition, the rise and fall of its 'stock as the barometer on 'change. It hasn't a monopoly in steel, but the ramifica- tions of the organization make it a highly potent influence. It is in a very real sense the pul of industry in Ameriea, BODY AND BBAIN, * Professor Pearson, of the Depart- ment of Applied Statistics of the University of London, says we are no nearer today than fifty years ago in measuring intelligenco by aid of physical measurements whether they be merely statical or dynamical. On the whole he says those persons with a slow respiration rate, a lower pulse rate, and a lower body temperature are slightly more intelligent. Thdse with the greater vital capacity have the quicker reaction times or great- er mental agility. He says, how: ever, that such association for the purpose of prognosis fis without' value. : It is of the order of association In mental characters of second cousins. The accuracy of the prediction is of the same order as if 4t were reason- able to predict the intelligence of a man from that of his second cousin, or of a woman from that of her first cousin once removed. In other words he does not believe that any investi- |gatiqn has so far found an indivi. dual's mental agility from a measure of his or her vital capacity. p What has been found is that ath- letic proficiency is a considerably closer measure of intelligence, but Professor Pearson points out that the simple reason - for this is that such proficiency has a large mental factor. In the main, however, itis so far impossible to predict anything useful of mind from the measure- | ment, statical or dynamical, of the body. + # ---------------------- THE DEADLY CHIP, Here's @ new vecipe for long life, | from a marine engineer eighty-six \ his cars do not loom 'enough. 'quet of hludgeons. EDITORIAL NOTES. A Pittsburgh tourists' burean oon- fesses in writing that #t never heard of (he Thoysand Islands. An optimist is & man who feels complimented when somebody steals bis car from among so many, Te- marks the Baltimore Sun. : | -- The consistent advertising of its goods in the newspaper is a part of the service of every modern store which aims to serve the public. The day is coming when politics will be the country's good at all times, and the best way to effect it. The millenium will be appearing at that time. py -------- Mr. Meéighen and hig leutenants may be weak in statesmanship and strategy. But no one can call them speechless, is a Toronto Globe com- ment. Ford has decided to build a cloth factory. He apparently 'thinks that We will get into a web if we say much more! ; Aw investigator finds that the de- cline in the American birth rate is largely due to the higher cost of babies. People feel that they can't afford them. Toronto aldermen raise their own salaries. They knew the people wouldn't do it; hence, followed the old saw that "if you want a thing well done do it yourself." At the present time in Canada and the United States 160,000 women and girls earn a livelihood as telephone operators. That's one line that is always busy. The Winnipeg Free Press speaks of "the pin-headed environment of the Ontario populace." It sounds gevere--but we know it has a head anyway. Do you catch the point? Ouch! The Conservative leader in Sas- katchewan, Dr. Anderson, has re: signed and is going into business. During his career the party made slow and disappointing progress. He gave it up as a bad job. There are seven constituencies in Ontario that are not represented in the legislature of the province. There 'are no statistics to show the number of constituencies that are misrepre- sented. "A Railway Miracle" is the term which the Montreal Herald applies to the remarkable improvement which has taken place in the posi- tion of the Canadian National Rail- ways during the last few years. There's a big future for the boy who is as keen of work or study, as he is of play. What a boost it would give to business and all lines of pro- duction, if everyone was as intent on preaking records es the sports most ly are. » y If the Conservative leaders had been wise, comments The Vancouver Star, they would have accepted the decision of the House and allowed the Government the necessary time to prepare for the real work of the session. In the Legislature Mr. MacBride urged that a wellswritten sketch of the late Sir Adam Beck be included among the contents of the next issue of pubMe school readers. A good suggestion. A dozen other bio- graphies of eminent Canadians might also be added. The Boston florist, who was the author of the phrase, "Say it with' flowers," has been presented with a handsome gold medal by United States florists. The author of "And so on along that line," has not been discovered yet and when he Is it should be said to him with a bou- » ---- of Congress and the President end the vice-president shall take office in January instead of March. @ resolution has passed Senate by & vote of 73'%0 2. I THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Monday, March 8, 1926. |! News and Views. i Either Will Help. | Arnprior Chronicle: It is said you | don't have to be insane or suffering | from St. Vitus disease to do the lat- est dance, but ai least either of those afflictions will help a little. Party Politics. | 'Toronto Star: It is complained {that in ¢'anada "politicians are | maneuvering for party advantage." | It anyone knows of any country in | which politicians are not doing that it would be interesting to kpow | where it is. It is as natural for po- | 1#tical parties to do that as it is for birds to Ily.: ; Direction Action. Los Angeles Times: The co-eds in the Missoufi colleges are driving all the boys on the water wagon. They are doing it by pledging themselves to have nothing to do with lips that touch liquor. They boycott the lad with the Scotch breath. If this idea could be extended over the land it would be worth a whole army of en- forcement officers. Uneven Distribution. Cleveland Plain Dealer: tions made since the wars Redue-~ have class, to the advantage of the groups both below and above, but ed sooner or later. Government ex- penses do not promise to decrease at a rate in the future sufficient to narrow the base of taxation much further. Playgrounds and Progress. Boston Transcript: Towns and cities are comi more and more to . realize that in thé Tuture what they | offer in recreational advantages will be scrutinized as carefully as what they possess:in the way of housing, transportation and power facilities, when it comes to the establishment of industry. The day is at hand when it will not do to boast about In- crease in population unless it can te shown that along with the growth has gone provision for those things which contribute to make a town or city a good place in which to: live and do business, and not the least ed the playgrounds and all the other recreational advantages. a i The Shrivelled Dollar \ (Winnipeg Free Press) The Washington Post editorially struggles with the indisputable fact that the farmer's dollar had a pur- chasing power of 100 cents, or bet- derwood tariff law, but has been dropping year by year under the Emergency and the Fordmey Mc- Cumber tariff acts. It argues that the war in Europe made a tremen- dous demand for food, which ceased in 1921, with a consequent fall in prices, But ft must be remembered that there was a similar falling off in demand for manufactured pro- ducts of almost every kind. Why is there not the same equality in 1926 between agriculture and in- dustry as existed under the Under wood tariff law in 19137 It is' further argued that post-war deflation of currency and credit caused a general fall in prices, and that the farmer is no worse off than anyone else, With this, the farmer will scarcely§agree. There has been a one-sided deflation. The farmer may get the same number of dollars for his products as he did in 1913, but they #ére only 60 cent dollars. legislation. The farmer has to' pay the artificlally high American price for what he buys, and he has to sell his' great staple crops at the world price fixed "by supply and de- mand. Hence the exchange value, or purchasing power of his dollar, has declined in a startling manner since the passage of the Fordney McCumber Act. It stood at 89 cents in-1922, when the Fordmey McCum- dropped to 61.3 cents in 1923; rose to 62.4 cents in 1924, and fell back to 60.3 cents in 1928. . good many editorials economic system wirleh confiscate United States agriculture for the upkeep of industry. thrown an 'increasing measure of the tax burden on the lower middle ! to this tendency a halt must be call-| * "DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED" BIBBY'S ~ Spring Styles BETTER CLOTHES FOR MEN WHO KNOW AND CARE ! The object of this store is to have quality of cloth, thoroughness of making, perfec- tion of fit .and style paramount in every garment we offer for sale | To sell clothes at the lowest possible prices consistent with fair and honest busi- ness. The often surprised pleasure of new friends, and the flatter- ing permanency of our old friends are the endorsement and re- of adherence to these ideals. SEE OUR METCALFE SUITS "THE SHELTON" : $ oo at $ 2275 0, 27.5 0 : BIBBY'S ward SEE. 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