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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO; THUR Lb SDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1934 $1.50 per year in advane 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tlls when your subscription expires. 2 Polling % 3 SubDiv. Harper Jackson Via. 400: 0 dl: Flay on 51 3. es | 3% vi aT yant tt any THBdare 5 THE FIXED ASSESSMENT rBYLAW Choelnoits ais. op iii : 1 Shr 88 Laan Sp AE DEE hE | 0 w 3 aE 85 Ts ; ). Ge les "local "improveme : Blectiors do not always turn out as expected, or as hoped. Monday's election in Port Perry was disap- pointing in two particulars. - 1. The By-law was defeated. 2. Mrs. J ackson was dropped from the Board of Education. : et By-Law was defeated because the Statutes require a LW hirds. majority for the ) assing of a by-law gran £ 8 fixed 'assessment. The s Munisips) - Act, See. 389 and smi oo of two-thirds of the electors - i qualified to vote on money by-laws, 'who vote onthe by-law." Thies Unter. the is another clause in the Statutes : dealing with the passing of money by-laws. Sec. 285. of the Municipal Act reads: | "A by-law shall be degmed to have been : assented to by the electors if a majority of the votes cast is in favor of the by-law." Section 397 deals with fixed agsessments, and Sec- tion 285 deals with by-laws for issuing debentures for ls, or other' municipal = buildings. This information was not known by the Clerk or the Council at the time of the vote, but was drawn to their attention after the ein. The total number of votes cast for and against the by-law was 182, Two-thirds of that number is 121, Consequently there were seven votes short of the = & : number required to carry the by-law. "There has been some discussion as to the way in which the Voters' List is made up. On another page of this issue appear extracts from the law governing this matter. Briefly stated, the ultimate responsibil- for having a name placed on the Voters' List rests I the individual voter, who is required to see that his or her name i correctly entered upon the list. As. will be. geen up n reference to the law, ample p vision is shy way of appeal for the ns of necessary rch ons. This fact is duly advertised * each year but, as a rule, the individual citizen makes no appea 5 pu, 8 t in cases where the individual con- giders that his OD eRTOLt i8 too high, '2. Our second disappointment in the recent ole: ton arose from the fact that Mrs, Jackson has been dropped from the Board of Education, , Mrs, Jackson ons of the best school trustees" Port Perry 5 Joe had, Her work, has been characterized by fair- mindedness, industry, and intelligence. Her removal from the Board is a distinct loss to the town. The weather and the icy condition of the streets 'were largely responsible or the small vote cast, « : a : iC o Reach Township Flowing 1:8 summary of*the vote cast in Reach Township for Deputy Reeve and Goutell 'Reeve Grant Christie, was re-elected by. acclamation, ° ACRE L Fits [RED 1; For Deputy Ree ve-- / Parrott, Willian . b1 6 90 108 Till, George seiveahies 48". 28 * 14 For Couneil-- ; £1 Ashenhurat, Cook sea d Crosier, Wesley . Free 1 Gerrow, Lynde, Walter beserie "McDonald, John' 8.,... : Port Perry, Reach {about any other matter. and Scugog Agri- oltre) Society WILL BE HELD AT THE Town Hall, PORT PERRY, at 2.80 o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 6 11934. GRANT CHRISTIE, President NORMAN EWERS, Secretary uti THE WEATHER - Whether or no the north wind blows; Whether it rains or SNOWS; Hot or cold, rain or snow; . No matter how the breezes blow; ° We shall have our weather-- "whether or no. : "Tis a fact that everyone knows, ssf "ui Mark Twain said that there is -|more talk about the weather and less done about it, than 'there is To-day we have good reason for talking, for we have had a great variety of weather lately, : LUXURIES , We are.curious people. As gone remarked the other : |meone are too poor to buy {some luxury; but we buy several allons of gasoline to |go nowhere in particular, and get back as fast as pos- sible. SS Some Elections - Mayor Stewart received |some seventy-two thousand |votes more or less which goes to show that ex-Con- troller Hacker did not hack much from Mayor Stewart's ma jority. The vote also goes to show that thousands o Fatepayers don't care who rules the city go long as they don't have to be bothered. Unfortunately their tribe is increasing, an is not confined to any city or town, or rural district. That hardy perennial -- | Controller James Simpson-- has proved the truth of the old adage--"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."" He did well to be elected in Toronto with C.C. F. tacked to his name. ¢ | Congratulations to Mayor W, R. Strike, of Bowmanville, upon his elec- tion, They pick good mayors in Bowmanville, May or Wilkinson was re- IRE Swanick, bert iis F. . "Walker, The vote for NA ender "and 'Hara were elected ( ation as school d | the Yours is the task : 'Gainst want a To you we look to gient. town. In 1933 there Chief Neshitt has had a the fact th We must take st if the right of all is fo 'measures' even' inged upon, in - | the interests of the pmmon good;- we are the transients today, once we too were men jith jobs 8nd ambitions in the fat distant past, today homeless wanderers, unwanted: anywhere by all municipal authorities, We do not care to come to your towns, 'good peo- ple. We fully realize your troubles are often quite as serious as ours; therefore it is the business of all authorities to: co-operate in a plan whereby the transient can be taken care of by the Provincial governments. Those with a right of domicile should stay in their own towns, not be country. In the case of the men who never had a home--the lumbermen, sailors, harvest hands, farm hands, journeymen, hotel and restaurant em- ployees, emigrant boys, railroad and construction workers, steel workers, ete,,~these should be taken care of by the Provincial Governments. Shopkeepers, private: citizens and Public Institutions are over-run with petty pedlars and persons asking for food, ete., at their doors. 'Why 'must this condition continue.- We do not}: care to become permanent seekers after relief but would much rather be gainfully employed. May I ask why the Board of Health standard for citizens is very high; but Police = Department - transient shelters in most places become vermin infested and dirty? Why not force them through a travelling inspector to clean up and keep clean. We transients are very much puz- zled this year as to what to do about the way the municipalities are treat- ing us. Between freeze-out stops, dirty vérmin-infested stops, and stops closing up, we are right up "in the air." : Why should we be forced to wander and suffer the extreme punishment of being out in all kinds of weather? Even an insane person or a eriminal receives r treatment from the state than that accorded a transient. Why not a standardized form of re- lief under competent business author- ities 7 Settle this acute problem be- fore it "gets out of hand" by the methods of collective buying power by united counties having a joint coms misariat and by the assignment of transients to eamps, or rellef lines during the winter anyway? Or why not have camps where the men can be sorted &e uf hospital camps, in- stitutional tment or homes? Foreign persons who are always on relief should be permanently de- ported. . If we must have relief for a term | Help us our bickerings to cease; 1: And 'tablish unity. forced to wander throughout the|_ 0 Yoir iN Ni ineteen Thirty-Four, to close the door | and poverty. / Reveal the source of hidden wealth, f And, su us in the paths of health true prosperity. bring us peace; THE CONDITION OF THE TRANSIENT, BY ONE OF THEM NOTE-The article which follows was written by a tran- Some of his writing was naturally bitter, and we have exercised the right to eliminate person- alities, and certain extreme statements. It is but fair to state that our local conditions are creditable. 'place is clean, and reasonable provision has been made to feed the transients that were 561 of these visitors, and The ass through our busy time.--Editor. A pleasin 'note in connection with local conditions is a number of our citizens have shown a practical interest in the transients. seven of them a good Christmas dinner, and others have performed similar acts of kindness, What follows was written by the "transient."' 'One man' gave of years, why not arrange it so that funds available can be spread over a greater area by combined buying power and direct distributing on a large scale similar to army. corps plans," using large towns as key towns? This would help quite a bit, I believe, in efficiency, money saving, and increased value of allowance. Those who®have been hurt in this peace -time war, will be a charge on society 'for the rest of their lives on account of this useless "moveton" order. In a great country like Can- ada this should not be. It is to the interests of all, employed or not, to help to solve the problem.' Unemployed or underpaid men are as a rulé easy for radical agents to work amongst, and cause needless trouble, which eventually leads to riots, blood-shed and then "Red" revo- lution, if strict measures are not taken: in time. If we must have. muss produetion and cheap foreign: labor and goods, Why 'not arrange a. system of sports for those of our people who will then have much leisure time! You see us every day, young and old, the dreary procession of discour- aged men, dutifully obeying the laws' made for transients only; trudging along =the highways; beating the freights where the distance is*too;long for walking; wearing cast -off clothes and looking like travelling rag bags in consequence; shoes all worn out; eating irregular meals and hand- outs; never any decent rest, but in most the local lock-up. It is no wonder that many men, weary and. discouraged often ask a judge for jail, or to be sure of jail commit a petty crime in order to at least receive a' cleaner place to sleep, than the average police station. The transient to-day is not as a rule the "hobo" of years gone by; but id who will work, as proven by the the way they accept any reasonable offer to "get off the road." A transient has to be a salesman supreme and a disciple of Annanias in order to sell his wants to the public every day. Also, he must be a good judge of human nature in order to at least wear decent clothes and eat regularly, We do not want pity or sympathy, but a chance to take our place in the working world, not be seekers after relief all of our lives. What ol\the future of our race when the youth of to-day at an age when 'they should be nfully employed, have to learn how to § relief and thus become also profes jonal beg- 'gars and Phrfisiten on gsocidy, instead towns the salubrious(?) quarters at - of useful citizens bearing their share share of 'the country's burdens and easing the tax strain on those already carcying a peak load? Mass production ployer using same on account of de- priving labour of the earning power to purchase goods so manufacturgd. This results in business failures eturn of land and property to the govern- ment because of failure to "earn 'earrying charges." There. are many side-line causes of this depression: There are farmers who import cheap child labour from England; manufacturers who use ap- prentices to take the place of master mechanics; business men who buy abroad and undersell the local market; others who .pay themselves high salaries and under pay the other labor; governments that invite foreign concerns here and the profits go out of the country; business men who man their shops with cheap foreign labor; all these cut down the buying power of Canadians, and reduce the market sales, At celebrations for Armistice Day we hear honeyed words from gifted orators who speak meaningless noth- ings, If the dead could be heard, they would say: "We have willingly made the supreme sacrifice; but what of our comrades still living and exist- ing in bread lines and roaming the roads? = Buy them comforts first be- fore you buy any more wreaths or monuments, Erect soldiers' homes for their creature comforts' and we will be well satisfied to rest more eadily where poppies grow in Fland- er's fields." So. Mr. Noted speaker, when next you prepare an Armistice Day speech, first visit your local lock-up and see how many ex-service men are in for shelter from the weather, and then you can prepare a sPecch from the heart. Some time ago in Toronto men who were willing to work, had to refuse on account of having no clothes suitable for outdoor work, and the city had none for them; but took away their relief tickets as punishment, instead of appealing to the "charitable" in- stitutions. : I only wish there were more towns like little Dundas where good plain food is served at low cost to the tran- sient and single men of the town at the town hall, and, they could well be an example to many large towns who bluff us. Many municipalities are too prone when a transient needs hospital treat- ment, to sentence him to jail conven- iently forgetting the fact that jails are for punishment---not relief. If I personally were - working for wages, say $20.00 per month and beard, $240. per year, 1 nced right now the following: overcoat $10.00, suit $17.50, 2 suits overalls $6.00, 2 , work shirts $1.00, dress cap $1.50, work cap 79c., 2 suits underwear $3, pair dress shoes $3.98, 3 pairs dress socks $1.00, 3 pairs work socks Tbe, belt 75c., 2 dress shirts $1.36, suitcase $2,00, razor $1.00, brush 25c¢., comb | 16e., mirror 20c,, insurance (20 pay life) $17.50, bank deposit, (209%) $48,, church (1047), $24.00, land (20% I'348, reading, notions, amusement, (209) $48, stamps 20c., making a total of $240. True, much more is needed, but that is a base list of necessities. . The ministers and priests try and helyy; 0 do the public, but their efforts are Yet at naught by lack of co-ordi- nation, There should be a monthly meeting in every district of loeal, provincial and Dominion authorities, along with public spirited citizens and represent- atives of all charitable organizations and fraternal societies, police author- ities and medical men, They could , exchange ideas and should have full power to act on those which would better the present, situation. They should®submerge party politics. in the interests ofe all concerned. A record of all good suggestions should be sent to a central provincial point for gen- eral distribution. We have so many men who will al- ways be idle, it would be a good idea to, have 'men who are physically fit to serve three years in the army and to receive a grant of land on discharge from service also helped to build and settle. There should be government cantrol of the price of farm produce and goods so the commission merchants do not-get more than their fair share of profit, allowing the farmers to at least make a living. : Before we let another person land here from anywhere to work, why not | defeats the em-. Why not send England back part of her own relief problem in the form of those young lads who want to go either farm or city work here, Many 'municipalities are bankrupt, others 'crimped for relief funds, Our poor farms, ete., are full and in many cases have a waiting list due to this long period of depression. We, transient, haven't got one half the grief the women and children and married men on relief in towns face, public without the risk of some per- son in authority cutting off their re- lief. In many towns they have to wait their turn for hours on benches without.any backs on them. Why not have a system that at least put backs on the benches. : Contrary to the usual "weary willies" the modern transient will try and keep clean as proven by those municipalities where facilities have been installed for that purpose, Police stations were primarily in- tended for prisoners who broke the country's laws; but of late years tran- sients have been their best customers. Some few towns with a heart have in- stalled more modern quarters for the gentry -of the road, apart from the police cells. It is very easy for those who have never known want, who have always' had a job to say "anyone looking for work will always find something to do". © Yes we will! but what if we offered to work for board at their job at which they draw wages now? Wouldn't there be a wonderful howl! Just imagine that a legal authority, handed down the following decision from the bench. What an awful up- roar it would cause. we now have a S.P.C.C., S.P.C.A., why it would lead to a society for the pre- vention of cruelty to man.) "Prisoner at the bar, you are found guilty of the capital crime of. "vag- rancy" that is to say--having no visible means of "support, you are an idle, shiftless, irresponsible person, you are hereby sentenced by this court (without right of appeal) to wander from town to town, in winter storms or summer sun. You must keep going and change your place of abode 365 times a year; you must never know privacy or rest; you shall not take a town man's job; you will be allowed to beg old clothes and food when required; you shall not receive medical treatment except as a last resort. Your word is not to be relied upon anytime or any place. You must not complain of police station quart- ers, for, right or wrong, no attention will be given to this, You are no- citizen under the law. This sentence will last ugtil all true citizens are employed then "ybu may at our "plea- sure be again fully employed at such work as we wish you to do." Sincerely True, " Michael Brown, Enforced inter-city guest by "rules for transient only. -------- OED EPs = Grove Cemetery Company will be held in the Town Hall, Port Perry, at 2.30 p:m. on Monday, January 15th, 1934, Business --- Treasurer's Report, Auditors' Report, Election of Officers. J.T. T. J. Widden, Sec'y. Dobson, President. see that those now in our bread lines 3 are employed first. yo home, and those who are unfitted for jails, hospitals and asylums, they can't even express their views in ideas of (No doubt as -: body and have not the right of a free : ANNUAL CEMETERY MEETING - The- annual meeting of the Pine rT Ai gn Cyne Mer, IR Ae LEIA Hrd a TA a Cr Te PS ol I ae Sh