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#3 S PAGE TWO at ItF fext Ordinary Revenue of the . Province is Placed at $13,844,339. DEBT REDUGED $810,001 t 8e OVEA 51,135,000 GASH SURPLUS e ‘‘When I stood before the House a year ago I was able to announce a balance on the right side of the ledger of $271,000," he began, ‘"I thought at the time that that was a wonderful achievement, and I gave the credit of it to the people of Ontario, who so willingly entered into the spirit of afâ€" fairs with the Government. But if we felt pride in that accomplishment there is room this year for still greater pride, for I am able to come down to the House and tell my honorable friends that during the last financial year the total ordinary receipts amounted to the sum of $13,841,339, the largest in the history of this proâ€" vince. Our ordinary expenditure was $12,7106,332. leaving, for the first time in the history of this province, a surâ€" plus of $1,135,007. After having exâ€" pended that amount of money . we closed the fiscal year with real cash in the bank of $4,288,000. Budget Presented by the Proâ€" vincial Treasurer Establishâ€" es Record. Hon. Mr. McGarry spoke for nearly two hours, and his message, both in contents and manner of delivery, was one of the most striking any Provinâ€" cial Treasurer ever had the honor of delivering. It was a story of buoyant revenues and carefully controlled exâ€" ‘penditures, of splendid financing, and the Minister evidently enjoyed telling it. While there was justifiable pride in his statement of financial progress, there was nothing approgching partiâ€" san politics.. He made no attempt to compare revenues with those â€" under the old Government, except for the general information of the House, and none of the familiar claims to have spent more on this service or the other than was spent by the Governâ€" ment‘s predecessors. _ | "In addition to piling up the surplus mentioned, we were able to reduce our net debt by the sum of $810,000 or nearly $1,000,000." 4 Hon. Mr. McGarry stated that not one dollar of the money secured from war taxes was included in the surplus given, only the amount that was acâ€" tually spent for war purposes being included in the receipts. The Treasâ€" urer informed the House that the Government had not deviated in any particular from the pledge given to the people of Ontario that the money raised from the war tax would be used for war purposes only. ' Ontario‘s third war budget preâ€" sented to the Legislature by Hon. T. W. McGarry yesterday will bring reâ€" lief and satisfaction not only to the people of the province, but to the warâ€"worried men in authority in Engâ€" land who are turning more and more to the overseas Dominions for assistâ€" ance. The Provincial Treasurer laid before the House a record of the largest total ordinary revenue in the history of the province, a surplus of well over a million of dollars, and a reduction in the net debt of the provâ€" ince of close upon a million. Precedâ€" ing as it did his announcement that the province had been appealed to for aid by the British Government,it prepared the members for the Treaâ€" surer‘s announcement that the Govâ€" ernument would seek legislative auâ€" thority to raise $17,000,000 this year to retire Ontario bonds now held. in England. ‘"That tax," he declared amid apâ€" plause, "will continue so long as this war continues, and I hope that if our soldiers are returned to Canada if any large number just after the war ends that the Honorable gentlemen of this House will be patriotic enough to conâ€" tinue this war tax by unanimous conâ€" sent." Mr. McGarry, proceeding to point out some of the features of the revâ€" enue statement, said that . the year had been a remarkable one in many respects. He referred particuâ€" larly to the revenue from succession duties, which had jumped from $1,â€" 721,000 to $2,451,000. The province had lost thr'%ugh the enactment of the Ontario Temperance Act approxiâ€" mately half a million dollars, but the results secured from néw taxation had amply justified the prediction made then that this amount could easily be made up. From the amuseâ€" ment tax $243,000 was secured, covâ€" ering a period of five months, indiâ€" cating a yearly revenue of â€" from $500,000 to $600,000. From the new motor license fees $669,000 had been secured, or about double the amount collected the previous year. We not only made up the tax loss but we increased the amount availâ€" able for the services of the Province," commented Mr. McGarry. From the Hydro Electric Commisâ€" sion the Treasury received $515,000 interest and $150,000 as sinking fund on advances made to municipalities, and from; the T. and N. O. a round million _ dollars. This represented $528,000, the actual net profit of the accumulated profit and loss balances for a number of years, which had been turned over. Interest charges paid out or ordinary revenue on T. and N. O. account amounted to $825,â€" 000. During the year the Governâ€" ment advanced the T. and N. O. $700,000 to meet capital expendiâ€" The Treasurer, after announcing that last year‘s war tax amounted to $2,095,000, proceeded to give the House particularse of the year‘s borâ€" rowings. In February the province borrowed $2,000,000 in New York at 4% per cent. on a nine months‘ loan, and that had since been paid off out of ordinary revenue. That was one of the most favorable loans made that winter in America. In June a loan of $4,000,000 ~was floated mt 99.91, a ten year loan, costing the brovince fust 5.01 per cent. for the tures A Remarkable Year War Tax of $2,095,000 Wce referred to the claim of Hon. Mr Mitchell, of Quebec, that that province had made a similar loan at a better rate than Ontario, whereas the Queâ€" bec loan was sold at 99.20. "We have made capital expenditures of $4,000,000," continued Mr. McGarâ€" ry, "and we had cash in hand at the end of the year of $4,000,000, and we have now â€"$6,000,000 cash. I mention these facts, not because I want congratulations, but because it should be a matter of relief to the people of Canada, at a time when the money market may be closed to us, to know that we have this $6,000,â€" 000 in cash on which we can draw for public works and other matters necessary during the months that are to come." Inspectors might »also take advanâ€" tage of present conditions to enlarge the scope of agricultural education in Ontario and to demonstrate more fully the important bearing which agriculâ€" ture has upon the welfare of the people, by using their influence to inâ€" duce School Boards which have not yet established classes in agriculture to undertake this work and to utilize the school garden or home garden as recommended above. In order to assist in meeting the shortage of foodstuffs, due to war conditions and the unfavorable season of 1916, those teachers who are now giving instruction in agriculture and horticulture in the Provincial schools should arrange as far as practicable to grow plants of food value in school gardens and to reduce correspondingâ€" ly the practice hitherto devoted to flowers and decorative shrubs. With the same object in view, the home garden project should be enlarged and modified and extensive use made of vacant lots and other unoccupied areas. In this way advantage might be taken of the potential labour of boys and girls from eight to fifteen or sixteen, much of which in the ordâ€" inary course of events is not utilized. The Treasurer then gave the House the records of capital expenditure made during the year, and defended the system adopted of charging Hyâ€" dro T. and N.O., good roads and other statutory expenditure to capital acâ€" count. He challenged the Opposiâ€" tion to prove tnat there was not the surplus claimed and to show one item of expenditure charged to capital acâ€" count that should not be there. If, indeed, the urban municipalities in Ontario having a population of from 1,000 to 9,000 would double the present production of their garden and poultry yards, and use, as recomâ€" mended above, the vacant lots and other unoccupied areas, it would inâ€" crease the food production of Ontario by $10,000,000 at a very conservative calculation. ~ INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION Pointing out that this did not inâ€" clude further supplementary estimates for Hydro and T. and N. O., Hon. Mr. McGarry went on to sound a serious note in connectionâ€" with the future of the province and the En.pire. Transfer of Bonds ; Hon. Mr. McGarry, in speaiking of the demand that would be made upâ€" on the credit of the province to raise the seventeen millions necessary to take over the bonds in England, referred to the splendid reputation of ‘Ontario bonds in the United States and other countries.. The province had liquid assets of $51,000,000, an asset of $21,000,000 in public buildâ€" ings, or a total of $72,000,000 of liâ€" quid assets. In addition to that, th¢ province had in its forests and mines assets conservatively valued at $475,â€" 000,000. And against there was a debt of only $58,000,000. Boys and girls cannot be expected to fight, but by assisting in increasing the supply of foodstuffs, they also can be of service. Turning to the outlook for the comâ€" ing year, Mr. McGarry stated that the Government counted upon an ordinâ€" ary revenue of $14,306,878, which would make a new record in revenues for the province. "And I am, reasonably certain," he said, "that we will have not fourâ€" teen, but sixteen millions, including the provincial war tax. The ‘â€" total amount of the supply bill we are askâ€" ing this House to pass is $11,140,000." Adown the street they came marchâ€" ing along, A glorious sight to see. Some of the boys who are proud to belong To Canada‘s new army. Glad they are, ready and strong and big," Tickled to death with their khaki rig, When duty says come they are always on hand. Hurrah for the boys of the Maple Leaf Brand. . Adown the street they came swingâ€" ing along, And what do you think they say? The men who won‘t fight, if able and strong, Have to get out of the way. This land is for those who love her well, \ The song they sing is clear as a bell, ‘"Get into the game, if you have any sand; Hurrah for Adown the street they came smiling along, Each lad with his head erect: They heard the sound of the liberty gong, That‘s what they mean to protect. Each has a mother, sister, or wife, They‘ll give the Hun the time of his life. The men who won‘t fight, why they ought to be canned. Hurrah for the boys of the Maple â€" Leaf Brand. fiai‘g _Two registered sires, one and three years old, respectively, were Adown the . street they came singing along, And this is the song they sang: ‘"We‘ll fight for the right, so we can‘t be wrong; We‘ll muzzle that Prussian gang. We‘ll lick the Kaiser, and all his kin; It won‘t be long till we‘re in Berlin." Then shoulder a gun and show where you stand, Says "Johnnie Canuck" of the Maple Leaf Brand. A Farmers‘ Club in West Virginia formed a Community Breeding Assoâ€" ciation last May with the assistance of their county agent. Ninteen men signed an agreement to breed only to pureâ€"bred Shorthorn sires for three THE MAPLE LEAF BRAND. h for the boys of the Maple Leaf Brand." R. A,‘./ PYNE Minister of Education T. H. Litster GREAT BRITAIN 5 â€"NEW PROGRAN Importations of Luxuries Proâ€" hibited and of other Arâ€" ticles Reduced. FARM WAGES INGCREASED Importation of paper, curtailed by additional 640,000 tons annually, or half present allowance. Importation of apples, tomatoes and specified fruits prohibited. Orangâ€" es and bananas and nuts restricted 25 Importation of foreign tea, coffee, and cocoa prohibited. Even India tea, reduced in quantity. Steps taken to prevent speculative buying. Powers given Board of Agriculture to compel land owners to cultivate ground. Land Must Be Cultivatedâ€" Prices of Wheat and Oats Fixed for 6 Years. London, Feb. 23. Premier Lloyd George toâ€"day presented to the House of Commons, in a speech lasting an hour and a half, his proâ€" gramme for coping with the problem of shortage of shipping space. The speech was a serious and grave effort, the Prime Minister giving his audiâ€" ence little opportunity for applause. Brewing cut down to 10,000,000 barâ€" rels annually; output of spirits also reduced, saving 600,000 tons of foodâ€" .« Minimum prices are guaranteed by the Government as follows (the pricâ€" es being stated in Canadian and comâ€" puted at par of exchange): Following are some of the imporâ€" tant economic measures announced toâ€" day by Premier Lloyd George. ' Minimum wage for farm laborer fixed at 25 shillings a week; an inâ€" crease of 50 to 80 per cent. over presâ€" ent average. stuffs. per cent. Under the head of curtailment of imports, the Premier said he exâ€" pected to reduce the demands on cargo space by several million tons. Foodstuffs will be cut down nearly a million tons by Jlopping off certain luxuries. Paper users must henceâ€" forth get along with only half the supply they are now receiving. Cerâ€" tain savings also will be effected in the import of ore, and also in lumâ€" ber, which at present is 4,000,000 tons. Importation of acrated, table waters prohibited. 4917 .... 1918â€"19 .. 1920â€"21â€"22 30917 :. . 1918â€"19 .. 1920â€"21â€"22 There is money to be made in proâ€" ducing eggs these days. Even with the high cost of feed you can net a good profit. Eggs have become one of the staple articles of diet, especâ€" ially to those engaged in office work or any occupation where outdoor exâ€" ercise is impossible, therefore the supply, however great, will not exceed the demand. With a small outlay of money, a little ingenuity and planâ€" ning, a man can erect a hen house, warm, bright and airy, three of the essential points in . the success of poultry raising. Do not make the mistake of keeping too large a flock in small quarters. Remember this, a small number, well housed and fed, give better returns than a larger number of stunted, underfed fowl. Overcrowding breeds vermin and disâ€" ease, two things that must be guarded against. In the fall of the year cull _out all the inferior birds, keeping only those of mature growth. Never keep hens and pullets in the same house, ‘a.s pullets require a much heavier ration of feed than hens. A mixture of feeds are preferable. Wheat, barley, oats, corn and buckwheat make a good combination for grain feeding. 1917 A splendid mash may be secured by mixing equal parts of bran, low grade flour and corn meal, with half part blood meal or scrap, In the winter, or if you only have a small run, see they are supplied with plenty of grit and oyster shell, also provide plenty of green food. Mangels are one of the best and very convenient to use.. A forkful of clover hay put in a rack where the fowl can have easy access to it will be appreciated. Be sure and keep plenty of pure fresh water in convenient places. Scatter hard grains in a bit of clean straw, thereby make the birds work for their living. Do not feed soft feeds especially in cold weather, early in the morning. Rather give them their grain ration first and for noon give them a hot meal in winter and grain again at nights. Alway feed before the birds begin to go on the perches. Dublin, Feb. 23.â€"A number of Sinn Feiners, who had recently reâ€" turned from internment in England, were arrested yesterday in Limerick, Galway and Skibbereen, as well as in Dublin. The arrests were made under the defence of the reaim act. Altogether about 32 members of the Sinn Fein and the Gaelic League have been arrested, and arrests are continuing. Eight men were taken into cusâ€" tody in Dublin. In Galway last night a prominent member of the Oughterard District Council and & prominent Athenry merchant were arrested. It is believed here that these arâ€" rests will greatly embarrass the Naâ€" MAKE MONEY OUT OF EGGS SINN FEINERS ARRESTED POTATOES WHEAT OATS THE TIMES & GUIDE, WESTON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917 .$1.31% a .$1.82 44 . 1.67% $1.1514 .. .96 2 ue a bushel a bushel a bushel mineral bushel bushel bushel bushel SCHOOL GARDENS AN AID IN PRODUCTION OF FOOD England Has Led the Way and Onâ€" tario Department of Agriculture is Working on Similar Scheme. A circular has been Issued in Engâ€" land by the board of education, dealâ€" ing with the use of school gardens for the production of vegetables. This circular proposes that the ordinary school gardens should be used for ‘"the growing of different kinds of the most useful vegetables," but that "vacant allotments or gardens near the school" and "waste land," if it is ‘suitably prepared and placed at the dispasal of local education authoriâ€" ties," should also be cultivated by the children, who would be allowed to give time to this work out of school hours. When it is realized that there are some three million children in English rural schools it is plain that something very substantial in the way of food supply might result if the board of education are able to move the local education authorities. In commenting upon this circular the Times educational supplement says: ‘"The present agitation for the more intensive culture of school gardens and the enlargement of the area of land available for garden work may and should lead to an immediate and really vast extension of the school garden principles. It is educationally imperative. There is something alâ€" most absurd in the idea of school teaching that totally cuts adrift from the life of the people. From the point of view of education pure and simple, gardening in which the sacred proâ€" cesses of nature are seen at work, is a humanistic method. ‘God,‘. says Lord Verulam, ‘first made a garden.‘ It was with no insignificant appreciâ€" ation of the humanistic significance of rural life that the greatest of Latiri\ poets devoted his inspired muse to the description of the processes of husâ€" bandry. But if gardening as a special subject has an educational value of the highest kind, it has also a practiâ€" cal value. The admirable circular of the board of education should result in every district in the formation of numerous ‘school‘ gardens. They are anxious that ‘children,‘ the board tell us, ‘should be made to feel that they are doing national work. by growing vegetables for the nation‘s need, and believe that in time to come they will like to think that, young as they were, they did their part in the great war.‘ This anxiety and belief is shared by many, and in fact, if school gardening becomes univérsal, as it ought to beâ€" come and as it will become if the rural education authoritiee do their duty, there will be a substantial addiâ€" tion to the national food supply and a substantial advance in the educational efficiency of the country." The Ontario Department of Agriculâ€" ture is now working on a plan to inâ€" duce school children, . and everyone else in fact, to go in for backyard and school gardens. Circulars are being issued, and can be secured from the department of agriculture, parliament buildings, Toronto. Rast: ... ..... iNorth /...... Mount Dennis West. ... . 0. Thistletown .. Etobicoke ... Rast . .....0: Mount Dennis ... North /:=...... }. MWoest ... 20... fal. Bast! .. itc si im East ....... Mount Dennis North ..... Thistletown Etobicoke .. Mount Dennis .... Hast ......7..... West ........0.... Office hours 6.30 Cars leave West Toronto for Weston and Mount Dennis every 20 minutes: on the hour, 20 after and 20 to. Leave Weston on half hour, 10 to and10 after the hour. Cars leave West Toronto every 15b minutes: on the hour, quarter past, half hour and quarter to. Leave Lambton on the hour, quarter past, half hour, and quarter to. Cars leave West Toronto on quarter to and after the hour. Leave Bathurst Street on quarter to and after the hour. Cars leave Keele Street on the hour and half hour. Leave Evelyn Crescent, on quarter to and quarter after the hour. Cars leave West Toronto for Woodâ€" bridge every two hours: first car 6 AM.;â€"last car 10 P.M. Leave Woodâ€" bridee> first car 7 P.M. last 11 P.M. 8.38 a.m. daily exce 9.45 a.m. daily. 5.53 p.m. daily. Trains Going 7.50 a.m. daily. 11.05 a.m. daily. 6.11 p.m. daily. 7.40 p.m. daily. MAILS SUBURBAN TIME TABLE A. J. BARKER, Postmaster Trains Going West 7.00 a.m. daily. 1.16 p.m. 4.45 p.m. 17.05 p.m. 11.59 p.m. daily. G. T. R. TIME TABLE MAILS ARRIVING Evelyn Crescent Woodbridge Davenport TIME TABLE Weston j Lambton Going M y except . afei DESPATCH North t Sunday South East 7.30 8.20 8.45 6.45 9.00 9.00 11.45 8.40 T.15 11.30 12.20 1.00 1.00 5.00 6.00 6.10 7.10 8.15 5.00 5.30 6.45 7T.15 Capitalizing Community Interest THE CANADA LUMBER CO., LTD J _ McLaughlinCars _ | wE URGE YOU To § BUY NOW â€"â€" Don‘t be a "Putterâ€"Off" â€" g Whether that time has come yet or not, it inevitably will come when every prospective purchaser of property in rural districts will want to know beforehand whether the present residents are of a coâ€"operative turn of mind or not; whether they can get together and stay together on matters of community interest. He will want to know also what the prevailing sentiment in the community is with respect to these matters. â€" He well knows that one enterprising citizen among a community of unenterprisâ€" ing property owners is in a worse position than a "cat in a strange garrett." 1 j Factories are coming into our town, let us be preparâ€" ed to take care of and house those that are employed in them, this means, directly and indirectly, returns to all. Enterprise is attracted by enterprise; the progressâ€" ive spirib stimulates progressiveness. WE ARE HERE TO SELL LUMBER, LATH, SHINGLâ€" ES, DOORS, ETC., ETC. LET US SELL THESE HOUSE BUILDING GOODS IN WESTON Another Advance Coming The prices prevailing at the present time on Mcâ€" Laughlin makes certainly are an inducement, and comâ€" pare favorably with those other cars. A slight advance due to the cost of materials was made on February 1st. If you don‘t want it to affect your purchase, place your order now. Models Present . Price After Price April 1 Dâ€"34 ...... ..........$ 895.00 $ 910.00 Dâ€"35 ... .. ....~.... . 010.00 925.00 Dâ€"62 ...... ..~...... A100.00 1210.00 Dâ€"63 ...... ......... 1195.00 1220.00 We are looking after your interests when we tell you to buy now. If any argument is needed to convince you that the McLaughlin is the "right buy" just come in and let us have a chat and we will prove our claim. CHAS. DANKERT, Superintendent. _ Phones: Junction 2921, Weston 175 S. H. MITCHELL MAIN STREET, BRAMPTON, ONT. wo EASON’ SUb-agmt, Clail'v inc. CHURCH STREET, WESTON We are here to Serve. OR YOU‘LL BE SORRY WM. BARRATT, Manager