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PAGE 6 m was given as an illustration of the inequality of school taxation which i is claimed the township board would moveâ€"Collingwood Messenger. 11 as in one of which Inspector J. L. Garvin told the educational gathering at the collegiate last Saturday. This prticular section is in Tiny township ad has an assesment of only $35,000. ”use of the small assesment the grant from the Department of Educa- flnn is high and as a result the trust- ” of this section have not made a The Doctors Must Live A doctor was severely criticized by a «toner and jury tor not attending an muted child until three hours after the accident. His explanation was in prt that the parents had not paid his fill for years. The jury seemed to think that this was no explanation at all. But doctors have to live. They begin to earn money from their protes- don later than almost any other men in any other walk of life and after an exceedingly eXpensive tramlng. They are splendidly responsive to the hu- manitazlar. calls made upon them. Yet they may claim they shouzd no Isms when the longer word is too has and cannot be but that is the only excuse for usin the four- htter wordâ€"Fergus News-Record. Government grants cut a big figure h school financing but in few sections do they bulk s9 lnrgely_prop0ftionate- Spell Christmas Right With November almost over, Christ- .s ls fast approaching and the .me of the great holiday ls appear- “ more and more olten in the ad- urtlslng and news columns of the pets. Can we not take a lltt:e extra time and trouble and spell the word at in full instead of using that more be expected to attend people for nothing than should a dairyman to give his milk. or a cobbler to supply tree shoes on demand. The Jury omit- ted to consider one point. They should have directed a rider against the thousands and thousands of people who habitually leave their doctors’ and dentists‘ bills to be settled last of all. Reduce The Speed Limit A letter to the correspondenct de- partment of The Globe asks for a re- duction of the speed limit for auto- mobiles to 15 miles in cities. towns and villages. and 25 miles 101' country roads. It is not an unreasonable ae- rnand. Surely no one but a doctor hurrying to save life or relieve sufler- ing. and those on similar errands of life and. death. need to go at the breakneck speed which the majority of cars travel at over any road on which one chances to go. Cars “rip through” our own village. notwithstanding our m-mile sign at the rate of anywhere (ram 35 to 50 miles an hour. What chance has a little child. or a feeble old person. who may chance to be- come confused and hesitant ill tne path of one of these speed fiends? Speed is given as the reason for the 01!]! R PAPERS’ OPINIONS -Tara Leader. School Tax Inequality m“ ' flu; Christmas Advertlsmg We have a full stock of Holi- day cuts to choose from. Use themâ€"they’re free. It is not too soon to think of your The Chronicle Use THE CHRONICLE to tell your Customers of your won- derful new Christmas stock of Gift articles. Do children today have too much spending money, and is that one of the reasons why youth is travelling such a fast clip? There are more ways to spend money now on amusements than was the case when present-day grown-ups were children, more picture shows, more motor cars, more dances. Dress, too, is an item that costs considerable money. Most young girls would “throw a fit” if they had to attend school in other-than sill: stock- ings. Most parents are anxious to have their children well dressed, but is too much of everything bound to make them become satiated and dis- contented later on? But what are we going to do about it? Nothing, pro- bably. It’s the spirit of the age. E. E. Gibbs, for thirty years a mem- ber of the teaching staff of London public schools, declares for a stiflen- ing up in home discipline and for the restraints of religion to bring modern boys and girls back to the paths their parents trod. “Some homes are Germany fell into disrepute durms the war; yet people wno have been there for any length of time often hanker for the “Es ist verbotten” (it is forbidden) oi the German police- men. Canadian who lived there for the gre ter part of four years told us that nearly all the “Verboten” laws in that country make for tne oomxort and safety of the general public. Why so much laxness in Canada?.â€"Chats- worth Banner. great majority of motor accidentsâ€" speed, in the hands of a speed maniac. drunkou'sober.atthewheel.a Bevin have to take time to me, some day. Anyhow. what is the sense of it? Mostspedmaniaestearovertheroads as if their lives depended upon getting somewhere in next to no time. â€"then dwadle about when they get there. They haven’t time to view the landscape as they go. They 103$ “gc"â€"that's all there is to it. as finely managed as homes ever were, he said “and parents there are dis- charging their responsibilities in a manner that will give the country a splendid generation of citizens. But. unfortunately, there are other homes that are not doing as much. From these homes come children who laug-z at discipline and who nave not been given the advantages of the most necessary training. I mean religion. Radio and automobiles are taking the people away from church, and the re- sult is that the home is sometimes ser- iously failing in its work. “Children nowadays have too much spending money and they are becom- ing satiated with expensive amuse- ments. When my scholars marched away last midsummer to attend the annual school picnic, we made a rough census in each classroom and found they had about $300 in their pockets. We all like prosperity and are glad of it. but should children be educated to easy spending when in after life money may be harder to get? Then may come disappointment and dissatisfaction." If Mr. Gibbs’ calculation of the spending money at the last school picnic snould be used as a basis for estimating the whole city, the school children that day spent from $6.000 to $7,000 on amuse- ments. Some claim it was nearer $10.000.â€"Hanover Post. Too Much Spending Money? Throughout the ,length and breadth -of Ontario there is a demand for dro; but seldom is a new district taker. into the system without a des- perate struggle to get three subscrib- ers to the mile. In some cases sparcity of rural population makes the regulation a diflicult one to meet, and the situation is aggravated by the reluctance of many to “mortgage” their farms, as they express it, to the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Com- After a rural system is once in- stalled the property owners who re- fused to subscribe eventually come in, and the mortgage or encumbrance idea evaporates into thin air. It is realized that instead of an enema- rance the contract and installation constitute an asset that increases the value of the farm and will promote rather than hinder a sale. When Hydro was installed at Weld- wood, “The Farmer’s Advoca ” farm during February, 1923, the service charge was $66 per year. Two years later a rebate of $50 was received and the service charge was. gradually re- vised downward until now lt is only $28 per year. What happened? Ad- ditional subscribers and extensions have helped to lighten the burden for the established users of power, but under the equitable syStem of co-op- erative ownership and serv1ce at c05t, the late comers do not derive any advantage from their delay. Those who come on the line after a system is installed and has been in operation for any period of time whatever pay their share of the original cost and maintenance to date. If a property owner does not wish to use hydro and feels that he just can- not stand the cost of installation, ranging from $150 to $200, it is certainâ€" ly his right to refrain. Nowadays, however, when farmers everywhere are clamoring for this power the argument against me so-called “mortgage” or “encumbrance” is with- out weight and substance. Hydro is installed and operated on a community basis, individualism is no part of the system; in fact individualism retards the progress of Hydro and increases the difficulties encountered in every district. Individualism is the great retarding force in agriculture today.â€" Farmer’s Advocate. The contract, binding for a period of 20 years, is magnified by some into a mountain of injustice and oppres- sion. It has been likened to a mort- gage hanging over the 9mm; an en- cumbrance that would lessen the value of the property and perhaps prevent a sale. After giving the matter very careful thought, we have arrived at the con- clusion that there is one law concern- ing highway traffic that is not entire- ly a fair one and that is the law that says if farm animals get out on the roads and. any damage results from their being there. the owner of the animals is fully responsible for such damages incurred. We have arrived at the conclusion that this is unfair to the farmers. No farmer wants his animals to be 011 the roadside. They might wander away. might be im- pounded and cause trouble for the owners. Therefore it is to his ad- Is This Law Rea: v Fair? THE DURHAM CHRONICLE animals cannot be seen then. But everybody knows that at night, when the traffic is lighter, a great deal more of speeding is done on the roads and in many of these accidents the cause is just that. It isn’t altogether fair to the farmer to be soaked for dam- wandered out on to the road and a car coming along in the early hours of the morning, struck a horse and killed it, and the car was badly dam- aged. This farmer now only suffered the loss of a valuable horse but also had to hand the amount for repairing the car. It will be noticed that prac- tically all these accidents caused by animals occur on the road at night. or course, it may be said that the ages his animals may cause on the highway, when they get there through no cause or neglect on his part but for some .hason beyond his control. .. Kincardifi Review-Reporter. Canadian Fire Underwriters have announced that they are making a re- duction in the rates charged for insur- ance in Toronto, Ottawa and some other municipalities that are described as “the better protected places". Their secretary, Mr. A. W. Goddard. has said that in these places the rates, as a general rule, would be reduced ten vantage to keep his animals in his field: and the tanner does that to the best of his ability. Let us give two exam- ples from our own neighborhood. One farmer, through whose and the rail- way passes, turned several horses into a field. At a late hour of the night. a train coming along scared the animals and in their fright they tore into a fence and got out of the field on to the highway. The following morning the farmer learned of a car accident near his farm and found it Protection From Fire Pays A Dividend per cent., but that, owing to changes introduced in types of construction, the charges for insurance on a large number of dwellings would be decreas- ed from fifteen per cent. to twenty per cenc. the occupants escaped. The farmér was held responsible and was forced to pay the damages. In another instance a man called on a farmer one evening. and, when leaving the place overlook- accident near his farm and found it had been caused by an autoist striking one of his horses, which was on the highway. The horse was not seriously injured, but the car, wnich hit the ditch, was badly smashed, although One thing Mr. Goddard noted that is worth emphasizing. The statement was that the lowering of fire insurance rates was due entirely to a reduction in fire losses of late. Such authorities as Fire Marshal Heaton of Ontario have long been preaching the desirability or efforts. on the part of municipalities and private citizens, for the avoidance of heavy fire losses. These authorities have shown that in the no: very dis- tant past fire losses have been mucn higher in Canada in proportion to population than in Great Brilain and other European countries. Fire losses, speakers and writers on the subJeCt have pointed out, are not borne whouy by the insurance companies. Destruc- tion of property by fire necessitates expenditure of money and labor in re- construction and. by so doing. diverts money from investment in new pro- ductive ’enterprises and labor from employment on new construction. Furthermore. insurance premiums must inevitably be influenced by the amount of insurance companies' dis- bursements to cover losses. Protection against heavy fire losses may take a variety of forms. It may be furnished in part by an efficient and well-equipped fire brigade aided by an abundant water supply. It may be given by laws governing the Char- acter of buildings that may be erected in particular localities. It is provided by the adoption of types or construc- tion that lessen the risks or fire. Fin- ally, protection may be aflorded by individual citizens and their children in their use or disposition of matches, cigars, cigarettes and materials that may cause fires. That such protection may pay a dividend in the form of a reduction of fire insurance rates, the action of the Canadian Underwriters has shownâ€"Toronto Mail Empire. Aim of System is. to Reform Erring Youths Special courts have been established in a number of places in Ontario for the trial of juveniles who are accused of violations of the law. Special in- stitutions. to which juveniles conv1ct- ed of lawbreaking can be committed. and where they may receive reforma- tive rather than punitive treatment. have also been provided in the Prov- ince. Among these institutions are industrial schools, and the newest of them is the Bowmanville Boys’ Farm. modelled to a large exsent upon the Shawbridge School for Boys in the Province of Quebec. stitutions and were replaced by educa- tional methods. Inmates are commit- ted to those institutions for two to three years. They are xept constantly busy at something during that period. They are required to attend reg- ular classes in the subjects of an ele- mentary school education. and in the work of some handicraft, are given physical training, both in the gym- tirely banished from the Borstal in- be saved from lives of crime. For this Phone 114 Wheat C $40.00 per ton, sacked. Poultry Feeds, C If Meal, Oil Cake, Ground Flax, Rolled Oats, eatlets, Whole Wheat Flour, Salt Phosphate, Beef Scrap. Try our Liver Oil for your poultry Nothing Better Feeding Molasses, 25¢. per Gallon We pay highest Market Price for all kinds of Grains. Get our prices before you sell. 1'0" DILMIY MCKECHN IE MILLS {JAPANTM > FLOUR and FEEDS Feed Prices Flour Prices J. W." Ewen 8: Son For Best Quality Whennwomnn suysshehun’tnny- thing to wear. tint is. of course. an ex- uuenflon. but not much of one. MY. Nova-her 29. I”