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PAGE TWO THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO THE LIBERA L Embliahed 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING C0.. LTD. J. Eachem Smith. Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District. Advertising Rates on Application. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16th, 1934 mwmfi, _.__ â€"_ THE MAN OF THE HOUR There is no man in Canada who so attracts the public interest and who at this moment commands the attention of the people as does Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, Ontario’s premier. Since assuming office Mr. Hepburn has demon- strated that he is not only a brilliant campaigner but also a man of action. He has demonstrated that he believes promises are made to be kept, not broken and has com- menced a cleanâ€"up of the Ontario government service which has won the approval of his opponents as well as supporters. This man of the hour in Ontario will speak in Newmarket arena to-night and a capacity audience is expected. Hear Ontario’s Premier at the Liberal Nomination meeting in Newmarket Thursday evening. * * * >I< >I‘ =I< GOVERNMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES WORRY OVER RELIEF Premier Hepburn on assuming office has shown that he appreciates the seriousness and the importance of the Relief Problem. On the other hand the interest of Hon. R. B. Bennett who made such gallant promises before the last Dominion election, seems to be diminishing. Premier Hep- burn is to be commended for promptly giving this great problem the attention of his administration. The Relief problem has been growing with the years, despite the fact that Mr. Bennett promised to end unemploy- ment in 1930, or perish in the attempt. Relief is alleged to have cost Canada,â€"that is the govâ€" ernments, municipalities and individuals,â€"over $300,000,- 000 since the depression started. The Dominion govern- ment alone has contributed $140,000,000. Now with the western provinces and municipalities all over the Dominion having about reached the limit of their resources, the agitation to shoulder the whole thing on Ottawa has become so widespread that Mr. Bennett called a meeting of provincial heads to meet him at Ottawa to wrestle with the subject. In any case the Dominion will not continue its help after August 15, and in the meantime it has cut down its share from one-third to one-quarter of the bill. “TheDominion should take over the job,” said an official. “It will be a help to thus focus the attention of the country on the enormous bill. The quicker we get ‘relief’ into politics the better.” Are the municipalities doing anything about it? A lot. At the convention of the Canadian Union of Municipalities at Quebec, a resolution was passed asking Ottawa to take hold. And why? Because the municipalities’ present taxing powers aren’t wide enough to raise the money needed. Duties and responsibilities imposed upon municipalities by Provincial governments for service which are of a nat- ionalcharacter, the resolution said, such as soâ€"called social services and education, have been increased without a cor- responding provision for raising necessary revenues, there- by placing an inequitable burden on real estate, beyond the capacity of realty to bear. The point had now been reached where the very exist- ence of municipalities was imperilled by failure to recog- nize and apply an equitable, stabilized and permanent basis of relationship between Provincial governments and muni- cipalities. And the Union asked that municipalities be granted power to assess a “special relief tax.” * * * * a * * i! CHURCH ATTENDANCE Roger Babson, viewing the subject as an economist, says that “poor attendance” is at the bottom (of church troubles. He suggests that the physical characteristics of churches be bettered, especially‘\ ventilation. He remarks, too, that the characters of the church members must be improved in a way that will “recommend them to non- church-members.” And he feels that records of attendance are highly important, more so than a record of the moneys taken in. If all the implications are taken into account these sug- gestions are important; but Mr. Babson’s really significant recommendation is this: “See that sermons are Vitalized.” After all, the success of the church depends upon its ability to make people believe that they have immortal souls and that these souls are in peril and can be rescued through the plan of salvation offered from the pulpit. If that idea can be put over, other matters become inci- dental. If it can’t, the rest won’t help much. ,Mr. Babson’s suggestions as to how the situation might be improved are interesting and worth setting down: Each church should develop a definite spiritual and intellectual goal and develop a clientele accordingly. Should work for the econimic well-being of the people. The physical characteristics of the church should be improved, especially the ventilation. The character of the church members must be imâ€" proved to commend the church to non-attendants. Records of church attendance are very important and should be reported at annual meetings. Insist on rigid standards for church membership. See that sermons are Vitalized. The influence of the home must be for church attendâ€" ance. A very great deal might be said under each of these suggestions. What would you say if you were asked to discuss them? * * t It * ADVERTISING 0F LANDS SOLD FOR TAXES The Toronto Star commenting on the protest of On- tario papers on the Government’s regulations which compel municipalities to advertise their local sale of lands for un- paid taxes in the Ontario Gazette, says: “Mr. W. E. N. Sinclair at the last session of the legis- lature moved aresolution calculated to end the farce of compelling municipalities to advertise their local sales of lands for unpaid taxes in the Ontario Gazette, a chaste and select government publication which has no local circulation in any municipality in the province. Nobody sees the Gazette but a few lawyers here and there and a few know- 1ng persons who, familiar with the procedure of the govern- ment in connection with this and that, watch for it. One can imagine some close money-lender keeping the Gazette under keen observation in the hope of picking up a good TELEPHONE 9. Wâ€"â€"_ â€"‘ property for almost nothing. Some cases have been reported in the province of nice properties being sold for a song while the people of the community where the property stood knew nothing about the sale taking place. “The press of the province has been speaking freely on this subject for several years. The municipalities are com- pelled by provincial statute to advertise their sales of land for taxes in the Ontario Gazette. No doubt this is a con- venience to some provincial statistician in Queen’s Park who keeps the books in relation to these transactions. The muni- cipalities which pay for this useless advertising make the Ontario Gazette a profitable enterprise in so far as the government is concerned but at a severe cost to the muni- cipalities. “If lands are to be sold for taxes nobody is more con- cerned than the people of the locality. They know what values are. The sale of land for taxes should be advertised in the local newspapers and, beyond that, in the newspapers of the county town. Such advertising would mean some- thing and get results. If it is necessary in the interests of the compilation of provincial statistics each municipality could be required to send to Queen’s Park such information as is desired in connection with lands sold for taxes. “It is to be hoped that the Hepburn government will bring in reform in this matter.” WHAT OF 2034? (By Allan Reid in the Iroquois Post) Iyears hence having become incoher- Many communities are celebrating ent with vice, blood-shed, violence, their 100th birthday this year and and a general sinking into a morass much has been written of the hap- of intolerance. greed, and, eventually, penings during the past hundred years. The younger generation of course is concerned much more with I lwhat is going to happen in the next hundred years. Since the fateful year of 1914, the 'whole human race has witnessed the most dramatic, fleetly moving, revo- lutionary progress recorded in the annals of mankind. Indeed it may be truly said that, in the short space of twenty years, the world has, me- chanically and scientifically, moved forward more than it did in any two- hundred years previously. Ocean liners create new records be- tween continent and continent. Rail- way trains driven by machinery which is fast rendering the equipment for years regarded as “standard” hope- lessly out of date, travel at speeds of over one hundred miles per hour. Automobiles have become so popular that they have altered radically the habits and manners of more than half of the inhabitants of the Globe. Aero- planes once regarded as being the finest human conti‘aptions for speed- ily and gloriously breaking one’s neck have now reached such heights of reliability and speed as to make them the predominent topic at Internation- a1 Disarmament Conferences. Teleâ€" vision and Radio have opened up fields of endeavour which, only thirty years ago would have been condemned as savour-ing somewhat of magic or witchcraft. Labour saving devices and gadgets have revolutionized the whole social system. Mind has triumphed over matter so rapidly, so vehemently, that man- kind, believe it or not, has been unâ€" able to keep up with the pace. The world is passing through the throes of unprecendented social upheavals. Overâ€"production, rendered possible by scientific progress in engineering and other spheres, has shown, within the past decade, the anomalous condition of Want in the midst of plenty. Cotton crops in the United States, for instance, have been destroyed in order that economic marketing of cotton may be maintained, while millions of people throughout the world have not, figuratively speaking, a clean shirt to put on their backs. Unemploy- ment, with its attendant evils has reached unprecedented figures throughout the world. On the other hand, scientific progress has been leaping forward as never before. The question immediately arises “What conditions will prevail throughout the world One Hundred years from now?” Will economic and social activities have become stabilized with scien- ‘tific progress. Or is the world going helter-skelter to an inglorious “last Round-up?” Are the coming generâ€" ations of men and women going to prove themselves capable of extri- cating the world from its apparently overwhelming difficulties? There is certainly much room for conjecture on this subject. On the one hand, one may see con- tented men and women one hundred years hence living peaceably and hap- pily under a new economic structure. A healthy, clean-living race of men \and women living‘in true harmony, an dthei'anomaly of hunger in the midst of plenty swept away. One may behold nations living in friend- liness and peace, with the present day feelings of international distrust and jealousy thrust away into the llimbo of forgotten things. Slums, and their attendant evils may have been swept away. Intolerance of graft, greed, selfishness, and other evils may make the whole world one hundred yeais hence a world fit for heroes to live in â€"- in the real sense of the word. Scientific progress may be allied with all that is noble, ele- vating, and justifiable healthy world. On the other hand there exists the danger of the world of one hundred in a sane, humiliation. Can you picture the fair cities, towns, and Villages of Canada laid waste in ghastly ruins,â€"the reek of shells, poison gas, and other mod- ern scientific aids to help in the ex- termination of the human race? Can you visualize the horrors of 1914â€"18 magnified in intensity, suffering, in- humanity to man. and their after- math some ten thousand times? That is what International Warfare one- hundrcd years from now would prob- ably represent. Can you. picture the scientist pitting his scientific dis- coveries against brotherly and inter- national lovc? It must be remember- r-d that the horrors of 1914-18 would, in 1013, have been regarded as non- sensical and the products fcvercd imagination. And yet, considering the quarrels over armaments, the race to discover fresh methods of cxtcrminating men and women in warfare the ill-conceal- cl jealousy and hati‘eds of nation to- IS a distinct one hundred become a playground of of some there world nation. danger of the years from now having shamblesâ€"and the blood-thirsty madmen. The future of the Canada,â€"4if all of us, lies in the hands of the coming generation. The task of holding high the torch must be undertaken by wisely trained, clean iliving men and women. Only by properly educating, physically], mor- ally, and spiritually the younger lfolks, can the world ever hope to be- lcome peaceable, progressive, and free Efrom carking care. Charity, and true ’fellowship begin at homeâ€"in our ,Home town. Let us allâ€"old and lyoung alike so live throughout the years to come in our own community that, even as fresh paint and beauti- lful flowers may make our town beautiful 'to the eye, the character .and integrity of its inhabitants may be something to glory overâ€"untramp led by vice or graft. Let us instill the principles of peace and Brotherly !Love into the minds of those who are to follow in our footsteps. Let us do what we can to stimulate industry in our community. Let us “clean-up” our town in every sense of the in- junction. Let us ban the evils and corruptions from our town so that, by every example, other towns may also be cleaned. Teach our younger citi- zens, during the years to come, how to cultivate the community spirit, and ever to work for the material and moral advancement of the town in which they have the honour to live. wa rd world, â€" of Agriculture, industry, education, pageantry, science, recreation, music, travel, sprovt, art, engineering and all the various activities of the people lore portrayed in fitting settings at the Canadian National Exhibition. Binder Canvas ' ALL MAKES OF BINDER CAN- VAS REPAIRED, CANVAS PATCHED SLATS AND STRAPS (leather or web) ALIVAYS IN STOCK ISAAC BAKER I/Iaple', Ont. R. R. No. 2 Telephone Maple 1063 (1% miles North of Concord) SIGNS SHOW CARDS PRICE TICKETS â€" BANNERS G. MORLEY BEYNON Phone 150 ! Repaired 76 Yonge St. THURSDAY, AUGUST lfith, 1934 CLEANING AND PRESSING We specialize in Cleaning and Press- ing and are equipped to handle all kinds of work. WE CAN GUARANTEE prompt, efficient service and perfect satisfaction. ‘¥¥**#t#Â¥l RICHMOND TAILORS J. A. 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