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M WWWMOM WWWO‘OMOQNO Making tw0 blades of grass grow where one grew be- fore, and the claim that if you make a better mouse trap than any of its predecessors the world will wear a path to your door, may have its points but it has its disadvantâ€" ages as well. The people of the province of Ontario, for instance. pay more to the federal government in taxes for their share of old age pensions than the aged people of Ontario receive in return. The citizens of Toronto pay more to the provincial government as their share of the taxes di- verted to per diem hospital grants than are paid by the province to_ Toronto hoepitale. If people would get into their heads the idea that every governmental expenditure, no matter how or by what au- thority it is made, is eventually included in the tax bill and other bills that they pay, they would give less sup- port to spending ideas. The man who never writes out a cheque for income tax to the Dominion government, who does not own an automobile or go_ to the theatre, and who owns no city real estate, pays, every day of the year, his share of the taxes. That portion that he does not pay directly, is absorbed in the cost of goods and services that he buys and in lessened opportunity for profitable em- ployment. The Attorney-General informed the Legislature last week that the revision of the Ontario Statutes in 1927 cost $129,000 and of this amount $60,000 went to the commisâ€" sioners for the time they devoted to the job. Few will disagree with Mr. Roebuck’s statement that this was “en- tirely too much for this class of yvorh.” 1 L L1,_.L :1. Going back further, Mr. Roebuck pointed out that it took ten commissioners eight years to complete the 1914 revision, at a cost of $275,000. The commissioners drew $107,000 but the worst feature of the affair was the “ex- tras” to which they, according to the Attorneyâ€"General’s statement, helped themselves from the public purse â€" $6019 on Iuncheons, $1056 on cigars, $519 on newspapers and $676 on cab hire. It is to be regretted that the At- torney-General did not give out the names of the commis- sioners, the amount of time they put in on the revision and the sums paid therefor, in addition to the extras they grabbed off for themselves in the way of cigars, etc. LL _.__ u...“ It has dawned on most people very forcibly of late that most of the brains of the world has up to now been devoted to production, and very little to distribution. And this frenzied production has led to so many short cuts that numerous blades of grass are growing when one grew be- fore, except in drought areas, and in the industrial field machines have been invented that have displaced manual labor to such an extent that that factor is more to blame than anything else for unemployment. W _ ‘ _ The older people recall seeing grain threshed by spread- ing the straw on the barn floor and turning six or eight horses in on it and keeping them stirred up by loud comâ€" mands, backed up by the snap of a long lashed whip. Later came the threshing machine propelled by several teams of horses on a sort of merryâ€"go-round, with a man in the centre touching up the tardy with the same kind of a whip and more of the same language. This sort of threshing would be a curious sight in these days of steam and gasoâ€" line propelled machines that seldom stay on an Ontario farm a full day before the job is done, and then hurry on to the next stand. Spending public moneys for such extras as those men- tioned by the Attorney-General is entirely inexcusable. Publicity is the only remedy for this sort of thing and Mr. Roebuck would be doing a service to the taxpayers by pub- lishing all the details. _ - .‘ ... A 1 a gain for clearer thinking if people were to say in such matters “federal taxes,” instead of “federal funds.” In Canada, there is an idea that when the Dominion Government undertakes to subsidize an activity of the pro- vinces that the provinces themselves do not pay the bills. Similarly, when the provinces make grants to the mun- icipalities, the municipalities do not think that they are meeting the cost. The idea _is thoroughly fallaciqus. I It is gratifying to learn from the Attorney-General that this year’s revision is to be made by the legal staff of the Parliament Buildings at a cost which will be “trivial” as compared with similar work in former years. Yet this is typical of the advance in all lines of in- dustry, and machinery is still being improved and later types developed which more and more lessens the need of human hands. In the south a cotton picker was invented that threw six millions of negroes out of wo‘rk, while in our own west, before successive crop failures put a temp- orary stop to progress, a combination harvester and threshâ€" er was being introduced that threshed the grain as it was cut, doing away with the labor of stocking, afterwards collecting the sheaves and drawing them to the thresher, and feeding them to the machine. The New York Times objects to the many plans for unemployment relief work to be provided with the aid of “federal funds.” Whatever else may be said of so far- reaching a proposal, the Times thinks that it would be WMWM66OMWMOOWONMOOONMOM These instances only touch the fringe, the changed conditions calling for re-adjustments all along the line. Even the return of good times may not mean the end of unemployment. But it probably will mean shorter hours, with possibly two shifts a day to give more people a chance to earn a living, and on top of this higher wages will have to be paid if the standard of living thought necessary on this continent, at least, is to be maintained. So tliat the people who have found a way to stimulate mother nature to greater efforts, and the intellects that perform miracles in labor saving machinery are wonderful inltheir way, but they create problems for lesser lights to so ve. Advertise in “The Liberal” Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT R CHMOND HILL TEE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year â€"â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Besrt Suburban District $1056 IN CIGARS T0 STATUTES REVISERS PAGE TWO THURSDAY, MARCH 4th, 1937. THERE ARE NO UNTAXED THE RESULTS OF GENIUS Established 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY J. Eachern Smith, Manager “THE LIBERAL” Rev. Frank Rae an] Mr. Fred Good of Willowdale paid a friendly visit to the Young People’s Union last Monday evening. Mr. Harold Duggan, Christian Fellowship Convener, was in charge and led in the devotional \exercises. Rev. F. Rae gave an in- spirational address on “Christian Citizenship.” Miss Beatrice John- ston and Mr. Hicks Smith were apâ€" pointed delegates from the Y.P.U. to attend the Ontario Temperance Fedâ€" eration which is being held in Cooke’s Presbyterian Church, Toronto, on Thursday and Friday of this week. The Banquet is to be held on Thursâ€" diay evening in Simpson’s Arcadian Court when Rev. Dr. Peter Bryce will be the supper speaker. Mrs. A. W. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gaines, Mrs. F. Summers Rev. Frank of Willowdal to the Youn Monday even]: Christian Fe in charge an Mrs. A. W. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gaines. Ml‘s. F. Summers and Mr. A. W. Galbraith were ap- pointed delegates from Newtonbrook United Church and Sunday School to attend the Temperance Convention. Mrs. L.‘Heading of Homewood Ave. is confined to her home through ill- ness. We hope she will soon be a- bout asain. Lenten Services are held in the United Church each Sundav. The choir rendered‘ a very suitable an:- them last Sunday morning. “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” A song service preceded the evening service. The Boy Scouts are entertaining their parents at a Supper Meeting this (Friday) evening in the United Church S. S. room. The Mission Band met last Saturâ€" day at 2.30 pm. with 40 in attend- ance. Miss Lever was in charge. A very interesting program was pre- s-ented. The Woman’s Association is hold» ing their regular meeting on Thurs- day at 10.30 am. This is a quilting meeting. Luncheon served at 12 o’- clock, followed by the business meetâ€" mg. Earl Haig Collegiate Alumni Soâ€" ciety present “Here Comes Charlie,” a play in three acts at Earl Haig- Collegiate 0m Friday, March 5th at 8.15 pm. The Toronto Conference Branch of the W.M.S. is holding its 12th annual meeting in Parkdale United Church on March 2nd, 3rd and 4th.‘ North York Horticultural Society will hold its regular meeting next Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Mr. John S. Hall will be the guest speak;- er and will bring with him the beauâ€" tiful colored lantern slides he showâ€" ed at the King Edward Hotel during the convention of the Ontario Horti- cultural Society two weeks ago. These received more than ordinary favor- able comment from the visitors. You will have an opportunity of seeing them next Monday evening in the town hall. Plan to come and' bring your friends with you. The Annual Athletic and Novelty Night of Earl Haig Collegiate Instia tute will be held on Friday night, March 12th at 8 o’clock. Church S. S. hall. The teachers as- sembledl early and had everything in readiness and the tables. fairly groan- ed with all the good: things and- still; there was some left and boxes made up for others who were unable to come. The attendance was larger than usual. The tables were all fill- ed and improvised; tables set up to accommodate the younger scholars. The members of the Young Ladies’ Classos assisted the teachch in serv- ing. The entertainment followecl with ‘ singing anti lantern slides, Rev. A. H. Halbert and Mr. L. Grisdale giv- ing the story- and‘ Mac Douglas was lantem operator. Miss Cora Good: was pianist for the evening. Every- one had a happy time and all were able to be back to Sunday School the next morning at 10 o’clock. 40 or 50, more or less whole and in possession of the usual number of legs, arms and sense. In the case of an individual’s birthday, it is not the mere passage .of time that we celebrate. It is the lfact that her is still here in the face of the obstacles that were put in his path. I am told that New Year’s in China has its practical aspects. It is the day on which every righteous Chin- ese makes a reckoning of his accounts and pays up all the debts that have 'accumulated duri g the year. That :method of celebrating the New Year has its obvious advantages. FRANK EGAN Frank Egan of King TOWnship The death of Luella Turmon, age-d six years, occurred at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Turâ€" mon, Goulding Ava, last Thursday, Feb. 25th. The funeral took place- last Saturday to Memorial Park Ceâ€" metery. We extendl sympathy to the bereaved family. The teachers and officers of New~ tombrook United Church Sunday School will hold their regular month- ly meeting this (Thursday) evening at 8 o’clock in the Sunday School hall. Special prizes of books were given to Mifi Ruth Douglas and Miss Cle- mentine Hewitt for perfect attend» ance last Sunday morning- during the S. S. session. The presentation was made by Mrs. Halbert. The annual Sunday School Supper and entertainment was held last Sat- urday at 5.30 pm. in the United PEEL ASSESSMENT UP Bramptonâ€"When equalization of Peel county assessment is taken up by county council in March it will be based on a total assessment of $20,- 082,221, an increase over last year of $180,075. County population is 28,012. The United Church cho‘r is pre-‘ paring- an Easter Cantata for Easter Sunday evening. NEWTONBROOK LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO The Vellore Euchre Club met on Monday evening in the hall. The prize winners for the evening were: Ladies. lst, Mrs. L. McNeil; 2nd, Miss ID. Davidson; 3rd, Mrs. Davidson, and |consolation, Mrs. E. Harris. Gents, lst, Mr. G. Davidson; 2nd, Mr. 'G. Foster; 3rd, Mr. L. McNeil, and con- solation, Mr. W. Crane. The Young People’s Society of St. Paul’s and St. Andrew’s Presbyter- ian Church held] a progressive crokâ€" inole party at Maple on Friday even- ing. There was six tables played and‘ the prize Winners for +he evening were as fOIIOWs: Ladies, lst, Miss E. Farr; consolation, Miss E. Jarrett. Gents, lst, Bruce Constable; consola~ tion, Mr. Steventon. After a social time lunch was served. The project girls met at the home of Miss S. Windas on Wednesday afâ€" ternoon of last wee}: with the leader in charge, The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss S. Mc- Neil on March 10th when the class will undertake to make an orange crate clothes closet. Mr. and Mrs. W Jarrett and Mr. and Mrs. D. Jarrett visited with Mrs. Geo. Jarrett on Sunday afterâ€" noon Miss Muriel Caseley was the holdu er of the lucky ticket at a cancert in Woocflbriége recently when she re- ceived a Hawaiian Guitar. (William F. McDermott, in Cleve- land Plain Dealer) New Year’s Day is the saddest of holidays, even for people who don’t make fools of themselves the night before. It marks another vLictory for the tyrant of mankind, time: It is another click of the shuttle that weavesv our shroud. Walter Withers, C.P.R. agent at Beeton for 18 years, died in Barrie on Feb. 23. He had been living in Barrie for the past few years. He was a prominent mason, being a pastmaster of Spry Lodge, Beeton. This midnight whistling and laugh- ing and shrieking in greeting to the New Year represents a fraudulent merriment. It is whistling in thé dark and laughing for fear of being obliged to weep. I don’t know why we should be so gay about it. As a. matter of fact we aren’t. In a dim sense we feel our de- fxenyelessvness against the mystery and the invincible onslaughts of time and we crowd together for consola- tion and buoy our spirits with the outward forms of merriment. These loud voices and this shrill laughter have an echo in the heart which says “another year gone, an- other year nearer an unknown here after." New Year’s is a silly' holiday. The work! is millions of years old. It should stop having birthdays. One year in the march of eternity is no Longer than a split second in the life of a man. We don’t go a- round celefbrating a man’s» birthday every tenth of a second. That is what we do for eternity when we cut it up into years and make a great to-do on the first of every January. After all, it is something of a per- sonal triumph to ‘be born, to stand up against the dexprediations of inâ€" fant mortality, to escape plagues, epidemics and lunatic automobile dri- vers and to wind up at the age of 40 or 50, more or less whole and in pigs‘seslsion of the usual number of legs, arms and sense. Personal birthdays are bad on- ough. Why should a man wish to celebrate the fact that he is one year nearer the grave? But there is some human and' sensible reason for observing the birthday of an in- dividual. Frank Egan of King Township died on February 22nd in his 76th year. He was a member of the King township council for 11 years. He was a Conservative in polities and a member of the Orange and Masonic Orders. Two brothers survive, Jos- eph of Vaughan and David of King. the Fourth 01 July, 01‘ lflannsglvnug or Christmas», The)“ mmmemorate liberty, the bounty of nature, the birth of a great spirit. New Year‘s celebrates mankind’s greatest and most implacable enemy, the brief- HESS‘ and the decay of time. There is some SAYS NEW YEAR’S SILLY HOLIDAY VELLORE sense in celebrating 13!, or Thanksgiving [ Cheslely town council has accepted the clerk’s report on a schedule proâ€" viding for payment of taxes in three instalments and will consider the ne- cessary enabling by-law at the next meeting. The schedule provides that all taxes may be paid in three equal instalments on or before the 20th days of April, August or November. Four per cent will be added to all taxes unpaid after the last due date. It is also provided that if any such taxes are paid within the dates srpe- cified after the last day for payment the percentage charges will be: Upon the first Instalment From May 21 to May 31 . . . . i . 1% From June L to June 30 . . . . . . 1% From July 1\to July 31 . . . . . . . 1% From Aug. 1 to Aug. 20 . . . . . . . . 1% Upon the Second Instalment Aug. 20 to Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 1 to Sept. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 1 to Nov. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Upon the Third Instahnemt Nov. 20 to Nov. 30 . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 1 to Dec. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 20 to Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 20 to Nov. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . 1% Dec. 1 to Dec. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1% Dec. 20 to Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% Upon all taxes remaining unpaid after December 31st, in addition to the above percentages, the statutory interest penalty of 1/2 of one per cent for each calendar month will be calculated from January 151: of the year following that in which the un- paid taxes were levied. CHESLEY’S TAX PLAN Effâ€"[ES SERVICE GARAGE Goodrich Tires and Tubes Your Car Deserves a Warm Garage for Winter HARRY ‘R. ROSE 4O Yonge St., Ri¢hm0nd Hill Come in and make arrangements for Storage Space now. General Repairing and Accessories Brakes relined Battery Rentalsflgpdfihgging“ Phone 12 Office Hoursâ€"Every Monday and Thursday Afternoon and! by appointment Toronto Offices: 100 Adelaide Street West in the Household Routine with a ROSE & HERMAN Headquarters for BARRISTERS-AT-LAW TELEPHONE Actual tests in typical households, car- ried on over periods of 20 days, showed that the housewife with a telephone took 23% fewer footsteps in the course of her daily routine duties than the house- wife in the home without a telephone. The telephone saves time and energy; promotes social contacts and is an ever- alert sentinel in times of emergency. D FEWE R STEPS.. 1% 1% 1% 1% THURSDAY, MARCH 4th, 1931'. a .fl. «2 MORTGAGEE DECIDES TO SELL FAIR LANDS Bramptonâ€"Announcement. has been made here that the Brampton fa'n' grounds will be auctioned off on Mar. 6. The announcement was made by solicitors for the mortgagee. Bidding will be subject to a reserve bid, while the terms will be ten per cent. cash and the balance by April. Will Baker’s Repair Shop We have a number of good used collars at present, sizes ranging from 20 to 23 inches, some scarcely soiled. Prompt service. Prices modemte Shop closed 6 pm. Mon., Wed, Fri. Maple, Ont. Charles Graham AGENT MASSEY HARRIS Farm Implements, Machinery and Repairs Telephone Richmond Hill 39 Auction Brhmpton Fair Grouch on. March 6 Richmond Hill ISAAC BAKER Telephone Maple 1063 LOUIS HE] Telephone 133