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STEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, ir3J THK FLKSHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE PublUhed on CoUingwood street, Flesherton, Wednesday of e«cn wtck. Circulation over 1000, Price in Canada f^.OO per year, I when paid in advance fl.SO. In I U. S. A. f2.50 per year, when paid in advance $2.00. W. n. THURSTON. - - Editor ir. J. THURSTON. - Assoc. Editoi SOME HAVE A CONSCIENCE In commenting on new.spai)crs re- fusing liquor and beer advertising The Durham Chronicle asks "why hhould newspapers be picked out as the only industry in the country to refute lefritimate business."' We have no doubt that The Chronicle has refu.ted advertising on the strengrth of it being atfain.ll the welfare of r.ie community. Advertisements for quack patent medicines no doubt have been relegated to the waste basket by the editor of The Chronicle, the same as by other newspapers. If ji<pt he had that privilege. It is the same with the liquor or beer adver- tising. Many newspaper propriet- ors ibelieve that beer advertising is in the above category and refuse to allow their columns to recommend the purchase of strong drinks. We know that no newspaper guarantees any products their advertisers may insert, but they can, if they know of any item that would lead the public a- Stray, refuse to accept that part. So it is with liquor adverti.sing. Stronp drink as a beverage was and is no use to mankind and many newspai>cr publishers would not wish to know that some young lad was led astray by a liquor advertisement in his paper The beer drinker of today is the liquor drinker of tomorrow. Budget Brought Down In Parliament This has l)een a week crowded with interesting events and people. The budget came down, the S. Oxford elet'tion results came in, and Mr. Mac- Kenzie King flayied with vigor and righteous indignation the Marketing Bill. Ottawa entertained the prophet , f plenty. Major C. H. Douglas, ot London, England, originator of the Douglas credit theory. The Prime Minister gave members and Senators the opporturAty of meeting at luncli the Hon. Archdale Parkhill, Post- Master General of Australia. EDITORIAL NOTES . All government jobs should be giv- en to returned soldiers when they are fitted for the task, but occasionally we find other appointments made without giving enough thought to them. They served us well and it is only right that they .should be given first chance. » •• » Monday, June 4th, has been pro- claimed by the Dominion government a holiday in celebration of the King's birthday. The sovereign's birthday is June 3rd, but the holiday has been traversed to the following day. At last accounts we have the good news that King George, now approaching the sixty-ninth anniversary of his )}irth, is in very fair health. m » » I We arc now approaching the sum- mer season of matrimony. Prospect- ive participants are now told that in Great Britain not only is the average bride omitting the word "obey" in her pledge, but the groom is no longer called on to endow her with all his worldly goods. The substitute sent.- A 10 per cent, levy on grold pro- duction was the principal feature of the budget, with a reduction on sugar from 2c to Ic a lb. coming second. It is expected the Treasury will lose between eight and nine million dollars by the reduction in sugar tax but this loss will be offset by the gold tax. Since governments have up- held the price of gold a tax on pro- duction of this metal seems a par- ticularly fair one. Some modifica- tions of the trade restrictions against United Kingdom constituted the chief tariff changes. The deficit for the fiscal year 1933- 34 was named as $135,200,000 as com- pared with 1157,700,000 last year. On ordinary account the deficit was given as twenty-four million as com- vared with' forty-three million last year. Controllable expenditures, the Hon. Edgar N. Rhodes, Minister of Finance, said, have been reduced to a point from which it would be difficult to effect further substantial savings without curtailment or discontinuanct of services which are generally con- sidered to bo essential. The differ- ence between this year and last yeai was over 38 per cent, and the reduc- tion in staffs of Government employ- ees was over 12,000. Mr. Rhodes, the tall and elegant Finance Minister, in his lengthy bud- get speech to an intei-ested House, showed the silver lining of the dark cloud of depression. He forecast an operating surplus of eight million for the Treasury next March and told of rising prices and lowering expen- ditures. "Granting that a rise in commodity prices is highly to be de- sired, the record of the past year has been distinctly favorable. From February 1933 to February of this year, the general index of wholesale ))rices in Canada rose by 13.4 pei cent. This rise has been less rapid than that in the United States, but more rapid than in most other count- ries." As ar. indication of the ex- tent to which the maladjustments be- tween various price groups have been corrected in Canada, I may add that while the wholesale price index was 13.4 per cent, the index for ,,, ,^ rising ia.4 per -^ - ence sEoken by a recent groom, Walter , ^^_.^^ ^^.^^^ ^.^^^ ^^ ^^^ ,^^^ than 3.1.0 ,._.-. ..._„.. _ Wheat at Fort William Elliott, Minister of Agriculture in the British government, was "All my worldly goods with thee I share." So honors are even! i. * • • "A cent-a-meal for missions," in- augurated by the United Church of Canada, is reported to have been a phenomenal success in the short per- iod it has been in motion. On the dining table of many thousands of homes, the boxes have been in place, and the church authorities now an- nounce that ten million coppers have been contributed and the boxes still in action. It is announced also that the Students' Volunteer Movement of North America have been so impress- ikI by the (Canadian experiment tlial it has followed suit and other organ- izations throughout North America arc stated to be touched by the cITcct- iveness of the device to prove the truth of the old Scottish adage that "Mony mickle mak' a muckle." Ihree coppers a family per day cer- 1 tainly count up when the scheme is kept working. I per cent. average 42'A, higher in Ft.l)iuary this year than in February 1933, while the corresponding increase for cattle (steers, good, 1.000 to 1,200 lbs) was 45.7 'A and for bacon hogs at Toronto 153.8'.i." In dealing with debts the Finance Minister forecast legislation to be brought down at this session f n- the consolidating and easing of the farm- ers' debt burden. "For certain in- dividual debtors the burden has be- come unbearable and the Government proposes to bring down at an early Rtage legislation designed to provide I machinery whereby farmers who find themselves ur-able to pay the fixed charges on their outstanding debts v.ill be able by an expeditious and inexpensive process to work out com- promises with their creditors and to obtain new working capital. The guiding principle of this legislation will be to secure for the farmer a blmplified debt structure, reduced in size to a point where the carrying charges will be within the capacity of the farm enterprise to pay. The Finance Minister coupled this state- ment with the assertior^ that the writing down, of government debts vcas not practicable. The Banking Committee was quite easily the attraction of the week. The largest committee room in the House of Commons was taxed to its capacity. The chairman, Mr. Han- son, in introducing Major Douglas, said he was no stranger in Ottawa, having appeared before the Banking and Commerce Committee 11 years ago. lie is an engineer and econ- omist, a graduate of Cambridge Uni- versity and the author of the Douglas social credit theory which has made considerable headway in Great Brit- ain, having among its advocates such eminent figures as the Dean of Can- terbury and the Marquess of Tavi- stock. In Canada, the Chairman said. Major Douglas had a substan- tial following in the prairie provinces and it was out of deference to their representatives in the House of Com- mons that he was called before the committee. Major Douglas gave eight major symptoms of defects in the existing financial system. The first is surplus on purchasing production goods in excess of pur- chasing power. Thie second is consequent unem- plovment due to the first factor. The third is consequent poverty or lack of purchasing power. The fourth is redundant industrial machinery due to the people's inabil- ity to buy goods. The fifth is consequent cut-throat competition to sell. The sixth is disappearance of in- dustrial profit. The seventh is industrial failures. The eighth is increasing competi- tion for export trade, causing inter- national friction ultimat«ly leading to war. "Purchasing power." said Majoi Douglas, "which is fhat finance is, is connected with all of them. Is thi.- condition of affairs satisfactory From the point of the banks it is Is it satisfactory to the govornmcr.f.' They are being pressed to say wheth- er they are associated or dissociateo I with the banking system. If they are dissociated it cannot -be satisfact- ' ory to them. Then is it satisfactory to the piiblic? From my contacts 1 ' Bay it is highly unsatisfactory to the ' public, which is becoming restless." By followJTvg carefully the five oi more speeches made by Major Doug- las in Ottawa and the answers to questions by lawyers and others on the committee, one was able to learn something at least of this theory. In che long ago when round bits of leath er representing cattle were money, these were issued by the owner of the cattle and each one represented an animal that lived and moved and had value, Ibut as time went on and we get to the age when gold was the representative of wealth, we find the goldsmiths, who did not own the gold, keeping it in strong boxes and issu- WH!.<HM..>**.i*^**<**** >♦.>.^o•^<^^<"'^>.^•>.>•>•><^•>•^•>«•<~^•^<"^•><">•>•>•2~>.>♦><-x^>*«^^ /:: Thursday Half Holiday [Commences Next Week f:ommencing on Thursday, May 3rd, •11 business places in Flesherton will be closed Thur8<iay afternoon each week during the summer months with the exception of garages and service •tatiffn,i. This Thursday afternoon holiday has been observed by tht Uerchanti for the past number of ircars. It has been propoacd to con- tinue the half holiday throuRh the mortth of October, lh« finest month of Uie year, hot this daciaien will ba n>*d« later. â-  ' ' I . One of Irvin Cobb's best itorie* ConceriMi an appraiser who wag sent to a home to appraise the cont<'nt«. Then entries tn h>. book halted ^hen he came to a table on which was left a full bottle of old Scotch and then r^ntinucd: | "One bottle of old Scotch whiskey partly full." ' . The next entry was: j "Ore rcvolvinsr Turkish rug." | 300% Interest '^Absurd," you say Yet Official records show that the aver- age return in increased crops for every dollar spent on fertilizer is $3. FREE FLOWING FERTILIZER ensure even distribution and give greatest returns See Your Local Dealer OSPREY A ARTEMESIA Famert' Co>operative Co. Flesherton * .^ CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED Fertilizer Division West Toronto 9, Oi\t. II. 10 LB. SUGAR 69c Tomatoes lb ISo Celery, bunch .... 15,: Carrots, 3 bunche.s 25c Head Lettuce 10c Lovely Oraiif^i^es .. 39c Large Tins Pink Salmon 3 for 25c â-  COFFEE Ground while U wait I 39 and 49c Lb. Why Pay More FOR GROCERIES AND MEATS? try Kennedy's and be convinced M ens W ear Overalls $1.00 up Caps 69c up Work Shirts 75c up Real Good Pants $2.00 Socks 19c up Ken Kennedy We Deliver in Town Phone 37 ROSE Baking Pwdr. 16c Tin I'-.xe 10c pkg. of Prin- cess Flakes with 3 bars Palmolive. All for 21c Pork & Beans I Lb. Tins 6c Tin 4 for 23c Meats Fresh and Cured ing gold certificates. The clever smiths soon found that not all the people who had gold stored for safe keeping came at once to claim their treasure, so that they were quite safe to issue more certificates than there was wealth. It was only a step from such a condition to the one existing today of the banks issuing figures in the form of loans to the people, this cheque money being given value by the willingness of the people to put up their assets as collateral. Possibly the gri'eatest i"esult of the visit of Major Douglas is the recog- nition Iby Parliamentarians and the admission by bankers that money to- day â€" except for trival amounts issued by the Dominion Governmentâ€" comes into being by way of Ibank loans and the purchase of securities. When a public issue of gilt-edged stock comes on the market it is often over sub- scribed in the first hour or so and one hears people say "what a lot of money therS must be about!" When actually the issue is snapped up by banks who acquire it by the simple process of writing a cheque for the amount of the shares and in order to honor the. cheque on themselves it is only necessary to transfer some fig- ures from one book to another. The amount of money ought to equal the volume of goods and ser- vices and it ought to be issued with- out cost other than, that of getting it into being and circulation and it ought to go, in part at least, direct from authority issuing -it â€" whether the banks or the government â€" to the people, thus emabling them to con- sume the goods which can be so eas- ily and abundantly produced. CMajor Douglas made some suggestions for changes in the Bank Act which are highly technical but which, if adopt- ed, would Ibe a very small move to- ward putting his theory into practice. House of Commons, Ottawa, April 21st, 1934. â€"AGNES MACPHAIL. Lamb and Wool Prices Wool prices are an important fac- tor in maintaining lamb prices. Lamb pelts are now in the dollar range of values, and this is an essential item in reducing wholesale carcass costs. Already, as a result of more encour- aging lamb and wool prices, there are many inquiries for breediing ewes. It is to be expected, that there will be a broad market for all classes of ewe stock in 1934. The strong de- mand for wools on British, Australian, and New Zealand markets indicates a viery healthy condition, in so fai as the outlook for 1934 is concerned. World production is estimated to \k lower and the wool market for 1934 is encouraging. 12 Questions . . . 12 Answers 1. Does Chevrolet give the FLOATING RIDE? Yes â€" with genuine "Knee- action" wheels and these exclu- sive contributing features: Im- proved steering, balanced weight and springing, large-section bal- loon tires and new "YK" frame. 5. Is Chevrolet the Sales Lead- Ine Car? Yes. The strongest endorsement for Chevrolet is the fact that car- buyers have given it outstanding sales leadership over ail other cars in Canada (and the world!). 2. Is the new "Blue Flame" Cylinder Head exclusive? Yes. 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