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3 ' The Quebec Telegraph recently cited a _ striking case of courage and initiative on the 5 part of a brave Frenchâ€"Canadian woman who. E: left a widow with eight children, nine years ‘ ago borrowed $50 from her friends and made a her way to Abitibi where she took up land. 8 The neighbors helped them to build a log ; house, and then the whole family set out to F clear the farm and make a living. They cut a down the trees and sold pulpwood ; they raised a little grain amongst the stumps; they bought e a cow; and the next year they cut down more trees, sold more pulp, grew more grain, and so gradually they won out. Today they all still i work in the fields, but their farm is worth E_ $35,000, and they have a fine herd of cows and E)0 a fine flock of poultry, while they go to town, C â€"â€" not barefoot, as of old, but in a fine automobile, By buying goods made in our own facâ€" tories in preference to the products of indusâ€" tries located outside of Canada, Canadians will not only display loyalty to their own industries but help to stimulate trade in Canada. With factories busy there will be employment for workmen who might otherwise be idle through slackness in our industries and general benefit will result all round. The publicity given through upwards of five hundred weekly newspapers throughout Canada whose aggregate circulation runs into hundreds of thousands, will materially assist in impressing uwpon their many readers the imâ€" portance of Buying Madeâ€"inâ€"Canada Goods. The Canadian Weekly Newspapers‘ Asâ€" sociation is heartily coâ€"operating in the camâ€" paign for a revival of business in Canada. Over five hundred weekly newspapers throughout the Dominion are this week directing attention to the desirability of buying Madeâ€"Inâ€"Canada Goods and are also urging their readers to patronize Home Town Merchants. _ Whether public opinion in the district affected will permit the abandonment of these railway lines is questionable. It, however. serves to indicate the inroads that the motor truck and auto are making on the traffic of the railways in some sections and the need for reâ€" adjustment in order to meet present day conâ€" ditions if railway lines in certain sections of the country are to prove a profitable underâ€" taking. The Boston and Maine railway, in order to meet the difficulty in at least one county, proposes to abandon some of its railway lines and carry out a sweeping reâ€"organization of its system. It has asked authority to abandon 200 miles of its lines in Essex County with the probability that it will handle the traffic by means of an automobile and truck service. With the building of permanent roadways on the main highways of travel the automobile is becoming an increasingly serious competitor of the railways in short hauls. This strikingly illustrates the fact that seeming adversity may, for those who are reâ€" sourceful and courageous, be turned into prosâ€" perity. The days of pioneering in Canada are generally presumed to be past but we are reâ€" minded from time to time that Canada is still a young country and that in some sections of the Dominion there is still real pioneer work being ‘done. The Mennonite people of this district have performed a service to the Russian Mennonites the value of which will be increasingly apparâ€" ent in the years to come when these new settlers have won prosperity in the land to which they have come with such high hopes. They gave evidence of having the requisite qualities of industry and thrift necessary to succeed. Needless to say these newcomers will retain the kindliest recollections of those who aided them and before their departure exâ€" pressed deepest appreciation of what had been done for them. 1 The departure of a large contingent of Russian Mennonites for the Western Provinces a few days ago after a stay of about eight monthsâ€"in this district again directs attention to the commendable way in which the local Mennonite families cared for these people and proved a real help fo them in their time of need. By their warmâ€"hearted hospitality and the generous assistance rendered them, the Waterloo County Mennonites enabled the newâ€" comers to get a fresh start in this fair and promising land. in United States, per year ... .. ... . $£I0 ADVERTISING RATBS On appileation. Advertising o#py must reach the effice not later than Monday neen to insure insertion, Waterloo Chronicle Wwoq?“l’mm“““ PAGE TWO MADEâ€"INâ€"CANADA CAMPAIGN COMPETING WITH RAILWAYS LEAVE FOR THE WEST REAL PIONEER WORK sUBSCRIPTION RATES , In BOVA&RGG. .. .c..... .. ] The item of greatest value in the category | iof the United States national wealth was real | estate and its improvements subject to taxaâ€"| ‘tion, which were found to be worth $155,908,â€"| ‘625,000. The second item in point of size was : the grouped valuation of the clothing, furniâ€" ture, vehicles and like property of individuals,j which totalled $39,816,001,000. Third on the list | was the value of manufactured products on hand and in distribution, placed at $28,422,â€"| 848,000, while the next largest item was $20,505,819,000, representing real property and its improvements listed by the States as| exempt from taxation. The value of railroads“ and their equipment, as determined )arzely: from compilation of Interâ€"state Commerce‘ Commission reports, was estimated at $19.-‘ 950,800,000, ,darisons over a period of years of little value. But the figures for both countries far exceed similar estimates of per capita wealth made for 8fder countries. As measured by individual prosperity, the United States, Canada, Ausâ€" tralia and some other British colonies stand foremost in the world. Such estimates are, of course, only apâ€" proximate, and the United States figure is one year later than the Canadian, so it is evident that wealth per head of population across the line does not greatly exceed that of Canada, says the Monetary Times. There is no carlier Canadian figure with which that for 1922 may be compared, and in any case there have been sych changes in money values as to make comâ€" The United States Census Bureau estiâ€" mates the wealth of that country at $320,803,â€" 863,000, as at the end of 1922. Ten years ago the figure was $186,299,664,000, so there has been an estimated increase of 72 per cent. in a decade. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has estimated Canada‘s wealth, as at the end of 1921, at $22,195,302,000. This amounts to nearly $2,500 per head of population, while the United States figure per capita is about $3,000. Mr. George Eastmann, the kodak manuâ€" facturer, has given away $58,0000,000; Mr. Milton S. Hershey has given $60,000,000 to. found a home for orphan boys. Mr. Henry| Huntington has given $15,000,000 to found and endow a library ; the Allman fortune of $30,â€" 000,000 goes to the fine arts; the University of | ‘\Chicago has benefitted largely from the Rockeâ€"| feller gifts, and $135,000,000 of Mr. Rockeâ€" feller‘s money has gone to the General Educaâ€" tion Board: and another $80,000,000 has gone to the Laura Speliman Rockefeller Memorial to ‘"better the â€"condition of women and children | throughout the world." Colleges have been| largely endowed by private generosity j Har-'i vard has $60,000,000; _ Yale, $35,7(£),000;‘ Chicago, $32,254,000; and Stanford has $27,â€" 279,000. ‘ These gifts bear convincing testimony to: the fact that an increasing number are using their surplus wealth for the common good. i Within recent years men of wealth have made generous donations to universities and other educational institutions as. well as for charitable and religious purposes. During the past ten years it is reckoned that gifts of this character have reached the big total of $2,000,000,000. | AVERAGE WEALTH IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES Premier Ferguson rightly stressed the need of increased emphasis upon the fundaâ€" mentals: reading, writing, language and pracâ€" tical arithmetic, and increased coâ€"operation between teachers and pupils. _ Sometime ago Hon. G, Howard Ferguson, Minister of Education for the Province of Ontario, noted the fact that the expenditures in our schools now reached the sum of $48,â€" 000,000 per year and the provincial expenditure on other educational objects exceeded $5,000,â€" 000, bringing Ontario‘s total expenditure upon education up to $53,000,000 yearly. This exâ€" penditure is on behalf of 680.000 children of different ages, and 17,000 teachers are engaged in the task. On the average about $80 per year for the education of each child of school age is being spent and if we estimate the school age to run from six to sixteen years, it means that the province is investing about $800 in the education of each of its citizens. On the average each family of the province is taxed about $90 per year to pay our educarion bill. The growth of the population in many centres and the need of increased accommodaâ€" tion has, as in the case of Waterioo, Kitchener and other centres, made it necessary to provide increased amounts for the administration of our schools. Rightâ€"minded citizens, however, will not begrudge the expenditures provided the younger generation receive an adequate education, and we believe that the schools are accomplishing that purpose. With the striking of the tax rate in variâ€" ous municipalities the business aspect of eduâ€" cation naturally comes in for special consideraâ€" tion since provision must be made for the raisâ€" ing of funds to carry on this very necessary sefvice in the cominunity. WISE USE OF SURPLUS WEALTH ONTARIO‘S EXPENDITURE UPON | EDUCATION > | THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT ’ EKxcise duty .... | Excise taxes ... | Income tax .. ... ‘ Delaved hbusiness ments ....... 9,350,000 Postoffice . .... _ 28,100,000 All other revenue _ 15,200,000 profit® tax ... Interest on inveat The following table which shows the national revenue during the fixcal year just closing, compared with the revenue at the disposal of the Government during the previous year, was incorporated in the Budget statement given to the House of Commons last week by the Acting WMinister of Finance. ‘The table displays the great falling off if the amount of taxation collected during the current year as compared with the amount the taxpayers were called upon to provide during the previous | twelveâ€"month period. The net decrease in the national revenue (mm} taxation amounted to $52,837,882.22. & Estimated Receipts, _ Actual Receipts, j 1924â€"25 1923â€"24 Increase Decrease | Cnatoms ....... $108,200,000 $121,500,798.49 ........... $13,300,798.49 Excise duty .... _ 39,200,000 36,181,747.33 $1,018.252.67 0 2220202000.. Excise taxes ... _ 85,000,000 _ 120,676,375.89 ...........0 0 35,676,375.89 Income tax ..... _ 56,550,000 54,204,027.99 2,9345,.972.01 . ......0..... terms now being served. The judgment of the appellate court, in effect is a reduction of the . Jarvisâ€"Smith joint fine from $600,000 to $160,000 (not including the $140,000 of which Jarvis has made _ restitution), the appellate court putting twoâ€"thirds of the burâ€" den on the shoulders of Jarvis. $1140,000 he has already returned to the province by way of restituâ€" Hon) or serve five years further impriconmert. These additional senâ€" tences, if the fines are not paid, are to start at the conclusion of the terms now being served. \cise. _ The return explains | that ‘}hunu* brewing requires no license. ; but the possession of utensils for that purpose must be reported to “hv department to secure immunity |from taxation or seizure. This year }l.!l;:; people had sent in such noâ€" |fices up to February 20. _ Last year, the biggest number of notices, 2,743, was sent from Toronâ€" to. The next biggest was from | Hamilton, with 2,203, London sent [557 amd Ottawa only 71. penitentiary â€" and â€" Jarvis to â€" six months at the county jail farm, both of which sentences are now being served. A fine of $600,000 was imâ€" posed on the prisoners jointly at the same time, they to remain in custody until thisâ€"$600,000 was paid. Smith Fine, $100,000. The appellate court‘ now orders that iSmith pay $100,000 fine or serve five years more and that Jarâ€" vis pay $60,000 (in addition to the In 1922 and in 1923 six distilleries and 21 commercial breweries were lcensed by the Federal Govern nrent. In 1924 the number of brewâ€" erics increased to 25, The return expluins that all these were renew: als of licenses issued before the O. T. A. was enacted. | PREMIER FERGUSON r "ASTOUNDED" BY JARViS, I SMITH DECIS!ON [ When asked if he had anything ylo â€"say oxer the amended sentence +ofâ€"the appea} court on Peter Smith, OVER 10,000 PLANNED TO BREW BEER.IN HOMES Ten thousand and lorl}-nlne Onâ€" tario people gave notice of their in tention to brew beer for themselves and families in 1924, it was stated in a return tabled at Ottawa from the department of customs and exâ€" LN VERY POOR CONDET] former provincial treasurer, and â€" __'::i_â€"t:f_;_t::“-f" ~ Aeimilius Jarvis, bond broker, Premâ€" ler Ferguson said: C. N. R. INCREASE IN NET "I was not only surprised, but EARNINGS 18 $§22,150 in ustounded. Jarvis admits that Andâ€" JANUARY AND FEBRUARY rew Pepall was an agent on comâ€" mm mission and Jarvis negotiated the Operating results for the month arrangement | whereby Pepall, his of February, 1925, issued today by own agent, was made a representaâ€" the Canadian National Railways, tive of the provincial treasury. Jarâ€" show that while there was a de. vis failed to go into the witness crease in gross earnings of $1.298,â€" buox; the province was muleted for 476, or 7.3¢,, the operating expenses $600,000. 1 do not think I need to during the same period were reâ€" make any further comment." dused by $2097.241 or 11 Tor â€" with WILL BE 30%, MILLS Bubject to confirmation by Counâ€" «il, Guelply tax rate for 1925 will be 39% mills, 2% mills higher than lust year. This was decided ou after the Finance Committee had wrestled tor four nights with the estimates in an effort to provide for all necâ€" essary obligations and at the same time keep expenditures down to the to the minimum. Totals GUELPM‘S8 TAX RATE Dominion Taxation In Current Year Shows Fifty Million Decrease t ~ WORLD EVENTS $114,000,000 $296,837,682.22 $3,364,224.68 $66,201,908.90 2.400,000 Actual Receipts, 1923â€"24 $121,500,798.49 .. ag 8174733 31, 120,676,375.89 .. 54.204,027.99 . 2 11,916,479.11 28,866,808.41 16.738,764.11 4,752,680.89 )N A descriptive booklet giving deâ€" tails of the trip will be gladly mailâ€" ed upon request to Dean Laird or any Canadian Pacific Agent. As the party is limited to 150 it is advisâ€" able to make reservations early. While â€" appealing _ primarily . to teachers, the tour is open to anyone desiring to go. The train will conâ€" sist of the most modern equipment. The cost is for one person only occupying a lower berth. Proporâ€" tionate fares from all points in Eastern Canada. The charge in cludes rail, steamer and sleeping car fares, hotel and bungalow camp accommodation, meals, sightâ€"seeing tours and all gratuities. _ The return trip will be via the ‘lhe Okanagana _ Valley, _ Nelson, Kootenay LaKe, Windmere Bungaâ€" low Camp, by motor from Windmere to Banff over thr 104mile newly compicted Banyâ€"Windmere Highway with stops at Radium Hot Springs, Vermilion River and Storm Mounâ€" tain Bungalow Camps, with a ful day at Banff, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Devil‘s Gap Bungalow Camp, Kenora. From Fort William to Port McNicoll by the C.P.R. Great Lakesi steamers and by rail to Toronto will complete this interesting and varied' trip. > I Under the personal supervision of Professor Sinclair Laird, Dean of the School for Teachers, MacDonald College, P.O.. Quebec, a special train will leave Toronto Union Station, at 2.15 p.m., Monday, July 20th, 1925, en route to Victoria, via Canadian Pacific through Port Arthur, Fort William, Winnipeg, Regina, Moose Jaw, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise and Vancouver and thence by steamâ€" croacross Puget Sound to Victoria, Operating results for the month of February, 1925, issued today by the â€" Canadian â€" National Railways, show that while there was a deâ€" crease in gross earnings of $1.298,â€" 476, or 7.3¢,. the operating expenses during the same period were reâ€" dused by $2,007,241, or 11.79,, with the result that the net parnings for the month were $611.724 as comâ€" lared with a deflicit of $187.041 in the corresponding month of 1924, an improvement in net earnings | for the month of .$798,765. The figures giving the results of operations for the first two months of 1925 show that although there was a falling off in gross receipts of $2,910,499, or 8.177, operating exâ€" penses were reduced by $3,532,649, or 9.9%, with the result that the net{ earnings for January and Pehruary.f 1925, amounted to $884,525 as comâ€" pared with $262.376 during the cor responding period of last year. The Increase in net eanffgs for the first two months of this year is therefore $622,150 or 237.19, as compared withx the first two months of 1924. A 21â€" Day Â¥our Including All Ex penses. Among the items for "experts‘ fees" is one of $129,000 for Jackson Moreland.. engineering valuator. _ Promminent in these costs ‘are‘ following amounts: Sir Adum-g arbitrator, $45,250; Hume C n arbitrator, $22,6%5; W. N. Tilley counsel, $76,250; A. C. McMaster counsel, $54,125. ARBITRATION OVER STREET RAILWAY CoSTs TORONTO ABOUT $700,000 It sost the Clty of Torouteo $697.â€" 111 to decide beforeâ€"a board of arâ€" bitration and the Privy Councll t it had to pay for the rolling l§ etc., of ‘the ‘Toronto Railway Cof pany, taken over by the cRy the franchise expired ‘in 1921 ACROSS CANADA AND BACK $325.00 2,352.680.89 2,566,479.11 766,808.41 1,538,764.11 Little children quickly get out of I.mrts but by prompt treatment they can just as quickly be set right again. Most of their troubles arise in the first place from the stomach and bowels; that is why a good clearing out is the first thing the idoctor prescribes. Mothers, why not let Baby‘s Own Tablets keep your children _ well. _ Unlike that illâ€" smelling, rank tasting castor oil so dreaded by most children, the Talr} lets are pleasant to take and their action, though thorough, is gentle and causes no discomfort to eilther the baby or the growing child. Baby‘s Own Tablets are a never failâ€" ing remedy for relieving constipaâ€" tion and indigestion; thus they| break up colds and simple fevers,| expel worms and make the teething period painless. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. EXPECTS $400,000 REVENUE FROM EXPORT POWER TAX "We estimate that the export duty on éelectricity will bring in an anâ€" nual _ revenue _ of _ approximately $400,000," said Hon. J. A. Robb. Acting Minister of Finance, when questioned regarding the new exâ€" port duty on power announced in the Budget. ‘"The $400,000 is noi included in the $1,000,000 estimated increase in revenue which will reâ€" sult from the other tariff changes," added Mr. Robb. "The duty on power is for revenue purposesâ€"we need the money," he said. A HAPPY CHILDHOOD Is A MATTER OF HEALTH John Hamm, senior, an employee of the Doon Twines Co. for many years, was found in the woodshed at his home about ten o‘clock Friâ€" day morning suspended from a rope. His wife, who made the discovery, nagified a brother living nearby who removed the body. Dr. Oaks of Presâ€" ton declared an inquest unnecesâ€" sary. Deceased, who worked until three weeks ago, had been in ill health for some time, having underâ€" went an operation a short time ago. He was aged about 66 years. MAN SUICIDES AT DOON At this time farmers are confronted with many which the Bank of Toronto is to help soive. Money will be needed improving the herd, buying cattle, etc. Loans will be required to meet current expenses. And the Bank of Toronto will be ready to advance all this necessary financial aid to farmess of character and reputation. WATERLOO KITCHENER f? KITCHENER _ (North Ward) â€" BURNS ? 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