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Because Inequitable PETERBORO. â€"Feeling that the tax was inequitable, in that certain wlasses were exempt, the township auncil of North Monaghan cancelled its annnal poll tax. The township is partly urban and the council believed ‘ae tax unevenly distributed. as farâ€" mers‘ sons are exempt, along with the female workers and members of the militia. Conservative Meet to be Held at London in July LONDON. The annuai meeting of the Western Ontario| Conservative Assoviation which is ordinarily held im May, has been postponed until the fall, it was _ announced _ today. This decision was made at a meetâ€" ing of the executive. in London, when members felt it woald be nnwise to meet before the selection of a new leader. which wiil he made at the federal _ Conservative convention. some time in July. Township Cancels Poll Tax vinee to mert on0.n00 on the eral Governm« of the week!y of Canada, Co: Rennett char: Commons. _ Although / the orizinal legislation ealled for theis division. My. Rennett claimed that under the present form of the statement. it was impossible <o tell how many provineial and how manx fedceral Nills were held. He saiid the chanze was made hy orderâ€" reeouncil Although the ozigin ealled for theis division claimed that under the of the statement. it w o tell how many nrovin Mrs. Donat Fournel. grandmother e> the mythical quartet, today laid down the knittinz needles which she had begun plyine with the report that quadruplets had been born in her son‘s family. Bank Statement Changed OTTAW A.â€"â€"Failure of one proâ€" vihee to meet a Ireasury bill for $3. on0 n0t on the due date led the Fedâ€" eral Government to change the form of the weekly stuement of the Bank of Canada, Couservative Leader R. B. Rennett charz«l in the House "of QUBBEC.â€"Dr. Joseph Emile Rioux denied by telephone, today, that auadruplets had been born to Mrs. Laureat Fournel, wife of a 37â€"yearâ€" old Quebec settler. "Quads* No, there‘s been some mistake somewhere." exclaimed the doctor, from his hospital post at Ste. Anne des Monts, far down the St. Lawrence. "I was there and I‘m cerâ€" tain there weren‘t more than two," he said Just Twins, Not Quads Mr. McGibbon stated the property owners had been promised last October that no permits for a junk yard would be given for the area pending decision of the planning and building committee. In spite of that promise, a permit was given, be said, adding that serious injury was inâ€" fiicted upon the property owners in the entire area. In view of the fact that the dis trict in question was a heavy indusâ€" trial zone, P. J. McGarry, building inspector, said a permit could not be refused. The investigation came as the reâ€" sult of representations placed before finance committee by Waiter J. Mcâ€" Gibbon, solicitor for the interested property owners. KITCHENER Believed to be one of the worst situations from a property â€" value standpoint, that council has had to meet in many years, a close study is being made of the junk yard problem in the south ward east of Albert street and north of Mill street. s i ‘ity â€" Better Health Will Result Jlllll\ \ dl'lls lll' ‘(‘“2 From Milk Pasteurization Ma_\' Ha\'t’ lo (10 NITCHENBEK 4t the â€" proposed countries. Single copies, Tuesday edition 2 cents, Friday DAVID BEAN & SONS LIMITED, ROY S. BEAN, Editor, WILLIAM M. B The Waterico Chronicle, Waterico County‘s only semiâ€"week}y newspaper, deroied te the interests of the Town of Waterico and Waterioe County. is published at 7 Outario Street, Waterioo, every Tuesday and Friday. The Chronicle is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, and the Ontarioâ€"Quebec Newspaper The Chronicie is on sale at all newsâ€"stands in Kitchâ€" a# ener and Waterloo < and the Chronicle % business office after 4 p.m. Moadays and Thursdays. PAGE TWO Editor WILLIAM M. BEAN, Associate Editor SUMI.IP‘I'IONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE in Canada. $2.50 per yeur in the United States and foreign Wateruoo Cnron:cLsr TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1938 _ "Six months in jail. suspended for four years." remarked the judge when ‘he wanderer appeared. So Schmidt is ardently trying to swat that eluâ€" sive "travel bug." KITCHENER Henry â€" Schnidt. Too Low Earnings Foichene:‘s incurable hitchâ€"hiker is Weli Mr. Speaker. 1 wonder what hevk at his 81. Leger street home, ; you are going to do for an industry Copintg uutinst hope that a new. unâ€"; which has sunk so low that the total ; Uscovered â€" and _ nnisolated _ virus earnings. per farmer, are $360 a year. (lnown as the "travel bug" will leave|That is less than the pay which this him wlone for at least four years. government gives an office boy startâ€" . \Hlonry is frankly and confessedly afâ€",irg to work in the governmen! serâ€" Mieted with a chronfe case of wanderâ€"{vice. Is there courage enough in parâ€"‘ Iust which has put him in jail twice liament to say and to do something [ x hile he was attempting to fulfll his about this? Do you not think we‘ yen" to &ee Raltimote. On the first fhuvo a problem there. a tremendous . occasion Mr. Schmidt discovered to problem. as it exists at the present mis horvor that it was almost an imâ€" time? I wonder what we are going to I ossibility to enter the United States ‘do about it in the reav end of a freight train and ; Let me put it another way. Let us on aevay with it rike it upon an index basis. It is â€" "When L came to my senses I \difficult to compare farm earnings found myxself seecnrely locked up. he ; > ith industrial wages. and in this | clated. "But T wasn‘t alone, for it case remember that | go only so far seems ihat the national order of bedâ€" is an index will go. You mast conâ€" 4 lurca havemade Erie County Jail jsider it as an index and nothing eise. | beiv hoadquariers." Six weeks later |but yet it is an indication of real r(m-’ ho was deported to Canada,. but his ‘dtions 1 ’\'t-sw‘iflll with the bedbugs and deporâ€"} ‘Paking industrial wages at 100, . foetion had not cured him of the "traâ€" ard farm carnings at 100. in 1926, . vel bug" and last month he was again i“v can come to a fair approximation .« al nnis with a U. S. immigration jof farm earnines in the {following | officer this ftime at the end of the years by comparing | the relative : Detroit tunnel. Inrtrne mith The Enesnine aas e en Start "Travel Bug" Sticks To Kitchener Man The men earned the awards by rescuing two imen from a pitâ€"below a salphide dleaching tank in the reâ€" fiuery, into which hydrogen sulphide bud leaked. Those honored were Harold Beck, Joseph Franko. Lance Vartin, Donald Randell, Edward Roâ€" gers. _ Walter Salach and Charles Rewarded for Bravery With "Victorious Cross" TORONTO.â€"Seven employees of cie International Nickel Company‘s Fort Colborne refinery have received the "Victoria Cross" of mining, the sravery award of the Canadian Instiâ€" tite of Mining and Metallurgy. Each was presented with a medal and a wtation by E. A. Collins, presidentâ€" clect of the institute. At Belleville, II1., at least seven perâ€" sons were reported killed. None of the dead were identified. ‘They inâ€" cluded two girls, each about 16 and a threemonthsâ€"old child,. One twister dipped into Demopolis, Ala., killed a Negro woman. damaged 100 Negro homes and splintered 20 more Tornado Kills and Injures Many People; Damage Heavy ATLANTA, Gaâ€"Sixteen persons weore killed and considerable damage resulted in preâ€"spring tornadoes that siruck in seven different states, Tuesâ€" day. ‘The twisters hit Alabama, Arâ€" kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and fowa. «t will be afforded a greater degrec of safety in regard to health without lie loss ot any vital element This statement was made by Proâ€" vssor W. H. Sproule, head of the Cairy department of the O.A.C., in adâ€" dressing the Kâ€"W. Rotary Club at the Walper House this week. Re cords prove that epidemics of tubel culosts, septic sore throat and unduâ€" ut fever had been traced to poor milk. he said iusteurization of milk becomes law |iroughout Ontario, cities in particuâ€" edition 3 cents. Established January 9, 1856 Au Independent Newspaper THE WA TERLOO (Ontario) «cith industrial wages. and in this case remember that 1 zo only so far as an index will go. You mast conâ€" [sider it as an index and nothing eise. |but yet it is an indication of real conâ€" "Utions +\ Taking industrial wages at 100, and farm carnings at 100. in 1926, iun can come to a fair approximation |of farm earnings in the following [years by comparing the relative {pricoc which the farmer received for his prodncts with the wages which ‘the industrial worker received. There li« no substantial variation in the volume of farm production during those years and the reward of the ~ problem is too big to make it a partiâ€" san issue, and I am not charging the former government with the entire respousibility for the decline in the . value of farm products which took _ place during these two years 3 Production Values | in 1936 the value of farm producâ€" . tion had risen to $1,335, still a de _ cline from 1930, but a substantial inâ€" crease of $371 over the low level of | 1932. I am going to be fair in this _ also, and say that the government _ cannot take the full credit for that increase, because part of it was the cause of natural causes, and agriculâ€" ture is still left in a depressed conâ€" dition. which is something still to be faced. , _ Average Annual Net Income $362 I As I have pointed out, that was the gross return. Then the farmer had to ‘pay taxes on his farm, averaging £100. He had to buy feed, costing $80; fertilizer, $15; spraying materâ€" ials. $3; seed. $24; power and light, $6; fabor, including board for labor, $155. Then there should be an alâ€" lowance for mainteance and operatâ€" ing expenses of implements, includâ€" ing gas, oil. twine, repairs, and so forth, which would amount to at least :$100 Threshing < would | average $25, and the depreciation on his buildings _ and â€" equipment â€" wauld amout to at least $165. With an inâ€" vestment in his farm of $7,200, he vught to be entitled to five per cent interest. and if you add all these items of expense together, you have $972 of expenses on that farm. If the irmer was not getting interest on tre money invested, he was paying interest on a mortgage. and if all these items are deducted from his income of 1936 the average farmer‘s net income in the province of Ontario was $362. o less than one doliar per day. ‘ Too Low Earnings Weli. Mr. Speaker. 1 wonder what yoit are going to do for an industry which has sunk so low that the total of that situation today. The average farmer in the province of Oplarioâ€" 1 am dealing now with the Ontaric firmer because 1 happen t0 represent an Outario constituency, but what 1 am going to urge in regard to the Ontario farmer ought to ‘be applicâ€" able to the other provinces. although in the present circumstances Onâ€" tario is the pick of the bunch. Conâ€" ditions here are better than in the other provinces, partly because of natural advantages, climatic condiâ€" tions and so forth. Farmers‘ Investment $7,283 The average farmer in the province oi Ontario, according to the census uf 1931, had an investment of $7.273 He had 119 acres of land The value of his production per farm was $1,586 in 1930; that is gross production and takes ne account of the cost of pro duection or of the cost of living. t ‘epresents the value of the products produced un the farm, available for sale or for consumption on the farm. l1 1832 the value of production had sunk to $9Â¥64: that is. it declined by $621 in two years Permit me to say this for the beneâ€" ft of my Conservative friends: This For sixty years we have budgeted foirly steadily for depressed agriculâ€" taral conditions. We have the fruils From an Address in the House of Commons, by P. J. Deachman M The Position of The Farmer CHRONICLE istry Womanâ€" Life of Farm total What is the resull of the changes year. i have pointed out? Let me mention this one fact which I regard as of great tartâ€" importance so far as farm life in serâ€" Ontaric is eancerned. In 1931 acâ€" parâ€" ‘cording to the census. there were in hing [raral Ontario, in the use zroup from â€" we‘twenly to twentyâ€"nine. 115.909 males dous and $7,000 females. According to norâ€" ‘ sent mal expectancy. taking the age group g to from twenty io twen‘vâ€"nineâ€"that is. the group in which most marriages t us dake placeâ€"â€"we should have had 124.â€" t is 700 males and 1822 females in ings 1931. That was the normal expectâ€" this ancy. Actuaily there was a decrease ) far of 9.000 maies. The decrease in the conâ€" riumber of females was 24.000,. The , else. |vounsg â€" women had deserted the conâ€" ’ farms. ; What is the reason tor this? The 100, reason is that the young woman was | 926, no longer a valuable economic unit | tion or the farms of Ontario. The cost . ving oi living was high and she had to tive make a living. The female populaâ€" forition moved away from the country | hich t« the city. Those of my hon. friends here who are bachelors know, as perhaps | lhe"hp married men, too, know, thalt ring ‘when the young woman leaves the the country there inevitably follows a deâ€" In view of all these facts we canâ€" not expect that the price of farm proâ€" dnee will decline, as will the price ol manufactured commodities: and for that reason the situation should be changing steadily in the direction ol the farmer and nor in the direc tion of the manufacturer. Why does Imis not happen? J am not going to be positive in that regard, bevause P iwant the House to explore and find out why. but 1 thing there are some reasons which are quite obvious and the house ougzht to he able to disâ€" eaver them. to stand at a higher level than the ‘There are certain basic reasons for tnis: First, mass production lowers the most of manufacturing. Mass proâ€" duction is always possible in agriâ€" culture. Second. the mechanization of industry goes forward more raâ€" pidly than the mechanization of agriâ€" culture. Greater resources in capital and greater capacity for employment of technical experts in the developâ€" ment of research assist progress in manufacturing. Third, fluctuations in volume of production and price are, to a large extent. under control in manufacturing. This gives greater stability and permits lower costs. Fourth, production, per unit of caâ€" pital invested, is greater in manuâ€" facturing than in farming Fifth. inâ€" terest rates are lower for the indusâ€" trial borrower than for the agricu} tural produceér. That ought to aid the manufacturer still further in producâ€" ing at a low cost. while the farmer is naturally faced with a higher cost uf production. It_ siands this . way Industrial vages, 100 in 19%6. 1443 in 193%; 1098 in 1930 Farm earuings. 100 in 1926, 83 in 1930‘ 3% ) in 1932 in other words. the earniugs of the average farmer in Ontario in 1932 re presented a decrease of 40 5 per cent from the level of 1926. while the earnings of labor went up during the same period by fourper cent Please wote that I am not finding fault with the wages of labor 1 am uot s«ying that the earnings of labor are too high. 1 realize that while this was koing on, while the farmer was paraâ€" lyzed, while his earnings had de creased over 40 per cent. labor was largely unemployed. Buit I raise this question â€"how far can labor go in increasing its wages while the farâ€" mor stands as he does The» is the difficulty which labor must face. You cannot have the rate of wazes of laâ€" bor steadily increasing over the years when you have at the same time the income of the farmer alâ€" most cut in two These ave conditions that call for the attention of the House of Comâ€" mons, not of one political party only, but of all. 1 have given the prices of farm produce, and 1 want to point out that in the normal operation of the law of supply and demand the price of farm produce ought always price â€" of _ manufactured _ products If we take again the cost of Lving and the value of farm produce at 140 in 1926, the cosi of living in 1932 stood at 814 and the price of farm produce at 48.4 former is dependent largely upon prices At the pr éhiivtiirl;;.};‘l%;;;'tion voting privfleges are confined to money byâ€")aws. NEW LEGISLATION TO GIVE CORPORATIONS VOTE If an amendment to the Municipal Act now before the Ontario Legisâ€" lature goes thgough, corporations will be given thie right to nominate one of their mgimbers to cast a vote for the corporktion for Mayor and Alderm_en in municipal elections. KITCHENER. â€" Part of â€" the scheme developed some years ago for supplying â€" water, Kitchener Water Commission are obtaining prices on construction of a new 5,000,000 gallon reservoir on the corner of Lancaster and Guelph streets. The reservoir may be started this year, it was decided at a meeting of the commission recently. _ Superâ€" intendent Marcel Pequegnat was instructed to obtain prices on the cost of building a section of the reservoir, which will be added to as the need arises, eventually having a capacity of 5,000,000 gallons. by the government of Ontario at that time because the story they told was to tragic. ‘They did not want the facts to be known. The same thingz has occurred in the Unitâ€" ed States; when they start to invesâ€" tieate the iiving standards of the farâ€" mer the investigation collapses beâ€" fore it zets very far. But I contend that we ought to have these reanlte HUGE 5.000,000 GALLON RESERYVOIR PLANNED It is exceedingly difficult to obtain the facts. The story I have given toâ€" day is not very clear, it is not very definite. because the facts are not available upon which to base a conâ€" clusion. Do hon. members realize that the latest available record of earnings of farmers goes back to 1920 when the index of prices was 160 as azainst 80 today? There were some reports prepared in 1931â€"32 by the Ontario Agricultural College. I endeavored to get these reports but have not yet been able to obtain them as their circulation was banned 1 come to the question of remedies I shall not discuss this question, beâ€" cause all 1 want the house to do is to realize the problem. I should like hon. members to appreciate the probâ€" lem from the economic siandpoint and to give full consideration to this fact, that if the entire rural populaâ€" tion of Canada, or of the province of Ontario, must expect a low level of recompense for its work, then it follows inevitably that the burden will be felt by industries which will lack purchasing power; it will be felt by the railways; it will be felt in every phase of our life in Canada. cult it is 10 provide the same high standards â€" of â€" education in . such schools. which have the advantage of better equipmentt | Inevitably where there is a decline in ruraf wages. the earnings of the farmers. the standard of education will deâ€" cline, not necause the people want it to decline but because there is not the economic capacity to pay teachâ€" wline in the social activities of the peopie for the young women are the 6 Tuesday, March have these results