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+ Waterloo and \ $ * â€"â€" @ the Chronicle Nt S business office Ca //#Z h after 4 p.m. every ts 5 Established s Monday & Thursday. January 9, 18 The British government, following the lead of the United States, has provided the Chinese government with a credit of $25,000,000 in order to help stabilize the Chinese currency and improve Chinese morale. It is also expected to lessen Japan‘s pressure on Chinese forces and safeguard huge investments of America, Britâ€" ain and France in China. Japan, like Germany, is finding the new territory acquired in China and Czechoslovakia and Austria, respectively, more of a liability than an asset. Japanese are trying to supplant Chinese money with their own bank notes and declaring Chinese money contraband and subâ€" ject to confiscation. Thus they hope to gain a trade monopoly. ‘ a family on the verge of starvation. It is disâ€" turbing to think that such a condition is allowed to exist in a country where there is more than plenty for all. i a week, and all because one municipality tries to shift its responsibility on another. Before relief became a fixed duty of municipal counâ€" cilg, no community, however small, would see In an Ontario township is reported that only $3.00 a week was voted for the support of an indigent family, comprising a father, mother and seven children. Contrast this with living expenses (apart from fixed remuneraâ€" tion) of $10 to $35.00 a day allowed members of Royal Commissions. Is it any wonder, comâ€" ments the Globe and Mail, that such news breeds discontent. It is unthinkable that a famâ€" ily of nine should be expected to exist on $3.00 Premier Hepburn must find additional revenue and since the succession duties are not providing as much as in the past, new sources of revenue must be found. Failing to secure ample revenue, the government will have diffiâ€" culty in bringing in a balanced budget for its next fiscal . year. The proposed increase of two cents in the gasoline tax is being opposed by motorists, business men and farmers. It is a tax on the farmer who must truck his produce to market, the retailer who uses trucks for deliveries, and others. A tax increase will mean citizens will either cut down on gas purchases or reduce exâ€" penditures on clothing, or amusements and inâ€" dustry will suffer to this extent. It will mean the diverting of money from the regular chanâ€" nels of business and industry. ‘ PAGE FOUR The new Conservative leader, Colonel George A. Drew, was welcomed by Premier Hepburn. He is determined to contribute much to ensure a businessâ€"like session. His speeches thus far have been constructive and the public will follow Col. Drew‘s work in parliament with interest. Equalization of municipal assessments, a‘ greater uniformity and coâ€"ordination of muniâ€"| cipal police, and a greater share of the revenue | from mines taxation for Northern Ontario municipalities, are other features of pendingl legislation. Other highlights in the sessional program is the proposal to require all officials and elected aldermen to take the oath of allegiance. This is directed at Communists and others who wish to enjoy the freedom and privileges of a demoâ€" cracy and yet refuse to give allegiance to the land of their adoption.: The Speech from the Throne at the recent opening of the provincial parliament indicated the intention of the Hepburn government to pass enabling legislation in anticipation of Dominion unemployment insurance which puts it up to the Federalâ€"provincial governments to help unfortunate people on relief. Waterloo‘s financial position ranks among the leaders of Ontario municipalities. With a promise of debenture debts being further subâ€" stantially reduced in the next few years, the financial setâ€"up will continue to improve. The 19389 council, with a sprinkling of young busiâ€" ness men along with more experienced memâ€" bers, assures Waterloo of continued able municiâ€" pal government and a lightening of the burden on real estate owners and citizens in general. The substantial cut in the tax rate is an indication of what can be done by efficient adâ€" ministration in municipalâ€"affairs. The conncil is to be congratulated on its successful efforts to lighten the burden on the tax payer. By adhering to a payâ€"asâ€"youâ€"go policy and economy in small as well as large matters, real results are being obtained. > Waterloo citizens welcomed the reduction of two mills in the tax rate for 1939. The downward figure of 37 mills reached by the town council is a move in the right direction and indications point to a still lower rate in 1940 and 1941. $2.00 per year in Canads. $2.50, per year in the United States and foreig tries. Single copier, Tuegday edition lm.MJ&:?a-h. SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY TO POOR TnHnc Watercoo Cnronicusr FINANCIAL HELP FOR CHINA OPPOSE GAS TAX INCREASE DAVID BEAN & SONS LIMITED Owners and Publishers SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT TAX REDUCTION PLEASES FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1939 German troops are marching into both Czech and Slovak territory, while Hungary is occupying the eastern tip called Ruthenia. Apparently Hitler is bent on heaping more humiliation on the Czechs and determined to |erush the whole state adn make it a German colony controlled from Berlin. Over 800 tons of sugar are wasted annually in the bottom of tea cups, indicating a little more stirring by the ladies would have a more sweetening effect. Canadian young farmers had a fine repreâ€" sentative in a 17â€"yearâ€"old Middlesex farm lad who was the leading winner at the Middlesex Seed Fair. > "We found that the rats were ge&tin‘ water from the domestic supply at the rectory." Some of the rats are said to be as large as a young cat. "We have fought the plague for iveeks, but withâ€" out success. Now we have appealed for a six months‘ antiâ€"rat campaign. "I dare not leave my wife alone in the house," the rector told the "Sundayâ€"Dispatch". "I have had to move to a place several miles away. The invaders number hundreds of thousnndn.'nnd appear to have no fear. Cottage doors have to be kept shut, or the rats rush into the livingâ€"room. The local council has appealed to the East Suf. folk County Council to aid them in a war of exter mination. s (London Sundayâ€"Dispatch) â€" Rats so big that they are said to scare dogs set to catch them are the scourge of Middleton, an orâ€" dinarily peacefuul village in Suffolk. The rat plague has, up to date: Caused the rector, the Rev. J. W. Garnett, to abandon his rectory; Cancelled a celebration of Holy Communion; ‘ Compelled the villages to keep their radio sets going at all hours, in order to frighten the rats away and drown their ceaseless noise. & ’ (Brockville Recorder and Times) The city solicitor of Ottawa has rejected as illegal a proposal that dogs should be taxed according to their size. Nevertheless, it does seem ridiculous that a lapâ€"dog which scarcely ever leaves its own premises â€"and then usually on a leashâ€"should be subject to the same tax as many of the dogs that roam at will throughout th8 communty. ©19389 would appear to be the year of t.hel This deb Georges," says the Brampton Conservator. "There is °04 Of 1937 s s $158,600,000 King George coming over to see us; George Drew and . additic determined to see that guns are honestly made, and $153,600,000 \George McCullagh who is going to tell the country current yea: how to get out of its troubles in spite of the obstacles 4°bt Will °‘1 |placed in his way." |peak year 1 (New York Sun) \hs ta7 tan nun ’ It is not safe to be a Jew in Germanyâ€"witness “]:“:::w ::: the persecution of the past and present and the threat includes that of worse to come. It is not safe to be a Catholic T.T.C. which in Germanyâ€"witness the demonstrations and insults ~=â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" aimed at Cardinals Innitzer and Faulhaber. It is not o safe to be a Protestant in Germany â€"witness the WIII Sl plight of Pastor Niemoeller. It is not safe to be a Nazi in Germanyâ€"witness the blood purge of 1924. No sane person is safe in Germany. Vn“pl]p In the town of Hespeler, 1070 knights of the road applied for shelter to the police during the past year. This averages slightly better than twenty a week. Wiarton has many things for which to be thankful it rnintt intoe ic rorn in niati. t meto 2 t ic t lt hi ie e 2. 4h c did and not the least is that we are off the beaten pnth' of the Weary Willies who plod from town to town seeking food and shelter, only to continue on to the next and seek the same thing over again. i ! Thus far Japanese armies have occupied parts of China said to be twice the size of the Japanese empire with admitted losses of 50,000 killed and 200,000 wounded. Actual casualties are believed to be half a million as compared to about two million Chinese. Huge war supplies in machine guns, cannon, tanks and motor cars have been lost to the Japanese. ilong with a number of George Mcâ€" d%m-h:p'm followers, Mr. Slaght, M.P., in the House of Commons, deâ€" lfi:ladamtm“e.dnbyliu.lr.flflufi mtumnchuthestfitlgofifrtbocondh.n Iudmhjt:n{mnlemov::nem. * lagh‘s Japanese forces in China are nearing the end of several major offensives and are now preparing for a new offensive of Shensi province beyond the Yellow River. Whether General Chiang Kaiâ€"shek will heed Marshall Wu‘s desire for peace overtures to save the country from a general collapse remains to be seen. Reports at hand this week indicate the Chinese are preparing methodically for a proâ€" tracted war and large quantities of war maâ€" terials are pouring in from Russia and from French Indoâ€"China and Burma. ‘ Bupporters of Hon. W. D. Herridge‘ mmnflbwmm‘ Alberta, former Attorneyâ€"General Arthur Roeâ€" Hon. Mr. Herridge, in a public address, offered "fair play" to Labor. He offered free dom and encouragement to the coâ€"operative ?mwt.hfle fa‘vgnd dgriwinc fotr;ip finance a voice in our affairs, to change the monetary !lymmandtomknthe&nkofcnadanflde the operations of the banking system. He offerâ€" ed government aid for export trade in natural products and minimum price and the minimum If Mr. Herridge gathers under his political wing all discontented people of Canada who beâ€" lieve the present structure has done nothing for them, and convinces them he can better theif lot, he will receive strong support at the coming Federal election. RATS DRIVE OUT AN ENGLISH RECTOR NO SANE PERSON IS SAFE IN GERMANY CHINA MAY SEEK PEACE A YEAR FOR THE GEORGES DOG LICENSES BY WEIGHT EDITORIAL NOTES WIARTON IS THANKFUL (Wiarton Canadian Echo) THB w;;g:gog m gl' \ "Unless we provide the wives and 8S®t families with vouchers instead of orâ€" scrip we are very liable to cause doâ€" mestic trouble," Re told the board. |‘"There are many cases where the women would be forced to hand the to scrip over to hor husband." the unemployed insurance board and member of the labor department, is |asued the order "with the special apâ€" ml of Fleld Marshal Hermann ; ng as chief executive of the {fourâ€"year (economic) plan." ‘‘The state is not interested in letâ€" ting the working capacity of able bodied unemployed Jews lo idie and leave them to be aupported by charâ€" ity," the statement read. "It is thereâ€" fore recommended to give such Jows employment, theroby freeing Gorman citizens ("Aryans") for undertaking ‘urgent work for the state. Jews may be employed in public and private businessos, building . construction, land improvement, ote." BERLIN.â€"A shortage of workers in Germany has brought about a new order which recommends the emâ€" ployment of Jows in public and priâ€" vate businessos and reverses a long line of earlier decrees curtailing the business, professional and public life of Jews. Nazis May Give Jews Positions "I have often been approached by men on the street and charged as "the man who starves the little chilâ€" dren" related the chairman. ‘I‘m too tough for that to bother me now." Commissioner Karries asserted he knew of "certain bars" in Kitchener, which accopted scrip for drinks. On account of this, he suggested that all morchants be advised against giving any change whatevr on scrip, thus forcing them to take out the full order. Will Supplement Vouchers For Scrip In "Abuse" Cases Discussion of the matter resulted when Chairman C. C. Hahn charged "too many reliefees are drunk and being arraigned in police court. He urged that some definite rule be made by the welfare board in such Commissioner C. N. Farries pointâ€" ed out that were the board to issue scrip to wives and families in these cases, the husband might, "by coâ€" ercion and intimidation" secure some of it. of "abuses", vouchers and not the usual scrip, would be issued to moâ€" thers and their families. KITCHENER.â€"Kitchener Family Relief Board Friday ruled that in cases where the husband was guilty !Throne, attention is drawn to the |fact that the gross debt of Ontario ‘municipalities fell from $494,400,000 ‘to $421,700,000 from the end of 1933 §to the end of 1937, a reduction of ! $68,700,000. includes that of the Hydro and the T.T.C. which do not affect taxation, What taxpayers find hard te underâ€" stand is that, despite the great deâ€" crease in debt, the debt charges afâ€" fecting taxation amount in round figurese to $12,300,000 in 1939 comâ€" pared with only $10,000,000 in 1932. There are three points to be considâ€" ered in connection with this increase of $2,300,000 in these debt charges in the face of a gross debt reduction of $41,500,000. Reduction in T years ... $41,500,000 This decrease has been made desâ€" pite the issueâ€"of bonds for a large part of relief costs, and for the comâ€" pletion of the city‘s great duplicate waterworks system. 1938 .....................«..«... $195,100,000 And at and of 1939 ....... 153,600,000 Dr. Friedrich Syrup, president of This debt of $167,400,000 at the end of 1937 was further reduced to $158,600,000 by the end of 1988, and and additional reduction to about $153,600,000 is expected during the current year. By the end of 1939, the debt will compare with that of the peak year 1932 as follows: Toronto debt, end of It is interesting to note that in the same period ‘Toronto‘s gross ‘debt (included in the foregoing totals) fell from $191,500,000 to $167,000,000 a reduction of $24,100,000. MUNICIPAL DEBTS GOING DOWN (Toronto Star) _ I can‘t understand youâ€"other husbands forget birthdays and anniâ€" versaries once in a while, but you have to keep reminding me how the years are In the first place, the civie debt PRESS COMMENT LAFFâ€"Aâ€"DAY CHRONICLE CHEVROLET‘S THE C _ In the third place, the city has of recont times issued shortâ€"term deâ€" bentures, repayable in five, four and now three years, for most of its diâ€" rect relief. Owing to the shortness of the term, the annual repayments of principal are large, and this inâ€" creases the annual debt charges. It will be noted that the increases are in debt repayment, which means lower interest bills. In 1939 Toronto collects in taxes nearly $1,000,000 less in dobt interest than in 1932, but pays back $3,300,000 more dobt. In the second place, the city‘s inâ€" stalment debenture debt is reduced annually by payment of principal, but on any set of debentures the anâ€" nual instalments remain as large as ever until the debt they represent is entirely paid off. Thus there is a period in which a decreasing debt is not marked by decreasing debt charges. and also th debt for local improve | ments levied on a frontage basis and not affecting the mill rate. Part of the debt reduction is accounted for by these services, and the general taxes are no lower by reason of it. A. LOCKHART & CO. Ltd. _ Touching briefly upon the export situation as it affects Canada reguâ€" lated more closely agricultural proâ€" duction and the quality of farm proâ€" ducts shipped overseas a loss of trade on the world market would reâ€" sult. "Qur problem is centred upon the goods we must sell to the world marâ€" ket, notâ€" interâ€"provincially," he deâ€" clared. At the same time Mr. Milâ€" burn advised that a strong federal marketing pact rather than provinâ€" cial legislation was the key to the agricultural marketing problem. _ "At present several provinceâ€"wide 1¢fer them to the relief officials. organizations are pressing the Domâ€" "Do you think I have no judgment duion Government to enact federal whatever?" demanded the chief maâ€" marketing. legislation which would gistrate. "If it‘s the opinion of this permit farmers to adequately market board that I have no judgment, then their farm surpluses and to permit I‘ll pay the bill myself. You don‘t the completion of the work already need to worry about it anymore." done under provincial marketing 10 | "«@ou‘re taking the wrong anology gislation. ‘Through organized Canâ€" ._» began Commissioner Farries. adian Chambers of Agriculture we "Many times I‘m here alone in the can express, in a unit, our desire for City Hall, and then what would I do," such legislation and other muchâ€" < ve broke in Mayor Gordon, pointing out needed government aid. "that "literally scores" of individuals i wait on him, asking for emergency Regulation _ Adviged orders of coal and other necessities. Touching briefly upon the export "What does this department do when situation as it affects Canada reguâ€" they give out orders for coal and the lated more closely agricultural proâ€" like go by the calendar or the weaâ€" duction and the quality of farm proâ€" ther?" he demanded. The urgent need for coâ€"operation and "foolâ€"proof" organization among Ontario farmers was streased by V. S. Milburn, viceâ€"president of the Onâ€" tario Chamber of Agriculture and secretary of the Canadian Dairy Farâ€" mers‘ Federation, the principal speaker of the evening. Outlining the aims of the Ontario and Dominion Chambers of Agriculâ€" tur, Mr. Milburn urged the formaâ€" tion of nonâ€"political ‘county chamâ€" bers of agriculture to strengthen and unite the voice of the farmer. He lauded the recent formation of Chamâ€" bers of Agriculture in Middlesex, Peâ€" terboro and Essex counties as a highâ€" ly progressive step toward agricul tural unit. the Middlesex County branch of the Ontario Field Crop and Seed Growâ€" ers‘ Association. Following a arlmzuh judging program, during w a battery of judges inspected and awarded prizes in all divisions of. the competion, prominent figures in all branches of the agricultural industry of Ontario addressed the evening crowds. ivut ioi ot ie d isnnd Achs Sctio in Anticis astced "I am a farmer myself," Mr. Milâ€" tation of emergency relief account burn declared, "and 1 understand by the mayor for three months, and only too well the perplexing probâ€" totalling only $62. Mr. Farries held lems the farmer has had to contend the mayor should not be able to adâ€" with during the past 15 years." minister the emergencies, but should "At present several provinceâ€"wide 1efer them to the relief officials. dations were made when lastâ€"minute entries in the various grain classes swelled the total to 3756 competitors. ‘The exhibition, held in the London armories, is under the auspices of LONDON.â€"Surpassing by far the expectations of officials, more than 5,000 people attended the opening of the twoday Middlesex County Seed 5,000 Attend First Seed Fair o Progressive Step KITCHENER ‘Commissioner Farries pointed out, however, that the welfare department has all records and were better fitted to look after the work. Chairman C. C. Hahn when asked by Mayor Gordon what he would do "if he mere mayor," replied: ‘"Why, I would most certainly give them emergencies." "You dâ€"â€" right you would", shot back the mayor. "So would I!" KITCHENER.â€"Mayor George W. Gordon and Commissioner A. N. Farâ€" ries clashed at Friday‘s session of Kitchener Family Relief Board, when Mr. Farries questioned the mayor‘s authority to make expenditures from the special account maintained for reliof emergencies. "Do you think I have no judgment whatever?" demanded the chief maâ€" _(iltrgtp_. "If it‘s the opinion of this Farries Questions Mayor‘s Risht The debate was sequel to presenâ€" tation of emergency relief account Robert Niven, assistant district passenger agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Toronto, since 1926, whoe has been appointed general agent, passenger department, for the Onâ€" tario district of the Company, with headquarters at Toroni Friday, March 17, 1989 [( 1 Câ€"49B