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- _ ncnuciuo TAXATION

Occasionally we hear from Ot- tawa the dread boast that the King government is reducing taxation. The Liberal press echoes the boast and tells us they have reduced the Sales Tax. A financial Statement issued last week announces that the Customs and Excise revenue has fallen off during the first eight months of the present year by 41 millions of dollars and this Ls point- ed to as another reduction of taxa- lion!

What are the facts? ltis quite true that the King government re- duced the Sales Tax—it reduced it by a little less than it had added to it the previous year! What about the 41 million shortage in Customs and Excise revenueFThis amount must be made up somehow and there is no other way than by taxation or by reducing govern- ment expendirure. and certainly there is no reduction there.

Mr. Mackenzie King and his gov- ernment received such a shock by their defeat iu Halifax and Kent that they at once set to work to their house‘ in order. The Premier announced with a great

flourish of trumpets, and the Lib- eral press promptly trumpeted it, that a system of rigid economy would be put. in operation at once.

The Civil Service was to be carved

to the bone and an official carver [was going to be placed at the head

of that department. This official was appointed at a salary of $15,000

a year to do the carving. llis first

public act, was to go off on a three HIJORUJS’ holiday to Europe at the

country's expense and he has not yotdlcgun his carving operations.

The Civil Service Ls the same sink-hole of expenditure that it has

been since the King. government came into power; the spending goes on in every department with the same recklessness as before the llalifax and Kent scare; a two million dollar elevator for Halifax ls already under contract in the hope of buying Halifax back into the Liberal fold; millions are being spent on bridges. viaducts and other public works the only urgent need for which is to buy up con- stituencies.

‘Where is all this going to end‘! The King government increased the public debt of Canada by $31,- 000,000 during its first year in of- fice; it increased it by 842,000,000 during the second year and it is conservatively estimated. from the falling off in revenue and the in- creased expenditure, that they will add another $30,000,000 this year.

The yearly interest on our public debt now is about. $50,000,000. This is a fixedmnavoidable charge which must be paid out of revenue before o dollar ls_ spent on public works or for administration. It is a ser- ious burden upon nine millions of people and it is increasing at the rote shove mentioned, yet the gav- 91111118111 011d its spokesmen and organs throughout the country tell us quite cooly that they are lower. ins taxation and that, under "the benisn rule of the uucrowned King ‘"1 "9 Betting better and better every day in every way!"

Canada ls a great country. its na- tural resources are practically nu- 1111111180. its agricultural possibili- ties are second to none in the world. but there are limits of mis- flllllllemellt and recklem exon- vsgonco beyond which it cannot safely 80 and these

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1924

EDITORIAL NOTES Have you scen Old Scrooge any- WllPTi‘ album?

lt is business more than usual nuw with both political parties.

ll. R. ii. E. P. is now enrolled as a “Sunshine Kid" in the Prcssmetfs Christmas Fund.

Where will Santa Clause he now? nskcti a five year-old yesterday. Warming bis way out of ice-hound lave-land. A liitle shivery, but be- ginning to glow with the exertion.

imperial cooperation is the key- note of the Kitig‘s spePCh at the op- ening of imperial Parliament. The Naval base at Singapore is to be- come an accomplished fact. its ab- solute necessity will bs apparent from Mr. Gardiners article's ap- pearing daily on this page.

In Britain they do not give much heed to mob law. A mob experi- ences temporary sensntions but not think of consequences The administrators of the law, in Britain, at all events, ever keep before tbein the consequences of their actions and suppress their temporary feelings or inclinations. Hence the execution of a young murderer notwithstanding appeals. threats‘ of riot and outbursts of pop- ulnr indignation. The law, temper-

does

lo the evidence, must be fulfilled.

it is a hopeful sign to find the tiltraConscrvative -Brit.ish weekly, “The Saturday Review" expressing opinions like these on U. S. prohib- ition: "in spite of all the ridicule t‘hat has been poured out upon Am- erica's prohibition law, Congress has voicd more money to be spout to enable the coast-guard service to stamp out this illicit trade car rled on not only outside New York and San Francisco, but from most of the adjacent islands anl Gulf of Mexico. This ‘Rum Row’ on tho high sons justoutsldc the twenty fivc mile limit is now regarded as n ‘national disgrace.’ and it must be naturally irritating for any na- tion to know that it has a horde of smugglers riding at anchor as near as they can to its shores to enable some bootlcggcrs to help a certain portion of the population to violate its laws."

We have been bearing little about the in China re- cently, and the fact is the war is over. temporarily at all events. Last week, Tuau Chi-Jul, the leader of the Aufu Party, who was former- ly Prime Minister made an unex- pected appearance in Peking. With the consent of Foug- the "Chris- tian General" he declared himself to be “Chief Executlve"—in other words, Dictator. Feng announced his intention of retiring not only from war but from politics and of travelling abroad. According to "The Spectatorf’. Tuau is gener- ally trusted,for, though he is known to be lazy. he is admittedly honest, Shortly after the proclamation of the Dictatorship. Chang, the "Mau- churian War Lord" arrived and ex- pressed his sympathy with Tuau.

Will‘

in the next two or three decades. The telephone is but half a century old. Electric lighting, wireless tele- graphy, the transmission of vocal speech and picturw to distant paints over land and sea. and the flying machine have followed in the wake of the telephone.

Yet Thomas A- Edison. one o1 11w greatest inventors of all the‘ ll"- anticipatus that the helicopter, when presently perfected. will be the m-xt greatest coming marvel. The principle has been known for some years and is therefore not new. The helicopter is a flying machine with revolving planes, or wings. it will enable men to rise straight upward from the earth to nuy height, rcmain stationary there, movt- with the greatest siwflll in any direction and descend to earth again perpendicularly, alight- lng softly without shock. After we get this helicopter he says, flight will revolutionise our civilization.

Our Liberal friends prof"! i0 b0 optimistic over their victory in “K51, Hastings. Their exuberant ivy over that cvcnt shows the 11119111 0f ticspoxidency iurto which they hull before fallen and into which they must speedily relapse. To have gulllt-tl but a single scat wlllllll 1118 past three yuars and within the sumo brief space of time-to have lost control oi the 50110101119015 i“ Prince Edward island, Manitoba and Alberta and to be only holding British Columbia by the skin of their teeth is harly a situation over which any purty could go wild with delight. And with only fourtevfl members in the Olllflfifl B01156 01 ill members. is something without .1 parailed in the past fifty years.

The boast of a “balanced hudlfl" at Ottawa which was loud awhile ago, is not mentioned by our ex- cellent Liberal contemporaries in these days! lt has been killed and buried, killed by 1111 9111101111112 0f the transparent fraud which gave it birth and buried by the operation

In the Far East

BY WILLIAM HOWARD GARDINER

180112 of , yours |

B; 1.1‘ _ BOIII. M-Do

(Vice-President, Navy Looguo of tboUnltsd States)

(in tho Fortnightly Rev-low.) In .. . ..

THE PHILIPPINES AND THE

THE TONSILS AS FILTERS AMEmcAN Fun-

In the face of such a prospect. arguments to show that the mllor interests hof AIIIBEuC: and of tuin in -t e Far t are D81‘! 9 water (apg, ‘would seam to ba super-flours. Both

When these were removed from buvc hoped for the develpPmam 41" time to time to be cleaned. theilllom stahile and equllitslblfithgflgtl; M ---‘= ‘wave 'i:..s.'.:*:::::.':..::.. .. tonlshl-Ilg. I _" t ,_

Now as a mutter of fact the ton- uavaggsafaedrgfiisge‘ ago as?" “"8 i“ 70'" body are supposed tmlhcir present extensive interests mu" m" ‘"5"’ “'“““"°l "m" tlwlthcrc. Aud in the latter connection blood in your earlier years, andi

it may be well to recall that. in 1119p 11s y011 get toward the adult 1023, the external trade of the Bri- age they usually disappear.

tish isles-upon which most Bri-

Their work being taken over by tlsh labour there lives, directly or

the other glands in ‘the neighbor- muu-cdtlyflmounted w nearly

homL The fact that they pefglgl jg £2,00U,0U0,00U. Of which Bbflllt half

perhaps a m“. argument ma, they was curried by the Pacific and ln- should not be retrieved, and where

dian Oceans, while in the same year the external trade of the Un- allow them to remain.

creasing most rapidly in the

U i- t. -bo t fo -fii'lhs u

Nmv Wm“ 57mm‘! be done when’ thighs Thltft 2f lllllé Brillllsh isles. a the tonsils do not look any I00 ltealtity, and there is an inflamma-

With such ideals and interests at stnkc, it would seem patent that the tion, and material puslike in char- actor?

practical and peaceful way for America and Britain to maintain Should they beuemoved? them would be for each to hold its ln former days they were remov- 111N119] 9011111011 811d dependent D08- ed because although no tmuhlg sessions in the Far East with such could be actually traced to them, it 1115118111 111111119115 115 1-0 11111116 011111" was felt that it wus better to re- ‘"1313’ 1111118 any attempt on the move them, than to wait ior some- pa“ of the Japanese m carry m" thing ‘to happen. What is the proceedure now?

their southward trending Mari- time Plan. Let us examine Amer- They are treated something like a filter.

iczrs ability to maintain its posi-

tion and the step seemingly essen-

tial if the British element of their lf they are unhealthy. but caus- ing no general symptoms, the throat specialist attempts to clcur

joint front is to be made as secure as possible. them up by tremoving any pus, and aliaying the inflammation as far as

it should not require even a sleeve at the map to appreciate possible, -without actually remov- ing the tonal-la themselves.

thut, as Koren was the outstanding obstacle ‘to thg old Terrltorialists e tHo suggests that attention be paid to the dict. and to the intes-

Plan, and con queutly, first was

detached from the suzerainty of tine, and a cleansing liquid be used two or three times daily as a gur-

Chiua, and then was absorbed into gle. However, if the tonsil-s are iin

the Japanese Empire. so the Philip- pines now are the outstanding ob- stacle to the comparatively new Maritime Plan that the Japanese very bad shape, and there are gen- have taken tip-which should eral symptoms, such as inflamed joints or “rheumatic pains." he ad- vlses complete removal of the ton- sils. ‘

His idea is that when these iii- tens or tonsils. get into such bad shape that they are no longer able to act as filters, then instead of being of service to the body as a filter, they are actually so full of waste or poisonous material, that

Years ago before our medlcali health oflloers knew as much as they do now. it was n0! unusual for householders to put filters on their

quite a while, have been doing so much to help free the Philippines from the United States. And it should make equally clear that the guard the United States now mounts at Manila Bay, as things arc. is an essential frontal element in the defence of adjacent British regions, of the Netherlands East indies and of Australasia-especi-

,of tho Robb tariff. No wonder the

ed by justice and mercy accordingVflfl-lllg Finance Minister has 3°“!

South to take a rest! Word comesl from Ottawa thflt the first B1511!‘ months of the fiscal year show a falling off in the revenue from Customs and Excise oi $441,000,000. as compared wlththe like period oi last ycar- To this must be added other millions of decrease in thel receipts from laconic Tax and dim-

inishcd National Railway rcceiptsl

it is now given out that the King Government w|i~l not decide 1111f“ Parliament meets’ whether dissolu- tion nnd a general election will be brought on in 1925 or 1926. If it is then decidt-d to hold on t0 the last minute of the legal term the elec- tion would come cariy in January. i020. But such last-minute holding on hats itsually’ provvd tiisastrotis. as happened to the T110091‘ Govern‘ nieut in the spring of 1896. But if the decision ls lcft to the majority of their Liberal Progressive supp- orters. so many-of whom have no hope of being re-elected, we can all guess what will happen.

There are threats of a strike among the 12,000 coal miners in Nova Scotla agminst a roposed cut in their wages. But fow of the collicrs are now working more than two days in llle week. The British Empire Steel Corporation

‘treatment, others‘ have ‘treatment,

uily if the British do not develop their base at Singapore -so that

they are positively harmful to the " their navy can express some mat-

bo y. . This explains then why some ton- sils are allowed to remain without ..__.____. and still others are tirely. '

remaved en‘ When I go home 1 shall be very

tired I th ll h i’ - m2. J5. .5...‘ §Z§§§3§..'{Z.°“ °' ‘slrgggflgg t" “=- M“ ""1 I But l shall be con-tent to end my quest ‘ '

Gaining -the best things, peace and love and Ireet.

Daily Selections

FOR Guardian Readers

wo1 DECEMBER 11, 1924

TRUST AND WAVER N(lT:-

'I‘-rusi. Luthe- Lord with all thine

heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5.

PRAYER:——The fear of the Lord is beginning of wisdom; therefore

é when l go home how sorry l shall be

g Not to have brought more treasures ‘ back with me

Yet, though I be- a failure, worn and poor

They will not turn me l'rom Fathers door.

Ill)’

When l go home l shall be travel- stained

For winds ‘have boa-ten me and

storms iuive rained,

And earth has clung to me ~by vale

we would seek Thee, '0 Lord, with “d m“ our whole- heart, lcnowing that then m" they Wm “k9 m“ I“ m“! “we we shall find Thee. ‘m’ “im-

WHEN l Go HOME Whenvl go home-oh, will it not be When I go home it -will be evening To be was; new ted Q d f0 And I shall bear my d-ear people gwen ' p ’ ova ' r‘

sing - so And see the lighted rooms and mvzvhaggofighlng are for mo”

take my place, l sh n ,

As one of them, in the sweet time a ggéggnfgund my bu“ when I

of grace.

(Besco) has been hard hit fallvlng markets and keen competi- tion from the American bituminous fields, and has notified the United Mine Workers that a cut will be made in wa-ges on January 15. The miners wunt an increase instead and threaten "a hundred per cent strike" on that date which will close cvcry coal mine in Nova Scotlu. The situation looks very serious at this distance in view of the cold season now at hand and our dependence upon coal from Nova Scotia.

Every healthy minded Canadian is an optimist in regard to the future of Canada. Thu Dominion has varied anti splendid resources, our people are vigorous, enter- prising and thrifty and prosperity should be expected to attend their

with U

limits have it is hoped, will not resist the new been reached. Another year or movement. The young Manchu Em- two of the King government would peror has had restored to him the

efforts. But no sane man can have faith in a weak, vacillating, sbiliy- shaily government, that gained

Chang has the real power as Tuau has no troops directly under him. But if these leaders who have so unexpectedly come to-gethor do not fall out there will be a fair chance of bringing back order to China alter all. Even Wu and the Military Governors of the Yaugtsse,

mises and holds it by sufferauce. Such a government always blocks the wheels of progress blights effort and enterprise and is an in- cubus upon the country‘s industry. it must be removed before Canada can again take her place in the march of progress. All true optimism. the first and best hope

land us on the wrong side of the liberty of which Feng bad deprived

line.

of our imelligent citizenship, are

IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS? - |

THE Qussnou Drnr Mr, Edil0r,—- '

‘Us Ihrre n Shula Clans or i: it only

I I. y Daddy and Mum: tnakirtg If‘ IFTJI‘.

I want to know ’rau.rc my brothers my the fellows ‘in thcir gradvs It'll 11mm Ihrrv is no Santa, and that Fathers and Illolhrr: and friends fill our flocking: when we go lo sleep. Please, Mr. Editor dujcll ma if Santa Claus is real or only make believe. Your Little Friend, VIRGINIA.

Tm: ANSWER

“Yes, Virginia, there is 1 Santa Claus. He exists as certainly

as love and generosity and devotion exist. And you know that. they abound and give to dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childish faith then, no poetry, no roma-nce to make tolerable this existence. Nobody secs Santa Claus. Burt that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real filings in the world arc power by false pretencm and pm those that neither children nor men see.

your iifc its highest beauty and joy, Alas! How

“You may tear apart ihc baby's rattle and see what makes the

noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest men that cvcr lived could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside the curtain and view glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

"No Santa Claus? Thank God, he lives and lives forever. A

thousand years from now, Virginia-nay, ten times ten thousand

_ based upon the early removal of

him. the King Government.

years from now—hc will continue to make glad the heart of child- hood."

—THE EDITOR.

. so

make clear why the Japanese. for '

"at s“... of autumn-um . in the Pool-fie. , When we realise

being manifestly obe to defend sud hold tho ffhi ‘of. ft’ would be natural for Britons afwell no Americans to call to mind with re- gret statements from high sources totha effect that the Plril pines are‘ virtually ‘defehcelbssl I! t any- one with a comprehensive know- ledse otthe‘ situation knows that such is not the) ease. The island of Corregidor and adjacent "positions at the entrance to Manila Bay have been so strongly fortfied under the administrations of Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, that they would be virtually impregnable against land and sea, or air attack for quitc some time, lf-lheynwere adequately manned, muuitioned and supplied. it ls. in the words o! an unquestion- able authority to the writer. "the Gibraltar of the Far East-Incom- parabiy stronger than Gallipoli." Corrcxldor can hold out and can deny Manila Bnyfor a while, thus assuring the American fleet of a safe haven or refuge for rcfit. And once the American fleet were in Manila Bayytheu the fleet could not only defend the Philippines, but would make it emiuenilyunsnfe for the Japanese to allow their capital fleet to adventure far from