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Aullio-lieu an Second um. ME Mu om.-o

Deva. , -'.It.uwL the Inland Gunrdlnn rubllnhlug U0. UIIIUULATION loll! City Zone ...... 3.765 llelnll trading Zone 8.151

All Other: . 315 Total Net Paid . .. I3.0-ll ldlllor nnll Mnnnging Dlruclnr. J. I durnelt Auoclata Ilillllor, Frnnli Wnllusr.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than ' the Weakest Ink"

CHARLOTTETOWN sArUltn.u'.'Al-Ell. lilcsi Let's Have some Action!

Fllc Royal Commission on Transporta- tion cost the taxpayers of Canada hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it was hoped and expected tllat the rcsulti of the inquiry would be well worth the money. But what do we find? Olle of the most important rc- comnlclldations of tile Commission so far as this Province is concerned, dealt with thc dual zoning system under our freight rate setup. The Commission reported as follows on this matter:

”Prince 1-Edward Island is generally divid- ed into two zones for rate-making pur- poses: all inner zone extending from Bor- den to Sunlmerside and Charlottetown, and an outer zone comprising stations on the lines on both sides of the inner zone. The Provincial Government asked that one zone be established for the whole Province. It would be most desirable to have this re- quest colnplie(l with."

Ilcrc was a specific 1'ecolllmerldatioll, lnade after full and complete inquiry. One would expect it to be implemented without further waste of time. But we learn from all Ottawa rlcspatcll of yesterday that the Board of Transport Commissioners are to open sittings in Charlottetown on June 5, "to hear all application on behalf of the P. E. 1. Potato Shippers' Advisory Assoc- iation for the establishment of a. single- rate zone on the Islam.” The growers, it is announced, have been joined in their appli- cation by the Transportation Commission of the Maritime Board of Trade. Witnesses will have to he called. briefs prepared and lawyers engaged. and the whole question argued over again, as if the Royal Com- mission and its" recommendations never ex- isted. '

The question arises. of what value are any of the findings in the 300-page report of the Royal Commission if the Board of Transport Commissioners are to carry on as before, threshing old straw and penaliz- ing the people by further repetitious inquir- ies involving delay and expenditure for no good reason whatever?

British cheese Ration

'l'he British Government. suffered a defeat ill the vl-louse of Commons on its proposal to reduce the cheese ration fl'om three to two ounces a week. The cllallgc will be pill throtlgll under a new order and Food Minister Webb has stl'essed that if the ration were put at three ounces this month it would have to be reduced to one ounce per v. cek next nlontll.

Naturally enough the United Kingdom is anxious to secure additional supplies and would take any cheese it. could get from this country. l'lll'ortLlllatcly Canada is not now in a llI')Sill()ll to supply and, ill fact. turned down all ol'fer of 25 cellis a pountl for 7T,I.)0t).()0t) Ills. of cheddar cheese last year.

Part of the trouble. if not all, was that the offer was llladc much too late last. year for any hope of fulfillment alld the same is true ll(t't'.. although nlore time is avail- able thnn for the. earlier offer. Tllc fact is that such hulk purcllasings by Governments are nluch too easily switcllcd from ollc source of supply to another and, unless tlley are for a long ternl. the farmel' who can- not rapidly :lri,itlst to cllanging demand will decline to risk preparing for an nl-(Ir-1-tlmt may never come.

Private illdivitllzal imports are ilot very certaill either but. a switch from one source of supply to another is certainly much less complete when trallsacliolls are in the hands of a large nllmber of relatively small operators.

iold Age Penslonsd

Old age pensions at 70 will cost Sas- katchcwan 33,100,000 more annually than the present 65 age scheme. Saskatchewan Legislature unanimously passed a resolu- tion approving the amendment to the Brit- ish North America Act which would allow the Federal Government to make laws in relation to old age pensions in Canada. The resolution, moved by Premier '1'. C. Doug- las, expressed approval of allowing the Federal Government to operate in contri-r butory pension plan giving old age pensions of 540 a month to every Canadian over 70. "By paying a 340 monthly pension without

”fmeono test ,at the agcof 70 the Federal Govemmerlt would not be taking over com- plete responsibility for this group,” Mr. Douglu observed. "Even if the poavlnce hrnllevedofpoylngzspercentofthe man on the 70 and war group it will

to continue to pay the supplementary"

bonus and to provide health services. It is apparent from estimates that even if the province is relieved of paying 25 per cent for people over 70, but continues the bonus and health services, and 50 per cent for those between 65 and 70, it will cost ap- proximately one to three million dollars more."

EEIURIAL NU I ES

No one comes out of the hockey episode with nlucll credit but probably least of all goes to the officials of the M. A. H. A.

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Evidently the popular song for Sydney these days is:

"Will ye no come back again?

Better lo'ed ye callna be:

Will ye no come back agaill?"

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The ”Red Dean" of Canterbury who has been awarded by the Kremlin the Stalin Peace Prize, 325,000, says it will form a fund to be devoted ill various ways

for the cause of peace.

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A minor revelation ill the MacA1'tllur illcidcnt was that the General, one of whose four jobs was to command the former empire of Japan, receives a salary of 3318,- 7631 yearly or about what he could get per week ill llollywood 101' playing at being

a general.

Two outstanding veleralls are Mr. R0- bcrt Furness of Vernon (100) alld Dr. R. J. Macdonald (94), St. Peter's, both of whom are today active in mind and body attending their daily duties. It indicates that this Island could well be develop- cd iilto a llcaltll resort for jaded residents in other parts of Canada alld the U. S. A.

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Grass fires are fortunately less com- mongtoday than in the past. It is shock- ing to think of the loss of valuable organic matter and the damage to soil that has been caused by this custom. The danger of such fires getting out of control is an additional reason for their dcclille ill popularity.

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No thinking citizen will cavil at Finance Minister Abbott's insistence on the fact that readiness to sacrifice ilnnlcdiate inter- ests for future security is essential. In the months that lie ahead, this should be the determining factor in all Federal Govern-

ment policies.

A well-kllowil drug traveller, Mr. Lan- der, who has just completed a cross-Can- ada tour, told a Saint John reporter he had found business conditions in the drug industry to he very good. Tllcre had been a favorable purchasing trend since last. No- vember and sales volume now was higher than during a similar period in 1950.

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llats are distracting to wolllcll ill the opinion of the American Association of University Women which asked delegates to attend sessions without. headgear. On the other hand women with heads uncover- ed seem to have proved distracting to St. Paul and many after him or perhaps it is

simply that wonlcll are distracting. I

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i Tllolllas Otway, liilglisll dramatist. (lied very miserably this date 1685. Ill London he wrote tragedies and comedies which were protluccri by Bctterton and Mrs. Barry at Dorset Garden. Otway found patrons in the Duke of York and Lord Rochester but all unrequited passion for Mrs. Barry resulted in his downfall. His plays in- cludcd ”Alcibiades," "Carlos," ”V'enice Pre- served" (a really fine tragedy), and ”The Atheist."

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Six years ago on April 15, 1945, the First Canadian Arnly reached the Dutch coast near Leeuwardcn alld took Zwolle. The next day they occupied Leeuwardcn and Groningcn and the lst Division pushed on through Appledoorll close on the heels of the retreating Germans. Expected re- sistance at Appledoorn failed to material- ize and Canadian infantrymell clambered aboard tanks to speed up the chase. The end was now near, agglpn the 18th, in the face of terrific Allied pressure, all German resistance in the Ruhr ended.

Would that it. were so here. Wool in- comes in Australia are huge because the price for wool today is about 20 times what it was in 1938, and 10 times what it was as recently as 1946. Before the Second World War a man who ran 1,500 sheep was in the wool business in a small way. He just struggled along, probably also had to grow some crops to make ends meet. His 1,500 sheep gave him about 40 bales (300 pounds weight each), of wool which sold for 13 pounds (339) a bale-say 500 pounds for his clip. He probably owed money to the bank. Today, his 1,500 sheep still give about 40 bales of wool. But the wool bring: 250 pounds a bale. and that puts him in the 10,000-pmmdl-a-year class. Pew city executives-make that sort of

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money in Australia.

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

PUBI lL' FORUM

Thin column to open In tho tllacusllgn by ...... oponlienu of quest on: of Internal. Tho Guardian doe: not necessar- ily ennorsu the opinion of wt respondents.

T00 SEVERE

own opinions. when we think the thousands of people

quoillted with.

cel in sometllln-: good.

We see and rcn at play szround was scmcvxllcrc knew the kids warmer

lac. If v.c woud have

brother and sister to take book from me and place it on t

to come in contact. with you

Chi. once heard a man describe t. inhabit our globe. After nested exterminating the Chine should all be "shot. off”. But. a

years, said -. "I would be proud

as we learn more of the reaso

otry out of our eyes. As for the sects, moment. with the Witnesses.

we'll have

pnnlplllets. we conclude that are not that we look them may be

ill

to be. Th resentful on account

horizontal or manwarcl. Maybe th can teach us something there.

to talk on the question of hnnes

ning and crafty than I am."

I am, Sir. elc.. , J.A. MacKENZl Kellsillctoll. P.E.l.

V OTES FOR SALE ."

lips. We gather that heaven w

also makes its promises, but i

us from the'evils that

the consequent. turning Communism. Sabbath blasphemy, gambling, drunke ncss and tllcse trends in 0 country's life are far nlorc portant than any

tion-destroyinrz evils. But the

election the old line parties we challenged to nail Ill the

her.

tics fails to lnllke Ille has notllllllz In fear. The courage and hand him out. The C.C.F. party funds from dues and plate collections. The matter of

disnstrously and it can infect. n

bill they had never seen. The condition here ill Cdlllldn is serious, here in this Province. It men thnt quite fl number of can he bought and sold

This purchasnhle vote often hot the balance of power to elect

discussion. lie is often witty, may have a great gift

tlclnn. which to contemplate: we some in the highest position:

ceptible to big bribery. Heaven I-louse: men who cannot

bought. They are the "llalt" Canadian political life.

I have been told of involving buslnen men. elders

later: of the thoro are

gospel. We

because. to 'me. it funny. I had been accustomed janitor the hall by the

n polltlcol meeting was AI usual. I put on the fire. Alo come one of the

TT

sir, A We are very set in our

.In our own Province that we are not ac- wc little realize how many choice spirits there are among them, whom to know would be to have our own lives enriched. And even the most uncultured ex-

say fifty child- wish the play-

feeling for them. I went to the street corner at school hour and asked B boy and girl A likely

principals desk. I got quite a thrill,

people of such charm and court-

various races and nationalities that putting them ill different classes. he sug-

In his own words, he said they other who had lived with them for

have Chinese blood in my vein" And a medical doctor. a Mnritimer in Africa said the best Christian that he ever met was a black man. Then for religious denominations.-

for observing or practicing in this v. ay or that. we get the fog of big-

poor Jehovah By the time we give them a "lift" on the road, give them a good dinner, look over their

the disloyal Canadians

prosecution. I imagine their religion is of the Godward type -- vertic- ulnr or perpendicular, rather than

Finally, our political opponents and their misdemeanors, I would say this, that if we believe that the political game is a corrupt one, al- ways was and always will be. then I say that it. is a waste of breath

and purity. But if you suffer de- feat, say - ”m,v rival is more cun-

bc just around the corner if the Party is elected. The C.C.F. Party

know that this Party cannot save threaten the very foundations of Canadillll lifc--the warship of Mumnlon and away front Gorl. a greater danger thun desecration,

im- economic prob- lems of rich or poor. No political party will save us from thesc-nn-

C. I". party has one good plank in their platform. "Not one cent.

581116 plank. They didn't. have the lum-

if any camiirlllle of file old par- grllde he party will put. him on the hack for his 5200. come

ribery, in all its

of our politics 5'05.

people like cattle. and usually much cheaper.

member and we can easily know the kind of man thus elected. and hill vote in the House when mor- ally doubiflll legislation is up for keen.

the gab and may be able to swing the majority. It amounts to this that our country is more or less ruled by this low type of poll- la a startling fact know that

our government: have been lus-

praiocd that we have also in our

I could write A book of starter from experience and from those corrupiion.,

the church. and wire-pulling min- hope not many of these types. I will tell you of just one. wu I bit

mouse when meeting: were held there: coming.

PIN-V. I very respected old gentleman, high up In thrchurcll. (by the way, I had a vote). wanted to pay me for

ilot That We Have Allyglllllg Against Birds-

"FRIENDSOFYHE BlRDS' WRITE URGING A CAT H4565 .

of

FOP. THE BE NEFIT OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRD LIFE.

me alum IS PUT I AT Wllllf.-' IN we usll. fAIIlllDlAll- BIRDSARE

ENTITLED TO PROTICIION AS APE

IMWBF THE BIRDS oueottr ro edssc rue AMBASSADOR.

A car ELIMINATION

we 3

a he

"I! MIGHT RESULT IN MORE BlRD5"'

I907 SOMETHING ELSE TZJRINSIDER

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' WOULD BE THE ABUNDANTINCREASE

or OTHER unit: CREATURES;-i

he

SP.

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ta "Evil commu ' lion C0l'l'ill”5

t” good manners." This would ap- pear to apply to ships as well as persons. Such have been the epi- sodes connected wlth the Polish liner ”Batory" that she has been

"5 refused berthage space in New

Ycrk. For a ship flying a national flag, this and perhaps however, either showing leniency ill the matter of the ”Batory's” misbehavicur. or exer- cising a different code from that of the American port which scrutin- izes the moral record of persons seeking admission - and whatever may be said of her virtues, "the liner she's a lady" - extends to the Polish ship harbor facilities and services. It is not. suggest-Id. of course, that. Halifax looks up- on the matter entirely from S pec- uniary point. of view. - St. John's Telegram.

Halifax, greater

is u l ue. g 1 no

ey

ey of

937

when we were on a holiday re- cently in Mississippi we were wait- ing one e eniltg fir seats til it ros- taurant n far from our hotel. Despite the fact that, Mississippi is officially dry and gambling is against the law there was a bar which was crowded and people were almost fighting to play the slot machines. We noticed waiting for a sent. an elderly gentleman from our hotel who came from Maine or New Hampshire. He was viewing the proceedings with some

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I Sir.-Election promises IIFC disgust. We casually remarked to among the most. hope-giving st.lte- him. ..you are nu playing the slot ments ever heard from human

machines tonight?" "No," he snapped. "And when I see all these morons I under-stand how Roose- velt. and Truman were elected. A. R. F. in London Free Press.

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Every time we go to I church supper we see people enjoy them- selves and hear them express the wish that there were more church suppers. There used to be a lot more of them, but. they met; their dimlnishment. during the late war, due to various restrictions. Once the war was over the sup- pers came back - but only in it small way. They are ll. sad omis- sion in the life of the church. The women who prepare the food. serve the meal, and wash the dishes say

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not dr I ll f l -- tion milcurpo:Ie)s.'? I qllvifils ortllrillodtl they are H” much work They when I h,,m.d mat. In the lust find there are other easier ways of

making money for their particular church grcup than by getting in- volved in the serving of large sup- pers. Wc hope the dhurch supper is not. gradually slipping away from our mode of living. They are a great. way of getting: people to- gether in large .umbcrs and af-

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different forms is perhaps the g?1v most rlnngcrous moral problem

flint Canadian people have to

face. It can infect life so in- 9

sidiously and destroy faith in ow -

God and cofldence ill man so

o t.

only the riff-rnff, but men lll

higllcst office. It can go far In FROM THE Flown”. do irrcp:lrnhlc damage before ' much notice is taken of it. Tile

Kcfauvcr Commission's invcstig:l- guybmydEng”sh posies

tions in the U. s. have startled Vi”; Lmt f,l:'"'y g”,y1T.

the nation. T. V. set sales went. wgleuilgl ChcanLt,:g1e;;raf;”

up 110 per cent ill three days. , V They had lleard rumors before Ccwsnps from 5 Damn ”t"'hc"

Midland furze nitro- Buy my Enzltsl postes And I'll sell yo r heart's desire!

Buy my English posiest

You that scorn the May.

Won't. you greet a friend from home

Half the world away?

Green ngllinal the draggled drift, Flint. and frail and first- Buy my Northern blood-root And I'll know where you nursed!

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ds R

were

of - Robin down the logging-fold whistler, "Come to me!" Spring has found the maple-grove, the up is running free. All the windv of Canada cull l.h ploughing-ruin. ' Take the flower and turn the hour. Ind kin your love ngninl

-Rudyard Kipling.

in be

be of

my "trouble". A wink would have slipped me 35.00 at icon, for my friend had quite ll wad for dis- tribution among friends. Bribery lp ihrntenin of the United States. olltlcnl life there in dangerously corrupt. Sport. upeclnlly hone-racing. box- ing and hockey are nlnlolt ruined. They have so much money that the American chip ll heading to- ward the rocks. If Canadian peo- ple had on much money would our ship be heading in the name direction? It to oolnetlilng to think about.

I am. Sir etc.

of the ruin

to

Stanley Bridge. P.E.'l.

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Notes By The Way 1

treatment is exceptional

'..'.a'd'u'a'.

ford the upportunity for both phy- sical and social better-mellt. some of these days I smart. group of ladies is going to find that they can raise large sums of money with ease by charging an ade- quate price and serving a. crack- ing-good supper. Few mind pay- lng the price if the value is on the table before them. - st. Mary's Journal-Argus.

It is in the news that. Al. Balti- more, a Great Lakes ore carrier, the Cliffs Victory, formerly known as one of the victory ships, had been cut. in two at. the big ship- yards, :1 section inserted and Join- ed to add length and carrying capacity. The ship will return to the Great Lakes via the Mississip- pi-Chlcago route. with her new capacity she will carry 12,000 lens but the point of interest at. the mo- ment: is that she will be the fast- est cre carrier on the lakes and have ucccmmodntlon for 1 limited number of passengers. It would ap- pear that. in tilts combination of hull-carrying capacity and accom- modation for passengers there may be ii. hint of what. is to be seen generally on the Great: Lakes in the future, -Prof. Arthur Newa- Chronicle.

"u'u'-"n'-'Ja'n'h'l-HJ'lJ'ln'lHu'ln'n'ln'u'a'a'-'r'-

Tile Ago-old Story

f.'.'l.'-'-'-'-'u'hF-'u'n'-'u'u'-'ln'-'o'u'n'-Hf

Thc hearing ear. and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

&(-2G)s;G0&60m00mO0T ; Old Charlottetown (And 1-. E. 1.)

"Tile Board of Works, we under- stand, ls to have control of the highways throughout the Colony. and the expenditure, this you, of some 535000. one of the most. ex- tensive and, we may add, moat. im- portant roads leading through the Island is the Clreat Western Road. It: is the main artery of that part. of the Island lying west of Summel-side. This areal. road has ever been sadly neglected, and it. is now all but impassable. A large extent. of the ground over which it. passes is either cedar swamps or barrcns, and the re- mainder in of heavy clay soil.

"From the entrance of the road at Miscouche to MacNaulzhl'S. 'I distance of upward: of twenty-81! miles. the road is so level that. were a railway constructed over it. little if any grading would be re- quired, and beypnd that, to the West. Point share, or even to the North Cape. the country is Very level.

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THE WESTERN ROAD

thrown up from two side dltchu. the roadway than marked out, covered with brush and poles- fcirnlng what is generally called 'corcIuroy.' and upon' the brush and poles clay was Clflodd. This gave 3 good summer road. but the increased traffic of modern times has worn through the corduroy in many places, and in wet weather -especially in spring and autumn -the poles thus formed are crou- od with difficulty. horses and car- riages sinking deep into the soft soil. which. in inlny cues. in post. or decaying vegetable mutter. At the present. time, the corduroy cov- ering. for many milea, llu ex- posed on the surface, having been lifted and thrown out by the frost.

"Those who are ignorant of the effect upon the frontier who drive: over this corduroy. may be enlightened by driving in a wagon over I auccesslon of wood plies, such on no cccuionnlly IQOII in front. of farmers house: in the better wooded peril of the Island. A trot. over this port: of the loud in out of the question. A: to the road over-the wet. clay londl. it in so soft. that horse: nnd,cnrrtuu link deep into the well-worked brick- clny upon its surface . . .

"What. I glorious field for tho Hon. Robert Hoythorno and hi: crulher. There he may experiment upon road-making to nine pur- pose. If he will but construct u soon highway from Mucouolu to Tlgnlall, ho will have. ocoornplillu ed the grand obicot with which bl entered politics. and his

The application of this concept to

security programmes eems to

province, but it seems unlikely to

would rest on their profits. There are many technical points regard-

cllases? Under the existing sales tax legislation small sales are ex- empt. Presumably there would he no such exemption under a turn- over tax, and the retailer would bear the tax he paid in respect of such add more than the aclulll tax to sales made in higher This appears unlikely. even UNI" existing market conditions.

peelally in view of the strong sel- lers' market of today, that a very

um mnstmcung the "ma over considerable part of a turnover --a,, v;;m- gm :::..:”..?:.'l".l.”..5::”:S..2"..'.2.ll3 mould appears ave een ' '

probably be billed separately, as in many States. The extent to which tax could be recovered would dc-

handled. and the competitive condition of

make it very difficult to allow it

APRIL 14. 1951

The Sales

The argument. that a levied on the retailer rather than on the consumer would. be easier and less costly to administer is not convincing. The Provincial Government would not be reliev- cd of any of the burden of audit- ing returns. the principal cost. of administration. The only real sav- ing that could be effected would be the carfcellation of the com- pensation now paid to retailers for collecting the tax. This allow- ance range: from 2 per cent in Quebec to 4 per cent in Sask- atchewan. and it. could, of course, be discontinued under the exist- ing legislation.

A: far as the feasibility of ad- ministering I tax on the con- sumer is concerned, five Provin- ces are now using it effectively. and it is perhaps significant that several of the American states ure using this type of tax in pre- ference to a tax on the retailer. even though they are not com- pelled to do so by constitutional limitation.

The argument that a hidllclv tax is less unattractive than a direct one may appear advantageous from a political Vi0WP?iM- WM" it really is hidden, as in the C1150 of the manufacturers sales tax. It is forgotten by many tax Byers: But; it is doubtful if a su es tax levied on the retailer would be hidden. In the United States rc- tailcrs almost universally QHOU" the tax separately. CVO" if llK'.V are not required to do so. gTl1C direct tax. Separately lnV0W'd- has the virtue of reminding WC consumer that he is a tnxPl')f"T- and that there is no such 1113"! 33 "free" government sDlW'Il'(V According to St. Paul. "the. thinfzs which are seen at. temllomii bl”! the things which are not S0”)- ure eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18).

taxation deserves considcrntimh O I O U

The suggestion that It constitu- tlonnl amendment of the provin- cial taxing power is a nccessarv adjunct to the proposed old age

)8 unrelated to the facts. Under the Government's DFOPOSM "W Pml" inces would be responsible onlyg for one-half of the cost. ofr pell- alonl for persons between 6.: and 70 who qualify by fl Ill('1ll'bS test. The provincial share is estlmllteri at 332 million. slif!h".V Icss the" me (-051, that they now hear un- der the Joint prosrammf "f 55' slstnnce at the age of it). There may, of course. be 8" l"C”3”"3d cost. in the case of a particular

case In

be great. enough iii any the

require an amendment of constitutional taxlnl! POW"- The implication of the amend- ment points to a turnover taxton retail net sales. Tile only limita- lions on such a tax in the (lrlllll amendment are (1) tllc'rate of .1 per cent; (2) good! sluplml 011'-' side the province; and Ill) UV: non-discrimination clause in re- spect of goods produced within and outside the province. Thus a Province would be enabled 10 levy the tax on all retail sales. including foodstuffs. Such ll tax is in effect ll gross income tux. similar to the tax used in Ind- lunn. and its imposition would. in principle at least. seem a violin- tion of the agreements by ellzht of the Province: to refrain from the taxation of income. . - o .

Retailers are onlwslnl: such 'I tux because of the likelihood that they will be unable to recover all the tax through increased prices to the consumer. Conscqucnll.V some part of the turnover tnx

mg the incidence of a turnover tax that require careful study- For example. what is likely to happen in the case of small pur-

sales. unless he could

brackets.

In seems certain, however, es-

United the

parts of the

the -type of goods conventional mer- practice

pend upon the handtnlng and mark-up

the market. The existence of par- illll shifting of the tax would

no a deductible cost of doing busi- ness for federal income tax pur-

poses. an suggested by some oh- servers.

Ofllallx CIIAILOTTITOWN

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Tax" Issue '

Canadian Tax Foundnllnn, issued by the s Canadian Retail Federation

(Concluded from yesterday's issue) sales tax

There is little doubt of Jthe need of many Provinces and mu. nicipnlitles for increased revenue. But opening the door to indirect taxation by the Provinces via . constitutional amendment at Ihlg tilts time is no answer to my problem. Indeed, it represents g retreat. from it, and should 1;. rewnsidcred for the following

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First, it will be remembered that ii similar proposal was dc. bated fully in the Commons ana Senate in 15136. It was rejected because of tile fear of discrimin- ntirln agliinstlnterprovincial trade, Tile draft amendment prepared by the Department of Justice last December attempts .t safeguard against such dlscrimi ution. But: the implications involved in open. in: the direct tax field to the Prnvinces are far-reaching and should be given very careful eon- sideratlon before such a radical

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change ill made in the constitu- lion. Second, the nature, incidence

anti economic effects of a tum. over tax on retail sales are mat. ters which have been given little study in this country. Answers to such questions as the effects of a turnover tax on retullers' profits, on merchandising methods, on the final price of 1. nsumc. goods. as well as the relative cost. of ad- ministering a sales tax compared with n;urnover tax, all should be

prepared impartially. Fact finding of this nature requires careful analysis, and ennnol: be done quickly.

Tllird, the likelihood of increas- ed cnnsllmer taxes by tile Federal Government.for financing the de- fence programme polnts to the urgent need of integrating the sales tax structure at the Fvderl, Provincial and municipal levels. All llncnnrdillated programme of additional consumption taxes to meet. the revenue needs of the various governments may well result in it serious rise in the cost. of living for many Canadian families. The 8 per cent Federal tax (which has now been increas- ed to 10 per cent under the Bud- get of last. Tuesday) is already pyramided through the mark-up on inx-paid invoice price by dis- tributors. Increased Federal exer- cises seem inevitable. Tile imposi- tintl of-Provincial and mtlllicinz-f salcs taxes on top of Federal sales taxes is especially undesir- able when we are faced with what promises to be a erulhin: tax burden for defensive pur-

poses.

('onsi:ierahle progress has born made in the integration of per- sonal and corporation income. taxes to the net advantage of the nation. Tile present tax structure is much better than it was be- fore World War II, because much of the pre-war labyrinth of DVIl- lapping Federal, Provincial and municipal taxation has been swept away by the Federal-Prov inelal tax agreements. The time has collie to extend this process of tax integration to sales taxes which are now levied at all levels of government. rather than take the hnekward step of n constitu- tional amendment which woul: intensify the overlapping of suc taxes.

What is called for now is a set- imls amt searehlngstudy of ”I'-' entire sales lnx problem. prelwr-5' tnry in its inclusion as it topl; of discussion when the Fcderlll- ro- vincinl tax ngreoments como Ill: for negotiation. Only in this um Cm, may; be any rational NV proach to a basic solution 0! till

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