pf- _ i I ,THE CARLQl[El0}II_ L_ Y ARIII Weekly, (Now Evening Dolly) 1337 Morning Da-ily Founded 1lI1 WJ r W - - _ _ ' ._`-”*"` '-.__.__,_;“‘;'T"Tf"_":“T_’"::“':"_;,:. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1918 I- BUDIIET PRESENTED BY Hoa. II. II. MCLEAN *iii . Growing Financial Obligations Necessitate ln- creases in Taxation. Several- New Taxation Proposals Submitted. Much Interest Mani- _ fested In Budget.- .\ . ‘ (sp°°'a' N The G“a"dI“") _ ITh" VI¢fI~0l`.)’ Loan rI-,alizr-Il $1l8il,00Ii- OTTAWA. May 1.-To lion. A, ]{_ upon net profits over 10 pt-r ct-ni, MacLean, acting Minister of lflnancc, INCQME TAXAC1- AMENDEU this afternoon fell the task of pro- seniing to Parliament one of thc Inost important Budgets since Con- federation. The steadily growing financial olI- ligstions of the Dominion due to the war made necessary the unnounce- ment of a number of increases in ox- isting taxation as well as II number of' new taxation proposals. Mr. Mac- l.ean’s statement which was made to n crowded house and in the presence of full galleries excited Inore than or- dinary interest at the Capital. The total revenue for the last fiscal year was $258,000,000, of which $140,- 000,000 came from customs duties, $27,000,000 from excise ami $21,000,- 000 from the war tax on business pro- fits. The balance of trade for last fiscal year in our favor was $600,000,- 000; favorable balance oi' trade with Great Britain $790,000,000; adverse balance with United States; exports to U. S. $440,000,000; imports i`rom United States to Canada, $790,000,000. 000 in cash at a cost of about $5,000,- 000; anot-her Ioan will be issued in the fall. and from year to year during the continuance of the war. The Nation- al Debt is in the neighborhood or $1,200,000,000. ` War tax on business profits act of 1017 renewed will also apply to part- nerships and corporations having :I capital of more than $25,000 and less than $50,000. but will be limited as to those concerns to a tax of 25 per cent. Exemption-.I in favor ol' unmurriIIIi persons arc 1‘ctluI:eIl from $150() III $000 and $1300: of married persons irom $3000 t.o $2000, but an additional 0X0l'll|)II0ll Of $1500 il-I til]()‘nLtv-,(1 |'()|~W(_gi;vii(i-v|!> child under I6 _vt-urs of ng(-_ ` ' A war surtux running t`rom `J to :I5 _por ct-nl. upon income will he paid. and it gent-ral ilicrr-.use is made in IIII- UIX "D011 lflrgc incomes. lu- cotne tax on corpo|'ations is-I in- creased from tour to six per cent.; ten cents a pound tax on tca is lt-,vit-da; additional taxes are imposed on cor- fee- 1'-0000. chlcory and non~Illcohulic beverages; a stamp Iluty of one ccnt per hundred on matches imported or manufacturcd, and eight cents on Dlllyihg cards. A war excise tax of ten per cent. on all automobiles man- ufactured or importcIl into (‘.anuIlII. illls not to include motor trucks. IlI-- livery wagons ami tractors. The same excisc tax is levied upon jewelry, rr-,al or imitation, and upon gramo- : phones, phonographs, talking machin- I-s_ cylinders and records, mcclitinical piano and organ players and records, whether manufactured in or importI-,Il into Canada. These excise taxes will not he levied upon goods manufactur- ed for export. Heavy additional tax cs are levied on tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, and an excise tax of flvf-, cents per pound upon leaf tobacco. _-\ ten per cent tax on sleeping car tick- ets, and It tax on pnllnian cor seats is raised from five to ten cents. NEW SUGAR AND FLOUR REGULATIONS IN BRIEF Anil-Hoardlng Rules lust Prom-ulgaied by Canada Food Board Set Forth In Concise Form FLOUR N0 person living within two miles of a licensed' dcalei'-excepting flour, Inillers. bakers. confectioners and licensed wholesale or retail dealers -may have more than an ordinary supply' of fifteen days. Persons _living from two to five miles rromsupply centres, from five to ten miles, and from ten Inilcs up- ward are limited, as in the case of sugar. to 30, 60 and 120 days’ stocks respectively". From and after May 1, it wil-l be illegal to feed. or permit to be fed, milling wheat or any product thereof, excepting bran or shorts to livestock or -poultry, or knowingly to sell the same for such prohibited use, No person shall grind any milling wheat or mixture ot' milling wheat with other grain t‘or such stock-teeth ing purposes. ‘ No licensed wholesale or retail dealer may hold flour made wholly or in part from wheat for u period in ex- cess of 80 days' trade requirements. Where wheat has been grown with other grains and cannot be separated from it for milling without undue cost, it may be milled for feeding lf containing no more than 25 per cent. wheat content. ‘ All supplies stocks oi’ flour. wherever held, must be returned to dealers lIy whom it will bc purchased either :It lOO'l'§OC°-0-1-4--I-410-4-4'-I-10-4-2 IIIINIIENSEII SPEIIIIISI. ¥O'\'\\'OO1--0-'I-§§§O'§O-OOO; “'WANTEO.-A LIST BOY. APPLV Guardian Office. 47316 _..____..,_i._______--- *WANTED--SMALL 1'/3 H. P. STA~ tionary engine-Box 232. 4729-4-30M2i. *WANTED - BY 1’HE.i'-'IRST OF May. a girl for general housework. Apply at‘GuaI-diau Ofiice. ' 4707-4-24tf * BANG SLAG FOUR CARLOADS to arrive for sale about May 10th at New Annan and Albany Stat- -ions. Prices right. David I-i. Auld. Albany, R. R. 4797-4-29M3ipd. *WHEAT-WE HAVE ONE_THOU8- and bushels Marquis Wheat at the I-Owesi. price. THE ASSOCIATED FAR'M`llRS' COOPERATIVE C0-I I I 'thc price paid or tho market ite IIII , . pr - .\prl| iS. which r-vcr III- rho lower. Each dealer of wheat flour must :It once report to the millt-rs' tIoIn|nittI»I- at Ottawa the quantities of flour ht-III in excess of requirements I'or 60, da_\'s. giving the name of the miller anti' :Ill particulars of purchase anti price, also stating rer|uiI'eIueuts i`or May, Jum- and July. ` Such excess stocks will he rcportI-Il to millers, who must similarly rI»~ purchuse at the price paid or Iha- market prices ot' April IS. which t-vcr be the lower. , ln addition to such prescribed penni- ties, any flour hereafter -purcliasetl or held ln excess of allowances may IIn and after lMay 1, be seized and forI`I-lI- ed to ills Majesty. being disposed of as thc I"ootl Board may II'ireci. _ SUGAR .\’o person living within two mill-:I ol' u detrler, other thun :I nittnufacturt-r. may have more than nn ordinary sup- pl_v for fifteen days. I Persons living more than ilvo Inilcs from a supply centre muy so hold sugar for Inore than 110 days. Those living from ilvc to ten Inilo.-; from a store are similarly restrlt-II-Il to 60 days' supply., V ftesidonts beyond such a ton In|lI- limit are permitted to carry' sugar stocks suflicent for 120 days' require Incnts. Mauniactuiers are allowed to rotuln stocks in excess of current trade rc- quirements no,longor than 45 days. Surplus or reserve supplies now ht-III must be returned to dealers, by whrm it will be repurchased at 'the -prici- pnid or the current market quotation. whichever be the lower. ,__..__. THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS FOR GRAZING _...__- (SpecIaI to The Guardian) W.ASHINGTON, Mui' 1- ~r ¥‘lIlt"l' will bo grazing on the White lloI|:'e lawn within a few days. President Wilson today purchased twelve thor- oughbred Shropshires. I THE WEATHER TEMPERATURE. TIDEI MOON. ETC' ' TORONTO, May 1,--Fresh to strong `south, shifting- to west winds, rain, Clearing. -somone einem pun smou uo.n LTD. . 4720-4-3OME3l. *UNI-WI HAVE ONE HUNDRED -_moj Bq, [UM MIDUI I0 llI5u9I 9II.L I 'ui 'd sas Ia we -‘vw ‘leptin Im I-II casks of lime due here any day. 01" nm uooui slI1'J0_-\a1J_Bl\b “Wi 90.111 _ ders will receive best sttention.| In if 90? ll! ‘U92 ll-I V 31-no Aeqslocéinrgzn rqsrruvri-;aIs'C0-_Ivor-.I -1° -100-11 “"1 “ “"“‘ °“°'I§'0.,. I-mn-v.-c..L. -<- 4720-4-30M»E3l.V is uoonieus Hilti Nil-I 1190"' 903.0.” -ful unnoon rms lfrrccrlahn npmzas vu-_= urs Iv I-II-ww M--3 hundredo of cures in P. E. Inland. -.Iotuoi ses;-I A -zzs IH M01-If-wot P'-H iror nie or to lung. All rental mo- rg-II Iv- SUI-I s -ful ¢}°“_ ‘11';°‘:‘Ii‘I.“ any pool toward the purchase ot the _ in J Mmgggtm ,P Hg uIT°ml°itI’iiI‘EI` mII'II'~|°s'I` RSEEEIEENE III: "age IIE $1101-1°: v-1vlII'I:IE`Ir a , m .. - Iowvlg. c 0 4004-G-17M8WKl\n00il~l°1J' 'llil ‘NIR Oil llil 99|! NIJ. Front, the Enemy Enemy. Flanders German Dead. ' (Special to The Gimrdirin) lI()Nli()N, l\lzI_\' l, - .\|:zIin IIII-|~I~ lI:I:I r Inv-:r num- in Iln- IIIIIIII- in I-`l'In cu p _ . Ilcr.-4, \\'I\nl'e IIII- I:rIIlllIII I-\'I-r_v\\'lII-|-I- is: I~IIvI-rI-,fi with' IhI~ I.-_rI-y I-I:III IIIIIIII-I: III fltirtnain III-IIII. :ind IIII- liIII-I I~I-<~II|1:I‘.I`orI- starting for lnI \'iIII_\' norIlI\\':IrIl. 'l`III1-I ,lair fin- III-rnI‘III I-:IpI\IrI~ II|` KI-IIIIIII-I l llill has Ilont- IIII-in liIllI- gtnnl l`IIr IIII- I|IjnII-nII- .I\lliI~Il :IrIlIlI-1‘_\' lius kt-pl IIII- t'rI-.-II so sIIioilII~rI~Il in IIIII-ll lirI- IlI:I| ii has III-I-li i|II|IIn~'.~‘ilIlI- I'II|' IIII- I~nI-nI‘-' lto occiipy if in l`I>rI-I-, y (Special to The Guardian) I fl'I"I`.\\\'.\, ,\l:I_\ I II is IIlIiI'l.Ilf-_ IIf:IlI-Il IIIIII .\'ii‘ liI\lII-rl llIIrIlI~n .IIIII Sir 'l`lIInn:I'~‘ \\'lIiII- Ilnrinn Six" ltIiIII~I‘I , I'I_-I'I-,ni risil III .\'I-\\' YIIrI<._:rtCI;iI to The GI|.\rtII.1II) I .\ll‘,`l.lllll'lI.\'IC. ;\Ia|_\' I. III-IIr1'I Il. IKIIII; III' IIII- 'i`IIni.::I l>:l.IIIII,= i.. III-IIII. :Int-Il -ISI _\'I-:Ir.~ 'l`lII- 'I`IIIIv.:I, III' l"I'i'-II-I l_\' lsl:InIl>._ in IIII- SIIIIIEI l',-I'i|`.I- IIIII-;III. IlI:IvI- III---II IIIIIII-I' .I I'---III-II IIIIIII-II-~ IIIII- siIII~i|I-II Il.-I llnx I'tII'n| \\lIiI~lI is II|II-rnfllni III \\'il lIII\'Il:III-. nIII'IlI nl' 'I'IIrII|IIII_ \I~~\II-I'Il:I- :IIII-|'nIIIIII 'I`lII-rI~ \\‘I»|'I~ fl\rI-I- iI':IIIII. :II \vIIrl, :InI| IIInsiI|I-I':IlIlI- ;;rIIIiIIII l|,I. In-I-,n ln‘IIII- In' |\\II I\|'oIIn-|'s. \\':I|lI-I' I\|all§I:\ and 'l’lIIInIzII< .\ioI:gI-', `_'Ii, lirings III liizht :I st-riI-s III' rI-nI:Irl<:Il\lI- I-uint-I III-III-I-I4, I~::I_\'.< IIII- t~lIIuih l.II|IIlInI l‘rI-.~ ', 'l`l\I~ nn-II \vIIrl\»-Il |'In‘ IIII- s:IIIII- IirnI. nnIrrlI-Il |\\II sisll-rs on f`l1risI|II;I'.- I)n_\', lSIi:'I, :.f:|riI~II I|II|nI-s ill :II|jIIi|I- lin: flats in llrixllni. jII|I\I-Il IIII- |.II|IIlIIII II-glmI-ni. :Intl II-I-ni IIIII III IIII- l`rIInI ioga-,thI-r. .\I'tI-r twI-nt_\'-o|II- nIIIIIIlI\' ‘lighting -lI|I- |I_\' :I-iIII-, I'n|nI- IIIIIIII- IIII leave toni-thI-r in III-ceinht-r. rI-tu|'|\I'Il to ilu- front on III-t-I-iIIln:r ‘.’5i. :Ind on .IunnIIr_\' I9 \\‘I-re both l\'illI-Il lI_\ IIII~ s:ImI~ sin-ll. IIFF llil IUESIIIIY I l.(),\Ili0.\', .\la_\' l 'l`|It- lIIIrInl\iI-IiII|I ` J $250 Per Year (Mailed) In A-dvaneeln Canada and $8.00 for U.B.A¢ $3.50 Per Vear (Delivered) --- -n-1 IILLIED LINES FIRMLY HELD IIND ENEMY PUSHED BIICK BRITISH IIIRIVIEN III] IIIIIIR WIIRK 275 Bombs Dropped On Good German Tnrgets Eight Enemy , Machines Brought Down. I3|)oc|.Ii to l'I\I~, CIu.IrIII.|IIl |.fIXlli>f\`_ \l,I‘. I .\n I|Il`|I'I:II II IIIIII Inn :II-ri.II II|II-I':If|II||. I.-IIIII III |In;lII s,'I;., I-,I.~,| II|` |.III-I-I ¢|,I- I-IIIIII-II _ lIIII.|I. I-II \l-IIII|,I\-IIi|I-ri-Il ;;III.II I,.I» gi-I-. III IIIII ~|IIlIII, -,-,||~I Il|II|I;III| ",,I IIIIIIIIII. nn |lIInI_ ,IIIII I-nI;,Ii;I~Ii III- III I\|Ih IIIIIlI||II~ I;IIn||I'I- 1 .\'I-\'I~II |III.~.|llI- I||;II'II|||I- I- lII~IIII).:lII Il-I\I|I In :Iir i|i;lItin:_'. .IIIII IIIII- \\':I-. >,l|III Iln\\Ii lI_\' IIIII- in),I|II|~\' 'I'-_(.1 IIi` our III:II-IIIIII-I: :IrI~ luis.-Iinix. ‘ RIIIIISH IIIISUIIIIIFS (Special lo Tho Guarclian) l.II.\'llI).\`, .\l:I_\ I. Ln~i|n:lI I:I.,II,.I |iI-:~: rI-pIIl‘II‘Il in .\prIl rI-:II-III-Il :I IIII.-I ni fI'_',iT.`I, IIi\‘iIlI-II :Io iIIllIi\\'>.Z l(lIlI~Il or IIiI~Il III I\IIIInIl-:.' IIIllI~I-rs l.II`.'l, nII-II T-7331 \\IInnIlI-Il III' IIIis.~'iIII;, IIIIII-I~I':. 7,117, nn-n §l,'I,Ii.‘i-I ,\llI1oui-,II IIII- I-IInI pII-II- I'I-pIII'I.< III I-:I.~aI1:IlIiI-.~: :~.II~:I.IIII.-I in IIII- l'I‘I'I-nl In-:I\'_v Iitgliling in 1-'I-,Int-I- :Ind ii:-lgiIIIII :Ipp:IrI-nll,\' lI:I\'I- IIIII _vI-I III~I-n III:IIlI-_ :I In:IrlII-Il iIn'I'I-;I.\I- is :=lIII\\'n in IIII- .\III-il Iir,”III'I~,\. 'i`|II- III l:Il in .\l:I|'I~h \\':I¢; lI,ll!lII_ IIII- f.lII.IllI»-I in ~I-\,'I-r:Il IIIIIIIIII-: IIIIIINIII IIIIIII I III-vlsll IIIIPI , - (Special to Tlzc Gllortllan) I fll`l-`I.l'll i)nI \lzI\' I 'liII- IIIIIII :InIi lnII-III-ss III' lJI-\'IIIIslIiI'I- \\ill ri-I: lluI-lpII |'IIr I\\'II Il:I_\-.~ in .IIIIII-, RERIVIIIN IIFIVIIINIIS s IIN HIIIIIINII I9|1t:r.I.'\I to Tho GII.'II~r|I.1Ii) \,\Iti'I`I'1IIIl,\.\I, .\I.I) I -II--l'|II,III\ I|I~III:IIIIl:. i`|'II|I| ||II|I'InII, ~.-I\';1 III- \II.-.~-i.~I III- 7;-itIIII;; III' In-||nI. |III~ ri);;,, III -»I‘IlII \\;II' |n;IlI-|'lnl~I II\I-I' IIII- l.iII: III-rt! Ii.|ll\\;\\' III \II|\\'I~r|I_ ll|I» |'i;_- ' III :lf'II|I"i ~Ii=II .In_\ IIIII-IIIAI-In |n:|I| III' Ivrnnull :IIIII \\I~II 'I`I|I'I'I~ ui ills ln'I\llII-rv.;1lI.I\lIn I`.II|.|Il.I, ;I.-I iI\ III/\ r\r-I-I-I4s'll_\- FOR fnli~IIIl III-IIII-Il \\lIII is .I riIIInI~I_MEN III this fiI:IniI' striiggli-_ - ,- - , ' - , I p : ' ‘ ‘ - \ II < -I in ll:Illl:Ix. .\lIiIlI .~\nIp:ItII\ will III of IIII- IIIIIIII- llnls- llill in IIII- llIII|:1»- II-I! for tin- \\iIlII\\'I-Il IIIIIIliI-I-_ \\'lIII is III-nn-II II|~$o.~'.|I~,II.I-I-_ IIII II. Ill;-, In .IIIIII-» . III" IIIIII-II li|i‘. I-\‘I‘II lllr. /III I\'l'I.II I IIIIIZIIII-I IIII- I|II».I nnnn I-IIIIIII. I|II--,IIIIII \\|iIIlI ||.I-; I'\I:r III-eii I||'.I II I-II III .I I`,III.IIlI;III |>:II'Ii:IlI|I‘I'I|. l .I\.Ill III III IIIIIIIIII- IIII I.-tt I'I-nIIII'lI~, III \-.lI:Il I IIIII-.II|I~I' IIII- \I-I I :LI-.I ut' Inf---~|iII|I, :Ind In IlI»nI:', -II I \\|.-iI nIII III lllirl ,I!II~ I`I~I'liiIL',~- III ,II)_\ pi-I-»nn_ ;:I‘II»l _\I-I I IIIII .I III-I-l:III' IIII- |IrinI‘I|il- I-E \\|Ii-II. in nII j\IIl:,nII-III. lI:I\'I> aI-I- II:I!I-Il IIII- gc-IIvI-rIIIIII:1II In |I:IssiiI1.: thi-I IIrIlI-I' ln I~IInnI~iI :InIl prII|IIIsi|n: it In |I:II'li:IIIII-III; :Intl \\,l1I»lI II|.II lr: IIIIIII- i .I I I I I I ' Hon. F. B. CARVELI.. Minister of' PubIic`Worl;IlI\IliIII\:Il ).:<1\'I-rn- IIII~nI III I‘,III:I.|.I in p:Is.~'iIla :In IIrIlI-I' -in IIIIIIII-El III' .~III'|I i|‘I-IIII-IIIlInIs ini- IIIIII.IIIII- ;I- IIII- |III~,~I-nt IIIII- whI-Ii i',Ir‘i:InII-nt I\II:_~ in .-I-,=,.~'ioII_ \VlIh `I|I;Ir sI.'III~nII.-III I lI:IvI- IIIII the i`:Ii|II,f-.-.I I;n:IrI'I-I in IIII- I\'IIrIIl I rt-,IIli'/.r‘. flint ,§,l_i , "5-gl .-I,:,, '1 -».,. ""¥.. _ III- , V ‘_ . Ii' ` II QI. i-'#55' _ ~ ,.,-,-’~ in F==‘.“' ."..»' I .ap-»~ :Iv '~"-sf; :»< '-L",- ,- 18;' 1;-Jr; `- , I- Ls 25" -I 2; , »I 'Il' I ~;.~-I i, r.. oy I " an 7 - .. ~ "3 . t.-,-sae...-..~.-r.-'¢.# _ L_. . -~'~u= .»-` ;._'..;¥£‘;..,_'. .»~ :‘“, ,_ f~'2»,-Q ~_ . ,;- < ~_~ ‘=_,»-,_ _ _- "x ~ 5 '- -__“'f"»»,r»n-‘ ',. =,',;.:. ..-. -1 1-~,-I-qu ` <".L'I, , I *'-I:`.;I -' I . “ *if I I " T. . '-in It I" ` rf. 'WI -'_' P ‘-Yi” 'I -E, ifff 'F 'iff 'F- I . ,~..¢ ... ,..¢,_.I¢; W \E`.:.1 I"1` " I ‘TT I'»,_“l, 3: fi. ei aft.) 11 In - '