Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1919, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editorial Section pages 15 to 28 Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights i strange bedfellows to those who know How irreconcilable Are the doctrines of list and the. Sin calf tax the incompatibility of the elements of Jar the slate in this civic election and the be of conflicting ideas contained in the Radical labor prone show what strange bedfellows can be brought together the influence of political expediency. These two doctrines their conceptions of the development Foj and economic institutions Are entirely different. Yet 1 Cav before us the spectacle of supporters of these two opposite emotions acting in i run Orf in support of a platform the chief which is antagonistic to the interests of the Community 3 whole. In the the Organ of the single tax league in there ree enl by appeared an article Eul Pristic of or. S. J. The Radical labor candidate for mayor who has Long been a identified with that organization. It describes the Radical a a nest has Over been put before the people proceeds there is not a proposal with which progressive citizen can disagree except the first two planks out of the late strike which will prove re ribs sin Sec laser is not Frank enough to say where it stands on which it o mildly describes As it is fair a necessary to ask the single tax league or any other body of -ujen5 having a political object before them whether they Are in the Public utilities of this City being subject to control by or strike committees. On this Point the single Taser leaves us in the dark although that Issue is the Paramount of election it be concluded that the single tax league is Willins to condone the policy of Radical labor in regard Doolie and their employees in order to gain for its ,.33je a mild instalment or the single tax 7 the article in question goes on to say that the two planks de alias with taxation Are All that could be if this Means at All. It Means that the proposals in the Radical voc to decrease taxes on Homes and increase them ,-.3 land values All Homes assessed at or less to be exempt taxation embody the ideals of the single tax league so far a municipal taxation is concerned. An examination of the two however reveals Itiat after All they would accomplish Little Sinira o Taxon desires or that Justice would permit. The dust in vague to amount to a pious wish to be satisfied a very Small measure of performance. The second bristles Riih Difrai cuties. As Many electors have already discovered and Raay More will realize before election Day. If All it is explained Means the actual buildings apart from tic Sig which they at or less Are to be exempt from taxation it is evident that a larger proportion of the uses will have to be paid by people owning land and by those happen. To be assessed at More than thus it Home is assessed at will pay no tax on it. By worke Home is assessed at will More on it than he does now. The Ivi Orni is demanded in order to Benefit the workers at of the More wealthy sections of the Community. But it have that effect the fortunate possessor of two. Three or Lii Irry Small houses each assessed at less than will presumably be relieved in order to increase the tax Burden on the Home of to who requires a larger House than is assessed at . Or a Iio Lias invested his savings in two or three properties Iii a happen to exceed the value adopted. The whole scheme is an utterly to introduce an instalment of the tax. And i has been existed upon a party whose real be i is uly directly at variance with the single tax philosophy. Thi curious product of the Radical labor party which Nom the candidates in tiie present elections is typical of the of Alliance. Order to obtain a object which they have been unable to encompass by direct Means it would seem that some single Are prepared to support the extreme socialists who Are behind the Radical labor movement in obtain As the Public utilities. If the latter object could be that depends entirely upon the ability of the electors put aside minor considerations and to Bend their United votes making Security More radicals whose Ideal is the Obi ration of society by the working class would have As Little for rhe Sint be tax. Or any other economic system As they for the interests i classes not specifically identified with the movement. Interesting As Are the proposals of the Radical labor pro gramme they Are All overwhelmed and discounted by the one real in this election shall Radical labor obtain control the Public employees of the City in order to utilize them in Ami Tel sheine of direct action the one big Union jul is supporting the Radical labor candidates just As the single appears to be. What does it say in its Issue of nov. 11? i jays the new institutions which axe to serve society Are to a built up by labor and labor alone. Until they Are ready to take charge not Only of the management of production Tat also of All of the organization of society in All its details cannot step the wheels of Industry. In this election arises As another arose last May to obtain Dis tip line in acting together As one Man. If the workers get posses Sion of the institutional furniture of the City another Opportunity up to obtain experience in conducting social but tie ultimate object is to set up a class autocracy. Does a tax league in this Eity imagine that Henry George have supported any such doctrine or would have Lent even j waive. Countenance to any such Titi democratic programme the single nor any other body of citizens can evade Issue in this Campaign. They and All others arc either arable t.-. The contentious planks of the labor platform or opposed to them. Prom that there is no escape. Victory planks which Are All that can be desired by single there Are probably other opinions on that mean a Victory also for the Radical labor programme which direct action. And then Radical labor will part company with those who have chosen to utilize its class hatred to a movement with which it has really nothing in common. Amount of the pessimistic opinion which predicted a gloomy future for the Dominion. The Success of the loan is an excellent proof that the country is very far from being in a financially embarrassed condition the response to the loan was general from All classes and a people that can pour a Good Deal More than half a billion dollars into the treasure Chest is not in a poverty stricken condition. So far As Many of the smaller subscribers Are concerned who have bought Bonds on credit and will regard them As a moans saving Money the effect of the loan will be to allay Indus trial unrest to a Juite considerable extent it will be All to the internal of the Bond buyer to keep Industry in a harmonious condition there fore besides supplying the funds for reconstruction the loan will have Good effects in the actual reconstruction Worl itself. Under All our surface disagree ments and differences we Are very Loyal and devoted to Canada. This wonderful Dominion in which our lives Are cast claims us All closer than we know of. And in our hearts we wish it to be a nation held in Heffli esteem throughout the. World. The Victory loan is for the Advance ment and Benefit of the country. It is to enable the men we sent to the War to be taken proper care of and it is fur the promotion and expansion of Canadian business. These facts were All Well understood by our j people and the loan has been a Suc . Which in itself is a very satisfying indication that there Are now reactionary influences at work in our society. Winnipeg Friday november 21, 1919 the a joint Stock f Manitoba at printed limit Obi free Eom Niino incorporated under Tho fiend office and place of 300. And Uia briton Street in the City of Maii Itou. To. It l president Audi general at uie general Post knit. Far transmission Brosiah the m the British Isles lit m Lintl Revenue rates. The treaty and the United states the Long Strug Gle at washing torn has ended for the time being at least in a state of Complete deadlock. The Senate has adjourned with the work for which the. Special session was called not done but it in regular session within a fortnight when the administration forces Hope to re open the. Question. Leader of the senatorial group which sought to ratify the treaty with emasculating reservations senator Lod go de clares that the treaty so far As the United states is concerned is dead this May Well prove to be the and Case if his following upon the re assembling of Congress Are in their present mood. The Constitution Power of the British Empire amounted to serious modifications of the purpose of the treaty. These reservations received the support of the entire Republican membership with the exception that in some of the divisions senator Mccumber of North Dakota voted with the democrats. Drastic a the reservations were they might have been accepted by the democrats since they were after All expressions of senatorial opinion and did not change the test of the treaty had the Republican majority not incorporated in the preamble a. Declaration that three out of the four additional Grea Powers must agree to the . Serrations As a condition of re the treaty becoming a. Binding document. Upon the United states. The treaty thus mutilated Itrato of ,.the .-pro not acceptable to the administration Vidos that the president shall have and to its friends in the Senate the Power by and with the advice and j democratic senators voted against the consent of the Senate to make i ratification of the treaty As Amend provided of the Jed and the first group senators present the j cil Eables joined them thus making deadlock has resulted because the i up a substantial majority against the a fair hearing for All the object of the civic meetings at present being held in Winnipeg is to give the electors who Are interested enough to attend an Opportunity to become enlightened on the issues up i on which they will be required to pass judgment on election Day. It should be taken for granted that the j average elector has enough in Tel i Gonic to form his own opinion after j having heard the various candidates i present their Side of the Case. He is j entitled to ask a question at the pro j per time and to have an answer. He i has the right to expect that the can j i dates will conduct themselves in a j gentlemanly manner the candidate on the other hand has a right to expect similar treatment from the a d hence. Winnipeg civic meetings in i previous years have been characterized largely by a spirit of fair play. I audiences As a Rule conducted them i selves men and women instead of like school children when the teacher is out of the room. Unfortunately the latter is what is Hap pening at a Good Many meetings Dur ing the present Campaign. A full throated element of the supporters j of the Radical candidates turns up at practically every meeting and at tempts to shout Down every speaker j who is not altogether in sympathy j with the Radical platform. It is an other example of the sound and fury that signifies nothing except a mental attitude that believes All men Are wrong but those who in the completeness of Wisdom have taken the Radical Side. A few men can break up a meeting by the skilful use of the Larynx. The Small boy is an expert at it when to Haa the notion. The shouting Down of speakers at the present meetings has All the characteristics of an organised Effort. In fairness to those people in the Community who attend a meeting to hear what All the speakers say the leaders of the labor Radical Campaign should make an Effort to Call it off. Notes and comment Canada s Faith in the future a of the Victory slows Canada to occupy a very and in a notable for its Uncer have raised a _ loan proportionately Loans in Groat Ana the United slates and i which is in somewhat striking con Trast to the difficulty experienced by new zealand and Australia in the Loans they have just been trying to float. The fact that Canada raised More than in three weeks for National purposes and that every one of the provinces exceeded its allowed quota of the loan dispels a great the order port of the Radical Zeal for Law and order is not much in evidence at a Good Many of the meetings attended by Radical sup porters. It May be taken As one of the changing phases of Industry that the shoe manufacturers have pretty Well Given up the practice of marking the i Price on the soles in Large fancy i figures. I the United states can now pro i coed to make its own kind of a. Peace j with Germany. An american expert says turkeys Are scarce because of the failure of i the Grasshopper Supply. Maybe the world is suffering from Over dose of tinkering with the ways of nature. If the people of Winnipeg think it is All right for the firemen paid to guard lives and property should go on strike1 because Bill Jones and his machine hands Are having a Row Over wages they will have the privilege of saying so on nov. 2s. Druggists Are said to be making 100 per cent Portl at Toronto. One Way to beat the druggist is to take More fresh air and sunlight and fewer pills. V mutineer sentenced to death arrives in says a newspaper headline this is drawing an exceedingly Fine distinction and one hardly warranted. Treaty made by the president cannot secure the necessary two thirds vote while the alternative substitute treaty fashioned by the senator Ial majority is equally unable to secure the required vote with the result that the treaty is locked in the Senate with no Prospect of liberation while any group of senators. Numbering More than one third of the maintains its Atti tude of insisting upon its own Brand of none at All. Iris another illustration of How readily the . System of with its Ela borate precautions drink meanly from the con sequences we who staked our All upon a. Cause notify the world today that we have neither men or Money nor time nor countenance for that cause except As in a particular Case we May be moved to act. Main America and not become an a Panage of the British Empire. German publications began to lift their hyphenated Heads again and to talk in no hidden terms of the coming of an other there was also thanks to the. Re publican agitation against the Exter Nal commitments of the league a Recrudescence of distrust among real americans against foreign entangle ments and what was worse against the policies of her late associates. This was especially the Case with in reactionary Germany there is i great Britain. Partly owing to the Hope and in England France and Italy and Many Small nations not yet sure of deliverance there is fear that the United states Senate has killed the league of nations has that been the purpose of senator Lodge and Kis followers All when the Republican Leader of the Senate was asked on saturday if he thought the treaty As interpreted and amended be rejected he answered in then the treaty is was the rejoinder to which his reply was. if that be True something besides the treaty has perished in the United states something More important even than the treaty. We have lost courage Confidence and resource we have made the declaration of Independence parochial instead of uni Versal and we have withdrawn selfishly and afraid from complications that never can be settled our help. To have fought without costly War to a victorious end Only to away in panic from the problems of peace is not like the United states but thanks to part ism and Coward ice in the Senate that is the record As it a Cabinet minister from Australia who is visiting Canada says he is astounded at what Canada is doing for her soldiers. Which is pretty slowness of the British government in trying seriously to Settle the Irish question an agitation was allowed to arise against British War Aims which impaired the excellent results of the close and Friendly co operation in France Between the american and British armies and the effect of the very real admiration kindled in american breasts at the War in which the British soldiers and civilians spared no Sacri fice to do their share in the winning of the War. There was the same Drifting away from the and the French because americans found it difficult to see that the hard French policy towards Germany was prompted not by Sel fish vindictiveness but by u. Very natural desire to ensure against any fear that the history of her relations with Germany might repeat itself. From the italians on account of fiume. The chief sign of this tendency during the months after the signature of peace while the Fate of the league of nations waa still under debate was besides the things said in that debate the reluctance of american Public opinion to envisage the acceptance of mandates in Asia minor and its indifference about the treaty _1 your Victory Bonds deeds insurance policies Are too precious to leave where fire or thieves May reach them. Even a Strong Box or Safe in your own Home lacks the absolute Security Given by the safety Deposit boxes in this Bank. They May be rented in convenient sizes at a Small Cost. Call and see them. Paid no capital 5 be scr a fund resources the of Scox p. W. Ross manager. Winni Poji Branch g. C. Wainwright Manaker. Main St. Urinch branches to him Brood. Kelvin St. And St. With France and the insurance of great Britain for Frencl i frontiers against aggression pending the time when the league of nations should be really functioning. For Linse who i much what a Section of the Canadian belie Vea that the future of the world soldiers is saying. But they Don t mean exactly the same thing. Birthday congratulations to senator a. born Henry Ville. Quo. Tov. 21, 1873. Joseph Prefontaine born. . Que. Nov. 21, 1859. Hon. Court judge que., nov. 21. K. A Belcher nov. 21, 1856. Prud homme county born St. Urbain 1853. Winnipeg born purity Quality Economy with. The increased Cost of labor and materials due to War conditions it is not reasonable to suppose that a really first class baking powder can be made and sold at the old prices. Rather than sacrifice the Quality of magic baking powder found it necessary to make slight increases in during the. War period. Even though magic baking powder May Cost a few cents More than the Ordinary kinds it is still by far the most economical baking powder on the Market to Day when purity strength and leaven ing qualities Are taken into consideration. Contains no Alum made in Canada was largely bound up in the league and especially in close Anglo Ameri ran co operation under it the sum i Mer of 191s was indeed one of anxiety. Hopes were still Strong that in the4 end the american Senate would allow i american participation in the league i but in the meanwhile the fear could i not be stilled that for the reasons j sketched above the United states i was Likely to return to a greater de Gree than seemed possible in the first flush of a common Victory to her old ways of contented and indifferent isolation and that even if the Senate ratified american participation in the league the american share in enforcing its Constitution would Lack some j of the Fervour which it had been hoped had been foreshadowed by or. Vail son s vigorous championship of its i principles and by the enthusiasm with which his countrymen followed him j into the War. Looking backward free Presa Wya rounded in 1b72 forty years ago the Experiment of transmitting music by Telephone was tried in the at the express office by placing a music Box in the Vicinity of the Telephone and its sounds were heard j at St Boniface and x. J Bell and John Mckechnie were enrolled As members the St. Andrew s soc Ety and in was decided to hold i St. Andrew s Day banquet on Bee. 1, the Price of tickets placed. At ?3.________ thirty five years ago Geo. H. Stanton car conductor of the c.p.r., for Tho cast having been appointed manager of the rail War car association for the new England states with Headquarters at r. 1-lick.s resigned assistant Rector of holy Trinity lodges Sut of Fred severe Lusses by fire in the Mcarthur Block Corner of main and Lombard streets. Thirty years ago on the opening of the court of re a vision for the Dominion voters lists the question was raised As to the i ight of members of the school of 1 infantry to be registered As electors. New Lansdowne College at Portage la Prairie was party of four surveyors sent out in Chinchilla Ulster for the Man who Wank the Best imported Chinchilla of an extra Rine the newest Heather Taii Orr a in the warm Manitoba style lined with Amin. This is a Coa for the Man who wants the Best. Why not in today and see if plus Pontak Yvo m u1 Pok Taok ask. My ;