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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
11
Editorial notes Hon. W. S. Fielding announces a new direct sales tax schedule to bolster revenue. The plan would raise the existing four percent levy by fifty percent, targeting purchases by manufacturers wholesalers retailers and imported goods.
The article summarizes a budget plan with eased duties on farm implements and expanded trade preferences to Britain, plus higher taxes on luxuries like beer tobacco and certain greeting items. It notes Fielding's push to reduce public debt and reliance on a sales tax for revenue, including new charges on cigars cigarettes and automobiles and a two cent levy on every fifty dollars of cheques.
The minister states that Canadians consume 267 cigarettes annually per person and announces a 1 percent tax on bank circulation. This marks a push for higher public revenue and potential tobacco policy shifts.
Marshall of Lincoln in Toronto attacked Mimico Industrial School citing harsh conditions and unsuitable magistrate referrals. The Examiner May 18 editorial on reformatories is defended by supporters and challenged by a Barrie reader. The piece cites penitentiary reports showing many reform school graduates among prisoners.
In a Toronto case Judge Wismer found Martin guilty of perjury after new evidence failed to sway the verdict. The trial focused on whether he bought liquor from Coleart and swore he had never been convicted. Despite leniency arguments, the court imposed three months, noting perjury as a serious, rampant issue.
Two Methodist churches will hold joint services this year during July and August. There will be no union services between St Andrews and Collier Street churches outside those months.
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