IN ALBERTA.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19878, 6 May 1936, Page 9

IN ALBERTA.

(To the Edlloi‘.) Elia—The position in Alberta is very much ihe same as here—the people I'c\’ultC‘d through the medium or ihe ballot box. They, as here, \\'ul‘u sick unto death of poverty amidst ploniy. "\\'uuld ihe maggot in ihe npplc Sléll‘Ye?” ()n the basis ‘ol' cuiiipurismi ihe story ends at this point. it is a well—known fact. that Allmrln has always boon a happy huntinjnw ground [ol' slraubru schools 01‘ lhung'hl. it was easy. then, for Mr Almi'lini'l. with his pulpit (minim: and his [vi-w misc of n inunlhly "dividmni" of 2.“) dollars to every man and \\'unnini lie was swonl triumphantly inlu pmwr and office, last Augusl. He ('l‘lclll'élll'll ihe victory by telling his l'UlllJ\\(‘l'>‘that his Ill‘OmiSL‘ 01' :1 2?) dollar nmnilily dividend was only a figure of Fln‘l‘l'll. ll is :1 culzunily when :1 mowinvni tsuch us the Douglas SOi'lzll tin-Ail. .\lu\'cnn‘nl. falls into the hnnrls 01‘ mn‘ who lacks the most clcmi‘ninry mn—cpplions 01‘ ilnnnm‘. This .'llllull‘lll' vi'unoniisl llns lnlmn as his ”lldlll'ifll udvisx‘r llin ilii'm'lin' ni' llu' l‘mnl; ui' tinnmln. Mr is. .l. Alujni'. \\lnm‘ linilni ('inl illvus :u‘i' ~xii-wily m'llimliA. In I'm-l. .\ll‘ Almi'lnn‘l's 1111-‘llll‘lJl mm, gi'nnnni- is i'i-lnllu' In “in :liviixlu‘ ni' lhv Bank or tiunmlu. ’J‘ln: \\'l'nnilu-g l~‘i'ru- l’m-w inh-r'nis us “lull in «min of sulwrmlnnnlnnw'. .\li' ;\ln‘i'lmi'l is flii'lln-i' w'unummnng liy ('ll)sil|:—Z‘llil\\ll n nnnilwr ul \4'lluile'. i'i‘illix'lng mlui'n-s. nil-i'i'nSin: ini'unvrln\ :uul 1011-plilnw thiamine, .lllil 111-” HILL (l lvu nu “um-s: .\ lili'nmvr :ii\ un business is in Iln- :iir. 'l‘ln- [lllillll 11l tin,- npplv “niny” alm'w, lu-muw \\ill: nut, lllLllll‘lill ;|~~i.~l.|ni'~~ [mm “W unnuiliiin ’l'l'i-.i.\lil‘.\. \\hn‘h In xiv-n “m‘uilizinuh” ‘vnil >ll!||l‘i‘l in rum“, llnns. .\li' Alui'lmi‘l twinnnl my?) run. ’lhe lulu] annual rvwnut» 11l ,\lhw:*l,i i 5 15,1‘Iungum «lulL-n'.» \\lnlr~ :lnitl-‘nh ml ‘25 4'1””:11‘5 Illwllll‘ll} \\ould i‘uviuno at Least. 120.000.0 th dollar;

I In direct opposition to social credit Mr Aberlnu-L \\'uul-Ll "recover this expenditure by a. cumulative, turnover l|u\ on every business lransaction'. ll'rmn the raw material to the llnisheil luriiele." A tax of 5 per cent. on a series of transactions, from the raw material to the finished product. from Wheat to flour. and then to bread, \Vould increase the price of goods and commodities, in many instances by fully 100 per cent. The \Vinnipes Free Press asks the qucstlon. “How to keep out the much cheaper unlaxed arilole from other provinces?" _\lr Aherhart explains: “If the pl‘lce of an 'OYDI'CORII is: llxed at 10 credit. dollars and the purchaser (iceides to buy one in Vancouver for (3 dollars (Gunaclldn currency) he must pay the -'i dollars difference to the Allerlinrl Lio\ernrnrnl before the poa'hnnn can Lic-liu-r his puree]. in conclusion. to mimic the Free I‘l‘(‘>> again: "Since .\Hmri.i ennnot set up Customs barriers against the l‘rsl of Gallium, smugglin; lwnuhl be quite Iciml us well as profilJhli‘r"‘"l um, NIH. ll,\llllY \\‘UHIIRUFFE. Auckland, May '2. ‘ ___