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TOAT T LAORDAY Labor Day! Ah, Labor Day! ... What visions it bringe to -mid --.b ics and adpro- diçioUs feasting. It s agrand Day aoda worthy def- erence, Ibelieve, té a great section of society. But there is one to whom Labor Day is no hohiday. Though she labors every day in a labor of Love, yet she works even harder on Labor DaymW;e4ir>olday.se 'samye'- tory t.o me why she i8s s supremely happy n herself-sacrifice. Sotoay 1am votg more lime off this Labor Day for éhe who cooks the glorious aneals for hungry holi- dayeFrs. 1 Heres to Wison's Tender Made Ham-the great modemn liberator of those loving slaves to the kitchen --our mothera and wives. The, Mystery of the Oven. Don't let some mrisguided Priend or misinformed Meat Man make you think Tender Made Hanm is expen- sive. Remnember, Wilson's Tender Made Hanm does nzoi shrink in cook- ixg. At moat,'only a few trifling. ounces are lost. This means that you have about one-third more servings, AT. LESS COST PER SERVING. $o. you sec you can eagily afford iL TENDER MADE IN TINS g Bonesa Wîit son's Tender Made Ham bas its points, too. It ishermetical- * ly sealed i flavor-saving tins-whoie hams or meal-size haif and quarter hains. Here you have Tender,.Made Hami at its finest for easy slicing, without waste. The pink, beautifully mar- bled meat 18 "a picture no artist can paint. " And the flavor, of course, is soniethiiig to wax poetic about. Serve co14 or hot to y<>ur Labor Day guests. THESE FAMOUS ,QUINTSPPAPPRovE Wison's Tender Made ..Hiam.the' lieve ini that crazv scherne to give the old people $200 a month, do you?'" The seed of ."$200-a-month" h a s becomne so firmly implanted in the mi nds, of so many people that they are willing to. stop there. close up anid give no further consideration to a prograni of- national economfv, which will. eventually, be accepted as a vast improvement" to our. pres- ent faulty system of distribution. Called, CeIinz Fleure So, at the* risk of being boring. let's consider that $200-a-;month bar- rier thatis19tbrown uv Dagainst. the Townsend Plan, but first 'it sbould be pointed ont in ail ffralitv that thie Townsend Plan DOES NOT. PRO- POE$900 A MONTH OR ANY SET PENSION. It des set that amount as a top, or ceiling above which Davmnents should not run, for some ceiling must be set when annuity pavm-ents are on a', sliMing scale. Why, you ask was $200 chosen as the tob?2 Why b"e arbitlary, wh'y flot $100, or $160. or any other anount? Rere is the history behind that efliure. and it i5 as sane and ffiausible as the arithmetical calcu- lation that four times four. equalsý sixteen. Whv S5>00 Was Chosen When the deuression broke w itlh aIl its devastating force around us, its effect was fit immeasurablv harder by those elderly Doeople who, had invested their life savings in stocks and' bonds froml which there was no longer any interest 'navmeftts. Manv of those peofle had retired, had uone to the nilld climates. of Cal ifornia or Florida. and were living on the returns from, their investryents in securities. When those sectirities became worthless, or practically worthless, hundreds of these Deople were des- titute. desoite the fact that they had been thrifty most of their lives. Because their unfortunate circum- 'stances came through no fatilt of their own,' because they believed that thev had beèn robbed of every- tbing whiceh n-eant 'security to them. they were indignant and e pven hp1-I and to kcep meni reply was that $: 1 t. their jobs. The 1 sions a month -was] outlari ild you say this was an proposai Consider' the rity law,' which taxes a rto pay pcnurious, pen- any. Which is the more ---Bertram B. Udeli nuities to those past the age of sixty years, must be woven into the economnic system. It is impossible to give a true estimate of 'what the amount of the pensions would be at the start. Sev-. eral stati >stical experts employed by ,th c Townsend__National .Reco>verýN, 'Plan,',Incorýporated,:bha v e esti- mated that. it ýwould amiount.,to be- tween $55, and $75 a month to. start.' Explams Phîlèsepby' TÈhe TroWnsend. philosophy, in real- ity,ý has three main parts. It con- temfplates raising, the revenu e for annuities bv the imposition of a two per cent transaction tax. upon al monetary transactions. The! t a x would be a sellers tax, rather than one upon the buyer. It is in suc- cessful operation at the present time in the territory of Hawaii, where the revenue is 'used for the general expenses of government. It has not brought an increase in the cost of commodities, nor has it in any way ijured bIusiness. As a niatter of record, William. Borthwick, terri- torial tax commissioner, asserts that business is more satisfied with* that formi of taxation than anv other. .The Townsend Plan would distri- bute the revenue received through this tax, equally among those past the age of sixty, who will retire from gainful employment, and who mill agree to spend their entirèï an- nuity within a period of thirty days. 'Sec New Market flemand The third feature envisions that the monthly distribution of this large tax fund to consumers of goods. andi the forced spendiwg re- quirement of the annuities will create a new market 'demand, wliich will have the effect of moving re- tail commodities on' th e market. cause a demand for wholesale and manufactured goods ànd thus bring about a steady, demand by al branches of business and industry for those now unemployed. Certainly it is true that the re- tirenment of some eight and a haif rat,