Show Open F Forum arum to this ar are limit to lo tb three words word Contributors most names name nod id dd le cs N amu will be br from publication on 00 ri Articles carrIlo personal promoting arguments ments or ur r to abusive lao will not be lie printed Opinions d in this column ire arc not to ts be regarded recorded as es boss e of or The Herald Wants ants ants Insurance i Money l Kept H Home Editor Herald The view of oC Sir Edard Ed Ed- ward ard Mackay Edgar whose whose article ap in your Mondays Monday's Issue r issue regard gardIng gard- gard ing trig Americas America's war benefits should not be accepted In Its entirety America L may c eventually lose logo some of the merchant mer mer- chant marine business s which she gained through the war but there l is another and moro more Important business In which America Is vitali vitally Interested That Is the fire insurance nn and marine Insurance business It is well within I the bounds of ot conservatism conser to state that England has collected from us usan an ar k average of annually for Cor Insurance Insurance In In- In- In premiums each and e every ery ry year yeni for Cor the last thirty years cars It has Just L dawned on the American people that L this commodity Is a measurable one one and can be furnished hed at home I u What hat we wc nc need d in this countr country toda today is as enough fire tire and marine Insurance companies to take the reinsurance that L n now Y goes not only to Europe but to te China and Japan Inpan No Xo country no matter mat mat- ter how prosperous It be may can car 1 the withdrawal from tram circulation I of or annually without seri serl- affecting Its financial resources especially when they the theare are paying It out L for a commodity that can be furnished I at nt home The rules that govern fire and marine insurance companies ar are arc just lust a as accessible to American n companies compa compa- nies as the they are to foreign companies and it will be a long lont time before tho the pound sterling will go 10 back to par It if we can I keep this tills ep Insurance monc money at nt home Vcr Very truly yours FRA FRANK K M. M RUFF RAIFF He Believes Sugar Raise Unjustified I Editor I notice in one of our I local papers that st sugar gar has has' advanced ed 75 o per por cent in the last day or two I wondered If Ir such an act would have a I tendency to help soothe the feeling of discontent and aili unrest so 50 prevalent In this and other countries or If SUCh an act would increase the deplorable con con- now existing Personally I think the sugar manufacturers were able ablo to operate their plants when thc they paid the farmers 12 per pcr ton for tor beets and sold sugar for Cor 12 12 per hundred ed weight and could pay n. n fair dividend on capital Invested It looks as if Ie less than 7 73 per cent advance ance would be needed to lo pay for Cpr the few months the sU sugar ar has been in storage It If there thero Is a great reat shortage of ot sugar vh why not do as IS during the war limit tho the amount tt to each cach person they be rich or poor and if necessary I discontinue u use e or of sugar in un- un sarr products for Cor Instance can candy d Ie cream soft drinks and drinks not so soft which could large largely be dispensed dis with Ith Help the manufacturer of those products to utilize their plants for other more needful purposes durin during the present emergency 1 If IC Impossible to io make mak good use tise of or their plants tr try and arid induce their to turn their energies Ies toward the production of oC more sugar beets potatoes wheat wool ool cotton and other absolute essen- essen I I b believe Jio e the public would be willing to exempt empt from front taxation the I buildings and machinery used in the manufacture of the aforementioned products and also pa pay a reasonable le dividend nd on their mane money In whilo while lh their lr plants remained Idle I it such should bo bs the case Speaking ln of or profiteering If H sugar can be manufactured and sold for or 1 12 per hundred pounds and it is advanced to 2 2275 then some person or per persons ons Is guilty of oC mote more than profiteering and if IC w wo we arc are going to get oel this world back to anything like normal conditions conditions condi condi- lions and a spirit of satisfaction and eon contentment prevail It seems the only way cray a to bring about that condition is to handle those responsible for Cor the H. H C C. i L L. L In the manner suggested b by the senator from Kansas that Is is sent send I them to the penitentiary and keep I Ithem them there until thy they have ha trul I truly re repented re- re of their greedy r edy selfish acts A fine tine of imposed on a n certain oil all deah dealer r some Rome years ears ago ao which 1 con confess Cess I am unaware whether or no not It was na paid or the trial and pen sentence sentence sen sen- tence of ot a certain politician without getting hIm bin bt behind the bars will never ne do any good W. W J J. J Bryan Bran among other otlie good things suggests ests a single standard of or morality for men and women Vh Why not have o a standard of oC laws to be administered ad ad- ministered equally for Cor the well being of or all our citizens be the they rich or poor and if IC a man breaks one law pu put him where he lie wont won't have a chance to an any more until he lie has paid the uttermost farthing Yours for or the principle of or live ll and let lct live c also a n square deal to all WILLIAM NISBET Lake street |