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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-03-09, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community/ First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers A ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations f All�j 4 Subscription Rates: l�,j = Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year V pS� SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 9, 1961 Surpluses Are Costly A recent statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Alvin Hamil- ton, that the action of the govern- ment in placing hog support on a de- ficiency payment basis has eliminat- ed "the previous surplus production" ignores the factors that in the first instance placed hogs in a surplus position. Similarly speculative references to action contemplated to control the mounting butter surplus, have ig- nored the causes that resulted in the surplus in that product. The truth, of course, is that as of March 31, 1957, there were surpluses in but two agricultural products. As reported by the Agricultural Stabil- ization Board, these surpluses were: Grade A large eggs, 4,514,640 dozen; first -grade creamery butter, 29,638,- 010 pounds. ---� What was the situation two years later when Conservative election promises of 1957 and 1958 had been converted into increased surpluses in a long list of farm products? Here was the surplus position as of March 31, 1959, as reported by the Agricultural Stabilization Board: Grade A large eggs, 5,009,550 doz- en; frozen whole eggs, 6,954 pounds; fowl, 660,188 pounds; first grade creamery butter, 49,611,273 pounds; dry skimmed milk, 64,192,622 pounds; pork products, 54,543,507 To Producer pounds; canned tomatoes, 69,960 cas- es. This surplus situation,. of course, resulted from support increases which the Diefenbaker Government introduced shortly after it took of- fice. Butter was increased from 58c to 64c per pound. Eggs were increas- ed from 38c to 44c per dozen, and the floor price of hogs from $23 cwt. to a set price of $25 per cwt. Typical of what happened was, the experience in hogs. The hog popula- tion in Canada on June 1, 1957, just three weeks before the Liberals went out of power was 4,857,000. One year later, after a year of Conserva- tive rule, it had climbed to 6,164,000. This came about from the fact that farmers thought Mr. Diefenbaker had meant what he 'said when he promised to increase farmers returns from hogs. They were strengthened in this opinion by the introduction of a stabilized price of 25 cents a pound `grade A at Toronto before the 1958 election. They thought this meant that hogs would go up two cents, only to find that hogs had averaged 33 cents a pound grade A on the To- ronto market for several years. The over -production, in both hogs and eggs, created by the govern- ment's program, forced prices down. It has been a costly experience for hog and poultry producers. New Look At Defen Mr. Pearson, the Liberal leader, rightly believes that his proposals on defence policy have been misinter- preted. They have been. They : were one of those rare and wondrous, ev- ents when a prominent public man got out of the pattern of convention- al thinking and tried to break new ground. Naturally, his political op- ponents jumped on him in order to reinforce their own orthodoxy. Na- turally too, the handful of neutral- ists in Canada believed they had found a sponsor in Mr, Pearson and added their share to the misrepres- entation. To deal with the latter first, there never has been, and indeed there nev- er will be, any chance of Mr. Pearson becoming a neutralist. Since assum- ing the Liberal party leadership he has studied, spoken and commented on many aspects of public affairs which were not his direct concern when he was Secretary of State for External Affairs in the St. Laurent administration. In the old days he fought isolationism with everything he had, and it would be a strange metamorphosis if, at his age, he turn- ed.about face, and began to sponsor the silly doctrine of neutralism which is merely isolationism with a new name. What he did do, however, was to suggest that our defence expendi- tures might be turned to better pur- poses than they now are. This is not isolation, it is not neutralism, and certainly it is not treason. But be- cause his ideas broke out of a long established pattern, some people thought he must have turned neu- Common Sense vs. We have the sneezes and a flock of our friends suffer the same predica- ment. The doctors assure us there is no epidemic and we have to take their word for it. It does net alleviate our sufferings, nor those of our friends, all medical opinion notwithstanding. We find also very little encourage- ment in the sobering advice given to tis by this most respected profession. They tell us to use common sense in fighting common colds. The only thing in common with these two, we find, is that the common cold is more Cotillion than the common sense. For one thing, we have forgotten, in fol- lowing etMore complicated advanc- eS of ',medical sciences, how such a ce Merits Attention tralist, and the tenor of speeches by cabinet ministers, while not saying so in exact words, left the impression that anyone who suggests something different must be neutralist. This may be good debating. Half truths have turned many a tide. But, in this case, it has an element of malice which is not pleasant to observe. Because Prime Minister Diefen- baker has rigidlyursued the de- fence policies of his\predecessors, he has denigrated Mr. Pearson's ideas by saying he wants to reduce the Canadian role in continental defence to "bird watching." This is, of course, a gross distortion of Mr. Pearson's idea which was based prin- cipally on the fact that, at this par- ticular moment in time, Canada might serve a useful international purpose by refusing nuclear weapons even for the use of its air squadrons. What Mr. Pearson had, and has, in mind, is that if continental defence demands the use of nuclear weapons, there is something to be said for de- voting a substantial part of our de- fence expenditure to other purposes. It is not sensible to dismiss such an idea by finding a contemptuous phrase to describe it Least of all for a man like the Prime Minister who, in his years of office has not contri- buted a single new idea to defence policy,—and has indeed condemned our NORAD squadrons to obsolete equipment. Mr. Pearson , years ago helped to work out the conception of NORAD. Now, as time passes and as new events change circumstances, he is prepared to take a new look at the concept. The Montreal Star. Common Cold common thing as a common cold could be treated with common sense to alleviate the misery which accom- panies it. We know of a lot of common reme- dies prescribed by everybody but the medical practitioner, guaranteed to help during the period of misery. Cold bathsand hot baths; spirited drinks in various degrees of temper- atures and not in the least, drinks prepared from herbs, only our living grandmothers are able to remember by their proper names. We have us- ed them all, in combination with var- ious pills, shivering and perspiring under our blankets only to wake up the .next morning with a splitting headache and the most forlorn feel- ing in the world.—tlmira Signet. • mNI I MIIitifinIllmigsfuommemmmIIIIIIIn11ontiI111mmilon li mimllmmfummimmR SUGAR end SPICE mum By Bill Smiley ..ILII! Couple of weeks ago, I suggested, with the delicacy of a Percheron, that it might be a good idea if I got some fan mail. Just a token about a million letters. We were going to sho(v that Pierre Berton, with his average of 30 letters a day, what real fan mail was. We were going to fill a truck with letters, drive to the city, dump the entire million in his office, and sneer, "There! How- daya like THEM apples, Buster?" Well, all I can say is that I'm going to look pretty silly, pushing a wheelbarrow full of letters down the hallway. Come to think Of it, though, we didn't do so badly. Berton writes a column a day, and gets 30 let- ters. I write a column a week; and I got 151 letters. Putting it roughly, I get five times as much fan mail as Pierre Berton, Say this is sounding better all the time. Who does that guy think he is, anyway? As I write, the letters are still coming in at the rate of about 10 a day. We topped 25 three days in a row. I've never had Such interesting mall in my life. Main reason is because it's all about me. * * * Mighty flattering it was when the first letters were from news- paper people, who rearthe column before itgets into their papers. One of the first to arrive was from Art Reyhdal of Atikokan, a linotype operator, who writes bet- ter than most editors. Four typed pages, Iively and sardonic as only a lino operator can be. Oddly enough, two of the earl- iest arrivals were from readers of the most faraway paper on the list, the Whitehorse (Yukon) Star. Fred Heck sent a pleasant note. and Rusty Erlam kept it to a brief, "I'm witcha, boy," Then they began rolling in from all directions—the west coast, the Maritimes, the prairie provinces, Ontario and Quebec, and a dozen or two different places in the States. It's pretty exciting to know that Ted and Ruby Midgley are read- ing your column in their trailer in Chula Vista, California, just about the same time Molly Black- burn of Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia. is picking up her local weekly to have a look at Sugar and Spice. Mrs. Lilas Gillet, a Swiss -born lady who • loves Canada. scans it in Warwick, Quebec, before send- ing it to her son in England, and Madeline Vander Zanden, right across the continent in Forest Grove. Oregon, flips through the Red Deer Advocate to get at the column. It's thrilling to know that you pack enough punch to make har- assed housewives kick the kids out of the way, sit down among the breakfast dishes, and pen a note of encouragement to "keep it coming.',' It's delightful to get mash notes from dear old ladies in their eigh- ties. One of them, obviously writ- ten with great difficulty, ended and I can tell you, it's no fun being 89," and made me deep- ly ashamed of the beefing I do about little aches and pains. * * * One gal was born the same day I was and likes the birthday col- umns. Betty Hall, of Tillsonburg. trained as a nurse with my kid sister, who taught her to smoke. Margaret Farnell, of Edmonton. says 'her husband was in 'Six Group, Bomber Command, and en- joys the air force reminiscences. Roger Hartzel; -of Neepawa. Man., along with about 50 others. wonders how The Old Battleaxe likes being called The Old .Battle- axe, As a matter 'of fact, she rather enjoys it. She's a pretty sharp -looking doll, and it makes her glow a bit when she meets strangers and they exclaim, "Sure- ly YOU'RE not the OLD BATTLE- AXE!" in amazement. There's a good chance that she's going to have to be at her best to hold me, though. Now that I'm a popular idol, with 151 letters, she's going to have competition. One lady wrote to say that if I ever went farming, she's go into partnership with me. Another said I was better looking than she'd expected, and that she just loved me. She rather spoiled it by adding that she sends the paper each week to her granddaughter. Still an- other stated flatly: "Any time your Old Girl leaves you, I shall be waiting here with a beer to cheer. Old Maid," * * * It's amazing—but no news to weekly editors—how far some pa- pers travel. Mrs. Lillian Smyth, of Leader, Sask„ sends her paper to her children in Seattle, and from there it goes to California, Many others reported similar skullduggery. I was deeply hurt that I receiv- ed only one letter from my old home town of Wiarton. It was from Bert Sinclair, the town clerk, and read: "Dear Bill, thanks for putting your address in your col- umn, We didn't have it here at the office. This is not exactly a fan letter. It is just to inform you that your 1960 taxes are still ow- ing, plus $5.62 interest." I'm plan- ning to answer every letter, and I can assure you, that one is go- ing to the bottom of the pile. I can't begin to pass along all the messages I received, but will only add that they were generous, kind and interesting. There wasn't a scurrilous one in the lot. Thank you, gentle readers, with all my heart. It's pretty nice to know that, while there may not be any great demand for me in Hollywood, London or New York, they wait for me in Watford, go for me in Georgetown, eat me up in Egansville, hang on my every word in Hantsport, and love me in Leader. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Who Was the Youngest Bishop in the Empire? When Henry Joseph O'Leary was consecrated Roman Catholic Bish- op of Charlottetown in 1913, he was the youngest bishop in the British Empire, From 1920 until his death in Victoria, B.C,, in 1938, he was archbishop of Edmonton. Arch- bishop O'Leary was born at Richi- bucto, N.B., in 1879. He was edu- cated in Montreal and at the Can- adian College in Rome. In 1901 he was ordained. Before becoming Bishop of Charlottetown he en- gaged in parochial work in his na- tive province. M M Where Was America's First Metal- lic Magnesium Produced? At Shawinigan, Que., by the Shawinigan Electro Metals Com- pany. Up to the time of the First World War, Germany was tffe on- ly .source of magnesium. an im- portant ingredient of flares an.d signals. In complying with the Imperial Munitions Board's re- quest for the metal, the Shawini- gan firm produced the first com- mercial metallic magnesium in North America. Concentrated brine containing magnesium was obtain- ed from the Dow Chemical Com- pany in Michigan. It was electro- lyzed in the fused state to produce magnesium metal. The plant op- erated at, the rate of 400 pounds of metal per day from 1915 until the end of the war. About thirty years later, in 1947, the Aluminum Company of Canada at Arvida, Quer, installed equipment to make metallic magnesium electrolytical - "Acting as my own lawyer I defended myself brilliantly, and 1 woulda' won too, if 1 hadn't had such a weak ease." REV. ROBERT H. HARPER THE HEAVENS DECLARE It is a "blessed thing that no na- tioi>, has planted a flag on the moon. The other night, as the full moon rose in glory it looked as it looked when I was a boy. And we never suspect that the beautiful orb will fail to shine upon any of this generation. Few men, if any, will ever see the other side of the moon, except in pictures, and vacation trips to that world in space ships will hardly fill our magazines. But we can learn much from the great space 'in the realm of the mind and heart. Ages ago, the Hebrew psalmist, doubtless gazing heavenwalyd on a starry night, ex- claimed, "the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork." Napoleon Bonaparte, on a ship in the Medi- terranean, stood apart from a group of officers, who had been discussing their agnostic views. At length they approached the Emperor and asked his opinion of their expressed views. Napoleon raised his hand toward the heav- ens and asked, "Gentleman, who made all that?" Just a Thought: If we readily accept that which we are able to understand; if we strive to find reason in the things beyond our ready comprehension; then, eventually, we must come to the realization that there is a higher purpose, and, if a higher purpose, then certainly a higher authority. ly from concentrates obtained from brucite limestone. When Did Canadians First Enter the Olympics?" At the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. Canadians' have partici- pated in all the Olympic contests since then. The Olympic Games became a national festival in Greece in 776 B.C. and visitors were attracted from many foreign lands. The competitions were held in each fourth year; the locale was the plain of Olympia. These an- cient games were abolished by the Emperor Theodosius in A.D. 394 because they had become a source of feuding and discontent. It was not until 1896 that the games were revived at Athens, under, the in- spiration of Baron Pierre de Cou- -bertin of France, with the idea of promoting international amity through amateur sports. Except for cancellation of the games in 1916, 1940 and •1944, because of war conditions, the games have been held every fourth year since 1896. The games are held under the administration of a self-per- petuating body, the International Olympic Committee, A *DUFF OTTAWA- REPORT THE TORY—WHAT IS HER A Tory, the Oxford dictionary says, is a "member of the party" that opposed' the exclusion of the Duke of York (James II), inclined to the Stuarts after 1689, accepted George III and the established or- der in church and state, opposed the Reform Bill of 1932, and has been succeeded by Conservative Party (origin -Irish robber)." An inadequate description, per- haps, of the political philosophy that prevails in Canada today. But pa one, it seems, has produced an vp-to-date definition that fits the Conservative or his party. A prominent western politician, challenged to explain his Conserv- ative belief, put it this way: "The Conservative stands for the basic dignity of the human individual in Canadian society, and the philosophy rests on the firm principle that each man is his brother's keeper," He agreed the Conservative Par- ty of 1961 has no corner on this belief. It is shared, he admitted, by the Liberal Party and to a de- g ree, at least, by the Socialist Other' Present-day Cdnservatives have put it in different ways. "I ran as a Conservative because I stand by Britain and the Union Jack," said one M.P. seriously. "The Liberals were getting too friendly with Uncle Sam, and turning their backs on Britain." "I'm a Conservative because of the conscription policy of the Lib- erals in World War Two," offered another, "When I was fighting ov- erseas it angered me to see others at home who were able to get away with refusing to do their share." Like many 1961 -model Tories, these men had reasons to offer for identifying themselves as Conservatives, but seemed to lack a basic philosophy that differen- tiated them to any major degree from their opponents in Parlia- ment. A more familiar definition, though perhaps no more valid in today's terns,• was offered the National Liberal Rally last Janu- ary to Opposition Leader Lester Pearson. He said the political, economic and social development of Canada had taken place in a parliamen- tary system which had operated through two parties—"one repre- senting the liberal, progressive, re- form tradition; the other the conservative, cautionary, 'careful about change" tradition." Even Mr. Pearson confessed that this concept had been "confused" in recent years by a Conservative Party which "no longer acknowl- edges its parentage, refuses even to use the word 'conservatism' and which is now known by the name of a man rather than that of a party." Mr. Pearson's definition may be deliberately harsh. He is commit- ted ,after all, to forcing the Con- servatives out of office, and has no reason or even valid excuse to look on them kindly. But the Conservatives seem to encounter just as much difficulty themselves in defining their aims and objectives. What better evidence than a re- cent issue of the Conservative Canadian, the party publication edited by Halifax M.P. Robert McCleave? The Conservative Canadian put their difficult question to 10 party backbenchers, one from each prov- ince. It got 10 different answers. To C. A. (Tiny) Cathers, of York North, modern-day Conservatism meant a "policy of free enter- prise . , . we have, in the last three years, arrested the trend of state socialism which made such rapid strides during the Liberal regime." Conservatives believe in "closer ties with the British Com- monwealth," he continued, "and in protection for the Canadian work- man by restricting imports from low-wage countries, i.e., Japan, Russia, China." Others didn't go that far. Newfoundland's James McGrath (St. John's East) put it simply: "The Conservative Party," he said, "stands for dynamic Canadianism and a new spirit of national un- ity." From Canada's other coast, John Drysdale (Burnaby -Rich- mond) piped up: "My image of the Conservative Party and its Kundamen.tal principles is of a free, dynamic and trup representa- tive party . brought together through the inspiring leadership of Prime Minister John G. -Diefen- baker." The view from Canada's geogra- phic centre was offered by Gordon Chown (.Winnipeg South): "From the days of Sir John A. Macdonald, our party has pulled east and west the Liberals, on the other hand, pull north and south . . ," Editor McCleave, who supported a CCF candidate in a 1950 Nova Scotia by-election and identified himself as, a Conservative only six weeks before the 1957 Federal election that brought him to the. House of Commons, said it was easy to identify these two parties —the CCF stood for "statism on a very heavy scale." "But where do you look for the difference between the Conserva- tives and the Liberals?" he was asked. "To the 1859 report of the chief electoral officer," he quipped. Capital Hill Capsules Political insiders view Prime Minister Diefenbaker's tax -sharing proposal to the provinces as a mas- terpiece of election strategy. With one stroke of the pen, he went a long way ($18,000,000 worth) to ease the financial burdens of On- tario," where Tory strength re- mains high; extended fiscal fav- ours to the Atlantic provinces, which continue to need the help; and forced the Social Credit gov- ernments of British Columbia 'and Alberta, the CCF government of Saskatchewan, and the Liberal government of Quebec to pay the penalty. Moral: If you want fav- ours from Ottawa, don't elect Mr. Diefenbaker's political opponents. * * * A final confident forecast: No Federal election in '61. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor February 28, 1936 Mr. J. M. McMillan, manager of till? Province of Ontario Savings Office here, has the distinction of being the first person in town to have reported seeing a robin this winter, James Lockhart, well-known for- mer resident of Seaforth and now a prominent businessman of Sar- nia, celebrated his 78th birthday on Feb. 15. Local churches have arranged to have radios installed on Sunday morning in order that congrega- tions may have the opportunity of hearing His Majesty King Edward VIII in his first broadcast to the Empire. Mr. George Beatty. Sr., the treas- urer of the Township of Stanley, has resigned after holding the of- fice for 26 years in which :he has been a faithful servant. Impassable roads caused a de- crease in the number of exhibits at the Seed Show of the South Huron Agricultural Society at Hensall on Friday, but the ex- hibits shown compared very fav- orably to the judge, Professor W. J. Squirrel, with- any he had seen. Mr. John Finlayson was re-elect- ed chairman of the Carnegie Lib- rary Board at the board's annual meeting on Monday evening. The twelfth annual commence- ment of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute was held in Cardno's Hall on Friday evening before a large audience. The Seaforth Lions Club examin- ed and had charge of 53 cases of crippled and otherwise incapitated children during 1935 recorded by chairman Dr. F. J. Bechely. Miss Teresa Delaney, stenogra- pher in Hays & Meir's legal of- fice, has been appointed deputy sheriff at Goderich. Her place will be filled by Frank Krauskopf, of Dublin. Work of installing a large steam heating plant in the Commercial Hotel here has recently been com- pleted. From The Huron Expositor March 3, 1911 Mr, W. J. Perkins, Hensall, in order to afford accommodation to the travelling public, has fitted up for the present the Commercial Hotel in George McEwen's brick block, nearly opposite to where the hotel 'stood before the fire. J. and C, McDonell, of Hensall, who have carried on so very ex- tensively a hardware and furni- ture and undertaking business for the past 30 odd years, have decid- ed not to re-engage in business again after the fire. J. W. Bon- thron and Mark Drysdale have bought the business In Hensall, McIntosh and 'Turnbull, -Seaforth, have purchased an automobile, which they will use . in connection With their ,livery. Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Easter Sunday falls on April 16, rather later than usual Mr. George Greenslade, of Bay- field, has purchased and taken possession of the grocery business of Mr. A. R. Crone, and we wel- dome them to Seaforth: McIntyre & Edge are making extensive improvements in the in- terior of their hardware store. The recent thaws have left the country roads pretty bare in some places, and for the first time since the sleighing started early in De- cember last the Bayfield stage came in on wheels on Monday. Mr. H. A. Kelly, who has been teller in the Dominion Bank here for some years, has been,ans- ferred to Toronto. Mr. John Beattie, of the• Sea - forth Variety Store, is in London this week on a buying trip, pick- ing up bargains for the patrons of his store. The pupils of the Collegiate In- stitute are preparing to present "David Copperfield," a dramatiza- tion of Dickens' greatest novel, in Cardno's Hall on the evening of March 24. A special meeting of the council was held on Wednesday night to consider again the matter of Mr. H. W. Colquhoun converting the old McGinnis block into a stable. The council decided they could not permit this to be done. From The Huron Expositor February 26, 1886 Mr, William Ballantine has been offered the position of Liquor Lic- ense Inspector for South Huron, but he declined, Joseph Kidd & Son, of Dublin, have purchased the premises and stock of Thomas Kidd & Son in Seaforth, and will continue on the business. Mr, L. G. Van Egmond, of A. G. Van Egmond's Sons, has re- turned from the Eastern States, where he has been purchasing more machinery, and has also or dered the latest improved spin- ning machine which is now being built especially for the Seaforth Woollen Mills. Mr. W. J. Shannon, secretary of the McKillop Insurance Company, has gone to Toronto attend the annual meeting of the Ontario In- surance Association. Mr. William Campbell, of Win- throp, has removed to the farm of Mr. John Campbell, on the 6th concession of McKillop. Mr. Geoi,ge Nesbitt, of the 7th concession of McKillop, lost a fine young mare last week,by distem- per. Mr. A. W. Bleadell, formerly of this town, has been appointed a member of the council of the Mani- toba Pharmaceutical Association. Mr. Adam Hays, son of James Hays, reeve of McKillop, who has been a severe sufferer for a long time from a sore leg, had the limb amputated above the knee in To- ronto a few days ago. Mr, S. A. Moffat, of Varna, the general agent for the Brantford light steel ""binder, is preparing to do an extensive business in this county the coming season. Our old friend, the Mitchell Ad- vocate, came to hand last week in a new dress and changed to the eight -page form. It's the .LAW . The Highway Traffic Act provides in Section 104 (1): "Where a portable traction engine is met or overtaken on a highway by a vehicle drawn by a horse or other animal, or by a horseman, the driver of the engine shall, if practic- able, turn out to the right and give such vehicle or horseman at least one-half of the road, and, if requested by the driver, shall stop and remain station- ary until the vehicle or horse- man has safely passed, and assist such driver or horseman to pass." 111E 11ANDY.FAMILY WE SHOULD REALLY HAVE A LINOLEUM KNIFE oe oAP YOU'RE RIEKT JUNIOR -AND riot GOING 1U MAKE ONE BY LLOYD 8IRMpIGRAlf HERES HOW DAP MADE A HANDY SHOP KNIFE Ur OFF 6H4 DKSANU SHARPEN kUGEs 610 FlLE� HANDLE ALUMINUM RIVET t9RILL HOLE IN FERRULE TO LINE VP WITH HOLE IN NAPE AND ATTACH BLADE WITT4 ALUMINUM RIvEr C'Sw►rtEDGES • • • • • f • • w • oa•` v • •