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flIE Futt. OF LEAvEs-koWERS
IN %WM-THE HONEYStocKi_Efs
EXOSSo.
.(By REV. ROBERT H.-. -HARPER)
• .1:1-• STEWARDSHIP •
One of the most hderesting char -
eters of whom vve read in the Olcl
Testament is Melehizidek. leis re-
cordedthat he was "King of Salem
and priest of the most high God",'
And when'Abraharn returned from
the pursuit and slaughter -of the
banded kings' who had overrun and
desPoiled Palestine, he gave tithes
to the, ancient priest. ,
Throughout Old Testament times,
God's people were taught to bring.
• in the tithe and to trust him to
take care of' them when they were
faithful in $o dohig. The, seventh
year the fields were to go untitled,
• and it was God's promise that they
would gather enough in, the sixth
year to, last them, until the eighth.
Then, in the last chapter of Mal-
achi we find the stern -old prophet
rebuking the returned exiles for
failing to bring), their tithes into
•the storehouse, but promising,thein
that if they would bring in ,their
,tithes,, God wouldopereto them the
windows Of -heaven and pour them
-
out Such' bieseing that there would
P.A PERS not be room enough hi -receive it.
ntatio' Voters ,,Endorse:,.Preinier Frost
•Th? re -ejection on Thursda:y. of , by no means is an accurate -reflection"
Premier 'Frost's government can be the.POPUlar vote.: 'In fact, the Con. -
regarded as a Personal victory for servatwes *on! less than 45 per cent
1Vi
o . e p pu vo coitz sii S an -Frost and •a vote of confidence iri
...,„: - •bally from the results hi recent pro -
his integrity., vincial elections.
The voters, while generally, if, not ' The campaign in Huron Was quiet -.
entirely, Unperturbed concerning the While Mr. Strang, in his first bid for
gas scandal, at least indicated they .office, made substantial gains inithe
had confidence in Premier -;•Erostrural-pells,.:these were more than off--:,
They apparently believed that he ' set by thereturns. from Exeter- and"..' ,
would be able to contain the enthusi- . Clintom'aided:by the votes whichthe
asm of those members of his gove ii- , pronnsed Huron Jlosla4a,1 produced in .
7
Conservative. party, wh in t e, past The election quite properly must be-
ment and the senior ex7tives the Goderich: " ,• "; . , ' , . , '
had :shown interest in varip ,s stock a Source of satisfaction to Mr. Mac -
transactions. The voters ini-tlie areas 'Naughton. Meted first in a by-elec-
where the ministers inVolvedin the tiOna' little over a year ago, his re= .
'-gas scandal were candidates -7:were turn at the polls. Thursday is a.:re-
. .
more positive. They • rejected Mr. ,‘ flection of the enthusiasm and ability
- Mr. Clare Mapledoram and-Mn-Wil,-.-:-.rhe-haS -brought to his ,WorkE-during's:---
" lia-rn Griesinger. -. ' . the-yea-r---has,-..-represanted„.11ur_onl'L:
- The Liberal campaign under M in • in the Legislature. J-Iis ' return,- as ' p;e-'
Willterilleyer was successful in (1011- member of the ,. Frost government .
--Ming the Liberal- representatin—hproVis'hym.--:With--the-opportiniity-T
. the Legislature this will have -the not-OnlY---of-eontinuing-his-service-to-7
: effect of providing a more substantial' ' ' . the riding, but alsoof pressing' the •
opposition to a government which has ;government to carry out thepromis-; .'
shown a tendency to become increaS- : ks which, ' \throngh two. ..elections,.-
ingly arrogant and beaurociatic. It . have been made ' to Huron -voters. -
will result in better 'government for - Heisto be cOngratukthd on his Vic,- ,..
Ontario. tory, and the .good -wishes, of all in
While the opposition as a whole ;the county_will....gO with hinr as,_10...
,
fulfills his diities--dyring_lis term if, .
was increased. from 13 to 27, -the Con-
servative's large majority of 71 seats °
, • '
Advice Is Based On. 40 Years' Experience
There have been few, if any, years-ago--T-hadISO-acres:
---zens Of Ontario who could challenge •,-• If -I --had to start all over again today,
the late Tom Kennedy when it came. I couldn't, begin to Make a living with. .
to a knowledge of practical farming__ , thatkind of acreage. --
and practical politics. , "What we peed today' is an efica-
Excerpts from his memoirs remind, tional campaign to bring home to the
us that for the greater ,part of - farmer that he is expendable unless
life he was associated successfully he can change his mode Of operation.
with ,both. He operated his _farm Many of them figure that, because
north of Toronto, and for many years .• their father and grandfather made a
was ...Ontario's Minister of Agricul-'' good living out of the same 'acres,
ture. they can, too. And when they -find' -
Thus when Tom Kennedy discuss= - they can't, they are inclined to place
es the future of agriculture his views --7.-: --the blame -on -Governments. "
Will bear substantial° weight. Here • "The sniall fellow has to haVe two
. . . .
he sneaks about the small farmer:
"The individual farmer, with small
acreage and not much in the way of
mechanical equipment, is on his way.
out in Canada. When I started to
things that: are: 'basic t� :solving his • -
'problem Modern machinery;and I.
sufficient:acreage. Without thern, he
is downed in. this age, of bigness : and
efficient. production."' 1
This Is No Time To Slap, $ihOol
This is the time of year when many
parents develop ,a worried look and
begin an anxious seareh for ammuni-`-''
tion to convince their teenagers to,
• • -.
-living in a very coMplex age, and ,ev-
erything" point§ to more complexity;.
in
in the future. "To be able to meet the
challenges which this .age presen
we "MU'S make full use of our most
stay in school.
valuable asset:• -human resources.
Through harried eyes, they watch A growing- awareness of the need
. .tbeir young man weigh the -value of - for more education is` reflected in in%
education against the thoughts- of dustry where educational standards
work and the ready cash which is Over the past 10 years have been be -
within easy grasp at the nearest fae- coming higher -and higher. -.This
tory or other place of business.- To tr611€1 is hound to continue'. The: job
• obtain a job, money and the things it. which is. °Pen today to the Ynungster
with a grade 10 education niay
.will buy, and to gain a new measure
losed tomorrow to those at this ley -
of independence in what appears to
be an adult world, all the boy has to
• do is to make what he considers a
small sacrifice ---leave school.. Too of-
ten the scales are tipped against ed-
ucation.
•
•
This shocking when we consider
• that, every year, thousands of young
Canadian men and vtromen are will-
• ing to ,..make this "small sacrifice"".
•Accordingto, the Dominion Bureau Of
Statistics about .30 of every hun-
dred youngsters who enter school ob-
el,•ancl it may -he that the yodngrnan
or woman who has taken such a job
has traded the future for a few dolr
lars. The cornple)e, age which •offers
therm so much now mayleave_them
• behind in the future because they
lardk,sufficienteduCatiOn, to keep pace-
• With might be better to prepare,
for the. demands of the future by ob-
taining more education today.?
- , .
"Stay in school" is just another
adult phrase to a young person. How-
. , ,
ever in the adult world he or- she is
l •
tam their junior Matriculation, and - 'about to ent,er, it may. take -on a new
just 10 or 12 out of a hundred receive meaning associated with regret To
Ir .
their senior matriculation In On • avoid this, as much as possible it
.
tario, the number graduating is even
snialler.
The staggerin weight on the scale
* can be clearly pictured when, we see
that, under the above cOnd" ions, of
the amoo pupng 'who enrolled
Irade' one in all, elementary' schools
• in.,Canada in 1057, Just 129,000 will:
obtain their junior inatriculatiOn and
Mere 51.1600 Will succesSfully com-
plete h'igh school. •
• Our 'country cannot afford this ap-
• palling waste Of brain pOWer. We are
might be wise for the young Man' or:
woman ,*ho is determined,
school,. to Pauselor a. moment and
analyse the prospective job:' Perhaps
they should ask 't'hernselves, "Where.
.does if lead'?" and "-floW far Can I go
in ,it.-viTith my pregent eduation?" If
a dead --end job, it might be bet-
, ter:to. consider another ,line of work .
and _then to ask the same questions
again, Another ,rear -twb atschool
might. open new clpiaks to desirable
job opporturiitiai Which are .tioW out
reach.—(Contriblited).
-THERE'S JUST
GQ017
' AIR.. •
•
SEEN IN THE
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. .
Te.Start.Peynige,
: 'The contract , foe :Paving:). cif No.,
86,-HighWay;.•eeet,''frain.eWingliain
-throughCorner has: been. aNVarclect-lel.lie
Cox A' Censfeuctioie e:COmpanY, • of
• Giieiph,accordingtoword, reeeiy,,",,,
-d-hY73Obii-W':'"Hanria,- The StirfaCe
Will he a,three•ea3reee 'hOtinho
tee the ---:constitiestie*
On, the reitainder Of tlieSarriehigh.
way. ' Work ,ori the 'contra ct isex-
petedtotrt
Aeleatice-Tiraes.", : •
NeW, AppointmentMr: J. E. Bannister, nth -eager of
fhe: Bank of. Montreal -in, Zurich,
has been appairited to the board. of
directors. of the Londten ;District
Crippled 'Children's Treatment- Cen-
tre in leuidon. ThebOard.will 'meet:
four. times - each year. Mr, Ban-.
nister has been- very active, ,over
the past years with the 'health- arid
welfare-ecomMittee of the , Zurich
'Lions Club, end, also Served' .as
chairinan of .the cainpeign for
funds,.for ceetre:-..-Zur=
ich CitizenseNevvs. • --
• Palls Prom. Tube •
Despite .a ,fiveleenr. 'fight to . re-
vive: him, Gran-
ton boy clied -Tuesday night after
falling Off 4, raft on, the-Kirkton.
pond. Local residents, firemen; „a
doctor and hospital authorities
Worked onehe boy front five o'clock_
when be, was 'pulled froth the pond,
untir 10, when he was pronomaced
dead at St. Marys', Hospital. ‘The
Victiln- was 'John Charles' MeDon-
ald, serrof .Major and Mrs:R. D:
McDonald, Granton, who went to
the penclivitheseveralebrothers„ and
sisters. The..boy'e'father. is station-
ed iii-,Moetreal; with :the Canadian
Melly. The boys and his brother
were -floating on are inner tube,-in2-
flated shortly before; at a local sta-'
tion when John slipped off-andwent le, the bottom. The pond is
abaft:12-,feet --deep 'et-thie'poirit.-e=
Exeter Times -Advocate.• .
Conviet,ed. on Charge
After deliberathig for one hour,
a petit joury, early .Wednesilay af-
. • •
• In the New Testa.ment, the law
of the tithe is enlarged and men
are Cominandecrto• give all they
ternacei,,at Huron County court, can to God's service. The tithe .Of
handed in a verdict of guilty- on ten per cent is the minimum, and
the criminal " charge againet Glen above that a man must- give all
Walden„R11, 2, Lewin:low- sHo Was he can of the things God has given
Sentenced by Judge Frank- mg -him.
land to one •year reforrna 3r.
Soon ,aftee Sentenee was pronmin.c-
ed;eeither-the—intense-heat "Of the •
D
day:I-4411e, strain ef of beth;., ryBeans Depen
,
resulted in' Mr: ,Walden fahiting,
Ile was
,rfakery anibulahee - QualitySeed:
Irmo. espaitii?di and did not regain peoef14
ft_al priib av.y. 11; niost_e; ti e
.sciOusneis fore Mere than an hour, Linetheepeednetioneoeedu_ebeariein.
it -was stated, Thecharge onwhich , Ontario:, according fp G. E-Oratle,`
Mr: Walden. Was found guilty read
• cerealiet at the Harrow .Research
in Parte "On 'October 18!..1958,.,,at station,: is the enelity of the seed,
dGiodde-wrlicthh ainritde iiettsteowhrrieirseie land. :s% eAa,seesemoef ebe-6'.aenfs. the important ibteeceatitlet
Consteble A';• -Twaddle 'to , miter hP- or on the seed,: and they are re
false state
e.
cineari: investigation hYe maki,11,gr-i-arre-pereeere.,....fer mach of the poor
''nient that eecused. qualitY inthe hearts sold.,
Caiiieron;• AShfield'
. '.thivnshipof
,
having committed • . an .Offen, to.„typIlhesee„roinsabi.ee .a” ailgromb,,wn6r; oinf,
wit, . sending a threatening' letterOntavio
ecoanratrtiaaTry„.L.tocrothdeen,Cerhimg4a.r5....al- Coda r ,btuttirt.ethpeea7lhaeai;,..teYfetblosb‘ saTriael!• .
,H6t-itOdderS a, Menace.
"We'll 'lower the 'boom agaire., tion trials_
peemieee, eememee.ileeee, jeetee,,, michelite is :4 nigh7Yielding.niid-'
of toencii,' when en,.'eLVIonday night
tolerant to bacterialeblighteeSdni-
eequested by:Reeve:7W.
season bean that is resistant to
chairman, of the police coininittee....6 mon bean mosaic and highly
he wa
Miller to de „something about the. ac lbsaanhitghh,-atYiiesiditiresgiste,aanrtlytomeaettimr:
speeding -on Princess Street,--Mr.itg
Miller called' therrf-"hot, rod driv•-•
ers", Mr. Bridle:geld he had, some
ecomPlinats aboutenOtoecy_eleserac-e
ing night' on'Princess. Stret
e
"HoWeVer," Went. on Mr. Bridle;
"tie» policemen , oa cletY •cariTiot'
beeeerywhereeat once These delve
ers areeesTnart',.and seem to have
one eye .out for the cruiser before'
theyrstart their racing. Mr: Bridle
upon the citiierg, of town. to
he of assistance, "Any citizen iS
perfeetly, at lthertY," said .Mr. Brir
"to lay. an. inform.ation agaiest
any ofethe .driverS, they see epeed2
ing - Tis inferniation is 1i -i.
the police office, and with the lie-
-enseeentinibee,--andedescriptioe- of
the•car involved, a conviction will
be made. This has already been
done in one, instance by a resident
of Clinton, Within the past month."
•
YEAR-• Interesting items gleaned from
GONE The Huron Expositor Of 25,50
•and, 75 year 'ago.
prom The Huron Expositor ,
June 22, 1934
One of the largest -votes ever poll-
ed Was the record set up in Sea-,
forth en Tuesday. Electors, old and
young-, • brined out in large -nurn-
bers throughout the day and cast
1,005 totes: James Ballantyne was
elected to the • Provincial Parlia-
ment by an -overwhelming major-
ity at Tuesdo's election.
Miss Margaret .McKellar, Miss
.Muriel Beattie; -Miss Alice Dev-
ereaux, Miss Flikabeth McLean,
Mr. Arthur Burrows and-IVIr. Fran-
cis Deeereaux secured standing in
their year's Work at the University
of Westere Ontario. The first two
mentioeed passed With honors.
On *lune 8th a farewell party Was
held in honor of Die E A and Mrs.
McMaster and family prior -to their
leaving Ethel for Seaforth. •
Seaforth • Collegiate Instittite
Forms. 1, 2, 3 and 4 prize winners
were aftnounced this weekeas Sar-
ah Whitmore, Alma Finnigan,
Dorothy Golding and Allan Keys.-
Mt. F. McLeaneKippen, had the
misfortune While playing fobtball
on Saturday night last to have a
bone dislocated and the ligaments,
stretched.
• A quiet wedding' was solemnized
on SatUrday, June 16, when -Ger-
trude Emma Miller and Douglas
Ennis, both of Walton, were united
in -Marriage. The couple are re-
siding hi Walton. - '
*
Front The Enron Expositor
, 'June 18, -1900
-During -a severe thunder and
lightning storm -tin Sunday, the fire
alarn» wires were struck and the
alarm set off.
Mr. W. S. Perkins, of the Com-
mercial Flotel, Hensall, is noW
the possessor of a double -seated
antomobile, and has the distinetion
6r_introducing., the first one into
the village. ' •'
There was quite a heaVy fall of
hail in Egnionclville on Smithy eve-
ning last, and on Monday evening
Mere was considerable: frdst.:
At the meeting of the thwet Cam -
i1 on IVfoedayeeVenhig the council
authorited the constructioe of cern-
ent Sidewalks on a turnber of the
main streets 'of the town, ,
The final football inateli betWeen
the 8rneefield Revere and -the Sea -
birth' Iniperials was played Men -
day evening W th vieto y fo
mon bean mosaic ancl anthracnose.
It does nothave as much toler-
ance' ' as. lVfichelite to bacterial
Dry beans' ean be geown on a
variety o.f son types, but they grew
best on welldrained sandy 16am,,
silt loam, or clay. loam 'soils high
-in organic matter. Sandy soils are
not very well suited for bean grow -
ink but by ,keeping the organic
content fairly - high,. soils of this
type can produce good yields of
• A crop rotation; with a three or
four-year ,interval between plant-
ings ,on • any one field., is a good
practice,- GroWinge-beans-succes--
-sively on the same land is haZard-
oueeliecauee of 'the danger of loss -
,es• from diseases, carried in the
soil, suet 'aSeleiot rots, and eliseas-
es ,carried on plant refuse, such as
antitracnose and bacterial blight.
As a geeeral rule, the applica-
tion of moderate amounts of fer-
tilizers increase bean yields, but
care must be taken in their appli-
cation as bean "seedjs Subject to
. . .
Brucefielt.of1to 0. .
injury when it comes in direct con-
- ,
The Tittle daughter -f--Mr-. and tact with fertiliz,er. •„
Mrs. W: F. /1/lorenz, while playing A bea'n drill, a corn planter with
in the school yard, stepped On -a a bean plate attachment or a grain
hair .pin which penetrated deeply drill is• generally • usedtoplant
into her foot, making a very .pain- beans in rows from' 24 to 2i
8 nches-
/tit. wound, •apart. They should be planted at
Mr. W. Baker,of Galt, form.. the minimum depth that will ob-
erly of the Egmont:Wine school, was tain good coverage and sufficient
.tnoisture to promote fast germina-
tion. It is best to plant beans when
the soil temperature is abeve 65
degrees F., usually, between June
1 to 15, in Ontario,. Sinall white
pea beans should be planted' at
about 40 to 50 pounds to the acre
depending on the variety.
In their earlier stages beans
'should be cultivatedas infrequent-
ly as- necessary to control weedt.
Special care must be thken late in
the• season fo avoid hijuty to the
roots 'extending out between the
rows jt beneath the soil sutfaee.
m.Seaforth this week. Mr, Baker
tame tip with the lacrosse team.
Mr. and Mrs. F, Sills returned.
frointlaeir wedding trip on Monday
eVelaing and_Were tendered a re-
ception at their home on High St.
.• From The Huron Expositor
June 20, '1884
Mr. John Govenlock, son. Of Mr:
Thomas Govenloelt; 'fell into a eel-,
lar on Tuesday last and receited
sueh injuries as to eeeder- medical
aid necessary. '
Ata meeting of Seaforth council,'
held on Monday evening,. an offer
of a premium of $40 for -the Vari
ggrriond debentures hearing 6 per
cent payable half yearly, Was ac-
cepted. 'This shows that the credit
of the town is excellent. •
Last Tuesday' a youngelad, soli
of Mr. Thomas -E, Hays, hitched up
a colt for the ,first time for the
-purpose of taking his mother and
Mre. Alex Neilans for a, drive. The
colt, -became unmanageable and
ran away, throwing the three from
the vehicle. Mrs. Neilans had her,
leg fraetured 'and' her hind' bruis-
ed, "and„Mrs: Hays •and_ her sort
.were uniejured‘
The senior football club of Sea -
forth High School were in, Berlin.
otr SaturdaY, playing the fiael
match for chanapionsnip of Ontario,.
After playing twaehoUrs,, neither,
beenteat s:rt)rraenag arranged, .t� toanotherbemPlaatycehd 11 al ns vj—•sg""""---T. LET:5-FAce
Galt next Sabircley: •
• One day this_week Mr.. a Cluff,
on the dravel Road, near Seafoeth,
dug 60 pestholee, set 22 posts, milk-
ed fold coWe and attended the Sa1.4...
vation Army meeting in the eve--
nirig, which might be called a pod
'clay's Work.
The headmiSter of Seaforth High
School announceS that 125 candi:
dates, 'Will write the Entratee ex-
yaettaitn.atioes on July and 4 ,this
' eiUmber of farmers' in Stanley
Wined Otlt cnt Tuesday niut graVele
led the road from, Mt. J. PleWee
on the BaYfield Road, dowe eat to
WORDS;111==mi
lertettf THOUGHTS
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By W. (Bill) B, T SMILEY
• Father's DAY is bat a pallid imi-
tatimi eel that great commercial
orgy known as 1Vlother's Day, but
apparently it is with us to stay.
Each year father receives •gifts
that he neither needs nor wants,
and before the wrappings have been
Put away, he realizes the family
has Pik hini-lielock for the price
of said gifts. '
'I don't know- what the rest of
you birds, wantfor. Father's Day,
but I kno* what would please me
most. The most-ettioughtful. gift
the ally ,eould .produce for rile
viould be if they Paoiced a Itmch,
got iri the ear, and disappe'ared for
I find the, whole business of
Father's Day revolting. The mere
existence of such a, day -is -late in-
dication of the „new low to which
the father has sunk in the 'family
unit. Just a few decades ago,
every day Was father's day, enet
there was no fooling about it. ,
When f was a led,, there was
noneof this darn' foolishness of
father helping around the house.
Nowadays- fathers- scrub the -kit-
chen floor on their day off, and
help with the dishes after dinner.
In the good old day, fattier didn't
have a `day off in the first place,
and mother wouldn't have, let him
help with the dishes, in the. -sec-
ond place, because she -knew her
Perhaps its the ificreaSe in his
leisure time that has turned the
head of the house into • a substi-
tute babysitter, a domestic men-
ial, a haedy wailing -wall, and in
general, a pale reflection of his
dignified, • respected male fore-,
bears.
a.-; couple of .decades ago;
father worked a six-day; sixty -hour
weekebutehedidnItegetettleerseAnd-
deeyou--know—whyq-e-Betause,'-e-he
didn't -See as •iiinelf-,15f
, as the poor, enppleegutted- ceea--
ture who .brings home the . began
• Nowadays, father gets_ a day or
half-day off Does he potter. in
in
the garden? Does he' go fishing?
Does he get away for, a game of
golf? Would it were so. He. is
kicked into the street with the
children, while inother dbes vvhat-
• ever modern women do around
home with $800 Worth of labour-,
savieg mlainery.
.
', There is nothing. more pitiable
than -the sighteof-a-father,...ort his
clay , off, wandering forlornly about
a -supermarket, trailed 'by, two -or -
three ,little monsters of children,
as -he, does the weekend shoppin,g.
When he gets home he is allowed
to. put the groceries away, and
spend ,an hour mowing the lawn,
before dinner. •.After h ha put
the-Idds to -bed, he .is 'supposed to
emerge from his chrysalis, as a
full-fledged social •butterfly, and
go --off and get -n11., juiced up at
• Somebody's Saturday night party.
raw- today. hi the old days, fath- ,
er,s weren't patticulerly concerned'
with "getting to knoe-7- the chil,
dren.". -They didn't worry about
their children liking them. They ,.
took it for granted and everybody
was a--Ibt happier.. •
•,When mY Dad got home' froni ,
wOrk, he didn't ,have" to set the
table, run, around looking -for. the
kids, then junip in the Car and go
and get a quart of milk. Nor did -
he have to "pick up- a few things
on the way home", because moth.,
er looked after her eiWn shopping,
No,sir, when iny Dad' kat home
from -Work, he was ,greeted affee,
tiortately, ,he
PelitelY,' and left
alone. Ile .retired to HIS chair,
• with HIS paper, until he was call• -
ed for slipper. During tliel'itieal
he was not forced,te listen to a 20-
minitte, harangue • about the ter-
rible day niother-- had had. ' Nor, -
did he. have to break up quarrels
among , the children. Nor did he ,
have to jumerup'. and. make the
tea, because 'nether was called to
• the phone.enct was still there, talk,
ing about the bake sale: 20 minutes
later.
*
And on the weekend,. my -Dad'
wasiat expected to turn into a par',
ti boy. He was tired Saturday night
and went to bed. If he felt like go-
ing to church, he did. If he didn't,
he didn't: But he wasn't pestered
all day Sunday by kids wanting to
go, for a Swine or a ' wife warding
to go for a drive. 'He Made ,the ,
decisiope. If he just wanted'to sit
on the verandah and.recOup for the
coming week's 1.ruggle he did.
- - Usually we -wen for a .picnic
But there- wesn'tany nonsense •
abed Dad' doing the cooking' on an
outdoere-grille-Mother—in,acle- the
hinclie, and ,Dad would sit ..en- a
stump, in his Sunday best, gazing
witirdignityeand-a-'eertain-amourite--.--
Ye7TagtOM7-arr-NatUre.:77After
leech, he Would recline on a blan.
ket, in the shade. He was relaxed,
Another reason for his unques-
tioned head -of -he -house status wes
that we didn't aigue,with him The
most I would dare was an "Aw,
Dad .." But teday the old-fash-
ioned Clip.on the ear for lippy kids
has become a symbol of psycholo-
,gidal disturbaneee or something.
Now you ,have to 'discuss every.
thing with the brats. Today's fath-
er can get into a 20 -minute argue
ment with any kid over the age
of five, at the drop of a sugges-
tion.- And come out whimpering:
_
"Twas ever thus The-Warld is -
• goingt� hell in a bet -rod, erliich
is considerably faster than the pro-
verbial wheelbarrow. And I can
hear my kid i telling theirs, thirty
years from no*: " "You children
should show • a little respect for
your father. Why, when we were
kids, we , wouldn't dare diSagree
with our Dad. Ile 'was the boss
and no two ways about it. • You
kids • get away with 'murder these
No wonder, nerves are rubbed days •. . ." '
NIDTIJFF., OTTAWA REPORT
• THE MP'S PLAY MUSICAL
--OTTAWA----Asuew problems pile
up for our government and parlia-
ment to Scilve, there is always a
danger of forgetting about the old
basic problems of parliamentary
democracy. • One of the most vital
�t the is fair representation of
the people -in Parliament. We have
all read in history -books at school
about the- lath century "rotten bor-
oughs” itt Britain, -Where a handful
of voters could easily be organized
into sending the choice' of the rul-
ing plass to_ the House of Come
mons. We have read, too, about
the fight for ,responsible govern-
ment m_Careada and the campaigns
for "Rep by Pop', representation
by population. Then there was the
fight. to give .women the vote .un-
til• finally, in Canada, there was
universal suffrage for the election
of 1921; that is, all those over 21
can vote: with a few exceptions
like convicts' and the insane,
Despite all these advances, the
battle 'Still goes on. Probably, it
always ' will, for parliamentary
democracy never seems to run out
of Ways of refining and improving
itself, ••
•The main referne sought,over the
past quarter' century * or ,so has
been a fairer Method of' "redis-
tribution", Thevoter's of the court -
try , are "distributed" among con.-
stituericies,„. each 'of whieh elects
a Mernher of Parliament to the
House. of Commons. Naturally, as
the population grows and shifts,,
the nuinber of voters in soirie con-
stitueneies becomes much greater
than that in others; _that is, parts
of the population are getting =eh
les6 representation than other
parts. •Theme tinder the British
North America Act of 1867, it was
provided that a redistribution
shOuld take place after each 10 -
Year census in order to redraft the
political map where fiecessary.
The trouble • with the present
niethod,-which the reformers seek
to change, is that it is tarried out
in a few weeks by a committee of
the House of Commons. Since the
Committee is dominated by the
government majerity, • rediStribu-
tion, develops into, -a fight ta see
that goverement ineenbers don't
stiffer ae a result of any changes
whieh have to be made- If one
province is to lose one, or two seats
because its population 'has- gone
dOwn in reIatieri to that of the rest
of the cbmitry,thert the object is to
redistribute so thet are oppositian
member, rather than a government
member, 1bses in this ganie- 6f
musical chairs. Mr., Diefetbaket
said of the. system hi 1951: "The
only ,reason we Weald went to re-,
talct it would be the political ad-
vantage of, the party with the Mae
laity at the time, ,
Pittance Minister Meaning said
at the. same thee: "It is no lotger
entitled to- any reSpeet Oli the part
Of'the public or of this House."
A.grieulture Minister • Ilaelmess
,said: "I think the present sySteen
• can only be described as a mess."
• With statements like these on, the
recOrd, there was good reason to
hope that when the ,Conservatives
came to power they ;would seek to
iMPlement the reform they .stig.
gested in Opposition. Twould-e,
set up' an independent commission
or committee to tackle- the tech—
nical job of political maproaking,
The Commons, possibly with the
• aid of special study by its redis.
tribution --,committee would lay
down the broad principles of ' re-
• presentation, such as assuring that
rural and sparsely settled areas
and the smaller provinces get ade-
-quate representation despite low
population. These principlewould
be- the `terms of reference" un-
der which the independent .com.
misSion would recommend chane.
es for final approval by the Ilous'e
of Cemmons.
Systems like this^ have- been
-
adopted in, Britain,AuStralia, New
Zealand, Seta Africa and our own
Provinee and 'Manitoba. -But the
Contervatives, now„that they are
in power in Ottawa, seem to be
shying away front, the reform they
once Allocated, In.a recent debate
On the subject, Tory MP's sUggest.
ed that iiolitieal morality had neNT
reached such a high-level that the
redistribution conimittee would no
longer engage in the old political
horse -trading. They suggest ed, too,
that it would be dangerous to dee..,
gate 'apy more of the COmmonss
atittiority-to outside agencieS, -
There was ne recognition -of the
fact that sine 18617 Canada has
grown from 3,500,000 to more than
17,000,000 and that redistributio,.
has becorhe a inueh- bigger task.
There was no.rebOgnition that Ticev "-
that we have -a census,each five
years we miht, have redistribu. „
tion more often, so that suburban
ridings _like Terotito's York -Scar-
borough would be divided after a
growth from 104,297 t6 167,310,, be.
tween the census of 1951 and that.
of 1956. In short, it looks as if the
new government, like the old, is
planning to stand pat, to let the
country grow and change without
reforming its parliamentary insti,
tutionS, '
Capital Hill Capsides
One MP who weitts a ehange in
the _political maperight away, is
• Erik Nielsen, the 35-year-o1d law-
yer from Whitelioree-,--who represe
ents Yukon _riding for the Conserv- "
ativee. He has inteodueed a priVat4
member's bill which would ceeate
the new riding of Keewatin -Frank.
lin; ,covering the Eastern Arctic,
and now part of the riding Of Mac. .
kenzie River.
_ * *
The Rouse of COmnions',-bringittg
together all kinds of Cenadialle
from parts�f the' eountry, is a
groat national "dub", Latest sign
6f•the eltib spirit was' the diselo.
sure that -nine f the, younger Ceti.
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