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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-03-18, Page 2Page £THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MOBMNG* MARCH 1$^ Exeter Times established 1873; amalgamated Advocate established XSSI November 1924 THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO PUBLISHED EACH Au Independent Newspaper devoted to the of th© Village of Exeter and Surrounding Interests District avail ourselves of the beech and maple of some of our woodlots. Where there’s a will there’s a way, Member of the Canadian N ewspapei’s’ Association; of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Weekly Member All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION $2,00 a year, in advance; three months RATE six months, $1.00 60c J.M. SOUTHCOTT PUBLISHER THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943 That Earthquake Grave men who were never caught pinching a cooky from, their mother’s pantry and who never were known to try to get by without pay­ ing their income tax returns tell us that there was an earthquake in this region not long ago. We except the fact on this hearsay testimony and try to make the best of it. What astonishes us is the hour of the earthquake. Our absolutely reliable informants tell us that the shaking up came at about eleven thirty p.m. We pause to ask what these informants were doing abroad at such an uncanny hour. What was the cause of their nocturnal meanderings ? Were they re­ turning from bucking wood for some unfortun­ ate neighbor? Had they been singing to quiet­ ness and repose some coal dealer who had been saying soothing things into his ’phone during the dragging business hours? Were they trying to woo slumber after a fierce and prolonged ef­ fort to make out their income tax returns now that the new regulations are in force. That pok­ er had nothing to do with it we are deeply and positively assured. Out they were and we leave the problem at that. We did not feel the shock. But, then, have we not survived Mitch’s resig­ nation and Mackenzie King’s carpentering of the Public Account Committee? Have we nob witnessed, the new bridge’s survival of the spring flood? If earthquakes wish us to doff o'ur hats on their advance let them come in seemly hours and not when "Mamma’s in ker­ chief and dad in his cap.” n* *5% . *1* Mi*, •fl? Getting Ready For Spring Civilisation is calling upon every farmer in Canada to produce as he never produced before. Let it be clearly seen that unless an adequate response is made to this request it will be an ill day for all that the best men and women love. Liberty will simply disappear, Times as we know them will be no more. In this connection we recall an experience in the life of Russia, Stalin saw that his country was in despearute plight, agriculturally and industrially. In view of this he called together the representatives of farming and industry and inquired how thing’s were going with the Russian people. “Very bad­ ly,” was the reply, “Our work is too hard. Our hours are too long. Too much is expected of us. Stalin replied, “Agriculturally and industrially we are one hundred years behind our enemies and all competitors. Unless we overtake in ten years what our opponents accomplished in one hundred years we are crushed,” The Russians went back to their “toil and blood and sweat and tears,” Just ten years and two months from the date of Stalin’s speech, invaded Russia! We see the toil. * * # the German army result of Russian * It Simply Cannot Be Done A great many of the plans suggested for the relief of the farm labour situation have been by men who are not in touch with the soil. For some unhappy reason the idea persists that al­ most anyone, however inexperienced, can fit in with farm work. The facts are all on the other side. Any farmer who remembers his experienc­ es with green labour during the last war recalls with sorrow what took place during those un-- foi’tunate times. The green help proved to be in the road and a hindrance rather than a help. The green help nearly ruined the daily herd. He was a positive menace when it came to handl­ ing a spirited team. He was worse than useless when turned loose with the tractor or mower nr binder. He was of little use in load-building in mowing. At best he could but do a boy’s work What aggravates the situation is that the inex­ perienced help is expected to receive the pay of a man who knows how. The farmer simply can­ not afford any such wages. Along with this goes the taking of proposed help into the intimacies of the farmer’s home. Farmers know what means and simply cannot see their way to tering upon such relationship with entire unaccredited strangers. this e ii- an d A CO1IMTRY EDITOR -SEES WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE . WEEKJ-Y NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA (w JIM GREENBLAT, Editor of the SUN ■ SWIFT CURRENT SASKATCHEWAN RATIONING He now serves Tall astronomical starting ending as a without cost unobtrusive, figures, big There were wheels revolving wheels, policies to be deter- before Mr. Unwin’s crew got Then there had to be direct- I was shown how instruct- The Latest Addition No, we are not mistaken in the use of the words. We do not mean “edition” but “addit­ ion” just as we have written. We are referring to the bad boy’s row down there at Queen’s Park. The last to be seated in that row came in last week, lifted his hand and shouted, “My friends.” It was interesting to note how many recognized a cat to a die in his collar with body. No, that bulge in his jacket was not a freak of the tailor but an indication where lay this bad boy’s pea shooter That gem that glit­ tered so prettily in his hand was not a new met­ al from one of the mines he developed but a harmless necessary pin well, formed that he twisted and twirled reflectively and looked to­ wards the Prime Minister’s chair mean while. That well-made pocket where once he carried plums was well filled with long-distance peas wherewith he was bent on keeping the loungers among the restful and hopefuls wide awake. We noticed, however, when the prime minister was referred to that all eyes turned towards this boy’s place in the Assembly. When he spoke the busy whisper circled round the corridors and reporters and members alike said, "Hustle, Mitch is up!” Wherever this young person sits is still the head of the house. We noticed that the youngster from Elgin .now has a mirror and something like a recording machine, for he, seems to be trying to forget a whole lot of words a n d to get out t h e talk that Johnny Bracken. But our muse is not such flights and we subside. the designation and took to it like fishwagon. But there was a fine Jacl- knee britches and Lord Fauntleroy a smile that won the hearts of every- will suit equal to Let Them at the Job of the fuel shortage. What we suggest the troublesome facts we mustAnother deal with is is that the men and youths who know how to fell trees and to on the job with axe and sledge and saw, helped out by the circular saw and the drag saw. Men who know how to handle teams should be given the teaming. Train loads of cord wood should be shipped to every centre till each town and. city is supplied. The cord wood may be manu­ factured into stove and furnace lengths by the men and boys who are not on the battlefront, much to their good and the good of the state. No folly could be more egregious than that of timing green men into the woods, no matter how willing they mey be. The government may well provide the railroad, and truck transpor­ tation, We have a hunch that should the govern­ ment get down to business in this particular, that coal and such fuel soon would find its way to the market. In any case we are tired and an­ gry because of the fuel shortage. Nova Scotia has complained for many a day that we in On­ tario have not bought her coal. Alberta has wakened the echoes with the same cry. Fov months on end coal from these localities has not been on the market, Welsh coal has not found its way hither. During the weeks just past we should, have been glad to have fuel from either Alb'crta or Nova Scotia but we sought in vain for lt» Let us now turn will some degree of com­ mon sense io using wood of the forests, and cut wood should be turned loo^e We May as Well Prepare We should like to be able to assure readers that the war will be over in a few more months. We see no ground for giving any such assurance. China does not count on a short war with Japan. All her plans are being laid for a long war. She sees no victory except through the wearing down type and the guerilla type of warfare. Russia is talking seriously of trimming Germany on her own account. So far, however, not a Russian foot rests on German territory. Recent German victories show the strength of that mighty country. Britain hopes for victory through her strangling German trade by sea and land. So far we see relatively little success in her struggle. The U-boats still are a festering thorn in her side. The United States has any­ thing but won supremacy of the Pacific. The North African campaign is in its initial stages. Australia is still eating her bread with anxiety. There may be forces at work of which we are. not aware but they are hidden from us at this moment. Mr. Churchill never gave us any assur­ ance that the guns would cease their roaring in this year of grace. The Canadian Prime Minist­ er has yet to say anything that leads us to be­ lieve that the war will be one. our without remuneration, home front for you. It saving to the taxpayer, Mr. Unwin told of anvhing but a long Our best course is to hope that our fears are liars but resolutely to prepare for a long and ever growing harder struggle. * to Know are putting the folks in a lot of Ottawa to Naturally the world ❖ * They Want Canadian taxpayers money into the hands of be expended in the public interest, and for the best business reasons in Canadians are asking for what purpose that money is being spent. The reply to their inquiry is “Ask the Public Accounts Committee.” When the Public Accounts Committee is inquired of we get the statement, “we can account for the money that lias been spent about a year ago, but money spent since approximately that date we know nothing about.” The rules of the house forbid our finding out anything about those funds. So, there you are, brother tax payer. We gently and suavely inquire, “Why are not all accounst audited and inspected by the Public Accounts Committee before they are paid?” That is good business practice. It is easier to keep a cat in a bag than it is to catch him after he has been playing high jinks, it may be in the company of some very bad boys. After all the parliament of Canada should be a body of plain business men ■whose one object is to conduct the business of the country on the strictest of busi­ ness principles. Note and Comment In spite of some success on the part of the Allies, the war is by no means over, Food must be produced or the darkest of distressing days are just ahead. & sjt # No tea, no coffee, no sugar, no butter, no help. If "I the you want a square meal, join the army. # & # # have not turned Conservative,” exclaim* eloquent Mr, Hepburn^ adding with his " “ "God for- Conserve I- ed characteristic deep religious feeling, bid!” The very first time he and the ive party have been in full accord ’ We who ‘think in terms of 50 chickens and four cows can hardly conceive the magnitude of the task in planning and distributing the millions of Number 2 Ration Books, which you may or may not yet have when yon read this. “This rationing is something which effects about 12 million people 24 hours in every day,” quietly said L. B, Unwin, Can­ ada’s rationing chief, in his Montreal office. Just a little background of Mr, Unwin will serve to show why it looks to me that these wartime jobs are being efficiently handled, ft sounds a little Horatio Alger. At 51, Mr. Unwin is vice-president in charge of finance for the Canadian Pacific, and president of tlieir growing Air­ lines. He came out from Kent, Eng­ land, at sixteen and in 27 years reached his present job, He was a ■railway clerk at Chapleau in 1908. He won the Military Cross for brav­ ery in the first Great War out as a buck private. Major to his country b al dish; jobs, he takes in his stride. Local Boards in National Set-up You wonder why your Local Ration Board was set up, with its for-a-time inactivity. Now you prob­ ably know. It was all a part of a nati'on-wide scheme to do a tremend­ ous job with the least disturbance and at a minimum of cost to the tax­ payer, within mined going, ives to those who would do the act­ ual work in cities and towns from Sydney, N.S., to Victoria, B.C. Just imagine the contusion—not to even think of our own feelings, if you had comp in from the farm on a blustery day and some in­ efficient, if patriotic, volunteer worker got your card all balled up. But all this Irsd been taken care of while you sat out the winter around the pot-bellied stove. The Distribut­ ing Chief appointed by your own Local Ration Board had definite in­ structions on every tiny phase of the operation, and so did the other vol­ unteer workers who are doing, or did, something which is their con­ tribution to the war effort. Just think of it: all these folks working That’s the means a big too. the different sets of conditions which had to be provided for in distribution for ur7 ban and rural centres. That was worked out beforehand, with lee­ way given the local distributing chief because he knew local condit­ ions better than the fellow in Mont­ real or Ottawa. The Story Behind Ration Books Do you know that the Kirig’s Printer started delivering ration books to the administration between January 20th and 26th at the rate of a million a day, with the distri­ bution, Dominion-wide, set for Feb­ ruary 19th to March 1st. You know yourself wliat was in each book. They were in cartons of 1,500 books each, banded in 50’s. There had to be provisions, I was told, for addit­ ional sheets in regulative quantity, of course, for underground soft coal miners and diabetics. Just imagine the detail involved, and still in this set of Montreal offices with its clat­ ter of typewriters and ringing of ’phones there was radiating all over Canada, with dicision and clarity of purpose but an absence of any bed-' lam, a distribution of ration cards so vast aS to stultify the imaginat­ ion unless one was on .the scene. As you know the No, >2 book was not mailed out, but you folks had to “come and get it”. Some of us just hate to put ourselves out and tile ad­ ministration realized that. They rea­ lized also that Canadians do not have to be Gestapo’d into anything; and are amenable to reason. And why shouldn’t they be, with a w&r. on? If we want to play rummy in the back of John Black’s real es­ tate office, the government doesn’t move John’s premises to your door­ step. So, Mr, UnWin’s outfit wasn’t a bit disturbing about Canadian consumers’ reaction to this decision. Distribution is Complex they had to be stive that every town of BOO people had, at least one distributing centre? that cities Of 100/000 or mors had offices located strategically to, accommodate busy people, to avoid bottle-necks, even going so far as to issue instructions that doors ih the places decided on tvere conveniently located to avoid ■congestion. We wouldn’t think Of things like that out our way, Do you A-l BABY CHICKS Large White Leghorns, Barrel! Bocks, Brown Leghorns, Austro- Jorps, Barred Rocks x White Leg* horn, Write or phone for price list, Phone 38-3, Granton. A. H. Switzer MATOIUMY Granton, Ont. I know ions were sent out on how the tab­ les were to be< arranged to handle people quickly. The administration, for instance, had to figure out such things as re­ turn of cards from ration book No. 1 which were handed in before you got a new one; and the green sheets for tea and coffee which were jerked out from children’s books. Each and every book, card or sheet has to be accounted for to avoid letting any unscrupulous person get their hand's on them. Volunteer Workers Dollar Savers Mr. Unwin told of the vast nub-’ her of volunteer workers necessary to put the job over. Reports coming to his office analyzed and bird’s-eye viewed for his benefit, show that Canadians responded and saved the nation millions of dollars which can be converted to tanks, planes, guns and other instruments of war. “The success of the whole scheme will de­ pend,” he said, “upon the resource­ fulness and on the hard work) which everyone contributes,” They rely on that, here in this Montreal head­ quarters of consumer rationing. As an outsider looking in, I felt they had evolved. a system which aimed at simplicity combined with effective control. I didn’t think I had to bother these people with questions on the why and wherefore of rationing. The necessity is plain logic and doesn’t take any undue reasoning. In previous and following articles the picture of Canada’s wartime per­ sonal and collective economy is} painted just as factually as I can! make it from on the spot. If you or I want to criticize methods, a democratic privilege, if you feel the urge, you are ground, getting a little I hope. (This articles 15 YEARS AO© Mr. Herman Gower was In London Friday evening last taking part in an oratorical contest at the Ryerson School. There were six contestants from various schools in Western On­ tario and Mr. Gower .and another speaker qualified for first and see* pud places. They will meet the win­ ners of a similar contest held in St,Thomas, Friday night. I with a ten-dollar gold piocu by a Misses Leta Guenther and Alice number of friends at the homo t;£ Hoffman of Dashwood spent Safur* ariC| Mrs. J. Kellerwuq of Dash* day in London, wood, prior uvm. .... . “..I Messrs. G. F. Ren warden and W. J.1 London to train overseas. Dobbs of Centralia were in London one day last week on business. The Times-Advocate is in receipt1 jq. p, near Zurich, last week, Frank of a letter from Miss Jeckell who js gradually branching out into now spent the winter in California, but territory. It is hard to ’keep a good wood, prior to Ws departure tor Frank Taylor assisted ns auction* eer at the large sale of J. J. Moi'hor, is leaving there to visit with reiativ-, dQWn ’ es. at Vancouver. Miss Jeckell said j Quite a number of she had received all the copies of * tapping' their maple trees. the farmers are the Times-Advocate and appreciated the home news very much, Mrs, F, H. Neil, of London is visit­ ing her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and )Mrs. J, H. 'Jones. Mr. Harold Fisher, of Guelph, has completed a three months’ course in- butter-making at the iGuelph Agri-'__ cultural College and has returned from each particular home, A new Canadian service flag has been designed to show some outward evidence to remember and honor those who are absent, This flag has a wide red border with a White pan^ el upon which is placed a sufficient number of maple leaves to denote the number of persons in service that’s So hop to it But .at least of the back- is the fourth of a series of by Mr. Greenblat.) home. He has resumed his position at the Exeter Creamery. Prizes were awarded to Hazel Clark and .Marjorie Complin in the Horticultural Society essay competi­ tion. The essays were judged by S. Hogarth and B. W. F, Beavers. J. on the Mr. Clinton Sweet, 25 YEARS AGO, Sweet—Fahrner—In Stephen, March 20, 1918, at the home of bride’s parents, of Usborne, to Miss Ida, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Falii^er. The Harvey Brothers brick smoke stack was undermined one day last week and thrown to the ground. Hydro has made it unnecessary to keep the stack any longer. .Mr. Jack 'Routledge was presented 50 YEARS AGO Winchelsea has every prospect of telephone connection with Exeter in the near future. Silas Staniake accidently fell from a load of hay on Monday and frac­ tured three ribs. There is a great distress in north­ ern Africa, a plague have died ing. One of litters of pigs ever heard of was one belonging to a sow owned by James Johnston. The litter consisted of 42 healthy little pigs all of which were alive up to the time-we received the information. due to drought and of sickness. Many people and rich people are flee- the most extra ordinary A Help to Those Who Are Past Middle Age When men and women get past middle age their energy and activity, in many instances, begin to de­ cline, and their general vitality is on the wane.Little ailments and sicknesses seem harder to shake off than formerly, and, here and there, evidences of a breakdown begin to appear. Now is the time those wishing to help maintain their health and vigour should take a course of Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills. They help tone up and invigorate the patient by their tonic action on the system. ’ Price 50c a box, 65 pills, at all drug counters. Look for our trade mark a “Red Heart” on the package. The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto. Ont.