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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944
Into the Night
What has became of Mussolini ? Is he dead. ?
If he is living, where is he? Not so long ago
jnany of the world’s most prominent men would
have been proud had he even nodded in their
direction. Correspondents and such folk ex
tended themselves to the breaking point to
catch a glimpse of his mightiness. Should they
have been allowed to hear him speak they would
have thought their very ears enriched. What
the wondrous Mussolini ate was a matter of
,1x101*6 importance than the income of an empire,
His slightest act was of more importance in their
eyes than the patient toil and achievement of
ten thousand farmers. But where Mussolini has
gone or how he fares is a matter about which
no one cares. Not so with men like Dr. Banting
of with Dr. Best and his collaborators who have
conquored sea sickness with all its value in
getting our men in fine condition onto the shores
of the lands soon to be'invaded. And not so
with teachers in the day or the Sunday School
nor with the toiler whose highest aim is to help
towards joy and triumph of living. There is
such, a thing as the terrible laughter of the Eter
nal as fools try to undo His work.
* * * *
A Wise Man
We saw a farmer getting up his next win
ter’s wood. His son is away with the fighting
forces. His daughter is in the munition factory.
This fine maxi has passed the three score years
mark.- He has a neat herd of cows and a dozen
or more hogs just about ready for the market
and his hens arc cackling for dear lift. But
there he was, getting home the next year’s wood.
*■' He had managed,' somehow, to get the cutting
done last month. Some was done by the one
man saw. Some was doxxe by the help of a neigh
bor with whom he had entered into a partner
ship for the cutting. And now the wood was
being got home at the rate of two loads per
day. In a couple of weeks, he told me, he’ll be
cleaning the spring seed. Hard work? Yes. that
is precisely what it is, but this man has the de
light of achievment and the satisfaction
a good citizen.
of being
■x * * *
to the Individual
immigration policy
we
It’s Up
Now that the
.good land is up for consideration,
some suggestions along the line of farm require
ments. The main thing is to avoid the drawing
<of the color or racial line. Some Britishers are
just the sort required. Some Britishers are
about the poorest stuff we can have. That’s
a plain fact. This latter class simply do not
work in well with our Canadian population. On
the other hand, some of the folk from the con-
htinent do work in admirably. Here is one in-
stance. A farmer in Elgin county about a dozen
years ago was stuck for help. He applied at the
. London office for such help and was offered
. :a. man who had been rejected by the other far-
'mers seeking assistance. This young Dane could
not speak a word of English. However, he was
alert and signs answered where words were not
used. This young fellow asked to be allowed
(to take charge of the hogs of the farm. His
success was decidedly outstanding. Next he
asked for the care of the cows. Again his suc
cess was outstanding. The farmer saw that he
had secured a' real wonder. The young fellow
was taken to an interpreter where it was found
that he had good money in his possession. “This
young man is too good to be a mere farm hand,”
this wise farmer explained. “Ho knows far more
about farming than the rest of us.” Such are
the sort we need for our Ontario farms. The
young fellows Such as he soon would make a
going concern of many a marginal or even sub
marginal farm. Why not look for men this
sortj no matter what their race? Every good
farmer in this country means stability for our
commonwealth. Farmers know the fatality of
trying to build up the farm stock by the trial
and error method. We have enough of the
poorer sort of citizen without our adding to theii
number by haphazard methods of immigration.
# ■» * *
Let Us Boost
One of our big brothers chided us mildly
for an article appearing in these columns a week
or so ago. We had ventured to speak enthusias
tically regarding the work being done at the
local dehydration plant and .suggested that the
local powers that be should do what could be
done to encourage vegetable production and
such farm products* Our wise and good big
brother suggested that we were drumming up
business for the community. We own the com,
Indeed we are proud of dur conduct. And, hy
of this
venture
the way, has not the time come for those who
must walk the line with the lowly to do all the
boosting we cun for any industry that meets a
real human need? We have just heard, for in
stance, of a young fellow out there near Bayfield
who has xx portable alfalfa mill that he takes
from place to place. We found that this young
fellow is interested in the dehydrating of alfalfa
and the. clovers, He is in correspondence, at
our suggestion with the folk in Britain who have
made at least a partial success of such dehyd
ration, Anyone with eyes in his bead sees what
may come of this young fellow's enterprise.
Great oaks from small acorn’s grow, though it
takes time. At any rate, the day is right here
fox- us to recognize the work of those who are
trying for bettex* things for farm life,
plenty of knockers in all conscience,
fur more help fox* the farmer who is
to improve liis craft. A government
salt will do all that it can to see that such young
fellows as we mention are not allowed to
struggle alone and to fail because of a lack of
a little timely help, Those experimenters are
not all wildcatters by any manner of means. It
must be remembered that those who worked at
the problem of “Flying in the Air”
at as mild imbeciles,
three score years ago.
and of the inventive turn. The farm has
fered from a lack of these pioneers.
We have
We need
venturing
worth its
were laughed
and that not more than
We need men of ideas
suf’-
We Simply Do Not Know
fullFor a moon, or two the air has been
of rumors regarding the western invasion of
Europe, We have heard of ever so .many prepa
rations for that aweinspiring event. Such prepa
rations are going steadily forward, On that
point we have every reason to be quite certain.
But of the date of that invasion we question if
any man in the Empire is assured, That event
is not in human hands. For one thing the allies
have learned the folly of attempting any large
scale invasion till the weather is propitious and
over the weather we have no control. To send
our brave men into mud and fog and drenching
rain is to send them to the slaughter house.
Further, the preparations foi* the invasion must
be adequate. We have learned to know, it is
devoutly hoped, the folly of setting out to do
what simply cannot be done. Buller in South
Africa taught us that. That Gallipoli mis
adventure of the last wax* illustrated this prin
ciple. We need not mention other bungles of
a more recent date in support of our contention.
For most of us the only course is to stop guess
ing and to put our energies into getting worth
while things -well done. We’ll hear of the in
vasion when the event takes place. Fox- some
considerable time we must trust our leaders.
Has This Been Thought Of?
As, we plan fox- post wax- international re
lations; have we thought that there are certain
nations with whom it is folly to enter into rela
tions? Within the last few years Britain has
discovered, the xxtter unreliability of certain
nations. These nations, instead of being wisely
on their job., have gone th Hr own stubborn and
foolish ways, regardless of the hand writing on
the wall. In the hour when their help seemed
essential, these nations either were utterly un
prepared or proved perfidious. Why trust such
nations again? An international chain is notori
ously no stronger than its weakest link. This
talk of peace is misleading. Till human nature
becomes different from what it is there are
bound to be war rumors and wars. Let us not
deceive ourselves on a point so fundamental.
Why, then, take as our allies men and nations
whose history proves them to be unreliable?
Why trust to a league of nations when some of
them upon its own record is sure to prove itself
as a link of sand in the hoped-for uniting chain?
■K-* * «•
Rule by Guess
Some folk sadly in need of occupation in
places of responsibility mongored a lot of talk
about the meeting1 of Chiang Kai Shek, Stalin,
President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill. These
mongers might well have been better employed.
Not only did thse mongers tell us where the
meeting was, but they had a good deal to say
about the matters these leaders discussed. The
whole thing was a sensational affair, altogether
unworthy of correspondents. But where
the news censor?
T
getting
a little
Childrens Colds
s So Good
For Relieving Miseries of
We Wonder
—When everyone will remove the snow from
his sidewalk.
for the
not re-
>th. The
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A WEEKLY EPI1W
MMIKSAY •
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. J. R. Hind, who has been ad
vised by his doctor to lake at least
four weeks away from business, left
on Tuesday morning for London
where he will spend Christmas, His
sm, Dr, Geo. Hind, of Walkerton,
will spend Christmas with him,
The balance of this forced vacation
will he spent in Woodstock and
Walkerton, Mr, Hind is
along fine but has to go
slow.
The Schools closed Friday
Christmas vacation and will
open until Monday, Jan.
various teachers have
their homes for the honday.
Messrs. Hugh J. Creech and Ken
neth 0, Sfanbury, of Western Uni
versity, London, are spending the
holidays at theii* respective homes.
Mr. J. Edgax- Thomson, who has
been taking a course in Civil En
gineering and who last ye ax* won a
scholarship entitling him to a year’s
study at the University at Madison,
Wis„ is visiting his parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Wm, Thomson fox- the holidays.
Miss Mae Ford., of Oshawa,4and
Mrs, Fred Ford, of Toronto, spent
Christmas with- their parents, Mr,
and Mrs. W. J, Ford, of Usborne,
Miss Ford remaining fpi* til6 11 ou
tlays.
1 25 YEARS AGO
During the week the following
soldiers have returned from over
seas: Pte. John McDonald, brother
of Mrs. T. G. Creech; Pte. L. E.
Day, of Exeter; Sapper Clark, son
of Prof. Clark, of Exeter; S. W.
Watson, of Parkhill; F. A. Frederick
of Clinton; Sapper Spahr, of Gode
rich; E. J. Bird, of St. Marys; A.
George, of Ailsa Craig; C. W. Hos
kins, of Mitchell; J. W. Murray, Pte.
Weiss, W. McDougall, pf 'Goderich;
Gunnex- J. A. Turnbull, of Kirkton,
The $ost Office at Elimville will
be cancelled on and aftex- January
15 th and most of those getting their
mail at the office are securing Rural
Mail boxes which will be served
the courier of that section.
by
50 YEARS AGO
The following are the results
the municipal elections: Fox- reeve,
Wxn. Bawdeu 253, Rollins 214;
Deputy-reeve, W. G. Bissett 25.0', H.
Spackman 212; Councillors, A. Q.
Bohier, T. B. Carling and John Tay
lor. In Stephen Twp. H, K. Eilber
was eleted deputy-reeve over C. W,
Christie. In Usborne T. M. Kay was
elected reeve oyer J. Cann and J. Hall, W. Browse, ’Robert Guardian
were elected councillors. ' Usborne
h<xd a vote oxx prohibition, the vote
being 361 for and 163 against.
In 1893 the total receipts for the
Exeter School Board was $3,165.44.
Teachers on the staff were T. A,
Broom, salary $600; Miss C. Vosper,
$320; Miss Gregory, $300; Miss Gill,
$300; Miss Waldron, $270; Miss
Pringle, $270, The secretary re
ceived $20, and the janitor $225.
Rev. F. H. Fatt preached his fare
well sermon in the Trivitt Memorial
Church on Sunday last to a large
congregation.
At the Model School examinations
John A. Gregory, of Exeter, passed
With 9 44 out of a possible l,10»0-,
heading his class of 61.
of
—When the council will sprinkle the icy side
walks with sand.
—-When nations and smaller bodies will learn
a few lessons from the school of experience.
—When the Htiron Council will get busy on
the scheme of reforestation and the straighten
ing out of some of the creeks that take up far
too much space for all the useful purpose they
may serve. *
-—When, an effort will be made to have the
large dxtclies in the various municipalities run
ning more freely. Last spring gave us an ex
ample of the fatality attending late sowed crops.
* # # #
Note and Comment
The weatberfnan gave us fine days for the
holiday time. Many thanks*
* * $ *
The firing squad and the internment camp
in one form or another are taseparable from
totalitarian wtute management
Written specially
for the weekly newspapers pi Canaria
By -Tim Greenblat
# * *
From Parliament City: While the
west enjoyed September weather
mostly, Ottawa hit 15 below zero
on Dec. 14th . . . The famous Peace
Tower, known to -countless thous
ands who have eiijoyed the magnifi
cent view, was closed fox* a time
while a new floor wag laid on the
top landing leading to it , , This
advertisement in a local papei* didn’t
startle anyone: “Furnished duplex—
don’t apply unless you can pay a
year’s rent in advance,” ... A few
days ago, the ribbon of the 1939 to
1943 Stax* appeared’ for the. first
time in Ottawa on some repatriated
airmen. Some of those entitled to
wear it have not yet received it , , .
Appearing in Juvenile Court here a
13-year-old lad said he had asked
Santa for a sleigh •—- to haul beex*
— a business which he found to be
lucrative until arrested.
* * *
Answers to the hundreds of rural
women who have written to the
Consumex* Branch, Wartixhe Prices,
and Ti*ade Board a*bout x*ations for
service men on week-end leaves.
From now on, men on 48, 72 and
96-ho.ui* leaves will get a card with
their passes bearing the stamp of
the issxxing unit. The nanxe, regi
mental rank and number, plus the
number of meals served by his host
ess must be entered by the visitor.
The hostess, on her part, signs the
card, enters the number of xneais
she has served. When nine meals
are served, the card is taken ox*
mailed to the nearest Local Ration
Board, which then issues coupons
for a two-weeks’ supply of any
rationed coxnmodity the hostess
may desire. That’s all there is to
it.
sfe $
A
Premier George Drew
arrived back in Toronto on Monday
after spending a month in Britain.
Smiles ... .
“I say, waiter, is this peach or
apple pie?
taste?”
does it
” “Can’t you tell by the
“No.” “Then what difference
make?”
a H. Hf
travelers |xt Ireland, x’eturn-Two
ing home late one night, lost their
Way. Said one, "we lfiust be in a
cemetery, Here’S a .gravestone?’
"Who’s is it?” asked the other, The
more sober of the; two having struck
a match, said, “I don't know but he
seems to have liked to a ripe old
age---—175.” ’’Seerif you can road
the name?” insisted his companion.
Another match paving been lit—*
“I don’t know ijlm. f’.......* s"....
called ‘Miles froirj Dublin*?’
More than two generations ago—ip
grandmother’s day—mothers first dis*
(Covered Vicks VappRub, Today it is
the most widely used home-remedy for relieving miseries of children’s colds,
And here i^the reason ..».
The moment you rub VapoRub on
the throat, chest and back at bedtime
it starts to work two ways at once—
and keeps op'working for hours—to
case coughing spasms, help Clear con
gestion in cold-clogged upper breath
ing passages, relieve muscular soreness
or tightness. I t promotes restful sleep.
Often most of the misery of the cold
is gone by morning! That’s wlw
VapoRub is so good to use when colds
Strike. Try it!
God
The
God
The
God
me to us, through his own Son,
That on the earth, his Will be done,
ten commandments, - the only plan,
For universal peace for man.
made the universe alone.
And rightly he will hold the throne,
laws he gave, must be obeyed,
Then earth, like heaven, will then be made.
must be given supreme command,
Or sad will be the fate of man.
Surely we’ve learned what disobedience cost,
In precious lives and treasure lost,
Our mighty statesmen will do their best,
But God alone can do the rest,
To bring about a lasting peace,
And war on earth forever cease.
S. M. Sanders
4 '4
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Most foods, with few exceptions,
increased in supply moving into
civilian consumption over pre-war,
the Bureau of Statistics tells us.
Take fluid milk, for instance. Per
capita consumption has risen to
456.3 pounds per capita from 4'0'3.3
during the five years before the
war. Cheese, even with a sharp in
crease in production, remains about
the same at 3.9 pounds. All extra
supplies, of course, went to the
United Kingdom. Evaporated whole
milk consumption was almost doub
led at 12.1 lbs. per capita. Meats,
with main increase in beef, proved
from 120.1 in the period 1935—39
to 134.4 in 1943. More employ
ment, payrolls account for it.
*
With the Fighting Services:
special permit for non-alloy steel
to manufacture 500,001) safety razor
blades foi* faces on the fighting
front . . . The Auxiliary Services
also got an allowance of three cola
drinks per man ne» week, in the
U.K. and 60,00<0' pair of -leather
shoe laces for the canteens and
plenty of turkeys for Christmas . . .
Over 120,000 bags of parcels, each
with eight parcels were handled to
say "Merry Christmas” to the sons
and daughters overseas. Many par-i
cels have to be repacked because
they were broken, and that .is the
sender’s fault; improper addressing
is also a pain in the neck to the
workers . < . The cost of living
bonus for service men’s dependents
was increased; $4.12 per month for
wives with children; $2.20 without
children. The jump is from $2.60
and $1.40.
* «
& Supply point out
half the householders
Munitions
that nearly
of Canada depend on wood for heat
ing their
get first
fireplaces
Therefore
Wooded areas are urged to cut as
muc,h green wood as possible this
winter for the 1944—-45 winter. Pay
ment of the $1 per cord production
subsidy period is extended to March
31, 1944.
*
homes and they should
consideration as against
not necessary for heating.
farmers adjacent to the
**
of
of
Labour reveals
war are working
across the
producing fuel
rate per prisoner
cords. Some are
Carleton County,
Departmctit
2,40)0' prisoners
oh 26 laboi* projects
country, mostly
W6od“*the daily
as high as 1 Vi
on farm jobs In
j Ontario, soma in Brooks, Alta*, dis-
itridt Employers pay the going rate
I wages to the department, which
Simb fellowl pays prisoners in accordance with
interiiational convention. &
Canada
police
as tax
warden,
Here and there: The R.C.M.P.
patrolled a total of 60,000 miles in
the northern territories of
last winter. Besides his
duties, the Rei Coat acts
collector, postmaster, game
registrar of vital statistics and gene
ral supervisor of welfare. The 72
men who patrol the Arctic wastes
collect about $100,0<00 annually in
revenues for the federal govern
ment . . . Canadian shipyards de
livered 11 escort vessels in Novem
ber, four being frigates, three Al
gerine minesweepers and four cor
vettes . . . Creamery butter holdings
in Canada as of Dec. 1 totalled
59,(187,929 pounds, compared with
7 2,669,529 pounds a month before
and 32,347,854 pounds last year.
* * »
You’ve heard a lot about tea and
coffee lately. Here’s the latest dope
from the W.P.T.B. At the present
rate of consumption there is just
enough tea in the country to last
five oi- six months—a small back
log considering the precariousness
■of the war in the Pacific. Moreover,
20% of Canada’s tea supply is need
ed for the Armed Forces and the
Red Cross, dust recently the Red
Cross asked for a .goodly increase
of tea for prisoners-of-war parcels.
As for coffee, Canada is bringing
in as much as she is allowed in her
shipping allocation and it’s barely
enough to meet the prevailing rate
of consumption. The Board stead
fastly discourages serving tea and
coffee at any but regular meals,
and for that also urges any but regu
lar meals be discontinued for the
duration.
Prices
to size and
author
will be
weight
* «
Development
is shown by these
of the
farmers and others who have emp
ty drums are asked to return them
as sooxx as possible to the company
whose name they bear or to
ized salvage dealers,
paid according
of drums.
♦
Agriculture:
dairy industry
figures: In 19 41, all milk production
was more than 16.75 billion pounds
from 3,886,000 cows, an increase of
about 71 and 50 pex- cent, repective-
ly over 1910. Creamery buttex- in
1942 readier 284 million pounds,
an increase of 340 per cent., while
cheese was nearly, 203 million
pounds, an increase in excess of 51
million over 1941 . . . Canadian bees
ill 1943 gave our second largest
honey crop in history, 32.5 million
pounds; as beeswax is important in
making numerous war materials , . .
and that’s not all, the bees make
a big contribution by their pollinat
ing activity, the economic value
therefrom is estimated 15 to. 2'0
times greater than both honey and
wax; by cross-pollination bees 'as
sist in production of oil bearing
seeds, rubber plants, legume seed,
fruits and vegetables.
♦ * *
And now with the last news
letter for 1943, may we Wish our
and happiness for
hope you have got
value from these
week.
readers health
1944, and the
something of
items week by
' S'*
A ♦ ♦
There is a definite. shortage of
metal drums (galvanized iron and
similar containers). Storekeepers.
Mr. Pea; “Now that you are mar
ried, don’t you think you oxxght to
take out an accident policy?” Mt.
Aitch: “Listen! You got the girl
all wrong — she ain’t that danger
ous.”
is all it costs you!
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