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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 1947
Must Keep Moving
There’s no rest for the wicked and the
righteous must keep moving. This old saying
is being given a new setting by our universities
and some of our better high schools and col
legiate institutes. The governing bodies of tlie.se
seats of learning have at last wakened up to
the sense that they bear a responsible relation
to the students under their care. These boards
realize that schools and universities are main
tained at enormous expense and for that reason
should be doing the work for which they were
founded and are kept going. Accordingly they
are requiring each student to maintain a schol
arly standing of at least fifty per cent or get
off the roll of the student body, Some boards
have had this rule as a sort of big stick but
have been too chicken-heatred to apply it. Lhat
day of allowing the students to lag and to
otherwise misuse their time and their father s
money is passing and none too soon. A clerk
or a factory hand or a farmer’s helper who is
not a good deal more than half good does not
last long’. The storekeeper or farmer as a half
doer soon finds himself out of the running. Why
should a student be kept at public expense who
is barely half doing his work? We are glad to
see that boards are moving in this essential
matter.* # » *
That Meat Situation
On the Exeter Fair day the price of cattle
was not noticeably affected by the meat strike.
Dealers were anxious about the hog market.
Hopes were decidedly misty regarding the
blowing over of the trouble. Few were gladden
ing their hearts that the storm would thunder
and pass by. Farmers are put in a very diffi
cult position. Cattle and hogs are not machines
that may be stopped till a more convenient
season and then set going at the pleasure
anyone. Continuous growth is a condition of
good animal husbandry. When .animals are over
conditioned the farmer is sure to prove a loser.
The cost of feed, meanwhile, is mounting and
the farmer’s whole business economy is put
out of gear. The meat manufacturers have put
the whole commonwealth into a witch’s cauld
ron. The sooner the whole thing is settled, the
better. Conscience and brains are greatly need
ed by our alleged leaders. When the blind lead
the blind the procession is a sorry. affair, no
matter how loud the ballyhoo.
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Still At It
We have every sympathy with. General
Marshal, the representative of the United
States at the United Nations conference as he
tries to get the gathering down to business.
Russia is down to business, and that business
is to have everything her own way. She listens
to speeches, apparently she listens, that is. In
reality she is as deaf to what anyone else has
to say as if she were an icicle or a tallow can-
'die. When the other nations have done their
utmost to get the world’s business progressing.
Russia simply utters a great big “No” and then
the whole tiling has to be done over again.
General Marshal i.s tired of this sort of thing
and has said so. If Russia does not want to
play ball, coaxing her to do so is a waste of
time. For one thing, the western nations have
been losing temper and influence by kowtow
ing to Russia. Further, the western nations have
been playing the dove rather than the serpent
in telling the world all they know while. Russia
keeps her secrets to herself. She does not tell
tales out of school and lets no one know about
her family budget and makes no peepshow of
her domestic skeletons. The western powers
have a good many things to learn from the
self-made masters.
•» * * *
Who’s Doing the Talking?
We confess ourself flabbergasted as to the
economic condition .in Britain. One visitor to
Britain tells of renewing old acquaintances in
village of English toilers, He believed that be
could not take a meal with his old cronies on
account of the short rations and hied himself
to a restaurant accordingly. Another party who
attended some umpty gathering or other told
ns that he was entertained at a banquet where
every luxury of food was served in abundance.
One of those newcomers about whom we hear
■so much was asked about his last job in Britain,
We were told that though a man grown, he
was doing in London what wc call the work of
an office boy and getting five pounds ten per
week therefor. Along with this sort of talk
goes the austerity speeches of Sir Stafford
Cripps. We cannot but wonder regarding the
real situation in Britain. Are, we being served
a ration of grumbling, a diet that the English
man compounds of part fun, part camouflage
find part truth ? Is the Englishman in his quiet
way, laughing at our puzzlement ? Is this talk
of austerity a. political trick? Is the outcry a
bit of heckling carried on in the interests of
a coming election? Is the outcry designed by
tile government to draw attention away from
the muddling of her public men? Is the whole
thing an effort to secure loans on easy terms
from Canada and the United States? Wed like
to have a factual .statement of the situation. We
are tired of this thing of “much cry and little
wool”,* * * *
What Is To Re Done About It?
Britain is seriously down in the production
of essentials for her prosperity and well-being.
The war with its aftermath of confusion, ex
cessive rains, excessive drought, storms and
strikes have taken heavy toll of her prosperity.
In hogs she is down three hundred thousand,
in cattle she is down S6 thousand, in ewes
she is down six hundred thousand, in poultry
two million. These figures are disturbing and
almost disconcerting, Britain’s strong back has
sustained many a heavy load for many a long
day. What will she do now? The Duke of Wel
lington said that the British soldier could be
counted on to be brave fifteen minutes longer
than other soldiers. Can Britain labour and wait
once again? The question is a serious one and
the occasion momentous, Canada must not for
get that in addition to what has been mention
ed, that Britain is short of dollars, the coin
m which Britain has hitherto, .for many a day,
paid for Canadian goods. Can Canada afford
to send Britain her goods on credit? There is
a real headache ahead of Canadian exporters
and of all the rest of us. We had better get
over our financial spree.
* * * *
No Need for Panic
While panic may work untold injury it does
no one any good. We should keep this in mind
in these days of strikes and threats to world
peace. Uneasiness and talk have got us into
our present state of mind. Coolheadedness and
work will get us onto our feet. The difficulties
with the meat dealers will be settled amicably,
we hope, Imt settled they surely will be. The
international giants have been falling out and
none of them likes the thought of war. Still
less are any of them willing to throw the first
brick. No one seems to know what the next
step will be. What is dead certain is that the
average man will need to assert himself in dead
earnest. This he will do most effectually by
keeping on with his day’s work. When the time
is ripe we'll see who is at the bottom of the
disturbance and we'll see equally clearly what
to do with him. We have, let ourselves* get into
our present mess. We must get ourselves out of
that mess. The higher ups are doing the ill they
are working, simply because the rest of us have
allowed them to do so. We talk of the big in
terests and their selfish ways but forget that
the .small interests hold the whip hand. So let
u.s keep our eyes open and keep right on at the
day’s work.
Why Not?
It looks at present as if the western powers
simply cannot get on with Russia. That being
the case, why should it not be well for the
parties to the United Nations agree to disagree
and make an honest effort to get on. A tethered
sheep never grows fat. If any of the parties
to the present gathering of the nations is de
cidedly uneasy in the company of the other
nations it is better for that nation to plow its
lone furrow than to spend the strength sorely
needed for building up is own life on bickerings
that threaten the welfare of the world. Good
will and prosperity never develop in an atmos
phere of suspicion. Partnerships nearly always
have in them the possibilities of trouble. The
United Nations scheme has been given on hon
est trial. We see where it has gotten us. If we
cannot get on unitedly as nations then let us
try getting on separately.
* * * *
Note and Comment
Has the removal of controls made you
rich ? Ask your long suffering pocketbook.
«#■*■»
Our old joints are suffering from , the over-
exertion to which they were submitted in try
ing to overtake that sudden rise in prices.
* * * *
That distressing dollar scarcity is showing
itself among persons who cannot earn but whose
income is stationary when it is not growing
less.
» * % *
Let us not get panicky. This joy ride of
Greed. Grab and Co., soon will pass. Mean-,
while a number of quiet folk are noting what
So-and-So and Co. did in their store in these
days.
* * * *
Then there is that neat little bake board
and that good old kneading trough just up
there on the pantry shelf. It soon will be wink
ing knowingly as our skilled home-makers make
c o n t a c t th e r e with.
* * * Si-
Poultry people generally soon will be do
ing what the wide-awake poultry folk have
done all along. That is, they are mixing their
own feed. Hog feeders and dairy and cattle
feeders have been at this good work for several
moons. That little grinder on the farm hitched
up to Niagara is proving to be the farmer’s
friend.
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The fine herds of well conditioned cattle
on the, farms of this district are good to see.
That way the farmers have of preparing their
own beef and pork is a powerful incentive for
settling that meat strike, It must be remember
ed that the. folk of this good land got on very
nicely before there was a packing house in
existence. It’s a poor affair of a tail that at
tempts to wag the dog.
50 YEARS AGO
The South Huron Agricultural
Society in conjunction with the
Stephen and Usborne Branch, held
their annual Fall Show on Monday
and Tuesday last. No one could wish
for finer weather which was taken
advantage of by thousands of peo
ple front far and near. 'The sho\v of
horses, cattle, sheep and pigs was
particularly good. The gate receipts
amounted to $504.
Monday night there was a very
severe frost, doing considerable
damage to the cucumbers and toma
toes.
Miss Edith Sanders left Monday
to resume her position as milliner
at Blyth.
Wes. Snell shipped three carloads
of cattle to Toronto Monday. Messrs.
Prior and Armstrong shipped a car
load of hogs to Ingersoll Monday.
Messrs. Collins and -Dickson at
tended the assizes in Goderich this
week-end, G. G. Johnston left for
Goderich Tuesday where he will
act on the jury.
Robt. Heaman left for Clinton
this week where he accepted a posi
tion with Messrs. Jackson Bros, as
tailor.
Mr. J. A. Stewart attended the
opening of the Grand Trunk's great
bridge at Niagara Falls last week.
25 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Fair was held Mon
day and Tuesday of this week. A
large crowd was present. There
was a good showing of horses, the
cattle were a little light and there
was an excellent showing of poul
try. The indoor exhibit was one of
the best in years. The horse races
attracted many spectators. The gate
receipts amounted to over $600.
The Exeter Junior ball team will
go into the finals with Owen Sound
for the honors in the Junior North
Wellington Baseball League.
Mr. F. A. Chapman, manager of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce in
town has been transferred to the
Leamington branch. Mr. R. Comp
lin, of Toronto, has been transfer
red to the Exeter Branch.
While threshing on Thursday
last Mr. Hal Brown, of Usborne, in
trying to adjust a belt on the sep
arator which runs the elevator, got
his hand caught which resulted in
the loss of one or more fingers
from his left hand.
Mr. Gib Dow shipped a carload of
horses to the Si'io- on Saturday.
15 YEARS AGO
The attendance Tuesday after
noon at the Exeter Agricultural So
ciety was exceptionally large. There
was excellent exhibits. A softball
game between the Clinton girls and
the Exeter girls resulted in a vic
tory for the former 3 5 to 5. G.
Skinner and K. Hockey were the
umpires. The Scott-Arbuckle Enter
tainers from London, including "ac
robats, dancers, the Dawson enter
tainers and others gave a perform
ance. The Forest Boys’ Band pro
vided some splendid music.
Mr. W. G. Medd, M.L.A., on Mon
day joined a party of some eighty
members of the Ontario Legislature
headed by Hon. William H. Rice,
acting Premier and left by special
train on a five day trip through
Northern Ontario.
When the directors of the Exeter
Fair came to put the Crystal Pal
lace in shape for the Fall Show they
discovered that a number of lads
had broken into the building break
ing several of the lamps and lamp
glasses and some tools wer^ miss
ing. It is undecided as to what ac
tion will he taken as the names of
a number of the boys have been
secured.
Miss Merna Sims has accepted a
position with the Exeter Lumber
Company as stenographer.
On Friday evening last the James
Street choir held an enjoyable corn
roast at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
W. T. Quinn. Some group games
were enjoyed. Corn was provided
in large quantities and this was fol
lowed by lunch served in the house.
Community singing brought the
evening to a close.
Workers
On the Land
Keeping a hired man was a prob
lem even! in Old McDonald’s time,
or so it would see since the cele
brated soug about his farm fails to
mention farm labour. Lately, "the
problem has become so acute that
agricultural officials of the agri
cultural federations and of govern
ment are giving it top priority.
Some answer to the question of
how hired help can be kept on the
farm Is provided in the film
“Workers on the Land" released
by the National Film Board in con
junction with the Dominion Pro
vincial Farm Labour Committee
for showing on the rural film cir
cuits in September and early Oc
tober. The film questions the ne
cessity of releasing all farm labor
in the Fall with the complication of
rehiring in the Spring. This film
will be shown at
Hensail, Oct. 2nd, at 10:30 a.m,
Zurich, Oct. 2nd, 2:30 and 8:30.
Dashwood, Oct. 3rd, 9:00 a.m,
Mt. Carmel, Oct. 3rd, 2:30 p.m.
St, Joseph’s, Oct. 3rd, 8:30 p.m.
Grand Bend, Oct, 6th, 2:30 p.m.
Shipka, Oct. Gth, S:30 p.m,
Zion School, Usborne Twp., Oct.
7th, at 8:30 p.m.
Thames Road Church, Usborne
Twp., Oct. Sth at 2:30 and 8:30
p.m.
On the same program are “In
struments of the Orchestra," which
speaks for itself, featuring the
London Symphony Orchestra;
“Bronco Busters,” a picture of the
Calgary Stampede, which draws
spectators from all across the con
tinent; “The New North,” showing
the Alaska Highway; and “Animal’s
of the Zoo.”
McGillivray W. I.
The McGillivray W.I. held their
flower show and afternoon tea in
the McGillivray hall Friday, Sept.
19th. There was a large attend
ance of members and visitors. The
hall was decorated with institute
colors and flowers. The speaker for
the afternoon was Parry Thompson
who spoke on the Dale florists of
Brampton. He gave a very inspir
ing address, on the “Do’s and
Don’t's” of cut flowers. Mrs. Earle
Neil was presented with a gift for
her baby. This was followed by a
musical program by Mrs. L. Lee,
Mrs. Parry Thompson, Mr. laomp-
son and readings by Miss Ida
Hardy. A dainty lunch was served.
Mrs. Beatrice Dixon has returned
after spending three months in
England. She found the rationing
not good, coupons and points being
used for the securing of food and
clothing.
IO YEARS AGO
The Exeter Fair on Tuesday of
this week drew a good crowd, al
though threatening weather in the
morning and the infantile paralysis
had some effect. The showing of
horses and cattle was light but the
indooi exhibits, shown for the first
time in the new arena, were excep
tionally fine. Horse races and grey
hound races entertained the crowd.
A girls’ softball game by the local
teams took place. The Exetei’ Band
provided the music.
The first political meeting to be
held in Exetei4 in connection With
the present election was held Fri
day evening last in the Exeter Op
era House in the Interests of Dr.
Taylor, There was a good attend
ance anti Reeve W. »D. Sanders oc
cupied the chair.
Mi. Preston Dearing made a
splendid showing with his Dorset
Horn sheep at the Western Fair last
week. Mr, Dearing exhibited his
sheep at the C.N.E. and made a
splendid showing.
Dr. Alexander Moir, of Hensail,
has taken the field as an Independ
ent candidate In the riding of Hur
on for the coming election. 1
Mr. Harold Fahrner, of Creditoh,
left Monday for -Guelph where he is
taking a two-year course in Agri-
cultuie.
Miss Margaret Penhale left Mon
day for London where she has a&-
cepted a position as teacher at the
Brick Street school.
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