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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-12-04, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4th, 1947Page 2 Exeter (lines established 1373; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO 4a Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests at the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Member of the Camwlliui Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA AU Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE 32.00 a year, in advance; six months, 31.00 three months 60c I. M. SOUTHOOTT • - PUBLISHER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1947 Those Feed Prices We were told by one of our farmer friends that cattle and hog feed had advanced in price from twenty to thirty dollars per ton. There is a tragedy in these few words. A dai­ ry farmer has, for instance, gone to the trou­ ble and the expense of building up a well pro­ ducing herd, Let it not be forgotten that it takes about twenty-five years to build up such a herd. In addition there is the expense invol­ ved in the equipment for operating such a herd. Let it not be forgotten that such an equipment costs a great deal of cash to secure and to maintain. When such a season as the present season visits the producer he is in a bad way as far as financing is concerned, Milk distributors and. milk manufacturers and cheese makers too, have headaches. The cost of ma­ terials for the manufacture of butter and cheese ■ have in many cases, about doubled. Milk dis­ tributors have encountered serious increases in the price of their equipement and general maintenance cost Old Man Scarcity has been around, as anyone can see. The increase af­ fects everybody. There is plenty of money go­ ing but as one farmer expressed it, “I handle a lot of money but it seems to get away from me”. A good deal of water will run under the bridge before times are appreciably easier. Meanwhile we need to look to our tastes and not to confuse our likes and dislikes with our necessities. « * * «• This Fateful Week Two questions must be disposed of soon. I’irst. what are Canadians going to do about the new business arrangements the Dominion government hos made regarding nearly every­ thing they have to buy or sell? Are the restric­ tive measures imposed by Ottawa wise and con­ structive ? Is the government doing the right thing in seeking to get on by interfering with the ways and means all of us must resort to in carrying on? How will the farmers and the manufacturers and the storekeepers and above all else, the homemakers receive the new regu­ lations ? What will the United States have to say about our refusal to purchase their goods ? What is being done to call out the creative and inventive powers of our Canadian people in the way of putting goods on the market that will give an urge to buy what we have to sell? These are but a few of the questions that will be much on the minds of Canadians at this time. In the next place, what is to come of the conference of the Big Four meeting in Lon­ don to decide whether Germany is to be bro­ ken up into two parts, one side enlarging and enriching Russia and the other part to be un­ der the domination of the western powers. The Big Four are meeting amid, lowering skies and the creeping in of winter with the com­ plaints of food shortage brought in with every breeze. What is to be the outcome? All the world wonders. While all this is going on France has two million striking workers on her hands. In ad­ dition her people are gravely lacking in co­ herence and likely to go to almost any ex­ treme. In the United States the game of par­ ty politics is being played with the degrees of heartiness that marks the republic in pre­ sidential election years. Who can tell what is either going on or likely to come of the brew and stew into which peoples of all lands have thrown themselves ? The Only Way Again we wish to say that production on the part of Canadians is the only way out of our present unfavourable trade balance. The unfavourable trade balance did not come over night. It is no stroke of bad luck but the out­ come of inertia on the part of Canadians, This minute, the sky is the limit to the a- mount of grain Canada might sell to the Unit­ ed States, had we the grain to sell. But we have, not the grain to offer and the blame for this unfortunate lack lies at the foot of Cana­ dians. It is urged that this year we had a poor harvest. But we must not forget that we have had our "seven years of plenty” in which we might well have provided against the present lean year. We see no reason for Canadians ly­ ing down because one lean, harvest has been their „lot, Further, there are enormous tracts of land in Old Ontario that remain unproduc- | tive. Along with this land that is uncultivated We have no end of submarginal farms that barely pay their way through care become pro­ ducers of an unlimited quantity of grain and the supporters of herds of cattle and flocks of poultry and pens of hogs. We have mines tee* ming in mineral wealth. The time is ripe for it to be and shipped and manufactured right fi . t «f f ft , , J rp? » , i ious need, of waking up in this whole situa­ tion. This thing of leaving the. serious need of building this land in the way of real rather’ than of fancied prosperity never will be done if we leave this great task to our old friend George. Buck passing is a cowardly business at best. If we are. to have prosperity in Can­ ada is must come as the fruit of our own brains steeping and the sweat of our own good right arms.« * * * Not Satisfied Our subscriber was not satisfied. We came upon him as he was shopping on that bleak November day, just after prices were taking to the stratosphere, "You see,” he said, "things are against us on the farm. Little by little we were got out of the way of making a great deal of our own provisions. We came to de­ pend on the butcher’s wagon, on the bread wa­ gon and on the milk truck or the cream truck, We got rid of our woodlots and of our maple sugar and our maple syrup. Some of us went so far as to buying our own beets and carrots and lettuce and cabbage, to say nothing of purchasing our apples. We failed to cure our own meat and to store our own eggs. We got rid of our homespun. You see where we are now because of this farm, economy. We are as helpless as the rest of the Dominion. We cannot get back to the old way of doing over night. Our facilities for doing the things men­ tioned have gone by the board. The dealers and all connected with them are seeing that we pay by the nose for our fine ideas of making farm life easy.” * * # » An Important Event One of the best results of the Royal Win­ ter Fair is the vim it is putting into a great many young farmers. "What other young peo- have done, we can do”, these young people are saying. The success by their young friends is putting heart into best of many a farm lad and lass. Every day in every way Ontario far­ mers are seeing that farm life is getting bet­ ter and better. The old inferiority complex is fading out. Before we know it. we’ll hear no more of the talk about being a mere farmer. Farmers are .seeing’ that farming is at once tjie oldest and most honourable of the arts. It is' a man’s job and a man’s life any day. It may not be the most moneymaking pursuit in the world but it is on all fours with the best of them for insuring delight in adventure and the joy of achievement and a comeptency for old age. "There’s axiother side to the show busi­ ness” a farmer who had paid for his farm and had stayed on it. told us the other day when were descussing the prize winners at the Roy­ al. "You'will notice that a great many exhi­ bitors did not win” he continued. Yet these other show people had expended a whole lot of time and had done a lot in the way of conditioning their stock. Unless you have "been in this line you have no idea of the cost of putting an animal in the show ring. The cost is there just the same. I know that perfor­ mance is said to follow type. I get the type I want and then I use the animal as well as I can, but when it comes to any of the highly specialized feeding, I call quits. This thing of specializing has a number of places where one’s profits usually escape and one cannot help it. I may be all wrong in this. Some may tell me that I am calling out that the grapes are sour.” * * * ■» A Grave Mistake Skyrocketing prices for articles has been a blunder. Buyers were prepared to pay a little more than they had been paying for such commodities but became angry when they were asked to pay an advance of from thirty to fifty per cent on prevailing prices. The blame of the rise in prices cannot be laid at the door of the producers of such commodities as the fruit and vegetables were out of their hands for many a day. Nor can the major part of the increase be blamed on the retailer. Many allege that the nigger was in the whole­ saler’s woodpile. At any rate the ultimate con­ sumer is the party whose pocket suffers. The whole situation needs a thorough cleaning- up. We’ll like to see a few of "the big fellows given in such matters, but it looks as if the rising in prices savours of restraint of trade. * * * ■» A Good Move Our local milk dealers have ceased the Sunday delivery of milk. This move has much to commend it. Milkmen like to go to church and otherwise improve Sunday. All of us will encourage the move, particularly during the winter months. * * # # Note and Comment This showing of grain at the Royal Win­ ter Fair augurs well for Canadian harvests. ♦ * * * There are funnier pastimes than digging up wood from the snow these early winter days. * * # * This is good news that Britain’s coal production is about normal for her own use. As goes coal, so goes British production of ex­ portable goods. The record of the Winter Fail’ in Toronto proves that when it comes to putting on a show that really stirs the continent, the far­ mers take top place* * * 4 * It is a time when bad news comes all too frequently, but a brave heart does a deal to overcome this anxiety inseparable from these really difficult times. Uncle Grouchy and Aunt Doleful are fine people we are sure, but they nevz*r put heart into a countryside or .at e a nation. SMILES . .,. When the paper says the bride is 24 and the groom 60, it isn’t necessary to add that he is con­ sidered one of the richest men in his neck of the woods." A woman was making chocolate pudding. Suddenly she put on her hat to go out. Asked her husband "Why are you going out and leav­ ing the pudding boiling?” Said his Wife: "It says in the cook book—n when it comes to a 'boil . . . beat it!" urday last for the riding of South Huron and it aroused considerable interest over the whole field, Mr, Frank Strange was the successful candidate with a majority of 119 over the other candidates, Gerald Godbolt, of Centralia, and Howard Hyde, of Kippen, At a well attended banquet in the basement o the James St, Unit­ ed Church on Tuesday evening, a men’s brotherhood was launched. About 100 men sat down to the tables. The catering was dpne by the Women’s Association who pro­ vided a splendid repast, Dr. W. E, Weekes was elected president and Mr. E. J. Sliapton secretary-treas­ urer. IO YEARS AGO At a banquet in the Centra! Hotel Thursday evening of last week, a Lion’s Club for Exeter was organized with Dr. W. E, Weekes as the first charter presi­ dent. The banquet was the result of some .active work by Messrs. Earl Nichols and Roy Robinson of the London Lions. About 40 per­ sons sat down to the tables. On Friday last while Mr, Haroln Whyte, of the Hydro staff, was working with a Delco plant in the hydro workshop -and was in the act of cranking an engine, the crank slipped and struck him in the face. One of the lens of his glasses was broken inflicting a nas ­ ty cut which required eight stit­ ches to close. Messrs. Ed Coombes, Lloyd Stan lake and Victor Seymour left last week for Northern Ontario in search of employment for the win­ ter. Mr. Preston Dearing made a splendid showing with his Dorse. Horned sheep at the Royal Winter ■Fair in Toronto. Mr. Sandy Elliot is making im­ provements to his Ford garage. He is deepening the cellar and intends having it fitted up with hot and cold water for the washing of cars. 0*————------- -- As the «TIMES» Go By 83—----------- --------—J 50 YEARS AGO A large number of the Exeter Lodge of Royal Templar attended the annual open meeting of the Crediton lodge held there Wednes­ day evening and several took part in the program, The firemen were called out Friday morning last to a fire at the residence of Mr. John Blatch- ford, Main Street. The fire orngin- ated from live coals falling from the stove onto the carpet. The residents of the back streets were delighted Monday night at the first appearance of the new electric lights distributed through those Quarters. The Cinematograph, under the auspices of the Exeter Public Lib­ rary drew two larg.e audiences in Gidley’s Opera House on Monday and Tuesday nights last. The prin­ ciple views were those of the Queen’s Jubilee procession which were shown with splendid effect. Robert Hodgins of Montreal was in town Wednesday and purchased a carload of poultry from Messrs. Stewart and Abbott for shipment to that city. The Salvation Army Marine Band, eleven in number, visited Exeter Saturday and Sunday. The musical concert given in the Town Hall, Saturday evening was very good, but the crowd was rather small. Sunday morning they took charge of the service in the James Street Methodist Church. On Sun­ day evening they again presented a program in the Town Hall and a large crowd was in attendence. The shooting match Which took place in connection with the Man­ sion House, Thanksgiving Day, was a fair success considering the very disagreeable wet day. Sides were chosen as follows: D. Hurdon, capt.! T. Routley, G. Anderson, A. Bagshaw, H. Jones; G. Vosper capt.; Thos. Sweet, E. Bissett, A. Hicks, H. Sutton. -Geo. Vesper’s side won by two birds. START Quickly STOP Promptly Winter brings freezing weather and slippery roads, But there’s no reason to worry if you know your ear will start and stop quickly, even under adverse conditions. For maximum winter winter driving enjoyment—stop here today. GRAHAM ARTHUR Your Studebaker Dealer ,— NOTICE TO VETERANS INTERESTS® IN TRAINING If you are planning on taking vocational training under the Veterans Rehabilitation Act, you should apply immediately, as the right to apply, with very few exceptions*, ends December 31, 1947. Applications may he made to the nearest district of the Department of Veterans Affairs in person or by mail, or to the Veterans’ Officer at the nearest office of the National Employment Service. *Th» exceptions referred to above are vet­ erans discharged subsequent to January 1, 1947, pensioners and veterans whose entry into training was delayed by the necessity for medical treatment under authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Published under the authority of The Right Honourable lan A, Mackenzie, Minister of Veterans Affairs. THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS J Coughs And Colds Require Attention ,The immediate use of Dr. Wood’s Norway Piue Syrup relieves spasms of coughing, helps to cut phlegm and mucus, open the air passages and soothe the irritation. 25 YEARS AGO Dollar Days were observed by the merchants of Exeter on Friday and Saturady last and were a great success despite the very inclement weather. A heavy snow storm rag­ ed all day Friday. The guessing contest put on by the Exeter merchants on Dollar Days created considerable interest. The total number of guesses re­ ceived were 5 69. The marbles were counted by C. H. Sanders, Thos. Dinney and J. M. Southcott. Winners were: Clinton Sweet, 100 lbs. of sugar; Garnet Heywood, case of canned peas; Mrs. F. Del- bridge, case of canned corn; Miss B. Tuckey, Harry Ford, Miss V. Hodgert, Mrs. Thos. Creech, each 50 lbs. of flour. The second degree team of the Exeter Oddellows, accompanied by the orchestra, motored to Seaforth on Wednesday evening last and ex­ emplified the work of the second degree. Following the work a ban­ quet was served. At the last regular meeting of the James St, Methodist Cliurch Board, an invitation was extended Rev. W. E. Donnelly, B.A., of Am- herstburg, to become pastor of James St. The invitation has been accepted by Mr. Donnelly. The Ontario Agricultural College awarded prizes last week for the best plays submitted dealing with rural life. Miss N. Medd, a teach­ er in the Exeter school, was one of the two prize winners. Miss Francis Nickawa, the noted Cree Indian reciter, appeared in the Exeter Opera House on Friday evening last under the auspices of the Young People of ’Main Street Church. The large audience was more than delighted with the ex­ cellent readings of Miss Nickawa. Miss La Belle Handford, of Inger­ soll, and Mr, Ronald Witwer as­ sisted with the program singing several solos. Dr. Wood’s NorWay Pine Syrup contains no harmful ingredients nor habit-forming drugs. It has been a popular household remedy for nearly 50 years. On sale at drug counters everywhere. The T. Millrarn. Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. 15 YEARS AGO There was a drop in the price of bread in Exeter on Saturday. It is now selling at 5 cents a loaf over the counter and 6 cents a loaf delivered. Rev. E. L. Vivian, L. Th., rec­ tor of the Trivitt Memorial Church who is leaving Exeter . for Brant­ ford, preached his farewell sermon on Sunday evening. Before leaving Mrs. Vivian was presented with a pair of book-ends by the mem­ bers of the Women’s Insitute. The Main Street United Church celebrated their anniversary set’ vices on Sunday, large congrega­ tions being present for both the morning and evening service. The special preacher for the day was Rev. Dr. Bruce Hunter, Of the Metropolitan United Church, Lon­ don, and president of the London conference. The choir under the leadership of Miss Huston provided special music. At the morning ser­ vice a male quartette was sung by Messrs. Gerald Skinner, Marvin Howey, Jas, Francis and Frank Wildfong and a solo was sung by the pastor, Rev. A. E. Elliot. At the evening service, Misses M. Fol­ lick, M. Dignan, V. Kestle and V. Gambrill composed the quartette. A duet was sung by H, Dignan and V, Gam brill. We are continually exploring the rich possibilities of Aluminumjdoveloping new alloys, improving fabricating methods, studying new uses. Such information is passed afong 16 engineers, production men and others who make Hie Aluminum products you see in your neighbourhood stores, and which find their way to the market places of the world. OB M OB Bill Jones handling stock on the factory, floor, Mrs. James pushing her "pram” — both know the energy-saving lightness of Aluminum. 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