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THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28
A Little Longer
The Duke of Wellington was asked if
British soldiers were braver than other sol
diers. He replied that he did not think that
they were, but that they could be counted
upon to be brave fifteen minutes longer
than any other soldiers he knew about. We
are asking now how long we are to be pa
tient with Russia in the Berlin situation.
The reply is that we will keep our heads
until we have gained our point. Some peo
ple are telling us that we should have come
to grips with Russia months ago. Do folks
who talk in that manner forget the havoc
that may be wrought in one month of war?
There may be grounds for the complaint
that the United Nations are slow in getting
results. Informed observers reply rationally
to this complaint that had it not been for
the United Nations, the dogs of war would
have been loosed months ago. It is urged
that Russia is using the present period of
peace to prepare to s'pring upon the world
in one maniacal effort to conquer the race.
It is not at all certain that Russia will act
like a ferocious maniac in her effort to
achieve her end. She has seen ■what mad
ambition and the insane lust of conquest
did for Napoleon Bonaparte. Hitler’s fate
still cries to heaven, warning Russia and
all others of the doom sure to overtake
every bloody-handed tyrant. At the same
time we must be on our guard against any
thing that Russia may undertake. While
there is little encouragement for us to do
so we must be patient a little longer in the
hope that Russia may yet see tlie utter un
wisdom of trampling the weaker nations
beneath her feet. Surely there is enough
sanity among Russia’s choicest spirits to
turn the Russian people to a life of practi
cal sanity.% * * •>
The Hangman’s Whip
Some people heed nothing but the
hangman’s whip. This makes it hard for
everybody, including the heedless ones. Of
course, we have in mind the effort of the
hydro commission to conserve electric en
ergy in order that there may be business
as usual. There are tens of thousands of
folk who have done their reasonable best
to co-operate in this essential saving of
power. On the other hand there is a mul
titude, difficult to number, which is re
gardless of the need of the hour and which
is going on its selfish ‘way. What cares it
for the welfare of the community? What
cares it for the example of the country in
her saving to the point of austerity? It
looks as if the commission will be obliged
to pull switches in the public interest.
Should this be done the loudest complaints
will be heard from thoe who might have
saved the situation by exercising common
sense in the interest of themselves as well
as in the interest of the general public.
Touching the Right Spot
We have been hearing a great deal,
about plowing matches and fall fairs and
such gatherings. Praise has been laid on
quite thickly for the prize winners. AU this
may be to the good, though, doubts will ob
trude themselves. What is needed is the
encouragement of the fellow who really
works at his job but who needs some spe
cial ,guidance. No one of us wishes to be
in the position of the first man. Most of
us have a warm regard for the child sitting
on the giant’s shoulders who, because of
his advantage, sees farther than the giant.
We recall an incident related of S. S. Tho
mas. He was out on his right of way when
he saw a fifteen-year-old youngster trying
to prune the, old delapidated orchard. Mr.
Thomas saw that young fellow was in trou
ble, pulled up to the side of the road and
spent the remainder of the afternoon show
ing the young farmer some of the elements
of pruning. Be it known that Mr. Thomas
was in bis ■working suit and that every bit
of instruction advanced was supported by
exemplification. Young farmers, like the
rest of us, need to be shown how to catch
on, This important bit of our education
rarely comes from the show ring.
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Have Overshot the Mark
Everyone is painfully aware of the
mess we are in because of high prices. We
have heard, too, of the problems arising
from over-production. It is not so long ago
that huge quantities of coffee were dumped
into the ocean. It is not so very long ago
that we heard of large quantities of vege
tables being dumped because there was not
a ready sale for them. Further, there are
a number of us who recall when plums
were retailed for fifteen cents a bag. In
many cases even the fifteen cents could not
be obtained and the. discouraged farmer
was obliged to throw his plums into fence
corners.❖ # * ❖
No Jubilation
While all the world welcomed Russia’s
more reasonable frame of mind regarding
the Berlin situation, we are not aware of
any major rejoicing over her change of
words. We have learned to fear Russia
when she bears peace terms. We are won
dering what has made her so benevolent
where formerly she was so malignant.
What has healed her? What has the Rus
sian bear* done with his claws ? Instead of
pursuing his old practice of rending and
tearing and of getting all the while, mak
ing no return therefor, is he henceforth to
spend his days in weaving the delicate
web of world welfare? We do not see
things that way. He is very much a bear
even if he walks at present as a man.
That Atomic Bomb
Things have turned out very much as
sane men feared regarding the atomic
bomb. The United States and Canada have
spent tens of millions of solid cash in
bringing that strange weapon to the place
where it has proven itself the bulwark of
peace. Russia never would have stopped
where she stopped in her agressive cam
paign had not she known that when she
overstrained the patient endurance of her
opponents, she ‘would be smashed to pieces
almost over night. Surely our Canadian re
presentatives and the representatives of
the United States see this. Why such pow
ers should have drawn their teeth in the
presence of an enemy such <as Russia has
proven herself is beyond all power* of com
prehension, Should the projected measures
receive the sanction of the various govern
ments represented, Russia and her satellite
powers will give themselves no sleep till
they have stock piles of atomic bombs
even larger than those now possessed by
Canada and the United States. It will be
at this point that the horrors will begin.
Russia will abandon her wheedling policy
and make demands, her own bombing
planes, meanwhiles, loaded to the limit.
Russia believes in seething the kid in its
mother’s milk.
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That Mess in Canadian Trade
They are telling us that Canadian trade
has shrunken in some particulars to a dis
tressingly annoying degree. In other words
folk with money and good credit in the
bank simply do not want to buy our goods.
When we complain about this we are told
to run along till we produce goods that
consumers really want. Critics of such mat
ters tell us that we’ll have to mend our
ways oi* have our goods and processes num
bered with those that were before the
flood. It looks as if we have been giving
ourselves over much to varnish and tinsel.
Too many products are giving evidence of
improper finishing. Pooi* wood and poor
steel and slip-shod workmanship are an
unholy combination. People simply will not
tolerate flimsy and inferior cloth in their
garments. Housewives know tough meat.
Exeter has a well-earned and a hard-
earned reputation for good workmanship
and good merchandising. Let us add to that
reputation. The room for improvement still
is the largest room in the world. This mo
ment there arc uneasy mutterings about
the salability of certain products. All this
gives rise to the questioxr of our having
pushed sales and productions so severely.
We recall the dreary, days when the local
cheese or butter plant could not handle all
the milk the dairy herd produced. We have
not forgotten the occasions when the but
ter and cheese makers could not dispose
of their produce. These were dreary occa
sions. Is what puzzled and discouraged us
in our small world going to infect tlie
great world of affairs? Just now there is a
shortage of steel. Dare we boost the manu
facturing of this sort of steel without the
danger of our having an overproduction
thereof? The new developments in Quebec
and Labrador are causing some thing. With
food products, cold storage holds an im
portant place. It may be overdone. The in
vestment in the food and the cold storage
must be paid for. Sometimes the storer
takes a bad trimming that he hopes to get
back some day from the ultimate consu
mer. And so on, with other materials. The
difficulties in carrying on seem to be in
creasing, rather than diminishing,
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50 YEARS AGO
Mr. I. R. Carling left Friday
on a deer hunting exiiedition to
the Muskoka wilds.
i A couple of men have been
I visiting Hay swamp to study its
1 possibilities as to peat, bog foi
i manufacture of commercial fuel.
• The large tank north of Mr.
E. J. Spademan's store has at
last been completed. This is the
largest tank in town and will
hold 3 6,575 gallons.
While Miss Norma Bobier and
two other young ladies were tak
ing a pleasure drive on Tuesday
afternoon their horse, on being
hit with a chestnut thrown by
some young boys, ran away. The
animal made a spirited run for
some distance and on turning a
cornei* threw one of the young
ladies out. They finally succeed
ed in bring the anmial to a
standstill. Luckily all escaped
unhurt.
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place Tuesday morning.
Mr. 0. Kestle, who drives the
British-American oil tank for H.
T. Rowe, met with an accident
Wednesday morning when 'one
of the oil taps became damaged
and .about 150 gallons of coal
oil leaked out.
Mr. A. ,T. Perritt, of town, has
secured a good position with the
Green Swifte Co., of London,
and assumed his duties Tuesday
morning,
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25 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Connoi
motored up from Windsoi
on Monday in the new Connor
automobile, the .first all-Canadian
auto, Messrs. Connor Bros., who
moved from Exeter to Windsor,
have built a four cylinder air
cooled motor on the same prin
ciple as their air cooled gaso
line engine. The car has no ra
diator and does not require wa
ter for cooling purposes. Mr.
Connor expects that the car will
be on the market next year.
The annual plowing match of
the Exeter District Plowman’s
Association was held on the
farm of Dunsford Bros, on
Thursday of last week. The at
tendance of spectators was fair
ly large although the day was
cold and damp. The classes in
both sod and stubble as well as
tractor competition were closely
contested and excellent work
done.
The first fall of snow for this
season in this community took
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15 YEARS AGO
A refrigerator car load of
food-stuffs left the Exeter sta
tion Wednesday for Saskatche
wan as the result of a recent
appeal to assist those in the
drought area of the West. The
car was filled with vegetables,
fruit .and foodstuffs of all de
scriptions and was brought from
Dashwood, Grand Bend, Credi-
ton, Greenway, Centralia, E*lim-
ville and Thames Road.
The members of the Huronia
Male Concert Company, with
their wives and lady friends,
were pleasantly entertained at
the home of their leader, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Goulding re
cently. A jolly time was spent
in putting together several jig
saw puzzles.
Congratulations are due to
Miss Margaret E. Ross of the
Exeter High School staff, upon
the winning of the prize of $15
in an essay contest sponsored by
the Provincial W.C.T.U. This
contest was open to all the
school principals and teachers of
the province.
The Boy Scouts of Exeter
visited Goderich on Thursday
morning of last week and joined
in a reception to His Excellency
the Governor General and Lady
Bessborough, who visited Goder
ich on their tour of Western
Ontario.
One of the largest crowds in
years attended the South Huron
plowing match which was held
Thursday last on the farm of
Mr. Wm. Bowden, west of high
way No. 4 on the 'Crediton road.
It was estimated that some 1600
people were present. Competition
was keen in practically all
classes and the number of con
testants was the largest in
years.
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1O YEARS AGO
The annual plowing match of
the South Huron Plowmen’s As
sociation was held Friday
on the farm of William
Clarke and Emmerson Gunning
about a half mile east of Exeter
on Huron Street and proved to
•be one of the best matches eon-
ducted by the Association. There
was a large list of contestants
and some very fine work was
accomplished. The ladies of the
Elimville Church served dinner
at the home of Mr, and Mrs. S.
McFalls.
The event of the week was
the laying of the corner stone
for the new high school building
which took place Wednesday af
ternoon. The corner stone was
well and truly laid by the chair
man of the Board of Education,
Mr, R. N. Creech.
D.D.G.M. Bro. M. McKellar
and his installing team from
Seaforth paid their annual visit
to Exeter Lodge No. 67 I.O.O.F.
Tuesday evening and installed
the officers of the lodge. The
visitors were warmly congratu
lated on the manner in which
the work was exemplified.
Miss Eileene Lewis, a grad
uate of the Exeter High School,
who is attending the University
of Western Ontario, has been
awarded a Brescia Hall scholar
ship. Mr. Donald Oestreicher, of
Stephen Township, also a grad
uate of Exeter High School, won
a scholarship at Western,
The Eastern Star Chapter vi
sited the Ingersoll Chapter on
Monday evening when the latter
chapter received its charter.
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