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Pag« 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1949
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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1949
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A Valuable Hint
Some Russians were given the job of
doing some repatriation work in Frankfort.
The time came when their job was done
and the United States government which
had charge of that portion of Germany
asked the Russians to leave the country.
The Russians refused to pack and go, say
ing that the Russian government would re
sent their doing so till orders came from
the Kremlin, ignoring the fact that they
were in territory where the United States
was in control. The United States did not
make any fuss but simply isolated the Rus-’
Sian group so completely that no communi
cation could be had with the outside world.
Among other things the supply of water
was shut off. In a surprisingly short time
water became the thing those Russians
wanted more than anything else, but water
they' could not get. In, a few hours those
Russians -were released by their govern
ment. The want of water did what diplo
macy failed to do.
We do well to ponder this incident.
Food, water, clothing are matters of su
preme importance. In other words wants lie
at the basis of business. Wants, real or
imaginary, rule the business world and
these wants that deal with life's necessities
must be given the first place, as those Rus
sians quickly found out. Real values, the
power to control primary values are, in the
long run, the nerve of business, not regula
tions passed by this or that body and cer
tainly not pieces of paper, control the af
fairs of men. He who can supply the most
wants is the big man. A kingdom is a very
fine thing but a king has been known to
offer his kingdom for a horse. Time is one
of the things we waste most readily but a
queen has been known to cry bitterly and
offer millions for an inch of time. First
things have a Way, in the end, of coming
first.
That Golden River
Down there in Florida, the orange in
dustry is assuming undreamt of proportions.
Not only are the oranges gathered and
cared for and prepared for shipment to the
ends of the earth, but the call for orange
juice has so increased that the Florida folk
have not been able to meet the demand.
One hesitates to speak of the growth of
the orange industry itself and in its rami
fications. The whole state of Florida is in
the industry. Ordinary means of gathering
the fruit and of transporting it have been
supplanted by means of carrying facilities
that have been brought forward but recent
ly. We hope soon to feel the effect of the
impetus given to this splendid fruit. All
know the value of the orange as an article
.<ȣ food. Comparatively few know its bever
age value. Hitherto, the price has made it
a comparative rarity on the ordinary man’s
-table. And herein lies one danger of the
industry: The dealers, manufacturers, and
carriers may make it a slow mover over
the grocers’ counters. A second danger lies
in the possibility of placing the juice on
the market before it has attained its proper
flavour. It is satisfying to learn that every
precaution is being taken to have the juices
prepared under the best of hygienic con
ditions. We congratulate the Florida golden
river,
its its iji
Missed The Boat?
Florida’s happy experience with her
orange crop causes some of us to do some
serious thinking about our apple crop. If
one looks over this region, and makes a
few inquiries, he finds out that there were
at one time a number of fine orchards in
nearly every district. Unfortunately} many
of those orchards were ravaged by pest the
farmers did not know how to control. With
this infestation went a style of packing
that added the last straw in the way of
ruining the apple business. At anyrate,
apple orchards of any account, as far as
this region is concerned, are a thing of the
past. This is unfortunate as fruit juices are
now coming to he decidedly popular.
Orange juice had to make its way to the
public taste., Apple .juice must pass through
the same stages. For one thing, it requires
an. abundant supply of the best, sound
apples. Next, these apples must be handled
in the proper way so that the canned juice
will Jm that is desirable. The old-
fashioned cider made from the wrong sort
of apples is a thing of the past. The buy
ing public will have none of it. Grading of
the juice is inevitable and essential if the
trade is to be built up, as built up it may
be.
Butter And Margarine
There has been some lively scurrying
in the butter market these last few weeks.
It must be said at the outset that Exeter
has been well served in the matter of but
ter. At no time has there been any diffi
culty in securing first class butter. The
quality of the butter has been uniformly
high. Serious grumbling has been heard re
garding the price of butter but no com
plaint has been heard about the quality of
the article. When one asked for first class
butter, that is the grade supplied him.
Other regions were not so fortunate as
Exeter and environs. So high has been the
quality of the butter that visitors to the
village have taken butter away with them
for their home consumption. It may be
noted here that the dairy authorities are
cracking down on second grade butter and
cream. The third rate article simply is not
wanted at any price. We* believe that the
day is not far off when second and third
classes will be forbidden the market. It is
nearer that point than some of us dream.
Cream producers may as we'll take notice.
We’ll not be surprised to heai* at an early
date that second and third grade cream are
forbidden for any purpose. The inspection
of cream and butter is coming to be very
severe. It is devoutly to be hoped that the
inspection of oleomargarine will be equally
severe. When the price of first class butter
was soaring, the average man with a large
family at what seemed to him to be a rea
sonable price he bought it eagerly. His ne
cessity must not be taken advantage of.
The margarine that necessity has forced
upon him most imperatively requires in
spection. Dairy products were and are in
spected in the interest of public health and
square dealing. The standard needs to be
equally high in the case of margarine.
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Moloto’s Resignation
Molotov has lost some of his office
held since 1939. We are reasonably certain
that that is the case. Why he lost his job
is not known to the rest of the world. Of
that we are certain. Mr. Stalin is not given
to telling the world why he does things.
H.e simply acts and leaves the rest of us
to reason why he does as he does. This is
most annoying. We expect public men to
tell all about themselves. Stalin is not that
sort of man. Whether Mr. Molotov is head
ed for the high places in the Russian con
fidence or whether he is headed for a con
centration camp, or whether he is retiring
to take a nice long rest, some of us really
do not know. As the wise people say, it all
remains to be seen.v # % #
Time To Consider Values
In some quarters there has been an ab
sence of full consideration of values. In
Canadian history there was a time when the
standard of value was the manufactured
skin. If one had so many beaver skins he
could purchase therewith so much cloth or
so many beads or so many fish-hooks or
so much gunpowder and so forth. Later the
bushel of wheat was the standard of value.
If one were thinking of purchasing a tool
he immediately asked how many bushels of
wheat it would cost. If a school were to be
built or a man hired the reckoning was in
terms of bushels of wheat. Later on the
pound or the sovereign came to be the
standard. The pound note was considered
to be Worth so much gold. The dollar bill,
too, was thought of in terms of gold pro
portionate to the amount of notes they is
sued and to the amount of deposits on
hand. Then came the day when documents
issued by the government were substituted
for the amount of gold the branch banks
Were expected to have in their vaults. Little
by little promises to pay took the place of
gold. All manner of offices undertook to
manage the individual’s and the nation’s
exchange. The whole system became des-
parately complicated. -Some very good fin
anciers are becoming sceptical of the ex
change system. The moment there was a
departure from intrinsic values trouble was
on the wing. Just now there is’ a crying
need for a simplification of the mechanism
of exchange. There are some old-fashioned
people who prefer gold to paper. There are
others who wish to be able to get gold for
their paper when they demand it.
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Gentlemen of the House of Commons:
soft answer tarneth away wrath,”
A sage tells us that he docs not know
whether to plant his melons or to set out
the tools for igloo building.
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1O YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocate 1939)
■Messrs. Cunningham and
Pryde have .purchased the monu
mental works at Seaforth from
the estate of the late W. E.
Chapman.
Dawson Goulding, son of Mr.
and .Mrs. ,W. R. Goulding, re
ceived a nasty cut over the left
eye while skating at the Exeter
rink Tuesday, after four o’clock.
Miss Eileen Snell has taken a
position in the dry goods depart
ment of Jones and May.
Mr. and Mi's. Edmund Hend<-
rick, bride and grom of Credit-
on, were presented with a
silver basket by the .Stephen,
Exeter and Usborne Religious
Council. MV. Hendfick has been
president of that orginization
for the past two years.
Mr. William -Moodie and Rev.
Mair sang a duet at the morning
service at Thames Road on Sun
day.
The members of the Exeter
Lions Club held their regular
supper meeting at the King
Hotel in Hensall on Monday
evening, chairman W.E. Week-
es explained that Huron County
had been divided into six dis
tricts for crippled children and
welfare work and that the Exe
ter 'Club was responsible for
work in Usborne, Stephen and
Hay townships.
!STHE FOREIGN LEGION
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Marcus, in The New York Times
A Flying Start for Baby Pigs on
Shur-Gain Pig Starter
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SO YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO On Shur-Gain Hog Grower
(The Exeter Advocate 1889)
Mrs. John Gould, who has
been conducting the confection
ery store in the Post Office
block, for a number of years has
disposed, of the business to 'Mr.
John Grigg, wlio will continue
the business in the same stand.
•Mr. Frank Wood, ipropietor of
Exeter Packing House, intends
opening up a butcher shop in
Woods Block, lately vacated by
Mr. Ed. B-issett.
Mr. E. J. Philips, editor of
the Lucan Sun was in town on
Monday inspecting the electric
light plant. The village of Lucan
is yet without electric lighting
and the object of Mr. Philip’s
visit was to secure information
as to cost of a iplant and other
particulars. Mr. Philips is a new
man in that town and fully up-
to-date in his ideas of how. a
town should he run.
The South Huron Farmer’s
Institute have decided to run an
excursion to Guelph to the
■Model Faring about the middle
of June.
The 'partnership heretofore
existing between Mr. Samuel
Martin and Mr. Charles Perkins
as dealers in musical instru
ments, bicycles, etc., has been
mutually dissolved. The former
will continue the business.
(The Times'Advocate 1934)
Mr. -Cecil Laing left last week
for London, where he. has taken
a 'position with the Free Press.
■Miss Dorothy .Ryckman, nurse
in-training at Victoria Hospital,
London, spent the week-end at
her home here.
The Badminton Club held a
successful euchre in their rooms
on Wednesday evening of last
week. Miss E. M. Bowey won
the prize for ladies high and
Aljoe -Sanders for the gent’s
high.
The meeting of the Young
People’s Guild of -Caven -Church,
on Monday evening, took the
form of a crokinole party. Miss
Reba Simmons was winner for
the girls and Carl Norton the
winner for the .boys.
Miss Glads Ryckman and
Adelyn Stone, of London, spent
the week-end at their homes
here.
PIG STARTERSHUR-GAIN
SHUR-GAIN PIG DEVELOPER
SHUR-GAIN HOG GROWER
SHUR-GAIN SOW RATION
EXETER
Bulk
$3.85
3.15
3.05
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WHALEN CORNERS
25 YEARS AGO* \
(The Exeter Times 1924)
Monday evening was Post
master’s night at Lebanon Forest
Lodge, No. 13‘3, A.F.&A.M. One
of the oldest working masons in
Ontario, in the person of V.
Wor. Bro. M. E. Eacrett oc
cupied the Master’s chair and
conferred the Second Degree.
Bro. Eacrett, who is in his
eighty-sixth year joined the
Masonic Order in Virginia in the
year 1S59, and ever since that
time has been actively associated
with the Order.
■Miss Mildred Harvey, of Alma
College, St. Thonlas, spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Harvey.
Mr. J. T. Morgan has disposed
of his house on Andrew St. to
Dr. G. S. Atkinson of town,
possession May 1.
Mr. William Melville was in
London for a few days last
week attending a McClary con
vention.
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Exeter Wolf Cubs....
Remember next Saturday,
March 26, fellows! That is the
day that we help tlie Scouts on
their paper drive.
We have a Senior Sixer now
and .he is starting off his duties
in good style* Donny Taylor is
oUr Senior Sixer and Bob Pooley
is taking his place as our new
Sixer. Now we are looking for
three seconds, so remember that
your actions through the week
count, as well as your behaviour
at our meetings.
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Three new cubs have been
added to our pack and it is Up
to the rest of the (Gubs to show
them how a good Oub acts. Our
three hew members are Gary
Noseworthy, Billy Pincombe and
Jiin Russell.
More new Cubs are needed
yet fellows, so let Us see just
how well you can do.
Now just a short note , for
your Mums and Dads. We are
having very good success with
our Wolf -Cub Pack, but, as
ipatents, we also need your help
to see that the boys turn out
every Wednesday night with
their dues. Also you parents can
he a big help to the boys In
helping them to -pass their dif
ferent tests. We , have enough
books for the boys (price .15
cents) which outline all of the
tests. As the parents of these
boys, you ’can read these books
too, and then work with the
lads, helping them to -learn it
from cover to cover. One night
a week does not give us much
time with the Cubs, so we are
leaving a certain amount of it
up to you. If you feel like drop
ping in to a meeting any Wed
nesday night, you are welcome,
and the boys will enjoy having
you.
Remember the Cub Law: 1.
The Cub gives in to the Old
Wolf; 2. The Cub does not give
in to himself.
Day and night, seven days a week the telephone is at
your service. Quickly and easily it keeps you in touch
with everything and everybody everywhere. There are
400,000 more telephones and two million more calls a
day than there were three years ago. And service is
getting better all the time.
In three years, however, costs of important raw ma
terials for telephone lines and cables have risen* sharply.
Copper prices have doubled, zinc and lead prices tripled.
Yet, up to now, despite rising costs on all sides, there has
been no increase in the basic telephone rates established
22 years ago. Few things give you so much real value at
such low cost as your telephone.
We’ve broken all records but there are still orders we
haven’t been able to fill. We will keep right on working
and building to make your telephone service a bigger
bargain than ever — to continue to provide more and
better service at the lowest possible cost.
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