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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-01-26, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, I960 THE LAND-MAN'S BEST RESERVOIR /MtMBtftV,. PPIT \ Bureau 1 If oi / JRCUUTW Page 2 Times Established 1873 J. Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1950 38 years In Business MW. BwP THE EMPIRE LIFE stressful times safely provided in the boat. But « TIMES* Go By Amalgiimated November 1024 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association A Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the 0WNA <1 Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Q Paid-in-Advance Circulation As Of September 30, 1948 — 2,276 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, 82.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each Publishers on Guaranteed Trust Certificates Robert Southcott ISSUED for any amount.... for a term of five years.... guaranteed both as to principal and interest.... Interost cheques mailed to reach holders on due date, or, at holder’s option, may be allowed to accumulate at compound interest, An ideal investment for individuals, com panies; authorized by law for cemetery boards, executors and other trustees, Don’t Rock The Boat If it is bad to swop bosses when cross in’ the stream, it is worse policy still to rock the boat when it is tossed about in a storm. That homely maxim applies to all of us just now. People want work done but they are not willing to pay outlandish wages. People want food and clothing and shelter but they are not willing to pay ridiculous prices therefore. There are lots of jobs but honest employees are not keen to pay big wages. There is plenty of every thing necessary for living but the party whose aim is to grab everything in sight is sure to get himself disliked. These are. but we can get through everybody puts his weight that pulling must be done. The conduct Lake Success remind*. us of things did not Amusing of those Russian delegates is really amusing. Indeed, our school-boy days when go the way the sissy to it if wanted them to go he pouted out his sweet little lips and wouldn’t play, so there. There is one good thing in their actions and that is that the conduct is good for tlie shoemakers. The more those delegates the more shoes they’ll wear out. But should the other delegates worry? Let go on with their business and let the sians keep on walking. The Russians find that at least two can play at “ out”. walk wliy them Bus may walking now rubbing their eyes and asking why the big-wigs did not see the mess they were getting into long ago, Further, Canadians have not increased their exports to any thing like the extent they should have in creased them. They have been busy doing two things that have wrought steadily against their business life. One thing they have done is to keep their prices over high, whether the price is the sale of labour or the sale of goods. Many of them got the big price because they had the power, only to find that there ar§ ways and means of stripping them of their unreasonable gains. A second bad practice has been the neglect of quality in their products. Clothing is an example of this. Over and over again in quality when the quality is compared with the price. Observers of factory workers have noted that in far too many instances quality of work is not rewarded. The time server gets ahead about as fast as the con scientious worker. There is but one result of such a practice. Times are all too omin ous. However, the storm is sure to break. A long threatening comes at last. Will Canadians wake up? Will our statesmen be brave enough to tell those who trusted them just what is going on and what is coming. We are fed up promises.* on ill-founcled Gain? south of us has market a large erection of THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION 372 Bay Street, Toronto 1 X' $ Is Morality A Business Asset? The terrible robbery in Boston in which the thieves stole over a million dollars in cash and an undetermined sum in securities is giving the. business world a severe head ache. When an institution of this nature can be looted people are asking, what next? What home, what office is secure? Further still, folk are asking if a theft of this magnitude will not thoroughly rouse the business world, what would be needed to set them thinking? Has the public grown callous to such occurrences? The problem and bars It goes has been rur centuries that honesty not only is the best business policy but the only policy that will sustain •a business or a family. Yet in face of this, folk practice dishonesty. Indeed, we have gone so far as to act as if we believed that any trick of the trade or business meanness i.s to be condoned, provided there is money made by so doing. Instead of putting down genuine honesty as essential we are in clined to look upon that quality as a sort of make weight of little consequence. Yet anyone is mistaken, nevertheless, who ima gines that the world is given over to rog uery. Dishonesty still is news. Were it the commonplace it would not be news. In the great city of Boston there are tens of thousands of honest folk who would not deprive anyone of a single copper. What we are thinking of i.s that more emphasis should be placed on straight going than there is at the present time. “An honest man i.s the noblest work of God.” We earn estly hope that the thieves in the case under consideration will be speedily caught. is a deeper one than that of locks and supervision and accounting, directly to human nature itself. It shown over and over again for Ominous Two or three facts confront Canadians. The first is that the United States is likely to dump her surplus eggs on the market, this reducing the price of eggs by some thing like ten cents per dozen. Next, Bri tain is shutting off her market for Cana dian eggs. What this means egg producers arc already somewhat aware. Next, Britain is shutting off her market for other Cana dian foods. She is quite blunt about this. She is going to buy where she can make her purchases advantageous both as to price and transportation. She will not buy Canadian foods simply because of ties ot kith and kin. She is far too tough a mer chandiser to do anything of the sort. Cana dians have not been buying from Britain simply because they have not regarded it as good business practice to do so. Britain as not to be blamed if she asks Canadians to take a dose of their own bottle, Further, Canadians have not secured markets to take the place of the British market. Fur ther, Canadians devalued their dollar and then wonder why their dollar does not buy as much as it did before it was devalued. Some Canadians may have more dollars but their dollar does not buy as much as it did before it was devalued. Some Cana dians may have more dollars but their dol lars have lost purchasing power. They are More Loss Than big cousin to the to place on the of farm commodities at a price Our decided number away below production cost. For example, a hundred pound bag of potatoes costing- two dollars and ten cents to produce is played on the market for one cent. Con sternation was abroad among Canadian farmers when they heard of the United States marketing- policy in this respect. Wonder was in everyone’s mind. It appears that there is a surplus of farm products in the United States and that the government of the republic is going on the principle that a very small price therefore is better than no price at all. Canadian farmers can not but be hard hit by the move of the United States government. Farmers with extended credit will be the keenest suf ferers. Notes have a way of coming due let the times be hard or easy. The Cana dian government will do what can be done under the circumstances to lighten the blow on the farmers, though most of us do not see at the moment what can be done. Dur ing the period of high prices for farm pro ducts, there is no doubt but some farmers made good money. There were other farm ers who seized the time of good prices to pay off old debts with the result that they were getting going nicely when the present business surprise overtook them. The farm er who is out of debt with a little spare money on hand is in a good position to weather the storm that seems to have come at last. Indeed, farmers, as a class, are about the best off financially of any class in the country. There is no occasion for panic. Farmers have learned to take the bitter with the sweet. At any rate, the time is opportune to labour and to wait. “Seldom the worst turns the best to the -brave, hopes are dupes fears may be’ liars.”❖ * * Let Us Take Up Those fierce winds not only these regions Canada remind us of planting trees. That the winds of recent date have not been far more destructive in their fury than they proved is due in a very considerable measure to the trees our fathers planted. Thames Hoad owes much of its attractiveness to its trees. The Lon don Road has won high praise from tour ists because of the trees that have afforded shade in the summer and protection from such gales as have visited us. But the pres ent generation should not rest content with what others have done for them, but are in duty bound to add to the good work to which they are heirs. Hence the call for taking up tree planting hy tlie various municipalities concerned. Township and vil lage councils will show real statesmanship by undertaking this work in a large, co operative way. 0——1 ................. ..... .......... 50 YEARS AGO Sleighing parties from Hen sail, Lucan and .Grediton attend ed the skating rink on Friday evening, The brick for the Mr. R. Knight’s new tailor shop on the corner of Main and James Streets is being hauled on the •premises. Leslie Robinson has .gone to London to take a course in Bus iness College—Winclielsea. The Gardiner Bros, are daily drawing out big .loads of elm logs to Robert Exeter in in .picking some beautiful specimens of pansies since the mild weather. On January 9 .he picked his first bouquet .and has had several since—Winchelsea. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Fritz have returned after two months’ resi dence at West (Palm Beach, Flor ida. On New Years’ Day they were in ‘Havana, Cuba. , Financial Strength and Security tb Policyholders is reflected in the Company’s operations as shown by this summary from the Annual Report. ■jjs If The Torch that have swept but the whole of the, necessity of * He’s a good man who can’t take the make the best ofbitter and the sweet and both.& $ ** and Zurich are toResidents of Hensall be congratulated on the opening of their new arenas. These buildings are two ex amples of what a community can do when the people give whole-hearted support. one one .the Exeter saw mill. Mr. Gardiner drew out to mill one day last week load, 1125 feet of elm log—Farquhar News. 15 YEARS AGO Messrs. Frank Creech, of town, William Rollins, J. Ireland and H. 'Campbell, London,, motored to Toronto .Saturday where they took in the 'motor show and also the hockey game. Mr. R. E. Pooley has been 1O YEARS AGO The Exeter Lions celebrated their second anniversary by entertaining the ladies to a.chic ken supper at the Bossenberry Hotel Monday evening. Miss Clara Viosper was ’ taken to Toronto to the home of her brother, Mr. G. Vosper. Mr. Harry Hoffman has pur chased the funeral stock and equipment.of the late Peter Mic- Isaac—Dashwood News. A number of friends of Miss Pauline evening a gold shortly Victoria Follick met on Tuesday and .presented her with bracelet. Pauline leaves to train as a nurse at Hospital. % I Insurance in Force ;;; $89,211,956 Total Income .......... i 3,004,655 New Insurance Paid For and Revived ............12,780,433 TTotal .Assets ••••••••••17,903,394 Policy Reserves.............15,100,833 Payments to Living Policyholders and Beneficiaries .. .........1,097,191 Surplus for Protection of Policyholders.............1,866,928 1 GRAND BEND Mrs. W. A. Mollard and Miss Mary , Yeo spent .Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Norman iShelling in Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Mathers and family and Mrs. W. 3?. Lovie of London visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Holt. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart .Webb and Mr. and Mrs. J. Geromett left Monday morning for Florida where they will spend part of the winter, Mr. Fred Wilsoij spent the week-end in Stratford with friends. Mr. B r u c e Bossenberry , is spending the winter in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Desjardine are all smiles. A little boy has come to stay, Leo Tom. Some of the hockey boys took in the game at Detroit Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Mason spent Saturday evening jvith Mr. and Mrs. Glen Desjardine. Mrs. Mansell Mason is visiting in London for a few days. Mrs. David Jackson of Mont real, who has been visiting her (parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wil son, for the past month, lias left for home, visiting at Stratford on the way. Mrs. Bert Wainright is able to be out again after being Ibid up for a ;inonth With the flu. The officers elected fpr Grand Bend Legion No. 49'8 for 19 50 are President, T. L. Rivers; 1st vice-president, Fred Jackson; 2nd vice-president, J. Turnbull; secretary, M. Smallnian; treas., Herman M. Gill; sergeant at arms, Andy Cronin. W.I. Meeting Well Attended The January meeting ,of the Grand Bend branch of the W.I. was well attended. In charge of the m e e t i n g, which proved to be very inter esting, was Mrs. Carlyle, Con venor of Home Economics. The motto “Men Build Houses, Wo men Make Homes” was capably dealt .with by Mrs. Kading. The roll call “My Favorite >Sandwich Filling” brought a good response. ■Mrs. Taylor gave an interesting paper on hobbies and this was followed .by an excellent demon stration on the hobby of “Shell craft,” conducted by Mrs. K. M. Wood and Mrs. Ed, Gill. During the business .session many matters were dealt with, including completion of plans for a social evening in January; plans for February; .plans for shipping old woollens to be made into blan kets, the la.tter part of February. Members are asked to keep in mind the short course on “needlepoint” to be held March 16, 17, 18, 10 a.m. to 4 pan. At the close of the meeting refreshments were served by Mrs. Broderick, Mrs. Ffile, Mrs. E. Webb and Mrs. E. Finan. Mrs. Myers, the .librarian, re ports that many fine new books are in the library and urges all citizens to make use of .the (facil ities of the library during the long winter evenings. a Valentine .Tea for Mirny Canadian industries have life and accident insurance pol icies for their employees. Is A Cold Shower Necessary?. Under a two-column heading the Toronto Telegram takes issue with an editorial which appeared in the Tinies-Advocate. It says: Have We gone soft? Should we take a cold shower? The Exeter Times-Advocate says: “The simple fact .is that we have gone soft.” It adds: “if we don’t take a cold shower and a turn at the spade Or bucksaw and then get to the day’s work till we do some really good sweating, we’ll have sometme else running our business and our country.” There’s something in what the Exeter editor says, but he says too much, It’s possible .that we have gone soft. It’s hot impos sible that a turn at the spade or bucksaw, or both, .would do some of us a lot Of .good. It’s, likely that, what with the five- day week and other amenities of modern life, we don’t work as we used to, or as much as our ancestors did, All this may he granted, for the sake of agree ment, and it may be conceded that if we don’t mend ,otir ways we’ll have trouble with our means. We are willing to grant anything in reason. But why drag the cold shower into it? That is a modern inven tion, something our ancestors never suffered voluntarily. The hardiest spirits of tile (past never thought ,of such a thing. Genghis Khan never took one. Nor did William the Conqueror, or stout Cortez, or Christopher Columbus. The (pioneers and coureurs dt .bois who helped make Canada What it is did nicely without benefit of a cold douche,k and they were not soft. The cold shower is a product of an effete civilization, and ar overrated one at that, if the Exe ter editor likes it, let him have it—two or three a day if ht Wishes. Just give us the spade m the bucksaw and the hard day’s work to follow. That’s all w< ask. If! Representative: WM. SWEITZER Box 273, Exeter, Ont.♦ KINGSTON , ft ONTARIO ON ’F ORT HE CA N AD I AN FAMILY SI Monday Noon . . . We like to have your advertising||Bw' not later than Monday noon. It not only helps us speed up press time of our publication but it also assures you of “a smarter looking advertisement. We would appreciate your co-operation. —■' ■. ’■ A.GOVERNMENT OF CANADA J. \ i||31% FIRST WAR LOAN BONDS Due February 1st, 1948*52 ISI BEARING CALL LETTER ‘B’ ONLY have been drawn for payment ■February lr 1950 A Bonds of this issue bearing the call letter shown should ;s ; be presented for redemption on February 1, 1950 t or as soon thereafter as possible with all coupons bf :vilater date attached, No further interest will be paid J .. bn these bonds after the above dale. r RB-3 3 5 Si