The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-09-07, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950
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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950
Top Heavy
Canadian railroads evidently are top
heavy. The head offices have help at every
turn. All manner of assistants stand ready
to move at the nod of the higher-up. It
looks at times as if these alleged assistants
are in one another's way, resulting in prec
ious' little room for initiative. If one of
those helpers shows the least sign of origin
ality he is bluntly told that he is not paid
for thinking, If overloading at the head
offices meant corresponding efficiency, no
one would care, for that would assure the
public that there is no overloading. As has
been pointed out again and again, the over
loaded head offices are not under the urge
of making the railroad pay, when the road
is owned by the government. Should a de
ficit appear all that the railroad is required
to do is to take its scoop shovel to the
national treasury and scoop into the empty
cash box all the good sound money that it
needs. Why, then, should not the head of
fices have all the help it fancies it needs ?
What is needed is a system that shows bow
each worker on the road earns his money.
Hands are held up in l^orror at the mention
of such a proposition Expect those gentle
men at the head of a big railroad to show
what they do for their money? Undigni
fied! Belittling! Men of their calibre would
not submit to such vulgar treatment! Let
us tread softly and speak in subdued tones
with a reverential flavour when we deal
with these mighty ones. Of course! Then
let us be prepared to pay the shot and Quit
whimpering! And what is said of the head
offices and the big-wigs of the employers
may be said also of the head officers and
tin* head offices of the unions. These big
fellows have no dread of days when their
pax envelope will be empty and the child
ren require shoes when there is no money
to pay for them. If the rank and file could
but make their state known, there would
be less danger of strikes. The man who
sweats out the profits of a business should
have a fail* share of the cash re turns.
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High
Strikes come high. The right to strike
has been hard won and has its place in in
dustrial life. Without this weapon labour
would be helpless on many an oc< iision as
far as securing redress of its wrongs is con
cerned. On the other hand the mnvise use
of this weapon works harm not only to the
strikers and the management of industry
but to large numbers of citizens who have
but one desire and that desire is to see all
man get their due. Strikers have found it
difficult or impossible to guard against the
long empty pay envelope consequent upon
a longcontinued strike. Capital and man-
agc-hmnt have found it difficult to make up
fi r the loss of trade anil of business con
tacts and arrangements consequent upon
their idle industries. Along with the mater
ial losses there is an inevitable suspicion
engendered on the part of all concerned.
I.abour suspects that capital and manage-
n.ent v. ill by some hidden means cause
labour So speed up till the loss by the strike
is more than made up.
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An Abundant Harvest
Rarely has this n gion had a more
abundant harvest than it lias garnered this
season. Hay may have beta somewhat
svs.uty but that has been made up in fine
pasture. Root crops have done well. Pea
harvest for the local vanning factory has
le ex small but the corn will make up for
this shortage. Tomatoes have keen slow in
ripening but frost has not menaced the
yield. The growth of vines lias been un
usual. Farmers with orchards are gathering
a supply of good fruit that is difficult to
excel. While other districts haxe bei n visit
ed by destructive hail and windsiorm. this
region has been singularly free from these
dv'trnctivv forces. All in all. the farmers
are delighted with the returns from their
fields, even though the softness of the
ground has made the operation of heavy
farm machinery quite difficult.
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Just What Has Been Needed
Saturday evening in Exeter means
large crowds of people on shopping and
pleasure bent. Any day in the week finds
traffic heavy on the streets but Saturday
evening means a traffic that is heavy al
most, to the dangerous point. Usually driv
ers are careful and considerate, but the
■occasional careless driver proves a threat
to life and limb. On Saturday evening the
danger to all concerned was greatly re
duced by the good services of a provincial
constable who directed traffic on one of
the busiest street corners. The public was
grateful to the officer and to those who
secured his efficient services. The safety of
His Majesty’s subjects is the first concern
of His Majesty’s government. Reckless
drivers will not be slow to see that safe
driving is the only sort that will be tolerat
ed in this thriving village.
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Altogether Too Bad
First of all, it was altogether too bad
that the Canadian parliament was held
back from the work it was assembled to do
by a* typographical error. Printer’s errors
are nothing new but it may be asked if a
printer’s blunder ever before held up a
nation’s parliament for five and a half
hours. Such things are. not to be condoned.
In the next place it is too bad that carping
criticism held back the settlement of the
strike even when the bill for getting the
disturbance out of the- way was before the
members. Even more to be deplored is the
spirit in which some parties to the dispute
took the decree of parliament. An army of
workers and their dependents were held in
suspense while men in parliament talked
and talked and talked. Then a few leaders
among the strikers saw this and that defect,
as they believed in the best measure parlia
ment had to offer. There was hot temper
and there were plenty of heated words, but
the railroads were still accumulating rust.
The invitation started in Ottawa is sure to
spread to the whole of Canada. It is alto
gether too bad when leaders of various
kinds in such a dispute are blind to the
need of immediate action. The country was
sick of endless talk and apparent side
stepping. It had come to see that anything
approaching appeasement methods could
not but result in worsening conditions. The
power and the authority to say to the dis
puting parties “thus far and no farther”
must’ rest somewhere or proposals and
counter proposals for betterment of condi
tions would be in vain, The world has seen
what comes of sweet reasonableness in the
fate of the League of Nations. Certain
leaders fatten on disputations. They get
down to business when they are told that
their time for talking is decidedly limited.
Capital and management will be for
ever looking for signs of tr. uble. Labour
is likely to be looked upon as “hands”
rather than as human beings. Capital and
management will tend to be thought of as
bloodless force. Who can estimate the loss
of such a state of mind in a nation. The
Hamilton Spectator furnishes its readers
with the folloving figures in "he recent
railroad troubles:
w “Cost of l’e nine day strike tn Can
adian railways and rail workers vas esti
mated at do e to $10,000,000.
“This takes no account of immense
losses suffered bv Canadian industry in the
strike, nor of wage losses incurred by work-
| ers made jobless in .strike-closed industries.
I “The estimates, based on financial re-
| ports issued by the C.N.R. and C.P.R.. did
j not take into account cither the certain
| prospect of increased business for both
railroads as they begin to pick up the
heavy back-log of strike-bound transport.
“The actual retinue loss during the
strike was estimated at roughly $1,000,000
for the C.P.R. and $1,200,000 for the
C.N.R. daily.
“But, it is pointed out. a considerable
amount of this revenue still remains avail
able to the companies since immense quan
tities of strike-bound freight still remain to
be moved.
“Loss of wages to striking rail workers
was estimated at $12,000,000 for the work
ers of both companies. Wages lost by
workers in other rail trades idled by the.
strike* were set at $5,000,000.”
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Railroad Responsibility
There has been a tendency to place
the greater part of the blame in the rail
road trouble on the men. Is that altogether
just? Without arguing the point the import-
! nncv nf the railroad in our modern life may
i be freely admitted. But have the railroads
come to their present position in business
like fashion? We know* that certain parties
connected with the construction of the rail
roads started their construction work of
one sort or another really poor men but
came out of their labours immensely rich
men. Do the successors of those men owe
■ the country something? When prosperity is
abroad are these men to add to their for
tunes but when trying days come are they
; to be allowed to keep the fortunes made in
happy business days?
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struck
to the
entire
little
Miss
on ex
store a
bouquet of roses by
girls—Jean Stanbury
Jeanette Tainan.
morning train
W. J. Seymour has pur-
HOW TO SILENCE THIS ONE?
and gifts
Thomas
hip of the community's
TIMES** Go By Domestic'and Industrial
Heanian.
At the reception in the after
noon, the Prime Minister was
received a with great ovation
which was renewed when lie was
called upon to speak. When he
arose he was ’ presented with a
beautiful
two
and
50 YEARS AGO
During the heavy storm which
passed over this district on Mon
day last, the large, and one of
the most modern barns in this
section owned by Mr. Tlios. Rus
sell of Thames Road, was
by lightning and burned
ground together with the
season’s crop.
Mr. Wm. Trevetliick has
hibition in his grocery
novelty in the shape of a gas
oline lamp. It is called an Auer
Light and is indeed one of the
most beautiful we have yet seen.
Mr. Trevetliick has secured the
agency and is now prepared to
fill orders.
ill*. John Willis, drover, left
last week for Marlette, Mich,,
where he and his family will
make their future home.
Mr. J. G. Jones. Winchelsea,
goes to Toronto this morning to
take in the exhibition and pur
chase fall and winter goods.
25 YEARS AGO
Several thousand people were.'— ................... .........-in Exeter Labor Day, the oecu-! ebration on Thursday rather than
sion being the visit to our town ; on Monday
of Canada's Prime Minister, R. ’
Hon. W. L. Mackenzie K.ing.
The town was gaily decorated
for the o e e asion , flags and
streamers being stung across the
street from the station to Vic
toria Park. The Prime Minister
was met at the station on the
arrival of muuuu^ n-mu
from the south by a large crowd.
An automobile parade led by the
Zurich Band and headed by
Frank Taylor on a white horse
accompanied the distinguished
visitor down town where he was
officially received on the steps
of the public library by Reeve
Sanders. Among those meeting i
the Prime Minister were Mrs. Gidlej and Mrs. E. Christie, who j
entertained Hon. Alexander Mac-
Kenzb when he visited Exeter
fifty y»<rs ago. The Prime Minis- just completed twenty years
ter v,;n entertained to luncheon. with the London Street Railway,
at ts home of Major W. J. | having started August 25, 1920.
Wiring of all Kinds
/
Motors — Poultry Time Clocks
Thermostats — Furnace Controls
Waterheaters
Fixtures, etc.
GARFIELD THOMSON
EXETERPHONE 323-M
15 YEARS AGO
The new red brick school
house at Plugtown, S.S. No. 3,
Usborne was opened on Labor
Day' with a picnic and gathering
by the ratepayers in the vicinity.
Mr.
chased the house and property
owned by the Bell estate on An
drew St.
Mr. Fred Harburn is at Mol
ine, Illinois, competing for the
World Iloreshoe Championship.
Mr. Harburn is the Dominion of
Canada horseshoe pitching cham
pion for 1934.
Thursday, Oct. 24tli has been
set as Thanksgiving Day. Re
quests of the clergy resulted in
the return this year Jo the eel-
1O YEARS AGO
Miss Margaret McLaren
Hensall has been appointed prof-
} essor of history at Waterloo Col
lege. She is a graduate of West
ern University and obtained her
Master of Arts degree from the
University of Toronto.
A framed picture of Miss Vos-
per, for many years a beloved
teacher of the entrance class in
the public school, was presented
to the board of education by Mr.
J. Senior. The picture will he
hung in the room in which Miss
| Vesper taught.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Butler
tailed on friends in Exeter over
the week-end. .Mt*. Butler has
twenty
Tribute Paid To
Mrs. Thomas Hicks
A i ?-Fusion of cards
brought joy to Mrs.
Hhl.-. A
old* st nd most highly esteemed
re>idei;^, when she celebrated
her ninety-second birthday oil
Auxu-* 23 a. ..............
son-in-law
and Mrs.
Bornholm,
made her
several years. Formerly she
a resident of Mitchell.
Hi,-as enjoys fair health,
comradeship of her family
at the home of her
and daughter, Mr.
Il, K. Drummond,
with whom slfe
home for the
i
has
past
was
Mrs.
the
and
the memories and visitations of
a host of friends, who with The
Advoi-ate extend warmest wishes
for continued good health and
contentment.
(Mitchell Advocate)
Teacher Honoured
At a banquet held in the
Royal York Hotel, Toronto, in
connection with the annual meet
ing of the Ontario Women
Teachers' Federation Miss Maude,
Hartry. Seaforth, was made an
Honorary Life Member on Aug
ust 2,3. some three or four hun
dred teachers from all over On
tario were in attendance.
Miss S. I. McLean of the local
public school staff, introduced
Miss Hartry, paying high tribute
to her long years of faithful
service in the schools of Alberta
and Ontario.
Local delegates were Miss
Mary Campbell, S.S. No. 7, Tuc
kersmith, and Mrs. Elva Ellis,
of the public school staff.
(Huron Expositor)
Old-Style Binder
• For Huron Museum!
i Latest addition to the Huron
I Museum is a Hubbard gleaner
binder, patented in 1X74 and re
cently purchased by Mr. Neill,
the curator, from W. J. Ailing-
ham of Corunna, Ont.
Mr. Allingham had had liis
eye oil the piece of machinery
for many years. He watched
I building housing the binder
cay to the ground and, after
death of its owner, bought
machine.
Mr. Neill hopes to have
cleaner repaired within the year.
Believed to be one of the first
mechanical sheaf-tying machines,
it follows the cradle or reaper
drawn by oxen or horses, and
ties the sheaf with wire. Up to
its inception, grain sheaves were
tied by hand.
(Goderich Signal-Star)
the
de-
the
the
the
Deny Report Of Near-
Drowning At Pool
“It was merely a case of stay
ing too long in the water,” local:
police stated when asked about!
a reported near-tragedy at the
swimming pool here on Sunday
afternoon. Police said they had
not the name of the boy —he
might have come from Montreal.
Ernest Clark, supervisor at
the swimming pool, stated the
incident had occurred at 2:00
o’clock Sunday afternoon.
A story was going 'round that
a boy had almost drowned in
the pool, and was pulled out by
a Provincial Police Officer.
(Seaforth News)
What’s it really worth?
77ie smile of u shut-in wZio knows you
j, ... Ziflien’t forgotten.. .
TZio rush of fire-trucks answering « frantic
tall.. *
The daily ordering of food for the family
meal.,.
The friendly chat, the urgent reminder,
the important business decision,,,
IT'S HARD TO ME1SFRE THE TRIE T4I.TE
OF ALT, THE THISCS TOIR TEIEPIIO\E
DOES FOR \Of,
Yet telephone service is one of the smallest
items in your family budget. And at the same time
your telephone brings twice as many telephone users
within your reach as it did ten years ago. Today, as
always, your telephone is big value.
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