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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
The
Wingham Advance-Timei
Published at
WINGHAM - ONTARIO
Every Thursday Morning by
The Advance-Times Publishing Co.
Subscription Rate — One Year $2.00
Six months, $1.00 in advance,
To U, S, A., $2,50 per year.
Foreign rate, $3.00 per year.
Advertising rates cm application,
applied twice, first about the middle
of July and the second application
one month later. The spraying should
be done on a warm, height afternoon
when there is no wind.
The strength of the solution is
pounds of the nitrate to 7^ gallons
of water. It is necessary that the sol
ution hit the leaves of the dandelions.
; This summer, if you see your nei-
| ghbor energetically spraying his lawn
?do not think that he is trying to rid
the place of mosquitoes, He will be
waging war on the dandelions.
It will be up to somebody now to
invent a new health tonic to take
place of dandelion wine.
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j POWER RATES
| The town fathers of Goderich
j on the war path and are determined
j that the county town get lower pow-
j er rates from the Hydro-Electric
j Power Commission. If this is not ac-
! complished it may be that they will
I resort to the development of power
I by steam or diesel engines.
I Arthur also is disgusted with the
4 of pDxvd ■ and an effort will be
4 made to get cheaper power, if not
BACK TO THE TOWN
CONGRATULATIONS BOYS I
Two weeks have gone by since the
Staging of the Coronation Carnival at
the Arena and the general opinion of
alt we have talked to is that it was
the most successful affair of its kind
that has been staged in this part of
the province.
The organizing of such an event
and bringing it to a successful con
clusion entails a great deal of work
and the boys of the Triple V Class,
whose effort put the carnival over in
such a big way, are to be congratu
lated on their splendid effort. Take
a bow, boys,
The co-operat’on received by this ? from the H, E. P. C., from other
class from the merchants and citizens | sources or by some other means,
in general is also worthy of special; We have heard it suggested that
mention. It goes to show what a > larger centres which enjoy a much
combined effort will do. j cheaper power rate than small towns
The Arena had a net profit from : should pay more so that the smaller
the carnival of about $165.00, no i places could enjoy a cheaper rate,
mean amount, and all those who stag-| There is something to this argument
cd this spectacle gave freely of their j but the larger centres would fight it
time and efforts with only one!aud how! If this suggestion was
thought in mind, to swell the receipts 1 adopted what a boon it would be to
of the .Arena, which is owned by our; rural sections,
town. I Hydro has played a most import-
This is the second year in succes-, ant part in the development of On-
■sion that this class has staged a suc
cessful carnival for the Arena Com- ? concerned, but if some method could
mittee. Both events were highly sue- ’ be devised to supply cheaper power
cessful and the support they received | to smaller centres and rural commun-
from the merchants and the public in ’ ities it would do much to develop On-
general must make them feel their ef-! tario as a whole instead of raising a
the
are
tario so far as our industrial life is
forts were appreciated. We are sure >l°t of overgrown cities,
that we can extend to these boys ’
from the citizens of Wingham
district sincere congratulations,
was a big job well done,
GOOD-BYE DANDELIONS?
It may be within a few years
the dandelion which gives guiueui. . . , ..... , . . r- u i hster to fmd new tieldstouch of color to our fields, lawns, 5 T, x .... . x | Present taxes are aboutetc., will cease to be. What a break I *
it is that a method has been devised |
to rid one’s lawn of this pesky weed;
without adopting the usual method of I
digging them out, in most cases, on
ly to have them growing again very
shortly. This getting rid of the dan
delion has always appeared to be a 5
never-ending job.
The new method of killing dande-l
lions is so simple and so easy accord-1
ing to W. H. Silversides, University 3
of Manitoba student. A solution of-
-copper nitrate is sprayed on the at- ■ * * * *
fected area, the dandelions die. the .. . o T, , . ,, 4 - ,. . . ,, \Vith the death or Senator Patrickgrass turns a sickly tone of yellow . ,, , , . M . .. ,, . ,, Burns at Calgary last week, Canadabut qmcklv recovers and is healthier., , , . , ... . x. ’ t x. t . Jost one who was truly entitled tothan ever. The solution should be , „ ,be called a cattle king, the story oi
this man who went West penniless
«to build up a huge fortune puts many
Alger books to shame.
j rfc
; Liquor profits were tip 16(1. A lot
i of liquor must have went down to
: pul the profits up.
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and« February weather was such that we
It j hope March will do as nicely,
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I The Budget did not bring any new
| taxes or raise in present taxes. That’s
that I so,netbing l0 be thankful for. It
;; o- i j 1 would he difficult for a finance min-
for taxation,
top level.*
The Canadian National went behind
{ by $43,000,000 for the past fiscal year,
s That is a large amount for the fin-
s ance minister to have to budget for
; each year.
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Two members of the Jananese Par
liament had a fist fight the other day.
Something similar to this is reported
to have happened at Queen’s Park.
Apparently all members are not pac
ifists.
By R. J, Deachman
We are puttering with the problem
of unemployment — we are not fac
ing fundamentals. Present conditions
cannot continue. Relief costs are ex
tremely high. There is no great
chance of immediate improvement.
The relief'Mtuation has changed only
slightly during the past year. The
total cost for. direct relief (the am
ount spent by federal* provincial and
municipal authorities) in December
1935 was §7,333,678; in 1936 the total
was $7,550,563. Expenditures increase
with general betterment of business.
January 1937 shows some improve
ment but progress is slow. These
figures by no means cover all the
cost. There are public works expend
itures motivated by the desire to give
employment rather than to meet par
ticular needs. The total outlay con
stitutes a gigantic bill for the people
of Canada,
The costs of relief constitute only
a fraction of the loss. The following
figures for the month of December,
1936, give some idea of the total num
ber of adults on relief:
Heads of families ..............
Cared for by farm place
ment scheme —.—..----- -
Heads of families, dried out
areas ,—----------------- ---
You have in these items, alone, al
most 275,000. But if we cut this to
On Guaranteed
Trust
Certificates-—
A legal investment for Trust Funds
Unconditionally Guaranteed
THE
STERLING
Trusts
CORPORATION
STERLING TOWER - TORONTO
207,167
36,936
30,462
a solution?
These men left the farm because
the farm ceased to be profitable. The
farm ceased to be profitable because
the rate of exchange between rural
products and urban products became
adverse — that is, the farmer had to
give more of the products he produc
ed for the things he had to buy than
he formerly gave. The standard of
living in the city went up—the stand
ard of living in the country remain
ed stationary.
Right there is the fundamental ad
justment which must be made. The
producer of manufactured goods must
find a means of lowering prices. The
175,009, we have an army capable, if | raan -who provides services must help
efficiently employed, of a tremendous | adjust to a changed condition that
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A PEERESS’ GOWN FOR THE CORONATION
Thursday, March 4th, 1937
man Hartnell creation of white crepe,
fashioned on princess lines, with
short train. The dress has an all-over
beaded design and a low neck-line.
London dress designers are busy
these days preparing gowns to be
worn by ladies who will attend the
coronation ceremonies and festivities.
This young lady is displaying a Nor-
The tax rate must be lowered. We
have come to regard the growth of
expenditures as an indication of pro
gress — it is a mistaken conception.
There must be no codes for industry
but freedom of the competitive forc
es which arc a powerful factor in low
ering prices — bringing them within
the range of buying power,
Jt may be contended that this will
lower the standards of living. It will
have precisely the OPPOSITE EF
FECT. If prices can be brought
down, demand will increase, There is
far more powet in the force of com
petition to increase demand and im
prove working conditions than all the
power of regulation which govern
ments can apply. We have insisted
upon more and more regulation of
business — regulation and restriction
have failed. If we go on in the way
we are going, relief costs and the
pressure of the unemployed will in
the end lower the standard of living
and compel a reduction in real wages
not only in the city but throughout
the 'whole country, If we lower the
other costs of production, there will
then be more available in the form
of real wages for the men who work.
Nominal wages might in some cases
be lower —- real wages could not fail
to increase. It is no benefit to labor
to raise wages and then take back
from the worker by increase in the
cost of living far more than you have
given him. We stand at the economic
crossroads — we must lower the cost
of production or face still further re
duction in purchasing power with
continuing pressure upon our basic in
dustries. We must move in some dir
ection — we cannot stand still. What
other course is there to follow? The
way I have suggested offers hope.
Can this be said of the other sug
gestions which appear from time to
time?
volume of production.
In 1926, a normal year, a produc
tion in Canadian manufacturing per
worker amounted to $6,000. Produc
tion would probabty be higher today
if prices were at the same level. If
we allow for a production of only
half that amount for each laborer, we
would have our productive capacity
of over five hundred million dollars
from our unemployed. This is a
rough estimate but it gives some
measure or the economic loss from
unemployment.
But it does not cover the entire
loss. There are others not mention
ed in this list whose productive cap- j
acity under present conditions, is ex
tremely limited. There are nearly a
million dependents of those on relief.
Many of these would be at work if
conditions were favorable and em
ployment easily obtainable. Besides,
’ ] in many cases we have reduced the
I'hours of work and retired many per
sons long before the normal period
of retirement merely to provide work for others. The national income of!
-■ the Dominion of Canada in 1936 was
’$4,520,000,000. If this nation were!
I employed as it ought to be employ-
led, the savings in costs of relief plus
’ the volume of added production would
’ bring the national income to a level
I of $5,000,000,000. The difference be-
| tween these two items measures the
•• economic loss due to unemployment.
? The loss every year is more than the
? direct expenditures of the Federal
I government.
I Yet we sit still, talk and do little!
3 We write and speak in terms of re
lief and of making work and of
spending money as if that constitut-
5ed the remedy. We have to probe
‘deeper. What are the causes? Where j
will permit a higher standard or liv
ing at a lower ocst.
Costs of production in the city are
too high because of:
di
(2)
(3)
(4)
In every one of these factors the j
town offers advantages over the city.
Wages in the city are high because
the cost of living is high. The cost
of living in the town is decidedly low
er and the worker in the town can
have a much higher standard of liv
ing and greater comfort in every way
on a lower nominal wage level.
The towns, in the past, have suff
ered certain disadvantages from in
ability to compete with the cities for
the establishment of industries. Fuel
and power costs are high, but there
is no reas m why in a public service j
such as the Ontario Hydro there»
should not be an equalization of pow
er rates. In the old days transporta-1.
tion services gave an advantage to»(
the city but with the modern truck I
this need no longer be the case. The j'
building up of the towns would pro- 5 (
vide markets and save costs of trans- ?
portation. There Is new life for the"!
I nation in this policy if it can only ,
; be brought about. It will not be done I ’
J by the methods we are following to- j,
j day — we must turn our faces in 1 ]
j another direction. ] <
! There must be. a new outlook to-»j
’wards business — a new outlook on’,
| the part of business men to their own! (
tasks. They must now realize that j -
there has to be a determined effort • -
to lower costs of production and dis- =
tribution. Governments on their part I
must cease to interfere with business.
high land values;
high taxes;
costly methods of distribution;
high wages.
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LOVELY LITTLE LADY
By Barbara B. Brooks
No little girl can begin to enter
tain too early. Being a charming
hostess may be born in some of us,
but most people have to practice a
bit before they entertain gracefully.
Mothers should start the social train
ing of their girls by letting them in
vite their friends in often for tea or
light refreshments on the lawn during
the long summer afternoons.
It is important that these affairs
be kept informal. Children may so
easily become constrained if there
are too many elders around or if ev
erything is too party-ish. They should
learn to look on parties as a time I
when they can be naturally gay with
congenial people, rather than as stiff,
ceremonial occasions.
If her daughter is under ten, prob
ably mother should plan and serve
the refreshments. This insures their
success. But if the young lady is in
her teens it
do her own planning, with a Tittle
help on the
j orate should
, that will take the pleasure out of it
’ for the young hostess. She mustn’t
; be made to feel that this is anything
f more difficult than the many times
5 she and Tudy have eaten fresh rhu-
5 barb from the garden, or borrowed
apples from mothers kitchen to take
| on their private picnics in a vacant
S lot. The entire spirit of a young
! girl’s entertaining should be one of
a impromptu hospitality. If this carries
5 over into her grown-up entertaining,
she will be a lucky girl and that rare
person, a good hostess.
A suitable menu for these afternoon
get-togethers is given here. It is
simple and very dainty and reflects
the coolness of a terraced garden.
Serve it buffet or plate style.
Radish Roses
Ripe Olives
Sandwiches of Cream Cheese on
All Bran Apricot Bread
Cucumber Sandwiches
Chilled Assorted Melon Balls with
Mint Sprigs
Iced Tea Punch or Orange Juice
All Bran Apricot Bread
1 cup chopped dried apricots
cups sour milk or buttermilk
tbsps. shortening
cup sugar
egg
cups all-bran
2 cups flour
tsps, baking powder
soda
salt
nutmeg
chopped nut meats
!Soak chopped apricots in
about 15 minutes. Cream shortening
and sugar thoroughly; add egg, beat
iluntil creamy. Add all bran, apricots
land milk. Let soak until most of
| moisture is taken up. Sift flour with
| baking powder, soda, salt and nut-
| meg; combine wilh hut meats; add to
I first mixture, stirring only Until flour
I disappears. Bake in greased loaf pan
j with waxed paper in the bottom, in
I moderate oven (350 F.) about 1 hour
land 10 minutes. Yield: 1 loaf 454 x
1914 inches.
Tea Punch
1 cup sugar
6 whole doves
will be fun for her to
serving. Nothing elab-
ever be attempted, for
tsp. cinnamon
cups water
cup orange pekoe tea
no. 2 can pineapple juice
cups orange juice
cup lemon juice
cups water or ginger ale
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3
1
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3
Simmer sugar, spices and 3
water together for 3 minutes. Strain
■and add the tea, Chill and add fruit
juices and water or ginger ale. Gar
nish with a thin slice of orange and
a fresh or Maraschino cherry. Serves
12,
cups
fashion.
Pate—Paste or dough.
Paysanne—Peasant style.
Potage—Soup.
Prlntaniere—Spring vegetables cut in
small squares.
Puree—Rubbed through a sieve; a
thick' soup.
Ragout—A stew of meat and veget
ables.
Rissoles—Mint-seasoned fish or meat
rolled in butter and friend.
Roux—Brown Sauce.
Saute-—To cook quickly over a hot
fire.
Timbale—A. pie, raised in a mold.
Vol-au-ver.t—A dish made of chicken,
meat or fish, baked in rich puff
paste in a small tart.
SORE 1 I
THROAT
the RELIEF
1 The Lon# Life Lamp
1 . "TJ'L'A.1—
milk
ASPIRIN
FORD^OTEIS
; timers will ger a great laugh
that one.
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PICOBAC
PIPE
TOBACCO
FOR A MILD,COOL.SMOKE
-m- -1-British Columbia is to start a school ,IS way of escape.,
to train men in lode mining. The old i . . 1
from? ' *
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kO^ESTER^BuVFAlO^ ER1E
By Betty Barclay
Here are some more definitions for
your recipe file. Remember them
when next you dine at hotel or res
taurant.
Macedoine—Mixture of different veg
etables Or fruits.
Marinade—To soak in lemon, oil or
wine; to pickle
Mignon—A delicate bit.
A la Mode—After a common mode or
; The real trouble lies in the fact j
i that the COST OF PRODUCTION I
’ of manufactured products is too high, j
s Prices must come down in order to ?
1 increase purchasing power. ’
i Prices of manufactured goods are j *“ ■ i. too high in relation to the price of
5 farm prodm ts. The result is that men
"7 lare driven vff the farms into the cit-
,, lies. Cost of living in the cities is ex-
~ - ^cessive—the cost Is passed back, in
’ the price .2 goods, to the men who
’»work on farms, or engage in the
3 basic industries of the country.
Ss met’iry must MOVE BACK.Barber. How the razor, sir?|TO THE TQWX b d br5
Does st co easy? ; , , , - , ,- Man: “Well, that depend, on the ?',out !o"1!r costs ot and serv*.
?operation. If you*re shaving me, it. ” . , _ . 4. ..>« hard, but if you’re merely skin- 1 ,^n . rete ,s »!
nSns me it goes tolerable easy." |«reat tha. ti-e at.es are sttmus ™tl. .<
* ' ■( might and mam to shut the burden
■ from themselves back to the federalJ
f' governmea-.t. If it is placed upon the 3
- federal government, it will find its
• way into 'he tax bill thus adding fur- i
ther to the almost imposriblv burdens ’
•' of agriculture. 1
Huron C-ninty is one uf the finest ■
cuuntits in the province of Ontario, j
In soil, hi capacity to produce, there-
is nothing in the province of Ontario f
which surpasses it. The decline in i
the p *>pulati(’n ef Huron County, typ* i(
ical ei the wther counties -..f Ontario, J
reveals the paralysis of agriculture, j
In 1901 the rural population of Hut-:1
on was 44,877; thirty years later, in|
1931, it stood at 31,464 —* a decline«
of 13,413. Huron Counts’- in these I
years from its agricultural population'
f alone lost what would constitute thej
j population ef a fair-sized city. Mean-1
awhile, the urban population declined j
from 16,94$ to 13,716 a decline of j
8,22-t, The story of Huron County]
represents- the tragedy which has bap-1
pened xn every rural county of the a
province of Ontario. Are v?e to sits
Still and see this go oh forever, or|
ate we to face the problem and seek
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Signs of Prosperity—
(Milverton Sun)
' Lots of people who sigh for
“good old days of prosperity” forget 5
' that most tf their "prosperity"’
• sisted in owning a heavily mortgag- *
•ed car, a lot of instalment furniture!
and a close* full of expensive clothes, |
' bought -on a charge account.
Maitland Creamery
Buyers Of
and
THE UNITED FARMERS* CO-OPERATIVE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
Wingham, - . Ontario.
Phone271
Famous 2—2—3 Method
At the first sign of sore throat due to
a cold, dissolve three “Aspirin" tab
lets in H glass of water. Gargle with
this twice. It will act almost instantly
to relieve the rawness and soreness of
your throat. At the same time, take
two “Aspirin** tablets with a full
glass of water. This acts to combat
fever, cold aches and pains and the
cold itself. Repeat the treatment in
2 hours if necessary. This modem
way to treat a cold is approved by
thousands of doctors.
• “Aspirin” tablets are made in
Canada by the Bayer Company, Lim
ited, of Windsor,
Ontario.
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Phone 156