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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-06-24, Page 2The Wingham Advance-Time# •Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Hvery Thursday Morning by ’The Advance-Time^ 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 on application, COURTESY WILL REDUCE INSURANCE PREMIUMS The Department of Highways in a recent bulletin says “Just plain, ev­ eryday selfishness” on the part of motorists, is responsble for 75% of Ontario’s huge annual cost of traffic accidents. This is the opinion of the superintendent of the automobile and casualty branch of the Canadian LTn- •derwriters1 Association. The “Try Courtesy” campaign of the Ontario Highway Department if fully suported by the motoring public could be the means of saving tens ■of thousands of dollars for motorists who carry insurance. Insurance rates -on cars can only be reduced when the number of motor accidents are re­ duced, The “Try Courtesy” campaign is striving not only to save life and suffering but if put into use instead of everyday selfishness would also save the motoring public a great deal on the insurance that they carry. Special mention is made of the “cut­ in” drivers who create the circum­ stances for a mishap but do not par­ ticipate in them themselves and us­ ually insist belligerently that they had ■nothing whatever to do with it. “Try Courtesy”, do not be a “cut-in” driv­ er. salt 4< * * IMAN-MADE RUBBER Rubber from coal, limestone, and water? Sounds incredible, yet it is true. The chemist has produced it .and it has already demonstrated its superiority for certain uses over nat­ ural rubber. A writer in the current issufe of C.-L-L. Oval describes how the rubber, Neoprene, unlike natural rubber, resists the deteriorating ef­ fects of sunlight, heat, oil, acids and gases. Cable manufacturers are using it to insulate electric wires and cables because it will resist flame and there­ by lessen fire hazards. # # ♦ * HYDRO ON THE FARM The chairman of the Hydro Elec­ tric Power Commission, T. Stewart Lyon, speaking at Toronto the other day expressed the hope that more than half the farms of Ontario will be electrically lighted, and serviced with power within ten years. He says In the small countries of Western Burope 80 to 95% of all rural homes A THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, June 24th, 1937 have electric lights and power* The problem of supplying power to the farms of Ontario is vastly differ­ ent than in Western Europe. Here we have a comparatively small num­ ber of people spread over a very large area, it seems that in a country such as our with so many natural water­ ways to produce electrical energy would, more or less offset this. Every effort should be made so that elec­ tricity is available for farm use. In our section of the country many haf’e ■ recently installed electric lights in their homes but the surface has only been scratched in Ontario. * CONSERVATIVES OF HURON - BRUCE ANNUAL MEETING I this respect in sfc * season and boy, * Tliis is strawberry oh boy, the home-growiv strawberries sure taste good. * * * * It is said that an empty gun causes many accidents. This was trite at Kincardine when a lad shot himself in the foot with a gun he thought was not loaded.* ♦ ♦ A Hollywood comedian died laugh­ ing at one of his own jokes. We have felt pained by some of the jokes our­ selves. f» * * * * Already the intercollegiate football dates for the fall have been announc­ ed. Imagine that, just when we beginning to enjoy the summer. * * * Mosquitoes are excepionally bad this year. Reports from all parts of Ontario seem to bear this out. The person who devises a \vay of getting rid of these pests will be a national hero. * * * * It is expected that before long due to Trans-Atlantic air service one may have dinner in London one day and supper in Montreal the next. The air­ plane is surely making the world ap­ pear a small place. ik * The Church is times in countries power is in command. That is a point of which all Christians should take note. * * * * South Africa now exports wheat, and it used to be a customer of Can­ ada for this product This is not good news from a Canadian standpoint as we need all the markets possible. * * * * Toronto is said to be a smokier city than London, Eng. Wrapped up in a fog, so to speak. (Continued from page 1.) Following the election of officers die new President, Mr. Bowman, as­ sumed the chair. He received, a great ovation as he went to the platform. He said he was a strong believer in the two party system. A third party, the Aberhart group, had received a great majority in Alberta and have been floundering along. He told of our forefathers who came to this sec- tioii Hnxl their fariiis from, the bush. They had no radios, cars, el­ ectric lights, socialism or communism but they were happy. People today have all modern contraptions but are not as happy. Hepburn, he said, speaks before he thinks and does all • the talking for the Ontario Liberal i party. He was porud of the Conserv- • ative Leader, Earl Rowe, a man born on the farm and still a farmer, who served his township, his county, his • province and also in the Dominion • House and now is a great leader of • the party in Ontario. Mayor Hanna extended a welcome to Hon, Earl Lawson, Mr. Douglas, 1 the speakers, and also to those in 1 the audience from out of town. Hon* J. Earl Lawson During his speech, Mr. Lawson compared Premier Hepburn to a child ■ playing hop-scotch, jumping from one : foot to the other. He was glad to be : in Wingham for two reasons, first, ’ because he had been associated with ■ George Spotton in Ottawa and he paid a tribute to his work as repre­ sentative and regretted that he had passed on; second, he was glad to be able to speak on behalf of the leader of the Conservative party in Ontario, Hon. Earl Rowe. He also has been associated with him in Par­ liament and in the Cabinet and wish­ ed all had an opportunity to know him as he did. He said Mr. Rowe had a sterling character, had the cour­ age of his convictions and rings true to the finest ’convictions of the Con­ servative Party.. There is great guessing when an election will be” held. Hepburn said last session, no election till after next Session, later he said, maybe one soon. Some Liberals say it may be held shortly. Hepburn repudiated the Hydro con­ tracts. Later he made contracts with these same people for five years be­ cause of shortage of power. These contracts are for five years and Mr. Lawson predicted that by the end of that time more power would have tc be purchased from this same source. Under Hepburn, he said, we have liquor sale not control. ’Government sells as much liquor as possible so that they can boast about a surplus. People in Huron-Bruce had no idea of the conditions in a riding such as his, West York. Last year, Hepburn showed an es­ timated surplus of $7,000,000 of which $4,000,000 is represented by increased sales of liquor in the province of On­ tario. A surplus is a great thing, he said, if it is made by the common sense rule of cutting costs of admin­ istration and not by collecting more in taxes. The last year the Henry Govern­ ment were in power the revenue was $50,000,000, while last year under Hep­ burn it was $92,000,000; 42 million dollars more collected in one year. Mr. Lawson said Hepburn had cur­ tailed services as follows, Dept, of Health by $692,508; education by $1,- 341,324; Dept, of Agriculture by $288,- 371. Easy to have a surplus, he said, by4 taxing more and cutting services. C.I.O* Mr. Lawson said it was difficult to get accurate, correct reports of the labor stand of the party in Ontario because of the garbled reports in the papers regarding Mr. Rowe’s stand. Since 1933, he said, things have been steadily going uphill, some restoration in wages but not general. As business improves, cost of living goes up and the man who works for a fixed wage gets restless and there are strikes. There are two important factors to industry, Capital which is easy to or­ ganize, Labor difficult to organize be­ cause there are so many individuals with their own opinion. This country has had unions for a great many years. First there was the craft unions, then I affiliated with the Federation of Lab- ' or and only recently a national labor ’ movement There is now a struggle ■ between the National Union of Can- i ada and the A.F.OX, for strength. There was a dispute between Amer­ ican Federation and Mr. Lewis, one I of the high officials, Lewis and sev­ eral other officers broke away and i started to organize on a different Bas- j is than, the craft system. ■ Their idea is to line up all in one great industry into one union. They made great headway then affiliated into the Com*, mittee for Industrial Organization, C. tO. for short, which is an off-shoot of the American Federation. They sent organizers to Canada and organ- ized the automobile workers. Theft ■ there was the strike at General Mot-1 OT& 1 are * * having troubled where dictatorial Neighbor: "“Where your brother, Freddie?” Freddie: "Aw, he’s in the house playin’ a duet I finished my part first.” ” ITS EASY 1 own an ELECTRIC RRI1GE THE HYDRO THRIFT PLAN Up-to-Date Electric On Display At the HYDRO SHOP HYDRO IS YOUR5...U5E IT a fioeleing.ko’t • SPEED • SAFETY • ECONOMY • COMFORT • HEALTH #LEISURE If. ✓ 1 st $§ ♦ C-207B TX NEE-ACTION* ,., Perfected Hydraulic Brakes ,.. Unisteel Turret Top Bodies by Fisher,,. Valve-in-Head Engine .,. Safety glass in every window ... Fisher No-Draft Ventilation ... these are the six finest features in motoring! You see them all advertised as leading advantages of some of the costliest cars. Yet Chevrolet—and Chevrolet alone—offers them all at the lowest prices, and with lowest operating costs! Buy a Chevrolet and you get all the good things of .modern motoring, without sacrificing peak economy, Chevrolet costs you less for gas, less for oil and 16ss for upkeep tfi an any other full-size car. See it at our show­ rooms today—drive it — and you’ll never take less for your money than the car that gives you more for less. • • Chevrolet, The Only Complete Low-Priced Car! ALL-STEEL, ALL-SILENT BODIES BY FISHER , . . with solid steel Turret Top and Unisteel Construc­ tion . * , wider and roomier » . , High-quality Safety Glass in every window. PERFECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKES ... the safest, smoothest, most dependable brakes ever put on a car in* the lowest-price field. Kha EE-ACTION GLIDING RIDE... on all Master De Luxe Models ... for the riding comfort only Knee-Action can give. VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE ... the famous design that gives more power, more acceleration, with un­ equalled economy. FISHER NO-DRAFT VENTILATION ... elimi­ nates drafts, smoke and windshield clouding. •On Master De Luxe Models. >z-: £ ;*z-: si 61 MVJ?* . for economical transportation CRAWFORD’S GARAGE ONTARIOWINGHAM ( & a HIM / Hepburn projected himself into the dispute and made himself the self- appointed abritrator and stated in loud language he would not permit .he representatives of the C.I.O. to act for two reasons, first, you belong, Hepburn said, to an organization who committed illegal actions in the U.S., .second, because organized as result )f foreign agitators. Rowe’s Stand Hon. Earl Rowe was called on for decision and he said: lstJ>zLabor has the Tight to organ-: ize, 2nd, Labor has the right to bar­ gain collectively. 3rd, Labor has the right to select its own representatives and negotiate so long as these people are elected by secret ballot and observe all the laws of this country. SlviHGS THE NEW MODERN TIRE • Now is the time to buy that new set of tires. Come in and see the new the tire with greater rub* her contact withthe road, giving longer life to the whole tire* A quality tire in every way .»► built to give extra miles . • * at low cost! We have your sire ready for you NOW! Royal Service Station Hotnudi & Bennett, Props. Wingham, Ont. Phone 174W No one ever before, he said, had even disputed the right of labor to belong to an international organiza­ tion. So far as Mr. Rowe and the Con­ servative party are concerned, they will never tolerate illegal acts whe­ ther by labor or capital. He was in­ formed that sit-flown strikes in the United States were illegal, but public men in that country -did nothing about it. Hepburn says labor has the right to organize and collective bargaining. Hepburn says labor can organize as long as they do as he wishes. Labor can organize'as they please so long as they stay within the law, says the Conservatives. Mr. Lawson asked, does Hepburn propose new legisla­ tion re rights of labor to organize? He suggested that Hepburn go to Ottawa and ask Prime Minister King to keep foreign organizers out of of Canada. Their permits can be can­ celled by the immigration department also to ask Mr. King for a declara­ tion of their policy. He would not do this as he would force Ottawa to state that Earl Rowe’s policy is the only sound labor policy in this country. He said he had no brief for the C.I.O. or any other organization. If they do an il­ legal act out they go. Only one thing Will stamp the C.I.O. out of the pro­ vince and that is the great Anglo- Saxon common sense of the workman, lie said. We need exports but he suggested to farmers that their greatest market will be the mouths of the workers if they receive good wages so that they chn buy the products. Three things are needed for a party an'd the Con­ servatives now have two, 1st, a great leader in Earl Rowe; 2nd, a Sound policy, and 3rd, votes, which the par­ ty will receive at the next election, A. R. Douglas Mr. A. R. Douglas, of London, re­ cently elected President of the West­ ern Ontario Conservative Association also gave an address. He said he did not know when there would be an election in Ontario but there has been thunder during the past few weeks. Hepburn, he said, was only waiting for a favorable opportunity. Hepburn- ism is just as much an ism as Fas­ cism or Communism. Hepburn, he said, had developed a new technique and the Conservatives hope to drive him from power and to do this must get out and work, Each riding, lie said, would have a member on the Executive of the Western Ontario Conservative Association. He told the audience about organisation and sug­ gested Women’s Oranglzations and Young Canada Clubs. ZThe next elec­ tion, will not he fought on one issue, he said, Hepburn fooled the public school supporters also the separate school supporters and he used Hydro to becloud.,, the issue. He charged Hepburn was taking millions andmil­ lions from the taxpayer and used me­ thods of taxation no other person had conceived. Hepburn had discharged hundreds of civic servants, men and women, regardless of their efficiency. The diner found a fly in his soup, and said crossly: “Waiter, what is this?” Waiter-—“That, sir, is a Vitamin Bee.” Howell—“I_ don’t know where to spend my vacation.” Powell—“I should think you would spend one evening of it at home.” \ r K isP’j KI I In Business you are Courteous- on the Highway WHETHER YOU are a salesman or a customer, a manufac- arer or a farmer, you, like most people, think and practise FJWTlf those wi!h 'vhoiv *6u do business. You thus lighten the burden of work and add to the pleasure of the days. But do you carry this same courteous habit of thought and “ctum onto tl*e highways and practise it towards your fellow- M ate driving? Unfortunately many do not! 2 18 teason. They just THINK differ- l,I,V£tll>wanfe - Cir associates of the highway than towards their business associates. l8S?S such drivers that you now resolve to Try Courtesy »iTg* Thati you refr"in from “tutting iri” which urn VA. L X erc,?tts« hazards of present-day traffic and may -rir fel,owAr both of >ou irt thc dh^- Tty awdKndJ n *ott £nv® nl speed of d,c traffic y°tt SS St «?oW 5? the. Parade”. That yon keep well to ninch »rnTi.T~^;Cre 8 0,8 °f room. That yon never S * ^tndse put your fellow-motorist “on the spot . fry Courtesy instead. TBINKe»S!£S,>8 ?*? °"‘m if S’*™ i“‘ odd *L vd *>f By >» doln, you will “df S fory*1”- ■ RY COURTESY The New Spirit ©F the Road MINISTER OF HIGHWAYS PROVINCE OF ONTARIO MK