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Title neiwspirpsr belie eee the right to .storsss: An opinion
in public contributes to the proarsse of the notion .and
that It must be exercised freely to prIsorvo and improve
democretic #exosrnmsot•.
!.,w Pattern?
Parties' Open, Cc..nvenfions
Hecilthy Sign For Poiitics
Since this is written before the
Convention, we don't know how suc-
cessful was the Progressive Conserva-
tive .nomination in ;North Middlesex
Wednesday evening. We hope all 'vent
well.
We're interested because we were
Stand Up
tThe Rural: Scene)
Canadian delegates to the recent
convention of the International Fed-
eration of Agriculture Producers did
well to draw attention to devices the
United States government is adopt-
ing in order to unload its surplus
• farm products in markets that other
countries have been supplying in the
past.
It is offering wheat at give-away
prices on condition that .the receiving
countries undertake to buy wheat
from it in future years.
There is nothing unethical about
underselling a competitor in the mar-
ket.
But when a wealthy country uses
DB taxpayers' money to induce its
fanners, to grow a certain crop, holds
that crop off the market in the hopes
of forcing the price high enough to
make the growing of it profitable to
its farmers, and then dumps its un-
saleable surplus in the importing
countries .at slaughter prices, and at '
the same time tries to bind those
countries to buy their supplies Brom
it in future years, there is something
decidedly unfair about its tactics; and,
competingcountries are justified in
its, ts, behavior.
The Canadian complaint against
the United States night have carried
more weight if the Canadian dele-
gates had not themselves been in-
strumental in destroying the free
market, for. wheat, in. Canada, and
centralizing the marketing of it in a
government wheat board with the in-
tention of forcing the world to pay
More than natural prices for this most
important food.
Grain marketing is the last thing
In the world that should be entrusted
to governments, for governments,have
so many irons in the fire, and so many
interests to serve that they can't pos-
sibly give the marketing of grain the
undivided attention it requires.
• • During all the years Canadian
eeheat was sold on the openmarket
we: never failed to sell, all the wheat
we had for sale.
It was not until our farmers con-
eeived the idea of .controlling the
prices, by centralizing the selling, first
fn the hands of the wheat pools, and
when that failed, in the hands of the
government, that unsaleable surpluses
began to plague us.
The expedients by which the
'united States is .trying to get rid of
its surplus /arm products will not
succeed.; • ,as long ` as the American
government continues to support the
prices 'df those products at more than
their true market value.
;Congress isbeing asked to vote
pleased to see that the party .declared
it an open convention, one in which
every registered voter in the ding
was able to take part.
We don't know if that's the first
-convention of its kind to be held in
this part of the province. If it's not
it's one of the first- in which the fact
that every voter was eligible to par-
ticipate in the selection of a candidate
was not only advertised but empha-
sized.
We congratulate the Progressive
Conservative party of Western On-
tario, which sponsored the convention,
for establishing this procedure and
publicly announcing it before the
meeting. We long have felt, and ex-
pressed here, that the operation of
political parties must be brought closer
to the public than it has been and
this is certainly one of the best ways
to do it.
We're pleased to see, too, that the
Liberal party is holding a similar con-
vention. This resores one's faith in the
democratic processes.
Perhaps this policy has been fol-
lowed in other conventions but we
doubt it. In other meetings, delegates
ha-V'e been appointed or somehow
elected to choose a. candidate. Cer-
tainly none in our experience has
been declared as open to the pi,tblic
as this one.
We know this procedure can
have its headaches. There arises prob-
lems of packing the hall and accredit-
ing a large crowd. These alone are
not easy to solve,
They're worth the solving, how-
ever, if the public realizes that it can
and should become part and parcel of
party organizations. There must be
popular rule in the parties operating
in a democratic system, particularly
when the number of parties is con-
fined to two or three.
We lupe Wednesday's meeting
sets a new pattern in party procedure.
. Smells
Some towns are distinguishable
• by their smells. You can tell there's
oil around Petrolia and that Parkhill
has a good supply of sulphur. The
nose can identify other places, too.
If the past week is any criterion,
Exeter may soon join this category..
The odor from the pea stack at the
local canning factory seemedstronger
and more 'far-reaching than we've ever
remembered it before. It filled the air
even in the -southeastern part of the
town, furthest removed from the
plant.
Townsfolk are fortunate it's not
a permanent odor because it's not a
healthy one, Indeed, it's irritating to
inhale a draught of it on an ordinarily
summer evening.
If it's a necessary evil, we're not
complaining. It's not as hard to put up
with when one realizes that it signi-
fies heavy production at the local
plant, greater employment and inure
,returns for the farmer. The benefits
are worth the inconvenience ... if
.
dearly five billioi`t dollars this year to That's what we're wondering. Is
aid•the farmers, and much of this is it really necessary? We trust company
intended to support the prices of cot- officials have ,investigated
all the
ton, corn, wheat, rice, and peanuts. angles of deodorizing the stack.
If Congress votes this money,
More will be demanded next year. If
it refuses to vote it, the farmers will
resent it and will show their resod -
tient by their votes.
Some farm leaders are becoming
alarmed over the effect this policy of
supporting the prices of farm products
is having on the farmers themselves.
It is turning good farmers into bad:
politicians.
The net result of, supporting
wheat prices in U.S.A. is that farmers
have been induced torow wheat -on
tog
row
land and in districts that are more
suited to other crops; and :farmers
who :have turned to wheat' for the
ea,ke of the supported: prices are un-
willietg to sure,ender the privilege they
now enjoy.
The closing .of the open market
in Canada, and the' centralizing of
grain marketing in the hands of a
government .board was a -grave mis-
take, and now that the farmers are
becoming disillusioned over the per-
formance of the Wheat Board they
are beginning to demand new favors
et the taxpayers' expense.
Government marketing or gov-
ernment
overnment price supports can never put
Canadian agriculture in a healthy Cott-
dition. • -
What our agriculture 'needs is to
learn to stand on its feet, to produce
the crops the market wants, and et
prices the market will pay.
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Aiways- Optimistic,
In later years Mr. Powell
bought a variety business on
Main Street and, sold candy and
small merchandise and was one
of the first to become interested
in the talking machine. lie se-
cured the agency for the Edi-
son phonograph and sold many
machines throughout the district;
some of them valued from; 5400
to $500.
His place of business attracted
many of the school children
sometimes for candy as Willis
was more than generous to the
children and at times he would
record their voices. The records
were the round cylinder type. "I
have recordings frons a great
'ta the last issue :of The Times -
Advocate. we reported the death
of T.
wells Powell. well-known
I believe to practically :all old.
time readers of this paper and
a particular friend of the writer.
Willis entered The Exeter
Times office as an apprentice
a few years before I did but we
had many similar experience's
.in those early years. There
were two papers in Exeter at
that time, The Times and the
Advocate; and all the type for
both papers was set by hand
that is that each letter was a
separate piece of type and jiad
to be picked up and set right
side up In a "stick." It was a
good ratan who could set more
than six inches of type one ea-
lumn wide in an hour. .
As an apprentice or "printer's
devil" each in '.turn had to light
the fires in a pot-bellied stove at
seven o'clock in the morning,
sweep out the office and then
start to set type, a job that
lasted the rest of the day. I
have often heard Willis Say that
there was Only one stool in the
office for several typesetters and
as the junior apprentice he had
the use of it very little. When I
started my apprenticeship there
were more stools but still not
enough to go around. In winter
it was difficult in keeping the
place warm and in mid -summer
the heat was teriffic.
I used to hear the boys say
"there would always be work
for a printer because they could-
n't get a machine that would set
up type." But how wrong they
were.for even at that time the
typesetting machine was being.
introduced.
Standing at typesetting all dot
for Willis was too strenuous and.
he developed back and lung •
trouble and at one time was given
Only a few years to live. It was
then that he took to the open air
to earn his living and regain his
health, "I heard that carbolic
acid. would kill germs," Willis
told me, "so I took a dose of it
and it nearly cost me my life,
but in the long run I believe it
was the means of giving me new
life," he said. /
Willis founded the Purity Com-
pany and extacts and a manufactured
nand catarrh
remedy which for a better name
he called "Narnelest." For years
he travelled the countryside sel-
ling his products, "At the Zu-
rich Hotel I met Mr. Cantin, of
St. Joseph, who showed consider-
able interest in me and per-
suaded the menthere to buy up
what I had on. hand," Willis told
me. '
Cheerful Noir from You* ms,,,wir
Many people" Willis told me not
so long ago.
mills had a long life of strug-
gle but was always optoreistic,
always lending a helping hand.
Be had a . fund of cheerful
rhymes .or sentiments that he
would share with others as he
often took time to write such
letters.
Be had unbounded 'confidence
in Nameless .and had difficulty
bath with the ; government and
financially in creating a market,
'but he had testimonials enough
from many people all across,
Canada telling of the great be-
nefit it bad been to them., Trans-
actions are now being made to
dispose of the formula.
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There is something deeply com-
forting to the human soul in fire.
Whether it's a log izt the fire-
place, chuckling cheerily or burn-
ing with a slow, dream -making
flame; a bonfire an the beach
throwing its challenge into the
night, or just the gleam and
warmth from the kitchen stove,
fire soothes and renews the spi-
rit, '
• * M *
I'm writing this column by the
tiniest flame of all, a candle.
There's been a• hydro break and
the lights have been out for hours,
With the warm, yellow glow of
my candle beside me. I don't-
care
on'tcare if they never come. on a-
gain, At the moment, and in my
present mood. I would not trade
this one candle for all the lights
on. Broadway, ail the power that
pours over the falls et Niagara,
and a light 'bulb personally auto-
graphed by Thos. Edison,
* * * ,t
It's a brave, little, red candle,
left over • from Christmas. Only
about three inches of it are left,
and in a couple of hours it will
be just a burned -out. candle, than
which there is nothing, more
dead. But right now, it brings
me comfort, companionship and
memories.
* * * *
Its flame brings back the nights
of wondrous .cosiness, as a child,
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50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO
Mr. Wnt. Grigg on Monday,
the occasion of .his 87th birthday,
entertained the four ministers of
town and their wives to tea.,
Saturday is the date of the an-
nual popular I.O.O.F. excursion
to Sarnia and Detroit. The' fare
to Sarnia is $1.35,
Miss Jennie Pickard received
first class honors in hero music
examinations at the Toronto Col-
lege of Music.
A large gang of workmen are
busy at the depot re -arranging
• the switches and making prep -
*rations for laying the new
/switch for the Canning Factory.
The Presbyterian Sunday
School �Dicnic was held at Mr,
• Jeckell s grove on Friday.
Mtg. Fewe11 Went to the Bend
Wednesday to spend some Weeks,
25 YEARS AGO
Mts. Fred 1)e)bridge of Win-
chelsea hat purchased• from the
estate of the ,lite .7. T. Morgan
the t'esidenee on Main St,
The orchestra of Coven Pres—
byterian. Sunday School furisish-
cd the musk
bin - et Knox Presbyter.
n church, Byfield, on Sunday.
Stleeiel numbers were given by
Mr.. If. Gidley, leader, And by
boy cornetists, Alex Strang and
Richard Stanbury,
Messrs, Bruce Medd .and How.
and Dign*n left Monday for a
three weeks Motor trip 10 titue-
lbree,
Mr. W. 1. Xmas of the B*nk,
of Conth erre staff is "relieving
at Walkerton,
Mr, Wm, Alvis of the 's'imes•
Advocate staff is ott vacation
Mit- week
Thew /fete trifid Brdek Co., ;;lar,
iet*rtttd threshing et Bphi•ratn
#fern's on Saturday.
at the cottage. Snuggled in bed
with my young brother, I'dwatch
the flames frorn • the fireplace
flick terrifying shadows across
the bare rafters. But there was
no real terror in the weird, leap-
ing figures. On the other side
of the partition, my parents
talked ie. low, peaceful voices of
people half -bemused by an open
fire. The coal -oil lamps • cast a
sturdy orange glow that chased
the juriping shadows. The whip -
poor -will on the hill behind the
cottage called his cheerful good.
night, And I, drifted into sleep
with a sense of security I've
never had since.
The candle flame reminds me
of the first time Bell in love, It
was at a huge bonfire. I was
eleven. After the marshmallows
'and the • sing -song and the hor-
sing around, we gradually grew
silent, watching the deep red of
the hottest inside of the fire, as
it burned. lower. 'This freckle.
faced girl with the brown eyes
and the white teeth and the gol-
den arms was sitting beside me.
She got• a bit dopey, leaned a-
gainst my shoulder, and fell
asleep.
* * * *
I didn't move, just sat there be-
ing madly in love. Next day, I
proposed to her, believing it was
mutual. She gave me a bloody
nose, and I was off women for
years.
* * * *
My candle flame brings other
memories, Prison camp in Ger-
many, December, 1944. The wind
howls out of the Baltic. There
is no light except that form the
top of the crude stove, The only
sound is "drip, drip, •drip," Ei'gli
teen young flyers of many na-
tions lie silent and watch tate •
firelight dancing on the walls.
• * * *
They are of a single mind. Es-
cape? Home and loved ones? A
big, thick steak? No. They're all.
listening intently to that "drip,
drip, drip," emanating from the
home-made still hooked up to the
stove, and wondering if the pota-
to whiskey it's producing will be
fit to drink in time for the New
Year's party.
* *
Yes, fire Is truly a wonderful
blessing. Under its soothing light.
and 'warmth, even the chattering
of women's tongues will desist.
Raucous children are lulled into
sleepy content. Business men who
, woulsticld. sell their grandmothers
Into slavery If the net profit was
rigbt, .wax imaginative and idea-
The; first student pilot class to
start training at No. r Service
Flying Training School at Cen- '
tralia arrived on Monday.
A citizens' committee was
formed at a public meeting
Thursday evening to cooperate
with the officers at Centralia
airport. reeve B. W. Tuckey
wag appointed chairman.
In ,spite of the gasoline and
rubber restrictions the Civic
Holiday weekend Visitors at
Grand Bend was a near record -
breaker,
Leading Fire M a n William
Chandlers, P/0 Jack ,Anderson
and Pte. Allah Fraser have ar-
rived safely in. England.
Pte Gerald_ Skinner ttf the
R,C.O.C. at •Ottawa spent the
weekend at his home here.
10 YEARS AGO
B.ev, Harry .J, Mahoney was
inducted into the'.. pestotate of
Main St. United church on Fri.
day -everting.
Sugar preserves coupons S57`
and S5S beeaine valid August 7
while .coupons S59 and 560 will
be valid August 21.
Mr. Archie ftycktnan left last •
week for Moose Jaw Sask, where
he will spend a few weeks.
Otto of the heaviest downpours
of rain visited this section ort
Sunday. Many crops of hay have
been ruined by the wet weather.
The road 0n Highway 1\io, ea
betweenExeter and the Blue
Water 1iighwty is being widen-
ed 17 feet en either side and will
MOWN MAO yards of fill.
The new outdoor .roller seat,
ing :rink is attracting good crowd*
naeh week eight,
Tlt+
number of summer visit.
"bis xt Grafin Rend this year lit
Sheet average.
* *. •* *
We have come a long way front
the days when our primitive an-
cestors .(yes, your too, Mr. Top-
drawer), crouched before a..fire
in a cave, dimly wondering what
was going on in the world.
We don't wear skins any more.
We wear pedal pushers. strati,
less bra's and Bermuda shorts,
We don't kill people with a. •club
or stone these clays. We can wipe
them out much more efficiently
in hundreds of thousands, at one
stroke. We don't tear the liver
out of a newly -killed animal and
eatoit hot and raw and juicy. We
get it cold and raw, warm it,
and eat It dry and gristlyi with
Onions,
* * a *
But firelight has the same ma-
gic for us, after all that'progress,
that it had for . our many -times -
removed grandfather, Slob the
'Caveman, It can take the bitter
lines from around a woman's
mouthand give her the look of
Madonna in T -Shirt, It can put
a look of heltery in an old Man's
e3'es ,as he looks into the flames
and sees himself fifty years ago.
fie 4 * *
it would be a sorry day for
manhood if be lost, somehow, the
great gift of fire. le the mean -
.time, however, 1 feet like eat.
ing a fried e g g sandwich,
you can't cook over a candle,
and I wish the hydro boys• Weald
pull the pickle and get the power
on again.
Bven with complete Are insurance the loss of a house is a had.
Now. But what turns that bad blow .into sheer tragedy, is when
tee insurance which was thought to be adequate, turns out to
be thousands of dollars away from present day replacement
casts. And this happens every day. Make sure that your fire
insurance is 1,1p-ta-date. have General Accident survey your
requirements now.
W H. Hodgson
"The insuranceit Man"
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