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r Protest ver Hogs
Editorials
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•.7:".„4"?Al With the inauguration of the hog producer
boar's directionprograin, the battle over hog mar-
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• ting, is on again. Protest meetings have taken up
,•;,SSA hue and, cry about dictatorship, Fascism, Com-
: inUnisni, etc., because of the new compulsory regu,-
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• 'irog producers have been through this contro-
versy umpteen times before; we assume they're
.-0-tUng ,bored with it now. With the renewed
interest, however, we'd like to repeat some of the
• "ciecvs expressed in this column before.
While compulsion appears a nasty thing in this
when freedom is guarded so zealously, it does
• .necessarily imply dictatorial Inanagement nor is
• it -particularly a Communist or Fascist tactic, All
Canadians are compelled to pay taxes and to obey
• TaWs. We submit to the compulsion because a major.
• ityof us feels it is in the best interest of our
society,
As long as the hog producers' executive is
elected democratically, and we believe it is, there is
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no basic freedom lost in the compulsory marketing
plan. If the majority of •producers don't like the
scheme, they can always vote out the executive and
its program.
As we see it, the primary issue at stake is the
retention of competition in the hog market of the
farmer. The competitive factor is seriously curtailed
if producers send their hogs direct to packers without
securing bids, which is what they have been doing.
It is obvious, we think, that farmers cannot sell
effectively to a competitive market as individuals;
they must have collective bargaining power in some
tighl•
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Theodore Parker and his friends fail to recog-
nize this major problem. •They miss the point corn-
,' plAtely. In fighting for their so-called freedom for
the farm, they are in effect attempting to keep him
subservient to his buyers; they are depriving him, of
the democratic privilege of collective bargaining.
Parker, to our knowledge, has never proposed
an alternative solution to remedy the farmer's in-
ferior marketing position.
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— The program of the hog producers' board may
not be the best that can be devised but it is an
attempt to better the former system. Parker has
itade no such attempt.
Farmers have said before, emphatically, that
they, will give this direction program a chance to
fi fine. itself. We think that's wise.
Bi-Lingucil ation?
a- In Goderich this summer, an airMan drowned
muse his cries for help in French were not under-
stood. The publication, "Industry", recently made a
"Significant comment on this close -to -home tragedy:
"An RCAF youth drowned last month while
swimming in an Ontario harbour. His cries for help
• were heard by the hundreds .of people around him,
71:k% he died just the same. For he was from Quebec
and his Cries were in French, and they, were not
understood.
"So poignant a tragedy serves to emphasize
not only how far we are from breaking through the
language barrier, but also how nominal is Our claim
to be considered asa truly bilingual country.
"English and French are indeed the ,official
languages of Canada. But the proportion of Canad-
ians who can speak both of them is shockingly
small, hardly more than 12 in every hundred. Of
the remaining 88 Canadians, 67 speak English but
not French; 20 speak French, but not English; one
in every hundred speaks neither.
"We are going to have to do very much b• etter
than this before we can unreservedly feel that we
..have achieved indivisible nationhood. There should
Nt; be an English speaking Canadian who is without,.
.1t.knowledge of French, nor a French speaking Can -
saw" lacking some knowledge of English. For a
Canadian who has not some sort of command of
both his country's official languages is hot merely
the poorer linguistically: he is perforce divOrced
fforn • millions of his fellow -countrymen, and the
briers against real and effective unity are accord-
inp that much greater.
It' "Now, as the scholars of all ages are well into
tlies.new term in the schools, colleges and universities
Ot.Catlada, is a particularly appropriate moment to
pOlder these things."
thinly enjoyed that editorial you
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Food
From .SouthHuron
Aided Destitute In West
xt. was in the fall .at, 1937 'that
Saskatchewan and .Alberta 51*
feted severely from drought
and seven carloads of foodstuffs.
were sent from.Huron to var,,
ions. points. in. the west, four of
, them: being sent from Centralia,
enseu and Vseter.
The move to send the -food,.
stuffs. was. instigated by the
Ministerial Association and the
appeals went out from the var,
Mus churches co-operation
with the municipal councils. The
Surrounding district was divided.
tvith Exeter: Dashwood and. ITs,
borne bringing their produce to
Exeter; Centralia district and,
Stephen township loading at .Cen.
tralia and Hensall and district
loading at.Hensale.
The first carload • from Exeter
consisted mainly .of potatoes and
turnips with a goodly amount of
apples, beans, cabbage, pump-
kins, squash, c i t r on s, beets,
canned goods, liour and honey,
It was sent to •Grasswood, Sask.
The ministers of town and
.coinmenity who were largely re-
sponsible in promoting the enter-
prise, worked heroically
throughout the day and received
splendid oupport.
A fine car . of fruit and vege-
tables was loaded at Centralia
or Blindloss,.. Alta, All of the
churches the surrounding
area co-operated with the town-
ship council, In addition to fill-
ing the car,. a big truck ,load
was sent to Exeter to be in-
cluded in their car.
A car was loaded at Hensall,
with foodstuffs that were sent
to Atwater, Seek. The car was
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One of these weeks is National Both are full of words, one
Newspaper Week. I'm not sure from the pulpit, the other on pa -
whether it was last week, is this per, to which nobody pays much
week, or will be next week, but attention, unless they happen to
it's somewhere about now. Week- strike home, when• the recipent
ly newspapers are supposed to of the shaft deals at some length,.
take advantage of this chance to and with some heat, on the short -
try to convince their readers how comiegs of pastor or editor.
,important the local newspaper * * * *.
is to the community.
Trouble with editors is that
they believe fondly that readers
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hang on their every word. They
Most editors are fond of this
theme at any time, but on this don't realize that the lady who
is perusing the local paper with
special occasion,. they pull all the
stops, go hay -wire, hog,wild. In rapt attention is not digesting the
editorials of inordinate leegth editorial on the sewage problem,
but it scanning the account of a
and indescribable chillness, they
bludgeon their subscribers with wedding, and saying to herself:
"Well, they certainly didn't get
the rather astonishin§ news that
of democracy, the keystone df • * * *
civilization, the last rampart of They fail to ken that the man
freedom of speech and the great- who buys the first paper off the
'est symbol of progress slime the press and whips it open .is •nott
invention of guepowder. frantic to read the careful an-
* * • * * telysis of the actions of town
They take no lets pride in an- council, but is swiftly searching
nouncing that the editor is the the front page to see if his name
voice of the man in the street,
the weekly paper is t e lynch -pin matried a day too soon."
the conscience of society, a fear- • ' •
less fighter in the ranks of free-
dom, an incorruptible individua- News Of Your
list, a still, small voice of rea-
son in the midst of chaos, and
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everything but the answer to a
maiden's prayer.
By MRS. J."M. 5- •
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All this, • of iburse, is utter Have you read either one of
drivel. There were healthy, hap- the two volumes of Canadian
py cbmmunities lopg before the history that• have been written
weekly was invented, and no as a series • giving a panorama
'doubt there will be happy, drool- of' the history of bur. country?
ing communities of radio-activat- The first one was "The White
ed types Ion after th 1 t self- and th written b Th
styled `watchdog of the commu- as B. Costain in which he tells
filled to the roof and contained
the ,following: 430 bags of pots,.
togs, 46 bags of beans, 6$ bags
of vegetables, 11 bags of tur-
nips, 60 boxes of canned fruits,
• 3Q• boxes or bags of apples, 200
pounds of honey, 250 pounds or
cracked wheat, 60 lemilds of
wheat berries, 175 ibs, of flour,
70 lbs: of corn syrup, 160 pump,
kills,. 60 citrons and one bale of
popula-
tion,
1n3g65. Ahtwa doe ,a4S ansolt.,efpepesteine.
the district for several YearS.
With the surplus left over from
what was sent from Centralia,
Exeter and Hensel', a fourth par
was loaded at Exeter and sent
to Zelma, Sask.
Shortly after the cats were
shipped from Exeter, Mr. Wil -
/lam Welsh, north of Exeter,
received 'a contract , from the
federal government for two car-
loads of turnips to be shipped to
the dried -out areas. One was
shipped from Exeter and the
Other from Walton. The price
paid to the farmer was 3.20 per
bushel.
It was that same 'fall that a
new industry was started in
Exeter and. has grown steadily
with the years, It was the start
in town of waxing turnips for
the American market. Waxing of
the turnips was done in the
large brick building on James
Street, now occupied by the
Exeter Furniture Ltd. A system
of washing, drying, stamping
and waxing was set up by Mr,
Seth Winer and the product was
known as the "Exeter Brand
Rutabagas," a new • name for'
turnips in this district.
As the
"TIMES"
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
At Henna On Thursday the
Liberals of the South Riding of
Huron chose Mr. .1. Kellerman,
Dashwood nierchaet, as a can-
didate for the Legislature. •
Wheat has struck over the
dollar mark and as a conse-
queece a large quantity being
brought in, and the sellers are
going home with a smile.
Rev. S. Toll of • Hensall will
preach at Eden Sunday after-
noon.
Owing 10 inconvenience of
making change, Messrs. W. J.
Statham and E. A. rollick,
bakers, have decided to reduce
the size of bread loaves from
11/2 to 114 •lbs.,• which will sell
at .50 per loaf instead of 6,4,
iVieSsrs. S. Martin & Son are
putting in a plate glast front in
their; store this week, • •
g e as se • a eGold" y. cim- •
nity" (bald beagle) is extinct, of the birth of oar natiem and
and the last ancient, groaning the French regime.
press has been melted down to • The second volume was "Cen-
make a shelter against them tury of • 'Conflict" givin:g the
rushin' satillites we keep hear- story of the great struggle be-
ing about. tween the' French and English
• ,* • * , in Canada. It was written by
Reason, all this as arrant feel. Joseph Lister Rutledge who was
ishness, of geurse, is that weekly recently awarded posthumously
editors live in a continual state the Governor -General's Award
of self-deception. They remind, for Canadian Adademic Non -
me a lot of preachers, port of in- Fictiop.
effectual fellows who couldn't The third volume has just
make a living in any other line: been published and is now in
Yet .both command, for ,some Your library. It is -entitled
reason, a certain respect in the The Path of Destiny
community. . This book covers the period
. from 1763 to 1850 highlighting
Some organizations, when they the American Revolution, the
are planning a banquet, will even war of 1812-34 and the opening
go to the lengths, albeit reluc- of the North-West.
tautly, of giving the preacher and The author, Thomas Raddall's
the editor a complimentary tie- viewpoint on the War of 1812 is
ket. One is expected to say a an eye-opener. As told in this
handsome grace for his 'supper, book that war was a comedy of
the other to write a "nice piece" errors and etupidit y: whole
about it. If they do their chores armies got lost; a switch in
well, they might get a free tic- uniforms lost .a battle and
ket to the next Yeat's• banquet. Washington, D.C., was burned,
This is the only way, a lot of partly to revenge the looting of
them to keep skin and bone sep- Upper Caned a.?.s parliament
are by a modicum of flesh. house.
It is la stirring well-written.
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A good preaeher spends hoqrs history which makes Canadian
preparing his sermon. A con- history 'real to us. The author,
scientious editor will devote Thomas Raddall, is also a
hours to writing his editorials. novelist and last year wrote
Both are greeted with equal in- The Wings of Night
difference. The congregation
stares vacantly et the Reacher, This is a fast -paced modern
• novel of life in a crumbling
community in Nova Scotia.
Sometimes tender, ,often exelt-
ing,."The Wings of Night" is a
fescinating novel and is in Your
Library,
wishing he'd cut it short so they
get home to, dinner. On the
way out, they shake his hand
warmly, saying: "A, grand sere
Mon, Enjoyed every word of it."
The editor's subscribers take one
look at that long, learned edi-
torial and turn to the classified
ads..Next time they see him,
they sey, with animation: "Cer-
The eXetertrittidzISAbbarate
one. In last week's peeler."
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Pubtlihed by The Exeter TbnasiAdvocato Limited
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Miss Greta ThOmpeon, who
has been librarian at Seaforth
library for SO years; was guest
of honor tit a dinner meeting of
the Library Board held at Arm-
- Mae* Time to Page 3
is mentioned for being drunk and
disorderly on Saturday night.
Somebody once remarked nobody
buys .a weekly to read the news.,
They already know it all. They
just want to see if anybody got
caught.
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'Certainly there's a big differ-
ence in the way peoele.'read a
weekly paper tied a daily. When
they pick up a daily, massive
'headlines assault them with tales
of rape, murder •and such de-
lights. When the same • people
seize their weekly, they turn
with eagernees to the 'account of
the Women's Institute meeting
where they view with pleasure
their own mine, large as life,
right there as convenor of' the,
Sunshine Committee. ,
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They ignore the headlines. in
the weekly, which the,
with such.
rnundenee matters as Girl Guide
'rallies, Red Cross campaigns,
and fall fairs. Instead they con-.
centrate :on the little Mitten in-
terett stories about people fal-
ling off the back steps and break-
ing their back. They read with
interest the obituaries and snort
with amusement' when they see
that the old ?sinner was buried
from the ehurch, where he had-
n't set foot in 40 yearp. Or they
check to Me where their neigh-
bours, the O'Tools, were last
weekend, because they saw the
car going past the gate, and eve -
body in it dressed up.
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Editors should stop fooling
themselves that the weekly it a.
necessity. It is pure lueury. But
it is one of those luxuries like
sew in your coffee, salt in your
porridge, and the lira gasper if -
ter breakfast, without which life
would stretch ahead, bleak and
endless as the'sands of Inner
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25 YEARS AGO •
Mr. B. W. Tuckey has pur-
chased from Mr, John Taylor
the Taylor Tire Shop on Main
street, also the residence on the
corner of William and Ann
streets.
The Women's Institute are
holding a 10 -day dressmaking
course in the library basement,
commencing on Monday.
South Huron Plowing Match is
being held Thursday on the
farm of William Welsh, north of
Exeter.
A hot fowl . supper is being
held in Main St. United Church
on Wednesday. Admission for
adults is 500.
Mr. Joseph Creech is attend-
ing Stratford Normal,
Mr. Frank Strange hasbeen
nominated by the young men's
dais of James St. Sunday School
as a candidate for the Provinc-
ial Boys' Parliament. •
15 YEARS. AGO
October 19 is the opening day
for the Third Victory Loan.
Huron. County's share is $1,900,-
000.
The large bank barn of Mel-
vin, King, third concession of
Stephen, was completely de-
stroyed by fire on Wednesday.
All salvage is needed. Card-
board and cartons and fine
paper should be broken down
and packed in larger cartons.
Metals may be deposited in the
lot south of Reeve Tuckey's of-
fice.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Oke have
received word from' their son,
OS. Ross Oke,
that he has
landed safely inEngland.
Mrs. L. England, Crediton,
held a long-distence telephdetes
conversation oo Sunday wit
her son, Sgt. J. W. England,
'stationed at Yarmouth, N.S.
10 YEARS AGO
On October 12, Mr. W. F. Ab-
bott• picked a ripe strawberry.
On October 16, he picked four.
more.
Lorne Passmore is a com-
petitor in the open tractor class
at the International Plowing
Match at Kingston.
Ray Wuerth is the new presi-
dent of the Exeter Badminton
Club.
Ofterators for the Lions Club
projentor from the various dist-
tict organizations will be train-
ed October 29. The projector
and the national films are avail-
able to any groups for a Mean
fee.
Mrs, Herman Powe has an
Arizona cactus that is over nine
feet high.
Mr. Fred Hatter is this week'
moving into the new residence
he has ereoted on 61dley street.
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hid lots of money he liked to hang ante
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'seined himself at court, the Kier; who bad
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Cheep insurance shows up after ItOre,It robbery; or an accident. -
'Dent when Ws time to collect, you, wind up $a pari of 4 atatistio. 11
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lin', table. One of those that didn't have the right kind of insurance
coverage. Give your local General tAccident inaltrance WO ay
call, and ask him to discuss „insurense that really insures, Hp
counsel deals not merely with the premium but the lifetime heee4t4
you desire. . ‘•
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W H. Hodgson
PHONE 24
"The 'Insurance Man"
EXETER
Life insurance companies mast report their financial operation;
to the Superintendent of Insurance.* According to the latest
official figures here are the fads about the Life Insurance Dollar:
Where each Dollar comes from:, •
741g comes from premiums paid
by policyholders for insurance to
protect their wives and families .
and for security in their own old age.
ferrkV.4i!::
260 comes from earning; on
policyholders' funds. These funds'
are ,vested under Government
supervision and help to develop
Canada.
What happens to each Dollar:
820 is for policyholders. '
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. 43e is, paid out 39 d is invested
to living policy- for future benefits
holders and to to policyholders.
beneficiaries.
lig is used fol' normal 'bperating
expenses which' include taxes,
licenses and fees paid to Govern-
ments.
*The latest report from the superintendent of Insurance, Ottawa shows that
in 1956 the lifeinsurane• conpanies is Canada paid out $371 mMion irs benefits
to policyholders. By far the greater part of this money ($236 million) went to
living policyholders.
THE. LIFE INSURANCE 'COMPANIES IN CANADA
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Business Directory
ARTHUR' FRASER
INCOME TAX REPORTS
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
ETC.
Ann St., Exeter Phone SO4
G. A. WEI33, D.C.*
*Doctor of Chiropractic
438 MAIN STREET, EXETER
X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities
Open Each WeekdLy Except
Wednesday
Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7.9
For Appointment • Phone 606
DR. H. H. ,COWEN
DENTAL. SURGEON -
. L.D.S., D.D.S.
Main Street , Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoon
PHONE 36
N. L. M'ARTIN
OPTOMETRIST
Main Street, Exeter
Open Every Weekday
Except' Wednesday
For Appointment Phone 355.
FRANK TAYLOR
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For Huron and Middlesex
Satisfaction Guaranteed'
Sell Vour Nowt' By Auction,
It's The Bat Way.
Phone 138 Exeter
W. G. COCHRANE, B.A.
BARRISTER & SOLICITOR
NOTARY PORLIc
Henan Office Open Wednesday
Afternans, 2 to 5' p.m.
EXETER PHONE #I4
VC DINNIN
Savings ihVestnietitil end
Annuity Certifisetei
INVESTORS 'SYNDICATE
tanstfa,
- INVESTORS MUTUAL
.1 Canada Ltd. •
balanced Mutual fund theta
.PHONE ThS' ZURICH.
BELL & LAUGHTON
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS &
- NOTARIES PUBLIC
ELMER D. BELL, Q.C.
C. V. LAUGliTON, L.L.B.
Zurich Office Tuescley ,
Afternoon
EXETER PHONE 4
DR. J. W. CORBETT
L.D.S., D.D.S.
DENTAL. SURGEON
814 Main Street South
Phone 273 'Exeter
Closed Wednesday Aftetnoons
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BOB McNAIR
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
AND VALUATOR
For Efficient Service and
Highest Prices
Phone Collect
Ailsa Craig 617-r-2
ALVIN WALPER
PROVINCIAL
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For your sale, large or sniall,
courteous and efficient service
at all time,
"Service that Setisfitee"
PHONE 574-2 DASHWOOD
USBORNE & HIBBERT
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Exeter, Onfarle
President ' •
E. Clayton Coirmhoun R,R.1
Science Hill
Vitteisresident
Barry 'Coates B.A. 1 Centralia
Directors
ltfattin' Feeney rt.R. 2 Dublin
Wm. A. Ramilton .Cromarty
Millen MeCutdy R.B. 1 kirktoit
Alex if, Rohde R.R. 3 Melia
Agents
Thai 6, Ballantyne mit. 1
Wotelliern
Mftcheli
Mitchell
Clayton Hartle
Stanley Reeking
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W. 6. Cochrane Exeter
At1- Secretary:No*01w
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