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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-11-12, Page 6.T" P.O. 4 The TimesA dvocate, November 1.2, '959 Brothers debate CTA, -LCA Ed�Forals This newspaper believes the right to express an opinion in public contributes to the pro- gress of the nation and ,that .it must ba exercised freely to pre- serve and improve democratic government. Retain control A number of municipalities In this area have upported, a resolution from► the Township of Crow - land requesting the provincial government to take over responsibility for the complete cost of admini- stration and relief. Under present legislation, the municipality administers these matters and pays the cost. The provincial gov't refunds 80 percent of all approved expenditures. In one sense, the municipalities can't be blamed for attempting to ease their financial load by urging the province to assume this responsibility. However, we're inclined to agree.with, and to com- mend, Exeter council for opposing the resolution, When the suggestion was presented to coun- cil, Mayor Pooley, Reeve McKenzie and Deputy - Reeve Mawhinney led in opposition to it. Their argu- ment was that both welfare and relief can be much better administrated by local officials. In the first place, it is only logical that local officials can assess requests for financial assistance much more adequately than can provincial personnel. The local official, in all probability, knows personal- ly ersonal ly the applicant or his family and their apparent circumstances. If he does not, it is much easier for him to find qut from other local officials, friends or neighbors. Secondly, because the administration is local and the prevision of funds can affect the local tax levy for which the municipal officials are directly responsible, there is much more scrutiny and hesita- tion in granting the funds than there would be if the administrator was relatively uninterested and not responsible for taxes. The cost of the program itself would soar, if the administration was provincial, by the hiring of more civil servants and the provision of transporta- tion. Basically involved, of course, is that old argu- ment that the farther you remove any program from the hands of local gov't, the greater will be its cost. It should be pointed out, at this point, that Reeve McKenzie has been most diligent in his supervision of welfare and relief in Exeter and that, in addition to approving help where it has been needed, he has also saved the town considerable expense by his honesty in discrediting claims which have not been legitimate. We imagine the same commendation should apply to officials in other district councils. At stake in the general consideration is the argument of the municipalities that they are losing control over the areas which legally come under their jurisdiction. If the municipalities continue to demand more services from higher governments, does it not follow that they will continue to forfeit that control? Flood market? In view of the contention of one farm group that the deficiency payment for hogs should be based on the cost of production, the following quotation from the Winnipeg Tribute should be considered: "Even with limitation of 100 hogs • per pro- ducer, production is capable of tremendous expan- sion if the incentive is great enough. For example, prairie farms alone would produce 20 million hogs if each of them had 100 ready for market. This compares with a total production, for all Canada, in recent years, of about five million hogs a year. And more than half of this production normally comes from Eastern Canada." The newspaper continues: "It is impossible to tell, until the plan is actually in operation, whether the base price set for the deficiency payment plan will be an inducement to expand production. "But the abundance of damp grain on the prairies which is expected to result from recent un- seasonable snows will be an extra factor making hog raising attractive." This makes it clear that farmers cannot expect an attractive price as the base for the de- ficiency payment plan. Obviously the market Could be flooded beyond repair. * * * * A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself; he is as a wave of the sea, or a feather in the air which every breeze blows about as it listeth. —John Foster * * * * Of two things fate cannot rob us; namely of choosing the best, and of helping others thus to choose. —Mary Baker Eddy * * * * Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. ---Charles Hole Mee exeter Minne,o- bbotate Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 . Amalgamated 1924 published Each Thursday Morning at Stratford, Ont, Authorized as Second Class Mali, Past Office Dep'tr Ottawa o tiAmAM WIIR,Y ��a e AWARDS H. E. Rice Trophy, bast spot news picture, (Canada), 1959; Frank Howe Beattie Shield, beset front page (Canada), 1957; A. V, .Nolan Trophy, general excellence for newspapers published in Ontario towns between 1,500 and 4,500 papulation, 1958, 1957, 1956; J. George Johnston Trophy, typographical excellence (Ontario), 19S1'; E, 'f, Stephenson Trophy, best front page (Ontario), 1956, 1955; All•Canads lnsurante Federation national safety award, 1953. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.86 Per Year; USA OA -1d.iii,Adv'anta Circulation, March '10, 1959 —� -3,260 DON Huron makes a choice ROBERT — CTA. One f four articles 's which brathe Robertad D n southcott n o. o ai is es .i t w uc rs argue 'the issues in the Nova 3Q referendum in Huron and Perth. 2. Enforcement By DON SOUTHCOTT In the announcement .of this series, I admitted to the per- sonal use of alcoholic beverages. In other words, on occasion, 1 drink beer and whisky. I make this admission not be- cause I'm proud of it but because, if I didn't own up to it, some of our readers would suggest that the real reason I want the LCA is not because of its .controls nut because I want to drink. If you already have this idea, read the next paragraph carefully, If I were to make my .decision on the basis of pure self-interest in drinking, 1 would join MY brother and vote for the CTA. Why wouldn't 1? Under, the CTA I can drink wherever 1 wish — in my car, inthe park, on the beach, in the dance hall -- without fear of arrest, prose- • cution or confiscation of my bev- erage. I don't have to worry about the police searching my car or my clothing for liquor. I can continue to guzzle after I am drunk. I can do many other things with liquor under the CTA, without fear of prosecu- tion, that I• could not do if Hu- ron were under the LCA. So, mark you well, can the minor, And he knows it. The principal reason I support the Liquor Control Act is that it provides control, as its name indicates. And, believe me, that control is extensive. As one lawyer told me, it's "chuck full of •teetih." Because the pro -CTA g roup has been admirably honest in admitting the superiority of the LCA in this respect. I don't wish to dwell on it at length. A summary should suffice, parti- cularly for those people yeho read the excerpts from the acts in last week's. paper. Only one main offence • The • ONLY pertinent penalty provided by the CTA is against selling, or distribution of, alco- holic beverages. Remember that: essentially, for us, the ONLY penalty provided is •against bootleggers. Not only does the CTA ignore all other problems but it also fails to provide severe punish- ment for that one offence—boot- legging. A report in the Nov. •5 edition of the London Free Press quotes the magistrate and crown at- torney in a Listowel court de- ploring the fact that the maxi- mum penalty for bootleggers under CTA is $100 or 30 days in jail.. They both felt the penalty was much too small for a first offence bootlegger who, evidence showed, had handled over 2,400 cases of beer costing over $10,- 000 in only two months. • Under LCA, a mandatory jail sentenceis provided for bootleg- ging on first offence. The maxi- mum is six months. Six months in jail compared to $100 cash! During the time he could have been in jail under the LCA, this man might have sold over 7,000 cases of beer after he had paid the pittance of $100 under the CTA. Surely this example decisively discredits the suggestion made by the Rev. S. E. Lewis recently that the CTA concentrates on the seller while the LCA bears down onthe consumer. Severe penalties The LCA sets out clearly severe penalties for consumption by minors ($10 to, $500 or two months in jail or both), selling to, and serving minors (saine as above), drunkenness ($10 to $50), drinking in a place other than your residence ($10 to $500), serving a drunkard ($10 to $500), ete., etc. I want to deal with the section of minors specifically. The pro - CTA people may point out that it provides penalties only for those who "knowingly" sell to minors or who serve to persons "apparently" under the age of 21. They may say this is a weak- ness, But look, the minor risks a fine of from. $10 to $500 if he "applies for, attempts to 'pur- chase, purchases or Otherwise obtains liquor," Is that not a strong deterrent, placing the re. sponsibility, exactly where it be. longs? Other vital considerations In addition, the LCA provides these important aids for enforce. znent and prosecution which the CTA does not: Police authority to search, without warrant, car's, boats, cOnveyances of any kind, er the person .himself, and to seize and remove any kind of liquor; Police authority to arrest with, out warr•ant, any person violat, ing the act; Authority for the magistrate to convict on circumstantial evi- dente; in some cases, it even placed the responsibility on , ilio person charged to prove his innocence. I hope• I have convinced An the controls are there. New let ale discuss anothee Aegunietit of my opponents. They say the LCA's "teeth de not prove lit practice to be as sharp ,as they look in ptint." They cite, a5 evi- dence, citamples of offender Which odour itt LCA areas. My answer is twofold: First, if bite offences continue without proseeulion, this is NOT the fault of the Act. The falltrrdi Please turn to page a By ROBERT SOYTHCOTT 'Ms week Don and I discuss enforcement of the law and my column will deal with this sub• ject as we now have it under the CTA as compared with that under the LCA. And I am wri- ting about the CTA as it now is, leaving aside any question of it being amended. Quite frankly my personal feeling is that the disposition of the magistrates and crown at- torneys is a large factor no mat. ter which act it' inay be. This is quite natural. Their attitude to- ward the purpose of their fund tion can be as different as other human beings. Their inclinations may be lenient or quite the ap- posite, In Huron we are most forth - nate in that we have a magis- trate and a crown attorney who have won a reputation for the effectiveness of carrying out their office. This opinion , is shared by• the temperance for- ces themselves which are, of course, more concerned than moat of us that the law should be enforcedin the area • we are discussing. "Let's throw out the CTA and get some modern legislation" is a ery we are hearing and hear- ing quite often bhese days. Do we really know What we get when we do? The LCA may make it very clear and point by point outline legislation that sounds effective. But, the point to con. Sider is whether it has proven to be as effective as one would think it should be, Perhaps we alight look at two or three as- pects that seem to be pointed up as monstrosities in our county. 'The bootlegger Here is what Magistrate Hol- mes said in court early last month. "The County of Huron and Perth have bootleggers but from what I have listened to in other courts not under the CTA beverage rooms, and one could they have just as many as we have. I don't think the act makes a great deal of difference as far as the bootlegger is concerned." This statement is not only backedup but made to look rather conservative from the standpoint of other areas by the concern of the Hotel and Restau- rant magazine which quotes a past president of the Ontario Hotelmen's Association as say- ing aying the bootlegging activities are undermining the legitimate beverage business. But why, you ask, should boot- leggers be so prevalent when there are legal outlets under, the LCA? There are several reasons but one of the most sinister is that the appetite of many people is not satisfied within the hours of legal sale, In other words they are just getting under way at closing time. Then there is the matter of enforcement. We hear people — people who are concerned but perhaps not well informed — say that our. court is not able to prosecute bootleggers. If you attended the open meet- ing of the South Huron Ministe- rial Association you would have heard Mr. Smalley tell of the case under the LCA where po- licemen after laying in wait un- der extreme circumstances had come to court with what they felt was ample evidence only to have their case thrown out. "Why catch pneumonia to be embarrased tike that" was their reaction. Now let's look at the report in the Goderich Signal -Star as re' cently as October 22, It con- cerns activities in an Ashfield farmhouse where Provincial Po- lice after observing traffic at the farm dropped in and inter- rupted a seven -person beer - drinking party. Other than seiz- ing about five bottles of beer, a couple of quarts of whiskey and a part quart under a mattress, cartons or other bottles of beer were not found. But said Megis. trate Holmes, "These people were there, were drinking and it was his beer. The whole evi- dence is so consistent with a bran selling liquor and .keeping liquor for sale, despite the fact no other liquor was found, that in the face of no denial or con- tradictory evidence I must come jottings by .IM Cicndeboye !ouncer became firs I have been reading up GeV the history of Clandeboye at a time when that village was .called Flannigan Corners. The first settler . in that dis- trict was Captain J, W, Evans who arrived in 1825 and settled on a farm later occupied by members of the Flannigan fem. sly and afterwards by Moore Cunningham. In 1844 the London Road, now „Highway No. 4, was hewed out of the forest and in that year settlers began to arrive, among them Patrick Flannigan and his family. He took up a homestead, built -a store and hotel and the the place called Flannigan's Corners began to grow. It was in MaY, 1830, that Mr. Flannigan left Ireland. Arriving in Montreal he worked first on the now abandoned Rideau Canal. At York, now Toronto, he worked on the lakefront and afterwards moved to Waterdown in the County of Wentworth where he built the first hotel and distil. lery, This property he converted into a factory for snaking agri- cultural implements, • During the troubled times of the rebellion in 1837 he raised a company of recruits for Cap- tain Field, For four years he worked on the Wabash and Erie Railroad and for two years he farmed in Elgin County and in 1844 he moved to what is now Clandeboye and founded a set- tlement. When the Township of McGillivray was formed under the municipal act, Mr. . Flan- nigan was elected the first reeve of the township, a posi- tion he held for several years. He was at the same time cap- tain of tee militia and was also made coroner. In 1851 he was made clerk of the division court. He died in 1864 in his 64th year. At the funeral the procession was two miles long. He left a widow, 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Sidney Davis has engag- ed with Mr. Frank Wood in the butchering business; Mr. Ren- dle having resigned to prepare to 'leave for the West Coast to reside. The curlers re -organized for the season on Friday night when ,H. E. Huston was elected president; Ed Jones, vice-presi- dent and G. E. Anderson, secre- tary -treasurer. Mr. David Gibb of the bound- ary line, Tuckersmith, has re- ceived the contract for the con - to the conclusion he is guilty." One could hardly say that this would indicate that enforcing the law was nearly as difficult as some people try to paint it. In fact this recent case suggests quite the contrary, "On the basis of figures from both Ontario and British Colum- bia the idea that more liquor outlets will diminish the acti- vity of bootleggers is a com- pldte fallacy. They have achieved .the very opposite result," This was reported in a brief pre- sented to the government of the Province of Saskatchewan. Our youth Under the CTA there appears to be two ways in which minors might get beverage alcohol. First illegally from legal out- lets and. secondly from parents or friends. Does not the same thing apply under the LCA? Then there is the matter of enforcement. In talking to one policeman who was concerned about the problem he suggested that our youth could have a bottle in front of him and he was powerless to do anything. His concern was legitimate. But I wonder what would happen if he did have authority? First it is conceivable that the most lie would do was drive this type— and let's not judge our young nien and womenby these few— off the front street to the back. While it rnight appear to be bet- ter it does not answer the prob. lem. Then suppose he makes an arrest. Is taking him to court going to be the answer? May I suggest it iso t. The answer is much more deeply rooted than law enforcement. You and 1 can't expect a boy or girl growing up in our • homes to be very much different than we are. We can't expect that — Please turn to page 5 1146 s73eilt tools! r Y , tlteyct built the btl.seitlent Pinder' the house it wouldn't have filled with ivaterwt' t reeve four sons and three .daughters. His eldest son, John, succeeded him as elerk of the division court and later held several positions From the first the village of Flannigan's Corners prospered end in 1850 the population in- creased to about 300. In thnt year St. James Anglican church was built and the name was changed to Ireland. At one time it had four hotels that cared for travellers who went through on the London and Goderich road. Mr. Patrick kept the one on the corner. The others were kept by Mr. James Nigh, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Glenden- ning. Three stores supplied the many wants of the people. These were operated by Patrick Flannigan, Mr. Gailbraith and Mr. Henry Jackson. The latter passed away in 1930. The year 1850 saw the arrival of two cabinet-makers, William Howard and Francis Jones. The village post office was kept by Daniel Shoff. There were three blacksmith shops operated by Ambrose Mann, James Hodgins and James Maguire. Patrick Butter a n d Mike Markey were the shoemakers who made shoes from the high top boots to the little copper shiny shoes. (By the way, there is a pair of these tiny copper - toed boots proudly displayed on a mantle -piece in a cottage at Grand Bend, They came from a store in Exeter.) In the spring of 1858 the main line of the Grand Trunk Railway passed through the locality from. Stratford to Sarnia. This was an international route from Chicago to the Atlantic, It was not until 1875 that the London, Huron and Bruce railway was opened mak- ing connections with the Grand Trunk at Lucan crossing. Both lines are mere skeletons of what they once were. As the „TIMES„ Go By veyance of the mails between Exeter and Mitchell. He takes over from Mr, Campbell. Miss Annie Consitt, Hensall, who is teaching near Cfediton, was home last week. Rev. R. Hobbs of Exeter and Rev. W. H. Graham of Chat- ham delivered temperance ad- dresses in Zurich Town Hall in the interests of local option. Mr. Br e n n e is new barn, Grand Bend, is nearing comple- tion and when finished will be the best hotel barn in South Huron, 25 YEARS AGO Mr. John E. Dignan left on Tuesday for Kingsville where he will spend the winter with his daughter. The public school teachers of Exeter were at Clinton on Fri- day last visiting the school there, Messrs. Allen Johns, Howard Johns, Lloyd Bell, Lorne Elford and Horace Delbridge, also Mar- jorie Delbridge, went to Chisel- burst on Sunday' evening and presented their Biblical drama, "Barabbas". Mr .and Mrs. Peter Martene of Stephen township are fortun- ate in having both their mothers hale and hearty. Mrs. Martene's mother, Mrs, .John. Becker, is 91 years of age and Mr. Mar. tenet's mother, Mrs. Joseph Martene is in her ninetieth year. The Central Hotel which has been closed down for several weeks has been rented to Mr. J. J. Cox, Brantford. A reception was held on Wed- nesday for Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cottle. They were presented with an upholstered chair and small table, 15 YEARS AGO At police court in Exeter on Friday there were 13 convic- ytionsear, for failure to purchase radio licences for the ensuing F/0 Lewis Foist spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Foist, Crediton. He has been posted to Dunnville. Mrs. E. Kleinstiver, Dashwood, attended the "Wings Parade" at Camp Borden where her son, Lorne, received his wings. In an effort to raise money for a new grandstand the Agri- cultural Society are staging a concert followed by a dance in the Exeter arena. All municipalities in Huron County reached their objective in the 7lb Victory Loan. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Maier of Dashwood have received official word from Ottawa. that their son, L/Cpl, Harold Maier, age 22, was killed in action while serv- ing in Italy, October 12. 10 YEARS AGO The 13ttronia choir motored to Hamilton Saturday and carried Off second prize at the Hamilton Musical Festival, Mr. Barry Sherwood, Massey Harris' dealer from Exeter, ad- dressed the Elitnville WI on agriculture in China. June Steeper, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jahn Steeper, ftft 8 Parkhill, won first prize for girls for oratory from 11 sehoOls in McGillivray township. Messrs Warren Brock and Robert lfei•it are in Teroiito showing their cattle at the Royal Winter .Fair. Mr. 1 d Brady was on a hunt- ing trip to Manitoulin islands and brought Horne a fine buek. 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