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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1945-09-27, Page 2n o pea vidabint obiritil *to r emrtax T"applamowrizoNAT,Jitai THE GUDERI(7iir STS Published bysignal Stfr Frei, Ufldted, lc ntaTI 'rite 2 a _ to United eibietipttOa Rat •pada and treat B is'„ $ 00year, ,sdve. S in Uatee on request. - Telephone 72. THURSDAY,. SEPTEMBER 27th, 1945 *DrroUI.41. NOTES Dont forget to, p >. the clock back -41 .hoar. next Saturday night.:,. • • M , During theoccupation, `O - Southern., it, 'Malaya the Japanese cut down more than a .million rubber tree; , •The'saps!. . „* * , "Lord Haw Haw" The notorious. been convicted of treason and sentenced to be hanged:. hie won't "haw h" about that. . ha aw * * * Summer is over, according to the calendar; but the weather man may give us some summerlike weather yet to make up for what we didn't get earlier .in the season. •., , r . .,..,. Over two tons of sugar were stolen at, Toronto the other day, and some people may say this shows there is no shortage of , sugar, But if there were not a shortage the sugar in .all probability op ould not have been stolen. «^;: • * * ' `According to: a California preacher, the world was to end last Friday. It didn't,_ and the prophet shoved the . date ahead. If he just keeps shoving it ahead he' may retain some of his "believers," but his forecasts will lose news value. • * Ribbentrap iris now reported; was. • given *200,000 as a reward for •in- ducing Russia to sign the pact with GermanyWhich—preceded the --war and kept Russia quiescent amtil Hitler's' rash invasion in 1941. A lot of good it did. Ribbentrop in the end. If he could : take .his money with hhn, it would melt where he is soon going. * * prance " has had a general election, but .the results are not ,Snag. because Where no candidate received a major- ity, owing to the multiplicity of can. didates, another vote is to be taken. This delay could be avoided by the adoption of the transferable vote, which would assure a: majority for some one candidate without a second, ,'ballot. these days of manpower, shortage are inexperienced, or .both, overworked or in ..expex One thing that scan' be done, and that should.. be one • efo another season, d b r+e is to prohibit abSolutelythe'placing ,of any 'colored cowering' '4i tho' baskets.' The public is entitled' to a better deal than it , has had this. year: The ,crowers, toe, should realize .that 'their: business 'has, received a severe jolt by: reason of the poor stuff that has been worked off this season on 'a con- tiding public and ' that next year it will be difficult to sell peaches at all unless the confidence • of • that • public andother articles of a similar is restored. ) nature inn,' Qrder to make the.,thing go. « * Y' have a neighbor vvha is known Over a third of a million; people in the 'United States, and some thousands' in Canada, are idle through strikes, It is a mass display of wrongheadedness. that will have its -chief effects to the detriment of the strikers themselves' and those others who because 'of the strikes are thrown out of employment. The strike bosses -who make their money out of strikes --are engaged in a desperate effort to- demonstrate their value to the workingmen before the latter realize; what is happening. Wages are paid from the proceeds of the sale of products. .If there are no products there are no sales, . and no money from which to pay wages. If wages are increiised •as ,a .result of the strike it will, take the strikers a long while to make up the loss of the wages they didn't: earn while' thele were not working. • ' There is no certainty that the strike will bring an increase, in wages ; what is certain. " is that the public—of which the �L str-ikers are a part—suffer a loss through ''the inter- ruption of the production of goods. for which there • is a public demand aril through the, dislocation of_, business generally which is a result of the strike. It is to. be noted that the present strike affects- primarily the Ford Motor' Company. It was this company that inaugurated the era of higher wages for mechanics some thirty years ago -=and did it without a, strike. In the longrun employment depends upon public demand and wages depend upon the opportunities for employment, If once in a ' while strikes "seem to accelerate this , natural process, the loss, through unemployment ' during strikes retards the process acrd lessens thefunds.from which wages are paid. • It might be difficult ' to "convince<' a' striker of this with °strike boss .at his elbow, but facts are facts: Thee is a 'Setter way of settling industrial disputes than through stopping pro- duction. fail OWED 'OF IAZY MEADOWS • 01, Ho T. cb'oij A MECIIANIPAI4 OEN1il'S • Something vrent. wrong, with the well, Fp .. um the other day. 'Xeu could pinup and pump like a Dutch windmill'ina high breeze 'and the pump would cough and wheeze like a horse With: heaves ilyy and bring•. forth oxw very small arno' ret 'of water for all' yeur effort. ?ttwas most diseonraging, and when it rained. the .early part .of last Wed.. nesday I retired to the driving -shed wllb 'the pimp. '' ' ;There's, something about tinker that seems to fascinate u farm Somebody once said •that a,:farrier must ,be a combination of ,veterinary,` carpenter, plunibert lawyer, account- ant, poet" and just plain tinker. I'm inclined . to think he was perfectly right. The tinkering is u tiall'y more attractive ,when a person has to take a. bit of wire, the: Side of an old shoe, some bent nails that have tQ be` straightened, the end of a tomati ,can * * Finance Minister Ilsley has declared that meat rationing is not to be abandoned because ' of the 'objections raised by dealers.. C.aitada; he says, has undertaken, in ' agreement with Great Britain and the.• trifled States, to supply certain quantities' of meat for export to Europe, and to do this •rationing is required. For humanitar- ian reasons, said the Finance Minister, he believed the people of Canada would wish to do somethingto relieve European . want; but he went on, to put tilebmatter on what may be termed (Orillia Packet a "practical" basis. Canada, he - The, idea that the pointed out, has a selfish interest in or Provincial, should uphold ' the Iiberty far and wide as a imechaiiical genius,6 The trouble with that is the fact that. he is still,farming, If he had a small factory for manufacturing gadgets, or was working _in_.;~ill, engineering plant, it 'would be line. He continues farm- ing and that's where -the rub comes in. The farm looks like a ju�nkjr rrrd.. Dismantled automobiles and . old tractors ate strewn all around ' ..in various stages of repair and disrepair. It looks a little like a grafi eyard of this mechanical age. The driving -shed has some of the queerest contraptions around these parts, stored up or on the production line. Henry is a great fellow. He:11 build a trailer for a neighbor, for practically nothing, ex- cept the excuse . to do it. He has built wagons . from old car frames and a manure -loader that's a gem when it works. The only trouble with this apprtratus is that it will work for about an hour and then stop. Henry will proceed to fix• it and then discover some improvement that could be made and take .thenext..three daya-ou' to build -the new . device' on it: We all hope that some one of these days Henry will discover a new patent that will. compensate bin and his family for what they - have been through; , never gets his . seed- ing in ori time. ,Henry That's because te. has a new type 'of plow- that seems to get out of working order about the middle of plowing time. .His• drill is` always ..of apart. or clogging up because of a device he has on it for mixing fertilizer. He buys the various.com- ponents and mixes them while sowing. He has a mower that beggars descrip- LIBERTY' OF the recovery of Europe. Canada is n. t a 'self-contained country;' it must pnrt,and export 'great quantities of goo s: ai 'it c6u14 anWi i i' n .countries to struggle' alongby thenal- selves. under eonditious which might lead to revolutions .. , and -wars. ' It would- be well if all concerned would • realize that rationing is to be .continued and, would co-operate in making it work as smoothly and efficiently as is possible. r * * Ottawa„ ha had its .•fast. divt4ttiris of the 'new Parliament: They have been ' on a series of no -confidence motions ' presented 'from the various opposition parties.. Last week 'the C.C.F. !motion was defeated 163 to 20. On Tuesday night this week the Pro- g'ressive Coiiserva,tive party's motion Met a'' similar, fate by a vote of 163 to 47, and a• motion presenting the Social Credit :view .was defe4'ted without -a recorded vote. A new amendment has been introduced by a Progressive Con- servative onservative member from the West and is yet to be :voted on. when these motions ' and amendments have been disposed of the House will be able to get�,,.down to business. Since the open - of the session • the time Of the House has been occupied almost en- • tirely in the debate on the "speech from the Throne," which gives mem- bers 'an opportunity, to -get off their chests the results. of their between- sessions reflections, and incidentally— perhaps mainly—to let their constitu- ents' know they ha ve reached Ottiwa and are' waling their contribution to the solution of the national problems. CITIZENS and Times) Police. . municipal not interfere to' bf citizens who desire to go to work in a factory where a strike is in progress and picketing being„ carried .. .on., is n abnegatiQp * of , the 4ittie ►f�-tlie:=ant rities• infavor: sofIrfd1 law. Pickets have a right to try to persuade their fellow employees not to work. Iiu.t it will be a de- cidedly backward s e •ii the principle is recognised that ter can apply force to prevent them for .going about their business. • _ THE HARD FACT' • ( Owen Sound Sun -Times It all `bails down to this : If we in Canada can turn out goods of quality and at prices which suit those whom weseek as custiomers—and if those. Customers, have the money to pay for them= -there will be no' trouble about unemployment in Canada. If we can- not, then no power on 'earth :not even "the Government"—can do anything to insure—much less guarantee..Jull' em-. 'ployment. The biggest fraud that ..has been perpetrated upon the people of Ontario for some years` is the green „peaches "displayed under n, red lend that is as effective :a camouflage- as .,the rouge en a girl's 'geek. A large proportion of the fruit rotted before 'it ripened and was a total Idss. The defrauded put chasers had no "come back" except to refrain ` from briying.. They bought the fruit Brom retailers who knew thele;.., Ot stozners were hungry for peaebee and sold theta as they got them. The game apparently lies first with the .gtawers, greedy to get rid of their product with: the neatest pos. able ,profit to themselves, end secondly 'With the inters, who perhaps in SIR HARRY LEiUDER Sir Harry Lauder, "that grand- ;old Scottish minstrel" (in the words of Mr.. , • -.Churchill;) , - lues' quietly at Lauder." Ha'; his Country home, which stands, on, the high ground above Strathaven, ire Lanarkshire.: -'t •• " . Sir Barry still wears the. kilt and glengarry, and carries a ' stick: "• The Wilke and the smile which have charmed audiendeS eaeryvvhere are still' there too. Lauder Ha' is, a large, greystone house with a pillared, portico irfront; •stoutly built- to withstand' moorland winds. , eryone, visits the, Curio Root. Oni one wall hangs a,colleetion of bent! Walking sticks; presented to Sir Haney on his tours. There were 304 last time he counted'; them. One came from a Zulu tribe and another from Maoris.. Sir H'arry'a favorite is the first ,he received. ' • tie calls" it"`the "1 love a lassie" stick, because he frst carried it, while, singing that song. one of the Marquis of Mite's •gardeners cut it .from a great vine nearly forty years' ago.a It has been our times round the.. wand., Sir 'Harry s''pends most of his time in -lis secluded upstairs sitting room,,with his piano and his radio. -There lives his African grey parrct which sings. (but only When it pleases) : "Will ye stop yer ticltlin', '-oekk." Scottish Field. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day; " ° ,,,,, • A line of eats winds slowly o'err the 'lea- ,.• A pedestrian Plods his absent-minded •way:. ° ,And .leaves the world quite nnex- . pecthdiy. - " ---blgest and Review.'. flet argumnents produce nothing, but a cold shorr<iderr. u. 4 .'1 t C The. Appeal of ilurnani rTelin The Toronto $talc hed Europe «.will not Tll 'COY,NO GOVERNOR• e—tgovide-tliP nosperoursrliore gi,r-xnra ret D ENE ]%F yesterday shnuld. plat an end � die t► . criticisuls of meat rationing® which +°anadab as a great,. exporting of small arms ar►t uuitia c were iilot• old iii. May, 1$42, to Meet*, shOrta ,�8 Of shells for --civilian uSeee. Rationing of rim,-h.re,,'cartridges owes lifted' last Mr. Xlsley's statement to• X'arliaiieut for a manouris a e.untry requires,, nut o Y' tate bas s� pointed�:oiit that there is plenty of cold of ordinary humanity, everything that storage space for the accommodation Canada can do is her plain duty. of carcases , until they are ..shipped, plenty of Shipping assured by the OD y p le FARM , MACHINDRX I'.R ,, T7CTxObT British ;Minister of food, and p n I'rorduction Controls 'havee been ven- d t� h of need• In ,.Europe where the Fenc ration, for example, is the ,equivalent 04 one •thin. s11ee of ham per week. The. Canadian. rationing tis designed to decrease, Canadian consumption from' 149 pounds per annum. to 130, This ' is about 12 per ceii,tobelow the 1944 figure, but _ nevertheless is .10 per cent. abave. pre-war- consumption, . The Canadian ,ration of 130° pounds Compares with; about 24 in Belgium, about 12 in Wiliam), .and about 11 in France. And, even at that, meat , is not always available in those `countries., Against the relief of such *want 'as these' figures indicate,' and against the very real need of food" in' Britain as well, ' a little . self-sacrifice upon the. part of Canadians—including the meat trade ---is surely not too much to expect. fitting it on a purely selfish and material .basis; : Canada cannot afford to, have the malnourishment ref Europe go further than it has already gone, tion and his hay -loader practically 'goes out to the field itself, gathers up the hay and brings' it in. The trouble is they so often go wrong and are in a 'state of constant improvement. I'm afraid somebody will steal Henry's ideas some day, and' he'll go on tinkering away without reward. sumer Complaint Fan ; people, especially children, Swoaps, an attack of summer ' com- plaint omplaint during thehot weather. Summer .complaint begins• with a profuse. diarrhoea- very often accom- paniod by vomiting and --purging: - The ..matter excreted— from w tlw - stomaeh has a bilious • a pea'itmce, and that •:froxi the bowels watery, whitish,,, ill -smelling, or even odorless. When the children show any sign of looseness of the bowels the mother should-administer'a few.doses of IIr. - Fowler's .Extract- of `Wiia Straw- berry so as to bring quick relief. This medicine has been on the -• f market for the past 94 years. Rs - fuse 'substitutes, They may. •be Iangerous. Get ''Dr. Fowler's' and feel sato. The T: Mllbnre. Oo- Ltd-, Toronto, Ont. celled on new farm machinery,' but all products 'returning to the market must be 'sold • at 1041 rices or at m .� prices approved by the Wartime Prices nnrd, Trade Board If the article differs in any way from the 1941 predict. Since duiy 1 large producers of farm machinery have been required to have their production sehedules •approved by the Board, but henceforth they may Manufacture whatever items in what- ever quantities 'raw materials and labor permit. Rationing of new farm machinery was recently Mout 'down to twenty -sieve articles still iii short supply and ' will be continued, Restrictions oh the sale and' delivery' of new conk- struetion machinery and. equipment, most of which :is imported from the United States, have also been lifted. AMMUNITION NOT RATIONED Effective August 31, small arms am- munition is no . longer rationed in Field -Marshal ;,, Alexa rider is a man '�`t ttless . moral, courage. He: takes the heaviest responsibilities without flinching. He. has the , ideal temper- ament for a commander ; indeed, for a i in anytank. However much- or solder little strain. ma ' affect him' inwardly, it -e t y he gives no hint of it, and though he has had to withstand, a 'great deal: Were strain than most men, even those hi.Icey positions, in the eourse of the. wa�rf .he has aged in the war years less than the great majority. Xt used to be said sometianes ' that he was shy and aloof; but if this were ever the case'�at is not so now: Quiet and ,reserved be is, but .he is not 'at a loss on those military -social occasions which, take: up a good deal of a Om - wander -in -chief's . time and are often highly "important—intercourse with his troops,: with officers of Allied nations, with . press. correspondents. Of these last 1 have never encountered one: who had' been in contact with_ him and was not his waren admirer. ---Cyril 'Falls in Illustrated London News, Canada is in the sugar pool with the United itingdotn and the United States, Under the. pooling arrange, inept, Canada gets 4.2 Per cent. of the Canada:' First restrictions -on the use total sugar available to the pool. wormy Olerk: "It you Please, 014 r4 1110 „ t4 have a nabnkh' Sr vacation. plovers! ' "Oh reale* tou'U 'him to r .be with this eompany' a long thin' to get that much, vacation, even'rli' yO r 'vasa- tions' were put together;". Orr « " "Okay, sir, let it go at that. X Jnat Yrotlght' X`d Tht y -°in • • • for Norm saarp.., , 1/1770 ' e . %6. ..01170 49741171, - pr.Chass's Nerve Food CJMTAIMS YITAMi4 A, I• PROBABLY' you. n ,, .. eves heard ' of cumene. But cumene added mightily to the 'Allied far efrort --- because cumene, added , to gasoline, makes 'planes fly faster' and farther. M . Already in 1943, Msa rem* of .;Shell.:Reiearch,' quantity pro. duction of Greene was under way. As soon as the : military' Value of the process became known., Shell iniade it availiitleto the entire • gasoline industry -;for faster, bigger production of this, vital war product. And the 'Shell refinery at Montreal was one of the first on' .the continent to start manufacturing it. r.. W . You may never pilot a plane .. but you t virl benefit by the bind of' Shell research that pro- cluced cumene., For Shell roues al:l°aits research ,experience and 'skill on petroleum products ort .410 fide—frith results that will slow in your own postwar motoring—fn.; finer gasoline and lubiri cants for your car.