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Labor . camps No Gc, Few
Girls" n the..,Road
'leaping, of transients, and w'ho does-
n't now and then, 'are lead , ah uta teal
kind in to call on the editor of..;iThe Stare.
This is a boy Who. ;weeborn:°, and
'bro ht u in a small Bruce �Count"y
toeue He still has friendeethe he sa4ys,.
t s9 didn't want his name used, even,
though his parents are nOW dead,
Ile was unusual in that he had some
unusual information. to impart arid.. was
ktelligent enough: to . be able to impart
it. Be has had_ a pretty . go4�t 'schhaunB'
and has a naturally acute mentality. It
seems to be a sort' of mission with hen
to tall l ` s _e. .rs; and to ;dive ar oorc--,
cal on nevrspape
reef lralpt ti trie1nt11 �,: aa,ite 'trr°
lY Balis bitneelt si►nd lila kind ..
Ife hss a .))04dItgreiknit•
thesalts o fenrtetenhe ep ted``vit
tbe*lisO0A Battalion, 'Went over+ Bas, an
before'he Vie . sixteen .' wu. • , a, 110,c e
tanner in then d •=Malcbin+ . a. i' '
'talion •He" served' .. ,through " the •, war
without -being' wounded, , He Wee , the
:iia �edd sh *fte r he was seventeen.
kith• `;k • wealth Or. ext rienee eeele .
'grown men' had, not formerly been Ole
to sure,
The 0OvernMerit geve hima 'voca%on-
al .training and. he worke4 at it in. var-
toes, cities 'in Canada and the United
States froth: 1920 :until the fall of 1930..
'Marta. te
Then he lost b and hes never'
', able" toget 'one sines, So he took'
:been , .
to tramping. lie has been on the Pacific
Coast twice • and to the • Atlantic ' Ong
and knows every automobile road" in One
tarlo besides Many in the United: States
and on the .Prairies.
His observations on the new tramps -
are interesting.. All of theme claims,
will Work if they can Retire it.Maneof
them' are decent and many are, educate
ed,. He excepts the very young, the 'boys
jest out of school, Whose parents could
me longer. keep them and who have take
,en to the road as they have no other
place to go. These, he claims, are, im,-
pressionabje• and as is so often the case,
emphasize ` their "toughness." Theya
have every -opportunity to learn the rude'
iments of crime and. some are undoubt-
-edly doing it. They . will form; the
nucleus of the criminal element of the
coming' years. At that, he thinks. the
road is no more likely to develor crimin-
als, than is idleness ' around the street
corners.
The older 'men; with the 'exception of
theenaturalp-weakliegs;are-not• criminals
and are not °showing any tendency to
n class. Tlie .. get- work when
.. has. _.:
t t_� __.y _
they can, and when they Cant -they "beg:
They are genuinely grateful; he says, to
the public which recognises that they
'Olt or ' soma" nous ese1
breakfast and "awl yaat
Mettle of
easy,v00.cuIar1 if yoi.
have fairly •dteecnt clothes. ,.Timis chap..
ways : rlstes , en. ;.attornobI1e0, rarely on
ue b o. was essed''deeentiy. which
s for' his, being piekc;d, : up. .asily;
aeoaixht. �: 'st. ,��rld-�
'ruck owners have a ,rule •ag.S1.n
ers' and tats is en"forced.
'Asked, as ` to his experience$ in the
labor:' .camps, he was etinphatie his
condemnation of them,.
He has tried the , in . every , provhate.
Ali ;are the sante. considers them, a
pure waste of mensy. The principle. obi.:
ec"t1an.• is the . usually teteeuis:.per'.
day. This, he ,elaiims, Is 'not enough to
.enable. a ,man to save a Stake. Even ar.
tramp needs twenty Bents a day in a
'ramp :for simple necessities. At the end
bf ,six months he still has no mrney and
still has no plata; to go. It leaves a
itho.t zany sense of self respect,
ON . Q'' BASIS AS
WE. AS, PRI ..:
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T.N Chkks fid" by O
Owner ht : sPprov
They mature quickly for early
producers.;
ITE LEMIORNS
ROCKS,. WHIT( ROCKS, 8 'kc.
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Tt?VU-Wl>�>EK moms,
To Notch, Chick Hatchery
S1RATFORD (formerly Fergus)
s)
Box 59, 29 Onta�,'io°,St. -Phone 1255
lin victims of an excep-
tional
the unwilling
i and helps thein They
tional .cotfdit on (a.._ .... p •
are„ not as they wow 'have beer! had
eney not _ ;been f arced, to the, road, as
theyhave lost most of their sebse . of
personal pride, but they still hope for
the time when they can .settle down to
a regular job enol a home. •
The people of the West are the most
rgerierrous . and: understanding of all.
Many a eine he has known people there.
to ,start the fires at bine o'clock in the
evening and cook a meal for a transient.
Irl Ontario and other older settled parts
it is necessary to get into a town about
meal time in order . to get a handout.
Ontario housewives don't fancy getting
a 'special mean-ouee. �the� dinner dishes
are cleaned -and laid away. '
_ He manages --toy- keep -clean by getting'
a bath on every possible occasion. He
it every
carries a shaving outfit and
int' drq►y`s ^dirt. • and ' ciplixso ;w.
ik ' e*re tt�R' tats i n veli'' 'too
ed kik :(u mttnt , ; Alt 4-19.°01 si
very et?nditivate 'Under hieh :the meal:
find themSeives are the hist ag eat
favor of the L nes►: ref tion ,whteh
l ,sib e'to l gine*
. 'F :•mss
asked: if there *re . m Rix oil the
road, he said. ,that there wera 'only' few°
but that 'the 'number seemed to be' grow
ing. ie has ;newer discovered.'t#he Meth -
cd used to ;keep the Siris away fr m, the
road but whatever. It 4' it :seeite to . be
effeetivve. They appear Item - time to
time :and suddenly dlsatppe rr.. , The. eorn-
mon impressiofl among the trstn is
that tai 'authorities �o the morn rent
°end board bills' of the decent girls and,
so helpthen►, quietly,:- to. get by, On
one of two* oo+ anions. he has ''sen girls.
on trains and 'in the 'jungles, where they
consorted • with , the men. San a basis of
equality of misfortune. The men aceept,-
man w
There is mi.- discipline, If a man be- ed them for their short atiy, hitt the.
eotnes- objectionable, he is. sent away and
thea the matter ends. The bosses are
usually political appointees who them-.
om
selves need-- Sobs• -and _are. geldem
�
pe to handle men,.. Not 'Wanting to
Work themselves they do not and cannot
iao� Btu
make the men do anything. A crew of
a hundred men will do less actual work
than ,ten men under a good. boss and!
being Paid a worth while wage.
Food and shelter vary from camp to
camp. 'Sonic are •good but most aro in-
different. There are seldom any diver-
sions or recreations provided. The re-
sult is that men have plenty of time 'to
listen to agents of the C.L.D.L. or the
`W.U.L.,, otherwise the Canadian Labor
Defence League and, on the Coast, the
Workers' •Unity League. These purely
radical „organizations" send clever men"In
in the guise of unemployed and in the
icing
evenings -have --plenty: of- opoortun-
itv to school the crews in t e principles
uses munism, i e IA --0:, hath that
day:" "Most; ''towns="ina°Ot tali a verts'ure hero "made.
b Are,,
m nt " . manyNcon .g .t ::. .
par 'with each other in .thea, t. Beat.__ e- His solution -is •p decent wage for'a
of the transient. Either a "fico ' ern. the°-- M. �...
police heard of them and they . disap
peared, The:=•police are -Ur strieter with
women transients than with . men,
Altogether he wee a cheerful cMlleac,
He claims that transients,- or "tramps
as he prefers to call his kind, are not a
had. lot. Few crimes have. even been
blamed on, them, which is true, remark-
able as it may be. We have ;seldom
heard of a transient up on a more see -
thus charge than drunkenness. The. old
bine tramps have never bothered with
the new comers, nor do they resent
them; They just take tits as it comes.
Our visitor left with the remark that
he thought that he would take a run up
through his home county before heading
west again.
Fifty thousand men cluttered up the
western roads IRO year, He -wondered
if there would-be as many this summer
"Weil, -
may be back this way. 'some
time. See you hien." _._
n
He made us think of the Wandering
g
Jews:-We=lto
pe-
tate se•dayhe-ma
find _a place to stop:
S.' D. CRO / tt'C..'N. R•"Depot. Plte#!.;.294.
,. LAWRENCE, Hewn Vsufp Agent. . Pbet gR ."
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When sierras are raging it's a comforting thought
that an experienced'. Captain,jrya man of courage.
and resourcefulness, is safe -guarding 'the lives of the
passengers! •
inolnautc hard hip and
Now W1t�+�h.�thc storm of � �r»o s
de 'rsson
> Sling and Ontario business safely
headed toutards the harbor of better .times, it Is bring
• .
sn estedl to tth people of Ontario that they transfer
Ontario's resources from the' capable hands h C
ptain's at the
piloted them. safely through one of the greatest
financial crises in the world's history.
it is being suggested to the province that it should
remove from. the experienced hands of the'.enry
administration the trusteeship • of its agriculture, its
forests, its mines and it& varies, industries.
The voters are being given a suggestion that they
should: transfer 'their bill( i of dollars of assets.
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T AFFORD TCS EXPERIMENT
- - - constructive, courageous program to (Which
e ConservativeGovernment is pledged.
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Tlttt British Columbia Chapter
of the I4 _. D. ,, held 40 "com-
ing
-
1ng of ago? meeting at the Era -
press Hotel, Victoria, recently. •at
its -twenty-first annual convention.
Premier Patullo welcomed dele-
gates trout all over the, province,
and many distinguished guests
were• present.
The annual reduction in cost
of summer railway travel under
the heading of, low- summer 'faxes,
will be put Into effect 'by the
Canadian Pacific Railway on May
16th next, aecording to official
announceminent.' The .reduced fares ..
will helve extensive limits and
stopovers:
Port 'Hope, on „the eolith bank
of the Fraser River, ninety milesl.
from Vancouver by the Canadian
14.1.14.4)-
where, the
h .
Almighty has most lavishly set
down itt a .land of wonderful
beauty rivers and lakes abounding
gams fish,. writes B. Stone
Kennedy, editor -0 Western Fiah--
erica. ' -
Dr. Frank N. D. Buchman, testd-
er of the Oxford Group move-
ment, is expected to launch an-
other campaign in western .Can-
ada this Spring, commencing a't
Winnipeg May 1, taking .in Re-
gina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmon-
ton, Vancouver and Victoria, and -
culminating with a selective
-"h-o-u s e partle---aat----the----Banc
Springs _Hotel' earl -in- June. -
AN OW) wittEND
Many people were interested in. the
Letter printed. in these columns eti u'ay
Srd from Mr, D. E. McConnell . of CApe
Town. South Africa. The following
item appeared. in The Star of July 18th,
1888, nearly half a century 'ago. about
the -same gentleman.
Mr. D. E. McConnell, late of Australia,
is visiting his old borne tit Sheprtdton,
where he taught school previous to his
travels. Mr. McConnell is in good
health and , spirits after ,a five months'
tour "through India and Egypt. He will
return in. a couple of weeks for his
Australian home. ...Me. McConnel does
not intend forgetting his Canadian
home, as he has called his infant son
John Huron, and his Australian resi-
dence "Ontario."
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HUNGARIAN SCOUT LEADERS -
QN4l'18>gb.
St. George's Day Scout decorittione •
included presentation of the. Honorary
silver 'Wow .to. the -. Hung ►riga ."leader --_
Dr. de Molnar and .Dr. delearkas, in re.
est Scout-
ing,
abl r ou
co nitiott_..o _, x lu. a sa _.
Ing, particularly inConnection
.with'`the",,,_
world Scout Jamboree held asst year in
Hu'ltgary.
Portman Beim appeals instantly the
dainty - woman. Stimulating the skin,
Making it velvety. • soft i2a texture. - it
creates and preserves complexions of ex - -
visite. charm. Delicately fragrant. Cool
and delightful to use. Especially recom-
mended to soothe and dispel roughness
or chafing. Stininlating and invigorat-
ing. Imparts a youthful loveliness and
protects and enhances the mos;. aoUW-
1y-textured skin. (Persian Halm is the
idled -toilet-requisite:-
"
The success of low cost all -ex-
pense tow's in the Canadian Rock -
sAinstituted by Canadian Pacific
way last mummer has prompt-
ed the company to repeat, these
four, five and sit -day trips dur-
ing ,the coming- summer. Each
trip affords 126 miles of motor-
ing. land can be made either east-
bound from ,Field, B.C., or west-
bound -from Banff,- Alberta,_ at
the convenience of passengers.
• A. C. Leighton. Ft.B.A., presi-
dent of the government art col-
lege at Calgary,', who will again
this summer held his summer art
school , for. 'selected students from
the Province of` Alberta at the
Kananaskie Dude Ranch. near
Banff, has picked a location sur-
rounded by the most magnificent
of Rocky Mountain scenery. `.
'The skunk is not the king of
the woods, said George - Corsan,
naturalist, addressing the Kiwanis
Club at the Royal York Hotel re-
cently. "Hold him up by his
tall,'" said Mr: Corsair, - "and he
will become innocuous." Lie
didn't tall the Kiwanis 1f he had
actually accomplished this fes}t.
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Toronto got its full measure of -
music -makers lately .when the
most famous "bandmasters of the
continent assembled at the Royal
York Hotel for their annual con-
vention. ` Captain Charles O'Neill
was the president and they came
from all parts of the United States
and Canada.
BEN MILLED
(Intended for last week)
Mr. CIyde Gledhill spent the week -end
in Toronto.
Miss Beulah Long was a Toronto visi-
tor this week.
Rev. W. Patton left oh Tuesday to at-
tend Conference at Sarnia.
Mr. H. Brown, of Toronto, visited at
the parsonage over the week-er.i. -
A large crowd attended the supper and
concert on May 29th. Proceeds amount- -
ed to, 3.100. ,
Mrs. Bowden, who has been visiting
her parents 40r a week, has returned to
her home in Toronto.
Mrs. (Rev.) Patton and Ester are
home after a two weeks' visit with ,her
mother in Toronto.
Rev. Mr. Britton. of Londesboro, oc-
cupied Benmiller pulpit on Sunc!ay and
delivered a very able sermon to t} large
audience, •
he FIRESIDE
PHILOSOPHER''
By ALFRED ei los
Time dries all tears.
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Don't advertise your good deeds.
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We generally get what we deserve.
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Say, neither too much nor too little.
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Advice is the cheapest kind of help.
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Only a Small part of', what we learn
stays with us.
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Nature provides strength enough far
most burdens.
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Deeds are greater than. words, but
thoughts can he greater than both.
GODERICH OLD BOY
It will, doubtless, be of interest to sc
number of Cloderich •people to know
that the series of articles on the Doug-
las Social Credit plan which is now ap-
pearing in The Star, was prepared by
C. V. Kerslake of Toronto. Mr. Kerslake
was at one time; a resident of Ooderich,
a "inii-siolazi Stint. tthdicd with A. X. Calk
and worked in Thomson's music ,store.
Mr, Ileralake is Hon. Denlinion &ere•
Lary of the League formed for the pur-
ease .of 'popularising the Dougis theot-
'les.
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