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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
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THURSDAY, MAY 7th, 1953
WOULD VLNADA
RETALIATE?
A drive for higher protective
duties against Canadian products
is proceeding at Washington, and
although President Eisenhower is
said to be reluctant to yield to the
protectionist Congressmen his hand
may be forced. Farm products
and certain metals are the special
targets in the Congressional cam-
paign. It is of no avail to remind
the protectionists of the evil re-
sults ,that followed the resurgence
of ' high tariffs thirty years ago,
when the United States crawled
into its shell, shut its markets
against competitive. goods from
other countries and brought on
conditions that resulted in the
worldwide depression of the '30's.
To them nothing matters but that
their industries should be shel-
tered against any competion that
would give Consumers, their own
people, the benefit of reasonably
low tariffs.
In the face of the threatened
dosing of, the U.S. market, Canada
may be forced,, against, her will,
to take measures of retaliation. In
Parliament the suggestion has been
made of an export duty on Can-
adian products, particularly those
metals for which the United States
looks to this country for its supply.
As The Financial Post says, this
would be "a punishment to fit the
crime. It would soon help to show
that trade is a mutual benefit, not
a one-sided concession to ex-
porters."
SOIL AWAITS THE SEED
More than most callings, farm-
ing has interests other than those
of the market -place,. and we :re-
print, slightly condensed, a cn-
tributed article in The Boston
Monitor which we believe will be
appreciated' by many.
It is good for a' man to get back
again on the mellowing land in
the spring of the year.* Thaws and
warming rains have lifted the frost.
from the ground. The sun has
prepared the earth for the plow
and the harrow. The soil is ready
for the seed. And the great hours
of preparation have ',long been
under way, longer even than the
time since the soft evening when'
the hylas tuned up in the swamps
and bogs, tuned up slowly like a
great orchestra, testing their
flutes and reeds and chords.
Spring work on the land brings
the good clean aroma of the fresh
loam, the smell of earth. It brings
the new spring furrow behind the
plow. It brings the song of the
harrow, turning -and _ mixing the.
soil and stone across the fields.
A%Ivan is glad now; perhaps, that
he as been "old-fashioned:'
enoug to have kept the traditional
fart team on- his upland acres.
Hs ekes to walk behind the plow
and the harrow. He likes the
sounds. It makes his work easier,
he thinks, to walk and move wi�li
the chords and carols of birds
across the hills.
A countryman likes to get his
feet, rr die ground. It brings him,
he thinks, close to the very heart
beat of the land, close to the hills'
pulse, throbbing with spring, warm
and receptive with life. A man
prepares his -land for the grain;
his garden for the seed. Every
step and 'every movement is one
of hope, brought to a rich cres-
cendo by each returning spring of
bud and blossom and leaf. -
SASKATCHEWAN'S HOPE
A project that holds the interest
of the people of Saskatchewan as
firmly as the St. Lawrence sea-
way scheme holds that of the
people of Ontario is a plan for a
development on the South Sask-
atchewan River to irrigate some
half -million acres of prairie land
and generate electric power. The
cost of the development would run
into many millions and though
the Ottawa Government has been
strongly pressed to finance the
scheme, in conjunction with the
Provincial Government of Sask-
atcheWan, it has hesit ted to incur
the large expenditure until fully
attired that it would be julrtifled
by the benefits to be gained.
The question promises to be an
Wu* itt .the coming general elec-
tion, Conservative and C.C.F.
candidates coma itting themselves
unreservedly to the project whim►
iavetri hent supporters on the
' dries, thoggh quite as favorable,
will be somewhat handicapped by
Ottawa's cautious attitude.
A commission appointed to con-
sider the scheme recently issued a
report advising that the cost
would be prohibitive in view of the
limited advantages to be derived,
but this report is not considered
to be conclusive. In view of the
vast expenditure involved in the
seaway scheme, it will be difficult
to deny to Sa..katchewan an under-
taking that promises so much for
the progress of that Province.
EDITORIAL NOTES
May is doing nicely.
Goderich is growing. Take al cement foundation, with roof.
walkto the south end and see for A proposal to re -organize and
expand the Iluron County Baseball
yourself.
THZ GODERMI SIGNAL 4TAIt
Down_- Memory's
Lane
fears Ago
The Manchester flour mill at
Auburn was destroyed by fire be-
lieved to have started from a lant-
ern left on the upper flat for a
short time while a workman was
tending machinery on the lower
flat. The building was burned to
the ground and machinery' totally
destroyed. The loss was partially
covered by insurance.
Far-reaching effects of the long-
shoremen's • strike in Montreal was
illustrated in Goderich when the
Grand Trunk Railway refused to
take a shipment of eggs for that
city. Notice had been received by
the railway office here that owing
to the strike the company would
be unable to., accept freight for
Montreal.
Firstshipment of apples for
1903 by boat was made on the
King Edward to Thessalon. The
lot comprised 10 barrels of winter
apples in prime condition.
25 Years Ago
Plans and specificati,ms for a
new grandstand at the agricultural
grounds were received from a
Stratfoltd architect. Specifications
called for a timber structure on a
' As The Galt Reporter observes,
a man could retire nicely in his -
old age if he could dispose_ of his
experience for what it cost him.
It is announced that Canada's
contribution to the relief of vic-
tims of the flood in England and
the Netherlands amounted to
$2,877,708. This was raised by
individual donations supplemented
by Federal and Provincial•Govern-
ment grants.
Looking at the daily ,record of •
accident and death, one wonders
where he can be safe. Airplanes
falter and fall, railway trains .col-
lide, automobiles crash, ships
founder—and more people die in
their homes than anywhere else.
Dreary prospect, isn't it?
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The original estimate of the cost
of Toronto's Yonge street subway ,
was $29,000,000. This has risen
to $50,500,000 and may be still
higher when the work is corn-
pleted. - When construction gets '
under way on the St. Lawrence
seaway costs will run away,, ahead
of the present estimate•in the same
fashion.
London the I.ess-L-but growin
rapidly—plans the annexation of
a large tract now outside , the city
limits. Many who visit the pleas-
ant City in the neighboring county
are Beard to express the hope that
it- will `n'ot'tspread oirt of recogni-
tion •-- as Toronto, for instance.
Ainyway, present plans do not in-
elude the• moving of the.. corner
lof Richmond and Dundas.
Discussing the knighthood of
Britain's Prime Minister, one of
our contemporaries states that It
Mr. Churchill had been given a
higher title he could not continu
to sit in the House of Commons,
and consequently would have
give up the leadership of a
political party. This would riot
necessarily follow. Members of
the peerage have led the G.ove:•n-
ment from. the House of Lords.
The latest of these, so far as re-
collection goes, were the Marquis
of Salisbury and Lord Rosebery.
Salisbury was eminently success-
ful in his leadership.' It ,is quite
true that public opinion now, de-
mands the presence of the Prime
Minister in the House of Commons,
but this is not a constitutional
requirement. If Mr. Churchill
were a younger man, with the
'prestige than he now enjoys, he
might hold the leadership of his
party as firmly as Salisbury did.
"It's Custom -Made"
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ICE CREAM
League and affiliate the organiz-
ation with the Ontario Baseball
Association was receiving favor-
able consideration from county
ball fans. Exeter, Auburn, Zurich,
Hensall and Goderich had signified
their intention of entering teams.
A special service was held in
Victoria Street United Church to
dedicate a new electric lighting
system and fixtures.
15 Years Ago
Central Home and School As-
sociation was presented with its
charter by Mrs. A. Taylor, vice-
president of the Ontario Home and
School Association.
C. H. O'Neil, of Milwaukee,
Wise., returned to Goderich far a
visit after an absence of 75 years,
Mr. O'1Wlil, 86 years of age, came
back to search records in an at-
tempt to trace his family back a
century ago to the time his grand-
father settled hereabouts, but the
records which might have heipe.t
him had been taken to vaults at
the University of Western Ontario.
After consideration of two score
or more suggestions for a slogan,
the council of the Goderich Board
of Trade -decided that none would
improve upon one adopted some
20 years ago: "Goderich—Huron
County's Golden Gate."
COUNCIL ASKS ACTION
ON AIR RIFLE USERS
Alarmed because of the use of
air rifles by Goderich children,
Town Council last Friday night
heard suggestions that police take
action with youngsters found us-
ing such weapons.
Pointing out that serious damage
could be created, Mayor J. E.
Iluckins: told council that a young-
ster took a shot at his car with
an air rifle while he was driving
along a Goderich street.
The mayor told council also that
over 60 P.U.C. street lights had
been shot out recently in one
•
section of town.
Councillor Ken Pennington
pointed out that the Criminal Code
makes regulations against the use
of offensive weapons. Councillors
a'reed that police should be asked
to take necessary action.
FISHING DATES
Open seasons for angling in
1953 for the Huron district are:
Black bass, July 1 to October 15;
maskinonge, July 1 to October 15.
WARNING
TO HOMEOWNERS!
EXETER AtENA PROFITS
AMOUNT TO $3,305.81
Profit made by the Exetex- Mem=
orial Arena in the first year with
artificial ice was $3,305.81, the
Community Centres Board an-
nounced this week.
The arena operated from Decem-
ber 8, when the first ice was made,
until April 15:
Total receipts from hockey
amounted to $6,050.23. This in-
eluded: Centralia Flyers home
games, .,2,195.06; Dashwood,
$824.41; Exeter, $508.31; Zurich,
$654.85; . recreational league,
$545.75; mirror 'hockey, 757.50.
Revenue from skating was
$2,322.50. The snack bar made
$1,000.
Included • in- the expenses was
$3,064.50 for wages and salaries;
$1,571.95 -'for maintenance and
repairs; $1,684.38 for insurance;
51,006.44 for hydro and water;
$554,39 for ticket sellers and
takers; $511.62 for ,fuel.—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Damages Awarded
In Supreme Court
•
Damages of $1600 and costs were
awarded F/O. William Abbott, now
stationed with the RCAF at Mac-
Donald, Man., in an Ontario Su-
preme Court civil action heard
here Monday before Mr. Justice.
Gale.
Judgment was? against John
Franklin Turner, of Belleville, and
R- A. Pringle, Belleville solicitor,
as executor of the estate of Mrs.
Florence Day, of Belleville.
The action arose out of a collis-
ion between a car driven by F%O.
Abbott, formerly stationed at Cen-
tralia, and a car driven by burner
and owned by his mother, Mrs.
Day, on December 21, 1952, near
Havelock, Ont.
J. F. McGarry, Q.C., of Toronto,
appeared for F/O. Abbott and
Frank Donnelly-, Q.C., of Goderich,
represente -. the Belleville solicitor.
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
OF GODERICH SORORITY
A meeting of the Beta Theta
Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority was held on Wednesday
of last week at the home of Mrs.
Emily Cory, Mrs. Verna Siddal
was presented with a Ritual of the
Jewels pin in a• ceremony conduct-
ed by the president, Miss Kay
Holmes.
The officers for the season 1953-
54 were installed. They included;
President, Mrs. Martha Rathburn;
vice-president, Betty Westbrook;
recording secretary, Kay Holmes;
corresponding secretary, Eleanor
Fuller; treasurer, Hazel Wilmot;
program director, 'Mariam Ander-
son; social sponsor, Emily Cory;
honorary member, Aulien Curry.
A record party and luncheon were
enjoyed by the members present.
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