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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
Established 1848—In its 107th year of, publication.
Published by Signal -Star Publishing 'Limited
Subscription Rates Canada" and,Great Britain, $2.50 a year: to United
States, $3.50. Strictly in advance.
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Authorized , as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. •
Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A., 420 Temple Bldg.,. Bay and' Richmond Sts,,
Member of- Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Member of Ontario Division, C.W.N.A., Member
of Audit Bureau. of Circulations. Weekly Circulation of over 3,200
GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
Toronto.
THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 1954
MR. ABBOTT TAKES
Finance Minister Abbott's budget, pre-
- ented in the, Mouse of Uoninzons last week,
was different from preceding budgets of recent
years in that it revealed no large surplus of
ressenneswitli a yorresponding reduction of the
public debt. The series -6f'-. taX-itieduing
budgets presented by Mr, Abbott 'since the
last war had brought revenue and expenditure
almost to ' a balance, and nothing much
further in the way of tax reduction could be
expected unless the coming y ear's operations
were to result in a deficit. However, the
Minister, hopeful of a continuance of pros-
perity and buoyant revenue, announced re-
AndatiOus sess.case taxes which have already
brought lower prices for -gaodi-afeet'ecf—aid--
which will have a further cumulative effect
in. the sante • direction.
Income tax remains qs at present, and in
this connection an issue arises between the
, '.Federal Go-veriiiuent and the Premier' of
A STAND
trate again.
25 Years Ago
At the annual meeting of Gode-
rich Baptist Church a vote of
thanks was extended to the retiring
pastor, Rev. F. C. Elliott, and,„Mrs,
Elliott.,Alex Osbaldestou. was -
elected cerk and -James Campbell
was named church treasurer,
Two - girl hikers from Toronto
arrived in Goderich on their way
to Vancouver. The girls intended
to cross into- the United States -at
Sarnia, but abandoned that idea
and planned to proceed by way
of Owen Sound, Collin sed and
North Bay.
Medical doctors in Goderich were
planning to ' observe Wednesday
afternoon as a half. holiday, with
one physician remaining on duty.
Reg. 1VlcOe:e, recently of ,.Ashfield
Townsihip, 'bought the _garage and
stock Wi Hamilton street formerly
pwnediby hi:a-'brother, J. W. McGee.
i5 Years Ago
A further vote:- of -MAW, fk.
improvements at, Goderich harbor
was, announced' at Ottawa. The
sum includes a revote of $11,000,
from the previous year.
A valued member • of the ' Signal-
Star staff, Stanley . Taylor, died in
Alexandra 'Marine and General
Hospital after an emergency oPer"-
atiow-
• 10 Years Agp
Male teachers of • Huron and
Perth . attended a banquet in Ex -
'] lJRSDAY, APRIL 15th; 1054
eter. One of the Speakers was
Inspector R. O. Staples, of Qode-
rich. •Sidney J. Brown, of Godericlk,
,Yohn,.. ,Martin, of Goderich Town-
ship, and George Iowan, of '-Dtiii-
ganx
tendnoanrce, were among those in at-
.
Quer 200 000 trees were ordered
by Blum County Gour ail through
its agricultural, committee.' to be.
distributed. to a central point in
each .coanraunrfi'iiy" coiaint -tiw ekS.
Interest in procuring the trees was
shown in nearly every municipal-
ity. - Ashfield headed the list with
an, order ' for '31,OQO,. principally'
spruce, bine -and white ash.,
Goderich exceeded its objective,
of $9,000 in a Red Cross drive b�.aj
collecting $9,814.40.
Quebec. Mr, Abbott refused to recognize Mr.
Duplessis' claim for an exemption to Quebec
taxpayers equalling the amount of income
tax levied by the Quebec Government. , By
Federal statute taxpayers in a Province which
d.oes�,_ui.t..._ieys _income, tax_ are_ entitled to ' a
deduction. of 5 per cent. from the Federal
tax. Mr, Dupleesis claims 15 per cent., and
unless he backs .down from his impossible
position the taxpayers of his Province will
have two income taxbills to pay. Mr. Abbott
points oiut that if 15 per cent. were deducted
Mr. Duplessis might next year demand 25
per cent, and possibly in time 1,00 per cent.
In any ease, -to surrender to the Quebec de=
_uxa1t Qjjj. ._- mperil the entire Federal tax
structure and Mr. Abbott ..eelina —fo- stir:
render. It will hardly 'be' safe for the Con-
servatives of the other Provinces to espouse
the cause of Mr. Duplessis, who has persist-
ently fought Ottawa on the question of
autonomy for his. Province.
TOURIST PROMOTION
The Blue \Vater Highway Association ap-
parently having gone out of business, at any
rate so far as publicity is concerned, The
Signal -Star recently proposed • that Goderich
should do something along this line on its
own account. The Kincardine News has an-
othsr suggestion --that "towns like Southamp-
ton, Port Elgin,, Kincardine aad Goderich,
which have a conzulon interest, ,should band
together on their own and form an association
aimed at promotion of tourist business in the
heart of the -Blue 'Water district."
'Co-operation is "commendable, but it would
take some time t„o get such an association in
SOT—
How r , rwpfrii PRONG
OW/ G imo mem /5,
IHS P?0l3/ E 4 ' o • -. ta•N ,t9�, . r
working order and this year's touristy season'
might be over , before a ' co-operative effort
could be made effectively. If each of these
towns would do whatever is possible to pro-
zai'ote tourist business in its own interests for.
this summer they could get together to form
a rcom'paet organization for this section of the
Blue Water district and have their plans at
work,in. good- time -for next year and successive
seasons.
• At any rate, these towns, should not
abandon tourist' promotion efforts just because
other towns on the highway seem to have
lost interest .,
LIBERALS , CHOOSE• OLIVER
At the Liberal Provincial convention at
Toronto last week Farquhar Oliver, who has
been House leader for ,the small band of
Liberals in the Legislature since the last
election was chosen as- the Provincial party
leader..
The selection was inevitable. Neither of
the two other candidates,' Albert Wren, M.P.P.
from Kenora, and Robert Temple, a young
Belleville lawyer, was at all well known, while,
Mr. Oliver has been in the Legislature for
many years He is no rabble-rouser but a
steady -going man with his interests set firmly
in the soil of his native . Ontario. A farmer
-all his life until his recent retirement, he now
will have more time to devote to pu'bl'ic life.
He has no light task in attempting to bring
about a Liberal representation -in the Legis-
lature comparable to Liberal strength ,in the
-Province, but when even Conservative journals
assert that a strengthening of the Opposition
OUTLOQ,K FOR
A few lines .of industry in Canada are
not . prospering. 'In a paradoxical way, the
'
"-,wheat-growers of then Weat---are suffering (in a
financial sense) from a succession of bumper
crops which the market is not able to absorb
readily. Until returns are received' tom last
year's crop, as yet unsold, the growers will.
be short of, cash, and in the meantime they
are holding back purchases of farm imple-
ments. in consequence the firms manufactur-
ing these , implements are finding business
slack. -
Th -en there is the textile industry. Among
the reasons put forward for the condition
in which a number of the textile manufacturers
have shut down is that they are unable to
meet competition from foreign countries where
textiles are: produced more cheaply, This
in the Legislature would be in the interests
of the Province Mr. Oliver can reasonably
expect to lend a larger party in the next
House:"
The new "leader succeeds Walter Thomson,
who failed disriially 'to gain the .confidence of
the voters in the last eleetion to the' Leg%s-•
lature. There ivstas, one feature of Mr. Thom -
son's campaign, however, that should not be -
forgotten. This was his ,advocacy of a .Pro-
vincial measure to assure hospital service for
persons iequiring it without their being driven
into hopeless debt fait: hospital bills.. • Mr.
Thomson's plan may not have been just the
right one, or he may not have presented it.
to the voters in all 'aeeeptable manner, but
in some way those unfortunates wbjom illness
has forced into debt for hospital service. for
which they or their families are honestly, un-
able to Pay hliould have Pravincia_ ' relief.
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40 Years Ago
Sixty persons attended a joint
meeting of the municipalities in-
volved in the defunct West Shore
Railway at Kintail. The meeting
was called to consider a proposition
by J. W. ,Moyes,, who offered to
return to the municipalities
$178,000 worth of unguaranteed
bonds secured and $2,000 cash,
plus the railroad as it stood. The
representatives, however, turned,
down the preposition.
Town Council decided. to enforce
an old curfew by-law,: passed in
1899, compelling children under 15
years of age to keep off the stf eet
after -9 p.m. The police depart-
ment was instructed to see that
the Eby -law ruling was enforced;
-A drunk 'commonly . called" "Peg..
Leg" apparently liked Goderich too
much to leave the place. After
being released from a 30 -day jail
term he was conducted out of
town by a police officer. The of-
ficer ' gave him some money to
spend on his journey. Instead of
moving on, however, `Peg- Leg"
returned to town, was picked up,
and was back before the magis-
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may be a phase that will pass, or the industry,.
nay be in, a stage of readjustmelnt such as
other industries' have undergone in past years.
the weaker firms giving up the battle and the
industry being taken over by a smaller number
of strong firms able to produce goods in larger
'quantities at prices. that will met any com-
petition- from abroad. The loss of business
thus occasioned to some towns in which textile
factories have given employment would be
regrettable, but this concentration Of industry
in various lines has been going on for ,many
years and appears to be inevitable. It is not
beyond memory when wagon shops, tanneries,
cabinet shops and other local industries
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ti�J:,•i i•Ail.. •
The Hanover Post asks, why it should-
' "be the goat." It says:
"A citizen called us on the telephone lastweek and urged that we draw attention to a
certain feature a bad management and ex -
gal --W--o'f--the'--people s -'-moon y e -iii_ -.a,:
certain department of local municipal govern-
"went.- We discussed the situation and agreed
with his opinion. inipliceitly. We suggested,
Nvever, that he write a letter to The Post,
"tabling attention: to the matter under
" setiasion.
tut this he would not do. We said, "No, ,
bu.1 •ou expect us to do. it.",
He laughed, good-humoredly, and skid,
"1i guess that is about it,"
Well, we informed him, ,ye have learned
the hard way that crusading does not pay.
The very people who urge an editor to criticize
will not 'come fd'rward and support him when
the storm breaks.
�. . safe-.to.....say.•that ..eye,ry-... e,' ?',spa er
publisher .has had an experience of this sort.
A citizen comes along , with 'some complaint
in which the publisher has no particular in.
terest and ask the publisher " to stick out his
neck by "putting' it fn the paper"' while he
(the citizen) remains safely under cover.
Newspaper publishers are public -minded if
they were not they would not be in the b' isi-
nessbut there is a limit beyond whieli they
should not be asked to go.
veil is to have .the fravet
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