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THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
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HURON. COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY , 'c
Established 1848. In its 109th year of publication.
Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited
Subscription Rates—Canada and Great Britain, 53.00 a year: to United
States, 54.00. Strictly in advance.
Advertising Rates on request _Telephone 71. -
Atithorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.
Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 420 Temple Bldg., Bay and Richmond Sts.. Toronto.
Over 3,000 --Largest circulation of any newspaper published in Huron County—Over 3,000
Member of Canadian Weekly Nowp pars As Audit Buocireau ofCirculations. Weakly Newspapers
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 29th, * 1956
WHO HAS THE ANSWER?
Says The Farmer's Advocate: ",When eon-
sumers demand food prepared for the oven or
the table they should pay for the service, rather
than the farmer."
This is a new .version of the claim made on
behalf of farmers that there is too great a
spread- between. the price. received by the
farmer for his product and the - price which
the consumer pays for it. This claim places
the onus on the middleman, while The Farmer's
Advocate seems to place it on the consumer.
In either case it is difficult to see how the
unfairness of which the farmer complains is to
be remedied. In between the producer and
the consumer are one or more processes for
which someone must pay, and competition de-
cides who that someone is going to be.
C'ornpetition between merchants decides
ultimately' what the consumer pays. The eon -
sumer cannot go to his grocer and say, "Your
price (for a certain article) is one dollar.
Here is the dollar and I want you to .see that
the producer (the farmer) gets 75 dents for
his share."- The grocer would say, "Why. I
never see the producer; I get that article from
a wholesaler who buys it. from the factory
where it is processed, packaged, labelled, area
so forth, before it comes to me. I pay 90 cents
for it, and if I told the wholesaler that he was
to see that the producer got 75 cents for his
share he would laugh at me and want 'to know
who was going to pay the wages of the factory
men r'ho processed the original article, the
triicket• who handled it between the factory
and the wholesale house and between the whole-
sale house and my store. I can't go to all these
people and pay each one what he thinks he
should get out of your dollar. If I did that
there would • be mighty little left for the
farmer."
There is the situation in crude form, and
though the original producer may rightly claim
that he should not have to take a mere pittance
for all the work he does before the consumer
eats it is diiffieult to see what can be done
about it. Co-operative action by farmers is
possible to an extent, but even this does not
*clue the problem._
Probably man- farmers among the readers
of The Signal -Star have ideas. on this subject,
-and we should be -glad to have any letters from
them on how they would deal with it.
THE FEDERAL - BUDGET
In his annual budget speech at Ottawa last
week Finance Minister-Ilarris reported a small'
deficit for the past year, and- forecast 'a moder-
ate surplus for the coming ,3 ear. Estimated
expenditure for 1956-57 is $4,650,000,000, with
revenue expected to cover this amount and
produce the estimated surplus of $113,000,000.
Not sp many years ago these would have
been staggering figures, but with -nearly two
billions -to be provided for defence, about two-
thirds of another billion to be collected for the
Provinces, and vast. sums for old -age pensions,
family allowances, health and other services-=
Obits tions Aihknown before -the last warthere
is comparatively- a small amount left for what
may be termed controllable expenditure.
Few changes were made in tariff or tax
sel►edules, but if the present -boom in the -Can-
adian economy continues_.tkere may be a siz-
able surplus next year allowing of -some, reduc-
tion in taxation. A change that may be of
special interest to some people is the freeing
of gold far export or safekeeping, prohibited
for some years.
SOME WOULD CALL IT A SALARY GRAB
Members of the Legislature are voting
themselves. an increase in the sessional in-
demnity. Instead -of a total of $3,900,. they
- are now to get $5,400 and an allowance of 10
- There may 'be no serious 'objection* to the
increase, except on the ground that it should
have been proposed before last year's general
election. Now that .the -members are seated
for another term they. no doubt feel that they -
are safe from criticism until the next election,
atfl`1 "'66,11iiiir tifu itr ere nr"�"�'tc ` - alre
gotten about.it.
EDITCR1AL NOTES
The Goderich arena will be a busy and
interesting place next week when up and coin-
ing youngsters demonstrate their skill in the
national winter game.
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' Next week the school teachers will be
away, schools will be closed, and the young
fry will be having a glorious time with nobody
but, their parents to bother villein. -
The population of the Unitelt States on
February 1 -was over•166 million;, according to
the U.S. (Census 13iireau. .hist about ten tiine-s
the populrition, of Canada. But we have more '
room here to be filled up.
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Press releases from the •Russian emba .. y
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at Ottaa are reaching this Oleo, mil no'
doubt newspaper ofliees all over Canada, in a
flood. It -ii a waste of effort. Most_ editors
hale-iin time to read the stuff. and if they
have the time they probably do with it as
done in this office: eonSign it lrronil-kly to t•h.--
waste=liiiper basket.
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Editor 1fuuh Teinplin of The Fergus News_
Record has -a s)lndi;il in his garden and he tell;
Jiown Memory's
Lane
45. Years Ago.
Men of the Kent Regiment; ,now
stationed at Chatham, favor the
idea of Goderich for their spring
training camp. The possible site
for the camp is the Attrill, pro-
perty.
It is reported that .last week,
during an operattion performed by
a Detroit doctor, Dr. J. W. Harri-
son, formerly of Exeter, three
pints of blood were transferred
from the arteries of a healthy per-
son to an anemia victim. The trans-
fusion is said to have been a
success.
Announcement was made last
week of the withdrawal of A. M.
Todd from the firm, Mitchell and
Todd, proprietors of the Goderich
Star.
The exodus to the West still
continues with 11 passengers
boarding the train here for the
prairies this week. -
Special trains will run to Gode-
rich this summer, when the
Glorious Twelfth is celebrated
here.
25 Years Ago
Two local youths were drowned
Sunday morning while recovering
their sucker nets in a flat bottom-
ed skiff, between the north pier
and the breakwater.
J. H. Robertson resigned as town
assessor at the Council meeting
Friday night.
Bert MacDonald has been grant-
ed permission to look after the
bathing house again this year, oft
the same terms as last.
The tree stumps in the Court
House Park' are being removed,
which will improve the appearance
of the park considerably.
Mr. A. Kaitting has resigned as
caretaker of the Masonic Building
The A. A. Hudson has been Load-
ing salt at the harbor here this
week and will attempt Its feat of
last year, of being 'the first vessel
to leave. -,the harbor.
At the meeting of the Town
Council, Friday Might, a motion
was 'passed to set aside two .sec-
tions of Maitland cemetery for
'military burials.
10 Years Ago
The first lake vessel of the sea-
son arrived in Goderich on Satur-
day evening. It is the Imperial
Oil tanker, Imperoyal.
The Midget, Juvenile and Junior
hockey teams who all won champ-
ionships this year, attended a spec-
ial service at Victoria Street Unit-
ed Church, Sunday evening.
Lionel Bridgeman, London archi-
tect, is in Goderich this week look-
ing over the grounds of Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital with
a view to drawing up plans for a
new wing.
'It is expected that the package
freighter, Algonquin, will be the
first ship to leave harbor this
spring. She will sail when the
Welland Canal opens April 8.
Councillor George Mathieson
presented the traditional silk hat
to Captain McLelland; skipper of
the Imperoyal, at a civic reception,
here Saturday.
Reports of good catches of perch
by Bayfield fishermen, came in this
week. Local fishermen are "champ-
ing at the bit" while awaiting the
delivery of some necessary equip-
ment from London.
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UNION
UNION, GODERICH TOWN-
SHIP, Mar. 26.—Mrs. James Young,
Goderich, was hostess recently for
the WaM.S. meeting which had a
here. _large attendance of members - as
• Ray Stephen's orchestra has I well as four visitors. Mrs. Everett
been engaged to play at the Mene-1 Mcllwain was the leader. A chap -
setting' Canoe Club Easter "At ter from ,the _study .book -was .dis.
Home,' next- Wednesday.- _'
15 Years Ago
earl Clark, son of Mr.,and 11,Irs.
William J. Clark, Cambridge street,
has been reported as among the
survivors of the converted yacht,
H.M.C.S. Otter, which burst into
flames off Halifax Harbor.
The caw of the crow and the
sighting of wild.geese: around town
are hoped by many to be signs
of spring, this week.
G. W. Schaefer was re-elected
president of, the Goderich 'Board
of Trade at the annual meeting
of the board, Tuesday night.
Friday afternoon's "pancake"
landing of a Fleet trainer on the
Maitland Rivet; flats at Saltford
has been attributed to the student
pilot taking off without first check-
ing his fuelsupply.._--__
cussed, in the form of a quiz. The
president Mrs. Austin Fuller, took
charge a the - business. .
Mr. Gordon Orr and daughter,
Mrs. Jack Meriam, and Dianne at-
tended the Sportsman's Show in
Toronto recently.
Mr. -Richard Porter -represented
the township at the - Beef Produc-
ers' convention held in Toronto.
Mumps are prevalent in this
community again.
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LEGION EUCHRE PARTY
There were seven tables playing
at the euchre party -at -the -Legion
Hall on Friday • night last. The
party was sponsored :by the Can,
adian Legion Ladies' Auxiliary.
Winners were. Mrs. A. Kneeshaw
and Mrs. P. Johnston and Mr. H.
Allen and Mr. W. Kay.
this about it : It came from England and it is
over 200 years old and the date is on it. The
late •Roger Bricker set it up on a marble shaft
and at certain times of the year it -is quit
aeeurate. One day Roger was showing it quite
proudly to a Visitor. Ile pointed out that the
dial was 200 years old. The visitor took out
his watch and compared it with the time as
shown On the sundial. Th4 happened to cor-
respond exaetly that day. The visitor was
amazed. "Two hundred years -old and it still
keels perfect time!''
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1 enntemporary weekly 0114'0 eomplau►e,l
of the '-:liip1icity" of eppeals for contributions,
and thon��h we would use a different « ird we
fi n!1 i hr►t -. t7l�ll told....Stiilkxs�J.11uca..r.re�;+t}4-� •hrtr _ ' '"" LOeAL
- veral u..t•ganiz.lt ions make' their appeals s
taneonsly. :1t the present time there are the
Reil ('re's. anis Easter Seals. and in this eoi17inn
°last week the former as•as eredited Ivitli the
eatupairgn in behalf of the fund for eripple:l
children---.ponsorr'd, «•e 1111il4-rstand, by. -the
Limp: flub. it i; the sale of Fast.l„,r ,seals that
;1ir1s 1111 erippleil ehililrett. The Reil ('rr►ss�
;11,;()tri ;1 worthy valise and should llui 1,' for
,')11411 1)v geuerutis peopt-e,
MONEY
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SEED-
attheBofM
For many farmers, operating funds are
low at this time of year. It's the in-between
period when' there's lots of expense, little
income. If this is your problem, talk it over
with your B of M manager.
' BANI lr if you can plan repayour
yment from farm
n,r err".. r..�a�'nt income, there's money for you at the B of M
— for seed, feed 'or fertilizer.
BANK OF MONTREAL
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• Letter to the Editor
R.R. 3, Auburn,
March 22, 1956.
'Editor, Signal -Star.
Sit, -Re the discussion now go-
ing on as to closing on Saturday
and remaining open Friday. night.
IIS think, for ,most farmers, at any
rate, it would be very inconyenient
to li$ve to quit work early on Fri.
,tray _3n order 'to do the week -end
..*►hopping, . 11. doesn't seem quite
right on Friday. .While- on Satur-
day, with the week's work behind
him, and the prospect of . a quiet
Sunday witb the minimum of work
to be done ahead •of him, it is
not so hectic. •
It's hectic enough as it is, espec-
- tally since most of the stores close
at nine. As "Farmer's Wife," in
last week's Signal -Star said, by the
time air. and Mrs.- Farmer do the
chores,'it'se�t o'clock. By then
theyh►e ;air " put- T)<`r a 14 hour
day of hard work. In 'order, to get
.to town it time to do any shopping
there's a . gid: -scramble ,toget the
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into' sotto clothin$ and
c C yout,704 ek•the4 and Comb,
yseeds: tout?of''..your° hair.
4 _ -tion, you pack the kids "and 'your:
'tek tadoustt�t';ti,br'eak d:Thaka;e.dash:
speed: limit
'you're"; in?'"-troublei;M►1t i r,the
.:.Anyway;-. iMr and :Mrs,
airsne. f iroukI aeondr''`get. there
late, and all in one piece, than
wrapped around the most conven-
ient telephone pole. with the
shrieks of their wounded childrep
ringing in their ears. So they
don't break the speed limit. But
they do get there with only about
20 minutes in which to do a week's
shopping. Then, they hunt for ten
of those minutes for a place to
stash the car. Pop Farmer goes
one way to get a part for his
mower .and a gallon of oil or a
bunch of nails. Ma Farmer, drag-
ging the kids, gallops to the near-
est grocery store: She hustles
round as quickly as she can, for-
getting half the things she needs,
and praying the drygoods store
block away, will stay open five
minutes late, because Johnny
needs a new pair of overalls. As
soon as she's through there, after
standing in line with half ,a dozen
other. twomen. whose thoughts are
probably as black as her bwn, she
streaks from tire grocer;► store,
her arms- full of !bundles and the
kids trailing after her like the tall
'of a comet. She .may make the
drygoods, store in time. But in
any case,' by the time she _ reaches
,the -ear, she's even more exhausted.
than she Was when ' she started
arta she huddles in the 'car waiting
for ,I'ap to show up and wonder'
frig all the- time '1f life Is worth
livdtsg anyntore. •
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Now the purpose of this word
illustration is to pose the question:
If Goderich merchants want the
district farm trade, wby don't they
stay open Saturday nights, and do
so until ten o'clock at least?, If
farmers had even an extra hour
to complete their buying they
could do so in a leisurely manner.
and I believe would 5-e much more
apt to spend more money in the
town. As it is I, myself, have often
had to drive.to Lucknow after I'd`
done some or my buying in Gode-
rieb, in order to complete shopping
I had to do.
If I might make an outlandish
suggestion, why can't the merch-
ants delay Saturday morning open-
ing until, say ten o'clock? That
would give them time for a spot
of fishing. or a round of golf, or
even just a luxurious morning to'
sleep late, and they could then
stay open longer • in the ,evenings;
giving the „farm trade a chance- to
shop in a leisurely and non -ex-
hausting fashion.
Three cheers for the Goderich
.butchers who, I see, are holding
out for Saturday night opening.
May I also say thati .have always.
leen treated with the Most cheer-
ful courtesy in all the town butch-
er shops, which has not always
been the case in sone other stores.
Yout-s tnily,
MBS. CLIFFORD SPRO1JL
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WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINGE 1817
ADIOS
The Vote At Kincardine
�(I incar lne News E31torI1)
i°Difference of opiniun makes
horse races. It ,also makes elec-
tions and causes ballots to be cast
for a diversity of causes. In each
-instance an individual or group of
individuals are pleased, whsle other
individuals, whose opinion Slid not
prevail In the balloting (or choice
of horses, for that matter) are
disappointed. So it has been, so
it will always be, -
The trend. of public opinion in
Kincardine, which, since first vote
was taken under existing , regula-
tions, has always been in favor of
the establishment of outlets for
legal sales, as was voted on Wed-
nesday. ••
Each vote has seen a gradual in-
crease of those who favor legal
sale and a declining drop in the
proportion of those who are op-
poThis trend reached the point
Wednesday where it was sufficient
to give a majority affirmative opin-
ion to the questions asked.
As- a result, there will, in time,
be the legal outlets to which voters
gave approval established here.
This willp mean would-be purchas-
ers will no longer be forced to pay
a premium for such legal pur-
chases, extracted in, the forret of
cartage charges of travel to other
centres. - It will mean, too, that
other purchases made in those
centres will in all probability, be
made in Kincardine.
The business , index here will
show this increase, and, we pre-
dict, the increase of purchases by
those from other centres who will
make Kincardine' their shopping
area instead of Walkerton, South-
ampton or Grand _ Bend.
If the trend here is the same as
in other centres where legal sale
exists, there will be greater tourist
spending here than in the past.
DAtAY TABfrS
EVERYBODY KNOWS
ANDREW. DAIRY
MILK IS GOOD AND
GOOD FOR YOU.
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LEGION HALL
GODERICH
Saturday, March 31
JACKPOT of $70.00 fo full house in 66 calls.
If not won on Saturday, vh.luo •of jackpot and also
,D.umber of calla will bo raised each week until it
is won,
15 GAMES $1.00
$10 CASH PRIZE '
4 SPECIALS --Share the Wealth -
JACKPOT WILL BE PLAYED FOR -4 TIMES
Jac$bt -- 25o or 5 for $1.00
Regular extra cards 25o
DOOR PRIZE — $3, $2
Doors open at 7.45 p.m.
1st game • starts at 8.30 Km.,
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DAIRY
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goat, '
It will also tnd- to make possible
conventions, sales conferences and
similar gatherings, which have
been ruled out in the past because
of the stricture on the issuance
of banquet permits.
And finally, it will result in the
use of buildings for outlets and
in the employment of a number of
Kincardine citizens.
We are extremely doubtful that
the town will go to the dogs, as.
some opponents of legal sale have
.contended, for we have yet to see
.any centre where such came to
pass in the' matter of governments
attain' this status.
Alcohol is a question which
causes wide divergence of opinion
and forces almost everyone to take
a stand for. or against its sale.
There seems to be no middle of
the 'road for those honestly in
doubt or fences on which those
who lack the strength of their
THURSDAY, MAR.- CH 29th, 1958
convictions may sit.
In times past when votes were
taken 1n Kincardine On these=
there_ was _acritno -vident;
some of which persisted long after.
To the credit of those opposed to
legal sale and those in favor,' the
campaign climaxed in Wednesday's
voting was conducted in the math,
in an atmosphere - of calm reason-
ing, without a host of wild charges
and -cou'ntercjiarges, extravagant .
claims and disputations.
That the same attitude may be
carried over into future ,votes, no
matter what their nature would
be further credit to the sense of
the citizens. of Kincardine.
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Mr. Bert MacDonald went to
Victoria Hospital, London, on the
week -end where he was to under-
go an operation. His many friends
hope for his speedy recovery.
More than 11,000 wives and
friends of hospitalized servicemen
were- overnight guests at eight
Red Cross' lodges last year.
orrowing is a sensible solution when it comes to
s many springtime needs—like getting your car
back 'in shape, paying•_.bills, home repairs, the kind
of money problems that are always sprouting up this
time of year.
And you need look no further than the nearest
HFC office for sound, sensible money help. The men
and women at Household Finance are specialists in
putting budgets. back on a sound basis.
At HFC you canget-as much as $1000—usually in
one day or less. If you have a steady income and
can meet the convenient monthly payments, you can
borrow without endorsers. To get that money problem.
off your mind sir,pixallo -, r� ,it , , .,tedt ►•.•... G ..�... ..
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iHOUSEHOtD FINANCE
B. F. Bedford, Manager
35 West Street, second floor, phone 1 501
GODERICH, ONT.
BEST
CUSTOMER
THE STEEL -INDUSTRY'S best customer is the. farmer.
Directly, the farmer as an individual is a buyer 'of steel
and on the farmer's prosperity rests the prosperity of the
farm implement business, which is one of the three
Canadian industries using the most steel.
The $wo other largest direct customers of the steel'
industry are the raliways and the automotive industry.
These also are largely dependent on the farmer's pros-
perity. Moving crops'to market is the part of railway
business on which nearly all the rest is based.
Motor vehicles owned by the farmer or by other people
moving foodstuffs account for laxge part of the total
automotive business. •
Becartse-it is in the steel industry's interest that the
farmer have profitable crops, the industry must try to
keep down the costs of steel products the - farmer must
buy. This company is constantly acquiring nevrfaoilitios
to produce mere steel for more people.
STEEL ' COMPANY, OF CANADA
LIMITED -
MONTREAL GANANOQUE. HAMILTON , BRANTFORD TORONTO
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