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The Brussels Post, 1938-8-31, Page 7The Brussels ,Post FOUNpEO—.1873 N. W. KENNEDY Publisher Published Every Mednesday atterneen Subscription price .$1,60 per year, paid In advance. Subscriptions in United States Will please add 60o for postage THE rosy' PetUNT BRUSSELe CANADA Telephone 31 —.— Brussels„ Ont. OUR FARMERS AS PEASANTS? Dr. J. B, Reynolds', President of the Toronto Milk Producers) As- sociation, Made a statement in a recent address to the effect that On- tario farmers were facing the danger of peing reduced to the status of peasants by reason of the the disparity between farm and city ,Prices. That statement has been variously challenged. The editor of the Farmers Magaelne is certain Dr. Reynolds' put too much black in the picture; claims farmers are still buying and they do not weave their own clothes nor de they mould their own cantles. R. J. Scott, President of the U, F. 0, Co- operative, believed that more could be done by legialation to regulate (production and prices so tbe condi- tion of the farmer could be made better, We are moved to doubt whether Canadian farmers fill resort to the standard of the peasant class as it is known in Europe. The peasant class has been there for centuries; it has seldom if ever known a class of living such as we enjoy in this country. The peasant hay little to offer for sale; In many cases he Is paid a very small amount for his labor. No; we hesitate to believe our farming class is Beaded for peasantry, Apart from ,bat it is a fart that people in edties fail to realize often enough that the standard at which they are living is indirectl4 deter- mined by what Es taking place out in tbe country. We do not often recognize the faun influence be- cause it ie something which we can- not see; it works in a round -about way an awe may never pause to think it has anything to do with us —but It has. e One has not to think long finding 'the reason. We have so many farm- ers in this country that what is happening to them has a direct hearing on what is going to happen to the reet of us, 'les a greater ex- tent than we may realize a good deal of ori' 'business depends on bow much the farming population man purchase from the city popula- tion. Cities are populated by people who are net Primary pro- ducers.. They offer services and nrrrnufact red goods for sale, and if oar farmers are not in a position to purchase freely !.hen we have forfeited many of the customer on whom 'we have been depending, If their purrhasing power has been reduced by fifty percent then we arca going to feel It. If Dr, Rey nelds were correct In his prediction tv aS Paint does more than pro- tect andreserve p It brightens all indoors: makes the home a happier place to live in. So, why not renovate for the shut- in days of winter? Let us give you an estimate on a tainting acid decorating job for a single room, a group ef rooms or the whole house. Finance the work, if necessary, under the Home Improvement Plan. that our fanners were headed to- ward peasantry then it would mean that our urgan 'emulation would come to a lower level We do not believe our farmers wall become peasants, They are too intelli- gent; they have a 'knowledge of farthing and marketing and they also have a genius dor ultimately fittai::g a solution for their own probleam, and they Iposaes: pro- diute which the urban centre must 'maltase from them in order to live. GaC-7e0 AT ;SIX MILES PER MINUTE Captain George Eystan drove bis Thunderbolt along the Salt Flat stretch in Utadi at a rate which is said to have been six miles per min- ite, bit the delina•te timing appara- tus which has' to record the speed officially failed to operate, The Englishman says he will try it again. There are eight wheels on this giant machine, and it Is related that each time an attempt is made to the record it is necessary to place a new tire on each wheel and the tires are of special design which, cost several hundred dollars each. Parts of the machine immediate- ly addacent to the tires are so cut by the salt thrown at them by the wheels that °hey have to be renety- ed. Evidently it is a sport of those with considerable financial backing, The practical side of the ease is difficult to see. it has of course demonstrated that engineering and designing have been brought to ai remarkagiy !sigh point, but there krill be no demand for such engines in land machines. It is perhags a good illustration of the determina- tion of an intelligent Englishman to show that he can drive a car faster than any other human ever did. Also that his, designers and engineers, are the greatest in the business, WHEN THE FARMER SELLS WHEAT .By W. Jeffers in Globe and Mail) But there will, nevertheless, it is hoped. be a large exportable sur - Plus of these good spring wheals. What will the farmer get? The wheat I3'oarrl's guaranteed Price as spread between grades delivered at Fort William is as follows; No 1 hard, 81 ,cents; No 1 Northern, 30 cents; No. 2 Northern, 77 cents; No, 3 Northern, 7 cents; No. 1 1 am- ber durum, 70 cents, 70 cents, and No, 1 C.W. Garnet, 72 cents. The estimate of R. D Colquetde joint editor of the Country Guide 1 stoat "on the average, under these guaranteed prices, the farmer will get in the neighbor -!rood of 00 cents a bueihel for No. 2 Northern, That means that he will get a rent a pound for the grades which in in- spections so far have been shown to be in the majority - 'lo every man, woman and child hr Eastern Canada as well as in the Weet, the mark, ting of the mama '1 and the prices received are all-important, because these guaran teed prices will be provided by the foreign consumer- only so far as vontpe•titive values enable the Wheat 130ard to reimburse itself, and the rest will have to come opt te the general taxpayer, The farm- er is helped in the meantime and it aids all who sell hint, but so long as the taxpayer has to foot the loss the problem reafatns unsolved. In the United States Washington talks of their "fair Slhare of ,the world's market. Of course, there is no such fair share except as deter- lumia<i by price and emality. Crap loans andexport s1rbsidfes ere bar- riers to woad trade on the one side as march as 1011)014 quatns anti high Harries are on the consumers' side, The phychoiogy which prodnees wlk of 'our fair• satire of the orld' markets" afa one to marltatiug anything favorable of getting the world back to trailing sanity, WALKER'S FUNERAL HOME William Street, Hrussais, Ontario PERSONAL ATTENDANCE 'Phone 86 Day or Night Calle MOTOR HEARSE B. G, WALKER 8mbelmer and Funeral Director. THE BRUS ELS POST Inmeeememeineesiesimemiemmi UNIVERSITY EXHIBIT Western fair, Sept, 12th - 11th, 1938 One of the most attractive features at the Western Fair In 1937 was the UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO ex- hibit on the second floor at the east end of the Manufacturers, Building. Thousands of people visited the exhibit and found It intensely' Interesting. It will be In place again this year in an enlarged and im- proved form. Do not miss It. Young people who are look- ing forward to a university career should not fail to see this exhibit. NOTE AND COMMENT The man who walks around with, chip on his shoulder generally has a head made of .118 some sort of material. The 1939 models are better than ever. All might be well if the de- signers and engineers' had a chance to work on the 1939 drivers, Reports say that 60 persons are being kept to .the hole in the prison at Stony Mountain, Man, and a count of those on the outside would show probably more in the same condition. Brantford Expositor says when nations of the world are spending 14 billion a year for arms it is time to suggest that something be set aside to build a cage for the dove of peace, The Methuen News is inclined to doubt the truth of the ciaitn that a. young man out with his girl and thawing with one arm is not attend- ing to business. The Sault Ste. Marie Star tells of a hollyhock 13 feet high, The Star insists that the village constable shall verify all such reipprts :before accepting tthean for publication, Hardly a day goes by without its report of a car crashing into a tree and that of course causes us' to worry a little about what may happen if we go deeply into the business of reforestation, London denies the report that the King and Queen are going to pay a visit to Canada. To that we might acid that the welcome sign is out whenever they care to come, Each week Japanese soldiers in China are supplied with printed postcards which say. "I ams tine, The war is splendid. I will soon be hone," The soldier merely signs his name and addresses it, A man arrested for wild driving turned out to be honest. When police asked hien wiry Ile was In such a hurry he replied: "I was trying to get away from you be- caase,I was leaning the scene of an accident." The wife of Premier Mussolini has' gone away for a visit, the first time she has ever been outside of Italy . By the time Benito gets a week's dashes stacked in the kitchen sink the worll better be- ware of more wear tall;.. People suffer at times from ail- ments with such long names that we cannot well understand it, but when it is, announced that Premier 101ug is troubled with a touch of shtatite a good many people know just bow he feels. Even a sciatic Tory night be 'Milne(' to otter a bit of sytnlrathy, Anyhow, it sept the boy to thtnk- illg, Jerome (after Sunday Sabool) —"Say, Dad, our lesson today told about the oval sphlts entering the Dad—"Yes, and whet do you wish to know about that, son?" Jertmie--"Was that the way they first got 1eviletl harm?" READ 1T OR NOT i — The planet Neptune is never visible to tite naked eye FARMERS ATTENTION.. MONEY TO LOAN Mortgage Loans oh unproved farm properties at 5%, No valuation fees or Chattel. morgago required. 11. J. COTTY & CO. Fame Bathe Service, Stratford WEDNESDAY, ATIGUST 31st, 1933 LET US LOOK AT THE PAST Hari Ln nem Takeo l'r0811 Piles of tha Poet of SO clod 11S Tsar, Ago 50 YEARS AGO CRANBROOK T, C, Iiarbottie, merchant, bas gone to Hamilton this week to Purchase fail and winter goods, * Mrs, J. Harbottle is away at Pre8' Cott visiting friends. * * * Rev. R, 13, Mcltae is away on a trip to his old home In the East. MORRIS Rev. John Law has arrived borne 'from Scotland. His parys'hioners Presented him with a purse and an address of we]cme. GREY Mise Mitchell, London and Miss McDougall, Detroit, are spending a few weeks at Jas, Mitchell's, con. 12. * s: * * Miss Lizzie Delgatty, who been in Detroit about a year, returned home. * * * Dave Grant, 19th eon. is build- ing a peautiful brick residence. * a * Mrs, Samuel Shine, Winnipeg is visiting friends in this locality, She is a daughter of Mrs, Oakley, bas has BRUSSELS Miss Joan Ross,. has returned to her school in. Tecumseb, Mich., atter spending her vacation in Brussels. e * * Miss Francisis home from Kansas. * w * Mds. Wm. Vanstone is on a visit with Friends in Galt, 25 YEARS AGO WROXETER A suiet wedding took place at the home of Ben and Mrs, Riegle? of Hawek, on Friday afternoon when thed only daughter, Jean, was united in marriage by Rev. R, S. Laeltd-an•d, to D, Krug, of Tilsouburg, * * * Jno, Rutledge returned on Fri- day from a seven week's trip through Saskatchewan and Alberta. GREY airs. J. W. McKay and daughter, of Newark, N. J, are spending an extended visit with Duncan and Mrs, McKenzie, Grey, ETHEL .Miss Verde Po lard arrived home Monday night from two week's visit to Rochester, 34, Y„ Niagara Falls and Hamilton. CRANBROOK MTs, Wm. McDonald and Scott of Calgary, erre visiting mother Mrs, E. Monay, * s 5 Adam Foerater, son and daugh- ter, of Detroit and Hiss Millie of London, were visitors' to the ,home of their father, V, Foerster. * N: * 'rhos, Brown, wife and fancily, of Manitoba and Miss Sadie Brawn, alooktott, visited friends le this vicinity last week. son her Miss Attridge of Flint, is visiting lids, Ill, Kreuter, James and Mrs. Nilholson of afonkton end Jno Waters of Bay City ',Michigan spelt, Sunday at the lom.e of George Baker, BLUEVALE Jobe and Mrs. Wilburn spent a few days in Montreal, Mrs', Wil - burn's mother returned with them. James Masters oras resented words after being on the sick list, * * * Thee, Brown and wife aud two daugbaters of Hunhbolt, 'Min„ and Miss• +Dertie Bros1'tt, nurse, of Sarnia, move been visitors with le, and Maas. Brown, WALTON Miss Maud Ferguson and Miss Nellie McArthur enjoyed a week at Bargain Excursions -Sept. 8 Trtlm Brussels (Tickets also sold from all adjacent C:N.R, Stations), To C.N,R. .Stations in the Maritime Provinces I'davince of Quebec, New Bruns/week, Prince Edward Ie],aud, Nova. SetoilIa Sept. 9-10 to Ottawa, ,$8.90; Montreal, $10.25; Quebec City, $14.25; Ste, Anne de Beaupre, 914.85 ROUND TRIP FARES For Fares. Return Limits, Train Intonnatton, Tickets, consult nearest Agent, See HmulOiils. CANADIAN NATIONAL•. the Summer School at Goderioh, • * Miss Mabel Haycroft of Port Arthur was visiting at Miss Fergu- son's BRUSSELS 'Colin Shaw, of Spr'infleld, Glee, was renewing old acquaintances in town 00 Wednesday, * a * Miss Dolly Baeker is a holiday visitor at her old home here coming last week from Winnipeg. * * * Alias Lizzie Ferguson is here on a month's visit from Calgary, * * * Miss Beatrice 1ficQuarrie of Wire nipeg is here en a holiday visit, vita relatives and friends'. * * * Mrs, Edward Grundy, of Clever land, Ohio, bas been renewing old acquaintances here, Mrs. J. N. *Green of Spokane. Wash„ is here on a short visit with Mrs, N. F. Gerry. BLYTH Guests at the house of Mr. and Mrs, George Cowan this' week are Mrs. Richardson and sons Roy and Robert of Port Colbom•ne, Mrs. Richardson is a sister of Mrs'. Cowan, also Mrs, Thomas Evans and sons Billie and Kennetob of Stratford; Mrs: Duffield and child - den of Guelph are guests of the former's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Benj. Thiene and babe of Ingersoll, have been guests this' week at the haute of Mrs, Nellie Leslie and other friends in town, BIyth Citizen's Band presented another of their splendid concerts on llentoria1 Hall grounds on Thursday evening These concerts are well patronized and math en_ joyetl. George E, Cowan, Jr., is enjoy - dug a holiday visiting his brainier Kenneth and Mrs, Gowan of Christ- ian Island, in Georgian. Bay, Miss Maly Milne entertained a. number of echoed friends, also oth- er ther friends to a miscellaneous show- er for Mies Stella Rtctmond , a bride to -ye of early September. Re- freshments were served by the hostess. THE CURE (By (A. R. K.) Good Farmer Jim can't under- stand, the way things ten in foreign thed, and le- w:' seeking light. he reads of million •men in arms, they can't be working on their farms, teem all they do is fight. la These 'million men le uniform can't hill their spuds or hoe their corn, can't pitchfork in the arrow, they're in the ampy all tbe time, tact' coulll't help to tend the swine, nor milk the brindle cow. How do they live asks Farmer aim, to keen some fat beneath the skin, how does the money come. theydon't get out and plow in s1p011g, and they don't grow or make a thing, Just shoulder up a gun. 11. If they were working on the land, good Farmer Jim could under- stand, for they'd have lots to do; not often could they get away, they'd have to grub around each day, at bed•tme be half through. If all those folks had lots of chores', they wouldn't have much time for wars, East wouldn't bother West; for when it wore on toward the night, they wouldn't stint to pick a fight, but get a chance to rest, Good Farmer Jim is certain sure ,he bas for warring folks a cure, ',would fix all ancient sores; he'll spread them out upon the farms, and make them tidy up the barns— then give them lots of chores. eSNAPSIiOT CUL • NtIRROR PICTURES • photoflash and then quickly close the shutter --and the pietnro has been taken, Simple, isn't it? Por this HHAVE you ever taken mirror pic- tures; that is, for example, a picture of sister or the "girlfriend" standing in trout of a mirror perhaps "dolling up" a bit or maybe just ad- miring herself? It is the unusual that attracts at- tention but it is necessary to use your eyes and a little imagination and Ingenuity to ferret out the ex- ceptional and get pictures that show individuality. When making mirror pictures and focusing for reflected images only, it is necessary to add the distance from the mirror to the subject, to the distance from tbe mirror to the lens of the camera and then set the focus accordingly. If it is desired to include the sub- Ject in the picture with the reflected image the focus should be set for the distance from the mirror to the lens. The smaller the lens opening the greater the depth of field and the sharper will be both Enrages. Of course, the nearer the subject is to the m1i'rcr the less is required in the matter of "depth". Let us euppose that sister Mary Is two feet aud the camera six feet from the mirror. If you want to hn- elude sister, as well as her reflected image, in the picture, set the focus at six feet. If you want only the re- flected image in the picture, you set the focus alt eight feet, A photoflash temp simplifies your exposure prob- lem and permits a small enough lens opening to gain a sufficient range of sharpness. After locating your subject ie. the finder and setting the foetus of your camera at the proper distance, act the shutter for "time", place a photoflash bulb in an ordinary floor lamp within reaching distance from the camera, tilting the shad n slightly upward and toward the subject. If you cannot tilt the shade, remove it from ilio lamp. It 1s beet not to have any bright lights burning near the lens of the camera. Set your lens opening according to the table on the /Metaaasis lamp container, Take your*positioh at the camera, press the cable release to open your shut- ter and immediately turn 011 the A section for unusual pictures will brighten the pages of any album. type of picture a No. 10 photoflash bulb will furnish enough light. I0 amateur photography, expert - meeting 'becomes the Spice of life and you will be surprised at the in- teresting effects you will got in work.' ing out "stunt" pictures on gloomy, rainy days when outdoor activities are taboo. ltesnits, in some instan- ces, may be rather grotesque but you will have a lot of inexpensive amnsenietst and pictures that show individuality. Anyone can take the ordinary run of pictures but it re- entries a little ingenuity to get the nnusnai. That is what you should "shoot" for, and the resulting pic- tures will be far more inteltissting than ordinary record pictures and breathe life itself into your photos graph album. 1611 John Van Guitdee