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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-4-18, Page 4SivageaMtirlotive„ latent m,.,,,. ghlr firugsv g Vast THURSDAY, APRIL, ls, tgtR ILLEGAL TO BE IOI.lE IN CANADA Order -in -Council Passed By Govern. went. --Is War -Time Measure•—Does Not Affect Right of Labor To Strike Ottawa, April 5. --Idleness iu IC:uT- ada is now punishable by penalty. An order -in -council received, in the House by the prime minister this afternoon enacts that "all persons domiciled in Canada shall, in tate absence of reasonable cause to the contrary, en- gage in useful occupations," It declares that the "regulations are not intended to affect any right of members of organized labor assts.:hie tions to discontinue their work in the employment in which they have been engaged when such discontinuance is occasioned by differences actually arising between the employer and the employed., The purpose is to prevent persous capable of useful work from retraining in idleness at a time when the country most urgently requires the services of all human ehergy poss- ible. The Regulation The regulations provide that: - (t) Every male person residing in the Dominion shall be reguluarly en- gaged in some useful occupation, (2) In any proceeding hereunder it shall be a defense that the person is (a) under to year, or over 60 years; (b) a bonafide student who is training for some useful occupation; 1 ( !naafi student ' c) 1 de tude t nn actual at- tendance zt some recognized educa- tional institution ; (d) usually ems ;dosed in some useful occupation and temrorartly unemployed Awing to differences with his employers cran- -; to :inllar employees with the "one employers;(e) physically unable to comply with the provisions of the :any a.• herein enacted; (f) unable to obtain, within reasonable distance, any kind of employment which he is phy- sically able to perform at current •:wage, for similar employment, Penalties "Violation of the regulations imposes liability to :t penalty not exceeding Ston or in default to imprisonment not exceeding• six months in any common Ian or in an institution or any farm owned by a municipality or province and declared by law or order -in -council, respectively, to be a public institution or farm for the purpose of this law, which said institution or farm for the purpose of this law shall by a common ail. Where proceedings are instituted at the instance of a municapility, the fine itoes to the municipality, where instituted by a provincial officer, to the provincial treasurer." DAYLIGTH SAVING PLAN Extracts From Report of the Com- mittee Appointed to Inquire into Social, and Economic Results of Summer Time Act, 1916. At the conclusion of the first sea - snit of Daylight Saving in England. the Home Home Secretary appointed a committee of ten men to make an ex- haustive enquiry into the working of the act, with a view to determining whether it should he renewed for 1917. The committee went carefully into every aspect of the Act, gathering evi- dence from all quarters and all classes, and tame to the conclusion that from almost every point of view the change in time was a decided benefit. What minor drawbacks there were would, the committee was satisfied, disappear as those affected learned how to ad- just themselves to the change in time. Following are extracts from the report of the committee, a lengthy document, summarizing their conclusions under the various headings, Public Health, 13. All our information points in the same direction, and the general medical opinion communicated to us is that the extra hour in the open air must have proved beneficial to the health of these who enjoyed it, al- though at the moment no particular facts and figures could be adduced in support of tate statement. This is the view taken by Ur, Frederick Taylor, president of the Royal College of Phy- sicians, who made inquiries Mn the sublect from a number of the Fellows of the college. t9. We have devoted particular at- tention to the question of the effect of "summer time" en the health of child- ren and we have been glad to find that, in spite of certain statements which had been made to the contrary, the hulk of the evidence (mostly de- rived from education authorities) favors the conclusion that in the case of children also summer time has proved a success. Public Morals and Order 2u. The police authorities have ne- cessarily been our main sources of information in regard to the effects of the act on public morals and order, and we have found among them a general consensus of opinion that the operation of the act resulted in a definite improvement, 21. In our circular to police auth- orities we also included an inquire as to the effects of the act on street acci- dents On the whole, however, the evidence points to a definite, though slight, decrease in most places, which is the more remarkable in view of the abnormal conditions, Workers' interests, 25. The general view of employers, as expressed in the°replies to the ques- tiennaries, was that their employees had taken full advantage of the extra hour's daylight; and while the major- ity were not in a positionwith so short a period for observation, to state L'r.r I t.1,Pe:,;Slwl'. The devil sat by the lake of fire On a pile of sulphur kegs liis head was bowed upon his breast Ills trail between his legs. A look of shame was on his Nee The sparke dropped from his ryes ile had sent his resl;uatiou I's), the throne up to the skim. "rni dowu anti out" the devil ':aid. Ile said it with a sob "'I here are others that outclass me And I want to quit my job." "Hell isn't in it with the land That lies along the lebin.e. I'm a has been :and a piker And therefore 1 resign." • Those ammunuition sluggers With their bloody shot and shell Know more about damnation Than all the imps of hell. "[live rtly lob to Kaiser Wilhelm And his army on that Rhine Von Tirpite or Von Ilinderburg Or some such child of mine." "1 hate to leave the old place The spot I love so well But I feel that I'm not up-to-date In the art of running hell. positively whether or not an improve- ment in health had resulted, a number had noticed increased vitality in their workers, and in some cases an im- provement -in the standard of the work. Only one er two emplovers recorded the appearance of any ill effects in the shape of tiredness and irregular timekeeping. 26. We have had evidence from all sources of the value of the extra day- light to the very large number of workers who cultivate gardens and allotments, 31. Taking the whole of our evi- dence, we are satisfied that the great hulk of the working classes are favor- able to summer time, and we are con- vinced that they stand to prntii by it as much as, and to many cases more than, any other seethe) of the commun- ity Such real inconveniences as have been experienced will, we believe, be remedied with a little more experi- ence of summer time conditions. it has, moreover, been frequently pointed out to us that the great pressure of work under war conditions has pre- vented many workers from taking much advantage of the extra daylight, which they will be able to enjoy more fully when normal times return. Children's Sleep 33. We are glad to he able to re- port. as a result of all the evidence which we have received. that while in a certain number of districts a ten- dency to shortened sleeping hours has been noticed, the fears which were en- tertained in the matter have not in the main been justified, Trade, Industry and Commerce 37, The replies received to the very comprehensive inquiries which we have described in paragraph 9 above, show beyond all question that the opinion of employers in every trade, industry, and business throughout the country, is overwhelmingly in favor of summer time. Economies In Artificial Light and Fuel. 51. 'rhe great majority of the re- plies which we have received from in- dividual employers, from business and commercial associations, and from co- operative societies, agree in the view that, except in the case of factories which were running continuously day and night, there had been a substan- tial saving in the consumption of arti- ficial light. Agriculture. 59. In spite of such difficulties as have been recorded, a very large ma- jority of farmers and war agricultural committees are in favor of the re- newal of the act, and the majority even of those who are of opinion that it was not advantageous to agriculture consider that it should be renewed, as they recognize its great benefits to the community at large. Later Closing Of Shops ob. Taking the evidence as a whole, therefore. while undoubtedly there have been cases of later closing during the summer time period in a certain number of districts. chiefly among shops of the smallest class and therefore not always involving the hours of an assistant). it is clear that the tendency has not been a marked one, The Alteration of the Clocks. 7e. Considerable apprehension had been expressed as to the confusion that would be likely to arise when the actual changes in time were made. As a matter of fact, the transitions ie from normal to summer time and v.e versa seem to have been accomplished without any public inconvenience of any kind, though we believe that stun - /nary methods of putting hack the time en the September 30 (in spite of the official warning on the sub- ject) led to a number of casualties among striking clocks. Foreign Countries 79, France. Judging from press reports suntmsr time appears to have been a great success in France, and there were advocates for a starting date so early as February 15 this year. Holland.—According to accounts in the Dutch press, the official attitude towards suummer time is favorable 80. Germany and Austria.—,The Prussian Goverment have made elab- orate inquiries amongst all the inter- ests concerned, and a number of (3er- man and Austrian newspapers have also been conducting researches on their oven account. The evidence from trade' cflIn e1'- Bial, and industrial sources,and from town interests generally, seems to have been distinctly favorable. Strik- ing instances are given of saving in artificial light and fuel In various districts of Germany the agricultural opposition appears to be strong It appears to have been the intention of the German and AustrianGovern. ments all along to retain summer time for the period of the war. bb THE I.YC L i':+l :Bi'l'ls L. A. C. ORCHESTRA. Nevor Fails to Awaken Beal Enthusiasm, The Lyceum Arts Club Orchestra of Chicago bus recently completed a tour over the Dominion Chautauqua Festivals in the Kest, and bas come to the Eastern circuit to repeat their western triumphs, " li'Lrat a splendidhunch of girls, and bow they seemed to enjoy their own program!" "The hest music I have heard in years." "I should like to attend their concerts every night:" The company pa Y a! rays twaltens this kin enthusiasm. e d of t usiasm. P oplo can't say enough ales) things about them. The orchestra was organized sev- eral years ago in Chicago, under the CLUB OLCIIleeTHA. direction of Max Fische], and they have been to constant demand for concert %nit ever since. In appear- ance, personality and artistry they come very elver. to .attaining perfec- tion. The company Is recognized as one of the hest of its kind. Their programs are of rare musi- cal merit, with splendid solo num- bers. Instrumental duos, trios, quar- tets and complete ensemble. Vocal numbers are also an attractive fea- ture, and Mier, Pe tush Truitt will ap- pear with the company as reader and entertainer. The Lyceum Arts Club Orchestra is one of the attraetfons that is mak- ing the Dowiniou Chautauqua Fes- tival n s one a t the • t nn sl popular L r en e1' ■ tainment movements in Canada. We tare looking forward to their appear- ance on our Festival for two pro- grams, and we expect a treat, THE KAFFIR SINGING I301'S. Australia In Australia, daylight saving was adopted by the 'Tasmanian Govern- ment on the first Sunday in October last, and is apparently to continue un - 'di the last Sunday in March, After a period of negotiation betw•eeen the other States, daylight saving was eventually put into force by the Com- monwealth Government for the Whole of Australia on January t. Conclusion. 84, Taking the evidence we have received as a whole, we can unhesitat- ingly say that the vast preponderance of opinion throughout Great Britain is enthusiastically in favor of summer time and of its renewal, not only as a war measure, but as a permanent institution. As we have already pointed out, some difficulties have undoubtedly been experienced, but not to anything like the 'stent predicted by the critics of the scheme, and we have not heard of any that cumuli' not be overcome with good will and organiza- ticn. Indeed, the experience of sum- mer time in 1916 has converted many of its former opponents into hearty supporters, Moreover, as we have pointed out elsewhere, any of those who still hold the view that summer time may be prejudicial to their own interests admit that the general pub- lic advantages arising from it more than outweigh any inconveniences that may be caused in particular cases. In a few years we believe that what op- position still remains to summer time will have completely disappeared and that the whole nation will regard it as a wholly beneficent measure. We recommend, therefore, that summer time should be reintroduced in tole and in subsequent years. BANKS AND BANKNOTES England's First Paper Money Was Issued By The Goldsmiths. With the almost entire use of paper currency at the present time, the his- tory of its ()right may not be uninter- esting, In the days of the Stuarts, merchants used to lodge their reservee of gold in the Tower, and when one day Charles 1, in a thoughtless into meat, annexed a huge sum lodged in that way and forgot to put it Hack the merchants decided that henceforth they would look to the goldsmith. The goldsmiths thereby became the first hankers and the first goldsmith who hit upon tate novel idea of giving a note, not only to the person who deposited gold, but also to the person who came to borrow, founded modern banking with an original deposit of £SOoo, 't'he banker gave promise to pay up to, say, £25,000, and as long as there was no immediate demand on the part of the persons holding these promises to pay to 11.tye that promise converted into cash business proceeded merrily, but necessarily there was a limit be- yond which it was net sate to do this kind of business, and it was always possible that something unforeseen , might happen that would bring an un- usual number of notes for presenta- i tion, As a natter of fact, this did happen frequently in the early days, and final- ly the towernment stepped in and granted the almost entire monopoly of issuing, n tes to the Bank of England.' —Loudon standard. .x •» 0 t1' at n at w • :k * USERS OF 6 TONS ARE TO BE EXEMPT Ott.,wa, Alar, 27.—The order- inCouncil which for the present restricts coal orders of citizens to 'a per cent. of their normal supply tin• hest winter w`il not apply to customers who use six tens or under. 'These will got their full supply, • e • • • • • • • THE PLATE OF THE MUMMY Curious Story of A Prophecy That Was Fulfilled, Visitors at museums often comment oil the sadness of the present state of the Egyptian mummies who were buried with such great rare in hope that their rest might never be disturb- ed. But such thought; never enter the minds of natives who pillage their an- cestors' graves nor do they disturb the )tore civilized explorer. To a super- sticlous person, however, a story orsa mummy that R. Caten Woodville tells in Random Reeollections might have a sinister meaning. After the ill-fated expedition to re- lieve -Gordan, Walter Ingram brought to London the muu mmy of an Egypt. tau high priest that he had bought trout an Arab near Assuan, When he unrolled the mummy ha found on its chest a gold plate. upon which was inscribed: "He who disturbs my rest and takes me to e distant Lund shall die a violent death. Ills banes shall never he Lound. They shall be scat- tered to the four points of the world." Shortly afterward Ingram *cant to- 011 oon espedition. He had a four here r'fle and when in the elephant region (;,,t two good tusk- Drs, Su he lent his dile to one et itis companions, ehrl lata -not so heavy a weapon, to give hit, abetter chance of bagging an elephant ]le himself mounted a Pony anti event off with three Somalis, armed with a et5u ex- press, which shoots bullets of only 60 grains, to bag an antelopv or perhaps a panther. e Or al 0J...lnitr• 1 SlaL111u•d 'Timothy .,.,i (`I y. t *,+e+l al law III ;ITS. 11.•• fa a tit e, an11 Meld S+•cds. Dr Of Hour and I , y,• •L ,: t ly. Fee , .„pees �txvse'een .eeeseeer 7 seesie ry lees.es ewes,, ..... , alp Nl1l'lco-Q tjlt! lirnitlt llnl of lite • saddle, dashed him to the ground and trampled him to death The tragedy occurred in the bed rat a dry nullali and was witnessed by Tile three Somalis, who had climbed for safety i l to 1110 lops id trees. Tiley were gril- 1 ed only with spears which, of course, were useless weapons against the ele- phant. After the brute had gone they clhnbed down, dug a 'a hole with their 11 spears, plateal the brow el Fuer In• grain in it anti returned le camp with their sad story, Some time afterward Mrs. Ingram, the hunter's mother, sent out an expe- dition to find and bring back to ling - hind the remains of her son. 'The spot wits found, but two rainy seasons had passed, and the dry nullah had be- come a roaring river that had washed away the remains to the four points of the earth. Titus was the prophecy fulfilled, II •v,• .•:.I. d HHit,A 11 t , uty (it ac, ,•, y I,a•i•n•,;, b',a st•cinss tuake. lilt Usti l 1,4 As luck would have le -Ingram came upon a fine old rogue elephant with a magnificent pair of tusks. It was ton i;reat a temptation to be resisted. Gal- loping up to the elephant, the hunter tired both barrels at the beast's fore- head from about fifteen yards, The bullets flattened upon the animal's skull and only made him very angry. Inerrant galloped out of reach and re- loaded, rode up and fired again, with a similar result; again galloped away and reloaded, and so on till he had expended all of the cartridges. As he was galloping away after -his last shot, with the furious brute in 'I his Is the "otT and ou" part of spring—you take `ern off one day and put 'em on the next,— Guelph Herald. "'floe spring drive" should not be confined to the west, but should be felt as well on every Canadian farm and in every Canadian harden. About the best way for some of the soldiers to get their jobs back after the war, is, in the opinion of one news- paper, to marry the girls who are hold- ing them. The Oshawa Vindicator has suspend- ed puubltcation, and the town is left pursuit, his pony suddenly stopped with only one newspaper. The war has stock still, apparently for nreason I been hard on Roth the dally and weekly whatever, The elephant thundered I press of Catiada. 60060*004÷0.6.)•••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••O64 4.•.000 0 O 0 • • 0 life '.u•1' •`3'•. �.: -`e'L • 0, h y n O @ 0 r 0 `kt r 113 ,F �irad,.. .,,. � .e , tJ q 0 o • e A 4 0 t D Guyer il ■ M tl 9 pal Bonds O • s o 6 • • • 0 0 e e a Ss bids are the Best Securities in the World Yielding 5z to 61 per cent • • Victory Loam at Par less 5.'f. Discount oo ! P� 0 a 0 e • G • R. J. R. Sl'tortills 0 b • Why not make your Money earn 61: per cent instead of 3 per cent ? eely$ Limited Temple Building - - Toronto A. H. Macdonald, Ethel, Ont. District Rep. S JO.M4'6000044.960+13.69000.4:00041. am S PO O As)•♦0e♦A4E, m04a••e*06en* Address a postcard to us nm: .1 ' receive by return mail a cop; of our new illustrated 80 -page catalogue of Garden, Flower and Field becds, Root Seeds, Grains, Bulbs, Small Fruits, Garden Tools, Etc. 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Brussels 6 le Fest CLEARING UP MONTH April will be the Clearing -up Month for back Sub- scriptions to And for the. cr•llectiun of small accounts. If in arrears kindly call and settle or send the amount by mail• .®.--- 1017awl 101Rarc aleulaled at the tante of $150 per anntltn but prior to that $1 00 per year, so it is not difflcult to compute. Receipt will he acknowledged on the u(ideesa label. Do Tit ; Poets, it favor by PROMPTLY attending to Illis natlel as Ib to ale 11111,(11.1.11•, t f dollntn tine that we mist have. Long least due fumntlnt.s will have to be handed over to a OolleoLing Agimpy of Ler May int noires arranged for. We thalilc a lenge limbo!, wim have been squaring off (hiving the pest few menthe, it was fine. TI' you kliow IL newsy item or have arl teles Le sell or want to Loy IrL Tole PosT know, We earl help you. Po:t office or It,xpress ()Mots or Postal Noted coma ltt Mur risk but (inlet send money in a lel ter without tepistet itig it. You can't trace le+ we, i t: nl•u r l f t e1' n Tiunalting you fin• what we expeet to receive, • 1V, 11, KN)lyltr `.pitta PosT, I3nlieete.r s, ONT, After Tenditig the above take a look at the label on your paper and not, accrual in ;lsr. $1.00, in silt/titter., will get TIIle Pose, for the balance of 1015 Or - now n1' rend it Le the ahsenLen, 0 • • a +0+.4.0+0+0+0+0444411444.4414 4. I • !ESTE PARALYS IS "Fruit-n"fives91 Quic4ly Hamad 'Allis Chronic Trouble "In my upiriion, no oilier inedieine is se eurativr. ft) It Constipul.ion and Ind lip as `bruit-a-t.ives', I was a sufferer from these con - plaints for Jive )mars, and my sedentary occupation, AIOsie,brought about a kind or Thies/hal Paralysis; rrlik waste 11,adaelles, belehing gats, droweinrse after eating, and pain i.n 1ho back. I was In Meed to try Trult-actives' and now for six months I have Leen entirely well". A, li /14EN1311'1r(f. bOe, a box, 0 for $2.+70, trial size 25e. At ell dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-a-tives limited, Ottawa. For Sale - Good Value A hoot two 001'1* cr land with comfortable fro no house, stable told halt home.; geed well; gnat order and wuedehtd • also hearing fruit trees. Aleut 4 nit nut re walk frmn pustotllce. The nbnve prigierly ot, J1111108 et„ 111111,4 l+ Pnrli+•nta rs nifty he hnd alt ouyuiry from ,Ila nit•t [a• mi ITt+ prlmins, t.IN1oN GRANT. ft0X1FuRTAlihNlitotisiD AND LOT FOR I (loot! 1 •ei tial r eters trots tree* SA .a -..ti ( t l t i rte. Also addril rem tri brume fur with tarn. ttxtll and drilled w1.1 U'nr further pnrtimt• tars am to rice terms Aa apply L Tun Pont Rtu .els. p ply o , Farm for Sale M1l(ntuu t u•il•.nimn;; autn Lvsbol ,rse n3. to"wltip, iooti rt I, Von, 5 Grey G,vn- moll, y«1111 trell rnmhouse' IWih horn and Immureeh,d drring !heseWind arrhnrd, ,fin 215 mile•Noirth of Brnssols rnl gritvul r,tul. P. n,•ri moil nod :gild 'pilau*. ?-� mile to *nhuel, will sell tither or both farms low• further pa: ticnlers apply to ALE%. FORSYTH, proprietor, Brueseia, or P'. SCOTT, Brussels. 9•a For Sale eat; acres of feria lanae he the Township of al orris, ad inning the Village of Brussels, in one Hold. There is n good gravel pit, if once• ed up, from 2 to a nerves. It limn been tested and enough of gravel there to mouldy the town and regale for the next quarter of a century: a building lots on 1'urnberry strret ; 1 lot on George etrect, neer the 1 airway etation • also my private resid elle(' on the river hank, corner aP winiem and Alhert. streets. Icor (itrther peaidnuw apply to the undermlgned at hie nn ,r. LECKIE. Brussels, kith March, 1917. Clubbing atm For 1918 irotlnn hut' are I to Clithh!og Paten'1'11N Pour is 'nuking I'or next well. to 0 outtlimi Po.t, iilcex : THE: PosT and Matic ill+,hr....... $ 5 00 el.lil-hanilbe .. 5 Oil 41 'rui,atl() 1Vurld..,. 5 00 '1‘111.1 /111 •125 'Potent., dews... 4 25 ignition Adveetisee 5 0 London Free Pt ties 5 00 1,,Lrnily Herald... 2 75 1Veckly Witness . 2 30 " Fit V. At1vtlnttle.... 3 00 N•tr. Alcs..eager... 3 00 Woeld Wide . 3 20 I'l,'nhyleriun . 2 75 h:otn end fed's. 2 NO le'ui Wer's .... 3 20 if rape's -e.• In he sent to the Unit- ed SI /ties tttldllinpttl postage to Ireces- spry, Gash finest aPe(my:lily till ntdees as the oily !ntpels give h.. ,•r, die, S, nil unun+w by Itix yn e.ut 01 t e r, Post: nl N"le ,n Reakt,•icd Letter. 'lank Mewls nnt•l hove commission added. Andre -s 1V. 11 r ERR, THE POBT litnsit•Is, Ont. 10****M*6 04,0*11'.6A?4tltMO MA•♦0 Sam Weinstein 0 • successor to M. Yolieck e Is prepared to pity the 0 highest price for e °e Scrap Iron, e bags, 0 Rubbers, o Ste. 0 • • • • 6 N p a 9 0 I� I� c/0.9.4e40f*c.c.4m•9444•OaP•40 A0 4 O • @ • ♦ P O 4 m • • • 0 m • Furs Wa, , ted G 0 • 0 @ m All kind, t i' Iltw lents wattl- ed, 11101..4 juices paid, Call on the urdcrsigned before you sell. Al.,, hey elides, sheep. skins and Penney, WI lie or Plume 02x SAM W EINSTElN 1111..1.1, S'.i.'R1ili1;'1' 13RUSSLr;S • • • • • • • ••• • 2 • "Everybody works but fathers" And now, if he be a resident of Canada even father will have to work if under 60 years of age.