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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1928-9-5, Page 6WEDNESDAY, SEPT., 5th 1923 B. C. Reed Cedar Shingles • Asphalt Slate Surfaced Shingles in Red, Green and Variegated Colors Seaman Kent Hardwood Flooring Cedar, Spruce, Hemlock and Fir Lumber WE have a large stock of flooring, Siding, Mould- ings, Lime, Insulex, Gyproc Wallboard, Doors and Combination Doors on hand and can supply every- thing required for a House, Barn, Hen House, etc. l!I orders delivered en abort Notice Phu, our expense, far prices R. J. HUEST ON & SON GORRIE - ON'1'.\RIO Phones—Gorrie 5 ring 3 - Wroxeter 23 ring 9 CANADA'S WONDERFUL PROSPERITY Hardly a day passes now but some- thing reveals an amazing growth of prosperity. One day comes word of promise of the greatest Western liar- vest in years, another brings figures of increasing bank deposits, and still another of bouyant revenues and growing production andtrade. The latest evidence of this astonishing ex- pansion is the growth of building permits. In the first six months of 1928, according to statistics just is- sued, building permits aggregated nearly $102,000,000. During the same period in 1621 they represent- ed but $56,000,000. The period between 1900 and 191i has very often been called Canada's "golden era." But Canada's pros- perity and growth in those years were as nothing in comparison with our rate of progress now. Between 1900 and 1914 development of water pow- er, for example, was comparatively trivial. Our great pulp and paper industry was but in its infancy; our mines were underdeveloped and yielding little; our trade but a bag- atelle in comparison with today. In all of these fields, since 1920, growth has been all but marvellous. Our for- ests, today, are producing wealth be- yond anything we dreamed of, our mines are among the richest in the world; power is our second greatest industry; our trade, railway traffic, bank deposits, revenues, insurance policies—everything that denotes ex- pansion and prosperity, both for the State and the individual—have grown with bewildering speed. ' Take building permits as one il- lustration. From 1924 onwards the sir months' r,erord has grown steadily from 66 to 79 to 81 to 102 millions. Every province, with one exception, reports a higher 'cote] for 1928 than for the corresponding period of 1927. And the end, we. may feel sure, is not yet. Word conies from the prairies of an abundant harvest be- coming golden, a harvest which will put hundreds of millions of additional dollars into the pockets of our )lee. stimulating industry, distributing purchasing power, providing traffic for our railways and ports, promoting manufacture, providing employment and wages and a higher measure of prosperity for everybody in Canada. Truly, this country has much for which to .be thankful. We often grumble and complain, and we mag- nify our problems. Yet the fact is 'chat this land is a blessed one, a land of opportunity for the humblest and of shelter for the weakest; and in- stead of complaining we should daily thank Providence for the blessings showered upon us.—Ottawa Journal. NO THREAT TO PEACE Sir Herbert Ames, Montreal. who told the Intsitu'ce of Politics that In- ternational distrust has disappeared in Europe. OLD AGE PENSIONS Intimation has been given that, at the next session of 'che Ontario Legis- lature, this province will fall in line with most of the other provinces of the Dominion by enacting an Old Age Pensions law. According to in- formation gathered by the Social Ser- vice Council of Canada, 'there are in Ontario 118,000 persons over 70 years of age, of whom 01,260 would be eligible for pensions. The cost to the provincial government on this basis would be 32,957,465. It seems like a lot of money, but it could be readily provided for out of the pro- fit- of the Liquor Control Act. The ELECTION VICTOR Eleutherios Venizelos, whose Lib- eral party won an overwhelming vic- tory in the Greek election, 4. • FALL FAIRS g, • 4. ele A▪ 'cwood Sept 21-22 Bayfield Sept. 25-26 Blyth Sept. 19-20 Brussels Oct. 4-5 Dungannon Oct. 5 Exeter Sept, 18-19 Fordwich Oet. 6 Goderich Sept 17-19 London (Western Fair) .. Sept 8-15 Kincardine Sept. 19-20 Lucknow Sept. 27-28 Mildmay Sept. 18-19 Mitchell Sept. 25-26 Milverton Sept. 27-28 Palmerston Oct. 2-3 Ripley Sept. 25-26 St. Marys Oct 4-5 Seaforth Sept 20-21 Teeswater Oct. 2-3 Toronto (C. N. E,) .Aug. 24 -Sept 8 W ingham Oct. 9-10 Zurich Sept. 24-25 PRESENTS MEDALS net revenue from the sale of liquor Queen Wilhelmina, of holland. by the province will, it is estimated, who presented the seven gold medals probably amount to nearly $8,000,- wnion by Canadians at the Olympic 000 annually. As this money will games at the ceremonies held at Am - have to be made out of the people, ic is only fair that it should be re- turned to them in old age pensions and other forms of social legislation. Premier Ferguson will probably, School Fairs therefore, find it popular to include an Old Age Pension Act in the laws of the province, and that nothing is to be gained by further delay. year: • 11543 September PLAYING SAFE 10—Varna "Why is it you always sing 11—Goderich Township in a quartet?" 14—Colborne Township "That divides the responsibil- 17—Ashfield Township ity by four," 18—St. Helens 19—Wroxeter 20—Blyth 21—Rowick 22—Ethel 24—Belgrave 26—Usborne Township 27—Crediton 28—Grand Bend October. 1—Dashwood 2—Zurich 3—Hensall 4—Clinton, town 5—Clinton Rural To War on Glare Lights, Hon, George S. Henry, Minister of idighways for Ontario, has issued in- structions 'co the highway police to "get" motorists whose ear headh ht s glare, or whose ear lights menace safety on the highway. Owners of Guaranteed carriages and wagons are warnsd that they too will be summoned and fined if they fail to comply with tlae lights on all vehicles. There have I been many complaint4 at the light - less vehicles, the one -eyed (one head- light) cars and trucks, glaring head- lights and illegal use of spot -lights, monaclhig safety on the ighways at night. sterdam. Huron County Following are the dates of the Huron County School Fairs for this li. 1# o Panted VVe pay Highe Cream. 1 cent extra paid for all at our Creamery-. Satisfaction st Cash Price for per 11). Butter Fat Cream delivered Brussels Creamery Co. Phone 22 Limited THE BRU5SEL POST ..:r' ;;G! 1)'ri, 'nreers ro ]3e p'"te•f,lie! at. 1'sirai, Sa'e Medical Man, "Is the ii:1y. A prcae 1-11when ',vel',' child \111 rip .a nmrli d fur els Puttee* )'ecllp,.t..n almost hefare he can speak?" .1.eie;e the up -,clan nredl- aul cerreapeadeut of the Lunde," Daily ltlxprei , "This kind of pro,;n','i11alion is no mere fanciful pleteree et' et111)t future knowledge may r :eke pesenile. It Is merely a loteleal exteue,on of the powers which 'uedisal nun already pors'os with regard to adult human beings.- The advances which have come through the new physiology justify us In looking forward to fur- ther add duct's which nu*. well en- able us to diet iii 11011 acenrately the eeenllar possibilities inherent in every human iuraat. "Tests have lar t»1y eenu into use as a result of the 11ece sity in war- time for er=tinituin;1 men's capacities fur special. forms of more -hes fled par- ticularly for that of flying, In pteaee time these 1asls baro been adupied to 1. sting ordinary manual work and to discovering the c=sseutlal nature and causation ee fatlguc. "It is only by the way the work of the body Is carried out that WO can estimate 111te manna capacities. When we ran judge that way still more accurately, then we shall be able to say how long that body can go on working, and what Is the par- ticular task for which that body is best adapted. "Perhaps parents will not find it so lnterosting being spared the choosing of careers for their sons and daughters. But the work of the world may be better carried out." NO LONGER HOARDING. Money Is Now Flowing Into India's Savings Banks. National savings figures in India within the last decade show that a large volume of capital which, for a long time, never left the possession of the owners, has now been flowing into the savings departments of post once and banks. The total amount of deposits within that period is In the neighborhood of 600,000,000 rupees, Ten years ago post office deposits stood at 165,000,000 rupees, while last year they were 294,000,000. The postal cash eertiflcates also record rapid growth. From 88,000,000 ru- pees ten years ago, the total at the end of last year was 303,000,000. Similar expansion marks the de- posits with co-operative societies, which a few years ago only amounted to 20,000,000 rupees and at the end of last year reached 187,000,000 ru- pees, A large proportion of these de- posits is drawn from the outlying ru- ral areas, and a goodly portion of this amount would have remained dor- mant but for the energy of the co- operative societies in penetrating In- to the nooks and corners of rural India• Family Conununities Best, Among the most prosperous, welle ordered and happy communities in the Canadian West are those which have been built up by the gradual settling of whole families, and others near of kin, in one area. A good in- stance of this, in a Canadian Pacific district, 1s cited by J. N. K, Macalis- ter, assistant commissioner of that railway's department of colonisation and development. Eighteen years ago Hans Lausen of Sleevig, Denmark. ',ought a half sec- tion of land near what is nolo the town of Carseland, Alberta, on which he put up buildin,s and bc-gan farm- ing. He nut only raised good grain but a good, husky family of eleven children, Mr. Lauren gradually ex- tended his holdings and his sons, as they grew up, purebased adjoining properties, as did also the husbands of the daughters, until the whole fam- ily now farms 3,010 acres in almost a solid block. In fact, eight of the children, now grown up, possess 'anti in the district. "There atee many similar cases in Western Canada," said Mr. Mao- alister, New Shipe For C. P. Fleet. Costing over $20,®00,000, the ad- dition to the Canadian Pacific fleet of four magnificent "Duchess" shipe,'re- preeente a record for any steamship organization. So stated Wm. Baird, steamship passenger traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific. With the completion of these ships the Atlan- tic fleet will, in point of numbers, speed, equipment and service, reaoh a standard not hitherto attained Canadian marine history. As will be later revealed, he ex- plained, these ships also give to Can- ada the credit of new propulsion ar- rangements which will be discussed acutely within the next few months In engineering circles throughout the world. 'To Survey Western Lakes. The Fort McMurray Board of Trade reliantly initiated a movement to have an ichthyological and hydro- graphic survey made of Great S1'ave Lake and Lake Athabaska and their connecting and tributary waters, It is pointed out that while there have been surveys,o••1 nearly every kind in the north country a good deal of ig- norance exists on its fishes. It is known that In Legend Lake there are land -looked salmon and in Lake Athabaska six speolee of troutand three of whitefish, but a survey is requested to reveal accurately the territory's food fish and fish food. Wonder Bridge JTand. At one table at a bridge .party, In e Auckland, New Zealand, e ooh player was dealt a complete suit. Two,h•anQs laid brawn ie the cxoitement of Islay revealed the extraordinaryt coinci- dence. Such a distribution 'cif the cards might not ociur in at hundred million darks. , A similar hated was &eat at ped- ford in'May last.yearr. In the third rubber, after: the cards bad boon shut fled and cut In' the normal way, a haaid,was dealt in which' each player held a complete suit, , A TRIBUTE TO CANADA (Christian Srlellee Monitor) Harsh things lntva been said about the -courts of the United Status, The country needs al Charles Dickens to sting it 1u'co indignation of depictiic and humanizing, once and for all, Om tragedies that dilatory justice and criminality still represent. The 'ap- palling high American homicide rata stop, abruptly :it the Canadian lino. Why'' Primarily because the public in Canada has assayed. simply and informally, all the values of national existence incl has decided that 1t the very top of civic virtues are respect for law and obedience to ic; and be- cause from this feeling has grown 0 somewhat simpler legal machinery. Thi, machinery itoclf is unimportant excerpt as it expresses the view be- hind it, It is unthinkable that the 'United States can remain apathetic in view of recorded criminal condi-1 tions, or allow any of its ' courts to continue to administer sluggish jus- tice. SUCCEEDS LOWENSTEIN Sir Thomas White, former Minister of Finance, who has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Mex- ico Tramways Company. Limited, to succeed the late Captain Alfred Lowenstein. Sir Thomas is a Vice President of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and a Director of the Can- ada Life Assurance Company, the National Trust Company and the Steel Company of Canada. MIGHT AND MEEKNESS (Christian Science Monitor) I It cannot truthfully be said that the human race, as ct whole, has evinced much enthusiasm over the quality of meekness, It has gener- ally been considered a weak, if not a negative, characteristic; and the word has acquired an unpleasant suggest- iveness not borne out by such dict- ionary synonyms as "self-controlled and gentle; unpretentious." Meek- ness thus appraised becomes some- thing greatly to be desired and striven for. It is realized in proportion 110 one gives up the false mortal sense of self, with all its circumscribed ma- terial traits. Tho nearer one gets to God in his 'chinking, the more clearly thought reflects the qualities of God —health, joy abundance, perfection. Such an attitude of thought would heal sensitiveness, a prolific source of mental suffering. Sensitiveness, which masks as self -depreciation, is in a very positive sense egotism; and true meekness, true selflessness, a- lone can heal it. Many a splendid effort has been clouded by the re- trospective fear that one did not ap- ' pear well or to advantage on a given occasion. True meekness would pre- vent such suffering. Humble grati- tude to God for the privilege of serv- ing mankind in any capacity, selless love, honesty, and the expectation of � improvement in ,our work, will re- move the fear of not doing well in the sigh of men. In all our contacts with others, meekness — self-control, gentleness, unpretentiousness-- will be found to make for harmony, helpfulness, and peace. And in all our problems, 11 we are thinlcing in conformity with divine Mind instead of with ortal sense, we shall prove the truth to be ,victorious over every phase of evil. Encourage Local Fair. Everyone cannot get to 'the great national exhibition or have something ' exhibited. And even if they might it would not supeecocle the county and township fair. The worth of the smaller fairit depends eathe number of the exhibitors and of their ex- hibits, The quantity and quality of the exhibits determine the worth of the fair. No producer should hes- itate to bring his produce to the fair if it is good even though he cannot win the first or second prize. No farm should fail to have samples of its hest at the fair for the encourage- ment of each other and of them- selves. Make yoflr local fair a sue - sass. ma en eessineseiJ te Ma .ter Salesman ILo, the people of the earth do me homage. I am the herald of success for men, merchants, manufacturers, municipalities and nations. I go forth to tell the world the message of service and sound merchandise. And the world lis- tens when 1 speak. There was a day long ago, when by sheer weight of superior merit, a business could rise above the common level without nae, but that day has passed into oblivion. For those who have used me as their servant I have gathered untold millions into their coffers. 1 Sell More Merchandise per dollar of salary paid me than any other sales- man on the face of the earth. The fabled lamp of Aladdin never called to the service of its master genii half se rich and powerful as I am, to the man who keeps me constantly on his payroll. Hslid the Business of the seasons in the hollow of my hand, I com- mand the legions of fashion, mold the styles and lead the world whithersoever 1 go. I drive unprin- cipled business to cover, and sound the death -knell of inferior nlerc'handie. Frauds are afraid of me be- cause I march in the broad liglht of day. Whoever Makes M Their Ser",s ant for life takes no chances on drawing down dividends from my untold treasures bestowed with a lavish hand. I have awakened and inspired nations, set m'i'l- lions of melt to fight the battles of freedom beyond the seas and raised billions of dollars to foot the bills. 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