HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-10-7, Page 3Be conterned
with your Highways
No matter whether they are built by the Province, the
counties, or ‘the townships, the roads belong to the
people. Contstruetion and maintenance to this date have
been paid for largely out of general public funds;
It may be expected that in the future the actual users
of the roads willb p a called upon contribute more sub-
stantially- Those who derive the most direct advantage,
surely should bear the brunt of the financial load.
Mr. Motorist and Truck Owner, your pleasure and
profit in the roads is greater today than ever before.
Your responsibility isg reater, and it is going to be great-
er still. Be concerned with your roads.
Unnecessary damage to roads is done by heavy loads
driven at any speed, and by passenger cars at high speeds.
The law, limits both Toads and speed. If you and all
other users keep well within the limits of the law, it is
safe to say that hundreds of thousands of dollars now
spent on road repair work will be saved to you.'.
For those who will not obey the law, penalties are pro-
vided, In view of these requests by the Government for
sane and intelligent use of the highways, notice is given
that the provisions of the law arebeingrigorously enforced.
An advertisement issued by the Ontario Department of High.
ways to secure the cooperation of motorists and truck drivers,
Automobile Clubs, Good Roads Associations and all other public
spirited bodies, in abating the abuse of the roads of the province.
The HON. QEO. S. HENRY, Minister S. L SQUIRE, Deputy Minister
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News of Local Interest
THE COCOANUT TREE
Ottawa,—The. late Sir john A,
Maedenald, .after his National Tolley
got faw1y under way, found himself
importuned by the manufacturers for
higher and still higher tariff duties.
lie was a Protectionist, but not de,
void of humour, and as these demands
increased he likened himself to a mon-
key in a cocoanut tree, shaking down
cocoanuts for the manufacturers
underneath. Mr. Meighen is anxious
to climb that tree and the 'Tariff Bar-
Ons will lose no time in taking their
places under its spreading branches.
Higher Tariff, Higher Prices
Higher Witt duties will make a cer
thin number of people richer, but
they will make the great consuming
masses poorer. A higher tariff means
that everyone will have to pay a little
more for the necessaries of life and
the implements of production, Of
what earthly benefit would it be to
the manufacturer to have the tariff
duty increased on what he produces,
unless he was thereby enabled to
charge more for that product?
A higher tariff will exclude imports
and thus give the Canadian manufac-
turer complete possession of the home
market. But of what avafd would
that monopoly be if he did not charge
a higher price than he is now receiv-
ing?
Mr. Meighen argues that prices are
lower in the United States than they
are in Canada. If that be the ease,
it must be that our domestic manu-
facturers take advantage of the tariff
they already enjoy against Atteett•ican
imports and mark up their priebs ac-
cordingly. If the tariff be increased,
they will make their prices higher,
Do People Want to Pay More?
Are the people anxious to pay more
th th re a in now for their
Runs Into Money.. . Exchange Rate.
In less than four months the pro- In accordance with the judgment
',inial gasoline tax has yielded the and order of the board, dated, Janu-
province revenues of over $1,300, ary 14, 1,21, -the rate of exchange in
COQ. This will go some considerable connection with shipments of freight
distance in meeting bills for highway between points in Canada and the
construction. United States from October 1, to
October 14, inclusive, will be one -
Making. Headway. thirty second of one per cent. There
Official figures just issued show - will be no surcharge on international
that the Canadian National Railways freight or passenger business.
have made a notable advance in net
revenues during the eight months' Editor Thompson's Special Prize.
period ending. September 1, the net Editor 3. H. Thompson, of the
for that period being higher than Thorold Post, is unusually inventive
for any similar period in the history in his contribution of a special prize
of the company. This improvement to be awarded at the Fall Fair in his
has been made in the face of decrease town. He advertises that at the Thor -
ed gross receipts. old Fair, Oct. 6 and 7, he will give a
cash prize of $10 to the girl with the
Might be a Good Feature, finest head of unbobbed hair. No
Press reports from Australia re- further particulars are given as to
ports that in every moving picture judges, or color, etc. The judges will
program in the theatres of Victoria probably be men. Mr. Thompson in
after June 80, 1926, not less than the Post says the idea is of "doing
1,000 feet of British film must be something different." He doesn't
shown. An amendment to the con- know if it will be popular or not, but
sorship films Bill, ,which was given its the probability is that it will be with
third reading Yesterday in the Vic- the girls who have, had the courage
torten Legislative Council was peas-' to resist the popular "fad" and the
ed providing for the encouragement barber's shears. •
of the British "movie" enterprise to ,
the above extent.—It might be pleas-,
ing if Canadian movie houses had teel
do the same. People get "fed up" on i FORDWICH
the American bull and stars and Our local detachment of soldiers
stripes at every show. have comerenced training.
Business. I Fordwich United Church is holding
An Increasing a fowl supper on Friday, Oct. 16th.
That over a million 'motor vehicles Soft ball is being played at the
have been manufactured to date in rink on Tuesday and Thursday even-
` Canada is one of many interesting Ings.
facts relating to the automobile in- , Howick Fall Fair is a thing of the
iustry contameti in a booklet, "Facts past. Prize list may be read on an,
and Figures of the. Automobile in- other page.
elustry in Canada," recently published Voters' List Court will be held by
1y the Automotive Industries of Cane judge •Lewis for Howick Township
ada. Automobile manufacturing has on Oct, 14th.
been carried ors in Canada continue What might have proved a serious
musty for just 21 years. Ten years shooting accident occurred in this
ago the industry assumed large pro- village on Saturday evening last a -
portions and to -day it stands in the , bout six o'clock. Campbell Gibson,
front rank of the Dominien's indust-' along with other young fellows, was
tint enterprises. More than a hurt- returning from an afternoon's sport
fired thousand Canadians are now em- in the form of target practice with a
ploycd in relation to the industry and .22 rifle. Meeting Everett Lynn on
its products, and over half a million the street, he stopped for a few min -
persons in Canada are dependent on 'des' talk. In some uneceountable
the ' manufacture and use of motor manner the ride, which luckily was
vehicles, • pointed downward, was discharged,
Doing Fine Work.i the sh t entering Lynn'sfoot near
Rev. Captain J. IC. Fairfull, late ,
pastor of the Baptist church at Clin-
ton, and fernier Chaplain of the 1610 GORRIE
Huron Battalion, called on Walker-'
ton friends over the week end. Itt Iden, Maguire is having a new cern-
the development of his reclamation vat flume built at the mill. Paul Price
work at Burwash, Mr. Falrfull has is doing the work.
segregated the young offenders from The marriage of Miss Tena Braun,
the old and is now engaged in the er-' of Clifford, to Eldon Werner, of Ay -
action of a third camp of a hospital ton, took place last Wednesday. Miss
character Hospital with 100 beds for Braun was the milliner for the past
dope fiends, and to this all such will four seasons for Messrs. Stephens --
lee sent and put under specialists for Ashton and while here made' a host
their recovery,. He speaks very high- of friends who wish the young couple'
ly of the average elope edict when many 'happy years of wedded life.
encs he finds himself on the way to On Friday merntn 'last when Alex,
recovery. Unless forced to it, his Edgar, of the second con., was going
"boys," as he calls them, are not to Gerrie with a load of lurches, and
treated as criminals, with prison uni- brick, the Matte of colts which ho was
Teems, etc., but as men with hearts driving became excited and pulled
and hopes and lives to be reclaimed; him oft the wagon, one of the front
end hie method is working well, wheels of which passed over Isis chest.
aw Statitip Issue. He was else otherwise badly bruised
N
( and shaken up, but when it is consid-
A new Canadian stamp of the 8 eyed that the load consisted of four
cent denomination is in use today, hundred brick and a considerable a -
following a decision reached. at the mount oe lumber, it is indeed surpris-
recent International Postal tlntee' ing that leis injuries were not more
convention held fit Stockholm to the' serious, Ho and Mrs. .Edgar are
effect that the postage rate on letters about to retire from the farm, have
between countries of the union ing purchased a house in Gorrie, and
should be reduced from 10 emits to the lend of lumber and brick was
8 cents. This stamp is of the same part of tete material being used in're-
design as the other Canadian postage modelling their ne 'Atone.
Mumps, having on its .Gaee a portrait,
of 1.Ias Majesty, the King, and ateord-
ing to the regulation of the convene HURON COUNTY.
Vets will be blue in color. The Post
Office Department is also about to is, , "Bribe" Siebert, who has beets prey
sue the first of a series of Canadian ing hockey at Niagara Trails, was a
historical atarnps. The new issues meant 'Ostler at the parental home
will be three itt ntnher---one contain ' at %tsrich, I•Ie leaves for. Montreal
ing tete. portraits of llaldwht and La- •Where he will play professional hock-
fnniaine, a second containing the per- I ey,
trait of Thomas T1'Arey McGee and I A fernier esteemed resident of the
a third containing tete portraits of , 9th Con. of Last Wawanosh, died at
Ste Wilfrid Leerier and Sir John Mae, ' bis home in Auburn an Tuesday
d Wald, Those stamps will be intend. nWilliam in the person of illiam'Ruddy.
cd for domestic use only but will bo Ito was kicked by a horse about tont
valid for .payment t+f egos{age to outerooks ago and underwent an opera.
countries as Well. l woks
in Gedetielt I3osPittil,
clothing, their bats, their slices, their
stoeltiegs and everything they wear?
Are they anxious to pay more for
food, raiment and shelter? Are they
anxious to lessen the purchasinggow-
so, then let them by all means sup,
port Mr, :Meighen and his eandidates,
er of whatever money they have. If
The Honourable Mr, Patenaude
Through New Chief of Quebec Tomes
Mr. Meighen Becomes Leader by
Proxy.
Right Hon. Arthur Meighen claims
to be the leader of a National Party,
with a national policy, Yet Mr, Mei-
ghen is forced to run by proxy in one
of the largest provinces .of Confeder-
ation, He is at present In the un-
dignified; position of having as the
leader of his party in the great Pro-
vince of Quebec a man who, in order
to win seats4 is forced to declare him-
self as "free from Mr. Meighen, and
whose candidates on any occasion may
renounce Mr. Meighen and all his
worke from the platform.
In 1921 Mr. Meighen vainly at-
tempted to secure men of real calibre
as his lieutenants and ministers in
Quebec. He finally brought into the
cabinet just before election Messrs.
Monty, Belley, and Fauteux. When
the votes were counted on polling
day, Mr. Meighen found himself with-
out a single representative in this
great and important province of Con-
federation.
After much discussion and many
conferences,' the Honourable E. L.
Patenaude was recently persuaded to
come back into Federal politics. He
was immediately claimed by the lead-
erless "Blues" of the province as the
"new chief" of the Liberal-Conserva-
tive party alid his speeches have been
Particularly tea urea by the fact that
the name of Mr, Meighen leas been.
carefullyomitted on practically every
amnion.
Not Patenaude'e .Firitt Appearance
There has been much fuss in Con-
servative circles over the accession
of Mr. Patenaude to the Fedei'al,Con-
'
servative ranks, oven in camauflaged
form. He has been hailed as one of
the greatest men in present-day poll.
tics. As a matter of feet, this is by
no means the first appearance of Mr.
Patenaude in the Federal political
arena. In 1911, he was one of the
group who behold Henri Bourassa,
opposed Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the
naval issue, and whose slogan was
"no participation in Empire wars.
After the election, the group which
was returned on this policy speedily
merged itself into Sir Robert. Borden's
Government. Among those who gave
up their independence and entered
the cabinet was Hon. E. L. Paten-
aude, He was head of an insignifi-
cant department, but his voice was
but seldom raised in debate in the
House, and when finally he did leave
the cabinet in 1917, his departure was
scarcely noticed.
Mr. Patenaude's chief boast ap-
pears to he that he left the Borden
Government on the conscription issue.
Has Same Old National Platform
Mr. Patenaude's platform is prac-
tically the old Nationalist platform
remodelled. He refuses to believe
that when Great Britain is at war,
Canada is at war. He favors the aboli-
tion of the British preference. He
advocates the placing of embargoes
on pulpwood, power, nickel and other
indigenous Canadian products, and he
declares that "he is as free from Mr.
Meighen as from Mr. King."
Much Over Advercieed,
The extravagant claims made in
Coeservativc circles with regard, to
Mr. Patenaide's great abilities and
leadership are highly exag'g'erated,
There is all oke siying that "in the
Empire of the blind, the one -eyed
man is King," Mr. Patenaude shines
undoul;tedly in comparison with Mr:
Meighen's; former lieutenants in the
Province, but he is neither a Laurier,
a Monk, a Pelletier or a Langevin,
and in the matter of powers of ora-
tory and attractive personality, can-
not compare with any of the fighting
lientenants of Premier King In the
Province of Quebec.
East Wawanosh Council
Council met on Sept. 22nd with all
members present, Minutes of last
regular and special meetings were
read and approved on motion of
Thompson and Campbell.
Com. from Dan McGowan, receiv-
ed asking that the Toll drain' be clean-
ed out on the S. H., Lot 39, Con, 3,
The Reeve and Coun. Stalker were
appointed to attend to the matter,
The Collector presented his bond,
same being accepted as satisfactory.
Application was made for a grant
in aid of the N. Huron plowing match
to be held shortly near Walton. No
grant will be given this year far this
purpose.
Three tenders were received for
the Construction of the Cook Drain,
Con. 4. The tender of Walter Cook
at $700.00 from Stake 0 to 38, and
the tender of R. Buchanan at $698.05
from Stake 38 to 112 were accepted:
Geo. W. Snell was appointed in-
spector in charge of this contract.
The following accounts were paid:
Gordon Snell, shovelling gravel, $1.25
Geo. Wightman, sho's'elling teravoli
$2.25; j, Stonehouse, undorbruabing
on Con, 0, $L00; M, Bruno, putting
in culvert on Con, 9, $15,00, J. J.
Iiendersan, tile, $fi4.9ti; Geo. 'j'a l0;,^,
work on grader, $1,00; ;TO,Yilliott
euttiisg'weecls, 2.00; Ilelgravo School
Fair granb, $ Q.QO; Winghanr apsi
Blythe Fall Fairs, grant each $40.00;
D. Cook, gravel, 45e; 4W, Fothergill,
gravel, 69e' A, Mc'13ougall, gravel,
$1.80; W. Purdon, gravel, $$,001
P. W. Scott, gravel, ,$4,20; M, liens ,
31.85; Wm. C. Scott, gravel, $8,10;
Thos. Bradnock, gravel, $6,60; J, C.
Poweey, gravel, 8.55; R. Harrison,
gravel, 37.35,
Council will hold their next meet-
ing on 7 eesday, October 20th.
A. Porterfield, Clerk.
HURON COUNTY
C. Fritz & Son, Zurich, have s corn
stalk 14 feet, 5 inches in height.
The West Huron Teachers' Con-
vention will be held in Exeter on
October 8th and 9th.
Crediton won the bae7eba11 match
in South Huron when they won from
Zurich by a score of 6-5.
Mrs. John Barry, who -lives south
of Centralia, fell down a flight of
stairs and broke both arms at t
wrists. She is about 70 yearsldr
Fred Thiel, of Zurich, while telt-
in ball in the baseball match beti►eef
Crediton and Zurich, broke hit arm
when attempting to deliver the ball
to the batter.
Kippen Methodist Church held
their last service last Sunday. The
congregation now enters with the
Presbyterian congregation as the Un-
ited Church. Kippen and Hill's Green
will be one congregation under Rev.
Mr. Lundy, and Blake and Varna wil
have Rev. S. Durant as their minister.
THE FARMEtlrc toH SIE MARKET
Low Tariff Politicians belittle its importance. Are they right? What are the Facts?
pROBABLY no part of the business of farming is less under-
stood and less appreciated than the value of the home
market to the average Canadian farmer of to -day.
First and foremost, given a Government that is sympathetic
with you, the home market is one that you can absolutely con-
trol, at all times, at least against the fcreign farmer who would
invade it.. On the other hand, the foreign market is one that
you may` be legislated out of at any moment by the vote of a
foreign government .that has decided that it Wants to give its
own farmers an advantage over you!
g Next, the market that is best worth cnitivating is always the
market that absorbs the largest part of your production. The
fellow who year after year buys more than half your crop is
worth more to you than the fellow who only buys 25% of it.
That's fundamental! There's no getting away from it!
From the figures below we prove absolutely that the honee
market absorbs at the very least 63,1-e% of the produce -not
of the Ontario farmer—but of the average Canadian farmer,
including the wheat farmer of the West. If we were to leave the
Western wheat farmer out of it, it could be proved that over
80% of what the Ontario farmer produces is consumed by this
home market.
The reason some people leave an -exaggerated idea of the im-
portance of the export market for farm produce is that they have
looked at it solely from the standpoint of wheat! It is true til:at
we export in one form or another about 75 per cent of our entire
wheat crop.. But the wheat crop, important and all as it is, re-
presents only about one-fourth of our total annual agricultural
production, and it is only .when we take into account what be-
comes of the other three-fourths that we can arrive at a true es-
timate of the value of the home market to the average Canadian
farmer!
Here is our calculation. Check up our figures from the Canada
Year Book, the official statistical publication issued by the Gov-
ernment. Subject our deductions to the most searching investi-
gation and you will find that if we have erred at all, we have
under -estimated, rather than over-estimated the importance of the
farmer's home market.
'TOTAL EXPORTS, FISCAL YEAR 1924, OF
Agricultural and Vegetable Products.
inducing fresh dried and preserved fruits, grains, flour and milled products, bakery products and prepared foods, vegetable oils,
tobacco. fresh and prepared vegetables, maple syrup, maple sugar and miscellaneous, but excluding rubber, sugar (other than maple),
, molasses and confectionery as products not of Canadian agrictilturnl o icin; also excluding alcoholic beverages whose export value is $394,407,246out of all relation to the value of the agricultural products used in their production. - - - -
Animals and Animal Products. a
including live animals, hides and skins, leather,•fresh meats. cured and canned meats, milk and its products, oils, fats, greases, eggs,
honey and miscellaneous, but excluding fish oils, seal and whale oils, and furs other than black and silver fox skins, as products not of 91,9,79,30
agricultural origin. - - - -
Fibres, Textiles and Textile Products.
including all wool and woolens, also iiax, jute and hemp products, but excluding binder twine, manufacturers of cotton and silk, manu- 2 %/t% Jr�3
facturers of mixed textiles, and certain kinds of wearing apparel, as products not of Canadian agricultural :origin. - - s s
Grand total exports, all kinds of Farm produce - - Now the gross agricultural revenue of Canada for crop year 1923 is given as $1,342,132,000. Deduct-
ing the grand total exports, as above of $489,094,124, leaves a balance of $853,037,876 to represent what
tnust have been consumed by the home ma5•ket. In other words, the export market took only 3612%
of our farm production. The balance, 63?i t%, was consumed in Canada!
TWO THIRDS OF WHAT THE CANADIAN FARMER RAISES, HE SELLS IN CANADA
- $489,094,124
Export Prices that Fail to Govern
Home Prices.
In attempts to belittle the home market,
the argument has been usedover and over
again that the prices obtainable in the
export market always govern the prices
obtainable in the domestic market.
Stateraents of that kind constitute one
of the ]meanest forms of dishonesty. It
is probably true that, in' the absence of
an effective wheat pool, the Liverpool
price pretty nearly fixes the domestic'
price of wheat, But the Live>pool price
of hay, or of potatoes, is almost negligible
in its effect upon the local prices obtainable
for those commcc'itic3 in Canada. And the
reason for the difference is that v heat,'
besides being a commodity that can be
stored indefinitely, has been provided with
terminal` facilities that enable it to be
handled at a minimum of expense, and is
carried at the lowest of all freight rates,
whereas transportation costs on 'hay and
potatoes substantially protect the pro-
ducer against surpluses only- a hundred
miles away 1,z
3 flay and Potatoes for Instance.
In 01923, for instance, farmers in Nor-
folk County received art averagd of only
811/3 cents a bushel for their potatoes,
while farmers in Welland County, less
than fifty miles away, received $1.00
for
theirs. In that salve year fanners in
Perth Ccunty'r,:ceivcci ,n average cf only
$9.28 a ton for their hay. while farmers in
the' adjoining County cf Middlesex re-
ceived $11.05 for theirs.
Discount these illustrations cs much as
you like on the ground that differences of
quality had something to do with the
differences in price, yet do they not serve
to shake your faith in the van who would
have you ;believe that Liverpool prices
always govern domestic prices? Did Thun-
der Bay farmers, for instance, get $19.64
for their hay in 1923 because it was of
such superior quality, cr c".id they get it
because of the highcs. it of bringing $8.48
hay from Huron County, or $10.11 hay
from Lambton County? If Liverpool
prices governed hay in the way and' for the
salve reasons that they do wheat, Ontario
farmers would have to pay shippers a
prenllum to take their hay away!
What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce
for the Gander.
Belittlers of the home market assert that
a tariff on farm products is of no benefit
to our farmers, Is the United States tariff
on farm products of no benefit to United
Stater farmers? Is it no detriment to
Canadian farmers? If a foreign tariff is a
detriment to Canadian farmers, why should
VOTE C NS
3 FOR HIGHER TARIFF AND FOR LOWER TAXATION
not a Canadian tariff be a detriment tci
foreign farmers and consequently a benefit
to our own?
What a New Industry, in your Market
Town, Means to You!
It increases the prosperity of the town, gives
work to the unemployed, adds to the population,
gets the empty houses rented and starts the build-
ing Of new ones. The town immediately has
more money to spend en the butter and eggs, the
vegetables, fruit, milk and grain your farm
produces.
The foreign maricet is admittedly an important
market, but after all what does it consist of? Isn't
it made up entirely of 'town and city dwellers—
wage-earners---who cannot obtain from their own
farmers as much food as they require so they must
buy from 1'c'1? Is the city dweller an asset to the
Canadian farmer only when he happens to dwell
in a foreign city? If we persuaded hint, by the
offer of a better job than he now has, to cone and
live in Canada, would he not be a bigger asset to
our farmer than he is at present ?
Those who scoff • at the home market would en.
courage these dwellers in a foreign city to stay
where they are, thus leaving our fanners in the
r position where they must take a chance on ship-
, ping their products long distances, and then selling
them in competition with other producers from all
over the world! Isn't the plan of those who
would build up the home market a vastly better
one?
A higher tariff will give more workers good
jobs in this Country. Canadian workmen
ry tft goad jobs are the best customers. the
the Canadian Fanner will ever have.
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