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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-01-25, Page 3THURS., JAN. 25 1934 THE CLINTON NEVUS -RECORD No doubt, President Roosevelt had! thought of the thing himself ` but when some Senators and Congress- men suggested', that he should say to debtor nations "If you do not pay yourdebts we will not buy your liq- uors" he simply could not do it. It seemed' so undignified' when uttered. "aloud or when put down in black and white. We have an octogenarian friend who claims that he can remem- ber the old bar days and he says he has often bought liquor from .men who owed him money. He admits he often wished they would pay him but never 'felt like bringing the subject up when he was thirsty. eagenneme Managers of chain and departmen- tal stores resent what the Minister of Trade and Commerce said about mass buying. They are influenced by the ;public demand for cheap, goods and no doubt they do nail manufacturers down to close figures, on which there is little or no profit. Manufacturers are anxious to keep their factories going and their em• ployees are anxious to have work even at lower pay and so the trend is, as the Minister says, to cheaper and inferior [goods, reduced profits and reduced wages. In other times, there was no curb upon advancing prices, profits and wages until the depression .came and applied the brakes. We are going to the other extreme now and consumers who suffered then are beneficiaries of this throat -cutting competition. two , Curious thing, but there are thousands of radio fans who would not accept Rev. Father Caughlin's views on religion who accept as gos- pel truth everything he says on monetary questions, yet he is a far better authority on things spiritual than be is on things financial. CmISIONNIP The advisory committee on pro- nunciation for the British Broadcast- ing Corporation tells us we should pronounce conduit with three syll- ables. We don't accept it. Conduit you know. o Premier Taschereau, of Quebec, is in favor of federal sweepstakes to raise revenue to be divided among the provinces according to popu- lation. His suggestion will not be acted -upon because Canadians are supposed to be against gambling in any forum. We all do it, neverthe- less. Farmers gamble on the sun and rain and prices. Manufacturers gamble when they buy their raw products. Insurance companies gamble on how long you will live and whether you will meet with ac- cidents ,or suffer from wind or ha storms. Individuals play the ponies or the stock market or buy tickets to help Irish hospitals and perhaps 'win a bazaar or a raffle or a grab bag. Lloyd's will bet on anything even, on the life of a Trench 'Ministry. t 'Governments generally are not willing to sponsor sweepstakes as a means of raising revenue. Lotteries have a bad name. So have taxes, but people are used to taxes and regard them as a necessary evil, Our own opinion is that no lotteries should be .allowed in Canada except such as are operated by the govern- ment for the purpose of raising re, venue to retire debts. It is a gam, ble, :of course, but we have been gambling so much on the future in the issue of bonds and debentures that voluntary contributions should be thankfully received. tie In his annual address to the shareholders of the Royal Bank, Sir Herbert Holt referred to debts, 'taxes and the high cost of government as a burden upon trade. Other bank presidents have done the same but the situation will be worse before they decline to lend their kind of- fices to the successful flotation of government bond issues. OmMessof Actuaries estimate that the last widow of the world war veteran in the United States will die in the year 2040. The estimate is not so hard to make, seeing that seven wid- ows are still drawing pensions there for the war of 1812. terms The bonus army over there is, getting ,active again. The budget cuts down the expenditure on veter- ans from eight hundred million doll- ars to five hundred millions. Think of that! The bonuseers are up in arms. They charge the administra- tion with cutting down on veteran services while ladling money out to everyone else. They won't accept the economy excuse any longer, and Roosevelt has certainly given them no reason to accept it for he has given millions to banks, railways, farmers, cotton -planters and others, With this difference however, that most of these sums are repayable and all of them are emergency mea- sures which can be terminated any time. cedismosno The writer of a social column says that since times got bad clubs have become dull things. ' And, for the same reason, so too have spades. What Clinton was 'Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAP PENED DURING TOR LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Jan. 24th, 1894: Mr. Geo. A. Cooper of Goderich township has a splendid Pippin ap- ple tree, the seed of which was planted in 1837, fifty-seven years ago. Our Health Officer:—A's stated last week the report • of the Medi- cal Health Officer, Dr. Shaw, was read at the last council meeting. Councillor Armstrong spoke in eul- ogistic terms of the report and other members concurred. Dr. Shaw has proven a very efficient officer. (And he's still at it—Ed.) An Awkward Joke -Delegates to the Presbyterian meeting in Clinton the other day were billited and their wants carefully looked after.. The head of the house where one of the delegates put up was unable to be lresent at dinner time ... The good wife, was apologizing for the ab- sence of her husband but could not just say whatcaused the delay. "Oh, Manana," said a little prattler, "I know the, reason, Papa don't like preachers." Consternation ` seemed to take hold of the good wife, but the delegate was not in the least an- uoyed. The absence of the head of the house was soon accounted for, He had been quite legitimately de- tained. The innocent joke was, how- ever, somewhat awkward just at the time, ' I Reeve MoMurchie and Deputy - Reeve Kennedy are in Goderich at- tending the county council The Forest Free Press says: E. M. McLean, late of Forest entered upon his duties as Science Master in the Clinton High School on January 4th. Judging by Mac's account Clinton must be the model town of the pro- vince. Now For Prohibition:—The Pro- hibitionists of Ontario are preparing for a union convention in Toronto on Feb. 6th. The object of the meeting is to take definite action to secure legislation for the abolition of the li- cense system and the suppression of 'the liquor traffic. The statutory meeting of the Public School Board was held last Wednesday evening. Present, Mes- srs. Harland, Jackson, Overbury, Gibbings, Stevenson,•Hoover, Bruce and Cuninghame. The secretary re- ported the election of new members, W. S. Harland, T. C. Bruce, John B. Hoover, J. C. Stevenson. Trustee Stevenson was elected chairman, W. H. Hine, secretary and Mr. Coo- per caretaker at former salary of $235., (The members of the board were: Principal Lough, Misses O'Neil, Wil son, Levan, Helyar, Holmes, McEw- en, Taylor.) Roger Pepper of Tuckersmith will erect a new house on his farm next summer, having given the contract to Mr. S. S. Cooper of Clinton. ammo* From The New Era, Jan. 26th, 1894: There was genial congratulation and handshaking among the forty - odd members of, the county oeuncil who met at Clinton station Tues- day morning on their way to attend the January session. Mr. Gus Chant of Toronto Univer-: city, brother of Mr. 11. ,B. Chant; has been chosen as one of the exam- iners in ,connection with the Educe, tional Department, for the ' 'seconev time. Mr. Will Coats,;. town clerk, has been appointed one of the. county auditor. Who's McGuire;—Members of the Clinton Gun Club would like tc know 'who "J. McGuire" is. At the Hamilton. Gun "Club tournament last week some party who was doing some wretched scoring,, gave his name as "J. McGuire, Clinton," thus throwing the onus for his own bad. shooting on the Clinton Club. As the Clinton Clubwas not represent. ed at this tournament the members are naturally anxious to know who it was who was ashamed of his own shooting. The Local Legislature:—The Local Legislature has been called for a meeting early in February, and as this is the last session dissolution and an election will follow shortly after. How long the session may last will only be determined as busi- ness progresses. No doubt the sea sion will be a lively one, because the Opposition on the ane hand will do its utmost to find weak spots in the administration of Mr. Mowat, while the government on the other hand will feelcalled upon to place itself in the best light possible before the country. At about five o'clock Wednesday morning the stdre of Mr. James Twitchell was discovered to be on fire in the rear end of the basement, The fire ran up to Mr. Twit- chell's office and the workshop ad- joining, gutting both, it then crossed into the workshop of Jackson Bros. tailoring department on the second floor of their building, doing consid- erable damage . . . Mr. Twitchell's stock was damaged by fire and wat er, no insurance and his loss will be heavy . Jackson Bros. has insur, ance on stock and building . . Mr, R. J. McDonald was the first one to discover the' fire, and his own escape was almost providential. He sleeps on the second story over Jackson's store and was awakened by smoke in the room; thinking it was the boy lighting the furnace, as had been the case before, he turned over in bed, pulled the clothes aver his head and, tried to sleep; the smoke increased and became unbearable and in alarm he got up, almost sufficated, and slipping on part of his clothes, it was with difficulty he made his way out of the building and gave the al- arm. The first masquerade and fancy dress carnival of the season waa held Tuesday night ... The masquer- aders were given the rink, which was in excellent condition, at eight o'- clock and at nine it was thrown open to all ... fine music rendered by the town band ... prizes awarded as follows: Best lady and gentleman: Miss Buchanan and N. Yellowlees; gentleman, fancy: H. Israel, R. Nim- mons. Ladies' fancy, Miss Brown. Boy's fancy, Fred Doherty,, Boys comic, C. Biggart and Fred Gilroy, 2nd, E. Cook. Best comic: R. Downs, DEATHS BALL—In St. Marys, Ont., on Jan- uary 20th, Rosanna V. Ball, eldest daughter of the late 'Henry and the late Mary Ann Ball. Inter- ment in Wingham on Tuesday. COUTTS—At Wingham, on January ,20th, Rosana, wife of the Iate R. A, Coutts, age 82. ot>nisy WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Jan. 28th, 1909: Reeve 'Gibbings is attending Coun- ty Council at Goderich this week. Mrs. E. Rodaway of the Huron Road is spending a few weeks .with her daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) Jackson of Chicago. Vincent Kelly and Lloyd Soles of the Seaforth News came up Satur- day to see The News -Record's im- proved typesetting machine at work. Mr. John Ransford took charge of the services in the Anglican church, Owen Sound, on Sunday morning and evening last and in the afternoon at Chatsworth. On Monday 'evening he conducted a service in Brookholme, a suburb of Owen Sound ... in the in- terests of the Layman's Forward Missionary Movement. Mr. Harold Pickett is at present attending the Young Men's Bible Class convention .,.. as a delegate from the Young Men's , Class of On- tario street S. S. The convention is being held in Toronto. President Rorke and 'Secretary Kauffman of the' Huron Poultry Association have exhibits of poultry at the show at Watford. This is Liberal year, the honor going year about, and Mr. Peter Lamont, reeve of Hay township; be- ing the choice of the party caucus, is now warden of Huron . The county auditors are Mr. Bone 'o4 Wawanosh and Mr. J. Straughan of Goderich. Mr. Bert Langford had a compli- ment ompliment paid to his skill this week when Clarence Shepherd sent his skates all the wag from Iroquois to have them' ground. " "They can't sharpen them down here to suit me," wrote Clarence,. in effect, "so 'I would like to have you fix them up for me." A piano has been placed in the 1Yfasonie clubroom'. From; The New Era, Jan. 28th, 1909: Farmers were plowing on Monday, Jam. 25th. This is a remarkable're- cord. MT. D. A. Forrester and family have rented apart of Mrs. J,' Fair's Mrs. Chant entertained ' some friends on Thursday, evening. Goderich Township:—Mr: , Frank Whitmore had a visit from a Brother from California whom he had not seen for about fourteen years. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS `. ARE SAYING .. LEARNING [ why the average printer thinks he, has been invested with the God giv We are beginning to think we. know how they feel away up ;north when the sun disappears for a stretch of three or four months. We have ',had a minimum or sunshine for some weeks.—.Goderich Signal:' FARMERS GET BUMPED As we learn more about control of agricultural production, we 'surmise 'that a bumper crop gives its worst bump to the farmer. --Listowel Standard, o.m1'LL'aw PLENTY OF MONEY An agitation has broken out in favour of the legalising of lotteries in 'Canada, for the sake of the re- venue that can be got out of them, The movement has the sanction of no Less a personage than Pre;rier Taschereau, of Quebec, who promis- es to broach the proposal for a na. tional lottery at the conference of Provincial Premiers which convenes in Ottawa to -day, to discuss ways out of the depression with the Fed- eral government. It is a strange sort of economic aberration that gives rise to the idea that prosper- ity can be brought back by turning the whole nation into drunkards and gamblers, for the sake of the Take- off. There is little danger of the lottery proposal being taken up, however, as both Premier Bennett and Premier Henry have declared against it.—;Orillia Packet. TWO REASONS There is no bigger fool than the printer who thinks he can operate a cut price shop. No other manu- facturer can do it successfully so On power to do work at below cost and still make a profit is a mystery. The printing 'business is one of the worst run businesses in the country. There are two reasons, the first. that the majority of printers have cut price competition and the other is that the customer 'for printing thinks that it should be turned out for less than it costs to produce. —,Kincardine Review-Reportler. THE PLIGHT OF THE .. TRANSIENT It is not reported whether the Ottawa conference discussed the plight of the young unemployed transient, which is pitiful. Without any permanent residence, without work and without money, he is tos- sed and buffeted about the country, unwanted wherever he goes. He can- not get relief unless, he stays in one place long enough, and he can't re- main without sustenance. He can- not obtain any employment, because hone labor naturally comes first. He is up against the stone wall of the depression. In the vast majority of instances it is not the transient's fault. He left home possibly when times were good and work easy to secure. In a spirit of youthful adventure he roamed from place to place, estab- lishing no permanent address. In other instances, when men lost their jobs they naturally sought them in other cities. And so the situation in which they find themselves is a vic- ious circle. It must be admitted that a percentage of the transients do not want work, but charity, but that percentage is no larger than in normal times. • Wandering about, dependent upon pipmentlit PAGE 3 chance charity, can be nothing but muhrous to the morale and the spirit of young Bien willing to work if they can find it. Continued indefinitely, the situation Is bound to have a de- trimental effect upon the national spirit of Canada. 1 Something has been done to give this class a'measure of relief by es- tablishing them in federal relief camps; scattered throughout the nine provinces. However, that is but a drop in the bucket. —.London Free Press, USING EXTRA LEISURE' "Recreation," the mazagine pub- lished in the United States by the National Recreation Association, has an interesting little anecdote in its current issue. An investigator went about asking working people how they were using the extra spare time which the shorter working week has brought them, She found one working woman sit- ting on a porch and shot the ques- tion at her. "I just set," said 'the woman. "W'hen I get tired settin' here, I go inside and set" And that seems to say it very well. Probably it would be a fine thing if ordinary folic flocked to symphony concerts and art mus- eums en masse, or took up painting as a hobby, or attended all available lectures, or devoted themselves to good works. But they won't. They'll patronize amusement parks and ball games arid movies, they'll use their autos more, they'll stay home and putter around the house; and many of them will be content to "just set." And most of them, "just setting," will contrive to be happy, which is after all the important thing. —Kitchener Record. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS EARNINGS The gross revenues of the all-in- clusive Canadian National Railways System for the week ending Jan- uary 14th, 1934; were $2,633,160, as compared with $2,166,365 for the corresponding period of 1933, an in- crease of $466,795. ANCE DECISIONS REACHED AT OTTAWA PARLEY Highlights of the Dominion -pro- vincial conference, which was -con- ducted in Ottawa for three days, be- ing concluded on Friday evening).' were: Agreement, to lend further aid to land settlement as a method of un- employment relief; Decision the time has arrived for a program of ,municipal and public works to relieve unemployment;` Agreement the Dominion' Govern-, ment should co-operate with pro- vinces which wish to organize relief' commissions; Agreement between the Dominion and the Prairie Provinces on a pro- gram to fulfill the wheat acreage curtailment clause of the world' , wheat agreement; Partial acceptance of a draft Uni- form Companies Act and an agree• ment on steps leading to its enact- ment as soon as possible; Rejection of Quebec's proposal that lotteries be legalized but an assurance that it might be subject of a non-party debate in the House. of Commons. . Assurance of a measure of sup- port for the celebration of the fourth centenary of the landing of Jacques Cartier in Canada. Discussion of pensions for the civilian' blind but no action. SEAFORTH: The death occurred' at his home on East William street, Seaforth, of ,William Dugan, a high- ly esteemed resident. Mr. and Mrs. Dugan came from Ireland to Sea - forth 45 years ago. Mrs. Dugan ,pre- deceased her husband four years ago. A family of four daughters and' three sons remain. Mrs. F. Moore, Detroit, Mrs. H. Brooder, Stratford; Mrs. L. F. Bolton, Seaforth, and Mil, dred, at home; John Dugan and Pat. rick Dugan, of Columbus Ohio, and William, of Detroit. The funeral took place on .Saturday morning from the residence of bis son-in-law, L. F. Bolton, to St. James' Catholic Church, and thence to St. James' Cemetery. READ ALL THE ADS. IN THE NEWS -RECORD —IT WILL PAY YOU— ^2121Z=®03 Local Re'::,:ai1o:'s Theg Owe You Sales Assistance You know thoroughly well that you have power, in your store, to influence the decision of your customers in regard to what they buy from you. 'Your customers rely on you to give them products which, in use er consumption, will give them complete satisfaction. You know and your customers know that, in regard to nearly every class of product, there are several brands of equal :merit. Thus, A's soup is the equal of B's or C's soup; D's shoes are the equal of E's or F's shoes; G's radio sets are the equal of H's or I's sets; J's hosiery is the equal of K's or L's hosiery; M's electric washing machine or refrigerator is the equal of N's or O's washing machine or refrigerator; and so on and so on. Makers of advertised products recognize that you have access to the attention and favor of several hundred buyers your regular and irre- gular customers, and they want to use your dis- tribution facilities for their advantage. But an they wilting, in every instance, to assist you to sell their product if you stock it—assist you with se seriesof local advertisements, to be pub- lished ix this newspaper? They say that they will provide you with plenty of window and counter display material, and printed matter; but quite often they de• cline to use local advertising, in this newspaper, over your name! They tell you that they are spending a whale of a lot of money in big -city dailies and in na- tionally -circulated magazies;'but you (know --, or can get to know—,that in the territory served by this newspaper upwards of 90 per cent of the families living in it do not subscribe to national magazines and big city dailies. This means that the job of promoting local sales is to be put on your shoulders. If it is right to use big city dailies and nation- ally -circulated magazines then, by the same tok- en, it is right to use local weekly newspapers! It is no compliment to you as a retailer or to the buyers of this town and territory for a na- tional advertiser to decline to advertise firs pro, duct in this newspaper. You can get much more advertising for your store and stock than you are .nor. getting, if you insist, as a condition of stocking a parti- cular product, that it be locally advertised this newspaper. in N.B.: Show this advertisement to men who urge you to stock and push the sale of their goods, yet who tell you that their firm cannot assist their local sale by advertising. The Clinton News -Record $1.50 a year. Worth More