HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-05-24, Page 3'THURS., MAY 24, 1934
TUE CLINTON NEWS -
Senator Johnson of 'California
wants to have Britain stigmatized as
a defaulting debtor if she does not
more than make a token payment on
the war debt. Britain's reply is that,
inasmuch as the United States will
not accept payment in the same way
as the debt. was created, viz, in goods
and services, the United States is a
defaulting creditor.
The Senator argues that, a country
that not only balances its .budget bug
even shows a surplus is capable of
making more than ,a token payment.
, Britain, on the other hand, would be
only too glad if her debtors made
token payments, and in these times
all creditors should' be pleased to see
their debtors striving to become or
remain solvent. That alone is a
creditable achievement, for which
creditors should .be grateful.
If ,for nothing else than its ex-
posure of the Imperial Tobacco Co's.
operations, the Stevens Committee
has justified itself. The managers
of that company while depressing
the price of tobacco to, the grower
and cutting down the wages of its
workers paid themselves large salar-
ies and bonuses. It was a heartless
business that deserves more than ex%
posure.
Abdul Aziz 1bn Saud has one hurt,
dred and twenty wives, .but the same
despatch that gives this information
conveys the additional information
that he is a fearless fighter, We
gather too, that he is not in favor of
disarming.
Opposition members at Westmins.
ter demand to know many things —
what the government's policy is re
war debts, disarmament, Japanese
competition, etc. It is a wise provis4
ion that makes the government sub-
ject to questioning, for if Opposition
members do not know what govern-
ment policy is, how can they oppose
it? If they go it blindly they may
find to their horror that the govern-
ment agrees with them.
In an attempt to raise prices we
run across eases where prices have
been kept up by agreement and im-
mediately we suspect something,
Where does agreement to sustain
prices cease to be a virtue and be,
come a combination in restraint of
trade?
It was noted that but few women
were present at the Toronto recep-
tion to Mary Pickford. Her press
agents are overplaying that "Amer-
ica's sweetheart" stuff.
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Disarmament is dead in Europe.
says a cable despatch. While it liv-
ed it raised quarrels enough to en-
tourage armament.
The United States policy is to
trade with no country that is in de-
fault on war, debts, This is a not!,
fication of the former policy of
trading with no eonntry at all—sel-
ling of course, but not buying.
It is rather disheartening When
wheat', prices advance only on bad
news from .wheat areas, and that ire
ports of rain send them down again.
The head of the Macdonald Tebac
co Company complained to the Stev
ens Committee that he had not been
informed that a reduction was to be
made in 'the excise: on cigarettes
Naturally he suspects that his rivals
were. Thousands of people not in
the business at all could have told
him that the tax would have to be
reduced beeause the high price of
Canadian cigarettes had started up
smuggling operations that would
grow in volume until the tax was re-
duced.
A man who could see no farther
than he was not entitled to draw
$5,000 a week from the business. On
these withdrawals he paid no income
tax and apparently be is sheltered by
an amendment made for an entirely
different purpose in 1930. • IIis an-
noyance at not being informed in
advance of a change in the tax on
cigarettes in understandable in a
man se engrossed in his own selfish
interests.
The tobacco magnate has apologiz-
ed for some of his statements, ex-
plaining that he was irritated by this
intrusion into his affairs. "'His" af-
fairs indeed! They are the affairs of
hundreds of workmen in tobacco fac-
tories; thousands of tobacco growers,
hundreds of thousands who smoke,
and a few millions who are affected
by his evasion of income taxes.
There is this to be said in favor of
a lobby. Without it some members
might have to vote on a question a-
bout which they know nothing.
Sequence does . not imply conset
quence, but rioting and incendiariste
in penitentiaries came after a few
Reds had been incarcerated.
Sam Insull was not altogether to
blame for the losses sustained by
shareholters in his companies. He
advised some friends to buy who
could have made a killing if they had
sold in time. Later on, he ruged oth-
ers not to buy because the prices
were out of line with actual values,
but they bought, nevertheless. With
rare exceptions they all ,blame him
for their losses.
In a recent wrestling match the
two combatants lost their heads ac-
cording to newspaper reports, and
went ab each other with their fists
until the referee stopped them. The
referee, too, must have lost his head.
AIthough the proposal was made
by a woman with a Scottish name,
several Scots have resented her sug
gestion that the firemen of London,
Ont., be arrayed in kilts.
They would go through fire and,
water
With their chieftain to the slaughter,
With their kilts aswinging bravely
And the pibroch sounding gravely,
But to go to fires with water--
Losh, woman, do ye no ken the
kilts were no. intendit far sic pur-
pose?
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What Clinton was Doing in The Gay. Nineties
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TSR LAST DE.
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
From The News -Record, May 23rd,
1894:
God Save the Queen.
Tomorrow is the 24th of May.
It will be noted that :both the Do-
minion and Provincial authorities are
on the alert against the introduction
of smallpox into Canada from the
United States. That there is con-
siderable danger cannot be doubted.
How is it that the law does not
compel assessors to give the age of
female as well as male voters?' The
one should be as necessary as the
other, although the assessor might
be in danger of losing ,his scalp.
The County Council meets in Gode-
rich on June 5th.
'The Faust Drama, by a New York
company will be produced in the
town hall an May 29th, under • the
auspices of the town band.
Tho frequent losing of pocket
books, containing considerable sums
a money, is surely a sign that times
must be good. Recently several
purses have been lost in 'Clinton with
sums rangng from $50 down to $7,
the latter misfortune falling to the
lot of Mr. Walter Coats.
W'RIGHT—In Toronto, on the 13th
inst., the wife of Prof. C. IL Wright
(nee Miss Turnbull) of a daughter.
Prom The New Era, May 25th, 1894:
Mr. Oliver Johnson las one of the
best matched teams to be found in
this county. (Ie has already refused
$375 for them. The man who buys
them will get a fine carriage team.
Mr. G. D. McTaggart is the owner
of a pretty Jersey cow, purchased re,
tently'in Brussels.
Mr.• P. Brennan left last week for
the old land, per Dominion line. He
was booked by Mr.. A. 0. Pattison.
Among those who passed their ex-
amination
xamination at theOntario College of
Pharmacy are. J. E. Hovey and Ar-
thur4D. Jackson of Clinton.:
�Goderieh Township:—The light -
rung on Thursday morning last
struck a large elm' tree on Mr. Cur-
rie's farm on the 7th concession and
not only broke a number of limbs
from it but gouged huge chunks of
Wood out of the body of the tree •ands'
threw them a considerable distance
away.
Summerhill; --Our teacher, blr. G.
111. Kilty, attends the meeting of the
West Huron Teachers' Institute at
Exeter on. Friday and Saturday.
WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG i
From The News -Record, May 27th,
• 1909:
Messrs. Roy ;Graham, Prank For,
'rester and Ray Ford were in Mit-
chell on Monday attending the races.
Mr. and Mrs. David Steep and
Miss Carrie of town and Governor
Bowels of Orangeville goal were.
guests of•Goderich friends an Sunday
last. Mr. Bowels is an uncle of M•r.
Steep. They had net met in ten .
years.
A quiet but pretty wedding took
place at the residence of the bride's
mother, Mrs. T. Hill, last evening.
When her youngest daughter, 'Miss
Margaret, was united in wedlock's
bonds to Mr. J. Noble, prosperous and
popular young farmer of the Huron
Road. The News -Record very heart-
ily wishes Mr. and Mrs. Noble a long
and happy married life.
• 'Almost two score of the friends of
Miss Mary Dowson met at the home
of Mrs. Annie Beacom on Thursday
evening and literally "showered" her
with graniteware. The reason of the
shower will he seen in the month of
June.
From The New Era, May 27, 1909:
Much surprise and regret will be
felt when it is known that J. W. New-
combe's drygoods store will pass out
of existence shortly ... that he will
make good in his new field of Fort
William, goes without saying. We
wish •him success in his new field,
deeply regretting the Ioss of one of
nur foremost businessmen from Min,
ton.
The Citizen's Band and League
Baseball Club held a very successful
day of sports on Monday, May 24th.
Last Sabbath morning Mr. John
Hartley, principal of the Public school
occupied the pulpit of Ont. St. church
and gave a well-planned and thought.
ful discourse. Clinton is to be con-
gratulated on having a man of his
sterling character and ability at the
head of the school.
Goderich:—A change in the prop-
rietorship of The Goderich Signal
went into effect this week whereby J.
W. Vannatter, the senior member of
the firm of Vanatter & Robertson,
steps out of the business. Mr. Vanat-
ter had been connected with the Sig,
nal for the past twenty-seven years,
as mechanical superintendent under
Dan McGillicuddy and for the past
six years in partnership with W. H.
Robertson, who now assumes the man-
agement of the business, which will
be conducted under the name of the
Signal Printing Company,. Mr. Van -
atter will take a trip west before set-
tling down to business again.
Holmesville:--;Mr, and Mrs. R.
Forster returned to their home at
Locust Hill on Wednesday after a
visit with their parents. They came
home to attend the wedding of Mr.
Oscar Forster, Colborne, and Miss
BIake, Goderich, which took place at
the home of the bride, on Wednesday,
May 26th.
Tuckersmith:—Mr. Perry Plum -
steel, president of Ontario street Ep,
worth League, Clinton, gave a pleas.
ing and profitable address at Turner's
League meeting Sunday evening. Mr.
A. Johns, District Secretary, also
spoke.
Miss Carrie Shipley of Clinton oc-
cupied the pulpit of Turner's church
on Sunday afternoon, in the absence
of Rev. M. Kerr, and gave a very plea.
sing and profitable address to a large
audience.
Goderich:—The home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Blake was the scene of
merrymaking on Wednesday, on the
occasion of the marriage of their
daughter, Miss M. E. Blake, to Oscar
Forster, a prosperous young farmer
residing near Holmesville, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Forster. The happy
event took place at high noon and was
celebrated by. Rev. R. We Millyard,
pastor of Victoria Methodist church,
in the presence pf about sixty guests,
OTHER PAPERS ARE SAYING
(continued from page 2)
tem generally. Sanitation, ventila-
tion and getting out in the sunlight
more is doing a lot to give, us heal-
thy •bodies, clearer minds and longer
lives. Summer time for, June, July
and August offers a chance for bet.
ter health and more enjoyment to ev-
ery inside worker, through a change
to daylight saving, but ;because it is
an innovation or change for short
period of time a lot of people will op-
pose it. Of course that is to be ex,
peoted for some people are built that
way; they are like etrfldren who do
not like their baths or to have their
ears washed.—Kincardine News.
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CRAVES TO KEEP, IN STYLE
If We -do happen to get run over by
a car this year we hope it will be one
of those stream -lined affairs with tiro
front just the same as the back,- We
crave style. --Forest Standard.
IT'S' FREE
There is no tax on outdoor life with
its fresh air and sunshine; its pleas-
ant scenes and its gorgeous sunsets
and sunrises. Enjoy plenty of it. It
will prove: both a doctor and a beauti-
fier.—Bowmanville Statesman.
STOPS AT CROSSINGS
Every little while some advocate
arises to suggest a law making it
compulsory for all motor vehicles to
come to a dead stop before crossing
railway •tracks, Motor busses now
voluntarily comply with such a regu-
lation, but the general public seem
to think they are safer in their own
cars than they are in' busses —4 for
what reason we do not know, for
busses' are usually controlled by the
most experienced drivers—and in ad-
dition to this they fear that such a
law would slow up traffic and cause:
congestion. Some day we will have
such a law. --,Chatham News.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT .
Last week there was a •convention
in Toronto attended by many Ameri-
cans. Same of the women threaten-
ed to boycott the restaurants because
they discounted American money,
claiming unfair treatment. It makes
a difference what foot the shoe is on.
It is not so long ago that the Cana-
dians were charged as high as twen-
ty per cent, discount when visiting
across the Iine, and in some places
they did not want to accept the money.
at all. The Toronto incident was
just a little of their own medicine
and they didn't like the taste.
—Listowel Banner.
A GOOD WORD FOR THE PISTOL
A contemporary the other day de-
scribed as public enemy No. , 1, the
pistol. Humorously it reminds us of
the colored man's prayer, "deliver me
from 'the kickin' end of a mule and
the forkintines of a bull." That the
pistol is a public enemy would take
a lot of proving. In the beginning,
it was ,the pistol that first put the
little man on anything like terms of
equality with the big swaggering
bully. To the num encased, in chain
mail it gave cause for thought of
others. A great defender of com-
mon rights has been the pistol.
fa 7I i
the 'old days the pioneer's home,
from neighborly aid, owed its
safety to three things. They were
the watchdog, the settlers own arm,
and the firearm,—Listowel Standard.
A LUCKY FIND
Man in the district town nearly suf-
fered heart failure when he got hie
flannel trousers Out of the moth balls,
and, in casually going through the
pockets found a five -dollar bill in one
of them. We can hardly imagine a
man in these strenuous times posses.
sing that much money, let alone leav-
ing it in' a pocket and forgetting he
ever had it for several months. Can
it be that there are tobacco mag-
nates residing hereabouts?
• --Hanover Post,
' A GOOD START
On the day when an effort to at-
tract tourists from the old country
appeared in these columns, came y
cable from London announcing that
the Hon. G. H. Ferguson, Canadian
High Commissioner, acting in eon -
junction with the steamship compare.
les, has arranged for a tour to Can.
ada in August. This, we hope, may
be the beginning of a business that
will be profitable in more than the
direct monetary returns.
--Orillia Packet -Times.
SCOTLAND LESS SCOTTISH
The population of Scotland is every
year becoming less Scottish in blood,
tradition and religious attachment.
The balance of population in Scot-
land as between its urban and rural
P9f1 E 3
elements is unhealthy, and needs to
be corrected.
There axe over. 1,100,000 adults in
Scotland who have no religious affil-
iation.
And there are about 150,000 chil-
dren of school age who are not con-
nected with church or Sunday School.
These conclusions are contained in;
a report by the Scottish Churches'
Council, following a .statistical in-
quiry into the religious Situation in
Scotland. The report adds that
surely this problem, so largeinits
dimensions and so grave in its re-
sults, calls for the united considera-
tion and action of all the churches."
In view of the unhealthy distribu-
tion of population in Scotland, the
council invites the churches to'con-
sider how they can bring the situs+
tion to the attention .of the nation
and of the state, in order that, by
small holdings or rural industries, er
liy any other method, a substantial
portion sof the population may be` re.
settled in our countryside.
• —Edinburgh Scotsman,
SOME IMPROVEIMENTS IN
LOCOMOTIVES
Some of the latest modes in sum-
mer styles for locomotives steamed
out of the motive power shops of the
Canadian National Railways resent.,
ly. To the practised eye of an ad'
;nicer of mechanical beauty they;
were the "last word" in up-to-date
equipment. Among the latest wrinkex.
les which they carry are feed -water.
heaters, by which water is pre -heat.
ed before being fed into the boilers.
track sprinklers to lay the dust ;a-
head of . passenger oars; and smoke
deflectors to keep smoke from blow-
ing backward into the eyes of the•
crews and passengers. The work has-
been underway during ' the winter
months in the various motive power
shops of the National System and, in•
all, more than' 200 locomotives have
been equipped with these, and other)
modern appliances, All will be 'int
active service within the next week,
or so, in readiness for the active*
tourist season to commence.
DEFINED
"A Progressive is a person walk-
ing backwards behind a Liberal,"'
was the definition given by R. Se
Scott, provincial head of .the U.P.O.
in addressing a meeting of support,.
ers in Ridgetown.
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