The Clinton News Record, 1935-05-16, Page 7• THURS.,MAY :`P9;:19a5
THE CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
BROWN LABEL - 33c 1/2 lb.
ORANGE PEKOE 4Oc 1/2 lb.
YOUR WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
(Copyright)
At a banquet tendered by citizens ,
of Toronto to its exenayor, W. 1.
Stewart, a short time ago, there were
four men at the head table close -1
seated to the guest of honor. Each
:of these men is a farmer's Ison, and
two are farmers. These four men
were:' Ontario's lieutenant -governor,
Dr. Herbert Bruce; Sir Frederick
Banting, world -honored discoverer of
insulin; Mitchell Hepburn, premier of
' Ontario, and George Henry, ex -prem-
ier of Ontario. •
Of course, it would be an easy
thing to compile a long, long list of
distinguished Canadians who were
horn and reared on a farm. But I
'should not like to compile this list,
for such a list. might :seem to suggest
• that the sons of farmers should seek
fame and fortune in occupations oth-
er than farming, and I have been
trying, in my contributions to The
News -Record to persuade young men
on farms to stay on their farms--
this
arms—this in the belief that there they can
develop themselves in all good ways
perhaps more surely than anywhere
else.
The other day I had a Ietter from a
.farmer whom no temptation is likely
to take away from his farm — in
Edited By .label R. Clark
But first of all let me tell of his days
on the farm.
Young Firestone was brought,' up•
on a farm in Ohio --a 200 -acre farm.
Ms father was . an extraordinarily
successful farmer --the most prosper-
ous farmer in that part of the coun-
try. Hlis son says of him: 'Wry fath-
er wall not a hard worker as was com-
monly known en a farm. :1V3ost of,
the"fariners about worked hard —
they were the kind that get up before
dawn and :started with the first clear
light. My father seemed to know
how to plan and manage that there
were no real rush seasons, excepting
of course, at harvest. He did not be-
lieve in trying to run a dairy — he
thought that too much work wasin-
volved for the results. He kept four
or five cows for our own use, and then
each year he bought and fattened ten
or a dozen young steers. Of the field
crops he sold only wheat. Corn and
oats he used on the farm. He was a
wide reader and accumulated a large
fund of knowledge, which is one of
the reasons why he was a good farm-
er."
armer."
which he referred to a neighbor far-
mer. He said that this inane read-
ing_ was confined almost wholly to
books and periodicals dealing with
the business sof farming — and he
reads many of them;' and my eonre-
spondent went on tosay, "He's about
the •only pian in our neighborhood
who is making money."
This remark did not wholly please
me, for I should like to think that
other farmers in the same part of
Ontario are getting ahead. Yet it
did please me to hear of the pros-
perity of a farmer whose prosperity.
can be accounted for by his uncreas
ing attention to what farm papers
and books about farming print about
farming.
,
� A farmer's son who has become a
i shiney figure in big business is Har-
vey S. Firestone the head of the great
organization making Firestone tires.
, I have been reading his autobiogra-
phy, and because this rich industrial-
ist writes, wisely about life and busi-
ness, I have felt that, my readers
might like to know something about
this man and his philosophy of life.
Gattabiarr
Service
OF THE
tt1.ui nr atinit
and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.
Edited by -
GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary
MENTAL HEALTH enjoyed at home.
The same kind of behaviour may
result from two directly opposite
causes, As we have said, the child.
wha is spoiled at home may be• e
"show-off" in school; this may be
true too of the child who receives no
attention at home, ,for he tries to,
make up, in school, for what he has
been deprived of at home,
Just as a certain amount of at-
tention is desirable, so also should
each one be allowed to gain satisfac-
tion through the sense . of achieve-
ment, The, child who is repeatedly
set tasks which are beyond his men-
tal capacity becomes discouraged.
To him, failure becomes a habit.
Children vary greatly in their mel-
te] capacities, and their capacities
should be the guide to what is ex-
pected of, then, not the ambition of
their parents.
The child who fights back with
annoying• aggresive behaviour has a
much better chance to come through
successfully than rias the ‘pleasant,
timid child who has, in reality, given
up the fight and finds it easier to ac,
cept defeat than to struggle. From
this: paint, he may gradually with-
draw into himself until he shuts out
the world ,he has found se difficult
and lives in a dream. world of his own
making; this type of child is a :ser-
ious mental problem.
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College ,Street, Tonna
to,.will be answered` personally by
There is no mare - difficult task
.than that of guiding children along
the read which should lead them to
healthy, happy adult, life. It is an.
astonishing fact that so fewof those
who, as parents or teachers, have
this grave responsibilityattempt to
•prepare themselves by gaining an
understanding of child behaviour.
When the child starts to school, he
may have a hard time to adjust him-
self to what is, for' him; a new life.
He finds a new person, the teacher,'
in authority. His future attitude, as
an older child and as an adult, to-
wards authority willbe largely .in-
fluenced by the way in which his tea-
chers exercise authority.
The child •who finds himself pun
ished unfairly will naturally coarse to
thliik' of -authority as being unfair;
...he may begin to question the deshe
ability of all authority. Such an'at-
titude may lead hien to become de-
'fiant when, in his desire to attain
the happiness, which we all want, he
will seek it through misbehaviour,
which' gives a satisfactory outlet to
• his dislike • of authority.
At all ages, . we like attention.
Every child should receive a certain
:amount ,of attention but when he de -
mends the centre of the stage at all
+'times, there is something wrong.
"The child who is spoiled at home may
demand a great deal of attention at
school through being a "show-off,"
:;just because' he does not want to
,;give up the attention Welch he has
Care of 'Children
Household Economics
PAGE 7
management. and big management I •
costs money.. The : best; course today *
is to go into the, organization which • OUR RECIPES FOR TODAY
has already accumulated capital, and • •
there get a wide scope, for one's „' Some Rhubarb Dishes
abil!ty'h
cause a big concern has to have big •
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Rhubarb is )becoming plena- *'
* ful now, and what .,is more re- *
"I believe in keeping prices low, * freshing than new"rhubarb? _e
regardless of service because high * Rhubarb, besides being de-
plrices automatically cut down vol- •' licious and refreshing is a most
uric." valuable health -giving food.. I
"No business can succeed unless it
is constantly revising its product
to meet not only the actual demands
of today but also the potential de-
mands of tomorrow."
"The management of oneself, which
gets down to controlling one's own
time and distinguishing the impor-
tant from the unimportant, comes
only from experience,"
A -company must have one head
and one only, and he must be the
real executive head.."
"Success is the sum of detail,"
"I want to keep to the fundanien-
tals of manufacturing, which get
down to: Is it necessary? m Can it be
simplified? These I have found to
be the guiding rules."
"It is an axiomatic that, to have
an interested workman, he must know
what he is doing. The man who
knows what he is doing, why he is
doing it, and how it should be done
is a better workman than the man
who goes through certain motions
day after day, without any idea as
to why he does certain things in a
certain manner:°
"I have always liked to be with
big men -with men whose ideas ex-
tend beyond the little things near at
hand, and whose vision has, no hori-
zon."
"Two things which Mr. Edison and
1V%r.Ford dwelt on, time and again,
Were: 1, Own your business; and 2.
Keep plenty of cash in bank—make
the banks work for you,"
"Every American business of con-
sequence has been built up by one
man studying on the job."
Young Firestone became a shrewd
horse trader or dealer — this at 15
years of age. After attending the
near -by high school and later a bus-
iness -college, young Firestone want-
ed to get .into an uncle's business —
the -making of buggies. But there
was not an opening; so he became a
bookkeeper in a coal business—at $30
a month. Later he became a travel-
ling salesman selling flavoring ex-
tracts. Then he got into his . uncle's
business. In this business he demon-
strated that he had selling ability,
and was given a, sales teritory to
work. While in :this position he bought
good horses, for pleasure and busi-
ness --also for boulevard 'racing! And
then he -got into track racing.
But he was in for a bump. The
Firestone buggies were selling at
$110. The buggies made by Durant,
Dort, Nash and other competitors,
were selling at $35. Firestone bug-
gies were driven off the market.
About this time—in the middle 90's
of last century -rubber tires for bug-
gies were a novelty, but were making
headway. So young Firestone and a
friend started•up in the business of
making rubber tires for buggies --
on a CaSh capital of $500.
I do not propose carrying on this
story of the progress of Harvey Fire-
stone as a nicker of rubber tires
first for buggies, then for trucks, and
motor oars. It suffices to say that
the enterprise grew with amazing
success' attending it. There were
difficult times. Indeed, the story is
just one succession of efforts to get
money, and of fightswithrivals and
in the law courts over alleged patent
infringments or violations. What re-
mains to be told is the views of a
man who has become a multimillion-
aire. I propose letting Mr. Fire-
stone himself speak.
letter.
"Thomas A. Edison sums it up this
way: There is no expedient to which
a man will not go to avoid the real
labor of thinking. . The most dif-
ficult thing in business is first get
i e1 to think andthen get-
tingyourself g
ting others to think."
"I believe in one-man control --no
business is large enough to survive
divided authority. me ane man
ar o y So
must be supreme. It is really a mis•'
vomer to call the directing head of
en enterprise an executive." He
cannot possibly bean executive and
hold enough time back to think, The
execution must be done by gathers."
'Business'' is founded .on thought.
Optimism and enthusiasm cannot sub-
stitute for well -thought-out business
principles."
"Gond inanagement—that is man-
agement with read thought behind
it—does not bother trying to make
its way bytrickery, for it knows that
fundamental honesty is the keystone
of the arcit of business. It knows
that you will fpil if you put money
at profits ahead of work, and there
is no reason why you should succeed
if what you do does not benefit oth-
ers. The single reason for the exis-
tense of any business roust be that it
supplies a human need or want.
Thought, not money,: is the real busi
mess capital.
"The first principle of rsalesman-
ship is that you must thoroughly be-
lieve in what you have to sell. :Then
selling becomes merely a matter of
showing how your product will help
a prospect. Persuading a man to. buy
is not, to my notion, salesmanship;
it is .just persuading him to buy and
nothing :else. ,Salesmanehijr has to,
establish a contiiduing relation in
which the seller helps the buyer."
"Today it hardly pays a young man
to goo into :business for himself, unless
he has a new idea which he cannot
sell to anyone. The rewards of big
business today are greater ' than the.
individual can hope to achieve alone.
Ability is rewarded more highly than
it used to be --{not because men are
more generous than formerly, but be.
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These saying of Mr. Firestone seem
to me to be highly instructive to all
men in business—or planning to go
into business, and they are likely to
be •challenging to thinking young
men,
THAT SORT OF FELLOW
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will never devulge what they con-
tain"
"But I can't—+" he said; He came
a step towards her. "You have done
this to shield me? I thought you
didn't Dare a damn about me! I
thought you were going to marry
some chap who could give you all
the things you think of such vital hn
portance. Oh, for the love of Mike,
Jennifer darling, why on earth should
yon, if you donit care a couple of
hoots? Look at me—do you hear?"
She was crying and laughing in his
arms. Not caring for a thing now:
"I am not going to marry any-
body," she said. "And —I suppose I
love you. Aren't. we mad? I didn't
really know I loved you until tonight,
when I saw you making a fool of
yourself, messing up your
whole car-
eer, giving away to a weak streak. It
Wasn't you! It simply couldn't have
been6've alwayspridedn •
>1 myself on
being a judge of character, and "
He kissed her. Kissed her again.
"Well, but, darling, ,an it happens,
I'in not what I look like! 1 mean,
for once your judgment is wrong.
You see, r wasn't thieving. •I was
merely setting up a little device that
I had invented myself, and which I
had got the chief's consent to try
out secretly inside the safe. We can
ring him up in a tick and ask him, if
you doubt it. I was just telling him
it was all serene when you walked in!
It's a, fool -proof burglar -alarm. You
dear little duffer, you're crying!"
"I'm so happy," she _'sobbed. . "I
don't care if we are poor. Being
poor doesn't matter any more. If you
still want to marry Inc—'
"I insist upon marrying yeti!" said
Dun. "And •we shan't actually be
very poor, my dear! You see, there's
a lot of money in this little gadget
of mine, and old Bardsley's going • to
finance it. Anyway, I'ni to be taken
into partnership in ,six months.. h
happen to be his nephew, learning the
run of the business. Osie of these
days, darling, I shall take you to Sic-
ily in spring."
`I don't want to go to Sicily," she
whispered. "I want a, little house in
the •country, and you -coming home."
—London Answers.
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Canadian fruit -picking anti packing
paraphernalia, such as fruit -picking
ladders and, box shooks, have created
a favourable impression in, South 'Af-
rica, to which country there are two
direct steamship lines from Canada
ex Montreal and Saint John. A third
shipping line is operated from British
It, can be used in so many, ways *
that the family will not tire of
it during the brief period when *
it is at its best. You won't
have to worry about leftovers
if it is well prepared.
Plain Rhubarb
Cut into pieces, finger 't
length, half cover with water, *
add a generous helping of sug- *
ar and simmer until tender. *
Serve in an ordinary glass dish *
and it is a dish to tempt palate i:•
and eye alike, *
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Breakfast. Rhubarb *'
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Stew rhubarb with sugar un-'*
til very soft and juicy; press'
through sieve and serve strain- *
led juice mixed with orange
juice or tomato juice for break- *
fast. -*
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Rhubarb Pudding
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Line buttered !baking dish n'
with layer of 'thick stewed
rhubarb, sweetened to taste.
Sprinkle with buttered bread
or cracker crumb's; repeat un-
til dish is full,' placing well -
buttered crumbs on top. Bake
in a moderate even.
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Grow Vegetables
Quickly if You'd
Have Them Tender
THIS MODEST CORNER TS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes!
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins piring•
A TOAST TO PIONEER: WOMEN,
Now; while the wine runs reddest
and Ioyalties leap high,
I 'give you the dear, brave woman,
whose glory will never .die:
I give you the fair, white fingers,
roughened and seamed ; and torn,
The delicate, lovely faces, patient
and glad and worn,
The •klrtles of snowy linen in lieu of
gold brocade,
The elegant shawls in exile, gallant
and patched and frayed;
I give you the slender shoulders,
drooped in a lullaby,
And the answering wail of she -
Wolves, hushing the hunger ery;
1 give you a thousand beacons of
quivering candlelight,
Set in rough-hewn windowsto guide
men home at. night,
Mothers of Canada, keeping the
hearth -fires bright!
I give you the little gardens,,water-
ed with Homesick tears,
The simple knowledge of root and
herb, the long faith down the years
The aching dragging, terrible toil,
that made for a woman's day
And- the grim scarred peace of her
folded hands when the task was
laid away;
Mothers of Canada, broken and proud
and gay!
By Anne Sutherland in "Blue Dusk"
Ten vegetables are those which
have been grown quickly. Especially
with such thing as radish, carrots
and beets, is slow growth disastrous
as the roots become woody -and filled
with objectionable fibres. But this
rule also applies to those things us--
ed
s=ed for salads. On this account ex-
perts advise pushing growth with fre-
quent cultivation, which in addition
to checking weeds also conserves
moisture. Cultivation alone will of-
ten keep the vegetables going
through a dry spell, but, of course,
a few pails of water or an hour or
two with the hose at this time will
lend further aid. Where the supply
of water is not so convenient as it
might be, it is a good plan, in laying
out the garden, to plant those things
most in need of extra moisture, such
as radish, lettuce and celery, closest
to the pump. Fertilizer is ;another
way of hurrying growth and there-
fore assuring vegetables es of
the high -
est
i h -est
quality.
The .Popular Gladiolus.
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THE GLORY OF WORK
Let me do my work from day to day,
In ,field or forest, at desk or loom
In roaring market place or tranquil
room;
Let me but mind it in nay heart to:
say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me a-
stray;
"This is my work; my blessing not
my doom;
Of all who live, I am the one by
whom •
This work can best be done in the
right way."
Then shall I see not too great, nor
• small,
To suit my spirit and to prove my
Powers,
Then shall I, cheerful, greet the
hours,
And eheerfui turn when thelong
shadows fall
Ab eventide to play, and love and rest
Because I know for ire my wark is
best.
—Henry Van Dyke.
The gladiolus is deservedly one of
the most popular flowers in Canada,
Also it needs' very little care except
at planting and digging time. About
the middle. of May is a good time for
planting but, as pointed out by the
Horticultural Divlaionr .Dominion
likperimental Farms the exact date
varies according to locality because
the frost must be out of the ground
and the soil. dried. Sandy loam, well
fertilized the previous year, is the
ideal soil, but gladioli will do well
en heavier soils. In a light, poor
soil theywould probably fail in a
hot dry season. After planting, the
soil' must be cultivated frequently to
keep down the weeds and render the
surface loose. During very dry wea-
ther a,thorough 'soaking with water
once a week is very beneficial, and
it is well to remember that when the
time comes far •cutting the :blooms at
least two sets of leaves should be
left on the plants, so that the :corn
will come to full growth and so be
in good condition for growing next
year. There are hundreds of varie-
ties to choose from, but the Primu-
linus hybrids which are quite diking`
in appearance from the large grow-
ing varieties are becoming more
popular every year. The corns, as
obtained from the seedsman, should
be planted from four to six inches
deep and about three inches apart in
a sunny :position in the garden.
Lambs on Vancouver island, Bri-
tish Columbia, owing to the mild cli-
mate, are allowed to run out every'
day during the winter., This year
they were gamboling on green grass
Columbia. throughout the month of February.
SEE IT THROUGH
When you're up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders
race.
• e and take la
e b
Plant your Y
When it's vain to try to do;lge it,
Do the best that you can do,
butyou may conquer,
You mayfail,q ,
Y
See it through!
Black may be the clouds about you
And your future may seem grim,
Belt don't let your nerve desert you;
Keep yourself in fighting trim.
Even hope .may seem futile,
When with troubles you're beset,
But remember you are facing
Just what other men have met:
You may fail, but fail still fighting;.
Don't give up whate'er you do;
Eyes front, head high to the finish,
See it through!
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TI•TERE IS NO FAILURE FOR THE
GOOD AND WISE
To give rich harvests' after thaw
art dead.
—A non.
THE FARMER'S KITCHEN
The gude man, new come hame, la
blythe to find,
Wihen he out o'er the halland flings
his eel,
That ilka turn is handled to his
mind,
That a' his housie looks sae cosh
and clean;
For cleanly house loes he, tho' e'er
,sae mean,
W;eel ,kens the gude wife that the
pleughs require
A heartsome meltith and refreshing
synd
A nappy liquor o'er a bleezing fire;
Sair week and poortith diva weel be
joined,
Wi' buttered bannoeks now the
girdle reeks;
I' the far nook the bowie briskly
'reams;
The ready. kali stands by the.
chimbly . cheeks,
And bads the riggin' het eve welcome
streams „:
Whilk than the daintiest kitchen lie:'
er seems.
—Robert Ferguson (175a-1754),
Not all who seem to fail have failed
indeed;
iNob all who fail have, therefore,
worked in vain,
For all our acts to many issues lead,
And out of earnest purpose, pure
and plain,
Enforced by honest toil ,of hand or
braix,
The Lord will'fashion in His own,
good time, ,
(Be this the laborer's proudly ,humble
creed)
Such ends as to His wisdom ftt'est
chime
With His vast love's eternal barmen-
les...
There is no failure for the good
and wisel
What though thy seed should fail by
the wayside,
And the birds snatch it, yet the
birds are fed; -
Or they may bear It far across the
tide, , ? ' i
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THERE WAS A MIRACLE
There was a miracle of loaves ' and
fishes,
A miracle of water turned to wine
Through the bare earth a little leaf •
blade pushes,
Slim as a sword and delicate and
fine, ,
From a brown seed no Iarger Chari
a pin point,
A leaf, a steer, a bud, a dower, and.
then
From flower a seed in rhythmical re..
tation
To leaf and sten and bud and
flower again,
There was a miracle of loaves and
fishes;
But I 'have seen the miracle of
spring!
The wonder that is life itself unfold-
ing
I have no room for doubt of any-
thing! —Abigail Cresson.
MY ORIOLE
MY oriole has come back again,
He sings a clear harmonic strain;
I hear him from the petalled tree:
"Sweet, sweet, hello!" he sings to me.
"Sweet, sweet hello!" he sings at
dawn,
And flits above iny dewy dew lawn.
"Sweet, sweet, hello! I sing for you
Thelovlsong you lest ever knew."
When wind-blown 'blosrsoms drift
around •
In painted wind -rows on the ground
And all the world in proud array
Trill merry madrigals to May,
'i hear each year his gladdening call,
High from the whitening tree -top tall
"Sweet bird, hello!" to him I sing,.
"Without you Spring could not be
Spring."
—Hadria •Critchley Smith, in the St.
Thomas Times -Journal,
DASHWIOOD: The '72nd annual
sessions of Canada Conference,Ev-
angelical Church, will be held at
Dashwobd, Ont., opening May 6
next year. An invitation extended at
the 71st convocation last week in
New Hamburg by that congregation
was accepted.
WIIIGHAM: Joseph P. Wlellwood,
Who had :been a .resident of Wingham
for the past twenty-five years, pas-
sed away Wednesday night at the
residence of his son-in-law, John Fal-
coner. He was in his; ninety-second.
year, and was born in Liverpool, Eng-
land. lie came to Canada with his
parents when a child, the family set-
tling. near Bolton. When a young man
he took up fanning in ,East 'Wawa
nosh, which at that time was all bush.
He was ,married sixty-one years ago
in Lucknoh to ,Susannah Holmes,
who predeceased him, by only one
week. In religion ho was a Baptist.
He is survived by four eons and two
daughters, Richard and Frederick, of
Winnipeg; Ira, of Carman, Man., and
Ezra, of East 'Wawanosh, and Mrs.
Garnet W',ellwood, Entwistle, Alta.,
and Mrs. Falconer, Wing -ham; alsofy
one ,brother, William, of 'Bolton. •