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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-09-15, Page 7THURSD'AY, SEPT. 15, 1938 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN Duplicate. • Monthly Statements. We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit Ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality .Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index. The Seaforth News Phone 84 New Appointments Made 1Numerous changes in the person- nel of Departmental staff were recent- ly announced by Hon. P. M. Dewan, Minister .of Agriculture. They includ- ed the appointment of Mr. George Wilson .of Simcoe as Director of the Markets and Co-operation Branch and as Chairman of the Marketing Board. Appointment of George Wilson of Simcoe as Director of the Markets and Co-operation ;Branch and Chair- man of the 'Marketing Board was an- nounced recently, among other depart- mental promotions and retirements, by Hon. P. M. :Dewar, Minister of Agriculture. Mr. Wilson is a graduate of the On- tario ,Agrionitural 'College. For sever- al years he has been manager of the Norfolk Berry Growers Association and has been :associated with the Nor- folk Co-operative Company, Ltd., and the Narlo& Fruit Growers' Associa- tion. W. B. Somerset, whom Mr. Wilson succeeds, held the position of Come missioner of 'Marketing, but was not Chairman of the 'recently established and all-important 'Marketing Board, through which Mr. Dewar aims to better the position of the Ontario far- mer. James C. Shearer, Principal of the Kempville Agrioultural School, has been named Agricultural Representa- tive in Huron •County, .with 'headq•uar- ters at Clinton. M. C. l'aPhail, pres- ent Assistant Director of the Agrioul- tural Representative Branch, 'will take over the Kempvilie 'Principalship, and he will in turn 'be succeeded- .at Queen's 'Peak by A. H, Martin, Agri- cultural Representative for the 'Coun- ty . of tNorthum'berland. Ian McLeod, the Agricultural Representative in Huron, has been transferred to North- umberland, with headquarters at Brighton. John H. Soott, who has been chief creamery instructor in the Dairy Branch since 111124, • will the superan- nuated, and his place will 'be taken by J. L. Baker, a creamery instructor IN ENGLAND England has .made s'u'bstantial e-e- cove•ry front the Idspression-without fundamental .change in her traditional social 'system. 'And while she 'hasn't 'found the whole 'answer to the unem- plament ,problem, England has found a way to give )obs -and hope -to Mil- lions :of :her young people. Her intelli- gent policy .is based on two ;main 'fea- tures, employment exchanges and :un enyployment insurance; haw it works is best shown iby a typical case. Gwyn Thomas is :ablaut 210. Until a year .ago 'he lived .with his (people in one Of those tiny stone vobta'ges 'stand- ing (dismally, row upon mow, in a 'col- liery vlllage in South 'Wailes. 'Gwyn left school at 1114 •to work in the pits. When he was1118; hard times came and he was "sacked." For a year he 'hung around, sitting on a street ,curb, Mg (bleakly at a 'blank future. 'O'ue day a recruiting 'officer from the .Ministry Of Labor said, "Why don't you leave? There's naught here for a li'ke'ly lad Ibut slow rot." Gwyn 'knew that too well. But where could he go? What 'could he do? The recruiting officer had ell 'the :answers, and soon 'Gwyn had grabbed the railroad ticket offered shim and was on his 'way .to London. .There he was taken to the Park Royal •Training Center. First he was told the could ,have ,mon•ey for food and lodgings, carefully supervised, and five shillings a week for 'fun. Then a group of 'friendly men sat down with copies of his school and work rec- ords 'before them, told 'hlim what trades he might learn -mot •trades taught at random bat taught 'because officials knew there was a 'demand for men in them -and discussed with Gwyn his •abilities and preferences. They all agreed it 'wowed be a good idea if he iearned to be a waiter. .It took three months, 'h'alf the time he'•d have spent if he :had decided to become, for instance, a 'carpenter. Then one day they.igave him his wait- er's uniform -if 'held been a carpenter he'd have received a kit of tools -and sent him to the 'Empl'oy'ment Ex- change. There he was given the ad- dress of a restaurant, where he naw is "in work." We in America never give lads from •the West Vinginia 'ooal fields any such hand. We allow .them tflfi a month to go .ba'ok to high, school, to ie'arn that a'll Gaul is divided into three 'parts. Or they ,may enlist in a CCC camp -if the 'whole family is an relief -where they learn a little of this and that, Which may or may tat be useful. tor, in some cases, accept work relief for a few 'pennies on "projects with residence in Belleville, Alt changes, Mr. Dewan stated, would be effective from Sept, 3'. What could be more complete than a combina, Hon offer that gives you a choice of your favourite magazines -Sends you your local newspaper- and gives yourself' and family enjoyment and entertainment throughout the whole year - Why not take advantage of this remarkable offer that means a real saving in money to you? This Offer Fully Guaranteed - All Renewals Will Be Extended MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY Please cUp list of Magazines after checking Publications desired. Fill out coupon carefully. Gentlemen: I enclose $ Please send me the three magazines checked with a year's subscription to your newspaper. NAME STREET OR R.R TOWN AND PROVINCE ................................ 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That is .almost any jab except domestic service (paying less 'than $112215 a year: When h•egot his 'yob he also got an 'unemployment insuratuce (book. Every week his boss s'tam'ps his iboak. Th:ase stamps repre, sent i20 cents (teti;pence)' deducted from .Gwyn's spay envelope, 20 '.cents put .in by the employer and 120 cents contdib'uted by the 'Government. Su'p'pose after Gwyn has been working 'about two and a 'half years the restau'ramt 'closes. 'When 'Gwyn leaves he will take his book to the Employment 'Exohange and 'telt the officials he is out of 'wank, and why, Until he 'gets another .job, 'he'll draw 417 shillings a week, for 26 .weeks if he's .idle that long. If he has married he'll be entitied to nine shillings more, end three .extra shillings .far each child, if any -although his insur- ance payments mein•ain at 120 :cents. When Gwyn goes bo collect 'his un- employment insurance, .he also auto- matically registers for a .new , job. This is so he won't quit his 'work to loaf on his '"'benefits." These .etmplayment exchanges and jobs by 'keeping up a constant bar- rage of •p:ulblidity. They have 'a , staff Of people always visiting employers, finding out 'what sort of people they want ,and making sure that the men and women sent are suitable. In 11935, 3,000,000 :jobs were offered through these •exohanges. When an employers needs a work- man he telephones the nearest ex- change. If that exchange :cannot 'fill the goat, it notifies the divisional of - free -.on a 'teleprinter if .11 happens to be in London. Within 1115' minutes, 3a' exchanges know 'a'bout that .job. After that, if it is still( :open, the news is broadcast all over the country. Think what such a system means to Gwyn 'Thomas. Earning a none too lavish income, 115 can't sate much. But he knows if he loses his job he won't have to starve or 'go on relief. His security is leis by right. He has paid' for it. If he is 'out of .ane post he rests :comforta'bly in the assurance that the employment exchange will place 'him in another. In Great Britain, straight .relief is also 'paid through the employment excha•n•ges, Thus a 'man who is get- ting help is registered as available 'for work. If 'Ile can find a post but won't work, he gets no relief. Should he lose his !job 'before he is eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits again, he may come :back • to the ,public support, without red tape. Moreover, these two institutions provide the English with facts, They knew in December, 1933, that ,unem- ployment had dropped from its 1932 peak of 211.9 percent to 15.3 percent; that it was only 6:5 per cent in Lon- don; and that the heaviest cotttinual unemployment was localized in four black spots which live entirely by mining, steel and shipbuilding -indite - tries which .may never come back to former ,prosperity. So the Govern- ment concentrated on these four dis- teicts. They devised the "Transfer- ence" plan and centered it upon youth -the future :backbone of the country. Gwyn Thomas and millions of others are at work today as the result of it, Until they are transferred, the Brit- ish Government 'takes 'care that its youngsters 'do not 'become :rusty and ,undisciplined'. it has set up compul- sory instruction centers in regions of little w'otk. Hare the 'boys and girls learn such'practical: things as repair- ing their own shoes, clothes, etc. As soon as any dad gets a job, he's ex- cused from the center. rlf he 'loses his jab, he must return. Before a 'boy or girl 'leaves school an officer front the nearest exchange confers with the prospective job - hunter, 'his ,parents and teachers, and makes suggestions for Ih.int. After the boys and girls leave school the Gov- ernment keeps track of 'bhetn through the employment exchanges. Don't think that there is universal acclaim for this policy. Within ,these 'dep•ressed •regions the people left be- hind mourn the loss o'£ their stu'diest youth front their community. 'Iu Labor circles the .program .is viewed as a sinister •ino•ve to 'flood the 'tabor market with inept "trainees" who, by reason of their inexperience, are will- ingto work for lower wages and thus reduce pay for all. Any or all ,of this may be trate. But ineanw'hite boys and 'girls who want to work and ,marry and 'have a legiti- mate stake in their country are being given their chance a't work where work exists. Want and liar Sale ads, 111 week', 25c LIGIHTINING We bften safer to a person being as quick as a streak 'af "greased light- ning." -well, if they are, they are fast indeed, for .observations over three years 'by American scientists 'have proved that lightning dlaah travels at 10000 miles a second. The observations were taken at the world's (highest' 'building, the Empire State .Building in the heart of New York, an edifice which is 'struck more often than arty other 'knows'' place on earth. !A 'film camera on tap of anoth- er skyscraper, half a mile away, was used for the tests. It recorded every flash over the three years. The energy behind ate average flash of lightning is uerrific. Dr. Steinmetz, .who .specialized in 'the study of electricity and lightning, compared it to the driving 'force of a 200etoti train hurtling along at I`h'Q miles an hour. In laboratories it is fairly easy now to obtain a power equal to one .million volts. On one occasion engineers were successful in obtaining a .flash o'f 5¢000,1000 volts by short-cirottiting the entire power of .four dynamos simultaneously. Yet this is a mere nothing 'compared with the 'voltage of lightning. A camera invented by Dr. Vernon for.photographing lightning has brought .some wonderful results .from South Africa, where thunderstorms are 'tar more frequent than in temper- ate latitudes. It is able bo detect time intervals in a lightning flash smaller than a Millionth of a second. The sensitive plates used by such cameras indicate 1Id0,000;000 volts, borne on a current equal to '1100,10100 amperes, squall to about a 'thousand billion Horse -power. The collossai energy expended can easily be real- ized when it is remembered that only half an .ampere and 0200 volts are needed to light an ordinary lamp, and that all the machines in the world, it is estimated, do not con- sume a thousand 'bi'llion horse -power. 'One Rash in Illinois, in 'the 'United States, opened up a fissure in the ground 40 feet long and a foot wide. Tests made with a weighted line, 160 feet long, failed to find the bottom. Another in southern England fused completely and instantaneously two thick wire nails on top of a post, and to do this by man's device would have meant the. employment of 5,000 horse -power over a second of time, The flash, however, did it in ten mil- lionths of a second. A flash of lightning occurs to re- store equilibrium :between cloud and cloud. or cloud and earth, when one contains more electricity than the other, The gap is 'bridged by the flash, which has an average length of front one to three miles.' Although to the eye a lightning flash from cloud to earth seems to be a straight line, in reality it consists of a number of steps. The camera it:vented by Dr. Boys shows that the first downward stroke of a lightning flash proceeds in a number of luminous .steps, each about 50 yards long, with fairly reg- ular pauses in 'between. When the flash reaches the ground there is an upward return stroke along the con- ducting channel. 1r,im n-hich 'branches spread outwards and downwards. The stepped leader, the first downwari stroke, has to adopt its meandering path because of the resistance it meets with, from the air, in blazing' the trail. High .buildings, such as New York skyscrapers and the .Eiffel Tower, which has 'been struck many times, are protected by their conductors. It is said that George III not only ornamented his own .private lightning conductors with cannon 'balls ,but also tried to convince others, including Sir. John Pringle, a 'famous •physician of that period, that he was right. At the time the question of knobs or points for conductors was rather an acute one. 'Pringle's reply was ibobh emphatic and diplomatic: "Sire, I cannot reverse the laws and opera- tions of !Nature." Lightning' plays some ,unusual freaks at times as when a flash caused a man's watch to stop, the .explana- tion being that the ,flash produced a sudden change in temperature, this broke the highly -tempered steel at the main spring. 'Then a matt at Ramsgate stepped on to a wire slat and was struck by lightning. Specta- tors said 'that a `shall of fire" flashed in front of his eyes, He was unhurt, but his 'celluloid collar stud had melted, and a hole was 'burned through his shirt and vest. Two boys were sleeping in an iron 'bedstead in a country cottage, Light- ning came• dowu the chimney, struck the bed, 'burned the clothes, but missed the boys, then leaped across a table where others of the .family a -ere sitting, and ended its 'career in the larder, 'burning a 'haat •to a cinder. As the th.understorin season is upon us, words of advice given .in the 'Code .fox 'Protection against Light- ning" by the U. S. Bureau -of Stand ards are worth quoting, During a storm do not go out of doors, but stay inside a'buil•ding where it is dry, preferably) away from! .fireplaces, stoves and other metal Objects. D. H. McInnes chiropractor , Office -'Commercial. Hotel Electra Therapist - .Massage. Hours -Mon, and lDhure. after- noons anw by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation -Sunray treat - meat Phone 227. FALL FAIR DATES Clifford Sept, 16, 17 Hanover .... Sept. 1115, 16 Kincardine ... . , , . , Sept. 115, 16 New Hamburg , ..... .Sept. 116, 117 O'ratugeville Sept. 116, .117 Wiarton Sept. 115, 16 Acton ..... . . . .. Sept. 00, 211 Atwood . . . ...... . Sept. 213, 04 Barrie Sept. 1199.22 Exeter Sept. 21, 20 Forest .......,......,,Sept. 20, 21 Goderic'h Sept. 20, 31 Listowel ....... .,... Sept, 211, 212 Sarnia Sept, 20-124 Seafarth . Sept. 22, 213 Stratford ... ,..... Sept. 19, 21 Aylmer ..i.. „i.. .Sept. 26-218 Bayfield a Sept. 08, 20 Brampton Sept, 29, .30, Oct. 'I Brussels .... . . Sept. 29, 30 Collingwood Sept. 29, 30, .Oct. 1 Drayton .. ,'..•'... , ... Sept. 27, 28 Drumbo ,,... Sept. 27, 06 Dundalk .... . . Sept. 337, 28 Fordwich Sept, 10, .Oct. 11 Georgetown Sept. 28, 29 Harriston Sept, 20, 30 Ilderton ......... ........ Sept. 28 Ingersoll ...... Sept. 29, 30 Kirkton ...... Sept. 29, 30 Lucknow Sept. 09, 30 Mitchell ... .. Sept. 37, 28 Paisley Sept. 217, 28 Palmerston Sept. 21', 28 Parkhill ......... ......... . Sept. 30 Port Elgin . Sept. 29, 30 Ripley .... ..... Sept. 27, 28 Strathroy ........Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1 Zurich Sept. 26, 27 Arthur 'Oct. 6, 7 Dungannon ...... Oct. 6, 7 Enebro .... Oct. 5 Norfolk County (Simcoe) .. Oct. 3-6 Owen Sound .............. Oct. 1l.4 St, Marys Opt. 6, 7 Teeswater 'Oct. 4, 5 If there is a choice of shelter, choose in this order: Lange metal or metahframe .buildings; dwellings :or other buildings protected against lightning; large unprotected 'build- ings; small unprotected buildings, If you are compelled to keep .outside, keep away 'from small sheds and shel- ters if hi exposed location; from iso- lated trees, from wire fences; and front hilitaps, and wide open spaces. Seek shelter in a cave or depression in the ground, the foot of a steep overhanging cliff, in dense woods, or a grove of trees (preferably by a smooth bark tree.) Whereas of 100 trees struck oaks :provide 40, beech is hardly ever struck. When driving a car go slowly. for the only danger is 'lightning might put the mechanism out of control, and this would be dangerous at high speed. Roadside Weeds Farmers and city dwellers alike, will agree that country roads are the show windows a'f Ontario farm. and are largely responsible for advertising products of the soil. If roads are mar- red by an unsightly growth of weeds, tourists get a bad impression and ur- ban residents lose faith in rural On- tario as a producer of agricultural products second to none in the world. There are seven good reasons why roadside weeds should be wiped out of existence, They :(1111 infest adjoin- ing. .farm lands; x(13) spread plant dis- eases; '(31), are dangerous to traffic; :(4) will gather and hold snow; '(9) clog ditches an roadsides and thus hinder the !flow of water and proper drainage of the road bed; '(8) are dangerous front a :fire standpoint; (7) are ,unsightly to residents and tour- ists alike. The Weed Control Act of Ontario states roadside 'weeds must be des- troyed (before seeds mature, The Mu- nicipal 'Council, through its road au- thority, is responsible for seeing that this 'wonk is done, Proper .grading of roadsides and 'removal of stones, stumps and brush 'will enable the road authority to do 'his work quickly and efficiently. A thick seeding of a good grass mixture will take a thick sod which prevents weeds from obtaining a foothold. Chemical weed 'killers have proved' efficient and many municipalities have greatly improved county and tbwn- ship road in a feed cleanup via the chemical rotate. Maybe your municipality'has help- ed you chit in this manner. If apt; why not? Don't forget the municipality' is 're- sponsible tot eradication of all noxi - ails weeds within it's 'boundaries.