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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-08-24, Page 7THURSDAY, AUGUST 24t 1939 THE SEAFORTH NEWS THE KING AND QUEEN AT OTTAWA • Their Majesties as they appeared during their history -making visit to the nation's capital Who would not like to have the King* 'ande Queen beck again in Canada? who would not wish to live once ,snore those great days when their majesties crossed the Dominion from coast to coast? To hear the cheers? To witness - the pageants of the various cities and Queen's grace and tender smile, the responsive wave of the elite bronzed King? It is- not 'possible to have them here in person, bttt at the Canadian National Exhibition it will be p'ets'ejhte to see theist as they appeared in Canada; to have a vhrilliug, close-up view of the couple who captured Canada's dieart; td revel in the Royal cavalcade across the continent in all it: anaje4ty,'beauty, and color. This will .be nnade ,puseible for tens o thousands of visitors through pictures. There will he, firstly still photographs of a eort never before assanrb'led in such a way and, secondly a 'pregratu of the finest ,color movies, giving the highlights of the toter. This exhibit is only part tot a great feature of five-fuld, topical interest which The Toronto Daily Star is sponsoring at •the fair, The exhibit will link the tuarclt ,of royalty with the march of science. tor, besides the still and 'motion pictures of their majesties' visit there will be a den„no,tration of television a demonstration of w•nrepthoto reap - tion and sending, and a demonstration of facsimile nerve transntisoron. While the 'crowds' are sure to be delighted thy the hayed photograph, and the great story told lby the Lnrovies of the tour, there is little doubt that the display of television and the other wonders of :modern communication wild add to the attraction of a show which will occupy a big block of sere in the former Ontario 'govern- ment bt*ilding. Winter Litters Ray Ontario Hog Raisers It Is not so long ago since hogs played a. rather unimportant part in Canadian agriculture, points out W. P. Watson, Live Stock Branch, Ont. Dept. of Agriculture. Conditions have changed very materially during the past ten years and hogs are now looked upon as the class of live stock that pays the taxes and meets the interest on mortgages; in fact, hogs are one of the biggest factors in our national and international trade. As a consequence, any reference to the swine industry in Ontario would be incomplete and inadequate without some reference to the industry as a whole as it pertains to the Dominion. ailimasmosemas D. H. MtcINNES CHIROPRACTOR Office — Commercial Hotel Electro Therapist — Mttiassage. Hours—Mon. and Thurs. atter- noons anw by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment. Phone 227. THE SEAFORTH NEWS Seaforth, Ont. Hog marketings in Canada are somewhat irregular and seasonal. Heuviest ntarketiugs always occur during the latter part of the year. As a natter of fact over 50 per cent of our hogs are marketed in the mouths from September to December inclus- ive. Lightest runs invariably occur in July and August, when market- ings frequently reach the low point of 40,000 hogs per week. rt is esti- mated that our domestic require- ments amount to approximately this figure. During the fall months mar- ketings often reach 100,000 head per weak. The increase between the low month and the high month is often over 100 per cent. Because of this fluctuation in ntar- ketings Canada is often placed in the position of laving only enough hogs for her domestic requirements in the summer months and having large exportable surpluses during the late fall months, with similar surpluses during the spring months. It is rather significant that hog prices have only been below $S per ewe on a few occasions since 1933, and speaks volumes for the efforts of the British Government to regulate imports. It is also worthy of note that hog prices have been at least $3 per cwt. higher in the summer months than in the fall months. This increas- ed price should be ample compen- sation to the titan who can and does raise winter farrowed litters which will reach market during times of peak prices. Fluctuations occur week- ly and sometimes within a period of one week. This condition is undoubt- edly an indication that competition exists among packers for the pur- chase of hogs. The regrettable feature about it is that it is a contributing factor in many (togs going to market at improper weights. Fluetations iu price are not as violent as fluctua- tions in ntarhetjngs.It would therefore appear that greater regularty of nrar- ketings will be necessary if price f uetations are to be reduced, con - eluded Mr, Watson. A STOVE RACKET There may be nothing new under the sun, but the practice of making a living by going from door to door repairing the family cook stove is something we never never heard of until last week. Police in Whitechurch township had a report on a couple of agents who were reported to be can- vassing the concession lines and really doing a good business, The line of approach was to promise to put in a new lining in the old cook stove for so much money, or perhaps it would be just a repair job. Anyway, argu- ments ensued when settling up time came and in several instances the workmen usually wanted snore than the bargain called for at the start. In one instance on the Aurora side - road police said the lady of the house had new linings put in the stove which were to cost only $1. When the Job was finished the price was some- thing like $13. She refused to pay and the workmen removed the linings and took them away along with the dollar. For the most part it is unwise to allow strangers in the home, much less to enter into contracts for work or for the sale of anything. There are local dealers for most everything and it is safer to contract business through one you know.—Stouffville Tribune. W330 INVENTED IT? We Americans readily 'admit that we are bite nntgst inventive people in the world. But are we, actually? i there anything in the American air that makes tee more inventive titan 'aur E,uropeau forebears? The fact is, our invention's reflect not our originality batt 'otir needs, Take tite steutthoa't. who invented it? Robert Fulton certainly did not About Sit) sIea)uers, store tint'' less .uece stul, had. been built lretore his Clermont :elbow,eed the Hudson in 1507. let En- lanai yt/illiatn Symington was churning the water whit a paddle- wheel haat in 1:797. His 'Charlotte ri,.neas (1e0_l was a ttotaelc etecoess. Steam navigation itt this - c ntmtry iiegins with Ftiltatl commercially he cat.se a ntouop'oiy of the Hudson river save hen his start. Trace 'the ,bile to its origirgi and very .Berl furtewut to be American. tete tE ' eines i signeee, because sof a pa e't' lite' secured in 11.579, oolleclted two million •cloltars in 'royal- ties front the motor ,industry ±before Henry Ford successfully defended en infringement suit, but Seltlen's ,claim immortality it no 'better than that of 1ssac de Rivaz, a Swiss who patented ill France (1807) a gas - driven car; or evf Lenior, n Frenchman who built one in 1800. In the Tech- nical .luscum of Vienna you may stilt see Siegfried --Marcus' gas- driven car which ran in 31875 until 'police stopped it because of the noise. Actually `our care are derived from those of D'aiml'er and Benz, developed 1983 and 1985. Of the numberless engineering improvements .sieve, very iew can 'be credited to Americans. Four-wheel brakes are English; in- vented in 1904, they appeared ,on Ar- gyll cars in d91Nk "knee action” came from the Frenchman Duhonuet, about •1'933, though Lancia was using a 's'imilar principle ten years earlier. The straight -eight cylinder engine was introduced by Isotla-Fraschini in Italy, and the V -type deecerlis frons that developed in France by De Dion and Bouton in 1119113 Our ,chief contri- butions to the automobile seent to he electric starting, camshaft -driven fuel 'pumps, steel birdie. and "floating power." The American car is Amer- ican because of mass production methods and not because it is American in mechanical conception. The development of the airplane after the Attccess of the Wrights offers a parallel. The early work in steam - lining was done in Europe, from researches :conducted by Eiffel in France and Prantl in Germany. The Frenchman, Nieuporh about 11.910 begat' ..to win races with 'bodies and wings scientifically- shafted. Etirop- 'cans have for year. been working on he stratosphere mane. \Ve have not even 'begun. Airplane train, were firs' tried in Germany and Rif sit ltt1 foe tete 'utoriro, the most original terutt'tutir invention ee our time. we have to t.lraek the Spaniard, Cierva. `elf -glorification is not an Amer - hen neeneeoiy. Every country rhes 1 ishes the illesion of ;grealtncss. Try to ?tell a 'European that Samuel F. B. Morse invented the „telegraph about., 1937 std you a \Make astonishing diecee,eries to tr4t0tsn as well a, in technki'IIo,:areal ell),ct g • The Germans will say witch reason that Von Sam it -wring was tteleegrapltingelectrica'l'ly our unique ,genius. These .wrest •ntecdi- in 11809 and that Ste'initeil was apply- ing the introduction tprinci'pde 'eitn'ue- taneously with Morse, Iu England. schoolteachers inform the young that Cooke and Wheatstone . invented in 11:9317 it needle telegrepl)t which is eo t.eod that it ha.; snot' yet been ahand- oneth Te11 a German that Bell invented trite telephorne send be will point to i'1nillp keis who Stitt 1l1"-teic • over a wire in Feel ----fifteen years before Bell, The French will pint in a claim for Charles 13oureettl, sineply 'because he hiad the right idea, although he never did anything with it. Stampfer, 'the German, in 111833 first ,proposed the motion -:picture filet. But the idea had to be tossed front one nation to another before the Lunrieree in 118915 at last achieved what we ,rail a practical success, Are we to ;believe tite French when they insist that the :predecessors of the Lu'mieres counted for inot'hing. Who invented the 'modern tpeocess for making steel? Of course it was our Kelly '(1851) who anticipated Besseut'er'bttt was defeated in our own courts on 'te'ehtrlcalities. But most steel is now made by the Siemens -Martin process. Siemens, a Gernran, helmeted the furnaee'(18161), and French licens- es. the Martin 'brothers, .made im- provements. The blast furnace .goes back It t :Derby, the Englislunan x(17113) So does trite rolling nils. 1W4to invented the electric incan- descent lamp? "Edison!" 'shouts the whole country. But Joseph. W. Swan, the Englishmen, 'came out simudtatte- eously with a prac'ti'cal lamp. Some hold that its filament was even better. Neon Signe are the conception tot Georges Clatde, a French physicist and engineer. Who iilveete+:t the reaper? Cyrus McCormick, of course, about 1933. Bat the Scotch reaper 111794), the Salomon reaper '(11)'@7) the cutting sciesdrs reaper eeele0) were •cuttin',r i amira in Eurepean .grain •before 7,IeCortnick tuatee his first demon- stration. ,Who invented the sewing machine? \Ve hail Elias Hosie. But there were eucceessfad sewing machines before '1'346, The Frenchman Thimonnier:s was so good that, about 1931). Parisian workers broke it up, Who invented the elevator? Not Otis, He devised simply a safety brake. Miners had been hoisted and lowered in sirafts for centuries 'before him. Even in its modern development the elevator is not American fn origitt, Armstrong (En.tlish) invented the thy- drattlie type !(111846) and Siemens iieerntan) the electric (12900), The Frenchnnan Leeneir (11860) anti the Gerntatt Otto Melee) gave ns the modern form. The Diesel engine oe- vinusly take: its name from Rndelf Diesel, the German cache), The bicycle? In its .presents form -- diamond frame, two wheels of about equal diameter, sprocket and chain— it made its appearance ahem 1590 in England. Before that th.'re 'had been velocipedes all Fineman. '\Vin, inventted the photoelectric roll, which mak:., television ami 1'tetrre- tratl:ittti--rio 'tier wires p's silt(,-. counts curs -ts `ley- ;lass through the Holland 'fennel, eeens and elo e door,. u•: a_ ores tree rlemety of stork; ? Fester anti Cleitai. t,v,t German rely- -ici,ts, devised the neelern cell in the early 1900's. Before them, inventors experimented with selenium which changes light into electricity and hack again, but too slowly ffor utast commerical .purposes. And the invent- ors—May, Smith. Bidwell -were all Eaeliele This brings segs to television. Who invented that? Englan:i, Henetary and the United State, all ,tat forth favorite sons. In the Science Museum of South Kensington. Landon. Wray be seen the crude a peratus with which leen Baird, a y',vmg Sc itsman, probably for thy first time in h;story, su'ccedetl iii .trail: :tit tilts coarse 'tut recognizable image; trout nese netts to another in 19 -'ii. When practical tele- vision does coma, it will he as inter- natietual in its conception as the auto- mobile. it 'dies hard—this lusty. 'patriotic myth .of .our inaen ee supremacy. For a century enlit'utened philosophers have been trying to triangle it. Pre - feasor William F. Ogburn and D•r. Dorothy Thotnas have recently com- piled a list ,of 1.88 major scientific dis- coveries which were conceived simul- taneously. Tessie du Matey the Frenchman, :and T'had'ieus Lowe, the process for making. street lee be, passing steam :over reel -hot eat!: Felly and Bessemer, the one in Atr.e.•- i i and the -the' in Enrlar 1 Ai -moral lies tv slake steel lily 11l,wtng. air ?r ,;; ylt moltenn iron nest thus burn- ing- out the carbon; Hall in America and Heraudt in France bit within a mouth or two -.if each other en the -ante way tt ,ereduce aluminete. S ch iestau,:e, hapten over one over again in tete history of tcolintil 1s we review the poo e sion tf inventors who have aisle this the machine a'ge We forget nationalities, forget the ehild..h 'patriotism that assct'ibes this or teat atehievoment his SAGE 'BEV The Secrets Good Looks by AVOID OFFENDING ! No woman c&n afford to offend others by lack of personal daintiness, yet I'm afraid too many of us are a trifle careless. In these hot Summer days it is doubly necesear yto ensure that we keep fresh and fragrant. Unpleasant breath may be due to several causes, but in most cases it is caused by particles food lodged in the crevices of the teeth, Clean your teeth carefully after every meal. You'lI find dental floss a help, too. Use a mouth wash frequently, You can snake your own by adding a, few drops of myrrh to half a glass of water. How's your hair? Frequent sham- poos are essential, but that isn't suf- fieieut, Brush your hair vigorously and often, and massage the scalp with bay runt. Finally add a drop of scented brilliantine. You are going to perspire, whether you like it or not! It is a necessary part of the body routine. But you can prevent perspiration odor: Wash yourself frequently with palmolive soap to ensure thorough cleansing, thea dab some deodorant create un- der your armpits. If you suffer from perspiring feet, rub them with vinegar, night and morning; thea spray them with tal- cum powder, Keep your clothes fresh and dain- ty, especially underthings. Put clothes on a hangar immediately you take them off, and hang them in a draught to air. Write to me for confidential beau- ty advice, enclosing four one -cent stamps for reply and copy of my new interesting booklet on Beauty Care. Address: Miss Barbara Lynu, Box 75. Station 13, Montreal, Que. THE PRUNING OF SHRUBS Ignorance in the pruning of shrubs causes a great many garden disap- pointments, states R. W. Oliver, Di- vision of Horticulture, Central Ex- perimental Farm. Ottawa, Shrubbery grows into a jungle -land if neg)ectsd. When properly pruned, tail sa trite grow leggy and low ones make , ,uu11 balls. Badly printed shrubs t,=x^ant- ly fail to produce sattsfact..ty lemon. Most of the tronlee ie d . , r t Stu ofd faslttailed Mee that melemeecit;earth be cut back le ti.- Only a fee- of the to d-:.. . tr s..oi::et ,.. t•'.'.t . ..:aj•.l y have liratt.hee . ti t•y- finish :_.i. ut- rtg t ., late h1at_.. hyr'.: a geas. ., a Attl' 'uy V'a -e ... and tgartitm e• should ba cut h;ac.� in the spring t t a point just alma the second or third bud on stem; shoots of last year's growth. All ;Veale or twisted scoots should be rem tem entirely. These shrubs bloom at the end of wood of the current t eiyca':. growth so that cutting theist ya:1t us described above forces out a f•.' strong young growth and prods- •t:a large flowers. If these shrubs we left unpruned there would be oto.•, but smaller flowers on shorter stems. The majority of flowering shruits however, bloom quite early in the season from buds farmed G11 Iast year's growth. Lilacs. heneesetene forsythia, mock orange wiigettt. and tete common set e a are alt ni rem class. These , a _stn i.ot be cut back if any bloom is desired. as matting back last year's growth re:naves the flower buds. In such shrubs the object of prun- ing is to thiu out the bush so that air can circulate through it and sun, light reach its leaves. This keeps the foliage healthy even on the lower branches and prevents the shrubs from growing "leggy." Healthy foli- age promotes vigorous growth and abundance of bloom. attics who spring feint a dozen aril, seem tike feBvss' craftsmen working ;+tcc veiy through ce tttiries at the .aur prnittent One passe., ttt end his limited. 4tV:ee.S to 1110 t"'t, r itil :after long rears w,t ct'han l - an the 11 .1.1,-:' in I bi:.gy, leap through tete tiIr frim N n V,trk hu San Fran- is:a, talk c., .in- tr.,;'t er a:ross the a.t'tr see figu... 'enre on a 'tele- vision s -teen. \\':.' cannot di..pen,t ;with hitt Edi t•:ts, \lir"''tris.. Sells. They are the Rises for the °trahnical aspirations or the race. Bet their inventions we would,'have tad sooner or dater. It is the ratt' that ,supplies the r.urrent, thedrive on •an'd up. Want and For Sale acts, .3 ivks, 50c.