The Seaforth News, 1925-10-08, Page 3THURSDAY, : OC
925
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J. B, SNOWDON,'' Proprietor.'
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
By W. H. T.
Matt is neither a bird nor 'a fish.
He cannot fly, He has to learn to
swim, and he cannot live under the
surface of the avatar,
But man is not content to stay
within the bounds of the restrictions
imposed on hint 'by nature. He exer-
cises his inventive genies lu devising
means whereby he 'can rise into the
air and fly from place to place, or
dive 'beneath the waves, and move
about as completely out of sight as
are t'he.motisters of the deep.
Man's attempts at flying begin-
ning with that of Icarus who 'fell into
the sea which was named after him,
havecontinued through the various
stages of 'balloon construction, and
have culminated in . the aeroplane;
and his attempts at tinder water
navigation Jiave resulted in the sub-
marine,
But man's attempts to navigate
the air or the depts of the sea have
so far exacted a heavy toll of hu -
than life, and there is no apparent
likelihood of air and under -sea
navigation being made reasonably
saffe.
The crashing to earth, with the
Loss of 'fourteen 'lives, of the giant
dirigible Shenandoah, which cost $2,-
000,900 and was the last word in air-
ship construction.
The loss of the giant airship with
all on board in the Pacific, and the
sinlcing of S=51 in the Atlantic with
the loss of 33 or 34 lives, are in-
stances of the danger which ratan
faces when''he tries to do that for
which 'nature has not adapted him.
TO A DEPARTED MOTHER,
Dear Mother, you were • taken away
From us, your lonely children here,
And our loving Father, now old and
gray,
We see him dry many a falling tear.
'Twas sad see one loved so well,
Laid low beneath the heartless clay.°
Dear Mother, you were good to all,
We trust 'that God will you repay.
'Twas hard to part with our dear
brother,
When God did take him home last
year.
Oh, 'twas nothing like parting with
you, Mother,
For you were far, Oh, far store dear,
We are now so very lonely,
Since poor, dear 'Mother, you have
gone.
Grief and sorrow is now only,
What surrounds our once happy
home.
Oh, Father dear, watch o'er us still,
And check us when we go astray,
Do help us that may fallfil
What you taught us in a happier
day.
We promised you we'd bear in mind
To be good children when you were
gone.
You had to leave us here behind,
God's Holy will on earth be done,
So we will try and be resigned
To part, with those we love,
For if we trust in God we'll find
He'll unite us in a home above.
And when our lives on earth are o'er,
And. one by one will summoned be,
May we all meet to part no more,
In 'Heaven for all eternity.
— A Lonely Daughter.
I IPPEN.
(Intended for fast week.)
Mrs. Wm. Caldwell and 'little son
attended the 'funeral of a cousin at
Zurich on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Thompson and
son, Alex., of. Varna, visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Sproat
on Sunday.
Mr. Alex. Sproat, of Toronto, is
'spending his holidays with his broth-
er, W. C. Sproat, of Tuckersmith.
Mts. John Workman is•confined to
bed at -'present with a severe cold.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Frank Coleman and
son Harvey, and niece Miss Mabel
Coleman spent Sunday, at the home
of Mr. and 'Mrs, John McNaughton.
The teachers are attending the con-
ventions at Wingham and Exeter
this week. •
Wise mothers who know the vir-
tues of Mother Graves' Worst Ex-
terminator always have . it at hand,
because it proves•its value. •
HARVEST-THANK,S'GIVING,,
Despite unfavorable weather,''• the
Harvest Home services in St.
Thomas'• church oriSunday, 'Sept..
27th, were well attended. The
e'hurch Was decorated with fruits and
grain, vegetables and •flowers, show-
ing that God has again bountifully
provided for ni.an's needs. Rev. 1.1, I:
Johnston,, of Thamesfordi was in
charge: for the day, and .preached
two ,impressive and instructive ser-
mons. At the morning service
the subject 'was• "The Wheat and
`the Tares," and at night the parable
of the 'Grain of 'Mustard Seed:. The
music under the able leadership of
Mr. E. W. Bateman' acid Mr. Geo:
Clark, organist, 'was a pleasing fea-
ture of 'the services, Hymns spec-
ial 'for thanksgiving were ,used, The
dust anthem in the morning was
Beethoven's "The 'Heavens are De-
claring, adapted by Dudley Buck.
The second, "The Floors .Shall be
Full of Wheat," by Caleb Simper,
was very 'beautiful, the solo part 'be-
ing taken by Miss Clara Pinlutey. At
night the anthems, "Fear not, 0
Lord," by S. C. Cooke and "A Bonn-
teous ;Harvest" by Simper in which
the solo part was rendered by Mrs. J,
Archibald. The offerings during the
day were very liberal.
APPRECIATION.
The following letter has been
received by the superintendent of the
hospital, from Lieut. -Col. -D. F. Me
Anunou'd, of •the Salvation Army,
London, Ont.: "Dear Madam: Just
a line to express to you and those
associated with you in' connection
with the late Capt. Nevill's illness
our appreciation fair all you did,'
care you took, and attention given
during his time in the hospital; Both
Mrs. Clarke and her daughter, Capt.
Eva, told me of the untiring efforts
of the nurses and I assure you we
appreciate the effort you put forth.
I trust that God will !bless you in
your 'work of mercy in the hospital,
Yours sincerely, D. F. 'McAmmond."
RALLY DAY.
Although the weather was un-
favdrable, successful Rally Day ser-
vices were held in the Presbyterian
church, Sunday morning, Sept. 27th,
The superitltendent, +Mr`.' J. G. 'Mullen,
presided. The choir was composed
of members of the senior classes,
the responsive readings being taken
by Miss Winter's class and the Sun-
day school. Recitations were given
by Ross McNabb, Jimmie Scott and
Milne Rennie, of Miss Scott's class,
and by Irene •E'berhart and Edith
Ferguson, of Miss 'Graham's class. A
pleasing sacred quartette was rend=
ered by Misses Annie McTaggart,
Jean Brodie, Bertha Grieve and. Dor-
othy Kerslake, while a cross covered
with purple asters was dedicated in
honor of young men 'from the Sun-
day school who fell in the Great
War. Messrs. Rennie, Beattie, Scott
and Reid sang a beautiful quartette.
The pastor, Rev. Dr. Larkin, gave an
appropriate address on God's call to
us. The flowers 'brought 'by the
children were banked in front of the
pulpit and at the close of the even-
ing service distributed among the
sick anti shut-ins of the congregation.
•AUCTION SALE.
Of Farm, Fano Stock and Imple-
ments. The undersigned auctioneer
has received instructions from Mr.
S. J. Creighton to sell by public
auction on Lot 34,,Con. 10, Hullett,
commencing at 1 p.m. on Friday,.
Oct. 9th, the following: 'Horses—'1
matched team of bay geldings, 1
driving horse 8 years old, 1 aged
driving mare. Cattle—d black cow
9 years old, tine Feb. 24th; 1 red cow
6 years, calved short time; 1 Holstein
cow 3 years; 1 Holstein cow 4 years;
1 red heifer rising 3 years dtte Dec.
22nd; 1 Holstein heifer rising 3 years
due Jan. 2nd; 1 black heifer rising 3
years due Jan. 13th; 3 yearling heif-
ers; 2 yearling steers; 3 spring calves,
1 young calf. Implements -1 Mc-
Cormick binder, 7 foot, in good run-
ning order; 1 'Massey-FIarris slower,
nearly new; 1 steel rake, 1 set har-
rows, 1 steel drum roller, 1 steel cul-
tivator, 1 disc, 1 13 Fleury plow, 1
scuffler, 1 seed- drill, 1 fanning mill, 1
set 'sloop sleighs, 1 wagon, 1 hay
rack, 1 gravel box, 1 pair gravel box
sides, 1 rubber tire tap 'buggy, 1
steel tire top buggy, 1 steel •tire open
buggy, 1 light wagon, 1 cutter, 1 set
team harness, 2 sets single hafness, 1
hay fork rope, 1 De Laval Cream
Separator 'No. 12, 1 coal heater, 1
-extension table, about ' 8 tons hay,
about 800 bushels grain, forks, chaihs
and other articles. Terms of Sale—
All purchases of $10 and under,
cash; over that amount 6 months'
credit on approved joint notes, A
discount of 3 per cent. off for cash
on credit amounts. Terms on farm
TWO OF THE :ORI GINAL MEMBERS.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES HILLE1
Mr. Millen has been an. Elder of Caven'church for fifty years.
trade known' on day" of sale. Sr J
Creighton, ;prop,; "T; Gundry, tinct,
PRICSE,ITTATION,'
There was a -large attendance at.
thecongregational social held in
the Presbyterian church on Tues-
day evening, Sept, 29th, Mr. j. G.
Milner' presiding. The pastor, ,Rev.
Dr. Larkin, gave some interesting
impressions of" his recent visit to
Bermuda,. 'Mr. James Stewart, ac-.
compatiied 1.y Mr: Gerald ;Stewart
on the violin, gave :. vocal solo. Mr:
Dot Reid announced that he -intend-,
ed to perform a trick which proved
to be a presentation to Mr, Wallace
Parke on the eve of his departure to
the Old Country, of a $5 gold piece
from the choir, df which he is an
esteemed member, A ladies quar-
tette composed of Misses Murray,
McKay, Wright and Patterson gave
two selections, and 'Messrs. M.
Rennie. and D. 'Reid contributed
solos. At the close of the pro-
gramme lunch was served
No Need' To Candle:
A littleseven year old boy entered
a grocery store with a 'basket of
eggs and the proprietor asked him
they were fresh. He replied "Yes,
sir! They were laid to -day and to-
morrow."
"Very well, my little man, what do
you want for them." "Cash, sir!"
W, .M; S.
The'-Monthl-y meetingof the Wo-
Allen's Missionary ;Soc'iety, which was
of a social nature to welcome new-
Comers, was 'held in the Presbyter -
Ian church on Tuesday afteraoon,
Sept, 22nd. The president, Mrs.
C. Greig, presided, and 'led in the
opening prayer. The minutes were
read by 'Mrs. C. Aberhart, and re-
perts were presented. A coinmittee
composed' of Mrs. C. Brodie, Mrs. J.
A. Stewart and Mrs. H. J. Gibson,
was appointed to select a president
for the Sunshine mission band. Mrs,
Jas. Kerr read some selections on
China and, Miss 'Cowan gave a talk
on prayer, and Mrs, Leslie Mullen
some gleanings from the Watch
Tower. At the close, tea was served
to the seventy ladies. present,
BARBARA KIRKMAN.
'Mrs. 12.I j. Gibson presided at the
monthly meeting of the Barbara
Kirkman Y, W, A. on Tuesday even-
ing, Sept, 22nd, in the Presbyterian
church. Bible reading was taken by
M:ss Davidson and Miss Gretta
Ross read the Glad Tidings prayer.
Miss Belle Campbell gave the •treas-
tirer's report. Miss B. Smith read
an interesting article on the topic,
"Trinidad." ,lvfiss H. Murray and
Oliss E. 'McKay sang a pleasing duct.
There was a large attendance at the
meeting.
The three former ministers of Caven church, Winthrop,_ the old frame ch arch and the brick edifice now in use.
THE FARMER'S HOME MARKET
Low Tariff Politicians belittle its importance. Are they right? What are the Facts?
ROBABLY no part of the business of farming is less under
stood and less appreciated' than the value of the home
market to the average -Canadian farmer of to -day.
First and foremost, given a Government that is. sympathetic
with you, the home market is one that you can absolutely Con-
trol, at all times, at least against the foreign farmer who would
invade it. On the other hand, ; the foreign market .is one that
you may be legislated out of at any moment by the vote of a
foreign government that has decided that it wants to give its
own farmers an advantage over you!
Next, the market that is best worth cultivating is always the
market that absorbs 'the largest part of your production. The
fellow who year after year buys more than half your crop is
worth more to you than the fellow who only buys 25% of it.
That's fundamental! There's no getting away from it!
From the figures below we prve absolutely that the home
market absorbs at the very ' least 63%% of' the produce—not
of the Ontario farmer—but of the average Canadian farmer,
including the wheat farmer of the West. If we were to leave the
Western wheat farmer out of it, it could be proved that over
80% of what the Ontario farmer produces is consumed by this
home market.
The reason some people have an exaggerated idea of the im-
portance of the export market for farm produce is that they have
looked at it 'solely from the standpoint of wheat! It is true that
we export in one form or another about 75 per cent of our entire
wheat crop. But the wheat crop, important and all as it is, re-
presents only about one-fcpurth of our total annual agricultural
production, and it is only when we take into account what be-
comes of the other three-fourths that we can arrive at a true es-
timate of the value of the home market to the average Canadian
farmer!
Here is our calculation. Check up our figures from the Canada
Year Book, the official statistical publication issued by the Gov-
ernment. Subject our deductions to the most searching investi-
gation and you will find that if we have erred at all, we have
under -estimated, rather than over-estimated the importance of the
farmer's home market.
TOTAL EXPORTS, FISCAL YEAR 1924, OF
Agricultural and Vegetable Products.
including fresh dried and preserved fruits, grains, flour and milled products, bakery products and prepared foods, vegetable oils,
tobacco, fresh and. prepared vegetables, maple syrup, maple sugar and miscellaneous, but excluding rubber, sugar (other than maple),
molasses and confectionery as products not of Canadian agricultural origin; also excluding alcoholic beverages whose export value is
out of all relation to the value of the agricultural products used in their production. - - - - - - - -
Animals and Animal Products. -
including live animals, hides and skins, leather, fresh meats, cured and canned meats, milk and its products, ails, fate, greases, agssi
honey and miscellaneous, but excluding fish oils, seal andwhale oils, and furs other than black and silver fox skins, as products not of
agricultural origin. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fibres, Textiles and Textile Products. -
including all wool and woolens, also flax, jute and hemp products, but excluding binder twine, manufacturers of cotton and silk, manu-
facturers of mixed textiles, and certain kinds of wearing apparel, as products not of Canadian agricultural origin. - - -
Grand total exports, all kinds of farm produce - - -- - - - - -
$394,407,246
91,939,305
2,747,573
$489,014,124
Now the gross agricultural revenue of Canada for crop year 1923 is given as $1,342,132,000. Deduct-
ing the grand total exports, as above of $489,094,124, leaves a balance of $853,037,876 to represent what
must have been consumed by the home market. In other words, the export market took only 363%
of our farm production. The balance, 63%%, was consumed in Canada!
TWO THIRDS OF WHAT THE CANADIAN FARMER RAISES, HE SELLS IN CANADA
Export Prices that Fail to Govern
Home Prices.
In attempts to belittle the home market,
the argument has been used over and over
again that the prices obtainable in the
export market always govern the prices
obtainable in the domestic market.
Statements of that kind constitute one
of the meanest forrns of dishonesty. It
is probably true that, in the absence of
an effective - wheat pool, the Liverpool
price pretty nearly fixes the domestic
price of wheat. But the Liverpool price
of hay,- or of potatoes, is almost negligible
in its effect upon the local prices obtainable
for those commodities in Canada. And the
reason for the difference, is that wheat,
besides ,being a commodity that can be
stored indefinitely, has been provided with
terminal facilities that `enable it to be
handled at a minimum of expense, and is
carried at the lowest of all freight rates,
• whereas transportation costs on hayand
potatoes substantially protect the( 'pro-
ducer against surpluses only a hundred
miles away!
Hay and Potatoes for Instance.
In 1923, for instance, farmers in Nor-
folk County received an average of only
811/3, cents a bushel for their potatoes,
while farmers in Welland County, less
3>
than fifty miles away, received $1.00
for theirs: In that same year farmers in
Perth County received an average of only
$9.28 a ton for their hay, while farmers in
the adjoining County of Middlesex re-
ceived $11.05 for theirs.
Discount these illustrations as much as
you like on the ,ground that differences of
quality had something to do with the
differences in price, yet do they not serve
to shake your faith in the man who would
have you believe that Liverpool prices
always govern domestic prices? Did Thun-
der Bay farmers, for instance, get $19.64
for their hay in 1923 because it was of
such superior quality, or did they get it
because of the high cost of bringing $8.98
hay from Huron County, or $10.11 hay
from Lambton County? If Liverpool
prices governed hay in the way and for the
° same reasons that they do wheat, Ontario
farmers would have to pay shippers a
premium to take their hay away!
What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce
for the Gander.
Belittlers of the home market assert that
a tariff on farm products is of no benefit
to our farmers. Is the United States tariff
on farm products of no benefit to United
States •farmers? Is .it no detriment to
Canadian farmers? 'If a.' foreign tariff ,is a
detriment to Canadian farmers, why should
not a Canadian tariff be a detriment to
foreign farmers and consequently a benefit
to our own?
What a New Inddstry, in your Market
Town, Means to You!
It Increases the prosperity of the town, gives
work to the unemployed, adds to the population,
gets the empty houses rented and starts the build-
ing of new ones. The town immediately has
more money to spend on the butter and eggs, the
vegetables, fruit, milk and grain your farm
produces.
The foreign market is admittedly an important
market, but after all what does it consist of? Isn't
it made up entirely., of town and city dwellers—
wage-earners—who cannot obtain from their own
farmers as much food as they require so they must
buy from you? Is the city dweller an saset to the
Canadian farmer only when he happens to dwell,
in a foreign city? If we persuaded him, by the
offer of a better job than he now has, to come and
live in Canada, would he not be a bigger asset to
our farmer than he is at present ?
Those who scoff at the home market would en-
courage those dwellers in a foreign city to stay
where they are, thus leaving our farmers in the
position where they must take a chance on- ship-
ping their products long distances, and then selling
them in competition with other producers from all
over the world! Isn't 'the plan of those who
would build up the home market a vastly better
one?
A higher tariff will give more workers good
jobs in this country. Canadian workmen
with good jobs are the best customers the
the Canadian' farmer will ever have.
FOR' HIGHER TARIFF 'AND FOR LOWER TAXATION
Liberal -cementation vlatg1y-committee, 33513.y Ht., Toronto s