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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-03-08, Page 3THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1934. THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE THE p TARIO LEGISLATURE In the first division of the session,' the Henry gover;t metdt'was sustained` by the huge Maljoority of '71S-20 in ap- proving acllopIhion,Of 'the Speech from the Throne, .tits affirming the sub - amendment :of Premier (George S. Henry. The sIStrb-ame'ndmenrt joined cordially in the Mope 'expressed by, Hon. 'Herbert A. 13ru'ce, ILieu'tenant. tGovernor, in the Throne Speech, 'that'. Our 'co unrry will. so'an be tori the road to "Ewcluring [Prosperity." By the same majority, Dr. G. A.-VIaQuib'ban, Liberal 'Hrouse 'leader, accepted defeat to his',amendment wh'i'ch criticized the government. • 1H'ola. Lepp'olld Macaulay, Minister. of (Highways, concluded the debate on behalf of the government, scoring in marked fashito•non .tireiOpp'osition. members, 'an'd making a particularly ,withering attack upon M. F. Hep- burn, provincial Liberal leader, who he charged hos allied himself with the .private interests in 'order to 'de- feat the St, (Lawrence seaway 'project, "Mr, :Hepburn calls this request for commencement of the project, just (ballyhoo—this 'voice off ,Ontario call in:g for a. go-ahead," declared Mr. Ma- caulay. ac rulay, "Let me say to biro that kind • of ballyhoo he's joining In is a con - piracy with the private +innterests of Quebec to 'prevent the great enter- prise from ever getting under way." ,Mr, Macaulay also .charged that these Liberal tactics are tying the hands of Dr. 'McQuibban, who would not 'make a definite statement of his stand on the develop stent, because. Qts the Minister `• stated, Dr. licQuib'bau has a halter around his neck. 'But he hoped Dr. McQuibban 'would one day ( pull the rope apart and get free. (Liberals, he went on, are still "silli- ly &bellying" on the issue, coupled with shifting and evasion, pointing to the effort made by '1Ir, Hepburn some time ago in having Mr. T. 1., Church, of Toronto, campaign on the issue. WIsile Liberal advance notices S- claimed the government this session would be subjected to bombing and attacks, Mr. Macaulay scored the op - Position for merely producing a couple of "damp squibs." The Liberal board oaf, strategy he 'termed "'the board 'of tragedy," 'while the "brain trust" he ,contended had run out of ques'tion's. I3:Ie referred to the "brain trust's" question regarding what amount is owingthe government isa amusement taxation, 'which 'had shown there is about $3412 per annum owing, "Is it ally wonder that the people of t:hc province have come to the con- clusion that 'they are just a bunch of school 'boys on a Hallowe'en prank without any serious intention of pre paring to administer the affairs of- the Province?" queried Mr. Macaulay. Another question as to the number of telephone calls front the govern- ment to Hon. G. 'II, Ferguson, High /Commissioner at London, which had shown there were seven in three years, the declared had come from a man or ,group of men "who have a cheap and miserable outlook on provincial life," :This, he said, was a roundabout me- thod of getting a dig at the man who is not here to speak for himself, and is received with the contempt it de- serves. While the government had been. lblamed dost year for Sow prices of far- mers' products, Mt'hl4acaulay felt that nqw pricesare rising the government should be given credit for the ad- vances. 'VIr.'MacauiaY showed that prices of steers, as of (Feb. 214th, were $625 in Toronto a'nl $'6,25 in 'Cahicago; butter, Toronto 2B%c, !Montreal 29%c, and Chicago ?131% c; eggs, Toronto, 39; Chicago 116S4c, and 'bacon hogs, Tor- onto $9,.75 off cats, and Chicago $4:50. Dealing with administration of his own department, Mr, Macaulay point- ed out that in ,County, Township and 'Provincial 'high•wiays there is '$300,- 1000000 invested, exclusive of North- ern Ontario and trans -Canada high- ways, While construction work has been reduced the program in North- ern IOeitari° .has been ,a'dv'anced as're- lief unemployment measures, In the ;hest fotir years, there has been spent $1115;000,0010 on various roads, includ- ing '$30,00O;000 for maintenance. This work has provided over 9000,00,0 man clays per year of oin''a basis Of 200 days per year per man, highway improve- ment activity has provided steady em- ployment to over 415,000 men, Hydro he contended 'had prospered under the guidance and support of va- rious Conservative administrations. The 'Gregory ,,Oomniss:ion appointed by the'Drury government, he said, was intended to 'dismiss Sir Adam. Beck after serving years without sal- ary. "It was nothing more nor less than a piratical expedition to pull down and wreck the Hydro," charged Mr. Macaulay, "Under my standard of judgment of human affairs, it must be admitted that Hydro has had long, continuous, successful, 'honest and ca- pable administration anti loyal enthus- iastic support from the Conservative party." Pointing to victory for the govern- ment in the forthcoming election, Mr, Macaulay said that if the record of the government for the last four years is examined it will be plain that every minister has (been bending their ener- gies night and day to the great 'task of public men to=day, thinking, plan- ning, legislating, administering for the improvement Of conditions of the far- mer, the laborer, the producer, the merchant everywhere in the province. "Vast suets that we have been spending whether 'af capital or cur- rent account," said Mr. Macaulay, "have been spent ill an effort to help the sick, care for the poor, find, em- ployment Inc those out of lsvark, pen- sions for the aged and generally to make lighter and 'store bearable the .conditions of all classes of men and women in our province. When the time comes, as come it soon will, t0 appeal to the electorate for a renewal of the mandate they have given to this party, I feel sure that as to the result there can be no doubt: This governvnent will be asked to continue the ,cork in the brighter and better days ahead ,which it :has carried on in the four strenuous years now. -closing." tAttorney4Generad W. II. Price in- troduced the Loan and Trust Corpor- ation Aft, and an amendment to the Municipal Act, the former amending the act to provide trust 'companies with power to act as custodians or trustees in bankruptcy, and the latter giving cities o:f more than 400,000 pop- FEBRUARY, 1934 . elation control over lumber yards m Mr, IGcotmeBaird of Stan,tec- ley t D which second-hand lumber it stored, / order( the temperatures for 'February, !An amendment to the Assessment 11934, as follows: lAc't introduced by W. E. N, !Sinclair,,. )Temperature IS'ou'th 'Ont'ario, permittingmunicipal- ities unicipalities to put up land for sale in classi- led lists where tax sales are heed ia- stead of potting up ail the lands in ar- rears of taxes was referred to the mu- nicipal law committee, after receiving second reacting,. The annual report of the Minimum l\lIage 'Board indicated that en amend- ment will be introduced protecting women workers against meta and boys being brought in by employers to take their places at lower rates of pay. Length of time for which wage ar- rears uiay,be co'llecte'd and the 'hours lfor which rates as fixed under 'board orders may be paid will also be sub- ject to legislation. 'Attorney -(General 4V. IFI, (Price indi- cated that steps will be taken to wipe out an alleged insurance policy racket that has -been -operating in various parts of the province whereby people in unfortunate circumstances have been deprived -Of actual values of in- dustrial insurance policies, The meth- od had been to secure these policies by making small payment, and then. 'holding and cashing them with the company; ''Legislation will be introd- uced to prevent such practices. The 'House approved the resolution of Wilfred ,Heighington, 'Cons., St. David's, which gives endorsatyon to a policy to distribute relief monies to municipalities who Might join in a po- licy of removing slum areas and es, tablish new hnnstntx schemes, Premier henry endorsed the move pointing nut that if the 'municipalities are int- erested some provision_ should be made so that they will be able to pro- ceed with such programs. The prem- ier indicated the government w'onld move in this direction providing there is sufficient demattct from municipal- ities for the setting up of such policies, and also if the Federal government was inclined to include the proposal under works relief construction. 'Charges that a consbine exists am- ong the three packing houses at 1tsest Toronto Stockyards were made by Clifford Case, Conservative, North York, who insisted the Federal gov- ernment should take immediate steps to inquire into the situation, Mr. Case declared that the packers know what prices they are going to pay before the farmers arrive et the yards, and if the 'farmer does riot :wish to accept the offered prices, he can do one of two things, either ship his cattle back home, a costly practice, or pay $3'0'a ton for hay which costs $S on the farm, Mrs, Thomas Ward. — The death occurred this week in Mitchell of Mary Clark, wife of the late Thomas Ward, in her 69th year. Mrs. Ward was born in Logan township, daught- er of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clark, Following their marriage lir. and Mrs. Ward located on the old Ward homestead, lot 19, concession 12, Fullerton, on the farm now oc- cupied by Joseph Taylor. They mov- ed to Mitchell about 200 years ago and Mr. Ward passed away about 11'3 years ago. 'Surviving are one sister, Mrs. John Roy, Russelldale, and one bro- ther, John, Grand View-, Manitoba. Date Highest 'Lowest all ' 130 above 210 above 111 1 step u 5 „ 5 ' 110 '112 below 4 26 " 3 , 5 125; r, 5 ,r 4 Ilt3 , 6 ., 11 20 ,r, 6 rr 6 dill " 3111 n 5 ,115 below 36 " 10 2(1 e 4'5 ,r , dill X27 above 113 above 1112 26 , f1,3; r, '15 30 " zero Ilia, 7 " 1.10 below - 119 30 " 5 above 1116 1119 116 'below 1111 11111 " 1118. " 18 177 " zero 19 30 " e above 25 below 120 4 311 1118 23 31 23 00 Zak 6 215 16 26 35 127 15 t?t4 9 :Snowfall for 2 J, 1115 above " 11(7 below 6 „ 9 2 above 5 below' " 3 re month, 10% inches, JOHN McGRAW GA'ME'S BEST 'Baseball's greatest manager"— "the cornerstone of the gain 's com- petitive spirit" --"tire best in the busi- ness"—"a true spcntstnan." Those were the things' they said 10 New York of John McGraw. :And although the fight. ]rustle and strict discipline he practised amt. ask- / ed of others male hila enemies galore to weigh against Isis thnttsan'ds of ad- mirers and friends, the world of base - hall mournedas one the passing of the rotund little Napoleon of the 'bald dia- mond, Tears came to the eyes of Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the high conunfs- sinrcr of the game, when he heard that the ex -manager of New York's Gianst died—tears from one of the le- gions that knew the bite of the Mc- Graw tongue and the difficulty of try- ing to overcome a fiery spirit that flared easily. And there were tears from other men who had come to respect John J. for his determination and constant will to win, even though they didn't always agree with his methods. The tribute that came from Com- missioner Landis carried the theme of the scores pi other tributes paid the little pilot by those who worked with hint and against him.. "The ran who first talked of rugg- ed individualism might well have had John McGraw in mind," Landis said, "for nobody was ever further remov- ed from the commonplace than he, dais real start was in a ripping, tear- ing, charging baseball team made of youngsters like 'himself who never asked nor gave quarter. "I can think of no man whose anme was more universally associated with the virile competitive spirit of base- ball than McGraw, To the his death is a personal affliction," MOGraw lived for baseball, and, from the intimate tales of his final months that were .told, it seemed ap- parent that the fact baseball had. largely slipped away from him of late ti eck 0 We Are Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily, All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as. Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your. Next Order. Th -e • eafort SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, News _Lots. frs,.4,1'4,41 • played no little part in his passing. Uremia, and finally an intestinal hemorrhage, were, the doctors said, the connpfliete cause of death, .Butt in 1 the words of Joseph. M.ulvaney, a N{ew York newspaper man, who could call) the'firebrand, "Mac," those vwho'knew1 less -about medicine and more about McGraw knew that he died from the pressure of living several centuries in 60 .yeas'.1 a .� 'a ""Ile worked too hard and too long; he worked like -an engine without a safety valve.. -But then he never want- ed one,' Mulvaney said. 'Others who knew him held Mc- Graw's fatal illness dated from the day he 'became "manager emeritus' of the Giants that ,were a part of him so long—the day in 1930 he left 'his once lofty team in last place and an- nounced 'I'm through," (Newspapers of that day attest that there wasn't any wailing from the little Napoleon when he relinquished the reins he had held for 30 years. But those who knew him claimed it was just too much of a. fighter to ntalce a show about things like that. KING WHEAT Wheat, the king of the commodity markets, has become a factor of tre- mendous significance to world trade, :Because of its influence 'on other primary products and its key position in international trade. wheat has al- as aye played a leading part in world economy. 'I•Iopes of international trade co-op- eration, which were virtually wreck- ed by the collapse of the World Ec- onomic Conference, were revived ag- ain Inter. The United I{ingdom: is not only the world's greatest buyer of wheat and Canada and Australia tite world s leading exponters: there is also the fact that England is financially inter- ested in a great deal more than the 11)0,000.000 cwts, of wheat imported each year. The Landoll and Liverpool future, markets have given England the lead- ing pnsrtrnn as the world clearing l.ousa for wheat. Every trading com- mitment with respect to wheat, from the prairie to the baker, is insured by the prudent contractor, be he buyer. 'exporter, importer or miller, by the process of "hedging." And Liverpool provides the best "hedging" market in the world. These transactions have contributed in the past to make :Great Britain an international financial centre •and done much to foster its merchant Shipping. The principle of the general store— "If you go to buy soap, you stay to buy ,satin"—applies in international trade, '` The world goes to the Old Country to cover its transaction: in wheat, and stays to have then•, financed by the banks, insured by underwriters and insurance companies and shipped in their vessels. 'Shipping is one of England's major invisible exports and the wheat char- ter, 'both historically and practically, is the foundation of British shipping, Similarly the insurance of wheat car- goes is the backbone of her maritime insurance business, According to the Board of Trade 11 - guts the total tonnage of British ships is about 19,000,000 ,tons gross. The decline in the w'h'eat trade al- one has meant that every second grain carrying ship was cheated out bf an entire cargo World trade in 11926-29 was an all- ttme record, and it was also the most prosperous year since the war. Suit- able food of high quality at a price within the reach of everybody was the contribution of the grain trade. Ex- positing countries had margeta' to sell in. Wheat importing countries had markets to buy in. (Since 1929, however, the former great wheat importing countries such as Germany, 'France and Italy, have chosen to develop -their own agricul- tural industries. {In fact, the rulers of every country Europe except Great Britain, have, since' 192.9, been doing their best to buildup their own wheat -growing in- dustries by putting a brake on imports from abroad. - IIv their efforts to maintain minim- um prices these European countries have boosted prices three or four times as high as the world ,price, pure- ly for their own growers, of course, with ,the result that both. France and Germany have not only reached the Point of self-sufficiency, but actually have surpluses over and above their neon hone requirements. These sur- pluses are clumped in other markets for what they will fetch. 'German wheat. for example, was selling -last summer in East Anglia at a quarter of the price at which it was sold in Gerniany. France analntains a minimum. price of 1116 francs:, a quintal at hone, but dumps it in !England at a price equivalent' to 30 Frans a quin- tal. The regular exporting countries such as Australia and Canada, are not only deprived of their former custom- ers on the Continent, but are subject- ed to tins unfair subsidiz'ed competi- tion in ,the British market. The sensational and intolerable par- adox of the times in which we jive is that there are actually people starving for good wheaten bread in almost :ev- ery country in Europe: Last year Europe's wheat rezlittire- ntehta were '53,000,000 quartets; this year Europe's imports' will be about 39,0100,000 quarters.' TWO LONDON FIREMEN DIE IN $100,000 FIRE 'Londona--iFire and auto accidents over the week enol left a toll of five dead and seven injured. Th.e firefatall- ities occurred when flames- caused $1110:0,000 damage to _ the Hunt - FlIour Milds Saturday night. A man and his wife were killed instantly and another man fatally injured when their auto- tr,obile collided with a motor hes' in a dense fog. The dead: iStattley S'eruby, deputy 'fire chief; Lieutenant Anthur tklartop of the London .fire department; Clarence Henderson and' his wife of Windsor and a cousin, George Locke, former- ly of St. Thomas. The Henderson car collided with the Buffalo -Detroit bus near Dela- ware early Sunday. The husband and wife were killed outright but 'Locke died later in hospital from, a frac+ tifred skull, Clarence Robinson of Windsor. bus driver, was arrested on it charge of causing grievous bodily harm. Deputy Chief Scrubs, and 'Lieuten-, ttnt 1=lartop were trapped behind a steel sash is the flour mills while fighting the flames, They had climb- ed to the sixth floor to fight the 'flames when tis y fell victims to the acrid smoke and flames. Firemen Norman Wight and :Regin- aid \'alters dragged themselves through the smoke and .flames to a window from where they jumped 90 feet to a life net. As Walters steeped front the net Ilartnp w'as seen attempting to reach the window but he fell back into the flames behind the steel sash. Deputy Chief Struby was believed to have been blocked in his effort to reach the window by the same sash. The bodies of Scruby and IHartop were found later in ,the debris. Scruby's head was badly hunted while Hartap's body was charred. It was believed, however, they had suc- cumbed to the smoke before the Raines enveloped them. THE BEST SHADE TREES TO PLANT tiExperimcnta. Farm Note,) The planting of, shade trees is a work that is quite comparable to that of erecting a stately building to serve a specific purpose. The shade trees should be looked upon as friends of mankind whether plantedeinthe ave- nues of our towns or cities, along the broad highways stretching from coast to coast or around our rural homes. •Avenues of stately trees along the streets- of our towns and cities offer shade from the sweltering summer sun and protect our .homes from many a heavy blast of winter wind, These trees 'give shelter to thousands of the feathered friends of mankind, that seek a ,place to abide during the norther summer. Then let us look at those avenues of beautiful stately trees, as it were on dress parade, joining city block to rural highway. Down into the valley, by the bridge, along the grass edged brook, over the hill top and near the homestead, stand these sentinels, ad- orning the landscape, providing s.hadc and shelter for man and beast. The most important of the shade trees are: Elm, rock maple, soft or silver maple and black walnut where climatic conditions will permit. Oak trees -are also useful and beautiful and should be used, For wet or low land the willow is adapted and has quite a range of varieties. Where poor land is to be contended with, or quick growth required the poplar may be used., Among the evergreen there is the white pine,. Austrian pine and IS-cotch piste, 'Norway spruce, native white spruce and the Douglas fir. To grow well and show the natural beauty shade trees should have a spacing of thirty-five or forty feet. 'Representative swine raisers from all Ontario counties west of 'Lennox and Addington met in Toronto re- cently, and 'undertook' the formation of an Ontario Swine Producers' Associ- ation. Officials state the organization is purely for the 'benefit of hog rais- ers themselves and the organization.' will bo entirely in the 'hands of the farmers. Aims of the association are to en- courage the production of 'high quali- ty market :hogs,' to endeavor to stab- ilize ; prodsotion and marketiivg throughout the year :and over periods of years and to promote hotter mar- keting conditions Mr. 'W. P. Watson, Livestock Branch, has been, loaned to the as- sociation to do organization work. It is planned to hold meetings in eacia bog producing county for the pur pose of forming local associations.