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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-05-03, Page 7THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1934, THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN f Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forme, 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. meniwierearseisseims 1 The Seaforth News Phone) 84 A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip this coupon and mail it with$1 for a six weeks' trial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published by TRE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY Boston. Massachusetts, U. B. A. In It you win 'And the dady [mod news of the world from BS 800 epecial writer% as wen as %apartments devoted to women's and children% interestssports, musk, donee, education, radio, etc You will bo 8158 to welcome into your home so fearless en advocate of peace and prohibition. And don't miss Snubs. Our rieg, and the Sundial and the other features. THE CHRISTIAN Soma Mormon, Back Bay Station, Boston, mass. • Please send me a six weeks' trial Subscription. I enclose one dollar ($1). e t lb, crown) MGM. DIEM PTIET) (Addrens) st (etato) 1 1 THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE It is not always realized haw much the things which we now -a -days take 41:efor granted in our everyday life, are based directly upon !Power. On the farm there are the telephone electric light, the gasoline tractor; in the city, water -supply and sewage systems, gas and electric services; in house economy -(here are labour-sav- ing devices innumerable; everyone has radio, •most people drive cars. Town and country are linked up by paved highways and by railways. These are some of the more obvious examples of things which coded not have come into being without cheap and abenclant power to give wide and general effect to the inventiveness M. man. The list might be lengthened in- definitely, there is almost no end to the instances which might be given of the background of Power in our mo- dern life; one has only to think of the disturb.ance caused by a stoppage of the essential services -which we take for granted, to realize the fact Power being so important, the citi- zens of Ontario -may congratul- ate themselves upon their great peb- licly-owned co-operative Hydro El- ectiic System selling •power at cost in an ever widening field. There is ao more necessary elemeat in the gener- al !recovery which has begun to be felt, than abundant Power. The Com- mission 'constantly maintains a re- serve of !power to be made available as needed. 'Hydro" belongs to the people at large but it is the creation of the On- tario Conservative party which has fostered its development from its small beginnings and will continue to do so in the future. An effective policy for the relief of unemployment must recegniz.e a var- iety in human aspirations. The "First Report of the Relief Land 'Settlement Committee of Ooterie," for elle years 19212 and 033 tells vhat the provin- cial government bas done with assis- tance from the Dominion and certain. nun icipalfties, to provide self -sustain- • . ing relief for families who are willing to adapt themselves eo the land. Much severe criticism of this pol- , ley ,has appeirred in the daily press. • ..As evidence of alleged failure, lurid pen pictures have been drawn of the dire plight in which certain, home- stead -families have found themselves. Tt is natural that we should hear 'most from the few who have suffered most from Misfortune and least from -the great majority who have found a new irtere.st in life, with -constant ,employ- ment and :a sure 'fotenidation for future security. During 11930 and 1101313, 363 unem- ployed families were taken from urb- an centres at their own request and placed upon land in New Ontario. Of these, only 514 femilies have ret-urned, leasing 3209 families, a total of 1.1763 souls -upon homestead- lands where they are housed and fed and in many instances provided with clothes. As a result of his persoiial survey of a' large number of Relief Land Settlers,' J, 'C. Cochrane concludes- that 'the whole enterprise has already been justified from the expressions oL great satisfaction of the great major-' ity of those 1 visited," VALUE OF SELECTION OF SEED POTATOES A good deal of the improvement that has been attained in our lie stock and plant industries is clue to selection of the best types, by the brecders and growers. tie is parti- cularly true of potatoes, and there is abundant evidence to show that the grower who has been -carefully sel- ecting the .healthy, good yielding plants for seed purposes has benefit- ed considerably. During recent years !the virus -dis- eases have been given much attention and it has been 'foetid that the best wag to !eliminate these virus -diseases front :the crops is to select healthy Mame, for seed purposes, during the growing season, In this manner, the yield per acre has -been increased and the type and :quality of the potatdes have been improved. In. selecting, the grower should be- come familiar with the best t5'pe of pleats, as well as of the tuber, of the variety he is growing. By continually selecting this -most desirable type he will eventually develop a good uni- form strain. This is undoubtedly the best method of maintaining a high standard M. seed potatoes. Most Especially Conducted The Captain and the crew, the ship's Doctor, and more partieularly the kindly, motherly stewardesses of the Canadian Pacific liner Montclare all shared the responsibility of personally conducting the recent trans-Atlantic journey of Mary Estella Barr, of Halifax. MarenDstella has six months of very active life behind her, and the best wishes of the Montclare's personnel for many happy years to come. The journey was necessary because Mary Estella is mother- less, and her father, Peter Barr of Halifax, though unwilling to part with his baby daughter, yielded to the wishes of his parents in Leith, Scotland, to send the baby to them. Her grandparents met her at Glasgow. RAMESES !Curious as it May appear to some, the most interesting of the records of ancient Egypt are preserved not on stone but an paperl _ Not, however, the wood -paper Of our day, which. does not promise a long existence for what it records, nee the much longerelived rag -paper of our !father's days. 'Egyptian paper was so named from the papyrus reed of the inside portions of which ham- mered together it was composed. IT.'tiagile as- this appears to be to the touch, it has fine lastingegealities, as fine indeed as the parchmen-t _made from young antelopes -upon which kingly !records and lists of laws were Wont to be -made, (In the noted Museum of Antiquities at Leyden, in many of these papyri are carefully preserved, hav- ing been recovered from Egyptian tombs and other hiding places. Some c -f these came from the vicinity of the fresh -water canal connecting the Nile with -the Red Sea, and 'have to do with the times of Rarneses 111, the Pharaoh -for whom "the children of !Israel built treasere-cities, 1Pithom and Ra -anises" ,(4E'xodus One of them is from a scribe -Kantsir to his chief, the scribe (Baken-plitha, report - Mg that he has "distributed rations among the soldiers and likewise amongthee :Hebrews who carry the stones to the great _lefty of King Ra- eses Aliamun, the lover of truth, and who are under the orders of the cap- tain of doe police -soldiers, Anceneman, -distribute the food among them monthly, according to the excellent instructions which my lord has given! me." , , !Similar Statements are io elle in other eild docUments at Leyden; as: well as in rock inscriptions on the site' of the old city. Several of these papyri I tell us enthusiastically of the chain of fertified cities built by !Ra.meees PI or Pherao .(iPliaraoh) as he is sometimes celled, that title, literally, "high - abode" being equivalent to king, ex- tending front Pelusium to ligliopolis. 'The two principal cieies they call Inhamses. and 'Pechtenn. Vowels were only indicated and very sparingly used in the ,written languages of those days, and no scholar will wonder at the variation in the names shown as Raineses and Pothom of the Book of Exodus. A veritable mania for building ap- pears to leave possessed the 'Pharaoh who gave his name to the city of Rameses. All the way along the Nile; from the delta at -its mouth up to Na- peta, the capital of the neighboring and thend dependent country of Ethi- opia, we find remains of his work in architecture or sculpture, Occasion- ally We notice he took -over monu- ments! depicting the doings of former monarch, chiselled out their names and substituted his own instead. Temples were a -specialty of Isa, and these remain to this clay 11 ;Thebes, ilKageack. !Luxor, Memphis, and Tanis, at which place he had a great palace as an official 'residence. 'But most striking of his werks (Persian. Balm. is a eheer delight to use. Copts and relieves irritations caused 'by weather conditions. Im- parts a rare charm and beauty to the coinplexion. 117enrant and velvety smooth. Never leaves a vestige of stieleinees. IS Wi ftly absorbed by the tissues and stimulates the skin. 'Per- iian 'Balm is the peerless toilet re- te, Every woman, will appreciate the subtly distin-ctive charm achieved by rhe u -se of this magical lotion. Motorist (at wayside pillage store) A toothbrush, please." (Storekeeper: "Sorry; our steamier novelties are not in stock yet." w -ere the colossal statutes. lie set up, mostly representations of himself. 'Because native Egypt could. not support the labor necessary for the buildings acid sculptures of this 'Pha- raoh, a !regular systemof slave -hunt- ing was carried one Every year raids were made into the Soudan and else- where and thousands of negroes were pressed into the service of the am- leitionsekings, raider whom the art of Egypt reached its climax. No wonder that he seized the chance of inflicting forced labor upon the Hebrews, Who had been settled in the pasture -lands of Kesem or Gosh- en, as a buffer -state between Egypt and Arabia, and had become 01 pow- erful colony. For !him they built the treasure, or food storage cities with bricks still bearing his name amid their ruins. In Pithom and possibly in iRameses also are remains of the walls of !great houses, the bricks of the low- er courses containing straw mixed with reeds or short "rooty" stubble, the upper courses of pure clay, con- taining neither straw nor stubble. The significance of this discovery will be 1rocalised upon reading Exodus V 104 The exploits of the founder of 'Ra- meses have been narrated, and greatly exaggerated, in a legend. He is de- clared to have forestalled Alexander the 'Greek by his conquests' extend- ing from Ethiopia and the Arabian !Gulf, through Syria, Mesopotamia, ;Persia, iBactria and to :India beyond the Ganges, eastward, He overran !Asia Miner, crossed the Bosphorus, and was stopped only by the incle- ment inhospitable climate of Thrace, 11 Northern Greece, (He is said to have maintained a fleet of -1100 ships at sea. Withal he was a cruel, arrogant, li- centious despot. His 'harem was en- ormous. 0 -Pc had 11170 living children during his reign,' and his treatment of wives and offspring Was lamb and tyrannous. (His thirteenth son, Meneplitha, the !Pharaoh that encountered Moses and the ten plagues, who succeeded him, found it expedient to leave the :fine city of Rameses and retire to the The- haid beiore the invading forces, iRaideses was the city from whence the Hebrews set out on their great trek, and endured for litany years the stress of warfare usually encountered by border cities, but appears to have preserved its existence down, fo with- in f ,Eagfe;ovt,years pf the Greek- conquest STORM -TOSSED WAIFS That manses -Weak flying -is not en- tirely cmcifined to aviators and Sea- gulls, is a fact that was recently bronglet to my attention by the feath- ered actors in this little drama, The vessel to which I was -attached had been trading steadily between the lit- tle island of Curacao, in the, _Dutch West 'Indies. and this continent, and we usually completed a round erip be- tween these two places in twenty days. On the run it was a rare voyage indeed that we did not have one or more binds land on the ship, scent ingly glad of the temporary haven our vessel afforded them. Distance to the nearest point of ;land over this route ranges from 350 10 5.00 _miles, so it ie interesting to speculate on the reasons for the birds being so far from their natural 'haunts. The in- stiect of ,self-peeservation is -highly developed in animel and 'bird life, so it appears ci,tebtful that birds 001) '1 set off on a Ninety adventurous flight acnoss such a large body of water as the Atlantic; Therefore, a reasonable supposition is that in !winging their way north or south' over the coast line, they are caught in a strong off- -shore breeze, and, -unable to land; are carried out to sea. The evidence seems -to support this latter theory, as have observed 'that du -ring and ad - ter strmag winds from the neeth-weet quadrant, their numbers were greatly multiplied ' The smaller .birds seemed to pre- dominate, ,and 11 recall seeing at vari- ous times, rabies, sparrows, meadow- larks, snipe, and thrush, to mention some of the !North American species that I. was able to recognize on sight, in addition to many tropicel !birds, Among the larger birds, I have seen hawks, eagles, crews, carrier pigeone, and a crane. One !flock, c2nsisting of some two dozen birds of the same species, boarded es at a point two hundred miles north of Haiti and, stayed on and about the 'ship for -four stays, or until we hest moved in fair- ly close to elm coast. They had gray and black !striped backs with yellow breasts and !looked not unlike canar- ies, possibly 'a little larger. One characteristic seemed to be common to nearly all the species; tameness, and, in this connection, it seems to me somewhere in the dim past I have viewed a painting that showed a -snake, a hare, and a cat. huddled !close together on a log, in a flooded area; suggesting, I suppose, that while the primal instinct is up- permost, ancient enmities are forgot- ten. As 11 say, the -birds after an .hour or two aboard proved quite tanee, flying and perching in and about the efificers' rooms and the -c-mew's quer tees and in a .short time feeding out of bond. ,Another favorite gathering place for them !was the galley, which proved they knew their onions, or I should say, their crumbs, On one occasion, a !chipper tittle fellow afforded some comedy He was pure gray 'over all with legs about three inches long, and larger than a snipe, The sailors had dubbed him "Pete." Pete stayed with us a Week, -getting free pas -sage from Haiti to home, and became quite tame en route, fussing and fretting about -the sailors ns they played cards, and perching on their shoulders. On the second day Pete was aboard he had stepped into a bucket of black paint, and this gave him the appear- ance of wearing a p`air of black socks, As I watched bine hopping about the deck, he would pause occasionally and lift (first oeie and then the other leg, and examine them closely, at the same time (so it seemed -to this observer) shaking 'his head, as though express- ing doubt that he -would ever be the same again. !Seagulls seldom board and ride vessels alo'n'g the !Atlantic coast, and in this respect they are different from their !Pacific Ocean !brethren. rio is not unusual along the Pacific coast to have as many as fifteen or twenty gulls perched about the vessel at the same time, and south of Cape Cor- rientes, one sees many !of them perch- ed on the backs of giant turtles, of which there is a plentiful supply in that vicinity. A homing pigeon boarded our ship recently, .when we were some flee hundred miles from the nearest point of land. 'He flew directly into the chart room, and landed on the chart table, apparently exhausted. 'We 'kept him Mewed until we were 'within sight !of an ielend, then released him. He took position again on the bridge, and refused to leave the ship until we came near port. 'Looking back -over eighteen years spent in traveling the sea lanes of the world, it is nice that I am able to say that I can recall no instance in which birds seeking sanc- tuary at sea have been ill-treated, im- prisoned, or eothenwise molested. 'In fact. 1 can safely say that the very opposite is true, and this is, I submit, as it should be. YELLOW METAL. The value, or the purchasing power, of the currency of a country is de- termined by the scarcity or abund- ance of the supply of means for pay- ment, The authorities in control of the supply of these means for pay- ment are therefore responsible for -the value of the currency. In this respect there is nothing mysterious about -the gold standard placing that- currency in a particular p,oeition. Jest as a ine. per standard, the -gold standard is a "inanaged" currency. The gold stan- dard is only a paper currency man- aged with the particular view of keep -I ing the purchasing power of the cur- rency in parity with that of gold. !Before the !World War it was gen- erally 45 W m ed that the value of geld was conetant and that therefore the stab-ility of the purchasing power of a currency was` secured by maiiitain- ing its parity with gold. Nevertheless, important long -terra Variations in the purchasing power of gold occurred, mainly caused by evariations in She supply of gold. The supply Wail. ac- cording to my caloulation-s, normal %lion it amounted to 3 per cent an- nually of the accumulated stock of gold of the world. If ,golel procluc- tion had 'that size, no Variations in the purchasing power of gold Vt-ould be caused from Ole supply side. How- ever, tonsider,able deviations f ro m this normal rate of 3 per cent took place and the general level of eorn- nioceity 'prices measured in the gold standard rose or lett correspondingly. Variations in the monetery demand Services We Can Render In the time of need PROTECTION is your best friend. Llfe Insurance —To .peotect your LOVED ONES. Auto Insurance— To protect you against LIABEATY to PUBLIC and their PROPERTY, Fire Insurance— To protect your HOME and ite OONTENTS, Sickness and Accident Insurance— To protect your INCOME A.ny of the above lines we can give you in strong and reliable companies, if interested, call or write, E. C. CHAMBERLAIN INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 334 Seaforth, Ont D. H, McInnes ehiropractor Electro Therapist — Massage Office — Commercial iHotel Hours—Mon, and 'Thurs. after- noons and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by ,manlipulation-,Sun-ray treat- ment Phone an, for gold -had lees influence. The huge demand for gold caused 'by the return of the United States to the gold stan- dard in the last quarter of the nine- teenth century, h o ver, played a considerable part in raisin the value of gold and depressing the price level in terms of gold. (Irrespective of supply and demand for gold, sleort-terin variations in the general price level -resulted from var- iations in the supply of currency dur- ing the different phases of the trade cycle. If such variations in the inten- sity of the use a gold for supply of means of payment took place simul- taneously in the different countries of the world, they 'could affect tempor- arily the value 'of gold, so that cor- responding variations in the general price level of commodities occurred all over the world, During t'he World War and the first few years following, the -supply of means of payment was increased in the whole world in a quite extra- ordinary way. The consequence was a depression of the value of gold and an abnormal Hee of prices as express- ed in gold, Such an etraordinerily high price level was however, incompatible with economic equilibrium. A certain a- mount of deflation was desirable in 'order to restore better relations 'be- tween various groups !of prices, wages and ,debts. This necessary deflation *as carried through with a remark- able resoluteness and the general price level in terms of gold was sta- bilized at a level of about I40 as com- pered with NO before theh world was plunged into war. The 111906 level was even taken as the new normal base for the calcu- lation of index nutnbers, The possi- bility of maintain this higher level of gold prices depended on a certain economy in the monetary use of gold. Gold coins had generally been with- drawn from circulation and in this way huge amounts of gold bad been adadolc.ec1$to the reserves of the central b This program of deliberate control was actually realized and the general price level in terms of gold was main- tained at a remarkable 'stability for about seven years up to .i1926. Thus the management of the gold standard had developed into a management of the value of gold itself, The world earned the -fruit of this policy of sound control in a continually rising prosperity. ire ,10.38, however, 'France returned to the ,gold standard and ceased plac- ing short-term fiends abroad, At the ea= time the United States virtually stopped -its usual purchases of for- eign :bonds, Thus two of the greatest 'creditor countries of the world put an end to their normai export of capital. On account of their protec- tionist policy they were not willing to accept payment in goods and 'therefore hart to be reimbursed by huge' imports af gold. In the rest of the world a serious scarcity of gold was caused and a progressive deflation was required to maintain the different currencies at par with gokl. Thus the level of cam- modity prices Was violently forced down with the consequence of wide- spread insolvency and distrust. Wretched from As rh ma. Strength of body and vigor of mind are inevit- ably 'impaired by the visitatims -oI asthma. Who ,cen, live under e the cloud of recurring attacks and 'keep body and mied et ;their full effi- ciency? Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma !Remedy dissipates the cloud by re- moving The eatise. It does relieve. It, does -restore the sufferer to normal bodily trim and mental hap.piness. "Did you bring yo.ur excuse this morning, )13.illy ?" ,asked the tea -cher. 'No," replied the boy. "My dad masn't home; he's the one that makes. the excuses at our house"