HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-01-26, Page 4'-'TE SEAFORTI-I NEWS
Building An
United Canada
( F. J. Lawrence)
If we wish to build an, United
Canada, we should divest ourselves
of any too aggressive attitude to-
wards imperialism. It is a far cry
flung Alexander of Macedon or Nero
of Rome but, following the fateful
events of our late two global wars,
the best thoughts of oar foremost
statesmen seem to be leading us
farther away from the hateful days
when many happy and utterly inno-
cent men were pressed into militarY
service merely to satisfy the mend-
- lin aspirations of some would-be Em-
pire-builder. Coning right up to the
eve of our own day; we have seen
two resplendent diamonds of the
Imperial British diadem slip away
£T0111 our grasp,
True, Mr. Nehru has es/laced a
keen desire to maintain a close rela-
tionship with members of the British
Commonwealth of Nations, but, shall
we ever cease
feeling
Beggretish over
the lengthy pe 'ife
ule
during which so little effort was
made to educate and' uplift the op-
pressed masses of Egypt and British
India?
The late Baron Rhonda, Food
Controler in World War 1, on his
return from an extensive visit
through the last Great West, opined
that Canada possessed one of the
healthiest Dian -making climates on
this planet.
A military officer, a participant
of the Klondyke rush of '98, report-
ed to Ottawa, "The present century
has nextbeen entu States'e United
y (20th)tillP1
be Cana-
da's
Jamestown, Virginia, was -the site
of the first English settlement in the
Republic in 1307, whereas the first
permanent human settlement in Can-
ada, w.ts made by the French one
year later. Champlain's faith is sub-
stantiated in the young and vigorous
Dominion of Canada, with a proba-
ble population of thirteen million
50015.
Of course several factors may
have cembinod to aggravate our
tardiness in growth of population.
When we consider that St, John's,
Newfoundland, lies 4574 miles dis-
tant from Prince Rupert, B. C., it
will easily appear how readily our
physical expansiveness could offer
serious impediments in the early
stages of our growth. This factor
entered seriously into discussions
preceding Confederation. ,However,
arterial roads between neighbouring
settlements, then main highways,
contemporaneously with the con-
struction of a trans -Canada highway
and inter -Provincial railroads has
done and must, in the days to come,
continue- to do much to allay dissat-
isfaction of settlers assured of much
easier and quicker means of com-
munication. for business or social
reasons,
- The climate, too, doubtless, has
affected settlement in certain areas.
Only along a fairly narrow Pacific
Coastal strip can Canadians enjoy
mid winter temperatures above zero.
1The lowest all-time record at Van-
couver, B.C. was 2 degrees). This
would lease approximately 955 of
our people subjected to a really con-
tinental or extreme climate. But
with modern insulation, together
with an expanding use of automatic
coal and oil -burning furnaces, old
Rini F, oSt is not dreaded so much
as formerly,
Our polyglot population, to many
would appear to he a retarding in-
fluence in welding our people into
one compact body. Though our Ori-
ental immigrants for many years
have conducted language classes for
h.
tit own people, and though some
sem-class on certain occasions have
ministers using only the Gaelic in
issis pulpit at docs not seem to re-
=mit in any lessening ''Of the esteem
it whi,•]l Canada is held. The Lat-
• vian child, starting school at the age
,f eitht, begins the study of four
languages contemporaneously. Per-
,ou t ll we knew one such young lady
who :n.atric'tlated into university,
with highest standing in English out
of a _roup of nearly 3 00 students
mostly of Anglo-Saxon stock.
.Apart from Language ability,
from exhao.stive 1'e-eaP'ches, Ludwig
maintain= that a mixture of maces
arid: to the intellectual potency and
virility of individuals.
Although many- Canadians seem to
110 carried away at tines with that
inferiot•ity-eomples which may be
engendered by loud -trumpeting and
bombastic hn'a tnie''s of misinformed
individuals, yet we feel the real
facts regarding garding the many equally -
favourable opportunities waiting to
he seized might here at hand, should
tam , t e•(ntr d by competent authori-
ti• o' "AnC's. Very recently the
egrunitur'l Dean of an outstanding..
'(1)', ,ty aseured us the drain of
i v ,'.taduate= to far-off fields
-i,lcroably less than was gen-
.r ails supposed.
:Whatever Tnrongruaus factors are
to., lie' found in our. Canadian way of
- life, it behooves all good citizens to
en -operate in making our "rare land
and a fair land" a pleasant home for
the many different types bf people
within our gates.
The Good Kook has advised us,
"if we tickle the earth with a hoe,
she will laugh with a harvest". With
almost a limitless extent of excellent,
arable soil in our Great Westerh
Plain, with its free ozone, sunny
skies and cool summer nights, Cana-
da has seen her agricultural sons and
daughters many times royally crown-
ed in the realm of wheat, oats, bar-
ley and potato production in open
competition with all -corners in Tor-
onto and Chicago Exhibitions, The
ever -enlarging attendance at our Ag-
ricultural Colleges emphasizes the
nobility of hen est-to,goodness farm-
ing,—the most venerable industry of
the human Mee.
Our school curricula should be so
arranged that after allowing each
Province full autonomy in specialize -
Bort due to geographical location and
distinct terrain, a general Historical
Course should he followed in which
•
stress should be laid o11 those early
explorer's followed, of course, by the
More salient contributions of men
and women who laid the very found-
ations of our great empire. Cairns or
tablets erected at strategic centres
would serve to keep green in our
menoriee the debt we owe and
which, probably, may never be re-
paid,
We are greatly pleased t'o see the
.growing disposition to hold inter -
Collegiate debates and Musical Fest-
ivals at general convenient centers,
These must, perforce, lead to a
wider knowledge of the feelings,
aims and aspirations of friends in
widely separated parts of Canada,
There is, likewise, a growing ten-
dency to conduct Provincial Fairs,
patterned somewhat after the Great
Exhibition inaugurated underQueen
Victoria. At these fairs ars as-
sembled specimens of est, midst re-
plicas of the latest in house con-
struction, types of machinery, air-
craft and of the countless inventions
and devices which combine to amel-
iorate living conditions which have
often proved rigorous and austere in
days gone by. Here, in friendly riv-
alry, folk unknown to each other,
vie in producing some goods or-com-
nlodities in which all have a common
interest. ata united
Another'step aiming
Canada should be a logical conserva-
tion policy regarding our natural re-
sources. Just only presently very
spirited debates have taken place in
the Federal House re granting of
licenses for the laying of oil pipe-
lines from the Alberta source of
supply. Considerable o p p o s i t i 0 11
seemed to grow out of the idea that
mulch gas and oil might supply our
neighbours and permit our own citi-
zens to go begging.
True, we must earnestly'strive to
maintain 0 progressive and practical
educational system as far as is com-
patible with the powers accorded to
each Province 011 Confederation.
This, doubtless, may entail much
larger grants being required to erect.
and equip Trade- Schools where
either young or old may continue
attendance while still carrying on
regular employment,. by day or
night, Technical equipment is no
small item in the upkeep. Recently,
at a cost of some two million dollars,
a large and pretentious school of sthia
type was built immediately, adjoin-
ing the Cenotaph, in Victory square,
Vancouver, B.C.,--the Vocatibnai In-
stitute of Vancouver. Here we find
the School, Federd'1 •:knd' Provincial
authorities joining''hand in hand
with capital, labour, tradesmen and
artizens or a wage-earner in any ca-
pacity to improve his 'technical skills
while engaged in his usual avocation.
To strengthen the cordial relation
between capital and labour, every
effort must be made to so legislate
that it should no longer be necessary
to have so many sudden and costly
disruptions -in the industrial world as
have recently occurred.
We are pleased to see the general
growing sentiment in favour of na-
tional health schemes involving free
hospitalization to a certain degree.
True, as was to be expected, not
quite full allegiance to the govern-
ment's plan has been reached as yet.
Still, with the ironing out of some
minor anomalies, it will go far to-
wards relieving many folk of heavy
financial obligations in case of sick-
ness, which must rebound to a great -
•d of happiness and content-
ment of all citizens affected.
Then again, if the present favour-
able buying in the U.S.A. is to con-
tinue, tariff barriers between the
U.S.A. and Canada will have to be
lowered. So says one of the largest
Canadian manufacturer's of lumber
products. Our sales to our Southern
neighbors consist largely of raw pro-
ducts while our imports consist, in
the main, of manufactured goods.
According to this authority Canadian
tourists spend more money in U.S.A.
than American tourists spend in
Canada. Accordingly, ways and
means should, and doubtless will he
found to reverse this unfavourable
trade balance resulting from the
tourist trade alone.
During World War I, as a result
of coal prices sky-1'ocketting to al-
most fabulous figures, 'Italian states-
men turned to "white coal" as gen-
erated electricity is known. Canada,
with untold potentialities in her
many river systems, did not await
such a rude awakening. Years. ago,
recognizing how richly dowered by
nature our land has been in this re-
spect, Canadian scientists • and en-
gineers collaborated in building Hy-
dro -electric plants which have added
in increasing volume, domestic bless-
ings to millions of our people and
also industrial prosperity at many.
points.
Canyon City, on the Abitibi River,
row a landing place- for air -planes,
furnishes a striking exatilple of what
may be accomplished by. harnessing
nature's streams for the develop-
'incnt of o11' resources.
When we consider that in ene•Pro-
vince a10ne we have enough latent
energy available in' water -power to
supply the requirements of the en-
tire Dominion, it is high time that
the proper authorities should be
fully alive to their responsibilities
in seeing that electrical power be ex-
tended to the farthest and most re-
mote point of human settlement,
Just this year tildes' the patron-
age of the Alberta Department of
Agriculture there was established
The Master Farm Families Competi-
tion, open to all 'farmers within the
Province, which was divided into
several regions or sections. Out of
more than 100 entrants awards were
granted to the 'first five for out-
standing achievements. Each winner
received a cheque for one thousand
dollars accompanied by a plaque as
emblematic of his enviable achieve-
ment. The farms of these winners
vary in size from six hundred forty
acres. to two thousand •acres. These
were all "mixed" farmers and re-
ceived their awards on the basis of
progress in 'farming, homemaking
and in citizenship. The entire family
shares in the aehievetnent and each
contesting 'family must be nominated
by three friends or neighbours; all
entrants trust be Canadians, -actually
operating farms for et least the last
ten years. In handing the awards
considerable stress is placed on "the
advantages of farming as a life and
as a vocation, to the wholesomeness
and dignity of rural life and an ideal
for the younger generation taken ill
conjunction with the opportunities
of agriculture and rural citizenship."
With fifteen totwenty, millions of
humans added annually to the
world's population, with rural elect-
rification, standard highways, auto
and radio, and cultural centres
springing up everywhere, it is be-
coming more and more realized that
practically all the amenities and ole-
gancies of city life may be enjoyed
by a contented and happy rural citi-
zenry.
The late Field_Mar'shal, Lord Ro-
berts, at an Empire Festival en Par-
liament Hill, in 1912, assured the
citizens of Canada that, in the broad
and mighty St. Lawrence, they pos-
sessed and controlled one of the
most potentially important commer-
cial rivers on this planet.
Several years ago the tonnage of
freight passing through the Sault
Ste, Marie canal was fully triple that
through bhe Panama. When tithe St.
Lawrence system, through American
co-operation, 'becomes a full aid
open lane from 'L. Superior to the
Atlantic sea -board, the huge strides
accruing in international commerce
must Stagger the human imagination.
This development coupled with
strides in air -plane travel via Ed-
monton and the North -Polar Route
bespeaks the brilliant future in store
for rugged young Canada among all
coffers.
In striving to build up a strong
and united Canada, we must harness
every ounce of moral and spiritual
fibre found among our people. Aes
cording to Canada's foremost mod-
ern historian the basic racial element
found in early Britain was Teutonic.
But, on turning to colonial Canada,
we find the French and English
forming the early back -bone of our
now expanding Dominion. So, the
love of the French for their adopted
land, with their soft and musical
language and genuine courtesy g0
common to his race will, with the
passing of the years, blend in with
and become complementary to the
adrolit. English; sometimes, more in
sular.in outlook, but usually possess=
ing a goodly degree of ;business acu-
men, coupled with -astern sense of
justice where justice is involved.
conclusion, if- we :Min creat-
ing a Canada, ''where 'justice reigns
from shore to shore," does it not be-
hoove us to bring all our political in-
fluence to bear on our Federal legis-
lature to see that a Canadian Bill of
Rights be passed establishing our
fundamental liberties, taking as our
protoype, well-known English Bills
of Right, the American Bill of Right,
and not eschewing our worthy B.N.
A. Such a charter should - embrace
the spontaneous right of a citizen to
sue the Crown for tort without get-
ting the Crown's permission; 'that
the Habeas Corpus Act be not sus-
pended except by Parliament while
in session: that no Court of Justice
may compel any citizen to give evi-
dence without his couisei's permis-
sion, the conduct of such matters to
be hedged around with all possible
safeguards.
We axe assuming that, like the
British Constitution, our Canadian
Constitution is largely unwritten.
We do belive, however, that, taking
some due precautions to protect the
liberties and freedoms of the 'Cana-
dian people, we may be able to unite
our voice with that of a well-known
patriot who has, in no uncertain
sound, proclaimed "I am a Canadian,
was born here, educated here, am
working here and I certainly wish to
die here."
day county engineer T. R. Patter-
son said expenditures on county
roads amounted to 9881,209.09, less
credits of 982,949.40, leaving a bal-
ance for subsidy of 9348 260,24, on
which the subsidy should be about
9189,000,
Mr, Patterson said the road coin -
mission pioneered in the -construc-
tion of Toads with an elevated grade
ith safe side slopes on a 100 -foot
w
right of stray.
"The extra cost of building to the
higher standards is considerable but
these expenditures will be paying
dividends •perpetually in the form of
lower operating costs of vehicles and
reduced maintenance costs" •'stated
the engineer.
Roads requiring construction this
year will •he Winohelsea-I{irleton,
Zurich north, Benmiller to No. 8
Highway, I('ensall east, Brussels
south and easit, Morrisbank to Wrox-
eter, Fordwich north and south, Au-
burn west, also sundry bridges and
culverts.
The expenditure of 9450,000 on
county roads was authorized as re-
commended by the Good Roads 'Com- periodical cheeks of mixed feeds and listed are really present.
mission.
THURSIPAY, JANUARY 26, 1050
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Tinira, Fri. Sat. "MR, BELVEDERE GOES TO COLLEGS
CIIVTON WEBS —• SHIRLEY TI'1MI'Ui — TOM DRAIIO
NOIY FLAYING„ sees -rate comedy entot•1stnment. laughable and compact
Mon, Tues. Wed "HOMICIDE"
with Robert Douglas Helen Westcott Robert Alda
melodrama, with an aeeeptable mixture of suspense, action and
romance
COMING: Ili Technicolor
"THE BARKLEVS OF BROADWAY"
with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
Reunion of Astaire and Roger's is a welcome eveet, The music is
bright and sprightly—new and nostalgically old
the ingredients. Inspectors of the take samples which may be analysed
Plant Products Division, Dominion to determine whether the guarantee
Department of Agriculture make is met or whether the ingredients
W. R. Dougall, weed inspector
reported that kn'aipweed i$ almost
controlled, but in some areas leafy
spurge still exists.
The recent revision in the school
curriculum has been erroneously
taken to mean a revision of the set-
up of schools, public school inspector
J. H. Irinkead told the county coun-
cil. The metrical= is divided in lour.
10 the first three years emphasis is
on reading; in grades four, five and
six it covers the child's imaginative
Period; and alter grades seven and
eight he feels he has failed badly if
he does not pass the entrance,
The . Minister of Education is at-
tempting to draw the elementary and
secondary schools together and not
to create a new school, 11ir. Kinkead
emphasized., "It is a change to bridge
the gal). and to show that education
is a continuous process."
At the present time, he said, there
is little use advertising for teachers
because there are none available,
Salaries will go up until there are
enough teachers. Twenty-eight near•
Tied women teacher's are employed in
Huron. Residents must be made COM
scions that they have to encourage
their children to enter the profession
or salaries will continue to rise.
• High;Sechool district area have
givers every child; rural or urban, 4
Chance of a secondary education with
the same opportunities • and privi-
leges.. "0110,.ol the. finest' things .they
Kaye done •is the promotion of a
larger conn utaity' spirit," the inspec-
tor said in conclusion.
Inspector G. 'Gardiner, o1 South
Huron; said that salaries average
$L000. Thee is difficulty' in replacing
teachers owing to the shortage; Pro-
vision for enlarged accommodation is
being made at Gode'ich, Exeter, Clin•
ton and Centralia airports. Books and
readers used now in Huron schools
will be used under the new curricu-
lum.
As recommended by the legislative
committee no action was taken on a
resolution from Simcoe county re-
questing the Government to assume
half the cost of indigent patients and
Children's Aid Societies; but concnr-
reitce was given. to one from Simcoe
requesting uniformity in the dates of
sdaylight saving time.
COUNTY COUNCIL
No action was taken by Huron,
county council last weep on the sug•
gestion for an open season for deer
in Huron county as recommended by
the Agricultural Committee. •
The recommendations of the Pro-
perty Committee were endorsed. au-
thorizing the purchase of cabinets
for the law library in the. Court
Hoose, Repairs reported necessary
by the jail inspector, the purchase
of six new locks and a fire alarm at
the jail, and two fire extinguishers
for the 'Court House, were author-
ized.
A request front Hallett to' have
pert of the township transferred from
the Clinton Collegiate Institute Dis-
trict to the Goderichdistrict was
gran fed as .reconmmended by the
Consultative Committee.
The following delegates were mint.
ad
.as representatives es to association
meetings: A. .T. Sweitzer. D. Reuer-
mann and S. Snyder to the Rural
Municipalities Assoclatiolt; A. J.
Sweityer t0 the .Ontario Municipal
'association; Wiiliam Dale, Earl
'Campbell and E, ,Lawson. t0 Ontario
Agrieultntaa1 Council;- E. Flanigan to
Ontan'io Educat1inn Association.
^Cornual endowed, e motion by
Reeves Sweitzer and Beecroft that
the services of Coach Johnny Metras
nffer'ed Lo secondary schools by Dr,
Hall nt 'the University of Western
Ontario, be accepted.
Reeve Frank Sills of Seaforth was
delegated to interview Dr. Hall in
regard to promotion of sport In-
str0etian,
Endorsaiion was given a motion by
Reeves Cousins and Beecroft author-
izing a budget of $66,000 to operate
the Health Unit in 1060 (fifty per
cent Is paid by the province).
The following resolution sponsored
by E. H. Strong and D. Beuerma.nn
was approved:
"That Iluron County Council
strongly protest the abolition of the
penalty for non-payment of taxes on
the due date, and requests the On-
tario government to revise the As-
sessment ACt and r'etur'n thereto the
provision whereby a local municipal-
ity may impose a penalty for non-
payment of taxes, not exceeding fou'
per cent."
A bylaw was passed increasing the
salary of Weed Inspector W. R.
Dougall to 76 cents an hour and 8
cents a mile,
In a report to council on Thurs-
THE GIFT OF GOD
IS ETERNAL LIFE Rom. 6:23
"Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he
that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine
and milk without money and without price."
"Wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread?"
Isaiah 55; 1, 2.
"Let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take
the water of life freely." Rev, 22: 17.
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, wbile we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Ron. 5: 8.
TRUST THE LORD JESUS AND RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE
TUNE IN AND HEAR
CHAS. FULLER on Station CIIUM 1050 Ke.
. 9.00 - 10.00 A.M. Sundays
Chas. E. Fuller P.O. Box 123, Los Angeles 53;' Calif,
ACT GUARDS BUYER
OF MIRED FEEDS
Prepared feeds are used by Cana-
dian farmers in substantial amounts
and they buy about 1% million tons
a year.
• A ration for any class of live-
stock must contain the essential nu-
trients which aye proteins, carbohy-
drates, fats, minerals and vitamins.
Most farm -produced feeds contain
these nutrients but the quantities of
each are not present in the most
effective proportions. A properly
proportioned or "balanced" ration
increases production, while an unbal-
anced ration loads to lower produc-
tion, failure to reproduce, and event-
ually to loss of livestock. Tills is par-
ticularly true of feeds deficient in
minerals, vitamins and certain quali-
ties of protein.
It is often inconvenient or expen-
sive for the farmer to purchase indi-
vidual ingredients needed to balance
a ration. And so prepared mixed
feeds are now used extensively,
either as a complete ration, or as a
supplement to home grown grains or
roughages. Manufacturers of pre-
pared feeds are required by The
Feeding Stuffs Act to guarantee the
protein, fat and fibre levels and list.
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YOUR FARM IMPROVEMENTS NOW
`SPORE the busy season is on top of you, why
99 not start completing those plans you have been
making all year. Changes to your barn and build-
ings, the installation of a new water system—and
all those improvements you have been thinking
about?
Farm Improvement Loans are designed to help you
make those changes. They are based on a plan to
meet your problems. Your local Dominion Bank
manager is ready to advise and help you,. It will
pay you to see huh. 1.9
THE D aimIVIINION ANK
Established 1871
SEAFORTH BRANCH — E. C. BOSWELL, MANAGER
More and Better Service for. More Peopl&
Leer YEAR, our installers added 138,000 new telephdti 1$
. people made over 10 million telephone calls;'a
day . , , service was faster, better in every way. •
It took lots.of work and lots of money. ,
Money, for new telephones, .buildings, ancl° equip-
ment. Money to pay fair wages to 28,000 employees.
Money to pay a reasonable return to 58,000 Canadians
whose investment in the telephone business has made
its expansion possible. .
Although so much was done, 1949 ended with thou-
sands of people still waiting for telephones and with
many needed improvements still to be completed,
Only a Anantiaily healthy Company can catty oar the big
job yot to be done, Telephone users, employees, share-
ttl'tri holders—everyone has a vital Interest in a service
rpl , that means so much to the welfare: of so many people.
THE BELL TELEPHONE`(
COMPANY OF CANADA
OWNED AND OPERATED 9Y CANADIANS FOR CANADIANS