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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-07-26, Page 2D. , . (T A Cl�G. B? R M ]1t, D. #toTAGGAit i IVicTaggart. 0S, a-- RANIIi.RS --ga a GENERAL 13ANNINQ BnSI NESS TRANSACTED, NOTES DISCOUNTED DRAFTS"ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE- R POSITS. SALE NOTES '.'UR• CHASED. ,/�r a LI. 1'. RANCE -- NOTARY PUBLIO CONV - 'ANCER, FINANCIAL, BEAU ESTATE AND FIR'S TNl4UR- ANOE AGENT, REPItESENT- INa 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT CB'riCE, CLINTON. W. I1RYDONI. BARRISTER.. SOLICITOR. ROTARY PUBLIC), ETC. °ince- SloanBlock-CLINTON Il. O. CAMERON E.C. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. CONVEYANCER, ETC, ONoe on Albert Street occuped bI Mr. Hooper. In. Clinton on every Thursday, and on any day for which ap- ppoointmente are made. Office Imre from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A good vault in connection with the office. Office open every week -day. Mr. Hooper, will make any appointments for Mr, Cameron. CIIARiEO R. HALE Conveyance:, Notary Public, Commissioner, Eto. REAL ESTATE' and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licensee HURON STREET, - CLINTON DRS. GUNN & GANDIER Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L,R.C.S., Edin. Dr. J. C. Gandier, B,A., M.B. Office hours: -1.30 to 3.30 pm., 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence -Victoria St. OR. O. W. TROOPER'S PIISYIOIAN, SURGEON. lyre. Special attention given to die. oases of the Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat, sFyea carefully examined and suit- able glasses prescribed. Cffico and residence:2 doors west of the Commercial Hotel, Heron St. GEORGR ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Correspondence promptly answered.. Immediate arrangements con be made for Sale 1 Date at Tho Now s -Record, Clinton, er my galling Phone 13 en 157, Charges moderate and satiafactlos guaranteed. We've mad( "1 Would like it hot tor I to make Quite qrpIa row iciNct VDIIL it hot for you We've made it lot fo • a lot of folks who were looking for satisfaotory coal, and if you will p ace your spring order with us, we would be pleased to give you the good coal and two thousand pounds to the ton. A. J. 4 ©l (1 wan Clintons A first-class bedroom suite for iirivate sale, as well as other articles of furni- ture at Residence on Ontario St. The 1VIoKillop 1llutual Fine Insurance Company Ciinton MOWS...Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. Terme of subscription -$1 per year, in advance; 01.60 may be charged if not so paid, No paper (llama tinned until ail arrears are pad unless at the option oil the pull• Usher. Tho date to which every subscription is paid ie. denoted on ilia label, Advertising Rates - Transient ad- vertisements, 10 cents per non- pa'oi1 lino for first insertion and 4 cents per line for each subse- quent insertion.,Sma11 advertise - snouts not to eceed one inoit, such ' as "Lost," "Strayed," or "Stolen," etc;; inserted once for 35 cents, and each subsequent in, sertion 10 cents,. Communications intended for pub lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. Head once, Seaforth, Ont, DIRECTORY: President, James Connolly, Goderich; Vice., James Evans, Beechwood; See. -Treasurer, Thos. E. flays, Sea - forth. Directors: George McCartney, Sea - forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, Walton; Wm. Rias, Sea - forth; M.' McEwen, Clinton; Robert Ferries, Harlock; John Benneweir, Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich. Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W. Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; W. Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. Jar - mutt), Brodhagen. Any money to be paid fn may he paid to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiri:,g to effect insurance ur transact other business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scone, 6i .ai to 1:!41: G. 1C. HALL, Proprietor. Car MU itO:)a Oats To Hand Bran and Shorts Binder Twine ,, Rite Seal Flour BUG FINISH Ready to use dry on your potatoes. Try it. Grass and Clover seeds of all kinds always on hand. . FORD Ek.,. lieLEOD, Clinton "No 's -Record's„ New Clubbing Rates For 1917 WEEItLIES, News -Record and Family Herald and 1.85 Weekly ,Star News -Record and Canadian Countryman 1.86 News -Record and -weekly Sun 1.86 News -Record and Farmer's Advocate 2.60 News -Record and Farm & Dalry., 1.85 News -Record and Canadian Farm 1.86 News -Record and Weekly Witness 2,85 News Record and Northern Messenger 1.60 News -Record and Saturday Night8.60 News -Record and Youth's Com- panion 3.23 MONTHLIES. News -Record and Canadian Sports- man 8.28 News -Record and Lippincot'e Maga- zine 3.25 DAILIES News -Record and World 33.60 News -Record and Globe News -Record and Mail & Empire8.60 News -Record and Advertiser 8.60 News -Record and Morning Free News-Record�'and Evening Free 8.80 Press 8.80 News -Record and Toronto- Star:8,36 News -Record and Toronto News2.36 If what you want is not in this list let us know about it. We can supply you at less than it would cost you to send direct. In remitting please do so by Post - err lkegistered lett r anNod 'address a Order G. E. HALL, Publisher . News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. -TIME TABLE.-. Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICH DIV. Going East, depart 7.83. a.m. it " t. 2.58 pan, Going West, ar. 11.10, dp. 11.17 a.m, ,i 11 ar, 5.51, dp, 6.45 p.m. 1, " depart 11,18 pan, LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV. Going South, ar. - os, dp. 7.50 11,m. r' "' depart' 4.15 pan, Going North, ar, 10,80 dp, 11,1.0 a.m. Going North, depart 6,40 ,no, 4.50 Constipation -- the bane of old age is not to be cured by harsh purga- tives; they rather aggravate the trouble. For a gentle, but aura laxative, use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They stir up the liver, tone the serves and freshen' the stomach and bowels just like an internal bath. it kt4t\'Y`t Woman's best friend. From girlhood to old age, these little red health re- storers are an unfailing guide toan activoliver and a clean, healthy, normal stomach. Take a Chamberlain's Stomach Tablet at night and the sour stomach and fer- mentation, and the headache, have all gone by morning. All druggists, 260,, or by mail from Chtmbetloln Medicine t Company, Toronto 12 tk. Ili ka ter cr e ea Harness leather cannot be negleeted Without injury that lessens its darn-, bility. It• should bo washed and oil- ed frequently. The washing should be done in tepid water with a neutral soap and a sponge or stitr brush, Af- ter rinsing lit clean tepid water the harness is hong up to drain a little while before oiling, For driving .harness neatsfootor castor oil is best, but for heavy har- 11e55 there may be some tallow in the oil, The applications should be light for driving and liberal for heavy har- ness. The oil, wenn to the hand, is rubbed thoroughly into the leather while it is still wet from the washing. Excess oil which the leather is unable to take up should be removed with a clean, dry cicth, Pulling the binder is harder work than drawing the cultivator, especial- ly if there is no truck to support the weight of •the binder tongue.. Occa- sional rests and airing the shoulders Buy by weight. Disregard the measure. Insist upon correct weight, Patronize a responsible merchant. By insisting on full weight you obtain the full amount of food for which you are paying. A French eletrician's wireless re- ceiver is small enough to be carried in a pocket, yet will pick up messages when connected with almost any metal surface. by pelting the collars up on the heroes' noelcswt11 bolito prove tgalls and sores, 'Wasit the she:Mere ant apply some liniment at night., It will pay to give the colts a small amount of grain onco a day, al- though they aro running with the mares in pasture, Protection of Crops, (trop rrr'oreed- million ee- tion, protCanadaection loses oveean6r' 0000crop hprundred million dollars worth o1! her staple crops every year through the .depreda- tions of insect pests. A large portion of this loss could be prevented, As we cannot afford to lose the smallest portion of our grain and other food crops during the present critical period when the production of food is of suprems, importance, tlae Dominion Department of Agriculture is making every effort to prevent, so far as pos, sible, losses due to insect pests. Crop protection must go hand in hand with crop production. Insect pests are not usually noticed or reported until they have caused Considerable damage, Therefore it is urged that the elo esC wateh be eit 011 all crops for the first appearance of any bleed pests or damage. Im- mediately such damage is observed steps should be taken to control the outbreak in its inoil,Lont stage. 1i; the nest ' st or the method of control is unknown specimens of the insect and its injuries should be sent et (neo to the nearest of the following sources of expert assistance: The Agrioul- tural College, the Pr'ovinoial Depart- ments of Agriculture or their local District Representatives, the officer in charge of the nearest Bominion En- tomological Station, er direct to the Dominion Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, for examina- tion; and advice in regard to control measures will be furnished without de- lay , e -lay, Letters and packages up to 11 ounces in weight may be mailed to tho Dominion Entomologist, "Free," but postage will be required on letters or specimens sent to the othersources of advice mentioned. Do not delay reporting insect out. �4tALIWBOLA .. .....D is a disinfectant that dries white, not dark or colorless like other disinfectants, so that with it, 0110 disinfects and paints, at the same time, with -the same labor and at no greater cost than is required Cor whitewashing and disinfect- ing only. Carboln, is made or le finely Powdered mInet•n.l nlgmont, the mane as used by many ra ll>i makers, OOnlbined with a germi- cide 20 times stronger than carbolio aeid but non-poisonous and non -cans - tie. Conies inconvenient size yµckages, does not spoil by stand- ing,.so can be kept on hand, ready to Ilse when Convenient Or o11 a rainy day. Applied with either brush or spraying machine, \Vi11 not clog the sprayer or blister, fl,l.ke Or peel off, 110 matter11ow ninny coats are nit. on, It is easlty prepared 'Per use. last pat the powder in a pall and stir in either cold or hat Water. 'Used and endorsed by thousands be. poultry ain'tbreeding fauns end ba' experiment stations and agrl- uil.tiral colleges, Sold by Dealers Everywhere 33OWLA0T11 scars 8c 00., Ltd, Toronto - - Canada f46a,t breaks or sending inquiries; delay may involve serious to,.e sos that could other- wise be prevented. Write immediate- ly, or telegraph if the outbreak is serious, Clean i'ar•mfng, the secur- ing of vigorous growth in young plants and good cultivation are the best protective measures against in- sect attack, ii:eep all crops constant- ly under supervision for the first ap, paaraame order that it mayneo be chocknyeddawitaghoutin delay, In, creased crop production involves in- creased protection against pests Don't 13e Penny Wisp, No housewife should let the Mimeos.. ed price of sugar keep her from pre- serving ail the fruit and berries that she can get, A little figuring will show her that the inereased price of sugar is only 1% cents to the quart jar Propellers made of pressed steel, lacquered to give them perfectly smooth surfaces, are the last word in airplane construction. '`fits ==e ri Lacon, I r Lo b" Five Ce Acis& PURE RICH $FOOD PREVENTS' DISEASE Bad Wood is responsible for more ailments than anything, else, It (muses catarrh, dyspepsia, rheums-, tisru we rt11re d languid ieOli t Ss and worse roubles, Hood's Sarsaparilla has been wonderfully successful in purifying and enriching the blood, removing scrofula and other humors, and building up tho whole syste)n. Take` it -give it to all the family so as to avoid illness, Clet it today, Run a spade down around the roots of cosmos plants to check rampant growth and to force them into flower. One way ,to prepare rice is to put ,it in a cotton bag and drop the same into a irettleful of boiling water. A telescope with two parallel bar - rots to enable two persons to sea the same object at the same' time has been built by k Swiss optician, tr 4.6,11 e ny �n e. 1 Profits Two Thirds of a Cent p r ound HE statement issued by the Department of Labor concerning the business' of The William Davies Company Limited has been given widespread circulation throughout the country and provoked public unrest. Whatever the technical wording of the report was, the effect has been that the newspapers have published that "the profits on Bacon alone" of this Company "for 1916" were about "five millions of dollars?' This interpretation of the official report is not surprising in view of certain statements that the Commissioner of the Cost of Living makes. The Commissioner is reported as saying that " There were two individual cases of profiteering in 1916 and that had these cases occurred since the passage of the cost of living Order -in -Council, he would consider it his duty to recommencl that " For the last fiscal year ending March 27th, 1917, The William Davies Com- pany bought and killed 1,043,000 bead of Live Stock (Cattle, Hogs and Sheep.) This, plus purchases of outside Meats,. produced 160,000,000 pounds of Meats. The Company handled 6,550,000 pounds of Butter and Cheese, 5,650,000 dozens of Eggs, and manufactured 26,500,000 tins of Canned Goods. The net profits on these -were .68 cents (or two-thirds of a cent) per pound on meats, 1.04 cents on Butter and Cheese, 1.04 cents per dozen on Eggs, and .47 cents (or slightly less than one-half a cent) per tin on Canned Goods. These profits include profits on all By -Products derived from these accounts. During the year the Company served at its retail stores 7,500,000 customers, the average purchase of each customer was 85c., and the net profit upon each sale was 5-8 of 1 cent. The turnover of the Company from all its operations for the last fiscal year ending March 27th, 1917, was $40,000,000. The net percentage of profit upon this turnover, after deducting war tax, was 1.69 per cent., or including war tax Respecting the Rep Last Winter the' Commissioner, under authority of Order -hi -Council, required packers to submit statements under oath for some years back and up to December lst, 1916, of incoming stocks of Meats and the cost of such, as well as statements of outgoing product and the selling value. This Company represented in writing at the time that the information as •sPccificallyrequired was not in accordance with Packing House Accounting methods, and invited the Commissioner to send an Officer to the Head Office of the Company to examine the books for any information desired, and to secure a viewpoint as to the best way of collecting data which would be of use to the Government, This offer was declined, and there was nothing to do but fall in the in- formation required as literally as we could determine it. For example, there was no recognition of the fact that a raw product may enter a factory under a specific classification and leave the factory as a finished product under some other classification. We submitted a series of accurate figures based upon our interpretation of the official requirements which made no provision for charges of any description other than incoming freight and unloading charges to be included in the cost or to be deducted from the selling price. There was nothing in the report which could be read so as to determine a profit and loss statement. The very fact that with only a statement based upon cogt of raw products and value of sales in Great Britain a Government Official has deduced "Large margins," "Profiteering" and "Criminality" if it had occurred since the passage of a recent Act, shows too dangerous a trifling and incapacity to be permitted to deal with any important situation. The statements of this Company have been treated by the author of this report as if the out -going product was identical with the incoming product, and from the series of reports he has singled out two items -the Bacon and Egg reports -and from thein deduced an erroneous "margin" which the newspapers have interpreted as "profit." The author of the inquiry shows a strange lack of even a funda- mental kno)+vledge of simple bookkeeping and a dangerous inability to co-ordinate figures. The following are specific and outstanding errors in the report: The principal item that is causing excitement deals with cold storage bacon. The term "cold -storage" is not defined, and the publle.is allowed to make its own definitions, As all Bacon in a packing house is under refrigeration it is really all cold -storage, and therefore this Company's figures of cold storage Bacon represent the complete quantity of Bacon 'handled in its entire Plant, whether in freezers or in process of cure for immediate shipment, That some Com - the facts be laids,before the Attorney -General for consideration as to their criminality." The situation created by such 'erroneous and damaging statements is serious as emanating from a Govern- ment official, from whom one looks for not only accurate statements but correct conclusions. The William Davies Company, being a .private concern, has fol- lowed the practice of all private corporations, except when it made a bond issue in 191], in that it has not published reports of its assets and liabilities or profit and loss. The present circumstance, however, in which a Government Official' has led the public to false conclusions, makes it advisable for this Company, for both the public interest and its own interest, to publish particulars of its business as well as point out the error of the statement of the Government Official. 8.45 per cent. The William Davies Company has assets of $13,385,000 of which $3,865,000 is tied up in fixed investments. To provide the necessary facilities for the increased volume of business the Company expended $750,000 in buildings and equipment during the year. Companies of other character present no more reasonable statement of profit and loss based upon the investments made in the business. The William Davies Company offered to the Imperial authorities, as well as to the War Office Service (which represents the Imperial authorities in Canada) to place the output of its Factory with respect to Bacon supplies, Canned Beef and Pork and Beans at the service of the authorities, on the basis of cost plus an agreed percentage. These offers were successively declined as the authorities evidently desired to purchase in the open market, and on this basis The William Davies Company has secured War Office business by open competition with the world. rt of the Commissioner er on the Cost of Living:- panies interpreted cold -storage product as "freezer" product only is evidenced by the smallness or entire lack of figures on the Bacon list for some Plants, indicating that many Firms did not submit statements of their complete stocks, as did this Company. An Official of this Company pointed out this cold -storage distinction to Mr. O'Connor and Miss McKenna in Ottawa a few weeks ago, and the.failure to make the distinction after having had it pointed out evidences lack of desire for accuracy -of -the real information desired. It is true The William Davies Company, in 1916, exported 97,791,000 pounds of Bacon, but we do not know how the margin of 5.05 cents per pound is arrived at by Mr. O'Connor, as there were no figures to justify such a conclusion. The probabilities are that the margin is arrived at by taking the average cost per pound of incoming product from the average selling price per pound of outgoing product. This may be a rough way of estimating the gross margin when dealing with small figures, but when dealing with figures the size that Mr. O'Connor has to deal with, a very small fraction of a cent per pound of error makes a very important difference ?in the total, and one must be careful to make sure that the outgoing product is the same finished merchandise of the incoming product reported on. Allowing it to pass, however, as a rough estimate, we wish to point out -(first) -the inquiry of the Commissioner allowed only for incoming freight and unloading charges, and made no provision whatsoever for operating charges of any kind, such as labor, curing materials, refrigeration, et cetera. Such actual charges on the 97,791,000 pounds exported were $1,162,000 -or 1.2 cents per pound. This amount covered all charges up to the point of placing the Bacon on cars f,o.h. packing -house. In addition to this was the actual cost to land and sell this 97,791,000 pounds in Eng- land after leaving the packing house, which involved charges of 2.9 cents per pound -or $2,830,000. Thus 2.9 cents per pound included inland and ocean freight, landing charges, war and marine insurance, cables, and selling commission to agents. The ocean freight and war risk alone would snake up 2.4 cents of the charge of 2.9 cents per pound. This 1,2 cents, plus 2.9. cents -a total of 4.1 cents -must be deducted from Mr. O'Connor's margin of 5.05 cents per pound, leaving a margin of .95 cents, or slightly less than a cent per pound, which still has to be reduced because of the error of premises and because of further factors which have to be considered to determine net profits. It is quite evident some of the other packers did not show selling values in the country in which the goods were The Company docs not challenge either the legal or moral right of the Govern- ment to investigate business enterprises when public interests directs such an investigation should be made. If an investigation of the packing and meat business is ordered, the Company will place at the disposal of the Government not only the data it would be required to simply under Order-in-Crouncil directing that inquiry be made, but will place the experience of its officers at the disposal of the investigating committee, if it is considered they can render any service which will be of value. The (Company has not now -nor at any time during the fifty years of its operation -anything to conceal in method or practice of carrying on its business. It does, however, claim the right to con- duct its export --business - without abusive 0011101001 from Government civil servants -especially when the Conclusions drawn from the data asked for are improper and false. One of Canada's chief export industries is the packing business. It is essential to the live stock industry, and, along with other export industries, 11. maintains the financial stability of this country, and should, providing itis on a sound basis, receive encouragement 'and not slanderous abuse. in view of the publicity given to the report of the Commissioner on the cost: of living, the Company demands the same publicity in having an official Government investigation of this report to determine the truthfulness or tintl'u'Ulfulness of its conclusions. We do not seek public consideration as a company, but we do say that untru'1•.11- ful official statements, or statements the effect of which is to create an untruth, �` Davies s Com, edit is concerned this terminates all public ils,tnr as 'The � slhrnn )a a ,? U The and haphazard .sta1ellzents sruade' either by nelvspapers or civil servants. 1 sold -a proceeding quite proper, as the forms stibtnited to be filled in were indefinite and ambiguous, thus permitting with- out charge of evasion a variety of interpretation as to the information required. It is thus possible that of all the figures submitted by the different packers that no two sets of costs and sales prices are determined at the same common point. It is this difference of interpretation of what was required that accounts for the difference of the alleged "margin" made by the different companies. Common conclusions, however, have been drawn by the author of the report from varying bases of premises. The figures of the Egg business were submitted on the same basis as Bacon, and similar deductions must be made. (Second) -The above margin is further reduced in that the author of this inquiry singled out the Bacon figures ds an item in which the selling price shows an alleged improper advance over cost, but he did not give us credit for the statements of other products, of which figures were submitted the selling prices of which were under cost. The reason of this was that through failure to inquire the Department entirely overlooked the fact that product may come in as pork and, through the process of manufacture, go out as Bacon or, in another instance, enter the factory as beef and go out in the form of canned meats; for example: much of the product which came in as pork, and which was entered on the pork sheet submitted to the Commissioner -about which he makes no mention -was cured and Left the factory in the form of Bacon, and was, therefore, entered on the outgoing side of the Bacon sheet -the result is that the Bacon sales are increased by this amount over the incoming stocks of Bacon, and, like- wise, the sheet showing sales of pork is.reduced by the amount that went out in the form of Bacon. "If the Department takes one set of figures that show favorable to the Company they should take another set of figures that show unfavorable, as the principle in either case is the same, and failure to do so looks as if the author of the report was exercising more enthusiasm than sound judgment in his investigations. (Third) -It is queried in the report, that "if the margin of 3.47 cents,' alleged to have been made in 1015, "was satis- factory, why was it necessary to show increased margin in 1910?" Assuming again for the moment the soundness of the premises in asking such a question based on ea erroneous "margin", it will be found that the increased margin is chiefly absorbed in increased ocean freight rates and war risk in- surance in 1916, of which apparently the author of the report Was in ignorance. adversely affect the live stock industry of this country, which is so valuable and essential a wealth -producing power and, in the long run, are harmful to the very people that the statement seeks to benefit. If the passing out of existence of a corporation such as The William Davies Company, or if nationalization of packing houses would materially and per- manently reduce food prices, then in view of the present world tragedy it ought to be consummated without delay. The fact of the matter is, however, that with millions of people in Europe turning from prochice1's into consumers because of Atte war, and the tremendous destruction of food products incident to war, there is no remedy for the high prices of food while such conditions last, except the remedy of thrift and increase of production. Long before there was talk of a Food Controller in the United States or Canada The William Davies Company urged the/Government at Ottawa, in writing, to appoint a Food Controller with full power to do wham he saw lit, as we reals ed at; that time the upward tendency in the price of food commodities unlcrs checked by official effort„ At the 02051.-41 great deal cannot be done ill reducing food prices while currency is inflated and until the scale of prices of all kinds of commodities declines also. What can be clone can only be done by a Food Controller. We wish to point out that nothing a.t all can be accomplished unless the data sceured are accurately and clearly made and the deductions therefrom sound. Only public harm arises from dangerous incompetency in the haphazard eollec'tion and careless use of important figures. ekitl'1fl0>1t,9 o/' 111.0 Company, and it will pay no more attentions to speculative only f nether statement that swill bo made will be al an o ctal investigation. Toronto, ehlly 17th, 1917 ,THE WILLIAM AVMSE. Ce FOX, General Managerp 6� C✓ � COM ANY g IMI,