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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-01-28, Page 3TLIU,RiSIYAY, JANUARY 28, 1932. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. ayes of the Great Lakes It will be fifty years ago on .Sept. 14 that the ftlsia went down in, Georg- ian Day --that memorable disaster in which 200 lives were blotted but,,. while two others were saved just 'by it miracle: A writer says: The Sunday before the wreck -I retnemier it well—was such another' as last Stuiday'(ISept, 11). I. spent part, of the day on the Asia, while the ship` was on the Past :voyage she was des- tined to'consplete.Ilit was perfect Sep- tember weather, warm as August, not a breath of air Stirring, and a haze as of the beginning of Indian summer spread .over sea and land, A' night shortly before the storm: broke also is fixed in my memory. About twelve ecloick the he'aven's were fairly ablaze with those 'Feat—ell! eights which heaver beacon JS'ave w'heu,lcings or heroes die." and driven by the greatest .storm in the Memory of living ,man, It is probable, the captain counted on the Fact that he had a follo'win'g sea and thought he would be safe as Jong as he cotild, keep his ,ship before it. ONTO ITS 'DOOM. Even the night before Fiodden it- self could not have equalled the aw- ful glory of that. Se'ptembe'r midnight hi 1882. I't ryas not alone the north- ern heavens that were illuniin:ate.d. !From 'cite horizon on all sides were great waves of light shot up towards the zenith ,and there formed the most fantastic, brilliant efiu'res, But it was different 'an the 'Wed- nesday afternoon when the Asia left iC'ollingwood. The storm 'king was just beginning to make itself felt, and, the old :ship was badly buffeted before she reached Owen Sound. Why .the 'captain left the shelter of the latter port that 'Wednesday night 'no man knows. He muse have knawo what was waiting for him outside. lent he did leave in the midst of darkness and storm, and he followed not the conr- paratively safe route upunder the 'h'igh lands df the Indian !Peninsula end then across the islands 'which ,furnish slight, breaks in "the Gep" near the mainland; he followed the shore 'line for a time and then struck :boldly across the storm tossed bay for French' River. Ile attempted To cross the full width of the (Georgian' Bey, while that inland sea was torn 'At all events, when morning broke iliere was no very:, serious a'larm arito'ng the passengers. True, it was rough, but there were no Mackinaw ites aboard at that season. The',pas- senngers':were mostly lumbermen aii'd 1ra'ridy' m'erc'hants and Iadiners—men who 'lead, seen the teeth of a gale he 'fore. There was no thought of a regular bre'alefaet, however. There was too 'much sea on for that. 'A' few snatched a bite in the steward's pain - try, and then 'hastened out to look once more ,on the elvereiteereasin.g gale. Still the ship rolled on, although from bhe tip 'af every m'oi'ster wave, great sheets of water were emir" tns and driven 'over the creat of the billows. THE WIND CHANGED, 'AND• TI'IEN. 'tering" spiritual con'sohitioti, to those iii need, whrle` his. own heart was breaking because of the knowledge that his wife was doomed to accom- pany lam to a watery grace. • 'But suddenly there was a thane. The wind had been blowing steadily from the south-west. Quick as a flash it veered and came with 'increased strength frown the north-east. Then mighty waves, formed by the cross currents of wind, crashed together and masses of 'folun flew up as .high as a church steeple. That weer too much for the Asia. .5ihe staggered under the tremendous !blows, deliv- ered first ;rpm ane side and then upon the other. Men • and 'wo'mee Were thrown :about in the cabin and -lam- too 'were swamped, and the lifeboat med in a heap at the .companion -way and her passengers were left alone BOIATS WERE CAST AWAY. IBM prayer and tears and ,toil were all in vain. The bulwark crashed. in, water poured down into the fires, the upper works began to break up, and the all lenew that the end was at hand. What little panic there had been before was all over now. Whe- ther it was the stupor of despair or the resignation of the : Christian is not la -lawn, but there was no outcry from pa's'sengers; the only noise was the shrieking of the gale, and. the. crash of breaking timbers. 'Then the boats }were cast away. They did not know that they yet TSI'E EAST, HYMN. Presently the distant glimmer of the lighthouse at Ryna laic: came in view. And now the half dozen or so survivors thought they were sale at last. Joyously yet reverently led by the mate they joined in that grand old hymn which never meant a much as then..- a ",Liglrt in the dar7oress, sailor•; �d y is at band, See over the foaming billows fair 'Haven's land. ;D:reat was the voyage, sailor, now almost o'er, Leave the poor' old stranded wreck, and pull 'for the shore," "THE CiAPTAIN IS DEAD." Jost a's they were going D. A. Tinkis :had to face an enemy but little less —the boys all called' hint ',Dunk," dreadful th :'hat they had' just es,,, said to his uncle, J. H. Tsr ki's, who caped from;,,'+ Etdhasstioty fol'l'owed the stood at his side on the 'wrecked ,intense nese ors strain!, caused by the steamer— long hours cf, sitreggle acid watahhing. "Let us jump and swim for them?" Ties Ceptaief was among tate first ,to "Yvan go if you like; it's .00 nee me succumb. His •head sank on his breast, II's/cosvpaniorti8 thought for trying," was.: the reply. r Duum ed, and Uncle and nee_ a moment 4r,'was-sleeping, but a ma- Dunk j 4 hew were parted forever. uncut ,later 'i was told in an awed whisper that "tate ca'p'tain is dead." SWAM' TO LIF'EB'OAT.. A. lit''tlelaker oat :a brawny yoaith named (Little' ohe of those who had Young Tin'lcis was a magnificentaP the •. a of a hero in trying to swimmer and as cool as an iceberg. lighten the ship in the morning, iniac He 'struck out ba'l'dly,' and 'w.henever, succumbed. ray and by the mate, he any wreckage froom the vessel- ap- w'ho had led but a few minutes before proached hint he jioined' his hands in the revival hymn, likewise suc- above his 'head to avoid being tun ,cum'bed. In a shalt time only two ned. He swam to the lifeboat and Were left alive; D. A. Tankcs'atid hiss asked 'to drawn in. Morrison. Event sa'iiy. these reached "'1 don'tthink there is much use in ,one o,f the islands in Parry . Sound. your conning in here," replied'Punser fleereitseemed for a time as if they MdDougall,: who sat -itv the stern had only escaped d'rowni'ng to die of sheets, "but you may try it." starvation. The mi'nute's lcngtbened Dunk was helped in and in another •into hours, .the hour's into days and moment the Asia disappeared. 'About still no sail or 'hope or rescue appear- the same time the"'other small\ boats ed. At -last just as they were about to yield to despair en Indian appeared in .a sailboat, and ,the two survivorsof the most dreadful d'isaster that ever occurred on our upland seas were taken into Parry Sound harbor the (Sunday following the Thursday on which the vessel werrt dower. ' . There are other stories that t'igh't be told; stories of the dreary lone-, liness oif !many firesides that firs' Chrfstn' hs "after the Asia went do'wn,": the story of the almost mira- culous escape of the Manitoba, now the Carinona, from sharing 'the fate of leading to. the 'hurricane deck. Some prayed, others tore their hair, in an- guish, while others again were s'tupe- fied with the horror of the situation. The captain, crew and many of the ,on the angry waste of waiters. Even the .metallic boat hada life and death struggle. 'Time and again he -was upset and every time.. that se was, righted it passengers neither prayed nor raved. was found that one or more of the Down between decks they went and occupants had "been swept away. worked like mien, throwing over cat- Purser McDougall was onto o'f' the tle and horses in order to lighten the chirp, while up above the Rev. Mr. James, a Methodist minister, moved about with great 'fortitude, adminis- first to go. Others were caught ane after the other. But at last the aea began to calm down and the boat turned over no more, PAGE THREE marked as he whisked away tens of d;aanot.d's and produced "aces windy ease, which 'must have bafiled re- ferees forces an'd l.ibituei lsen Itst show it could 'be done before the beat of` card players, he put 16 cards in the respective pockets of two men. front the audience and 'produced 12 front one pocket and 20 ft•oni the other: ',Before a nttm'bcr of expectant members of the audience entered in. the problem hand co'ntest directed by him, lir. Lent released the sofa - tion o'f the last problem Band. 'Bridge is a game and should be played for the fun of it," concluded the expert. "The- more complications you bring into it the less ,fun you are going to get out of it. I have no fault to find witli any system, 'but I want again to answer Mr. Ctlberts'en's question, which as you probably know ryas re- peated every evening of the contest. I haven't changed 'my lystem; yet,' F. J, MdGA.VIN Former Tuckersrnith boy who is now Secretary of Detroit Trust Co.. the Cal'lingwood propeller and the all too awful tale of the fate worse than death, that has befallen some of those who Post their •protectars mrd guard- ians in that fierce storm,50 years ago. There are stories of disappointment turning to thanidfelness is the hearts of several who had iutend.ed to 'be passengers do -;bhe ill -'fated vessel on her disastrous trip and who had miss- ed thei'r boat l y a 'few minutes. Some of. these things ,,may be told some day. But meantime the recur- rence of the anniversary never fails to recall the memory of the 200 who 'went dawn to their deaths amid the roar of the equinoctial gale of Sept. 14, 1682. Better Business Ahead Says Beatty And -. Canada is Ready to Move :Forward.. Canadian Pacific President Issues His Annual Review of Economic Conditions and ' • the Outlook for Future Development and Progress, in this Country. BETTER business this 'year, says E. W. Beatty, chairman and president of the Canadian: Pacific Railway, in his annual re- view of Canadian business for 1931. ,. condensed report of the review is as follower "Seriously af- fected by world conditions as Canada may appear to be, there .is no country of the same or any- thing like the same compara- t, tive ; import- ance mport-ance in world affairs that is less affected basically by Mr.E w Bcacty the conditions that have Chairman and. President brought- finan- Canadiatt Pacific Ry. offal disaster to the great nations of Europe and to the United States. we are faced with debts that must be paid. I know of no way of meeting them other than by hard work and strict economy. Of wise expenditure leading to the opening up of undeveloped busi- ness or lowering of production costa there can be no just criti- cism at any time, nor should the railways be blamed too carelessly for having looked ahead and pre- pared their facilites so that future business reasonably assured might be adequately taken care of. "Economic depression 'has reach- ed its most pronounced stages in those • Countries More highly in- dustrialized. Therein lies one of the reasons why Canada has ex- perienced less dislocation than some others, and is in a better position to register a rapid re- turn to normal conditions. flay- ing its economic' basis still very largely in the development of raw materials, Canada has 'less dis- tance to travel along the road to re-establishment, and there are credible red sans for :believing we have gone some distance in that. direction: Thus we say that to Canada the year 1931 has been one of re -organization and reconstruc- tion. "The railway situation has mov- ed into recognition as Canada's most imperative 'domestic prob- lem. Its causes, complexities and :possible solution are now being Probed by a meat competent tri- bunal the appointment of which at this time was an act of common s senseand, courage. The Canadian people will present to an. interest- ed world renewed evidence of those qualities if they, give their confi- dence tothat tribunal and meet its suggested solutions with consider- ations of economic value unbiased by political dolor or preceneeived prejudice. "The Canadian Pacific, for in- stance, has no apologies t� offer for any of the more recent im- portantentsit hasitions m de to serrove- vices. The "Empress of Britain", built largely to develop a new class of de luxe Amorieaa trade ,for the Canadian route to Europe, has jus- tified our best expectations, and up to the end of the world -cruise in April next a reasonably . good profit on her operations is assur- ed. The Royal York Hotel at Tor- onto has also done very 'well con- sidering existing conditions and the need for such a convenience for the traveling, public in that city is just as great now as when the announcement of its building was so enthusiastically hailed. It is capon such forward moves as these that Canadiandevelop- ment must ever be predicated. If the original building of the Cana- dian Pacific had been held up un- til existing traffic justified its oper- tion Canadian national develop- ment would now be decades behind rat its present position. sition. p 35,775, an increase of 8,590, bring- ing the Canadian holdings up to oyer 46 per cent. of the total: num- ber of shareholders. "It wad recently a most encour- aging experience to me to. go through Western Canada end wit- ness the courageous' manner in which westerners are facing the situation, Any idea that the West is giving' itself' up to self-pity on the score that its future as an agricultural 'country' is doomed should be abandoned forthwith. As a whole that country is not doing too badly, and its people are firm in their well justified know- ledge that they are going to do as well as ever in the not too dis- tant future. The most seriously affected area comprises but 29 to 25 per cent. of the West, and over the remainder the conditions are at least fair to good. Great en- couragement has resulted from re- cent advances in wheat prices, and since the `statistical position of that grain inworld markets is undoubtedly strong, higher prices and a reasonably good demand are not unlikely over the coming year. Intelligent interest in im- proved methods . and lower cost of Production as well as in the all- important matter of future diver- sification of farming is general. This and the ''act that Western Canada has .again shown that it can produce the world's ' best in both grain. and r. live -stock is enough guarantee • of that coun- try's future. (Eastern Canada has no less reason to view its agricul- tural confidence. with e id destiny torel ' y w Production and export of , live- stock and dairy products have in- creased and the fruit crops of On- tario and Nova Scotia are meeting with excellent markets abroad. "An important increase in gold production, some improvement in the demand for lumber, an in- crease over the ,year in the vol- ume olume of tourist traffic, a more 'sat- isfactorY 'balance of foreign trade,. and 'latterly a noticeable better- ment in many lines of retail busi- ness are most encouraging fac- tors in the general situation. "He would be a bold 'man who would make any prophesy a i to what' is going to happen during the coming Year, And ,yet I think it' requires neither boldness nor second sight to justifY the as sumption that 1922 will, as it pro- gresses, .show , marked improve- ment upon its predecessor. • "The nation,, its various •com ':unities; many of its business in- stitutione and ,no 'small:: number of its individuals'base in the past ordered, 'their affairs, as though the -way to, enduring prosperity lay through extravagant expenditure with little or rad thought of stabil- ity of investment or profitable re- turn, thereon. Thus' as :a nation "Over the past year railways have been more adversely affected by the general trade contraction than has any other branch' of in- dustry. .A 22.1 per cent. decreaee In Canadian Pacific gross revenue for the first ten months of the year is symptomatic of 'these conditions. The fact that we were able to ef- fect a 19.1 per cent. saving in operating costa over the same per- iod is an evidence of the high standard of efficiency at which the property has been maintained. One direction .in which we were not able' to make reductions was In that of taxes' which will run this wear to $7,500,000. Since its incorporation the company bas contributed , over ,$121,000,000 to, Canada's tax collections. Under. adverse conditions of which an un- reasonably forced standard of com- petition was not a -small part, • the company carried on its services in a manner calculated to retain the -confidence- ^Of • the Canadian people. This is shown by the fact that since September, 1930, the number of its Canadian sharehold- ers has grown from 26,188 to truth of that statement than any- thing 'else could have done, and 1 find, that a large and growing number of the Canadian people are accepting that fact as being abundantly established by the course of economic events through which we are passing. • Under - stress of; war necessities it became the government's job to supervise 1praetically everything economic that was carried on. • In many cases supervision became" 'actual operation. The natural result was that people and institutionsbegan to look to government for the in- spiration and direction which they themselves could have given much better had they carried forward their enterprises on business prin- ciples the efficiency' of which have been proven through ages of stress and, strain. •"The'success which, attended the flotation of the National Service Loan should be as reasssIring • to Canadians of the sound basis upon which their economic affairs stand as it has' been to the world at large. Readiness with which our People were able to absorb the new bond issue, established the fact that a surprisingly: large amount of Canada's wealth' was in liquid form and that the Canadian people had cou try'sa tion in placing itat the service, The Canadian dollar has gone consid- erably below par in most of the world's money markets, an effect of world conditions' which carries its own remedy in that it is cal- culated to encourage a more fay-- orable balance of foreign trade. It has also contributed as induce- mentan , to manufacturers from. other countries to establish fac- tories within our borders. Since August, 1930, approximately 125 new industries from Great Britain and the United States have been organized or are now in' the pro- cess of organization. "Ultimate results following up- on the recent British elections are likely to be far-reaching in their relation to Canadian economie af- fairs. Important extension of our trade with Great Britain seems as- sured, and it may Joe expected that the holding of the forthcoming Imperial Conference in this coun- try will profoundly influence the course of Canadian economics over the next few' years. • The, Empire will' be brought to a new realization of what Canada has to offer' in' the way of 'natural re- sources and opportunity for pro- fitable investment, and 'the "Coup try will step once again into the forefront as a land towards which the most desirable class of immi- gration - and settlement should Properly: flow.,, • "It ie an old saying, of recent years,; brought . ;much, into mind, that one 'thing greatly to be de- sired is more business in govern- ment and less government in busi- ness.. The period of economic stress has done more to prove the' TO HELP CHICAGO. The Illinois house Of represen'ta- tives passed by a vote of 1)14 to 31 a bill to reorganizecompletely the tax- ing .madhinery of Cook County (Chi- cago). The bill, supported byl Gov- erner' Louis L. Emmerson, Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago and malty Chicago bankers, now will go back to the !Senate, where it origin- ated. IId was passed in the 'Senate by a vote of 4,'S to 1, but two amendments were a'd'ded in the house ,and it now must also go back to the Senate in Es slightly revised 'form for considera- tion again. The bill was an emergency measure intended to provide mean's for the second largest city in the U.S. to 'sight its way out of unprecedented financial d'ifficu'lties. As passed, the bill provides that all present taxiing bodies in Cook County be swept out. of .existence and that in' piece of them the Governor :and the .president of 'the, Cook County 'board shall appoint e committee of three then to reorgan- ize Completely the . whole taxing- machinery. axingns'ach,inery. 'These three will serve - until November, 1934, when three will be elected to take their places. Re- organ'iz'ation bf the 'taxing machinery originally demanded by Chicago 'bank-. ers, whorefused to lend the city more money unless some assurance was .giv- en that taxes would be levied iii a more business -like manner. AN'OTH'ER GOLD RUSH. An'otiher gold rush is under way ]throughout the district: surrounding' Island 1L'ake, about 300 miles to tire northwest of .Sioux Lookout, 'North- ern Ontario. Several syndicates, back- ed by Winnipeg and Toronto (nen, have sent prospecting parties into the (field around the lake and at 'Confed- eration Island, largest of the islands in the lake. Men were travelling into the area by dog -sled and afoot. Major Cross, head Of a geological party said 'to be prospecting for foreign interests, who returned .to Sioux Lookout a- board a giant monoplane, said his men had discovered gold, :capper and nick- el deposits in the area. Ontario and :Manito'ba .miners expressed con'fiden'ce that the discoveries of ore indicated More than sporadic outcropphtgs and said they thought sam'ples they had br'ough't out did not represent the best ore to be found around the lake and an the islands. The .return of Major Cross and Pilot Harvey 'Sit. Martin 01 Montreal, after an absence of five drays dissipated anxiety regarding the sa'fe- ty of the party which arose when weather conditions became well nigh impossible for flying, St. Martin said his delayed take -off on the return trip was occasioned by a tw'o-day blizzard which was accompanied by a 'temper- ature of 46 'below zero. St.tllartin and Major Cross came aut'o get addition- al supplies, claim 'licenses and medi- cines for members o'f their party of five geologists, one of 'whore, they said, had been hurt. They refused to reveal tate exact whereabouts of their party which was believed to be about 300 utiles from Sioux Lookout, • al- though the monoplane, at the time of her take -off on the inward trip, car- ried gas for a 1,200 mile jump. Grading Helps Exports. Dependable quality is an advantage in the export market, In the past year export of eggs from Halifax to Bermuda have held steady despite the advantage'of lower prices enjoyed by competing export product. This is a ' fine indication of the value of stand- ardized grading for eggs and of the benefit of government inspection of export eggs. Canadian exporters have secured the con'fiden'ce of the Ber- muda market in the quality of their product and the ,reliability. of, our grades. The sameis true with re- spect to the export of eggs to New- foundl'and, where quality is winniitg cosifidence with the result that tim-- portant new markets for Ganadiam eggs are developing. BAFFLES WATCHERS. Is -respective of partners, "rocks of distribution,' or 'fortu'ne's smile, 'Sid- ney(Len'a 'had it in his power to win the bridge battle of a century against Ely Culbertson had he used his card sense. He admitted as most to ' an• audience in Toronto and proved it. "It takes a conscientious conjurer to play bridge like a •gentleman," 'the one -tinge associate of Houdini re - Improvement Association Formed :Breeders of all kinds cif farm stock ie Elgin County were brought togeth- er recently at (Sit. Thomas to forms the Elgin' Live Sto'ck Association. One of 'the first activities planned by - the organization is to make a bull cen- sus of en-.sus-of the county and to institute as campaign to eliminate the scrub buil- so that at least 80 per cent. may 'be' ' purebred. Three directors each were chosen from the different townships. 1N- 'Martin, Springfield, was elected pre- sident; J. E. 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