HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-02-25, Page 3THURSDAY,
EIBRUARY 25, 1932
TIDE SEAFORTH NEWS.
PAGE THREE,
"Nine - storied pa ;sodas
rise brick by brick'
AND sizable Savings Accounts grow
dollar by dollar! Many. fortunate
people have learned this simple rule to
their intense satisfaction and peace of
mind.
Don't wait until you have collected much
money. The important thing is to make
a beginning NOW. Start with a one
dollar bill and decide to build the edifice
of Independence slowly and consistently.
Every week add a few dollars. You
w111 be delighted to learn how quickly
your Savings Reserve, when left at
interest grows higher and higher.
SEVENTEEN BRANCHES IN 'ONTAR'IO.
PROVINCE OF a
BOY i
HEAD OFFICE
AVINGS OFFICE
SEAFORTH BRANCH
ARIO6'QVERNMEIYT
PARLIAMENT
BUILDINGS
J. M. McM1LLAN, MANAGER
HURON NEWS. •
Fordwich Dam Swept Away.—The
heavy rains last week sent the north
bnanoh of the Maitland into ft'ood sim-
ilar to three years ago, and caused
,t much damage to property on its,
course. At Fordwich the woodwork
on the dam at Thos. Wilson's mill
was swept • away though! the main
structure stood the pressure. H'owever
the earth at the east abutment weak-
ened and considerable filling in has
since 'been carded out. The rush of
waters carried away the north abut-
,ment of McGuire's dani in Gorrie and
bore up the earthern dyke adjacent to
it, creating a 40 -foot gap to release
the pent-up water, flooding streets and
property to a great depth. This .was
newly built two years ago. The
!Wroxeter dame stood the test but the
earth near the Park's garage, to the
north of the bridge, was gouged out
six feet deep by the'ctarrent.
Barn Burned. — David Denhohn,
F' who resides about three miles west of
Myth, had the misfortune to have his
barn,burned last week on Saturday
night about 9 o'clock. He was in,
'the barn hitching up the horse prep-
aratory to : driving to town andhad
the lantern in the 'back of the cutter
when some straw fell down fromr
above and scared the 'horse. The
lantern ,fell down and in the plungin'g
o'f the horse it was knocked down a
foedhote into the basement where it
exploded. The hay and straw took
fire and although ' an alarm was tele-
phoned into, Blyth nothing could be
done to save the barn. Mr. Denholm
carried insurance to the amount of
+$3000 but his loss will be heavy ne
lie had a large stock of hay, grain'
and implements.
Appointed, Rector. — Rev. Ernest
''Hayes, now of Durham, was appoint-
ed by Bishop Seagar to the parish of
IWinghani, his new duties to start on.
April 1st.
BAYFIELD.
MT. and Mrs. Meeks of Stratford
ik spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
William Ell of .
t
,
�Nfesszsr J. W. Jolweft, D. H. M'e-
n !Naughton', Harold Weston„ ',,Brown
Higgins and F. Patc'held motored to
London Friday and saw the London,
1Ruffalo hockey _game.
Mrs. Annie Wigle, who has been
'with her mother, Mrs. Sturgeon, over
'the week end, returned to Sarnia on,
Monday.
James Catlin of Pont Stanley was
with his grandmother, iv1rs, Jaime's
'Sturgeon, over the week end.
Our teachers spent the week end'
away, Mies Kirk at her home in Glan-
worth and Miss Ferguson with friends
in London.
firs. Newton -Brady has been visit-
ing her mother, Mrs.D. McDonald,
alt'S'arnia, for a cou'ple of weeks.
,There was a splendid crowd at the
.dance last Friday put an by Walter
(Westlake and Leslie' Elliott in the
town hall
'On Friday evening last the Orange
'nen had a euchre and dance in, the
town hall :with "a good attendance.
During Lent services are being held
each Tuesday evening, i'in Trinity
'Church.
(Badminton is the popular game here
this winter and the p'iayers are meet-
ing withsuccess against, outside play-
ers. In the game at Stratford last
week Bayfield players woar every
game.
Make your plans for the big event
of
t'he season the Agricultural Society
annual masquerade, 'March 30th. Get
your costumes ready.
The tea held on Thursday last un-
der the auspices of the senior guild
of Trinity Church at the home of
Mrs. F. A. Edwards, was quite a suc-
cess. Although it rainedheavily dur-
ing the ' day quite a goodly number at-
tended.
Gladys Gale, Miss Lucy Woods,
Mrs.'' H. K. Maori -louse and Mrs,
Paull sang • solos which were very de-
lighliful. Mrs. Paull and Miss Flay
Edwards played a number of piano
duets which, were very nmc'h apprec-
iated.
,.Miss Josie Stirling is visiting her
sister; Mrs, McKenzie, Goderich
Township.
Miss Ruth Houston who has been
quite ill for some time at London was
able to be brought home last Satin --
day. We wish her speedy recovery.
'Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sturgeon and
Mrs. D. Baird of Crediton; spent Sun-
day wi•tis Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sturgeon.
Dr. A. Newton-lBrady motored to
Sarnia Saturday. Mrs. Newton -
Brady returned with hint Sunday.
Mrs. Fred MGEwan was called to
London Monday owing to the illness
of her sister-in-law, 3frs, R. Peck.'
JAPAN.
There are about 60,000,00.0 people
in Japan proper. On the average they
are only five feet three inches tall.
They have almond -shaped eyes,
coarse black hair and verylittle, if
any, beard's. lAlbout 220,000 are Chris-
tians—the rest are mostly Buddhists.
or Shinto ancestor -worshippers.
rTheirs is an. island empire, corres-
ponding to
orres-ponding'to Asia just as England cor-
responds sponds to Europe. They are prog-
res'sive,"aggres'sive, smart, well educat-
ed and inspired with a pride of race
that becomes semi-lfanatilcal form of
patriotism. The teachings of cen-
turies have made' them 'so. 'Tlhey have
the Third, largest navy iii the world,
being excelled only by England attd'
the United States. They have one of
the largest and best equipped armies
in the world. Their industriai system
fir ,a marvel, their great merch'ant fleets
sail every sea, their railroads carry' a
large part o'f. Asia's commence, ;t'heir,
mills and factories are as, modern--
and
odelrn—and as extensive ---as any in the world,
They have everything that any na-
tion could wlan't, except one thing
Foreign' trade.
They must have foreign trade to
live. Without it they will starve. No
matter What the cost, this island ernf-'
pine of 'commerce and industry must
have sources of raw material ' for its
factories and foreign markets as an
outlet for the goods itmakes,1•True;`
the choice part of .this island empire
is crowded, but there is still lots of
room in the undeveloped hinterlands.
It draws from, feeds on and sells to
the vast, wealc land that is 'C'hin'a. The
Chinese, fearful of being gobbled up
by ; this modern and aggressive little
neighbor, declared an economic boy-
cott against Japan's goods. That act
cut at the very lifeblood of Japan. The
warfare that followed was inevitab'le.
With Gandhi -like passiveness, C'hi-
na's uncounted millions' dealt Japan
a body blow. I1f yon want to cast
aside all considerati'ons of justice, etc.
'and get right drawn to the cold eco-
nomics of
co-n!omics-of things, you must admit that
there was, nothing else for japan ° to
do but fight—or starve, At the same
time, they are cocky and ruthless.
Their history has made then so. In
a little over 75 years—within the life-
time of many melt who are living to-
day—the Jhpanese have progressed
from a nation off semi -barbarians to
a world power.
There is nothing comparable to • it
in all history. Only She motion of a
skyrocket can be likened to that of
this ancient race which, after sleeping
centuries as a hermit empire, finally
rose with screaming sud'denness to
'find its place in the sun.
'Centuries 'before Christ, the for-
bears of these islanders erossed from
the Asiatic mainland. They conquered
the savage island tribes, 'ebut—like the
(Danes and others Who invaded anc-
ient England -were absorbed by
them. Thus, a new. race was born.
'Through long deadcenturies they
lived practically r t t nested' qty . the
rest of the world. They had their
own civilization.
In the 17th century Europeans sai-
lors began to seek trade in the remote.
1Paci'fic. Iii the wake of trade, carne
Christian missionaries. The Emperor
encouraged foreign trade but viewed.
the missionary enterprise with, alarm.'
First an edict was issuedi against
.Christianity and there were more than
a thousand m'iss'ion'a'ry martyrs, many
being burned, the resit beheaded. In
11636 -carne an Imperial decree that no
)Japanese vessel should leave Japan's
shores and no Japanese subject.ahoeld
go abroad under pain of death,
Two years Pater the Portugese were
barred, Four Portugese envoys, bear-
ing cosltly • presents for the e'mperor,
were sent to explain. The envoys,
with 57 of thein companions, were be-
headed by the Japanese. The emp-
eror spared 113 survivors and sent`
them iback with this message:
"Think no more of us, just as if we
were no longer ill the world."
ht was not until 1654 that Japan
abandoned her policy o'f isolation and
agreed to sign a trade treaty with
the United States, Great Britain, Rus-
sia, Holland and France.
Coincidentally began the swift, rise
of a primitive nation that—within a
single lifetime—was . destined to be-
come a world polwer.
With Japan's decision in 1854to
trade, with the world, her military de-
velopment commenced. In 1862 a
military system like that of the rest
of the world was organized with three
divisions cif 13,600 men.
'an 1595 Japan was victorious .in a
war with China, her. German -trained
infantry being armed with single
loader. Murata rifles.
In 1900 a Japanese force went to
Peking to help quell the Boxer revo-
lution and there saw at first hand me-
thods of 'European armies. Complete
re-organ•iea'tion o'f Japan's army fol-
lowed.
In 1904 Japan conducted a victor-
ious war with Russia.
'In .1910 Japan annexed Korea.
In 1915 Kiaaehow was captured
from the Germans.
iIn Japan now, all males of from. 17
to 40 are liable for military service.
tAbout'600000 attain military age each
year. The term of service is 181%
months, with 5 1-3 years in the first
reserve and 10 years in the second
reserve.
The emperor is the supreme com-
mander of the army, and likewise of
the navy.
The naval history of these island
people goes back a long way, too,
They 'suffered' by Tartar invasion in
the 13th century. For centuries they
'had their fishing fleets.
In the 177th century, a castaway
English pilot, named William. Adams,
supervised for them the building of
two ships. But in 1633, the govern-
ment'1s policy of isolation brought an
edict that forbade shipbuilding.
IFor the next 200 years nothing hap-
pened. Then carte trade with other
nations.
To -day Japan has the world's third
greatest naval power, topped only by
Great Britain and the United States.
Compressed into the six decades of
IJlapan's shont history as a modern na-
tion, is a record of economic develop-
ment which in most other countries
might have taken centuries: Com-
mercially—as with her army and her
navy -Japan was late in getting start-
ed -but how' she has since come
along f
BaconLittorCornpetiiion,1932
Huron County had twenty-seven
contestants lit the 1931 Bacon .Litter
Competition, conducted by the Prov-
incial and Federal Live Stock
branches, The Province was d'ivide'd.
into five districts, Huron County be-
ing • grouped, in district No. 4 along
'with the Counties of Weilington,
Grey an'd Bruce, and Dufferin. The
list of prize winners dhows that in
!District Nlo. 4 contestants from Hu-
ron County secured nine of She fifteen
prizes offered as follows: 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 41th, Gth,, 7th, 9th, 11.:t'h and 15th..
This is indeed an excellent showing
for Huron County.
'The competition wild be conducted.
again this year and has as its 'thief
'objective the establishment of a
sttand'ard of excellence for grade
brood' sows kept by farmers. It is
recognized that those brood sows
which
are prolific and rear large .lit-
ters off -select hogs, that are good feed -
ell, making good gain's at low cost,
are valuable and are improvers of the
Stan'd'ard quality of our commercial
lAny bona -fide farmer may make
entry in this com'pe'tition. The date
of farrowing must be.between Febru-
ary r 14th and April 30th, and entry
must be made within seven days 'after
the. date of farrowing. In order to
qualify, there must be at least nine
pigs in the litter, raised to marketing
age, and alt least 30% of the litter
must grade as select 'bacon.
The prizes will be awarded on the
basis of weight, size, quality 'and ,uni-
formity of the litter. The method of
grading hogs in
the ' competition is
changed' this year, i,e., the official
weight and grading will be on the
basis of carcass weight and rail grade.
Instead of live weight and grading on
foot.
The Federal' Live Stock Branch and
tine Ontario' Provincial Live Stock
Branch offer $2P5 itt prize money
which is divided as follows:-
lst .$25; 2nd t$24; 3rd V3; 4th $22;
5th, $'21; Gth, $20; 7th, $20, and eight
more prizes of $15,00 each.
In
view of the substantial prizes of-
fered again this year, and the fact.
that there is ito expense in connec-
tion with .entering the competition,
along with the keen interest manifest-
ed in last ye'ar's competition, we are
looking forward to having a goodly
number of entries again this year
from'Huron County,
For further information and appli-
cation forms apply to the Ontario
D'ep'artment of Agriculture, Olinton,
Ontario,
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Silk is Japan's principal article of
export. Her 'biggest customer far all
exports is not China, but the 'United
1States. Almerica'buys approximately
half of her products.
tIt is not difficult to understand
why in the autumn of 193.1 Japan
buckled onher armor again and sal-
lied forth into rich Manchuria once
more. They say they went to smash
a Chinese boycott against their good's;
,what caused China to declare such a
boycott is quite another matter.
Japan's economic system limits
great wealth to few inen, the number
of incomes in excess of $50,000 jump-
ed from 22 in 1914 to 336 in 19118. The
-multi-millionaire family of Japan is
the House of Mitsui which has run
.things financially in Japan for 200
years and often financially aided the
government It is composed of 11 re-
lated wealthy families who function
co-operatively under their own writ-
ten family constitution and share in
the vast profits. They control a chain
of mills, mines, ocean shipping and
banking and have agencies on every
continent..
The power of the Mitsuis dwindles
to nothing when the name of one man
is spoken. It is Horihito, the Ennper-
or. "The 'Son of heaven,"
"What will you give the Emperor,
the .Son of Heaven
ISD runts the first question of a Jap-
anese sc'hool child's catechism.
And the child .is trained to answer:
"All my possessions, and my life
when . he requires it,"
Reverence for the emperor is in-
grained in the cnadle, grows through-
out the years and makes death glor-
ious when it promotes his cause,
The Japanese people would Inc
more think o;f putting, the em'peror's
picture on money ,or postage stamps
than we would think of 'doing the
same with a picture' of Christ. I31is
picture is treated' reverently •' and' •is
Trained in every sch'ool. '
'Beyond the great cities Old Japan
still fives in the hinterland. Men and
women in queer parasol -like baut'boo
hats toil 'knee deep in the waters of
the rice fields; the people live largely
on a diet of rice; they sleep on thick.
mattresses on the matting -covered.
+floor, a notched wooden headrest serv-
ing as a pillow. The water buffalo,
pulls the wooden plow, the handloonx
comes out after the day's work in the
rice field is done, little wooded places
with sacred shrines beckon the Jap-
anese to the gods of his ancestors,.
The average Japanese is civil, polite -
secretive, intelligent. Lacking a sense
of humor, he is dumb when it conies
to understanding the point of a joke.
'Nevertheless, he is usually light-
hearted and buoyant. He is impert-
urable ill trou'b'le, stoical in pain or
death. He loofas upon cowardice as,
the most despicable of vices; and 1'oy-
talty—particularly to his emperor: and;
his country—as the supreme virtue-.
When ,a young o
y g co uple marry;. it, is
all arranged for them by family coun-
cils, Usually, the girl is 15. Babies are
frequent; every year there are 700,000$
more births than deaths.
'Education is compulsory from six-
to 13. After that the boys wtto desire
to becohne army officers can enter 'a
middle school' and then pass to a mil-
itary school. Higher education is en-
couraged by the government, which
has sevenal big universities.
There have long been two conflict-
ing trends of thought in Japan. One
crowd insists that japan- must by
military force if necessary, keep- open
to her trade certain markets in China
to supply, the island, with coal, iron,;
beans and wheat.
The other insists that this,' military
policy is bostly; that`—it would be bet-
ter to control markets with superior•
economic organization.
At the present, however, the tnilit-
arists—and not the ecmt'ontists—are
running things in Japan,