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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, 66 ;!1 1 't ihe 1.1104\N 1�.. is a Chevrolet drivers Soon acquire IT'S one of the biggest thrills of modern motoring to ger behind the wheel of the new Chevrolet and actually know the advantages of a 60 -horsepower, six -cylinder motor, silent Syncro-Mesh shifting, free -wheeling and clown -draft carburetion. 'Acceleration! When the light flashes green step on the gas—then glide swiftly away ahead of the traffic! The new Chevrolet gives you matchless "pick-up" — lithe power that responds to every need. Keep your foot down; watch the speedometer spin up to forty—or forty-five- or more! Then slip the lever into high without even a dick. That's Syncro-Mesh for you. And you can shift back to second just as easily. If you're "in" free -wheeling you ` needn't touch the dutch! Once you try the new Chevrolet Six, you'll never be satisfied, to drive anything less! Ask about the GMAC, General Motors' own deferred pay- ment plan. The broad inclusive General Motors Owner Service Policy assures lasting satisfaction. PRODUCED NE :CHE'VROL tr ✓ IN CANADA. 4.1 OFIEVIROILEIT §:. ; EX with Silent Second Syncro-Mesh mud Simplified Free- W1neeling. A. W. DUNLOP SEAIFORTH Listen to General Motors' broadcasts of all Maple Leaf Hockey Team's home games from OFRB, OKCL or 'CFCA at 9 p.m. 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,