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THURSDAY, APRLL 6, 1933.
THE SEAFORTirNEW S:'
PAGE THREE
Mr. GOLDING SPEAKS
IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
(!From Flansard)
\Mr. W, H. GIOLDING(South
Huron): Mr. Slpeaker, in rising to
,make nay first speech in t9i'1's house
I have that sense ole embarras'smen't
twlhich Iresume every new member
ih'as erdperienrced; but there is an oil'd
saying that misery' likes company,
,and there ,"is some satislfac'tion. in
knowing that Others : have passed
through the same ordeal.
,At the outset 1'shoyltc7 like to say
that I 'hope' the hon. m'e'mber for
'Along 'Lake QMr. Cowan), who has
best taken'hris seat, will not think .me
'd!isicdugteous if SI 'alio no follow him
in his sectaries. As a matter of fact,
I would, not care to follow , ,anybody
'in a debate who had Made ,soiree of
the remarks ,made by the hon. mem-
ber. .
1 have 'heard it said, Mr, ,Speak=
er, that this House of '?ldminaans is a
strange arid' difficult place in which, to
speak. I ibeli'eve'.I can •sa'y ,I :fully
realize the truth of the statements I
fiav'e heard to thiait effect. Many hon.
members whe now, silt in ,this
iber have been highly ihonoured by
their cons'tituen'ts by the fact that
time after time they have been elect-
ed to parliament, with the result that
they have spent many years in this
House of 'Gamm'on's. Tlhose • hon.
members in their extensive Raffia-
-
'mentary experience have listened to
the addresses of many other hon.
members, and have heard many .,new
members make their first speeches in
'the house. I appreciate the flact that
t hose hon. ,members, with the ex-
perience of years behind .them; ate
Well acquainted with .parliamentary
,procedure .and with the many views
which have .been expressed .on poli
rofoal prob'le'ms: With those advantages
they are therefore hs a .position to
detect an error in a speech, 'whether
it be simply grammatical .or on a
Matter of 'poli'cy. In' view of these
(facts I appeal `to hon. members not
o be too harsh in their criticisms of
hat I may 'have .to say. '
The he house is aware that as a result
• the by-election eettan held in S tit
Hu-
ron
on October 3, I came '.to this
/House of Commons. I am sure all
(hon..members regret exceedingly the
circumstances which 'brought about
that by-election.. I refer Of course to
the unfortunate death Of our honour-
ed friend, the late Mr. McMillan, He
was a mane whip to a marked degree
Thad the co•nifid:ence and respect. of the
electors of his cons'titueiecy. Indeed,
in making a personal canvass 'I was
more than pleased to hear so many
:cdmpiimentary remarkes concerning
:aur date friend, remarks which came
from people entertaining all shades
O f political thought. 'While all did
agree with his political v'iew's, yet
y realized that his opinions were
(honest and sincere. From 'early man-
hood the had made a study of agri-
cultural and .p'olitica'l pro'blem's; iin-
,deed even at the early age q'f,eigh-
teen years, I am told he was , speak-
ing from public platforms concerning
these matters. For 'over fifty. years he
had taken a; leading part in the pu'b-
'lic discussion Of potlitical proibl'erns.
As the representative of the consti-
tuency which repeatedly honoured oottr
late 'friend by electing him as its rep-
resentative to the House of Com-
mons, s take this opp*rtunity of ex-
pressing my sincere thanks to .. the
•right hon; Prime. Minister'. (iMr. Ben-
nett), to my honoured leader (Mr.
tl'IaclKenzie King), to the leader of
the ,group to my left (Mr. Gardiner)
and to all hon. members embe s in the house
for their kindly references at the op-
enitug o:f the session to Ilhe •passing. of
our friend, I thank them, Norther,
for their mes's'age of sympathy which
was unanrtno'us'ly extended to his be -
.
reeved ,claughter,, Miss Margaret. Let'
assure the 'Nouse that ;these kind-
ly acts were ''ap'preciated, and I• feel
,'I'ashoild be remiss in My duty' were
I not to offer to allhon. members the
grateful ehadks o•f our people:•
IIro regard' to the buclgef 'which was
so ably presented' by the Minister of
(Finance (Mi'.': Rlho:des), and which is
,new the subject of debate, I trust say
that one cannot but view with alarm
t he finane•ial situation of our country
'wlhieb:' in the speech .wail sio'' plainly
indicated. 'Someone has been melded
e nough to say that we lisitened to a
typical T!orybudget, ...and . that the out -
Mantling features were taxation, tar-
iffs .and - delfi'cits,' with the emlpilaasis
on the deficits. I. sub'mi't that • it is
• Ihard'1•y possible to d'isc'uss the budget
and our financial situation without at.
leastina measure referring to :our
pesibioal before this igovern,niem't; as-
suoved the control of `affairs. Every
bon. member will reciall that in 119129
certain ,events took place which seri
ously affected'business .conditions. In
the western provinces there was a
(partial crop failure; there was a mar-
ket .Crash
aarket„crash it1 the 17iiiited States, and
(thhe depression 'which' had existed in
imaliy countries was ,graclea1ly creep-
ing into our own,
'Our 'Gonservaltive friends, then `i
opposition, were quick to note .the's'e
:cand'itiotis, and, reiganddess, of the elf
Ifeclt it Would. have upon the cotinetry
felt the time opportune for an ap-
peal to the people, With that in mind
'they began clamouring for an elec-
tion, Oin the other hand the Liberal
party felt that the Dunning budget
had 'been designed to cope, with exist-
ing diffrculties, and, believing in the
e'fficacy, of their ,policy aso 'outlined in
the bu:dlget, believing also that the
,Canadian people-Wea•lld appreciate the
'splhnldid legislation 'brought down by
:the 'Liberal administrati'on, and the
outstanding resu'l'ts' which shad been.
abfained ''between 'the years 1•'�2i and
1930, accepted the challenge, and the
Country was plunged into a general
election, ,
T+h;e otitslanding incidents o.f .that
election. are" Still fesh in our minds.
IPraotielahty every 'Conservative speak-
er traced' the 'dep:ressidn, only in its
infancy so far as 'Canada was don
,earned, to the policy ,and legislation of
the Liberal government. They oon-
de'm'ne,d ithe government in every way,
Shape and fonm for not,finding more
markets and getting higher prices
for 'agricultural produ'c'ts. They de-
nounced the go!veenlment in every
mannler, in spite of the fact, ,nark
you, that this cou'n'try had just' pass-
ed through an era Of //unprecedented
prosiperity. The exlp'ansgon of trade in
:Canada had 'been perhaps greater per
capita, ehen thiat of any .other country
in 'Mac 'world. Our..-- Conservative
friends,. however, appealed' to the
people for the control of 'a#fairs. In
order to o'blta'in support they broad-
cast some of the most eartrav'a'gan•t'
promises that were ever heard in any
political oampa'ign, f have ' n'o desire
unfairly to cri'tic'ize Mac Pri'm'e Min-
isiter or - any 'other 'hon.. member. i
believe there is su!dh a thing as fair
criticism and I shall en'de'avo>4ir . to
keep within that linnit.
II was deeply - in'tonesteld in and
somewhat surprised at the remarks
to -day of the Minister of Trade' and
'Commerce (uMr. 'Stevens)..I have not
been a member at parliament r
e b t very
Y
long, but for many years I have 'read
:H'ansard', and I was just wondering
when he • was com'plaini•ng about crit-
icisms which ih'ad been made, if he
was the same hon. member who sat
on 'the Opposition benches and criti-
cized so severely the late Liberal
;government. Was he the 'same loon.
gentlein'an who during the election
campaign criticized. the. Liberal gov'-
ernmen't so severely ? T have pointed
out that immediately be'fore the elec-
tion this country was beginning to
feel the effects of the world depres-
sion, and the number ',of unemployed
was inoreesing, Every, • effort . was
made to n1'aike :poli'tic'al capital out of
the very undesirable situation which
was developing. At every Conserva-
tive meeting the unemployment prob-
lem was pantscularly featured, and the
respo'ns'ibility therefor' was charged
directly to Liberal legislation. The
Prime 'Minister tn'ade some definite
statements conc'e'rning 'memotoyme•nit.
I have ,no doubt they have been quot-
ed many times; in fact since coming
to this house I have heard' them read,
but I take the liberty of making fur-
ther reference to them, Speaking ,at
'll neton, :New 'Brunswic'k, the is re-
pooled as follows:
YPhe Conservative party is going
to find work for "all who are will-
ing to work, or perish in the at-
tempt; it is, going to call” parlia-
ment together at lite earliest ip;os-
sible date after July' 28, to take
such' steps as will ead this tragic'
condition of unemployment. and
'bring prosperity to our country a
whole.
He went on to say that Mir. King.
p:romi'se`d consid'eriati'on of the ,pnob-
Iem of'une'm'ploymen't, and then made
'th'e amazing statement: 'Tut I prom-
ise to egad une'm'ployment." And he.
asked the questian:.'Which' policy do
you like best ? •Sip'oaleityg , at otlher
places he ridiculed the suggestion ;of
the Liberal leader' that a ooitference
be called to consider all features of
this problem S'peakinlg at Sarnia he
is' reponted at having. used these
wlords :
Someone is responsible for un-
eni'ploymenit, tiolt individauals' 'bti1
govette Menta.
:S want to etapihasize that -"not in-
dividnua'Is 'but governmenits:" 'Glovern-
metvts are responsible for the enact-
ing Of .all d'egielatio'o. Of course ,at that
time there was a Lberal'gotvernnuent
n powe'rry.{bat,. Ithink' every 'f'air
minded person will agree that if that
statenrent was true 'then it is equally
time at the present tone.
IMr, 'IaAPIOIIINITIE: More so to -day.
IMn, GOILiDIlNIG:`I'f it was true t'hen,
this government stand's convicted by
the statement of, its lcad.er of being
res'pon'sible for all the unemployment
whlcla we leave from one end of the
counitry to .the other,. and all the mis-
ery and distress and 'tragedy Connect-
ed with it. -
I do not' think, Mr. ;Speaker, anry-
thing is gained by 'being Unfair, .and
•
n let' ,irre say I did not think that was
fvir•stalteanenit to intake at the time
was made, neithler do T ithind: it woult
, be fair to s'aynow that this govern
meat is wholly an'd,entirely respon
sible for ithc condition of unemipl'oy
meat that now p'revaiils, 'B'u't I d p sub
mint' that the high tariff policy whir
has been adloplted by practicailly' al
c•ouatltri'es as well as. by :'this go-veen
meat has contributed more to 'being
ing alb'aut the chaotic oondi'tionwhic1
exists iso the world , today than an
ether'ole thing. Ln any opinion it 'ha
added em!ormiously to the n'um'ber o
uirernplloyed. Ansi having adlopited the
policy' this goivertenent is to' that',eec
'bent at any rate responsible for tit
is'ituation that confronts us at .the ,pies
ent time, llt is a well known fact uh
after the war this: poliicylo:f'high tariff
'began to •operate In preetfea1ly every
counlbry. In Canada its, olperation was
delayed by ,a- low tariff'.gotvernme'nt
but s'in'ce 119(31 Wilms been in full ef£ec
and we have certainly felt its evil re-
sults,
dna regard to promise to end u•nem-
p'loynsenit, it •wa's moat unfortunate
that fn order to obtain votes promises
of that :kind were Made with Tittle or
no hope of their being fulfi'lled. ;These
.promi'ses- ;had a demaraliz'inlg effect
upon the workers o!f !Canada, :It is well
known that ,every industrial worker,
indeed eveiry one no matter wh'a't his
vacation in life ,may' be, ,mus't snake his
individual effort to provide for him-
self'and his _family. But when this ,as-
su'rat'ce was given that everyone who
wanted ,work would .be pro'vidied with
work, that no one would be p•eranitted
to go 'hungry or cold, the very thing
'haplpened which •any sae who had made
any study of psychology •wo'uid' expect
to happ•e'rr-•The workers of our coun-
try in ever increasing numbers began
10 look .to the governimeat, and rightly
'so, to see that these election :pro;nuises
were carried out. I have noted since
that election that members of the tab-
inet in making pciblic aiddres'ses hlave
.endieavored to - ,point out that there is
not the individual effort that th'e're
should be, that there is a tendenicy to
de a �d o much
p n too on the government
for the •pravis'ion of all needs. This
is especially true in regard to the ad-
dressee (given by the .M'inislter of Trade
and 'C'ommerce and ,the Minister of
iReilways,'tand'Ca'nals. One cannot sow
the wind with!ou!t re'apin'g the whirl-
wind, We are reaping the harvest to-
day from: -a seed wlhtch .was th'ou'ght-
'lessly sown during the •ca'm•p'aign o'f
11930. As an industrial worker myself
know that .there was need .of help
'being given in many oases, but ,I also
know that the -picture' presented to
the un'em'ployed of our cou'n'try during
that campaign was so imp'ossi'ble of
allway'into the markets that have bee
it closed to' you."
d Alt' Victoria be said:
- "Id is true we meat heave 'forei
anlarikeits, and as I said the "other even
- tag, we will bl'as't a way to those mar-
- Ikeits on a world wide basis with any
11 lexiporta'ble s•urpitrses; we do' nolo have
l to'w',orsy about that."
We ,are 'all 1amililar With the nary
- promisee that were Made regard ing
the prices that were to be received by
y the•dairy industries, the price of, wheat
s and cereal's and live stock. Indeed the
f pictureIpresented to the agriculturists
t was as beautiful as the one for the un-
ienaphloryed, amid' I need hiardly,add that
e tbnth classes were equally dseapipioi'nt-
ed. As 'a result of the present high tart
at jiff •policy, withr itrestrictiverestrictiverestrictive and
s str'anglin'g effects on trade, the prices
o¢ •agricn'ibural prod'u'cts are. sinking to
depths hitherto unknown, while (the
prices elf 'corrrmodi'ties that the :alg'ri�cu'1-
t ;theist must pur,chase ,are through the
same tarifxs kepta't heights out of all
•pnopiontion to the prices that the far-
mer receives.
Having in mind the Prime Minis-
ter's prom'i'se that he would blast a
'way into the ,markets of the world for
all agricultural products, I confess
that I was amazed to hear such state-
mentw in reference to'the empire
treaties a's that they were d'es:ign'ed to
sh,ult out the foreigner, and that all na-
tions ou'tsid+e of the empire would be
aslced to pay tribute tor the privilege
of dealing with the empire. These are
damaging statements so' far as any
effort to secure foreign trade is cloy
•corned, and are sure to have their re-
action; umdeutb;tediy they will make it
"difficult to samara the markets'
that Canada most have if we ever
'hope to regain prio's;peri'ty of restore
our c'ou'ntry to the piosition it held
during ;the reginne of the late 'Liberal
lgoveirttiment. Instead of ;blastinga way
into the ,markets all . fhe World for the
farnner, the farmers'�'market• is para-
lyzed. 'Canadian farmers were never
in a worse 'fioaoia'l position than Matin which they find themselves to'd'ay:
We are willing to admit that these
are not normal; times We are willing.
to admit that no matter who had been
selcated to govern this country. we
would have had utrenaployment. But
while admritti'ng that, I am satisfied
that the policy adopted by this gov-
ernment has aggravated the whole sit-
uation and made matters it'Ufinitely
worse than ordinarily they •would have,
.been. I am conlfident that even if con-
ditione .ha•d been normal, .the policy of
this government would have brought
about a serious .si'buation in our coun-
try..I have heard 'hon. mehibers'op-
posite claim that had the 'Liberal par-
ty remained in power co'aditions
,wo! eld have been worse than .t'he'y are
at the present time. I would -suggest
that those hon. members study therecords of the two parties in regard
to securing ,markets and, the red'uc
tion in ,taxation and in the national
debt, and: I am satisfied thlat they will
be convinced as to which party has
best' record. . Tn nay exper-
ience as an industrial worker 'for' over
thirty years I have found that with in-
creased duties we have had less em-
'ploymen't. 4,ne had that •experience af-
ter the election of 191!1;', we had 11
again during the regime of Mr. Mei-
ghen and certainly we have ,it avow. I
remesa bar very well reading in the
Toronto G$olbe in September, 1921.
that there were `thirty thousand men.
out of work in that city. I think we
sh'ould,ght 11 intra our minds that any-
thing that interferes w'ifh or hinders
,the progress of the basic pnoducer is
'bound to have its• reaction in regard
the pur'chase of manufactured pro-
ducts.
•Dluring, the 1930 campaign ,the, pro-
mise was made that our debit wotuid
be reddced, bit now we find that in-
stead: our debits are increasing to an
alarming extent. During the regiane
•of the late Liberal government we had
a steady reduction in ,the n'ation'al debt.
I' ant holt going to trouble the hoose
'with exte'n'ded references to the; debit
reductions tirade during those years
except to say that they totalled $2S7,-
$166,9312, Now, however, we are about
$455';000,000 wiar'se off than we were
before. The debit increase for one year
is in'ore'than diotuble the debt. reduc-
tion made in any year since 'confider-'
a•bion. Jr the iperio�d from •1930 to 1932
this` administration a'.d'died $2'02;000,000
it() the national debit, while in the two
ip'revious years tinder the Liberal Gov-
ernmeiat the debt was recluted by
''$1i19,10100;0'00.. In the first two year of
this: administration expenditures were
'h'igher'by $10l7,000,00'0 than in the last
tw;o years of the Liberal regime. Diu•-
it g the years from 1923 to 1930' -the'
reductiati im taxation.; amounted to ap-
pr�oxii'na!a;telly $1'11.5,000;000, but now we
have increased,taxiatiai on almost ev-
ery conceivable article aatldalt ;the same,
ports have' been clam in. two. In '1930
ottr exports amounted to :x1.,145;000,000
--in 1932 they amounted to only $557,,
gn 000;000. In 1930 ,our expenditures to
Called' $3918,000,000, while in 191322 they
amounted to $4418,000,1000, an increase
'o'f almost $50,000,000. This "year they
are es'tim'ated. at $41117,000,00.0, an in-
crease of $19,000,000 over , those of
1930, while our exports 'will be .ap-
Iproximvtel'y $651,000,000 less - than
they were in that year,
,T'he Minister of Trade and Com-
inerce 's'poke' in 'my home town during
the by-election and the 'Conservative
paper there quoted hum. as follows:
"'Relferrinlgete the fiinancial,record nt
the goase;rn'ment, Mr, Stevens told . of
the success of loan's secured' in recent
years, which indicated, of course, the
faith the people had in the integr'i'ty
o'f the •,Peim'e, Minister and his gov-
ernttn'e'nit."
I sub'mlit, sir, 'that conditions are
serious, `(when, after two years in ,paw-
er, in regard to our financial position
ithis ,governnnem't can only boast of the
loans they hove put over,
ful,filmen't .that one cannot but regret
that such statements were 'broad'cast
throughout, oar land,' I am satisfied
that this promise. to .end- unemploy-
meat secured for the gaver:nmenit
'tlrousauds upon thousands of
votes, and in my opinion con-
tri'buted more to 'their success
at the polls than any ,other one thing.
.Now after alttt:os't three years in office
(what has ,been done by the govern-
ment to implement this promise? S
submit that nothing whatever has
'been done to eaud unemployment. It
is true, that money has been spent like
water on unemployment relief, but no
legislation has been passed which any
reasonable person can claim to :have
ended unem'p'l'oymen't. A survey was
grade after .the last elec'tion to ascer-
tain the number of the unemployed in
Canada, and, the, returns indicated that
about 1)117,000 were out of worts. At
'tire present tiune,5t is estimated that
practically 800,000 are unemployed.
The . figu're's speak for themselves; I
Situote limn( only to show how com-
pletely the government has failed to
'fulfil thh'is prolmise, a promise which
never should Nave' been given.
ITo cna hasiz'e their failure more
clearly one creed ,only refer to the re-
cent conference between the pro's'in-
cial, an d' federal governments to en da -
von to fined a solution of this very; dif-
ficult problem: ,It is worthy of 'note
that after nearly three -a years in office
the governnen't, pettily, at any rate,.
adopted the very suggestion made by
my honored leader during the 1930
eatiipai,gtl, namely the ;catling of a con-
ference to explore the Whole situation,
wlhf!ch' suggestion was' ridiculed and
made light of b'otla by the present
Prime Minister and by 'Hlo'n. Mir. Fer-
guson, who took such an active pant in
that campaign.
Many pnolm'ises, sir, were made, in
addition to those Which we have been
discussing. Many • proni'ises Were made
to agricthituris:bs .and grea't (hopes' were
held out to 'the'ra in all 'pant's pi the
(bominion. Speaking at Winnipeg Mr.
'Bennett is quoted "as 'having used
these, words:
"Listen, yon( ..agricul!turists in the
west, and all other parts of Canada,
you have been. taught 10 mock at tar-
iffs and, ap'piauld, free trade, tell tee
wduen, did free ;trade fight for you?
You say tariffs are may for the tnanu
factur.e:s, I will (rake them fight for
Yee as well,,I will use then ko blast a
Weekly Crop Report
As a res!ul't of the recent improve-
meat in ;livestock prices, fanners gene
erally are looking forward- withmore
optimism 'than far s,o'mc time, .ac-
cordim'g to reports from agricultural
representatives throughout Ontario.
Western Ontario) reports a serious
shortage of high quality seed grain
with the demand keen. The same
group of counties also report serious
damage to fall wheat and' clovers. In
Hlamdsm'and the annual con'sdgn'naen't
sale of the Caledonia S'ho'rthorn Club.
brought out a longe ;number ofbid-
ders. Top price far the sale was $120
for a cow, the average price for the
sale' being $65.0:1' with the average for
bu'll's $6605 and $64.115, From Dur-
ham .comes the report: that about 200
entries were made at the Quante
District Seed Fair, with quality of
exhibits outstanding. First prize al-
falfa was groiwn in Hastings County
while the first prize red clover was
grown in Durham. The founbh. gen-
eral T. 'B..1 test in Prince Edward
Co'un'ty is progressing very Satisfac-
torily, 141726 'cattle haying ,been test-
ed with only 39 reactors. Renfrew
'County rep'o'rts a plentiful supply of
high quality relgi'sttered and com-
mercial No. 1 seed of all kinds avail-
able at •reasonableprices, while 19
poultry breeding stations dieciare that
money can shill be made oat of poul-
try when good 'breeding, careful feed-
ing and regular attention are prac-
tised. Teuniiskaming district reports
that cattle will be in much 'thinner
'condition this spring than for some
years awing to shortage, of feed.
Grafting Compounds
e IThe Department a'. Horticulture, at:
O. A. 'C. has been experimenting with
various co'mp'ounads for grafting and
wound dressing purposes. Experience
and observaibion in Ontario showed,;
that for our conditions, the standard
!Resin-Ibeesbvax - oil - lanlplblack liquid
iw"ax °Ont'ar:io Bulletin 357) could be
improved on clhiefly through a cheap-
ening of the product or by the elitn••
inati,on' of the necessity for heating.
The cost for 1931142 was about $1.30
per gallon.
(One very .pro'naising material was
dis(cov'ered that wilt probably do away
Mitt' .the heating •requirement. This is
an asphalt -water compound solid
,under the name of Brae() and used
chiefly as a roofing compound.: It
contains no tar or creosote. The mat-
erial is applied with a paddle just as
it comes in the tin. Iit must not be
frozenan•d should be kept covered
with waiter while in use et storage,
otherwise it becomes hardand dry,
'Graf'ting 'is very seldom done when
the temperature is below freezing.
The cost when purchased in small
quantities, is about the same as the
liquid grafting wax in ,common use,
and less int larger amounts. Tit isavail-
able in containers of from 1 to 45 gal -
The result of two years' trials are
as follow's: 1931, !Scions .only, fair.
37 grew of 46 set'; 9 lost of 340
branches set. In practically all cases
both the scion's grew on (the 3131
branches which. succeeded. This is
'better than 917% of scions. °Bravo, in
both years caused a heavier callus
gnowth ,than any compound which'
'Was 'tried. 'The callus was a little too
heavy if any criticism could be made.
It is passible that Brace could be
mixed with scone oil to prevent hard-
ening and retain more plasticity dur-
ing icool -weather. Braco' is strongly
reco!mmended for trial as a grafting
compound which does no't regaii're
NO MORE PILES
How to End Painful Piles Without
Salves or Cutting
It takes only one bottle of Dr. j, S.
Leonhardt's prescription — I3IEIM-
ROIIID to prove how easy it i5 to lend
itching, 'bleeding or protruding piles.
This internal :remedy acts quickly even
in old, •stulbbo•rn eases, H'EM4ROIIID
succeeds because it heals and restores
tlue affected pants and •drives out the
thick impure blood in the lower''bo'wel
—the cease •of'.piles. ,Only an in-
ternal medicine can do this, that's
why salves and suppositories tfanl.
Chas. Aiberh'art and druggists every-
where sell HEM-RIOf,D Tablets with
guarantee elf money back if they ,de
not end all Pile misery,
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FLO'1lP NCiE ;NIGHTINGALE'S
EARLY ROMANCE
(IConitiaaued from 1Palge 7)
married.
Mr. 'S'msthurst died on September
second, ,11067, and the stone marking -
his last resiting place in the little
churchyard at .Elora, bears . the ia-
s'cruption:
°John Srmithurst, Clerk in Holy Or-
ders, > died September 2nd, 1!567, aged
(fifty-nine years, eleven mbn'ths and
twenty-three days. A native' _of Lea
,Hurst, !Derbyshire, England; twelve
years missionary to the Red River
Settlement; nearly six years Incum-
bent at
ben E'Lor
a aftr
e
wards resident
at
Lea Hurst in the Townishi'p of Min-
to, and missionary to that Township."'
.lq * tit
But for the int'eres't ta'ke'n in this
romantic story by the late !Mr. J. R.
Cannon, of Elora, the knowledge that
Canada hall so direct an interest in
the 'La'd'y with the Lamp of imper-
ishable fame, night have been Cost
to the world, Mr. Connors became the
his'torian Of that para of .the country;
he was recognized as an authority on
all matters of local history; his fath-
er was an intimate friend of Mr-
iSirithurst, and from him the 'future
'historian heaird the story of the re-
nunciation• of Florence Nightingale
and John Smi'tivurst.:He photograph-
ed this hallowed Communion Service
and I am indebted to his brother, Mr,
Thames''C'om>.on of Go'deridh, for the
use of the pictures and much of the
material which 'I have incor'poratted.
into this story.
(After Mr, Smithurst's death, the
'farm was sold to a Mr. Taylor whose
son and daughter, Mr. Jahn Taylor
and Miss 'Hannah Taylor, lived in
Clifford, which was formerly called
Minto Village. Miss Taylor gave Mr.
Cannon, Mn', ;Sanithurat's' old well-
worn Bible which they found in the
'house 'when they took passession. It
was printed at Edinburgh, in 1795,
and had evidently belonged to a sis-
ter, for on a-fly-ileaf was written:
"El•i0abeth Smithttrst,
her Book.
Departed this life the 4th day of
January, 1806, aged 15.
On another blank page of this Bible
were John Smi:ehurs!t's earliest at-
tempts at writing his own aurae and
the date February 19th, 18191. Mr.
'Connor closes, his record with. Mac
reflection, "11 that old Bible could
tell its story, what a story it 'would
tell.,,
'Florence Nightingale lived to be
ninety. Queen Victoria used to visit
her in her London home, and both
'King Edward VIII and our present
King George V sent birthday con
gnatulatious as the anniversaries roll-
ed around, At her funeral iu St.
Paul's Catdaedral, on August twent-
ieth, 1910, venerable white haired and
bewhis'kerecl Crimea veterans were'
among the most imposing of all- the.
uniformed figures at that impressive -
ceremony. And ini the whole of that
crowded clhurch, -probably no one
knew olf .tike Quiet little grave in Oat-
tario where her early laver had been
sleeping for forty-three years.
heating. When You Have A
(Further in:farnatiou on this subject •
vigil be given in a succeeding issue. EIO E sE °or (JO
have you had ex• YOU WANT
time our public' debit is aio.un'ting by _any perie,nice REMOVE)?
m'iilian•s of dtol'lans each year, We were
pronsised that expenditures would ' be
reduced, but what has 'happened? As
cmip;alred with previous governments
our expenditures= are mounting 'bey:,nail-
iionns, while at the 'Same time our ex -
with children ?" asked- 'th'e .wbmaan
who itvias about to engage a muse.
"Shure, Pi hov," said Norah smile
ing ,broadly. 'Wasn't 'Of ivvan...'nuyself.
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