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The Wingham Advance Times, 1933-01-05, Page 2The i gh31ra , a :M.va>tlice,,T me 'ctblished at WINGI AM - ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning by The Advance -Times Publishing Co, nbscription Rate -- One Year $2,00 Six months, $1.00,6 ' advance To tL S, A., $2.50 per year, Foreign rate, $3.00per year; Advertising rates on application, 1932 PASSES ON When 1931 was placed in the pag- es of 'history by Father Time we all had a very optimistic attitude as to �aliat 1932 had in store for this mach troubled world, We are of the opin- ion that to all but the pessimist 1932 has been a great •disappointment, Farm products which were low in price have gone still lower; the min- ing industry (gold excepted) has made no progress; the lumber indus- try has made a slight recovery, but only in a very few instances, and as a whole this industry has a severe headache, If 1932 has done nothing else than teach us that normal times cannot be expected only by gradual stages, it has served some purpose. Conditions sttchl as these have set our people to thinking and, if these thoughts are directed along proper lines great good is` sure to result. The greatest. thinkers of our coun- try have- not presented any concrete formula for bettering the times, and all ''the so-called remedies of '30 and 1931 are sadly out of date. With our basic industries (agricul- ture, mining and lumbering) flound- ering, a remedy to cure their ills should be our first thought. It ap- pears to us that little can be accom- plished so long as the United King- dom. is our chief source of export and the pound sterling remains at such a low figure. If there was parity be- tween the pound and our currency much of the ills of our basic indus- tries would be solved so far as ° ex- port; markets are concerned. It, therefore, seems high time that our statesmen throughout the Em- pire got busy and adjusted this seri- ous matter, and if they cannot, then. Canada will have to deal with this problem herself, so that relief may be given to . our basic -industries. * * c * UNSIGNED LETTERS CAN- NOT BE PUBLISHED .Daring- the last few weeks we have received in this office several letters for publication that ; were not signed by the parties who wrote them. It must be distinctly understood that it is impossible for us to publish such letters. Any person who wishes to carry an 'reasonable discussion thru this paper may feel free to do so, but all letters must be signed by the author. It also has been the habit of some teachers in sending in their reports not to sign same, and we ask you to please sign all such reports and also have themro erl headed p P Y with school section number and township. * * * Many bachelors, , no w that 1932 has passed, will breath sighs of relief. r :ti * * * The old saying "Never skate on thin ice" has been amply proved dur- ing the Chr'istmas holidays. Perth County Reeves were all el- ected by acclamation this year. That reco o' be sure * * * Judging by the number of automo- bile accidents over ,the New Year holiday, Ontario has'a started toward a new record in this regard,. A re- cord we could well do without, * * A despatch says "Prison life is to be made .easier for Canada's 4200 pen- itentiary inmates," "The way of the transgressor is hard" now becomes "the hard way of the transgressor made easy." * * d How many of your New Year res- olutions are still intact? * * * Y The headof our Radio Commission says that Canada has very few com- edians. Unless our radio has deceiv- ed us we think the same of the Un- ited States, ti * One satisfaction the defeated can- didate has this year is that he will not have to settle the many vexing problems . that have to be faced this year, a: Ghandi may go on another heinger strike. This is surely a queer form of diplomacy, * The summer home of the late Florenz Ziegfeld, near Quebec, cost $80;000 to build, and under the hap - mer last week, sold for $2500. The hammer surely knocked that one down, • * * *. Vancouver shipped 48,359,872 bush- els of grain last year. This Canadian port is, quickly becoming of great importance; * * * * According to reports Russia has stolen the lumber market in Britain. The fact that Russia goes out after business cannot be overlooked. * * ** The Clifton Hotel at Niagara Fa11s was destroyed by fire . over the week- end. Many people have burning re- collections of this Border Hotel. *•* * * Mayor Stewart, of Toronto, acted in a very sportsmanlike -manner by refusing to carry on his campaign when his . opponent, through illness, could: not engage personally in the contest. By the size of the Stewart majority it would appear that he did not need a campaign. * * *.. * Tht .Irish Tree' State, Ireland, will have an election on Jan: 24th. It is hoped that this • election will be fought with words. News arid Information For the Busy Farmer Better Marketing Methods Increase Sale of Turnips Charles E. Broughton, member of the Departmental staff, points to the, operations of the Blackwater Turnip Growers' Association, as a striking example of the possibilities for -pro- ducers increasing their' markets, ev- en in .times of depressed trade. This co-operative organization has direct control of some 500 , acres of turnips; and the choicest of these are being washed, branded and wax - As a result of this , operation an operation, excellent local market has been de- veloped and export possibilities for the future look most prolmising, The association has erected a plant on a co-operative basis and this elleafe u iz n liibwS , DOWN GOES THE PRICE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS. 40 & 60 °.','ate Lamps At A L REGULAR TYPES ARE ALSO REDUCED. ahin i ai. i :.% rd OIock. COMMISSION Tf:] WINGETAM ADVANC -TIMES. plant includes facilities for storing, washing and grading, thereby plat-• ing this group of growers in a posi- tion to market a uniform product, Bottled Ontario Honey for British consumers "Bottling arrangements are rapid- ly being completed, and it is expect- ed Ontario bottled and labelled hon- ey will be on the market for retail ctistribtttion in England, in a large way, about the first of. January," re- cently stated P. W. Hodgetts, Sec- retary Ontario Honey Export Assoc- iation, "Various bottle designs have been accepted for the different sized con- tainers, while a striking series of label designs have been submitted and a final selection is now being made. It will take; a few weeks yet to obtain delivery of bottles but im- mediately the first consignment conies to hand, packing and distri- bution will commence. "Ontario beekeepers' interests are being adequately protected as only honey equal . to the best,and super- ior to, most brands, will be placed on the market in bottled containers, Some ten thousand retail stores will be contracted weekly for Ontario honey, through a new distribution arrangement effected by the Ontario Marketing Board," Ottawa Fair Winners The Intercounty Live Stock Judg- ing Championship of Eastern On- tario was won by Grenville County team at the Ottawa Winter Fair. Eleven teams competed for the Pet- er White Trophy, which is emblem- atic of the chalmpionship. The run- ners-up were from Lennox and Ad- dington County and the others fol - heaved in this' order: Dundas, Peter- borough, Prince Edward, Lanark, Renfrew, Frontenac, Leeds, Hastings and; Northumberland. The Intercounty Seed Judging title went to the Prescott and Rus- sell County team. Thirteen teams competed in this event for the Geo. Nettleton Challenge Trophy. The Lennox and Addington team was again runner-up with the others fol- lowing in this order: Grenville, Lan- ark, Leeds, Renfrew, Dundas, Peter- borough, Carleton, Prince Edward, Frontenac, Hastings and Northumb- erland. Treaties Stimulate Market The following excerpt from a statement just issued by the Domin- ion Live Stock Branch, is of special interest at the present time: "The. passing of the Bill covering the Un- ited Ringdolm-Canada agreement as the outcome of the "Imperial Econ- omic Conference had a stimulating effect on the market for various classes of rneats in. Great Britain. As well, the raising of the special duty on Free State cattle from 20 per cent to 40 per cent., and tie. doss of the 10 per cent. preference by the Irish Free State, have been bullish factors in the cattle market. `Phis week at Birkenhead steers and heif- ers were quickly " cleared at ,advanc- es averaging approximately £3 per head or, at the current rate of ex- change, $11,31 per head above last week's sales. There were no Canad- ian cattle on the market, owing to the narrow margin existing as a re- sult of the very adverse condition of eechange on sales in the British mar- ket," Christ!nas. Market Display Competi- tion for Farmers The Department is making a grant to all regular weekly Producers' - Consumers' Markets as . part of a provincial wide effort, to increase the demand for ,home-grown products. Prize money will be awarded for best displays at Christmas market or market first preceding Christmas. Exhibits will be judged as follows: 1, Quality, 70 points 2. Effective and attractive display (Ontario farm products only), 80 points. The reg- ulations areas follows: 1. Open to any bona fide farhner or gardener. No entry fee, 2,. Displays must be ready for judging not later than 9 a.m. '8. Only Ontario products to be exhibit!td, (fruit, vegetables, honey, maple ;products, dairy products, eggs, nd poultry). 4. Any or ail roducts may constitute an ex - 5. One exhibit to each farm - meat farm. hibit; er. Products must be raised or grown by farmer exhibiting. " 7, Ex - habit to be, .arranged or'eased by members of family of fa er exhib- iting. The prize money 1' iHI be div- ided: as follows: lst, '.$ 0; 2nd, $5; $rcl, $3; 4th, $2; ten rites of $1 ach. Each exhibitor ;is:1 urged to be ready for judging before 9 a.m. and should] any article be eeid,, it is sug- Bested that it ,he tart,;;,.' v7ith put -ch- aser's name anrt. arranged, 'Kb hold un- til judging is 40ttf,!� d, 'Each local , P(7,'• itF of to contestwill at t t be baa lee o district`ag'lii~ultttrtl,t = r.l:'reseieVi. Current' Croj uffe'th County pulehre 1 rams have 'b,y far bane 156. encouragement offered by the Live Stock Branches. Commercial price of potatoes in Dufferin remains ar- ound, 50c, with frequent inquiry for them. Halton • County reports seed growers doing work on .exhibits for h.egine and that a small slipper' mill installed in the local agricultural of- fice last year has been used exten- sively to supplement the work of commercial seed mills on show sam- ples evhen ail exhibitor got down to small quantities, Peel County alfalfa seed received more favorable pnblic- ity-when Robt, J. Shaw, 20 -year-old farmer, won first and Reserve Cham- pionship with his sample of Ontario Variegated Alfalfa seed at the In- ternatienal Hay and Grain Show, at Chicago. Peel also had the highest Ontario prize-winner in the 'Timothy class by Lansdell Bros. A shipment of 60 head of purebred Holsteins was made from Perth County to U. S, A. recently, Haldimand County live stock industry has suferedf by reason of the discontinuance of ship- ments by one of the oldest compan- ies conducting live stock drover bus- iness there. ` Average yields of sugar beets in Kent County are high and will exceed those of 1931," The 'su- gar beet growers of Kent will re- ceive upwards of a million dollars for their 1932 crop. A few of the best fields of soy beans turned out around 30 bushels per acre. The. price, of buckwheat in Victoria Coun- ty is, reported to be disappointing to men who have used it as a cash crop in the last two years. At the annual Napanee Poultry Fair approximately 120 tons of dressed poultry was mar- keted. The Lennox and Addington pool did the largest volume , of busi- ness and during the two days of the fair . they, received 163,597 pounds of dressed poultry. Over 35 per cent. of . this treiinendous turnover was graded "Milkfed" as compared with only 17 per cent. in 1931. Honey Surplus Lower; Exports " Are Increasing Aided by a world short honey crop, particularly in the large qual- ity producing countries, California and New Zealand, Ontario honey is being eagerly sought by British buy- ers. The situation is further streng- thened by a short crop on the Prair- ies, with theresult that a consider- able volume is being shipped .,west by .individual producers. Local pric- ' :ado ► 1a1s tulwiTA. CA'N'O1 ` ICS CAAP, CA1CA6p tlA :',t)C'A 1k4P'? "\.Utt1 Nita e % teetzve Arc fal4S) \ Wi \T Q -1:00 0014 P".*'" ( ----- E40 REM 110V. OWTO QAkCHE Rlrt Or" 0 c��sEs ow `TM ®Ai iklt= / ;d 6U4Zta! OF 'VAS V10'011:05 l'El1P O 5 Pet INIER-C.MWECN 4.0 IsINIMS ChM -'.AVS u1R c`Ct`! -Cl°e'6 lS%1i"C�D // tt\1 141E Ek Rt`l %%ST i!J "RA \ VOISNS w Ctnt.D AND-bti\Ii3©IV WERE CE1.1BRNI 'D �esp� vy es have, firmed about .02c per pound and few beekeepers are selling for less than .06c per pound net for qual- ity produce, The Ontario Honey Ex- port Association stated recently they had handled to . date some 500,000 pounds and were prepared to export this season up to a million pounds of the white and golden grades of suitable quality. The, market situa- tion is improving daily with the ex- pectation that the surplus on hand of the past few years will be :entire- ly cleared up before the 1933 crop will be available. Help in Share Renting An excellent circular containing a brief but comprehensive discussion of the principles and conditions of share renting of farms has just been prepared by the Department of Ag- ricultural Economics at O.A.C. Anyone interested may secure a copy by writing to that department. The two main plans of rental are set forth, namely crop share rentink and live stock and crop share rent] ing: Many modifications of thes' are suggested and discussed. Table are given showing satisfactory " pro portional division of : expenditures and returnsas between landlord and tenant, under varying conditions of soil fertility, buildings and equip- ment, and market facilities. - The cir- cular also contains a form of agree- ment which . should prove very use- ful, both to tenants and: to those who have farms to rent, in helping to av- oid some of the pitfalls common with loosely stated or diith unwritten Tag- reements. 1V7,‘ greements.1 Willie, to talkative: caller: "Well, now that you've come I shall have to go for the doctor." Talkative caller: "Why- Willie?" Willie: "Father says you always make him ' Sick!" The old man had returned to his native village after many years abroad. Suddenly he stopped in the street, and laid his hand on the head of a small boy who was just pass- ing. "Ah! A new face," he said. "No„ sir, it isn't," was the prompt eply. "It's just been washed—that's 11." natan acific Telt y es C But •pp res W temu.`n mpulsory Arbitration E. V. Beatty K. C., Chairman and President Makes Vigorous Protest Against Proposed Arbitral Board in Presenting Company's Case Before S nate Committee Considering Legislation to 'Implement Duff Rep t. ' ELCOMIN'G the 'suggestion VI of co-operation and volun- tary agreement, but vigorously protesting against the proposed Arbitral Board and compulsory ar- bitration, B. W. Beatty, K.C.,Chair- man and President, Canadian Pa- cific Railway, recently stated the case for his Company before the Senate Railway Committee consid- ering legislation: to implement re- commendations made by the Royal Commission' on Railways and transportation in Canada. "Against the principle o' f: compulsory ar- bitration em- bodied in part III. of the Bill the Company must enter its most vigorous protest," M r. Beatty declar- ed. ".An. exam- ination. of the subjects enum- erated in Sec- tion 19," h e Mr. E. W. Beatty continued, "will Chairman and President Show that the taanadian Pacific Ry. jnrthdietion Of the Arbitral Tribunal embraces matters of so great importance as to anlbiint to virtual control in all, major branches of its under- taking. Take alone the subjects of Joint terminals and the pooling of traffic. The former are the nerve centres of railway opera- tions, involve the latter in of • he e t whole' benefits received from such operations. It is to be open 'to either party to propose measures involving these vital matters, and, if agreement is not reached, both the principle of the proposal and the terms on which it is to be car- ried out are to be left to arbitra- tion. It will be noted that every one of the subjects involve ques- tions of policy, questions of ad- ministration, and, underlying both of those, questions of finance, and, for that treason, they are in my submission, not fit and proper to be determined by arbitration. The Company welcomes the suggestion, of 'voluntary agreement as to such matters. They are quite proper- ly the subject of voluntary co- operation., but the Company is g>• stion that i e Startled b the suggestion they may be torted pon it by an authority not .responsible to its shareholders. Control by a tri- onna' constituted as propos ea should not be imposed upon a P itz vately owned railway company operating In eompetition'with. the Government Railways, •s hrr1he sweeping character of the arbitration feature of the. Bill is shown by the provisions of Sec- tion 17, which declares that it is to extend to all disputes between the two companies. Probably this expression was intended as inci- dental to the measures of co-ope- ration enumerated in Section "19, but, in any case,. it opens up a very wide field of jurisdiction.' "As to the Arbitral Tribunals, it will be observed that whether they consist of three or five mem- bers, the Canadian Pacific is in every case to, have a voice in the appointment of onlyone member of the Board. In the lastanaly- sis, therefore, the Company will be completely divested of control of its propeTty in favour of an outside authority. I cannot too strongly urge upon you the semi nus, nature of this feature of the Bill, as well from the standpoint of public policy as of the rights and interests of the shareholders of the Canadian Pacific. "To 'Control of its undertaking as provided by the existing statu- tory law, the Company takes no exception. Regulations through the Board of Railway Commission- ers and the control of rates, faci- lities and services in the interest of the public is a proper subject of legislation, but Part III. of the proposed Bill is a very different natter. "If it be the view of. Parliament that co-operation shall be con- trolled and directed by another and independent tribunal, whose decisions shall be final and bind- ing on the Canadian Pacific, then I would suggest, for your consid- eration, that .the Government of Canada and the Canadian Pacific should enter into an. agreement for a, period of years by which the Compaty "would agree to this form of administration upon re- ceiving protection to the holders of its securities and shares; that consideration being given because of.the relinquishment of the con- trol of their own property during the term of Such agreement." In. leading tip to his statement of the .Company's position, Mr. Beatty pointed to the great part played Company lips pl yed 1n the up -building of Canada and 'argued that the proposed Arbitral 33oard was in fact an invasion of the Companys' charter rights, --rights eonstr u- ct granted it in return for ing the road and thus making Confederation an establlehed fact, "During the fifty years of its existence the Company's under- tatin, has expanded with the grbertib of the country," he said, "ax tilts property investment now; rep esen.ts vriore than $1,100,000, 000, eld by ii.ot less than :130,00 -char, and security holders, oyes 50,00 of whont are Canadians,• Slime V.1.00,2 the Company bas 15 sued $270,000,000 Ordinary Capital Stock at an average premium of: 42%, receiving therefor $382,616,- 000 all without expense to the Do- minion, direct or. indirect. At that average price, a dividend of 5% yields a return of only 3.53% to the shareholders on their in- vestment. It is my submission to your Committee that the magni- tude of their undertaking and its importance to the country entitle them to consideration in any le- gislative measure affecting their control of their property. ' They have provided Canada with a transportation service on land and sea that is unexcelled in the world, and there is no part of her settled territory and no phase of her commercial life and wel- fare el -fare that is not touched by the operations of the Company and concerned in the continued suc- cess of its enterprise. As the 'Royal Commission has said, the Company is Canada's largest tax- payer. Its tax ,bill during the last ten years averaged more than 37,000,000 per annum, and since its incorporation it has .paid up- ward of $116,000,000 in taxes..Dur- ing the last fifteen years it has contributed to the Federal ex- chequer the stem of 326,500,000. As a citizen it hascontributed its full share to institutions of a pub- lic nature for the advancement of social and commercial welfare" The Company, he contended, has been, the foremost agency in Can- adar colonization, in the work of ion c t immigration and development, and as a war effort had been able to advance or gualrantee to the Dm - 1 .0,000'000 pare cause more than $ 0 , and to furnish means of transpor- tation for approximately 1,000,000 soldiers and 4,000,000 tons of war supplies. Mr. Beatty referred to the con- solidation of the Government rail- ways ten years ago. The Canadian. National had at once begun an active and aggressive campaign. of• competition backed by the credit and resources of the Government To alleviate the situation arising. out of that competition the Bill proposed °lose co-operation"be- tween the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific in order to effect necessary economies: "So Ear as the Canadian. Pacific is concerned," • he,'tont'inned, "we would aocept a statutory direction that we should 1 eo-o erate'because p weare wllu„ to co-operate. willing, Wee are satisfied that a fuller measure. Of 00-opi;ration will be secured three Ses e first front t au , the ne- cessities of the situation; second iy, the statutory direction by'Car- liament that this 'amnia be a mat- ter .of policy by the priyato corn- pany, rind, thirdly, because of the r i e eat cn of a board of trustees seeciaily charged with the duty of carr3rirg out the policy 01 Parlia- ment in this respect. "I observe in some of the ad dressep delivered in the Senate upon the •bill that 'some phases of the measure were advocated or accepted in the belief apparently that there was no other alterna- tive wkich would bring about the economies so sorely required. Quite Obviously, there Is only one way inl which the maximum eco- nomieslare obtainable and that is unification for the purpose of ad- ministration, whether for a limit- ed number of years or for a long term. The Royal Commission has considered and rejected such a plan for reasons they have ex- plained in the Report, but there can be no doubt of its very great advantages from the point of view of economy and efficiency, r "I am not an alarmist, nor ani 1 a pessimist so far as Canada is. concerned. 1 commend, however, to the committee the conclusions in the last paragraph of the Re- port of the Royal Coinmission as to the effect on the Dominion's finances ; and on the Com.panys'. position unless we take heed of the present grave situation. and adopt drastic measures to correct. it I have already 'said tha I regard the Railway problem ,s file most noble 1 al. domestic 'Gt p eonfrontilig the Canadian peop e. In spite of its importance, th e is aat re' lack o fun r b a de stand1 b of what the real facts are, andiin consequence there has been u'til reeentlyhoot u 1t. very widespread( app hy. ',, Mr, Beatty pointed out that ttie Royal Commission had found that the identity of the two railway should be maintained, but tha there should be a maximum of co operation with a continuance o competition,. ' A maximum good will would be necessary leo reconcile competition, and co -Arte- ration, and he believed that. Wetter results could lie obtained r rough ugh friendly efforts topnthitl•ii az. Arbitral Tribunal, ' "The very' tact that: a e autboxity exists will tend tt relax these efforts by wealtoitii ' res* possibility," he doolarcd 'Purge this in the interestof h.° 'i. Mt" patties. And it iS a pectin. r corn- tar_ft yon the logic of., th Com - .11 dWe filcdings when wi. ': )read cn s.... t u. olidation for the pu. �}oso o admii'letration, is r. 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