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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-01-26, Page 7Thura,, January 26th, 1933 Acids Zest to the Meal "Fresh from the Gardens" ,+ortaonv101•omo.111110o.1aru.1111u 14•M.a•11N.W M.o•10a0110owo ,,.rbM.o-+ EI-00.04111M orla Wide News In.Brief Form rm Iliydro's , Exchange Not as Large .as. Expected Charges for exchange which the Provincial Hydro Commission pro ,posed to pass along to municipalities •of the Province last year will be on- ly about half the amount originally -estimated, according to a statement madeby Hon. Mr. Cooke to Mayor Stewart and members of the Toron- to Commission which had been ask - ,ed to pay $461,660. Information: from Hydro authorie- ies was that this unexpected 50 per cent. reduction in exchange costs — which, it is pointed out, is only an estimate on present indications — is -applicable to all other Hydro mun- icipalities in Ontario as well as Tor- onto. 'Western Farmers Not Using Cars „Victoria—Farmers in British Col- atnibia are taking engines out of cars, removing the bodies,attaching a ton- gue and using them as wagons, the Advisory Board of the Farmers' In- stitute was told at its meeting here. Horses were staging a comeback, es- tpecially in the Peace River District. This was due, the meeting was told, to cost of gasoline and license fees for automobiles. Settlers are using engines to run their wood -cutting Plants. Want Provincial Scrip Issued Calgary—Lodged as an initial. step for revision of the currency system, the issue of scrip by the Alberta Gov- ernment was proposed by the United Farmers of Alberta in annual con- vention. No amount was recommended in the resolution. Finding precedent in the distant days of pioneering and the success attained in the past year 'by Raymond, Alta., the delegate's -urged the scrip issue to facilitate sell- ing and. . purchasing in cities and in 'conntry points. State Inflation Not Successful Sarnia—Asserting that inflation in Australia and the Argentine so fre- , uently cited as successful was actu- ally quite the contrary, W. H. Moore, 1vL.P., of Pickering, addressing the Canadian Club here, stated there was. no such thing as magic and that in- flation was a powder magazine about which it was dangerous to go look- ing with a match for a heaven on earth. "We have a managed currency now and we are not on the gold stand- ard," he proceeded. "If we have to have more inflation then we'll have it, but personally I prefer to see the Cabinet continue to manage money and the country go along paying its ,debts." Britain ands U. 5, to Confer on. War Debts Washington — President Herbert Hoover and President-elect Franklin Roosevelt in a Friday White House, conference, agreed upon a discussion of war debts with representatives of Great Britain to take place early in March after the change of adminis- trations. In a statement issued at the White House following the hour and a half meeting, it was said the official talks with Great Britain would include al- so the economic problems of the world and "ways and; means for im- proving the world situation." Secretary Henry Stimson of the state department was instructed im- mediately to initiate negotiations with Great Britain arranging for the pro- jected conference, which will, in all probability take place in March. Would Loan Calgary $300,000 Calgary — The Bank of Montreal has agreed to lend Calgary the $300,- 000 necessary to meet United. States exchange rates on $2,135,000 inde- bentures which matured at New York January 1, Mayor Andy .Davison re- ceived a letter to this effect from the bank's head office in Montreal and he will place it before the city coun- cil for its decision. Sterling Bonds Retired Saving is $1,000,000 The Ontario Hydro -Electric Com- mission saved to the power users of Ontario what is estimted to be al- most a cool million dollars in a re- financing project, announced after a meeting of the commissioners. The Commission is taking advant- age of the low rate of sterling ex- change to retire the £1,200,000 of Toronto Power Company, Limited, debentures still outstanding of the original £2,544,623 amount assumed by the Commission, and to finance the retirement the Commission 'has issued $5,000,000 • of its own 4.i per cent. five-year bonds. The new issue of Hydro bonds is guaranteed by the Province of On- tario, as usual, and payable in Canad- ian funds only, and they were sold at what the Commission deems to be the extraordinaryily favorable rate of $100.09 for the $5,000,000, costing the Commission 4.49 per annum. Toronto Cadet Training to Cease The cadet system established in Toronto schools in 1879 is to be ab- olished. After next Empire Day no little redcoats will march proudly down University Avenue. After June next there will be no cadet training done under the auspices of the Tor- onto Board of 'Education. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TUO$ future, There are many obstacles in the way, in addition to the constitu- tional obstacle, Inflated Currency— Minister Resigns The Government inflated New Zea- land currency further last week by raising theexchange rate to give 125 pounds in the Dominion's money for 100 pounds in sterling. The move, designed to aid those who have suf- fered from low export prices, was opposed vigorously by the banks, and brought the resignation of. W. Dow- nie Stewart, Minister of Finance. No Uneimployinent Insurance Just Now, at Least Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces were adamant in their at- titude of opposition to any changes in the British ' North America Act (The Canadian Constitution) provid- ing for an .unemployment insurance plan. That however, does not mean un- employment .insurance is shelved for all time, Premier Henry of Ontario intimated that there might be legis- lative provision for such a scheme in the future, but not in the immediate ;'Li Tits: BE HAPPY To be happy, we are told, we should make others happy. , We'll help you to be is in arrears, 1£ yot><r, subscription , paY it you can be assured of our Itappi- mess. ADV., The - Ti t ES Russia Short of Wheat Ottawa—Canadian trade offiicals are convinced that Russia is suffer- ing from a serious shortage of wheat, notwithstanding that the Soviet Gov- ernment is exporting 500,000 bushels. weekly. The difficulty, is that the Soviet Government is extremely short of cash or credit, and the only way in which Canadian wheat could be disposed of to it would be in ex- change for oil or some other corn modity. It is known here that Am- torg, the Soviet buying organization in New York, is not talking quality or price, but only credit, and is will- ing to buy large quantities 'of goods. in America if long-term credits can be arranged. Claim Jehol Not ,Part of China Washington—The Japanese Minist- er of Foreign Affairs, Count Uchida, issued a warning to "the Government and people of China against unfor- tunate eventualities that may arise". from what he described as `an inva- sion of Jehol Province by Chinese troops arid "a positive anti-Japanese movement." "I may. add a few words at this point with reference to Jehol," he said. "Viewed historically, there is no room for doubt as to the,fact that the Great Wall marks the boundary, separating China from Manchuria and. Mongolia. "Particularly in the light of cir- cumstances leading to the establish- ment of Manchukuo, it is evident that the Province of Jehol constitutes an integral part of the new State. Ttaly to Cease Trade Agreement with Russia. Rome—Dissatisfied because Italian purchases in Russia have been ex- ceeding Russian purchases in Italy, the Italian Government will denounce the 1924 commercial treaty with the Soviet within the next three weeks. This treaty is the only document in which Italy formally recognizes the Soviet Government, but diplo- matic relations will continue as at present. The Government has not di- vulged whether the document of de- nunciation will contain a provision to that effect, or whether a new instru- ment will be issued for the purpose. es osocaso.111oaueo.1•0o0M11.00000ao.n► THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON V --JANUARY 29 JESUS AND TIE SABBATH — Mark 2; 23-3; 6 Golden Text — The Sabbath was made for, man, and not man for the Sabbath; so that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.—Mark 2: 27-28. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Time.—May June, A.D. 28, the sec- ond year of Christ's Ministry, Place.—Capernaum. FOOD ON THE SABBATH. .And it came to pass, that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grainfields1 Grainfields were not fenced to keep out the 'public, but were intersected by frequently used paths, as we note in the parable of the four kinds of ;soil, And. his dis- ciples began, as they went; to pluck ears, Matthew tells us that they did this .because they were hungry. And the Pharisees, These stern criticis were following Jesus and' his little band on purpose to catch them it one of the thousands of. acts not allowed on the Sabbath. Said onto hint. They , went to Jesus as the leader, holding him responsible for what his disciples di ; .and Christ readily enough assumed that respon- sibility. Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful, Reaping and threshing were forbid- den on the 'Sabbath. :And he said unto them!. Our Lord was always ready ,with an apt cita- tion :from Scripture, for his !mind was, stored with Holy Writ, as he showed in temptation. , tics ye never read what: David did? Christ quotes, the example ofhis great ancestor, .David, the most illustrious of Hebrew pion. archs. When he had need, and was hungry, he, and. they that were with hint? The Pharisees had not brought their charge. against Christ for he had not joined in his disciples' act; bttt he might well have done so, fol - lowing David's example, How he entered into the houseryaf. God. The tabernacle, which was then at Job, a krill. near :Jerusalem, When Abiathar was high priest. This priest was descended from Eli and was high priest jointly with Zadok. And ate the showbread. These twelve loaves set in the presenceof-Jehovah prob- ably signified the constant commun- ion of his people with him in those things which his bounty provided and they enjoyed in his presence and us- ed in his service, Which is not law- ful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him? The bread was changed every Sabbath, and was eaten by the priests in the Holy Place as a sort of coax - minion' service. And he said unto them.. Summing up in one of his masterful sentences the entire Sabbath question. The Sab- bath was made for man. It is 'a man's day pre-eminently, and so to infringe upon it is to injure man in one of his most sacred and blessed possessions, as 'those who . for selfish profit desecrate the dayare so unwill- ing to see .and own. And not man for. the Sabbath. While the Sabbath is not a day of license, it is a day of liberty. So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath, The Sabbath is God's day, though made for man's use, and in claiming authority over it, Christ claimed the authority of God. HEALING ON THE SABBATH. And he entered againinto the synagogue. This ,was on another Sabbath, as Luke 6:6 tells us; prob- ably the very next. Sabbath after the one we have been considering. And there was a man there who had his hand withered. It is the tradition that he was a stone mason, and his affliction, the atrophy of the muscles, made him, a useless member of a pro- bably, poverty stricken family. And they watched him. Very like- ly the same set of prying, malicious, bigoted Pharisees whose base activit- ies were noted,, in our last lesson. Whether hewould heal him on the Sabbath day. The healing must be done, Christ would say, in order that the holy day may be more holy and blessed still. That they might ac- cuse him. Perhaps they came from Jerusalem, as Paul went to Damp- ens, armed; with authority from . the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, whose auth- ority extended. to Jews in all lands. And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth. Christ was' unhesitating in his accept- ance of the challenge, and made it as conspicuous as possible by calling the poor man out from the crowd. And he saith unto them, Is it law- ful on the Sabbath clay to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? Our Lord was purposing to save a• life to usefulness, the Phari- sees were plotting to kill the Saviour. But they held their peace. They readily caught the drift of Christ's nandsaw that there implied argument was nothing for them to say but to admit the Saviour's point, which they obstinately refused to do. And whey he had looked round about on then with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart. Taus he gives us a clear in- dication of what will arouse the an- ger of God. He saitli unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. Again as in the case of the paralytic studied last week, a compelling summons to faith, a commandto do the apparently im- possible. And the man obeyed. And he, stretched it forth; and his hand was restored. "Whole, as the other," says Matthew 12:13. And the Pharisees went out. Christ had worked a wonderful cure, but what had he clone? He had only spoken a short sentence., He had not even touched the withered hand. He could not be brought before the au- thorities for that. And straightway. Once more Mark's adverb. They did not allow their anger to cool, With the Herodians took counsel against him. Between Parisees and Herodl- ansthere could be no natural sym- pathy, How they might destroy him. From this time the clouds gather ev- er blacker and blacker over the path of Jesus, until the final storm of the crucifixion, A Scotsman and an Englishman were arguing, , .Sandywas boastingttirc Of his native land. Said he- "A' the great men that hae made Britain what it is were bred and born amang the hills of. Bonnie Scotland," "What • of Shakespeare?" inquired' the Sassenaeh, "You -surely don't, claim him' as a Scotsman, do you?" "No ph, no," Sandy replied calm- ly "I'll no say that Shakespeare was a Scotsman; although' the wey ye brag aboot hien, ye seem taethink he was ainaist clever eneitcli to be ane." Rastas -"Dat ani a great lawyer, Two whole days now he has been argtifyie! afor' dat jury." .Sanxbo---"'Yah.. What he been .ar;- gu'fir' about?" Rastus-"He done' say," By Betty Webster HOUSEHOLD. HINTS Suggestion for Cooking Vegetables It is most convenient and practical to cook again as many of certain ve- getables as can be used in one meal. The vegetables I 'refer to are spin- ach, turnips, cauliflower, peas and. beans. The first night serve them plain with butter, salt and pepper and on the second night, cream the re- maining vegetables. —o -' Frost !Proof Windows Rub windows with cloth dipped in alcohol. Polish with dry cloth. They will shine brilliantly and be practical- ly frost proof. COOKING HINTS Mousse Mouse is an ideal dessert for ev- ery class and occasion. • It is also good and easy to make. It is espec- ially nice for the winter months, Method: Just whip your cream. stiff. Add sweetening and flavouring. The flavor can be of the bottled or canned variety. When pineapple or. any fruit is used the platter or dish should be garnished with the -fruit used with possibly the addition of a cherry. -0— Raisin Puffs 2 eggs cup of butter 2 tablespoons of sugar 2 cups of flour 1 cup of milk 1 cup of raisins (chopped) 1 teaspoon of vanilla 3 teaspoons of ` baking powder Ivlethod: Mix butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs. Add flour .and baking powder, then milk and flavoring. Last add, the raisins. dredged with flour. Pour in individual molds and steam for . hour, Serve warm with foamy, sauce. .--o Foamy Sauce cupcif butter 1 cup of powdered sugar 3 eggs Vanilla Method: Cream butter and sugar together. Add yolks of eggs well. beaten. Add the flavoring and last add the egg whites beaten stiff. • —0— Date and Orange Salad This makes a nice combination for a winter salad. .Arrange prettily and scive: with French Dressing. BAKING HINTS Tree Cake This can be made in one long piece or, when cut, it can be as small tree cakes. 4 egg yolks 3 tablespoons of cold water 1 teaspoon of vanilla 1 cup of sugar 13 tablespoons of corn starch ,a cup of flour 1 heaping teaspoon of baking pow- der. Little salt 4 egg whites. Method: Beat egg yolks and water together until very light. Add the sugar and flavoring. Beat well. Fold flour, corn starch, and salt into first. mixture. Beat the whites very stiff and the last thing fold whites into first batter. Pour cake into large dripping pan. . Be sure to line pan with paper and grease. Bake 15 min- utes in ..a moderate oven. Have a clean cheese cloth ready and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Take cake from oven and lay on the cheese cloth. Remove paper and spread cake with a butter frosting. Roll cake up. Wrap cheese cloth ar- ound it to -hold it iri shape. When: cool frost with remaining 'frosting; Decorate or run fork through frost- ing to resornble a log. -'--O-'--- Frosting cup of unsalted butter 1* cups of sifted confectioner's su- gar 1 tablespoon of warm strong cof- fee. 1' egg white. Method: Cream butter and part of sugar, Add coffee slowly and mix continually. Beat egg white stiff, Add remaining sugar. Mix altogeth- er thoroughly. If necessary add more sugar, —0— (Copyright, 1932., by The Bonnet - Brown Corporation, Chicago) An eccentric old gentleman left a legacy to three of his friends on con- dition that each put £5 into his cof fin. The first, a Dundonian, placed. five sovereigns in the casket; the se- cond, a Glaswegian, put in a five. pound note; and ` the third an Aber- donian deposited a cheque for £15 and took outthe change! Solicitor to plaintiff (under cross- examination) "How far were you, from defendant when he assaulted you?" Plaintiff—"Two feet, five and a half inches, sir." Solicitor—"What is the explana- tion for the accuracy?" Plaintiff "My wife told me to measure the distance. She said some fool would surely ask the question?' BEATTY FORESEES USINESS UPTURN C.P.R. President Points to Many Helpful Factors But Says Further Adjustment Necessary to Complete Re-establishment. ° 'rHE after -war period of ad- l justment through which this country is going is still short of completion," says E. W. Beatty, K.C., in his annual review "but I would add the positive assertion that, unhappy as the past year may have been and as lacking in re -assuring factors as the imme- diate future may appear, 1932 has seen definite and constructive progress towards improvement. We see on every side the effect of long drawn-out world trade a — depression process of eeon- P omit deflation — grinding slowly forward and leaving behind it a wake of human unhappiness and even ruin in directions where it seemed least likely to be possible. Having no clear vision of a defin- ite endto our troubles, we are tempted to despair or to look for remedies to those who preach short cuts to economic security that are as unsound and as surely disastrous as were the extrava- gant and wasteful methods of con- ducting national, corporate and individual business which brought about present conditions and we are likely to overlook evidences of progress which . justify the be- lief that this transitionary period is taking its well ordered way towards better times. A year ago I suggested that the movement towards economic read- justment would go further, per- haps even into public and govern- mental institutions. I am con- vinced that failure to boldly meet and satisfactorily deal with this matter may easily mean national insolvency and will certainly re- tard any possible return. to a rea- sonably ea sonably full measure of prosper- ity. Nothing that the troubles of 'tare past year have brought into public recognition is so outstand- ing as is the need for curtailing public expenditure and co-ordin- ating and re -organizing public activities so that they may be placed upon a basis such as this eountry of ten million people can well afford. Courageous effort has accomplished real progress alonthis line but much remains to be,done before our national affairs are on a sound economic basis. The nation's annual inter- est bill is mounting steadily and has done so for many years, a. statement that is equally true of Dominion, provincial and munici- pal affairs. It is the corporate and individual' taxpayer who has to pay these, and since the Cana- dian Pacific Railway pays yearly the country's largest tax bill 1 maybe allowed to lay particular stress upoti this point which I consider calls for earnest study at the present time. The railway situation retains, place as Canada's most ' impera- tive . domestie problem, A year ago we hoped that its early solu- tion, a foreshadowed the t was by h appointment of a competent tri- bunal to ri-bunal'to probe into its causes aixd complexities and to present en efficacious solution. We did not thea foresee that the proposed eolution would be based upon what the Commission thought the peOPle of Ciuiada would be Willing to accept rather than upon the stern necessities of the case. Nor was it then apparent that condi- tions that had brought, about the immediate need for effective relief for a situation that ,threatened national bankruptcy would be- come still more aggravated as business offering for the railroads continued to show drastic and un- precedented declines. That is what has happened. The decrease late. E. W. Beatty Chairman and President Canadian Pacific Ry. in freight car loadings which began, in 1930 has continued almost uninterruptedly. In 1931 up to the end of the first week of December, 553,359 less freight cars had been loaded on all Cana- dian Railways than for the same period of the previous year. Dur- ing the same period this year 376,016 less cars were loaded than in 1931. The decline in passenger business has been relatively the same. The resultant effect upon. railway earnings has been natu- rally roes For thefirst ten months of 1931 Canadian. Pacific gross revenue declined 22.1 per cent as compared 'with that of 1930. For the first ten months of this year now closingthere was a furthr decline . of 1.4 per cent. The decline eontiuues, and there certainly appears to be no evid- ence in that for many years we shall see them entirely elim- inated and our earnings back where they were in 1923. .It is true that the railways have effect- ed drastic economies. As com- pared with 1931 Canadian Pacific operating costs for the first ten months of 1932 were 15.3 per cent lower, and we expect that we shall make a still better showing in this regard throughout the com- ing year. Having the best hope . in the world, I hesitate to prophesy any great increase in gross earnings, but It is my deeply considered conviction that if the railways over the next ten or fifteen years are to live anywhere within :their income, economies will leave to go very . iiilieh further indeed than has yet been considered by a great number of our people' who, it is only fair to state, have not had even a fair opportunity of inform- ing themselves upon. the situation. For years v e have been impelled towards large capital expenditu- res, while at the same time com- petitive transportation agencies, railways, highways and canals have been built up and maintained out of public funds. Keeping these' facts in view and having in mind theP robable course of economic events over the aiext few years, the urgency of the need for fun- damental change in our railway policy should be clearly apparent I think that in the wider field of world economics we have witness- ed important developments lead- ing towards trade stabilization and encouragement. The improve- ments in the situation with regard to international war debts and the hope contained in the coming World Trade Conference can cer- tainly be regarded on the brighter side of the ledger, while the first results from the Imperial Trade Conference at Ottawa in the way of improved intra -Empire trade, provide honest ground for quiet congratulation. 1 am still as great an optimist as ever on the subject of Can- ada's ultimate future. The inhe- rent soundness of our country strengthens me in this opinion. I do not think that our business recovery will come with a rush, since the temptation to forget the economic lessons we have .learned would be too strong, For one thing, I do not hesitate to say that if within, three years wefound ourselves again in such a period of economic inflation as we ex- perienced about 1925, and if we had not then definitely settled the railway problem on sound and permanent .economic lines we would again be swept off our feet by the flood of competition and competitive extravagances. This. I think applies with equal force for to all ms of business. Referring a. year ago to the Royal Commission on railways, I urged that the people of Canada should meet its suggested solu- tions for our problem with earn- est consideration of their econ- omic values unbiased by political. color orpreconceived prejudiees. The question is now . more than ever a matter of urgent public dis- mission and will continue` so for many months. It eannot satis- factorily be dealt with in a way to save the country from disaster unless it be considered as: an econotnic cp3'stion and settled In aecordanee with the economic truth that transportation agencies are no different from any other form of industrial institution in that they must be both allowed and required . to pay their way. Any other attempted solution of the difficulty would be i.neffeo- tua1, and it is the inescapabl,,e, obligation of the people oi~ Canada to apply this test to whatever' proposals for settlement of the problean !nay conte forward.