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We at number f1 to to school U r serves shapee with a Sweaters ,S.4* 7114',Walii1.1111.1.110.101111111.1.111111111111111W ETY-THIRD YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2711 SE-AFORTH, FRtIDA:Y', NOVEMBER 28, 1919 Greig Clothing i` Second to Atone " opul•ar CO 4.1 1 for Young Men we are show- ing in a var- iety of cloths, in colors --- Brown, --Brown, Grey Green, Green and Brown Mixtures Sizes 34 to 40 Prices S15 to $20 $25 to$30 $35toS40 Also the Ulster with or with- out belt— $20 to 30 Velvet collar- ed ollar--ed Coat 25.00 to $40.00. Boys' Over- coats in the belter style, double breast- ed and deep collar 8 to $15 Women's Cloth Coat Special Sale 15 black .coats, your choice $15 12 brown coats — $18 34 brown, blue, grey, green, tau .e,burgundy, your choice $25 20 very beautiful coats, in a variety of colors in the fin- est quality of clothe plush your choice - - 35 15irls' coats, your choice $10 g school wear 2.50 to 53 Wool sets for g Greig Clothi ag Co SEAFORTH Aniallinauswarksommansaterlerogrximas THE -FUTURE OF THE PRESS been behind the scenes say that, more The narrow and gloomy rut into and more, editors are becoming mere echoes - of the proprietor or the Board i of Directors. How can a newspaper maintain its influenceunder these , deadening conditions? Do thistles i _i!l111111(1t1 bring forth grapes? i= A newspaper iS not a private = property in the sense in which a , factory may be said to be the property 3 of an individual or company. A news- ' paper is an institution that derives 1 El its power from the public it is sup- posed to serve. It is one of the great estates of the realm and as rnuch a E part of the life of the nation as Par- liament itself; It stands outside the ordinary commercial and profit-making activities of the commui}ity. But the commercial spirit has taken possession paper men have had a university of the Press. No one suggests that education, so we cannot, as Mr. Kirk ordinary business methods should not Cameron suggests, lay ll the blame apply'to a newspaper. But just as = for the decline of the Press at the' the material prosperity of the individ- doors of our universities. The younger\ sal is a means to a higher aim of life, school of reporters is dra-wp largely so also is the business end of a news- E from the student class, and this class peper when guided by • lofty ideals. has done much to .destroy the influence A newspaper must be made to pay, of the Press. With no intention of not by means that destroy its real making journalism theirfixed profes- purpoee, but by means that strengthen sion in life, these reporters are lack- it for the task it is primarily called ing, too often, in the sense of responsi- upon to fulfill But the modern Press bility which most "men feel towards their profession at large. They are birds of passage, here to -day and a- way to -morrow. In some of, the better offices an effort is now being made to -attract young men of good educa- tion to newspaper work as a profes- sion and to build up permanent staffs. 1One of the great difficulties in the 1 way, is the fact that journalism as a profession is not a closed door to out- siders. Some of the most brilliant writers are outside the newspaper circle. Editors in search of good "copy" draw upon outside sources, and too .often these "casuals" stand in the way of inside promotion to which the daily toilers on newspaper staffs naturally look as their due. Training alone, it must be admitted, does not make a- journalist. The successful writer is born, not made. In England the line is rigidly drawn bet' een reporters and writers, as closely as it is drawn between bar- risters and solicitors, or between med- ical 'practitioners and surgeons. There is no distinction of this character in Canada. The reporter of to -day ex - which a recrudescence of puritanical 'fanatacism has driven a section of the Press in this country is doubly ludi- crous when it is accompanied by snob- bery. There is no particular reason why the average newspaper man should kick against the pricks of the democratic uprising visible in., all parts of the world, He is the last man who should rail against the on- ward march of Freedom. and' Justice. In most- cases in • Canada he springs 'from the loins of the working clasps. In not a few instances he himself/has been a working man. Some of our ablest writers on the Press have serv- ed an apprenticeship as printers. Very few of the older generation of news - is over -shadowed by its business man- ager. A notable example . of this flagrant subordination ° of the news- paper to the counting house was dis- closed during the war. From that commercial spirit, which has taken. possession of the newspaper office, has followed a rapid decline in public es- teem and confidence. - Newspapers have not escaped the widespread unrest. Already the or- ganization of newspaper -reporters and writers is under way. In England such an organization has long been in existence. . Boston l has been ' the first newspaper centre . on the Ameri- can continent to witness a strike for higher pay. This impetus to unioniza- tion has affected other centres, in- cluding Montreal. In Toronto the organization of newspaper :writers is making some progress. In Rochester a demand has been made by reporters for a minimum weekly wage of fifty dollars. In Canada reporters , are paid very small salaries, averaging in the case of reporters, about twenty dollars weekly. Affiliated with the International Typographical Onion the pects to be the editorial writer or reporting staffs of Canadian ne'. s- the editor-in-chief of 'to -morrow. -Yet, `papers woulr soon be in a position to it must be acknowledged, the two are command' a much higher scale of re- entirely different and distinct in muneration, and by this means at - methods of work and in mental out- tract to -the newspaper calling men look, The trouble with the 'Press of and women who are at present going Canada is that .the methods of the into over -crowded professions, reporters have been carried into the 'Newspaper owners are strongly op- ieditorial sanctum, and the resultant posed to the unionization of their defects are seen in the decline of staffs. /In New Haven the opposition editorial influence, • has led -to the establishment of a co - The editor naturally claims to operative newspaper run by newspaper ex- ercise control 'not Only .oven his -edi- men ° along the lines- ef- 'control torial page, but also over the news of a particular industry by those who columns. The News Editors and their work in it. It is an'interesting ex - staffs are, as a general rule, appoint- perinient and deserves to succeed. But ed by the Editor -in -Chief and carry no paper` deserves to succeed that out their duties subject to his control- tampers with truth. After all, party ling voice. By this means the edi- journals and propagandist journals torial and the news columns are made to conform to the general policy of the newspaper. Here again' we dis- cover one of the causes of the de- cadence of the Press. In his effort to reinforce his editorial opinions the editor does not hesitate to draw up- on the powerful influence, of the news pages. Garbled reports of public ut= terances, suppression of news, ac- centuation of minor parts of speeches that distort the meaning and misre- present the speaker—all these devices are regarded by the editor as per- fectly justifiable provided the end is reached—the influencing of public opinions in the direction sought by the editorial page. So long as the News Editor is the subordinate of the Editor -in -Chief, appointed by him and acting under his instructions, the news pages will be colored by the editorial viewpoint: The first reform called for in newspaper office is the separation of the News Editor and his reporting staff from the editorial department. The editor of a news- paper should be confined to his edi- torial page, and the reporting staff should • be entirely free from the shadowing influence of his editorial opinions. In no other way can the news page resume its place as an accurate guide to the history of our times. - By separating the editorial from the reporting staffs an opportunity would be afforded of building up a Competent system of reporting such as Canada sadly lacks at present. The eyes of these - news gatherers would be turned to the subscriber and reader and not to the editorial sanc- tum, A better and more permanent class of verbatim reporters and im- pressionistics writers would be at- tracted to newspaper work, and with these improvements there would de- velop a spirit of independence, an esprit - de corps, and a sense of re- sponsibility to the public which at present are crushed by the dominat- ipg interests. of the editorial page. Many attempts have been made to organize the higher branches of news- paper work, but, for reasons already stated, these efforts have not been attended with success. Newspaper owners form a strong combination. They meet and take united action in their - own interests. They have been able to force the hands of the Gov- ernment and to secure a revision of the price of Paper; why then should they object to a similar organization of the writers and reporters? At present no one who incurs the hostility of the newspaper proprietors has any -chance of obtaining employment in. any of the leading newspaper offices. Should any member of their staff de- cide to obtain employment in any other office he may expect to find the door closed unless circumstances war- rant the proprietors in making an ex- ception in his case. There is no free- dom for the News Editor, who is re- sponsible for the publication of -news. There is no freedom for the reporter who 'fails to dish up the report of a meeting in accordance with office policy. Is there freedom even for the editor himself ? Those who have have their place and cannot be con- demned if they fail to give as much space to the doings of their opponents as they do to their own side. Nor does the public expect impossibilities within the Iimitations imposed by space and cost of production. But the public has a right to expect that there shall be no tampering with the facts as presented in the news of the day. A higher standard of public service cannot be expected so long as an edi- tor-in-chief is able to dictate to a news editor an;d, in turn, to -reporters, what color ,shall be given to news so that it shall conform to editorial AFTER THE STRIKE A subscriber to The Loudon, Eng- land, Times contributed a letter to that paper under the above heading, which appeared in a recent issue and which should be read and pondered by every citizen of this country. The article follows: "No one who can contribute a single ray of light in the search for a solu- tion of our present economic and social difficulties need apologize for taking part in the public discussion of them. Month after month goes by—it is now nearly eleven months since the actual a McLean Bros., Publishers $1.50 a Year in Advance 11111111111/ mas alk Vrer NINO OEMS ISM .e - NOS SONO MOO mow NNW 11 we have had to let all these things go out of repair. Wealth, real wealth, consists of commodities and services for which That not in money. wealth we are all clamouring is not in ex - the school section to meet with Simi- lar appointees of other sections to discuss the matter. —The fift acre-farm of Connory Bros., 17th concession of Grey, has istence. It has got to be created. I been purchased by Hugh Campbe1 It can only be created by Labor and Y for the sum of $3,500. Connor family Capital. We can have it when we have made it, and not before. Let us get rid of all this nonsense about `placing everybody in the position he enjoyed in 1914, and - take counsel to- gether as to the means by which we can recover our lost prosperity) The real situation in which we now stand is not understood by one man in a hundred. It is too simple. Tell a dipsomaniac that he can only get well if he stops drinking, and he will find = all sorts of excuses for not accepting ' ulations of the. community. the advice. Tell a lazy fellow that he 1 _-On Sabbath, December 7th, an- = won't cure his troubles until he starts niversary sermons will be preached in J working, and he will be sure to find Duff's church, Walton, by Rev. Capt. E somebody else to blame. What we Dodds, Chaplain of the 155th Battalion want, what we need, at the present of Toronto, A memorial tablet for time is simply more goods, more food, the soldier boys will also be snveiled. more clothing, more houses, better Monday evening -follow=ing, the semi- means of transport, more furniture versary entertainment, under the and household utensils (especially the auspices of• young people, will be held, labor-saving sort), better books and ' -Wednesday of Iast week Donald better education, and a few things of McCallum, eldest son of the late Gil- that kind. The supply is limited; for bert and Mrs. McCallum, Morris town - these things are produced by labor ship, was called to hie long home. af- and intelligence and capital; and labor ter an' illness of a few weeks from areintelligence and capital are invited_. malarial fever, aged sixtt =seven y ears. Economics is a science. Its laws Deceased was an honest, industrious do not rest upon the dicta of some au- man, who lived in Walton locality for tlrority. They are verifiable, Its a good many years and was respected methods are in principle the same as by all who 1F new him. He•was horn those of any other science. Its chief in, Grey township but spent most of method is that of finding the most his life ,n Morris. His wife_ who was rational explanation of the facts as -Miss Maggie Laidlaw, two sons, Gil - tion of prices, and wages or salaries, Christen, survive, and commodities. At the present —Wednesday of last week William moment there is a certain quantity and Mrs. McGavire of Leadbury, resi- will move to Brussels where they have bought a cosy home and plot of ground. Mr. and . Mrs. Campb 11 are parents of Mrs. John McDonald, who lives on the adjoining farm east, —D. J. Falconer, manager :of. Ethel branch of the Bank of Hamilton. has forsaken bachelorhood and was mar- ried on the 5th inst., to Mies .lennie C. Newbigging, Atwood. They have returned from a short wedding trip and are receiving the -hearty coag rat - Just four weeks to -day - E anrTr�l'n)aC is here. Frank- 1,I:_� ■-•- MOE INN - ly speaking we are ready for it. We have never 1411 GEE show our customers and by judicious buying we E, have been able to keep E had a better display of "Sevielry of Quality" to the prices very reason- able. However Xmas will be very busy this year and we wish especially to urge early buying. The selection is better and we • ,can serve you more care- MEM MEE IMO MEE MEE - - mom fully. It will be helpful all around to shop early - And remember Xmas is just 4 weeks to-d'ay. ONE MEP this Xmas. MEI IMO GEE OEM MEM 'sIOWNEP IMME - or number of eggs in the market. = -Within the next three months E there will be also a certain number brought into the market. E Suppose, by some Imperial decree, all our ' wage's were doubled; should we then,, be able to buy any more eggs? E. Not one. = But, says someone, if my wages were doubled and prices were kept at the present level, I should have so much left over to buy other things with. What other things? You can buy what exists, but even if you buy you cannot have what does not exist. The world's stocks of those com- modities of which we all stand in need, . food, clothing, fuel. houses, domestic utensils, etc., only exist' in limited quantity. There are no -stocks of them which can be brought into the hong ceased—and we are still marlfet by the simple expedient of fighting offering more money for them, until wrangling and squabbling over Erica- that demand has diverted labor and ances which we ought to be ashamed capital - into the production -of more of mentioning. Wle are like children of them. Whet are those other things who have just escapedan air raid we could buy if we had more money? crying .because we havenjt.a lump of Those other things are .also .lixrirted 4 Fred S. Savauge Jeweler and Optician SEAFORTH MEN MEM mom moo EMI - Issuer Marriage Licenses Y Phone 194. - i1111111111l11111111111111111111111-111.1111111111)1 dents of that locality for the past fifty-three years, celebrated the 58th anniversary of their marriage, The then bride was 'Miss Elizabeth Graham of Stanley township. Their family of six children are all alive .and well known in that community, viz., Wm., John, Albert, Isaac, Mrs, R. Morri- son, aft of the township of McKillop. There- are nine grandchildren. Mr. McGavin, who is eighty-three years of age and his rood wife seventy-six, enjoy comparative good health, we are pleased to state. We extend the hearty congratulations of a wide circle of friends to this worthy couple. ti -Death came very suddenly to Mrs. James Connell of the Ilth concession of Goderich township • on Thursday last. She was getting ready to go to . Clinton when. she was suddenly seized with a severe pain about her heart. - Her son, who ` was with her, did, all that could be donetand quickly called his father and brothers, but she passed away in a few minutes. Mrs. Connell -was before her marriage Bliss Mary Jt. Dempsey and wasborn, sugar in our tea. For, whatever- in numb e r or amount, and, if we all had f on the farm across the road from the provocation there may be in certain more money they would simply, change one on which she died. Shy is sures countries on the Continent for indulg- hands. vived by her husband and a, family ing in outbursts of discontent, our Now it is just because the root of of five daughters and three sons! Mrs, grievances are absolutely trifling by comparison. What, after all, are our real griev- ances? Prices are high, and we can- not buy with cur money, notwithstand=- ing increases of wages and salaries, all that we could buy in 1914. That is what nine -tenths . of the grumbling is about, and for that we are willing to plunge the country into strife and almost into civil war! The only peo- ple with a legitimate grievance -are the soldiers who have made the sacri,y five involved in fighting for their coun- try and who now find difficulty in earning a decent living. With them we can all honestly sympathize They have a claim upon their ioountry.. And the children of those who have fallen have a claim. But, apart from. these, what man can say thatehe hasjust cause of complaint because he ' can- not -be "placed in the same position that he 'enjoyed before the war"? The grievance only needs stating for it to be -seen to be ridiculous. For how can we all be placed in that posi- tion? The thing is impossible. We as a nation—and other nations are in like case, or in worse case•--haye our sav- ings of of lost thousandsmillions and property. We have lost over a million of our best workers. In- stead of adding to our -capital in the shape of. machinery,roads, railways, docks, ships, warehouses, and so forth, GRAND BAZ AAP and; Christmas Fair in St. James' Parish Hall; Seaforth Wednesday and Thursday Dec. 10th & llth AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS "ATTRACTIONS:—Fancy Work Booth ,—Candy Booth —Tea Room Plain Sewing Servian Home-made Baking Booth Booth Booth Vocal and Instrumental Numbers. Drawing of, tt Prizes Dec, lith. This is an ideal chance to purchase beautiful, useful. aid in- expeive Christmas presents. - DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY—Come and Enjoy Yourselves Special arrangements have been made with Santa Claus to be present each even#ng.. ADMISSION FREE- - our trouble lies in the actual shortness or dearth of concrete commodities, that the remedies proposed by bankers and others. in The Times and else- where, would not be effective, even if -they -were practicable. The inflation of the currency in so far as it is a fact, is not the cause, or at all events it is only a. minor cause, of high prices; and it- is certainly not the cause of ecarcity. Just as doubling wages would not relieve our distresses be - cense it would not increase the goods we want tie buy, so halving our wages, even if prices fell in proportion— which they would not, could not pos- sibly result in any rapid increase in the°quantity of commodities. The - diversion of labor and capital into those channels which produce the 'things we' most need, and the fuller use. of labor and capitalin those same channels, are the only means by which we can "bring prices down," in the real sense. And the way to direct labor and capital into those channels, is to stop spending upon luxuries, to de- crease as much as possible, eonsistent with the maintenanne of health, even our - expenditure upon what we call Invest ries • and to s ve i.e.. e sa neces ( in useful enterprises) 11 that we pos- sibly can.' There is ne other way. HURON NOTES —At the sale of the estate of the ,late George Pierce, 7th line, Morris, Henry . Pierce, a son, bought the 150 acre homestead at $8,975, and Alfred Pierce got 75 acres for which he paid $4,650. —The Corporation of the Township of Hay has purchased the property upon which the central telephone office in Zurich is located, from the owner, Mr. A. F. Hess. 'This step was deem- ed necessary by the council, owing to the cost of. installing the new cable in the office. The stable on the prem- ises will be used for storing the tele- phone supplies. —After a dance on the third floor sof the Masonic Temple in Goderich on Monday night, a tap was left run- ning and during' the night the. water flooded the billiard ' room of the Menesetung Canoe Club on the floor below and went through into the ,Star printing office on -the ground floor. The damages will foot up to a cos- siderable figure. —The death of Mrs. William Toll, of Hullett, .. on November 10th. re- moved a person who was highly esteemed in the community. The de- ceased was born in Blyth in 1876, a riaughter of- the late James Ander- son, and after, her marriage to Mr. Toll in 1893, she lived for over twenty years in East Wawanosh, removing from there to the 13th concession of Hullett. Besides her husband she leaves a family of three ' sons and three daughters, all at Mine, —Thursday evening of' last week a meeting was held in the Turnbull school house, Grey township, to dis- cuss the interesting question of Con- solidated Schools. Pointed and in- teresting addresses were given by Dr. Sinclair, Toronto, and Inspector Field, Goderich, the former illustrat- ing his talk by stereoptic n pictures. Silas Johnston and D. Cunningham - - - were appointed irepresentatives from J • Bryant. Stetter, Alta.; Mrs. J. Mc- Carthy, Killarney, Man.; Mrs. Harry Wilson. Stratford; Mrs. J. Rands, Re- gina, Sask.: Mrs. Norman Kennedy, and -Mrs. Win . Nickle, Clinton, :and John. Harry and George, at home. —The Brussels Post, of last week has the following to say about 1920;- It will be Leap year and consequently February will have 29 days. Spring will commence March 20th, Sumner June 21st; Autumn, September 23rd. and Winter, December 21st, There will be four eclipses, two of the sun and two of the moon, two of them will be visible in Canada, viz,, one of moon on May 2nd, and partial eclipse of sun, November 10th; hence the smoked glass business won't boom much; New Year's Day and Christmas will come on Thursday and Saturday respective- ly. Easter Sunday falls on April 4th, and Dominion Day on Thursday. To give people a good chance to get to church, February, May, August and October will have five Sundays each. Weather probalities ieetleindies hope for, dealers in. umbrellas, waterproofs and rubbers: Many marriages are assured as the ladies do the proposing and get the man or a' silk dress, r- haps both, —Last Sunday evening . Rev, Mr. Bell, Presbyterian minister, conduct- ed an anniversary service ih the Ethel Methodist church. ' The theme -of the discourse was "Peace" and was en- joyed by all. The church was -.melt filled. Mrs, J. Slenimon rendered a fine solo and music by the .choir was good. Tuesday evening the Ladieep Aid served a fowl supper in the lecture room of the church and as :the night was perfect, between 400 and 5530 en- joyed the good things so abundantly provided. After supper a splendid programme was given in the audi- torium of the church, Addresses were given . by Rev, Mr. Kennedy, Rev, Mr. Stafford, Brussels, anti' Rev. Mr, Ster- ling, Trowbridge. The Listowel quartette rendered splendid numbers. Mrs. (Rev.) Henderson did herself credit as an elocutionist and Miss Nicklin, Millbank, delighted the audi- ence on the violin and was encored every number. The financial proceeds totalled *208. —The first* At-home given by the Clinton branch of the United Farmers and the Stanley and London Road branches of the 15 F. W. 0., was held in the offices of the Agricultural Re- presentative, Clinton, on Thursday evening last and proved to be a very enjoyable affair. A pleasing program was gone through, Mrs, William Me - Ewan, president, acting as chairman. Mr. George Maim contributed violin solos, Miss Bayley accompanying him; a quartette, consisting of Misses Stewart and Sinclair and Messrs. Moffat and Sinclair, gave several selections; Mies Taylor gave a read- ing, Miss Edna Wise, -a piano solo, Mrs. Bert Irwin a couple of vocal solos and the Mesers. Loble sang a couple of duets. Mr Andrew ks member -elect of the Legislature for South Huron, was also present and gave a very ,interesting and pleasing address. At the conclusion- of the programme the ladies served coffee, sandwiches and cake and a pleasant hour was spent in social- intercourse.