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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1920-12-03, Page 1kMBER 26, 1920. • ee se cis Rat Lined )ats with le Collar r 40 ices seems to e therefore, we of a most sur store %la prove. rice ms ats s Furs 73r - Irl es are here in prices were the s mean immense have cut rices that's our way ! AT ONCE TES UP TO FOR 12.50 JES UP TO FOR 23.00 JES UP TO FOR 27.50 ;ES UP TO FOR 35.00 Id, Think of It, ILLINERY IN TOrEIBER at U,F- PRICE epartrent has al- done as. much bus- s we expected to do the end of the year. ;et the _benefit of Are have to sell now. e have many of the L's best styles yet stock of the art - reduced in pro - you by far 4-1-e thiseason, buy illty to combine the least money. I LE STORE -_n FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR ) WHOLE N UMBER 2764 { SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 3, 1920. Great Crowds of Christmas Shoppers Throng Greig's Store. Our Giving -up -Business Sale offers the public the very opportunity they are looking for. Prices are not cpming down. THEY HAVE COME DOWN DOWN! DOWN! DOWN! almost approaching prices of 6 years ago, and the qualities are there, too --Beautiful Silk Crochette Neck Ties, Rich Silk Crochette Mufflers, the newest. The very chricest of Fur Sets, for Women, Girls and Youngsters, along with the regular Winter gar- ments such as: 25 wonderfully fine Coats for Your choice, sale price 50 Men's Fine Overcoats 40 Boys' Overcoats, all sizes 35 Young Men's Overcoats 90 Pairs Men's Heavy Tweed Pants 40 Boys' Mackinaws and Hundreds of other, equally good bargain. women. All sizes. $18.48 $24.98 $9.48 $19.98 $4.98 $11.48 Special Notice After thirty years of continued mercantile business in the Town of Seaforth, during which period we have conducted many big sales, we have positively decided to retire front mercantile business, and in so doing this Last Grand Final Sale shall eclipse all former efforts in every respect --greater volume of goods sexed, as meat of our new Fall Goods have been passed into stock as we could not cancel Fall orders. Prices are slashed as never before. We have terminated the lease of our store and all goods rnust be sold.. TheGreig Clothing Eo, Special Notic amenor We are a position osition to ., accept orders for Hot Air and Hot Water Heating Pumps and Piping - Eave Troughing Metal Work Ready Roofing Bathroom Plumbing, including Pressure Systems. Leave your'orders at once. Estimates cheerfully given. I have had over 30 years' experience . in all kinds of buildingwhich enables me to plan your proposed bath- room and furnace work, etc. The Big Hardware H. EDGE ELECTRIC POWER FOR THE FARM There are two sources of electric power at present available, for farm- ers as well as others. There is, in the first place, the individual geu- ,erator, usually run by a small gas or oil engine, combined with a-, storage battery. A number' of these outfits are on the markea-Delco, Dominion and Fairbanks -Morse, to mention three that occur to me just now. And there is, in the second place, !the Hydro -Electric installation, as at Niagara, wherewater-power is used to run the generators, and where the electricity is carried tong distances over wires. The work carried on, by the Hydro -Electric Power Commis -1 sion of Ontario is of this latter kind. Now, where Large quantities of power ate used, the latter source is unquestionably better and cheaper, as the development of the Hydro enter- prise testifies. But where only small quantities of power are used, it is an open question whether; the small in- dividual generating plant is not to be preferred. To deal exhaustively with the comparative merits of these- two systems would take more space than is here available. 1 might point out, however, that the home generating Plant on the farm is not suitable for rtwo giving morethan from n one to . o horse -power. Its inital cost is fair- ly high, but its maintenance costs are usually low. Where a farmer has a tractor, from which he may get heavy dower service, and is willing to fore - re convenience the very great coveni once of electric stoves, it is decidedly worth while for him to consider seriously the installation of one -of these small home plants for lighting and for light power requirements. Looking at the matter in a large way, one is disposed" to think that Hydro -electric power will eventually displace electric power otherwise generated. Initially, however, the cost of distribution- is high where The ' population is sparse, and the latter kind bids fair tocomPeto on present under terms ent t pretty equal e conditions. It is unquestionable, however, that the mor general. dis- tribution and use of'Hydro-electric power upon the farms, together with such increase in' rural population -as is absolutely necessary. If Canada is to be saved from destruction, will tend to cheapen Hydro -electric rates. This, together with a possible in- crease in the price of oil, may quite alter the situation, and put the in- dividual generating plant out of the s running. The question is , largely one of Hydro -electric. rates, a subject which, , Therefore, 'naturally next claims attention. , - The question- of,rates i s extrao rdurr arily complicated and I cannot do more here than to open, it up with a few general ,statements and com- ments. When the Hydro enterprise was first smarted, the municipality was made the unit for local` distribution. This worked out fairly well, so long as the municipal'}ty wa: the natural geographical unite of "distribution, as in' our larger cities. but when the matter of rural distrib'ttion came up for serious consideration, it was found that one sub -station fed several mun- icipalities. One had to choose, there- fore, between making the rates de- pend upon municipal areas or upon sub -station, areas, . or, indeed, of mak- ing rates vary out from each sub- station, according to the condition ex- isting on the individual lines radiat- ing from such sub-statioins. And this naturally huggests the more general question of how far rates should depend upon -distance from the source of :power. A high tension transmission lin runs from Niagara to Sarnia. Should the rates be graded as to : dis{tance from 'Niagara? Should they be graded continuously, or in ;zones, like the parcel post rates? If 'the charges for long distance transmission are graded as to distance, Why should not the charges be ,gradetd for local gued that n Grimsby ance from distribution? If it be a Sarnia should pay more the because of its greater d'is Niagara, why cannot it be argued with equal cogency that a, citizen of Toronto living four miles hway from the local distribution station should pay more than a • citizen 1 wing half a mile away? Greater . cofst of line construction', proportionate all in line voltage—these and all altar consid- erations apply equally in `bath cases. The reasons why rates are /equalized over municipal areas are evident enough. Even though it dpsts more to supply one citizen than; another, as with water and sewage systems, all citizens are equally entitled, and .{$2.00 A Year in Advance McLean Bros, Publishers vary according to distance- from the primary source But, it will be con- tended, if rates are equalized, will not indiscriminate line building be in- dulged in that will make the' whole service ruinously expensive? It would be suicidal to build ten miles of lines to serve a single farmer. But it would be equally suicidal for Toronto to build a line along a cer- tain street to serve five. per cent, of the residents .living on that street. Some method - of control must be a- vailable. How do the cities solve the problem? Can we not Learn soine- thing from them to apply to the larger problem? Perhaps it would be wise to withhold the service until the majority of ratepayers asked' for it and were, prepared to -pay for it. Until such time; let it be cleatly un- derstood that the minority would have to pay the whole cost. Then, when the majority were- agreed, let the -cost of line building be assessed against all the property affected, whether affected actually or -only potentially. This is one plan. It has advant- ages and disadvantages. I do not know much about city conditions; but I am disposed to think that something of this kind might be applied with considerable advantage in the rural districts. When the majority of farmers alonga certain road wished the service, et an electric line be built, 'the cost of which would be assessed against ALL the property capable of being served by that -line. Charges for transformer installa- tions might be apportioned according to the cost or size of the 'installa- tion, and be met by the individual consunier. And I think it -will be found inadvisable, in any such local distribution', to grade the rates ac- cording to distance from the, sub -sta- tion. Now, if the' foregoing plan is de- sirable and feasible in local. distribu- tion, why should it not be applied in connection with the high tension dis- tribution lines? The situation is not essentially different. There is the largersourc and thelarger field, and the consumers are not individuals or factories, but municipalities or sub- station distribution areas. Here is a great field for investigation, _ and I have but opened the gate. Another very important considera- tion is the fact that the rates for the larger places have been Instant or decreasing while thost fob the smaller places and the farmer have been rapidly rising in recenti, years. The e-ffects of this growing dtaparity are undoubted, It adds another at- traction to - the already treindous attractionsof the large city ;Cheap = d power will tend to cpncentra - - =Indus �^ 'tit re`s � t e lager• eeit� still more towards rural depopula- tion, since cheap electricity for house- hold purposes is one of the great de- siderata, and' it is to be had in the cities. Further, what will happen to the service already installed in ° the smaller places if the rates continue to go up? There ;is a limit beyond which the rates cannot go.. When the rates become prohibitive • the de- mand will disappear and the whole equipment will be abandoned. This is the inevitable end if present tendencies are allowed to work out unchecked. Something must be done to meet this situation. One of the reasons why the rates are higher in the smaller places than in the larger, is t1lat the constancy of demand is greater in the large centres of population. One must bear in mind that with water -powers, 24 -hour -a- day use is no more expensive than one hour a day, There is a legitimate basis for rate charging in the "peak load" or the maximum demand. If • One- Week Lhe same reason that we all .sub- scribe to maintain our public schools. Phono1 It cannot be argued that I havein rmaintained that the cities have no Special -concern in the Hydro rates prevailing in the country. Cheap electric •ser This ,splendid big phonograph' in ma- hogany or fumed oak eases, fitted with double doors, record shelves and cas- tors. Universal tone arm enabling you to play all makes of records. Height 46 inches, width 20 inches, depth 21 inches. Re stawt With 40 cords For $168 We can only ask you to hear this in- strument in our demon rating room to be convinced of the v. value we offer. HEAR IT THIS EEK. E. Umt achi P hm.B "The Rexall Sore" PHONE 28 SEAFORTH that when the power is being used on cno farm it is not being used on. the others. There is no question but that it will be difficult to secure the same constancy of demand on the farms as in the city, and in so far as this cannot be done, there is a legitimate basis for rate differences. Much im- provement in this direction is pos- sible, however, and f should not be surprised if the load factor in a rural itinsbitt-could, by, intelligent plan- ning' lan- e..:i e nidi and eo"' o rat o'n `be mad o g p , t compare favorably with that in an urban municipality of the same popu- lation. This is another great field for investigation. Apropos of the foregoing, it may seem worth while for the cities to make some concessions to the rural districts in the matter of rates, for x111111111111 El_Gifts 11111111111z: Toronto uses 60,000 H. P. on the ,: properly secure a better rate than a small village whose average use was 60 H. P., but whose "peak load" was 120 H. P. -The right proportion of the rate to.base upon the load fac- tor—the proportion of average to maximum use—is, a question to be in- vestigated, but few will contend that it can be wholly ignored. The pro- blem of securing the greatest con- stancy in the demand is one for each municipality, for each local distribu- tion, area, to work out for itself, and if the proper premium were put upon constancy 'of use; it could be left to largely solve itself. One aspect of this latter question is, however, worth a little further consideration. Farm use of electric- ity is notoriously inconstant. Farm- ers must face the situation and . solve telt AMOS ISMS ate _ Set USN :VISS. eat IMO MSSIM r r E Last. _ We overheard the remark in our store the other day— E "Why, this is the cheapest a place in town to buy Xmas. Gifts." While we knew the remark was quite true, we E were surprised to know Xmas Li E was so .near. And, so we pass the sug- ES . gestion on to you that the F. Xmas Gift season is fast ap- proaching and the other thought as well, that you will save money by buying E "Gifts that Last" at this Store." S.- = Fred S avaug e , average, and its "peak load" is 80,- 000 H. P., it would naturally and .. _ it as best they • may. Each c aw- ing a variety of appliances and uses, over, the practical -difficulties of ' never exceeds a certain apnount. So, ri farer must solve it himself by h equally responsible financially More- and seeing to it that the peak load" g ading charges are so tremendous too a group of farmers may operate - Jeweler, and Optician SEAFORTH Phone 194. Evenings 10. Issuer Marriage Licenses. • Set r that it isn't worth while; it Would be a heavy motor by arrangeni'ent so h iiitsilimmi litllliiluillii111iilltilllllii like trying to make our postal rates so much for every 100 ,mires. We should' have to sub -divide our cent many times in order to meet the situation, and have an almost ''nfinit variety, of postage stamps. Then, too, the charge for carrying a one is, with all these services, --posts , elec- tric, water and sewage,—only part of the total charge. Takingvery- thing into consideration, balancing up advantages and disadvantages) we seem to have agreed by common. seen - sent -sent that equalization of rates] over certain areas is the best polio.. - Then, how far should we app 37 dt ? If a towf% township is served by an. ec- tricai sub -station, should the ra he equalized throughout that to l If the same sub -station serves eira townships, should the rates f ha 'or should each - line radiating •sub -station be self-supporting ?i 'il hen carry the principle farther. Why I should charges for Niagara 'power 1 WANTED G!RLS Jn•All Departments Experience Not Necessary BEST WAGES BOARD ARRANGED FOR Write or Call ' AVON HOSItRY LIMITED STRATFORD, ONT. is handled from start to finish of the farm operations. When the school boy takes over the. job of being farm cerealist, he should be given a piece of land for his own use on which he may experiment and grow what he pleases. A piece of land of about one-quarter acre in vice for farmers will make country 1zize should be ample for his activities life that much more tolerable, and correspondingly cheapen or increase farm production, just as good roads between city and country help both farmer and city consumer. 'The cities have, therefore, a pretty direct father is growing good standard var- interest, if they could only see it that ieties, he can take several pounds of way, in the question of rural rates. each of these and carefully hand - And it may, indeed, appear that in select good, uniform, well matured the long runt and over a large- terri- kernels. He can write to the various for the first year. After getting his land fall ploughed and in good physi- cal condition for next spring's work, he can profitably spend his spare time in winter preparing his seed. If his tory we need not attach very much importance to the question of con- stancy of use. A city dweller may operate a small motor ten hours a day, and get no cheaper rate than a householder who has an 'electric stove and uses, on occasion, three or four horse -power. Locally, inconstant us- es may average up to be very constant over fairly large territory. from both points of view, therefore, it is worth while for the city resident to consider very seriously the pro- priety of more equal rates as be- tween city and country. If the rate problem can be satis- factorily solved, and sufficient power obtained, Hydro -electric power seems destined to replace all other kinds, except in special places. And muoh, besides the use of electricity on the farms, likewise depends upon a satis- factory adjustment of rates. 'A com- mittee of the Legislature is - meeting this summer to go thoroughly into the question. Let us hope that their work may be well done, and, if not done this year, that a renewed effort will be made next year. "Nothing is settled until it is settled right"— Farm and Dairy. CORN AS GRAIN CROP IN EASTERN CANADA • "Flint corn as a grain crop in East- ern Canada, has not received the atten- tion it merits," says an Experimental Farm note, written at the time when the food crisis made necessary the production of as 'great; an amount of stock feed as possible to take the place of grain that ewes needed for human consumption. At that time it was pointed out that corn as meal in the fattening ration for cattle, hogs or poultry is without an equal and h was #'ether claimed in favor of flint corn growing, that the acreage of this crop in Eastern. Canada could be increased distributing , the system of rotation followed by many Canadian farmers. Another claire in favor of flint eon orgrain. ran.wascan i that it e "hogged" down in the field with P Profit. . - Under existing copditions, that is, with wheat prices down, and live - government agencies and' departments which distribute free samples of grain and thus obtain new and im- proved varieties suitable to his dis- trict'dto try out in his new plots in the miring. When spring comes, as soon aa *e- land is ready, he can sow his wheat, barley and then oats in plots of con- venient oovenient size,, say 47 feet by 7 feet 7 inches which will give a plot of one one hundred and twentieth of an acre. By leaving a four -foot path be- tween plots, he can walk all around and examine the whole plot without any trouble. All through the grow- ing season he should visit -the plots frequently and pick out all the im- purities such as wild oats. Any plants that are different from the rest of the plot should be rd'ed and thrown out; or, if they he- irsfrable quail - bee, kept and- gra • n ' :ie next year, each in a small seea:zate plot. As the embryo cerealist will no doubt be• comparing different varieties of oats, barley or wheat, he should carefully note when they head out and ripen,. and ,should also observe their relative stiffness of straw. Besides attend- ing to his small plots, he can have a look through the main farm crops and pick out the wild. oats or other dangerous impurities present.' When the crop is ripe he should go through the plots and carefully pick lar number ofu rm heads. a larget ood g , nfo s e d, These he ' can now thresh and clean tip for next year's sowing. He should have sufficient grain from these heads to sow one-quarter acre and the third, year he should be able to supply his father with clean, carefully grown seed in a large enough quantity for the whole farm. Thus theschool boy will serve the dual purpose of supplying his father with good, clean, ' pure seed fob' gen- eral farm operations and at the same tine train himself to know theworth of good seed and to be a careful work- er. When he grows up, he will take his place amongst the leaders in his mmun'raise th r - of A � � panda ��.d y farming in that district, The care- ful boy of to -day will become the careful farmer of to -morrow, stock feeding offerig the only means 1° of salvation for the farmer who was a grain grower during the war,.tturr.- ing to the more extensive production of grain corn where possible, is' more than ever advisable. Such extension of the grain -corn acreage would mean the production of grain to balance, to some extent, the increased supply of ensilage, and moreover would tend to more thorough preparation, of the acreage for barley and oats to be used in stock feeding. In grain corn and ensilage corn, the stock feeder would have two crops that would be grown and handled more cheaply than roots and would provide more feed, to the acre. Furthermore, if the flint corn as grain can be hogged down at a profit, this method of hog feeding should be adopted by every hog rais- er in Eastern Canada whose farm will produce the corn. It is likely to be a long time be- fore grain prices will be sufficient to induce Eastern Canada farmers to take the chance of putting in wheat except on land. that can be depended on to grow a bumper crop, and to get a reasonable proportion of the average farm into condition to grow wheat at a profit, will require several years of stock raising and the appli- cation of all the manure that accum- ulates in the process. If the corn will yield more stock feed to the acre than will the grains more commonly grown in this country for that pur- pose, then corn should the more widely grown for grain, infact, the grain corn acreage should increase in the next few years, as the ensilage corn has increased in the last ten years. THE SCHOOL BOY AS THE CEREALIST ON THE FARM In these days of agricultural 'ad- va'ncement, the farmer must keep abreast of the times if he wishes to make a success out of his labors. As in other commercial pursuits, the farmer cannot attend' to all the small details of the farm operations but has to use his time supervising the work. Consequently, if he attend to everything personally, he must dele- gate some tasks to others and it is here that the school boy comes into his own. With the training he re- ceives at school, he gets some idea of botany. At the school fairs he be- comes acquainted with the different grades of grain by seeing one boy get first prize because his sample is • clean from weeds and dirt, uniform in size and quality, and another boy not even win mention because he was too careless to remove the 'tweed seeds and grains of other varieties from the sample. From the farm journals and periodicals, he gleans ideas of what his diittriet can supply a�itd what the marketai demand in the line of grain. Lastly, from his father, if the latter is a good farmer, he sees how the land is prepared, the seed ieleaned and how carefully the grain 1g Mi The Late eery Mea &ins. -- The death occurred at the home of his `son, near Norwich, on November 20, of an Exeter man, Mr. Henry Makins in his 90th year. Old age was the cause of his demise. The late Mr. Makins was born in Lincolnshire, Eng, and came to Canada as a young man. He settled - first in Toronto, then in Grey township, and forty years ago moved to Stanley ,township and re- tired to Exeter eighteen years ago, Latterly he has been living with his son, George, near Fordwich, His wife died seventeen years ago. Six sons and three daughters survive, Ed. and John in New Ontario; George, at. Norwich; Joseph at Detroit; Levi, at i Seaforth, and Benjamin, at Exeter, , Mrs. Norman Patterson, of London; Mrs. T. Johns, Exeter, and Mrs. Smith. of Zurich, The remains were brought to Exeter by train on Monday, and a private funeral, took place on Tuesday afternoon from the residence of his son, Benjamin, interment being made in Exeter cemetery. Plowing Competition.—The follow- ing are the results of the Junior Farmers' Plowing Competition as - judged in the Exeter district on No- vember 15thi Fiye acrefield---lst, Elgin Rowclifi'e; 2nd, Alvin Pym; 3rd Roland Williams; 4th, Earl Shapton; 5th, Will Jeffrey, Farm ----Elgin Row- eliffe; 2nd, Alvin Pym; 3rd, Wilson Hawkins, LOGAN Read Stewart Bros,' ad. on page 2. The Council.—The council- Hetet on• November 29th, with all the mem- bers present, The reeve presided. Minuted of last regular and special meeting were read and confirmed. William Connolly was paid the sum of $40 for cleaning out part of - on- nolly drain, said amount to be charg- ed to drain account, The clerk was instructed to prepare a by-law to make provision for the holding of the municipal elections. By-law No. 563 of the township of Logan, for maims provisions for the holding of munici- pal elections, was introduced an fin- ally passed. George Hinz was paid $29 for repairing McNaught Drain, which was charged to drain account. Vie clerk was instructed to notify the flan of W. 3. Riley, contractor of Northwest and Ritz drains, that the municipality ` of Logan still holdts them as secutity on said drains. Pat- rick Nicholson, contractor of Ritz drain branch, was paid $538.15 as per engineer's certificate, the same being amount in full due him on said drain as per contract, 'William Gaffney, contractor for Nicholson drain, was paid $230, as per engineer's certificate, as part pay for work done on said` drain and is to be eharged • to ,acid. drain, Accounts amounting to 806.93 were ordered paid. then adjourned to meet ag ,oe ember 14th, at the usual trims place.—Louis Geo, Rock, Clerk.