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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1923-02-23, Page 1, rMILeekeemelowswweseseewesiseseeseas see ., • . . • • • ' PIF'TY-SEVENTR YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2880 Stewart Bros. Sewing Time Specials Some Very SH1ON0 Attractive 9.4,* Cotton Goods AT Special Prices FLANNELETTES Stripe Flannelette in good quality and weight; .30 inches wide; nice patterns. ri, Special Price 7l. Extra Good Flannelette, special weight, at- tractive patterns and colorings; 32 23C inches wide. Special Price TABLE NAPKIN SPECIAL Lot 1.—B4t.e Linen Table Napkins, full size, slightly damaged. - An Excellent Bargain 39c Lot 2.—Extra size Pure Linen Table Napkin, beautiful designs; very slight almost imperceptibly damaged. Special 49c GINGHAMS Prettier Ginghams you never saw. You will be delighted with them and the quality is the very best. We are putting a big 'effort forth in Wash Goods this year and the Ging- hams are among the best. Prick ZaC oc- JUC Dress Goods Depart- ment. 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Sometime e this why is very obscure, sometimes wittily defined, but whether seen or not, the fundamental principle underlying the policy outlined is there just the same. That is the reason we seek in these letters to define Immigration, for when we hear one boasting and an- other decrying, we feel that if we can dig right down to the foundation and then look over our past exPeriences in this "new -comer" business we will have a better chance to show a bal- anced judgment in our future dealing with the policy as laid down by the present Government. Have we ever asked a number of our acquaintances to define immigra- tion? Take a few men in different walks of life and ask them this ques- tion, "Why do we desire lmmigra- Cori?" Would it surprise you if each individual asked gave you a different reply? Read these answers from representative men. It will astonish you when you realize that every man hat: a different view point. A City Man.—We have a large acre- age of western land which has never been touched by the hand of map and it ought to be put into cultidation. Our food would then be cheaper and the high cost of living would come down. A City Man Also.—We have a need of immigration to increase our popu- 'mien so that taxes spread over u larger number of inhabitants would not be so burdensome. We're taxed to death. A Railroad Man.—Something has got td be done to solve the railroad problem. Look at the annual deficits. If we had a larger population more merchandise would be freighted, hand- led by the same crews. That would Mean additional revenue and practi- cally the same operating costs which would in a short time put Our rail- ways on a good paying basis. A Travelling Agent, Usually Called a "Drummer.'"—We need imraigra- tiori to bolster up our population. We heve not maintained our reputation for growing. We are 2,000,000 be- hlnd in our population right now SO We will have to hustle up more people from Europe. If we had more mouths te feed and more backs to clothe our liminess would' pick up -and it would give employment to thhihe now out of a job. A Manufaeturer.e-Inentleation is very badly needed at' e present time. Each immigrant brings a cer- tain amount of mon'ey with him, es- pecially if he comes from over tho herder. Money here is tight, but if we had a lot of orders coming in from reedy cash sources, the banks would loosen up a lot and it would be nn time before our employees would be on full time again. That in itself would relieve the situation con.sider- ably, that is so far as the cities are concerned. A Huron Farmer.—Immigration at the present time would be unwise— very unwise. We cannot find a pro- orfitable market now fall the food being produced. What's the use of bringing more farmers here when those here now can't stay with the job and live? Look at the West; it's down and out with toes sticking out of its boots. A City Workman (Labor Unionist). — 1 mmigration ? Sure! Just the thing for the West. That's the place for it, manless land for landless men, lut keep it nut of Ontario. The boobs would only drift to the cities and see what we'd be up against. We'd soon get our w.ages cut or oe out of a job. Now these are typical replies. Siz- ing them up one is bound to realize that each answer speaks to a certain extent for the class the individual ,-presents. Dig down to the heart of the answers and what do we un- cover? Class Selfishness. The in- dividuality of man coming down through the ages when the primal law was that of self-preservation still holds the first place in the aver- age man consciousness. National cinsciousness is at the hest, hut n secondary rensideration, seeing that, as he is nearers0 himself, his wife ;inn family. than be is to a nation no naturally thinks in terms of their good before that of t he good of the tuition. Now, if anyone thinks I am wrong in this, then' take pen and paper and dip in. Before you read any mor,' of this article, I want you to go back and rra$1 those seven ane again. Ft:: Hem in your minds. They are nil good so far as they go, but eVery 01.4.• of thrill ig,»nre, in fact, have seemingly forgotten the prime far - tot in immigration, i.e., the imnii- grant himself. Prom reading the anawers one would gather that, the inunigrant was of "great valne" aril yet of "no account." Great value for what he tom tin for us; no account etherwise. De has no place in their thoughts so far as his personal wel- fere is concerned. Now it seems to no, that la, e wrong end of the 1e1(.seone /to la. looking through. It is posaible that we arc. straining our eyes nationally thrnugh anindividu- alistie 4.yopieer and seeing only a blurred picture no a result. To see this question of immigration from a netional viewpoint, we mnst consider ' as the main proposition not ouraelves, MIT benefit, blIt the immigrant. What ear we do. for him? Whnt have,we to offer him to his advantage?If he leaves his home, breaks all the old dear ties that bind him to the land of his birth, comes among strangers with strange ways, (for things tip side down) can we make him feel at home? Can we banish his ionelinese and give to him some- thing better than Inc has left behind? If we can, then we shall be success- ful immigrant enticers, bat if not we shall be brutish and criminal in our folly for we shall have injured many times over he whom we induced to come among us. The above is the first of a new series of political letters dealing with Immi- gration and other interwoven subjects. by F. Welch, Varna. SPECIAL SERMON TO YOUNG WOMEN Rev, F. Fulton Irwin, pastor of the Seaforth Methodist Church. conclud- ed a series of forceful and practical sermons to young men and gave a strong, pointed address to young wo- men on Sunday evening, taking for ht; text, Psalm 144, 12, "That your daughters may be as corner stones, poliehed after the similitude of a pal- ace." "If the writer," he said, had been a Grecian, we could have well understood his reference for the Greeks were exponents of art and architecture, but David was a Jew and ,the Jews had always fdllowed the second commandment, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image," etc, The writer probably had in his mind the beautiful pillars of the temple that was tobe and the tabernacle that had been and express- ed hie ideals of woman in this way, the time -woman fulfilling 'her mission in the world. I do not know that we have gained as witch from our Christian civilization as we some- times think. In physical Strength and. endurance our women are far be- hind the pagan women of the world. Every young woman should halo some trade, business or profession by which she can earn her own liveli- hood, independent of every one else. By some perverted outlook many par- ents provide better for the future of the boy and yet, if either deserves a fcundation for tile livelihood for the future, it is the girl. It is right for every young woman to feel she is equipped to earn her own bread and be independent of charity. When the parents have to be taken care of it usually is the daughter who has to make the sacrifice. God'a thought in creating Eve was to make Adam a helper, not a plaything or .a helpless appendage but a helper. It is this distinction throughout all time that merits the woman from a mere toy. There are thousands of men going through life single because they find so many women that are 'playthings, not helpers, who think of nothing but what pleasure ahall I have after this is finished. Men feel they are not able to finance that kind of extrava- gance and butterfly existence. "Sometimes one finds young worn- eri is -ho show inteteet and zest in their entployers' business and these are fre- quently promoted to positions of trust and responsibility but along- side of them is a frivolous class, with a mirror and powder sachet who ap- pear to think only of three things -- when will Saturday night cpme; whoa will I get my wages and when will I see my beau whose whole conver- sation is about the latest pkcture show and the young man they were with—hardly enough interest to give a decent answer to a customir. The physical chasm between men and wo- men is largely due te the conven- tions of society, lack of out door ex- ercise, such as their brothera enjoy, etc. Owing to this artificial life, many girls are largely a thing of the glees ease and the drug store. Na- ture is a very vigorous eorrecter and nature never apologizes for what it says. Nearly every young man and woman starting in life has a fair start if they iead a clean life and tire industrious in their habits. "Some young women and their mothers are so blinded by material things that they overlook the morals of young men, and some of them ap. peel in the law courts because their husbands are practising the very things that they winked at before they married them Men stand aghast at thc extravagance of modern times. The social service department has discovered that th.•re are some young women who do not earn natr. than a living wage, dressed in ex- pensive fur coats, who have contract, - ed under bon& that they will eon- tillue with the firm until it is paid for. Sometimes they jump their bonds. steal away and become a fugitive from justice." Mr. Irwin said that neely women of high ideals prefer to 11,1te-.Miss writ- ten on their tombstone rather than Idly themselves to null who are not their ideals of true Ina "The dance hall is the worst place 11 pick up a wife ti':I know of What has been the itual benefit of the dance hall in yew. life, in all the years that you have patronized it. Hat it made you a t' ter man or 55501 an and ltd ('5I you o glorify God ? Everything is judged 1 v the good it has brought you. 11tis ,1 enabled you to be a better worker i. r God ss it )1 y011 r enMpliniolla ill h.• dance hall Or :nee y011 RS Weal: s water? A young woman who had fallen, upon being asked to what. her downfall had said. "I should warn ry young woman tieetinst aut owe. biles and t he dance hall I can't ss' how anyone who want, to lead e spiritual life patronize the dance hall when the statistics of one city slimy that 90 per rent. of the young women who fell in that city attributed it to the dance hall. T. A. Falconer a prominent author of "From Ballroom 001.'4,MP WciAT ' to Bell," and professional dance mas- ter, testified that two-thirds of the young women who went wrong attri- buted their fall to the dance hall: It is almost impossible to keep liquor out of a dance hall. This the author declares, the dance hall and liquor are inavoihably connected." Mr. Irwin concluded by saying, "I am terribly in earnest. One can't he anything else wlfen you read the aw- ful records of the dance hall. Only as you accept Jesus for your Master and associate yourself with the best people will you be saved from these things." At the conclusion of the sermon, Mr. Frank Cudmore Hang a well -selected and appropriate solo. FROM AN OLD McK1LLOP CORRESPON DENT 195 Munro St., Toronto. Dear Expositor:— Here we are again and there has Leen a mighty cold spell of weather, dorm to zero right along, for a couple of weeks. I went up to the Parliament House on Thursday last. Attorney -General Raney, who has withstood many jibes and sneers from the Opposition, turned on them and soaked the mem- bers on the Conservative benches, especially Howard Ferguson, the Leader; Forbes Godfrey, of West York, and Hoggarth, of Port Arthur. The chances are that he will be paid back with interest some of theae days, as McCrea has the floor at time of writing, as I hear he is a lawyer from New Ontario. Perham; the saddest and most piti- ful affair, which has saddened the people of the east,end for a genera- tion, took place a week or so ago at the 'consumers' Ga.s Plant on Eastern Avenue. A gas pipe burst and four men were being suffocated; six ' of their comrades rushed to their as- sistance. and all ten were taken out dead. They were orderly and indus- 'Sous, eight of them being married men with families. The death of these men is a leas to the industrial world as well as to society. The so-called "flu" is causing the death- of a number every day, and pneumonia is taking a large toll. Since the steady cold weather came conditions have improved. There have been many narrow es- capes from fire and great heroism displayed by firemen within the last fortnight. A number of persona had rooms over a store on Bloor Street, and a fire started in the building af- ter midnight, among them being a lady 'who was paralyzed and two young girls, who were suffering from the flu. as well as some children. This girls had raised a window and got out on a snow-covered ledge in their night dress and bare feet. They were all rescued by firemen who carried thin to safety. Again on Grange Avenue, a man and wife and three children were trapped tin an attic thirty feet from the ground. The eldest of the children was four years and the youngest one day old. About two o'clock in the morning the poor Neiman said she smelled something burning. The man went down stair; to investigate. He ran out on the street to call for help and when he returned the smoke was so dense he could not get up the stairs. l'he woman and three children had strug- gled over to, the window and the man ran around in a frantic manner, looking for a ladder, and when he got one it did not reach up. The firemen soon arrived and their first act. was to get up a ladder. A fine man, named Dean, who has been 25 years in the fire department, firs -t took the infant down, or at least passed it to another who had also Mlle up the ladder. He aLso passed the other children down in the same way. Lastly he clasped an arm mound the woman's waist and car. med her safely to the ground him- self. She was in her night dress an,' hare feet, but it is said that neither her nor the baby are showing any ill elects from their terrible experience. J. J. I. 1/11e EFFEt'1' OF 120AD EXPEN- DITURE ON M UN ICIPA L TAXATION # Something over $25000,000 was etpended in 1921 by the Province and various Municipalities in older On- tario r»1 road work carried through by the Government itself or by mun- icipalities in accordance with plans appreved by the Government. The amounts spent within the sev- eral county organizations varied from $1(55.050 in Prince Edward to $1.912.000 in Carleton. l'n five Conn tit s, or united counties pend i t ures XVI rded the million dollar mark. In titt«os others, the expenditure ran oss s the half million mark. 1' will assist in obtaining a clear( r grasp of what ,414`11 rignr..s mean i5' some eomparisons are made betwr.on the amount spent on roads in certain r,.i.ntics in 11121 and the mark,,i value of Staple products ssf th„s,, counties in the same year. Mid.11eeet war net one the arra, 1' which the heaviest exponditiirr, or road, occurred. the total fad 141.' hy Gm -11'11111,0 and MIrrileipa all in tslil.lt. X being $8S4,00n. Put to meet oven that. amount ,erl, over half the value of the fall wheat , reo of the ro.inty for . year; and I ha, prodnel ion of fall Wheat. in Altrldle.,•x in 1.1.1 was ,,,c• • recried by that of only one other county in the 1h-evil/to. Sugar beets form one nf the chief money crops in Kent. In fact in 1921 Kent produced over half of the total • 'kid of the ProVince; and rapre.than half the value of Kent's beet crop „,would be required to meet the total road expenditure of $793;00G which 'took place in the county. It would take one-fifth of all the field crops produced in Halton to' meet the year's expenditure of $585.- 000 there. T h e expenditure of $736,000 in Welland represented more than the value Of all the grain crops in Welland. The sums of 31,107,000 spent in Lincoln and of ntarly $2,000,000 in Carleton repre- sented a third or more of the entire value of all the field crops of those e4 untied for the year. It would take practically all the hogs sold or slaughtered in Peel to meet the out- lay of 3616000 which went into Peel reeds. The sum of 3776,000 spent in Sint- cee equals the combined asaesaed value of three thriving Simcoe vil- lages, including the village of Cold- water, which has this year provided the occupant of' the Wardens chair. An expenditure in Perth of $541,000 is nearly double the amount of the aggregate municipal taxation of all the townships in Perth. To say that a large part of these monies did not come from the coon - tie:: in which it was spent, but from the Provincial treasury, does not get us anywhere. The Province, like the municipalities, has no money of its own; all the money it handles must come, in the end, from the people; and in the end, too, as Sir Thomas White said of the war debt. This means that for the moat part it comes out of the top six inches of the HMI. It ia true that the expenditure in Helton, which equalled one-fifth of the value of the field crops of the ceunty, was, when the area of Hal- ton Le considered, very much above. the average of the expenditure per county for al/ Ontario. It is also true that an expenditure representing one-third the value of all the field crops of Carleton was quite excep- tienal. But, if the present system continues, there will be no excep- tions. Every county will be a Hal- ton or a Carleton because no' county Will long submit -to a condition under which two, three or four times as much Provincial money is spent dn roads in other counties as in its owe. The only alternative to general disaster is to insist on a clamping on of the brake all round. Even with a continuance of war time prices for farm products we could not stand the pace now being set. It Li not a question of whether good roads are something to be deeired or not. It 1.1 a question of what we can afford. and we are going beyond the limit of otidurance when the entire hog crop of one of the best counties of the Province would be required to meet the cost of roads built in that'county in a year. Norfolk and Brant are performing an absolutely essential service in sounding a clarion call for economy. --W. L. Smith, in The Sun. LION TROPHY BONSPEIL The annual local bon.speil of the Seaforth Curling Club for the trophy donated to the club by Mr. J. L. Lyon, now of Toronto, but a former well known contractor of this town and ore of the charter members of the club, was held on Thursday of last week. The draw was made for Wed- netstay morning, but owing to the big storm the play was postponed until Thursday. The keenest inter- et,t was taken in the garnets, nine rinks being in competition, and with perfect ire it proved an exceptionally popular honspeil. The finals were reached Thursday evening, but ow- ing to the late hour were not played until Friday morning, when R. F; Bright's rink defeated W. Ament, and became the holder of the trophy fes' this year. The following was the tieetv: Preliminary. C. Alterhart Wm. Elcoat D. Reid NV. Smith J. Broderick Dr, Healey J. Beattie. skip -9 J. Dick, skip --7 t• Aberhart 1). Reid .1. Broderick First Round. W. Duncan C. Holmes 0. Dick .1. Fleattie,skip-10 T Johnston, sk- -7 E 11. Close R. E. '.1eKenzie 'rhos. Dieksen R. 'Boyd T. S. Smith C. Stewart 55,‚ A ment,skip --1,1 R. IL Sproat.,sk--5 Rt151. Smith E. Umbach C P. Sills Win. Hartry .1. MrIntesh le Robinson 11 E.Bright,sk-10 K.M.McLeamsk.— R. Archibald A. 15. Sutherla rid G Dick Dr. II. H. Ross Fred Robinson M, McPhee W.E.Kerslake,,l; 11 Ross Sproatok--8 • - Second Round. W, Ament 9 .1. Beat t R. E. Bright- 10 IV, E. K,,rslskt'--si 1.; Blight- 9 W. Ament -6 STRANGE DISEASE. ATTACKS LTRY Some ,tranize disease that spreads like wildfire among poultry tlerko in tIt' city of Kitchener, is causing. rare alarm amnng local poultry I ..ileil•rx. Already nearly one hun- dred chickens from various flacks have been victims of the epidemics Perhaps the heaviest loser -le Martin Mikel. the well known poultry fan- cier, who has lost practically an en- ptle4litelgreflaied4thtfol,*114418134*:: the birds lost,se far. He stated that :postlnertent amittation of the dead birth re denly *es of heavy thruata -: tte enter he 40 ;411:'d f.igi;i1;1511naltf4; choked up with knife. broatbin ter, slightly eolOred t'? red od gthe nin tk struggle and topple over. The disease started in a new hirci which Mr. Mikel had imported. The, bird had scarcely arrived and been placed in the pen before it showed . signs of the disease, and in about an hour later was dead. The next day the disease had taken a grip on the rest of the flock and was rapidly spreading. Only ten of the flock are left, and Mr. Mikel declares that within 24 hours they will likely be gone. Other flocks throughout the city are similarly affected, and the epi- demic is spreading with such rapid- ity that the local Poultry Associa- tion will likely take the matter up with the authorities at the Guelph Agricultural College, with a view to finding some ways and means of checking it. CROMARTY Notes.—On Monday of last week while Mr. John Hamilton was oper- ating his machinery in the stable, his clothing got caught on a line shaft which rolled him up and almost strip- ped him. The shaft, being too close to the joist to allow him to revolve with it, consequently it stopped the machinery, except the engine which kept going, with the result that the elutch kept slipping and held him in this position for nearly an hour. When found by hid wife he was in an ex- himsted condition. Fortunately no bones were broken, although he got a very severe squeezing and shaking up. He is making a rapid recovery. —Last week Mr. Andrew Christie's second son had a severn attack of pneumonia. We are pleased (to re- port him recovering.—Mr. Archie Limon, of Grenfell, Sask., who spent the past month visiting relatives here startfed for home on Saturday.—Mr, Milton Crawford has gone to Toront; hospital for treatment. ---We are sorry to report Mr. Robert Norris under the doctor's care.—Mr. Stanley Dow, who underwent an operation,,for appendi- citis in the Stratford hospital, is re- covering nicely. DUBLIN Death of Father Stephen Eckert.— Relatives of Rev. Father Stephen Eckert received word of his early demise on Friday last in the Fran- ciscan Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis. His body lies in state in the Franciscan Church and interment was made in Milwaukee on Tuesday, following - Solemn High Mass. 'Father Eckert was brought up in McKillop Town- ship, where his brothers and sistero still reside. Mr. Con Eckert, of Sea- fcrth; Frederick, ,of Dublin; Peter, of St. Columben, are brothers; and Mrs. John Murray, Manley; Mrs. J. Mc- Mann, Seaforth; Mrs. G. K. Holland, Beechwood, are his sisters. Father Joseph Eckert, a brother priest and several of the deaceased's relatives were present at his bedside when death claimed this brave Missionary. INUtes.—Many men were more than busy on Friday finding the lroads through the snow mountains in and t.rround our village. However, by night all roads in the vicinity of our burg were cleared. Not for fourteen years have the roads been in as bad a condition as they were on Friday last.—Miss Mary Beale is again quite well.—Mrs. Sam Murray and children are ill with "flu." Strange no medical men has yet found a cure for common colds. Live beyond civ- ilization iS the only one that is kntwn. The malady seems to he passed from one to another. If it was any good to others we would not he mo generous.—Miss Margaret is a visitor in Seaforth this week.— Mr and Mrs. James Longworth ar- rived home last week from a two months' visit. in Cleveland and De- troit. (Too Late for Last Week.) Notes.—Good music and a good luncheon was the reward for those who attended St. Columban dance on Monday night. The attendance was W155 small (twito the severity of the tut:ht.-Mr Joseph Connolly, of Lo- gan, was married to Mi,s Lizzie Mur- ray. of K ink ern , on the 110th ult. The young couple will reside in St. Co- Imnban parish. Wtwelcome them t d nor mitist.—It is seventy-three years since Mr, Nevens, who lately died in Chicago, took out a hotel license for the village of Carron - 15. nok. MAX named Dublin. At one time there were nine licensed houses in the village and three liquor stores, all doing a thriving business. Now there at, three school, three church - et:, five stoma:, two barber shops, an automobile repair Shnp, min hank, 051.• harness maker, one livery barn, n large hardware store and one un- le.rensed hotel, the Dominion House. 151 irlt eaters to the travelling puhlie. a large creamery, t.wo blacksmith slops, a portable saw mill, an agency for all kinds of machinery, n hay press and threshing outfit owned by Mr. Alex, Darling. The 0. T. R. has two fast trains going east daily and three going west—Mr, John Arnold in very ill with la grippe.—Miss Mary McConnell, of Stratford Normal School, spent the week end at her home here.