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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1932-08-19, Page 6�lr ( TaL l�a ii at1 ~uta: tt� it Yti4 t,, ' z't ryku�vlsr r�a'J SION OF COMPULSORY VOTING (By R, J. Deachman) .A.USItgailia ?la's a system of eompul- of the electostis represented by a ma- etlry voting, •. jority of the members in this Par - The' rrsn'blrwmi penalty for failure liainent. Actually, however, a Par - to • vote 'Without valid and sufficient liament elected by less than one-half reasons is ten. shilling—the nnaintum of the eleetors places upon out L, lketatute book laws which govern the The law was' brought into .force policy of the Go.mmonwe'alth. That In 1924, though the state of Queens- h•u.rely is a travesty on democratic land had compulsory voting for state• government, and was never eontem- eleetiona for some tiine previous to plated when we adopted our present that date. electoral system and priovided for The claim put forward by the slip- compulsory enio1nient . . . The porton or th:e irneasere as brought main object is to compel those who out in the Hansard discussion in 3.924 enjoy all the privileges of living in ma,y he summarized as follows; Ain- Australia, and all the advantages q,f ?iralia was, a denmocratic country with Australian law, to take a keener in - great prolble'ms to settle; these prob • tere.st in the welfare of their coun- arms .could only be settled Tightly try than they have hitherto shown. under :democratic institutions by in -, It is deplorable that such a large cbelligent 'dis'cussion and understand- percentage of those who are quali- ting, and that previous to that tame tied to vote, and have already corn. -- people d'id not vote and when they plied with the compulsory enrolment did not vote they did not. take' an previsions of the Electoral Act, Pi intelligent 'interest in, public affairs. should refuse, sometimes without any This viewpoint was summed up by reason whatever, to accept any in - one of the debaters at the conolu- !dividual responsibility for the Ise'iec- sior of his :speeeh in the following tion of the men to be, entrusted with svordls: the tank of framing the legislation . Parlianvemt is supposed to about, which, as a rule, they are, the be a reflex of the mind of the people. very first to complain. There is no If llhe ;people exhibit . no inter est in need foi• Ime to labor the question.. the selection of tlheir representatives I believe that the principles of the it must necessarily follow, in thb bill commend th.enrselyes to honor- colttmse of time, that there ;must be able senators, We have a democrat - considerable deterioration in .the na- is Parliament, and if we desire to tore of the laws governing the social maintain democratic government we • and econ some development of this should do our best to force those who country. We claim, with a cerrtain live under that -form of 'government amount of .peele, that our national to see that it is democratic, .not only legislature of Australia is 'based on in name, but in deed." democracy. The..presumirpti'on is that Results. ow laws are enacted by a majority . Whatever other result the new law CANADIA NATIONAL iiI r N a� AUG. 26 to SEPT. 10 An Inspiring Example of Uninterrupted Progress INDUSTRY EDUCATION PAGEANTRY SCIENCE RECREATION MUSK FASHIONS TRAVEL SPORT ART ENGINEERING AUTOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTION_ AGRICULTURE • • • • NEW GOODS NEW IDEAS NEW METHODS NEW MARKETS • "The Triumph " Romantic Pageant of Empire Ascendancy, Heroism, Chivalry and Sacrifice of Great Peoples 1500 Performers on 1000 -foot stage. Spec- tacular pyrotechnic finale. Every evening commencing Sat., Aug. 27th Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Judging Competitions, Horticul- ture, International Dog and Cat Shows, Trotting and Pacing Races and $6,000 Futurities Besses - o'-th' - Barn Band (England) Incomparable Brass Ensemble, Winners of 250 Awards—Europe's Finest . and Thirty Other Bands EXHIBITION CHORUS (2,000 Viiices) i Internationally Famous— — Four Concerts Aug. 27th, Sept. let, 6th, 10th. Seventh Marathon Swims Women, 10 miles; Open, 15 miles friday, Aug. 26th Wed., Aug. 31st Olympic Natators in various events—Out- board Motorboat Races, Track Stars direct from this year's Olympic Games Kaye Don and "Miss England III" MODEL SI-IOWS OP AMERICA Midway's Mirthful ''Melange, Recreational, Educatignal, Thrilling • Exceptional Excursion Rates Arranged—Consult Local Ageizts— Railways, Steamships, Motor Coaches s, • • VVI;L1 L&M I1GUS, Ptesid ns H. W. QUATMS, General Manager li, M Stat :Y. I.i if. nay have had it has certainly gretit- ly improved .the total vote in•i,.t.,elec- ti;ons. The figures for 1922, the el- ection prior to the adoption of ;this rule are given in the table below, to- gether with the results from the year 1925, 1928 and 1929. In 1931 the per- centage vete polled was apin•oximate- ly 95 per cent. Year .1922 1925 1928 1929 Senate 57.9'5 91.31 93.61 Relnesen•ta- atives 59.36 91.39 93.64 94.85 'Phe .figures given are in percent- ages of total enrolled vote. In a recent communication from Mr. S. Irvin, Chief Electoral Officer of Au'stralia, he makes the following statement: (1) The Commonwealth Electoral law provides that "it shall be the du- ty of every elector to record his vote at, each Election." The law further requires that the rolls for the elec- tions shall be prepared under a sy's- te'nt of eonvpulso'ry enrolment.- The responsibility for enrolment and for voting is thus placed upon every per- son qualified for enrolment and for voting.. (a) In each case' machinery is provided by legislation for the due enforcement of these •provieions of the law. ( 3- The Iaw has unquestionably increased the nulmiber of • votes cast at each Election and presumably the int'ere'st of the people in politics, but the exact extent is of course a mat- ter of conjecture. (4) Prior to the inbroduction of compulsory voting the percentage of votes to the number of persons en- rolled varied from 46.86 to 77.69 in the Senate, and approximately the same for the House of Representa- tives eledtions. The percentage for the Senate has since varied from 91.31 (1925) to 95.02 (1931) for the whole of Australia. (5) The penalty for failure to' iviate without a valid and sufficient reason is £2 (minimum 10s.). The facilities for voting are, however, so convenient and the law so generally observed that comparatively few cases of culpable neglect come under notice, and these have hitherto been :net by the imposition of the mini- mum penalty of 10 shillings. Any tendency to slackness wo'Lld of course be met by firmer adminigtra- tion and higher penalties. (6) There is no indication of any intention to rescind the compulsory voting law. ' The percentage of --the vote given by Mr. Irwin and the statement that there is no suggestion of repealing the law, at least tende to confirm the impression that it has been satisfac- tory so far as Australia is concern- ed. Tlw editor of the Sydney Morning Herald confirms the viewpoint of the Chief Electoral Officer. The editor of the Canberra Times says: "1' o'sonally I am of the opinion that compulsory ,voting is desirable and secures. a better expression of popular opinion than where the ques- tion cf voting is left to the will or whim of the voter. But while de- sirable it in no way touches tire real defect of our electoral sys`tern. In my opinion it should be made a penal offence for any party to conduct a pre -selection ballot without being compelled to disclose the total in- come and expenditure of each politi-. cal organization the same as all. other public institutions do." In other words, the editor of this leading Australian daily, a news.'pa- per of the. Federal Capital of Aus- tralia, is of the opinion that public- ity of campaign funds, income and expenditure, would be a helpful addi- tion to the law which compels cern- pulsory voting. The editor of the Advertiser of Adelaide coin -Mends the legislation and says the system has the en - doubted effect of increasing public interest in politics. Another editor points out that. in Australia candidates for the House of Representatives are limited to ex- penditures of £100 and for the Sen- ate £250, the latter evidently having a larger area to cover. He points out, however, that while this restric- tion is applied to the member, the law is silent as to what his, friends or party can spend for and on his behalf. And he raises the same con- tention as does the editor of the Can- berra Times that publicity of cam- paign funds constitutes the remedy for that condition. Theoretically objections can of course he made to a system of com- pulsory voting. The Totem who will not vote without being compelled to vote is not an interested voter. An uninterested voter, it may be con- tended, is an u•ninteliigent voter. He would perhaps be less capable of forming an intelligent opinion upon the issues of the dray tihan one who took a keen interest in politics.This of course is merely a theoretical' ap- proach td the problem and it may be pointed out thait in my correspond- ence with a nulm(ber of editors, gov- ernment officials and others in Aus- tralia in convection ~with the opera- tion of the act in regard to compul- sory voting, no one 'brought forward this contention nor was there, in fact one single correspondent who offered a serious 'objecation lto comlpulhoh•y voting although 'there were some who quite frankly admitted that, iia did not remedy all the difficulties in re- gard to elections which arise m a democratic 'country and name were quite clear . and emphatic in their con- tention tlhait publicity of campaign fundis should be made compulsory. Supply the Essentials Of Diet First One nutrition authority has said that we should urge children to first eat what they need and then, let them' have what they want (within reason). This is good sound advice for both children arid adults, unless of course, you are reducing. In the morning, for instanee, it is wise to eat, and -to urge children to eat their fruit, cereal and mink first. Then if the appetite is not yet satis - flpd, there Miay be. adiditi be of eggs, bacon, harm, toast, rolls or whatever is available. Per the children% lunch, a veget - albie, creamed or btutteeed,. or a Veg- etable soup, with whole wAile bread and abutter, firet. Then a simple de.- isert of a custard or fruit is in or - dee, but not until after the vegetable because there has already been a supply of fruit and .an energy pro- ducing food art breakfast time. .If the child, at noon has been, given a' cooked vegetable and not a raw one, the first food offered at the eventing meal should be a salad of rate chopped vegetable or . a sand- wich containing vegetables. Some of the' best of these raw me -getable sands wishes are made from chopped raw spinach, mayonnaise and egg, grated raw carrot and honey, ci oppe'd cel- ery and mayonnaise, sliced tomato and chopped cabbage, After the un- cooked vegetable the child may . be given a se yet of some sort or what- ever he lilies. Sometime. dtn•ing the 'd'ay every child should have an egg in some form. If it has been .omitted for two meals, be sure to include it in the third. It may be soft -cooked, cod- dled, baked or it may be incorporat- ed in -an egg nog or soup to which raw egg has been .added just before 'servings. Chopped egg saridwiehes are popular with 'most children. Those essentials of a child's diet which are necessary for adequate nu- trition are two vegetalblels beeides potatoes every day (preferably fresh or green), a fruit, 'bread and cereals, an egg arul a quart of milk. Thelast requieelment is very important. If your child has not had enough milk in two ,meals see that the first -food offered him for the third meal is soenethint, with milk in it or milk it- self. You can readily see that it is not hard to make a diet adequate. The main difficulty lies in coaxing the child to eat what he Should. At the beginning of the meal, before the child tires of the food he sees, offer him what he should have. He will soon learn that if he eats what he is offered first that he can have what he likes. But don't tell him so, let hien find it out for himself. Cream Dessert. 4 cupscorn flakes , 1/4 cep •sugar 1/4 cup butter 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Put 'corn flakes through a food grinder, using finest cutter. Mix 'thoroughly with sugar, butter and cinnamon. Line bottom of cake tin (about 8 inches square) with the ntixtdre, reserving one-quarter cup for the top. Fill with following fill- ing: 2 tablespoons flour / cup cup sugar 1/4 'teaspoon salt 3 egg yolks (well beaten) • 2 cuss scalded milk 1 .teaspoon vanilla extract. .Mix flour, sugar and sa.bt. Add egg yolks and mix until smooth. Add sealded milk slowly 'being care- ful not to cook eggs. Cook in, double boiler until chickened.. Add vanilla. Cool and pour into lined pan and top with following meringue: 3 egg whites 6 tablespoons sugar. Beat egg 'whites until they hold their shape, but not until they lose their shiny appearance, and add sugar.. Spread on top of pie and sprinkle with remaining crumbs. Bake in a slow oven (300 deg. ' F.) .for forty minutes. Cool and serve. Yield: 10' servings. Plain Baked Custard. 2 cups scalded milk 4 tablespoons eugar 3 eggs xis teaspoon salt teaspoon vanilla extract. Scald the milk. ,Mix sugar, eggs, Salt and flavoring and combine with scalded milk. Pour into buttered custard cups or baking dish, set in pan of hot water and bake in slow oven (309 deg. F.) until firm. A knife 'blade run into the center of the custard will come out clean when the custard is done. Yield: 4, servings. HILLSGREEN • (Too late for last week.) Many of our citizens were shocked to l -ear of the 'sudden death of Mrs. Mc 'l 0 Ki em C y m tit, of pp a5 she was well known in this vicinity. Mrs. John Shannon 'and daughter, Nina, of Bay City, Michigan, visited MILLIONS HELPED TO HEALTH BY ALL -BRAN Has "Bulk" and Vitamin B for Constipation ; Also Iron for Blood In ten years, Kellogg's ALL -BRAN has gained an increasing number of friends. Today, it is used by millions with satisfactory results. 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Made by Kellogg in London, Ontario. .l I•) alas, o !P. .C! r UOUST 19,1932. - LL OF US TOGETHER created the conditions 'we h a ve. I to -da °and are creating theconditions we'll have tomorrow IF YOU allow pour , • printing dollars to be sent aware, unnecessarilp, (there is no pieta of printing we -cannot produce), through what channel ' willy ou be able to bring them • back? BUY YOUR PRINTING IN TOWN The Huron Expositor McLean Bros., Publishers .Seaforth, Ont. the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman, Mrs. Shan- non 'being a sister of Mr. Coleman's. Mrs. Robert Love returned home last week having had a pleasant vis- it i.vith her son in Lansing, Michi- gar,' also with friends in Bay City. Stook threshing is the order of the day en the Parr Line. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith, of Lon - ion, spent the week end with Messrs.. : f ee ‘E y and L.nrne 'folernan. Mr. and inns. Albert Alton, of Loci,now, visited with Mrs. Robert ,- t. rlF t son oa the Parr Lin r. • The many friends of Rs,. Olivor (olen,an, D.D.of Pilot Meisel, Mae., wilt regret to, learn of his serious ilinec', and hope soon to hear of his recovery. jVlayan Mystery Solved At Last One of the world's, strangest mys- teries, which scientists have tried to penetrate far generations, finally has been solved. From the tropical jungles of Guatemala, an American geologist, Dr. C. Wythe Cooke, has wrested the secret of the tragic fall of the Mayas, who ruled a mighty empire in Central America centuries before the white man knew this con- tinent, existed. A. people of superb attainments in astronomy, mathematics, architec- ture and the arts, this ancient In- dian race flourished for 12 centuries. Then, suddenly, in the short space of 50 years, the empire collapsed. Millions of Mayas perished, and the survivors scattered. Until Dr. Cooke made his recent ,discoveries, • nobody knew what cauted the dissolution of this strong, enlightened nation, writes Robert E, Martin in the Popu- lar 'S'cienee Monthly. 'Between 580 and 630 A.D., when the country's prosperity was at its height,, and its population numbered more than 14,Oooptt0 mule, the May- as left their wonderful cities like rats 'deserting a sinking ship. They abandoned their fermis, tlheir homes, their sunmpbulous palaces and temples to the mercies of the jungle. Hosts of Mayas died in the fateful 50 years of collapse. The survivors fled frtvnv their i'ruatermala homeland. Some settled in Various; parts of South Almerica. Others migrated to western Yueatazn. {Here they labori- ously rebuilt what they had last, but this so-called. iSeieond• Empire, never recaptured the glories of the first. Who or what destroyed the first Mayan Empire? Investigators seek- ing to solve the mystery have ad - vaned various theories. Sortie laid the collapse to a long and suicidal civil war. Others, believed a blight withered the (Mayan, crops and Tt great famine swept away vast por- tions of the population,. Still Others reasoned that 'an epidemic, a aerie's of earthquakes, of .a drastic Change in climate were responsible for the tragedy. M1 this admittedly was guese- work. No facts ' ever were brought forth in support of any of *wee hypotheses. Now for the first time, an expert offs an explanation bas- ed not on sip'ectlatien hint en care- fully (collected eviden /A •Dr. Cooke, who gathered it and worked ottt the new theory, is a member of the U.S. Y. a• 14 geological survey. He recently re- turned to this country, after many months of exploration and study of the. Petert wstrict of Guatemala, the ancient seat of the First Mayan Em- pire. The investigation', was made at the instance of the Carnegie in- ttit.ution of Washington. 'Cooke found the secret in • the swamps and marshes that constitute about 40 per cent. of the old Maya country, now again an almost im- penetrable and uninharbited • wilder- ness. His survey of the terrain and his tests of the composition of the soil bed the geologist to these 'eon - 'The marshes, at the time of the Mayan 'Empire, formed a systeni of deep, clear lakes. The 'Mayas built their great cities and tilled their farms on the Surrounding hilly shores, where' their jungle -covered ruins are found to this day. The lakes they used for navigation, ship- ping their farm produce and, articles of commerce by boat from, settle- ment to settlement. This, incident- aliy, explains how they solved tlheir transportation problems, for so far as is known they had no beasts of burden an:d, with all their ingenuity they never invented a wheel. • As the Mayan population increas- ed, the farmers cleared more and more of the uplands to make fields for their maize and other craps, thus exposing the rich, (black soil to the torrential tropical. rains that drench the territory during six months of the year. The fine, fat lands gradu- ally were eaten: away and clashed down into the lakes, which eventual- ly became mere mud holes. Here, then, were two factors that might well impoverish any country -- soil erosion, destroying fertile farm' Ian* and cessation of transporta- tion„ killing comnm'erae. But those conditions, though they might re- duce a prosperous nati'ott to poverty and even famine', could not wipe out millions of people in the, apace of half a century. 'Disease di'd )the rest. The silting of the lakes changed them into pes- tilential" breeding places, for mosqui- toes that spread malaria and Yellow fever among the population. In the 50 years Of the collapse, epidemics of these diseases must have, swept over the IMiayan land. Powerless to stem the tide of death, the tiirtirfi.es survivors fled vfrom their plague - stricken country. Warble Fly Causes Loss. "Warble flies constitute a (mast .seridus pest of cattle wherever they are snit n. It is estfrnatted that fully 50 per cent. of the hides taken off cattle in 1930 were damaged by this pest, and a loss in value to Irides' alone amounted to $700,000. The annual loss tihroughout Canada from this pest is 'estimated at from $7,- 000,000 ,to $14,000,000. Was Only Ornamental. (With' the tomato so widely used and enjoying snclh universal popular- ity as it 'does to -day, it seems hard to realize that for nearly two cen- turies it was used only as an mina - mental garden plant. 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