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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1935-10-04, Page 2it ,41 tr tie S le )a I 15i r(, illy .* _ 1 rro 1 ostcir Established 1860 ':Keith McPhail McLean, Editor. 'Published at Seaforth, Ontario, . ev- ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. SEAFORTH, Friday, October 4. Why Should The Mail Worry? ,The Toronto Mail and Empire seems to be seriously disturbed over, what it claims, is the sad plight in which the Liberal party finds itself before the approaching general elec- tion. Who, it asks, will be the next lead- er? Mr. King, it finds, was never popular in his own party, and has lost ground steadily during the pres- ent campaign. Agajn, according to the Mail, the Liberal party is thoroughly disheart- ened by the discouraging news which they have been receiving from east- ern and western and central Can- ada. It shows a nice spirit, on the part of The Mail, to extend sympathy and offer condolences and even advice to its.>bitter political opponents, and we --'-' hope the Liberal party will appreci- ate its kindness, even if it does not accept its advice in the matter of changing leadership. Of course the Liberal party may not know its danger. May not know 'that the unpopularity of Mr. King is ruining its chances in the coming election. May not know that it is disheartened by discouraging news. That, however, does not alter the fact that The Mail is worrying, and it does not alter the fact that it 'thinks the Liberal party should be worrying too. But is it? Or why should it? With prospects of a Liberal victory as great as any time in political history, what is there to worry about? It is trile The Mail sees Mr. Ben- nett carrying Ontario and the East- ern Provinces; Mr. Stevens carrying Quebec; Mr. Aberhart carrying the Western Provinces for Mr. 'Bennett and Mr. Wooclsworth carrying Brit- ish Columbia for himself. But that is not the picture as the Liberal party sees it. In their view it is Mr. King who will carry Ontario and the Eastern Provinces, or at least the rural ridings in those Prov- inces, and, if Mr. King has the coun- try behind him—and he undoubtedly has—the cities may do as they please. In their view Mr. Stevens may make some headway in Quebec, but if so, it will be at the -expense of the Conservative party and not that of the Liberals. Conservatives are jubilant bout the success. of Social Credit in Alber- ta, not because they believe in or espouse that doctrine, but because it may prevent the Liberals in that Province getting seats where they could not get them themselves. But the West, and even Alberta, is, not all Social Credit. There will be many Liberal seats there too. Mr. Bennett was never popular in the West. He is even less than that now, and not even such an unlikely event as an alliance with Mr. Aberhart would bring him any popularity. The West has suffered under five years of Bennett Government and it is looking elsewhere for relief. The West has always prospered under Liberal rule. It believes it will again. That is why not even Mr. Aberhart can keep Mr. King out of the West. Some of the daily newspapers are predicting chaos after the general election. Predicting that no party will have a majority; that the House will be broken up into groups, each supporting their own policies and their own leaders. It may look like that to the dwel- lers in the cities. But it is certainly not the country viewpoint. In' the country Mr. Bennett spells prohibi- tive tariffs, which . means privilege for the few; restricted markets, in- creased taxes, increased debt. In the country the "viewpoint and policies of Mr. Stevens are looked up- on as exactly the same as those of Mr Bennett. Mr. Bennett does not like Mr. Stevens, and Mr. Stevens 40 p tike Mr: Bennett. That is °'r art Itis', Irl 8 9 p ,4 rfi 1 5 5'1 1.$ //A. i ! i l duYlrf..Is,. ±rihW aru 144 : ti tAlr ,t ! .f 0'n the other hand in the country, Mr. King spells lower tariffs, mar- , leets for the farmers, reduced taxa- tion and a return of good times. Those are his promises, and hither- to he has always fulfilled them. The country believes he will again. No, The Mail does not need to worry or lose any sleep over the Lib- eral party, the Liberal leader, or the Liberal chances of success at the ap- proaching elections. The country will look after all three and do it handsomely too. Ii rr 5S I 1: L r • TIM HURON EXPOSITOR • The 'Sit' in Europe The European war situation is pretty much like Finnegan — off again, on again, gone again. Mussolini is still stubborn and de- termined to have his own way and over -run Ethopia, but it is plainly evident that the British fleet in the Mediterranean Sea is a very disturb; ing factor to his plans. How much the Italian Premier is in earnest or how much he is bluff- ing would be hard to determine. He has fanned the fire of war in his own country until it has become a huge blaze. Whether even he can control that flame now is a question. One heartening feature in the sit- uation is the strong stand being tak- en by • Great Britain and France, against war. Both countries have spoken. ,plain , not to say bluntly, to. _. Mussolini. He knows, or should know, just ex- actly where these two countries stand. Whether he will, or can, heed the warnings, is a matter only' he can determine. Ethiopia has mobolized her whole nation, because of the belief that It- aly will strike within the next two weeks. Such a mobilization, of course, will only aggregate the mili- tary situation between the two coun- tries, but one can hardly blame the Ethiopian Emperor. With his Em- pire at stake, he can not afford to let Mussolini make all the war prepara- tions. • Gambling at Fairs 'An editorial note in the Stratford Beacon -Herald the other dad' read: "A man appeared in court at Lindsay and said he had lost $104 by playing -what he termed to bean unfair game at Minden Fair. -That is a pretty fair price for' a lesson, but perhaps such things are worth what they cost." Perhaps they are, but that does not alter the fact that while gambling at" fall fairs is illegal, nevertheless such gambling has become a pretty com- mon practise at most fall fairs. It is pretty hard to• have any sym- pathy for a grown man possessing the colossal conceit to believe he can beat a professional gambler at his' own game, and when he loses his money he really has not much kick coming. - That goes for the men, but what about the boys? Taking chances is part of a boy's make-up, . whether those chances are taken in gambling or not. That is why he needs protection until his intellect has matured en- ough to make him see the danger. And he should have that protection. These gambling devices at fall fairs—and we have not seen any fair. without them this year—add nothing to the attraction, and the Agricul- tural Societies would be far better without the money they get for per- mitting them privileges on t h grounds. They have a right to pro- tect their own public. Of course many Directors of So- cieties, if 'not most, are in perfect ignorance of what is going on. But they should not be. To be a Director in an Agricultural Society, carries with it responsibilities the same as being a director in any other com- pany. It is more than an honor, or at least it should be. Directors are primarily responsible for what goes on within their grounds, and they should not pass their duties over to the village or town police, or even to the provincial officers, because these are too few and far between to always control the situation, although the police do their duty when they are present. Aside from being against the law, gambling has no place at a fall fair, . and it should not be allowed to gain a foot hold there. If • it does, the: end of the fall fair is plainly in ight. is itl>rf p T t'. 'h fi15 Years Agone Interesting items picked from The Expositor of fifty and twenty-five years ago. From The Huron Expositor of October 7, 1910 Mr. Harry Steep of the Bayfield Line, Goderich Tp., has bought the Simond's farm consisting of 113 acres which 'he paid $3,500 and there is $1,500 worth of timber on the place. The following from this county are in attendance at the Nbrmeal School in Stratford: Thos, Dodds, Winthrop; Gertrude J. Campbell, Constance; Evelyn A. Horten, Hensall; Minnie P. Laidlaw, Seaforth; Elizabeth• Mc- Kay, Cran'brook; Edna Taylor, Con- stance; Eva Woods, Bayfield. While playing in the loft of a barn the other day, Willie, son of Mrs. Ortwein, Exeter, had the misfortune to fall, cutting his face. A 'sad death occurred on Sunday at Stouffville of Ida Britton, wife of Mr. E. Emmerson, -and daughter of John Britten. About 9 o'clock on Saturday night fire was d'iscovered• in the basement of the '(Goderich Organ Company's factory. It took considerable work and the aid of Clinton and Stratford fire brigades to put out the blaze. Mr. John Hastie, of McKillop, sold his 100-aci:e farm on the 6th con- (cyession to Mr. Webster of near Luck - now for over $6,000. 'Mr. Douglas of near Blake, who recently rented Mrs. Black's, dwelling on Oxford St. in Hensall, has moved into it. Mr. T. Murdock of Hensall again secured first money with "Road Mas- ter" in the races last week at St. I EI Y• Vr S ry I ` 1 711, A At 1 {tip 'Y ftc: i(! t}1 fN' , Y a b G I 1 1 1 OCTOBER 4, 1+940. CONCERNING PREMIER ABERHART :• • MORE LETTERS FROM ALBERTA • Tofield, Alta., Sept. 25, 1935. The Editor, The Huron 'Expositor: Delar Sir: Enclosed you: will 'find a clipping from the Edtmorntion Jour- nal, published! at Edmonton, Alberta, on Sept. 16 inst. If Mr. Aberhart was ooraeletj'y reportted, he certainly made a number of untrue statements at Seaforth on Sept. 15. As old-tdm els of Alberta, having lived here al- most 30 years, we decidedly object to our Province being slandered' by any- body(. People are not staev'iing in Alber- ta. 'Women are not wearing dresses made off "gunny sacks." The Government has moved a num- ber of families from the dried -out area of the Province into the Tofield district within the last few years. Most of them have been on govern- ment relief for some time before com- ing here, and they actually seem to have mere and better clothing than the rest. As to children on farms not haying milk and butter because their fathers had to sell all the 'milk to live, is just as fantastic. Far what could be a cheaper food for the children than milk produced at home? The farmers of Alberta are not all tools, if lots of them did vete for Aberhart S. C. Alberta has seven hundred and twenty thousand people and practic- ally seven hundred thousand of them are making ,their own living at the present time. And relief is, and has been given to those who are out of work, or riot able to work. The Province is full of automobiles. Per capita, there are as many autos here as in (other Proviinces. Our lit- tle town of Tofield supports not less than six filling stations. One won- ders h'hy anyene_,w!ould make such gross rn i s t a t ements. . Mr. Aberhart Marys k air Among the 'stwdents at` the West.- ern est-ern University at London from, •this district, who have passed their ex- aminations' before the Qolleg of x'h;ys- icians and surgeons are: Miss Jen- nie Smillie, Hensall, and Robert W. Davis, Staffa. Mr. Jas. Hinchley of Roxboro pur- chas'ed the house on James St., Sca- forth, owned by Mr. Jas. McMichael. W. K. Fear was one of the success- ful Toronto medical graduates this fall. Mr. Thos. E. Hays sold 21 head• of extra fine cattle to Me. P. A. O'Sulli- van at 51/ cents a pound. A new roof was put on the Manse in Egmo.ndville this year and recent- ly rthe interior has been decorated, The work was done 'by Mr. Walter Smith. At the Bayfield show last week Mr. D. Munroe's d7•iver was awa'rdeed sec- ond prize. Mr. James Swan has sold his farm on the London Road to Mr. John ° Johnson, of Blake. Dr. Wag -horn: of Walton is having substantial improvements made to his fine new residence. • From The Huron Expositor of October 9, 1885 The daily stage that has for so many year§ run between Wingham and Teeswater has been taken off the road and mails will henceforth he, carried by rail. Mrs. Gee. Baird, Sr., Of Stanley, while stepping down from a pile of cedar posits, slipped and fell, causing a fracture of the left arm near the wrist. The Wingham salt well has reach- ed the'depth of over 900 feet and in- dications are that salt will soon be found. Master Ernest Davis, son of Mr. Silas Davis, Clinton, met with a ser- ious accident on Saturday last when he placed his face ever some gun powder that he had set on fire. His face Was badly burned. Mr. Sa,mu•el Rennie threshed on the farm of Mr. W. F. Schwalm, /Hay Tp., on Friday last, 410 bushels of fall wheat in three hours and forty min- utes. The grain was fed aZeller and Schroeder. Next Tuesday evening Sir Richard Cartwright will speak in Seaforth. Mr. W. Prendergast of Tucker - smith and Mr. T. M. Higgins of Stan- ley, graduates of the Seaforth High School, distinguished themselves at the examinations before the Senate of Toronto University. They passed their senior matr'icul'ation; Mr. Hig- gins took honors in classics and Mr. Prendergast in Mathemeaitics. Mr. Thos. Livingstone, of the 2nd of Hulletrt, left with us an apple of the Alexander variety, which meas- ured 131/2 inches one way and 13% inches the other. Mr. Jas. H. Aitcheson, of Roxboro, is at the head of the list for big pot- atoes. He has one which weighs 2 ]hs. 111e ozs. Mrs, Warwick of Hallett has rent- ed her farm, which is near Kinburn, `o Mr. Solomon Rogerson, for a term of years at a rental of $300 per : n - num. Mr. Thos. McMichael has rent- er] Mr. W'm. Mulholland's farm on the 2nd concession for four years. A grand display of fine goods, hats and furnishings was given on Fair Day and, many attended the rriilin- e•ry openings in Kidd, Dunean & Dun- can and McFaul and McLaughlin, in Seaforth. At the auction sale of Mr. Dorsey of the Huron Road, which took place last week, a sucking colt was sold for $125. Thomas' Hendry &• Sons of 'the Sea - forth Fbvndry,hsave been very suc- cessful in winning prizes ahead of those of larger establishments. • A well-known political leader in the Middle West completed a full course of study in veterinary sur- gery, but never (practised. He branch- ed out into polities. . During a campaign his political en- emies referred to hire with mingled sarcasm; and scorn as "the Vet," and one day at a heated debate one of them asked, "Are you really a vet- erinary surgeon?" "Why do. you ask?" queried the quick-witted politician. "Are you ill ? "i--Otta.•wa Citizen. rr, •i dangled Ms $25 a month dividend so constantly that a lot of people fell for it. "And woe be unto him," if his (Government (can't come through with it. A lot of his ,supporters• at the recent election are becoming tin- :paitienit. If .tnoulble comes, it will be caused by those who sold their votes foe $25 a month and can't get it. Menu Lee, who is one of .the signers of this, was (born gat Tavistock, Ont., coming to Alberta in 1906. Mr. Lee has operated a threshing outfit for years over a large scope of country and states that he always Hound the women as well eloth•ed ,aa in 'Ontario, with plenty of food to took for the threshers. We plight en on at length in our criticism of Mr. Aberhart's speech, but will holt. If any one desires further internee - thee if they will write to either of us, we will answer their questions. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, Re are. HENRY S. LEE, Box 65, Tofrel•d, Alta. (MRS.) EFFIE PLANTS, Box 33, Tofield, Alta. • Cameose, Aita., Sept. 19, 1935, The Editor, Huron' Expositor: Dear Sir: May I have space to an- swer an ,address made by our Socia] Credit Premier sof Alberta, Mr. siber- hant, on Sept. 15 in Seaforth, Ont. According to both Eastern and West- ern papers he staid Ontario should support his system or see the streets run red with blood and, to my mind, there will be ibPood shed in Alberta if he does net fulfil his premises which were the mast radical promis- es I ever heard f'r'om anypublic enan. He says he will abolish poverty in the raided) of plenty. I fear Mr. Alb- erharlt does not realize that our farm- ers are partly rte'blam'e, fort1iese cin - o '-SU N D A Y AFTERNOON II • (By Isabel Hamilton, Goderieh, Ont..) - What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, Was ail for sinners' gain; Mine, mine was the transgression, But Thine the deadly parin. Lo, here I fall, MY Saviour! "Tris 'd deserve Thy place; Look on me with Thy favor, V'ou:chsafe to me Thy grace. Amen. —Bernard of Clairvasux. S. S. LESSON FOR OCTOBER 6th The aim of the leseo•ns (of the fourth quarter is lby the study of the later Prophets and leaders of Judah to throw light upon this periled of He- brew history, to become more familiar with the recerde of these great lead- ers, and • from their lives to gain guidance for :our own livers. Lesson Topic — Isaiah Portrays the Suffering Servant. Lesson Passage—Isaiah 53:1-12. Golden Text—Isaiah 53:5. Isaiah, a citizen of Jerusalem, was the greatest of the Hebrew prophets. He looked upon the vesib•n which is recorded in chapter 6 as (the turning point of his thought an•d life, which made it possible for him to stand! firm wlitlhout distrust or fear, where all was unstable and dark. He regarded it as his duty to train up a Ibedy of disciples and for them, as' well as for future generations, he wrote diown his utterances; and there can be no doubt that he wrote n1u•eh. It would almost appear that the -.prophet was living amidst the scenes he describes in the 52nd and 53rd chapter. He sees the Messiah as .humbled and rejected and elbrout t'o be exalted and honored. It is this ultimate exaltation that, sustains the prophet as •he contemplates and de- scribes the sufferings of the Mes- siah.. The 53rd dh.aptesr lbegim:s with a question. The interrogative form is often used when it is designed to ex- ,prees a truth with emphasis, and the idea of the prophet is, therefore, that eche message in regard to the Mes- eiah had been rejected, and that al- most, none had credited and embrac- ed it. In saying, "Who bath believed our report?" Isaiah groups (himself -With the other prophets and says that th annunciation which they had made of the Redeemer had been disregarded. (He asks a further question—"To whom is the arm of the Lord reveal- ed?"' The arm is often used as the emblem of power, and here it denotes the omnipotence (of God which would be exhibited •thrbugh the Messiah. In this verse, the prophet, to use the language of John Calvin, breaks in abruptly upon the order of his dis- course, and exclaims that what he had said, and what he was albtoult to say, would be scarcely credited by anyone. In the verses that follow there is given:, as was said already, such a vivid description of the rejection, ssuf- ferings and death of Jesus that bile is made to feel that the scenes actu- ally passed before the prophet's eyes. He speaks as if he himself were one of the Jewish nation who had reject- ed Him, and who had procured His de'a'th. In verses 2-3 the 'Messiah's appearance and rejection are describ- ed. He is as a shrub that grows( in a • parched soil without beauty; He is a man 'of storrrows, instead of be- ing, as they expected, e. great (prince, and there is northing that correspond- ed with their amtlicipsaitions, and noth- ing therefore, which should' lead them to desire Him. In verses 4-6 there is stated the de- sign for which the Messiah endured Hie ,suffer inge. He was •thpmghlt by the people to 'be justly put to death, and tthey judged that God had smit- ten Mtn judicially. Instead, "He was wounded for our 'transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of ou•r peace was upon IHiim, and with Hie stripers we are healed." A young .girl was annriburs about the state •otf her soul and so Is(he Went to talk with her minister. He told her, among other things, to read the 53:rd chapter 1olP Isaiah and eslpe- eially the 4-6 verses, (changing the words "cur" and "we" to "my" and "I," thus malkinig it perssonrall. • tIn verses 7-,8 'the way an whilchr He bore Hits sufferings is deserrllbetdl— patient at a• Ian& t• ( 4 YiM1E tit t tt ,r( 4 rl 1 4 a r I ! 1f 'F sdi4ions. I have lived in Alberta for 21 years and I know that, in 19129, when wheat was $1.32 per bushel• the farmers said their wheat and bought future options in the wheat market and mortgaged farms, stock and im- plements and lost everything. They also bloulghlt stars, tractors, coanlbines, and more high-priced land when they could not Torek' after what they had. Conditions. tlob, were aggravated by Premier Bennett's' high tariff which prevented the vale of our surplus g-raen• Mr. Aberhart said than people were starving ,in Alberta., 'I have never beard of This ars long as sI have been here, although there are people hard up because of ever -spending and on. account of hail, drouth, rust, etc., through no fault ref their own. He said that women had worn nothing but gunny sacks for dresses for the past three yeast). I have sewn this myself at times, but it was done to "ane their good clothes when work- ing in the fields, and I have known these same people to have $1,000 in ca"h in their homes. - Then he said that children had not . tasted butter Or milk for three years. There 'are !people iw:ho db only grain farming. For •seven years I have scold cream separators and I know that some farmers have no cows and 'do not want to milk them. Theme are not many farmers wlhb deprive their children of milk from their own cows. He said we had unemployment and parents could not .afford to put their children theouglh :sschool. This is clothing new; it is iwlorlld-wide. Be- sides, there are many unempltiyed who do not want wlork. .I have been run- ning an emplloym•ent office in Cam - lace for two years and I have wear farmers hire men again and again, and when they came t/o pick them .up the men were (gone. Mr. Abe/hart said that Alberta peo- ple coulld ,not afford cars or gasoline. Camrose dealers have sold 150 new cars this season, moistly to farmers and n>lolstly for cash. Our seven 11:I- ing stations in a small town of 25,- 000 Ipelosple are all doing a good bust - nese. I have seen people bringing their cows...home from pasture with their cars and I maintain that ,people :suffer in the rruidlst of plenty because too many have (spent their puredhas- ing ,power fdolishiy and they then want to blame somebody else. I have np desire to criticize Mr. Aberhart, but I do not like to see my own province painted in such colors and our people misled into thin -king Alberta is in such a terrible condi- teen. The writer of this letter was born in Floradale, Wbrol ch Township,. Ontario, in 1889, an came to Alberta in (1914. .It was as an (offering for sin that Jesus died en the cross with sinners. That fini'sted., He was buried with the rich. The reason why His grave was thus distinguished from that of malefactors was that in fact He had done no evil. The atonement did not require ignominy after death.. The re- maining verses iof the chapter are taken up with the result of His suff- ering and ,humiliation. He would see a numerous spiritual posterity, and be abundantly satisfied for all His pains and sorrolws. He would be greatly • honored, and proceed to the (spiri'tual conquest Of all the world,— Barnes' Commentary. • WORLD MISSIONS On July 30th, 1750, Christian Schwartz landed in (South India to (begin mission work by the expressed desire of the King of Denmark. Some years afterwards tihe way opened for him tb work farther inland in connec- tibn with the English mission there. We have a delliglhttfuI 'picture of Schwartz in this Trilehirsopo:ly period from the pen eof a British officer, who was not alt first favorable to mis- sionary wank: ,My ideas tof him were very imper- fect and I mixed u•p what I heard in his praise rwtith an' idea of gloomy mel- ancholy and extravagant severity. But the first sight of this man made me give up my preeonceived ideas. Certainly hiss dress was worn and of a very old-fashioned make, but in this whole appearance there was some- thing exactly the reverse of what one could call dismal or repelling. Picture to yourself 'a well -grown man, some_ t<'lhat about middle height, holding himself naturally yet erectt, of rather dark yet healthy complexion, with black curly hair and a powerfull man- ly glance • expr•essineg unaffected mod- esty, uprightness and benevolence, 'and then you:have an idea of 'the in -l- yres -Mon which the. first sight of Schwartz makes en a stranger. A plateful of rice, 'boiled after the fash- ion of the country with a few vege- tables, formed, tlhe daily meal to which he (sat drown with a cheerful countenance; and a piece of native cloth dyed black formed the material :of his dress for a year. Thus rais- ed above all earthly cares, his whole 'attention is turned towards spread- ing the Gospel. He was untiring in making it known ,beth to the,: natives in town and in the outlying villages, and before long a congregation' of converted Hindus was ,assembled a- round lhiml. Among these were three or four who soon 'becsame assistants to him in his work. These he fed daily alt his table, and is all that he claulld flor their support but of his own income. Seven years passed vlery quickly, Schwartz was constantly occupied, preaching to the English garrison, visiting sick soldiers-, evangelizing ]•n session and out of season, building up his helpers ori the faith. He was more than forty yews- of age, and he had not yet begun the great work off his life. At the time of his death the church in Tanjore and its neighborhood num- bered more than two thousand, of whom the great majority had belen g'at'hered in by Schwartz and his In- dlian (helpers. Schwartz neer returned to Europe —he labored continuously and almost without rest for forty-eight years. Wlben he died 'the whole country nrloulrnesd as for a father. One of his ciolrleagues• wrote: "The grief was universal at the loss of their (teacher, clomtlorter, instruc- tor, bensefacttior, counsellor, pastor. It was nolo ,only we, the congregation, the school's and the raiissions wh:o had lose a father, but the wrhole country. Wherever he was known, tears were falling. The servant of the departed stood near mse and said in a (low voice, 'Now is our beloved gone!' This went Itlo my heart, for this was net the saying off one, but of many, old and young, high and lbw, friends and strangers, Christians and heathens, all sfproke alike." The Iilfe btf 'Schwartz is a noble il- lustration of the law rbhat the instru- ment ,of God for the conversion oof the world is the life le a perfectly conse- crated man. ----Prom Builders of the Indian""'i"lhurdh.- i , Yours truly, WALTER STUMPF, Auctioneer and Agent. • Vegreville, Alta., Sept. 21, 1935. The Editor, Hution Expositor: Dear Sir: At the request of a fbr- meer resident of your town, I am writ- ing to correct, an imipres'sfion which must have been left in Seaford -1 by Willliasm Aberhart, our new Premier, on his recent visit Enclosed you will find a clipping which refers to direct gestations from his remarks as ,pub-„ Dished in the Edmonton journal. (Continued on Page 3) • The Poor Protectionist The Editior, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: The strangest thing in all the world is a real honest -to -good- ness, dyed -in -the -weal, blown-in-the- glase protectionist. He is the perfect example of the man who criee for the impossible and says: "It -is the per- fect remedy—it will cure everything." Take the sad ease of one W. R. Mattson, who has a letter in the T•b- ronto Mail and Empire,. Sept. 19. He says: "Why were guns and bayonets invented? Largely for protection." They are, in'his judgment, vital and essential for the pno•tection of life and property, therefore we ought to put a duty on them to make them harder .to get. "Then," says he, "our fences, doors, roofs and clothing, are they not for protection?" And the answer of Mr. Morson is a typical Bennett -Stevens answer. Raise. the duty on barb wire, double the duty on doors, increase the cost of roof- ing and make us• pay double the duty charged under tlhe Liberal administra- tion for the .material out of which we make our overcoats! 'These things are all for protection, make them scarce and deem. Such is the logic of the Mot -sin -11c mind! And then this subtle touch "Wihat are antiseptics for?" If we Must an. swer that question according to the Mbrson standard we must assume that they are for the purpose of pro- viding exceptiinal profits to these en- gaged in thea manufacture. He con- cludes the paragraph by asking why we install lightning rods. We thought, in roue folly, bat it was to prevent our barns from being burned, but the government, in raising the tariff, makes every effort to help the light- ning and not the owner of the build - Mfg. The essence of Mr. Morson's argu- ment is based upon a fallacy. The fallacy lien in the name which has been given to excess tariff rates. Shrewd and none too scrulpulous ,poli- ticians dubbed a tariff which ribs us with the charming name 'protection.' In essence it ']s a scheme for strip- ping the consumer of his right to sposssess the things he needs. Mr. Morson concludes by saying that every man protects everything he can unless he be a careless per- son, but when he gives to ethers ,the right to charge an excess price for the things he needs, he isnot protect- ing himself; he isdxploiting himself; he is providing the means for some- one to take from, him the things which are his, without equivalent va- lue in return. The whole argument of Mr. 'Morson o'ugiht to be re -read in that light. It is a typical illustra- tion of the infinite futility and sense- lessness of 'the protectionist mind. Sincerely, R. J. DEAcH!AN, 14ei C ndidi te- rdf t i 1, la l ryF M . tit V it41.4 ,fatr t r, iJa"Nit :4 A yht 1 1/4 i F Me ( r r.,ll ' „+tll En. ie .r ff,u d .1., L ti i A . uiar tie A. : S Wv .