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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1936-11-27, Page 24, t•; le • .0, pit Stablished 1800 McPhail MeLean, Edi or. 141104 at Seaforth, Ontario; ev- urselay "afternoon by McLean Snbseription rates $1.50 a year in ,advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single 'opies, 4 cents each. in.1.,•••••••••••••••• Advertising rates on application. • Members of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Class "A" Weeklies of Canada, and The Huron County Press Association. SEAFORTH, .Friday, November 27. The Globeand Mail Events have been moving fast in the Toronto daily newspaper field. Just a few weeks ago the sudden and somewhat unexpected announcement was made that the Jaffray family, which had controlled The Globe, Canada's national newspaper, for two generations, had sold the con- trolling interest in that paper to Mr. C. George McCullagh and his finan- cial backer, Mr. W. H. Wright. Right on the heels of that came the announcement. last Thursday that The Globe had purchased the Mail and Ernpire, the other morning daily, in Toronto, and which for sixty-two sears had been the leading Conserva- tive paper in Ontario, as well as one 'of the best daily newspapers in the Dominion, the amalgamated paper to be known as The Globe and Mail. The purchase by The Globe of The Mail and Empire was a business deal, pure and simple, and not a political move, although it may have a con- siderable bearing on the fortunes of the Conservative party in year's to come. The truth is that there was not room enough in Toronto for two morning papers, although their own- ers; being multi -millionaires, could have gone on, almost indefinitely, sinking money in them to keep them alive. But millionaires are above ev- erything shrewd business men, or they.would .not be millionaires. And as such, it was the futility of such competition that undoubtedly brought about the sale of 'The Mail and Empire. The financial situation of the two Toronto papers is not new in the making, but has been recognized by newspapermen for some years. In fact, Mr. Killam, the owner of The Mall and Empire, some years ago purchased considerable stock in The Globe, with the then evident inten- tion of gaining control of that pa- •° per. At that time, however, the Jaf- fray family,- who owned the major- ity stock, refused to sell and the deal fell through. At that time the political situation was considerably different from what it is to -day. Conservative govern- ments were . in power in ,both On- tario and Ottawa, as well as in the • Maritimes, and the removal of The Globe, although it was • only- inde- pendently Liberal, might have had a far reaching effect in Canadian poli- tics of the time, as well as in future - years. .To -day most of the Provincial, as well as the Federal Government are Liberal and although Mr. Killam is a very strong Conservative, he is al- so a very shrewd business man. He could not see any financial or politi- cal future before The Mail and Em- pire for some time to come, part" laxly in the face of the opposition of the new owners of The Globe. No doubt he believed that the $2,500,000 which is said to represent the pur- chase price of The Mail, was prefer- able to the ownership of The Mail . itself. And there are few, even in the multi -millionaire class, w h o• , would hold a different opinion, re- gaidless of politics. The passing of The Mail and Em- irWill be a matter of deep regret, 11.0t only to the Conservative party,- 'tee- clOseadviser and powerful it has, always been, but to thou- otothets of different political 11,00, been its reader s for Was a ave ;4Y 11 &ittibination of fi;ce� ifh had tth • The Globe and Nail is, we said 4o to be independent in politics, but with Liberal leanings. It will, it has announced, support the, Hepburn Government, and will; no doubt, also support the present Liberal govern- ments in other Provincesand the Federal Government at Ottawa as . long as they remain in Liberalhands, although it will be no blind worship. How times have changed. The Mail and Empire was thelaat Pure- ly political .partisan morning, news- paper in Canada. The day of that class of paper, once all prevailing, has gone, and it could, not have been otherwise. There is too much money invested in newspapers to -day for their owners to trust in political promises to make a success of them. • The Battle of Hastings The bye -election battle in Hast- ings goes merrily on, and will con- tinue to do so, with unabated fer- ocity, until polling day which comes on December 9th. • - . All the heavy artillery, on both sides' of politics, has moved into the riding, Mr. Hepburn and hiS cabinet ministers, for the Liberals; Mr. Rowe, Col. Drew and other party stalwarts, for the Conserva- tives. The result means much to both sides. The riding has been tradi- tionally Conservative for many years and if the Conservatives can retain it, the victory will have a far reaching and heartening effect on that party where the glimmer of life has been at its lowest ebb since the defeat of the Henry Government two years ago. On the other hand, if the Liberals win the bye -election it will be more than a feather in Mr. Hepburn's ,cap. It will be a vindication of his policy of government in a hostile tiding and in the face of the bitterest op- position that any government candi- date has "ever faced. At this distance, however, it would appear that Mr. Rowe, the new Con- servative leader, in his eagerness to • win and make a mark for himself, has chosen a very doubtful course with which to attain that end. When the c onservative leader per- sists, in the race of certified evi- dence to the contrary, that the pro- vincial public debt is being increas- ed every day, ,including Sundays, to the extent of , Many thousands of dollars, because -of the extravagance and worse, on the part of the Hep- burn government, and in his next sentence proclaims a willingness on the part of himself, if ,given the op- portunity, to double the same public debt, if he secures the reigns of power at the next election, that, if nothing more, is not likely to get him very far in the minds of the tax- payers, either of that county or the province at large. But then, elections are always un- certain, apd that in Hti as ' gs is not likely to prove any exCeptin, to the rule. io Just Bologna We have a great Understanding of the feelings expressed by the woman as reported in the Atchison Globe, where it says: "An attractive wo- man was taking a backward glance at her life. Do you know, she said, of all the gifts I have received from my beau, the one I loved best was not an orchid, not a bouquet of hothouse roses, a box of candy, nor a best- seller book. The gift I loved best was given me when I was twelve by my first sweetheart. He was a fat little boy and his father had, a but- cher shop. He gave me a hunk id bologna sausage." We understand that the modern boy neither knows or understands the joys of bologna sausage. But there are -boys of other days. Days when there were no Laura Seeords, no chocolate bars, no fancy restaur- ant drinks and foods, no movies, no weekly dances, no getting out at nights. - Days when the boys played hockey themselves, instead of letting the professionals do ft for them, when there was no artificial ice and ice in the open ,fields Was achance. for pleasure and play that a two-uale walk eouldn't W 11, ve khow Write bOys of those eais. Agcne Interesting items picked from The PxpOtor ot fifty and Weida -five years age - From The Huron Earesitor November 26, 1886 _asitt-Forayth.--On the 10th inst., at' the reeideace of the bride's fatilat Tuckerstrathalsa Rev. Samitel'Achesorl, Mr. Taos. Consitt, of Hay to Mies Janet .„ Neilands Forsyth, of Tucker - smith Among those who took part on a programme •given at the Thanksgiving festival held in the Methodist church on the evening of Thursday last were, Rev. Mr. McDonald, 'Rev. Mr. Edmund% and the musical part, by Mrs. Dr. Swipe Mrs. W. D. Brigat; Mrs. J. A. Wileon; Mate E. Johnson, and Mr. James Scott. Mr. Henry Willie presided at the organ. At another pleasant evening sponsor- ed by the Young Meals Christian As- sooiation the following took part, Miss Elder, R. Fairly, Miss Brett, Mr. Pill - man, Miss Ewing, Mrs. J. Beattie, Miss Hunt, Messas. J. A. Wilson, Kemp and W. Logan occupied the chair. Miss Hyslop, Of Seaford', h a s been engaged to teach in the Ayr school. Five 'hunch -eel boxes of the Sept- ember and October cheese belonging ; to the Grey and Morris factory -was sold. to Joe. Robertson, the well known cheese Man. • A large number of the members of the Quick 'Church Congregation: in East Wawanash, assembled at the re- 'sideace elf Mr. A. Tyndall, for the purpose of nsaulfesting their good will towards Mr 3. Coultice who has been organist forsahat congregation during the past four years. At the coilvention which assetabled at Brucefield:on Tuesday last Mr. John McMillan was nominated to be the man in the un for member. A sop of .the Rev. E. Kershaw of Centralia broke his ankle while work- ing around a horse on- Monday. Mr. Pearin, the teacher at Winthrop has been engaged for next year at a salary of $450. • Miss Govealock the assistant is leaving to attend the high school. • Messrs. D. Cantelon, Clinton; D. D. Wilson, Seaforth, and N. McTaggert have been of late, and are stil ship- ping away large quanities ef, apples. Mr. Elena Livingston, who. has pur- chased a bush farm of 100 acres, has already let the job of chopping Ogle. teen acres.. The remains of the late Mrs. R. Glendenning,, who died in Dakota last week, e,yere ' brought back to Dungan- non for burial. • From The Huron Expositor December 1, 1911 Ex -Councillor Baker has purchased the Brussels Salt Works from John Ransford at Clinton. While out hunting recently Messrs. Harry Sweet and Lloyd' Rivers, of Exeter, captured -bad live coons. Mr. T. B. Carling, of Exeter, has been•appoineect returning officer for South Huron. Last Saturday evening Mr. William Gormley and Henry J. McIver, of St. Columban, brought in a record load of oats for Father McKeona•horse. Mr. G. V. Holland, elf Beechwood, met with a pail accident one even- ing last week. While riding in the sleigh coming from the station the sleigh took a lurch ,throwing Mr. Hol- land into the ditch and'breaking sev- eral ribs. Mr. Harry Cudmore has purchased the residence .of Mr. James Manley in • Harpurhey 'and Mr: S. Manley has leased the residende of_ Mr. J. Tyer- man. lar. William lacMichatjl, has leased his farm on the Hullett-MeRillop town line to Mr. Taman, of Hullett, near Auburn, for five years. Grand Trunk Brakeman Louis Wit- ty met with a somewhat serious ac- cident at Seaforth station while Coup- ling cars. The cars came together quickly and with such force that a piece was broken off and it hit Mr. Witty on the side of his head, cut- ting oft one of his ears. Dr. Mackay and Messrs. H. Edge, Ed. Bright and Keith McLean were in Toronto this week attending the Dominion, Rugby championship match in which Varsity won. Patrick Maloney he's ,purohased 50 acres, Lot 6, Concession 6, McKillop, from John Flannigan. . • e • • —.sae ! 1O OU REMEMBER Do yole reraeanher Cot Alltaatta Van Egenoud, the founder • of ties die- trict and more than any ether re - spa :ale for its rapid_ marease population and influeace, waeoborn in Holland in the latter part of the,18tia ceattley,- according to a recent writer] in the London Free. Press.. • He was a descendant of Coma Eg- mend,...the heio of ,St. Quentin end Gravelines, who wean prominent fig- ure in tine tumultuous period of the fall of ,the Dutch Republic. Shortly after peace prevailed in Europe, he emigrated to the United States and settled in bedlam". Coun- ty, Pennsylvania. Eight yeas later he moved with his family to Waterloo Minty; in this province. He was considered to „be a wealthy and successful man. e He was a man of great energy and abilities; and if he 'had refrained from engaging in the politics of a foreign land, which he did not uad'erstand,.he would have been a more important figure in the early development of this eountry. At about the time of his arrival in Canada, the Canada Company com- menced the development of its enor- mous land holdings, which included an area of over one million acres, known as the Huron: Tract. In 1828 Col. Van Egmond entered into a con- tract with the Canada Company, to construct the Huron road from the eastern bOundary of the company's lands—which was the westerly began - dare of the 'Township of Wilmot in Waterloo—to Goderich, through • 70 miles of unbroken •forest and swamp. It is said that the contract price was 243 per mile for cutting and clearing the roadway, and 15 shillings, per rod for causeways, payable 25 per cent. in cash and 75 per cent. in land. The road', allowance was four rode wide, but . the actual roadbed was a mere track about 12 feet in width, cross ing the streams by fords, or low log bridges .and, traversing the numerous swam oS on corellumoy causeways. Thema, Was but little attempt at grading, the road rising and descend- ing according to the contour pf the land. Fast Travel . -Fourteen year later, la 1842, it was oonsiderea a matter worth recording when Bishop Strachan merle the 60 - Mile journey from •Goderigh to Lea- eloa in the remarkable 'of six- teen hours, "he left at 4 o'clock io, the morniag and arrived at 8 o'clock Oa night." Nevertheless, the consteuc- tion of the Huron road was regarded as an important 'engineering feat, and John Galt, the first 'etlittintiseloner . of the eossinana, eon.stiderect it to be • the most hum -taut accomplishment dur- ing 'his administration. It was thus that Col. Van Egmont acquired a large block of land in the Townships of Hullette .McKillop and Tuckersmith. He built hes house not far from the present site of Seaforth and moved his famile from Waterloo. Travellers were accommodated there and this house beoame known as one of the most comfortable of the inns on the Huron road. From his home in Hulled, Col. Van Egmond pushed his various ,enterp•ris- es with energy and sticeees. He was farmer, inn -keeper, shop keeper and common. .c.arrIer. His were the first horses hrought into the Huron Tract, and as settlement aroceed,ed and traffic ] increased, he ultimately had 20 wagons, each drawn by four hors- es, plying regularly between Taranto and Goderich. There were, of course, no munici- pal institutions; the -only organized government being at Toronto, and it was too remote to have much direct influence on the affairs of the settle- ment. The settlers for the most part were unfamiliar withpublic matters and were in.eapable of .self-govern- ment; and those who had the capac- (Continued on Page 6) - days who used to know about a sheet of ice about two miles west of town and who used to walk out there nights after school—if pos- sible — and Saturdays, if they were lucky about home work, and used to skate and play hockey there. And about half way home there used to be a packing plant where you used' to be able to buy a foot of bologna for a nickel, and where the boys used to buy it when they had the nickel. There were even lucky days when You would get a piece for nothing. One inever could tell, so it used to be the prac- tise to make the call any- way, Was it good? In the 'words of the Atchisono lady, it was the "gift we hived hest." There never has'been and there never will be any- thing. that 'We-4,es quite as �d as those lattlks of 1 ;JUST A SMILE OR TWO • • Betty, (just engaged)—"Doris, can you imagine what'it is like to be in love, to sit next to the man you adore and feel your very innermost 'soul vi- brate." Doris—"Of course, my dear, 1 feel like that every time Joe takes me out on1iotor-bike." , • Debt and RS Payment Toronto, Nov, 21, 1939. The Editor, The Huron ExPositor: \'• Pear .Sirt •Aldemegli Mr. Peacainan, endow, oangereey ooring..itnhaetguIitik source nfrom which I should. further clarify my views about debt and its payment. • When, we studeaCanladian economies we allisteecetalderetheatiatien, Canada and it peoples as an economic unite The people who make Up this 000n - mimic unit Canada .must pay the debt if it is to be paid; whether the debt be incurred by the government, the' elected representatives, of the people,, or by themselves ,as individuals.• Be- cause of reduced risk Governnients - can usually borrow money at a lower interest rate than ean be obtained by private people and place it is impos- sible to pay all our debts under .the Present debt -money system and stilt have money, it remains that if the people of Canada pay their govern- ment debt by private borrowhigs thea will have to do so at a higher rate of interest than they are at present Peeing. Therefore, instead of improv- ing our economic position by paying our government debt, it would, really be costing us more, pneariding we are to ihave the same amount of money. spite of this Mr. Deachman says that we shall pay our government debts when we 'remove the obstruc- tions which stand in the way of trade. If this refers to tariff duties, then we must consider that less than 15% of our trade is• done with foreign coma tries, -while the remaining, over 85%„ much the greater portion, is, done within the country. It is this latter '85% which shows the more marked • shrinkage and. expansion during de- pressions and booms. There areomany reasons pat forth for the adjustment of tariff and the one least quoted and . the most important is that tariffs are necessary to protect our diminished • money supply and our national gold reserves. In a young- country such as Canada with an abundance of ever thing required to provide our people, with a high standard of living, would it not be better to ,'Import markets" i.e. additional population, than to build up industries in other nations by the export of raw materials? To sug- gest that Canada, with all its, wealth, cannot be prds•perous regardless of whether our international trade re- presents 5 or 15% of our total teadee is tantametint ta arguing that the werld can never be prosperous until we establish inter-planetory trade re- latien.s with Mars. Mr. Deachman imagines, that 1 Would be one of the fast to urge goy-- ernment interference as a remedy for our. difficulties, while as a matter of fact all I ask of government 18 thUt they fulfil the duty and prerogative. already prepared for them by the Fathers of Confederation, namely, thet national issue and control of an ade- quate volume of money. By -so do- ing the activities of the people could be directed in such a way as to place prime importance op the needs of alll classes of our people and not on pro- fit to the credit vendors as at Pree'eate Yours truly, W. A. PATRICK. • • The woman motorist had given her evidence with anj abundance of sneer - ficial detail. "Now, tell me," sad the ,magistrate, "when you knocked down this man, what was his attitude, roughly speak- ing?" "It was,' answered the woman. =Me 4111111iM11111111111.11110111111•11811 • e • (By Isabel IlaxalYton, erderleh, Ont.) (9 • 0 bless the shealierd, bless the 'sheets, That guide and guided bath be one, One iu the faithful watch they keep Until this hurrying life be done! If thus, good Lord, Thy grace be given, Our glory meets us ere we die:, ' Before we upward pass to heaven, We taste our immortality. Amen. S. S. LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 29 Lesson Topic—Christian Brotherhood, Lesson Passage—Philemon 4-20. Golden Text—Galations 3:28. Paul wrote this fetter to Philemon for' the express purpose of getting him to forgive his servant Onesimus and receive him back lovingly. Word had reached him in his Roman prison house elf the good deeds done in far off C,olossae by Philemon and • he makes mention of this in his letter. He does this not in order to please and to say nice things, but because he feels lovingly. Therefore he must tell him bow his heart goes out in thankfulness to God. Dr. Alexander MacLeren, writing on this epistle, says: "Teaohers must love if their teaching is to help. The best way to secure the doing of any signal act of Christian generosity, sucli as Paul wished of ' Philemon, is to show ab- solute confidence that it will be done, because it is in accordance with what we know of the doer's character. "It's a shame to tell Arnold. a lie: be always trusts us,'' the Rugby boys used to say. Nothing could so pow- erfully have swayed Philemon to grant Paul's' request as Paul's grace- ful mention of his beneficence, which mention, is yet by no means conscious diplomacy, but instinctive kindliness." After honest and affectionate praise of Philemion, Paul now approaches the main purpose of his letter. But even now he does not blurt it out at once. He probably anticipated that his friend was justly angry with his runaway slave. He laseecaes where he might-oommand. "For love's sake" —not merely his to Philemon, nor Philemon's to him, but the bond which unites all Christian souls together, and binds them all •to Christ. Hav- ing emphasized the entreaties of love he touches With singular pathos on two things which should sway his friend: "Such an one as Paul the aged." The request of old age should carry weight. "My son 'On,esimes." Thus tenderly does he refer to the fugitive slave. Onesimus had been known to Philemon only as one of the idlers who were more of a nuis- ance than a benefit, and cost more than they earned, and he apparently ended his career by, theft. This de- graded creature found this way to Rome and somehow came into teach with Paul, and bad received into his heart, filled' with ugly desire§ and luste, the message of Christ's, love, which swept it clean, and made him ever again. The Apostle 'had had but short experience of his convert, but lee knew Christ Can make any man ever again, and des so re-create ev- ery heart that trusts to atm, Thus Paul pl.eade, with Philemon to take back this Worthless servant, and. as elfrealtitri that he will find. Onesimus helpful how. - The Worst heeds no Intercessor to Eleatta that tender heart of one gteat Mater ba±i w may direly 'See aha - to the Very bathe "Philennon," Which Waage One VOlieloVing or that he has "been an unprofitable -ter - vent" will be welcomed to His heart, made pure and good by the Divine Spdrit,.breatleing new life into him, will be trained by Christ for all joy- tqr toil as, His slave, and yet His freedman! and friend, and at lest each once fugitiVeandunprofitable Onesim- us will hear the "well done, good and faithful servant."—(Condensed.from The Expositor's Bible). • WORLD MISSIONS Doctors in India • In a recent issue of the Times Of India; a Writer—presumably Indiaaaa- precipitated. some discussion' by say- ing: "It is sarprising that at a time, like this when there is no dearth 91 doctors in our land, we should still. have to look beyond India, for self- less workers in the case of euffering. Mission hospitals can be 'run at can- siderably less cost if only doctors and nurses who are children 44 the sdil were imbued evitlh the sph•if of sacri- fice and would give their sereices to these humanitarian. institutionstwith- out acnsiderations of monetary re- turn. As one sees in these asylums for the infirm, non-Christians more often than not preponderate in. the flambee of those treated and cared for, at should appeal to all communi- ties to help •every attempt to found more hospitals in India." An Indian answering from Ahmeda- bad also expressed. warm admiration for mission. hospitals and the mission- aries who serve in them. He cannot speak too highly of them. "These true .and faithful servants of Christ carry out His mission of self-efface- ment for the sake of ihumanity with !remarkable zeal and rare consecra- tion." "Is It not h. sad, thought," he adds, "that whilst foreign doctors come to this country from thousand's of miles to work as missionaries ,to minister to the wants of the sick and the af- flicted in this. country, very few In- dian doctors have come forward to render such services ta their own countrymen in a missionary spirit." In a following issue a "doctor" re- sponds with the folloSSing challenge: "Mission doctors have funds at their back. They are fed, clad and pro- vided for by charitable foreign pea ple; their wives' and children • are, located after well. Have- Indian public ever come forward with mil- lions of rupees to help the poor?. No. Then why blame the Indian doctors? Let (people) part with' their wealth and many an Indian doctor will serve his country in a mission - are spirit" But the first correspondent is not persuaded. "I _shall be happy," he says, "to revise my judgment, if your oorreepondent could' quote instances of Indian doctors of ability and ea perience who may have'displayed the same misaonery spirit which. has marked i..he records of several foreign• enliesionaries. It will be ineldiods to Mention names where so many foreign doctors have worked zealously and Ceaselessly ir. the field .of hum,anity, 'but I venture to put it to your cor- ree'pondent. whether he could quote the case of a single eminent Indian- dOctor•aaving served humanity In the seine spirit In, which Wanless, Vail, (I4avin, Conran, Cook and others have mtlittstered to the sick Of /ndia."-4, u sausage:. .„ ki4VMilhoeyen tibtfaStat to IBM !Vint,Tha M1aionai MonthlY. „ 4 , . • ', ,t From California Box 130, Reseda, Calif., Noyember 16, 1936. The Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: We want to thank you for sending, The Expositor so regular- ly to us here in California. We prac- tically always receive It the Tuesday . • morning after it is printed. Wa like Tae Expositor and we • are very in- teres•ted readers of all your haoal news, and we have enjoyed so mete recently reading Arnold Turnbull's Setters of .hie trip and adventures while sightseeing in Europe: Things here in California; are go- ing very nicely. The fruitCrops were not quite so heavy this year with the exception of the citrus fruits weeca were fairly good'. . The hills and. &las are quite green on account of the recent rains. The great fields' - of alfalfa Idok fine; of coarse in the country alfalfa is green the' year around and they generally harvest from four to seven crops per year. The fields of head lettuce, carrots, and cabbage have a very promising outlook just now. Around Los Angeles and Hollywood ., the building trade is booming, Driv- ing around we see whole streets and blocks of buildings going up. As I have had some inquiries about the big trees of California, I think right here I will answer some of them in brief, whicih. may be interastin.g to at least some of your readers', as they are to me. I just seem a 1 never get enough of wandering . around among these great forests and big trees. The forest rangers, and author- ities, tell us at the present time irt no other place in the worlddo these big trees grow, namely, the Sequoias; and the Redwoods. Sometimes' these trees are thought by some to be the same, but although they rather look alike they are different. The larger species, Ube Sequoia, is fouod inland on the western elopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an elevation, of from 4;000 to 8,500 feet, While the Coast Redwood 15, found only near the coast, or within the belt of sea fogs. •The largest tree (aequola) 'rePoo- duces only from peed, while the Coast Redtwood sprouts from the stump when it is cut down. The big tree has a maximune height of about 300 feet, ands a base diameter of ablaut 35 feet, while the Coast Redwood attains a maximum height of about- 360 feet and a 'maxim= diameter .of .,25efeet. The forest rangers • tell us that scientists figure that some of these trees are from 3,500 to 4,000 years old or about 2,0015 years B. C. 'These sci- entists have figurea it out counting the rings in certain trees that have fallen or been ent.,,dx4n., I will give you here the dimensions of General Sherman tree as we saw it and supposed to he the largest . . (Continued on Page 6) 4. 4- 4 4 4 4 4 "eatalisatatecalatelletaleaseaatatalealesealeseseateeteleaass ^ 5 J.