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The Huron Expositor, 1936-12-04, Page 6illy{{;: 11 t Alll 'i:, {4' ml 11 rrIltmI hv4d 1 u cf 0ej !ic ff� 7.1 I!s ( a• • Mesa a. { v * rn iflont. n ntar o' s �. q �,s ature at Turning of Century (13y victor Laudation on The London )tree Presys) ong.kthe, curious features' trip om' el tl.cal life in: the early years p.present century was the .nark- ed teMifency of newspapermen tq gra- , date into the Legislature. This seems $o bare been particularly, the ease in Western Ontario. A glance through the 'record's will reveal that .the num- r of M.L.A.'s recruited from the F.o.'Xrth Estate between 1-896 and --19-1/ Was •qut of all, proportion to their nemerical contribution to the popula tiers. inhere were, of course, sound rea- eons fir this state of affairs; It was an era of political journalism. Most commflnities,• however small, - had • their rival Grit and Tory papers. The. editor, and particularly the .country edit(4', . was ex -officio a member of • the party organization. 'Apart from that, the editor had to • write about public affairs; to write about them intelligently, he bad to study .them; as a • result, he usually possessed an exceptional grasp of . public questions. More 'thaw" that, • newspaper work taught a certain tol- erance. On,' the surface, the journal- ist -politician might seem a strong 9ko&I 91‘,04 . G7'�zon/,o.. A'QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED, CONVENIENT, MODERN 100 ROOM HOTEL -86 WITH BATH WRITE FOR FOLDER 'TAKE .A DE LUXE TAXI FROM DEPOT OR WHARF -260 partisan but newspaper work h: taught him tact and had given him; an u>:iderstanding of the other fel- low's ,point of view. Wide acquaint- ance, too, with his community, made him in Most cases an ideal candidate. The Ross•• administration in its last days included two men prospinently identified' with •luurnalism. Sir George Ross, on whom devolved the arduous and thankless tasir of unnecessarily prolonging the life of the Government, had in his younger days been editor of Tire Strathroy Age, and was at one .tine part proprietor of The Hur- on ,Expositor. T. H. Preston Sir George's light -'hand .man after the crash of 1905 was another journ- alist, Hon, George P. Graham. Gra- ham was editor of The Brockville Re- corder when he emerged into politics. An outstanding Liberal more 'ne- t mately identified with, Western On- tario politics was T. He Preston, man- aging editor of The Brantford Ex-. positor. Preston .came to the Legis- lature in 1899, when the strongest possible candidate was needed to con- test a difficult bye -election: He bads behind him a picturesque journalistic career. his work on The Winnipeg Sun in the Riel Rebellion of 1885 hav- ing won him nation-wide repute. Pres- ton was strong enough personally and politically to survive the Liberal de- bacle of 1905. A year later he refus- ed the provincial leadership in suc- cession to Ross, and in 1908 retired undefeated from political life. On the opplosite side of, politics an- otber striking figure emerged in 1904, when J. P. Downey, managing editor of The Guelph 'Herald, captured the South Wellington provincial constitu- ency from Col: Mutrie - one more demonstration, remarked a commen- tator•of that day, that the pen was mightier than the sword. A native of Puslinch, Downey was of Irish des- cent, and possessed to the full the Irish gift of eloquence. He was an outstanding figure in the battling Con- servative Opposition between • 1902 and 1905. Downey retired from pol- itics in 1910 to become superintend - ant of the OrilUa As1/1unl, The Huron Tract contributed flee era) outstanding journalists to' the Legislature at various tittles. M,•,• Y. McLean, editor of The Huron Esesosi- tor, of Seaforth, represented Soufb: Huron for several term's. McLean was a sound and clever journalist who madehis paper a powerful. influ- ence for Liberalism. At one time he was regarded as unbeatable in South on, but was ultimately vanquish, ed b' Harry Eilber. East Lambton A little• far_ e, er south, H: J. Petty - piece, of The Fereet .Frees Press, came- lab ameinto the Legislature about the time McLean went 'out. A native of An derdon, Pettypiece learned the journt 'alistic trade on The Amiherstburg Echo: As editor of The Forest Free Press he hewed out a line all his own with his advocacy of railway taxation in an era when railways were still revenue producers. Pettypiece went into the Legislature for East Lambton in 1898. He is to -day one of the few survivors of the 1898 Legislature. Another bit of hard: fighting ground was Bruce County. True, C. M. Bow- man was a sorteof habit with the folk of North Bruce, but the two other Bruce constituencies belonged to any man or party that could take them. Majorities were almost always nar- row. In 1902 the Centre Bruce Con- servatives, Basting about for a strong candidate, picked Col. Hugh Clark. Clark was a native of :Kincardine - Township, • had :taught school, and learned newspaper work on the Walkerton Herald; but that work had taken him far afield to Ottawa, where he was for some years connected with The Citizen. Later, in 1890, lie had returned to his native heath and since then had ably' championed the Icon- servative cause through his paper, The Kincardine Review. • The fight of 1902 was close and .a handful of,• votes separated the win- ner from the loser in Centre Bruce, but Hugh Clark was the winner. He was unseated on a technicality. Ev- erybody outside Centre Bruce expect- ed the Liberals to recapture- the Con- stituency in the ensuing bye -election. Instead, Hugh Clark increased his ma- jority from one handful to two. The margin was small, but this time :t was enough. He was •a conspicuous figure in Whitney's fighting Opposi- tion. Like Downey, perhaps even mere than Downey, he was real Cab- inet material. Ultimately he graduat- THE :LA Y COLON Inactivity of, the large bowel;' or colon, leaves poisons in the systerp to cause serious and painful diseases. You can prevent and thoroughly relieve this chronic form of consti- pation by using . -Dn.-CHASM .• Kidnelr„Liver Pall s ed into the Federal Parliament, re- maining a 'member till 1921. Noted Struggle Among bhe Homeric political strug- gles waged jii Bruce ws.s that carried on through several elections between William McDonald, of The 'Chesley Enterprise, and H. A. Vandusen, of The Tara- Leader. The favorite sons of rival eommunitips, they were both meu of distinct . ability. McDonald 'carried, the constituency for the Lib- erals' in 1911. In the' subsequent re- distribution, the Government was ac- cused of tryiing to "gerrymander him out of his seat. Whether or not that was true, McDonald won a second time in 1914. In 1919, however, doughty fighter though he was, he .suc- cumbed to the U. F. O. wave. Two Huron journalists in the earl/ years of the centurysoughtht to rePr e- sent West Huron at Ottawa. Robert Holmes, editor of The Clinton New Era, an able writer and a strong can- didate, carried the eonstituency for the Liberals in several contests. Jas. Mitchell, editor of The Goderich Star, was on one occasion the unsuccessful Conservative 'candidate,a though) he made an exceedingly close run. Mit- chell's journalistic career in Goderich dated back to the era when the late M. C. ,Cameron, eloquent in the two great languages, Englisch and Gaelic, was the uncrowned king of the West Huron Grits. Endless tales could be told of the "sti'rring political episodes og that bygone time. In later years, kitchen, an able writer and a,gifted .speaker,; did excellent work for the federal archives department. Curiously the most striking figure in Huron's newspaper history never They Live By The INDUSTRIES of 1 For . Instance, take Our Own Industry The plants of the automobile manufacturers employ about 14,000 men and women engaged in the bending of cars and trucks; an impressive figure, but merely the start of a chain of jobs. The plants of the Parts Manufac- turers employ many thousands more, and those engaged in the rubbere textile, paint, glass, chem- ical and steel industries add yet other thousands to the total, de- pendent in part or in whole on the production of Canadian -built cats: To this impressive total must also be added 'the employees of. firms dealing in raw materials, food, clothing and 'other living neces- sitiesT and employees of the rail- ways Who live by traffic.r All these people are virally inter - este its a sound and well -supported idian Automobile Industry. u;ldki3tial ulJd furtter infarhpd-. ml�/s OhlCl''�t' , Alt* „bait, r*, write t0• rltf`tiyreiy 1006 Lump ir• s) fobs are vital to Canadian homes and families. No matter what the job may be; in a factory, office or store, in a mine or in the woods, on the farm or on the railway, it is affected, directly or indirectly, by the industries of Cdnada. Thriving industries mean more and better jobs all around: ham- pered industries mean fewer and poorer jobs. Industry provides a home market for our natural resources; for the produce of the farm, the output of the mine, the cut of the forest and the catch of the fishing fleet. Each' industrial unit buys the 4, CANADA. manufactured product of many other units. All buy raw materials from every domestic source. The employees of each of these units constitute groups of consumers whose mass purchases of food, clothing, housing and amusement, spread prosperityover industry,' and the country as a whose. , The interests" of industry and of the individual, be he business man, mechanic, laborer, derk, farmer, fisherman, miner, rail- roader or lumberman,;, are iden- tical. What hurts one hurts the other. What helps one helps the other. tt e nucleic. The sates enable• Dan McGiltliouddy, Of the Heree Sage nal,• was, in tile' '80'0 and' early 90'a,;, the representative pair excellernee of the old tune political journalism. A loyal champions of the doughtp Cant- er= in manya hard•foug1st 'flg4r,.t, hie. vrtrolic perp andhis wonderful 'conk'.mead of scarifying vitiuperatioa wolf him the hatred of the Tories -- till shortly- after the advent of Laurier he turned his weapons on his erst- while hero in a series of memorable letters, entitled, "The Passing of 'Cameron." Despite this .personal de- fection, +McGillicuddy •continued a Lib- eral. journalist, transferring bis tic,- ter-Kies c-tivit4es to the Canadian West, where he edited The Calgary •Newel-Te1e- gram. Auto Industry Tells the Public Urging that Canadian industry as a matter of Immediate national import- ance undertake a new public function whdeh,.!for (some, would be a complete reversal of past policy and for all, would involve a new educational tech- nique, J. L. Stewart, speaking for the automotive industries of Canada told an executive +gr{oup of these indus- tries at Toronto this week that the function to which he •referred• could be described as "taking the publie in - bo its confidence." The meeting was (held following the sessions ,of the Automotive Transport Associatten which closed on Satur- day. It marked the formal laupch- ing of - closer relationships between the automotive industries and ' the general public throughout the Domin- ion. Newspapers from coast to coast constitute the medium through which this dievelopment is to be accomplish- ed. In his address, Mr. Stewart was presenting the results of a ,detailed survey of the subject which he has just completed. Mr. Stewart first explained what he meant by industry taking the pub- lic into its confidence. It was not, he said, as simple as it might sound but a procedure which' had not been car- riel out in the past in anything but the most modified form-' It was not a question of issuing unexplained sheaves of statistics. It was some- thing which except indirectly, was likely to be completely.divorced from sales. This was a' -problem of inter- preting Canadian industry to Cana- dians in shirt -sleeve phrases. It Was rot so much a question . of stating what industry was doing or how much it• was doing but rather a case of ex- plaining how it was doing it, why it was doing it and what effect all this had on the life of John Smith. "The reason for this at the present time is partly a matter of vital nation- al concern and partly for the benefit of that, mythical personage, the",.man on the street, who• is entitled to Icnow," Mr. Stewart -said. "The' auto- motive industries, for instance, through payrolls, purchases, taxes and export trade, exercise an influence ev- en on the life of the man who does not own a car and has no direct link with them. In only one way can such a man learn what this influence is gad that way is by the automotive, industries interpreting it for him and explaining • it to him. Certainly in such an interpretation, the Canadian newspaper its a' key factor. "If the' general public has an intel- ligent insight into current conditions -which can only be secured if, in-, dustry takes the general public into its confidence -then both nationally and individually, Canadians will be in the best position to win all the advantages,. that are accruing riow that the ti'd'e Of business is rising rapidly. ' Mr. Stewart illustrated from his own research the case of •the mining industry as one where the relation- ship with the public was much closer than average.• The romantic aspects of this branch of business had given the movement its original incentive but this had been followed by a pol- icy' of revealing details of processes, developments and results. In the automotive industries, the constant news interest in models which was the natural reflection of public inter- est, provided a similar stepping stone from which to begin. "We have just, during recent years of economic disturbance, had a most ,cleatilfcut, iif !distressing, demonstra- tion of how closely -patterned and oom"plicated the • fabric of our nation- al life has become. The layman now understands the way in which, if perhaps two or three threads become loosened, the unravelling may spread through the pattern 'until it can ev- entually affect it all. Now that we recognize how an economic condition which may at first glance seem local= ized, has the power to influence ad- versely the lives of those who may have felt themselves to be separated from it altogether, we must likewise appreciate that the reverse is equally true," Mr. Stewart said' in conclusion. Bank of Montreal Gains During Year The Bank of Montreal annual state- ment fot the fiscal year to October 31 makes a very strong showing, with gains in man,, of the principal ac- counts. Special features include an increase in total assets to above the $80,000,000 wank and liquid assets to more than $600,000,000. Deposits con- tinue to increase at a reassuring rate, and now exceed $690,000,0.00. • In keeping with the general tr nd during the early months of thhar, current loans record a reduction, and this has tended to increase the bank's (holdings of high.grade Government securities. From accumulated profits an amount of .$1,000,000 was added to the Rest Account, bringing it up to $39,- 000,000, 39,000,000, against the capital) of $36,- 000;04)0. ' Liquid Position , Every 'part of the statement re- fleets . the strength of the institution's postilioni. Assets stand at $806,081,908, , cempared with $792,779,872 , a rear ago., (lt this ainitit'nit, total llyuid tteeetil 4 A Hemaill SERVICE QF TM,g CA.NA4,14;N MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. AND 14'FE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA THE ROMANCE QF DIPHTHERIA CONTROL About 40 years ago the annual num- -bee of =ffeataie-tomibi the province. of Ontario ' reached 1,200. Last year, with' a, much larger popu- lation, the number of deaths from this cause was only about 40 and hun- dreds of communities all over Canada have for yearis not had a single case, let alone a death, from this cause. ' The earliest break in the trad'iti'on that we must have, every few years, a devastating outbreak of diphtheria }vith a huge death rate, came • about the year 1914. In that year the On - task) department of health for the, first time madle it .possible to afford: 'diphtheria: antitoxin at a reasonable price to the public. In 1916, so sue-. cemfu'l had the experiment been, that the department began the first free distribution of antitoxin, and .other biological products for the prevention of disease by government in Oanada, The writer knows all about the enter- neiese. His table was to convince the Minister in charge of its necessity and value..The ' effort soon justified itself. The diphtheria rates fell as- tonishingly. Thelate Colonel (later Sir- Albert) Gooderham, donated 'a farm for the production of biologiea1 products, to the University of Toron- to, thus making it possible to manu- facture these products at low prices. -The practice of free distribution spread rapidly, to the rest of Canada and to other British Dominions. It has had corresponding success every- where. In recent years diphtheria sustain- ed another attack. Diphtheria Toxoid was invented, by some laboratory genius. This and the use of the Schick test whereby the 'harbourers of diptberia germs 'may be spotted, have laid 'diphtheria hors de combat. Diphtheria toxoid is a simple, harm- less remedy which if given 'to the child of 4 or 5 years of age prevents the individual from having the disease in 99 par cent. of cases. The Sohick test uncovers those Vlho carry diph- theria germs. Progress in respect to this disease is truly romantic. It etc aides the mother, formerly panic- stricken. in the face of an outbreak of tliphthseria, to view with comfort her little family protected against et foul disease. It is on a par with• vac- cination agairust small -pox. Doctors have invented „dozens of• disease -preventives effectual in their several lines. The public knows too little about them. Some are indiffer- ent; others• display the hostility of ignorance. This column proposes to gavel accurate information about such things, to arouse people from their lethargy, to battle against absurd pre- judice. •, . . Doctors in their arvocacy of public health measures, have nothing to gain financially. Every case. of .disease prevented bevso much loss to the doc- tor. Most of us are not very fond of money. If we' had any we should probably lose it in some fool enter- prise. Questilons concerning Health, ad- dressed, to. the Canadian Medicacl As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toronto, will be• answered personally by let- ter. are $606,472,5$7, equal to 83.27per cent. of all liablities to the public. The unusually high percentage of liquid assets is likely due to the less - ended demand for current accommo- dation and bhe necessity of placing a greater amount in high-grade govern- ment bonds. As a result, the total holdings of government and .,other bonds. and ,debentures" have increased to $442,781,097, from $361,769,848. The greater portion of these holdings con- sists of gilt -edge securities, which ma- ture at early dates At the same time, increases are re- ported in, call loans both at home and abroad. :Call loans outside of Can- ada stand at $266,400,166, as compared with $18,835,238, while. call loans in Canada, total $8,169,988, a gain from $4,435,736. A further indication of the strength of liquid assets is afforded by cash holdings and deposits in the Bank of Canada of $79,242,079; notes of and cheques on other banks $29,222,231 and deposits with other banks $20,- 264,801, bringing the available cash holdings well above $125,000',000. While general business throughout the country, particularly in the latter months of the year, has reported sub- stantial increases, it is evident that many of the larger companies are availing themselves of their liquid re- sources to take care of any new busi- nass secured. As a result,' current loane have declined and: are reported at $174,141,011, down from $234,461,- 311, This situation probably also. in- dicates the readiness /with which for- mer loans have been liquidated. Profit. and Loss Account Reflecting the improvement in eon-, ditions, profits :showed a tendency to gain as 'compared with the previous year. The total pnoilte for the'year, after making appropriations to con- tingent reserve fund, out oft which fund provision for bad and doubtful debts bad been made, were $3,181,501, as compared' with $3,005,212. The profits were equal to 4.18 per cent. on the calpdtal, eufrplus and undivided pro- fits. From; the total profit 'there was appropriated for dividends $2,880,000 and $200;000 was Written off bank premises, leaving tics amount to be carried forward for the year, of $101,- 501. 101;501,. When the amount was added to the balance beougiht forward at the end of the previous, year, it brought the - total balance at credit of Profit and lees up to $2,036,534, With the transfer to the Rest Ac- count of $1,000,000, the balance in the P'rofit, and LOPE Account carried forward is $1,103034. The .principal eeeounts, with, coni, p'arisoils' with then of the ,pireviouli yeat'y` sbrol,Va as f'olrorvs.:.... . Ai ri tlI unlu al. nMy Jai ,a. �k it ,e k8 k. 4.. ARMS Owing to Painful Rheinnatisrn This woman suffered from rheuma+ Vein in her back, arms and legs, • For tiro months, she endured this pa'ntui condition, then, like manly another suf- ferer, she ;decided to try, Krus!ehea Salta. Read) her letter --"About-fifteen months --ago : -1- -bad- rheumatism in .,my arms, back and! legs. The pains in my arms and: legs after 'getting wenn) in bed wereal- most r• unbearable.' I was like that for two. months, and could not . reach above my head. I read so much about, Kruschen ' Salts that I thought I would try them. I am so glad to say that for more than a year I have not had the slightest return of my rheu- matism."-(M,rs.) H. E. The paints and stiffness of nhel!ma- tism are frequently due to.•deposits of uric acid in; thte muscles and joint Kruschen Salts assist in stimulating the internal organs to healthy, regu- lar activity, and help them to get rid of this excess uric acid.•, PICTURE WORTH $2 FREE A handsome gravure photograph of H.M. King Edward VD! i s waiting for youat yourdruggist's-apictureevery home will proudly frame. Free with the purchase of a bottle" of Kruscham Salts. Supplylimited-getgoure now. 1936 1935 8 $ Total Assets .: 805,081,998 792,772,872 Liquid Assets.. 606,472,587 533,374,811 Gael:. and other Bonds - 442,781,097 361,769,843 Call L ans•out- sside Canada25,400,1661 18,835,233 Call Loans in Canada 8,169;988 4,435,736 Total Deposits691,312,054 676,944,866 Capital 36 000,00.0 36,000,000 Rent .. 39,000,000 38,000,0+00 Profits 3,181,501 3,005,212 Fruit Crop Figures Reports of representatives from the fruit -growing districts show that. production of all fruit crops was be- low ,last year. The show of blossom was excellent but the set of fruit was' affected by early killing frosts and unfavorable weather during the set- ting period. The estimated prod ac- tion' of fruit crops this season, ex- pressed xpressed in percentage of last 'year, is as ,follows:, Peaches 67%; pears 72%; plums, 65%; - grapes, 45%, and ap- ples, 85%. Wine grapes, including grapes for concentrates, brought $40, per ton during the main part of the harvest- ing season, but with very keen de- mand. for supplies towards the sea- son's end, prices rose sharply and grapes were bringing as high as $65 a ton. 1./QIJ/D •ar PASTE SIOWIE POLISH. LONDON and WINGIIAM• South P.M. Wingham 1.55 Belgrave 2.11 Blyth 2.23 Londesboro Clinton Brucefield 1 lippen Iiensall Exeter Exeter Hensall Kipped "Brucefield Clinton Londesboro Blyth Belgrave W ingham North 2.301 3.08 3.27 3.35 3.41 3.55 A.M. 10.42 10.55 11.0/ 11.09 11.54 12.10__. 12.19 - 12.30 12.59 C.N.R. TIME TABLE East A.M. P.M. 6.40 2.30 7.03 .3.00 7.17 3.16 7.28 3.29 7.37 3,41 Goderich :Clintons Seaforth Dublin Mitchell Mitchell Dublin Seaforth Clinton Goderich West llilD 9.33 11.27 9.41 11.43 9.54 12.12 . 10.08 12.22 10.34 C.P.R. TIME TABLE East Goderich Menset Md6aw Auburn Blyth Walton McN ut 'Porobg4hto West 7bronto Mc aught .,,.,,,.,., Walton Blyth Auburn 'MFGaw` Mens e (�bddr�olt • j,. t'„„, s...�.:. P,M: 4.20 4.24 4.83 4.42 4.52 5.05 5.15 9.00 A'.M. 8.30 . 12.03 12.13 12.23 12,82' ,' 12 401",'''' 12c40 12,115 x 4'11'.IJ +Y Yi+t314 _11142:rr1: