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bast kings Instead
Vintin, en fish tails instead of legs,
Alt be easier bo understand them-
nitnnetWing people who read news -
smoke ciga.eettes and go to
Monies, we naturally think they
'are,like us, Ansi we are baffled when
nFle realize they are quite different un-
derneath.
Commentators who predicted Ja-
nnan?s collapse after `a, few months of
war overlooked these differences. in-
side Japan there is depressing eve
den.ce that the people, few of whoni
know why the war is being fought,
simply accept it as they have always
Kidney Acids
Rob Your Rest
Many people never seem to get a good
night's rest. They turn and toss -fie awake
and count sheep. Often they blame it on
"nerves" when it may be their kidneys.
Healthy kidneys filter poisons from the
blood. If they are faulty and fail, poisons
stay in the system and sleeplessness, head-
ache, backache often follow. If you don't
sleep well, try Dodd's Kidney Pills -for
half a century the favorite remedy. 103 ,
Dodds Kidney Pins
tepted earthquakes, typhoonand,.
poverty.
Japan diffene greatly from us in so--
eial inheritance. Consider,' for exam-
prher much -disc US sed low wage
wale. . Most attempted justifications
of this have centered arou,ndl the low
living costs. These explanations are
not altogether .satisfactory. We do
more justice to the Japanese setup if
we assume that Japanese wages -ac-
tually ale not wages. Whtile-the idea
of selling commodities is familiar to
the Japanese mind, the idea of sell-
ing one's labor has never really been
accepted. The system under which
work was done in ancient J apan con-
visted of mighty lords and obedient
subjects. The subjects were given
p•••otec lien, food and shelter by their
lc,ctis. anti they, in turn, were expect -
el to tia•thie necessary labor. Work
was never given in exdhange for
money.
When Japan imported the Western
tricks of industrial production this
feudal concept •of Faber was carried
over, the only difference being that
money is given by the modern lords
instead of protection and shelter.
This money is paid for the sole pur-
pose of assuring the life of those who
work. It is not meant to represent
the equivalent of a certain amount of
work done. The result has never
been pleasant for the poor and silent
LONDON and WINGHAM m'111°' in Japan.
North
Exeter
Hawaii
Kippen
Brucefleld
Clinton
Londesboro
Blyth
Belgrave
Wingham
South
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In Japan's largeindustrial enter-
prises, as increasing numbers of face
A.M. tory workers have been caned to the
10.34 colors they 'have been largely replac-
10.46 ed by women. Women's wages aver-
-10.52 age between 15 and 40 yen a month
11.00 (4.05 to $10.80).
11.47 Every visit to a Japanese factory is,
12.06 for an American, a shocking experi-
12,16 ence. To know the gay and playful
12,27 nature of Japanese girls is to appre-
12.45 niate What these serious little work-
ers are missing. The2,- sand, in neat
uniforms, unreeling silk cocoons or
serviciog cotton spindles, incredibly
quick and efficient. They seldom lift
their eyes;, a supervisor is always
nearby. In the large machine halls.
the .huge banner with the Rising Sun
cffeis the only spiritual elevation.
lhe girls live in factory dormitories
which, although equipped with librar-
ies and gyms, are, in effect, sadly
crowded little prisons.
Traces of the feudal system are
quite as noticeable in the white-collar
field. Eighty. per on:cof Tokyo's sal-
a:iecl men have to be satisfied with
less than $27 a month -and they arc.
How these people manage to live and
keep their clothes neat is a miracle.
The war has brought a nearly in-
tolerable increase in working h•ours.
The Japanese apparently have no idea
of the relationship between recrea-
tion and efficiency. in the Last year.
many offices have cancelled vacations
altogether and people work at their
desks many hours after dark. On
their way home, men and women us-
ully fall asleep in the street car. Of-
fices are reluctant to enlarge their
staffs; they extend their working
hours instead, and the effect is low
efficiency.
P.M. However, with wartime conditions
4.20 straining ,human- endurance, the Ja-
4.24 panese Welfare Ministry (recently en -
4.33 tablished as a sop to incipient man
4.12 conlents) Inas just promulgated a de -
4.52 elordering stores to close at 10
5.05 p.m. This will cut the salesgirls'
5.15 working day down to 11 hours. (Wo -
9.00 men have been working 13 to 15 hours
a day). TheSe new regulations af-
AIM. 'feet only larger establishments, Con -
8.30 d dons' in the smaller places are
12.03 wonse; rules for them will come later.
12.13 Wherever one goes, in "field, office
12.23 or factory, bard work and extreme
12.32 poverty emerge as the outstanding
12.40 features of wartime Japan. In a re -
12.46 cent survey I found appalling condi-
1155 tions in Tokyo. Mukojima Ward, on
P.M.
Wingham 1.50
Belgrave 2.06
Blyth 2.17
Londesboro 2.26
Clinton 3.08
Brucefleld . 3.28
Kippen 3.38
Herman 3.45
Exeter 3.58
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
East
A.M. P.M.
Goderioh 6.35 2.30
Holmesville 6.50 2.52
,Clinton 6.58 3.00
Seaforth 7.11 3.16
St. Columban 7.17 3.22
Dublin 7.21 3.29
Mitchell 7.30 3.41
West
Mitchell 11.06 9.28
Dublin 11.14 9.36
Seaforth 11.30 9.47
Clinton 11.45 10.00
Goderich 12.05 10.25
C.P.R. TIME TABLE
East
Goderloh
Menset
McGaw
Auburn
Blyth
Walton
McNaught
Toronto
West
Toronto
McNaught
Waltota
Blyth
Auburn
McGaw
Menset
Goderich
the left bank' of • the, centaminated,
Samida Ibiner, nit inhabited by some
80,000 people. Here many low-priced
comnanditiesnypieal of Ja,pra.n's foreign
:trade :ennansion .arte manufaetured,
not in faetories, but in honles. This
is Probably the oheapeet industrial
PrOntintion in the w,orld, controlled by
middlemen who furnish the raw ma-
terials and 'own _the finisthed products.
Mukonana is Unfriendly place in
which to likre. At high tide the river
overflows, and crossing some of the
narrow streets means wading through
slimy puddles. There is no sewer
sys•tem, and the smell is penetrating.
The v. ork is usually done in one
badly lighted room in which the mem-
bers of the working family sit on the
floor in a circle. Some families make
toys; others brassware, pencil naps,
nianbin parts, etc.; other produce
salt ehakers, fountain pen ban -els,
aluminum caps for' radio tubes; others
knit cotton gloves or finfs,h raincoats.
Apprentices of 14 enter the "pro-
fession" and usually stay until thee
reach military age. All they receive
is' food, lodging (in the crowded and
ye) un inf est ed family sleeping quar-
tern above the work room) and "wag-
es" which start as low as 81 cents a
month and may rise to 48 cents a
day for older men. The top wages
for women are between eight and 16
cents a day. Working hours are
long, sometimes 15 a dray, and the
work is exhausting and often danger-
ous. Harmful acids and other ohem-
icals are often used in the work, and
those who do the brass work are al-
most certain to develop tuberculosis.
Under these conditions those in
fair Leann just manage to live. But
diseane is fighting them at Close quar-
ters. With the wartime shortage of
raw materials,the shrinking of ex-
port business and the rise of prices,
misery and the danger of stanvation
in,crease. Fatalism and inertia are
the result. The government has noth-
ng revolutionary to fear from these
people.
It is a curse to be born pretty in
these districts. Two or three hun-
dred yen ($54-$81), paid by the hous-
es of prostitution for a very young
girl, may rid the family of its debts.
While this 'is officially an advance on
the girl's earniogs, there will be eo
many deductions for her cosmetics
and kimonos that there is no hope of
ever redeeming it. The girl will be
the property of the brothel or tea-
house keeper for the rest of her life.
This may bat be long -an early death
from syphilis is the most probable
redemption.
All this is known by both parties
when the deal is made. Yet, as a
rule it is not done against the girl's
will. The career offers escape from
the depressing realities of a bum-
di•urn life. It means pretty gowns,
1 i pe ti eke- tn usi c and having fun. Fin-
ally, and this is the typically Japan-
ese attitude, it means a supreme sac-
rifice for the sake of the family. This
is a very high honor.
The labor conditions in Tokyo are
more or less typical of the situation
in the homeindustries, small stores
and restaurants all over Japan.
Now, poverty is not new in Japan_
The people who first settled there
more than 3,000 years ago did not
find any riches,. A hundred genera-
tions of Japanese have lived and died
since than, and all of them were poor.
There is no iother explanation for the
Japanese way of living: 70,560,000
Japanese have nothing to sit on ex-
cept the bare floor. Yet not a single
Japanese enjoys squatting on his mat;
his legs hurt just as ours do. And
there is not a single Japanese who
would not prefer a ., su ,ktantial steak
to his dish of rice and seaweed. Even
the fanious tea ceremony can be best
explained by the appalling poverty of
the people who had to build up a
structure. of ceremonial jugglery a-
round an ordinary cup of tea because
they had nothing else to offer their
'guests. And the traditional not bath,
which is not so much a means to
keep clean as to keep warm in long
winter nights, remains their only lux-
ury ---after a hundred generations_
-Gretat catastrophes, such as earth-
quakes and floods, have often reduc-
ed the populace to more acute mis-
ery. The present war, with all its
terrific expenditure and useless blood-
shed, seems just another link in this
endless chain of catastrophes. In si-
lent,' utter resignation, people sthoul-
der their burden and send„their sons
and horses to the front.
But not quite all the Japanese peo-
ple are poor. There are the barons
of finance and industry -a thin layer.
of wealth -who live in the hills of
Tokyo Yamanote ("uptown"), far re-
moved from the miserable musses.
The fate of the people who suffer and
die in one of the greatest calamities
of Japans history seems to affect the
tipper thousand of Japan very little.
They still go to parties, buy useless
things, and read about the war in
the newspapers. Their eons, miracu-
lously, eseape consmiption. Taxes
are the only alley through which the
nation'ssorrow •coines home to them..
And, thus far, these contributions do
not seem to have induced, them to
take. a more serious view of the pres-
ent nituation.
Thus, for Japan, the Far Eastern
War steeds out against the gloomy
background of poverty and despair.
E ery new viotory brings Japan clos-
et to the totalitarian paradise which
her glory -mad leaders in uniforms and
morningv coat seem to ienvisage. TO -
morrow eih,e will be mistress of Asia
or a hopeeely beaten country. Nen
thee result promises any relief to the
silent mIJlfcro of Jap,itn.
to town
without delay
on STUDDED TIRES
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r' would bog down ordinary
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tires Goodyear Studded
• Tires bite in and keep you
going . . . under control
every second.
Everyone wh faces
"off -the -pavement" driv-
ingin heavy mud or snow
needs thesetires:postmen,
doctors, salesmen and
fanners have proved them
indispensable. Ask your
Goodyear dealer to show
•you Goodyear Studded
Tiros for your car today!
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He stated it was almost impossible
to clean nut Dodder, Cam.pion., Chic-
ory, Field Poppergrans, etc., in clovers
and timothy unless special cleaning
macilibanry was 'used... Certain other
crop seeds were • hard to remove -
white glover and timothy in andke,
ied clover in alfalfa and vice versa.
Therefore, seed containing too large
a percentage of other crop seeds
should ntot be asen for exhibition pur-
poses.
Germination, is indicated by color
and lustre, Mr. Palmer stated. Size,
plumpness, uniformity in size and col-
or, color and the lustre of the seed
and freedom from inert matters
(stems, etc.) contribute greatly to
general appearance. • Size, ,plumpness
and uniformity of seed are obtained
and increased by the use of wind and
screens. '
For show purposes, the screennand
sieves used should be oversized, larg-
er than the, ones used for commercial
cleaning. Red clover, alfalfa and
si.veet clover are commercially clean-
ed over a 4 by 24, but the show sam-
ple canbe improved immeasurably
by cleaning over a screen one size
larger, 4 by 22. These over -sized
screens also help to eliminate many
mote weed seeds.
Seed for show should not contain
brown seed, either plump or shrunk-
en. The one indicates tbat the seed
ha.s been weathered during iharvest
and the other- that it lacks maturity
or has sprouted_ Samples containing
such green seed should not be ethers -
en as it indicates immaturity. Most
judges of alsike and red clover pre-
fer the dark purple type of seed. Tim-
othy, of course, should be silvery in
color and contain as little leulled seed
as possible; alfalfa and sweet clover'
should be a honey yellow.
Dullness is seed indicates it has
'been .weathered during harvest, Mr.
Palmer declared. Consequently, it
bas lost that lustrous shining, vital
look. Lustre is an indicatirii of vi-
tality.
While color of seed cannot be im-
proved except by eliminating light im-
mature seeds, lustre isometiraes can
be brought back by artificial means,
such as ohurnittg the seed in a churn
where a piece of velvet has been plac-
ed over the top with the pile side
turned in. The seed can also be
shined by being placed in a long Cot-
ton. bag and tilted from one end to
the other so that the surface is rub-
bed against the 'sides „of the bag.
1939 FORD CARS
ND NEW MERC
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"What lovely- furniture!" said the
visitor.
"Yes," said the child, "and the man
who sold it thinks so, too. He's al-
ways coining here to ask about it."
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"Rather unsettled today, sir," said
the waiter, with "tip" written all ov-
er bus face.
"Yes," was the
ently there'll be
either."
reply, "and appar-
no' change coming
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p ICTURED above are the two Ford V-8 ears and
the new Mercury 8 announced by Ford Motor
Company of Canada, Limited, for 1930. Top, Ford
V-8 F,ordor Sedan; centre, DeLuxe Ford V-8 Fordor
Sedan; bottom, Mercury 8 Town Sedan. All three
cars are individually styled. A11 have hydraulic
brakes. The Ford Ine8 is available in three models.
It has a full grille and unobtrusive louvres at the
rear of the hoodsides. Interiors are roomy and well-
eneninted. The Deluxe Ford V-8 has wholly new
Judging Clover, Grass Seeds
With good quality predominating in
the production of clover and grass
Beene this year, a number of new ex-
hibitors are expected to show at the
Gizelph Winter Fair Seed Show, Nov.
29, 30 eund Dec. 1. C. L. S. Paliner,
noted seed expert, gives some timely
advice to prospective exhibitors on
horn small stens sthould be prepared
for shire purposes.
"Clever and grans seeds are judg-
ed from the 's'tan'dpoint of freedom
from Weed seeds, pietrtienlarly those
prohibited amid flexions inkier the
Seeds Act. They are also judged on
freedom from 'other crop seeds; mit:t-
ins:Mon and -general appearandes" Said
Mr. Painter in an interview' this wet.
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streamlines, a deep hood unbroken by loulres, a low
radiator grille' in bright metal and wide spaced
headlamps. Both Ford cars are powered with the
improved 85 horsepower engine. The Mercury 8 is
entirely new to the Ford -Lincoln line and fills a
place between the deluxe Ford and the Lincoln -
Zephyr. It is a big car with a 116 -inch wheelbase.
Its V-8 engine develops 95 horsepower. The front
end design with low radiator grille reflects Lincoln -
Zephyr styling. There is a choice of four body types.
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Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, Announces
TWO NEW FORDS for 1939
DE LUXE FORD Y-8 FORDOR SEDAN
DE LUXE FORD V-8: Provides all
the basis Ford features, with extra
luxury and style. Remarkable
amount of extra equipment in-
cluded in the price. Hydraulic
brakes. 85 -hp. V-8 engine. Sets a
new high for low-priced cars - in
appearance and performance.
FORD V-8: Now five inches longer
from bumper to bumper. Roomier
bodies -more luggage space. New
styling. Hydraulic brakes. Scien-
tific soundproofing. Triple -cush-
ioned comfort. 85.hp. V-8 engine.
FORD V TUDOR SEDAN
and the NEW MERCU11Y8 for 1939
THE MERCURY V-8 TOWN-SEDAM
rill)T new cars in the Ford Quality Group for 1939 give
you a broad choice. Whichever you choose, whatever you
pay, you'll get top value for your looney. That is true Of
the lowest priced car or the highest. All have one impor-
tant thing in common -inherent quality.
There are three reasons for this quality. They are*- brit-
liant engineering design, quality materials and precision
MERCURY 8: An entirely new
car. Fits into the Ford line
between the De Lnxe Ford
and the Lincoln -Zephyr. Dis-
tinctive styling. 116-inch,wheel,
base. Unusually wide bodi&.
Remarkably quiet. Hydraulic
brakes. New 95.hp. V-8 engine.
workmanship -La combination that you will acknowledge
when you have seen and driven any one of the fine cars in
the Ford Quality Group for 1939.
Things are happening in the automotive world this year!
And nowhere is the advance more marked than in this Ford
Quality Group, See your nearest Ford dealer before you
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buy any car at any price.
FORD 20TOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED! FORD, MERCURY, LINCOLN -ZEPHYR AND LINCOLN MOTOR CARS
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