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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1939-09-08, Page 2ki �+I lt. ,a lji YtTA QMS�s,�!.ii e �!1 Ill '1 +M1. tin,; 5 iron: Expositor a , atablished 1860 McPhail McLean, Editor. Ushed at Seaforth, Ontario, e'v- Thursday afternoon by McLean ubscrip'tion rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. 'd►SEAFORTH, Friday, September 8 War Again We had a war that was to do away with all wars. But that war ended nearly twenty-one years ago. Twen- - r -one years of national fears and distrust, of : greed and arrogance and lying on the part of some Rations, and too much tolerance and over yielding on ,the part of others, and now we are n.t war again.. .And from the same .cause. The ruler of the German Empire, not the German people, wills it so. The hopes and the struggles for peace on the part Of Great Britain and France have come to naught as they did in 1914. It was, however, a case of hope against hope. In recent months and recent years, Hitler has led 'the Ger- man. nation into a blind road, from which there was no outlet. That was apparent to all people of all other nations a week ago, when he inform- ed -the French Government that the free city of Danzig and. the Polish Corridor were to be his. Only on that understanding and after it, would he enter into negotiations with Poland. But Great Britain and France have not forgotten Munich and the violation of every promise then made by Hitler. They came to the realization in those short months, even if they had suspected it before, that Hitler's pledged word meant absolutely nothing. That he was bent on the conquest of Europe, as the first step in the conquest of America, and. the domination of the known world. Consequently, France as well as Britain, has come to the unshake- able belief that it is now, or never. Eventually, if the independence of the democratic nations is to be pre- served, the mad career of Hitler must be checked, and there is no time like the present. It will be no easy task, and the people of our world might as well realize that now as well as later. Hitler is powerful but he is not all powerful. He possesses the arrog- ance of the all powerful, it is true, an arrogance in which he has boasted that he can conquer without the aid of other nations, even his own allies. That he not only has the will, • but the men and resources to conduo a ten-year- war. Perhaps he has. But at the end of that ten years, if not before, Mr. Hitler will find that the British Em- pire and the French are still in the fight, and still have the men and the resources to continue that fight for another ten years, or as long as it takes to thoroughly whip a mad and deluded bully.. • Steady Does It These are perilous times for the people of Canada. Naturally we will be anxious for war news and events in Europe, but let us not be too hasty. Let us not be led to ac- cept rumor for truth.. Let us not get panicky. All news is not authentic that one sees in some . papers, and still less authentic that comes -over the radio. We had --an instance of that 'a week or two ago when the Prime Minister of Great Britain denounced in the British Mouse of Commons, in no un- certain terms, the commentary of a radio speaker, as utterly false and unfounded. Naturally when the radio is avail- able at any time, and newspapers orate or. twice a day, we will Ve resource to the radio, even ire olu 'Chan, has been our cus-- ci�ar' that is saying a good deal. etneber thtat, the e >• . pees• of infor h sift:Vie+d iTy .I . '• THE HURON EX'OSSTOR • it by the national and international. press. That if the press does not publish what the radio broadcasts, it is because that news is either not authentic or is of too improbable a nature to be true. We all like to be the bearer of sensational news, at times, and radio announcers area nor exception to the general run of humanity. But a voice over the air is just heard and then it is gone. It is hard to trace or to check. It is otherwise with the printed word. The evidence there is all out in black and white. For that rea- son let us take with a grain of salt the most sensational things, we are likely to hear, from now on, over the radio. At least until they are veri- fied by official despatches in the papers, or otherwise. Canada needs all its nerve at this time, and getting jittery over rum- ors will not help to preserve it. It is steady that does it. • The Prime Minister Was Right - During the past few months Prime Minister Mackenzie King has undergone some very bitter abuse from some Canadian people and some Canadian papers, notably the Globe and Mail, because he has con- sistently refused to wave the flag and personally commit the Canadian nation to war with Germany, even if it was to be on the side of Britain. And the Prime Minister was right. Even Prime Minister Chamberlain did not take upon himself the step of committing Great Britain to war. It was the Parliament of Great Bri- tain, - called in special session, that took 'that momentous step. And it is the Parliament of Can- ada which has been summoned in special session for Thursday of this week that will take a similar step that will be as momentous for the people of Canada as it was for the people of Great Britain. When Great Britain is at war, Canad is at war. Every loyal Cana- dian knows and instinctively believes that to be a fact. Why then at ev- ery minor of war, well founded as recent rumors have been proven, should Canada proclaim this fact 'and their super loyalty from the house tops? That smacks too much of Hitler himself and his methods. And there is another place where- in the Prime Minister was right and some people and some papers in Can- ada wrong. Mr. King 'has been almost as bitterly assailed for not asking for the dissolution of Parlia- ment and bringing on an election while the present crisis was existing, as he was for not waving the flag. It would have been very much to the personal advantage of Mr. King to have done both of these things. But, apparently, contrary to the Ioudly expressed opinion of some people and some papers in Canada, neither personal nor party advant- age comes first with the Prime Min- ister. If reliable inside information on European affairs was available to any man in Canada, that informa- tion must have been available to Mr. King, and- undoubtedly was. And having that information, he would not run the risk, and it would be a great risk, of placing Canada in the position where she would be without a Parliament when the country's worst fears have been realized. The responsibility for the conduct of the nation's `..policy rests in the hands of Parliament alone and the people should appreciate the fact that Canada has a Parliament to- day, for no other reason than be- cause Mr. King, in the face of bitter condemnation, had the force and foresight to postpone' the election. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:. Smoking -And Forest Fires (Detroit Free Press) When careless smokers throw lighted matches or cigar or Ci'garett'e bets from car windows and start forest fires that destroy property, drive game away by destroying its refuge, and mar the scenery', they are eomimfitting a grave offense. A considerable proportion 0 the forest fires that destroy millions of 'dollars worth of prop- erty int this country every year are caused- by just this Seri of carelessness. As summer pass'e's into autuiinn in Michigan and the glrasis and leaves become dry' and 1r'ighljr e'oin>Ivue'tibl�,. s!tndlcer- oto the highway or in Cha Wt de valkalirir be doubly careful. • il" r , }} ra Item. Picked From The Huron Expoeltor of Fifty and Twenty -flue Year. Ago. iYears Agone Interesting From The Huron Expositor September 11, 1914 The villagers and campers of Bay - held ,have collected $42.85 for the hos- pital 'ship. A flag day was held and the fund was 'rased irn, a few hours. Two carloads of fine horses were shipped from Brussels to Ottawa on Wednesday of hast week for war `pur- poses by Mesera. Muldoon and Gal- ba'aith. Germtanyy has already at least one Canednan prisoner of war in the per- son of Mr. Ernest MacMillan, who was attending ,the Wagner Festival at Bayreuth, Bavaria, when the war broke out. Miss Dora Sherritt, of Hen,sa.1j, who is a trained nar eee showed her live interest and patriotism by volunteer- ing some weeks, age to go to the 'front 'lays a Red Cross nurse, but was dish.p- oinbed in that so many applications had been received that she could not be Iacacepte&- The fire brigade was called out on Monday morning to the residence of Mr. W. A. Crich_ It seems that Mrs. Crick while filling the tank of her gasoline stove, placed it on the kit- chen, coal a$ange, which was hotter than she thought, setting the interior of the kitchen on! fire. Miss M. Johnstone and Mrs. H. J. Hodgins had rather a bad experience while travelling to Detroit, when the passenger train on the Grand Trunk Railway was entered by. two 'robbers. Miss) Johnstone was relieved of $5.00 but Mrs. Hodgins was unmolested. Mr. Harold Nixon, the organist anis choir leader of First Presbyterian Church, conuaenced his duties on Sun- day Iast.. Mr. Peter Kerr, who sold his farm in MoKi.11ep, has purchased the ,resi- dence of Mr_ Howard Hartry in the north ward. There were 100 tiekets sold for To- ronto at Mr. Somerville's office for the Exhibition,. Mr. William- Bei newies, of Manley, 'had the roof blown off this barn last Thursday. The Huron House of Refuge Com- mittee expects to clear $2,000 on the Dutch sets grown at the Refuge farm. Last year a profit of $1,200 was made OD, tbiss crop. Miss Violet Stewart, of Farquhar, now a student at Exeter high school, tholds a unique record for regularity attendance. In three years see was absent from school two days and thews were in the first year of her attendance. Mr. Philip Hern, of Usborne, receiv- ed a telegram from Quebec from his son, Loftus', stating that he was with the volunteers at Valcartier. Also Mr. Hubert White, son of Mr. William White, of Stephen, is another from that district wbo is withthe soldiers ateValca'rtier. Masters Robert McLean, Roy Butt and Win. Sproat, young recruits who have graduated from School No. 2, Tuckersavith, under the training of Miss McGregor, are attending the Seaforth Collegiate. From The Huron Expositor September 13, 1889 Mr. Charles Armstrong and wife left Brussels on Tuesday for Moose Jaw, Northwest Territory, where they intend trying their fortunes. Wbt[e ploughing one day last week, Merano Oesnh met witth' a painful ac- cident. The ground being Chard the horses were pulling bard and walking fast when the elevis broke and Mr. Oesch having the lines around him, was drawn in ahead and fell on his face on the colter, cutting his upper Gip and nose. "Florence G," Mr. Whiteley's trot- ting mare, has competed in two .races `since going to the States and won first in each of them, beating some of the best horses in the United States. Mrs. James Bonthron, postmistress and merchant of Rtodgerville, left for her home In Dakota this week. Mr. Thomas Elder, of Tuckersmitih, this week delivered at the Hensel! oatmeal milis 37 'bag's of oats which tipped the scales at over 114 bushels. James McLaughlin, of Grey, bas been engaged to teach in School Sec- tion No. 13, Howick, for the rernaind- er of tide year. Mr, Alex Mustard's beam, Bruce - field, got 'away from him when at the railway station and ran down the London Road, breaking the buggy to pieces. Mr. .Tames Leiper, 10th concession of Hullett, recently returned from a trip to Scotland and brought back a fine pure-bred Clydesdale stallion. The lawn party in connection with St. John's Church, Varna, which was held lest Monday evening ite Mr. Se - cord's beautiful grove, was quite a suecese. Mr. William, Hugill, of Kinburn, having completed a splendid carriage stop, treated his friends to a real lively dance. Jarmes Proctor furnish- ed the nnrsgre. The Royal Teinplars of Temper- ance will 'Mold a parlor social at the residence of Mr. 'Wm. Sclater on Fri- day evening next. Mr. Robert Jamiestote of the Golden Liop Store, Seafortlh, returned from th'e Old Country this week. He was accompanied by Miss Wilson and Miss Lunmden. Dr. W. J. Wanless and bride, of Toronto, were in Wroxeter and leave in a short time for Kolapore district, India, where they will engage in mis- sion ^work. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johhston, of Kippen, wlro h9 re been on an..extend- ed tour- through Ireland; England, Scotland and France, have returned helve. • "1 came from South Dakota." "That's ftmny, • You don't talk like a' Southerner?' • t 4 3 ., tiler 1.r'tb 3 .u..in. r, , 4al til it Phil, Osifer of Lazy ;Meadows (By Hnrry .1. Boyle) 0 "CHICKENS" Ithere is any one thing more than another that can get my nanny it's those confounded thickens on Satur- day night. Of course durieg these summer months it's quite a ritual to go to town :on Saturday evening and rub shoulders with practically every- body in this edstrict. Wth'ile the wives are either ,exchanging tid-bit3 of gos- sip ar else giving in their grocery or- ders at the store we farmers` manage to get around, buy ourselves a nickel cigar and recall the doing of the week', At present the weather subject is running a poor second to the war situation. If those foreign diplomates could only arrange 'to be on hand oil' a Saturday evening they . would cer- tainly get more ideas as to how to settle the situation than they know what to do with. Along about eleven we' start for (home, the .back seat bundled up with ,parcels and several of the neighbors who walked into town to drop off by the way. By the time we reach the turn at the Ninth Concession corner my eyes begin -to get heavy and I have to keep strict ,attention on the beam o. fight from the headlights, else I would, go to sleep. Having ar- rivedat the front gate Mrs'. Phil re- calls -w at- a subdued gasp, "Oth, the chiekene; weren't shut up this even - ng." I protest that nothing will hurt them, but the memory of how Mrs. Sc•ar.d-So lost seven or eleten or some such amount to- a weasel and I give up as a bad task. Then t`. -,s lantern must be lit for growling i:r: the dewy grass of the or- chard, Biddy complains from her coop that her adelescen.t charges have wandered away and let her with only one !mit to mother. She drows- ily chirps out imprecation's on the heads of ':er stubborn- children, who feeling that they are old enough to take care of themselves, have wan- dered away for the evening. There is -generally certain to be two or three on top of the coop. In a neighboring cherry tree two or three more have taken up their.positions an a lower branch. But those elu- sive five or six that remain! Hold- ing the lantern aloft in the attitude of the Stfitue of Liberty and strain - Mg your eyes beyond the feeble cir- cle of Light which It casts, you try. and see the vagrants, - A drossy clucking from an apple tree and we try and round up all those remaining. At least two squawkingly protest and flutter down to the ground and scamper a few feet away into the tall grass.. In lift- ing up the coop to put back the ones captured, another will escape and it's a matter of having to run him down until he's tired,. Then comes the task of finding the two which escaped. By this time a person doesn't exactly know where they.; slipped... into the grass, and in keelet'ng it aside and .pawing around you come on a nest of burrs. With a generous plastering,' of the sticky burrs you find the two chickens snuggling• up to eaoh other in drowsy comfort -Then to gather them up and escort thein upside down back to the coop. Biddy clucks contented- ly and beds them down for the night, in 'a. fussy -like and important way as if they were still tiny chicks instead' of being almost as big as sihe is her- self. ' - You're tired and sleepy . . . and your good suit trousers have been damrpened by the dew until they're almost wet and they're covered by burrs and prickly weed seeds' and you're on the verge of bad temper. Mrs. Phil meets you and then asks, "Did you get them all?" For a mo- ment you're almost tempted to say something but you reply, "Yes," whe- ther you've counted them or not, and you go to bed and, in those few mom- ents before sleep comes 'you begin to wonder if you really did get them alt or not. JUST- A SMILE OR TWO "Cook," said the mistress of the house, "I really must complain about that friend who comes to see you. Last night I couldn't get to sleep be- cause of her laughter." "I'm so sorry, Ma'am," replied the cook, "I was telling her about that time you tried to make a cake." • "As for myself," she declared, "when I shop I always ask for what I want and, if they have it and it pleases me, and I feel an ineIinati'rn to buy it, and it is cheap enough, and I have the money, and one can- not buy it anywhere else, I nearly al- ways buy it without the haggling and arguing during the whole day which other persons do."—Kentis•h Mercury. Harold had taken his girl friend to lunch and she had' spoken to a nice looking man at the next table. "Is that man a friend of yours?" asked 'Harold. "Yes," she replied. "Then, I think I'll ask him to join us." "Qlh, Harold, this is so sudden!" "What's so sudden?" "Why . . , er . . . he's our vic- ar." in-ar." , • One of the farmer's chief problems in this district is to ensure sufficient irritation in dry weather,—Canadian Paper. Arent there any hikers over there who leave gates open?—Humorist, North Huron M.P. Has Prize Winning Platf orm R. J. Deachman, North Huron M.P., won fiint prize in a recent c•onitest ar- ranged by Saturday Night for the beet Liberal platform. Mr. Deachman's platform, together with Saturday night's comments, and also the winning Conservative plat- form, appear herewith, Saturday Night comments as fol- lows: "No single entrant in our Platform Competition has, in our opinion, oom- pletely Saved the Country in a single Platform. We have therefore decided to divide the Fifty Dollars among three entrants, one of whom has in our opinion done the best job of sav- ing in the Liberal manner, one in the Conservative manner, and one in a slightly unorthodox Co-operative Com- nionwealth Federation manner. "The Liberal winner is R. J. Deach- mran, M.P. for Huron Nortel, Ont. "The Conservative winner is Her- bert Maxwell. Bruce, Annandale, York Mills, Ont., the son of the immediate past Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. "The C.C.F. winner is J. C. Harris, of New Denver, B. C. "We know that in a way it is un- just, but we are giving twenty dol- lars to Mr. Deaohmlan and Mr. Bruce and only ten dollar's to Mr. Harris. This is because we feel that the C.C. F, is less likely to be able to save Canada ,in Mr. Harris's way than the other two parties in Mr. Deachman's ar Mr. Bruce's Way." Mr. Deachman's Platform 1. AGRICULTURE.—The first task of Li'berali'sm is the establishment of equality of economic opportunity for the farmer and other basic producers. 2. BONUSES.—Liberalism believes that tevety industry should stand up- on its own feet. It feeds that bonuses end subsidies, no matter in what guise they appear, are economically unsound and should be abolished. The desired objective may be difficult of attainment In present world condi- tione and in a ehangi:ng economy, but a persistent and determined effort should, be d.ireoted towards reaching this desirable enol. ' 3. THE CAVIL SERVICE.—Lfber- altism approves of the merit system of appointment and believes that the Jurisdiction of the Civil Service Com: mistslon should be extended over all employees except where remuneration is less than $3110 per annum. Civil servants should be promoted on ability and expetience. Transfers from one section' of the country to another •should be freely made, and 'h'ere, as in the United Kimgdorn, Civil servants .should' be anoved from one department to ,anetlher wherever ,it ap- pears that improvement in the ser - vide or fuller opportunity for `develop- ment of the esnployte will be achiev- ed by such action, 4. DEFT AND EXPENDITURE: -- Parsimony in expenditure may bei ex- travagance, but expenditures which fail to return value for the money spent are a waste of national capital. Debt is not in itself an evil. The ques- tion which arises in the contempla- tion of any expenditure, public or private, is a •simple one: Are we likely to get full value for the money we are about to spend? The duty of Liberalism is to insist on this basis of action in the discussion of public expenditures. 5. FOREIGN RELATIONS. — The problem of foreign relations must be ,settled in the field of economic co- operation,. Sound foreign p o l i c y should begin in the domestic field. The growing tendency towards trade barriers and ,other restrictions be- tween provinces, cities: and towns within the nation reflects a narrow- ness of 'seine which makes' co-opera- tion and understanding extremely dif- ficult both at home and abroad; Libenalltstm believes that extreme protection and intensive nationalism are incompatible with modern civil- izations and a high standard of living and is convinced that the breakdown of existing barriers is, the only alter- native to world chaos. If elms seems impossible in the world of today, it must not be forgotten. that the things of today are rimlpossibie in the world of tomorrow—if civilization is to sur- vive. 6. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. —Liberalism, accepts and believes in private ownership and the greatest possible freedom for individual in- itiative. It accepts government own- ership only where there is an inter- est which transcends the economic ,and, creates a field of activity in which circumstances, restrict and lim- it the possibility of private action. 7. IMMIGRATION. — Liberalism cannot accept the doctrine that the natural reslources, of Canada are for lcunselivest alone. An increase of pop- ulation, the growth of capital invest- ment, would strengthen th'e national ,economy. Therefore, immigrants, sound in health and of capacity and ability, should! be encouraged. Every effort slhloul+d be made to induce for- eign capital to inn%hsrt in Canada. 8. LABOR,—Liberalism does` not holed that increases in hourly wages of labor constitute the sole measure of the s,Nanldiarnd of living, nor does it alssumte that wages can be fixed by goverrimemtt flat, or helped by state interference in support of the strang- er groarps. The problem Is, to increase 'Heal purchasing power and distribute it equitably to those who works by hand or brain anti to the basic pro- ducers of the natiod. This can best be done through freedom of eotmpeti- tion and by fundamental measures for lowering the cost of living' and in- creaatng the •purchasd,ng power of the (Continued on Page 3). 1 I t3' It °°I irltir,i t., i! IP4t SEPTEMBER 8, 1939. A FactA Week About Canada (From the Boj lora Bureau of $tats cs) SLATE Many people will remember that ins the early etears of the depression, some school boards, for economy's sake, reverted to the old slate pen- cils for use in schools. We import several thousand dollars? worth of these slates and slate pencils. stall for that purpose. The best slate comee from the Penrhym quarry in North Wales. It is ,the Largest in the world, and the following description of it will be intenesting to those who use or have used the old school slates. The quarry extends to the verye„, shouldrer of Bronllwyd mountain, a total height from top to- bottom of almost 1,200 feet. In all there are` 19 terraces or galleries, each 60 feet high; the extreme length of the quar- ry is three-quarters of a mile, and at. the broadest part it,J'is more than:. half a mile wide. Every gallery has; at• name, derived either from a mem- ber of Lord'Pennhyn's family or from some outstanding event of public in- terest at the time the 'gallery was op- ened; for example, .Agor Boni or Bonaparte Floor, Sebastopol, Princes Mary, etc. The history of Penrhyn` Quarry dates back almost 400 years. The first 'ord'er .fon Penrhyn slate on record! was in 1570, when Sion Tudur ad- dressed the Dean of Bangor asking for a shipload of slate. At the' present time more than 2,- 500 people are employed in the quar- ry and well. over 1,000,000 tons of rock a year ane extracted. The rock is loosened by blasting, with black powder .which has the effect of loos- ening the slate without shattering it. Each blast may bring down anything. up to 500 tons of rock according to, the d'ay's' requirements, The slate that. is loosened is then removed' by min- ual labour with crowbars, chisels and hammers. As soon as the commer- cially valuable slate has been separ- ated from the rubble, it is transport- ed along a narrow gauge railway in: trucks, each of two tons capacity, toe one of the main vertical shafts, when it is conveyed to the dressing sheds.. It is of interest to note that as mucic as 90 per cent, of all the ° material. quarried is waste, which, to a large extent, accounts for the comparative- ly high cost of slate. In addition to its use as a roofing material, Pennhyn slate is also em-_ ployed by many of the principal man- ufacturers of electrical switchboards on account of the great mechanical .strength and non -conducting proper- ties. The switchboard equipment of both the R.iyI.S.' "Queen Mary" and "Queen Elizabeth" .tpcludes Penrhyn. slate slabs. Seen in the County Papers Accident To Aged Cyclist When a bolt on the front wheel of the motorcycle which he was driving became loosie, eighty-ane-yearoId W. R. Henry was thrown to the pavement and 'received several minor, cuts and a severe shaking up. The aged cy- clist, probably the oidest man to, drive a motorcycle in Western On- ta.rio, was taken to his home after receiving medical attention, little the worst for the mishap. The accident occurred at the corner of Victoria and Hamilton Streets`.—Goderich Sig- ' nal -Star, Storing Huron County Wheat Day and night gangs are working at the God.erich elevator unloading shipments of wheat from Huron coun- ty pcint,s. Arrangements have been made with the Canadian Wheat Board for the storage of half a mil- lion 'bushels. So far about half that amount ,has, been received, The wheat is netting the farmer 52 to 53 cents. The pegged price ie 70 cents, the dif- ference being taken up in freight, handling and storage charges. This - is the first time Ontario wheat has been stored here in` any quantity. The normal wheat production of Huron ()aunty is about half a million bush- els.—Godemich Signal -Star. Won` At Ottawa Billy Zomlbo, owned by Clayton Fryfogle, won first place in the class for roadster's under 15.2 hands at the Central Canada Exhibition and Horse Show in Ottawa.—Wingham Advance- Times. dvanceTimes. Wins Automobile H. T. Perdue, R. R. 5, Wingham, of East. Wawanosb, held the ticket for the 1939 Dodge coach which was drawn for at the Lions Frolic at God- erich Friday night, — Wingham Ad- vance -Times, Fractured Wrist While playing in the bush in the - country, Ted Jones, 13 -year-old son of Mr_. amid Mrs, Cecil Jones, of Wil- Idaens St. South, on Monday 'he'd the misfortune to fall from a tree and bleak his wrist on the left hand and was also shaken up.—Exeter Times- Alth'ocate, Fingers Amputated Mr. Roland Williams, of Usborne, who has been in St. Joseph's` Hos- pital, London, following the amputa- tion of three fingers of his right hand, caught in the blower of a t'hreshing machine, returned to his home on Tuesday.—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Takes Up Research Work Prof. W. E. Sterling, ,of. Pasadena. CaI., son of Rev. William Sterling, a Werner pas'rbor of Fullerton United Church, and now of the Bay of (Continued on Page 3) • • e • • 1 • a • 4 d • • • • • r • . • • .4 rd • ,Ri .,