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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1939-09-15, Page 2!IV *o, ..0.11,...111WiiM40140;101, • io• in000mmiaml E it ronExpositor EtaiJisbe4 1860 ellaa,i1 McLean, Editor._ ed at Seaforth, Ontario, eve ay afternoon by IVIcLean ell UbScription rates, $1.50 a year in ;awe; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single es, 4 cents each. $AFORTH, Friday, September 15 Canada Is At War r When Britain is .at war, Canada is ;at war. That statement is just as true to -day as when it was uttered. ,Many- years ago. On September 3rd, the British 'Parliament declared a state of war #tgainst Germany. From that mom - lent we believe that every true Cana- an instinctively knew that Canada Would follow in Britain's footsteps. And Canada did. A week to the day that Britain -150k its momen- tous step, the Parliament of Canada hr a vote that was practically unani- mous, proclaimed a state of war with the German Reich. And now "Canada is at war. This is the first time in our his- tory that the Parliament of Canada, Ion its own account and by its own twill, exercised the most far reaching tis well as the most awesome right Of a nation to declare a state of war. In 1914 the circumstances were en- tirely different, for at that time the Canadian Government merely pub- lished the British war proclamation,. What Canada's part in this war twill be has not, as yet, been fully de- termined. There is, however, little probability that for a year, and per- haps more, that Canada will send an expeditionary force to either Eng- land or ..the Continent. Volunteers are already being called for the Can- Odian militia, but these will be used texclusively for home defence. At the present time, and for some time to come, Britain will have no peed of outside men to fill the ranks pf her armies, or for reinforcements, las the conscription law in the British Isles makes ample provision for these, outside the air forces.. If Canada does send an expedi- tionary force, the first to go will be air pilots, mechanics and airplanes. These are the greatest need at pres- ent, and a need which Canada can and will supply with an unstinted hand when Britain asks for them. For the time being, it is believed, Oanada's part in the war will be to supply war munitions, equipment and food, but first will come the training of air pilots for immediate active service. But Canada's declaration of war should mean above all things' that Canadians must quickly and com- pletely come to the realization that this is no ordinary war; to the re- alization that if this war is lost Can - a& will be the prize and the chief prize 'that Naziism will gain by its victory. That means that the whole re- sources of this country must be mobolized on the side of Britain. That'theremust be no half-hearted effort; that there must be no per- sonal side; no political side. That there must be a united Canada. • What About Prices? Canada being at war, Canadians may as well make up their minds from the start that there will be a general rise in prices. Farm pro- ducts will go up; the products of the factory will increase in price, and so will the cost of living. There can be no serious objection raised against this rise in prices, par- ticularly the rise in farm products, because everyone knows that, the farmer has been playing a losing game for quite some years past, pro- vided always that there is a limit to the rise in pi -ices. But Canadians have not yet for- gotten what happened to many,if not most, commodit3r prices during the past war. They have not forgot- , ten,. nor are they likely to forget the unlicensed profiteering and h e Weed of single men, of companies, and of eorporations. t at& present time there is a sur- d f ' ;products; a surplus of u040, arid practically a hing that eonsti- e'eS.1"estee,tesesseet.'SisiiiieS ' '4IF THE HURON EXPOSITOR• tutes the Canadian family budget. Is this surplus going to be regulated so that it will be distributed fairly and humanely among the Canadian peo-- ple, or is it going to be hoarded and doled out at exorbitant prices, so that a few men may be made million- aires at the expense of the common pee le? The Government answer to these questions is a most emphatic NO! By order -in -council tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday last, the price situation will be ha/Id- led as follows: Foodstuffs), fuel or any other ne- cessity of life found hoarded will be seized by the War -time Prices and Trades Board. A penalty of $5,000 or up to two years' imprisonment is provided for offenders. The Board will have wide powers to fix maximum prices or margins of profit, to fix the amount that may be sold or purchased and to itself buy and sell supplies through agencies designated by the Board. Anti -hoarding regulations will af- fect the ordinary householder as well as his merchant, wholesaler and manufacturer. "No person shall accumulate or withhold from sale any necessary of life beyond an amount 'thereof rea- sonably required for the use for con- sumption of his household or for the ordinary purposes of his business." The order -in -council makes these things quite clear, and further; the Hon. Norman Rogers has asked for the co-operation of the public. If the public thinks it is being charged ex- orbitant prices by merchants or any one else, the Minister asks that these cases be reported to the Federal De- partment of Labor, which will deal with' them. There is much need for such an order -in -council and much needfor such a Price and Trade Board, and the sooner they get together and in- to operation, the better it will be. • Proclamation Of War Following is the text of thepro- clamation published Sunday in an extra edition of the Canada Gazette , declaring a state of war exists be- tween Canada and Germany: TWEEDSMUIR, (L.S.), CANADA: George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British'Dominions beyond the Sea, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India_ To all to whom these presents shall come or whom the same may in anywise concern, Greeting: A PROCLAMATION ERNEST LAPOINTE, ATTORN- EY -GENERAL, CANADA. Whereas by and with the advice of our Privy Council for Canada we have signified our approval of the is- sues of a proclamation in the Can- ada Gazette declaring that a state of war with ,he German Reich exists and has existed in our Dominion of Canada as and from the 10th day of September, 1939: Now therefore we do hereby de- clare and proclaim that a state of war with the German Reich exists and has existed in our Dominion of Canada as from the 14th day of Self- tember, 1939. Of all which our ,loving subjects and all others whom these presents may concern are hereby required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness: Our right trusty and well -beloved John, Baron Tweedariiiiir of Els-field, a member of our most honorable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of our most distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Knight Grand Cross of our Royal Victorian Order, member of our Order of the Companions of Honor, Governor- General and Commander -in -Chief of our Dominion of Canada. At our Government House, in our City - of Ottawa, this 10th day of Sep- tember, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-. Nine and in the third year of our Reign. By Command, W. L. MACKENZIE KING, Prime Minister of Canada. •sserseeseennesess Years Agone Interes▪ ting Rome Picked From Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twentyelve Years Ago*. From The Huron 'Expositor September lfe 1914 The old Salvation Army barracks en North Main Street have been torn deivn and a , newt mare handsome and up-todate edifice is being constructed in in place. The cement work, plumb- ing, etc., will be done by Mr. H. Edge and the wood work by Mr. Joseph Keating. Joseph Sturgeon, a half-breed be- longing to letuncey Reserve, near Lon- don, on Wednesday of last week helped himself to one of George Es- sery's horses at Exeter. Mr. William Caldwell had driven the horse to town and left it fn. James St. church shed. The Womens Ineti'tute of Walton was held at the home of Mrs. Joseph Bennett, 'when a large crowd gather- ed to see the demonstration given by Miss O'Dell of Blyth, "Dressing the bed for a sick parson." -Mr. John VanEgmond, a graduate of The Huron Expositor office, has gone to Bermuda with the Canadian contingent of voilunteers. Miss Mary Habkirk, Mary Cowan and John Button leave next week for Toronto, where they will attend Uni- versity. Mr. Leslie Reid, son of Mr. J. H. Reid, who has been in Montreal' for some time, enlisted with a Montreal regiment and is now at the training camp at Valcartier. Mr. W. A. Crictt has been elected a member of the Executive Commit- tee of the Canadian Bread and Cake Bakers' Association. Mr. Austin Dining, son of Mr. Sam- uel Dieing, of Tneyersmith, met with somewhat severe accident on Monday last. A horse kicked him on the side very seniously. Dr. Burrows and Mr. Robert Mc- Millan won the consolation event in the Scotch Doubles tournament that was not finished on Labor Day. They 'defeated Messrs. J. M. Best and A. Colthorp by one stmt. Mr. H. C. Box has successfully passed his examination for qualifica- tion as a professional embalmer. Al- so Mr. E. Palmer Whiteley passed successfully in Toronto. • Earl Ross, who has been a private in ,the Royal Canadian Regiment sta- tioned at Halifax for four years, has been called to Bermuda and left for that place on Thursday. Mr. S. A. Miller, of Cromarty, re- ceived particulars of the tragic death of his nephew, Mr. Irai Walker, of Calgary, only son of. Mr. and. Mrs. James D. Walker, of that neighbor- hood. He was out shooting when the gun exploded, belonging to one of his companions, and it shot the unfor- tunate lad in the back. • .SEPTEMBER 15, 19$9,*'-. Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows: • (By Harry J. Boyle) "COU RAGE" It takes courage to do what you 'malty want to de, and so few of us have that courage. Foe instance, one of those highly successful cousins, of mine from the city blew In here last night. He Was motoring to some , point up north 'to epend the week -and with 'his family at their cottage and then return to the city for the winter. It was Bill who gave me that idea for saying that. a lot of 1:6 lack courage. Bill is one of my favorite cousins. He's growing to be short and stout in a pompish way with hair that's thin- ning to a scarcity. He's always dress- ed in the beet of fashion and driving a new car. He smokes good cigars and looks the part of a well fed and Prosperous banker. Bill came L. just before supper time. and it was a foregone conclusion that be would stay to supper and for the nighit if it was at all possible. He ate heartily in .the satisfied manner of a man who enjoys geed food. We had just churned yesterday afternoon and he drank three glasses of fresh but- termilk. • "That's the first buttermilk I've tasted since I left home," he said in a sort of recollecting way, "and it's better than all the fancy thinks I've ever had since," He gave me one of these fancy cig- ars and we sat on the verandah talk- ing while the night crept in around us. I suppose our thoughts were di- rectly' opposite because when I said: "lit certainly must be nice to be. able to have cigars like those every day," he just laughed and said, "I was just wishing tint I could sit down and en- joy a Esselte from one of those corn- cobs icet have on the window there." So, while he puffed on the cob, I enjoyed the corona. It was warm and pleasati, and, quiet in that peaceful way of a :ate summer evening in the country, You could just sense the easy wry in which Bill relaxed into that old rocker. • "Phil," lie said after a while, "I'd From The Huron Expositor September 20, 1889 Hon. W. G. Ross, Minister of Edu- cation, will be present at the East Huron Reform Convention in Brus- sels on Monday, Sept. 23rd. On Wednesday of last week while going home from school, Alex D. Baird, son of George Baird, of Stan- ley, had his leg severely bruised by a wagon loaded with gravel. The boys were throwing dust at one an, other and he got some in his eyes, and while blinded was knocked over by the horses and hurt by the wheels of the wagon. Mr. Daniel Shine, of McKillop, re- turned from the mining districts of Colorado on Saturday last after an. absence of nine years. - Mr. Frank Gutteridge ie now busily engaged building the new wing walls to the abutments of the Egmondville bridge. The stone for this work is being hauled from. a quarry , near Brussels by Mr. Geo. Murray, Mr. Thomas McMichael, of Hallett, has been awarded' first prize at the Toronto Industrial Fair for his. year- ling agricultural stallion colt, "King of Huron." The Brucefield. Football Club played a friendly game 'with the Seaforth Club on Saturday last. The following represented the Brucefield team:— Goal, M. Dixon; backs, Andrew Scott and G. McCartney; half backs, J. Kaiser, R. McCartney and D. McTav- ish; 'forward centre, R. Beatty; right wing forwards, R. Young and J. Snid- er; -left wing forwards, D. Dallas and G. 'Simpson. Ms Joseph Stansel., of Leadbury, threshed 120 bags of oats from four bags sown last spring. The work was done by Dennis Bros. The farms of the late John Finlay- son, of Tuckersmith, have been rent- ed. The homestead farm' n the 4th concession, containing 50 ac rented to Mr. E. Forsythe, ve years for $133 per year. The lother farm is on the 5th concession, and contains 60 acres, and was rented' to Mr. Henry Mason for five years for $120 a year. There are no buildings on this lot. On Wednesday afternoon of last week a tramp entered the residence of Mr. John) McLean on the 2nd con- cession of Tackeremitih, near Kippen, and stole $15 in money and other art- icles. The guilty- person is a man 'who that evening took tea at the home of Mr. McKay and also called on Mr. Daman. Thus far 250 tickets have been sold at the Seaforth station for the Indus- trial Fair at Toronto this week. Mr. A. Cardiac* is now buying and packing appleS on the 'lake shore. Dr. H. R. Elliott, of Brumfield, es leaving this week for a few well- earned holidays. His practice will be looked after by Dr. MoTavish, of Steno., formerly of Brucefield. W. J. Wanless, M.D., missionary to Kolaper, endia, and vt Mrs. Wanless were visiting his uncle, Mr. William Graham, Stanley, prior to leaving for their new home. The first of the local shows of this county for this gennott, was held on the grounds of the ettekersmith Agii- i ealttiral Society in Sento/eh On Mon- t da stuck Tuesday lase •11•1 give anything to be able to trade plac- es with you!" Coming from a man with an income in the thousands to a man who has never had a whole thousand dollen; at one time it was rather surprising and I expressed it. "I never did want to be a banker, 'hilt" he said in a way that was al - meet pathetic, "but father wanted one of his. sons to be something other than a farmer and I was the one boosted along the way. To -day I have more money that I know what to do with, but wheal good is it doing me? All I can think about is how to make more and 'get more property. The only people I know are ones 'like myself who think about the same things— and they all start with money." Bill was quiet then for a while and went on: "My wife is' oonstantly try- ing to tad something to amuse her- self. We go off to stale parties made, up of stale people like ourselves. My son has never worked in his life and don't seem in the least way inclined. 'to start. He spend -more in a year than I had irs all my life until I Was twenty-one. The only young men who ever seem to go out with my daugh- ter are fellows who seem to have an eye on my bankroll. Phil, to give ev- eryone their dues, we're the hicks and people like you folks in the coun- try are the smart ones. Just think of living here where you be happy and contented' and there's not a con- tinual fear of losing all your money. You don't have bright lights and noise . . . butayou have calm and 'plenty of it and a chance to go to bed at night and be weary in the way that brings on sleep.. Phil, if I had enough courage I'd chuck the whole thing arid get a little plade in the country and raise chickens. But every time I mention it my family starts talking about my seeing the doctor." I'll bet Bill would' raise good chick- ens, too. It's too bad he hasn't the courage to lose all his money and start over again. JUST A SMILE OR TWO 'It was during the dry spell and a shower having come up, Dr. Blank re- marked to his gardener, "This rain will do a lot of good, Patrick." "It will that, sore" returned Pat. "Shure an hour of R. now will do more good in five minute's thad a month of it would do in .e week at any other time." • The 'humor of English political campaign speec,hes, at its' beet, is un: 'surpassed. When the late Jahn Mor- ley had finished an oration by re- queeting his hearers to vote for him, one man' jumped up and shouted ang- rily, "I'd rather vote for the devil." "Quite so," returned the unruffled statesman, "but in case your friend declines to run, may newt then count on your support?" "What kind pf weather did you have on holiday?" "Well, I almost got engaged to the caretaker of the local museum!" • "How is your son making out with his violin lessons?" "Fine! We can tell when he's tuning it now." CONDITI9NS IN CHINA Hong Kong, May 19, 193% The Editor, The Huron! Expositor:. • Clerk men's clothing store): "I assume you are looking for something in men's clothe'?" Lady: ee certainly am, Have you seen my 'husband around here?" • Bueiressman: "If you're not out of my office in two minutes, Commercial Traveller (cheerfully): "And what would you like me to show you in the two minutes, sir?" American Editorial • • Comment on War Crisis: Detroit News—PeopleS.)can be sure that nobody in authority will take any step committing us to war unless the people support it . . . Emotion got us into the last World War. But we realized later—by the middle of 1920's at any rate—that if we had used our minds we would have stay- ed out. . . . America can best serve civilization by staying out. Philadelphia. Evening Bulletin—The Presid.ent's tone and the content of his utterance showed a restraint evi- dencing a high sense of responsibility. This is no time for partisan, factional or group sniping and recriminations: St. Petersburg (Fla.) Independent. —This is the war that need never have happened. New Orleans States—The world to day places the blame 'for war and hate where it belongs, on the head of Adolf Hitler. No one wants to war on the German 'people who have had little to say about the present confla- gration. The Presideet voices the sentiment of America when he says the United States must be kept out. Kansas City Star.—The Star be- lieves America can and should stay out of the war. But it recognizes that the longer the war lasts, espec- ially if it goes against the democra- cies, the greater the danger of Amer- ican involvement. It lelleves plain common sense SIM national interest require that this country throw open its resources to all nations who can come and buy American goods of whatever sort. New York Sun.,—Never again can there be lasting peace in the world until this whole horrible, fantastic nightmare of HittlerisM has been ex- orcised, no more to trouble the repose of civilized nations. New York Worldi-Telegrans—Let'S be enlightenedly selfish, instead of emotional, for a change. Let's keep constantly in mind that our greatest contribution to the final peace , . , will come . . . through staying out, not mixing lin; through helping in ev- ery way we can to restore intetna- Hone& sanity. Minneapolis, Metre Star-Journal.— As bong as the President sticks to those ideals there can be no' quarrel, and he bias 'paved the way for Ameri- ea to stay otit of wok. Atlanta Journal.—Adolf Hitler has brought Europe to this disaster. But We can glee see that America now can best serve her own interests and those of humanity by keeping out of the armed conflict. Dear Sir: I lave attached a clip- ping removed from one of the local paper** dealing with the conditions in Canton China which •are due to the unnecessary and inhuman treatment of the Japanese who, in my estima- tion, have no rightin China. 'The information contained 'in this piece of paper is not only centered in Canton, but any town or city whinea has been taken by the Japanese is in a like or smite state. In, my estimation it is' time some of the other powers should step in anal do whatever is necessary to stop this unnecessary killing. Yours very truly, X. R. KAISER' (klormer resident of Brucefield, now - travelling in the Far East).. 'Canton under Japanese occupation is deSeeibed as a "coolie city" by a South i;iltuinia Morning Post represent- ative who 'has just returned to Hong Kong after a four days' stay. there. "Such business activity as Can be - seen is but a pale reflection of the Canton of former days," he says. In many parts it is like a deserted vil- lage. Banditry and lawlessness are rife.. The Japanese are making a strenuous. effort to weed out undesirables, but the opinion of foreigners in" Shameers is that, the crime wave being chiefly due to peverty and unemployment, conditions will hardly improve untie. the return- of prosperity. What is the position in Canton at - ter six months of Japanese occupa- tion? Are there many Chinese stilt in the city? If so, are conditions normal? I travelled via Macao. While only one British ship is permitted front Hong Kong per fortnight, the Japan- ese are carrying on. an extensive'- tnaic the river, between Canton. and meats The bulk of it is main- tained by the military authorities_ They have chartered a number of small vessels which leave Macao and: Canton twice a week. Passengers are carried free of charge. I was armed with nothing more than my. passport (which was not viased) but was allowed on board without any fuss. All Chinese passengers, however, are required to have identification, papers, w it hi photograph and consular 'visa. These are carefully scrutinized by Japanese launch. On our ship there were about three hundred', mostly of the working class. Many families were returning to Canton for the first time since the Japanese occupation. Ac- commodation was provided on deck which was partitioned with a heavy curtain, on the other ,side of which the thirty odd of -the better class of' passenger had to be content, in Jap- anese fashion, to make themselvse comfortable on a well matted floor. Newark, N. J., Evening News.—Our Government promises to keep us neu- tral, but there is no disposition. here, unless the national temper is to be misjudged, for 'us to enact the role 'of a rich man passing on the other side of a stricken Europe. Newark, N. J., Star-Eagles—As for America's stand in this situation, it will hardly be necessary to repeat that we must stay out. St, Paul Pioneer Press..—President Roosevelt has sensed and well ex- pressed, in this address to the nation of Sunday night how the onrush of the European catastrophe has over- shadowed the troubles of the United States. .. National unity here must depend on the restraint, good will and patriotism of those men who have the guidance of national affairs . . their hands. St. Louis Post -Dispatch. — Ameri- cans may weep for the fate of Eur- ope. But our first, and last, concern is America. There is. nothing to add to President Roosevelt's moving mem- orial of last night. We know we can- not escape the shock of a Europe at war. But we have gone to Europe, have left our dead there, turned' the tide of battle, but we could not make peace for Europe. We have learned that lesson, and we must not forget. • Hartford. (Conn.) Times. -1t will re- quire patience to remain at peace. . . Yet this people, unquestionab- ly, sees no present reason, why our thought should be of participation, in the war, 'has every deter-initiate:in to maintain a policy of neutrality and aloofness from the conflict and every 'hope that this policy will keep us' from the fighting. Charlotte, N. C., News.—All our in- tareate and feelings. decree that we shall want England and France to win as quickly as possible—to allow them to buy arms here, as, they are entit- led to do under international law. The arms embargo, in fact, will prob- ably be repealed in short order. But it is going to smoke us more clearly Into the open' than would 'have been the case had it been repealed by the last session of Congress. Oklahoma City Oklahoman. — Un thinkable but not entirely impossible is. tra unktiala.te if not fairly early of - (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page 6) - A Fact A Week About Canada (From the Dominion Bureau of Statistics) BERYLLIUM . A deep interest has been observed'. in recent years in the mineral beryl- lium. Possibly the most significant development in the beryllium indus- try during 1938 was the interest tak- en in the wider use of the element in munitions, more specifically is vital parts of aeroplane engines. Of inter- est, too, is the employment of beryl- lium for cementing steel. There is also the possibility that beryllium ox- ide films may be used' to prevent tar- nish. on silver. There are several known occurrenc- es of beryl in Canada and shipments of several ton have been made for experimental purposes from deposits in Renfrew County, Ontario, and the- OReeau River area in Manitoba. That. was in 1936, but no commercial ship- anen, had been. made in 1937. Notwithstanding the great interest displayed by several chemical manu- facturing companiesp inventors, and investors and various rumors of new' enterprises engaging in the produc- tion of beryllium on a more or less. large scale, world output of beryllium probably still fails to exceed '500 tons. a year. Beryllium is virtually as hard aa tempered steel, melts at about :he same high temperature, yet is scarce- ly two-thirds as heavy as aluminum, and resists atmospheric attack to, about the Same degree owing to its film -forming properties. The metal was isolated as' a powder by Wailer a century ago, but attempts to pro-- duce 'molten metal that could be cast failed' until 1920 when Hans Gold- solsmidt and Alfred Stock developed in Germany an electrolytic process yielding ingots that contained, after refining, 99.5 per, cent., being only' minor impurities, chiefly iron, alum- inum and carbon. Unrfortu;71 the unalloyed metal is brittle, while this difficulty might be largely overcome by produc- ing an even purer metal, the exces- sively high cost ($35 to $50 a pound) virtually eliminates' it for structural purposes, Efforts to produce light, strong alloys using only shall addi- tions of beryllium to aluminum or magnesium have not been auccees- full commercially, and industrial de- velopments have been confined al- most exclusively to the hardening of heavy metals, chiefly copper and to a minor evtent nickel. and other non- ferrous metals'. Almost the only use for the metal itself is „for "windows" for x-ray tubes end electrodes for neon- signs': -the targets for the lat- est atom -smashing cyclotron& also are - , made of beryllium S ii I f ttltei'f'Siieslei,i.reeteeittiieeetieseeksiteiti:ie,seetl,..:.,.....e.e.peiniessieesseetisesestesenesseessteitene. • • n