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ii ted 1860.
hail McLean, 'Editor.
at'$eaforth, Ontario, ev
y afternoon by McLean
ie le i ed our years Qf artilacial.
{twenpurity. or whuuh he endured the
tyItwenty years of the deflating period
whidi fQ110!W, d,:
That i$ Why' the average farmer is
taking' a t + h Sailer view of things
today, thah a, eat' any of the so-
caIled farm leaders 'and organiza-
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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 26th
Another _Example
Ex -Premier Hepburn gave an-
other perfect example of what crude
language and plebeian nature can do
to blacken the good name of On-
tario's legislative halls and expose
them to the reproach of not only .the
people of Ontario, but to the people
-ef all the other Provinces, when he
spoke in the Legislature at Toronto
on Friday last.
The Ex -Premier in supporting a
motion to adjourn the Legislature
until March 9th, 'because, he said, it
was impossible for him to prepare a
budget because - the "despoilers, ' vio-
lators of a sacred agreement and.
men without honor" at -Ottawa had
invaded the field of Ontario taxes in
motor licenses and liquor revenues.
His whole speech, in fact, was a
violent attack upon the Ottawa Gov
ernment, so violent that when Eric
Cross, former Minister of Welfare in'
the Hepburn Government, interrupt-
ed to take exception to his language
both Liberal and Opposition benches
applauded.
Angered, possibly, by Mr. Cross
remarks, Mr. Hepburn accused him
of . "kow-towing to Ottawa in the
hope of getting.a judgeship," and .Mr.
Cross' reply is worth noting: "1
would," he : said, "rather kow-tow to
a sense of decency." It was an an-
swer which raised him immeasurably
above the ex-prefnier in ' the estima-
• tion of both, the Legislature and the
country.
Mr.: Hepburn's tirade was nothing
but an excuse to vent his personal
spite and hatred of the Ottawa Gov-
ernment. He knows 'just as well as
the rest of the public in Ontario
know, that Ottawa will compensate
Ontario for everything taken from
the Province, and he is perfectly
safe in going ahead with the pre-
paration of his budget.
And, even if this were not so, Mr.
Hepburnmight easily prepare a bud-
get without imposing new taxes up-
on a Province that is already taxed
to the limit. It might necessarily
curtail the activities of the Ontario
Government, , but a Government,
which in the past eight years has in-
creased . the provincial debt by well
- over one hundred and fifty million
dollars, is due for some drastic cur-
tailment: A start might be made
with 'the members of the Legislature
themselves who last year clrew "down
two thousand dollars for a few days'
attendance, and who show every in-
dication, with the able help of the
Government, of repeating the man-
oeuvre again this year.
•
Raising Production
We have been told with increasing
frequency during recent months,
that all the Government has to de to
increase production on the farms is
to raise prices high enough.
Frarildy, we do not believe it, and
what is much more important, we do
not believe the practical thinking
farmer believes it either, because
that kind of farmer knows that sev-
enty-five per cent. or more of the
trouble he has in increasing produc-
tion ,is riot the need of an adequate
price for his products, but rather
the need of , adequate help on , the
During the years of the last war
there wag no ceiling prim on farm
predugts, and prices soared to inflat-
e4' values. There was no ceiling
price on a single article that ',the
er had to buy- either, go that his
end uu ,chases about balanced.
t, • the farmer was a 'lit-
nifA
ktt ,.'that inflation is
sit ,1S
h"'
Something
,
ar-look he
•
mound ,Cmm el
Once- when the late-Seeretark of
State for the United States, Eliliu
Root, was riding on a train, a farmer
seated next to him began to offer -his
free advice -upon how too conduct the
various affairs of the Government.
"What is your occupation?" final-
ly inquired Mr. Root.
"Poultry farmer," was the reply.
"Do you know how many eggs each
of your hens lays?" asked the Secre-'
tary.
"Why, no," admitted the poultry-
man.
"Well," replied Mr. Root, "the man
who looks after my chickens knows
how many •eggs each hen lays. If a
fowl doesn't provide fifteen eggs a
month, it is a loss; to keep it. Now,.
my friend, doesn't it strike you that.
after you have learned your own
business so well that I cannot give
you points on it, it will then be the
proper time to come and . teach me
how' the Government should be run."
There are quite a few Canadians,
quite a few thousands, in fact, both
in and out of . Parliament, who
should: ,be pushed. up into some ,cor-
ner and have that read to them.
•
Adding Alfalfa
We are not aware of just what the
diet of the Australian soldier ro con-
sists af, or whether it varies much
from that of the soldiers of other
Allied Nations.
But from now on it is going to
have one important addition. Word
came. from Melbourne last week
that chopped alfalfa will be added to
the diet of the Australian Military
Forces.
Army dieteticians claim that in
the present shortage of garden vege-
tables, alfalfa would supply neces-
-,sary vitamins to army food without
altering the palatable quality.'
If the worst comes to the worst in
Canada, we will gladly accept alfalfa
as a substitute for some number of
vegetables.
•
Judges Have A Job
The German Minister of Justice,
Dr. Otto Georg Thierack, announc-
ed last week the mobilization of nine
thousand German Judges who are
being sent either to the front or to'
war factories.
Dr. Thierack believes that this
measure will give greater' 'authority
to the five thousand judges who keep
their positions and who have orders
to interpret the law in conformity
with the desires and interests of the
Nazi party.
Justice will not suffer any loss by
° the move, and the German war ef-
fort will profit by the addition of
nine thousand new recruits.
s
What's The' Use ?
A Member of Parliament said the
other day that something will have
to be done to relieve the Canadian
taxpayer as soon as the war is -over.
What, we would like to know,
would be the use of that? It will be
too late then—the taxpayer will have •
already been relieved of everything
he had!
•
British Women In War Work
The British Minister of Labor,
Ernest Bevin, announced in London
last week that over eight million Bri-
tish women have now registered for
war work or the other services.r
The exact number of women's reg-
istrations to date is eight million, six
hundred and seventy thousand, and
of these, nearly three, million, five ,
hundred thousand are married or
widowed„ women, with children un-
der fourteen years of age.
That is a war reeord pretty hard
for us to even comprehend in Can-
ada.
4 Picked From
, M r t Fifty end
'Voris Age.
From 'rpt Huron Ex ositior
I►Aa1'ch 1, 1918
.11fr?' Jamei Stewart, Tuckersmith,
has sold his tlee 160 -acre farm, ..just
south of EgM ndville, to Mr. J. J,
Merrier, M.P., the consideration being
,a0�9o.
r. D- Stekas, of Walton, who had
hte hnfiera• .,so _badly injured a week.
-ago, is improving nicely.
Mies Isa McConnell has been home
in Hensel" tore the past week from
Toronto, wlhere she successfully "pass-
ed her examination after a six months
course in the fnititary8 hospital there,
and has been ,appointed to engage in
duties at Regina., Sask-
Mrs. J. A. Wilson and David spent
the week -end at the home of her sis-
ter in Woodstock.
Miss Nellie McMichael left on More -
day to accept a position in an insur-
ance office in Toronto.
Mr. Frank Evans, of Beechwood,
has taken a -position in the Bell Mun-
ition plant at •Seaforth.
Mise B. Shannon, McKillop, has tak-
en a position as milliner in Hamilton.
Miss E. Sparks, milliner of Stewart
Bros., has again resumed her posi-
tion.
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Amcor n Suffering is greater dune ever Prowl X37,1"-'•'" -
Mr- George Jackson has returned to •
Quebec after spending a 'couple of
months at the home of his father in ee
Egmondville.
The box social held under the aus- •
pima of the C.I.G. and W.A.W. at •
Constance was a very successful of-'
fair. Mr. Wan. Carlin vias the efficient
auctioneer. The ,amount realized was
$37,50.
Qn Friday evening of last week Pte.
Archie Davis, of Exeter, arrived home
after( spending about 16 months in
hospitals in England. He enlisted
with the 71st Battalion in London,
and in the spring of 1916 went over-
seas. • •
The annual meeting of those inter -
ted in the school fair was held in
Walton school on February 20th. The
following officers were appointed:
President, Gordon McGavin; vice-pres-
ident, H. Bolger; secretary, M. F.
Yuill; treasurer, W. G. Neal. There
was 'a committee of three pupils from
each of the competing schools appoint-
ed by the teachers in those schools.
The directors are all the teachers with
the following trustees: Walton, ,T.
Bolger; No. 2, Grey, Jas. McFadzean•;
No. 9; Morris, Duncan Laidlaw;.- No.
7, McKillop, Fred • Scarlett; No. 9, Mc-
Killop, J. Leeming; No. 2, Grey, Mr.
Duncanson.
From The Huron Expositor
March 3, 1893
Phil Osifer of •
•
Lazy Meadows
The other • 4n r two young men•by
the names of Wesley Miller and John
Patterson, in Goderich Twp., :sawed a
tree, split and .piled a cord of short
wood in 30 minutes.
Mr. John Daley, Seaforth, has a
chest still in use and in a good state
of preservation, which he made for
himself in Ireland over 60 years ago.'
Missies.„ Maggie McDougal, Ida Tier -
man and Lena Cavan Left for Toronto
on Monday last to attend the millin-
ery openings, which are being, held
there this week. -
Mr. Donald Campbell, of. Walton,
has purchased the blacksmith shop
•arid "residence of Mr. Win. Dunkin' in
Varna. -
On Wednesday evening a large num-
be r •of the members and attendants of
Hillsgreen Methodist Church met as a
surprise party at the residence of Mr.
Henry Smith .an d as a tokeli of ap-
preciation of their gratuitous services
as caretakers of ,the church; present-
ed Mr. Smith.,with a fine cup and sau-
cer,. and Mrs. •Snaith with a handsome
set of dishes.
Mr. Charles McAllister, of Hills -
green, has let the contract for the
carpenter'work of his.residence to Mr.
William Welsh, of HensalI, and the
masonry to, Mr. R. Cudmore of the
same place.
Mr. Thos. Cudmore, of Usborne, re-
cently perchased from Mr. Appleton
Elcoat, of Hawthorne Farm, Tucker -
smith, a young thoroughbred Durham
bull, for which he paid a good figure.
The ibenefit-cancerts in aid of the
33rd .Battalion Band took place in
Cardno's Hall last Thursday and Fri-
day nights. • Mr. Chas. Guineas, New
York, gave a rendition of "The Charge
of the Light Brigade." Some of the
other entertainers were' Miss Maggie
E. McQuade, vocalist, and Mr. George
Scott, •reader. Mr. Chas. Stewart, the
leader of 'the band, directed several
selections with the band. Mrs. Sage
aril Miss Sage, Of Walton, played on
the glasses.
Miss Mary Stansbury, of Stanley, en-
tertained a large number of invited
guests at her home last Friday. Sev-
eral from this vicinity were -,among
the number.
• Mr. Abner Cousins, of Tuckeremith,
bas rented: his farm and will hold an
auction sale of his traps on March 15,
when Mr. Wm. MeCloy, the popular
auctioneer, will wield the hammer.
Miss Martha Wright, dressmaker of •
Seaforth, left for Toledo, Ohio, *here
she intends spending a month to learn
a• new model of nutting.
Mr. and Mrs. Lightowler, who'have
been with the missfionary corps of the,
Salvation, Army in India for the past
five years, arrived In town: oft Thurs-
day and are the guests of Mr. Wm
Copp, Mrs. Lightowler'e father.
Robt. McKay, Coit, .8, Glrey, met With
serious accident *hale elto(fping in
the. bu
soh>a.
o Sa
turd.',; having.had hie
thigh torte broken lnr f wa pla�ee by a
felling limb, 1 '.'e ,line: eta fere& a good
deal oL palu: ?`-, , ;
•
(By Harry J. Boyle) 4110
Isn't it funny how your grouches
disappear with the new Spring sun
. . -well, at least as soon as 'the
sun warms' upin late, February and
early March. It seems to work a
magical spell- First thing you know
you're •actually whistling In the morn-
ing on the way to work "and people
are talking about seeding in .place of
the usual chatter about tlie coldest
day of the year.
Every fall is sort of pleasant with
it's gradually coloring days. The 'har-
vest comes in and Jack Frost start$
splattering the leaves. It deepens in-
to
nto dreary, chilling days with cold rain.
You begin to wish forthe• cleaning up
process of white snow, The snow
comes and We sort of a thrill to get
the horse and cutter out and you hear
music in the jingle -jangling of the
cutter bells. Christmas comes' as a
highlight. Then as you get farther
away from New Year's and the biting
cold comes, you look forward to some-
thing else. Possibly you don't look
forward as' you feel sort of disgusted.
The scow gets dirty and weather-
beaten.' The sun seems to , take a
holiday and one dull day merges into
dark -nese and then another duller day.
You start to feel depressed and think
vaguely that possibly you should go
and see the doctor. You put this off
and take.a dose.of some horrible mix-
ture that only deepens your gloom.
People are sniffling and coughing in
your ear no matter where you . go.
The dismal sound of -people nose -blow-
ing seems to be the winter dirge.
Things Begin to get on your nerves.
The gate sagging at the end of the
lane and the frozen snow and ice
around the driving shed are little
ing to clean out a pig -pen are enough
to make you start talking about how
nice it would be to live in the city.
The woodsihed ie getting Low in wood
and the chips and dirt -seem to pile
up.
The hens mope around in the hen-
house looking as if they may be all
dead some morning when you come
out. The cows don't even 'bother to
scratch on the post. They chew their
cuds in a half -+hearted sort of way.
They just don'tseem to be very'miieh
interested in living any more and
when the bull roars in his box stall
he sounds as if he'stired of every-
thing in general. In place of stand-
ing around expectantly • waiting for
the sound of the harness the horses
take it easy. The cats don't even try
to kill mice any more.
Let _:a•. warm sun come along and
see the difference: The canary in the
(house warbles away until the feathers
threaten to fly off his breast, Mrs.
Phil hums a tune as she gets break-
fast. There's water dripping off the
eaves and the knolls start to show up,
rich, brown and fertile from under the
mantle of discolored snow. The hens•
get out for some real exercise on the
gangway where the snow has all dis-
appeared:.,
The horses are stamping around
waiting to be let out for a romp. 'The
cows put their tails up and go scoot-
ing around the •haystack, The cats
are rastling around in the hay maw
playing hide-and-seek with 'the mice
and luring them within swiping din.
tante of their' paws. The ,bull is bel-
lering with great gusto. The pigs
lick their feed up noisily. They want
more.
things that make you grouch all the It's great to get a little min in 'Feb -
worse. The :brnken windows in the ruary . a warm sort of sun that
horse stable and the thought of, have makes you look forward to Spring!
WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA
"y JIM GREENBLAT, Editor of the SUN
SWIFT CURRENT SASKATCHEWAN
OILS AND FATS—CONSUMERS BRANCH
It wasa't Mrs. Phyllis Turner's good
looks that made me deal with Oils;
and Fats in 'the'seeond article, but its
tremendous importance emphasized
by the fact that despite Goebbels'
propaganda of synthetic procurement
in GermanY, elle declares that is
mostly bunk. The supply both • here
and there must depend on agriculture,
whaling and fishing. Germany's eco,
noz,iic fat plan was the original •basis
for their, universal
system of a state-
controlled agi=icul=
lure, industry and,
commerce. Recov-
ery of waste and
garbage fats in the
households there
is mandatory.
Think that over,
housewives of Can-
ada, when they
'r • "appeal to you to
Ptlrytlis 'Turn'er avoid unnecessary
waste of oils and
fats. The picture is so steeple, folks.
Fats and vegetable oils are our only
source of glycerine for explosives,
medicines, lotions, eta cigarettes
when available. The average Yield
from fats is 10 to 12 per cent. "be
you know," Mrs. Turner flung at sne
in trip-hammer arrc¢esgion, "that one
ounce of dripping per Berson per
week:• would wive use 86• million pounds
as year? ' That 10 pounds' of rendered
fats fires 49 anti-aircraft shells? That
1110 pounds of gliterine 1151p2 make
180 tank mine•., or 780 ;(rouse of (high:
otorosIVe or enough to sn4' f' 78tl ing'
of ore?" I had to. admit ignorance.
You who have sons depending on this
(which depends . on you)—are you in-
terested?•-
Oils and Troubled Waters
Just imagine the ramifications 'of
this administration, especially since
Japan plugged boles is the Pacific;
conserving, inducing and co-ordinating
our vital vegetable, - animal and fish
oils for food and industrial purposes,
i.e., vitamin oils, lard, shortening,
paints, inks; shellac, .waxes, starches,
glum; soaps, naval • stores (resins,
turps, pine oils). As for nutrition,
how could you a11= exist without a pro-
per proportion of oils and fats in your
diet? 'Mom, isn't It just plain realism?
Doesn't it make you think—as it did
me—to ,hear that we. depend so much
on it, in our shaving; butter which le
80 per cent. fat, our toast in its short-
oring, our clothes and shoes which
get treatment from oils or derivatives;
the chair you sit in, the linoleum you
walk on. Excluding butter we norm -
sin', consume 450 million pounds of
fats yearly 'in Canada, 200 of which,
or 45 per cent. bad to be imported,
originating largely la the Far East.
That sourcewent out with Pearl Har-
bor; ,your Iboy guarding convoys knows
that even India and West Africa is
getting ,tougher to reach.
Heavy detnande for the stout -heart
ed but hungry Russians,, Per Britain,
for hut
must be .net oix • 18
continent, in only one way:' incrSna..
ed hemisphere .Production, Saving
'oonettmlrtionl :Mrs. Turner, sWOten the
(Odbttistncd ori Page g)'•` 1
Affm,Efs, ANP,1 W.P, 1KR,RS' SHARE
Ottawa, Feb. 16, 1848,•
The Editor, The /futon %xpositor;
Dear Sir: S. H. Knowles, now A4.P.
.flit. WilMipeg. Nc1Sth Centre, made fids
etatepaent mon bis maiden speech in the
"use' a few days ago:••
"Today the wlrkera anale
farmers
produce the nation's wealth but
get' only' ,a a portion of 1t.
'There is no 'jure under such -.a
system.'" -
T:iie statement is inaccurate and un-
true.
ntrue. The proportion of the national
income going to labor ranges between
61 and 65.,per cent,—this can hardly
be described as meagre. The share of
the farmer has varied in recent years
from 14.7 per cent. to 5 per cent. The•
extreme low was reached by a com-
bination- of small crops and• low
prices,
Labor, so-called, and farmers are
not, however, the only workers. There
are' a great many others who might,
in any, reasonable calculation, be num-
bered 'among those who work. What
about the fisherman, the trapper, the
doctor, the lawyers or other, profes-
sional classes? Then there are those
who; while working just as hard, and
probably at longer hours, are essent-
ially workers though they are gener-
ally classed as'"private,,, enterprises."'"I refer to 'the owners'of small busi-
ness establishments ,where their labor,
not their invested capital, is the main
source of their income.
The real share going, to labor will
vary slightly from time to time but
on any fair estimate of what consti-
tutee.a worker it is safe to say that
from 80 to 85 per cent. of the national
income goes to labor. Surely this can-
not
annot be called a "meagre portion."
The other factor which needs con-
sideration and never receives it is
that the percentage cannot be in-
creased by raising the rate of wages.
The percentage has been, fairly con-
stant over a generation—even ,over a
century. The standard of living of
labor, increases only with the increase
of the national income or, to put it an-
other way, with increased production.
It. does not rise= -may, in fact, fall—
from an- increase of money wages
Which only too often must lead to a
decrease of total wage payments. •
R. J. DEACHMAN
Seen in the
County Papers
Former Employees Are Not Forgotten
Up to the present time the Exeter
branch of the Canadian .Canners has
sent 26,000 cigarettes to former em-
ployees who are now serving over-
seas.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Receives Commission
Congratulations to Bed Buswell, son
of Mr. ' and Mrs.- A. E. Buswell, • of
town, who has received his commis-
sion as a Pilot Officer. Ted recently
graduated from No. 9'• S.F.T.S. and is
now takinga general reconnaissance
course at Summerside, P,E.I: Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Improvements At County, Home
It is most likely that a sun porch
will be built on the front of the Coun-
ty Home at Clinton this year. The
county council c �a �, ittee met last
Friday and decide,' f' have plans and
specifications prepared. The „present
veranda is in bad shope and the ad-
dition of a closed -in solarium would,
provide in added comfort for the aged!
people. Also on the 1943 program is
the. laying of battleship linoleum on
the hall floors and the decoration of
some of the rooms- The dairy hard of
the Home is receiving an overhauling
to increase the milk supply. Two
Holsteins have been purchased and
two other less prolific milkers . have
been sold. Reeve Percy Passmore, of
Usborne, is chairman of the commit-
tee this year. -Clinton News -Record:.
Appoint Police Chief and Constable
A special meeting of the town coun-
cil was held Monday evening last to
read applications ' for the positions of
Chief of Police on day duty and foil
night constable, and to appoint same„
Mayor McMurray presided and the
Clerk was called _to read the applica-
tions, seven in all. After some..dis-
cussion and after a motion` which was
apin'oved by all, the council adjour>te
ed to consider the applications In
committee as a whole. Upon reas-
s.embling, Bylaw No. 4 for 1943, to ap-
point certain officers and forother
purposes, was read the 'that, ,aecohc
and third time and passed. This -re-
sulted in the appointment of A. E.
Tremble, as chief constable on, , day;
duty, and the •aprlointment' of Bruce
McDougall, as night constable,—Olin-
ton News -Record.
Had Legs Frozen Monday IVMorning
Miss Catherine Currie is suffering
frarh frost bite on her legs and will
not be able to carry on her work at
Brown's factory for same time as her •
legs ;.which were frozen on Mondays '
are badly blistered and very sore.
Min
s,
Currie lives on the 12th ¢on¢es-
odors of East) Wawanee t and en ott-
Jiray Morning with the .tetnpea'atultreiy •
bhidv'e>;ing around 30 beitdw 'she left
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