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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-02-26, Page 2Expoi.i.tor 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- tions. ;a+ i;. i!a (p e, °iption. rates, $1,50 a year in ce, foreign *50 a year. Single les, 4 Bents each. :advertising rates on application, 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. 6 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 °(gonthglett ha Page! fl: i1 4 , , 4 V1�