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ORnie tune ago, the.. queetlon, of
� iompeusation . of the Memlbere of
t't?arliament was' uo for discussion. I
then tiovk' the stand that it "was .al -
Wiest irnpor�aible 'for a man to do his
duty as an M.P. on the allowance he
then reeeived. •
It would'be much easier to sneer
at M.P.'s suggest that the amount
-they received was more than they'
were worth, but the task of a d'emoc-
aacy Is ' to' 'make parliament worth
*tore than it costs and, the only way
to do tllat is. to. e1e gond .men; PAY
them *e11,. proVlde fen witl antis-
factory working conditions and then
exp,eot then..to give the best that is
in them to the , taslts which await
there—and •'s:ee that they do.
Now what do we •find? Absenteeism
,has developed to an amazing' extent.
Vital issues are under discussion,
these issues in time come AO a vote.
There ere 245 representatives in the
House; 129 were present , thi one re-
cent vote;. 150 on the other,, an rev-
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THE' CANADIAN -BANK
OF COMMERCE
SEAFORTH B_RANCH:.
G. C. BRIGHTRALL - Manager.
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r;t eifiRn Che.`.tvYa-gf'� peg' cent,.
palati. On *a roglird to talo:
aolrermeent''e.?,a1(sy On, farm pyiCep,.
1P la Sine. of the most Filet sub ieete
vrh3,clx 11as b, en brought before the
Helen of po nanene, •this year; 93
were pre -gent for that vote. An issue
arose igz regard, 'to the Canadian
l z'oadcasting• .Corporation; there were
155 present_ out of 245. One of these
days, while a very important subject,
atomic -energy Was under discussion;
only ele-v an ..Mem1 ers . of the Govern-
ment side were preeeet and only 20
mewbers sof the three opposition
groups. 3
What is the cause of all this? Are
members deliberately neglecting their
duties? Why- do they' happen . to be
absent? The truth. is that the "Men
bers of Parliai�aent are absent at the
express wish of their.constitutents.
When any social event occurs, re-,
gardless of how' trivial it is, in rela-
tionship to national problems, the
constituents want ,. their members
presenmt.and•the chances of being re-
elected are -greatly enhanced by their
presence in their constituencies:
One member for Ontario, and he is
more than 200 miles from' .Ottawa;
told me that his constituents main
complaint •against him was that he
had not been present at this and that
function. The chance of that mem-
ber's re-election depends, not upon
fidelity to his .duty in the House of
Commons, but in attending .strawber-
ry festivals, weddings, •dinners and
other social events within his con-
stituency. If conditions now are
worse than they were before they are
due to the fact that the •member
wants ,to retain his position now that
:the job pays its way and the best
way of doing it is to neglect his du-
ties as a member and pander ,to the
social demands which are tide upon
him.
Are the constituencies entirely to
blame? They are not, It is the duty
of the Member of 'Parliament on ev-
ery reasonable opportunity to make
clear his position. He is the repre-
sentative of the constituency in the
House of Commons and- there his
work must bo. done. We are living in
1946; the problems before the nation
now are much greater, more complex,
than ever before. The vast majority
of the people in' _the constituencies
have• not the time to study these
problems, their, members ought to be
left free and unhampered to do their
work. Then when the session is over
the members.eught to make clear the
issues that are before the people in
the hope that • through breadth of un-
derstanding on both sides we shall'
be able to sustain an efficient House
of Commons, for without a free par-
liament, freedom will ,cease to exist.
TUCKERSMITH
Mrs. James Carnochan visited with
relatives in Port Elgin last week.
Miss Ruth Carnochan spent a few
days at her home in Tuckersmith.
IF;YOU SOMETIMES FIND
TELEPHONE. SERVICE SLOW...
When your telephone call takes longer than you think it
Should, please remember —
There's a critical shortage of telephone equip
went all over • the country -in .fact; all over
the world!
In order that as few applicants as possible.niay have,
to wait for service, we are connecting more telephones
than our central office equipment was intended to
handle. It is heavily overloaded. Our operators are doing'
their utmost to complete calls. with a ]minimum of delay;
but slow service 'on some calls is inevitable.
Manufacturers of telephone equipment are working
night and day to catch up on civilian needs after
having had to devote all their output to war purposes.
Intricate equipment takes time—both to manufacture
and to instal.
We . are confident that our subscribers will be indul-
gent if service is slow on some of their calls when tbyey
reflect that the prime reason is that we are trying to
serve as many applicants as we possibly can.
We ask your tolerant cooperation until we are able to
clean up this difficult equipment. shortage situation.
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J. - M. GOODWIN,
Manager.
eratio;n
ti ontinued xP0 gape 2) _•..
440 lncobte lFrortn ,Farm. Products
Cash income roc*l' *i by Oanadi
farmers "irozzr male,'* •sale of • far.
produtcts in 1 !t"a. 9taued $1,685.
wlllion,..as compared With the reeor
-of $1,$26.5 million:reeeived in 1944
This is a declizae Tf'$140.7 million o
7.7 per cent: Ineinne for 1945 wa
$276.2 million highez^`'than- for 1,943
and •$963.5 million- higher than 1939
When suppleinentar?- ':payments ar
included, income ,in 1945 totalled
$1,692.2• 'million • as CO>;npared with
•$1,844.2 million- is 1944.
Much smaller marketings of wheat,
'barley and hogs in the Prairie Prov-
4-ncee greatly reduced the income of
these _provinces apo account for most
of the' decrease in the total farm
income for Canada. Increases were
recorded in the income from eggs,
poultrq, meat; oats, . tobacco, and
cattle and calves with the result that
the ?provinces, with the exception of
the ,, Prairie Provinces_ and Nova
Scotia, received higher farm incomes
than in 1944. Wltli average crops,
it is anticipated that farm income
for 1946 anticipated
be maintained at about
the same level as 1945.
These estimates are based on re-
ports of marketings and prices . re-
ceived by farmers for the principal
farm products and are subject to' re-
vision as .more complete figures be-
come, available. The• -estimates in-
clude the amounts paid on account of
wheat participation certificates, the
oats and barley equalization Payments
and those Dominion and Provincial
Government 'payments whichl' farmers
receive as subsidies to prices. Pay-
ments made under The Wheat Acre-
age Reduction Act, the Prairie Farm
Assistance Act, and the Prairie Farm
Income Act are not included with
cash income from The sale of farm
products but'are. included with the
total• farm cash income in the year in
which payment is made under the
heading supplementary payments.
How Farmers ,Used Borrowed Money
•
Figures prepared by the Canadian
Farm Loan Board show in percentag-
es the purposes for which loans have
been made in the fiscal year 1945-46
as. compared with 1940-41. These fig-
ureerindicate that of -the amount loan-
ed in 1940-41, a total of I per'. cent
of such amount was used to retire
debts as compared with 53 per cent
for that purpose in • 1945-46. ,This
trend was noticeable in every ps•ov-
ince.
In the same five-year period nearly
nine per cent of the amount' loaned
was. used for purchasing land in 1940-
41 while in 1945-46, 35.6 per cent was
used for .that... purpose--- This --trend-
prevailed in all the provinces except-
ing one.
Of . the . amount loaned in. 1940-41,
two per cent was used to buy live
stock and equipment `while in 1945-46
the percentage used. for this purpose
was 3.6. Here again the trend •was,
the same in all of -the provinces ex-
cepting one. There . was a reduction
of .3 per cent in the amount expend-
ed' for building in 1945-46 as compar-
ed with 1940-41 but as building ma-
terial becomes more readily available
a larger percentage of the amount
tiorrowed by farmers' vG'ilt it is ex-
pected; be used for this purpose
The Canadian Farm Loan Board is
authorized to make. ]o.ans to farmers
for the following purposes: To con-
solidate debts; to assist in land pur-
chase; to erect buildings; to make
improvements thereon, and to buy
equipment and live stock; etc.
Wild Fox Suspect
Veterinary science has chalked up
another indictment against-tbe fox.
Wild red .foxes have been. a serious
factor in the -•.,spread of rabies or
hydaophobia -in more than 14 of the
United States during the past year,,
aeco'rding to the American Veterinary
Medical Association. Normally wary
and elusive, a fax with rabies will
attack viciously and without fear.
Pastured, live stock are particularly.
subject to .rabid fax bites: While
foxes, slunk'- and civet. 'eats, may all
spread rabies, stray dogs are still the
moe'r: _.common disseminators of the
disease. In Canada, through the
alertness of the Health of Animals
Division, Dominion' Department of
Agriculture, contagious diseases, like
dourine and sheep scab, do.not exist
in Canada; no case of glanders 'has
occurred for seven years, and in the
case of sporadic outbreaks 'of hog
cholera, anthrax, mange, and rabies,
steps for eradication ,are at once
taken.
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EL•IMVILLE-
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.-There was a large crowd out to
church Sunday evening to see the
'Woodham L•O,L. fife and drum band
parade before.andafter the service.
The members of the lodge occupied
the centre seats with their - baud
members and other visitors,
Miss Florence Bell and Mise Mil-
dred...Millei are spending this week
with Miss Bessie Bell, 14 Long Island,
New York.
There was a. large c`irowd out to
see and hear the Ranch Boys from
Wi.ngtiam Tuesday evening, also to
see the ball game played between
Melville and St. Marys. St. Marys
won, the score being 15 to 12.
Mr, and Mrs. Wellington 'Bell and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Price,
Mr, and Mrs. Fred. Ohne and twin
sons, Ronald and Arnold:, and Misses
Ethel and Alice Bell, of -Detroit, vis-
ited relatives here over the week -end
and gttended the Bell family reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiedeman, of Michi-
gan, visited at the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. P. Murch and Mr. and Mrs. A.
Pym and attended the Bell, family
reunion on Saturday.
Mrs. Hilton Whiteford spent a Yew
days last week at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.. Herdman,
owing to the illness of her mother.
Miss. "Wanda Stephens went, to
Grand Bend this week where she has
secured a job for the summer holi-
days.
Mrs, Arthur Rundle spent a day
last week at the. home of her sister,
Mrs. Franklin Skinner. • .-tea
Mr. and d Mrs. Ken Hogan? and John
of Thoriidale, called en Mie and .Mrs.
W. J. Bondy Sunday e:Veiling.
Dell. Family Reunion
The annual Bell family, reunion wale
04 at tiZ bJlroe 4)
43r4P4 11tac 4alx,, $eaforth„ w a .
Qa atZefi�41sg ; P 4 laotrQU, Mlctliga;•:•.
•etex, Xix1+`ton anal yooduiti, ; 'mss$
fafl}ilies axe denoendant$ ,e, •pwQ i>Jrn,
Mere' and two sistea?a who carne, from
Seotlan4. ober i;.40!' y ars:.aga Oz}e sig,
ter was the former lVira 7 sciaina
great gra;ntlp other of',Tag11taeJ-,ean;
There wras• a good line of. �spprts' un -
(ler the sports, cop, mittee of ,Mr: and
Mrs. Harold, Bell `and- Mr. and Mrs',-
Alvin Cooper, as fol ews: Races for
girls, six .and under, Lucille Watson,
Vesta Watson; :boys, six aill1 under,
Louise Bell and Annette Bell; boys,
'6 to 10, Fioyeri. Cope Albert Watson;
girls, 10 to 13, Lenore Cooper, Louise
Bell; boys, 10 to 13, Floyd popper;
Donald Stephens; young ladies' -race,
Wanda Stephens-, Wilma MacLean;
young men's race, Howard Py>a, Lau=
tie 'Stephens; ladies kick the slipper,
Marion, Murch, Wilina 1VIacLean; , tie-
ing hair ribbon on man's hair,' Mur-
ray•Stephens had the best bow; spell-
ing match was won by the Red Let-
ter side. After all doing justice to a
sumptuous supper, the•business was
dealt , with by Mr. Dave MacLean,
who mentioned two members having
passed. on, Mr. George Bell' and Miss
Merle .Miller; during the past year."
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stephens of-.
fered their home for the reunion next
Year, with Charles Stephens as presi-
dent; Alvin Pym, secretary, and
sports committee, Mr. and Mrs. Wel;
lington Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Fred O•hnr4
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Price, Mr. and
Mrs. Les. Bell; 'table committee; Mrs.
Nelson Watson;' Mrs. Harold Bell,
Mrs. Alvin Cooper, Mrs. Alvin Pym,
After moving a vote of thanks to Mr.
and'Mrs. MacLean for the hospitality,
all returned home thinking their 23rd
annual reunion had been a successful
one.
HENSALL
In a Huron and Perth O.B.A. game,
Exeter played Hensall at Hensall
on Friday night, July `5. Hensall out -
slugged Exeter 14 to 8, due to Joynt's
tight pitching with men• on bases and
with wonderful infield support, most-
ly doe to Bert Horton. Joynt on the
mound for the winners, was touched
for ten hits,' but was good in,the
Writhes and was given top suport
by his motes who committed only one
error behind him. Nine innings were
played The score: Hensal : 414 400
100-14 runs, 12 hits, 1 error; Exeter,
001 011 401-8 runs, 10 hits, 9 errors.
Batteries: Hensall, Joynt and Kers-
lake; Exeter, Fahner, Smith:
Mousseau - Twitchell.
A double ring ceremony took place
at Hensall United ;Church Manse on
Saturday, July 6,- at 2 p.m., when mar-
riage ' vows were exchanged between
Gloria Elaine, youngest daughter of
Mr, and •Mrs. Orville Twitchell, of
-Hensel!, 'and Lloyd `Edward'Mousseau,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mousseau;
also of ensalle Rev. R. A. Brook
officiate' The' bride was charming
in a street -length dress of white silk
jersey. . Her headdress was of white
orange blossomsfrom which Hell a
shoulder -length .,veil. She carried a
bouquet of red roses tied with satin
streamers, and wore the groom's gift,
a two -strand string of Frincess Mary
pearls with matching ear -rings. Mrs.
Allan Davidson, of Sarnia, sister of
It
the bride, •attended a bride shad;
gowned in a street -length &eels of
California crepe in Melon, shade anti
black accessories. 'She carried a nose-
gay of pink carnations GarnetMoue
scan; - drf Hensall, brother of the
groom, wad best men- Following the
ceremony a beget luncheon was Isere
e4 a he **0. :0 t#ze+`blliigth; p
anzMst "roses end ,.sern,,
'to Mztadl l: 'the InIde; do
silk eyelet e?i?br'ozdeesd d e8
white acceeefiriea a+l> 7, , xloaegay
white carnations Uig kl;ie,r:. fiat
the couple will take tips zre fel q,C
St: Catharines.
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Original Equipment on
1946 CARS
v
rims,,,,.
Ale
SAFETY
BONDED
CORD
Extra protection
from blowouts.
VENTILATED
TREAD
'For cool running
and longer life.
SAFETY
TREAD
BLOCKS
For long mileage
and safe stops.
SCOTT ' HA BKIRK-'
Phone 226-W Seaforth
Complete • The Service
"What do, you mean ...I'm ,...lucky?"
Lucky lad! Getting snagged on the wire in "his effort to climb over a Hydro barrier
... probably to recover a bail ... may have saved his life. Some boys have
not been so lucky.
?Hydro energy is one of the finest things we have in Ontario to make for better.,
living. But it can stop one from living, if you thoughtlessly give it a chance to
flash through' your body. Every possible precaution for safety is taken by your •
Hydro; but once in a while someone gets careless or "takes 'a chance", and
tragedy strikes. A boy climbs a pole and touches a wire. Or he flies his kite
near a Hydro line, and it contacts a high-voltage circuit and carries death or..
injury to whoever is holding it. ,Sometimes a storm breaks clown a line and some
none takes hold of the broken live wire with disastrous results: These are just
examples of acts that are beyond the power of Hydro to prevent. Your Hydro.
can only warn of danger, and Seek co-operation of parents and teachers and
all who have influence with those who might expose themselves to that danger.
Hydro need never be a threat to anyone Who:
1. Will not climb poles. - '
2. Will tay away from distribution lines and transformer stations.
3. Will keep away from fallen wires.
For your safety, in case of trouble immediately notify your nearest
Hydrooffice..13jt never; never touch a fallen Wire.
THE HYDRO - ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF 0
114AR JP.
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