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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-09-06, Page 2r`• .i! efuron x csit r Established yJ$60 Keith ' McPhail McLean, Editor. Publis'h'edat Seaforth, Ontario, ev-' ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bos. • Subscription rates, $1.50 ,a year in advance; foreign $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4. cents each. Advertising rates on application. Authorized as, Second' Class Mail, Post Office Department, 'Ottawa. SFAFORTH, Friday, September -'6 Parliament Prorogues' The 'second session of . 'Canada's twentieth Parliament came to a long drawn out close on Saturday. On the whole it was an interesting ses- sesior , with the government meeting stronger and better organized op- position than at any other session _since before the war. All three opposition parties, Coh- servative, C.C.F. and Social Credit, are ' stronger in numbers than they have heretofore 'been for some time and all have some able parliamentar- ians,. Most of the constructive op- position, however, came from the Conservative .side of the House, ' while •• most.--of.the ..talking. .:was. _done_ '.. by the C.C.F. followers. Following Hansard through the session, . one sometimes wonders how members of other parties can retain their mental equilibrium in the face of the barage of words the C.C.F. members poured .out on -every occa- sion and upon every subject. Count- less pages of Mansard . • were filled with their. propaganda, ' and if the session was long and tedious, that was one of the chief `reasons. There is,however, a possibility, if the ,labor unrest does not : die down, ;'°that. Parliament will meet again in special session, well before the next regular session in January. • Canadian Beef The Dominion Bureau of Statistics gives the number of cattle on farms in 1945 as 104759,000, which, is an all time • record, and 25 per 'cent: above the number before the war. The present number on Canadian farms, while not available, is believed to be well above the ten million mark. The large increase is in all prob- ability. accounted for from the fact th'at,Canad'a has°had an outlet in Bri- tain for all its surplus -.beef since 1944, and' will continue to have that market until the end of 1946; .when the beef contract with Britain term- inates. Even then'' Britain .has ex- pressed a desire to takeour surplus. 'beef in 1947, and possibly in 1948. However, it is a moot question as to how long 'Canada 'can hope to keep. on selling to Britain as beef from. the Argentine; Australia and other coun- tries costs the British people less and the general quality is more to their taste. Under the circumstances the Department of Agriculture has strongly recommended that • Cana- dian farmers start now to cull their herds and dispose of inferior stock. It is' true that all cattle offerings were cleared at stock markets with- out much hold over, but when a hold over did occur, it should be pointed out, it was always the poor and not „the good cattle that suffered. Under all the circumstances it would ap-. pear that the advice of the Depart- ment of Agriculture was fairly sound. , • Labor Is Learning Two recent. statements .published in American Labor journals would tend" to show that. the leaders of American Labor Unions, at Ieast, have learned that wage increases, 'via the strike method, have done any- thing but increase reawage earn- ings in . that country. •► The first, published in- the last is- sue of .Labor's Monthly by the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, says: "To- day all Americans are being penaliz- ed because a small portion of Ameri- can workers used the strike for polit- ical purposes last winter....' unaf- 'filiate'd unions used the strike to ores . the government dictated wage loo fe rniula of February 14 which fie; ;plraice . ceihrtgs, Prom then to ' •r .„A;..anted 504 indu .. roc. •iner aces , to sonie al ex+oe: rose 4 per cent. from February ilhi'q�ugh.°June. These , prince increases, 'of et urse, forced retail prices upwar4 at a slightly later date so that cost of liv- ing had already risen 3 per cent. when O.P.A. expired on June 30, and the rise was gaining speed., Practic ally the entire living cost- rise has occurred since, the steel workers forced the price ceiling break in February and as a direct result of this break." The second statement was publish- ed in4the Economie Outlook, a paper of the C.LQ., which is a bitter: rival.. of the A.F. of L. It says: "At the present stage of events, we can ac- complish more by price action than by wage action .to maintain the pur- chasing power of labor., Wage in- creases, if won, are 'Iikely to be promptly reflected. in further price increases. This is one :pf the facts of inflation that labor should reckon with in its fight to protect its stand- ard of living." These st'atelnents coming from two of the strongest American Labor Unions can not be laid at the door of the enemies of labor. Rather, it would point to the fact that organiz- ed labor is awakening to the true size of its present problem, .and of which the problem of Canada's lab- or runs in parallel lines. It is gratifying to learn that American ' labor "leaders,-- -at least, .. have learned that higher wages do not always mean higher purchas- ing power, because higher purchas- ing power always. depends as much on prices as it does on wages.. And further, that there can be no real in= crease in purchasing power until ;them is increased production for the number of hours , worked. It would seem, however, that the thinking of Canadian labor leaders is as yet much behind that of Ameri- can labor, although this experience was gained •only a few.miles away across the border. At'the recent Par- liamentary Committee hearings in Ottawa, Canadian ` labor leaders brushed aside as propoganda, the warning that . wage increases only produce price increases. 1. Possibly they will learn this truth in time, but the longer the delay, the more bit- ter and costly it will be' for their .labor members. { Malting Progress A despatch from Paris sent by the Associated Press on August 23, says that the Peace Conference on that day accomplished its first actual work on a draft. peace document. Nearly four weeks after the Confer- ence opened it adopted the first par- agraph of the preamble of the•eltalian treaty, naming the .members of . the Conference which will be signatories... That is •surely making some pro- gress. But if it takes four weeks to a •paragraph for the Italian treaty, by the time the powers get through the German, Austrian and all the other treaties, it 'looks pretty much as if peace, could be declared about a week before the . next world war starts. What 'A Shirt Is In ' an endeavor . to increase short supplies' of men's cotton dress shirts, the Civilian Production Administra- tion in the. United States had its ex- perts define what a shirt is. And here is the answer: "Shirts, as listed here, means men's shirts (other than work shirts and sport shirts); 'made in half-size neck sizes (but not if made only in full-size graduations), ' and marked accord- ingly; with 'a button and buttonhole at the collar (except on shirts for use with detachable collars) ;:with long sleeves (wrist length) ; and with a minimumlength of 30 inches, meas- ured -from the .highest part of the yoke to the bottom of the shirt." - The Administration explained that some clothing manufacturers had been obtaining fabrics earniarked for dress shirts and then turning out sport- and work 'shirts with short sleeves, square cut tails, and °' neck- bands other than. in half sizes. The definition is intended to stop all, this. And no doubt it will. A definition like that would 'stop the manufac- ture of most 'anything, including shirts. We don't need any depart- ment of our- Canadian government tell us' what a , shirt • is, but if our mmnufsietivers• dont soon get ..a hustle on; Shirts to us are ver soon- -going' to be nothing but a memory. 1 Ili Sifting itelfs picked iron► The ,positor oi' fifty and twenlY i 'e years ago. From The Huron expositor September 9, 1921 Russell, the 10 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Colwilt, of Hay Town- ship; met .with a serious aocident on Thursday of last week which might have resulted fatally. He was driving a'team of horses'on a roller and when passing through a gate the roller struck a -post, breaking the tongue and throwing him back over. He was dragged for a piece and •finally the roller went .over 'his body-. . The G.T:R. ' is speeding $40,000 . in improvements' on the London„ Huron &, Bruce, between- London and Wing- ham. • Master Alex McKay, while playing at the home of his grandfather, Mr. James Scott, Cromarty, had the mis.: fortune to break his arm. • Miss Mary Broadfoot; of Tucker smith, entertained at the,home of her brother, Mr. Alexander Broadfoot, Mill Road, in honor of 'Miss pleasant McTavish, with a shower of fruit" and pickles. Miss Elizabeth Broadfoot drew in • the gifts in a small wagon. Misses Ella and Mabel Turnbull, have left for their schools in New- castle • and Huntsville. Miss Mary Crosbie has accepted a position as teacher of a school near St. Catharines, and Left this week to assume .her new duties. There are 220 pupils registered at the Seaforth Collegiate Institute for. the -fall term, which opened on Thurs- day' last: This is the largest number on record. The following stockmen, will ship stock from Brumfield station on Fri- day for the Western Fair, London: -J. G. McMichael, Seaforth; D.. Pother- ingham,• Brucefield; A. Sinclair, Kip - pen; A. and J. Broadfoot, Tucker - smith; Joseph....Reynolds, Hallett, and George Dale, Hullett.' Mr, Reg. Reid returned to Port Cpl - borne on Tuesday. • Miss Marjorie Nolan,, of McKil:op, has gone to Rostock, where she has accepted' a school. Miss Jean Govenlock left on Mon- day to assume her new.;duties on the staff'' of the Midland Collegiate:'''• Mrs. A. D. Sutherland, Miss Anna and Billy returned, home on Monday after spending the summer in Sas- katchewan. Mrs. W. E. Kerslake and Miss' Doro- thy Kerslake and Miss' Belle •°Smith have returned from a visit with friends in. Ottawa. Miss Minnie Merner left this week to resume her studies at the Conserv- atory of ,Music in Toronto. (Mrs. Bea afehnson -left on Saturday for her new home in. Toronto • From The Huron Expositor September 11, 1896 RITA LAZY We're standing on the edge of Fall. least Sunday was one of those chilly days when it threatens rains for hours, finally does rain, and the tem- perature takes a little skid down- wards: It makes you • realize that front will Wife along one --of these nights and daub color around as a peace -offering, no doubt, to us who will lose all our green -leaved . trees pretty soon. , When you live in the country and think back over the seasons as they come, you can have a sympathy with ' Mother Nature. She certainly could never please country folks as far as the weather is concerned. If you'll bear with me for a moment;: then just cast your thoughts'back over the re- actions which are bound to come from us farmers as . the seasons ailpear. • The Spring is usually too late or too. early. If -it, comes 'too early peo- ple complain that it has dried up the sap in the .maple trees • and we didn't have a decent •seaso n at all for maple syrup. If it comes too late, we can't get -on the land in time and the crops are going to be spoiled by the late season. If Summer comes in with a• blaze of sunlight, it will be bound to, dry up the pastures. If Summee comes too late then it has delayed the harvest' Mr. C. 1-Ioare, of Clinton, has a plum tree in full bloom. Mr, H. Livermore, of the , 9th eon - cession, Hullett, has corn over 13 feet high. . Misses Katie McFadden and 1Vii'nnie Ryau, of McKillop, have been visit- ing friends in Wawatiosh for the past two weeks. Miss • Jennie Ewing is at present visiting in NeW York City. ,During her absence -Miss Flossie Weir presided at the organ. in First Presbyterian Church. „ Miss Grace Webster, of Belleville, is° visiting Miss Jean Dickson at the home of Mr. Sam Dickson. This week Mr. C. W. Papst'placed a telephone -in' Mr. A. Cardno's bak- ery and confectionery store. , Mr. S. Rennie, of Dashwood, has disposed of his: property in that •vil- lage consisting of his brick block and the property next `to Fenn's harne ,s - shop, to Mr. Jonas Hartleib, for'some- thing in the neighborhood of $4,000. Miss Bessie McGregor, of Bruce= geld, has returned home after spend- ing a few weeks visiting' friends in Aux Sable, Michigan. During the. heavy thunderstorm last Sunday morning. Mr. Jacob- Hab- erer,' of Zurich, had four calves kill- ed. They were not discovered until night, and were worth about $35.00 each. Miss Lumsden, sister of Mrs. Alex, ander Wilson, and' niece. of Mr. Robt. Lumsden, arrived in Seaforth from Aberdeen, Scotland, on Friday last. • Mr. Robert Habkirk has purchased the Johnston farm on the 4th conces- sion of McKillop; paying 44,000 for it. Misses Lillie 'Gray and Mary Lamb, graduates of Seaforth Collegiate are attending the Model School in 'Mit- chell. , On Thursday last while Mr. and Mit. John ,•MdConnell, .of Hibbert, were driving into -Dublin, their horse Was. frightened at a horse grazing on the roadside,' and threw Mr`s. McCon- nell "out, while Mr. McConnell had all he could do to.iiaanage•the horse. Mr. Thomas Brownlee has been re- engaged as .teacher of No. 4 School in Tuckersmith, at an ,increas'e in sal- ary. 1 Mr. W. Kennedy, of Georgetown, who has been a faithful and efficient typo in the Observer° office, Hensall, for several years; left this week for Toronto, where he intends att'snding the Exhibition. Mrs. H. M. Chesney, of Egpiiond- Ville, arrived home from her: Western tour on Friday last; Mr. S. Barton, ieaftirth, la having. a stone finfinlatien 'e>reetied finder his residence.' t • Mr. laixon's tiotef -at ,Drttc'eileld is nearing com'pietien, By 01=7 J. WWI. ing operations and we'll be cutting grain ,in October. At, least that's the way, the story goes. If Fall comes. on too soon, we con plain about the fact that its seems we never do have any length of summer any' more. There are -just, two sea- sons, it' would appear, Winter and Summer. If it .gets chilly and rainy we can't get at our fall plowi g or else the potatoes will be rotti fg in the field. If Fall is delayed on be- half of summery weather and we don't get enough raid, we can't get at our plowing because the land is just bak- ed ,hard. • df Winter comes on with a swirling blast, of snow and cold, we complain because we• haven" -been able to get our fall .plowing done, or for that mat- ter our fall work has gone by the boards. All the jobs we intended to do have to be put by for another year. If, we have an open'winter it's killing the fall ,wheat," or else it's bad' for health. People will tell you then that we should have snow because it isn't . healthy to have winter weather with- , out' snow. ICountry folks are hard to please when it comes to weather. In spite of all our grouches about the weather ' we seem to get along. Mother Na - 1 ture, however, must get pretty sick of all the complaining. -_... - _.. "TVvo :, JUST AS�VIILE UR .. . "My husband," remarked a matron to' a group of friends, "was a con- firmed smoker with a tobacco heart when I married' him a year ago,' but today he never- touches the weed." "Good," said one of the group. "To break off• with a lifelong% habit re- quires a strong will." • "Well, that's what I've got," said the wife. • In one of the Western States some years ago, a temporary employee was required to pass an examination in order to hold his job permanently in the Customs patrol. In the examina- tion he found this problem:' "If hay is wprth $10.50 per ton and a horse east:1,500 pounds per Month; how much will it cost to feed him hay for one year?" From the depth ofhis short experi- ence, he gave this answer: "This is a fool question. We don't use horses; we use Fords.:' Call Firemen To Fordwich Fire About,11 o'clock on Saturday morn- ing the local firemen, were called to a fire at Clifford and after proceeding there found,that the fire was the barn of John Floyd near Fq'rdwiCh. They ' arrived fee late except to keep .the fire from spreading to .other buildings. 'Mr. Boyd had Just completed harvest- ing and besides,his season's erop lost a purebred bull andseveral pigs. Fif- teen minutes after the truck left town another call • was received to extin- guish a grass fire along the C.N,R. nearthe foundry. This wasquickly under control by the firemen left in town to answer any local call.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. The teacher had asked her class'to write a short composition on the spb- ject "Water." One scholar seemed to be having difficulty but finally turned in his pa- per,' and here' is what he wrote: "Water is. a light -covered wet liquid which' turns' dark when you wash in it!" • Country Boy: "Don't you, 'know anything? Why you can't look at that cow in, the pasture and tell whether she's a Jersey or a Guernsey?" City Boy:• "Of' course I can't tell from here. ,She's too far away for me to see the license. • Driver: "Madam, that; child looks over six years of•a.ge to me. Lady: "Well, I can't help ,it. I'm 'not going to pay his fare: Driver: "Whadda ya mean, youwon't pay his fare?" Lady,: -.--,,He isn't my child." Huron Federation Of Agriculture--FarmNe, ws ,: What About Markets For Farmers?` Recently concluded agreements with Britain have assured markets for several years for a variety of Canadian farm produce. The wheat farmer, as well as producers of meat, eggs, poultry, dairy produce and. sev- eral other commodities have now been relieved of any uncertainty in con- nection with marketing. • But' What will- happen after 1948. or 1950" That ;depends largely an the outcome of impending world trade talks. • In an article .entitled "Agri- culture and World , Trade Negotia- tions.," published in the August, 1946, issue of the 'Economic Annalist, Dr' L. Lorinez draws a picture of the in- tricacies of post-war trade relations as they affect post -transition farm produce markets. Before the war, the. United King- dom and 'Germany absorbed the bulk 'of the world's live -stock product ex- ports in addition to , large quantities of' other agricultural comma -Hi The percentage of world imports tak- en .by these' two countries (with Bri- tain's share shown in parentheses), Was as follows: Beeb, 7.8 (71) ; 'butter, 93 (78) cheese, 63' (52); pork and bacon, 87 (79); eggs, 82 (57); wheat and° flour, 41 (33). Other' nations importing large quan- tities of foodstuffs were Belgium, Hol- land," France and other Western Euro- pean countries. Before the war, all these nations derived large incomes in foreign currencies from their in- vestments abroad, which enabled them' to fill the gay between export earnings and much higher expendi- tures for imports.' During the five years, 1934-38, the European nations imj$orted goods valued at 7,525 mil - bion. gold dollars, while merchandise exports totalled only 5,800 million gold dollars. The 1,725 million gold, dollar excess of imports over exports was largely_ Covered out of invest- ment income. From the 1,725 million total, the United Kingdom accounted for 1;011 million-, ,France for about 300 'million, and The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and some other countries for the balance. All these' countries have now lost, orare losing, most ,of their foreign investments. As a consequence, they must increase . their exports and de- crease imports. The question is, how- ever, where to find markets for these exports. Present creditor nations, the Unit- ed States and Canada' are large, dela countries that need little in the way of Imports. At the same time, they have also made plans to increase their exports tiff an lidiPiWerished world, several +time's to pre-war levels in some ease s, UiYlg ss they can do this, there . will be Unemployment. The wheels of indu tl`t thust tarn at full speed to produce larger individual in- comes than before the war, if heavy debts incurred during the war and on account of 'recent social legislation are not to result in taxes so heavy that living standards will suffer ser- iougly. How to .And markets fol the addi- tional goods turned out in a world whele• every nation wants to export. and most nations watch what they spend abroad, is the 64 dollar ques- tion that the forthcoming Internation- al Trade Conference will have to an- swer. To Change River Bed Four hundred years ago the waters of the Ante -Darya river flowed• into the, Cispian Sea through the Kara - Kum desert, which was then a fertile valley. Since then the river bed has shifted, so that the river now empties. into the Aral Sea. It is one of the items of the fourth five-year plan of the Soviet Union to divert the river bed to the Caspian Sea again and. thus revive the, Kara -Kum desert. to its former fertility, Schoolboys' Forest The Australian news reports that 10 years ago at Tamut, New South Wales, school children planted a 23- aere pine forest, Today it, is ready to return the scholars' between $1,288 and $1,600 worth of good timber. from ,and operations. The -10,000 trees in the .forest' are now between 40 and 50 feet high. Consumer Dictates Grading Standards "Consumers' tastes dictate the stan- dard for any product. If the producer and the consumer can: meet; the de- sires of the latter can ,readily 'be interpreted. It . is seldom, however, that the hag producer really comes in contact with the consumer to ascer- tain his desire." It was, therefore, deemed advisable to set up grade standards which would .interpret to the 'producer the character and type of the live animal that could be pro- cessed conveniently and economical- ly into the finished, product." These observations were made re- cently by Leslie Hancock, Superv'is- ing Grader, Live Stock and, Live Stock Products Division, Domiajfdn Depart - merit of Agriculture, in an address on car'cas's grading of hogs to the Ameri- can Institute' of. Co-operation, Purdue University, Lafayette, indfana, U.S.A. ill a comprehenslve review;~lye traced the Canadian hog gradingoils D y, front its institution in 19'22 to th . present time, with ail 'the neves •. s I & changes u as experience has suggested ge s ggested front (Contifitied on Page $) , Early • Morning,. Accident • A car driven by 'Jalt 'Soiuerville; - of Atwood, was badly damaged when it was allegedly hit from the rear by , a C. R. Davidson truck, driven by Cal- vin Davidson. The accident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning at the railroad crossing at Brussels. After hitting the rear .of the car the truck careened into a tree on the lawn in front of E. Somers' house. Officer Saulter investigated. Fortunately no one was injured,— Brussels ,Post. Major Nairn Receives Appointment Major D. R. Nairn has been ap- pointed chief enforcement counsel for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board of the London district, the appoint- ment being effeet-ive -Sept. 1. He will reside .in London.—Goderich Signal. Star. Belgian Girls To Visit in Clinton Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Corless recent- ly received word from Miss Raymond. Rock, Belgium, announcing her' arriV- al in -New, Yofk. .During the pastsev ' eral months Miss ' Rock has been in communication .with 2rs, Corless re, specting. Alvin Corless and his crew who areburied in"-Meeuwen, Belgium.' Miss. Rock has attended .memorial ser- vices for the crew, visited the graves and has sent pictures •of same, and the man who is also- caring for the gravv.es, Needless to say, Mr. and Mrs: Corless. • are .' eagerly Waiting • an' ex- pected visit with Miss Rock here in September, after her • attendance at the International Educational' con- vention where she has been sent. by the Belgian. Ministry. Miss Rock, as a teacher, also is to visit schools in Canada.—Clinton News -Record. Purchases Property Mr. Row1ar_d Vincent, of East Wa- wanosh, hag purchased the dwelling and property\ on Dinsley Street from Mr. W. R. Desmarais, who 'is having a household sale, with the intention• of in::aediately moving back to West- ern Canada. Mr. and :,1:s. Vincent ruay not occupy the dwe,iiiug until next spring,—Blyth Standard. • Finger Amputated Roger Verrner, of. Chiselhurst, had the, misfortune to get tangled with a circular saw while cutting wood at lilt home Tuesday. ,tie was attended by Dr. Goddard and taken to hospital in- Lond-on, where he had a fihger am= 1•'atated.—Exeter• Times -Advocate. • Wins Scholarship Peter Fraser, a student at the Exe- ter High School, is to be "Congratu- lated—On ,winging a scholarship of $50 ant free tuition up to $125 a year for t:ivo years, for highest standing :in six papers in the 'Grade XIII examinations of the ,Department of Education, The scholarshipswere.. announced by the registrar's office : of the University of Western Ontario Monday. The mini= mum qualifying. standard for this scholarship is. an average of 75 Per. cent on rife papers. In Mathematics Peter 'stood highest in Western On- tario.—Exeter Times -Advocate. 'Operation For Appendicitis ' Mrs. Clarence Heywood was taken ill Thursday of last week with an acute attack of •appendicitis and was rushed to Victoria Hospital, London,• for an dpera'tion. She is progressing ,for and' is expected home the latter part of the week. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Oxen To Plow At International The oldest and ,newest method, of Plowing will be demonstrated at the International Plowing Match to be held at Port. Albert Airport is Octo- ber, According to Gordon McGavin, Walton, president of the •Ontario• Plowmen's Association,: : it..has been arranged to bring a team of oxen to the match to show how the fields of Huron were prepared py pioneer resi- dents. The latest in plowing equip" ment will'show how it is done today --Clinton News -Record. Attended Shower Mr. and Mrs. Ghri,. Haist and Mr. and` Mrs, Wm. Hay-naatored to Exe- ter' on Tuesday ,evening where the latter two attended a miscellaneous shower In honor- of Miss Dorothy Hooper, bride -elect, who was taken b,y •complete surprise when she re- turned home after visiting friends for the day, to meet about thirty friends who rovers• walting at .her home. A lit- tle girl and boy dressed as bride and groin, .presented her With the shower of gifts, these were allvery lovelY silt, ueeftti� tierothy thanked all of tCd>xiibUti on rage S) s 4H