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XePhail IVIcLean, Editor.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, September 19
Not All Profit
'A dollar won't buy a pound of but-
ter and a dozen eggs today. Possi-
bly that is the reason so many peo-
ple are inclined to think—and some
of them out loud—that the farmerls
lipping the cost of living too much
and -making too much money:
The" farmer is doing well today.
And there are few -farmers who will
not readily admit that farming con-
ditions are better than they have
been for the past twenty years. But
even at that, there are not very many
of thein who are banking a fortune.
4 We do not always realize that the
increased prices for farm produce is
largely attributable to the increase
in cost of getting the produce to the
consumers' market. For instance,
poultry are no longer fed from
scraps from the kitchen table and
sweepings from the grain 'bins. To
get the most in egg production the
farmer has to feed special kinds of
mashes and good feed grains, and it
tAces'a lot of money to buy them.
So much in fact, that it is impossible
for the farmer to make any unreas-
onable profits.
The same applies to.hog and cattle
production in which feeding costs
are by far the main item. Andit
, goes on into the production of grains
and roots, where fertilizer costs are
a major item. Farming ,today has
become a bu.sinesS, and a very exact-
ing business at that. The successful
farmer is the one who is paying very
strict attention to the primary costs
on the farm before he. figures on
making a profit, and in the end his
profit is unlikely to be any larger
than others make by handling his
farm pro.ducts.
It is a rather curiouslact too, that
by far the greater number of com-
plaints made about the unreasonable
profits being made by farmers, come
from the people in the cities, and
larger centres, andmost of ;these are
from people who are getting higher
Wages than they ever got, and for
less .work than they ever before con-
tributed.
And as long as these conditions
prevail, complaints about farmers'
profits are both unreasonable and
unfounded.
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Untrue Tales.
D. A. Dunlop, of Toronto, who is
President of the Ontario Provincial
, Federation Trades and Labor Con-
gress of Canada, Was • a dele-
gate' to the recent annual conference
of the British Trades Union Con-
gress, and while over there made a
number of statements about Can-
, ada that- should be given some ,at-
tention.
Mr. Dunlop may not be widely
known throughout Canada, or even
in Toronto, but because of his posi-
tion, his words spoken in a foreign
countrL would possibly bear a great
deal more -weight than if they were
spoken at home, and what he said,
was 86 far from the mark as to ap-
pear utterly ridiculous to us here.
This is Mr. Dunlop's description of
conditions in Canada:
"Although most of our industrial
monopolists are enjoying immense
unprecedented profits, they show lit-
tle, if . any, desire to increase' the
standard of living of their employees
and a constant fight -With organized
labor has been the result. Conse-
- quently, many of our industrialists
would welcome an influx of immi-
grants who Would provide cheap
labor at this time. The Trades and
Labor Congress of Canada does not
object to immigration because we
realize the inadequacy of our popu-
lation in relatibif to our vast terri-
tory and rich' potentialities, .but we
• certainly will object to that type of
immigrant who cannot be assimilat-
. ed. into our population or .who would
knoWingly or thoughtlessly elidanger
the standardof living which organ -
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izedlabor hag fought to build .up. and
maintain in our country. With a
great immigration plan now under-
way to' bring many more people to
Canada, we, in the trade union move-
ment are hopeful and desirous that
they will be of the same high calibre
and have the same social conscience
which.thas engendered the great un-
ionists which -you have sent tip in the -
past, and who, in our opinion, have
made our most outstanding citizens."
There is no such thing as "cheap
labor" in any part of Catiada today;
And Mr. Dunlop knows that. Ln fact
he knows more. He knows that Can-
ada needs a live 'immigration policy
at this time and for years to come, to
fill our vast empty spaces to, round
out our economy. And if he and
other Trade Leaders woilTd show a
more enlightened attitude to such an
immigration policy they might re-
gain some of the public esteem and
backing4hat they have undoubtedly
lost since the close of the war.
•0 iThiWR
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: SEPT 1047:
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Nice Position •
The position of the Treasury of
the United States on September 5th
was:
Receipts, $73,976,380.79; balance,
$2,943,861,451.55 ; customs receipts
for July, $5,520,328.63.
From a business standpoint, that
is a rather nice position to be in.
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The Hit -And -Run Driver
At the last session of Parliament
when changes in the Criminal Code
were before- the House, there ' seem-
ed to be a surprising unanimity,
among the majority of members that
the penalty for the "hit-and-run"
driver should be increased.
The former penalty for drivers
leaving the scene of an accident with
the intent to escape liability, was a
$500 fine or six months in jail. This
was raised to a $1,000 fine or a year
in jail. . .
- One of the members said that
some action should -be taken to pre-
vent drivers who have beerrinvolved
in repeated accidents, driving in the
future, and he cited the case of a
fatal accident where the same driver
was in another accident before the
first case came up for trial. fie said
also, that it had :been found that 80
per cent of automobile . accidents
were caused by ten per cent: of the
drivers:
Another amendment to the Code
which was adopted, provides that
- where a driver has been convicted of
manslaughter, the court may, in ad-
dition to any other penalty, prohibit
him froln driving a motor vehicle
anywhere in Canada for such period
as the court - deems proper: :,,,The
previous limit of such driving sus-
pension- was three years. -
Increasing the penalty, however,
does not always effect a remedy. As
long as human ,nature remains as it
is, there are likely to be more than a
few jurymen, when sitting on a case,
who will adopt the attitude: "That is.
r
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the kind of thing 1 migl t have done
myself," and make the very reluct-
ant to bring in a co victim where
stiffer penalties are imposed.
But ,at least the unanimity of the
members in passing these amend- .,
ments shows that the risingpublic
cry against careless motor drivers,
as well as the "hit and run" offend -
O ers, is being reflected in the House
of Commons, which in itself is a step
forward. Our highways are not plac-
es of safety, nor anywhere as safe as
they might be if our traffic laws.were
properly enforced.
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- Next Time )
An , Associated Press despatch
from Yumota, Japan, last week said
that for the first time in history
Emperor Hirohito descended 1,500
feet into, the hotworkings of the
• Jobain mine and exotted the miners
to greater output. ' `,'
The Emperor passed through a
O cheerily crowd to the mine entrance,
briefly watched the women sorting
coal and then entered the cage, which
took him underground.
There he trudged around for near-
ly half an hour, inspecting the work
and encouraging the miners. He per-
spired freely. , • -
Having been initiated,, possibly
the next time the Emperor goes un-
derground he will be expected to
trudge about with a pick and shovel,
in which case he will possibly per-
spire even more freely. The Japan-
ese Empire is not what it used to be.
Ye.t.rsite.Agigek!.,rouie
Tizo Expositor of Aft and
t4,� ran ago.
From The Huron Expositor „
September 22, 1922 •
F. E. Kane, of Stratford, a,brake-
man on, the Goderieh-Stratfofd -run,
lost his life -at Dublin station on Wed-
nesday, while coupling car S on a shit,-
ing.
-Mr. H. S. Soldan, well known
"breeder or Percheron horses, Hensall,
made a clean sweep at the Western
Fair, London, taking sixe,prizes with
six entries.
The contractors for the Main Street
paving at Hensell commenced, laying
the cement this week_ • coming she took the ordinary work -
On the Seaforth market this week, ing one off and put on a clean,
hogs were selling at $11.75, cattle at starched one. I've noticed that when
7c, eggs at 28 and; butter at' 30c per l•Somebody managed to slip into the
pound. 0 , house without her having seen them
Miss Mary Habkirk, who has taught come along the road, she, would look
the' third,room_in the Seaforth public horrified . . . run her hands aown in
school for several years', has resign- front of her apron as if to cover it
ed to accept a position on the staff or up . and then make an excuse and
Woodetdck public school. Miss Doro- slip away to change' it.
thy Wilson has beea appointed by the Grandmother , seemed to prefer
local, board to teach 'the primary plain aprons. They were the type
room' iu the echool. that took a starching and showed up
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McKellar and to good advantage. Mother, on the
•'family returned on Friday last --from other hand, liked bright, flowered
au extended trip through the West- ones. 'On occasions 'when my_ father
ern Provinces and to the Coast. and 1 were in town and it was later
Mr. A. A. Cuthill has purchased five than had been promised before we
acres, of ,land from Mr. Melvin Blau -
shard at Winthrop, and is busy erect-
ing a new residence on the property,
Which, when completed, Well make a
wonderful improvement to the vil-
lp.-ge.
Mr. Sol. Shannon is erecting a new
residence on his farm west of Whet
throe).
The following graduates of Seaforth
Collegiate are attending Stratford
Normal School: Ruth Dale, Janet
Grieve, Velma Heist, Grace Kuechtel,
Margaret Weiland, Blanche Wheat -
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OSWE4
LAZY MEADOWS
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•, Aprons have alwayie fascinated me. 1 we would Move itito the section which
I don't mean the wispy, little things he alwaya: called the "women's part."
that some women wear in the city in It Was all a bit frightening with leo-
order to pretend that they have.'pre- men's wear hanging around and being
pared the super or the lunch. In displayed in such a way that a man
place et that I mean the old -fashion- couldn't possibly help but notice
ed "pinnies" which research tells me them.
comes
faros: thev,,opitdfno,61r•osinem.e reason or Father went through •the place like
th
a
My grandmother always wore an bertigms.id isohispomtherotaugyhamysterious
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sld wayrice-
he
As a Matter of fact I have wp.s aware that this was the preper
heard . her remark on more than one place to come .for such things ..•
occasion, "I wouldn't feel, right •witte as a present for mother,. . . but he
• ont my apron." She wove an amen didn't like it a bit. Now aneli 'again
around the house to work in, and if he would look up, only to be faced
there -was a possibility of somebody by the enquiring look of a rather
amused saleslady or else a ,partieu-
tarty intimate portion of clothing
and• whealownoguld put his head down
and p
FinallY, at the edge of this no -man's
land he would pause. He bad to get
something. "Miss," he would say,
"can you tell me where I could find
aprOns?" They would' say, "Aprons
for Tradesmen?" Father would then
blush and say,."No, for ladies."' We
would be directed, Father would look
'the assortment over and pick out the
brightest one in the pile.
The result was that .my mother
had the greatest collection of aprons
of anybody in the ,township, She lik-
ed them bright . but I do think
she wore the most ot them on rare
occasions, and then, they were worn
only to please my father who felt,
when he brought an apron home, that
he had. done his very best.,
By Mai J. nolo
ley and John McIntosh.
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From The Huron ExpOsitor -
September 17, 1897
The „.work on Mr. Jas. Graves' new
stores is ,rapidly being -pushed for-
ward.
Mr. Thos. E. Hays and Mr. John
Fowler, of town, left on Tuesday for
Winnipeg. Mr. Hays intends to pur-
chase•a lot of cattle there for winter
feeding.
Over 204 tickets' Were -sold at Bruce -
field station on Wednesday morning
for the Western Fair at, London.
Mr. Peter Dill has purchased the
grocery ,business of Mr. Thos., Daly,
and is now in possession.
Miss Maggie Kehoe left Seaforth on
Thursday for Toleclei, 011lo, where she
intends to reside, in the future.
The cement abutments for the.
bridge on the Bayfield road, west of
Brucefield, are now completed and'
the iron work is now being placed in
position. It will be one of 'the finest
bridges ih the county.
Mr. Peter McGregor, of Brucefield,
is at London this week, he being a
judge of horses at the Western Fair.
Mr. John Campbell, of the Bronson
Line, Stanley Twp., has in his pos-
session a' mammoth cucumber which
measures 20 inches in length and 12
inches in circumference, and when
pulled weighed 41/2 pounds.
Miss Jennie McGregor, Constance,
is atterMing the Clinton Collegiate Zu-
stitute.
Mr., C. Hartleib, hardware merch-
ant of Zurich, has got located in his
new store which he erected this year.
It is -one of the best hardware stores
in the county.
Mr. William Aberhart, of the Mill
Road, has just completed the erec-
tion of one of the largest piggeries
in the county. The building is con-
structed) of stone, is 46 feet long, 24
Peet wide, and has 9 -foot walls.
Mr. John Aitcheson, of McKillop,
while assisting at the threshing at
Mr, Finlay Mbliatosh's on Thursday
morning, was bitten in the face by the
McIntosh dog. took 12 stitches to
close the wound.
returned, he
men't store.
I can never
He would
and a stick
would slip into.a depart -
That was an experience
forget.
buy tobacco for himself
of candy for pae. . Then
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Huron Federation Of
Agriculture-FarmNews
• Salt in Rations Good For „Pigs •
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Due to the fact that brine or an
excessive amount of salt'wjlI ,cause
serious dig'bstive disorders or even
death to a pig, some feeders consider
salt as harmful and dangerous to
,swine and do not include it in the
ration. Experimental results have
shown that salt is just as essential to
a pig as to any other farm animal: -
The rate of gain is increased and a
more economical use of feed results
when salt is fed regularly. •
Salt is essential for the digestion
and assimilation of fetid's.' and should
be supplied in suitable miantities, es-
pecially to ,animals that are kept en-
closed in buildings. At the Dominion
Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man.,
salt is includedc.in the protein -mineral
supplement, or mixed at the rate of
one pound of salt with each hundred
pounds of feed 'tor pigs of all ages.. ,
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Decline in Output of Dairy Products
In its survey. of the production of -
dairy products, the recent issue of
the ','Current Review" of Agricultural
• Conditions an Canada saYs that, while
total milk production in May and June
was slightly less in 1947 than. in 1946,.
the 1947 production in July was -ap-
proximately the same as in 1946.
Creamery butter production continues
to show some increase but increased
consumer demand ha kept stocks at
a level just slightly higher than a
year ago. Cheese production contin-
ues to decline, •Production for the
first seven months of 1947 -totalled 68
million pounds, or about 16 million
-pounds le -as than in 1946. Cheese ten-
dered to the Dairy Products Board
for export to the United Kingdom tot-
,alled 184;811 -boxes by .August 8, 1947,
as compared with 552,210 boxe's by
tthe corresponding date of 1946.
With restrictions lifted, ice cream
production continues to increase sub-
stantially,over 1946, with increases of
50 per cent: and 41.9 per cent. in June
and July, respectively. Concentrated
milk products are also showing in-
crease in production, and up to the
end of July, whole milk products were
up 2.8 per cent,and milk by-products
were up 24.3 per cent over, the ccir-
responding months of 1946.
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Aphids Troublesome Pest of Potatoes
Wins Scholar -ship
Miss Margaret Colquhoun, eighteen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W.
Colquheun, who has been a leading
student of Clinton Collegiate instli
tuts prier to her graduation this year,
has been a -warded one of the three
DomiatenTrovinciar scholarships to
be awarded in the County of Huron,
this year, E. A. Fines, principal of
C.C.I., has announcede—Clinton News,
Record.
Returns From 5,000 -Mile Trip
Mn and, Illre.•Allah Fraser and Mr- '
and Mrs. Carfrey Cann have return-
ed home after a delightful motor trip
to the West which "lasted just a day
short of a month, during which they a
travelled over ,,5,00,0 miles, Among the
places that were of oustanding inter-
est and beauty were the band lands
and black. hills of South Dakota, Yele
lOwstoue Park, 'Banff end Lake.-
LOuise.—Exeter TiheeS-Advocate, • „
. Apple Trees in Blossom •
Mrs:. Henry Martene, of Stephen
Township, on Wednesday pinked two
bunches of apple blossoms from a
tree. She also picked some about a
month ago.—Exeter Times -Advocate,
Fire Destroys Culross Barns '
Loss'estimated at $10,000 was' catis-
-ed late Saturday afternoon wheh fire
destroyed two • large barns on the
farm of Frank Cackanette, Culross
Township farmer. Th.e farm is owned
by Joseph Seeger, of. Detroit, and.
rented by Mr Caskanette. Lost in
the blaze were the season's hay and'
grain crops as well as Several imple- •
ments.—Wiugham Advanee-Times,
House Destroyed By Fire
The home of Robert McMurray, in&
concession of M,orris. Township, was
completely destroyed by are of un-
known origin Wednesday morning.
The house and all the contents were
lost in the fire which was discovered!
at approximately 10 a.m.• Neighbors
quickly gathered and: attempted, to
cheek the blaze, but all their efforts
were futile—Brussels Po•s4t.
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Brussels Students' Win Scholarships
Misses' !Dorothy` E.- Dennis and J.
Patricia Anderson were ,winners .00f
Normal School scholarships valued at
$250 ,each. There are only two of
these Scholarships given in Huroa
County and Bru-ssels contintiatioa
school students received both or
them—These young ladies are now
attending Stratford Normal . School_
, Not the least of the troublesome
pota:fo pests are the aphids. These
very small insects are 10 be found in
abundance on potato plant ,s during
the summer. They feed by sucking
the.juice from the foliage and tender
stems. As a result of their 'feeding
habits, they cause considei'able re-
duction in the annual yield of pota-
toes, says J. B. Adair's, Division of
Entomology, Dominion Department of
Agriculture. Although this is of con-
cern to potato growers, aphids bring
about another condition- which is far
more serious. They are chiefly ,re-
sponsible for spreading the potato
vidus diseases from plant to plant,
This they do in a way somewhat sim-
ilar to that of, mosquitoes in spread -
malaria among humans, They feed
upon a.•diseased plant, take the virus
into- their bodies,'then, after moving
to a healthy plant: inject the virus
into the plant tissues. '
Although various insecticides- are
now being used to control aphi.4, the
cost of spraying or dusting is still
high. Canadian scientists are working,
therefore, on a new plan to control
these unwanted •pests. In 'Fredericton
and Woodstock, N.B., potatoes are be-
ing bred which are 'resistant to aphid
feeding. For some reason as yet un-
known, some varieties of potatoes are
repulsive to aphids. These potatoes
have little else to reconamend then
.but through co-operation with the
Horticultural 'Division of the Experi
mental Farms Service, they' are.being
crossed with ,good commercial varie
ties and in timeit is hoped to have
potatoes which will be both comfier
cially acceptable. and highly resistan
to attacks • of aphids. This Should
prove to be a boon ton potato grow
ers. Not only should,potato yields
be increased, but there should be •a
great decrease in the spread of, the
viruses transmitted by aphids.
Miss Audrey. ,T,„‘Anderson was award-
ed a Grade_ XIII" seholarship, wdrth
$100. 'Congratulations to all three of
these young ladies for their Scholas-
tic achievement. -Brussels Post.
Won Dominion -Provincial Scholarship.
Miss Leslie Mae Wall, • who this
year is taking, Upper School work at
the Wingham High School, has been.
! awarded a Dominion -Provincial Schol-
arship of one hundred dollars for her
work in Grade XII last year. Leslie
Mae is to be congratulated on the
high standard ,of work she has main-
tained all. through her various grad4e
at the Wingham High School—Wing-
luxe Advance -Times. ,
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Successful At Exhibition
Mr. J. B. Mills, of town, had first-
rate success' with • his Hamburg chick-
ens at the Toronto Exhibition.' He ••'.
made twelve entries inf,1 won. ten
Prizes. With, five tiliivei..S:Iiingled he ,
took three first, one -second and one
third; with five Black Hamburgs, two,
firsts and one third, and "with twe
Gold -Spangled, one first and one sec-
ond.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Opens Practice' in Monkton
Dr. Harry L. l3ower, of London,
who was associated daring the past
- summer with Dr. E. A. McMaster and
Dr. Brady in Seaforth, is opening un •
- a practice itt the village of Mo.nkton,
t being bUsily engaged this week ita
getting his offices ready for occu-
- pancy. Following his graduation
from the University of Western
tario Medical School, he interned for
18 months.. at 'Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don.Mitchell Advocate.
— erelewirgIn
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FLOUR AND BREAD PRICES 10 BE INCREASED
Government Withdraws Subsidy to Consumer
CANADIAN housewives will soon be asked to pay higher prices for
flour. The Milling Industry of Canada would like to tell why.
Nearly six years ago the price of flour was fixed at the low prices then
ruling, based on- wheat casting 77%c per bushel when milled for use in
Canada.
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Since then, the price df wheat has advanced step by step, but the Govern.
ment has paid the difference in the form of a consumer subsidy in order that
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you might buy flour and bread at no increase.
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Wheat has actually risen to $1.581A a bushel so that for some time past
the Government has been paying more than half the full cost.
Now 'the Government has dropped the subsidy and the price Millers
will pay for wheat through the Governitent Wheat Board will.be more than
double what it was originally. That is why the cost of flour will be increased:
Furthermore, the cost of bags, other supplies, labour and transportation
bas increased substantially during the control period. •
Canadian Millers, however, knowing the importance of flour in the
family diet pledge themselves to keep the price as. low -as they possibly can.
The prices of practically all ingredients in bread have also risen sharply
and your Baker must take this into consideration when calculating his, new
,prices.
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