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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-06-25, Page 2SNE 25,1 8 a Sled 1 $ieitil haatMcLean, , Editor. Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Members. of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single copies, 5 ceslts each. Advertising rates on application. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa AFORTH, Friday, June 25, 1948. High Price Beef For quite, some time beef prices have been going steadily higher. And there is every indication that they will continue to rise for some time to come. To the householder, that is not pleasant news. In fact, prices are already so high that an insistant demand is heard,. particularly from the cities and larger towns, that some government action should be taken to relieve the situation. More than that, increasing com- plaints from these centres are heard about farmers holding their cattle off the market in anticipation of the re- moval of the embargo on the ship- ment of cattle to the United States, in which case there is no doubt but that beef would take a sudden and substantial rise. At the same time, we can see no reason why the farmer should not be allowed to sell his beef where he can getthe highest price for it. As long as the United States is willing to take Canadian cattle at a high price, it is one sure way of relieving the dollar situation. Why should the farmer be penalized? The consequences of the trend of country people to the cities is now beginning to show itself in the food situation. There are -fewer people on the farms to raise food for the over- crowded cities, consequently food prices go up and up. Already they have reached the point where the city consumers are finding it hard to meet them. Until recent years people in the large centres have always been used to cheap food. That was made pos- sible only by mining Canadian farm lands and the unpaid labor of the women and children on the farm. An- other factor in increasing food costs is the present wage levels on the farm and the greatly increased cost of farm operations. The people in large cities and towns in Canada might just as well make up their minds that the day of cheap farm produce is over. They can not expect to receive an e'v'er in- creasing wage rate for a forty -hour week in addition to unemployment insurance and pensions for them- selves and still expect the farther to work the land without labor and without reward. However, the worker in the cities has two choices. If he can't stand the pressure in the cities, he can move to the country. There is plenty of room. In fact there are thousands of city dwellers who would be immeasurab- ly better off in the country, where ,with a reasonable effort they could make a splendid living. But if they in- sist on choosing the bright' lights rather than plenty of substantial food—well, that is pretty much up to them. They can't eat their cake and have it too. That is something that can not be done. e • We Need Rain This -has been rather a peculiar season so far. Sp,ring came early and seeding operations were early and completed in record time. But there has been little or no heat and much lack of sunshine, and still less moisture. Fortunately the cool weather° made up a good deal for the lack of moisture, and growth in many cases has been slow but steady. Now, however, we need heat and we meed nioisture. One gardener in- forne'd us that the only garden things that were really growing were the potatoes, as the ground was too gold for ether vegetables. Oil the fanny things are not too diad,, _ 'Hay will not be a bumper crop, but 'thele shod beno shortage. Grain crops are splendid and other crops are coming along. But over the whole picture in this section hangs the need of rain. And we need it now, not when haying starts or when the grain is ready to harvest, or the beans to pull. A little additional sunlight would help too. Helpful to humans as well as to crops. • 'No Profits—No Wages Capitalism is something rather hard to explain because it may mean one thing to one person and some- thing entirely different to another. But we have never heard it defin- ed so clearly or so simply as was done in a published advertisement of a machine tool manufacturer in Cleveland. Here it is: "If you own a hammer, you're a capitalist," the advertising points out what Canadians in gener- al would do well to realize. "You paid money for it because you can drive more nails with it in a day and drive them better than you can with a rock or heel of a shoe. You saved money and invested it in the hammer because with the hammer you could produce more—your time would be more productive, that is, more valu- able. That's what capital is and that's what it is for. Now, suppose you hire a man to do repairs around your house. If he drives nails with a rock he won't get much repairing done in a day so you can't afford to pay him much. So you provide him with your hammer ; he gets a lot more repairing done; so you can afford to pay him more. That's how capital works in indus- try. 'Millions of people save some of their money instead of spending it all on themselves. They pool their sav- ings and buy a factory and machines. Workers use the machines to produce more and so make themselves worth more. But they must produce enough to pay their own higher wages and a small wage to the owners .of the ma- chine—what is known as profit. Oth- erwise, why should savers invest in machines? With no return, they would spend their money like every- one else, and workers would have to go back to driving nails with rocks— and the low wages which that sort of production pays. - That's why workers should be just as much interested in making a pro- fit for the company as in making high wages for themselves. No profits— no wages." f What Is A Free Country Speaking at the recent Hague con- ference on European Union, Mr. Winston Churchill gave one of the simplest, shortest and best defini- tions of a free country: "We welcome any country where the people own the government, and not the government the people." AllitiMithilg WWI pinked tram T�►!1t• XxpOlitior or fifty and twilltreva MO. From The Huron Expositor June 29, 1923 Mrs. Joseph Carter, Walton, had the misfortune elf having her anm broken while cranking a car. Mr. Robert MacLaren, of Hensall, who is a great lover of horses, and has handled many fine one, has sold to Mr. b'ryfogle, of Winghem, his beautiful black road horse, "Ora Chimes." At the recent examinations held at Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas, Miss Frances Crich was awarded the Albert Carman Scholarship for gen- eral proiciertcy in Form II. Misses Evelyn Adams, Elizabeth Keating. and Beth Barton, of London Normal School, are upending their holidays with their parents. Mr. W. R. Smith is erecting a new porch on his residence, North Main St. Reid Edmunds and Fred Archibald, of Toronto Normal School, are home for the holidays. At a meeting of Seaforth Collegiate Institute Board on Monday, the fol- lowing staff was appointed• for the coming term: W. G. Spencer, Water - down, principal and mathematics; N. R. Bissonnette, Stirling, science; Miss Foreman, classics; Mise B. Grieve, Junior and physical culture; Miss Hartry, art; Miss Ashman, Toronto, moderns; Miss Odell, Ingersoll, Eng- lish ,and history. Miss Ida Hogg, of Clifford continua- tion school, is spending the holidays at the Thome of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hogg, in McKillop. Miss Nona Dale has finished her course at Stratford Normal School and is spending the holidays at her home on the Huron Road West. ' Mr. Farnsworth, who has been act- ing as collector of customs during the absence of Mr. F. G. Neelin, return- ed to Brantford on Wednesday. Among those who passed with hon- ors onons at Seaforth Public Schools exams were: Room II, Doreen Farquhar, Florence *Spain, Dorene Hudson, Bes- sie Marriott, Ruby Storey, Margaret Beattie, Elizabeth McLean, Margaret White and Ena Holmes (equal), Thos. Govenlock. Room III—Borden Merrier, Elinor. Burrows, Audrey Somers, Jack Arnold and Charlie Dickson (equal), Margaret Crich, Clarence Hoggarth, Irene Wankel. Room IV -- Margaret Drover, Muriel Beattie and Helen Ament (equal), Jack Jarrett, George 'Crich, Mary-. Reid, Madeline Hotham. Roam V-4Eleaner Evans, Mary Bar- ber, Evelyn Golding, Margaret Mc- Leod, Bessie Edgar, Ian McLean, Eileen Chapman, Peggy Alexander, Helen Rankin, Edna Storey, Chester Archibald, Helen Merner, Kathleen Stewart. The regular meeting of the Y.P.S. of Cavan Church, Winthrop, was held Sunday evening with Miss Edna Johnston as leader. Miss Margaret Eaton, Bessie, Blanchard, Margaret Cuthill, Rev. J. A. Ferguson and Will Dodds took part in the program. Mrs. R. H. Sproat and 'Mrs. Walter W. Robinson, of town, spent the week -end with friends in Mitchell. • ' Poot Poland ! In '1947 the Polish budget profited from the state alcohol monopoly by $66,000,000, and this year it is ex- pected to yield $117,000,000. But the chief campaign being wag- ed in Poland today is not against the warmongers or the Russians, but against alcoholism. Attention has been focused by the Prime Minister, Joseph Cyran:., - Kiewies, on the drinking habit among Polish chil1ren by the publicity giv- en to two girls, war orphans aged 13 and 11 years, who were found drunk in the streets of Warsaw at mid- day. They had spent on vodka the $1.50 given them by a relief organiza- tion to take home to their foster par- ents. A recent investigation showed that 75 per cent of Polish children were drinking Vodka and that the majority of these were girls. The 'investigation also stressed that while the population of Poland had fallen by almost 10,000,000 since before the war, consumption of vodka had mul- tiplied five times. What Hitler did to Poland at the start of the war, is shown by that loss of ten millions in population, but apparently their youth are goingto S .,. continue tot populate the nation in another manner.,. "TELLING THE TIME" Country people are never much • to go by clocks. In fact, I've found that few clocks in farm homes ever work, end the majority of watches carried! by farmers are the machinery type that come at a dollar and a quarter delivered, and tell time in a general sort of way. It's• quite an interesting experiment to watch the way folks in the country tell time. back and forth . back and. forth with his head bent to escape the driving force of a cold Fall rain .. . and thee yiou'll s,ee him stop . . . at the end of a furrow ... pull °out _his watch whether it's. going or not . look at the horses . . . take his hat partly off, and , scratch his head, and then make one or two more furrows as the case may be, and unhitch. He'll water the horses, feed them . ,stop to wash in the back woodshed and be in the Mouse at the stroke of twelve. Telling time when you're doing chores is largely from force of habit. You usually get to the barn at the same time each morning ... and Per- form much the same work every day. By the time you get through pulping the turnips or .putting down the hay, or feeding the hens or some other job, you know that the time has roll- ed around to' the point where it's dinnertime. Telling the time is a combination of what your inner man and the out- er man have to say on the subject. The inner man is clamoring for "vit- ties" and the outer man watches for the signs. My Grandfather carried a watch every day of his life. He har a little key in a pocket on the bib of his overalls and he used to religiously wind the watch every night when he went to bed. I've often seen some- one stop him and say: "What time is it?" He would look at the sky, scratch the side of his head, take the watch out and squint at it for a long moment and then 'he would tell the time. I never thought anything about it, until one day I noticed that when he told the time there was 'five min- utes difference in what he Mid and what the watch told. I asked him, and he laughed and( said: "Heck, Phil, I never could tel what a watch tells! I've never been able to read time from a watch in my life. I can tell it within five minutes, but peo- ple don't believe you u$less they see you looking at a watch." Here at Lazy Meadows our kitchen clock has been a "hit-and-miss" affair for ages. Some days it runs line, and some days it stops and starts and runs fast or slow depending a good deal on the way it feels But Mrs. Phil has long ceased to depend on the clock for time. In the morning she always knows when it's ten o'clock by the telephone. Just as regular as can be, the tele- phone rings three longs and. two shorts as Tabitha Maby calls up Mrs. Higgins for the gossip of the neigh- borhood. Of course that's the general cath for folks on our line to 'all pick up the receivers and listen. It makes you laugh to see the way they al- ways carefully •place one hand over the mouthpiece and then slip the re- ceiver off the hook, so's no one will know they are listening. Yet, every- body on the line ,knows that every- body else listens. That's• only one example of the ways to tell the time. In the sum- mertime it's gauged by the way the sunlight comes in the windows. It's twelve o'clock when it hits the rug in front of the stove . . . and in the afternoon it's five o'clock when the sun hits that bare worn spot in front of the sideboard. She has variations for the time of year and - on dull days, you can always depend on the mail- man . . . because he has' prided him- self on being at our box at a quarter of •three every fine day for the past thirteen years. Have you ever watched a man •plow- ing on a cold Fall day? He'll tramp Cow Injured Queerly A cow belonging to Mr. Gordon Bender, near !Jewelweed, while being chased by a dog, ran upon a stick which punctured the 'body for nearly) two feet. The animal was treated byl Dr. Steiner and seems little the worse for the ordeal.—Exeter Times -Advo- cate. To Install New Machines :JUST ASMILE OR TWO: The sun blazed down on the bare head of the farm laborer, and as he wiped the sweat from his forehead a lunatic from the adjacent asylum grounds popped his head over the wall. "Hi!" he shouted. "How long do you work?" "From six to six," answered the other, leaning on his spade. "How much d'ye get?" "A shilling a day and me grub." The lunatic scratched his head. "Are ye married?" he asked. "Yes," replied the laborer. "Any kids?" "Fourteen." The lunatic lowered himself slow- ly to his own side, until only his head appealed above the.dividing wall, and said•, "You're crazy, bud, you should be in here!" •, From The Huron Expositor July 1, 1898 The sports which were held in Kip - pen on Saturday, under the auspices of the Kippers, football team, passed off very pleasantly despite the show- ers that fell. While Miss Jean McLaughlin, of Leadbury, was returning from Walton a few night ago, her buggy collided with another driven by Miss McPher- son and Miss Ella Howlett. Both were upturned and two of the ladies were badly bruised. The sacred cantata, ."Esther," was given in Cardno's Hall on Friday eve- ning under the direction of Mr. Geo. CIine, Wingham. The leading roles were takes as follows: Esther, the Queen, Miss Grace McFaul; the King, 'Mr. Asbury; Haman, the King's coun- sellor, Mr. Mullen; Zeresh, Ham,an's wife, Mise Bertha Daly; Mordecai, James' Scott; Prophetess, Miss Mc- Quaid. We are pleased to learn that Jas. Scott, of Roxboro, is able to be around again, having had his leg broken awhile ago. Mr. W. W. Thompson left on Tues- day for the Old Country, where he goes in the interests of the oatmeal business. F. Gutteridge and his 'men have completed the new concrete floor in D. D Wilson's stable. It is one of the first of its kind laid in these parts, and is a splendid job. Miss Nettie Wilson has gone to To- ronto where she intends writing on the departmental examinations on domestic science, to be held -in that city next week. While playing lacrosse the other evening Mr. John Bell met with a painful accident. One of the other players, while checking bine, struck him over !the (hand, cutting the top of one of 'his fingers. Mrs. Murchie, of Winthrop, has got The post office fitted up with boxes for the convenience of those who re- ceive their mail that way. Rev. Mr. Bond and family have left for their new home in Rldgetown. Miss Williams and Mr. Bright, of the Methodist Church, and Messrs. Dickie and Barr, of the Presbyterian Church, attended the convention of Sabbath School's and Young People's' Associations held• in Wingham last week. Mr. W. Hackney, of Usborne, near Farquhar, has passed his final exam- ination before the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Ontario, and is now a full fledged doctor. Mr. H. P. Ross, of Exeter, has' passed the prim- ary rimary examination before the same body. The strawberry festival head Tues- day evening an lUir. John Johnstents lawn at Vette, Vas a decided suc- cess. Miss Laura eVei ley, of. Preston, is visiting at the i 1denee Of W. G Willis, God'erieh ot, Mr.. 0, Taetiiiaa, of T'oron'to, Was a'. &meet of his Meat, We. REM, Of Mr* ilyiitee, lain vt'eek. Within a few weeks Can's. mill wilt install a new pelleting machine, ,the, first of its kind in this part of On- tario. It, is believed that the mill wilt be the first CanadianShur-Gain feed! manufacturer to produce the increas- ingly popular feed pellets. In intro- ducing this new type of poultry feed- ing 'Cann's are keeping abreast with the modern trend. Pellets have be- come very popular in the United States and are spreading in Canada.. Only a few of the larger Canadian feed manufacturers are using'the new pellet feed bo date. Cann's Mill hope to install in the near future a new molasses mixer which will mix molas- ses with their line of feeds.--4Exeter Times -Advocate. $1,500 For New Arena During the presentation of the fin- ancial report of the Goderich Lions Club by Treasurer Wm. 'Hay on Fri- day night, it was pointed out that the • sum of $1,500 is earmarkedfor a dona- tion to the new Goderich community recreational centre arena "if and when work commences on the propos- ed new arena."—,Goderich Signal -Star. Mrs. Williams, visiting the cinema, cmeti only find two gangway seats, one behind the other. Wishing to sit with her sister, she cautiously sur- veyed the youth in the next seat. Fines" ally she leaned over and whispered. "I beg your pardon, but are you alone?" Without even turning his head, but twisting his mouth, he muttered: "Cut it out; my aunt's with me!" • Poet: "This is an unfair world." Friend: "How so?" Poet: "A banker can write a bad poem and people think nothing of it. But just let a poet try writing a bad cheque!", Everybody is willing to pay taxes with a smile, but the tax collector demands cash. Huron Federation Of Agriculture--FarmNews Canada's Livestock is WelVGuarded It is no mere happy chance that Canadian livestock are free from ser- ious animal diseases such as fobt and mouth disease, contagious pleuro - Pneumonia, rinderpest and other de- structive animal plagues. This free- dom from serious animal plagues is due in a large measure to the careful watch !kept by veterinarians of the Health of Animals, Division, Domin- ion Department of Agriculture, on im- ports of livestock, livestock products and materials likely to carry infection from foreign countries where such animal plagues do exist, so Dr. T. Childs, Veterinary Director General told the Manitoba Veterinary Associa- tion• at its annual convention held• re- cently in Winnipeg. The service had its beginning in 1868 and the effici- ency of the inspection is shown in the results—no serious animal plagues have ever gained a foothold in Can- ada. This record is the more impressive when it is remembered that there are only two countries in the world, the United States and Newfoundland, from which it is generally considered safe to permit unrestricted entry of livestock and livestock products. In- spection regulations are, however, ap- plied against livestock from these countries if special circumstances arise which make it necessary. Entry of livestock, livestock products and other material from all other coun- tries are subiject' to import' permits, quarantine, inspection, testing,treat- ment, fumigation, and any other nec- essary procedure regardless, of the health certificates which may accom- pany the shipments. Imports are not permitted to proceed beyond the quarantine station at the port of en- try ntry until the divisional veterinarian in charge is fully satisfied, or the pro- ducts and material free from disease. There are about 30 porta of entry) around the coasts and borders, of Can- ada and these are under the supervi- sion of divisional! veterinarians.. On the reverse, or export side of the picture, regulations with regard to livestock produced he, Canada are just as strict. All anithais slaughter- ed for domestic use are aubject to. in- spection by the Health of Ai}imate Division, and more than half of all the livestock in Canada are under the control and eradication of disease. There are 114 ,packing Platte in Can- ada Operating under inspection; of the Health of Amimnals Division and the products Of these are eligible for ex- pert to any country in the world. tie port of livestock, livestock produete, including meats and . meat 'prodeets from Canada, is not peii»ttted dnleee such livestock or products are tertia' fid as fit for ekpart by a ditt1sioiial etteri ariet Farm Sold A large crowd attended the sale of farm property and household effects of the estate of the late Mrs. Frank Stanley, of Colborne Township, near Auburn. Thomas McNall purchased! the farm for $2,550. Harold Jackson was auctioneer, and R. D. Munro, clerk.—Goderich Signal -Star. Unveil Memorial Window In memory of the late Flying Offi- cer Alvin V. Corless, son of Town. Clerk and Mrs. M. T. Corless, who lost. his life over Belgium with his entire crew June 22, 1944, a memorial win- dow will be unveiled in Wesley -Willis United Church on Sunday. Rev. Wil- bur K. Howard, Toronto, Boys' Work Secretary for the United Church of. Canada, will give the address and 'Flt. Lieut. William Dunbar, Toronto, wilt unveil the window.—Clinton News -Re- cord. Trophies Awarded At Field Day Clinton public !school held a very fine afield day on Friday. Listed below are the championship winners and al- so the winners in the various events_ Girls' champion, Norma Warnock. Chamber of Commerce trophy; boys' champion, Clare Maltby, Lions Club trophy; senior boys, Clare Maltby, Frank Fingland trophy; senior girls, Norma Warnock, Dr. J. W. Shaw tro- phy; intermediate boys, Bab Carrick, Charles Johnson trophy; intermedi- ate girls, JoAnne Castle, G. H. Jef- ferson trophy; junior boys, Don Ross. John. Hawkins memorial trophy; jun- ior girls, .Patsy Mul••ney, Mrs. N. W. Trewartha trophy. — Clinton News - Record. Entertain School Ball Team Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stone':louse en- tertained the Stone School team at the 'home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnston after the game played. at Londesboro Friday night. The Stone School team are former schoolmates of Mrs. Stonehouse and Mrs. John- ston.—Blyth Standard. Graduates At Hamilton Miss Jean Hodd, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Hodd, was among those• graduating from the Hamilton Gener- al Hospital on Wednesday, June 9th. The graduation exercises were held at McMaster 'University. Mrs. Hodd, Jim and Ralph and Mr. Bill Manning, of Blyth, attended the graduation.— Blyth Standard. Sells Home For Private Hospital Mrs. J. H. Thomson has sold her home on the corner of Adelaide and, St. AndreWs Sts., to Mrs. Smith, of Seaforth, who with her daughter and son-in-law, will conduct a private hos- pital. This lovely old residence has been in the Thomson family for long years. Mrs. Thomson is retaining am apartment for the present. — Mitchelli Advocate. Retires After 45 Years in Business William Gillespie last week dispos- ed of his hardware business to M. C. Oldfield of Brussels. Mr. Gillespie had been in the business for 45 years. He entered the .business, when the hardware store which had been that of Wilton & Turnbull became that of Wilton & Gillespie. When his late partner, Samuel Wilton, died four arid~ a half years ago, Mr. Gillespie car- ried onthe business himself. Bill Gillespie in his many years behind the counter 'has made a large circle of friends and acquaintances who will miss him when they purchase hardware in that store. Mr. Oldfield, who took possession of the business last Friday, has already been in the hardware business here for the past two years and will' shortly transfer his stock to his newly purchased, store.—Brussels Post. New Church Entrance The Mennonite people of Zurich are enlarging their church by adding a new entrance to the front of the - main building. They also intendto make other improvements to the building, to modernize the same, which, will be a credit to the congre- gation to have a well -kept and well- equipped place of worship. — Zurich Herald. Dairy Business Sold Tele week we announce another chatrge in business, in Zuridh. Mr. Leeland Willert, who has been ani, employee operating the Zurich Dairy, business, has purchased the same from the owners of the Zurich Bak- ery, Allan Gascho and Orville Wit- mer. Mr. Willert has taken posses- sion Monday, and there will be lite tle change in the tra:nsaetion, only) Mr. Willert will be operating the busi- ness in his a'wn name instead. of be- ing an employee. For the 'past =um- ber of months Mr. Willert kite , done this 'work, and prevrn himself very capable and eatis'fadtory, and we know he will do hie utmost to please- customer9.---Zurich Herald. Livestock and Feed Although the greater part of the world's livestock is fed from local production — particularly roughages— some countries before the war pur- chased extensively from abroad the coarse grains and oilcake needed to round out their livestock feeding pro- grams. In part this was obtained from milling imported bread grains and crushing imported oil seeds. Since the war there has been a drastic reduction in world shipments of these commodities, particularly of oil seeds, and in addition, because of a 'higher extraction rate of bread grains in many countries, livestock by-products have been reduced sub- stantially. In some countries the shortage of bread grains has made it necessary to use more coarse grains for human consumption, again reduc- ing feed which would otherfise be us- ed for livestock. This feed shortage and local drought conditions in some instances, bas forced the slaughter of cattle in Europe since the war. Though this has 'helped to ease the meat short- age temporarily, it his obviously re- tarded the rebuilding of the European livestock- industry. -Machines Increase Farm Efficiency Canadian agriculture employed 1,- 113,000 people during 1947, or only about 70,000 less than in 1946, reports' the Labour Gazette 1n a recent issue. The movement of population from rural to urban areas has 'been con- tinuous over recent decades, and gained momentum during the war. It is estimated that 200,009 workers left agriculture in the war years and only about 20,000 returned in the immedi- ate post-war years, says the Gazette. Greeter medhanization has enabled farmers to operate with less Whelp. The Improvement in agricultural effici- ency made possible the tremendous production increase during the past eight years despite the smaller work force. Farmers still require extra help at harvest time, however, and the war- time organizations of labor move- ments' from leurplus areae • to areas of .scarcity was continued' in 1947, throilghthe co-operation of the Dom- inion Department of Labor, the Na- tional ational Employment Service and the nine Provincial Departments of Agri- auiture. There were 12 major move- ment& in 1947, involving 20,000 work- ers. Net farm jneome trebled 'between 1939 and 1947, rising from $461 mil- lions in 1939 to 1,377 millions in 1947: The in''t'e5tnient of mrieh of this 1n- ereas'e in, new a.grieliltural rnohinery and implemerlis Will further ease the Meet labor dela-thee a {td ,y.