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The Huron Expositor, 1955-03-25, Page 2rr. sf HURON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 - Published" at Seaforth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean Bros. A. Y. McLean, Editor Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign -$3.50 a year. Single *copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian ;Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authoriied as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, March 25, 1955 WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: THE PARLOR STOVE (Ottawa Journal) It was a handsome, imposing af- fair—tall, dignified, lavishly nickel -trimmed and with a shining, isinglass door. It sat on a heavy zinc mat against the inside wall of the living room, and the woodbox beside it was tilled with knotty, solid chunks that -could not be split for the kitchen stove. Mother was happy when father -said on a Fall evening, "Mother, we've had a good apple crop this year. Why don't you order that new parlor stove you've been wanting?" The catalogue pulled no punches in its description. "This brilliant base burner is a nicely perfected model. All the latest, handsomest and best features of every other heat- \er. Excels all others in appearance and in amount of nickel work." There was an artistic, ornamental, spun - brass nickel urn, heavy nickel -plated .swing top, nickel dome head, nickel - 'hearth plate, ash door, rails and name plate. It had an Akron duplex grate and a tea kettle attachment. Part of our nation's stirring, true history could be written in terms of parlor stoves. In large numbers of adage and farm homes, boys and girls have sat around parlor stoves en Fall and Winter evenings doing their home work and dreaming youths' secret and sweet dreams of the day when they would go forth on the thrilling, unknown, beckon- ing trail of life's high adventures. Fathers and mothers, ,grandfathers and grandmothers have sat in their favorite chairs , in the mellow warmth of the big stoves, read farm journals, daily and weekly papers and books, talked of the future and the past. The parlor stoves are in their twi- light; each year they grow fewer. But in many northland homes they still give their mellow heat; and tam- ales, secure in their love and unity, ,eti11 watch the flames' pictures through the isinglass and dream the dreams that give meaning to life. SHE LOST ART OF PENMANSHIP (The Washington Post) We are all going to be saved much One and eyestrain if the newly or- ad Handwriting Foundation, succeeds in its goal of restoring penmanship to its old place of im- portance among the Three R's. This non-profit organization estimates that about 70 million dollars was lost by American business last year be- e of illegible handwriting and that parents lost countless hours puzzling over letters from children at camp, sons in the armed services sad Bo on. Modern decadence is to blame. People just won't cross their t's, dot Mier i's, or close their o's the way Amy used to do. Worse still, they -c up their 3's, 5's and 8's and their Ws and 7's on cheques and in their 'counts. The decade of the 1930's, fit seems, was the era when this 11 - ,legibility began to rise — together ;nth progressive education and the *cline of penmanship instruction in. tate schools. Yet no explanation is given as to why so many VIP's of �varyinng degree in business and �htics, who got their schooling be - that period, have undecipher- signatures. , ttelt will take the foundation a tlitale to achieve its worthy end, cihile stopgap.measr e of ula campaign to induce •' letters, docuu its or anything else—including Christmas .cards and vacation greet- ings --to have their names typed un- der their signatures. SMALL TOWNS (Newmarket Era and Express) ,ill across Canada our small towns flourish, each with an individual and • nctive character. . . Th s retention of individuality is all r' ` t to the good since it means that ne small town is not a stereo- typed copy of its neighbor but re- tains the major characteristics with which it started. Nothing could be Less inspiring than an array of small towns that gave the impression of having sprung up in obedience to the dictates of a model designer! So long as this spirit of individuality can be maintained in the small towns throughout Canada the claim of the historian will remain true: that the spirit of a nation is best expressed through its small communities. WEAKER SEX (Winnipeg Free Press) For some time now there have been rumors afoot — started, no doubt, by women or by frightened males wishing to ingratiate them- selves with the fair sex—that a man no longer has dominion over his castle -home. Since the days of the militant, umbrella -wielding suffrag- ettes, wives, so the stories go, have been striving not only for emancipa- tion but for domination over their easy-going husbands—those placid souls who would give in just for the ' sake of peace in the household. Surely they haven't succeeded! Or have -they? A disturbing report has come to hand telling of a new organ- ization established in New York, known as the Husbands Protective Association. A 25 -cent membership card, the New York Herald Tri- bune reveals, entitles misunderstood spouses to a journal of alibis and other bits of advice on getting along with women. But its main strength apparently lies in its promise (or threat, dependingon which way one Iooks at it) to print in future bulle- tins the names of all wives reported to it for mistreatment of husbands. Have things come to this pass, where a husand has to resort to such antics for his own protection? Is it true that there are actually some wo- men who won't even shine their hus- bands shoes or to whom an account- ing has to be made following a night out? Apparently so. And women have the backing of a scholarly an- throopologist who states that the fe- male is stronger than the male, both constitutionally and intellectually. Moreover, this anthropologist (hap- pily married, he claims) insists that women are more stable and less prone to self-destruction. Of course the male has more rea- son to become unstrung on occasion. Apart from the heavy demands made by his wife, the financial burdens of the household are borne on his weak shoulders. Incompetence can get him fired, whereas the housewife cannot be disposed of that easily. Writing in the magazine Chang- ing Times, a husband who under- standably wishes to remain anony- mous has this to say: "Look at how she handles technological progress'. Man burns out his brains inventing machines to eliminate housework, which, let it be admitted, can be pret- ty dull. But the machines that man invents for himself don't shorten his day one minute. He just does more work. In fact, he has to work hard- er—to earn more money to buy more machines so woman can work less. "And what does woman do? She elevates doing things the hard way into a high principle—for her hus- band. With the connivance of the nation's hardware merchants, she exhorts him to march backward to handicraft under the anner of 'do it yourself.' "This reactionarydoctrine would saddle every male with the duties of carpenter, painter, plumber, cabinet- maker, landscape architect, the set- ter, cobbler and steeple jack. If he hesitates at tangling with a 220 -volt circuit she turns from him in pity. He is -half a man, if that. Yet if he handed her a can of lye and told her to whip up a batch of soap, he'd an- swer for it in d divorce court." Now is the tune for all good men to !ole to of ,themselves THE atfitON EXPOSITOR SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Tenders Called For Budding The $ell Telephoue Company of Canada has called for tenders on the budding of the new dial tele- phone exchange which will be erected on Rattenbury Street West, just back of Aiken Bros. store. , Specifications call for a two-storey building and basement of brick construction, 41x47 feet in size.—Clinton News -Record. Visitin6 in South America Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Bainton left from Malton airport on Satur- day for a month's trip to South America. They will spend a week at Montevideo, Uruguay., ,and an- other week at Buenos Aires, Ar- gentina. On their return trip they expect to spend some time at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Mr. and Mrs. John Fairservice left last week for a vacation at St. Petersburg, Flori- da.—Blyth Standard. Overheated Stove Causes Fire Wingham rural fire department was called to the home of Jack Higgins, on the third concession of Morris Township on Wednesday, about 5:30 p.m. Fire was discov- ered between the ceiling and floor in the front part of the house from an overheated coal stove. Quick action of the Higgins family and neighbors had the fire out by the use of water and fire extinguishers before the firemen arrived.— Wingham Advance -Times. Buy Suffers Broken Hip Bobby Hall, nine-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Hall; of An- drew St, suffered a broken hip and cracked ribs when struck by a truck on his bicycle Wednesday night. The victim and his older brother, Ted, were riding their bikes home from a music lesson when the collision occurred at the corner of Main and Gidleys Sts. Driver of the truck was Gerald W. Wilhelm, R.R. 3, Dashwood, who was travelling north on Main St. Dr. Wallace Reid attended the youth who was taken to South Hur- on Hospital and then removed to London. Constable John. Cowen in- vestigated. — Exeter Times -Advo- cate. Made Horticultural Director At the convention of the On- tario Horticultural Association held in the King Edward Hotel, Toron- to, last Thursday and Friday, C. H. Epps, local manufacturer, was appointed director for District No. 8, which includes the Counties of Huron, Bruce and Grey. As one of the 16 directors in Ontario, Mr. Epps will be concerned with visit- ing horticultural societies through- out the district, and will be called upon to help with any problems which they may have. The On- tario Horticultural Association is organized as part of the Depart- ment of Agriculture of Ontario.— Clinton News -Record. Hunters Enjoy Rabbit The doors to the Sergeants' Mess at Centralia were opened on Fri- day to over 200 district hun who came for a feed of ra'bits they had killed. They came from Usborne, McGillivray, Stanley, Hay and Biddulph Townships to the annual rabbit supper started in 1952 by WO 1 Jack Dougherty, of Centralia, and Les Gibson, of Exe- ter. From the first of December until ,the last day in February each year, hunters staged `rabbit drives" in gangs of 15 to 20. Some of the game ended" up in deep freeze on the Air Force Station to be prepared for the supper. One hundred and five jacks in an were consumed by the crowd which ate in two sittings. The mess seating capacity is 110 persons. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Friday Night Shopping? Two delegates from the recently formed Retail Merchants Associa- tion of Goderich called in Clinton Wednesday upon the chairman of the retail merchants committee here. The local chairman, R. B. Campbell, states that their dis- cussion was mainly upon the topic of evening store closing. There has been considerable talk about the advisability of staying open Sat- urday evening, and merchants in local towns; as well as in other centres, have been wondering if they could not better serve the pub- lic by remaining open on Friday nights instead. "A move toward this end," said Mr. Campbell, would mean a step along the way in which larger centres have al- ready gone. Saturday night, more and more has become a social night, when people wish to visit, watch television, or attend enter- tainments. It is becoming the popular thing to shop on Friday nights."—Clinton News -Record. Build Main To Factory An eight -inch water main from the dam to Canadian Canners Ltd. factory was approved by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission at a- meet- ing this week. The main will be over a mile long and will run along Mill St. to William, up Wil- liam to Nelson and east on Nel- son to the factory. For this sum- mer at least, the main will not be connected with the town system but will pump chlorinated river wa- ter to the factory for cooling and washing up purposes. If the pro- posed dam and filtration plant is erected, the main will be connect- ed. P.U.C. manager Ken Lamp - man said the main would take some of the pressure of the town system since the factory uses con- siderable water for cooling cans after cooking and for washing up the floors and machinery. This water does not need to be of drink- ing standard. The factory will continue to use the water from the town system in the canning process.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Would Discuss Indigent Form Willingness to meet with repre- sentatives of the four other hos- pitals in the county to discuss a County Council proposal on an in- digent patient form was expressed by Alexandra Marine and General Hospital Board at its March meet- ing on Monday night. The board received a letter from County Clerk A. H. Erskine containing a draft of the proposed forth. The county is asking that indigents be asked to sign the form on their admittance into hospitals in the county., Signing of the form would allow the welfare officer or clerk of the municipality to inspect or have access to any account held by the patients_ in any bank, trust ompan'" it other financial insti- tution. The indigent patients would also agree not to sell, trans- fer or dispose of any assets dur- ing their stay in hospital, except for payment of hospital accounts. The local board referred the let- ter to its executive committee and instructed Secretary C. F. Chap- man to advise the county clerk that the board would send dele- gates to a meeting of representa- tives of the five hospitals in the county.—Goderich Signal -Star. Mouldiness in Cereal Seed When grain is exposed to wet weather, or stored in a damp con- dition, the mould fungi on the seed surface begin to grow and often enter the seed itself. The result is generally some discoloration of the grain, a certain amount of mustiness which makes the grain unpalatable as feed and useless for human consumption, and some lowering of its value as seed. The fungi causing mouldiness of grain are of diverse colors and appearance. Those causing 'black' mould are generally brown or dark brown and, when viewed under a microscope, appear as trees with stubby, sometimes twisted, trunks and branches. The spores develop on the ends of the branches, and occur singly, in chains, or in. clus- ters. The green moulds when seen under the miscroscope resem- ble human hands. Chains of dusty round spores grow from the tips of the finger-like projections. The pink moulds vary in structure but generally produce bundles of spores at the apex of '3hort stems. Moulds may also be white, yellow, orange, red, blue, violet, or sev- eral colors at once. Even if grain is blackened by mould, it may be quite useful for seeding purposes, especially when treated with a proper disinfectant. The invasion in this case is gener- ally only superficial. Moulds of other colors generally seem to do seed a certain amount of harm. The invasion of the seed by mould results in the seed embryo being killed, presumably by a toxic sub- stance exuded from the mould fun- gus. Strangely enough, many of the latter moulds are highly desis- tant to the chemicals commonly used for seed treatment—at least recent experiments carried out at the Science Service Plant Path- ology Laboratory at Winnipeg so indicate. A high moisture content of the seed and a moderately high incubation temperature favor the development of mouldiness whe- ther the seed is treated or not. It is of interest that many of the fungi occurring on mouldy grain. are more or less closely re- lated to the fungi which Pr odu� the wonderdrus of Modern mef- cine. The fungi produce chemi- cals harmful to certain of the dr- gattifattts atsoCiated with thee, In medicine, these chemicals are harmful to disease germs, in ag- riculture they are injurious to the seed. Performance of Various Strains of Fowl Many rapid growing strains of fowl have been introduced to most parts of Canada in recent years. Strains which grow rapidly and produce meat economically may not be the most economical pro- ducers of eggs. It becomes of in- creasing importance, therefore, to know the relative performance of the various strains both as to egg production and rate of growth. Egg production and growth re- cords are now available from five purebred strains tested at the Ex- perimental Station, Fredericton, N.B., reports Leonard Griesbach. Growth records have also been ob- tained on eight crosses involving these strains. Of the five pure- bred strains tested, four were bred with meat production the primary object, one was a strain of a gen- eral purpose breed which had been selected for years with egg pro- duction as the primary object. Following are some of the in- teresting results obtained: (1) The general purpose strain grew rea- sonably well but definitely slower than the top meat producing strains. (2) The average weight at 12 weeks of all crossbreds test- ed'was 41 ounces higher than the average of all purebreds -tested. Some crosses weighed no more than their heaviest parent but others were considerably heavier than either parent. (3) Birds of the general p pose strain which survived to 5 days of age pro- duced more eg:'° ran survivors of the meat strai (4) One of the strains which . d the highest survivor egg production, bad the lowest egg production index to 500 days based on the average produc- tion of oll birds housed. the low production index was due to high mortality in. the laying pens. (5) One pen of crossbreds, the parents of which were only mediocre egg producers, produced more eggs and had a lower mortality than any purebred strain strain tos teel. These, results emphasize the im- portance of obtaining information (Contillfued,;on Page 7) , YEARS ALONE Altercating Items picked from The Huron Expositor of 25 and 50 Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor Marteh 2$, 1930 Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kleinfeldt and the Misses Carrie and Agnes O'Connor were Sunday evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McIver, Seaforth. Louis Steinbach's sale on Mon- day near Brodhagen was well at- tended, despite the inclement wea- ther, and good prices were realiz- ed for both livestock and imple- ments. Miss Jean Fulton, who stays with her nephew, George McTaggart, Walton, suffered a slight stroke on Saturday evening and is at pres- ent under the doctor's care. Miss Viola Carter, who has been in. London for some time, is visit- ing her parents in Walton. Dr. and Mrs. Swan and babe, of Hamilton, were the guests of the doctor's father and sister this week in Brucefield. Mrs. J. Walmsley and little daughter, of Seaforth, were visi- tors during the past week with the former's sister, Mrs. 13obert Far- row, Brussels. Mr. Melvin E. Clarke, of Win- throp, has purchased a new truck. Mr. Neil Montgomery paid a fly- ing visit to London last week. Mrs. E. Epps, of Varna, spent a few days with her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Clarke, Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. James Medd and son, Jack, of Constance, motored to Toronto on Friday and spent the weekend with 'relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark, of Constance, returned from Listowel on Tuesday after spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clark. The snowstorm of Monday morn- ing was quite a surprise, both as to the depth falling, nearly one foot, and coming so unexpectedly. A large quantity of sugar and molasses has been made in Hen- sall district during the past cou- ple of weeks, and is a very good quality, as there has been a splen- did run of sap. Mrs. J. B. McLean, of Kippen, was the guest of Mrs. J. Leiper and Mrs. H. McDonald, Hensall, last week. Mrs. Ed. Sheffer, Hensall, left Tuesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) Reid, of Port Rowan. Mr. George Hudson and daugh- ter, Miss Hazel, spent the week- end at London with relatives. Mr. Arnold Bell, of Toronto, spent the weekend with his moth- er, Mrs. Bertha Bell, and his grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Dick, Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Kruse, of Galt, were weekend 'guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Fin- layson. They were accompanied by Mrs. William Sclater, who has been spending the winter in Galt, and who has returned home. Mr. A. Day, of Toronto, spent the weekend with his brother, Mr. Donald Day, of the Seaforth Col- legiate staff. • From The Huron Expositor March 24, 1905 John Grimoldby was the victim of a serious accident which occur- red in the Walton sawmill one day last week. While edging a board, in some manner his hand was thrown against the saw which sev- ered three fingers and the thumb of hit right hand, leaving only the index finger intact. Medical aid was soon procured and the wound dressed, but the injury is a very painful one. Last week W. R. Smillie, Bruce - field, delivered to Mr. John Mc- Lean,. of Riverside Farm, Tucker - smith, a fine pair of two-year-old geldings. The pair weighed 3,050 pounds. It is needless to say that the price was a good one. These colts were sired by the renowned breeding horse, "Prince of Hurl - ford," the property of Smillie Bros. John Sparrow, of Varna, ship- ped a carload of horses to Mani- toba on Tuesday. John is a hus- tler, this being the second trip since the new year. Mr. J. J. Pollard, of McKillop, this week delivered to Mr. James Archibald, Seaforth, a pair of magnificient Belgian horses. They are five and six years old and weighed 3,100 pounds. They were sold for $400. A year ago Mr. Pol- lard sold a team for $425. Mr. Pol- lard prides himself in being a good judge ,of horses, and the prices he obtains justifies his judgment. Mr. Robert Moffatt, who has spent the winter with his sister, Mrs. Worden, Staffa, has returned to his home in Illinois. The following license commis- sioners have been appointed for South Perth: John Bennewies, Logan; George D. Lowrie, St. Marys, and David McConnell, Dub- lin. Mr. Fred Haggith, of Stephen, left Exeter last week with a car- load of settlers' effects for Edmon- ton, N.W.T., near which place he has takenup land and will engage in farming. He was accompanied by Mr. Harry Parsons. Mr. John Hagan, Hillsgreen, sold his fine team of 'general pur- pose horses to Archibald and Cud - more, of Seaforth, for the sum of $350. Phillip Ament, of Brussels, has disposed of his 130 -acre farm near Cranbrook, to Samuel Balfour, of McKillop, for the sum of $6,500. Mr. and Mrs. Hopper of Co- bourg, were in Hensall last week visiting Mr. and Mrs: S. T. Hop- per and daughter. Mr. Alexander McNevin, of Al- liston, was in Kippen this week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McNevin. Mr. Wm. Habkfrk, Seaforth has purchased from Stephen Lamb the handsome grey, team which have been in the livery fol' three or four years. Mr. ftabkirk has pur- chased 75 acres of Mr. Robt. GoV- enlock's farm and isoin work g. g to it. Mr. Til. Iialbfleieeh, Blake' has sold his residence to Mrs' Pet Douglas. who will tuove td' Blake. MARCH 25, 1955 CROSSROADS, (By JAMES SCOTT) BUSINESS OR BUSY—NESS (This piece and the one which will follow are written at the sug- gestion of a' couple of fellows in town here. They are about our town and maybe there is an idea or two which might be worth thinking about in this our year of centennial celebration?) Not so long ago I heard a speech given by one of the younger busi- ness men in town and he took as his theme, "Seaforth is the Busiest Town in Canada." He talked about this with considerable en- thusiasm. His point was that it would be a good thing for people to know this about us so they wouldn't think that this is just a small-town backwater where the livin' is easy. He went on to say that he thought it would be a good idea if everybody in the town sort of made the slogan known—"Sea- forth is the busiest town in Can- ada." • He also suggested that this space be specifically devoted to discuss- ing the point. Well, that was some weeks ago and I have been doing a bit of thinking about it all. It's just as well, I find, to make sure of your ground before you commit it to print. A busy town. Now just what is it which consti- tutes a busy town? Do we mean the volume of trade, the number of dollars which are taken in ev- ery day, the goods which. cross the counters or some off the produc- tion line? These things, to be sure, have a part in keeping a place busy. In any town which lays claim to being busy it is certainly necessary that business should flourish. But there is a difference, it seems to me, between business and busy-ness. I would kind of like to think if our town is the busiest, it is that way because of more than just trade and commerce. There are so many ways in which a fellow can be busy be- sides the pursuit of money. For example, you might be sur- prised at how many good women in this town keep themselves busy looking after others. On Saturday they bake extra buns and'pies and cookies for those who are old and ill and helpless. They hurry through their work to get out to visit the shut-ins. They give up a lot of their time to spend on church work and the Home and School and the Red Cross and the Hospital Aid. They are remark- ably busy people. And then there are fellows who often leave their places of busi- ness or spend their Wednesday half -holiday doing all sorts of things like raising money for crippled children, or working to,. provide a healthy swimming pool for the youngsters of the district, or going out to coach ,or support a hockey team or taking -leader- ship in young people's groups of one sort or another. These are very busy people too. There are other people in this busy town of ours who, long after the age of going to school, con- tinue-to-..t'ake classes whenever they get a chance because they think it makes them more useful citizens. There are others who are inevitably called upon whenever a committee is formed for town bet- terment. They spend most of their free time going to meetings and supporting worthy community causes. Still others—and these really de- serve a tip of the hat—spend hour after hour looking after the busi ness of the municipality, getting no money and little thanks (but: lots of criticism) for their trouble. I could go on like this for a long time. The more I think about it, my friend was absolutely right. This is, indeed, one of the busiest. towns in Canada. And what's more, it's the right kind of busy-ness. The kind that makes towns like this really worth- while places to live in. FARQUHAR OLIVER, ONT. LIBERAL LEADER, DISCUSSES UNEMPLOYMENT In a recent -radio address Farqu- har Oliver, Ontario Liberal Lead- er, discussed the extent to which unemployment was a factor today and pointed out that the Provincial Government refused to deal with the matter. Mr. Oliver spoke as follows: There are in this Province thou- sands of our citizens who want to work but who cannot find en'ploy- ment. This situation presents a challenging problem to those in authority and to every level of Government in this country. The opportunity to work should be a possession of every citizen. In this young and growing cbuntry there is much work to do and the cli- mate of opportunity should and must be provided. Idle hands are not builders and the edifice that is this country's goal is not nearly completed. On the other hand, and equally important, is the unescap- able fact that to be anxious to work and unable to find the op- portunity wears on the individual to the place, if the period is ex- tended, that he becomes bitter and not easily persuaded that this really is a country of great oppor- tunity for those who are willing to grasp it. Consequently, nothing should be left undone that could be done to mend our economy so that all who desire employment shall find the gate open. In the meantime plans must be laid to care for those who through no fault of their own are unable to earn a livelihood. There must be a recognition of the injunction that we are our brother's keeper. No man or woman must go hungry in this land of plenty, no child un - cared for in a country where the future calls for strong young hands to be builders of a better Canada. In this transition period there must be an acceptance on the part of those in authority to provide sus- tenance to carry these people over the hump. .We should not allow red tape and jurisdictional dis- putes to stand in the way of a full acceptance of our responsibility. Up until the present time the costs of . caring for people out of work has rested mainly on the tax- payers in • the particular locality. This is manifestly unfair and should not be countenanced any longer. Municipal taxpayers have had and are having a difficult time to raise sufficient finances to care for their ordinary services. To ask them to pay in addition thereto the whole cost of help for the unem- ployed is to add insult to injury. We have already said that there is an obligation to care for those of our citizens who are out of work, and it goes, I suggest, without say- ing that the municipalities can no longer shoulder the burden alone. The question then arises: Who should come to the help of the municipalities in meeting this challenge? This is the salient point I would argue tonight. In 1939 the Federal Government set up in this country the Unem- ployment Insurance Act under the provisions of which an employee made regular contributions, and these were supplemented by pay- ment from industry and from the Federal Government. Under this scheme a man who was under the Act was entitled to draw payments for those periods when work was not available. That this legislation had a beneficial effect goes with- out saying. Also it must be said to the credit of the Federal Gov- ernment that last year some twelve million dollars were paid beyond the then provisions of the Unem- ployment Insurance Aet and in the present year some twenty-four million has been appropriated to further' extend these belie^fits. Fur - ted h ther it should be stated tat well over half of those recentl�debt: Bea as unerp�tto ed- air , �recei a.gg. payments fro*' this fend, , en we remember that itis MO' there' w11'ait,„,Wr ai% was no Unemployment Insurance Act and that all the monies requir- ed to care for unemployed people came out of the taxes of the people - generally, you get some conception of the responsibility assumed by the Federal Government. Another' point which should be made clear is that there is a sizeable segment of those who are unemployed who are not eligible for various rea- sons for any benefits under the Unemployment Insurance Act. The cost of caring for that class has fallen completely on the municipal taxpayer. In this country there are three- levels hreelevels of government, namely, municipal, provincial and federal. I have outlined to you the manner and the extent by which the muni- cipal and the federal governments. have assumed a measure of finan- cial responsibility. I suggest most.: strongly that the Provincial Gov- ernment should get down from its lofty but wholly untenable posi- tion and lend a helping hand, and' say to the municipalities, we, the province, will pay half your costs, for caring for the unemployed. I 'have never been able to under -- stand the position taken by our - Provincial Government in relation to this matter. They say with a tone of finality that this is not a problem for us but for the Federal, Government How, I ask, do they escape responsibility? It would seem logical that when the bur- den of paying becomes to heavy for the municipal government that. the next area of responsibility should be that of the province. The municipalities are the creatures of the province and the first line of defence when municipal revenues are impaired by the imposition of extraordinary costs such as those for relief should be the province. The Province of Ontario is shirk- ing its constitutional responsibility,. both to the individual and the mun- icipalities by refusing to become a) participant. The 'government ofi this province have taken a line of defence that is as irrelevant as is; unsound. They express the willingness to' accept certain proposals made by the Federal Government in 1945, at the Dominion -Provincial Confer- ence. At that time ,the Federal Government offered to the Pro- vinces a package deal that includ- ed an offer to rent from the Pro- vincial Government certain fields of taxation, namely, succession du- ties and income and corporation) taxes. In compensation the Fed- eral Government would give the Province a cash settlement based] on what the Province had been re- ceiving •from these fields, and ha addition there was a computations related to the gross national in- come. Along with this, the Fed- eral Government made other pro- posals to the Province, among which was an offer to take over the cost of unemployment relief.. The Province of Ontario at the 1945 conference turned thumbs down on the Federal offer and proposed in its place and stead a financial arrangement that was wholly unacceptable to Ottawa, and as a consequence, having fail- ed to agree on a formula, the con- ference broke up. We should remember that the Federal offer in 1945 was con- tingent upon the Provinces agree- ing to rent these fields to the Federal Government. There was no agreement and therefore the offer lapsed. It was not until some years later that an understanding was reached between the Province and the Federal Government ors financial matter's. It is inconce v - able, therefore,' how.. at this tilde ten ye rs later, and in ,defence of a WhollY untenable Itisition, e ,Province :would argue that it, ra.p paodto ec g t 1 iiot.of 2'f0r forty-five p a a�s t+. _ (U"oniinueii ow Page (l) 6 • • • • M 1