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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-08-19, Page 2W 2 Bfje OKxeter... Times Established 1873 Amalgamated November Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District ’ Authorised as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association j Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the UXVNA $ Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation 1 Paid-in-Advance Circulation a.s of September 30th, 1947 * 2,214 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $25.50 a year United States, in advance, $3,00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each PublishersJ. Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19 What About the Price of Meat? Will Canadiums pay the new price foi* meat? Meat dealers, as well as the meat­ consuming public, are asking this question. Folk fairly near the situation tell us that tile new meat prices will continue with some variations for about one year. After that period there will be a drop in prices, they believe. But what of the prices in the meantime? Will the public do without meat altogether or very greatly reduce its meat consumption? Il must be remembered that there is a considerable portion of our population that does not eat meat. The ve­ getarians have a way of living and living well, at that. Meat eating, these good peo­ ple tell us, is a habit, and none too whole­ some a habit. Will this class of people grow to an extent that -will affect the meat and cattle market? Then we are asking who has muddled our meat market so miserably. It looks as if the meddlers with trade have muddled things pretty badly. There is a nice question emerging about the fe«cl for livestock. Will the increased price the far­ mer is to receive for his cattle carry with it the export of our Canadian livestock feed? That being the case, will the farmers who buj' their livestock feed find a neat slice cut from their sales profits? Livestock feed was much higher priced in the United States than it was in Canada. Will the Canadian farmer be eager to sell his grain direct to the United States instead of by the livestock route? And what effect -will this have, on our Ontario farms? We know the disaster that overtook our fields when we were getting large prices for our bar­ ley. It took years for many farmers to get their fields back to their old productive­ ness. These are interesting days. May they ’not prove disastrous. & # * * Repeating the Folly? When World War I was over, the vic­ tors were unanimous that Germany should not again bring* the world to the verge of financial ruin nor again drench the fields of Europe with blood. With this resolu­ tion still in their minds, these very nations proceeded to encourage the conditions that brought on the ferocious horrors of World War II. As our sons fell on the battle fields and as our cities were reduced to rubble, we again said that this sort of thing must not take place again. Yet with the paint still green on the little crosses row on row, we again relented and declared that in the interest of civilization Germany must be restored. Immediately we made arrange­ ments for* Germany to have plenty of food and all that she needed for the rebuilding of hei* agriculture and her industries. All this was done in the face of the fact that Germany had shown no repentance for her heinous misdeeds. German favour has been courted with an ardour that overlooks our tortured industries and oui’ desolated fire­ sides. Is it a fact that humanity in the in­ terest of the dollar forgets what Germany has persistently done to civilization? It is bad enough to writhe under the scourge but when the people of Britain and Ameri­ ca are required to provide whipping post and scourge it is carrying the chastisement a little too far. The western powers reply that if they do not make a pet of Germany, Russia will. We answer that should Rus­ sia nurse Germany as she is now morally and in spirit, to a new life, Russia will find that she has a serpent in her bosom. We say, moreover, that for the western pow­ ers to restore Germany is for them to fat­ ten a traitor in their camp. A restored Ger­ many is sure to result in an armed Ger­ many and an armed Germany means a Ger­ many on the war path. A victorious Ger­ man means an oppressed world. nS A Fair Price A farmer told us the other dav that he was getting $2,2/5 for his wheat. He won­ dered if he should hold the wheat for a bigger price. Farmers might do worse than sell at the two twenty-five figure. Perhaps all of us will do well when we ean get a fair price. It seems funny the way we are. doing. It is reported that we have received $3/5,000,000 under the Marshall Plan. We arc likely to borrow up to $9/5,000,000. Our financial editor cherishes the opinion that we are buying our own goods with that sum of borrowed money as some of the na­ tions getting our goods are not able to pay us for our products. We pay for our own products with what amounts to our own money. Meanwhile, we do some tall talk­ ing about how prosperous our country is. Meanwhile, too, the big stock markets are slipping and some of us are recalling that those markets did the same thing in 1929, We don’t know a thing about it but expert in finance warns us to tell our readers to keep their heads. Things may keep on at their present gait. Then again, they may not. As our expert told us about the possi­ bility of a crash, his face looked serious. Perhaps he had been reading the opening pages of Mr. Churchill's great book, “The Gathering Storm”, in which the crisis of ’29 is dealt with. The expert told us that we should not be heeded if we mentioned they are and our rea- own conclusions. # * Margarine? ^THE TIME HAS COME, THE WALRUS SAIQ ,, THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1943 Robert Soufhcott /MEMaatCi lUDIT BUREAU t" ,o«. .mcuuvnc «TIMES» Go By Vicky, in The London Daily News-Chronicle (Independent) that these facts but here ders may draw their &. * Why Not Grave faced authority tells us margarine is healthful food that may be put on our tables at about one-half the cost of butter! Since that is the case., why are we not allowed to buy it ? The govern­ ment tells us with gravity that it is not sure that it is legal to remove the ban on margarine. This is a joke worthy of Arte­ mus Ward at his best. The government ]>laced the ban—what hinders the govern­ ment from removing that ban? Surely what the government has done it may undo. The government prosposes to submit the lega­ lity of the ban to the courts. This is clever. The courts move with a slowness in such mattery compared with which a snail with rheumatism is a double speed rocket by comparison. So there we are. We can't get what we rightfully want till the courts tell about the bit we. place in our mouths. Will Russia please note this way of doing? & & # That United States Money Canada, we are told, is to receive some­ thing like ninety-six millions of United States dollars as her share under the Mar­ shal Plan, This is good news. It is to be hoped that the money will be devoted to some specific purpose that will prove of permanent value to the Dominion. We sug­ gest that it be used for one of two pur­ poses. Agricultural research is need of assistance. The matter of soil en­ richment and of conservation greatly in is urgent, Crop rotation of a system that will enrich the soil is a science for Canada that is scarcely yet in its infancy. Why should not the government use a large portion of the money under discussion for this highly im­ portant purpose? There is, too, the devas­ tating Bang’s disease that has played sad havoc with livestock but which so far has defied our best efforts. Tlie( best biologists available should be givciCv^ry facility for eradicating this heavy scourge, make for the best hay point of view require ,-><,^1^ dies must go the work oK combqt (Idles must go the work of^qonybf eases elm _______.___ ___ „___ not be forgoten that the shin of mol'i nada is now receiving is to be pai some day in the near future, as far as na­ tional life is reckoned. Why not hay^ the sura so invested that when pay day comes every dollar of it will have paid its and a good deal more 'r He Was Not Hopeful We asked a business man who employs a large number of assistants about the reck­ less spending of money on the part of a great many working people. We asked if the government were to issue a new loan at say four per cent interest if it would draw off a large part of the money now being a good deal too lightly spent. His re­ ply was thought provoking. He told us that though scores'" of people of his acquaintance are receiving a good deal more than twice what they received a short time ago, they are “broke” every pay day. These, people arc bent on getting whatever their fanev asks | it or pay were many their mentioned an unholy pair of twins, These two sturdy youngsters are gobbling our per­ manent prosperity. They are working over­ time shovelling the resources of the count­ ry into the. hands of the. few. A great many arc slitting their own pocket books, # :!< s/c sjs Kingdom of Baseball Loses Babe Ruth The baseball world this week the loss of one of its most colorful figures home-run king Babe Ruth, who died in ho,T pi tai on Monday from a cancer ailment, Aroiu study arfS.' attacking our forests. Ju.^t\h^v the is threatened with extinction it a- for if they have the money to pay for if they have the money in sight to for it. Astayl about high prices we told that dealers know that a great people have money and are setting prices accordingly. This business man mourns 50 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stewart left Monday on a pleasure trip to Montreal, They will be away about a month. Messrs. John Dauncey and David Mill, who were delegates to .the High Court of the I.O.F. at Chatham, returned last week Mr. Dauncey was elected one of the 12 representatives to the Supreme Court which meets in Toronto next Thursday. Miss Ida Johns has been successful in passing her exam­ inations at the London Conser­ vatory of Music. During the severe electrical storm on Thursday night last two valuable horses belonging to Mr. Hy. Rowe, a little south of town, while pasturing in the field, were killed by the lightn­ ing. The young lads, guilty throwing rotten eggs at Mitchell Lacrosse team while on their way home Thursday night last, were brought before Chas. Snell, fined jail. Mr. fell from a load of of the J.P. $1.25 Win. on Thursday or three Coates, of and days in Usborne, peas one day last week and coming in contact with the wheel received several painful bruises. One afternoon last while Mrs. Hackney, was visiting, some party gained entrance cellar and stole all her fruit. week, of Devon, unknown to the 25 YEARS AGO A rink of .bowlers from town won the first prize at the Blytli bowling tournament on Wednes­ day of last week. The prizes were silver cake dishes. The rink was composed of E. \J Wethey, Geo. Snell, Dr, RoulV ton and C. B. Snell, skip. Miss Alice Hanford and Miss May Jones have returned home after a delightful trip up the lakes on the S.S. Noronic. They went as far as Messrs. J. G. Stanbury, R, N. Creegh,. -Chas. Duluth. Creese Chas. Pilon, Kenneth Stanbufy and Tom .Pryde motor­ ed fo the Bigwin Hotel, Mus- koka, where the latter two joined the Boy Scout camp there and will act as caddies on the gOlf course. Mr. S. A.' Kahler, of Strat­ ford, has purchased Bett’s Bak­ ery business and has already taken possession. The bursting of the new Dun­ lop Extra jieavy tube by Mr. W. J. Beer in front of liis stove Saturday evening attracted a large crowd. The bursting ,of the tube was the result of a guessing contest on how many strokes of a new pump it would take to burst it. The tube was placed on a truck and H. Bag- shaw and A. Easton took turns in pumping. It took 7 61 strokes \and was blown to considerable size before it burst. The winner wa^Theodorp Walper. Y------ - --------------------------------~ Huron County’s New Agricul­ tural Representative seems to be making himself right at home in his new duties and is already making many friends and rapid­ ly get! in County, our new Gordon Be County, ence in the Hotel was spi of the the Pre id Ing. Hurcn ates a $1 OO.OQ worthy wishing ■ulfural College the di . a. Applications should be as soon as possible to the ■rotary, annual meeting A ml Rennie the to welcome iresentatives, R. , from Glengarry assistant, -Clar- armor County jsideni W •acquainted in dinner R(>1 wtt hh i was held recently Clinton. The dinner ■d by the Executive Federation, with ' R. Lobb, pres­ ii County Federation don' scholarship each unity> aft (k to valued al year, to some Junior Farmer md the Ontario either to ee or two year A .arii take coin'! sent County Si The third the International Federation Agricultural Producers will held next summer at the Ontario of of be 15 YEARS AGO Aftei’ having covered three thousand miles and being away two weeks on a motor trip dur­ ing which time they spent a couple of days at the Century of Progress at Chicago, Messrs. Frank Strange, of town, ano Wm. Murdoch, Addie Mustard, Elgin Hayter and John Hough­ ton, of near Brueel’ield, returned to their homes on Wednesday of last week. The boys started out with an auto and trailer taking along a camping putfil and after going as far as Sud­ bury in Northern Ontario, they crossed at .Sault Ste. Marie ano through the States to Winnipeg. Gordon Johns, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Johns, of Toronto, who is, holidaying at the home of his’ grandmother, Johns, was struck in the head by a bat, wound playing week. Dr. Weekes and it required three close the ,wound. A severe electrical companied by a heavy ( of rain passed over about one o’clock on morning. There were severe flashes of lightning ac­ companied by loud crashes of thunder. The lightning .struck the home of Mr. E. O. Harness and knocked off the chimney. The Exeter depot was also struck but only slight damage was done. A hydro transformer in front of W. F. Abbott’s was damaged. Mrs. W. a nasty were inflicting when some boys ball on Friday of last was called' i stitches to storm ac- downpour Exeter I Sunday several IO YEARS AGO The cement sidewalk* on the east side of Main Street from the Chevrolet garage to Huron Street was taken up and. relaid during the past week. The cros- <sing on .the west side of Main Street at North Street was also relaid. The large frame barn on the grass man, was when a heavy electrical and storm Wednesday evening last week. Threshing operations had been completed only a day or so before the fire and the grain and hay was destroyed. Mr. Wm. Kress, who for the past eleven years has bee.n on the staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, has been appoint­ ed accountant of the Wingham Branch and leaves at once ,for his new position. Mr. M. Hask­ ett, of the Parkhill Branch, has been trasferred to the Exeter Branch. Miss Leola Johns, who has been employed at the Southcott Bros, store has resigned her position and has accepted a pos­ ition in Toronto. On Saturday evening after the closing of the store a farewell was given Miss Johns by the proprietors and staff. farm of Mr. John Herd- 7th concession of Usborne totally destroyed by fire struck by lightning during heavy electrical and rain Wednesday evening of Agricultural College, Guelph, and it is expected that some thirty nations will have repres­ entatives. 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