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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1949
^Change Your Methods Or Shut Up Shop”
Things were not going prosperously
with the textile workers of Lancashire.
They simply were not keeping pace with
world conditions. Accordingly, the real
thing- in a commission was appointed to
study the situation. The commission decid
ed that a change of methods was essential
and suggested something practical, in this
way differing from most commissions, es
pecially in this country, A new way of
carrying on was suggested and set going.
The result was that the output was in
creased by S9 per cent, the workers’ pay
was increased by 43 per cent, while the
cost of production were reduced by twenty-
one per cent. These are interesting figures
and somewhat- -hair-raising. The conclusion
of the commission was that the workers
must be provided with better equipment
and better conditions, generally. Tn the re
port of this commission and in the practi
cal issues following what they suggested
and got done in actual production the busi
ness world has a genuine eye-opener. If
our investigators put a little steam into
their work and if people insisted that they
get something practical on the penalty of
their getting no pay we should be getting
somewhere.
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Nature Takes A Hand
We had a few days of unusually hot
weather. This period seemed to make up
for the previous period of cold, backward
days. Then came the frost and when frost
comes it has a fashion of leaving its mark
on vegetation. We fear that the best blos
soms have been injured. Out there in Bri
tish Columbia where mountains are so big
and so numerous and where snow accumu
lates so abundantly, the sun shone with
sudden and tremendous vigour. The result
was that the waters were out in that pro
vince and the fruit growers were at their
wits’ end. Very slowly we must learn the
lessdn that the wise Greeks learned more
than 2,000 years ago: that man does his
best work when he -works with nature,
rather than when he is bent on conquering
nature. Before now, the strongest human
works have been swept to ruin by nature
in her more turbulent moods.
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Worthwhile
Canadians will do well to listen in to
Mr. Harold Wilson, president of the Bri
tish Board of Trade, who is now touring
Canada on a trip calculated to get the state
of British trade well before every one of
us. Let some of us search as we will, we
cannot find the facts in these great mat
ters. Something like a half luminous mist
hangs over our business relations with the
mother country. We cannot get our finger
on just how things are going in the old
land. Sometimes we think that things are
going prosperously. Just as we are settling
into this conviction some of the higher-ups
draw' our attention to nasty looking storm
clouds. In Canada we hear from someone
who tells us that the sun is shining on
our business world. While he is yet speak
ing someone who should be equally well
informed tells us that the rosy pictures the
former speaker has painted are but win
dow dressing. And so we have been mud
dling along, as far as our thinking goes.
Mr, Wilison has startled us by saying that
Britain is really paying her business way
by one-third. Thp remainder of her financ
ing is done on credits and loans, of one
sort and another. Mr, Wilson, in his series
of addresses is going to tell us about this
state of affaiirs. He is trying to show us
about our buying British goods. After he
has shown us how the straws are blowing
in Canada, he proposes to tour Britain and
to show our friends across the sea how'
they may sell goods to Canada. Power to
his voice. We ate listening. Facts always
are wholesome, even if not always wel
come.« # #
This Election
The course of the present election is
running with delightful smoothness. We
miss the vim the horse used to put into
such contests. The old horse running sim
ply is not here. We slide along the road
in our bubble htiggy observing all manner
of precautions and with never a chance to
hurl terrible taunts at the benighted folk
in the other wagon, The; half-way tavern is
not on hand to supply us with the inspira
tion of John Barleycorn, Each party has
its own public meeting while our depart
ment Is so correct that we do not seek to
heckle the other fellow in his peaceful
gathering. Enthusiastic candidates no longer
shake their fists under each other’s noses,
nor do they even refer to their honourable
opponents. Speaking now- is done by radio.
Anyone knows howT little satisfaction there
is in hurling- awe-inspiring threatenings at
our opposition through a microphone. When
great political chieftains sweat in the
transmission apparatus we now' quietly sit
and doze as if the future welfare of the
Dominion were not in the balance. Yet our
fathers brought about confederation and
built great railroads and canals and made
Canada the nation she now is. The new
way of doing things is on trial.
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Is There Not Some Way?
'Canadian statesmen are on the right
track in seeking more markets for Cana
dian goods. Britain has been our good
friend in taking so much of our goods. But
one market may be our ruin if we allow
ourselves to become dependent upon it.
While it would be folly for Canadians to
in any manner" minimize the British market,
they are showing good sense in trying to
secure as many other markets as possible.
Just now, we are being befuddled by that
little word “if”. We are told that certain
markets are open to us “if” we meet cer
tain conditions. What is needed is the of
fering by Canada of goods that other na
tions are eager to buy to their advantage
and to our profit. It is in this particular
we are coming short. For some unhappy
reason our producers are not equal to that
task and till that task is done we must
muddle along. One suggestion is that our
business organizations bring forward plans
whereby the Canadian consumer may be
able to get his goods at a much lower price
than is asked at tlie present. The housewife
finds little difference made in the family
budget. Builders’complain that the cost of
building materials is almost prohibitive.
The consumer complains that when the war
was on, the business world had no diffi
culty is raising prices. Now' that the war
is over, the price raisers seem eager to
keep prices at the present excessively high
level. Surely our various business organiza
tions can find a way .of easing our present
burdensome price load. Should they not,
the consumers are likely to find a way. We
are a quiet people but we have a way of
doing a considerable amount of thinking.
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The Lifting Of The Blockade
There is one thing about the lifting of
the Berlin blockade of which we are quite
certain. The * Russians laid the blockade
out of a wish to embarrass the western
allies. It is equally certain that the Rus
sians did not lift the blockade till they
saw* that the game was Up with them. We
are pleased that the allies did not com
promise with Russia on this critical occa
sion. Their firmness in this affair did Rus
sia a great deal of good. Those allies are
not to be moved about at the whim of the
Kremlin. Indeed, management of the block
ade may have" done more in the interest of
peace than the majority of the nations
understand. Of course, there was quite a
“to do” about who was to be the first to
arrive in Berlin after the lifting of the
nuisance. Of course there was. Would not
one be photographed in the very act and
Wouldn’t radios crackle and movies run
great films to show the “winna” ? Yet, it
appears to some sober people that the most
important things is not who is to raise the
first dust as who is going to stay longest
and most influentially and beneficially in
the unhappy city. Already certain ’ lively
minded folk are calculating how soon they
can get the newcomers out of the city just
a few* inches ahead of German shoe leather,
A Good Sight And Good Sense
I Down the street they came, those sixty
or eighty youngsters one sweltering after
noon. Their steps were somewhat laggard
and the faces were just a little too solemn,
“Say, where are you off to?” the cub re
porter inquired. "Fer a toor!” W’as the
earnest and hopeful response. The same
school crowd was met a short time after.
The youngsters were now laughing and
skipping and chatting and as happy as
■ larks. Not a dull face was to be seen. “And
5 where now*?” the cub reporter asked.
I “We’re goin’ back!” Back to school, -we
I presume, and back to lessons with glad
! hearts and lively minds. So much lor good
J sense. There’s nothing like a “toor” in
< God’s out-of-doors, to clear the mind and
I open the door to happiness.
are moving to town this week
from 'Stephen, into the house
recently vacated by Dr. Atkin
son.
As the
«TIMES” Go By
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50 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Advocate 1899)
Under the guidance of Mr.
Boyd, the children of the school
have commenced a game of
Basketball, a game hitherto un
known in Exeter. The children
are very intereseted in the game
and enjoy it very much.
Mr. ,T. H. McCallum is erect
ing an addition to his tannery
and when completed will make
one of the finest tanneries in
Huron County.
Miss Lilia Johns started for
Manitoba Tuesday morning to
visit her sister, Mrs. H. Ross.
She was accompanied . by Mrs.
William Bawden.
The Junior Lacrosse Club, who
have secured the recreation
grounds for the summer, com
menced practice and are at the
game with enthusiasm.
The town cows were again
given their liberty on Monday
and will tie allowed to run at
large from six o’clock in the
morning till sundown.
Messrs. Bawded and McDonell
shipped two carloads .of horses
to the Old Country last week,
one from Exeter station and the
other from Loudon. Both gentle
men will .accompany them and
will be absent for several weeks.
25 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Times 1924)
Miss Eva Carling, daughter of
the late Thomas Carling, has
been appointed superintendent
of St. Luke’s Hospital, N e w
York.
“Well I’ll be bobbed” is what
most of the young ladies are
saying these days.
Mr. Borden Cunningham, who
has been attending Huron Col
lege, London, is home for the
holidays*.
Miss Helen Wethey sang a
very pleasing solo in Trivitt
Memorial Church, Sunday eve
ning.
A cablegram was received
Tuesday morning from .Mr. Al
onzo Hodgins, of Crediton, to
the effect that S. S. Gracia, on
board of which were Messrs. W.
H. .Dearing, Harry Sweet and
himself had landed safely in
Liverpool.
Mr. and Mrs. William Pfaff
Children Traffic Victims
Stress Need For Care
Between the opening of school
last September and the closing
■for the Easter holidays, 149
children were victims of traffic
accidents in Troiito. In 95 of
these accidents, children of from
5 to 9 years of age were Involv
ed; in 39 the children were be
tween the ages of 9 and 12. In
71 of the cases, the children
were on their way to or from
school. More than a quarter of
the accidents were due to child
ren running out from between
parked cars.
These figures emphasize .once
more the absolute necessity of
all trafic, whether motor, cyclist
or horse-drawn, exercising con
«
Mr. Lloyd Beavers, who has a
position with the London Hydro
Department spent Sunday at his
home here.
15 YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocate 1934)
Messrs. Alvin Bell, (Jim Mc
Ewen, Harold Sherritt, Robert
Passmore and Lome Howey will
represent, the Exeter High School
at the W.O-.S.S.A. meet in .Lon
don on Saturday.
Mr. Wallace A. Fisher, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William .Fisher, of
town, is to be congratulated on
his splendid promotion having
been newly appointed manager
of the Main branch .of the Dom
inion ‘Bank at Montreal, one of
the largest branches in Canada.
Margaret, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ■ Arthur .Rundle was
severely bitten in the face while
playing with a pet dog on Tues
day morning. Margaret was eat
ing a biscuit at the time and it
is supposed the dog made a grab
for it.
Mrs. George Westcott, of Us-
borne .was the winner of the
Congoleum rug given away by
Jones & May in the guessing
contest last week. The winner
at Southcott Bros, was Mrs.
Charles Jaques, of Usborne.
1O YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocate 1939)
Mr. William Sims left this
week for the north country to
resume work in one of the
mines..
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Simmons
have received a cablegram from
their daughter .Annie, Reg. *N.,
who left recently from Albany
N. Y, for a trip to Europe, stat
ing that she had arrived safely
at Southampton, England.
A new six-foot cement walk
has been laid this week connect
ing the walk in front of the old
school building .to the new school
building.
Souvenir medals of the^vlslt of
Their Majesties to Canada have
been disributed .to the scholars
of both public and high school,
of Exeter. s
stant diligence to avert danger,
specially when school is going in
or coming out, when children are
at play along the streets and
where parked cars hide the
view. They illustrate too, ,the
necessity for training little
children to awareness of the
dangers of the streets.
“Elmer” the Safety .Elephant,
introduced into the* schools in
November, 1947, by The Tele
gram in conjunction with the
Toronto Traffic Safety Council, lias helped to make school child
ren safety - conscious. Each
school which experiences an ac
cident-free month is awarded a
six-foot green pennant bearing
‘Elmer’ and the inscription, “An
Elephant Never Forgets.” If a
single accident mars the record
of any school flying the flag, it
is taken down by a police officer
and a short talk is given to the
assembled pupils. The flag is
not returned until the school has
maintained ,a n accident-free re
cord for another month. School
spirit has made the loss of the
flag a major incident in the
school life. During .the first year
of operation the green pennant
program reduced child accidents
by 44 per cent. Although 195
children were injured In ,1947-8,
35 schools were able to keep
their flag flying all year without
a single accident.
Ohs thousand, seven hundred
and sixty trees have been plant
ed on the farm of the Huron.
Fish and Game Club in Gode
rich Township.
We Have
Red Kidney, Cranberry and
Yellow Eye Beans to Contract
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