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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-08-15, Page 5AUGUST 15TH, 1935/ . «1 A, THURSDAY, 4 . BY E. X, HQFDS ■ Of all- the1 provinces of Canada, Alberta is perhaps the most radical* Radical in thought, in . action, in en­ vironment. It is fared in the bone, it finds expression in the sentiments of its people, in the legislation which is perhaps the. most radical of any section of the Anglo-Saxon •*world. For many years Alberta has sent to Ottawa jnen who visualized a world of chaos such as we have to- m day. Most of her members are soc-' 1 . ialistic in their tendencies and have a breadth of.'wisdom not=held by any other group” in the hpuse of comm­ ons. They faave. been ?considered so progressive in their theories and in their efforts at reform they wilt doubtless be classed among thq great liberty lovers of all ages. Twelve of her members have long been known as “the thin red line” of progressive thought which hoped' would infuse into legislation that protection to the liberty of the - in­ dividual and the nation which should wx>rk for—progress^a'nd the happiness of the citizens of the country at large. ■ _ . Now that free thinking, free / Jl speaking Alberta has already made her mark upon the political trail Of Canada, she is about to make anoth­ er. In this she is almost unique in the. entire world. She is said to be about to launch upon the turbulent economic sea in a ship called “So­ cial Credit.” For several years the teachings of Majpr Douglas the em­ inent British economist has been " widely studied throughout the Eng­ lish-speaking peoples7 on the globe- and there has been sufficient interest created in Alberta in these 'teach­ ings to develop a strong political \ party, one- which seems destined to become powerful enough to sweep aside all opposition despite the buffi- tings^of all the traditions of old line -politicians and the sages of past cen-’ turies. , " The leader of . this now school of / thought in Alberta is William Aber- -J hart, for twenty years and more tfao- iHincvipalof-CrescentHei^Jits/Iligh School in Calgary, the largest mstiT tutidn of its kind in the province. That Mr. Aberhart is a deep student of Economics and of many phases of ------ modernlife-seemsundoubted.—As-a- teacher of unusual ability his posi- —-------tioni s-unquestioned; —— —---------— For some years Mr. Aberhart, has “ used the air to ’ educate his radio audiences throughout the west, and the movement has assumed such pro­ portions that a social -credit candi­ date, “will contest every riding in the province. There are those who be­ lieve that there is no doubt that so­ cial credit forces will wipe out all opposition at the polls on August 22 next.' In’one sense this is not to be won­ dered at. The dying U. F. A. govern­ ment, it is claimed by many, has not fulfilledrits ;.abligattonk -tO--iis_elec t oj>L. --«~^fate.-^<t^F^ue/’-Tt^hdsr'Mbubtod"^t'he-' of the Dominion; But it might be well_to note the temper of the wes^ tern elector. Fipanee might very eas­ ily fail in its object for the Western Canadian is not in-a very concillia- tory- mood at the present time. Any further encroachments upon the rights of .Canadians *, to ,a decent standard of living is likely to be re­ garded as a red flag flaunted' in the*, fice of an angry bull* The attitude of the Bennett ad.-, ministration at .CRtawa and especial­ ly. of , Mr. Bennett himself,, even tho he, is,"a’member for Calgary, has not' decreased the ; inflamation \ in the minds of the Western Canadian. His feeble attempts .to . impliment. promises made five years ago, ms bungling of the unemployment situ- ■ation,. his dictatorial, attitude in con­ nection with relief apd'the conse­ quent unrest which culminated oh the western strikers’ trek on Ottawa has alieriiated the support of an en­ ormous section of the western elec­ torate. •• ■ -J- ■ i>- . All these things h£ve added im­ petus .to the social credit movement. They have been the spur which has driven men to demand a . change even'if that change.will., not be, in the best interests of Canada as a whole. The insistent demand fof a higher standard of living has crys- -ta-l-ized--we&t-epn--p!u-bl-ie"-;^pinion;—and~ made possible the » success of the social credit movement. ■ 11 The principal grounds upon which the social credit movement, bases its appeal._ to the, ..electorate - may be characterized- briefly as follows. 1 * . Mr. Aberhart belieyes our chief difficulty in Alberta is the lack of. ^purchjaslng power in; the hands of the common people.. Due to years of abnormal expansion, frenzied and foolish speculation the country has , been_drained .-of—its--medium- - df-e-x— change.' Currency has almost -entire­ ly disappeared and debts have grown till business is throttled to a ’Stand- ^stiJlAWithout money in the hands of " the maih in the "street, industry must necessarily languish, '.with resulting JjrTelmJwinent^^-ni^les.s_money . in circulation, .until it has so dislocated trade that every section of the .coun­ try and every industry is affected, 'som-e^ruined^’”—l^~~’ __Ta^ne_plaee—this—purchasing—pow-er-r- Mr. Aberhart claims is of first, im­ portance. There is no Ja.ck_.of food, clothing or shelter in the country, yet our p'eople by the hundreds Of thousands are living offprivate charity or are wards . of the govern­ ments. ,’ To insure ' every citizen a Recent standard of living which can be accepted -with dignity, Mr. Aber­ hart claims to be the first duty of the government. By issuing to every adult citizen of the province a non- hegotiable. certificate to the value of- $25.00 per r^onth,. this to be ex? changed. * for goods and, services which will eventually be redeemed the his e . I t for years.'There are those, who be- < lieve 14. years in power is enough for any government and this section ! believes in a change at any cost. The'liberal party which, was re­ placed in 1921 by that of ■ the U; F. A. though making a strong bid fop ‘ power seems cohesively weak. There ' is''little or no punch behind the am- ' munition it fires. Their policy seems J inadequate £d’ meet the growing men­ ace of unemployment and relief. The conservatives seem to be en­ tirely out of the contest. The dis­ crediting of the conservatives at Ot­ tawa has had the effect of . Being al­ most entirely ignored in the coming contest.' There is absolutely no kick to- the light they are putting up. and there are tfiose who believe there will be no conservatives in the jiext <■ ■ legislature. ~~ ‘ ' brings us' back to .the . Social Credit i movement. During the past six or eight months it has taken the province by storm".' Meetings have been held in crowded halls all over the province and the zeal and' earnestness by which the theory is . being studied seems to indicate that noth withstanding all that is being said to the contrary by the Opponents of the doctrine, there is more study and intensive thought being given than in any previous election. The move­ ment is going forward, gaining ; ground in eyery constitutency and if the next government is not instruct,- ed J”to inaugurate social credit after * the forthcoming election there will be much disappointment. y”. opposition to this radical doc trine of social credit about the pnly argument that is being made dgain- ■ \ st its introduction is that it is ton- constitutionalL ‘against the princi­ pals of tradition’ in fact “It’ Can’t Be Done.*’ ' To us who have loitered >long the, way for sixty years, and have; seen so’ many impossible things become com­ mon pl/jce, that We might wake Up some tnbrning and find that it has been (tone* So many of the local pol- iticahs have bellowed this statement from the platform it will be .amusing" to note their re-action if social cre­ dit becomes a reality and functions as it sponsors claim it will* One thing seems absolutely cer­ tain.’ If . the Social^ Credit movement ejects a government the ^financial in­ terests of the! World Will be mightily interested* There- is- a. feeling abroad that finance will” establish a bbycott andf that , Alberta Will be isolated economicallyr from the rest TH® LUCKNOW SENTINEL Sepoys Defeat Clinton In Important Game Jack Garton Goes The Route For Th? Sepoys Who Win 5 - 4 Decis­ ion From Clinton. Colts In Import­ ant Tussle Here Monday. Lucknow Sepoys played their final home game • here on Jdonday," when they won. a. 5 to 4 decision from-.the- Cliijton Colts, and - as a result hung onto third place 'in the -toagde, with a ^osjsibility *of . getting into second place; , ' ' ■. p- After suffering three sound 'drub­ bings by " the Colts, " ' the Sepoys sjidok the jihx on, Monday, afid with Jack Garton hurling a fine exhibition of ball, eked out a win by a one run margin; Four errors . proved®- costly to the Sdp.oys Jas only one of the Colt’s runs, were earned, while the rSepoys earned 4 of their five .coun­ ters. Garton was nicked for eleven hits, but he kept them pretty well scattered ^whito whiffing .of the slugging Colts. - . “SIim!r Brant started for the Colts but was sent to the showers ip the 6th, with Lucknow trailing 4 to 3. The Sepoys_.w’ent to .work on Carrick in the 7th -for a pSir of counters that' won them the game. . ■'"■“Prekett; CTirTfoh’s lead "off inanj got on in* the. 1st inning, when Gar- tbn hit; him , with the. first baH-he- pitched. Doug. Clarke, who was m<j>ved Quft to centre, dropped Holmes shoe string drive,, but threw Pickett Out at’ 2nd. Errors at third and short filled the bases: Carrick popped" a fly. that dropped %afely behind 1st, with Holmes romping home. Carrick, Who was automatically Jout; was called -Safe—at- first, forcing “at^sec" ond, who was thrown out by Roy Finlayson who retrieved the ball. McEwan walked, but McDonald roll­ ed Weakly ■ to Garton, • to petire the side. ;—Singles—by—Brant-'and" Pickett 'and a- double by Hawkins in the 2nd in- ing ga-ve Clinton their only earned —-T’h^Cott^aflcl^'^^iFJrrtli^ Campbell dropped Hovey^ driye_ to left.' Brant struck .out. McLennan erred on Pickett’s long lift to right with Hovey scoring and. Pickejt go­ ing to 3rd, to score on Hawkin’s single after Garton had struck out ’Holmes. In ’a" thrilling finish, Clinton made a strong bid to tie-it up in the 9th. Wagg singled.-Carrick forced him at 2nd. Bob stole second and went to third: after McEvVan flied out to right dicates how the constant stream of credit flows’ from ' the state credit house, out through" the various chan­ nels of commerce, returning again not. unlike the blood stream in the human body. He proposes to elimin­ ate to a large extent the existence of interest as we" now understand it and expects to retire the public debt in a very few years. This system is. said to be. simpli­ city ’itself" except to those whose in­ terest it affects or -who believe that a circulating medium must be back­ ed by. gold or its. equivalent. To many students of economics the theory is too revolutionary arid visionary to be of practical value but the movement sponsoring it has developed an im­ mense following in Alberta and if is . just possible that future genera­ tions will-bless the name of the man who freed his people from financial slavery. The struggle has waxed bitter and strenuous. All other factions see.rn united in discrediting- the “social credit movement but it still grows. It numbers among its supporters men and women from everv walk of life. Every ’profession in represented and some of the most intellectual people In the province are among its- staunch advocates. A significant thihg about the whole situation is that no. other • party • has yet cOme forward with a solution to the problems with Which the pro­ vince is faced. They seem appalled by what they consider the menace of. social credit yet they propose nothing as a substitutfe which in any way is satisfying to'the elector­ ate. That things' cannot- or must not be allowed to continue as they have been,* seerps certain*' That the poli­ cies of past governments throughout the ivorid is responsible for the con­ ditions which .now exist seems equal­ ly certain. Why then should anyone continue’ to support ahy •’party or any faction Air any -government which cannot convince itself that a radical change1 is long overdue ? These., are some of the questions which the. electorate of Alberta , will be asked to answer .on August -22. Just what1 the result will be seems- hard to determin’e. ,Tf Alberta de­ mands a social credit’ government it will no doubt mead'the introduction of’ a system ‘which if Successful will upset all the tradition^ of our fath­ ers and the financiers ar$ the ecoh- -omists of the day and so undermine thp power of -finance that the whole, World will aeok to e^ml'ate our ex­ ample. Time alone will tfell. Tate, JCarricF attempted to steaf home, but was trapped to retire the feide. • • The Sepoys • scored "in the ' 2nd. Clarke, hit for-2 bases. R. Finlayson was safe, on Hawkin’s'error and stole 2nd. McCartney rolled to third and Clarke was thrown out at the plate. Roy stole , third, with • Mc.Ewdn’s throw to third, catching Johnston asleep, and Roy romped home. The 6th saw Brant’s finish. Bob. Thompson singled.. Clarke fired out to centre. Roy Finlhyson cracked out a twoJbagger ahd McLennan rolled one down to 1st with Thompson beat­ ing theAthrown home; Irwin caromed a hit off Brant*s mit to. score . Fin­ layson. Cuming struck out and Gar­ ton was out with a sizzling crack to 1 st. J ' . Carnck took the* mound in tie 7th. Bill Campbell filed to short. Singles by C. Finlayson and R. Thompson1 and a walk for Clarke filled the bas­ es. R. Finlayson was" out on bunting foul on the 3rd strilce, but K. 'Mc­ Lennan came thru to drop a Texas Leaguer back of second to drive in the tieing and Winning run. Irwin struck, out to. end the frame. Carrick order in the struck out to.end the retired the Sepoys in 8th. C. Clinton ' •ah r h po a e Pickett, 1st ...........3 1 . 1 9 o 0 0Holmes, rf. ............5 1 O’2 0 Hawkins, ss., cf.-...5 O' 2 a 3 1Wagg, If;-..J -0- 3 . o ' 0 0Carrick, cf., p. .. McEwan, c........ ..........5 0 2 .........4 - 0 1 2 8 0 1 0 o McDonald, 3rd’J,..4 0 1 1 2 1 Hovey, 2nd ........*....4 1 0 0 0 0Brant, 'p.................3 *1 1 ,0 2'o Johnston, ss. ........1 0 0 1 0 o 39 4 11 24 Rt *2 Lucknow ah r- h po a e B. Campbell, If......5’ -0. 0-2 0 1Finlayson, c.........,4 R. Thompson. 3rd ......4 " Clar.ke. cf.- ...-, *D. Clar.ke. -of... ..;....*„...3 R. Finlayson. 2nd ...4 ‘ ......4 A-. MWartncy, lst'...l 1 “2 Sb essential to the trade, commerce, and general welfare qf Canada are the various, classes of freight .carried in the course of a year by Canadian National . '. Railways that it is difficult to giye pride of place to any particular one, but J, in their 'all-round importance; ,to-ever-y section of the community, agricul-, tural products must rank very high. They form the back-bone of the nation’s business activities and contribute directly and in large volume to . its industry and employment everywhere. ’ During J934 the C. N. R. carried over eight and a half millibn tons of agricultural ’ produce, being an merease of 6.44% over 1933* In this total are included..? • 134,700,000 bushels of wh'eat, 14,000;O0QJbushels of corn, 35,700,000 ' ■ bushels of oats; and" 15,500,000 Bushels" of-barley.; the aggregate Of these commodities showing an increase pf‘4.1% when compared with the , .preceding year/ • •ft It is interesting to note that the average haul of each ton of wheat was approximately s^ven hundred and fifty miles,.,, ’ Without the rail facilities of the C-N.R. no doubt some of this agricultural produce. , " might still have reached'a market, but it could* only have done so at a much higher cost to the producer, arid the quantity would necessarily have been negligible, . .for practically' all. the crops .which enter into the figures - ’ above enumerated were placed in freight cars at points where the only rail transportation obtainable was that provided by Canadian National Rail ways. These crops come from far scattered distriris... in many cases from sparsely populated. communities . . . but they are the result of the labours of inen and women who each year create millions and millions of dollars of new wealth for , Canada. In this work the C.N.R. is their partner and helper. As is well known the crop movements of recent years have been much below normal ... much below the standard of producti vity of our prairies and agricultural -----------------—u„ar-<^srand-muGh-bel0W-ehe-voltrme-which-the'C;’’N".”Rv'i'S 'equipped tdhandle. ‘ The figures quoted should, therefore, be considered in that l|ght. The carriage of agricultural produce is, of course; only ode of the activities of the . C.N.R. In every branch of rail transportation it i’s equipped to give the best of service . . . all the year round . . under all, conditions . .. . econom*’' -_£cifHy-, courtebuslyj ’and competentiyT Your patronage' is- respectfully' solicited. . During jb£~preseift- Summer’, season ihe—QiPidRr- 1 U ■ & is providing special fares and excursions between points throughout Canada. These are exceptional travel bargains. The nearest C.N.R. .Agent will he glad to,give full particulars. , . I ML Vj ' Baseball Situation ...;;JTh:e„Jhasjeb.aIL I i'rfFL I HiTOMIhVjl Bi ■ A 11F - r<? k Summary—2-base hits—D. Clarke, R. Finlayson, Hawkins. Struck out— by Garton 8; by Brant 5, by Carrick ■3. Base on balls—Carrick 1; Garton -by-'-pitc-h/vi—ball.—Pickett- -by—Garton. rick„3 in 2 innings* Losing pitcher—■ Carrick. Stolen bases—R. Finlayson, Carrick. Runs batted in/—Hawkins 2, Pickett, McLennan 3, Irwin. Earned runs—Clinton 1; Lucknow 4. Left on bases—Clinton 13; Lucknow 8,. Um­ pires—Diebol find Thompson cardine. < *• ■ Kin 4 The Standing t * W.*, L.P.C. Wingham ....—.......10 4-.702 Clinton ...............10"''5 .667 Lucknow .....t-....*8 -6 .'571 Kincardine .............. 7 8 •.467 Goderich .........»..........2 14 ■.125 Games To Play Wingham at Clinto^- ' ' (postponed Tain) "Lucknow at Wingham-(tie) " ’ • Lucknow at Kincardine (tic) . ST. HELENS Mrs. R. K. Miller is spending a cai’dine today. As well, Lucknow has yet to play off a tie game with Wingham. ’ It ig altogether likely that, all thesb games will have a bearing pn the final group standing to determine what teams will occupy first, second and third position.. The. first two- teams falay. off for the 'group cham­ pionship and the right to'meet the “B” dinner in the northern group /cither Chesley or Port*.Elgin). L According to the Bruce League I. ’ ruling, the 3rd place team in the northern and Jsbuthern ’groups will play off for the, “C” championship, and the right to "enter the O.B.A.A. “C” Scries playdowns. However, ac­ cording to last’ week’s “Paisley Ad­ vocate, tTre^X). B. B. A., has not approved, of this.- “C” series ruling by the' Bruce League, and thus the “C” champions are not likely to pro­ ceed . out ojf their own league. Kincardine maintains that, . two early wifis by thb Goderich team shpuld, not count, as the 'Sailors de­ faulted aS' the season .was nearing a close. If the Josses suffered bj) Kin­ cardine and Wingham "have a bear­ ing bn the standing, the League will likely be called on to make a decis.-, ion whether or nbt Goderich game/ will stand as played. ' . . This column ..cannot see why they should* not; as the Goderich • team won these games on their merit; by using, only signed players. The Sail­ ors were getting nowhere, and as^ the season was closing, used an un­ signed player against Wingham.-Our understanding of this is that they defaulted the game, but played it^ff using player Welsby who^n they felt frould assist them in giving the lea­ gue leading Wifighani team^a better argument, although xvin or lose, the gatne tvas Wingham’s. The Sailors, played oifi the remainder of their sr’hedtiled games,’using qnly'eligible fitoyOrS, but which were all under default. ____ Toronto after spending her vacatio* at her home here. The condition of her mother is gradually becoming ’weaker. ■ - Mrs. Morris and her son Leonard and Miss Pringle of Pittsburg, wbre -visitors last week with the, former’s sister, Mrs. Joseph Gaunt. :\ Cuyler and Ruth Ramage who stud­ ied at home are to be congratulated upon .their success in the recent Mid­ dle School examinations. Cuyler. re­ ceived second .class honors in physics and a credit in literature while Ruth obtained credit in physics. Algebra, composition, literature and ancient faistojx • Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Woods had as their week end guests, Miss Grace , " Snyder., Mr. Charles. Heck and Mr. JHtolmuth Schlenker, all of Bridgeport Mr.- Angus McKay of Whitechurch who is a missionary on furlough from Ind.ia,, occupied the piilpit in the ted- Church very acceptably on day morning. Next Sunday;, Graydon Cox of Englehart preach. Mr.Ted Rice of Blyth -spent week end with friends here. The- meeting of the Y. P. S. Uni­ Sun- Rev will ZION | Robt. Fitzgerald (if Dungan-' ■nt the" pasv’ week with' het sister, Mrs. Richard Gardner. Mrs. Robt. Hamilton and s<'ns •Benson and Clarence of Wingham visited with ‘Zion friends last week. Mrs. .Fred Topp of Toronto and Mr. J. F. Cook of Winnipeg, left by "riiotof for Toronto on.-Tuesday "last. ' Mr. and Mrs. 'Jos. Freeman and daughter Lois of Leebiirn and' Sid Gardner »of Port, Albert., visited with Mri ahd Mrs. Will Gardner Jon Sun­ day. . . Mr* and Mrs. Alfred Andrew and .Winnifrcd, Espanola, motored' here, ori^ Saturday to visit the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Andrew. Mr. Andrew is attending tho ;B ba tty convention in Fergus this. week. Mrs. Adrew and Winnifrcd wilfspend a couple bf weeks Here. * Mr- Lowey of -Lucknow will have chargetof service at Zion on Sunday, Aug”.'25th, at 11 a.m. • Mr. and Mrs/ Fred Anderson "and Mr. and MVs. Isaac Andrew, and Mrs/ John Helm attended* the Kilpat­ rick-. Long wedding at Bonp-iiller last week. * , Mr; Robt.. IJolmes 'and sons, Sidney' and Norman, Mr. John. Gardner ofi Winnipeg, toft on Tuesday fop their tome after spending a wook with friends fidro. Mrs. 1 non spent the' pasf^ week the The' meeting of the ’Y. P. S. was- held on" the mans© lawn on Sunday evening, Mr. Stanley Todd presiding. -The- Bible character" “Timothy” Was read by .Miss Norma Weatherhead and Miss Helen Miller took the mis-- sionary topic. Murray and Vera Tay­ lor" contributed a duet. ' ’ Miss Ruth Parker of Lucknow is. a visttibf with Miss Kathleen Thom.\ ZASHFIELD NOTES T' ft Mr. and Mrs. Ian McLeod of Clin­ ton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. .Will Helm.. ’ . * Mr. J. J. Gilmore and Miss Fran­ ces Gilmore visited with the latter’s P,parents on Sunday. Miss Rena Hunter spent last week with her grandparents, Mr* and Mrs. Jno. Campbell. - Mrs; McKinnon of Tiverton *’• is spending a week with Her parents, Mr. and Mrs; Wm. Hunter. ' •...Mrs, Topp who has visited her brother, C. E. McDonagh, returned ' to Toronto, also Miss Emma McDon- £gh to London, * Mr. and - Mrs. Gordon Ritchie and family spent Sunday at Mtr. Tom Robb’S; 4. 2 .10 2 "3, 0 2 1 4 ' 4 ‘ 4 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0- 27 10 0 K. McLennan, rf. A ... .. .. . H. Cuming,' ss. J. Garton, p. . G. Irwin, 1st .... Score Rv . Tunings— Clinton , Lucknd'w o