The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-01-31, Page 2N pej
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Editorials
This newspaper• betleves the right to express. en Opinion
p.ubiic contributes. to the pre res.. of the nation end -
that it must be exercised freely to preserve and improve
democratic government,
Need Realistic A.ppr.o ach
To. -Question Of Salaries
'Tills dispute in council meeting,
Monday night aver, members's sala-
ries reveals the •Ontario Department
of Municipal Affairs is far from rea-
listic in its position on this question.
By denying council the right to .:
pay members for the time spent on
municipal business out of .town, the
department forced .council to adopt.
an unfair method of remuneration--
one that is not satisfactory as the con-
troversy indicated.
The department gave councilonly •
two 'alternatives: an annual wage of
an amount up to $300 a year or a fee
of $6.00 a meeting: The latter would
amount to less than $150 annually.,
so council naturally stayed with the
salary arrangement and upped the •
amount from $250 to $300,
The increase, they felt, would
Farm Youth
A former teacher of ours, Pro- •
lessor Walter B. Harvey of the' Uni- •
versity of Western Ontario, - will
arouse some controversy with the
drastic, but realistic, solution he pro-
posed to the farm income problem.
He thinks young people should
leave the farm.
This won't sit well with the
Federation of Agriculture, which ig
encouraging farm sons and daugh-
ters •to stay at home. But it's not , the
first ;time this leave -the -farm move-
ment has been advocated..
At the 4-H Achievement Night in
Exeter` in December, live stock com-
missioner ,•W. P. Watson suggested
the,'same idea only in more subtler
terms, ,After pointing out the trend
towards costlier mechanization and
larger ` operations, he advised the
young„rmers that unless • they• had
the energy, drive: add: ambition`. to
become "big" farmers; they might be
better off to look to other fields of
endeavour.
Professor Harvey is an instructor
ineconomics at U.W.O. and he's
popular with students because they/
like his clear, common-sense argu-
ments,
• Writing in The London Free
Press; Professor Harvey points out
the •farmer's problems of heavy
capital investment and low returns..
Then he continues:
"What is the remedy for this
situation? Attempts to increase ef-
ficiency'or• to get a bigger share of
the consumer's dollar may be of
some benefit but farmer realize that
such methods will not salve their
problem. Hence the wide -spread d -.e
'mand'for parity prices—that is, for
prices for farm products maintained
at the same ratio` t0 farm costs as
that which prevailed in some period
in the past. It is suggested that these
pricesbe .secured either by Govern-
--trent guarantee or by monopolistic
miari sting : 4 organizations controlled
--by the producers. •
"What is wrong 'with that pro -
grain? Simply; this: It is based on a
.class conception 'of society which
`denies the most fundamental prin-
ciple of democracy.. That principle is
that society consists of people, not
classes. Class legislation is out of,
place in a democracy. ,
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"The farmers want justice, not
charity. They do not'want direct gifts
from the taxpayers. ]3ut it ought to
be clear that increasing their hi -
comes by enabling them to charge
prides above those that would pre-
vail in •a free market is merely an-
other way of taking money away
,from the rest of. us and giving it to
:fanners, In fact it is not as fair a
way of meeting the problem as would
be direct gifts from the treasury. It
increases the income of Thefarmer
• Whohas a good ° crop but does not
helpto offset the .salary losses suf-
fered by councillors who are taken.
from their jobs on inunicipal busi-
mess. But, as the reeves pointed out,
this method is not satisfactory be-
cause it pays the. neniber who ::is not
Called upon to attend , such' business
the same amount as the one who
must spend several days out of town,
We are surprised at the govern-
ment's attitude because it is encour-
aging these, municipal conferences
which town representatives are .ex-
pected to attend. Many of them, are
sponsored by the government.
Until the government allows per
diem payment to councillors at these
conferences, it's obvious that only
men in a privileged position ,can at-
tend them.• That falsifies - -:the old
adage that anyone can be elected to
office, He .can—if he can afford it.
As we have stated here before,
we have no objection to councillors
raising their wages. As long as no–
one wants the job at its -present rate
of 'pay—and the nomination meetings
indicate they don't—then let's raise
them until they become attractive.
We want the best men we can get
in our public offices.
But we do think there should be
a more equitable rate of pay than a
±eat, adross-the-board salary. As Reeve
McKee ie said, spore jobs require
much more tune•• than others and
they should receive pay in relation.
The reeve, in our opinion, was not
being selfish or egotistical when he
felt he. deserved more pay than some
other members who a'do not have the.
same responsibilities. We think he's
right.
Chairmen of important and time-
consuming committees should receive
more pay than the ordinary council-
lors too. •
help' the farmer whose crbp has
dried .out. It also puts too 'much of
the burden of helping the farmers
on the shoulders of the poorer con
sumers Whohave to spend a bigger-
- than -average fraction of their in-
comes on farm products.
"Artificially high prices neces-
sarily mean surpluses, untimately in-
volving restriction of production and •
interfering with the farmer's right to
use ;his land as. he sees fit. It is no
answer to that objection to say that
crop restriction programs are not
•adopted until theyare. approved by
a referendum vote of the producers.
The point is that the minority who
oppose the scheme are compelled to
join. Thus the parity -prices scheme
violates another principle of democ-
racy—the liberty of the citizen.
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"The simple and obvious remedy.'
that would produce a• fair income
ration' without regimentation is not
new. It is the procedure that has..
been followed throughout our his-
tory and merely needs to be encour-
aged rather' than.: opposed :It is the.
Movement: of people off the farina:
"Our farmers are not serfs.
There is no law that compels them to /.
remain ern the land. Nor is it rleces-
sary for old or middle-aged farmers
to sell out and go to town. If a larger
percentage of the young men would
leave the land, a fair balance would
soon be reached!'
If Professor Harvey is right, and
we suspect he`'is, thenyouth will be
forced off the farm whether they
like it or not, The trend toward de-
clining population in rural areas
will continue.
The only answer to keeping
tl.em in the community—and most
farm fainilies like to stick together—'
is for small Owns like Exeter to at-
tract industry with jobs for them,
finless this is done, urban centres in
rural areas will decline if not dis-
appear,
lt-be Xeter Itntes-abbvcate
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Anot er Traditio,n Passes
E::eter on .a Saturday night
has experienced .a,.coniplete re-
versal to conditions that have
existed ever since it was first
incorporated as a village lei
1573, the •same year that the
14xeter Times Was established
by the late Thomas White:
I took a .stroll up town last
Setul.'day . night and it seerired
rattler strange to see .practical
iy all the stores in darkness. #nd
everything :quiet and serene.
old' hciatnhirng apllostthse dduasytys go.3rth
led Main street, coal oil lamps:
on top of posts situated at the
corners of the street that had to
be cleaned and refilled each
day by the •town constable,
James Creech. There came the
carbon electric lights in" the .cen-
tre of the streets, The carbons -
came together in a glass .cover.
ing and the sparks from the car-
bons created a brilliant light.
These lights had to be lowered
and the carbons adjusted each
day te produce the best effect;
The lights came on at dusk and
were out again at midnight.
But no matter what the elm-.
' a .hip
gas or the conditionson. t b'
remained permanent arid that
.was Saturday night shopping
and visiting. At first they came
to town by horse and buggy .and,„
each store had one .or more hit-
thing posts. '
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Young people rode • bicycles
and the revolution in this mode
Of transportation in compara-
tively a few years was tremen-
dous, starting first with g wheel
five or six feet high in front'
and a small wheel at the back
until finally the present bicycle
became standard,
Israel -Smith was the first `bi-
cycle inaker in Exeter arid later
moved to London to continue'.
his trade.. Bicycle races • were
common apo young people raced
about the town on wheels .much
as young fellows do today when
they get together behind the
wheel of a car,
I can recall one •of my first
biciycle rides. We were not al-
lowed to ride a bicycle on the •
sidewalks, •One night at dusk I
thought it was a good time to
take a chance to ride the bike
on the sidewalk as it was so
dark no one would see me. The
thought of running into some-
one did not occur to me and.for-
tunately for me there was ho
one on the short stretch of side-
walk over which I ;rode, •
Exeter at the tura of the .con- larger centres and with fine tele..
,'tory wets a thriving municipal- vision programs Saturday eve-
ity but it losI,,quite a few faniil• pings many people are inclined
les When the Verity works moved to remain at home.
Irmo, town to Brantford and • Whether the keeping open of
others sought their fortunes in, the stores Friday eveningis.a
the west. step in the rigi
ht direction s Yet
With the coming of the auto. to. be seen, Mere shopping is be.
mobile :and hydra turning the ing doneduring •week days,
night into ,day things , have One thing is certain, the neer'
:: changed and of late. years. bud. chant and his staff have not the
nese 4n Saturday'nights bas grad- excuse of long hours or a heavy
ually lessened;, With long week- day Saturday to •seek relief in :a
comfortable bed Sunday morn.
-ping has been increasing in. the 'rigs instead of going to church,
end holidays, Friday. night 1hop-
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What in the world do people in
tropical climates rind to talk a-
bout all the time? Sometimes I
Feel an. 'overwhelming wave.: el
sympathy when I contemplate
•the paucity of 'their subjects of
conversation.
* .. *: . *. • *
Nothing to talk"about but love,
religion, politics acid the heat.
How bored they must become!
No wonder they're so e_ motio-
pally trigger-happy and prone
to revolutions and such.
* * * *
We Canadians, besides being
the healthiest, happiest, rich-
est and best -looking people in
the world, .are surely also the
Most .eloquent conversationali-`.s
in existence.
* * * *
We are 'never so , destitute of
conversational gambits that we
have to resort to those hackney-
ed old themes such as art, the
soul, love, or man's inhumani-
ty to man. Never.
* * * *
For six months of the year,
we discourse brilliantly on fish-
ing, baseball, babies, gardening,
housecleaning and The Car. The
last mentioned, of course, 'ap-
pears as often in our dialogue
as deity does in that of less fa-
voured races.,
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• 50 .YEARS AGO
The cOld spelllast week was
an old timer. The thermometer
registered 10 to 20 below zero
several inefrnings:
Thos, Carling Jr, of Exeter
assisted the choir, of the 'Metho-
dist church at Centralia oh Sue -
day and also rendered a solo,
On Thursday last Messrs,
Armstrong Arid Prior made an
extra large shipment of hogs
form • Hensall and Exeter sta.
tions. In all there were 397 hogs
for which they paid $5,2$2.65.
An organ recital will be given
in Trivitt Memorial, church,. on
Thilrsdeevening. Mt: William
Brown s 'ability as an urge ist
is so well known that it will be
well patronized,
The Councilat its meeting
Monday night , tweed A motion
that thero
t in el ashes en
h w g
..the streets should be prohibited..
The Telephone company are
placing a phone line between
Sainj.sbuty and Licari.
25 YEARS AGO
Prof C..'1'.. Currelly of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, .Director of
the Rd5'al Meitutn, and an
Bxeter Old Boy, was elected at
a Fellow 61 the Society, of Anti-
Cuarles of Great $titain1, Prof.
urrell 15 the first'Canadian
to be honored with the initials
F. S. A.
itev W. '0. Brown. M.A., Bib.
moderator 61 the Presbyterian
church Sit "Canada 'visited Cavern
ehureh on Friday evening.
Bell•itdbin5•'-At the borne of
the btide'e parents, > rueefield,
Dorothy second daughter of Mr.
end Mrs. Richard Robins to
William James totayth, On of
Mr, end Mri. Andrew Bell, lip-
pen by Ietev. W. A, Bremner.
/lit hew provincial higltway
bridge south of Clinton is being
ripened for tr'effie this week. -
15 YEARS AGO
Mrs, J. McTavish, wito, for
several years has conducted the
Exeter. Ladies Wear store on
Saturday evening discontinued
her business in Exeter.
The firm of,. Bonthron and
Drysdale of Hensall after 31
years in business have, by mu-
tual consent, dissolved partner-
ship.
The Exeter Horticultural Soc-
iety have decided to disband for•
the duration of the war.
Mr. C. Tarltonwho for the
past nine and a half .years • has
conducted the Ideal Meat Mar -
net in Exeter has disposed of
his ptoperty' and is 'moving, to
roy.
a war timeco
measure to n=
StrAasth
serve electric power all Canada
will go on daylight saving time
on February 9. ,_
AC 1 Fred Simmons of Rivers
End, Man, is spendinga four-
teen day leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Simmons.
10 YEARS AG0•
Donald Bedard was the win-
ter of the Lions Club oratorial
contest amongst pupils of Exeter
High School en. Friday evening.
Miss Retie MacFaul who own-
ed and 'operated the Grigg Ste
tionery Store passed away at
her home January 24, 1047.
The teutity Library commit-
tee was authorized to purchase"
hook delivery truck.
There' are 54' boys enrolled in
the Agricultural short course
now in its fourth week and there
are 14 in the girl's this.
1•i. 11. Strong,. tatter, was:
named president of the fiuron
County Crop improvement As.
soeiation for 1947,
Mr. Henry Brown, of Crediton
has received from Ottawa gold
R,;C.A.F. operational Wings and
certificate posthumously award-
ed 16 his serf F/0 1 . L. Brown
in recognition of his gallant
servlces' in• action.:'- •
But it- is in the other six
months, the winter months, that
we really come into ourt own,
conversationally. During t h e
long grey months of winter, lis-
ten in on almost any conversa-
tion in our land, and you will
Marvel at the intricacies of in-
tellect, the •subtleties of Aexpres.-
sion, the rapier -like parry and
thrust• of our, communication,
* * * *
A foreigner would be baffled
and charmed by the sparkling
quality of our colloquy, A Cana-
dian midwinter conversazione
would make' Socrates sulk, Pia'
to pout, from • sheer envy, •
*, * * *
'At the bridge table, cards are
forgotten: when the conversation
begins to bubble like vintage
chat argne. In the, pub, beer
is left untouched on the table.
At the ladies' aid meeting, the
quilt lies unquilted.
* * * *
Wli'at, you may ask, is the se-
cret ingredient .that makes Cana-
dian converse so rich and hea-
dy in the winter. Let's listen in
and find out. First we'll drop In
on a bridge party, where is ga-
thered . some of the town's beau.
ty and chivalry, fair women and
brave inen.
* •* * *
Hark .to' this young matron,
her . simpile dignity and warmth
of cotintenance unmarred by the
beginning of a double chin. "We
like the oil, cuz y' don't. hafta
fool with it. Just set 'er and she
stays . the way y'war>,t'er. , A
course, the minis I.turn it up a
bit, Jim runs over and turns it
down. Says I'll ruin us." And
here she giggles becomingly, the
very picture of a pliant . wife
who is as scared of her husband
as • she is of the- family goldfish.
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" In th'e' midst of the deafening
silence thatfollows her bid of
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News Of Your
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By MRS. J. M. S.
In the issue of the Exeter
Times, Jan. 1907 fifty years ago
a news -item states that the se-
venth annual. meeting of the
Canadian Association for the
Prevention of Consumption and
other forms of Tuberculosis was
being ,held in . Ottawa March
13 and 14,_ Dr..Sheard, chairman
of the Provincial Board of
Health; was billed to deliver ,a
lecture .on the Home Treatment
of. Consumption.
It was youthin its late teens
that was most - affected by this
disease at that time. Great ad-
vances have been made in the
treatment of that disease since
then. The history of the
struggle against this plague is
to be read in the book.
Holbrook- Of The San
Tliis: is the life story of the
doctor who became head of the
greatest tuberculosis sanator-
ium in the British Common-
wealth'. 'Howard Holbrook was a
backwoods Ontario boy with a
keen min_ d, a great hunger for
learning, and an amazing capa-
city for work,
,This, hook is the record of his
progress and of the progress of
the treatment of tuberculosis.
The crowning.• day was in 1951
when the Holbrook Pavilion in
Hamilton, the latest word 'in
treatment centres for tubercu-
lous. children, was formally ope-
ned and named after him. Few
stories5 of . achievment can sur-
pass the record of this greatly
dedicated physician. '
The story was written by Mar-
jorie Freeman Campbell, a na-
tive of Delhi, Ontario, and pro-
minent in club work.
If you are interested to bio-
graphy read "The Autobiogra-
shy, of Harry Emerson. Fosdick
or. , ,
The Living Of These Days
For more than fifty years Dr.
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written and . preached at the
very center, of American r'eli'
gious thought and' action, Great
personalities, great issues and
great events throng the pages
of this hook seen through the
wise and perceptive eyes of one
of America's greatest preach-
er5.
He has boon stirred by the
cross currehts' of thought and
belief in a fast•ehanging• scene
and has helped direct these stir-
rents, . "I want to stay' around
andsee how it is all conning
out," he states.
116 has written twenty-six
books which !save had an esti-
Mated sale of two million co.
flies._
Dri F"osdeek had intended at
first calling his book ."What ,a
Y.
generation)' but at a friend's
suggestion -he chose.
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