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THE SIGNAL
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W. S. Boaate'reON, Editor sad Mesmer
Thursday, June 37th, 1936
HURON RESOLUTION
ENDORSED
The resolution of Huron county
council asking for the abolition of the
Provincial legislatures rather than the
doing away with county councils has
attracted much attention through the
Province, and there is widespread en-
dorsatton of tbe coanclle declaration
that, if economy is tbe desideratum,
It is to be had through the operations
of the smaller bodies rather than by
giving over munlcipal affairs to the
leglslaturea
The Brant county council at its
meeting last week endorsed the Huron
resolution, councillors expresing the
view that the resolution was Dot di
rected particularly stalest the pre-
sent Outsrio Government,'but that
Governments of the past had pursued
a policy of eentralization of power and
that the tendency should be curbed.
The address of Warden J. C. Mer-
cer at the opening session of the
county council, though It made no di-
rect reference to the Huron resolu-
tion, evident;/ !as lmspired to some
extent by thio declaration. Warden
Mercer said, in part:
"Abolition of county couocllaand
the consequent expansion of Pro-
vincial departments In Toronto
would be wresting power from
the people who are quite capable
of governing themselves, and
pladag It In the hands of civil
servants eOo T flltRj enaeoneed la
the Provincial capital far from the
problems of daily life, where they
do not understand the problems
of the working class or their
viewpoint and the difficulties of
the people to be goveraed.
"County councils may make
mistakes, and in some cases spend
money needlessly, but the county
eoesctllore are constantly ob-
.--telt served by their constituents and
the county government must be
reasonably efficient and frugal or
it would be thrown oat forthwith.
Chew cont face the doctors every
whereas a Pr•dhelal Goer'
inamoemUsns le rim lett
year.. even if It has long slate
lost the confidence of the people.
"County councils began to cut
coat. .o.g before the Provincial
Government knew there was a
depression. and county expeodl-
tures, in many cases, are now
mud. btgber than they would be
because the Provincial depart-
ments beve loaded them with
debts from which there is no
escape.
"The best type of government
is local government, where the
people rule themselves, suffer
from their own mistakes and re-
joice In their own successes."
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EDITORIAL NOTES
sort laduding Wlndeor, Fast Windsor,
Walloervele °and Sandwich. The
amalgamation takes effect on July let.
The Mayor -elect represents the ele-
ment opposed to the merger, and as
be had a substantial majority it would
appear that the amalgamation is not
jayvee.' be ',L' greet., number of
voters In the four municipalities.
However. the Act of the Leglalatnre
stands, and Greater Windsor will be
one of the largest cities of Ontario.
TH$ TRANS/IMAMS VOR
(London Advertiser)
Many volumes have been written to
expound the manner fn which tbe
transferable vote works, yet to the
ordinary voter it L still wrapped in
deep obscurity. According to the new
act its operation la somewhat as for
lows : Ballot papers appear exactly
the same as at present, but the rater,
Instead of marking an "z" opposite the
name of his favored candidate, indi-
cates his preference with a 1. Then
If there are more than two candidates,
he marks his second choice with a 2,
his third with a 3 and eo on, leaving
blank the space opposite the least -
favored candidate. Even when there
are only two candidates in tbe con-
stituency, marking a ballot with an
"i" instead of a 1 will spoil the bal-
lot. When the voting is over the
number of ballots cast is counted.
Then if one candidate has more than
half of this number marked 1 for him
he is declared elected. If not, the
lowest candidate is counted out, and
the seeobd choice on his ballots, that
is the names marked 2. are added to
the first choices secured by the other
candidates. If any candidate then
bas a majority of all the votes cast
be la declared eleeted. If necessary
* third or fourth count may be taken,
the lowest man (Dopping out each time,
and be. ballots being divided among
the survlrors. In the final result the
winner must bare • majority of the
total vote es d, and no minority can-
didate can be elected.
"Complete sincerity iso a great part
of a high character. and In the long
run It is true worldly wisdom."—Dean
Inge.
Cops. Give Stevens
the Cold Shoulder
(Continued from page 1)
Government sod sixty per cent from
peltate )••mins companies, supplying
the balance from his own resources.
Discuselug the Government hill to
set up a t2'wIlltondollar exchange
stabilization fund from profits in re-
valuing gold held by the Bank of
Canada from tbe standard price of
931107 per ounce to the market price
of $.16 per ounce, Mr. Bennett luformed
tbe (louse that the Canadian dollar
In terms of gold is worth about sixty
rents today. Hon. Ian Mackenzie.
Liberal, Vancouver, criticised the
Government for allowing the banks to
hold back forty per cent. of their gold
as protection for foreign in-
stead of banding a larger pe re
over to the Bank of Canada at the
standard price.
lin the Government bill for author-
Ity to borrow through loans up to
750 million dollars for retunding at
lower interest rates,- Hon. E. N.
Rhodes, Finance Minister, indicated
that the Government's policy is to bor-
row la Canada only. Government
obligations of 338 million dollars are
maturing this year and also many
C.N R. bond•.
Steve Votes Against Geveruntat
Mr. Stevens on Friday night voted
agalnet the Government when Mr.
Bennett moved the committee rise
which was considering a bill by G. G.
Coote, i".F.A., Macleod. to reduce in-
terest rates, generally, to six per cent.
Dir. Bennett's motion carried and
thus no new limit Is provided.
The vote on Thursday to give third
reading to the trade and industry
commission bill stood 121 to one, the
one being E. J. Young, Liberal. Wey-
burn, wbo submitted a minority report
from the price spreads commission.
Mr. Steven. was not in the House for
this rote, though he has a sessional
pair with Hon. James Malcolm, I.ID-
era), Kincardine. who has not been
present much this session owing to
ill -health.
The special committee on the B.N.A.
Rising to an Emergency
By A.
It seems to be given to some men
to rise admirably to an emergency.
There is the recent case given In the
newspapers of the' Bev. W. T. Strong
of Collingswood, New Jersey. A
bold -up man, escaping from an un-
suecessful attempt at bask robbery,
commandeered this 'minister's car, held
a revolver to his reverence's ribs, rad
thus made him act as chauffeur. Ina
that t, alarm" be emit'
set use tsi�► Ia'lwo
wag west wham atsrdts� ani iamtam`�
ing. the minister delivered his most
effective sermon. Be mast have giv-
en his congregation of one a powerful
discourse on "Tbe Way of Transgres-
sors, or Living Life in • Better Way,"
for the man was moved to repentance,
and the pastor was so convinced that
lie was 1n earnest that when they
parted be gave him a dollar with
which to start the new life.
Though ministers are supposed to
be able to meet anything, even the
direful threatening thing, with that
calm and imperturbability that Chris-
tianity is guaranteed to engender, yet
how many 1n such a sltuatiou as that
1n which Mr. Strong found himself
could have controlled nerves and seen
In the extraordinary predicament an
opportunity to do a Ane piece of work
like that? Limp, weak, and helpless,
Aa an exchange remarks, there la a victims instead of victors, the major -
bright spot in the horizon at present. Icy of men world have been. Preach -
Father does not bare to dig down in try are not all of the start of John
Wesley and Ationireun Judson- t9
mention two, oR-hand, who shone that
we?. hysteria, tear, helpies..nesw, or
al. -Beam dumbfouudedoeas,_..are {p
ready to clutch end poetess- when a
dangerous situation arises.
Whether a true yarn or not I know
not. but I always liked that story re-
-cited as a retitatton in my youthful
days by novices in the elocutionary
art of the man who was left by his collectiveness and the ability to net
fellow -workmen 1unintentionally to Qnlckly and courageously, some people
ttonld perish In an emergency where
others rising to ills ocrasion would
anve themselves- other,. An
as to how to get him down. It was American young man with Ws wife
his mother, so tbe story goes, who rose and child were wandering thronan •
to the occasion and suggeyttd that he woodland In Connecticut. The young
take off his atocking and unravel Lha mother and baby were fortunately a
wool. This was communicated to little In front of tbe man. Suddenly
him and this be did, lowering the wool thin husband called out explosively,
until It reached •his reenters., who tied "Pik up the child and run." She
to It string, and then stronger cord, picked up the child and bolted. Later,
and eventually stout rope, until there looking back, this is what she saw:
was between him and his rescuers the Her husband wait standing Nock -little
means to come down with wtety, It bin face turned toward her slightly.
takes a loving, wise mouser to think hie arms banging by his aide, alto -
out a way, to rise to an emergency, In tether like a man in an ecstasy. Mln-
some situations in life. ?fere 1 am
tempted to digress and tell the (Nd
Country story of a steeplejack who
atter descending the saffoldine wain
his son, whom he had been scolding
all the way down, watt seen to take
off his belt and give the lusty lad a
well administered punishing. 'I'll
earn thee," he kept ejaculating as he
gave this course of instruction. The
manager of the works approached and
asked what war the trouble. "It's
about nowt (nothing)," skald the boy.
"Ret that can't be true," said the
manager. "What have yon done for
yonr father to thresh yon like that?'
"Nowt at all," weld ilk lad, "only in-
stead of walking round t' c'hlmney
top I jumped across." Perhaps this
Ineelent might well he entitled "1)e-
aeending to an Emergency."
Mary Roberta Rinehart tells of n
woman who refused for yearn to face
the reality and reepnnalbilily that life
offers. Though bright and vigorona,
ahs took to her Iced for ten year's and
allowed h.r old mother to travel to
the entre flan ail heck parrying trey*
and nursing her. One day the old
mother: weary welt service, lay down
and died. For same week& Ilk in-
etsels.Ja» gnlahed. then ette got up pet
on her (*lathing. and reromr4 Refine
agate Thta was • .ars •f rialag to
Uk emergeney front. purely. a melt -
centred anti ye.
W. B.
Some men have the knack of doing
or raying what onght to be done in a
hard and difficult place. It is said
that whenever Sir Henry Campbell -
Bannerman. Premier of Great Britain
before Asquith, was la a tight place
la the House he would sy, "Send for
Asquith." Too few of, to ,wear As•
tfnith'a mantle even for the
IT=of daily life.
be well if
hie jeans for school examination fees.
• • •
The newlyorganleed Jtlxeter elsr'ase
band has uniform sults of red emits
and white trousers with blue. lata.
That ought to hold tbe crowd for _a
while.
• • •
There will be Bennett Conservative•
In the eledlott and there may be
Stevens Conservatives, but, warns
The London Advertiser, keep an eye
on the man who says he Is both.
• • •
The Government's proposal to in-
troduce the transferable vote system
in Saskatchewan, for the coming Fed-
eral election, has been dropped, a re-
port from Ottawa states. It is to be
hoped that the new Government will
adept the system—not for one Pro-
vince only, bat foe.ell.
• •.v, •
•
We think we have -slime pretty goad
actor. in (loderich, but a Mildmay
dramatic company elsims one who
would be hard to (seat In his particu-
lar line. At a recent performance be
had to stage a fall, and he carried
ont bis part ao perfectly that he frac-
tured his nose. "It bled profusely,"
says the local newspaper account,
"and the audience cheered with ap-
preciation."
• • •
Commenting upon the action of
Queen's Park In repudiating the pow-
er contracts, The Vinaneial News of
London, Eng., snggeete that the Do-
minion Government should step in ibd
take the Government of Ontario tem-
pnrarlly ont of the pads of Premier
fi.pbnrn and his Cabinet. We do
ret think it sill he newessery to go
that tar.—Mail and Empire.
Old Country journals have no
MOW* to give than this from
1 News, they world het
from the mnhjoet. Th.
are quite rapnble of
Sen affairs
•
the Aral
Wind -
mail who met
no inclination to tars
Act seen Ilominlon-Provtn
clan conference lk tlit' subJect es soon
as poaalble, with reference to
• redistribution is'gistative power
and to clarity ticId of taxation.
While safegnatilleg existing rights of
racial and relies minorities and re
cognising the legitimate claims of the
Provinces to agtoa,,,,s, the committee
felt that tb�e•',�..N..�a�uu tion abound 'be
-::-end! r..t''•,etalcr 11y61luloD Govern-
ment should cicala adNum te power to
deal effectively with urgent economic
problems whit8 sr. esasentlally na-
tional In scope
The Houma met, d the Government
bill to extent the present radio cow -
mission set+ haul March 31 next,
on tbe grand that it is too late to
make any dentis , hinge this session.
All sides of tbS W u Indicated adher-
ence to the ptaMk ownership principle
of radio, wrlateter administrative
changes may later be decided upon.
The Mate Diversion
In the nenatealdberals expressed the
hope that the elated States will show
a dlspos(tloa to iorrect the long-stand-
ing abuse of dbersien of water from
Lake Michigan' ati ('hit•ago. Mr.
Meigben widered this hope. It was
dealt with in the St. •IAwreDce deep
waterway treat, but the C,8, Senate
has thus tar refused to .ratify that
treaty.
Hon. 1*. D. M. Sutherland, Miulster
'of National Health. informed the Oa -
tart. Retail Drugglsta Association
here on Monday that in the fall the
Government e.!1 appoint a royal com-
mission to .tndy the question of state
medicine.
lir. Stevens wet so far as to say
of the 0overnmeat amendments to lbs
Live Stock Act that "had it been drawn
by the packers themselves, it could
have been little more favorable to
them." lie criticized . Tion. Hugh
Guthrie and Hon. C. 11. ('aban for
their expressed attends lu introducing
Gorernmeat bins for amendments to
the Criminal Code and the Compenles'
Act. The Trade and Industry Com-
mission bill, he said. was confined to
the narrowest -Interpretation of con-
stitntlonal law. -Did ever auy reform
legislation start Mt it. career with
such a handicap damned by those who
Introduced tt?" )1r. Stereos observed.
"Canada today Is .•o n t.a+la of jungle
law; we tam correct the iniquities
existing to bab the defenceless con
sumer and pIWneer. Parliament has
been nurt.sst es dt..ertations on coo-
stitutionat law and the N.A. Act,
If we are le Se handcuff.t bg *het
Mut, thee let las deal with the problem
of amending 11- We have bees dragged
into qule.cenee by a few 111 -considered
blUs, tetratieng by the Government.
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W. ACHESON & SON
which hos failed to hear the rumblings
of discontent in the country, asking for
aetlon. 1 dare not Leave the Govern-
ment legislation In Its present form
without a final protest."
Mr. Bennett said ou Friday a pro-
posal had been made to extend tbe
alternative vote plan to all Province.
west of the Great Lake*, not merely
_$aikatchewan. Depending on what
action the Goverment takes on tate
matter and beer loos the wheat de-
bate wUt MU. the maim may close
wadi K s• tsar lata mat week.
BENMILLER
BENMILLER, June 25.—Mrs Elisa-
beth Vanstone quietly celebrated ber
eighty -•lath birthday on Sunday last
Our two school teachers, Mr. Sidney
Brown and Mlaa Dorothy Henderson.
have been re-engaged for another year.
Mr. and Mr. Bowden of Long
Branch are visiting with Mrs. Bow-
dea's parents. Mr. and Mrs J. W.
Gledhill.
(Intended for last week)
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walters of
Toronto were with Mr. Walters' par-
ents, Mr, sad Yrs. C. 8- Walters,
over tbe week -and.
Mr. Elwyn Long and Mrs. Loaag, of
Hamlltoa, were recent visitors in the
village.
A QONVENDI NCR
There is now an extra toile-aod-a-
hall of low Dight rates oa loagdla-
tance tele these calla, Now that eight
rates begin iiirrem.Tisbrad of 8*
users win hilae ft still more attractive
to call distant Mende
int
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11 rad
1I mean the bear). The Rorty ge-
lates that the man had a bet t•1dea.
He had heard how bears arf es11y
o ared. He rapidly ett4d1/46e off tale ,
clothes and stark naked started ID"
dance with verve and vim. The bear.
* simple soul and suspicious. facing
this setdden change of a sedately -walk -
Ing dark snit of clothes to a prancing.
cavorting, wbite bogey. all arms and
legs. evidently regarded it as uncanny,
and off he lumbered swiftly with
badly -jarred nerves.
Dr. Hutton, the present editor of
the British Weekly. says. "it is some-
thing to be ashamed of that no few of
us know what to do in an emergency.
What 'Mould one do who has beep
stung by a wasp, or scratched by a
cat, or wbo has stepped heavily on an
upturned nate? We ought all of us
to be equal to all such xmiden de-
, mends as we are liable to meet.
I There was a strlke_!n-Berlln In wbieh
the elecl_rle-_light tailed, and that im-
mense city was at once reducefi to a`
,e udttion with-wbtclf'4t'ware es-stawv
to copethan a city of the Middle"
Ages would have been able 10 dee!
with any sudden emergency to which
It could have been liable.'
For lack of native wisdom, cool
u come
them) on one of those great high
chimney Weeks after the scaRoldtng-
was removed. The problem emerged
ate after minute passed. But the
wife knew that her husband was no
fool. Time moved with a slowness
that made her ache. But at first,
very slowly and then more actively,
but still with a quiet and respectful
motion, her hu.hend came towards
her. Be elgnalled to her to stay where
she was. "Whet was it, my dear?"
abe asked. He replied, "I had dta-
tutted a neat of hornet'." He had
bad the good sense to stand simnlat-
1nt death while those cresturea cov-
ered hie face and hands, running the,
way and that, esc't with its poesnned
lance at rest. How many wools' have
taken a nick to Mom as they tried
to fieri That man • as a tort In the
hour of a (temperate emergency.
In life's higher and deeper momenta.
when v.nplea e&nt feet' and .treed
rough realities are to be fared and
emergenctem arses, the tsemptatlo•t is
tc ran away from life, er An some
inwardly or some foolish thing. Some
people dope themselves In fear, or
rub to anew. excitement, when they
know the greet emergency Is approach-
ing. Buf isn't It the better way to
get cleaned and tfdt.d np the p.rmon-
ality that has got deplorably oat of
repair, and start the hahltn and enter
alit i ervhsNerfieaires iiia serviceable
and adventurous? A trivial, shrenk-
.n, mos table ilii ret7?y yews -to we
emergency
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