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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
Established 1848. In its 108th year of publication.
Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited',
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THURSDAY. APRIL 21st, 1955
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UNEMPLOYMENT IS SPOTTY
Unemployment is a serious problem, but
ligirhaPa upt quite so serious as some politicians
weadd have us believe. For one thing,it is
sotty and in many cases local conditions are
xedsponaible. The big citiesltqe people from.
tbe rural districts and the small towns, and
when there conies a slack time (as 'slack times
conie once in a while) and these people
who .have gone to them with prospect of
employment are cast adrift, the cities disclaim
(obligation for their care. Instead, they ask
that the people of the whole country be taxed
for •this purpose.
Another cause of unemployment is the
strikes .that occur mostly in the centres of
pepultition but have repercussions far beyond
their boundaries,
Farmers find themselves unable to coin-
pebe with the high city wages for help. They
are forced to the use of machines in their
work, and this puts more men out of employ-
ment.
From Toronto particularly have come re-
ports of widespread distress from lack of em-
ployment. The City Council found itself in
possession of $250,000 granted by the Pro-
vince (aud collected from people all over the
Province) and issued a call to jobless men
for work in the city parks. Only .a few
hundreds turned up, instead of the thousands
expected. The Globe and Mail, which had
been blaming Ottawa for the situation, could
upt conceal its bewilderment and exclaimed:
Who is right? Who is wrong? Is there
really severe unemployment in Canada, or is
it just a mirage? Is. there really widespread
suffering, or is it just propaganda? This news-
paper does not know. It is bewildered by the
conflicting assertions; and so, it imagines, are
the majority of Canadians.
If the politicians, instead of making un-
employment a party.. question, would allow
themselves to understand a situation that is
not beyond understanding, and would set
themselves to correct conditions that are
responsible for that situation, there would be
fewer people . out. of work and less political
clamor.
RADIO FAULTS
There is much eriticism of radio speakers,
'but we doubt if much of it gets to .the notice
of the speakers. A letter from a Chatham
an in The. Globe and Mail a few days ago
had this complaint : "The 'chief fault 'with all
speakers is they speak too fastand so run
the words, into one another. There . is no
enunciation. They often drop their voices on
the last. leord of the sentence. If you miss
fails you don't . get the sense at all."
' Quite true. The speakers 'try to say in
ten minutes what should be given fifteen
minutest and; as the writer obsetwes, •"i.f they
-ssonld say less the• hearers would get more
out of it.."
There is another fault .),ve find with the
taikers. This is their abominable pro-
nuneiation of many words. Recent instances
\'C noted were "1ABORatory" (accent on
second syllable) instead of LABoratpry, and
"eyelieal"' as if - it were' spelled "sicklikal."
Sickles andeyeles are quite different things.
,We have a suspicion' that •speakers 011 CBC
are trained in thesewrong pronunciations is
perhaps more easy for the tongue in a rapid-
fire talk. If so, the CRC should be brought
to book. It has no authority to alter English
speech. and if radio speakers were given time
to talk correctly and clearly they would be
doing much better for listeners. •
EDITORIAL NOTES'
Fast time in Goderieh comes, into effect
it 2 a.m. next Sunday, April 24th. 'You don't
*aye to stay up to that hour toput your
stocks ahead; just attend to it at your usual
.hour for retiring and sleep the sleep of a good
eitizeu.
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• We have noobje.ctionetp the .plan for a
grand newly -paved roadway on the Square,
in fact we archcartily in .favor of it, but we
hope it will not set back the improvement of
other roads. A motor trip about town reveals
many Spots that should have early attention.
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of the Legislature has
o run, ail signs indicate
xt two or three
• Though the term
still a year and a -half
an election within the
anonths. One newspaper has already set June
20 as pull* day and it probably is not far off.
Mr. Frost i.s xpeeted to give the word next •
week.
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The signal -Star joins in. the plaudits for
fast week's peewee hockey tournament and
those who eentributed so unselfishly to its
reinarkable success. It has been the subject
of commr-leietory comment in many daily and
irceekl paper', and is the bes.t advertisement
Goderal lit had in many a day. It has pro- ,
gress.ed year after year from a small
commenoeizient and 111.;. promoters are pi an-
ning fer evu bigg„er things next year.
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In miser to. flit (101%11 fh mounting costs
of edlication one sogg„estion •we note is' that
'gymnasiums eould be dispensed with. This
seems rather drastic, but si-iemingly something
Ins to tro. Are we reallypoorer than we were
when gymnasinms??,beeamo a regular feature,
of high. schools. or is here s,iniething. wrong
with the entire system that makes school
eosts such a bhgbear? It might be worth
ewhile to have an intensivo study of the ques-
tion under Government auspices to 'see if
• there is not some way in whieh education
weeds can be provided with less strain on tax-
payers
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Our Wingham' eotniobserves that al-
though a motorist. is 'within his rights" 'in '
travelling at 30 -mph in towns this speed is al
times too fast for safety, and that there is
apparently no way of reducing the speeA
Thitit without the express consent of the De-
partment of • Ilighways. We have not th(1.
highWA'S, statute at, hand, but we believe. it
contains a provision which definitely sets aside
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any, permitted- speed where considePations of
;tiaorletY call for especitil Care and phices the onus
..113X lawtiot,ori.lt to abServe such considerations.
the motorist who drives itt 30 miles an hour
stegardleaf conditions could find himself in"
',treys '
trouble if he- relied 'solely qn a sup -
joked :right .to travel at that spee.
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• • Britain's -)levi - Printe-. 'Minister, ,Sir
•Illtath:on.Bdeit,:i.itaateslled,:for .a general elec-
. Wiest. "4 Ma'24, ftid.,gt. Attlee, leadei of. the
*Wash . Leb ' ri party i has . fiat!. to cut short his
,..'4a,adzanJit Iti.7;;;..iii- order - iii: take part ir('' the
ret..41eatiati,'.7figlit. Indio:Adjoin' point 'to the
aeturn !Pfilitks.',PAtactr*tiAy:to ,offiee., possibly
;.W,iie*Ctiiiiii,:7:Mitleiriti:; '' but there is.
!Aiiiiiri414iitii4 '7'. Ikiiiiiiit.back to ,the.
. 'iliatIOtiV:ii6rVii, qttiihill, tiiii
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war hero, was turned out of office in favor of a
Labor Government, one cannot be certain
what the British ,electorate will do. But
Britain is now enjoying its first taste of pros-
perity siuce the war and this' is expected .to
count heavily in favor of the present ,Goyern-
ment.
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-The London Free Press quotes front recent
eOmment in this paper on appointments to the
Senate and says:."The Free Press has not been
in favor of abolishing the Senate. It has a,
place in -our constitution which is important,
and it should •be a useful body, but if the
Senate is just to be a ,.method of rewarding
party workers, a home .for aged retired poli-
ticians, and a rubber stamp for the House of,
Commons there is not much argument :for
continuing the body."
LANGUAGE THE TOOL OF THOUGHT
(Peterborough Examiner) ,
We are astonished that Canadian ,students—
certainly those at university level—should be so
blind to their own interest that they do not want
to acquire a command of their own language.
It is a plainly observable fact that the quickest
advancement and the best .jobs go to men, who can
speak and write clearly and well; there, is literally
no field of work in which this is not true. Nor is
this simply the. snobbery of a'minority, who prefer
grammar te chaos. and good plain English to a
muddle of slang and jargen.
Language is the principal tool of thought:* it
is a safe assumption in 99 cases out of 100 that a
man who cannot frame • a simple statement clearly
cannot think" a simple thought clearly. He cannot
progress," logically from a handful of facts to a
valid conclusion.
As for any creative thinking, it is quite out of
his scope, because he lacks the main tool of thought.
A MATTER OF DRESS
(Christian Science, Monitor)
The pity of all women in the land will go out
to 'Mrs. Eisenhower and the tea-party guest who
found herself wearing a dress, just like the First
Lady's. •
The woman in the "copy" tried to hide modestly
under her mink. But the President's Wife made
nothing of the incident. '
Of course,' as every woman knows, even such
neighborly tact as this can only partly relieve the
feelings which develop 'When any two women find
themselves wearing similar dresses, coats, or hats.
They are reputedly the kind -of - tension's that -not
even those' presently much :sought East-WestOalks
could really reduce. All that can be done in such
crises,. we gather, is to hide until history and the
neighbors forget.
' All this arises, as many of our malefriads
assure us, from a strictly feminine feibli—one
which men generously forgiveeven: though they
cannot' Conceal their arnusemeat-4 it. For no Man
even winces when he meets ' another 1n -a"' coat of
the same cut or r.material, or •feels enmity when
introduced to another. in the same style hat.
It is only when the other is dressed differently
„Abate the *mane (pet* .uncolnfortible. he
surmiSes su#Jouslyotildei, his AO t'oritts, "better
watch out fthis feliiisr---he Wears a Homburg."
And: we learn thi4„ta be.,,eaught 'Out the days on
Madison avenue or elsewhere In the neighborhood.:
of _New York CitY's advertising,' ageneles' lti„,anythlng
but a charcoal gray...snit and pink Shirt
.,'estught. out 1ndend,
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THE GC/DEMOB SIGNALTSTAX
Down Illernory's
Lane
, 45 Years Ago
The Ontario West Shore Electric
Railway was the subject of discus-
sion at,a meeting of Town Council.
Object of the meeting was to con-
sider the request of the railway
'for permission to lay its ,tracks on
certain streets of the town as
shown on a plan which was sub-
mitted to council.
Western Canada Flour Mills ask-
ed Town 'Council to reconsider its
decision to have owners of coal -
hoists at the harbor remove them
within 24 Hours after the unload,
ing of each vessel. The company
contended that their coal delivery
'would be continuous throughout,
the season and frequent moving of
the hoist would be inconvenient.
The matter was referred .to the
harbor committee.
While the service was in. pro-
gress at Calvin Church in East
Wawanosh Township?- someone cut
the tail off a horse. A number of
young men were believed respon-
sible and were - rounded up by
police. Warrants were issued for
their arrest.
25 Years Ago
F. E. Hibbert was elected presi-
dent of the newly -formed Goderich
Retail Merchants' Association.
Other officers named were: James
Carrie, vice-president; E. Pridham,
secretary -treasurer; W. Hern and
A. F. Sturdy, executive committee.
The steamer Windsorlite was the
CREDIT TO GODERICH
(London Free Press)
Another Young Canada Hockey
Week has gone into the record
books at Goderich and once again
thatclown can take credit for stag-
ing on k of the most remarkable
sports Ants in Canada. Young-
sters frothree provinces too/
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part in the game series dedic
ed to Canada' tional game.
Organization of such eat° rna-
ment would do credit to commun-
ities ten times as large as Gode-
rich. The task of housing and
feeding the hundreds of visitors
was a staggering one. Only by
full co-operation of the entire town
was it possible to stage so success-
ful an event.
In an age which sees fewer par-
ticipants and, more spectators it is
refreshing to find such enthusiasm
among the small fry. They are
lehrning early the value of healthy
exercise and teamwork, the art. of
•winning modestly and losing grace-
fully. Canada should be the bet-
ter for Young Canada Hockey
Week.:
FEED SELDOM CAUSE OF POUL-
TRY LOSSES . .
Harmful ingredients in feeds are
rarely the cause of .serious declin-
ing performance or mortality in,
poultryflocks, states C. R. Phillips
of the Plant' Products Division of
the Federal Department of Agri-
culture. When losses occur, a few
affected birds should be submitted
to a poultry pathologist for labor-
atory examination, because the
cause of death in, nearly all cases
is disease. .
It is recognizedthat poultry diets
are sometimes deficient in vitamins
•and minerals, which may affect the
health of the birds. Such health'
changes, however, do . not occur
overnight, and an observant poul-
tryman will notice these changes
before they reach serious, propor:
tions.
A change of -feed when an out-
break of disease has arisen in the
flock, has often been credited for
the control. Actually the disease
has run its course as it would have
done on the original feed and valu-
able time is lost when corrective
.action probably could have been
takerahad a poultry specialist been
notified.
About a quarter of the land area
of New Zealand is still under
forest.
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There were 50913 public pay
telephones in Canada in 1953,
nearly double the number in 1039.
It's: Time - To .11ie
first boat to enter Goderich harbor
to open the navigation season. A
close second was the tug Forrest
which followed the ' Windsorlite
into port. Skipper of the Wind-
sorlite was a Goderielf boy, Capt.
Hugh Dayidson. The tanker
brought 13,500 barrels of gasoline
from the Imperial Oil Company at
Sarnia.Fl
Fields in the Dungannon sec-
tion of Huron County showed in-
dications of a 'good crop of wheat,
despite considerable frost. Ram
helped make the grain a brilliant
green and farmers were hoping
they would not have any setbacks.
15 Years Ago
A strike ,of seamen, who were
asking for wage increases, was
keeping Goderich's winter fleet of
grain carriers in port. Fiften Ves-
sels of the winter fleet were af-
fected by the strike.
After hearing three speakers
from Stratford extol the YMCA
for its services to Canada's fighting
men, the Goderich Lions Club de-
cided to sponsor the institution's
local drive for funds to carry on
its work. Quota set for Goderich
and adjacent territory' was $1,500
and a tentative committee of 11
was named to look after the drive
here.
Officers of the winter fleet in
Goderich were guests of honor at a
banquet staged at Hotel Bedford
by the Goderich Board of Trade.
There were about 75 people pre-
\ ent at the dinner, at which G. L.
rsons was chairman.
10 Years Ago
wiPo
in 1943 was elected Member
ohn • W. Hanna, of Wingham,
the Ontario Legislature for the
uron-Bruce riding, was again
aired as"Progressive Conservative
candidate at a convention held in
Wingham Town Hall. His nomin-
ation was unanimous.
Respect to the memory of the
late United States President
Franklin D. Roosevelt was paid at
Sunday ,services in North, Street
United Church, Goderich Baptist
Church, Victoria Street United
Church, St. George's, Anglican
Church and Knox Presbyterian
Church.
Over '400 entries had been re-
ceived. for a fonr-day Huron Coun-
ty Music Festival slated to have
been held in May at Goderich.
This was an increase of 100 entries
over the previous year.
The Public Utilities Commission,
in its "13th bill" from the Hydro -
Electric Power Cortunission, receiv-
ed a credit of $7,809.53 for power
supplied to the town during 1944.
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Sitil Lck Just One Power •
(The Rural Scene)
The lust- for power is insatiable.
Give a man authority over his
neighbors, and at the first oppor-
tunity he will be back for more
power to make effective the power
he already has.
The avowed purpose of the On-
tario Farna.Products Marketing Act
when' first it was mooted, a decade
or more ago, was to,gwe the farm-
ers mo -re, control over the Market-
ing of their even crops. But, the
Act that ,finally emerged restricted
many of the rights the farmers had
always enjoyed. It provided for
the creation of a multiplicity of
marketing boards thrOugh which
the farmers were. required to mar-
ket their various product, and it
left the individual farmer little
choice in the matter.
Now, after nine years of trial
and error, the marketing boards
have come back for more poWer
over the farmers. The act, as now
amended, would give the market-
ing agents, authority:
1. To direct and control all sales
of -the regulated product including
control over the times and places
at which the product may be
marketed.
2. To determine the quantity,
grade and class of the product to
be marketed by each producer.
3. To prohibit the marketing of
any class, variety, grade or size of
the product.
4. To set prices to be paid to
the producers.
5. To impose service charges to
be fixed by the marketing board
to finance the agency operations.
6. To give the marketing board
the amount of money necessary
to cover its expenses.
7. To require that returns to
producers be forwarded to the
marketing agency.
8. It also provides for the licens-
ing of processors, dealers and pro-
ducers by local marketing boards
under powers delegated to such
boards by the Ontario Marketing
Board.
There is no doubt that the farm-
ers asked for this legislation; but
•why theyshould ask for it is an-
other matter. When one reads
and.pon rs. over these provisions,
one woad rs what rights the farm-
er has left in managing his busi-
ness.
When a farmer has to have a
licence to produce a -crop, and is
required to deliver the crop under
instructions from a board, and to
accept the price the board deter-
anines, what rights 'has he left
other than the right to do as he
is told? He still has to take the
loss if the product is not sold and
spoils on his hands. The risk ,is
all his.
No provision seems to. be made
for co-ordinating the work of the
various boards.But when all farm
products are brought under the
act, and a different marketing
board 'is given charge of each pro -
duet, and the farmer' is required
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to take out as many licences as
he -.grows crops, ifthe board in
charge of onecrop decides to
curtail -production of that crop,
will the. other . boards be willing
to allow the farmers to grow their
varieties of crops on the land that
the first mentiotied board has
ordered out of production? •
No , doubt these' differences of
opinion can be ironed out But
a .situation can easily develop in
Which numerous marketing 'boards
will have authority to determine,
each for Itself, what acreage of
land in the province shall be de-
voted lo the growing of each' crop,
and if any farmer wishes to switch
from one crop to another he, will
have to apply for a licence to'do
SD.
But there is one powe4e these
marketing boards still lack; and
without it, it is hard to- see how
these marketing schemes can
achieve their objective:
It is the power to compel the
consumers to buy their products
at the prices set by the boards.
Perhaps this is the power the
boards will ask for the next time
they appeal to the govermnent.
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