The Brussels Post, 1918-5-2, Page 4c
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THURSDAY, MAY 2. rerli
t sans ,i i• proud of her soldier boys
even,.., Tiede (OVEN 11 i•; of 413111W
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'Tn6: IlaMk: ere pneasrd to once niore
hear the mot of the teem -tot i Yes Ut the!
additional passenger and mail traits.
They never should have been taken off.
"We'll never let the old flag fall" is
stilt the song of every true Britisher,
The old flag in going to win out with.
out any doubt even if the final victory
is delayed,
No advantage for Canucks to move
to Frauoe as far as meat price; are con-
cerned, even horse flesh has advanced
from IS to 5o per potted. Settle of the
old "skates' in Huron might sell a trifle
lover as one helping would likely last
a meal out.
Cotreetas new have authority in On-
tario n conserirr, vacant 'and during Me
period of the near. Tee owner is
notified, and las time given ro file rlt-
jections hi fare the property is peeestl
over for service. It's a good law,
A sensible suggestion, in speeding up
increased production, is that instead of
sending young girls to be initiated into
outdoor Farm work a better purpose
would be served if they aided the house-
wife in the farmstead in her multi-
farious duties,
CANaI•rnN; are sl-lw to learn the les•
son that we are at war and laws regard-
ing economy must be observed, 4 res-
taur:lets in St, Catharines were each fin-
ed $25,00 for selling beet and bacon
more than once the same slay. Canada
knows little of the visits of the gaunt
wolf—Famine—we are thankful to say
hence conservation and saving in food-
stuffs is a new role to her inhabitants.
Now that the shortage of help has
reached an acute stage in mercantile
lines as well as agricultural the rule of
"Cash -and -Carry" is being adopted in
many a place of business. In a number
of towns the delivery boy is known as
an historic `act only, There was many
an honr of good time wasted in travel-
ling the streets with small purchases,
on which the profit will hardly pay the
wear of shoe leather for the trip. This
is an economic and practical age and the
frills have to be clipped off.
Tits new Anti -Loafer law will catch
the fellows who were born tired and nev-
er got rested, as tvell as the chronic
gentleman growler who declines to be-
long to the working class. aroo or 6
months in jail is the alternative if a case
is mede out. This should prod up the
most dilatory and set them on the road to
provide adequately for those who belong
to them. The public have been imposed
on long enough by some of these loafers
and good will come out of the law if en-
forced.
A LISTOWKL hotel keeper has been fin-
ed Sroo and sent to jail at Stratford for
z months for persistently violatiug the
law against the sale of intoxicating li-
quors. Sympathy might be felt for a
man who, perhaps, somewhat innocently
was guilty of disobeying a very plain
statute but where a man wilfully cuts
loose and ignores the law again and again
most folks will think it serves him right
if he is given the full penalty, The
people who help him break the law
should also be handled without gloves.
Isar week the Liberals of Ripley and
Huron Township presented the genial
Editor of the Ripley Empress, U, H.
Mooney, with a fine gold watch ac-
companed by an eulogistic address com-
menting on his 25 years of noteworthy
service. a n was that
fine expression
of good fellowship and appreciation but
is it not about time a more public tribute
should he paid in the matter of adding
M. P, P. or M. P. to Bro. Mooney's
name on landing him in some other
position worth while? He surely has
served his apprenticeship and helped'
other fellows to victory, without fee or
reward for the same, Turn -about is al
ways consirlered fair play,
Newsy letter from Pte, James
Henries, a former Morrisite
'Elite following letter was received
from their nephew, Pte. James Mc -
Atter, son of the late William Mc -
Atter, formerly of the 7th line Morris
township by James and !Mrs, McAteer,
of Brussels :—
Dian, UNCLE AND ACN'ttle L got
your most welcome letter this week,
After many wanderings it at last
found me, het about 3 months after
being written. f. was much pleased
to hear that all my friends and rela-
tions in that part of the =entry were
well, I had very often been thinking
of writing a few lines to some of you,
by way of remembrance, to let you
know that I often thought about my
friends in my old home place. I was
glad to hear that uncle 'George and
aunt 1VIargaret were still keeping well
and I hope they will have the privilege
of celebrating theirDialnand wedding.
Well auntie, I suppose you would be
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rather sun in iced to heart hat I had en-
listed, as yell would think that i lied
got past the age for this kind of week,
but when I ,;LW baser lnvv ;ill ahrair
are enliei.ing nus eanie of t hem ma in
as good a position to g•, :ts myself, I
thought it my duty to ge if I would he
accepted. I had ol, dint mit yin pass-
ing the meilleal examination for the
lied ere, Inaneli elf the service. Be-
fore leaving Canada I trained for t
months in that service working in
hospitals and in such work as belong-
ed to it, After corning not here my
training was along a different line, it
being for active service at the frtmt.
I liked the drilling rine, but not the
conditions under which we had to Ito
it, as the weather here, in the early
Fall and Winter was not very pleas-
ant for outside work, there being so
much rain and foggy weather, I got
a chance to come here and wok at an
Inside ,job about the volitile of Novem-
ber so that is the r•evon I am at this
place at present,
I have changed my views and enn-
ceptionsof the war quite a lot since
coming over here tun' seeing the
effects from close r:wge. The horror
of the whole thing mils' dawns upon
one when they helve been in close con-
tact with the men who have been at
the front. With !eery few exceptions
they express on desire to go back again
and face the dangers there, Thee
men are not cowards, nor weak heart-
ed, for many of them are the fellows
who showed such daring and courage
in battles of V itny Ridge, Rtssehen-
daele, in which the Canaciiilus took
such a large part.
I have been moved about a gond
deal since I carne neer:uel have been
in several training Dante.; and same of
them in very pretty print.. of the coun-
try. I was first at it earn!) situated on
the coast of the English channel. It
was in a very old and historic part of
the country and there were many
things to see that were of great inter-
est to ns. There was a fine old pantie
a little over a mile from cutup. It
was about a 1000 yearteold and looked
good for many more years. We used
to go to church in a building that was
over 800 years old. The country here
is quite hilly or rolling from our
camp ground and on a clear day we
could see the coast of latenee and
nearly all the tine! you could hear the
deep roar of the heavy guns in France
and Flanders.
I was at Shornelifre for a while.
This camp is also rue the sttnite of
Dover and is a very interesting piece,
these being severit-1 villages and towns
close by, the chief one being Folk-
stone, This is quite a. large plate and
in pre-war• days wife a geeat Summer
resort. It has a splendid heath and
the waterfront is lined with many
fine homes and streets, One feature
of these towns ever here ie there are
always two parts to them, the old anti
new, fornhet being the orate interest-
ing tovieit with their narrow, wind-
ing streets, over ehuh the people
ramble at large. They do not confine
themselves to the sidewalks for they
are too tneremy far snare [1121,11on
person or two at, most to walk side by
side. Sone streets are so Harlem
that there ate no riga travel on them
and yet they are lined with good
sto•es and places of business.
When the were, stationed lime the
used to see and hear a gond nanny of
Fritef aeroplanes us it was usually at
or neaI' this p11,11 110 crosser] wirer) 011
his way to bomb London. He ternally
got a warm reception going over fif
he got overt from the anti-aircraft
R11114. 'There are so anent of these
guns, that they matte at Ierrilrie np•
.0111' whP1I iI1Fy HtI1T'I ittlfi 11. IN (]'life a4
spectacle to wat.eh the searchlights
and the shells heisting,
I (tune down to this camp ithnut the
middle of November. It is situated
ebout 11 utiles from Loudon, but it
:onkel to 111,! in le houses all the way
will i1 is lard to tell when. the city
tarts. This crimp in a convalescent
hospital, that is when a patient. has
Leen in the hospitals and has got suf-
ficiently well to walk around, he is
sent to these hospitals to rest laid to
gather sli eng tt again. They do not
keep any bed patients here. When
they have leen here for a period of .
ewe] 2 to 10 weeke they go before a
urediral how'd anti ate sent lack to
their heats for f'''illet' service of
marked for, Canada, according to their
!diploid condition. This camp is en-
Lirelp Canadian and hae a capaeily of
about 50011, it being one of the largest
crimps nr hospitals in England. It is
situated on a ridge and overlooks the
inhume Derby tare course. Camp
itself consists nie one long wincliog
street, about MO feet; in width, clown
the centre of which runs a paved
roadway. On either side of this road
are the lints in which the patients
dwell. Spare fine the huts to the
road, about 30 feet wide, is laid off .
into flower beds and plots I'm she ribs !
and all together, it is a very pretty ,
'dare.
The welfare of the boys is pretty I
well looked after, both physically and 1
morally. There are 3 wet canteens in !
the camp where light beer is sold and
other things that a soldier may want, 1
There are alsn 8 large places of arouse- 1
merits where billiards, pool, checkers,
aze., are played, also 3 or a reading
and writing rooms. Also a large ;
theatre which has entertainments
nightly, to which the admission is 2
pence. But the principal place is the
Y. al. C. A, It fills a loge part of
the soldier'e life here and connteracts
the evil effects to some extent of the'
wet canteens. We have a chance ;
here to heat many leetures, During
last week there were 3 in the Y. by
.nen holding very ill) pot'tan t places in
the national life of the country, One '
had just returned From Russia and the
°thee from Italy and they gave a lot
of idol matfett that we do not get in
the newspapers.
I tun wet king in a cook house het e
at present and do not know how long
I may have to stay. I was all ready
to go to France a short time ago but
when about to leave the offer to
charge of conk horse sent a request to
the commanding officer asking to
have me atop on the job I was at so T
was sent to my old job again. I felt
disappointed as I would litre to go
across but threse who have been there
tell the that I am lucky to have
the job I have and to etay at it as long
its I can, I was looking after the
cooping and serving of the Cheat foe a
while but 1 am now funning the big
ovens in which we do all the pastry'
eookiug and other kinde of light
cooking, 'Phis is not the kind of work
I would chomp if I had the choosing
of my ,job as I would like s000ethbng
art+
n1 alias, but when I protested
taliontt it they told tee 1 was doing my
"bit” ,just its much as if I was at the
front eo I have learned in the army to
do whatever I am told and try and be.
happy,
I will give you some idea of the
amount of work done in our kitchen
when T tell you that we put out over
7000 meals per clay and this means a
lot of wet k, There are 20 girls and 15
then werkieg in the kitchen,
! tun alwaye on the look out fnr
sortie familiar fare in the ever chang-
ing crowd that keeps corning and go-
ing from here, I flo not see many but
have 'net 3 tit d Heaney boye who
have been invalided here from the
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hut. there KIN gn1tN tl another Who
went from tile' bat will ueVei rows
back.
Wing and !fairy tHaeey's boys) are
at 13nitwshote 'leery teas hers to see
me Ode !veep, He wee up to London
1111 'salt',' I,ll NI1l1•1N 111 1.01.111el'iillll With
his tittles and tools la ruts ant here, Yee
has grown le lot since he left Gamins
and molts very much like Baxter only
huger. They both have got on well
IINI'N anti are .sergeants and work in
the thief command tat attire,
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trill get this duo lung, Remember Cue
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glad to hear front you again and hop
this wiil Itnd you all still enjoying
good health, So good bye leer the
present, Venni •n
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1 often wotull•r how he raid U. ale.
To the Reeve and Councillors of Oros is
Donald ate getting along. I forgot td
tell you ahoUt the vvealher. IL line
been Hue Silting -like weather eves
since tits 10til of Janua•y, Many
iteeeare out. in bloseoin and seine
tlutreP gilt'Ilenein bloom with
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!lowers, 'lune a shattge lime Al ani time
\\rill e,'
Have your citizens organized to increase food production?
If they have not yet done so, We, the Organization of Resources Committee,
earnestly ask you to call them together in a Mass Meeting, and lay before them the
necessity of immediate and vigorous efforts—the food situation is critical.
It may astonish you to learn that in 1917 Ontario did not grow enough wheat
for its own needs. Consequently every Ontario farmer whose land is suitable, has
been urged to sow 5 acres more spring wheat this year so that Ontario's demand for
wheat shall not be met at the expense of that portion of the Western crop that should
more rightfully be shipped overseas.
For this same reason every householder who has a garden or a piece of
vacant land is being urged to grow vegetables, because the more vegetables that are
grown and eaten in Ontario the less wheat and meat there will be consumed, and, that
being so, the Ontario wheat crop should then be sufficient to feed our own people,
and leave more Western wheat and other foods available for export.
By intelligent effort, in the cultivation of his own back garden, or from the
cultivation of a nearby piece of land, the average citizen can grow, this summer,
enough vegetables to support his family through the next winter. And remember,
if food restrictions are enforced next winter, a supply of vegetables in the cellar
will be very desirable.
If you already have an unofficial or semi-official organization to stimulate food
production, so much the better. That will give you the basis for a comprehensive
committee.
A plan that has been adopted in many places is here outlined. You should
adapt it to the needs of your own community.
1. A General Committee should be
formed, representing every impor-
tant interest of the community.
2. The work should be done by sub-
committees. The following list is
sufficiently comprehensive for the
largest places. You should adapt it
to your own community.
(a) A sub -committee on Finance. The
Organization of Resources Com-
mittee is willing to help local
branches financially with publicity,
public meetings and organization.
(b) A Publicity Committee to place local
problems properly before the people,
supplementing the larger work of
the province -wide publicity, by
securing pledges, sending out circu-
lar letters, arranging for addresses
in churches, schools, motion -picture
houses, etc., and by supplying local
papers with news items.
(c) A sub -committee on Vacant Lot and
Back -.Yard Gardening to include re-
presentatives from horticultural so -
cities, school teachers, etc.
(d) A sub -committee on Farm Labour,
composed of employers of labour,
representatives of organized labour,
war veterans, etc. Labour is the key
to the food production problem. All
boy, girl, part-time and vacation
labour should be enlisted. Make sure
that sufficient labour is ready to meet
any demands made by your farming
community. This labour should be
placed on farms locally through the
Agricultural epresentatives or the
Government Employment Bureaux.
(e) A Farm Lands sub -committee, com-
posed of groups of men to cultivate
larger tracts of vacant land in the
vicinity of cities, towns and villages.
Flax growing is profitable and suit-
able—flax seed and fibre are much
needed.
A sub -committee on .Schools, to en-
list all school -children of sufficient
age to work either in home gardens,
community gardens, school gardens,
or on farms.
A sub -committee of women on Con-
servation to deal with the problems
of food -saving in the homes; the
more broadly representative it is of
women's activities the better. Exist-
ing women's organizations should
not be interfered with, but since con-
servation is one of the greatest prob-
lems, there should be a women's
committee in each community to
deal with this problem alone.
3. An Execrative Committee should be
appointed, to include the chairman
of the general committee and the
chairmen of the sub -committees.
This committee should meet fre-
quently.
4. A Secretary to the committee should
be chosen, for his knowledge of the
situation, who would be free to de-
vote considerable time to the work.
(f)
(g)
Lack of food threatensae h
t battle -line e and we
must deal
with the situation.
TO THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN
If you have not yet decided to plant a vegetable garden make up your mind to
do so now. You will not regret it. There is still lots of time. Potatoes and beans may
be planted up to June 1st and these are the best substitutes for wheat and meat.
For good, practical advice upon how to lay out and cultivate a Vegetable
Garden, write for a free copy of the booklet entitled: "A Vegetable Garden for
Every home." This has been prepared by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for
the guidance of citizens who will respond to this call for increased production.
Send for copy now. Mail the coupon below:
Dail
This Coupon
NOW
Organization of Resources Committee, Parliament Buildings, Toronto
Dear Sirs :
Please send me a copy of your booklet "A Vegetable Garden for
Every Home."
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