The Brussels Post, 1939-1-25, Page 3THE BRUSSELS POST
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FOOTPRINTS
OF SERVICE
This is a reproduction of a
picture taken in sub -zero tem-
perature the morning after a
severe snow storm. It shows
footprints of a telephone
operator leading to the tele-
phone office. They are mute
evidence of the "spirit of
service" that is back of your
telephone.
Blocked streets and high-
ways seldom keep telephone
employees from the job. If
humanly possible, they are at
work ready to do their part in
providing your telephone
service.
The 'management of this
Company is proud of the fine
"spirit of service" shown by
employees and we feel sure
that our customers appreciate
it Because of it, your tele-
phone service is maintained at
a constantly high standard.
THE BRUSSELS POST
FOUNDED -1873
R. W. KENNEDY — (Publisher
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THE "POST" PRINT
BRUSSELS CANADA
Telephone 31 erussels, Ont,
SUCH IS LIFE
"Did, It ever occur to you that a
malt's life 18 full of Grasses ate(
te.mep,ations Re comes into the
world without hes consent and goes
out against lits Will and the trip
between is exceedingly rooky, , The
rule .of eolntrerles 18 one of the
features of tins trip,
'eWhean he is little, tine .bag girls
(cies hint; anti when ha is big the
iittie girls'kiss him. If he le poor
lie is a ball manager: 11 he le rich,
he Is dish:oleat. If he needs eredlt,
Ile can't get tt; kf ho ma pl'oeperolldi
eteeryone watts to dal ham a raver
"If he is In politics, it is ler
Taft; if lie ie out of poUtiro, you
can't tied a place for 1(101 and he is
uo good to irate oolmtly. le he does•
n°k glue to °harYty, be is a stingy
cuss; if he does, it's for show. 11
he is actively reiigictte, be is a
hyp0ertte; if he tapes no interest iu
religion, he is a hardened sinner,
"111 he gives affection, lie 18 a soft
specimen; if he cares for Do one,
he is cold blooded. If lie Wel
young, there was a great future for
hivin, lr'he lives to be an old 01110, Ile
missed his calling,
el: he saves money, he's to
groo.11; if he Vends it, he's a loaf.
er. If he's got it, he's a..gratteei if
he doesn't get it, he's a bum."
Dint its not such a bad world at
1, eh?
IT IS TIME
WE QUIT
It , dull clay when we have
noth] e nacre v hich needs to be te.
vect"w tecl. The rules and re.1'a-
tioma regarding te Canadian Byre'(-
canting Corporation are next. In line,
bat this will be attended to by a
P871lanieutany committee and we
Meld there should. be no additional
outlay ' -nnected with it.
'We 1.,:ve had .all .the ,paid•fur
Investigations which we can stand
for a long time. Since 1900 Royal
Commiasious have oost the Domin-
ion $4,770,592.85. How so small
a sums as 85 cent was allowed to be
attached to the end of that string
we do not know, le looks sadly
out of 'place,
In 1936 we had the P:r•v?s com-
mission on. unemployment and for
it the country paid $335,549,
The Royal Commission on Domin•
ion Provincial Relations (and the
task is not yet completed) had cost
up to June 10, 1933, $204,598,71,
Since then a 'Umber of hearings
have been held anti the coat will
mount acocrdingly.
In 1926 there was an inquiry into
the Customs and Excise department
and the hill wag $236,447. In 19.37
there was .another inquiry presided
over by .Sir Josiah Stamp dealing
with grain features and for that we
paid $220,573.02. By one of the
strangest co -incidents on record lire
Priee Spreads inquiry oe 1934_86
cost the government exactly tho
same amount—another $230,573.02.
The .war Reparations 'Cotnmisious
cosh $210,056. For the Turgeoa
Grain inquiry of 1923.26 we paid
$170,295, and In 1937-33 there was
spent for the Grain Marketing Com-
ruie:4m $141,411. Back in 1910 ;t
wad decided to Investigate raibway
development and we paid $127,280
for that.
There was an explosion of an oil
tanker in Monte -me in 1932 and the
cost of the investigation is given as
$20. The wonder is no Wean ltaa
thought of 'holding another levestd-
ee•Cca to Ind out how te cost was
calmed to be kept town so low.
The business of holding an inves-
tigation has become somewhat of a
fetish with ug. It is all very well
for people to start protesting that
this and that is all wroug and cry-
ing out for a probe, We should
have advanced to the stage by new
where we will first ask the blunt
question of who is going to pay for
it, Lt is well enough to say the
government pays der all men
things., but it is not so pleasant
when one remembers that the gea-
ernmen,t pays its bill by taking the
money from the people.
Nor do we believe that we get
value for bele money we spescl in
this way, Thise long and exhaus-
tive and. .highly -expensive reports
ate ,received and than for the most
part they are filed or forgotten, A
Wan in baseness Is not getting along
bettor :as; the result; the teatime
are not (haling the going tiny easier
by reason of all the reports, and the
man who works, for a living has not
discovered that the kindly influence
of a commission report made the
way easier or more pleasant, These
who received &abataeltlal fees and a
substantial living allowance have
done well oat of the business, but
the rest of us have, been left to Ma'
the bills, It is well to have this
$:4,090,000 bill paradel when paatia
meta Is starting las session. Whet'
the next person suggests another
conrm¢Ssion of inquiry the first
3(05 1011 asked ahorrld be, 1Vho is
going to pay for it? Thnt height
perhaps. muse tut to stop the foolish
ellbton of flinging our money about
where it is, going to serve no goal
pl11'pOSe,
During 1988 Centale's mirtes ;tile
divitLende 'o1 $100;118;000---t0 dross
Who iup0enlld to (Mak the goad.
ones . 41.114E1
OFF TO A
POOR START
The present sessiou of parliament
la not pate g eff 10 a good star( be-
cause it IF .;: much like other days
bit 01' list lion 01tts, ie "
deg(+0o1110of There ttnithle wlr]olr marks all
ole 'dugs, The tepeeclt firm the
Unarm le ace ;qtly ata great deco.
intat; it 111 ale an a general way
wltn comat1:.,18 and probably ('07-
81118 some irtiutation of what the
government of the day hopes to do.
Then there follows the debate cn
the address in reply to the speech
and in it the leader of the Oppeal-
ton will move a. vote of want of
01131enee in the Government . The
abate goes, on for days' and in the
end all the amendments will be cle
eated and the Government will be
(retained, Having a protracted tie-
a:Le when a Governmeut has sueli a
najoidby as exists In the House at
he moment is not bar short of non.
euse,
Hon, Dr, Manion tools three home
o tell the House that' the Iane
overnment was no good; he lou.
'cameo it an inactive and ineffee.
I.ve onganizatlon, The Premie,
a dbeeir a stickler for staYing at
ttnwa while he should have beep
nt around the country finding out
or himself what was going or,
reamer King in his reply of two
ours scud it would be useless for
lin to be rea-ntag about the
oundry, addressing meetings ate"e
ea there, while there woe so much
o be done at Ottawa, When things
ere wrong at sea the captain was
of around vieiting with the pa
engers, but on the bridge where he
ught to be , And so on.
Good stuff perhaps to makethe
vo parties feel there was some
gilt left in the framework, but
ighty poor stuff for the country at
ege which is looking to . Ottawa,
✓ evidence that it appreciates and
eellzes the shadow wean has been
easing over .the land,
Candidly and honestly, gentle-
en—the Dominion wants to kno.v
hat can be done with our railway
usiness; the Dominion desires tc,
now' ie there is not some better
ay, some hitherto untried way, of
rotting more men at work. The
eople are trot at all interested in
e seletive strength of party claims
int they are mightily interested in
e great questions which at the
parent are not near solution.
NOTE ANIS COMMENT
Flys members of a Toronto 1,2151•
fly es .:toed in ttrue when their
house bunted. And there will be
general agreement that such 13 the
proper tiring to do.
'Germany has a a•eport saying
United ,States will intervene in fury
European war within six weeks of
the time it stare. Said report is
not conflated In Washington,
United States believes 25,000
foreigners were smuggled into that
country from Canada in two Years.
And that in turn will provide em-
ployment for immigration officers
to smuggle then out again.
We read that it has been 103 de-
grees in the shade in Atrsttatiu—
and Premier Hepburn has net yet
reached there.
• J. S. Woodswoath, :I I.P., wants
Canada to state what its policy is.
Does drat man seek Information or
does he desire a ]teen clay's debat-
ing In the Conuuons?
When Toronto and Chicago play-
ed hockey the penalties anointed
to 92 minutes, and we heve yet to
hear Of •a player 'scoring a goal
while sitting in tate penalty box.
There have :been so many ban-
quets anti farewell getthcrtogs for
Ilan. R. B, Bennett that he may
have chore to the Conclusion that
the 'way to be nationally po0pulae ;s
to deep out ell' politics,
Toronto police cars are being nal
npeedtid by automobiles used by
holdup men. Loofas litre General
Deaper will have to sign on a few
t'atlu1beila or leyetons.
London, Oat., police arrested n
man wire is six feat ,ix Inches ]Haile
Heave goit-.rg along 171t11 the officers
we read he puelled a hay melt tip
n steep ruin to the been and did it
unaided, Then he Melted up a
1001Yle of (101•aee and ptlt them 111
the barn, shovel the straw stack
ten feet out from the builiiing and
wont along with the ofbcers,
I .n
LET US LOOK
AT TRE
PAST
!lore Ars Rein* T'akmm .Prase
row of tho Poet of lis)
end 13 fears Ago
26 YEARS AGO
W R•OX ETER
A. Rasmussen, New York, 18 deli -
Ing his parents here.
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holidu • visitors -s 1 r
y Si 1 al the 114110 0Y W.
teed Mrs, Baillie.
*
This week Richard Mitchell, Kel-
field, Sask., (11717011 here on n va:t
crom9aiuing buetaeea, and pleasure.
Ile still . us 1118 11110 100 -acre farm
on the lith ser.
* 8 *
Alex Harbottle, of Drummer,
Sunk.. who was :tarried on Dec, 20,
to Mies Jessie Hamilton, of Elute
is visiting old friends 111 tills local-
; 11.7 with his bride.
The farm o1«Ciias.8Cook, eta tun„
has been leases to Jesse Wilbee,
Miss Sara Siin0800, of Draftee
Hill, is the guest of Miss IX, llazie-
wood,
* x *
N. Ruppell was a visitor at the
lime o1 I. and :Firs. Durst on Wed-
nesday last,
* ,1 « *
:Miss Victoria Simmons bas re-
turned front a lengthy visit with
relatives at Burford and Brussels
CRAN BROOK
Mrs, W. Petrie visited relativete
In Listowel last week.
* . *
Miss Annie Menzies spent Sunday
with friends in Brussels,
ETHEL
The interest of Jno. Mitchell, iu
the livery business has been per•
chased by Iris partner Thos. Vedder), ,
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James T. Davidson and little son,
Lloyd, who went ,through a siege of
typhoid fever are able to be about
once more. The illness commeuced
ou their arrival front Kisbey, Sask.,
where the family has spent 3 years.
For the pheset Mr, and Mrs, Davis -
son and children wit (take up resi-
dence in Ethel,
J. A. Cole, Mfrs. Cole and faintly
and Wm. Cole will spend the next
fe wmonths in Parry Sound District
where the men will be employed to
saalmilling and timber cutting.
JAMESTOWN
Miss Lizzie Strachan accompa't-
ted her brother J, T. and Mrs.
Strachan bask to Toronto: She
will remain in the city for come
time,
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W. J. and Mus. Johnston, Glad-
stone, Man„ ane here on a holiday
visit or a few months.
WALTON
Changes In Busines—The McNeil
Bros., business was purchased by
Thos. Clank, who was foauerly in
the same line.
* * * *
J. H, and Mrs. Archibald, of
Sunny Slope, Alberta, visited for
the past week with Neil and Airs,
McNeil, jr. Mrs. Archibald and
Mrs. McNeil are Meters.
Neil McNeilhasbought out E,
MclLaughlin's ,tt'ia,elesn'ith business. I
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Miss Annie Kellar, of Swift Chu,
nett and Miss Weber, Elora, ,were
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BRUSSELS
Miss Addie Wright and Miss Kate
Deadanan are visiting in Toronto
this week.
* * *
Miss Astute Ross spent part of
last week with. Mrs. Oliver Turn-
bull, Grey Twp,
• • *
Mise Mary Ross la holidaying at
Monkton, Paris and other pointe,
60 YEARS AGO
BLYTH
Mrs. Whitt has resigned as organ-
ist of the English chureb.
J. T, Carter *bus received an
order for eighteen sets of harness
from A. Kellar of Manitoba,
GREY
Alias Maggie McNair, con, 15, anot
Mies Mary Mitchell Logan, leve .
gone to Toronto, where they in-
tend remaining for a few months,
Miss Jennie Murray has r§turned
to her home in London after mak- ,
ing a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Robt.
Moffatt, where she spent a very
considerable time.
N. AI. Richardson, has leased his
farm for a term of five years to
Yuill Bros.
MORRIS
Wm, Cochrane, of the third line.
was severely kicked by his horses a
few days ago.
Adam Forbes,* Rathwell, .flan.,
and Miss Jennie Forbes, former
residents, are here on a visit to
relatives and friends.
* * *
Jno. ,7ackson, was visiting with
the fenrily of Jas. Duncan for "ever -
al weeks,
BRUSSELS
Mrs. W. A. Moltwen and daugh-
ter, Thesoaeon. Algoma, are vi^iting
at he old (some in Brussels, Airs.
Jas. Oliver is also borne from To-
ronto.
e * • «
Pete•- B+'rz, son of Philip Doti,
Grey township Is home from Kansas
where he has been for several
years.
a * •
Last Wednesday Chas, Dutton,
JANUARY 2841, 1$$$ " aepe .
w]to has been employed en C, A.
Deadneteee deug store dor several
years, left for .Stratford and niter
spending a rsw day% at his 110100
will go to Detroit where he 1188
secured a position with the Brut oe
Jur, Davis and Co.
New Accounting
System
For Villages
Toronto, Jan, 13, ---lin entirely
new setup in urunietpal accounting
systenus in the smaller communities
of Ontario was forecast today by
Hon. E.ic Cross, Minister of Public
Welfare and Muuieipal Affairs,
Mrs. Cross' revealed that the De-
partment of Municipal Affairs has
been studying the problems of the
smaller municipalities, many of
whom are struggling along with
haphazard and outdated account-
ing methode'.
Last September a member of the
department was given leave of ab•
sense to undertake a survey of
Ontario on behalf of the Muntclpal
Finance Officers' Assoolation of the
United States and Canada ana to
prepare an accounting manual for
Ontario along the lines adopted for
use in several states aerose the
border.
"There le a great deal of room for
improvement in existing municipal
1' --untie; practices," Mr. Cross
said, "Townships, villages and
towns many of whom d0 not have
the benefits of proper audits, dre-
tuently find themselves in difficulty
mainly because of the failure of
appointed officals to follow recog-
nized principles' of bookkeeping I
believe that the department can
give valuable assistance and guid-
ance through the establishment of
a stanrardized system of aocount-
Ing based entirely upon the needs oi'
Ontario municipalities.
A suggested system has been in-
sta10ed In one Ontario village and
as soon as its efficacy has been
tested, the plan will be made avail-
able to all nnuniolpaleties In the
province, the minister said. It is
hoped that a manual of approved
accounting practice and forms will
be .available for use of townships
and villages by the end of this
year.
New Silver Dollar
To Commemorate Visit
Of King and Queen
A dispatch from Ottawa says a
new silver dollar, commemorative
of the visit to Canada next summer
of King George and Queen Eliza-
beth, will be struck shortly by the
Royal Canadian mint, Prime Minis-
ter Mackenzie Ring announced,
The coin will bear the likeness of
King George on tine side and a de-
sign symbolizing the Royal visit on
the opposite side, It is not contem
plated that the profiles of both the
King and Queen well be on the coin
, since the Issue of metal money is
the sole prerogative of the reigndne
Sovereign
\%s SEIt?,
GASOLENE
And
MOTOR OIL
once used always used
Good morning, Lloyd Mr, Reid ask
A ed me to leave the car this morning
to be 'winter -conditioned' while I'm
shopping. Will it take very long?
Only about an hour, •
Mrs. Reid, and your-
car
ourcar will be safe for
cold weather driving.
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