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The Seaforth News, 1955-11-17, Page 3TIILFAIM FRONT As you probably know, the problem of farm surpluses is even more bothersome south of. the Border than it is here, and the deciding factor in the next Presidential election is very likely to be just how much aid the Government should give farmers by subsidizing goods produced in excess of demand. (By that I mean, of course, de- mand at prices which will give the farmer a fair living.) e e * Early this year the U.S. Gov- ernment cut the support on but- ter, and the retail price of that commodity dropped. As the butter vs margarine question is a very live one in Canada, too, I thought you might be inter- ested in the following article from The Boston Herald, which tells what happened over there, with some suggestions as to how butter producers might better carry on the battle, e a * The article was headed "BUT- TER IS TO EAT"—and here it is: In April, 1954, Secretary Ben- son cut the support price on butter, amid a great clamor of protest. At that time, years of 'support at 90 per cent of parity had combined to cut down the consumption of butter and in- crease the government's aging and deteriorating store of it. People were eating margarine and butter was flowing into government storage at the rate of two to two and a half million pounds a day. In 12 years, the average Amer- ican had cut his annual butter use from 10.7 pounds to 8.8 pounds. Margarine consumption went up from 1.9 pounds to 7.8 pounds in the same period. Some of this was the result of better advertising and distrieu- tion methods for margarine, but most Of it certainly was the price appeal of the unsupported pro- duct. Butter was being suppor- ted out of the market. But look what has happened SEARCHING — Margaret Blancke visits the repatriation camp of Friedland, Germany, her hus- band's name embroidered on her dress. A. picture of him com- pletes her way of advertising for the man who is missing in Russia. She feels this is more ef- fective than posting a notice on the bulletin board, the method used by most relatives of miss- ing vets. since the support was lowered. At the rate they are going, Americans will eat an average of 9.3 pounds of butter per cap - eta this year, while margarine is taking its first dip in coir' sumption in six years. At the same time government stocks are headed downward.. , Another better way has been demonstrated by the Florida orange growers. Instead of cal- ling for support prices, they have taken full advantage of modern marketing method s, First canned orange juice and then frozen juice have increas- ingly taken care of the surplus fruit. The use of frozen juice has quadrupled in five year... . Butter has not run that way, Packaging has been improved, in neat quarter -pound wrap- pings, over the old cut -it -out of a tub selling. But the progress in that direction has been slight, The possibilities of fresh, un- salted, butter have not been ex- plored, Spreads like butter and honey or butter and maple su- gar have not been developed. Support prices are the worst possible answer to a surplus. New and attractive uses give tar greater hope. Some Uses For Piastic Bags Don't just throw away those plastic bags your apples and carrots come in. Here are ways to let them help you to happier housekeeping. Your own inge- nuity will suggest a score of other uses for these handy, free, see-through bags. 1, Grinding bread crumbs? Fasten a bag Over the nose of your grinder with an elastic band. Put in your dried bread, turn the handle, and thrill at the absence of crumbs that usu- ally spray in a wide arc on counter and floor. When the last crumb Is through, simply shake your grinder into the bag, snap the elastic around its top, and you have a visible, crispy supply Of crumbs on hand, 2. Looking for a waterproof bib? Cut one from a bag. Leave it double for greater strength. Use tape Or bias binding for neck and strings, stitched on your sewing machine. 3. No time to iron the last few pieces already dampened? Slide them into a plastic bag where they'll remain damp and clean until pou're ready to finish them. 4. Travelling? Slip each shoe into a plastic bag. Wonderful shoe bags these, and timesav- ing, since they eliminate peek- ing. 5. Leftover odds and ends of knitting yarn? Put them in plas- tic bags. You won't have to paw over the entire lot to findwhat you are looking for. 6. Having trouble keeping your stockings sorted out? Pop each pair into its own cellophane bag. No more snags from bureau drawer or suitcase. '7. Picnic bound? Place let- tuce in one bag, cucumber sticks in another, carrot slivers in a third, and you can enjoy non - wilted vegetables with your outdoor treat. 8. Braiding' or hooking rugs? Keep your colors segregated by popping strips of each color into a separate. bag. It will be easy to fill in that leaf shading when every green tint is in clear sight. ____ CROSSWO ,D a pinnacle t i ialica 8 Summons to appear in court court c 10 Sheltered 11. Pnrt. ofa AC31.06S 50. 1,Iarry again hammer head 1, Varnish 6e' Guided 19 H ingredient ighest note1, Support for 21. Timid plaster 23 Snn snout 2, citechange 24 fin rise by premium tote i Scorn 25 Irl 4, Char r 20 Light -cotton . Domestic fowl rob do 1. Dine 28. Ifewing tool IIIMIMINIMININISINile 111111111t .. liFq am Es 1111111111 II `;...ate , PUZZLE 4. Atrtoan trees 0, Undermine 12, Gone by 18. Tranquility 14. Rubber tree 15. Roofing material 16, florae in 17. WorltDig gathering 18. inn CO. Poplar 85. rouse additions C4, Reflected sound 65, Pomtnine name 27. Cilium. 89, Marine mollusks 88 Ribbed cloth 05 Number' 65 Late (.comb. form) IL Persons of in teingence 89. Accomnligh 40, American general 41. '93 t4 black 42. Behold. 48, Poem 44. writing fluid 48. Softly 48. Xind of nut 55, Self 5 rintirely 28 Uneven 67, ria-mnrer TOriAf 11. Tuiro Railroad tie .1, Dyed 7. Olden. times 13. Vase 3. Nocturnal birds 8, lowest timber of a verset 8. clarion 47. Palm teat 0. Before 0. 00111110 t. Ibsen character. S. Turn o the right o4 Antique Answer elsewhere on this page. BRIEF GLORY—Eitel Mere 11, Grand Champion Steer of the Amer- ican Royal Livestock and Horse Show, is bid goodby by owner Kenneth Eitel, left. The Black Angus was auctioned to whole- . soler Eddie Williams, right. Jud Putsch, center, will feature Titel Mere on his restaurant menu, once the champ is trans- formed into juicy steaks and roasts, At $6.22 a pound, the animal brought a juicy $6686.50. Slow Boat To China Went Straight Down The sea was calm, but there seemed little doubt that the sail- ing ship Severn was doomed. Por two weeks the pumps had worked, for two days they had worked incessantly and the water was still ' rising in the hold, Reluctantly, Captain B. T. Leyland gave orders for the long -boat to be manned and lowered. The nearest land was Cape Verde, about a hundred and eighty miles to leeward on the African coast. There was no wireless in 1870. • As the boat touched the water, a seaman named Kelly hap- pened to glance at the side of the Severn. He saw, below the water line, neat round holes. In a second the vision had gone, but the memory remained. The Severn was on her way from London to Shanghai. She was laden to capacity with wooden cases which the bill of lading showed to contain rifles, swords and ammunition. As Captain had previously been in- formed, ship and cargo were heavily insured. fle had also been informed that the ship might not reach China, in which case he would receive $3,500 in compensation. This information had been re- vealed at a dinner given to the captain by Lionel Holdsworth, a ship's broker, and Thomas Ber- wick, the owner of the vessel. Before they parted, Berwick ad- vised Leyland to insure his own belongings for $1,000 and added: "Don't interfere with Charles Webb, the mate I have engaged for you." Captain Leyland mast have felt he was sailing under very queer conditions, but sail he did. He can hardly have been re- assured when Webb told him after they had been five days out at sea that he had opened one of the cases and found it con- tained salt. Wet salt is not a buoyant cargo. At six o'clock that evening Webb, who was in command of the long -boat, boarded the Sev- ern again. Ile told the captain quite openly that the ship had been deliberately destroyed, and urged him to leave. Captain Leyland declared he'd rather go down with the ship than face the suspicion which must stick to him, since the long boat crew now knew the ship had been scuttled. Webb laughed. He was only twenty, but he spoke with all the assurance of an experienced man of the world. "There's money to buy the whole crew over," he declared. "Besides, I -don't think Kelly did see those holes." Webb returned to the long- bont, which then sailed off leav- ing the Severn wallowing in the slight swell. The Captain was now alone on board except for three sea- men who formed the crew of the gig. At eight o'clock that evening he yielded to their per- suasion and the gig was lower- ed. They could still see the Severn forty minutes later when she heeled over and sank. ' At dawn the crew of the gig sighted'.,'he long -boat. Eventu- ally, .hey were •all' picked up .by the steamer Arequipa and landed safely at Pernambuco, South America. 0 . the way back from Pern- aml,uco to Southampton, Cap- tain Leyland and the mate .shared the same cabibn. Mr. Webb, evidently believ- ing the Captain could be bought, described how he had bored and plugged seven holes in the Sev- ern, On arrival in England, Cap- tain Leyland reported to Holds - e worth, tee broker who had given him his common , sp forceibly, declaring the scuttling could not in any event be cone cealed as the crew had seen the holes. He was told to come back the next day when both Holdsworth and Webb were waiting for him. Webb declared he had talked over Kelly and other members Of the crew and nothing more would be heard of the scuttling. The three were now joined by Dean, Holdsworth's clerk, and Thomas Berwick, the owner. They produced a faked log -book, which they tried to persuade the Captain to pass as the log of the Severn. When he pointed out that it was quite new and had obviously never been used at sea, Holdsworth and Berwick wetted the edges of the leaves and rubbed them with dirty fingers. Captain Leyland persisted that the fraud would be diseott= e ered and that he would SS ; ruined. "Nonsense," replied Heide - worth, "I'll give you $50 a week to keep you going until the in- surance is claimed." In due course a• claim was made on Lloyd's for insurance. Although there is no record of the fact, there is little doubt that Captain Leyland dropped a word in the right quarters, for Holdsworth, Berwick; Webb and Dean were all arrested, The charge against Webb was Of casting away the vessel with intent to defraud, and the others were charged with being acces- sories before and after the fact. Holdsworth and Berwick, as prime movers ha the fraud, were each sent to penal sevitttde for twenty years; Webb was given ten years, and Dean five. Would Captain Leyland have reported the real cause of the loss had not Kelly happened to glance at the side of the Severn as the long -boat cast off? One wonders. Certainly that brief glimpse of holes • below the water -line was the lucky factor that brougbt four men to justice: men who had not hesitated to risk the lives of a crew for sordid gain. Towering Success 22 Seconds To Cook An Egg If, by any chance, you have been planning t u vn station oton asex,40p(1-asnega- tele- cycle broadcasting ji'ec4,- you can forget about it, The -Feder- al Communications Commission has just assigned this as the frequency for home cooking. In other words, the long awaited microwave "radar" stove is at last coming on the market. Like any other equip- ment putting out an electronic signal, it had to be licensed to "broadcast by the FCC. This is the culmination of a 10 -year effort to turn a war- time marvel into an everyday convenience. The Company, af- ter much trial and error, brought out a commercial model of the "radar" stove last year. Now the Tappan Stove Compa- ny has put the Raytheon elec- tronic power unit into a con- centional looking oven that is ready to bring a revolution into your kitchen. Using the same basic tube that powers radar, the new stove employs broadcast -micro- wave (ultrahigh frequency) en- ergy, to achieve a speed and convenience in cooking that are already well known from test runs of this new method in a restaurant. At a press demonstration re- cently, officials cooked an egg in 22 seconds, A five -pound roast of beef took half an hour. Bacon strips were crisp and sizzling within seconds and were cooked on a paper plate with a paper napkin under- neath to absorb the grease without the slightest danger of the paper catching fire. You can probably name your own examples from what has been reported previously of trial runs with this kind of stove. The show was just an- abilities — the difference being that, this time, the demonstra- tors are ready to put one into your own kitchen. The advantages of microwave cooking come from the fact that it puts the heat where you want it — in the food — in a highly efficient manner. Very little else is heated in the pro- cess. The oven walls remain cool to the touch, while the cooking pan can be removed with bare hands. e The microwave energy is identical with that broadcast by a UIIF TV station: That is 1 why the FCC had to assign it a "broadcasting" frequency in the UHF band, even though the stoves are engineered to give no interference to TV or radio. In fact, none of this energy can escape from the stove at all. It is held inside by reflec- tions from the metal walls and a specially designed perforated metal door. In earlier experimental mod- els, the microwaves cooked the food from the inside out, which led to complaints that xare roast beef had the rareness all on the outside. The engineers have found a way to reverse this ef- fect and cook from the outside in. For good measure, the Tap- pan stove also has an electric "browning" grill unit that can be switched on for short pe- riods to crisp up .the outside layers' of a roast or what have you. The first models will be priced at $1,200. Everyone -here agreed that this price is high, although not quite as high as the $1,500-$2,000 expected six months ago. Further research may bring the price down, al- though when that reduction will come, and how much it will be has not even been guessed at. The painting of a 7,000 -ton giant known to millions, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, was com- pleted recently. Thirty tons of paint was used on the 984 -ft. - tower, and somebody has esti- mated that the area covered with paint is six times the size of Piccadilly Circus. This beauty . treatment takes place once every -seven years, and the task of painting is so great that it usually 'takes two summers to finish. The vast mass of metal that makes up the Eiffel Tower is constantly on the trove, for en- gineers say it must "breathe"— contract and expand like the chest of a human being. Fifteen thousand pieces of metal fastened together by two and a half million rivets went to the making of the Eiffel Tower for the great Paris Exhibition of 1889. Alexandre -G u s to v e Eiffel, who built it, showed his attachment feu it by setting up house on the fourth platform, Here he established not only a Rat but a small laboratory, where important aerodynamic experiments were carried out. The tower's height has inevit- ably attracted some suicides, al- though ',he number has been relatively low. The original life of the Eiffel Tower was set at no more than twenty years, but thanks to the regular repainting it seems to have suffered no damage from its long exposure to the weather. FORMALITY A fine distinction between ac- quaintanceship and friendship has been establishel by such Southern tobacco auctioneers as haven't been exported to New York for radio appearances Several were convening in a backwoods bar, when a new- comer approached. One of the group patted him on the back and said, "Russ, you know Joe Arbuckle, don't you?" Russ grudgingly extended a hand, and allowed, "We've howdied hilt we ain't shook." R. Barclay Warren, B.A., 11,11). Evidence of Jesu';'w'�'71 owes Luke 7:1.114$'' Memory Selection: Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are rais- ed, to the poor the Gospel le preached, Luke 7:22. Jesus did many mighty works. We can picture the funeral pro- cession at Nein with the widow leading the way. Jesus had com- passion on her. He always cares when our loved ones are torn from us. He bade her not to weep. He halted the procession and going to the corpse said- "Young man, I say unto thee, Arise." And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. No wonder that there came a fear on all. This was a most un- usual happening. John the Baptist from his pri- son cell heard of the works of Jesus and wondered. He sent two of his disciples to ask, "Art Thole He that should come? or look we for another?" Perhaps John was a little depressed in his gloomy prison. He may ha v e questioned, "If Jesus is really the Son of God, why am I left in this hole?" Jesus answered the disciples by continuing his work of healing and telling them to report to John what they had seen and heard, concluding with the words, "Blessed is he, who- soever shall not be offended in Me." But the greatest evidence of Jesus' power was his ability to forgive sin. 7136-50, This is still his greatest work. He can heal the body in answer to the prayer of faith. But the same body will ultimately go back to earth. But when He forgives the sins of any He transforms the person and sets him on his way to hea- ven. This is still God's greatest triumph. Nearly two milleniums have gone since Jesus trod the shores of Galilee. Still people come to Him and confess their sins and find peace. He is Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. TAKE STOCK Put in a little extra work ore your new gunstock this fall, and find out how much longer it will hold up under rough treat- ment. Most gunstocks come from the factory with a varnish fin- ish. This must be first removed with a piece of glass or fine steel wo01 followed by a cloth damp- ened with varnish remover. When the stock is slick and smooth, apply boiled linseed oil, rubbing it in with the.. hands. Set the stock away for a day and repeat the operation. One or two such treatments and the stock will take on a smooth, dull finish that ]rakes it impervious to scratches, mars and weather. WET SMOKES A fisherman fell off a river bridge in New Mexico. It was 41 feet to the water and only 18 inches of said water to break his fall. As he rose to shako off the water, fellow fishermen swear he said: "My cigarettes got wet!" Injuries? A scratch on the head and a slightly sprained ankle. Upsidedown to Proven, t'eetitn3 a C'' EIDEIzt m[`l� �i�7DD "�7Q 1". BM ©©-"` Vii:' h • fl .1.0 aIh1©! vMEMO NEMEEla RI a limo ME 0 0 O O a a 1 a a H li V ION FOR THE 'RECORD — The man inside this streamlined motor- cycle is Wilhelm Noll, who hopes he's set new motorcycle speed records for both the mile and the kilometer. Racing on the auto- bahn near Munich, Germany, he made two runs from a flying start. His unofficial 282 k.p.h. (170 m.p.h.) for the kilometer bests the existing record by 20 k.p.h. For the mile, Noll set u1 a blurring 177 m.p.r., also believed to be a new record.