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The Seaforth News, 1933-02-02, Page 7THURSDAY, 1REBRUAiRY2, 1933. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. Ds N, McInnes ehiropraetor Of Wingham, wilt be at the Commercial Hotel, Seaforth Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons Diseases of all kinds auccesa" fully treated. Electricity used. 'Founded in 1100 A Canadian 'R'eview Of ''Reviews 'This 'weekly magazine offers a re- emendable selection of articles and car- toons gathered • front 'the latest issues of 'the leading {British and American journals and reviews. It reflects the current thought of 'both 'hemi'spheres .on all world pt+dbletns, Beall& this it has 'a .department of finance , investment and 'insurance, and features covering :literature and the arts, the progress of science, edu- :cation,, the house beautiful, andwo- ,men's interests,, - Its every page is a window to some fresh ,vision Lbs every column is a live -wire contact with 1i'fell WORLD WIDE is a FORUM des editors are Ohairmen, not corn- Intents. onIntents. 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After twenty years 'I nave seen 'England again, and 2 ;ant not disap- pointed, All .the lovely things I °re- membered' and hoped ''to see once more are still 'there and have remain- ed the same. ht is as (though 4 had ,returned to gaze upon an exquisite 'tapestrythat has ,hung 'formany cen- turies in the same honored place. Here and there •a thread has been +broken or worn away, perhaps, but it 'has been is-ep'aired so 'thoroughly that 'the design is undisturbed. (The 'b'ackgroun'd was ,put: in lwi'th .such solid, (painstaking efiioift that it has stood ,the test of years; and, if tears have sometimes (dropped ; .on those closely 'worked stitches, the 'gold and silver threads nave ndt'been ta'rniished.. iLooking at London 'w'ith ryes fiat had ,longed ;for many years, 4 did not search for ser ,c'oun't the new buildings; in fact, I snvst c'onfes's'that there 'were 'some of :vv'hfeh II was not even 'cognizant. This 'sort Of progress has been. going on all over iehe world and there are same Of us veho absorb tithe results 'uneonsoiously. Regent Street has maintained' its crescent and the 'flower Women 6ti11 rest their 'baskets of !fragran'ce at the feet .df 'Eros..Structure by structure a snore modern 'setting ' is being 'built around 'Wesbminsker, but those delicately wrought pinnadles, ethereal against. 'the sm'o'ky London ,sky, still 'grip one's heart; for, unless a frame is sa un - 'fitting as to ibe noticeable, the picture remains undisturbed. The Morning sunlight still prays Upon the 'fountain's` in Trafalgar 'Square and on 'the steel gray 'wings of pigeons 'wheeling a- round the base Of Nelson's 'Column, In Kensington Gardens the sheep move lazily es 'ever beneath the trees, cropping the grass as they go, and one may still imagine :the 'music Of a pastorale or the far -away echo rail g lOne nay Q stood and watched the throngs on [London 'Bridge. They might have been the same men. and women with whom 'I 'had mingled, as we :passed 'from one side of the river 'to the 'tithes, so many years ago. Perhaps, on this occasion, ;I saw their "children. 'After all, one 'genera- tion is very similar to another. Be- neath 'the grim, gray avails of the ,Tower II waited again for a aminate or so, 'meditating. 'I 'saw no changes there, +Tif apy had occurred during' my ing one morning—,the ;first morning in 'Lindon. -lOwr windows lookedout to 'Whitehall Court and very early, while the dight was still faint, I heard ,the sound of bagpipes skirling. Nearer andnearer it came until S was impelled to run to 'the window. Along the street, his ‘tartans swirl ing 'around 'him, 'carne . 'a stalwart piper, tfdllawed iby a detachment of red -coated guards. They kept penfect formation and marched with all the pomp and ceremony Of ;the centuries that lie 'behind the 'pageantry of 'L'on- don.: Not even the sonorous chiming Of Big Ben, close at hand, 'had thrilled me more. The 'changing of the guard at 'Buckingham ,Palace 'still goes on. I walked up the 'Men one morning and, like IOhristop'her' 'Robin, Waited to enjoy'the spectacle. 1 'had even hoped to uatoh a glimpse 'of'bhe King, 'but to quote Ms. Milne—or Alice: "He •was much 'too •busy a -signing 'thin'gs" ap- parently, for 1 iwaa' denied that privi- lege. ,However, 11 saw the 'gay scarlet di the uniform's massed against nee background of those drab did' malls and 11 heard the band play. 1 watched the orderly ,orowd olf men, ,women and ohi'idren lined •up outside the iron .rails and gathered around •the entrance. 3d interested me, 'having 'witnessed less tactful method's in other countries, to notice the good-humored ,English F'Bobbie" admonish ,the crowd .when ,they pressed in too closely to'nard' the big gates. !Everyone opened up with' willing' grace, as 'he waved 'them back into place. 'He .did it with a slight motion of his hand and a smile on 'his face. II like these London 'police- men; they are friendly souls, ready to give you information or prepared to stretch 'out a pro'tec'ting hand when the traffic surges too heavily. i(On trial -in Montreal .and suburbs, absence from England, these 'changes also in 'U:S. add :I'c for every week o ,of twenty years were lost in a thous- :service. e. For other •foreign countrie add ,and yearsOf 'history, if shall not soon forget an 'awa'ken- Editorial Comment Supports Beatty Consolidation Plan Editorial opinion throughout Canada has been very largely in favor of the proposals advanced by E. W. Beatty, K.C., Chairman and President, Canadian Pacific Railway, looking toward the con- solidation of the two railway sys- tems under one management, as the only practical means of re- lieving the intolerable burden up- on. the Canadian taxpayers. Mr. Beatty made his proposal in a re - ..cent speech before the Toronto -Canadian Club, and the following paragraphs from leading editori- als on the subject, clearly indicate the nation-wide scope of support- ing upport-ing public opinion. A total of 47 daily newspapers commented up to January 20th, of which 32 were in favor of consolidation. "This is far and away the most .candid, constructive, and striking contribution to the discussion of ,our transportation problem that has yet been made." — Montreal Gazette. "Drastic action appears to be essential if the tremendous bur- den is to be lifted from the should- ers of our people." -Halifax Her- ald. "It is essential with our small population that the railway mile- age and service should not outrun the needs of the country."-13ali- fax Chronicle. "Mr. Beatty's call for action is timely." — Saint John Telegraph - J ournal. "There is much that appeals in dhe suggestion of Mr. E. W. Beatty, K.C."—Ilamllton Herald. "We, agree with the President o f the Canadian Pacific Railway that thecountry must get down to bed rock."—Mall & Empire, Tor- .onto. "Mr. Beatty has offered a solu- tion of the railway problem, defin- ite steps to this end should not be delayed." -Border Cities Star, Windsor. "The most constructive of all suggestions have emanated from 'Mr. Beatty."—Victoria Colonist. "He urges the drastic remedies he deems, necessary, regardless of every consideration, except the salvation of the two, great railway systems and of the State."—Van- couver News. "Mr. Beatty's carefully consid- ered pronouncement compels seri- ous thought, as to whether the unexplored perils of a monopoly are great enough to require that the Canadian public shall go on 'paying millions annually for the ,doubtful privilege of having sep- arate systems." Woodstock Sen- tinel -Review. "It would be a muddle worse confounded it the Duff recommen- dations were to be adopted by Parliament." — Sherbrooke Daily Record. "Mr, Beatty's view is obviously in accordance with the general movement as it is coming through- gout the world."—Ottawa Citizen. "What the country needs is a cool-headed solution of a tough problem. We can't afford to go ou as we are doing. The ono fact stands out, that the Dull Com- mission report was based on poli- tics, while Mr. Beatty's arguments rest on the plain business re- quirements of the situation."— Sault Ste. Marie Star. "Mr. Beatty has courageously made clear the issue between half- baked quasi public ownership, and full private ownership and man- agement, operating under the con- trol of Parliament."—Moose Jaw. Times. With no solution reached, Mr. Beatty's address should be read and digested. If there is to be consolidation there must either be a publicly owned system or a pri- vately owned system. That is the issue. The Duff Commission did not settle it." — Lethbridge Herald. "The more one studies the cold figures in the case and acquires a better understanding of the dis- astrous results financially in the operation of the C. N. tt., the more inevitable becomes the conclusion that public ownership has proven disastrous." Brantford Exposi- tor. "There appears to be no course open but a merger of the two great systems." -Galt Reporter. "Mr. Beatty has shown great courage in his proposals." —The Financial Post. "This merger seems to be the best ,the only means of getting out of the dilemma into which we are thrust." — La Presse,; Mont. real, "As put by the President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the choice before Canada seems to be whether this country would best be served by two insolvent rail- roads, or by one solvent roan"— Toronto Telegram. "It is significant that Mr. Beatty. is interested primarily in bringing about amalgamation, secondly in the form this amalgamation should take."—Calgary Albertan. "When the two systems are lumped into private or public ownership, and the Midgets •bal- anced, then that unified system can be put to work for Canada."-- Vancouver anada,"—Vancouver Sun. "E. W. Beatty, President of the C. P. R, claims the way out of the mess is the amalgamation of our two lines under one manage., meat, and the Labor Leader is in- clined to agree with him."—Labor Leader, Toronto. The newspapers in opposition to Mr. Beatty's proposals include The Vancouver Province, Edmon- ton Bulletin, Toronto Globe, Tor- onto Star, Le Devoir, Montreal; Le Soleil, Quebec City; Montreal Daily Star, Victoria Times, Mani toba Free Press, Winnipeg 'lr' bone, and the Edmonton Journal, SEED GRAIN +Good, seed :grain may be denned as Mclean, sound and uniformly plump grain obtained from strong, 'healthy 'plants 'beionging to a pure or relative- ly pure variety- which is well adapted to the needsoif'the district in which it is to the uesd. +W'her'e one is obliged to purchase seed, the safest seed in which to invest is "Registered 'Seed," since it is offic- ially guaranteed to possess all o'f 'the qualifications of good seed, as above delfined by the 'Canadian 'Seed. Grow- ers' AlsVoc'ration and the 'Dominion Seed Branch aided by 'the Experim- en'tal' Farms Branch of the Federal Department Of Agriculture. The use of varieties 'which are ad- apted to 'the district where they are to be grown is a matter of importance and since many new varieties are con- stantly under test at our 'Experimen- tal Stations,'farmers should note care- fully the results Obtained sit these in- stitutions 'and be 'guided by them, fin the production Of good seed, care should t be taken to see that the crap is fully mature before cutting. Where low spots occur, it may 'be necessary to handle them .separately in order to provide against the inclu- sion of unripe grain. If* threshing the crop, the concaves should not 'be set so close ''that the grain will be damaged. At present a great deal of really good barley is bad- ly 'damaged :from 'a seed standpoint, during the threshing operations,' by having the ends of the kernels broken or otherwise injured. Close threshing is liable to injure the germ. !The next step in the preparation of good seed grain consists in the 'fan- ning and grading of the grain to re- move light kernels., weed seeds and dirt. For this undertaking ;the screens to 'be used must be carefully selected to insure that the openings are of the proper size and shape to perform the ,work required, Many good fan- ning mills have been discarded simply on account .of the absence of suitable screens, whereas material for the construction of such screens can be 'We had previously decided 'that the 'most interesting 'way 'to, renew our acquaintance with the !En'glis'h conn tryside 'would be to 'hire an automo- bile and drive ourselves 'Whither 'we would. The courtesy shown us by our fellow motorists was most gratefully received, 'for we were conscious 'that this was our first 'experience in many years el driving on the left -'hand side of the road, We 'left {London swibh the 'feeling that everyone traveling tow- ard, or with us, would be instantly aware of out inexperience and per- haps 'consider us objects of annoy - ante. 'But a 'few ,miles brought us re- assurance. Before long we gave 'our- selves up to the, joy of the moment, Could any't'hing ;be lovelier than Eng- land in September? 'The trees were green and leafy, with no suggestion, as yet, 'of,winter; for the seasons still seem to came less violently here than in •same parts of the world. Not until we .found 'ourselves much 'further north did we discern any yellowing leaves. The quiet, low-lying meadows df tBuckinghamslhire and '0 afords'hire looked so verdant bhat we wondered if we had forgotten their 'green, or if they were more green this year than ever before. We meandered through v'ill'ages — rejoicing to find familiar land'm'arks passing the lovely old 'ivy. overed houses of 'Chalfont St, Giles and the uns'p'oiled red brick and' timbered cottages of Wickham End. There was a common where 3 had once, as a little child, .gabhened wild foxgloves; and still 'farther along . a signpost, 'poirnti:ng to "a footpath across the 'fields, reminded us of a place where'ws had both repent many happy hours. It seemed fitting that night - ;fall should find us in Stratford. -.on .A,von, the 'little town that nestles in fhe very heart of 'England and yet the-. '1:on'gs to al'1 the world. Tosleep in en, old -Sour-post' bed, in, a room with 1st - nee windows, appeared a eight cul- mination to a. day into which so many memories had been crowded: And so we 'traveled the highways and byways, ` passing through some places, loitering in 'Others, drinking in the fragrance of the 'hedges and gardens. 'We • lingered in those shires that 'border'')Wales, caught in the coils of the 'colorful, historic past. We found ourselves, one Sunday evening, 'beneat'h the turrets and 'battlements of Ludlow. We walked through the quiet streets of 'the little town that Min appears : to shelter uadsr .those do'minan't'walls, .and then our steps led us to 'the footpath that follows the outer line of the .castle. In contrast to, the peaceful •va1'ley df the Tema, thesd mighty stonew'orks towered above us 'like cliffs and we were re- minded of the part this great castle ,had played in the 'history Of the Bor- der, 'Gradually the dusk crept over the 'Stretton drills beyond the neer and the s'had'ows deepened, beneath the arches cif ,the old stone 'bridge. Little groups of people )passed us, ,saunter- ing; a band of youths, a mother taking her small flock home to bed; an aged ,couple, a 'boy:,and girl, arm arta, We 'felt ourselves slipping into place with these people atrd. once again we felt ourselves a part 'of England, Send us the names of your visitors, had ;team, or through, the manufac- turer o'f the machine. iDitring the past- seven or eight years, the difficulty h connection with the proper cleaning and grading of seed grain has been •reduced"•con- siderably by the opening op of sus - tom cleaning plaints which are equip- ped' with power fanning ills ,and graders, and tell supplied with 'sieves to clean and grade the different kinds of grain that may be 'brought to them: Telrse cleaning plants are of- ten provided with 'blowers for clean- ing floors, 'bins and' ch'u'tes so that contamination firo:m 'these sources is reduced to the minimum. Gleaned grain should always be ;placed im- mediately in clean containers and protected from all danger of • con- tamination. 'COST STUDIES ON PORK PRODUCTION, .(Experimental Farms Note) 'Art this time, when returns to the ,producer are et the lowest ebb known, for many years, the study of cost of production is essential to all 'farmers if a balanced budget is to be 'maintain- ed. The ,cost of pork praduction is not standard for all 'provinces or dist- ricts, and depends to a great degree on the availability. of various 'feeding staffs on the Meal mankets. {Farmers. 'having •a supply of -skim-milk and other 'products not`m'anke'talble in any other way, may turn these into caeh through the bacon hog. At . the Dominion ,Experimental iFarm, Nappan, N. S., MI feeds are charged against the hog at ;market or cost ae 'production- prices. - For : ee- am'ple, a{oots are charged at present at $3.36 per ton, oats at nin3-per ton, and barley tat $25:50, the cost of produc- tion in 11+9:12. During the past four years a total ,of 1 i' h4gs'heve been carried through (Ion the %A.dvanced Registry tests. The retion's.have been very similar dor all I 'lois. The weights of each hog are recorded every 'thirty days; also feeds consumed. 'From these data'informa- PAGE SEVEN. tion hae been 'secured regarding the gains and feed consumption: per pound gain dor each period dram :weaning to finishing, The deed consumption for ,these 1181' hogs was found to 'be 3:19 pounds meal per pound gain, while,` Croat weaning, (45 days of age), to finishing, (195 days of age), the daily gain 'was 1252 pounds, costing 4.89 cents per pound, In .Other words, alp lowing the pig at 'weaning, (weighing 3 'pounds), a value of $1:50, the total feed cost Of a 510 pound hog would be $10.70. :While at the present time 'the market value of 'pork does not cower the 'total cost of a bog 'to 'finishing,: when all feeds are:charged at market or cost of production prices, the hog an the average ;farm is a side -line, ih turning into utnan 'food many 'waste products otherwise unmarketable: Frim. 'this angle, it serves as a cash product and will give 'fair 'labour se- turns under average conditions pro- viding, first, the bulk of the 'feeds is home-grown and second, that the nog is o'f 'the best type obtainable and is properly grown and finished. It should be borne in mind that the prices charged, for home-grown feeds in- clude rent of land, use of machinery and all labour and other charges against that particular crop. (Demonstrating the ;value of proper type and finish, the premium for "sel- ect" hogs at the present time amounts to 1215 per cent. *I the valve of a "ba - can" hog, :while the penalty, on a "but- cher" hog is the same amount, or a difference ;between a "select" and a "butcher" o'f approximately $2:00 or P5 per cent df the market value of the "bacons." - (The price of 'breeding stock is core respondingly lo'w and it ibehoov*es. ev- ery 'farmer :to seriously Consider the question of improving his breeding stock to as high a degree as possible by the selection of sires from Advanc- ed .Registry ancestry. At present rea- sonable returns can be made only oar the best individuals properly fed. When market 'conelitions invorove, greater returns will result from 'hav ing the right type df'foundation stock. CONSOLIDATE RAILWAYS BEATTY URGES Canadian Pacific President Outlining Railway Policy Says it Would Relieve Taxpayers of Intolerable Burden "TN my opinion we must 1 only limit our capital r, penditure to those that are P essential or that will produce a reasonable return in the near, 1 future, but we must reduce our present mileage to accord with the actual needs of transportation and of national development, and we must at the same time eliminate all expenditure designed to se- 1 cure traffic for a . competing railway rather than provide a necessary service for the pub- lic. These results can, in the view I` take, only be attained if we consolidate our two t railways into one system with one management. i "The conclusion appears inescapable that a means must } • be provided for, making the necessary economies without prejudicing the public inter- , man - agement and the shouldl be acccom t" panied by a proper measure of responsibility on some agreed basis either by the Govern- ; went to the Canadian Pacific and its shareholders, or by the Canadian Pacific to the Gov- ernment in relief of its, rail- ! way burden. By no other .means can we secure a sound business administration for our railway undertakings and relief to the taxpayers of Canada." ' - Sn these words E. W. Beatty, K.C., Chairman and President, Canadian Pacific Railway, speak- ing before the Toronto Canadian Club recently, summed up his con- sidered judgment of the only pos- sible solution to Canada's emer- gent railway. problem._ Mr. Beatty, in leading to his con- clusion, declared that the railway problem is now more gravely vital to Canada's future than at any other time, "and," said, "once again I am afraid the yard- stick of political expediency is being hauled out to test the right- ness or wrongness of suggestions designed to relieve Canadians of what has become an intolerable burden." The tragic humor of stubbornly adhering to former policies, and of accepting advice from those who have consistently erred in matters of railway pol- icy since Confederation, was but another indication of how slowly political expediency, assumed or real, died. Mr. Beatty showed that these policies ran the gamut from early and unrelenting opposition to the construction of the Canadian Pa- cific, to enthusiastic support of unrestrained competition from Government Railways, and the construction and maintenance of duplicateities. and even triplicate facil- Two previous efforts had been made to forestall the debt and tax situation arising out of the pres- ent railway situation. In 1921 Lord Shaughnessy, then President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, established his breadth of view and his vision, by recommending that the outside enterprises of the not ex- t Canadian Pacific should be sep■ arated from its railway and ancil- lary enterprises, and that the Government should acquire the railway properties of the Com- pany, guarantee a certain fixed return to its shareholders, and, having acquired the G.T.P., Trans Continental Canadian Northern, and Intercoionial Railways, should enter .into a contract with the Canadian Pacific to administer and operate the property on ac- count of the people of Canada. At that time Lord Shaughnessy point- ed to the dangers of the public ownership and political manage- ment. If LordShaughnessy's plan had been accepted, many hundreds of millions of dollars would have been saved to Canada. In 1925 the Senate of Canada made a very thorough investiga- tion of the Railway situation, and after a most comprehensive re- port,', strongly recommended the merging of the two railway sys- tems for operation and administra- tion by the Canadian Pacific Rail- way. "May I suggest to you again," Mr. Beatty emphasized, "that if the Senate's report had been acted upon, several hundred million dollars would have been saved to this country." In dealing with the report of the Duff Commission, Mr. Beatty 'said that "the conclusion' is ines- caw..ble; . that the Commission's r'ecammendations were, in part at Ieast, based upon their own estim- ate of Canadian public sentiment towards the important question of public ownership, competition,and of railway monopoly." This was unfortunate, and he suggested that if the assumed political expediency of any plan was to be the test of its adop- tion, the creation of a Royal Corn- mission would not have been ne- cessary. The work of the Com- mission was important, but it did not provide any adequate solu- tion, or ground for much hope to the sadly burdened Canadian tax- payers. The ,Commission's chief recommendation was the continu- ance of competition, qualified by co-operation, and enforcible by compulsory arbitration. The Cana- dian Pacific was willing to co- operate, but was not willing to rest its future in the hands of an arbitral tribunal, on which it would only have a minority rep- resentation, and which could not be, responsible for the financial consequences of its decisions. The, Canadian Pacific insofar as rates were concerned was regulated by the Board of Railway Commis- sioners, and it could not in justice to its security holdeg's agree to any legislation which would take from them the right to • protect their investment. "We regard this," he said, "as a species of confiscation which no Government' can justify, and which nothing in the company's history warrants." A private company could not successfully compete with an en- terprise backed by the long purse of the State, Mr. Beatty contend- ed, indicating the waste, and loss involved in railway competition be- tween the Government of Canada and the Canadian Pacific, as proof of his assertion. It was also im- possible to have competition and co-operation. "Why delude our selves into the belief that we are supermen?" he asked. ' The report of the Railway Com- mission showed that the losses on the Canadian National Rail- ways during the ten year period 1923-1932, aggregatedapproxi- mately $549,576,000, equivalent to $232,944 per day. Federal in- come taxes from individuals dur- ing the last ten fiscal years amounted to $249,274,000 and from corporation's $341,164,000, a total of $590,438,000 or only 343,862,000, more than the deficits on the Canadian National Rail- ways. "Can we afford," Mr. Beatty asked, "to view 'such a situation with equanimity; or can we rea- sonably and definitely' ask for some relief ? Can we regard the question impersonally, and, be- cause the figures of the country% railway losses are so large as to be almost astronomical, can we afford to be indifferent when, based upon the average for the past three years, we lose $162.0l every minute of time?" The only way to increase gross revenues would be through in- creasing rates, and based on 1931 results, it would require a freight rate increase of 63% to make up the losses of the Government'sys- tem of that year. It would re- quire a cut in operating expenses of almost one half to make up the 1931 deficit, or a wage reduction of 74% to accomplish the satire purpose. There were-obvioue limits to increasing taxation. In 1981 it would have required a 34% increase in tax receipts to balance the Government Railway accounts, and continued borrow- ings could only spell ultimate disaster. Two main objections were urged by .diose opposed to amalgamat ing the, railways. First, that such an amalgamation would consti- tute a virtual monopoly,, and secondly, that it would be unfair to . employees, in that it would mean' a reduction of personnel. Neither of these objection's were well founded. In the first in- stance, a strengthened Board of Railway Commissioners on the one hand, and water and motor competition on the other, would forma sufficient restraint. From natural causes, in .the event vacancies were not filled, the per- sonnel of the Canadian Railways would be reduced in five years. from 25% to 80% and it would not be possible to administer the unified properties with a staff duced below '75 or 70% of normal. In. conclusion, Mr. Beatty paid tribute to Canadian public men; cited the serious note of warning included in the Report of the Duff Commission, and said "we have created or inherited a'system which is unscientific, unwieldy, unnecessary. and insupportable by our ten million people. We can- not afford it even in normal times, so why not make it as right a's it is possible to make it, and why not do it now 7