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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR
'WHOLE NUMBER 2770
Most Wonderful
Bargains
of this Great Sale. -are on now
makes the Greig Clothing Sale the great-
est clothing selling 'event that has ever
taken place in Seaforth. Look at the size
of our Stock of Clothing for Men and Boys,
and Women -Furs and Furnishings -and
then think of the 'few weeks left to make
a complete clearing out of everything in
stock, even to store fixtures, office outfit,
tables, racks, etc.
ALL MUST be sold even at what ever
Cash can be realized.
Hundreds and Hundreds of people are
making profitable use of this greatest of
all buying opportunities.
ARE YOU?
Special Notice
After thirty years of continued mercantile business in the Town
of Seaforth, during which period we have conducted many big sales,
we have positively decided to retire from mercantile business, and in
ao doing this Last Grand Final Sale shall eclipse all former efforts
in every respect -greater volume of goods offered, as most of our
new Fall Goods have been passed into stock as we could not cancel
Fall orders -
Prices are slashed as never before.
We have terminated the lease of our store and all goods must
be sold.
The Greig Clothing Co.
REPORT OF SEAFORTH
HOSPITAL COMMITTEE
At a public meeting of the citizens
of Seaforth held last fall to discuss
the mutter of a hospital for this town,
a committee was appointed, consisting
of F. G. Neelin, J. J. Merrier, M,P.,
, M. Broderick, R. G. Parke, Jas. Cowan
and A. D. Sutherland, Chairman. to se-
cure information as to the probable cost
and maintenance of such an institu-
tion. The necessary 'information se-
curesd by this committee hu been
very fully embodied in their report
to the town council, which we publish
below:
In submitting their report of the
estimated cost to establish a hospital
of ten beds in Seaforth and the ap-
proximate cost of maintenance per
year, the Committee beg to state their
estimate is based on the average
price quoted in replies received from
x number of hospitals for the equip-•
anent. furnishings, etc„ required for
the establishment of a hospital first
Mess in every respect.
In •a number of places the gift
of a house, to be used for hospital
pue.:Qses, has been trade by some
public spirited citizen and the Com-
mittee regret having received . no
intimation from any citizen having
a like desire, hence the necessity for
the erection or purchase of a suitable
building. Great care, however, must
he exercised in the purchase of a
property, to see there is sufficient
land to permit of additions or ex-
tensions being made, as all hospitalsitals
to their
c to add
ed
have
been for
original structures.
In almost every place where a
hospital has been established. rooms
have been equipped and maintained
by Churches, Lodges, Societies, Pri-
vate Individuals, Manufacturers and:
others; some the rs e have had
donation
of an operating room completely
equipped while in others the iinen,
,fishes, cutlery and furniture are the
gifts of the citizens. All hospitals
have a Woman's Auxiliary in con-
nection.
The average citizen is under the
impression that a hospital will cost
the municipality an enormous sum
With a corresponding increase in
acres, but from the Government re-
ports we find that almost all hospitals
are self-supporting. For the past
year the average receipts of the fol-
lowing four hospitals: Goderich 14
hods. Wingham 25, Kincardine 18
end Orangeville 16, was $7,506, and
the average expenditure $6,974, leav-
ing an average surplus of $133. The
town grant to these towns was:
Goderich $500, Wingham $200, Kin-
rnrdine nothing; Orangeville, nothing.
i)uring the past four years the hoe-
pital at Orangeville has received but
$100 from the town, and Kincardine
$200, yet they have had a surping
eaoh year.
SEAFORTH, ,FRAY, JANUARY 14, 19j.
there.remains but the building to pre -
vide and the Committee is of the
opinion that the proceeds from a
DAY such as Seaforth is noted for,
together with grants from the Coun-
ty, adjoining Townships and the
Town, a hospital could be establish-
ed that would be a credit to the
section. It will, however, be neces•
sary for the hospital to be establish-
ed or the necessary funds subscribed
before the deputation awaits on the
County Council, as that body positive-
ly refuse to grant aid fore the
establishment of a hospital, but will
be generous once it is established.
For a number of years we have been
contributing towards the upkeep of
the hospital at Goderich, Wingham
and Clinton; in fact, nu County
money, other than the usual Col-
legiate Institute grant, has been re-
ceived by Seaforth, so it is only reas-
unable to expect the County Council
to be generous with us.
Owing to bad weather conditions
the Committee was unable to visit
any hospital but are very grateful
to Dr. Foster, Listowel; Miss Jessie
Grainger, Clinton; Mr. 'I'. G. Con -
non, Goderich, and Dr. Irwin and Mr.
Abner Cosens, Wingham, for the
immense amount of information, sug-
gestions, etc., which saved touch time
and expense, and en behalf .of their
respective boards they extend a
cordial invitation to this or any other
Committee to visit them at any time.
In ru ie lusiun, the (2 nttn itt,. beg to
stale the proposed- hospital would
net be operated as a money -making
scheme, but for humanity's sake. It
would not he a Municipal Hospital
c f a Beard
but. under the management ,
of Trustees without pay.
All of which is respectfully sub-
mitted.
Seaforth Hospital Committee,
A. D. Sutherland, Sec.
SUMMARY
Operating Hoorn $638.10
Hospital Equipment, nwdicnl
and surgicaI 238.20
1.,,Illg n:•,111 195.01)
Dining seen' 3411,04
Kitchen 383.5(1
Bathroom with cunnec(i,m: 029.50
Hall, downstairs 57.50
Hall, upstairs 27.011
Stairs . 22.00
iII hetroenis at $230...
$25311.20
2300.00
$4830.20
Building 4000.00
'Electric lighting ...... .... 150.00
Heating 500.00
$9480.20'
SALARIES. HOSPITAL RATES, Etc.
Listowel Wingham Goderich
Matron -Supt $1200 $1000 $900
Asst Matron 960 800 -
Night Supt. 840 - --
Hnusemaid
per month.
From the Trustees of Hospitals
written .to, we learn that the over-
head of Sa hospital of 20 keds is but
little more than one of 10 beds, while
the revenue is double. We are advis-
ed to make provision for more beds
than are actually required at the
start. It takes the public a while ,
to get acquainted with the idea of
going to 'a hospital, and the hospital
that has the accommodation will re-
ceive the patients and return u
revenue, while the hospital with ri
limited number of beds and no pro-
vision to increase same must of
necessity raise their nates or face a
deficit, the patients going elsewhere.
To this end we were advised to write
the Inspector of Hospitals as to the
number of beds we should make pro-
vision for and his reply was that to
accommodate the population of the
town and vicinity .tributary for doc-
tor's services, we should plan for
20 beds.
We find a Hospital in most all live,
Progressive towns, and in but a short
thine the Government will compel all
places to provide hospital raecontmoda-
lion owing to the scarcity of doctors
and nurses and as a measure of
economy, and instead of patients be-
ing scattered over an extensive area,
some fortunate enough to have a
nurse in attendance and others with
little or no help and depending en-
tirely tat the neighbors for assistance,
they will all be brought to the hos-
pital and receive proper attention
and at much less expense, one nurse
n patients.
eosinu
lookingmbar of
after a
The situation comes home to us all
more clearly when the mother is the
patient.
Hospitals are maintained by Provin-
'el grants, County grants, Town and
-
rovnehip grants, subscriptions, done-
e, fees from patients, etc. The
inial grant is 30 cents per day
patient for the first ten years
of a hospital's existence. The Coun-
ty grant varies in most ell counties
according to the size of the place
and the hospital. The Town and
Townships grants also vary as do
the subscriptions and donations. The
fees charged compare favorably in
almost all hospitals, the exceptions
being in places where the accommoda-
tion is limited and the rates higher
to meet- overhead expenses, The
Women's Auxiliary usually keeps up
the necessary supply of linen, fruit,
flowers, etc.
The expenditure consists of salaries
and wages, fuel and light, surgical.
and medical supplies, fond, house-
hold supplies, telephone, postage, in-
surance, etc. These items vary in a
number of. places according to the
number of patents, size of the hos-
pital. etc.
Assuming that the citizens of Sea -
forth and vicinity would respond as
Cheerfully and generously with dona-
tions of equipment and furnishings,
Janitor $r,0 ntth. pd, day pd.day
Laobundress day day day
5'rationersr
1st year 7.00 6.011 6.00
2nd year 8.00 7.00 ---
3rd year 10.00 9.00 --
Six aprons and 2 uniforms to each
nurse excl. year.
Listowel Wingham Goderich
llespital Rates 1.50 1.50 1.25
2.50 2.50 1.50
3.00 3.00 2.00
:3.50 350 2.50
4.00 4.00 3.00
4.50
Estimated cost of maintenance of
proposed Seaforth Hospital of 10
bends. $4000.011.
USHORNH SHOWS THE WAY
The following article from a staff
writer of the Globe appeared in that
paper on Tuesday of last week:
Usborne'has shown the way. The
little township situated in the extreme
southeast corner of the County of
Huron, has reported "all clear" of
scrub bulls. There may be others rid
of this nuisances but nothing has
been heard regarding them, while Us -
borne, as the result. of a summer's
hard campaign, has seen the last cif
the grade sires pass beyond her
boundaries, on the way to the butcher.
• The victory is genuine, as the
township is almost entirely +vrat.
Only a couple of small villages are
located there and the combined
population of these would hardly
exceed fifteen
hundred.
. i
i
-st
eek-
farm'sg preileminetes. with beef
rattle the mainstay. On this latter
account the success of the move-
ment is even more commendable, as
it is a well known fact that scrub
sires ere more easily eliminated in
dairy sections than in any other. An-
other•t
entered into the
factor that
fight was the largea areaof grazing
land in the south of the township.
Last spring the writer paid a visit
to Ushorne just after the pasturage
season opened. A few miles east of
Exeter, grass lands were encounter-
ed. For miles hardly an Here was
under cultivation end fences be-
tween many farms had been re-
moved. Herds running into hun-
dreds of herd were browsing nn the
famous grnss of that region and not
a few Renee; were wandering among
those herds. Some of the owners of
these animals were not particular
about disposing of them, but finally.
the need of betters, sires prevailed,
with the result that to -day •the
township is the first known division
to be absolutely clean.
The history of the campaign is in-
teresting. In 1919 the Provincial De-
partment of Agriculture asked the
Agricultural Representative of each
county to condbct a bull census, S.
B. Stothers performed this work in
Huron County, dividing his ter -
ritory into townships. The census
started Mr. Stothers 'thinking.
Though some of the districts report-
ed nearly clear of scrubs, the Repre-
sentative, who knows his county
thoroughly, was not satisfied with
the results. In conducting the cen-
sus, forms were submitted to all bull
owners in which the breeding of the
animal kept was stated. Naturally
the owners of scrubs were a bit dif-
fident in corning forward,' and though
one or twrytownships, according to
the census, showed a lower percentage
of these undesirables than Usborne.
Mr. Stothers knew that the results
from this district were the nearest
to being correct. In Usborne two
grades were reported and the ener-
getic Representative decided that he
would reduce that number to zero.
The co-operation of the farmers in
the district and of the Provincial and
the Federal Departments of Agricul-
ture was enlisted and the work be-
gan. John N. Ratcliffe„ who resides
a few miles outside of Iceter, was
pei'itaps the Most activein the cam-
paign. He Rnew the township as
few Others ,lid. C. F. MacKenzie.
Field Man of the Ontario Cattle
Breeders' Association, visited South
Ilurun and joined in the work. The
two bulls of grade breeding which
were reported in the census were
soon located, and through the united
efforts of the three men mentioned
the owners disposed of them, hut in
the meantime several more animals
were located.
It was finally decided that the only
way of ridding the township of the
scrubs was to •buy the same. The
Dominion Government, through the
Live Stock Commissioner, H. S. Ar-
kell, advanced a certain amount of
money for this purpose, and finally
the total number of undesirables -
seven -were rounded up. To -day
they may be seen in the stable of
Mr. Ratcliffe waiting to be shipped
to the butcher.
"With the cooperation of men
like Messrs. Ratcliffe and Stothers,"
said Mr. MacKenzie to The Globe a
few days ago, "the elimination of all
scrubs in the Province would soon be
an easy matter. Officials of the Gov-
ernment are helpless without the as-
sistance of the men in the field, and
in this case we certainly had it. Mr.
Ratcliffe took up the matter in a
personal way, and although there was
no direct gain for himself, spent the
entire summer on the campaign."
Mr. Stothers, whom a repfesenta-
tive of the Globe visited a week of
two ago, also voiced the opinion if
.11r. MacKenzie in respect to practical
farmers. Several pure-bred breeders
le tie township offered bulls at re-
duced prices to replace grades.
Grade bulls may be excellent indi-
vidualsbut they lack the power of
transmitting those carne qualities to
their offspring, and this constitutes
the chief grievance against them.
They are a menat'e to the live stock
industry of the country and are res
sponsible for the enormous number
of scrawny animals that daily clut-
ter our nnarkets.
Britain's predominance in the live
stock world is due to the large num-
bers of pure-bred animals kept within
her borders. Were Canada blessed
with a like proportion of pure-breds
the possible closing of the United
States market to our cattle would be
a less serious question. A well -,bred
beef animal puts on the last few
hundred pounds of meat at a low
cost, and our farmers Wright easily
finish their cattle at home under im-
ed breeding conditions, thus
largely disposing of th need of re-
moving the British embarga and the
fear of a similar measure. imposed by
the country to the south of us.
Usborne township is but a begin-
ning. She has shown what may be
accomplished by an organized cam-
paign against the scrub. This case
is not an exception as stock fern -
ing is the mainstay of the agricultur-
ist in the district. To -day it is rid
of all bulls of other than pure-bred
blood, and undoubtedly the farmers
there will see that they are never
again cursed with sires of small, nar-
row animals on which meat is placed
at a .prohibitive cost. What this
section has accomplished, farmers and
Government representatives in other
townships may also do.
Many drovers make a practise of
buying feeding cattle in the- spring.
turning them out to pasture with
some sort Of a bull during the sum-
mer, and sending them to the slaugh-
ter house in the fall. This sort of
thing has been carried on in Usborne
township to some extent, and the
drovers concerned have been none tri
careful regarding tine type of bull
they used. True, the bulk of the
cattle went to the butcher in the
spring. the bull being used merely
to keep the herd quiet., hill Snne-
timc•S A few in -calf heifers were sold
to nyiehburing farmers, and the evil
effects of the scrub were thus felt
by the whole community. The chief
objection to this practise, however, is
the example set by the drovers. In
the past these men have been con-
e
A Real Drop
Flour Prices
Rob Roy Manitoba\Flour,bag, $5.50
Chieftian, blended, bag 5.25
Clansman, Pastry, bag 5.00
Fullyguaranteed, as good as the
best and a whole lot cheaper
For `ale at all Grocery Stores
Rob Roy Mills, Ltd.
Seaforth, Ontario
n
tinually Beeping aboiithe ,••r qual-
ity of Canadian beef, attd ve
gested many isnprovemente,•inclung
the mut of better sires. A movementt
against the use of acrub bulla has
been; endorsed and largely financed by
both the Federal and Provincia. De.
parttnents of Agriculture. It is now
up to the drovers to support this
"clean-up," and to use nothing -but
pure sires in their own feral verrtgrep.
HOW THE TROTTERS CAME
In these days of motor Gars, air-
planes and balloonists drifting for
a thousand miles and then hav-
ing their lives saved by a howling
dog, less sensational sources of trans-
portation are likely to fall into
abeyance. Yet, despite twin sixes
and cross -Atlantic flights, the peo-
ple seem ;to keep alove for the
ast
horse. Lyear we' saw or clod
of one of the greatest horses in his-
tory, Man o' War, and now let us
think fur a moment of even a great-
er horse, the horse that founded the
breed of trotters and pacers which
has made more money for Carsadians
as well as Americana than any thor-
oughbred that has been foaled. The
horse In question is Rysdyk'a Hann
bletonian, founder to whom some
references have been made in a re-
cent article in the New York Herald
by Mr. W. H. (',ocher, secretary of
the National Trotting Association,
and one of the best authorities on
the trotting horse. The story of
course, is net a new one, but Mr.
Gocher tells it vividly and recalls
facts that even a veteran harness
hursentan may have forgotten, if.
indeed, he ever was aware of them.
For example, he mentions the Nar-
ragansett pacers, developed o n
Rhode island early in the eighteenth
century, which could navigate a mike
in a little more than two minutes,
according to the record of a con-
temporary clergyman.
The horse was not native to this
,•ontMere. Every horse that was
,•ver• foaled here was either imported
,r was the progeny of imported an-
ce,tor,, despite the stories we have
ell read about wild horses. The
original importer was De Soto, the
Spanish adventurer and explorer.
who, in 1539, brought to the new
continent more than two hundred
cavalry horses. After his death the
horses that had not been killed rfeere
turned loose and from them, and
from strays from other imported
herds, descended the broncho. The
De Soto horses probably had Arab
or Turkish blood in them. Obviously
they were above the average, and
probably were akin to the horses
which in England were to found the
thorobred family. They found
that the climate suited them; for
they could live outdoors all the year
round and thrive, and they multi-
plied.
Nearly a hundred years later New
England imported her first horses
from England and Holland, and it
K^les from these that the early pacer
was produced. In those days vehicles
were few and clumsy, and people
who used horses rode them. In
fact, until Tess than a century ago
all pacing and trotting races were to
saddle. Puritanism, however, did its
best to destroy the breed by making
racing unlawful, and it was not until
after the American Revolution that
the horses gots real start. By that
time descendants of the De Soto
hand had been brought north, and
were bred to the English 'stallions
which had been imported by the
gentry. It wee only a century ago
that the two horses that had most to
do with founding the trotter and
pacer were imported. They were
Messenger, a thoroughbred, and
Bellfounder, a hackney. From their
descendants have come practically
all the champion trotters end pacers.
Less than a century ago, the idea
of establishing a family of trotting
horses entered the minds of a num-
her of American horse owners. The
notion had invaded them as the re-
sult of an Englishman. James Boott,
throwing in'his lot with the Revolu-
tionists, and later going to England
and importing the horse Bellfounder
to Boston. Two New Yorkers named
Kissam were keenly interested in
the trotter. One of then bought a
trotting mare called Amazonia,
which he later sold to his uncle,
,Iohp Treadwell, of long Island. She
was bred to Mant•brino, a son of
Messenger, and produced Abdallah,
which, as Mr. Gocher says. was the
h
the
steptoward founding gteat
'est
Fnextmil The
trerian family. S
amble
step was when the other Kussin
leased Bellfounder end brought him
to New York State There bred to
a Messenger mare he produced a
filiy that showed unusual trotting in-
stinct.
Steehlyell was call,.
of; lions" a1� mif
re ht $,ambdeteni
long-baekedgenius,
ed in the annals of
One might indeed .t ..
any mals 'ever born
Stites wad ever„the.,_ _.
much monetary profit,to; the
as was this horse.
DOES' PROTECTION Pt,
We have been waiting fpr a
to our last letter on the discuss
"Does Protection Pdotecti" hi
hope that we might get a few
tional pointers- on thin question.
haps our friend, G. B. W., has,
yet prepared further argument o>,
subject, so to aid us to form ` ems:.
conclusions" -that is what he termed -
there -ewe have secured more infsornla-
tion on the Ameriiari , question'ftor
a reliable source. We'wW guarantee`.,
to G. B. W. the reliability of_ the
source.
Our friend, G. B. W., stated in -kis.
article, dated November 20, 1920, that.'
"to atabalize hi's business, the Ameri-
can his a home market of 100,000,000
protected and secured to him by
tariffs ranging from 45 to •75 per •
cent. upon dutiable goods." . Now we-
dealt with the first part of that state- t
stent in our last letter and today ;
we will take up and explode his: -
statement respecting the 45 to 75 Iter
cent. upon dutiable goods. It may
surprise your readers and also G.
B. W. to learn that practically all t
of Canada's exports to the U. $. A.,
at the present time, are duty free,
Here 0 a partial list of the moat
important articles which are not duti-
able under the American tariff: -
Lumbers lath shingles, cattle, sheep
and hogs, dressed meats of all kinds,
fresh, salted or ,pickeled fish; hides,
skins and raw furs; wheat and its.
products; buckwheat, rye, grass and-" '
clover seeds and potatoes; agricul-
tural implements, which includes
dairy. planting, tilling and harvest-,
ing tools; leather, boots and shoes
and saddlery; milk and cream, both
fresh and condensed; all crude ma- -
terials not advanced in value by
grinding or refining; wool and many ,
other -articles of forest and farm are
also not dutiable under the tariff
laws of the U. S. A.
Now respecting average duty, Mr:
Meighen, speaking at Winnipeg, stat-
ed that Canada was not by any means.t,
a high tariff country and quoted the .
average rate of dutiable and non -duti-
able goods entering Canadat at le-
per cent. Then, if Canada, with an
average duty of 15 per cent., is not
a high -tariff country, what would you
call the U. S. A., where the average,
is only 6 3-10 per cent? Does not
G.. B. W 3s quotation of _ 4b 00 7 ,per
cent. appear, to put it mildly', 1)e
a striking example of exaggeration,
and is it not a most rash and un-
qualified statement"? This is- what
he called one of our statements. Now
Farmer Friends we want you to read
this article very carefully and assimu•
late it. We were all under the im-
pression that the U. S. A. is a highly
protected country and it is not; so
the next time anyone tries to put
one over on you on that score just
sling this information at hint and see
how surprised 'Inc will look. Tell your -
neighbors and friends that Canadian
farm implement manufacturers ship-
ped into the U. S. A., during the
year ending March 30th. 1920..
$3.291 078.00 of farm implements ab-
solutely free of duty and $41,191.264
of furs. hides, leather and boots and ..
shoes. also duty free. Ask your
neighbor if he does not think it
strange that the Canadian Manufac-
turer is not afraid to beard the lion
in his American den and yet professes
to believe that it is necessary to have•
a high t^riff wall in Canada to keep
them from being torn to pieces at
home. Their fear is of their imag-
ing only. It is something like the•
valley of the shadow of death that
the psalmist speaks about, it is only
a shadow any way and none need be
afraid. The truth of the natter really
is, that the picking in Canada is so
gond that the Canadian Manufacturer
is not et all delirious of sharing it
up with outsiders. In fact, he pre-
fers to have all four feet and snout
in the trnagh at once to the exclusion
of ell others.
Now «s farmers. where is our
market for live stock? For the year
endine March 91, 1920, we find that
Canada shipped live stock abroad -
cattle sheep and swine -to the extent
of
$45 284.482.00. Of this amount the
A. took $43.6
R B 004.00• Great
U. 9
ries 2016.-
countries, Brittin and other$ ,.
379.00. We are sorry the returns on
grain are not to hand' but wa'feel sure
that if we had those returna.'twb would
find that We had sold a tremendous
amount of wheat and other graifts to
other r words e
IL n t e
.hy t . 5, A. t ,
t
believe that America is our market
on most articles and could be caltivaia
ed by ons traders to the mttail& ads
vantage of both countries.
The t
was. se New York
filly ld te a
hanker, whose name has never been
discovered. Shy was injured ,'and
sold to man named Kent. She was
bred two or three times to .AMlallnh,
her feels dying. In 1949 she was
Again bred to Abdnllnh, anal produe•
cd a cell'. which, with (Inc.dam, was
sold to f'herles Rystlyek, of Chester.
N. Y., for $125. This coll. was ex-
hibited at fairs with Another Ah-
dallah ena known as Ahdellah Chief.
They were raced together, the own-
ers being neighbors. and the Rys-
dych oat won. Be was named Ham-
bletonian, and as a three -.year-old
trotted a mile in 2.48, which. was
considered extremely spry in those
days. Through good luck or gond
management, Rysdyck's Haftthle-
tonian was able to attract the tion of the beat breeders of the day,
and from him was derived practi-
cally all the finest trotters and pacers
ever raced. To find a faodern trot-
ter or pacer not tracing back to
Hambletonian ill a rarity. Just as
New we do not think it would be -
wise to elaborate on these figures the
much se we say to our farmer
friends: take them home with yon
and think about them, and if anyone
has rcnann to believe we are wrong,
please let us know through the
columns or this paper. Let us get
all the .facts we can hcfnre the pub-
lic, berth sides of the question, and,
after riving them the pure unaylulteg=
at.ed tatth, we fool sure that the
people will form sane condattelaib
We hope our friends will fidlt;;etfi
cider we are rubbing it into
M. A too much; turn about
play And we have had it ru
us for two generations, till rid
the hove have been subbed
land, and this exedus must be
before it is too tate..
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"The GypsyMaid": •
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It will be good news to the people of Seaforth and Vicinity
that the National Opera Company will play here in
- The Gypsy Maid
on
Friday, Evening January 21, 1921
UNDER AUSPICES OF SEAFORTH RED 'CROSS SOCIETY.
This Company has been playing the big Theatres and the public
is promised that the same personel, staging and costumes will be
seen in their entirety as in Massey Hall and the Theatres of Lon-
don, Brantford, etc. Thousands of dollars have been spent in cos-
tumes and equipment; real Opera Singers, who can act as well as
sing, have been engaged; the Gypsy tory Teller is none other than
Pearl O'Neil, this country's best entertainer, and the exquisitely
beautiful dancing of Miss Sternberg's Classic Dancers complete the
sensation Of the hour.
The plans opens at ABERHART'S DRUG STORE, on SATUR-
DAY, JANUARY 15th, at 12 o'clock, noon.
Don't fail•to order seats es there is, no doubt, such a wonder-
ful show will be greeted with a capacity house.
Reserved Seats 75c, Rush Seats 50c
ritory into townships. The census
started Mr. Stothers 'thinking.
Though some of the districts report-
ed nearly clear of scrubs, the Repre-
sentative, who knows his county
thoroughly, was not satisfied with
the results. In conducting the cen-
sus, forms were submitted to all bull
owners in which the breeding of the
animal kept was stated. Naturally
the owners of scrubs were a bit dif-
fident in corning forward,' and though
one or twrytownships, according to
the census, showed a lower percentage
of these undesirables than Usborne.
Mr. Stothers knew that the results
from this district were the nearest
to being correct. In Usborne two
grades were reported and the ener-
getic Representative decided that he
would reduce that number to zero.
The co-operation of the farmers in
the district and of the Provincial and
the Federal Departments of Agricul-
ture was enlisted and the work be-
gan. John N. Ratcliffe„ who resides
a few miles outside of Iceter, was
pei'itaps the Most activein the cam-
paign. He Rnew the township as
few Others ,lid. C. F. MacKenzie.
Field Man of the Ontario Cattle
Breeders' Association, visited South
Ilurun and joined in the work. The
two bulls of grade breeding which
were reported in the census were
soon located, and through the united
efforts of the three men mentioned
the owners disposed of them, hut in
the meantime several more animals
were located.
It was finally decided that the only
way of ridding the township of the
scrubs was to •buy the same. The
Dominion Government, through the
Live Stock Commissioner, H. S. Ar-
kell, advanced a certain amount of
money for this purpose, and finally
the total number of undesirables -
seven -were rounded up. To -day
they may be seen in the stable of
Mr. Ratcliffe waiting to be shipped
to the butcher.
"With the cooperation of men
like Messrs. Ratcliffe and Stothers,"
said Mr. MacKenzie to The Globe a
few days ago, "the elimination of all
scrubs in the Province would soon be
an easy matter. Officials of the Gov-
ernment are helpless without the as-
sistance of the men in the field, and
in this case we certainly had it. Mr.
Ratcliffe took up the matter in a
personal way, and although there was
no direct gain for himself, spent the
entire summer on the campaign."
Mr. Stothers, whom a repfesenta-
tive of the Globe visited a week of
two ago, also voiced the opinion if
.11r. MacKenzie in respect to practical
farmers. Several pure-bred breeders
le tie township offered bulls at re-
duced prices to replace grades.
Grade bulls may be excellent indi-
vidualsbut they lack the power of
transmitting those carne qualities to
their offspring, and this constitutes
the chief grievance against them.
They are a menat'e to the live stock
industry of the country and are res
sponsible for the enormous number
of scrawny animals that daily clut-
ter our nnarkets.
Britain's predominance in the live
stock world is due to the large num-
bers of pure-bred animals kept within
her borders. Were Canada blessed
with a like proportion of pure-breds
the possible closing of the United
States market to our cattle would be
a less serious question. A well -,bred
beef animal puts on the last few
hundred pounds of meat at a low
cost, and our farmers Wright easily
finish their cattle at home under im-
ed breeding conditions, thus
largely disposing of th need of re-
moving the British embarga and the
fear of a similar measure. imposed by
the country to the south of us.
Usborne township is but a begin-
ning. She has shown what may be
accomplished by an organized cam-
paign against the scrub. This case
is not an exception as stock fern -
ing is the mainstay of the agricultur-
ist in the district. To -day it is rid
of all bulls of other than pure-bred
blood, and undoubtedly the farmers
there will see that they are never
again cursed with sires of small, nar-
row animals on which meat is placed
at a .prohibitive cost. What this
section has accomplished, farmers and
Government representatives in other
townships may also do.
Many drovers make a practise of
buying feeding cattle in the- spring.
turning them out to pasture with
some sort Of a bull during the sum-
mer, and sending them to the slaugh-
ter house in the fall. This sort of
thing has been carried on in Usborne
township to some extent, and the
drovers concerned have been none tri
careful regarding tine type of bull
they used. True, the bulk of the
cattle went to the butcher in the
spring. the bull being used merely
to keep the herd quiet., hill Snne-
timc•S A few in -calf heifers were sold
to nyiehburing farmers, and the evil
effects of the scrub were thus felt
by the whole community. The chief
objection to this practise, however, is
the example set by the drovers. In
the past these men have been con-
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A Real Drop
Flour Prices
Rob Roy Manitoba\Flour,bag, $5.50
Chieftian, blended, bag 5.25
Clansman, Pastry, bag 5.00
Fullyguaranteed, as good as the
best and a whole lot cheaper
For `ale at all Grocery Stores
Rob Roy Mills, Ltd.
Seaforth, Ontario
n
tinually Beeping aboiithe ,••r qual-
ity of Canadian beef, attd ve
gested many isnprovemente,•inclung
the mut of better sires. A movementt
against the use of acrub bulla has
been; endorsed and largely financed by
both the Federal and Provincia. De.
parttnents of Agriculture. It is now
up to the drovers to support this
"clean-up," and to use nothing -but
pure sires in their own feral verrtgrep.
HOW THE TROTTERS CAME
In these days of motor Gars, air-
planes and balloonists drifting for
a thousand miles and then hav-
ing their lives saved by a howling
dog, less sensational sources of trans-
portation are likely to fall into
abeyance. Yet, despite twin sixes
and cross -Atlantic flights, the peo-
ple seem ;to keep alove for the
ast
horse. Lyear we' saw or clod
of one of the greatest horses in his-
tory, Man o' War, and now let us
think fur a moment of even a great-
er horse, the horse that founded the
breed of trotters and pacers which
has made more money for Carsadians
as well as Americana than any thor-
oughbred that has been foaled. The
horse In question is Rysdyk'a Hann
bletonian, founder to whom some
references have been made in a re-
cent article in the New York Herald
by Mr. W. H. (',ocher, secretary of
the National Trotting Association,
and one of the best authorities on
the trotting horse. The story of
course, is net a new one, but Mr.
Gocher tells it vividly and recalls
facts that even a veteran harness
hursentan may have forgotten, if.
indeed, he ever was aware of them.
For example, he mentions the Nar-
ragansett pacers, developed o n
Rhode island early in the eighteenth
century, which could navigate a mike
in a little more than two minutes,
according to the record of a con-
temporary clergyman.
The horse was not native to this
,•ontMere. Every horse that was
,•ver• foaled here was either imported
,r was the progeny of imported an-
ce,tor,, despite the stories we have
ell read about wild horses. The
original importer was De Soto, the
Spanish adventurer and explorer.
who, in 1539, brought to the new
continent more than two hundred
cavalry horses. After his death the
horses that had not been killed rfeere
turned loose and from them, and
from strays from other imported
herds, descended the broncho. The
De Soto horses probably had Arab
or Turkish blood in them. Obviously
they were above the average, and
probably were akin to the horses
which in England were to found the
thorobred family. They found
that the climate suited them; for
they could live outdoors all the year
round and thrive, and they multi-
plied.
Nearly a hundred years later New
England imported her first horses
from England and Holland, and it
K^les from these that the early pacer
was produced. In those days vehicles
were few and clumsy, and people
who used horses rode them. In
fact, until Tess than a century ago
all pacing and trotting races were to
saddle. Puritanism, however, did its
best to destroy the breed by making
racing unlawful, and it was not until
after the American Revolution that
the horses gots real start. By that
time descendants of the De Soto
hand had been brought north, and
were bred to the English 'stallions
which had been imported by the
gentry. It wee only a century ago
that the two horses that had most to
do with founding the trotter and
pacer were imported. They were
Messenger, a thoroughbred, and
Bellfounder, a hackney. From their
descendants have come practically
all the champion trotters end pacers.
Less than a century ago, the idea
of establishing a family of trotting
horses entered the minds of a num-
her of American horse owners. The
notion had invaded them as the re-
sult of an Englishman. James Boott,
throwing in'his lot with the Revolu-
tionists, and later going to England
and importing the horse Bellfounder
to Boston. Two New Yorkers named
Kissam were keenly interested in
the trotter. One of then bought a
trotting mare called Amazonia,
which he later sold to his uncle,
,Iohp Treadwell, of long Island. She
was bred to Mant•brino, a son of
Messenger, and produced Abdallah,
which, as Mr. Gocher says. was the
h
the
steptoward founding gteat
'est
Fnextmil The
trerian family. S
amble
step was when the other Kussin
leased Bellfounder end brought him
to New York State There bred to
a Messenger mare he produced a
filiy that showed unusual trotting in-
stinct.
Steehlyell was call,.
of; lions" a1� mif
re ht $,ambdeteni
long-baekedgenius,
ed in the annals of
One might indeed .t ..
any mals 'ever born
Stites wad ever„the.,_ _.
much monetary profit,to; the
as was this horse.
DOES' PROTECTION Pt,
We have been waiting fpr a
to our last letter on the discuss
"Does Protection Pdotecti" hi
hope that we might get a few
tional pointers- on thin question.
haps our friend, G. B. W., has,
yet prepared further argument o>,
subject, so to aid us to form ` ems:.
conclusions" -that is what he termed -
there -ewe have secured more infsornla-
tion on the Ameriiari , question'ftor
a reliable source. We'wW guarantee`.,
to G. B. W. the reliability of_ the
source.
Our friend, G. B. W., stated in -kis.
article, dated November 20, 1920, that.'
"to atabalize hi's business, the Ameri-
can his a home market of 100,000,000
protected and secured to him by
tariffs ranging from 45 to •75 per •
cent. upon dutiable goods." . Now we-
dealt with the first part of that state- t
stent in our last letter and today ;
we will take up and explode his: -
statement respecting the 45 to 75 Iter
cent. upon dutiable goods. It may
surprise your readers and also G.
B. W. to learn that practically all t
of Canada's exports to the U. $. A.,
at the present time, are duty free,
Here 0 a partial list of the moat
important articles which are not duti-
able under the American tariff: -
Lumbers lath shingles, cattle, sheep
and hogs, dressed meats of all kinds,
fresh, salted or ,pickeled fish; hides,
skins and raw furs; wheat and its.
products; buckwheat, rye, grass and-" '
clover seeds and potatoes; agricul-
tural implements, which includes
dairy. planting, tilling and harvest-,
ing tools; leather, boots and shoes
and saddlery; milk and cream, both
fresh and condensed; all crude ma- -
terials not advanced in value by
grinding or refining; wool and many ,
other -articles of forest and farm are
also not dutiable under the tariff
laws of the U. S. A.
Now respecting average duty, Mr:
Meighen, speaking at Winnipeg, stat-
ed that Canada was not by any means.t,
a high tariff country and quoted the .
average rate of dutiable and non -duti-
able goods entering Canadat at le-
per cent. Then, if Canada, with an
average duty of 15 per cent., is not
a high -tariff country, what would you
call the U. S. A., where the average,
is only 6 3-10 per cent? Does not
G.. B. W 3s quotation of _ 4b 00 7 ,per
cent. appear, to put it mildly', 1)e
a striking example of exaggeration,
and is it not a most rash and un-
qualified statement"? This is- what
he called one of our statements. Now
Farmer Friends we want you to read
this article very carefully and assimu•
late it. We were all under the im-
pression that the U. S. A. is a highly
protected country and it is not; so
the next time anyone tries to put
one over on you on that score just
sling this information at hint and see
how surprised 'Inc will look. Tell your -
neighbors and friends that Canadian
farm implement manufacturers ship-
ped into the U. S. A., during the
year ending March 30th. 1920..
$3.291 078.00 of farm implements ab-
solutely free of duty and $41,191.264
of furs. hides, leather and boots and ..
shoes. also duty free. Ask your
neighbor if he does not think it
strange that the Canadian Manufac-
turer is not afraid to beard the lion
in his American den and yet professes
to believe that it is necessary to have•
a high t^riff wall in Canada to keep
them from being torn to pieces at
home. Their fear is of their imag-
ing only. It is something like the•
valley of the shadow of death that
the psalmist speaks about, it is only
a shadow any way and none need be
afraid. The truth of the natter really
is, that the picking in Canada is so
gond that the Canadian Manufacturer
is not et all delirious of sharing it
up with outsiders. In fact, he pre-
fers to have all four feet and snout
in the trnagh at once to the exclusion
of ell others.
Now «s farmers. where is our
market for live stock? For the year
endine March 91, 1920, we find that
Canada shipped live stock abroad -
cattle sheep and swine -to the extent
of
$45 284.482.00. Of this amount the
A. took $43.6
R B 004.00• Great
U. 9
ries 2016.-
countries, Brittin and other$ ,.
379.00. We are sorry the returns on
grain are not to hand' but wa'feel sure
that if we had those returna.'twb would
find that We had sold a tremendous
amount of wheat and other graifts to
other r words e
IL n t e
.hy t . 5, A. t ,
t
believe that America is our market
on most articles and could be caltivaia
ed by ons traders to the mttail& ads
vantage of both countries.
The t
was. se New York
filly ld te a
hanker, whose name has never been
discovered. Shy was injured ,'and
sold to man named Kent. She was
bred two or three times to .AMlallnh,
her feels dying. In 1949 she was
Again bred to Abdnllnh, anal produe•
cd a cell'. which, with (Inc.dam, was
sold to f'herles Rystlyek, of Chester.
N. Y., for $125. This coll. was ex-
hibited at fairs with Another Ah-
dallah ena known as Ahdellah Chief.
They were raced together, the own-
ers being neighbors. and the Rys-
dych oat won. Be was named Ham-
bletonian, and as a three -.year-old
trotted a mile in 2.48, which. was
considered extremely spry in those
days. Through good luck or gond
management, Rysdyck's Haftthle-
tonian was able to attract the tion of the beat breeders of the day,
and from him was derived practi-
cally all the finest trotters and pacers
ever raced. To find a faodern trot-
ter or pacer not tracing back to
Hambletonian ill a rarity. Just as
New we do not think it would be -
wise to elaborate on these figures the
much se we say to our farmer
friends: take them home with yon
and think about them, and if anyone
has rcnann to believe we are wrong,
please let us know through the
columns or this paper. Let us get
all the .facts we can hcfnre the pub-
lic, berth sides of the question, and,
after riving them the pure unaylulteg=
at.ed tatth, we fool sure that the
people will form sane condattelaib
We hope our friends will fidlt;;etfi
cider we are rubbing it into
M. A too much; turn about
play And we have had it ru
us for two generations, till rid
the hove have been subbed
land, and this exedus must be
before it is too tate..
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