The Huron Expositor, 1931-06-05, Page 1A
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Seventy-second Year
Wholo Number 3312
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SE„.FORTI, FRIDAY,''' JUNE 5, 1931.
REVIEW OF PARLIAMENT
:(By Thomas Wayling)
' Ottawa._ -taxing every single item 4 to 10 per cent. Wines and other
of food, clothing, or other commodi- beverages of the rich are unchanged.
ties imported into the country by a 1 Oranges, prunes, raisine, dates, figs
icer cent. excise tax, quadrupling the and other important fruits 'which are
r>nles tax which every consumer in essential to the poor mar's. table, have
Canada must eventually pay, re-estab- been taxed still higher and used meto-
lishing the exorbitant three cent post- mobiles have been prohibited from im-
age, increasing the tariff on over 200 portation altogether. Furniture has
items—but halving the inoome tax also been put on the higher tariff list,
the very rich must pay, the Rt. Hoon. and even the paper on the wall has
R. B. Bennett brought down his bud- not escaped. The House itself will
get in parliament Monday. cost more, there •being tariff increases
It was not a -Poor Man's budget. The on building .brick •and stone. Clocks
poor man buys four to six times more and watches, window glass and lamin-
commodities than the bachelor or man ated glass are also higher.
with a small family and so the Sales Even the wrapper on the figs, the
Tax hits him hardest in proportion to orange •boxes; in fact all containers
his income. Right after the war the are to be taxed at the same rate as
sales tax was high, but had been grad- the commodities they contain.
ually reduced until last year it was An unusual provision is made in the
one per cent., with the probability, in budget whereby the government will
fact virtually promise, that it would pay five cents per bushel on the cost
disappear this year. Instead of that, of wheat shipped overseas. Tris
it has been raised to four per cent. money will be paid out of the nation -
The elimination of the ,three cent el revenue, including the taxes of
postage two years ago was hailed with those who do not ship wheat. The
satisfaction throughout the country; Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Co-
it is back again like a bad penny, the lumbia and Maritime coal fields are
extra cent which must be affixed to to be assisted by bounties on coal, and
every letter mailed in Canada. The coke as well as high duties to keep
daily newspapers which form so im- out imported coal. A 15 per cent. tax
portant a part of present day exist- is charged on insurance policies taken
ence, have been taxed by a fifty per out in a company outside Canada,
cent. increase in their postage cost. other than :life, marine and fraternal
Foreign ma•azines are to be taxed 15 insurance.
per cent. duty per pound. The Budget speech was the longest
The income tax is unchanged in the ever delivea ,l in the House, and in -
lower registers, the exemption having eluded a lecctiure fes• the Opposition
been increased from $3,000 to $3,504 which was blamed' chiefly because
but the middle income people have had when in power it had met the requests
their taxes increased while those who of the National Railways for neces-
are really rich get off easy. The form- sary monies. It was scolded for ac-
er income „tax schedule went up to 45 tion with respect to the New Zea -
per cent. The new schedule stops at land treaty, possibly because it be -
25 per cent. o Nothing of course has came known Monday that New Zea -
been done about the wealthy people land had wiped out the British pre -
who evade taxes by holding among ference as applied to Canada. For a
themselves about $825,000,000 of tax week the Opposition has been scolded
free bonds. for not shutting out New Zealand but -
The nuisance tax on cheques has ter and when New Zealand takes dras-
been expanded, and instead of small tic action because it wras shut out the
cheques up to $10 being exempt, they Opposition was blamed for that.
must carry a two cent stamp so that The Budget debate will open next
the householder with a small income Thursday with Hon. J. L. Ralston as
who must pay his little accounts in the chief financial critic for the Op -
cheques is taxed 2 cents for every position. The sales and postage in-
' cheque, the same amount as the weal- crease will be strongly debated, as
thy individual who signs checks for well as the arbitrary imposition of 1
hundreds and thousands. per cent. tax en . all imported goods,
Tea, that daily comfort of the mass irrespective of whether the goods are
of the people was relieved of taxation necessary for Canadian consumption
formerly, but will now be taxed from or industry.
could we., find two greater fallacies?
To unravel a tangle we must get
back to first principles.
'Trade is exchange. Trade is•barter,
(Before you can trade with another
you must first produce.' The exchange
cannot take place before the other
party has also produced something.
Wages are paid from production. In-
creased production leads to higher
wages. 'Purchasing power comes from
production, not from wages. If you
are receiving high wages, and your
producing power is low, you may sur-
vive for a times, but in the end econ-
omic law will compel you to face the
realities—your fate is inevitable.
High production, not high wages,
causes prosperity.
In Canada purchasing power de-
pends largely upon farm production.
The farmer lacks purchasing power
because wage earners, salaried work-
ers, and manufacturers are not pro-
ducing enough for the pay they re-
ceive.-
The
e-
ceive.-The laborer receives to -day three
days or more of the farmers work in
exchange for one day of his work.
Our economists—new school—suggest
that the remedy lies in five days, not
three!
We have developed a situation in
which labor, employed in industry,
produces so little for what it receives
and the farmer so much for what he
gets in return, that exchange between
the two has broken down. The ex-
change does not take place—labor is
unemployed—it has cut its own throat
—a few men receive high wages—
many receive no wages at all. Now
the suggestion is that we devise some
form of "dole"—the farmer working
an extra hour or two each day to pay
the dole. Is this the best suggestion
that statemanship has to offer?
It is not over -production we are
suffering from, it is under -production.
In pre-war days a plow was made and
sold for 97 bushels of wheat. A nuni-
ber of laborer^4,� . and a manufacturer
with capital, t together and made a
plow—they received 97 bushels of
wheat in exchange for the plow. This
year these same people produced a
plow—wages and profits had gone up
—they received 291 bushels for it. In
other words, they produced too few
plows for the wheat they received in
exchange for a plow, they were hap-
py. The trouble arose when the far-
mer, no longer having any more days'
work to give—he had given so many
for other thing•s--•stopped buying
plows. The situation cannot be cur-
ed by higher wages, or increasing the
number of bushels •of wheat given for
the plow. It will only be remedied by
giving more plows for the wheat or,
in other words, taking less wheat for
the plow.
Governments, labor unions, and
thoughtless economists are contending
for high wages, with the idea that
the higher the wages the greater the
purchasing power. High wages is not
a commodity pulled from the air by a
trick—it is something which enters
into the cost of production—also into
the price of commodities. High wag-
ee, as at present distributed, means
that a section of the community, a
part of those who labor, has devised
a plan by which it receives several
days' labor in exchange for the one
day's labor it gives. If this condition
were general throughout the country
there could be no exception to it, but
one section of labor has had high liiv-
ing at low cost—or with little effort—
another section of the community suf-
fers from kw living at high cost or
the expenditure of great effort to get
a living at all.
Industry and agriculture are in en-
tirely different positions. Theoretic-
ally there is no limit to human desires.
Given the purchasing power, the hu-
man race might consume ten or
twenty times the present production
of manufactured products. There are
very few people in Canada who could
not sit down and think of scores of
things they would like to buy, if pur-
chasing power were available. There
is, however, a limit to the consump-
tion of farm products. When hunger
is satisfied, consumption ceases — the
hunger for other 'material things is
never satisfied. The consumption of
farm products is bounded by the ca-
pacity to consume ---the consumption
of manufactured goods is bounded
solely by purchasing power. Consump-
tion of farm products will not increase
with lowered prices or will increase
only to a limited extent. On the,other
hand, consumption of manufactured
products is not bounded by the same
limits—consumption is restricted only
by the greed of labor in its insist-
ence on giving less and less for what
it receives, and by the greed of the
manufacturing for high profits. It is
these two factors operating together—
refusing in an altered price world to
face realities, which prevents the re-
turn of reasonable prosperity,
Manufacturers and laborer have
taken for themselves, and for them-
selves exclusively, the entire gains
which should have accrued to the hu-
man race from the development of
skill and technical efficiency since pre-
war days.
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HOW«. MY WORLD WAGS
By That Ancient Mariner
DEAN D. HURMDY
The over subscription of the con-
version loan meant that the people's
dough could rise to the occasion.
• * *
Milton, in "Lycidas," speaks of "the
well attir'd wood bine." One look at
pictures of Bessborough and Duncan -
non, and we see that old John knew
what he was 'calking about.
* * *
ter, and I ask you calmly and dispas-
sionately is • this right? (Clear
throat).
"I appreciate the significance of
this question, and yet I am not at
liberty to discuss it in all its various
phases in the limited time at my dis-
posal (look at watch).
"If you seek the real meaning of
my subject, I will have to transport
you to Africa with me, but in saying
this I am not disposed to deny that
such would be a very radical step in
this rapid butthorough enumeration
of the difficulties that face us (arms
"I know a bank where the wild gracefully extended).
thyme blows," says Shakespeare. "In the third place it is quite clear
What a blow to Kush and Morgan, I (take drink of water) that we should
the Pontiac hold-up men, to pushrealize this enquiry still further. We
that Toronto detectives knew about a i rope blindly along from day to day,
bank and a wild time.
* * *
Remarkable what a hold Shakes-
peare still has on the people. Even with becoming brevity, that you know
the smallest communities are termed the legend has grown up that the
Hamlets. tsetse fly has played a part in carry-
* * * ing the germ of sleeping -sickness
"Rain in West Kansas forces wheat (mop brow).
lower," says stock market report. And I "Be that as it may, we pride our -
we have always been simple enough selves upon the fact that to the enor-
to think rain made wheat spring up. !mous majority of persons the true
* * * Iforce of this argument is being felt
Windsor has had a weekend with- to -day as never before."
out an arrest --the first in twenty-five And so forth. Anybody who oan
catch the swing of it can keep going
indefinitely, oruntil the audience has
all 'tip -toed out quietly, one by one,
in an orderly manner. You may nev-
er again get invited to speak before
that particular club, but why worry?
.'here are lots of others.
* * *
'SMIN'LL-TOWN NIGHT -LIFE
It's ten P.M. Let's take a jaunt
To Wum Lung's Chinese restaurant.
We'll order chicken or chop suey,
And Boston pie, so nice sed gooey.
The back streets almost seem desert-
ed,
And into mysteries converted.
Pink floor -lamps glow through win-
dow panes,
In easy chairs folks rest their brains.
Through sleeping trees the blobby
light
Of yellow street -lamp tints the night.
A girl walks by without a hat.
Two women talk of this and that.
A night -hawk's melancholy cry
Gomes down from out the darkling
sky.
On Main Street's bright electric glow,
Some people window-shopping go.
A car or two spins up and down
calmly and callously ignoring this
great question (blow nose emotion-
ally) and you will allow me to say,
The Season's Lowest
Prices For Coal
Are Effective
NOW.
Inquire for our
Cash Terms.
N. CLUFF & SONS
adopt a business policy of small sales •T {
and high profits, then, fail—Tut----1-'""'"'they
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ros err w
p p ty, waits around• the earner. ,
Prices must come down. In their own Hold Annual Meeting at 01040•04 (
interests manufacturers and labore.s
must give more for what they are Mr. F. Hepburn, M.P., .and hos. McMj1Ia111
getting. Lf, they fail• --{but they dare
not fail --then labor will be with
empty hands, prosperity among the Dr. J. W. Shaw of Clinton, was re- I opean mi11er--.4y theeT>,p
manufacturers will be a thing of the elected president of the South Huron l can get his wheat cheaper
past—for they will have lost the caps- Liberal Association at the annual Canadian muier, lie OW a
city to render service for service, and meeting held in Clinton, on Wednes-' duce bran • .and shorts el—reaper,.:
on that simple basis life itself de- day afternoon. J. G. Stanbury is4by this bounty the Canadian i°)
pends. President of the provincial riding as- l is 'bonusipg the competitors o';±: :
sedation. (Canadian millers. The "latter'' a
More than 500 persons, many of , kicking. No wonder. We will "l'ose •
them, women, crowded into the hall, aur markets. I venture to say•
spare chairs in nearby buildings were that Mr. Bennett will change it.. ltr
pressed into service and still many is uneconomical. It is even a pi)• r
had to remain standing. The speak- gold brick rfor the farmer," said 1
ers of the day were Mitchell Hepburn, Hepburn. •
M.P., provincial Liberal leader, and
Thomas McMillan, M.P., for South
Huron. The meeting was the largest
and most enthusiastic in years.
Both speakers declared that the ag-
riculturists of Canada are learning
what protection means. Both declar- Ewen, Brucefield. Of the provincial
ed that Premier Bennett's experiments ridin association, J. G. Sbanblury,
with the tariff can only mean added Exeter, was re-elected president; J.
distress for the agricultural commun-
ities. M. Govenloek, Seaforth, remains as
secretary, and Mr. Fritz, is treasurer.
Mr. Hepburn examined the features
of Moriday's budget and condemned The following executive members
them. Ile was unsparing in his at- for each municip iity were named:
tacks on those parts of it which, he Clinton, Dr. McInnis, Mrs. F. Axton;
said, relieve the burden on the mil- Exeter, R. G. •Seldon, Miss Jeci ell ;
lionaires and add it to the back of Hensel', R. McLaren, 'Mrs. T. Berry;
the farmers and workers. Seaforth, J. W. Beattie, Miss J. Snaith;
The provincial leader also eon- Goderich Township, 3. Sterling; Bay-
demned the five -cent bounty on wheat field, Mrs. Eldon Yeo; Hay Township,
for export, which the Government has F. Kalbfleisch, Mrs. Gideon Kehler;
announced. I Hullett Township, William Mason,
`'That means that our wheat can be Miss S. Brigham; McKillop Town -
put on the seaboard for five cents ship, A. A. Cuthill, Mrs. J. Murray;
less than others can do it. That is Stanley Township, R. Lamont, Mrs.
if other countries don't adopt the S. Love; Stephen Townships T. Col -
same policy. The bounty will bene- ! fins, M. Fingland, Mrs. F. Young,
fit no one but the foreign buyer. Only Mrs. F. Kerr; Tuckersmith Township, .
a direct subsidy to the grower can heap D. F. McGregor, Mrs. A. Broadfoot;
the Canadian farmer. This bounty on I Usborne Township, A. Morgan, Mrs.
Wheat. for export means that the Eur- I R. Kidd.
currency of to -day. In 1928 the wage
earner's reward was $1,150 -this
sharp increase has been accomplish-
ed by the process of reducing the far-
mer's wages to nothing, and placing
him in the position where the govern-
ment must provide seed for spring
seeding.
Let us look at this in another way:
Out of production labor received in
1910, 20.7 per cent. of total produc-
tion, that is to say, he could buy back
out of his production 20.7 per cent. of
the products which he produced. In
1928 his capacity to. produce despite
shorter hours and more holidays, had
so increased that he produced 75 per
cent. more and was able to buy back
a percentage, only slightly less, or to
put it exactly, 20 per cent. -of his to-
tal production. The percentage pro-
portion was slightly less—the actual
amount received was greatly increas-
ed. Obviously he had done fairly well
out of the great scientific advances
of the age.
Meanwhile how had the manufac-
turers fared? Not too badly, as the
following analysis shows! The figures
represent the proportion of the entire
value of each year's products which
went for raw materials, wages and
to the manufacturers to meet all other
expenses.
1910`: 1928
Wages 20.7'..c 20.0%
Raw material 51.6'%- 51.6%
Balance 27.7'• • 28.4%
The figures are revealing. Manu-
facturers and laborers between them
have retained precisely the same share
of the product in 1928 as in 1910. La-
bor's share fell off slightly—the man-
ufacturers picked up what labor lost.
Good times and bad times do not al-
ter the situation. The capacity to
produce increased, a new technique
broke upon industry, all this should
have tended to lower costs of produc-
tion—reduce prices—make farming
more profitable. Prices of farm pro-
ducts stand almost at the 1910 level—
manufactured products are more than
50 per cent. above—the farmer is in
the worst position he has ever been—
labor now has the highest standard of
living it has ever enjoyed—.perhaps
the recent orgy of melon cutting—
stock watering and refloatations indi-
cates, better than anything else, the IL Hacknel; centre forward, Joe Hay -
halcyon days through which industry ward; - forwards. C. Steiss, 0. Far -
has passed. quherson, Bob Holland, Roy Carter.
All this might be a cause for despair Clinton—Goal, P. Livermore; full
if we failed to see beyond the present
day. The manufacturer and the lab-
orer now sit in the saddle. To them
all seems well with the world—let the
farmer grin and bear it—an accident
may restore farm prices—then we will
raise ours, and back once more to the
age of luxury, at the expense of the
farmer. Alas the risk is too great,
the goose that gave the golden egg isl
being strangled -the persistence of Mr. tt-hn. M. Doig and Mr. Robert
unemployment is a portent of future; Wilkinson, of Port Huron, visited at
trouble. i the former's hone during the week.
But the mills 'of the gods must not Messrs. James O'Loughlin and Mer -
be forgotten—they go on grinding.( cin Lane spent the week end in Strat-
Trade still is barter --goods cannot ford.
be sold unless the other party to the Mr. Russel Wallace was in Staffa
transaction has products to exchange. Monday evening visiting friends.
This is true alike in national' and in- Mr. James Love was in Wroxeter
ternational trade. When the price of on Tuesday on business.
some commodities become too high in Mr. and Mrs• L. W. White, of St.
relation to other commodities, pur- Thomas, spent the week end with Mr.
chasing power declines. The mann- and Mrs. S. G. Houston.
facturer finds himself with everything Miss Mae Wallace is laid up with
quinsy.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Houston and
Mr. and Mrs. David McLean spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Drover.
School Report.—The following is
the school report of S. S. No. 3,
Tuckersmith, for the months of April
and May, based on weekly examina-
tions. The navies are arranged in or-
der of merit. V—.Jean Watson 68.
Jr. IV -- James McCully 74, Bobby
Dalrymple 72, *Mary McCully 68, W.
D. Nilson 64, Arthur Wright 63, Earl
Papple 35, Beatrice Armstrong 53,
Sr. III --*Annie Papple 79, Delbert
Taylor 75, Mac Wilson 74, Alic'
Wright 68. Jr. III—Mayme Watson
75, Isabel Armstrong 68, Donald Mac-
Donald 65, *Grace Dalrymple 52. Sr.
II—*Elsie Robins 80, Myrtle Papple
73, *Ervin Sillery 71, Muriel Wright
—4 67, Ivan Taylor 66. Jr. II—'''Hlazel
Wilson 80, Morley Wright 70, *Pres-
ton Dallas 67, Allan Hill 67, *Bobbie
Watson 67, Milton Taylor 47. Sr.
Primer—Anna Watson 80, John Gal -
will 80, Lloyd Papple 74. Jr. Primer
*Ethel Wilson, *Olive Papple, Freda
Hill. Morley Wright, Ivan Taylor and
Elsie Robins had one mistake each in
ddily spelling for April. For May,
Elsie Robins had perfect marks and
Mayne Watson and Anna Watson had
one mistake each. Those marked with
an asterisk had perfect attendance for
both months. — M. MieNaughton,
Teacher.
on Road Expenditures. -a The fol-
lowing amounts have been expend-
ed on Tuckersmith township roads
during the months of April and Mlay:
Robert Dalrymple, Road Superintend-
ent, $78• Thomas Hodgert, running
engine, $52.72; Wm. Mahaffy, drag
line, $65.50; A, McGregor, trucking
years. ATTABOY WINDSOR
Let the wind soar up at Windsor,
And be not a -fearful to blow.
Fon no one got tight
By day or by night,
Not e'en the poor Indian, Lo!
Let the wind soar up at Windsor,
And let all the good people crow,
For home each one trudges
As sober as judge's,
And stern as "the man with the hoe."
Let the wind soar up at Windsor,
But this much I'd' just like to know:
Did dealers deliver
The rum 'cross the river,
And leave none in Windsor to flow?
* * *
"MAKE IT CLUBS"
A myriad of little clubs are spring-
ing up all over the and, and a myr-
iad of little men are springing up
to address them. To be "'the speaker
of the day" at any of these meetings
is a delightful sensation. We are
going to offer a few hints for those
who 'have ambitions along this line.
Of course sueh hints are not in-
tended for trained speakers, like sev-
eral splendid fellows we know, who I A big policeman tries the doors
can talk on anything and every- Of all the closed, unpeopled stores.
thing at moment's notice (and are You don't feel hungry? Won't be
usually busy doing so). We wouldn't fed?
hurt their feelings for worlds, and Oh, well, let's wander home to bed.
we intend to put an asterisk and a
footnote, and explain all that to them
(if we don't forget).
But to return to our muttonheade,
as the French so beautifully say. The
best plan is to take some subject -re-
mote from general knowledge, ,such
as the germ that causes sleeping -
sickness. Read up a little about it
in the encyclopaedia. Try to remem-
ber one or two main facts. Ile fieri-
ous! Be deep! Be nebulous! '* Be
emphatic!
All set? Let's go!
WALTON
The, Sacrament of the Lord's Sup-
per was observed on Sunday morning
in Duff's United Church. Ten new
members were received into the church
five by profession of faith and five by
certificate and there were seven bap-
tisms. ,
Week end visitors in this vicinity
included: Armand Kernick and Mrs.
Lena McGavin, of Kitchener, with
Mr. and Mrs, Harold -Sellers; Peter
Mowbray and Keith Lamont, of De-
troit, Mich., with Mr. and Mrs. P. B.
Gardined; Mr. and Mrs. Dan McDon-
ald, of Galt, Mrs. W. J. McDonald and
Mrs. C. MeBain, of Detroit, Mich.,
with Mr. and Mrs. John S. Buchan-
an; Carl M-owbray and Woodrow Hoff-
man, of Detroit, Mich., with Miss
Mary E. Mowbray.
Shower. -A delightful surprise was
tendered Miss Flora Harris, popular
young bride-to-be of this week in the
form of a kitchen shower when about
thirty-five of her friends •gathered at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Harold
Sellers, on Saturday evening. A small
wagon, artistically decorated with
green and white was drawn into the
room by Misses Alithea Carter and
Margaret Pethick, in which wasa
large ,basket also decorated in green
and white and laden with gifts, and
Miss Mildred Sellers, charming little
niece of the bride -elect. After open-
ing • the gifts, Miss Harris thanked
her friends for their thoughtfulness
and the remainder -of the evening was
spent in singing and in playing games.
At the close of 'the evening dainty
refreshments were served by Miss
Alethea and Viola Carter, Margaret
Pethick and Mrs. Harold Sellers.
Football.—In an exhibition game of
football played in Clinton recreation
park on Monday evening, Clinton and
Walton broke even, with the score
standing at 2-2. In the first half
Clinton got the sphere under the bar
for the first goal scored. With the
period almo-st over it looked like a
shut out for Walton, when, in a close
up scrimmage at Clinton's goal, the
hall went through and evened up the
score. The second period was almost
a repetition of the first, each side scor-
ing, and in exactly the same order.
It was a trial game, but was not slow
at that. •Both teams give promise of
Past work when they have had a few
more workouts. On Friday these two
teams will meet again in a W. F. A.
fixture, when a real game may be ex-
pected. The teams lined up as fol-
lows: Walton—Goal, W. Dennis; full
hacks, W. Montgomery, Bob Dodds;
half -backs, W. Trewartha, L. Steiss,
HiGH WAGES CAUSE OF
DEPRESSION
(By R. J. Deachman, in The Canadian
Oountryman.)
Prosperity and loose thinking go to-
gether.
Jazz music is not the precursor of
close reasoning. Unearned money goes
to the head not to the pocketbook or
to the savings bank.
"Gentlemen: My subject to -day is Take fbr instance the current theor-
the germ that causes sleeping-sie'le- ies'-•-lby-pprbduets of the "new eeon-
/ress (rise on tees). 1 am well aware orrice !-- 4hak high wages are the cause
that there is a deplorable lack of gen-of prosperity and that the world is
eral knowledge upon this 'vital Inatr, jstar hi' Prom ov'ear-pn'Qdncti on -•-where
In addition to Dr. Shave, other :of-
ficers named were:
Vice-presidents, 0. Geiger, Hensall;
Mrs. C. Zwie'ker, Crediton; William
Golding, Seaforth ; Treasurer, C.
Fritz, Zurich; Secretary, John A. Me -
backs, Rozell, Knight; half -hacks,
Lever, Morgan, Londesborough; for-
wards, Hill, Wilson, Bour, Campbell,
McLeod. !Referee — Leo Stephenson,
Kinburn. Managers, Joe Carter, Wal-
ton; W. Miller, Clinton.
TUCKERSMITH
Moinnik
gravel, $31.64; W. Coleman, trucking
gravel, $21.60; A. Townsend, dragging,
$6.00; Wilson McCartney, dragging,
$5.00; William Bell, dragging, $7.00 ;
Thomas Chapman, dragging, $17.20 ;
W. Hoggarth, ditching, $9.00. Total,
$263.66. — Robert Dalrymple, Road
Superintendent.
Death of George C. Dale. — Shot
through the heart when the rifle he
was carrying accidentally discharged
while he was climbing over a fence
on his grass farm in Tuckersmith
Township, George C. Dale, a well
known farmer of this township, was
killed about noon on Saturday, May
30th. The deceased man had left his
home on the highway in the forenoon
to repair the fence and watch for
groundhogs on a grass farm which he
owned a short distance away. As was
customary, he took his rifle. When
he failed to return for dinner his fam-
ily became uneasy and his son, Don-
ald, went to search for him. He found M. Stewart, of Staffa, will conduct
his father lying dead with one foot the service. The Kippen choir are
caught in the fence, the gun having preparing special music for the ser -
evidently exploded while the unfor- vice. The afternoon service will be
tun -ate man was in the act of climb- withdrawn on that day.
ing over the fence. Mr. Dale was in Mr. and Mrs. Lavender have gone
his fifty-sixth year, was born in Tuck- to Hensel' where they are nicely set-
ersmith, being •a son of the late Mr. tled in their new home.
and Mrs. William Dale, pioneer resi- Mr. and Mrs. Otto Stephan and
dents of this district. About twenty- family have also moved to Heneall to
eight years ago he was married to live and have got nicely settled in
Miss Jean -Ross, daughter of John and their new home.
Mrs. Sproat, Seaforth. On account of
declining health he disposed of his STANLEY
farm on the Huron Highway last year
and the family spent some months in
Seaforth. A short time ago they mov-
ed to the late Dr. Scott's farm, about
one mile west of the town, which he
purchased from Thomas Ferguson. the trip with her cousins, Mr. and
Surviving are his widow, one son, Mrs E. (avis, of Clinton.
Donald, on • the homestead, and a There will be no servicesin the
daughter, Miss Anona Dale; also one churches of the Varna charge next
Jack and Fred and Miss E. Faulkner,
of Detroit, spent the week end at the
home of Mr. W. Jarrett and Annie
and also with friends in Hensel'.
Mr. A. Cochrane spent the week end
with friends in Centralia.
Mrs. P. Campbell, of Hay Town-
ship, visited recently with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Love.
Mr. W. Blackwell, of Lansing,
Mich., spent the week end with his
mother, Mrs. Blackwell and family.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Love and Mrs. R.
Love, also of Lansing, accompanied
Mr. Blackwell over and visited rela-
tives in this vicinity.
Quite a number from this vicinity
attended the anniversary services in
the Hensall United Church on Sunday
last and also the play held in the
town hall on Monday evening.
The Y. P. Anniversary of the Hills -
green Church, will be held on Sun-
day, June 14th, at 7.30 p.m. Rev.
he wants except a market for his
goods. When the laborer insists that
,he shall get several days of the farm-
er's labor in exchange for his own
day's work the farmer must stop buy-
ing, and he will stop. for he has only
one life to live, and there are not more
days in the life of a farmer than in
the life of a laborer.
So the mills of the gods grind on.
Economic selfishness finds its answer.
Manufacturers and the workers have
a great task ahead of them in bring-
ing about the decline in thel price of
commodities which will once more re-
store purchasing powor. If the work-
ers insist on high wages --the produc-
tion of a small quantity of goods in
exchange for the large quantity pro-
duced •by the farmers, while manu-
facturers make up their minds to
The machinery of production has
vastly increased in capacity since the
outbreak of the war. This has been
true of both farms and factories. In
farm products the increase finds 're-
flection in reduced prices—in manu-
factured products, prices are 50 per
cent above the pre-war level. In 1910
the last pre-war census year, the pro-
duction of manufactured goods per
employee was $2,200 --!based on pres-
ent day prices this would be equiva-
lent to $3,300. In 1928, the last cen-
sus year for which the figures are
available, the production per unit was
$5,800. In other words,, each unit pro-
dueed in 1928, 75 per cent, more than
in 1910.
In 1910 the average wage was $470
—allowing for the different purchas-
ing power of the dollar, this would
have been equivalent to $705 in the
Mr. Frank MeClinchey was at To-
ronto on business on Tuesday.
Miss Margaret McKinley visited rel-
atives in Detroit last week. She made
sister, Mrs. Wesley Nott, Tucker -
smith. The funeral, which was priv-
ate, took place on Tuesday, interment
being made in Clinton cemetery.
Strawberry Tea.
under the auspices of the
Catholic Women's League,
in
St. James' Parish Hall
VARNA
Sunday as the pastor, Rev. E. A.
Poulter, is attending Conference at
Chatham.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Greenbury, of
Flint, visited with the latter's sister,
Mrs, Thomas Robinson, on Sunday.
Mr. Wilson Campbell, Miss Letitia
Campbell and Miss Mae Campbell, of
School Report.—The following is Seaforth, spent Sunday at the home
of Mrs. Jean McKinley.
School Report.—The following is
the report of No. 14, Stanley, for May:
Sr. IV—Margaret McKenzie 81, Mabel
the report of Varna School for May:
Sr. IV—Pass, 450; Honors, 560: Lil-
lian Elliott 505, Ida Chuter 502, Bill
Austin 369. Sr. I11—Pass, 240; Hon—Talbot 74. Jr. IV—Andrew McKen-
ours, 300: Willie McAsh 306, Har-
vey Chuter 252, Elmer Johnston 250. zie 84, Margaret Jones 63, Elmer Hay -
Jr. III—Bessie Chuter 306, Walter ter 63, Wilmer Jones 61, Wesley Jones
57, Alex. McBeath 55, Mary Aldrich
(absent). Sr. III—Audrey Cochrane
73, Harvey Hayter 70, Aubrey Farqu-
har 62, Harold Jones 62. Sr. II—
Mary Farquhar 73, Kathleen Jones 64,
George Clifton 56. Jr. II—Eric Sweitz-
er (absent). I — Donald Sweitzer,
Ernie Talbot, Kenneth McKenzie,
Mervin Hayter (absent). Primer
Lois Rathwell, Eileen Hayter, Jean
Speir, Mildred Jones, Donald McKen-
zie. Number on roll, 26; average at-
tendance, 18.80.—P. C. Penfold, Teach-
er.
Thursday, June 11th
from 5 p.m. to 8< p.m.
Smith 305. Jeane Reid 276, Gordon
Horner 252. II Class—Murvin John-
ston 202, Ford Johnston 188. Sr. I
Class—Floyd McAsh 320, and Roy El-
liott 320 (equal), Horace Bratherton
270, Donald Keyes 187. Jr. I—Helen
Johnston 78' Gertie Smith 76'x. Sr.
Primer --Walter Bratherton 56'. Jr.
Primer—Frank Smith and Harvey
Parsons (equal) 78';. Perfect Spell-
ing—Floyd McAsh, Helen Johnston.
Number on roll, 21; average attend-
ance, 20.85. All the class has perfect
attendance except Horace Bratherton.
=--Ruby I. Taylor, Teacher.
HILLSGREEN
MANLEY
Rev. Father Dehlor, from Paisley,
Ont., accompanied by,, Rev. J. M.
The ladies of the Hillsgreen Church Eckert, called on friends here during
met on Wednesday afternoon and the week. Rev. J. M. Eckert was on '
quilted two quilts to go in the bale. his way to give a mission in Freelton,
The Rev. C. Campbell, L.D.A., of Ont., next Sunday.
Toronto, will conduct the service in Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred McKay and
the afternoon on Sunday, June 7th'. Mr. Joe McKay, from London, were
Rev. R. R. Conner will be attending visitors in our 'burg last Sunday.
the Conference held in Chatham from 'Reports have reached here that Mrs.
June 3rd to June 7th. Mr. Keith Jerry O'Hara is progressing rapidly
Love is also attending the Conference at St. Joseph's Hospital, London, af-
held in Chatham this week. Keith ter a critical operation.
will be ordained for the ministry in If the recall system was in vogue
that city on Sunday, June 7th. in Canada, the Bennett Government
Mrs. L. Troyer spent a day visiting would not exist long. When it plan -
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hyde of the Lon- ed an indirect tax on the commoditieis
don !Road, Hensall. of living which is hitting the laborer
We are sorry to report that Mr. and farmer harder instead of making
Robert Stephenson is confined to his the cost of living lower in this time
room. We hope he will soon be en- of depression. It appears that the
joying his usual health again. new tariff is for a few, and the lnatit
Mrs. J. Steacy and sons, Messrs.. are •not considered.
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