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The Huron Expositor, 1935-12-13, Page 2A'r 0 20) • DtCRIVISOR,14 V, I ';7• 7:0 'wonExpositor Established 1860 McPhail McLean, Editor. shed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- .!,2rsday afternoon by McLean ubscription rates, $1.50 a year in Advance; foregn, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 Cents each. Members of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Class "A" Weeklies of Canada, and The Huron County Press Association. SEAFORTH, Friday, December 13. Power Contracts Cancelled The expected, for once, has hap- pened. Premier Mitchell Hepburn has cancelled the power contracts entered into by the late Ferguson and Henry Governments with sev- fral strong power companies. Perhaps we should not say the ex- pected, because we do not believe for amoment that these big power com- panies expected Premier Hepburn would do any such thing. But Premier Hepburn is a hard man to bluff. The power companies relied on the "repudiation," the "de- struction of Ontario credit" cries to see them through. They did not believe that Mr. Hep- burn would dare to do the thing he has done. They did not believe him when he said it was either a question of revision or cancellation. And they made no effort to reach adjustments or even to consult their bondholders on the question. But Mr. Hepburn was not bluffing. Neither was he greatly daring. He knew the Hydro system, great as it is, could not survive under the bur- den of a debt of $300,000,000 imposed upon it by these contracts for power which it could not use. And Premier Hepburn knew that if the power companies did not show themselves amenable to common sense and reason, that the country would be behind his action in cancel- ling the contracts. The end, perhaps, is not yet, but certainly as far as the engagement has gone, no one can say that Mr. Hepburn has had the worst of it. Neither do we believe that by the ac- tion of the Premier, the bonders will suffer much, nor that the credit of the Province, at home or abroad, will suffer at all. • The Provincial Conference at Ottawal The conference of Canadian Pro- vincial Premiers and their advisers with the Canadian Prime Minister and has Cabinet opened in Ottawa on Monday. This long looked for conference is confidently expected to iron out many difficulties that heretofore have existed between the, separate Provinces as well as between the Provinces and the Dominion authori- ties—and it may. That, however, depends very large- ly on the attitude the several Prov- inces themselves take towards the Dominion. With the exception of one Province, Alberta, which has a Social Credit Government, the other Provinces are all of one' political faith, which is the same political faith held by the Dominion Govern- ment. Under these circumstances one would think that there would be a certain amount of unanimity, plenty at least, to allow for a real get-to- gether conference which would re- sult in benefit to all and not prefer- ence to a few or any. That is what the people in all the Provinces expect and hope for from this conference. Will the Provincial Premiers measure up to these hopes and expectations? If the Provincial Premiers go to Ottawa as representatives of single Provinces alone, rather than as re- presentative units of the whole Do- minion, go prepared to take and not to give, there is little prospect ok any lasting good arising from the conference. On the other hand, if the Provincial Proniers are big enough men and far_ sightd enough to see beyond thetr own boundaries—to give for ("( )). )• the benefit of all as well as to take for the benefit of themselves, the COpferdnce of Provincial Premiers at Ottawa will go down in history as the time and place where the Domin- ion of Canada led the other nations of the world out of depression and back to better times. • The Burden of Unemployment During the past five years the Dominion of Canada has spent mil- lions upon millions of dollars upon unemployment relief, in one form or another, and still unemployment is with us. In fact, unemployment is not only an unsolved problem, but the relief of it has become a burden upon the shoulders of the taxpayers that they are no longer able to bear. Perhaps the city taxpayer carries the brunt of the burden, but not all. It is true the city dweller sees more of unemployment and pays more for it, aside from what he contributes to the Provincial and Dominion ex- chequers, but the monies expended on relief by the Province and Domin- ion comes out of the pockets of the country dweller just the same as out of thekity pockets, only more so, be- cause there are more of them. In fact, unemployment relief, com- ing on top of restricted markets and low prices for agricultural products, has completely emptied the country pocket. And still there seems to be no re- lief in sight. It is true that uneni- ployment has decreased to a certain extent, but with an unemployed pop- ulation said to be a million, it would not appear that any real progress, if any 'progress at all, had been made in solving this vexed question. There is a limit to what either the Province or Dominion can spend, and as far as the country is concerned, that limit has been reached now. Unemployment will probably be on the agenda of the Provincial Confer- ence. If not, it should be, and one of the first to be considered at that. The country can no longer go on spend- ing millions of dollars every year, without getting any place. That has been the whole trouble with this question. Governments seem to have thought that if they only spent. money enough the ques- tion would settle itself. There has been, perhaps, much organization, but little investigation, and still less supervision of the money that has been spent. Much of the money spent, in fact, has been a pure waste, as -far as the unemployed a r e concerned. Too much of it has gone into the pockets of contractors, interested parties and professional organizers, and far too little has reached the .unemployed. Provincial and Dominion Govern- ments are not the only ones that are feeling the pinch of this question. Municipal governments, all over the country, down to the smallest ham- let, are feeling the pinch too. Something will have to be done about unemployment and that some- thing soon. Canada is well able to provide the necessities of life to all her unemployed, and willing to do it too. What Canada is neither able nor willing to do is to spend her tax money to provide a fat living for those who will not work. We have bungled, and that bung- ling has resulted in the creation of a race of professional unemployed that is simply bleeding the country, and we can no longer afford to main- tain that race. The burden of unemployment re- lief has reached the limit. Municipal, Provincial and Dominion Govern- ments have got to meet this situation and the sooner they make a start the better. • Class "A" Weeklies Chosen Modern advertising performs a particularly useful function when us- ed educationally. . Sixteen years ago, life insurance companies operating in Canada, alive to the value of such publicity, launched what has become a unique example of institutional ad- vertising on this continent. Year after year these companies have used the public press to empha- size the importance of life insurance; " to promote the sale of new, and the conservation of old, business; and, above all, to place before policyhold- ers and the public at large the demo - :7 7 "7;•:477 0,4le• Years Agone 41tOresting item picked from Exbositor of fifty and twonty-five years ago. From The Huron Expositor of December 18. 1885 A lady in Regina, Northwest, Ter- ritbrY, recently sent to a lady friend in Wingham, a Piece of the rope (with which Riel was hanged and also a piece of the ex -rebel's hair. The hair was dark breven. At the i'xieejting of County Ocemeil, held in Goderich last week, Mr. Jno. A. Wilson, of Seaforth, was appoint- ed foremen of the grand jury. , Mrs. ,Thohn Kidd, of Seaforth; sold 82 stones, besides two hot air fuer naces, between the 14th )of September and the 1st of Deeember. Mr. Joseph Prendeegast, a foraner (student of Seaforth High School, who has been teaching near Guelph, has been re-engaged at an increase of salary. "Mr. Aim Lee and Mr. Wm. Sleeth, •Seaforth, have been awarded the con- tract for erecting the ,new 'shed over the -town weigh scales. The price they will receive will be $90. :Jr. D. D. Wilson has commenced drawing ebonies for, the foundation of a large brick stable and driving house which he intends -building on Miain St., Seaforth. We notice that 1VIir. Siparling, for- merly a 'student of the Seaforth High Sehbel, is the inventor and patentee bf the new combined letter sheet and envelope and hill head and envelope, and has commenced the manufacture of these at 25 Yonge St., Torotto. An old and very highly esteemed resident of McKillop passed away on Saturday morning in the person of Mrs. Joseph Welsh, of Beeehwood• She was one of the pioneer settlers in that part of the eetv'eship. • From The Huron Expositor December 16, 1910 Telephones are now .being put in many homes in Brucefield and Stan- ley IVIesersi. A. Elcoat, H. McGregor and Thiemes Fraser, of Brueefield, at- tended the Guelph Fair this week. Mr. F. W. Hess, of Zurich, has put two handsome new i -show cases in his jewellery store. Mr. Menlo 'Oeseh, of Zurich, one of 'the old _settlers of the township, died at the Nome of his von on 'Satturciray. Miss MeCloy, of Toronto, has tak- en a position in the store of Mr. Cus- eons, of Klippen. Mr. Robert Cooper, of Kippen, 'had a successful wood bee recently when thirty men gathered with their SOWS. Mr. Milne R. Rennie, of HentsaN, has been chosen as leader of the choir ,of Carmel Church and will take charge meat Sabbath. 'Me. W. E. Hoggarth, of Hensall, has been engaged as successor to Miss McGregor'who has resigned as public school teacher in S. S. No. 10, Tockerernith. The Brucefield brass band is mak- ing rapid progress under the skilful teaching of Mr. Ed. Seibert, hand - master. Miss Alice Davidson, of Brueefield, who was badly scalded with hot wa- ter is able to walk around again. Mr. Alex. Roes, Brucefield(, has Mule ed into his new house. of cratic character of this great co-operative undertak- ing that plays such a vital part in the welfare of indi- viduals and contributes so largely to national develop- ment. In these 16 years, despite post-war difficulties, panic and depression, life insur- ance has grown until today there are over 3,500,000 pol- icyholders in Canada; there are over six billion dollars of insurance in force; and the total Of life insurance as- sets is over two billion dol- lars. In the growth of life in- surance business during the last 16 years, institutional advertising has played a distinct part—a part clear- ly revealed in a portfolio of the publicity used this year which we have just received from the Canadian Life In- surance Officers' Associa- tion. With this portfolio has come notification that this educational publicity has been further extended to in- clude the Class "A" Weeklies of Canada, One of whiCh isi The Huron Expositor, and in 1936 these messages will be published in our district through the columns of this paper. We appreciate the recog- nition of town and rural communities and of Class "A" Weekly newspapersjide- noted by the placing of this institutional program and we are glad to be included in this progressive and pub- lic-spirited movement by an institution that has given admirable service to Cana- dian citizens. 4 te Apt '• 7 4 •;)N,i4I'• "•- ,040 ),•04,0,),F„, ,-•0/74'/.0). !I 'Did you ever knew that recent de- veloparient of miceo-ehotographe Ibits fair to receolutionige our libraries? In an article in Review of Reviews by Fake Zeittlin end Charles Dunning we are told: Books for popular use; will corlbinue to be printed, but there' are indication that future reference libraries May consist of material photographed in 'miniature. Two cheap processes are already in use. One method, the "Reuordak" sys- tem, records a volume page by page in reduced .stize, on a imietionpicture film. When the "hook" is read this film is projected, enlarged, on to a light -absorbing plate. The other method, developed by Dir. L. Hendrik- son, of the eldfunttington Library at San Marine, Gui., prints 40 to 50 re- duced page -photographs on a five -by - eight inch filing card. In reading, ,one uses a low -powered binocular Mi- croscope. Mounted on an adjustable swinging stand with its( eyepieces tilted at a comfortable reading angle, it ean be used for hours at a time without fatigue. The use of miero-photrography af- fords .vast saving in storage .space Using Da. Bendikson's card method, more than 4,000 volunies of 840 Pag-' es each can be stored in.the usual four -unit tiling cabinet. Since 1885, when wood pulp paper first came into use, deterioration of stored newspapers has been a prob- lem. Dr. Bendileson has filed three months'. Issues of a metropolitan daily in one card filing tray, a stack onig- bully 20 inches high, weighing 05 pounds. The cards will not dietbenior- ate. Reproduction cesits less than binding the papers would. A number of metropolitan news- papers are 'keepieng their files on non- inflammable filin. Reproduction costs about one and one-fifth omits a page, with duplicates three-fifths of a cent. A reel of 100 feet carries about 850 pages and .occupies just a few cubic inches of apace. Micre-photiography will ta:ke rare and expensive Woke out of the ex- clusive possession of richly endowed libraries and put them into the hands of every scholar •who has use for them. Even now it is possible to obtain film copies of anything in any occupied by seldom used toraterial. French library at six cents a page. :SUNDAY AFTERNOON • (By Isabel Hanallton, GoderiCh, Ont.) - ( • Hark, my soul, it is the and; 'Tis thy Saviour, hear IHtis word; Jesus speaks, and 'speaks to thee: 'Say, peer sinner, lev'et thou me?' - --Wm. Cowper. PRAYER Help us, our Father, to give dili- gent heed to Thy weed, that our minds may be enlightened and our wills inclined to walk in Thy ways. Analeite• • S. S. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 15 Lesson . Topic—Ezra Teaching the Law of God. Lesson Passage—Ezra 7:10; Nehe- miah 8:1-3, 5, 6, 8-12. Golden Text—Psalm 119:11. "For Ezra had prepared his heart to, seek the law of the Lord, and to db it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." Ezra came up out of Babylon thirteen years before Ne- hemiah came, yet we have recorded in to -day's lesson a piece vof good work which he did, that might have been done before but was not, till Nehemiah came, who, though he was not such a scholar, nor such a divine, as Ezra, nom such a scribe.in the law lof his God, yet was a man of mere lively active spirit. His zeal set Ezra's learning to work, and then great things were dene—"And aril the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water -gate; and they ,spake unto Ezra the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had aomlmanded to Israel. And Ezra the airiest brought the law before ehe Congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the ,zevienth month. And weary; ethers that several ministers were reading and expoundingeat some distance from each ()there. T he (people gave willing attention to who- ever was reading—"the ears of all he people were unto the book of the Iaw." The word of God commands attentible and deserves it. If through carelessness we let much slip in hear- ing, there is danger that through for- getfullness we shall let all slip after hearing. The (effect that the reading and expounding of ,the law had on the peo- ple is seen in verses 9-12. They were troubled; they wept to think how they had offended God. Then the min- isters, and Neh•emial is mentioned as being amiong them, 'endeavored to pa- cify and comfort them by telling them the day was holy, and there- fore was /to be celebrated with joy and praise, not as if it were day on which to afflict their souls. "This clay is holy ,unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep." They com- manded them "to put on the gar- ments of praise, instead of the spir- it of heaviness." They encouraged them to manifest their joy by feast - ring; but With charity towards the poor. God's bounty should make us beunitiful. It must net be a carnal sensual Joy, but .h•only and spiritual. "The liberal cleviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand" (jsaie,h 32:8). The assembly gave good heed to the directions given. them. After they had wept, they rejoiced; holy mourning makes way for holy antirth; "they that sow in tears, shall reap in joy." They made mirth, not be- cause they had the fat rto eat, and the sweet to drink, and much. good company, but because of the ttean'h- read therein. And Ezra the scribe' 'ng and because they understood the stood upon a pulpit of wood." We have here an account of a, sol- emn religious a.seembay, and the •good work that was deme, in that assemb- ly, to the honor of God, and the edi- fication of the church. It was on that day that the altar was set up, and they began to offer their burnt - offerings after their return out of captivity. Drivine favors' had rested upon them and they voluntarily as- sembled together to 'aeknowledge Glod's goodness. Whole families were there. Men, women and children al have soulIs to save and require to ac quaint themselves with the word of God, and attend on the means of knowledge and grace. All who can hear With underetanding must be trained up in the exercises of relig- i011. The people invited Ezra to be their minister. His call was very clear. God gave him ability and authiority, and then the people gave him oppor- tunity and invitation. We read in connection with Christ's appearance in the synagogue at Nazareth that "He closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes orf all them that were in the synagogue were fastened ori him" (Luke 4:20). So in the case of Ezra, he steed (upon a pulpit of wood that the eyes of the hearers might be upon him and thus the bet- ter engaged their attention,. He read from morning until mid-day. "And Ezra opened the 'book hi the sight of all the people; and when he opened it all the people stood up." Here we .see how both minister and people conducted themselves. In Ecclesi- astes 5:1, 2 we read: "Keep thy foot when thou vest to the house of God, and 'be more ready to hear, than to give the .sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil. Be rot rash with thy mouth, and' let not thine heart be hasty to utter any- thing before God: for God:. is in heaven, and thou upon earth: there- fore let thy words be few." So here wc have Ezra leading the people in reverent worship. Hie blessed (the Lord as the great Go,c1, gave honor to Him, by praising His perfection, and praying for His laver; and the peo- ple, in token of their eoncurrence With him, 'both in prayers and in praises, said, "Amen, Amen," and lifted up their hands, in token of their desire being toward God, and all their ex- pectation from •Him; they alsb bow- ed their heads, in token iof theietrev- erence of Him and subjectlion to Him. AtI of which is an example for us so that we too may adore God, and ad- drese ourselves to Hine The law was not only read; it was expounded ale that the people had a sense of fits true meaning and appli- cation to their Own, lives, They were edified, "So they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly, and gave the sense and -caused them to under- stand the reading." It was a large assembly and so 'Ezra had thirteen associates. rSorne think that he pointed them to read when he was words spoken to therm Bibles and ministers are the joy of God's Israel. The better we understand the Word of God, the more comfort we shall find in it; for the darkness of trou- ble arises from the darkness of ignor- ance. ---(Henry's Bible ) . • WORLD MISSIONS The Bible in Scottish Education A well-known preacher expressed the opinion recently that in our fev- ered country most people would be _llable to pass respectably an examina- tion on the personality and teachings of our Lord. He would' have been right, I thought, if his remark had applied to Scotland in the eighteenth antury. In Garcia Oman's new novel, ''Over the Water," Flora Macdonald, wh.a saved the young Chevalier, is presented as a lover of the Bible. That was the only book in Flora's basket as she set out en her journey from Skye to Edinburgh. As she waited on the Glasgow quayside for the Edinburgh diligence "she heart- ened herself by doing something which had been done in Scotland since the first Bibles were put into Scot- tish hands. It was called 'searching for light.' She opened the Bible at randoen, dabbed her forefinger on to a page, and read: 'If I perish, I per- ish,: which, if not exactly soothing, was certainly an Opposite message. The words are from the Book of Esther, and it can scarcely have sheen by mere chance that Flera's Word of Light was found in the Old Testa- ment. In m'y own first school, the head of which was a Welsh lady with astonishing gifts as a teacher, the pupils were e'xpected to commit .to memory Whole chapters from the Bible as part of the ero•rmial religious instructi on. The principal Psalms were lear-neci by beef% though none of us 'shared the fate of David Liv- ingetone, who at the age of' nine was required to memorize and repeat the 119th Psalm. It was ne small feat for the boy to Jearn 176 •diffl,cult vers- es, He recited the Psalm to his Sun- day school teacher on two succesive evenings with only five errors. The prize was a New Testament. ' I have never met anyone who in after life regretted the time spent either in reading or in meaniorezing the Seriptures. The :British, nation deserves to be called the ,People of the Bc>ok. The 119th Psalm includes a verse, Which in all centuries might have expressed .the ideals of 'our race: "Thy testimonies have I claim- ed as mine heritage for ever; for why, they are the very joy :of mine heart." --Lorna in The British Week- ly. :During the past sunemer the Man- itoba Soil Survey under the direction of Professor J. H. Ellis of lVfanitoba University has matte a reconnaissance !soil survey lof approximately 1,774,- 080 acres in the grought area of south-westerm: , eq.1,0;ireeees,ire,(0,/,,etee,ee.e„;,nt.r.,i,e e "e•teel ete:•ekseitimeteeiVeie A urea ono y ,(ContJuuia ioin Page 1) ' Proceedings Thursday tinder the heading 'Of 'Reading and Referring of Communicartioris, the. Clerk dlrew to councirs attention that this libraries in Huron 'County, as -re- corded by the Department in Toronter. had been O.K.ed by the vatrUns. Reeves,- but there were tii1donte• libraaties within the county who had applied for a grant, but who 'Were - not listed. After some discussion the matter was tabled for discussion lat- er on in the session,. Re resolution by Lincoln Oourthy Council in res*;t1 to as,sessments and which was referred to the 'Committee of the Whole, was on second reading ordered filed. Mr. ,Hlays, 'Counity Solicitor., pre- sented himself to council in response to co.unell's request. The matter iue question was in respect to Document 50-3-35, which had 'been: referred to the Executive Comenitte. This mat- ter 'had reference to a patient who was an erpliteptic and who is at pres- ent in the ,Ontario Hospital, Wood - stook. A considerable discussion fol- lowed, and reference was made to Bylaw No. 18 of 1934, clause 1. The council sought to seek- the interpreta- tion of the word "imam -able," Mir. Hays suggested that it was for the council itself to thane to a, decisiion as to what council 'meant by the Word, and stated that it VMS his duty only to complete a properly worded bylaw. after 'the council had definitely decid- ed the question. Mr. A. T. 'Cooper-, Secretary of the• 1VLethers' Allowance Local Board, ad- dressed the° eounci'l ibrietfly, and then. read his 'report. This gentleman went int(o details very carefully, and 'tied: ly respoecled to several questions ask- ed by Reenres Turner, McNeil arid Eckert. Following the conclusion of his add'ress, a Vote of thanks was, ex- pressed and the report was adopted. Mr. Ian 1VIeLeed, Agriculiturra•1 Re - pr esentative; .idedreeseel" counicit• cov- ering the work under his jurisdietion and 'kindly replied to any, queetieris asked of him. He offered 'tog* to the. different townships to discuss the, question of abortion among cattle.. At that point the following, Reeves Henley, Mallick, Grain, Archibald and Lovell and others expressed their ap- preciation to Mir. McLeod for his, offer, and .stated that they would wel- 'come 'him in their townships 'when- ever he could come. Mir. McLeod dis- tributed among the members the an- nual report of Huron County Branch of the Ontario 'Department of Agri- culture for 1935, together with a fin- ancial statement in respecb to the - Huron County grant, and in respect to the Junior Extension( Fund for. H'u'ron County. As Mn. Hume, the former princi- pal of ethe Godeeich Collegiate Insti- tute, was ,preseinit at this eine, Reeve Archibald rose and expressed'to come cil his appreciation for the assist- anice which Me. Hume hair given to. the Education Committee in respect to. matters of an educational nature. Mr. Hume replied, expressing his ap- preciation for Reeve Are:11%8M's re- niarks, Mr. Hume stated that it. would be a pleasure to assist the Ed-- ucation Cornrnitt,ee at any time in. the future if they desired his assist- :Cons,bable Lever spoke to council with reference lie a vagrant, a man of 82 years of age, who had been wandering about the county recently. Mr. Lever desired to know from coun- cil what should be done •with the man in question. It was finally decided that a motion would be brought inc covering this matter. Mr. Alex. Young, a former Reeve of 'Colborne Township, addressed the council briefly and a 'hearty vote of thanks was extended to him for his, remarks. :Vie McFadden, of the International Harvester Co., addressed council in respect to th•e trucks which ,his com- pany nia•nuclactured. The report of the Advisory Agri- cultural Council was read to council and adopted as read. 'The report of the. Huron County Home was read and adopted as read. The report of the Finance Commit- tee was read and on motion' re -read clans.e by clause, with Reeve Archi- bald in the 'chair. The report was adopted with the following amend-• ment: Moved by Reeve Eckert, and seconded by Reeve McNeil, that clause 70-3-35 be amended to read $ao in -- stead of $65. The report of the Property Com- mittee ,was read, and on motion re- read clause by de -use, with Reeve Eckert in the chair. During the dis- cussion Of the revert the County Treasurer gave a dee'il of the var- ious •ainounts expended on the Court. House, the Registry Office and the garage at the gaol. Mr. B. C. Munn:nes, who had been appointed in inetar to supervise the. work, addrened council. This gentle- man staked the he felt that an ex- cellent job had\ laeen, done on the county buildings, that no money had been wasted,' and that while the cost was somewhat in excess of the antici- pated expenditure, it could hardly be helped as unflorseen problems, arose while the work was in +progress. The report was finally adopted without arnenidanent, and Reeve Elliott, the Chairmen and the Cilorraniittee were congratulated on th.e results achiev- ed. At the request of Reeve Mellick the report 'of the County Rload Ctemsni- sron, Which had been ,previouslly adopt-: ed, was again 'brought before council for further . discussion, nisi was in respect to clause No. 1, 58-2-35. Moved by Reeve Eckert, iseectneled by Reeve Hudson: That Mrs. Merton A. Reid and Mr. J. M. Roberts be re- appointed to the Mothers' Allowance Board.—Carried. Archibald -Turner: That in future all delegations or individuals wishing to have a hearing before eatinty coun- cil, make arrangements before hand at Vie, Clerk's office, as the routine of emintY., business will be continually interrupted if such individtuals, or aelegations are allowed to speak at - any time they may. arrive—Carried. (Contained on Page 8) • • 2