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The Huron Expositor, 1941-09-19, Page 2:747 'Vla me num* ExPgsrroR It t". li.EXPOSjtor , staplished 1860 dth IKOPhail McLean, 'Editor. POlislied at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Eros. ••••••••••••••••••••••.' $ub§cription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. $EAFORTH, Friday, September 19 • Mr. .Hanson In England Hon. Mr. Hanson, Leader 'of the official opposition in the Canadian House' of Commons has arrived in England on a bomber, and accom- panying him were some of his con- servative Lieutenants. Mr. Hanson made the trip primar- ily to see for himself, at first hand, the situation in Britain, and to gain information as, to the manner in which Canada can render the most effective assistance. That should be good news to the people of Canada, and also, that he has the blessing of the Canadian Prime Minister, which, we believe, will provide him with every' facility to accomplish his Mission. Mr. Hanson will see and learn nany things, and there, is no doubt that among them will be some crit- icisms of Canada's part in the war, which, naturally, would be witheld from Mr. King When he was in Eng- land a few weeks ago, for a similar purpose. • • These things, pro and con, which ;Mr. Hanson will learn in Britain, should prove of immense value to the Parliament of Canada, as well as to the Government, providing he makes use of them in the right way. It will provide him with much con- structive material for use at the next session of Parliament, and if that material is used as constructive ad - :vise and not as political criticism, not only the Allied cause, but Canada's ,contribution to it will be benefited and speeded up. And, as Mr. Hansen, since he as- sumed the position of Conservative Leader in, the House, has, on the whole, proved a very fair critic of the Government war policy, we fully believe he will continue his policy of fairness and that his old country ex- periecnce will add both weight and wisdom to .either his approval or his criticism. • The Lauvers Are Right They Canadian Bar Association meeting in T,bronto last week refer- red to its council a resolution recom- mending that the Provincial Govern- nents vacate permanently the field pf corporation and income tax as applied to commercial companies. The lawyers are right and we be- lieve a large majority of Canadians would have backed them if they had gone a good deal further in the de- mand that Povincial Governments abandon a great many other fields of taxation in favor of the Dominion. Provicial Governments, which at Confederation were intended to be • something in the nature of an en- larged County Council, and were for a time just that, have with the years and with the help of the Privy Coun- cil, assumed powers that they never were intended to possess, and pow - Ars which soon must be returned to the Central Government if we are to have a united Canada. As it has come to pass, in recent years, there are one or two Pro- vinces in this Dominion, which very ;much believe they really are Canada, and that all the machinery of. Gov- ernment, and all the taxes collected •between the two oceans, should be ;under their direction and at their disposal. • .Price Control The recent announcement from Ot- •,taWa of the Governments intention •;t0 gate the clothing and shoe indust, as well aslood under -the wartime • "0,hai* • Board; means; if it �aiOrgo that both the pro- $elling price of these tmitrollede • *Ilieh" all „cause, contrary to a very widely held topinion, Canada can not maintain an all out war polity and ,at the same time ‘continue to spend a large part ,of her income in purchasing non-es- sential things which we now consider si5 necessary to our too high stand- ard of living. In fact the people of Canada will have to recognize from now on_that we are all -rich and poor alike—going to have a taste of hard times, and that we will have to get along on less. That is what war means, and it is also a part of the price of victory. Profiteering is not heard of in this 'war as in the last, but even at that there are many rumors of huge pro- fits being made on present day war contracts. Fortunately, however, they are only rumors. Perhaps, in some cases, large profits are being Made, but they are gross not net profits, and there is a vast differ-, pnce between the two, - Gross profits are those out of which the Government takes its share to carrY on the war, and to pay for yet more contracts, and when the Government is satisfied, there is little left for the contracting firm and still less for the shareholders. ;The price of industrial shares on the stock market are a very convincing proof of that statement. But profiteering is not by any means confined to the field of war production. As the man power stead- ily decreases through enlistments and the demands of war industry, production is everything we eat and wear and everything that enters into our standard of living is going to fall off, and perhaps, in many cases cease altogether. • That means that many things now in common household use are going to become very scarce indeed,, and being scarce the holders of then i if left alone—will increase the price and sell only to the highest bidder, and the man who jumps the price on the goods already on his shelves is just as much a profiteer as any war contractor would be if 'he were given the same chance. To prevent that situation is why the war Prices Board was created, and given' the powers it has been giv- en, and why those powers will be in- creased until eventually, it will con- trol the buying and selling price of everything that enters into our home life, including the cost of wages. That prospect may not he a very pleasing one to Canadians who have enjoyed .a standard'of living superior to anything on the globe, outside of America, but, as we say, it .is war, and part of the price of , victory. Should we complain? • You Can Trust The Women Owing to the rationing of clothes in Britain the women have been hav- ing a pretty hard and dull time of it. But you can always trust a woman to find a way. And tir British women have found it. Now London women are buying kilts and making them over into dresses, skirts and coats, and beating the Government handsomely too. According to the clothing table of • rationing, a kilt while it contains at least seven yards of cloth, ranks only as a single pair of trousers, and one can be obtained for eight coupons. On the Otherhand to buy the same amount of ;material it requires four and a half coupons a yard. That is how far the womex are ahead of the Government. But, Mon! It's a sad day for the Heilans, when the women take to wearing the family kilt. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Fill Your Coal Bin Now 3. McG. Stewart, Coal Administrator under the Wartime Prices and Trade Board says: "Every ton of coal you can store away to -day makes it -possible to ship an additional ton of munitions this winter. "ICenadas' transportation industry is facing up to its biggest job. Railroad traffic is increasing raPidly. If you mirchase and take early delivery of as Mach as possible, your fuel requirements for the coming *inter, yon can help Materially to irtaid a transportation bottleneek. '",After °atelier the greatly intreated output Of MUllitions in Canada and the United Statteee Met take preCedende over all Other tratispertation de - Malta. If yeti delft bity your 60111 when tiransporta— tift aVallable, yen May haVe tO waft for it tide winter. Veil are therefore Urged, lit Ye* n*0 lila Ont Cbtintryre ititereSti t� fill Oat ctinfbitt Years Agone IrtereatInel HOMO naked Pr*iu The Hares larpolliter et Filly and Tereenty4live Years Ago. a From heHuron Expositor Sept. 18, 1891 Mr. Robert, Armstrong of the Medd Farm, Hullett,,• near Milburn, sowed one acre of white chaff spring wheat this season, tions which he threshed 45 bushels of pod clean wheat. About half past eleven o'clock Sat- urday nigh the fire alarm was sound- ed and on turning out it was found that the fire Was in an old tenement terrace on the Ogilvie property near the Mill. About MO, Mr. Lushby the night watchman noticed a fire in the rear of Mr. 3_ S. Parter's furniture warerooms. The fire men were very prompt but the rear part ef the build- ing was enveloped in flames and the interior was all on fire. Messrs. D. D. Wilson, Thos. Lapslie, Robert Wilsen, Win. Smith, and George lyturdie had horses at the In- dustrial Fair at Toronto this week. tMr. DaVid .UcDonald, son of Rev. A. D. McDonald left here on Wednes- day for Detroit, where he has secured a situation in a large mercantile est- ablislusaent Miss Marie Casson, daughter of Rea,. Mr. Casson, left last week for Cobourg where she is taking a term at the Ladies College. Miss Marian McMichael has secur- ed a situation • as shorthander and book-keeper, je Jackson's Bros store Clinton and left Monday, for that Town. One day last week as Messrs, H. Smith and F. Tomlinson of Tuckea smith were threshing for Mrs. Angus Gordon on the 4th concession, theoatse-- were running so fast from the deliv- ery spout that it took four men to carry away the boxes. They moved the machine ,across the road to Mr. ,James Gemmill's. When . there they timed thein and the oat's ran at the rate of 9 bushels per minute for oue.. hour and a balf. The Basket Social and Musical and Literary entertainment held on Wed- nesday evening under the auspices of the Royal Tempters at Hensall was well attended. Messrs Robt. Bros. of this town, grocers shave placed a handsome new covered delivery wagon on the .road. It was made by Mr. John Smith and is'a credit to the establishment. • Up to noon on Thursday there had been in all 185 tickets sold at Seaforth station. this week for Toronto. • From thee Huron Expositor 'Sept. 22, 1916 Bush fires in Morris Township. have 'beets raging during the past week and a large quantity of valuable timber has been destroyed. A gang of • fire fighters has Wunder control. The choir of the Presbyterian church 'Brucefield presented Miss Mabel. Turner with a cut glass vase be- fore her marriage to Mr. W. Watts. , Mr. Milton .Cneeney 'has been trans - from Toronto to the Orilla Branch of the Dominion Bank. MiSs Nellie Aitcheson- and Miss Ethel Kerr have gone to the, west where they will spend ' ,e, couple of months visiting. Mr. Ben Kaiser of Brucefield has taken a position in the MacTavish store in the staple department. Leo Joynt of the 1,10th battalion and son of Mr. A. P. Joynt of Egmondville, spent Sunday at his home before leav- ing for overseas. Before going he was presented with a 'fountain pen by the Town Cuncil. • • 'On Saturday last while Mr. Joseph Speare of Cromarty was engaged' in repairing the roof of Mr. R. Sadler's house evataffa, the ladder which was fastened to the ridge board gave way, and he fell to the ground, a distance of about 14 ft. He .sprained his left ankle and other injuries were done. Mr. Henderson Forrest of Bruce - field has resigned his position and en- listed. He is a son of Wm. Forrest of Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. Issac Jarrott of Kip - pen received a letter from' their son, Who went overseas with. 'alp. 10 West- ern University Stationary Hospital, Lptidon, informing them of their safe arrival. They sailed on the Olympic which carried over 6000 soldiers. The members of the Egmondville Red Cross Society recently'assembled at the home of Mrs. James MacKay in Egniondville and presOted her with an address and life membership in the Canadian Red Cross Society. Mr. Wni..alartry of town won a gold medal of St. Catherines show, for the best collectirin of gladioli exhibited. This was open for all horticulturists in the province. • Hodge: "I'm out of shake today."' Podge: "Wife beeu sitting on you again?" • A Dutchman, was rerently expatiat- ing on the folly of givirig women the vote. He declieed, that in Holland there was greater effieienci among the female sex where they did not poseees that doubtful privilege. He Pointed' to the fact that the Dutch. woman sits with one foot on the spin- ning wheel or hurn and with the other she rooks the cradle containing twins, with her 'halide she knits seeks for her IMO -and, While On her knee rests a book Minn whith like it im- proving her m1nt lyst AndAnd all the while she sits tiltt 'ebeett, press-, his it Int itiatkett Osifer of Liaty MeadaVis • • • harry J. • "Fall Days" Fall is a season of color on the far. City fellows drive through the country on days such as these, and then p back to write reams about the iierrY of living in the country in the Fall. They seem...toethink.-that all a farrner ha S To do these days is sit back and wait until the snow comes glorying in each moment of crisp, fall weather or else counting up how much money he is going to make out of his crop.. We do enjoy the fall! It's pleasant to look across Lazy Mearows and see grass carpeting the stubble in the wheat field . . . or to watch the fall wheat ground to see if it has started to sprout. Fat, orange pumpkins re- cline in a bed of cora stubble and to sProut. Fat, orange pumpkins re - withered vines. Apples touched by frosts are being picked and packed away in boxes to sit oa the verandah awaiting a nip of frost that will put a real flavor in them. Fall is a season of crisp mornings, warm, bright days and nippy nights. Veils of fig hang over the low sable on the farm at night and in the dawning light af the sun . . . only to vanish as the sun comes peeping up from the fringe of trees that stand on the eastern horizon. The air seems filled with sounds on on a Fall morning; Calves (bawl in the little pastureon the east side of the barn waiting to be pailed. The cows bawl in the stable, where we keep them overnight this time of year, wait- ing to be milked. Dogs bay and bark in the distance and a railroad engine can be beard moaning long and monoton- ously at the crossings on the other side of the village. You can hear the clatter of tisilk pails and pans across the fiellds at Neighbor Higgins' place . . . and across the river someone keeps calling "S000 Boss ... S000 Boss" while the cows play hide and seek with them in the bush. Have you .ever noticed the tomatoes ripening on the kitchen windows dur- ing the Fall? There will be a row ef green and red tomatoes on the outside ledge and another on the' inside and half way up in the window on the top of the bottom window frame there is• SEPTEMBER 19, 1941 another row. Mrs. Phil watches thein carefully, using the ripe ones as they come and replacing them with green ones. Soon the frost will come , with enough nip in its bite to wither the vines and destroy the remaining green ones. Fall is a season of Fall Fairs. The one thing I could never understand was why farmers after spending so much time with livestock and grain the year round, have to wear overalls and spend a whole fall fair day in watching cattle and stock. I like to get "gypped" on the midway . . ride on the ferias wheel . . . eat hot dogs and lemon pop until my sides ache and come home with "gew-gaws" and trinkets to remind me of my foolish- ness. Fall is also a season when a man should be doing some repairing. The front gate is sagging and when the winter snows come it will all probab- ility collapse, The milk house door has been suspended with success dur- ing the past summer with leather straps made from old binderstraps, but they are 'rotted wad sagging very badly. Mrs. Phil 'constantly reminds me of the fact that the cellar steps are dangerous. Pounded down by the wear - tag of heels for so many years, they are .gouged down to the ,point where a little ice makes them a regular slide. When there conies a melting sun on a winter day and the water trickles in around the non -too -tight door and freezes at night, you would have to be an Alpine climber to make safely . . either up or down. Thereds also a matter of the boards that the wind has ripped from the driving shed. Last Fall I intended re- placing them but just didn't get around to doing it. The horse stable is still minus several windows, and I have been intending to replace the shingle and sack covering over them for some time now. Se you see Fall is more than just a time of musing on the beauties of nature. There are -a thousand and one tasks that should be done .. . but chances are time will slip around and .vee won't get the work done . . . and, Fall will deepen into. winter. VOW :JUST A SMILE OR TWO So revolutionary were many of the inventions of Thomas A. Edison that they puzzled not only the public at large but many of his co-workers as well.' Once an assistant, after helping the inventor set up a miniature electric - lighting plant, remarked: "Mr. Edi- son, after, working with you like this I believe I could construct a plant myself." • "Could -you?" exclaimed Mr. Edison. "Yes," said the assistant, "I believe I could. There's only one thing that puzzles me." : "And what's that?" "I don't quite see how you get the oil to go along the wires." • Photogeapher: "Watch and see the birdie." Modern. child: "Pay attention to your exposure or you'll ruin the plate!" The Case Of Riissia. 'Hasty conclusions are rarely right. First thoughts are not always best, especially if they are about things of which we know little, It is safe to as- sume, however, that Russia would like peace becatise peace suits beat her own interests. Germany, how- ever, wants war because peace is not likely to be profitable to the present rulers of Germany. They can survive only by war." Russia looks much bettee- in the light of facts as we know them now. When the war began, Russia broke off negotiations with the United Kingdom 'and entered into a treaty with Ger- many. It looked like a cynical arrange ment. Everyone knew that there was no lovS 'lost between Stalin and Hit- ler. They were congenital enemies. Each had learned to bate the other. Hitler was out -spoken, in his attitude. The Russians, in his opinion, were be- neath contempt. lie coveted the Uk- raine. The Ukrains, the great pro- ducing area, would be the natural. com- plement of a Germany required to im- port a great deal of her food supplies; but he made peace with Russia — each meanwhile, keeping a sharp eye upon the other. Then Germany invaded Poland. Rus- sia moved in after the fight was over, shared half the spoils. Russia later closed in on the helpless 'border countries, took Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, took alsb Bessarabia from Rumania. The world looked =On—look- ed with disdain. Faossia was closing in on her helpless Male neighbors. It seemed cruel. Russia had had another war, the one with Fitiland. The civil- ized world was opposed. No one ac- cepted the Russian suggestion that Finland was endangering the safety of Russia. There were reasons for all these things. Russia had made a treaty with Germany but Russia did not trust Germany. We see now Finland lined up on the side of Germany. The border states which seemed quiet, in- nocent, little children to us, were, In reality, hotbeds of German intrigue. Germany wanted them as bridgeheials fore the attack upon Ruesia. Stalin their them when there, -wee no chance for Germany to protest—Germany was bney elsewhere. Still, there wateno doubt in , the mind of Stalin that trouble was a Malik. 'He hellofed, In feting the theta. When tritain and rfaiets tiftred tzat. attittat ratetintoiSt the% armies of aptilin were not ready. lf he had declared war at that time defeat would have been inevitable. Britain and France were not in a position to come to his assistance by land or sea. The air force of Brit- ain. was then relatively small. Stalin could not, at that time, have matched himself against the might and power of Germany, so he waited — waited and did his best to keep the peace. He had every reason to seek peace --he had no reason to go to war, if he could avoid it. Hitler bided his time ,then truck with all his power. Stalin was right. If he_ehad declared War when war started, Britain would have gained littlefrom it. By a treaty made with Hitler he gained what he wanted to gain—what was gain—time. He had more than a year and a half to strengthen his own de- fences, increase his supply of mun- itions and equipment develop the technic of hie defence. Stalin could not tell the world why he went to war against Fin- land, Why he seized Lithuania, Lat- via, Estonia and 'Bessarabia, neither could he tell the world why he occup- ied a bit of Poland. Everyone knows now that these things were done in preparation for the inevitable at- tack from Germany. He could not come out and tell the world that he was preparing to fight Germany, He kept silent and waited. • Russia wanted peace, wanted it more than any other 'nation on earth. Russia, in reality, sought no territ- ory unless it was territory which might be useful to her in guarding the heart of •Russia from an attack by Germany. Russia, with an area as large as the continent of Mirth America, with. vast Unlimited, or al - Most unlimited and only partially developed resources, ' wants .peace more than anything else. All the Hitlerian propaganda calculated to impress us with the necessitY of defending urope against a 1101- shevik invasion is notsende. It is only, in Hitler's mind, a justification, and' a poor one at that, for his attack upon Russia. The feat is . that the World does not fear Missile.: The World does fear Hitler. Hitler wants to enslave the world. Russia everYinterest keepi4g the world freest 'being-4168141ra. Our eetatiien intereitt,'Slintild bind ne 'together' ier the 'illifeet df need Man; 'Of . EUSOPta .•' Seen in the County Papers, Memorial Service - A suitable memorial service for the late Fredick Livermore was held in the Salvation Army last Sunday. Bro. Albert Palmer spoke of his associa- tion with •the deceased and expressed his admiratiou of his consistency. Lieut. Whibley and Dearman also spoke briefly upon their impreasions of the departed comrade. The service. was very well attended and profitable for those present. --News Record Clin- e_ ton. Recei High Appointment ' Old frier s of Mr: Ernest H. Coop- er will be fnterested to know that he is now acting as Production adviser to the Government of Northern Ireland. Until recently he had been associated with Lord Beaverbrook in Airplane production.—aiews. Record Clinton Miss Gretta Haberer Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Halberer, Zurich, has been attending Westervelt School, London, during the past year and has now accepted a position in the office of Berf Weir and Son, Realtors, London. She is a former student of Exeter High School. —Exeter Times Advocate. 432 Pounds of Jam arasirw-r.,_The • Women's Institute of Exeter has shipped 432 pounds of jam through the Exeter Red Cross. Donations of money were received from the Dis- trict Institute, citizens of the town and the Kirkton Institute, also donations of sugar and plums. The jam was made at the home of Mrs. Kyle. The institute wish to thank all who con- tributed toward this work.—Exeter Times Advocate. Contracts Awarded The Russell Construction Co., of Toronto, have been awarded the con- tract for construction of the buildings at the new Airport. Work will com- mence .s.bortly. Mr. W. F. Evans, of the Department of National Defense, is the engineer in charge of the build- ings, and is at present looking for ac- commodation in Exeter for himself and several members of his staff. Ac- coMmodation will soon be required tor -many workmen. Mr. S. B. 'Taylor is the chairman in connection with the housing and boarding committee in Exeter: Messrs, Geromette and Ireland, of Grand Bend, have the contract for hauling gravel for the runways, now in course of construction, at the Cent- ralia Airport. A large quantity of grav- el will be required and will necessit- ate from twenty to' thirty trucks haul- ing it night and day: The gravel will be secured from Morley's pit near Brinsley, McGillivray Township.' Haul- ing will commence at once as the scraping of the surface soil from part of the runways has been, dompleted. --Exeter Times Advocate. Foot Injured William Brownlee, an employee in the salt department of the Western Canada -Flour Mills, was injured' by a' fall frons a ladder while at his wark on Tuesday. Bones in chis foot were broken and the has been taken to Tor- onto for special treatment.--Goderich Signal Star. On Registery office Staff Miss Dorothy Westbrook has been. appointed to the clerical staff of the Registry Office and has begun her work there. There has been a vacau- cy in the staff since thp resignation of MisS Janette Martin some months ago.—Goderich Signal Star. Goderich Girl Goes To South Africa Miss Ida White, R.N., of tdwn, is one of a group of Canadian nurses who' will leave shortly for South Af- rica for duty with the Military forces. there, Miss White, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. White, Oxford street, isa graduate of the nurses' training school of Alexandra Hospit- al and has been on the staff of the hospital as supervisor.—Goderich Sig- nal Star. Local Pilot Officer Slightly Injured The many friends of Pilot Officer George Casey, Son of Mr .and Mrs. William' Casey, Mitchell, heard with regret this week of a slight injury he received while on flying duty in England. However, they are very thankful that his injuries were slight and well wishes for a speedy recov- ery go to him trona this community. —Mitchell Advocate. Fractured Arm Throwing a rope up into a- tree and then. doing the climbing act resulted in David Burgess, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Burgess, towti, suetain- ing a fractured right arm on Satur- day. --Mitchell Advocate. Ankle Broken !Cecil Harrison, Science Hill, suffer- ed a broken bone in his ankle on Sun- day morning. It is understood that he was riding and his horse fell, the jumping off, and ift so doing sustain- ing the fracture.—IVIitehell Advocate.. Patriotic Potato Another "V" for Victory sign was itheaftiled here last week. 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