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The Huron Expositor, 1943-11-26, Page 2*A. „$ablistted 1.860 MeLeanfftito law! at'SeafQrth, Ontario, ev- , ursday afternoon by IYIeLean FORTH, Friday, November 26 Funny, Isn't It? Addressing an, audience in Winni- peg a few weeks ago, Hon. Solon LOW was marvelling at the gullibil- ity _ of people in swallowing the promises of the C.C.F., when he said: "They are easy prey for. dema- gogues making the appeal emotion- al, and are bowled over right and left by catch -phrases and honeyed words." Mr.. Low went even farther than that in his condemnation, and refer- red -to the "diabolical dishonesty of political demagogues" comprising the C.C.F. party, who' tell the farm- ers they are going to socialize big industry for 'their interests', and then go into the cities and tell labor and •industry that they are going to regi- ment agriculture so as to proy,ide ,cheaper living for the people in urban centres. • Most of Mr. Low's line of argu- ment is very true, but it sounds, rather funny coming from a man like Hon. Solon Low, who is -Provin- cial Treasurer of the Social Credit Govermnent of Alberta. Because peo- ple,' not only in Alberta, but all across Canada, have not yet forgot- ten that he is the same man who in 1935 fed the fires of discontent of the people of his Province by prom- ising every man, woman and child twenty-five dollars a month free, and pictured the 'Utopia that Social Credit would transfer their Province • into by giving free loans to farmers and making first Alberta and then the whole of Canada a taxless, debt- • less country. A first rate promiser him&elf, as 'has been his political party, .Mr. Low's great indignation at the dia- bolical dishonesty of his. C.C.F. po- litical enemies possibly arises from the fact that both he and the Social Creditors have been completely out - promised by the C.C.F., who—given an opportunity—promise to form both a new Heaven and a- new earth out of Canada. • Not Over Yet The recent Allied setbacks in Rus- sia and Italy should be a reminder to those people who talk and act as if the war was all over except the shouting, that their guess was still a, long way out. Setbacks on any Allied front make most unpleasant reading for all of us. But they should warn those of us, who need warning—and. these are far too many—that Prime Min- ister Churchill was not talking just for the sake of talking, when he made his recent speech at the Lord. Mayor's banquet in London, or those ' he had previously made in the Brit- ish House of Commons. There is, as he said, -still -'-a tremen- dous job to do before we win this war. There is a possibility that Germany may surrender before she • is utterly destroyed, but it is' only a possibility. We should not count on it, for the minute too many of us do, that minute we are likely to -find news like that from Russia and Italy coining in' from other quarters. When the war startedr.we knew too well the size of the job ahead of us, but we knew, too, the -rightness of our cause. That knowledge help- ed immensely in the darkest days, and perhaps a reminder of the great task still ahead of us, and the sacri.- . fides of life and property it will still entail, .would have a steadying effect on` Many of us even during these bet- • ter and brighter days. • . . The Old School Tie /- Since the war began we have • heard a great deal about the doom • of the old School tie, and,, what it re- . presents, in the educational system of 13r1tain, Itlas been repeated ov- er, ov6i, aggin that these great • S °as, bad outlived their day , was' for a new , 4tal education in give a fair &awe , • 11 chi4lren, regardiess of their mt incomes„-, pparentlyz however, that day is nol yet,. for there are today long waiting lists of boys seeking to enter Great Britain's most exclusive schools. In fact, it is reported from London that the increase in registra- tion since the war, has been 25 per cent. for entry in the so-called public schools such as Eton and Hari - row and some 200 other boarding schools where fees range from $500 to $1,000 a year. In spite of this, Gdiernment and educational experts are planning ,ex- tra expenditure of some $350,000,000 annually on bettering the standard of state schools and educational re- form is expected to fiere promin- ently in the corning session of Par- liament. The great difficulty of hastening educational reform, however, arises from the fact that some 85,000 new teachers,are needed, and all potential teaching material is either in the armed forces or working in war fac- tories. And apart from the need of new schools, material for which is just nbt available, over 1,000 of ex- isting school buildings have been completely destroyed or very ser- iously damaged by bomb raids. In all schools throughout Britain there isovercrowding, understaffing and shortage of books and equip- ment. The best that can be said of the situation is that children are be- ing well fed compared to the Great War. But it is the mellowed buildings and muipment and the great playing fields of the old and exclusive schools, still , oasis in a war-torn world, that make parents want.. to have their children educated there. And, above all, these schools still give probably the highest standard - of education available in Britain to- day. What changes the post war years may make in the British educational system is hard to say, but it hardly looks as if the old school tie would be hauled down for quite some years to come. Speed This is the generation of speed, it is said, and we believe quite correct- ly. Of course, the cars are limited to forty miles an hour; when a cop is in sight, but even at that if one travels at even less than forty miles an hour for a day, or even a few hours, one covers a lot of ground. But there are other ways of travel than by car. Even much faster ways. -Two weeks :or so ago a number of the officials of the Dominion Depart- ment of Muntions and Supplies, were in Montreal for the purpose of say- ing good-bye to their Chief, the Min- ister, Mr. Howe, who left that city by -plane at 6.24. When those officials reached their, offices in Ottawa at nine o'clock the next morning, word was awaiting them that Mr. Howe had already been in England for three hours. That is real' speed, but such occur- rences -go almost unnoticed these days. • Trouble The latest Japanese reports on the war in the Pacific would seem to in- dicate that the American fleet has just come up off the bottom of the • ocean again, -,and is causing them a heap of trouble. And the American Navy will con- tinue to cause the Japanese heaps of trouble, until that country finds a more effective way of sending it to the' bottom of the ocean—than by . , radio. , , Church Suppers (From the Consumer a News) The yeXed question of the serving of rationed foods at church teas and slippers, and of the sales of homemade cakes, jams and jellies, has been settled by the new Board Order consolidating all previous orders relating to the usage of rationed foods. The section dealing with "shared meals" makes it lawful for one or more member e of a group to bring foods bought against their ration books for general consumption at a, group func- tion. As regards the •sales of homemade foodstuffs, it is ruled that sugar and butter lose their iden- tity wirers incorporated into a cake, so there is no legal restriction on the' sale of the finished plaiduct. - The Consumer Branch still adher s to its orig- inal opinion that, where' it instittrles a fourth meal, the donstiniption of rationed goods at social gatherbigs should' -be drastically Curtailed in the interest of the WhOle country. "Meeting Without Hating" might be taken ai3 a Wallin* elOgatu • , 1 eieepeeepere cme ,.InterePtinicke4from' Thel#P0Sitelr• of 01'0 and twollgrAvo From The Huron Expositor November 29, 1918 • Messrs. P. Hawtheriae, Miller Ad- ams, Hugh Campbell and T. Pollard and Dr. Fowler, eif Constance, have returned home from e their hunting trip in Northern Ontario, bringing with them six fine deer. Miss Norma Hartry has accepted a position on the staff of theColdwater high school. The Seaforth- Lawn Bowling 'Cleb wound' up a most •suceessful season on Tuesday evening when aome 40 members attended smoker in the council chamber. Prizes for a prev- ious game of bowls were won, by Jno. MacTavish, J. Broderick and' Gordon Thompson. The euohre prizes were won by J. E. Willis, W. Azieent, L. T. DeLacey, Oscar Neil and 0..D. Haigh. After the euchre -the presentation of a leather club bag to Lieut. Col. Wil- son took place. The 96 -acre farm belonging to the estate 'of the late John McElroy, of Morris, has been sold to John- Mc; Niohel, of Grey Twp. ,The annual meeting of the Lead - bury beef ring -was held. at the school house on' Wednesday.- This ring has beeu in operation continuously for 1,3 years and during that time 400 fat cattle have been -killed and 'divided between the patrons . Mess. J. McGav- in and Hugh Alexander, president and secretary -treasurer, respectively, were re-elected for anothei year. Pte. W. Shaddock, of Londesboro, who has- been in France for the past two years, returned home last week and spent -the week with his grand- parents, Mr, .and Mrs. Wm. BrunleY. Although he is looking well, he has lost his right arm. Hugh Norris, Jr., Staffa, has mov- ed into hfs new home 'which he pur- chased from Mr. Eberhart. Mr. and Mts. Berington, of Toron- to, have taken up•-••• residence at 'the store at Chiselhurst and intend open- ing up for business in the course of a few days. . Mr. Daniel Kinsman, -who has been engaged at the Bell Munition, Plant for a year or nore, left this week for Chiselhurst, where -he will spend some time with his. brother on the farm. Mr. J. G. Mullen, manager of the Bank of Commerce, received word of the sudden death of his brother, Ana- heim Mullen, of California. The residence of Wm. Hartry had a narrow escape from being destroy- ed by fire on Seenclay afternoon When 4.e returned from Sunday chool the house was full of smoke, .but it was extinguished Without the aid of the fire brigade. Mr. D. McIntosh, of Brucefield, held a very successful sale on Monday. Rev. J. E. Ford-, of Goderich, form- erly of Clinton, was elected president of the Goderich Ministerial Associ tion at a recent meeting held in that .town. • From The Huron Expositor November 24, 1893 . Mr. R. S. Lang, Exeter's apple king, has shipped over 6,000 barrels of ap- ples 'from Kerwood, Watford and Parkhill stations this fall. Mr. John Beatty, Varna, has been engaged for next year to teach in Porter's Hill school at a salary of $450. On Wednesday of last week Mr. John Reynolds, son of Mr. Jas. Rey- nolds, of Hullett, met with an acci- dent which deprived him of his. left hand. 'He was feeding a straw cut- ter when his hand"was caught in the roller and in a flash was carried for- ward to the knives. The hand was so mangled it had to be amputated., Miss Fergus Campbell, niece of Mr. L Lumsden, has received an appoint- ment as teacher in the intermediate department of Blyth public school. The Bell Telephone Co. hasiewithin the past few days put instruments in A. Young's and. C. Wills'on's grocery stores, W. Aneent'e cooper Shop and John Copps' residence. Walton people will be pleased to learn that clay of the best quality, suitable for making brick and 'tile, has been found on the farm of Mr. David Campbelt • Mr. John McLean; councillor of Tuckersmith, who resides ne'ar Kip - pen, had a serious accident on Men- del last. He had been at work on the barn floor and slipped backwards through the trap door and fell to the stable floor below. When found he was unconscious. Messrs. Edward and Levi Makins, of Zurich, did some remarkably cred- itable work on the farm of Mr. John 3. zmitli near .there last week. On Tuesday they sawed, ,split and piled. 14 cords of two -foot wood. They com- menced work at seven o'clock in the morning and quite at 510 in the eve- ning. On Firiday evening a large number of the members and adherents of St. John's Church, Hayfield, repaired to the residence of Mr. Charles. Logan and in due time Mise Mary Ann, Log- an was made .the recipient of a very complimtntary address and' a welt -filled purse. • Rev. Dr. McDonald, of Seaforth, was taken suddenly till en Saturday 'Welting last and was unable to dis- charge hfs duties. en' ,Shindy ltd. IX D. *ikon eolith).* • the Services' 'both ttionIng and eVn1ugi •• LAzy Barry Boyl, Sometimes I get a. bit, discotiraged about farmers. They never seem to realize that they are partly responsi- ble for their own plight. , That wends like a -statement guara-nteed to start a fight at the drop Of the hat, but it's actually true. Farmer -s, and I class myself right along with that statement, have' for years •been looking up to what other people do in the country. We don't stop td realize that the farmers of this.couutry, or any other country for. that matter, deserve credit too. When credit is 'being given out to the pro- fessions, agriculture- should get the - ribbon with the gold star on it. Just •becaus.e one man makes. a milhlon dol- lars is no reason to suppose that he ieeeny better than the man who has :peen raised on the farm' and. who has carried on his farm in a eseisfact,ery meatier. was• over to the Higgins place yes- terday. Ed.' was in a pretty good mood because he has judt got the re- turns on a load of pigs and' they turned out to lie quit satisfactory. He was telling me hew much of that money -he planned on putting into Vic- tory Bonds. That victory bond, money was to educate two •of the boys who, as Ed. puts it, "have a yen for -book larnin'." Now that is a per- fectly satisfactory thing. If the boys like books, then they should have eV- ery encouragement. I take no excep- tion to that. He went on to say that he didn't want his 'boys to ever have to go through life on a farm. That made me bridle. We've ratted a generation of boys and girls with the idea that they should 'avoid fanning like the plague. Our schools teach them that the her- oes of this country . . . and I'm re- ferring to Peace-4rue heroes . . . are the men who have made a lot of money, Just the other day I picked up a paper and read about one of our township boy a who was decorat- ed for bravery at Dieppe: It told all about how he went to high school in town and of how he went to'college, and. of how he was ,:-the champion track runner- It didn't say- that he was the head, boy in the Hoye' Club work in this thwashipfor three years, or ithatehe was the best organizer the Junior Faimere• ever had. I venture to say ,that his life on the farm and the knowledge he gain- ed in working with the other farm boys in this township' had just as much to do with his character as had the year he spent at college. Peo- ple forget that the farm is a great training ground for men. They for- get that the lad who jumps out of bed at 5.30 in the moaning. to go out and do the chores before he goes, to school is getting a real morale build- ing course. -It's about time that some of -us started thinAng of the things that are necessary for the rebuilding of -our agricultural system. We have to etop driving our lads away. Certain- ly, there is inore opportunity for a certain type of fun in the city but there's plenty of opportunity in the country if we would learn to work with our nelghbora and learn to have fun as well. Then let our boys and gads grow up with that spirit and let them know ;that farming is -a prefes- sion to be respected. It takes a real man to, be a good, farmer. • :JUST A SMILE OR TWO: Hitler to Tojo over , the phone:' Judge: "Have you anything to of - "Heil, Tojo, I thot you would 'be in fer the court before sentence is pass - America in three weeks." ed?" Tojo: "So solly, Adolph—where Defendant: "Nothing, your honor. you call flora—Moscow?" My lawyer has taken my last cent." • „ • A Frenchman was relating his ex- Full of zeal, the Boy Scout was go- perience in studying the English: ing from house to 'house selling tick - language. He said: "When I first ets for a Warships' Week concert. discovered that if I was quick I was "How much are they?". asked, one fast; that if I was tied, I was fa,s-e; weman, that if I spent too freely, I was fast; "Two shillings, eightpence, and a and that not to eat was to fast; I shilling;" was the hopeful reply. was discouraged. But when I came "Have you any at sixpence?" across the sentence, "The first one The Boy Scout replied -coldly; won one -dollar. prize," I gave up try- 'It's a warship we want, ma'am, not a canoe!" :-Huron Federation Of: Agriculture--FarmNews Harry L. Sturdy, Auburn, Heads asked in the discussion, period follow - Huron Farm Unit ing his address. ' The Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Ontario 'The vote of thanks to the speaker Minister of Agriculture, was guest was thoved by Dr. 3. Hobbs Taylor, speaker at the annual meeting of the 14.P.P. for South Huron,' who named Hilron Federation pf Agriculture held him "the best choice for a minister in the Town Hall, Clinton, Thursday of agriculture that could be found in afternoon last. The gathering was at- the whole FrovinCe of Ontario." John tended by 150 to 200 farm men and Hanna.„Winghnni, M.P.P: for North women from all parts of the country. Huron, seconded the motion. The W. L. Whyte, Federation president motion, heartily applauded was ores for 1943, presided and, after "0 Can- ented by the newly -elected president ada" was sung, in his opening address The minister was guest of horior a gave a review of the activities of the a banquet served by the Federation organization for the past. ,year, shoW- in St. Paul's 'parish hall in the eve ing that much benefit has been deriv- ning. qed by the Federation in the township units and as a count' organization. Banquet Follows 'Farm Fedel•ation He referred to the fine reception giv- Meet in Clinton en the -delegation which attended With on. T. L. Kennedy, Ontario county' council to outline the county Minister -of Agriculture, as guest of health nursing plan advocated by the honour, the Huron County Federation Federation and thought that organize- of Agriculture held a banquet in St. tion and co-operation were necessary' Paul's 'parish hall on Thursday even - to the best farming results. • ing last at Which 150 members and The election of officers was next guests were Served by the St. Paul's on the agenda and nomination for the Ladies' Guild. W. L. Whyte, 1943 office of president were called for. president of the federation, presided, Mr. Whyte stated that he, would not The president-elect for 1944, Harry be able to accept the office" for an- L. Sturdy, Auhurn, introduced Mr. other year on account of numerous Kennedy, who was given a prolonged other duties. Strong protests were ovation as he rose to speak. For half voiced against his decision to retire an hour he -stirred _the assembled but he would not alter it. The -choice farmers to enthusiasm as he outlined then fell on Harry L. Sturdy, of Au- reforms in the making for the 'better - burn, vice-president for 1943. For the meht of farm life in the matter or office of vffpresident, three names conveniences and comforts as enjoy - *ere PlIt. in nomination, Hugh Hill, ed by urban dwellers. Others spoke Colborne; Jtussell Bolton, Dublin, ;,nd briefly, including L. E. Cardiff, M.P., William Oestricher, .Crediton. Mr. Brussels, W. 11. Golding, M.P., .Sea - Bolton won on the first ballot. Mayor forth; Dr. J, Hobbs Taylor, M.L.A. for A. 3. McMurray and 3. C. Shearer South Huron, and- John Hanna, M.L. were•scrutineeri. Auditois M. T. Cor- A. for North Huron. A troupe of art- liss and Y. C. Shearer were re-ap- ists frame -Toronto entertained . the pointed. Other offices will be filled gathering, And by kind pernaissiOn of by the executive. the officer. commanding Clinton R.C. The guest speaker was introduced A.F. School, A01. J. E. Gardner, "The by former M.L.A. and County War- Mystic Marvel," gave an exhibitio,n, den N. W. Trewartha. The minister The _vote of thanks was voiced by A. , , spoke for upward pf an hour on farm W. Morgan, Hensel', past president probleins and their remedies. He re- of the fecleratiOnd and a vote, of ap- ferred to the great number of farm predation on behalf of the guests Young people who have left the farmswas extended by Hugh Hill, Colborne, and gone inbo. machine and munition An impromptu feature of the even- faetories, and asked the question, lug was.the auctioning of -three dress - "Why should they not do eo? They ed chickens left over froin the ban - have their own' lives to live and can quet. The auctioneers were Bert you blame them for taking an $8,00 Lobb, L. E. Cardiff and W. L. Whyte, Per day pob rather than the poor. re- and the proceeds, $20.60, were . pros - turns from farming." He stated that ented to the. Ladies' Guild, a more equitable stabilization of earn- * ings would be the aim of his, depart- Bigger Ontario Markets Seen By tient, alSo making farm life condi- Kennedy tions as attractive as life in ttrban , A steady growth in Ontario's popu- . `oomMunities. • latiOn, reaching about' the eight-ntil- Mr. Kennedy.advocated commodity lion mark In the next 10 or .15 years, farmer greups,, 'specializing in their was- predicted , at Clinton ThUrsday Own lines and ao-Operatingete control night-hy AgrioultUre Minister T. L. Markets and,prices, He patently and ItennedY. .He addressed the attune clearly ansWared nutnerous citteatienia• (d6hiltnled Pae ' (9 • - • • ,• • The Editor, The littron'Hapositor: * ir; In a recent letter, Lloyd R. S aw, Research Director of the Co- operative Commonwealth Federation of Canada, stated his views, '- Nothing could be easier and simpler than to write in the tone of this re' search director.. It is Only necessary to paint a picture of heaven and in- vite his hearers to enter it—the price, eif admission is one vote'marked with- efft, -thinking. It somewhat different when it comes down to the practical realities, of the question. The C.C.F. his pub- lished a book .recently. In it, the authors write these words: "The two largest classes jri Can- ada are the workers and the farm- ers. Together they -constitute about three-quarters of all Canadians." The figures tovering a fifteen -year period show that these two classes gets 74.2% of the national income, There was practically no variation of the percentage going to labor from - 1930 to 1940. Farm in.comeahowever, was at times anore than cut in three. The C.C.F. is a labor party. Its cotu- pleint is that labor is getting too lit- tle. Its entire support in the recent election in the Province of Ontario, as - far as representation is concerned, came from industrial districts. How can the C.C.F. which hopes to raise' wage rates, 'benefit the farmer when wage rates ,are now more than a, hun- dred per cent. higher than in 1913, while the farmer has not averaged! much more than the 1913 level since. 1926? Making conditions worse wilt not make them better. The C.C.F. is notoriously careless of its facts. It points out: that the - annual wages in manufacturing,' which averaged $1,042 in 1929, fell to .$77T in '33, rose to $965 in '37, and felt to $956 in '38 and labor which is noir demanding a higher wage because of increases in the cost of liiing, ig- nores completely the fact that real wages, that. is wages divided by the' cost of living, were higher on thee average at 1933-37 and. '38 than: they were in 1929. , Thee:C.F. claims that its polity is. the same as the policy of New Zeal- . and. This is absolutely. untrue. lta New Zealand the costs of social ser- vices Are levied as a direct tax upon!, .those who benefit ,from them. Labor, in Canada, has gone on record in re- gard to this, so also have the farm-' ers. The fact is in Canada we want social security but we want others to_ pay for it—the bill, in the end, is to - be sent to the farmers. . So they want to apply the New - Zealand method. In 1940 xes.1 Avage0- in Canada were -21 ,per Cente-laboi7e- the 1926-30 'level. In New --Zealanct, they were 9 per cent. above an out of that lower wage,, New Zealand has - to pay for these special taxes—the-- bill is 6,174,000 New Zealand pounds, equal to $150,000,000 in Canada whew adjustment is made for difference in population. There is another alther !peculiar statement in Mr. Shaw's letter. He says that the press have set them- selves up as the protectors of 'an out- worn' economic system which pre- serves an inequality and injustice which favors a few. I have pointed out, in this letter, that according, to the C.C.F. there is a perfectly equitable distribution of the national' income among' the different groups. The inequalities lies within the group,, in fact are very definitely within the C.C.F. groups. The C.C.F. claims to be the representative of agriculture-. and labor. These- are the two with the greatest inequalities. Will Mr. Shaw tell the leaders of the Acadian how he is going to help the one with- out imposing the burdens , upon the other? R. J. DEA.CHMAN. 53 Queen St., Ottawa, November 8th, 1943. • ,Seen in the 'County Papers Missing Overseas Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hicks, of Caw- tralla, 'have received word from Ot- tawa that their son, Flight Lietitenant Donald Hicks, is missing.- He was piloting a bomber on operations over Germany on Nov. 3rd ands failed to, return.' Donald had been in- the air- force for about four years, receiving his initial training at Sky Harbor 'Air- port. Following his graduation he acted as an instructor at various air- ports for about a year and a half, and in January of this' peal' went ov-- erseas".—Zurich Herald. McCowan Multard A lovely wedding was solemnized" at the home of the bride's' parents in.•• Brueefield, when Kathlyn Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mustard, 'became the bride of Ken- neth Gordon' McCowan, son or Mrs. McCowan and the late John McCritv- an, of Stanley Township. Dr. Chas. MuStard, Toionto, uncle of ,the bride, Performed the oeremony, which took place at MO. o'clock Wednesday, No- vember 10.th. The bride was lovely in a doer -length white satin gown made on siMple lines andcarrying pink ros- ea. Her Veil, Was shoulder length. • (Centinted On Page 3) .a. • •.- •• .4* A 4 A A -4'