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The Huron Expositor, 1943-12-10, Page 5r .1 i , r ) e 1• !I; nn The QWeek At the Sealorth, Collegiate Institute (By Porgpby Smith). The .epidemic of influenza tae tak- en its toll in the school this week, and the number of students in as- semblies has diminished by half. Plans for the dance are still being carried out, and a reminder is sent out to all the ex -students of fifth year, nof to forget their invitation to the dance on the 14th of Decem- ber. The fun begins -at 8 p.m. and ,the admission is 25 cents, so be on ,time. Are- you troubled with nightmares? Is your, future a rosy one? Is there a trip in store for you? All Peso questions, and more, will be •answer' ed for you by the Bablmi Swami on Dec. 14th. Don't miss it! In the first game of volley ball on Dec. 2nd, Grades XII and XIII defeat- ed 'Grade XA 37x17.. In the second game Grade XI'° defeated Grade IX 32-25. In the first ganie on Dec. 6th, Grade IX defeated Grade XA 29-25: In the second game, Grade 'XI defeated Grade XB nn -16. -Marjorie Golding refereed. True Or False? (An address by R. J. Deachman before •the Smith Falls Rotary Club, November, 1943). We are going to examine today a few slogans, take them apart, see what is in them, find out whether they are true or false, in whole or in part.* And now to the task! (1) "The world owes everybody . -a living!" The world owes.. nobody a living. Each new generation is debtor to the past for the excellent start it gets in life. The only means by which that debt can, ,he repaid is by passing on to tho"se,,who„tom:e after us a country better, richer, stronger than we found it. That should be the spirit of the age -it is the way of progress. (2) ',This is an age of plenty." Yes, in comparisea with the past! Higher ,standards will be achieved in the future, the world moves onward and upward. In ,Macaulay's History of England, we find these words: "On the ,whole, rit seems reason: able to conclude that, in the reign of Charles the Second, the ordinary wages of the peasant did not ex- ceed four shillings a week. For so miserable a recompense were the producers of wealth compelled to toil, rising early and lying down Isle . A workman employed in the great staple manufacture of England (textiles) thought himself fairly paid if he gained six shillings a week." Let us fix our dates on that. Charles the Second died in 1685; Macaulay in 1859. The conditions described are' far below the level of today --but, not much, if any below the early years of the 19th.. century -say from the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 to 1844. • What of theworld today? Colin Clark; a distinguished British econ- omist, has measured purchasing pow- er in various countries in terms of IJ.S dollars: a Eighty-one per cent. of tbe people of the world were receiv- ing approxirttately $10 per week; $20 per week was found only in the Unit- ed States, -Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Switzer- land. These are the- wealthy coun- tries of the world. About 53 per cent. including all China and. India live on less' than $4 per Week per• family. There is latent wealth in all countries but we must work for it. The wealth of the world. is open only to those who reek it. „ lir r 1', (3), •,, "Production Should ' be for use and Mit for profit." y•r , Prattle -the incentive to effort. If we destroy the incentive, something -else must be put in its place -other- wise the national income will decline. It is still possible in this world to change from 'a condition where some are poor and' sortie are rich to a con - edition where -air are poor. If we destroy the profit motive, is there anything which couldebe put in its place except compulsion? That is the condition in Russia. The law there is, it you do not work, neither will you eat. Similar provision would', have to be made in this country. Un - Vier a controlled economy, personal freedom cannot 'survive. (4) - "A Eve -day week, six hours a day and two weeks holidays with paY, mobile retaining the present rate of 'wages, would •eliminate unemploy- ment." National income, including the in- come of those in receipt of salaries and wages, depends upon production. This suggestion means a reduction in the total national income -also a sharp increase in rates of pay. How, out Of a reduced national income, 'can 'we afford to increase the earnings of the workers and at the same time .give employment to more. I leave the question with you. Who has tdfe answer? There is no such thing as holidays 'with pay. If all the people .of Canada take two weeks' holidays, each year, there would be a smaller total volume of production -again, out of a smaller total, there could not be'higbet total 'wage and salary payments. The pro- posal would end in a decrease in the volume of employment. I am not op- posing holidays for Workers, but they itnust be . paid for by . somebody and in the long run they will. - If, i (5) , "It is possible to increase produc- tion so as to give every Canadian a much higher standard of living." Standards of living rise with in- creased capacity to produce. The first 6e -sus of Canada was in 1870. Net production per worker was then $500. earnings .$217 per annum, now pro- duction is $2,500, 'wage E1,100 per worker. Why the increase? °Machine man -power produces more than man- power. The increase could not take -place without an increase in capital tevesttnent-- ive ge rates rise with the increase of capital investment per worker, (6) "The size of the national debt is wholly unimportant." The size of the national debt is im- portant but in measuring the burden, we must have some regard to capad- r;y to pay. There is a new concept in regard to it in the U.S. It's most ardent protagonists have anticipated a rational debt of $4,000 billion with- in the next fifty years! American debt, after the war, will probably ex- ceed $200 billion, maybe more. The Canadian debt over $10 billion;'that may not be a level beyond our capac- ity. Unrestricted expansion of debt in order to provide employment for everybody may bring about a pan alyw.'s of effort more costly than, war. (7) "`Between 1929 and 1932 the Drinkers took $3,500 million of cred- it out of circulation at a time when credit was badly needed." Total lions in 1929 amounted to $2;279 millions: By '32 they dropped to $1,58,3 million. These figures in- dlude call and short loans and loans to governments. The item; "Other current loans -your borrowings and mine, fell.,from $1,343 millions to $1,- 032 millions, a decline of over $300 millions not $3,500 millions. The man v'ho made that claim multiplied ev- erything by 10. Total on deposit, in the same period, dropped from 12,- 697 millions no $2,257 millions. Tile volume of money. on deposit in '37 and credit available would have hand- led a larger volume of business than ir. '?,9. Wholesale prices dropped from 95.6 in 1929 to 66,7 in 1932 -on the basis of 1926 = 100. Less money does more business when prices fall. (8) "The volume of money in circula- tion sbould be equal to the volume of production," The amount' of money in circula- tion is not the sole determining fac- tor in business activity -far from it. Velocity is also important. Veloc'.ty will be higher when the prospects of success in business appear, to a com- petent and solvent borrower, to be greater than the risks involved, (9) "If we can have good times in war, We can have good times in peace." If everyone in Canada goes on a spending spree, there will be a tem- porary spurt to business. If they der stroy buildings, burn cities, blow up bridges, a brief period of business ac- tivity mayenallow=but the nation will be poor, not richer from the escap- ades of the spenders. We might bring on good times by burning down Toronto. Despife the feelings some may have in regard to that city, an opinionI do not •share, I object to the policy -the nation would be poor- er not •richer from its loss. We were told before the bubble broke in 1929 that depressions were a thing of the past. The prophets were wrong. A new and more gullible group, is now being ,born. We are far from clear in our thinking when we feel, that war can give us real prosperity. . (10) hr "Eighty-five per cent. of the peo- ple of Canada are workers. The balance, 15 per cent., don't twork. They live on' the interest of bonds and the dividends of -stocks." Dividends on .stocks and interest on bonds 01 a not paid to a class of idlers=bo11ings' are widely diffused. Eighty-five per cent, of the pnople of Canada, the workers, are ,now get- ting more than 87 per eent, of.. the national'Income. The share bf the workers ruin {939 was 62 # pet. Cent, agricultnte 12.6 per tent, .O l er 'priv- ate erre#irises 9.2 ber, tAit.•, md>ilci pal eduhdtfti . ant pt'iblie `W'e"l atre;, 34 Qlt* )741 0 - nes they?' oleo wprk� ltd QWit eco sty'.:p 44'F'Q' 1 Amel,'y rtrT4 X1 subserth,°0 pappro M, atelji~' $3,goo,Op0 ''to thR�� :i eoegxv 1f;ji�tpr3r IQalp Over two million of toe napne, frpn} 'tile country or ft+onl hilly haoa!let% Ainericern 'ftntlyea show that oftotal. corporation dividends, 53 per Gent. go `to those with incomes of $5,000 or over; 47 per cent. to those with. t - comes below that level or',to hospi- tals, schools, cllurell;es and other non-profit organizations. Those with high incomes' are often engaged, in business and their contribution to the national life is important. A wealthy nation ,develops out of .the effort of men who strive mightily to develop great industries. Let, us not grudge them their day of success, their moment of glory. --en British Folk Are Still Happy (By Margaret Butcher) Nobody, I am sure, will be in the least surprised to read that more things have been happening to me. I do `buy it,' don't I? It is this homeless, haphazard sort of existence one has 10 lead, of course -at evedybody's mercy. Anything at all may happen and, when it does, one is involved. I amout of my old lodgings. Illness suddenly descended on the house and my room was want- ed for a' nurse. A nice predicament indeed in a town filled to the brim with people. Incidentally, the house is still emp- ty, the invalid• in a nursing home and the nurse- still somewhere up in the clouds; but`that is neither here nor there. One week in which to pack, scrabble together everything I have 'in the world and find somewhere to live. Small wonder -that I lost nearly seven pounds in weight. Something, definitely had to be done. I stepped over the suitcases,' saucepans, piles of• papers and other effects,. and, hopping on the trusty Grace, cycled out into the country. It was good to get away from the mud- dle for an hour or two; and perhaps there might be some cerper for me in a cottage somewhere. Wild -of eye, I covered the two miles between the old pitch and the home of a friend who, I thought, might be able to ;sug- gest somebody in her village. She lives en a beautiful old house that is really an ancient farm enlarged and improved.. It is of the Tudor perio,i, with timbered walls and lovely mel- low roofs. The gardens are broad and wonderfully laid out; there are old oakbeams and flagged paths and yew hedges; a place to dream about. t A World of Welcome She ,came out to meet me: charm- ing and pretty in her bright summer frock; With a smile of welcome that did me a world of good there and then. I felt a bit diffident about spill- ing my rather sordid troubles, as you can imagine, but I'm a great believer in broadcasting one's needs, for you never know. Maybe, somewhere at hand, there was a kind old soul who'd make room' for me. I didn't expect any .,real comfort, of course; my im- agination didn't venture that far. She excused herself and went into conference with the housekeeper. Back they came, both smiling. The solution had been found, they said. Would I care to come to them till L' wa.s -able to fix myself up? So here I am, .practically in Paradise. I have a pretty bedroom looking put over a picturesque -courtyard with woods be: yond. I have space to move, quiet to write, good food to eat and, most im- portant of all, kindliness 'all round ire. Never 'did a catastrophe work out better in this world! • The housekeeper, bless her henri, has taken. the wanderer to her bosom. She islarge and smiling and very, very 'clever at her job. Sometimes there is a tap on my .door. and there she -is, smiling at me over a cap of something 'to keep me going.' There are,four friendly cats and a hen which has allowed itself t6 be tamed; there are lovely skies overhead and elm trees with the prdverbial rooks. I. al- most forget what a brick villa looks like: Vastly Impressed There is aldo the bietler who- am sure -is vastly impressed by my ap- petite. He is indulgent about it, ,of course, but it is probably some .time since he saw anything resembling it. Sometimes his eye twinkles at me, anci it is a very kind and friendly eye, despite its thinly 'veiled astonishment at. the quantity 1 manage to put away. But if he only 'sinew the joy of hav- ing meals without the trouble of get- ting them for oneself! We 'all live economically, of course, as does every thinking -'person now; iiit a good cook and itouseikeeper can work wonders with our rations ant our home-growie vegeltables. Every day I cycle in to .the Allotment and bring back my quota, and every day there are appetizing things on the table, thanks to this ingenuity.' The lost pounds have returned, needless.. to remark. I sleep like' a top in this grand air, aZid wake every morning full.: of gratitude to these lovely and un- der'standibg people, I haven't been .able't. ,And anytt'tiog else yet, butAl am told not to :lattrry. Yet bow one would hate t ' to any unfair ad Ventage of such ft 'lids! Well, here's• hoping Nu 1+ate, fill do me another good, turn . but she' will -never= come up tb-this in her future efforts, of • edtrrse. - lY:OAP,t; 1. ('400 ' F?i'ObTe. pOl tt,#e 4lppt9r gut jW ? of *4 Patients- when the day pa, xli i, 1?o1 est tT bf,te: in a coal van,' r,, tt4SO B AO 4 t11e back, Ido ViattluPPOO, any nisi tor 'has evern,rrived here before, wild; this peculiar tlistipption, There was Much $j t ab9 1 .. I emerged from my se on a Clean sack looking none the w+Orse. put doers. was one other ifttlrf; epipette 'which impressed me„ and U*$ was when the coal Merchant carrying a trunk into my xoom, admired the roses which' had been placed there to welcome. Ane My hostess, without a. word., had a bunch brought for him, so the coal van went home again smelling like a garden. How many people, I'wonder, would have thought of that sweet and gracious action? I think her whole life is like that: full of thought for others. Of course, the war has `left its mark, even out here among the roll- ing fields and the woods. The gar- dens are running wildand the once- s-nooth lawns get only an occasional mowing; most of the staff bedrooms are empty and the hotwater system has been suspended. We do most of our own washing and allsort of other economies are the vogue. There are tomato plants where tulips once made a blaze of color, and huge beds have been given up to'sunflowers for pheas- ants' 'food. There is no waste, no nonsense, no humbug about 'appear- ances.' Nobody moans about it; no- body makes a fuss. (Quite frankly, I have come across far mare waste, fuss and various bits of nonsense in those brick villas!)-, Plenty to Kick about The Allotment is being as, fractious as ever, and the Gardening Partner, now in much better health, finds plen- ty to' complain about, The marrows and turnips, he declares,,, have been. be- witched, and. he has ne strong suspi- cion that somebody •has put 'the 'flu- ence' on the beans. .'Never mind!'.' I say soothingly. "We have less weeds than anybody else. See how, tidy it all is!" "Weeds won't . grow here, of course," he_ answers, determined to be difficult. "It isn't good erough for 'em." Yes, he is certainly much bet- ter and steadily getting back to his old form, Recently I went out with my knife and gloves and did some local hedge trimming. That is where one_notices such a tremendous difference nowa- days with the absence of labor. Huge brambles are shooting- out . several feet onto the highway'and, if one is cycling at night, constitute a real danger. There is nobody to put such things right -except the ordinary citr- ien, of course. One sees folk doing all sorts of things like that, but. -it, fell, to me -after a good bit of dodg- ing -to tackle 'this job: All the avail- able hands are working on • arable land, I imagine, for never have I seen larger patches of cultivation in this country. We' are so accustomed M small fields over here that tbe change is rather startling. You, of course, would not think any of them big, but a field of wheat stretching away into the middle-distance is ra= xther a novely to' us. Strange Changes • The clothes coupon system, too, is making strange changes. People with. trunks of furs ann frocks have to cudgel their brains on the 'stocking question. To lend somebody " your coupon -hook 18 to make, a friend for life, and a couple of 'new handker- chiefs is a gift of no mean order, I assure you. L. have just teen a little girl looking very delicious in a wee frock and coat made out cf on old curtain of mine, and there is a strdng line in house -skirts that were once old winter coats. The strange part of it is that I have net met anybody shabby, even after these yeatof war end wangling. A friend of mine has a fur coat for•which--she Kale $125 five years ago; she ,has suet had it valued for insurance purposes and its value is now.. $600! Our iricyale§' are;•Kuarded with our lives, for deeent ones are simply un- obtainable: I mean, bicycles with ad- justable gears and. • so on, ,Cycle thieves -ala !-are not ,doing too bad- ly in these times, so we take extra care. One, hears people say: "Oh, I can get you a bicqcle. I -know where they're to be had," hastily, adding: "Not bla�rlt market of course." But when it comes down to brass tacks -t's ;just ed much big, talk. The old-time bicycles are just a pipe -dream. Everywhere one meets unlikely looking people riding the queerest, machines of the "sit -up -and - beg" variety-with,'lbaildlebars some- where under their Chins. Folks have dug them out from heaven knows where and trhey're having to work in their dotage. Grace has chic, I must admit, when I' see her against these antediluvian monsters. Pony carts are on the roads again, and I leave just ,had a ride In a . bverness-car of khe 1890 iferiod, or thereabouts, wit.'r :Lr woman-drver as mart as paint. Yes, we're managing all right. s DUSTY WANGS The most carefttl 'Yboi1 keeper in the world is likely P . foit`got bre dusty 11$iing on .her lamp shadg, ,P tictllar- 1Y in tile cities, where the' sindke-lad- Nk atmosphere eansetr gri'me•cbvered bulbs, i'tifleet0r • bottrls ;ap shades, lighting experts estimate that fromt 20 or A SensibieW&tiuie'l Gifts For Her Hose Gloves 79c --to $1.50 $1.' to 33.00 Si to $3.00 75c to $1.095• Wool Gloves Scarfs Nighties Pyjamas Slips Panties Towels (Guest) -' Bed Spreads $2;25, to $4,95 $1.95 to. $2,95 $1.19 to $2.95 79c to $1:95 ..5;0c to $1.00 $4.56 to $13.5:0 Bathroom Sets $1,95 $1.50 to $2.75 Pillow Slips Handkerchiefs '5c to 85c: Boxed Handkies 35c to 75c "Purses $1395 to $4.95 .. Towels 49c to $1.75 $1.95 to $3.95 tf $2.95 to $12.95 Ski Suits (Girls) $7.50;to $11.95 w" Dresses- $3.95' to 'MAO _, Children's Dresses ..$125 $2.95 to Bridge Sets . House Coats Blouses, $1.19 to $3.25 SPECIAL -All -Wool Pullover_ Sweaters Rose; Blue and Red long sleeve Sweaters in excellent weight Botany Wool. Special 3.25 of Gifts For 111 Shirts Scarfs Hose Pyjamas Ties Handkies Boxed ,Handkies Braces Spats Belts $1.79 to $2 95 5$2$151.0.007'e009 1 0'8 to $2+5 50c to $1'.225 $'2.00 to $'3:50 50c to $2.00 15c to 75c .. - 75c to. $2.2`5 5Dc ` to $1.00' $1.50 to $.2?:0. 5'Oc to $323$223:5 x.00 Gloves, "Lined" $1.95 to Gloves, to Tie & Hankie Sets -.. 75'c to, $1.00 Scarf & Glove 'Sets • 52x50 Dressing Gowns ...UM to. $12.95 Sweaters $�5�;..� Horsehide Jackets. - ..t:7$1512.3156 $1%: Stewart Bros. The "PRESENT" With a "FUTURE" is WAR SAVINGS Certificates ✓ Tirf..; see:t't 'TnreirSi firft (r.ir-(rir fr: T r-• f''r,i' Tenn, r:a•re,,ea'sear,„•; to 50 per cent. of light is Iosst. by common neglect. • ,.PAYS HIGH DIVIDENDS Vacuum cleaner bags -emptied' and whisked out at frequent intervals will pay high dividends in cleaning opera- tions... Pips, tacks, pebbles, or other sharp" objects should be picked up be- fore vacuuming. If they are picked up by, .the cleaner instead, they 'may damage the belt or other moving parts. Keep the brushes clean and free ,froze hair and threads. WATCH THE WASTE LINE There's a certain amount of waste when food is transferred from cook- ing dish to serving dish. Using the same dish for cooking and serving, or serving plates in the kitchen reduces waste as well as dish washing. MATCHING PANTIES There's, just so much let -out them and after the limit has reached 'big s}ster's garments should be passed ala3ig to little sister. If the garments happens to be a pleated skirt it will usually provide enough material after ripping to make a plain skirt with matching panties for a younger child, to a been SUGAR SAVER Saving' on sugar to take care of ex- tra guests at Christmas time? If you have it to spare, a small glass of apple jelly will make elegant sweet- ening for your next apple pie. CURTAIN CARE Net curtains need frequent launder- ing, specially in winter ,time when : they collect sharp, gritty dust and soot. tains life. surance This dirt literally cuts' cur- ' spicy mince pies . . *now under to pieces aid shortens their j the shelter of the price, nea)icag. The Keeping them clean is life in- maximum wholesale price is- set= ;niut for certain. for eaoh of the fifteen zones, of 'Can- ada, and retailers -will add their usual CARE NEEDED Enamelware should he treated with great cave as the surface is easily cracked Or chipped. Cold water should never be' poured into a hot pan. Food that has stuck to the bot- tom must not be scratched with any- thing sharp. Soapy water' boiled in the pan will loosen obstinate burns. CHRISTMAS SUET PRICES FIXED Suet . . . 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