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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. „
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"Production Should ' be for use and
Mit for profit."
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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,
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(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)
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"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
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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.. $600!
Our iricyale§' are;•Kuarded with our
lives, for deeent ones are simply un-
obtainable: I mean, bicycles with ad-
justable gears and. • so on, ,Cycle
thieves -ala !-are not ,doing too bad-
ly in these times, so we take extra
care. One, hears people say: "Oh, I
can get you a bicqcle. I -know where
they're to be had," hastily, adding:
"Not bla�rlt market of course." But
when it comes down to brass tacks
-t's ;just ed much big, talk.
The old-time bicycles are just a
pipe -dream. Everywhere one meets
unlikely looking people riding the
queerest, machines of the "sit -up -and -
beg" variety-with,'lbaildlebars some-
where under their Chins. Folks have
dug them out from heaven knows
where and trhey're having to work in
their dotage. Grace has chic, I must
admit, when I' see her against these
antediluvian monsters. Pony carts
are on the roads again, and I leave
just ,had a ride In a . bverness-car of
khe 1890 iferiod, or thereabouts, wit.'r
:Lr woman-drver as mart as paint.
Yes, we're managing all right.
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DUSTY WANGS
The most carefttl 'Yboi1 keeper in
the world is likely P . foit`got bre dusty
11$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.
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,.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 . . . 'chopped ready to go in-
to steaming Christmas puddings and
mark-up of the basic Period, bn'this
marir-up must not exceeds 25 per cent.
of their retail selling+ price. r
Sharpe: "If you don't stop play-
ing that banjo I'll go crazy."
Flate: "You're crazy now. I stop-
ped playing half 'an hour ago." -a
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Man (to son after first day at
sehool) : "Well, son, what did you,
learn today?"
Son: "Not .much, Daddy, I've got
to go back tomorrow."
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