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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 18
Warmer Climate?
Many times during the particular-
ly mild weather which has featured
this winter, it has been suggested to
us dist the weather is becoming
'milder each year, and that we don't
hive, the snow and the cold now that
eve"used to have years ago. Most of
the time we attributed such remarks
to the fact that in looking back on
one's youth, most things and condi-
tions tend to assume a magnitude far
removed from reality. With each
passing year we are prone to recall
that the snow was deeper and the
summers hotter than they are now.
But, apparently, we were wrong.
The world really has been growing
warmer during the past seventy-five
years or so. Prof. Andrea Michae,
French ethnologist and" Arctic ex-
pert, points out the evidence in the
Ungava District on the shores of
Hudson Bay, where the tree line is
creeping north. Trees in the area,
which formerly were merely skeletal
dwarfs, good for nothing, now are
growing larger. There is only one
reason for this, he says, and that is
that the climate is growing warmer.
Such a trend, of course, is in line
with many such long-term changes
in climate in past centuries, and evi-
dence of which is to be found by
examination of the growth -rings of
trees and tree -fossils of centuries
ago. Reasons for the changes are
not too clear. There is good reason
for thinking that small changes in
radiation of heat from the sun are
reeponsi'ble: These changes a r e
rhythmic in character, and would
cause altered climates everywhere on
earth, Arctic and all. -
But on the other hand, another
factor may be contributing to a '
warmer climate. Movements of the
bed of the Greenland Sea have been
reported, and it is suggested that this
may be resulting in alterations to
the course followed by the Gulf
Stream. Corresponding changes in
climate would follow if this were
true, which would affect particularly
the northeastern corner of North
America.
It matters little what the reasons
for the change may be.. Every house-
holder, forced with the problem of
providing fuel with which to combat
winter temperatures, as we have
Down them in the past, will wel-
come any trend towards milder
climate and ask no questions.
i1
•
AHem And AHaw
Anyone who has ever reported a
meeting or interviewed someone for
publication, at one time or another
'has been charged with failing to re-
cord correctly the words of the
speaker.
"I was misquoted !" is the first cry
of the public man who finds himself
in hot water. And judging from the
times the excuse is used, it must be
a good one.
But what is not so often made pub-
lic is the problem every reporter
faces in attempting to make sense
of the hesitancy and stumbling
which characterize the utterances of
the same public men.
One newspaper, The Washington
Post, finally became tired of "clean-
ing up speeches in reporting them,"
and rail one exactly as it was made.
This is how it sounded. The speak-
er is 'Astrid Coiranissioher Young
Washington
"W"e people of Washingten who
iaite' iso vote, no say in our tci Govern -
t j e+h
-the support r . ppo t Oi��
oU gen-
e i;
ei en.• wit() have corhe .here tonight
Met' .• 'anything lir
know art
thi
�' ng in the
0: s ,
u Washington . Ibis
ieT I den't:. intend' it that
ways but I suspect '
Sometimes they
put members on our committee—they
don't know where to put 'em. But
that's no disrespect to the men on
the committee. That's probably the,
ah, the, ah, probably the, ah, custom
of the, ah, House."
There could be no suggestion of
having been misquoted here. The
complete speech was mechanically
recorded and transcribed for use in
the paper. Perhaps every newspaper
should arm itself with a mechanical
means of recording speeches. It
might eliminate the misquoted ex-
cuse.
•
Housing Costs
While many thousands of housing
units have been erected during re-
cent years, the demand for housing
appears to be as great as ever. Major
factors contributing to the shortage
are said to be lack of replacement
of wornout units during the thir-
ties and on into the years Canada
was at war, plus new peaks of de-
mand created in certain areas result-
ing from the movement of large por-
tions of the population during the
war years.
But another factor that con-
tributes to the housing shortage is
the hesitancy of many to invest in a
home at today's prices. Construc-
tion costs have more than doubled as
compared to pre-war. Many young
people anxious to own their own
homes, are deterred when they think
of their homes in terms of the many
years it will take to pay for them.
Contributing to the much higher
cost is the fact that the basic cost
of a house—labor—has increased
many times over. And during the
same time no improved methods
have been developed to offset this.
No one can object to labors? increas-
ed return, providing results are pro-
portionately increased. But when
costs are doubled many times over,
without a corresponding increase in
production, there can be only one
result.
If cars today were made by the
same hand -tools and methods em-
ployed 40 years ago, they would cost
many thousands of dollars and would
be beyond the means of all but a few.
Unfortunately, this is the position in
which housing construction finds it-
self. The industry is attempting to
meet 1949 demands with 1910 meth-
ods.
•
Mr. Churchill
Mr. Churchill gets credited with
many statements which he may or
may not have made, according to
"The Letter Review." The latest
London story is that, speaking of the
recent bribery case in Britain, he
said, "What a pity! If poor Clem
Attlee had been alive, this would
never have happened."
•
A BANNER YEAR
(The St. Marys Journal Argus)
A number 'of circumstances combined to make
1948 a banner year. Weather conditions gener-
ally were highly favorable for crop production.
Prices of produce were maintained at a fairly
stable level and markets for most •products were
wide open. A more widespread acceptance of
scientific farming practices was another contri-
buting factor. Mechanization increasedgreatly
with the introduction of many new types of ma-
chines to speed up and lighten farm work. Fer-
tilizer consumption was boosted over that of
1947. New insecticides, fungicides, weed -killers
and a host of other chemicals proved potent wea-
pons in the constant war against pests.
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ANTS
(The Printed Word)
In the intervals of dealing with the Russian
peril, the British Government occasionally turns
to consider such matters as the danger of an in-
vasion of Government offices by ants. Variqus
Government Departments are charged with re-
sponsibility in this respect. Recently a Govern-
ment Department, which noted that ants were
running around, wrote to the Public Works De-
partment, asking for a supply of ant poison.
The Public Work Department replied that it
could supply poison for ants only if 'they were
outside the building. It was announced that ants
inside the .building must be dealt with by poison
supplied by the Department of Health.
The unfortunate officer who started this argu-
ment pointed out that it was a little difficult for
him to be perfectly sure that an ant on the win-
dowsill outside the 'building was not just a Health
Department ant stepping into Public Works' De-
partment territory, while an ant inside the front
door might be a Public Works ant on a temporary
visit to Health Department premises..
He offered, as a compromise, that the two De-
partments concerned should furnish a joint sup-
ply of poison, which could then be mixed, and
used Inside and outside the tbuilding. Innthis
way there would be at least a good chance that
the Health Department killed only the ants for
Which It Was responsible, and Public Works• Only
'those ants with which it was supposedt to deal.
The difficulty is that there is not yet a General
Staff to co-ordiflatethe efforts of'Health and Pub-
lic Works, and, until this has been established,
itis hard to see hbw.there can be a joint defence
againants-, Ist oWeiter, there is aLwa$'a.belie ,Oat
When the nationalization of steel da •out Of' the
' way, the (l:overriirit fit will have a little: time left
to turn to this iutpbi'tant ctueation of COOdiriat-
,lug' inti aiif : rneas5;(rd'a. .
"A PANIPERE4 1 1,Grf
"It never page t* pamper a
young un!" That is a eagee reflec-
tion of an uncle of mine 'and in
the past few days I AM ,gore than,
ever convinced that he, knew what
he was talking about the day he
told me. His conviction is that no
matter what the circumstances
may be, you pay in the long run
for pampering of any kind.
Grunter, our grum'b1hig Berk-
shire, had a litter of, little pigs
one night. There wisre`'eight per-
fect pigs and one runtt„;'This runt
seemed to be a social, outcast
among the others, and even his
mother nudged .him none too gent-
ly out of the way. He was the
ugly duckling of the pig family.
Aunt Bessie was here at the time
and she decided tct take charge of
the runt. He was installed in a
lined basket behind the stove In
the kitchen. -Shivering and jiggling
when he went in, the warns nii'.k
in the bottle which they kept forc-
ing him to lap up through a nip-
ple, soon rounded out some of the
wrinkles in his little body.
His least squeal would bring
somebody running to give him at-
tention. Patricia Ann kept piling
on the covers until he must have
been sweating lard, but that inso-
lent little runt just kept on pros-
pering.
His squeal developed' into a grunt
and he was moved out in his bas-
ket to the woodshed. He develop-
ed in time a tendency to hop out
of the basket, and when my wife
discovered one Monday morning
that he had burrowed down into a
pile of clothes Waiting to be wash-
ed, he was ordered away from the
house.
Porky seemed just like a boy in
velvet rompers put in among a
group of street urchins in dirty
clothes when he was deposited
with his brothers and sisters in
the pen under the driving shed.
He may have been a tyrant in his
little basket in the house, but he
was a knee -shaking coward with
those eight others.
Now pig -pens are not the clean-
est spots on a farm. Porky seem -
By Harry J. Boyle
end to shrink up when his feet
touched the floor. He backed' intoI
a corner and hunched his back
and his estranged brotheirs and
sisters ranged around and looked
him over. His clean hide seemed,
no doubt, very strange to them.
They moved in a little closer and
Porky pulled back as tar as the
boards would allow him to go,
Feeding -time interrupted at the
right time and the family all troup-
ed in to see what was on the menu.
While they went at the task in a
hearty manner, Porky stood around'
helpless) Isle was a bottle-fed baby.
When he was moved le on the
production line, Grunter took a
couple of bites at him and he
twisted his tail up and squealed
his way back into the other pen.
When we came back to do the
chores after supper the other
members of the family had hint
backed into a corner and were giv-
ing .him a real share of punish-
ment. He was squealing and grunt-
itig and kicking and the wo-
men folk handed down an ulti-
matum that he would have to go
into a pen of his own.
That's how it is that Porker has
prospered in a pen of his own.
Pampered by everyone in the fam-
ily he gets the tastiest left -overs.
A runt when he started out in life,
he is now at that weight so ap-
preciated by the Bacon Board and
tt a packing plants.
The trouble now is that the fam-
ily think that Porker should be
spared from the execution block.
Every day he is putting on the
pounds and every day that I men-
tion taking him away to market
there is a show of tears. As a sort
of compensation to him, they show-
er some more tasty victuals on him
which 'all means more weight
and• less chance of a bonus on
him. - o
The day is approaching when I'll
have to get firm and take Porker
away, realizing that for' several
days while the memory. is strong
he will be regarded with glances
that so plainly say in a reproach-
ful way, "You sold that poor little
runt to a packing plant.”
Just A Smile Or Two
Ten -year-old Son (son sightsee-
ing tour) : "Hel, Pop, what's that
building?"
Father: "I don't know."
Son (later) : "Pap, what's that
big sign for?"
Father: "How shouhl I know."
Son: "Say, Pop, you're not mad
when I ask these questions, are
you?"
Father: "No, soil. It's the only
way you'll ever learn anything.".
•
A - youngster asked ;hie father
how wars started "Well," said his
father, "suppose •Canada quarrel-
led with the United States and—"
"But," interrupted the mother,
"Canada must never quarrel with
the United States."
"I know," agreed the father, "but
I am only taking a hypothetical in-
stance."
"You are misleading the child,"
she protested.
"No, I am not," shouted the
father.
"Never mind, Dad," put in the
boy. "I think I know how wars
start!"
Huron Federation of
Agriculture Farm News
Hazard Element in Agriculture
"At present, we are in the midst
of a biological chaos. the com-
plexion of which changes year by
year," Dr. K. W. Neatby, Science
Service Director, Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture, told members.
of the Ontario Potato Growers
Assoeiation recently. "In our
struggle to establish a new order,
we have progressed in some quar-
ters and retreated in others.''
"The truly marvellous advances
made in physical science," he con-
tinued, "are apt to lull the pubLic
into a false sense of security. The
ill-informed, and that includes
most of us, are all too prone to
believe that what can be 6ne in
physical science can be done in
biological science, and that if the
agricultural research workers are
given a few million dollars a year,
all will be well with agriculture.
Nothing could be further from the
truth.
"When the white man arrived in
this country, he found a rich
variety of plants and animals pret-
ty well adjusted to the soil, the
climate and to one another. Among
these plants and animals, of
course, were many species of in-
sects, fungi, bacteria and what
nlot: some parasites, some scav-
engers and a great many that had
become involved in a most compli-
cated system, of interdependence.
Well, what did civilization do? BY
destroying much of the native veg-
etation and animal life and b'y in-
troducing new plants and animals
including a hostof destructive in-
sects, diseases and weeds, it did to
the natural balance pretty much
what the atom bomb did to Hiro-
shima and Nagasaki.
"It. itt tfire," said Dr. Neatby,
"that crop plants are plastic in
the bands of the plant breeder.
Witness rust resistant cereals,
smut resistant cereals, sawfly re-
s'istantwheat, and a host of other
examples, But, unfortunately, the
agencies, that cause these diseases
are plastic in the hands of nature
and new races are continually in
the malting, some of which suc-
ceed in attacking hitherto resist-
ant varieties. Real progress is be-
ing made in the deveiopreent of
potato varieties, resistant to late
blight, bacterial ring rot, scab and.
1 of r'o11., But we may be quite
certain that no variety Will be
permanently safe. The problem of
Isbla:to diseases will probably never
be solved completely,
"Another weapon that is assum-
ing considerable importance, in dis-
ease control issderived froth 'ti1iat
18 known as entlbiosis—a s+i ientifle
wary of setting a thief to •eittnh a
thief. It now appears that art irflH
portant a
P enc g Y in the centre! of
!,)imam .root rot of wheat' a
• lhcteriai Organism
that eeffftdTfiy
fiches and pains, at times, remind us,
, Nature, too, has certain /awe.
But, by careful diagnosis,
Doctozs con facade their cause.)
' ilcr vaaec+.! of National Hwhh and welfare
,Ys
thrives at the expense of the fun-
gus chiefly concerned incommon
root rot.
"When they are successful, bio-
logical methods of control such as
plant breeding and encouraging
beneficial organisms are the cheap-
est, safest and best; but most of
our eggs are still in the artificial
control basket. The danger is that
we may rely too much on chemi-
cal warfare," Dr. Neatby warned.
"Agricultural research is nof' a
failure. It has many successes to
its credit and will have many
more; but protecting farm crops
and animals will never be easy or
cheap. Undoubtedly, through time,
the biological picture will become
less chaotic. Successful investiga-
tion is no easier than successful
farming; but is there any reason
to suppose that life, was intended
to be easy," he concluded.
Years Agone
interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago.
WiJM Take Over Coffee Shop
Mr., and Mrs. Clifford Elliott, of
.ionden, have purchased from Mr.
a.ad Mrs. C. I. Buck the restaurant
business in connection' with the
Commercial Hotel (Coffee Shop),
and wi11 assume control of the
business 'on March 1. Mr. and
Mrs, Buck are. moving to Goderich
where they have purchased the
business and equipment in connec-
tion with the Park House. They
will take over the Goderich busi-
ness on the same date, March 1.—
Blyth Standard.
Injured in Fall
Miss Josephine Woodcock has
been absent from her duties at the
telephone exchange this week due
to an accident which occurred at
her home Iast Saturday evening.
While emptying the. ashes she
tripped and, fell over the handle
of the ash sifter, spraining the liga-
ments in her shoulder, and receiv-
ing other minor, bruises. We are
pleased 'to say she will soon be
around again,—Blyth Standard.
Loses Left Eye
Mr. Arthur Florist, of Grand Bend,
is ill in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, having suffered the loss of his
left eye from injuries received in,
a hockey game at 'Thedford Wed-
nesday of last week. Art was play-
ing with the Grated Bend. team
against Thedford' and during the
second period -of the game was
struck in the eye by the stick of
one of the players. Art is an em-
ployee of Mr. Klopp of the Bren-
ner Hotel, Grand Bend,- and it was
with some reluctance that he de-
cided to go to Tbedford, stating
that it would be his last game. --
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Slightly Envious
The Times -Advocate has receiv-
ed from Mr. Henry Delbridge, a
copy of the Mount Dora Topic. It
speaks of the warm weather, the
bountiful citrus crop now being
harvested and makes one wish
that they, like the other Exeterites,
were era;oying some of that sunny
clime.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Broke Ankle in Fall
An unfortunate accident •occur-
red in Toronto last Friday when
Mrs. W. G. Hamilton „of Diagonal
Road, who had been visiting in the
city, slipped, fracturing the small
bone above the ankle. It will re-
main in a cast for six weeks. She
is at present at the home of her
son, Jim, and Mrs. Hamil•ton.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Won Life Insurance Trophy '
Mr. Stewart A. Scott, representa-
tive for the Montreal Life Insur-
ance Company for Wingham and
district, was awarded the Fred
Love trophy at an agency meeting
held at the branch office in Han-
over: This trophy is presented to
the representative obtaining the
largest volume of issued business
in the ageney.—Wingham Advance -
Times.
Large Attendance At tee Carnival
The annual skating carnival of
the Goderich Lions ,Club on Wed-
nesday night drew a near capacity
attendance at West Street arena.
H. Co. Jerry, chairman of the car-
nival committee, estimated there
were several hundred more people
present this year than there were
From The Huron Expositor
I bruary 22,1924
A. Cuthill, J. Simpson, J. Kinney
and H. Hart, Winthrop, are busy
hauling wood from the pine swamp
of the Canada Co., east of McKil-
lop.
The snowstorm which started on
Tuesday and which is still raging
at intervals as we go to press late
Thursday afternoon, has complete-
ly tied up the railroads. No trains
from either east or west have
reached the town for two days.
The country roads are partially
blocked and business is at a stand-
still.
Mrs. F. H. Larkin entertained
the McKillop Branch of the Wo-
men's Missionary Society- on Feb.
14 when over 30 ladies were pre-
sent. Mrs. W. A. Wright sang a
solo and Mrs. Jas. Kerr gave a talk
on "The Island Beautiful."
The old-time concert given under
the auspices of the choir of St.
Thomas'Church was successfully
staged in the parish hall of that
church on Tuesday evening: Mr. E.
W. Bateman sang "My Mary's
Eyes"; duet, , "Silver Tlueads
Among the Gold," Mrs. J. R. Archi-
bald and Mr. Bateman; solo, "Old
Black Joe," • Clare Merner; "The
Harty That Once Through Tara's
Halls," Miss Clara Pinkney; duet,
•Miss L. Freeman and Mrs. Archi-
bald, "Juanita"; recitation, Mar-
jorie Bickell; solo, "Comin' Thru
the Rye," Greta Merner; "Love's
Old Sweet Song," E. W. B•atenran;
"My Old Kentucky Home," Thel-
ma Johnstone; "Up From Somer-
set," by Mrs. J. R. Archibald.;
"Masse's in De Cold, Cold Ground,"
Walter Bateman.; duet, Mabel and
Clara Pinkney. The grand finale
was "Good Night, Ladies."
The young son of Mrs. E. J.
Dinnen was taken seriously i11 at
Egmendville school on Thursday
and was removed to the hospital,
where an operation for appendi-
citis was performed.
Mr. J. W. Beattie had buffalo
meat on sale in his shop last week.
Melvin McPhee and T. G. Scott
were in London on Friday to hear
the famous Brown Bros. saxaphone
Ns i
F.A.O. Studies Farm Commodities
Based on a recommendation of
the Fourth Annual Conference of
the Food and Agriculture Organ-
ization attended by 58 member
governments in Washington last
November, a working party has
been set up to study twelve
agricultural commodities which en-
ter into world trade extensively.
The commodities are wheat (in-
cluding flour), sugar, coarse grains,
rice, cotton, fats, and oils, coffee,
rubber, wool, dairy products
(chiefly butter, cheesb and pro-
cessed milk), cocoa and tea.
The working party is made up
of the representatives of Austra-
lia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, India,
the United Kingdom and the Unit-
ed States'. The party will report
to the Council of F.A.O. at its first
1949 meeting scheduled for June 13
in Paris. The Council, in turn, will
make a report and recommenda-
tions to F.A.O. member govern-
ments.
Opening the meeting, the Direc-
tor General of F.A.O.'
Norris E.
Dodd, called the working party
"one of the most important steps
that F.A.O. has ever taken." S'
ply stated, Mr. Dodd said "the pu
pose of the work of this group
will be to translate all the previous,
resolutions about these commodity
problems into positive and prac-
tical courses of ret:ommended ac-
tion."
s
tion."
Matters to be considered for
each commodity under ,review will
include prices, quotas, scarcities
(as with Tice), homogeneity (a
problem• of particular importance
in dairy products and fats and
bits), interchangeability in use or
iii production, the ei'fet;t .df ex-
Change
x
Chaifge difficulties and purche.aing
,peWer tin Coniaodity agreements;
tnd /Moat measur+ e, as etoCkpiliaS
and ,,)rice tidhbinee. '
sextette, the leader of h s
Mr. Thos. Brown, well-known here
as a former leader of the Seaforth
Band,
A serious accident happened. to
Mr. Geo. Dickson, McKillop, on.
Monday. He was oiling the wind-
mill at the top of a 40 -foot tower
when in some manner his right
hand caught in the gearing and
was severely crushed. The third
finger was taken off and the fourth
badly crushed.
Mrs. W. E. Southgate, Sr., left
last week tor New York, where
she will spend some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Reg. A. Wilson,
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From The Huron Expositor
February 24, 1899
Mr. D. Urquhart, the well-known
oatmeal miller of Hensel), ship-
ped three carloads of meal to Dub-
lin, Ireland, last week.
Mss§ JennieCampbell, of Eg-
mondville, is spending a couple of
weeks with relatives in Shake-
speare.
The Collegiate Institute Literary
Society held a meeting in the as-
sembly room on Wednesday even-
ing. The program consisted of
music by the orchestra, composed
of Messrs. Daly, DeLacey and
Cline; recitation, Miss E. Hal--
combe; vocal solo,. F. Willis; read-
ing, Mr. Robertson; piano solo,
Miss F. Weir; reading, William
Whitesides; vocal solo, Miss Mc-
Quaid. Mr. R. C. Cheswright of-
ficiated as critic much to the sat-
isfaction of all.
While in town on Friday, Mr.
Jorhn Jamieson, of the Huron Road,
Hullett, met with a painful acci-
dent in a very simple way. He
caught his hand on a nail when
emptying potatoes from a barrel.
It inflicted a deep wound.
Miss Jessie Case, of town, left
on an extended visit to relatives
and friends in Toro"hto, New York
and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Thos. Dodds, daughter of
Wm. Archibald, Egmond•ville, who
has been visiting with friends here
fpr three months, left for her home
in Fessenden, N.D.
r. . D. Wilson is having im-
•ovements and repairs made on
h .,,.largo refrigerators and le hav-
ing then), fitted rip Tor stinimer use.
Mr. Harry Cresswell has return-
ed after a trip to New Orleans.
Mr. James Hagan, of Hdllsgreen,
delivered his valuable team of
horses to It r. McMann, Seaforth.
1Mr. N.'tl1doherti and family, of
Zurich, left fat' Dakota on Thurs-
day of last week. !„
A telephonehas beep placed in
Haw'kslfaw`e Hotel for the conveni'
elide of the pxtl>liob
Mr. Jaddb Ming intends ererJa.
ing a nary . brick _hotel' ors, the site
Of the Bite •reeezitiy beritede if he,
can be titre of. getting a 11001106.
last, year. The; 'pragrann was pre-•
seated by' xnexn'bers of the Kitch-
ener Skating �giub, augmented. 'by''
several members of the Stratford.
Skating Club. The feature .per
formers were Fred Yanke, interna-
tional 'boys' club champion; Joanrn
Duval, senior ladies' club chapicia
and Carolyn Spellman, .who'9! with.
Fred Yanke made a club champion
pir in 1948. • Little • Wayne Gra-
him, of Stratford, who made a. las
pleasing appearance at h year's
carnival, again wan the plaudits
of the crowd, Although colder wear
then arrived at night and improved
somewhat the condition of the ice,
made soft by mild weather, it was
still not as good as -•the skaters
would have liked. Accustomed to
keen, artificial ice, the skaters
moved with caution at first uptil.
they found their "skating feet" on
the soft ice. Vive-president Harold,
Bettger-, of 'the Lions Club, in the
absence of President Bert Sander-
son, who is ill, welcomed the gath-
ering. The prize winners were
Agnes, Chlsholtn, Goderich, ,pres-
sure cooker; Mrs. W. C. Attridge,
Goderich, ham; Charles Bridges
water, Goderich, electric iron; Gor-
den Stirling, Goderich Township,g
electric pad; W. Henderson, Win
ham, boo of chocolates.—GoderichSignal-Star,
Legion Holds Euchre
A very successful euchre was
held on Friday evening in the Leg-
ion
eg
ion Home„ when fourteen tables
were in the play. Ten games were
played With Mrs. Lorne Gardner
winning first prize for the ladies
with 75 points, and Lorne Gardner
first for the men with 71 ,points..
Mrs. Roy Mundy won the epecialt
prize with 74 points.—Wingham•
Advance -Times.
-' Was III in Florida
Mr. B. M. Francis, who with Mrs.
Francis is spending the winter in A
Florida, was ill in- hospital for a
week. His many friends will be
pleased to know that he is out of
hcssetal and much improved in
health.--lieeter Times -Advocate.
Musical Fantasy is Successful
The musical fantasy, "Cinderel-
la,"
Cinderel
la," w as presented two nignt3 in
the Brussels. Town Hall to record
crowds. Wednesday night of last
week there was a capacitt crowd
and a large number of people were
turned away. Tuesday night cf this
week there was another crowded
house. A fine caste, lovely cos-
tumes, effective lighting, the sing-
ing
ing
ing and dancing, all combined to .
provide a delightful evening's• en•
tertainmenL The children's, page-
ant,
which preceded the play,
brought to life many story book
characters including Mother Goose..
The Johnston sisters, daughters of r
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Johnston„ of
Morris Township, were guest en-
tertainers.
The tiny five-year-old
singer and the tap dancing team
'were enjoyed by audience and cast
alike.—Brussels Post.
Oldest Resident Dies
Exeter's oldest resident, Mrs. B.
S. Phillips, passed away on We4
nesday evening. Had she lived She
would have been ninety-nine years
of age in April. Mrs. J.' W. Hern,
of town, is a daughter. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
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world's Biggest Job
But Not Highest Paid
(Winnipeg Free Press)
Washington: President Roose-
velt once suggested that all in-
comes in the United, States should
be limited, after taxes; to $25,000
a year. Mr. Trufnan rejects any
limitation and says that if a man
has brains enough to earn big
money he is entitled to his reward.
The President's theory is now
being applied to•, his own income.
The United States is preparing to
pay what it considers adequate
compensation for the most Import-
ant
mportant job in the world.
George Washington and all Pres-
idents up to Grant were paid only
.$25,000 a year, but there was no
income tax then and a dollar would
buy a lot of groceries. The Presi-
dential salary was $50,000 from
Grant to Taft. In 1909 it was rai•s-
ed to $75,000 and remained there
until now, even though the income
tax began to take a large part of
it.
Thus in the last year Mr. Tru-
man had about $48,000 left after
Chad paid :his taxes and is said
to have lived beyond his means,
as well he might, considering his
expenses.
In future the Congress plans to
pay the President $100,000, subject
to tax, and $50,000 as, an expense
account which will be non-taxable.
This will still be a modest income
for the head of the richest state
in the world, compared with the
incomes, 'of kings and emperors in
the much poorer states of the past.
The tax-free expense account is
an innovation, and perhaps k dan-
gerous one, in the taxation laws
of the nation. Such allowances
are given to all members of the
Congress to the amount of $2,500
a year, to the Vice -President ($10,-
000) and to the Speaker of the
House ($10,000).
Men who fix the tax rates for
the public are immune, .in part,
from them..
' The amount of taxes, lost by
these arrangements is, of course,
insignifleant 'but the precedent now
established, if it were eepleitied to.
other officials of the Governtient,
could'prodeee inequity an between
the official and the taxpayer who
supports, )ties,
The salary and expense account
to be paid, to the President doee
not represent his entire income.
He is .provided with a free resi-
dence, the White Mouse' whitih
Moment at
the oment ie threatening to col -
Wee .and Mitt be shored Up and
trebiuilt at a east of $4 Millions to
$lb milIletti'.. The Gevertirtimit
epeilidit; aithe t $2' Millions a year
operating the White House with
all its servants, clerks, police,
gardeners and caretakers.
The 'Government also supports
Blair House, across the street,
where the President is living dur-
ing repairs to his official resi-
dence.
The President is provided with
a private bullet-proof train, an air-
plane, a yacht, a doctor, a dentist,
a barber dad a private swim-
ming pool. Thus while Presidents
like Lincoln and Roosevelt seldom
had a cent of money in their pock-
ets, they did not live in. hardship
(although Roosevelt had to borrow
money at one point to pay his in-
come tax).
Surrounded by luxury and secret
Service men, Mr. Truman lives veryr
simply and works harder than
most of his fellow oountrymen. He
is up at 5.30 a.m. (the 'habit learn-
ed on a Missouri farm), works in
his study until 8, breakfasts and
reaches his office at 9, usually af-
ter a brisk walk, works until 1.
goes over to Blair House for lunch,
takes an hour's nap, and works
again until late at night.
This is a Spartan regime, unre-
lieved even by Roosevelt's daily
relaxation over cocktails and cig-
arettes with his cronies. Mr. Tru-
man does not -smoke and seldom
takes a drink. (ie lives on a strict
diet and his doctors say he is the
healthiest President they have
ever known. His family life is that
of the typical middle-class. Ameri-
can. He calls his wife."Missy" and
his daughter "Margie." For relaxa'
tion he plays the piano and swims
three or four times, a week in the
White House pool.
The thirty-second man to hold
the office of President lives a very
different life front that of his
early predecessors. George Wash-
ington had a salary of $25,000 and
no White House. He controlled a
few hundred employees and a few
companies of soldiers and govern-
ed 3,900,000 citizens.•
her. Truman is boss of 2,100,000 e
civilian employees and 1,600,000
.fighting men. He governs 147,-
000,000 people and spends_ close to
?$'50 ,billions' a year.
But, despite the (huge appara-
tus of ,government surrounding it,
the Wihite House is far fess for-
mal than it used to be a hundred
years ago when it was called the e
,"President's Palace," and far less
riotous than in the first "New
Deal" of Jackson, when mobs of
celebrants on inauguration. day
wrecked the f(rrniture, guzzled the
food and liquor and finally pushed
the President out the w'iiidoW.
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