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The Huron Expositor, 1954-03-05, Page 2;ta cd,utm'll If nr �!n ..rgiddid "4 I r: 4 5 posrron Established 1860 ed at Seaforth, On'talrio,.ev- 't rsday afternoon by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in lav; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized a, Second Class Mail Post Office Department. Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, March 5, 1954 A -LANDMARK DISAPPEARS There is always a sense of almost personal loss when anything that .has been with us for a long time is destroyed. So it was when the 10(: - year -old Huron County Court House was razed by fire Friday evening. While it was known that the plans of County Council provided for the wrecking of the building in a matter of months, this didn't alter the feel- ing of finality that the flames creat- ed. To many, there was always the possibility that cl anges in plans would perhaps have saved the build- ing as a memorial to those pioneer days when it was erected. Now that fire has done i work, the possibility of what \ ay well have been an acrimonious debate as to the future of the building has been eliminated. The task facing County Council now is to proceed with the erection of the new Court House as quickly as possible. It is being suggested in certain quarters that consideration should be given the removal of the county seat from Goderich to a more. central point, perhaps Clinton, since, it is said, Clinton is more the hub of the County than is Goderich. But sure- ly those advancing such- a proposal have not given serious consideration to all the factors involved. Apart altogether from the histori- cal sentiments that attaches to the present county seat, it must be re- membered that there are located in Goderich many of the departments that complement county government. It is hardly feasible to move the county gaol or the registry office, but unless this were done any potential saving in mileage would be offset by the increased mileage created by de- centralization. We doubt that there is any broad demand throughout the County for a change in location of the court house. In these days, with modern transpor- tation, a few miles more or less makes little difference—certainly not enough to justify the confusion and feeling that would be engendered in a search for a new site satisfactory to everyone. LOOKING TO THE PAST "The recent disappearance of the Canada Company recalls to the St. Catharines Standard events of the days when the Company-- was the prime factor in the settlement of the Mu -on area. "Now all the land is gone in the tract from Galt to 'Goderich. But the old marks of settlement remain. Where is Secretary John Galt's _spokes -of -a -wheel plan for Guelph and Goderich—and for tiny Bayfield which forgot to grow. There's the twist in the old Huron Road at Pun- lCeydoodle's Corners where the sur- veyors changed course to hit Gode- rich—and crossed a river at a ford a few miles west to found Stratford." It tells of the stone houses and the soft brick of early days, the carriage stops, the old Canada Company's of- fice at Goderich, and the nearly 100 - year -old Goderich Court Houe, which The Standard, almost.as if4 it was anticipating the fire of Friday, says is "now slated for destruction." We sometimes that in terms of history we are living in a part of Canada that is far from ancient. In fact, it is notmuch over a hundred ears, since the first settlers came to Ui'ou. There are, in fact, many liv- e Vihe County today, the sons or Iters of those who first cut the virgin forest. relative youth results in a her to look to the past, or for Mat r to appreciate the pant. The Standard puts it this way: "Unfortunately there are only a few people (typical are' those' who encour- aged the Goderich Museum in an old school house) who give two hoots about saving some of the past. "Canada, west of Montreal, is a very young land, built by men who. died only yesterday. It may be an- other 100 years before people realize that treasures from the past should be honored." What Other Papers Say: Box Supper (Ottawa Journal) There was a time, before uninhibit- ed antics on a screen and heterogen- eous noises from a little box with dials kept people occupied in the eve- nings, that a box supper at District School No. 9 was an important high- light of the social season. On a Friday evening in Winter, chores would be finished early and the district's families gathered at the school by six o'clock . The fire in the potbellied stove had the room a com- fortable 75 degrees; teachers had let the big boys sweep up, clean,, the blackboards, and sweep the front en- try on school time inthe afternoon. Girls had strung some crayon pic- tuies on a string; Mary Lou who was clever with colored chalk, had drawn a picture of the school on the black- board. Fat1 e-rs and' mothers who had. at- tended District Nine years before squeezed themselves into desk seats at the back of the room. Seth Ald- rich, local auctioneer, stood on the teacher's platform and auctioneered the boxes. Women folks then took pride in the boxes they packed with chicken, ham and cold pork sand- wiches. Certain ladies were famous for their pies, cakes and puddings; solid farmers bidding for the right to e t supper with a neighbor lady made "eepected and laughed -at comments on their own wives' cooking. • After supper there was a program: recitations, piano solos and duets, And perhaps 'a little one -act play.,. Old-fashioned, we'd call it now; but in wholesome home-made fun, young folks and old found true recreation that added richness to living. When Is a Surplus? (Toronto Star) On March 12, 1953, Premier Frost, as provincial treasurer, annoup-cede a' surplus of only $67,000 for the year ending with that month, a calcula- tion based on 10 m'nths actual and two months estimated financing. This surplus was achieved after allocat- ing nearly. $18,000,000 to sinking fund account. Now it turns out. the ac- tual surplus was over $1,100,000 af- ter allocating $30,859,000 to sinking fund account! Here are the budget figures on ordinary account and- the actual figures: Frost's • "- Actual Figures Figures Revenue $341,418,000 $349,500,385 Exenpditure 323,492,000 . 317,540,514 Balance be- fore provid- ing sinking funds s $ 17,926,000 $ 31,959,871 Less sinking funds 17,859,000 30,859,000 Surplus ... $ 67;000 $ 1,100,871 As only about $9,359,000 was re- qu*ed to meet the absolute require- ments of the sinking fund, it is evi- dent that, in addition to the $1,000,- 000 surplus, the government provid- ed $21,500,Q00 for sinking fund more - than was needed for the existing debt. In that sense the amount tak- en from the public in taxes was $22,- 600,000 above requirements. In addi- tion, the government got rid of $11,- 500,000 11;500,000 in last-minute grants to cer- tain worthy- purposes which would otherwise have figured as surplus. The last-minute grants were, as we have said, for worthy purposes. And if a province has extra money, there is nowhere better to put it than in the sinking fund for debt reduc- tion. Due chiefly. to the ,province's tremendous capital expenditure on roads, the net debt increased nearly $50,000,000 despite this impressive, . allocation. But when is a surplus not a sur - 'plus? plus? When,`in a Prost budget ad- dres , its onlyy a fraction of the real surplus.. 1 EXPOsITO SEEN IN THE COUNTY . PAPERS Co-op Officers Elected Following the annual meeting of he Blyth Farmers' Co-operative As- sociation held on Tuesday of last week, the directors met and elect- ed the following officers: president. Kenneth Taylor, who was returned for his second term; vice-president, William Dalrymple;. directors, Geo. Watt, Nelson Piekell, Stanley Ly- on, John Young and Bert flunking, -,-Blyth Standard. ° Injured With 'Hot Water Little Diane McKinley, aged 3, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKinley, of the Goshen Line North, had the misifortun,e of backing into a bucket of hot water one day last week. Medical atten- tion was given immediately and we are pleased' to report Diane is pro- gressing as well as can be expect- ed. We wish her a speedy recov- ery.—Zurich Herald. Returns From Korea Cpl. Robert Walker arrived in Toronto by air on Friday from Korea where he has been for al- most a year, having sailed for that country on February 26, 1953. , He immediately went to Sunnybrook Hospital for treatment, but was able to join his family at Carp Borden for the. weekend. He told his father, J. W. Walker, town, by phone on Saturday that he was feeling frnel—Mitchell Adeocate. Suffers Accident With Pole Bill Hilbert, an employee of the rural hydro in Wingham, received several head injuries when he was struck by a swinging pole Monday morning. Removed to Wingham General Hospital, his condition is reported! oto be improving, Mr. Hil- bert was working with a hydro gang which was replacing a pole near the Wishing Well plant at the north end of town. The new pole was resting on a horse with a pulley attached to it in readiness for raising, wthen the horse fell from under it, putting a strain on the pulley line. The pole swung sideways on the line, hitting Mr. Hilbert on the temple. The acci- dent occurred about 11 o'clock.- Wingham Advance -Times. Celebrate 55th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. William Tabb, highly -esteemed residents of Au- burn district, quietly observed their 55th wedding anniversary on Saturday, February 20. Mr. Tabb was born in Durham County and came with his parents to Huron County in 1871. In 1899 the was Married at Clinton to Mary Cath- erine' Witmer, of East Wawanosh. In 1908 they moved with their -fam- ily to • Maple Creek, Sask., where they farmed for almost 30 years, returning to Onta.rie in 1937. They have two children, Eeta, White Rock, B.C., and Torrance, with whom they reside in Hullett Town- ship; four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. — Clinton News -Record. Teachers Enjoy Evening Members- of the Huron Local Public School Men Teachers' Fed- eration entertained their wives to a banquet and social evening in Seaforth Monday evening.. Dinner was served at Northside United Church, where C. A. Trott, NB,A., Clinton, president of the local, act- ed as chairman, and, Mervyn Stev- ens, Goderiph, was toastmaster. A tour of inspection was made of the new public school at Seaforth, ,af- ter which John Talbot, ;principal, acted as host for a social time. Winners in nd were Mrs. Georgecontests HaJeffersongames, •Clinton; Mrs. d. Talbot, Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Beattie, Wing- haah; James Shysekar, Wingham,-; Mr. and Mrs. Evan Hoffman, Sea - forth, and Mrs. C. Trott, Clinton. The evep•ing was arranged by the executive, which includes besides the president, the vice-president, Mervyn Stevens, Goderich, and sec- retary -treasurer Clayton O. Martin Clinton,—Clinton News -Record. Plan New Church Arrangements ,were completed through the H. C. MacLean Realty last week for the sale of the house of the late Tama. Isard, on Vic- toria St. The house has been pur- chased, by the Pentecostal Assem- blies of Canada, and will be used b that organiza�tion as a residence r one of their—Ministers who is coming tq eVingham to live. The organization is active in the sur- rounding district and has churches in Listowel, Goderich and Exeter. Rev, Harold Kendrick, of Exeter, made arrangements for the sale. It is planned to erect a new church for the organization in Wingham in the near •future, and interested parties are now looking for a suit- able site. At present there are about 10 families in town who are members of the sect. The Pente- costal Church has been establish- ed in, Exeter for about 10 years, and during that tithe two churches have been built there, one of them having burned' a short, time after it was erected.—Wingham Advance - Times. Fire Damages Retsaurant Fire caused $5.000 damage to the Exeter Grill early on Wednesday morning and threatened a ' five - store business block is the. south end of the retail section of Main St. Firefighters used gas masks to fight their way through the smoke - clouded: restaurant and put out a blaze in the basement. Tom Wong, owner of the Grill, said the floor would !have to be replaced, wiring repaired and the rooms may need, decorating because of the smoke damage. The business will be clos- ed for two weeks. Other four stores in the block—White's Ice Creadh Bar, Ersman's' Bakery, John Hock- ey's' barber shop and Sanders' Gro- cery -were not affected. A smoul- dering cigarette butt is believed re- sponsible for the blaze. Owners said sweepings from the"floor and butts from ash trays were dumped into a box after closing Tuesday night and placed downstairs near the furnace. Owner Yee, Wing Wong and Lee Sing, who . were sleeping in. the upstairs apartment, were awakened by the smoke. Yee was slightly injured when he fell downstairs to turn in the alarm about 6 a.m. Groping through the smoke, he missed the top step and tumbled down the stairs. Firemen could - iitgt enter the , building through t'he front door because of t'he smoke. Access was made to the building through a cellar win- dow in Sanders' Grocery and through a cOal 4Sh.ute in the apart- ment doorway. Members' of the town brigade remained 'on the scene for almost two hours, ' The fire was the second major one in town in 1954. Damage amounted to $20,000 at the Huron Lumber Mill blaze in January. These two fires during the first two months' of this year present sharp contrast to the fire -free record of the town in 1953. There were no major fires and dam- age from minor ones was negligent last year.—Exeter Times -Advocate, Huron County Farm News Petition forms are being circu- lated in six townships in the coun- ty in hopes of inaugurating a Calf - hood Vaccination Program. Meet- ings held to date in the county tp explain the Brucellosis Control Act have been well attended anct in all cases - those attending the meetings were much in favor of the "calfhood vaccination pro- gram," All agricultural societies were re- presented at a meeting the •past week and Fall Fair dates were set for fairs in the county. Corn and Oats Cbsts Per Acre W'hat is the relative cost' of growing an acre of corn compared with an acre of oats? Type of seal. size of implements, power availaIe to operate them or custom rates for combines and corn pickers all have a bearing on the cost of growing the two crops. From estimates of the cost of the various operations in eastern Can- ada, worked out by the Agricultur- al engineering Division, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, as revised in 1953. indicate the difference -be- tween growing and harvesting an acre of grain corn and an acre of oats is, approximately $9.00 per acre. Seeding costs with a 9 -foot trac- tor -drawn grain drill, •seedin•g 65 acres a year, is $1.40 an acre. Plant- ing corn with a two -row tractor - acres a year, cdsts $1.82 an acre: 'Harvesting cost for oats with a 5 or 6 -foot combine, with power take -off, tutting 120 acres a year, is estimated by the Division as $4 per acre. For a one -row corn pick-, er, harvesting 50 acres of corn a year, $5.35 per acre. Cultivation of the growing crap is the major difference in prodnte- tion costs. With a two -row tractor - drawn cultivator the estimated cost of cultivating corn is $1.28 an acre for each cultivation. With a Sill- gle-roar horse souther the' cost ris- es to $2.20. Fot three Cultivatipng the total' value would Ibe $3,88 or g.60 an acre ardoMing to which 1 , merit Was Used. the actival rhaftdIing of theerop corn has, some' advantages. It can be seeded later in the spring and harvested over a longer •period in the fall. Once the ears are ripe, corn can stand. several "weeks in the field without serious danger of loss, or damage by -frost. One far- mer in eastern Ontario has suc- cessfully harvested a large acre- age late in November in each of the last two years. This permits a longer 'period for custom use of a corn picker and greater acreages for each machine. Corn and oats are' not inter- changeable as feeds for live stock. Corn is generally recognized...as a good fattening feed for mature ani- mals but oats are preferred for young, growing stock. In the Unit- ed States corn belt corn has been used as a major feed for all class- es of live stock, including horses and poultry. In Canada where most of the corn has had to be imported, oats and barley have been^'more commonly used because they were readily available. Poultry nutritionists at the Cen- tral Experimental Farm report the protein of oats is of higher quality than that in corn but that corn has higher energy value dune to the percentage of hull in oats. In'broil- er rations or tfor fatteding mature steck corn is :an excellent feed. Relative prices for corn and oats on the market may be taken as. re- presenting the co-operative value placed ',on the two grains by feed buyers. In areas where grain corn ca.n be grown -there will be some farms and fields ,where oats and barley will be •safer crops to grow, But where corn crops of 50 bushels or more per acre can be produced con- sistently it will give higher returns than far possible with the smaller grains, The new 'hybrids are s'tead- ily extending the areas in which such Corn crops. are possible. Tests conducted at the wide- spread network of p'ederal Experi- mental Stations and Illustration, Stations provide an accurate guide to new areas in which' growing of grain corp from these new hybrids Cast be oleo attehtlited, eiL.est 's �Ai�n�y'}Y?ii�)�'� tt'rd�7t�V`JiE.iL51w1kb+�.^A�vr',4t� HERE'S HEALTH • Is your car about to drop? A test of driving skill? Best take it to the repair shop Before it starts to kill. Dept. of National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting The Huron t _five and Items Picked From Expositor of Twen- Fifty Years Ago +t� MARCH 5, 1954 To The Editor Toronto, Feb. 27, 1954. Editor, The Aaron Expositdr: Dear Sir: I have..no particular fault to find) in the assertion by one of your netionlel advertisers, in the general cause of Brotherhood Weeks, in taking. apart the idea expressed by the term "Tolerance", and concluding that:-, "True toler- ance has and is understanding, and 'tolerance' lacking understanding can be evil." However; on 'the (basis of the philosopher's thought that "Our life is an, apprenticeship to the fact that around every circle another may be drawn" (sage of Concord), it seems to me that the following picture, as credited that same issue to your Ottawa Journal con- temporary, draws, a wider circle in dealing with the efforts of .Oana- dian statesmen, with specific refer- ence to Prime Minister. St, Laur- ent's global friendship tour: "Un- .derstanding is of the mind but brotherhood is of the heart, and each one of us; in our daily round, can help build a happier future_ by opposing bigotry and finding the common ground of understanding friendsihi p." I was reminded of. this latter "common ground" in reading an item in the daily news recording the all -too -seldom gathering of the representatives of the organized farmers and Union leaders around From The 'Huron Expositor March 8, 1929 A surprise party was given at -the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Clarke, Winthrop, last Friday eve- ning in honor of Mr. Clarkes' .birth- day. The evening was spent in playing euchre, and the prizes were won by Mrs, .Ferg Bullard, Moody Holland and Mr,. and Mrs. Joseph Dolmage. One of the worst blizzards of the winter visited Manley Thursday morning, damaging roofs, 'wind- mills and doors of buildings. Miss Mabel Livingstone, Hullett, who was employed some time ago by the Palmer Publishing Co., To- ronto, and who through her efforts won a trip to the coast, is leaving the first of the week for an ex- tended trip in the interests of the company. Mr. J. Dennison, Seaforth, has got settled on his new 'farm on the 12th concession, McKillop, The members of the'`' Seaforth Fire Brigade entertained the ex- members xmembers at a. uchre in.their club rooms Tuesday evening, when the following won, prizes: most games, A. W. Dick; lone hands, Thomas Johnstone; cohsolation, Reg 'Kers- lake. - Miss Mona Sills left town Mon- day to train for a nurse in St. Jos- eph's Hospital, London. Miss Alice Joynt, Hensall; was in London 'the first part of the week attending a play which was* held in the auditorium of the University of Western Ontario, in which her son, Laird, who is attendinguni- versity, took a prominent part. Mr. Riebert Jamieson, t onstance, is at present in Seaforth Memorial Hospital, as on Saturday he. under- went an operation for appendicitis. The Jolly Ten of the -Mill Road; Tuckersmith, met at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rich- ardson Wednesday afternoon. The two former meetings were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wright and Mr. and Mrs, Alex Broadfoot. Miss Rose McQuaid, of Beech- wood, is recuperating at her fath- er's !home from an attack of flu received while in training at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto. A pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith, HensaIl, Wednesday even; ing, when the Ladies' Club pleas- antly entertained their husband's. The winners at euchre were Allan McDonnell and, Lloyd Hudson. e From The 'Huron Expositor March 4, 1904 The following were ticketed to distant points this week by W. Somerville: H. W. Cresswell, Sr., to Chicago; Fred Millson•, to Ar- cola, Assina,boia; John Scott and wife to Buffalo, N.D.; Mrs. Francis McCulla, to Park Rapids, Minn.; Mrs. Jas. •13roadfoot, Tuckersmi'th, and Mrs. Wm. Morrow, Seaforth, to Detroit. On Saturday Mr. John Abell, of town, drew a• load of flour weigh- ing .7,000' pounfls, from the railway freight shed to Cardno's store, with one horse. This is a tremendous load, but the horse seemed to draw it without making any fuss about it. ' Mrs.. James Murray, town, • had, the misfortune to slip and fall on the sidewalk near the post office, on Saturday night and, fracture her leg. During the high wind Monday afternoon one of the tall chimneys on the Town Hall blew down, break- ing off close to• the roof. The fall- ing bricks punched! a hole in the wall of the Commercial Hotel and broke two windows. Calder and Scarlett, Winthrop, have purchased the cheese and but- ter factory and are having the. plant •thoroughly overhauled and repaired. The farmer around Blyth have adapted a contrivance for levelling the track for each sleigh runner to a width of 14 ,inches. It is made by attaching a piece of plank to the front runner on each side, so that it acts like a mouldboard of a plow. This makes a hard track and does away with pitch holes and prevents the horses from crowding, Mr. Noble Adams, Hullett, lost two valuable cattle by lightning- on Sunday morning during theunex- pected storm. The lightning ta+av ellen down the ventilator which runs from the roof to the stable under the -' barn. One of the Cattle' immediately under this was killed and the other was ''killed by- t'se , hook. It Vas a niniele Mit the ibarne '%vete net dest3 lied. • ' 44iam�a>Iar, 4 t ?jtifi I ire' the same conference table. They problem for discussion was• the un- employmaent • in the agricultural: machinery plants; described as "one of the earliest consequences of the reduced purchasing power of the farmers." Only the other day. one o$ the - farm editors spotlighted the fact that the expenditure of Canadian farmers on agricultural imple- ments, machinery, repairs and spare parts, within the 1,500 work- ing days of the five years, 194'8- 195.2, reached $1,513,000,000 --or just. a million dollars every morning! L noted .particularly this statement: "In 1952 the average Canadian farmer spent $488 on new fart equipment, plus $66 on repairs— - an average expenditure of $554 on, the nation's '621,000 farms front Boast to coast. Obviously, it costs, money to farm these days," What is not quite so obvious. however, but is equally true, is that the folks around the above - rural -urban conference taible are - each others' customers. It seems to this reader, therefore, that the farmer has a direct, interest in keeping his urban cousin employedi at decent wages; but; also, I has- ten to add,- that deliberately ruin ing the farmer's take -home -pay, i.e., his buying power, is antisocial and.' dangerous business. X. Y. Z. He Likes His Job, Now; Has No Thought of Quitting; (Ottawa Correspondence of the Winnipeg Free Press) The recent spate of rumors con- cerning Mr. St,' Laurent's, probable successor is not only unreliable; it is irrelevant. For, in fact, Mr. St. Laurent. it can.; be :said with assurance, has no intention of re- tiring in the visible future. Unless there is a change in his health, .now excellent, the Prime Minister is now expected by his Governspent to fight . another na- tional election some four years' hence. The change in his personal atti- tude towards the onerous burdens of office isnot only well known to his colleagues but is obvious in his public manner. About two years ago he was eag- er aoer for retirement, He thad come to Ottawa. in tfie first place to do a brief tour of war duty, he had agreed reluctantly, to accept the Liberal Party leadership, he had won the 1949 election, and he felt that his duty to the nation had been discharged. It was a formidable task to per- suade him to lead the party in the election of 1953. What finally , decided shim to abandon the thought of retirement was the current notion that the Liberal Party, as gauged by var- ious provincial elections and Fed- eral 'by-elections, was in trouble and might even be defeated' at the next poll. Mr. St. Laurent .refused to retreat before an apparent storm which turned out to be a storm in a ,teacup, He therefore dismissed t h e thought of an easy life in his Que- bec City home and •, fought last year's election. It revealed 'him as the most effective campaigner and vote -getter in the modern history of Canada. It also revealed to Mr. St. Laur- ent that he enjoyed ,polities, that the easy life was no longer attrac- tive to him. Within the• -last six Months or so, therefore, all thought of early retirement Was' quietly forgotten. Today Mr. St. Laurent is estab- lished in a stronger position of power within this party and the nation than Mr. King ever was. He has reached a place previously oc- cupied in Canadian history only by Macdonald, Laurier and King. ' In character and method he dif-' fers radically from all these fam- ous predecessors but in his con- trol of party and' government he hats achieved their stature of un- questioned influence. He has sur- mounted the final peak of politics and created a personal legend. John W. Defoe once said, ins a famous•..phra.se, that a successful prime minister in Canada was like an ordinary tee which is fed on, royal jelly and becomes a queen. Wihat.ever • his original intentions may be, he finally turns into a kind of benign autocrat. How far that theory fits Mr. St. Laurent it is -impossible to say brat his unchallengeable posture in cur- rent politics is obvious, as proven by the single fact that the Liberal party is appalled by any chance of his retirement before the next elec- tion. While no public announcement: hats been made—beyond Mr. St. Laiirent's occasional ambiguous pleasantries in Parliament — the• • party has been greatly relieved in the last few weeks to learn that he looks forward' to an indefinite - period of leadership. Speculation oa the successorship may continue in the press. and in opposition parties. It no longer seriously concerns the - Government. In these circumstances the final, successorship, ,perhaps a goods many years hence, becomes quite• incalculable in any case. For in. the intervening period some of the promising younger men around the - Prime Minister will disappear from, politics and new prospects will em- erge in the fluid' chemistry of par- liamentary life. At this distance it is impossible - for anyone, even the Prime Mini-- ster himself, to distinguish the fig- ure which some day will at at the, head of the Treasury benches or in the leadership of a Liberal Op-• position. Three men, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Pear- son and 1VIr. Harrel, were tacitly accepted as the only probable suc- cessors to Mr, St. Laurent while his intentions were in doubt. The two former had proved their met- tle in the secret debates of cab- inet, in the administration Of great departments of state, in interna- tional conferences .and in the - rough -and -tumble of the Commons. Mr. Harris was regarded as the dark horse and conning young man, as he well may be in the nd. Mr. Abbott, however, has e.peat• edly and candidly annouse hit desire to leave politics altogether at a convenient moment and his de- cision, once taken with a large grain of salt, is no longer doubted. Mr. Pearson shows no ambitiore for party lea.d'ership and is happy in his role as one of the world's leading foreign statesmen. Mr. Harris is advancing fast in the Liberal hierarchy, often leadst the Government in the House and by evident design is being constant- ly exposed to the test of responsi- bility. In an early party conven- tion he would''be a formidable, pos- sibly the most formidable conten-- der but since there is to be no - early choice, the next four years, or so could make his position un- assailable nassailable or, on the contrary. could remove him from the list of possibilities, He will have plenty of time to prove himself. In that time other possibilities are Iikely to appear. Now that Mr. St. Laurent ie to be a fixture, al- most an institution, for an indean- _ ite period, the inner club of pos- sible successors has no restricted membership list: The future' prime minister or opposition leader this point has no name. Timetables (By Charles Dimont in The Listener) George Bradshaw was born in Lancashire in 1801, the sbn of a humble couple who, previous to his birth, had worked at West Wljr- combe in the service of the Dash- wood family. Their eon went to school at Overton, in Lancashire, but unfortunatelyhis father could not afford to continue his educa- tion after he was• fourteen. Like so many eminent Victorians, George Bradshaw was to Ibe a'self- made man. He was atpprenticed to a printer and engraver in Manches- ter, but' before long be set up,for himself in a similpr line of busi- ness,. 'In the meantime he had be- come a member of the Society of Friends, the Quakers. It was these religious beliefs which led him to want people to know each other better. Ile began in the late 1'820's ei e- cializing la • mapS Of Canals and nerrigaible rivers; what'he called,51n lar knavigation." it °#baa `'therefore a natural M Nil • for Bradshaw to turnhis 'attention from canals to the infant railways. It ifs difficult for us in these days. alien we can travel faster than we can hear each other speak, to re- alize what isolated lives men and women lived 120 years ago. Then,. a journey from one county to an- other was an adventure. In the 11830'.s Bradshaw saw the great possibilities 111 the new raiI- ways' and who can blame him for presuming that speedier travel worth mean people getting to know each other better"nd there- fore the establishment of a more peaceful human society? It was a belief held Iby many of the Victor- ians. The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway convinced him that he had. a :part to play in railway development. This decided him to embark on the publication of the timetables, - The earliest railway companies followerll suit with schedules .or, (Mfmttinned oil ?NO 3)