The Huron Expositor, 1964-07-09, Page 2S. ,iAce 1860, Serving the Community/ First ,
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 9, 1965
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Canada Enjoys Low Food Costs
Nowhere in the world can a person
feed his family as cheaply as he can in
Canada. Basis for the statement are
remarks of Hon. Harry W. Hays, Fed-
eral Minister of Agriculture, and Phil-
lip Moyes, President of Grocery Pro-
ducts Manufacturers of Canada.
Last year it cost only 19 cents of the
dollar, down almost one-third from the
1936 figure of 27 cents, according to
Mr. Hays' calculations.
"Canada's grocery manufacturers
and retailers are proud of their con-
tribution with the Canadian farmer in.
this outstanding ^ achievement," com-
mented' Phillip -Moyes. "In spite .of
more costly raw materials, higher
standards and more convenience for
the housewife, the grocery industry to-
day delivers more for less than ever be-
forc 30 per cent less, according to the
Minister's statement."
Mr. Hays quoted these facts in the
committee on departmental estimates
recently. "To illustrate the kind of job
the farmer is doing," he stated, "in
1936 it took 27 cents of the working
man's dollar to feed leis family, while
in 1963 it took him only 19 cents. If
you take subsidies into account you will
find that the Canadian farmer feeds
the Canadian workingman, living in an
urban district, cheaper than the work-
ingman is fed in any other _country in
the world."
'Representing 'A Spirit That Is Needed
(The Calgary Albertan)
"Even those who hate his party, re-
member his undeniable mistakes, jeer
his new flag design, dislike the way he
parts his hair or wears his bow ties,
should pause a moment in their rancor
these days to cheer Rt. Hon. Lester B. •
Pearson—if not as a Liberal, if ,not
even as their Prime Minister, then
surely as a man.
Let the scoffers scoff. Who cares to
recall when last a. Canadian Prime
Minister—especially one who heads a
minority government—took his politi-
cal future and the future of his party
in his hands for the purpose of doing,
what he considers must be done for the
good of his countrymen and their coun-
try's future and let the chips fall where
they may?
Here is a man who accepted know-
ingly and willingly the invitationof
the Royal Canadian Legion to display
his proposed flag. The boos, the cries
of derision must have hurt him, yet he
persevered even as an outcry from all
sections of the country must have hurt
him too. Later, even when his own par- .,
ty urged him to split his two -flag reso-
lution he stuck grimly to his guns. The '
resolution would . stand, rightly or
wrongly, as' it was conceived..
By its very nature, the flag -anthem
issue has raised such an uproar of pros
and cons from the. Atlantic to the Pa-
cific that it has drowned out other and
moreimportant problems that are fac-
ing us as a nation. Yet for all our not
remembering them in the heat of our
emotions they remain with the Prime
Minister every hope, of every day, de-
manding his thought and decisions to
be translated by his ministers into
action.
Not only is there the delicate and,
easily -aggravated Quebec problem that
must be likened to the keystone of Con-
federation -L -that, if snatched away or
even overly -weakened could bring the
house of provinces tumbling down ,like
a pack of cards—but many - others.
There before him is the never ending,
struggle between the provinces and Ot-
tawa, the incipient clashes between
Canada and the U,S. that require sure
hands and steady tempers, the Cana-
dian role in the UN army and the UN
itself, the role within the Common
wealth - and countless other items . of
varying priority and. concentration.
Somehow, in this- staggering array
of work, the Prime Minister has search-
ed for and, seemingly, found himself,
no easy task for any man. And now,
his decisions made, he has obviously
decided to carry the• torch so that all
of us may 'see where he is going and—
should that be our pleasure—follow
him.
Although the cynical may doubt it,
this piece is not for propaganda pur-
pose or for political reasons. It is
merely intended as a salute to 'a 'man
who is our Prime Minister. We like to
hink we would have written the same
about Mr. Pearson if he had been of
any of the other political -parties. For
he represents a spirit that Canada has
needed badly for too long a while." -
Circulation
Ever consider what_ a newspaper's
circulation is? To those of us who pro-
duce the newspaper, circulation is a
group, of readers, whose appetite for,
news and features we must satisfy
week in and •week out.
These are . the people who keep us
in. business. How well we respond to
their demands is' reflected in our cir-
culation figures. To the merchants and
manufacturing concerns whose adver-
tisements are a major' source of our
revenue, our circulation is a list of pro-
spective customers — an audience for
the news about their merchandise and
services.— (St. Marys Journal -Argus) .
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
.. July 14, 1939
Hundreds of district children
daily make use of Seaforth
Lions Park and Pool.
At Varna the members of the
LOL met on the Square Wed-
nesday morning and played a
few bracing tunes to the shut-
ins before leaving for Brussels.
The annual St. Patrick's
Church garden party at Dublin
was, as usual, an outstanding
success. A • dancing platform
was very popular.
The Kippen Women's Insti-
tute will meet at the home of
Mrs. W. Bell on Thursday. Mr.
Sam Whitmore, Reeve of Tuck-
er -,smith, will speak on the
management of the municipal-
ity. Mrs. H. Caldwell will give
the motto, 'Patriotism is Not
Enough."
Miss Winnie Savauge has re-
turned from a visit at the
World's Fair, New York.
Many from this dist& ict at-
tended the Glorious Twelfthof
July in Brussels on Wednes-
day. '
- Misses Joan and•3ean McMas-
lex 'are attentli»g . the Presby
te! Tan• surni Ter .school .at .Rin -
tail:
From The Huron Expositor
July 10, 1914
Miss Ida Frain has been,,' fe-
engaged as a teacher in the
Barker School, 6th concession
of Grey, at a salary of $625. •
She is a splendid teacher and
a faithful worker.
Mr. R. Bell, of the 8th con-
cession of Morris, has been
feasting the genial editor of the
Brussels Poet on strawberries,
which measured eight inches in
circumference.
At the Dominion Day cele-
bration at Bayfield, a good pro-
gram of sports were run off
during the afternoon. The
green trot was won by Andrew
Dunkin's colt from Varna,
with John Reid, of the Parr
Line, 'second, and Wm. Stephen-
son, third.
The jubilee services of D'uff's
Church are over. They were
most successful, • full of pleas-
ant memories of -the past, and
of large visions for the future.
Mr. C. H. Harvey, of Us -
borne, has timothy growing on
his farm Which measures four
feet six inches in length.
One good dollar buys a guess
in the Seaforth Firemeifs bean
guessing contest, and one good
.guess buys• a 1014 Model T
Ford automobile.
From. The Huron Expositor
A Macduff Ottawa Report
Bad- Tempered.
OTTAWA—In politics, even the Lberals mercilessly expos -
more than (in life in general, ed the weaknesses of the Dief-
we reap the consequences of enbaker administration.
our actions. . Mr. Diefenbaker was accused
Geese
Sugar and. Spice
By Bili, Smiley
THAT WAS SOME HOLIDAY And the whole town would
I feel sorry for my kids, be- be out to see them, Protestants
-cause the Twelfth of July, for and R. C.'s and Jews and Holy
them, is merely the day their Rollers alike.' Down the blaz-
mother says, "Oh, dear, this is ing street they'd come, a mile
your aunt's birthday and I for- and a half of solid Orange -
got to send a card." men, sweating out the beer in
A whole generation of Cana- the strange, dignified "walk,"
diens -has arisen to whom .the to the wild squeal of the fifes
mighty Twelfth is just another and the raftle and blam and
day to go water-skiing, or en- thud of the drums.
joy a barbecue. And there'd be a cheer as
• one elated Irishman broke
ranks and did a rumpety step -
The poor youngsters. They dance and slipped back into his
don't know what they've miss- place in line. And a round of
ed. What a grand and glorious clapping for a ladies' lodge,
day the•Twelfth was, when I trim and dainty intheir white
was a boy, compared to the dresses and fancy hats.
feeble, orderly skeleton it is to-
day!
About the middle of June,
the lodge rooms of the Orange-
men and the Young Britons
began to throb and thump and
shrill and squeal as the fife and
drum units tuned up for the
big- day.
`When the Twelfth arrived, it
was always the absolutely hot-
test, brightest day of the whole
summer.
Beginning about 10 a.m., the
first isolated lodges would be-
gin to arrive in town, and shab-
by and ashamed was the lodge'
that could not produce at least
one drum and one fife.
They were hard, lean, bronz-
ed- men, those from the farm-
ing and hill communities
around the town. There was a
lurking hint of violence behind
and "irresponsible" tactics of the great good humor of their
the Diefenbaker opposition. uproarious greetings.
What seems to be needed is
a new generation of politicians ' . ¥ ?+�
Prime Minister Pearson, his of concealing financial crisis —a generation that does not When the hotels opened, the
Cabinet Ministers and his Par following the forced devalue .feel the wounds'of the last few streets were suddenly denuded
ty, are being paid off now in tion of • the dollar. The then
the House of Commons for the Prime Minister was depicted as
acts they committed in their a man who broke faith interna -
last few years of opposition..tionally and domestically. He
The air of the House of Com- was reviled as a' hapless vision -
degrading years of Federal of the hundreds of white -shirt -
politics; a generation with no ed, blue-trousered, straw -hatted
burning, vengeful memories; men,' and everywhere perspiring
and a generation without poli- women produced dunches and
ticians who. feel they alone are sat in the shade with their
called to govern the country. broods, looking anxious.
That will take time. It may About 1:30 the
take more than • one election. ade would get under way, after
But it must come. • a great deal of rearing and
backing and shouting among
the various mounted lodge' mas-
Greatest traffic menace on ters, on their old white plow -
the highways is the slowpoke horses, decked out like charg-
driver. ers.
mons is often filled with per- ary, or as a dangerous mounte-
sonal rancour between Conserv- bank. Mr. Diefenbaker match grandpm'-
•
������ ^haree for
ative and Liberals. There is an , ed his
atmosphere of mutual distrust, charge.
a neurotic drive for revenge, a Perhaps these ,political lead -
deep -seated disrespect for par- ers did not know what they
liamentary manners. were doing—more likely none
This, as much as anything, forsaw fanlings ran other avyrytthe
tim
is what has given this Parlia- they thought after
Per-
ment its shameful'reputation' in thhapselall would that for-
,
er
the eyes of the public.
In terms of actual legisla- gotten, and the forum of Par -
tion, the House has performed liament which had been turned
fairly well. It has not accom- into a partisan „cockpit would
plished as much as some par return to magisterial calm.
liaments. It has accomplished Of,course that could 'not hap -
more than others. pen, and it has not happened.
This parliament might even The parliamentary forms and
have a good reputation were it manners have been seriously
• not for its frequent dives info damaged and there is no sign
dirty politics, ' its back-biting, of immediate repair. ,
name - calling, aimless, angry Only recently three Conserv-
squabbling like a backyard .full atives got up one after another
of bad-tempered geese. and flatly accused the Prime
No act of will on 'either side Minister of lying. They reject -
is likely to prevent these out- ed 'the Speaker's appeal to
bursts. The major personali- . withdraw the words. Just what
ties in the House will distrust this infantile defiance has done
and battle each -other until they to the Speaker's authority and
die or leave Parliament. to the House's respect' for itself
As long as John Diefenbak- has yet to be measured.
er and Gordon Churchill are Now when Mr. Pearson pro -
leading the Conservatives in poses a study of the state .of
the House, as long as Lester Confederation he is accused of
Pearson and Jack Pickersgill countenancing Quebec separa-
and the pre -1957 Liberals are tion. When he proposes a flag
on hand, there can be little he is charged with capitulation
hope for smooth +and orderly to Quebec:, When he accepts
conduct. suggestions for changes in leg -
It's not entirely a 'question islation he' is accused of re -
of personalities. treat and withdrawal.
The Government's handling • Mr. Churchill says he is
of business, its inept prepara- "drunk with power" • and a
tion of legislation, and the "sawdust' cnsar". No question
spectacular failures of Ministers is considered Without its trap'
like Walter Gordon and Judy pings of political advantage.
LaMarsh, have made 'parka- It's true that the Conserva-
mentary fracas an easy and tives •are getting their own back.
normal thing. • But. it's 'a "dangerous; danger-'
But the opposition bears a ous game of tit for tat. If Par-
'• large share of the blame, One liament has nq..respect for it-
, almost never hears intelligent self, it can scarcely expect the
and reasoned debate on the public to have any respect for
merits of legislation that is be- it. -
fore the House—not from the The tragedy is that there is
Conservatives. almost no hope; not as long as
Instead we get a sour flow Diefenbaker, Churchill, Pearson
of invective, a pointless com- and the pre -1957 Liberals face
parison of what the Conserve- each other,
tives did when they were in The Pearson Government ap-
office, exerciss in political myth- • pears to have missed. the chance
ology designed to show that the it had last year to furnish the
Conservatives are pure and the non-partisan Government Cana -
Liberals deep sinners. dians wanted. ,-,After the bad
' There are some who contend political burns of the first six
that the breakdown in Perlia- months in office, the Prime Min-
mentary manners occurred in ister, and Ministers like Mit-
1956 with the pipeline debate. chell Sharp and Allan Mac -
But there are more recnt Eachen have tried to get the
wounds inflicted in the election Government on the non-parti-
campaigns of 1962 and 1963. san 'rails, without success. This
July 12, 1889 Before the 1962 election, failure is to a large extent due
Iain beat down Liberal Lucien Cardin, now an to the continuance in their same
the Wednesday'sand fan wheat bad-wn extremely able Associate Minis- portfolios of the individual
barleyter of Defence, rose in the Com- ministers who damaged the
ly in some places. The hay mons to deliver a most scath- Government so much in the be -
crop will be much better than ing personal attack on the then ginning through their compel -
people. thought it would be. Prime Minister, John Diefen- sive partisanship, as well as
Though the frost in May hurt baker, the extreme sensitivity of the
it considerably, it seems to be Tliat seemed to open the Prime Minister to what he con -
making .fair headway just now gates. In subsequent campaigns ceives to be the "disgusting"
and will be a little heavier than
it was last year.
Mr. Robert Way, the veteran
ditcher, and posthole digger,
dug 37 postholes in five hours
on the farm of Mr. Jas. Neth-
ery, Grey, last week.
Mr. Henry Colbert ,is• having
a brick building erected in con-
, nection with his brewery in
Egmondville, to replace the
one recently burned.
About 50 persons in School
Section No. 6, Mortis, have
been stricken with measles in
the last two weeks. ,
The nicest torchlight proces-
sion we have seen in this town
was that which escorted the
Firemen from the 'station.
While a daughter of Mr. John
Hapten, of .the 10th concession
of McKillop, was assisting in
the hay field, she suddenly fell
to the . ground with a serious
attack of sunstroke.
� a;tl iii , aU�;r 4; 5
,�srnwi,�r�
i1rn!ii fniu as
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"JJoneh when ars we going: to he; l'tiends,ogain?";
Then to the park for the
speeches. Ah, what grand, un-
enlightened, intolerant speech-
es we had in those days, when
everyone was bigoted and pre-
judiced and didn't even know
it.
It was there that I first learn-
ed of the perfidy of the "roam -
hi' catholics," whoever they
,were, and the danger of the
pope, whatever that was, and
the bravery and goodness of
King Billy, whoever he was, and
it was there that I first learned
that somebody had got licked
at the Battle of the Boyne,
wherever that was.
There .is something as pitiful
and gallant and stirring and.
faded about the Twelfth, nowa-
days, as there is about Anzac
Day or Armistice Day.
Fellow-Uulstermen!. Let's- stop
hating Tames II for is it Wil-
liam of Orange?). I'll love my
wife and anybody else's wife
who shows :up on the Twelfth?
How about you?
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