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The Huron Expositor, 1962-06-14, Page 2L.„ Since 1860, Serving the Community First P biished at sEAFQRTh, ONTARIO, every Thursday Morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers KED ANDREW Y. IVICLEAN, -Editor 14 p Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association 4,, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association . le ABC o Audit Bureau of Circulations . Subscription Rates: A , Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year - o Outside Canada (in advance) $4,00 a Year U 1. A SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 14, 1962 Canadian Voters Face Vital Decision Canadians on Monday will decide the course their country will follow in the immediate .future in what may well be the most important election in many years. All elections of course are important. Only through exercising our democra- tic rights to cast a ballot at election time can we assume those responsibili- ties that are inherent in the free society in which we live. But in the eyes of history, some elec- tions are more important than others, in that the decisions taken can have a greater effect for good or bad and over a longer period of time, than others. Such an election is the one in which we are now engaged. Not for many years have we, as Can- adians, been faced with problems ,of such a serious nature the solution, of which is vital to our future as a nation. Most serious of all, of course, is the fact that the Diefenbaker Government refuses to recognize that problems ex- ist. As a consequence, it does 'nothing and is content to campaign on such nebulous things as second five-year vi- sions and .piecemeal policies packaged in what is hoped to be vote -attractive wrappings. The issues of course are clear: —The vital need to recreate an ex- panding economy; —The vital need for 1,000,000 new jobs over the next four years; —The urgent necessity of putting an end to ggvernmental mismanage- ment of our affairs, which has produc- ed five consecutive deficits totalling $3 billion, resulting in a devalued cur- rency, risingicost>;of living, chronic un- employment -- in short — "the ,wasted years." It will be suggested that certain of the issues are not factors in some areas —that there is little unemployment in Huron, for example. Certainly unem- ployment in Huron is much less than in some other centres, but the fact re- mains that unemployment—nearly half a million Canadians seeking work—re- sults in a lessened demand for the pro- ducts of Huron farms and Huron fac- tories. Unemployment and the stagnant economy of the last four years togeth- er have resulted in the lowest net in- come. that the Western Ontario farm- er has ever experienced. As the Family Herald, in a recent editorial pointed out, the goverment's handling of our economy affects every- body and warns that the 924 cent dol- lar "is something which will show in everything we buy, from the simplest article of clothing upwards. The per- iod of Conservative Goverment, it states, "has been a period of confusion and contradiction, of.. expediency and muddle, of undignified wrangles at home and abroad!' The state of the Canadian economy affects every man, woman and child. Budget deficits in four years totalling three billion dollars has contributed to a recognized loss of confidence in Can- ada as a safe and _sound field for invest- ment. It is these problems that, face the Canadian people and the necessity of finding a solution for them that makes this election so vital. That is why it is so important that responsibility for policy be placed in the hands of a team that understands something other than opportunism, and the vote attracting move. The Liberal party has a long record of efficient administration, of working as a team, and in the words of the Montreal Star,- under Mr. Pearson, "gives promise of an administration which can competently face the very difficult days ahead." Let there be no doubt about it, there are tough days ahead. 'It is only, com- mon sense then to have as head of our affairs a man who has proved his abil- ity as a leader; who has proved his ability to work as part of a team, rather than a government that by its action has shown it cannot cope with big issues. A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE MORNING AFTER OTTAWA— Soon the shout- ing and tumult of electoral battle will fade away. Soon Canadians from Whitehorse to Windsor, from Nanaimo to Twillingate will file quietly to the polls to render their deci- sion. Whichever party they vote in- to office will face problems far more severe than the elector- ate has been led to believe ex- ist. The solution could be far more rigorous than any party has dared to hint. Led by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, the Conservative Party has done its best to cre- ate the impression it has solved all jthe pressing economic prob- lems that have dogged Canada over the past five years. It has painted a picture of growing future prosperity and of a re- duction of unemployment to its lowest level in history., The Liberals, led by Lester Pearson, have seen problems enough, to be sure, but have worked feverishly to implant the idea that not much more is required for their solution is a change of ministry. • Liberal Leader Pearson has borrowed the rallying cry used so successfully by President John Kennedy in the United States: "Let's get the economy rolling forward again." He stopped short when it came to Mr. Kennedy's warning that to get the economy rolling for- ward again it may well be nec- essary for the nation to tighten its belt. The election is being held at a time when the country is in the middle of an upturn in the business cycle, one which a number of economists now be- lieve may be shorter and weak- er than any in the postwar per- iod. The tumble of stock mar- kets in both Canada and the United States is in part, at least, a clear reflection of (hese fears. The upswing of the business cycle has managed to obscure the fact that the whole of the North American economy, and the Canadian economy in par- ticular, continues to be faced With serious- and continuing 1011g -term problems. After a lush:decade in which We enjoyed a :bobitlitig sellers' hiatketp both Canada and the United ,$tats are laced With the fact that the war ravaged economies of Europe and Japan have now been restored. Today we face a future of increasingly intense competition both at home and abroad which Can- ada particularly is ill-equipped to meet. Over the past five years, the Conservative Government has taken a number of steps in an effort to put Canada on a bet- ter competitive footing in this tough new world it faces. But most of the solutions have come belatedly and even they have only nibbled at the edges of the problem. In a year of renewed pros- perity, the Government faces a near -record deficit of $745,000,- 000, its sixth in a row, bringing the total to over $3 billion. If Canada has a deficit of this, magnitude in what is . sup- posed to be a boom year, what is going to be the position next year, when the business cycle again heads into recession? The future of unemployment is no more reassuring, notwith- standing the bright picture` painted by the leaders of both the major parties of what can be expected if they are elected to office. • During the past several months, the number of workers without jobs has been steadily declining from the peak levels of the previous year. In part this has been due to a healthy increase in employment with the renewed pickup in the eco- nomy. It has also been due in no small' measure to the fact there has been a slowdown in the frowth of the labor force. The 'latter is the result of young men and women remain- ing longer in school , than they had previously. But this •is on- ly a temporary postponement of the flood of young' people born in the postwar years that is expected to pour onto the labor market over the next five years. What will be the situation if this flow of young peop a turns into a flood this Fall, a time when the economy may e turn- ing downward once again In the financial field, the new Governnient, whatever its po- litical stripe, will come face to face with what has been de- scribed by a nunfber of authori- t fes as • a trials of condefce', 2 el 144) Mie4 i NOM g, "I started to correct him today in front of Mrs. Wilsey and he screamed, 'please! please! ... Don't lock me up in the deep freeze again!" In trying to decide who was going to win this election, I was completely bamfoozled by reading the newspapers and the political commentators. Do you know something Those birds don't have a clue. After . a lot of hedging, a barrage of "ifs" and "buts," they invariably con- clude that the Government' will be returned "with a reduced majority." About eight times out of ten they can't help but be right, be- cause the Government is always in the favored position of the champion taking on the chal- lenger. And when they . are wrong, it's quickly forgotten in the general hullabaloo. the Canadian dollar. After pouring out some $600,- 000,000 from its foreign ex- change -reserves since last Fall in a vain effort to hold the ex- change rate at the level of 95 cents in terms of U.S. currency, the Government early in May was finally forced to devalue the rate to 92% cents and peg it at that level. But among financial circles both at home and abroad there is little confidence in the abil- ity of the Government to hold the dollar even at that reduced exchange rate without taking other far-reaching measures. During May alone the Govern- ment was forced to"put another $45,000,000 out of its exchange reserves to further support the dollar. This' is a modest amount in itself, but could be an indi- cation of things to come. There is a strong case for be- lieving that all these problems of the dollar, deficits and un- employment ares only a symp- tom of the basic weakness in the Canadian economy, its in- ability to compete adequately in an increasingly competitive world. Canada's secondary industry, made up of a conglomeration of many small companies fighting for .a share of a small market against a series of highly effici- ent giants in other countries, is one 'of the weakest of all links in the Canadian economy. So far, however, only the most tentative of efforts have been made by business apd Gov- ernment to tackle this far- reaching problem The re -or- These prognosticators- are not something new. They have been braying like jackasses ever since Confederation. 'And they are just as pompous, just as in- solent and just as often wrong today as they were then. I discovered this when I de- cided to compare today's elec- tion campaigns with those of a half century ago, and dug up some old newspapers for the purpose. I learned something else—that elections, like life in general, have become a lot more complicated and confus- ing in the past 50 years. And, like life in general, they've Iost a lot of their fun. • ganization of secondary Cana- dian industry will undoubtedly cause many strains and stress- es, but in the end it- will have to be done. An editorial is Maclean's Magazine shortly before the election summed it up neatly. "The first task of the new Gov- ernment, whatever its poolitical color, will be to restore that confidence (in the Canadian dollar)," it asserted. "This will mean austerity ra- ther than affluence, belt -tight- ening rather than boon -ped- dling, a lot -.more work for a little less money- Such things are not the stuff of campaign oratory but they're *hat the future has in store for us Whether we like 'it or hot." * * * Our fathers knew perfectly well whom they were going to vote for, and all the speeches and slanted newspaper stories wouldn't have budged them an iota. But that didn't mean they weren't going to enjoy every minute of the campaign; argue the issues hotly, and try to squeeze a little patronage out of the local party boss, even if it amounted to only a couple of drinks of free whisky. Politics in those days com- bined the noise, the unpredict- ability and the excitement of an Indian potlatch, an Irish wake and a French shivaree. * * * In every small town, there was a Grit newspaper on one side of the street, and down the block, on the other side, a Tory newspaper. They vied in hurling insult, Slander and libel at the opposing party and each other. They contained such sprightly remarks as: "The edi- tor of our esteemed contempor- ary, the Recorder, has obvious - SUGAR SPICB By Bill Smiley A weatherman and an adver- tising man met. "Good morning, probably," said the weatherman. "How are you?" 'Tm finer," answered the ad- vertising man. THE HANDY FAMILY ly' been slavering at the same trough as some of the other hogs who swallow the slop thrown to them by the gang of thieves ensconced at Ottawa. His latest editorial is a master- piece of misinformation, plain falsehood, and downright de- pravity." • Around election - timern- those days, every male had a cigar, the women were at home looking after the kids, where they belonged, and the bars were lined three -deep with en- thusiastic political experts. * * * Nobody went around asking plaintively, "Well, is there any real difference between the par- ties?" as they do today. Of course there was a difference. The Tories (-or the grits) were runing the country and that was all there was to it. Every- body knew what the issues were. You were either for Reciprocity or against it, even though you weren't too sure what it meant. Fifty years ago a speech was a speech. When you'd driven 18 miles with a horse and bug- gy to hear it, anything shorter than an hour and a half was a personal insult. And there was nothing namby-pamby about the sentiments expressed. T h e speaker revealed personal know- ledge of Government, graft, scandals and corruption that would curdle your blood. He didn't say it right out, but he implied that his worthy oppon- ent was a habitual drunk, a known woman -chaser, and had insanity in the family. WHERE ARS WE 'GOINe TO PUT ALL THIS EXTRA PAINT, DAP? IT SEEMS -WE'RE ALWAYS RUNNING our oc STORAGE SPACE POWN'HERE IN THE BASEMENT -BUT I HAVE A SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM. IN THE YEARS ALONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor June 11, 1937 Penny Bank deposits in Sea - forth dropped from $1,368.50 to $1,253.51 for the year end- ing April 1, figures issued this week indicate. Forty-seven per cent of the Separate School Pupils werfxzfi flvxbg 123 787 upils were depositors during the period, while only 36 per cent of the Public School pupils took advantage of the penny hank facilities during the same period. Mr. G. F. Grindrod, of the Dominion Bank here, had a nar- row escape on Saturday, after- noon when the train on which he was riding left the track near Sarnia. Seaforth and district' will see its first game of donkey base- ball here on Saturday evening, when teams picked from play- ers of Mitchell, St. Columban, Brussels, Winthrop and • Sea - forth will playat the Lions Park. The north pier of Bayfield is being extended for 90 feet. Work is being rushed on Sea- forth's back streets in prepara- tion for oiling. During the past week the street committee has had the county power grader at work levelling and filling holes. As .soon as this work is com- pleted, oil will be applied. *' * * From The Huron Expositor June 14, 1912 Mr. Ed. Everett left Wednes- day for Regina, where he has accepted a good position as buyer for a large firm. Mr. John Taylor, of Tucker - smith, brought up a stalk of fall wheat, which measures three feet nine inches in length. Mr. Richard Peck has in his music shop a violin which was made in Italy, is 180 years old, and was purchased by Mr. Dav- id Dewar's father. Mr. Joseph Sproat left Tues- day for the Georgian Bay dis- trict, where he will spend some time acting as a Government timber inspector. Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultry this week are: Chickens, 15 to 17c per pound; fowl, 11 to 12c; and turkeys, to 16c. * * * From The Huron Expositor June 17, 1887 Messrs. John Hargan a n d John Habkirk have each pur- chased a building lot from Mr. James Beattie and- are making * * * And the politicians' promises in those days were a lot more interesting than they are today. They didn't talk vaguely about social welfare, and promise an increase in this, a raise in that. They gave you something con- crete, like a new dock, or a post office — something you could see. Remember what Sir John A. did when he was trying to in- duce B.C. to join the new con- federation? They said they'd join if the Government would guarantee a wagon trail to the west coast. Sir John said, in effect, "Wagon trail, hell! I'll build you a railroad in 10 years!" And he did. * * * J can't help wondering what the old-time politician would have thought of today's cam- paign, with its giggling coffee parties, its colorless candidates, its scarcity of clean-cut issues, and its complete lack of those basic elements of any election— cheap 'whisky, strong cigars and a decent scandal. BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM onp's"ADD-A-SHELF" , BASEMENT BEAMS IW1110111 WIRE FRAME NAND sHSLVR`S,CUt IO - VE519E0 SIZE, 6N HEAVY WIRE. FRAMES, SHELVES MAV 06 At PED AS $C5.O f • preparations to build at once. On Tuesday last Mr. George Ewing's mule took it into its head to have some fun on its own account. The result was the breaking of,a large pane of glass, destroying, the window curtains and causing other dam- age, amounting to several dol- lars. Mr. Samuel Trott, whose ,boil- er .exploded a few weeks ago, demolishing a portion of his cooperage building, has again got rigged up and his estab- lishment is once more ,in full working order. Mr. James Weir has had the outside appearance of his hotel much improved by a liberal use of the paint brush. The water: cart has been with- drawn because we understand a petition has not yet been sent in to the council asking to have Main Street watered. KNOW YOUR CANADA Which Quebec village is named after the porpoise? Marsoui, in Gaspe County, on the coast 90 miles east of Matame. The name is. a .cor- ruption of "marsouin", French for "porpoise" . . , the animals are often see in its bay. By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER FATHER'S TIME Our people, who had learned to pay' their debt of reverence and love to Mother among the springing flowers of May, have. at last learned to ,honor Father in full strength of June. It seemed strange that sons and daughters left Father out when celebrating the sweet and mighty' influences of the Home. For a home that is 'a blessedly normal one includes Father. We mean by a blessedly normal home one that is not saddened by wrong and not stained by neglect of parental love and duty. See a father walking in his garden in the springtime, be- hind him comes a 'sturdy little fellow, stretching his short chubby legs to the utmost, try ing to set his feet down in the big tracks left by his father The man looks over his shoul- der and says, "What are you doing, Son?" Looking up, with the light of heaven in his baby - blue eyes, the wee fellow re- plies, "I'm just trying to walk in your steps, Papa." Sons of the Fathers of yes- terday, while bowing in mem- ory and gratitude to those who have walked before you, re- solve by the grace of the heav- enly rather to leave blessed tracks for sturdy little fellows who are following you. Just a Thought: It is not surprising that teen- agers sometimes think there are two rule books:one for children, the other for grown- ups. Quite often; grownups will say one thing and then do just the opposite. * * Which is Canada's larg- est swallow? The martin. These blackish purple birds like to nest in colonies. They often inhabit birdhouses provided by human friends. As insect eaters, Cana- dian martins more than repay our friendship. . * * Which airline has head- quarters at Charlottetown, P.E.I.? Maritime Central Airways. Organized in 1942, it is now Canada's third largest commer- cial airline. Scheduled routes include large centres in Prince Edward Island, New •Bruns- wick, Nova Scotia, Newfound- land and Labrador. * * * How did -the dOwnfall of Napoleon affect education in New Brunswick? A physician named Joseph Head Marshall, who became doctor to the King of Naples, played a part in secret negotia- tions leading to the fall of Na- poleon. He received a French title, becoming the Baron d'Avray. In gratitude for his services, the British govern- ment found his son, ,Marshall d'Avray, an appointment in New Brunswick in 1847, where he established at Fredericton the first teachers' training school in the province. Later a language professor at the Uni- versity of New Brunswick, he rose to become chief superin- tendent of education for New Brunswick. A man of advanced views, Marshall d'Avray became involved in bitter educational controversies. * `* * What did the Viking Ex- plorers call North Ameri- ca? Icelandic literature of the llth century names three re- gions on the eastern ceast of this continent. They w e r e Markland, Helluland and Vin- land. The location of these re- gions is not known, but it is thought that Markland was situ - A SMILE OR TWO Having noticed that his Scot- tish guide usually went^ bare- headed in all sorts of weather, the London sportsman made him a gift of a fur cap with heavy ear flaps. On his next visit to the hunting lodge in the middle of winter in the Highlands, he asked•the old Scot how he liked the cap. , "I hae not wore it since the accident," was the' gloomy re- ply. "What accident?" queried the sportsman. "Jock MacLeod' offered to buy, me a drink and T didna hear him," ated between the other two, possibly on the coast of Labra- dor. * * * Why does the groundhog awake early from hiberna- tions? Because it hibernates early, often by mid-September. Con. sequently, it may awaken tem- porarily during a mild spell in mid -winter. This is why the myth proclaims that the ground- hog comes up to see its she. dow on,Groundhog•Day, Febru. ary 2. Also known as the wood- chuck, the reddish brown ani- mal is extremely fat in autumn but when it emerges for good from its burrow in the spring. -time, little fat is left. Ground. hogs live in eastern and cen- tral Canada. They are related to the marmots of the western mountains. TO THE EDITOR: 453 Loudan Ave„ Toronto .7 Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: In this week's issue I read that Mr. Pearson receiv- ed a very welcome audience in the Huron district. Now that I'm not in business, I feel more like speaking about the past governments. Looking back, my memory is not overlooking the prosperity we had when we had a good Liberal Government, both in Ontario and Ottawa. So just a little personal mat- ter: When I had my hip broken a, year ago, my surgical doctor, W. I. Smith, stood at the end of my bed at' St. Michael's Hos- pital, talking to one of the patients about to leave. "Do you see this fellow. His flesh is like a young man, 17 or 18. He will see the 100 -year mark!" Now, you Liberals up there in good old Huron, if you win back to us again good old Liberal government I'll extend Dr. Smith's prediction — you will help to make it go over the 100. So now I hope when I get the good old Expositor issue after June 18, we will be on solid footing once more, and our $1.00 will still be worth the $1.00. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for space in your valuable paper, 1 remain. Yours respectfully, J. W. 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