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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 11, 1962
Ontario Acts To Aid Economy
Concerned about the drift that has
been a feature of Canadian affairs for
some years, and recognizing the need
of a positive program, the Ontario Gov-
ernment has developed a `Trade Crus-
ade' for the Province.
The Minister of Economics and De-
velopment in 'introducing the crusade,
points out that while the country faces
serious economic problems, none of the
problems is unsttrmountable..
Calling on every citizen to play a
part, the department stresses particu-
larly the role which each can play in
the matter of imports and in encourag-
ing the purchase of Canadian produc-
tion.
"Let usemphasize again that there is
no single answer or. single solution to
Canada's and indeed the world's eco-
nomic problems," the minister says.
Slogans such as "plan more" or "plan
less" or "work harder" are meaning-
less. Rather, we in the Ontario Gov-
ernment believe that the answer is in
these hundreds of , thousands of small
decisions that people from all walks of
Go After Waste!
(Toronto Star)
The Diefenbaker government should
lose no time in embarking on the ad-
ministrative reforms recommended in
the Glassco royal commission report
on civil service re -organization, the
weighty first volume of which was re-
leased today.
In opposition, Mr. Diefenbaker and
his party were highly vocal in their
charges of waste and extravagance in
government. It was because of his
pledge to curb such waste that Mr. Dief-
enbaker, ip 1960, appointed the com-
mission on government organization.
He now has the basic report with its
detailed exposition of waste, clutter
and inefficiency, and its recipe for treat-
ing the ailments and reshaping the civ-
il service,
life in this province make every day. If
our people will stop and consider what
is best for Ontario and Canada, before
they make a purchase, they .will soon
find out that what is best for Canada
is also best for them."
Certainly any move that will tend to
an enlarged market for Ontario pro-
ducts—both at home and abroad—is to
be encouraged. The fact that a depart-
ment of government recognizes the prob
problems and is taking positive action
with its crusade is in itself indicative of
a determination that Ontario will go
ahead. But it is a task in which every-
body must play a part. Government
alone can't do it.
Wilful Littering
(Port Elgin, Ont., Times)
We could probably harp on the lit-
tering topic till our eyes bulge out, and
still people will toss their ' unwanted
wrappers, cartons, etc., on the ground.
This is bound to happen, as it seems
the logical move for many is to just drop
things where they're standing. This
type of littering is difficult to control.
But the incident which happened- on
Port Elgin's streets last Friday, when
a business establishment some distance
to the south, was seeking publicity by
tossing out dodgers from .a°car as it
drove up and down the street, certain-
ly can be,' and 'must be halted. The
sight of the main business section 'cer-
tainly wasn't improved by this act and
we doubt that the promoter received
any great influx of people to his busi-
ness.
Life, at times, takes on the effect of
"monkey see (if other monkey get away
with) then monkey do". And if this
little slogan is carried through (as in
the case of the dodger tosser) by other
business people- we could all be wading
in paper up to our ankles.
KNOW YOUR CANADA
How big is the St, Lawr- '
ence River?
One of the great rivers of the
world, the St. Lawrence is the
last long link in the water sys-
tem that, including the Great
Lakes and the St. Louis River,
stretches 2440 miles from Belle
Isle in the waters of, the At-
lantic, westward to the heart
of Minnesota. The system drains
an area of almost half a million
square miles. As rivers .do, the
Encyclopedia Canadian.atates,
the St. Lawrence has the char-
acteristics of a young stream,
for its passage is still compara-
tively steep and broken by many
rapids.
The St. Lawrence proper be-
gins at the eastern end of Lake
Ontario, winding past the Thou-
sand Islands and flowing north-
east toward Quebec. Until the
'construction of the Seaway the
!narrowing of the river around
I Brockville created the turbulent
I stretch called the International
Rapids. The building of the Sea-
way power darn near Cornwall
created the vast Lake St. Lawr-
ence, making this section navi-
gable. A canal system bypass-
es other rapids on the run to
Montreal. After meeting the
-waters of the Ottawa River just
west of Montreal, the St. Lawr-
ence broadens out and takes a
gentle winding course' to Que-
bec City.
Eastward, the mountains close
in on both sides of the now very
wide river until it forms an es-
tuary of the sea, ranging from
+three to seventy miles across.
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* * *
Which French furrier
helped to open Canada's
Northland? •
Revillon,Freres. The company
was begun in France by the son
of an aristocrat who had lost
histiestates in the French Revo-
lution. Victor Revillon served
his apprenticeship under hard
masters;'' but wound up owning
two of the most important fur-
rier businesses in France. He
began to buy furs direct. and
branched into manufacturing,
bringing furs within the finan-
cial reach of the French mid-
dle class. As the 20th century
began, his sons at last decided
to obtain fur at the source. The
Encyclopedia Canadiana recalls
that Revillon ..Freres opened
trading posts on the north shore
of the St. ;Lawrence. and in La-
brador. Despite serious mis-
haps, including shipwreck and
loss of .cargo, the chain of trad-
ing posts waii, extended to 14,
north of the Ungava, westward
to Hudson Bay and south to
James Bay.
World, War One came along
and brought with it the requisi-
tioning of . the Revillon supply
ship, the SS Adventure, by the
British. It was loaned to Rus-
sia and sunk by a mine. New
ships could not be obtained, so
Revillon Freres devised a new
river route to civilization, using
a fleet of 2'7 barges. In a new
frenzy of growth, the intrepid
French traders established posts
throughout the Northwest Ter-
ritories, By 1923 Revillon
Freres had 47 trading posts and
outposts throughotit the Cana-
dian northland. fVleanwhile, they
had set up a similar chain of
posts in Russia, but the Bol-
shevik Revolution in 1917 wip-
ed these out. Eventually, the
Hudson's Bay Company acquir-
ed the Canadian system f Re-
villon trading posts. The bpan
pony no longer engages in dl-
rect fur trading but Continues
to operate as one of the world's
great fttrriers..
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A ~ MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
BORN IN TURBULENCE
OTTAWA—The 25th Parlia-
ment has been born in turbu-
lence, its life holding dark
promise of an early and violent
death.
Liberal Leader Lester Pear-
son touched off the storm with-
in a few days after the new
Parliament was brought into
this world by Governor-General
George Vanier, accusing Prime
Minister John Diefenbaker of
perpetrating a major political
fraud on the Canadian people
by concealing the dollar crisis
before the last election.
The leader of the minority
Conservative Government lash-
ed out with his own brand of
fire and lightning, charging the
Liberal -leader with undermin-
ing his Country by the Vicious-
ness of his political attacks, and
of descending to the gutter to
engage in defamation and per-
sonal abuse.
The two smaller opposition
parties, Social Credit and the
New Democrats, contributed
their share, shouting curses on
everybody else's- house but
theirs. While unanimous in
their condemnation of both the
old-line parties, each made - it
clear they would infinitely pre-
fer a Government by Liberals
or Conservative than by the
other.
At the time of writing, it
seems probable that the Gov-
ernment would be able to sus-
tain the first attack upon it by
a divided opposition, a want -
of -confidence motion . on the
speech from the throne. But in
a House of Commons so charg-
ed with emotion, its elements'
so unstable, it seemed possible
that the end .-could come at al-
most any time. -
The speech from the throne,
the outline of the. Government's
program at the opening of Par-
liament, looked with the usual
optomism toward the future.
Economic activity "'in Canada
had already moved ahead sharp-
ly, it said. More than 200,000
new jobs had been created in
the past year -and the objective
of the Government was to . ac-
celerate even faster this pace of
economic growth in order to
create over 1,000,000 new jobs
in the next five years.
But it is more than possible
that history may show that this
bright promise was delivered at
a time when the ,Canadian econ-
omy was already at the peak of
its cylical upswing and heading
into another recession. In the
months ahead, if the economists
are right in their predctions, un-
employment may once again be
on the rise even after taking in-
to account the usual seasonal
upswing in the winter months.
If signs begin emerging that
this is true, the • three opposi-
tion parties could • well be
drawn together to vote the de-
feat of the Conservative Gov-
ernment and the demise of the
25th Parliament.
While it is long on promises
about accelerating economic
growth, the speech from the
throne is short on 'ideas for
bringing them about. It provides
no indication when the austerity
program born of the dollar
crisis will be brought to an end.
Its long awaited program for
dealing with Canada's chronic
deficit balance of international
payments probl'eln is wrapped
tip in one sentence: "New bud -
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ed to provide further solutions
to long-term measures."
The blueprint put before Par-
liament .does contain a number
of highly constructive proposals;
although few of them go to
the root of the basic problems
facing Canada today. There is
a promise of action to imple-
ment a royal commission report
to unshackle the railways from
the musty old legislative re-
strictions that have bound them
hand and foot for so many
years. There is a reference to
the appointment of a royal com-
mission on taxation, the crea-
tion' of an Atlantic Development
Board and of a forward-looking
new retraining scheme to meet
the, problems of automation. '
But probably the most signifi-
cant steps revealed -in the throne
speech are contained in those
proposals for meeting Long-term
problems- which represent re-
versal's of major Government
policies,
In some ways, the ' most im-
portant is the announcement of
the Government's intention of
establishing a National. Econ-
omic Development Board. The
purpose of this new Board' is to
undertake Studies of the econ-
omic problems facing the Na-
tion and recommend broad solu-
tions. In other words, it is de-
signed to provide a form of
economic planning for Canada:
Creation of such a Board has
long been urged by both the
`Liberal and New Democratic
parties. It has been pressed on
the Government by some of the
Country's leading businessmen.
But in the past it has been con-
sistently rejected by the Min-
istry, which has represented it-
self as the Champion of free
enterprise, as a socialistic mea-
sure. During the last election
campaign, Prime Minister Dief-
enbaker maintained the main
issue was free enterprise versus
socialism. In fact it has never
been less of an issue in the past
50 years, as the Government be-
latedly but" implicity admitted
with its throne speech an-
nouncenient.
The second reversal of policy
involves long-term export of
large blocks Of electric power
to the United States. For near-
ly 50 years all Federal Govern-
ments- in Canada have been op-
posed to long-term export out
of fear that it might be impos-
sible to recapture power requir-
ed to turn the wheels of new
industry in this Country.
The issue came to a head
again during the tenure of the
present Conservative Govern-
ment when Premier W. A. C.
Bennett pressed for the right
to sell power from the Colum-
bia and Peace Rivers south of -
the border. The Diefenbaker
ministry vehemently opposed
the idea, accusing Premier Ben-
nett of seeking to sell out Can-
ada's interests for a mess of
U,S: - dollars.
Now changing circumstances
and concepts have led to a
change of heart. Apart from the
fact that Mr. Bennett appeared
to hold a trump hand, the Gov-
ernment has come to regard the
long-term export of electricity
to the United States as a means
of earning tens of millions, per -
hays hundreds of millions of
dollars in badly ' needed U.S.
dollars with which to reduce
Canada's deficit balance of trade
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IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
October 8, 1937
James Ballantyne, Liberal
candidate in Huron riding, was
re-elected on Wednesday in a
three -cornered fight.
Mr. Finlay McKercher, Mc-
Killop, returned recently from
the West with a fine Ioad of
cattle.
Miss Ruth Twett, Cromarty,
has secured a position in Dun-
das.
Miss Harriet Murray was the
holder of the lucky ticket for
the beautiful quilt donated by
the ladies of Duff's' Church.
Mr. Charles Hagan, of Zurich,
has purchased the residence of
Mr. Joseph Storey, on Chalk St'.,
and intends moving here from
Zurich.
.Mrs. Charles Dexter, Con-
stance, had the misfortune on
Saturday last to fall down the
cellar steps and break her wrist.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
October 11,1912
Miss Gretta Watson left on
Thursday for Regina, where she
takes a position on the public
school staff in that city.
Eggs are becoming so dear
that the hens are going on
strike, being ashamed to lay.
Butter is almost as bad, but the
cows have not commenced to
kick yet. .
The last car on the freight
train going west on Tuesday
bounced off the track a little
below the water tank, and the
auxiliary from Stratford had to
be sent for.
On Thursday evening of last
week members and ex -members
of the Presbyterian Church
choir met -at the home of Mrs.
D. J. McGuire for the purpose
of entertaining Mrs. Kruse
prior to her departure to Ber-
lin to join her husband.
Firemen were called out Mon -
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
THE TITANIC
Seventy feet above the waves,
as if to proclaim its mastery of
the sea, a great ship proudly
bore the lordly name, TITANIC,
as it started off on its first run
across the Atlantie. The great
ship was reputed to be the last
word in shipbuilding. Into its
structure had gone all that men
throughthe ages had learned
about the sea. The Titanic was
thought to be able to outride
all the storms that might blow.
About the time that man first
ventured in small craft on the
sea, another monster compar-
able to the Titanic, began to
be. Amid the- ice end snow of
Greenland's icy mountains, it
began to be and age by age it
grew and crept toward the shiv-
ering northern sea. At last a
huge section of the glacier
breaking loose and swinging.
free, it began its journey south-
ward, a glittering city of icy
pinnacles and towers,
Was it not appalling that
these two products Of the ages—
the work of nature and the
work of man—did not miss their
testing by the fraction of an
inch or the twinkling of an
eye? In a brief time the great
ship lost to the iceb . As the
last of the horrifi atchers
drew away on the ) and
moonlit waters of tlfe mid-At-
lantic, they distinctly heard the
ship's band playing the strains
of "Nearer My God To Thee."
Thus doomed, men turned in
their last hour to Him who walk-
ed the waves of Galilee.
Just a Thought:
Some of the happiest people
in the world are those who have
learned that there is great sat-
isfaction in the simple perform-
ance of a,single good deed.
with the rest of the world.
More than that, it now sees
the development of a substan-
tial T.J.S. market making eco-
nomically feasible the establish-
ment of a national power grid
presuming the problems of long
distance transmission can be
solved, in Canada, and the de-
velopment of vast hydro re-
sources in the northern part of
the nation that might otherwise
remain forever untapped.
Neither of •these far-reaching
new ideas may come to anything
in the lifetime of this Parlia-
ment, but their promise for the
future is so strong that it is
not likely they can, for long be
denied.,
* * *
Capital Hill Capsule
Federal authorities ate trying
to find ways of improving their
estimates of emigration from
Canada. There are no official
figures available and such esti-
mates that are made unofficial-
ly are believed to be. too low.
In 1961 it was suggested immi-
gration of 72,000 people exeeed-
-ed. the outflow by a few thou-
sand. A guess by some experts
-is that more accurate estimates
would show emigration. In, the
'neighborhood of 95,000 .people
from Canada,
day' afternoon to ,subdue a fire
in the house of J. J. Darwin,
occupied by Mr. Hildebrand.
Fire starte din the basement
and was extinguished by sever-
al buckets of water. Little
damage was done.
Mr. Arthur Forbes and his
father-in-law, Mr. Adams, mo-
tored ,to Mount Forest on Mon-
day and attended the Laurier
demonstration there, and were
introduced to Sir Wilfrid.
From The Huron Expositor
October 14, 1887 •
The heavy rains of last week
have thoroughly moistened the
surface of the dry ground, but
will not raise the springs very
much yet.
The farmers are winding up
threshing and fall plowing.
Potatoes and turnips are a very
light crop with most farmers
this season.
The first snow of the season
fell on Tuesday last, Oct. 11.
John G. Wilson has sold Sil-
ver Creel( farm to Mr. F. Case
for the sum of $6,000.
Mr. Hugh Bell, of this town,
has sold hid four -months -old colt
sired by Mason's "Macalpine,"
to Mr. William Hawkshaw for
$100.
' .A professor of law was lec-
turing to his students: "If you
have the facts on your side when
fighting a case, hammer them
into the jury. If you have' the
law on your side hammer it in-
to the judge. But if you have
neither the facts nor the law
on your side, hammer the table
as hard as you can."
My, isn't it nice to be pure?
Isn't it satisfying to sit back,and
deplore? Isn't it grand to be a
clean-cut, liberal -minded, unpre-
judiced, tolerant Canadian, when
racial strife breaks out in an-
other country?
I couldn't help congratulat
ing myself, when Tread about
that ugly display of race hatred
at the University of Mississippi,
on being a citizen in the land
of the maple leaf, the rye whis-
key, the devalued dollar, and
the naked Doukhobor.
* * *
If there's one thing we'Cana-
dians are, it's completely toler-
ant of races, religions and colors
different from our own. It's
pretty heart-warming, I can tell
you, to be a member of a na-
tion. that is utterly without pre-
judice.
I don't know why the. rest of
the world can't be like us. Look
at those South Africans. Many
of them just hate black people.
Look at those Congolese, Many
of them just hate white. people.
We don't hate anybody.
* * *
Oh, we have our little pec-
cadilloes. After all, we're hu-
man. I mean, you can carry
this junk too far. We recognize
the fact, for example, that the
darn Roman Catholics • (or the
heretical Protestants) are out
to get us under their thumb,
that they've gone too far, at
last, and that they've got to
be stopped somewhere.
We realize that, while Ne-
groes are definitely human be-
ings, there's no point in irritat-
ing our American tourists by
letting the black people stay at
our tourist resorts. After all,
business is business.
*• * *
We know perfectly well that
Jews are just as good as any-
body. Smart, to'o. But let's keep'
them in the clothing business.
They seem to like it. Let's not
allow more than a few of them
into medicine or dentistry. Let's
not have any of them in our big,
national_ banks or . insurance
companies. They're too dang
smart for their' own good. -
Speaking of foreigners — of
course, we don't call them for-
ejgners, aa. some people do;
they're ethnic groups, or New
Canadians, or bloody Europeans
—I don't think there's another
country in the world that gives.
them a warmer welcome.
Around election time.
I must admit that it's. rather
annoying that some of these
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By Bill Smiley
comparatively newcomers to our
country don't seem to get into
the spirit of the thing. Some of
them seem tg think that a Mik-
loski is just as good as a Mc-
Closkey. Not that he isn't, of
course. But—well. You know,
A lot of these people don't
seem to realize that our ances-
tors didn't come out here just
to get out from under the thumb
of some old czar or king, or
just to find an easy place to
make a living. They came out
here because there was a pota-
to famine in Ireland, or they
were on the dole in England,
or the porridge was mighty thin
in Scotland, or something worth-
while, like that.
* * *
But I think the one thing that
highlights the tolerance and .
lack of racial prejudice, of Can-
adians, above all others, is the
way we have treated our native
Indians. This is where the true
benevolence of the broad -mind-
er, liberal -thinking Canadian
stands out like a—us—leprous
nose.
Did we crowd them into tiny
reserves, as the Americans did,,
after we'd proved we .could lick
them? Well, yes, we did, ac...
tuaIly. But we paid them cash
for the lands we took away,
Well, not exactly cash, maybe,
but a good, long-term promis.
sory . note: And do you know
some of those Indians still re,
ceive as much as $4.77 a year,
in interest ,alone?
* * *
And it wasn't that we took
Away their good, land. We just
took a lot of old cattle pasture.
and crop land that they weren't
using anyway, and we haryded
over to them some dandy high,
rocky land, and some good, fer-
tile swamps, for their reserva.
tions.
Do we deny the Indians their
rights? Not for a minute. Ev.
ery time we get involved in a '
war, we let them join the army,
just like white people. -
* * *
Why, in some of our more en-
lightened provinces, Indians can
go in the pubs and get drunk,
just like white people. And—a
final mark of our interest -in
their welfare—we are now Iet-
ting them go to school with our
own children. This will prob-
ably finish them off quicker
than whisky or smallpox.
Yes, 'sir, it makes you feel
pretty downright warm all ov-
er, when you realize that we
Canadians don't have a pre-
judiced bone in our bodies. Ex
-
cent, maybe, our headbone.
by
Torn Dorr
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