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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1984 TITK FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE PublUhed on Collingwood street, Flesherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation over 1000, Prico in Canada 12.00 per year, when paid in advance J1.50. In v. S. A. 12.50 per year, when paid in advance $2.00. ,W. H. THURSTON, - - Editor F. J. THURSTON, - Assoc. Editor A MA(;iC LAKE One ol the "eiitht wonders of the world" is Trinidad's Pitch Lake, dis- covered by Sir Walter Raleigh in 151)5. Its .Miirfaco is like a tfreat. wrinkled tarpaulin, 100 acres in extent. An automobile left .standinK on the pitch aurface sinks gradually. A pipe 160 feet long las forced into the lake in an unsuccessful at- tempt to find bottom. It vanished overniRht and re-appeared year.s later, 800 feet away, gnarled and twisted. The i)itvh is used extensively for hiffh- way surfacintj roofing and cementing. A PETFY CHARGE (Allislon Herald) The McCaughrin charge which was designed to make politcal capital for Ontario gjvemment opponfiit.s has turned out to be a dud. It was ad- mitted that the affadavit making the charge of bribing Mr. McCoiighrin out of office was drawn up by the Liberal organizer and was in possession of the Toronto Globe awailin.g the word to release it. We do not know what the Globe thinks of itself being involv- ed in the incident but we are sur- prised to find Dan McCaughrin mixed up in su:h a petty little party squabble. ENGLISH LICENSES The English system of paying for car lieiifi's would be popular in On- tario, and no doubt more people would pun base licenses. In Great Britain a car owner may purchase a license by the quarter and he is charged only for that period. In Ontario there are many districts where cars are t)recludcd (from running for consider- able periods at a lime owing to the tlepth of .snow. Yet owners in these dist.'-icts have to pay the same license fee as ownars in large towns and cities and along highways kept cleai of snow at public expense. Paying for licenses for the period that a cai operates would l>e fair and just. On Parliameot Hill With AGNES C. MACTHAIL, M.i'. At last we have got rid of the ad- <lress in reply to the .Speech from the Throne. The debate on it pro- vides one of the two occasions in the -session in which a member can dis- cuss any subject in which he or hi.') constituency are interested. When .iissatisfaction is widespread the de- bate is bound to be long. Not until the Liberal amendment was defeated was our group altowed to move an amendment to the address. Almost all tir us voted in favor of the Lib- eral "non-confidence" motion, after which Mr. Woodsworth moved as fol- lows:- "We respectively regret that Your Excellency's present advisers have not taken such steps as arc neccs.sary to deal adequately with un- :'mployment, to reduce the burden im- posed by the public debt and to put the agricultural industry on a basij that will insure to the farmer a decent .landard of living." I 1 thought Mr. Woodsworth's speech in support of the motion was except- ionally good ar.d he was followed by Mr. Euler who always makes speeches veiy well worth listening to. For instance this .sentence: "It seems to me a reflection on civilization, to say .-.othing about Christianity, that in a country such as this, which produces all the food that is necessary for the I>copk', which is dotted with indust- lial plants, that can prcKluco, in ex- cess of what we need, everything that the people of Canada need, there should be in this twentieth century,' a million and a half people on public relief." He went on to say that the main trouble with the Prime Minis- ter's speeches was that they cnnsiJ- ered everything as basically sound with prosperity bound to returr. if people would work and sav. Mr. Euler asked how could they work if they could not find work. He ad- vocated a reduction of debt by liwcr- i.-.g interest rales on Canadian bond.s and the elimination of railway drf i ;its through amalgamation und i public ownership. not be injurious and if this were more than was necessary for circulation, the notes would find their way into the vaults of the chartered bankj and would strengthen their cash reserves. They .^vould also serve as a basis for the further extension of credit by the bankjs when the demand for such was created by improvement in business .onditjons. 2.000 POUND STEER SOLD IIY FARMER AT NEU.STAUT The biggest steer ever shipped by Mr. .Sam .Schmidt, Hanover drover, was ijurchased by him from Mr. J. Weppler of Neustadl last week. The animal weighed 2,000 pounds, and was Bold to Arnott Bros, of Toronto at a price of Slip a pound, netting over $100. Mr. Weppler is a good feeder and we are told he added 400 pounds to the animal's weight in the past few months. â€" Hanover Post. KEEPING THE LAMB FLAVOR Lamb docs not improve by keeping after the carcass has become thor- oughly cool and firm. It reciuircs no maturing to give tenderness, and long keeping tends to lose the delicate "lamb" flavor. Mutton, on the other hand, to be in the best condition should be "matured" on hooks for n few days or to a week or longer ac- cording to the available temperature ^ell hung mutton is more tender and Of belter flavor than when it is eaten freshly killed. It is probably at its best at the end of from ten to fifteen day.'i storage in a dry atmosphere at a te.nporaturc of 40 to 45 degrees. That a town cannot be expected to guard against unreasonable claims for ac«i<lents wouhl seem to be the de- fence of an insurance company in a cace wherein a Port F.lgin woman is suing that town for damages for n Iractured b.me in her leg due to a fall on an icy sidewalk. The claim wa.s lianded over by the town to the com- pany in which they carry insurance, and the latter deny responsibility, giving as their reason.s that the ron- Btruction of the sidewalk was good and no defective conditions exist on that Bcore; the ice had formed only a few hours before the accident, and the supervisor had men sanding the •Ireete as soon as could b« eiptcted. Possibly the imallest vot« cask «t a municipal election is credited to the village of Fordwich. A ballot taken there recently on the question of paying an annual allowance to the police trustees of $."> resulted in only twelve votes being cast out of a pos- sible 150. Seven voted in favor and five against. A lot of farmers these days are figuring paper profits, ."iarlin;f thi^ way. "If I had 20 hogs to sell at fO l>tr hundred." It will be interesting to see what the Government will do with thj res- olution which is now before the House asking consideration for a large scale )>rogram of public: works, to be fi- nanced by direct issue of non-interest bearing Dominion notes (money). Mr. Coote, ill presenting it, argued thai the unemployed are producing noth- ing, that they are liwing on the tax- payer and consuming real wealth, and worse than all, they are losing their morale and ambition. As Mr. Coote saw it there were two great problems, first, to give an income to our farm- ers and, second, to give employment with income to those now unemployed He loo asked the Prime Minister how people could work if there is no work a.".d (luoted one of his soldier friends as having said "unemployment with money is leisure but unemployment without money is hell." Mr. Coote referred to the United States' gigantic plans for recovery, which will entail an expenditure ot thirteen billion dollars, inoro than half the amount spent by t'.ie United Stales in the prosecution of the Great War, Irom the time of its entry until Juno 1021. He said the United States was engaged in a war to end poverty and unemi)loymenl and that ihey already had allocated three and a half billion for oxpeiuiitiire under Public Works .Administration. Can- ada, he said, had imitated United States in its deflationary policy and we might now well afford to imitate our great neighbor in its attempt to clin-.li out of the hole. Professor Stephen Leacock, who â- iinnot be accused of being radical, ha.- >ai{l in "The Unsolved Riddle ol Soc- ial Justice", "The Government of every country ought to supply work e.nd I ay for the unemployed. S iciely .)vves to every citizen the opportunity ~f a livelihood â€" work must cither be iourd or must be provided by tin •^tate it.Aclf." -And yet the estimates Kir public works which were before I hi' Hou.se on Friday are the lowest they have been since we came liero twelve years ago. The most notable expansion is in armouries; new ones lo be built in Toronto and Va.-; ouver. If the Ciovernment is to spend the fifty million dollars which it was rumoured was to lie created by direct issue of money, it must be the inten- tion to do it either by submitting • special bill to Parliament or without the consent of Parliament, which ii possible. In concluding his arruinent, Mr. Coote pointed out tkat we have the men and the materials availahle, and the need for public works is recogniz- ed. He suggested elim: ration of level railway crossings, extension ot electric energy over the whole coun try, slum .learancc, reforestation, hospitals, etc.. as needful and suitable projects. The amount of Dominion .'otcri now out-Umding is about 150 ,- illion less than in lO'-'O so it is oh vious thai an issue of moiiey by the government without interest woyl i Mr. William Irvine offered a res- olutio.T to the House asking the Gov- ernment to give immediate considera- tion to the advisability of nationalis- ing life insurance, which the House refused to accept on a vote of 91 against 19 for. Mr. Rhodes, the Fin- ance Minister, took the stand that our insurance companies are almost all that could be desired; that it would be too costly a business for the State to buy out the companies. Mr. Rhodes was assuming that Mr. Irvine agreed with the position taken by Mr. Woods- worth against confiscation and in favor of compensation to the owners of private undertakings, or to give you lis own words; "Now, my Hon. friend Jid not say so in words, but I assume he subscribes to the point of view ot his Hon. Leader for Winnipeg North Centre (Mr. Woodsworth) who has slated that he does not advocate con- fiscation, that he believes that where the State acquires jirivatc undertak- ings it should compensate the owmers That being so we must look into the question of the liabilities involved in ;ase the Dominion of Canada were to determine to take over the life insur- ance business of existing companies." Mr. Rhodes defended the right of the share-holders to make profits in insurance companies. Mr. Irvine took the ground that any monies going to the share-holders was taken from the policy holders. iMr. Irvine contended that insurance cost far too much due to multiplicity of services, sixty-two companies in all doing business in Canada; enormous amounts of money tied up in head office buildings, ($42,832,469) and exorbitant salaries paid to presidents In the worst year of the depression the president of the Metropolitan Lift Insurance Company received a salary of $200,000. The New York Lift Insurance president, $125,000 and the Equitable Life Insurance Society pres- ident, $100,000. If the presidents ot Canadian companies are paid com- parable salaries I think Mr. Irvine's point was w.ell taken. Mr. Irvine pointed out that the paid up capital of all insurance companies in Canada amounted o.'ly to ten million dollars and that he said they need not have since it was only an added charge on policy holders and served no other function. He ad- vocated the taking over of all life insurance by the Slate, making the .scheme compulsory to evei-yone over an age to be determined, by endow- ment policies thus protecting most iveryone from actual want and re- • ieving the tax payers from the burd- en ot looking after indigent persons. He emphasized the lower co.-^t which would come from the wider distribu- tion of risk. "Perhaps one of the greatest advantages in favor of the States scheme is the wider distribution oi risk which is made possible. The wider spread that can be given the risk, the lesser risk there is and the jost of insurance accordingly become.; ;e83. We have but to take the idea .vhich is exemplified so well in group insuranie and aivply it to a still larg- er group, say to seven million Can- adian citizens. As the group is en- larged Ihv cost is decreased. Undei the group insurance plan an insurance company can go into a lactory ai'd . ign up a group of fifty men without medical attenlinn. They know from their actuarial experience that it is quite safe. They are able to give irsurance to thi' oldest man as cheaply as to the youngest. If that can bt done with a group of fifty it can be done much more easily with a grouj. < seven million. By making this i\ ritional business and spreading the risk out lo seven million people wi can reduce the cost of insurance to a fraction of what it is now costing urder the competitive system." Ontario Liquor Profits Decrease Considerably It is announced that for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1933, the prov'(icial treasurer received Jrom the Liquor Control Board in round figures $6,000,000. This amount is made up as follows: on account of trading profits and fines, $5,450,000; sale of liquor permits, $485,000; sale Oi confiscated liquor, $65,000. The corresponding figures for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1932, are: on account of trading profits and fines, $9,360,000; sale of liquor per- mits, $645,000; total, $9,906,000. Total net prcfits for 1932 were ^6,632,420. The large sum paid over in 1931 is accounted for by the fact that a con- siderable amount represented accum- ulated profits of the board for the preceding three years. Confiscated liquor is only sold af- ter it has been tested in the labora- tories oir the provincial government and passed as suitable for beverage use. A short time ago a quantity of this liquor was sold at a price much below the standard brands. The Late Miss M. Middleton Fergus has not had a single one of its reeves elected warden of Wel- lington since its incorporation 78 years ago. An astronomer has found that the moon is not romantic. There'll still be a lot of married people who will doubt his word. Miss Margaret Middleton of this place passed away in the hospital here on Tuesday morning following an illness of short duration. She lived alone and was about ais usual on Saturday but was not seen on Sunday, although neighbors noticed jmokc coming from the chimney in the forenoon. A neighbor went to the door Sunday af;ernoon but failed to get any response and took it for granted she was visiting with some of the neighbors. On Monday Mr Dan Robinson, who lives across the street, went to the door and failing to gret an answer secured two othei neighbors who forced the door and found Miss Middleton lying on the kitcrhen clloor. She had suffered a paralytic stroke sometime about noon on Sunday and falling, was unable to move. She was rushed to the hos- pital where her death took place the following morning. The funeral took place on Thursday aftemoon from the home of Mr. and '.Mrs. Albert Rusk. The remains were placed in the chapel in Markdale cemetery rwaiting burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in the spring. Relatives of the deceased present were Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Crutchley, Dornoch; Messrs. Will, and Joe Crutchley, Durham; Mrs. F. R. Oliver Priceville; W. J. Middleton and son. Joe, Berkeley; Mr. and Mrs. Morell Winterbumc, Berkeley «Bd Mrs. Harry Middleton, Toronto. The pallbearers were Messrs. D. Robinson, W. T. Wiley, C. R. King, G. llaslam, G. Scott and A. Griffith. Thj beautiful flowers covering: the casket breathed a silent message %t love and appreciation of the ins»y fine qualities of the deceased by her criends. â€" Markdale Standard. Hatching By Incubator Before using the incubator check it ^or leaks and breakages and test the thermometers. Place the machine in a well ventilated room or cellai which is kept at a uniform tempera- ture. The eggs used should be of normal shape and appearance and at least 24 ounces to the dozen. Con- trol the moisture according to tht appearance of the eggs after they are set. On the seventh-day test the air jell should be about one eighth the size of the egg ar.d on the eighteenth day about one quarter. The eggs should be turned twice a day. Test for fertility on the seventh and eigh- teenth days, closing- the machine on the eighteenth. Above all follow the instructions given with the machine when purchased. The part of the automobile which causes more accidents than any other is the nut that holds the steering wheel. SOCK EYE Salmon 18c TIN SYRUP 5 LB. PAIL 35c Iodized Salt 8c PKG. Bulk Cocoa 15c 2 LBS. 25c Why Pay More FOR GROCERIES AND MEATS? try Kennedy's and be convinced Pineapple, tin 15c Sodas, 12c pkg- 10c Lovely cheese, lb 18c Princess Flakes, 2 large pkgs 29c Carbolic Soap, bar 5c Ken Kennedy We Deliver in Town Phone 37 RED ROSE TEA At the old price 50c LB. Cornstarch 2 FOR 15c Chase and Sanborto's COFFEE Ground while U vy^it 39c and 49c Lb. Meats Fresh and Curcfl ij tt » >ii i»i oot*i rt-^t-Trir?tr-r'ir'r~'~'~^''~'''''~''^^r^*'~~''*'^^ •>.>.?«?<":~?<»<ir«M>.:~?««?«8">*-?« NKW MOTOR LICKNSE YEAR (Aylmer Express) From all sections come reports that since the extension of time lor pur- chasing car licenses to March Jtl, the eale of such licenses has practically stopped. Of course, those who had already purchased, feel as though they were fooled when they obeyed the mandate and renewed, like good citiz- ens, but aftsr all, they have the edge on those who postpone the evil day. However, it is hardly fair to set a deadline, and then extend it for a couple of months. Why does not ths Government name, say .\pril 1st, as beginning the motor license year, and make that the 'final date for every- body under penalty. April 1st would be a better dali.-g anyway. Many motorists do not use their cars during (he winter and early spring, and none would l(vok for, nor expect any ex- tension, if a definite time limit were Mi. Sun Life A!§(suranee Company of Canada THE report of the Company for 1933 is one of consistent and constructive progress. Its acuievenients enhance tlic impressive record of public service it has rendered during the sixty-three years of its existence. In 1933, as in tlie preceding three years, people generally experienced exceptional anxiety, the result of incomes being either impaired or entirely cut off. At such a time the un- failing aid and security of life insurance proved of very great value. In this service the Sun Life Company bore a worthy share. During the year it paid out (exclusive of policy loans) nearly $100,000,000 to policyholders and beneficiaries. Simi- larly, during the four years of depression it has paid out over $380,000,000. Notwithstanding these substantial payments, the Company, during the same fonr-year period, increased its assets by $55,000,000 â€" its insurances in force by over $307,000,000. Sixty-third Annual Report â€" 1933 . ASSURANCES IN FORCE, December 31, 1933 - . . . Thi.s large amount, the accumulating estates of nearly a million Sun life piilirylidldor.s, will become payable to them or their de|H;ndenls during this gi-nerutioii -a Btabiliziu^ factor of great social and economic value NEW ASSURANCES PAID FOR - $2,770,453,871 .INCOME - .- DISBURSEMENTS EXCESS OF INCOME OVER DISBURSEMENTS PAYMENTS TO POLTCYHOLDERS AND KENEFTCIARIES Durlnjr llio year I').'>3 ......... Since OrKanizaiion ... ....... 216^7,441 132,235,821 127,305,801 2-4,730,020 57,457,059 800,170.033 ASSETS 624,1-16,035 Itonds: mivornmriit, nuiiiiripal, public utility and olliors: Blocks; preferred and coiniiKuu luaiiH on imirtpa^es; real opiate; luanit on (.'.uiupaiiy policies; cauh ill baiikH, and other utsetii. LIABILITIES - 609,965,832 AInioat ninc-teiilh» of this sum ropres<-nt9 the policy reserve the amount set aside to guarantee all policy payments as they become due. PAID-UP CAPITAL ($2,000,000) and balance at credit of shareholders' account ....... $3,342,547 RESERVE for depreciationâ€" in mortgages and real estate 4,885,904 SURPLUS 5,951,752 $14,180,203 The valuation of bonds and Blocks hat been made on the basis prescribed for all companies bj the Insurance Department of the Dominion of Canada and in conformity with the baau authorised by the Departments of Insurance of the various provinces of f «»««^t Policy Uabilitir* have been valued by the full net level premium method, a standard mon exacting tban required under the stringent provisions of the Dominion Inauranc* Act. Siin Life Company Assurance of Canada