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Wednesday, May 3, 1939 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Published on CoUiiigwood Street, Flesherton, Wednesday ct tach week. Circulation over 1,000. Price in Canada >2.00 per year, when paid in advance $1.60; in U. S. A. 12.60 per year^ when paid in advance |2.00. F, J. THURSTON. Editor. EDITORIAL COMMENT Flesherton district, especially the Eugenia Hydro pond has always been noted for its large speckled trout and out of eight prizes awarded in the Slater competition five of them were caught at Eugenia, one at Flesherton and one at Markdale. But all this was casually mentioned in a dispatch from Owen Sound as in the "Owen Sound district." It must have been galling to the Williams Lake fans to take a rear seat away back this year. • • • • Despite protest from the Tweed council that town will have erected this year a new post office. The Tweed Mayor and council said that it was not needed and the money could be more profitably employed in pre- paring Canada, in a defensive way, to assist the Mother country. With millions of a deficit in the Federal government it seems inopportune to continue political expenditures, such as that for an unwanted post office building. When will parliament wake up to its obligations? • • • • Congratulations to the editors of The Dundalk Herald and Creemore Star who took second and third places respectively in a best newspaper con- test for the J. T. Clark Memorial Trophy, won by the Stouffville Tri- iiune. It was very fitting that both these papers are within a short dis- tance from Flesherton where the late .Jos. T. Clark former editor of the Toronto Star, was born and spent his early boyhood. Who knows but that someday his own home town paper may have the privilege of winning the coveted cup, up for competition this year for the first time. Special Bargain EXCURSIONS TO ALL STATIONS IN WESTERN CANADA GOING DATES DAILY MAY 16 to 27, 1939 Return Limit: 4$ days. TICKETS GOOD TO TRAVEL IN COACHES Excursion tickets good in T^uri^t, Parlor and Standard sleeping cars also available on payment of slightly high- er passage fares, plus price of parlor or sleeping car accommodation. ROUTES â€" Tickets good going via Port Arthur. Ont., Chicago, 111., or Sault Ste. Marie, returning via same route and line only. Generous op- tional routings. STOPOVERS â€" Within limit of tick- et, both going and returning â€" at Port Arthur, Ont., and west; also at Chicago, 111., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and west, in accordance with tariffs of United States lines. Full particulars from any agent. CANADIAN PACIFIC 10th Original MARYO SALE April 26f h to May 6th OSPREY & ARTEMESIA CO-OPERATIVE Co. Ltd. Telephone 70 R,jJ^ FLESHERTON SENSATIONAL TFl VALUE SPEEDWAY FULLY GUARANTEED TIRE • Our low prices tell their own story of sensational sav- ings that are possible when you buy the Goodyear Speedway. It's the finest low- priCed value we ever offered. Come in, let us tell you how little it will cost for new Coodyears on your car . . , today! D. McTAVISH Telephone 9W ^i t*AVi CK SONS FLESHERTON, ONT. Budget Speech Given Ibis Week at OUdVva (Uy Agnes C. Macphail, M.I'.) Spring has come. That's by far the most important thing. If wu weren't so civilized, we could quit working to enjoy the sun, just as we do when a lovtxi tind long-absent friend returns. But, no! We go about our varied tasks, hurried and harassed with the stress of life. It's all wrong some- how. JWe, the M.P.'s (who waste the taxpayers' money talking a la Mc- CuUagh!) had a busy week, shut so carefully away from the sun in a most luxurious prison. The budget came down. The Min- ister of Defence introduced his esti- mates in a two-and-a-half hour speech. Shark loan companies were brought to time by legislation. The cheese was bonused. Youth training projects to the extent of a million and a half annually arranged for. And one of the best speeches I have ever heard in the Commons was- made by Maxime Raymond, an aristocratic Fi'ench-Canadian, on the inequity of highly protected industries maltreat- ing their employees. The budget speech is a highlight, po8.sibly the highlight of a session. But this year, when few tariff changes were anticipated because of the three- way trade agreement between Canada, Great Britain and the United States, less so. And with the great social burdens to be carried, much reduction in taxation was unlikely. The interest of the members centred, then, on the Hon. Charles Dunning, who, as everyone knows, suffered a break-down in health last summer. The preparing of the budget and the delivering of it requires tremendous energy and there was some anxiety lest it prove too great a strain. There need not have been. It was excellently done. Mr. Dunniny is a distinguished man^ who stands high in the regard of his colleagues. He is extremely able, hard-working and his integrity is beyond question. But he is conservative in his outlook and he brought down a conservative budget. The one surprise was encourage- ment held out to industry to make capital expenditures by way of en- larging plants, installing new equip- ment and machinery and, generally, branching out. The encouragement takes the form of reduction in income tax equal in amount to ten per cent of the cost of the expansion. (If that doesn't beat you, when we now have plant and equipment sufficient to glut the market! Consumers with money to buy is what we need.) Tax exemption on new mining en- terprises is continued. The eight per cent sales tax on consumptive goods is retained. And the statement made that a more rapid expansion of Can- ada's mining policy would be futile or even dangerous. Radio parts have been put on the free list. The three per cent excise tax has been removed on goods coming from the United States and all other favord nations. After consultation vvith the British government, the budget anticipated a tax on vegetable oils; this, in an en- deavor to increase the use of animal fats. The deficit for the year is given at 130,000,000, with the expectation of a further 25 millions to be added. The exact amount is not known, how- i'ver, until last year's wheat crop is sold. Mr. Dunning enunciated a great truth, which is not yet generally .'e- alizt'd. It is: "If the people as a whole and business in particular will not spend, government must. It is not a matter of choico but of .sheer social necessity. The alternutivo is 11 greater burden of relief and gvonter ilimgers from deflationary souivca. We dare not, we cannot, contract our expenditures until our industries and our pi>ople gent-rally are spend- ing more freely." The day that the Hon. Ian Mc- Konzie made his speech on national defence I was preparing my script for the C.B.C. broadcast, over a na- tional hook-up, on "Education in Rural Life,'' and it is perfectly amaz- ing the amount of time one can spend on a twolve-minuto radio address. I did the script twice. After the first one 1 had an audition at the C.B.O. studios, which was heard by H. H. Hannam, G. G. Coote and Robert An- derson, the expert in charge. They laughed so much at my stilted lang- uage and I was so provoked and amused at myself that I reconstructed the whole business and so misse<l the Hon. Tan's address. The defence vole is raised from 35 niillions last year to fi;) millions this year and particular stress was laid on the air arm of defence. It was stated that there are two hundred and ten planes now with one hundred and nine to be delivered soon. Many of those are used only for training. Pi- lots for the Royal Air Force of fJre.it rti-itnin will receive training in Can- (ul*» ni»»"^ i('»t'ni-'v nt P^Lin T?(^rf1^•n and Trenton, In addition there will be a giL'utly expanded training scheme for C'aiiudiaii forces. This last involves the creation of a new classs of short term service officers. The speech was largely a review of what has been done. The Small Loans Act (which pas- sed the Commons the othe night, pro- vides that on any sum up to $500.00 loaned without collateral it is crim- inal offence for loan companies to charge more than two per cent per month, this to cover all expenses in connection with the loan-interest so- licitor's fees, search, disbursements, travelling expenses, everything. The Hon. Mr. Ilsley, who piloted the Bill, said that the fullest powers of inspection were being given the Superintendent of Insurance, Mr. Fin- layson, to inspect not only the licen- sees under this measure but also the unlicensed money lenders, and also that the Bill was not necessarily fi- nal but was something to work under; if there were abuses they would be corrected in future. Mr. Walter Tucker, well-known for his advanced ideas on money, had al- ways opposed the Bill, but said now that he thought it better to get some legislation which would prevent the loan sharks charging exorbitant per cents, running to a hundred and even a thousand per cent, rather than hold- ing out for ideal legislation. How- ever he favored co-operative credit unions rather than loan companies and praised the work in Quebec, Nova Scotia and the United States, in this regard, and urged that the Canadian government give serious consideration to setting up a federal credit union law for this country. An amendment was moved by An- gus Maclnnis, C.C.F., Vancouver, that the charges be reduced to one per cent per month, which was defeated. It is seldom that all the members in the House of Commons pay rapt attention to a whole speech, but this unusual tribute was paid Mr. Maxime Raymond, Liberal Member for Beau- harnois-Laprairie, as with earnest- ness logic and eloquence he spoke in favor of employees in highly pro- tected industries sharing the benefits conferred by tariffs. He drew his il- lustrations entirely from Dominion Textiles and Montreal Cottons, the latter being situated in his own rid- ing at Valleyfield, Quebec. Montreal Cottons, in 1880, started with a capital of $385,000 and the first year paid a divident of eleven per cent to its shareholders. And, be- tween then and 1911, they continued to pay on both actual and watered stock dividends ranging from six to twenty per cent. In spite of that, the profits accumulated so fast that by 1911 the capital had swelled to three million dollars and a stock bonus of three million dollars was divided among the shareholders. Since that time the Company has continued to pay dividends on a capital of six million dollars, although the total in- vestment is less than three. . All this time the city of Valley- field ihad ^iven the Company tax exemption and a bonus. Mr. Raymond says: "What was the share of the workers compared with that received by the shareholders who benefitted by tariff advantages grant- ed by Parliament to the textile in- dustry? The workers were treated like slaves. The average annual wage does not exceed $300. In Valleyfield, where the mill is located, the worker is constantly made to feel that he owes his very existence to the Comp- any. Alas! what an existence. The man who sweats in the mill from six o'clock at night until seven o'clock the next morning for a measly pay of $1.08, upon which he has to sup- port four children besides his wife, does not live, he barely keeps body and soul together. ... I have con- elusive evidence to sjiow that the , wages to show for two weeks' work ranged from $6.00 to $20.00. When the workers go to get their meagre wages twice a month, they are kept waiting for hours, in the rain or in the cold, in a yard without any shel- ter, and the pay is handed to them in the form of a small ticket about the size of a postage stamp, on which appears the amount paid and the ilate of payment. They do not know whether they are paid by the hour or by the piece. . . A man worked six years and never receive<l more than twelve dollars for two weeks work â€" eight children â€" health suffered result of unjust poverty. That is the workers' !(haro. Trade unions are spied upon and workers are over increasingly lessen- ed by the installation of machines. And always the two companies cited asked for more protection. In the case of the Dominion Tex- tile Company, the president had him- self voted a bonus of $35,000 while he was receiving an annual salary of $20,000, hut during nil this time he was paying starvation wages to his workers," Mr. Raymond <i\id, and cow iluded: "Drastic legi.ilation is imper- â- \tive to curb the activitifs of the?e '><rres of finance and industry, who, vith the cj»niri<<n of cn""-''-^ >..â-  .rj(. *l^l*^l^*^l4^l^l**l**l^l^l**l*<^^^ To Make A Decision WHEN TRYING TO DECIDE TO WHAT CREAM. ERY TO MARKET YOUR CREAM AND EGGS, THE FOLLOWING ARE POINTS TO JUDGE A CREAMERY BY. A Creamery that will pay you the HIGHEST MARKET price for your cream. f Decidedly the HIGHEST paid prices for Eggs. | That gives you an uninterrupted pick-up service | the year round. | Quickest possible service on your delivered cream. X Close attention as to the accuracy of the testing i and weighing of your cream Without any hesitation we are claiming to practice the above mentioned facts. We are particularly ad- vising you to sell to your nearest Creamery and by so doing you are keeping the overhead down on your pro- duct and in case of any difficulty arising because of test or grade, we are always ready to discuss and advise on the above matters. -:- -:- -:- -:- -:- TO HELP BOOST BUSINESS As an inducement to help boost the business in Flesherton during the time of the contest, we are making an additional offer. Should apy cream patron that delivers cream during the day of the draw be a lucky winner of any of the four prizes, our prize to him will be the equal amount of his cream money for that day. tickets for the lucky draw will be issued by us. one ticket on every 2Sc worth of produce delivered. OPEN WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS Flesherton Creamery & Produce Co. Phone 66 Chas. Goddard, Manager ^><«<<^><«<<^;<H>;<H^><^^^ ♦♦> by the misery of thousands of work- ers. Parliament is supreme. Within its jurisdiction it has the power and duty to act. If Parliament does not take drastic steps it will become the accomplice of this exploitation." So happy to have met the Weekly Newspaper editors and their wives at the Chateau this week. Congrat- ulations to the Dundalk Herald, win- ning first prize in job printing comp- etition and second in the Clark Me- morial Trophy. Anne Anderson Per- ry, editor of the Elora Express, spoke of the culture in the villages and the countryside in the early days and of her joy in returning to the task of her father in the beautiful village of Elora. OTTAWA Saturday, .'^pril 29th, 1939. â€"AGNES C. MACPHAIL. NOTICE I wish to take this opportunity of thanking all those with whom I have had business dealings at the store at Rock Mills and would appreciate their continued patronage with my sister. â€"DOROTHY FOSTER. Talking P ictures Flesherton Town Hall WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 National Film Service presents ROMANCE OF THE RAILROAD or "DYNAMITE DENNY" An Exciting Railroad Story â€"Packed Withâ€" THRILLS LAUGHS SUSPENSE ADDED ATTRACTIONS BAMBOO (Educational) BEANSTALK JACK (Cartoon) and "The Winner" in Sports Adults 25c 8.15 p.m. Children 15c One cynic has written to say that the trouble with many public men in the world is that they open their mouths too frequently and close them too seldom. ♦V I X X ? ? ? I I Miss Madge Lucas presents her | 1939 SCHOOL I Music Revue I Flesherton â„¢^l' Friday, May 5th ! To Commence at 8.00 p.m. J Mother Goose and her family will be present. The pictures in the Story Book come to life. See Little Boy Blue and the Spider and the Fly from Orange Valley: Little Miss Muffet and Georgie Porgie from the Stone Line; an<l Humpty Dumpty with Tweedle Dum and Dee, Ceylon. Polly and Sukey from Victoria Corners will make tea. An old woman from Springhill goes marketing. Little Bo-Peep, Old King Colp, Jack and Jill and Mary and her Little Lj\mb are all from Flesherton. Two young professors will give a lesson in Natural History. Portlaw, Eighth Line and Rock Mills are coming. Don't miss the Ceylon we<lding. I Mr. Eldon Brethour of Toronto will conduct the massed choirs of these schools and make suggestions for Festival Competition work. Mr. Brethour is assistant supervisor of the Toronto Public School vocal music and is well known in muskal circles as an ad judicator at festivals throughout Ontario THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM WILL RE A BRIEF REVUE OP UNISON AND TWO AND THREE-PART WORK RANGING FROM THE PRIMARY ORAnKS TO GRADE EIGHT. FRIDAY, MAY 5th, FLESHERTON TOWN HALL | ADMISSION: Vdults l.v | 9 i m.