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WEDNESDAY, FKBKUARY 22. 1933 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Pobliahed on Collin^wood street, Plesherton, Wednesday of each meek. Circulation over 1000, Price in Canada $2.00 per year, i when paid in advance |1.50. In ! paid in advance |!2.0U. U. S. A. f2.B0 per year, when W. H. THURSTON, - - Editor r. J. THURSTON, - Assoc. Editor HITAND-Kl N MKNACE It is honily necessary to say that every effort should be made to appre- hend motorists who flof from thi scene of an acicdent Icavinir a victim helpless in the road. Such a person offends all sense of decency and every edict of civilization. One appreciates that for a moment a motorist might be panic-stricken when he realizes he has struck down a fellow beinpr. .When he yields tc fear and flees the scene, convicts him- self of cowardice. But he, who act- uated only '>y cunning, leaves a human beinR in distress, i.s worse than a coward. An appeal to manhood where there is no manhood is futile. So long as there is a possibility of escaping the oonrsequences of carelessiiess there will be those who will attempt it. The only effective check afrainst the hit-and-run driver is increased efficiency of the poi'ice in ferreting out such offenders and a severity ol the courts that will make an attempt- ed escape a greatsr hazard than stop pinpr after an accident to render assistance to the injured and face the consequences. For people who arc actuated by fear make the consequenc es of abandoning a victim a cause for greater fear. Make it clear to the cunning that their greater advantage lies in admitting responsibility for the accident if the fault is theirs. EDITORIAL ITEMS The Ontario Government takes mon- ey away from the educating of the youth of the country and presents some of it to a Lieutenant-Governor, an office that was vacant for some time and could have been continued for another yeai" anyway. Tax pay- ers suffer in an effort to give society people in Toronto a chance to flaunt their afternoon and evening dress before a long-suffering people. • * • A negro was lynched the other day in a southern state after an attempt had been made to burn him at the stake, wlieii he jjlcaded Ruilty to murder. We wonder how il is that a country will countenance such law- ICj-isness as lynching. The ringlead- ers should be privcn a severe lesson. • • • There is considerable of surplu.s power available in the plants of the Ontario Hydro Klcctric Commission. This is not an alarming condition as when the chippewa canal was built there was then a surplus power, but immediately afterwards an industrial expansion took place and ali available power was used. • • • Discussion i.s taking place on the cost of the administration of justice in Grey County. One important item on the list of exp«;nditure is the fact that the Crown Attorney re- sides a considerable distance from the county seat and his travelling expenses are -paid to and fro and while in Owen Sound. There were aiso a considerable number of ad- journment of cases which required double travelling expenses. TIME TO IMPROVE An appeal to farmers to improve their farms and livestock at this time, instead of simply marking time, was made by E. K. Hampson, past presi- dent o.f the Ontario Experimental Union in a recent address: "The pre- .'ient is not a time for a negative type of farming. No progress can be made by that method. Probably nevei has there been a finer opportunity foi improving herds with pure-bred foun- dation stock and field crops with pure seed. Labor is more plentiful and cheap than it has been for years. May not these factors be taken ad- vantage of in making some improve- ments? Farming in Ontario will be the major industry for many years to come and we must adopt the long- term vision of it with faith, and hope that better times will return." ♦•x••:•<••:"X•♦♦•:•<":•<••^•:••:":••:♦♦:••w~^•^•X":••:••:•♦:~X"X":••:•♦^♦:"X••K••^ Special This Week on Men's Heavy Rubbers 12 inch BLACK LEATHER TOPS $2.95 15 inch BLACK LEATHER TOPS $3.45 First Quality ; full range of sizes <^'»*J»«jHQM***a**«**^'****«^**X*^'**«**2**JM^ Overshoes, Rubber Goloshes, Fur-trimmed Goloshes and Rubbers to fit all lasts in all sizes Specially priced F. H. W. HICKLING Flesherton Non-Partisan Votes Rare In Parliament Liquor Export Bill Rejected On Non-party Vote ; Prison Population Double Mismanagement The Cause Of Recent Trouble The last week in the House of Com- mons has been very interesting. We had what i.s^all too rare in Parliament, a non-partisan debate and vote. Mr. Robinson, Conservative member for West Kssex, introduced a private bill asking for the repeal of the act ol U»;iO whijh prohibited the giving ol clearance papers to vessels carrying li(|Uor destined for any country where the importation of liquor was illegal. While United States was not men- tioned, the Act undoubtedly applied particularly to that country. Mr. Robinson and the very few who supported him argued that since Mr. Roosevelt had been elected on an anti- prohibition appeal, we were no longer playing the part of the good neighboi by refusing to export I'iquor into that country. He argued also that we were losing money by our attitude and that we were adding to the num- bers of the unemployed. Both the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, and the Leadei of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Mac- kenzie King, made splendid speeches against Mr. Robinson's repeal bill Both contended that the official ex- port of liquor into United States by Canada when such importation was illegal in United States constituted an unfriendly act and also that if and when the United States repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, our legisla- tion prohibiting export automatically did not apply to United States. Mr. Bury, Conservative East Ed- monton, made one of the best speeches the House has heard for a long time. It was closely reasoned and impas- sioned. "iWe should not allow the citizens of this country to lake active measures and perform overt acts di- rected intentionally and with oui knowledge to the breach of the laws of a friendly state. If that principle is correct, and surely it is, what force can lie in any of the arguments for repeal which have been adductcd from this side of the House?" said Mr. Bury. The vote stood -11 in lavoi' of the Robinson bill and 100 asainst. Parliament would be a much more usofLu' and interesting place if every measure was debated and voted on according to its merits. di: L'ussed in this House again and again and that it found favor with a majority of the members. "In the earlier days when we sought to get rid of this piece of legislation, we were told thit it was a dead letter, that it never had been used and prob- ably never would be used." Mr. Woodsworth then went on to point out that it was being used and people were serving penitentiary terms not on account of having committed any overt act but because of their beliefs, which, he thought, was quite contrary to British law. Hon. Ernest Lapointe, in support- ing the bill, said: "I do not think any- body would charge me with being a communist; I am opposed to commun- ism, to its methods, to what it ad- vocates and preaches. If I thought section 98 of the Criminal Code was necessary to prevent the advocacy of force, violence or intimidation, the things upon which the Minister of Justice, Mr. Guthrie, has expounded this evening, I would be in favor of it. I do not think however, that such a pi'ovision was necessary in the Criminal Code of Canada. The Min- ister has referred to petitions bear- ing foreign names which have been sent concerning certain people who have been convicted in the courts. May I tell him that the people who have been seeking to repeal Section 98 do not belong to any of those as- sociations and are not people with foreign names. On five occasions as Minister of Justice, I introdu'ced a bill which after all was the same in substance as the one introduced at this time by the Hon. Member for North Centre (Winnipeg, Mr. Woods- worth. I do not think I was a bar- barian or a rebel or anything of that kind, but I did it. Further, the House of Commons, ai'ways supported the bill and during the session of 1930 nobody on the opposite side of the House opposed it; it was carried un- animously with no objecting voice. If it is a crime tonight to favor the bill introduced by the Hon. Membei for Winnipeg North Centre, all Hon. Members who sat opposite me in 1930 and supported the bill introduced at that time â€" because they did not op- pose il â€" were guilty of a similai crime." ♦♦♦•>^*«<«<'<>4>««:~X'«-x~x»<-:«<~X":~X":-:~M~>'Sx~:~x~x-w«x~>«x-M>*«><> For the fifth time Mr. Woodsworth introduced a bill to amend the Crim- inal Code. During the last adminis- tration the bill passed the Oomnions but was thrown out by the Senate. La.st year, you will remember, the Prime Minister refused to have the bill introduced, but later â€" probably due to the bolting of several of his members â€" did allow its introduction to the House of Commons; that is, it got in but it never got out. In introducin.ir the bill Mr. Woodsworth said: I introduced legislation along this line in 1022 and in 1923. Mr. McMaster then the member foi Brome, Quebec, introduced a similai bill' in 1925 and the Minister of Jus- tice under the Liberal administration introduced bills repealing this section in 1920, 1928, 1920, 1930. In 1929 the bill failed to pass the Senate by only three votes, so those who now speak so strongly against anyone who would venture to repeal this section of the Criminal Code, must remember that the matter has been very fuily 1914 made a close study of our pen- itentiaries and of penal systems abroad, recommended many changes, some of them fundamental changes in our penal system, their expert ad vice was never acted on, and now the Government places most of the blame lor the recent penitentiary riots on the communists. Our prison popu- lation today is just double what it was five years ago. If these men coine back into civilian life hardened ar.d embittered, with a spirit of ven- genance against ^-ociety, it wili be a very serious thing for Canada. II men are treated like brutes, they soon become brutes and if they are treated as human beings, our fellow men, they respond to such treatment. The Royal Commissioners of 1914, in a report said: "Speaking for themselves the members of the committee would not before undertaking this investiga- tion have believed that the peniten- tiary system could be as needlessly cruel as in fact it is. The Superin- tendent of Penitentiaries should be a man strong in character but tender, seeking to lift the fali'en to a highei plane. He should have great know- ledge of penology, psychology and sociology and so should each warden. Xo doctor in a penitentiary can be as efficient as he might be unless he has very considerable knowledge ol psycho-analysis. The roots of crirat lie in unsound heredity, poor training in childhood, and in unsatisfactory economic conditions. Qrime is a social disease and should be treateo as such. I view with alarm the fact that all the new appointments to our penitentiaries are military men with- out the necessary qualifications. â€"AGNES MACPHAIL Saturday, 18th February, 1933, He who keeps too many irons in the fire gets burned. The great China qnesflon, as seen in most of our homes, is: "Who will wash the dishes?" Osprey Council The municipal council of the town- shij> of Osprey met in Fevorsham on Saturday, February 11, according to adjournment. Ail the members were present with the reeve, Mr. Taylor, in the chair. After reading and confirming ol minutes of preceding meeting the following business was done. Com- munications dealt with were from Robt. C. Muir, chief engineer of municipal roa<fc acknowledgrlng re- ceipt of forms of road expenditure for 1932, also re the annual conven- tion of Twp. Road Supts. to be held in Toronto. From E. J. McEwan, notifying township of accident on county road, near Sin.ghampton. Let- ters received from road sub-overseers who did not wish to accept appoint- ments were: Alex. McDermid, Wallace Potts, Alex. Maxwell and Stanley Butcher. By-law No. 9 (1933) was passed for the appropriation of money for road purposes for current year. Mr. J. A. Davidson was appointed collector of the balance of 1932 taxas and also appointed bailiff for the col- lection of arrears. General account passed and ordered paid were: Advance Printing Co., $49; Municipal World $43.73; Geo. H. Boon, treasurer of Thornbury, |10; Lucas, Henry & Lucas $175; E. Rob- inson $3; C. N. Long, Sec.-Treas. of Trustees' & Ratepayers' Association, grant $11. The Clerk was instructed to write local papers for prices on printing contract for the year. Road accounts passed were Melanc- thon townline settlement $32.39; H. Mclnnes, superintendent $35.35. Council adjourned to meet at Sing- hampton on Saturday, March 18th at 2.00 o'clock p.m. [ Depression Values i »6**6»666*«i 'M'^»»»^*»<>^«&<>^>«»«><~i~>^iwK>«V»»»»X»»^<H;.«>.>«>^M..:»».>^»:.<^» ^•♦♦♦♦♦♦<S«<"!"8><>«><><>*«8>**<M>4. Mr. MacXicol from North West Toronto, think:? it is not safe to have people like me make addresses in ;;chooi' houses; he referred particul- arly to my speech made in McGregoi school, East York. There I haa slated that one of the great difficul- ties in Canada was a slavish adher- ence to parties. I had expressed admiration and respect for my col- leagues and had stated that if mem- bers were free to vote on the merits of questions that we would never have got into the great difficulties of today and that I believed there was less liberty of thought on the part of mem- bers of Parliament in Canada than in any other British country. But the Mail and Empire had reported me as having said Canada had the least liberty of speech and action of any country and this had made Mr. Mac- Nicol feel I was not a safe person to speak in schools. Mr. MacNieol's careful attempt to tie the C.C.F. up with communists in Moscow made me for the first time forget nervousness and embarrassment in speaking in tht Commons. I stated that Mr. Mac- Nieol's efforts to link those of oui group who go out to speak in school houses, churches and public halls, on the economic condition, on the need of constitutional reform â€" radical and fundamental, but constitutional â€" with communists, branded him for the ex- cellent Tory he is. I further stated that we are not communists and the heckling we received comes from com- munists who hate the Hon. Membei for Winnipeg North Centre, myself and others associated with us more than they do anybody else, because by striving to bring about reforms constitutionally we stand between the communists and the violence they de- sire. That Mean Real Money Savers PRICES SLAUGHTERED 25 to 50 p.c. Hard Times Forced This Sale Every article on Sale until the end of February Buy now while the choice is gfood 1 onlv White Felt Mattress, reg. $11.50, now $5.75 1 only Panel Steel Walnut Bed, re'g. $17.50 $8,75 Emerson J. Bennett 'Phone 78w FLESHERTON .;..;m;»;m;««;m;m;m;m;~;,.;«.;m;m;«.;m;m;m;m:m;m;m;..;<.:m:,.;m;u;m^^ i The Advance For All Classes of Job Work Statement Forms, Letter Heads, Envelopes, Tags Oounter Check Books, etc. All at prices that are lowest in years. ^^<'<r<M^<-^^<-^'<'':<'<^^K.->->^>K^'>'>?>'>^<'<':''>^?^?^^ A deliberate effort has been made ever since the House met to link the United Farm and Labor members of the House up with communism and with Moscow. I pointed out that wt were Canadians, trying to solve Can adian problems, taking no orders oi monev and having no connection with Moscow or communists, but that wc were striving by the use of our in- telligence and by constitutional meth- ods to bring about changes which would benefit the great mass ot people. I said I had no objection to the strongest sort of criticism of our policies but that I was tired of having false statements and motives attributed to us. We also had this week debates on the military estimates and on that we are slowly winning and a whole day discussion on the need of finan- cial reform, dealing particularly with the pressing need of bringing Can- adian money to a parity with at I'east that of our greatest hiarket. Great Britain. The debate is no? yet finished; ths Prime Minister stat- i,-* that when It next commit before the ilu-.^f: the Minister of FinSWc will speak of it. Althousrh a Royfll Commission ap- pointed by the Bordon Government in Why no, we're never lonesome' "You must be lonely these days," Joe Hanley suggested, "now that young Jim has left home." "Why, not at all," replied Old Jim, pointing to the telephone with a smile. "We talk with the lad on Long Distance every week. And it's ahnost as good as seeing him." For 30 cents "^^"'^ '^ expensive?" you can telephone al>out 100 miles by making an "any- one" call (station- to-station) after 8.30 p.m. See list of rates 10 front of Uitectoty. "Why no, station-to-station night fates make it about 25 cents.". Let Long Distance keep you in touch with friends and relations. It is quick, clear, dependable and the cost is trifling. r"-- i« ---•-^"'* -V- '' m0 .* .