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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening november 23rd 1938 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to 0 s a english speaking countries linked closer by signing oi trade treaty canada great britain and united states probably mark new epoch in the economic relations of the three great democracies treaty directly affects over one third of the international commerce of the world by spectator ottawa nov 22nd the signing of the new trade treaties at washington jytganada the united kingdom and the unltoarstates probably marks a mew epoch in the economic relations of the english speaking democracies the negotiations which have covered the greater part of a year have been intricate and complex but hope is i it lhat the two treaties signed last thursday will not only greatly extend and facilitate trade between canada and the united states and great britain but that they will prove a major and effective attack on trade restrictions throughout the world among the most important conccs eions granted to canadian exporters in the united states are those re tat jng to live cattle fisheries and lumber 3d all 202 items in the united suites tariffs are affected and taking 1937 sales to the united states as a basis concessions granted to canada co re 43 per cent of our exports to that country the president of the united states by the united states tade i agreements act has the power to re due tariff rates up to fifty per cent and concessions granted to canallan produce range from the percentage downward livestock quotas were in creased under some categories and 4ther rates of duty were lowered a very considerable reduction was pien to tariff rates on a wide variety of fish entering the united states in some cases the reduction was the full fifty per cent allowed under amerln laws the lowered rates affect od shaddock hake pollock cask rosensh salmon halibut swordflsh mackerel herring and various kinds of fresh water fish in the case of exports of lumber and shingles quotas now in force were either increased or abolish d and the regulation that canaaian timber must be marked to show cjun try of origin was cancelled reduced rates were given in the american tariff on a number of agri cultural products including grains hog products horses and hay silver fax furs duties were reduced by 23 per cent reductions were made in daty m a number of metals and non metal he mmearls on acetic acid and a number of miscellaneous manufacur eft goods concessions granted by canada to united states porducts affect 447 items in the canadian tariff of these 283 items have been reduced in rate wiile 146 represent he binding of rates that have been effective under the 1935 agreement these concessions again taking the 1937 trade figures as a basis represent 58 per cent of all imports from the united states manv of the concessions given toe united states have been made possible through a prior understanding and agreement with the governments of the united kingdom and the govern unent of south africa similarly can da agreed to certain cutting of m perial preferences in the british mar let to allow the united kingdom to make tariff reductions to american exporters in the case of agricultural and fis heiy products canada s new duties practically parallel duties to be charg ed similar products from canada en taring the united states rates on tobacco and spirituous liquors hive been reduced tariffs have been low ered on chemicals drugs and pilnts on earthenware and glassware on various metals on certain kinds of machinery including diesel engines on textile products and on leather and manufactures of leather canada has abolished the thre per cent special excise tax levied on the duty paid value of imports the re xaoval of this charge on imports from the united states will mean a seri ous loss in revenue to the domirlon exchequer which will have to be made up in some other way it is seated however that the removal of the tax will help to restore the competitive position of many canadian prod cts who have had to pay this tax on ihctr imports of raw materials and want nufactured goods while meeting he rnpeution of goods imported free of tfiis tax under the british preferei ial tariff the effect of the tariff chan ges on dominion revenues can be en only when the treaties are in ocr atlon much will depend on the ex tent to which lowered tariff rates ma stimulate trade in various articles canada has given up the six cnts a bushel preference on wheat in he markets of the united kingdom great britain has also agreed in its treaty with the united states to make a seasonal reduction on apples lm ported from the united states from 4 khfiitngn and 6 pence to 3 shillings per cwt canadian apples continue to be free of dot in the british market i lumber reduction oil exports from canada to the united states have too been arranged partially at least on a basis of compensation for reducjons on certain classes of lumber from the united states imported into the unit k canada s bacon quota on the british market is not affected but united states hams are stabilised obtbe free list canada s preference on automobile exports to the united krtngrwn is not disturbed there is a jcductton bowerep in the preference on automobile exports to cetraln col onle such as ceylon and bong kong titter has been a redaction in the margin of preference on aoi goods- to the united kingdom markt the principles kept in mind during the intricate negotiations of the two treaties have been the extent to which the exporting country is the main or potentially the main source of sup plj of commodities affected tht in terests of businesses affected oie broad interest of consumers and the retention subject to defined alterati ns of the british preferential agreemtis the two inter related agreements arc great experiment in dredging the channels of trade between the ureat english speaking democracies the friendly association of the great eng llsh speaking nations has been ier aided as raising the hope that a new vitality has been given to the basic principles of a civilized world order county council here to stay county councils in ontario will not be disbanded hon eric cross mill ster of the department of municipal affairs told members of dufte n county council at the annual ar den s banquet held in orangeville last week this important link in our ov ernment he said is frequently criti elzed on the grounds that we have too much government in canada i on sider this shallow criticism for 40 jens ago we had just as much the administration of countv coun ells in ontario costs woo 000 aim tl j and the money is ell spent the minister declared turning to the problems of m i cipal affairs he said that over ex pansion in local improvement was one main reason for the difficult in which defaulting municipalities found themselves at pesent he said we arc pay lng 58 000 old age pensions ann auv at a cost of 13000000 the petk of expenditures for old age pensions vill be reached until 1971 when tne cost will have tripled itself we also are paying 23 000 mothers allowa ices and for the keep or 100 000 chii1en in shelter homes and for 10 000 lndl gent patients in mental hospitals collector ive called to collect some back payments on what antique furniture you have head of the house you are crazy i never bought any antique furniture on the instalment plan collector well maybe it was not antique when you bought it halton uberals held annual meeting leroy dale kc georgetown elected president the annual meeting of the halton liberal association was held at mi ton on thursday evening nov j 7th 1938 every ward in the county was well represented at the meeting mr edwin harrop who has been president of the association for the past four years did not stand for re election and the following officers wre e ectcd leroy dale k c president phil ryness 1st vice president w n robinson kc 3nd vice president thomas ramshav secretary archie galbralth treasurer after the electloi of officers and other business of the meeting v u coi eluded the muting was addr ed by hon j g gardintr federal m i 1 ster of agriculture who gave a tear and convincing exposition of the trade agreements between canada br ain and the united states the meeting was also addressed by thomas blakelock mpp h i es cleaver m p and leroy dale k c erin township audit mr brock of kitchener employed by erin township council to mak a special audit of the books of the mui iclpallty for the last lx years present ed his report to the council at its meeting on monday november 14th while we hae not seen the repo t we understand that mr borck state at he was unab e to discover an evld nee of dishonestv on the port of anv of ficlul or members of the town lip council then wen a number of r regularities but these were in oook keeping methods onlhls subject he aud tor makes u number of reconi mendntions reeve mcfee states hat he considers the expenses of the sptu al audit was fully justified as i wis the only wa to clear the air and re move any suspicions that may ha e been in the minds of the ratepajts besides the audit was petitioned for by a number of ratepaers a fact that pretty nearly put it up to the council to authorize an investigation ashgrove the november meeting of ashg ne women s institute was held on n v 1 5tl at the home or mrs t f al er with our usual good attendance vrs m bird ver capablj gave the motto manners make the man and mrs f ruddell gave a paper on mn ncrs mrs b brlgden read an inter es lng siorv this was followed b a demonstration on introductions by mrs a j ruddell the question bureau brought to light some sense and some nonsense mrs p wl on and miss i wrlffglesworth plaj i a lively piano duet a social half no ir closed a very enjoyable meeting halton and peel settlers held banquet at regina in halton and peel counties we have good men cosmopolites you may call them or if you prefer the mill run of ontario people enter any farm home between milton and mona mills if you wish to learn what the average ontario man and woman are like our two counties were never spectacularly settled by marked types of people there was just a slow in filtration of settlers a natural com ng and going rev harvey campbell in the above words presented the essence of the down east childhood homes of the guests present at a banquet held mon day night at the kitchener in re ina sask the function was the enth held by the halton peel old timers association and was presided er by or j c middleton with many subtle touches mr ampbel p ctured the old counties hich knew first an occasional indian unncr then a french trader an l ngltsh trader a white settler and finally the n en who built mills churches schools the little towns the county town the highways the clover leaf intersection the radio station the speaker s grandfather had bcn a millwright and the speaker told understanding of the part played by the humber and the credit and he lesser waterways in the settling of the two counties settlements were from the river in many a village history could be traced back to the day wnen a man had come along who disc ned a little rapids where a mill might well be set to work besprinkled wi h the i names of scores of tiny places in ial ton and peel mr campbells spetch became an impressive narrative of homely worth j pioneering tasks mazo de la roche was named as be mt the bright shining star claimed by that part of ontario i dr and mrs middleton and mrs tl e reception room dr middleton introduced the sepaker and artists of the evening and at the end of the pro gram mrs henry and mrs d r la mont voiced the thanks of the gussts to those who had entertained them so well rust red chrvsan them urns were the table decorations norman langdale directed com nunity songs and gave charming olo ross macrae delighted w th olln numbers and miss marion ro it ledge with reading miss phyllis bur rows and j a maclcan were acccm i anbes a tribute was paid to he memory of those who had died lnce the previous gathering dr middleton briefly sketched the interests of the club from the ime the halton old boys first assembl- in 1927 peel old boys joined in with the others in 1932 at one banquet four mla s were among the guests a peel native son d l scott had been the first mayor of regina other facts given by dr mldd ton and by the retiring secretary treasur er william alexander had to do with town council meeting and courl of revision financial statement discussed appeals heard agauut pavement assessment lions club granted permis sion to hold tag day december 3rd the radio and aeroplane elements of 20th century halton peel life with the fact that various churches in tne two counties are now holding their centennials and with the network of splendid highways that have taken the place of the quondam waterways the old plowing matches where spencer croley now of saltcoats t ok all the p lzes were brought up the fact that peel has the largest jeey herd in the empire the fact that brampton can claim the most exten sive shipping and growing of roses in the empire that brampton has a 500 bed sanatorium and that frank oliver who established one of the earliest newspapers west of winnipeg was born in peel george f wilson regina who spmt october in ontario charmed the guests with a few facts chiefly his toric the first wheat ever shipped out of western ontario to montreal was from streetsville peel the first sheet of paper ever manu factured in canada was made near streetsville and for it the dominion government paid 500 the first threshing machine brought nto manitoba was made in brampton the first flour mill in peel county was built by mr wilsons great grand father charles haines in 1827 on the ciedit river at cheltenham the orl einal mill was demolished and a new ode immediately built in its place this the only mill left on the credit was been in operation for 101 years the first cloverleaf intersection off mi kind in canada was at cooksvdle the contractor for this was a en isln of mr wilson john patterson brampton alpine smith had prov d pd an excellent drawing of this clover leaf intersection receiving the thanks of the company the drawing h mg on the wall and reference to it was made more than once during the night subway and overhead grades being readily traced and the safety shown even at a crossing where 000 cars have been counted in one day election of officers resulted as fol lows honorary president dr h s corirgan lampman honorary vice- president t h pearen indian head past president dr f c middleton president mrs c m henry vicepre sklent dr irwin robb chaplain vem mason secertary miss christina mcqueen treasurer william alexan der executive members mrs j a mcgregor mrs d r lament mrs william wilson miss flo snell al continued on page 8 canadian cattle to live at new york worlds fair the court of revision to hear ap peals against the special assesment far pavement on john mcnabb emery and king streets met at 730 pm on monday evening and was composed of the following councillors james cos- tigan chairman a e cripps thos lyons w f smith and n h brown appeals were received from mrs francis mr a kean and thomas anderson moved by lyons seconded by smith that the special assessment of mrs francis be based on a frontage of 94 ft carried moved by smith seconded bw b own that the special assessment of alex kean be based on a frontage of 68 ft on john st carried moved by cripps seconded by lyons that the special assessment roll for the pavement on john mcnabb emery and king streets as amended by this court of revision and initial ed by the clerk be adopted and con firmed carried the council met at 8 pm with mayor joseph gibbons in the chabr reeve george davis and councillors a e cripps n h brown joseph hall james costlgan thos lyons and w f smith present most of the evening was spent in discussing the financial statement to be presented to the electors at nom ination on friday night on motion of brown and smith the lions club was granted tiie privilege of holding a tag day on dec 3rd council adjourned historic st peters church re opened at trafalgar closed for many years st peters rc church at trafalgar was reopen ed on sunday rt rev monslgnor ghel vg of hamilton diocese rep resented his excellency bishop j 7 ryan taking as his subject the priest hood of christ rev father j l mobrlde of acton preached an elo quent and instructive sermon rev father wiedner said mass while rev j a obrien rev v a dernody rev j p mchugh rev f p keboe and the pastor rev j b ryan wre present in the sanctuary the church was taxed to capacity and a choir from holy rosary church wilton with d w fair at the organ sang the historic old st peters was built before toronto or hamilton vers known the history of this church goes back to 1818 when a large band of roman catholics left the county of armagh ireland for canada af ter a three months journey they came along the governors road dun- das street to the sth line trafalgar county of halton on the 8th and 9th lines these people built thelr four dairy breed associations of canada jersey ayrshire hobtein friesian and guernsey are partid pating la the most important dairy cattle exhibition ever held on this continent it will be separately boused ia a special 500000 building at the new york worlds fair dor lag the bt months commencing may 1st 1939 although under the auspices of the borden co which is providing the building the exhibition will be controlled by the breed associations each of cm having one vote along with the single vote of the borden co the brown swiss association of the united states is also cooperating forty prizewinning canadian cows will be selected by the various associations to r canada during die wortd fair they wilt be stablea under model conditions to gether with 110 animals from united states farms all dairying pro cesses including feeding cleaning mlvtng aod conditioning and pro cessing the milk will be demon strated through glass partitions to the public aod the produce from the isohead herd will be distributed among the 50000000 visitors ex peeled at the exhibition a novel feature will be the milking operation on the famous rotolactor each breed group being shown separately on this rotating device arrangements for inclusion of the rnian contingent in this important exhibit centrally located at the fab- grounds were completed m toronto during the royal winter fair by henry w jeffers of the borden president of the walkergordon farms plakuboro nj and glean campbell cleveland chairman of the general roles committee the govern lng body through which the breed associations will exercise control of the exhibit the plan is that each breed assodattoa will select repre sentatlve cattle for the exhibition and determine for itself how each breed is to be shown in addition to the cows champion bolut and prize calves of each kind will also be exhibited in the above picture are shown 1 a group of houtein b left to right glenn househotder wisconsin dorr mclaufy my henry w effers the borden co g m demons brentford onu secretary canadian holitemfriesibn association and i j mccarthy the boll is lonsdale nepha sir model bred by m l mccarthy 2 home of the dairy world of tomorrow new york worlds fair 3 ayr shire breeders hugh bone scotland h w jeffers and frank napfer ottawa secretary of the canadian association 4 broadland victor grand champion guernsey bull royal winter fair first animal offi cially announced as selected for dairy world of tomorrow exhibit owned by william p hamilton maine 5 g m demons dorr lory hugh i c t conklin vt k r musser mclam rfogh bone frank napier nil roy grant moocton secretary fjbn guernsey oub and james bremoer toronto secretary cana dian jersey qnb 6 h w jeffen mrs wm kendall bnmtford xsc owner of the grand champion jer sey botl golden count high flyer tn 1819 father oreilly went to the settlement and mass was held the first in either halton or peel counties mass was celebrated once in five weeks services were held in the nome of charles ohara but the people longed for a church building a small spot on the highland farm lot 6 now owned by william nunan was secur ed trees were felled and a neat log building was erected the lumber for this building was secured from mr hewes of drumquln on june 1822 the church was open ed and a small plot cleared was con secrated as a burial ground the log church gave way to a frame one in 1850 the frame church was replac ed in 1882 by the present sustantlal brick one rural depopulation had closed many of the country churches and jits historic church was closed for a num ber of years father ryan a yoi ng priest from milton saw the beauty of this ancient church and with wllllng workers the church has been restored to its former beauty on oct 31 1938 services were first held in the church and all available room in the church was filled the choir from hamilton led in the singing charles fleishman a great greatgreatgrand son of one of the pioneer settlers was altar boy hornbl womens ins the regular meeting or the hornby women s institute held on wednes day evening nov 9th at the home of mrs russell king was well attended to the roll call whistle or pay most of the members responded by whist ling the programme for the even ing was arranged by miss gladys he- leary conevner of education an in teresting account of the lives of three famous composers of music bach mozart and chopin was given by miss edna lawrence of sheridan who in terspersed her talk with piano solos which were compositions of the thra great musicians the misses jobstooe sang unaccompanied and their lum bers were much enjoyed as also was a recitation by mlas lois merry dur ing the evening the president mrs cecil patterson was appointed a dele gate to attend the annual convention of the women s institutes to be lem in toronto this month rtequent water drinking we era told prerents you from becoming stiff m the joints the trouble is that most joints dont serre water