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li PERK UP L. About the worst thing we can see with these g “har ” times is that we have lost our business ht: morale. In other words, we have lost confidence in . our future, and until we regain that confidence these i: ao-called days of depression will be with us. And L. the pity of it is those business men who should know F‘ better are among the leaders in the crepe hanging. ‘3, As a result, there are really hard times for those who ll depend for their daily bread upon their employment 3 by hdustry. No one industry can be blamed, but we 9' venture to make the statement if our business lead- : era would but perk up and convince themselves that L. times are not so hard as they would like to imagine, mthis unemployment bogey would disappear in a few ’1', weeks. And anyway, there are good times ahead of .7 ‘usâ€"and almost in the immediate future. They will gbe here sooner if we take oi! our goggles of gloom fiend get down to business. "Babson is no know-it-all, and these long-range ; prognosticators are not always right, he is the man ' who predicted the stock market crash of a year ago E-and his remarks may therefore be looked upon as 'having some weight. According to his findings con- ' sumption in the last twelve months has fallen off , about ten per cent, while production has been cur- . tailed twenty per cent and transportation has fallen .2 thirty per cent. According to this the inventories of ”the manufacturers are becoming abnormally low. Mr. .JBabson says if these three had fallen in the same {proportion there might be no sound reason for a ’rick up in business. His claim that the widespread 3conviction that the country was suffering from over ’ .production was to a great extent hysteria. He ad- , 'vises industrial leaders to cut their overhead, give ,ymore goods for the same money, expand their re- L’carch laboratories and spend more money in adver- {J is untrained brother was receiving, but being paid fill his particular trade could afford. The high ; 'ages of the unskilled laborer have been responsible lore than anything ese for the inventing of auto- niatic machinery, and when this same laborer with i, is high wages has developed expensive habits on the 3;,ssumption he was to continue along the same lines a“(listinitelyz he finds it hard. even almost impossible, {:j) adapt himself to the changed conditions which are ow on our doorstep. f When the railroad train succeeded the teams in :; his country as a means of transportation many bought we were ruined; now the same cry is being ,f- aised when trucks are superseding the railroads. In ; few years no doubt the truckers will be bemoaning heir fate because freight hauling will be dOne by air- lane. It is a changing world, has been changing ince time began, and those of us who have read the P it might be a good thing if we were to place gome faith in Mr. Babson’s predictions. He may not know what he is talking about but his past record as a business barometer is good enough to stamp Him as one of the authorities of this continent. L It might be well, also, for those of us who are not nanciers or in control of big business to take the olinders of! our bridles and get down to actualities. Most of us are not capable of running anything larger :han that in which we are engaged. If our capacity a of the two-dollar-and-fifty-cent kind, then that is )ur reward. Why blame someone else because we mrselves have not the ability to climb? There are l8 many opportunities today as there ever were-â€" acre, in fact. If we fail to reach out and pluck hem, it is probably due to our inability to handle the ituation. Then, place the blame where it belongs. ‘here are altogether too many “Andy” Browns in he world. They know how to run every business nut their own, and waste their time on foolish and no ccount stunts that can never get them any reward. ‘imes are not hard. Times are merely adjusting hemselves back to sanity after an orgy of high rages. collected in far too many instances by work- ien untrained in their particular occupations. For 30 many years the skilled mechanic in the ordinary nes of trade has been underpaid according to what a No less an authority than Roger W. Babson says business is to pick up this early winter. While Mr. :ising. PAGE 4. Circulation 101' 12 month; 1,400 Wfiboâ€"Pivocenupersinciecwy: bymailin Cumin $2.00 per yen; to the United States, $2.50. mmml2n,lto5.30PM. Whosmsr is afraid of submitting any question, civil or religious to tbs test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the Truthâ€"WATSON. PROSPERITY AHEAD of 1m in Canada that formerly m in Iran the United Stutu Thursday, October 30, 1930 me And now the two Kincardine newspaper editors are scrapping and washing their dirty linen. We hope to see the final meet down at the Coliseum or at the Arena in Toronto. From the preliminaries so far it looks like a perfectly good scrap and should pull a good house. The winner should take on Gus Sonnenburg. Simcoe county is said to be the centre of popula- tion for Canada. Perhaps this is what makes Editor Elliott of the Alliston Herald look so big in the middle. Last week’s Meaford Mirror tells how to prepare turkey for Christmas. What would interest US more than anything else we can think of just now would be for the Mirror to tell us how we were to get the turkey. There is no “obey” in the new the United church. Mere married know definitely where he is “at”. 'I did do it anyway. The Wellington County Council is now in session. And the Fergus News-Record, which loves county councils like a small boy loves castor oil, is just rarin’ to go! prise. Easy. They are the fellows who do not agree with us. It is said that the plug hat is “going out". And why shouldn’t it? Imagine a man nowadays, driving U a modern low-slung car, trying to look dignified as he drives to church! This is but one instance of many, but we think it a reasonable explanation as to why the cost of many things is not decreasing. It may not be a cheque, but KEEPING DOWN THE COSTS Everything is too dear. How often have we heard that expression! But what are we doing to make it any cheaper? A few days ago we did a piece of work for a nearby corporation for which we charged one dollar and fifty cents. We received payment for it by town, and on which we had to pay an exchange charge of fifteen cents. This is a straight ten per cent, as any schoolboy can tell you. It would not have been so bad even then had we not found out that this same corporation has an account in Durham banks and could just as easily have issued the cheque on one of these, and there would have been no ex- change. The limelight is something we all like to 'ban in, but we should be sure we have our toilet arranged before somebody snaps the switch. The Chronicle is waiting for Dr. Blair’s reply. We know of one case in North Wellington where an ‘ old age pensioner had his pension cancelled, and he received the notice the day after the election, too, but the explanation as to why it was cancelled will exonerate the Pensions Commission in Toronto or the Conservative party. The Pensions Commission cancelled the pension for reasons, and the Conser- vative party had nothing to do with it. We are nat- urally waiting for Dr. Blair’s replyto see what sort of excuse he intends using. If he still accuses any- one of playing politics we intend to tell the whole truth, with names and dates. Somebody in North Wellington is going to be mad, and Dr. Blair will feel foolish to think he was so easily made jump to conclusions in the height of an election campaign. Both the Wellington County Pensions Board and Duncan Sinclair, the latter the defeated Conserva- tive candidate, have asked Dr. Blair to either prove his case or apologize. THE DR. BLAIR EPISODE Dr. Blair,' the new M.P. for North Wellington, has been called upon to explain his recent statements across the floor of the House at Ottawa when he made the assertion that the Old Age Pensions Act in Ontario was being used for political purposes by the Conservative party in the recent federal election. the Conservatives .in power. The Fergus N ewe- Record frankly admits that the increasing of the tariff has been a good think for Fergus. The Owen Sound SmuTimes recently advised the Board of Trade of that city to get busy and entice some of the United States industries that were sure to come to Canada, to locate in the Scenic City. And neither of these papers are particularly favorable to the Con- servative party. Simcoe county i ‘6' Fanatics?” asks the Chesley Enter- the new marriage vow of 18"}.an d man will now They simply never ar- A Dm'pose that wholly . Thus as we live our life, Over_ the Journey 9. spl Love will lad to life’s lost delight' ' --Ll-â€" - Promise will gleam with Looking ahead. we can better plan Work we would do for our fellowman, Every vision and aim will slow Bright with the future’s hope-bummed Looking ahead, lite is my. kind; Looking ahead. we can hourly find Much that will bring to us strength and cheer. Tasks to be done or duties olear. ..v .7 vua UVI‘ 5V1 . inspire ' others" 13 entrust you with greater duties tomorrow. Far away fields are always green to too many of us. Only after many fruit- less pllgrimages is the simple truth borne home that if the field at our door is not attractive and verdant it is because we do not water its shrubs and grasses. If we love our field we will L-_..! 2‘. not be contended. Indeed, happiness and contentment, while we keep moving on life’s highway, are not to be recon- ciled. If we love the work we do we shall be thrilled not alone to do it well, but to do it better. "It you care enough for the things you have obtained, you will be supreme- The humble farmer, on his little farmâ€"if he loves that farmâ€"may be happy beyond compare. If he loves it .well, he will till it well, intelligently, thoroughly and it will yield him rich store. The widowed mother, in the little cottage, has her children, and if she loves them well they will be her motorman in his cab of steel, may find in the easy response of the throbbing motors and his rolling palace, a sense of responsibility for the passing multi- tude that will bring his pride and joy. mn k- ‘â€"--‘-â€"- ‘7 ' “If you don’t care for the things you can’t obtain you will be fairly happy.” On the surface it is not an inspiring message. Not to care for the things we can’t obtain is to resign, give up. be supine. And when we quit in life's struggle we pay a dear price, indeed, for our meagre mete of happiness. Most of us, perhaps, would rather keep on fighting. There is joy in the fight; Let us reverse the form_ula.__ “" ”A.- A- _- -.._ - _, Happiness Is To Be Found, Not in Contentment But By Caring For the Everyday Tasks That We Perform, According to “The Country Gentle- Limited. Some other towns have been clamoring for their Councils or Board of Trade to get busy and secure Cana- dian branches of American firms which had been hit by the tariff. Our enter- prising Fergus company seems to have produced quicker results. The raising of chickens has‘ considerably in the last few y< thq incubator output now cor There are varied opinions about the tariff. Some of these are dictated by the party politics to which a person has subscribed for years or for a lifetime, but even these are not certain. as both parties have made tarifl changes when they seemed expedient. Some other people are more directly interestedâ€" manufacturers of certain goods who desire a higher tariff to keep out com- One of the anomalies of the times is how the attendance mounts at colleges and universities during a period oi de- pression and falls of! in times of pros- perity. By the time this year's fresh- men class graduates, artisans will pro- bably be enjoying high wages and driv- men with parchments will be looking for employment sufliciantlv "mm... for employment suflielently _t1ve to provide a living and OTHER PAPERS’ OPINIONS LOOKING AHEAD Tum Helped Perm years and for Judge: “The two men were fighting with chairs. Didn’t you try to establish peace?” fWitness: “NO. there was nnt n fhh-rl Atom: “1:; mm batien yamâ€"fivuviâ€"tjiéu?” Pm:‘~;Mt1tcumecloaeenmuhtau-m could be satisfied with the killings. Can you pick the killer? Sibella Greene, the out-spoken daughter of the Greene family, who admits her hate for her brothers and sisters and talks in terms of killing. Did she kill the three members of the Greene family? Ada Greene. the timid girl, twice at-‘ tacked by the mysterious killer and narrowly escaping death both times. HERE are many risks when motoring on our Provincial Highways today. You are wholly responsible for any damage your car may do, whether driven by yourself or not. Why not let us, through a good Insurance Company, carry your risk? We carry nothing but the best insurance. We do not sell any of the “how cheap” kind. But we do guarantee that our insurance policy relieves you of any financial risk without quibbling or side-stepping. There may be insurance as good as ours, but there is nothing sold that is any better. PLAY SAFE--lnsure FRANK IRWIN, ‘KAN IS 1K W [D], Durham FIRE and‘ CASUALTY INSURANCE gripping was not a third ousehold. Do. clone mouth for me to but its propeller.” -â€"The Human-ht. 1006011.. ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY EXPERTS The Variety Store R. L. Saunders, PrOp. PHONE 4 DUIHAI Get your winter supply of Hose, Underwear and Gloves here. lrls' Wool and Silk and Wool Sweaters. just half price 98c. LOOK OVER LADIES! Whitman. Lo ‘ only son of Mr. of Durham. the in November. Mr. and Mrs. J mom announce ‘ daughter. Reta SOCIAL A {fiends around lick. and M Detroit spent 3 their mother. his been qum- m. and Ohmic. annou their daughter Thomas Veitch and the late Township. Coun to take place q 3th day of Nove Pen-t, Glenelg. Place the midd! Mrs. John Ca and Mr. Klmcl lundny with I Burnett in Durt lass Orma B‘ of Listowel visi and Mrs. George The engagem Mary Elizabeth. the lute Mr. dare Priest of 81 visitors at the l Btv. md m3. J( 1085 Bessie F‘ Monday to visit ‘ Rheum Falls. N New York city. fl me:- months at Mrs. Dr. Gm Toronto from F! Mrs. John D: ire spending a Orangeville. Miss Vera Mc Inc In St. Joh spent Thursday home here. Mr. Cecil M< filmed his sisu the first of the Ill“. and Mrs. son were visito: Annie MacKen thtt Mrs MC Moun for ston‘. Come in‘ B