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' Ontario Swine 'Men Must..
ConcentrateOn Quality, :if
Markets •
A
warning that Ontario hag
breeders, must ' concentrate on
quality: if they wish ^tc hold their
present markets, particularly in.
the, face . of a .ch'alienge 'from
Western Canada,. has beefl • issued
..by W. R:'.'Reek, .Deputy. Minister
44, of .4gricaltbre for the Province.
Addressing the annual banquet
Of the Ontario Swine' Bireeders' '
Assoeiation,', Mr: ,1 eek „said .. that '
if the quality of export bacon ..
were .not improved, the industry
would experience a similar. slump
to that which .occurredfollowing
the first' Great War. During the.
'"•w:ar of 19.14-18 the • Canadian •
exporters in Canada could not
.Qroduce #} sufficient.:,number.. of
bacon ogs to to scare of Brit=
ish requirements. They were
forced to ' import hogs from the
United States and the .quality:
suffered.
"Canada emerged with loss of
reputation as a producer of
hogs," : said the ' Deputy''M:inister:
"We must not make ' the same
mistakethis time.. If Ontario
hog breeders want to retain their
p'esen— maik�ets 'and meet the
challenge. .of the Western, produc-
ers •they must place greater em=
phasis on quality, even •though
it may mean a reduction in
quantity.
4 . The -:speaker `said there was an
undercurrent of .feeling;: dmong
breeders' agai"nst' advance- regls=
tration and rail grading. He • ad-
vised..his ,.listener"s to` set up coin-
mittees to -study the two pleb-
• lems from all angles and to .con-,
demn. or approve..them Or. Make
whatever recommendation they •
saw fit:
Lam nequired—
In Varnishing
Tins Given 'For Secth:ino a
Smooth and Lasting Finish
Marano care should be used, in
, preparing . and applying. varnish:
Never .store varnish in a ToOm
where the temPeriture is *zany
�1 E; W R •W E E K--•Loltnnintary on. CtIftent.Ev. fits
Plans . Declared -Complete
For Canada..U. S. Defence
"Complete plans for the
defence of .Canada and ,the
United States, . are .now in .ex-
- Ltence." =- Mayor P. 111- La .
Guardia of -New York .City,t-
Chaiiri;nan U.S.-Ganada . joint
defence comiii ision.. • •
Committed' by their Prime Miin=
ister :Mackenzie .,King to ail' all •
out war -effort, Canadians fait -
week saw gigantic 7 preparations
being made in the capitalW to step
up the training of young men for •
the army, `navy and air force;
• and ' to speed • the `manufacturing
of mountains of. Wei. e,al
for Britain. In more de il, the
1941 objective -of .the. Donal
Government's military, pla
• were a.. To ' privide, 25 'Canedia
air squadrons for, overseas ,ser-
vice, , graduates of • the . British
Commonwealth Air Training
Plan; 2. To increase the present
strength of men in the 'air train-
ing plan to;' double , what, it 'was
in 1940;. "3.: To 'increase the Can-
adian Navy to double';itspresent
number of ships; 4. To manufac-
ture destroyers . 'and ' long-range
bombers=•and=-concentrate - an -==pro =-
ducing weapons not obtainable
in the '. United States; p. To send;,.
overseas :the Third -Canadian ; D.i
vision . now training in Canada
with' complement of : , corps
,,;troops' forthe threedivisions, an
army tank brigade and a Can-
adian armoured- division; 6. To.
recruit for , the. active array 40:-
:000to,80;00.0•..nien; .7. To put\
200,000. additional men and wo-.
men to work in war. industries; •
8.•; Diversion OfJ a 'great part .of
:Canada's . peace=;trine industry to
war production..
The. Canadian Army •',: • -
Pointing towards .these objec-
tires,the compulsory military
training period , for young ' men :
of 21 was 'extended • fr.* '30 days
to 4. months. „(First period tb•
begin March 20. - from 6,000 to
6;500 to be. .called • 'up • each
month). And every reserve milt
tia unit in Canada, except ' :the
ones With battalions already
• abroad, .was', notified by defence
authorities that it must prepare
foto mobilization for overseas ser-'
vice.
Legislators 'Re -convene
All these projects — . and ' how
they .: were going to be paid for--
occupied
or—occupied .the minds of our mem
bees of parliament. .this. week as
they gathered once again in the
' you pour it from the Can
• Paul' it carefully' so that' ne air •
. 'Be sure that, there' 4s• no dirst
•.. Use a.. first; quality flat • brush
dip. it gentlY. into the vernieir
so •na .eir_babbles I or froth May
use; preserve it by soaking. in raw
.oil. Before using,. however, Work,
all 011..possible. froni it , and then
it op. Without briishing it 'out too .
: If two coats are necessary, use,
a quick -drying harder tYpe for the •
frequently :treed, hoverer, with gad •
Year r •
'155,521;972,856,007 !
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• United States House of Repre-
septatives rast week passed the
momentous !4Lease-Lend" bill,
empowering -President leeneevelt
to lease, lend or otherYt4e-trime
fer the sinews of war to einbitt-
tled Britain' and ' other nations
whose defence he- should deem'.
sitatio: the defence ,o1 the United
States:- Thehill Was Pet expectN'
ed to fare so men in the Senete
where' the legistators, ',was
• 'thought, were .mere anxious:to
All sorts of rilmors Were CUT-
. rent last week' an to the Preni.:
flent'S Plans for previsien of im-
mediate aid to Britain. Final
passage .of the "Loase-Iend" bill
early. in March would mean that
merehant ships, bembing planes.
...tanks end infantry rifles would
he'iraniferred to Britain as soon
as' possihle.. But in the inean
lime, it was expected. that 'the
President wOuld de something
niore spectacular, following Wen-
- ion of American Ships in Brit-
,.ish convoys).
war, neje:Par iliewrdcint::nsatdrao0 Pos4
'Unite'd States' entrY into the
-•sibility, would also mean Japan's,
according to the terms. . of: the
Tripartite Paet signed last year
„ by Germany Italy and Japan. A
; new front in the second world
war winuld be„ opened up in the"
Pacific, with Canada's west
coact Ato a° spriligboard for attack
and .a new 'area to be .defendecl.
throWn ea, In London laet week,:'
'emetic obseriers%
surveying TOkythi activities.. in
Connectien with the- Thailand- In-
to land at -gaigon,, French
• China, only 048 miles from Brit -
sin's, eaStern stronghold. ' Singe.;
porq in which direction Ow
Japs Were undoubtedly inching..
The Phillippines.were also 'menac-,•
edi At the sametime a little farth-
er n'orth, the Japanese began a
'new drive againat China niter
effecting a surprise landing en
the coast of • Rwangtung Pro -
Vince, They hoped shertly to Mit
off -the route over which large
quantities of Chinese 'war sup-
plies had been • moving from
ong Kong' to the, interior.
be -raging' within the ranks of
Snow noted authority on China,
New,-Vork's 'VW told
'of Calamiteus events „happening
behind the Chinesq , He
dechired .•that' the "appeasers"
with Chiang--kai-,Shek were fast
gaining the uPper hand, might, it
BOt ..OtPIVe4. in time, came to
terms Japan: Stories of
.Chiarigie fallingLent ,with bis
other quarters. 4;,,Titne" Mild; ,
"The clique Of Chinese' genel'als
who bete and fear their Com-
munist allies have gained a vidz'
tery hi the forcible disbanding
has kept the !Communists fight-
ing for Chiang' is the fact that
they fear Japan mOre than they t
fear Chiang Kai-shelt.' If Japan
{or Rtissia) .cpuld convince the
.„cominnnists_thatf_th_ey. have:. 1,Y
to fear from Japan, (or finisia).
than from Chiang ..kal4hek,
"A• nation does net MVO tO be
-inveded in order to lose .a war."
te
Iran, the naine tinder which ,
Persia is now known, is only six
yeara old. With the exceptien of
Thailand (Simi) she' is .the
Youngest nation in the World:. The
Jews can, 'claim to here been in
existenCe sinee .the .Creation, but
ancording .to their galendar this is
the year 5,700. The Moslems
•seount froth the .:Ilegira, .or,
'ef,„Mohainmed. from Mecca. to -
China began counting or when
they became civilized, and with
the possible 'excePtion of the Hin-
dus, they are'the oldest peeple on
earth. : But the Hindu calendar
iS staggering for this is their
year 105,521;972,856,007. Their
starting point Is the divine be-
ginning of Brains., and their unit
is the, Keine,. equivalent to one
' day in the life of Brama, Or 4,-
dt0,060,000 years.' Brenta's al-
lotted .span of life is 100 years,
each consisting of 365 keine&
Still Season
. In the still sefillori of the year
The mind is sheltered by the
Maul
'There is no hesitntion here;
Ice locks the world we know: '
There is' a snugness under ,cOld,
A deep assurance that siistehni.
'Whoie Warm awareness un-
fold
With buds. and Aptill rains. ,
Tinder the Wilt, la silent thing;
And though the lips _Make 110 re -
%Often the heart 'wilt sing. '
Goes
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GOVERNOR-GENERAL. OF CiNtslADAli 848-1883"
.11ean Desy,. former Canadian
minister to Belgium find the
Netherlands, is being named to
the newly -created post of. Can-
adian minister to• Brazil.
Dominion HouSe, of Commons, •
. and in the Ontario •Legislature.
The •session at Ottawa web ek-
or 'maybe later; the sestion at
Toronte, it ' was. forecast, would..
be "long in'debate and short in •
contentious legislation!'
" , Canada the Pivot
In an address at the UniVezsity
of 'Toronto last week, Professor'.
IL A. MacKay Of Dalhousie Uni-
versity,- Halifax„ declared that
Cenada was taking the place' of
France in world strategy and had •
become the pivot "around which
the present world War was being
staged." Further, he said, Can-
, ada had become Britain's second
partner in the *war against Ger-
many and the Principal partner
of 'the United States in defence
of • the Western Hemisphere.
"We are allied now with both&
Britain and the United. States . ."
COrk0Y.POrAting this statement
'Mayer riorello Gunrdia of
New York City, Chairtnin of the
joint U.S.-Canada defence coin.
thission told the United States
Senate' Foreign Relations Cont-'
joint defence of Canada and the
United States are pow .in exist- ,
ence., These plensrhe said, ern-:
rite," and eo-ordination et forc-
Bill. passes House
By a vote _of 260 to 165, the°
artier was' ,!slgt:t.
, On February 15, 1881,, ihe Marquis of Lorne, then Governor-General
of Canada, signed the charter. of the 'Canadian k Pacific Railwali. That
signature consummated the vision of great Canadiars statesmen—Sir
John A. Macdonald, D'Arcy,McGee, Sir Georgei-Etienne Cartier, and
Sir Charles TupPer—that the new Deminion. of Canada should be linked
from Atlantic To Pacific by a trans -continental railway—and implemented'
the pledge under which British Columbia entered,- Confederation:
So began a new era in Cangdian unity ... and Empire solidarity ... for
the Railway expanded ihto a system spanninglwa oceans and linking
three continents. Today,— as in 191448 -- a , proud, responsibility
rods .on our transportation and communicAim systems --1-fsilway,
steamships, ,express, 'telegraphs and engineering - shops:
Canadian Pacific officers and employees everywhere are co-operating
— each in his own field — towards the common goal . . . VICTORY.'
When that gee! is, reachetl—and it will be ;eached —this will be
due, in no small measure, .to Canada't contribution, and to the
vision and foresight of the men who, sixty years ago, planned the •
construction of the first Canadian trans -continental railway: -
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