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The Signal, 1926-9-9, Page 6.• .r .• 1:., • f w r tF Thursday, f4pfetntwer D. 1030. THE SIGNAL, ins.• ' .e....:'.1. w . • GODERICHI ONT. e Auto,. Industry Never "PARLIAMENT Mil So Prosperous ' 1s Now? :TANDIS THRi E HUNDREDMZBii 1 , ABOVE SEA LEVEL. By OBSERVER n ARTI('I.k $ upon Having specified score& 01 evtdo0Ccl u� i i Canada's forward march is the first article of thts series. more de- tailed proofs will be given In this and Seconding articles. and even these are only a part 01 the available mater- ial. It will be • case wbere the half Wm not have been told. but what In recorded will make even more rhdicu- teus the woeful utterances 01 some Conservative newspapers and speak- er,. Agricultural Wealth Let us take agriculture first u one ot the fundamental sourced of wealth in this country. Th. steady climb of Sold crop values has peen outstand- ing. from 1931.8815.(100 1n 1921 to 51,15a.- 890.000 l0 1925, or • total in the Ova years of over a billion • year. And with leas than fifteen per cent. sr the available tillable land ander wltivatlon, even this degree or in. e ease Is almost sure to be maintain- e d. especially as Canada has become tie world's Chief exporter of wheat. Ale item. too. will Increase as the flatted States becomes an Increasing seas/mer or It. own crop production. seed has therefore lees and less to sell entatde Da boundaries. 'ITIS Increase nt wheat production. eo..bined with the 000Unueed sl ev.rage yield compared wits all r Wheat -growing lands. and tae enlarg- ing areas ender cultivation as dew bur esteads are occupied, point. as nits boas said. to • steady enlargement of less above resutta Or take the groes agricultural wealth ed Canada, which Includes flgld crops. biases. buadlegs. eve stock, els.-the legume are as suggestive as they are wooursgtng, with • total of gems. - Mean ie 192a. *7,500.257,0011 in lien. W 57.612,9442.000 In 1925. These spell aeaatively large annual increases. bawd oa fundamental grounds of • n ation's prosperity. • rr.sperlty Fellows the flew U /t be trine. u tit that prosper- ity follows the pion, th Canada is gen0lsely prosperous as 1 dlcated in ane wheat yield alone. Hdir *mall the yield of 55 million omelets in 1900 looks needles the 416.000.000 Omelets of 1 or the value increase from 536.000.000 ID $465,000;000. Truly wheat spe•Ifs wealth. u tit does food. and that the , . nest fel the world for its body-ouild- lag qualities. And then to be ante Os sen nearly 1365.(00.0(k worth in Mditi-which meant an morose of 11113,000,000 over 1924 -further em- phasizes our fortunate position. Wbeat means much more than the grata in the rough. for there is the matter of flour. Canada has- now stepped ahead of the United States in flour exportation. Our trade In wheat flour 1s Indeed one of the most spec- tacular. In the earlier years It reach- ed few foreign countries, whereas no leas than sixty-two bought Dearly $70.- 000.000 worth In 1925-26. Further In- crease may be expected aa the Oriental awakens to the value of flour twee food, a process which la marked- ly under way. And our American friends, despite a high tariff against Canadian wheat, need large quantities to tone up their own flour and bread tit/Indents. ' The Canadlaa Farmer Alon•stde all these Cheerful trgerea la the equally Important fact of the increasingly remunerative status of the farming Industry in Canada. show- ing a constant rine in revenue since 1921. Good crops with good prices make fine antidotes to "dregs of de- preaalon" or predictions of national "storm and shipwreck" that make one smile. The federal deputy mint+t,.r of agri- culture la credited with saying that 50. average income of the Canadian farmer during 1925 wee 51.500 This .epresented the dietrlhutlon of 1.401. millions valuation Of the 1925 farm product' among the mtlllon_tumcrs et the dominion. Not en sad 1 Then to. governor of the Hudson's Hay Company In a recent address In Lon- don is reported u stating that the Meld of Canada's farm pro tucta In MOM was aqua/ to the yield of an the Baal minas 1h Great inflaterArtily-a startling oompartaoo! It Is doubtful. t.o., If ti. farmer Of any other tom- ' )try le faring better than the Canadian }tee, laved on standards of revenue and Setae. He at least Is not called So will article No. L to (Irina the "dregs or d.�rere under 1M*eral rule: Tile Autemob!le ludu.try Besuttfwl Spot Covers as Ages of About Thirty Acres -• Budding Was Burnt Down In 141111111, Bat a Still More Beautiful One Han Been Erected on Sante Site. It does Dot look as if the automobile Industry Is going to the dogs in Cana- When Ottawa was chosen by Queen da. We have exported during the fleet Victoria, in 1660, as the Capital of few months 0t this year autos of • the United Canalise, the Hilt was value of over le.000 to no teas than eonetdeered as ideal spot spoor witch (*117-043 countries, w•Ile • record Pro- to erect the Parliament Buildings. duction was attained in 19'25 from the ulnae that time Parliament HiS has eleven factories, producing a torsi of become one of the most Interesting 161.1170 cars an increase of 'l•!' per cent. over 1724 and ten per cent- over 1W�. apois la Canada. The House* of Par - The total value of this pnxfu, tion In Itament, of which the late Klug Ed- ward laid the oorner5loae, were de - 1925. (Including some parts and reeealr =toyed by ere on the night of Feb. 8, work) reached the big sum of 5110.- 1016. A still more beautiful bettdtng 835.000. as compared with 580.4)0 i1P has boas erected oa the site of the In 1921. With nearly right In every lint Houses. The corner -tone of hundred Canadians owning motor the asw building was laid on Septem- vehiclea (or 726.005 in 19251 It 1004s. her 1, 1016, by the Duke of Coa- «te repeats. as It this part ewer u,_ amu t. the Governor-General and du•try 1s marching forwent. dra)a•e brother of the late King Edward; sad es September 1. 1011, the corner- diprophecies when • ■ slight read• stone of the tower of the sew Bottles yustment of duties was made. bf Parliament was laid by the Prtace FI.ances sad Banking tax Wales then p•yle his flet v1Nt to The finances of a nation and a-- Coned*. people make a measurflg rod of pro.- Whets the first Houses of Parite- perity or adversity. Judged by Illi- mast were being COnatrLLCted the standard. Canada u doing wee. Th. ltsateri and the Western Blocks were buUt for the we of the various De- chartrred banks say they are nandling pertinent' of O.,prnmeat. and about more checks than at any time .•Isee mese years later were built the -Lib - t920: bond sales thus tar show •n .n. rary Building and the building of the crease at good prices. and savings bel., Supreme Court of Canada. deposit' of nearly two billions mer. P Irttament Hill to a promontory • tidy credit sum per capita. scan.•. or bluff, writes Michele Trentadue, la higher than ever and the dollar .s worth more. Foreign capital- Britian and United States -continues to tine Its way into Canadian enterprises ei by the purchase of her accunue, •0 e In this department of the nations life the outlook Is brighter then It nu. been for years and the pulse ot- the onebuslneas world is a cle•Itly trio buoyont one. All of which •rashes cheerful reading and warVaOts • modest optlmttm. Canada Das ate falling franc. lira. kroner or aesthete Her dollar 1a stable and Mer eristo high. - _ _----- Trade I'reepeglty- 1� What does the trade therrnulna•t. reveal, la Do department Is a govene went Held more responsible. -whrtI e, rightly ur wrongly. It Is an' 01,, familiar topic in election controvers..: and cabinets sometime fall no s 4.l: leg trade market. Judged Dy the =emetics, the late Liberaldrtritra te [ion lived through a period of sub. -ten tial and ever -Increasing "favor -ate. trade balances." The last one I. higher per capita titan that of ane other country, reaching the huge tote of $401,!3{,400 to the fiscal yeas ens rng March lis 1686. Thisrecord re, been exceeded only once m recent years. and that during the war onom. For five years therefore there has been a steady and rapid Increase ,n the favorable balance, the last year of an excess of imports being. strange- ly enough, 1721-u a result 0e Con- servaUvs rule, tbe Liberals might tie. luatified in No wonder the Wall Street Journal tells its readers that "Canada finds herself In a much improved pOsltloo to-day-mIIeh better th.•uh is generally realized south of the St. Lawrenoe,' and- Mice- add&: __, -The dominion's recently ended fiscal year showed • surplus of nearly 834,000.000 andw $22.- 300,000 reduction In her net public debt. Her foreign trade cOnUnues to grow. totalling for the Iaat fiscal year 52.:54.900.000." The trade returns for tee year end- ing June. 1925. lust it, tell of another lncreusc of 5153,356,719 in the value of goods imported into Canada' and of $25S,t80,706 It. exports. A further significant fact l the trade increase with the Orient. espe- cially with Japan and Cbtns. 1925. showing • marked/development of this trade in both volume and value with an accelerated rate OI Increase der - Ing the first month. ot the pros. e, year. Specially merked is the in- creased demand ter our wheat ee flour in those tants. where the 'Otte, dian C.to ,- dlan quality in held to high favor. Am It is no doubt truethat the Oriente: market )a capable _ of &riced rdera cel •. greater development .n the n, future. Another feature is that trade e. tween Canada and the l'nited Stete passed the Dutton dollar mark du. .tom5044 . ._ -._.- ada's favorable balance of trade se.,• almost entirely within the Hen t'r Empire All of which' metres good reading the Montreal Weekly Star It stands firer. beedrwd feet above ave taveteeneAd stmt MelvFa1ngns meelmill man. Mr. and Mrs. Erskine teff ern a trip to Toronto two Orllll* and eti their re- turn will make their home at Blytb. jIrEconenelni7/InApadiflos .Value Means More1than �Price Alone HURON MOTOR SALES SOUTH ST.. GODERICH THE price of a eve u what you pat• -the value is what you gee \'alue is the combination of Quality and Price. Norwithsta10feg the recent remark- able seductions in Ceevrokt prices. Chevrolet does not oris to be the cheapest gar in us dam It does aim - and is justly co.aideed - the greatest vabae in its dam The smooch Chevrolet is euatard- isg vie. not oahfy because it costs you Ir -but becMar it gives you i.esnaece--.wu power and speed torr instant aadesoor+aore strain beast' .f ine and muftis-- ne se indiums of uphoioaT- more .5_'complaseame(If spgatie leu To pay leas than the puce of the sense til' Qteviolet • to metier* quality. To,p y more, for a a in the Chevrolet class, is Deedless extravagance. i'he fwethes* Clew.lst in Chemist bidery is selling at Ill. teem Pries ter triki Chew.l.t ie. veer hese add lo Coe.d.. AA your Chevrolet dealer about the GMAC Plan d buying a car 0o time. Reelsee 8N0 Comps - 8810 719 Cd - - 810 Tiering HO Seaga Iris* Sport " 719 Imbue Seaga 070 C.s»d l Classes - - 4119 Ilttlb '•9ee.e " 770 All Print sr Pastor, Tues rrera Cr its Erekints-8ahson On Wttdeesday, September r,, in Knox. Presby terlen ehureh, St re Clone Alexis M., daughter of Mr. and lir,. lam. Hasson, t8trattore. was united !hi marriage to A. Harvey Ere/eine, son a W. R. Erskine, of Blyth. Rev. !George Rowland olrlelated. Miss Mar - Eery Ratcliffe. of Atwood. was brides - 1 enness. !tate squire beard the tel - t deuce stet thea. after opening the took and glancing at it, awed the negro $4.451 to be worked out an the rued et ees tests a del. Aa the negro was being let away. be geld to the warkhal "1 ahs' 1s • unlucky nlggee." "t nlntker nothing." nep►it4) the mar- shal. "If rbc squire bad bappeutrl to smite That hook at automobiles Mewed of petits you'd be working ..n tbe orad ,for the rest of your life." sad about 170 feet above the Ottawa river )Upon this hill the Parliament Bulldlags were built. Originally Par- liament Hllt, formed part of one et Iwo lots acquired by Jacob Carman In 1802 by Crown patent. The pro- perty changed hands with 111e rest of the lot on Concession "C" and the lot on Concession "D." the boundaries of whiskextended from Pooley's dredon the west, Wetlingtoa street on the south, Rideau River on •the scat, and the Ottawa River and Cath - curt street on the north. The bound- ary between the two lots was Cum- berland street, and both lots covered as area of about 600 acres. The whale was sold for 510, or about 850. Parliament Hill proper now covers en area of about 30 acres. It is bounded on the north by the Ottawa Elver, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the west by Bank Street, sad on the south by Wellington Street. A beautiful stone and iron foam runs along the entire front. par- allel to Wellington Street, surmount- ed at Intervals by short electric light standards, each carrying a group of five large globes. These are kept lighted all night, presenting as ex- tremely brilliant scene. Trees. shrub- bery of all kinds, and dower beds of endless-_trarlety and --of Amoy_ hue. ornament -the grounds, turning the spot Into what might be termed a place of beaute. The three buildings .placed there, form a hollow square 700 feet In width and 600 feet in depth. The Parliament Houses or the Main Build- iag with the 'Parliamentary Library 'rear, standing In the-eeeletre, and 0- Departmentalimitdlnrtt rtpoD- FORMER PREMIER AND MINISTERS SUE FOR LIBEL 1A•gaI %Miami 'I':,ken Venittt T,wonto Telegram • Infante the.. Sept. l4. .t quarter Millie,' dollar. .kllnugra are reedited lo W. I.. Mai-ken/At, King. former prime %Ilnisler of Camelia. Hnii. (Tories 1lur4410 stet Dos ,,f.hn C. FI- Ilott tin :t writ /fled Isere- f.Hlar afatnst /he proprlatcrrs a .r The Toronto Tete. gram. 'rhe eeelime ree.*tlts from the publiea- Ilnn in The Tnrnnt.. Telegram of nn wrthtr- .ifargMg -thireemenree to tire King Ministry evrr•iw.tl bribes ed tepee elide ik office. 1/flair paper. are *Hied to have (nerved the artlele. '191e ,Iefelullnite named in fir writ filed 'in the office of IIH' ?ud.retne Cline( of Artterlo here wreJohn 41.Itotitne.n. J. E. t'sraer.p. Irving E. Itnhert- am ieitiglaa f. Itol.e•rtvm. Alfred T. Chadwick. ail treetees of the Pieter of the late John Raw itnIwertaos, DIA In of The Telegramt forme! wr�'�(mm 1 meneing the ore• Mel As - "I'fiMnttff8 cM.h• li' for ton,: .U4nagve fir Ilbel an71 the i.lalnri , lain le nem for s. taj,m, ,n t., r-etrain the Mefendawts from 1 hail Order Jastiee A backwoods jostles. of ;Le pea,. u•ed to consult wbat ;ogled like a law book, but was really u mail order e eataktffue,- One days negro was. before the squire on a char:, • r drunk Serious fire at Ethel Itrussels. Sept. 7.- Eire of nh.le- h'rnlintd origin 1•tsrts4 in the rear of Joseph Pears.w'e mineral store at Etbe1. four miles east of bete. this An enjoyable Visit afternoon., andec$U,eil appre%ililately Atwood Bee: Mr. !tamuel Peter. Sth 811.0410 Comae- to 'the bonding and Meek. Insurance partially (s)va. e the hese. The. blaze wee diw•overed shout four o'clock by Mr. Pearson sad a hee-ket hrigarle was hastily formed. After threte hours' work the fee wad extlulMisbed. but the structure, which was built three years ■go. bad nearly rill the shidowa brakes and much of the interior woodwork charred. 1t is owned by Tilio , wee reldttt'e iu the herond .tory. Mr. Penrxoh•s strw•k ed good suf- fered mainly from smoke and water end drOnit- of the goods that were rennet in the rear were burnt. speeding tato weeka.vieitiug Lis daugh- Iter. Mrs. Jobs Lonetuire. Go.tericb. Mr. Peter supe he ehjoyerl the takeanda greatly. JIB be eighty two years of age. and walked a distance a one and a -halt miles, each day. 1L• *leo re- ports t•atcbitt some ,sty -nine Asb. which intended semi. large ones. New Perk judge declareg a woman -abated-inquire Into Iletellasee'e *Main befnte marrying. Bile should et least ask him .bat his het node 16. -BOP• der CHIPS Fear. • Pay.11ologtets says women ate ale ways happier in the summertime. PIs• bably because they'd rather have their husbands out playing golf than home conttt«bn, has returned home after talkIlIgl about It -Border Cities Star. v ADV RTIREHEX't ale (ADTIHT1SZIIM(T ) I A DVERTiSEMEINT) • either side facing Inwards. form three sides. On the easture side of the Main Bulldlnx-ts-the atattte-of-Str John A. Macdonald, first Premier of Canada: and on,. el the fnundert .uL_Conftd r- -- atlnn. Not far away are the twin sta- tues 04 Robert Baldwin and Sir Louis $ypolib' Lafontaine. whose names are known to history at the headsof the Lafontaine -Baldwin admlhlstra- tkie, and apostles of "Responsible Government.'• On tire west side of the Central Building is a grand monu- ment of Queen Victoria, which was unveiled by her Majesty's grandson, King George V., dn•"Sevteutber 21, , 1901, when he paid a visit to Canada as Duke of York with the Duchess (now Queen Miry). The statue Is In brouze and of heroic size, support- ed by an i!mb &matte group. the whole , being mounte'1 on a lofty pedestal. This nt.tgniflrent work of'trt la by•� Hehett, a French-Canadian sculptor. The base on which the monument wae erected Is the highest piece of ground in the city of Ottawa, being 300 feet i above Rea level and about 170 feet above the Ottawa River. Two Rus - Man siege guns, captured by the Brit- bitr army at Rebestepel in 1664 -orf eleven months of stab during the Crimean War, are tbere placed at her Ma}esty's feet pointing jowarda the Chaudlere Falls. On the same alde of the terrace, 1l close proximity thereto and over. 811 Fella. a noble bronze statue wad erected to the memory of Sir George Cartier (nicknamed a man of one idlxt7;--oat-ot the -Fathers of Cee- federatfon, who gave his name, to Cartier Square. A little further on is another bronze statue, that of Alexander Mackenzie, the second Premier of the Dominion. Still fur- ther on la a bronze statue of George Brown, another Father of Confeder- ation. in the rear of the Parliament Main Building 1. tbe statue of titrther lnthlie•nlion of the el aleonine A e.a11)11a.ined of or similar statement., and fur nn interim injunction restrain- ing pinch publication until final dl - lw.sltlon of this action." No further i.erticudnra are set out in 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, who eras the the papers filed here. ft is under- victkn of political assassination In stood that the majter had be'ee'refer- Ottawa on April 7, 1866, the centen- red to Tomei° a0IeItors who will airy of whose birth was fittingly crle- mnre for an injupctinn In e-.tekly bested In 1921. emir,. The site of Ottawa, the Federal eapitaf, was visited by white men We are now told that hu.b.nde early In Canadian hIMory, The great should take over more of the house. river that comes down from the west hold drudgery !std rrhypie their Akre - head joins the St. Lawrence at the for larger doth... TMA Is gond Med head of the Island of Montreal was .erH .ks�trine. A wotnaa's place la t eon of the t English «taanel--'Iris New Yorker. FAIL FAIR DAMS Exeter Myth Kluear.iine leicknow Seifert!, Ua field Ripley Sept e,l H w Fon/wish %Vinghatn Dungannon we waterways to the Great Takes, and because of Its remoteness 1' from the land of the Iroquois, it was safer of the two for the Preach sad their indlen allies. At different levee In the valley Of the Meer, and 214! Sept. &.pedally nn the north side, dwelt Bpt1t. 22-x1 several tribes of the great Algnnquln Sept. 2-4-24 tamlly. Otte of the largest and hest Wet.t. 28-2J known was the Ottawas, who were Sept. 22-24 found as far west as th.: Ge at iakes. Sefrt. 2S-29 The river that bowed through their 25-90 country wan given their namad la Rept. 110.4/et.110.4/et. 1 later times tit was moat appropriately tee 2 ire and eventually Mesnll MID These ari the Conservatives who Voted against the Robb Budget *00.'..er ("rnront>me i Anderson 'n soot Arantnen g •'i rune Itamlar Decal dIathle linker' barb.. Mel Hams!:.'. Welt) 9H1 Parrot., Sell John-AtbVq ••nn.tt seer Yukon) • how Sires 5,11,., Burr aaaaa C•nu.y C....1 •wM Chalet. 4a int) Charts. Chur.h Clark naw ' C.t Celengase Davis P lea'• Deucet nr Tien (fir Henry) [a.iis (Ron•MLo-Ade9w IIIIP [..bees fwMwwra 1011111111) [maw's *4.0 ne n.,F , narlawl icsesuill t art' batt trainee* tea ••9 Mon H•nne.ws H•wwn Harris rl 14.4 . HwAtlr Penned.. (f `ape Breton �.,ra) .firn0..ser .. keen• eewn.at (w-1aalDes Bouts utter VIhtaw.. M•cd,ndd rape Carola• awW se•ed•ireMSd .leshtM M•rd n we a 4arlI) saaw/W m...••. tuetwl 00,wratl w.t,.n �'ak legal t, n Cribb low �1. Pt 1•11, • MI••rt»ver Nee Merges JII• hues Plihrrand MNes. noru Beet, woe. 1 v.a to the Sty that grew up beside (icd 7,8 awe of the gnearameet of Canada. Oct. 1119 e Meighen can't Win! 1/ you want Stable Government -A Working Give 1116 Majority. The Liberals in 1926 gave the' people the most popular budget the country ever had. You wanted that. (Eaery CooaservaIh* Member sa t against this Budget.) Libe s ran the country economically alud-thus *ere able to reduce your taxes. This is good for you and the country. (Every Conservative Member voted against these reductions.) The Liberals reduced the tariffs on automobiles. This cut down the price to the consumer and enabled more people to buy cars. This is good for you, for the workmen engaged in this industry and for the manufacturers. The proof of this fact -manufacturers of motor cars are selling more cars than 'ever before and are increasing the size of their factories. (Every Conservative Member voted against reduced tariffs on motor cars.) The Liberals insisted that at least 40ele for this year and 50% for 1927 of all parts in any car must be manufactured in Canada if the car manufacturers were to receive rebates. This is good for,the maaufactureti of accessories and helps to increase work for Canadian workmen. (Conservatives in speaking forget to ten you this.) The -Liberal budget delmpertaFPr'eference more effective and-eneouraged greater Empire trade relations. 011. k.t... Pert P ercy 810, f1r Mahfy - n '.4 Quinn ▪ .bice.... n•s•.. Rin Kiragsum Q,rt Pane Neel, Ryerson fin•�..... sinal.«. .4..,-, .men I...'. Spea ,. rwrtna4l Stanton St....., at•..,, t.,.ta Stlehr Sutherland Suttee •wd r IMS Ikeneth) ta.ew•...-a I. nbe ]warn)) 101 a4. T 1.•••••••• WhiteA, whWhitee ,e.. Rdo Wright . on ht .o w.tnr Wright Paired against the Budget eiehere Laeoinurehy Lentos 110111.1 0.010.1 0I , arig(w.nao r70111 Olitital Reeved* Aa Nag IAt*. 61 (Every Conservative Member voted against the Ltherat Budget.) The Liberal budget abolished the sales tax on many articles, abolished receipt tax, the bugbear of retail merchl`Atd give you back -penny postajk (The Conservatives voted against piff- 4W* the benefit of these reductions.) The Liberal.budget helps the Home, that is what matters. (The Conservative Members all voted against it.) -The Hon. Mr. Robb, the Lib- eral Finance Minister, pro-` raises further reductions in , Taxation. Mr. Meighen, Conservative Leader, in speaking in the Maritimes, says the time has not come for tax reductions. LET ROBB BRING IN THE NEXT BUDGET! h.' Liberal Publicity Toewete r f • J