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14 Marguerite Arpy, No. 4 Carrie M' ;r-
Liar No, 5 Helen Finkbeiner, No, 5
Dottie •Waghorn,
ONOGR&:L No. 5 Edith Swett*
zer, No. 5 . Freda Patching, No. 4
Eldon Smitle No. 4 Edith Weber,
No, 5 Doroth3" (Veinier, No. 3 Mar-
garet Penhale, ,
U'DGING-No, 5 Garfield Neil,
No, 5 Melvin Lampert, No. 5 Lloyd
Wein, No. 5 Henry Hirtzel, NO, 5
Willie Gaiser, No. 5 Lorance Wein;
CROSS CTJT SAWING -c -NO; 5
Lorance" and Lloyd; Wein, No. .5,
Willie Gaiser and • Ruudy"''Brown.
SINGING- No. 4 Sharon School,
No, 5 Crediton, Room 1; No. 5,
Crediton, Room 1;; No. 3h: Stephen,
No. 1 Stephen, No. 14 Stephen.
KITE FLYING -No. 4 Eldon.
Smith. •
PARADE -No. 1, No, 2, No, 3,
No, 4, No. 5 R 1 and 2, No, 14 Cen-
tralia.
VINE '!WA',THDR 'PREVAILEDAND A LARGE CROWD WAS
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Ideal weather prevailed ter the 11d n Woodall,
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great deal of interest.wasmann port,No. 2 Maurice Wetzel, No.
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/tested by the sdhoiars and the
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- iMerry Hirtzel, No.
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Edgar
gar
Rader,
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tines. There was aitnesh wirin No:SEn Eugene 5 Gordon
the various classes and thequality
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Lloydd
Wein
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was splendid. Amongi the schoais PIA S-Na.2Noculi
Finkbeiner
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taking part were Sr. S. Nos. 1, 2, 3. No, 3 Ella Dearing,,: No, 5 Ruby
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4, 5, and 14. .A very attractive Finkbeiner, No.4 Eldon Smith, No.
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parade' of the scholars marched 4 Edggar Rader, Ne. 5 Lloyd Wein,
through the village. The inter-
school singing .competition 'was great
ay enjoyed, . Following the, judging,
races were held and keenly contest- raid Schi+ceder, No, 5 Clarence
ed, The Women's Institute nad a FGahaer. '
booth on the grounds and practically Edna dna Geiser,
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No. 5 Willie Gainer, No. 4 Eldon.
Smith, Nee, 5 Marjorie Lawson, No.
2 Harry Hirtzel, No.. 2 Maurice
WHEAT Quart --No, 5 Agnes Hirtzel.
Lampert, , 1 Geraldine Redden, TEA BISCUITS -No, 5 Inez Fahn-
Dlo.
WREAT, Sheaf -Geraldine Hed- er, No, 1 Ruby Redden, No. 4 Greta
den, Becker`, No. 4 Edea Martine.
OATS, RuMUFFINS-No 5 Dorothy Fahn-
art-Na. 5 Willie Gals- S No. 5 Edna
er, No. 4 Charlie Martin, No. 5 Mar- er, No, ;4 Eldon Smith, ,
guerite Lamport, No. 5 Eugene Beaver, No. 3 Margaret Peuhale, No,
Beane, No. 1 Gerald Redden, 2 Dorothy Lawson, No. 5 Bernice
OATS,,Sheaf-No. 5 Willie Gals- ]+7rlber,
'e'l No.'Gerald Redden. CURRANT TARTS --•No, 3 ,.Mar-
4
APPLES -No. 4 Edgar Rader,
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No. 4 Olga Martine, "No. 4 Edith,
Weber, No, 3 Ella Dearing, No. 5
hold out. In the evening a concert
was held. Following is a list of
the prize winners:
., garet Penhale, No.GretaBecker,
BARLEY, Quart -No. 5 Harold
Fahner, No. 5 Melvin Richard, No.
2 'Sam. Rollins, No. 1 Ruby Hedden.
BARLEY, Sheaf -No. 5 Melvin
Richard, No. 1 Ruby Hedden.
FIELD CORN -No. 4 Esther
artine.
SWEET- CORN -No. 1 „Norman
Finkbeiner, No. 4 Eldon Smith, No.
3 Gladys Penhale, No. 1 Mildred El-
liott, No. 5 Eva Dodge, No, 5 Earl
Sheardown.
I. C. POTATOES -No. 1 'alien
Walker, No. 5 'Harry' Hirtzel, No.
5 Harvey Waghorn, . No. 5 Florence
Wein, No. 2 Willie Lamport.
G. M. POTATOES -No. 5 Marion
Richard, No. 4 Lloyd Eagleson, No.
4 Joe Martin, No. 1 Billie Elliott,
No. 5 Gerald Zwicker.
D. POTATOES -No, 5 Gerald
Woodall, No. 5 Dorothy Fahner, No.
5 Gertrude Beaver,, No. 5 Jean, Rich-
ard, No. 4 Walter Weber, No. 4
Donald Hicks.
MANGOLDS-No. 5 Harold Feltn-
er, No. 4 Edgar Rader, No: 4 Jack Waghorn, No. 3 Ella Dearing, No, 5
Essery, No. 1 Pauline Hodgins. Ruby Finkbeiner.
TURNIPS -Nb. 5 Clarence Fahn- CROCHETED INSERTION - No.
err No. 3 Willie Stanlake, No. 1 Reg. 5 Edith Sweitzer, No. 5 Marguerite
Hodgson, No. 4 Gordon Becker, No. Lamport.
2 Lloyd Lamport, No. 5 Eva Dodge. QUILT, PATCH -No. 1 Mildred
BEETS -No. 3 Margaret Penhale, Elliott, No. 5 Hazel Woodall, No. 5
No. 5 Lloyd Wein, No. 5 Gladys Annie Waghorn, No. 5 Alma Law -
Lewis, No. 4 Carrie Martine, No, 5 son.
Dorothy Sltrocker, No. 5 Vellma ' TOY ANIMAL -No. 5 Edith
Guettinger. Sweitzter, No, 3 Gladys Penhale,
CARROTS -No. 5 Arthur Heist, No, 2 Alma Lamport. -
No. 4 Dorothy Becker,' No. 4 Olga DARNING-, on Cashmere Stocking
1Vlartin, No. 2 Alivinna. Hill, No. 5 -No. 4 Olga Martine, No. 5 -Alma
Clara Lewis, No. 4 Gerald Smith. Lawson.
PARSNIPS -No. 14 Gwendolyn APRON -No. 3 Ella Dearing, No._
hicks, No. 5 Harold Fahner, No. 5 3 Greta.Dearing, No. 4 Edna Mar-
Waghorn. No. 5 Kenneth tine.
No. 5 Marguerite Guettinger. KITE -No. 4 Eldon Smith.
ONIONS -No.-- .3 Greta Dearing,' WREN HOUSE -No. 3 Willie
No. 5 Rosy Dodge, No. 5 Ila Apple- Stanlake, No. 5 Gerald Smith.
ton, No. 5 Ruby Finkbeiner, No. 4 PATCH, on Grain Bag No. 3 E.
Edna Martine. Christie, No. 3 Willie Stanlake, No.
ASTERS -No. -5 Gertrude Beaver, 5 Willie Gaiser, No. 4 Eldon Smith,
No. 4 Edna Martin, No. 2 Lula Rol- No. 4 Lloyd Eagleson No. 5 Eber
lings, No. 5 Alma Lawson, No. 5 Lewis.
- Dorothy Schroeder, No. 14 Doris Es- PAPER CUTTING AND FOLD-
Eery. ING-No. 14 Charles Bingham, No.
SWEET PEAS No. 5 John Mc- 3 Grace Penhale, No: 5 Marguerite
Tavish, No. 5 Marjorie Lawson. Guettinger, No. .5 Harold Wolfe,
ZINNIA -No. 5 Inez Fahner, No. No, 2 Roy Lamport, No. 5 Gerald
• 2 Minnie Hirtzel, No. 1 Mildred El- Smith, •
iiott, No. 4 Elam Smith. KNOTS -No. 5 Edith Sweitzer,
A. MARIGOLDS -No. 3 Willie Na 1 Ruby Hedden, No. 3 Willie
Stanlake, No. 5 Dorothy Fahner, Na. Stanlake, No, 3 Earl Christie; No. 4
5 Edna Gaiser. Thelma Weber:
COREAPSIS-No. 5 Helen Hill, ANY MODEL -No. 3 Earl Christie
No. 1 Reg. Hodgson, No. 5 Clara No. 5 ,Willie Gaiser, No. 1 Billie
Lewis, No. 3 Margaret Penhale. Elliott, No. 5 Edith' Sweitzer, No.
CALENDULA-No. 1 Geraldine 5 Gerald Zwicker, No. 14 Garfield
Redden. Neil.
FR. MARIGOLDS -No, 3 Gladys BENEFICIAL INSECTS -No. 5
Penhale, No. 4 Lloyd Eagleson,, No. Edith Sweitzer, No. 5 Ruby Fink -
5 Marguerite . Guettinger, NO.. 14 beiner.
Minnie Smith. FOREST WOODS -No. 5 Edith
VERBENA -No. 5 Carrie Fahner. Sweitzer, No, 5 Ruby Finkbeiner,
COSMOS -No. 1 Anne Hodgins. No. 5 Willie Gaiser.
PINKS -No." 4 Thelma Weber, No. TREE SEEDS - No. • 5 Edith
2 Kathleen Lawson. Sweitzer.
COCKEREL -No. 2 ,ICathl'n Law- WILD FLOWERS -No. 5 Ruby
son, No., 2 Lloyd .Lampert, . No. 2 Finkbeiner, No. 2
Dorothy Lawson. LOCAL ROCKS -No. 5 Edith
PULLET -No. 1 ` Billie Elliott, Sweitzer; No. 2 Maurice Hirtzel, No.
No. 2 Lloyd Lamport. 5 Ruby Finkbeiner,
PEN OF THREE -No. 1 Billy El- INJURIOUS INSECTS -No. 5 E.
Nott, No. 2 Lloyd Lamport,. No, 5 Sweitzer.
Kenneth Lillow; COLLECTION OF SEEDS -No. 4
' WHITE LE'GHORNS-No.' 2 Ma Thelma Weber:
Eirtzel, No. 4 Walter Weber, No. 1 HURON• No. 4 Loreen Becker,
I eraldine-JTedden. No, 4'Marguerite Amy, No. 5 Annie
' W. WYANDOTTES-No, 4 Walter Fahner, No, 4 Edgar Rader, No."'4"
;Weber. Carrie Martine, No. Joe Martie.
Rs I. REDS -No. 1 Gerald Hod- AFRICA- No. 3 Greta Dearing,
den No. 5:Earl Sheardown, No. 4 Velma
BARRED . ROCKS -No. .14 Jack Guettinger;; No. 2 Alva Lamport,
Essery, No., 1 Billy. Elliott, No. ,2 No. 5 . Helen - Hill, No, 5 Harold.
Willie Lamport, No. ' 5 Melvin Lain- Fahner:
port,•No. 5 Arthur Heist, No. 5 Ger- ONTARIO -No. 4 Thelma Weber,
doe Haist. No. 5 Inez Fahner, No. Clara
PIGEONS -No: 5 Edna Geiser,Lewis, No, 5 Lottie Fahner, No. 4
No. 3 Murray Scott, N. 5 Dorothy Edna Martin, No, 4 ]2ldon Smith.
ScXiroeder, N. 5 Kenneth 'Kuhn, No. WI ITING
2 Roy Lamport, No. 5 Arthur Heist, FIRST CLASS -No. 4 Carrie Mar-
RABBITS -No. 5 Kenneth Kuhn, tine, No. 5 Carrie Falmer, No, 5
No. 5 Karl Kuhn. Marguerite Guettinger, No. 5 Gerald
AN'Y. PET -No. 4 Eldon Smith, Smith, No. 5 Harold";Wolfe, No; 5
No. 3 'Grace Penhale,,.No. 5 Lorance A thug Haist.
'Wein, No. 3 Percy Willie, No. 5 Zia SECOND CLASS --No, 2 Alivinna na
Appleton,. No. 5 ElvaWuerth; $ill, No. .4 Loreen Becker, No. 4
WHITE .EGGS -No. 14 Doris Es'- Walter Webea, No. .4 Marguerite
Per , No. 5 Arthur•. Heist, No. 1 Reg. Anny, No. 4dgai' Rader, No. 5 '
edgson, No. 5 Freda Patching, No, Clarence Falinex.
a'A leton No. 5 Kenneth L°1- THIRD CLASS -No, 14 Gerald
pp} Jackson, No. 14 Gwendolyn Hicks,
lo '•No. 4 Lloyd Eagleson, No.' 3 Willie,
BROWN EGGS -No. RegHodg- Stanlake, No. 44 Edith Weber, No. 3
4
lion, No. 4 Eldon Smith,' No: 4 Edith GYadys Penhale.
Weber, No. 5 Geo. Woodall, No •.2 FOURTH CLASS -•No, 2 Alva
:A. nv
` inns Hill, No, 1 Mildred Elliott.
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Olga DAIRY TYPE. CALF..-Lampo t, No, 4 Olg Martin., No. 5 Edna 't tan, No. 1
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Ruby Woodall, No. 5 Marion Richard, _Redden, N. 5 Gladys Lewis,
Aro. 5 Lorance Wein. No. 3 Elle. Dearing, No, 2 Dorothy
1VIARKET LAMB -No. 4 Edgar Lawson.
7[i, . ' ,aloin,. No: 5DESIGN OF FRUIT -No. 2 Alva
Lladeroyd WNoein.5 LoranceLampert.' No. 1 Ruby Hedden, No.
HALTER BROKEN COLT a ---No: 5 5 Edith Sweitzer, No, 4 Freda
Eugenie Beaver, No, 5 Lloyd . Wein, Patching, No. 4 Lloyd Eagleson,
No. 5 ,IVrelvin Lamport, No. 5 Eldon No. 4 Edina Martine.
CRAYON SKETCH --No. 4 Mar -
Woodall,
gtieri;e A
BACON HOGS -No, 5 Geo. Wood -AMY, No. 4 Ruth Beaker,
nil, No. 5 Willie Gaiser, No. 5 No. -v Marguerite Guettiegee, No. 5
'Eugene Beaver,No. 5 Lloyd. d Wein, Karl Killen, N. 4 Dorothy Becker;.
No. 4 Elgar Rader, No, 5 I4'aroldWolfe,.
SPRING COLT -No 5 Melvin ILLUSTRATION -- Nd 5 14ditlt
Sweitzer, No, 5 Freda Pat
)Lamport, No, 5 Lloyd Wein, No, 5 Patching, NO.
No. 4 Marguerite Amy, No. 5 Hazel
Woodall, No. 2 Ida Lamport, No. 5
Alma Lawson.
CAKE -No. 4 Eldon Smith,No,
5 Inez. Fahner, No, 5 Edna Beaver,
No. 3 Gladys Penhale, No. 1 Ruby
Redden, No. 5 Hazel Woodall.
CANDY -No. 3 Ella Dearing, No.?
4 Eldon Smith, No. 3 Greta Dearing,
No. 1 Mabel King, No. 4 Carrie
Martine. No. 3 Gladys Penhdle,
LUNCH -No. 5 Bernice Eilber,
No. 5 Gerald Smith, No. 5' Dorothy
Fahner, No. 3 Margaret Penhale, No.
5 Marjorie Lawson, No. 4 Eldon
Smith.
PATCH ON COTTON -No. 3 Ella
Dearing, No. 5 Annie Waghorn, No.
5 Lottie Waghorn; No. 5 Hazel
Woodall, No. 3 Greta Dearing, No,
14 Gwendolyn Hicks,
HANDKERCHIEF --No. 5 Inez
Fahner, No: 3 Ella Dearing, No. 5
Dorothy Falmer, No. 3 Greta Dear-
ing, No. 5 Edith Sweitzer.
• TEA TOWEL -No. 4 Edith Weber
No. 3 Greta Dearing, No. 5'" Lottie
LVIITOHELL.,'EXHIBITION
HAS 4,000 ATTENDANCE
About 4,000 people attended the
Mitchell fall fair ou Wednesday last
and the .president and directors are
proud, ,as the exhibition was -ane of
the best everheld in this town. In
the school parade and fancy drill
five schools took part, and the priz-
es were awarded as follows; Parade
and aostuime ()Voss Mountain),
Staffa, S', $ No, 3; (Miss Norris),
S, S. No. 5, Fullerton; (Miss Rog-
ers), No: 8, Logan, Drill: Fuller-
ton, Logan, Staafa,
There was AA e]ceellent show of
horses in nearly all the .classes. Win, -
leers were; Agricultural brood mares,
W. Seeback, Andrew Chalmers, W.
Seebach; .heavy draught, J, C. Cos-
tello, Robert Burchill and G. Wal-
lace, Heavy draught teams, Craw
ford;' Caringfo .d"':1'. McIIeliar,. Hib-
berg and V John C. Costello, Logan.
Agricultural, teams, Kenneth Mead-
ows, Stratford and T. Bait -Logan.
is
Coach or carriage, Ed. 'tVassmanr
first and sweepstakes. Two -year -
tad, : E. Wessman and Ed. Tieing,
sweepstakes, Wessman; single car-
riage, 'Lafayette. Butler, Ed, Tilling
and 'Thomas' Knipe. Single road-
ster, Dr,. Niall, , Joseph French and
Percy Davidson, Lady driver, Stel-
la Liebler, Mrs, Davidson, Mrs, But-
ler. Best ''single turnout, Dr. Hall.
Sweepstakes for best road horse,
Dr. Hall.
Judge on light Horses, S. C. Kit-
chen, Waterford.
The exhibits in cattle, sheep and
hogs were as good as last year, if
not better. The horse races were a
good drawing card, and were watch-
ed by an immense throng of people,
THE
DEATHS_
The rows of the death of Wire. F.
liioirnested, which occurred at hen
home on Goderich St., Seaforth, at
noon on 'Thursday, carne as a great
shock to , her friends, as few even
knew that she had been. i11, She
had attended service at St. Thomas'
church on Sunday morning, but was
taken ,i11 in the evening, :although
npthing: serious was anticipate&.
Meeday her condition was worse,
and apoplexy developed, from which
site passed away at noon an the let
inst.
Mrs: Isabel Forbes, one of Ailsa,
Craig's oldest citizen, died on Sept,
26th, at the residence of ` Mrs.
Menzies after a short illness.
Robert Hodgson, 18 years old, a
well known native and resident of
McGillivray township, passed away
at his residence on lot 10, con, 4,
on Sept. 26th, Besides His widow
lie is survived by one daughter and
five sons -Catherine of London, El-
don and George of McGillivray, Wil-
liam of Ailsa Craig and Ernest and
Wesley R. of Alberta.
There passed away on con. 1, Mc-
Gillivray, on Sept. 25, Hannah Sul-
livan, aged 94 years,
tai
There died in Parkhill, .ou Sept,
2'4th,114175, Jane Ctawfoxd, Wife of
the late John Cra °cord, aged 74
Years.
Mrs. John; P. • Wilson, who has
been a resliected Vealdeet +af Blyth..
for the past '2'S Years, di'e'd at 'her,
residence on Mor.day, September
28th, at the; age of eighty years,
Richard Baker, of Clinton, whose'
premises were searcli'ed on Sunday
by Inspector Pellaw of
Go
de-
rrcIand Chief of Poilce Strpng, of
Clinton, was arranged in ` pollee
court on Wednesday. A civaatity of
home brew was produced by the in
Spector as evidence On a charge
of having liquor illegally , in his
possession, Baker was fined fifty
dollars. On a charge of selling
liquor he was fined fifty dollars, or
one month in jail, Mr. Baker has
decided to take the month in jail.
THEDFORD-Nominations for a
councillor for the Township of
Bosanquet, to fill the vacancy on
the board caused by the death of
John Vivian, will be held in the ,
Town Hall, Thedford, on Monday,
October 12th, '
'ltq bonded warehouse at Gode-
rich is in the hands of the law ae
the result of a roundup b.,the nolle
rich police" force, and the <;tltree op -
orators of the estabils1rn;ent were.:
lodged in Goderich jail, High COn-
stable Whiteside,. 'Provincial Office
fellow and Deputy Sheriff Gundry
arrested, a _ sailor and ;found a ca80..
of bee •wll,Thh the 10111e aa!d hji
bought froth the operator of the
bonded warehouse. Magistrate Reid
meted out a fine of $100 and costa
for this offence. Constable White-
side visited the building, at the ba'-
bor sand placed Charles Aiken, ope
orator of the business, and his aa-
istants, Fred .Brantford and Harold
Merritt, under arrest and ooafieeat-
ed the entire contents of the build::
ing, seven cases of Scotch whisky and
200 cases of beer. The charge pre-
fer'red against these men is unlaw-
ful sale of ,liquor. Preliminary
hearing of the case took place on
Sept. 30, and the three operators
were placed in. the county jail. Bail
of $10.000 was demanded in each
case. Trial comes this week,
*a:* O** *'*
VERY ENLIGHTENING
Voice on the line "I say this
Mr. 'Arrison. What, you cawn't
'ear?. This is Mr. 'Arrison-)hitch
hay, two hers, a hi, a Ness, a ho and
an lien-'Arrison?
FARMER'S HOME MAKFARMER'S HOME MAR
Low Tariff Politicians belittle its importance. Are they right? What are the Facts?
ROBABLY no part of the business of farming is less under-
stood and less appreciated than the value of the home
market to the average Canadian farmer of to -day.
First and foremost, given a Government that is sympathetic
with you, the home market is one that you can absolutely con-
trol, at all times, at least against the foreign farmer who would
invade it. On the other hand, Lthe foreign market is one that
• you may be legislated out of at any momentby the vote of a
foreign government that has decided that it wants to give its
own farmers an advantage over you!
Next, the market that is best worth cultivating is always the
market that absorbs the largest part of your production. The
fellow who year after year buys more than half your crop is
worth more to you than the fellow who only buys 25% of it.
That's fundamental! There's no getting away from it!
From the figures below we prove absolutely that the home
market absorbs at the very least 63%% of the produce -not
of _the Ontario farmer -but of the average Canadian farmer,
including the wheat farmer of the West. If we were to leave the
Western wheat farmer out of it, it could be proved that over
80% of what the Ontario farmer produces is consumed by thia.
home market.
The reason some people have an exaggerated idea of the im-
portance of the export market for farm produce is that theyhave
looked at it solely from the standpoint of wheat! - It is true that
we export in one form or another about 75 per cent of our entire
wheat crop. But the wheat crop, important and all as it is, re-
presents only about one-fourth of our total' annual agricultural
production, and it is only when we take into account what be-
comes of` the other three-fourths that we can arrive at a true es-
timate of the value of the home market to the average Canadian
farmer!
Here is our calculation. Check up our figures from the Canada
Year Book, the official statistical publication issued by the Gov-'
ernment. Subject our deductions to the most searching investi-
gation and you will find that if we have erred at all, we have
under -estimated, rather than over-estimated the importance. of the
farmer's home market.
TOTAL EXPORT'S; :FISCAL ' YEAR- 1924, OF .. .
Agricultural and Vegetable Products.
including fresh dried and preserved fruits, grains, flour and milled products, bakery products and prepared foods; vegetable oils;
tobacco, fresh and prepared vegetables, maple syrup, maple sugar and miscellaneous, but excluding rubber, sugar (other than maple),
molasses and confectionery as products not of Canadian agricultural origin; also excluding alcoholic beverages whose export value is $394,407,246
out of all relation to the value of the agricultural products used in their production. - - - -
Animals and Animal Products.
including live animals, hides and Skins, leather, fresh meats, cured and canned meats, milk and its products, oils, fats, 'greases; eggs;
honey and miscellaneous, but excluding fishoils, seal and whale oils, and furs other than black and silver fox skins, as products not of
agricultural origin. - - -
Fibres, Textiles and Textile Products.
including all wool and woolens, also flax, jute and hemp products, but excluding binder twine, manufacturers of cotton and silk, mains
facturers of mixed textiles, and certain kifids of wearing apparel, as products not of Canadian agricultural origin.
Grand total exports, all kinds of farm produce -
Now the gross agricultural revenue of Canada for crop year 1923 is given as $1);342,132,OOO. Deduct-
• ing the grand total exports, as above of $489,094,124, leaves a balance of $853,0 7,876 to represent what
znuat. have been consumed by the 'home market. In other words, the export market took only 1363%
of our farm production. The balance, 63/2%, was consumed in Canadaf
TWO THIRDS -OF WHAT THE CANADIAN FARMER RAISES, HE SELLS IN CANADA
1
91,939,305
-2,747,573
• • $489,094,124
Export Prices that Fail to Govern
Home Prices.
In attempts to belittle the home market;
,the argument has been used over and .over
again that the prices obtainable in the
oxport market always govern the prices
btainable in the domestic -market.
Statements of that kind constitute one
k!f the meanest forms of dishonesty. It
lis probably true that, in -the absence of
`an effective wheat pool, the Liverpool
'Ian
. pretty nearly fixes the domestic
'price ,of wheat. But the Liverpool price
of hay, or of potatoes, is almost negligible
in its effect upon the local prices obtainable
for those commodities in Canada. And the
reason for.the difference is that wheat,
besides being a commodity that can be
stored indefinitely, has been provided with
terminal facilities that enable it to be
handled at a minimum of expense, and is
carried at the lowest of all freight rates
whereas transportation costs on hay and
potatoes substantially protect the pro-
ducer against surpluses only a hundred
miles away!
Hay and Potatoes for Instance.
In 1923, for instance, farmers in Tor-',
folk County received an average of only
811f3 cents a bushel for their potatoes;'
while farmers in Welland County, less
than fifty miles away, received $1.00
for theirs. In that same year farmers in
Perth County received an average of only
$9.28 a ton for their hay, while farmers in
the adjoining, County of Middlesex re-
ceived $11.05 for theirs.
Discount these illustrations as. much .as
you like on •the ground that differences of
quality had something to do with the
differences in price, yet do they not serve.
to shake your faith in the man who would
have you believe that Liverpool prices'
always govern domestic prices? Did Thun-
der Bay farmers, for instance, get $19.64
for their hay in 1923 because it was of
such superior quality, or did they get it
because of the high cost of bringing $8.98
hay from Huron County, or $10.11 hay
from Lalnbton County? If • Liverpool
prices governed hay in the way and for the
same reasons that they do wheat, Ontario
farmers would have to pay shippers a
premium to take their hay away!
'. What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce
for the Gander.
Belittlers of the home market assert that
a tariff on 'farm products is of no benefit
to our farmers. Is the United States tariff
on farm productsof, no benefit to United
States farmers? Is it no detriment to
1
e'
Canadian fanners? If a foreign tarff is a o g
detriment to; Canadian farmers, why should
not a Canadian tariff be a detriment
foreign farmers and consequently a benefit}
to our own?
What a New Industry, in your Market
Town, Means to You! '
I
It increases the prosperity of the town, gives"
work to the unemployed, adds to the populatio{i,!
gets the empty houses rented and starts the build-
ing
uilding of new ones. The town immediately has`
more money to spend on the butter and eggs, the'
vegetables, fruit, milk and grain your farm`
produces. i'
The foreign market is admittedly an important
market, but after all what does it consist of? Isn t
it made up entirely of town and city dwellers--
wage-earners-who
wellers- 'wage -earners --who cannot obtain fromeir own
farmers as much food as they require so ey must
pay from you? Is the city dweller an asset to the
Canadian farmer only when he happens to dwell
to a foreign city? If we persuaded him, by th
offer of a -better job than he now has, to come and
live in Canada, would he not be a bigger asset to
our farrier than he is at present ?
Those who scoff at the home market would en-
courage those dwellers in a 'foreign city to stay
where .they are, thus leaving ourfarmers in,tlhe
. position where they must take a chance on ship-
ping their products long distances, and then selling
them in competition with other 'producers -from ail
over the world! Isn't the plan of those who
would build up the home market a vastly better
one? -
.A higher tariff will gine more workers flood
jobs in this
country. G
nalcn
..
withgoody jobs are the est o ad sei
the Caractaafarmer wiev have.
CONSERVATI
FOR HIGHER 'TARIFF• AND FOR LOWER, TAXATION
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