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THE NEW LEADER
Hon, Dr. R. J, Manion will take
over in plane of Hon. R. B. Bennett
as leader of the National Conserva-
tive piney. The fact that he was
defeated in the 5.935 contest did not
,militate against his chances for
leaden -hip; rather 'it seems to have
been au advantage because in 1937
when a member of the House he
was an unsuccessful candidate tor
leadership of the Conservative
party at the Winnipeg convention.
Dr. Manion has lead a political ex,
perlence somewhat .similar to that
of the Hon, Hugh Guthrie, now
relish -man of tate Railway Board' but
Sor years' member for South \Vel-
yington, in that each bad been torm-
•erly in the Liberal party, but
changed at the time of Colon Gov-
ernment; Dr. Manton had been re-
turned from the Fort William 1 iding
:at every contest since 1017 until he
mot defeat In 1935,
He is regarded as a strong man in
the party. In his address. to the
ar(invention at Ottawa he spoke.
plainly so there was no chance of
confusion regarding his attitude on
public ctueslttons. He believes. in a
.strong t'entral goveennt0nt, in a
United Canada, and he came out
plainly on the railway problem as
against unification or the C,N.R,
with the C.P.R, In fact he spoke
-so pointedly that now as leader of
the party he has definitely commit.
fed the Conservatives to that
course,
The new leader is Possessed of
vigor and health; he is the robust
tope of public man, and 1n his
•eareler day Was one or the most
'diffleff men in the House od Cont -
:mons from the standpoint of the re-
porter by reasonof the r•tpidltY
v'lth whicit words came from hint,
'The sabjeet which he was' d1seus-
.sing seemed to became au obsession
and he was at once deeplyimmers-
ed in it.
It was elated many- limes: '!tat
Prom the first Dr Manion could have
the leadenshtp if he wanted it.
The early hours of the national
;gathering seemed for the moment to
swing favor toward Han, Senator
Meighen, but he was not looking for
the offl•ce, 'Once he wee out of the
:running and Mr, Bennett hall made
It plain he was through. the trend
was toward Manion. Palltical ex-
penience and vigor were probably
the deciding factors.
We are certain the Canadian
people will Wish the new leader of
the Conservative Party well in the
:task to which he hes laid his hand,
A strong party with a strong leader
Will serve a national put'po5'e
this country.
ABOUT POTATO BUGS
There wag a picture in one of
the farm popers recently ora rig
which one potato grower had rigged
up for splaying his vines. Ile bee
acres of potatoes', so he made him-
self a box tank mouthed on a, light
wagon, the wbeels o8 which. are so
spaced that they go bebweeil to
taws. There is a wide sprinkling
apparatus' in the rear, en awes he
goes and s9rhrlcl 8 live rows at
once with )tis Darin green mixture,
Mid that or course is quite et ad.
Vance 0n the old method or cleel'ng
1WiLh potato bugs'. We admit the
custom lased of Lot 4, Concession
Ten, ivouird not compare With such
a rig, Any boy who,'grew ep On u
f111an or in a vlllag0 before the
worid seertetl to go scientific can re-
coil potato bugs.
The method er attack on the
Tenth Was di1•eat and the eguilnretit
used was simple and inexpensive.
it was necessary to have a smell Hu
cootalner nod' a nook, alithautth n
bit of that 811401)1e wee bellter. Tho
time in which wagon grease 114'00 10.
come were rather preferred to other
tins Ueda -use there wee always' seine
of the grease sticking inside Md
that seemed to Make it i0n1'ded for
the pollete. 'bags to start crawling
out.
BY that 11101,tod one started on
the first rev of not1toos and eight
ing the harii'slieiletl beg or the soar
one, psocoeded to held the till eon.
tallier In position and, knpoked the
Dugs therel11, Tile oPeratipt3 at
every 1011 of potatoes wee. lexaetly
the .aatne, The Total() bugs were
never content to array in the bottom
of the dish; Always did they tie.
Sire to crawl •tovard the top and it
roes neeeeemy to tap Y;vorousle on
the 91(10 of the, dish now and 1110n
to make 111810 settle down where
they belonged.
The method of desttruction was
also pelti11111Ire anti perhaps ft 90-
tu•nily came under 111e general Head-
ing of u1'uel'ty to antnlais or bugs
because a litele cold oil was' pi:lue'l
in the dish and an old sulphur
match was. carefully scratched and
flames settled the potato bugs. No
doubt It is more humane to allow
the bugs to eat parts green when
they are eating potato tops. roue
could' claim that in this way the
potato bags had the option of
either Continuing their evil llmy'3
or leaving the potato tops alone
By the old method there tet, no
such second chance; the 'hugs had
been caught In the act and right
there and then they paid the price.
But the idea of that farmer driving
around kris big potato p1tch sprink-
ling five rows at a thus does look
rather attractive and progressive.
Never was there anything like that
on the Tenth.
TRYING TO KEEP
BEARS
There was a picture in a West-
ern Ontario paper the other ,lay
showing a man out in his yard with
tiro bear cubs. He was feedieg
them from. a bottle and it as sruted
the cul)s hada liking for cote soft
drinks, The man who has' the cubs
now was presented with then) by a
friend who secured them in the
bush several mouths ago. The pros
ent owner expresses mine daunt
regarding the wisdom of keeping
them and is frank enough in admit -
Ong he has no idea where 11e will
put Ahern when they start attaining
size.
'raking Fel) hears out of the
woods is rather an old custom tend
tot a Partic'ular'ly good one either,
Some of them are chained in yards
and: are a Co9Sdant source of care.
Nor can it be claimed that the
bears themtselves have a particular.
ly good time,
We are certain, enough the man
is the 'CZ'ostera Ontario community
who le at preset owner of two young
beam wuonld be glad enough to
be rid of them. 1-Iis friend may
have hail good in'tentiens• when he
brought him the pair of cubs but
the truth is be presented hint with
a problem,
NOTE AND COMMENT
Saslclltche'tvan has had a down-
pour of rain and that probably has
interested more folk out there than
the peoceedings''of the Conservative
colttiatve,
Politicians are to be given equal
rights over the American ,'dies
However the time before the set-
(110011er 1.11005 them out cannot be
regulated.
From the geographical viewpoint
the ,Conservative delegates went
about hair way in choosing Hon, Dr,
Matron as the new leader,
Gee Toronto math says he would
not like to see police In shirt
stl0ewes. We 1111911 as well warn
tem here and now to stay away
from Brussels,
just to refute the hnin'ession that
Saskatchewan 'has been Iurnioe in-
to a desert 001ne5 the story from
Moose Jaw of n num there having a
09011y b118111 meth 325 blooms.
Ilnnklils operating in New f'ol'k
State have a new pine, After Tab-
bing u 111111) in a ear they force hint
to take off tt11 his clouting, 000ev-
1119• he 11111 remain in the car for
seine time, Proving perhaps the
relagali is right enough which says
{hili teethes make the men,
READ IT os NOT;
The reason. a bed egg limits in
teeter is tiled gases have termed ire
sick it, awing to decompnsiilon,
And these make it lighter dram 1.
good. egg, Which contains 1vh1f t and
yolk only, as these are heavier than
wader.
Waiter: "P11is' is your atilt cup,
Sir, You ceetainly must like
coffee,''
Diner•: "Cos I do, or 1 wotlldn'l be
1rhtkhlg all 41318 water to get e
1ktWe; �
COMMUNICATION
We Welcome contributions to thls
column yut do not „hold „oursetves
responsible for opinions .expressed
or statements made by our ,corres-
pondents,
oarres-
pondtints,
THE RAILWAY SITUATION
Unification or amalgamation is
is the product of the C,P,R. ft is
their stokesmen who proposed it
and are desperately urging it 81 the
present time, Why?
The most able 11100 in the world
were seleoted for the Duff Ceutmie-
soon, including railway expert', of
world experience, and the best in-
formation in the country woe Pre -
smiled at great cost and ca"efullY
ttel,j They were opposed to
unification or uulalgamation, and
gave their 1•easuns wiry, Why OM -
ploy a Royal Comlanisison of capable
men and then not follow the facts
ant1 apiuione expressed?
Why do C.P.R. ofttciais so urgent-
ly want 'tire 000.1 1'01 of the govern-
ment road?
Let us examine the two roads
teem a standpoint of gover'rnteut
118.910nce, and see if there is any
very great dhgerence in the ttssist-
auce given .to the C.N.R. and CP.R.
We 111100' that large capital sums
of Canntiian government funds have
been invested in • :the C,N,11„ but
this money Is invested and unittea-
lion does not bring it }rack, Apart
front this, the road ears' au operat-
ing surplus now, Last year, In a
year of crop failure, it was 917,607e
750,50,
Before we accept this proposal of
the C.P.R. let us list and examine
some of the .mnemes and favors We
have eutended the ('.P,R, compar-
able to the investment in the gov-
ernment road,
(1) Before the C.P.R. was built,
the Dominion I30vernment of the
dray had put Into the Railway the
50111 0f $37,791,435,00. This was
handed over to the C.P.R. without
their paying anything for it,
(2) Land grants' by the Domin-
iou Government to the 0 P,11.
totaled 26,855,463 acres, A total of
6,300,000 of the above was relin-
quished for which the Domini u:
Government ipaid the C,P.R. 910,-
18942.1,00, In addition to this•, the
C:P,R. rereived over 10,509,000
aures of land from Provincial Gov-
ernments. 'Iu the C,P,R. amnia'
repot of 193.1 a sum is nlutlaneU
of -104,000,009,00 as having been
0901004 from the sale of lauds, and
in the C',P,R, annual report 0f 1031,
they report owning 4,767,900 acres
which they valued at $59,216,001,00.
(3• The Dominion Goverment
granted a cash subsidy of 925,000,-
000.00 to the C.P.R. In addition
subselies were also paid by the
Doandndor Government to linest now
operated under lease or owned by
the C.P.R. amounting to $27,855,059,.
00. Subsidies 111 the form of
cash ere made by provinces and
munici.pai•ities to the companies
u0W- included In the Canadian Pacl-
59 system exceeding $19,000,000.00,
(4) The C.P.R. were given relict
from taxation, 13y statute (44111
Glee 1881) the mettle sleek of, and
all property used for railway pur-
poses by the C.P.R. "Shall fe tor -
ever free tram taxation by the
Dominion, or by any Province here-
after 10 be established, or by a
Mt111(091)1(1 corporation therein; and
the lauds of the Company, in the
N. W, Teteiitories, until they are
either sold or occupied shall ale,) be
free Pram such taxation for 20 years
after ,the grime thereof from the
Crown. e
(Itlter aid grouted to the Canadian
Pacific, the value of which cannot
be (11.menined, 101181sted of the
right to taste public, land irea for
ltallwuy purposes, admisseou of e"-
19111104 consn'uetian material free. of
duty, 1111(1 .other conceeslous,
(5) The Government of C.tuade
has 800110d the C,P.R, in giving
them coursers for the car11111(e of
the Ablate ft' stn 11125 to 1017 in-
011184ve the monies paid. are as tot
lau'11(
1925. $3,552.4137
19'226 3,6074(01
1.937 , 3,727,411
• 19'25 3,715,0:13
1920 3,7.11,291
1980 3,69,1,1,1„
111(31 3,5ri5,3,. r1
1932
3,621,e77,
1033 3,190,697
11134 3,519,611
1035 - 3,$37,1121773
1036 3,501123
1937 8,599,6 lei
(u) They were grouted 1'Igett to
Cot:street lines talo tor1'bLortes al-
ready developed by the C,N,91, and
Sully serviced by therm, The 11(15 tuts
Drunlbelle' fieid/91/1911 gave 111e C.
1)', 1i, 01) gaps' a day, now &bias the
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1013, 1933
Ibusiness 200 ears to each road, Such
lines as the branch lines into Tis,
duke, into lielfort, into Pince Al.
beat, tato Lloydlnllnstee, etc., etc,
are other examples' of how 111")'
have been favored. As a matter 01
fact Lhe C'an'adian Paoi.Qc duplicttted
many important lines of the 01111ld
Trunk itt Lantern C'anoda and took
traffic nay trona that Railway, For
example, Woodstock 10 Windsor,
Gonane, where for a disteuei of
140 melee, the C,P,R. built a line
parallel to the Gland Trunk ttf to
the Grand Trunk !tad been ser0ille
the tenet:err for 35 years; Another
exam le is the C.P.R. line betwcen
Belleville and, Toronto, bull: I( 1;114
by the C.P.R. paralleling and
duplicating for a distance of over
100 utiles the Grand Trunk line
which had served the territory tier
0009 50 years.
Lt is quite evident that the con-
tributions of the Dominion govern -
met to the C,P,R. are very suh-
sdttuttel and that these fuudamentel
baeie eerrloesi apparently eallu,1 be
self supporting 'in a new catr110y,
especially in the ease of Canada.
where 'carrying rates• are compare
tively I0W' and W'he're populatlou 15
sparse, and distances to be 11:10211
great. We have spent large 101111
on canals, on harbours, and ether
basic services which were 90.1sieier-
eel justifiable expense in the belle.
Ing of Canada, and our Railways,
both ('.P,R, and C.N.R. are nu ex -
merlon except that 111 the ease of
the C.N.R. all monies paid out have
beeu charged to Capital account and
curried on year after year, the gev-
eroment paying out Interest on
:monies spent and charging 11. to
C.N.R,
The record of the C.P.R. is not
suffldierutly better titan the C,:' ,R,
to justify our reeking that efficiency
of Management is all on the part of
the C.P.R, and especially 00 in face
of many favors granted the C.Y.R.
in the poet and at Ole same time the
C.N.R. having been asked to take
an attitude or Government regent -
Mg employment, favoring the people
as a whole because it was gnrero-
ment owned, which policy is more
constructive than the present pro -
Posed res•trictiou of emuplaymant by
unification,
111 one of Bir Edward Brtbtyes
recent spee0hes he said .that (miler
unifioation labor would not be seri)
ousriy disturbed. i0 March loth
108110 of 'rime .Magazine, it is etaced
that "70e of every dollar saved in
Raih'oad eonsol1dations would 00100
from savings on wages." In Can-
ada, it is generally accepted that
approximately Otic of every Railway
dollar goes to labor,
How can Sir Edward justify his
remarks under these circumstances?
He says ratification will save 9.5,-
000,000, If GO cents at each rail-
way dollar goes to tabor, this would
figure out that 60% of $75,000,000
would• be 945,000,000 and therefor''•
this amount would he taken from
Round Trip Rail Travel Bargain
From BRUSSELS JULY 16th
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WINDSOR, ONT, 94,18 DETROIT, MiCH.
Equally 10W fares from all adjueert 0, N. R. Stations.
Ask for handbill and complete information from Agents.
CANADIAN NATIONAL
labor. The average ratlfay sale
from top to bottom figures out at
approximately 91,500,00 per year.
It Is therefore not difficult to fl;are
out that this would reduce rai'war
employ'ien-1 iu Catnadn by 111,000
employees,
The balance of the railway dollar
viz, ih'"., is used for Cu t:haze of
match U , etc., etc„ 11'l11ch again 111'
t•olvr s many other forms of labor,
The 1'atlllti011t1011S of this rednt'tio11
would he so exteu0ive, it Woule
reach p111,) pletel:eq1113' every industrial
t•emttd nil: existing.
In the face of the Duff Cemn'is-
830111. Ieeenmleuding economies of
elanaglmtrut for both 0.1.11, earl
the ('a,R. and in the faee 10910-
lati'u k ,rnp: eang the railways t•)
evouantlze. W -E' find the C.P.R, 11010
spending (numinous sums en radio
emecl11 bruadtraet on most exPcn-
.ive hookups, and printing these
Breeches and mailing them out to
almost every individual in business
in Canada, and using the time of
the chief executive, Sir Edward
Beatty, to plan and promote this
colliery -wide Propogauda. It does
vet seem fitting to do this and one
asks Why. IP it the difficulties
facing the C,P,R,? If so then we
should know it 01 11101, ht is not
faqir to conte in the robes ea utmost
efficiency to ask for weer Would
amount to controlling management,
and not disclose the real situation.
In the last year of record a very
substantial part of the C.P.R. sur-
plus. was In the funds received as
majority ewuere 0f Consolidated
Smelters, which paid in the last
7 a highly efficient railway- and else
very large. They are too large to
operate as one with the .hope of
efficiency and economy. The only
economies possible and good roe the
e0untry at large can be done wow
with the P ('snot legislation,
In Brillritt the government made
reg;one and tour railways se -vice
these four regions; but that is very
d'ifferen't from a large coutltry like
Canada with two ra.iltvays now serv-
ing in most cases sparsely cnttled
dip: triers that • Ca11001 do without
railway Services, being cot dawn to
one 1'x111003',
Every body of public men which
has studied the Railway situation
has came out strongly against
unification or am'alegametion, the
Duff Commission being no exception
The mileage is too enormous lei be
overaeed economically by ane Man-
agt:ment. So, when no Cuwmiziei n,
no Government, no intelligent burly
of public men which has studied the
situation, ma see any .solution en
unification or omalgametion, let us
not be stampeded into it by C P.R.
Prc(pklganda.
Let us rather insist on the two
roads co-operating under the Duff
legislation and cutting out unneces-
001'y duplicating services where it is
economical for the whole country.
year of record $6.515,000 in divl-
(lends. This asset of course would
um be part of unification,
Are the C. P, R. facing targe loss- I
es' in having guaranteed bonds of
subsidiary reads in the U.S.A. 1 A
sum of $50,000,000 has been n tm'd
as the loss Pacing the C,P,R. for the
Soo Line guarantee, If this. 1a the
position, should the people of Can-
ada not be told, so that we would
know the situation before going In-
to a deal involving the country in
such eno'm0115 obligations,
We have made the sacrifices to
,pet into the C.N.R. the sums neves. 3
sary to bring it to a high state of
effictlency. It is' an enormous sys-
tem to 'manage. The C.P.R. is also 1
CZ! WAX
Nova Scotian Lights and Shadows
Alesson in the value of preserv-
ing natural beauty is written
plainly ammo: Nora Scotia's 21,-
000
1;000 square mites 00111011 retain 1111
old -bone charm not to be found in
es great a degree anywhere else
i11 Canada.
Three-quarters or 1.110 provinee
remain forest clad, literally web-
bed w1L11 rkvora and lakes; the
eternal Atlantic and the mighty
tides of the. Bay of Fundy lap its
sun -kissed shores; a wise pro-
gramme of fish and game protea
lion 01189905 sport for years t0
conte; an knexhatlstible supply of
salmon (ram the ocean affords the
world's best fishing in the coastal
rivers each year,
The remaining one-quarter of
the province is a beautiful blend-
ing of sleepy farmland, bustling
01tie5, and secluded resorts, toned
by the mellowness of age,
'rho province is rich in historic
sites, which, because of their
association with the early days of
the Continent, are of peculiar in-
terest to visitors. Annapolis Loyal,
Port Anne, and the fortress of
Louisburg acre among the car0-
fully preserved places where im-
portant pages of history were
written. The Paric at Grand Pre
shores 111e land or I,nngrollow's
Evangeline as it ry918 1n the dale
or the Acadfaus,
Nova Scotia bas still further
appeals to the visitor• -good rail: -
Ways, modern roads, and splendid
Motels where provision has been
made for all types of enamor
short, Of these hotels, the best
known are Tbo Pines at Digby,
open from June 24 to September
14; Cornwallis Inn at W.entville,
open all year; and Lakeside Inn'
at. Yarmouth, open from June 28
to September 8.
The pie.tures above, top row,
left to right, show; A visitor
examining lobster pots dmvu by
the docks; the Queen of the Anna-
polls Valley .Apple Blossom Pea-
tival; au ox, the beast of burden
common to the Maritimes; and
the Canadian Pacific Steamship
"Princess Ilelene," which oper-
ates a regular schedule across the
Bay of T''undy between Nova Sco-
tia and New Brunswick, Loft to
right 10 the bottoffi row are soon
Port Anne, Lwangeline's Churolt
at Grand lire, and a wharf -side
s0one,