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'6lirlteting Grain 'V i(huu1 Gambling
on Prices.
"There 14 nlurn It'auubla in 0 bu::hel
of wheat. than :anything I know of,"
said a farmer who belongs to one, of
the 1e• -operative growers' 1 100(a-
tiunr, "especially when it goes
through the natural channel of 'trade.
where 0 dozen men decide its destiny
and price; men who never did a soli-
tary thing to produce it, and to whom
no one, farmer or consumer, owe a
profit."
f:athelias gealn gruwere have,: been
doing big things through co--upera-
tietl. They have the tu,rrld's greatest
farmers' co-operative enterpri•le:
the Grain Growers' Company, of
Manitoba, and the Alberta Farmers'
('o --operative Elevator Company join-
ed hands after it was foreseen thiat
they could do team. Work profitably,
and formed the: most powerful grain
eschunge, ecitirely- in the hands of the
fatlmers,
The company, now known as the
United Grain Grower,' Ltd., has more
than thirty-five thousand sharehnld-
cre, assets of $6,000,000, and a turn-
over hast year of $100,000,000, It
operates nearly four hundred grain
elevators, (wo hnudred and fifty flour
warehouse,, nearly two hundred coal
sheds, two fern nal elevators, two
101p10100nt. warehouses, and .a large
timber mill. It also owns a large.
•under tract which supplies 100,1001
. the company's shareholders a1(1
ether 100010)' in Canada. More
than ere thousand people: are emlli0y-
ed by 1.1.11 great farmer,' concern.
Thee figures a+•F. lac.;• impre.tive
',alien tee. remember that the Hen hog
.men Werkiug only eleven year:. And
of 1he 1efeeeit ((;11:(00. aero e Of wheat
now i,a \Ce.,t,trn Canada, more than
two- t hi rde yell conte seder co -opera -
tie" rota -1e11, }.1 that yOU (111 (101: thea0
hien have 1+11)1 ire nin0 the wrinkle(
cad, (1. the l'•ai17 ,'re.wn00 1•0sinez1 lit
Canada.
\\'ire peg is 1he an West primary
'train r el:mire in the world. More
than •'7•"11)00,000 bushels of wheat
are handled each year. 'Railroads
111,0) the great wheat -growing sets-!
0201:, connect 'Lith the Large elevators,
Th, Grain Dealers' Exrhaoge. was
the first organization, but in duo tint01
the farmers discovered that Lhey,
were neither receiving t'r:tighe scr-1
vice nor prices they elt0nid. Low
?trios were paid at country points!
and there ecce mane complaints of
under -weighing and heavy dockage
charge,. Abases grew until the
farmers realized that. salcaation lay
In organizing to handle their own
p('o 1000,., They successfully oeganiz-
ecd tree egeociatduns, in the three
wheat -'iron -lug provinces.
Local associations were the initial
orget:teations, leen joining into
large associations, the object being
a combined plan of action. They
learned how to get together, work
together, and then how to stay to-
gether. The organization aimed to
influents legislation to bring about
improvement in marketing, grading,
and transportation of grain. Anoth-
er work was the promotion of ad-
vanced and improved methods of
grain culture, seed selection, pur-
(•1latse of supplies, and distribution of
'Preclude.
lIp until the joining of ]lands, the
Grain Grotrore' Company had the
grefteet siilceess. It was organized
with the idea of soaping a company
which shoodd
obtain a seat on the
Winnipeg Grain Exchange, and act
as u commission agent for consign-
ments of grain, either domestic or
foreign. It die} its first work in 1005
with some. forty stockholders. It
gees, and the following year 1' seat
to the Grain Exchange was purchas-
ed for $2,500, and a line of credit
eslltbidslned by. the joint signatures
of graita growersr Pew things in
conection with bu:iinees farming are
more interesting than the starting:
and growth of this association.
The organization started in debt
.conn the very nest, began with lead-
ers t"ithtnit previous experience, but
who hard depended upon a middleman
for all their sales. Heavy competi-
tion, ofttimes unfair, forced by or-
ganized interests, was waged againsti
lite -e grain growers, who had a big
vieim4:.of better thing,, If there I e
was am), obstacle that the gram deal-,
ors faked to put in the way of these
men, .t1 Wal• because they didn't think'
of it. ,Rut the old prophecy, "right
rules might," came true in the ease
of the feigners,
The organization' prospered, be-
eoning the largest single factor in s
handling grain in the Winnipeg Ex-
change, The secret of its success
Iles in the very fact that its members T
lung loyally together- in the face of 1
COLD -WEATHER ?LAYS OR LITTLE ONESt � '
,.1' r
-1'•I::.1, 61' I.at 111 1 \ ' 1 r 1 I.i , 1 el t, i,:,l a�'� '.1
d:f t1 lit (.iv i,, 0 t ..euro 1 n 1111' mod, profitable ntikc(s l'01' eggs and
111)11 11'' :.1111'it 1. i lie 1•ery 1 ir01111)5
climates that o t,00d Many Mat 110%,
Will fiat 1111111. Lilo out - 1 1,,,;. ,. }1.r
adh:, 11ht0 0round in t .111• r 171,v•.
• Phis to tele true thee•• tit:y are apt to Intl' 11701 tud 11.1-, , artr•,1 �1a11 11
P ry l p-rr>;, rho 11nd 1111'
THE 'MAPPER,
,•hili of 1111 •,t 1h° X111 rejoice: in (1041101 pall trc. 0011, .Land },rredinit -.
1t:1 ilia' ih.tn on a '•u;d -.141,•.'0 d .ir1.1 feeding problem, a; s•e11 or; iit(e.
I
Ibl oa„h ,+ 1Ilcit \\ iem 0 a 111) I,t (1110, Nal l 1'r the ielei111 They
!.now that 111 pr.,elite:inlr 'tpre-
!
1,.1 0:: 0 i e }t' dna r•1' dolt• to }
al ringil O t,uttor,:, r: i, a u11 11.'13' till well -1,1 ( fleet: me the advantage,
c1 I1
linea tree, 1. tht I,.1 ese .Las ,1 email
'I'hc "g!t• t ode v; 111 pay fur X n•t7 r' 1,
1tanlu 1'i , q ( e e _ : •t
1 it rh IY (., e•zi !4.,5 I%'
1
F� S
y ,�
•I
sal 1.,. a •1!
X t.,at,' 81,1 („,,• .1'.t, i„ which'the •stn^ .hall,• size awl color, and! - `- •
( tine lot n U , t i , u ,Y fon foe ,
"it 1”" l dl:-• an,. t 1 : 1 1n 4111 ; 10'71' tt 1 r-rrn=r 0 h ,uc-.I
1 11' 1a' ln0ther con- 1 r '
Market.
hru,r•rgJr,;; u. ,,, to unaee talc:•
• rewo ('1 in fu•oportio,t to the amount
of grain shipped by the grower. 'Pius
Exchange objected, advising that 11.
was :',meat the}r 1•ules, and t1', k the
. seat in. the Melee away from the
fai mere. Thi:; would have left the
I company without revenue, 'Land W0;Il(I
(00(81 10 hong ltbnut curly ruin, as
they depended upon their cu01(11(-loll
110)' their life.
The grain grower:: knew chat th(:y
were face to face with a crisis, The
Exchange was; the only market for
grain, and while_ the co-operative
I manager (0,,'1„11' an meters market.,
buyers plainly advised hem that he
must belong to the Winnipeg El.
change before he could be recognized.
Did :01y' farmers ever face mare direct.
iniluenee or mere powerful influences
ag•:ihlst }Pira enjoying' just privileges?
Tho grain growers' manager return-
ed, -called his aides together, and an
appeal we: made d'irect to the Mani-
! tnba Prot'ievial Government, asking
:it to compel the Grain Exchange to
raitn:date the company's member. The
:influence of thousands of prosperous
grain growers Was sufficient. The
legislature took the farmers' side and
.threatened to revoke the charter of
the Exchenge if it refuse,. to recog-
nize the farmers. Promising to
abandon the "patronage dividend
:plan,' the growers again became
members in April, 1007. •
A bleeeing in disguise was the fail-
ure to pay dividends as intended. If
it had carried out its original plan,
the Crain Gra-were' Company would
no doubt have paid out all of its pro-
'
-
fls as dividends without building up
a much needed reserve fund, At
first the profile were generously
divided. The first year there was a
seven per cent, dividend; the see-
' 0nd year forty per cent., and so on.
While the original subscribers to the
company paid in cash only $7.50 for
• shares, these are to -day valued at
1 about $30 each, At the end of, the
third season, dividends paid were
equal to the original amount paid
for shares. Without co-operative
effort, all these dividends would
have gone with an increased amount
into the hands of the middlemen and
the growms would have been under
the thumb of men who did not care
about the future predactlon .1 the
wheat belt, save as it increased pro-
fits.
The g,'Owers appreciate that the
life of the great grain industry de-
pends entirely upon co-operative ef-
fort and they have. never cashed their
checks for their first dividend, hitt
have them framed and hung in thei
parlors, and proudly point to them
to all visitors, as a monument to the
faith of a band of farmers, who built
a great and profitable industry upon
their faith in each other.
A. powerful reserve fund .was built
up, which gives the farmers' co-
operative company added power
throughout the nation, The money
taken from the earnings has enabled
the company to enter into various nc-
tivities, such as providing coal. lum–
ber, and other supplies; buying fruit
for members as well as operating
grain elevators. In these activities
the farmers were able to succeed,
whereas other interests failed. The
members appreciated that the success
of their business depended upon hold-
ing together, Lesson II. Moses The Leader of
Before many months the Winnipeg Israel—Exodus 3: 1-4.
Grain Exchange became alarmed at Golden Text, Heb. 3: 5.
its lessened business anat h in-
creased
the n
crearsed sur plus o the Grain t
f Cran
Growers' s
1 3: 1-12 "Keeping n the flock
p gof
Exchange, every dollar of which re- Jethro.' The priest of Midian 15
presented the cash that the dealers also called Itonel in 2: .18, and probe
had pocketed at the expense of the ably, like the Sabaean priests and
grain grower. In 1909 the Winni- kings, had actually two names,
peg dealers suspended operations on "Horeb" was also called Sinai. It
thee commission basis. The co- was a "mountain of God," that is, a
Operative organization transacts its sacred place where there was prob-
husinoss as a regular commission I ably an ancient altar or sanctuary.
Or it may have been so caliecl b* Che
third), (111 aloo,11 1.ny' .,s1nng day iu
'41(10.0, lit. f, children, i1• 10111111)
1111.0 1, '4,71 bot lit far mug: lie (a
L1 i. lc, rump°r1:, (u•ti01 half.huur';.
runniest' and jumping. than city 11110: 1
do in their swathed, mu(,11111', 1'1 tt-
ince in Is lathy cacrriag:•. Au,1' when
really 1.1(1 weeth,, dt•ic.:. them in,
11...hould do uuy ::4hlom, the country
11(010041 hair a great ata '•Gilt ,t7/' in
spat's, oi-er the ('11y one. deur than
M about a farm ue;lrl,y always (00111,
cornet,- n woodshed. a corrcr of the
barn, tat :(tl:i, or (1n i.11ataed mom
where. the little fulke may rump anti
p!•uy a")1vc17/. ll" 11eces.a,1y' 1117
:.a",1,l '11'le t'o(,m 1.1 better used for
thi:' purpose than kept in. idle clmpti.
nes?. And all the varieties of hand -
wore are r(.sourees foe rainy datyl.
1 For, (w the children •uivanck, be -
I yond real babyhood aul the meee
neer! for constant romping and
climbing and running like little ani-
mals, their inat!n:Lise desire to lige
their hands increases, enc} this is an
instinct which (hnui(1 be encotuaged
in every pose::111e, way. Just as the
wise mother s •-es to it that they are
provided when. ladies with ample
chance to roll and }tick and tumble,
so when they are older she is never
more pleased than when they are doing
something with their hands; she hes
all around her ample material for be-
, ginning this handiwork. A pan of
beans or shelled earn, with a wide-
mouthed bottle and a spoon, will keep
a two or three-year-old happy and
absorbed for a long time. A pack
of cards to he shuffled or used to
' build houses le another "plaything"
which does not need to be specially
bought. A pan of bran and a hand-
ful of clothespins occupy even a
baby of fourteen months as he pushes
them into the elosely parked bran
and pulls them ant. A big rag doll,
the size of a small child, is easy to
make and stuff with cotton. All
children love a big doll of this' sort,
and delight to dress it and undress,
it in their own clothes. They learn'
in this way to handle buttons and but-;
ton -holes, and' to master the difflcul-1
ties of shoes,' and belts and sleeves.
A new corn -cab pipe and a small'
howl of soapsuds means harmless.
fun for the five-year-old, which is al-
ways watched with rapture by the
littler ones.
And then there are bineks, which
need not at all be bought from a
store. A father with a plane and a
saw can plane a couple of two -by -
f0110 sticks and in about half an hour
make as many square or oblong blocks
(2x4x0 inches is a good size) as any
child needs to play with. These large
blocks not only cost practically no-
thing, but are much better for the
children to use than the smaller ex-
pensive kind that are sold; and the
set will outlast a family of most
strenuous children.
deetee"
161ETA:Wt:)I3PIEO:,'AS ,
ti
"Sinea the Ucg!rml:hlg of the 0a+aat
tvol•l1 conflict I have ubserve,i in the
•:dally life of many of me ateln:riin-
ttJn"(':; whet might be termed a rum-
utile uuu : my i 6nf f i plet,. metctn1 rphu_1.." (01111 1111. Fathead
31017/00, Who 11:1.(0 Wuit.itig his turn at
', k
.pj ' the 111 t.k;ma:h':o 0110p an -a rainy day.
ff "`1) have 1, r ' •lewd John Ellie
peimptle. John was not •chelarly III.e
"1u1 to rolled and pl..yed with on u' dee, .1,1 pouter - 111' :a uniform '_,,.or HonIn +
let ,r 1 y 1 repay:• Fur, for ill
' nets that INA/ command t,p Mice,!
i.
aptly re+nc•lt'ger that 'trey tun which 1„ f'.a.M 7, high •1a•+ 1 uu•t•;
is .1((1)1(1 1 t u 11g 10 h:.r 1, does with eg1;,. and dee :.d p•. u;; uuU•=-
n°, Only ma' the 1',1.1,1 4•es)py. but' 4t i" lura 't kuo4,1 JF'c at' rho 10'111
is of educall 1:11 value. I of 111e)Jiog 71w1 f ••10147 to ''1':1 1-
Oir Washuu' day a 8rd1•r., tae• p.: •ii let„ "1' ti e i arni
water :01.1 sense Lit' of clrt;l t, he' 7 aunere, c.,:'1 n,. •:,nl,nev',•1,1 pool
washed out t„• 1:.,,. ur1 11.•1', 0711.•,
will fill m:111y hapi.y tai-, , ' +: r �u:, k t•, .. 1
notes. The oilcloth 7,1,000. da a.t''hr tread 11 .o: 1.111..11 ..led so: ileal.
indispensable for tali: play as for the; 1010 , right to rm..,1
outdoor 11.aor play and for clay the 1, so0+t ru••- . t t• kind or p,o-
lltode)IIlg', This Ia:'1, is perhaps the' tate+•)- „e 11(1 t )i1rn:::}t. 1'• ,,r:y pro -
11104, eternally interesting 1, the iu-, test all we may, Lut ,c0, 11 the tr0t1c-,
door occupations fee little cllitueen.! Prcfeee 111,,1)•• :gee ,n,i ere ed b'cl:
If the clay is kept ore a bit of oil-- with white rh,s alit 1 it t' e 11111
cl,th on a low table, it is net en, x001114, tile 8114 wh,, hos them to soil
untidy element in a kit 11,,ti, I gets the highest priers for hie pre -
Mr, cerfgc„., 1. 1 h tor, t 11renat
e gu,11011, a11r1 he (7, ;r• e,, ,lr ,ed i7/10,1
ranee. "I 1100„ n•,1ic,•a 011 meta-
tnw'llhosir1 thee y,.0 p,- L of in a
' tvhu;e. lot of r:uo,'," he •1ntillned.
"Nor example, there i, Sera Parket
I Before the war began team tip-
, Ped the hales at a good two huedrlred and t wenty pound:. Ile was
what you'd call a hetivy f e,,er and
light w,rker. Terribly portioular
::bout what he had t;, cat! Price was
I no 61',(»ct; but if he tliu t t get the
• be -,t, here was rroeele, Last time I
: 1'w ;can he said he'd Arun': to -u
hundr01 and (-ig•hry-five. That was
,.. ,
4 l,ul s , ,c ea c c• he wasr fns"rviln�
awl „L lir, what, sus :et b frro him
and partly bee:wee since this work -
or-ti„ht idea :staged he'd been oxer-
; cis'n7 quite a good Ileal mire. And
he wasn't cumpl •roil„ • a het. He said
that. lie had alre ly s;11t10:el thirty
▪ flea pounds fur his country, and if she
wanted the other hu .11•ed and eighty-
• tive she vias welcome to it:.
f I l..” "Then there is Royal Landis. You
,.note what a candy he bas been all
1 iia life. 'dweis Iooked as if ho hall
J'list cones cut of the top -bureau
,
u a :a1 ar i he always kn w what was
the later tyle: too. 1 saw 1001 the
other day, ant 1 e was still trying tel
L keel' up n ith thef 1 1,111; but the
way he did it_ war: by wearing 1, last
end year's :ant patched hoots.
y tr n tiv .,.1 d
"Tholl 10;.: ;ft� all this : v1':s.t.'h g:
h used to be 1 ; that when P001i1e1 had
made 4)lie eel:irieuti„n they'd eel -
11 .r aU t 11:71(7/ ':,,al. lone reel- )10'
1„, nr,:ar,g 10tl.cr. •ileo already
l: ie; n about 7111 !bat my mill's._ will
V%relig teethe of aloinnin
'retch i n, and drying pelts "au=c,
the to of thousand. of 41111ar t,
n per•, urory ,-ear. The right 101:
I t110d>1 00 fo}low• are juot aE: (..tsy if y,i
!crew them -and here thee are:
I :iitiuning• methods are of two kind.:
' e.,ime” anti "open," (':-bead- mean.
I ie:Oleg til Ash) off w,h,''. Opel
lin0a0, ripping 10" --1.ua mewl( the heli;•
Animal tu:ll l.,uld U0 ell.'"d tar,
the fo•1:iulllg'. 311n':, 111111'%t, w:a•tts.•1
I opo=sets, fox, Iiah(1', :1114(11, civet
mu-0gal, wild cat, otter. lyee,
and wolverine. Open eicinn 1'g shrud,
be alseil with coon, "a•ige•, besot lir
, bear and cougar.
' The following skies, before they Us.
come too tiny, eheeld be. tnrned •int
side out for -'.hipping: Fele, lynx, fish
1'r, wolf, 1110,•'1'0. wolverine and wit•
cat. Leave the other., which at
c a+cd, pelf .de out.
'1' , case a slain, eat from the root o
ti:c tail down the inside of each hint
le., to the foot. Then pull t1) stat
c 1ra,fully o•vei the body' and head
`I'1:,. fail dioald r. _ 0101)'-1 anti the.
U n:, I• ,r:,0v,t:1, 011 •<pt for moek(a
1 end "11 e..ani. These two 07)1) t1'' rut
l off (14 tiny are t,urthle,i,, Skin-
ning 0.0 mak, (trifle -L. by ;u,neleling the
e:u•casa f1 .n 4010 thing, t1,7rir illi.
Uy 1)1(eang of strong cold tied
around 0' hint leg;. Draw flu
sail' from t ' front legs, t -tl coif
the ears --downward toward toe 11:•01
Cut the 011111 1'111+e .(1)1,10 the nee(
awl eggs.
Irl 11.111.4, 1111 Ppe 10117111!, '. I t Un(
1101/10 of ,jaw to vett also deem 1 a
hind 101;, and in:,lda of front h:,i'
Lynx, mntmtain 11011, bear---0110011-era
taluni,le for 1'117.3 o1' 1a10i1nt:I:,**,
should !,e Ocier,ell on the legs clear
t0 the toes, leaving th• ":.+. 1 atriclt
ed. Smaller enim•il: i s la. t le only
.i, furs, may have the. 117/4 (41 off.
Be sere to clean evert• 111 o] feel/
and fat from the skin, t::;n; exhretue
(..10 to avoid Luang
Steel stre.,'he witi.•li ea h, 111)
in just t110 r;ght shape 1,•1 ditfercut
skins, give ).00 leo, results. If you
do not use the,e, and do 11.00 know
from experience the shape a1111 size
to make hoard serarhers, by all
1110071(0 write to one of til, 01g fur
h meee for lefoluseteme. In:peeper
1'i retehilag nese :nuke Din; eh:1)11
l aluele ss.
When the .k:ns are (a, the etre •h-
ere. put them In 11 cool, dry place --
never in the :tin ,:r nee): the fire. Dry
them just enough to pre•; est shrink-
ing aul wrinkling, If yltu find that
at ,,kin ha0 Merano: 100 ch•y to turn,
soften a little with a clamp cloth.
But he, sure to let till dampened spots
dry oat borers. shipping.
Do not use patented preparations
fee c•u1•inr,--just the 11ateral drying.
This (natter of preparing skins is
extremely impq••talt and 1t will mean
many more dollars in your pocket to
secure some trapping Leek which goes
int° full detail about. it. Or, at .ug
geste..l, write to a fur house for in-
formation. They aro interested in
Vetting furs 01 perfect condition and
will be glad to tell yea hot'-.
A bele of dele,i corn cul. ene,n I Iucte:. ()creasionully '.0',r•: era (1011'''
' convert a free turner of U,, floss lntn 0:111'11 unit°rnti'y '.1' p'udac.•i ele':, n, !.
comruaud 101 prcir,inrn it r d ('rtes,
a farm with log c•ch}a house, railj 1
fences and Morns. Trees can be hit oven 1.101 the mie. el pro ha. -, ere
eimulated by twigs stuck into Lit.,°f I dhee:mnated agai11,t, It : 1:d use
clay to hold them upright, a1(] farm;
0) deceive our:Tire- 1' (11 the i•ic•a
animals can be rudely�fa.hioned out' that we can u,`ce d u F e tt tr 111g"
of clay', dusted Over tvr,h (1 meeti•- mires hr mixed , n-, n •'1 that au
('(1101i01" material to 1101. 1.111(0', sat meet t}ie' .l»maa.1 +:f the 11:11,•.
In
realistic Leena I b long a 1110 pi i ("nn: haat
for hroan hnrseo 11(110 ('0007;, chat•cnal, cha..pig a 1 l,romptig :) ,na 4000 -
far black animals an•1 then hr1••ed in' bred fl:,"), that pr, i rr, pro
the latches, oven to 111ake then! here', tincts it i, u: (...s ,o t ret= 1
lit ongrel e.
A rag bag into which the :hi 1e,nt titanl}ued n1': the flu,!: • ,t ,n'y in -
may dive and delve i, a 1100011,•'• ;lir, ,•r,•a,c(0 U;" 'il',, ,1 111' , and
rainy days, and if 1110 'nether is at d essed p 010ry. bat it opr, u), 00(1•
hluld to keep an eye on the 11-• p ,)hall" markets fur pr, Met,
anti tell what color, and r,nat of the flock. 10 } a to lee that
are, to sui:gest In.atrhing those color)' there ore more
c n1 - .lea;•
ane sluts';. which .arc id'enticel .to, =.hat, , ,`: , i
1 l•tl^lits' i },rode, .. t i t t. 7_ :Fro
to make agreeable , olnbhlatio111 with mixed ares. The ;vette,• 41': •.7th
oti o'is, rag -bag Haar / .a; elu.aoimlal a oroll-br^d fir..;; r ',St .71 :,.0 ., ca.
as any exe:el>e in a carefully Mil Pip:n e: Reel... ran . - .I :. < (,;�;• • el`i.
mnlea•n school. The ronn1ry m.,thee' dre.4.,e poultry. in th, -r -e
d l g m, h t :at
has hero again a great 1 valtio1^,•e • higher ori , r• a f.•,, for :.lugs
over many city mother; to that her at higher prie,-, t 1 ,, ••h 1.,1.
work is always at. !tome and of a' Urec r: young 0r., f. n''''''''"
nature �chiah allow.: lire to supervise, t and I'in' brrctii•r., 1 ,toric ,• lit^••'.a'
the ellIkit•ctt':a play withaat giving , and for }mender,. .11 1tor 1.1.11• uit11
up all her time to them. I a hexed flock 1111: r p,rtal:11y ,i: :,d1
Provision elmul,1 be made in t00.I eggs for f,,r,i otdy, ant young 16..1
case of little ('hildeeo for their desire 001 arcck for market. '111.: ,.10:, et.- j
to handle all But is of o1jeci':; the' ages le 11010' a h,:e the } le " ,' 'le '
desire which make:; them enjoy 1'O standardized iiuek a,1' ni i:.0.11 lit -
greatly a 101810ling in'er of mother's! (lu,•ement to %versant pusetry
workbasket. There is lie need to let' ke"per in ridding 11... plieni-c:' of
them upset that when there are in every mongrel bird.
i
every country hc,nsa such a vast To (t?,taro a fleck of t i_;ua• a,• h •as,
number of other articles which are unitetm In eelur of satin and 11lnl::,
not hurl. by baby hands ---•,(poem, 1}n eeeehli of emo:luting e nae::in1iim
pans, boxes, tongs, clothes baskets number of eggs of Ile, Senile• shape,
and darning eggs, Furthermore in. size and colo!', the farin,1• lies 0:11;;
stead of being t:tid, ''don't touch!" to purchase a breeding Pee of Uirel.
they should be encouraged to learn of some particular strain o1' It it• enei
!tow (10811y and competently to per- of the general pu1•poee; Canadlall
form such ordinary operational es breed's. One strain of tale breed;
opening and shutting drawers and :elected for its ability to producro
doors and boxes and gates, screwing egg's and caressed poultry should be
the tops on cans, ltangieg up clothes chosen for each flock, and that Boca('
and taking off rubbers, should never be contaminated h;: '
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JANUARY 12
merchant for its members, except, historian because of the vision of
that all profits are returnee. to the' God which came to Moses there, and
farmers. It charges one cent per; because of the fearful signs and por-
trushel on consigner) wheat. The I tents of the presence of God which
plan of the Grain Exchange was to: accompanied the second visit of
put this new company out of busi-1Moses to the mountain, as recorded
peps. Therefore, the Exchange of in chap. 19. The traditional site of
fered to handle wheat at one-half a, Horeb is in the heart of the pen111-
cent a bushel, calculating that the! sola, but some place it farther to the
farmers would fall over each other north x10) east. It was here also that
Elfish had his vision when h
in chasing a half -cent instead of a ngs
19ets the angor of Jezebel (1 Kings
sticking together. But 'these men' 19).
•ere the regular kind. They were "The angel -of the Lord." Several
pioneer settlers, who lead faced i times in the Old Testament Jehovah
rascals, and could see a little further, is represented by an angel. See
than a copper cent. 1 Exod. 14: 19; Gen, 21e 17; 311 11. In
When approached with the offer to' Exod. 23: 20°23 Jehovah says "My
sell out their organization, the hems! name is le him." The angel- is the
ers promptly refused. They told elle; mali'festatton of God, IIo Is Go0Ys
agents if• they could do business uch a rate ntra*, they must; have been Gael.
at agent�alriseveo etoowereheslvoica Of
The experience of Moses,
s:
change,
then deliberately in former however we may understand it, was
,years, when they charged more, unquestionably a very real and pro -
.he dealers became discouraged, and found experience. A bramble bush
eisbamled, leaving the growers to en -1 on the mountain side glowed' in the
discouragement:, They faced ruin a.tnd j
defeat, but would not see it, and even
advanced more money to save an
organ:deakien that gave every evidence
of not operating another day.
And the "Winnipeg Grain Exchange,
controlled be, grain dealers, did not
do 00)111 Lr, make the graingrower::
joyous. It was strictly opposed Ln
faemerei tn'Ranizntions, A. month
niter. the Crain Growers' Exrhnnge
J'ar'ed, a circular Was isaiod, de-
claring thole pia.0 tae pay what they
termed a "patroniage dividend," What
they meant was the' they would )nay
a fait rate of dividend to shaechol(1•
ers. and distribute 8117)1ila profits to
Oy prosperity unmolested, suulight as if touched by flame. Awe-;
Tlte'Grarin Growers' Company start-
ed in 1900 with $25,000 subscribed,
ant $51,000 paid capital, In 1909 the
capital subeeribed was $188,960,
while h 1 91 1 it was $(;16,000, and at
the opening of 1111' war this had grown
to $1,000.025, of Which $771,4119 had
been paid in. Dividends and earned
commission totaled nearly a quarter
of a million dollars for the same year,
all of which would have ,gone into the
•till of the middlemen without oc-
operative effort 01 force..
The enol of government is tat
p1iless of the people.
)1a}1s
stricken, Moses drew near then was
of God. In the depth of his soul s.,
reverently Gonsci•ous of the presence
voice sounded. It was God, his{
fathers God, who spoke and called •
him from the quiet of the wilderness'
to high service. - I
"Who ami that I should go?"
iklosee still makes excuse. He is no 1
longer a young roar, ancl' it is hard -
1r for a0 old mann to t'al'e lid) a 101W
taslc that it ie for a main in has yeuth..
The all -sufficient answer of God is,
"Certainly T will be with thee," Ago,
timidity, lack of eloquence or of
wisdom, la no longer 111 adequate ex.!
cuso. Helpless withont, with God
a Man may adventure all things. The
answer to Mases' mince, that he is
unable for, or unsuited to, the task,
is -the answer of an all -conquering
and unconquerable faith.
"This shall he the token" The
sign which shall he finally convincing
to Moses is that he shall lead Israel
to this same sacred mountain, and
that he with them shall offer saeriftee
and worship theca, Tltie, there-
fore, is the requeet which he makes
to Pharaoh when he returns to Egypt,
that he will permit the Hebrews to,
go into the wilderness to sacrifice to
their God (3: 18). And this seems
to furnish a reason why, instead of
takingthe t e straight road to Pales-
tine, Moses led the Israelites by a
circuitous and difficult route through
the rugged valleys of the peninsula.
3: 13-4: 17, Pour difficulties pre-
sent themselves to the mind of
Moses, and each is in turn removed.
God promises to he with him, He re-
veals Himself by a new name, he re-
ceives power to work signs which
shall be convincing, and he is promis-
ed the help of his brother Aaron.
Moses fears his otvt1 wealcness, his
lack of the power of eloquent speed',
l that• the people will not believe
him, or will not believe that it is in-
deed their fathers' God who sent him.
But now, without further excuse, itn-
polled by the divine voice that will
not be silent, he gives unwilling con -1 And having consented he acts!
with promptness, with courage, mull
with resolution. If ever again he;
falters in his great task he is 00 -
'minded of the experiences of this'
vision and of the assured' promises
of his God.
Grow Roses.
r h ]
Ere ono s ou d celebrate the res
Y
e e
newel of peace by planting hoses,
they will grow anywhere in - Canada
if at little attention is given them;
curiously while Roses imported from
our Allies, and neutral countries
bloom for a season or two, it is the
Roses of England, that flourish and
bloom from .year to year. British
Roses in British soil.
Then Things Looked Blue.
A wife whose husband is on active
service presented him with a bounc-
ing baby boy, when the war looked
good fora long time. She wrote to
ask him when he should got 101000,
and also when the war would be over.
His reply wits as follows:
".Dear Luey,---I don't 'snow when
I shall get leave or when tbo war
will be over, but if the baby should
bo called up before I get leave, give
hint a parcel to bring out to nae,
Your lm'ing husband, 1317 T.."
mixing with an,,' other train 0:
breed of fowls. All the f,,wle of,
one particular strain will lay eteg:e-
that will be very much glace in :e
and color; when- dressed 1'111• market
the fowl will be alike, and no pouts'
try products command a better pru'ej
in the market. than fowls of uniform`
color of skin and shank., and eggs
of the same eine, shape and 0011'1..
Thus by standardizing his flo:k the'
poultry keeper will increase the effiel-1
ency end profit -earning powers at
least twenty-five per cent, and at the;
same time provide hiscu Lean is with
the highest quality of poultry and.
eggs,s,
Crocheted Ruching,
Talce a piece of linen tape thirteen'
or fourteen inches long and some No. i
60 thread. Paten the thread at ones
end of the tape. Make •t chain of 1,1
catch into the tap with i double;
crochet near where the thread was,
fastened, chain 2, 1 double ((rocket jut'
the distance from the first double 1
crochet that the 2 chain will reach
without drawing the tape, and con-,
tinuo to the end of the tape. Chain
1, tura, 1 single crochet under 2 chain,
chain 2; 1 single crochet under the
same chain; repeat to the end of the
tape and fasten the thread.
This 0'11'00 a serviceable and inex-
pensive ruching; it can be washed
many tines.
Why the Editor Left Town.
It was because the following items
appeared in his paper:
"Mrs, Thomas W. Johnson read an
article for the women's club entitled,
'Personal Devils.' Seventeen were
present."
"Mr. John Crouse shipped a car-
load of hogs to Toronto one day last
week. Three of his neighbors 'vent
In with him to make up the load,
MRRWE`HR'S
ENGLISH ROSES
.111 orders IN eh rut b 111'" rettri1
ary tat will be 110'1'. r=11 shoal
April 1st.
Catalogues tree o10 apy1it;17 1,1
M. A. 13R
24.26 Wcll}ngt-,n St. West
PHONE M.3480 - TORONTO
aZEILl lt:`r aia,1?I
HI AM JQl�a�SON, L T L .
Tb . (]d est esisUli.l:e
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Raw Fur Dealers
In liulatreal
HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID
Satisfaction guaranteed to 100150^0
.11 0 St. Pttitt :,t. Vl'est,'leen f l'enl
The iiigheunt Price
ME?YOVR a 16A' FURS
tlS
to us, 1)11 clatter what Quantity. We
pay the highest price, also express
charges.
Try mice and you are assured of
satisfaction.
ABBEY FUR COMPANY
310 91, Pea1l W. Montreal, P.Q.
rie1rror- r. Batik of Rechelatra, 8G
Homy
M•1 1 1i -.,;.,Woos for ire ysars,
Send your
428
at. Paul St,
West
MONTRCAt.
Being tutattloelorors awl noE buying to 51'.
5611 we nlway5 nl1llre the Entreat tradi"a and
the highest market taloa. Quick relates!.
No 0010 1131 ;1111k(1 but we guarantee to
hold your akin *0011,11)41 until you Accept
or roue' our offer, s0
allow, , 11111 •„'all 4,:y, perhaps ye.
ler d. -),tar 001 a,t 1t'o
had ,,i11 -.i with a ye 11• or 1111,• ago;
11:11 he wo.0! 01).,040 g'rie'ved at
your 011(111 f a” Ural :jail a .111715001p -
Con paper alfai11. 11111' 111)44 tk9se
;ulnar pcop,r al!) stand being can -
0 -1)1/c0 again x;)d agaM in ail these
d+::1'•: ; and t 111 oftener you pump 'ens
t}.: 41-- it sem., t: come. It's
luai-, , lhaa's what it ie, it'e emas-
int;.
Ilut I must tell yes( About my
'Uncle .'1_o, that iice., avoe to Bay -
per.," John continued, with at chuckle,
I Leon's know but v:hat I have seen -
mime 121e1 who were as cluee me
Uncle Asa, but not Inane; eel I cer-
tainly never knew one who had such
a prejudice against. taxer, 111 any
form, or who would try -o hard to
'01'1/zle out of paying, 'east.
1 "I dropped in on Uncle Asa w11e11
1 W114 over lit B:lypnrt last week, and
1 found hila just 1ealing up a letter
that he was going to get the postman
to lake. I happened to notice how ie
was addressed, and I say ni, 'Why,
Uncle Asa, you've got n. three -cent
,tamp on that letter, alai 1-i(aypol't is
within your load post-otfiee delivery.
1 A two -cent stamp would hese carded
it.
"He looked „ little ats,1%sscd for at
nlinete, and says he, 'I clean -forgot
ebnnt that. Anyway,' sues Ice, 'it. was
t111 Only -tante I had:
"'Well,' says Aunt Judith, '1
guess s I can .001118 it off, and yott (•a10
Lake 111e letter to the post office your-
-elf and get yon!• two cent stamp. I'll
set the t akettl light en,
"Then [)role Asa . add something
that surprisA1 lac. On ill,* whole,
£
don't.
1 w bet weet it seas she
-1 metamorphosis
t,n ri
-- remarkable 1 1
th,11'' 0107101711,(t
"'No,' ,ays Pogo Aga. 'I'll let it
; go as it ie. I dor t iniad the extra
cent as long as it is the gororntneet
that get. it.'"
I HUN :MISRULE IN POLAND
Closed Factories and Forced Workmen,
to Serve in Prussia.
The special correspondent of tate
London Times, telegraphing from
Warsaw a picture of the lite in Poland
under German rttle, says:
"The story of how the Germans set
systematically about ruining Poland is
a long one, but one instance may suf-
fice for the present. The Germans
wanted workmen and. the Poles Mata
workmen. The question for the Ger-
mans was }tow to get them. For
valueless motives they ordered the
010sing of numbers of factories. This
threw the workmen out of work.
"The national societies tried within
the measure of their means to aid
these unemployed, then the Germans
stepped in, saying that to prevent doe
liberate pauperism they could not allow
relief to be regularly distributed to
the unemployed, 13y the German law
there must be to unemployed. They
would give them work in Germany.
"Thus they obtained and forced into
service something like 500,000 Poles
in ammunition and all manner of fac-
tories and works in Germany. They
are now being set free in Prussia and
Miser states while the Ptussiane
cllucicln at the thought of this 110(05 of
men turned leoell ou Gel Palish labor
murex1, where the Germans, having
destroyed all feetet•ies, there is no
work for the ramming men,
"They picture how, in default of
work, these men willturn ee 110001'
unrest aril then to Bolshevism and so
bring Pol.und's new state to the
ground in disorder."