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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1927-3-30, Page 6WEIJN1*3J)AY, :STARCH 30, 1927, anada's THE SRU SEL POST ,•wo.,uw..w.�.,wow.,nw.�.w.�...,..-w-.�,...•.. est iano ----Prices from $3751.00 up TERMS TO SUIT ALL I)er not vt'P4te' tint" solvit ` len: glee lent get touch W:1.11 the old vet>alrlisiet r1 ant] reliable• limn and(:t Tull \'Aire i,lr }(rear nu+tit}. yi Ontario St. Phone 1; I Strati(lyd 1. .,.W. +PP luuutl ar d 1w:tetu:d student of . (:pS L F:4 "f r%a�S Moderate � t , t lire:, lee ,,io; Pred ager erlp happy in the pleasant home v: eieh was his amidst the broad fields and tiny plots which represented this rt.r l:: and his stair were ntakiu, the provincial farm to mak(, riculture more of a science at)(1 less of a g:mnbha Suddenly tie leas a poltichr, meth all entirely tow yet of n ter.::ete. He had to wor} about tl(-e.. ion.e. major- ities ajorities and dicisimie; above debts told tax rates and liquor legislation. It was a ttesk for v1dc'`1 11. had n) speeial training, an(1 little natural aptitude. His scholastic path had taught him nothing eimut elections tend the ways of pol•tieian: 11k quelifieatione :ousisted of a spotless reputation, 0 t•Onse'iti•r(ti0U8 desire to take the course whle•it was best for Manitoba,. s willingness to learn this new trade, and a stock of caution, ( rage and emanon -sense which was the hrracy of 111. Irish -Canadian forbears. Premier Bracken lacks all specta- cular qualities. He is not what is teired 0 "good mixer," In the be- e.',• ung he was somewhat naive and o•. trustful, and his reaction to the. p.e ] .;.-tlods of Manitoba's Hin- t, ee n, after he became Prem - i _ ht election to the legis- ), h:. Pas. amazed and amus- te• hard-boiled old-timers. He had The Political Progress of Hon. John Bracken t By V. M. It is 11 curious fact. and not bite- - out historical interest, that the I'ro- grresive Movement throughout Can - edit, emerging almost ovt•rnigh( into ;es full growth, found iself plsc+ ce.l- iy without leadership. Such was the etuation in the federal field, :Led ir, Ontario and Manitoba—Alberta had 11. W. Wood, a hoot :n hints„!'. Pee- eresivian in its early loop 'n . fer- vent days wee without head t,n•l :11- 711ost without form. It, iaaii, were mostly privates. It had .tin past: there had been no time to doNlot, leaders in the total ways of poliai- e•:d parties, But there w'as a present ivhioh had to be looked after. Manitoba, one gathers, had no overwhelming detestation of the old parties, and certainly no insp>r(d ,•adiealisnl, when in 1942 the ,tr-.ern- me•nt of T. C. Norris was overturn - cal. Mr, tiorris was personally high- ly popular, and ns tit„ successor to Sir Redmond Roblin ho had cleaned ep the Parliament Poii !n scandal. There was no very serious criticism oT dt;- adniiii1stt•ation. The Censer - native party had not emerged from the weed:wee of the srcat ecandal. and it tie, 10 co 11,77:1; h.- n the idea of the 1 nivel Farmers that they should run some eand±a rtes and try to el- ect enough of them. to 1'•00viil a healthy opposition. 3luch to their own euepriee, and the eetrpri-,• of ev- 'IVO,:• ere, they had . mejoeity t„ ` the new legislature. The formers hall no healer and , !her:. was t great slkireei shires• about 10 Met 31rentie1. It iet probable that Mr. Norris could have rontinued in office with the new pcatth behind hint had he leen so ioi lin•: d, and this pos- e 'hiiit, was disci,. •1 but r ,thin• ! came of it. The members -elect met in :emcees and presently came the an- i nounc,env•nt. that John Iiracken, iii^ineipal of the ere -elm -1.d Amrievl- tur:d College, had been chosen to head the gee,=tnmeut. H. continues to lead it, and t1 1. r a;e he le to keen --and to likely to e iy -t1)•:• re- emdo:_,hon of the eeople, \Ir. Ile eeltee nevo heel been a politician, Ho had toe'n•n ea part in 1 pnhlir life, Hie ambitions ley In an• " ether direction, A lifetime was well nceu*,kid, in 11i, opinion. if it herded eon:. little bit to the predurti.•ity of the ,cit. Ho knew mid loc. ri the 00. tun! ph sisal land of Manitoba. He had surveyed it and sindied !t as a SI'I 111 (rep. All of this made for a elere orderly and contented state of mind mid made that much easier the problems of the government. '(1111� t al) t::t i411•04.s emeie m,ie•i 4( i!u r etIse ole l :c,I:is ste.mettaip \I* inthu. recent - ie. t, ,.,• 1 he 1 is iq , „n e,' tlPc•-,tr• e'e 1.tp t1 tits Majesty keine, (nen ,. • V. Ali WAND"... roonrds WON` shattered rret•lttle' when le. Tat elm. beat .1:q) 1111000 1 i ,cse , o Se r, pl.t t •, 011 the Cana- dian Pat i is course 1.1111111(8," veer- ed a eel, 10 one :wire in OPP r:r'•ul Of leer' 11•1 •hi (:11-11(111, flute.+. 1!0.. Li::d was obtained at the fifth hole width is 118 yards, and the second at the sixteenth hole, which is 210 yards. During the month of January of the present year automobile Dream: - then Iu Canada ]las increased PS per cent, over and above the production for the corresponding month of past year, being 15,576 cars, as compared with 7,752 for the previous year, Al- most half of the ears produced were for export. according to the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics. c. In memory of the late Col, George H. Ham, of Montreal, dean of railway publicity men in North America, a beautiful memorial porch is being erected over the door of St. John's Church at Whitby by the memhers of the Women's Canadian Press Club. The late Col. Ham died in Montreal on April 16 last, 1. u•1) the whole technique of goy- : eent, and perhaps it was well for 1 chat the opposition which Mr. ;;ave him was tolerant and . ••standing. His colleagues in the ministry, with the exception of 1:, W. Craig, his attorney -general, •a.•,•.:• :0.1.. to !rive hint Little assist- enee. They, like the t'rentler, had eorre etrnight front the farm to tho`r i.trehogeev eines in Winnipeg, and to: -v tee heel their Monad full in I:evei'.110: the detaile oi' their,.lenurt- merte. The • nett• udmini •tratinn began e:th ee weed t'.d goodwill. The radical ,lernents as represented ix• the. Lab- or 2-0103( in the legislature, was more :mien than intpnrtcrt. For the rest. notli'1,•;' was exnecteli hut ordinary ewe., well balanced government, and th :t l: what Manitoba has re.ce•i'(e:1. No eueh critical situation had de- veloped :onang the farmers of Man'- toba a, followed repeated crop fail - in parts of Alberta. Their de - mantle and their expectations were far more restrained than were those of erne of their western Matinee. There were limits to their con': eptinn of what the goverament could, or should. do for them. Generally they practised what Premier Eraeken al- ways had preaehrd—mixed farming --and were less at tie mercy of a > ICA •i,..... New This (Ve1-l err rt taa1; of the businese Man 111 0)114 that Aiveetleine earl nt0Bt hili• ciently perfume Arlvertisipg i 1 THE 11IiC'r+;)ELS DOST would (Dory any message yell ChiSire into eyes;y homes in this community. It would eprenil the "news- about new merchandise., special stiles or hew store policies linirkly t1n(1 tliornngltly. Tithe a , kindly interest h' telling the "buyers" -o t.bis town what yon have for loth• that 11 of serVi2O to ,tl-tetn and • yon will win new ('ustOtner1 t•.Attet(tn fly. NOMMONTS 6 ��E Nara, Japan. —Eleven passengers on the Round -the -World cruise of the Canadian Pacific flagship Em- press of Scotland squeeaed through et rectangular hole in a pillar just behind the colossal image of Buddha in the Datbutsu Temple here yester- day, thereby achieving, according to ancient tradition, the short road to Paradise. %be Board of Control at Toronto have formally accepted the offer made by Sir Leicester Harmsworth, English Baronet, of Mournier's por- trait of General Jelin Graves Sim- coe, after whom -the County of Sim- ooe was named. General Simcoe set up his first government at York, now Toronto. The painting will be hung in the Toronto City Hall, al- ready adorned with a collection of historical paintings recognised as one of the finest of its kind is America. "Ave atque Vale" (Hail and Fare- well), echoed through the austere precincts of the Canadian Pacific Rahway offices Board Room in Mont- real recently, when the Westminster Boys Choir, 1n token of their appre- ciation and thanks for the caro and the thought taken in their behalf during their 6,000 -mile tour of Can- ada which they completed on ;larch 10. when they sailed on the C. I'. liner finnt:clone, sang a parting song 10 Latin for F,. W, Beatty, chairman and president of the Company, in whose: caro they bad made their memorable journey. ,heir i• c .l et clot the tlovereol'- (s,1..1,t end Lady \ViIlinadou will be 1)e t 1: worn) welcome nft tite 0000- s'd n of their first t isit officially to \t: esto•n ttannt11, tu• malty 00111r)s thromet 0011Th they will pass aa•end- reedy ilreperfi;12 to receive them, ]'ivy e.ill 11.ave Ottawa by special :.uad':an 1'x(-17('' reran lfarrl( 11, and are e0'n.d111•:,1 to arrive at \'ancon-- vr•r \libel Leaving the littler city iltoy w(1' 1('1) 011 111 Victors: the sc.11)'' 11.00011 and will spend a unapt, .d , 1., i(n(t)ng point, of Into test ea \ atcont,'r Tslnari, re - tin Mat.: To Vattiolt:,:r April I11. Purl, (.1-01. '1 sl.nrt trip lit 1 ng;hc,d em e :uu clt.tn t sett'i1 :Anti Toiee...eel, be0111e: . ,Ic:m idle, 1111ltnt, 13(.•0.. '1 Icor.(,•.) tel,•:rapt,i of the roti• wItY. t, rail i on , 1 s(( t1n 2 j, n. ,1,1 - + o in ta! (u ( Atli .u1 ata -(11 t i 1 n; -.I hint.; t ren t .1.,71,. , l i1 eototertion 0111 tic 1:, for t:,:. , . ,.. 4 t,. El ,,ll, . ••8' ., 0.10:4 ere -1 1I .rd ei::.•,0 0 le': tr1i: 'Cal, rat 1 :-..la 1 *1','). 1,04,,:-:;.I.: 1 ',•trail ,l, r:•1''1 •41 '' int „Iwo ,•:.4.1l':"1-.. 1.. , ,. .',cd tri odea '411,(•:).- .. , - • irlinll :m,1 v.4111 It• 1 t., ill:a 1...,at1y ,,11•ly p1) FLOUR TINS if cake tins are given to Burning• grease them with unsalted 'fat of some rind, and sift slightly with (lour before pouring in hatter. TO HEAT PLATES 'I'o heat dinner prldtes safely, hold them under the bot water :6aucet for a sem mintskes, throe dry at once. The old. method of boating in the oven will even'etlllly bring creelse and dieeolarataori, Forged Will tiete4111 By GEORGE ELMER COBB (CopylIslit, 3911 W. the 1Veotere Neves sever Union.) A young muni reflnnll In appearance and manner came slowly up the bill that brought the distant town of Win- ton in view. There was something sad amt sombre in his present mood, It seemed, for in a profoundly ne'dha• tire and dejected way lie Rept his eyes fixed steadfastly upon the•, ground un- til he reneised the apex of the hill, In the ilistanee was the:, tu11•n. C:onln¢ from its direction was a horse ami leder l•1'p1r0)• nearing the tally habitation 111'neat. proximity. "The Half Way house, and that is Mercy Langdon," uttered the man in great surprise and he started for- ward, reached the old structure In ad- vance of the girl on horseback, nodded gravely as she leaned from the sad- dle and clasped his baud with mani- fest warmth and feeling and he helped her dismount and silently helped her to a bench nn the dismantled porch. "We had better sit in the sbnde," he suggested, "She did not come with you7" and his eyes scanned the face of the elder sister of trio woman he laved, full of eager longing. "It Is better so, Roger," spoke Merry Langdon. "11 would he cruel to her, It could do you no good. You don't know how sorry I feel 'for you both," and the gentle eyes were filled with tears, "She has sent the letters and your presents," and Mercy extended a small package. The young man necepted it with quivering frame, drew from his pocket a siruilar packet, pressel his lips to it In a reverent way, and averted this face to hide his poignant emotion. The woman regarded hint pitifully no she said: "Don't take 1t so hard, Roger. If you had only returned six rnnntle; educe, as was arranged, as Gladys counted on. Your absence, your silence complicated to situation already bad end sad enough." "It was no fault of mine," declared Roger. "I had to stl,•k to my post in that far South American 10Uutry to protect the Interests of my employers. A lasting wet epee - prevented even the trausmi-ssion of tmail, But oh! iliercy, it breaks cry heart to realize that Gladys is eumnelio0, yes, forced to marry a man whom she despises. that I am doomed 10 lose the only woman I have ever loved." "And she loves yon still—and always will," said Morey. "Yon know how it all cacti about. Before nor t'ncle Robert Ward went to the far North to look after his mining Interests, his secretary. Alvin f;lcts:cner, a: yon knew, sought to win tllndys, (le re - tarried half a year 01))) with the story of the death of i'u,'le Robert in a snow•slide. It wes a 1o17l'ib1c' blow to all of us. The proof of Uncle Iteebert's deal h was very eireumsl'tnrlel and the 1010t accepted it as valid, Then Glass - tier revealed the last will of our Uncle. What baleful Infhience he permed Oren 001' relative I do not 11110w 111t the w•nl left his estate ,lnhrtly to Gladys and Glassoer, provided L'y nlat•ried." . "Yes. i have hear(( all this," ei,zh(ll Roger Breen, "But how could Gladys I sell herself for money?" "You utterly misjudge hoc:" cried Mercy, with spirit, "You were net here, and no word from you, (;la+tsner worked out his'ioIgns insidiously, Ile brought to light the fact that father, who hart been previously relieved thr,oich the bounty of Uncle. Robert, wdtttd drove to become n disgraced bankrupt if ho did net receive imme- diate enanela1 holt), 016)(11 be could give. At Ins( father's selfish pleadings ` Influenced (.htdys. The die was cost, , Idroken heartedly elle consented In promise to marry Messner, who elnwet 1 proved to her lied you were folie or dead, rt is ton Into 11) tailor, for 1 (aassuc'r has In so1101' way got rather , into 1110 prole' arul under constant . droner 1)t' what he marl' do, If ((11 770 retracts leer pledge, (lit, Boger' alatt , was ICaI1" It was a groan, (dear 81171 riisthtet, nn,! 11 come from the Interior of the old haltered structure. Sntnc wayside tramp, per1:ably." (Tirelessly (pole Roger, "Thr old rule Is a favorite ramping Ing spot for front Mt." The sonnet was repented. '('h•• tiee cents expressed not w•enrineee or eon,. l nolenee, but apparent pain ewe arose to their fent no. tenth h , reed 'Morey riling to Roger's arm as 7111( implored him to investigate further, They crossed the tlmesirnld of flu' „peal elnnt•wat• in melte out a form K11'eteh(•1 nernss a hrok0ri down 11)8(11, "come r Iielp! Yon know me; Storey -Roger 1" 't1) the emntzemeni Of the parader. 1h, tones, lbeogh :nh9,,' incoherent ' were Bungler. 'file}' peered rinser, "Oh, Roger!" gasped GIa(d5:'1• "II is (Tuttle Robert I' "Yee, les," panted the old man lube' WAS arrnyr11 in rags and too weak tr. arise, "I got this fill- and my strenetd. failed me. I have hoard all, 'Thal ecotnrlrel, Messner! Ile pushed 121e ever the mountain side, Get. tee to a defter, then ab, then, that 1)d; meant shall stiffer." Before night Itobert Ward was Is the. kindly Molds of loving r'elutivet not Xiviu Glasanet' untnaslked end a fe:Hive from ,luot0ce, And befort Meld, inn, the olefins of the forged wti' w.ts elesperl ie tlto mete '01. the trot lover from whom there was to be r,r further. parting, (star ,Traff 8c lacent figures that have brew emeiled :tate that the total number of motor wobbles in the world i•, 1920 1)a;' 27,60(100, u!' which 511( 1'niu•d i3tate1pnssessrd 22,:190,000, 1)r about tel per cent, it is almost impossible -to (01npreh, nil the e xtealt of the motor (ratite revolution ilea j has taken pian 11) the last mime, r of t1 century. Motor traific has be- i corm• established in ]almost every' e4u rtes .i the _lobe, and ancient e caravan routes once traversed come.', "the .ships of the desert,:' slow have regular transportatinn erne vier. by motor r '1ei .a regular rent. now eonnec•ts Bagdad with tin IF YOU Pnithce Good Creaiii old waist the best re';u is tinder the. new Grading Syster:, shill yutu' Grctam to THE PALM CREAMERY, OurCreatrery vi11 be operated 24 hot rs a clay in the hot weather, and year Crean] will be in 0 Ir Creamery and Graded 15 rniauir.', t ftc:r arrival in Palmersto(l. Thus assuring this farmer who produces good Cream the -hest possible Grade anti Hee, We 10an our Patruns cons and tray cash for each stats a` (,ream received, You can -ship on any train any day and t)v assured of prompt delivery and pay, Send 06 it trial rasa to -clay, f l Palm C8 t;t'-.ail i y f:$r ralnmi stn 1 Oat,. Loirotriiatini.=amu•,.,,....- .,.* r;:...m„«..:«..,.a 3Te diterraneau is 11 day. 'Phi kot •, 1)r}' itfln,n ly 1)11(11 pi, e ,t n,al,th, and "xss,�m,''sus`.:.a"ex"'n:,v.:r'a"",exx"'v..+.-wm.,n'i*.,..•...w++:,.,...*.,nn.,-..:,,.-, ,e .«•....,........, sins fall of peril et that. The route fortnati(11 (vele Wee this Important from Baader. to the capital of Per - sin, once a journey or 82 stages, 11 now performed in four days. Mot- or cars are traversing the vast Gol,i desert in ai'onaolia in every direr. - phase 01 your =piing .r•, -•dint • .'0 1011 spiel is usually rnntutted on a yoke that wraps the hips, +•tither DEEP OVAL tightly, The .neck line in back Olt •a de- MANY YOKES 01011 and Clinton 1(0(1 (`aledtta have '(nds very low, fur 1arnlal wetu eimul0 •r and hip yoke1, p remise -motor bus services, It is certainly Snnu45mes the dertp curt1 decolh;tte, i; to be•conh• very popular by summer, an 10(0 of eXtraordianry progress only three or tour inch,•i above the with fullness below to soften the w•aist)in, . i]Itnuvttr•. transportation, and the end- he 'not yet, :Inoculate Legume Seed F11P 't'OKE (h1,• usually thinks of inoculation as a means of prevention of disease, Used in -conjunction with legumes it has a rather different meaning. The neer: ity of using an artificial means of insut•ing the presence of nitrogen fixing bacteria - in plants has been long since recognized. It is a wise grower therefore, who purchases and use: nitro-cillturee along with the best quality of seed obtainable. i Some farmers report no need of inoculating on their $011. Similarly, Bore petiole have never contracted typhoid during an epidemic. That is no insurance that they will always b • immune, In order to insure the pro-• eel• bacteria being present and -their presence is absolutely essential —it is usually safe to inoculate the seed with a culture. On soils where. the same legume has been grown suc- cessfully this: necessity is minimized but nn now $nips 00 011 10110 where a certain legume is being sown for : the first time it is wiser to invest in the proper culture. to ordering nitro -cultures from any reliable source be sure to state the, kind of seed being used, whether red clover, alfalfa, etc„ and how much is being sown. One culture is required per bush. i of seed or less and the cost, fifty cents, (50c) per bushel, iy justified as it merely cor- ers manufacture and postage, The Ontario Agricultural College. Bacteriology Department, is at your bossier in this matter. Do not by afraid to inquire of then or your Agricultural Representative for- in - TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BILL WILL AGAIN BE DEFERRED FOR YEAR Premier Ferguson Intimates Desire For Further Discussion, Sentiment Becoming Favorable Toronto, Match 21 --Th,: town- ship :(pool board: hill will not be enacted this year. It has beet. Intro duced in the Legislature a third con- secutive year, and bofo"e this sessir,n doses the merits of the proposal w'•ll again be debated, but Premier Fer- guson, as minister of education, has decided to withdraw is orae more. There appears sone definite proepect of its passage a year hence, "I have had sugg(- do ,, from a great *11:111y orgianizatione, education- al and municipal, mewling improve- ments," the prime atm ft(' ' 171id 50. day. "When the bill was first :mg- gc,eted there was violent opposition and quite general, but as time has gone: 011 and die.cusison took place 1n diilerent places, by trustees anti or- ganizations, pal'tieulatly at the On- tario Educational Association con- vention here, a lot of thought has been given to it, and there has been t! most marked change of sentiment, "Messrs. Campbell, Good and Am- os of the United Farmers' organiza- tion, came to see me the other day and made some suggestions. Mr. Morris, secretary of the Ratepayers' and Trustees' Association, who goes about the province, tells me people 'ern giving consideration to it and realizing'advattages that may come from it. But I am opposed to the idea of imposing; this arbitrarily un- - til people have had the opportunity of thoroughly studying it. "I am going to suggest certain amendments and let the bill stand again, and see if the various organ- izations won't be prepared to carry on more actively in connection with it, brit i would far rather it would he received agreeably and .without a lot of protest." BRUCE COUNTY 'lite K. of 0., at. Walke,tem ees wireless -1i the Appeal stone pn1par IF, mpp''i:e the Central ]Intel, alert w '21 fix it cap) as n lodge corm ' A resident. of Lneknuw ws to.ed $50 and poet:: for winking h rnelvet% , beet, 01111001 taking out the 1,e0ec- sar,v 11011*'(, 1 aeswttter Fish stud Haute Pre 3, -T - lire Aseor. uuude spleno• (tier: f; r 10,11()0 trout and 1(1,110(1 Week has. 1:, the Provincial (.ante and Fish"lie., q.1) 10-stvolt the 'I'eeswater Rivc•r. :dr. Morrison, 111e erbe'nl leaser who 11,1 du Toronto, Test week. was pitne'.pal 0,1: 'P*'w,tl o( Seined, a 1).,m• bet• of veers ,tgn, •11,'X, '1'h"rnpinn, a fall/ ,e•r• :Akar Tata, was badly (njnrtd. when it rite:k- ('d by a rant, ca( his fat m, in Siuniven 'Pnwtrsiiip, He sustained severe ilk. juries r1, his knee anti was 7Uler wise badly hitt, lie 10210 re1unved (n 117P buepitai fill ne X-1 ay exnnrirrtlf: melee Ooe elin,ioal case 111.10(aas in the 111 nee ('enntr Spring assize( de rket, 111 T'1'alke11rm. '1411* assize opens en Monday, 01arr1, 20th, nod justice Len• nnx will plrsdde, Thur, (a elan no which may be Rall It'll. 'I'h rritninitl 1)•t*P is the to dal en r^ elms b of nnan"lnnghter of Daniel tit -ewe -4i. yountt Tncii(ue, for the death 1)1, Nnv 1.111111')' 17111 dist, of Grant McKay von, fatntet•,1)l'near Tive(1rm. Mt Tiny flied from n linnet alleged t have been tired by the young Lelia( Flourishing l;fii.ltnigratkt i 't Pro .spec -s PIeltet't(l (samples nf),trenllt 10140411: tmmlgrants to (Yenucla, Ne, 4 sitows 5 *'lei ,100)1 ichor ogle. d atone rr,et(dt , •1;u,1.::;r,m,.sc•rtnvetttigttwde(•kufor'1(rstgthnps(:1,1C,ain,dta,,,dwes, 4, *4(0005setticry€urtbon)nn(tnhm. r lie,active inunte:ration scuson of 1927 that has just opened will see, acc•orciieg to authoritative informa- tion given nut by the ireppartmerrt of, Colonization and 1)ovelopprnent of the Canadian Parilie Ileilwuy, the largest and mast effective addition to Canadian population of any similar period since the outbreak of the Great War, In the opinion of authorities it is hot unrettsonttble for the Dominion to expert over 200,000 new citizens, or about 70,000 more thau during the year I92 6. I)urin0 this year Canada ret.eived 11(11;38.1 settlers, Several faetore tend towards this pronllsod increased, of which one of the most potent fn the gradual evolu- tion of systems and a development of new umehinery that has made the organisatine well nigh perfect. Fur- rher reductions in ocean and rai rates from the British Isles have in - (Weed e cxasld(.srahle numbers to sub- mit to the es aminatiotls for accept - "mice under the cheap passage, Appli' cantons tit the rate of several a (lay are being reoefved, it is reported. Already this year ue11 over 9,000 settlers have been landed in" Canada by 'tire Canadian Pacific liners plying be- tween this country and the Mother- land. Itis interesting to note that about sixty per cent'of the applicants are miners and others who have some knowledge of and experience at farm work. The volume of pertinent inquiries from "United States Agriculturists with regard to western Canadian farming pros4erts, has been much Ilea%ier this year than for some years, is the Report. This is regarded a41 a most reliable index to the trend of the rnovemeiht• A'n'ew and significant movement to develop however is that of tobacco growers from North' and South Carolinas Virginia and other states to Western Ontario, being attracted by the rosy prospects new feeing the Canadian tobacco growing industry. Though lance settlement conditions have drastically changed andthe, tc1 ency is to palace nowcomers on va a not /ends ]tin reasonable t is- tanee'Of faits ra vaye, it was pointed out: that it was a mistake to consider that homesteading Is altogether a thing of the past as a factor of western Canadian development, During the year 1926 homestead occupations in the sveot amounted to an increase of 60 per cent' over the occupations for.- the previous year, and accounted for the oceepatjOf of nearly a 011111on acres of raw land. This movement in continuing ar l evident' in the figures of t-llang;s in January 1.027 which were 82 per Dent than those of the same month of the previous year, The most significant factor today, it was (minted out", is the local coloni- zation board, t•1u'ough wB1(•1) the general interest in immigration and colonization takers plesetie l shape smiler the direction of the raliw'a.ys. About 160 similar b0R1'(ls now exist in western Canada. Juvenile immigration, the impor- tance Of which is hciaig incetesfiegle realized inkrecoet yeas, prpmisea t„n bo very llicavy during the year 15227, all of vilugb is being directed towards the J an&