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The Brussels Post, 1927-4-6, Page 2`THURSDAY, APRIL fith, 1927 THE BRUSSELS POST GIVES NEW FACTS OF CHANGES OF TRADE WITH DOMINIONS Han. J. Malcolm Tells Hamilton Manufacturers of Present Oppor- tunities— Markets Waiting—Min- ister Ravers to What He Terms Unwarrantable Selling Expense in Advertising Hamilton, March 26.---Flon. Jamas Malcolm, minister of trade and com- meree, who operates furniture, lac- tories at Kincardine and Liitcrwel, in addressing the Hamilton Branch of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associ- ation last night emphasized the Fact that man;: opportunities in the ex- port field Iny ahead of the. Canadian manufacturer. • "Let me give you some ,.'ficin•:• il- lustrations with our steer dominion, Australia," said 'Ir, Malcolm, "to show what ie yet to be done in in' in- creesing our trade NO11 1 11 i 'otitic, and I ant eetcrrin:; onlyt, emmodi- ties where there is a po I,Le chance of development. In the agricultural implement line we are selling Aus- tralia approximately two million dol- lars worth, wl ilr the 'United States is selling four and a half million dollars worth. In electrical apparatus and r 1•.'iN. JAMES MALCOLM tnachinery we are only selling a quarter of a million, while the Unit- ed States is selling five million, In n1.1tor cars and trucks we are selling. about five ,:rd a half million, white the United Sates is selling ever for- ty millions. In rubber goods we are ,veiling a million, while the L':.lted are putting these faloslous profits into their poekets. The margins aro mostly eaten up by s 1 I) • expense, The selling expense limey come reseed of unwarranted service, 11109- 01110 special ial pleading, which in- ours carrying - In stem'" d11 eons of gree l- et the sone b•1+i.• thing, Groat Opportunity "Canada has clean :edl ' said 21r. Maleelm, "from a ccuntry where our port; were agricultural to one where r exports are on a p'i'ty -fifty a,,5-- .ieultural and 'newsractnr- tr . intere (Wing 10 :'ith > seer 1nit,ione to a larger est :ies than our tet",i'es show. There is yet a great field of opportunity fee th' develop- -1c ret ,f empire trod , and, if we do rn-folluw fees. method. of market - the e actual and sontirrentel pre- Tereneee ,n the -e 11131.4 ih:,aid en- :30TO an a 00y develoneiu if the d vi• ,eek." TEA. QL:ALITY. STANDARDIZED Yen cannot get good tea without p 11 i r • a fair price for it. Cheap tea leeks treu. th, freshness ss and will give lese eatisfaction per pound. BRUCE COUNTY S. C. Rathwell who has been carry- ing on a -hoe business in Lucknow or sem, roars, hes sold out to his partner and has bought a business , in W •tterford. R. E. Truax has been elected presi- dent of the Bruce County Hospital Beard, at Walkerton, as :successor to the late David Trails. Statute lalor, which has )on_ been a contentious question in the 111010- eIp at life of Gr,iemooh, was abol:,hed at the last meeting of the Greenoch Council. The Bank of Montreal branch at Hanover was marked for a robbery. The telephone wires were cut, but the culprits must have been frighten- ed away. Amberley makes a hid for the palm for the smallest calf, John A. Cempbell is they owner of a cow that gave birth to a calf weighing but 32 Staten i, selling two and a half mil-' pounds, which Is a very small off- liun. spring, Could Triple the Trade Russell Hewitt, of Rinloss, has bought Elton McLellend's farm, near There 'ire many eommodit rs, of P.ervie. and Peter McCullough has coulee. sold by the United States to old out and bought the farm form - Australia with which we cannot coneerly owned by Melfort Colwell, of pr•te. But the fact remains that of \fillarton. the: 150 million dollars worth bought The friends and patrons of the by a sister (10m1111011 from the United firm of 0. L. Soverign & Son, Mild - States, there is probably 50 millionmay, wit be ;'lad to ]earn that they of this which we could supply instead comnletrd negotiations wit') the of the fifteen million as shown by Canadian Credit Men's Association, the 192e figures. and have resumed business. "Tit.; is also true of British India A number of cars on the whish buys buys 30 million dollars worth ' freight were derailed on a siding at from the United Stetea and 7?i mil- ` Ripley an Saturday night recently lion from Canada. Similarly British , owing to .some defective rails. The South Africa buys .48 minion dollars : section :.rang' assisted in adjusting worth of good, from the United matters and now a new set of ties Stetes and telae millions from Can- ; ha- been placed where the accident ache Ev n New Zealand purchases 0111n,104. !semis vmeth 38 million; from United , Erie W. Harris. Toronto, son of States r l ie f millions from onsite r M. Harris, formerly of Kincard- '1•i:c feet rentable- tiler with the to•- te'. leetuh emeesiene 00. 1de of the mne, Ens been chosen as secretary of United Kingdom me are doing a busi- the Sarna Chamber of Commerce to n••:: of 1,0 mill'nn dollar;, while the : succeed the late George P. France. American republic is doing 3(10 aril- Klnrardine friends will be glad to lions. ! learn of Mr. Harris' appointment, While asserting his appreciation of He will also be in charge of the Blue the berm markt, Mr. Malcolm ex- Water Highway activities. 91)0511 (h desire to see Canada "a ! Richard Stanley, aged 97 years, w, ll reunde d household." He believe Mem. icy and Felon on Tnwn:hin's oldest ed it the Canadians' duty to buy, I eitil-n end Breve County's oldest nra••ei1) 11. died Sunday mor•n1111. frit. 1 in 1 Iian goads; secondly, to i '1Ir. St;mice +va, hon at. Pakenham, Lily, r•iilpoc goods, "As manufacture fete in 1830, and he came to Huron ers, I feel it is our duty to so11 goods 1 Township in his early twenties. to Canadian, and if, in addition by 1 About 3f ye:us ado he anaved to o -oiling goods within the empire R1»rev. it ?Te e ane of the pillnr� of the farmer Methodist Church at Pur - we can reduce the coat to all, then ale Grove, and latterly of the United indeed we 1.e helping to develop and ' Church, Ripley. bind together what his majesty has While cutting a log containing termed 'a commonwealth of nat. some 500 feet of lumper in Carlaw's ions'," sawmill at l'aisley recently, the saw An Advertising Mania run foul of a horseshoe deeply im- bedded in the wood. The saw was badly damaged as the result of the encounter, and the mill hail to be shut down for repairs, It is believ- The minister made a reference to an article in the New Republic en- titled "Consumers in Wonderland" with regard to "the intricate and ex- tensive advertising mania under ed that the horseshoe_ had been hung which we are suffering" and of the on the tree many years ago and bad apparent need of educating consume become completely overgrown. urs to what they were buying. "The Council of Social Agencies in Chicago, investigating the cost of supplies," said Mr. Malcolm quoting from the article, "determined the ra- tio was SO to 1 on etrtain identical items. Prices of liquid soap varied from 8 cents to $2.75 per gallon; one Chicago hospital purchased un- der a trade name 8,000 pounds of washing powder at 15 cents per lb. which analysis showed to be trisod- iurn phosphate, worth less than do per pound. "Innumerable cases are to be found where the retail price i$ 10 to 50 time's the manufacturing price. Masa production is continually driv- ing manufacturing coats down, but retail prices stay stubbornly tip, This does not mean that the retailers County Treasurer Nelson received from the. Ontario Government on Saturday last a cheque foe 3102,- 827.00, which is the Provincial grant of 50r, of the money expended ott County Highways in Bruce last year. 1 We understand th"s is the biggest Government chequ' that has ever c me inti the hanr'.s of r Le entre Treasurer in Bruce. W. D, Cargill, Conservative candi- date in the recent Pr'w•actal election ia. i'outh Bruce; has. Ft' takin): stock ir1 Silverw0u10 L.m1t-21, keen able to lord what 1et,c• like • F1 00.000 In- d nit :try for the villag of Cargill The cxstwhilo hig cement planing mb11 t1•.ere, which berdere on the river and is excellently located for a mammoth caeamery, is now being remodelled are got t'exdy for the new industry. 1 Here and 1 here 111r.•u the internal treuale wheel: bee been (10)11•t.lti e+. China tui t 1..t tw" y0010 su tiiii, 0 treme a- d r( '171 1ci11 c'1cn ne fur t'aua- di.-a wheat in tinct cuuna\, accord-' ince t" .1. 11, tit•,,tt, nrple.seni:ng 0 11 • P 11 i rut CT Ilona. l e on 1:1:: 1:, ,• ',., 1. to LeeJ.m tJ rt,,ert. . i•.'• . , . 1 (. 1 - bob-c:tts in New 171111(0101), 1 -rt the 1 art - went of Lands and Mlle; have so far ear; -.e 1 the figures for th-. c ,r - r . . endo g period of laet y :..r, according to L. A. Gagnon, chief r71111e warden, w'110 state:, that wild eats arc 1 ting killed 1.r greater num- bers each year. a --- Ontario buyers of milk cows have about c. nph•ted the put hast* of five c ,i aids of Guernsey come from Col- chester, Cumberland and Pictou ,tieS. The buyers are Anderson 1 h•r.s and Mo=vers. Graham and C:.1:..r front the Hamilton districts. Tae first auction sale of horses heat has taken place in Montreal for ran years vas opemal at the East End St:alt Markets,March 28, 3001118)wirpt put at 202 horses and it..,.. setted that approximately 2011 it • ees weer said, Th,_, lantand was ra •. •.ly f:,r heavy draught horses, 1 .raol l ,, C'lyd o hii.s and the like, s..1 carters and for lumbering pur- e 0, comirg chiefly from Alberta and Saskriclne.tan, anti some front the :li.ha west. C. --eluent upon an agreement let—shed at a ,_s iitl conference of ( ar.elien and rUnit•_d States tele- 17ph cpmennies the Canadian Pari - fie Ceh a..l.s have announced that cede words will be accepted at all t1:d it offia •. s in future for day and night letters. This departure will af- f•• t beth Canadian and international hu: Tress, the companies concerted being; the Postal -Telegraph Coln - 1 -t1 v, the Canadian Pacific Tele- rmpits, the Canadian Natio-al T.lo- graphs and the Western Union Tele- graph C'.'::laany, The 1.eveloptucnt of a new indus- try from the propagation of musk- rats and oily -.•r water i'ur-bearing menials, in land and water areas, 1ea:a,e from the Province of Alberta t9rmgh agreement with the Do - 1 Una . 1 1a ant, was indicated Ii lion. Georg. Headley, 'Minister ef Agriculture, in committee dis- c .,.ion in the Al'>erta Legislature. "he amendment wculd give the Gav- 0.•0mle0l po:.*_r to regulate and ii:erre fur and name ".arms, and to bore the Pominicn water and land 010111 far the propagation of such animals, A keen competitor to Betsy Wiley, the Nova Scotia world's champion milk and butter producer, hags been di:ocovered at Pix i'.iver, Cumber- land County. Mr. Henry S. Gorr of this plats-, claims that he owns the champion butter producing cow in ho” class. This cow is n grad' Ayr- shire and Durham cow, which has j:•. ;t recently flashened. In one week . he produced u.12 lbs. of milk, which ciiurr.<•d 3011 lbs, of butter, after i:::ducting approximately 12 quarts c milk and 111 quarts of cream for h +:1 e1.r:slmption. This record le meanie; keen interest, P:llnwing upon his 1000110 an- neenc..:.:•ant to the effect that a To: rot , firm of architects would he e.: •1ry_rl in connection with the ..tio: of the new Canadian Pa- stier Betel in that city, 11 W. Beatty, (;'re:1110n and President of the re: .a titin Pa afic Railway, recently rd that Meesrs. Sproatt and 11 ph hnd been appointed asso- c. `'s with the firm of Ross and ':.:•duo!d, of Montreal, to handle 10 01) M rare:, Ross and Mac- . ;Li have igen employed in Cana- ci . , Pacific w rk for some time, the ,a . •s'. of their buildings being the new hotel at Regina. It i.a •'eairad that the new hetet shall Le ,.huroughly representative of the city in wl•i.:h it stands and the ap- pointhe:nt of a firm of Toronto architects is made to further this purpose. PERTH COUNTY Lucky Strike Q'a0911 By VIVIAN LEE } +O9,'++++ Q,w+4;,•',Y' iie - .,, ;Ss • MY LADY'S 4W. 41+ COLUMN. aim Mp wi:=+m ac. , 4. 4, i, w4F RIBBON TRIMMING (Copyright, 1919, bAn effective trimming on dark yi the woerern Nowa. Union.) serge and silk frocks is the use of Jasper Rolfe saved all he earned handings of different, but harmon- ised was called u miser, Ills nephew, iota colors in gros grain ribbon. Murton Rolfe, spout all he earned and WORTH -WHILE CAKES was dubbed a foot by the add man, To the former money always seemed When malting calve, it Is oconomy to say, "I've come to stay." To Mor- to use only the best materials, strict - ton it invariably w•hiaered "Go i- j fresh eggs, fine granulated sugar, bye," until at Last realizing that it good butter and pastry flour. Other- I was the cause of evil, good, happl- wise the result is not worth the ef- neas and sorrow alike, the extrava- fort• gent young man decided he must get down to a reasonable system if he CREPE ROMAINE ever expected to amount to nuything• Send garments of crepe romaine His uncle, while niggard as to his only to the best cleaners, because it own expenditures, had never .restrict- will shrink unless pressed by an ex- 1 ed Morton. He was a man of con- rt. slderable wealth and owned the gas and electric light company giving FOR TIDINESS service to Melville. Keep all household equipment off "If you'll put me in charge of some- the floor as much as possible. Put I'll 11 t ckle it" he told ability and labor, a screw -eye in the tip of the handles I'll tackle it" he told his undo. 11I of brushes and brooms and let them don't want to travel on a pull, or re- lationship, 1100! I've about 1011cie up 1ny bang instead of stand on the floor. mind to settle up my debts and start - PROTECT IRON out on my x1111 initiative." Never cool a flatiron by putting it "Spoken likeJas a mil f of ambition," in cold water. This ruins the temper commented Jasper Rolfe, for be douht- ed not that Morton would return a of the metal. Veritable prodigal. "You're leaving MOLASSES CAKES BURN at a critical moment, though. There Cakes containing molasses burn easily. Bake such cakes in thick loaves that require long baking. Line the tins with greased paper, 1s going to be a rich plum to pick and some money to make on the water supply system here. As you know the present. operating company secure their supply from the bottom of Arden river, fifteen miles north. The stream has nearly run dry this season and the water has been unfit for use and a lot of sickness has resulted, If I could get the franchise and the pipe system rid reservoir at a bargain, I would cut over to Princeton river, twenty miles west and improve the service. It would cost a fortune, but it would bring an advance in rates and put the stocks and bonds of the company on a high basis. My idea was to make you active in the new enterprise" Morton was not specially Interested in the proposition. He had no plans for the fixture, and after resigning bis sec- retaryship hip drifted around'(ilh•ille for Tavistock Council has passed by- law regulating the sale of milk News arrived in Listowel recently that A. E. Windsor, a former citizen, had passed away in St Petersburg BAKU STRAW Baku straw is a novelty for spring that promises to be very popular, because it has the suppleness of a woven fabric. SALADS FOR WINTER Do not neglect salads in the win- ter -time when you naturally serve heavier food. While the food value of a green salad is not large, the salts and vitamines it supplies are most necessary to the system. DARK SHOES Besides the light nude and pinkish tan shades in hosiery for evening, one sees an occasional gun metal or a week, racking his brains for a solu- tion of the problem as to how he black. should begin to make a mark in the SPRING FROCKS world. Ile took long walks In the Metal and wool embroidery are Gauntry, and one day, crossing a bar - featured on the frocks for spring ren expanse between the two rivers and they are used on light wools and and not more than ten miles from home, lie met his fate. on cotton fabrics as well as on silks. Destiny came in the shape of as FEW PASTELS pretty a girl as he bad ever seen. Brilliant rather that: pastel shades She even suggested some wild natiad etre desirable in millinery this sea - as she flashed into view, hatless and barefooted, crossing a tiny rivulet son, though there is a grayish blue crowded with rocks. She slipped, felt that is very popular because it fell, and with difictilty dragged her- blends so well with gray furs. self to dry land. In an instant Mor- ' BE CAREFUL OF WOOL ton was by her side, "You are hurt," he exclaimed solid -j Nevar rub soap directly on wool, tously; and shyly but bravely she or, never press with too hot an iron. replied: "It is only my ankle turned. Never let wool garments freeze by If you would go and tell my father. hanging outside, or do not subject See, tlrnt Is our home just over beyond to too great beat es they are drying that sapling grove." by the fire. "I could carry you that far, if you SOLVES THE PROBLEM Rite," offered Morton. Ile lifted her bodily and soon reached a house hat- Individual lipsticks, tied together tered and old, with an acre or two in a little package, are one wise under the difficult cultivation that manufacturer's contribution to mod - sterile soil allowed. ern life. Obviously he has attempt - The father attended to his Injured ed to solve the problem of what to daughter and thanked Morton for' his do when someone borrows your lip - services. Somehow the fair -faced girl and her nide, but picturesque hone stick was a lodestar of attraction to Mor ton, and the next flay found hint at the isolated habitation inquiring after her health. She was. Ruth Glenny, he lehrned, and with her assistance her farther just managed to eke out a subsistence. She sut in a rustic hone -made arm chair and her frank, imreeent ways and unpretentious hearing charmed Morton, He chanced to ask for n drink of water and Mr. Glenny brought it dipper full from it pail, so 0001 and refreshing, find so different from that served nut at 1Tlilvlllc, dint Morton remarked that he must have a very choice well. "'that water doesn't corse from a well, but a spring," enlightened Mr, Glenny. "It burst out about a 01(1)!11 ago one night over beyond the timhe.r ridge yonder. "1 leant you to see 10. A man who happened to mils here last week says that It is a marvel of na- tore, and that he never saw a larger welt except in Florida that is known as a great phenomenon." Morton Rolfe looked aroused and interested as his host led lilm to the spring in question. It bubbled forth between two rooks, high and spatrkiing. forming almost a torrent down 8. nar- row rut. "What a wastes hundreds of gal- lons a minute," exclaimed Morton, "Where does it run tog" r to the Princeton river, they t/ 1 Tse Cakes baked with Purity' Flour keep fresh for three or four days. Purity is a vigorous, "dry" flour that absorbs and holds more water or milk. Tasty cakes, rich pies, anti large, light buns and bread are always yours when year use iliT tiv Send 30c in stamps for our 700 -recipe Purity Flour Cook Book, 203 Western Canada Flour Mills Co.. Limited. Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Sotet John. THE WHY OF IT 1 CONTRASTING HEMS If a cake is coarse grained, this is French lingerie importations are usually the result of too little beat- of pastel crepe de chine or glove silk ing or too slow an oven. . with contrasting items, and no other FLOWERED OILCLOTH trimming. Table covers of flowered oilcl itis NO BRIMS may be used for breakfasts in the Flats for the very young, woman kitchen or breakfast room. Their have no brim, but often sport a flare colors aro bright, and they are eas- ed turn back set about three, itches ily cleaned, above the face. BRIGHT HOSE i e LINGERIE TRIMMING The tendency in tan nose is to- 1 The most popular trimiing for ward the brighter rust and sunset lingerie this spring wily be applique shades. , and hemstitching, TO MEND LACE KITCHEN PAD Baste torn lace on paper. Then ! Few articles are so important to stitch the lines of the design, as well the housewife as a convsnlent kit- as you can, across the area missing, vireo pad or diary, on which to jot and tear paper away. If the lace is down grocery lists and memorandum, ecru, clip the whole in a coffee solu- BLACK CREPE tion. j Black flat crepe is probably the CORKSCREW BANDS most popular spring material for the An evening wrap of metal cloth is mature woman, trimmed with narrow bands of plain PIGSKIN..POUCH silk, applied in a corkscrew pattern A pigskin pouch bag is the smart - around both sleeves. est purse to carry. with a rough EVENING CAPES tweed .-•port suit. A few fur -lined evening capes FLESH CHIFFON have appeared, offering some slight Touches of flesh chiffon will ! competition to the straightlino coat change a black lace 'or chiffon frock of velvet or brocade. Particularly from a matronly garthont to a youth - lovely is a model of black velvet lin- ful one. Many designers also add a ed with ermine. pink flower on the shoulder. Over tell me," and Morton went back to Mi11ville thoughtful and calculating. A week later be had au expert hydro Florida, Death was due to a stroke. engineer on the spot. Before the The late M1'. Windsor was a resident month was out he beld a deed of 10 - of Listowel for several years, being partnership with ,John Glenny, When superintendent of the Morris Piano he had his plans all perfected for pip- flrnr, ing this supply of pure water to MIS - The animal meeting of the Morn- ville, he went before the town eoun- ington Telephone Association was ell and submitted a proposition that held in Zimmerman's hall on Friday brought them a fifty years' franchise. afternoon, There was a good alien- fancied I was hon! to be The I never a dance. .tore balance G sb , ., St by „ the auditor, F. P. Gibbs C.A. Strat" rich, observed John (Benny, when the ford, showed the 'revenue for the first returns from the joint undertak- ,ycarr 1.026 was $18,001,28, with an ing materialized. expenditure of $7,797, Three now, "And 1 never hoped far wealth, Oh, commissioners were appointed, Same r such treasure;' responded Morton with aril Petrie, George Roe and lbavid a devouring gionco et Ruth, to him Jacobs. , the greatest prize On Wilt. ti".eo-er� -_—_ New Hone F A DI .r'ta. t . N D ti TO COMMEMORATE Ca ada'se� §o�id'Jtilii u 121 This is the Year of Dlarnond3 Gifts In honor of Canada's Diamond Jubilee, her Sixtieth Birthday. What could be more appropriate than the gift of a Diamond? FOR APF?11.. The Diamond is the April Birthstone—the correct gift: for Easter, or an April Birthday. Our Engage tent Rings The newest, most beautiful de- signs, set with fine quality Diamond. From $25 up. You do not have to pay a big price to buy a Diamond from us, SCARF PINS, $15 UP RINGS, BAR PINS AND J. R. WENNDT JEWELER WRO r C I nada's Oldest University Cut Shows Assemhinge of Kln0's College Buildings. Inset, Hisixeellency, Viscount WIflintdon, Governor General of Canada. After 137 years of higher educa- tional work in Nova Sootia,King's College, Canada% •oldest university, le to have a new home. The above drawing shows the proposed build.- fngs, wlr4ch will resemble in char- acter Oxford University, to he built as soon as the present campaign has attained its desired objective. King's University stands as the only real monument in Nova Scotia to the 'United Empire Loyalist pioneers. In 11831 the U. E. L.'s who had come to tho Dominion from Now TOrk planted an "acorn" in the es- tablishment teat Windsor, Nova Sootta, of King's College, mill University powers were granted in 1802 by Royal Charter, which was the first one received outside of the British Isles. From a dream in, the souls of those pioneer Loyalists Ifing's has reached a recognized and honored place in the ,Dominion. Many famous Canadians have been Ifingamen. Sir James Cochran, Sir Frederick Horden, Judge Thomas Ohandfer Iiallburton (Sam Slick), Basil Xing, Rev, H. A. Cody, and Canon Allan P. Shatford, are a few of King's products, In 1923 King's took the first step towards a confederation of Maritime Colleges; the College 'was removed to Halifax and became associated With Dalhousie University, A year ago King'% launched, a campaign for $09,000, having re- ceived a promise from the Carnegie Corporation .Of $800,000 conditional upon the raising 01 the first anio Up to data. the total pledged In the Maritime Provinces, Ontario, Rueben and I4ngland is 3340,000, and only 3160,090 more is needed, Ills Excellency, Viscount Willing- d!on, Governor-General of Canada, ha5 ueeepted the office of Patron of the Rebuilding - and i]ndowment lfund. ;91