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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-5-26, Page 3,GERMANY MAKES INITIAL PAYMENT ON REPARATIONS ACCOUNT Equivalent of 1550,000,000 Gold Marks is Made Up of the Currency of All the Powers and Includes Some Bills of Exchange. A despatch from P'aris says:— :Germany's first payment of the creel - valent of 150,000,000 gold manes to the Reparations • Commission will bo 'made up as follows: $11,675,000, 3,- •500,000 pounds sterling, 22,000,000 Frenel>a francs, 4,000,000 Swiss franes, 12,000,000 Beigiam francs, 2,000,000 'Dubeh florins, 6,500,000 Danish 'crowns, 3,000,000 Swedish crowns, 3,- ,500,000 Norwegian crowns, 8,500,000 pesetas and 10,000,000 gold marks. The 10,000,000 geld marks possibly will be sent to the United States, as there the gold would have its great - .est value. The Germans have not yet notified the commission when they .will deliver this first installment. These amounts do not represent all cash or currency, bat 'only in part, -the balance being bills of exchange, w'hi'ch may be converted immediabely into cash and cheques reckoned at the rat of exe1eange obtaining on May The effioial .ai nouiueeinent by the Reparations Commission that Ger. Mane' would place at its dieposel 150,- 000,000 gold marks, and had promised to pay the balance of the one billion due before May 81, is greeted with un- di'sga'ieed, but somewhat guarded, sat- isfacbion by the French press. The announcement was made too late for editorial comment in the morning papers, but among the evening papers, The Temps says: "I't is likely that the first billion will be applied as a guarantee fund to pledge the annual interest on the first issue of bonds by the German Government, which tsermany must remit before July :1 to the amount of 12,000,000,000 gold marles, and which thus might be of- fered immediately to the international public."' UPPER SILESIA CALM ONCE MORE Poland Will Respect Versailles Treaty, Says Premier., A despatoh from Warsaw says:— .Premier Wits, speaking hi the Diet en Thursday, decked the speeches of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd -George, on the Silesian situation, had .caused. the Polish people much sorrow. '}Ie displayed 'German text books to refute the sbatemenh of Mr. Lloyd 'George that the po'pu'lation of Upper 'Silesia was German, declaring they :admitted the population to be of Pol- ish race and language. Tho Premier said Poland would respect the treaty of Versailles, but asked that the part of Upper Silesia 'bordering Poland be joined to her, in accorc ,.nee with bhe desire of the :people et that region. By revolting, .M. Witte declared, the Poles -of Upper Silesia did not intend to face the Al- lies with an accomplished fact, but were prompted by despair and the fear of being put under German dam- inatien in opposition to their will. M. Wiles justified the attitude of the Polish Government in the meas- ures taken to oalm Upper Silesia and end the insurrectionary movement. He assorted its efforts had met with suc- cern, far. the general strike had ended, the workmen had rosained weak and in some districts complete pacification had been effected. Sir Connor Guthrie ,One of a group of English financiers now in New York in connection with the plan to float an eight million dollar timber land deal in British Columbia. .Seat in House of Lords for Hon. W. Long A despatch from London says:— The acceptance by the Right Hon. Walter Long of a Viscounty involves a by-election at St. George's, Westmin- ster, one of the safest, Tory seats al- most from time imnneneori.al. It is believed that Mr. Long accepted the offer of a Peerage with hesitancy, his inclinations being entirely for the re- tention of his seat in the Commons. His personality in public fife has been one of the meet acceptable to all parties. Some years ago, returning from a trip to Canada, he declared that the Dominion not only claimed a share in the fleet, but meant to heft pay for it. Historic Sundial Restored at Ottawa • A desp'a'tch from Ottawa says:— History repeated itself •on Thursday afternoon, aril once nvor•e there stands oh Parliament Hill a sundial on the spot whore years ago, when Ottawa was Bytaw•n, Col. John By placed a sundial to keep time for the men working on the Rideau Canal. The dial was unveiled by his Excellency the Duke of Devonshire. The sundial was restored by the Historic Land- marks Association. nnemeneeennentenene Miners Lose Ten Million in Wages A despatch from London says: It is estimated that the workers in the Birmingham district have last ten million pounds sterling in wanes through the miners' strike„ Right Hon. T. J. Macnamara, Minister of Labor, states that the number of wholly and par- tially unemployed in the United Kingdom now totals over two and a half million. Neverthe- less, a pit pony race meeting at Doncaster was attended by 30,-. 000 idle miners. ' A large body of strikers are assisting the police as special constables. A Finger -Post. Straws show which way the wind blows in Soviet Russia. Not long before the downfall of Wrangel in the Crimea the rti'ble he was using went to 20,000 to the dol- lar. Then it sank to an abysmal level where it coased. to mean anything• as money value. In Moscow the Soviet has decreed that 4,000 rubles and the gold franc are equivalent. This means. 20,000 rubles to the dollar. It sounds om- inous, Last year the Soviet ruble was held at 5,000 and 6,000 as the maximum for the dollar, }f the ex- change was evade by way of Esthon- ian and German marks, it was possible to procure as much as 11,00a marks fix a dollar. But the present Ievel is about twice as low as the lowest point the Soviet ruble has touched previously. If will not do to assume because of the low value of the ruble that Bol- shevist rule, is about to collapse. But when we remember then sthee Czar ruble was generally worth more than fifty-one cents, it can be seen how low the «'crld's confidence in Russian credit has fallen. No Government can hope to rear a permanent structure on the foundation of insolvency. Sugar Trade Resumed With Great Britain A despatch from London says: Despite trade condition of unprece-1 dented depression here, a shipload of Car.,atlian sugar, from ;5t. John for Manchester, has just been landed by elle of the Canadian Government Mer-. chant Marine boats, and another is on its way to this side. This marks the resumption of a trade which promised well after the armistice, when large orders were taken in the United Ring - dere by Canadian refineries. The movement was killed by the impord- tiortn of an embargo on Canadian sugar exports. Navigation Opens on Yukon River A despatch from Dawson, Y. T., says:—The first nail of tate yea. fort the outside world left here on Wed- nesday by launch, marking the open- ing of navigation on the Yukon River. The steamship "M. S. Dollar" has ar- rived at Vancouver after completing a 26,000 -mile aroun:d•tho-world trip, This ship sailed from Vancouver on October 9th, 1920, and, it is .claimed to he the first around-bhe-world trip made by a ship flying the Canadian nag. In the 'estimatesfo r overni g neat ex- penditures xpenditures during the coming year just brought forth by the Ontario Gov- ernment, there is an item for' one mil- lion dollars for the establishment of a provincial cement plant, According to plans, the new plant will have an •aimuai caeaodty of 800,000 barrels. ,.... IF HE PPS T evAne. UP59O1 WHAT WI4.t. WE. by 9 ' WOR" ST OF IT IS HE 5EEM$ To 15E HAP "SLEEPING SICKNESS" Canadian News in Brief Dawson, Y.T.—A resolution urging the Federal Government to extend the Yukon trunk road and telegraph sys- tem to Fort Norman oil field's in the Mackenzie Valley was unanimously adopted by the Yukon Legislature. The present system, the resolution states, now reaches within 360 miles of Fort Norman, thus necessitating building only the last remaining link to give through connections to the coast of Skagway, where large liners ply, connecting with Prince Rupert and Vancouver, the year round. Victoria, 13.C,—It is estimated that the 1921 apple crop of British Colum- bia will exceed that of 19$0 by 7,000 cars, and that the harvesting expenses will be reduced 30 to 40 per cent. Vancouver, B.C.—Fruit pulp from British Columbia to the United IKing- dotn is a new feature 1n shipments out- bound from this port. On the S.S. "Moordijik," which left here recently, there 'were two tons of fruit pulp as a sample shipment. Edmonton, Alta.—An entire carload of modern cyanide mining machinery has reached the city for the Aurous Gold Mining Company of Great Slave Lake. The plant is veined at 310,000 and will go forward to Fort McMur- ray, where scows have been construct- ed to float it to its destination, A com- glete oil well drilling outfit is being sent forward by the same oompnuy for their claims on Great Slave Lake, The president of the company is bring- ing twelve miners with him from Seattle, _ Edmonton; Alta,—A company of eastern investors already .holding several thousand acres of leases in the neighborhood of the town of Hud- son's Hope, will send in a drill this summer, and if prospects are favor- able. will follow it by sending in ad- ditional drilling equipment for work in the neighboring fields. Regina, Sask,—There are now 141 agricultural societies with charters and eleven unchartered, in this pro- vince, according to the report on the work of the Extension Department of the College of Agriculture. The de- partment co-operated in 140 summer exhibitions and conducted 34 plough- ing matches. There were 32 cone. petitions for standing crops, nine for summer -fallow and four for seed drill- ing. The department also took part M six spring stallion shows and 21 co-operative sales of livestock, while 44 seed fairs were conducted, Saskatoon, Sask.—The Saskatche- wan -Co-operative. Elevator Company has started construction of new eleva- tors at ):-Iodgeville and Spalding. Other elevators will be erected at various points in the province during this sum- mer by the company. Bath these e'le- waters w111 have the usual standard capacity of about 95,000 bushels. Winnipeg, Man.—The Manitoba Lin- seed and Fibre Company at Stony Mountain are purchasing several trac- tors and will break about 3,000 acres of land this season, to be put into flax. Winnipeg, Man.--Buildiug permits issued in the four Western Provinces during the past week totalled 32,186,- 700, according to MacLean's construc- •tion report. Of this amount, Mani- toba's share as 3149,800; Sasicatche- wan„ 3619,100; Alberta, $426,800; and .British Columbia, $991,000. Ottawa, Ont.—More than ono hun- dred prospectors and their parties have already invaded the Kazubazua district, Quebec, where gold has been discovered on the Joint farm. The prospecting district is extended over an area of at least ten square miles. More than 5,000 acres have already been registered in the immediate neighborhood of the Joint farm. Robert Joint, Jr., on whose farm the first strikes were made, is making ar- rangements to commence actual opera- tions on his olefin, Montreal, Que.—Conducted parties of immigrants is the order of the day. On board the Canadian Pacific steam- er "Scandinavian" which arrived re- cently from Antwerp, were fifty Dutch farmers, a land party, bound for On- tario and the Canadian West. On the "Metaganut" of the same company was a party of sixty English girls travel- ling under the auspices of the Over- seas Settlement Board, and a party of about the same size of experienced agriculturists bound for western farms. Fredericton, N.B.—The re -opening of the New Brunswick Agent -General's office in London is now being consid- ered by Hon. W, E. Foster, Premier of this province, who is now in London. .At one time all the Canadian provinces were represented in the Empire's capital, but at the present time only Quebec, Ontaria, British Columbia and Nova Scotia still have their own of- fices. Moncton, N.B.—Steps were taken at a meeting here of representatives of the industrial, commercial and agri- cultural interests to form a: maritime development association on lines simi- lar to the Western Canada Coloniza- tion Avseclation. The intiiative of this movement was taken by the busi- ness men of the Maritimes, Halifax, N.S.—The pulp wad paper mills in the province are showing ac- tivity, and with the opening of the plant of Clarke Bros. at Bear Elver with an output of 70 tons per day, the trills along the Dominion Atlantic Railway, at Weymouth, . Wolfyille, Hariville and Bear River have a total daily output of about 170 wet tons. Automobile Lavatory Fixed to Running Board. Soon, perhaps, automobiles will be furnished with all the comforts of: a hone. Already they have boon equip- ped with sleeping quarters, and now there is available a lavatory.. The auto lavatory includes a water reser- voir, a basin, a faucet,,a towel holder, and a soap dish, It is tarried an the running board of the car, to which -it is bolted, and wheu net in use, the basin folie up against the water r•e- eervoir, where It can be locked, Canada leads in popularity among the applicants in the British Isles for free passages under the scheme of State -aided etnigration for ex -service men and woven. Of the applications received up to the end of the year, totalling 84,000, the largest individual total was 32,657, who desired to Blake their heater in Canada, Australia carne next With 23,267 Belfast City Hall Blown Up With Bombs A despatch from Belfast says: —There was wild rioting throughout the city of Belfast on Thursday night. On Shank- hill Road, a Unionist was shot. and seriously wounded., In East Belfast the Sinn Feiners clashed with Nationalist forces. There were three casualties. The part of the City Hall which has been designated as the meeting place of the new Ulster Parliament was blown upwith bombs s at. midnight. Civilization is responsible for a steady degeneration in our teeth. Many big London hotels are being bought by business firms for conver- sion into offices. .T100 -.Leading .arkets. SIIKEIVIACY OF THE SEAS ANS WITH THE BRITISH NAVY Toronto. iSltuutoba wheat—No 1 Northern, $1,851/ ; No, 2 Not•thern, 31831 ; No. 5 Northern, 41.781; No.4, 31,06%, Manitoba oats—No, 2 CW, 41/14301 N'e, 3 CW, 41%e; extba No, 1 feed, 41%e; No, 1 feed, 391tee;'Nc, 2 'feed, 17%c. Manitoba barley—No, 3 CW, 77%e; No. 4 C.W, 72%e; 'reinter!, 61'%e; feed, 60eie. All elle above in store at Fort Wil- liam. American corn—No, 2 yellow, 78c, lemma!, e,i,f. Buy ports. Ontario oats—No; 2 white, 42 to 44c. Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, 31.50 to 31,00,- per ear lot; No, 2 'Spring, 31.40 to $1.45; No, 2 Geese wheat, nominal, shipping points, according to freight. Peas—No. 2 $1,30 to 31;35. ' Barley—Malting, 68 to 70e, accord- ing to freights outside, Buckwheat—No. 3, nominal. •Rye --No. 2, 31.30 to $1,35, record- ing to freights outside. M'antbaba flour First pat., $10.50; second pat., 310; bulk seaboard. Ontario flour—$7i bulk seaboard. Millfeed — Delivered Montreal freight, bags included: Bran, per ton, $25 to 329; shorts, per ton, 326 to 331; good feed flour, $2.10 to $2,40 per bag. All of the above in, store at Fort Will'Lam. - Hay—No. 1, per ton, 321 to 323. Straw—Car loots per ton, 312. Oheese—New, large, 19 to 20c; twins, 191 to 201/4; tnitplets, 20 to 21c• old, range, 33 to 340; do, twines, 331/4 to 341/4c; triplets, 341/4 to 35e; New Stilton, 22 to 23c. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 24 to 250; creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, 29 to 30c; cooking, 18e. Margarine --25 to 26e. Eggs—New laid, 29 to 30c; new laid, in cartons, 33 to 34c. Bemis—Cm. hand-picked, bus., 32.90 to $3; primes,' $2.40 to $2.50; Limas, M'adb:gascam, 7 to 8e; Odl- ifornia Lianas, 10 to 12c. Maple producbs—.Syrup, per iltvp. gal., 32.50; per 5 imp. gals, 32,35. Maple sugar, lbs,, 19 to 22e, }Loney -60-30-1b. tines, 19 to 20e per Ib,; 5-21/4-1b. tires, 21 to 22e per 1b.; Ontario comb honey, at $7 per 15- section case. Smoked meats'—Hams, med., 37 t 39c; heavy, 31 to 32c; cooked, 50 to 55c; rolls, 29 to 30c; cottage rolls, 30 to 81e; breakfast bacon, 38 to 42c; special brand breakfast bacon, 46 to 48e; backs, plain, bone in, 43 to 44e; boneless, 46 to 50c. Cured meats—Long d1ear bacon, 18 to 19e; clear bellies, 16 to 17o. Lard—Pure, tierces, 13 to 131/4c; tubs 131/4 to 140; pails, 185'4 to 14%e; prints, 15 to 151e. Shortening tierces, 111/4 to 12c; tubs, 12 to 121/4e; pails, 121 to 130; prints, 14 to 141/4e. Choice heavy Steens, 39 to $10.50• good heavy •steers, 38 to $9; butchers! cattle, choice, $9 to $10; do, corn., 36 to $7; do, med., $7 to 38; butchers' cows, choice, 37.50 to $8.50; do, good, $6.50 to $7.50; do, com•, $4 to. $5; butcher bulbs, geed, $6 to $7.50; do, eons., $4 to $5; feeders, best, $8 to ls39.25; 5.75 to 00 36.75; do, co7 ton .., $5o 8; do,00 canners 'and cutters, 32 to 34.50; milk- ers, good to chodce, 376 to 3100• do, com. and med-, 350 to 360; choice springers, $85 to 3110; lambs, yearl- ings, 310 to 311; do, spring, $13 to $14; do, new erop, each, $10 to $15; calves, good to choice, 311 to $12; sheep, 36 to 39; hags, fed and watered, $10; do, weighed off oars, $10.25; do, nob., $9.26; do, country points, $9. Montreal. • Oaba—Oan. West., No. 2, 59 to 60c; do, No. 8, 54 to 55c. Flour—Man., $10.50. Rolled o'abs, bag, 90 lbs., $3. Bran, 329,25. Shorts, 331.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, cat lots, $22 to 323. Cheese, finest eastern, 151-16e, Butter, choicest creamery, 26% to 27e. Eggs, selected, 34e. Potatoes, per bag, oar Tots, 65 to 70c. Veal calves, $7; choice milk -fed calves, $8.75. Spring lambs, $6 to $8. An Interesting Publication. The University of Toronto has just issued a bulletin which will be of especial interest to students in the Collegiate Ints'titutes, High Schools, and Continuation Schools, who are planning their university courses. Prepared by, the Staff in science of the Faculty of Arts, this booklet out- lines first the objects of the courses in each of the sciences and then ex- plains to what vocations these courses lead, that is, in each case a list is given of positions which a graduate in any course could hope to obtain after he loaves the University. This bulletin should help to solve, for the boy or girl, the problem of vocational guidance; it should also be useful to parents who are called upon to advise their children as to the choice of a life -work. The Provincial University is alive bo the necessity not only of providing the very best of instruction but also of supplying advice and ‘guidance to parents and children en educational matters. This bulletin es supplied, free, on •a'pplioation. • As long as a man remains a bachelor he simply will persist in thinking of himself as a universal `;temptation." • The British Army in Germany is be- ing supplied with Canadian fish as the result of a contract awarded by the War Office to Major IIugh Green, late director of fish supplies to the Catia- dion Army. It is understood that Canadian fish may later appear on the British naval menus. It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken Naval Eotitnates Provide for Most Powerful Fleet in tine World—Four Battleships of Largest Dimensions to be Built at Portsmouth. A despatch front Wes'hingtan bays: The British Navy intends to retain its position as the world's meet Powerful naval force under the new naval estimates. Four battleships of the largest dimension's are to be built in the private dockyards of the'Vick- ers, Arrnstbrong and Fairfield Ship- building Companies and the Royal Naval Dockyard at Portsmouth, at - carding' to in1orm'ation from an offi- cial source. — Not a single aircraft winter is called for under these estimates, and only one submarine 10 to be com- menced. This single submarine is clearly to be of an experimental typo, probably of the submarine :battleship typo, be- cause only one ie to be built, and sub- marines have always been built in types of from five to twenty vessels each in the past. A mine -'layer is also provided for, While nothing is definitely known as to the features of the lhetbles: ips it is confidently expeoted in official quartets that they will exceed the battle cruiser "Hood" in size. In the matter of speed, it is certain that they Will be built to make 23 knobs or bet- ter, as all nations are building battle- ships of this speed. It is regarded possible that the new British ships will carry from six to eight eighteen -inch gone, alit/lough older officers declare that 'ten, fifteen- inoh guns of .45 calibre are prefenable to the eighteen -inch guns. The fifteen, - inch guns have been very suoceeafet weapons, rut fact the- mast successful of ail large naval ordnance to date. They fire a projectile of about 2,000 hounds and have at range which ex - coeds the mexinetunvisiW3i(y. The secondary battery will consist of the new six-inch gums. A new fea'tur'e of these ships le in the torpedo battery. Ne submerged torpedo tubes awe to be placed, as it a r,ubmarine, This is 'a radical de- parture from modern practice, dic- tated by the failure of the torpedo to perforin properly when discharged from an under -water • tubo during the war, The British already possess ten first-class battleships. When these new ships are complete the total will be fourteen. At present there is not a first-class battleship in bhe Unite& States navy, Japan is the only other nation to have such ships in commis- sion. However, she is supposed te have further vessels under construc- tion and is to lay down still further' vessels as soon as the vessels now building are latmehed that the' slips be available for new construction. The cost of building the ships pro- vid'ed in the new estimates will bo around $2,00,000,000, and this sewn rails addition to the expenses of maintain- ing the largest navy in the world. The United States is not expected to spend more than twice this for both con- s'invction and upkeep. In this the British appreciation of sea power is quite apparent. Korfanty Issues Peace Proclamation A despatch from London says: Information received. in offi- cial circles regarding Upper Si- lesia states that the Polish Con- sul -General at Beuthen has in- formed the Inter -Allied -Plebis- cite Commission that Adelbert Korfanty has issued a proclama- tion to the people of Upper Sil- esia to surrender their arms, re- sume work and avoid military contact with the Germans. He declares also that 10,000 men have been demobilized. Represents India at Imperial Conference Mia ltlahomed Haji Jan Maltomed Ohotani is the name of this Indian delegate to tire- Imperial Conference. Long -Range Valor. "You're a liars" draled the little man. "What!" roared the big man, clench- ing a huge fist. "1)o you dare call me that, you poor puny puppy?" "I don' came back the defiant reply. "1f you speak another wo'd,•you lump of pork, 1'11 soon cut you short!" "Cut me short, you cheese mite!" shouted the enraged giant. "Yes, and here goes!" snapped the poor, Inlay puppy, sharply, and -before the burly one could utter a word he hung up the telephone receiver, The advantage of the use of air- planes in fisheries was illustrated re- eently when the chief inspector of the Dominion Fisheries and his party flew from Vancouver to inspect the hatch- eries et Anderson and Kennedy Lake, ea Vancouver Island, accomplishing the 470 miles in a few boars, whereas it had previously taken about five days. In an interview with the London Times, Sir Vincent Meredith, presi- dent of the Bank of Montreal, takes an optimistic view of the commercial eituation in Canada. Sir Vincent de- clares that general oondtions are on the whole very satisfactory, though there has been in some eases an ac- cumulation of high priced stocks which will have to bo liquidated, prob- ably with some losses, before normal conditions return. By Jack Rabbit AVE. • •' Z a Pil1 ,r•++' �pyid�Y.....;; /• .AC•'•'. Y a •., ' GY(. tJ Y 70t°° ® .,- `. 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Y E tsn t, v v r. a i ” [. < f t �. ry •Y. ,, Y i1 .,,- t;'�a S,' .,<. i . ;i�` fi a .r: , . .`t+"l',. ,.. � • ....-._. _._,tea-, Choosing Work on the Farm. Thousands of young men will be finishing their course in the Hien Schools of Ontario at the end of the present term, Already these senors are considering their future course— whether they will go on with their educational preparation for life et a higher institution of learning or Whether they will immediately take up bheir life work. Every young mai should have a general knowledge of the requirements of the more common oceupatious and professions that he may choose the line of activity best suited to his talents, and to that end we are here suggesting thoughts re- garding the requirements, traiirimg and opportunities of the agriculturist, There are few occupations requir- ing more all-round ability and geed sense than does agriculture. To be a successful farmer one needs a body that will wibhstand the strain of heavy work, exposure and occasionally long hours of toll during seeding and harvest time, He must have eyes trained to see the hundreds of things vrhioh are necessary to be understood in order to Make advancement in the business, and .his hands mist be accus- tomed to the use of all the ordinary tools and machinery. He should be a practical botanist, a soil chemist, a careful bacteriologist, a good plasm and animal breeder and a fair me- chanic, and the more kOowledgo and skill he possesses along any of these lines the beter able will he' be to meet the various and complicated situations which are cerbain to present them- selves. Model n agricultural competi- tion and methods require furbher that to be successful at farming, a mann should have the proper attitude bo - ward his fellow farmers bo co-operate with them in the marketing of pro- ducts and in securing the raw ma- terials needed on the farm. The prospective farmer should pre- pare himself by securing' both a prac- tical training and a careful schooling in the various sciences relating to the production of crops and animal pro- ducts. Whore one has not had farm experience he had better hire himself out to some good farmer for a year or two before he ventures alone. It would be advisable to supplement this training with a course et an agricul- tural college. A careful study of the work being done at the Experi- mental Farm will prove a most ex- cellent investment. He should culti- vate the acquaintance of a few suc- cessful farmers and read reliable books and periodicals. Tho opportunities for the young man trained in agriculture cannot be painted quite so giewingly as has been the future of some other occupations and professions, but taken al's in all it Is ni•ore than probable that farmers as a class get as much or more out of life as do the members of any other class. While there are very few farmers who have amassed great for- tunes from their farming business, an unusually large per cent, of them have a competence above that enjoyed by the average city worker. Besides get- tin'g a good living and enjoying con- dibion's that promote geed health, bhe farmer manages his own affairs and can go and conte more freely than can those employed in large industrial organizations. There is ample oppor- tunity for doing community work along both commercial and social noes. The well-trained agriculturist has opportunity also for filling posi- tions as teacher in high schools and' colleges having agiicultut•al courses, as experimenters in previncialexpori- mental 2arnie, as 001.1nty reptesen'ba- elves, as agtncultinal veritals, or as exports of some of the hundreds of indwstrial concerns requiring men wtbh an intimate knowledge of farm- ing In fact, the person well trained in farming would seam to have sus bloat a field of attivteblvo position from which to choose his life work as one trained along any other line. Moral' Courage, "Moral courage,"- Bald the teacher, "le the courage that makes a boy do what ho thinks Is right, regardless of the jeers of !tie companions." "Teen," said Wale, `1f a boy has sestets and oats 'em all himself, and ain't afraid of tete other boys calltn' lilnl stung,, is that fne;nl courage?"