The Clinton News Record, 1919-5-29, Page 3ZJLL . EK ONE OF 'THE RED MILMONES
IN CANADA'S PATH OF GLORY
DQIuiltion ',Croons Sterumed the Tide of MI/411e° Against Ypres
alta Calais During Two Weeks of .JIIne,:191G, Adding
Eres11 Lustre to Their IIItlllort:11 Renown..
Tlu+ Battle ,of Zillebeko opened on
little 2, 1016, and really oontinnod un-
til Juno 13. The 2ilteboko sector is
situated"two miles duo east oI Yproe,
. on a front: e£ two miles from Hill 00
'to tho met: cfdge, of Sanctuary Wood
andIloadge on Mersin Road, At the
thee the Canadians were 000upying
the sQUteeaster'n portion of the Ypres'
salient,- The l3rtttee were' massing
troops for the Somme offensive and
the Ypres salient was practically
;stripped of forces, Tito Canaill urs
were at a great disadvantage, There
VAS no air $ervioe, There was little
artillery and only a thin line oe in=
:Wintry. There were no series of /MP-
port and reserve trenefies, owing to
tho imam of the ground, while the
.Germans had., even the advantage of,
position, boingaon. high ground, while
,'the Canadians ocoupied the low,
The Ziliebeke sector was defended
by the 3rd Canadian division, under
the command of General Mercer, with
tire 7th and 8th Brigades in the line.
The front line trenches were occupied
by• the 2nd and 4th Mounted Rifles at
the lower end near Hill 00, and Mount
Sorrell, The .Princess Petrides, two
companies of which were largely
made up of University men from To-
ronto, Montreal and the .West,'oeon-
pied the upper part of Sanctuary
Wood,
A Terrific Bombardment,
At 0 o'clock on the morning of the
2nd, General Mercer, accompanied by
'Brigadier -General Victor Williams, be-
.gan inspecting the trenches occupied
'by the Mounted Rifles. Unknown to
the Canadians, the Germans had tor
several days been filling their trench-
es with trench mortars as preparation the Princess Patrioias that balked the
'£01' a surprise attack which they pun'- Germans from a straight walk into
posed iannclzing on this day. At 8,45 Ypres and on to Calais,
they suddenly. opened a terrine bon-
bardment of the Canadian trenches.
For four hours they kept it rip. They
destroyed emplacdments and devasta.
ted entrenchments. The Mounted
Rifles wore blown out of their trench.
as and fell back. The right hank of
Markets o f the World $4,50 to $5 dor.; 10 oz., $3.50 to $4
11 H 9 dozen.
Maple products—Syrup, per imper-
ial gallon, $2.45 to $2.60; per 5 im-
Breadstuifs. perial gallons, $2.35 to 52.40; sugar,
lb., 27c.
the Petieceee was left in the air,
Ceneral Mercer was killed and Gener-
al 'Ulama wounded, later taken pile -
cater, A mine exploded at line "LOP"
008troyed the right eotnitany 01 the
Patrtcias, but still Captains Niven's
Coinllany On the left hung on, Captain
Niven was wounded, tied No, 7 Pia.
tOort, with Its commander,Lieut, eIa-
garty, was' wiped cut,
Checked German Advance.
To the Germans it appeared that no
nlot'tel being could live through the
terrific hail of load and iron, At 12,45
the bombardment suddenly ceased and
the enemy, conitdent of an easy vic-
tory, came oyer, but he had not taken
into ... consideration the Indomittzble
Canadian valor. A remnant of the
Princess Pats still remained alive, and
these, under the command of Lieut.
Molson, subjected the enemy to a
blasting enfilade as he piissod on the
•right to the rear. Attempts were
made to reinforce the Canadians,
Colonel Buller wee killed as he was
leading up supports and Major Gault
was wounded. ' The remnant le the
_front lino hung on all night, -.though
surrounded.
On the following morning at day-
hz'eak, a counter-attack failed. The
15th Highlanders were badly cut up
and Lieut. Maurice Malone was 1ci11ed
while leading itis company. The Pats
hung on tenaciously until Sunday, the
4th, when they were ordered to the
real, staving been relieved by the 42nd
Highlanders, It was a pitiful rem-
nant that mustered to roll call,
Though they had paid a great price
they had achieved a momentous vic-
tory. It was the dogged heroism of
The fighting- continued on the Zille-
beke sector until June 13, when a
counter-attack drove the Germans
back, except from the edge of Sanc-
tuary Woods and Ilooge. The Caua-
diens suffered 14,000 casualties during
the two Weeks.
Toronto, May 27.—Manitoba wheat
--No. 1 Northern, 52.24%; No, 2
Northern, 52.213A; No. 3 Northern,
42.17%; No. 4 wheat, 52,1.1%, in
store Tort William.
American corn—Nominal.
Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 75 to
'770. according to freight] outside.
Ontario wheat—No. 1 tvinter, per
car lot, $2.14 to 52.20; No. 2 do, $2,11
to 52,,10; No. 3 do, 52.07 to $2.15 f.o.
b., shipping points, according . to
freights.
ntariotoO52,17; wNo, 2 do, 52.06rinto 552.14;9
214;
No. 3 do, 52,02 to $2,10 f:o.b., ship-
n,tng paints according to freights.
Pease -No. 2, 52.10, nominal, ac- s and `Gnersenau" or more
co.rcling to freights outside. "geegraph- odd years ago. A' "Revenge" fought
Bailey—Malting, 51.10 to $1.21,Montreal, May 27.—Oats—Extra Mal accidents as Leipzig or Dm-
ztolar sheat— 2, No. 1 feed, 8G1/sc. Flour—Spring' ,den"—Meru' or pet pups, such as "Poo-, "Revengend "-ramin med six m And a
wheat new standard grade, 011 to or "Prinz Eitel Friedrich submarine ,in
No, nominal, 511.1.0. Rolled oats—Bags, 90 lbs.,' the Rattle of Jutland and received
Rye—No. 2, nominal.or headache powders, its "Seydlitz."
Manitoba flour— $0.90 to 54, Bran, $42. Shorts, 544. British nav Vice -Admiral Sir Cecil Gurney's floe
Government Stan- flay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, $38 to Y names commemorate when hequitted the
21ard, 511, Toronto. 540. Cheese, finest easterns, 801 to glorious ships and gallant men, the damaged
Ontario flour—Government stats -131c. Butter, choicest creamery, 55 to sea -godmothers and sea -godfathers baraugh.'
rd, in 'uta
Provision e—Wholesale.
Smoked meats—Hams, med., 39 to It is one of the characteristics of
41e• do, heavy, 33 to '34c; cooked, 54
to 56c; rolls, 33 to 34c; breakfast, that noble service that its ships
bacon, 44 to 48c; hacks, plain, 47 to, wear' the same names, generation
48c• - boneless, 30c; clear bellies, 28' after generation. Names of both
to 29c. men and' ships link the glories of
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 29 ; the past to the greatness of the
to 5.. to 55c. 1 present by an endless chain of con -
prints, 351/s to 36e. Comp. tierces, I German ship names emblazon .the
27% to 98e; tubs, 28% to 29c: pails, 'fame of tinhorn generals or tin -
280t to 29c; prints, 2914 to 30c. horn victories, cr. tinhorn institu-
tions, as "Kaiser," "Seharnhorst"
Montreal Markets. , _
p._
C7�fGAT $l;07?7,
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SIPS THAT FOUGHT WORLD'S GREATEST
SEA BATTLE JU TLAND, MAY 31, 1916
British Navy Names CommemorateGlorious Ships and Gallant
Men; Deathless Names Are They, Recalling, the Deathless
Deeds of Generations of Seagoing Britons.
Names never die in the British h
ztavy. from generation.to ge%eration in the
chronicles of maritime glory; and a
wholesome regard on the part of the
Admiralty for the great helpfulness
of Tradition makes it certain that
the names of equally gallant ships
shall never fade from the face of the
waters, no natter what the fate of
the individual wearer of the name.
"Revenge" True to Its Reputation.
Thus, Sir Richard Grenville
fought the Spaniards in the "Re-
venge," one to fifty-three, off the
Azores, three :hundred and twenty.
Lard—Pure, tierces, 34 to 34%c;
tubs, 34% to 35c; pails, 34% to 351/a; , memorating valiant actions.
ria 511bags Toronto and
•'' Montreal, prompt shipment,
Millfeed—Car lots delivered, Mon-
treal freights bags included. Bran,
542 per ton; shorts; 544 per ton; good to $31 Lard pure wood pails, ii20 deeds.
hours, broadside to broadside, in Rod -
feed flour, $2.70 to $2.75 per bag the. net,34c.There is romance, adventure M-
spiration, allegory and centuries of •
nev s w]ctory, A' "Canada" was also
55,21. Eggs, fresh, 52 to 53c; select-, of ships and men destinccl in their The Canada" was one of Rodney's
ed, 54 to 55c; No. 2 stock, 50c. Po-, turn to pass on deathless names ships in the "Battle of the Saints,"
tatoes, per bag, car lots $2 to $2.10. that will inspire other men in other in the West Indies, 1782. The "Can -
Dressed hogs, abattoir jcilled, $301,50 ships to deathlessoda fought the "Ville de Paris" two
Hay—No. 1, $32 to 35
$ per ton;
Live Stock Markets. ,history in the one hundred and
to the Battle of Jutland—fourth ship
Toronto May 27,—Good he fifty names mentioned by Admiral in the third division of the battle
, Jellicoe ee
mixed 520 to $24 per ton, track To -
:out
Straw—Car lots, 510 to 511 per
ton.
Country Produce --Wholesale.
Butter—Dairy, tubs and rolls, -88
to 40c; prints, 40 to 42c. Creamery,
fresh )nide solids,•52 to 530; prints,
53 to 54c.
Eggs—New laid, 47 to 48e
steers, 51.1 to $14.50; choice butchers ices in -his account of the Grand fl t.
steers, $18,50 to 514; butchers' cattle, Fleet at the world 's greatest sea A `Sir Francis Drake" led the van
choice, to 3.25 to 513; do,$1medium,7e;511,75 t 1916. fight—the Battle of Jutland, May 31, nay 1�Ii 1782, leo°suras thenorifon Rod -
choice,
a Sir
$12.26; do, tom,, $$12460$1 do, mred. `Indomitable," "Fcarless," "In-FFrarances hais rried the Armada two
choice, , 11.75 to flexible," "Invincible" "Valiant"— years before.
Valiant
$10.50 to 511; do, lough, $8 to 58.50; they might have been taken from the The Little destroyed "Ardent," in
butchers' cows, choice, 512 to $k3; do,
good, $10.50 to $1/10• do, medium pages of the Holy War cr Pilgrim's
Dressed poultry—Chickens, 30 to $9.25 to $10; do, come $8 to $8.50;
• 34c; roosters, 25c; fowl, ,80 to 33c; stockers, $8.75 to $12; feeders, $12.50
.ducklings, 32e; turkeys, 35 to 40c;
squabs, dor:, $6.
Live poultry--Roosters,.25e; fowl,
23 to 3$c; ducklings, lb., 35e; turk-
eys, 30c; chickens, 27 to 30e.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade al: the following prices;
Cheese—New, large, 30 to 801%;
twins, 30% to 31c; triplets, 31 to
31%c; Stilton, 31 to 311/2e,
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 48 to
50c; creamery, solids, 54 to 55c;
prints, 55 to 56c.
Margarine -35 to 38c.
Eggs—New laid, 51 to 32c; new
laid in mentons. 53 to 54e.
Dresa.ed poultry --Chickens, 40 to,
45e; sprint• chickens, 75c to 80e;
roosters, 28 to 30c; fowl, 37 to 38e;
turkeys, 40 to 45c; ducklings, lb., 25
to $14; canners and cutters, $4.50 to
6.50; milkers, good to choice, $90 to
150; do, corn, and mode $65 to $75;
springers, 590 to 51604 light ewes,
518 to $15; yearlipgs, 512 to 514;
chalice lambs, 518.50 to $20; spring
lambs, 512 to 515; calves, good to
choice, 514 to 516; hogs, fed and wat-
ered, $22.50 to $22.85; de, weighed•
off oars, 522.75 to 523.15; do,.e.o.b,,
$21.50 to $21.85. -.
Tonnage Losses in War,
The Ministry of Shipping announces
the number and tonnages of allied
merchantmen lost through enemy ao-
tion, as follows:—Britain,. 2,197; ton-
nage 7,038,000, . France, 238; tonnage
3ei 0e00,
38c; squabs, doze 57; geese, 28 tog Javan, 29; tonnage 120,000. 80; tonnage 7Unted
fah poultry—Spring chickens 001 States, 80; tonnage 341,000. In acidi-
Progress.
Names of Glorious Memory.
Every name o£ the hundred and
fifty -ono names may well be writ-
ten in letters of gold in the tablets
of memory by every Briton, from
the mine -layer "Abdiel," which toiled
all night sowing a mine field to cut
ori' the German retreat, to the. "War-
rior," whose crew. were saved from
destruction by the wild circles of the
helmless "Warspite."
"Iron Duke"—she was Jellicoe's.
flagship; "Lion" --that was Vice -Ad-
miral Beatty's; "Conqueror," "Thun-
dered," "Vanguard" names of tour- true from th F i A despatch from London says:—
age and power; "Temerairo" and ney's prizes in the Battle of the The Viceroy of India announces
"Bellerophon" recalling' Nelson's Saints,, and the only one to get home. that the Council of the Regency of
glory and Napoleori'3 finish—they Phe otheYs, including the gorgeous Bcuhawalpur has placid the Imperial
were all there, at Jutland; and seven 110 -gun "Ville de Paris," wore lost in service troops and the whole of its
score °there, big and little, many of. hurricanes -on their way to England. resources at the disposal of the Gov -
to 600. tion to tltb foregoing, twenty British them smacking even of the forbidden Admiral Jellieots book . thus re- erninent, in view of the Afghan war. Crowh Prince Ala° Is Liable to Trial.
P°tatoes—Ontario, f:ob., track To- pages of the dine novel—"Morning cords the last four minutes of a good At a representative gathering of A despatch
Tonto, car lots, rio on track ono- vessels,ty no gee 95,000, were lost 0n a ," "Mindful," "Marksmah, Mis- man and a good ship, both bearin Moslem Sikhs anti Rendus 'at Laho.e , , 1kWBrom ohenot r0, the
ohief, Attack. 'Y'es, and little at Jutland, seagcdng names famous Lahore, former
Gernian
Crown
n Princeern, the
side, 51.60 to $1.65, 'rho Lieutenant -Governor of the Pun- foilno' German Crown France, will bo
B, to hand-picked, bushel, Will Produce Filth Mcal, "Mary Rose" was there, later on, since the eighteenth century: job received from all ,colnmuuities liable to trial under the
84.26 to $4.50it going down with flag flying, fighting ' convincin assurances of support terms of the
Imported hand-picked, memos
o 3.In' is
of fislydinto produce a milieu against hopeless odds while she sav-
ed Captured from the French, the Government
of German Peace Treaty, it was declared
than, $3,26 Limns, 12c, p cal annually from nisi her ATorth Sea contra Rear Admiral Hood overnment in�the present crisis. by Andrew Donor Law, the Govern-
Houey--Lxtracted clover: 5 lb, waste and offal at a plant that Is to be Horace L. A, hood, C,B, (the Ilon,
y mons LMr. D nithe House that Coni -
The genius and destiny of the , 1d .V,C., D. "Mufti" preens plain clothes worn mons. Mr. o
Com -
tins, 25 to 25c ib.; 10 lb, this, 241,5 to estabtishad at Tiverton; Nova Scotto, greatest naval nation the world bas 4",0.), 171)0 was 0n the bridge of the
Donal' Law said the
25c: 60 ib, tins, 24 to 25c; Buckwheat,) Most of she product will probably bo ever seen ensure that the "Invincible" with Ca t. Ca by one who has a right to wear a also be liable
prison e
4- hailedamps would
'S� 60 lb: tin, 19 to 20a. Comb 10 oz., marketed in the Maritime Provinces, great naval heroes shall reappear Commander Dannreuli3r, • the gun- uniform, The word is of Arabic also be liable under the tonne a
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rigit peace.
a-vexve.j•eLr =AT 1:*
e Jutland battle, torpedoed the huge
German "Pommeen."
"The flottila was again in action a
little Iater with some enemy battle-
ships," writes Admiral Jellicoe, "and
the `Ardent' attacked and fired a
torpedo, bier the result could not be
oo served, as a very heavy fire was
concentrated on the 'Ardent,' which
sank with colors flying after a most
gallant ni'ght's work. It is sad to
resorb that Lieut, -Commander Mars-
den and ohe man were the only sur-
vivors; they. were picked up by a des-
troyer on June 1st, after having been
five hours in 'the water,"
The Original "Ardent"
e renc t—one of Rod -
nary officer in the fore control, at
about 6.30 p.m., saying, 'Your fixing
is very good. Keep at it as quickly
as you can. Every shot ie telling;
At about '6.34 p.m. the 'Invincible,'
which had already been hit more than
once by heavy shells without appreci-
able damage, was struck in `Q' turret.
Tho shell apparently burst inside the
turret, as Commander Dsnnreuther
saw the goof blown off. A very
heavy explosion followed iminediate-
Iy, evidently caused by the magazine
blowing up, and the ship broke in
half, and sank at once, only two of-
fi'cers, including Commander Dann-
reuther, and ,four men being subse-
quently picked up ber the destroyer
Badger."
TUXEY TO ; ,
DISMEMBERED
ABIOS W110 Are ,Jnsatisf ed With
Other Ar'rangernents Each
to Have Sllee.
A. Ogee -toe from Parts says.—Wlliit,
fiver doubt existed as to the ilispost-
tion of the once mighty empire, Tens"
1cey, was dissipated on Wednesday Af-
ternoon when the canplusion was
finally reached to begin a ((Amelia
Vermont propose 02 distributing choice
bits among the allies whohave been
dtsaffegtod by their treatmOnt an
other subjects, ' Turkey ie to- bo a sort
at universal 501),
Britata'e insistence that Constan-
thal.rmn llik
to
hl03ie resultsnill heen 0ai00eivtesingami0 a misandatelye
possibly in conjunction with France
and Italy, supervised by a League at
Nations commission. Another of the
latest suggestions concerning Con-
stantinople le that it shculd be enns-
tituted an independent, state with a
resfdenee for the sultan, who would
retain hie spiritual and temporal
power. Srltish apprehension as to the
effect on Mussulman subjects if the
Sultan were to bo expelled from Eur-
ope captains the revision of plane to
that end.
REPORT or CANADIAN
TRADE COMMISSION
Market reports 'which will servo to
guide Canadian exporters And farin-
ars show that livestock ,in Great Bri-
tain is in keen demand. The Board
of Agriculture's weekly returns for
the middle of April show that prides
for nearly all meat animals are main-
tained, especially for store cattle,
though qualities vary considerably.
From several market centres the re-
ports were that the supply was not
up to the standard, and . that sheep
showed no improvement, as many lots
were marketed in unripe condition
owing to wet weather and the short-
age of artificial feeds. The same
shortness marked the reports on
hogs, of which all classes were sell-
ing well. .At Shrewsbury some An-
gus cross bullocks made up to eighty-
eight shillings (521,12) per cwt. live.
weight, while at Birmingham the live
weight price for hogs rouged about
twenty-one shillings per score (53.52
per stone of 14 lbs.). Prices every-
where showed an upward tendency.
The same shortage was reported in
provisions, especially butter and
cheese. `
DECREASE OF $29,244,400
IN TOTAL APRIL TRADE
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Trade figures for the first month of
the new fiscal year show a decrease
of 529,244,403 in the total of Cana-
dian trade as compared with April,
The "Spitfire's" Feat. 1918. The total for last month was
The "Invincible" was a seventy- 512 ,527,952, as compared with 5150,-
four in Admiral Harvey's fleet that 772,855 in April, 1918. The decrease
captured Trinidad and destroyed was chiefly in the total value of mer -
the Spanish .fleet in.,1797. Admiral 4
z;iral eel oese' imported, which declined
Lord Samuel Hood oaptured the $2;868,720, as compared with last
anoltorage of tiasaterre, St. 'Kitts, in year's figures for April. The total
the West Indies from the French Ad-
miralvalue De Gra:,se en 1732. It was ell April, 1919, 554,255,219; April, 1918,
cousin, of the Sams name, who was 578,623,030. A decline of $6,672,493
to the total value of domestic iner-
chandise exported is shown by the
the navy that quaint "sloop of stone," figures. I11 April, 1918, the total
still known as "H.M.S. .Diamond`val of domestic merchandise ex-
Rock"—an is -ret which he seized and ported
was $71,161,652, while last
fortified, and with which, 'as from a I month it was $84,489,159.
blockading ship, he muzzled the
French in Martinique for eighteen
months.
There was the "Spitfire," too.
What might be expected of 'a Be-
steoyer of her name?
Nothing but what happened. At
midnight enemy cruisers fell in with
the fourth destroyer flotilla, opening
•a heavy fire. The destroyers were
outgunned, liut undaunted. They at-
tacked at once, The "Tipperary"
leading, was crippled and set ablaze;
the "Broke," unmanageable, rammed
her consort, the "Sparrowhnwk," and
wrecked her; but elle "Spitfire," pull-
ing out of the smoke and flame of the
"Tipperary," torpedoed one four -
funnelled German ship, and having
•no room to turn, bumped into a Ger-
man light cruiser, scraping alongside
and tearing off 29 feet of the skin
plating of the Hun to take home as
a sonvenir.
Silehs andIlihdus Eager
To Aid in Defeating Afghans
Commodore of the British fleet in
the Caribbean in 1804, and added to
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Not Government'sFunction
To Advise Bravo Englishmen
A despatch from Loudon says:—
In the Commons the Government was
asked if it was considering the limit-
ing of further attempts to fly the
Atlantic, in view of the desperately
hazardous conditions, Major-Gener-
al Seely, Under-Secretary of State
for Air, stated that the matter had
been given the most careful% thought
by the Government, who considered
that it was not right and was not its
function to say to our countrymen
that they should not undertake this
daring flight and the risks,
CLYDE SHIPBUILDERS
TO EMIGRATE TO AMERICA
A despatch from London says: --
A despatch to the Times from 'Glaa-
gow says that the shipping compan-
ies of the Clyde are deluged with en-
quiries indicating that there will be
a great exodus of emigrants from
Scotland to North America immedi-
ately when transportation facilities
aro available.
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FO STT AND
RECONSTRUCTION
CANADA NEEDg A3 GE EXPORT
TRADE To BALANCE IMPOSTS,
Australia Sete An Example lh the
Matter of Ferept Coneervation
Enormou0 Ppsslbllitiaa,
Statesmen and business mon have
rePeetedly omehaaized the part that
the further development of our natur-
al resources must play in reconstruc-
tlofz after the war, Any such pro-
gramme must take dull amount of the
forests.' Such increased development
will assist materially in providing
against unemployment, through the
building up Of new forest industries,
in addition to the .5,000 wood -using
industries already In existence, It will
be a large factor in stabilizing emono-
mid conditions generally,
A large export trade is particularly
essential to Canada, to redress Icor un-
favourable trade balance, espoetally
with the United States• In this direc-
tion, clue formats hold a position or pe-
culiar strategic importance, both act-
ual and potential. In British Colum-
bia, for example, it has been shown
that the annual lumber cut can be in-
creased flue -told, under good manage-
ment, without Impairing the forest
capital stock. This means an enor-
mous export trade to which the short-
age of shil`ping is still the greatest
obstacle.
The present and potential value of
Canada's export lumber trade is indi-
cated by the order recently plaeod by
Groat Britain tor lumber from Canada,
aggregating around 550,000,0000 in
value. In the east, the value of aur
pulpwood Soreets la indicated by the
fact that. the value of the exports of
pulp and paper now total around 500,-
000,000 annually, One-fourth of the
newsprint used in the United States
comes from Canada, and fifteen per
cent. of the pulp wood consumed in
that country is the product of Can.
adian forests,
Our forests have a wealth-produoing
capacity, the possibilities of which,
from a long-time standpoint, have as
Yet been realized only in small part,
To transmute these possibilities Intl
permanent actualities requires, how,
ever, the general acceptance, by 1314
people in general and by Govermnent4
in particular, of the fundamental nein
ciple that the forest is a crop, rather
than a mite, and that cutting opera,
tions on non-agricultural lands must
be conducted always with a view tc
the perpetuation of tate forest as such.
The practice of silviculture is still
in its veriest infancy in Canada, as it
is over most of North America. There
is still far too strong a tendency to.
Ward the practice of forestry any
whore except in the woods. At the
same time, it must always be realized
that forestry is essentially a business
proposition, and that business con.
siderations place dehlito limitations
upon what It is feasible to do in the
direction of intensive methods.
On the other hand, the forest lands
of Canada aro predominantly Crown
lands and are therefore, for the most
part. the property of the people of the
country. It follows that the public
interest, from a long-time viewpoint,
should govern in determining the con-
ditions under which exploitation takes
place. With the present increased
sttunpage values; many things in the
direction of better management . are•
now becoming economically feasible
which would have been out of the
question in years past.
Canada may well profit from the
example set by the states of Australia,
in connection with forest conservation.
The states of Victoria and West Aus-
tralia, in particular, have recently en-
acted forest legislation so progressive
in character that our situation in Can-
ada seems backward by contrast, This
legislation sets a new pace, particu-
larly as to land classification, forest
reservation, control of cutting opera -
tithe, reforestation, and amount of
money to be spent on the protection
and development of state forests
generally.
Turning again to Canada, we find
that, notwithstanding war conditions,
truly remarkable progress toward bet-
ter forest conservation has been
made during the past year.
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MAKE THE HOME SAFE;
efective Appliances in Houses Cause
-Many Serious Accidents,
A hone ehould b® a safety centre—
sanctuary for every member of the
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that occupies it. Dangerous
editions, such as defective ectrie
gas fittings, insanitary plumbing,
protected stairways,, or stairways
thout railings and whch invite ac-
etits, are lamentably conn 1011 in our
uses, In a survey of neatly 30,000
°idents in the city of Chicago cov-
ng a period of eleven years, it was
rid that over G1 per cent, were
usehold accidents. These caused
death, or pei'ntanontly elle/elect of persons, and yet the citcite.s of the United States claim to be
' home•leving people” A similar
alysts of Canadian statistics would
bably provo that Canada was 130
re successful in converting houses
o hones. Faulty building construc-
t, defective wiring and plumbing
pitifully common and, in too many
armee, are winked at by so -railed
'ding !Impeders. Honsehottlera
twelves use rocking -choirs for
p -ladders, place kettles of boiling
er inn flint
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re, or fasten windows down ip con•
e heat at the exper130 of veiltlla'
These and similar practices
e the death, or result in crippling
areae et Canadians every year, If
560 mid other dwellings wore
efortned'into proper Ileums, these
es, which aro truly national as well
itdlviduel, would be reduced' to a
Ment. But that tittle weed elm
cs a gulf that it may require gene•
its to bridge,