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WOMEN ARE
SAVING BRITAIN
CONFLICT COULD NOT BE WON
WITHOUT THEIR HELP,
Head of Women's War Employment
Commission Pays Tribute
To Britain's Women.
"Great Britain could not win the
war without its W0rnen. If they were.
to be taken out of the spheres of na-
tional industry into which they have
gone educe thewar started, Great
Britain would crumple up."
That is the emphatic statement
made by Cecil Harmsworth, brother
of Lord Northcliffe, and head of the
Women's War Employment Commis -
B1011,416! to the part 77ngland's women
are playing in the war. For two years,
Mr, Iiarmsworth, as •heiid of this lin.
portant commission that has been di-
recting the employment of women in
war work, has bad opportunity of
Judging exactly the value of their
work. He regards =Britain's "war
women," as he calls them, as being
equally as important as the soldiers in
khaki incarrying on the war, writes a
London correspondent.
"We have Just a trifle over 1,000,000
women doing men's work at home,"
says Mr. Harmswortb. "Wo might
easily have three times that number
UT four times, if we took all who are
eager to do their bit Up to now we
,. have not needed any more than the
million who are at work, They are in
every conceivable character of Work,
from. the girls who run lifts or work
in butcher's shops to those making
shells in the munition factories. We
bave -them in banks, in jobs as 'bus
conductors, in clerical work, lo. gov-
ernmental &Steal, and in agricultural
work. We have them everywhere.
And it may be put on record that
Great Britain's women have with am-
azing rapidity adapted themselves to
the work of men, whether in. heavy
drudgery or in the gentler pursuits
where' finesse is an indispensable 1•e•
quisit0.
"To my mind this war, aside from
the wonderful development of the
British soldier from the ordinary citi-
zen going about his peaceful pursuits
into a demon of a lighter, has demon-
trated two things -the vast reserve
power of the nation's men at home,
and the work of its •women., Great
, Britain had no idea before the war,
and I suppose the sante Is true of
every great nation, what latent forces
she had that could be developed into a
powerful engine of activity. We did
not realize before the war that many,
I may say a majority, of Great Brit-
ain's men were working really on half
time, that is, were putting in a day's .
work, but were taking their work
quite leisurely and not putting out the
whole effort that. was In them, That
was true not only df the workmen in
the shops or wherever else, but men
of other ranks, who used to put in per-
haps four or five clays' work in a week,
then take a rest in a fashionable week-
end,
Paoed Industrie] Problem,
'When the war came we began ask-
ing each other what was going to hap-
pen to Great Britain when millions of
her men were in khaki and'there wer°
not enough men outside military age
to fill jobs, It looked in the early
days of the war as though there could
be only ono outcome -eventual stagna.
tion of Britain's industries at home l'or
want. of men to do the nation's work.
Down in the hearts of many there
were many misgivings about 10. But
no sooner had site started the endless
dole at men to the front than great
111 Its purity and "fine"
granulation give it
the highly sweeten.
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solves instantly in
your teacup or on
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2 and 5 -Ib
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skitri �" Cane
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10 and 20 -lb
Bags
The best sugar for
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NONVONSISINISIMIIIM
Britain began eolving, at home aerial
a quite natural way the problem that
looked to bo so formidable.
"Workmen who used. to take their
time over a day's Merit began to work
faster, so they are now turning out
nearly twice se much product as be-
fore; 4511110 merehaatts, professional
men, and hankers began to stay in
their ofilees long dime and to glee up
long week -ends, to sacrifice golf and
°thee pursuits of peace times for the
serious woi'k put upon them by the
shortage of men in their' offices, So
right there Britain hegan to get tett
of the men at home an even greater
aggregate of energy than she actually
had from her unimpaired force of
workers before the war,
"But that would not have been
enough with the constant drain of mea
called to the colors finless the women
had arisen nobly to the necessitip s of
their country. Without the :-,'omen
offering themselves for the nation's
work, the time would noon have conte
when in every phase of industrial en-
deavor. there would have been felt a
strain too intense to bear upon those
working at the topnotch, so that a
crash Would have been inevitable. The
plain fact is that Great Britain, with
millions of its mon in khaki, had not
the reserve to do its work without the
women, and the further fact 1s evident
that if the women hadn't shown them-
selves capable of doing that work a
crisis soon would have boon reached
that eventually soiled have led to in-
dustrial disaster,
"Great Britain may thank its legions
of loyal women that the day has long
since passed when the nation had to
think of giving up the war through n
lack of power to carry on its work at
hone, ire work of making munitions to
fight with, as well as developing its
food resources and keeping factories
going; in short, keeping the natlun
supplied with power to exist while,
waging a gigantic war.-
"When
ar.
"When we speak of the 1,000,000
women at work in the different indus-
tries it fails to give an adequate idea
of the actual.resourees at rue nation'
command. If we needed there we
could put 5,000,00 women at work in
the British Isles tomorrow, but Ove
wouldn't know what to do with them.
Millions 00 women are waiting their
opportunity to serve in any activity
that may aid their country. But we
have gone at this matter of placing
women In our industries in a scientific
way, so that every woman placed in a
Job of any character is regarded as
being ideally adapted to it.
"As for the women in munition
work, I may say the output of their
daily effort now equals_ that of the
men whose places they took. In
agricultural pursuits we found a re-
luctance on the part of British farm-
ers to taking women because they pre-
ferred men es farm hands. It has
been slow, this process of inducing the
farmers to draft Britain's girls into
farm life, but it is being done gradu-
ally, so that now we have 140,000 reg•
istered in that sphere of activity.
CHAPTER XXL---(Cont'd),
The two itidies received the expla-
nation of his absence—a river-triri
with a friend -.-with Chiding indiffer-
ence, To Miss Penelope nothing was
of any im ortarce except the decores
tions of the banqueting hall, while
Lady Constance hod the eviaen. a of her
own eyesight. He was compelled,
therefore to return to London the next
clay in tie same unhappy state of
mind, To distract his; thoughts, he
threw himself heart and soul into th
preparatione for the festive event
and even Jasper Vermont hitnsel
could not have worked Nader.
The announcement of the fancy dress
bell to be held at Barminster ha
made something like a sensation; fo
not only was the magnificence of t:a
Cs etle well known, but the fact that i
was so seldom used for festivities o
any kind lent importance to the '
casion, and had roused society, bot
in town and country, to the height
expectancy.
Preparations were carried on apace
The whole Castle was to be lighted
and decorated, regardless of expense
while even the servants' dresses wer
to be manufactured by the masters
their craft, and approved of by her -1
alai° authorities, in,, order that the
right ,effect of the period, that of two,
hundred years back, might be main-;
tamed. Never had a bail been car-
ried out with such a wealth of detail.
Throughout all this, and during the
many visits which Adrien found neces-]
sary to make to Barminster, journey-'
ing backwards and forwards in his
great ear, Lady Constance maintain-'
ed a smiling, gentle demeanour; but
she allowed num no opportunity for ex-
planation, seeming rather to'avoid
his presence. Even Lord Barminster,
watching his two dear ones closely,
WAS not blind to the gravity. of the sit-
,{
nation; but h trusted to Constance s
love to make matters right in the end.
At last the eventful night came. The
temporary stables which the village
carpenters had been erecting close to
the ordinary ones, were rapidly fillipg.
Cars and carriages stood side by side,
as guests from town and the surround-
ing districts arrived; and the air re-
sounded with the clatter and rattle of
the horses' hoofs and carriage wheels,
mingled with the hooting of motor
horns.
.Adrien glanced atter' the temp o
rather' puzzled.
"f don't know," he admitted frankly.
"It is something, a shadow poly, nil e
Mr. Vermont" suggested Miss .Pen-.
elope•
"it cannot be lie," said .Adrien, "he
is not pouring to -night,"
Lord Barminster, who had ala
preached in time to hear this speech,
looked affectionately at 'his son, and
Adrien cagght the glance and under,.
O steed It, But without making° any
comment, he. went in search of his
partner for the next waltz.
Meanwhile, Untlino And Mepitis,
topheles had seated themselves in the
d deep l'ec0'55 oe one of the alcoves,
r hlaylget you an ice, madam•'?" mat-
t• ed the • Mephistopheles in a queer,
strained voice.
f• Undine turned her face towards him,
- and her eyes flashed curiously through
bh the ma:knit:
k,
of "You mshe replied,, also dis-
guising her voice, "if you will tell Hie
who von ere,'
' "That I dare not," was the guac`"(led
reply. "My name is never mentioned
e in ears polite, you know,"
of Unline 'smiled,
Within the Castle all was light and
mirth. Ripples of laughter and the
buzz of conversation went on inees-
satntly, as the guests arrived in their
vrried and gorgeous costumes.
The walls of the'great reception
corms had all been covered with price-
less tapestry, and as far as possible
s- made to represent the ballroom of 1
Antony Leroy, two hundred years ago,
Bnt the guests themselves had not
*been asked to keep to any period of
history or fashion, and therefore, it
was the most incongruous crowd that
had ever gathered within the ,galls of
Barminster Castle. Never were
cheeses more regal or more magnific-
ent, alike in materials, color and decor-
anon. Cavaliers in silks and satins,
with plumed hats, and jewelled swords;
Crusaders in glittering mail and silver
armour, Alsace peasant girls mingl-
ed with Carmelite monks and Sicilian
nuns. Shakespeare's characters were
' legion—Pprtias, Cymbelines, Kathe-
eines and Shylocks, all laughed and
•jested together, their identity conceal-
ed beneath their bink velvet masks.
It seemed as if every character and
fable had risen to throng the halls -of•1
Barminster Castle that night.
Up in the gallery above the -groat
ballroom a famous orchestre poured i
forth melody, and the guests were p
awaiting the entrance of their host as l d
a sig�tal to start dsncing.
The last visitor had arrived, when •
Lard Barminster and his sister carne
from the entrance hall, where they had a
stood so ,lon ', The old elan had
"Since you will not tell me your
nettle, perhaps you can toll Hie mine
without the asking."
"I can, madam. You are—Lady
Merivale, who is so fond of the river.'' forget or Wallin l lose a friend," wa
Undine started, her face turning g g y
suddenly pale. a remark once made by the late Kin
"I -what do you Mean? Who are to a tutor of the present monarch.
you?" she asked, me she. peered at Regarding the monarch's intimat
him with straining eyes, seeking to friendships, that was a prophecy tha
pierce the clever disguise, has come y
"Mephistophelesl" was the , calm perfectly true. Kin
rotate then, as if -to turn the subject,' George has as extended an acquaint
he continued lightly. "It is a fair once probably as bad his father, bu
scene, and a fabulous one."
Undine hegan to have a slight sus-
picion as to whom her companion friendship, &aye- London Answers.
might be, and was far from comfort- '(1•ndoubteclly the King's most in
able in her mind. The hit at the river timate friend is lord Stamfordham
might have been only a , chance one; l iia Majesty's' private secretary. Lord
but this was doubtful, if Mephis- Stamfordham,as Sir Arthur Biggo
topheles turned out to bo either
Mortimer Shelton, or Jasper Vermont, was appointed private secretary to
ns she half feared. King George, then Prince of Wales, i
She strove to conceal her uneasiness. 1901; but previously Sir Arthur lligge
The host should be happy and had been one of the equerries of the
satisfied to -night,' she said; "it is a Household of Queen Victoria, and had
great success." ,.,
"Yes, happy!" agreed the demon, come a close and intimate friend of
nodding his horned heat}, "but not sat- the then Duke of York.
isfied. That he will never be till he Silence and Strength.
sees the marriage of his beloved son
He stopped short- Lord Stamfordham is a rather
"With Lady Constance Tremain," silent, reserved. man, and a story has
finished Lady Merivale, in a low voice, been told about one occasion where
from which all attempts at disguise
had gone,
Mephistopheles nodded again.
"You have guessed aright, my lady,"
to said. "Seel there they are toga. Stamfordham being also a guest. The
then A handsome pair; an admin- future King noted that during the din -
able match. • Yet it is sad to think Her Lord Stamfordham spoke but
He stopped again, rarely. Subsequently King George re-
marked to Queen Victoria's equerry,
grasping his scarlet -elect arm in a
olhe Mendezne
1 a's septi al
TING GEORGE
t
AND HIS FRIENDS
s
,SIDELIGHTS ON HUMAN SIDE OE
BRITISH ROYALTIES.
The .British Monarch Has Many
Acquaintances But Few
Close Friends. .
"I do not think that George will
have many friends, hut ho will never
while ago, one oe them—a young Sot
ileer—addressed air Derek " Keppel,
who received them, as "your Majesty"
—e mode of address that made Sir
Derek exclaim, with a laugh: "Well,
I hope you will not be terribly disap-
pointed, but I ani not the Kings, lily
Hanle le Keppell" however, if the of-
ficer was disappointed, he had no need
to' he so for long, because the King
entered the room shortly afterward..
Entertaining the Prince.
Another very valued and intimate
friend of the King is the Marquis de
Breteuil, who lives in Paris, and who
was the host of the Prinee of Wales
a couple of years ago. The marquis
is an example of the most finished aid
8 courtly type of French gentleman.
g He had long desired to have the
honor of being the Yost of the present
e Prince of Wales in Paris, but various
• circumstances delayed the Prince's
g visit to him. It is said that the visit
was actuallyiirranged when the King
t was sneaking over the telephone from
there are comparatively few who ar
honored with his close and intimat
e Bnckingham Palace to the marquis in
e Paris about some private matter'. At
the end of the conversation the mar-
quis referred to the prospect of have
' ing a visit from the Prince, and the
matter was thus practically settled.
' • With his close and intimate friends
King George keeps continually in
u toucb. He, indeed, has about him, as'
members of the Royal Household,
most of his most intimate friends.
With those from whom he is by ne-
cessity of circumstances, separated
the King keeps up a regular corre-
spondence,
Friends From Boyhood,
In the days before the War }tis Ma-
jesty, as a matter. of fact, used to de-
vote one afternoon a wgek to writing
to his personal friends, but since Au-
gust, 1914, he has been unable to find
time to do this.
Maud Muller Back Again,
"An odd fact developed iu our par-
celing out glris to the farms is that
the romantic ofd -day type of Maud
Muller nolle girl disappeared some
time ago from nngland. We hadn't
realized until the farmers told us tbey
had been unable for some years to get
girls to do the mlildng and doubted if
we would be any better off, But we
have induced the girls to tante it up
again, and now we have our hundreds
of Maud Mutters on the farms of Eng-
lund. It is going to help in putting
down the price of milk, which has
been going up since the war broke
out.
"As to the wages the women of Eng.
land are getting, it may be said that,
while at the outset of'their war work
they didn't begin to compare with the
wages of the skilled men whose places
they took, still they have been growing
all along, until a groat percentage of
thorn now are commanding men's pay,
Naturally, we couldn't expect em-
ployers to pay raw hands the sante
pay as for skilled, and for a time this
kept wages down, but after the wom-
en showed adaptability and etilcieney
there was no stopping wages going up.
As to the broad principle, it may be
said that thewoinen of England to -day
are able to earn exactly as much as
the men in proportion to the character
of their 'work, It resolves itself into
the plain fact that the women can
, make as much as they earn.
"In England today every able-
bodied man has as much work as be
can 0o. The no'er-do-Wells are off the
. streets and in paying jobs. Although
the price of living has gone up over
60 per cent„ with nee girls of the
families at work and bringing in art
income, individual families are better
off than before the war. So when it
comes to the last analysis, it is not
hard to see that It is the women of
Britain who•are the backbone of the
natter at home,"
To"hsve clean nests in the most
vitieg position in the poultry house is
the best care for the habit some fowl
(especially pullets) have of: lnying
their eggs on the floor. A couple of
pullets took a notion early last Month
to deposit their eggs in a corner of the
scratch pen, There were nests in the
inner' house, but they would not leolc
at them, Then a nest host Was placed
hear the spot where they were in 0110
habit of laying. They Iain in it the
first day, When it was later •etnevect
alta a
to a trete s ble J cation they
rncdiatel located it and continued to
alepbsit their, eggs in the nest,
King George, then about eighteen
years of age, was at dinner with bJa..
grandiitother at Windsor Castle, Lord
be..r
"It will never bel"
His/companion trembled with sup
preen d eagerness.
"What do you- mean?" she ex-
claimed, "Can you prevent it?"
(To be continued).
Make Gardens Productive. •
when the two were discussing some
subject after dinner: "I shall always
listen to anything you have to say
with attention, for I believe you would
not offer any opinion on a subject
about which you did not lcnow a great
deal,"
And years afterwards, when King
George, as Prince of Wales, asked Sir
Arthur Biggo to become his private
The Ontario Education Department' secretary lie referred to this occasion,
have issued a circular to inspectors and said that he had never altered his
and teachers that hi order to assist mind in regard to what he said then.
n meeting the shortage of foodstuffs Lord Stamfordham, though he fills
the teachers who aro giving instruc the same office to King George as did
tions in agriculture and horticulture Lord Knollys to the late King, occu-
r provincial schools should grow pies a rather different, and in some
tants_offood value in school gar- ways a more onerous, position than
ens. Home gardens should also be did Lord Knollys in the late reign,
nlarged for this purpose and vacant
ots cultivated. .Inspectors are also
dvised to demonstrate more fully
Inc important bearing 4vhich agricul-
Queen Mary's Judgment.
King Edward had many advisers,
d
s ture has upon the welfare of the though Lord Knolly's opinion, of
course, always. carried much weight
5 if this is done the food products s people. It has been estthat with him. But King George, both in
of public and private affairs, may be said
e Ontario would be increased by to have only two advisers, and these
s $10,000,000. ere the Queen and Lord Stamforclltamr
rIn political affairs and affairs of State
If paint and grease can be made to his Majesty is, of course, guided by
h take the place of buildings without ex- the advice of his Ministers. •
e tea expense, then the only construe- Some little while after the King
r tion needed will be that of afence to had ascended the throne the Warne of
s keep farm animals from doing dam- a lady and her husband were, for cer-
n age to the machines left outdoors. In twin good and sufficient reasons, struck
e the long run there might be a loss of°ff the invitation -lists at Buckingham
_ time in greasing a machine every •Palade, and it was henceforth known
time it has to be left idle, compared that their Majesties did not desire to
• with the easier method of running it meet them,
- under a shed, but a careful main is A gentlemen, a member of the Royal
' likely to grease all parts that are lia- household, and one who stood high in
- ble to rust in any case, so if money the estimation of the King and Queen,
merely donned a domino over his even
ing dress and carried his mask in hi
heed; but Miss Penelope had had he
elaborate dress copied from a picture
of Lord Antony's wife, which hung in
the Picture Gallery. The gown wa
composed of soft grey gatin, ovc
which hung a veil of gold chiffon em
broidered with pearls. At1 etnb • 'd
cry of gold wheat -ears sown wit
pearls decorated the bodice and th
long, grey satin traits; this, togethe
with the fancily diamonds, made Mis
Penelope an imposing figure, even i
that bevy of fair women and gorgeou
gowns.
Immediately behind them came Ad
Tien and Lady Constance. The latter
had chosen to represent "Miranda,'
and her loveliness seemed almost sup
ernaturalr The pale gold of her haic
and the perfect shell -pink of her tom
plexion were set off to advantage b
her gown, which, simple as it was, ye
showed by that very simplicity th
handof the master by whom it had 0
been designed. It was of palest
green satin, edged with cltiffon\in such e
a way as to represent the tiested
waves, relieved here and there
by pink sea.shelle and•tiny wreaths of
seaweed; while her only ornaments
were pearls, the gifts of her guardian.
It was little wonder that Adrien hadbeen unable to 'express the atlmiratfon
11 r felt, when he looked upon her fair
be. uty, which was now, however, cov-
ered by a velvet mask,
He himself had taken the character
of Charles the First:, and, with his
dark, deep eyes and melancholy face,
fully looked the part of the unhappy
monarch. There was a faint murmur
of admiration as he entered, for every
detail had been so carefully copicti,
erten the lace collar to the jewelled
order across his breast, that it was as
if Vandyk's famous picture itself lead
stepped down from its frame,
Unconscious of the attention they
provoked, Adrien led Lady Constance
euf to the (list dance, caul opened the
ball with her,
Mise Penelope MOM"!the seventh
heaven of delight, when some little
time later Adrien clone up to hen
"What a magnificent sight, is it
not, Adrien?" she said excitedly. "1
knew it would be a sueoes5; but really
the dre
seas are wonderfut • Then the
mystery is so delightful. I' 'can't re-
cognise anyone now under the masks,
Look, Who is that?" She glanced to-
wards a lady dressed as Unable, who
seemed to float by them, so light were
her movements, on the aria of a
Mephistopheles,
"That," said Adrian, Whose quick
eyes readily pentel'ated the majority of
the disguises, "that 18-3,0e, I cannot
be mistaken—.flit/-••-Lady Merivale,"
rife voice dropped slightly as he
•4' nice the ham; for he had not Me,
pcated that she would Moot Miss
I'enelopa e invitation, and was sur.-
pr.is+ccl by her presence,
"Who is the hi'ephistopheles?" ask.
ee itis ntint,
tcan be saved by foregoing building asked the Kong• t.o reconsider his de -
why not? The chief trouble is tbat cisi • 1 in this natter, and to admit the
ne man, as a rule, uses both means
of pro°lB13tion and another uses neith-
r.
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"'the 01115 flout publicly snot
lima/mane were ttettl `.
stat blotched, not banded,
names of 'the lady a'hd gentleman in
question again to the invitation -list,,
The King's reply was: "I shall never
interfere with any decision of- the
Queen in such matters."
Contrasted Types.
Lord Stamfordham is, of course,
the most influential and important
member of the ?Royal Household. IIe
is an extremely kind-hearted man,
who uses the power that the King's
confidence gives him 'very wisely.
Like the King; he is a man of few
friends, and spends his leisure time—
which is extremely scanty just now—
in reading and -in country pursuits.
One characteristic of Lord Steni-
fordham is a certain deliberation in
his speech. lie picks and chooses his
words with extreme care, somewhat as
Mr. Balfour does, and is always at the
greatest p0111114' 00 1044110 his meaning
absolute.iy clear.
Another very old friend of the King
is Sir Derek Keppe!. Sir Derek has
the reputation of being one of the
best -dressed men and the most amus-
ing coever'sationalist in the Royal
Household.
He was 01, invaluable guest at th
shall dinner' and lunch parties tint
in the days of peace used to be given
at Buckingham Palace. He is and has
g,
been for many mutts, a member of the
Royal Household.
One of tite"tasks he hats performed
with completions success since the
outbreak of the war is the receiving
of officers at Buckingham Palace on
oeeasione when the King, owing to
pr'essttre of engagements, etas beets
unable to do so himself,
When soma I tent.lr officers err v
ed
rllalarial parasites are concentrated ire
the salivary gland of the meequit°.
at, Bueklughatn• • lia1aco setrie little
One little fact about the King'tt care.
respondence may be worth xnontionj
icngr,d .sinccs eMhaejeways haat
onyo.t ufdhea pKosutg
desired to send a short, urgent dress•
age to anyone he would use the tetraa
phone or telegraph, but never a posts
card.,
Some of the King's friends are per's
sons' whose names are net widely
known. Thera is a squire living on'
the Royal estate at Sandringham, 4
tenant of his Majesty, who is a close
and intimate friend of the lemmch.
Their acquaintance began when King,
George was quite a young boy.
The squire and his Majesty have
one great hobby in common --the col -
letting of stamps—and bis 1l0ajestyyt
with his very considerable fad11tied'
for getting stamps of great rarity and
value, has often helped to add to his
friend's collection. •
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When a wax plant (Hoye) .fails to
bloom stir some bonedust into that
surface soil, and after its growing'
period water sparingly, barely enough,
to keep the soil moist, and give a,
rather sunny situation. Keep it he
this condition for six weeks or more'
then begin watering and encourag
renewed owth. PIants- that ar ,
br
thus treated will mostly develop flown,
er spurs, upon which the answers will
be produced at the blooming period,.
It is well not to cut away these spurs
as in doing so chances for succeedin
bloom will be ruined. If the soil is
very rich stir some lime into the sur .
face soil rather than•boneduetr I
repotting use at least half Nand t
diminish the liberal growth of th
branches, and promote the develop,
ment of blooming buds.
The wisest military experts•are whist
enough to be chary of prophecy, ""`•
Phenomenal Strides Made
By Canadian Northern
• Railway System In First
.-dear As Transcontinental
New System in the Past Year Carrriod Approximately -131,000,000
Bushels of Wheat, an Increase of 125 Per Cent. Over l'rarvieue
Y€nr. Company's New Mileage on Pacific Coast and Northern
Ontario Makes Astonishing Showing -Right from Commence-
ment of Operation. Company's Lines Most Favorably Located.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Toronto, February 9th.
The phenomenal gains that the
Canadian Northern Railway reports
for its year as a transcontinental
line makes the statement one of the most favorably received by everys
most important that has ever been body who is following tho growth o3
issued by any railway in Canada. the larger Canadian railways will
It is even doubtful whether the comefromthe fact that the Canadian
tremendous increases in business Northern Railway has comp within
handled have ever been duplicated hailing distance of earning its total
by any system in the world. There fixed charges, the deficit for the
are many features to the report. year being brought down to less
that make it of special import to than a quarter of a million dollares
every Canadian, owing to the .to
a reduction from the previous year
terest the country has in the build- of almost $1,400,000. As was in be
ing up of this important transcon- expected, a great proportion of the
tinental line and the attractive ter- increased revenues coma from the
ritory that has been developed large crop gathered in the Canadian
through the completion of the sys- West in the fall of 1915, but since
tem. The feature of the report that time there has been a ,narked
that is likely to be especially grati- increase in the general freight
fying is that which shows thepro- traffic handled over the lines, and
minent part the Canadian Northern, during the first four months of the
with its transcontinental system, current fiscal year gross °ar.ninge
has'been able to play in handling have continued to show Large in -
such a large proportion of the gram creases over the corresponding per -
requirements of the Mother Coun- iods of the year now under review.
try. I Perhaps the most striking develee-
Right along it has been the con- meet in this connection is that it is
such important centres as Vancou-
ver in the West, and Montreal in
the East.
Company's Earning Power.
Thedevelopment that is sure to be
teition of Sir William Mackenzie
and his associates that it was wily
a -matter of a very short period be-
fore Canada and the Empire would
enjoy the benefits of the big sys-
tem that had been built up across
the Dominion, and the showing
made in the report indicates that
these hopes have been realized
much earlier than it would have
been thought possible when the
transcontinental system was set in ed Dar
operation a Little over a year ago,I Some of the interesting fen-ImesImportant Ga;
of Year. of the Board of Directors' report as
A. few of the outstanding fen-' inelicating the position of the line
tures of the report are as follows : and the progress it has made in -
Art increase in freight traffic due- elude the following ;
ing the year of $8,852,412, mph,- I An agreement of great import -
Mont to as notch as 45:87 per cent,; ante in the development of the
increase in passenger traffic, $717,- System's freight and passenger
246, of a gain of 13.26 per cent.; traffic was made with the Cunard
an increase in total operating Steamship Co, In future the Cue -
revenue of $9,564,108, or 86.91 per, and Line and the Canadian North
-
cent. over the previous year. That ern Railway will be, in fact, a single
the company's lines handled•an r � '
aver tt sno Latton unit between 'ur
181,000,00 bushele of grain is and Canada. v 1 D ups
proof positive that the railway has The possession of such .favorable
been located in the best grain grades as those ori the System's
glowing areas of tho West, linos lass given the Canadian
The exact grain traffic has,dled Northern an already important ad -
amounted to 181,978,800 bushels as vantage in the economy of opera -
compared with 58,575,520 bushels tion, particularly in carrying the
in 1916, or an increase of 78,408,- two commodities offering in largest
280, equivalent to an increase of ne volume, vis,: lumber and grebe
much as 125,81 per cent. The niaitt lino of the, Canadian
That the Company has been able Northern Railway froth Quebec to
to make such striking gains in the Vancouver is superior to any line
in the 111001011 of October that the
heaviest grain movement occurs,
and yet in October, 1910, the gross
earnings showed a gain over those
of the same month in the previous
year. As the grain crop was very
much lighter, this evidently in-
dicates that the growth in the traf-
fic in other commodities has more
than offset the lighter grain move-
ment of the year now being Import.
aliment of traffic handled over its
lines will undoubtedly be more
readily appreciated when it is re-
membered that it was only operated
AO a tra1tsc011tinotrtal system dur-
ing
the last• seven of the twelve
e
months of the fiscal year, and Wheii
it is recalled that last winter the
weather coeditieris in the Western
provinces, and marc•pai'ticularly in
British Columbia, were the inost
severe' that lied been experienced in
a great many years, in fact, in
some instances, wore the most dif-
ficult that Canadian railways i,ad
ever to meet in that part of tho
country. It sl1o0ld also be point -
Cal out Idiot the Company had the
disnlvantage, melee to the welt -
erasing the continent of America
in points of r ratio and curvatures •
favorintra traffic.
The lines of the Company's aye -
tem are now serving 75 per cent,
of the aggregate op ulation of the
population
cities slid towns of all Canada, hav-
ing 5,000 inhabitants and ever.
The preeent situation empbasiece
the fact that the Railway is not as
dependent upon grain crol11 move-
ment as in the past, mei in bo-
oming transcontinental 00is
at
quir-
ed 0 nighty diversified traffic, The
developments of the year centime
the Directors in tho belief th,.ct they
strongly hold, that the ultimate
prosperity of the Canadian North-
ern Railway System is m040.11411)10
tion arising (rain the wale 0f be. only by the prosperity of the Dem.
Ing without its °wn ternlinnls in inion of C; nada,
ere
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