The Seaforth News, 1923-02-01, Page 7GERMANY REFUSED MORATORIUM AND
DEC rk RED TO BE MAL DEFAULTER
A dG,apaltdii. front Paris frays;
Franco, ,euippertecl,' by Belgium, vlt+taale
ly ollosed the book of reparations us'it
hoe hitherto been familiar to the' oak,
In .refueing Germany're moratorium
request and declaring her a:finari de-
i'aediiter, trine French Government 'book
tone Mutual .a:ep toward a very dliffer-
ant ecapewational goal, the ernal'lessb
manifeehation of which will be en in-
dnreatiial, hold on Germapry and the
=itinerant' development of an autoino-
mous Rhine and Ru'hrland.
Germany now is in ,absolhate default
'in her repanwtion eiblilgations mucd, will
beafterdecl a'ssustanoe in the nature
of a inonsatorium to gain her fi andel
feet, a000nd8ng to a deelsiaie of the
Repamatl:ton- CommisedIon• Aliso at the
kind of the pretreat month. the German
Gereamm'ont trite be'cove upon forth-
with to pay to ,ttie. Allies the 'cum of a
half ;ballots gold intake on her delayed
reparation 'account,.
Inside the occupied area of Germany
comparative to angniliby lineailed en
Friday as fan, We ,untoward d'emonstra-.
'Wenswere oonceirn'ad;' but rueventhee'
Croat, ,the feeling of bitterness• ageinsit
tl1e French' wale Re WieleW04114 as on
171reciolle LTunnenous•'arrests :'of
perlaons ronuorned in Thursdlays die,
ordere are made and others are +i itice
ly to f'o'llow to -day bronze of the're.
ealleieraitee of vaudovls German...o+ffi-
Glade in -canrying out orders given
thcrn,by the cecu7'ationt oftieiala,
Dueselid'orf beams •som'ewtlat of the
=peat of •a beste'ged city, with •Frerisih
t'rroo:ps patrolling, the Streets in place
of the Geeman police, who have left
their pasta Cafes, tistete aedd, places
rod aum+asentemt were ,eJoeed at ten
o'alar& las% night Iby ordee of the
Pe+onckr offici :lle, -
Thmoughout the'.erltti'a. Ruhr.'region'
the number 'of men on etrlke lin the
teal mines and ether indlas+teles is
sllowllyr but snarelty, aavog ren'tin'g•. The
raldrowidis'are virtuality idle, and traffic
cn the river .hie ate bat, ceased, -'the
Only boats iplheing being reaeniett by
the Veatch, • '
• Lange lee itiingentstef French troops
are.being barowghrt into the Behr fow
the purpose of Meeting laity everrtual.
its• that may amine,
New Premier of Nova Scotia
Hon, James C. Tory, who since 1911
has been a member of the parliament
of Nova Scotia, and a minister' with-
out portfolio io the Murray Cabinet, is
to succeed Premier Murray in the
chief government office. He is a
gsadnate of McGill University, general
manager of the Sun Life Assurance
Company, and makes his winter hone
in Montreal. He is a member of a
well-known Nova Scotia family and a
brother of the president of Alberta
University.
DEED OF LAND FOR
EMPIRE EXHIBITION
Hon. 1 A. Robb Obtains Data
re Grain Men's Complaints.
A. clle,tr;;ateh from London says':—Ii
is ur, t + .-+boot eltieps wIIH he taken by
the Canadian Govenniment to secure
rare-seart cies' chip for Canadaof
the ground which wild be teased for
itho a r Loi r:t'e Exhilbi•tion and the
bailable; which wild 'be erected thereon.
It hats been ,stone d' reoentt:y that trnlese
action to prevent,.u•t were taken the
empeasive str'trcturree ,erected by tea
Dominions woulid fell into the hands
of the guarantee company behind the
exhibitan eeheine, It is uncbersiteod
that Avtatsal'ia has 'stipulated •she munt
r eeoiv a the duel of eft el the land on
which 1 .n 'tan "'ring will he eriee'te+d and
that C' ..:da wi'.'l fo!.ow suit.
Hon. J. A. Robb, who has sailed far
Canada, l:ocl an interview wtIbh the
o diiarrman of .the London Corn Ex-
change before Cleaving Lona+ori. When.
the minister was here last s,ynrmer'he
took up with the grain men complaints
t hat inferOce American grain arae be=
snag mixed. eaili Ca.iradian wheat in
certain United Stator ,parts aria sold
here an al's-Clanr+lian. Rc'Sb secured a
conk:aerial report which .stowed that
the oomplarnts had a ' fcnirndla•tion of.
;faint. During the past shipping sea -
non there hes been a heavy traffic. in
Oerndaan wheat via United States
ports and Caller compl:Iaieete have
been made by the British grain trad'e's,
Bringing British Emigrants Over
W. 0. Noxon, Agent 'General of the
Getariio Goverttnient to Landoll, has
Completed: a plan for the om'lgratiort of
2,000 single. Imo, a limited' riotauber of
anarriecl men and a, number of boys
and girls ober sixteen years of age
from GreatBnitalo to Canada. Tho
;teria'1 Government and Ontario . sure
jointly finraieieg the ace �srxeo,
AMERICAN TROOPS -
VVI'THDRAW FROM RHINE
United' States Charged With
Endeavoring to Escape Moral
Obligatioq..
A despatch from Berlin says:—Tho
United States troops left Germany on
Thursday, leaving behind them a mix-
ture of feelings. With admiration for
the carreectnesa and kindliness of their
behavior, and satisfaction • tldat the
United States has recognized that
France is in the arcing, by withdlraw-
ing the troop's., is intermingled, a feel -
in of bitterness due to Germany's
'helplessness on. 'account of the dis-
armament, in which the United States
had a 'hand,
There is no doubting the fact that
Germany feels that •the United States,
at the time of the armistice, acqulhed
certain duties towards 'Germany,
which it cannot escape by taking down
the flag et Elrren'hreitstein and going
home. The Leipziger Neuste Nath --
risen expeesses the common German
sentiment: "The,,United States, which
transmitted to Gerneam,y the terms• of
armistice upon .which Germany laid
down arms, undertook at the same
time obligations whtreh it cannot mor-
ally -eseaipe."
Tie popwleticn of Cablenz took ad-
vantage of the withdrawal of ilio Am-
erican troops by -smashing the presses
of the Separatist newspaper Dokten-
bllatt, which was published at Cobienz.
They were unable to touch it while
the Americans were there, but took
vengeance the moment ,they departed
and better° the incoming French
troops realized' it needed protection.
The German police half-heartecily
opposed the -infuriated R'hinOland'ers.
The departure of the'•Anrericari, to-
gether with the British expression of
conbinu'e(d neutrality, makes the Ger-.
mans realize that they must fight
their own 'ba'ttles. For a few days
they built some hopes on "indignation
of the Anglo -Sarson world," but they
are now pmegraring for a ibng-dtawn-
out battle of wits, It is expected that
the French General Weygand will be
appointed dictator of the 'Milted Ruhr
and Rhineland,-'^
Urging Development.
The communities established in the
French -River district believe they
have resources of immense valve as
yet untapped and for which .they are
seeking development, At the left
above is -T, H, Noble, president of the
Nord, Bay Beard of Tracie and a mem-
ber. of the executive of the new
French River Power and Development
Association, and on the right Dan Bar-
ker, charm=
ar-ker,.chaarman of the Association, and
a progressive citizen of North Bay.
Boy's Sight Restored
By Grafting Pig's Eye
A d'espaitoh from New York says:—
A third. of a pigss eye wifil' be grafted
on the eyeball of a blindLygdhur t,
N.J., youth in the :hope that .sight may
be restored Seven year's ego Alfred
Lentancwitz—now 17—llos't the sight
of both eyes in an explosion of muni'-
cipal fireworks. Po. Edward Morgan,
of Patentee, became 'interested' in the
ease, The opmeetion will be niadle in
the Hotel, ' M'anilr'atban, Paterson, on lid -
vice of Alfred+s• lawyers,
A despatch front Paterson, N. J,,
nays: Dr, .D' di aexl B. Morgan, who
has grafted portions of a`pig's eye to
the eye ,of Alfred Lemanowicz, in an
effort to restore the 17 -year-old +boy's•
sight:, has pronounced the: operation a
success.
'When the banduge
was'.. removed
;smite' Lenvanowilcz declared he could
d'isti'nguish leetweere light rand clerk -
nese,
easet
I if
THE NEW WATCHWORD!
Frown the Los Angelee. Timer
r--.
A Deeper Interest
in Education
By W. M. Morns, Ontario Trustees
and Ratepayers' Association.
Ontario is to enjoy a great feast of
education Easter- week, April gad .to
9th, in Temente. The Ontario Educa-
tional. Association has met there re-
gularly for the past sixty-one years,
but promises to reach a high-water
mark this year. People all over the
province are taking a deeper interest
in education. We read signs of this
renascence in the United States, Great
Britain; France, India, China, Japan
and Germany, as well as in every pro-
vince of the Dominion.
The Divine Man revealed the great
secret of social; educational and na-
tional economy when He placed the
child in the midst. Wherever the
child has been denied his rights of
good breeding health, education and
a•'piritual development, humanity has
suffered accordingly. The most im-
portant factor in national greatness is
not any portion of its material wealth
bait the innate ability of its youth. We
heair and read a great deal about the
conservation of our prairie, forest and
mineral wealth, while all; the while we
have been wasteful of the human far,
for without which these are of little
value. It is claimed that Canada needs
more people to develop her natural r•e-
sources, and perhapsshe does. Let
ue remember it is not quantity but
quaiity that ;counts most. Social,
moral, educational and religious pro-
gress is made by concentrating on the
child The future of civilization will
•be determined- by the quality of the
schools.
School Boasts, Churches, Women's
Institute's, Paamrers' Organizations,
Fraternal'Soeleties, a.td Teachers' Or-
ganizationsshould embrace the •oPpor-
tunity-of' sending delegates to :this
Educational Convention in Toronto. An
estimate of .the magnitude of the pro-
gramme maybe had from a considera.
tion of the following:
"The value of the School to the Life
of a Nation"=Hon: II. S. Cody; To-
ronto. •
"The Religious Education of the
School Child" --Rev. Manson Doyle,
Director of Religious ' Education for
the Methodist Church of Canada,
"Canadian Literature in our Educa-
tional Instituitiona"—J. I. Hutchison,
KA., Charter Member of the Canadian
Literature. Club.
"The Modern Trend In Education"—
Miss Helen C. Goodspeed, Director- of
Honib Economics, Drexel Institute,
Philadelphia,
"Primary Education in .New Zea-
land" -N. R. McKenzie; Public School
Inspector, New'Zealand•
"Secondary Education in New Zea
Land" -N. It, McKenzie, Public School
Inspector, New Zealand.
''Sonia Problems of Vocational Guid-
ances --Prof. E. .1 Bott, Department
oe Psychology, University of Toronto.
"Physical-Educabloio" — Arthur S.
Lambe,-M.B. B.P;E„ McGill University,
Montreal.
"How Horticultural' Societies May
Assist .hi Beautifying School Proper-
ties"—Dr.'Bennett Et.Thomas.
"The Duties and Opportunities of a
School Attendance- Oflioer",- -A; T.
MacNeill, Woodstock, Ont.
"The Statue and Qualifications . of
Attendance Officers"—Cecil. Bethune;
Ottawa, Ont,
"Remuneration of Attendance 0211-
cers"—James Oroekard, Sarnia, Ont.
The'reaacher's Relation.to the Com-
munity"—Prof. J: A. 1J[ile, M.A., Uni-
versity of Tgronto.
"The Teaching of Music in. the
Schools"••— Duncan ,McKenzie, 1VI,A.,
Director of Music, Toronto.
The National Conference 00 Edusation
'ft was the wrltea•'s privilege to be
present at the First National Confer -
duo) held in -Winnipeg, October, '1019.
That was • the moot • ooaiaprehens'ivo,
social, etltucational aunts religious 'Con-
ference ever held. P001110'of all creeds.
and, classes were among theL1,500 dele-
gates representing all lauds of orgaut
sateen's from all parts of Canada. The
Conference was a concerted atbenagt
to rally the best public o'pinion'behincl
the schools of the Dominion. Prb-
greasivo educational measuleS-need to
be supported by a continuous and in-
telligent public opinion. -
The Second Great National Confer-
ence on Character Education is to be
held in Toronto, Easter Week, co-oper-
ating with and succeeding •the Ontario
Educational Convention, The same
railway fare will bring delegates to
both, The Conference will be held In
Massey Hall and it is expected this
large auditorium will be taxed to
capacity. It affords a magnificent op-
portunity for the teachers and trus-
tees of Ontario ,to hear many promin-
ent Canadian speakers, as well as the
following 'eminent visitors from Great
Britain.
SIT Michael A. Sadler, 11.0.5.2., CB.,
LL.D., Vice -Chancellor of the Uni-
versity of Leeds, and one of the great-
est educationists of the English-speak-
ing
nglish-speaking world.
Lieut, -General Sir Robert Baden-
Powell, K:C.B., I1.C.V.O•, LL.D.,
F,R.G.S., the founder of the Boy Scout
and Girl Guide movements, organiza-
tions which have already extended in-
to more Mau forty different countries,
Lady Baden-Powell, the Chief Girl
Guide.
Sir Henry Newbolt, M.A., D.Litt.,
aath,or, poet and educationist. He was
Mailman of the Special Committee
metaled by the British Board of Edu-
cat:'on whirls recently issued its Report
on the Teaching of English, a remark-
able contibtt.tton to the cause of edu-
cation is the English-speaking world.
PHARAOH'S MUMMY
UNDER THE X-RAY
May Discover Ritual .of Em-
balming as Practiced by
the Ancients.
A desipabch from Luxor, Egypt,
•says:—Pharaoh Tutenlddamen, the
mightiest king in the world 'three
thousand years ago, whose tomb wa
<r
recently covered in Egypt, is to •be
X-rayed 1i his mummy still hies in
the tomb,
When .the archaeologists now at
work on the tomb opeeo the alabaster
coffin, take off the thin hover of gold
.and carry ,the sbmoudied tom into the
suiodglb, it will be photographed from
every angle, The lanui'd'reds of .yards
of bandage will be unwound, an'di for
the firet time in history a film of the
weird eight wilt be rade.
• It has been decided that the mum-
my is to be X-rayed before the band-
ages are removed, as it is expected
that this Will throw an important l'i'ght
on the ritual of ,embalming as prat
tired by the ancients. '
Progressive Japan,
--With a view to inoreas'ing its pro-
duction or wood•, - Japan has 'imported
ewes. -from - Australia :and rams f oni
England,
Fascisti, the name of Italy's most
powerful political party, is taken from
an Italian word meaning bondage.
In Great Britain thereare about
3,000 picture theatres; Africa, AusAug-
retie, and Asia have altogether only
about.1,361.
r
Maple produu'ts'-..Syrup, per• imp.
gat, $2.60; per 5 -gal. thi, $2.40 per
gal. - Maple sugar, ]b., '23• to 25e,
'Premier Murray of Nova Scotia
Chief of the government for twenty-
seven years; "ill -health now compels
Der�iinn cit News tk rief
Neilson,, B,C,—.A ,decidled Mei:eatse in
fruit production in the Kootenay-
L'oendary territory over previous
years le ascended in the year just
passed. Returns front fruit alone dur-
ing 1922 on the basis, of price at tine
point of shipment will be considerably
ovist' $600,000. . Returpe estimated for•
all' "oboes' of _fruit -whipped' from the
district, not including s'hipmentn to
jam factories, will total roughly $688,-
400. Fruit 'Shipped to jam .2aetoties
will conn to about $660,000. Practi-
cally all varieties of fruits produced
in 1922 ercceed previous years in ton-
nage.
Ednontore tL1'ta,—Iii exhiblee Placed
at 11 exhibitions during the past year, I
Albei''ta .butter captured' 229 out;
of 436 prizes offered, in
earn-,
letition with butler from other,
provinces of. Canada. eA total
of 100 -first pekes we're offered
and Alberta took 54 ofthem, Of the'
123 eleoond prizes offered Alberta se -1
cured 74, and of the 167 third prizes
offered 83 were captured by thin l
province,
.Moose Jaw, Saak.—A considerable
export poultry trade has been de -1
vel'oped by the term•ers in the sur -1
rounding dlisitriot during the last few:
Years. During the period December
let to . 21st, 1922, there were fifteen
Cara of poultry shipped from this
point. .Of this 277,600 pounds went
to Winnipeg, 80,000 pounds to Mont-
real, and 24,000 to Vancouver.
Winnipeg, Man,—A total of more
than $300,000 was realized at the fur
auction oaks held • here, at which • deal-
ers were in attendance from all parts
of the American continent and Eur-
ope. Prices were lower than at the
midi -winter sale a year ago. It was
eettraa'ted that 98 per cent. of the
150,000 peito sold were for export.
Feet William; Ont,—Atthoritwtive.,
announeemorilt is made that the Sae
katchewan Ca operative Elevator Co
will rbuild n two -million bushel storage
annex to ine plant here, and et 500,000.
bushel hOapitali plant alengside, of it.
Several ceeiitracte in connection with
the construction of the "annex and
plants have been awardled, and it is
urderelle28 that actuel 'con'struction
work will be well :under way 'before _
sprig. The naw eenstruction will in-
, volve a -r1. ,expenditure ,of about $3,-,
500,000,
Montreal, Que.—A total of 928 yes-
, Wee tram overecas reported at the
Montreal ecrt w'arden's office during;
season, with art aggregate
tonnage of 3,381,449, showing an in -
the 1922 seI
crease o147clips,-and 809 754 tons
rxea f , ,
as coin/Arad with the previous year.l
Two hundred and thirty vessels cleaa'-
ed for lower ports; with aggregate
tonnage of 470,638: tons;. an increase'
of 44 vessels and -116,253 tons over,
1921.
Fredericton„ N.B.—It is reported
that a now pulp and paper industry is
to 'ire eababllehed by the Fraser Coin-
panics, Ltd., at Grand Falls, in the
event of the. Provincial Government
taking over the leases hold. there by;
the Interidational Paper Co. interests)
Halifax, N,S.—It is reported:
that a large hotel, to cost approxi-!
mately $500,000, will be erected here
on the property of Sir Charlie's Tup-
per. The plan provides for the erec-
tion of a fireproof 'building, contain-
ing 142 guest rooms and .allows for
two later wing extensions to contain
100 bedrooms each. The structure is
to be of brick and steel and will be
225 feet long.
The Week's Markets
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,
$1.25.
Manitoba oats—Nomirual,
Manitoba barley—Nominal.
All the above ttrack,. Bay ports.
' American corn—No. 2 yellow, 87e;
No. 2, 85%e,
Barley—Malting, 60 to 62c, accord-
ing to ttreights outside.
Buckwheat—No. 2, '77 to 79e.
Rye—No. 2, 83 to 85c.
Peas --No, 2, 31.45 to 31.50.
Millfeed`Del., Montreal freights,
bags inoludodi: bran, per ton, 325;
shorts, . per ton, $27; middlings,
$28.50; good feed flour, $2.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 31.11
to 31.13, according to freights out-
side; No. 2,-$1.03 to 31.10.
Ontario No. 2 white oats -44 to 46c,
Ontario corn—Nominal.
Ontario flour—Ninety per cent.
pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt;
shipment, 35,10 to 35.20; Toronto
basis, 35.05 to 35.15; bulk seaboard,
34.95. to 35.
Manitoba flour—let pats., in cotton
sacks, 37.10 per l?bL; and pate., $6.60,
Hay—Extra No, 2, per 201, tma'ak,
Toronto, $14 to 314.50; mixed, 311 to
$18; clover, 38 to 312. -
Straw—Cae: dots, per ton, track, To-
ronto, $9.50.
Butter—Finest creamery prints, 48
to 45c; ordinary creamery points, 40
to 41c. Dairy, 30 to 31e. Cooling, 22c.
Dressed poultry—Clickers, milk -
fed, ever 6 lbs., 23 to 31c; . do, do, 4
to 5 lbs., 21 to 27c; do, over 5 lbs., 21
to 27e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 16 to 26c; dot
2 to 4 lbs., 14 to 21c. Hems, over 5
lbs., 23 to 27c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 19 to
25c; do, 3 to 4 lbs,, 11 to 17c. Roost
-
ere, 13 to 18e. Ducklings, over 5 lbs,,
23 to 26e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 21 to 24c.
Turkeys, young, 19 lbs. and up, 28 to
38c; do, old, 18 to 28e. Geese, 16 to
21e.
Margarine -20 to 22c.
Eggs,—No. 1 candled, 36 to 87e; se-
lects, 41 to 42e;' new laidt, 60e; car-
tons, new laids, 62c.
Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, 1b.,
7e; primes, 61/4c.t3ionoy-604b, tins 12 to 121r'sc per
ib.; 5-2%-1b. tins, 13;5 to 143'Eo wa-
lla; Ontario comb honey, per dozen,
33.75 to $4.50.
Potatoes, Ontarios, Ido. 1, 90e to 31;
No. 2, 85 to 90q.
Smoked meats—Hama, fined,, 26 to
28c; -cooked, ham, 38 to 40c; smoked
rolls, 26 to 28e; cottage rolls, 32 to
86c; breakfast beam,. 32 to 85e; spe-
cial brandbreakfast bacon, 38 to 40e;
backs, boneless, 39 to 48e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs,, $20; 70 to 90 lbs„ $19; 90
lbs. and up 318; ligh-tweight rolls,in
baurels, '$8t#; 'heavyweight roils, $85.
Laid -Fore tierces, 16c; tube,
16%c; pail's, 16%e; prints, 18e, dibont-
ening bieices, 14 to 14%c; tubs, 141/
to: 16e; pails, 15 to 15%c; prints; 17
to 171/2c. - '
Heavy steers, choice, 37 to . $8;
butcher steers., choice, 36 to 36,60; do,
good, $6,50 be 36; do,' red„ $5 to
$5.50; do, coin., 34 to 35; butcher
heifers, choice, $6 bo $6,60; do rued,,
$5 to 3550; db, earn., 34.25 to 34.75;
butcher cows .choice, 34.50 to $6.25;
do, med., 33 to $4; -earners and cut-
ter^s, $1.,75 to $2,25; buteheu 'bills;
good, 34 to $4.50; 'do, come $2,25 to
32.50;feederstees, good, 36.50 to 36;
db, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, good, $4
to 34.50; do, fitir, $2.50 to $3.50;
calves, choice, 311 to 412.50•; do, need.;.
$9' to 311; •do, coat, : 35 to $8; ruildh
cows choice, 370 to $90; springers,,
obo+ice, $80 to 3100; l'amb's, choice, 313
to $14, sheep, choice, $7 to 38; do,
culls, $8 to $4; hope fed and watered,
310,75,• do, f.o.b., 31,0; do, oountr:y
points, $9.7L
Hog quotations are based on the
prices of thick, sinppotlt hop, so'l'd' on a
graded basis, or selects sold en a flat
rate, Bawl selects, ,sol'c0 on the gra-
ed basis, bring a premium o1 10 per 1
cent, over the price of thick, smooth
"Miss Halifax"
Mrs. Ora Doherty, formerly lI ss
Helen Mitchell, a -charming. young
Halifax girl, chosen at a monster
',Bluenose" carnival to represent the
province of Nova Scotia at the Mont-
real Winter Festival.
No. 1 feed, 56 to 56e; No, 2 local
white, 63 to 54c. Flour—Man, spring
1 wheat pats., firsts, 37.10; seconds,
36.60; abrong bakers', 36.40; winter
pats., choice, $6.60. Rolled oats, bag,
90 lbs., $3.15 to $1.25. Bran, $26.
Shorts, $27. Middlings, 332. Hay,
No. 2, per ton, can: lots, $14 to 315.
I Butter, choicest oroamery, 41 to
41%e. Eggs—Fresh, 44e; selected,
88c; No 1 stock, 84s; new laid, dozen,
50c. Potatoes, per bag, oar lots, 950
to $1.
Com. and meds chary cows and butte,
canners and cutters, $2 to $2.75;
db, slightly better quality, 33 to 33.50;
con. dairy bulls in fair flesh, $8 to
33.50; good veal calves, 310.50; others
at 310; hogs, selects and good quality
butcheug, 311.26 to 311.50; western
and corn fed hogs, 311; sows, $8.50 to
$9.50,
India Good Market
For Canadian Products
A despatch from London says:—
Hon. J. A. Robb, Minister of Trade
1. P: 8harlton
Secretary of 'the French River
Power and Development Association,
which aims to bring the po,saibilitles
of Northern Ontario before the pro-
vincial and federal authorities. A
dozen communities are represented Ise
the organization.
Peeing' a Friend.
If ,you can't be -p genius, or afield
marshal of 'big budinss, or a crowned
queen of the eocial'realm, or a wizard
of finance; er the admi'bted leader in
one if the learned profesions, you can.
be a friend. , If you ealr't give the rich .;
gifts of :tangible things` you would
like to give, if you can't afford to put.
at the feet of these you love the best -
and most beautiful things the world
has to Thew, you can make the gift
of yourself, in the friendly relations
of every day, in. the circle of the fan
ids, in the round of bus;i-ne,oa and the
office or the store or the mill. Tnat
gift is above every other: in your be-
stowal, and it is the gift that you
alone can give.
We are only poor if we choose td"
be, and the poverty that really gnat- -
ters is the poverty of the inner na-,
tura, the meagreness and penury of
the soul, We have ,all known men and
women, .distributive blessings, wel.
come wherever they came, who could '
give little in the way of things. Anil •
sometimes, perhapsy-they grieved for
it, forgetting that things matter
beast and affections, genuine and
tender, are what count supremely,
They never ltnew the good they did;
we could not tell them. When we ..
needed comfort, we sought their out.
Sometimes the medicine we need' is
most of all to speak out of the over-
fullness of the mind' and heart to a,.
listener whose silence means neither;
an inattention nor an indifference but
an
all-oempassing safe harbor and
sure refuge in our time of trouble,
the shadow of eu rock in• a weary land,
th•e green oasts after dhasty mtarcdting
days.
"To be or net to Ire" a friend—the
decision changes life and determines
whether our orbit shall be the selfish
exclusion of a h'ermdtage or a bound-
less concern inisunoanity,
If we deserve friends, we d'o net
want them for the parties they .give,
the presents tboey make,..th'e houses
they live in; we want them for them-
selves. It isro't their posees+sions; it
is their hearts we care about. ' Mrs,
Wiggs of the Oabbage-Patch is the
true millionaire, counting her riches
in her sniiIs, her buoyant counsel. and
her friends.
Italian Government' to
Ratify Disarmament Pacts
A despatch from Rome says':—Tier
Teibuna, a ,,semi-official .'organ, de-
ckles the Italian Chambers will rani
fy the Washington disarmament tree,
ties, which are to be ou'bnritted to the
Legisiatene in February. •
Former Premier Orlando, as chair-
man of the Foreign Affairs Committee
of the Chamber of Deputies, mamma.
ed a meeting of the committee for
Wednesday, according to despatches
of Tuesday, The meeting was to can -
alder reports on the Washington tree -
ties in preparation fes their subm'is-
sion to the Italian Legislature next
and Commerce, visited Indian coast mouth.
cities on his return from Australia •
and he describes. India as a great and
growing market for Canadian timber,
arailwray ties, automobiles, iron and'-
steel prodkicts, paper; carbide, oleo-'
trrical equipment and musical instru-
ments.
Philip Levesque
Assistauh secretary of a new mama -
eaten, the French River Power De
velopmeirt Association, formed at
North B f the pile se f d i
Ba
ec 1 l r ,pa o raw ng
Montreal. • attention to the posetbillttesa of pewee
an water trans p ortatioat in No •
o , d p r ,then'
Corn—Alironican No, .. allow, 91i/z ,
1xr+enuer George H, Hurray tr reltn- y Ontario. Tits wilt Inge cenalizittio°n o
to 92c., 0a'lis—Can. western; Na. 2, Y h
'quish the relne of goveonmelat•' 63 to, 64s; cio, No; 3, 59 to Ile; extra-, the Fr'en'ch River to th,e Great I dleesi. -1
Novel Experiment in
Fish Culture
The Natural Resources In-
telligente Service of the De-
partment of the Interior ,says:
very sa'tisfa•mbory results
have been secured in the trans-
planting of spring salmon fr+orn
r British Columbia to the eastern
waters of Canada, according to
a statement made by Mr. Alex-
ander Johnston; Deputy 1lfiri-
rater of Marine and Fiehezies.-
Eaah rear since 1919 tide De-
partment 'has transferred eggs
of spring !seaman from. Bwitisth
Columbia to' the poll -Anion Gov-
ernment hatchery et, Thuriow
on the Bay of Q0inte, near
Belleville, Orvbario. These eggs
were hatched ,out durthg the:
whiter and in the early -toeing,
each year' were dlebri'butod in
notable tr'.ibutariee of Lake
0utassie.
Skate in the airtenat at' 1922,:;
a four-year-old salmon weigh
frig fifteen -pounds was-r.•,aught
in the mesterei end of tette Op-
terio, 'Plein is oho of the radii
cations which the Depaatmeut':
has that 'bitolse fl le luavo 'theiveri
in Lalte Ontaaiio and that the
spieeioe 0n:±' anon, be 'Toiled all
over idye 'St. Lawrence' weber -
war. Ilion Lake Ontario to dile'
ci
Aiilaivti0 •Ococin, •