HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-08-18, Page 3PREMIER BALDWIN'S.
NTABLE MONTREAL SPEECH
A True British Conception, of What Ernpire Unity Means.
area What Britain is Doing About it •
HIGI-ILY OPTOMISTIC
Delivered before the Montreal Cana- duce ourselves coming, as they ought
dian Club while' visiting the Eastern to conte, from the Dominions.
Metropole. Mathematical Prospectors.
"Gentlemen: I have been over-
whelmed by the reception given by
the City of Montreal' to your guests
last night and this morning. So far
as the welcome was extended to me,
I recognize fully that it was net so
much to me as a man, but to the
Prime Minister of the Mother Coun-
try, and I know that an equally warm
welcome would have awaited any.
statesman, to 'whatever party he be-
longed, as a mark of your sense of
sympathy with the man who bears
perhaps the heaviest burden today in
the whble Empire.
"I may say that the spirit of that
welcome was such that when I got
back to the hotel after it I tore --up
everyttoing, which I had meant tosay
to you except a little bit which I am
going to give you now, and I meant
to rely upon the" inspiration of the
moment,if you pill allow me, when
,i; have said what I have to say, just to
Oalk with you as man to, man:.
"I want to tell you first of all, be.
cause you are all business` men in
Montreal, something of what we are
trying to. do in England today to help
both . the Empire spirit and Empire
trade:.
"Then, there is another subjectt on
which I must confess myself Pro—
foundly ignorant, but in an enlighten-
ed addionce like this, probably you
know all about it. I. have been told
by scientific men that it will be very
important in future for men who go
prospecting, whether for oil, gold, or
whatever it may be, to equip them-
selves first, not with a boring tool, but
with a knowledge of higher mathe-
mates.
"We have ,a number of scientific
M811, reinforced from the Dominions,
working in London on what is called
geophysics ,and experiments are be-'
ing carried on between the Ivlothe$.
Country and Australia in several new
methods of detecting minerals under
the surface without having either to
dig or bore a hole. These methods
are known as gravimetric, electric,
magnetic and seismic, and I am told
that they are revolutionizing prospect-
ing both for minerals and oils. I am
quite sure that in a country like this
the results of such investigations will
bo of the greatest interest
The Empire. Marketing Board.
'"We' are; as `you know, devotingg a
considerable "sum of money every
year, a maximum in one year of $5,-
000,000, to the services of a new, board
called 'The Empire Marketing Board,'
and although that body 1s a new one,
and although It is essaying to do
something never attempted before, I
believe that 1t has made progress, and
I believe that it is going'.. -to play a
very important part to the beneflt of
us, all in two different ways which I
will try to Make crear to you.
"This board works in Very close -
co -operation with the Government of the
'day, and.the bulk of the money which
it is spending at. present is being de-
voted to a campaign of what you
understand in the New World as pub-
licity Wo have enlisted the services
of a board of writers and artists of
imagination to aid us in that work.
The board, to use their own words,
have set themselves to advertise an
idea rather than a commodity.` They
are trying to create the`consciousness
of Empire among the people of Great
Britain ,and they want to carry with
that consciousnessa sense Of the ob-
ligation on the part of the individual,
first of all in Great Britain, to. men
and Women in Other.parts of the Em-
pire, and subsequently, I hope,
throughout tate Empire to sten and
women living in ,outer parts of it.
That is the first step to create an at-
Onosphero.
At Work on F'isher'y problems.
"Then, again, there is' an industry
in Great Britain which has suffered'
very much since the war, and that is
the fishing industry, and 1" am glad to
say that two of your leading fishery
experts have dome over to consult
with us and take counsel, and possibly
learn something "themselves, sothat
we may enjoy°expert knowledge about
fishing and fishery beds, and 80 forth,
that we may be• able to spread
throughout the Empire:.
`All that work is' the ]rind of work
that is never advertised, and you do
not see much about it in the papers;
but that is the kind of work that eau'
effect more for human progress and
human happiness - than almost any
activity that is goin onto=clay. And
apropos of that, I think -we all- want
to bear in mind that we are all trying
to work together throughout the
whole Commonwealth of Nations to-
day within our Empire according to
the various stages of economic de-
velopment in which we are. We at
hone ai a urbanized and industralized
to about as great an, extent as it
healthy, more so than, perhaps, arty
countryin the world, and at, -the
other pole we have some countries in.
the Dominions that are still in the
pastorago. You in Canada are in the
very happy position at present of oc-
cupying an intermediate and, I hope,
fairly balanced position, leading
neither to the ono pole nor to the
other; and what I would say is this:
I hope you will long keep it so. That
is by far the happiest condition for
a country to be in. Humanly speak-
ing, you cannot to urbanized too
much' for 'centuries, because of the
room youhave. but I do hope that for
generations to come happiness and
prosperity may flourish, and that you
will maintain some' kind of equilib-
rium between industrial and-egricul-
tural interests; (Applause).
Leaven Already at Work.
"I am quite sure that at home' this
leaven has already begun to }cork. It
yon go Into any of the big shops to-
day, not only in London or the chief
provincial centres, you will find now
that people are actively alive ,to the
demand ' for British and for Emipre
goods, and that these phrases are
gradually acquiring It real sales value.
I am quite. confident that it is only a
question of time before that habit will
take root among the people in Great
I;ritain; for whatever our faults may
be in the Old Country, we have a cer-
tain amount of tenacity and obstinacy,
and if that 'idea is once firmly en-
grained, our people will never lose it.
(Applause).'
"Now, there is another side to this
work, I think of equal importance,.lu
which we have enlisted the co-opera-
tion of men from all over the Empire
"The Imperial Conference spent
sometime discussing it last aututnn,
and it is this; If is the prosecution of
soien.tific research throughout the Em-
pire.
"Now, I need not talk to an audi-
ence like this of the value of that
kind of research. The 'number of
pests of all kinds that attack crops
and live stock is tremendous, s'nd L
have been told' by a man learned. in
these matters that about one-tenth of
the crops of the whole world, or one-
fifth of Che crops .in ,tropical coun-
tries, are sacrificed to the ravages Of
seine kind of pests—insect or other-
wise—every year.
Enormous Work for Humanity.
"Now,nearlyhalf the Empire lies
within the tropics, so you will seen
see of what importance that is to the
Empire. But we at.home suffer from
things like 'foot-and-mouth' 'disease;
and from various crop ravages, and
you suffer from rust, I think; rather
badly at times in the Wost, and from
other posts. that attack the grain
crops. If' you can 'control the tre-
mendous :wastage that_occurs, you
wll be doing'an enormous work for
humanity.
"Wo
Started in Surrey, in England,
a new kind of zoo, a parasite zoo, and
they are working there to try to dis-,
cover, to breed, and to send ail over
the Empire the right sort of parasites
to attack the insects that do the dam-
age.
"Then -poultry production is another
thing to which science is now devot-
ing itself. 'We want to make the hen
lay More.and to lay faster:' There is
an enormous egg market in Great Bri-
tain, of which we want a good share
for- ourselves, and while at present
we are getting ;enormous quantities
oC eggs from foreign countries, I want'
• to see all the eggs that we cannot pro -
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When our Royal Visitors entered Toronto they officially opened the New Union Station waiting so long for the spark of life, From right to left,
Hon. W. D. Ross, Lt. -Governor; I-LR,H. the Prince 01 Wales; Mrs. W. 1). Ross; Prince George; Premier Stanley Delwin; Hon, Howard G. Ferguson,
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,RAW
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There never has been 'a time when best brains, the Highest and the cold-
est courage that the world can find,
and I rejoice to think that in the poli-
tics of to -day in England -1n the poli-
tics of the whole country and in local
affairs—the beat stamp of our young
men are coming in, sacrificing in
many cases the prospects of making
what undoubtedly many of them could
make, large fortunes,' and sacrificing
an enormous aniount of their leisure
and legitimate fun oftlifs, to say noth-
ing of the illegitimate, and it is the
illegitimate joys that breed bolshe-
vism—and they are largely recruited
in England from men who went
straight from school into that far.
harder school of the war, where they,
boys themselves, got that idea which
has never-been'held in this way be-
fore, of the fellowship and brother-
hood of man and the • opportunity
there is for the fellows who have the
good luck to have better education, to
use that education .and the advant-
ages they have hart to help tile fellows
who have not had such opportunities,
for the rest of. their fives instead of
thinking only,pf themselves.
there was more life, more keenness
for progress, for education, for
science, for discovery. There has
never been a time when the Old Coun-
try was more quivering with life. We
may, as I have said; make our mis-
takes; we have our difficulties, but
the heart of the country -has never
been sounder. It has been tempered
by, that terrible experience we. all
went through. We axe suffering from
the loss of a whole generation of
young men, but we know it, and are
determined to make good, and the
young mei coming on are proving
worthy successors of those who fell
in France and Flanders, and they are,
determined to take their places;
while the older men are determined
to stick it until the younger ones are
ready. (Applause).
"Now there is no doubt that the half
century ahead of us is going to be a
momentous one i tithe history of the
world, because one of the serious re-
sults of the war, lasting as long as it -
did, was that we passed through half
a century of progress in ideas in
about four years. That applies to the
Old World; I do not pretend to speak
about Canada. So you cannot wonder
that. things in Europe sometimes are
puzzling to those who have the good -
fortune to live in a country where you
can nuke a fresh start, and do' not
forget that.
"The problems are going to be ex-
traordinarily difficult, and they will
be made difltcult by the rapid advance
in science that is bringing people
closer' together than theyever were
inthe past, and is causing the older
civilizations to impinge directly on
those Who have , not their civilization
and culture in a gay that has not
happened before. The great problem
iswhether we. are going to educate
the whole world and train it to be
fittedfor governing Itself, os we do in
our democratic countries, be fore the
Give Empire First Choice.
"Let us never forget that we have
in the Empire, especially in the trop-
ical parts of it, enormous quantities
of primary products which you can -
net possibly grow, but which you will
need, things like rubber, cotton and
tea. Although I know• you are grow-
ing sugar now, and tobacco -and I be-
lieve successfully -yet it may be that
for some years yet you will have to
buy a considerable quantity from out-
side of Canada. Remember then 'to
give the Empire your first choice in
all these goods rather than go any-
where else.
"Remember this, too: We in Great
Britain have forty millions of people
who are coneumers, and who are do-
ing an enormqus lot of business with
you. 'We buyta great deal from Can,
ada ,and the more we buy the better
I shall be pleased, But we can only
buy successfully, and as we ought to
do, if we can soil our, goods; and the
whole export trade, at any rate, of
the Old: World has been disorganized
and thrown out of Joint by the war.
"We are recovering . our position,
struggling bard, but we are doing it.
We are selling about one-half of our
manufactured exports to the Do-
minions today ,and they areincom-
paral>,iy out. beet,markets, and I want
you to feel that, as your purchasing
power grows withyour prosperity, the
only way in which the 01d Country
cavi continue to be that market which
you desire to see for your primary
products will be by doing„ what; you
can iu dealing with the Old Coun-
try in her exports where you do not
make the things yourselves •
"Now, if I might justtake a few
minutes of your time, I ;would like to
make one or two observations.:'
Anything put Decadent.
"I have not been in Canada long
enough to know what you think about
Great Britain,bat if anybody tells You
or 11 you rea'd'anytS'here—no matter
by whom it is• writtten—that Great-
Britain' i$ decadent in any way, that
is the biggest mistake 'in the world
to -day.' (Applause). .
"We have our difficulties; I do riot
minimize thorn; but there never has
been a time with us when Britain has
shouldered her burdens more man-
fully or is more determined to pro-
gress and -go forward, than to -day.
"Public life is a hard school; there
1s no mousy in it. Sometimes there
Is a certain amount of money in it
and a great many kicks; and you al-
ways end in disaster. You are always
fired out, ,and you are liable to be
fired out without notice, and there is.
no pension. But you do have the sat-
isfaction of doing a man't job, and if
anybody doubts that, then let him try
my job for a week, and he will never
question it again.
quality of the nation is far more im-
portant than the quantity. Time is
on your side. You have a thousand
years before you in which to develop
this great continent.
"Nothing can stop you; you must
progress with the world's progress.
You may some day be the greatest
nation in the world. But lay your
foundations deeply and firmly. Give
the best you have got_in your, men to
guide the fortunes of your nation, that
when, in the future years, she has at-
tained that position which I pray to
God she may attain, she may, be a na-
tion to which all the peoples of the
world will look with respect and with
affection, and it may 'be that she will
still typify in the highest degree the
magnificent civilization in which her
roots were first planted centuries ago
iu Europe.".
A Word of Advice.
"In Canada you know' tar better
than I what, your problems are; but
even' as I regard them 3,000 miles
away, I can see as the years go by
that the highest test of statesmanship
will be called for to reconciling the'
interests of agriculture and industry,
or reconciling the interests of East
whole areas of civilization break up and West, of binding together East
and are swamped and go under. • and West and Central Canada, and of
"That leads me to this, and it is a guarding the progress of the country,
subject on whcih,I feel very strongly,
and you must forgive me if I say that
I am speaking merely as an English -
remembering' always that you in Can.
ada typify -especially in this part of
Canada—the finest civilizations in
man with hisexperience of England. Europe, that of France and that of
There has always been in England a England; civilizations that have work -
tradition of public seryice, but though ed against each other, that have
I have been' in public life many years, foughteach other for ideals over the
and have always been interested in it, centuries, but always in the van of
I have never known in England such progress. Try as tate years go by,
Interest taken in public Tile by our
people as since the war.
The Problems of This Age.
"There is a recognition: that the do not be in too much of a hurry to
problems of this age will demand the become. wealthy. Remember that the
and -let your statesmen try, that kind
or civilization. That kind of civilize•.
tion never gets too mutt diluted, and
Belgian ling Dedicates British Memorial
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King Albert deliveriug,dedieato+y address- a
opening of h Ieuin Gate, Ypres -
Popular Hero
Retires
Admiral Beatty Quits Post as
First Sea Lord; Seven
Prince, of Wales to Attend
Polo Match in U.S.
New 'York—The Prince of Wales is
expected to be among the thousands
Wlib will witneas the international;
polo matches between the United
States- and England starting Septem-
ber 6 at the Meadowbro0k Club, Long
Island.
The Roya4 box is being completed at
the field, which will have a seating
capacity of more than 40,000 persons.
More than $200,000 for tickets has
been subscribed for theenternationel
event, tesifying to the unprecedented
concern' over the resumption of the
classic series. Thisamount has come
entirely from polo players and clubs
associated with the United States Polo
Association but hundreds of applica-
tions• from all parts of the world are
yet to be Considered.'
With the line-up of America's "big.
four" already determined and the
British ,Army -in -India selection immin-
ent, players of bath teams are at the
intensive period of their training.
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Canada Builds More Auto-
mobiles
Ottawa.—For the six months ended
June ,30th, 1927, automobile produc-
tion in Canada totalled 126,303 cars,
having a sales value, Loh, plant, of
$30,943,9097, a gain of 2 per cent. in
number and per cent. in value over
the corresponding period of last year,
when 124,173- cars valued at $76,769,-
450 were produced in Canada.
During June, the apparent consump•
tion of automobiles in Canada as de-
termined by adding the imports of
4,621 to the 16,603 cars made for rale
in Canada, amounted to ,20,229 cars.
For the first half Of. 1927 the apparent
consumption, thus computed, totalled
116,032 cars..
Canada's Seed Grading Sys-
- Held in High Regard
Commerce in seeds in Canada is
conducted on a basis of -legally de-
fined grades, and the quality of seed
sold must conform to prescribed grade
definitions. This involves responsible
duties for the inspectors of the Do-
minion Seed Branch, -Department of
Agriculture, . who grade all agricultur-
al seed and a large part o fthe field
root and garden vegetable seeds re-
quired for domestic.;use and for ex-
oprt, According to the latest annual
report of the Minister of :Agriculture
32,617 control samples were examined
and graded at laboratory points dur-
ing the fiscal year 1925-26. The total
quantity of seed represented by these
samples amounted to several millions
of bushels. ,That the system followed
n this country is sound is shown by
the recognition given on foreign rear-
leets to Canadian seed offered under
official eelo' and grade names.
Years' Service Saw
Heavy Naval Cuts
London—Lord. Beatty, Admiral of
tate Fleet, has gone for the last time
to the Admiralty as the First Sea
Lord; he will -be suoceeded by Sir
Charles Madden. On the'occasion of
his retirement from office he has been
made a Privy Councilor, an honor -
only thrice previously conferred on a
naval officer.
Lord Beatty's term at the Admiralty
is memorable not only for the length
of over seven .years but for the far-
reaching changes made owing to post-
war oonditions. Lord Beatty is still
only 56 years old and will remain on
the active list smelter nine years.
His brilliant war service has been
largely responsible for his advance-
ment. His tactical' .handling of the
British battle cruiser fleet in the Jut-
land engagement will long remain a
matter of controversy, but his cour-
age was reflected in his.famous re-
mark alter seeing two of his vessels
blown up:
"There seems to be something
wrong with our chips to -day.
Turn three points nearer the enemy-"
Outstanding features of Lord
Beatty's regime at the Admiralty have
been carrying out the reduction of the
naval strength laid down by the
Washington Conference, the applica-
tion of war lessons to ship designs,
the plan for'enlarging the Singapore
naval base, the development of the
Dominion navies and the creation of
an air arm for the fleet.
It is a smaller but scientificially
well-equipped fleet that Lord Beatty
hands on to his successor.
Itis wife is the eldest daughter of
Marshall Field of. Chicago.
Canada and the
St. Law `ei ke
According to d'ispatgltes from Rapid
City, Secretary Hoover is not dis-
couraged by the. Canadian Govern-
ment's 'reluctance to proceed at this,
time to the negotiation of a St.
Lawrence shipway treaty. Ile hopes
that 'mcee progress can be mania in
the loll. It will be recalled that in
Isis reply to Secretary Kellogg's nate,
W. L. Mackenzie King, the Canadian"
Prime Minister, gave three rtmeons"
fez: delay. Thereimrt of the Joint
Board of Engineers, while unanimous
in many respects, "indicated differ-
ences of opinion on important phases
of the development proposed." Cer-
tain "appendices" to the report have
not yet been published. Canada's
National Advisory Committee leas not
yet brcughtt in its recommendations.
It as true that some alternatives
wasis -proposed, notably in the, im-
provement of the International
Rapids section of the river. The Un-
ited States engineers reoommended a
single -stage development, as aft -rain -1g
-.better navigation and slightly more
power at less cost. The Canadian
engineers preferred a two-stage de-
velopment on the ground that it could
be carried out in such 'a way that the
power could be marketed gradually
and more in aceord with the demand:
There is clearly nothing in this tech.
notal dispute which should,stand in
the way of ultimate agreement. As
for the engineering "appendices,"
they are now in preparation. The
American commission, headed :by Mr.
Hoover, went .ahead and made its re-
port without waitingfor them. The
Canadian commiesian, :by proceeding
more deliberately, will he free of any
poesible implication of precipitate
action.
The truth probably is that Canada.
its not quite ready to commit herself
to the undertaking. Its chief advo-
cates are on this side of the border,
particularly in the States of the Mid-
dle West, anxious for cheaper trans-
portation to the sea. They have re-
cently won influential snppert in New
England, hungry for cheap power.
NewYorkhas been inclined to look.
dubiously upon the scheme, but in spite
of the attitude of this State a strong
sentiment has been aroused in its
favor. - In Canada 'there is no such
consensus of opinion. Ontario has
been inclined to laver it, Quebec to
oppose it. While Senator Copeland
has been complaining that the St.
Lawrence, deeper waterway would
make Montreal the "great port of the
Western world," Montreal zees in the
prospect a threat to its present
asoendency. The Montreal Star calls
it a "gaudy, if dubious, bribe" offered
by the Coolidge Administration to the
farmers of the Middle West, and a
corrw-pandent of The Star, signing
himself "St. Lawrence," thinks that a
number of questions should besettled
before Canada finally commits itself.
Ile complains about the Chicago di-
version and looks askance at "inter-
nationalization" of the river. Ile
wonders whether Canada can :afford
her -share of the expense of the under-
taking and whether she will be able
to dispose profitably of her share of
the power developed. " He is inclined
to thank that the United Staten will
benefit from the project at the ex-
pense of Canada._
These views are broadly represen-
tative d the opposition, It is well
to have them aired.' The report of ,
the Canadian Advisory Committee
will naturally "be awaited with great
interest on both sides of the border.
Should Mr. Xing decide to go forward
with the negotiations, he will plainly
have his hands greatly strengthened
by an affimative report from that
body. In the meantime there le talk
of having the National Conservative
Convention, to be held at Winnipeg,
go on record in favor of the under-
taking. Mr. Guthrie, the Conserva-
tive leader, advocates that course.,
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Gold in Canada
Gold has been found in every pro-
vince of Canada. except Prince Ed-
ward Island. The 'first recorded dis-
covery was made in 1324 on the Gil-
bert river, 50 miles south .of Quebec
city, Placer ruining operations com-
menced here in 1547 and intermittent
operations have been carried on ever
since. Placer discoveries. were made
in Ontario, in British Columbia, and
in Yukon Territory at much later
dates. Lode mining for gold began at
Tangier. river, Nova Scotia, in 1353.
Last year the total production of gold
in Canada was 1,729,000 ounces, val-
ued at $36,749,000, Approximately 85
per cent. or this production was ob-
tained from mines in northern •On-`
tarso, and 14 per cent. from British
Columbia.
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Motor Accidents
How many serious accidents occur
because -•ears fail in the ditch along-
side the road What earthly use can
there be in 'these ditches,: three or
roar . feet- deep, since as ageneral rule
our, highways are made like an ass's
back and drainage is a natural process,
thus doing away with the necessity or.
a deep; ditch dike this. Moreover, not
all the modern roads to the United
States have ditches... , The time has
come when our roads should be wider
and. better. More money will of
course be needed, but the price of au-
tomobile licenses can be raised The
great: majority of motorists will pay
with -out complalut, knowing that it 1s'
for their own advantage, -Le Houde
Ouvrier
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problem to honest -to -good.
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noes ishermen.10 finding the tvornis.
difficult-
The South Flag
London Morn Post (Cons.):
British South 'A are ready. to
go half -way and a. Dutch em--:
bieme equally -their own on a
oommon flag forAfrica, Bat
when -the Union tient proposes
almost entirely eliminate the
British symbolallow the
British fteg to ii y forty-eight
hours in the ye ritish regard
this as a breach o of equality.
Their 'resentment indignation are
natural; and we hearthat it is shared
also by the nati station, which
looks to the Un k o its safe-
guard and protection. We cannot ad-
mire the sG1te p which has
needlessly raised to of passion,•
ate discord to vextical situation
always delicate cult. -
The
Name
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discussion `
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question
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settle the
The 'old disc regarding the
USO of the word an" to design,
ate exclusively of the United
States has br'ok again. Curl-
ouely enough itin .the United
States that the on arouses in-
terest. . T] t ntajbrity of
Canadians are content to let the
United States' se question 00.
casionally a C May protest
that the Unite resident. has
00 -right to the of "American";
but he does netit for himself..
Det someone e au American
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