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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 - A Function of Pro uce-Wide Interest �• �k.:?,, �jui,T.;.i�'>... jy:z.^ �,j�>,"A'yV,�;`f�2• iC. <'�:'ts�oe> '2,.•..G w•�•... 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, 4J ,RAW K , 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 • 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. t1 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., 'r African Morning 'Africans see. th with South Government to and to y for.only aa', the R r the pact t and in Ve Dopa !on Jac smarielt�i this .fro a pati and auad'i£tn d States tiLla covet till him torts tlr xico; ting —Wlnuip .. 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. y 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 . --a@-- problem to honest -to -good. The reale g 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 Che Nana "American discussion ` "lltn eric •citilzeus en out is only question The gran Conten 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 and he soon cos a error. . it ip the same in Mie Under such pro- vocation a Mexicanht conceivably start a ft•aca.s. eg Tribune,