HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-08-04, Page 3ONTARIO • HAS 'WORLD ARK T
Exports Play Big Part in contain the principal :groups .of the
Development of Province
SHOW GAIN
Prime Minister Says Agricul-
ture Will Remain Chief
Industry
By the, 1 -Jon. 0, H. Ferguson
To obtain a trine perspective of On-
tario, the baasiu.ess of this province in the world. Niagara rcapraesents only
must be •cansldered in relation to one admit of Ontario's hydroelectric
eystem developed 'and contemplated
for furnishing power to every section
of the province. The greatest factor,
however, in connection with the manu-
facturing outlook to ,the geographical
situation of the province in the heart
of the North American continent,
with communication open to all mar -
tion of -the increase in foreign trade kets from ports in the Great Lakes,
when the source of expansion is es- the St. Loweenoe and the seaboards of
s'ontially foreign demand. Canada.
The development witnessed in On• In the face of all these conditions
ta•rto in half a 'century has. had. im .of business •contact with ,other come
pontan.t effects upon, communities far. tries it is to be 'expected that Ontario
removed from us. The mining and will grow more and more rapidly' upon
pulp industries, botie comparatively the economic consciousness of the
recent features of this development, world. Capital is coming in steadily..
have made for diversity undreamed of Increased and variedinvestment of
at Gontederation. Ontario -made farm capital is broadening employment op -
machinery and automobiles have pen- port'unitiee, and developing the power
etrated fereign markets• near and re- for absorbing the immigration flowing
i into the .province from Britain and
northern Europe. Visitors also come
in a constantly increasing stream, and
no part of aAmerica can offer them
more attractions. Ontario is in extent
as large as France and Germany to-
gether. The •lities and towns' distri-
buted throughout this Immense area
are as modern as standards of lite.
and living can show elsewhere. In the
rural parts roads of modern improved
types to the extent of 41,000 miles
have been constructed.
IsFavorably Situated
As indicating the favored geograph-
ical situation and natural advantages
of the province it is well to remem-
ber that Ontario is practically the only
part of North Amerioa to -day where
wins grapes are grown and commer-
chief industry. Inevitably the food clad wine -making is carried ,on upon a
marl:•et of the United States as time large scalae. Tobacco, corn, sugar
goes on will malee increasing demands beats, peaches and all varieties of trait
world's popultaion, and that eleetrieitY
ie %everywhere depended upon to im-
provo or eliminate evil ocnditione
rooted in congestionand character
istic of 'a'1mcwt all 'sect ,great embers,
It becomes obvious that development
of electrical power for manufiacturing.
purposes on s* tremendous a'•scale as
is x'cssible .in Ontario must have great
and far -coaching 'significance. The in-
fluence of electricity upon incluetry is'
illustrated at'Nta,gara as nowhere else
world commerce.Year by year the
products of Ontario's fields, mines,
forests and factories are supplying
world markets in larger measure,
While Ontario exports cannot be given
in exact comparison with'the figures
of gross production, the volume of pro-
duction is a sufficiently tellable indica-
mote. The varied uses to -which recital
has been applied within the last dec-
ade afford proof of the benefit to the
world at large of an Ontario. product
of unlimited industrial possibilities,
A ,couple of generations back our
people were restricted to lumbering
and cultivation of the soil as their
practical means of produotion.. In that
period oar farmers had their hardest
"`struggle. The discovery of other na-
tural resources, along with home
manufacturing on a steadily rising
scale, gave the oall for new industrial
elements in the population. To -day
the 'spirit, of understanding and ambi-
tion in our people points with certain-
ty to a broad. destiny ao'r the busy
community they are building up.
Agriculture will continue as our
upon the exportable balance of our
farm production, for which Britain is
the chief present market.
Farm Situation Sound
Leaking the Ontario agricultural
eitua,tion over, it can fairly be said
that c•euditlons ane absolutely sound years. The main transcontinental line
to -day. All reasonable tests show of the Canadian National Railways
malting but ,sati,s'.factory expansion on brixugs•the lover of summer or winter
our side, where, though the raising of open •spaces into close presence of his
produced in the temperate areas of
North America are outstanding crops
in this province.
The appeal of the land to tourists
and sportsmen has received wide-
spread attention withn,n the past ten
special crops is a feature of our farm
industry, our cultivators are in the
main adhering to mixed Farming prin-
ciples. Year by year gross agricul-
tural revenue displays a rising ten-
dency. In 1926 the Bgures came ,chose
to $500,000,000. The estimated gross.
agricultural wealth is even more a ex-
pansaive. In 1926 it had almost reach-
ed a total of $2,500,909,000. Both the
member of farms operated by owners dation at these places is ample and
and the total cultivated area of the comfortable at any season. The won -
province show a healthy increase. ders of the Great Lakes, the most
beautiful ;reaches of the St. Lawr-
ence and snores of inland lakes to
which .summer visitors from every
part of the continent now fioek; all
come into the holiday program of
visitors to Toronto, where , public
buildings, hotels, educational and art
centers, clubs, churches and hand-
some bueine,ss streets have some of
the therm of Europe and America, too.
All ,commuujY,ies of mankind the
world over beoome more and more In-
terdependent. The tide of life is most
buoyant and holds deepest interest
where this interdepndenc is most felt.
Ontario offers many and varied op-
portunities for contract with world
activities, and Ontario born people are
to be found in every part of the world.
At home our people have realized a
high standard of living upon reason-
able terms of economic equality es be-
tween classes. Economic pressure,
fundamental in character, may be
somewhere in. the very emote futume,
but it is nowhere ,proximate. Capital
investment upon au enlarging scale
can open up so many additional ave -
nes of employment that the near
future is looked forward to without
unrestricted, op,timism to find ten or
even twenty millions of people pro-
viid,ed for in, great comfort in this rich-
ly endowed Provinoe of Ontario. •
The spirit of the old settlers was
fine, and is preseved by .their de-
soeudants. The generosity with which
education in all Its branches is pro-
vided for is perhaps the best testi-
molly of this spirit, Laws are mild
and 'reasona'bie.
The people of ,Ontario have in point
of fact a great deal of work laid, out
for them, and will welcome all comers
eligible for [participation In a task of
high eervioe to the industry and com-
merce of the world in .the years 'to
come. •
quest, whether sport, the chasefi or ,ev-
'Aeration of primeval nature. Our
northland is washed by the sea that
stretches down almost to the fifty-
firat degree of latitude at James Bay.
National Parks Reserved
Extensive areas have been reserved
as natural parks for the public in suit-
able sections, ,embracing lake, river
and island scenery. Hotel aceommo-
Finally .there is aotual increase of the
number of persons .enga,ged on the
farms.
Of course the home market is lin-
proving, but the general conclusion
meet be that the ,com,sumers of Britain
and the United States will continue to
require Ontario farm products in larg-
er qu,sutities.
Our Mines
The mines of Ontario come next to
the farms in point of world interest.
Production of four leading Ontario
metals, nickel, gold, silver and oopper,
has already aoeum,ed proportions of
high rank among the mineral produc-
ing •regions of the world~ A value of
$6.0;000,000 represented by twelve
months' production of the metals
named, rnarksa Ontario as' a land of
treasure destined to assume the lead-
ership of the world in regard to some,
at least, of the most important, min-
erals. Of nickel;, 'Ontario possesses
praoiical world monopoly. Ontario
ranks third among geld -producing
countries. The fact that gold, silver
and other valuable minerals are de-
posited through all the pre -Cambrian
formation stretching acmes the ' en-
tire provinoe would imply that the ulti-
mata Fevre of the mining industry
cannot as yet be possibly estimated.
Pulp and Paper
`i The pulp and paper industry of On-
tario in regent years has. taken away
from the lumber trade the spectacular
pant at least of the.harvest ,of the pro -
Tindal forests; Captial to 'the
amount of $200,000,000 Is invested in
the processing of pulp and pudpwood.
The production oaf dumber and paper
are caseated in 'perpetuity by a farsee-
ing conservative policy undertaken by
the Government.
The .gross .annual value of Ontario's
inanufaotured products has attained a
.figure of approximately $1,600,000,000,
,The urban tendency is not as: obvi-
,ously toward the creation of large con -
;tree of population aa in other c'oun-
trines. Toronto, which holds a oleos
aunonga the big cities of the continent
end of the 'World', got its business im-
petus early in the home manufacturing
nedvement, and is a, city' to be regard]
ed highly a:hordi
r
to all
,civic
stand-
ards,
t darise.
New Industrial Era Near
' But Ontario etande en .the tlii ee-
held of a new 1ndtistrial era, a ,fact that
inerelialeg numbers et manufacturers'
both of the 'United States o,nd Europe
are reeogtiizila ' When; it Is refnem<
bared that etiot 111,0dileing too-Intries
it •.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES FOREMAN CLARK, OF BOSTON
Mrs. Clark (nee Mies Aileen Hughes, daughter of the late. Sir Sam Hughes) and:
returned from a honeymoon hunting for big game in Africa.
her husband,
recently
For the Knitter
To Use Tops of Worn Silk
Stockings
A helpful suggestion as to how to
make use of the tops of silk stockings
after the feet are beyond repair is to
cut off the feet, then go around and
around the stocking leg, cutting into
an inch -wide strip as evenly as pas-
sible, and having it all in one piece
when finished; by using a little care
this can be easily accomplished. Start
the -next stocking in the same way,
and continue until you have them all.
cut. The ends may be sewed as the
work progresses, and the lengths
rolled or wound loosely in a ball, ex-
actly
xactly as rags were cut and sowed and
wound in baIis fo rthe old fashioned.
rag carpets or `rugs, woven in days
gone by. If most of the stockings are
dark, or there is a sameness in color,
it is an excellent plan to scatter
bright pieces through the ball, even
though in order to do this you must
cut the lengths apart; but if there is
a good variety, simply assort them
and join the strips. After a; little
study, you can readily decide on a
method that wil give the best effect.
Strips of from one to two yards, in
light or bright, medium and dark
colors, sewed in a harmonious "hit-
or-miss" arrangement, give a charm-
iug.oriental effect. Using a very large
wooden crochet -hook, simply crocket
the joined strips into any article de-
sired pillow -cover, wall -hanging,
couch spread, or whatever is needed,
using• any plain or fancy stitch and
working evenly but loosely. Do not
mind the raw edges, they add to the
pleasing effect; let them fray as they
will. Finish the edge by binding with
ribbon, with a crocheted scallop, or
not at all. In any case, your work
will be soft to the touch and charming
to the eye, like some antique or orien-
tal bit of drapery. One can knit the
strips instead of crocheting them, us-
ing large wooden needles . and any
simple stitch; plain knitting, back
and forth, is effective, as is seed-
stitch—knit one, purl one, casting on
a nuneven number of stitches to be-
gin with, so they will alternate like
tiny checks. A very pretty open
stitch is made by knitting one, then
over, knit one, and repeat; on the re-
turn row, knit the stitch, and slip the
"over" without knitting. If the first
stitch of each row is slipped, insert-
ing needle as if to purl, a neat edge
results.
A Needlecraft Tip.
You can make very attractive and
serviceable hot -dish mats, using
ivory rings one inch in diameter, as
follows: Fill a ring with sixty-four
doubles, then work double in double,
around; in next row work a double
Talo of a i,ece
Capt. Harry H. Birltholm wired
General. Steamship Corporation offi-
cers in San Francisco yesterday as
follows:
"Freighter Alaska's Captain, E. L.
Condin, .Operated on for appendicitis
Stop Second Captain, Legate, in.
char
g6,"
Caine the. following reply: "Sorry
about 'Oordln Stop. Second captain's
leg oft Is °severe blow Stop wire 'fur -
titer details.' --Los Angeles Examiner,
—
Book-keeping can be easily learned
d
at home. All you need do is to refuse
to lend you'ir volumes.
treble in each of four stitches, chain
three, and repeat, making sixteen
spaces in all, then stip-stitch to the
middle of first group of double trebles,
fill next space with six trebles, fasten
with a double in middle of next group
and repeat. A set of one dozen rings
can be made by joining six for the
meat -plate and snaking two smaller
ones of three rings each; but the
mats can be made of any size and
shape required. The work is interest-
ing and there are many ways of mak-
ing pretty designs by combining small
rings with the large ones.
A Dress Hanger Hint.
Here is a "hanger" hint that some-
body who has been tried beyond the
limit of patience by having her "best-
go-to-meeting"
bestgo-to-meeting" gown or coat slip off
it shanger repeatedly: Just take or-
dinary rubber bands and wrap several
times around the ends, This is a
quickly applied and effective remedy.
How to Knit the Kitchener Toe.
During the war, thousands of socks
were knit under the direction of the
Red Cross with what was known as
"the Kitchener Toe." Inasmuch as
it is now impossible to get the direc-
tions from the Red Cross many of our
readers will no doubt be interested in
the official instructions printed dur-
ing the war.
Having reached the place for the
first decreasing, proceed as follows:
Knit to within three stitches of the
end of first needle, narrow, by knit -
tin two together as usual, knit one;
beginning the second needle, knit one,
slip and bind—that is, slip one, knit
one, draw the slipped stitch over the
knitted one—then knit to within three
stitches of the end, narrow, knit one;
at beginning of the third needle knit
one, slip and bind, knit to end of
needle; knit two rows or rounds
plain. Repeat these three rounds
thre times, knitting them four times
in all, narrowing as directed at end
of first needle, at beginning and end
of second and beginning of third;
then narrow In the same way every
other round, knitting but one plain
round between, until twenty stitches
are left. Knit the five stitches of
first needle on to the third; break the
yarn, leaving an end about twelve
inches long, and thread this into a
worsted -needle. Hold the sock so the
worsted -needle is at your right and,
always keeping the yarn under the
knitting -needles, which are held to-
gether, weave the front and back to-
gether, as follows: Pass the worsted -
needle through the first stitch of front
knitting -needle, as if knitting, and slip
the stitch off the knitting -needle;
pass through second stitch on front
needle as if purling, and leave the
stitch on. Now pass through the first
stitch of back needle as if purling,
and slip the stitch off the knitting -
About Rugs ' ..
Every Woman Should Keo
Thoroughly the Various
Departments of Home Malt-'
ing—How to Tell Different
Types of Rugs Described i
1. Wilton is a Wilton, and a l3 us I
eels is a Brussels—and never the'
twain shall meet, according to the
majority of American rug and carpet
manufacturers, who through :the Na+
tion al Better Business Bureau have Is•
sued their •epeoific opinions as to the
characteristics and fabrics which!
make up various well-known rug
types,
"A Wilton," according o the definii
tion of the rug manufacturers, "is a -
wool or worsted cut -pile fabric con
taining from two to six colors, woven
on a Wilton loom. The loom is equip-
ped with a certain attachment and
achieves the pattern by moans o
punched stencils which control the s
lection of colors drawn over a wire)
one color at a time, from 'frames of
individual spools of skein -dyed yarn;I
the threads not selected .by at*
tachment to make the patternthe wild
always be found bulled throughout
the centre "of the fabric.
A Brussels has the same charas'
teristics and 1s made by the same
method of manufacture as a Wilton./
It is woven on a loom, the colors,
being picked up, one at a time, the
balance remaining `dead; in the centre
of the fabric. The loops forming then
pile, however, are uncut, which is the•
only difference between a Wilton and/
a Brussels.
"An Axminster is a wool pile fabltoi
having any number of colors in cool
bination with a cotton and jute ori
linen -backing. The dyed yarns ford
each row of tufts are wound around;
spools which are as wide as the tab -riot
to be woven, the spools then being ar•
ranged in sequence on an overhead,
vertical rotating chain. A each spocl.
is revolved into place the ends of rte
colored threads are inserted undet
and around the warp, formd into a
V-shaped row and held in place by a
shot of filler.
"A Chenille is a wool pile fabric, re -
enforced with cotton and j-lte or hair,
the pile and backing being woven sep-
arately. The woven pile is cut into
V-shaped rows of strands, and these
are inserted into the backing by weav-
ing to form the finisher fabric.
"A Velvet is a cut wool or worsted
pile fabric woven on a velvet loom and
having all of the yarn on the surface,
It may be made of solid colors or may
have a design formed by printing the'
colors on yarn wound around a cir-
cular drum, the dyed strands being
woven over wires, the loops being cut
atter weaving; or the design may be
stamped en the woven fabric.
"A 'tapestry has the same char*
acteristic.s and is made by the same
method as a velvet, and like it has ani
of the yarn on the surface. The de
sign or solid color is drum -printed
on the yarn or stamped on the woven
rug. The difference between the vel-
vet and the tapestry is that in the la.t•
ter the loops forming the pile are un-
eut."
needle; mass through second stitch of
back needle as if knitting, and leave
the etitch on the knitting -needle. Con-
tinue from until all the stitches are
taken off the needles, and fasten the
yarn down the side in order to avoid
any ridge across end of toe. When
properly made, there is apparently no
break in the continuity of stitches
from top to bottom of foot over the
toe—a toe -finish which means com-
fort to the wearer. — Needlecraft
Magazine.
War On Rust By Aviation
Planned Over Prairies
Winnipeg War on rust has been de-
clared by the Dominion Government,.
and serious operations have com-
menced at Portage la Prairie.
For some days residents of St.
Charles a suburb of Winnipeg have
been very ,curious over the arrival of
a high-powered airplane that has been
at aviation field there apparently
awaiting orders.
It transpires that the machine tame
from Minneapolis and' cost some $155,-
000. It is equipped with the new
"Wright Whirlwind" engine, the latest
thing in air power and made the flight
from Minneapolis at the average speed
of 109 miles an hour.
The machine carries 700 lbs. of
chemical dust and special machinery
for spreading the sane. This chemical
it 1s 'claimed destroys, the rust spores
and menders wheat immunefrom the
attack of •this, greatest s•couge of the
wheat fields.
Flying at height of about 50 feet
over the wheat fields some 6,000 acres
a day can be treated but the machine
,can operate at a height of 1,000 feet
when weather conditions are favor-
able and spread its antidote over a
much larger area.
It just needs a pilot for operation
and its in charge of flying officer
Shields of the Canadian. Air Force.
The machine has been requisitioned
to start operations for several days
waiting for the wheat to develop to
the stage where the rust spores begin
to take effeot. It is oonsidered the
psychological moment has arrived and
the war has started.
Ask Him Another.
"Hello, is that the pawnbroker's?"
"Yes, sir."
b "What time is it, please?"
"I am not here to tell you the
time."
"But, sir, it's you who have got my
watch."—Pete Mete (Paris). '
What Price Zyzzle?
"What were Webster's last words?"
"Zymosis, zymotic, zymurgy." ---
Pennsyivanta Punch Bowl.
Canada's First Locomotive Reproduced
The "Dorchester" was the name of
the first locomotive placed in service
in Canada and it was in use on the
Champlain and St. Lawrence Rail-
road, built in 1835 and connecting La -
prairie and St, Johns, Quebec, a des•
•
tattoo of id miles. The "Dorchester"
was built in England by the Stephen -
sons. The original line now fonts
part of the Canadian National Rail-
ways system. '
On the occasion of the annual pro-
cession of the St. Jean Baptiste
Society: at Montreal where a series of
WATCH THAT LANTERN
Busy Season With New Hands
—Extra Care Called For
Soon the Farm buildings will be
•stored with the products of the field,
making the risk 'and loss from fire
very rnucli greater. It is surprising
the number of tarn fires that night
have been avoided with a little care,
according to 'Deputy Fire Marshal et
Ontario, George P. .Lewis, and now be-
fore the results of the season's labor
Is stored in these barns, is the time to
exercise that care.
Especially when left en the floor
where it may easily be kicked over by
horses or cattle, the coal ail lantern.
states Mr. Lewis, is one of the most
fertile oauses of fire loss. He sug-
gests having a few hooks placed at
convenience distances apart fastened
to the coiling in all stables. Hanging
on these the lanterns will not only
give a better light, but will be out ot
the way of any ordinary accident.
Where possible the Deputy Fire
Marshall strongly urges the installa-
tion
nstalls•tion of electric lights or the use of
safety ,lanterns.
He would strictly prohibit smoking
in or about farm buildings and states
that matches should not be carried
loons in, thq pocketre "A ,market
may easily be pulled out with a hand-
kerchief," he says•, "and will drop in
the hay or other highly inflammable
material." At threshing time special
-precautions are needed- The barn
owner should make sure that proper
spark arresters are installed on all
engines, partioularly when wood is be-
ing tise.d as fuel, and it le a good plan
to have some extra cherltfeal fire ex
tinguiehers handy in the mow at this
time when there is more activity than
usual and when a machine with many
rapidly moving parts and bearing
which n'i.ay heat up is in operation. '
floats representing historical subjects
were features, the "Dorchester," built
at 'the Point St. 'Charles shops of the
Canadian National Railways, was
seen. Afterwards the reincarnation
of the first Canadian locomotive ape.
peered in the Diamond Jubilee par<
ado at Ottawa. ,;k
Why They Threw Him Out.
"Why diet they throw biro out
the prohibition society's ceb.oert?"
"His enunciation 1s poor and ha
made the old song sound like "aDrinit
To Me Only With Your Ryes',"
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