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549000 Ontario
Liquor Permits
Sales to Tourists , in Five
Months of '27 Operation
Estimated at $432,000
in Hard Drinks and.
Wine
Beer Substantial Item
Toronto. -- American tourists con-
sumed a eot -of government liquor 'in
Ontario during the fiscal year 1927.
Just how much has not been revealed
by the Hanna Control Board. But
when it is considered that during the
live months of tine year the stores
were in operation 64,000 permits ''ere
bought by 'Visitors from over thea line,
there is every reason to believe that
at least 108,000 bottles of one content
or another .were emptied by the same
transients.
Two sales for each permit may be
a ridiculously low estimate, but even -
on that basis the tourists did not do
at all badly by .Mr. Fianna and his
control coffers. Most .Americans like
their Scotch or Bourbon. One aver-
ages $4 in price and the other $3,50.'
So if $4 were -chalked up against each
of the 108,000 bottles it ., means that.
tourists from the United States spent
$432,000 in liquor purchases• in the
province. • The $103,000 which they
spent for their permits brings the
total estimated expenditure to $640,-
000.
The actual figures may be far in ex•
cess of this estimate for not all Ameri-
can tourists last summer limited them-
selves to two purchases.
Government Railway Pros-
perous
Toronto—An indication of the de-
velopment that is being made in.
Northern Ontario, the principal
sources of gold and other valuable
minerals in Canada, also an increas-
ingly important agricultural area, is
reflected in the last annual statement
of the Temiskamiug and Northern
Ontario, owned and operated by the
Provincial Government of Ontario.
Earnings for the past year show an
Increase of 23 per cent. over the pre-
vious year. in many of the factoriesin Detroit's
Transportation revenue increased city limits,
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How Mach Longer Will the Canadian People Stand . for This Wasteful Procedure
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4.10.0 P.M% aromas
DISTAPiCE- FROM HEAD OF LAKES TQ PORT (OU QRI1E- 850 MILS
PEL -IGHT COST' 3 CENTS Ie, IZ ausHE-L
1 500.000 BU51-1E-LS CAN.iZ.IE-D AS - ONE- CAR-GO'1.
This diagram illustratesthe inefft-
tient method Canada uses to get her
western grain to market. The grain
is loaded at Fort Wiliam -Port Arthur
on to steamers '600, feet long and car-
died In 000,000 bushel cargoes to Port
Colborne. It can go no farther in big
ships on its way to Montreal because
the canals firom':there on are only 270
feet long and too shallow to carry
Urge eteaniers. So each of the big
'ships has to transfer its cargo to six
small steam barges which charge
about five times as much as the big
ship for carrying each bushel per mile.
The big ship could have gone on to
Montreal from Port Colborne if the
waterway ,permitted, at an additional
cost of ode cent per bushel. The trans.
shipment and carriage to Montreal by
six small steamers impose an addition-
al cost of six cents, If all the grain
J a
e DtSTMACE
PONT COLBOiLn�S-Mon rNE-At, 365 miles j
1 FRrr IGHT COST 6 CSIITS Pf* P. [SUSHI L
1 500.000 f U. SHE'45 Iti SIX CARGOS(
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HOW amen LONGER?
carried to Montreal last season could
have been taken the entire distance in
big vessels the saving effected would
Ave been five cents pct. bushel or
about 3710,000,000. Twice the present
quantity of grain will go to Montreal
via !the St. Lawrence, and the saving
be correspondinglygreater; when the
big- ships do not have to break cargo.
AS it is, a tremendous quantity of
condition; to go by rail from Buffalo
to New York or to be rallied at Buffalo
Where it may be mixed with inferior
United States grain. The completon
of the New Welland canal will allow
i•he big ships to get Into Lake On-
tario but they will still be blocked by
the inadequate St. Lawrence canals.
The proposed St. Lawrence improve-
ment would bring the centre of the
Canadian grata is forced .by existing muting trade to Canada where it be-
Predict Big Year For Motor Sale
Ford Activity Restores Detroit
—Keen Competiti
Detroit. Industrial conditions in
the Detroit territory have assumed a
niore cheerful aspect 'following the re-
turn to work of several thousand
operatives. For the first time since
the Summer of 1926 employment here
shows gains over 'the corresponding
periods of a year previous,.
This is, of course; the direct reflec-
tion of the resumption of activity at
the Ford Motor Company at Fordson
and at Highland Park. While the
men now working there are not em
ployed In Detroit _r,:;eper and de not
appear on the payrolls here, the addi-
tional work given to Ford sources of
supply has meant increased personnel
Employment to High Volume
on in Salesmanship
from $4,590,859 in 1926 to $4,857,760 Production at the Ford plants on
In 1927.• Net earnings advanced from- the Model A line is gathering way, but
$982,963 to $1,211,580, an increase of slowly.— The last reports from the
$228,616. production department are that the
a? company is producing in the neighbor -
1 hood of 400 completed cars daily.
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During the past year the railw
paid over $1,300,000 to the provincia
treasurer. In addition to the surplu
which it earned last year, It took car
of all its own financing charges. Th
T. & N. 0. railway Is operated by
Commission, the three members o
which are appointed .by the Ontario
government..
New Welland Canal
St. Catharine.—The new Welland
ship canal is now nearing completion
Work, which commenced in 1913, was
suspended during the war years, but
it is expected that the new waterway
will be in operation in 1930. For the
greater part of the way the new canal
follows an entirely different route to
the present one, is much straighter,
and 1% miles shorter. The difference
in lake levels will be overcome by
seven lift locks, most of which are
now completed, each having a lift of
46% feet. The locks at•e 829 feet long
and each will accommodate three of
the present day canal grain boats at
,one time. They are 80 feet wide in
the clear and will provide a depth of
30 feet of water. This latter fact will
permit of the largest upper lake grain
carrier going through the canal.
The Welland Canal is the link be-
tween Lakes Erie and Ontario, and is
about 26 miles long.
The Papal Encyclical
London Daily Telegraph (Cons.) : It
Is unfortunate that the goal of re-
union to which all Christian people
must look is beset with difficulties.
1'tauy of them may seem, In the light
Of the Pope's Encyclical, insuperable.
Others arise from prejudice and mis-
understanding, No one acquainted
with the mind and policy of the re-
sponsible leaders of the Church of
Eugland can honestly suspect them.
of a "Romeward tendency" in the
usual and controversial meaning of
the tern. They are, however, pledged
to seek that all Christian people shall
be of one fold.
Peasants Prey
Practical Joke
Wolf Scent Scares, Horse of
Tax Collector
Moscow—Applying a simple peas-
ant device to spaed the departure of
an unwelcome guest, tax dodgers of
Otaber'skoi, a village in the Urals; rub-
bed frozen wolf grease on the collar
of the horse of the district prosecutor
while the latter was in court sending
a villager to prison for non-payment
of taxes.
As the animal trotted over the snow
and became warm itscented wolf and
ran In a wild panic In a vain attempt
to outdistance the dreaded beasts.
The sleigh overturned, but the procto
outer was" not inlureci--iptoving, ac-
cording to an inspired correspondent.,
that righteousness is protected,
However, two wolnen wllo tLCcom.'
panted the prdseeutor suffered broken
logs and ribg.
About half of this output is at Ford -
son and the other half comes from
the assembly lines at other Ford fat
tories throughout the country.
New Ford- Braking System
One source of delay has been -=the
fact that the braking system origin-
ally specified failed to secure the ap-
proval of the authorities in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and in several
States. To meet this objection the.
Ford engineering staff has designed a
new type of "parking" brake. It
operates directly on the •transmission
and is of the two -shoe, contracting,
self -energizing type. It is operated
by a hand lever.locate•d in the centre
of the car, slightly forward of the
%gear -shift lever.
Reports of every motor company
on results from •the New York, De-
troit and Chicago shows indicate
business possibilities for the new year
far exceeding expectations. The gen-
eral improvement in cars offered, plus.
the substantial gain in the dollar's
purchasing power throughout the' in-
dustry, has brought a.flood of orders
from all parts of the country. Every
manufacturer has benefited by the
public interest.
Dealers generally complain because
of non-delivery of cars from the'fac-
tory, but no individual maker _has' a
special advantage over his competi-
tor in this regard. Executives are
unanimous in saying that the outlook
for a mammoth first quarter is very
-gratifying.
Four and Six Cylinder Competition
Competition in the low-priced four-
cylinder field has assumed some of the
characteristics oP a whirlwind, Ford,
Chevrolet, Whippet and Star organiz-
ations are being speeded up .beyond
any previous year. The programs of
dealers' meetings now in progress are
the most elaborate that have ever
been worked out.
In the light -six field the competition
is almost as keen. • It is a great year
for the buyer, who le .being made to
fee1..his importance to an unusual ex-
tent., The trained salesman is in de-
mand, and the ehifting of the dealer
;acture 1s almost bewildering.
Evacuation of
Rhine F; vor..,d
By Britain
But Government Insists
Troops' Withdrawal
Must Be General
London Evacuation of the Rhine-
land tame up in the IHoiese of Com-
mons recently, and the attitude of the
British Government was defined by
Godfrey Locker-Lampson, Under -See -
eatery of the Foreign. Office,
Noel Buxton put the qttestion, di-.
rectly to the Government • in the
House "whether the Government will
consider the question of evacuating
the British troops: from the Rhine-
land at an early date."
Mr, Locker-Lampson, in behalf of
the 'Government, replied that the .ef-
feet of isolated British with•draw•al
would lead to no advantage in the
present circumstances, and that gen-
eral evacuation could only be brought
about byyan arrangement between the
allied powers on the one side and tis.;
German Government on the other, but
that such an arrangement would be
welcome to the Government.
This statement was generally in-
terpreted as meaning that the British
Government is still against isolated
action, because this would bear the
aspect of bringing pressure on France.'
Empire Settlement .
London Morning Post (Cons.): , In
every Dominion exists a minority of„
racial fanatics hostile to the British,
race and the British counnection.
have seen it in the recent activities.
against the British Flag in South Af-
rica. These Minorities are not always
born in the Iloniiilons from which
they wish to exclude our people..
We cannot ,force our people on the
Dominion, but we believe that the ma-
jorityof people there, as here, favor
this Infgration movement, seeing.In it
the best hope for the future and the
development of their eottutries.
•
A bailiff took the chair at a Leeds
public meeting last week, f urtder-
staitd that from sheer force et habit
he teak the table as well.
Josephine — "Are they engaged?"
Georgiauna--"Not yet. He stili buys
orchestra seats when they go to a
show."
Joules Lane Allen, the author, was
asked by a lady if he was a bachelor
from choice. "Yes," he replied,
promptly. "But, isn't it rather ungaI-
lant of you to say that?" asked the
lady. "You must ask the ladies that,"
said Allen. "It was their choice."
Britain.Won't Get
Income Tax Cut
longs, Halifax being the most likely
location. I:t would also cheapen the
cost of importing coal, o11 and other
necessaries and the cost of carrying
Canadian manufactured goods to the
markets of the world, The navigation
improvement would facilitate the deve.
lopment of Hydro -Electric energy that
would sell for 100 millions per year,
three-fourths of which would belong, to
Canada
Churchill, in Speech, Asserts
New Budget Will Show
No Change
Farms Need Relief First
London—The last hope that the in-
come tax would be reduced soon was
regarded as dispelled following the
.regent speech by Winston Churchill,
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Speaking at l:irmiugham, Mr.
Churchill said that the forthcoming
budget would show no change. The
tax now is 20 per cent. and there were
rumors the Chancellor would find a
way to reduce this by 2% per cent. as
election bait. •
Not only, can the Treasury not af-
ford to reduce, taxes, but if a cut were
possible, it should cone first in a re-
vision of local land taxation, British
observers said. Agriculture and in-
dustry are regarded as in need of re-
lief,
The Chancellor assured the nation
that no election would take place this
year since the equal franchise bill
must be passed and the new women
voters must be registered.
British Engine "Wears" Bell
As Gift for U.S. -Exhibition
London—An enormous, inscribed
brass bell hung fn front of the 'Great
Western locomotive Ring George V,
which has just returned from an ex-
hibition run in the United States,
when It left Paddington station for a
try -out journey to Cheltenham before
tackling the Cornish Riviera Express.
The bell was presented to the giant
locomotive in commemorator of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's centen-
ary in which the Ring George v took
part.,, Two bronze medals, which had
likewise been presented to the loco-
motive, were displayed on each skis
of the cab.
Horses .aro not the only animals
which may be ridden along Rotten
Row, ,in Hyde Paric, London, New
regulations .provide for the use of
both asses and mules there.
Thrift Stamps to Foster Saving
Among Poor Introduced in Mexico
Mexico City --:Thrift stamps, as an
aid to savings among the poorer
classes, will make their appearance
in Mexico it has been announced
through the Postoffice Department.
'The saving movement, known as the
Postal Savings Box, is to, appeal to
the working class, whose salaries are
low and who have difficulty laying
aside their money for bank accounts,
which require high capital at the
start. Under the provisions, stamps
which already have been printed for
the express purpose may be pur-
chased for as little as five cents; or as
much as the investor feels like plac-
ing, ,according to Cosmo hlinojosa,
Postmaster General.
An interest rate at least equitable
to current interest of savings banks
will be paid each investor, it is said,
so wth a small amount oe invested
capital the worker will be earning ss
just return, The stamps also may be
redeemed at any desired time, says
postal authorities. .
The thrift movement is regarded`
very significantly, especially in view,
of the present economic situation, an
the government is extremely anxiou m
to inculcate a savings spirit in the)
lower classes, who are not accustom -1
ed to retain money.
Suggests Jellicoe
For Haig's Post
Opposition, However, De-
velops in London Over
Legion Chief
London—It le suggested that Lord
Jellicoe should be chosen head of the
British Legion in place of the late
Earl Haig, but a good deal of opposi-
tion has developed.,, The Daily Ex-
press urges, that the choice will be
unfortunate owing to the controversy
which has arisen about Jellicoe's part
in the war and also to be fact that he
is a naval man and not a soldier, while
,the great majority of the members of
the Legion come from the land fortes.
It is being generally suggested that
the Prince of Wales should become
head of the Legion, or Sailing him that
some general should be chosen who
has not been involved in any of the
current controversies since the war.
"Gerald," pleaded the girl, "please
stop drinking for my sake." "'hat
on earth," was the reply, "gave you
the idea that I drank for your sake?"
Wife—"You're the meanest man
alive." Husband—"That's hard on
yourself. According to your mother,
you have been the making of me."
"ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES" ---By 0. Jacobson.
Hes A 'ox
No Dogs Carried
De Luxe Flyers, Sometimes•
Carrying 50 Animals, Hang
Out "No Room" Sign
After Near Tragedy
Paris—Dogs hereafter are not to be
given right of way in French railways.
As stated recently in the Evening
Post, the various trains de luxe known
as the Blue Train, the Golden Arrow.
et tette-quanta, invariably carried as
passengers fifty or more dogs, from
Pekingese to Saint Bernards,
More often than not they 'were
given in charge of the train's person-,
nel who were royally tipped for theirs
attendance. Now, all dogs must be
held in leash by their master or mis=.
tress. The somewhat stern decision:
was brought about following the disc -i
covery of a mad deg in a train de luxe'
speeding from Calais to Nice. The:
'dog showing evidence of rabies • was
found in the lavatory. It was dis-
lodged from the train at Lyons, but
not before It had •bitten fourteen per-;
sons.
It escaped into the streets of Lyons•,l
where it bit more persons before itt
was 'captured and died with evident;
indications that it was suffering frons;
rabies. By the time it died no Sewer;
than thrty-three persons were under
treatment at the Lyons Anti-Hydro-�
phobia Institute. All will recover, as
sert the doctors.
Get Haircut at New
Moon, Briton Advises,
London: ---Do you have your hair cut:
when the moon is full? If you do, you'
shouldn't, according to a London busi-'
ness man who dabbles in astronomy.
"Mushrooms and similar vegetation
grow best when the moon Is a.pliroaah-
ing fulI," this man says. / "It is the
came -with human hair. At full moon
the hair has most sap and should not
be cut then, but just before a new
moon."
1927 Trade
Canada bought goods from the Unl.
ted States tit 1927.to the value of
$707,270,4.14, or ,$466,884,511 more than
the total purchases by Canada in the
whole of the British Empire.
The united State% was Canada's
best customer en 1927 as an individ•
ual country, with $474,683,125 spent
on Canadian goods.
All the countries hi the British Em-
pire spent $500,019,346 in the year
under review, Groat Britain heading
the list with a total of $409,5,51,767.
Love is that which a girl has who
goes with. a man who doesn't own
motor car. But maybe .leer idea IS
compassionate marriage,
'Visitor—"Do you love your toaoheri,
my little man?" Bobby "Please, 1
would rather not talk about my love
affairs."
You ask me why I'm single; why
I've shade no Manly heart stand still,
Alast however hard 1 try,
No Jack will claim this lonely atilt.
But Leap Year's come, and I will use t
Fresh eats to berolao a wife,
And thus, In nick of time, excuse
The tomes of a "miss" spent utast