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Our American C,onants
.Fed on Misinformation
American Farm journal Gives Extraordinary Editorial Which
, Invites Comment From Our Hydro Electric Province
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I 3,. THE FACTS FOR OUR READERS
Under a prominent heading an been approved for construction. Of
Ilissaeriaatt farm journal ("Succeasful t)aee, over 2,900 miles were in actual
Vartning") gives its readers some Operation, serving 25,000 eonsumeril,
Strange information. The article is distributed Over an area, of ateut 12, -
headed a.s follows 000 square miles in 211 townships, It
ONE-THIRD OF FARMS ARE Is planned to constinct, in 1928, and
MODERNIZED '' probably in subsequent years,addi-
tional rural lines at the rate of about
Then comes the bald Statement: '
,.,, 1,000 miles per Year, Extensioue can
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One out of every three New Yot4's be Made from the power lines that
State farms ages electricity. It is also traverse the Province wherever there
shown that each home has aii average are titre fatan consumers or the equiv.-
of 23 outlets, 12 for each tenant home alent for each mile of line needed to
and 9 for the barn. distribute the electricalenel•
The editorial contiouea: "There gy,
The Cost of Power'
Were 860 motors on 1,181 farms, near -
As in the case of the towns and
' ly 30 per cent. of which were of guar -
cities, service is given at cost, with
ter horsepower and the great majority
the additional advantage in the case
were of one horsepower or less, used
of rural power districts, that the Pro -
mostly for milking machines, pump-
• vincial Government, as part of its pol-
ing, cream separating, sliopwork, etc,
icy ot assisting agriculture in various
"Aside from lightinis electricity is
ways, makes a grant towards a part
•,. moat used in these New York homes
of the original cost of constructing
for irons, vacuum cleaners and wash -
the lines, which reduces the interest
ing machines. And ha decreasing
an clanking fund payable by. tho farm -
number used for toasting, • battery
Charging, curling irons, heaters, per- ers. The averagcharge for rural
e
consumers in 1927 amounted to about
• colators and sewing machines. Less $4 per Month. Considering that the
frequent use is made of electric. pads, ,,,,,,,,,.ice in a large portion of cases,
stoves, grills,. fans, waffle irons, hat ''" -'
included lighting of barns as well as
plates, ranges and refrigerators. ''' houses, the operation of motors for
"It would seem that these New
such farm work as feed -chopping,
Yorkers have stuck pretty closely to
milking, separating, silo -filling and
the cheaper equipment and the uses
water pumping, and also in many
that most relieved the workers from, cases, an electric range, and other
drudgery, if it were not for this fac- household appliances, the average
tor, refrigerators should stand web at
charge of $4 is remarkably reasonable.
the head of the list, and fans have Out of the revenue derived at these
a very important place. Only about rates, however, the Hydro -Electric
a fifth of them are pumping water by Power Commission pays all expenses
this efficient method. of preducing and delivering the power,
"In other states or localities the
equiPment will vary according. to the pays off a part of the original cost
of all the equipment used, from the
way in which equipment has been generating station to the last distri-
inade popular by salesmanship or button transformer, and has a sub -
demonstration, or perhaps buying
ability." stantial sufPlus in hand that can be
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Worthy of Comment
If this journal did not have any
Canadian circulatiOn one might simply
pass the article by with a shrug and
a'smile, but many Canadians will see
it, and the editor of this page cannot
refrain from comment.
U.S. Authority (7) Quoted
A certain Professor A. E. Stewart
of the United States has recently been
in the public eye owing to the publi-
cation of a pamphlet striving to point
out how much better privately oper-
ated electrical production plants are
than publicly -owned projects. In this
pamphlet he failed 'adequately to
. bring out the accomplishments of the
Ontario electrical undertaking; effect- class, for example, may be as high as
ing certain comparisons, on the basis $4.55 a mouth in some of the nower
of, percentage of farms served, be-
tween Ontario and some of the States
• of the Union.
Doesn't Mention N.Y. State
Of the Slates cited by this writer,
the State showing the greatest per-
centage of Minis using electricity was
• California, where the extensive use of
returned to the consumers. Last year,
there was returned in cash about $230,-
000, from the • surplus of previous
years.
Users Benefit
•
It is found that, when a rural power
district is first built, some of the farm-
ers are hesitant about taking the serv-
ice, and others do not make full use
consumers enter into contract with
of it. In a short time, however, more
the Commission, and all soon find it
profitable to extend their use of elec-
tricity. Under service at • cost, the
effect is to reduce the charges, as is
clearly seen from the figures in the
report. While the "Service charges"
for farmers lu the "light farm service"
districts, yet in the older districts the
"service charge" may be as low as
$2.50 per month for the same classifi-
cation. It is anticipated that this ten-
dency to increase the use of this bene-
ficial service, as well as to reduce the
cost, will characterize future opera-
tions in the field of rural electrical
electric power for irrigation pumping development in the Province of
Ontario. So, on the whole, Ontario
has simplified the difficulties of rural
compares not so badly with any State
electrification. gime. in the case of
California, however, only 23 per cent. in the Union to the South.
of the farms were reported as using
electricity. in the other States men-
tioned, the percentages ranged from 7
per cent. to 2 per cent. The per cent.
of farms using electricity in New
York State was not even mentioned,
and it seems certain that if the figure
had been 33 per cent., or even one-
tenth of that amount, it would not
have been omitted by Professor Stew-
art. For the whole of the United
States, Professor Stewart estimated
that about 2.6 per cent. of the farms
were electrified, and as this includes
California and the other selected
States, it seems clear that the per
cent. of farms receiving electrical
service lu New York State must have
been very small indeed.
• The New York State Public Serv--
Ice Commission has jurisdiction over
all electrical utilities serving con-
sumers .lu the State, but, in the ex-
teneive statistical reports published
by it, rural consumers are not re-
garded as beiug sufficiently numerous
' to justify separate classification..
1
• Ontario's Rural Service
. The rapid, extension of facilities fot
electrical service in rural Ontario is
a noteworthy source of satisfaction
to all who h.avo at heart the best hi-
terests of theProvince as a whole,
and agricultural industry in particu-
lar. Every Since,. in 1910, the Hydro -
Electric Power Commission of On-
tario began to transmit power from
Niagara Falls over the first sections .
of its transmission lines, the problem
of providing electrical service in rural
districts has been studied. Verities
means of overcoming the handiettp of
high cost of Service which is inherent
in territorg svheeo consumers 'are so
Much more widely separated than MI
the cities and towns, were '1.11VOSti.:
gated, and the first rural lines were:
constructed in 1012. 11 was not, how-
ever, until sense years later that the
co-operation of the farmers and of tho ;
Provincial Government b ad been en-
listed to such an egtent that a really
rapid expansion of the service was
possible.
•Some Startling 'Figures
The actiefity that, has been in evi-
dence hi recent years may he illus-
trated from figures taken from the
Annual Report of the Cornmission for
• DV, To the end of that year, rural
primary lines totalling 3,100 Miles in
length; and coding over $6,600400, had,
New Mayon Crater
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The Canada Year Book, '1927-28
VVill Vie With Englartd's Best
• The publication of .0o Canada Year tion, •dealing With gerlOral edaeation, • '
Book leipete, Is etenounee lay the teolinical and Welter efilecatiOn; (12),
aezieni otatietiee seeeneet „et tho minlon Pablie coed Beneveleneee (1.3).
• Adinintetration, fee/Wilzig ' eitheee. •
TOttreau Of, Statistics. This , thine 'dealing with the eadminetration
comprehensive Yoltimo, Which is now of public Uncle, national defenee,
ready for nubile distribution, is the public warke, Indian affairs, eeldierte
offieial statistical annual dealing with 1 Weil re-eetablisbment and miscellane-
the resources, history, institutione bus administration; (14) Sources Of
and feral and ecOnternie• eonditions of 'Statistical and Other information Ile
-
the Dominion.. The present elation lative to Canada, with lists of the
bait been thoroughly revised through- publicatiorie of. Dominioil and Prov
out and includes in all its eectione Monet- Government Departments, in -
the latest informationup to the date eluding those of tbe Doraiulon Bureau
o•f going to press. . I of, Statistics; and (15) Tbe Annual
The present levee of the Year Ro•03ter, 1927, with a review of re-
l3oolc extends to 1,100 Taloa, and is cent Dominion and Proyincial legis -
divided into Moen sections, as fol- lation, prinelpal events of the year
lows:—(1)
g: --ec(grir)a P h Y,to
P11Ysl7olgaiP•allpYhY,17elouldol:Yada Gazette.,
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and important extracts from the Can -
climate and natural resources of Among the new features incorporat-
•1Canade: (2) History and Chronology, ed in the present edition of the .Isear
including a chronology of Canada by Book are the following: --A spacial
years sines 1497; (3) Constitution article on the Climate of Canada, con -
and Government, with an account of tributed by Sir Frederic Stupart,
the history of the Dominion Perna- Director of the Meteorological Ber-
ment and the Dominion franchise; (4) , vice of Canada; a summary of the
Population, ,including summary fig- results of the census of the Prairie
ures of the census of 1921, and a de- Provinces, taken in 1926; improved
tailed treatment of vital statistics and statistics of immigration, including
immigration, together with a state- the languages, nationalites and birth-
ment on immigration policy; (5) places of immigrants; preliminary re -
Production, including a general sur- sults of the census of manufactures
very of Canadian production and sec- for 1926 as well as detailed analyses
thins dealing with agriculture, forest, of these statistics for 1926; an ex -
LATEST AND LARGEST ZEPPELIN 15,.CHRISTENED • try, furs, fisheries, mines and miner'-' tended discussion,of Canadian trade;
The L-127, wheal' its German builders ;hope will cross the Atlantic with al -s ' waterpower, manufactures and a summary of the first authoritative
passengers, before the English complete the R-1,00, now building.
construction; (6) Trade and Com- statement on the tourist rade of Can-
merce, giving details of Cansdian ada; maerial on, the traffic and the
foreign trade and of interprovincial financial opsition of the Canadian Na -
awl local trade; (7) Transportation tional Railways; a speqial .article •on
and Communications, with subsectiens Canadian legislation respecting Com-
ae government control over transport- hination in Restraint of Trade, by the;
aticin agencleg, steam and electric :Registrar of the Combines Investiga-
railways, express companies, roads tion Act; an important study of the
and highways, motor vehicles, air wages statistics collected at the
navigation, canals, shipping and Census o 1921; he results of a new
navigation, telegraphs, telephones and study of the national wealth of Can-,
post offiee; (8) Labor and Wages, In-; ada as in 1925. The appendix con -
eluding an account of the Dominion ' tains figures of immigration and of
and Provincial Departments oi trade for the fiscal year ended March
Labor and ' the International opera- 31, 1928. The volume, which is •Mus-
t& .or our improts from Checko-Slo- tion, industrial combinations- and cur- trated by many more maps and dia-
valtia, Estluinia or Portugal.•
rent wages, as well as wages stalis- grams than In previous yeare, also
Government, has pardoned Dr. Rick- Our Trade Treaties.
tics based on the census of 1921; (9) ! includes, an index with some 4,000
lin, leader of. the Alsatian Autono- . We have made a number of Trade ,
mists, whise condemnation to P115011 Treaties in the past andtheY Prices, including wholesale and retail page -references, and an eight -page
at the Colmar trials last May aroused to have done some 'good. Our trade
seem prices, security prices and prices of . Statistical Summary of the Progress
services; (10) Finance, with detailed of Canada since L371.
a furore in France and whose elec- with those countries is in a really t
tion to Parliament created consterna- prosperous. condition. Canada has treatments of Dominion, provincial The Year Book is obtainable from
tion in Government eircles. Three treaties or has admitted to treaty and municipal finance, national the King's Printer, Ottawa, at the
other Autonomists imprisoned at the privileges, France, Belgium, Holland wealth and income, currency and; price of $2.00, this figure overing
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banking, and Insurance; (11) Educe- merely the cost of paper and binding.
same time have been recently set free, 1 and Italy, and a number of others. -----•—e---. -----
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and that action is regarded as among The United States, on the other hand,
the most courageous which the Gov- has a stand -and deliver- tariff. No ports as fairly stationary—in Canada treaties would be welcome -broaden-,
ernment has taken since Raymond I concessions are made to anybody. there is a sharp increase. in both ing out th existing ones would be a
They work on the theory that the countries imports are up. In 1922 the help. Every stone knocked off high
Poincare has been Premier.re--11- . rh s
Poincare follows Britain's methods foreig5er pays the tariffs. Mr. Dooley 'United States imported 49e for every tariff walls helps forward National
with subject rebels. Smutts and dollar of ' exports—Canada, 48c. In development. ,
Alsatian Chief
Is Released By
M. Poincare
Dr. Ricklin, Leader of Au-
tonomists in Chamber,
Receives a Pardon
Paris. — President Gaston, ber-
mergue, at the instance of the French
Canada's Treaties
By R. 1. Deachman.
This is the open season for Trade
Treaties. Minister of Finance Robb
has put through a few more. Finan-
cial experts on the other side of the
House cry ‘"Ruini" The cry is a bit
far fetched. The fountains of the
Great Deep will not be broken up be-
cause we .increase either our exports
expioded that long ago when he said:
Botha of recent date made true ini-
"Yis, the foriner pays, providin'
gets Past Ellis Island!"
It is not difficult to determine what
has really happened in regard to our
he
perial subjects. So, Femme will find, England's Green and Pleasant
wi
1927, the United .States imported 70o
for every dollar of exports—Canada
ll these Alsatians.
60e for every dollar of exporLs.
The Credit Balances
Then, leaving failed in all other
These Alsatians, however, in the Land
course of their trial, pleaded that their New Statesman (London): BY
demands for an autonomies govern- what process or machinery can we
ment in Alsace was the limit of their arrest the devastation of England,
wishes and that never did they desire prevent the absorption of fields,
Alsatian withdrawal from Fgance.
They reiterated that they hadfought
the Germans on the same point as
strongly as they have opposed the
complete absorption into France.
Following the armistice there have
neen•Prench governments which have
admittedly Proceeded too fast in try-
ing to make all Alsatians good French-
men The efforts were too strenuous
Treaties with different countries. We arguments, the apostle's misery pro -
can get a clear idea, by making com- ceeded to tell us that anyway, if we
parisons between Canada and the have increased our exports, it is only
to the days before those Treaties were M a.gricultural products and these, of woods and downs, and make certain
United States. We can also go. back
course, make no difference. Glance the means of access for the towns
made and note the changes which
have taken place since. It iback for a moment at the figures in populatious to open country? In none
S eustern-
the story. 1n-1992, we had in round of the three speeches at Winchester
ary to suggest that we have been in
figures, a credit balance in our trade in which he touched upon the theme
the habit of giving away our birth- with these four Treaty countries of —nearest, perhaps, ot all themes to
right. How swe sell our birthright in $22,000,000. That is, after paying for his heart—did Mr. Baldwin hint at a
disposing of wheat out ot which the our imports from these countries we positive policy... He has himself pro-
"Dagoes" make macaroni, is a problem had $22,000,000 of .a credit balance ! claimed that the period of grace for
which we prefer to leave to others. available for the purchase of other the English countryside is brief en -
If a part of our birthright goes with things. In 1927, our balance was $32,- ough. In these columns last year
each bushel, wouldn't the same 000,000. Nor were all our exports i year the suggestion was made that
amount of birth -right go out with a agricultural products. The Belgium: the conservation of the English coun-
bushel of "Yankee" wheat? convention was made in the fiscal try, being a national eoncern, can be
Nineteen hundred and twenty-two, year of 1924, We shipped to Belgiumdealt with only by a national author -
as everybody knows, was the bottom that year, geode' to the value of ;17,-1Ity, within or allied with, the Ministry
of • post-war depression. If we take 452,442, of which $14,850,206 was cons- of Stealth. If there is an alternative,
what is it? If there is none, why
should not the present Prime Minis-
ter, more closely identified with this
vital interest than any of his pre-
decessors, resolve to face the chat-
leaungdewhile the power remains In his
ts?
BLOTTO 1
'It you dislike stories about tipsy
men, then do not read this one.
It concerns the man who phoned
his hostess that ho was, very drunk
indeed and had decided not to come
to her formal dinner that night.
She implored him—he is a wit and
a handsome fellow—to plunge into a
cold bath, for her sake, and appear;
somehow or other. An hqur later ho
Treaties are not of tremendous • ini-
did appear, clad, the hostess was re-
portance. They are however, minute
lieved to see, in the conventional
tiny infinitesimal kawerings of the
blockade) of production which stiles things and able to carry himself off
as brilliantly as ever even to a
Our growth and. checks the progresa happy
of agriculture, mining and manatee- pleTrar when he took his departure.
over $22,0From Canada in the save in the sense that they do not she was greatly surprised to
turing. No one could criticise them,
same period, experts increased over far enough to do mut.% good. The •
receive a note from him the next after-
00,000.written in obvious distress,
$30,000,000. On the other hand, Am- arguments used ag'ainst them in the He was so sorry, he wrote, and he
erieall imports increased $140,000,000, House of Commons are senseless be- begged her forgiveness for something
C,anadian imports by approximately yond words. Still, members of Parlia- which was, he realized, unforgivable,
426,000,000. 11 is interesting to note mebut he had been suddenly called oat
tit must have their fling—the com-that United States figures reveal ex- men people take a saner view--enore '0! town on urgent business the day
before and that was why he had not
to teach French to the: inhabitants
wbo knew only German, and to break
up a system of confessional schools
which applied to Alsace and not .to
Terrorizes Filipinos France. M. Poincare saw that Alsace
must he absolutely a part of France,
Villagers at the Volcano's bat that -the process of assimilation
must be gradual.
Base Flee Beore Flowing The Alsatians could he encouraged
Lava as the Earth . and were ready to be loyal French -
Rocks
qVfanila (Sunday). ---Belching tons of
lava, the volcano Mayon early to -day
was in the throes of its worst erup-
tion since 1900, with a series of earth
shocks rocldng the countryside and
spreading terror over the western
Portion of Albay Province.
,Hours after the first molten rock
shot high into the air the lava flow
and earth rumblings continued. At
the first sign of renetwed activity
natives fled and, -with the disturb-
ance continuing,' the few remaining
inhabitants of the little town of Li -
bog, near the foot of the mountain,
moved to safety.
As molten rock, fire and ashes shot
skyward .from a new crater which
opened yesterday about 500 feet from
the sunumt, women. and children
paraded the streets of Legaspi, their
song saud prayere for divine protec-
tion mingling with cries of alarm.
When lava from the new critter bit
the base ot the mountain it splashed
a quarter of a mile.
A vast area 'slowly was being cover-
ed as the lava, Rowed to lower lelfelS.
Considerable damage had been done
in the higher country and a !Stream
lute been 'dried up by the hat lignid
yock. • •
Mayon began eruptions of serious
proportions in • June and Cara 11111:ed
until. early July, when the disturii.7.
ctice apparently had been ended. At
that time Governor General Stillman:
visited the .eirovineo to inspect the
situation q111.1 f3Sigeti assurance •to'
that 01 scientists that the worst of
the cycle of eruptions had passed,.
Thousands of natives who had fled at
Ole. first eumblingethen gradually fie
feared back to their lionies.
•
If the: colleges are going hi tor in,
tel e cte einp to nehin 'Coutes ts,
some provision" should • be made for
the lightweight
Republican, •
the comparative imports and exports
of Canada and the United States with
France, Belgium, Holland and Italy
en 1922 - and' •again in 1927, we- will
posed of agricultural products. In
1927, the exports were $21,341,116, of
which $16,445,885 were agricultural
products—in other wards, our exports
men, but could not be 'bullied. Wisely,
have an idea as to the• relative proge of products other then "crude agricue
Mr. Poincare has busied 'himself ge-
ress made byethe two countries during tural" are now almost double what
versing the mistaken policies and has this pertoth
they were before the Treaty, or ex -
promised that the Government would
• ports of eon -agricultural products in -
"respect their traditions and customs '
Canadian and American Trade With creased as much during three years
In -
and preserve so long as they had the
France, Belgiurin Holland and Italy of treaty operation as hi all previous,
desire their school and religious sys-
. Exports of Imports of times.
tem, namely the. confessional and bi-
United States United States The world's trade continues to•
lingual instruction and a regime of
1922 -4602,353,364 $296,848,737 grow from generation to generation.
the concerdat."
1927 ... 624,865,134 436,116,177 • Yet the world to -day, is only at .the
M. Poincare went further and ap-
Exports of Imports of • beginning of commercial development.
pointed an Alsatian, Alfred Oberkireh,
s Canada We shall laugh a genetation hence at
• ,105a,4118.1a260
Undersecretary of State to advise on
$22,171,140 the puny volume of the nation's buse
Alsatian matters. Finally he has ae
19271922 7:: . 82,190,104 • 49,083,598 nese as transacted to -day.
lowed the sentenced Alsatian leaders -
Of course, it is quite true that the
to go free. In every way the Govern- .•
You will note from these figures that
ment has shown its good will, and
exports from the 'United States to the
thougb. there may be seine 'grumbling
countries named increased in the
now, if the Alsatians are wise and
period by more than 3 per cent. Ex-
issbow in Parliament their sole wish
from Canada went up over 80
to be thorough Frenchmen, the past Ports
will be forgotten and the Alsatian uTniotteadl siniacit•eetis,
s ea amounted exportsiitedt
Problem may quite probably be cctin-
pletely liquidated. Certainly a splen-
did beginning has been made.
—nee ---- IfTirmgetubet.
Magistrate: "You say the plaentiff
is a relative of yours?" 'Witness:
"Yes, by hignsnY."
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Leen able to attend her dinner.
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The travelling man opened tire tele.
grant and read: "Twins arriVed, to-
night, mare by ralla"
At.
Etiquette uoto in English paper—
"You may tilt your plate seightty it'
you need to, but always away Sewn
You; -don't try to scoop up the vetiy,,
last drop. And never break your
bread or roll in yar soup."
The following schoolgirl howlers
are genuine and were givelt by sonse
Pupils' in a sehool near Cape 'remit
"A mammal is the female ot all things
eXeept worms and insects"; "Hoofed
mammals are smite as oxen. Their
g feet are hoofed to assist thent hi
(,,iiiribing"i "Bats are very blind ado
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aro et:1380101y attracted by the light,"
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