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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1929-12-27, Page 2re C AL S azad LIIA1lLIIT1ES 31st October, 1929 ASSETS Cash on hand and due from Banks and Bankers $148,338,437.09 Notes of and cheques on other Banks 63,407,357.64• Dominion and Provincial Government Securities 98,670,889.98 Canadian Municipal Securities and British, Foreign and Colonial Pub- lic Securities other than Canadian. Railway and Other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks 5,906,828.59 Call and Short Loans on Bonds, Deben- tures and Stocks n 154912,667.55 25,033,797.0e Quick Assets $496,269,977.87 Loans and Discounts and other Assets 441,228,561.20 Bank Premises 14,500,000.00 Customers' Liability under Letters of Credit 13.338,458,06 $965,336,997.113 uABiELIT1flSS TO THE PUBLUC Notes in Circulation $45,465,136.50 Deposits 811,723, 556.89 Letters of Credit Outstanding 13,338,458,06 Other Liabilities 18,371,102.16 Total Liabilities to Public.... $888,898,253.61 Excess of Asse ts'over Liabilities to Public $76,438,743.552 1By ova oIalra orf rlall aggl earee ecerz � + 14. and en preneiat tie :,l'a a' fren1 spree nee flit villages end IbringiIIne other* into the mune miserable etindl- tion. l wen ;iig 04e were only doing Haat--ie on:s seusa a negative work— it would be abundantly worth while and something for which others should be thankful. But there is a more •positive side to the woes., and that, in our case in Patpara, is the care of the young children who have come to us. Their numbers are small, but we can thank God for them. One young fellow and his sister are now school teach- ers—bath holding the Government trained teachers' certificate. The man is the headmaster of our Mission School at Nainpur and last year gained a very creditable report of the work from the Deputy Inspector of Schools. With antecedents not at all good, he began life rather hesitating- ly. After receiving his certificate he refused to take up school work, and went through a course of training in the Government Training School as a carpenter, and passed with credit as a skilled workman. In the meantime he became engaged to be married, but his bride-to-be insisted on his taking up school work in the Mission as a condition of their marriage and prevailed; though I am sorry to say that now while he is in our service, his wife has become headmistress of a non-Christian school in the same place. The sister of this young man has married one of the junior catchists of the Mission and is a teacher in the Vernacular Middle School in Patpara, and is doing very good work. Her brother is also a trained teacher in our service in Mandl°, where efforts are being made to win the children of the depressed classes. Had not the Leper Mission existed these three young people would in all probability have become infected and be living the same wretched and mis- erable life their parents lived --a sor- row to themselves and a danger to the public. Now they are all happily free from the disease; they have been brought up as Christian children educated and trained, and now are teachers of others, giving their own Christian witness day by day, with offspring which show no signs of the disease and full of promise for the future. This undoubtedly is really "worth while." Four other children are growing up and making good progress with their work, two of them being in the VII Vernacular Class and with the proba- bility of training before them. If this is the case in a small asylum such as ours how infinitely more "worth while" is it in the case of the larger asylums where thousands are segregated, cared for, trained and be- come earnest followers of our Lord and Master? SUNDAY AFTERNOON Isabel Hamilton, Goderich, Ont.) Glad was my heart to hear My old companions say, 'Come, in the house of God appear, For 'tis a holy day.' O'er friends and brethren dear Our prayer shall never cease; Oft as they meet for worship here, God send His people peace. J. Montgomery. PRAYER Almighty God, our heavenly Fath - car, we give Thee thanks and praise that in Thy mercy Thou hast brought eis through the circuit of another year, and that, according to Thy „mmaise seed time and harvest have mot failed. Teach us to remember that it is not by bread that man doth live, and grant us evermore to Seed on Him who is the true Bread From heaven. In His name we pray. Amen. S. LESSON FOR DECEM is ER 29 lesson Topic—Fellowship Through i.1®ffshoip. Lesson Passage• —Psalm 122 ; Hleb- srews 10:22 -25 - Golden Text—Luke 4:16. This brief but spirited psalm was vrritten by David for the people to g at the time of their goings up to the holy feasts at Jerusalem. It ,cppears to be suitable to be sung filen the people had entered the lures, and their feet stood within the agty. It was most natural that they 4n.omild sing of Jerusalem itself, and Invoke peace and prosperity upon the „ ly City, for it was the centre of 4rii it worship, and the place where the Lard revealed Himself above the mercy -seat. Possibly the city was mot all built in David's day, but he emmte under the spirit of prophecy, end spoke •of it as it would be in the rage of Solomon. Jerusalem, or the abitation of Peace, is used as the `uevpword of this psalm. When they subaod within the walls, all things Tevred the pilgrims helped to explain words which they sang. One voice led the psalm with its personal, ,'" but ten thousand brethren seempaarions united with the first mus- *ienn and swelled the chorus of the rain. All Israel had been fed by ire fruit 'ef the field, and they went ere to give thanks unto the name of Audi- great t bantimem; we, too, coteitlese• mercies, and it be- unitedlly in our solemn gath- _ to Magnify the name of our eat/ tord, °std to may for peace r t ar peeity. ' lit Ma tta the ed—,mf ten larl got Chert ,should in Serial:gene It it3 l'or the fBf ereV:,t acts tis n, •tho goog of isr tote ehot,,s ghotfld b pence tle ihemen deUreti. ' h eargeareet l crud 004,s tl° for for it. 0 church of the living God, we hail thine assemblies, and on bended knee we pray that thou mayest have peace and felicity.—C. H. Spurgeon. In the 9th chapter of Hebrews the Apostle shows that the Jewish rites were designed to be temporary and typical, and that the offerings which were made under that dispensation could never remove sin. In the 10th chapter he shows that the true sacri- fice had been made, by which sin could be pardoned and that there were certain consequences which fol- lowed from that as seen in verses 19-25. They were the privilege of drawing near to God with full assur- ance of faith. Every form of relig- ion which God had revealed requires the worshippers to come with pure and holy hearts --with a fullness of faith in God wi:`. h leaves no room for doubt. The duty of exhorting one another to fidelity and to good works is shown in verse 24 and in verse 25 is seen the duty of assem- bling for public worship. They were not to be selfish; they were to have a kind interest in the concerns of each other. They had, as Christians have now, the same duties to perform, and the same trials to meets, and they should strengthen and encourage each other in their work. They were, moreover, commanded to meet together for the worship of God for all who bear the Christian name and expect to make progress in piety and religious knowledge should regard it as a sacred duty to assem- ble together for public worship. This the apostle urged upon them the more because of the approach of the calamity predicted by our Saviaur— namely the destruction of Jerusalem —a solemn and fearful event. Were the apostle referring to the second Coming of Christ as some think this passage means instead of the destruction of Jerusalem, his words of exhortation would apply just the same. The admiration is equaliy fitting to us who see our earthly career drawing to a close when the great Messenger will sum- mons us into the presence of our fin- al Judge --'(Barnes' Commentary). WORLD MISSIONS Iis It Worth While ' (By Rev. W. Hodgkinson) The reply to this question depends largely on what is meant by being "worth while." My own reply is that the work of leper homes is abundant- ly worth while, from many points of view. It is worth while to bring a ¢"tor suffering leper from a jungle village when he can recloive no help, into a place where he can hare his disease treated, his sores "mollified with ointment," his body kept clean and bin hunger satisfied; teed "'here he Gam be taught °seen thing Of the learn tt>2 Gad, who ears& fey Vag lepers 4"110.4 -et ti pt a hzthe s.4 ui t �ttto cru hoz water owe dallli6 Ah,obria,Jr-, two to t mmea deityffw fie., 'hap rreetrra, thenevery moraine thereafter. Each ;db agply a cloth w•aturated with a aeleitace anE Dane came Absorb ,:s, Jr'., to arms gang =tee. ' . ]Leeve it on overnight. Abzorbine, Jr., is made off olio end extracts which, when cubbedl iinto the akin, are quickly absorbed by the poree and stimulate blood circulation. C;reaes- less and stainless. i311,25—at your drug- gists. ruggists. Booklet free on regaest. girls outlining whi t in their opts don was the besot type ofalf to pro- duce the moat satisgaoetory returns in the feed lot. So emphatically was the intlpertanco of quality and breed- ing r "ected in the comments of these Men, that for the benefit of the boy and girl who participate in this move - meat in the future, we are giving this liberal amount of space in order to ,ppesent their comments. Henry Du Plan buyers for Wlilson and Company, said in part: "I see no reason why cattle should not sell well a year hence, or even for several years as due to a very severe shortage it will require several years to regain a normal supply. The pres- ent demand for the baby beef type will not add to our supplies, as it re- quires two carcasses of the baby beef type to equal one carcass of a few years ago and with our increasing population can see only a good de- mand for our cattle and prosperous future for the cattle breeder and blood of which herd has furnished three rather noted stock bulls to America. The outcross in this dam comes thr'oug'h her sire, Mescombe by the Willis bred Scptch bull, Captain Lavender and out of the English bred cow, Meadow Pipit 7th, bred by S. H. Allen, Eastover, Hampshire, England, from which herd have come Birming- ham winners and bulls • which have beenappreciated at good prices. She was got by Kinsman 53rd, a son of Kinsman, bred by Richard 'Welsted in the noted herd at Baliywater in the beautiful valley of the Awbeg. She was out of the Allen bred Meadow Pipit 4th by Duke of Charming Land 61st, bred by the celebrated breeder, H. J. Sheldon, of Brailes House. Both Kinsman 53rd and Meadow Pipit 4th appear in the fourth generation, causing Avondale to carry 121/2 per cent. of English blood through his dam, which added to the 61/4 per cent. receivedthrough his sire gave him 188/4 per cent. of English blood. It must be remembered that all Scotch cattle have been developed from English blood and when we come to discuss Rosa Gwynne, the dam of Remus, the sire of Choice Goods, we must consider that Remus, his dam and granddam, were all bred by A. I. Fortescue, a noted breeder of Scotch strains. Choice Goods also had the distinction of being bred by James Durno, of Jackston, and later of Up- permill. Remus was by the Duthie bred Star of Morning and out of Rosa Gwynne by Rosario, the famous show bull and impressive sire that did ser- vice in the J. A. Gordon herd at Udale in Scotland. The sire of Rosario was the very noted bull, Duke of Aosta, favorably commented upon by Robert Bruce in Sinclair's History, and a son of K. C. B., bred by J. B. Booth, of Killerby. The dam of Rosa Gwynne was by Ben Nevis, bred by J. W. & E. Cruickshank, Lethenty, of English blood but taking us back to the foun- dation period in Scotch cattle breed- ing before the Scotch crosses had been pladed upon the English blood. The fact is that while this paternal grand dam which gave Choice Goods 25 per cent. of his blood, was of Eng- lish extraction. She was of the blood which was utilized by the Scotch breeders in the development of their herds. An importa}it feature contributing to the success of these outcrosses is the individual excellence of the animals mated. Whatever the system pursu- ed, non should expect to breed anim- als of scale and substance with good milking qualities by mating specimens of inferior scale, lacking inherent thickness and undeveloped in their milking propensities. I am hunoring Mr. Willis, Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Durno, and others who made these matings and who placed the production of su- periority above a fashionable pedi- gree. I am in no wise disposed to undervalue line breeding because it improves other strains with which it is crossed or is improved by an in- fusion of other blood. On the other hand, I esteem it because of its abil- ity to successfully blend with other blood and ti improve and advance the duality of the grade cattle of the country. In this lies the value of any strain. I am convinced that inbreed- ing, linebreeding, and outcrossing all have their place in improvement, be- cause I have watched the progress made through the use of each. I am • einv that more liberality and in- dependence of thought and action will Le manifested in the future toward '11 these systems than has hitherto been apparent. OUTCROSSED BULLS WHIICEI HAVE GREATLY INFLUENCED AMERICAN SHORTHORN BREEDING Since the supremacy of the Scotch Shorth„rn became established in America, it is rather significant that several bulls wWch have wrought much improvement in the breed have contained outcrosses of English blood. Probably more animals bred in like manner might have proved beneficial to the breed had fashion permitted their use. This is in no way reflect- ing upon line breeding, which we have presented as the safest course ordin- arily to pursue. Outcrossing has its place in cattle breeding, and while we are on the subject we can likely do nothing better than to show how the outcrosses occurring in the pedi- grees of these celebrated bulls were made, especially as there are evi- dences of a lack of knowledge upon the subject, where it would not be expected. We are beginning with White Hall Sultan, the greatest sire imported to America within the past 25 years. He was bred by J. Deane Willis, Bapton Manor, Codford St. Mary, England, and was calved in America by the great show and breeding cow, Imp. Bapton Pearl by Count Lavender. Bapton Pearl was of the Scotdh Prim- rose family, a popular strain at Col- lynie, where the sire and dam of this cow were bred. It will be recalled that Shorthorns of English strains were bred at Bapton Manor many years before the notable purchase of Scotch cattle made by 'Mr. Willis from the Sittyton herd. The English bred cow, Monmouth Daisy by Churchill, a hull bred by Col. Loyd Lindsay, Lockinge Park, was served by t h e Scotch bull, Rising Star by William of Orange, and Mr. Willis named the produce Wiltshire Daisy. This pro- duce was served by Captain cf the Guard, one of the two bulls of the Sittyton purchase and Wiltshire Daisy gave birth to Moon Daisy, the dam of Bapton Sultan, the sire of White Hall Sultan. Baron Bridekirk 3rd, a prize winner bred in the reputable herd of J. Barnes, Baurgh Sykes, from his noted Bridekirk family was mated by Mr. Willis to the Cruick- shank cow, Citron by Gondolier, pro- ducing Cowslip, whieh to the service of the Scotch bull, Count Victor brought forth Bapton Victor, the sire of Bapton Sultan. Baron Bridekirk :ird and Monmouth Daisy both occur in the fourth generation from White Hall Sultan, where 61/4 per cent. of blood is found. It will, therefore, be seen that this celebrated sire carried 12% per cent. of English blood infus- ed at Bapton Manor, where were he • ing bred at the time some of the greatest animals of the breed. Mr. Marr, of Uppermill, used several f these outcrossed • BBapton Manor bulls including Bapton Diamond, the sire of the most uniformly superior hunch of heifers Y saw in Scotland in 1903. Mr. Marr sold Bapton Diamond to D. R. Iianna, of Ohio, but this son of Bap - ton Pearl did not long surviee after his importation, although he sired several winners in the Hanna herd. Avondale, the greatest of sires and progenitors, was bred by E. S. Kelly, of Ohio. Through White II'all Sul- tan, his sire, he inherits 61/8 per cent. 0f English blood placed there, as we have seenby the noted' breeder, 3. Deane wink. mg dam, imp. Ava- lanche 2nd, of a E.eotu h fataily, was bred by C. H. 3oflif2e of l dead, the filoaativata 1ub1t lC tiav0114 klaa as anubrsued (�a'�prso'2 y�x- odll ar,J, retina ^ atatlous flouted et in x!<r on otanam apcial ocean aluc route0: i the race' to realize the area%ai America has non, tests with ,t 85 ft, model, invented by]E'd'ward 111. Ars*. •atro , head , cif the ArmstrongSee,- dro ae Development Corp., aving proved successful an the stormy wa- ters of Chesapeake bay and the Chop- tauk river, of? Cambridge, Maryland. As a result orders. have 'been plat- ed for the construction of the first ocean seadrome, to be followed oy seven others which will be datt • a- cross the Atlantic ocean° bridging the North American ooast with Eur- ope nria the Azores. Air -island No. 1 is to be named Langley, after the American aero- plane pioneer. The others, like the first, will be nam •! to commemorate the exploits of air ,,''oneers. They will be called: Chanute, Henson, Wright, Philips, Maxim, Hargrave and Farman. The floating islands will contain hangars, hotel accommodation, offices, meteorological towers a n d radio rooms, as well as bars, dining rooms and lounges for passengers. That a "dry" nation should be the first to devise a scheme for studding the At- lantic with cocktail bars is not with- out humor. The artificial island would enjoy a mild and :yet invigoratirng climate. Being outside territorial waters it would be free from the exaotions of the tax collector and immune from the restrictions of temperance re- farmers—a modern Utopia. Each island will fly the Stars and Stripes, and it is not improbable that delicate international problems may arise from the project. Within a quarter of a century there may be hundreds of artificial islands, the size of Haligoland, in the At- lantic and other oceans, and it is believed that the • prospect may be discussed at the naval disarmament conference in London. -Ex-President Goolidge's warning to the world to study the question, made in 1927, was it may be recalled, ignored. The development of the present scheme is being closely watched by the British air ministry, although it is understood no question has yet arisen of entering into any arrange- ment or understanding with its pro- moters. The Irish Free State is ev- en more closely interested. feeder. "Regarding the kind of club calves to feed, that depends entirely on the length of time they are to be fed. Should you want to feed for next September or October market would suggest you buy high bred, good qual- ity calves weighing from 300 to 350 pounds and by next September they should weigh 8150 to 1,000 pounds, which is very satisfactory weights. There is no reason why heifer calves should not be fed providing they are purchased $1.50 under cost of steer calves of same quality. They should not weigh over 300 pounds and 2,59 pounds would be better. If a number of calves are required would suggest they purchase well bred range calves and of the same brand, ages and as near uniform in size as possible. Do not believe you can obtain calves to equal them from other sources at the present time. This will also give the member a more equal start and wi11 create a keener competitive feeding. At the present cost of feeding calves it certainly looks like good business for the farmer who can equip his farm to raise some good calves by purchasing either some high grade cows and a good sire, or a few head of pure-breds to start with and in this way can supply a part of his own requirements." Note what J. H. Boyle, buyer for Swift & Co-, says about breeding and quality: "Any of you boys and girls who have attended these auctions or have followed them through, must have noticed the difference in price, the plain quality, half fat calf sells for compared with the good quality calf that is finished. "The care and attention that was given these poorer quality calves was not carried to a point where it pro- duced a class of beef that we could get a premium for. On the other hand, if you send in a good quality, thick meated, smooth and finished an- imal, we could »ay you a relatively higher price, or it means that you will get a higher price for each point of gain that you put on your calf. This should certainly be an incentive to you boys and girls to have a calf that you can tap the market with and be proud of rather than a medium quality calf that is only half fat. "I would like to emphasize this fact to you boys and girls. Start with a good quality calf, follow carefully and faithfully the handling and feeding of your calf so you can show a finish- ed product when ready for market. By doing this you will be practically assured of prices above the average and if finished you will have market toppers. "Ordinary dressing percentage for medium quality calves is 58 per cent. of beef. Good quality, fat calves at these various auctions have averaged to yield between 61 and 62 per cent. with an exceptional finished steer go- ing as high as 64 per cent. This hig'.i percentage is whit you must strive for to get the finished article." I. F. Brown, the Armour & Co., cattle buyer says: "Perhaps the question most com- monly asked me with regard to the calves sold by the members of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs is, what weight of calves is most desirable? "Club leaders have complained that one year an 1,100 pound calf goes to the top, while the next year the prize is won by a 750 pound calf. The win- ning calf is determined, not by its weight, but by its degree of finish and quality. "The packer can market all kinds and weights of cattle, hence the one fer which he pays the greatest price is the one which will yield him the greatest return per hundred weight. Almost without exception, the calf that carries a firm, even covering of fat over all parts, and that has the highest proportion of carcass to live weight as well as of high priced cuts, will be his choice. "On the average, this will be found at weights of 900 to 950 pounds, al- though it may be secured at any weight. If packers are judging the calves in an exhibition, they are like- ly to emphasize most the qualities to which I have just referred. But if breeders or college professors are judging, they usually place greater emphasis on weight for age. This is a very important point from the standpoint of the producer, but from the standpoint of the slaughterer of cattle ar the user of beef, it is over- shadowed by the quality of the ani- mal and the probable desirability of its meat. "One can never produce a goad calf without good breeding. This doesnot refer alone to the amount of pure blood in the animal, but also to the indications of quick fattening and growth, as well as proper carcass pro- portions. "A firm, smooth finish, with high carcass yield is the essential, and the calf that excels in these particulars is the one th at should always win. "Heifers should never weigh over 750 pounds, - 'because when heavier they begin to show the rough hips, lighter loins and thighs, that are characteristic of cows. The butcher distinguishes between a heifer and a cow on the basis• of its carcass and not on the basis of what it looks alike alive." "QUALITY FEEDERS Til-1IE MOST PROFIITA BLE" One occasioflally hears from the in- experienced and sometimes from others that breeding and quality in steers is not recognized by market buyers in a sufficient degree to war- rant paying the price to secure feed- ers of good breeding and quality and that the low grade steer often returns the most profit. The experienced feeder as well as the market buyer knows this is not true but despite this the contention seems to prevail more or less through the ranks of the beef maker, particu- larly the inexperienced. At the conclusion of the final sea- son's auction, sponsored by the Inter- r-ational Live Stock Exposition through whichin the past six years 8,175 calves have been sold for $1,- 100,000, a few of the leading packer buyers were asked to talk to the boys 1Ht1'IIDD01ING TES ATLANTIC WffIEIt FLOATING IIZILANIIDS POT years .visionaries hwve rpro• pindale d .aa solution a the pttrobieira of trangatlentic Eying by 1st awaits d 'fa Work on the first island is to be started at once by .the Sun Shipbuild- ing Company of Chester, Pennsyl- vania, and Henry J. Gielow, Inc., a prominent firm of American naval architects, have completed plans for the seadrome itself, which will weigh 29,000 tons. When completed the island will be towed 350 miles southeast of New York and anchored halfway between New York and Bermuda for actual flying experiments with Sikorsky am- phibian aeroplanes. Each floating island will it is esti- mated, cost $1,500,000, and a regular passenger service between New York and Bermuda is expected in the early autumn. The first flight will be made by Captain Fonck, the French war ace. So successful have been the tests with the working model that en- gineers believe every obstacle has been overcome. The force of ocean waves under storm conditions is known to be tre- mendous, but the major disturbances are on and close to the surface of the ocean. At 50 feet below normal sea -level it is comparatively calm ev- en in a violent gale. The characteristics necessary for a successful ocean airway station are: A floating landing deck high above the waves, moored at one end so as to trail into the wind and long enough and wide enough to permit the land- ing and take -off of the largest aero- planes. This will be supported by a num- ber of tabular columns so arranged and of such a diameter that passing waves will go through the assembly without being broken up. Buoyancy tanks below the columns, supporting the deck truss and floor system, located so as to be in the rel- atively calm water under the waves. Still farther down, ballast tanks to give the whole structure adequate stability, which is obtained by having the centre of gravity below the cen- tre of buoyancy. The ballast tanks are extended in circular form to act as damping discs to .prevent any oscillation of periodic character. Mr. Armstrong's invention answers these requirements. The deck, fifty or more feet above the highest known waves, will be car- ried on a series of hollow iron shafts stream -lined at the water line and held together by bridgework. These shafts will extend 172 feet below the surface when the huge platform, more than 1,100 feet long and 300 feet wide, is loaded. They will have buoyancy chambers and inuGA.-room-like balance weights at their lower ends. The whole is to be anchored to a buoy which in turn will be anchored to the bottom by a 17,900 pound steel cable which will stand stresses up to 600,000 pounds. The deck -houses are to be two- storey affairs, stream -lined like an ocean liner, and more than 400 feet long. Included in the tests made on Ches- apeake 'Bay were rigorous compari- son for wind and waves with scale models of large ocean steamships. A long series of experiment demon- strated conclusively that a seadrome structure is subjected to only about 5 per cent. of the impact force of waves compared with a ship strue- ture of similar displacement, and, further, that it is steady, without roll, pitch, or heave in the equiva- lent of the most intense hurricane ev- er met with at sea. ,,This is not true of the prime min- ister of Canada, Rt. Hon. W. L. Mac- kenzie King. To him travelling itself - is adventure and romance. The mom- ent Mr. King leaves Laurier Housee in Ottawa, on even the shortest or• journeys, interesting, unexpected andil romantic things happen to him. The fact is that the Canadian peo- ple are interested in Mr. King, the, man, as well as in the .leader of the¢ government; there is a curious hondi of sympathy between him and theme people he helps to govern. Arad its this respect the present prime minis- ter differs from all his predecessors-. Sir John A. Macdonald had a way of his own with people, but the crowds which thronged to see him were large- ly an evidence of affection. Laurier - became a legend, as it were, before he died. To the masses he was ''' very embodiment of chivalry and ro-- mance. They loved to see and heap him. And as for the other primer ministers, they have, as a rule, held. aloof from the public. Sir Robert Borden, one of the greatest of them, had an indefinable reserve which s arated him from direct contact wither the man on the street. lMeighen, tnon was distant and aloof. But Mr. King has an attraction dif- ferent to all these. People are not see eager to see him as to tell their trou- bles to him. There seems to havee grown up in the Dominion a belief- that if only one can get the ear of the' present prime minister,' all will bee well. Perhaps it is because of hise long association with labor and his- unswerving isunswerving sympathy with and sup- port of the working man. When Mr. King left the capital, re- cently, on his western tour, he hada. scarcely got started when things be- gan to happen. An old man, tired with years of labor, walked miles toe reach Mr. King's private car. Amen while most prime ministers would never have time to receive this kindle: of visitor, he got. his audience. Haen. told the premier that he found that; he was getting on in years and: thought it would be better if he were. in the senate. Mr. King's answer. ia= not on record. Undoubtedly he -enjoy- ed the humor of it and it weelldi bee very unusual if he did not send theme old man cheerfully on his way. And so the private demands uipoze the time of the prime minister con- tinued for the balance of the tour. One, explanation of the endless queer inci- dents which occur to the premier ire that he takes no precaution whatevet- to keep people away from him. e+ has never permitted a policeman to - accompany him; no secret service op- erators are assigned to his private`- car. ;His staff on tour consists,•. oil: one or two of his expert personarsece-- retaries, and these men, as a rule,... are instructed to let as many of thee public see him as time will permit -- Several times, this policy of accessi- bility has almost cost Mr. King tai• life. On one occasion a maniac, with: a revolver concealed on his person,. failed to see Mr. King because he- happened not to be in his office. Net: possessing the •patience to wait, thin. man blew his brains out, selecting a:: spot for the act, a few feet from the prime minister's office. Most people in Toronto will rectal the occasion when Mr. King, while, walking across the university campus -- with a number of distinguished men, was buttonholed by a tousled, hatless; young man, who pled with him' to stop• the killing of buffalo at Wainwright-- National ainwrightNational Park. The interruption, of course, was absurd but that young~ man may be pleased to know that sub- sequently, whether due to his apallr or not, the government lessened then= number of 'animals to be slaughteci°. and started a new buffalo reserve haw the far north. Again, in the midst of an Armistice - Day ceremony, Mr. King was plucked3) by the arm and turned tq find an in --- tensely serious old man with a die -- 'gram all worked out to prove tum' need of having a calendar of Your -- teen months instead of twelve months. -• It was in a year when the crops haefi•' suffered from early frosts and . thee idea was to have a calendar whin%" would bring on the harvest in June. And while interruptions of this kind are endless, the prime minister - never complains and never seems to weary. As a student of Gladstone, he may have decided that there is nee better way of finding out exactly what people are thinking about. PREMIER KING 1BIA8 .A REAL DESIRE TO HEAR vants OF COMMON FOLK To most people, travelling in is me ha of reaching some place where the interesting and,the unusual'Ma be found. i. olidays,lanne4tr7.i a an era. altp*takurp A little truth mixed with a great. deal of extravagance has a knack ofd travelling far. --Mr. Ff. A. L. Fisher. The optimist ice avoid now is the) fellow who smiles at this weather and? says; "An early winter means are early spring. — ']Buffalo Courier -Ea -- press. colt -day, ebivalry' as a. Dios pron- ettnetnon, s o demand Bmf the pubM aonscieansee, is still to '`r found only ll of e oounnikeV.Mi do iadl. • , f. i - i�afitaaua�.