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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1911-08-31, Page 3Moot • Mot. 19 1911 FIRMER JUNES AND HIS CITY PARTNER tThe Fellief Living High on the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg*, Might Lose Alf 1 "When g man has 'learned to walk .and has trusted his legs for a couple Of score years.. it is no time. for him ,to be elcperimentin' with., fancy crutches or flyin' machines." Farn a' Jones, in iieniely but practi- cal style, thus went .0 record as to the course his country, Canada, should pursue. He remembered, the hard- ships of pioneer days when there was no railroad or town at his door„ and !whelt there was no such modern coq (venteneee as the telephone, "The other day," said Farmer Jones,, "I looked over ah old neirspaper con- ltainIn' the Toronto markets for July, 01880. What did I see? Butter, 15 cents a pounli:; eggs, 12 cents a dozen; dressed hogs, $6.50 to $7 per hun- dred; chickens, per pair, 30 to 40 *rents; hay, $7 to 413 a ton; straw, 44.50 to 46 a ton." ' "Queer difference now,' soliloquized ,his thin friend, sitting on a keg. "Ain't there?" exclaimed Jones, picking up a Toronto paper. "LSsten: :Butter, 26 cents• a pound; eggs, 25 cents a dozen; dressed hogs, $9.75 to$1.25 per . 160o 18 cents perpoundk chickens, dressed, 30 to ; 35 cents; hay, $16 to $20 per ton , straw, $6 to 48 per ton loose, 413 to 414 per ton bundled." "Jee-rusalem, " said the thin man, "'It makes me sick to think of the good old timee." "I see they're paying from 12 to 14 cents a, box for raspberries, from 16 tO 13 cents a box for thimble -berries; 41 to $1.25 for tomatoes and cucum- bers, and $6 a barrel for new pota- toes," read Jones. "Do you remember when raspberriea and thimble -berries grew 'so thick in the woods that the o out and picktheople in all theywanted for ges notd hing. Now the woods are gone, the villages are cines, and the berry -pickers are work- ing all day in factories and paying us ttb grow their berries and vegetables for them." 'It's odd," said the other, "plumb odd." "There's reasons for it," replied Farmer Jones, "many reasons. More People. more ra,ims to work,_ more months to feed, growth of factories, development of trade, but there is one big reason—tariff." "I don't know what to think about that critter," aaid• ttie thin man. "Some yell things about him in my left ear and others yell different things in my right." "Stop your ears and use your brains," advised Jones. "Those old prices paid for our goods were the prices of the period before the Na- tional Policy, which all governments, Grit end Tory, have been wise enough to continue. Here's my position. I judge the tariff by its results. I'm not workin' as hard to -day as I was thirty years ago. I couldn't, I'm not as eco- nomical. I couldn't be. Yet, thirty years ago I was scratchin' like a hen on a hot griddle to get three slim meals a day and a hard bed at night, and to.pay the interest on a mortgage. Now I work about eight hour' a day, own my land, have money in the bank, eat the best food,„Ivear as good clothes as town peole, go to the city when I like, and take an annual vaca- tion just like the preachers. I've a piano, and a spare driver. Two of my eons are at college, and my eldest daughter is studying music in one of the city conservatories. What's made the difference? Markets. In the old days we had none. Most of the peo- ple in the country were farmers, and we did not want one another's stuff. Britain was too far away when we had no fast liners and cold storage, and the United States shut their door in our faces. We had to sink or 'swim, wnd we splashed a bit, but we floated. V}ten we got a tariff our towns and fatties began to boom. Factories at tracted laborers who had to have food, and clothing. They had no time to; grow their own vegetables or go to the woods to pick berries. -In the old days) we labored like Turks to grow stuff! which spoiled on our hands. To -day; we can't raise enough. The cities and{ towns of Canada are cryin' for our; goods. The British Isles are .roarin'j for our fruit, meat and dairy produce! Prices are being paid that would have lifted the hair off my old father's heads, "Wipe out the great manufacturing centres and where are we? Back to; the good old days when our eggs sold' at 12 cuts a dozen. I suppose we, might have a tariff fixed in Ceinada' that would be entirely in favor of us, farmers and would skin the city and.. town people out of their eye teeth.l Tbat looks to tete like living 'high on; the goose that laid the golden eggs,t In a short time we'd have neither; eggs nor goose." "Nor down to feather our nests," in-: terrupted the thin man. "What we farmers want is a square' deal," went on the other. "This tariff! of ours should be like a genial sun int the eky, givin' light and heat to they whole country without scorchin' any; one. I want a tariff which• lets us all, live. Don't I appear to be liven'?i Look at my farm." "Why are the farmers shoutin' for; es. tariff reductions and practically ask - Ing for free trade?" asked the thin; man. "Why are these big deputa l tions of farmers going dow nto Ottawa' Icarin' the government and oppesi-i Hon, too?" Farmer Jones sat silent a moment; Before replying. "There are various kinds of intoxica3 tiara;" he said finally. "But they have one thing in common. They; make their victims act foolish. The; farmers of Canada at present ares drank with prosperity. They're mak-! In' a rough house at Ottawa to show; how strong they are. But when the", begin to get the bills for broken glass and smashed furniture, when the mis•, thief is done, it will be the cold gray, rice ge the moruineeafttoe, themes• SENT A PAWNTiCKET "What's the matter, Jack? You look broken up." '"I am. You know I came three hun- dred miles to see Miss I4ardcastle.' Well, I called on her 'last night, and' by mistake sent up a pawn -ticket in" stead of my card? THE DEDUCTIVE METHOD ' "The professor says that mu010 oWelli it.great defil tb 11011sini." "Wh*tfii' lrIli?" ;xhhl¢'ri►,�iNol tblj? 4411flit ttdr'r Mt Of STRA,T.EG How the Quaker Succeeded In Getting His Money Back A few years ago, whea.people were excited about a French invasion of our shores, a Quaker, residing at Ep- ping, in Essex, being afraid, if such an event should take place,that he might lase his money, thought of the following stratagem to save it. He decided to Hide $1,000 in Epping For- est, but for fear that he might die or be killed by the enemy be thought it would not be prudent to hide it with-, out acquainting somebody. Accord- inglY, he fixed upon his neighbor, a smith, as a proper person to be en- trusted with the secret. They sat *relit together, and chose a spot 1bY the side of a large oak, where a hole was soon made and the money very carefully deposited; taking great care to cover it up with such, exact- ness thae no person travelling by chance that way Blight have asy sus- pipion, They returned home. The next miming early the smith went and took the money away, not think- ing the Quaker would so soon suspect his integrity. The Quaker, however, paid a visit to the spot where his be- loved treagere was deposited, when, to his great surprise it was gone. Suspicion immediately fell upon the smith, but, instead of accusing him, the Quaker thought of a stratagem to, get his money back. He informed the smith he wished to add another $250. This had the desired effect, for the' smith immediately went and replaced the $1,000, not only to prevent his neighbor from• judging him to be the thief, but to get the other $250. Away they both went together, and openingthe hole Quaker, the Qua err to his great joy, discovered his beloved trea- sure. He immediately fell into the following ejaculation: "Ah, my friend, I find thee goest and comest; but for fear that thee' shouldst go and never return,. I'll e'en` take thee home, for I think thee. art! as safe in my house as in Epping For -1 est." Thus ended the matter, to the nol small mortification of the smith. SCHOOL FOR WATCHMAKERS A Swiss Must be Fourteen Years of. Age to Enter ' The famous Swiss watch schools arei said to be the most exacting indus- trial institutions in the world. In one; 61 the most celebrated of these instt-' tutions in Geneva, for example, a boy, must first of all be at least 14 years; of age in order to enter. After being admitted, the student is introduced to: a wood -turning lathe and put to work' at turning tool • handles. This lasts. for several weeks, according to the beginner's apptitude, and is followed' by exercises in filing and shaping. screw=drivers and small tools. In this' way he learns to make 'for himself` a; fairly complete set of tools. He next, learns to make a Iarge wooden pat -1 tern of a watch frame, perhaps a foot; in diameter, and after learning howl this frame is to be shaped, he is given a ready-cutone of brass of the ordi- nary size, in which he is taught to drill holes for the wheels and screws., Throughout this instruction the mss-, ter stands over. the pupil directing, him with the greatest care. The pu-: pil is next taught to finish the frame; so that it will be ready- to reeeiV.e she; Wheels. He is then .instructed how! to make fine • tools and to become ex-- pert in handling them This com-' plates the instruction in the first' room, and the young watchmaker next'. passes to the department where he is taught to fit the stem-winding parts and to do fine cutting and filing by hand: Later on he learns to make the more complee watches which will strike the hoar, minute, etc., . and the other delicate mechanisms for which the Swiss are famous.—Weekly Tele- graph. PEARLS OF PRICE The . fact that the. 116 pearls corn - posing the necklace, • audaciously stolen from a lady's neck in an Edin- burgh street the other day, are valued at $32,500, might lead many people to look out hoarded . heirlooms in the hope of obtaining big prices. But unless kept in dry .magnesia; pearls quickly deteriorate, and, of course, size and perfection of shape count for' a great deal. -Artificial pearls can now be so per- fectly produced, that only an expert can tell them from the real; and, still more remarkable, even experts have mistaken the real for the artificial. Mr. Streeter, . the famous . Bond Street jeweller, once attended a sale where an antique diamond and pearl ornament, described as "paste," was offered. The bids were small, and he had no difficulty in buying it at $25. The diamonds were paste, 'but the pearls were real, and the lucky jewelil. ler actually'sold them for $2,500. PERSIA'S PRICELESS PIPE The Shah of Persia possesses, per- haps, the most valuable pipe in the world. It belonged to his uncle, who received it from his grandfather. It is the Persian official pipe, and is smoked only on State occasions. 1t is set with rubies and diamonds, 'and is valued at $50,000. When the shah is not using it, it is kept in' a glass case, and carefully guarded by a high court official, whose duties are. as little onerousas those of a director of an arsenal. The reason fur keeping the pipe so closelyguarded, and in a case, is that some years ago a Grand Vizier was 'surprised in the act of removing some Of the stones with the point of his poighard. What happened to the ('rand Vizier, We are not told. ADDED MANY ANIMALS Many improvements have been :made at Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, and the birds and animals in captivity include: two eagles, three swans, six- teen pheasants, three beaver, three ,,wolves, three buffaloes, four elk, five ;jumping deer, three Angora goats, !two monkeys and one badger. A Silver Fox. Skin A silver fox pelt was purchased at Sudbury recently for 2225. t ,2A famous impresario or 'Italian opera had arranged to open at Covent Garden about the middle of May; but, after having made his intention pub- lic, something caused him to alter his arrangements, and he announced the opening for the beginning of May. The day his advertisement appeared he met the proprietor of a well-known "gaff" then situated in Whitechapel, who exclaimed: "You have done a nice thing for mo, making your season a fortnight taller!" "What difference can it make to you?" cried the West -ender, "Your audlenee woix't patronize my theatre." "No," replied the "gaffer"; "but they'll be outside it plait* Pockets!" TAKE OUB WHEAT TO THEIR MILLS President Taft Says the By -Products From Canadian Cereals Will .Help the American Farmer With regard to importations of to nwai rod xr products arum Canada Presi- dent Taft said in a recent *beech: "The only real importation of agri- cultural products Mitt we may expect from Canada of any considerable' amount will consist of Wheat, barley, rye and oats. The world price of these four cereals is fixed abroad, where the surplus from theproducing countries 18 disposed of, and is little affected by the place from which the supply is derived. Canadian wheat nets ' par - haps ten cents- leas a bushel to the pro- ducer than wheat grown in the Delco - tits or in Minnesota, due to the fact that the cost of exporting that wheat and warehousing it and transporting fit to Liverpool is considerably greater ',than the cost to the Dakota farmer of disposing of his wheat to the millers of Minneapolis or sending it abroad. :If, now, the duty is to be taken off ;wheat and the Canadian wheat can come to the millers of Minneapolis •and other places, it can and will be made into flout, because the capacity ;of the American mills is thirty-three ;per cent. greater than is needed to 'mill the wheat of this country, Gan- 'adian wheat canbe imported and ground into flour without materially reducing the demand for or price of American wheat, and the surplus will 'be sent abroad as flour. The price of Canadian wheat will doubtless be increased a few cents by access to ;the market nearer at hand, but the access to the market nearer at hand will not reduce the price of his wheat to the American farmer. A very ma- terial benefit to all the farmers of the country, especially the stock and cattle 'raisers and the dairy farmers, will be the by-products of bran and shorts, from the flour mills likely to follow the free export of wheat from Canada to those mills. These by-products are now so scarce that many farmers are unable to procure them. What is true of wheat is true of the other cereals." A DARING PROPOSAL Why Canada Should Refect the Ap-. preaches from tate United States In knocking down tariff walls and entering into the arena of competition on equal terms with the rest of the world, young Canada would be doing.a very daring thing. With her own home market safeguarded, it le all very well for her to attempt to, place her surplus products in competition with the products of European coun-• tries, but when, as has been shown frequently before, she Will have to fight to hold her own market, it will be a very different proposition. Al- ready a surprising amount of foreign produce is imported into the country despite existing tariff protection. With more of this coming in, the Can- adian farmer will find prices for domestic produce dieclining. There will not be the same profit in selling at home, nor can he make up for the loss in the foreign markets, for there he will be subjected to an even more severe competition. It will take some years for wages to adjust themselves to the new con- ditions, for the rate of wages in Can- ada depends more on the supply of laborers than on the ' cost of living. The farmers of the West will not find it any easier to 'get labor when prices drop 'Ulan when they are high, and.for a time at least they will haveto pay prevailing prices for their help. This will leave them open to the compote tion of the farmers of all these other 'agricultural countries where wages are much lower. HOW A TARIFF HELPS Instances of How Protection Worked to the Advantage of Labor In the eighties Gresson and otter French kid leather manufacturers were sending to the United States $5,000,000 worth of shoe leather, pharg- bag:for it 60 cents per foot. A protec- tive duty of 20 per cent. was put on. Gresson kid did not go to 72 cents per foot. It dropped to 45 cents, and then to 40 cents, 35 cents and 30 cents. Thousands of men from France and elsewhere were put to work in the kid factories of the United States.; Wan Protection Worth while? J. G. Cleg- horn, of England, manufactured lin- ings for coats and employed in his factories 3,000 men and women. The United States put on a protective tar- iff and the Cleghorn factories were shut up. Three thousand were given employment in 'United states shops, making coat linings. Mr. Cleghorn's comment to 'a United States inquirer was: "You have the wise statesmen to keep your people employed." Then there is the case of men's gloves. The largest English manufacturer of gloves lost $0 per cent. of his business with the United States when a duty was put on this item, What was the re- sult? Before the tariff was enacted these gloves sold for $1.25 a pair. Afterwards the price was $1 for the same glove. Pearl buttons were im- ported into the United States in. im- mense quantities. A protective tariff was put on and the banks of the Mis- sissippi hummed With the industry of many pearl button factories. The whole industry was transported to the United States and the s'helis which lay for generations valueless were turned into articles of eomtnerce. And the price dropped below what it was be- fore the tariff was put en. Canada is entering upon her industrial career. Such lessons as these from the United Stategeare,illtttilinatin . The German press is bellicose itt 't+one over the Morrocan disputer. Presidomit Taft vetoed the fanners' free list bill. Sir James Whinney spent a pleasant hour with Ilia constituents at Win- chester Springs. He was nominatrid for the ninth time for the Leais- laturo. 'rhe strike in Britain is sill crit- ical, and all available troops are held in readiness to protect railways. Canton Newel -Record W. D. MoPHERSON, K.C„ M.P.P. The new Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada. As there is very seldom •a contest for the office of Grand Master Mr. Mc- Pherson will without doubt be the next man to fill that position. THE NEW G.N.R. LINE Tho Road Arthur From Montreal to Port Will Open Up New Territory The Canadian Northern Rallway ;line from Montreal to Port Arthur will open up valuable territory. The line tcommences at Rideau Junction, about dive miles out of Ottawa, then strikes 'directly for a crossing over the Ot- tawa River, skirts the. Quebec side to 'Portage du Fort, then re -crossing the 'river to Beachburg and Pembroke, the latter point at present being eight or .nine miles away from the nearest railway. From Pembroke the line runs up the Petawawa Valley, which it leaves at Cedar Lake, and passes on to Amble du Fond and Powasss��,nt The lin then will cross the C.F.). overhead at Nipissing Junction. This 'makes the fifth crossing of other roads 'between this point and Rideau Juno' .tion, and every' crossing is overhead. The line passes behind North Bay 'and parallels the C.P.R. for a few ;miles. It takes the valley of the Stur- igeon River and one of its tributaries, and goes south to Walinapitae Lake Ito a junction with the existing line, -ten milep north of Sudbury, and it follows the Vermillion River through as • productive timber and mining dis- ltrict to its sources. The line thence :proceeds through a maze of lakes and :river valleys to Flying Post of the ;Hudson Bay Company and enters the 'clay belt a few miles farther. For 200 '• miles it skirts' its southern edge. The nine goes along the shores of Lake Nipigon• and touches navigable water :at Orient Bay. It follows an aban- doned outlet of the lake to the pre- sent. one at ' Cameron Falls. The ,C.P.R. is again crossed beneath Nipi- gon station and is approximately parallel to Port Arthur. • This railway . will tap a great' un- exploited belt of pine timber, which can only be got out by rail, because the streams flow to the north and away from the sawing plants and the timber market. Numerous deposits of iron bre have been located at many dieints, and one is thready being worked. Along Lake Wahnapitae 13 an. extremely rich copper and nickel region. Lumbermen are already in this country in advance of construc- tion. It is believed that the line up the Ottawa will be of • great • utility in .building the proposed Georgian Bay ship canal in transporting' an immense amount, of material and plant for the undertaking. The proposed line touches• the projected route of the canal at five points. PUBLICITY AND • CRIME Dr. Burgess Says the Details .of Crime Should Not be Published The promotion of suicide by its publicity is well censured by medical men. When a patient in an 'insane asylum commits suicide, great pains are taken to keep the fact from the other patients; if not, it is sure to be imitated. "The majority of sui- cides are committed in disturbed men 'tal states," says Dr. Burgess, super- intendant of the Hospital for the In- sane at Verdun, "and every publica- • tion of such a fact stimulates others to the same •end. The publicity given to crime, in all its details, inevitably increases 'crime; and the plea that disgusting things should .be published because folks like•to read them would be as effective as to argue that opium and arsenic are to be swallowed be- cause 'folks like the taste of them.' ", THE LATE MISS TULLY A Victim of Pernicious Anaemia—A Promising Painter A eiromising young Canadian artist died 'in Toronto of pernicious anaemia n the ,person of Miss Sydney Strick- iaed Tully. She belonged to a dis- tinguished and gifted family, and early showed promise of developing as an artist. After local study of art she pursued her course in London and Paris for several years, returning two years ago. While in Europe Miss Tully exhibited at the Paris Salon, and at the Royal Academy in London. ;She was also a writer with a fine 'sense of the picturesque. Miss Tully's work was marked by a genuine human sympathy, and was touched by a splendid imagination. Her 'pictures were sometimes too subtle for wide appeal, but they were ever worthy of a close investigation. :During 1910 a fanciful painting by her entitled "Peas Blossom" attracted 'wide attention at the art exhibitions. •While in Europe she painted many market and street scenes, but on her return she went in chiefly for pastel portraits and figure work. WHAT WE NAVE ESHOULI NOLO The Bulk of Canada's. Natural Pro- duct; Consumed at Home—Why Sacrifice a Reality for an Uncertainty? Can the farmers. of Canada afford to risk the breaking up of their home market? The market of the United States is in the hands of big and Pow- erful owerful trusts, who fix prices with' little regard to the interest or wishes of con- sumproducer. ill b effecter ofor taking downWtheat tariffwilfencee the and permitting those trusts to extend their sphere of influence over Canada? Let us look into this thing and see what the home market means to the Canadian farmer. Of $289,000,000 of Canada's largest and most easily shipped crops in 1909, thewhole out- side world took less than +$85,000,000 worth. The home market consumed over two hundred and four million dollars' worth of grain more than we sold to all the rest of the world. Now let us look at elle conditions as to root crops. The home market -con- sumed $53,500,000 worth, and the rest of the world bought $1,069,637 worth of our principal root crop, such as is used in every home. Hay is another of our big crops, and one which is always in demand. In 1909, Canada raised 11,877,100 tons,. valued at $131,644,900 worth, while the rest of the world bought from us 55; s4 8 tons, or something over600,000 worth. $ What about live stock? The official returns show that Canada had, 1909, $278,7$9,000 worth of horses ma ex- ported 4367,2ti6 worth. Indeed, we im- ported $941,767 worth, Our horned cattle,other than miich cows, in 1909,. were valued at $126,320,000, and we only exported a shade over $10,000,000 worth. Of $34,368,000. worth of swine raised we only exported $4,000 worth, Of $15,736,000 worth of sheep raised we exported but $500,000 worth. VALUE OF AN INDUSTRY ' Its Great Monetary Worth to the Com- - triunity Where It is ;Located An intereating and accurate calcula- tion has ben made of what an Indus- try • employing 1,000 hands means to a .community: It increases the population by 5,000 Sonsumers. It adds $90,000 to the value of pub- lic utilities. The assessment is increased by. $600,000, • . . It pays out annually in salaries and wages $559,800. • It represents through its buildings and the houses of its employes an in- vestment of $2,000,000. The annual expenditure in . food would be $63,000 in meat, $9,600 in potatoes, $5,000 in sugar, $18,250 in milk, $66,700 in butter, and $27,600 in eggs. Summed up, this means that an in- dustry employing. 1,000 hands is worth $221,600 a year to the farmers of the district. The expenditure in clothing would be $168,750. . With the annual payment of taxes added to 'the' total expenditure on buildings, food and clothing, you have M all $2,428,350 turned into the town in one year through the coming of one great industry. In conclusion, •one may again note the prodigious re - .sults which are affected by the pre- sence in Canada of some 435,000 arti- sans. In round figures these men would mean at .least $1,056,322250 to the Dominion. An industry employing 1,000 hands may be regarded • as a large one, but the same percentage of results would follow in larger or smaller plants, so that one can easily begin to reckon for himself what any particular' indus- try would mean to a town or city. THE HOG MARKET The . Farmer Gets Better Prices in Canada than in the United. States Statements have been made and is- sued broadcast to theeffect that hogs bring a higher price in. Buffalo than in Toronto and that Canadian farmers would therefore get more for their pork in the United States. Buffalo, however, is not the wh6le United States .market, nor is it as good a barometer of hog conditions as Chi- cago, and, taking prices in their broadest application to Canada and the United' States as two countries, indisputable authorities on both sides of the line prove that hogs are and have been worth more in Canada, and that the hog industry is in a . more flourishing condition in 'Canada than in the United States: This condition exists notwithstanding the fact that Canada is not a successful grower of Indian corn, Figure's are at hand from Canadian packing companies who have kept comparative records of hog prices on both sides of the border for the last. five years, showing conclusively that the markets have been higher for a series of years in Canada than they have bebn in the United States. So tar as liogs are concerned, therefore, prices furnished by the home markets are undeniably higher than those paid to the farmer in the United States, and those ardent advocates of Reci- procity who see such enhanced values in Uncle Sam's domain for everything the Canadian farmer grows must re- vise their bases of argument accord- ing to the facts. KEEP CANADA FOR CANADIANS Our home market we have. it has grown and is rapidly growing. We dam keep it for our own people; It is upon the development of the home market that the future of the Canadian farmer depends, and that development lies in the encouragement of home ire dustries, instead of inviting outsiders t¢,cotnjete with them. Sra.r.. 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