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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-3-15, Page 3e f Dominion News in Brief. Vancouver, B.C.-That within com- paratively slt.�ort time Vancouver will. be shipping from 100,000,00Q to 150,- 000,000 !bushels of grain annually, was the prediction made by Charles Stickle,`vrestern manager ofthe Mo fple Leaf Milling Co. Referring to flour shipments to China and Japan, Mi. Stickle said; "We are ''hampered by Pack of 'shipping space and for that reason we have to refuse some very large orders for delivery in the Orient within the next few months." Calgary, Alta, -#'•-The $2,500,000 re- finery of the Imperial Oil, Limited, which is underw construction in Cal- gary, will be in operation by the end of 1923, according to a reported state- ment tatement of C. O. Stillman, president of the concern. Winnipeg, Man. -Establishment of a central elevator or warehouse for the collection and distribution of pure seed is being _considered by the Pro- vincial Government. The scheme under discussion will also necessitate the organization of a -staff of inspec- tors. During the summer inspectors will examine •crops in growth, select-- ing seed grain under the best condi- EXPECT BIG CATTLE TRADE FROM CANADA. T The Little Girl_ VVho Was• to• beiietlt ,1>y the quaptity, of nutri-� DIAMOND A iI ARY OF QUEEN Blind of Once Eye. "int supplied, � E+ Thousands of people to -day are suf- BY W. M. M, ORRIS. The proposal to have medical and tione. It will then. be. -gathered at the central warehouse, where it may be purchased in the fall by farriers for early spring seeding. Toronto, Ont, -Canada now possess,- nine hundred es approximately mo- tion picture theatres, representing an investment of thirty million dollars, aecorcling to an estimate of George F. Lewis, ere rnarshal of the Province of Ontario. In addition there are 30 film exchanges, valued at epproxi- mately $750,000, Montreal, Que.-•Malting the inno- vation 'qf seaplane •construction in Canada, Major D. C. M. Hume, for- merly of the R.N,A.S., and for seven years employed in .aircraft develop meet hes arrived in Montreal to open a factory for the Laurentide Air Ser- vice for the building of this type of machine which, it is expected, will eventually be used in forest patrol i work. Fredericton, N.B.-The latest esti- ' mate of the lumber cut on Crown lands of New Brunswick, which is the final estimate for 1922, is 210,000,000 'feet. This is about double the cut made in the previous year. ' Old Country Live Stock Men Think Million Head May Enter Great Britain. A despatch from Ottawa says: - Testifying before the committee that is inquiring into agricultural condi- tions, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Grisdale said that many in the live- stock trade in Great Britain evidently believed that a big trade would result from Canada, following the lifting of the cattle 'embargo. • Indeed, some seemed to think as many as a million head might be got from this country. An important point brought out was that cattle shipped. from Ireland will enter Britain under much easier con- ditions onditions than those from Canada, though, after their arrival the condi- tions are the same in both cases. Thomas Sales drew information re- specting the cost of shipping cattle from the West to Liverpool, Dr. Gris- dale venturing the opinion that the cost from Winnipeg for an eleven hun- dred pound beast would be from $45 to $50. Mr. Sales thought that about another $10 would have to be added to charges from a mid -Saskatchewan point, and concluded that, from pres- ent prospects, there would not be much in it for the Western farmer. He thought that a beast sold• at $40 some years ago brought more profit than one at $60 to -day. Mr, Arkell gave the overhead charges on an eleven hundred; pound steer to Liverpool as follows: Frem Toronto, $35; from 'Winnipeg, $44; from,. Calgary, $47. The burden of evidence was to show that the business of shipping store cattle would be pro- fitable for the eastern farmer, Mr. Sales wanted to know if it would not be possible to secure a through rate on cattle shipped from the West and fed in the East for ex- port, so that the farmer might, in this respect, be placed on the same level with the millers who had a milling in transit rate. FRENCH DISSOLVE ALL POLICE IN RUHR ZONE The Invaders Continue March Through German Towns on the Rhine. A despatch from Essen says: -The disarming and expulsion..of the secur- ity police at Dortmund on Thursday completes the disarmament and dis- solution of the police bodies through- out the: Ruler. Oitly certain towns now have civic police, who are virtu- ally mere watchmen.. A. report from Mannheim says that the French have occupied Rheinau isai'bor on the Rhine in lower Alsace and are marching on. Rehinau, which is a suburb. of Mannheim, 1t is also reported-- that the French. have ,oceupied the railway station of Dornap, near Elberfeld. Not being particularly silent t.bein- 5e1vcs .the Spaniards like using the e pa ewt.,on, "Beware of silent Wren and A deepatch from London says:- clogs that don't bark." Yet they ,have Kiln. George .is paying an unusual another expression which seems di:. amount of attention to the Labor rectly to contradict this, for it says, 'Speak little and well, aitd you: will bo considered xis someone•'? Brings Honor to Canada. Dr. F. G, Banting, whose discovery of insulin, a serum for the cure of dia- betes, has brought unqualified approv- al. and _praise from medical nlen on both sides of the Atlantic. He has al- ready had amazing results in treat- ment -of diabetic patients. A move- . went Is on foot in the Ontario Parlia- ment to provide hint with a substan- , tial income to set him free for at 1least ten, years- for unrestricted .re- search work. AUSTRALIA GETTING OLD COUNTRY TRADE Serious Inroads on British Market for Canadian Products. A despatch from London says: - New Zealand having already mads serious inroads on the British market for Canadian cheese with its Govern- ment graded product, Australia now threatens to steal a march on Canada by the establishment of a national standard of quality for all its primary products. A start has already been made with Butter and cheese, duel .the British market will soon receive supplies of butter labelled with the national brand "Kangaroo," which will guar- antee that ithas been pasteurized, has come from Australia, and will keep for five months. Similar action will be taken with regard to canned fruits and dried fruits. There is a lesson here for Canada whose canned fruits are constantly be- ing criticized by British importers•on the ground that they are not well graded. For the same a contractor to whom it was proposed to give a catering contract for the British Em- pire exhibition, objected to using Can- adian canned fruit. J. A. Ruddick, Dominion Dairy Com- missioner, now en route to the An- tipodes will, no doubt, look into the advisability' of emulating .Australia's example. Labdr Leaders Dine With King George • Scr. Walter Cassels !. nat.ive'iorai C"aned`;rn whin ifecame Sir Walter , r ant eminent •ua Is.. air 4i alvei C�i, se J � lri died at is benne in Ottawa an Maroh• .h � 1, in his 8,th year 'party ;just now. He dined with half a dozen of its !leaders at Lady Aston's house on Thursday night, and on Fri- clay he 'surprised the :party by inviting its cleie:Fs to dinner at Buckingham Palace' next.Thui•sday arid -30 promin- , ent menibe.ro to tea 'the next after- noon. Officia-lly at ,is explained the ' Icing's gesture of friendliness is be- ; cause,,T:,abor is now the leading factor i1A His MajestyTs Opposition in Pat- ! ham .enl-." Great Britain Will Not Revert to Gold Currency A despatch from London says: -The resumption of gold currency is not contemplated, c p , according to Stanley Baldwin,;Chan c;eller of the Exchequer, When questioned in the House as to whether he would eohlsiider the advis- ability ;of abandoning paper money andrevert to, gold in o•der to inspire confidence and etitnulate industry;, the Chancellor .replied he did not think that the lasue of gold was either de. sireble now, ,or necessary to produce the results referred ,to. dental inspection of the children, iii the schools of one of the southern counties of Ontario, was 'carried by a slight majority of the t zst es. One of the three trustees of 'a certain school section was very much opposed to the scheme, saying, "The parents of this section' of the country have enough affection for their , children and take enough interest in their• wel- fare to provide medical and dental in- spection far them when they need it. We have skillful physicians for our family doctors and most of the par- ents take their children to the family physician when they needa*any.atten- tion. There is no need for any repre- sentatives of the Department of Education coming here to tell us how we should attend to the medical needs of our children." In spite of the pro- tests of this trustee, however, a sur- vey was made, by doctors and nurses, of the children in many school sec- tions, including the one of which - he was a :trustee, When the nurse name to this par- ticular ,school section, the teacher pointed 'out e little Irl of ten years of age, whom she hesicated to describe as dull and yet regretted that she did net seen to be able to keep up with the rest of the class. The nurse ini- mediately took the little girl in band and tested 'her eyesight, concluding that she was partially blind. The usual card was filled in and sent to the child's patents, with the recom- mendation that they donsult the fam- ily physician with reference to the child's sight. A Startling Revelation. It just happened that this little girl was the daughter of the trustee who protested against medical and dental inspection in the schools and although he resented the interference of Government officials, he complied with the suggestion and took the little girl to the family doe - tor. After a slight examination of the child, the doctor said, "I am sorry to tell you that your child is blind of one eye and the other eye is also affected. It must have been very dif- ficult for her to read the writing• on the blackboard at school and to keep up with the rest of her class. The sight of one eye is beyond recovery but I will do my best to preserve that of the other eye. If you had brought her to me two years ago, I think I could have saved the sight of both eyes." One can easily imagine the feelings of the father, who professed to have so "marked affection for his children, when he learned that his lit- tle girl was growing up in blindness under his care. There would be no limit to the sacrifice if the sight of the blind eye could be recovered. He should have dyad greater :appreciation of the school rgulation that provides for medical and dental inspection of the children. There are, no doubt, many children all over the Province of Ontario, suffering from blindness, deafness and' other handicaps because parents and trustees are remiss in their responsibility for the trust com- mitted to them. Good health is fundamental to in- dividual and national prosperity. We are making a great effort to improve the courses of study in our schools and provide better buildings and equipment, but this will be of little avail in producing intelligent citizens 1 if we do not take care of the health of the children. A remarkable thing about he.alth is that any coinrnunity can have as much of it as the people are willing to pay for. • Forty -Seven Per Cent. Unfit. The medical examination of .recruits for the great war discovered many physical defects in our young men. nThereport stated that 47 per cent. were physically unfit for the strenu- ous duties of military service. We all hope that there will never be another such walr, for there is plenty of scope for the investment of the highest de- gree of physical fitness in the ordinary vocations of life. The discovery of these physical weaknesses should be a challenge to parents, school boards and ratepayers to commence a pro- gram of health education in .all- our schools. Someone will object that the defects discovered by such medical examina- tion•'are found more among the elul dren in congested urban centres than among those children that live out in the rural parts where they have room for physical exerciseand plenty of fresh air. The fact is that city chil- dren to -day are healthier than their cousins in the country. Most city schao)s have doctors and nurses who look after the health of the children. The boys and 'girls of foreign parents in some cityschools are getting a better chance for, healthy- living than the children of ;some of our good Can - edam' stock in rural parts.' Various Physical. Defects. It ' is estimated that out of every twenty-five children. in school, four have defective 'eyesight, four have adenoids and :foster have trouble with tonsils. The parents may not be aware of these' conditions, and when:' informed are invariably very grateful to those who have made 'the examina-; tion. Besides these ;,conditions many. children have dental trouble which re- sults There n nialnutrltion; Chere:`i little: to be gained by eating 11 we are not in a condition to utilize the food we- consume. econsume. The first step to be taken in the correcting is to determines whether the person.to be fed is able Esping from, malnutrition. They get ALEXANDRA'S > J j'S PRIAL I N LO DOstffeient food,but their systems can- not utilize the nourishment furnished them. Some boys anti irl h ve b regarded ,as dull and stupid by their 'teachers and parents, but their in- ability till•' y to keep up 'with their class in the school was, due to some physical,, defect. It may •' be that they coned not see the blackboard or hear the teach- er's voice; 'Sometimesrural children have so inany chores to do in the morning and evening_ and so far to - walk to school that they., are too fatigued to: make the progress they should. Three Objects in ;iVew. The Department of Education is net exercising any compulsion in health education, but is actuated by the desire to enable each - child to funeticn in the highest degree possible for him in whatever sphere of life his lot may ee cast. Three distinct objects are kept in view:- ! First ---The curtailment of the' spread of communicable disease in the community. Great benefit would: be derived if parents, 'trustees and teachers were well enough informed • to detect the first symptoms of con-! tagious diseases. If this knowledge, ' were more general and people knew, what steps to take, a great deal could, be done to preserve life, prevent epi-! demics and economize in the treat-' ment of diseases, Second -The correction of existing defects. Prevention in the child is Crated above cure in the adult. The 1 menus of developing good health is' more important than the remedy to' cure bad health. Third -The education of parents. and children in 'the need of better health habits, There is: room for a great campaign in this particular{ alone. Children should be taught how! !to take care of their teeth, the value, of fresh air in their living and sleep - 1 ing apartments, the cleanl•inesi of the body, and the necessity of physical. exercises. The pian of procedure suggested byi the department is the union of a suf- ' fieient number of school sections in rural and urban communities to form' a unit, which should compose about thirty to thirty-five classrooms. This area would be 'large enough to employ the services of a well qualified, well trained nurse. The township or county council should be approached for a grant, which, with assistance from the government and contributions from the school boards, would meet the expenses of a permanent nurse to look after the health of the children. Canadian Section at British Fair Proves a Success A despatch from London says: The experiment made by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in London of organizing a Canadian section of the British Industries' Fair, which has just concluded in London, was a finan- cial success, and the Canadian firms which exhibited, although outnumber- ed by the Canadians who came to buy;` rather than to sell, expressed them- .selves satisfied with the results. Some of them have decided to exhibit at next year's fair. A despatch from Budapes• t states that Count Michael Karolyi, Hun- gary's first and last president, is understood to be planning. to emigrs;te to Canada and begin life es a farrier.' He is at present living at Ragusa with his wife, and is in great poverty. Veteran Skater. One of the interestingpioneer figures' of the Niagara. Peninsula is Wilson Clambers, who at the age' of setventy-three made his annual skating J b trip recently from his home at River Bend to Welland, for the fiftytfiith year. Mr. Chambers, completed the trip along Ike -Chippewa River ln'half an hoar', Mr. Chambers uses an old d pair of Dutch sfat 4 the- steel blade fastened to hoard "foot rears aid with r, big curling fronts,. The � u a skdties 'have ' ; .,s. , � been in t 11. family 0l over a hundredy• ears A despatch ff s hf from, x X.o d n says:- �.elanmg monarch or honor a beloved! March 7th marked° the sixtieth anni- I Queen Mother on the double diamond; a.Avnivers�ar of her arriv. l in En fan 'aY a g ct vex of the comingof Queen Alex- and her ai e . x dra ;to Lan Th r .:, don la f u e A le 4 gi h 8' , ;, And none of Brita!ln s Queens ever' who arrived out of Denmark three bad a firmer hvid on the este ' tions oft eo score years ago, acclaimed,by `Tenn,- 1 the people throe flout the f -flue ,! p p ap a son as "the Sea King's daughter from! empire than the stately ilady now near.; over the sea" onMareh 10, 1863, in St.1 ing the' four -score mark. While_ thelI George's Chapel, Windsor, !became the Queen Mother has not been a strarsge 'bride of Britain's future King, Ed -1 to sorrow,.her life has been free from ward VII, then Prince of Wales•, I the awful tragedies which have markt The Daeisle princess of those far -1 ed the lives of some pf her eontentJ away days, now Britain's beloveds poraries ,en the thrones of Europe Queen Mothes•, has also recently pass, none more so than her own sister; thef ed her seventy-eighth birthday. In ail; former Dowager Marie •of .I Dowager Russia. Ex. these anniversaries there is a. senti-.I Empress Marie same here from Deni mental and romantic meaning, for iti mark to spend the winter with Queen) has been many generations since this Alexandra and is'still withthe • " Qaeert country could celebrate the seventy-' Mother at Marlborough House the' eighth birthday of the mother of a. town home of•King Edward's widovvi e Week's Markets Toronto. Manitoba, wheat -No. 1 Northern., $1.23, Manitoba oats -Nominal. Manitoba. barley -Nominal. All the above track, Bay ports. American eorn-No. 3 yellow, 90%e; No. 4, 89c. Barley .Malting, 59 to 61; accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 80e. Rye -No. 2, 84 to 86c. Peas-Np. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, 126; shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, $28.50; good feed flour, $2. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, $1.14 to $1.16, according to freights outside. Ontario No. 2 white oats -48 to 50c, Ontario corn -Nominal. Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat., in jute bags, Montreal. prompt ship- ment, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis, $5.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95 to $5. Manitoba flour-lst pats., in cotton sacks, $7,10 per barrel; 2nd pats., $6.60. Hay -Extra No. 2, per ton, track;' Toronto, $14; mixed, $11; elover, $8. Straw -Car lots, per 'ton, track, To- ronto, $9. Butter -Finest pasteurized cream- ery: solids, 50 to 51c; prints, 51 to 52c; ordinary creamery, solids, 46 to 43c; prints, 48 to 49e; dairy, 29e; cooking, 15 to 18c, Eggs -Fresh gathered, 37 to 39e; a held, 26 to 29c. Live poultry -Chickens, milk -fed, over 5 lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 22c;. do, over 5 lbs,, 22e; do, 4 to 5 I:bs.,•18c; do, 2 to 4 lbs., 15 to 18c; hens, over 5 lbs, 25c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18e; do, 8 to 4 'lbs., 15 to 180; roosters, 12 to 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 25 to 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 22 to 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and' up, 25c; do, old, 15c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, milkfed, over 5 lbs.. 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 26e; do, over 5 lis,, 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 2 to 4 lbs., 22e; hens, over 5 lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 22c; roosters, 22c; ducklings, over 5 Ibs., 28 to 30c; 'do. 4 to 5 lbs., 22 to 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs, and up, 25e; do, old, 20c. Potatoes -On track, Toronto, 70c per 90-1b. bag. Smoked meats -=-Hands, med., 27 to 29c; cooked hair, 40 to 42c; smoked rolls, 26 to 28c. cottage rolls, 32 to 35e; breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 35 to 38c; backs, boneless, 34 to 40c. Cured 'meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $20; 70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90 lbs. and up, $18; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $38; heavyweight rolls, $35.., Lard=Pure tierces, 16%c; tubs, 17e; pails, 17ee c; prints, 18%c. Shortening, tierces, 144 to 15c; tubs, 15 to 15=14c; pails, 15i/2 to 1Gc; prints, 17% to 18c. Heavy steers, choice, $7 to $8, butcher steers, choice, $6 to $6.25; do, good, $5.50 to $6; do, reed., $5.25 to $5.50; do, come, $4.75 to $5; butcher heifers, choice, $6 to $6.20; do, med.,' $5.25 to $6; do, com., $4.75 to $5.25; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.25; do, med,, $3 to $4; canners and cut-` tees, $2 to $2.50; butcher bulls, good,1 $4 to $5; do, conte $3 to $4; feeder steers, good, $5.50 to $6.50; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, good, $4 to $4.50; do, fair, $2.50 to $3.50;, calves, choice, $11.50 to $12.50; do, med., $8 to $10.50; db; come $4.50 to $7.50; milch cows, choice, $70 to $90; springers,: choice, $80 to $100; lambs, choice,- $'12 to $14; sheep, choice, $8 to $9; do,' culls, $3 to $4; hogs, fed and watered,' i $10,50 to $10.75; do, f.o.b.. $9,'75 to $10; do, country points, $9,50 to $9.75. Montreal. Fuel Supplies Running Out. B. F. Haauel, of the Mines Depart -J. meat at Ottawa, aitd member of the=. Canada Fuel Board, warna Canadians' that this country is soon to be faced:' by a permanent fuel shortage. The visible coal supply of anthracite coal' will last only 80 to 100 years and America's visible oil supply will last; only 25 years. 9 U.S. STEEL FAILURE AFFECTS CANADIANS Nine Millions of Stock Field byi Persons of Moderate Means. • A despatch from Toronto says: -4 Canadians with modest means invest ed nine millions' c' dollars in the L. Re Steel Company, I? the Unite States. This was the d ilk tate ment made on Friday Tright by ..,.s official who is in a position to know. A comparatively smalls amount of thisi was reinvested in Canada. Canadian investors put their money-. direct into the American company and will now have to look to the proceed -1 ine;s launched in the United 'States for` any return for the millions put intq the bold undertakings of L. R. Steely The appointment of G. T. Clarkson as receiver of the business in Canada entirely separate from the winding -up' proceedings taken in the United States. Mr. Clarkson will call a meet- ing of creditors (not shareholders)' and -determine what is owingto firms; by the Canadian company, -and any; surplus left wile be sent to the United; States and put into the general melt-; ing pot for distribution from there•.1 It is stated that the Canadian stores; owed approximately $200,000, and it! is quite likely there will be sufficient' to pay these claims. Corn Arerrican No. 2 yellow, 93 to i 94c. Oats -Can. western, No, 2, 65 to 66c; No. 8, 60 to 61c; extra No. 1 feed, 57 to 58c; No. 2 local white, 56 <. to ..56c, Flour -Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6,60; strong bakers', $6.40; winter pats., choice, $6.50. Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs:, $3.15 to $3,25. Bran, $26 to 380.,1 Shorts, $28 to $32. Middlings, $22 to $35. Hay=No. 2, per ton; car lots, I $13 to $14. Cheese -.Finest easterns, 2Sr. But- ter---Choicest utter Choicest creamery, 51%c to52c. 1 Eggs -Fresh, 45c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.05. Med. anti fairly good weals, $xi to $7.50. Thick, fat, heavy western hogs, $9; good quality-. local, X10' to "Drive to the Right" Rule Adopted by Noy a Se. tie A despatch from Halifax, N.S,, says -Premier E. H. -Armstrong has' introduced a bill in the local Hous] l of .Assembly amending . the Rale of the Road and the Motor Vehicle Act,! ` e in , to"the traf c u p :.'" Pa '' •• i 0on'to .lid bAe ii h. am ,• a a r ai, 8ti, Calother otsrc. of the ing 9n > es r h. D�, I minion, which have adopted. I the "drive 1 to the right" policy. 'Iti;Fire was rco; disita:salon. Fifty Years a Weatherman. ,Sir Frederick Stupart; who is also; called "Old Proh :' is the director: of the Can aslia..i n etexrolo 'iced service at Ottawa, the Service which ile entered. more 11:•.au fifty' years ago. .He is a1 oatihe:barn Canadian,,, phase birth- place was near Toronto. He is. a son or a ,captain of the Royal -Navy. Ile has been president, of the Royal Ase trenornicai Society, among other high offices, His 'home is in Toronto, 1 fie 'remarkable growtha of tered,i as ea exporting coutry is graphically il'hastratecl' by a •chart which has just been - issued by the Deparinlent t) Trade and Cnn:mea cc. Bofors; the war? Canada stood eighth in v,ohrnle of ex% ports; she is now fourth- Before the aq wire silo ranked eighth in exports per heed, She is now a close second to-','• a eati•alie and for a coam derahle' tirn 1.t s during and after the ,ar, , s first, `.