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Liquor Question is
Ignored in Speech
Premier Ferguson Makes No Mention +
of Question in Legislative Program t
—Taxes Unchanged—Contentious
Legislation Avoided But Many N:
Minor ProposalA M s re ade
Toronto, Feb. 10.—Guns boomed
and claymores flashed at Queen's
Park today when the Legislature was
officially opened.
Politics, except what was contain-
ed in the speech from the Throne,
went by the board for the day, while
the representative of the King, the
ladiee and the military held the fort.
The floor of the chamber was a rea
of feminity the speakers' gallery over
flowed with judges, government offi-
cals and statesmen of other days,
while the houee members found stand
ing room where they could.
In distinct contrast to the speech
from the throne of last sosmn was
that delivered at the opening of the
third session of the sixteenth legis-
lature by His Honor Lieutenemt-
Governor Coeltehutt this afternoon.
PREMIER FERGUSON
Whereas last year the 4.4 beer
amendment to the Ontario Temper-
ance Act came like a bomb from te
clear elty, following- the 0. A.
fiebiscite„ tide year not. aide ie there iieeition upon theee subjects will lie
no iantion of any possibility of 1lii- submitted tU YOU for your eonsidere-
nor me:tel.:Fes nt amendinente, !nit tien,
ct little reaily contentious legislatiori is "it 1, ati:ifactory to observe the
foreshao.wed. Oentain•NI progiy,s of Attention as shown by
in the so -eel'. whia has not 10- 'i the generous public support it re-
eoreeasted t tlw press during the larger attendance of the
past month. pupils and the increased supply of
No New Tax.0 properly qualified teachers, Your
attentioa will b5 directed again to the
No new taxe3 v...:Te announced. sug:yestion for the formation of town
'The speech announees that ra.,a- sbio echool boards, in the hope that
sures will be bromAt forward by the
government to ImproVe the quality
of dairy products, to amend the work
men's compensation act; to amend
the land fax tug; to amen:: the mini-
mum wage net; respecting the devel-
opment of northern a nn nerthwetee
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SPPECH IN BRIEF
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Toronto, Feb. 10—Follow- +
inw are chief proposals em-
bodied in the speech from the •
throne as read by His Honor •
LieutenanteGovernor H. •
Cockshutt: •
J.—To amend minimum •
wage act. •
2—To amend workmen's •
compensation act.
To amend land tax act +
4 ---To reise and consoll-
date i•.cti act.
5.----Fro...21s for Ottawa
Awe eed elt. Lawrence river
devc: -•,nent. •
0— Consideration of plan •
for e-rmation of township •
echo,• oards. •
7- • e Y. for immigration. •
A:1 for marketing agricul- tee
tural products. •
e.---11111 to improve quality
of dairy produets.
No new taxes announced..
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meat of tho St. Lawrence river. end for future vommitments, is re-;
"Meamehile, they are hopeful that eoiving the earnest attention of my
an amicable arrengement well be el- ministers. At an early date tlut pub. -
forted shortly . with our Aster pro- lie tweounts will bu laid before von,
vinee of Quebec, whereby the waters and also the 'details of contemplated
of the Ottawa river along the inter- expeuditures,
provincial boundary wile be rendered "Arnow the measures which will
available for developm . . bo brought before you are bills; to
"The efforts Of the dui: -it of improve the quality of dairy pro,.
labor to improVe the cameneene of ducts; to amend the workmen's com-
mmloyment in industrial esteblish- pensation net' ; to runend the land tax
'meats are meeting with encouraging act; to amend the minimum wage ;lot
co-operatiou I am glad to observe respecting the development of nor -
the advance made in the prevenfion them and northwesteem Ontario; to
of taNsidents in factories and the cen- review and consolidate the election
Untied improvement in general work- act and the voters' Het ad, and for
ing eontlitione. other purposes."
"The busing:1s policy of the govern
ment, itt the development of our na-
tural resources, has already brought
advantageous re:mite, and its expan-
eitg
oin. and stabilization w
the ill be of mat-
erial benefit to e people of Can-
a"Arrangements now being com-
pleted will insure extensive indust-
ial developments in the northern res-
tricts. It has been considered wise
in utilizing our forest resources, to
adopt approved methods of conser-
vation in order that this great source
of natural wealth may, as far as
practicable, be perpetuated. It is a
matter of much satisfaction that the
loss from forest fires has been great-
ly diminished, and that the atr eer-
vice in proving of valuable assistance
in this connection.
trodurcki for the further improve-
ment of our dairy preclude. The
action of the government in reducing
the rate tef irdereet on farm loans has
of great advantage to borrow-
ers. . .
- Agricultural Report
-During the recess the agriculter-
al inquiry committee continued Ite
a_,1 ,-oil,o‘lird the result In a
011 i'r rep,:, -1 dealing- with co-
p,•rat ion and taltional marketing.
Thi,- t, -port conteine a number of im-
portant. suggeetione look -ng towards
the more advantageous disposal of
the principal farm products. Thor
contribstioos to the infer -
Mineral Development
"Another important step in ad-
vance by the mining industry is
marked by the increased production
of the past year. Ontario is main-
taining and improving its prominent
position among the gold producing
communities. We are now supplying
nine -tenths of the world's require-
ments of nickel. Our silyer fleas
are yielding large and profitable le -
turns, while new and valuable de-
posits of ore are being discovered.
"Valuable work 13 being accom-
plished by the department of health
through co-operation with a number
of national organizations for the pro-
motion of better conditions in the
Province and by assisting local com-
muties in solving their health pro-
blems. I am glad to observe the
marked decrease in acute communi-
cable disease and the reduction of
the hazards of health in industrial oc-
cupations. Important gains have
been made in the usefulness of the
department by the establishment of
the dental branch and the assump-
tion of the schoel medical service..
'I3y the thorough revision of the
necounting methods of the provincial
secretary's department improvements
have been effectedewhioh expert in-
vestigation proved to hhve been nec-
essary .for n considrable number of
• vivid descriletioe of theeteceemc beau,
The - department has lately can.' ties of the Cana.fiian Facific Rookies:
pleted and opened the boys' training She advised Canadians to see
school at Dowmanville, and thus has 1 Canada first and get to know this
eauntry and something of the lives
of the people who live in its various
pub1ic! dieeussion of this subject may
lend to the adoption of mean of re -
clueing the coot of education to the
rural taxpayers. A systematic and
thorough investigation has been in -
:glutted into the teaching or .iengeish
anti lereneh Intiguages and wiel be
ern Ontario, and to revise and con' eontinued during the present ,school
solidate' the election act-. - year. I am glad to observe that an
. The speech forecasts no new taxes
oppottunity to promote co-operation
but states that noteworthy proerese
Where possible, with the imperial ate-
thorities along educational lines has
has been made in the improvement
of provincial fiances, and that "we
.are now within measurable distance
' of restoring the balance between 'be
tageou a results.
ordinary revenue and expenditure.
Ontario has experienced a distinct
Afte.r expressing thankto God
Public lose through the death of the
ler the bountiful harvest of last year
Hon, Sir Adam 13eek, who was eon
and other blessings and a reference
long and so prominently identified
to the death of Queen Alexandra, the
with the development of the hydro -
:speech from the throne is as follows:
electric power. The work of the
"It is reassuring to observe the
late chai•rman of the commission cas
been altordod by an exchange of in-
spectors, which should lead to advarg
signs of ramming prosperity in this
province, largely dui to the improv-
ed condition Of agriculture, which I
trust will prove helpful to the whole
Dominion.
In the interest of agriculture plans
are under consideration for stimula-
ting. immigration mainly, from the
British Isles; Special efforts will be
made to encourage the bringing out
of those •euitable for farm workers.
Increaser attention is to be paid the
marketing of our agricultural pro-
ducts. It isg!ecognized that the main
tenance of high uniform quality is
Here and Thee
11. 13. Beaumont, assistant stem •
ship general passenger agent, has
been appointed assistant to the
steamehip passenger traffic man-
ager of the Canadian Pacific Steam-
ships, according to recent advices at
the head offices of the company.
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Canada's.aggieultural growth dare,
ing the past quarter of a century is
well illustrated by figures com-
piled by the Dominion Government,
which show that during the past
year field crops had an estimated
value of $946,166,000, as compared
with $196,673,000 in 1900.
and in the eventual recovery of 1919. About eleven months later
Production on Nova Scotia farms equilibrium by continental Europe the extreme low was reached—U.19
than did r factor, with The for cables on New York. There has
possible exception of the Dawes Plan been highly irregular progress since
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or the signing of the Locarno Pada. that timeIthe main John
In any event, it had a far-reaching has gonesteadily about his business,
effect which is more readily apparent paying his debts whether or not
today than it Was six months ago. others paid their own just oblige -
War Fluctuations. ' tions. The outlook has been dark at
Between 1884 and July 1, 1914, times, and is now much brighter.
the fluctuations in sterling were ete- Progress has heen so definite, how-
tween $4.82 and $4.91. Within two ever,that all the world recognizes
weeks after the outbreak of the war Britain as the great stablizing force
chaotic conditions sent sterling cab- of the post-war era. Much credit is
les up to $7. This -was caused by doe to American co-operation dur-
ing the war period. An object les-
son in national -honesty and ragged
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financial independenie has been given
to the rest of the world.
Undoubtedly Britain knows that
the debts will be paid eventually if
the debtors are able to meet all or
part of the obligations. Meentime
there is nothing to be gained by
! pressing for eayment. The United
States views appears to be otherwise,
but the two nations have not been
quarrelling on this point.
The outetanding point in the pro -
Donald Sutherland, of South Ox- ent situation is that British money
ford, who moved an amendment to will buy more in overseas markets
grotesque and terrifying. tigu•res m
the foeni of prehietorie animals.
Iler E.xeellency, Lady flyng, wife
of the Governor-denerel f Canada',
sPeakine at Ottawa recently, gave a
point, sinoo rn,itnin th„ s„„ond bost
Sterling at Par Again in customer for Canadian koducts„
New York After Nine Years
THE CHATEAU FRONTENAC,
QUEBEC
:foreign and American securiti.cs on AND WINTER SPORTS PROGRAM
the New York market, Snell
Development Traceable to Resumpt-
ion of Freer Gold Market in
ain—War Vagaries Recalled --
wholesale dumping of British and
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British Manner of Meeting Obli- quantities of sterling funds were le- With seasonable weather prevail-
ga t ions Re-establishes Confidence. 9uired in New York that me raee ' t
• mg and a aice blanket of snow on the
— I touched the extreme peak noted •
ground, winter eport senson in Que.-
New York.—It was a notable oc- above.. A moratorium of two weeks ! bee City
is now well under Way. 'lnie
mien when sterling cables reached was resorted to until the machinery 1 mow -wreathed beauty and exhilara-
par in New York.. Eleven years was established to maintain sterling ' tion or a winter vacation are a grow -
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have elapsed since the English pound at a reasonable price, ing need, Winter sports are quid<
orlon dollars, and there have been The record of fluctuations between and effective restoratives, bringing
stood at this price in terms of AM -
101.1 and 1918 is so well known that to you the enjoyments of glowing
extreme fluctuations clueing that per- it requires little comment. A low youth. Up in - the speuce country,
iod. An extreme high of $1 was of $4..51 was reached in September, where, amidst the color, mirth wig
touched at the beginning of August, 1915.. The -flotation of the $500,000,- hospitality of old Quebec, the true
1014, and a low of $3.19 was made ' 000 Anglo-French loan by J. P. Mor- Winter carnival spirit is to be found.
on Feb. 4, 1920. There bas been, gan & Company helped the situation • The recent fire at the Canadian
roughly; a corresponding fluctuation for a time, and then the rate was Pacific's famous hotel—the "Chateau
in Canadian funds in New York, with pegged at $4.76 7-16 between Jan- Frontenac" has caused no interruP-
.frequent minor deviations.
uary 1916, and March 1019. This tion in the social activities—Ahere be -
Sterling at par is a development was actomplished by conscripting a- ing ample aecomodations and public!
that is traceable directly to the re-
sumption of a free gold -market by bout $1,400,000,000 of Canadian ane rooms for guestse--nor in the winter
Britain. The issue is stet a highly Aniorican oeurities and by shipping 3ports program arranged by the
large amounts of gold to New York. Sports Director of Chateau &un-
controversial one, but in general it Foreign credits and the restriction of ;elute and the Frantenac Winter
is fairly safe to conclude that the imports were also called into may, Sports Club. Organized activitine
than were anticipated. The principal The net result was stablization aur- and interesting .events daily, includes
results have been more favorable
ing a time of great stress. skating, snow -shoeing, hockey, eld-
effect of Britain's return to e :Free Outlook Now Brighter. ing, Mardi Gras Carnival, etc. Vari-
gold market was a sentimental one. . colored costumes present a brilliant
It did more to create international The sterling rate slipped badly
spectacle. The season terminates
dence in I stabilityf B UM after the peg was removed in March,
with the ciien championship bob aifol
in 1925 amounted to approximately
$40,420,000, as compared with $36,-
435,000 in the previous year. Items
making up this total were: Dairy,
$10,200,000; livestock, $2,200,000;
field crops, $18,700,000; poultry pro-
ducts, $1,220,000; fruits and vege-
tables, $8,000,000.
A railway car, originally built as
an observation car for the Canadian
Pacific Railway, was used as • a
"chapelle ardente" and funeral coach
to transport the remains of the late
Queen Mother of Italy. This car
was used in hoepital service during
the war and was sold, with others,
to the Italian State Railways after
the armistice.
Strange scenes are laid in the
C'•anadian west on account of hoar-
frost and snow. The trees arid
shrubs are covered with snow form-
ing strange •-white animals in the
Kicking Horse Pass region, A num-
ber of photographs were taken re-
cently in this neighborhood showing
LOST AMENDMENT BY 10
Placed in practical operation the
plans for the welfare of underprivi-
leged youth.
"Another important work aCCOM-
plished is the establishment of the
reeeption hospital, which will prove
a valuable auxiliare to t he existing
institutions for t he treatment and
cure of the mentally afflicted.
Highways Improved
"Highways are yearly playing a
more important part as an economic
factor in the community. 'Under
the administration of the department
of highway:se a well-planned system
of hard -Surfaced roads is being de-
veloped on an economical basis,
highly valued, and so well in hand
that the commission, as reconstruct-
ed, will be able to continuo this es-
sential service to the province with
unimpaieed efficiency and useful -
n 055.
On Power Resource%
"The development of power at
Queenston having been carried to a vincial finances, With the advances Road level crossing, in the weat end
parts.
Owing to the cheap hydro -electric
power -available, the American Cel-
lulose and Chemical Company is to
locat,e at Drummondville, Quebec,
very shortly. The Canadian com-
pany will be known as the Canadian
Cellulose and Chemical Company, it
is understood, and the output will
consist of .rayon -and artificial silk.
About $7,000,000 will, be used for
buildings and plant equipment.
One hundred all -steel '75 -ton ore
cars ordered by the Canadian Pa -
which places this province. in an ad- cific Railway front the Canadian Car
vantageous position. The improve- and Foundry Company, have now
ment of highways has led to the been completed and are ready for
further development of the tourist
traffic, whleh has been enhanced oy
disseminating information as to the
attractions in Ontario, cued by giveng
inereatied ettention to the ceinfort
and convenience Of Our visitore. The
response hi most satisfactory, end
justifies the exnectatioi-e that an en-
ergetic continuation of the Wert to•
attract tourists will produce results
of great commercial value.
"Further efforts to establish a
market for Canadian fuels in this
province have met weth encouraging
results. There is good ground for
the hope that undee favoeablo condi-
tions as to transpettation we will W-
eenie independent eventually of for-
eign source of -supply.
"Since the appointment. of he
commiselon .for the revieion of the
stattites a number of the laws have
been cerefully reviewed by the com-
mission. The results of these labors
have been embodied in legislation to
give effect to various suggested a•
mendaamts. Several consolidating
delivery. Each of the cars has a
capacity of about eighty tons in a
holding content of 1,230 cubic feet,
and the wheele are of solid wrought
steel. The ears will be largely used
in the Suitbury district.
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At least 600 boys will pass
through the Burnside Lodge, the
'Western Ontario distribution centre
In Woodstock, Ontario, to become
farm workers under the Salvation
Army juvenile farm labor system
during 1926, according to Adjutant
Lee, chief of the lodge. Adjutant
Lee also etated that the first party,
lumbering fifty, have all been
spoken for, although they are still
on their way from England.
Cases of automobiles driven direct..
ly at trains in the course of brevets-
ing a level crossing during the first
four weeks of 1926 were increased
to four, or at the rate of one a week,
when an auto truek struck the lead-
ing car of seventeen care passing
meastivee will also be submitted to over the Yonge Street crossing at
you, Toronto. The third prize for care -
Improved Finances. lessness wont to an autobus driver
"Noteworthy imogress has been at HMI, Quebec, who drove his car
made in the bnprovement of the pro- through both gates of the Chelsea
races February 27th.
Hotel reservations arranged—fall
Particulars of railroad and sleeping
car fares gladly furnished on appli-
cation to any Canadian Pacific Ag-
ent. (3 wks.)
BACK TO ENGLAND --
the Address in the House, and lost particularly in Canada and the Un- J. Ramsay McDonald, former Lal,- •
by• a majority of 10. The debete ited States, than heretofore. That is or Premier of Great Britain, return-
)roceeded On the Australiati treaty. important from the Dominion's stand ed from his trip to Ceylon.
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successful completion during the past, already trade, we are /tow within ' 'al this eitY.
are' stow dist ne of reptoring the I
year, other sources of supply aie now measure e a e
being considered to meet the groW- belance between ordinary revenue
Ing needs of the Province. My min- and expenditure. The question of
biters aro pressing for the recogni• the ultimate redemption of tha ex -
es' the inside eseentiale. With hion of the tight of the pretence to biting debt, togethet with the edop-
Average age of man will soon be
100 years, says a ecientist. It will
depend a lot, of course, on whether
.OVOt1t50 111011 1., a pedestrtan or
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this in view; legislation Will be in- proeeed with the nitia eve Op- 1 on o 0 0n. , not
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Windantere District Prize Winners of 'Formers Institutes Advisory
Board's Cup and the Murray Shield in 1913a1 Victoria, B.C. is
or over forty years the Windermere district of Beitish
. Columbia has been famous for the quality of the
potatoes produced there. Back in 1884 tlie late Francis
Patrick Armstrong of Sorel, Quebec, one of the younger
sons of Chief Justice James Armstrong who had wandered
out into the mountains with the coestruction of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, was busy raising potatoes on
his ranch on the eadern shore of the Columbia Lake.
Ra did this from seed which he had brought from the
tobacco plains of Montana.
Near the centre cf the Windermere district, Columbia
Lake forms one of the main, source'* of the Columbia
River. On his isolated ranch, Armstrong raised his
fnmous spuds and in boats made. from Whipsawn lumber
took thorn to the construction camps of the Canadian
Pacific Railway ono hundred and fifty miles down the
Colur.Thi't river. Tits wholesome product; became so well
lmowsi that hie ranch lost the name "Plains of the
Nativity," given it in 1e45 by the Reverend rather
Pierre 1e Smet, and became known as the Armstrong
Ranch,
Later Armstrong took up steamer navigation and
others took his place as growers of the potato, among
them R,uftei Ashton Kintitop. Robert Randolph Bruce,
new lieutenant governor of the province of British
Columba, WRS nether of the early big producers. He
sold his crepe at the mine .1.
Interest in the growth of potatoes in the Windermere
district neve,' waned hut the geo—,srs in the district did
not really veakon up to the possientities of widely com-
mercializing their fine potatoes until the first important
provincial potato thew held in Grand Forks, B.C. In
1922.. After winning many peizes, more care was taken
in the growth of the plants and the study of varietio
until it was decided that the netted gems, Cambridge
Russets, and Woe leleGregors were the varieties best
suited fot the distriet.
The 'Windermere Dietilet Potato Growers Association
swept the boards at each sueeeeding potato Show with
thee° two grades. On two of the three succeeding
notations, ineluding the 1925 shove, they won the Vert:tees
tnetitutes Advisory Board's :Cup, given Ad an annual
trophy to the district withie the provinee making the
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Artlur G\Walker, Max Ranch, Invermere, winner of the County
Life Shield 1111923with the 15 pounds of certified seed
potatoes with which howou the award.
best display of eight lots of seed potatoes of not los than
thirty-two le each lot, each lot being the product Of a
different grower.
In 1923 and again in 1924 the Murray Shield given
by Coentry Lite, of BC. for the beet exhibit of certified
seed was earried back timid rejoicing to Inverrnere.
Prizes have also been won at differeirt years in the
Intetnational Potato Show at Spokane, Washington.
At New Westminster, B.O. in 1925 Arthur J. Walker,
of Ajax Rata. Invorrnere, scored 99.2 points as his cop-
tribution to the display itt whieh the Windermere distriet
gored 785.1 out of 800 points. Iii addition to wineing
the Fanners Institutee Advisory Board's Cup at the ehow
the neer:hero of the Wiedermere wasociatioe woe oven..
teen flret prigeo arid twenty-three other Meer&