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The Clinton New Era, 1921-6-16, Page 5'Thursday, dune tGtil, 1921 The Clinton New Era FOR WEDDING QTS Colne to Hellyar's Store Our Selection of Articles suitable for the Bride is com- plete, whether it is to be— A Clock Cut Class Silverware or China Our aim is to supply Honest Q-noocls at Honest Pries We invite you to come and inspect our stock. IIMEMOMMI W. 11. EL L -"�jiti t Jeweler & Optometrist Issuer of Marriage riage Licenses phone No.174w; House 174 j ' pis T� ruga n!5j 100 Tbs Sugar $10.50 3 lbs Best Tea ' $1 4 lbs Good Tea. . ,,.$1 7 cans Corn $1 7 cans Peas ..,$1 5 lb s Cocoa $1 40 Tb S Prunes $1 14 lbs Rolled Oats ....60c W. T. O'NEIL THE HUB GROCER. Phone 48 w••••••...nir ,_..,ate Ne'vs of the l)istrict HOLMESVILLE. St. John's Church, llolnlesville, The Bishop of Huron will 'administer the Apostolic rite of Couftrmatlou in this church on Sunday, June 1 9th, at 3 p. m, &'DENSALL While loading gravel at the pit on his farm In Tuckerstuitlh, Henry Vollihd slipped and suffered a fracture of the leg. Milton Boyle was taken to a London hospital this morning for an operation for Appendicitis. Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Pierce and daugh- ter, of flay Township and Miss Annie Consitt spent Sunday at the home of Rev, J. E, Knight of Milverton, Mrs, Thomas Sheard is critically ill in n London hospital. WINGHAM After an illness, extending over sev- eral weeks, Mr. Simon Mitchell; a' much respected citizen of this town, • died Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Mitchell had been a resident of Wingham for the last 3o years and had always taken a very active interest in the welfare and building up of the town. He serv- ed on the Wingham Town Council for 12 years as reeve and councilor and served the ratepayers to the best of his ability. The deceased was a mem- ber of the Methodist church, also the Chosen Friends and Loyal Orange Lod- ges. He was in his 77th year and is survivd by n widow and family of two boys: Alfred, of London, and Her- bert, of \'linghau, also Mrs. Fred Fuller and Mrs. Marry Walton, of Wingham, and Miss Becky Mitchell, of Toronto. CORN r. There is ■ vast difference in the "Grades d Corn. Our Corn is No. 2 'Yellow which we believe is the begs ,grade on the market,.. It is free from 'broken Kernels, Cobs and Dust. Give u+ ■ call end let us know your require. meats.. , Special prices on large quare. titian. BRAN, SHORTS Now is the season for Bran & Shorts. The Quality is' good and the prices real. • enable. SWIFT'S DIGESTER TANKAGE llayiig is going to be early this year. Some sweet clover has already been cut. ; Judging by the number of liquor cir- culars which are flooding tite country our Province is not dry yet. The price is rather high, Quite a number took in the moon- light Excursion on Monday night. The evening was rather cool however. Mrs, Bennett, of Blyth, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. R, Sloan, Miss Annie McDougall took in the Excursion to Detroit and also Mrs, T. Betties. Mr. H. Batson who has been visiting friends in Detroit and Cleveland re- turned on the Greyhound; accompanied by Mrs: Belson, sister of Mrs, D, Mc- Donald and friend of Detroit, Mrs. F. Picot, of Stanley, spent tke week end visiting her sister, Mrs. Allen Betties. Bethany Church will hold its annual Anniversary services on Sunday, June 1 9th at 11 a. 01. and 7 p. me the Rev, Mr. Lundy, of Kippen will conduct the services and nittsic will be provided by a quartette from Willis Church, 'Clin- ton. - sary Services will be held in Bethany Presbyterian Church at 11 a. 1n, and 7 p. m. The preacher for the day will be Rev, R. A. Lundy, of Kippen, whose messages are always inspiring and help- ful. A quartette from Willis Church Clinton, will assist in the praise service. All are cordially Invited to be present and enjoy these services. LONDESBORO Mr. James Elsley returned home on Saturday from attending his mother's funeral at Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. McDowell returned on Monday from their honeymoon trip, also Mr, and Mrs, Sundercock." Rev. T. Sawyer preaches his fare- well sermon next Sunday. We regret to learn that Mrs. W. Webster is not improving in health. �A very pretty wedding was solemniz- ed on Wednesday June the eight at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Marshall Braithwaite Londesboro when their youngest daughter Della Maretta was united in marriage to Mr. Alva Clinton McDowell youngest son of Mr. and Mrs John McDowell of Westfield. The bride entered -the parlor leaning on the arms of her father to the strains of the Brid- al chorus from Lohengrin played by Mrs. Wm. McDowell; the bride looked very sweet and girlish in her wedding gown of navy georgette over crepe De- Chene with bead trimming and wearing the grooms gift a rope of pearls, she carried a shower boquet of carnations and fern with coronet of orange bloss- oms, The grooms gift to the organist was a platinum bar pin, The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. E. Sawyer beneath an arch of evergreen and white roses. After the signing of the register the bride led the way to the dining room where a sumptuous repast was served by four of the brides girl friends The decorations being carried out in pink and white. The happy couple left on the'afternoon train amid showers of confetti and good wishes for Toronto and Niagara Falls. The bride travelling in a navy blue suit with shoes to match and large black hat. Upon their return they will take up their residence on the grooms farm in East Wawanosh. Mrs, A. Knox and children, of Mani- toba are visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs, Sprung and baby of Figured on present value of live• stock and home-grown feeds the use of "Swift's Digester Tankage" will re• turn more profit to the hog raise.- than ever before in its history. SWIFT'S FERTILIZERS Blood, Tankage and Booes prodLced by the inunense slaughtering business of Canadian Company. are almost all used is Swift's High Grade Fertilizer, RESULT:—Large profit to yota. FLOUR Our Stock Includes:—Purity, Five Roses, White Seal and Golden City. W.Jenkins&Soft FLOUR AND FEED PHONE: -199 RESlDE74CE:-131 IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE • BETWEEN CLINTON AND TORONTO Lv. Clinton No. 28, 6.28 5,111. daily Lv, Stratford No, 28, 7.45 a.m. daily Le, Kitchener No, 28, 8,25 a.m. Daily Lv, Guelph No. 28 8.11, a.m. Daily Ar, Toronto No. 28, 10.15, a.m, daily (Except Sunday) PORTER'S HILL eee. Next Sunday, June 1911), Anniver- STANLEY Alr. Dan. Giuuour from near Moose Jaw, visited at home of his aunt, Mrs. J. Gilmour and °tier friends for a few which go to form a great military char - days last week. lie was down East at- aeter-111treplliitl' bounded only by tending the General Assembly of the Commander who supervised with watch ( soundness of judmeat, skill in taking, fol care the infantry practices over tap Presbyterian church. adv:untaee of every contingency and a' ed trenches, the concentration of the artillery and the results of their fire, and the gradual collection of the great quantity of military supplies requisited for the undertaking. in working out his plan Byng could draw upon a wide and vaned exper- ience fighting and his Staff College training enabled him to use every means to the fullest advantage in the attainment of his object. i•litherto re hersals of an attack had been executed by brigades and divisions the rolling field artillery barrage had first been used at the Somme but the idea of four divisions attacking abreast to a depth of 3,00 yards screened all the way by a certain of bursting shrapnel, would lent. The Germans were in no doubt as have been scouted six months before; to what they might anticipate in their tanks had been used in the Somme Batt - new positions for in an order cap -Ila but there they were few in number and had no very definite art in the gen- eral scheme, and where the policy of fol lowing up the infantry attack by push- ing forward machine-guns and artillery to cover the consolidation of our ob- jective in a trench to trench attack had been generally recognized sound it yet had to be proved in practice. But Byng's greatest asset lay In the men be led, here were 100,000 of Can- ada's best, volunteers to a man, each of them ready to ut forth every effort for the cause. Thoroughly apreciating this the Corps Commander adoted an entir- ely new method of handling his troops prior to the attack, he took the pian in the ranks into his confidence; instruct- ions were issued to all units that by means of lecture§, demonstrations ex- amination of hotographs and most im- portant of all, discussions over large scale maps, each man should thorough- ly understand his part in the attack and holy best to carry it out. The extent of this policy may be better realized front NORTH HURON. LIBERALS A nominating convention of the North Huron Liberals as constituted for Federal purposes will be held in the Town hall, \Vingahn, on 'Tuesday, June 21x1, commencing at 1 o'clock p. m. It is expected that a candidate for the House of 'Commons will be nominated. F. F. Pardee, M, P., of Sarnia, will be present and deliver an address. Mr, Pardee is one of the pro- minent Liberals and Is en excellent speaker. All Liberals are invited to attend the meeting and delegates should be appointed from every polling sub- division in the riding. NEW GOVERNOR—GENERAL FOR CANADA. 'command of the Third Cavalry Division Landing in Belgium in Oct. 1914 he along with the Seventh Calvalry Divis- ion under General Rawlinson, covered the retreat frons Antwerp to Ypres. During the First battle of Ypres, Byng's Third Division was part of Allenby's Cavalry that held the right of the sal- ient and at the Second. Battle of Ypres the Cavalry Corps now under Byng, as General Allenby and been transferr- ed to commend the Third Army was in close support ready to cover a retreat on St, Omer if the lime should break. . in August 1911 he was given IX Corps at the Dardanelles and remained at Suvla Bay until the expedition was withdrawn four months later. Return- ing to France in February 1916 he suc- ceeded General Alderson in May in the ennunand of the Canadian Corps, which then consisted of the First, Sec- ond ',)ns. anti and 'Third- Canadian Divisions. Lost no Time. - General Byng lost no time in enter- ing upon the duties of his important chargee; possessed of all the qualities effect. The enemy soon became aware that our activities would commence on the Arras-Vimy front, and for months before the actual assault took place every man is the Canadian Corps knew that the Ridge was our clilef objective. The conception of the attack an Vimy Ridge was daring in the extreme so much so that the German Higher 'Command could hardly believe that anyone would have the audacity to at- 15m9t it, but this very fact seems in a measure to have militated against the efficient conduct of the defenoe. . 4n general the scheme was to bons - bard for two weeks or more the front of attack which extended from Souchez to South of .Arras on the Third Army front, carrying out a program of sys- tematic destruction of dugouts, rear- ward positions and forward trenches while harrassing all lines of conhmunica lion within range with incessant shell and machine-gun fire, he work of des- truction completed, every known host- ile battery would be neutralized by the fire of our heavy guns and the attack would be launched under a rolling barr- age by the field artillery the infantry led by tanks would follow this barrage, each milt being given the task of secur- ing a definite part of the objective. The advance was to be made in depth as each objective was secured fresh troops following close in rear of the attack-ing battalions would pass through and the forward movement would continue un- til the final objective, the Eastern slope of the Ridge was attained. Once captor ed, the Ridge would be Held. Never Before Attempted. Such an elaborate pre -arranged at- tack had never before been attempted, and its success depended un perm-or- dimation of action on the part of every brooch of the service and of every man in the Corps. In the arduous work of preparation and rehearsal none was more active than the energetic Corps 61r. Thos. B. Bard left for Detroit on genius for contriving as well as per - the steamer "Grclay. hound" from Gode- severance in preparing and dexterity riot on Tuesday in executing the most brilliant enter- and Mrs. 'r andmore 4 r Thos. Bairdfamilynothave had a i . prises—he could Geo, Baird sr., and Miss Tena Baird, 1 ivorable medium for the display of his motored to Ashfield and visited Mr. military talents. and Mrs. Angus Gordon on Saturday The first action in which the Canad- ian last week. ian Corps took part under his guidance 117 r, and Mrs. Arthur McQueen, bars. was fought in June 1916, On the sec- Jas. ea Jas. Ross, Mrs. Jas. Bowey and Mr, and day of that month the enemy after Alex. Thomson motored Mrs. Preston last a sudden and intense artillery bombard - week to see their aunt, Tuxford' anent lasting some four hours attacked our line South of Hooge, gained a foot- BRUCEFIELD. '-� ing on Observatory Ridge and by Occup The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Ying Mount Sorrel and part of Sanct- uarywill be held in our church on Sunday and Armagh Woods seriously next. Rev. Mr, MacFarlane, of Bayfield threatened our hold on the Ypres sal - will preach the preparatory sermon on Friday afternoon. Our village was well represented at the moonlight on Monday knight at Goderich, Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Lillian Stephens and John A. McEwen, Stanley. They will be mar- ried on Thursday, June 46th, at the home of the bride. M,rs.. Burdge whs hp been int for a long time is slowly inap'roving, The MacNab Presbyterian church of Hamilton was struck by lightning and the tower damaged. Rev, B. H. Ketch - en, formerly of this plaoe, is the pastor of MacNab church. Mrs. A. Harvey, of Kippen, and Miss Harvey, of Toronto, visited this week at the home of Mrs, Wm; Douglas and other friends in our village. • The Women's U. F. 0. met this week at the home of Mrs, John Murdock, Stanley. A goodly number were in attendance.: : w,:l•e Miss Katherine McGregor, of Stanley Manitoba are spending a couple of has returned front Toronto where she weeks with relatives here. attended the graduation at Toronto University. She received her degree of B. A. Her many friends congratul- ate her on her success. Misses Mamie and Alice Swan enter- tained a number of their friends on Thursday evening in donor of the bride- to-be, Miss G. Grainger. The bride-to- be, will be married on Wednesday neat to Mr. Wright, of Seaforth, A miscel- laneous shower was given her. Mrs. William Webster, we are sorry to say is no better. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Lyon entertained our Methodist choir on Tuesday even- ing and all enjoyed themselves. Mrs, Loundesberry and children are visiting the fornner's parents at Debit at present. The contract for our new hall is let and work will commence at once. Don't forget the lawn social on the parsonage grounds on Tuesday even- ing. Clinton band in attendance and a good time expected. A splendid union meeting was held in the Presbyterian church on Wed- nesday night. Mr. Ernest Adams has the foundation of his new house completed. Miss Pert, of Uxbridge gave a splen- did address at our Women's Institute in the hall, when about 5o ladies were present to hear it. After the address lunch was served, Miss Abery and Miss Sampson each sang a solo, which was ankh appreciated. Miss L, Young, of Calgary, is home to spend lire sumuner with her mother, Mrs. (Dr.) Young, Lv. Toronto No. 37, 6.10 p.m, daily Ar. Guelph No, 37, 7,43, p.m. dally Ar. Kitchener No. 37, 8.11, p.m. daily .Ar, Stratford No. 37, 8,55, p.ni. daily 'Ar. Clinton No. 57, 10,03, p,in,°daily. (Except Sunday) Buffet -Parlor car and firstclass vestibule coaches in enclh direction John Rausford & Son, City Passim. ger and Tielret Agents, PHONl —h.. 4, U. PATTISON, Station Agent. GODERICH TOWNSHIP St, Janes' Church, Middleton. No ser- vice -next Sunday,:.june 19t11. Mr. and Airs. George Pearson and daughter, of Wayne, Michigan, are visiting under the fornier's parental roof o„ 4' ' 11th Concession; PALPITATIONOF THE HEART SINKING SE S/ ONS. Palpitation of the heart is very after accompanied bysinking sensations and weak, faint andizzy spells, and before you can rid yourself of the trouble it is of consideea'blo importance that tin heart should be strengthened and bronl,ht; back to its regular beat. HEART and Ni.. 1`•26'! P'la.L5. are just the remedy ;van regaive t a ri a 1% Nirs. Chachvick, Delhi, Ct.ii u "1 had palpitation of alta least exercinse, such a 1 m t >t . or, up a hill, any h, n i trip hammer and tit t 1 i 5 1 headed and bad a Mukha; taxi' t if my time was nen.) A f u•r i n I try Milburn s II , t so I procured. three b ^r, time the drab Weil 1..,"1 1 improve. in eil I : 1 r• now, although in r like a young Fri; thumping,!led eee fatigue. At ., 120ibs,, now 1 w< i'r'e r• tured at the time we read. la view of the enemy's characteristics we have to expect a strong attack at any tune." Early on the Morning of June 13th this strong attack was delivered and result- ed in the re-establishment of our posit- ions in this vital section of the 2nd Armed front. Anaious Fortnight That trying an 'danxiou5 fortnight had given Byng a unique chance to take the measure of his lieutenants, and he had now gauged to a nicety the calibre of his command. The Canadian of that day was a matchless fighter but he was not the expert and finished soldier of a year later, The remainder of the summer of 19- 16 was uneventful but in August the 1st Canadian Division moved South to be followed shortly by the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Divisions, and early in Sep- tember the Canadian Corps was com- mitted to the Battle of the Somme which had now been in progress with PACE FI'V tEEK aM1'k EC1 LS TwIt Very S ecial Lines For Fr . ay And Saturday. MEN'S PANAMA HATS All this season's new styles. Pectora and Sailor shapes—clearing Friday and Saturday at about hatf price -- Ch oice $1,98 DRESS MUSLINS and VOILES—•About 200 yards, Colored - Dreg Mlislins and 'Voiles—A nce range of patterns and colors, per yard ... . , .. 25c Special Clearing lines in all Departments Shop Here Friday and Saturday t mate Small Profits . Phone 25 s More Business eeessaimemexemeseeteetmeinmeacmcwaszasesaralevewaineseentaceasasteeereseeceeeceeseesemeeceeeees the history of modern warfare. It prov- Division since September 1915. As an ed that a fortified position no matter how strong its defences v'as still cap- able of being pierced provided- that every arm of the service was given a fitting role and that every ounce of en- ergy was skilfully directed in carrying it out. After the line had again become stable in June 1917, Byng was given the Third army'. His successor in the. Canadian Corps vias Sir Arthur Currie, who had commanded the 1st Canadian varying intensity for two months, For the fact that over 40,000 specially the next six weeks the Corps formed part of Gough's Reserve Army attack- ing northwards from Posieres towards tries, at first astride and later to the north of the Albert-Bapatune Road. The glorious story of the fighting for tiesiau, Kenora and Regina trenches, Mcrquet Pant and Courcelette, is writ large in annals of gallantry, endurance and sheer hard fighting in the face of heavy odds and under conditions hith- erto considered impossible. All four Canadian Divisions in suc- cession fought under Byng at the Som- me althought the Fourth which had ar rived in France in August only cane South to join the Corps for the first time a week before the other Divisions were withdrawn from the line. The 18 th British Division also served under hint for a few days and subsequently Shared in the honior of finally capturing Regina Trench. In Horne's Army 'The end of October saw Byng in llorne's First Army, holding the line opposite the Vimy Ridge with the 1st, and and 3rd Canadian Divisions tinder Intal; a month later the 4th Candiann Division rejoined and tate Corps return- the 3rd of May the Canadian Corps at- tacking from the Somme where it had fought on e front of 8,000 yards pene- Crated to a depth of six miles, captur- ing 7,000 prisoners and 67 guns nand with them the strongest position on the Britisli front, Vitny or the Battle of Arras as it Is officially termed )narks an epoch in Army Commander his exploits were closely followed by his old Corps, but none of the Canadian Division ever again fought a major action under him although they held part of the line on the Third Army front in the summ- er of 1918 and for one day only in October 1917, the Corps was under or tiers to join him south-west of Cerebral where he staged on the 20th of Nov- ember the most =bilious and spectac ular attack of his career. 1 Is Canada to Bar The Door? Labor leade}s and the Labor Press want immigration stopp:' i. Lobbyists have been busy at Ot- tawa for some lino f icturir:r b fore members the fearful is;,)lis la unemployment that would li1:aly follow if Canada does not bar the door to immigration. The unem- ployment situation is not a uc•v problem. Winnipeg and Canada have been dealing with it annually for the past twenty years. Any ex- cess in unemployment at the present time is due to the fact that the pub- lic stopped buying goods .nnade doar by too high a cost of production, in which labor figures largely. There is abundance of work in Canada and there will be plenty for everybody to do — immigrants and all — for years to conte. The present alf- ficulty is that capital will not gam- ble on the present high cost of pro- duction. Therefore it is not the scarcity of work that is causing the trouble but the scarcity of capital. The propaganda that Labor lead- ers have been spreading- in the Labor Press is of an entirely selfish and class distinction. The phase of the immigration question considered by them, is how will immigration affect Labor supply, or to be more con- crete, how will it affect wages? Labor leaders speak of possible im- migration aggregates' that will liken 'flood Canada, but they never eliminate the 30 to 40 per cent. of women, school children, and under, included in immigration totals, that do not enter the labor market. Sta- tistics show that of every twenty mals immigrants over 21 years of a the average is out three skill- ed lab laborers, ten unskilled workers and the other seven of professional eols5 ypnations. What yeoars��'mOm�tioni p ellit will Canada be if the resolution now before the Ottawa House "that all immigration be suspended until a normal condition of affairs is estab- lished," is considered. There is a general impression that the only immigrants Canada needs, are those going directly on the farms. That is true, but will the immigrant conn- ing to Canada go directly to the farm 7 Mr. W. S. Bennett, member of the United States Immigration Commission, who worked two and a half years investigating the ques- tion of immigration abroad, chal- lenges any statement that the cities are the wrong place for the immi- grant, so far as the immigrant is concerned. Mr. Bennett goes on to say that the Immigration Commission found the fact to be that 98 per cent. of theimmigrants sn times in general specifically, know what employment they are go- ing into before they leave their homes, their wives and other de- pendents. The reason why the fm - migrant goes to the cities, Mr, Ben- nett explains, is that he has a better chance to earn a little ready money and that there are also opportuni- ties for hint, if he is of a foreign tongue, to talk to men of his own people, who speak his language, which is most essential during the time that ho is ]earning the Eng- lish language and the local situa- tion. "If the opportunities on the farm are greater than those offered in the city, the immigrant will soon find it out and act accordingly,' says Mr. Bennett. NIr. Bennett asks the question rived aiulg antnfor going toy ar- the rived immigrant place where he finds compatriots, a place of worship, and helpful sur- roundings for hire to get the right start in a new land. If be cannot speak English, he has an opportuni- ty in the first few months to gain R wider knowledge of Canadian con - (Wiens from people of his Own birth who are always to be found in the cities and towns. If when the im- migrant first lards he is not trained os even equipped to go nut on taxi prairies to settle down and get a living from the. soil, what is the nae of sending him out there to become a disgruntled and dissatisfied citi- zen? Immigration is a problem of great consequence to the people of Canada to -day. Iirtlui ral•i•an hon a great .influence on industry and en ur preaperity which is Om hast of ,he revenue for the goveu]d estriotale public generally. al protest : c+?i drawn large scale traps were issued to units of the Canadian Cortes, and when zero hour at least came, it is no exag- geration to say that every N.C.O. tak- ing part in the attack had a general idea of the Corps scheme and could with aid of his trap give a clear and detailed ex- planation of how lois battalion intended to reach and retail its objective. Now for the first time tihe work of the Intelligence Branch bore rich fruit, every move on the part of the enemy was noted and by sifting the mass of hi - formation obtained from various sourc- es detailed maps were prepared show- ing clearly the dispositions, of Ills in- fantry and artillery, his defences, rout- es of approach, communications and supply dumps. To these maps were largely due the completeness and effic- iency of our artillery program for when on the early morning of April 9th the assault was finally delivered the thor- oughness of the destruction and the mental attitude IC the demoralized de- fenders left little to be desired. Without entering into detailed ac- counts of the actual battle, it may be said that between the 9th of April and for six weeks under the 1 ith British Corps. Early in January preparations for tine spring offensive were taken in ]rand, and while these were in progress an ag- Acv which included several 1.05611 raids, was put Into try of tle,+rnhle immigration into, Canals. A dru1::,teeetise policy of ii ' .-.H.lio', 1 n''•:i., 1 and• it is t,: to Ceiride to i itahlieh a con- structive pully 1 • ' on eerefuli ex0.mineti0n at ceeilitions here and' abroad to the end that it may safe-' guard oar interest:, and pronate the' ecenersl welfare, regar,Ilese of any: one etas Cannd;t. needs new people, needs( then) b•:dly, ort the farms and in all; lines of industrial activity where it is now almost impossible to get men' to do the great amount of necessary , rough labor to keep industry mov- ing. Certainly, there are people' who should not be permitted to coupe into the country, because in the very nature of things their admittance' means conflict and radical social disturbance in our midst. Canada' already has its share of this class. Canada is not the congested coun- try that Labor leaders would have people think. Canada covers an area • of 3,603,910 square miles. Now let us .deduct one-third, or say 1,200,- 000 square miles of what might be classed at present, as undesirable or unproductive areas. This leaves a basis of approximately two and a half million square miles. Canada could absorb the entire population of the British Isles (England, Scot- land and Ireland) and then have 350 less people to the square mile than now exists in the Old Land. Flax - Ing our present population at 10,- 000,000, that means an average of d people per square mile in Canada. If this two-thirds of Canada w as densely populated as France, w would have a population of approxi. mately 482,500,000 people and y France is not a densely populated country, It bas substantially lk *Aft: 1-p4� papuiatiop: it hada foiittts 13M as a iitfoo5upied are13d If this. two-thirds of Canada werot as thickly settled as the Unitad Kingdom, we would have a popula- tion of over 65,000 000 people. Talc.un ing Canada's greatest 1grati year (1918) as a basis for compo tation, 11 would take over 250 y rs for this country to become as thick- lysettled as even the United Statos —not co)hnting the natural increase, We don't have to go abroad for comparisons. Let us take 'the pro- vinces of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. If the four Western provinces were as thickly settled as these two Eastern provinces, we would have a population West of the Great Lakes of over 27,000,000 people and to settle this many peo- ple it would take above 135 years with as great an influx as we hall to the West during the banner year of 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1014:' not even taking into account the. natural increase. dere is the bitua- tion in so far as Western Canada is! concerned. Speaking in round num- bers, Manitoba has but six people' to every square mile, Saskatchewan, two to the square anile, Alberta less than two, and British Columbia prac- tically only ono to the square mile. Giving every possible allowance for' waste land and reducing our square mileage down to productive areas the very suggestion that immigra- tion should be curtailed in any re- strictive capacity at all, permits of no basis for argument. , The population per square utile for Great Britain and Ireland is 374. The population of France taken by the census of 1913, gave 40,412,220 or a population of 193 persons to. tho square mile. Iii 1912 the popu- lation of Belgium was 7,510,418 and. the population per square mile was' 658 persons. The population of the German Empire in Europe in 1911,,.1 was 60,100,000, or a population o i 311 to the square mile. In face of the above, is there any wonder why the people of GreatBri- tain, of France, and of 13elgium, should not be turning their eyes to a country such as Canada where the possibilities for the tutu% are so great? Is there any rer.stin why as a part of the Great British Ilmpire, we ahoulc] clo=e nus gates to the people 01 an'at Br lain ss h salty, or to the pole n, i r r ee, htuir;i,tm ov the llniteJ Slr' e, from whenea so many dcsir able citizens have cn:ae to M. In the inures , the countrye, we 551051hsve n , r tivo and not a restrictive t i.y of 44 immigration.— Emplo' 's"' ',ane. tion ll 3.1anitoba,111 .