The Seaforth News, 1926-05-13, Page 3STRIKE IN GREATBRITAIN RESOLVES
ITSELF INTO JEST OF ENDURANCE
Constables Sit Beside Drivers of Busses in London, and
Ba'r^ged Wire is Strang Over Radiators of Vehicles --
The Air is Thick With Portents of Coming Trouble But
Ne° -her Side Shows Any Sign of Breaking Down.
A despatch from London says:- decide to interfere with their motive
There Is no sign of ylelding on either' power,
Side in Britain's great strike. • The Around the newspaper offices in
excitement of the fleet days is giving, F1•eest Street a region of strike pickets
way to dogged obstinacy. The glamor lurked all day, Rumors of coming et
of the nnesual which colored the Macke come thick and fast.
sir ikc'i. tee.inn•ing bras faded. "They are going to storm your MAW -
It has 'left behind nothing but drab- ing tonight" members of the London
nese and sameness, and an. u11eenny Times staff and foreign correspondents
feeling of coming -terrors if neither havingoffices in the Times Building
side breaks the ether soon. are told. But the threatened storm'
There Is no mistaking the growing bit- bas not materialized -so far, Through-
teenage Of the forces pitted against out Thursday there were riots in Lon-
each
oneach other in the fight for mastery over, don and elsewhere in Britain. But no -
Great Britain. The smiles and Jokes where did they get really bad.
of the first hours of the strike are no I On. many roads leading to the city
more. Now one sees scowls, and hears from the suburbs, strikers in en ugly
curses. 4y mood interfered throughout the day
Britain le in a state of war, without with those seeking to enter the city,
the panoply of warfare.
There -is no rattle of musketry or
boom of artillery -as yet -but •if-e'ver
a beetle was waged in this world it is
being waged now in Britain. It is a
battle fought practically in, "silence-
but what a battle it is!
Here and there, to be sure, are the
usual appurtenances of warfare, Arm-
ored cars crawled through London on
Thursday on their way to military con-
centration centres. Squads of soldiers
guarded bus garages. Sentrieg.in full
war equipment -many more of them
than usual-marebed briskly to and
fro in front of the Royal palaces.
And outside London there are troop
movements "to places Where ' trouble millions of men may cause laughter,
May break out at a moment's notice, but the phrase is considered significant
and sudden marehiugs of battalions on here, in_tha,t it may foreshadow more
undisel000d errands. drastic Government methods in seek-
Clvillane also are lending a touch of ing to crush the sr'ike. For if the
war to the Britain of the last three ,strike is illegal, why quibble, the Gov
days. Nearly every bus which dares ernnient may ask, about hoe, to throt-
to venture into London streets has a tle it? Why not soldiers instead of
constable seated .beside the. driver. constables, rides and machine guns -in -
And also there le barbed wire strung stead of persuasion and half-hearted
over the radiator in case the strikers wielding of police clubs?
One auenrber. of The New York Times
staff, who lives about ten miles from
his office, tried vainly to get to work.
Every time he. started far Loudon -his'
carwas turned back by one group or
another of strikers• in no wood for pars
leying. Boys from the cable company,
carrying despatches, also were stopped
outside newaparper offices, but: the
police rescued them from the clutches
of the strike pickets.
Thursday night, in the House of
Commons, ,Sir John Simon, one of the
most notable legal lights -151 Britain,
*said the general strike is absolutely
illegal and the striker Is liable topro-
secution. The picture of prosecuting
EXPORT TRADE SHOWS
$246,125,43$ INCREASE
Imports from United States
610 1Millions and Exports
474 Millions.
.A despatch from Ottawa says: -
Canada's export trade for the fiscal
year ended March 31' last, reached the
unprecedented total of $1,815,192,791,
and showed an increase of 5246,125,-
438
246,125;488 over the peeceding fiscal year. Im-
ports amounted to 5927,402,782, an in-
crease ' of $130,470,195, leaving a
total net improvement in Canada's
favorable trade balance of 5115,655,-
243, as compared with the preceding
year.
Imports from the United States in-
oreased 'a little more than $100,000,-
000, to a total of $609,825,350, and
exports to the United States increased
more than $5700,000 to a total of
$474,890,028.
Exports to the United 'Kingdom
increased by over 5112,000,000, to a
total of 5508,249,576, : and imports
firom. the United Kingdomi increased
by more than 512,000,000, to a total
of :$168,710,431.
Exports to Australia increased by
over 53,000,000, to a total of 515,-
436,025,
15;436,025, and imports from Australia
Advanced about $400,000, to a total
of $3,042,054. Imports from the
British East Indies 'increased by
nearly $4,000,000, to a total of $16,-
927,102, and exports increased by over
$5,000,000, to a total of $11,596,183.'
Imports from the British West Indies
dropped nearly 55,000,000, to $9,972,:
152, and exports increased by over
$2,000,000, to a total of 513,295,160.
Exports to New Zealand increased
Po by
about $500,000, to a total of $16,561,-
844.
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Worst Ice Blockade in
50 Years Ties Up Steamers
Port Coiborne.-Lake freighters lin-.
prismred in the ice off Port Colborne
since Sunday have: made' some pro-
gress, and there is a possibility -that•
they may -reach port this week. Tho
Stee:motor is only 3 miles off shore,
with' the John. P. Reiss only a short
distance behind. Four freighters from
Port Colborn began bucking the ice
again and were making' some impres-
cion on the mass..
Thirty-six steamers are tied up in
the harbor and will sail as soon as
a passage is forced. A jump in tem-
perattire, and rain forecast, promised
to aid shippers in clearing up the
worst ice ,bloekade in 60 years, and
considerable ice was floating down the
canal toward Buffett*. However, the
pack shows little sign of relenting..
. -4.
Five Generations Complete
With Arrival of Baby Son
A. despatch from Welland says:-
The birth of a son to Mr'.. and Mrs
W. J. Titus of ;Ridgevii'e completes
rive generations in the family circle.
',Che great -great-grandmother is Mrs.
J. Clendenning of Toronto, who is 98
years of age. The great -grand
mother of the infant Is Mrs. John
Wall of Toronto, who is 70 years of
age. The grandmother is Mrs. W.
J. Titus of Toronto, 50 years old.
S+ Ir Wm. Mitchell -Thomson
Posnraster-general, who leads the gov-
ernment organization for maintaining
public_ services during the present
strike tie-up in England.
Youth Drops 50 Feet
Into Niagara Gorge
A despatch from Niagara Falls,
Ont., says.: -Falling 50 feet: into the
Niagara . Gorge, William Lyle, 16
Years old, of this city, had a narrow
escape from death. Lyle was walking
alonge pathway at thetop of the bank,
when he slipped and pl nged.over the
cliff. He took a sheer drop of moose
that 50 feet and then struck come
shrubs, which broke his fall and pre-
vented hien from rolling the remain-
ing 150 feet toile river edge,
Lyle was brought to the top of the
bank by rescuers and taken to a has-.
pital, where it was said that he was
badly . bruised and suiiering from
shock: No bones are believed to have
been broken,
GOVERNOR HONORED
BY PRINCE GEORGE'IT SECTION OF SEASON'S PROGRAM -OF
King's Son Presents Medals to i RO
Hongkong Officials -Guest
f Ti 1 d Chi
A despatch from Hongkong says:-
Prince George, younger brother of the
'Prince of Wales, who is undergoing
his naval training aboard the HIVI.S.
Hawkins, the fh gelrip of the British
squadron in China waters, is becom-
ing quite a fame:ear figure in the so-
cial and affioiwi life of this colony.
He is to be seem here, there and every-
where in mufti when off duty, and
wherever h9 goes he gains fresh popu-
larity by reason of his nate ral and
unassuming ways and his obvious en-
joyment of Info.
He has figured as the principal actor
in an official function here, by aching
for the I{ing in carrying out an in -
Prince Vlctot Napoleon y,estiture, at which the Governor and
Bonapartist pretender to the throne of ethers were, ceeemandously, presented
France, who died hi Brussels on May with decorations. This was'quite a big
3; The p•ri`nce was 64 years of age. affair, reminiscent of investitures at
Bucicinghom Palace; .and the guard of
honor for the occasion Was supplied
STRIKE CAUSES DROP
I
not by the regular mrhtaty, but, by the
IN F'O'OD •PRICES Scottnsh compang of the Volunteer;
ICorps, conrsposede of sons of ,Scotland.
Exports Fall Off as Boats Are
Unable to Take Cargoes
to Britain.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
British strike has brought benefit to
the French
form of an unprecedented fall in
prices of early spring foodstuffs be-
cause of cessation of exportation to
England.
There has already been a drop of
50 pier cent. in the prices of fresh
vegetables and fruits throughout.
South France. Cherries fell from'
350. to 150 francs per hundredweight
in the Montpelier region. The famous
new potatoes_ of Saint'Brieuc are in
danger of being left in the ground;
as unprofitable if the strike continues.I
Exporters face heavy losses. Brit -1
ish vessels are not even taking
aboard cargoes already coiitractedl
for.'. The Cabinet has directed the.
Minister of Agriculture to arrange
with the railways' for' the return of
perishable foodstuffs which are rot-
ting on sidings in Channel.por•ts
awaiting transportation to England.
Labor organizations of France and
Belgium have.whole-heartedly ap-
proved an offer to support the Brit-
ish strikers. Officers of the National
Federation' and functionaries of the
various Labor syndicates wired- the
British Trade ,Unions . Council ex-
pressing solidarity and hoping for
"complete success of your. program
relative to vindications, which inter-
est the workers of a.1 countries."
All sea traffic from Belgium to
England has been suspended since the
last boat left Ostend Wednesday
night. At Antwerp -the dock workers
decided to prevent all exportation of
eoal to England.
occupying- business positions in the
Colony.
On the night M the investiture the
Prince was the gueet of a titled Chi-
nese, Sir Shoo -Son Chow, and at it he
made his acquaintance with such.Chi-
nese ditches as birds' nest soup and
consuming public in the vy
Boy Starts Treasure Hunt
and Finds Robbers' Cache
Fort Wiliam. - Buried treasure
brought reward and prominence to
Harvey Shab:e, an 11 -year-old Fort
William boy. Starting a treasure
hunt near his home, Harvey unearth-
ed jewelry valued at $1,000, and im-
mediately turned it over to the police.
He 'found it under a sidewalk near
his home.
The treasure was identifiedaspart
of loot taken in a 58,000 robbery here
on March 5.
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Royal Courts Are Postponed
Because of British Strike
A despatch= from London says: -
The 'Earl of Cromer, Lord Chamber-
lain, announced that the Royal Courts,
which were to be held at Buckingham
Palace on May 13 and 14, and at which
King George and Queen Mary were to
have received many Canadian and
American visitors, have been post-
poned indefinitely on account of the
general strike.
arks fins.- The chopstncics dud Sect
cause him any trouble for he handled
them with remarkable dexterity, but
he came to grief when he borrowed a
native fiddle from a member of the
Chinese orchestra. Making several
attempts to extract music from the
strange instrument, the Prince finally
handed it back with a smile, saying,
that it was "fan: too difficuet" for. him.
The Prince also takes a huge delight
in horseback' riding. Polo and pony
racing take up much of has spare time,
while he also follows the Penang Hunt
in the beautiful country in the New
Territories. All in all, "P. G.." as his
naval •chums cal him, is about the
most popular Britisher in this part of
the world.
Charles F. Paul
Editor of Saturday Night, who died
suddenly in Toronto, on April 30,
Three Hamilton Women
Injured When Auto Overturns
A despatch from Hamilton says: -
Three women occupants of an auto-
mobile were injured when an automo-
bile overturned while swerving too
sharply to avoid a collision at Locke
and York Streets. Mrs. Charles
Vance, 429 Wentworth Street North;
Miss Betty Vance, a daughter, and
Miss Campbell, were all removed to
the General Hospital suffering from
lacerations and bruises. None of
them are seriously hurt.
The car they were in was driven
by Chanes Vance, and overturned
when he attempted to avoid striking
another vehicle driven by P. Phillips,
20 Locke Street South.
BUILDING IN ONTARIO ANNOUNCED
Road contracts. totalling .$2, 3 ,
have been .awarded by the Ontario
Government and represent the pro-
gram of ctnstrhoton for the present
season, which has so tar been decided
upon. Practically every section of old
Ontario is interested in some :phase of
the program, .the details of which were
made available at the Parliament
Buildings by Hon. George S. Henry,
Minister of Hlglrweys.
The total of 52,339,e00, wlitch has
been awarded, does not represent the
total work which the Highways De-
partment will undertake during the
season, but simply the portion of it,
which has been passed upon by Hon.
Mr. Henry. .Quiteapart from the sum
total, however, which may reach are
or six million (tellers, • interest centres'
thie year in the construction costs
which the Government has achieved.'
Contract' figures show that the washed
and screened gravel concrete, the,
hardest type road which the depart-
ment builds, is being constructed this
Year for $19,700 to 523.900 per mile.
This figure represents the lowest build-
ing costs -which the department has
succeeded in achieving, and contrasts
notably with the $35,000 and "$40,000
per mile costs which formerly pre
.ailed,
The program which the Government
has already embraced for the present
Year contemplates the construction of
44,31 miles of concrete paving; of
10.13 miles of asphalt top on a.black
base type; of 19.83 miles of bitumin-
ous penetration type; of 12.30 miles
macadam -type; of 32 miles of grading
and culvert work; and of 61.20 miles
of surface treatment. The details of
the localities In which this work is to
be done are as follows;
Graves concrete roads; From Col-
borne westerly 7.39 miles at a cost
of 522,700 per mile; from Brighton to
Colborne, 7.26 miles, at a cost of
522,400 per mile; from Trenton to
Brighton, 7.7 wiles, at a cost of 519,700
t t of $22 200 per mile; from
Leamington west and from Comber, to
Ruscum, 12.17 m11ee, et a coat of 523,-
900
23;900 per mile; from Dublin to Mitchell,
4.59 miles, at a cost of 520,600 Per
01119.
Asphalt top on Mack base roads:
From Allenburg to Welland, 6.41
mules, at a coat of 524,330 per mile;
from Nortfh Gower to Rideau, 7.34
miles, at a coat of 519,300 per mile;
Johnstown to Cardinal 5,43 miles, at
a cost of $29,690 per nil's.
Bituminous penetration reads:
reads:
Plast of Lansdowne, 3.56 miles, at a
cost of 521,200 per mile; Pembroke
South, 5 miles, at a cost of 510,400
per mile; Gananoque West, 3.68 miles,
at a cost og 517,100 per mile; Simooe
to Renton, 4.41 miles, 521,900; at
Stittsvi5le, .6 miles, ea a cost of $20,-
600 per mile; Morrisburg to Iroquois,
2.68 miles., at a east of $20,200 per
mile.
Macadam roads: South- from the
Belleville Bridge 3.2 miles, at a cost
of $11;700 per mile; from Fraserville'
to Baiileboro, 5,24 miles, at a cost of
$16,430; from Georgetown, west, 4
miles at a cost of 512,100 per mile;
from Norval Plast, 2.56 miles, at a cost
of 514,800 per mile; from Brampton,
north, 7.3 miles, at a cost of $15,800
per mile.:-
Grading and culverts: In the Lom-
bardy Division, 6.7 miles, at a cost of
56,300 per mile; Chatsworth South,
6.5 miles, at a cost of $3,200 per mile;
Markdals North, 6.1 miles, at a cost
of $2,850 per mile; Joyceyiile North,
13.5 miles, at a cost. 01 53,800 per nils.
Surface treatment: Ottawa West,
8.16 miles; at a cost of 5330 per mile;
Port Elmsley North, 35 miles, at a cost
of $850 per mile; L'Original West, 18.4
miles, at a cost of $810 per mile.
Bridge struotural work and super-
structures have been contracted for at
Louisville Culvert, Jantzen's • Creek,
Simpson's Guile', Tremblay Creek,
Hawkesbury Creek, and Carp Bridge.
The grand total involved in the whole
per mile; from Marden north 5.2 miles program adopted to date is 52,339,419.
TRE WEEK' S MARKETS
TORONTO. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 32 to
Man. wheat -No. 1 North., 51.61%;
No. 2 North., $1.55%; No. 3 North.,
$1.50%.
Man. oats -No. 2 CW., nominal; No.
8, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 49%9• No.
2 feed, 480; Western grain quotations
on c.i.f. bay ports.
Am. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2
yellow, 87c; No 3 yellow, 84c.
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $31.25;
shorts, per ton - $33.25; middlings,
$40.26; good feed flour, per bag, $2.30.
Ont. oats -44 to 46c, f.o.b. slopping
points.'
Ont, good milling wheat -51.33 to
$1.40, f.o.b. shipping points, according
to freights.
Barley, malting -62 to 64c.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 72c.
Rye -No. 2, 85c.
Man. flour -First pat., $9, Toronto;
do, second pat., $8.50.
Ont. flour -Toronto, 91 per cent.
pat., per barrel, in carlots, Toronto,
$6.05; seaboard, in bulk, 56.20,
Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9 to 59.50.
Screenings -Standard, recleaned, 2.
o.b. bay ports, per ton, 522,50.
Cheese -New, large, 20c; twins,
21c; triplets, 22c; Stiltons, 23c. Old,
large
,, ...r,�.,, .
Butter -Finest creamery prints,
38 to 88%c; No. 1 creamery, 36% to
87%; No. 2, 84% to 35%c. Dairy
prints, 273 to 29 a.
Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 36
to 36c; fresh extras, loose, 34c; fresh
firsts, 33c• fresh seconds, 28 to 29c.
Dressed 'poultry --Chickens, spring,
Ib., 70 to 80c; chickens, ib., 35 to 379;
hens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 30c; do, 3 to
4 lbs., 27c; roosters, 25c; ducklings, 5
lbs. and up, 30 to 31c; turkeys, 40c.
Beans -Can. hand-picked, 52.a0 per
bushel; primes, 32.40 per bushel,
Maple produce -Syrup., per imp.
gal., 52.30 to 52.40; per 5 -gal., $2.26 to
$2.30 per gat; maple sugar, lb., 25 to
26e; nutple syrup, new, per gat, 52.40.
Honey -50 -lb. tins, 11% to 12c per
lb.; 10 -lb, tins, 1384 to 12c; 5 -lb. tins,
11 to 12%c: 2% -lb. tins, 14 to 141/4c.
"'Ike lezeeekeet
A $500,000 TARGET
H.M.S.. Centurion. which ie now to be used as a for the target Bs' tis lr Atlantic 'tt following the scuttling of its predecessor. The 'warship 1ei8
g i nt 0�• g
Portsmouth recently for recoustructon and for removal ofthe guns, and valuable parts ot0theaeuperatrtheture.
34e; cooked hams, 47 to 49c; smoked
rolls, 22c; cottage, 25 to 2'rc; break-
fast bacon, 32 to 38c; special brand
breakfast bacon, 33 to 39c; backs,
boneless, 39 to 45c.
Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 60
to 70 lbs., $24.25; 70 to 90 lbs., $23.75;
20 lbs. and up, 522.34; lightweight
rolls in barrels, 542.50; heavyweight
rolls, 539.50 per bbl.
Lard -Pure tierces, 17% to 18e;
tubs, 18 to 183tsc; pails, 18i to 19e;
prints, 29 to 21c; shortening,
tierces, 15% to 1Gc; tubs, 16 to 163tc;
pails, 1634 to 17c; blocks, 17% to 18e.
Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to 38;
do, good, $7 to 57,25; butcher
steers, choice, $7 to 57.76; do, good,
36.25 to 36.75; do, cone to med., 5 to
$6; butcher heifers, choice, $6.50 to
$7.50; do, good, $6 to $6.50; do, comm,
$5 to $5.50; butcher cowschoice,
$5.25 to $6.25; do, fair to good,, 34 to
$5; butcher bugle, good, 55 to 56;
bolognas, $8.50 tJ $4; canners an
cutters, 52.50 to $3.50; springers,
,choice, 385 to 5100; good rnileh cows,
$75 to $85; medium cows, $45 to $60;
feeders, good, 56.2E to $6.75; do, fair,
$5 to $6; calves, choice, 511 to $11.50;
do, good, $9.60 to 510.50; do; lights,
$5 to $7.50; good lambs, $14 to $15;
o, med., $12.50 to $18; do, culls, $10
to 511.50; good light sheet, $8 to
9.G0• beau sheep and bucks 5.b0
to $6.50; hogs, thick smooths, fed. and
watered, 513.15; do, f.o.b., 512.75; do,
country points, $12.50; do off cars,
$13.75; do, thick fats, f.o.b., $12.25;
select premium, $2.61.
MONTREAL.
Oats -CW., No. 2, 62c; do, No. 3,
58c; extra No. 1 feed, 56c. Flour,
Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $9;
seconds, $8.50; strong bakers', 38.80;
winter pats, choice, $6.7n to $6.80,
Rolled oabs, bag, 90 lbs., $3.20 to $3.80.
Bran,, $31.25. Shorts, $33.25. Mid
things, $40.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, 313.50.
Cheese, finest welts, 18. Butter, No,
11, pasteurized', 83%e. Eggs, storage
extras, 86c; do., storage firsts, 33e; do,
storage seconds, 31c. Potatoes, Que-
bec, per bag, car lots, 33,50 to 53.75:
Fairly good veals, $6 to $7; hogs,
314.50 to 514.76; sown, 311.25 to
$11.50.
$9.50; Y P ,$
Cheerfully Ignoring Strike,
Tourists Sail for Britain
Montreal. -Apparently ignoring the
possibility of meeting hardship be-
cause of the British strike, the con-
course of the Windsor Station here
was filled to overflowing With travel-
lers taking the boat train for Quebec
to said on the liner Minnodosa for
Southampton. Two special trains
were made up, carrying some five hun-
dred passengers from all parts of the
Dominion. Many were of the impres-
sion that Government lorries would
be on ,hand to carry them from the
coast to their inland destination in the
Old Countr'y,
Quebec to Standardize Rates
of All Public Utilities
A despatch from Montreal says:--
Standardizstion or rates charged by
all public utility companies for Iheh'
sereices throughout the Province is
the definite object with which the
Quebec Service Commission is gather-
ing data from all eo•ncerned, aceerd-
ing to Adaien Beaudry, Chairman of
the Commission.
Bobby Leach
Who achieved world-wide notoriety
when he plunged over Niagara Falls In
a barrel, died in New Zealand as the
result of a failon a piece of orange
Peet
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SPALATO TO SUPPLY
STONE FOR MEMORIAL
Vimy Monument to be Built of
Beautiful Stone Used in
Roman Palaces.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
Stone from Spoleto, such as was used
in the building of, palaces for Roman
Emperors, and particularly that of
Diocletian., who ruled A.D. 234 to 805,
will be utilized in the construction of
the Canadian war memorial at Vimy
Ridge. Spoleto is on the Adriatic
coast of Jugoslavia,. and 'permission
has been obtained from the Govern-
ment of Jugoslavia to work the
ancient quarry, which has been re-
discovered in recent years.
Colonel H. C. Osborne of the War
Graves Commission, when asked about
this stone, stated that it had been
recommended by the highest aubhori
ties. It is a beautiful stone of fine
texture and amber calor. The Roman
remains of this stone are in fine pre-
servation, he said. Colonel Osborne
explained it -has taken two years to
find a desirable stone with the,quali-
ties necessary for such work as that
of Walter Allward, the Canadian
sculptor. The stone is both beautiful
for carving and of durable texture.
It can also be obtained in the neces-
sary large blocks.
The memorial comprises a large
number of sculptured figures in
groups, so that this latter -qualifica-
tion was also essential. The con-
tract for the construction of the war
memorial has been let by the Cana-
dian War Memorial Commission to
H. T. Jenkins, Ltd., of Torquay, Eng-
land.
Natural Resources Bulletin.
The various provincial governments
spend about three million (tellers an-.
nualiy on their forests and receive in
revenue from the forest industries
about twelve and one -had millions.
Similarly with mining, the expendi-
tures are less than 3z mi lion dollars
and the revenues 2% millions. On
game and' fisheries, less than $700,000
les spent and nearly 51,700,000 rev-
enese is obtained. Under these tinea
headings' alone we find a direct rev-
enue of 16% millions, as opposed to
maintenance charges by the govern-
menta in question of only 4 mullions.
In this connection no account is
taken of the huge pay rolls in the
three industries. Ne record 1s male
of the dependent industries, the Sup-
plies purchased, the transportation.
furnished to the railways :or to the
profits that are made for the benefit of
shareholders in every part of the Do -
It is thus apparent how profitable t
the country is the development of na-
tural resources, and how essential that
the greatest care and supervision
should be maintained over their ex-
ploitation. Mineral resources may bo
forever wasted by using up the high
grade ores and neglecting the lower
grade. This is known as "picking the
eyes out of a nhine." Forest reserves
may be depleted in a generation
through fire, insect ravages and indis-
criminate cutting. . Fishe,r•ies which,'
with care, might be maintained In per-
petulty,may, he exhausted through ex-
cessive and unrestricted prey upon
given areas and specific species. The
gradual depletion of the magnificent
sturgeon and of the sperm whale are
but two examples of this.
The public cenecienoe is gradually
becoming awakened however. Respon-
etbie officials are pointing the way
to more business -like regulations and
their efficient enforcement. The ex-
haustible portion of our natural heri-
tage 'may yet be preserved for genera-
tions yet unborn, and at that, with
iso appreciable sacrifice of immediate
needs or Legitimate gain.
ma
Eloctlon Law,
In Australia there is a law that lin-.
poses it fine of 510 on every cltizeu
who does not vote when he is physi-
cally ahis to got to the polis. The law.
had its first test in the recent Federal
election. Ninety-one per eerie. of the
enrolled voters actually net votes; for
several yearn before the law was pass-
etl only fifty -live or sixty' out of every
hundred cittzeus e0ulci he Induced to
Failure to do an honest day's work
is at best a mild fora) of dishonesty.
-H. D.