Zurich Herald, 1927-06-16, Page 6, rk
FOURTH PRIZE ESSAY
The Conf °deration of Canada.
11Tiss Irma writes ,izt part ea follows;
I was verY Piave(' to hear that my.
essay 1 a•d won a lax :CO slid wia1i to
take this olilrortunity of thanking you
for it.
I was, born 1n Stouft'villo and have
lived here all my life attending tate
Stoufrville Public and Continuation
Schools. Last year I tried the high
School entrance examinations and
succeeded in passing them with hon-
ors,
onors, and this year, se far, I believe, I
have led my classes. Canipositioit has
been about my best subject and I be
lieve 11 is the one subject I really like
for I really enjoy writing a composi-
tion on au interesting subject though
I have by no means, any great talent or
ability for it,
I am very fond of reading books and
have read a great many of them of
many different c•las,ee•s and it is very
hard indeed to leave my books and at-
tend my school duties.. But though I
enjoy reading Looks I am by no means
the proverbial "book -worm" because
sports of all kind form an important
part in my life. In the winter to speed
swiftly around the rink on skates, in
the exhilarating air which brings the
roses to your cheeks, to me is life, Or
Perhaps it is a long snos-shoo, tramp
to the pond. Just now wo are actively
engaged in basketball at school and
enjoy it greatly, especially as we seem
to have the winning team, but we are
trying to Tarn to be good losers as well
as good winners for we cannot always
win. Then there is an endless list of
water sports and land siorts too num-
erous to mention. I am a member of
tate United Church of Canada Lere and
consequently engaged in the activities
of the societies connected with it.
"The Confederation of
Canada.,,
Through more than three centuries
of conflict and doubt, the history of
Canada has gradually unfolded itself,
until to -day we have a nation. The
daring of the early pioneers in war
and trade; the courage of the Roman
Cathalic missionaries; the French-
man's loyalty to creed, race and lang-
uage; the love cf 'liberty of t`he United
Empire Loyalists; these and many
other influences have gone to mould
Canadian institutions and Canadian
character. The men who' drew toge-
ther all these complicated threads into
a united whole and held it true to
British loyalty while retaining an Inde-
pendence of its own, are known in Cana-
dian history as "The Fathers of Con -I
federation," a band of men drawn to- ,
gether by a great idea. George Brown, 1
Sir George Cartier, Sir Oliver Mowat,
Sir Charles Tupper and others and
exercised their influence and used
their persuasive powers, seeing the
need of unity and working for a great
objective, Confederation, All did their
best but the man who carried the
greater part of the burden and who did
more than all to hold the nation to-
gether after it was united was Sir John
A. Macdonald. They won for Canada
Confederation, freedom, independence,
unity and still remained loyal to the
Motherland; and Confederation—the
B.N.A. Act has made Canada a na:bion,
a glorious home for children proud to
call themselves Canadians.
The Quebec Act and Constitutional
Act had given new farms of govern-
ment but were not entirely satisfac-
tory. Then Lord Durham was sent out
and recommended responsible govern-
ment and union and was aided by
Sydenham, Metcalfe and Lord Elgin.
As a result the two province's were
united and responsible government
wop.
There bad been many suggestions
of union in the last century. Colonel
Morse suggested it in 1777, the inde-
pen'd'ent loyalists in 1791, John B. Rob-
inson in 1822, and Lord Durham had
favored it at first but gave it .up b'e
cause of the lack of transportation.
By 1864 there had been in three
years, two elections and four minis -
trues and the two parties in Canada
were at a deadlock. It was thought
',that if all British North America were
,united, new members would come in
Zrom the Maritime Provinces and give
one party the majority. About this
time, although for years they had been
bitter enemies, because they were in -
1 spired by Confederation and heard the
call of Canada, Macdonald and Brown
united in her service. Great Britain
I favored union and the abolition of her
1 Coln Laws forced. Canada to look for
new trade. In 1851 the Reciprocity
,treaty gave her free trade with United
States but It was soon abolished. So
she thought that if she could not trade
north and south, why not east and
I west? To do this there must he a
railway to tale Maritime Provinces
A L,OVSR QF SPORT
IRMA S, GRUBIN, Stouffizille, Oat.
Spaa-tsmanshia no Disqualification
to a Good Writing.
and For this there must be some kind
of union. Mao, during the American
Civil War, fear of a United Stated
invasion made Canada Bee that for
strength she must have unity.
The French had feared that by be-
coming not one of two provinoes but
one of four or five, they would be
swamped, but Cartier persuaded them
of the apposite.
The Maritime Provinces ware sug-
gesting union of theneselvea and sent.
delegates to the Charlottetown eon-
1erenoe where Upper and Lower Can-
ada sent representatives to ask for
larger unman. They then adjourned to
Quebec and drew up a series of Resolu-
tions which in 1865 were passed by the
Canadian Parliament.
Upper Canada favored them but
Lower Canada, New Brunswick, New-
foundland, Nova Sootia and Prince Ed-
ward Island objected. However the
objections were overcome by Cartier.
in Quebec, Tilley 1n New Brunswick
and Tupper in Nova Scotia.
In 1866 delegates from Upper Can-
ada, Lower Canada, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia met at London where
the Quebec Resolutions became a bill.
The British Government gave every
help but the most prominent figure was
Sir John A. Macdonald. At last, the
British North America Act was ready
and on March 29, 1867, was passed by
Great Britain and on July 1, 1867,
Canada became a Dominion.
The terms of this Aet which made
Canada a free Dominion across the sea
from her Motherland are: -
(1) Upper and Lower Canada, New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia were form-
ed to be one Dominion under the name
of Canada.
(2) Upper and Lower Canada were
to farm two separate provinces, On-
tario and Quebec.
(3) The King was to be represented
by a Governor-General appointed by
the King.
(4) There was to be a cabinet of
thirteen members which was responsi-
ble to the people's representatives In
Parliament, to advise hien.
(5) he Legislature inehided two
bodies; the Senate; appointed for life.
by the Governor-General, and the
House of Coenmons elected by the
people for five years. Quebec was to
have sixty five members and the others
an equal number in proportion to their
population.
Canada is rapidly becoming a great
nation. Population has grown more
slowly than in the great nation to the
south of us, but it does not follow that
she will always lag behind. Her peo-
ple have made for her so honorable a
name that men and women, eager to
call themselves Canadians will came
to fill up the great North-Western
lila#rlis. Oanadians are honored and
heard with. great respect wherever
learned men gather. Every year thous-
ands of strangers seek health or pleas-
ure along the wonderful St. Lawrence,
among the towering peaks of the Cana-
dian Rockies or plunge into the forest,
to camp and fish Canada is a coun-
try of wonderful resources. Her for-
ests cover over a million square miles;
she has mullions of acres of rich wheat
lands, in mineral wealth she ranks
with any country and her manufac-
tures are rapidly being developed.
"Oh Canada! '"our home and native
land,
True patriot lave in all thy stets com-
mand,
With glowing hearts we see thee rine
Tho true North, strong and free,
And stand on guard, a Olt Can'ada!
We staud an guard o'er thee."
, ,Trucked Hogs Grade Well.
With the extension of good high-
iwaya from the marketing centres into
the country the number of .-Loge de-
livered to the steelyards and pack-
;ing-houses by truck is constantly in
`The wonder xnetal of the
age is a fitting term for
Aluzninurn. Its lightness;
brightness, flexibility, free-
dor from rust, and many
other good qualifies, make it
adaptable in a multitude of
uses, a chief one being as a
container par excellence for
good tea --Red Rose Tea is
packed only hi this modern
metal package. G1 J
ereasing. Not only is the delivery ac-
complished quickly and therefore" in
good condition, but as was pointed
at a number of swine meetings in
Eastern Ontario by Mr: ,Erie D. Mc -
Greer, the Sheep and Swine Promo -
tor of the Live Stock Branch located
at Kingston, it leads to rapid inn
piov anent in the grades becausethe
farmer can see for himself the type
of hog for which the highest price is
paid, This explains why the per-
tentage of sales in hogs trucked to
market is ueualiy higher time where
they aro shipped by rail,
The gentle summer shower it an
eavesdropper ,that selrloni 11'asra 'harsh
wordrs of itself,
'What • tune makes everybody glad?
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WOMEN'S'
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ISTIS
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Most of our readers are familiar
with the Women's Institutes, a rural
organization, established and. carry-
ing ort .for the purpope a securing
greater effioieney in the housing,
feeding, and clothing of the family,
exerting a • wholesome influence in
local social, life and rendering ser-
vice in community undertakings.
There are now 1057 of these In-
,stibutes in Ontario with the number
being gradually added to. The extent
and importance of the work of the
Institutes ` is indicated in the follow-
ing list of eoxnmitteea`and provincial
chairmen.
Health—Dr, Margaret Pailterson,
97 Waimea Rd., Toronto.
Agriculture—Mrs, kitf, M. Aitken,
Beaton, Ont.
Home Economics—Mrs, W. F.
Rase, R.R. No. 3, Embro, Ont.
Education and Better Schools—
Miss K. McIntosh, Brampton, Ont.
Immigration—Miss E. J. Guest, 9
Evelyn Cres., Toronto,
Legislation—Mrs. W. R. Lang, 55
Woodlawn Ave., Toronto.
Historical Research & Current
Events—Miss Appellee, R.R. No. 2,
Georgetown.
Community Activities—Mrs. M.
MacBeth, Milverton, Ont.
Relief—Mrs. D. D. Grant, Moose
Creek, Ont.
Canadian Industries ---Mrs. G. Ed-
wards, Komoka, Ont.
The Committee on Health is stress-
ing health education, plycal de-
velopment, and child welfare. The
activities have been many and varied
in the health work, but always prac-
tical and suited to the locality. The
general principle adopted in Institute
work is to make the best use of.,,avail-
able leleturers and services In the
hope and expectation that better ser-
vice and literature will be provided
from year to year; and has ben ex-
emplified forcefully in the work of
this committee. A splendid spirit of
co-operation has been established be-
tween the local Medical Officers of
Health, the -school and district nurses,
the Red Cross, the Children's Aid So=
ciety, the Canadian Council on Child
Welfare, as well as other health or-
ganizations and the Institutes.
The chairman for convention areas
in different sections of the province
co-operate with the provincial chair-
man in reporting upon activities and
formulating plans for further work.
By holding meetings once a month
for the study of home -making and
community problems, the Institutes
are doing much to Letter " conditions
surrounding rural life and endeavors`
The Institutes,tare assisted with liter-
ature and instructors from the Pro-
vincial Department of Agriculture,
while the members give addresses,
write papers, and carry on discusions
covering a wide field of practical and
culture endeavor. Efficiency in house --
keeping, physical development, health
principles, and community undertak-
ings have been materially added to
through the co-operation Of groups of
women in the. Institute and the vari-
ous departments of the Government.
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Bi'ports in these efforts will appear
from, time to time,
A series of 73'0 meetings is being
held between the middle of May and
the and of Juno, These meetings are
being addressed by persons thorough-
ly familiar with the Institute organi-
zation, aims, and activities, who have
been engaged as lecturers by the Pro,.
vineial Department of Agriculture.
Among the subjects being considered
are the following:
"Opportunity," "Pionere Service,"
"The Business of Being .;Women,"
"Agriculture for Women," "k' Moth-
er's . First Duty to Herself," "Train-
ing for Health, Beauty and Happi-
ness," "Giving the Baby a Right Start
in Life," "The Value of Temperature,
Pulse, and Respiration," "The • Res-
ponsibility of Horne Making," "Care
of the Feet," "Uncooked Foods and
How to Use xhem," "Old Age • Re-
tarded," 1'The Four Cardinal Vir-
ture—Health and. How to Attain it,"
"The Physical Development of the
Child," "School Lunches and other
Dietetic Problems, "The Interdepend-
ence of Town and Country," "The
Principles of Dress," "An Hour with
the Poets and Hymn Writers,"
"Music, What is means in a Com-
munity," "Books for Children," "A
Girl's Preparation for Life."
THE MOTOR CAMP
No Town Can Afford to Do
Without Proper Motor.
Tourist Accommodation.
A NEW INDUSTRY.
With the .summer season almost here
and the motor tourist expected, it is
time for municipalities to "look to
their fences.;' The Provincial Govern-
ment has given their official "O.K."
to same fifty motor camps in the pro-
vince that have, in conjunction with
mere parking space, proper sanitary
arrangements and good water ava3.l-
abbe. They stand ready to inspect and
pass, if right, any camp 41 the Dept. o•t
Health be notified and such tnepecion
asked for.
Necessary Convenience.
No town on a main highway can af-
ford to be without a proper damp for
motor tourists. Such touriists are
divided largely into two Classes—those
that patronize hotels and those that
"camp." In the' latter or camping class
there are two sub-divisions—those that
want a smsiU tourist shack for sheep-
ing accommodation and those that
carry their own equipment for night
camping, If a town is tp attract its
fair percentage of either of the last
two classes it must have a well organ-
ized and properly equipped. "tourist
camp."
Public or Private Camps?
The question must .be asked,- and
answered by town councils, "Will we
have a town camp or will we officially
recognize a certain ;particular private
oamp as our towns "Tourist Accom-
modation?" Either plan will work out
satisfactorily provided properly con-
etructed, well -cared -for sanitary • con-
veniences are installed, a proper water
supply arranged and if possible a
means of supplying hot water and'food
neoessities included. If the camp is
".town owned" a concession can be
leased to supply the neeesaitiea, and if
privately owned the owner will soon
Pee the money -making opportunity o'I
supplying the transient with tents,
blankets, milk, to, breed, ,etc., etc.
Tourists Are Spenders.
Motor tourists are out for a holiday
usually and they want comfort at a
reasonable cost and if the prices asked
are reasonable they will net object to
Paying for their aeoommodatlosz. We
in Ontario are just entering upon an
era of tou'riet business prosperity
which will keep increasing as time
goers on, 'It's bound. to be a money pia
during industry, Vale catering to the
motorist, so now •ia the time to prepare
tor and profit by this new opportunity.
MEDICAL MEMOS
Cosmetics
"Tho cosmetic business has been a
perfectly reputable business, but in
the absence of a law controlling it
(the Pure Food & Drug Act is not
specific enough) a number of scamps
have crept into the business." Some
hair dyes irritate the skin danger-
ously; others contain poisonous lead,
Some freckle removers contain am-
moniated mercury, a caustic poison
that eats the skin. If a substance is
powerful enough to dissolve hair, it
may cause cancer. The A.M.A. is
seeking laws to "forbid the sale of
certain dangerous poisons as ingredi-
ents of oosmeticc and to compel all
makers of cosmetics to make .truth-
ful representations of their pro-
ducts.—Arthur J. Cramp.
Painted Legs
In Budapest, one Alice Posies' girl
friends cried over her coffin last week
First of her set to practice a new
fashloa, she had abandoned stock-
ings; had painted her legs with fan-
tastic designs. The paint stain pollu-
ted her blood.
For Mr. Hanna
To the University of Cincinnati
camo 300 volunteers who drank good
whiskey and then let heir alcoholized
breaths pass through a solution of
50 per cent. sulphuric acid containing
a trace (1/3) of potassium dichro-
mate. This solution is ordinarily
reddish yellow; alcohol vapor makes
it change to a bluish green. The more
whisleey the Cincinnati bibbers swal-
lowed and the more drunk they be-
came, the more bluish green became
the solution. There is so definite a
relation between degree of intoxica-
tion and the sulphuric acid -potassium
dichromate tint, that Cincinnati
judges have used its evidence in ar-
rests for driving motor cars while
drunk.—Dr. Emil Bogen, University
of Cincinnati.
Diabetes
Charts of the Metropolitan Life In-
surance Co. and of the U. S. Depart-
ment of the Interior showed that dur-
ing 1923 and 1924 the death rates due
to diabetes were 10 per cent. less than
for 1922 when Drs. Ranting and Mac-
Leod discovered insulin and hailed it
as a specific treatment, although no
sure cure, for diabetes. Since 1924
the diabetes death rate has increased
rapidly. No doctor knows why.
Small Babies
If the gestating mother exercises
and thus herself uses up considerable
of the extra food she eats during her
term, her baby Is apt to bo •small and
healthy, her delivery easy.—Ella V.
Davis of Chicago Maternity Hospital.
Toronto Scalier Defeated America's Fastest
Oeinil
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JOE '4t/ftUGHT JR: ..
The broacl•shouilder'ed Argonsttt dareenan who won the Farragut challenge cup for first single in the American Ilei-
ley ratently tit' Philadelphia, .0re the Schuylkill river. In whining the race Joe Jr. set, a new record, •smashing Soo
Iiwully's re'cerd‘time'by,la' ateeeds•, WrIght',s time was 7:89 4-'5'.Y
FARM NOTES
Community Sheep Dipping.
Now that shearing is practically
completed dipping the ewes and
Webs is in full awing throughout the
country where community tanks have
been established. Many hundreds of
these tanks have been placed in sheep'
raising communities during the past
few years by the Sheep Promoters of
the Dominion Live Stock Branch in
co-operation with the provincial
Agricultural Representatives. The
Live Stock Branch provides the forms
for the concrete tanks and gives ox•t
Tlicit instructions for making tanks;
he Agricultural Representatives help
to organize the clubs for the putting
in of the tanks and take a general',
interest in the work.
The Live Stock Branch has issued
a pamphlet which gives detailed in-,
etructions for the location of the tank;
its construction, removing the forme
and such other information as may
be easily followed b yanyone who hal
had any experience with concrete.,
This pamphlet is distributed by the
Publications Branch of the .Repart-
Ment of Agriculture at Ottawa.
Feeding Weaned Piga.
Hog raising has been made un-
popular on many farms from a lack
of proper understandipg of the best
source to be taken with the litters
at weaning time. A young pig, like
any other young • animal, should not
be expected to digest such heavy
feeds as older pigs can handle. The
mistake of weaning at too young an
age causes later unthriftiness and in
this way reduces the profits that
might be made from a litter of pigs.'
In addressing some special swine
raisers' meetings in Eastern Ontario
Mr. Eric D. McGreer, the Sheep and
Swine Promoter of the Dominion
Live Stock Branch, with headquar-
ters in Kingston; took pains to cor-
rect some of the common errors that
are made on hog raising farms
throughout the country. The wean-
ing period, Mr. McGreer pointed out,
is the dangerous one because the
young pigs being taken from their
mother's milk are required to sub-
sist on an artificial ration. The
change from ono to the other should
be made gradually, at about five
weeks of age, the youngsters 'being
taught to eat in a creep whkth 'ex-
cludes the mother sow. At weaning
time, by increasing the food of the
young pigs and removing them for
longer periods daily from their
mother, the shock to the system of
the abrupt change of ration, is great-
ly lessened. More good .litters are
ruined by the results of improper
feeds ,and feeding by ill-defined meth-
ods at the period mentioned, and
more swine feeers thereby baffled and
discouraged than during any other
phase of the pig's existence. The
first feed for the little pig, when he
is learning to eat while nursing with
the mother, should be made up of a
few handfuls of dried grain scatter-
ed in the bedding. 'Crushed oats is
excellent. By this is meant rolled
oats where such may be procured.
Place in the creep a little trough con-
taining milk, then a few days later
add a handful or so of middlings, and
increase this until weaning, weaning
at six weeks of age where the two
litter per year plan is operated;
otherwise, they may be allowed to run
for eight weeks. This is contrary to
the procedure on many farms where
pigs are weaned at five or six weeks
of age. Due appreciation must be
given to middlings as a feed for little
pigs. There is a distinct difference
between middlings and shorts. Mid -
lingo cost more hut ars infinitely
cheaper in the end.
On.Bree'ing and Feeding
the Hog.
"Reading maleth a full man,"
quoth Lord Bacon. Another learned
authority has said that "experience
is the best teacher." Both sayings
possess the merit of truth but com-
bined they come as near the perfec-
tion of the acquisition of knowledge
as is possible., In modern tunes the
combination comes well within the
possibilities. Take agriculture, for
instance, not a week passes in Canada
that a publication is not placed in
circulation dealing with some branch,
furnishing valuable information
founded entirely on experience and
studious research. One such is the
Dominion Animal IIusbandinans',
pamphlet treating on the "Breeding
and Feeding the Market Hog," in
which Mr. G. 11 Rothwell tells of
advisable methods to follow on the
&J 1 n. Ile tells how 3+oung stock
should be selected, haw a good strain
can be developed, what course to pur-
sue in mating the brooding sow, in
breading two litters a year, in regu-
lating .supply, in housing, in feeding
boars, sows and little pigs; and ad-
vises on feeds that may be hone
produced and those that must be pur-
chased. He also gives important'
counsel on necessary mineral supple-
ments, remarking in doing so" that
"No domestic animal so quickly shows
the results of mineral deficiency as
does the pig." '
Mild Spot in Arctic.
The town of ilamnierfest, Norway,1
lying 300 miles north of the Aretlo
caret% has alt average winter teinparar
tura, warmer' im New Fork, sayty •"
Indlanapolls