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SEAFORTH, Friday, July 25, 1947.
Mr: Golding Over -ruled
- Last March Mr. W. H. Golding,
Men hb r of Parliament for Huron
Perth, was signally honored in the
House by being appointed Deputy
Chairman of Committees.
This position, the Government ex-
plaii ed, was created so that in the
event that the Speaker of the House
was unavoidably absent, the Chair-
man of Committees would assume
the chair and exercise the authority
of the Speaker for 24 hours.
• - At that time the.'Government wish-
ed to grant Mr. Golding a sum of
money in addition. to his session
indemnity to compensate for the
arduous and exacting duties which
the new position would entail. Mr.
Golding, however, refused to accept
any additional indemnity, saying
that he was only toopleased to ren-
der service ..in any way that would
expedite the business of the House.
-Before and since his appointment,
Mr. Goldinghas proved himself one
of the most skilful, capable and cour-
teous presiding officers that the
House has had in ` many years. In
recognition of that fact, the Mem-
bers of Parliament... of all parties
have decided to .over -rule Mr. Gold-
ing's decision, and on Wednesday
last Hansard reported as follows:
The DE.PUTY 'CH.,4IRMAN: We
pre on _item 454, departmental ad-
ministration.
Mr. CHURCH: By leave of the ,
committee, may I suggest that con-
sideration be given to an honorar-
ium for our . present Deputy Chair-
man. He has worked very hard in
hot weather for five or six weeks. I
know he '° refused one before, but °I
should like to. have this suggestion
given consideration..
Mr. MACKENZIE: Mr. Chair-
man, I know you feel embarrassed. I
am very grateful to the hon. mem-
ber for Broadview for his 'sugges-
tion. As a matter of fact an honor-
arium was ' suggested to the hon.
member for Huron -Perth, but he de-
clined. I think it could be done un-
der the estimates` for legislation if
that is the committee's wig'. I think
that this time a measure of coercion
and compulsion should,be used which
would be agreeable to call concerned.
Mr.. MacNICOL : I agree with .the
hon. member and the minister that,
our Chairman should be compelled
by the house • to accept what,, the
house is so willing to grant. We nev-
er had a better chairman and if we
could just keep him here all the time
we. would ''get through much sooner.
Mr. MACKENZIE : I shall be
very glad to take the matter up if
that is the wish and will of the house. -
Mr. KNOWLES : May I just as- •
sociate this group with the sugges-
tion that has been made, . and thus.
make it unanimous.
Mr. - MACKENZIE : Thank you
very much. I shall be very glad in-
deed to see that the suggestion of
the hon. member for, Broadview is
brought to the attention of the gov-
ernment when we reach the items
under -legislation. "
When two great Imperial Tories;
a 'Cabinet Minister and a leader of
the C.C.F. come to such a unanimous
decision in the House of Commons,
there can be no doubt about the just-
ness of the cause.
•
The Right Kind Of Immigrants
We like the spirit in which Aus-
tralia is applying to her immigration
policy. Recently Hon. Mr. Calwell,
Minister of Immigration in that
Dominion,, said it hoped to absorb
400,0'00 immigrants from the United
..ra�gc�U ' �om in' 'the course'' of the: next
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could • only :: place some 70,000 this
year. BUt, he added; the long-term
ohaective, of the Australian policy. is
to' raise the population of that Dom-
inion, from its present figure of some-
thing under seven and a half million
to twenty million.
At present the Australian difficul-
ty, which is also that of Canada,
istransportation, but he is - plan-
ning to use not only aircraft, but
troop transports and other ships,
which probably will not have the
facilities and accommodation - of
the great passenger line boats, but as
he added:
"Those people who want to come
under . Queen Mary or Queen Eliza-
beth conditions are probably not the
sort of people ' who will make good
Australians. Workers are the people
needed, and it doesn't matter if they
haven't a penny in their pockets
when they arrive, so long as they are
willing to work."
That is the spirit that Canada
could follow in her immigration pol-
icy with great advantage. Recently
when some 200 displaced persons
were brought over to work in a Que-
bec industry, there was a great cry
in Parliament and out of it, about
slave labor disrupting, the labor un- '
ions and markets, and the inhuman-
ity that was being imposed on these
people from Europe.
The fact -that these people from .•
Europe • were working. and living un-
der better conditions than they had
ever experienced in their lives . be-
fore and for more money thin they
had ever made before, and that they
were abundantly satisfied with their
new life in Canada,was entirely lost
sight of. And perhaps purposely so.'
There is room in Canada and work
in Canada for hundreds of thousands
of people from the, United Kingdom
• and Europe. IAut what we want and
need is people who are willing to
work. We already have a surplus of
the other kind in this country.
•
They Certainly Have
,rs Ago n,
IntoSesting ltei l Pleked trent -
The Expos 40r of fatty ...rend'
tweniaelive years ago.
..........seseesseeeseeeeseeeeeses"esea :see;
A -s-Mort--tame ago the Strathroy
Age -Despatch said: "A Iot of folk
are dissatisfied with their Christian.
names and would willingly change
them for something more to their
liking. They have our., sympathy,'
for we are not altogether pleased
with our own. We thank Heaven,
however, that it is not- `A•gmondeis--
ham.' Ever heard the like of it?
We hadn't until an hour or so ago,-
when
gogwhen in the course of our reading
we learned that it was the given
name of Lord Desart, one of the
British members' of the International
Court of Arbitration at The Hague,
shortly after the First Great War.;
Well,' they sported some queer 'moni-
kers' in those times and, after all, ,
Agmondeisham is no worse than
`Praise -God Barebones.'
"The plain `Johns' and 'Jim' and ,
`Bills' of this world have a lot to be
thankful for."
Like the Strathroy editor, we' are
far from being pleased with our own
Christian name, 'but like the plain.
• - Johns and others we have still a lot
to be thankful for. We wouldn't ev-
en want to be a. Lord with a name
like "Agmondeisham."
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Might Improve. Our Weather
The State Department of the Unit-
ed States disclosed recently that the
States and RussiS have agreed to
exchange five weather experts, each
under an arrangement which Russia
initiated. •
On the other hand, it was disclos-
ed that the United States has pro-
posed
ro
posed to exchange other scientists,
artists and students on an extensive
basis, but Russia has as yet -shown
no hintof agreement.
But that does not really matter so
much. The weather is more import-
ant. What we would like to .see
would be • an exchange of weather
experts -between Russia and Canada.
Our weather being what it is—
and has been—no matter how tough
the Russians'are, they couldn't bring
anything -worse over with them, and
in self defence they might even bring
about a change in our favor.
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Still "Dominion"
(Sainte, Canadian Observer)
On the other handy most of tis rather like the
itiepressiv'e sound of the term. `Dominion, of Can-
ada" and would be leth to have it erased. Froin, our
na'tioti ;i vocabulary. It may be done officially',
bin to the rank and Ale of presents clay Cana-
did.ntb the fame of Ournation Will e60iAtteto
014 .114 Alai!
From '•-Tile Huron Expositor
July 28, 1922r
The highest marks for the town
entrance a aminations were obtained
by Mary Jackson, who had a total of
673, and ,.Agnes Patrick, of Hibbert,
had a total of 662 for .the country.
Misses Blanche Wheatley, Vera
and L. Dunlop' and Elizabeth Mins, of
Constanee, are attending summer
school at Goderich. „ -
Mr. Peter Moffat, who 'taught school
in Stanley for two years, has taken a
position in Dashwood school.
Mr. Reg. Reid has been appointed
to the staff of the local branch of the
Province of Ontario Savings Office.
Miss Harriet Mufray Is visiting
friends in Auburn. -
Mr. W. Prendergast, formerly of
Seaforth, has been appointed Princi-
pal of _Ottawa Normal School. He
has been connected with' Toronto
Normal School for some years.
Misses Ella Turnbull; Mary Ed-
munds and Jessie McMillan are on
the public school teacl{ing,. staff in
I couldn't sleep very well the other
night. We had some folks in for a
game of euchre and a chat, and there
was a midnight lunch :that kept act-
ing up on me, so that, ..about three
'o'clock in the 'morning sleep was just
impossible.
I got up and prowled around down=
stairs and read a bit and turned the
shor't°'wave radio, on and- fiddled, with
the-. different ,stations. 'Then with a
full pipe I" went out to the back yard
and sat down in an. old rocking chair
we keep out there for- "summer set-
ting" as you might call it.
By Unary J. Boyle
long, 1ow,. rpurn'ful wall and the
wheels thundered on the rails like
sumurer thunder a long way off. The
horses in the pasture field cropped at'
the grass and the .tinkle "'of a sheep
bell told me that all was well with
the ,flack.
A, car rattledi along the road. The
sound of one car in the middle, of the
night is a strange one. It was prob-
ably a young man of ^the.. neighbor-
hood going home after courting full
of the dreams of love ... . or then
again it might ,have •been,the doctor.
Strangest "sound of all 'was a'horse
and buggy rattling along, and I could:
even 'hear the voices of a man and
woman talking.
•
• Bugs.. clustered around the yellow
patch' of light streaming out through
thee kitchen screen door and they
made tinging sounds' as they sailed
full blast. into .the shreen. - Down in
the stable • a calf bawled . , . once
;•, twice, and then = there was sil-
ence. A rabbit lipperty-1ipped across
the garden and the •Collie sailed out
after him, but came back in a minute
or two.
I sat and listened • and -finally sleep
started catching up on, me; so I went
back in and fell asleep.
n.
The air was warm anal sort of vel-
vety and it pressed in close. Away
across the river I could see a car
headlight probing- -the darkness. The
big searchlight, on the emergency air
field near town was streaking across
the black night. I could even see
the headlights of• the freight .that
crept through the valley. A " light
came -pn in an;upstairs• roomy at one
of the neighbors. It was probably
one of the youngsters eventing a
drink or something.
The air was full , of • sound too.
Toronto. These were: not the ;harsh sounds • of
Two pu1lic bathing houses have day, but the soft and subdued sounds
been erected on the south pier at of the night. The freight moaned a
Bayfield, -which will add -to the ac-
commodation of the lovers of bath-
ing.
'Miss Jean Hays, of town, has been
appointed to fill the eacancy on
the Seaforth public school -staff, caus-
ed by the resignation of Mrs. Mit-
•ehell..
Miss Florence Deem, of town, has
taken a school in Paisley. • - •
Miss Beatrice Seip, of town, is at-
tending summer school, at Goderich,
Mr. John Nolan, Huron_Road East,
is rapidly completing the erection of
his barns. Riegel Bros. are doing the
work.
The Misses Bestleft on a trip,down`
the St. Lawrence River.
Mr. Charles Stewart, 'of J Los An-
geles, 'California, was calling on Sea,
forth' friends last week. He -was a
former leader of the 33rd Battalion
Band when that band was one of the
best known musical organizations in
Western' Ontario.
Mr. Donald Shaw and his mother,
Mrs, Neil Shaw, of Ridgetown, who
have been visiting here for • sones
weeks, :have returned home.
Rev. F. P. White, of St. Columba's
has returned :after 'a three-day ,motel -
trip to the Martyr's Shrine. He was.
..companied by' Rev. Father Dantzer,
Of Hesson.
D.D.G.M. Harburn and. suite; Messrs.
Deem. 'Williams, Thompson and Ed-
munds, were in Clinton last week in-
stalling the officers in Clinton I.o.O.F.
Lodge. • '
Vincent Patterson has taken a posi-
tion on the staff of 'the...,.Bank-'ofCom-
merce at Gederieh.
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, From The Huron Expositor
' July 23, 1897 -
About one o'clock Sunday morning
the citizens of town were aroused by
the fire alarm. The brigade discover-
ed that a 'pole at the recreation
grounds was on fire, having been
covered by evergreens.
Miss Hallie Coleman, who is taking
a course as a trained nurse in a hos-
' pital in 'Chicago, .is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Robert Coleman:
James Graves intends - building a
brick block on Main Street on the
site where his frame store new
stands.
Messrs. McMillan, McMichael and
Stephenson, of Hullett, shipped eight
carloads of very fine cattle from Sea -
forth' en Tuesday to the Old Country.
John Scott and John • Stephenson
:went with them.
At the recent entrance examina-
tions, one of • the •successful pupils
from Roxboro school was Master. Ar-
thur Scott. He is a son of Mr. John
Scott and is a clever little fellow, be-
ing only 10 years 'old.
Jacob Barrows, of Leadbury, is
eeting n new residence. It will
brick veneered and two stories
height.
Mr, Andrew Dougall, of the London
Road, had' the misfortune during the
storm last Monday afternoon to have
two valuable horse:; killed by ligh
ning:
One day last week as Mr. Henry
Warm; of Zurich, was drawing in hay,
he met witli, a bad accident. His
daughter," 1r$. John Fuss, and a boy
were on the' load and in some man-
ner the ladder broke andthe boy fell
on to the tongue which frightened
the horses 'so that they ran away.
He got hold of the lines and was
dragged until .the wagon passed over
his legs. However, he was not -ser-
iously injured.
One forenoon lately as men were
excavating for the ,cellar of Mr. Robt.
Bell's new block in Hensel', the re-
moval of the earth caused• a portion
of the foundation of JdcDonel's hard-
ware store to fall out, and, the joists
being unsupported, immediately set-
tled down and a portion of the wall
also fell out. For a time •,it,'was•
thought that the whole side of the
building would give way, but props
were placed in tilde. -
Mr. William Cummings, son of Mr.
James Cummings, of • Fgmondville,
fell from a tree in front of his
father's house on Monday., morning
and was badly shaken 'up. There
were .no bonen, -broken, however.
Mr. J. O. Rose and' family, of town,
who have 'a cottage in the cedars at
Bayfield, are rusticating there. •
Mr. and Mrs. Menne Willert and
Miss Becanneur, of Nebraska, are vis-
iting relatives -in•-"Dashwood:
Dr. N. W. Woods, .of Bayfield; drove
to Loudon last week and returned on
Sunday. • °
The following- new money -order of-
fices have been opened in Huron
'County: Beigrave, Brucefleld, Cen-
tralia: Dashwoody F'thel, Londesboro,
Molesworth and Walton. „
JUSTA SMILE OR TWO t.
Medico: "Ask the" accident victim
what his name :is so we can notify
his family''."
Nurse (a few minutes later) : "He
says his family knows his name."
•
Judge: "Guilty or not guilty?"
Rastus: "Not guilty, suh,"
-.Judge: "Have you ever been in
jail?"
Rastus: "No, sub, Ah never stole
nothin' ,befo'."
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er-
-be
in
Teacher ; "Now, can' anyone give
me a`sentence using the word 'Dia-
dem'?"
Elmer: "People who- drive care-
lessly diadem • 'sight quicker than
those who stop, look and listen."
•
Tramp: "Lady, I'm hungry. Could
you give me a piece of cake?"
Lady:- "Isn't• bread, good enough
for you?" '
. Tramp: "Yes, ma'am, but today's
my birthday." - • •
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"How far . down do • you want to
r,
,sit.•t
a. ' the#calci•.. ManD`
eked,al` a w
rner...at the bias effice..eit#ndoi4',
1" W"hyy' , all the way, pf course," alto
, imapp!:d•
• ' -.Steeple Being Painted •
The steeple of St. Peter's ` aletleer-
an Church, Zurioh, is being clegorated
with a coat of aluminum paint,, a1e.
the town ;clock which Wiz, the tower'
will -receive a, coat of paint. The.
work' is being done by steeple expeita,
from: Ilderton;--Zurich Herald.
On Trip To the West ,
Dr. •and Mrs. P. J. O'Dwyer left on
Sunday for a motor"tri15 to, Winnipeg
to' visit with the dootor'p_ brother-:fbr
a few weeks. 'Their many friends.,
wish them a safe journey. As the,
doctor has i eeit a •very busy man, a
trip of this kind ••will be, we hope, a
.real tonic for them ;both. Part of the
journey will be by boat. --Zurich Her-
ald.
- New Industry To Be Built
• A new Indust*, The 'Huron Tile
Co., with two 'brothers, William and
Dau Riehl, both of Blyth, as owners,
will shortly make its appearance here.
The Riehl Bros. plan to erect a biuldt-
ing adjacent to Blyth and near the
site of the former brick, yard,. and
have already secured, the necessary
equipment • for the manufacture of
concrete drainage. Mile. It is hoped-
to
oped-to have building operations started in
-the immediate future. Blytlt Stand-
ard. ..
Work Begins On Wartime Houses
Col, .S- W. Archibald, of London, is
having the land. surveyed for the 42
new houses to be erected in Exeter
by Wartime. Housing. The contradt
for the houses has been let by "War-
time Housing to the Parker Construc-
tion Company, of 'Port Stanley. The
latter have an office and tool house
erected on the property and work
Will" be rushed. Applications . for the
housesare being received- at the of -
flee of til"e'clerk, 0: V. Pickard. Re-
turned men with 'famines. will have
first claim on the houses. Aecomme -
dation for' 'the 'men working on the
job is being 'sought in town.—Exeter.
Times -Advocate.
New Roller, Rink Opened
Exeter's newest venture in the en-
tertainment, field will have its grand
opening Thursday: This ire* roller
skating rink put up by Mr. Earl Neil;
is a large cement surface surround=.
ed by a storm fence with a refresh-
ment booth and office on the east'.
end, located"on the west side 'of town
two blocks back from- Southcott Bros.
'store, The cement surface was laid
' in two days by thirteen men and three-
mixers. A very capable loud speaker
system will handle the music, and
skates will be supplied. -- Exeter
Times Advocate. ,
O.A.P. Board Hears 25 Applications
Twenty-five°' applications- for old age
pensions were considered by Huron:
County Oid .Age Pension Board at ita.
last meeting ,in 'Goderich. Of these,
19• were recommended for- a full pen-
sion; two recommended . ' subject to•
investigation of transfers of proper-
ty; one subject to residence; one re --
fused recommendation because of too.
Many—assets; ,and two because O9
residence. regulations. Members of
the Board present were: W. R:
Archibald, Seaforth, chairman; J. L.
McEwen, Wroxeter; R. J. Bowman,.
Brussels; Mrs. F. R.. Redditt, Godes,
rich; Mins. N. W. Trewartha, Clinton;
N. W.' Miller, Goderich, Secretary—
Clinton Mews -Record.
Harvesters Arrive From the West'
Ten Western Canada harvesters ar-•
rived at the agricultural effie, Clin-
ton, 011 Tuesday. They have been,
placed on the following district farms:
A.. Armstrong, R.R. 1,' Varna; R. Beak,.
R,Re3, Lucknow; E. Bogie, Port A1 -
bent; R. J. Elgie, R.R. 2, Kippen; W.
McLachlan; R.R. 3, Kippen; R. R
McAllister, ,R.R. 1, Zurich; J. Ostrom,
Varna; H. neck, R.R. 1, Zurich; J.
'S. Shannon, RR. 4, Walton; T.
low, R.R. 3, -Exeter. This makes a
total of twenty-one harvesters from
the' West ,arrived to ,date. There are -
applications at the National Employ-
ment ' office, Goderich, for 130 West -
ere harvesters by Huron County far-
mers. A total of 116 were placed -
last year. This year not so large at
number seem to be • available.—Gode-
rich .Signal -Star. '
Brothers Surprise. Brussels, Merchant
The other'day two young men walk-
ed into Stewart Lowe's store and
waited their turn to be served. One
of the men placed a considerable or-
der for• groceries and 'asked. that they
be credited to him •and 'sent to his
home in the country. The customer
then disclosed his identity and that
of his aompanion. They were Mr.
Lowe's two brothers, Ross and Lawr-
ence, whom he had, never seen be-
fore. Twenty-nine years ago their•
parents died and Roes and Lawrence
were taken to live with relatives in..
Saskatchewan, While Stewart and `hie
sister, Wilma, remained in Brussels:.
with Mr. and Mrs.' Peter Stewart..
Wilma had visited her brothers, in
Englefield, Sask.,' a few years ago,.
but -Stewart, who was only three,
years old at the time of his parents"
death, had never seen his 'brothers;.
Ross and Lawrence, who decided to
surprise their Brussels friends end
did not announce their intended trip.
—.Bnuasels Post. .4
Off To Wet Coast Oh Motorcycles
Bob Jordan and George Doerr left`.
on Sunday morning ,on a trip by•
motorcycles to Vancouver to renew:
old friendships in the Western Prove
ince where they were both attached
to the Mr Force during . the war..
They are travelling through the:
States and expect to be gone a.
month or. six week. Mitchell Advocate ,
Rev. ,Beecroft Injured
While working in the bulli last:
ednesday, Rev.. W. A. Beecroft -had -
the ligaments in his ankle torn, Mt..
Beecroft and .Mr. Gordon Deyell were'
skidding a log, with Mr. Beecroft
driving the team, when the .log twist-
ed and pinned his right leg :against a ,
stump. ,Fortunately no 'bonen were •
broken, but the injury was very pain-
fu'i.—'W�ingham Advance -Times.
Receives Serious Head Injury
Joseph ,Smith,. of Turnberry, suffered '
a serious head injury while doing the,
chores: While pushing a wheelbarrow' -
into the stable he, slipped and felt,.
landing on the back • of his head, On
exam
inati ' u' '
on it ' , he hard. a fr
was, ice�x red
fered
a'he. e.ee-
tnotrh'a e wh'' '. ill n
� , i�h w o,
eitate pert9et quietnea,a itlr. a Co We' of ,;
Belts,'• .41.4,giia dvageo-x.1010
Husband (the ingeious type): "I've
Invented a new type of a -woman's
handbag, dear."
Wife (skeptically): "What's new
about it?"
H'iitsband: "The zipper's at the bot-
tom. Isn't that where everything 'us-
ually is when you want it?" .
' •.
Mrs. Newlywed: '"Henry, I thought
you -•told me that your bank loaned
money on notes." -
Mr. Newlywed: "So it does, dear.
Why?"
Mrs. Newlywed: "Well, it doesn't.
I sent the maid down 'there with a
note telling,,them I wanted, to borrow
•$400, and they 'wouldn't give it to
her!"
e.
"I .wish you would shave that
moustache off, Henry," said his wife,
"lc-eu look like Hitler."
"Don't worry, dear," he murmured.
meekly. "The neighbors, ltnow us;
they know 'I'm no dictator."
Huron Federation Of ::..
Agriculture --Farm News
Hog Marketings "Continue To Rise
Hog marketings continue to rise.
In the month of June this year, hog
marketings through inspected. pack-
ing plants -totalled -336,034, an in-
crease of 15.4 per cent over June,
1946. Markefings for May were •8.2
per cent higher than in May, 1946.
This increase is entirely due to
heavier marketings in Eastern , Can-
ada, said L. W. Pearsall, Meat Board
manager. Ontario marketings total-
ling what is believed to'be an all-time
high for June of 176,478,' represented
52.5 per cent of total marketings for
the Dominion. These• :Ontario June
marketings were 39.6 per cent higher
than in June, 1946, and 15.6 per cent
higher than in June of the record
year, 1944.
Marketings in the Province of Que-
bec rose 66.7 per cent above those
of June, 1946. Increase in the .Mari-
time' Provinces was 32.8 per cent. "
Although the Prairie Provinces
marketed 13:2 per • cent fewer hogs
than in June, 1946, this is- a lesser
decline than in May' when marketings
in these provinces were 20.5 per cent
below those of May, 19.46.
* . • .
'Should Be Careful in USe of 2,4-D
Many farmers are "now interested
in the use of 2,4-D chemicals for .the
control of weeds in 'grass and cereal
crops, but care should be taken by
farmers in the use of these 'chemi-
cals, says• A. M. W. Carter; Plant
Products 'Division, Dominion Depart-
meat of Agriculture, in charge of
pesticides. -
For application on a farm scale the
use of mechanical dispensers is nec-
essary. In ch'oosing"machinery for
this 'purpose, it should be r'e'member-
ed, says Mr. Carter, that 2,4-.D will
injure many broad-leaved .cultivated
crops and that •the safest : machine to.
use is one which gives the best con-
trol over where the, spray' or • dust Is
placed. If spray or dust escapes and
drifts on the wind to trees, hedges, or
susceptible crops, there may be dam-
age. Obviously, even the machinery
giving the best control should: beets=
ed when there' is little ,or no "wind
and at those times in the day when
there' is least likelihood of -"dust
devils" and whirlwinds being created
by'the sun's heat,
These same 'considerations should
also be borne in mind when farmers
are contracting with some machine
or a5reraft operator to c'ont`rol the
weeds in a crap. While damage to
one's own susceptible erops•, or wind-
break's might be regarded as bad.
luck, damage to a neighbor's ,property
could... be -expensive, Such .possibili-
ties Ought not to be overlooked when
.signing contracts for weed control:
Corn Survey
A study of corn production and
marketing in southwestern Ontario Is
being -.,undertaken by the Economies
Division, Dominion Dep'artnlent Of Ag-
riculture.
Made at the "request 'o ' dorn
gro-
w
ersnthat area,the .stid wilCbrig
g
up tt,d�te :grant x/ii: i #tg
etttdj• eoridubed
'b j*' the- c'oilomlee
economists 'will not only review grain
corn marketing . and changesin pro-
duction methods but will alsoeinquire.
of farmers the steps to farm owner-
ship. All the information will be con-
fidential and will not 'be used for any
other purpose.
The Division has assigned four men
to interview farmers in the area in
which the study is being made
Eprope Likely Future Market
Submitting the point that Canada
Should not deyelop an agricultural
rolicy without at least: considering its
impact on the rapidly clanging agri-
cultural'pattern of the world, particu-
larly in -Europe, D. A. Bruce Marshall,
Economics Division, 'Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, gave a criti-
cal ,exposition of some aspects of the
international situation in relation -'to
Canadian agriculture in an address tc
.the members of the Canadian Agri
cultural. Economics .Society 'at•.their
meeting. at Lethbridge recently.
There were two paramount Euro-
pean developments' which in the not
distant future might have repercus-
sions in Canada, he said. These de-
velepoments included: (1) the shift
inthe agricultural :production pattern
which • was taking place on a scale
little
-short of revolutionary; and (2)
the fact, that any agricultural policy
developed by. Canada not only had
economic repercussions :but, to per-
haps an even greater extent, apoliti-
cal, impact .on Europe. A" realistic
view of the situation pointed to that
area as. the principal market for Can-
adian agricultural products on a con-
siderable scale for. some time tocome.
In fact, the importance of Europe
could not be:overstressed.
Prior to 1939, the Danubian coun-
tries were the "Bread Basket" of 'Eur -
ripe. That "bread basket" has gone,
and in place of -an extensive gain
economy there was an intensit7e self-
sufficient policy of live stock and in-
dustrial crop production.
The countries of the once Euro-
pean"bread 'basket" are devoting
themselves to the production of pro-
tective foods, but these countries are
desperately short of raw' materials,
such as feed grains and oiicakes and
even short of markets. In the centre
of the 'Continent lies Germany, a vast
potential market with no prospect of
decreasing food import .requirements
below. 35 per cent. It was abvious
therefore that any >policy drawn up
,by Canada must have inevitable
echoes in Europe, and, with food be-
ing most sought after, political re-
percussions were almost axiomatic.
Then there was the question of the
exchange problem. In short, it
amounted to a world shortage of dol-
lars which affected Canada in three
ways. ,First, It hindered, the ability
Of European countries to 'pay for ag-
ricultural imports; second, there was
the possibility, If the 'shortage- be -
Came eh:ronie, of a more or lea's perni-
anent reorientation of. ,the European
production••pkterii leading to aperm-
an'ent reduction of imports from North
Allier/eel ah , third; at ,the count
tles
'ere uxiable'to IlaYS Canada might
be
hard ,put to p.roitid'e 'credit 'fe rosin
t iyy. ;�eili'a d
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