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tary_ Fund. Overseas trade returns show that British exports ill July were the largest for any month since the war and, in volume, represent- ed‘l20 per cent of the I938 average. Total

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value of exports and re-exports was £96,300,-

Morning Daily lFounded in 1887) Authorized as Second Class Mail. P081 01"" Department, Ottawa.

President, m. A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. a | Burneal; Sccyu-Trcas, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor,

Frank Walker.

00°. 0S against £68,700,000 in June. seven months of I946 200,000, as against i238/500/I00 in the corre- spending ports £IOZ,500,000 in June. Total value of imports for

For the exports totalled £523,- im- with

pcricd of l:st

car. July were iII0l,I00,0i'.D, as

compared

_ "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the first seven months of the year was £699,-

Ute Weakest Ink."

BIONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1946

Purebred Battle Exports

The leading article in the September issue of Agricultural and Industrial Progress in Can-l adu is devoted to a subject of keen interest to‘ our dairymcn. Such is the reputation enjoyed by Canadian purcbrcd cattle that last year more than 71,000 head with an aggregate value of $lI,6l2,95S were exported from Canada to 23 countrics. Of thcse, 24,07l,__volued at $5,161,- 36l, were dairy cattle. During the first five months of the current ycar an additional 9,80l purebred cattle and 24,847 dairy cottle were ex- ported. Somc indication of the way in which Canada has riscn to prominence as a producer of breeding stock is found in statistics of ex- ports of purebred cattle for the year I930 hav-

ing amountcd then only to 3,017, valued at $602,689, while shipments of dairy cattle to other countries l6 years ago totalled 9,257,

valued at $890,687.

According to Mr. R. W. Blake of the Ex- port Division, Foreign Trade Service, Domiion Department of Commerce, the buying mission of the British Friesion Society, members of which recently visited this country, hos re- sulted in sales amounting in value to about half a million dollars, comprising some 220 cattle with qualifications that should enable them to secure entry in the British Herd Book. In ad- dition to the I80 heifers and I2 Holstein bulls shipped to the United Kingdom this year, the British Friesian Society have purchased some 240 head of highly priced bulls and heifers, with qualifications set forth by the Society that make them, also, eligible for entry into the British Herd Book which was hitherto closed to

200,000, as against [$94,700,000 in the similar periodof I945. ance for the seven months was £I76,000,000, as compared with £456,l00,000 in the comparable pariod of I945. in the’ number of 7,667 were more than the I938 monthly average; while radio sets at 35,700 were five times the I938 monthly average rate. Merchants vessels under construction rose again in July to a new high level of I,707,000 gross tans. Russia has offered to make available 25,000 standards of timber this season for shipment to the United King- dam. pages may occur in many industries in this coun- try during the forthcoming winter owing to con- tinued disappointing coal production and consequent possibility of inadequate supplies of ‘I lad electricity. ~

The adverse visible trade bal-

Motor cars exported in July, twice exports of

ln some quarters it is feared that stop-

the

- EDITORIAL NOTES .—=

Calais surrendered this date I944.

lt was unfortunate that an unusual fog cov-

ered the province early Saturday, as it deprived visitors of seeing the is

landscape from the air. >l< -i= =r=

There will be a shortage of laundry facil-

ities in the city for sometime, and some 60 peo- ple will be temporarily out of employment due to Saturday morning's blaze at Sterns‘.

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Following a meeting of the governing com-

mittee of the Montreal Stock Exchange it was announced that the policy of holding no Sat- urday trading sessions will bc continued until further notice.

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Rev. George Whitefield, English divine, and

one of the early leaders of Methodism, died this

cattle from this continent. Such is the popularity of

Friesian breed in Canada that registrations in

previous years have exceeded the registrations

date I770; was an eloquent dramatic preacher, for whom his followers built "The Tabernacle" in Moorfields, London; it used to be packed to overflowing three times on Sunday to listen to his powerful and sympathetic voice, calling the sin-

the Holstein

for all other breeds of cattle. This breed was imported from the United States, the foundation stock having been brought from Holland, the land of its formation. Otherwise, nearly all the breeds of livestock found in Canada had their origin in stock brought from England and Scotland, countries that have long been con.- sidered the leaders in livestock improvement. After many years of sound, selective breeding. Canada has reached the stage in livestock de- velopment where, say authorities, she can offer to the world high quality, healthy animals of all the main breeds as follows: beef cattle; Short- horn, Hereford and Aberdeen Angus; dairy cat- tle, Holstein Friesian, Jersey, Guernsey and Ayr- shire: Dual Purpose cattle; Brown Swiss, Red Poll and Dual Purpose Shorthorns. To Scotland, which has for long been considered the source of supply for Ayrshire breeding stack, threehAyr- shire heifers and one Ayrshire bull were shipped last year. _ The high qualities enjoyed by Canadian dairy cattle have enhanced their popularity also in the United States and Latin America, result- ing in repeat orders. ln the beef breeds, Can- ada has some outstanding herds of Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus and Hereford cottle, selections from which have secured an enviable reputation overseas. The countries which formerly went elsewhere for their breeding stock have been learning that they can secure animals of high quality and sound conformation in Canada. Be- sides other livestock, Australia, New Zealflfld and South Africa have imported dairy and IJEQI cattle from this Dominion. The comparison has been very favourable, resulting‘ in increasing enquiries being made for additional supplies.

Postal charges

In March, I943, in its search for additional war revenues, the Federal Government announc- ed on increase in postage rates for domestic mail. Personal postcards were increased from two to three cents and there was a general in- crease of one cent on all first-class mail. The result was an increase of $3,000,000 in re- ceipts in I944, giving the Post Office Depart- ment, which was holding down expenditures, a let profit of $2,000,000 on the year's opera- tion. Profits held to o similar total in I945 and in I946 are expected to reach $3,000,000.

The public accepted the wartime postage increase cheerfully—os a necessary source of additional war revenues. The Post Office De- partment, which had effected substantial sav- ings through reduction of deliveries and other economies to conserve manpower, itself had no need for further profits. The department, at the regular rates had been able to balance its books satisfactorily from I933 to I943. lt was to be expected, therefore, that on attempt would be made to bring revenue down in line with costs at the earliest opportunity after the cessation of hostilities. '

The accepted principle of operation of Government-owned public service departments such as the post office, suggests an exchange, is good service at the lowest possible cost. The pest office should pay its own way; it should be allowed to set aside reasonable sums for re- serves. But it was not established to provide revenue for the general Government fund. it

existing market than to create a new one, Preserve Industry Council, Chicago, will shortly make a national appeal to the around the breakfast table. dicate that three out of four people over age of I2 eat toast, broad, rolls or some other

Breakfast Toast." last for a period of from two or three years and manufacturer-members will tic in with the cam-

paign.

ners to repentance and the converted to a con- tinuance in well-doing. I i‘

t a

Sterns’ fire Saturda was the most serious Y

calamity of the kind experienced in years. It was a terrific conflagration while it lasted, and the firemen did noble work in preventing spreading to adjoining property. ity to a willing helper, ex-Constable Poole, is regretted by none more than by his late col- leagues of the police force of which he had been so efficient a member.

its The sod fatal-

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City Councillor Noonan suggests in a letter

in today's Forum that a fund should be raised immediately for the benefit of the sorely be- reaved widow Poole, who lost his life while assisting the Fire Brigade at the Sterns fire. fellow citizens will hasten to send contributions to the City Clerk, who has undertaken to act as treasurer of such a fund. i

and orphans of ex-Constable

We feel sure his

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Certainly the Provincial Government, and

Messrs. Cotton and Johnstone have reason to congratulate themselves on the marked success of their first Beautification Competition. Many farmers, and especially young men, eagerly hail- ed the scheme with delight, and the resulting improvement is manifest to all in the respective neighbourhoods who have eyes to see. Of course, there is none so blind

as he

who will not see. 1r ‘k A’

Believing that it is better to increase an the

folks seated Several surveys in- the

form of breadstuff for their first meal. The slogan of the promotional campaign for pre- serves will therefore‘ be: "Brighten up the

The campaign is expected to

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With Thanksgiving Day-—October l4—ap-

preaching the State Department at Ottawa is once more undergoing a mild siege of question- ing about what kind of holiday it is and about holidays in general. out holidays which are "to be observed through- out Canada," but the has no power to call for general observance of any day except Sunday. der the Lord's Day Act. ernment can do is close banks and government offices, and while this usually is done, circum- stances may keep some government offices open on a statutory holiday. of Parliament, the Commons sat on Day, the King's Birthday and Dominion Day, owing to the pressure of business.

The statutes simply set Dominion Government

This it can enforce un- All the Dominion Gov-

During the last session Victoria

O O Q I In law courts ladies must keep their hats

on. That's the ruling from Mr. Justice E. R. E. Chevrier, St. Catherine's, Ont.,

down _ ness in a civil suit, Mrs. Theodore Wicksech, took the witness stand.

who laid rules for proper court attire after a wit-

She did not wear 1r

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Notes By The Way

Books are tho important thlngl in college. says an educator. Yep -—be.nk books and date books! — Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.

An American eye specialist blames 15 percent of highway accidents 0n faulty vlslon. And how many of the remainder are simply not look- in; where thev are going? _Pem-- borough Examiner-

Twelve of the allied nations are claiming war damages from Italy towllmz $30.o00.000.000. When or where on earth dld the Imlllm navy and army inflict. that much damage‘! -otmws Journal.

If the hiousing rhortage could be solved by moving everymdy 1mg any vacant harms they could find, lI would be possible 51.50 to sl-nl; financial worries by printing and, 1955 D1198 0f Dflvfir money. -'1‘or- canto ‘Telegram,

Geo-man chrnawarve, optical l;|_ mumems- "Qvelly. handicraft goods mfll’ be on sale in the United States before Christmas The government, has already announced that a limit. ed number of lrnporoers and buyers will be permitted to go to Ger. 11161111’ lo obtain such goods. —New York Journal of commeme,

The Commons Coimmit‘ , had it been fully seized of the grav- ity 0.! the situation, mlgiht well have recommended that every trade union in the country be required to register under the Canadian Trade Union Act and that. til-mush that. registration or through incorporation it. be made a legal entity responslblejo; 1i;

actions, responsible for its can- lracts and responsible to its; membership. — Vancouver Daily

Province.

The paralyzing traffic maria, our unsatisfactory public schools, our overcrowded, dirty subways -5uch problems are not to be downed m u burst of furious local flag- wavmg, They \Vlll have to be faced and answered. We are big and are Paying the penalty that every in- stitution pays for growing old and large. The law o! diminishing re- turns has set ln on our size and l§.."‘35.‘..§§l2”“’.-’" "r ‘r we"

.' a isease o o n . —New York Post. 8e

Back in the eighteenth century

the miners of Saxony in their e1. forts to smelt, topper mes had m- countered a reactionary element and llfoduced or-Zy a. worthless alloy. Ila this ore they gave the name kuDfer-nldzel" after "Old Nick" the devil himself But what Genoa-vs scorned as '01s Nlck" the Chinese had for centuries ex- ploited commercially. a shiny white metal that they called “Paktong". And in 1851 a German scientist isolated this metal and gave to it the name of nickel. -Orl[5rlQ Road Bulletin.

So monstrous and unlvergl w"; the crimes of German Nazism that no word m. the English language “'35 BTW"! 9110118): to cover them. It was 1199955311’ to invent a new word to descrine a phenomenon unique in modem history. and thls word has now appeared in the Nu:- emberg trials, In is "genocide" ‘I'm; 15 H hybrid word. coined from the Greek “genos" meaning race, and the patio "side" meetlrg murder. Worm from the Latin roof are ln common use already —“patricide", 'hamacldc" ‘tyrannlcldc" "infan- tlclde". Now the Latin suffix is at- tached to the Greek word for race i0 llldlflflie the murder of a whole lNOple. like the Jews of Europe and the other victims of the great ter- ror. —Wlrsnipeg Free Pfegg

The German population 9f Eur. 0116 today-now estimated at '12,- 000.000- Will decrease by 50 per cent within thr- nexr 50 years, Prof. Heinz Seuermann. a noted German economist, predicts. The present death rare ln Germany is for outstripping tne birth rate, Ptof. Sauermnlln pols-Le»; out tn 5n analysis of qermanys rapidly d9. creasing popniatlwri. This develop- ment wlll have serious political andj economic lmpllrsilons for the fut. ure of Europe. Prof. Saucrmanr. disclosed that at present “ln the rural districts at Germany the death rate is twice as high as the birth rule; l1 ilie medium-sized cities the irrh role ls 300 per ‘cent higher, und in the large cities. ll is 400 to 500 per cont. higher, than the birth imtfi." “From New York Herald Tribune

The bland ZISSIIIUDBIDIIIOE many Amerlcnn nulhoriiies 1n Jal) n that the lite rind customs at a nation can be more over in a year by military dr-crec l.- one (,1 the mos; discouraging, features of the oc- Cllpiltlon. One (‘Pill rarely be certain whether lt corms out of childish ignorance or brazen cynicism. But 1t must comhaled. for lt threat- ens to mislead the American people. ‘Ihe truth k lhnl Gen MncArth- Ul"s regime nos barely scratched the surface of Ji:.pan's feudalism. The new constitution ls a bright bauble handed the Diet by Americ- an officials. It has no real roots in Japanese life or thought. It is unlikely to outlast a relatively brief occupation. A tax plan which was worked out with care may do something to iveoken the Zsibatzu, but the family system so closely connected with Japanese monopoly will not. be easily uprooted. And there ls little evidence that the much-heralded land reforms will be effective. -Cbristle.n Science Monitor.

Conoern Ia being expreaoed Australia by organizations and in- dividuals interested ln the welfare of the aborigines in Central Aus- tralia ot the danger to which they may possibly be exposed fro

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m ask, dld these men have

PUBLIC FURUM

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_ ..__...___ FUND FDR. MR. POOLES - WIDOW AND OBPIIANS

Bin-The general sympathy ex. messed tor the bereaved widow and orphans of ex-Const. Gordon Poole leads me lo suggest o, furl-d should be immediately raised 1m- lhelr benefit. I have mentioned this to a number of people who unanimously approve of the sug- ilestlon. Mr. Poole was one of the best - llceme. we had, though unfortunately for hunself he made a mistake which led to his being severely disciplined by the Ponce Committee. He learned his les- son. however, and in recognition of thls, and the fact of his other- wise splendid record. the Police Committee resolved to ask the City Council at its next meeting -to have him re-a-ppolnted.

Alas. in his endeavour to help the Flre Brigade in their arduous work at the Sterns are, he laid down his life. Let us show his bereaved ones we appreciate his services and contribute something tangible to the relief of their sor-

row. I have received the permission or the Mayor to allow the City Clerk to receive subscriptions to such a fund. He gives twice who gives quick-

I am. sir, etc.. D. I. NOON-AN City Councillor.

UPLAND GAME SHOOTING

sin-The season for Hungarian partridge is at. hand, and this letter will bring to public atten- tion some facts gleaned by on extensive survey of all upland game birds bv tlhe executive of Island Pheasants Unlimited. We find that the partridge are on a Dar with the propagation of the 19111 season. and the birds are in fine shape, thereby promising one of our best shooting seasons.

Pheasants have increased much the optimistic expectat- ions. set up bly the executive. and without o doubt we are beaded for upland game shooting in the future, that will be hard to sur- pass anywhere in Canada.

Gunners are requested to have a look before they shoot, as we have a tremendous clutch of sec- ond hatches, and late ones. amongst the pheasants. At pres- ent we know of at least twenty clutches that are about three weeks old. They are lighter in color than the films. and have longer toils, so gunners are re- quested to take a good look be- fore making their shots.

The season on pheasants ls for

cock birds only. and there ls no excuse for onv gunner mlstakln! a hen for a cock. as the cock l: multl-ooloried, with a distinct!" white ring around the neck; Ill? hen of the specie beinB brown in color. Another distinguishing reat- ure of the cock is his extremely long tall feathers. As for dls- tinguishing the huns from hen pheasants. it will be noted that the hen pheasant is o. much lartr er bird. carrying flve to slx in- ches longer tail feathers. and lacking the reddish brown plum- age, characteristic to the Hungar- lens. We aka have a fe-w coveys of Prairie Chicken. and gunners are asked to give protection to these birds. so as to aid the successful propagation of this hiflhll’ Niam- ed game specie.

we are asklnl! all gunners w report the numbers of birds shot during the aeasan, on the lost. of Onober, to Island Pheasants Un- limited. thus enabling us to ‘D19- mre a com-plate report on the uP- land glam; situation on the Island for t s ,ear.

Gunner‘; are reminded. when crossing forms. to reiplace all bars and shut all gates behind them. as roaming stock destroys crops.

and strains relations between gunners and our farmer friends- I am. Sir.

elo. l1. FRANK ACORN Sec. Island Pheasants Unlimited.

MILK PRICES Sf|‘,-D(;05 not Burns’ immortal words:—"Man's lnhumanril’ 1° man makes countless mourn ._quot- ed by Dr. Carson, actually fit the consumer much better than the producer, when not a sinszle one of the said consumers, who he claims "are compelled to live and raise families on starvation wages —snlal'ies lessthan @2000 a week - would leave the C11)’ t0 WOFR 011 a dairy farm, for the same wages and their whole milk free. because of the long hours and exacting work? If there are any doubts on thi-s point. consult the farm labor bureau.

The Doctor ln criticizing my re- marks as the validity of the 196.15 figures as the cost for the coming season, for which the 3c increase ls being asked, now says:—"I stated that the producers, according to their own statements before our Board. showed an actual Increase in expenses per cow of 9.0 per vent. after they had made ample pra- vislon for the contemplated in- crease ln wages and the price of hay. yet. they asked for a 30 per cent increase in the price of milk."

The words he used were “the present cost" and gave no landl- catlon that they included ample provision for anything, and lin this connection I would point out hlr odmlsslonz-“Wliile f write a tele- gram from the Agricultural Food Board arrived officially announ- cing the cancellation of the pro- ducers‘ subsidy." I would ‘like to inside

rcoketJh-lr-g tests. Our correspondent reports that at a public meeting the chalmmn, Dr Charles Dugrud, a champion o native interests. sold he had bee informed that rockets were to b fired in a llne extending from Stuart Range. ln South Australi , to Ninety-Mile Beach, tn the nort . west of Western Australia.

llne ran throu h the great centr l reserve, co ‘v: 66. sou