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Canadian Y. M. C. A. 1917

The enlarged basis of the Y. M. C. A. Military Services was in full swing in 1917. Canada Vas bend- ing every energy to win the war. This meant that the Y. Ml. C. A. services would meet every possible need of the Canadian soldiers with- in their power. The Red Triangle became the official symbol with a vital mission in the army. The Y. M. C. A. military work was es- tablished in every centre in Can- ada, where soldiers were being mobilized. or in training. The "Y" huts in England had been increas- ctl from nine to twenty-two. There were 32 secretaries and 150 sold- icr assistants, operating branches in almost every unit of the Cans- dian Corps in France.

At the annual meeting of the Na- tional Council, a budget of 8720,- o00.0o was adopted; and the objec- live or the 1917 "Y" campaign was set at 3750.000. and by public sub- scriptions and grants from pro- vinces, a total of 31.126.770.00 was raised. The welfare of the soldiers was constantly studied in every untre, and new means were de- veloped to minister to their phys- ical social and religious needs. in- door basket and baseball was a tea- lure in many Canadian cities for the troop; stationed there during the winter months. Magazines in vast numbers were collected and supplied to the soldiers. The Chur- ches cooperated in providing soc- lals for the men, and by -inviting them to their servicesinnd to their homes. The voluntary services of inr::e numbers of dcvotcd women, under the direction of the women's Military Service Committee. in the camps and canteens. became an in- dispensable feature.

A new order -.'roni Ottawa estab- lished the official status of the Y. M. C. A. in a definite and satis- factory way in the Military Camps in Canada. It gave the right to ac- commodation and the equipment required, where these were avail- able. The "Y" was to receive light, fuel and rations -for its staff. The new order established permission to conduct restaurants, and the right of transportation for its staff and workers to and from the camps. These ..nd all been granted at various places by a previous or. der, but they were mnde uniform for all camps.

The service for returned men was extended, and Red Triangle Clubs were formed in the larger

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citles: the service for these men at ports of entry Discharge Depots was increased. Special secretaries were appointed to make round trips on transports that carried troops to Europe and returned soldiers to Canada. Work was also organized for military hospitals. The Y. M. C. A. nominated men to act as recreational and vocational officers on the staff, writing let- tcrs for them.

During 1917. the association ser- vice was extended to the Navy at Halifax and to munition workers at Trenton; there a. secretary started work in March, using a large tent during the summer for recreation, entertainment and edu- cational talks. A new building was completed before winter, and op- erated on the same basis as Rail- road Y. M. C. A. buildings. Sknil- ar work was started at Nobel and at other munition centres, where work was under the direction of the Imperial Munitions Board.

Overseas, 1917.

some of the now features that developed in the ”Y" overseas work! in England were: The building of ii. series of Y. M. C. A. Military of- fieers' huts at Whitley. Bransholt. shornelif-fe and at the training school for Canadian officers at Bexhill; the extension of "Y" ser- vices to the Canadian Forestry units at camps throughout Eng- land and Scotland; Y. M. C. A programs were provided in many convalescent hospitals throughout England, which at-that time were rapidly filling up. An liznglish ”Y" hut was taken over at the Cann- dlan hospital at Epsom, and work was undertaken at the hospitals at Etching Hill and Basingslokc.

Another new Y. M. C. A. fea- ture, was the establishing at Lip-i hook, the nearest railway station to the Bramshott camp. of a rest home for soldiers' wives. It was a

base where accommodation was provided for wives and friendsf where they could stay overnight

when visiting the camps.

Separate Y. M. C. A. branches were established at Bramshott in the segregation areas, where mili- tary units arriving from Canada were placed in temporary confine- ment for 3 days, to insure against lhe spread of contagious disease early in 1917. A Y. M. C. A. offl- cer stayed with each unit during their isolation to direct a program of entertainment and recreation. He also helped the men plan their

dian Forestry corps. Their assign- ed duty was to cut lumber -for mili- tary purposes in the forests of Great Britain and France, to se- cure this indispensable material, when submarine warfare cut them off from the world supply. Battalions were recruited largely from Canada and the force grew to 24.000 men. There were 40 Forestry companies scattered from the south of England to the Highlands of Scotland.

These men were isolated, their work was arduous and monotonous and the Y. M. C. A. made a be- ginning to serve them in Dccem- ber, 1918. and by the summer of 1917 it had established 34 branches with an experienced officer as so. pervisor and N. C. 0.'s usually former students or ministers in charge of the branches. The For-

sire. The day following the Show the animal was sold to Canada Pack-

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Canadian Corps was located earlyil-rhat many in 1917, offered the best opportun- The siege 0' lty, up to that time, for the dcvel- shortly afterwards it was decided

cs. This period was

that began on April 9th. when tlie' part in the capture of energetic officers of the ”Y" set up,chemlsle Ridge. In relief stations in the wake of advance, and free, and other wounded coming out to the reiriiorccmciitslaloiie.

W p , rue GUARDIAN. cnsatorreroww Grand Champion And Reserve.

Pictured above is the grand champion steer at the Fat Stock Show which was held at the Provincial Exhibition Grounds last week. The 19 months old steer was owned by Johnny Sanderson, son of Fulton Sanderson, North River.

The champion stccr was sired by Duo Heir, the famed Hereford

era for 5527.25. He weighed 965 pounds and sold lor 65 cents a pound.

The Reserve grand champion steer at the Fat Stock Show which was held here last week is pictured above being held by the son of the owner, Carlyle Potts, Argyle Shore.

The Shorthom steer was sired by Marquis Wool and his mother is He was sold during the beef safe to Canada Packers for 3391.50. bringing 45 cents a pound.

ings and athletic games were held. going .!orwnrd. and for the three months ended: One officer wrote: "Right up Julie (lath, 1917, these tolallcd 992Vclose was a Y. M. C. A. outfit, in meetings, with a total attendance , the side of a bank, near the trench,

ten any leave tonowmg their Sc- of 107,010 men. where the wounded were being take on fresh goods. Mink buyers magma" and organized Dames p carried out. - To suddenly come are not timid people and they work that were sums to varmus Brmm in France ,upon a cup of hot tea or coffee. on the principle that the place to clues. p' without stint - this surely was recover your losses is the point

A unique section of the cam, The conditions on the , quieter charity if cvcr there was such. where you lost the original invest- dmn Army oveuea, Wu ma Cam, -front at Vimy Ridge, where thc,What I got that night was only ment. Mink prices, especially Stan-

thousands shared." Lens foiowcd,

opment of the Y. M. C. A. pro-lio supply a free drink service

gram. By February, fifty brancheslthroughout all Y. M. C. A. bran- of various been established in the area. front line

and sizes, nadir,-lies in the Canadian Corps. This The:includcii colzi drinlns in

types

was military operations trench raids, and

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were established right up in tlic,rv:l the Y. M. C. A. to share the France. Dr. Bowness states: "World support trenches, Mnny others rcspnnsiiiiliiv of handling the conditions at the present moment were in the cellars of ruined hous-i wnundrd with the Medical ser- tend to be pessimistic. France has

the historic battle of Vimy l?.idgc,ifoi- the Canadian Corps was their the Pass- this engage-

and

summer, relatively stnbltujas well as hot drinks when requir-

l.1r,r:oly, ed. At the capture of Hill '10 in Au- bl'illlCl1(i.S':llSi, the military authorities ask-

foliowed by-,viccs. The linnl event of the year

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Dr. E. Rendle Bowness, Director 9: the Department of Fur Bearing Animals - Master Feeds, Toronto. has very kindly sent us the latest edition of the Master Rancher. and in it he sizes up the fox and mink situation very capably. These are extracts . . . . "A year ago last De- cember the market opened on what. was considered to be a good prol- itable level lrom the ranchers point of view. but those who sold their mink in December were startled to mic! that in January and Febru- ary prices seemed to go a. little crazy and that I. good 25 to 50 per cent more was paid for mink later in the winter than at the start of the season. It seems now that it. great deal of this price advance was speculation and presumably an attempt to corner the market on mink. However, there were more mink around than the buyors ant- icipated and they found themselves unable to control all the mink with the result that prices tarted to tumblein .the summer.W ll. anum- ber of mink dealers went bankrupt and in the succeeding confusion, the whole mink industry from the buy- ei to the retailer took a whale 0: a. pasting which left most ot them solvent, but-still shaking in their boots.

"Thus when the fresh pelts were offered last December the mini: buyers were I. thoroughly ChilSI.8l)- ed lot. There were a few of them who still had good buying power and they stepped into the market in a. limited way. What. actually occurred was that these people were quite interested in selected lots of standard mink and paid good prices for what they wanted. However, they neglected all the medium qualities so that while we heard all about the top prices we did not realize that Werage mink were not selling very well. This sit- uation continued on through De- cember, but by the time the Jan- uary saies came around and the bulk of our ranch goods appeared on the market. the trade became very cautious and to I. steadily in- creasing degree neglected the of- ferings until the March sale when very little goods changed hands. "We have all seen low prices be- fore, but the thing that bothers us now is the fact that even with low prices the buyers are reluctant to

dard Mink. are so low that you would think that these buyers would at least load up partially in the prospect of mink strengthening anti giving them a chance to make a nice omeback financially. This is not the case."

Discussing the embargoes placed on furs in the United States and

clamped down I. temporary embar- go on all fur purchases from dol- lar countries. Russia, who is now prevented from selling furs in the

the,,1 ment. the under severe bomb- hot drinks ing by German aircraft. dispens-

supplles to thelecl hot tea at the rate of 2.000 gal- returning troopsflons per day to the First Division

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estry Company usually provided the huts; churches and hails, when close to the camp, were sometimes used. and occasionally marquees were erected. These were decorat- ed and furnished, and made as homelike as possible, with writing tables, etc., including I refresh- ment room. Concerts, lectures, cin- emas. sing-songs, religious me t-

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situation is this, in many count- rles horse meat is almost impro- curable or it has reached a price that places it out of the reach of any but ranchers who are produc- ing the most expensive type of mink pelts such as sapphires and others. True, whale meat has been lauded as a substitute but whale meat de- livered in this province, or in fact anywhere in Canada. would cost around Be a pound. Here we have not suliered to the same extent as Ontario and other provinces in re- gard to horse meat, but the sup- ply of horses is rapidly running out as our farmers become fully mechanized and it will not be very long before horse meat will be a thing of the past with us.

Dr. Bownesi in his summary shows that the picture is not all black as regards mink. and states that there is no doubt but that Sapphire mink will continue their winning ways and bring very nice returns to the rancher producing them. Pastel, Silvcrblu and Aleu- tian mink, while down considerably from last year's prices. will still pay a. nice return. Some ranchers who are producing dark mink eith- er as straight standards or as half- bloods along with a sizpable muta- tion herd, claim they will kill all standard-appearing females as soon as they count the litters. in other words they will only raise the large standard males and hope they will break even on those animals next fall. This might work if only a few people did it but as both males anti females are required in normal coat manufacture, we lf'cl that too wide- sprcad following OI ""5 D18" WOUM only defeat itself.

In regard to foxes, he believes that much of the above picture ap- plies to them. "Actually, foxes have been doing fairly well this winter until the French government an- nounced its embargo on IDXLS go- ing into France. As France was one of our larger export markets. it brought everything to a stop dur- ing the March sales. However. the fox situation is not too bad be- cause buyers are beginning to ask where are we keeping the rest of the Platinums, Pearl Platinums and other types that interest them. They cannot understand that mar- ket prlces during the last four years has resulted in fewer and fewer of these animals reaching the mar- ket nnd that now the small quan- tities that they see are all the foxes of those types. Whether they believe it or not, the situation is arriving when quantities will be so restricted that any buying pres- sure will result in a rapid rise in price. Most of the offerings of late were slaie goods and some of it was really stale. The buyers have had some pretty grim experien- yccs with stale goods in the last year or so and it looks like they will leave that iype of article right where it is. We feel that any bright- ening in the world market picture will result in a very sBtiS1BCi0l'1' movement of from fox pelts."

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HASTINGS. England -(CPl- This historic seaside resort is send- ing a double-decker bus on a publicity tour of all England. The bus has a booking office on the

furs in Europe and further de- pressing world prlces. Fur sales both in faxes and mink have dried up from the retailers' point of view and no mink or fox buyer is going to load up on pelts. even though the price be low, for fear of two things. First, that he may have to hold the goods for too long before he can get his money out of them. and secondly that even though the prices seem to be rock-bottom now. that mink and foxes may sell still lower in the next few months.

Regarding dollar parity he writes: ”For years the American buyers coming up from New York and other (1.8. centres had a favorable 10 per cent exchange on their money. This meant that the buyer could buy a dollar”: worth of goods for ninety cents and as a business getter it was quite an attraction. Today with our dollar at parity and on some days worth more than the American dollar. the reverse situa- tlon has its drawbacks. We do not believe that parity between the Canadian and American dollar has driven away business but it has taken away an encouragement that brounht many American buyers to Montreal."

then goes on to stress the fact that he believes too much economy has been practised in the feeding of foxes and that in the ' ' of selling agencies this year's crop of mink is generally poorer than last year. In the case of standard mink the market wants them big. black and well furred. In the trade's opinion the 1951 crop has lacked size. They believe that the rising costs of horse meat and the difficulty in procuring it and other feeds caused many ranchers not to feed as wisely in 1951 as they did in previous years." There is no doubt a great deal of truth in this

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llcatlons we note where in the Un- ited states and European countries all kinds of substitutes are being given for horse meat which has been it standard fox and mink feed for so many years. However. the

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