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President: Mont. Col. W. Chute: B. Nolan Vlec-Prclldenl: J. I'- Burnett, I‘. J. I. Bemcnryi Hunt. Col. l). A. Mlolihmon. 0.8-0. [dim and Dlmim: J. B. Burnett. IJJ. Associate Edltnrl: Frank Waller and Haul. Ian A. Burnett, B.C.N.V.B. r01: Actlvc Service)

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Fa rm Production ‘Goals

New goals in Canadian farm production were set at the recent Dominion-Provincial farm conference at Ottawa. Behind the discus- sion lay the expectation of a continuance of huge export demand. Here are the main estimates IS presented at the conference:

Estimated Export Demand 19-15 test.) 1944 350,000,000 350,000,000 80,000,000 75,000,000 . . 40,000,000 35,000,000 . 622,000,000 755,300,000 150,000,000 140,000,000 127,000,000 128,700,000 3,487,000 2.664.000 18.000000 11,000,000 633.800 576,200

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Barley tliu.) Pork tlb.) Beef lib.) Cheese (l-DJ . Eggs leases! Flue cured tobacco‘ (it) .. Maple Products tlb.l ‘Year ending Sept. 30.

In only a lcw instances was much Chang‘? iii expected tltilllC>llC cunstittiption 0f farm pro ducts expected to vary greatly in i045. .~\ warn- ing was thrown out that contintictl ztvailztbilify or pork products iicxt War. iii Canada, would re- quire stistained output if the need of Britain for at least (too million lbs. was to be mct.

The North Grey “By-Election

Xcver in (ltnatltfs pUllllCfil history has a Minister of the Crown appealed for electoral support in stich an zmomrtltnis setting as that in which Gcncral .\, ti. 1-. McNaughton will face the voters of North Grey on February fifth. A former Conservative, he will appear as the nominee offithe Liberal party. Having entered the Cabiiiét as an anti-conscriptionist, he will ask the electors of North Grey for their approval of a. piece-meal tiieasure of conscrip- tion. And in doing this it will be his duty as a Member of the Cabinet to reveal and defend the reasons why Colonel Ralston was forced otit of the Government for advocating this precise piece-meal measure of conscription, which the General was sworn into office to oppose and which lie since adopted and is now commend- ing to the people of Canada.

In view of North Grey's political history, there is reason to expect that this battle of the ballots will be keenly contested and that it will be anyontfs fight till the last vote has been counted. From 1903 to 1925 the Conservatives won in 5 consecutive elections, but always by small margins except in the Union Government appeal in i917, when the Conservative Union- ist had a margin of 2,294 votes. In 1936 ti“ Liberals won by 564 votes. Iii I930 the C011- stituency went Conservative by 187. In 1935 the Liberal majority was 1,3,20- Ill 1940- ‘he poll stood: Tclford, Liberal, 7,538: Porteous, Conservative (National Government), 5,771; Case, Nat-LR, 2,434. In that election, the last to be held, the Liberal candidate had a plurality of 1,813, but was about 700 behind in the popular vote.

Mayor Garfield Case of Owen Sound has been chosen as the Progressive Conservative candidate in this by-election. Because the C- C. F. have lined up with the Government against the Conservatives on the conscription divisions in the House it seems unlikely that they will nominate a candidate, and a straight fight may therefore be anticipated.

Floor Prices For Agriculture

“Properly administered, price floors for agricultural products can make a useful con- tribution to the solution of farm problems by stabilizing farm prices, giving the farmer It greater measure of security, and increasing the efficient use of agricultural resources,” says the Bank of Nova Scotia's current Review. However, it points out that to work out a floor-price policy which will give the largest feasible amount of benefit to the farmer and create the fewest production and market com- plications is no easy matter.

Iii reaction against the bxtreme instability of farm prices in the past, and their effects on farm income, there has perhaps been a tendency to forget the useful function perform- gd by a price system-that of guiding prodtic- tion and distribution. This function has been amply (lemonstratctl during the war-changed price relationships have been used to direct land and ()ill('l' resources into the products which have been most needed, and out of those less essential to the war effort. Economists are Con- cerned with preventing guaranteed post-ivai‘ prices from interfering with this process; .171 other words. with preserving the flexibility among relative prices which is necessary to keep production adjusted to market demands. Such flexibility involves freedom either to raise or lower floor prices of products, and frequent- ly enough to induce the desired adjustments in production.

It is also llllPOTlEllllI to recognize, says the Rm-ip-w, that domestic farm policy particularly iti an export country must not, over the long

» period at least, he too far out of line with the

market sittiatitm. .-\ farm-price level unrelated to external markets would create for the gov- ernment serious ztdtiiinistrative problems iii disposing of surpluses and attempting to coit- trol production, and would probably make the cost to the rest of the comniutiity of support prices for agricultural products excessively large. »

'l‘liough setting floor prices, at levels cai- culatcd to call forth the amounts of the vari- ous commodities which the market may be ex-

pected to absorb, might give the farmer aver- age prices over a period of years little higher than those which would have resulted from a free market, the benefits in terms of increased security and efficiency would be substantial. They wouldlie in the provision of an assured market at an assured price, the shifting to gov- ernment agricultural officials of the task of as- sessing probable demands, the assumption by the government of the risks involved in this prediction, and finally the assurance that ruinous price declines would not be allowed to occur.

Iii the opinion of the Review, however, floor- price programs cannot be expected to solve the entire farm-income problem. Supplementary measures, outside the floor-price program, ap- pear to be the most effective means of working toward greater equality between rural and non- rural living standards. Of this sort are crop in- surance, better educational facilities, increased medical care, better roads, hettcr housing, more telephones, an extension of rural electrification systems, and so on.

From a broader point of view, security and a reasonable standard of living for farmers are bound tip with a high level of industrial eiii- ploytiient, an expanding world economy, and an increasing flow of international trade. From the standpoint of Canadian agriculture, perhaps the foremost necessity is the restoration of the economic strength of the Utiited Kingdom, which occupies a key position in the whole structure of intcrtiatitinal trade, says the RPTfPil‘. To thc extent that Catiada and the Liiiitetl States can find a solution to Britain's shortage of foreign (xcltzingci, through suitable financing tncastircs. our export prospects, especially for food, will he improvctl and the problems of agriculture lcssciictl.

EDIIURIAI. NUIES

I. .\I. \V. Turner, English artist, died this date, 185i; one of the most outstanding water colour painters of the Victorian era; was not so successful in oils, though his association with Ruskin tended to give him an asccndency in the world of art sccond to none of his day-

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Even the much despised empty bottle may have its patriotic uses. Derby, town and port in tropical Australia, has a road calledffilar- me Parade.” The name should be “Dead Mar- ine Parade," because its fotir niilcs of length is lined with empty bottles. A wet weather road was needed to the aerodrome, and the con- tractors found that white ants made only a short meal of the conventional wooden stick- markers used in pegging out the road. Then someone got a brain—tvave—-enipty bottles. They are completely satisfactory.

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A peep into the future world of conimttni- cations was given members of an audience in London, Ont, when addressed recently by M r. W. M. Armstrong, general manager of the Cati- adian National 'I'elegraphs. »He envisioned the transmission of an entire telegram to and from customers offices by the mere pressing of a button. The entire wire would be reproduced automatically and the time required to trans- mit reduced to seconds. Considerable work has been carried on already in the transmis- sion of documents from point to point, and equipment has already been designed for iri- stallation in customers’ offices. This will go 1 long way in solving one of the most difficult problems cf the telegraph industry, the pick- up and delivery of telegrams.

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Four thousand historic churches ltave been damaged in Britain, and nearly three thousand have been destroyed.‘ Damage has been severe in Exeter Cathedral, one of the finest examples of Middle English Gothic. Coventry Cathedral has become a total loss. The Cathedrals at Canterbury and Wells have been bombed, with a, degree of ultimate damage which may yet prove serious. London has suffered severely in the places of its crowded history. Westmin- ster Abbey has been severely torn, while bombs iave tested the good workmanship of great St. Paul’s. All the Sir Christopher Wren churches in Landon, with their graceful spires and light- ly perfect balance, have been gravely damaged, including such tradition-steeped churches as 5t. Brides, St. Giles Cripple Gate and St. Mary le Bow. St. James Picadilly was almost destroy- ed by a bomb, with the loss of the beatitifully confident 17th century ivoodcarving of Grinling (libbons. In reckoning England's losses in the war, we must remember these venerable and dignified and beautiful things. They had seem- ed, by surviving the past, to have achieved a sort of earthly immortality, but now many have vanished like the past which created them. And now that they are gone, nothing can ever call them back.

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Aluminum interests in Canada are following with interest the growing development of com- petition with their oiie-time luige monopoly. A bill to ratify an agreement between the Gov- ernments of the Commonwealth and Tasmania for the establishment of a 3.000.000 P0000 aluminum ingot industry in Tasmania was intro- duced before Federal Parliament went into re- cess late in September. It is proposed to cs- tablish an Aluminum Production Commission of four members. two representing each gov- ernment, with power to spend up to 50.000 pounds on any single project without Ministerial approval. The Commission is forbidden to be “in any way concerned in or act in concert with any commercial trust or combine,” and il instructctl to remain an independent Australian undertaking. Tasmania is to PfOVldg electricity from the State hydro-electric scheme. Sufficient power is not available elsewhere in the Coin- montvealth, although there are richer bauxite deposits elsewhere, nor can power be supplied- at a price as low. Australia's ahitninttin re- quirenietits in the post-war period are estimat- ed at 6000 tons a year. The blinister for Sup- ply (Mr. Beasley) said a market for Australian aliimitiuitt was expected in the Pacific. For a country as isolated as Australia In continue to itcglect to establish such an‘ industry was to invite disaster '

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Veterans And Jobs

(Montreal Genetic)

Canadian Conceal of Labor has moved favorably tn safeguard the riithts o! union m who have served in the armed forces and to reassure the Canadian union. which annealed to it a few months aao to take action. ln rec- ommen tn its unio the. servicemen on i-DBUJV - dustrv be entitled to preference uf employment on the basis of senior- inv ucoumulated durinn their ser- Vl - Qonuress has stated its volley more definitely than it aid

at its convention in October. rivals-f r5113! zfiiréergl, npositripen that,‘ a 6 I‘ SCH’ n his countrv should 0e g l.’l.i.1ti“'r‘.‘§..“'3$3l‘.§“u'li“‘i. ‘“ h“ a . matned a civilian. ad to The Conzress thus uraes a better solution of an important. problem gran vying‘ ieggiedmzfrer the tasé . m v \ ra reiairne m find their ‘s _ rltzlits held bv men with no mili- tary service. The labor bodv an- ucers to be animated bv the same consideration the

. Lesion. that returned soldiers net a

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‘There are many details nf DIEG- tice and procedure that: will have to be worked out bv clie unions and the veterans DUIHIIlZHLlOH. with the help and ennouruzement of the government. to siiicttuurd the iobs and rights of - returning service- men. but the nrtiblen: of rehabili- tation should be scmeivhat eased by the fact that, the C.C.L. has stated n bolrci in line with the position of the legion.

Notes By The Way

Noting that l fl Labrador to 50:11:11“: in s: Toronto Star's Columnist Jones observes that. “the Scotch are gusting closer." The fellows Ebiglisti-and don't think he doesn't mean "closer than ever." -— 0t;- tawa. Citizen. , .

Too many automobiles are still travelling the streets and highways with only one headlight burning. Prosecutions for this violation of the law are much too infrequent. There is need for a determined drive to clean this situation uo. The “OTIC-Qycd" driver is almost. is. Worse menace than the man who falls to turn on his llgyllf. at, all. Particularly on the highway, he constitutes a grave rii to other motorists-Windsor tar.

We have heard foo many diag- noses oi.’ the cause of juvenile de- linquency. and too few cur-as. Most. authorities, self-styled and otherwise, BBTee that the fault lies with the parents. But the City 0f Sun Francisco ls doing some- hfng about it. Parents of delin- quents are "sentenced" by a Juvenile court to eight lectures on how to rear children. Perfect; attendance may bring them a sits- llended sentence. other things being equal. But the cnse 1s not dispos- ed of till school ls finished. Sounds lcikred n good idem-Kitchener Re- O .

A banker 1n Kentucky was In the habit of wearing his hat a 800d deal dllfllli; business hours, us in summer the flies used his bald pate for a parading ground and in winter iilie cold breezes swept over its polished surface. A negro workman each week pres- ented a cheque and drew his wages, and one day as he put his money iii-to a greasy wallet, the banker said: “Look here, Mose; why duti’; You let some of that money stay in thflbank and keep an account with us? The negro leaned towards him, and, with a qulzzical look at the banker's hat, answered con. fidentially: “Boss, 1'59 jes’ firearm, You look like you was always ready to star-i: somewhere." Alberta Wheat Pool Budget.

A serious increase in the occur- rence of scurvy among the admis- sions to certain hospitals in Scot.- land since the war, especially in the period of 1941-42, is reported in the current issue of the British Medical Journal. The disease, now known to be due to absence of sufficient vitamin C in the diet, Wns What is termed "bactiet'.»r” scurvy, although some of the pitti- cnts Were women. because it oc- CUTS mainly 1n those who live alone. Three root causes are eni- phasized. Ignorance, especially of the need of potatoes and vege- tables in the diet; apathy espe- cially as regards cooking these articles of food; and Poverty mak- ing it. impossible to buy adequate food or to obtain facilities for cooking-The Lflndon Times.

Some of Canada's young airmen are getting prematurely bald. Youniz chaps of twenty and twenty- one ore losing their hair on active service. The tight-fitting and warm aviation helmets are the 081159- When a flier returns from a long flight and takes off his lie.‘- met, he can brush the fallen hair off the lining. One young Wind- sor flier figured out a preventive for the baldness. He wore a head band, which ave hlm some pro- tection, but dd not dry- out his hair. So when you see a to; n: pat/es in the baldheaded row, don't Jump to conclusions. 1n- stead of being fat and fifty, they mfly be slim and only twenty-one. —Windsor star.

It. in not often that Senator W. A. Griesbach descends to errant nonsense. but foi- once he hu done so. His statement. that ‘ ,, wo- men teachers in charge of boy pupils destroys their spirit. to go m war is so ridiculous as scarcely to meri. comment. The teachers, however. are entitled to some de- fence. It is to be found. of course, in the thousands of fine men who imbibed the hishest ideals of courage and character from noble women who devoted l. lifetime to instructin the younz. some fe- male teoe ers may be n bit, upset by the Senator's remark, but. most of them will realize that the need pay no attention to such a udicr- ous utterance-Windsor star.

Herring roe, administered u III experiment by an eye specialist, tins saved the sight of a badly burned RAF. flight-sergeant. The sergeant received his burns in an air crash, losing the sight. of ohe we, while the other was badly ul- cerated. He was admitted to an RAJ‘. hos ital ih Bust Anglia. - one of item's largest. "We tried every treatment. we knew, but the eye refused to heal," said the specialist. "so I sent out. an 5.0.5. for herring roe. None could be found in the neighbourin town

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Dll. GRANT I OONSCIIDTION

Ebb-Often I've wondered what role Dr. Grant, fills at Ottawa, bu: since treading his latest remarks, I know. The Hon. Mackenzie King gum imltm Robert o! old:

H8 keeiw o Jester at court". But 1118 Jester throws some light, on Why thinks are so muddled. Mr. King is asleep. this for a long line. If we were fit Peace we might laugh but new with our boys’ lives hanging in the

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needs of our fighting forces, the man whose business for the past five Years has been the preparing f 1m army or an anti-conscrip- tionist? Col. Ralston tried the voluntary system. It: was all right until We really started fighting on D-Day. Then it didn't take him 10112 to see he was wrong, and he,‘ was mall BHOIIBh to acknowledge it and out the safety of our boys ne- - fore political position. Hats off to‘ hlm! Would that we only had‘ more men of like calibre. »

Mr. King lnhls speech proudly boasted that. his was a voluntary Army- Is it? The soldiers say it

is the dirtiest kind of conscription. You are given a. talk that anyone who would no; volunteer for over- worm. Then they asked those vvhgl 5 would not go overseas to step out’ of the ranks. Mr. King calls that volunteering. No one likes con- scription but it is the only fair way to raise Bn army. r The only reason Mr. King gives:

for his refusal is that he would oe-

bi-eaking his promlsemnd hemtght‘ ' lose at the next election. t How about breaking his word to

our boys over there when it means

not the loss of a political seat: but human lives? If they don't need more men why do you read that many of our boys are wounded once, twice and even three times? Why. when they are supposed to get a five-day furlough from. tlic front. line. are they ordered back in three days? I know of one scl- dier writing to his mother who stated that he had been in the front line for two weeks without any rest. The next. day he was severely wounded. Wihy? H; was just too tired to care.

The boys didn't write Dr. Grant, therefore they don't need rein- forcements. Dld anyone ever hear such drivel? He found fault with the- Conservative Party for put- ting through conscription in ;he last wnr. I had brothers in the last war and they said the men were ,back in the trenches with their wounds half healed; that they had one man where they should have lind three; and tiic same conditions will be rcpeau-cl it: iéhis war and CoLRalston knows

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Where was Dr. Grant in the last war? He speaks as confidently as if he were there. He is a won- derful party supporter but this is

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