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|bond for re-export, "aggregated 2,000 bushels compared with 476,000 in the corresponding week a year earlier.

In the first two thirds of this “crop year," which began with August 1937, — Canada's wheat exports by water fell to about 5o per cent of gwhat they had been in the comparable period of the preceding year. Total overseas export clearances during this period,—from August 1, I937 to April 8, 1938,—amounted to only 56,- 998,153 bushels, as against 107,400,229 in the corresponding period of the previous crop year- Wheat being Canada's biggest staple, this tremendous decline in the grain export trade

“all €91£¢BL'.'?""-

IDNDAY, APRIL 25, i938

"The Strongest Memory ta Weaker than

has had a pronounced effect of a most depress- ing nature on business conditions across the whole Dominion. With a good crop this sea- son,—-if such be in the lap of the gods,—Can-

Who Was The Author?

_ Quoted in these columns some years ago was a letter purporting to be from an early settler in this Province, throwing interesting light on the origin of the name Belfast. It was supplied by a correspondent, from an old scrap-book in his family. Its authenticity was a matter which we

were unable at that time to verify. It was ap- parently tniknuwn to our Island historians, one of whom, Mr. Malcolm A. Mzicqueen, of Win- nipeg, author of "Skye Pioneers and ‘The Islam’ ” was so keenly interested that he made extensive inquiries into the matter. We are now in receipt oi a letter from Mr- Macquecn, re- porting the result of his search,

'“At long last," writes Mr. Macqueen, “through a friend in London, England, I have found the Gentlcmcifs Xlllgilllllfi of March, 1771, in the Guildhall Library, London. This number con- tains the settlers letter mentioning the origin of the place name Belfast, as applied to the dis- trict of that name in Queen's County, P.E.I. It would appear as if there is no doubt but that the name was first applied to that district by the Captain of the I'l-l\i.S. Mermaid. The editor of the magazine at the time was Mr, Urban and most of the letters published were addressed “Dear Mr. Urban." Not so this one. Nor was there a signature. This is unfortunate, for the writer was a man of unusual foresight as we of the present day looking back over the interven- ing yenrs must realize. In 1770 when he wrote with such confident optimism of the Island's future prosperity, it was covered with primeval forest- He foresaw the possibility of trouble over absentee proprietorship. He must have been a man 0f fine mind; one that we would like to know. His reference to Berkshire suggests that it may have been his native county. It would be interesting to know if he settled on the Island and left descendants. If so, they have reason to be proud of so far-seeing an ancestor.

Mr. Macqueen incloses the full text of the letter, dated November 8, 1770, with Editor's vaption, as follows:

Description of the Island of St. John, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence. in a. Letter from that place, dated November 8th, 1770. '

"We arrived here safe the middle of August. I have since been over several parts of the Bland, which exceeds, in most respects, my expectations. I saw the remains of many barns, and other buildings for fanmers, as large as any I remember in Berkshire, and the lands appear to be excellent for wheat, and all sorts of grain and herbage. There are many orchards, which produce very good apples, and other fruits; gooseberries, currents. and strawberries seem to be natives of the Isle, as they are met with everywhere in abundance. Governor Paterson, and his family, arrived a few days after us; I have seen him several times; he seems good- natured. and fit to struggle with the diflictilties that. must attend tfne settlement of such an in- hnt colony.

"A man-of-war, called the Mermaid, touched here; the Captain has got. a fine lot of 30.000 acres, which has the good remains of a village upon it, with a church: it wea called Prim by the French, but". he intends to name it Belfast, alter a village in Ireland. I mention this cir- cumstance. as I landed on the spot, and eat some excellent fruits of his orchard, which, though overgrown with weeds. produce plenty, and there appear to be six or seven hundred acres of clear land belonging to it. The soil is very deep in many places of the Island, and must produce hemp and flax, but all looks forlorn, for want of‘ cultivation; however, the Island must soon wear a new face, if the Proprietors do their duty: There are about. three hundred settlers come from England and Scotland this summer; those from Scotland brought a Predsytcrian Parson with them, a very good sort. of a man. People that come hither from Europe. should set out. in Arprll, to have the summer before them, to pro- vide houses and stock for the winter, which is now beginning to set in.

' "The Island is upwards of 100 miles long, and about. 30 or 40 broad. wltfh many fine rivers which intersect the whole, and must make car- riage easy. Here I am told there are no fogs, as on the Continent, which is a good circumstance.

“I wish other people were animated with the aame spirit. for settlement that I em; if that was the case, I ithink this Island, in a very few years,

’ would make a great figure in the enports of corn, fish, pork, etc., but I am afraid it will be kept. back by people at home, who have got grants without intention of settling the lands. I am in treaty for half a. lot, or 10,000 acres, and expect to get it cheaper than if I had purchased in London. I now act with my eya open. knowing the situation and quality of the lends to begood. We have cattle, pigs, sheep, and other stock from the Continent, on very e887 $811M; $11080 W110 bring out coarse woollens, and other goods fit ihtfjhis climate, and an infant". colony, must make great. profit on them. I would not have people come without some small property, or a know- ledge of husbandry, fishery, building, Smith's work. etc. Idle folks will not. do here. Fish is

n amazing plenty airround the Island; the cod " ery must be very valuable in time, but my "jcheme you know is farming."

.' Perhaps some of our readers, with the hints above supplied as to the unknown writer's own f origin, may be able to throw further

lace o ‘ ' ht on this very interesting letter-

Wheat

grain reserves, the first week of if wheat from than a half million Dominion Bureau o _ Irafiaeances during the week ended April.

week of 1937.

‘ Despite the nearly depleted state of Canada's it is interesting to time that in this month overseas clearances Canadian ports aggregated more bushels. The records of the f‘ Statistics show that export

ed to 599,006 bushels, as compared with in the previous week and 139L973 in _ ' During the ‘ville, '- u" Canadian wheat into the his’ _ i i and» milling, in, contributions to“ the work. " ~ i.‘ " . ' i ~-

adian business should witness a near-renaissance in the closing months of I938.

Veterans Honor Magna Carla

War veterans of Canada and the United States are coming together for observance of Magna Carta week, June 12 to 19- Members of the Canadian and American Legions will hold at Niagara Falls, New York, a joint ob- servanceoi that historic occasion in 1215 when what has become the charter of the people's liberty was wrested from a hostile and arbitrary King. All English-speaking men and women have shared in the advantages this charter con- ferred upon them, a charter upon which is bas- ed the liberty of the subject enjoyed—and threat- ened today.

1t is significant, says the Globe and Mail, that on both sides of the border veterans of the World War are strongly attached to the prin- ciples of democracy. As Colonel H. R. Alley of Toronto said, in addressing a preliminary meet- ing at the Falls city a few days ago, “You in the United States and we in Canada have a very firm basis in individual liberty, founded in the Great Charter of 1215. In this fundamental arrangement it is basic that ‘to no man will we sell, delay or deny justice'- It means that the Government can't throw a man into jail because it doesn't like him or because he has attempted to express ppposite opinions- He must have con- mitted a definite offense and have been convict- ed by the ordinary process of law.. .Our faith in the individual is a very positive faith-..We hold to the principle of the liberty of the sub- jects, and we preserve the system."

J‘ Editorial Notes I

Tomorrow Anzac Day, 1915. a a 4- s

If Shakespeare had lived in the day of the Brutalitarian dictators perhaps he would not have inquired so cavalierly: “\Vhat's in a name?" It is said in Russia bearers of the once proud name of Trotsky found it a question of life or death after the fall of the Bolshevik leader, and. rushed breathlessly away to search for safer patronymics. Now the plague of un- fortunate names has spread even to the neutral States. In Stockholm, Sweden, a citizen named A, Hitler, who makes advertising signs, has found his business card a distinct handicap. When he sends it in to a prospect the reply is apt to be “Oh, yeah? Well, tell him I'm Mussolini." If he registers at a hotel the clerk is sure to glance at the register and warn him to cut out the clowning. Now in order to tell the world that his given name is Allan and not Adolf he has arranged a little dinner for a couple of other fellows who arc in the same boat. He hopes the papers will play it up. His guests will be Harald Goering, merchant, and Tom Stalin, truck driver. e a a a _ Modern farming is a business and to be suc- cessful should be conducted in a business-like manner, writes Mr. H. D- Mitchell, of the Field Husbandry Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Farming has developed to the stage where it is a commercial enterprise in which the character of the management largely determines income and profit. It involves the production and sale of commodities as well as the use of capital and the purchase of supplies and labor, the same as most other kinds of business Pre- sent conditions in farming emphasize the im- portance to "the farmer of having a record of his business transactions as well as a permanent re- cord of other details of his farm enterprise to which he can readily refer. The problem of the farmer is to meet conditions in such a way that his farm will give him the most satisfactory net returns- year in and year out, for the use of his investment, his labor and his managerial ability. Many farmers realize that some change or ad- justment in their combination of enterprises or methods of management might increase their farm income. They may be unable, however, to determine what changes to make owing to a lack of records on which to base any changes in enterprises or methods. 1e a e

Pity the poor guinea pig, made to suffer for frail humanity. The development for the first time of a synthetic human guinea pig, which re- sponds to infections due to bacteria and viruses in a manner closely parallel to a living human being makes it possible to study at first hand a number of serious human diseases that could not be produced in laboratory animals, was told to the annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology at Baltimore. The “synthetic human" is a chicken embryo’ upon which human tissue has been grafted. It was made possible by the discovery, regarded as one of the most significant in phy- siological research of recent years, that human tissue, such as skin, can be grafted into chick embryos in such a manner that the tissues not only survive but can be infected with bacteria and viruses that attack only human beings.

found, the human tissues assume the same char- acteristic picture of the disease developed by the same micro-organisms in living. human beings. The ‘fsyntl-ietlc human" was described by Dr- Ernest W. Goodpasture, Professor Pathology s. Vanderbilt UniversityMedicai School, Nach- Tenn., wbeo credited other members of

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When such infections are produced, it was- scholar

‘lltllalhlvhgpurportedly true W"? We: ermtatnedln a letter re- ceived 1mm our Manager at Mount Stewart, P.E.I.. quota: Laavaummerwegotsnotcfrom amenlivingaiaouttcnmllesfrom waartedtoborrow

here. He no "N!!! Abe Dominion Home Im- . vementPlan. Thencnday the “Ber happened to be in this "W" 1006mm so he called to talk the matter over with him. 111a all...

been

Man 8861' wee met at m door th man hlmselt and Miler intgdue: tiona and talk about

the weather. crop possibilities. etc. H m.

the Dominion

ome Improveme plan ya; Mutant up. one of the urn ques- tions bile Mano r asked was “What do you intend making?’ The man looked rather blank and answered Improve- ments? Hell. man! I don’; want to

make t;- to buy iiiisowri-mayiiteinnéuii Wm.‘

There seems to be a let.” Pending in the use of the “intel enoe tests" for the purpcsg o! measuring the intellectual ca/peclty of an individual pupil or st/udent 1'01’ this. that or some other calling or course of preparation for the business of life. In this there is nothing to be surprised at. Such tests were recommended, and for some time applied in the schools. but_ii has never become a general set/Led opinion among scientists - esl-teclally the practical teachers — that the “game was worth the candle. ' There are scientific rees- Ons for tihls skepticism in the mat- ter. but without dependingh on scientific considerations alone ere is the outtstandln and absolutely- °°nvln°in8 T863. t some of our dblw- wholws. deepen winners and most. brilliant eniuses, have been what the Seotihgh pecpe call "dull in the uptak. '—I.indsay Warder.

A commercial photographer in Lnndon sends us a picture 0i what ls eaJed a “diorarmr at me centre Block on Ottawa's Parliament Hill. prepared for the Canadian Pavil- ion at, the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow this Bummer. This is a Sl-Bse setting. representing the Centre Block in the depths of Whiter-trees loaded with snow, the lawns deep in snow, snow on the roofs and covering the hills be- yond, a row of icicles decorating the 10p of the scene. We have no obyeotion to permitting the word to get. around that we have snow in Ottawa, but even in this mutter

1m- lig-

for gight months of the twelve there is no more snow on Parlia- ment. Hill than over Piccadilly, and we should not like visitors to the Canadian Pavilion to uire the impression that the Cantu! Cap- llfll lie-i perpetually in an environ- ment 0i’ Arctic severity -Ottawu Journal.

One thriving industrial com- munity in Qntario, like many oth- ers, prides itself on its hockey team For many years local manufactu- ers have pathetically been ready to give jobs to lilte.y loo boys who could show dexterity 1n _ ndl- Lng a. stick and the _town turns out in force to root. for the team whenever it plays on the home ice. Although the town has only a. few thousand inhabitants, the team calls itself the National. The name itself is an indication of its self- es . and never seemed incon- gruous to the team's supporters. Some years ago, the Nationals‘ sweaters were showing signs of the heavy 11-5889 they had endured. and the boys were measured for

new garments at. the local knitting mils. Tlhe mill owner, an Elngllsh- man, made a. special rate for the work as a gesturq of pride in the team. Unfortunately one detail of the sweaters had been mnitxtcd when the order was given, soafewdayslabenthefcamman» age: telephoned the mill owner to see if the team's initial letter in red could be placed on the chests of the sweaters. The manufacturer said that it could eesll be done. Bo that. season the Nat p - ed hockey lnaweatcre teatcfully dec- orated with red hens. won the championship of their .

In a neat little building on the campus of the University of New Hampshire a modem professor is encased in work which will cha the price of clothing and food the not so distant future. There Professor Ernest J. Ritnnan con- tinues a line of work started many ago by Dr. Alemnder Gm- am Bell the inventor of the tele- phone. when Dr. Bell went to Nova Booths with his family in 1886 for a vacation his active mind be- came interested in the sheep which he sew there. It occurred to him t-het farmers m'"ht be a good deal better off u uEep were born in IIII/tCII instead of mngly, 1-1 to think elbout it. He discovered several difficulties that had to be . rst of all. he found out that. few ewes have more than two active nipples for mik for lambs . That meant the when bwins were born the weaker was shed aside by the stronger and requently died. Bo Bell start- edbreedlngtoprodmeaeiwewith

adeq te using f idea. 3y the timieuBcllxidied 1101:

department with having made important

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In the Guardian's issue of the 10th t. m. J. O. Lewis, in a letter writ cmby him on the quea- tion of Latin as a. ficifilbi‘ subject for our common ub -.ch riculum. toes on a th discussion of this sub ect .the lup- porters of Latin were its own worst enemiexliotftp-hnmanly of d , who meevee rea a page of Qulutilllan, felt it incumbent on themamvea to stress the value of as an aid in the maate of firtlgifilciks attggiede he étofiis dera ' mo ry; an e says fur-met. that. "such expressions such Deoble cause an honest old xiaruhofie like Dr. Nicholson to see . e . Now. if m. Icwie is referring frllltlrely g the discussion now o- n

I e Quintillian. nor even with authors whose names are far more familiar to the aver e man

the name of Qulntill an is; but I did have in my day a speaking ac- quaintance with four of these, and that itself is not so bad-consider-

famous ode with

vulgum et arceo," seem to indicate that even a. great deal o. Latin doesn't keep a. man from being Just a litte snobbish.

miller with think

can. and all the old-time teachers can. that I was once fa- miliar with Old Collar and Dgngeiafls

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Behind

Headlines at Ottawa

By Dean Wilson

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announce the visit to their storeofi

MR. F. W. TWISS

representing

Limited

.Wm. H. Leishngandr Co,

on April 26th & 27th, 193s I

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the

This is the time of the year when

visa ally tr

is divided into three parts now I can imagine how m friends may suspect that least one of these parts since 1 now presume to express an opinion on the value of Latin

. And learned have at

the annual statement of the busi- ness conditions of the body politic of the Dominion of Canada is pre- sented by the Minister of Finance, and upon this financial picture of tha country is depend ‘ whether or not there will bean increase

taxation burdens for the citizens of

moderation is a virtue. ‘After all, in

_But speaking in all seriousness. Sir. do Mr. Lewis and several other correspondents who, com arativoly sneaking. are masters of e class- i o these renlv mean to say that. only those who are familiar with Qulntillisn. or even Cicero. should presume to express an opiu-

bear in mind that the question 1n debate is not on the value of a great deal of Latin. but. rather on the value of a little, Latin, not only acquiring s masery of Eng but even in acquiring what most of your correspondents claim to have -a fair knowledge of the EngJah

lankuege.

Mr. in my opinion iv- en a correct description of wha a good Latin grammar should be like. and regret now to see him practi- cally arguing that even if ta pupkil grammar, wo e - amples of which he has himself named. that the amount of Latin he has thus acquired will be of little or no value to him qulring a mastery of liingilsh. 1 for one Sir. boldly affirm in the face pi] lgflYllfiLaCtlfflffifi oéegffectptiop.