MARCH 15. 1952

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1-he recent Hudson's Bay Comp- any sale of silver and mutation mug in their magnificent ware- iiouse and sales room in Montreal. we probably the best indication (if the trend of prices that we have noticed anywhere on the North American continent since the I951 ,,.,,,. nf fiirs has been available to h,,..,.,.. Here is a detailed account ,,,'i,h9 5nlf' -- Buying for Europ- ,,.n account was responsible for -gfllfifllly all of the light turnover .1 sianciartl silvers at today's all- .i- and mutation fox sale of Hud- Co. The small attend- gncc of buyers reflected continued mg of general interest. Prices. where sold. were on We easy aide bids usiinlly falling short of the

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gplpclhfl silvery (2.a2m was ner- Hmi. Regulars (2,853) brourht mm, European buving. mostly around 312. hut with a range 10? riivorv nf R10 to A19 and for full silvers 33,50 to sift. Tnferlor tyne! "2-.9, warn priced M to all for .' 57.50 for full silver and gm,-in'tn 515 for three nuarters nirnne was again interested. sel- rcied and regular one-half to mm--qiinrler silver was also mmm for Europe. selected three- auarters brintzinv 313.50 to 323.50 and half silver 320. while regular um-pqiiarters ranked til I0 120 mg ml! silver was 315.50. Muta- tion silver fox was bought very moderately for Europe. Platinum select. r.'ini!Ed S1250 to 325., plat- ium rt-giiiars 310.50 to :22. and in- feriors 84.50 to 312.

Pearl platinum-selected ranged mm to 525.50. regulars :11 to 824 and inft-riors sil to 31.1.50. low rrariesiwreiri fair demand at 31 to is. Practically all buying of muta- lions as well as standards was on European account, The Hudson's Bay Co. reported 20 per cent of the entire catalogue of standard and

ulaiion silver fox sold and gave the following details: Silvery sel- ected mostly withdrawn. silvery regular selective demand at easier prices; silvery inferior types good demand. sliizhtiv easier one-half to ihree-quarter silver selected and ymiiiir small collection; good de- mand for darker colors. Platinum selected good demand for fresh season's skins of better quality and color unchanged: other types in fair demand at easier prices. Pearl platinum selected regular and in- ferior interest confined to medium and lighter colors slightly easier.

It will be noticed that Europe figured largely in the results. One thing that is to our disadvantage in selling silver fox and its muta- tions in opposition to Norway, swe- den and Finland. is the fact that ur money is now on a par with hat of the United states and both currencies are worth almost doub- lo the British pound. which is the currency that the European coun- tries arc pegged to. This is a hand- icap that is almost unsurmount- able. The only relief would be to develop a market in the United states but silver fox is not com-

recently in Milwaukee a large prop- ortion of skins were said to have been sold for European account. If

TIMELY ICTES CI TCPIC3 CCIIIECTEII WITII Silver Fox and Mink Farming A

south American markets, we would be on the road to prosperity.

According to some American fur- rfeu the Washington mink coat scandal: have not hurt the sale of mink - they have helped it. states one large furrler. People who never even thought of looking at a mink coat much less buying one. have been coming in, said the owner of Vola's Excl ive Furrier. "Of course I followed e stories of Washing- ton mink coats closely with ad- vertising and I have keyed the advertising with types of coats mentioned in the news. Mrs. Vola believes that every joke made about mink coats is just that much of 'a boost for the fur business.” However. there are other furriers who take an opposite view. sol Richer thinks it is terrible. all the slrms and jokes that are' being made about minka. He said. "1 be- lieve they are hurting the mink business." Another furrier. Mrs. Slaughter. said she had to put up with some jokes about minks and influence peddlers but it has been all in. fun and she believes it will have no'lasting effect at all.

A new appeal to the Canadian Ministry oi Finance to repeal the excess tax on furs. is being made by the Retail Merchants Associa- tion of Canada which claims a membership oi some 600 retail fur- riers across the country. In addi- tion the Association asks for a stop to he put on all immigration oi skilled fur workers. likewise for relaxations in both banking and consumer regulations. The brief takes a. grim view of the fur in- dustry ln Canada and states that fur dressing and dyeing has suf- fered much more severelli 9"" than fur manufacturing with last year's dollar sales volume off near- ly 50 per cent and all plants great- lv under-employed.

The union points out that while Canadian manufacturers have re- duced their skin purchases, Euro- pean buyers have been active at recent Canadian fur auctions and they believe that substantial am- nunte of the skins bought will be thrown on the Canadian market in coming months. Being process- ed they will have the effect of fur- ther reducing employment. The brief lambasts the 25 per cent ex- cise tax and other taxes charged on fur garments before they reach the consumer and declares that the net effect has been to intensify the declining trend in the manu- facture of many cheaper furs. If the fur industry is to make a val- uable contribution to the Canad- isn standard of living. it cannot be as an industry which is mainlv restricted to the manufacture of mink and other luxury furs, it is declared. It must be able to pro- duce coats and other garments from the cheaper types of furs and to produce them at a price which will bring them within the reach of lower and middle income groups in the population.

STOCK BBEEDEB8 MEET

AMHERST. N. S.. March 13- The directors of the Maritime Stock Breeders' Association met here today in preparation for the annual mccting of ,the organiz- ation tomorrow. F. George Mac- Leod of Black River, N. B.. will

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CANADIAN Y. M. C. A. MILI- TARY WORK

The Canadian Young Men's Christian Association has always been deeply interested in the wei- fare of young men everywhere. It first became a factor in volunteer military camps when the Montreal Y. M. C. A. in 1906 distributed lit- erature and held religious meet- inga in the military camps of those volunteers who had enlisted to ro- sist. the Fenian raids.

The Toronto Y. M. C. A. in iffll instituted the first regular assoc- iation service in the Military Traning Camps at Niagara-om the-Lake under their resourceful veteran secretary. Mr. Thomas J. Wilkie, who provided the soldiers with writing and reading mater- ial and held those religious meet- iiigs that have since been char- acteristic o! the Association's Mil.dTAR.Y SKRVIO. In the early days this work was initiated and carried out under the auspices or local "Y" associations. In mm, the Inter-Provincial Com- mittee ot Ontario and Quebec took over the general organiza- tion of the Y. M C. A. military work. which consisted of reading room and writing facilities, enter- tainments, lectures, sports and gospel meetings in those provinces. For the next thirty years, three Inter-Provincial Y. M. C. A. Coin- mittees, one for the Maritime Pro- vinces. the one mentioned above, and one for the western Provinces, had general oversight 'of Y. M. C. A. work in Canada.

A Canadian section of the In- ternational Y. M. C. A. Commit- tee served the whole Canadian Y. M. C. A. field in international problems. It arranged for Cana- dian secretaries serving in for- eign lands and during the Span- ish-American War (1808) the Ca-, nadlan Y. M. C. A. through the international Committee rendered such outstanding service in co-op. eration with the United states Y. M. C. A., not only in the military camps in the U. S. but by Y. M. C. A. secretaries, who accompanied the troops to both Cuba and the Phillippines. and who. under the greatest difficulties. worked out- such effective ministration that they earnai commendation from Col, Theodore Roosevelt for ser- vlcm rendered to the soldiers.

South Afrlkari War

The Canadian Y. M C. A. in connection with the South African War. in the fall of 1999, sent Dr. Howard G. Barrie as their repre- sentative with the flrst contin- gent. in January. 1900. they sent Mr. T. F. Best to represent the Y. M. C. .4. with the second con- tingent, in his own original and eg- fective way. These men, by their outstanding work. secured from Lord Roberts authority to he at- tached to their regiments, with permission to work in hospitals. camps, and on the battlefields. This established a precedent of far-reaching significance. and their devoted and courageous work won the flavour of the Canadian officers.

During the Russo-Japanese war (of 1904-1905) this Y. M. C. A. In- ternational Committee again dem- onstrated what could be done in the camps and for an army in thel

field by men. ready to adapt to any situation. Canadian Y. C. A. Secretaries in foreign work, as well as those from the United

themselves

Farniliaaii To Ilang For Brutal Knife-Slaying

By J. A. Clark. lhlc.

resourceful Associationl

rue GUARDIAN. Cl-lARL01'l'ETOWN '

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states and. Japan. carried out and extended the traditional Y. M. C. A. work among the troops.

National Council

It would seem that the movement was Provldentialiy guided, when in 1912 a new National Y. M. C. A. organization was affected. The Canadian section of the Inter- national Commitiee and the three lnier-Provincial Committees all merged their interests. and this new organization was called the National Council or the Young Men's Christian Association of Canada. It was authorized to act as the niecutive of all the Y. M. C. A's in Canada. A staff of Na- tional and Territorial Secretaries and representative laymen iron: the Y. M. C. A.'e of all parts of Canada were made responsible for the promotion and supervision of all Association work.

This National Council, with two ye'ara' experience, was able to meet effectively the emergency of 1914. when it acted for the whole broth- erhood in mobilizing the resources of the movement to carry out the great task of Y. M. C. A. military service. Perhaps it should be men- tioned that in financial matters the National Council was quite separate from the local associa- tions. when it raised or exipended special funds, as for its war work, it was only responsible for the ex- penses of its own work. The .lociil associations were independent units. receiving Support from their local constituencies, and contribut- ing to the National work. but none of the National funds were ap- plied to buildings or work of the local institutions. '

World War I

On August 4th. 1911, from a Y. M. C. A. Summer School at Lake Couchiching, the Chairman of the Military Work Committee of the National Council, sent a message to the Minister of the Militia, of- fering the assistance of the Y. M. C. A. for any service which it might be able to perform. The Minister accepted the offer on be- half of the Canadian Government. Later. at Valcariier. the Minister. Major General, the Hon. Sam Hughes. signed a document which

fixed the Association's official position in all mobilization and training camps throughout the WHY.

It. is recorded that among the first to arrive at Valcartler, as troops poured in from all parts of Canada. were representatives of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. T. 1''. Best took charge of preparations. secured a central location for the Associa- tion's establishment, and the next night. Aug. 24th, 1914. opened the Y. M. C.IA. tent for service. It pro- vided a place where the men could relax from military discip- line and write the home folks. On that first evening. after the dry canteen had disposed of 250 pies in fifteen minutes, an open-air meeting was held where over 1.500 soldiers gathered around a bonfire. sans hymns and listened to short addresses. i

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When Mr. Best interviewed the Valcsrtier Camp Commandant.1 col. victor Williams. and as they renewed their south African ac. quaintance, Col Williams said to him: "Go ahead. Best, along the

M some lines as in south Aifrica and ' the Nissan Camp. and I will back

you up."

tory. became patron of the letter- writing activities of the soldiers. In the Post office tent. it provid- ed writirig accommodation for 200: this was insufficient. and soldiers were frequently seen in the even- ing, while waiting for their turn at the tables, writing on paper placed on the bent back of the man in front of him. The Association provided free envelopes and paper:

great quantities were used. as many as 9,000 envelopes and 14.000 sheets of writing paper were used one day.

LONDON-(CP) - Among var- ious accldent prevention ideas in use here are safety slogans mould-

ed on shoes. When the children walk through wet patches the slogan: are "printed" on the ground.

BELANCER

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Athough his enters wept openly. lliaa leek. 21-year-old farmhand.

stood Itolidiy in Cornwall court- rom while a lllprollla Court iurv returned a "wilt! 01 mllfim" '9' met for the brutal knife-slaying last September of llra. Allan Al- in, II-year-old moth:-. of four. e is sentenced to in hanged on June 10.

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Prince Edward Island

"Garden of the Gulf"-dear land of my birth,

To me thou art the fairest. place on earth.

I have traversed the whole can- tinent o'er

Prom Atlantic to the Pacino shore.

I've dwelt in cities large, on lonely lai

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But my heart turns to my native land again,

And again, where'er I may wan- der, roam, -

There's nowhere as childhood: home.

Oh, I love thee for a million reu-

onsl

I love thy distinctly changing seasons.

I love the little schoolhouse on the hill,

I love every field. and dale. and rill.

dearaamy

And I love the old-fashioned vil- lage church.

The maple, and occasional white birch.

Again I see in panoramic view

Scenes fairer than finest artists e'er drew.

Thus in fancy I roam the country er, But ever I return to the North

8 ore, ,

My old-time favorite haunt at Cawnpore.

Watch seagulls, listen to the bil- lows roar.

Dear little Isles-iisveli of pan.- disc,

'Tho I glory in thy sunsets, sun- rise,

Their magnificence ne'er again I'll

see, My native land, "tie hail!-adieui to thee.

Written Wednesday morning very late and typed in the wee sma' hours of Thursday morn when all the world was asleep, 1 hope. There was naught to break the stillness of the night except the whirring of an occasional air- plane winging its way to fields afar. And away in the distince the faint chug, chugging, of a train wending its way to parts unknown to this night-owl. In- spirotion came from receiving a letter from sister. Carol. with a newspaper clipping containing some very poor verse on a ve fine subject by yours truly. What a thrilll I reached seventh heaven in the twinkling of an eye. Am still up there somewhere in the clouds of ecstasy. I loved the set- ting the paper gave my verses with the long-departed, illustrious old Queen Victoria in the upper left hand corner and her great- grcat-granddaughter, Elizabeth II, in the lower right. the Victorian line in between. February 21 & 20, 1952.

G. S. GORDON. Oakland, California.

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DAUPHIN. Man. -(CP)- six Dauphin students won their ex- aminations for grade I ballet in Winnipeg, first group sent in from a rural centre. All the local entr- ants were given the "commend- ed" rating by Miss Nellie Potts of the Royal Academy of Dancing in London. England. who is examin- ing pupils across Canada.

Flying Priests Fonii Walking

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Air search for "Flying Priest" Rev. William Lelsing and three missionaries resulted in the sight- ing of their bright red plane five miles south of Fort Mciviurray The original search for the plane centr- ed around the area wher. they had last been sighted over 100 mics south.

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agmn. Robert Burns MacDonald. above. 21, of New Waterford, N.5.. has been sentenced to death by a court martial in Tokyo for the murder of Pte. Harold Han-lson. 31, of Truro, N.S. The tribunal which iecommended clemency. found MacDonald shot his com- rade Jan. 28 during a quarrel in a house at Tokchon. near Seoul Har- rison died in hospital Feb. 23.

Estimates Record Surplus For N. B.

FREDERICION. March 14 - (CP) - lion. J. G. Boucher, pro- vinciai secretary-treasurer, today estimated a. record high surplus of 31,316,191 for New Brunswick'a fiscal year ending March 31, 1953. In his third budget. presented to the Legislature this afternoon. Mr. Boucher estimated revenue at

115,908.

He anticipated no new taxation or change in the tax structure. The budget predicted a cut of 8900.563 in expenditures as com- pared with estimates for the pre- vloue year.

A revised estimate of the sur- plus for the current year, ending March 31, was 31,222,468. The orig- inal estimate was 3286.451. .

Mr. Boucher said the present budget "offers sufficient flexibil-