SEp'rEMBl:R 6. 1952

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that wii'see the opening of lvlililillis new Evlears at Wells fur SW95 across Canada who reveal- ,d in Toronto lrecentiy by nDenis white, Canadia president 0!. the b.ng1,5h mm, yril J. Ross, head 0, Swen;-5 as W us, is busy visiting Canada and th; United States to ram 31,000,000 American or ,Can- umn money, a like sum to be put up by swears Wells. With the 52 million Mr. oss hopes to open mvcnty stores fomlcoast to coast y,'l1lCli will cater to the 335 a week ,ecretary. . Mr. Ross states that more than half a dozen groups in ;he United Stat s and Canada have -xpressed interest in the venture ilthough no dcieionv has as yet been map, The groin eventually decid- nz to join Mr. Ross in his venture an own a so 'ici' cent interest in .he iiveiity std es.

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swears & We is have been retail- 11g furs in Canada for five years ind are the oilest fur retailers in -up British Commonwealth. Mr. Ross secs great advantages in ii riiain of Canadian fur stores. He tiniest "Canada at present buys 75 car rent of its urs from importers. 1: exports its ettcr grade furs to allier countries By unis new bus- mess scheme dry firm won't have to go to the B nk of England for scarce America: and Canadian dol- lars and will be able to use more md hettcr C..nadian iurs." The Company at present operates three retail stores 1 Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton.

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in the year ending June 30th Danish fur prqducerstsold 18 mil- lion crowns ofgiurs, almost entire- ly for export. frhis figure was a- will 2 million crowns more than the proceeding year. The new season's production is expected to be even rilglier since mink production has been increased by 15 per cent when more than offsets the dmline in breeding of other types. The total numiirr of skins offered in the past reason was 246.000 of which 227.000 were sold. Offerings of standard rnink aggregated 198.000 skins. of which 195,000 were sold, the highest aricr being 180 crowns per skin. A total of 9.157 sliver fox skins were .'illl'1'('fl and 92 per cent were clear- ed. Of the 15,000 raw nutria offered about 30 per cent was sold. From the above it will be seen that Denmnrk in it few years has become a quite larce producer of mink.

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Newest promotion in New York this fall is a dyed black fox band r.nd iiiiiff set. It is generously lrlmmed with glossy black fox sit- ting forward and covering the head extending dovwnvto cover most of the ear. Side ends curve ck for

baller fit. Muff L1 large and square"

The set is not priced yet. I I 0

Canadian fur farming interests are to hold it meeting in Toronto this week at which plans to stream- iiiie. work of existing groups into "more workable and efficlen-t" pat- tern will most likely be completed. The combined meeting will also appoint A delegation to attend in Ottawa. Sept. 8th to discuss wiiih

TIMELY NOTES ON IIJPIGS i . t IIONNEGTEII VIITN Silver Fox and ;

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representativ of the Department of Trade and Commerce the ques- tion oi import and export trading restrictions on rancned furs. In part- icular it is reported that the Un- ited Btates has moves aimed at grouping mink imports. This will come up for discussion.

C O O The three-day Toronto gathering will have many representatives

from the Canadian Fur Breeders and Canadian Mutation Breeders Association. The presidents of, all three organizations are expected to be present. In a. recent letter to Canadian fur ranchers the first named organization makes known over the signature of D. 0. Stewart. former executive secretary, that arrangements are being made to close out the prsent Summerside, P. E. 1. office. "It was suggested and agreed on that a Dominion charter should be sought for a new organization to handle mink promotion and advertising," Mr. Stewart's letter states; . - . ,

"The Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders Association (is to) be requested to handle the adver- tising and promotion work in future in regard to foxes. Botlh or- ganizations, after the new organiz- ation obtained its federal charter, could then give a bond and un- dertaking to the retiring ofiicers gararrteeing that any funds that might be turned over would be used solely for advertising and promotion work for Canadian ranch-raised furs. At the time oi writing. the federal charter re- ferrcd to above has not been ob- tained . .'." An audited financial statement of the Canadian Farm Fur Advertising Committee for the period Sept. 1 last, to July 28. 1952. accompanies the letter. A brief re- port committee activities since the a iourned annual meeting of September last also is given.

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Quantities for the three-day stile of Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. (Quebec), Ltd. starting Sept. 10 in Montreal were announced here as fouows: Wednesday, Sept. 10 - 3277 Alaska seal for account of the Canadian government, consisting of: 1,200 matara, 1,063 safari and 174 black all Fouke dye; 500 brown. C. W. Martin dye, new process; 260 brawn. C. W. Martin dye, old pro- cess: 80 black. C. W. Martin; and 104 Alaska seal for independent shippers, Northwest coast type brown. Martin Schnaufer dye. Also: u5.ooo muskrat 7,500 ermine. 2,500 wild mink. 15,000 ranch mink. in- cluding mutations 1,000 stone mar- ten, 1.000 marten and 750 fisher.

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Thursday, Sept: 11 - 12.000 bea- ver, 7,000 otter, 120,000 Canadian squirrel, 3.500 raccoon, 7,500 red fox, 1,100 lynx. 4.000 wolf, 50 tim- ber wolf and miscellaneous furs. Friday, Sept. 12 - 1,000 blue fox. 7.000 cross fox, 250 white mark, 900- one-half to three-quarter sil- vers. and 700 standard silver fox. The general collection and part of the silver foxes goes on show Sept. ii, and the balance of the silver

fox is on show Sept. 11.

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The Welland Canal

The Welland Canal in a vital link -in the navigation of the Great Lakes from Duluth, Port Arthur and Fort William in Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean at the entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, a distance of 2.339 miles. It crosses the Niagara Peninsula a- bout ten mllestwest of Niagara Falls, and connects Lake Erie with Lake-.Ontai-lo by locks that lower the ships 320'); feet from the level of one to that of the other.

The First Canal

The first Welland Canal was built by private enterprise and the mat sod was turned by Mr.Geoi-go Keefer, the first President of the Welland Canal Company, at Al- lanburg, on November 30th, 1824. It was built from Port. Dalhousie on Lake Ontario to Port Robinson on Chippewa Creek, a distance of 17 miles, thence by' Chippawa

that river to Lake Erie. I-ion. Wil- liam Hamilton Merritt, with great energy and foresight, pushed through, this great undertaking, which had forty wooden locks, each 110 feet long, 22 feet wide, with a depth of 8 feet of water over their sills, so that two ships, one American and the other Brit- ish, sailed through this canal in 1829. It was connected with a feeder canal from the Grand Riv- er. This canal was extended from Port Robinson to Port Colborne on Lake Erie in 1833, making its nav- igation much safer. and giving it a. total length of 2782 miles.

The Second Canal

The legislature of Upper Can- ada bought the first Welland Can- al in 1841, and enlarged it for the navigation of ships with nine-foot draft. This was to complete the system of waterways which in- cluded the canals between Mont- real and Lake Ontario and! the Welland Canal. The 40 locks were reduced to 2'1 by increasing the lifts. These locks were built of cut stone and were 150 ft. long, 261.-iv ft. wide, to hold 9 ft. of wat- er over the sills. A branch to Port Maltland and Dunnviiie was built. and this route was opened in 1845, but the enlarging of the canal from Welland to Port Coi- borne was not completed until 1850. The navigable depth was increased to 10 feet, by raising the banks and vine walls of the locks in 185:. The cost of construction and enlargement prior to Confed- eration, July 1st, 1867 was 57,638,- 239.8

The Third Canal

The Do inion Government Com- mission 0 1870 recommended a unlforin scale of navigation for the St. Lawrence Route and the Wei- iand Canal. The locks were then enlarged to 279 ft. long, 45 ft. wide, with 12 ft. of water over the sills. This was increased later to 14 it. This third canal was com- menced in 1873, and cost up to March 31, 1928 for construction, improvement, repairs and maint-

cnnnce 347.137.920.84. It was 26:y, miles long. in 1901, 620,000 tons of freight paged through this

canal: by 1914, this had increased to 3,680,000 tons, and an annual tonnage record was established in 1927. when it was taxed almost to its limit with 7,247,459 tons.

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By J. A. Clark, D.Bc.

mm :3 The Fourth Clan!

The, third Welland Canal was as much out of date in 1887 as the second canal had been when its improvements commenced 1878. These eariy canals had been barge canals. After exhaustive surveys, and a great deal of pub- lic agitation for the building of. I Canadian deep waterway via the St. Lawrence Route and the Wel- land Canal versus the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay, it was decided to build a ship canal across the Niagara Peninsula via the Ten Mile Creek location, and work started in 1913. An artificial harbour was constructed at Port Weller, where two embankments, its miles long, were extended out into Lake Ontario. This harbour is a mile long. and has a bottom width of 800 .ft.. and covers an area of about 150 acres.

Harbour improvements had been under way at Port Colborne on Lake Erie to deepen the harbour 22 ft.. and construct a million bush, grain elevator; these had been completed in 1908. This ei-

bush. in 1913, and to 3,000,000 bush. in 1925. The grain from the large lake ships had to be tran- shippcd to smaller boats that were then used to carry it through the Welland Canal.

The ship canal crossed the third

canal at. two points, one below Lock 11, and the other below Look 25, south of Thorold. At these points the water levels of the two canals coincided at 382 feet and 568 feet above mean sea level. There was a new cut. made be- tween Thorold and Ailanburg to straighten the alignment of the ship canal. From Alianburg to Port Robinson the alignment of the canals coincided. The section was deepened to 25 feet, and widened to a 200 ft. bottom width. From Port Robinson to Welland the ship canal takes a more direct and straighter course. It follows the west bank of the Chippewa Creek, which was diverted in sev- eral places. The aqueduct for thls creek to pass under the canal is just north of the City of Wei- iand. This syphon culvert h s six concrete tubes, each 22 ft. n di- ameter. From Welland to Hum- berstone, the course of the two canals again coincided, and the forsner was widened and deepen- ed. North of Humberstone the ship canal takes a straight align- ment to the Port Colborne har- bour, elimlriating the sharp curve known as Ramey's Bend in the former canal. A guard lock, No. 8, was built at I-iumberstone, to maintain a Summit Level of 569 feet, which extends north to Thoroid. This was necessary because of the fluc- tuating level of Lake Erie, and greatly improved navigation condi- tions. There are eight lift locks including the guard lock mention- ed. Three are twin locks, similar to the Gatun Locks at Panama. The usable length of the locks is 820 feet, width 80 feet, and depth over sills 30 feet. They have a lift of 461.6 feet each. It takes eight minutes to fill a lock, and about eight hours for a ship to pass through the canal. There are 21 railway and highway bridges a- cross the canal, which is 25 miles long, or 27.6 miles between the ends of Port Weller and Coiborne Harbours. All structures have been built so that at some future date the canal can be dredged for ships of 30- ft. draft.

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lnosrin onnnn No. 9

P. E. I. POTATO MAIIKETINEBOARD

Board Order No. 1 passed on the 6th day of November, 1950, provid- ing for the licensing of dealers, is hereby repealed, and the following general licensing provisions are sub- stituted in lieu thereof.

(1) No Dealer shall engage in the marketing of potatoes without a ler's License irom the Potato B0 c. ,

(2) For licensing purposes under the Prince Edward island Potato Marketing Scheme Dealers other than "As.semibie.rs" as hereinafter defined, shall be classified in four groups as follows:

DEALER. GROUP "A" -- Deal- ers who, in line opinion of the Potato Board, will market more than 150 railway cars or the equivalent volume of potatoes in the potato marketing year for which application for license is made;

DEALER GROUP "B" -- Deal- ers who, in the opinion of the Potato Board, will market not less than 7'3 cars and not more than 150 railway cars, or the equivalent volume of potatoes, , in the potato marketing year for which application for license is made;

DEALER GROUP "C" --,Deal- on who, in the opinion of the Potato Board, will market not less than 25 and less than 75 railway cars, or the equivalent volume of potatoes, in the po- tato marketing year for which application forlicense is made:

DEALER GROUP "D" ---Deai- ers who, in the opinion of the Potato Board, will market less than 25 railway cars or the equivalent volume of potatoes in the potato marketing year for which application for license is made.

(3) Each Dealer desirous of ob- taining 0. Dealers License sliall sip- ply therefore in writing to the Po- tato Board, and each such applic- ation for I. Dealer's License shall state, inter alia, that the applicant holds a valid license under "The Fruit, Vegetable 5.: Honey Act", the period for which he has held such license, the quantity of potatoes which he has marketed for each of the two potato marketing years immediately preceding the year for which application for license is made, and the quantity of potatoes which he expects to market in the marketing year for which applica- tion ls made.

(4) The annual fee payable in respect of each Dealer's License shall be as follows: '

Dealer's License, Group "A". 8200.00 Dealer's License, Group "B".... 150.00 Dealer's License, Group "C"... 100.00 Dealeris License, Group "D" 50.00

(5) The Potato Board may at any time on its own motion. and shall at the request in writing of any Dealer made during the month of June in any potato marketing yeargli revise the group classification of any Dealer and, if as a result of such revision any dealer has been improperly classified, having re- gard to the quantity of potatoes actually being marketed by him, the license fee payable by such dealer win be revised upward or downward so as to collect from such dealer in fee proper to the group into which he fails. Follow- ing'any such revision the Potato Board will rebate to such dealer any amount collected in excess of the fee properly payable as estab- lished by suohnrevision, and in the event that such revision places any dealer in I group classification subject to a license fee higher than that which he had paid, such deal- or upon being advised by the Po- tato Board to that effect, shall im- mediateiy become liable to.pay and shall pay to the Potato Board such additional sum as, with the amount if any already paid, will result in the payment of a license fee proper to his revised group classification. 0

(0) Every Dealer to whom a. lie- ense is issued by the Potato Board shall, while said license remains in -fuii force and effect, be a Market- ng Agency within the meaning of

Marketing Scheme.

(7) Those Dealers or other per- sons who do not themselves ship or export potatoes from Prince Eid- ward Island but who are engaged in the business of buying, assembling or loading potatoes for dealers shall. for the pimpose of one Prince Edward Island Potato Marketini? scheme. be kpgwn as "Assemblers."

(8) No Asse bier shall engage in the buying, selling. loading or as- sembling of potatoes without an Ar.sernibler's License from the Po-

the Prince Edward Island Potato

tato Board. The annual fee payable '

til such Producer has obtained such license.

(13) For licensing purposes under the Prince Edward Island Potato Marketing Scheme, Producers shall be classified in" four groups as follows:

PRODUCER GROUP " "-Pro- ducers who in the opinion of the Potato Board grow or cause do be grown on their behalf more than 50 acres of potatoes in any marketing year;

PRODUCER GROUP "B"-Pro- ducers who in the opinion of the Potato Board grow or cause to be grown on their behalf not less than 20 acres and not more than 50 acres of potatoes in any marketing year;

PRODUCER. GROUP "C"-Pro- ducers who in the opinion of the Potato Board grow or cause to be grown on their behalf not less than 5 acres and less than 20 acres in any marketing year;

PRODUCER GROUP "D"-Pro- ducers who in the opinion of the Potato Board grow or cause to be grown on their behalf more than 1 acre and less than 5 acres of potatoes in any mar- keting year. '

(14) The annual fee payable in respect of each Producer's License shall be as follows:

Producer License Group " "... 375.00 Producer License Group ”B" . 25.00 Producer License Group "C".... 7.00 Producer License Group "D".... 2.00

(15) Every Producer shall be considered as properly licensed for each marketing year as from the time when he has paid his license fee to the Potato Board or w its duly authorized agent.

(16) Every licensed dealer shall be an authorized agent of the Po- tato Board to receive license fees from producers, and as agent for the Potato Board may give a re- ceipt for same.

(17) Every Dealer. Assembler or Export Trucker shall render to the Potato Board before the 10th day of each month a. true and correct statement of the names and ad- dresses of persons from whom they have purchased potatoes, together with such other information as the Potato Board may from time to time, require in relation to the vol- ume of potatoes marketed. With each such statement every Dealer shall forward to the Potato Board a. statement of the names and ad- drcses of all Producers who have paid their license fees to him dur- ing such calendar month together with his remittance to cover the total amount of the Producer's Lic- ense fees so paid. '