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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, I981

A RIGHT STEP

The Retail Merchants associa- tion of Winnipeg have taken the enterprising course of advertising to the community the fact that things are not as bad as many fear them to be and to suggest that they would be very much better than they are if people would show a reasonable measure of conﬁdence in present possibilities and future prospects. Commenting the action of the retail merchants, the Manitoba Free Press, (Liberal), SﬂyS .'

"The depression undeniably is due to world-wide conditions which can only be slowly remcdicd but these natural conditions have been great- ly intensiﬁed by psychological fac- tors such as undue fear, lack of conﬁdence, failure to make the most of circumstances so forth. Times of depression are also, in ‘their own way, times of opportun- ity to those who have vision and courage; and it is very certain that there are plenty of people in this city and province who, through un- due timidity, are passing opportun- ities by. The local effects of the depression can be mitigated in some considerable degree by a strengthening of conﬁdence; and the well meant efforts of the Re- tail Merchants association to en- courage this feeling in the com-

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munlty are commendable." . Winnipeg has been hard hit by the depression, but it is taking the right course to get back to pros- pcrity. We would do well in this section of Canada to follow its ex- ample.

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Justification for the optimistic preditions regarding the economic s.tuation in Canada. is found in some signs of the times which are thus summarized by the Ottawa Journal: | Exports of Canadian butter out of Montreal to the United King- dom, in the present calendar year to the end of last week, were 133,263 boxes. In the corresponding part of 1930 there were shipped only 160 boxes.

l Exporm of eggs in the same per- iod were 2,500 cases, a small quan- tity, but yet more than double the total for nine months of the prev- ious year.

l Cheese shipments from Mon- treal to the United Kingdom amount to 575,154 boxes, an in- cease of more than 50,000 boxes gver 1930.

' During the week to September 1T export clearances of Canadian wheat were 2,765,801 bushels, and for three weeks to that date 7,774,- 319 bushels. For the ﬁrst six months of this year half the wheat imports of Scotland, and 26.6 per- cent. of imports to the United Kingdom, were from Canada.

There is much lcss wheat in the "country than a year ago. Official returns showed 114,444,355 bushels in store September 18, as compar- cd to 142,212,812 bushels in the cor- responding week of last year.

Development of the export busi- ness in dairy products is a splendid indication of agricultural progress. Not many months ago we imported large quantities of butter; now we are meeting domestic demands and selling thousands of boxes. Tho collapse of grain prices has brought home very emphatically to, Cana- dian farmers the virtues of mixed farming: the cow, the pig and the hen are acquiring standing and re- pute again.

Even in Southem Saskatchewan, hard-hit by drought, there is con- ildence and optimism. Recent rains have washed away the pessimism, authorities already are predicting burnpcr crops in i932. Hon. Robert Weir, the Federal Minister of Agri- culture, expects improvement in the wheat situation, declaring the for- lign buyers will demand Oansdisn

wheat because cf its superior 01151‘ ity.

There is justification for cond- denco in Canadian ﬂmwllllfft- Even at low prices the production of 1931 has made imposing finan- cial returns, and necessity has forced a keener effort to reach out into world markets. Hard times are teaching our agricultural in- dustry a new resourcefulness, giv- ing it an outlook not limited to a horizon of wheat, and if good times see the lesson not forgotten it will have important and beneﬁcial e!- fccts on the Dominion and the na- lion's economic life.

THE BOUNTY 0F EARTH

Notwithstanding the decline of agriculture in litngland, due to over industrialization, high land taxes and a ruinous free trade policy, rural life goes on. And it is this rural life that. is the backbone of Emgllsh stability and character. It was this feeling, doubtless, that in- spired the poet laureate, Mr. John Masefleld, to give utterance to a prose poem on rural Herefordshire, from which we quote the following passages as being applicable also to rural life in this Province. "Whenever I think of paradise I think of paths of this country. whenever I think of any perfect human sight I think of things which I have seen in this coimty, and whenever I think of the beau- ty and bounty of God I think of Darts oi’ this shire.

"For I know no land more full of the beauty and the bounty of God than these red plough lands

_ and these deep woodlands so full of yew trees and these apple or-

chords and lovely rivers and run- ning brooks.

"There is no more lovely county in this lovely land, and I cannot be thankful enough that I passed my childhood days in a land in which nearly everybody lived on and by the land, singing when they brought the harvest home and taking such pride in their great cattle and in their great horses, their apple orchards, their dove- cotes, and their little gardens.

"It will be a hB-PPY day for Eng- land ‘when she realises again that the true wealth of England is in these things and in the men and women who care for these things, since the beauty and the bounty of earth must be the shadow of para- disc!’

EDITORIAL NOTES

A Saskatchewan newspaper re- ports that slx men have trekked 1,000 miles from the southern part of the province, where there was a drought, to Grande Prairie coun- try, driving eighty horses before them. The adventure proves the men to have the true pioneer spirit, and the fact that they and their horses reached their goal in good condition warrants the conviction that they will succeed in their new location. 'I'l1ey are hardy and ox- perienced sons of the North.

Many queer events occur in old London, but few more unusual than the observance of Mahatma Gand- hls sixty-third birthday. A con- temporary suggests that the little Indian mystic may have had s larger glass of goat's milk than on ordinary days; at least ho lingered over it longer than usual, and per- haps ate an extra date in honor of the occasion; but there was no candle-lighted birthday cake, and none of the jolllty that marks such anniversaries in more frivolous Western circles.

Encouraging indeed is the fore- cast by Sir Henry Thornton of a noticeable swing toward better times in Canada. The president and general manager of the Canadian National Railways is not given to making fatuous statements. In s recent Incech at Vancouver. I. 0-.

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To I In Condo, says the Pinon- cisi Post. them is a question cf paramount importance raised W Britain's suspension of gold ply- menfs, followed by similar sus- pension of gold payments in other countries.‘ It ts (rcely urged now that the "fetish" 0f 801d will be dissipated. It did not take Roger Baboon long to gtcrt talking who“! gold u something useful only for picture frames and false teeth- Othcr observersogree that goldlsto become relatively less important and in the discussion there is the suggestion that the nations that} have suffered most directly frornl what they term “gold hoarding" 1n- the United States and France will! find a way in make the gold hoards l as worthless as piles of unsold, wheat or coffee.

Both the high cost of living per- , iod and this deﬂation period dem- ; castrate that price, which should; be merely an abstract relationship,‘ 1s, in effect, an actual concrete thing and that when we measure 1t by another concrete thing-money -1whlch is not stable, we suffer farreaching social consequences. Somewhere in the yet unrevealed future lies the secret of price stab- iiity.

The mgulations adopted byf order-in-councll passed by the Do-F minion Goveriment with respect to importations from countries whose currency is at an exchange discount, or premium as compared with Canada's, are designed to protect Canadian producers against,’ the consequences of exchanse} ﬂuctuations. certain American ex-f porters have signified their willing-f ness to accept Canadian dollars at; par in all sales made by them in! this country. The answer 0f the: Canadian Government is that they:

shall do nothing ' of the , kind. but that they must ' accept the situation as creat-

ed by their own curmecy manipu- lators. This should have the effect of hastening an end of thepractice of speculating with Canadian cur- rency on the New York Exchange. The manipulators are beyond the legislative jurisdiction of the Cana- dian Government, but that Gov-l eminent is determined to force thel situation on the attention of the authorities at Washington and to make them see that it is worth their while to take remedial action.‘ Canadian currency is not likely tol remain IOIIgbCIOW par at New York‘ when it is found that such delr;

reciatlon prejudices none but’ American traders. I

We know, says the New York

Times, now thahmen and women with money on their hands bought securities m 19in at prices utterly unwarranted by present or future earning power of the companies. We also know that the public bought on those crazy terms mer- ely because the market was going up, and that the market went up. not because of real conditions, but because these deluded customers- were paying whatever price was asked. Perhaps we may some day discover that the same men and women have on this late occasion been rushing to sell securities in equal disregard of intrinsic values] that they have sold because the market was going down, and that the market, for both stocks and bonds has been falling because of such indiscriminate sales from an excited public.

Sir Thomas White hails Britain's suspension of the gold standard as a measure certain to hasten the re- turn of normal business conditions throughout the world. "The suspen- sion of the gold standard by Brit- ain." he says, "was a necessary measure and, in the circumstances in which she found herself will probably prove a blessing in dis- Ulllso t0 herself and to the world, because more than everything else it will call a halt to the drooping price levcl for commodities, stimu- lain trade and industry, and assist in bringing about a fairer distribu- tion of the gold reserves of the world-the mal-distrubtion of which is so largely responsible for the fall in price of commodities in all parts of the world."

No less than $500,000,000 in gold has poured into New York in the post year. That is 8100000000 more than all the gold produced by all the gold shines in the world in that year. Bo the United States has not only absorbed 45 per cent of the ‘world's stock of sold already. but is still absorbing for more than the

commenting on the serious situ- ation flcing the railways, he add- ed: "Without being foolishly op- timlsﬂo, I really think that condi-

tions have started on the upward ‘curve.’ I think that from now on them will be s steady improvement,

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In one of our large hospitals, in order to thicken the blood, reguia

doses of chloride of lime were given‘

to three or four patients. This is also

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the commercial chloride of lime that is used for disinfecting purposes. Doses of about 15 grains were given in a spoonful of syrup about three times a day.

It so happened that a couple of

f these cases had very severe varicose

ulcers, the little sores that are some- times found with varicose or thick- ened veins in the legs. Notwith- standing the local treatment that had been given for these ulcers they had refused to heal. However after

(Montreal Ouéttc)

It is l strlkiﬂl 11°F m“ "w" pun-y has been written about sut- umn than about any other scllon of’ the year. And this itself is sug- guﬂyg, For the chief function of poetry lies in tracing the apt points o; w, poudence between the cp- entions of nature and the hidden thoughts and emotions of the hu- man heart. At theautumnal equi- nox nature underloe! I 8N“ ghgngg, summer is-past. Harvest is ended. Most songbirds have fled. Most ﬂowers have put out their lamps. The winds croon in minor chord. The sunshine assum- es a deeper tinge, filtered through c. gossamer veil of mist, and casts a. tender glow upon the brown _ bracken, tall aged stalks, the berry- laden brambles, and the stubbled fields. Under the golden light leaves sharply show their ﬂne vein- ation, already speckled and punc- tured as though their color spaces were riddled with small shot. It is like the moth fretting a beautiful garment. And those late season

the use cf lime it was found i-‘hat ygarden plants which still retain

some of these ulcers had healed, and others were in the process of heal- ing. '

The surgeon in charge decided to try this chloride of lime on other

their green embroidery sway to the touch of the breeze drowsily, and as in some dreamworld air. It seems as if nature had subdued her exer- tions and passed into some sort of

cases, and the results were cxtre- , sabbath; repom i

mely satisfactory.

What causes ulcers to be slow in healing?

Apparently one cause at least is a lack of lime in the system or a. lack of lime in the food eaten.

This has lead some physicians to use lime in various forms, often by injection into the veins in cases of ulcer of the skin anywhere, ulcer of the stomach and small intestine, and also in ulceration of the heart itself. _

It is not that these individuals do not get the usual amount of lime in their foodpbut that the glands that control the use of the lime in the system may be at fault.

This explains to some extent why some individuals seem to heal very slowly when they have a cut or any wound, whereas others find that any cut, scratch, or other injury heals up in a very short time.

The lesson for all of us of course is to remember that the ' system needs lime and so milk, oranges, grapefruit in season and all kinds of vegetables should be eaten reg- ularly. '

In some, cases the use of the chloride of lime itself in 10 to 15 grain doses in syrup three _times a day may he necessary.

Your clruggist can get the chloride of lime in syrup, from a wholesale drug house, if he doesn't care to make it up himself.

The Day

(Manitoba Free Press) A writer in the National Re- from and

spgaing

century fiction

on the now vanished custom of “Spending The Day." The motor car seems to have dealt the final

blow to that form of hospitality. In

Canada, too, it was an established social custom practised by the lad-

ies 0i the family. Jane AustemMrs.

Gaskell, and George Eliot provide scenes and episodes remembered by readers of the good Old novels of that time. In "Cranford" there was Miss Matty spending the long June day at the house of her quondam admirer, Thomas l-Iol- brook. It was thirty of “forty years on," in the Harrow song's phrase, and they had met in a shop. He invited Miss Matty and two lady friends to come for the day. They

which began with suet pudding boiled in “the broth with the'beef." The second course was meat and young green peas eaten with a two-aroused f0rk, which was trick to 12am. But the point ls that Mr. Holbrooks post-prandlal pipe was a private solace, and not in presence of the ladies. Such was social etiquette. After the pipe, a walk in the fields, and after the WEIR- he read aloud from Tenny- wrfs poetry. while Miss Pole counted the stitches in her crochet work and Miss Matty fell asleepl

Bees, ants and certiinozner in- sects show more power of adapting themselves to their environment than human beings, is the opinion, just announced, of a group of Eur. opean scientists.

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world's annual production c; new gold as well.

Can this absurd situation creat- ed by the United States and France inst? Of course it cannot. Therg u an old conundrum; "Al; w)“; p". ticuiar point does l. soap bum,» burst," Nobody can say. And no-

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There is a certatin wistfuluess, something sadly sweet about this autum i elegy. Who amongst us has not felt its strange spell and spiritual appeal? Who has not felt its subtle influence as though the still air, amid creeping shades, transmitted the peaceful afterglow of sunset to the world? Likc the whisper of a still small voice comes ithe autumn lyric wherein the as- ‘sociations of things in touch with our lives arc swayed to a common feeling by invisible means, by things unseen. And it is us if some ﬁne strain of music, more eloquent than any words, had found its way into the secret recesses of the soul. "As the days of a trec are the clays of my people," said the prophet Isaiah. And at every stage of their struc- ture and development, trees are a speaking parable of our own lives, whilst in the whole roundof nat- ure's wonderful textbook we have no more effectual instructor than that lowly messenger, the common leaf.

What time the leaves are about to fall, trees put 0n their robes of passionate splendor and are suffus- edyvlith a magical blend of prismat- ic hues‘ ranging through the entire gamut of flaming color, Just‘ as though the rainbow itself had bro- ken into blossom upon the foliage and desended amongst the leaves to imprint upon their innumerable pages the sign of the Divine coven- ant that seedtime and harvest shall never fail. The hour ‘of the fading leaf is the hour of transﬁguration. What seems a tragic decline of the elements is in reality a. change, the prelude of progress and future re- newal. “Another year is along the bough." Beneath the shredded fragments and sodden mass of fad- edleaves lie the seeds of a new cre- ation. Life, not death, is the dom- inant note of the universe. Out of the mouldered ashes of a spent sea- son comes beauty which can make the waste places to rejoice. Out of sorrow comes the larger joy, out 0g the Cross, into which leaves had packed their memorial cells and upon which our saviour died, came the tree whose leaves are for the healing of the nations. Of the 53m“ WOTBYﬂPDlnB before the Throne of God and clothed in their robes of righteousness, is it not said: "These are they that came up out of great tribulation"? In this is the gospel of hope for all gener. ations, written in letters of fade- less light. Is it not the message we

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‘when He sppclnts to meet thee. I0 thou forth- It matters not ' If south or north. Bleak waste or sunny-alof- l Nor think. if hlpiy Ho thou seekbt i be late. He does thee wrODG-

To stile or got/e Lean thou thy head, and long! It may be that to spy thee He is; mounting Upon a tower, 0r in thy counting Thou hast mistafen the hour. But if Ho comes not, neither do thou go Till vesper chime. Belike thou then shalt know He hath been with thee all the time. -T. E. Brown.

--——-<+>-i— How Britain Draws Tourists

_ (Manitoba Free Press)

One of the most profitable indui‘ tries that has been developed since the War has been the tourist trade. and its flow of traffic from the New World to the Old has been immense. France drew a lion's share that must have oonsidirﬂbll’ assisted her in attaining to her present financial strength. That France should have been an attrac- tion is natural, but that the Unit- ed States tourists particularly should have overlooked the en- tranclng appeal of the British Isles is less comprehensible.

This trend was so apparent that the British set themselves to divert the stream flowing by them. The task was undertaken by the Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland, which has the support cf the British Government, and natur- ally, works in cooperation with the railways.

The falling off in ocean tourist traffic this last summer has been very marked, but Great ‘Britain was beginning to get a much great- er sharc of American tourist traffic than she had received previously. Means had been devised by the Association to insure that the overseas travelling public should be informed in advance of the attrac- tions of Britain and almost to ‘enjoy a delight in their slay 1n Britain which would make u. memorable. This began to supply a lack which had been obvious both to the tourists as to the Brit- ish themselves.

The American tourist traffic has been reduced greatly during the last year or two, but this reduction has been more noticeable on the Continent, and particularly in France, than it has been in Great Britain. Indeed, the British Isles have enjoyed an increase in tour-

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