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ns Jasper, i left on steads in 31, 1929) Angeles, ree weeks ly. settler home at ckey club, wal meet- ith, presi- president; i en i NRA 1 The Nanton News VOLUME XXXVI, NO. 35 Behind the Headlines At Ottawa By DEAN WILSON It is no secret now in. well-in- formed circles along Parliament Hill that the man in the street in Canada does not ' realize that modern war does not mean only the terror and danger of devasta- tion and death from actual combat or when the fact of war is brought home to the civilian population by sandbags, gas masks, blackouts, and the calls of the siren.The prob- lem of financing a modern war is one of the utmost gravity. and it is recognized by all experts that economies will be the deciding facter in the present conflict, being much more serious now than in the last World War. In fact, in 1913- 1914 Britain's expenditures were about 987,500,000 and in 1938- 1939 over 5,095,000,000, with Sir John Simon being authority for the statement that it costs twice as much in the field today: as it did in 1918, Hence, two extremely im- portant questions are being asked along Parliament Hill right now. What is the real story behind the news of economics in the camp of the British and that of the enemy? What tole will Canada play in this decisive question? An ariny marches on its stom- ach, ssid Napoleon and Britain s ability to feed herself is a vital link in her national defence. Britain imports four-fifths of her breadstuffs and foods; half of her meats, eggs, milk, and butter; one third of Her fish and her vege- tables; last year alone her imports of meats and dairy products ex- ceeded a billion dollars; when this ig compared with a first class power like our neighbor the United. States, Britain has only one acre of land that can be cultivated to every 27 in that nation; only 3,000,000 persons or 7 out of every 100 earn their means of livelihood from the farms in Britain com- pared: to 22out of every 100 in the United Stit swith the farm popu- lation decreasing 200,000 in the past 14 years, though the govern- ment. aided: farm production by subsidies, price-fixing, and so forth. However, in the face of all these facts it is no secret that there is a huge food reserve in Britain, and her mastery of the oceans can bring in-an endless supply from abroad which is definitely not true of her enemies who are infinitely poorer from every point of view. What role will Canada play in this drama of economics? On Parlia- ment Hill it is pointed out that the enemies of Britain made a fatal mistake in estimating Can- ada s Tole in this war. It is shown that there are over 2,600,000 more Canadians now than in 1914; Can- PPi adian manufactures were then valued at 1,381,000,000 but it is twice that figure today; capital in- vestment was 3,034,000,000 at the height of the war but it is much more today without any artificial stimulation; agricultural produc- tion has increased to remarkable extent, with wheat acreage being only, 15,109,000 in 1914 but today it is figure of about 25,000,000 and over 58,000,000 for all farm crops in Canada; bank deposits in Canada were 1,144,000,000 in 1914 but today it is about 2,775,000,000; life insurance premiums in the boom days of the last war were ' 61,641,000,000, but now it reaches the amount of 200,541,000,000; water-power available in Canada in 1914 was 2,378,657 horse power but now it is 8,112,751; all base metals, including copper, lead and nickel, all essential for making war materials, show an extraordinary Advance during the past 25 years being many times over in the quan- tities produced in Canada in 1914- 1918, Then again, gold has been produced in Canada twice as much in recent years as in 1918 and when this is considered t gether with the disclosure that British gold stocks have increased from 165,- 000,000 in 1914 to 3,500,000,000 in 1989, it is apparent that the war chest is well filled. Gold played a comparatively unimiport- ant part in paying for munitions and other goods in the last war due to credit arrangements, such as that extended by the United States to the Allies for 7,000,- 000,000 in 1927, out of which only 1,100,000,000 was paid in gold, but today it s an entirely different story with long-term credits abolished. It is known along Parliament Hill that economics is a vital de- cisive factor in the present war, with the scales weighing heavily in favour of Great Britain and the Allies due in no small degree to Canada s tremendous latent and obvious natural wealth. THE WORLD - - OF WHEAT By H. . L. STRANGE Director, Research Department, Searle Grain Co, Ltd. Mr. Broomhall, in the latest issue of his Corn Trade News writes as follows on the wheat situation: It is a happy augury for the success of the Allies that a huge surplus reserve of some 400 to 450 million bushels ex- fst on the other side of the Atlantic, within a fortnight s steamer journey of these shores; The British Govern. - ment and the British people are thankful now that Can- ada did not redute her acreage in any wholesale manner, such as would have been necessary if, a- system of international control had been enforced. This column on October 12th, ex- pressed exactly the same senti- ments, but it is nice to know from Great Britain herself that our. Canadian surplus is so valuable to the Allies. Tt does seem, therefore, as though it would be only fair if Great Britain and her Allies pay a bare cost of production price for the Canadian wheat they use during the war, just.as they are paying a fair price for most, if not all, other war commodities, and 1.15 I believe would be near such a price, Certainly the present price of 70 cents a bushel is far below the present cost of wheat lantic ports in Canada, whereas production. Factors Affecting Price Following factors have tended to raise price: Jugo Slavia corn crop thirty million bushels less than last year Russia agrees to ship. 38 million bushels of cereal grains to Germany in exchange for manu- factared goods Drought in U.S.A. winter wheat belt continues Ar- gentina decreases acreage 15 per cent, 4 Following factors have tended to adian wheat. greater than. at time in History -Rasia haa agreed to supply Germany with one mil- lion tons of soybeans Rains in Australia greatly benefit wheat crop Bulgarian farmers asked by Government to increase yrain acre- age to the limit large peanut crop in China. lower price: Visible supply of Can- 3 at a-cheaper price than Gan- CONTROL OF CANCER Dr. W. H. McGuffin, of Calgary, President of the Alberta Branch of the Society for the Control of Cancer, and J. B. Corbet, Secretary of the Society, also of Calgary, will address'a meeting here on the sub- ject of Cancer. The meeting will be to the general public. It is U.F.A. AND U.F.W.A, JOINT MEETING Addressed by . . Coote To Hold Health Mecting. G. G, Coote, secretary of thd Canadian Chamber of Agriculture, addressed a joint meeting of the U.F.A and U.F.W.A, last Sat-/hi urday, on the subject of wheat production, price and markets. He stressed. the need of a strong chamber of agriculture to repre- sent the farmers interests to the government. . A public health meeting, to be held this month, sponsored by the UF.W.A, was discussed by the women s section. The Alberta section of the cancer association is sending two speakers, one a physi- cian and one a layman. A contri- bution to the 1. O.D.E. milk fund, amounting to the same as last year s contribution, was authorized. Mrs. Morrow announced the W.C.T.U. Alberta products sup- per, to be held this month. od THE OCTOBER WHEAT SITUATION The price of No. 1 Northern wheat, in store Fort William, de- clined 1 cents a bushel during the month of October. Canadian wheat was quoted at Liverpool on October Bist at 81 cents a bushel at point of shipment At- Argentine wheat was offered simil- arly at 54 cents f.0.b. Argentina, and Australian wheat at 52 cents f.0.b, Australian ports. Taking into account the dif- ference of freight rates and in- surance between Argentina, Aus- tralian and Canadian ports te- pool, and difference in qualities of these wheats, it will be observed that Australian and Argentine wheat can be purchased at Liver- adian wheat, which accounts - the drop in price of 1 cents, which occurred on the Winnipeg: market during the month of Oet- ober. Indeed it is surprising that the drop in the price of Canadian wheat has not been greater than 1 cents, as long as wheat pur- chases in the U, K. are being made on a basis of worldwide com- petitive offers. There seems to be, however, a growing appreciation in Great Britain, as voiced by Mr. Broomhall recently, of the im- portant value to the Allies of a large surplus of Canadian wheat closer to Liverpool than any other source of supply, and many in Canada are hoping, therefore, be- cause of this appreciation, that a sense of British fairplay may in- being held under the auspices of duce the British Government to) the U.F.W. A. Cancer takes a great toll of human lives, many at their time of greatest usefulness. One out of every nine deaths in Canada each year is due to Cancer. In 1936 deaths 1 United States from can- cer were over 142,000. Statistics show that the death rate from cancer is rising. At present, can- cer is second only to the combined diseases of the heart as a cause of death. The high death rate of cancer has become a social as well a5 a medical problem. Most early cases of cancer can be cured and recognition of the early symptoms is a most im- portant factor in the fight against the disease. An intensive education- al campaign is being carried on for pay, for the Canadian wheat they are using, a price that will at least meet the bare cost of production to our farmers. World shipments of wheat and flour for the month of October were 29 million bushels, compared with 49 million during the month of October a year. ago. Canadian shipments were 9 million bushels during October, compared with 24 million during the month of Oct- ober a year ago. While these Oct- ober shipments show a striking ge- crease from October last year, yet considering the intensive . sub- marine and raider campaign being conducted by Mr. Hitler on all British and neutral shipping, it would seem to be rather surprising that such large quantities of wheat early diagnosis and prompt treat- have been shipped overseas from ment. NEUTRALS WAR MEDIATION OFFER Hope for success for a war medi- ation offer of Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands and King Leopold of the Belgians, early this week, dwindled to almost nothing Wed- nesday night, informed Dutch sour- ces said, after Adolf Hitler ignor- ed it in a speech at Munich. The feeling the proposal would not succeed was heightened, by the fact the-press in all the belligerent countries treated it in pessimistic fashion. 5 U. S. NEUTRALITY BILL ENACTED Canada and other. parts of the world to Great Britain, As the sub- marine and reider menace is brought better under control these less than normal shipments in Oct- ober will unquestionably be made up with better than average ship- ments in future months, for the need by Armies and the peoples of the world for food does not de- crease in wartime, but instead rather increases. Total marine insurance rates for war risks on cargoes. from Argen- tinean, Australian and American ports to U.K, ports vary from 3 to 4 per cent of the value, which is an indication that the risk from submarines and raiders while ex- isting, is far from excessive, re- Pr sident Roosevelt signed into vealing.a substantial faith in the law Saturday The Neutrality Act of 1939 , ending the embargo on arms sales to France, Britain and Germany and establishing a neu- trality policy designed to keep the United States from being drawn into the war. protection provided by the British and French Navies. Searle Grain Company, Limited. Several auto loads of members of the Nanton snd District Board The new law, strictly regulates op Trade attended the supper all dealings with belligerents in a series of safeguards against war meeting of the Claresholm Men's tnprecedented in the nation s his- clab Tuesday evening. O. G. Par- tory. sons was 8 guest speaker. spectively, and destination Liver- / Threshing is ' Almost - Finished Since the snowstorm, weather until yesterday afternoon had been generally fine, and most of those who had wheat still in the stook Started threshing on Thursday or Friday of last week. The sheaves id apparently dried out well, and the grain when it was thresh- was; in remarkably good con- tion. Most of it-was dry enough go through as straight grade rain: The storm which threaten- don Tuesday of this week did ot amount to much, and the strong wind of Wednesday soon put the grain in good condition again, so that those who had not finished their harvest were able to continue with the work, until stop- ped by the snowstorm in the after- hoon. There were only one or two machines running, and they had only two or three days threshing left. ae YOUNG PEOPLE S SOCIETY On October 19th, the young people s organization was favored by a talk from G. S. Ferris, who Spoke on the subject Federation of Nations. Then on October 26th, a Hal- lowe en social was arranged. Games land competitions were selected by Miss Parkes, then sing-song and lunch was served before departing. At each of the two meetings, the attendance was good. HIGH SCHOOL HALLOWE'EN PARTY On Friday night last, about eighty teachers and pupils of the High school gathered in Keeley s hall. The hall was decorated in Hallowe'en fashion. The grand march opened the jevening and dancing soon got inder way, The. jitterbugs got in e groove and even the teachers nt truckin on down: to the rains of An Apple For The acher* but being: Hallowe'en, pumpkins were used. Music was supplied by the Wurlitzer and the radio, The. novelty dances and games created much humor, the winners receiving prizes. The catering committee served an appetizing lunch on tables decorated to suit the occasion. It was a very Suc- cessful party, and an excellent time was had. OPEN SEASON ON PHEASANTS Announcement of an open season on pheasants has been made by the provincial department of agri- culture, The season will be for the kil- ling of cock pheasants, which have increased to such an extent that they have become a nuisance in certain parts of the province, ac- cording to the preamble of the order, De The season will last two days, from daylight to darkness on Sat- urday, November 11, and from day- light to: darkness on November 15, in the area lying south of the North Saskatchewan River. Bags are limited by the order to three cock birds per day: No open season has ever been declared on pheasants in Alberta before. a ALBERTA ELECTION EXPECTED SOON Social Credit groups throughout the province are being circularized with a notice under the name of their provincial chairman urging each- group to take immediate steps to bring their organizations up to strength in time to be ready for a provincial election within the next two or thre months. Tt is believed that the party hopes to be in a position to spring a sudden election early in the new year. EUROPEAN WAR SITUATION Representatives of Finland and Russia are still meeting for talks on Russian territoral and military demands. Finland has offered some concessions, but declare Russia asks too much, Russian newspapers declare Finland is inviting war. French military commentators have predicted a winter stale- mate on the western front. Ger- mans shelled the French Frobach salient, but gained nothing. The American vessel, City of Flint, seized by a German prize crew, was released by Norway to the American crew, and the Ger- mans were interned. A protest thas been received from Germany. BOARD OF TRADE WANTS MEMBERS Drive For Membership to Be Under- taken Endorse Wheat Marketing Resolution. It was decided to launch a mem- bership drive for 1940, at the regu- lar. meeting of the Nanton and District Board of Trade, last Mon- day evening. A resolution, regard- ing the marketing. of wheat, was received and endorsed, reports were heard, and other business was The resolution. was received from the Alberta Board of Trade and Agriculture, that organization having received it from the Drum- teller Board of Trade. The reso- lution requested that the Domin- jon government handle all the wheat marketed, instead of 5000 bushels for each farmer, as regu- lations now call for. After a general discussion, the meeting de- cided to endorse the resolution. An invitation from the Men's club at Claresholm, extended to members of the local. board of trade, to attend their. supper meeting on Tuesday, was accepted. Prospective tourist business. was discussed, and the public affairs committee was instructed to keep the matter under consideration. J. S. Blake, chairman of. the roads committee, reported having received a copy of the resolution passed at the last meeting, re- garding the east market road, and stated that the road had been dragged, but that the municipal council would not consider further expense this year. As a councillor of the Municipal District of Riley, Mr. Blake explained that last year the. allotment in his division had been overdrawn, with the under- standing that this year the amount would be deducted. Under thi agreement, market roads leading into Nanton had been improved last year. The council has under consideration the purchase of new road building equipment, and demonstrations were being arrang- ed for. Mr. Blake stated. that his division. received. fair consideration from the whole council, and his own efforts would be spent in Keeping expenses down to what could be paid by the ratepayers. He reported that his committee of the board of trade had been suc- cessfal in getting the provincial government to improve roads west of Nanton, connecting with roads within the Municipal District of Riley. Following a discussion on mem- bership, it was decided that committee should be appointed to hold office for the balance of the NANTON, ALBERTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939 Subscription Price: 2.00 per year; Foreign, 2.50 TALS BPEL 1 LD WF Ropresentatives Attond Organiz- ation, Meeting in Nanton. At a well-attended meeting of the Foothils Bonspiel association which was held Wednesday of last week in the club room of the Elk- land hall, with representatives tending from Claresholm, Stavely, Nanton, High River, Okotoks and Durner Valley, it was unanimously agreed to hold the annual foothills - spiel and the tentative commence- ment date. selected was Monday, February 12, The clubs of High River and Claresholm were both entitled to the 1940 spiel as these are the only two clubs in the as- sociation which have only had one spiel during the past 12 years, all other clubs having had the gather- ing of curlers twice in their re- spective town in that period. A prize committee consisting of W. A. Collier of High Riyer, V. Hessell of Okotoks, and 0. G. Par- sons of .Nanton. was selected to assist those in charge of the spiel. At. the opening of the meeting, tribute was paid to the memory of the late W. Geo. Young of High River, who had been one of the most consistent curlers at the Foothills bonspiels during the past 15: years. 0. G Parsons acted as chairman and V. Heseell as secr tary. PLUS 20,000 A councillor of the Municipal District of Riley has stated that ince the present Social Credit government took office from the U. F. A, ratepayers of that municipal district are. obliged to pay approximately an additional 20,000 in taxes annually, This is to take care of grants cancelled by the present. government, the 50 increase of the Social. ser- vices tax, above the former sup- plementary revenue tax, and is all retained by or collected for the present provincial government. present term, and that a drive for fmembership should be undertaken. Plans for the next meeting, open to the public, were discussed. Regrets at removal from Nanton of Louis Bradley, who had been an setive and willing worker for the board of trade, were expres- sed, and were responded to by Mr. Bradley. passed a resolution calling need of the day. has intensified that need. In time of war our homes lasting unity and purpose, The morale of the ile. life. bring about. God Save Canada November 11th, 1939. Issued by the Mayors PROCLAMATION On this day of solemn remembrance I join with the Mayors of Cities and Towns in all parts of Canada to issue this Proclamation: EMEMBRANCE DAY recalls the courage and sacrifice of the past. It bids us reconsecrate ourselves to the nation s highest service, in whatever field our duty lies. Shortly before Their Majesties visit, the Mayors of Canada The world-wide response showed a world-wide need; and war require this kind of spirit to en- able them. to bear its anxieties, as well as to give them a Such a spirit: will make for ci throughout the whole nation, It national interest before personal security and personal profit. With a sense of individual responsibility, we shall achieve true economy of man-power, money, and national effort, services will be at their best. Furthermore we need no longer accept as inevitable the moral casualties of war, The two minutes silence on Remembrance Day forms a link with the dead. It can also link us with the future and with On this day, while remembering our glorious dead, let us use these two minutes to seek God's Plan and to find out how best to serve Him, our King, and our country. Recognizing our own faults and our own failures; let us set ourselves to put right what is wrong in our own lit help to free oGr country from greed, fear and hate, Then we shall truly honour those whom we recall to memory today, Then we can build the sort of world they died to the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities, for Moral Re-Armament as the tion in industry and Il shake us eager to put and the health of the fighting ives and sO GORDON H. BAKER. God Save The King of Canada under the auspices of
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