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1939-08-31
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ay theories E poklet, Le cwi6 DAY, AUGUST 31, 1939 Subscription Price: 2.00 pet year; Foreign, 2.50 Behind the Headlines : At Ottawa . CANADA'S FINANCES (By DEAN WILSON) Every fully experienced and ab- solutely impartial observer of the affairs of Canada as viewed along Parliament Hill cannot-ignore the fact that there is springing up in this country from coast to coast and in every class a deep alarm over the economics and finances of this young nation, This alarm is being spread around the country by individuals and groups in such manner that its effects can be felt these days along Parliament Hill ag well as in the hinterland, with the result that it might prove. eventually strongly detrimental to the credit of this country abroad, a severe. blow to the whole con- omic structire of Canada s exter- nal business life and a loss of con- fidence and faith in our demo- cratic system Of government. Any- one who knows anything about s economic and financial position reslizes that these alarm- ing and sensational statements are often, yery often, without any foundation on facts and nothing more. than misrepresentations. Nevertheless, these alarming re- ports continue to confuse and OVER TWELVE MILLION EUROPEANS UNDER ARMS It has been estimated that over twelve million men are under arms in Burope, including army, navy, and air forces; France: is considered to haye the most ef- ficient army, and Britain the most efficient navy. Experts cannot ag- ree on the air forces. The relative strengths of man power under arms is given as follows: Russia, 2,000,000; France, 2,200,000; Great Britain, 750,000; Poland, 1,000,000; Turkey, 300,000; Greece, 200,000; Italy, 1,800,000; Germany, 2,600,000; Spain, 150,000; Jugoslavia, 300,000; Rumania, 275,000; Hungary, 200,000; Bulgaria, Belgium, Balkan States, Portugal, ahd Switzerland, 500,000. These figures can by no means be considered. reasonably accurate, as. military restrictions. prevent ac- curate estimations. WAR MEASURES ACT IN EFFECT The Canadian government has taken over the control of Canadian shipping under powers given to it under the War Measures Act. It was beli ved that a proclamation by. the. governor-general stating that a state of war, real or ap- prehended exists before the gov- ernment could act under this measure, but it now appears that no, proclamation is absolutely nec- Another step taken by the Can- adian government was: the appeal from Premi r Mackenzi King. last week addressed to the heads of the governments of Germany, Italy, and Poland. Premier Mussolini an- swered to the effect that he will do all in his power to preserve an PROVINCIAL CROP REPORT Compited by tho Bopariment of Agriculture for Period Ending August 21 A more optimistic note is ap- parent in the reports fram crop correspondents this week. Over most of the province high temper- atures. have moderated and cooler weather has given crops a chance to mature normally. In some areas of the south where damage from heat was expected to be Severe, 5 sequent yields have been. higher than expected, but grades are showing the effect of high temper- attires. Cutting is general in practically all districts of the province except in the central area where it. is commencing. Combining has. been under way in the south for the past week and will be. general this week in other sections. Course grains, being, later. than wheats arp generally inferior ae some good crops of oats especiall, in the Peace River area will be harvested. alr Ae Frost or near frost has ee reported at a number of points but a8 fer as can be det beguile the public opinion of Can: honorable peace. ada and it is very, important and serious that there should be a clearer understanding on the part RUSSIA of every man and woman in Can- sestpaTES ada of the functions and methods * of our financial position, with a Although propaganda cam- Gisclosure of the true state of af- Paign has commenced in Russia fairs of our institutions in order) imed to improve Russian-German to know the truth of what is tak- Telations, and.to present the Ger- ing place behind the scenes. There are four outstanding ques- tions being asked about Canada s financial and economic status at the present time and the man in ie ee will remain in. donbt ? until these questions are answer- fereSod ofa s edin a satisfactory manner. Are too Mop. He Sees eerie tad much of the assets of Canadian gt; and intimated that this Pears shal otter famaeilt inatieg: Wi be eaten, mati Senternbes tidak Ged-up ta goverament boars Wftase-deeate Ti 4 Pere if or securities? Is too little money Sear nernrg ara being distributed in loans to com. Sereqnantend may, eck? cores pee ae that Onnada. Ja nok tole let ee tnd that amas time it was reported that Russia lowing a policy or practice that-is gecided to st fgn shee allowing the banks and financial) Vostern front eon sa a eae eeeest gormtased wealth cavers wie Fee Tae toe Tanehs ae CIEE Oe ee ete tare United States, too mach dependent ee a saat pee eee pact left upon United States finances, and 05 4 not ins position to ee a more of this country s ea ened th perme tp Canads s obligations? Is it true ANIMALS that each successive party in A farmer in the Carbon district in Ottawa is able to pro- was fined fifteen dollars and costs Vide itself with election funds lsst week for hanging tin cans to under the guise of public works the shoulders of five steers by and other: projects? means of sharp wires, piercing the The first question.c n b an- bides of the animals, causing them swered with the statement that cute distress when they moved. it is correct that Canadian banks are tremendous holders of govern- z fnent securities or bonds because FOREST FIRES f they believe that they areacting in Forest fires in the west central the best interests of everyone by in- part of the province which raged vesting all money in the safest during the past week have caused possible manner as prudent ad- 9 smoky atmosphere. The fires fninistratots, In fact, in 1926 Can- were in the vicinity of Rocky adian banks held Dominion and Mountain House, ahd large num- Provincial securities for 324,000,- bers of men and youths were em- 000 and in 1991 this had risen to ployed to combat the fires. 96,000,000. However, now it is over 1,287,000,000. Then again, large number of private purchas- A sense of humor promotes ers of government bonds financed health and longevity. their purchases by loans from lt; the have caused banks, trast companies and other stich institutions, In other words, Canadian banks sre sound and careful institutions who. would rather accept smaller profits than larger risks with the monies of the people of Canada. and this is -no reflection upon them. The second question must be answered by explaining that in 1926 commercial loans by Canadian banks totalled 983,000,000, in 1931 ft was a total of 1,141,000,00, and now it is about 731,000,000. This means that there was a decrease in commercial loans and . obviously ivid evidence of the withdrawal money from productive. enter- ses to government loans and in- tments, though this method of ancing implied low rates of in- terest for the banks who were r for safety rather than high- ef profits. The third question can be an- swered summarily by the remark that Canada s debt to the United tates amounted to 4,500,000,000, igeluding Dominion, Provincial and nicipal obligations, and hence, ada is not an excessive debtor Uncle Sam in view of numerous factors ofthe close relationships tween, the economic lives of the two neighbors, with the adattional statement that Canada s main ob- ligatory connections with the United States are too much exag- geration to require contradiction in detail in this colamn. The fourth question can be an- swered with the statement that many of the stories of the rich financial supplementaries by one arty or another. when in power ir very large Sl ction funds through the guise of public works or other means are represented too strongly. For example, in the last session about 750,000,000 was voted for financial supplement- aries and of this sum 649,000,000. in maturing or calling indebted- ness must. be used before Decem- Ber 81, 1940 and 159,000,000- must be employed for Treasury bills, Thus, it can be observed that the So-called surplus for election fund purposes does not exist, and anyone who knows th procedtire can add that precise limits are laid on the. financial funds of the Government under any political party by the Gonsolidated Revenue and Audit Act wherein Parliament fias been granted complete control over expenditures through the es- timates when every itetti and ecectnedl ti a seeaeonte manner. damage, if any, has been limited to gardens. Pastures throghout the province would benefit greatly from general rairis, but the heavy growth produced in June is pro- viding ample feed for stock. Hay- ing has been completed and yields Gre generally good. zs Live stock continues to make good progress but a peritd of poor foraying may occur unless rain i8 obtained soon. The dairy industry reflects the deterioration pean of pasture conditions to a limited extent. Conditions in the poultry industry are satisfactory. Field Wheat cutting is general. over already threshed or combi: sviotis estimates in south- tricts, but grades are defi- nitely low and in some cases are not expected to average above 4 for a whole district. The extreme heat and drought a deterioration in coarse grains and yields of these crops will probably be low. Cut- ting of coarse grains is well under way in practically all districts. Some crops of oats are being cut for feed. Yields of hay, both the cultivated and wild, have . been fairly satisfactory. Good general Fains would be most welcome to provide moisture for the fall growth of forage crops. Live Stock Deterioration in pasture con- ditions because of the long drought and intense heat has not been reflected as yet in the con- dition of live stock. However, if the drouth continues, 3 period of losses in gains may occur unless rain is obtained in. the meantime, Some hogs are beginning to move to market and it is reported that there is a demand for feeder stock in the southern districts. Dairying General deterioration in pasture conditions has been reflected in somewhat lower yields in the pro- duction of dsiry products. Other- wise, there are no changes in the sitiiation, ae Conditions the poultry in- dustry are remaining fairly stable. The price of eggs has taken a firmer tone, particularly Grade A Farge, low grade eggs are being re- ported. Harvesting tions have eeulted in the falling off in the deliveries of poultry. Apiculture Hot, dry weather has terminated the main honey flow in all dist- ricts, but there is still sufficient bloom to provide a fall flow of nectar. The prospects for a fall flow, however, are not promising;; owing to the lack of moisture, Ex- tracting is well in progress, but the crop is not as large as was first expected, District Reports Macleod, Lethbridge, Cardston Clear warm weather with no pre- cipitation has prevailed in this division. Harvesting is general and late crops are reaching maturity rapidly. Yields are reported to be fair but some threshed grain bas shown low grades. Coarse grains ate shoft, but some fields may pro- duce good yields, Pastures have suffered from the drought. Live- stock is in good condition. There fias been no damage from any factor. Nanton, Vulcan, Claresholm Weather has been generally hot pA 9, although somewhat cooler sinc the 17th. Crops have ripened rapiaiy and combining of stub- THE WORLD Seneput L i SCHEDULES OF WHEA The schedules of the regular alr- T mait service between North Am- rica and Great Britain were re- ay ceived recently and mail leaving wy Hh Gk. STRANGE S acer wll reach Eautharnpton noon it ton Director, Research Department, i 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, Searle Grain Co. Ltd. time of 47 hours. Mail leaving New zs Yoni 7.00, mus Satcntay soseh i es arn at 1 p.m. Sunday, AS Lam writing this column, a time of 2038 hours Westbound the Prime Minister of Great mail leaving Southampton on Fri- Britain warns that we are rapidly day reiches New York in 29 hours, Spproaching a state of war. and mail leaving Southampton on If war ac does come, Can- Wednesday Stacbes ada no doubt will immediately be 27 hours. Two companies are ren- involved. In this good cotintry we dering this service, namely, the have living among us hundreds of Imp rial Airways Limited and-the thousands of families, men, women Pan-American Airways company, and children who have found here the faster time in both directions peaceful living and happy homes, being made by the latter. but who came, and some quite r cently,from countries with which Se Canada may soon be at war, In GEORGE MACKIE times of war, in any country, the MAKES: Becuedinglydificulcbut they thes exci in ict jut t 8 gt; sadit excehaingly make tiie ation Adverse Conditions in Medicine much easier, If they would be care- Hat District Rains Resalts of fal fea at from discussing afy Suecessful Years, But Ho od COME-BACK folitfeal matters, that might tend Rewsins Losses in Nenton to ci resentment against them. reread act of simple human decency . (From Medicine Hat Ne fandgecs for tho rest of ua to do Mr. and Mrs. George Mackie, our hest to make the lot of thes who have been spending the last good Canadans of foreign xtrac- fortnight looking up old. friends tion as easy. as possible, by saying in and around the city, left for nothing, and by committing no) their home in Nanton today. action that will tend to embarass Mr. Mackie s career reads al- them, or to. make, their exist most like fiction, In the years any harder than need be; for when from 1904 to 1924 he made and the war is over we shall all want ost a fortune here, pulled out to live once again, we hope, with broke, went to Nanton and again ach other as good friends and secured his independence, having neighbors in short, a8 Canddians. just sold out his holdings in order District. New York in i7 , quantities of Cai Factors Affecting Price, The following factors have tend- ed to raise price: Nervous. Euro- political situation Con- tinued wet weather in France det- rimental to wheat, barley and oats Dry weather reduces Italian corn rop, necessitating. imports purchases Hungarian wheat ae adie, wheat os aoe British Government buying large es of Canadian wheat, Th following factors have ten- ded to, lower ie rasea pressure Of. tine wheat for shipment , it supplies of corn in the U.S, Increased U.S. ; he U. in from 717 to 731 million Grain serghums show improvement in Great Plains states. : OFFICIAL SPEED RECORD BROKEN John R. Cobb, London fur brok- er, set a new official speed record on August 28rd, travelling over a measured mile as le Salt Flats, Utah, at the speed of 370.75 miles per hour int one direction, and a return speed of 366.97, bresking the previous official record of Captain Eyston of 357.5 miles per hour. In smashing Eys- ton s kilometer record, Cobb trav- elled at the rate of 371.59 mph, on one of the runs, the greatest speed ever recorded for land mi DUG.OUTS PREPARED FOR ROYAL FAMILY If war breaks out, King George -ommp Windsor, where it is expected that to retire. . out. to. Canada from Warwickshire. in the late nineties, he eventually reached the West and decided on locating. in Medi- cine Hat in 1903. That winter he went to-Scotland, married, and in 1904 opened a meat market north of the railway tracks. Selling the busines a year later, he leased considerable area of land north- east of Irvinie, onthe-M veloping the ranch. into. one of tl be Japa horse-breeding outfits 1, the Province, shipping in many personal selected registered Clyde stallions and mares from the Old Country. 5 When the horse business was at its best, a valuation of 108,000. was, made regarding his equity. However, the bad winter. of 1819-20 happened along following a dry summer. Oats and hay had to be pdrchased for the registered stock and feed prices advanced to unbelievable figures, 78 having to be paid in one instance for a load of one and a half tons delivered ... at the ranch. His horses had been largely sold in Saskatchewan on lien notes and the farmers failed to meet them and there was no sale for the stock he hdd on hand. His real estate in Medicine Hat went the way of other city real estate and in 1924, as. stated, he pulled out broke. aking up residence near Nan- ton, with the few horses which he hiad left, his business in this line hs expanded, during the past 15 yesrs, to an extent which has again placed him n a position where he can retire and live com- fortably, but The News hag its doubts if George has any intention of taking things easy. Although he has only just disposed of his prop- the queen and family will remain, him on to rise above adversity and and much food and supplies has never acknowledge defeat. already been cached there, and it ae ig expected that national treasures also their way into these UNITED STATES vaults should the occasion arise. It ACTION YIELD ESTIMATED OVER 20 BUSHELS 85 of Crop on Flats Cut, 56 With the exception of the foot- hills, it is estimated 85. per cent of this year s crop has been cut in the Nanton district, with the Hocuaining, 15 per. cent pai straight combining. In. 2 foothills area it is estimated that Atty per cent of the erop as been cu Practically all of the crop that has. been cat has been handled with binders, and threshing has commenced ani will b general by the end of this week. Very little swathing has been done with com- bines, and the greater part of the combined crop will be threshed.as cut, Fourteen combines have been to service in this district, or she in servicg ina. fom Saye better thin was expected. folldw- ing the hot, dry weather which ushered in the month of August, amd Which aid considerably Tess damage than was thought. Some samples ,6f threshed in. are Signs of. frost, and it is expected that later samples will show 3 the will have been legs matured at the time of the fi ee The average yield for the seeded acreage.in this district is being estimated at between twenty and twenty-five bushels. to the acre, and the greater part.of the wheat will be graded Number 1 and Num- ber 2. Individual yields are running from eighteen to thirty-five bushels. Tha first carload of wheat to be shipped this year was handled by the Independent Grain company on Monday of last week, and word has been received that it graded Number 1. This. grain was grown by C. M, Lougheed on spring plow ing, and yield d thirty bushels to the acrg.Th Alberta, Wheat Pool ince shipped three cars: Phone Preparations for war along the Polish frontier continue, and ac- line of staggered barbed wire entanglements stretch along the line, positions consoli- dated in ci le depth in some places, while millions of men are at their posts awaiting the decision of peace or. war, and casualties have already occur- red along this line, ahd were it not for the fact that a war is not easily started in these days, there yye, been. sufficient incidents. to precipitate a war. Men on both sides have been reported to have been jdlled,, patrols have invaded forbi territory, prisoners have been: taken, troops have been sub- jects to rifle and machine-gun fire, aircraft has been fired upon on both land and sea, but these in- cidents are no longer considered serious enough to precipitate war. Danzig is encircled on two sides by mixed Polish division, while well-armed and well-equip- ped. Danzig soldiers face them, while German reinforcements . of men and materials continued to roll to the prospective front this week. German observation balloons were aloft along the line on Monday, CANADIANS UNDER ARMS Tt has been estimated that 18,000 Canadians are now under arms, this number being largely composed of members of the non- permanent active militia, who, have been called on a purely voluntary basis to strengthen the permanent force and to guard vital points in is expected that the king will re- President Roosevelt. has expres- main at Buckingham palace, sed the view that the failure of neutrality revision by congress is a contributing factor to the crisis Sa Teak eee rea Ue oye FORECAST that ent vay the United States would be a ere oe ee vane much more important factor in Sroler: Macheusis King is pres tee. ecorte, which sie oy, bene pared to submit to parliament in (00. 2 Me ate can be to preserve peace the event of war will provide for) Ger her policy of neutrality and complete Canadian co-operation ect SreP Grae Brita above oe eds olarion, President Eocser iy scription of manpower. It is ssid peace appeals to the European that the cabinet is unanimous for Rec ise axe' enttvely such a policy, with the French- PONO (22 Ganedlah ministers in agreement MIthOUE TEER. ccities ha that when Britain is at war, Can- Seat pei ontee cree chee tae ts at war, and that everything Jcltyed German ee + is in lew possible scald ele short of 7 reuse of conducting safety tests, iP even going so far as to have life boats launched in the water, and bled-in wheat is well under way: t i explained that the reason for Harvesting will be general about the delay and inspections is to the 23rd. Yields manning from 6 to make sure that these vessels can- 46 bushels, Grades are poor. Cosfse not be converted into raiders or gains ere light. Pastures are dry- privateers. United States tourists ing Up, but livestock continues in abroad have been advised to return good shape. home. CANADIAN POLICY Ganada. Ninety-nine militia units have been. affected, and their duties consist of the manning of coast defence positions and the of waterways, bridges, wireless stations, munition works, Power stations, and other points importance, These pre- Cautions are taken pricelpally. to giard against sabotage. Bight bombing aeroplanes left Calgary on Saturday for Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, members.of the Rw. AF, entraining for the east on Tues- day. Twenty. members of the non- it teries eee rer bridge left on. Tega ae s ne He ey : j is presumed with the coast deferice batteries, of having bottle in a a private
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