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Page Two 231 The advocates of the Hudson Bay Railway took up several pages of Haansard this year again, but little attenrtion was paid to those propa- gandists who preach the same gospel every year. After a few non-com- mittal words from Hon. George Graham, `ohe mamter was put back on the shelf again, where it will re- main till next; session. A public meeting of the citizens of Newmarket, called by vthe Mayor, en- dorsed a project to build a memorial hospital, requesting; the town council to submit a by-law for mhe raising of $15,000 by debentures. Newmarket shows wisdom over Aurora, who are erecting` a tall monument. In Allis- ton they showed better ju(l`g'.nent stil1-- they built a library without the burdensome debentures. Fistic gthts are becoming` fashion- able among` city and two councillors. On Friday night last two Owen Sound aldermen at the conclusion of a committee meeting` engaged in a stic encounter and only for the in- terference of other members would have been hot. This may be one way to settle a (li'e1'ence of opinion, but at ... .. .,...',..`L.; . . n A .. ....... ..._.l 1.1.--- vu .:\,vuun. u. uuu.;\.u\.x. v;. ulinuluu, uuu it is a mighty poor one, and those who resort to such methods should be left at home ncsat election. When the W.C.T.U. of St. Thomas by a statement in the press express- ed indignation that the Board of Education of that city should ask the ` Klinister of Education, who happens to be the Premier of Ontario, to lay the corner stone of the new Vocat- ional High School in St. Thomas on May 25, they me-ldled in something that was outside their province on- ti1'el_\'. As Minister of Education, Premier Fer_;'uson is re_:.:'arded as the ablest minister to hold that position for some years, whatever his other- faults may be. In spite of the pro- test of the W.C.T.U. we understand that the Premier will lay the corner stone of the St. Thomas High School if a date other than May 25th can be arranged. Representatives that met at Mid- land in connection with selecting: the best route from Elmvale to Pene- tang and Blidland for the Blue Water Hig'hwz1}.' have recoimnended the road from Elmvale to Saurin. thence over to Waverley and from there up the Penetang' Road to Pene- tzmgr and Riidland. Some improve- ments will be undertaken at an early date, such as placing" a substantial 1`llZ11`(l rail on French ~s Hill, and re- building` that portion of the road from Fi1'th s Corners to Howe s Corn- or on the present provincial hi2,'h- way Midland to Penetang. It is ex- pected that some work will also be done on the road from Midland to Orilliu on the C-)l sec- tion, as well as about Victoria Har- bor. . THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925 There is another reasorn at present too why it is confusing to base our nancial divscussi.ons on the net debt. That is that during the last four years, valrthougvh the net debt of the country has gone up, the amount of interest the country has to pay annually on the debt has in- creased. During this period, how- ever, the gross debt has dcereased just as has the interest payable on .5 It would be much better if our lpotliuticans would conduct their de- bates as to the country's nances in terms of our gross debt, instead of talking so much about that un- reality, the net debt. What the people of Canada really owe is the sum of the gross debt. 'Ilhe net figure is reached `by swbstractinig from the larger one certain assets. Some of these assets, sudh as the gold reserve, are fully liquid; others are -of deobateable value, such as the Greek and Roumanian loans. T.he result is that the amount of the net debt is always open to dispute, and thousands of pages of Hansard bear witness to this fact. ~Ell12NnrIl12rnAhnanrt i III`.-n-nu-..-!..,l 1 QK1 \ Four years ago at the end of March, 1921, the gross debt of the Dominion stood at $2,902,000,000; ' at the end of March last it was- according to the Canada Gazette gure, which is not quite the same as the estimate made `by Mr. Robb in his budget spec-c11---$2,864,000,- 000. The net debt, the public are presented with a paradox, the end of March $2,403,000,000. The in- terest payable for 1921 was $139,- 000,000, amd for the current year it is only $132,000,000. I CANADA'S NET AND GROSS DEBT So, when the debate is carried on] in terms -of the net debt, the pub- Lia are presented with a paradox. They are told that in the `last four years the debt-meaning' the net g`ure-has gone up by over sixty millions; while at the `same time they learn that the interest charges have gone down by seven millions. When the discussion is shifted to the gross debt, however, it appears that both debt and interest charges have moved in the same direction. Perhaps after all the best way to state our national debt is to capital- ize the annual interest payments at the current rate of interest. On this basis, taking the government interest rate at four and one-half per cent, the national ob`1ig`ations of Canada-- leaving out the railways, of course, are approximately $2,900,000,000.- Saturday Night. The railway problems of Canada are being discussed in Parliament and out of Parliament, but there does not appear to be any real solu- tion. The Canadian National has been losing about $60,000,000 a. _;z'e-t established. \.Iv\.a uuv Cblltlul-IL bu u\. a year and will continue to so inde- nitely if more business is not found for the railroad. Lt is safe to say that the C.P.R. is suffering from the competition of a government-owned railway. A non-resident Canadian, writing in Saturday s Mail and Em- pirte, makes a sensible sugge-snionz As the railway cannot be moved to uu_y 1. Lu: aux u- a part of the world where business is to be had, and it cannot be dis- continued without a complete loss of the capital invested, there is just one solution and that is to create busi- ness where the road is located. The only way to create this business is to increase the population. The writer goes on to suggest that an amount equal to the loss of the C.I\'.R. for ve years--$300,000,000 -be spent in preparing` ready-made farms along" the line of the C.N.R., so located that there will be no diffi- culty in t;'(."ti,lI1g` new comers to settle on them. Select experienced farm- ers abroad and, if `necessary, assist ` them in moving to Canada by low transportation rates. Sell these farms at cost, with no payments for three years, in order to enable them to The payments then to be spread over a number of years with interest. Everything possible should be done to make those set- tlers happy and prosperous. The money so invested would all be paid back in ten years, and the C.N.R. would be put on a protable basis. 'l`o feed and clothe these new- comers would set the wheels of in- du.-tr_\' in motion again and the in- creased revenue to the Government would go a long: wa_v toward reduc- ing: our enormous debt. What bet- ter investment could Canada make '3 This is a matter for manufacturers and business men who have money lll\'(`Sat(!Il in Canada now. Men with courage who will put he interc:-'t.< of the -':onntry before every-'.hin_e: else. If in five years Canada could add five million to her population the railway problem would be solved. 5 Du1'in_1_: the rst ve months of 1925 I\Iid1and s vital statistics show 94 births, 46 deaths and 24 mar-1 1'iz;g'es. ` Canada s railway problem was the subject of more attention during mhe recent -budget debate at Otatawa cttham rbhe -hariff itself. According to g- ures quoted by Mr. Meigthven, we L-.. 2...-.,.~t,..l I-.. .l..L.. ('1 A00 nnn nnn uA\.-a '\.1uu\IvI..v\.I vv_y mu... .u\,.t,:u\..., have invested to date $1,492,000,000 in our national rasillway system and exupeundittwes over revenues `for 1924 amounted to $82,000,000. Some of the members want the road taken over -by the 'C.P.R. Other members advocate buyring mhe and -.pl-ac- ing both roads under the same government manage-ment. VTILA-.. ...L.. .._.........\.JL ....11I...... ......L L- ................. ...,_,-.......... Those who lsuggiest selling out to the private company possibly :over- look the fact that it is a diicult n1atte1', generally, to dispose of a property that has never demonstrated its ability to :pay dividends. It is very xduouwbtful if the `C.P.R. would accept the Canadian National Rail- ways as a ;git, if it -were made a condition- that the whole system, as at `present convstitulted, must be main- tained and -operated. Ilhe suggestion rthat both systems be `br-ougiht under the management of Sir Henry Tlhorniton is not likely to receive much support either. It would mean buying a protable en- terprise at a hiigh price. It would mean placing` uthat enterprise, when bought, in the hands of a manage- ment that lias not yet demonstrate(l its ability to operate a railway at a profit. This srt_atcment is not intend- ed as a reflection won that manage- ment, iior we all realize that the diiculties are tremendous. nu n - ...__, ,__,, , (Founded 1851) Published every Thursday morn- ing at the office, 123 Dunlop St., Barrie. Subscription $1.50 per year in Canada and Great Britain, $2.00 in United States. Subscriptions payable in advance. Advertising rates on application. Morrison & McKenzie, Publishers. nnnnn Av\41.vA\,u -u. -. u. \.u.....\.u I91-AJI There is `one fact, l}10WVO1`, that stands out very `clearly in the mat- ter. It is that nothing is wg'a:ined-- na;tional1y---when the C.P.R. takes business from the C.N.R. or the `C.N.R. from the C.P.R. When people -are urged to -patronize C.N.R. because it via their system, they are automatically being` ~urg'ed to help cripple the C.P.R., which is just as much a national institution and, in- deed, luas [had innitely more to do with fthe development of Canada, than the C.N.R. In rthis connection, Mr. Meighen made a very telling point in his argument when, speak- ing` to the bud_g'et and referring` to the expenditures on National Rail- ways account, for Scribe uhoftelis, golf courses, radio sets and all that sort of thing, he said : __..,1,-,,-. ___1 41,, \lA .... :3, us. mwnu If we were expanding and the population were growing; if chere' were suicient trafc `to supply both railways with a. surplus, these ex- penditures mighlt be justietl. But when there is only a limited amount of traffic available, rt/o `be spending money of the -Canadian people in tens of millions in a mad eiovt `to get the -trafc -from the other enter- prises, is manlifestly not wisdom. 7'I'|L...... .._ ....\ H...,.lZ4.!...J] 1.. .J.I_..L LALJK/Q, 1 2 Au: nu `vvnouvall. There is no politics in that statement. It is just common sense. This mad effort on the pant -of the government to kill an industry that for years it has encouraged, this ap- peal to vmere sentiment for `support, IuA\.JvA_y is neither `good business nor good morals. The aim of both systems, presumably, is to create new busi- ness. If -the `attitude of the govern- ment towards our railway problem is that it is a glit of extermination, Canada stands to lose many -more hundreds of millions w1hich ever way the giht gvoes. W11... r\f\I. ...I_..1.. 2 .-4._... ..,. - ..:L_ __ Inn. .._.,-nu hug. The country as a whole is quite as much interested to-day in the success of the C.P.R. as of the C.N.R. and any constructive policy must ihuvc a recog'n-ition of -that fact as a .basi.< of operation. The stork is too -active in Hartle- pool, E!1_`._Ji&ll1(i, and Dr. William Mc- Kcmlrick thinks it mip,=ht be a `good idea to clip the busy bird's \Vi1]_L*,Y:~`. In his annuzil report, Dr. McKend- rick urged the citizens to have fewer children, declaring -that the town is unable to cope with the economic strain of its `birth rate, which is St per cent. above the avrevage for |E119;lanI.l and Wales. former Prime Minister of Great Britain, -is to visit Canada in Octo- ber, according` to high authority in local Labor circles. Rt. Hon. Ar- thur Henderson, Secretary of the British Labor party, is arriving on the same vessel, while two other members of the party are former Under-Secretaries in the MacDonald Government---Rhy.=. Davies and Mor- gran Jones. Mr. MacDonald has no other plan than to see Canada, but Mr. Henderson, who is a strong` tem- perance advocate and chairman of the temperance group of the British Trade Union Con::re: intends to proceed to the United States to study the enforcement of prohibition legis- lation in that Republic. Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald, LABOR LEADERS TO PAY VISIT TO CANADA The contract for a new three- roomed SC1ll0O-1 at Waverley has been [let to 'I`1-ow Bros. and Webb of Mid- `luml. The cost will be $10,500. ' OUR RAILWAY PROBLEM BIRTH RATE IS TOO HIGH I Notes and Comments` The Northern Advanci IGETTING BEST av TEST` FARM CROP EXPERIMENTS CON- DUOTED BY DR. ZAVITZ. (Contributed by Ontarlo Department c Agriculture. Toronto.) [List of the Varieties to Be Tested This Year and Directions for Those \Vho Would Co-operate In This Work--Good Seed. The Ontario Agricultural College has been particularly fortunate in originating, through hybridization and selection, the highest yielding varieties of several of the farm crops of Ontario as shown by results of experiments at the College and over the Province. Lea.ding'varieties of other crops have been secured locally or through importation. Some of the new and interesting crops are: Field Cabbage, Sudan Grass, Rye Buck- wheat, Hubam Sweet Clover, Gold Nugget Corn, Sorghum, Perfect Model Swede Turnips, etc. The following list indicates the material available for the co-operative experiments for 1925:- dates 01. seeding 33 O.A.C. No. 3 Oats, at three dates of seeding 3 34 O.A.C. No. 85 Spring Wheat, at three dates of seeding . . . . . . 3 36 0.A.C. No. 211 Soy Beans, sown broadcast and in rows . . . . . . . 3 86 Perfect Model Swede Turnips, thinned at three distances in the rows 8 Any person in Ontario who grows eld crops may apply for any one of the experiments for 1925. Each applicant should make a second choice, as the material for the rst choice might be exhausted before the application is received. The material will be forwarded in the order in which the applications are received while the supply lasts. No charge is made for the experimental material, and the produce becomes the property of the experimenter. A report is re- quested after harvest. Each person applying should carefully write his Name, Address and County. All mail matter addressed to the Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont., requires full postage.-Issued by the Dept. of Ex- tension, 0. A. College. --.. .... ...... ..,.., .J.JllI\/I Cleanliness and gentle treatment are two Important things to keep in mind at this particular time. The hand and arm of the attendant should be first washed adding a. little (Ils- infectant such as carbolic acid or one of the coal tar dips to the water. then smeared with vaseline or linseed , nil and flu: hon:-I cvnv-Ml (nun.-0-AA I-.6.` Lnuu :iLllUH.l'Bl1 wlul Vaseline OI` unseen oil, and the hand gently inserted into the vagina. The object should be to ascertain whether or not the lamb is coming in the proper position, that is head and front feet first. If the pre- sentations appear normal then it is a. question of aiding delivery by gently pulling on the front feet of the lamb. At such times the inside passage of the ewe should be well lubricated with linseed oil which tends to soften the vagina and allow it to stretch. Unless the case is a very severe one it will usually yield to the treatment. Under conditions where the lamb is not coming in the proper position, then the case is a much more dim- cult one to handle. The lamb may be coming front feet rst with the head turned back, or again the hind end may come first, in any case it will be necessary to correct the position of the lamb; it requires considerable patience and very gentle handling to do this in order to prevent injury to both lamb and mother. When the lamb has been put in the right posi- tion ,the ewe may be able to deliver it herself, but if weak and unable to do so help may be given. A lump of pure l1og's lard inserted into the womb of the ewe after difcult par- turition will be very benecial in healing it in case it has been injured in any way. If she is weak and ex- hausted glve a stimulant to revive her. If the case has been a severe one it might be advisable to flush the ewe for two or three days by means of a rubber tube attached to a funnel using some coal tar disinfectant or boracic acid in warm water. ..____._-j...___: \4 av 11: un.u'I. Marl is :1 good form of lime for the soil that needs lime. Two to three tons per acre of air-dric-d marl will not be too much. Broadcast on the plo11'giiod. land and harroxv in. it is always best, howevor, to have marl szullpled and :Ul(li,\'Z(`(l botore using. Marl, on aix'-dr_viL=g it, readily crum- bles, fulling into "P. more or less ne powder which is easily distributed nn the land. Some people talk a `lot about community boosting`, but its real work that brings resuilts. sweet corn tor table use trom different dates of planting. . . . Low and High Grade Fertilizers and Manure with Oats and Red Clover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Manure with Oats and Red Clover Different quantities of Lime with Sweet Clover . . . . . . . . . . Three grain mixtures for Grain production Three grain mixtures for Fod- der production Hubam Sweetvclover at the rats of one pound and four pounds per acre In rows for seed nroductlon In production .. O.A.C. No. 72 dates of seedh production . . . . . . . . . ).A.C. Oats, dates of seeding . . . . ).A.C. Oats. At Lambing Time. x.._.._... 4.. 2 Use of Marl. I Hon. W. R. Motaherwell introduced into the House of Commons last week a bill to impose a heavy penalty on dealers handling` adulterated butter. It was pointed out by the Ministeri of Agriculture that there was need for a more explicit "definition of oleo- margarine. Wlhat is known to the trade as renovated butter is also ex- tensively offered for sale in some parts of the Dominion. Txhe Dairy Industry Act is so drafted that it is possible to adulterate butter with oleo oil wll1-iclh makes three pounds of butter out of every two pounds of the pure product. The penalty imposed by the presen-t act is too light, the minister announcing that certain middlemen have found it more protable to pay the nes im- posed and continue to aduwlterate the butter than to drop the practice. Txhe new bill will give the farmer the protection he seeks to preserve to himself the home market. BILL IS INTRODUCED TO PROTECT BUTTER MAKERS WE ARE READY FOR SPRING WORK Storm Windows, etc., Removed Windows Cleaned Awnings Supplied and Erected Carpets and Rugs Renovated and Shampooed Chimney Flues Thoroughly Cleaned` Try Us for any Cleaning Problem n___-___-I u._.__:__ n. The G,overnment budget debate in the House of Commons lasted just thirty days, and was worth about thirty cents. Gen. Delivery P.O. Phone 855wg Ofces at Collingwood and Barrie I \lIVl'_ I l"lElI'\ nu nu--an scorrs EMU LioN -_ ..._.. ...._rnnu 1-AI-\.I I\l'l QIL Thoughtful Mothers GIVE THEIR CHILDREN OF VITAMIN-RICH COD-LIVER Oll. EVERY RAY SHOE REPAIRING BARRIE TANNING CO. any `r\a--ns-- -u-row, :--___w (Just West of Opera House) J. HUGHES, Practical Bootmaker, begs to announce that he has opened a First-Class Shoe Repairing Department at the above premises, and is prepared to do all kinds of Boot and Shoe Re- pairing neatly and promptly. AI an A1` an nnnv cw` un.~c'r l'\l2` ADF.At`\llDlI:`C We will pay the following prices-- Green Hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cured Hides . . . . . . . . . . . .11< Calf Hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kip Hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 HIDES WANTED v was iv: an, \a|I:u.I||u5 lluul General Service Co. _Monday will be Barrie rs Big Sporrbs Day, when all roads lead this way. 85; BRANCHES : pairing ucauy nnu ynuu-pm . ALSO AT 50 PARK ST., WEST OF ARMOURIES. 11151 PURCHASING extra hogs to feed usually means borrowing from a B L) 1\\:L JFIQLJ. V\l Lntna. lL\I5\) I.\l Lvuu usually borrowing bank until such time as money is earned on the resale. Feel no compunction about asking a loan for this purpose from the Bank of Toronto. The Bank of Toronto is always anxious to aid farmers in their nancing--to give the experienced counsel and nancial help that means increased prosperity and bigger prots all round. Your nearest Bank of Toronto branch manager will welcome a discus- sion of your farm problems. The Minister of Railways says it is estimated that motor trafc de- prived Oanadian railways last year of $24,000,000. The railway com- panies may be excused for thinking they are paying a good price for good roads. BAN KWTORONTO WHILE YOU WAIT Collier St., Barrie Incl` was. a` nnnrn l-lnnnn\ fo7ced V BARRIE . I 11_...1..1,\ U:11\.1\.1L1 Allanda Elmvale :00 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO: Decorating & Paperi-l_a_1nging GOLDIE R. HARPER Specialist in Embalm- ing. Owen St. Barrie, Ont. Phone 268. Barrie, 34 Toronto St. Phone l122w. P.0. Box 613. Stroud. Phone 8 r 14. urnuvn u-Au-an nun.-...n R..-"--nun Wuhether the Church Union move- ment is in the best interests of Can- ada or not, it has caused a lot of people to think more seriously on religious mah1:e~rs, and when people think for themselves the rest, does not maxtter so much. YOUR HOUSE I n_- nun: v n .1. IYOUR EVEEDS PAINTING. Protect It. Phone us and a representative will call. Terms arranged. NOTICE TO CREDITOKS AND OTHERS Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Trustee Act, that all persons having" claims against the Estate of` James Arnold, late of the Township of Essa, deceased, who died on or about the 7th day of April, 1925, are requested to send particulars of their claims to the undersigned on or before the 10th day of June, 1925, after which date the Executrix and Trustee will distribute the assets of the Estate, having regard only to the claims of which they then have notice, and will not be responsible to any others. H. R. Warren, Manager O E..J. BYRNEE O THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925- H. A. Sims, Manager Esten & Eaten, Barrie, v Solicitors for the Executrix any? 3 Trustee. FUNERAL DIRE CTOR .....10c lb. .11c to 11~c .....14c lb. ..11c to 120 Several motor accidents are 1'e* ported over the week end in this vicinity, and judging` from the reck~ less manner _in which some motor- ists drive, we wonder there are not more accidents. By wll means let drivers be licensed and tested before being allowed to drive a car on the highway.