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"The Pride of Switzerland" Princeton Watches of special importance to the North, where plans up to the prestnt have been so signal in their failure. The Advance would like to ses every citizen 6of the North read this article:â€" The Future of Cclonizivitn in Carada Colonization work in Canada is only in its infancy. â€"An immense amount of work is yet to be done. Those already on the land must be taken off the dole. New colonization and new immigration will probably scon follow. There is an increasing agitation for Empire migraâ€" tion. But it is ridiculous to talk of bringing in new settlers while thousands cf them throughrout Canada are on reâ€" lief and there is azssolute lack of any efficlenb colonization system or service. The zeasons why ultimately colonizaâ€" tion must become so important should be apphrent. Canada still possesses vast greas of undeviloped agricultural lands. In‘thse pericd from 1905 to 1929 the country underwent a phase of rapid developm@nt. During much cof that time very special cir:cumsiances conâ€" trikuting to its prosperity existed. As a rcsult the growth was inclined to be extravagantly havhazard. The counâ€" try became urbanized rapidly, built up a hug> superstructure of services, and developed a surprisingly high standard of living. Much of this prosperity and development was due to the inflow of cutside eapital which was released for use in.Carada.after .development _ slowâ€" éd up in the U.S.A. and for building up the productive equipment of this counâ€" try during the war. In the modern world â€"of increasirg nationalism and militarism there is no reason to beâ€" lieve that as much surplus capital will be z2vailable for investment in Canaâ€" dian development, at least for some years to come. It is probable that this country will have increased difficulty in suppcorting its tremendous overhead of services and standards of living above the world average. Increasingly the burden of its economic superstructure will fall on the comparatively few priâ€" Should be Considered Plan for Colonization Reference has already been made in these cclumns to articlss on colonizaâ€" tion and as appearing in The Toronto Saturday Night. These articles by Count Nicholas Ignotieff would be well worth while if they did no more than rouse intertst in a question of vital importance to Canada. One of the series deals with the need for a ccionization plan for Canada. This is Com\t Nicholas Igratieff Shows the Need for Colonization in Canada, the Inadequate Way in Which it has been Handledâ€" Hitherto, and the Absolute Necessity for a Proper Plan. 1 I1VG S $ TJY i o it Only CREDIT JEWELLER $1 Down 35 Third Ave. Phone 1332â€"J Accuracy Dependability Service â€"« THE ONLY XMAS GIFT â€" . a~. â€"$100 DOWN Budget Terms: $1,.00 WEEKLY Morsover one has to consider the danger of a growing number of nations being infected with the ambitious and militaristic virus of FPFascism, leading them to demand those parts of the worid which they consider suitable for eolonization and development, and thers can be little doubt that the British Empire will sconer or later become the butt of their attacks. Besides the two aspects of colonizaâ€" ticn which are presented by a backâ€"toâ€" theâ€"lard movement and new immigraâ€" tion there is yet another and more pressing one still in connectior with the reha‘silitaticn of the drought areas in the West. It appears fairly certain that some sections of Southern Saskatcheâ€" wan ard Alberta, which even in normâ€" al periods provided orly an occasional crop but which at the prevailing high grain prices could allow of a fair stanâ€" dard of living, can no longer support a farming population. It is b:yond the means of Government to keep whole communities in large areas on relief year after year and the problemr will be to decids whether it is more economic To those who might say: "What is the use of putting more people on the land when cur farmers are finding it hard enough to make a living as it is?" it should be pointed out that if it were not for the burden of debt which most farmers are carrying they could make a good living at the prevailing prices, and much of the debt and excesâ€" sive costs of producticn are du*s to artiâ€" ficial overâ€"expansicn in land prices, extravagant equipment before the deâ€" pression, and heavy taxation. New cclonizaticn could avoid much of this ard gradually come to share in carryâ€" ing the burdsn of overhead. mary producers, and an adjustment is bound to take place. The country will have to establish a wider base upon which to rest this superstructure of government services, huge railway sysâ€" tem ard urban civilization all designâ€" ed for a much larger population than the present one. All this leads ore to the conclu.uon that Canada will need to undergo a period of considera‘sle colorization and land development. Many of her people will be forced â€"cut of urban employment back on to the land by weight of cirâ€" cumstances, and immigration, in conâ€" junction with <Empire ssttlement or from other suitable sources, will probâ€" ably take place. In recent years the two main agencies for handling immigration and colonizaâ€" tion have been the railway systems and the several provincial governments. The Soldier Settliement Board presents a raâ€" ther particular case. The public is suspietously critical of the immigration and colonization acâ€" tivities of the railways. There is a general feeling that in order to raise their revenues out of fares the railways by mears of unscrupulously attractive propaganda enticed every conceivable type of immigrant into this country and dumpsd them on the land to fend for as best they could, with the result that many undesirable types were brought in and a vast numser did rot stay on the land and cluttered up the labour market. This is past hisâ€" tory; new regulations and policies make this type of immigration impossible, and as an estimate of the colonization work of the railways this is probably too harsh a view. People do :ot sufficentâ€" ly realize that the hasis of prosperity for either of the railway systems is, after all, a successful and prosp:rous population; unsuccessful colonists are as much of a loss to the railways as they are to the country as a whole. However, there is ro doubt that with the exception of a few officers who took particular care of their colonization work, the policy of the railways was to do as little as possible for the colonist once he was placed on the land. Any form of organized settlement was conâ€" sidered objectionable and unremuneraâ€" tive paternalism. There does not seem to be a suffiâ€" cient realization even yet that the only and final test of successful colonization is: Are the settlers happy in their new environment or not? If not, your colâ€" cnization has failed, and eventually the most ambitious will move away, while the shiftless will clutter up the land and make nothing of it. And today, with the given morale of the people and with prevailing conditions, a conâ€" siderable amount of leadership and orâ€" ganization must be urdertaken to make people happy under pionser conditions. there was prosperity and abundant work it did not matter whether the new settlers stayed on the land or drifted away into the cities. When there was abundant capital for railway and road development it did not matter whether a community settled here or there leavyâ€" ing large inteorvening unsettled artas. But these times have past. Today it does matter very much whether colonâ€" ists, and especially new immigrants, will stay on the land or drift into the cities to compete for jojs that are not availâ€" able, and there are no excessive funds for road building. Yet conditions of reâ€" cent colonization in the North indicate that no real thought has betn given to organized modern colonization and no agency capable to handling it is in exâ€" It is ridiculous to assume, for inâ€" stance, that you can take city unemâ€" ployed in Carada (even more so if you are going to brirg them from England), and plant them in isolated homesteads in the West or in the ‘>ush up North and expect them to be happy. Ninety per cent. of them will crave sociabhility; the Englishman will crave his "pub."; they will need advice and encourageâ€" to undertake vast irrigation projects or provide new homes for these farmers. Because of the weaith Canada still has in undeyeloped land, a eonsiderabl: amount of reâ€"colonization will probably For all this work of colorization and land development which is becoming urgent there has been very little pr:â€" paration or forethought. take place. In the past one could colonize with little organization or system. When almost £1,000 per holding. But the inâ€" tention is not to suffer any loss of capiâ€" tal under the scheme as the settlers, as soon as they are placed on their feet The importance which the associaâ€" tion places on the work of the Warden is summarized in this sentence: "Clearâ€" ly the success of the new form of land settlemsnt upon which the association has embarked depends largely upon the personality, ability and power of leadâ€" ership of the Wardgn in charge of each settlement. Upon him rests the imâ€" mediate responsibility of training the men in the use of land and care of stock and inspiring them and their femilies with the desire to become independent and contented countrymen." The importance of gaining local symâ€" pathy and support was early recognized and each settlement is now managed by a local Advisory Committee drawn from prominent persons in the district, including land owners, farmers, repreâ€" sentatives of lecal authorities, county council officials, agricultural officers and othsrs. These local committees have proved a marked success. Each holdirg is supplied with a good house, equipment and stock. The capiâ€" tal outlay is very high, amounting to Each settlement is built aroynd a central farm on which the Warden reâ€" sides. Herse are established the gradâ€" ing and packing and storage plants. The association was organized and registered as a limited company under the Irdustrial and Provincial Societies Acts 1893â€"1928. Its membership is open to all intsrested pzrsons duly elected on payment of a share supscription amcunting to only 75¢c. At present it has a membership of about 170 persons. It is maraged by an executive commitâ€" tee of 17 persons of which the chairman is. Sir Percy Jacksor. Other members cof the committee are the Earl of Elgin, Lord Phillimore, Rt. Hon. Christopher Addison and Prof. Scott Watson. The morey raised by public subscripâ€" tion includes donations and nonâ€"int?râ€" est bearing loans. Several large organâ€" izations such as the Carnseg:e Trust subscribed large sums of money. Applications are considered and the unemployed are interviewed sy officers of the association. Thsy are then givâ€" en fifteen months‘ training made up of three months‘ preliminary reconditionâ€" ing and twelve months‘ intensive inâ€" struction on the holdings. By arrangeâ€" ment with the Unsmployment Assistâ€" ance Board full allowances are paid to the trainees during the whole of this p:ricd. The average settlement is composed of about forty holdings, ranging in size from four to ten acres each. Each settlement is under the charge of an expcrienced Warden who is responsible for the general wellâ€"being and training of the men, the accumulation of the necessary stock and equipment for each holding, and the supervision of an effiâ€" cilent coâ€"operative marketing service. It was provided that at ieasi 2,000 holdings should be established to mak*® a fair test in different parts of the country, on different kinds of land, with different types of men, producing different kinds of foodstuffs. The original terms of the agreement with the Government were that half the money for the project would be raised by public subscription and half by goverrment grants up to £05,000 for each of three years. The organization of the land settleâ€" ment work runs alorg the following lines. According to the story told by Stevens the unknown man walked into the store and ordered two cones of ice cream. While he was filling the order Stevens was slugged over the head with a length of rubber hose which was weighted at onz end. In the scuffle which followed the man was able to make a successful getaway. Toronto Telegram:â€"The book with a happy ending is the wellâ€"filled pock<tâ€" Slugged over the head by an unknown man who walked into his confectionery store at Sudbury shortly before midâ€" night, Friday night, and ordered two cores of ics cream Frank Stevens, 404 Nelson St., who is 60 years of age, grapâ€" pled with his assailant and succeeded in taking away the improvissd "blackâ€" jack". The man was able to make good his escape and a cityâ€"wide search conâ€" ducted by the police failed to reveal any trace of a man answering to the desâ€" cription given by Stevens. On the other hard, if such an assoâ€" ciation proved impossible to organize in Canada owing to the lack of public support, a nonâ€"partisan, p:rmanent Government Colonization Commission might meet the case. Its object would . be to coâ€"ordinate colonization work and ! experisnce thrcughout the Dominion, provide expert guidancs, and prepare for and direct new immigration when the time is deemed suitable. | A commission of this kind or a Land Eettlement Assozciation could undertake the immediate task of solving the imâ€" possible colonization situation which exists along the northern belt of setâ€" tlemert and in tackling the problem of rehabilitation in the west@rn drought areas. It would mark the beginning of a new era of organized and directed colonization in Carada. and begin producing after the period cf training is terminated, are charged a small weekly amcunt to repay this capiâ€" tal outlay. In one settlement this amounts to about $3.50 per week on a ten acers holding. It is yet too early to judge as to how successful thse association will be in reâ€" claiming for the land miners and inâ€" dustrial workers who have lived on the dole for years, but so far the work of the associaticr has apparently met with considerable success and much enthusiâ€" asm. Some type of organization such as this, adapted to Canadian conditions and psychology, might be established within the Dominrion. If it had the right backing, and especially if the colonizaticn departments of the two railway systems agreed to coâ€"operate, it might well prove the solution of the organizatiton problem cof colonization in this country. It would have the adâ€" vantage of private initiative, absence of political patronage, and continuity of policies, while at the same time raving governmental backing and a certain amount of control. There are at present 24 settlements in in varicus parts of the counâ€" try, covering in all 9,183 acres. Sixtyâ€"yearâ€"old Merchant Chases Wouldâ€"be Thug District Officesâ€"Bank of Commerce Buildings, Timmins, Ont. The Hudson Bay Voyageurs‘ Club, |inder the management of R. R. Cockâ€" burn, had a good beginning this year, Mr. Servails said. Next year they will Five: Tons Wild§Fowl Shipped from Moosonee The T. N. O. timetable for trains between Cochrane and Moosonee will ke changed for the winter this week, it is expected. Five tons of wild ducks and geese were shipped south from Mcosonee this Fall, Nap Servais, manager of the James Bay Inn, told The Advance this week when he was in Timmins. With the end of shooting season. James Bay Inn has been closed, not to reâ€"open until next summer. It was a better year than last for tiusiâ€" ness at Moosonee, Mr. Servais said. As many as forty were accommodated in a week at the hotel. One week not long ago, 26 of the guests were "out in the bush" shooting geese. This Year Better One for Business at James Bay Than Last Year, Says Nap. Servais, Manager of James Inn at Moosonee. Voyageurs‘ Club Had Good Beginning This Year. Tickets on Sale from Regular Stations Only Tickets good in Coaches Only. No Baggage Checked Children 5 years ‘of age and under 12 when accompanied by guardian Half Pare Tickets valid for travel Train 2 from Timmins Thursday, November 12th connecting at North Bay with C.P. Train 857 and at Sudbury with C.P. Train 28 arriving Toronto 8.00 am. Friday, November 13th. Tickets are also valid for travel on Train 46 from Timmins 2.25 p.m., Thursday, November 12th on the understandingz that passengers will arrange their own transfer at North Bay to C.P. Depot where coach equipment will be parked for their accommodation and which will be handled on C.P. Train 7 to Sudbury thence C.P. Train 26 arriving Toronto 3.50 p.m. Friday, November 13th. All tickets valid to return so as to leave Toronto not iater than CP. Train 27, 11.15 p.m. Sunday, November 15th, arriving North Bay and connecting with T. N. 0. Train 1, 12.50 p.m. November 16th. ATTRACTION Torontoâ€"Professional Hockey Chicago Blacks Hawks vs. Toronto Maple. Leafs For Fares, Departure Time and Further Information apply to Local ONE CENT A MILE BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Railway Company Tickets to U.S. Destinations gold subject to Passengers meeting Immigration Requirements of U.S.A. Thursday, November 12th HAMILTON SMITHVILLE DUNNVILLE WELLAND TORONTO N BUFFALO KITCHENER LE GALT GUELPH CHATHAM E WOODSTOCK WJNDSOR LONDON DETROTT Via North Bay and Canadian Pacific Northern News, Kirkland Lake:â€" They had a rsception for debutantes at Chorley Park Tuesday afternoon. We thought Mr. Hepburn was going to banish the and make it a welfare station, or something. Mr. Servais is remaining in the North for a few days before returning to his home in Niagara Falls. Blairmore Enterprise:â€"We were adâ€" dressed as ‘"Ma‘" about two thousand times on Sunday last. â€" There were twentyâ€"five hundred sheep in the flock. have more accommodaton for the club members and guests and several great improvements are expected. Trips up to Hudson Bay for big game hunting are planned dGuring next summer, NOT BAN ISHED YET PAGE SEVEN