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It is interesting to note that the first Wel land Canal was eight feet deep and practically completed 100 years ago. The new ship canal built by the Canadian government at a cost of $120,000,000 is practically completed. It will, it is expected, be officially opened next spring. The figure 8 and its multiples gre curiously in evidence in the construction of the new Welâ€" land Ship Canal, which links Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in the Niagara Peninsula to overâ€" come the difference in level of 326 feet. For building purposes the canal was divided into eight sections. There are eight locks to thel canal and it takes eight minutes to fill each lock with water and eight hours for a vessel to pass through the entire canal. The eight locks have each a usuable length of 820 feet with a depth of eighty feet. Over 8,000,000 cubic yards of rock have been excavated, and more than 28,000,000 pounds of reinforcing steel used. no thought of buying or starting newspapers. The fair criticism of an uncontrolled press is healthiest for all parties and certainly best serves the public interest. We know nothing whatever about the Toronto rumor." Emphatic denial is given at Conservative|two provinces. In 190 headquarters to rumors that a string of daily|no manufacturing in newspapers would either be acquired or inâ€"| while now the value augurated to promote the Conservative cause.|output is over $159,0 The rumors grew out of persistent reports that|accounts for $100,00 a new Conservative morning paper is projected | $59,000,000. Each of for Toronto. A number of Ontario Conservaâ€"| wellâ€"equipped univer: tives are said to be interested in the Toronto|and many hundreds project as a personal business proposition. mere frontier towns « ‘"The Conservative party". s;id Robert Lipsett, director of publicity for the party, "has | _ THE NEW WELLAND SHIP CANAL _ This institution which is filling such a vital need in the community in ministering to those who are in ill health is splendidly equipped in every particular to render the highest possâ€" ible service to suffering humanity. It is deâ€" servedly receiving the support of the communâ€" ity in its humanitarian task. The report states that the outstanding deâ€" velopment in connection with St. Mary‘s Hosâ€" pital this year is the erection of the Nurses‘ Home which was made necessary owing to the demands of the government inspector for addiâ€" tionals accommodation for the staff of nurses employed in the hospital. The annual report of St. Mary‘s Hospital reveals the extent of the service being renâ€" dered the community by this institution. The total number of patients on Sept. 30, 1930, was 2,167, the average number per day being 65. The cost per patient per day, which is showing a decrease from year to year, was $1.75 after deducting the sum set down for voluntary work of the Sisters in charge of the hospital. The financial statement was of an enâ€" couraging character in that it indicated that a balance of $27,000 remained after payment of operating expenses which was devoted to the payment of interest on the hospital debt and reduction of the principal. \ For nine years the Royal Winter Fair has| | WILL TAKE YEARS TO }!EAR .APPEALS been an increasingly important factor in Canâ€"| | BEFORE TRIBUNALS 1 ada‘s agricultural and animal industries. Formâ€"| * ~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" * ed to promote and develop these industries, it Though the new and extensive pensions has become a medium for drawing the nine|legislation passed early this year only became provinces more closely together, as well as for| operative in October, it is already _ apparent the establishment of a Dominionâ€"wide standard| that it will have to be materially enlarged. of excellence. As now constituted it will take five or even ten years to deal with the reâ€"hearings and apâ€" #@ â€"â€"â€".â€"_.______._________ %{peals already in hand or in prospect. This situâ€" 1 SPLENDIDLY FULFILLING | |ation defeats at least half the purpose of the | ITS MISSION | |legislation. It was first intended that the new @ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"._._._._â€"__________â€"®/law should eliminate red tape and guarantee The annual report of St. Mary‘s Hospital| most generous interpretation to the soldier. reveals the extent of the service being renâ€"| The secondary consideration was elimination of dered the community by this institution. The|delay in dealing with cases. For beef and dairy cattle, sheep and swine there were 64 divisions, including championâ€" ships, while the regular butter section at the Royal has been rightly characterized as "the largest dairy display ever made on the North American continent." _ The Royal Winter Fair held at Toronto during the past week or two has proved an unâ€" usually successful event. Entries in the various departments totalled many thousands, there beâ€" ing special exhibits of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, dogs, cats, foxes, poultry, gairying, fruit and flower growing, seed, grain and pet stock. Special days were set apart for all provinces in order to promote provincial interests to enâ€" able produce from all parts of Canada to be exhibited. The poultzy section had 8,000 exhibits while the fox show was the premier exhibit of Canadian fox breeding. The dog sho#w contained some 600 animals of the highest class while the cat show was the largest winter exhibition in Canada. â€" Published svery Thureday by David Bean & Sene, Lid | * '.Q-I-go.uls SUBSCRIPTION RATES i One year, in advance ............................ $2.00 n ADVERTISING RATES On application. Advertising copy must reach the office not later than Monday noon to insure insertion Waterloo Chronicle || in United States, per year NO PARTISAN PRESS POLICY PROPOSED THE ROYAL WINTER FAIR ninsula to overâ€" There are at present in the province of 826 feet. For|Quebec 33,040 miles of rural roads of which as divided into|5,316 miles are first class roads, 8,878 miles it locks to the|second class and 18,846 third class. Over 183,â€" tes to fill each}500 miles of roads in the province or about rs for a vessel|41 per cent. are permanently improved and surâ€" nal. The eight|faced with either concrete, macadam or gravel. th of 820 feet| All improved roads in the province of Quebec Over 8,000,000|are maintained directly by the Provincial DeJ excavated, and|partment of Highways, the cost being borne The department of Agriculture in a report issued this month on the fruit crop prospects announced that the general outlook for fruit crops is regarded better this year than last. While the yield per acre is generally lower the increases in acreage make up the deficiency. exclusively by the Government. These two provinces, the youngest of the nine which form the Dominion of Canada, have certainly acquitted themselves well since their admission into the family group a brief 25 years ago. $59,000,000. Each of the two provinces has a wellâ€"equipped university, several high schools and many hundreds of public schools. From mere frontier towns of 25 years ago, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and other places have grown into well established and beautiful cities, with every advantage found in any of the older cities of the new or old world. It is just 25 years since the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created. At that time the population of Alberta was 185,000. It is now about 650,000. Saskatchewan in 1905 had a population of 195,000; now it is 867,000. The total area under cultivation in Alberta 25 years ago was 660,000 acres; in Saskatchewan 2,000,000 acres. In 1930 Alberta had 15,000,000 under crop and Saskatchewan 30,000,000 acres. The dairy production of Alberta has advanced in value from $2,000,000 in 1905 to over $20,â€" 000,000 this year. Similar progress in dairying has been made in Saskatchewan. Progress has been equally as noticeable in a number of other directions in each of the two provinces. In 1905 there was comparatively no manufacturing in Alberta or Saskatchewan, while now the value of the annual industrial output is over $159,000,000, of which Alberta accounts for $100,000,000 and Saskatchewan If recommendations of soldiers‘ organizaâ€" tions are carried out, parliament, during the approaching session, will be asked to at least double the tribunals and to provide for great relasticity in the work of the appeal court. The staff created to carry the law into effect is always confronted by application and appeals which will provide work for upwards of three years and there are enough more in the offing to occupy tribunals and appeal court at least another two years. | PRAIRIE PROVINCES ARE 25 YEARS All the general argument on tariff revision might be concluded in two weeks but it is a matter of record that on a major tariff revision every item will see reiteration of the argument until hot weather drives the membership home. Next year, whether the House assembles in January or Marct&t, it will talk until July. Hence the viewpoint that two months can be saved for departmental work if the session is called in March. While the House is in session departmental business necessarily languishes as Ministers are otherwise engaged. A January to June sesâ€" sion, followed by the holiday months of July and August would knock eight months out of the departmental year, or at least hamper adâ€" ministration for that length of time. The decision is, of course, subject to amendment but the reasons which have led to it will hardly be altered. They are, firstly, that the delay will permit the Government to comâ€" plete its entire tariff revision and to have its budget ready for submission as soon as the debate on the address from the Throne is conâ€" cluded. Secondly, that by meeting in January the House will only add two additional months of debate to Hansard. While official announcement will not be made until within a month of the event, it is not the intention of the Bennett Government to call parliament together until approximately March 1st. PARLIAMENT WILL NQOT MEET UNTIL EARLY IN MARCH EDITORIAL NOTES it‘s Certainly Not the Shine Froshâ€""What keeps the moon from falling ?" at any time after twt months, on« month‘a notice of reconeideration having been given by eilther party Another Dumbbellâ€""It must be the beams." pay _ the â€" traneportation _ charges. These prices apply for at least two months, and are subject to reviaton || Both the distributors and the proâ€" ducere dealt with the situation in elatements issued. The distributors said: "A mutual agreement has been arrived at between the milk distriâ€" butors of Toronto and the Producers‘ Association that will enable the Toâ€" ronto dairiee to sell milk to the public at 12 cents a quart commeneâ€" ing Dec. ist. The dairies have been paying the producers $2.50 per ewt. Aceording to the new Governmem‘ method of buying. which is coming into effect, the dairies will pay lluaJ producers an average of between $2.20 and $2.30 per cwt. The reducâ€" tion has been passed on to the conâ€" anmer." The producers‘ statement follows: Having taken into consideration the various factors of the present abâ€" normal situation in the dafry indusâ€" try in Ontario, ha« determined to acâ€" cept the proposal of the Toronto Milk Distributors‘ Assocfation. Thie means a price, beginning Dec. 1, for milk delivered at the dairy, at $2.20 per hundredweight. After Jan. 1, 1931, when the new Government re gulations come into force, the price will be $2.20 for 3.4 milk, with a + cent. differential for each tenth of 1 per cent. of butterfat. ‘The price for eweet cream is to remain the ume,' namely: 50 centa a pound butterfat, ‘ the shipper in all cages, however, to Disturbing conditions in the dairy industry are said to be responsible for a plentiful «upply of milk for the Toronto area. The United States tariff, which is practically prohiblkâ€" tive, is a factor. Large shipments of cveam. which went to the United States from Oxford County prior to the increase in the American tariff, are now coming into ‘Toronto and adding to the regular shipments. Cannot Maintain Price Toronto distributors claimed that, owing to the heavy supplies avail able in Toronto, they were unable to maintain the price to producers arâ€" ranged two months ago. Conferences followed, with the result that a reâ€" duction is being passed along to the: consumer. The present nhnormal; situation may be only temporary, and the 12â€"centsâ€"aâ€"quart price may not continue for any length of time. The prices are eubject to reviaion two months hence. What is believed to be the lowest rate that milk has been sold to the consumers in Toronto during the winter season for iauy years went into effect on Mo _ .y morning, when the quarter price will be reduced 1 cent from 13 cents. This is 2 cents a quart cheaper than this time last year. Producers Will Now Receive $2.20 to $2.30 Cwt. â€"Milk Sells Now at 12¢ Quart. The Minister stated that legisleâ€" tion of a famreaching nature affectâ€" ing agriculture would be introduced at the next session of the Legislaâ€" ture and that a committee would shortly be formed to make a survey ’m Ontario to investigate every phase of â€" agricualture. County _ councils throughout Ontario will be asked to bhvlp the Department in spreading vocational education to the farmers. Formation of rural clubs will be one of the chief objectives. A committee has heen engaged for the past six weeks in making a provinceâ€"wide curvey with a view to extension of the threeâ€" and oneâ€"month instrucâ€" ticnal courses in rural counties. At present ten counties have the three month«" cowrse. The Department proposes to extend these courses to embrace the whole province eventuâ€" ally. ‘ MILK PRICES LOWER AT THE ________TORONTO DAIRIES 5. Erection of cold storage plants in various parts of the province for storing produce and fruit and creâ€" ating an orderly market as well as improving quality of products. 3. To reduce cost ing field crops into and meat by more and balanced rations 4. Extension of agricultural eduâ€" cational training lhroughqul Ontario and coâ€"operation of county councils in spreading information to farmers. 2 To antual Ontario _ _ lu an address at the opening of the Royal Winter Fair, Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture, aunounced a program of agricultural expansion and development on a scale never before attempted in the province. The chief points enumeâ€" rated by the Minister are: L. To build up the live stock in du:\lr,\' by use of pure stock. Recommend Cow Rations A committee of leading agriculturâ€" ists was recently appointed to study rations and suggest wixtures of feeds that would be suitable to Onâ€" tario conditions. The committee comprised Prof. J. C. Steckley, Onâ€" tario Agricultural College; R. W. Wade, Director, Ontario Live Stock Branch; W. J. Bell, Kemptville Agriâ€" cultural School, and W. R. Reek, Ridgetown _ Experimental Station. The following ration was suggested for cows in milk and getting clover or alfalfa hay: 1 pound hay per 100 lbs. live weight; 2 pounds silage per ‘100 pounds live weight; 2 pounds roots per 100 pounds live weight; and a grain mixture of 200 pounds ground or rolled oats, 200 pounds bran, 10v pounds barley, 50 pounds oil cake and 50 pounds cotton seed Another suggested mixture is 200 pounds oats, 100 pounds gluten, and 25 pounds oil cake. The protein conâ€" tent of the first ration 4s 18 per cent. and of the second 17% per cent. Either is to be fed at the rate of one pound of meal of each four pounds of milk. Wheat may be used in place of barley and, if roots are not available, feed three pounds silage. If silage is not available, feed four pounds roots per 100 pounds live: weight. l Minister Announces Program Iyews and Information For the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontarie Department of Agriculture) cut down by field â€" crop 10 per cent. the production _ in of manufacturâ€" dairy products skilful feeding to make ot a minimum expense many articles which add to the atâ€" tractiveness, beauty and comfort of the home." to the best advantage homeâ€"grown products, how to remoilel the old house to make it convenient. attracâ€" tive and healthful, how to make one‘s own dresses and hats and how o dn dlec o db s wl ind 20 "It is evident," he said. "that many rural home workers cannot attend classes every afternoon from day to day for two weeks or more, so we are planning to give instruction in a form which meets the convenience of either small or large groups. Inâ€" struction will be given for two. three, four days or a whole week, as well as the present courses. Upt»â€" date information will be given on nutrition, how to produce and utilize New Plan of Instruction _ lnstitation of a plan of instruction in rural districts in nutrition, home nursing | and | first aid. sewing. millinery and handicrafts. was anâ€" nounced at the 29#th annnal convenâ€" tion of Women‘s Institutes of Cenâ€" tral Ontario in Toronto last week by the superintenient, Geo. . A. Putnam. od an extensive test with fertilizers oi varying analyses on the potato crop. In the experiments two sets of plots were used. On the first set the fertilizers were applied at the rate of 1000 peunds per acre and on the second set at the rate of 500 pounds. In each set one plot was left without fertilizer for comparison. In these tests and on this soil, a 2â€"12â€"â€"6 ferâ€" tilizer seems to give materially betâ€" ter results than any other. Where fertilizers were applied at 1000 pounds per acre, the average yield of potatoes was 241.5 bushels against an average where no fertilizer was applied _ of 162.1. bushels. â€" This "Igured out a net gain of $56.90 for the crop. Where fertilizers were apâ€" plied at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre, the average yield was 190.6 bushels as compared with 162.1 where no fertilizer was used, and a net gain of $18.34 per acre was reâ€" corded. The experiments will be rc*‘ peated next vear. « Fertilizer Tests on Potatoes During the past summer the Deâ€" partment of Chemistry, O.A.C., in coâ€"peration with the Boys‘ Training School at Bowmanville, has conductâ€" C A Word to Junior Farmers "Hats off to the past, coats off to the future," was the slogan given fo Junior Farmers by (M. J. B. Fairâ€" bairn, Deputy Minister of Agricu} ture, in an address at a banquet ten dered this organization in Toronto last week. Mr. Feirbairn impressed upon his youthful hearers the fact that money was not everything. ‘"The greatest force in the world to day is iutelligence," he said, in urgâ€" ing his audience to develop an ideal. "Honesty and straightforwardness are of greater service to agriculture than monetary returns. The Waterloo Trust Why not put your surplus funds to work at Waterloo Kitchener Repayment of principal and interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. OoUR GUARANTEED INVESTMENT RECEIPTS, issued in amounts of $100.00 and over, for a period of three years, bear interest at the above rate, which is payable halfâ€"yearly, by cheque, on the first days of January and July. and Savings Company | _ MARAUDER BROUGHT DOWN _ George S. McCullough of Lans downe Township recently shot a {large Arctic owl, the first ever noâ€" ticed in that locality, it is reported. ’Thc bird was a large one, beautifully mottled in black and white. When shot, it had just descended in Mr. McCullough‘s _ orchard, _ dropping ‘straight from the sky upon a Plyâ€" month rooster, grasping each wing |with its talons and, with ite short {and powerful beak, tearing the neck |of the rooster to shreds. The owl weighed about seven pounds and Had a wing spread of at least two feet. â€" Mr. McKelvie‘s comment on the voaition of the Canadian grower was hased on the assumption that the "urm price of wheat yesterday was elow the cost of production. He nvinted out it would pay a farmer to hold this year‘s crop and decrease his planting rather than to sell at a loss and undergo the expense of reâ€" production. If he could not hold the wheat himself, he said. he would join a pool. cen ts Discussing the wheat situation reâ€" cently. Mr. McKelvie said that every once in a while a commodity market hit a nose dive. He recalled 1921, when corn tobogganed to 15 cents, the Inwest price in 30 years and within it Sam R. McKelvie, grain repreâ€" sentative on the Federal Farm Board, were a Canadian farmer he would hold his wheat. He might even buy some from his neighbor at vesterday‘s prices. sIX FARM BOARD OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC OVER WHEAT SITUATIQON 3% months recovered to about 45 Telephone 2300 117 KING ST. WEST * s Over Draperiesâ€" All Wool Blanketsâ€" Bed Spreadsâ€" Silk, Lace and Rayon If it‘s for the Home, you will find the Assortment at Schreiter‘s one of the largest and best. Prices too are most reasonable. Window Panelsâ€" Table Matsâ€" Cushionsâ€" Frilled Curtainsâ€" CGift Suggestions | = If selected from our large stock and made in our workâ€" rooms, are sure to give years of beauty and service. Swiss, Silk and Cotton Plain, Panel and Checked Singly and in sets In great variety Beautiful color combinations S C H REITE R $ That will Beautify The Home HOUSE FURNISHINGS Galt Preston $1.25 * $6.50 »~ $7.00 ° $10.00 $3.40 * $19.75 $1.98 â€" $6.50 Sudbury sleeper is carried in this train. > Information and reservaâ€" tions from any Canadian 85e * $7.75 service again between Toronto and Winnipeg, leaving Toronto 9.30 p.m. d-nily_ltrlvina Winâ€" nipeg 8.45 a.m. second 25¢ * $1.50 Ihe KITCHENER