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It is rather a pleasant change to find that Mr. John L. Lewis has at last gone a step further than even the American Government will tolerate, in his campaign to make himself a dictator of the North American continent. Mr. Lewis is at the present moment stewing in his own juice over a court order that threatens him with jail unless he calls off the proposed miners‘ strike, by Wednesday night. The U.S. Army has also signified its willingness to step in if it is asked to do so; and if it does Mr. Lewis is With the amount of misery, the shortages and the cutting off of production that has been caused because this one man has been allowed to dictate to the Government what would and what would not be done; it will be very pleasing to most people to see him in a spot that he can‘t threaten or cajole himself out of. Farm people, declared Mr. Atâ€" kins, were more concerned than resentful; more anxious to find a practicable way out than to indulge in bitter comparisons. They wantâ€" ed a fair deal, not one weighed unâ€" duly in their favor, but one which *would restore equity in the exâ€" change of farm and factory labor. The fact that the Government has passed along to the employer the responsibility of collecting the taxes from the employees, has been and is being used as a club by the various union organizations. Their ery is always for more "take home" pay, with the expectations that the employer will have to absorb a greater amount of the tax burden. There are even some people in this soâ€"called "enlightened" age who think that the costly system that has had to be set up by the employer to collect taxes for the government to spend, is making money for the employer. The argument is of course that the workers‘ pay shall remain constant regardless of conditions. This trend of thought merely implies that the worker shall not be taxed at all and that the employer shall be taxed twice. The fact that the government has forced employers to collect the taxes, has in a great many cases created confusion in the minds of the workers. There is considerable need that this confusion as between wages and taxes be removed at as early a date as possible. If the worker then feels that the bite the government is taking from his wages is too serious, he is at least in a position to place the responsiâ€" bility where it belongs, not on his employer, but on his government. This being a column for the weeklies, read ‘by largely rural peoâ€" ple, we thought a resume of a speech made ‘by the well known John Atkins of Bracebridge, Ont., a farmer himself, before (of all things) the 23rd annual meeting of the Canadian Woolen and Knit Goods Manufacturing Association at Montreal on October 30th, might be interesting in presenting viewâ€" points, somewhat divergent at presâ€" ent, on the returns a farmetr reâ€" ceives in relation to wages paid at the present time to factory workâ€" Mr. Atkins spoke on "A Farmer Looks at Factories". He held that the only way equity could be reâ€" stored was by unprecendented proâ€" duction in .industry which would lower costs and prices. Failing this he believed that Canada would have to undergo ‘"‘the surgery of deâ€" pression." _ 8. en "We farm people," the speaker said, "want from you an assured and adequate supply of garments and comforts which are essential to our work and wellâ€"being. We want them at prices consistent with our own earnings from our products which must be sold on both doâ€" mestic and world markets. The reâ€" conciliation of our prices with yours, at levels which will mainâ€" tain the maximum exchange of laâ€" Government Passes Responsibility To Employers THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE "Tll have to take it back to the factory for repairaâ€" | meanwhile, you can use your husband!" Lewis is apt to find himself in a rather unenviable LAFFâ€"Aâ€"DAY â€" wors mdere sdvervin. In the end the speaker pointed out, unbalanced prices would work to the disadvantage of all. The farâ€" mer he said was compelled to conâ€" form closely to the principles unâ€" derlying economic health and naâ€" tional wellâ€"being whereas indusâ€" trial workers could depart iel‘lllg::- rarily from such principles. t we all suffer when you stray into error," he emphasized. _ 100. According to Mr. Atkins the baâ€" sic problem was that on one hand there was the farmer receiving not more than 33 cents an hour for a 60 hour week while, on the other, the industrial worker was receiving twice as much per hour and workâ€" ing only forty or fortyâ€"four hours a week. He claimed that as a reâ€" sult (.If this sigx:it;:n Cmdiu; agriculture was f2 a period 0j cownward adjustment, wh?li Canaâ€" dian industry, with costs mounting ard production dropping, had to get more for its products. The inâ€" evitable outcome, unless equity was restored, would be inflation followed by a cataclysmic slump, Mr. Atkins declared. bor ‘between. us, involves all the considerations of national and inâ€" ternational policy." perity by spreading emplo!ment. "Few Canadians realize," he said, "that a reduction in the work week from 48 to 40 hours means a loss of more than two months in producâ€" tion in industries and businesses which are on oneâ€"shift operation. The hard working, thrifty people of Canada, who work long hours, have been compelled to surrender their rights and an increasing hfit of their earnings to relatively â€" paid, short hour people who have forced uneconomic costs and prices upon everyone in the J)retenee. and sometimes in the belief, that they were sharing employment." _ _ He felt that factories should have pegged their wages and prices at the end of the war and that inâ€" creased costs should have been met by greater production on the basis of the 48â€"hour week without inâ€" creases in weekly pay. He conâ€" demned the fiction that a short week would contribute to greater prosâ€" When a farmer looked at the facâ€" tories, he concluded, he looked to them for the manufactured goods he needed produced by peo&l: who were willing to exchange ir laâ€" bor with him on a basis which would lower his costs and increase their own real wages. h22 of Montreal, sales promotion manâ€" ager of Howard Smith Paper Mills who was elected president of the Association of Canadian Adverâ€" tisers at the recent annual convenâ€" tion in Toronto. Mr.Powter is a Canadian viceâ€"president of the Direct Mail Advertising Association of Montreal and has served on the Board of Governors of the Montreal Club of Printing House Limited, Canada P Compan and mnnoe Paperm Lmytedy. Craftsmen constant surveillance of the field of remedies, to ensure maximum protection for the purchasing pubâ€" lic. The Canadian people annually spend millions of dollars for preâ€" pared medicines, which comprise varieties of brands of liniments, loâ€" tions, ointments, pills, powders, syâ€" tups, tablets, tonics, etc., of both domestic and foreign manufacture. Canada prohibits false exaggerâ€" ated or misleading advertisements in réspect of such products, and there are certain diseases for which no medicinal grepmtion is granted registration. Potent drugs are listâ€" ed in a schedule of this imromnt Act, and dosages are fixed by a medical board, within reasonable limits of safety. ‘ In connection with this work, the federal authorities maintain a conâ€" stant check on recommendations for remedies appearing on labels, wrappers, circulars, and in literaâ€" ture and newspaper advertiseâ€" ments, as well as in radio anâ€" nouncements. This work is faciliâ€" tated by the coâ€"operation of the reâ€" putable drug manufacturers and by close liaison with press and radio outlets. * Burning fuel produces carbon monoxideâ€"a deadly gas. If ventiâ€" lation is faulty, in factory, garage or even at home, carbon monoxide may escape and contaminate the air. Industrial health authorities of the Department of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, say that carbon monoxide strikes withâ€" out warning. Pointing out that good ventilation is the best protecâ€" tion, they urge careful check of ventilation systems periodically, check of furnace pipes and drafts and use of approved respirators around possible sources of carbon wonoxide. "Although carbon monoxide has no smell, it is commonly associated with odorous gases and fumes given off by burning fuel," says the authority. "Headaches and dizziâ€" ness arise from a variety of causes, but, when these symptoms occur in the presence of gases and fumes from burning fuel, they may indiâ€" cate an early stage of carbon monoâ€" xide poisoning." "Never run engines indoors, without adequate ventilation. First aid treatment prescribed for vicâ€" tims of carbon monoxide: remove the victim to the open air; keep vicâ€" tim warm and quiet; if breathing has weakened or seems to have stopped, apply artificial respiration. Whenever msonmg is suspected, immediate first aid is essential, and no time should be lost in calling a physician. Under the Huge New Plant For Mass Production of Selfâ€"Propelled _ _ Combines in Canada Now in Operation Selfâ€"propelled combines are now rolilng off the assembly line of the new Masseyâ€"Harris Combine Plant at Toronto. This plant, constructed at a cost of $2,000,000 and recently placed in operation, is the company‘s answer to the farmers of the world who, in recent years, have created the greatest demand in history for power farm machines of al} kinds with particular emphasis on the new selfâ€" g‘opel)ed combine development introduced \? Masseyâ€"Harris. e buildln&.hld out almost entirely on one floor, covers over 270,000 square feet of floor space, is said to be largest of its kind in Canada, md‘llywd for the manufacture of a single Mnndm.nodncuonmm lant employs the ideas in modern production methods for epeed quality of vrofln-.:m . Above â€"New Masseyâ€"Harris Combine Plant contains over 270,000 square feet of floor lrnce. Below â€" Main assembly line is automotive type â€"one of the most modern on the continent SAFE MEDICINES NEIL B. POWTER Carbon Monoxide or Patent color uodu:tm:fi‘f-u! have left an impression with American a;;fi:iculu that K(j:.l.? means w open spaces, blnl:g spurs and good, lusty songs, Wi crimâ€" inalâ€"nabbing pretty much a spareâ€" time job. It was stated by one R.C.M.P. reâ€" cruiting official that many Ameriâ€" can applicants are high :ezool boys and army veterans. Their letters indicated t.hg craved the kind of adventure ollywood _ associates with the redcoats. ‘The mounties themselves say the life is a #er cry from the movie However, Deputy Cemmissioner Roy}l Gagnon said there‘s one other thing to remember: Only Canaâ€" dians or British subjects ordinarily resident in Canada are eligible for enlistment in the force. Most Canadians are well enough acquainted with the long history of the R.C.M.P. and with its accomâ€" plishments to know that the life is mostly hard work and a minimum of glamour. Those mothers who are plagued by their children, demanding atâ€" tention throughout the day, may find a word of wisdom in a reminâ€" der from the Child and Maternal Health division of the Department of National Health and Welfare, that a "fed child is a happy child." No matter how busy a mother may be, she should find time at the beginning of the day to serve a substantial breakfast. The value of a wellâ€"balanced morning meal is illustrated in the performance of all members of a family, but is parâ€" ticularly noticeable in the behavâ€" iour of the younger ones. ENVIRQNMENT An interesting study has been made by Ottawa health authorities on influence of color and light on health, particularly in relation to working and living environment. The proper coordination of lighting and color, by eliminating or modiâ€" fying certain unfavorable condiâ€" tions can contribute to visual comâ€" fort and emotional adjustment, they If youngsters have had a hearty breakfast, they will be less likely to worry for a "snack" between meals. They will play happily and reed less attention, so that mother can get on with her other chores. Inadequate lighting and color give rise to eye strain and nervous tension and, in the case of working conditions, to poor production reâ€" cords. Among the faults the exâ€" perts find with environment in many places are these: glare, inâ€" adequate or insufficient light, unâ€" pleasant, depressing color schemes, low visibility, due to wrong color contrasts, and lack of convenient ‘and agreeable areas for visual reâ€" laxation. _ While their study has been made lurgely with a view to recommendâ€" ing improvement in conditions in factories, workshops and stores, their findings are applicable to every household. For instance the authorities find that illumination design cannot establish good visiâ€" bility unless it is combined with ‘proper color treatment. This fact ‘is based on the principle that light tones of color reflect more, and abâ€" sorb less, light than dark tones. If the ceilings and walls of a room are painted in a dark tone, suffiâ€" cient light may be absorbed to cause poor illumination. When the same room is painted in appropriâ€" ate light tones, the increase in reâ€" flected light may raise the lével of illumination to satisfactory stanâ€" dards, and thus increase the effiâ€" ciency of the natural or artificial light in use. WELLâ€"FED CHILDREN considerably brightened for many Parcel Post Service Restored With Poland Poland by a very welcome anâ€" nouncement made today by the Hon. Ernest Bertrand, K.C., M.P., Postmaster General. He states that The Canadian Post Office has now been successful in restoring parcel post service between Canada and Poland, which had been suspendâ€" ed about two weeks ago owing to congestion of shipping facilities beyond England. 'FEEBBI both in this country and in land by a very welcome anâ€" Thousands of persons in this country depend upon parcel post service to send, not only gifts and comforts, but even the bare necesâ€" sities of life to friends and relatives in Poland. They will welcome word that the Post Office has, after giving the subject its unremitting study, been able finally to resume parcel post service with that counâ€" try. Parcels may now be sent up to 20 lb. in weight, and at the reâ€" gular parcel post rate from Canada to Poland. nection with the examination and Canada coâ€"operates with the United States authorities in conâ€" The Christmas season will be HEALTH INTERNATIONAL THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE deposit, makes change, operates curâ€" rent accounts, and accepts and records used ration coupons. Other retail accounts involve considerable handling of drafts, andâ€"a very important serviceâ€"the making of RE'I‘AILERS make constant use of banking services. In some cases these are simple but essential; advantage of trade discounts. All this entails Banking in Action. E. H. SIPPEL, Manager WATERLOO BRANCH certification of supplies of drinking and culinary water in use aboard common carriers engaged in interâ€" national"traffic, as well as in examiâ€" nation of dining cars operated inâ€" ternationally. United States authorities are supâ€" plied with reports and certificates concerning water supply sources in Canada which are used by U.S. piied with reports and certificates! This is only one phase of the concerning water supply sources in'co-operation which ensures the Canada which are used by U.S.|highest standard of health protecâ€" common carriers entering and operâ€"tion on this continent. Because our switchboards are busier now with more calls than ever before, the dial tone is apt to be delayed. . . . So please listen carefully for the HUM.â€"Mâ€"Mâ€"Mâ€"M before you dial. ,, fi f / §B 6 CTgree~_ BELL TBLBPBON® COMPANYT 0P Q.~AR The Canadian Bank of Commerce has among its customers many retail houses, from the small corner store to the large chain and dapartâ€" ment store. Strict attention to their particular needs is given to all the Bank‘s customers. Use our services for your banking requirements, whatever they may be. Consult our local Manager. ating in various parts of the Domâ€" inion. Similarly, reports and certiâ€" ficates concerning water supplies located in the United States and used by common carriers operating in international traffic, are supplied to Canadian health authorities. 722â€"A