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© from ©6137 Be "The output of Ue con- fe Sern fuetcuted ueasly oleh bat Stike 5 which was very satisfactory" 1 art hit of 1927 wae the rally of holesale prices in Many and June, ier a steady decline lasting 'more than. 8 year." 'During the last' week 'or' two there | many reassuring indica "sdtistactory business condi: most sections of the country. d trend noticeable a month a : ay Jo he Muiniatration, Employment' throughout the Do-| 'miujon -at the 'beginning of July, 'was 848. ithe highest on record. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics received repofts workers, or | 866 more than on Juae This in brought the index "number to 10 4, as compared with 205.9 in the préceding month, and with 303 7 at the beginning of July, 1926. General improvement was regjatered in ail industries except logging, which, Wie The Manitoba Free Press, in a report : Eaubilhod, sites oAhat urg o weeks very sul t : "progreas has been made by all 'grains. t Hel. Honsewifo--"Why don't you try : working it Jou are hungry?" Tramp--"I did once, madam, but it The publication' of the note from: ment. Stations 3 use the St. Lawrence Se point in other issues itn the United States, such as those the Prime Minister of Canada refusing raised by our tariffs or the drainage for the present to enter into negotia- tions over a convention for the execu- '(tion of the St. Lawrence waterway "canal controversy. And there have been fears lest. the United States gain too much control over Canada's, na: project is a sharp reminder that the, tional river highway, famous proposal is, 'after all, an in-| VIOW (ternational affair, It 'isa point which | seems 'sometimes to. be overlooked by the American proponents of the plan. 'When, after a long series of studles the extending back over many years, the second 'point engineering board fially brought in its favorable report at ithe end of last year, and when Mr. Hoover, a8. chairman of the American advisory | commission' on 'the economic and na- tional aspects of the project, had pre; sented thia report to the President with the recommendation that an agreement should at once be negotiat- 8, employing. £96,956. | government, | out the ed with Canada it Bestied that the | project dine hefty? od re support | of the West' and t except one thing--the opinion in Can- It was noticed that the reception of Mr. Hoover's report in Canada was not enthusiastic, Mr. King's Liberal government, which had just extricated itself from disaster, found its most solid support in Quebec Provinee, and | Quebec has consistently opposed a pro- ject which is thought to threaten "the Supremacy of /its chief city. It has even been argued thet the Canadian could not legally carry tion without the assent of the vi joint engineering board was divided as between the American and Canadian representatives, and that the Canadian 'advisory commission, unlike the SL ['American one, had failed to bring in its ; Bank Debits Increase n estimated that approxi- ) harvesters from eastern Canada an, the Pacific coast will be re- by Western Canada to garner r's crop, debits during the: first halt of}: rrent year were $16,018,000,000, mpared with $14,541,000,000 in nding period of 1926, an Tease 0.2 per cent. The advance Quebec and Ontario 19.5 per cent, and 11.5 Difficiilties were emphasized; report. Bi was sala that Ouarie could find tej 01 Se oe a much bet-| eavier crops than in 1926. railroads, which v 000° bushels of gras an annually trom the | . vorable. At the time Mont-, | real newspapers pointed out'that the The Bt. Lawrence canal is an inter natiohal 'project, containing the seeds |™® of 'difficulty which International pro- jects frequently do contain. When the Canadian advisory commission has reported we shall have a better under- standipg of their importance, but in the mean time we must not forget that this is a joint enterprise with an- -other nation and that in.prosecuting it the other nation's wishes will. always have to be studied. --N.Y. Herald- Tribune, | i pees Lonely Places pse themshere andth ere. High on a hill, * But 'halt revealed alm and serenely 3 ] flash uwittly ww, a onely spot - {Is unaware how fortunate {ts lot. ~ Wood Seaturgs 'only ¥ukow its charm nd mystery, ag definitely, No humas eve will ever all its "beauty When winter wraps the earth ~ In \ Tie wis of white, in forests call me through al, Th 2 the night, Midsummer moons oft point a finger ..« "Where A Nfted wing dlone firs sultry afr. Elle awake and, through the darkness, visions steal Of cliffs whose coolness human hands will never feel, The dawn intrigues me. 'Safe from alten view, : The modest. woodland flowers are filled with dew, The twilight 'hour which veils the | "flaming 'west, - {Enchants with thoughts of every hid- "den. nest. | and when rain falls I turn from near- by faces, {My heart goes. questink far {o Jonely places. ¥ --Kalfus Gurtz Gusling. meneame. A girl in Hamilton, Ont. has never been absent or tardy from school in 14 years. There's a girl who will 2 a-- 'A mixed metaphor is forgivable, but beware of slang.--Dr. J. Herbert . Principal of Erasmus High Canadian 'opinion seems to 'have been! wing more cautious. Since on atch after a full meal eves. on the speaker. "Art who?" Ante "I'm: going to 'get married, ma' am," said the 'colored ¢hore man. "You are?" '1 Hope it's & good match, Sam." "It's a fine fch, ma'am. Bhe has four houses." "Four houses. What kind?" 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