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PAGE TEN THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928 FORCED LABOR OF AFRICAN NATIVES HAS LED T0 108% Repid Decline of Popule- tions Traced to This * Cause RESULT ON TRADE All Colonial Powers Agree on International Action F ndon--H. B. Butler, of the In- eden, Labor Office of Geneva, made an interesting speech at the annual meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society, which is reported in the Journal of that society. He empha- sized the importance of the "forced labor" issue, which, though not so bad as actual slavery, ia in some ways more insidious and harmful, Mr, Butler said: -- "If you look at the figures of the trade of the British Empire since 1900, you will find that the trade of the African possessions, leaving out the Union of South Africa, with the Mother Country, has increased something like 700 per cent, a far greater percentage than any other part of the Empire, either Domin- jon or Colony. Again, if you look at the production from Asia of rub- ber you will find that, that has in- creased by nearly 800 per cent, vince 1918, the increase in the pro- duction of chemicals 228 per ceat. and so om. "In other words, countries which ibefore the war, or at any rate um- til the end of the minmeteenth cem- tury, 'were practically insignifcant in the, economic life of the world are more and more becoming indispensable, and all the produec- tion of those countries is the pro- duction of native labor, "It used to be supposed that the native was constitutionally idle and incapable of work except under compulsion, and {that therefore some system of slavery perhaps, but at any rate, of forced labor, was necessary if you were to have any economic development at all, "Experience shows, however that the application of that system led to the most disastrous results, re- sults which I think have been ex- perienced in almost every African territory in greater or less degree at some time or other. You have got th efact taht in French BEquat- orial Africa the mative population dropped from something like 4, 500,00 to 3,000,000 in a little more than twenty years: Ong has state- ments such as those of the Govern- or of Madagascar, that the death rate, due to forced labor was some- thing like 60 per cent, sh of TN "For a time the economic signi- ficance of these facts was not ap- preciated. Quite apart from the hu- man suffering and death it caused, it was not realised that by per~ mitting a mortality of that kind the future development of the country was being imperilled. It was not realised that potentially there is a great shortage of labour in many parts of Africa, and that that short- age is becoming intesified by the failure to adopt protective measur- es in respect of the native as a worker, BOVRIL Puts STRENGTH VITALITY ~BEEF into you BOVRIL--Creates Energy "If you take the British posses sions in Africa, leaving out the Union and West Africa, there are less than 13,000,000 people in the two Rhodesias, Nyasaland, Tang- anyika and Kenya--five territories which are together twice as big as France, Germany and Italy com- bined, and with resources how great mobody kmows, certainly far greater than anyome as yet can fully realise. "How is that very small popula- tion going to make anything like the best of those resources unless it is carefully husbanded and pro- tected? The realisation of that fact is one of the cogent factors which has led to the international com- sideration of the problem of native labour, It is not only one country that has urged wus to do it. T am very much impressed by the fact that every country that is in the Colonial field feels more and more the necesisty of taking some com. mon action towards the solution of this problem, and therefore it is not surprising to find that the Commission which 'we set up, con- sisting as it did entirely of men with long Colonial experience, has proposed a series. of exceedingly stringent regulations on the sub- ject of forced labour, At the Earliest Moment "But in addition to that, the Commission passed a unanimous resolution at the conclusion of its work, recommending that all fore- ed labor should cease at the earl- iest possible moment. They felt that a transition period was nee- essary, but they were all convinced that forced labor in jtself was a bad thing and should he abolished as soon as possible. T think that, coming from an international body, ought to have a considerable effect, and it will, T hope, lay the founda- tion of a draft Ceavention which will come before the Conference for the first time next year. "The subject of forced labor {is on the Agenda of the International Labor Conference of 1929 and un- der our existing procedure there will be a first discussion as to the limitation of the subject and the general lines on which a Conven- tion should be framed, and then a final discussion in 1930 which will arrive, I hope, at an international treaty drawn up in due legal form, Which the countries will be invited to ratify, So that during the next twa years there will he a great deal of discussion and consideration of the whole question of forced lahor, 'and it is very important that public opinion in every country should take a keen and lively interest in that discussion." -- SHE'S BEEN TOO BUSY (Hamilton Spectator) That mother near Renfrew who gave birth a few days ago to her twenty-fifth child hasn't had much time for bridges and teas, but then again, on the other hand, she has- n't had time to be lonesome either, DURING OUR VALUES TO BE OBTAINED 2 an} Tow Na ) / ( 9/1 pO LIBBY'S BEANS winror 3 mois 25¢ Choice Santa Clara PRUNES 325 REGAL SALT 3 "i 25° ROLLED OATS WHEATLETS ROLLED WHEAT GOLDEN CORNMEAL - 51bs.25¢ RICE Faney Blue Rose ~ 3 Ibs. 25¢ LA 51bs. 25¢ 4 ibs. 25¢ . » 3 Ibs. 25¢ ™ BAYSIDE HIGH QUALITY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PEAS, CORN 2. 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He said that the pre- sent price level is lower than justi- fied and that everything pointed to an increase, Noting prospects of increases in this country's wheat crop and the forecast for the biggest Canadian crop in history, he said, however, that from a world point of view the situation is about the same as last year, Shortage of rye abroad and growth of world population, he asserted would increase foreign de- mand. He declared that within the last 30 days shipments of red winter and red spring wheat into the Kan- sas City elevators were double last year's figure, and deplored this tendency of farmers to concentrate their crops in a few markets, The Gavernment should help to provide better marketing methods for wheat, the Secretary said. Claiming that many farmers are forced to sell their erop in order to pay debts. M. Jardine declared that whenever this necessity is not present the growers should try to hold on for a rising market, On the hig corn crop estimated by the department, he said an extra 25,000,000 or 30,000,000 bushels might profitably be fed to pigs now going into the feed lots, as well as a large quantity to heef animals which now are commanding a high price. This would take care of much of the an#cipated surplus in corn, he added. COMMISSION FOR NEW BRIDGE NAMED Provincial Government Makes Order for Lake St. Louis Project Quebec, Sept 18.--The Provineial Government has named the Com- mission to build a bridge over Lake St.. Louis, the necessary order in council heing signed by His Hon- or the Lieutenant-Governor on Sat- urday. Last session a law was passed empowering the Government to name this eommission, but up to the present it has not exercised its power. Now, however, the Com- mission, which will be known as the Corporation du Pont du Lac St, Louis, and which will be headed hy Hon, Raoul Grothe, Legislative Councillor, will assume charge of the matter and the hridge will prob ably be built at Caughnawaga. The personnel of the Commission consists of Hon. Raoul Grothe, Louis Chatle, mayor of the town of Lasalle; J. A. Trudeau, banker of Montreal; Robert A, Ness, How- ick farmer, and J. A, Dupont, Chat- eauguay farmer. A BIT OF COMMON SEJSE (Rochester Times Union) William J. Bogan, Chicago's sup- erintendent of schools, seems to he a man of considerable comnron sCnse, The Stockingless fad, so popular among girls these days, has gone over big with Chicaga's younger generation, and it oceured to some- one to wonder if the school author- ities would allow girls to go to school minus their hose. So the question was put to Mr. Bogan. 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He chatted with M. P.'s in private more than any other man, and he addressed them publicly less than any other. Sir James hardly missed a day in attendance at the House, but the library and the corridors were his haunt rather than the Chamber, He was chairman of tie Kitchen Committee and the question of food brought him in continual contact with the changing personnel of the House, New M. P.'s discovered an alert mind and a quick wit in the stoop- ed little man whose hent shoulders the only attributes of his eighty- By OneDose and droping grey mustache were two years. They were the more puzzled to know why he never spoke in Parliament. : First Elected 1874 He was first elected for Chelten- ham as a Conservative im 1874, and whenever Cheltenham rejected him he waited until Cheltanham changed its mind. He was defeated three times and elected eight times, serving altogether for forty-three years, Sir James made a speech in 1903. A second speech was delivered three months ago. "I have not spoken because I did not see why I should; there has been no necessity for it," was the quaint explanation he gave when one was sought for this quarter of a century of silence. Sir James was four years old when the present Parliament Buildings were opened by Queen Victoria. They were only sixteen years in use when he first at- tempted to enter themr by way of Cheltenham. He tried again in 1874 and won, coming to Parlia- ment when Disreali for the first time had an ample majority. He saw the rise and fall of many Ministers and outlived even Prime Ministers--Earl Russell, Lord Bea- consfield, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Salis- bury, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- man, Bonar Law, and the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, His death creates a vacancy at Cheltenham, where he defeated a Liberal candidate in a straight fight at the general election by 11,- 000 votes to 9,146, a majority of 2,763. 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