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Barrie Examiner, 20 Sep 1917, p. 3

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4 : ee - The Tea of all Teas. --_ << _ Get a package and enjoy a cup of Tea "In Perfection". ' Black, Green } or Mixed Military-Cross Hero APT:: William. Stewart MacTier, Cs Tal ions lets have been awarded the Mill. tary Cross for gatlantry in the fiting Inne, is the sun of Mr..A. D. MacTier, grueral manager. of eastern' lités' of we MacTier went to the front with te first Canadian Contingent and. bas becn twice wounded,-the first time at 'Yves, and lately at Vimy. Ridge. At the outbreak of the war, Capt, Mac: 'Tier.was du the oveun returnigg from Yurope, and immediately .on landing Joined the Thirteenth Battalion, un- Ger .Lieut,-Col.- (now 'Brigadier-Gen- eral) Loomis D.8.0. He went tp the front with that unit and fought with t When it cove itself with glory Ypres'and Festubert.. He was then unded by shrapnel and returned to treat lo convalesce, On -return- dier General Loomis' staff, he laken over the command of # in the mean time, At the erving\Jh this capacity 'for « short tijie ope of his feet gave ei and an Operation Was 'nevessary. On' bis re turn to the tront' on (ils occasion te Was transferred. toa Montreal tigh- lund Battalion and promoted 4o 'bis, captaincy, i Wg pik with. 24 tunes. $112.00" . 4UMBIA WILL PLAY ANY IND OF RECORD Other machines from $15.00 up. TONE Columbia Superiority is measured by - * Columbia Tone THE RECORDaplayed on the Colum- 'a Grafonola. is more' than.a record-- it is reality." Through the marvelous ~ Colum reproducer, every individual _ musical poleation--evéry: modulation of 'every note comes "back with volume and warnith the game_as the origins! itself. The splendid resonarice so essential to reproducing orchestral :musie; the deli- cacy needed to suey bars of, whis- peri woodwit and = =murmuring binge the living warmth that Tends | great voides power and charm and per- 'sonality--these mal the mirscu- THIS: CO up the J Aous perfection of 'the Columbia repro- ducer and Columbia TONE. - 'Clear, _ natural, -- pense words 4f@ hardly enough to) ee word can truly tell all that . implies--and that LIFE! Canadian: vacitic Railway. Capt. ° fbandman a hunting knifé,.a number of cigur clipp srs Jand left a fash light, the-battery of which + impressive. "The suggestion is passed on to Buckwheat Screenings' for Poultry and Swine 4 A car of this feed was purchased by the Poultry, Division, Central _ Experimental Farm, Ottawa, through the Superintend- ent of the. Government Terminal, Eleva- tors, Fort William. The car contained 20 tons, costing $30.00 F.O.B. Fort William und' $35.00 per ton F.0.B, Ottawa--$1.75 per ewt. Of this, fifteen tons were whole and five tons ground fine, = On feceipt, it was fed to all classes of poultry, old and young, the grain in hop- pers and the mash in hoppers or in moist } mash, The birds after eating a corn and wheat diet did not .tuke to the whole screenings. for several: feeds,' buj-the mush was readily token from the start. When thie grain was tken in large quantities, the Wwheut was-picked out, and a little care had 16 be tuken - in order to have 'them eat everything up clean. Now after three weeks' feeding, everything is eaten up ex: cept a few ost Trulls: "A test-was made on 200 pullets from 2 to 4°Ynonths of 'age, In twenty duys they ate 516. Ibs, of grain and 2045 Ibs. of mash, The 'total grain was 152.6 Ibs,, that is, it took 4.7 lbs. of the feéd to: muke one Ib.-of grain at-a cost of 82 cents: Dr: Shut:, Dominion. Chemist, has sub- mitted an analysis of this product from which we quote the following information: "Thik product, it will be seen, consists ap- proximately. of 50 per cent. wheat, 40 per cent buckwheat, 2.5 per cent. light oats, 1 per cent. flax-seed, one balf of 1 per cent. weed seeds, 5.7. per cent. chaff, bulls, etc. The 'chemical gialysis of the ground-mash is: Water 14.07; Protein 11.84; Fat® 2.07; Curbolypdrates '64.53; Fibre 5.36; Ash 2.18+-100.00 S, Archibuld, Dominion Animal Hus reports thet buckwheut sereen- tgs 'as @ feed for xwine of all ages ix very valuable, For finishing and young grow- ing hogs' well-ground buckwheat screen ing' 'will produce ws great gains as will mixture of wheat shorts three parts, tine ground corn three parts, linseed oil meal one part, 'This latter mixture at present prices is -worth fifty-four dollurs per ton on east- ern_markets, | ~The 'above prices, were for a car lot and prices for smaller quantities would. likely be considerubly higher. It is suggested that y number of swine breeders iny a locility Glub together to order a car. . It is # good purchase at # figure near the above price 'Burglars in Bradford In the early. hours of Friday morning, Sept. 7, five places were burglarized in the east ball of the main street, Bradford. 'The burglars entered W. L, Campbell's drug store by forcing the front door, the tooly-uyed being serew driver and a file, by the) usé of which they pried the door and broke the'lock. They: got a few dol- Jurs in cash, about twelve dollars worth of postage stamps und inland revenue stanips, few' other and a t loss» being and finger nail -files, total things, 'Mr. Campbelt's about $20. wey 7 J, G. Gray's grocery store' door was forced open bythe same .method. The burglars, bere evidently knew that the: pro- prietor lived in connection 'with the store, for they cuiried'the cash register out and ucross 'the street where they opened it, and Mr. Gray ix minus about $16, - They got into the Ford garage by way! of the back entrance, took-§6.30 from the: register gud departed 'The Clievrolet Station was slso visited, Admiitunce being gained by a wesi window, Here they got: s key of the gasoline pump had played' out, and, outside of the place they left a bicycle, the front tire of which was punctured. : 'They 'also entered the office of the Brad- ford. Witness by means of window: and Garried off some stamps and 4 bicycle val- tied "at $55. A Patriotic Suggestion Worth Considering 'The suggestion-is made that in' singing the National.Anthém and as the British flag is shown, all of the male members of an audience: stand at salute. This has been ydopted at: other places and the effect ig) said to be thrilling, .It'is not necessary that one should .take"military training to' adopt this method of recognition, ax the uction could be automatic 'with the first word of the National. Anthem, In 'many places, following the suggestion of Colonel, the Rev. Dr, Chown, the audience conies to uttention, but it is said that 'the ad- ditional- movement of the salute is very the public. sehools -and the collegiate for corsideration, and would undoubtedly' be 'a lesson in patriotism wherever. the, British fing' is displayed, 9. * SOLDIERS': LETTERS Every soldier his his friends at home and tells his story in his own way, so that these letters. often throw isiteréating side- lights. on the battles or conditions st thé Front, The- Examiner will 'be pleased to tl are aot H woich Canada miust cace at the Baitinor ' oO" of the: most sertous-provlems ; National "close of the war is: the. tv 'grrangerwent of our affairs upvo the basis of weriial civil lise, wita te in tidenial gitowon of aver unedipluy- ment 3 Labor conditions in Canada today are, in many respects, very..simiiul' io those wuich provaued in the valed) Sines during toeir Civil War aud! - the ve-cousiruction period. Our Laver | conditiv.s immesistey previous to the wur had the sae 'chaviic aspect. 'Tug suirt of the war first brougat de-| preis.ou im ingusiry, tollowed by a "tapi. retirm in tne damand for labor Qs Ulsuufacture of munitions and piner war supplies extended, and Lo- "xy in Canada Were is lulue 4 any Mine. OY WeBL aud sailed lavor is in sirong cemand, At Wie close of the Civil War, the 'Wusied States had a population. of | about a@t the Lime of Lee's surrencer num-! ered slightly more than . 1,000,000. | It was estimated that another mil- lign wen and women were employed in phe Northern States in the manu: facture of munitions, During the four yeir periud of the Civil War, | immigration bad fallen off, and re-| cruiling had depleted the workers ou the turms, and drawn largely from the lnvoring cldsses in the cities. The' Cail tor Wnudiuen workers Was. buy Pued Irom other brapcaes of indus: try, with the result Wat ordivary eu-) lexprices were compelled lo rua} sLercusuded or pay a Ligh premium for Lavor, Coupared with this. situation, we! find Cauada's army of about 4.9 000) drawn trom @ population. of avout] Buu) OO. Lp is estimuced that sume! 200... men and wowen are bow el @axca in munition work. Oniy 12 of our arniy, however, bus been eu Listed from the lars aud. more than hai 'of the total Has besa recruned from among tie skslled and manual laborers, "Loe compurison siiows the @aue situation resarding the searciuy Of apr for oruiwniy cuierpriccs be cause of the dram-\l.duge tue army | for} overseas tor..s aud munition | workers. < | During the Civil «ar period, wages | gradually increased. Priccs of cum: | Uigdities algo advanced. The laborer, hdwever) skilled 'or unshilled, was placed: ata disadvantage bevausé his wakes did not advance 4u proportion | to/the prices of necessities, Even with this situation, coudiijons were better among the tectanics and trades than among the clerks and salaried: people, whose Incomes 'did | not advance in-proportion to the in-| creased price of living When the Union Army started t3 muster 'out in 1865. at the rate of 7 month for the three there was for atime ja glut of the labor market. This iwas "bet temporary, however, as 1866 witnessed an active industrial and agricultural revival. The returning soldiers, a large percentage, of whorn had -volunteered froin the farming| districts, went back to producing or | Tigrated to the nomestend lands in| the newly opened Mississippi. Valley States. This wuolesale Bomestead- ing brought demands for new rail- ways; more.than 15000 miles of rails | were laid in the west duriug the five years: directly following the war 'Tuls railway work took. up quantities of labor from the eastern centres and assisted to 2 marked degree the set: tiers who had gone {nto "the new. country without sufficient funds to tide them through the breaking and ing seasons of the first years. The fire, annual report of 'United States Commissioner of Labor published in 1886, summarizes the| yeconatruction period, a& follows: | "The yeer 1887 can hardly be call | one of financial panics or indus-| rial "depressions, although © hard fimes 'apparently prevailed. The stimulation to all industries resiit: ing from the war, the speculative en- terprises: undertaken, the extensfon| of credits. and the slackening of pro @uction, necessarily cased a re-| action, and a consequent stagnation;| of business; but the period was hard- ly spokeo of by business men an on of any particular hardship. People! for a while-began to be conservative; | tht the impetus gated during' the wer conld pot be svercome, and: it! wes rot-untt] the crash of 1873 tha: | the effects of undue exiitement tn all branches' of trade business: were | therovvhiy "noticed The five' vears following the Civil War saw the orzaniation of the Arat lebor untons, Thes 74 n'a local way during the last two u0u,000.. The Union Army jthe war, in had been start. | 0 were tuumigrating in * uuring the Lve years war. established for the mauiiacture Of munitions for the Northern Army during the 'war marked. the beginning of the factory syste: the centralization of in- dustry it the larger cities. A con- Unuatiom of this system after the war Lad a further iniuence in bring ing about labor organizations. Canada has, since the opening of eased her manufacture. plants, manuactured dd. We tac the same dungers, however, that cel muindied in the crasu' of 1873 in tue United States--tue danger of specu lation and over-production, without properly developed markets. A gcueral survey of the labor situ. ation in Canada indicates that about 150,000 more men wil bé required aiter the war than are tow employed tu Canada, This would: about take care of the proportion vof -reterii.s soiciers which sill require e:traloy. Lent after the war, The proven then arises as to what we wili do wiih Gur Munition Wor.ers--an est! mated detail of about 20.000 belis employed in this Work at present, dully ot ich number willbe called upop lo tid. olier ensploymeps Wien Use wap iy over, e will aiso have the problem of ent for those immi- ve d these who wish (o engage in agricul ture, Our greatest ueed today is ueore farmers and greater: agricul- tural production, as will readily be Tecognized trom the. fact that' our popu. tion 1s balf urban and, we con- sume more than we produce, There will be great opportunity" and a: cry- ing need for farmers and. farm labor. ers all through Canada after the wai but unless proper governmental plau. is worked out to direct our immigra- Uor., into that channel, we face the danger -of a flood of unemployed in our cities and tows, while our farms Temaiu undeveloped. Neat in. importance 'te the problem of increased agricultural production is that of the developnjent of our vast Batural resources through ,the exten- sion of existing and. promotion of: new industries. We must replace the munition plants by utilizing them '{u-extending our present Nnes of taanufacture and promoting the i treduction of new: lines. Canada should prepare for increased partic!- pation fn export trade after the war and should grasp -the. opportunity now to extend in every possible way her industrial development to enable the. opportunity to be taken advant- age of. The problem of-capital is always cloeely related to that of Jaber, Statistics show. that: Canada has 'al- ways been able to absorb immigra- tion in direct proportion to the amount of foreign capital it has beén able to secure. It is estimated: that during the six years preceding the war. Great Britain invested $1,600,- 000,000. in -Canad&. After the. war, the Mother Country will have her own fiyancial problems to solve and we wilt be compelled to look else where for our capital: So far we have bern abie tO obtain large sums from the United "States and, they will probably be willing to be our bankers efter the war, They have the money' and tefabania be. only necessary to educate them as to our resources and opportunities; when we will be able to obtain the capital we require. Available. tnformation, shows that forces were recruited from among skilled workers, Some plan must.be put thto operation for: returning these mento civil life gradually. so that they will nor glut the labor market; otherwise we can count up on seriovs labor 'congestion at 'many points... If, on the other band, we be gin to grapple with these future con: ditions, to employ every effort of our goverumevial, financial and. com- merclal .orgauizations to, handle the piobiems of réorganizing our ine trial. life, Carada will be able to grow y great etrides and occupy a prom t place among the nations of the @ are of the way In 18/8 the first world: : (Signed) J. 8. DENNIS. = and p time when each fruit more than one-half of "our overseas ° | FRY'S THE BEST FOOD * AT THE LOWEST COST Receiving Barrie Socks sued'socks knitted in Barrie, and sent home Mrs. Nye, visiting at the home of "her|® Bote received in his socks 'besring the mother, Mrs; George Handy, recently fe-/Bame and "date, Annie Ferguson, Barrie, ceived a letter from her husband, Pte. Alf.|May. 14. : Nye, late, of the, 134th Highlanders; Tor-| , aman? onto, now of the 19th Bn., France, in which | 'Sample 'copies of 'The Examiner sent on he states that his battalion were being is-|requést. $1.50 per' year. 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