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Markets Expan d F ar O f f THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, December 22, 1967 3A gether, : ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH winds' For Canada Yule Tr iba ther. ees Angels we have heard on high, What shall the gladsome tidings " Sweetly singing o'er the plains be aver now By CAROL ANDERSON ing $2,200,000 to the province. an insignificant share of the | And the mountains in reply, Which inspire your heavenly ne ° Canadian Press Staff Writer The shipments included 50,000 Ontario market Echoing their joyous strains. song? eer, Canadian Christmas trees '2 Mexico, Central and South Manitoba produces just over 'a4 not how, growers are looking farther America and the Caribbean. 100,000 trees, says T. W. Car- | Chorus: Come to Bethlehem and see, afield all the time for a mar- Frank Gaudet, a Prince Ed- michael, provincial govern- | Gloria in excelsis Deo Him whose birth the angets good my ket for their product. =< Island provincial for- pr -- -- gale Gloria in excelsis Deo. sing, This year more than 15,000 ester, says up to 20,000 trees about 20 to 49 per cen boldly ae Canadians living in --™Mainly balsam fir--are these are for export to Minne- | Shepherds why this jubilee? Come, adore on bended knee Ae Bermuda, Florida and Califor- being shipped to Montreal and Sota, the Dakotas and Mon- Why your joyous strains pro-| Christ the Lord, the new-borm Ye winter's nia will forget about the palm _' the eastern United States this tana. long? King. F trees to which they are accus- Year. CUT YOUR OWN PROJECT may tats 7 ) r 4 8 coldly. tomed and enjoy the magic of Quebec sources say exports The government has set GOD REST YE MERRY ever a good old-fashioned Canadian from the province dropped in aside 60 acres of trees, 30 GENTLEMEN dinted Christmas tree, 1966 to 1,500,000 from 2- miles east of Winnipeg, where (Key of G) ae Foreign demand is keen too. 900,008. A spokesman for the families can head. into the i if aaa From Lunenburg and Hants' lands and forests department ish na chop down their ows God rest you merry gentlemen{ And unto certain Shepherds : st . counties in Nova Scotia, 30,000 += Says the reason for the reduc- tree. The price for a tree is 25 Let perry you dismay = spats ya _-- top-quality balsam firs are tion is the increase of artifi- cents. This compares with Remember Christ Our Saviour ~~ hat in Bethlehem was sine being sent to West Germany cial trees sales. selling prices for commercial- Pl vei bee a eo pe fe "laa wet ot God by Name. ices the ---- of a po Aaggget ni , 4 In Quebec City two large ly-grown trees of about $3 for | *? poldilny r aes " r Y = fegeg exportes epartment stores say the jack pines, $3 for spruce and tad eutie "Pee . i ae about 7,500,000 trees, most of best sellers are the artificial $7 for scotch pine. P When we were gone astray. -- not then," said the essing. them to the United States but Artificial trees in Saskat- ee2 his raging, lis day. in his own to slay. pr Child, mourn and Or say nor OLET OBILE , ONT. some to Venezuela, Mexico and the West Indies. A Cross-Canada Survey by The Canadian Press indicates that all provinces but New- foundtand have a lively Christmas tree industry. In Newfoundland not a sin- gle application for a commer- cial cutting export permit was received this year. In 1964, 5,000 trees were exported; in 1965, 1,000, and last year only 500. Al Brennan of the New- foundland Forest Service says the growth in the popularity of synthetic trees is probably a factor. MARITIMES TOP SOURCE The Maritimes provides ap- proximately one-third of all Canadian trees exported, of which about 99 per cent go to the United States. In 1966, New Brunswick exported 1,- 300,000 trees valued at $i1,- 013,955. The balsam fir still leads in demand for New Brunswick trees but Bruce Kelly of the University of New Bruns- wick's forest extension serv- ice says artificial types are making advances. In Nova Scotia, a spokes- man for a Halifax department store says sales of artificial trees are increasing annually. But the export business in real trees continues to flour- ish. Last year 2,200,000 trees were shipped by rail, ship and truck--mostly to the north- eastern United States--bring- Paris Has Brisk Yule PARIS (Reuters) -- The aver- age Parisian regards Christmas shopping as a tedious necessity like paying taxes, but sales fig- ures show the festive season has a constantly increasing eco- nomic importance. ' Although decorated shops and department stores appeared to be staging their Christmas dis- plays earlier each year, French- men generally postpone their seasonal shopping until the last minute. The women, however, philosophically consider that, since gifts must be bought, :t is better to get them early. A recent market survey showed a definite trend this year towards practical and utili- tarian gifts rather than the es- capist ties, handkerchiefs and chocolates. A poll of 2,000 Frenchmen in Paris showed that fewer than two per cent expected to receive a tie for Christmas. Gift sugges- tions by men for men pla television and car gadgets and equipment for sports such as fishing and hunting at the top of the list. The survey showed that only 16 per cent of 2,000 women hoped to receive furs or jewelry from their husbands. The great majority insisted that the most welcome gifts are home appli- ances, such as washing ma- hines or vi m cl s : Gifts for children accounted for 89 per cent of the Christmas sales at two major department stores with leading all other toys. Six- or seven-foot scotch pines which cost about $30. A natu- ral tree sells for about $3.50. Ontario figures show there are 550 full or part-time grow- ers in the province and rough- ly 26,000,000 plantation trees. In 1966 more than 95 per cent of the trees grown were scotch pine, Most of the Ontario trees are for domestic use but ex- ports are estimated to reach rtificial trees occupy only chewan account for. about one-third of the business. Most of the trees sold in the prov- ince, says L. G. Evans of Evans Tree Products Ltd., Regina, are scotch pines from Ontario and firs from British Columbia. Saskatchewan jack pines and spruce can't hold their needles when cut and lack the bell shape of a good Christmas tree. MARKET EXPAND (Continued On Page 4A) Refrain: O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy. In Bethlehem in Jewry This blessed Babe was born And laid within a manger, Upon this blessed morn, The which His Mother Mary, Did nothing take in scorn. From God, our heavenly Father, A blessed angel came "Let nothing you affright, This day is born a Saviour, Of a pure virgin bright, To free all those who trust in Him, From Satan's power and might." Now to the Lord sing pratses All you within this place And with true love and brother hood Each other now embrace j This holy tide of Christmas All other doth deface TRUST CO. WHITBY toward men At this joyful season, sie there come to every heart a glad renewal of the warming spirit of peace and good will. May we all be richly blessed, as we rededicate ourselves to the glorious message of the first Christmas. VICTORIA & GREY