Sherbrooke daily record, 24 février 1934, samedi 24 février 1934

[" Established 1897» A »iNULU \u2018 « LTD i,> r i r.l ¦ r.t A - J v krbrook Iprorù SHERBROOKE, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1934.Thirty-Eighth Year.I'm 'If,, ii, \\ &¦ l/ ^ mmmz \u201cHaste thee not too quickly; but go smartly and soundly on thy way.'5 vJ mi 2b I» r r r r n n n Aimiversary Review The Sherbrooke Record H tf F m/' \\\\ N - 7^ Y/ (! |r ^ '.tfBjfî (k.¦c » while oat,s has the !ar- gest acreage among the grain crops, followed by mixed grians and buckwheat, with small areas sown to «- Assistance Agriculture.to Agricultural progress in Canada The climate, soil and acquired capital facilities of Canada are such as to produce a wide variety of farm and forest products jwneat common to the temperate zone.This outstanding feature will ^ ^ he evident from a brief consideration of the prevailing regional types Government of farming in the Dominion.Canada has about 350 million acres of land suitable for farming purposes and, of this total, 163% million acres are in occupied farms, of which nearly eighty-six million acres are improved land.Even at i Is typified and measured not only ShteoI^h7nnnnalUni0u- eïi?tin^in 193\u201d2\u2019 fa™ iand was vaiued at ^VÏrod^oÔT^nd b/the i™e vl,*-.J A \u2019D-O.buildings on farms represented a further invest- in live stock, but by the improvement of S1.342.9di,000 at 1932 valuations.\t;ment in methods of production, by Although Canada has a relatively small non-agricultural popula- tllP production of higher quality Con for the absorption cd surplus production, approximately eighty : comirH>.d!t,es\u2019 and ,bJ' the caJ'e,f,ul r;,.,\tr , 'y ,\t- r, A ,\t,\t7\t* c s\u201c7 supervision of grading to meet the five per cent, of our total agricultural production is consumed in ; standards and requirements of both Canada, with the remaining fifteen per cent, finding markets abroad.Agriculture, however, provides roughly forty per cent, of our total national export trade, the most important items being grain and grain products, cheese, live stock and live-stock products, principally meats and hides, potatoes and apples.Again, our agriculture is so diversified that imports of agrieui- .v\u201e\u201e J.tural products form a small proportion of our total imports.Imported Experimental Farms and Station.-, agricultural commodities consist chiefly of tropical fruits and «pice« be8\u2019un in 189G with five farms of and processed products from other countries with temperate climates: ^Ef^nfv^x particularly the Imted Kingdom.Over one-half of our agricultural flrmslnd Aa^ns wdthTtotaTa^a iinpor^ are practicalh iiic-apabie of production in Canada, consisting of 12,818 acres, of such items as tropical fruits, rubber, tea.vegetable oils, coffee, chicory and nuts.Among the processed products of agricultural origin, cotton and silk manufactures form the largest proportion.The Province of Quebec ip j,\t^ adapted essentially for mixed farm- ~\t\u2014 domestic and export markets.In these important fields the Canadian farmer reaps many advantages from governmental and institutional assistance.Outstanding among these activities is the work of the Dominion ing,^ with large regions specializing in dairying.The forage and coarse grains crops comprise over ninety per cent of the total fieid-crop area, potatoes and buckwheat having the largest acreage among the strictly cash crops.The farming population lives \u201coff the farm\u2019\u2019 to the greatest possible extent, and revenues trom such items as maple sugar, cordwood, and domestic work are very important.The boundaries of the farming area are gradually being pushed north and west.The Province of Ontario shows probably the greatest regional variation in types of farming, ranging from the highly specialized fruit i \u201e -\t_______ farms of the Niagara peninsula to natural hay utilized for the pioneer farms on the wooded feeding, predominance of forage crops and c9arse grains, but the acreage of cereals are much higher than in Quebec Over two-thirds of the field-crop acreage of Canada is concentrated in the three Prairie provinces, and most of this area is seeded to the grain crops, with wheat predom-Roughly The experimental farms and stations work in unity through central direction from Ottawa, but are engaged in experimental and practical work designed to improve agricultural methods in their respective districts.Their success in the main endeavor becomes more evident an-i nually and their officers are wide-1 ly recognized as authorities on agricultural' matters.In addition, a chain of Dominion Illustration Stations has been organized throughout Canada for the general purpose of demonstrating precisely and inant.Roughly speaking, the spec-\t\u2022\t,,\t,\t^ ialized wheat areas cover the south- Practically the effective and ec n-ern short-grass plains from the ^onilcaI methods of husbandry which Red River valley of Manitoba to are 3Uited to thelr dlstrlet5- Ral!-the foothills of Alberta and attain way and land companies have a,so their greatest width in central Sas-ib\u20acen Prominent in disseminating katebewan.In the park belt, lying i agricultural advice, mostly north of this region, mixed : The work of the Dominion De- farming is practised, with large acreages of coarse grains and live-stock lands of northern Ontario.As in Quebec, the agriculture of the whole province shows a marked British Columbian agriculture is relatively intensive, dependent mainly on tree and bush fruits, ber- partments of Trade and Commerce, and Agriculture, in the standardization and grading of the important agricultural products, has also been a significant factor in building up export markets.Each of the nine provinces.under Section 95 of the B.N.A.Act, has its Department of Agriculture, and everywhere the provinces endeavour to assist their farmers by educational and extension work, and in most cases by the organization of co-operative marketing.Agricultural colleges maintained by the provinces are the Nova Scotia Agricultural College at Truro, the Ontario Agricultural and the Ontario Veterinary Colleges at Guelph, and the Manitoba Agricultural College at Winnipeg.Three agricultural colleges in Quebec are assisted by the Provincial Government, while faculties of agriculture arc found in the provincial universities of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.The export trade in Canadian wheat has greatly increased in the past half-century, although the actual amounts exported in recent years vary widely with growing conditions in Canada and the state of markets abroad.Record levels of wheat and wheat-flour exports were reached following the bumper crop of 1928, and in the crop year 1928-29, 407,564,187 bushels of wheat and wheat-flour\u2014expressed as wheat\u2014were exported from Canada.Although Canada stands third to the United States and Russia among the wheat-producing countries of the world, she is normally first among the w-heat-export-mg nations.Even with the relatively short crops of the past fc r years, this position has been well maintained.During the past crop year 1932-33, the exports amounted to 264,304,326 bushels, while the production of wheat was 428,-514,000 bushels.*- * The Outlook for 1934.\t| «t 7-:-# During the summer of 1933, the wheat situation developed in such a manner as to cause anxiety as to the outlook for 1933-34.In spite of the fact that North America had experienced a major crop disaster, bountiful production in Europe created an immediate problem which was recognized by the Wheat Conference when it assembled in London late in August.At that time it was apparent that Europe would harvest a record crop in 1933.The exporting areas of the Danube basin reported a wheat production of 128 million bushels higher than in 1932 and indicated an exportable surplus of about 50 million bushels.France harvested a crop estimated at 339 million bushels as compared with 334 million bushels in 1932.For the second year in succession wheat production in France exceeded domestic requirements.Germany\u2019s m The more you give your preference to Canadian products, the more you help to create prosperous conditions for Canada and Canadian workers generally.hen you buy Penmans Knitted Wear you obtain a Canadian product developed through many years\u2019 experience of Canadian requirements\u2014and assuring you of comfort and durability \u2014 of satisfaction in every detail of fit, style and quality.wheat crop was estimated at 203 million bushels compared with 184 million bushels harvested in 1932.Italy also harvested a large crop.Wheat production in the United Kingdom amounted to about 62 million bushels as compared with 44 million bushels harvested in 1932.Increased production was evident in the Netherlands, Greece and Switzerland.It was apparent that six of the eight major Euro-ean importing countries had harvested larger crops in 1933 than in 1932.The net results of these! large crops in Europe was a sharp reduction in prospective import demand for the crop year 1933-34.Mr.Broomhall, prior to the Conference, had estimated world import requirements for 1933-34 at 562 million bushels as compared with actual shipments of 615 million bushels in 1932-33.From the standpoint of exporting countries, the reduced import demand constituted grounds for anxiety and it was evident that any attempt to enter into ruthless competition for a limited market would have a further adverse effect upon price levels.Also some European importing countries were experiencing di'-ficulty in maintaining domestic price levels in the face of large crops.These important factors were considered by the London Conference.The agreement provided that exporting countries should recognize the fact that world trade in wheat during 1933-34 would, amount to 569 million bushels and that they would not press more wheat upon j importing markets than could be absorbed under existing conditions.Export quotas were allocated to the chief exporting countries on the basis of estimated world demand for wheat during 1933-34.»-# Agricultural Wealth and Revenue.#-£ The preliminary estimate of the gross agricultural wealth of Canada, 1932, is $5,069,930,000 as compared with $5,696,972,000, the revised estimate for 1931.The gross value of the agricultural production was $711,898,000 in 1932, a reduction of $103,032,000 from 1931.An estimate of the net agricultural revenue of Canada is arrived at by a series of deductions from the gross field-crop revenue for such items as feed for farm an'-mals and poultry, seed and unmerchantable grain and from the gross revenue from fruits and vegetables for vegetables produced on farms for home use.A preliminary estimate of the net agricultural revenue of Canada in 1932 is given as $428,829,000, compared with a revised estimate of $538,192,000 for 1931.The preliminary estimate of the total value of field crops for 1933 is only slightly below that of 1932, being $427,791,000 as compared with $4jl4,894,900.With few exceptions, the unit prices for 1933 crops are higher than those received last year, and this factor has counteracted in great degree the decline in crop values due to low r yields per acre.At this date, it is estimated that the farm revenue for 1933 will not differ greatly] from that of 1932.Catte, calves | and hogs have been marketed in greater volume than in 1932 and : there has been little change in the marketings of sheep and lambs.Prices of hogs and sheep have been averaging well above those of last year with cattle pirces lower.Dairy ! farming has not been prosperous ' but the winter production season promises to be more profitable.Butter production for the year will be slightly in excess of 1932 while cheese production will be lower.Sales of eggs and poultry are well I up to 1932 levels.Wool production j decreased slightly but the values i will be sharply higher.Fruit production was higher and the minor crops were about a productive, as in 1932.High and inela tic fixed charges continue to be burdensome to the farm population.movement has been assured.\u201d \u2018\u2018These colonists now have all their potatoes and other vegetables for the winter,\u201d it is pointed out, \u201cand with a fair forest industry there is no doubt that the majority of them, with the balance of their grant, will be able to overcome their problems without difficulty.Further information regarding colinization comes in the report from Abbe Jean Bergeron, who points out that besides the hack-to-the-land plan colonization is carried on on Crown lands where families are allowed or encouraged to settle.Fine land has been set aside for such a purpose, and Abbe Bergeron expressed certainty that eighty-five or ninety ner cent, of the families thus settled would remain permanently on the land, so satisfied were they with the life.As for the financial side of the question, the report shows that in the fiscal year 1932-33 the Department spent a total of $2,045,170.15 on colonization.Of that amount $7,000 went to colonization societies; $161,756.09 to purchase of seed; $29,984.93 to aid of distress; $448,411.14 for establishment of unemployed and $1,397,017.99 for the ordinary subsidy.Designers and Builders of Mining Machinery, Rock Handling and Drying Equipment, Shovels, Cranes, Cars, Skips, Rock Gates, Scieens, Sheaves, Highway Construction and Special Machinery, General Machine Work and Repairs.THE HALL MACHINERY CO.ST.FRANCIS IRON WORKS, Lansdowne Street, Sherbrooke, Que, BACK-TOLAND SCHEME AIDED MANY FAMILIES GOODS Knitted underwear and outerwéar, women\u2019s full-fashioned silk hosiery, men\u2019s socks, children\u2019s stockings, sweaters, bathing suits, lumbermen\u2019s jackets, woollen mitts, etc.Mad'- by Canadians for Canadiana, PENMANS LIMITED Gener.l Office: PARIS, ONTARIO Mill, at PARIS, BRANTFORD, WATERFORD, LONDON, ONT., COATICOOK\tST.HYACINTHE, QUE.Over One Hundred Municipalities and 527 Families Participated in Movement Sponsored by Quebec Government, A complete review of the success achieved by the back-to-the-Iand plan in Quebec Province during the past year, features the annual report of Hon.Hector Laferte, Minister of Colonization, Came and Fisheries.It shows that in 1933 there were 112 municipalitie, in the province taking part in the plan, by which the federal, provincial and civic authorities each pay $200 for settlement of a family.There were altogether 527 families, making a total of 3,290 men, women and children; settled under the Gordon plan.Of that total number, the cities of Montreal, Quebec and Three Rivers furnished 1,169, 396 and 441 respectively.The settlers were scattered over a dozen counties and 34 townships.Enlarging on this work in the report, J.S.Marcotte, director of the back-to-the-land movement for the province, declares that \u201cvisitors passing through our colonization districts are astounded at the work so far carried out by the colonists.They ail have fine gardens, which give them a good reserve for the bad season.\u201d He adds, however: \u201cThere is one incontrovertible fact.the grant of 500 which is given for the first year is not sufficient for the expense of settling a poor family in one of the remoter colonization districts, but thanks to the generosity of the government, which has wanted to help them still more; through employing them working on the opening up of road ; and granting them the ordinary payment for levelling and labor, the sucer: ss of the 1911- Twenty-Three Years of Milk Service \u2014 1934 '.A- Perfect Milk / First, the best quality of milk is selected; then it is pasteurized in our most modern equipment.Thus you may be certain that the milk you use from this dairy is of the very highest grade.Sherbrooke Pure Milk is pure, healthful and wholesome, a food value impossible to duplicate at the same cost.Make 1934 a \u201cBuy in Sherbrooke \u201d Year.It will bring back prosperity quicker.Our Products: Pure Milk, Sweet Cream, Fresh Butter Butter-Milk, Ice Cream, Pure Jersey Milk, and Fresh Eggs.A Glass i Ü1 of Health \\ SHERBROOKE PURE MILK COMPANY, LIMITED Support Lugs.Superheater Header OOOOOOO OOOGOOO GO o o D O GO GO GO 0 0 \\ GOO tlesco Superheater A New \u201cELESCO\u201d SUPERHEATER for H.R.T.BOILERS .t .ELESCO SUPERHEATER IN A H.R.T.BOILER We have a number of these installed and giving great satisfaction to our customers.Send today for your copy of Bulletin T-22, describing and illustrating this new Elesco superheater for H.R.T.boilers.It also explains briefly, these economies from use of superheated steam \u2014 now available at an exceptionally low cost \u2014 Reduces Steam consumption of prime movers, Condensation losses, Fuel and.water consumption.Increases Boiler efficiency, Plant efficiency, Life of equipment.In this district, The Guelph Patent Cask Co., Scotstown, have three boilers so equipped and they report wonderful economies effected.LOW COST DESIGN \u2014 Easily Applied Maximum Economic* The Superheater Company, Ltd.540 Dominion Square Bldg., MONTREAL.Works at SHERBROOKE, Qui'. SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, SATDRDAY, EEBRÏÏARY 24, 1934.PAGE FIVE WORLD'S PRESS HAS PERFORMED NOBLE SERVICE It Is Now 1221 Years Since First Newspaper Appeared and Began Great Service Which Is Still Being Rendered by Its Successors.The first newspaper in the world was published 1221 years ago.The Sherbrooke Record made its debut in the Eastern Townships thirty-seven years ago.In the intervening 1184 years, and particulary during the last two centuries, thousands of other newspapers have been presented to a more or less receptive public, some to survive, others to vanish.Each new publication owes something, at least, to earlier publications that have blazed trails and overcome obstacles.On this anniversary of the Record it seems appropriate, therefore, to indulge in a modified form of \u201cancestor worship.\u201d It is to China that the entire world must give thanks for the invention of the three greatest tools of educa-1: n\u2014paper, ink, and the process of printing, both from blocks and from movable types.Johann Gutenberg, usually credited by Occidental historians with the \u201cinvention\u201d of printing, merely introduced movable type to Europe about 1438.China was using movable type as early as 1030.Paper was developed there before 105 A.IX, and ink soon aftei\u2019.The knowledge of printing itself probably spread to the Occident when West -vent crusading East.The first newspaper in the world is supposed to have been Tching Pao, usually translated as the \u201cPeking Gazette,\u201d which was started in the Chinese capital in 713 A.I)., during the Chang dynasty, to make known the decrees of the court.It only ceased publication in 1900.Before newspapers existed as such, information was circulated by news-letters and news-circulars, of which notable European examples were written in Venice, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Cologne, Frankfort, Leipzig, Amsterdam, Park, and London.Most historians say that the first real newspaper in Europe was the Gazette published in Nuremberg, Bavaria, from 1457 to 1534.The first daily newspaper in the world was Die Frankfurter Oberpostants Zeitung, sometimes called the Frankfurt Gazette, started in 1615.The present-day Frankfurter Nachrich-ten traces its ancestry back directly to that early paper, making that Frankfurt paper, by inheritance, 319 years old.The only older paper, and that again by inheritance, is the Augsburger Abendzeitung of Munich, started in Augsburg in 1609 and moved to Munich in 1627.It is 325 years old, and said to be the oldest existing paper in the world today.The Germanic section, as this all indicates, was the incubator of journalism in the Western World.Not only Munich, Augsburg, and Nuremberg, but Cologne, Leipzig, Dresden, Bremen, and Hamburg occupy important places in the history of world journalism, and three of them today have newspapers from 141 to 203 years old.Early newspapers also appeared in Italy, France, England, Norway, Sweden, Holland, and Denmark, but all of the pioneers have ceased to appear or have merged their identities with others.Papers dating back to the eighteenth century are still published under their original titles, however, in Norway, Poland, Switzerland, France, and Italy, as well as in England, Canada, and the United States.The first newspaper in English seems to have been printed in Holland in 1620, for import into England.The first in England itself appeared in 1622.The London Gazette, started in 1665, is still published, making-it 269 years old, the senior British journal.As it is more a government organ for the announcement of decrees and notes of court activities, it is not quite a real newspaper, however Berrows Worcester Journal, a weekly published at Worcester, traces its ancestry back to 1690, making it 244 years old.The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, Yorkshire, is the oldest existing daily in England, dating hack 216 years.In London the Morning Post, started in 1772, dnd The Times, started in 1785, are comparative youngsters 123 and 149 year, respectively.The first newspaper in the New World appeared in Boston in 1704, hi '¦ the oldest still published is the Maryland Gazette, a weekly started at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1727, making it 207 years old.The Portsmouth Gazette, a weekly of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is 178.The oldest daily newspaper still published in the United States is the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecti- ADVERTISING SIGNS For All Purposes cut, started in 1764, and now 170 years old.That which we read as history today appeared as \u201cnews\u201d in these early papers.The discovery of America was noted in some of the first European newspapers.The Times and the Morning Post of London reported the French Revolution, the campaigns * of Napoleon, and other stirring v events.The Hartford Courant began publication when North America was still a group of colonies, ancf it has recorded the entire history^of the formation and growth of the United States.\tijj In some ways, however, more change and action hate been packed into the last thirty-seien years than perhaps even during several times that interval before.Certainly, newspapers have been much more energetic and successful in reporting events of the last quarter century.The Balkan Wars, the World War, and numerous campaigns in the Far East, the Near East, and South America took place, to be followed by periods of reconstruction.Thrones have toppled; there have been revolutions in Russia, Italy, Germany, China, Mexico, and several South American countries.The League of Nations, the Permanent Court of International Justice, and the world Bank for International Settlements have been established.The automobile, truck, airplane, motion picture, and radio have brought incalculable changes into every home.Natural science has made constant strides toward the ultimate recognition that mind and not matter holds the clue to all things.Housing and building have changed noticeably.Mass production was only in its infancy in 1908.Explorers have penetrated since then almost to the last unknown portions of the world.The great boom accompanying the expansion of the electrical industry and the exploitation of petroleum resources have brqught immense changes.During all these times the press has had the task of telling people of each new and significant event and explaining what it means.Some newspapers have accepted the responsibility, others have never done so, preferring to report little more than the \u201cside shows.\u201d A newspaper\u2019s proper function is to inform readers accurately, promptly, and with honest purpose; to help them govern their acts and their thoughts ^so that they may acquire a correct ' sense of values.Viewed in this light, mere age retires as a factor of any special significance in judging a newspaper\u2019s worth.Editorial responsibility, insight, ideals, and skill emerge as the correct standards by which all newspapers must be measured.KINGSBURY CAN TAKE PRIDE IN PAST HISTORY History of Picturesque Little Community Goes Back to Early Part of Last Century When Sturdy Pioneers Made Their Way into Virgin Forest.The charming little village of Kingsbury and the surrounding district was hewn by a band of hardy pioneers who settled in the Eastern Townships in the early part of the last century.; .These pioneers, like those who 'penetrated the unbroken forest in ; other sections of this district, faced : many toils and disappointments, I but with faith in the future they ; built for succeeding generations.Kingsbury is in the County of ' Richmond on the banks of the Sai-| mon River about four miles from ; its junction with the old St.Fran-¦ cis River.I The village, which is ideally situ-; ated in the midst of a rich farming district and for many years has been the social and business center i of a large number of people from the surrounding district, received its name from a Mr.King, who was inspector of post offices at Ottawa.Humble indeed was the beginning of this village.At first it consisted of but one sawmill and a grist mill owned by Matthew Clark.This was some time about the year 1850.In the year 1854 Mr.Clark\u2019s interest in the business was purchased by a young Scotchman, George Williamson, and William Frank.In later years George Williamson was known as Major Williamson.After seven years Mr.Williamson bought out Mr.Frank\u2019s interests in the business, and for some time carried on under his own name.In 1869 Mr.Williamson formed a partnership with a promising young Canadian by the name of_ Marcus Cromhie.Under ths guidance of these two young men Kingsbury became one of the busiest centers in the district.The lumber industry was, and still is carried on under the name of Williamson and Cromhie.Major Williamson, the founder of the industry, passed away in 1911.Marcus Cromhie is still in good health and takes an interest in the business, although he retired from active work in 1902.His successors were his son, George Cromhie, and his son-in-law, Thomas Torrance.From a humble beginning, in 1854, this industry has developed, and today there are in operation a sawmill, planing mill, butter box factory, clapboard mill and a grist- mill.The major part of the Ijmber | sawn is from logs cut on the com-, | pany\u2019s timber limits.| Besides the mills there was a ! tannery operated by Thomas Tor-; ranee and John McLean.The first blacksmith in the community was Fred Heath.The front part of the late Mr.William Nelson\u2019s house was the first woo ' n structure to be constructed.It was I built for a young Scotch shoe-1 maker.I the early days the small community at Kingsbury worshipped at Oak Hill.In 1869, under the leadership of Major Williamson, ably : assisted by Thomas Torrance, Sr., ! Alec Bell and David Watson, the ;fine church which still serves as a place of worship, was erected.Rev.G.T.McCall was the first minister of this church.For many years the lumber and other materials from the mill and supplies coming into the village were hauled by team from Richmond, the nearest station on the old Grand Trunk Railway.About the year 1875 a railroad was started, but it was many years before it was finally placed on the railroad map.In fact, it was not until after 1893 that this railroad wa.actually built.It was largely due to the efforts of Major Williamson and Marcus Cromhie that this important means of transportation was eventually built.^_In dealing- with the history of Kingsbury mention must be made of New Rockiand, once the scene of much activity and a rival of Kingsbury in many ways.New Rockland sîate Industry was purchased from a Montreal company by Mr.Frizzle, who paid one hundred dollars for the quarry and land.The village was i-corporated in 1896 and Kingsbury in 1898.Lumber was the chief product of Kingsbury while New Rockland produced slate, employing at one time as many as three hundred men in the various branches of the industry.In those days each community had its own mayor and council.Later they became one village known as Kingsbury.Today Kingsbury boasts of two churches, two schools, two stores, a town hall and a post office.It is a charming little place, nestling in one of the most beautiful spots of the Eastern Townships, and one in which its people take just pride.160,012 AUTOS LICENSED IN PROVINCE LAST YEAR TELL THE WORLD WITH SIGN BERT WILLIAMS 116 Wellington St.North, Sherbrooke.ARTISTS\u2019 SUPPLIES & PICTURE FRAMING.Of Vehicles Registered, 133,417 Were Passenger and 26,595 Goods-Bearing Vehicles.During the past year, there were 160,012 motor vehicles\u2014private cars, trucks, buses, etc.\u2014licensed to run in the province of Quebec, according to a report made public by J.A.Begin, comptroller of provincial revenue.The number in 1932 was 165,730, the decrease being 5,718.The greatest number of automobile owners are In the city of Montreal, where according to the 1233 figures there arc 60,472.Of the total number of vehicles registered last year, 133,417 were passenger and 26,595 goods-bearing vehicles.Of the former 4,353 were newly registered and 92,016 belonged to drivers who had previously taken out licences.Of the trucks and other freight machines, 1.120 were registered for the first time and 25,469 were re-entered.Books for Readers Gifts of Distinction Greeting Cards for all Occasions The little things which add the finishing touches to the livableness of your home, or which make gifts of striking individuality, are to be found in our shop at all prices.The Rosemary Gift Shop Two Dufferin Avenue.\t\u2022\u2014\tTelepl rone 2086.-J MACHINE WOVEN FIBRE AND FIBRE BRAID PAPER TWINES AND CORDS I hese super twines and cords are used extensively in the manufacture of fibre furniture and baby carriages, this cord is so treated that it will stand the wear for years.Our machine woven fibre makes the best and most durable material for all fibre furniture, every strand is tested.With these especially constructed machines various color schemes can be woven in, making it very attractive and the fibre furniture will please the most exacting.THIS IS AN ALL MADE IN CANADA PRODUCT.CANADIAN REED FIBRE LIMITED Wellington Street South, Sherbrooke, Que.-h ¦ ¦ h m m n ss ü m_m.SS H 88 H IS B K «3 ¦ n b a ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ * a Time Marches On / 25 years in business finds this shop the best equipped in the Eastern Townships to furnish you with up-to-date methods of installing plumbing and heating.The following are some of our many services: PLUMBING\u2014AYe can furnish anything advertised anywhere.HOT WATER HEATING\u2014 Gravity, Closed and Forced systems.STEAM HEATING\u2014All kinds of high and low pressure systems.WARM AIR HEATING\u2014Gravity and Forced systems for use with coal, wood or oil.HUMIDIFIERS\u2014Mechanical, Automatic and Manual for all types of heating systems.OIL BURNERS\u2014Agents for \u201cQuiet May\u2019\u2019 automatic oil burners.OIL BURNER BOILERS \\gents for the famous \u201cRoyoil\u201d hot water boiler, which will reduce the cost of oil \"20 per cent.Furnishes hot water year around.BLOWERS Fully automatic, $90.00 and up completely installed.FUEL SAVERS -Our scientific testing equipment shows how much fuel you are wa-dinjf and where we can save you 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, of your fuel, irrespective of whether oil or coal.SUMMER-WINTER HOT WATER\u2014Why not use your blower or oil burner to furnish you with year around hot water?Just ask us howl WELDING Broken grates, furnace parte, etc., are quickly repaired at our own welding bench.SHEET METAL WORK We arc equipped to do all kinds of custom sheet metal work up to .16 gauge stool.Why not trade with a shop equipped and qualified to render the best of service.It costs no more.Service Throughout the Eastern Townships.ERNEST CONLEY, REG\u2019D.9 Magog Street, Sherbrooke.phaptBlii HR ipp » Ü * » n\tW'-Ir \u2022»' ptST Phone 378.I M B'S ilBiilMfa! i f Support LOCAL Industries This means buy Local Products.It is a sure way of making our City Prosperous.! MacKINNON STEEL SHERBROOKE, QÜE.Constructors of Bridges and all Steel Structures During the twenty-four years of this Company\u2019s existence they have given permanent employment to a large number of men in the CITY of SHERBROOKE.^01994 SÏX SHEKBROOKE DAILY RECORD.SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1934.STATISTICS REFLECT ENCOURAGING CONDITIONS IN MINING INDUSTRY ! the Dominion.The severe and rapid j decline in commodity prices during i the past three years has not only ! benefited the established gold pro-\\ ducer but has stimulated investiga-I tion as to the possibility of profit-j ably operating on lower grade ores, j The suspension of specie payments j by Great Britain in September, 1931, and the United States in April, 1933, continued to react to the benefit of i the Canadian gold miner.Exports ! of gold from Canada have been per- cate the Widening Scope of General Industrial Recovery, tcbe?1931, Th?Canadian'Gove?n- Vahie of Gold Output Last Year, Estimated in Canadian Funds at Over $84,000,000, Was Highest in History of Dominion\u2014Increased Output of Various Minerals Indi- First in nickel, first in asbestos, second in cobalt, gold and zinc, third in silver and copper, and fourth in lead among the world\u2019s producers.Canada enjoys an enviable position in the mining world with every prospect of future expansion.About one-third of th-lis.by 1916.In 1932 Canada\u2019s minerai i Clay products and other structur-prodtiction was computed to be ; a! materials, including cement, worth $182,681,915.This represent-: stone, sand and gravel, and lime, a decrease of 20 p.c.below the showed an increase from S49,737,-value of the 1931 production and re-1181 in 1928 to S3e.534.S34 in 1929; fleets only slightly toe acute ectn- this was followed by a recession to throughout the omic depression felt world since 1929.In order of total values, the leading mineral products of Canada ; 1932 were: gold, coal, copper, natural gas, nickel, cement, stiver, lead, stone, sand and gravel, zinc, clay products, asbestos, petroleum, lime, salt, platinum and gypsum.This list of eighteen products includfs all that reach an output value of $1,000,000 or over; together they make up about 98 p.c.of the total recorded value of mineral production.In addition to thes.e main products, some thirty other minerals were recovered in commercial quantities during the year.Canada's known mineral resources comprise almost every variety of mineral, many of the deposits being sufficiently extensive or rich to be of world importance.Canada produces about 90 per cent, of the wori is output of nickel, 66 per cent, of it-, asbestos, nearly 35 per cent, of it-cohalt, 13 per cent, of its gold, 10 per cent, of its lead, 11 per cent its silver, 18 per cent, and 10 per cent, of its 1932 output valuation revealed a decline from of its zinc, copper.The of metallic.\" \u2019 \u2018gh re- ices duets ! créas cord established in 1929.Me+a.s as a group, however, still retain the premier position in Canadian mineral production; this is due largely to important and increasing productions of go id, copper, \u2019tad and zinc.\t: -w.The value of production of nor.-! sodium metallic® increased from $93,239.-1 part of 8-52 in 1928 to $97,851,358 in 1929 mat *i-but decreased to $83,402,349 in 1930.' $6.0,346,284 in 1531 and $56,708,179 in 1932, The sub-group fuels\u2014mainly coal\u2014showed a production valued at $49,047,342 in 1932, about 86 per cent, of the group total.In 1928 the production of crude petroleum was $5:3.727,465 in 1930, $44,lo8.2»b m 1931 and .522,398,283 in 1932.In 1929, for the first time in Canada's history, the mineral production^ rose above the three hundred million mark and showed an increase of 13 per cent, over that of 152$\u2014the former record year.The figures of values for 1932 established new records for gold and sail.Conditions in the mining industry generally, in 1933, were much more encouraging than in the previous year.Even the base metals, copper, lead and zinc, which encounter severe competition in world markets have shown substantial increases if.production, and although clay products and other structural materials continue to reflect the con-tir.uing diminution of construction undertaken, the mining industry as a whole has made an excellent showing.There was unmistakeable evidence during the first half of 1533 that an upward trend in the demand for certain mine products had commenced.This was particu-isriy emphasized in nickel sales, which recorded a steady gain ir.quantity during the year.Owing largely to efficient mining and milling methods, higher base metai and the relatively high gold ; of some ores, copper pro-i showed a considerable in-over the previous year, irate increases in the produc-ilues for feldspar, mica a ilphato during the early e year were significant in probably portend stimu-iuetion in the ceramic, and metallurgical indus- what off from 1932 but there was, however, an increase of S per cent, in the production of crude petroleum.Smaller tonnages of clay products, cement, stone and sand and gravel are in line with the low level of the construction industries.An increased output of lime appears to he the result of expansion in the chemical industries, while increases recorded for asbestos, feldsuar, mica, salt, sodium sulphate, and various other non-metallic minerals indicate the.widening scope of general industrial recovery.BRIEF REVIEW OF OUTSTANDING EVENTS IN OUR DOMINION Continued from page 3 eyes were turned to westward ex-pansion.In 1869 the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company surrendered to the Crown, in return for money and other considerations, ail territorial rights in the Northwest which it had held since the granting of its charter in 1670.Manitoba, the fifth province cf Canada, was created out of a part of the ceded territory, but not before apprehensions of the half-breed population, led by Riei, that certain of their rights would not be protected, had requited in the abortive outbreak of the Red River rebellion, 1870.In 1871 the province of British Columbia entered Confederation under an agreement for the construction of a transcontinental railway and two years later Prince Edward Island was admitted.To the Government of Sir John A.Macdonald fell the task of carrying out the agreement with British Columbia stipulating that the new railway should be begun within two years from the date of union.In the means by which election funds had been obtained by the Government\u2014Pacific Scandal\u2014brought \"n a Cabinet crisis.Sir John A.Mac-: donald resigned and Alexander ( Mackenzie formed a Government, iln 1878, however, the Conservatives : rewon the confidence of the elec-; torate on a policy of protection, the ' historic National Policy.The effect was to raise the customs duties ion dutiable goods to an average of twenty-six per cent, on the goods imported in 1880.On September 1, 1880, all British possessions in North America and adjacent islands, except Newfoundland and its dependencies, were annexed to Canada by Imperial Order in Council, extending the Dominion to the Pole.I In 1885 another rebellion led by ; Riel broke out, this time in what is inow Saskatchewan.Militia regi-! ments were dispatched and order jwas restored.In 1884-5 Canadian j voyageurs took part in the Nile expédition for the relief^.of General i Gordon.I General elections were held in the years 1882, 1887 and 1891 and Sir John A.Macdonald\u2019s Government was sustained on each occasion.The strain of public life was j beginning to tell on his health, i however, and he died on June 6, 1891, at the age of 76.He had done more than any other man to shape |the political history of Canada, ai d !died honored alike by political 'friends and foes.In 1896, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the great Liberal leader, became Prime Minister of Canada ami held the reins of office during the greater part of the period from then to the Great War.The British Preferen-: rial Tariff was introduced by Sir jAVilfrid Laurier soon after his accession to office.This meant in , 1898 a reduction of one-fourth of the customs duties charged upon articles, the growth, produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom or of certain specified British colonies.The proportion of the rebate was increased to one-third jin 1900; while in 1904 this method ; of granting a preference wa§ ; changed into a specially low rate : of duty on almost ail imported dutiable commodities.Two important arbitrations in which Canada was interested have taken place since 1890, the first relating to the rights p ssessed by i British subjects in the seal fisheries i of Bering Sea and the second to j the boundary between Alaska and j Canada In the first case, the claims advanced on behalf of j Canada were fully upheld.In the 'second case there was some ds-I appointment in Canada over the award, but it did not in any ser-I ious degree affect Canadian inter-¦i ests.' In 1899, when war was declared : between the Transvaal and the British Government, Canada linked her fortunes with those of t' e Mother Country.Her troops distinguished themselves, particularly in the battle of Paardeberg in which the Boer General, Cronje, was forced to surrender.The development of Canada during the early years of the twentieth century was very marked, especially in the west.Parts of the Northwest Territories, which had been organized into provisional districts in 1882, rapidly advanced towards provincial status and, in 1905, were organized as the two provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.The discovery cf gold in the A'ukon had already led to its establishment as a separate territory in 1898.Economically this period was one of extensive exploration and rapid expansion.Canada\u2019s vast resources came to be widely known and there followed a great influx of immigrant labor and of capital.In i91l Sir Wilfrid Laurier was defeated on the issue of freer trade relations with the United States and Sir Robert Borden, the Conservative leader, succeeded him as Prime Minister.To this statesman fell the heavy task of directing the political fortunes of Canada and re presenting the Dominion in Imperial affairs during the trying years of the WTar.¦j li f , pi n : r pr< rical iatet elect tries.Th-t value of current production of new gold places Canadian gold mining in a position of premier importance in the mining industry of v) a contrat* i-ent Canari mpany and on until its e last strike raid A.which str ocean to Revela i.was i-igned with the ian Pacific Railway he work went stead-eomplction in 188\".was driven by Sir Smith\u2014later\tLord -on line rora and Mount Royal- r nn, completing a etched aero ocean, ions made Canada from n 1873 as to Sandy, hearing that one of his pais was dying, called to set him, and was asked to step upstairs to an attic bedroom where the pat ient was lying.The staircase was narrow and dark, but at last the visitor stumbled to the top, and stood for a moment on the threshold of the room to recover his breath.\u201cIs that you, Sandy?\u201d asked feeble voice.\u201cGlad to see ye, Come in.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve come tae try tae cheer ye up a bit,\u201d replied Sandy, \u2018 but, man, I\u2019m just thinking that\u2019s a gey awkward staircase r yours for a coffin.\u201d QUEBEC RAYON MILLS LTD.KNITTERS and DYERS LOCATED IN SHERBROOKE SINCE 1929.Makers of the Famous QUEBEC RAYON CLOTH for LADIES\u2019 and GENTLEMEN\u2019S UNDERWEAR AND SOLD EXCLUSIVELY TO MANUFACTURERS.ALL DYING AND KNITTING IS DONE IN OUR SHERBROOKE PLANT, WHERE MORE THAN FIFTY PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED.EVERY PIECE OF CLOTH LEAVING OUR FACTORY IS GUARANTEED TO BE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.ALSO RAYONS \u2014 COTTON AND WOOL.QUEBEC RAYON MILLS LTD.FRONTENAC STREET SHERBROOKE.STATISTICS ON EDUCATION FOR QUEBEC GIVEN There Are in Province 8,602 Schools of All Kinds With 7,930 Male and 18,991 Female Teachers\u2014Total Enrollment Is 672,861 Pupils.Quebec, February 24.\u2014Interesting facts are revealed in the annual report on Quebec\u2019s educational statistics, which has been issued by C.E.Marquis, head of the Bureau of Statistics.It is a document rife with interesting facts, eight parts in all, covering three degrees of education, primary, secondary, and superior._ Most of the independent or special schools ai*e mentioned.There are 8,602 schools of all kinds, with 7.930 male teachers and 18,991 female teachers.The enrolment is 672,861, and the average attendance is 83.49 per cen+.For the year under review, that f 1932-33, there was $34.483,418 spent, of which $28,666,761 came from the taxes levied by the muni-ciralities or was supplied by tbe independent schools, while the Department of Education paid $3,-933,211 for the purpose, and branches of the Government other than the Department of Education contributed $1,883,524.Construction totalled $1,583,753 for Catholic public schools and $457.620 was spent for Protestant public schools, while the independent schools, universities, classica1 colleges and other educational institutions spent $9,101,962.The value of these independent institutions s now $72,657,561.In regard to primary education it is to be noted that of 8.231 primary schools 7,543 are for latholic?and 688 for Protestants.Primary schools are divided into three sections\u2014primary elementary of which there are 6,836 for Catholics and 547 for Protestants; complemen-t; ' and intermediate primary schools, of which there ar 563 for Catholics and seventy-three for Protestants, and, third, 144 primary superior and high schools for Catholics and sixty-eight for Protestants.As regards secondary education, tnere are twenty-nine classical colleges in the province, of which twenty-six are subsidized by the.province at the rate of SrQ.OOO per year.These twenty-nine college?had 10,734 pupils in the year with a staff of 1,011 clerical teachers and ninety-nine lay teachers.There are also ten non-subsidiztd independent institutions which gave a classical education to students preparing to enter religious communities, and which ha-d 981 students.As regards superior education, there are four universities, .cC,11,1 Arts alone 9,254 students affiliated __\t_\t.\t, ».- ,\t\u2022\ti .t _ 1 j\t* I-, T Tv* i vt n Montreal, Laval, and Bishop\u2019s College University.The University of Montreal is credited with having 477 professors, that of Laval with 220.The affiliated colleges to these two universities had for the Faculty of to Laval, and 5,672 to the University of Montreal.There are 573 professors at McGill and fifteen t Bishop\u2019s.Father was sitting in the arm chair one evening, when his little son came in and showe him a new penknife, which he said he had found in the street.\t.\u201cAre you sure it was lost?\u201d inquired the father.\u201cOf course it was lost! I saw the man looking for it!\u201d repHed the hey.Plumbers and Tinsmiths ! No matter what your job is, big or small, we will give it our immediate attention.We are specialists in Oil Burners.Spring will be here soon.Why not have us look your Burner over and make any small repairs.A look today will save dollars tomorrow\u2019.\u2018FESS\u2019 The Fuel Saver.We are agents for this famous Burner.You will not know the joy of real even heat until you have tried a FESS.Ask us for details.We will be more than pleased to give them to you.Li \u2022 Why not have a cellar like this .not like this.The new FESS MODEL \u201cF\u201d marks a tremendous step forward in the art of modern home heating\u2014the result of experience and scientific research on the part of the pioneers, and undisputed leaders of the industry.Dependable, Trouble Free and Long Lived\u2014 simplicity and durability of its construction, already proven by over fifteen thousand equipments of the same principle in operation in Canada.It is economical in fuel cost, as it operates on the FESS exclusive low pressure, mechanical atomizing, retarded heat principle, utilizing downward double flame travel.This fuel saving, efficient principle makes possible much lower cost of operation, and is obtainable only with FESS.Model \u201cF\u201d is super quiet \u2014 due to advanced combustion principle, and mechanical improvements, both machine and fire noise have been entirely eliminated.CINQ-MARS & PAQUETTE, LIMITED 183 King St.West.Night and Sunday, Tel.1602 and 1603.Tel.1601.PAGE-SANGSTER PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED Sherbrooke, Que.Î Fears ago, when E.J.Page opened his small printing office he determined that he would set a new standard of quality on which to build his business.This standard was accepted by the business men of the community.The Page-Sangster Printing Co., Ltd., have continued this policy and through new type faces, new machinery and trained workmen, strive ever to uplift the standard.It is not necessary to use high priced paper and expensive plates to produce an effective result.Simple type designs can be made almost equally adequate.We have carried the same policy of care and attention to detail into our manufacture of paper boxes, and our plant is equipped with modern machinery for the production of set up boxes.Printing and Stationery: 19 ALBERT STREET Telephones: 467-468.Paper Boxes : MINTO STREET Telephone 1334 J A / SHERBROOKE Tl A TT, Y RECORD, SATTTRDAI, rEBKTTARY 24, 1934 PAGE SEVE?Î STIRRING STORY REVOLVES ABOUT |FUR TRADING IN POPUUTION FIGURES FOR CANADA DOMINION HAS LOST ROMANCE To Canada Goss Credit of Compiling First Census of Modern Times, Which Determined Population of Little;\t_____ o ony of New France Away Back in 1666 \u2014 This Civilized .Methods of Big Business Census Showed a Population of 3,215 Souls\u2014First Census After Confederation Placed Country\u2019s Population at 3,689,257.Nor\u2019-West Company.Two strenuous months from Montreal and the real wor*k has not begun! A few days are al-! lotted to resting up and a grand | \u201cregale\u201d and then by numerous i small brigades the new clerks'and I the old \u201cwolves of the north\u201d scat-! ter over the Indian Country, from ; Lake Nipigon to the Rock Mountains, along the Saskatchewan, the Athabasca and the Mackenzie.Conditions under which many of these adventurous traders set out Have Changed Trading Sys- may be judged from one entry in tem liant and Exciting.p .n\tvir n \u2022! the diary of John Macdonnell, one Uet-Aways Were DNl-;0f yje niany Scotsmen who joined The credit of taking what was perhaps the first census of modern ! times belongs to Canada, the yeai that of the little colony of New Fr the trek: \u201c1793.May 10th.Signed my en gage ment with the North West times belongs lo'Canada, the year bein\" 1666 and\" the\" census I ^ tra\u2018?in- in ^he W1|derness of Coinpany for five years to winter that of the llltlo\tr f t\t°A °Dt , uie c\"i>northern Canada has gamed in ef- in the Indian Country as a clerk, souk u Y w \u2019 f r it\ty\tFrance- A Pûpiilation of 3,215 ficiency what it has lost in rugged ipL mu\tBy heid,a e-nM !n COn\twhen he moved to : jeT1