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)URING the last week this month the Dominion of Canada will offer ita next and in all probability its LAST Victory Loan. While the exact terms are not yet announced it will in all probability be a long term bond yielding slightly over sM per cent. U. S. purchasers will receive, a future of exchange of from 3 to zV per cent. j 3 li .1. Main 2187 Ill BROADWAY Resident Canadians Friends Canada CANADIAN FINANCIAL Telephone Rector 8021-802- 2 MEXICAN EAGLE OIL Sutro & Co. Telephone MONTREAL 57 Francois Xavier , Direct Wire With New Turk Office NEW YORK - 120 Broadway Member New York Stock Exchange Dealers in all Canadian Securities Not One Dollar is Being Expended by CLIFTON PORCUPINE For Any Purpose Other Than That of Actual Mine Development. No promotion fees, sal- aries or office expendi- tures (apart from those incurred at the Mine) have been or are being charged to the Com-pan- s funds. The executive and mine managements are com- posed of men with many years of gold mining ex- perience. As a result, a substantial tonnage of milling ore is rapidly being developed. A rueful analysis of Clifton Porcu- pine will we believe roartnee you that the purchase of the shares at 30c represents a really sane specula- tion. Comploto Details Furnished Upon llequust. Homer L, Gibson & Go. 703-1- -5 Bank of Hamilton llulldlnr TORONTO. CANADA. FINDS GOOD WILL A RAILROAD ASSET President Beatty Talks to Board of Trade. In the course of an address delivered list week by President Beatty of the C. P. R. before the Quebec Board of Tr.nl 0 he said: I recently took a trip through the United States and there had the oppor- tunity of conferring with gome Ameri- can railway presidents, who explalne.' to me the difficulties of tho situation m the United States. Ono man, who had grown gray In the service of his com pany, having had almost fifty years continuous railway experience, hade a remark to me which I think Is worth re. seating. He said : \I often tell my director) that I em almost ashamed to take the salary I am paid, because It Is tho easiest thing- - in Iho world to be a railway president. AU you have to do Is to satisfy the pub- - lie \ Now I have told that Instance In other places, and In each place the story was greeted with laughter, because the Irony of Its being easy to satisfy the public seemed to strike the public them selves, What this railway ,executlve meant by his statement was that tho good will and support of the public were essential to the success of any railway enterprise, and that once secured and maintained tho bur- dens of his office wero appreciably lightened. It is .true, I think, that never befor nas the value or public good will ana support been appreciated to the extent it is now appreciated by all railway offi cers. The realization of. it is not ex actly forced upon them, but the valuo of It from the standpoint of results hag been so apparent that every man knows that he cannot be a successful railway operator unless he Is mindful of this fact It is not ia case of coienlng tho public, but of doing your best for the public, which In the long run brings the test results. LAKE FREIGHT INCREASES. Gain Falls to Equal September, 1018, Traffic, However, Dctroit, Oct 6. Lake freight traffic, through the canals, poth Canadian and American, at Hault Stet Marie aggre-t- ut d 10.202,917 enort tons during x, an Increase of more than 3,500,-Of- iu over that handled during August,' tu' - 197,100 tons less than reported In ficf'smber of 1918. The September report has Just been ty Col. E. M. Marlcham, United f ,r-- engineer In charge of the Detroit fiietrict . tonnages were shown last rnnoi In wheat, copper, pig Iron and stone Lumber, flour, general merchan- dise and coal showed decreases. Last mor.h-- wheat shipments totalled 10,-'8- 0 231 bushels, against but M55.59S tmthclj a year ago. Coal shipments ihmvcd a falling off to 1,387,871 tons, eorniired with 3,090,377 tons a year ago. Carelessness Costn n Lot of Honey Pulp end Paper Magastne, Hro losses In Canada .during 1918 lair \ted to over $19,000,000. Isn't that a k'.ineful record? Most of these losses T\i.iJ hiive boen 'prevented by a little ut.ing fire and tn keeping rubbish wy from buildings. October Is Firs invention Day. Lot's maka It ths of an era of great Improvement w this regard. ANNOUNCEMENT and of Bros. As the last loans were heavily oversub- scribed and only a proportion of subscrip- tions filled, we recommend subscribing slightly greater than amount desired and sub- scriptions sent early.' We will receive and handle subscriptions of any amounts absolutely FREE of all charge or commissions of any kind for this loan. WRITE US AT ONCE stating amount you wish to subscribe and we will forward you application forms as soon as they are issued. J St. Street Increased CANADA WATCHING STRIKES ABROAD World Undergoing Supreme Labor Test, Is General Feel ing in Dominion . Special Correspondence to the Canadian Section of The Son. Toronto, Oct. . Canada, hiving had Its eruption of strikes In the spring Is In a more contented and complacent mood at this moment, and Is watching with much interest and concern the out- come In the United States and Great Britain. These are looked upon aa practically supreme tests, which ought to dispose of the articulate unrest for some time to come. The one big union Idea received a distinct setback at the Trades and Labor Congress at Hamilton last week, when at the conclusion the moderate element was successful In all the contests for office. Since then the O. B. U. has been met with disfavor in other quarters, notably at the convention of the Cana- dian Brotherhood of Railway Ewployecs at Ottawa during tho week. This con- vention went on record as condemning the O. B. IT. as not being in the In- terests of the working people, and detri- mental to the Interests of railwayman in particular. A striko by coal drivers in Toronto Is now In progress, but the refusal of the bakers of Toronto to go on strike for daylight work was a favor- able sign, and a decision which brought relief to the much tried housewife. Agitation by .war veterans for gratui ties has been a warm subject during the week, and sides are being more definitely token. Serg-ean- J. Harry Flynn. the head focus of this movement, an Ameri- can by birth, gavo evidence before the sperM .Parliamentary .Committee at ttawa, and afterward described his 1 experience as a hellish ordeal.\ His own venture In the Intimidation field early In the agitation naturally brought resentment, and he was subjected by tho members of the committee to a somewhat grilling examination. In which his own antecedents were searched . Though ho said the voterans demands could be met with \1500 or the Government officials put the total at upwards of 11,000,000,000. Mr. Flynn had various ready made methods to suggest for raising the money, Including the establishment of fifteen lotteries, the opening of the theatres on Sunday with a tax for the fund, a tax on the resources of the country, a tax on Incomes over $10,000 and finally the bold If not original sug- gestion of an issue of S500.000.000 in bank notes guaranteed by only 25 per cent, in gold. , Needless to say these suggestions have not popularized the scheme with friends of sound finance, though there is per- haps an Increased desire generally to see that returned soldiers shall not suf- fer Individually or collectively. Figures Just Issued show that the Federal Gov- ernment has loaned 332,648,000 in con- nection with the placing of returned soldiers on tho land In various parts of Canada. PLANT YIELDS GAS FOR DEADLY BOMB Mexico Experiments With New Chemicals. In the Arms Factory and Laboratory of Belem, Mexico, Interesting expert-men- u are being conducted with regard to the manufacture of asphyxiating bombs. The Department of Biological Re- searches, controlled by the Ministry of Public Works, has received from n tra- velling naturalist samples of a plant known under the name of \Ia gober-nador- (the Governor), which, aside from its high medicinal properties, yields asphyxiating gas sultabla to the manu- facture of poisonous sheila This plant has been discovered by naturalists In the State of Oaxaca, and the studies thus far made with it have revealed that It Is admirably adapted tor chemical warfare. Experiments have also been carried out In the Arms Factory of Belem, where a small bomb was recently filled with gas extracted from the plant In ques- tion. A number of various small ani- mals, among them rabbits and squirrels, nere enclosed in one of the dependencies of the laboratory, where the bomb whs burst. When the enclosure was opened It was found that all the animals had died from the effect of the poisonous gates a few minutes after the bomo wa exploded. -- Ia robernadora\ grows abundantly In the State of Oaxaca, but especially o tn the frontier States, as Coahulla, Chihuahua ana xiuevo ion. CORP. NEW YORK 1 FRESHMEN FLOODS SWAMP COLLEGES Canadian University Author ties Find All Enrollment Calculations Exceeded. Special Correspondence to the Canadian K rrttnn txt rv o... Montrsal, Oct ! Canadian unl dreadful weelc. All their calculations about the size of their freshman classes pretty generous calculations, at that, and making large demands on the seat- - . - - iwiiueinic nans have away bT 0,6 arrlva' of an unnrecedrntri nj -- . vi nwura artcr sf&jse- l- waa never k- n- enroWnVV\'\1, '\a Whlch the uman only SO per cent. In excess of expectation is well off. mW them hav . tn , , . . of H ivviue lor twIOA ns manv men .. -- \! usi oeen a TZntL' nid'tl.0- -L acm! from, Vt,. \'.1 \OIw\' or space and no,,ri'\ ' ZXTL 11 crow is \ Wills VatsMH rush u ;r .': th. m- - - o ui cueuiriir LS\Sa& Prosperity. \givf some for hli-h- o Vwi,.-.- 1 ' : . . BPf 8 ract that the industry. it is r, : \ .v\'aL.ineor7 mat n scholastli pursuits o7TeMpa roH large number of young 15 S. ft tu.raV7, ta Tcou were at the war\ lner Ch\dren ine rush .Is mainly to practical mertcreenl\hIc?9h McQ\ now reached ours\ , three year twice as manT studenTs aTwe?e I Dected. anrt hi. i .. . that Oueen.. rr , a.?'l ?r the fact Ont. u starting up a similar coZT Toronto Has n Tax. f ri rr. Special Oorrcjpondcnco to the Canadian ik of llin SIR) Toronto, rvi . . . of current nhMrj\.1 P\\5ent f?ton0 on .n Ihl\. \s \an to get i1 ttM.th' oipears to have 5S \ \ucaiionaj centra of Canada, Toronto has been under In vaslon during the past week as the\ Dterl feen before, mint h- - if BCh0.013 hav9 nn nrol-Whf- le fn aim.' ' PT- -r \-8- . coses irni veralty of Toronto, the largest the\ f!1 a\endanV Is thThvieYt of tho1 Institution. Fully one Oiousand of te young men flocking n?.,1 Jn Te?,tjr 0,8 \turned it Is needless to say that from tn\ IT.IF a cordlaI wcome The Dental Col-leg- e Is overflowing, and it Is stated that nearly one hundred have failed to secure admlss on. Similarly, at the Ontario-Agricultur- al College at Ouelph there record's6\ ft exceeding all previous .3I!j5orutheBe,c,rcumstancM the the students has become a prob- lem, as all residential provMon is found Inadequate. . Boarding1 houses are swarming with tho professional men of !lurj', wh0' unatr the present high things, are an expensive factor .J hom buas\6t. Mnny a tale Is told tot Ontario farmers mortgaging their properties years ago to Bend the son to college, but the city man Is loth to believe that the farmer will run any riskB In this direction at present, con- sidering the high prices he receives. The Great Decision. Xontnal Star. The two crsat nations best fitted for eommon understanding and friendship ara . . unuea states. Tho iHij:?eiity, Vu to \tabllshtdV Is peopiii lwo i.9ui.ofv.r,?.,'\.'n naoessltated by phya. h.1 Aii1\. yunt Gray has come to mm uniisn Amoassador. IS Till 111 I ft nil tv 1J WAFtk w at- - . ha has mads.' \ \ . nuiwiuw punucai genius Da unfit to ovarcoma mlsundarstandlncs rlslnr ba. (waan two pooplaa eaaentlally almllar In charaetar, what fata for tha many other peoplsa who hope to find seourlty In tha Uarua of National How can they put ... I .h ' w\lJ \'.\f8 of eonifdanca - y. vunucai agreement and the Amorlcan to agree: \\i puoiio statement SS. hl.V , \lv ,.ho.w,1 thaJ c\nl f uui.u w. (viiuwamp in cenair of areat Urltaln. His Is a proud and dig-- ........ , Ku.i,,u, irprciimauva or the Ovvarnmant which recently ordered SCO country proraa lts.lt so fabulously rich In human re. \ \ guaranieea J 'Xjura of nations and racea. The of Prussian militarism represents a hljrh Its slory, either direct or redacted, all Anslo-Saxou- a will share to tha end of time. . - y.v. in ma reara to comet Th sni for whl-- all the wvuu ja mwtiina lima, pb apoaen in the English lansuas.. The Anglo-Saxo- n race alnnn ran halt thu m nf . Lacking bigness, broadneta and mercy tha mu irtai Liuyia nut mroTr me inrants of tha world again to tha doss of war. lntn.1 (111. n.n.n.n n...ft . . ,..,.-(- - . nwH. - -- .'. u A,(bllLl PUIS forward a man of stature and sanity ta Viscount Orey, CANADA'S STATUS AS A NATION WITHIN THE BRITISH EMPIRE TOLD BY PREMIER Sir Robert Borden Explains Diplomatic Position Achieved by Dominion at the Peace Conference Tells of Its Relation, as a Self-Governi- ng Britannic Country, to the Treaty. In the Canadian Section of Tnn Son of Tuesday last, a special Parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa oave some highly interesting particulars regarding certain official correspondence arising out of the Dominion's presence at the Peace Conference and ittvolving the right of her Parliament to discuss and approve of the peace treaty fn post. a \show of hands\ by the people of Canada they would undoubted! be a solid unit for the position taken by Sir Koocrt uoraen, nannely, that in matters of peace or tear which affect the Domin- ion, the decision 'must rest not with the King or with the Vritlsh Cabinet but with the Parliament of Canada. The character of the representation secured by Canada at the Peace Confer- ence, her position as a signatory to the treaties, and her status as a member of the League of .Nations, are matters which owing to the Incomplete devel opment of the relations of the various British dominions to the motherland Anwrimns, anrf, milced, many Canadians, only imperfectly understand. Tho follow ing statement of the Canadian Jremier. therefore, just made to the Parliament of Canada, touching upon the entire question, Is of the utmost international importance. ny tho iugiit. nox. sra nonEitT LAIRD IlOKDllX, Q. C. 91. G., P. C. The .status of Oie Dominions at the Peace Conference was the subject of long and earnest discussion. Various methods, which it is not necessary to explain were suggested. In the end I proposed that there should be a distinctive repre srntatlon for each Dominion similar to that accorded to the smaller allied Powers, and, In addition, that the Brit- ish Kmnlre representation of five dele gates should be selected from day to day from a panel made up of represen tattves of the United Kingdom and the Dominions. This proposal was adopted by the Imperial War Cabinet. Early In December preliminary xon versatlons on the making of peace took place In London between representatives of the British Umpire, of France and of Italy, and tho proposal which I had already put forward wan accepted In principle. The preliminary Tcace Con ference began at Paris on January 12, 1919. and the question of procedure, Including that of representation, was Immediately taken up by the represents, lives of tho principal allied and asso. elated Powers, afterward commonly known as tho Council of Ten. At first strong objection was made to the pro- posed representation of the British Do- minions. Subsequently there was n full discussion In the British Empire delegation, nt which a Arm protest was made against any recession from the proposal adopted In London. In tho end that proposal was accepted. Cannda's Representation. The adoption of the panol system gave to tho Dominions a peculiarly effective position. At plenary sessions there wore sometimes three Canadian plenipoten tiary delcgAtcs, two a representatives of Canada and ono as representative of the empire. Storeov&r, throushout the proceedings of tho conference, the Do minion .delegates, as members of \the British Empire delegation, were thoroughly in touch with all the, pro ceedings of the conference anu had access to all the papers recording its proceedings. This enabled them to watqn ana. check those proceedings effectively In the Interest of thoir respective Domin ions, and placed them In a position of decided advantage. Dominion Minis ters were nominated to and acted for the British Empire on tho principal allied commissions appointed by the MANITOBA CAMP WANTS POKER PLAYING PREACHER Regul Carries a Required. PERSONALS. WtsMrrca. Man.. Oct. C. They nre looking for a minister in the gold and copper camps of the Athapupuskow Lako country. In northern Manitoba, but ha will havo to measure up to tho miners' own Bpeclflcatlons. Hero is tneir aover- - NEW YORK CANADIAN Mr. and Mrs. F. J. B. of I 380 Riverside Drive are spending a fortnlcht at iJUCK mils jaus anu i tha Pocono Mountains, where they pro. pose to enjoy the beautiful golf course nttncJieil to mo inn. inoy are anwiu- - panled by six other friends Mr. nnd Mrs. W. Corln, Mr. ana .Mrs. u. ooa of Jamaica rnd Mr. and Mrs. A. Hempel of New York, JoMDh Wright, president of the Do minion Itadtator Company, Toronto, was at tha Hotel Pennsylvania last week on Ills way from Atlantic City. A number of the higher officials of tho Union Rank of Canada were in New Tflrk within a few days, among them were Sir William Price, honorary presi- dent of the Janlc II. B. Shaw, general manager, left on the Mauretanla after a day or so hero, and aoorge wnson ono of the bank's assistant general man agers, returned to Toronto. Mr, Shaw while In London win attena tne nrsi moatlntr of the bank's advisory, commit tea since the outbreak of the lie will bIbo visit Paris and b present at the formal opening of the new branch of the Park-Unio- n Foreign Banking Corporation to be established there W. W..Dawdell and A. P. Smith of Toronto were truesta of Marquis ItegaA at the Canadian Club last Monday. filr William Price, Quebec, and F. J, Steele, Montreal, were guests of W. 8. Hofstra at the Canadian Club last Mon- day. D. A. Clnrko of Quebec was the guest of George Clark last Tuesday at tho Canadian Club. F, A. Skelton and Miss B. Skelton of Montreal were guests of Mr, and Mra. It. W. Sampson last Tuesday at the Can- adian Club. Col. W. T. Stewart of Toronto was the guest of H. A. Currl at .the Canadian Club last Wednesday. Melville P. White of the Canadian General Electric Company, Toronto, was a visitor to New York last week. Guy M. Proud, asalatnnt Inspector of the Union Bank of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, upent several days in the city last week. arrivals at the Hotel Com- modore yesterday were Mrs. W. F. artves, A. B. Harry J. conference from tlmo to time to eon slder and report upon special aspects of mo conditions o& peaco. On several occasions I waa rhnrred with the duty of attending as one of the British Empire representatives on the council of Five. Mr. Lloyd George called upon mo to put forward before tho Coun- cil of Four the British Empire case in respect of tho clauses on economic questions, on tho International control of ports, waterways nnd railways and on submarine cables. During the last month or my stay in Paris I acted regularly as chairman of the British Empire dele- gations in tho absence .of the Prims Minister of the United Kingdom, whose duties as a membor of tho Council of Four constantly prevented his attend ance. A Step Forward, It Is desirable to note an Important development In constitutional practice reelecting tho signature of the various treaties concluded at the conference, Hitherto It has been the practice to in- sert an article or reservation providing for the adhesion of the Dominions. In vlow of tho new position TJ.at had been secured, and of tho part plnyexl by Do minion representatives at the peaco table, we thought this method Inappro prlate and undesirable In connection with the peace treaty. Accordingly, I proposed that the assent of the Ring as high contracting party to the variova trecfirs should in respect of the Domin ions bo signified by the signature of the Dominion plenipotentiaries, and that the preamble and other formal parts of the treaties should be drafted accordingly, This proposal was adopted In the form of o. memorandum by all the Dominion Prime Ministers at a meeting which I summoned and was put forward by me on their behalf to the British Empire delegation, 'by whom It was accepted. The proposal was subsequently adopted bv the confercneo nnd the various trea ties have been drawn up accordingly so that the Dominions appear therein as signatories and their concurrence in the treaties is thus given in the same man- ner as that of other nations. Tills 'Important constitutional develop ment involved the Issuance by the King, ns high contracting party, of full powers to tho various Dominion plenipotentiary delegates. In order that such powers Issued to tho Canadian plenipotentiaries might bo based upon formal action of the Canadian Government, an oroer m council was passed on April 10, 1919, granting the necessary authority. Ac- cordingly. I addressed a communication to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom requesting that necessary and appropriate steps should be taken to es- tablish the connection between this or- der In council and the Issuance of th full powero by his Majesty so that It might formally appear of record thnt they were Issued on the responsibility of the Government of Cannda, , Cauiada and the Iicsgse, The new and definite status of the Dominions nt the Pace Conference Is further manifested In the constitution of the Leaguo of Nations. Slnoe they had enjoyed the same status at the Peace Conference ns that of minor PoWre, wo took the ground that the Dominions should be similarly accepted in the fu- ture international relationship contem- plated by the league. The League of Nations' Commission, while Inclined to accept this In principle, did not at tho outut accept nil Its Implications, as was apparent In the first draft of the cove- nant. This document, however, wns tentative. The Dominions' case was pressed, and In the final form ns emended nnd Incorporated In the treaty of peaco with. Germany tho rtntus of tho Dominions as to member- - tlscment that appeared tn The Pas Herald: \Wanted Minister of the Gos- pel for Athapupuskow camrt. Must .be a good poker player.\ \None of these namby-pamb- y dude Leonard of Montreal; Mr. and Mrs. 1'Tsjik somers, Q, V. Edwards of xurunio. Jam os Stewart and J. O. Dickenson of Montreal were among recent arrivals at Hotel Manhattan. Mr. nnd Mrs. James Arnold of Brock. villa arrived at Hotel Mnnhattan yes- - teruay. air, Arnold is witn tho Canada Foundries and Forglngs Company, Mr. and Mrs. M. Lcclalre of Montreal are staying at the Ansonla. R, n. Walton left on Saturday for Frednricton, N. B.. from which point ho will go to the wilds for big game, moose,' &c Ills friends in the club have reason to expect an addition of noble antlers to decorate their rooms. R. B. Wood of Toronto and J. M. 'of Quebec are at the Hotel Bel- mont. J. A. O'Brtan arrived from Ottawa yesterday and Is at the Manhattan. II. Desrhenes, secretary and treasurer of tho Maritime Optical Company of Quebec, arrived In New York on busl-ne- si yepterday. He is at the Belmont. Edward Beck of Montreal, an ofllclal of tho Canadian Pulp and Paper registered nt the Hotel Bel- mont yesterday. Mr. nnd Mra. W. II. Row of Brock-vlll- e, OnJ., are at ths Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Purvis o Toronto, are at th Hotel Belmont, air, Purvis Is a member of the law firm of Howell. Reld, Wood & Urlght. Theodore Gordon Roberts of Ottawa waa tha guest of Herbert Roberts last Wednesday at the Canadian Club. Mrs. Mary Baxter Harrington of EL Johns, Canada, was the guest of Medley Scovll at the Canadian Club last Thurs day. Q. G, Thomas of Toronto .u tha guest of Dr. J, L. MacDowell at the Canadian Club last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Whitman of Hall. fax, Nova Scotia,, were guests of F, O. Creed at the Canadian Club last Friday. W. Watt and W. Stewart of Montreal were guests of Fred R. Whlttall at the Canadian Club last Saturday. ar He Man Who Stuffs His Pants in His Boots and Punch in Each Fist the Kind Fltzpatrlck war. Canadian Nlckolson, professedly As- sociation, Commodore. ohlp and representation In the assembly and council was fully rocognlzed. They are to become members as signa- tories of the treaty, and the terms of the document make no distinction between thom and other signatory members. An official statement as to the true Intent and meanlhg of tho provisions of the covenant in that regard was secured by me and Is of record in tho archives of the Poace Crnferencc. A similar question arose In respect of the constitution of the International Labor Organization. Corresponding to the council of the league, there Is a labor governing body consisting of dele- gates nominated by a limited number of governments. The original form of the labor convention did not adequately recognize Uio status of the Dominions and at tho plenary session of April 11, 1919, when a resolution was proposed that the Peaco Conference approve of the draft convention, I moved that tho resolution be amended by adding a pro- vision which authorized tho drafting committee to make such amendments, as wore necessary to havo the convention conform to tho League of Nations in ' ,v anu '\ T.VT; \'.-'- I\ \'J .... h. , . V...-- U va. uuiltl AO IV i t'HUH the labor convention was finally amended so that the Dominions were placed on the same footing as other members of the International Labor Organization, becoming eligible like others to nominate their Government delegates to the gov- erning body. The recognition and status accorded tn 'the British Dominions at the Peace Con ference were not won without constant effort and firm insistence. In all theso efforts the Dominions had the strong and unwavering support of the British Prime Minister and his colleagues. Tho consti- tutional structure of the British Empire Is Imperfectly understood by other na. tlons, even by a nation so closely allied In kinship, tn language and In the char-act- er of Its Institutions as the United Btates of America. Such lack of com- prehension need excite no surprise, be- cause tho assoclatl6n between the mother country nnd the- - groat self. governing Dominions has been for years In a con- dition of development, and that develop, ment la not yet complete. Future Relations. Tho future relationship of' the nations of the empire must be determined in ac- cordance with the will of tha mother country and of each Dominion In n con- stitutional conferenco to be summoned in uie not distant future. Undoubtedly It Will be based Uoon eminlttv nf nnllnn. hood. Each nation must preserve un- impaired its absolute autonomy, but It must likewise have ita voleo as to those external relations which Involve the Hsuo oi pence or or war. So that the Britan- nic commonwealth la in ttwlf nlty or league of nations which may serve as an exemplar to that worldwide Leaguo of Nations which was founded on the 28th of last Juno. un Dcnalf of my country I Rtnn,! nmiv upon this solid ground : that In this; the greatest of all wars. In trMxh ih .,i. liberty, tho world's lustleo in ,),nH it.. world's future destinywere at stake, I ....., ulo uemopracics or both the American continents itr had given Inspiration, her sacrifices had ucen her effort was un- abated to the end. Th. Dnrnn ij i.- - - -- .. v.H... .u uuutmiu- - hie spirit which made her capablo of that ' v.iand ,'acrlnco made her equally In- - t at the peare cm- - rorenco, n the League of JJatlunf or elsewhere, a. Status Intr-ri- In their other Ies9 endowed In trlos resources To and nJa Division Fibre far lfg conspicuous their sacrifice. preachers need nnnlv.\ km Tn r ers. who tho ad. The Pas. V.e want a ho man, who wears a mack. Inaw Jacket and stuffs his pnnta Into his boots can paddle a canoe and trek n good account of - ,. I ft -- ..j \I ' \ 41 14 hnocx ,7t. i u us oul rw. I If he can throw hi he Is a good short card he'll cer-t- a Inly command their Therc son wants to pan color in his missionary '? aUU' S00i a \ n. can find .,l\C8 a U10 rtccnt gold R\a Prospectors to the vtlT.10\- - 100 mlIea beyond a nt ths northern ter-mn- ?f J \pVr ot Canadian Na- tional transcontinental line. 7.m.mr i ?\ Beokers 18 made up of ;n? a\n laborers from the m!n? t5 80Uth anJ ot I1 time X. ? ?f .?,5V.rom aU over Canda and Many of them are ItlZeL0.' U\ Kl0nd'k8 na everTn S Atlfaplfpuw country. Everybody hasUx! T$d fev wlid and P'cturesque as w? t, \T. da\ ln the American springing up like magic. Tho whole country Is underlaid with goldi silver and copper. Scientists says tho ore body is the richest and moat exten-slv- e on the continent. Religious bodies In this city are plan-nln- g to answer the \Macedonian cry\ from the north. Tho Salvation Army Jiur.rled a wrker Into the new field. The Rev. C. W. Gordon, known to llteraturo ns \Ralph famous old timer sky pilot of the lumber camps, chaplain for two yearn with tho Cana- dian army France nnd now pastor of St. Stephen's Church here, says the miners ought to get the kind of man they want \I will take this matter up with tho churches nt once.\ said h t.,. m. Oordon. \I think we can And tho right man. Vo will do. You can't put over a straight on those fel- lows Up thoro. A minister to get re- - buiib uinunjr mem must niav th, like a man from start to finish, and draw a full house every time he preaches.\ TIROES PAN AMERICANISM. Financier by Tour of South America. Qeorge de B. Kelm, of Chandler & Co. of New York and Phila- delphia, who has Just returned to the United States after a Ave months' trip through South America, has supplied the Pan American Union with a brief out- line of some of his personal observa tions; Among other things Mr. Rlm says! \I return deeply Impressed with South America's great latent wealth and real-li- e that the future national progress of that continent and of our own country must bo closely Interwoven. Geograph- ically we nre In a singularly fortunate position and the Interests of the South American aro at heart similar to our own. Wo produce tho manufactured articles they require, they rahe tho products our varied Industries demand. It would therefore the pnrt of logic that the preponderant portl.in their trade should be ours.\ DOMINION TURNS TO FLAX CULTURE Stimulated by War Profits, Industry Is Growing More Extensive Every Year. WEST JOINS MOVEMENT Fibre of Good Qunlity and Uso.for Straw Is Also Sought. lly EIINRST GODFHET, Dominion Bureau of Statistics. It Is only during tho present century that the growth of flax in Canada has assumed any real industrial Importance. From tho earliest days of tho Dominion flax for fibre has been grown a small extent in Ontario ! and In Qucbeo and tho Maritime provinces homespun yarns from nax of local growth havo been a minor agricultural Industry. In 1870 (the first census after confederation in 1SC7), the production of flaxseed was i c turned as bushels, principally Acreage statistics of flaxseed were first collected at the census of 1900, when the area under flax was only 23,086 acres, of which 14.404 acres were In Manitoba, The total production of flaxseed that year was 172,222 With the great development of prnirla provinces, which tool: place during tho first decade of the present century, the growth of flax for seed was greatly extended ; and at the census o: 1910, the total area under flaxseed had grown to 582,374 acres and the producv tlon to 4,245,073 bushels, the area Manitoba being 34,684 acres, in Sas- katchewan 606,425 acreB and In Alberta 31,076 acres. Thus the great bulk of tho flax crop waa then grown In Sas- katchewan ; and this province, as will be seen later, still holds tho came position relatively to the other provinces as re gards the production of flaxseed. Since 1910 (tho last decennial census year) the flax crop in Canada has still further expanded and in 1912 tho area exceeded 2,000,000 acres, with an esti mated production exceeding 20.000.000 bushels. to seasonal vicissitudes and low prices this production was not maintained and tho area dropped to less man &go,ooo acres In 1915, with a pro ductlon of little moro than 6,000,000 bushels rising howover to 919,500 acres in 1917 and to 1,068,120 acres In 1918, tho latter acreage boing also closo to the preliminary estimate for the year 1919 The years 1917 and 1918 Doing excep. tlonallj- - poor seasons, owing to drought in the West, the yields per acre averaged only 6 and 5i bushels respectively, representing total yields Just under and Just over 6,000,000 bushels yields less than those obtained from about half the acreage In the two previous years. War Doubles Prices. But the Influence of the war Intro duced nnother factor by the great In- crease of prices; and the average price per bushel-receive- by tho farmer, which was only J1.50 in 1915. wns 33.13 1918. So that for the last named year uio alienor crop was worth nearly 319,000,000, as compared with a little over 19,000,000 In 1916. Another effect of the war was to stimulate greatly the growth of flax for flurB an1 of \ox for tho production of fil,rc seed. The war caused a great de- - mana tor nax in connection with the manufacture of airplanes and other pur- - nosna whlla mnnl! fnmnrltt n,,llr.K1a nas estaimsned at the Cen- tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa, and under the fostering direction this division tho growth of flax for fibre has .considerably extended, especially in the provlnco of 'Ontario. In 1915 the aroa under tlox fibre In this province was 4,000 acres; tho yield of fibre was S00 t?ne. of .tow 30 tons, of seed, nrin for export for the growth of fibre, 48,000 bupheLs. In 1918 the area under flax fibre In Ontarln had grown to 20,000 acres, the estimated production ot was 3,100 tons, the totnl yleld of seed was 110,000 bushels and the total yleld.of tow was 900 tons. In 1918 the total value of flax products in untnrio, excluding tne value of seed not of fibre quality, was about $2,285,-75- 0, as compared with $400,000 ln 1915. In 1918 all Canadian seed of fibre variety, amounting to 110,000 bushels, was commandeored nnd shinned to Ire land, the price realised being $27.50 per sactc of is. pounds. Outlook for the Industry, The recent Issue Great Britain of an Interim report by the empire flax grow- ing ,'commlttee, which was appointed in February, 1918, by tho president of the Board of Trade, renders possible a wider outlook nnd enables those In- terested In the Industry to estimate future possibilities. According to this report, the world's total normal com- mercial ctop and mill consumption of flnx fibre before tho war was 506,000 long tons. Ot this quantity 400,000 tons wcro grown In Russia, 12,000 tons in tha United Kingdom, 24,000 tons ln Belgium, 20,000 tons In France, 36,000 tonslnGo--m.m- and Austria and 14,000 tons In other countries. Of the total production Russia consumed 80,000 tons, tho United Kingdom 100,000 tons, Belgium 130,000 tons, France 48,000 tons,. Germany 140.. 000 tons and other countries 8,000 tons. All countries, therefore except Huh-sl- a, wnro Importers to a greater or less extent of Ilax fibre, and the United Kingdom, which practically means d, grew only 12,000 tons out of the 100,000 tonx required. \It would not be safe, states the report, \to take these figures as any- thing moro than a rough to the actual position, but tho only further Information available la that Russia's total pre-w- ar product waB nor- mally about 500,000 tons and of this about 250,000 tons were usually ex- ported. About 80,000 to 100,000 tons were consumed the Rajulan factories, (0 that about 200,000 tons the Rus- sian crop wero used up by fiwnostlo consumption. It Is estimated that of tho annual requirements of the United King- dom before tho war, which were nor- mally about 100,000 tons, Ireland con- tributed some. 10,000 tons, Belgium, Franco and Holland together about 0 and Russia about 70,000 to 80,000 tons.\ Ono of tho greatest difficulties In con- nection with llax growing during tho war has boen the supply of seed. o tho war the flax growers of the United Kingdom were totally dependent for their supplies of seed upon Russia and Holland. The fact that there was no native supply of Bied In Ireland be- fore tho war was due to tho system of natural retting. Oning to the short time available there was no time to re. move tho seed before retting; the seed waB thereforo sacrificed to the necessity for early harvesting, for the flax was generally pulled green before tho seed had ripened. Thus in Ireland, until 1917, practically tho whole of the seed was lost, and tt flush supply has eo far proved to be the limiting factor ln th development of an increased supply of fibre during tho war. It Steps were taken by the War De- partment during the summer of 1918 to Induce the fanners In Canada to take corded to nntlons less advanced I from Belgium, Russia and amply wcre dlmlshed or altogether cut off. wealth, and population, no mect these new conditions fox Can-mo- re complete In their sovereignty a new of Economic in brought to and Mi,0,,: player respect oensatlonal rV7m,r Railway's States. thnl!m Connor.\ In fourflusher bobtail Impressed seam of to 118,044 in bunhels. In Owing in of and clpally flax in approximation In Fluctuations in Canadian Exchange American importers and ex- porters should protect their Canadian customers against fluctuations in Canadian ex- change, by consulting a Cana- dian foreign exchange banker before they sell their goods. Any effort on his behalf will be appreciated Ly the Cana- dian customer. The officers of the New York Agency of the Union Bank of Canada will be glad to advise you in regard to your special problems. Booklet A on Request. Union Bank of Canada New York Afency, 49 Wsll Street WJ.Diwion,F.L.Appleby,W.M.Forre.t Agents. 375 Branches In Canada up tho growth of flax for seed on a largo scale. A contract was entered nto with Messrs. E. It. Wayland Com- pany of Winnipeg, who undertook to distribute to the farmers of Canada Japanese seod provided by the Govern- ment, to superintend the growing of the crop and finally to arrange delivery of the seed at the Atlantic ports. Asks Continuation of Contract. I\ 1318 30.000' acres We sown In this way, and the results obtained were vary satisfactory In spite of a bad eeason. Tho Hmplre Flax Growing Com- - ' mlttee has recommenderl that ih. tract with Messrs. Wayland Company vu.jn.m un a. smaller scale for the year 1919. and it expresses the opinion that somo scheme of this ltlml win h necessary to securo an adequate seed supply at any rate so long as the pres ent disturbed condition ln Russia con- tinues. Another Question of 1lrnf wnnnmU Interest Is the possibility of utilizing tho linseed .straw In western Canada, which; though essentially the same plant i as fibre flax, has so for been found useless, and is mostly burnt Any use that could be established for this by- product which would lncrna a moderate extent tho total money yiell of the crop to the farmor would be a rep- - Important factor ln extending tho cultivation of flax for seed purposes unuumiuui largor areas ln Canada. mi regard to oUier parts of the British Empire the evldnnrw tn ; show that In the higher portions ot ' British East Africa tho conditions ot climate and soil are entirely suitable to the growing of flax, which has al. ' ready been carried on upon an expert-ment- scale for soveral rears. Tt wo. - stated In evidence that 6,000 acres were \ put undor flax in 1918, that this would probably be greatly expanded ln 1919, nnd it Is estimated that tho area mlghl bo Increased to 100,000 acres in ten With regard to Australia and ' India tho Information oossbssb.i hv it,. committee shows that flax can be grown In large areas in those countries. Tho position With tn tha fnlnr. . development of flax yields within the British Empire may be summed up as follows : In all of them it has been that flax can be successful! ? grown, and the question Is almnw whether, in view of the economic condi- tions of the crop, it Is likely to be a success, not merelv under tjio ,..i abnormal conditions created by the war but undor whatever conditions may ' finally bo established as normal after, me war. it is very probable Hint at least In certain cases t!u nociiiiiiin of those areas may bo so clearly demon, strated and the industry so firmly estab- lished while flax Is still nt or near Its present abnormal level of prices that these new arenj will b p.1i1 tn r the production of flax on a larger scale under whatever conditions may arise later on nnd so provide the empire with - a permanent supply of tho raw material wimin its own bounds. Canadian Flnx of Good Quality. Finally the commltteo uresinta mendatlons In favor of continuance of tho present efforts for the extension of flax growing ln Great Britain, Ireland and British East Africa, and with regard to Canada It Mates that the scheme for ine supply ot nure seed from western Canada should bo continued until suoh tlmo ns owing to tho return of normal conditions or tho development of other sources of supply the question of eeed . supply t for tho United Kingdom Is put on a permanently satisfactory basis. One hundred and ten thousand bushels of Canadian flax seed were comman- - deered by the Dominion Government last spring and shipped to Ireland. The price fixed was $27.50 per sack of 182 pounds. Irish linen Is known all over the world, and tho fact that Canadian seod should be sought fof use on Irish noil in place of Irish seed speaks volumes for tho quality of. Canadian flax. Flax growing in Ireland fell away to nothing In the last years of the war and the Importation of seed was Imperative If tho famous Irish linen Industry was to maintain Its ancient prestige. Flax growing in Canada Is becoming, more extensive every year. Ontario Is the heart of tho flax country. But large ' profits to be made from It have led farmers In tho western provinces, ospo-clal- ly along tho Canadian Pacific Hall- way in Manitoba nnd Alberta, to tako up Its cultivation. Manitoba nnd Alberta soil Is said by experts to be ns well adapted to flax as the soli of eastern Canada Twenty thousand acres of flax for fibre were grown In Ontario In 191 nnd yielded 310 pounds of pure linen fibre an acre. The total valuo of tha crop was :,285,7i;0, exclusive of the vnluo or the seed not of fibre qunlity. Flax fibre sold for $100 a ton In 1915, $600 In 1918, nnd reached $1,100 a ton In 1917. It brought $350 last year. MONKS. CLEAR WAY FOR STOCK RAISERS Christianizing of Indians the First Step. Booota, Colombia, Oct. 4. Agricul- tural and stock raising Interests of th capital aro showing considerable Inter est ln the recent missionary work of a group of Capuchin monks sent out from this city for the purpose of Christian. Islng the Indians of the Ooajlra Pen- insula. This section of Colombia has long been known to contain some very rich areas admirably adapted to nrrlcul-tur- o and stock raising, but nothing has been done toward Its development owing to the lack of labor. The monks havo established themselves at an In- dian village known us San Stbostlan. nnd 1! their work bears fruit expect to extend their activities to the villages ot San Miguel and La Slerrtta y Morocaso. This attempt of tho Capuchins la very similar to that csrrled out aovural nan. turles ago in Paraguay by the Jesuit missionaries with very good results, and is expected that If they succeed In convincing the Goajira Indians ot the value of civilisation there will be a rapid opening up of this region.
