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ee se ~ Ontario Swine Men "Must Concentrate On Quality If They Wish To Hold Present Markets A warning that Ontaris hog bre¢ders must concentrate on quality if they wish t¢ hold their present markets, particularly in the face of a challenge from Western Canada, has been issued by W. R. Reek, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for the Province. Addressing the annual banquet of the Ontario Swine Breeders' Association, Mr. Reek said that if the quality of export bacon were not improved, the industry would experience a similar slump to that which océurred following the first Great War. During the war of 1914-18 the Canadian exporters in Canada could not produce a sufficient number of bacon hogs to take care of Brit- ish requirements, They were forced to import hogs from the United "States and the quality suffered. | "Canada emerged with loss" of reputation as a producer of hogs," said the Deputy Minister. "We must not make the same mistake this time. If Ontario hog breeders want to- retain their present 'markets, and - meet the challenge of the Western produe- ers they must place greater em- phasis on quality, even though it may mean a reduction in quantity. : The speaker said there was an undercurrent. of feeling . among breeders against advance - regis- tration and rail grading. He ad- vised his listeners to set up com- ,mittees to study the iyo prob- lems from all angles and to con- demn or 'approve them or make whatever recommendation they saw fit, : Care Required In Varnishing , Tips Given For Securing-~a Smooth and Lasting Finish Extreme care should be used in preparing and applying varnish. Never store varnish in a room where the temperature is usually low. When you pour it from the can, pour it carefully so that no air bubbles will form. Bo sure that there Is no dust present on the surface-to be var nished and' that*a minimum of dust is in the room. a Use a first quality flat brush and dip it gently into the varnish so no air bubbles or froth may form. When the brush {8 not .in use, preserve it by soaking in raw oil. Before using, however, work all ofl possible from it and then clean it in turpentine and:shake dry. When applying the varnish lay it on without brushing it out too much, - If two coats are necessary, Use __a.quick-drying harder type for the first. coat 'than you use for the latter. : 1 'Two coats of the same type are frequently used, however, with good results. -- Year 155,521,972,856,007 ! Iran, the name under which Persia 'is now known, is only six years old, With the exception of -Thailand (Siam) she is the youngest nation in the world, The Jews can claim to have been in existence since the Creation, but according to their calendar this is the year 5,700. The Moslems count from the Hegira, or flight of Mohammed from Mecca to 'Medina, ini the year A.D, 622, 1.. 0 one knows exactly when ! China began counting or when ; they became civilized, and with the possible exception of the Hin- dus, they are the oldest people on earth. But the Hindu calendar is staggering for this is their year 155,621,972,866,007. Their starting point is the divine be- ginning of Brama, and their unit is .the Kalpa,: equivalent to one daw in the life of Brama, or a 820,000,000 years. Brama's. al- lotted span of life is 100 years, each consisting of 865 kalpas, Still Season fn the still season of the, year The mind-is 'sheltered by the SNOW} i There is no hesitation here; Tce locks the wotld we know. There 'Is 'a snugness under cold, A deep 'assurance 'that sustains, Whose warm awareness will un- fold With buds. snd April rains. fd here, is courage of a sort nder the frost, a .silent thing; And though the lips make n te: Oe heart will sing. id _ \ A SSS Marguetite Janvrin Adame. | THE WAR: WEE K--Commentary on Current Events Plans Declared Complete For Canada-U.S. Defence "Complete, plans for the defence of Canada and the United States are now in ex- ivtence."" ~-- Mayor F., H. La Guardia of New York Citys Chairman U.S.-Canada joint defence commission, Committed by their Prime Min- "ister Mackenzie King to an. all- _out war effort, Canadians last week saw- gigantic preparations being made in the capital to step up the training of young men for the: army, navy and air force; and to speed the manufacturing of mountains of war material for Britain, In more detail, the 1941 objective of the Dominion Government's military plans were: 1. To provide 256 Canadian air squadrons for overseas ser- vice, graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; 2. To increase the present strength of men in the air train. ing plan to- double what: it was in 1940; 3. To increase the Can. adian Navy to double its present number of ships; 4. To manufac- ture destroyers and long-range bombers and concentrate on pro- ducing weapons not obtainable in the United States; 5. To send overseas the Third Canadian Di- vision now training in Canada with complement of troops for the three divisions, an army -tank brigade and a Can- adian" armoured division; 6. To retruit- for the active army 40. 000 to 80,000 men; 7. To put 200,000 additional men and wo- men to work in war industries; 8. Diverdion of a great part of Canada's peace-time industry to war production. The Canadian Army - Pointing towards these objec- tives, the compulsory military training period for young men of 21 was extended from 30 days to 4 months, (First period to begin March 20 -- from 6,000 to 6,500 to oe called up each month). And every reserve mili- tia unit in Canada, except the ones with battalions already abroad, was notified by defence authorities that it must prepare for mobilization for overscas ser- vice. ha Legislators Re-convene All these projects -- and how they were going to be paid for-- occupied the minds of our mem- bers of "parliament this week as they gathered once again in the Goes to Brazil foriner Canadian and the Jean Desy, minister to Belgium Netherlands, is being named to the newly-created post of Can- .adian minister to Brazil, Dominion House. of Commons, and in the Ontario Legislature, The session at Ottawa was ex- pected to 'last through till 'May, or maybe later; the session at Toronto, it was forecast, would be 'long in' debate and short in contentious legislation." Canada the Pivot "Tn an address at the University of Toronto last week, Professor R. 'A, MacKay of Dalhousie Uni- versity, Halifax, declared that Canada was taking. the place of France in world strategy and had hecome the pivot "around which the present. world war. was being staged," Further, he said, Can- ada had become Brituin's second partner in the war 'against Ger- -} many - and > the - principal partner. of ithe :Unitea States in efence of .the Western Hemisphere. "We are allied now with. both * Britain and thd United States. .' Corroborating ~ this. statement Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New 'York City, Chairman of the joint U.8.-Canada defence com- mission told the United States Senate Foreign joint defence of Canada .and the United States. ate now fn exist- ence. These plans; he said, em: braced tactics, questions of ter. ritary and co-ordination of 'fore, os, © Bill Passes U.S, House By a vote of 260 to 165, the momentous corps Relations Com-~ mittee that "complete plans 'for . United States House of Repre- sentatives last 'week passed the "Lease-Lend" bill, empowering President Roosevelt to lease, lend or otherwise' trans- fer the sinews of war to embat- tled" Britain and other nations whose defence he shodld deem vital to the defence of the United States. "The bill was not expeect- ed to fare so well in the Senate where the legislators, it was thought, were more anxious to. All sorts of rumors were cur- dent's plans for provision of im- mediate aid to Britain, Final passage of the "Lease-Lend" bill early in March would mean that merchant ships, bombing planes, tanks and infantry rifles would be transferred to Britain as soon as possible, But in the mean. time, it was expected that the President would do something more spectacular, following Wen- dell Willkie's recommendations-- trade American destroyers for " British battleships; or destroyers for land bases in the Pacific. (The Bill does not prohibit provis- ion of American ships in Brit. ish convoys). rent last week as to the Presi. Tripartite Pact signed last year by Germany Italy and Japan. A new front in the second world war would be opened up in the Pacific, -- with Canada's west coast as a springboard for attack and a new area to be defended. The 'war would be brought much closer to Canadians, Inching Seuthward A hint to. "watch Japan" was "thrown out, in London last week, by informed diplomatic observers surveying Tokyo's activities in connection with the Thailand-In- do-China dispute, Japanese troops were reported to be ready to land at Saigon, French Indo." China, only 648 miles from Brit- er north, the Japanese began a. new drive against China- after -effecting a surprise landing on the coast of Kwangtung Pro- vince, They hoped shortly to cut off the route over' which largé quantities of Chines¢ plies had been moving Hong Kong to the interior. Acute dissension was known tol be raging within the ranks of Ching's war leaders, Edgar Snow noted authority on China, writing in New York's "PM" told of calamitous events happening behind the Chinese front, He declared that the '"appeasers'" with Chiang-kai-Shek were fast gaining the upper hand, might, if war _sup--- from put a curb on the President's im- Japan and Canada ain's. eastern stronghold. Singa- not stopped in time, come to pulsiveness, by passing a, number United States' entry into the pore -- in which direction the terms with Japan, . Stories - of of restrictive amendments, war, now viewed as a strong pos- Japs were undoubtedly inching. Chiang's falling-out with - his Aid More lmmediate sibility, would aleo mean Japan's, The Phillippines were also menac- Communist armies came from \ according to the terms of the ed, At the same time a little farth- other quarters..- "Time" said: Phe clique of Chinese generals who hate and fear their Com- munist allies have gained a vic. tory in the forcible disbanding of the Fourth Route Army. But it is no victory for China. What has kept the Communists fight- ing for Chiang is the fact that they fear Japan more than they fear Chiang Kai-shek, If Japan (or Russia) could convince the Communists that they have less to fear from Japan (or Russia) than from Chiang Kai-shek, China's jig would be up." "A nation does not have (6 be invaded in order to lose a war." --Dorothy Thompson. rr Padi nd; % a THE MARQUIS OF LORNE, K.T., GCM.G. GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA, 1878-1883 © YEARS AGO A Charter was signed On February 15, 1881, the Marquis of Lorne, then Governor-General of Canada, signed the charter of the Canadian Pacific Railway. That _ signature consummated the vision of great Canadian statesmen -- Sir John A. Macdonald, D'Arcy McGee, Sir Goorges-Etienne Cartier, and Sir Charles Tupper--that the new Dominion of Canada should be linked from Atlantic to Pacific by a trans-continental railway--and implemented the pledge under which British Columbia entered Confederation. $o began a. new era in Canadian unity... and Empire solidarity .. . for the Railway expanded into a sysfem spanning two oceans and linking three continents. Today --as in 1914-18 --a proud responsibility rests on our 'transportation and communication systems -- railway, ia steamships, freight, express, telegraphs and engineering shops. -- Canadiah Pacific officers and employees everywhere are co-operating -- each In his owh fleld --towards the common goal... VICTORY. When that goal Is reached --and it will be reached --this will be - due, in no small measure, to Canada's contribution, and fo the vision and foresight of the men who, sixty years ago, planned the construction of the first Canadian trans-continental railway. COMMUNICATIONS Sg ply SHOPS