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i 1 te 4 i I } = INDIANS IN N of hunting are worse off od "their white neighbors whom aboriginal people can blame for 4 wilds. $ in the more remote districts. # s reaching the department in- #4 b we "= Creasing numbers into Indian terri- Y == majority of cases they own their aa er ered Special emergency hunting ra- 4" a Indians less difficult than to ¥ "their white neighbors is that admin- ""{8trative control of the Indian prob- i THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 193% ¢ MI 1 NMENT AIDS Department of Indian AF fnirs at Ottgwa Sends Sup- plies to Remote Districts Dttawa, Nov. 23--A remarkable ly in the economic position of jadians this year is that of the ~ 300,000 Indians inthis country, those ged in agriculture, particularly irie sprovinces, are rela- p} than their white ighbors, while those Indians who dependent for their living on the pus and their own peculiar oc- le actually ving a large number of m of a! ving from the woods and The Department of Indian Affairs confronted with an unusual prob- this fall in its work of providing relief to the hunting and fishing In- dicate lack of employment in other s has driven white men in in- tory. Word has come to the de- partment of white trappers being dumped by airplane in the northern s of Ontario and Quebec into ne hunting grounds formerly used exclusively by the Indians, The vipearcity of furs and the low prices paid for them has also lessened em- ent for Indians who act as guides for sportsmen, tion consisting of ammunition, twine for nets and snares and cer- . fain staples for.food such as flour, tea and sugar is being distributed g the Indians on the under- Banding that they will go back into the bush and hunt and not loiter about the trading posts and railway lines seeking charity. One condition that makes the pro- vision of unemployment relief for lem is central and unified for all le Indians of the Daminion and, ler the Indian Act, is vested in the Dominion Government which has «established a separate Department of Indian Affairs, peafThe reaction of the Indians to the economic changes varies with sdheir geographical situation and lo- gation and, generally, the change the worse in their economic posi- tion is relatively less marked than' » g the white population as the Indians, for the most part, live on communities In a jerves in isolated nd are free from taxation, pn habitations free from encum- ce and do not pay rent, More- "®ver, education and medical attend- J fce are provided for them by the rnment. As a result their ab- ely necessary expenscs are con d to food and clothing, In the long-settled parts of the minion, such as the Maritime neces, Ontario and Quebec, the s on the reserves are in close large, many of them deriving their: livelihood as mechanics, labourers and mdustrial employees, Those on he Caughnawaga Reserve, west of Ey get much of their employ- ment with structural steel compa- nies, their fleetness and sureness of foot being invaluable in the work done at dizzy heights on sky-scrapers, Lack of employment in the industrial communities has hit this class of Indian hard and for them the department is obliged to provide direct relief in food and clothing. Wherever opportunity of- fers however, the department pro- vides wask, for them in connection with road ¥epairs, ditch digging and building operations on the reserves, Ever since Confederation it has been the aim of the Government to make the Indians self-supporting, and this policy has met with res markable success, particularly in the agricultural arcas of the Prairie Provinces, Following the disap- pearance of the buffalo fifty years ago these Indians were left desti- tute and wholly dependent upon the Government for maintenance, To- day as a people they are self-sup- porting. The extent of destitution among them is very small, Unlike most white farmers the Indians have no taxes to pay and they have been given generous aid in the matter of farm implements and breeding stock. An amotint estimated to be suffi- cient to provide relief for the In- dians is voted annually by Parlia- ment and the sum appropriated for the current fiscal year is $866,300, an increase of only $85,500 over the previous year, Many Indians throughout the Dominion have made a comfortable living from the sale of native wares, such as baskets and moccasins, also lacrosse sticks, hockey: sticks and axe handles, but the market for these products is now quiet thus adding another group of formerly self-supporting Indians to the department's direct relief list, : Canada's total Indian population according to the 1929 census of the aboriginal race, was 108,012, divided amongst the provinces as follows: Ontario, 27420; British Columbia, 25,107; Quebec, 12,885; Manitoba, 12,263; Saskatchewan, 10,784; Al- berta, 9,846; Northwest Territories, 4615; Nova Scotia, 1929; New Brunswick, 1,604; Yukon, 1,264; Prince Edward Island, 295, INTERESTING INDIAN STATISTICS The census of Indfans in Can- ada in 1029 gave the total num- ber of men, women and children as 108,012, These are, of course, not all farmers, some being en- gaged in huntiug and trapping, in lumbering, commercial fishing, and in transportation. However, according to the records of the Department 'of Indian Affairs, they had in the above year all told 4,101,175 acres of land fene- ed and 236,028 acres under ac- tual cultivation, Other figures re- lating to the whole Indian com- munity are: brick, stone, or frame dwellings, 9,442; other dwellings (mostly log), 11,880; churches, 358; council houses, 124; school-houses, 260; saw- mills, 32. In addition to the num- ber of day school-houses there are 78 residential schools, devot- ed to the education of the Indian " Bontact with the community at population, EQUIPPED...| room In Hotel Fort Shelby is Servidor-Equipped. This hotel ' d the servido r principle, but is today the only hotel offering this feature of privacy and convenience to every ost. Annoying intrusions and excessive tipping are thus eliminatéd. No otherhotel in the Metropolitan area is so near the principal railway ' airports and steamship piers. Hotel Fort Shelbys location in of the motor city's shopping, theatre, financial, insurance and ' modern | Prime Minister Meets Dele pL districts is a happy one. 4 You'll delig ; too, with the efficient . .. retentious service offered by this fine hostelry. 900 rooms . . . all private bath and circulating ice r. Rooms as low as $3.00 per y . + . suites $10.00 and upwards. are d of their at the without service charge. Write for free road - an ar BRADWELL, Manager: DETROIT NEWFOUNDLAND TO BALANCE BUDGET gation Deputized by Public Meeting st, John's, Nid, -- Newfound- maining road, spot. communication was cut off by the two usual routes from the north India, thousands of English men and women discovered for the first time the beauty and thrill of the sole re- via the Banihal Pass, reaching nearly 11,000 feet at one The magnificent road, stretching for over 250 miles from the Maha- to fill their vadiators with water, and the Kashmir equivalent of our white safety line in the centre of the road is a row of pointed stones sticking out from the surface, thus ensuring that none shall transgress the rules of the road, Srinagar, leaning crazily over the river for a mile or so down the water-front, fully lives up to its de- to | scription of the "Venice of the raja's Srina pices. land's budget for the fi year 1932-33 "can and will be balanced," Prime Minister Sir Richard Squires told a delegation which waited upon him to put questions in connection with the Dominion's financial position, The delegation had been deputiz- ed by a public meeting, The Premier's reply was: "The question of payments of the interest on the public debt on the first of January next has been engaging the close attention of capabilities. hours. perilous, palace at J inagar, winds round the hills and coils itself on the side of the preci- It is strictly policed, and all traffic must stop, for safety's sake, flown. No bullock carts are lowed to traverse any part of its length, and the most stringent pre- cautions are taken to see that no driver receives a permit unless has assured the authorities of his The 250 miles take at least eleven It is a back-aching journey, even in a high-powered car, for there is barely one straight stretch of 200 yards, and the hairpin bends At certain points special notices are erected advising drivers East," but the other Srinagar, with its wide roads, its gardens, and its wonderful polo ground, is a model of an Eastern town, , It is to be hoped that through the tact and firmness of the Maharaja Kashmir will soon return to its tra- ditional state of peace. SAYS GANDH! DOES NOT FEEL COLD he Montreal, -- Before the Montreal Women's Club George Pilcher, sec- retary of the Royal Empire Society, speaking of Gandhi (in a lecture on are India) said that Gandhi could not suffer from London's cold because the shawls he wears are very warm ones, made of very good wool or a very good cotton that looks like wool---not at all the kind of shawl that the peasant wears, The position of women in India was a retarding factor in its de- Selopment, the speaker felt, Since all but a handful of emancipated Eusopeanized women were kept be- hind the purdah, it was impossible to establish the widespread free ed- ucation the country needed, In this connection, Mr. Pilcher said the women of Canada might be of use to their Indian sisters by reading oks which dealt sympathetically with their problem, thus obtaining a true understanding of their posi- tion, Self-Expression Worth Encouraging . Toronto--The adyisability of en- couraging children to use their im- agination to express themselvés in art was stressed by Arthur Lismer, Educational Supervisor. of the On- tario College of Art, at a meeting of the Toronto Local Council of Women. Although it is generally thought that European children were more artistic because of their background, Mr. Lismer declared that Canadian boys and girls were equal to any in the world in imagin- ation, energy and desire to do some- thing in the artistic line, and, giv- en the proper opportunity and guid- ance, would develop these natural tendencies He also described the work. being carried on during the Saturday morning children's classes ii. the Grange, CANADA'S ARCTIC ATRWAYS Within the past three years the aeroplane has established itself as a factor in the transporfation business of the Far North, accord, ing to the North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Depart- ment of the Interior. To-day well equipped commercial airways companies operate in the Macken- zie and Keewatin Districts. The planes that pioneered the Arctic airways followed the well estab- lished routes of river and coa travel but experience has TOW shown that much of the Aretic coastline is better served by cross country routes, From Corons~ tion gulf west the eral routes leading northward (are based on Great Slave Lake. From this base three recognized /routes are fol- lowed, one to Aklavik by way of the Mackenzie river; a second to Coppermine via Rae, Great Bear lake and the valley of the Cop- permine river; and a third from Reliance across country to the southern end of Bathurst inlet. The District of Keewatin is serv- ed from Winnipeg and The Pas, Manitoba, the route followed be- ing the Nelson and Churchill ri- vers and the western coastline of Hudson bay, One thrifty Scot appeared on the streets Saturday with a poppy he has worn for the last four years, it is reported. --Galt Reporter, the Government, An tial pre- Mminary is a careful survey of the financial position of the Dominion and a ideration of the measures which will have to be taken in order to secure the balancing ot he budget for the fimaneial year 1932-1933, This matter has been the subject of continuous and anxious attention by the Government for some time past in consultation with Sir Perey Thompson and Mr. Penson (J. B, Penson of the British Treasury) and matters have now advanced to such a stage that I am in a position to express my conviction that in spite of the unprecedented depression in trade which is causing a serious shrink- age of the revenue from customs, the budget can and will be bal- anced, ' Commercial Basis ' "A determined effort is bein made to put the railway mach- ine shops, drydock, and coastal service on a commercial basis, so that there will be no annual deficit in this commercial branch of the public service. The tele- graph department is being reor- ganized so that it may be firmly set on a paying basis. The combination of the De- partments of Marine and Fish- erfes and Agriculture and Mines (previously announced) will mean efficient work and great saving in overhead expenses, The reor. ganization of the Department of Finance and Customs will also tend to much greater effictency and the stoppage of considerable leakage and more economical management, "Throughout all departments of state the measures which must of necessity be adopted to meet the situation 'will entail some in- convenience and sacrifice on the part of the people or Newfound- land, particularly civil servants and employes of Government de- partments, but great care will he taken not to inflict any avoid. able hardship or disorganize es- sential public services or to im- pair the vitality of the trade of the country," PEACEFUL KASHMIR 1S NOW IN TURMOIL People of Beautiful 'Coun- try Are Most Poverty- Stricken In Kashmir, the land of peace, trouble reigns. Perhaps the reason is that it has never been the land of plenty, For the Kashmiri is known as the least ambitious, the least thrifty, and the least pugnacious of individuals, The peasant lives on a lower scale than most of the poverty-stricken races of the East, He works for less than any man in India, He wears less clothing in the bitter cold of winter, and he carries heavier loads in the grilling heat of summer, writes Roland Wild jn this article in the London Daily Mail, He inhabits a land that is a para- dise on carth, and his capital, Srina- gar, is called the Venice of the East. Yet those who know "Hong-Kong, which long ago earned the reputa- tion of being the dirtiest city in the world, say that it is cleaner than Srinagar, Magnificent Hills His land is intersected by great foaming rivers rushing through pic- turesque gorges, Down the streams loat the logs that will later be car- ried on the back of coolies to the primitive saw-mills, The plains are great vistas of green and luscious pasture land, e hills are magni- ficent stretching in great ranges to- the Indian Empire ther Fast, Yet the Kashmiri you meet with | i om points fur- on any of the t roads leading up: to the capita a cringing, un- dersized individual. He has the re- putation of being the most persist- ent beggar cast of the Suez and is often enough clothed in rags. On his head there is no fine puggarree, such as can be found in the North- West Frontier Province, and on his feet there are no brightly embroid- ered shoes such as are found on the fect of every hillman in the north. Poets have sung of the Washmiri shepherd maid, of her beautiful sur- roundings and picturesque task, but she has little of the fine carriage and provd valk of the Todian women, She still gazes perplexe and a little erified at the Tr cars that pass slowly up the mioun- tain bg ¥ . were. all a few miles of the 'fecent relis x wards the loftier heights that cut off |, T OPEN 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Phone 22 THOMPSON'S Stock Reducin To Make Room for Christmas Merchandise FREE DELIVERY Phone 22 g Sale Thursday, Friday, Saturday - Nov. 26, 27, 28 DR. WEST'S TOOTH PASTE Reg. 25¢. 2 for 25¢ SEIDLITZ POWDERS While They Last ONE HUDNUT ACQUAINTANCE SET with One Dollar Purchase of Sale Items BRONK-LETS For Huskiness, Sore Throat, Etc. Regular 25c, 2 for 25¢ 2 boxes for 25¢c EVER-READY SHAVE CREAM With Razor and 2 Blades Regular 50c. HOT WATER BOTTLES "Regular $1.50 To Clear at 79¢c BULK PERFUME Regular up to $3.50 per oz. Sale Price §8¢ oz. Both for 39¢ SQUIBB'S MILK OF MAGNESIA SQUIBB'S MILK OF MAGNESIA Regular 25c. EVENING IN PARIS Face Powder, Reg. $1.00 Perfume, Reg. 50c. Both for $1 00 TOOTH PASTE Regular 39c. Both for 49¢c AUTO STROP AND GILLETTE FREE VINOLIA CASTILE 8 Cakes Wash Cloth FREE THOMPSON'S VIOLETTA CREAM Chapped Hands, after Shaving, ete. Regular 25¢ For 19¢ TOOTH PASTES, ASSORTED Regular 25c. and 3bc¢. lines WHILE THEY LAST Going at 17 RAZORS Each with one blade 19¢ COMPACTS Regular up to $2.00 FREE JERGENS FLOROSA SOAP , 9 Cakes Handbrush FREE FACE CREAMS Regular 50c. WHILE THEY LAST Sale Price 29¢ Any one for 49g LIMITED QUANTITY FOUNTAIN PENS Sale Price §1.49 to $2.79 Reg. $2.75 to $5.00 WHILE THEY LAST WILLIAM'S SHAVING CREAM Reg. 35c¢. GILLETTE BLADES Reg. 50c. Reg. Value 85c. + Special §9¢ DR. WEST'S TOOTH BRUSH, 50c. , DENTAL MIRROR, 50c. FREE! FREE! FREE One Tube Colgate Tooth Paste or a Gillette Razor with purchase of Colgate Tooth Paste 280 Colgate Shave Cream ......35¢ Colgate Shave Lotion ..... -50¢ Colgate Shave Stick Refill . -25¢ Vaseline Hair Tonic ...... 40¢ Palmolive Shave Cream ....35¢ Palmolive Taleum ........ -260 ~ CHOCOLATTA Reg. 6 oz. 35c.; 16 oz. 7bec. Sale Price 19¢ and 49¢c T Large Assortment of PERFUMES & TOILET WATERS Half Price CHOCOLATE BARS 5 cent Bars 6 for 23¢ Both for 50¢ MODESS (with 3 Free Pads) WILLIAMS' AND COLGATE'S MEN'S GIFT SETS ; alue f \ "i value for ae 2.Boxes for 85¢ COLGATE LADIES' SETS Regula $1.25 £ egulay $1.25 for 98g EBONY AND IVORY CUTICLE PIECES Regular up to 76¢. Sale Price 19¢ WRITING PADS, 35¢c. With Envelopes While| They Last |. EBONY AND IVORY MIRRORS BRUSHES AND COMBS Half Price only | . Both for 29¢c : BATH SALTS AND POWDERS Reg. $1.00 and $1.26 For 69¢c Your Dollars have more Cents at Thompson's. Don't Forget the Dates CORRESPONDENCE CARDS Regular 50c. Sale Price 290 ONE HUDNUT ACQUAINTANCE : ET ' ar Purchase of Sale Items with One COCIL -- COD For Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, etc. Regular 50c. Sale Price 280 LILAC OR VANITY FAIR FACE POWDER 76¢. value Salé Price 290 STATIONERY, BOXED Reg. 50¢., 75¢., 90c. Sale Prices 29g 49¢ 590 - s.uosdwoy |] je Fujddoys Aq are -aAeS -oARS 'Joydel OF ssejjoq JnNok axew With One De 4 of Ss While They Last SET " | & pson's Drug Store 5, ~ We Deliver ' While They Last ONE HUDNUT of Sale Items ACQUAINTANCE SET With One Dollar Purchase A * Phone 22