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thursday march mth mf the acton free press acton ontario greater stability in foreign trade not bo very long ago the great bulk of our exports went to the united state or the british com monwealth and we faced the con slant threat that if any thins un favorable happened in those count lies we could immediately expect repercussions here points out tcie financial post now we arc build ins up important other customers for our goods latin america con unental europe north africa jap an the near east and other count lies outside the commonwealth and the us to this third group we sold al most a billion dollars worth of goods last year close to a quarter of our total export that reprc sents very real progress toward greater stability of our foreign trade the more we can spread our experts around the world the lcs- chance is there for any violent ups and downs in this vital business last year canadian ing in red cross workrooms used 165541 wor b of materials to maki 768 cases of clothing valued at many times that amount for sh o mcnt to ten different countries and to the league of red cross societies i cash ohtwi mmatum wkta hb fo if pi m lo ims cut u haankam nsibciiaavsbmdawa1avbbttiba4 rafaynssvl wtjiw alij1 ujtttgsbatlareril 8 uvhoni al train service easter sunday april 5 i 600 pan 10 pjn tardn f ev21 pan paisley 635 pun psoketttm 645 pan catxbl 650 pan duokeld 1 655 pan walkertoa 7 03 pan mfldmay 7 is pan clifford 7 30 pan harristoa 7 45 pan ar pmubcrstoo 800 pan lt pmlmerstoa 80opa mooreaejd 813 pan drayton 2t pan goldssmw 2s pan- alms 836 pan fergus 851 pasu eton 857 past guelph 943 pas stops west toroato ftparkdale a sense of urgency by c l burton a sense of urgency will have particular interest in this dlstrllt because most of us hire know tor onto quite well and for many a shopping expedition to the city in eludes trips to eaton s and simp sons this book is the memoirs of the retired chairman of the board of simpsons from office boy in a toronto law firm c l burton progressed to ren era 1 manager of the big downtown store the book began in a small on tario town where bis parents kpt one of those memorable old stow that doubled as a community ccn trc from there the family moved tn toronto as well as telling the story of his life mr burton pictures can ada at change as a traveller for the company he saw the west which was quickly growing up a a buyer he noted trade rivalries as a toronto citizen he watched the city sprout and spread personal social and economic aspects combine to make a mo t interesting book that covers our part of canada from 1880 to 1950 a few quotations may prove of interest in 1891 the city i went to work in bore iittit rtscmblanci to hi toronto of e en ten ycirs later let alone lo tht metropolis t i loda that ver year the thirt vear old franchise for the st ee raila system expired for on md a half million dolhrs and tht assumption of a mortgagcof s600 000 the rlslnfc joutir city whose working ranks i now joined bought out the company that had been operating our transportation fvs em for that sum toronto got 8 069 miles of single track do two horse closdd cars 56 two horse open cars 116 horse drawn cars 99 horse drawn buses 110 sleighs and 1 372 horses sound in wind and limb as an office boj he got 2 per week by a sense of urgency i mean more than merely the sense of th imperative nature of things re quiring to be done as soon as one hing is done another immediately takes i s place it is the awareness of the ceaseless continuity of things requiring to be done that marks in my vie tht sense of urgency that peerless leader young wll frod lauricr a figure of sublime magnificence toronto always cheered him and then voted tut other way the commercial community of toronto was largely confined with in the limits of lower yonge street melinda colbornc wellington and front most of us who worked in this busy neighborhood knew each other or at any rate knew who was who nd city in the world has been blessed with more luck that tor onto at the southwest corner of queen and youngc streets stood the fine new department store of robert simpson the idea of paying cash instead of running an account ihc device ofstrcssing a price and boldh marking it the institutioi of bargain sales on a continuou basis were disturbing the easy koing spirit of toronto merehan ulc life for a year or mon aif r r i rl simpson s deilh thi businiss inl begging for a pur chijcr many changes greet actonians continued from page two i ga that was preceded by n carload groceteria operated by hr nellie later by two part hers caldwell and mather then by j klngshott who sold last year to the present owners talbot s hardware was the first business located in the building that wc can recall however our trip doesn t seem to be progressing very rapidly but the town s business section has changed and expanded well continue on up mill st next week last mir more than 90 000 m di idink reenved treatment from red cross nurses in 72 outpost hv- pitalsvmdmitritiri rtiots tn th remote ind spircely settled are is if itu country farming future depends on land id recent years and particularly since the beginning of the last war there have been significant changes tn canadian agriculture points out the financial post the number of farmers and the farm labor farce have decreased sharply yet pro duction has continued to increase mechanization largely explains that with still more mechanization especiallv in the more complex ind specialized branches of agrlcul hire and with the aid of scknci ill giving us bithr crops bttteri u rlilizers ind bitter control of pests ind diseases we cin expeet production to knp on incroaslng j om limtwi sum to be n ichmg hw r is tht amount of nviilioli 1 ind tin be used for rullxntidj cr l without some dnslic chiint in clirmti wi cinnot expicl iii great expansion in our imsuni economic acreage thit cm map plies to the united states and much of the rest if the world i v fforr many iraffm do thea serve uou 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