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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE,^ONT., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928. Our American Cousins Fed on Misinformation American Farm Journal Gives Extraordinary Editorial Which Invites Comment From Our Hydro Electric Province THE FACTS FOR OUR READERS Under a prominent heading an American farm Journal ("Successful Farming") gives Its readers some strange information. The article Is headed as follows: ONE-THIRD OF FARMS ARE MODERNIZED Then comes the bald statement: One out of every three New York State farms uses electricity. It Is also shown that each home has an average of 23 outlets, 12 for each tenant home and 9 for the barn. The editorial continues: "There were 860 motors on 1,181 farms, nearly 30 per cent, of which were of quarter horsepower and the great majority were of one horsepower or less, used mostly for milking machines, pumping, cream separating, shopwork, etc. "Aside from lighting, electricity is" most used in these New York homes for irons, vacuum cleaners ai.d washing machines. And in decreasing number used for toasting, battery charging, curling irons, heaters, percolators and sewing machines. Less frequent use is made of electric pads, stoves, grills, fans, waffle irons, hat plates, ranges and refrigerators. "It would seem that these New Yorkers have stuck pretty closely to the cheaper equipment and the uses that most relieved the workers from drudgery. If it were not for this factor, refrigerators should stand well at the head of the list, and fans have a very important place. Only about a fifth of them are pumping water by this efficient method. "In other states or localities the equipment will vary according to the been approved for construction. Of these, over 2,900 miles were in actual operation, serving 25,000 consumers, distributed over an area of about 12,-000 square miles In 211 townships. It Is planned to construct, in 1928, and probably In subsequent years, additional rural lines at the rate of about 1,000 miles per year. Extensions can be made from the power lines that traverse the Province wherever there are thre farm consumers or the equivalent for each mile of line needed to distribute the electrical energy. The Cost of Power As in the case of the towns and cities, service is given at cost, with the additional advantage in the case of rural power districts, that the Provincial Government, as part of its pol-.icy of assisting agriculture in various ways, makes a grant towards a part of the original cost of constructing the lines, which reduces the interest an dsinking fund payable by the farmers. The average charge for rural consumers in 1927 amounted to about $4 per month. Considering that the service, in a large portion of cases, included lighting of barns as well as houses, the operation of motors for such farm work as feed-chopping, milking, separating, silo-filling and water pumping, and also in many cases, an electric range, and other household appliances, the average charge of $4 is remarkably reasonable. Out of the revenue derived at these rates, however, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission pays all expenses of producing and delivering the power, pays off a part of the original cost i of all the equipment used, from the in which equipment has been | generating gtation to the lagt dlstri. bution transformer, and has a substantial surplus in hand that can be returned to the consumers. Last year, there was returned in cash about $230, made popular by salesmanship demonstration, or perhaps buying ability." Worthy of Comment If this journal did not have any 000, Canadian circulation one might simply , yea past the article by with a shrug and a smile, but many Canadians will see it, and the editor of this page cannot retrain from commeut. U.S. Authority (?) Quoted A certain Professor A. E. Stewart from the surplus of previous Users Benefit It is found that, when a rural power of the, farm- district is first built, s are hesitant about taking the service, and others do not make full use ; consumers enter into contract with of the United States has recently been j of it. In a short time, however, more • public eye owing to the publi- j the Commission, and all soon find it Poincare has WiH Vie With England's Best LATEST AND LARGEST ZEPPELIN IS CHRISTENED die L-127, which its German builders tope will cross the Atlanti >ngers, before the English complete the R-100. now building. The Canada Year Book, 1927-28 The publication of the Canada Year Book, 1927-28, Is announced by the General Statistics Branch of the Dominion Bfureau of Statistics. This comprehensive volume, which Is now ready for public distribution. Is the official statistical annual dealing with history, Institutions Hon, dealing with general education, technical and higher education; (12) Public Health and Benevolence; (13) Administration, including subsections dealing with the adminstratlon of public lands, national defence, public works, Indian affairs, soldiers' civil re-establishment and miscellaneous administration; a been thoroughly revised through- publications of Dominion t Snd includes In all Its seotlons 1 incial Government* Depar the latest Information up to the date eluding those of the Domln of going to press. of Statistics; and (15) T ia present issue of the Year! Register, 1927, with a rci Book extends to 1,100 pages, and is ' cent Dominion and Provii divided into fifteen sections, as fol- j lation, principal, events o lows:--(1) Physiography, including \ and important extracts froth e geography, topography, geology, a(ia Gazette, climate and natural resources of; Among the new features Canada: (2) History and Chronology, ed in the present edition c including a chronology of Canada by Book are the following: years since 1497; (3) Constitution ' article on the Climate of C and Government, with an account of tributed by Sir Frederic history of the Dominion Parlia- Director of the Meteorol ment and the Dominion franchise; (4) vice of Canada; a sumim Population, including summary fig- results of the census of 1 of the census of 1921, and a de- Provinces, taken in 1926; tailed treatment of vital statistics and statistics of Immigration, immigration, together ion Bureau ho Annual lew of re-ici?! legis- im f a pamphlet striving to point ^ profitable to extend their use of elec-out how much better privately oper-1 triclty. Under service at cost, the ated electrical production plants are effect Is to reduce the charges, as is than publicly-owned projects. . In this ! clearly seen from the figures In the pamphlet he failed adequately to' report. While the "service charges" bring out the accomplishments of the for farmers in the "light farm service" 3ctrical undertaking, effect- class, for example, may be aavhigh as $4.55 a month In some of the newer districts, yet in the older districts the "service charge" may be as low as $2.50 per month for the same classification. It is anticipated that this tendency to increase the use of this beneficial service, as well as to reduce the cost, will characterize future operations in the field of rural electrical development in the Province of Ontario. So, on the whole, Ontario compares not so badly with any State in the Union to the South. Doesn't Mention N.Y. State Of the States cited by this writer, '.he State showing the greatest percentage of farms using electricity was California, where the extensive use of [lectric power for irrigation pumping a;; .simplified the difficulties of rural iectrification. Even in the case of \\lifoin:a, however, only 23 per cent. !: i:ns were reported as using uectrfelty. In the other States men-toiied, the percentages ranged from 7 :>er cent, to 2 per cent. The per cent, jf farms using electricity in New i'ork State was not even mentioned, ?rtain that if the figure 33 it ' mid New Mayon Crater Terrorizes Filipinos Villagers at the Volcano's Base Flee Beore Flowing Lava as the Earth Rocks Manila (Sunday).--Belching tons of rifled,- and as this includes lava, the volcano Mayon early to-day the other selected was in the throes of its worst erup-States. it seems clear that the -per tlon since 1900, with a series of earth cent, of farms receiving electrical shocks rocking the countryside and service in New York State must have ' spreading terror over the western been very small indeed. ! portion of Albay Province. The New York State Public Serv- ! Hours after the first molten rock ice Commission has jurisdiction over shot high into the air the lava flow all electrical utilities serving con-1 and earth rumblings continued, sumers in the State, but, in the ex-' the first sign of renewed activity tensive statistical reports published natives fled and, with the disturb- Alsatian Chief Is Released By M. Poincare Dr. Ricklin, Leader of Autonomists in Chamber, Receives a Pardon Paris. -- President Gaston Der-mergue, at the instance of the French Government, has pardoned Dr. Ricklin, leader of the Alsatian Autonomists, whise condemnation to prison at the Colmar trials last May aroused furore in France and whose tlon to Parliament created cons tion in Government circles. Three other Autonomists imprisoned at the same time have been recently set free, and that action is regarded as among courageous which the Government has taken since Raymond Premier. Thus Poincare follows Britain's methods with subject rebels. Smutts and Botha of recent date made true imperial subjects. So, France will find, will these Alsatians. These Alsatians, however, in the ,f their trial, pleaded that for ; fun gov^ Fo C'lliforn ;ed by Professor Stew-whole of the United or Stewart estimated .6 per cent, of the farms by it, rural garded as being sufficiently to justify separate classification. Ontario's Rural Service The rapid extension of facilities for electrical service in rural Ontario is a noteworthy source of satisfaction to all who have at heart the best interests of the Province as a whole, and agricultural Industry in particular. Every since, in 1910, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario began to transmit power from Niagara Falls of its transmission lines, the probli of providing electrical service in rural continuing, the few remaining inhabitants of the little town of Li-bog, near the foot of the mountain, moved to safety. As molten rock„fire and ashes shot skyward from a new crater which opened yesterday about 500 feet from the summit, women and children paraded the streets of Legaspi, their song sand prayers for divine protection mingling with cries of alarm. When lava from the new crater hit the base of the mo the"first sict'i'cms ; a luarter of a mile; A vast area slowly was being 1 as the lava flowed to lower overcoming the handicap ot of service which is inherent, hask been drled UP b? the not li("uid high in territory where consumers___ much more widely separated than in I ^J™^*1?* *™?tl!" I the cities and towns, were investigated, and the first rural lines were constructed in 1912. It was not, how-, until some years later that the proportions in June and continued until early July, when the disturbance apparently had been ended. At that time Governor General Stimson o-operation of the farmers and of the ! visited tne Province to inspect the Provincial Governmenl listed to such an extent that a really rapid expansion of the service was possible. Some Startling Figures The activity that has been in evidence in recent years may be illustrated from figures taken from the Annual Report of the Commission for 1927. To the end of that year, rural primary lines totalling 3,100 miles In length, and costing over $6,600,00, had situation and that of scientists that the worst of the cycle of eruptions had passed. Thousands of natives who had fled at the first rumbling then gradually filtered back to their homes. If the colleges are going in for intellectual championship contests, some provision should be made for the lightweight class.--Springfield Republican. ment in Alsace was the limit of their wishes and that never did they desire Alsatian withdrawal from France. They reiterated that they had fought the Germans on the s strongly as they have complete absorption into France. Following the armistice there have been French governments which have admittedly proceeded too fast in trying to make all Alsatians good Frenchmen. The efforts were too strenuous to teach French to the inhabitants who knew only German, and to break up a system of confessional schools which applied to Alsace and France. M. Poincare saw that Alsace must be absolutely a part of France, but that the process of assimilation must be gradual. The Alsatians could be encouraged and were ready to be loyal Frenchmen, but could not be bullied. Wisely, Mr. Poincare has busied himself reversing the mistaken policies and has promised that the Government would "respect their traditions and customs and preserve so long as they had the desire their school and religious system, namely the confessional and bilingual instruction and a regime of the concordat." M. Poincare went further and appointed an Alsatian, Alfred Oberkirch, Undersecretary of State to advise on Alsatian matters. Finally he has allowed the sentenced Alsatian leaders to go free. In every way the Government has shown its good will, and though there may be some grumbling now, if the Alsatians are wise and show in Parliament their sole wish is to be thorough Frenchmen, the past will be forgotten and the Alsatian problem may quite probably be completely liquidated. Certainly a splendid beginning has been made. Magistrate: "You say the plaintiff s a relative of yours?" Witness: Yes, by bigamy." Canada's Treaties Production, including a general i very of Canadian production and : tions dealing with agriculture, fo try, furs, fisheries, mines and mil alsx waterpower, manufactures construction; (6) Trade and C (5) places c suit, of the i i of 1 analyses 'or 1926 as well i if these statistics for 1925; an expended discussion of Canadian trade; i summary of the first authoritative statement on the tourist rade of Can-merce, giving details of Canadian ada; maerlal on the traffic and the foreign trade and of interprovincial financial opsition of the Canadian Na-and local trade: (7) Transportation tional Railways; a special article on and Communications, with subsections Canadian legislation respecting Com-on government control over tran-sport- bination in Restraint of Trade, by the , ation agencies, steam and electric Registrar of the Combines Investigator Trade : railways, express companies, roads tion Act; an important study of the and highways, motor vehicles, air wages statistics collected at the navigation, canals, shipping navigation, telegraphs, telephones and post office; (8) Labor and Wages, including an account of the Dominion and Provincial Departments of Labor and the International operation, Industrial combinations and current wages, as well as wages statistics based on the census of 19L1; (9) Prices, including wholesale and 1921; he results of a new study of the national wealth of Canada as in 1925. The appendix contains figures of immigration and of trade for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1928. The volume, which is illustrated by many more maps and dia grams than in previous years, also includes an index with some 4,000 page-references, and an eight-page •ity prices and prices of Statistical Summary of the Progress (10) Finance, with detailed of Canada since 1871. s of Dominion, provincial j The Year Book is obtainable from municipal finance, national the King's Printer, Ottawa, at the By R. J. Deachi This is the open seas Treaties. Minister of Finance Robb has put through a few more. Financial experts on the other side of the House cry "Ruin!" The cry is a bit far fetched. The fountains of the Great Deep will not be broken up because we increase either our exports to, or our improts from Checko-Slo-vakia,*Esthonia or Portugal. Our Trade Treaties. We have made a number of Trade Treaties in the past andthey seem to have done some good. Our trade with those countries is in a really prosperous condition. Canada has | an"^ treaties or has admitted to treaty j wealth and income> currency and price of $2.00, this figure covering privileges, France, Belgium, Holland banking, and Insurance; (11) Educa- merely the cost of paper and binding. and Italy, and a number of others. -- The United States, on the other hand,! has a stand-and deliver- tariff. No P concessions are made to anybody. They work on the theory that the foreigner pays the tariffs. Mr. Dooley exploded that long ago when he said: "Yis, the foriner pays, providin' he gets past Ellis Island!" It is not difficult to determine what has really happened in regard to our Treaties wittl different countries. We can get a clear idea, by making comparisons between Canada and the United States. We can also go back to the days before those Treaties were made and note the changes which have taken place since. It is customary to suggest that fairly stationary--in Canada there is a sharp increase. In both countries imports are up. In 1922 the United States imported 49c for every dollar of exports--Canada, 48c. In 1927, the United States imported 70c for every dollar of exports--Canada 60c for every dollar of exports. The Credit Balances the habit of giving away our birthright. How we sell our birthright in disposing of wheat out of which the "Dagoes" make macaroni, is a problem which we prefer to leave to others. If a part of our birthright goes with each bushel, wouldn't the same amount of birth-right go out with a bushel of "Yankee" wheat? Nineteen hundred and twenty-two, as everybody knows, was the bottom of post-war depression. If we take the comparative imports and exports of Canada and the United States with France, Belgium, Holland and Italy in 1922 and again in 1927, we will have an idea as to the relative prog-by the two countries during this period: ceeded to' tell have increased in agricultural back for the story, have been in figures, a credit treaties would be welcome--broadening out th existing ones would be a help. Every stone knocked off high tariff walls helps .forward National development. England's Green and Pleasant Land New Statesman (London): By that anyway, if we arrest the devastation of England, r exports, it is only j prevent the absorption of fields, iducts and these, of j woods and downs, and make certain difference. Glance J the means of access for the towns the figures in j populations to open country? In none had in round ! of the three speeches at Winchester lance in our trade ! in which he touched upon the theme Exports of United States ....$602,353,364 .... 624,865,134 Exports of Canada .... $45,488,260 .... 82,190,104 With tal Imports of United States $296,848,737 436,116,177 Imports of Canada $22,171,140 49,083,598 You will note from these figures that exports from the United States to the countries named increased In the period by more than 3 per cent. Exports from Canada went up over 80 cent. Total increase of exports from the United States amounted to $22,000,000. From Canada in the 5 period, exports increased over $30,000,000. On the other hand, American imports increased $140,000,000. Canadian imports by approximately $26,000,000. It is interesting to note that United States figures reveal ex- ith these four Treaty countries of --nearest, perhaps, of all themes t $22,000,000. That is, after paying for his heart--did Mr, Baldwin hint at a our imports fron* these countries we positive policy. . . He has himself pro-had $22,000,000 of a credit balance \ claimed that the period of grace for available for the purchase of other; the English countryside is brief en-things. In 1927, our balance was $32,-! ough. In these columns last year uOO.000. Nor were all our exports i year the suggestion was made that agricultural products. The Belgium ' the conservation of the English coun-convention was made in the fiscal ijxy, being a national concern, can be year of 1924. We shipped to Belgium 'dealt with only by a national author-that year, goods 40 the value of $17,-. ity, within or allied with, the Ministry Is to 452,442, of which $14,850,206 posed of agricultural products. In 1927, the exports were. $21,341,116, of which $16,445,885 were agricultural products--in other words, our exports of products other than "crude agricultural" are now almost double what they were before the Treaty, or exports of non-agricultural products increased as much during three years of treaty operation as in all previous The world's trade continues to grow from generation to generation. Yet the world to-day, is only at the beginning of commercial development. We shall laugh a generation hence at the puny volume of the nation's business as transacted to-day. Of course, it is quite true that the Treaties are" not of tremendous importance. They are however, minute tiny infinitesimal lowerings of the blockade of production which stifles our growth and checks the progress of agriculture, mining and manufacturing. No one could criticise them, save in the sense that they do not go far enough to do much good. The arguments used against them in the House of Commons are senseless beyond words. Still, members of Parliament must have their fling--the common people take a saner view--more of Health. If there is an alternative, what is it? If there is none, why should not the present Prime Minister, more closely identified with this vital interest than any of his predecessors, resolve to face the challenge while the power remains in his Our Royal Family Are True Lovers of Sport BLOTTO ! If you dislike stories about tipsy men, then do not read this one. It concerns the man who phoned his hostess that he was very drunk indeed and had decided not to come to her formal dinner that night. She implored him--he is a wit and a handsome fellow--to plunge into a cold bath, for her sake, and appear somehow or other. An hour later he did appear, clad, the hostess was relieved to see, in the conventional things and able to carry himself off as brilliantly as ever even to a happy phrase when he took his departure. Thust she was greatly surprised to receive a note from him the next afternoon, written in obvious distress. He was so sorry, he wrote, and he begged her forgiveness for something which was, he realized, unforgivable, but he had been suddenly called out of town on urgent business the day before and that was why he had not been able to attend her dinner. QUEEN MARY AND KING GEORGE WATCH K 3 Arthur of Connaught, the Earl of Athlone, Queei ■ ), the Countess of Athlone, King George and at the A'hen Helefn. Wills won for the second consecutive ELEN WILLS WIN AT WIMBLEDON Mary of England (who is seldom se extreme right, Lady May Cambridge, 1 The travelling man opened the telegram and read: "Twins arrived tonight, more by mail." Etiquette note in English paper--■ "You may tilt your plate slightly if you need to, but always away front you; don't try to scoop up the very last drop. _And never break your bread or roll in your soup." The following schoolgirl :i?wlers are genuine and were given bj some pupils in a school near Cape Town: "A mammal is the female of ail things except worms and insects"; "Hoofed mammals are such as oxen. Their feet are hoofed to assist them in climbing"; "Bats are very blind and; are, especially attracted by the light."