" Heavy Vote I Being Polled In The Prince Albert, Sask, Bye-Flect ON FARM PRODOCTS By R. J. Deachman. « « IN THE WEST The Roads WG hi YEAR 08; No. 38. KINGSTON, ONTARIO. FINE WEATHER FOR ELECTION in" the Rural Districts. ~~ 01% POLLING PLACES in 1 and Consermtive 2,443. Prince Albert, Sask., Feb, 16.--A heavy vote will be cast in the Prince Albert bye-election in which 1 posed by David L. Burgess, Inde- ore Hon. W, L. Mackenzie King is » ndent, according to indications ' 'early to-day. Many 'were on hand when the ¢ity polls opened, and ré& ports from rural districts stated that the early votes was unusually large. The roads are good, despite a light fall of snow in many sections of constituency during the nig! The weather is bright and clear to<day, and the temperature eight above sero. 7 The vote in the three-cornered contest of Oct. 20th was: Charles pififcDonsid, Liberal, 6,301; J. J. Die- baker, Conservative, 2,443; An- drew Knox, Progressive, 2,067. This represented approximately 80 per cent. of the registered vote of the city, and approximately B&O per cent. of the registered vote of the © yural polling divisions. The farm pulation was extremely busy at Be time, Heavy rains had held up threshing for weeks, and fine eather barely preceded polling day, now. are aga) tor bring- 0 'The country : ro ty cornet" of riding. With the .concluding meetings Saturday night, the Lib- eral speakers completed a tour which included every urban . and rural centre. The Independent cam- ¢ paign was' not so extensive, but has taken in every urban centre and touched oa widely distributed rural 138 polling stations, Ar- a have been made to have of u \ 'body"was taken out of the mine thirty-five. men, badly burned, fi aa Z FIVE LIVES ARE LOST | THE DUTY . . (Note: This is the first of a series of four articles by Mr. Deachman dealing not directly with the present sitting of Parliament, but with some of the bigger problems before the country. The second, entitled "The Tariff on Automobiles" will appear next week.--Editor). -- During the excitement of tje elec- tion campaign many people wére led to believe from the speeches of Mr. Meighen that if elected he would raise the tariff brick for brick to the American tariff level. Mr. Meighen now denies that he ever suggested such 'a thing. He does afirm, how- over, that if he ever again grasps the reins of power the tariff so far a8 farm products is concerned will be raised to the American level. Even on this the average protectionist is tot very sure of his ground. What is our total importation of farm Pepducts ? As a matter of fact the question is fot so easily answered. The story during election time ran all the way from $214,000,000 to $105,000,000. This included such items as whiskey, rubber, sugar and turpentine. Evidently there was need for a change here. Our production of raw rubber in Canada is a bit light. Then Mr. Meighen divised, or rather adopted, a classification which read "Importation of products the raw materials of which can be produced on Canadian farms." This sounds very nice but it enabled him to ship whiskey into "the computation and even leaves In boots on the theory that the hides from which the leather is made can be produced on Cana- dian farms. n 'What Is a Farm Product ? There may be very wide difference of opinion as to what is a farm pro- duct. Wheat, "no doubt, is a farm product. Is flour ? Strictly speaking it certainly is not. The farmer is anxious for a high price for his wheat. "He fs 'interested in buying flour at a low price. Butter, on the other hand, ix sometimes made on AR, farm er, ot least, ls. he $8 inte A for that commodity. many {tems which are on the border line. Then there are articles such as wheat of which we produce such quantities for export that a duty upon imported wheat would be jocu~ lar in so far as possible benefit to the farmer is concerned. A slight- ly different condition occurs in a case like tobacco, we grow quite a bit of tobacco. We import much more. A duty may benefit the grow- ers. A duty adds to the price for the users, . Our Farm Imports. Now how much do we import of farm products which compete direct- ly with the Canadian farm products? Very little. J. H. Fdrtier, President of the Canadian Manufacturers' As- sociation, a prejudiced witness, puts the figure at $83,000,000 in 19265. This is amazingly close compared to the figures given by Mr. Meighén at election time, but it is very wide 'of the truth. It must contain such doubt, produce, but of which we now import vast quantities in thé raw tems as sugar, which we can, ov emi for every man with a large IN A CHESHIRE FIRE Through Attempting to Save Priceless: Art Treasures Chester, Eng., Feb. 15.--Five lives were lost in a fire which -de- stroyed Sir Philip Grey Hgerton's {vegetables in the winter is restrict- | stat to be re-exported again. It also contains hides, skins. and wool. Much of these importations consist of qualities not produced in Canada. There are a great number of other articles not strictly competing with Canadian farm products. My own estimate is that we import approximately $46,000,000, or about 45c. a month for every man, woman and child in the counfry, of farm {products which could, by a wild [stretch of the imagination, be sald | to be competitive with Canadian farm products. Let me list them briefly and ex- amine the items: (1) Fruits--§5,000,000 approxie mately (this includes apples, $868,- 031). We export over $6,000,000 worth of apples alone and the main importations are of early fruit, which is not really in competition with our own product. Of course it is 'conceivable that a duty could be imposed so high that apples might be brought from Nava Scotia to Fincher Creek instead of from Spokane, but it would be the climax of absurdity. Included in the list is strawberries {dnd many other fruits where our season is late, thq American import early and thus the American import 'does not really compete with ours, or, if so, it injures our market very slightly, if at all. Our Winter Vegetables. Then we have nearly $5,000,000 worth of vegetables. Theoretically I suppose all this could be pur- chased in glass houses in Canada, but the suggestion is merely grotes- que. We ought to face. realities. We have a charming and delightful climate. I do pot think there is a doubt of that. Nevertheless it has its disadvantages. The production of ed.. It we want to remove the dis- advantage existing in that regard then lower; not raise, the duty and thus overcome one of the disadvan- tages of a cold winter. + Ee RIT Ra ye J We import about $9,000,000 of grain, The big item is corn. It is imported for two purposes, for dis- tillers, which is dutiable, and for feeding purposes, which is free and imported mainly for Ontario area sumption in live stock feeding. It competes with a very limited area in Ontario, It is a question hetween a limited corn growing area and a large consuming area.<- Certainly, 80 far as Canada is concerned, we could not make the ndtion great by restricting the import of corn. Then we have two big items, hides and wool. Hides imported run over $8,000,000, wool nearly $7,000/000. The former item is now free on our customs tariff. Wool has not a very high tariff. If we raised thé tariff on either item we would have to raise it on boots and shoes and also on woollen goods. . Such a policy would dig a real bite out of the Canadian "people. It would raise still higher the prices of woollen 'goods in Canada and make it much family. (Continued on Page 3) * SINPSON'S COUNSEL TALKS WITH RED RYAN Endeavoring to Establish an Alibl for His Client in Bank Robbery. "On Saturday afternoon, the Toron-. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926. 24024080080 885004 $ JAILED FOR RIPPING 9 | EMPLOYER'S TROUSERS + = it f : Winnipeg, Feb, 18. --Asiger- $ # ed because he had been dis- ¢ missed, Albert Magn ing. a % farm hand near 'Winkler, % Man., ripped employer's $ Bunday trousers {0 shreds. He & was fined and ordered to re- # place the trousers, but failing 4 both, was sent to tite pro- ¢ vinelal fail for two months to ¢ "cool off." v + * $2002 2890% 002000 * og + + i» + +» * + * Ao posits held in Canad approximately - elgh dollars greater at thé"en than at the close of 1824 statement for Decembigs through the finances shows savings depositiiliel dian banks on DecemBi $1,318,875,483. A Femi totalled $1,237,611,368 held in Canada .decpss seven million doll Turkey's Cost of Kiving Increases 50 Per Cent. Constantinople, ~ 15.--Tur- key, like Russia, is nationalizing pro- duction, It already has made gov- ernment monopolies of tobacco, -cig- arette-papers, bensine, - keroséne, sugar and matches, Now it has de- cided to nationalize the manufacture, importation and sale of whiskey, wine, beer and other alcoholic drinks, The Angora government also announces a tax of ffom 10 to 30 per cent. on all food: or drink served in public plages. This, with other taxes, will increas: living in Turkey 50 pe: PROBE Release From Distilleries of New: Alcohol Menace to 'The Public. Ottawa, Feb. 15.--The practice of permitting, by order-in-couneil, the release from distilleries for con- sumption "for general purposes' of whiskey immediately after manufac- ture, is likely to be threshed out at further length before the commit- tee which is now engaged in probing the administration of the customs and excise department. Evidence adduced Friday has created considerable disquiet from various viewpoints. Prohibitionists in parliainent are of the opinion that while all alcohol is bad, immature al- cohol is not only bad, but is a brain poison and a foster father of crime. They hold that the release of alcohol "f6r consumption" immediately after manufacture is a menace to public health and morals. Members who are not prohibitionists are also said to object to such release on the grounds of health. ANTHRACITE AT $15. Thre Weeks' Tinie. . Phiiadelphia," Feb. 15.--Within three weeks domestic anthracite can be bought for $15 a ton, local retail ; had deft for their homes by noon, although John L. Lewis, miners' leader will remain until tomorrow. . 5 r £ ers said. Most of the operators' and miners' | representatives ITALY'S DEBT ANNUITY PAID BY A LOTTERY Riots Break Out When a Peas: sant's Prophecies Fail. GOVERNMENT BENEFITS By Joon ater Psychology. \ \Rome, Feb. 15.--Ignazio Torraca, a Poor and almost illiterate resident of the town of San Ferdinando, in the province of Puglia, Saturday, un- loosened tae purse strings of Italian citizenry snd handed over to the government a .sum of money esti- mated to be sufficient to pay one year's annuity on the war debt to the United States. In other words, the government won at the official lottery booths throughout the nation between 100% 000,000 and 125,000,000 lire be- cause millions of Italians put faith in Torraca's predictions, which fail- ed to come true. . Behind this simple statement lies an amazing story of how moby psy- chology, fanned' by credulit and carefully arranged publicity, sent the entire Italian nation on a gambling spree - unprecedented in history. Tips Off The Nation. A week ago stories trickled into the big cities describing how Tor- raca through a secret process of divination, inherited on his father's deathbed, had tipped off friends, poor residents of San Ferdinando, a8 to the winning numbers of the tire countryside had riched. Newspaper men by thq score has- tened to San Ferdinando and the larger dailies printed interviews and stories running to eight - and ten columns. Afterward Torraca an- nounced that he would predict the winning numbers in this week's lot- tery. He kept the nation In suspense until Friday night, when he made public several "pure winners." All day long Saturday the lot- tery booths in virtually every city of the nation were besieged by for- tune hunters. Police and carabi- neers were called out to control the mob which, after the booths ware closed, smashed the windows- and started small; riots. : a Troops Guard Tipster. Dispatches from Turin, ° Milan, Naples and Bari say such scenes had not been witnessed, since the rioting in the days im ately fol- lowing the World W \t Naples alone 20,000,000 lire 'wagered, and at Bari 12,000,000. ' Annopncement of the failure of the "sura thing" numbers was transmitted by telegraph and radio, and in some places the newspapers issued special editions. ' Meanwhile Torraca is being heay- ily guarded by carabineers against the popular wrath, especially since the rumo been started that he was subsi governmental authorities. It is be- lHeved he will be escorted to a secret hiding place. - London, Out., Feb. 15.--John R. Littleproud, a member of the public school teaching staff at Simcoe street school, has been named to the new + CLUB FORMED TO L* ed in his activities by] PEP OOPS POY SY + * * * PREVENT DIVORCE + -- . % % 'Trenton, NJ., Feb. 15.-- & ® With its primary object declar- 4 % ed to be to prevent the grow- ¢ # ing\ "divorce evil" in Canada @ and the United States, in- % corporation paper were filed # with the Secretary of State ® Martin Saturday for "The + + First Year Club," an organiza- ¢ ® tion which will work without # + profit. . +> > + @ * * > PPP LSP PE POOP OYE WILL PRESENT A LIFE SAVING MEDAL BY RADIO Sir Henry Thornton to Make Address from ONRO at Ottawa. Montreal, Feb. 15.--For the first time in the history of the world, the official presentation of a medal granted for life-saving will be made by radio, when on Wednesday night February 17th at 9.30 o'clock, Sir Henry - Thoraton, chairman and president of thq C.N.R., speaking from CNRO, Ottawa, will present the medal of the Royal Humane So- ciety of Canada to Mrs. P. G. Poly- blank; a resident of O'Brien, a small community in. the hinterland of Quebec, for saving the life of a ohild. In the home of Mrs. Poly- blank at O'Brien, a receiving set has been installed and she and the principal residents of the community will be gathered there when the presentation is being made. An of- ficial of the company will make the trip to O'Brien with the medal, and 28 Sir Henry actually utters the words of presentation, the decora- tion will be handed to Mrs. Poly- blank, who is the wife of an 'official of the C.N.R. : BUDGET EXPECTED EARLY THIS SESSiON 1 + Toronto, Feb. 15.°1It is thought that there will be comparatively few speakers, after the leaders, to par- ticipate in the debate on the Speech from the Throne in the Legislature. They consequently expect that the budget will come down edrly in the session. This will mean an early start for the ¢ommittees, and in all probability the deliberations of the Public Accounts Committee, and the Rrivate Bills Committee will com~ mand 'more interest than the session of the Legislature itself. : It is learned from Liberal sources that demands will be made for a more rigid form of supervision by the House respecting expenditures | of 'special grants ghd votes for New Ontario under the authority of Nor thern Development Act and the Northwestern Ontario Development Act. A # Complaint is made that after the House votes the $5,000,000 required under these Acts almost every year, there is no control over where 't is spent. It might all be apportioned to one or a group of favored locall- ties at the discretion of the Minis ter, with the result that other por- tions are Ystarved" of the benefits to be derived from good roads and other developments. 2 . The Presbyterian amendments to the Church Union Bill will also be before this Committee and will prob- ably be the occasion of a dispute: reminiscent of Iast year. Stemi QUERY BY H. C. HOCKEN, . INTO A DICE of Harold Naylor, Belleville, th ~~ Victim of Hecidest. / STIRLING BOY. K When He Was Pitched Out a Cutter By a Rumaway Horse. \ ---- 3 Belleville, Feb. 15.--Harold Nag~ lor was almost instantly killed ; 3 o'clock this morning when & car in which he was riding, and which was being driven by William HH. Gilbert, Sr., overturned and cras] ed into the ditch about half way b tween Belleville and Trenton. - party in the automobile was res turning from. Trenton - when the tragedy ' occurred. The other oceu~ pants of the car, one of whom was Mrs." Naylor, Harold's wife, escaped with the exception of the driver, who was injured, ' : Boy Meets Death. | Belleville, Feb. 15.--Ted Gould, son of R. H. Gould, cartage man, 0 Stirling, was k on Saturday when he was pitched out of a cute ter by a runaway horse and landed on his head. The horse took fright when the coy 'jumped into the reat part of the cutter. New York, Feb, 15.«-~A warrant for the arrest of the Earl-of Craven' was requested by telegraph yester- day by Henry H. Curran, Commis sioner of immigration from the De partment of Labor. The Earl admit~ ted to immigration inspectors that prior to his eptry to this country he had committed adultery with the | Countess of Catheart, who is now | held at Bilis Island on a sim ) charge. He is liable to be deported. When the Earl came to this try some time ago with his wife, no question wad raised as to his righ to enter. On the Countess' arrl several days ago, however, Inspectors | asked her the usual question as § whether she had ever been con or admitted a crime involving "moral turpitude." She answered this q tion, "Yes," 'whereas the Harl h answered "No," to # gration authorities. She explained inspectors that she eloped hus)