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') 4 " ois . Linnaeus, Saving Ontario's Natural Resources G. 'C. Toner Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (No. 40) NAMING PLANTS, ANIMALS About 200 years agg, a young Swedish theological student" was very busily engaged with his books. If we had glanced over his shoulder we would have been surprised: for he was not studying theology, he was drawing a scheme for naming all the plants ahd animals of the earth, The young man was Carolus Linnaeus and the classification that he made for living creatures still stands and is used. by every scien- tist in every country of the world. The, naming of plants and ani- mals follows certain rules, The foundations of these rules were laid down by Linnaeus and we have refined them to some extent but never departed from them al- together, Before tho time of the wildcat meant a different animal in different parts of the world, In- Russia it was given a Russian name, in Japan it was given a Japanese name and in our country it had several Indian names, Linnaeus suggested that only Latin or Greek be used; that the name be in two parts, the first to be a gencrie term to in- clude all wildcats and the second -«--1to-be-a descriptive term for the particular cat that was to be des- cribed, Classified by Relationship So, the common domestic cat became Felis domestica, the Euro- pean wildcat was called Felis sylvestris and the wildcat of the northern Asiatic deserts became Felis manul, This method Worked very well until the animals of North America were investigated, then it was found that the wildcat of this continent differed more from the European cats than they did from each other, A new gen- eric term had to be applied to them. The big wildcat of our northern woods was called Lynx canadensis and the bobcat became Lynx ruffus, All the cats are included in the family Felidae, named for the familiar animal we all know. All cats, including the lions, tigers, lynx and others belong to this family, quite diffevent from the dogs or the bears or other ani- mals that: have family names of their own. So, Linnaeus provided us, not only 'with a method of naming the animals, but also with a scheme for classifying them in their natural relationships. On Defence Commission Brigadier Maurice A. Pore, former Director of Military In- telligence and recently. returned from administrative" duties in England, who has been appointed a member of the Canadian sec- tion of the Joint Permanent Can- ada-United States Defence Com- mission, The Maltese Tongue The language of the islands of Malta in the central Mediterrane- an is not Italian, but Maltese, a basically Phoenician tongue with mixtures of Latin and Arabic. Not one sixth of the population know the Italian language. The popula- _tion of the islands to-day is 240,- 000, just over 2,000 to the square mile. Malta is one of the most: densely populated areas on the globe. and some two-thirds of the food she needs has to be imports edi True, there are 10,000 farms & on the island, but they are little niore than small holdings, watered from springe; and the precious: soil protected from the wind by walls and terraces, 1 -------- 8 -' Every rose is an autogra) Trom the hand of God.on His world about us.. He has inscribed His thoughts jn thése marvellous hieroglyphics which sense and _seience Have, these many thou- sand years; been seeking to une derstand, ~~Theodore Parker "ed to: United States to buy hetween $200, . A Portrait of J. S, McLean, Esquire, President of Canada. Packers, painted by Wyndham Lewis was recently the employees of the firm to mark the _entrance into the packing industry. ~~ Mr. McLean was recently appointed Principal Trade Advisor of the United Kingdom Food Mission to the United States. is part of the British Purchasing Commission now at Washington, McLean has already assumed his duties, _-.. resented to Mr, McLean by fortieth Anniversary of his - The Food Mission Mr. THE WAR-WEEK--Commentary on Current Events CANADA, UNITED STATES COMBINE WAR PROGRAMS "It was agreed as a general principle that in mobilizing the -resources of this® continent each country should provide the other with the defence ar- ticles it is best able to produce, and, above all, produce quickly, and that production programs should be co-ordinated to this end.'--Joint statement issued at Hyde Park, N.Y. by Presi dent Roosevelt and Prime Min- 'ister King. An agreement of momentous jm- portance in the history of this con- tinent and of vital concern to all Canadians was last' week reached at Hyde Park; N.Y. by the chiet executives of the United States and Canada, under. the terms of which tho two largest countries of the New World merged their econo: mies, to most practical purposes, for the production of war materials for British ald and defense of the hemisphere. ~ Economie¢s Merged In brief, the agreement a t , any lat¢f. The month of June was -feeling in the. United States last June, Peak Month The question most commonly discussed last week by Washington' officials was veported to be not whether the United States would go to war but WHEN, Preponder- ance of authoritative opinion seem- ed to be two-to-one that the Unit- ed States would get into belligerent war." The time and incidents pre- cipitating it were still uncertain. Some guessed 30 days; some 60 days, The few placed the dato coming to be thought the peak month of the war, If Britain could hold on till then, United States' weight would surely be able at that time to help turn the tide. No Slackening There was a certain amount of week 'following the Allled defeat in the Balkans that shipment of American war materials to Brl- tain might drop off if the admin- istration believed itself backing a losing cause. But fo scoteh this wave of rumor, President Roose velt at his press conference declar- ed that the Axis victory in the Bal. kans neither would win the war for Hitler and Mussolini nor result ia any slackening on LeaseLend de- liveries, . + . Seml-Final Round That the defeat in Greece was not decisive was tho opinion held by most military experts on this continent, Major George Flelding Eliot pointed out that the setbacks in the eastern Mediterranean by no means meant that Britain was losing the war; for the Germans to win, he said, the British Isles must be conquered. Associated Press' Dewitt Mackenzie pointed out once i» againo thad 'the Battle of the Bal- kans was only a phase--important but still far from decisive--of the general conflict. Should Hitler be- come master of tho entire Mediter- ranean, he postulated, he would only have copped oft the semi-final round of the contest with the Battle of. Britain still to be won, Decision In Atlantic Writing from Washington, Kirke L. Simpson, m!litary expert also with the Associated Press, declared that it was In the Atlantic that tho war would stlil be lost or won, And "provided British morale can en- dure the strain," he sald, "there is nothing definite to imply that the crisis in the Atlantic will come this year." Of the same mind apparent. ly -was Prime Minister Churchill when he sald last week that DBri- --tain--was--In--for-an--"undoubtediy tong and formidable war." But no one really could prophesy with truth what would happen .be- fore the end of 1941. Russla and Germany might go to war and the entire world picture would be changed. - 1] * LJ Six-Nation Pact? Things appeared to be shaping up according to a new pattern in the Far East last week, if the sen- sational report of the Osaka (Ja- pan) Mainichi were to be credited with any degree of correctness. This newspaper stated that a mil. ftary and naval pact-had been con- cluded between six nations--Unit- ed States, Britain, China, British India, Australia and the Ncthor- lands East Indies "which pooled" their entire military and material resources in the "ar East for the purpose of strengthening their de- fenses and opposing Japan's south- ward advance, while protecting the communication lines Hnking South Africa, British India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, Australia and the United States. Under this pact, which this col- umn believes to be largely authen- tle, Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-chief of the British Forces in the Far East, is supposed to assume tho supreme command of the combined land and air-forces, while Admiral Thomas Hart, Cem- ~ mander-in-Chlef of the American LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher 1. An undertaking by the 000,000 and $300,000,000 worth: of defense and war material from. Canad during the coming year, this to help out Canada's unfavorable __ balance; 2. A further undertaking 'by: the United States practically to includé in the Lease-lend arrange- frent with Britain all untinished war material which Canada im- ports from the. United States and re-exports or transfers to Britain, this making current payments by Canada unnecessary. Total Unlon Inevitable? Many and far-reaching would be the results of such a pact. Numer- ous thinking Canadians, taking the long-range view, saw. in in the agreement a big step toward the ultimate union of the Dominion with the United States -- Toronto's late . Goldwin Smith's dream brought to fruition, Total co-oper- ,atlon was sure to follow ecunomic and productive collaboration, they averred, But of more immediate conse- quence would certainly. bo a vast shipbuilding and armaments manu. facturing boom in (an&da. Indus- trial leaders last week estimated that," with the United States now needing many things, of which Can- ada has a surplus, an employment step-up of forty per cent might be necessary, drawing more women fnto industry and more western "farmers off the land. Over the Border The foreign exchange situation which for Canada had been grow- ing increasingly critical was. taken: care of by the agreement; ohe of the minor offshoots: would be the " Jitting of restrictions on travel to the United States by Canadian cit. gona, iE Joint Defence Two days previous to the Hyde, Park declaration had come the an. nouncement from the Permanent Joint Defence Board of Canada and the United States, that strategic 'plans for the military and naval defence of the eastern and western coasts of Canada and the United : Btates had been completed down to the minutest detal), - Bont o * 80. = 50%3%%. 4 9 005 ro rods 0:8 "It' all started when they tossed the coin for goals!" © Aslatie Fleet, ls supposed to as sume supreme command of the combined naval forces, the head: quarters of both being in Bipga. pore, Russia and Germany The same paper reported anoth. er sensational, if true, development. According to it, Russia was de- manding the right to ocupy the northern Provinces of lram (Per sia) In order to protect the Baku ofl fields, as well as to obtain a possiblo outlet on the Persian Gulf in the event of a German drive to the Dardanelles, and that to back up theso demands Russia was con. centrating troops around Tiflis, VOICE OF THE PRESS CAN PLANT TREES Every farmer could plant at least 600 trees, That can be done some day after a rain when the land is not in a fit condition to work. --Farmer's Advocate ---- RUNNING OUT It is said that German generals are taking over the Italian army. Apparently either Italy is running out of generals or the gencrals are running out of Italy. --Galt Reporter als A DIFFERENT LAW Down in Gananoque the police clamped down on slot machines and as a result 18 men charged with keeping slot machines, pin ball games and punch boards paid a total of $1,298.48 in fines and costs, It seems there's a differ- ent law for slot machines in each section of Ontario. -- Amherstburg Echo a --0-- THE WHEAT POLICY The disappointment and con- cern that the announcement of the Federal Government's 1041 wheat policy has caused through- out the Prairie West were inevi- table, But they are much more acute because of the easy opti- that has been expressed in recent months by many who ought to have been fully conscious of its realities and have been impres- sing the painful necessity of ad- opting public measures in accord- ance with these, . -- Edmonton Journal "UP: AT THE VILLA" By W. Somerset Maugham Book Shelf This short novel of a beautiful fect on the lives of three men who love her presents as enthralling a situation as Somerset Maugham has ever created. It is the dra- matic story of Mary Panton, a widow at thirty, who finds*herself in a situation 'which threatens to jeopatdize her future life and happiness. The. author of "The Letter" and "Of Human Bondage," Som- erset Maugham is the dean of liv- ing novelists; the clarity of his style, the perfection of his form, the sublety of his thought, have made him an international figure "in"the-world of literature. "Up at the Villa," so full of his shrewd observation of the human animal under stress, is a fine example of ~this brilliant writer's mastery of his craft. The title is borrowed from a poem by Robert Browning, "Up at the Villa" . . . by W. - Somerset Maugham . . . Toronto: ers . . . $2.00. Turkeys on Farms Turkeys on Canadian farms to the number of 2,715,600, states the second bulletin on the De- cember 1, 1940 live stock survey, showed an increase of 2.8 per cent on the 2,641,800 on farms at December 1, 1939, The large increase in Saskatchewan from 880,300 in 1939 to 1,013,300 in 1940, together with the increases of 1,700 in Princo Edward Island and 800 in Nova-Scotia, offset the deglines in numbers in the other provinces, tt PRA J SL -- ae mism in regard to the situation ~ woman's indiscretion and its ef." McClelland and Stewart, Publish- * GAINS SEEN FOR AGRICULTURE FROM WINE IMPORT LOSSES Replacement of foreign wares follows trade Result Was Foreseen St. Catharines, April 24--Col- lapse of French and Italian trade with British countries as a result of the war promises to bring some beneficial results to one branch of Canadian agriculture, with na- tive-grown grapes finding a greater use in the production of vermouth, Supplies of Italian and French vermouth have been ex- hausted and already Ontario ver- mouth has taken their place in government stores - throughout at least one province. Long-sighted wine producers in Canada, it is stated, began the purchase of heavier quantities of the compound of herbs from which Italian and French. producers made their vermouth. For years a small quantity of vermouth had been produced in Canada, with the result that considerable ex- perience had been gained long before the need for increased quantities was felt. As a result, large stocks of the herbs had been gathered in Canada, and before the-demand-arose- Ontario produc ers had begun production of extra supplies. Vermouth is produced from sweet or dry wines, each native to Italy and France respectively. Because Canadian grape-growers, mostly in Ontario, produce grapes 'from which both types of wines are made, Ontario growers stand to benefit from the increased pro- duction of vermouth. Excellence of the Ontario product, it is claimed, is reflected in the rcadi- ness with which Canadian wine connoisseurs have adopted the domestic vermouth, ers also claim that this indicates the extent to which the Ontario wine industry has gone in rais. ing the standards and improving the quality of their wares in re- cent years, inasmuch as purchas- ers of vermouth were mostly in the class of buyers who bought imported wines, ENERGY; : for PLAY! Their 4R ~------Serve Food Regularly! Bee Hive c= Syrup Sargh Churchill Learns Gas Mask Technique NC roy 2 we Services in Great -- + sre %. Wing Comniander Hodsoll, Inspector General: of Civil Defence Britain, shows Miss Sarah Churchill; daughter of The Prime Minister, how to don a gas mask Mm a demonstration of anti-gas measures, T@ iJaL step is to put the thumbs under the tapes of Centre, the ¢ the mask. face with the thumbs in the tapes, is jutted forward and the mask lifted to the Lower, the mask over the face. It is held in position by drawing the tapes back over the head. _ REG'LAR FELLERS--New Style By GENE BYRNES Rp. U. Por, Cerien, 11 ghee rome ed Grape-grows= Favourite Energy 4 ie SET NARI i Se Fa A Sn Se i aA