| .Ganadfuans served in the Northern Re . to Canada after the war were more or then under three millions) Probably sacket. AD 27 Years in Public Service. oe There, woodman, let it stand- Thy axe shall harm it not! That old familiar tree, Wh glory and renown Are spread o’et land and séa— And wouldst thou hew it wn? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties? Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies! ~~ Why “Pick At” Canada? (By E. W. Thompson in Ford's Weekly.) When but an idle boy, I sought its graceful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; Fifty-three thousand native-born, army of the Civil War. The popu- Jation of the Canadian Provinces was hatred of slavery, rather+than de- votion to the Union, drew most of them to the ranks. Such survivors of them as returned lesS ostracized abl their remaining Pa Bs DB of 1866 and 1870, even as I was, | erans express wonder at the utter Bs: yet they pever neglected any oppor- Bs. ey e fe hy Washington when preparing the} - elaims of Canada for ~ “these raids were contemptuously re- > -mext ten years Ottawa, oe -‘adian resentment ‘ ‘emuse it became obvious (the secret ay restricted reciprocity was being pro- i --as a method of bringing annexation - to > ationists,” inferred from the fact that - fisheries had become so strong. government again sought reciprocity raha: suspected the returned veterans of Grant and Sherman of being “‘annex- ~ they preferred residence in their own country to life in the more -prosper- ous republic, to say naught of the fact that many of them were volun- teers-against the invading Fenians though even a sympathizer with Home Rute for Ireland. I often have wondered, and have heard other Canadian Civil War vet- foolishness of that element of United States politicians who have ever de- sired “annexation,” or the voluntary entrance of Canada into the Union, not be permitted national status in the peace league. The extreme foolishness of that howl may be accurately estimated by any person politically trained or edu- cated who reflects that one vote in the council of the league by the Unit- ed States or any other nation cannot but be influential in proportion to the population, wealth and inherent power of the voting members. Just so the vote of a billionaire on a di- recting board must outweigh the votes of smaH stockholders. Potentially the United States, as a member, would guide the peace leag- ue. Nothing can be more certain than that. With what effect on Cana- dians? Surely that of drawing them into closer and ever closer neighbor- ly good will. What do they see? A desire at Washington to lodge one more kick on Canada—just for spite! So it seems to more than one Cana- dian Civil War veteran. And the course seems to us even more idiotic than that of the Italian firebrands who, instead of welcoming the Jugo- Slav neighbor to Fiume and there-by gaining a devoted ally for Italy have done all possible to establish a relent- less enemy on her border. tunity to’ “knock” Canada, even as{ ,, > they are now doing in regard to the: .. - fmdependent status accorded to this “dominion by the treaty, the peace Teague, and President Wilson. It has ever ‘seemed as if those politicians hated Canada so bitterly as to be un- -able to refrain from hindering their own desire for annexation. It would seem that they have never pondered the sound lesson inculcated by the good, old fable of the Wind and the ” Ray aside his protecting cloak. He cast ant ronto by a great majority dience. eben eleein de eleietninieieteleieieteetetetet *, fe lS < THE. FRENCH CANADIAN HORSE * 6°. eo afe ote te bee + | pectestectertectestactastectasteatestestectectestecles!estecleclestestest sleslacfonfentenfocfoctncfeoloelenloe]oloelonloeloloel or leelonlonieelesoels \ (Experimental Farms Note.) | That automobiles, trucks and tract- lors are replacing horses for certain kinds of work in many places is ad- i mitted by all. | tricts where trucks will never _ politicians of Washington proceeded self, it is clear that the hofseless age to.abrogation_of the then existing re- _ ¢eiprocity arrangement which was swiftly amalgamating Canadian with! service to the country at the same -" American interests in trade and man-| time as it is pilling up dividends is In 1866 the same poli-/ certain; that it will in time crowd the . mfacturing. ticlans supinely watched the Fenians gathering at and near Buffalo, N. Y., for the raid which they made against Canada in June of that year. In 1870 Fenian raiders were winked at again raid near St. Albans, Vermont. All damages During the under both “Tory and Grit ministries, tried over and over again to obtain a renewal of reciprocity. In September, 1878, our Tories, turning protectionist, won the general election, because the Can- at bludgeoning from Washington regarding tariff and jected by Washington. Before 1890 had arrived our Tory and was again refused. The govern- ment won the election of 1891 be- history of the case still remains un- _ published in my possession) that un- moted by Blaine and Butterworth, pass. by} lis still very far distant. automotive industry is rendering a | horse away from farms”is not be- lieved by anybody who has given the question serious consideration. Drafters have always and will al- ways be profitable to the breeders who produce them. But there are a | large number of farmers who like a good general purpose animal, one that can be hitched to a carriage without looking out of place, and that can take his turn at farm work with a willing disposition, a fast walk, lots of courage and endurance. To pretend that drafters are the only class of profitable horses, to raise is to go too far, just as it isnot right to say that tractors or trucks are always the most economical for the farm or the city. The old time French Canadian pony, as he was called, was admitted to be a little horse of iron. The first animals of this breed came to Canada from France where they where chosen amongst the best to be had. Through natural selection, by the survival of the fittest, only those remained which had the most vitality, enough to with- stand the cold climate and the deep winter roads of their new country. This made of them a breed which can probably develop and keep on devel- One of the earliest moves of Laur- fer, after obtaining power at Ottawa 1896, was to seek reciprocity. His' ion at Washington was so rude; that he publicly vowed he would never gain seek that boon to both coun- tries. But he did seek it in 1911) en wise Mr. Taft was President. “The Taft-Fielding pact was nego- | sd. It was beaten at Canadian) 5 Why? Simply because the | wmany years of bludgeoning by Wash-| yeton had roused in a majority of. Canadians a resentment which our| Wories worked up to the point of fare! fous refusal of almost the very bar-! n that our great Tory premier, Sir | 2 Macdonald, had striven long to tain: To me it seems that Canada en cut off her noses to spite Uncle ams face, amiable too late, after having been so long unfriendly. Came the World War. Still the Waft-Fielding pact remained offered ‘by Washington. This fact was grad- wally helping toward kindly relations between the two countries. In 1917 d their AlMes in the hideous fight. affectionate feelings mutually! ‘swiftly grew until never before Americans and Canadians so oping more power per hundred pounds of live weight than any other one. Their qualities were so well known that they were used to form certain families of the Morgan and nf the Standard Bred, so that their blood is flowing in the veins of some of the gamest and fleetest horses in Amer- ica. The Honorable Sydney Fisher has well said of the French Canadian: “He never gives out, it does not mat- ter what he is at.”” There are now four stallions with fifty mares and fillies, all pure bred and registered, at the Cap Rouge station and at the new St. Joachim Horse Farm. These are used to study problems of breeding, feeding, hous- ing and management. They form, it is freely admitted by all, the largest and best stud of the. breed in exist- ence to-day. One of the points to- wards which efforts are concentrated is the production ina fairly consistent manner, of a breed of horses weigh- ing between 1200 and 1300 pounds, which may be used either on the road or on the plough, a low-set, thick animal, with a short back, a strong loin, giving him a general conforma- tion which will make him an easy feeder and a cheap producer of power. Whoever is. interested-in this class of horses will be quite welcome either at Cap Rouge or at St. Joachim. Both farms are under the superintendence ef the writer who will be pleasd to give by, mail any information requir- ed. by those who cannot visit the two abore- Gus. Langelier, it But when one thinks Sun striving to make the pedestrian; about the very congested city dis- be .‘ it aside when the sun shone warmly. , profitable on short hauls, the long z Soon after the close of the Civil! winter months, in most northern sec- Bi re saw _the starry flac} tiers, during which-tractors will nec- cheered in the theater of “Tory” To-| essarily be idle, the hilly or even very f the au-| rolling farms where too much power Next year the anti-Canadian{ is lost in propelling the machine it- That the My father pressed my hand— Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand!” My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy friend! Here shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree! the storm still brave! And, woodman, leave the bark, . old spot; While ‘I’ve a hand to save, Thy axe shall arm it not! eovevnaet eevee oevneoereneaeeees ee eer e eee eet seoneee one a Se ee to a + + VALUE OF A NEWSPAPER * + 5 + OO Sane etn OCS a es ae a a a ae aa ae ae The Collingwood Bulletin “hits the nail on the head,”’ so to speak with reference to the cost of producing a newspaper, as follows:— “Are the two-dollar weekly and the eight or ten dollar daily newspapers coming again in Canada? If the mak- ers of newsprint have their way they surely are. Steadily the ad- vance in the cost of the raw material, white paper, hg’ been going on dur- ing the past few years. To-day, to the weekly newspaper the price is about one hundred and twenty-five per cent. more than in pre-war days —and the end is not yet. Having depleted their own pulpwood forests, the United States are now forced to come to Canada for their newsprint, bence a greatly inereased demand and a corresponding increase in price Newspapers such as “The Bulletin’ and those of other towns, feel the change heavily, this not by any means being the only burden brought about by the new conditions. All other materials in the cost of producing a néwspaper have made big jumps in price, while there bas not been a cor- responding increase in the revenue, advertising, the chief source of in- come, having moved up but a frac- tion of the percentage of the advance of material and labor. It is a serious situation and already many papers have been forced out of the Cana- dian list and doubtless more will fol- low. The pressure is great and to carry on means greater and more generous co-operation on the part of the public. Newspapers are not a- {lone unto themselves. They are one of the greatest assets of every pro- gressive community. They do more tm the way of publicity than any other agency, and bring to their field a greater return at a lower cost than any institution therein. That that is generally and ‘generously reco- gnized is evidenced in many places. The Canadian West is a fair example. There the merest hamlet which makes any pretentions is considered lost in the count if a newspaper is not part of its organization. To overcome this and secure a place in the public eye, experience has shown, is one of the first moves on the part of the peo- ple. Town Councils, Boards of Trade, Citizens’ Committees and other or- ganizations do not hesitate to lend their assistance and give encourage- ment to this end. Records show that the effort has always been awarded with ample returns. Following this to a logical conclusion and taking af reasonable, unbiased and unpreju- diced view there is good teaching in it for other parts of Canada. Public- ity is good for the West. It is also good for the East, hence the value and importance of encouraging and promoting the interests of the Press. Good live newspapers are without doubt of great value, to city, town or village. Without them, the world is shut out, the community is isolat- ed, while local happenings go un- recorded, all of which werks toward the undoing rather than the upbuild- ing of the public in its vatied under- takings. 7 . ° . ° s s s s s LEWIS ALLEN BROWNE SAYS: eee2ee#e#e t eepeee Ng one can hate and be happy. ee ee ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee hed i To ensure a permanent durability, as well as an added appearance, : use BH. | = penne ant i be e be ae Shingle Stain either as a mixture in which shingles are dipped or as a stain to apply to the completed roof. It comes in all colors, and gives a tough, durable “seasoning,” besides contributing largely to the artistic effect of your F--ne. 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