aie Pe wusiti wes ; seem to t ' being completed, at a for the sake of giving them work. BUSINESS REVIVAL (Mail and Empire) Business revival in the Spring is looked for, but not at increased prices that will let holders of com- _ modities out as they wish. The old profiteering days are fast slipping, not to return for a good while. i sooner Canada readjuste to a ne | Fore ted into channels that will cause. him to think, and ‘think seriously, there is hope for his future. It {6 too” true that one of the features of our}. économic life to which educators are boys to adeneneely, equipped ‘tor the work of!” life. reasons for this course are stated: One is that the Boy hin. a self is attracted to the industrial world because of the many pogsibili-, ties on every hand for making good wages under very tsvorsein condi- Sone. He wants mo money . to pend To pastt Imes. The other is. that caller the strain of the-high cost of level, the sooner ~" will be made| by business gener SHINGLE ROOFS ‘(Mail and Empire) The Fire Marshal for Ontario has| * denied’ that this office has in prepar-| gation a bill to be presented to the;lowe Ontario Legislature Oe iinet tan shingle roofs in fireareas. There has been some talk along this line, from what source it is hard to say, but the announcément that official action was to be talten came as a surprise. The Fire Marshal, or any other offi- cial, would do well to go slowly in any such reform, because prohibition of the wooden shingle would force a big increase in roofing costs. Fire- proof materials used for roofing, such as slate, asbestos; and metal. are much dearer. Some of the composi- ‘tion shingles seom to be no more fire- proof than the wooden shingle. The wooden shing)¢ is uged.ce-commoniy for the upper storey finishing of houses, in the siding for gables, or projections, that prohibition of it for roofing would be far from eliminating it from building materials. As a mat- ter of fact, it is said Ire records show that less than three per cent. of fires originate in shingle coverings, and that this percentage occu from one cause or another even if a different material were used. By and by, as cedar shingles, which are pro- duced mostly by British Columbia, become scarcer, cheaper artificial sub- stitutes will be used. But in the meantime cheapness in building is a matter of much public concern. ~ NEW SCHOOL ACT (Guelph Mercury) “What is admitted on all sides to be a piece of advancesl and radical Megislation is what is known as the “Adolescent School Attendance Act, the intention of which is to keep at 4 an education bas been demanded by a large section of the community wha felt that.the boy . girl of the middie and lower strata of society were not getting an equal chance with the children of more fortunate fam- ilies. The making and the <nforcing of 20 act are two distinct problems. To the greater number of families of the so-called laboring class, it inyolves a serious economic question. With two or three boys or girls of average brightness, able and anxious to work, the reward of whose labor is badly needed’ in the home, it presents at ance a difficulty not-easily overcome. In many cases the parent may be un- able to earn sufficient to keep them \,at school. Again, there may be no ‘desire on the part of the youth to re- main at schoo] when they -feel they | can succeed as wéll at their intended | volation without doing so. Others may be absolutely unfitted to continue into the higher grades and make a sorry bungle of things. Can these be compelled to stay at school till six- teen sears have reached, and if so, does the state intend to give to the youth a technical education in a line for which he has talent and lik- ing, it would be well, but if set to follow a routine course of study, not suited to his capacity or temperament, there is going to be a considerable waste of time and effort and money in the enforcement of the Act. Industrial and economic conditions have to be considered, and much dis- cretion will have to be exercised by those who are selected to administer e Act, to see thal every boy gets a r ebance for all the schooling he requires or desires. Industry will have to adjust itself to the changed conditions, but it will be or the better, if boys receive proper technical train- in, g. The policy of the state ought to be to give every child all the educa- tion he or she can assimilate, and ~ make use of. The law that makes it compulsory to stay at schoo! till six- téen can extend it to ‘twenty, or more, until a university degree be attained, 80 as to make all classes equal with respeit to having a chance to suc- ceed in life. Yet such a thing would be a physical impossibility The erection of the necessary schools and the support of the necessary teachers Would provide another problem for the taxpayer, ivé chs childrca wi aii CILIZEDS as tuby Which requirements can néver be measured by age limitations. Some need more than others, but whatever fs given under compulsion should be an optional course, of the etudent’s own choice, whether it be literary or technical. THE VALUE OF A GOOD EDUWCT- : TION prlassotetocestaostseseetesee (Bowmanville News.) Our heart was saddened recently ‘when a young man in whom we are | interested told us te reply to our in- | quiry what kind of books he read, ‘that he did mot care for reading and aid very little of it. We were aware that he left school years before he; should because the lady teacher could; ‘mot make the studies interesting er him. She failed to kindle a love for study or books or develop a mind to i rd for their boys and girls to ‘only a nominal wage, the work-shop, 4+der the most dir living some parents become unduly | bec wageée-carners as sOon as pos- | sie—s very serious Mistake, | when once a boy or girl is allowed to leave school, the file is cast, and ten to one they have to occupy a muc 'r position in life than they would had they obtained a good education. We devoutly wish that we could impress on all parents who read this journal the danger of leniency with cpildren in this matter of leaving school at too young dn age. “Boys on the farm are brought up to work part time when attending school, but in cities and towns where there are not chores or other work to be done daily the youngsters idle away valuable time on the streets and learn more mischicf than is go0d for them. Con- ditions have changed in towns, too. Years ago, when boys started at the _bottom of ee Jadder and. worked their way to the top, earning in the meantime white they were learning, the factory did not look sd attractive, and ‘more time was spent in school, Under present conditions, any capable boy can earn attractive wages, hence the temptation to cut corners in their education and get started earning money quickly. . Yet there never Was! There were in a time when education was so val- uable and promised such great re- wards as‘it does surely to-day. The call for trained ‘men in every branch of industry is insistent. There is plenty of room-at the top, lower rungs of the | ladder are painful- ly overcrowded. We-speak from a wide experience in school teaching and a lifelong study of the welfare of young people, and now at a ripe age desire to warn parents in all seriousness not to per- mnit their boys and girls school before they have secured an adequate training for life, except un- necessity. and girls who Jeave of their own free will are placing a mortgage on their future for the sake of a ute 5 money at present. The statistics those who remain in school iy they are thoroughly equipped for the work of life always overtake in earnin power those who start out so early that they are inefficient. more heartbreaking to at some time to find the path of pro- motion and reward blockéd by in- sufficient education. The moral is that it is better-to co slowly and get thoroughly equipped. Stick it out, boys; if you have left school, go back, or get in some extra study somehow during these long winter evenings. It pays a handsome dividend to em- ploy leisure time in some profitable way. Keep constantly growing in knowledge. Bear in mind the old copy book headline:*Reading makes a full man, public speaking a ready man thatt alee eects tecfectinn estes eclecdenctectecfecteupeets | + DISARMAMENT OR BANK- + RUPTCY THE CHOICE + _— + Literary Digest—The eh- + *, ‘. tire sum needed to save the lives of three and a half mill- ions of starving children in the war devastated areas of Europe, is less than the cost of one modern battleship, ac- cording to Mr. Hoover. An English super-dreadnought of the latest type is said to cost more than $32,000,000. Cor- respondents put the cost of Japan's new fighting monster, the Mutsu, at $40,000,000. A United States battle cruiser of the formidable type of the Lexington costs the t woe eS ee ee So eet oe The United States naval esti- mates for 1921, the New York naval appropriations of about $400,000,000 in Great Brit- ain, and about $150,000,000 in Japan—and the United States is facing a deficit for the current fiscal year of ap- proximately $2, 600 ,000,000. An official statistician recently showed that ninety-three cents out of every dollar cul- lected by the United States Colabe! amas fo fneernmen: sccs. to y iv past or future wars. ‘“‘Dis- armament,” says Major- General Tasker H. Bilfss, who was Military Represen- tative of the United States on the Supreme War Council and Commissioner tary on the American Peace Com- mission, 7is the only means of prégerving the world from neskrestey and civilization from ruin.” pereesrerrrteritetertererrtereteererstetetets When’ 6. child’s mind ia d+} F! majority of those presen -inforced | Purposes end. t the! four ys) d = + ao foe Toronto Globe £° sessio the ‘Agriculteval. -& Experimental} Union have enjoyed ra a decade was ushered in when Dr pa introducing ry round-table conference on sweet clover ‘during the first day of the gathering. This in eircles of the P |. ¥inee.to-day tham-any other; and thet fact that its rise into popularity — ‘ernmen added to the interest it mit held for the Recent open charges hat the On- tario AgriculturaY College had ‘been extremely hesitant.in conducting experiments in connection with sweet clover were in a measure re- futed by Dr. Zavitz,, who declared that experiments on sweet clover were begun at the (O. 'A. C. in 1891 and had been carried on during nine seca me that time and ‘the ese had: to do mainly with bulk oe pr crop, ami were re- in 1915. with extensive nursery plot tests involving thous- ands of separate plants, set out by hand, The object of these Istter ex- periments, the speaker said, was to} i secare distinct opel of sweet ciover which would be sui to different Prgrs m7 reel service to Ontario, and added: “‘Sweet clover as a pasture crop is sure to occupy an exceedingly important place in On- tario. Seed Market Gonc? s. Peart of the Federal De- Wo Bi of Agriculture held out small hope for producers or dealers of a market for sweet clover seed. the Province at the moment, Mr. Peart stated, approxi- mately 60,000 bushels of seed available to the trade, with an un- known quantity in the hands of farmers. Were one es to seed. ur acres, th e seed now held by the trade aaie ‘would re- quire the use of 240,000 acres. “Or in other words,”’ he said, ‘‘ex- tend our home -market tenfold in ~~ season. 'Last year,"" he ‘went “four bushels had been exported. acy to the United States, tar ¢ every bushel] sold in the Prévince; it year, not only did the production in thé United Statés fully supply the d, ‘but ‘seed houses in that Co promised to be this year twice as '% ( ): - Qne of the Brelten and migst in> meinbers of |. - Mayitz read &) the plant: probably is more talked yee agricultural sweet clover. Why no is the who will oppose strenuously he opposed it 10 or 12 which sweet clover is held, and for the wide knowledge of the plant held by farmers, Mr. Sangster thought a very large share of the credit was due to the press of the Province. Zavitz’ addreps, J. W. Sangster, Listowel, with some heat, declared, “It took the O. to find that out and they haven't real- ly found {t out yet.” an avowed enemy of sweet clover and did not think it wise “ to sweet clover just because else says so." Mr. J. ‘W. Sangster to retort that Mr. Couse Selling red and alsike clover seed, which had béen repeated failures, while sweet clover had proved its case from the day when every agricultur- thirtg. and grading, with particulars as to the quantity they wished to market. Beekeepers ‘Against {It. Mr. Couse of Queensville, an apiar- sist, felt.that the chief virtue of sweet elover lay in its merits as.a pasturage, and that it never could supplant alsike or red clover from the apiarists’ standpoint, a view largely coincided by (Mr. Holterman, an apiarist of Brantford, who hinted that bees working upon sweet clover were apt to produce somewhat in- ferior honey. J. W. Sangster of Listowel de- clared that opposition to the more general use of sweet clover came from those financially interested in retarding its development. The Dany atonts Mother started us- * The family eats more bread since ing Cream of the West Flour. ness and flavor. Maple Leaf Milling Co., Limited plant, he declared, had come to stay, and, so far as he could see, the com- ing rotation for Ontario farms would be an alternation of grain crops and it-was won on its merits,” Mr. Sangster said, “It has proved its case. ot pt it at that? Where aghcaltaral authority fo-day nO matter how years ago.” Fer the present good esteem in Farmers’ Sun—At the close of Dr. of C. twenty years: r. Wm. Couse, of Streetsvilie, was to go right in- someone His disparagement led had been making money by tin Canada was opposed to it until ay when they said it was a good Five Differetit Reports Debate Held At Public School of a e An exciting debate took place Fri- day Morning in Room I, Br. fourth class, Public School. The subject was: “..esolved st intensive farming is. more profitable than mixed farming The contestants were: Kate Nicol, Joe Caruso and John Savage, for the affirmative, and Margaret Wanzer, Gordon Dierlam and Elgin Leppard for the negative, The result was a tie, the points be- ing twenty-three to twenty-three, The judges were: Miss D. K. Hall, Morton George.aad George Gemmer. Each pupi! acted as an independent judge and gave in his or her report to the principal. There were twenty pupils that gave a decision that was over 90% correct. The next debate will be held on Friday, Jan. 21st. The subject will be: “Resolved that the Adolescent School Attendance Act should not be enforced.” Reporter, Elgin Leppard. Hold Live Debate At The Public School On Friday, Jan. 14, a good debate took place in the Sr, IVth c It was resolved that “Intenulve Farm- ing” is more profitable than “Mixed Farming.” The debatorsa were te Nicol, Joseph Caruso, and John a0 age for the affirmative, and M Wanzer, Gordon Dierlam and Sacie Leppard for the negative. The judges|, were, Miss D. K. Hall, Morton Geo?ge, and George Gemmer. Good points were given by both sides, so it was doubtful which side would win. The judges gave a decision of. twenty-| 1, three points te each side. At the be- ginhing each pupil! was asked to able to give a decision, imdependent- ly of anyone else, at the cldse of the Twenty pupils gave decis- foms which were over 90% correct. } A véry Interesting debate wae uel in the entranceclass ‘0: A week before, we voted by water for six debators. “Resolved that In- tensive Farming ts more ‘profitable than Mixed Farming.” ‘The debat- ors were, Margaret Wanzer, Elgin Leppard ‘and ‘Gordon Dierlam, for the negative, and ‘Kate Nicol, Jée Caruso and John Savage for ‘the ‘affirmative. The whole, debate was managed excellently. The judges ‘were Miss D. K. Hall, Morton ‘George and George " mmer, ; ‘Everyone that debated talked very distinctly. I thitik'we'will have some fine ®ebdters before long. Many yety ent points were made for each si by the du . brought up. After the debate was rover the"judges retired aid we didn't , know the decision until after dinner. You may judge it was a “tight old debate” as they call it, because it Was a “tie” twenty-three points for each side. We intend having another debate very soon. Each pupil wrote an article for the We're Out For More Business Banner And the reason we're going after it e strong now, is because never before OUR were we so favorably situated for BUSINESS giving the best of service. Is PRINTING To-day we have competent help, the most modern equipment and the best r lines of type and papers for doing quality work and giving prompt, ef- ficient service. Practically all our r type is mew and cast In the lastest 4 designs. BRING YOUR There is no town printing house in = 4 Western Ontario better equipped for ORDERS giving quality service. We certainly can deliver the goods and are anxious TO US. for the opportunity of convincing you Job Dept. local paper and mine is one of those selected. Reporter, Clifford Rennie. | Public School Debate, Sr. IV Class On January 14th a debate was held in the Sr. [Vth class, “Resolved that Intensive Farming is more profitable than Mixed Farming.” It ended up even. The debaters of the affirmative were Kate Nicol, Joe Caruso, John Savage; debators of the negative, Margaret Wanzer, Elgin Leppard, Gordon Dierlam. The judges were Miss Hall, Morton George, George Gemmer. Each pupil was asked to make his or her decision of the re- sult, before the judges made it known. Twenty pupils had over ninety per cent. of the points cor- rect. The teachers said it was a splendid debate. Another debate will be held on January 21st: “Resolved Nostrils. 1907. and Arthur Sales of Toronto, Ont This Signature on Yellow Box and on Bottle. Leonard Far Oil It is not put in the ears, but in Back of the Ears and Inserted For sale in Listowel, Ont... Canada, by Jas. A. Stuart, AOR Manutacturer, 70 Filth Avenue, New York City. is Rubbed in the Has bad a successful sale since that the Adolescent Schoo) Attend- ance Act should not be enforced.” Reporter, May Hill. Debate An latereeting A debate was held by the entrance] clags on Friday, yee. 14th, which was very exc » “Resolved that intensive cording ts is more profitable | than mixed farming The debsters for the affirmative were Kate Nicol, Joe Caruso and John Savage, and for the negative, Margaret Wanzer, Elgin Leppard and Gordon Dierlam. The judges were Miss Hall, the junior fourth class teacher, Morton and George Gemmer of our own class. Each pupil acted as an independent judge. When the points were count- ed by the appointed judges, they gave the which was a tie. Both sides had twenty-three mminte When the pupfis added their points there ‘were twenty who were 90% correct on their decision. The teachers said it whs a splendid debate. Another one will follow on Jan. 21st: *““Re- ‘solved that the Adolescent School Attendance Act should not be en- forced." Reporter, Raymond McDonald. ““Ponurmy,” said the teacher, “I have told you time and time aga!n Chat you must not say “ I have went.” Now you| wifl have to stay after school and write the sentence correc ove hun- dred ‘times.’* Necarainaty. after wciool, the Idd started in to write sentences. When ke had finished it was Bey dark, so he left hin work on the 4 fed by a ag note which read: “I hive wro fodeteeeete PEEP EEE PET + + + CARE OF VEGETABLES IN| + + STORAGE + + desde enon fentelesterdesdasiecdenPedelesineleeies elite detest 2 he There is always much loss of vege- tables from rotting or drying up dur- ing the winter, but with a litle watchfulness and care much-of this could be prévented. This year the late blight of pota- toes caused much rot, and many tub-| ers were stored with the disease in them. It will be found to pay well) to look over tbe potatoes from time| to time if a winter's supply has been | aiéred aud scmerc Lives wiich suew the disease or are rotting, so that others will not De infected. It will) not bé long béfore the potatoes will’ begin to sprout, and If the sprouts! are removed promptly the tubers will remain in much better condition than | if they are allowed to grow dong. It) will be nétegsary to go over them two)| or three times or more before spring | to remove sprouts. If potatoes ach in ‘boxes pr bins where sprouts can be réadily séen one is more likely toj remove the sprouts in good time than if they are kept in bags. - ! If onions are rotting, put them in! a drier place and spread out well. | For best results they need to be kept very dry. If carrots, beets, parsnips and tur-| nips are withering, a good plan is to/ have ‘gotie a subarea times, Bi + ee T have went.” put them in bores and keep a damp} bag or plece of sacking over the top of the box. To keep well all these vegetables should, however, be stor- ed where it is cool but not very. dry. If cabbages are rotting, keép the heads apart so they will not touch one another and so there will be a good circulation of air about them. While they should not be Ip a wery dry place, yet one that is fairly dry is better than one that is inclined to be damp particularly if it is rather watm and sot well ventilated. They should be kept cool, but will not | stand many degrees of frost. Squash and pumpkins if kept in a cool place may have rotted by this time, but if they are still im good condition they will keep much longer if put in a room where the temners- ; ture is above 50 degrees Fahr. If celery has begun to rot, the plants should be all gone over and diseased parts or plants removed, and when replanted sée that thé tops are kept dry as long as the plants last and if there is room have a small space between the top of each plant. To keep celery in good condition dur- ing the winter the tops should be dry but the roots in moist soil, hence if watering is necessary great care should be taken not to wet the téps. It is not difficult for a farmer to care for his vegetables in winter gy he has, as a rule, a good cool cellar, but in cities cellars are usually too warm, Wherever possible a part of it where cool air can be admitted should be partitioned off from the rest for a vegetable room. W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horti¢cllturist.