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THE TRAFFIC IN- HABIT-FORMING DRUGS By Dr. J. G. Shearer. Social Service council of Canada . um”, Ion-bot a, ma. Addiction to the use. of habit.- forming drugs such as Opium mor- phine and’ cocaine has assumed such large proportions and been so dif- ficult to suppress and makes such terrible havoc, physical, mental and moral of its enslaved victims as to cause grave concern to leaders alike in Church and State. Parliament is always unanimous in making the Opium and Narcotic Drugs Act more stringent and effective. The only question raised by members in Iommms or Senate is how best to accomplish the end sought. The present Premier, Rt. Hon. \V'.‘ L. Mackenzie King, then Minister of Labor, intrmluceo‘l the Act in 1911. It has been strengthened since under the Rt. ileum-ables Sir Robert Borâ€" den and \rthur N'leighen, Qand last session under the Hon. H. “Mlleland Minister of Health. The penalty was raised to seven years. Whip- ping was added where drugs were supplied to juveniles, and unnatur- alized aliens convicted of offences were ordered deported after serving sentence. It is interesting to note (We dis- tributinn of this traffic in the Prov- inces of the Imminion. The very latvst figures supplied by the lerral Departmrnt Hf .Health, giving the numbt-rs fur Federal comictions for the yvar nmling 3lst March, 1922. arr as follows: Pr. Htlw. Island Nova Scot ia. . . . New Brunswick Manituba ..... Ontarin ....... Saskatchewan The min fact that stares one in the face is the tremendcfms promrtion 0f Chilwse in this summary of offend- Tntal ..... 845 634 2“ Wk) have arrangvd these figures in ascending scale. ers, 634 out. of 855. The new law attaching deportation as a penalty will probably in a few years mater- ially alter these figures. It is likely that many, perhaps most of the Chiâ€" nese oh’enders are not Canadian citi- zens and are therefore subject to de- portation when convicted. These must either end their ways or leave Canada. It is intvn-sting tn not» that. no mention is made of Japanese or East Indians in this statement. It is sometimes argued by those opposed to IIIIIIlIibition of the traffic in inlIIin-anls that it results in in- creased addiction to the use of drugs. TIIL‘SI‘ official figures effect- iVIIIy kIIHIk llIII [Imps fiom under this cuntIIIIliIIII. '1th MW prminces not IIIIIIIII' prohihilinn ShHVV 352 con- viitlinus out. of 815 fIII' all Canada. If the l‘lIinIIsII aI‘II. lIIfl out the figures are Ill) in these l\\II prmincns Imt of 211. in all Canada. I. «in not argue that prohibition lcsscns thc usc, ut‘ drugs. but that it certainly olucs nut incccaso it. Bri-j tish tlulumhia‘s mmta nt' 13. nmitting tho Chincsc. which are more numer- ous thm'c than in any uthct' part of Canada. is not abnormally largo. 1w- ing thc same as Manitnha's and Sas- katchewan‘s. But. it is singular that in all thc wcstcrn pcnvinccs. Icaving out the Chincsc. the convictions are propm‘tinnatcly much larger than in Ontario and the Maritimc Provinccs. Manitoba. Saskatchewan and British columbia have 153 each, and Alberta 42; Ontario M with a papillation of half a milliun more than the tour Combined. The case of Quebec is also not eas- ily explained. Two hundred and thirty-seven. including Chinese, or 104 not including them. is abnormal. This is certainly not to be charged up to the French Canadians. Out of the 237 in that province only 21 are outside Montreal in an almost solid French population, and of these 21 only it are non-Chinese. This is highly creditable to Quebec, outside Montreal. Montreal itself is the nose, or 93 without them in a pOpu- lation of perhaps 750,000. Compare this with the figures for 'the wholeI of the Maritime Provinces. 25 includ- ing Chinese, or 6 withouhthem, out of a population of 1,000,000. 01' com- pare it again with Ontario convic- tionsâ€"66 including Chinese. or M without them. out of a population of not much less than 3,000,000. ' This can hardly be explained by the cosmOpolitan character of Mont- real’s population. Winnipeg, Vanâ€" pouver and other cities are quite cosmopolitan in proportion to _ ulation as Montreal. And there . ‘llli- 'l'utal nurse 101 237 315 900916 H H) ‘ I33 O .) Id non (111 i- nvsc r014. 11 Montreal has had for many years an abnormally large and (at lest ne- gatively) tolerated colony of crim- inal, thatit, commercialized social vice, as the reponts of the Montr--al Committeeof Sixteen conclusively in general. Bearing in mind that social Woe. and narcouc drugs are twin evils and boon companions, each the cause and the effect of the other, is the explanation in whole or large [art to he found in this fact? Jr. I\'.â€"Juhn Allan. Lloyd Allan. Minnie Lennox, Alice Lennox, Gladys Ahvnloin, Bobbie Wilson. OCTOBER HONOR ROLL No. 2, Bgremont. Sr. lV'.-â€"~Isabol Innis and Violette Kerr (equal‘, Jessie Marshall, Ritch- ic Campbell. Jr. III.â€"Bockic Alian. Tillie Allan, JoanAlmwloin and Carmen Queen (equal,, Katie Dams, Annie (lamp-7 bell. ' Sr. lII.â€"~Margarot Wilson. Edith Kt'l‘l'. Jr. PI‘ZTâ€"Nnrman Tuckm', l’earlie Gordon, Sadie Davis, Vera Johnston, Norma Ferguson, Willie Campbell. lott. J r. II.â€"â€"oMary Campbell. SP. I.â€"â€"-Elmm' Tucker. _ Sr. Pr.â€"â€"Eileen Aberdein, Joe Campbell, Tommy Davis. FINISHING STEERS IN WINTER Pamphlet. No. 19 of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, “The Winter Finishing of Steers in West- et 11 Quebet is one of a ser ies which is being issued in the Dominion 11x- perimental Farms Brane h dealingl with the growing of tarm feeds for the. winter fattening and feeding of steers, and with the actual opera- tions of winter steer feeding and the profits derivable therefrom. The contents will be found worthy of general study and observation. In substantiation of this it is not ne- cessary to more than quote the sumâ€" mary given at the end of the pam- phlet, which runs as follows: (1?- home grown roughage marketed through steers helps to maintain the fertility of the farm; (2) steer feedâ€" ing supplies remuneratiye employ- ment during the winter months; (3) expensive stables and equipment are not necessary as steers fed in large pens make better and cheaper gains than those tied up; (4) stables should VU-w-- v--vv' vâ€"ww “‘7 I ‘_‘ I he disinfected as a preventive against vermin and a stock of reme- dies kept on hand for emergei‘icies; (5‘ (teherned steers are easier and safer to handle and make more eco- nemical gains than horned cattle; (6) the best steers make the. best gains; (7) buy in the fall when pricâ€" es are lowest and market during the winter when finished beef is scarce and prices are the highest; (8) finish the animals sutl‘iciently to command the highest price. 'Phe pannnfleh “finch can be had by applying, post free, to the Publi- cations Branch of the Department at Ottawa, deals in detail with the feeds and rations requisite for the winter finiéhing of steers, with the value of home grown roughage mar- keted through steers, with housing, including particulars of a steer feed- ing experiment, loose and tied, with the inunntanee of¢hflunwflng,wvhh marketing, and with the (tt‘SiI‘ablt' qualities and conformatirm of a beef steer. Sr. II.â€"â€"â€"Bert Gordon, Horace Ay- A Big Bar of Good Soapâ€"Bright, solid soap with fine lathering and cleansing qualities for‘the family wash and household use. -â€"â€".Dcll Macintyx'e, 'l‘cachm‘. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE " . Rea} Good SOap For use in washing machines shhve or slice 3 yortion of the “ SURPRISE ” bar difect to the machifieâ€"It' wxll Blyth’s Corners; (Our own corresmndent.) Rev. Mr. Smith, a missionary from India, who is home on furlough, de- livered a splendid sermon in Knox Church last Sunday. The Ladies’ Auxilfary 'intend holding their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. John Morice on No- vember 8. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall visit- ed last Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Foster near Deemerton. 'Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson M Hampden visited recL-ntly With Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Park. Mrs. John Thompson and Miss D. 'llmmnson \isitml \Vodnosday of this week \xith Mrs. Allan Wise 01' Allan Park. Miss 'Ihompson inlmwls loaving soon for her work as nursv in a hHSpital in Toronto. “II‘I b'..‘.’ vâ€"‘â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" Knox Sunday school closo~ nm'! Sunday for l - (Our own 'Eorrespondent.) Miss Ella Ritchie returned homo Friday after a week’s visit with hm‘ sistors in Egromont. Mrs. John (1}. Firth is visiting in 'l‘m‘onm his week. Misses M. A. and E. E. Edge spent, the first of the week with fI'iOlldS at M 01ml. Forest. Threshing is finished in this \‘i- cinity for this season. Mr's. Joseph Blake visited for a cmlple of days with relatives’ in Ben- tinck. Mrs. John Moll‘at 0f Narva returnâ€" ml home on Sunday after a week‘s Visit, with her mother, Mrs. R. Ectur. Inspector Wright visited nur school andgave a most favorable roâ€" purl, of the work being done by our toashrr. Miss McKeehnie. IIISDGCIUI‘ Hutton also reports that No. 3 is one of the best. kept schools in the town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fh'th and fam- ily were over to Pricevillc on Sun- day. ' Messrs. Harry and George Wilâ€" liams motored to Arthur on Tuesday in visit Mr. and Mrs. John Mortley. Mrs. Williams, who has ”been visiting her (laughter, Mrs. Mortley, for a «maple of weks, returned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Mofl‘at and Mary and Joan enjoyed a motor drive In Owen Sound recently. .Darkies’ Corners. (Our own correspondent.) We appdeciatc these beautiful sunny days. ‘ Mrs. Thomas McGirr of Durham visited Tuesday with Mrs. W. J. Rit- rhie and Mrs. W. G. Firth. Ml‘: James MeGimg Jr., got a car load of cattle from the West the first. nf the week. Miss Margaret, McGirr and Miss Elizabeth Scott spent Sunday at, the home of Mrs. John Bell and attended Sunday school. We were pleased to have them with us again. Quite a number from this burg at- tended the McClymcnt and Edwards sales this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bailey and childâ€" rnn. and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lind- say and Clifford spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James McGirr, Sr. Miss Irene Whittaker Of. town qwnt Sunday with Miss, Jessie Bell. and altondnd Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Firth Spent Sunday with MI'. and Mrs. Sam Pat.- terson. N0. 9 Sunday schonl entertainment will he held in the school-house 4m 30â€" fine work. Friday evening, November 3. Lunch will be served and a good program is being prepared. Come and bring your friends. CLOSING DOWN U. P. 0. STORE (Toronto Telegram.) Following fast on the closing up of their retail stores at Harrowsmith, St. Thomas, Dorchester and Platts- ville comes the news that the l'nitml Farmers’ Co-operativo Company has closed its retail store in Toronto. The store at...130 King street East is an historic one. and its proximity to the St. Lawrvnro market made it ponular. Opened in 1918. it has been tho centre of a nvtwm'k of 39 rvtail stor'os scattered throughout Ontario. but it came m'mninontty before the public eye in mm whvn the farmers met there. and furmmt the calvhratwt Raney-Drury government. It was in an upper room over Hm fai'mnrs’ stow.- that "Erniv" ln'ur)’ was "tiered tho promiershipnf this province, and it was noted by tin- newsnapor men and otlm‘s, \th were kept waiting «lawn among Hu- grocories whiln the Ontario Gm- ernmont was being formed, that thv store was a historic sput. It is now no mum) and Hip nmvn of its closing is not 0110 of jny and press- perity for the RanPy-Ih‘ury Gowrn- ment in Quenn's Park. It. is the fit- ting and t0 the famous trial of th0 farmers to mix business and politivs and t0 arrango gm urnmnnts in moms that vs ero only' moant to house 910- COP) clerks and (‘amlod goods. All that appears to Show the mahâ€" lic on King street. East. today that ttw Farmers are through doing business in 'l‘orontoâ€"in a retail way at any rate, and maybe ft'n'ming govern- ments alsoâ€"is a Sign in the window : j‘MOVihg t0 Gvorgo Street." No official annnuuconwnt 0." the closing of the retail stores ‘!3. ; :ghâ€" There is as much com- fort in good pure food as in any other bless. ing‘ with which man is endowed- Our bread is at the top pf the perfect provender program. It is tasty and alwayS.uni- form in quality. Ask for our bread by name. BB We have a big assort- ment of Men’s and Boys’ Pants, Overalls, Shirts, Smocks, etc. Boys’ Ove1coats to ar- rive shortly. All sizes. DRY GOODS DEPT. much 148 out the province has been made by President R._ W. F Burnaby of the United Farmers. but: one by one these stores, which were first to get the farmer cheaper goods and sec- Ondly to put the high-priced heal merchants to the wall. are bung dropped by the presmt management. Evidmtlylhey haw not served the purpose for which mm were intend- :WW.’ . .0' 900.0...“ “"W.’W WWW S M PWWARE 'nlauasr PRICES mo. Call and scene. N O IMPROVEMENT has ever been made on Bread-and milk as food for growing boys and girls We have the Breadâ€" The new, better loaf that tastes so good little folks can’t get enough of it. _ Try it, mothe1 s and see if it isn’t CV e11 more deli- cious than V0u1 own Bread. Grocorlot, Flour Food, th Fruits DURHAM , . - ONT. No matter what you buy in kitchen nteniik, do- mand that each article carry the SIP trade-mark ,shown below. 8 P Enameled Ware is safe to no: acids or alkalis not afl’ect it; it cannot all-orb odors; cleans like china; wean for yenn. Tell the storckeeper you want either Groceries-Provisions Hanover Maple Leaf Flour, Shorts, Bran, Feed of all kinds Diamond Ware is a three-coated enameled steel. sky blue and white outside with a snowy white II- ing. Pearl Ware is enameled steel with two coats of pearl grey enamel inside and out. O ““5"“? METAL Paooum Co $3.11“? HARDING’S HARDWARE HENDERSON’S BAKERY; This week on G.T.R. siding HIGHEST PRICES PAID ~ 5 CARLOAD POTATOES WANTED FOR PALMERSTON CREAMERY Henderson’s Bread SOLD IN DURHAM AT Crea‘m Walited ed. for it if report»! Mm“! districts that the stores operated by the lnited Farm «‘6 ha. «3 not paid own this year “1“] the lowered mices. In fact it has been broadly hinted that other stores are now on tho martini. whim on the other hand tho mm'vhants in tho towns and 13-! rotail storokoclwrs in Toronto report a lu"=.~'|u-ruus \‘c‘al'. GROWING smsucuou amumseo. Get a Can.