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SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE REPORT ‘ OF AGRICULTURAL ENQUIRY COMMITTEE w» clip the followiqs from this month‘s issue of The O.A.(1. Be- vipw. a monthly magazins' publishm! at Hurlph in the interests of Agri- culturv. Tho :zx-ticip folluws a [‘9- (must by that puhln-ation far a syn- Npsis M a l'o't'o-nt address dolivm‘Pd Iu-fnro- U.A.tl. gl'mluatvs‘ un the ag- ricultural mmhtinns throughnut the guanine» as fuuml by "w Agrit'ul- tural _l£nquiry l'nmmittpoz AI...â€" I said in tho- Hunso- during disrus- sinn (if in» RPM)“. that I had also rpm-iwd pvrsnnal Io'tti'rs nf cum- mo-noiatinn from lnading farmers, mamii’ao-hiro-rs, parking hmisi- aphr- ainrs. pl'nfo'ssul's nf univm'sitivs and tithe-rs. Uni.- h-Hm- which I quote-ii ram» from a go-ntlvman pmmimmt in tho- l.ihi-ra| Party and \anI known as "no- nf Hu- must far-sowing busi- ness nio-n in HIP pruwnw. l mvntinn this H) ninki- ('lo-ar again that ih» Cnmniith-i- aim-s not assumo- tn haw disCU\'i;l'ml any pnliticnl panacva. for in a wnrol. this prominvnt Lihm‘al said it is mm m» hi ihi- finwrn- mo-nt, aiming sulo'ly at ”In i'rnnnmic imprnwmmit nf agriclilturv. tn take actinn along thi- lilws suggimtvd. Tho-w is nut. mnvh tho- matter with nnr farmo-rs as gruwvrs and .-\ thuriiugh discussion upon tho flour n! 1hr chislaturc, in thc'press and at martings of public bodies as tlu- nanmlian (launcil u! Agriculture, Boards Hf Trash». and conferences of manufacturo-s fnlluwml the report man!» by tho» lmlarin Agricultural Enquiry llnmmittw unpainted a lit~ tlo- om-r a yo-nr agn. 'l‘lw rcprcsent- atiw “pinlflll thus called forth was mzirkml by an cntirc abscnco- 0! pct- ty ur «wliunal criticism]. 0n the ('unlrar)’. [rum all quartvrs cami- tho- mnstructiw suggcslinn that if tho- rm‘cvmmo-mlalinns cuntaino-d in “in llo-Imrl haw tho' yahh-s attribut- ml in llwm fur advancing llw run- ditinn nf nur farmo-rs and at claim- clian agriculturs- in go-ncral. tho-so ri-cnmmvnolulinns slmulol lw prnnwt- ly and practically fullmvml up. Tho NTHHIIIWIMMHlllll!‘ wvro- nut. nll'crml anal haw lint hwn ro-ccivwl any- who-ro- as a punam-a fur all conn- omir ills. , Tho-ro- is nut. much tho- matter with nur farmo-rs us grmvrrs and prmhu-vrs. Tho-ri- is. hnwvvcr. a grow oh-al that ram he armmplisho-d ill l'o'gal'ol [n pl'i‘iCPSSiHH and mark»!- ing tlw chin! linus at their produc- tinn. It is plain to all who» nbsprw that tho- marki-ting nf products Hf own kind is tho most. serious pres-. out pruhlvm confronting this mun- try. Th9 moment I spaak «if Dru. cussing and markvting. in runner- tion with agriculturr. I am on the. topiv nf rmuppratinn. and I may as wall say it at tlw nutsvt that. so far as rmnpm-atiom'is i'oinrornml in Ontario». tlw mnwmrnt so far has largo-ly hwn furtnitmis and spas- nimlir and runquuvntly nut always suri-o-sstul. Nut. nnly sn, but I have tulimt nth a t'o-w lmsiiwss man still iiu-Iinml tn Innk upnn t'w-Liw'aiii‘in‘ as a prngri-ssiw nnwlty intrnducwl pi-ni’rssinnally into this country by Mr. .\arnn Sapirn. That is a great mistako'. Ynur wall inlurmt“! wail- l-rs will vxpm't m» t0 final \s'ztli tllt‘ n‘uwoimo'nt as mm of vital impor- tanw. ,anil alluw me to» present its do-x‘o-lnpnu-nt prai‘wahly in HIP calm and wall L'nnsiilvrm'l \‘Prdirt 0f the British Tribunal at'tr-r a i'nmplo‘ta surwy nt‘ tu-npvratinn had hem niaolo- tliruughnut tiw wm-Izl anal par- tirularly in ttw British limpirr. The British Tribunal opinion is nuthng li-ss than a straight rm'nmme‘nila- tmn tn thP lnnwrial Gnvvriimt-nt. anal in my “pinion malu-s tho SP" sanw awn-a! hi all }.'H\'t'l'llnlt‘lli" in tianaola wlrithnr t'mlvral nr pi‘o‘win- cial PAGE 0. “Staltv assistnnw tn agriculture" is mm'o- o'tt'm-tiw amt m-nnnmical whm-o tlw agricultural vummunity is mâ€" npo-mtiwly m-gantzo-tt than \vlu-ro it. t't-matns in at t'nntliliun 0f dominant. individualism: and. if fur no other rmusnn. ttw State would be justified in assisting tlw grnwth 0t agriruk tm'al m-nlu-ratinn. 03' which it will I)? onablvd tlw more ot'fertiwly t0 prnmuto its educational and other services. "Ttw bvnvticivnco Hf this m'inc‘plt' applimt to agriculture can indeed only be walizpd by the personal expm'ience nf thp sowial and «dura- tional as well as the ecnnomic ef- fects of the movement. A satudy o! co-nperation as it. is extending: to- day in other ('Hllntl‘iPS reveals pos- sihilities of great signflcance. There is the beginning of developments which are international in their importance. and relationships such as could only exist between groups .5 LU‘I of diflerent cnuntries organized on common principles and with kin- dred ideals.“ In face of such a statement from such a quarter, the question may well be asked whether the members DR. 1).. JAMIESON, M.P.P.) “I the great British family having m rxthing \xithin lhpmslees can- ni a) tlwix economic adwnlage all rmmd liw more within themselx es? At tho pri-svnt timo when tho Guy'- ornmont of (trout Britain is invit- ing ro-ordinatml etl'ort within thr- llritish family, what are) the politiâ€" ral and tradinsignals displayed by our groat in-ighhors in tho ['nitml Status? 'l‘hoy too are oarnestly stu- dying and applying the pi‘incipli_-S ol' ('u-npo'l'tlllt‘m to tho various linos of agrirultural industry, and I may add that. with awry facility govern- mo-nt. lJUlh stato and fedora! can af- total. ”I“ prmlurors of the lfnitpd Status 1111' making rapid progress 'in tho- llt'ltl ot‘ (.‘tl-Ullfll'al-ltlll. But tho l'nitrd States has at tho same) tinn- llt't_'ll building its tai'ilt' wall light-r and highor. so that imports grirultural as well as industrial. t‘Xt‘t'pl. what they actually Mod and must haw, tlI't' practically shut. out of their market. ilanaila. ot’ roursc. i~' tho rnuntry mainly ‘atl‘ortml along its transmntinontal boundary by the cwm-slmdowing agricultural tarill‘ “all. And it is rathi-r instructive t'Hi' us to ohsrryi‘ that lht'l't! is no ditTrronm- of policy hotwm-n then- two sari-at politiral pai'tii's in re?- sport to tho taritl’. So [run is this that, tlw logislaiw and administra- tiw i'm-Ummonolation 0f Prosidont tloolidgo's Agricultural t‘lont’oroniso rim-rod taritl' matters without. any trace of that nirr caution whirh our tintario (lommittoo oxorrismi at all our [illllllC hearings in regard to this topir. 'l‘hc- taritl’ IS still a politi'al inn-stion in tlanada. It. has coasml to ho such in tho l'nitod States. 'l‘hi-ro- it ishn longer rogardwl oither as a party or political mattrl‘. l Imp.» I‘lnave been too long in public life and in business to re- main vithor a restrictionist or a dwampr; and I think I am within tlw mark in saying that. so far as wn in Canada ‘arp cancerned, .om' «hip! (rennomic advantage in future will lw rpaped from empire trade. But I am now more particularly dis- cussing lhv_m’0n0mic advancement nl’ Canadian agriculturn. The policy of taritT-prutecte-"l pro- duction of the. ag'icultural as well as other industries of the I'nited States is not only expressml hut stressed by the President's Confer- ence in its declaration of "a hal- anced American agriculture by which productien is kept in step with the demands of domestic mar- kets and with only such foreign markets as may he profitable." There is the whole policy of our neighbors in the south. There is no political dill’erence. whatever of opinion among them concerning its wisdom. The domestc market is to he preseryei‘l for their own produc- ers. Foreign markets are to be in- vaded if prnlltahle to those pl't‘N_lll('-‘ ers. The phrase “balanced agricul- ture" has been interpreted in the llanadian press as implying a policy of limiting agricultural production solely with a View to holding all commodity prices at a high level; but I do not apprehend that. our Hntario market gardeners. fruit growers, hean growers poultry and hog raisers and indeed our farmers generally need to he sanguine that the end is in sight of their long SUS- tained struggle against unfair I'. S. competition in the Canadian market with the handicap of a low taritl‘ on our side and a high taritl‘ ever there, ’l'lw ()ntzu'n Committro, liko the dimplidgv Cullffll't‘llt‘f'. found that. its \mrk dvmamlml a special study 01' Min do-wlun'»mvnt in “Tom yvars in all onuntrivs nf Hm world of pr“- .hu-o-rs‘ markvting organizations Innkim: tn onlm'ly and (anomicul olistrilmtinn. with nbsm‘vancv of graalvs and stumiairds for thv var- nus ugrivultural prnducts nf the muntry; 'l‘lu- Ontario (Innimittmr al- s“ fnuml that. although tho principle nl' agricultural 04‘»-(lpm‘ati0n has madv titlul and uunwu headway in lhv olill‘m'vnt. prnvim'vs uf the Dom- iniuu, largt‘ly from the oxamplv of nlhvr munlrivs. elf-Operative mar- lwtin: urgniiizathms in our enuntry haw had little giwernment encour- agement. I will go so far as to say that Hntnrio is perhaps the most backward province in this respect. The iii-miniittm- mmle a survey of Cit-Hpt‘l‘atht‘ legislation and achieve- nwnt ll] ”10‘ Val‘inus [)POViDCOS “f llanmla from the Atlantic to the Pacific: and while there was no spare in the Report for reference to this part of the work. it na- turally lml up to the. main recom- nwndatim of a National Export flattening Commission for the or- derly distributiim of our agricultur- ail surpluses other than grain. Here-i in lies the best solution of some dif; tirult problems as presented not on- ly by farmers but by manufactur- ers and labor representatives as well. We found this recommenda- tion anticipated in a measure not only in Britain. which is our great export market, but in other coun- tries of Europe. The self same idea was adopted by the Coolidge Con- ference in the proposal of a Federal (lo-operative Marketing Board, with this diflereace, that the Ontario recommendation proposed definite representation of the federal and provincial governments as well as organized agriculture. First must come the development of the proper types of c’o-operative organization to suit our Canadian community._ Here as well asâ€" in the United States. in Denmark, Germany, and other countries, it is funda- mental that leadership be developed in every field of co-Operative enter- prise, whether production, distribuâ€" tion or transportation. It is in the ,way out of such an era of depres- sion as we are coming through that signal opportunity invariably is found. - The recommendation in the Re- port of the' Committee concerning the creation of a National Export Marketing Commissmn has been well received by the general public and by the business community in Can- ada. Since the Report was issued, I have observed that this recom- mendation is in closest harmony with a carefully worded resolution of the Conference neld at \Vembley July last and with the declaration of Sir Daniel Hall, technical adviser in the British Ministry of Agricul- ture. that. until agricultural co-op- eration gets a full trial. we cannot know' what the British Empire fan achieve within itself. The recommendations of the Re- port are also in line with important economic developments taking plaCe in other countries and more or less allied to the great. co-operat.ive movement, The' creation of a Na- tional Economic Council in France, for instance, has the same object in \‘il'\\'. one. that all leading nations are aiming at in bringing represent- atives of different economic groups together to study conservation of the resources and essential energy of the whole country. Present day conditions undoubtedly poidt to the conclusion that. it is impossible. for any one occupational classfio live to itself; that we are inter- locked in our relations with one an- other: that. the problems of every class are common problems all round. We are in duty bound to seek to understand each other’s viewpoint and try to be fair and helpful one to another. By a united effort, our aim as Canadians is to put our Splendid young country where it belongs in the forefront. of all lands on this earth. With the View of working.' out this‘ spirit. of harmony amongst. all classes, tho. Ontario (‘ll'lmmittvo called a Round-Tabla Conformico to which “'9 invitm‘l farmers. manufacttlrars, rotail and wholesale morchants, cattlomon and stock yard intorosts as wall as raprvsontativos of tho transnortation conmanirs, labor or- ganizatiims, bankers and others. Wacortainly found a ready rosponse and a broad spirit. of co-oporation whirl] has panotratod the business community in a notable manner and inspired many declarations in favor of mutually holpful relations ho- twoon tho agricultural and manufac- lturing intorests. It. is not. too much to say that the im'estigatitm carried on by the Ontario Committee. regarding rail- way rates has been an influential factor in precipitating the present discussion of the railway situation and of showing the necessity of do- ing something worth while in the direction of economy 80 that the rates mav be. lowered. The 1m esti- gation of the Committee in this field can hardly fail of further effect. The Report showed. and Senatm' G.’ D. Robertson. who defended the scales of wages paid to railway la- bor. admitted, that. inasmuch as the Ianadian National Railways contin- ue in function with heavy «.iperating deficits. the burdens Hf rates will continue to fall more heavily on the farmers and producers of Ontario than on those of mure sparsely sets- tled prt‘ivinces. There is no practi- ral purpose to he served by invit- ing rriticism of railway manage- THE PEOPLE’S MILLS Every Day Is Bargai'n Day Our Feeds are of the Best 'Quality, and our ' Flour is Guaranteed. Prices right for Cash Highest Price Paid for Wheat delivered at the Mill Goods Delivered in Town Every Afternoon Phone 8, Night or Day. JOHN MCGOWAN ‘ The People’s Mill Durham, Ont. Sovereign Flour Eclipse Flour White Lily' Pastry Flour Wheat Cereal and Rolled Oats Bran Shorts . Feed Flour Oat Chop Crimped Oats Mixed Chop ' Mixed Grain for Pou’ltry Food Blatchford’s Calf Meal Pig Meal and Poultry Feeds AT meat without indicating ways and means of re meat. This I think the investigation of the Com-t mittee did indicate, not in respect to certain scales of 'wages only, but also in the unexamined field of the salaried offices. It is outside of my prouince perhaps to express an opinion as to whether real retrench- ment is possible in the direction of Sir Henry Thornton’s hOpe for co- operation between the two great railway systems, or, as others hold, by the merging of the systems un- der one management. But this much is clear as applied to either system that when earnings fall short of re- quirements, corresponding econom- ics must be insistently demanded frOm the responsible railway execu- tives. The railway executives go upon the easy assumption that high rates is the. only recourse. Their responsibility in management should be held up to the railways of Can- ada by the peeple. by the shippers who suffer from high transportation rate and especially by the farmers whose transmrtation costs are whol- ly out of prmmrtion tn the value of the tonnage they contribute to the carrying companies. Bemre I close, Imust makeahrief reference to Hydro for the farmers of Ontario. The report necessarily dealt, with the Hydro situation as it is. but itindicated so much in reâ€" spect to developments in the near future that. I was able to recall in the House how, in 1911, I had the honor of moving the address in re- ply to the Speech from the Throne, at a time when rural depopulation was seric‘iusly talked about and when it was desired that. farm life should if possible he made more at- tractive. On that occasion, I said there were three . things which would contribute to this end and prophesied they were coming. They were good roads. rural mail delivery and telephone connection. They have all come, and I am now going .336 Whom could you sell toglay? ways of finding new cus- tomers, of getting at every possiblebuyer,arebeingde- vised every week. Obstacles are being brushed aside. Present day business, to secure results, turns to Long Distance as its first aid. We are now handling con- siderably over one million Long Distance calls a month for people who must _ have _ L-‘_- an ans‘vgrer" immediately. They realize that the average letter costs as much as the aver- age Long Distance message. Wm could Long Dummy?“ “u today by Mm ”baht-throws to 0:9 mm WonOUR Telephone __by Long Distance to venture upon pholjhedy again. viz., that we will have Hydro Elec- tric Power and a National Market,- lng system, and that those along.' with others montionod will further contribute to the profits as well as to the attractiveness and comfort of Ontario farm life. YEOVIL U. P. O. CLUB HOLDS PICNIC 0N DOMINION DAY The YeovilA U.F.0. Club are. plan- ning for a mcmstm- pivnic on Dom- ininn Day and have already arâ€" ranged for a program nf sports and other umusemonts fm' tlw big crowd oxpoc ted. STAN DARD BAN K OF CANADA DURHAM BRANCHâ€"John Kally, Manager Sub-Branch at WI. BANKING! LAWN-mus Travelling in Canada or Abroad N l-ISSI'ZX'HAL requisite for an A (ixtvndod trip in Canada nr abroad is a lottor of credit. The. dvtails of obtaining funds on rontn as dvsirod are rvducod tn 3 minimum by tlw [mssvssiun Hf a personal [otter of credit frnm tha Standard Bank. It. may be written to cover any amunnt you wish to arrange for and is immrdiatc-ly nv- gntiahh1 by hotels, steamship con“- panios and banks anywhere sprcitiml throughout tho world. METHODIST IISSION CIRCLE ' IBT THURSDAY NIGIT The MothOdist church Mission (lir- cle mot in tho parsonago on Thurs- day night of last wook, and a most. intorosting timo was Slwlll. Mrs. (Ron: J. E. Potors was in ohargo. Tho mooting uponod with singing, and tho 341h_ Psalm was road by Miss Vlnlot Snoll. This was to!- lowod by tho Horald’s answoij to tho \Vatch Towor. Tht convolution ro- purt was road by MISS Phnoho Wolfo and was follpwod by tho humnoss mootmg. during WIIIC'II many mat- tors of mtorost. to tho sm‘ll‘t)‘ woro discussod. hi3] ('Hch' H[w!': .7 [10W lit'c'nw .'~ h is fur ”w "I" m: itfltittlw «m! for this H4".\‘ 1 0 as fHI' Haw __ ins. but is HM ‘ irnmnms “1‘ .-. l n". I” ”It ,-. ”8‘8”00 Hw :4; Z ' lionnsn vm-«l~ ? [‘mr mimno- \ _ l,\' rvquirmi, 01' “W “Vinnmu‘ hOWMM‘ and ‘h WAVE [ENHT In radio Wurlg. \ ,1 nating the QIGCU‘U-YLLUE' by giving the 191121}, . 1' 1 a European unit uj' 3:1, versally accepted in : icurate however. :12“. a \1 \ in miles, yards. 1‘... ' _ a 2 “How HM , ins: 3310M lulu Illah- Hwy 4 ' 'iH NM “"11: TllPl‘I‘ ls h1o\\.-\. lifl'eront. way ”I .. 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