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PAGE 2. at Toronto and the Ontario Fruit Growers’ Association endorse a list of only 7 varieties for commercial plant- ing. The Fruit Branch is a. part of the Department of Agriculture and is, of course, maintained by the Gov- ernment. The fall fairs are supported by the same Government through the Department of Agriculture to the ex- tent of $85,000. and the Minister is constantly being asged to raise the AA- AA- ____- L.-.. A.‘ wmv- wvâ€"â€"o “~__ _ grant to $100,000. Here we have one Branch of the Government recom- mending a list of 7 varieties and an- other organization working under the parental care of the same Government endorsing a list of 80 varieties! Too many varieties of apples is the bane of the industry. The fall fairs can and should do something to corâ€" rect the situation. The Agricultural Societies Branch recommended a list of 20 varieties, and that is surely sufficient to cover all contingencies of climate, markets and local prejudices. Why have the fall fairs not followed the advice sent them from headquarters? The agricultural side of our fall fairs is meddled with too much by town peeple who think they know all about farming because they have a Duchess â€" LA .‘â€"--.-4 -“A A apple tree in their backyard and a flock of chickens which annually tears up their neighbor’s garden. The fall fairs have a wonderful op- portunity to point the way to better marketing methods, which, after all, are based on producing what the market demands. By grvlng prizes to 30 varieties of apples. 60 at least of 80 varieties of apples, 60 at least of which are obsolete and undesirable, the fairs are confusing the buying public and misinforming the producer. â€"Farmer’s Advocate. Why is itâ€" That telephone bills are paid promptly? That checks are sent at once for gas and electric light accounts? That the installments on furniture. automobile, radio and the like are met without delay? stallment houses and the banks all feel that they are justified in enforc- ing the terms of the original con- The stores. on the other hand, stand in such terror of the bugaboo of “lost business” that they permit bills to lag for months, without taking action which would secure payment and avoid the expense of long drawn-out ac- counts. It is, of course. argued that if a customer is pressed he will take his trade elsewhere. But do banks oper- ate on that principle? If one bank demands the prompt payment of a note. does the customer for the only Are Fall Fairs Functioning a Prompt Payments reconvâ€"‘c-i‘le 1hemselves to taxing‘ “what’s left” after customers have paid their other obligationsâ€"Norman News. Stribling-Sharkey scrap was so ama- teurish that it raised nothing but a lot of guffaws over the country. We don’t know who inspired it. Floyd Fitzsimmons was in such close proxim- ity that he might be suspected. It was a puerile attempt to gain a little publicity for a bout that didn’t need it. Everybody was at Miami who was go- ing to attend the fight, anyway. If Jack is going to succeed in this pro- Jack is going to succeed in this pro- motional business he’ll have to change his advisory board. That 5.30 am. nightmare was too raw for even the most credulous.â€"Chicago Referee. “The Man Nobody Knows” I The author of the wonderful volume with the above title, Bruce Barton, captains and the kings, the princes and the prophets, the scientists and the adventurers, the millionaires and the dreamersâ€"all the billions of hu- man atoms that have lived and loved and struggled their little hour upon ity would be equally insistent upon -v â€"â€"v and he is there not because of victories, but because he voluntarily abandoned war, after his success, and devoted himself to the betterment of his mil- lions of subjects. Think of the host who have struggled for wealth, fret- ting over figures, denying their gener- ous instincts, cheating and grasping and worrying. Yet no millionaire is on the list, excepting again Asoka. Who sat in the throne in Rome when Jesus of Nazareth hung upon the cross? Who ruled the hosts of Persia when Aristotle thought and taught? Who was King of â€" England when Roger Bacon laid the foundations of modern scientific research? “The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart.” And when the historian, looking over the field where they contended for the prize, seeks for something which has they extend credit. ieâ€"aâ€"cher the dream of a scién'tist, the visionofaseer._ “Thesesixmenstood on the corners of history,” said Well: in his picturesque way. “Events hinged thought was freer and clearer because they had lived and worked. They took little from the world and left it much. They did not get, they gave; and. in the giving, gained eternal influence. ” ' By A. c. Macphail, nunâ€"1 “What happened to the Sun Life bill?” I inquired of a member of the Committee. “It’s shot.” Well, he did not stop there. I will. It isn’t accord- ing to Hoyle to go on, but one must admit the clarity of the explanation is lessened, by not givmg ,all his words. The Sun Life Bill was fought in the two sessions previous to this. So great was the opposition to it that the Bill was talked out. Now the Sun Life Company has withdrawn the applica- tion asking for the privilege of in- creasing their capital from two to four million dollars. They are now going to the Courts to see if they have not the right under their Charter, to in crease the capital as desired, 'without the consent of Parliament. The Sun Life Company was once two com- panies with a capitilization of two mil- lion each. One of the companies lap- sed. They now want to revive it. I f they can they will give their share- holders two shares for one, and then pay dividends on both. This is known 1-1:..- k-.. 4.1... rwa ‘- v -w-vvâ€"â€"â€" -' ' fiic as slicing the melon. Fine for _the shareholder, but poor business for the policyholder who has paid enough in premiums to force the grthh of the melon to the slicing size, and then continue to pay enough to allow a substantial dividend on the doubled capital. The Bell Telephone Company Bill has passed the Committee, but the interest of the public has been pretty well safeguarded. Before the Company can issue any stock it must secure the permission of the Board of Railway Commissioners as to amount to be is- ;sued and the terms and“ conditions _of issue. The Board of Railway Commis- sioners is the body that. allows the Bell Telephone Company to charge a rate which will yield an _8%_‘ dividegid on __ ‘_. the invested capital. It would now work something like this: The Bell telephone stock has just now a marxet value of $170. a share. The par value of the stock is $100. The Board might allow the Company to sell its stock to its present shareholders for $140. or $30. below market price, but the public who use the Ben Telephone would only be required to pay 8% on the par value ($100). The Company would haveI $140. to use for extentzon and im-‘ provements; the public would pay for the use of $100. It is fashionable now tor companies â€"when their dividenass get so large that they are positivery indecent, to split the stock, giving two or three or even four shares for every one nela by the Shareholder. The Massey- Harris , Company,_ The ‘Flgischmann ' Tâ€"‘A- Yeast 00., Canadian Ford 00.," Inter- national Nickel “were among those present” at the melon-slicing party. The division bells rang; the mem- bers came rushing in and then the vote was called ofl. Even Parliament can change its mind, though it never had in twenty ye_ars, until a few days , ‘-x__:_1.-.. La'ld ““u “I V " V‘OVJ J V‘- “â€"â€" _ â€"_ ago. Mr. Robb, Finance Minister, told! me that never before, in his time, had' a division been called off after the bells rang. And why now? Mr. Fred Kay, Chairman of the Agricultural Committee moved the Third Report of his Committee, asking the House for extra powers for the Committee, or, in: Parliamentary language, “power to widen the subject of reference”. This motion was debateable. John Evans of Rosetown, Sask., spoke and made charge against the Board of Grain Commissioners. The Western Farmer had lost confidence in the Commis- sioners. He believes they work with and for the grain trade, and not the grain grower. He asks that they be dismissed and a new and larger Board appointed, having one member resid- ent in Saskatchewan or .in Alberta; ‘be made clear. Hon. James Malcolm, under whose Department this matter falls, crossed the floor, consulted with Hon. R. B. Bennett, and then moved the adjourn- ment of the Debate. E. J. Garland, Bow River, acting for the Farm ano. port adjournment. Many back bench- The Dominion Parliament .Ip"»"‘ ' " THE DURHAM CHRONICLE And where men choose. they 635‘ their away, ' Cloud and cold, slqet 9.qu snow; A _. ‘L A-.. '"Thewaefeated hosts go. Men forcghet Winter’s joys, Winter’s w, As they gaze to the south; To the south, whence gay spring will appear With a rose in her month. For their lheartsd’ ‘ have grown weary of co And they thirst for-the sheen Of the slim willow-buds that unfold ; Their pale, shimmering green. And their ears are all straining to hear Robin’s song on the air, ' They wait. breathless, for Spring to BRUSH UP ON YOUR The first flight across the Atlantic was made May 8, 1919, by three U. 8. Navy seaplanes. Only the N-C-4, flown by Commander Read, arrived at the Azores in condition to continue on. The first attempt at a non-stop At- lantic flight was made by two English- men, Hawker and Grieve, who flew from Newfoundland May 16, 1919, be- ing forced down at sea 1,000 miles out. The first successmi non-Stop flight across the Atlantic was made by Alcock- and Brown. They left New- foundland June 14, 1919, and landed at Chiden, Ireland, June 16thâ€"time 16 hogs, 12 minutes. A. c n , ,1.1 L‘.. vâ€"wy â€"â€" â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_._ The first non-stop flight across the American Continent was made in May, 1923, by U.S. Army Oflicers Kelly and Macready. Their tim: rrom Mitchell Field, Long Island, to the Coast, 2,700 miles W@s_2_6 yours: and 60 mates Colonel Lindbergh hopped off from New York, May 21, flying all alone, a record in itself, and made a perfect landing in Paris after 33% hours in the air; a distance about 3,300 miles. How his feat startled the world and made him a deathless figure ' in the history of aviation is known to every- Another long distance record was set by Clarence Chamberlain, who, leav- ing from New York, landed his Bell- anca plane at Eisben, Germany, 110 miles from Berlin, on June 6, 1927. The first successful flight of a man- carrying gasoline driven aeroplane was made in December, 1903, by Orville Wright, at Ktity Hawk, N.C. It flew 852 feet, and was in the air 59 seconds. This was the first time man was ever one. carriedwi'n the air by a mechanical deviceâ€"the first real conquest of the air. A Virginia gentleman of color says that he does not hit his wife any more since he got fined in police conrt. “N:o safi, from now on, when dat wife zasperates me, I’se gwine kick 'er goodâ€"den she can’t show it to de Jedge.” What is to come? Red Sea! 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