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At the extremes of the country, the weather has been most favourable this year. The Maritimes were hit by Spring frost, but later conditions in those provinces and in Quebec were entirely satisfactory. In British Colum- bia, growing conditions were ideal. But in the central part of Ontario south toward the} US. boundary, drought took its toll. It is usual to play up disasters. A careful estimate, however, of this year’s crops reveals that farm income will be larger than the meagre returns of 1935. Other crops across Canada are spotty. Apples‘in Nova Scotia will be plentiful, a slightly less profitable crop in British Columbia, a fair crop in Ontario, and a poor crop in Quebec are the indications. Oats are poor, so is barley. The feed problem is seri- ous. In addition, the market for cattle in the United States has dried up as the import quota has been practically filled. Counteracting this is the Department of Agriculture’s plan to spend $300,000 on more aggressive marketing in the United Kingdom. , The dismal reports of Canada’s wheat crop are not being borne out in their entirety. The quality is excep- tionally high and the yields are somewhat better than an- ticipated. And incidentally, the world statistical position of wheat justifies still higher prices unless the Argentine crop assumes bumper proportions. 7 Manitoba will brobablir produce more wheat than last year; Saskatchewan’s harvest may be almost as large; but Albeyta has been cruelly hit. The contrast between our “export” and purely “domâ€" estic” business is being emphasized more than ever. Cramp- ed by taxation, by wide-spread unemployment, by the fail- ure of the building industry to make real headway, and by the scars of drought, domestic sales’ volumes are still lagging far behind the country’s export business. None the less, on balance, the weight of favourable influences pushes the scale upward. Tourists have been pouring into Canada. The Dionne quintuplets are playing to record audiences. According to Leo Dolan of the Canadian Travel Bur- eau, 300 million dollars will be expended in Canada this year by visitors. This represents a gain of 15 per cent over last year. Ontario and Quebec will receive half of the total amount spent. The lumbering industry, particularly in British Co- lumbia, is continuing to experience a stimulating export demand. While competition is keen in the overseas mar- kets, lumber prices are good and exports from Vancouver have reached record levels. The continuation of the busi- ness boom in England, a widening of the Far Eastern market, and an acceleration in the rate of construction on this continent should result in still better operations in the basic forestry industry. 7 In addition, to the gold'and base metal inaustries, most of Canada’s e’xport industries are enjoying encourâ€" aging activity. Agricultural areas are benefitting and will continue to benefit to a proportionally greater extent by the Gov- ernment’s foreign and domestic policies. And second, the rise in farm prices gives indications of being sharper than the rise in the prices of things which farmers buy. Farmers have suffered severely during the past years. The decline in the prices of farm products was far more severe than that of manufactured goods. TWO tendencies are now operating to correct this situation. {Through a series of trade agreements, Canada is broadening its markets inch by inch. A new trade treaty with Germany is believed to have been arranged. In re- turn for manufactured goods, Canada will ship raw ma- terials and wheat, probably other foodstuffs, to the Nazis. Trade with Russia is also on the tapis. Such agreements should lead to an increase in dom- estic purchasing power, but manufacturers must be keenly alive to still sterner competition. While firmer prices should make for better interna- tional trade by enabling raw material countries to regain their buying power, the nationalistic tendencies of Euro- pean eountries is tending to block this movement. And not only the underlying situation is conducive to a higher price level, but the subtle inflation which is dangerously distending the monetary structure of the United States (and to a lesser degree that of Canada) should inevitably result, unless checked, in softer dollars and harder prices. "The internal effect is of Vital consequence. In addi- tion to stocks of primary commodities being relatively low, inventories of finished goods on dealers’ shelves are at a virtual minimum. The stage is set for an advance in gen- eral prices. A sudden spurt of buying might easily start it off. Here is the present position. For six years the vis- ible stocks of world commodities were unwieldy. During the past year they have shrunk to manageable propor- tions. In belated recognition of this changed situation, international commodity prices have been reaching pre- depression highs. For over two months, prices in Canada, the ,United Kingdom, and the United States have been trending upward. Buyers have been active not because of war scares, but through fear that dwindling supplies will. I_n_ean_ naturally higher quotations. Consumer deinand is not expanding at a very sub- stantial rate, but a situation has been developing which couldweasil'y Ijesult in a>m0de_r‘ate ugward swing in prices. Due largely to a 2 per cent increase in retail prices, retail trade in Canada has averaged about 31/2 per cent higher than last year. Even more sharply defined than the business trend is the tendency of commodity prices and the cost of living to rise out of the rut which has held them for some three years. It is a significant development. Business for the remainder: of the year, however, may be extremely spotty. The drought alone has intensified a 811113131011 whlc‘n wa_.s eatlsl'aetory but slightly mottled. HOW’S BUSINESS? A candid survey of Canadian busmess conditions leads to certain clean-cut conclusions. A careful weighing 01‘ our monthly reports from stra- tegic centres shows that business activity is continuing 'to expand at a slow but reassuring rate. By no means are our sectional snapâ€"shots uniform, yet on balance they ‘blend to produce a background which is broadly favour- able. While general busmess this year may be only 6 per cent better than in 1935, certain areas are beginning to stand out on our business map in bold relief. J. Eachern Smith, Manager “7.1%; Rates on Application. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING C0,, LTD. Member Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year â€"- To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District PAGE TWO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1936 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY “THE LIBERAL” Established 1878 TELEPHONE 9 “Idealism increases in direct pro- portion to one’s distance from the problem.”â€"â€"John Galsworthy. “If a motorist can do these things, and do them instinctively,” Mr. Robâ€" inson concluded, “his mind mill be re- lieved‘ of a terrific burden of conâ€" centvation of which he is: not usually aware, and he will be free to ob- serve on the highways the amenities and courtesies which he performs- “habitually in his business: 'and social life.” f ' “Psychologists have never quite agreed,” he remarked with a smile, “where to draw the line between an imferiority complex and a superiority ‘one, or whether there is any fundaâ€" mental difference between the two.” PLUMBING AND TINSMITHING Thornhill, Ontario Hot Water Heating and General repairs. “It frequently gives' a man in a small or old car a false sense of superiority to cut in ahead of a mot- orisrt with a large, expensive, stream- lined one,” he explained, though he was unwilling to state that if every driver had a superiority complex (or a big, new car), the highways would 'be travelled exclusively by a race descended from “Alphonse” and “Gaston,” famed cimoc-supplement exponents of courtesy. A. C. HENDERSON Psychological studies, Mr. Robin- son claimed, revealed that a great amount of discourte-sy on the highâ€" ways was due to am inferiority com- plex on the part of some drivers. “Most motorists don’t take driving half seriously enough,” Mr. Robinâ€" son maintained. “No man starting in to play golf gives up learning and practicing as soon as he can tell a putter from a brassie,” he said, “but of the 40,000 drivers we have tested over a considerable period, both in Canada and the United States, it is startlingly evident that many of of them feel they have mastered! the intricate business of driving a car the minute they are able to change gears without almost ripping them to shreds.” . . . . . . $1.50, $3.50 & $5.00 Manicure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25c. Hair Cut . . . . . . 25c. Child’s hair cut . . . . . . . . . 15c. Finger Wave . . . . . . . . . . . 40c. Shampoo & Finger Wave 50c. Marcel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40c. Shampoo & Marcel . . . . 50:. 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PRICE LIST This was the conviction expressed yesterday by Phillip Robinson, re- presentative of the Bureau for Street Traffic Research of Harvard Uniâ€" versity, who is in: charge of the high- way safety demonstration at the Can- tadian National Exhibition being sponsored by the Imperial Oil Ltd. in coâ€"operation with the Ontario- depart- ment of highways. quisite every motorist must possess before he can be a courteous and careful driver is a thorough know- ledge of how to handle a car prop~ e'rly :and an intelligent understanding of ‘what makes the wheels go ’round.’ Inferiority Complex BarTo Courtesy on Highways ront( I Driver Must Know “What Makes \Vheels Go ‘Round’ ” Traffic Expert Says OUTLINES TESTS THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO pt. 8.â€"The prime re motorist must posses V be a courteous am is a thorough know The rancher beckoned to his fore- man. “Jake I wish you'd ride into town and get the correct time.” “But L ain’t got no watch.” “What do you want with a watch?” Write it down on a piece of paper.” “We have, to an extent, grown work-wise. In the future, we shall grow leisure-wise.” â€" H. A. Overâ€" street. Arrangements have been made with the Ontario Provincial Police ‘whereby they are supplied weekly lwith a list of tattoo allotments. A poultry owner whose poultry is tat- tooed in accordance with the Act, having his poultry stolen, should at once get in touch with his nearest Provincial Police office, notifying them of the loss and advising the characters used in the identification of his poultry. Poultry owners havâ€" ing their birds tattooed should, when selling their poultry, give the purâ€" chaser a statement covering the number of birds sold and the iden- tification marks On these birds, so that no question might be asked or embarrassment caused to the buyer by having birds marked with char- acters allotted to someone else. Poultry may be tattooed any time after they are seven to ten weeks of age, the mark being placed in the web of the wing. The wing fea- thers are cleared off and, with the wing extended, a small quantity of ink is rubbed on the skin. The tattoo pliers are then forced together and the ink rubbed into the small holes made by the pliers. l l Each of the above mentioned par- ties has paid to the Department $1.00 for each combination of characters assigned to them so that poultry owners may contact these parties di- rectly and purchase their outfit, pay» ing their registration fees to them. These firms report weekly the char- acters which have been allotted and supply the application forms so that such characters are registered With the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture. Certificates of allotment, in accordance with the Act, are then sent to these poultry owners. Wher- ever a poultry owner wishes to make application directly to the Depart- ment for the allotment of characters he may do so and he can then secure his tattoo outfit wherever he wishes. He should, however, advise any firm with whom he is doing business that he has already secured registration for the characters with which he wants his pinchers equipped. Our in- formation is that the tattoo outfit and ink is being sold at about $3.00- which, with the registration fee ofl $1.00, makes the total cost to thei poultry owner approximately $4.00. ‘ Canadian Baby Chick Association, 143 King St. E., Hamilton; W. J. Freeman, Teeswater; Ketchum Manufacturing 00., Box 501, Ottawa. After conferring with the Canad- ian National Live Stock Record Off- ice 3 system was devised, setting aside the numeral “6” to represent the Province of Ontario. with the understanding that, should other Provinces of the Dominion wish to set up» a similar system of registra- tion of tattoo marks for poultry, other numerals would be used by these Provinces, thus making it pos- sible to identify Ontario poultry when found either in or out of Onâ€" tario. With this numeral is allotted various letters of the alphabet, for 1example: “AAG”, “AB6”, “A06”, etc. \Each poultry owner, on making ap- plication for the allotment of char- acters, is given a combination of let- ters which then become his outright property for a period of three years upon payment of the registration fee of $1.00. These characters may be renewed after this time on the payment of the renewal fee of $1.00. Arrangements have been made with the following firms interested in the manufacture and sale of tat- too pinchers and ink, blocks of char- acters having been assigned to these parties so that they may have the‘ tattoo outfits made up in readiness‘ for sale:â€" Province, recommended that a change be made in the Brand Act which would provide for the tattooing of poultry and the registering- of the marks so allotted with the Departâ€" ment. The Honourable Duncan Mar- shall was successful in having an a- mendment made to the Brand Act at the 1936 session of the Legisla- ture whereby provision was made for this work. I For some years poultry raisers in ‘the Province of Ontario have suff- ered considerable loss through poul- try being stolen. Sometimes when poultry, suspected of being stolen, was located by Law Enforcement Of- ficers it was very difficult to estab- lish ownership as no system of per- manent marking had been develop- ed. The Ontario Department of Ag- riculture, therefore, after consulting“ with various poultry interests in the Tattooing of Poultry, Young’s Service Station same wife plained he At Houston, Texas, E. L. Heaton was, married for the fifth time to the GAS, OIL and ACCESSORIES NORTH YONGE ST. RICH “Poets have begun to think they” are no longer wanted by the world.” â€"John Masefield. Come in and let us show you TIRE- PRINTS of Goodyear G 3’s on cars in this localityâ€"showing surprisingly little tread-wear after many thou- sands of miles of continuous service. Goodyear long-wear is proverbial. Our service is too. Try us! LONG-HAUL TELEPHONE CALLS TICKETS GOOD IN GOING DAILY â€" SEPT‘ r93! BAGGAGE Checked. Stopovers at Port Arthur. Armstrong, Chicago and west. 21:. Sleeping Car reservations, and all information from any agent. ASK FOR HANDBLLL Bridegroom Heaton ex liked honeymoons. . COACHES at fares approximanely lc per mile. 0 TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approx I TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximame 1%c per mile. 0 STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1 MC per mile. COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL LOWER RATES Again rates for long distance telephone service have been revised. Reductions on calls to points over 130 air-line miles dis- tant became effective from September lst. This is the sixth long distance rate revi- sion in the past seVCn years. It will mean I substantial savings £or users of the service. And remember, low night rates on both Station-to-Station and Person-to-Person calls, now apply every evening after 7 o’clock, and all day Sunday. From all Stations in Eastern Canada THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1936 Return Limit: 45 days PROOFS ‘. 19 to OCT. 3 inclusive SAND â€" GRAVEL WM. MCDONALD Telephone 62 Thornhil] From Mapie Gravel Pit GENERAL CARTAGE RICHMOND H‘ILL by Truck T933