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PAGE TWO N “THE LIBERAL” Established 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY J. Eachern Smith, Manager Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.00 per year â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th, 1937. TORONTO MILK PRICES Because the Ontario Milk Control Board has author- ized an increase of one cent per quart in the price of milk to Toronto consumers there have been loud protestsfrom that city. Some housewives are talking of organizing a boycott and certain members of the city council, with a view to getting votes in the approaching municipal elecâ€" tions, have joined in the outcry. The request for this price revision came from repreâ€" sentatives of the 3500 milk producers who supply the To- ronto market. It was pointed out that their operating expenses had increased and that they have to pay higher prices for what they buy, most of which goods are made in Toronto. A statement issued by the Milk Control'Board ShOWS that the change from 12c to 13c per quart yields a new revenue to the distributors of 23c to 25c per 100 lbs. and of this increase. 22c is passed directly to the producer by a raise in the price from $2.10 per 100 lbs. to $2.32 per 100 lbs. of base milk. Figures also are given to show that the total sales of the 22 dairies supplying Toronto, in the year ending Sept. 30, 1937, yielded an average profit of only eleven hundredths of a cent per quart. Certainly not an excessive profit. . . The trouble with the consumers who are raismg all the fuss is that they can see only their own side of it. If these city women would exchange places with the women on these dairy farms and do the work the countrywomen have to do they would soon see the matter in a different light. And if the dairy farmer were allowed-city labor rates for the work that is entailed before the milk reaches the distributor and, in addition, a proper percentage for investment and other overhead costs, he would be getting a very much higher price than the Milk Control Board has sanctioned in Toronto. I “There comes a time when one must recognize the far- mer’s right to a decent scale of living commensurate with his investment and the hours Of labor and toil he puts in,” says the Milk Control Board statement. With this View, ~ most reasonable people will agree. * I! * it 1‘ * ii * i A FOWL SUPPER CHAMPION George James of‘the Bowmanvill‘e Statesman says that he has written scores of screeds on chicken pie suppers, but confesses sorrowfully that up to date he has_never discussed them from the standpoint of the capac1ty of some people to endure them. He then proceeds to tell this story: “We recall attending one of these events about a year ago and having to wait our turn to eat by standing behind a man, until he had completed his meal. The fashion is to hold on to the chair, or suffer a longer wait if someone should grab the seat before you get it. Our own insides were just about at the breaking point. The odour of de- licious pies, and the sight of the heavily laden tables, was enough to provide an appetite for the worst type of dys- peptic. The man ahead was having the time of his life. He completed three helpings of chicken pie, and they were generous helpings, too. Ahead was a meringue topped lemon pie. He sampled two pieces. Someone passed along the pumpkin pie, and he tried that, too. By this time we were getting gaunt, and we felt reasonably sure that the pumpâ€" kin pie would be the end, but it wasn’t. Our gentleman friend tried next some apple pie, and washed it dOWn with a cup of tea. He then topped off the meal with two diff- erent kinds of cake. Another cup of tea completed the mealâ€"but wait a minuteâ€"we forgot that he had generous helpings of the colorful salads 0n the table. We expected to follow him and beat his record when we sat down, but one generous helping Of chicken, and a taste of a few of the delicacies sufficed for our appetite. “Several times since that time we have wondered how this man stowed all that away. We have wondered whethâ€" er he had fasted for two or three days, or was that his natural appetite. If it was, heaven help his wife. How- ever it seems to be a curious but nevertheless true fact, that however fine a cook your wife or mother may be, you always seem to eat more on these occasions. But where do they put it all?” * * * * >IK * * A! 1% UNANSWERED QUESTIONS So many people have been discussing economic topics in the past few years that almost everybody has an opinion on almost every subject affecting the general welfare. We all realize now, what not all of us did before, that condi- tions which impair the incomes or depreciate the invest- ments of any considerable proportion of the people affect the incomes and the investments of the rest of us. And, contrariwise, whatever improves the economic condition of large groups or numbers of people works out, in the long run, for the benefit of everybody. So far almost everybody is in agreement. Where we disagree, often violently, is on the methods to be employed to equalize economic conditions and make everybody pros- perous. If that can be done, all agree, that Canada will be in reality what we are all fond of saying that it is, the (greatest country in the world. But how are we going to o 1 . Has any better way been found yet than to remove every obstacle that tends to impair any persons’ oppor- tunity to make the most of his own life, within the limits of his own ability 2’ Or is it the duty of the social order, the Government or anybody else. to give preference to one class or group over another? Should we make it easier for the less able, harder for the able, to enjoy the com- forts of life? Or should we spur the lazy members of the social organization by withholding benefits which they are Willing to accept rather than to earn them? * >I< * * * * 3k ‘4‘ THE STRICKEN SISTER . In 1928 wheat production in Canada exceeded 566 mill- ion bushels. The total for the past season was less than half that amount. And the loss represented by the figures for the present year fell wholly on the Prairie Provinces, Onâ€" tario’s wheat production being fully up to normal. ' Of the three Western Provinces Saskatcheu an was the principal sufferer. production in that Province being down to 35 million bushels. only about a fourth that of 1935; and even in 1985 the yield was only a little over ten bushels per acre, or six bushels per acre below normal. These figures are sufficient of themselves to show how hard Canada‘s chief wheat producing Province in normal years has been hit and furnish abundant reason for the help that all Canada is sending to Saskatchewan. THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND (Toronto: S. J. Reginald Price, $2.00. By Kenneth Doubleday Dowd‘, Saunders). North-West Passage : Robivrts: (Toronto. Doran). Price, 32.75. The Citadel 2 By A. J. Cronin: (TO- ronto: Ryerson Press). Price, $2.50. Stuart Cloete has written a sav- age and magnificent book. This scems to be an age of great first novels. Two years ago we had Margaret Mitchell. Today we have. Cloete. It is not difficult for a reviewer to pre- dict almost as large a harvest of readers for the nuwcomer in the field. A million or so more or less does not seem much to matter. A vast immediate audience can be seâ€" cured for a book that happens to hit the contemporary taste. What reallyl counts is enduring value, and Mr.1 Cloete has brought to bear on his I ’ Outstanding Fall Novtis j Reviewed by I‘clhziin Edgar i'l‘ui'ning Who Is: By Stuart Cloctct, Tororto: William Collins). Price. 82.50. Robinson of England By John I'lrinkwater: Illustrated by John HILL. ONTARIO BOOKS THAT MATTER the machina- Sir explained {tions portly his :Johnson. the most pmvcrful and sin- istvi' of thesc. and partly the degeneration of his character. Its vchcmencc led him to the heights, ibut thc violence of his nature carâ€" ries with it the seeds of its decay. The study does not lack subtlety, but the author has not succeeded in weaving thcsc varied strands into a coherent whole. Ii 3' of enemies, , h 5' (“VII The last book to be noted is Dr. Ci'onin‘s The Citadel. It is a highly effective story, and. holds the mad- er’s interest from cover to cover. The book is propagandist fiction, and the medical profession will haVe some reason to think its statement of the case unfair. They will feel that the author has made the particular inâ€" stance stand for the general rule, and that the public at large will con- clude that the standards of medical practice are regrettably low, and the etiquette of the profession overdue for a thorough house-cleaning. It would be unfair to the author to charge him with this intention, but if you start down the prepaganda theme so much skill, intelligence and human nature that the readers of his second book will still be reread- ing his first. Mr. Cloete disclaims all knewledge trail you are not always master of your direction. There is no space here to tell the story. A newly fledged doctor, An- drew Man‘son,‘ is the central char- of the literary art. He is one of those refreshing people who never self-consciously have striven to be writers. His Dutch ancestry, and his twenty years of life on the veldt since the war gave him his theme. By the divination of genius he has realiscd the effective way of treat- ing it. It is epic writing such as we do not often encounter in these sophis- ticated times. He tells the story of the Boer trek from Cape Colony into the Transvaal one hundred years ago. His dcscription of conditions is con- vincing, his presentation of charac. ters extraordinarily vital, and his a- bility to organize scenes of vivid dramatic power is surpassed by no writer of today. The outstanding characters are four. Hendrik van der Berg, the leader of the trek, has all the obâ€" stinacy and fanaticism that we asso- ciate with'the typical Boer. Varia- tions of his type we may find in Hardy's Mayor of Casterbridge or Sheila Kaye Smith’s Reuben Bach- field, but Henchard‘s redeeming ten- derness is left out of the picture. The biggest figure both in bulk and value is Tante Anna. She escapes ,the final disaster that engulfs the colony, and the book closes with her colloquy with Rinkals, the Kaffir medicine man and magician, another astonishingly vivid creation of ob- Strvation and fancy. Fourth in the group of memorable delineations We should rank Zwart Piete whose woo- ing and winning of Sannie leaves Lochinvar-’s exploit far in the rear. These are the major figures, but meat as they are they leave the minors light and space to exhibit themselves. We are not likely to forget Zwart's sister Sara, nor the nightmare horror of her death. The general narrative is vigorous enough to bear the story in its cur- rent, but here and'there scenes ap- pear which are indelibly etched in memory. All the fights, human and animal are good, but the final one is the best in its slow-moving agony, acter. Through his early struggles he keeps up his ambitions unsullied, and he has a splendid wife, Chris- tine, to support him. With prosperâ€" ity comes the change and he is suck- ed into the current of a lucrative London practice. The book ends as we had expected with his victory over this temptation, but Christine his wife is dead. . This is the best n0vcrl from Dr. Cronin’s pen, and sustaips his repu- tation as an author of books that matter. David Wilson has been reselected President of the Peel Memorial Hos- pital for another year. BROTHERTON’S o BOOKING Steamship OFFICE Special Sailings to the Homeland by Canadian Pacific, Cunard and Anchor-Dmualdson lines at Lowest Rates. Photos and Passports Secured All enquiries confidential We look after your wants right from your home. Phone Willowdale 63J Office Stop 6 Yonge St., Lansing and Rinkal’s fantastic journey through the Zulu lines is a fine piece of romantic invention. A singularly quiet but beautiful book is John Di-inkwater’s post- humous Robinson of England. Its appeal is to lovers of England, and 'when you are momentarily weaiy of plot and countcrplot and high ten- sion excitement you will find a re- freshment in its pages that will re- I pay you. All the zest of adventurous en- deavour will be found in the early pages of Robert’s Northwest Pass- age. Langdon Townc and the Har- vard authorities have had a disagree- ment, so he solves his difficulties by enlisting in Rogers’ Rangers. His purpose is rather to paint Indians than to fight, but before he gets through with it he learns what bush warfare is in its harshest conditions. It is the last year of the war, and the redoubtable Rogers has been or- dered to wipe out the Indian town of St. Francis. Half the book deals with the incredible hardships of the advance and retreat. and unquestion- ably this portion Of the narrative is vigorous and exciting in the highest degree. The second half is of a totally different character. Its purpose is awn-fold. inngdnn Townc‘s develop- ment as a painter and his love ro- mai.cc furnish som~ of the interest, but the main value of the book does not lie in this direction. The chief concern of the author is to follow the declining fortun- s of Major Rog- ers. His downfall is tragic, and is THIS LIST GROUP NO. 1 [i MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE (24 issues) 1 Yr. DCHATELAINE . . . [:INATIONAL HOME MONTHLY : {:JCANADIAN MAGAZINE 1:] PICTORIAL REV. combined with DELINEATOR- - - [:1 CAN. HORTI'RE & HOME MAG. DRon‘ANn GUN - - DAMERICAN BOY - - [jsiLVER SCREEN - DPARENTS' MAGAZINE DOPEN ROAD FOR BOYS CI AMERICAN FRUIT GROWER - YOUR NEWSPAPER AND 3 BIG i MAGAZINES \l'illizim» THLRSDAY. NOVEMBER 18th. 1937. THE CANADIAN manic». 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Considerable research has been carried on with the hope of clearing the way to an understanding of the common cold and how it may be preâ€" vented, or its severity lessened. .So far, no great success has attended these efforts, and we are left to rely upon what we have learned from past experience. Those who suffer from repeated colds should make sure that their .nose and throat are in good condi- tion. Faults in structure may lie at' the root of repeated or continued head colds. Clothing suited to the temperature, both in and out of doors, prevents 'chillmg of the body from Either too» little clothing or the chilling which follows upon perspiration due to overcloihing while indoors. t‘old wot predispose to head colds. By kccping the feet dry, or by drying them promptly if they do become wet, much trouble may be averted. There may be argument as to wheâ€" ther or not all colds are (Inc to in- fections. but we have all seen colds run through the famin and the work~ place. 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