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There has never been a newspaper printed that satis- fied everybody. But there is a very simpqe method by which better newspapers can be produced and that is for those 'who subscribe to them to take an individual in- terest in seeing that they get more local and personal news. Not that the subscriber is expected to become a reportâ€" er when he becomes a subscriber, but because the news- paper stands as the exponent of all that is good for the community and because civic pride should, therefore, lead to encouragement of such an institution. If the subscrib- er has visitors, if he has been on a visit or if, he or she is going on one, the neighbors are sure ‘to be interested in knowing about it. Tell them through the columns of The Liberal. Every little item‘of a local or personal nature helps just that much to make a still better news- paper and getting it to the editor requires very little exertion on the part of anyone. ~That is how the sub- scriber can help make The Liberal more interesting, and subscribers are invited to start doing so at once. Among the assets of Quebec, which have tended to develop manufacturing industries in the province, may be mentioned its natural resources of forests, water powers, minerals, and agricultural lands, and also its geographic position astride the St. Lawrence estuary permitting sea- going shipping to reach its main centres of population. Added to these natural advantages, there is a stable and and industrious populationtwhich is an important factor in industries suchâ€"as textiles, clothing, bodts and shoes, etc, where a large labour force ls requlred. The gross value of the manufactured products of On- tario in 1937 represented about 52 per cent of the total for the whole Dominion, while that of Quebec amounted to about 29 per cent. This premier position in manufac- turing has been fairly uniformly maintained by Ontario, as the following percentages show: In 1926, 52 per cent; 1918, 53 per cent; 1910, 50 per cent; 1900, 50 per cent; and 1890, 51 per cent. In spite of the rapid industrial development in recent years in other provmces, such as Quebec, British Columbia, and Manitoba, Ontario is main- taining a manufacturing production roughly equal to that of the remainder of the Dominion. British Columbia, the third manufacturing province, has, in point of size, 41 establishments with individual gross production of over $1,000,000, compared with 305 for Ontario, 177 for Quebec, 22 for Manitoba, 18 for Alâ€" berta, 13 for Nova Scotia, 12 for New Brunswick, and 9 for Saskatchewan. Capital investment, employees, and other factors, 'show variation, in proportion to the size of establishment and according to the nature of the in- dustries concerned, (the 3 in Manitoba with production of over $5,000,000 for instance, employed over five times as many persons as the 3 in the same class in Saskatche- wan, and the 4 in the same class in British Columbia em- pl'oy over thirteen times as many on the average as the 3 in Saskatchewan) but in a broad way the factor of size is reflected throughout the statistics. The outstanding predominance of Ontario and Quebec is most nearly approached by British Columbia in the case of the wood and paper products group, where the latter province accounts for 16.0 per cent of the gross produc- tion compared with 39.0 per cent for Ontario and 32.1 per cent for Quebec; in each of the other groups the positions of Ontario and Quebec led by a wide margin. Ontario and Quebec are the most important manufac- turing provinces of Canada. Their combined production in 1937 amounted to $2,927,000,000 or over 80 per cent of the gross value of manufactured products of the Domin- ion. The proximity of Ontario to the coal fields of Penn- sylvania, the water power and other varied resources of the two provinces, and their nearness to the larger mar- kets of Canada and the United States, have all contributed to the above result. British Columbia had in 1937 the third largest gross manufacturing production with 7.0 per cent of the total, and Manitoba the fourth with 4.0 per cent; Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatche- wan and Prince Edward Island followed in the order named. However in order to relieve pressure in regular regis- tration booths throughout Canada, arrangements are being made by the Department of War Services to permit in- dustrial firms and other organizations to assist in taking the registration of their employees. As was stated in the House of Commons by Mr. Gard~ iner, it is impossible to have these cards filled and sent in by mail as the declaration on the card must be signed by both registrar and rregistrant after the questions have been answered. About eight million persons in Canada are within the age limits prescribed and will appear before district regis- trars on one of the three dates, August 19, 20 and 21, set aside by the Government for that purpose. Shipping of the material was geared to meet the daily output by the Government Printing Bureau, where presses were kept humming night and day to turn out the 16,- 500,000 cards, forms and certificates. The Department of National War Services, under the direction of Hon. James G. Gardiner, is pushing National Registration ahead at record speed. Starting with Brit- ish Columbia and the Yukon, the required forms and cards for registration have been sent to Registrars in each fed- eral constituency in all provinces. Mail bags were des- patched at a rate of about 800 per day, comprising an average daily shipment of about 40 tons. Over féur hundred tons of mail rolled out of Ottawa during the past week from Chief Registrar Jules Caston- guay’s office addressed to district registrars everywhere in Canada. Ten thousand mail bags, each weighing about 80 pounds and filled to capacity with cards and forms on which all male and female citizens in Canada between the ages of sixteen and sixty-five will register, were used to complete these shipments. J. Eachem Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year -â€" To the Unitcd States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RIGHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD LEADING MANUFACTURING PROVINCES PAGE TWO THURSDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1940. N ATIONAL REGISTRATION “THE LIBERAL” GIVE US NEWS Established 1878 The difficulty of these chemical investigatibns may be illustrated by mentioning that in the isolation of vitamin B, a ton of rice'polishings yielded about 2/10 of an ounce of These vitamin containing foods were subjected to very exacting and tedious chemical procedures, which finally resulted in isolation of a very small quantity of the pure vit- amin. In most cases the pure pro- duct was identified chemically and often the chemists were actually able to synthesize the same vitamin from chemicals off their own shelves. The synthetic vitamin was as potent in curing deficiency diseases as the vitamin isolated from the foods. If vitamins are left out of the diet for a short time, the results are very serious. A knowledge of these results was one of the first advances in vitamin science. These results were observed by feeding experimental animals, such as rats; on diets containing an inade- quate amount of the vitamin in question. When the animal began to show symptoms of a deficiency disease, it could quickly be brought back to good health by feeding small amounts of food containing the vitâ€" amin. Now if a machine is kept running, a certain amount of wear and tear takes place. To keep the machine in working order spare parts are needed to replace those worn out. The body, however, does its own re- pair work. Vitamins are some of the necessary material. As a simple illustration only, con- sider the living human body as a machine, say an automobile. In order that it may run, it must be supplied with fuel. The fuels of the body are the three major foodstuffs, carâ€" bohydrate, fat and protein. All this has tended to confuse the average' person. Yet the basic facts are quite simple, and may be under~ stood by anyone without scientific training. This subject has enjoyed an enor- mous publicity since it was first op- ened up, some twenty years or more ago. Vitamins were enthusiastically taken up by those diet faddists who are always ready to try any new system of nutrition. In addition ad- vertiser's made many misleading claims as to the vitamin content of the particular product they were marketing. More than one so-called vitamin was invented for advertis- ing purposes from the flimsiest foundation of scientific evidence. This practice is not wholly a thing of the past. Most people have heard or read somethmg about the vitamins, but few actually know what a vitamin is or what it does. “Scotland forever”, lead the Greys into the French ‘Invincibles’, slash- ing left and right with their swords they emptied many a saddle. “They were mowed down like thistles,” said Mr. Davidson, an eyewitness of the attack. Davidson knew personally the vol- unteer C1ark...a man of gigantic stature and herculean strength, a member of the Scot’s Greys who took from the French three eagles in a single day. He took one of them by cutting with a single stroke the standard bearers arm from his shoul- der and carrying arm and ensign to the Duke of Wellington. For the first he reCeived an ensign’s cem- mission; for the second a position as captain, and for the third he was made a major in the Scots Greys. Born in 1800 in Peebleshire, Scot- land, he joined the 79th regiment cf Cameronian Highlanders as bugi Ier at the age of thirteen. On the eve of that memorable battle of Wat- erloo with thunder and lightning raging over the battle field the roads were a perfect quagmire from the torrents of rain. But the real battle had already begun in some quarters and the rattle of musketry and the roar of the cannon could be heard over the peals of thunder. The trum- pet, thr‘ drum and the bugle called many a wearied soldier to begin his last day on earth. An old soldier, a veteran of the battle of Waterloo, a recipient of the Waterloo medal and also a medal from the Duke of Wellington for being “the best Bugler in His Maj- esty’s Service”, John Davidson was for many years a resident of our fair village and spent his last years here. Among thousands of others who THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO LOOKING BACKWARD THE VITAMINS By Paul L. F A WEEKLY GLIMPSE AT LOCAL HISTORY (By W. C. Stewart) amounts of the Vltamms regarded as the minimum ment. The margin takes emergencies and ensures Certain ‘emergency’ periods are sometimes undergone by the body, for example a fever. Here the ma- chinery is working under forced draft so to speak, and an extra sup- ply of vitamins is needed above the normal consumption. From this it may be seen that it is wise to include in the diet greater amounts of the vitamins than are regarded as the minimum require- ment. The margin takes care of emergencies and ensures against However; a diet can be slightly deficient in one or more vitamins without definite symptoms of a de- ficiency appearing. This condition is termed the ‘pre’ disease, as for example ‘pre beri-beri’, ‘pre scurvy’ etc. The only observable effect of this slight deficiency is probably a decline in the general health of the individual. The number of people so affected is completely unknown, be- cause of the impossibility of rec0g- nizing the condition. At present, cases of deficiency diseases are very rare, at least in Canada. This is due to improved vitamin nutrition, which has result- ed from our modern regard for fresh vegetables and a balanced diet. An adequate supply of all the vit- amins is absolutely necessary for health. If the diet supplies an in- sufficient amount of any of these essential sub-stances, sooner or later one of the so-called deficiency dis- eases results. Among these diseases are xerophthalmia, beri-beri, pellagra, scurvy, and rickets. In extreme cases, these diseases are fatal. The modern tendency is to dis- pense with the alphabetical naming, and to use the name of the sub- stance itself. Thus vitamin B1 is called thiamin, B2 is called ribo fla- vin, D is calciferol, C is ascorbic acid and so on. Accurate chemical naming is not used, for reasons which become obvious when it is mentioned that vitamin B1 would be The vitamins of known importance discovered to date are A, B1, BE, C, D, E and K. Numerous others are known but their significance has not been fu'lly demonstrated. Vitamin B2 is also known as vitamin G. 2 methyl 5(-4 methyl 5 beta h_yd- roxy-ethyl thiazolium chloride) me- thyl 6 amino pyrimidine hydrochlor- ide. The name ‘vitamin’ is actually a misnomer. An early experimenter thought that. the protective factor was one of a class of.chemicai com- pounds called amines. He therefore coined the term ‘vitamine’, to signify ‘vital amine’. His idea was later shown to be untrue, so the terminal ‘e’ was dropped. Thus there result- ed the modern term ‘vitamin’. lvice. Along with the Cameronian Highlanders he came to Canada. In mid-ocean the man-o-war sprung a leak and nearly foundered. About 1845 he came to Richmond Hill. Unable to earn a living he depended for many years on mun- icipal generosity. Through the ef- forts of Mr. Matthew Teefy, our postmaster, his plight was made known at the Horse Guards, Engâ€" land, in vain. He finally was forced to go to the County Poor House. Over eighty when he died at the In- dustrial Home at Newmarket he was buried where the dead are soon for- gotten. the pure vitamin ibravely had earned their reward ‘Davidson was decorated with the »Wate1~loo medal. From Calais he lcrcssed to Dover, stayed in England ifor some time, when he was sent to [the Isle of Jersey. From Jersey he [went to Ireland for seven years ser- At the call for volunteers during the stirring days of 1836-7 he en- listed in the Queen‘s Rangers and was sent to Niagara. When at Chip- pewa while sounding a retreat a nine pound shot from the enemy struck the bugle from his mouth, carried it several rods and broke four of the keys. In 1839 he re- ceived his honorable discharge and the promise of a hundred acres of land which he never received. He expressed the opinion that some clerk probably gobbled it up. He left Toronto and came to Thornhill where through the kindness of Capt. Mun- roe he lived rent free for seven years He arrived in Quebec about 1824 and remained on duty there for some time. It was while stationed here that he received a medal from Col. Douglas by order of the Duke of Wellington for being “the best bug- ler in His Majesty’s Service”. A»family gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Robb’s residence marked the 83rd birthday of the former’s father, Mr. James Robb, on Wed- nesday. July 3lst. Mr. Robb aids two other sons. Russell and Earl, in the operation of a farm near Maple. In spite of his advanced age he is still active on the farm and his birthday was no holidav. On that day he was out in the fields driving Greyhound racing made its local debut in the Woodbridge Fair Grounds Wednesday night. The open:- er provided a thrill for the local fans when the only Woodbridge en- try, Traffic Speedboy, owned by J. jMiller, carried off first place in the lfirst race. It covered the 5/16 of a mile in 26.4 seconds. Judges were Squadron Leader A. Carter, R.C.A. F., Camp Borden, and Ross Metcalf, Toronto. Winners of first place in the eight scheduled races were: lst race, Traffic Speedboy, owned by J. Miller, Woodbridge, time 26.4; 2nd race, Air Hostess, owned by A. Hanna, Toronto, time 27.0; 3rd race, Mervin B., owned by J. Baird, To- ronto, time 26.0; 4th race, Midnight Prowler, owned by F. C. Martin, To- ronto, time 26.3; 5th race, Traffic Echo, owned by Val Fayers, time 27.2: 6th race, Foremost, owned by J. Farrell, Toronto, time 29.0; 7th race, Semi Circle, owned by Miss A. Cole, Toronto, time 26.3; 8th race, Miss Traffic, owned by J. Pack, To- ronto, time 27.1. Passing motorists rescued a sleep- ing transport driver from almost certain death under‘ locomotive wheels near Woodbridge early Sun- day morning. They moved his stand- ing truck from the Humber Summit C.P.R. highway crossing, two miles south of the village, a few minutes before a southbound freight thun- dered over the single track right-of- way. Engaged in the rescue, help- ers were powerless to stop a scuth- bound auto in time to prevent its coming into collision with the rear of the standing transport. Constable C. F. Lewis, of Woodbridge, investi- gated. The booklet “Food and Health in LUMBER OF ALL KINDS Peace and War” may be obtainediInsulex, Donnacona Board, etc. from doctors throughout Ontario. LANSING WILLOWDALE 42 HUDSON 0284 To quote from the booklet already mentioned, “We have a war to win. We must be fit for whatever task is required of us. Every housewife can do her hit â€" and help others to do theirs â€" by keeping her fam- ily’s health at a high level”. WWOWW "Food for Health in Peace and War”. In this booklet the cheapest balanced menus have been prepared. It lists as protective foods, that is to say vitamin rich foods, the following: milk and milk products potatoes and other vegetables whole grain breads and cereals raw fruits and canned tomatoes eggs, meat and fish In wartime, vitamins become espe- cially important. The most devas- tating results of the British block- ade of Germany in the last war was not due to lack of food but to lack of protective factors in the diet. A good vitamin diet is not diffi- cult to arrange. On the contrary, the average Canadian menu, contain- ing fresh fruit and vegetables, is a good example of a diet adequate in protective factors. The Canadian Medical Association has prepared a booklet entitled slight temporary deficiency. One of the results of keeping a 300d vita- min diet should be improved general health and resistance to disease. E. A. BONNICK Oak Ridges P.0. WOODBRIDGE ELECTRIC WIRING AND REPAIRS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, SALES AND SERVICE For Everything Electrical, Consult Electrical Contractor THURSDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1940 SHEPPARD & GILL L U M B E R COMPANY Bowden Lumber & Coal CO.LTD. LUMBER OF ALL KINDS a mower. This year Mr. and Mrs. Robb observe their 56th wedding an- niversary, Mrs. Robb being the for- mer Elizabeth Ballard of Nobleton. Mr. Robb is also a native of King township. In addition to the 3 sons already mentioned they have 2 oth- er sons, Elwood, Weston, and Leslie, Humber Summit. and 3 daughters Mrs. Roy (Iva) Fisher, Edgeley; Mrs. John (Ada) McDowell, Toron- to; and Mrs. Leslie (Winnifred) Baker. Richmond Hill. There are 18 grandchildren. MASSEY-HARRIS AGENT Farm Implements, Machinery and Repa-irs Telephone Richmond Hill 39 Beatty Farm Equipment Phone King 321 Charles Graham RICHMOND HILL