Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 16, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editorial Section pages to 22 Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights feet Winnipeg thursday april 16, 1925 printed and published the. Manitoba free press limited a joint Stock company. Incorporated under the Laws of Manitoba at its ult til of lace and place of. Business. 300 Clilton Street in tie Cluj of Winnipeg Manitoba. B. Ii. 3iackxjtn, president and general 3imnacer. Rutlt estered at the general Post office. In Inion for through the oils to the Britell is left at Juland Revenue Canadian National finances the annual report of the Canadian National railway ought to carefully studied by the people of Canada. Our biggest imme 3 the problem is that of the railways. The possibility of reduction with which the question of the country s future pros Ity is intimately related is dependent upon whether during the it few years Canadian National railway can greatly improve its financial position. There of the report that Are encouraging also decidedly discouraging. The encouragement comes from the fact that despite heavy falling off in both freight and Passen traffic the showing apart from the increase in fixed charges better than the year before the increase of Over Siree millions in the deficit As compared with the year before is j to an increase of in the fixed one third of which represents interest charged on the books for Money wed the Dominion government which no one believes will Ever be the More economical operation of the system is a Good the Canadian National is a huge unwieldy conglomeration thrown together haphazard and it takes time to shake parts into a smoothly running system. The report shows Progress is being made in this direction. A reduction in rating expenses of Over fourteen million dollars bespeaks in creased efficiency and greater co ordination All along the line. But there is still room for Groat improvement in these respects my nothing would so powerfully induce such an improvement As get was paid Omen. Toba but the keenness of the two provinces to provide the rail Way connection and to Benefit from the business that is developing should be a tip to the people this pro Vince As to the substantial advantages that will come from the development of our mining agricultural and Timber resources in Northern Manitoba. World federation of education associations two years ago at the invitation of the educational association of United states representatives Many of the countries of the world met in san Francisco and there formed the world federation of education associations. This federation will this july hold its first convention in Edinburgh when educationalists gather from every country in Europe the near that Lacin finances of the Road on a sound basis. 1 d the financial sections of the report Are a crazy Patch. There has never been such a negation of sound business methods in any the delegates of the last named country have chartered a ship to accommodate their numbers. Major Fred Ney Lias made arrangements enabling the Canadian delegates who so desire to travel with the overseas league party. The federation now has a membership of and of these the canadians number according to its Constitution its object is to secure International co opera Tion in educational enterprises to Foster the dissemination of All in formation concerning education Taall its forms among nations and Peoples to cultivate International Good will and to promote the in Taress of peace throughout the soon after the initial conference the Raphael Herman award of Twenty five thousand dollars was announced for the West educational plan calculated to produce world Amity. The thousands of plans submitted Are being judged by a jury of distinguished men and women and the Winner will be an private or governmental Enterprise in Canada. A look at balance Sheet shows a total debt of of this 013032 is in the form of debentures and Bonds held by the it Telic. The balance is made up of direct debt to the Dominion govern ment of nearly 700 million dollars and the Book value of the government railways interest on the funded debt i on the debt to the Dominion government 043. To meet these interest charges there was available last year net operating surplus of or not much More than half the fixed charges on the funded debt. Those figures in themselves state the financial problem and while they do not suggest a solution they Point out the line of action that should be taken. If Montreal opinion were to come into control at Ottawa and result in the Canadian National being offered to the highest bidder what would happen.? no bidder would even look at the billion Odd dollars that the government has charged against the Road. The calculation among the bidders would be As to How much of the funded debt it would tie Safe to assume. In any Sale to private interests the government would have to throw in its whole investment without getting a Dollar for it and it would undoubtedly have to assume a portion of the funded debt As Well. This immense running perhaps to a billion and a half would have to be incorporated in our annual debt with not even a bookkeeping entry to show against it. By letting things continue As they Are the government puts the Canadian National management up against an impossible task with inevitable resultant discouragement affecting initiative and morale. But this is not the full extent of the damage. The minister of finance must realize that the credit of this country is being affected by Canadian National financing methods. The railway borrows Large sums of Money yearly for developmental and equip ment purposes the Loans being guaranteed. The minister of finance in his discussion of Dominion finances treats these Loans As indirect liabilities. With the railway making the showing that. It docs these Loans Are nothing of the kind they Are in. Fact to i i Nave not availed them serves to any additions to the National debt. No person whose opinion is of j extent Trade opportunities importance to Canada such As International Bankers would be deceived for a moment. The importance if not the necessity of re capitalizing the Canadian National so that it can have a reason Able Prospect of paying its Way thus enabling it perhaps to do its own financing must be coming Home to or. Robb. The Way out for the Canadian National is a steady climb in operating Revenue. This improvement can be brought about by increased business of which there is a fair Prospect and by increased efficiency in operation and by internal economies for which there is doubtless still plenty of room. If the country will play fair with the Canadian management it will undoubtedly be rewarded by a steady improvement in the annual showing. But where is the encouragement when As in the past year a bet betterment the result of increased Economy and efficiency is need out by an increase in the interest owing to the Dominion on an indebtedness which Rolls up every year it would be Good business on Many grounds to relieve the Canadian National of this incubus which represents a National bad debt and then set the management a definite an increase in operating surplus within five years to an amount sufficient to take care of he interest on the funded debt. Poking into Ocean rates by a. Q. D. Ottawa. Sir Henry drawling tones catch your car As you h Irry along the corridor to attend Hie first meeting of the special com Mittee to inquire into Ocean rates. Mister you hear him disclaim with emphasis on the and you push open the door and Survey the scene. There stands sir Henry full on his toes and heels his Chest expanded. You notice his Iron Grey hair fluffed at the temples and Between the first and second Finster of his outstretched is a half smoked Cigar which gives out a thin Tendril smoke. A steady hand even though it is White and Romanish. The slender column rises unwavering by to lose itself in a gloomy Cloud smoke which almost obscures the calling. There stands sir Henry etched out of the Rich regal red Wainscot Ted Wall. A score of Little mahogany tables have been put end to end in the form of a Horseshoe. You note or. Mcmaster s Bald Pate at the too of the shoe and a dozen or More Mem b is each at a table. Sir Henry is pointing dramatically toward the other end of the room following his slender Finger you observe that he is pointing at h. To. Symington k.c., who sits a Little apart. Flanking or. Symington Are three p. J Flintoft k.c., chief counsel for the a . A. A. Atwater k.c., and a. H. Montgomery k.c., both Law y ers from Montreal. Sir Henry is laying Down a major principle of Law. To wit that an accused person must always hear Tine evidence of his accusers before myself taking the stand. Hence nays sir Henry or. Preston sir. Henry pauses Between each initial should be the first wet from the Golden books Ness. Let or. W pres ton produce his evidence to substantiate the findings in his Well known report. The three Montreal counsel nod wisely and sir Henry subsides. Sil Ting Down has become a rite with sir Henry. His imposing figure fades from View like the 3 Tiit to i it Iuca Zivni View ii ivc tin bounced at the Edinburgh meeting n a Ami and a movement initiated to set it in operation without delay. Perhaps it will be discovered that no better plan can he developed than the federation itself. The Edinburgh programme announces the inclusion of several of the mighty ones in world govern mental places As guests. Doubtless As they themselves would he the first to declare they Are there to meet the real governors of the nations. Canada and . Markets by Tom King Washington. Tariff Protection has reached its Peak in the United states and some reduction in duties will come in the near future. Canadians naturally Talce it Lor granted that any such reduction will favor ably react upon Canada. Up to Date however Canadian manufacturers have not availed themselves to any rivals for Northern business Ontario and Quebec which were not so Long ago to be in Loving embrace have had a Little Tiff Over a Northern railway matter. The North country la everywhere beginning to draw More attention used to be Given it. The Gold Field in the a Itobi Dis it of Quebec has made a consid Awe stir the last couple of years much so that a regular Aero Pate sen ices a established last or to carry passengers and sup Jules into the District which is with out railway facilities. Far away however is the and Northern Ontario Sollway owned by the Ontario l it has benefited great v by the traffic resulting from the Anil no development in Northern Ontario and looking Over the inter plot Uncial Fence decided that it be a very Good idea to Supply a Rouyn Field with a needed rail service and itself with profit traffic. The plan was to extend subsidiary of the t. And As the no pissing Central. It a Federal charter and hence is 69 to build into Quebec. Tenders Tere called for the construction Ork but there was one his culty to be question of the right of Way. This is owned by the province of Quebec. A deputation from the t. And . Rail Way commission went to Quebec to see Premier Taschereau about obtaining authority to use a right of Way but to their great disappoint ment he said certainly the Quebec legislature this year has passed two Bills providing railway facilities for the District in question a Short Branch South from the National transcontinental and the other a railway giving direct connection Between Montreal and the a Itobi District into which colonists As Well As Gold seekers have been in recent years. Or. Tas chateau says very plainly that be is not going to. Let the t. And . Tap the District and give Toronto the Benefit of the. Business he in tends to provide connections with Montreal and Quebec and keep the business in the province. Premier Ferguson of Ontario is said to be still hopeful that the matter can be straightened out. He is. We have a thousand tons of applies on the Job and we can build a year before the other peole but it seems doubtful if that argument weigh much with Premier Taschereau. Says the Rouyn and free list but there has been no flood of imports from Canada. Agricultural implements and that phrase has a much wider meaning Here than in Canada Are now on the free list but the manufacturer is not invading the american mar Ket. A reduction in the duty on food stuffs should and would be beneficial to Canada. Food stuffs Are not going to be placed on the free list and there is no possibility in the near future of the United states repeating the offer of reciprocity which she made in1 1911. I do believe however that some Canadian natural products May by agreement be Given a preferential treatment like the one accorded to cuban sugar. Sugar is not on the free list and is never Likely to be. Although half the sugar consumed in this country has to be imported. The general Tariff is 2.20 cents a Pound but by a special arrangement sugar from Cuba pays Only 1.76 cents a Pound. This results in All the foreign sugar consumed in this country being imported from Cuba and enables Cuba to dispose of her entire crop in the nearby territory of the United states. Cuba Only gets this entail because some sugar has to be imported. Now certain other natural pro ducts have to be imported but the american producer will naturally demand that the Tariff be so adjusted that the imported product will not come into Competition with it will merely fill the Gap Between Domestic production and Domestic consumption. But As a. Certain event be Quantity imported must in any he probably would prefer that it be brought in from Canada. Hence the Hope for Canada is not that the United states put this or. That duct on the free list and invite imports from All but that she places upon the product a Tariff duty with a differential in favor of Canada which will give the Canadian an to the american Market and keep All other competitors out. To secure this preferential treat ment will require diplomacy. Brit Canada has some counters to bar gain with. The time for bargaining has not yet come but it May come sooner than Many expect. Setter learn the facts. From tha regal a Leader a Good Deal that appears in the columns of Tho newspapers is in Pai arable a Good Deal that is heard on the floors of the House of com Mons and Senate is unpalatable Arm does not need to be but it far better and far safer for the people to be acquainted with and face unpalatable facts than for the press to suppress them. Colonel Cockshutt need not far that the press of this country will lose the Broad minded Canad lantsm which now inspires it but what he and those who think with him must re member is that there is nothing Broad minded in refusing space to the opinions of those who Are doing chair Best for Canada As they see he Light simply because others Dis Presto there he is in his seat look lag no More than the rest the committee men. Or Symington disagrees. The principle is quite right says he but la order to apply it there must be an accused person. Here there Are to defendants at All. A committee has been appointed to inquire into i condition a system of transportation. Facts Are the sole object of their quest individuals do not count. He would suggest that in searching for facts about Ocean shipping the most Likely coverts would to record books of the shipping companies and the minute books of the organization known As the North at Antic steamship conference East round. Or. Preston s report he Points out is for the most part com posed of Doum accor neg upon facts. There fore. The propel course to pursue he first to ret All possible in formation and then consider or. Preston s report. Or. Atwater rises. A Stout. Soul citizen in Grey tweeds. He has Large fishy hands and he pokes them cown fingers extended on the table. J a he talks he leans Forward rest 5-x.t on the ends of his fingers. Or. Atwater curiously enough inclines to sir Henry s View. He even goes further. His clients the shipping people have been charged with grave offences says or. Atwater freight Fly and he has come this Long from Montreal prepared to get at or. Preston or his report and do was he to understand now that or. Symington and Tho committee were going to go on a Fly Hong expedition were going to try and discover facts to bolster up that it that s what he d like to do you get or. Atwater he is Rone of your handsome purveyors of the Law. Not he. There is vigor 1.1 his style. He snaps into action and snaps out again. If this criminal Case just opened you can e sure that Friend Atwater at this very moment would be moving to Cigash the indictment. Before he sits Down or. Atwater gives the boys to understand that clients Are prepared for or. With Buckshot right to the Are not going to be dissolved into ecstasies Ever any full dress examination into their private affairs. With or. Atwater it is just like a. Game of poker. If Hetman win the pot he in t going to show his hand. Not he. Some of the twelve speak up. Hey had figured that the whole rate question would be open for investigation and they say so. Or. Mcmaster is rather ratty also. He lushes a Little when he comes to i urn up. If he says the shipping intend to adopt an Attl Lude of hostility and secretiveness it they intend Only to divulge what can be gouged out of them if then Well and Good. I could subpoena them. Suggests or. Symington helpfully. Bays. Or. . Messes. Atwater Flintoft and i Montgomery head on con in april by Charles Hanson to Rena what is that sound i hear at the Green turn o the that sound As of clustering hosts of Angels or Pale ghosts it is the marching in each Meadow and pass of the great congregation of the grass what is that voice which sings and a wild new message a that voice with its Silver word none sweeter has mortal heard. It is Tho singing of a million songs to shatter All the world s confusion and wrongs what is that Accra in my heart and Why do the Alft tears Start when Beauty like this comes Back Down time s immeasurable track it is Sharp Joy that Ever is tinged with pain like Sun of Gold and whispering encouraging United states immigration a special correspondence Ottawa. Although considerable Public attention has recently been directed to. The policy of the Canadian government in encouraging British families of farm experience to Settle in Canada not so much is known of the work being carried on by the Canadian department of immigration and colonization in the United states. Nevertheless it is recognized that american Farmers. To have had agricultural experience under conditions very similar to those which prevail in Canada Are among the most desirable classes of new settlers and an aggressive Campaign is being carried on to increase tie number of Farmers from the United states to Canada. This Campaign takes the form of extensive publicity for Canada s opportunities and re sources in the United states press displays of Canadian farm products at agricultural fairs in Tho United states the personal Contact by representatives of the Canadian govern with offices located at Strate Gic Points for their purposes in the United states. For the better promotion of this work there has recently been established at Ottawa a United states emigration Branch which la under Tho direction of or. J. Bruce Walker a highly qualified official of Many years experience in immigration and colonization work on behalf of the can Adan government. The offices in the United states have been entirely reorganized and their efforts very considerably seeded up. For the More aggressive promo Tion of the work throughout the United states certain necessary in creases in staff have been made and the agents Are devoting themselves to a personal visitation and selection of the Type of settler Likely to be successful in Canada. An extensive advertising Campaign has been carried on during the Winter months in the agricultural press of the United states reaching approximately ten million Farmers Issue and As a result of this advertising department of Immi Gration has received and answered Over thirteen thousand inquiries from persons in the United states since the Campaign was instituted in october last. These inquiries after be ing answered from Ottawa Are referred to the Canadian government agent for the territory in which the inquiry originated and become the basis of his personal follow up ast is recognized that Only by personal Contact can settlers in any Large number be obtained. Literature de scribing conditions and farm opportunities in Canada prepared especially for the american Field be supplied in Large quantities. A special advertising Campaign directed to former French canadians now resident la the new England states has just been initiated and to facilitate the repatriation of former French Canadian citizens three new offices have been opened in that territory. At leading county fairs in Many the chief agricultural states the can Adian government exhibit is one of the principal centres of attraction and at the recent International live Stock Grain and Hay show at Chica go the Canadian winnings were of such a wholesale character As to at tract widespread attention and com ment. In recent Many factors quite beyond the control of the can Adian government have tended to re Duce the Stream of american settlers notable which have been the exhaustion of areas of free lands convenient to railways in Canada and the general agricultural depression. With returning Confidence in the future of agriculture Many american Farmers Are becoming interested in the Fertile and Low priced lands available in Canada and Are already moving to Canada in rapidly increasing numbers. Ference. Or. Atwater rises. Of he says Ingrati tingly the a hoppers have nothing to conceal. Not they. There Are witnesses to sic brought and records checked Over however and that will Lake time. All things considered perhaps it would be Best for them to proceed the Case. And so it is decided. Of course. Sir Henry does not think this decision Wise. He la Oft another principle now. Substantially he says the committee 3ias been outage Nerallen by the ship Ping companies. Or. Atwater it Al ii now will get their Case Over first it the country. A. Terrible Blunder or. Atwater looks rather taken. Ii Iback at this sudden but he inlays up Strong and smiles knowingly. As if to Jinow a thing two sir. Henry and you can. Lay that of a pure continues sir Henry if government really Haven t any in acts about the Ocean transportation a system if the Petersen contract Rivas purely thrust at random then Joel and Good. He smiles Sard no and again subsides. I in stillness which follows a. Ii great gun rooms outside to Mark the noon hour. Everyone in. Ottawa need to make haste slowly a from Tihe. London sunday. Times the need of making haste a Wise Maxim of Polit los at any time especially to be remembered by the league of nations. It is an Experiment in super National govern ment that is still in a. Tentative and precarious stage. Three of the most powerful countries in the world hold aloof from it. They May in time come within its fold of their own free will but they will assuredly coerced into it by any such form of indirect pressure As the protocol sought to apply. Over Precipitin by in such matters is the most fatal fault of which the league could be guilty. The moment it attempts in a world manifestly unripe for any such development to set itself up As a Universal i Providence it excites Little but derision when the controversy Over the protocol has blown away it seen that great Britain was the True Friend of the league and of the. Ideas and causes it in Savins it from Art entanglement that must ultimately have rent it asunder. league within modest limits has done a great Deal of Good. It has not Only settled Many baffling questions that have been specifically referred to it but it has achieved something More important has Given a new in Pulsar to men s minds it has accustomed them to the International Point of View it has impressed itself upon the world As an. Institution which. If it did not exist would have to be created. But nothing would More certainly impair its future usefulness than any Effort to anticipate the slow results of time to Force the International Pace and to foist upon the world a plan of Universal co operation and control for which the world is not ready. Listens for that sullen Roar. Bang and a score1 of hands grab for watch chains and out come the Walt hams and Ingersoll and All the intermediate varieties. It costs Money to fire that gun. We looked it up one Day in the pub Lic annul. A meet the East by t. B. A. Forenoon in Montreal mid Day we were foot sore. We hold Strong views about How cities should be looked at and one of our Strong views is that they should be walked about in. Tou cannot understand a City unless you have the feel of its Side walks coming up. Through the soles of your boots and what can you see when you Are whisked like a Comet through strange streets in a motor car or even in a cab Why nothing at All. And we do not believe in. Asking our Way about. When you do not know where you Are going you Are constantly seeing new and interest ing things and finally of course you land somewhere and you often manage to avoid places you know you ought to visit and that is a very Good too because such places Are often a terrible bore. Do you not find it so. Lady Why sure of course you do. So by noon our feet were calling and we wanted to sit Down but then we had seen such a. Lot we had been so keenly reminded of our old Home City beyond the sea because since we left it some time ago we have never seen a City that could rival it in. The number of. Its taverns but Here in Montreal the taverns Are in number of the most surprising. There is the tavern Nat Lonale and the tavern Populaire and the tavern of the Birds and Jules place and the Little Auberge round the Corner and the inn of the Golden Ball and every time you turn your head there is a Jolly old tavern into which Jroud can wander and have a Nice seat. Now How could you see All these Jolly old taverns if somebody was wafting you through the streets in a. Big car and saying on our left is Tho pub Lic and on our right we have Tho Public Baths and right where we Are heading is the Public in such condition you might Sec an Odd one or two of these Tav erns but unless you walk about slow and thoughtful you could never appreciate what a grand lot of drink ing shops throng the streets of Montreal. This was How we located the jail by not asking any directions but just the Sams like a lot other citizens that is where we landed and when we arrived they were unloading a lot of new guests out of an Iron Clad Street car which we thought rather Odd Here was a City which had to have Street cars for its prisoners. This certainly makes Winnipeg look like a very Small town because in Winnipeg we Only need a Little bit. Of a. Motor car for our prisoners but Here was a great Long steel Box car running on the trolley wire and loaded up with cargo. We saw the boys hop out of their car and into the jail and a Fine big jail it is none the worse for a cleaning perhaps but Nice and massive and ugly. There Are Beautiful the mesdames in Tho St. Catherine Street shop windows and undoubtedly Blue is Ono of the Premier colors of this season s styles Blue and russet shades of Brown those so agreeable autumn Leaf Browns. Hats really not so this Price and very exquisite chapeaux of la la but these Madame Are priceless you get dear lady the Shock inside the shop and the Dearest French silk Batiste scarves Fine As cobwebs and dyed in the brilliance of the setting Sun. A fellow too can buy a. Very nifty pair of shoes for five dollars and a very neat Spring overcoat for trifle Over Twenty. And. There Aro big red fat strawberries tons of them filling the fruit shop win Dows and Selling at a Carton and you should see the jellied Boneless Capone in the French restaurants and of course you know what a Capon is a very remarkable affair altogether. There Are nuns in Montreal lots of them in their ample Black gowns but this time we. Saw two tonsure monks in Brown Robes and. Sandals striding along How far Back that costume goes these surely were franciscans of the order of Francis the Saint of As Slusi who possessed himself of the deepest poverty in order to seek spiritual renovation for himself and Medicine for thex troubles which threaten and assail Man s immortal soul the Good Saint who heard the beatific voices in his Garden at Assisi and whispered secrets with his Little Brothers the Birds Anil his sister the Oleander Flower Here were two of his friars in their fifteenth Century habits paddle nor of sandals Malonff a Montreal sidewalk and in Stead at italian litters and Donkey carts having to step Lively motor trucks and taxi cabs. One of the Brothers was a Young Man with a Sharp red face and weak eyes. Tou find Maisonneuve s statue in the place d armes an interesting statue but like til these Metal Fig ures mottled and stained with Green scale which does not look so Good. But by no Vav we Are and in need of rest and just across the Square is the great Cathedral of notre Dame its two Black towers rising aloft above the City and we go up the wide Steps and in through the wooden doors of the porch. This is the Cathedral of our lady the blessed Mary Madonna Queen of the Angels shepherdess of heaven whose flock is the Host of Little stars who Sis Golden fleeces twinkle so brightly As they stray in the deep dark pastures of but she is not Remote from Earth and takes the. Kindest interest in her children who come in from the crowded streets to pay her their respects and devotions. It was the first time we had Ever been in a Koman Catholic Church and so we sat Down very quietly in the very Back seat. The place was vast and dim with Many altars be fore which candles flickered in Small red and yellow lamps the floor was old and Black Thi Pew seats Nar Row and hard this roof sprang up to its High vaults in a pattern of gilded Arches tiie pillars were painted red and Blue and covered with stars and trifolium a at a great distance stood the High altar with its tall White candles and behind it carved and Niche Pinnacles Rose to the Selling against a background of deepest azure. An elderly Stout lady went about lighting the a Andlini people came in and sat for a Whll-2, Aud went away again age and Middle age and youth and it was quiet and strange and How the roved. And presently we came away too. Think of pioneers ;