Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 16, 1929, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editorial Section pages 15 to 28 Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of Civit rights Winnipeg monday september 16, 1929 a remarkable proposition f gloved to examine the difficulties of the British Columbia fruit growers by the loud outcries of or. Bennett the Vancouver or Ovilee arrives at certain opinions which it thus expresses the question Why should Canada Send to the United states for strawberries and cherries when she can grow 8ll these fruits herself and the answer is sometimes because the Cana Dian consumer is in a hurry and sometimes because he can get the fruit More cheaply in Tho United states than he can at Home. In either Case the importation works an injury to the Canadian producer and indirectly through the restriction of that producer s buying Power to the consume american fruit comes on the Market normally two or three weeks earlier than Canadian fruit of the same Type. Enterprising dealers Brig the fruit across the line paying the duty on it and placing it on display us Ujj Ciuuto Liwai 01 being Ireson but the Edge is off Tho consumer s appetite. He is looking for something else now. In any Case he is not willing to pay fancy prices any Raviv so the Canadian Prou Cor finds the Cream skimmed from his Market Almyrt every year it May Bufi even worse than that too for the american pro Ducer. Having made his profit on the Early Market May find about the time the Canadian fruit is just beginning that he has a surplus on hand Vrbich he can dump into Canada. With this dumped material the Cam Dian grower having been denied the profit of High Price can for compete. What is the remedy for this state of affairs one is for the Canadian consumer to take an intelligent and sympathetic View of the situation Smi wait for his own fruit. If american cherries and berries find no purchasers among Canadian Consumers they will cease to bother but the temptation no doubt is great and it that it will have w be offset in some degree by a seasonal Tariff that will Force the Eon Sumer to think twice before to takes american fruit today at a Price much higher than he need pay for better Canadian fruit next week a study of the figures suggests however that it is american fruit that is the. Principal rival of. The Canadian fruit grower. It my seem absurd at first to suggest that oranges compete with apples but they do Aad in two ways. The Man who buys Oran is has Lesb Mon a tilth which to buy apples just As the Man who buys a motor car May do prevented of that act from buying a radio set. But while a Man s Possession 01 a motor car does not Lessen his capacity for using a race o Ron ume applefpu011 erratically lessens his capacity to it would appear then that if the Canadian consumer is to give the Canadian fruit grower a proper Opportunity to make a living he win have to deny himself either voluntarily or through the imposition a duty the enjoyment of Early fruit the United states and of at least portion of the Tropic. Of nil. Be now consumes. That Fie can do this harming one Little bit there is every reason to printed and publish the Manitoba free press company. Limited a joint Block company incorporated under the Laws of Manitoba at its head office and place of musings 300 i Triton direct in the City of Winnipeg. Manitoba. E. Ii. Macklin president and general manager. at the general Post office London. Enc. For transmission through the mails in the British it Inland Revenue rates. It is Well for the British Columbia fruit growers that this monstrous and absurd argument in their behalf is put Forward not by themselves but by a newspaper for which they Are not responsible. When the Consumers of Canada who number several millions Are told that they must restrict their consumption of tropical fruits bananas oranges and Grapefruit and abstain from eating american fruit such As apples and strawberries when they Are available in order that they May keep their Money and their appetites intact until the British Columbia fruit comes on the Market they will make Short work of the proposition and of the politicians who Are behind it. The housewives of Canada might consider How they would Ike to be told by or. Bennett it he had the Power to give such orders that they must not put fruit on their tables until the word goes Forth that Canadian fruit is available. This is a striking illustration of the cd renies f to which protectionists in the grip of their mania will go. Canadian fruit growers Are entitled during tote season in which they sell their products to be protected against the actual dumping of surplus United states supplies at prices below production costs. We say actual dumping1because a Good Many cases of so called dumping prove upon examination to be nothing of the sort. We do not understand that they ask for More than this. They will be Well advised not to identify themselves with the remarkable views As to Emba going fruit which appear to be held by or. Bennett and his newspaper friends. Recklessness or laxity on the part of Drivers or defective brakes headlights or other equipment or carelessness on the part of pedestrians both children and adults. Because of its responsibility for Tho main Public highways of the province and because of its interest j in the question of Public safety the government is preparing for an organized Effort to ensure greater care on the part of All concerned j and thus to Lessen the alarming toll of the highways. The government is to be commended for what has already been done to make the highways safer by widening them in some cases by reducing curves treating certain highways to keep Clown the dust Aad improve the visibility and putting up direction and warning signs. Through the provincial police the government will also keep a Check on the Reck less speeders or the menace of glaring headlights and defective brakes and in the general Observance of traffic regulations. Educational work will tie carried in among the school children in to the Ever present danger of motor traffic. In this connect it May he noted that the american. Automobile association issued an Appeal to motorists in the United states on the eve of the reopening of the schools to have particular care for children on the streets. While there is no says the association that teaching or safety in the schools safety posters and the effective work of the Schoolboy patrols have done much to protect these Young asters the problem will still re Mai ii As a Challenge to the nation. Every Motorist should feel obligated to have a part in this humanitarian work and should realize the enormous difference his care and consideration Means in keep ing these children Safe from Phy Sical harm As Well As from a fear that May mar Tho rest of. Their lives. Such a spirit on the part of car owners Wil do More than anything else to if Jake for the highways Branch will also ascertain As far As the full circumstances and cause of every serious Accident on Provin Cial highways. This is a Wise step and should assist very materially in ensuring the Success of Tho safety Campaign. The British nations Hospital medical and nursing associations an indication of their interlocking interests is the meeting last week simultaneously of the three associations of the hospitals the Doc tors and the nurses of the pro Vince it is also an indication of the development of the medical and Kindred professions. In no one Field of the social order today is there going Forward a greater Evo Lution and therefore in no Field is there greater need of adjustment. The nurses special problems have to do chiefly with their education i and the right dependent thereon to lie considered a profession. But in the working out of this they impinge upon the development of the hospitals which Are in fact their principal training school As they Are the principal labor Factor which keeps the wheels of the institution moving. Hospitals overlap the territory of the other professions in their problems of administration while All three have common meeting ground in their ethical relation to the Public which is that of service. Hospitals and doctors in this Day increased hospitalization and in creasing Cost of sickness including be trend towards specialization Are brought each Day against the of providing care not for the very poor or the very Rich but or those of moderate Means. And from this development is Flat of state Medicine of which the municipal doctor is a sign. As Well there is the adaptation of Fiese institutions and professions o the cult of prevention which now regard the Hospital As fee Centre of education for health the nurse and doctor As its this end the medical association brought several distinguished Mem Bers from Eastern Canada ready to share with their Fellows the results of their research. Factory Reform in Japan Sill another Factor is the growth science with regard to Medicine falling for increased training of physicians and increased equip for hospitals. All these Situa must be met by the proves in this province and As Well io3e conditions flowing from Fae contributed by the growth of Nioba from the Pioneer stages modern towns and cities. Is coming together from All of members of the proves oils tends to heighten profession consciousness remove the Cor sense of isolation and open new Beys of treatment. To 10 after a. Delay of is years since the passage of the legislation the provisions of the japanese factory act prohibiting night work for Young persons and women have been put into effect. Henceforth japanese Cotton Mills will be oper ated from 5 . To .11 . On a two shift basis. This will reduce the working hours of Young persons and 196.000 women from ten hours to eight and a half daily. There has been the same Striggle in Oriental countries to bring about factory Reform As there was in England which did the pioneering and in the other Industrial coun tries of Europe which followed suit. Always the same opposition was met always there wore pre Dictos of ruin always were the prophets proved false. The japanese Cotton manufacturers fought the Bill hard. There Are evidences of Compromise in it still. But at last they gave in and or. Abe chairman of the cot ton spinners association formally we corred the change As a Protection of the workers health but expressing the fear that it would injure Japan s competitive position in world markets. Or. Abe prob ably knows quite Well that the change will work out Well for everyone concerned. If he does not. He will soon find out Lor Shorter hours and abolition of night work is sure to affect production most favourably. Population growth those who complain of slowness in the growth of Canada s Popula Tion should direct their censures to j the proper quarters those who i were responsible for our National i policies affecting population be i tween the time confederation the end of the 19th Century. It was the stagnation of those decades which has kept our popu lation Down to Low Levels. Between the years 1s71 and 1901 the growth was Only 46 per cent., less than half that of the United states. But from 1901 population has increased per .cent., which is a greater ratio of growth than that of the United states. Canada at her present rate of growth will double her population every k years. Had the present ratio been operating since confederation the present population of Canada would be about thirteen millions. The actual population As reported by the Bureau of statistics is on june 3, an increase in the preceding 12 months of the in crease since the last census is Over a million Aad it is now evident that the next census will show i Canada with a population consider in excess of ten millions. There is nothing remarkable about these totals but comparative figures for which the economist of i the Bank of Nova Scotia takes the j responsibility monthly review 11929 show that Canada s ratio of growth since 190.1. Has been greater than that of. The United states. Australia and new zealand. This j is so contrary to common belief i that the information should be widely spread. It is Worth bearing i in mind when political barnstormers radiating pessimism try to make us believe that people Are flying from Canada from a Pes Olence to More favored lands. Motor accidents tic constant succession of Seri Ous motor accidents gives Point to the educational Campaign which the provincial government is under taking through the highways Branch and should drive Home the necessity of general and Earnest co operation in reducing the num Ber of accidents. Almost daily in the City or in other parts of the province someone is killed or badly injured. And the deplorable fact remains that the vast major Ity of the accidents Are entirely preventable. They should not Hap pen and they Wou d not or. Hoover s work from the new York times almost All the estimates of or. Hoover s first six months in the presidency emphasize his Industry and concentration upon the Public business. Kis Large capacity Tor work was pre by Well known before but As president he has displayed it in a Way to Surprise Many. Main Taining his health and vigor through months of trying weather and still More trying politicians he has exemplified the modern medical theory that congenial labor hurts no Man. And. Indeed often contributes to physical Well being. Or. Hoover seems to have discovered what Walter Bagehot said was the a secret of the enjoyment of Public life by Many Young englishmen whose wealth made any kind of employment unnecessary to namely that there is really no fun in life to compare with work. In thus sticking to his Job. Through fair weather and through foul president Hoover has set a whole some example the effect of which must be to tone up official morale ;