{Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada Rev. J. Reble, President 104 Hughson St. Hamilton, Ont. Rev. C.R. Cronmiller, Vice-President Williamsburg, Ont. Rev. H.R. Mosig, German Secretary New Hamburg, Ont. Rev. C. H. Little, S.T.D., English Sec'y 170 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ont. Rev. E. Holm, Treasurer Conestogo, Ont.} Sept. 9, 1939. Dear Mother: Of the writing of letters there seems to be no end. This is the fifth letter that I have written to-day, i.e., when I have got it done. The weather here has been quite fall-like all this week, there being near frost almost every night. Still we have had no fire in our furnace, and with the war on, there probably will be none as long as we can stand the cold, as everybody will be trying to save coal. Prices of everything are going up by leaps and bounds and limitations on amounts purchased are being made. For example, we are not allowed to purchase more than two pounds of sugar at a time in spite of the fact that sugar has long been a glut on the market. Eggs and everything that you eat have advanced in price, and we are beginning to feel the pinch of thing in the big bills that we are rolling up, especially when no money is coming in with which to pay them. The storekeepers are on the alert to take advantage of the situation, and the purchaser pays the piper. Carolus had an offer the other day of the position of quarter master in the army with assurance that his place in the Mutual would be held open for him on his return from the army when the war is over. I haven't seen him since he received this offer and don't know that he intends to do about it, butI would advise him to take it, as it would involve very little personal danger. Conscription has not as yet been passed by our House of Commons at Ottawa, but it is certain that it is only a question of time when this will be done, as the war promises to be an extended one. And if Carolus