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Crops Control Agriculture Minister Addresses Service Club at Sarnia SARNIA.â€"Opposition to any regiâ€" mentation of the farmer or Governâ€" ment control of crop acreage was voiged by Hon. P. M. Dewan, Ontario minister jof agriculture, * who â€" adâ€" dressed an audience: of 200 persons at the lnh:ry Club under. auspices of the Ruralâ€"Urban Relations Comâ€" mittee Of the Sarnia Kiwanis Club. ~ OTTAWA. â€" Agriculture Minister Gardiner in the House of Commons emphatically repudiated a suggestion he had any desire to overthrow the leadership of Prime Minister ‘Macâ€" kenzie King. He was replying to an earlier speech by Conservative Leadâ€" er Manion in which the latter twitted him with being a friend of Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario. "I hope I am a friend of the leader of the Opposition, but I trust the good Lord to preserve me from the torribly devions political route which he has followed in reaching his presâ€" ent position." f Members of the ‘Lambton County Council and the Kiwanis Boys‘ Club were guests. W. A. Guthrie, ML.A., West Lambton, was also in attendâ€" ance. *‘ "I hope I am a friend of Mr. Hepâ€" burn," he said. ‘"But that does not mean I must follow all my friends in all the courses they map out for themselves. If ever he felt called upon to seek to defeat a Government, he said he would do it from the outside as Hon. H. H. Stevens had done in resigning from the Bennett Government and forming the Reconstruction party. "I do not lhtlk we can either bonus or: subsidize agriculture into prosperity," lAr.ADcv_‘nAufl. § M ‘The minister admitted it was more difficult to place the farmer in as edvantageous a position as is indusâ€" try. f 2 Mr. Dewan explained the change in situation in agriculture generally by declaring that before the war the idea was to produce in quantity for export purposes. Now many overseas countries have developed policies of selfâ€"sufficiency and markets are competition for the East and the idea | ol the East should be to concentrate‘ on quality. *\ 4 Concerning the work of his"departâ€"| ment,. Mr, Dewan felt there was no ! use spending money in scientific reâ€", search unless there are proper chan-i nels to pass on the information to the farmer. This the agriculture dei partment representatives were enâ€"‘ deavoring to do. 1 He explained that the farmer is not organized as are other callings, but te thought some measure of organiâ€" zation was necessary for the future. The Hon. George S. Henry cup awarded at the Royal Winter Fair for the three best Holstein cows was presented George Bell, Sarnia townâ€" ship. § Speaking of overproduction, he said the situation existed in regard to flue cured tabacco but even at that he was not in favor of Governâ€" ment contrel of acreage and said the only thing for the growers to do was to organize and curtail their own production. This, he said, applied also to apple growers and other speâ€" clalized lines of farming. "I think it is hopeless to go on bonusimg Western Wheat which is merely lifting ourselves by our own shoetops," he contended. Other Ontario Interests > Mr. Dewan thought that instead Ontario farmers should concentrate on other things, as for instance hogé, chilled beef and cheese. There was no doubtâ€"in his mind but that by evoâ€" lution the West would, gradually turn td livestock. This would mean more J. D. McEwen, well known Wyoâ€" ming hog breeder, was iiresen!ed' with the trophy given. by the British ‘ Berkshire Society and which he hadI won at the Royal Winter Fair. This is seven times the Wyoming man has â€" taken the prize. 1 Gardiner Denies Antiâ€"King Move In view o? this condition the epeakâ€" er felt agriculture should be encourâ€" aged to produce for quality rather than for quantity. Curtailing Production l In the following year it retraced give wonderful |its steps, swarmed up.the Mississippi as a whole, It | and carried off the planter as well as pleasure if the his slaves. The second wave passed A Waterloo F ‘from Central Europe to America in line to Louis ‘G ‘1849_ By this time communication so we could co ‘had been improved by the ‘stage derful work in ‘coach, the railroad and the telegraph surrounding far and cholera spread as rapidly as the I wish also to . new agents. The gold rush carried it wonderful wor {to Califonia and the public were Milk Producers ‘warned by feeble boards of health sociation of O |"to avoid night air and preserve a the interest of ‘tanguil state Of mind". The next short space of ;wave was during the American Civil\cgn be done if War.° C ward as those f By this time the doctrines of Virâ€" chow, Pasteur and Pettenkofer had ‘begun to illuminate the path of proâ€" gress. A young German country docâ€" ,tor named Koch studied cholera on jthe banks of the Nile. He followed ‘cholera to India and discovered its lcauseâ€"the comma bacillus. When |America had its fourth visitation the bactériologist met the pestilence in New York harbour and kept it out. He worked a revolution far more vaâ€" luable than any attained by force of arms. It was a bloodless revolution, but it gave peace so far as cholera is concerned, to the American conâ€" tinent. | A Sad Reminder | Snookin: "As soon as. the cold weather comes I have to stop playing billiards. % Friend: "How‘s that?" Snookin: "Every time the three ‘balls get together they remind me of my overcoat." _ Slowly, but surely, the ecientist is fighting the plagues that still linger amongst us. ‘He has in many inâ€" nlt&nces ‘pointed the way: in diphâ€" theria, syphilis, tuberculosis, in the intestinal complaints of infants, in the prevention of rickets and in a dozen others. Milkborne disease should not exist. This and many others would rapidly disappear, if men and women would apply the available preventive measures. . He would not remain with the Govâ€" efnment and later admit a man who left it was right by bringing him back into the party as Dr. Manion had done with Mr. Stevens. Cholera, the silent pestilence is happily gone from iAmerica. From | 1832 onward this plague spread from | Europe to America in four great waves. ‘The first was in 1832 when Irish emigrants brought it to Quebec, ’ Montreal and New York. It followed ’the trade routes by the river valleys and within seven months after reachâ€" ’ing Quebec it had spread to New Orleans and Cuba, as well as westâ€" ward to Chicago. Cholera Now Gone From America "Who‘s heavier, popâ€"me or LAFEF. A â€"DA‘Y THE W ATERLOO (Ontario) |_This yearly fifty million dollar tax ‘forms 10% of the total Dominion tax receipts, and averages $35 per workâ€" /ing family. It is unjust and unnecesâ€" ‘sary. It represents perilous insecurâ€" 'ilty for 400,000 people dependent on .railway operations and for billions of ‘dollars of Canadian and British capiâ€" |tal. as well as a serious decrease of lbuying,power, Since its_creation in 1923, the Government railway has ‘ Jan. 20, 1939. Dear Mr. Editor: How stand Canâ€" ada? Here is the answer of one of our ablest men of affairs, Mr. Thomas lmnv: "Today we are challenged as io generation has been challenged before by problems both within and Ibeyond the confines of our own counâ€" ‘try, but I am confident that we are jcapable of facing our problems with |& spirit of integrity and zeal and |understanding, and working together {towarda their solution." Mr. Bradâ€" shaw places, as second in importance |of these problems to be faced by Canâ€" adians, the Canadian National Railâ€" way system with its constant deficit of fifty million dollars a year. Urges Unification Of Railroads The Editor, Jan. 23, 1939. © Waterlo®, Chronicle: Dear Sir: I wish to express my pieasure in seeing the two letters in your Chronicle of Jan. 20, one signed as A Waterloo Farmer, the other Menno Sauder. I regret very much that we do not see more of such letâ€" ters in your Chronicle which would give wonderful results to the public as a whole, It would give me a great pieasure if the writer who signed A Waterloo Farmer, would drop a line to Louis Gies, R.R. 3, Waterloo, so we could correspond and do wonâ€" derful work in the interests of our surrounding farmers and consumers. I wish also to draw attention to the wonderful work that the Natural Milk Producers‘ and Consumers‘ Asâ€" sociation of Ontario have done for the interest of the public in such a short space of time, and still more egn be done if more men come forâ€" ward as those two men did, Mr. Waâ€" terloo Farmer and Mr. Menno Sauâ€" der. I thank you, Mr. Editor, for the space in your paper. _ Yours truly, Louis Gies. Would See More Correspondence < Letters To The Editor (1Â¥% g»» Waterloo,. Ont. CHRONTICLE [ The major economic factor cloudâ€" ing the outlook, they said, is the fact ‘the 1938 world wheat crop was the !largest on record, with the resfilt supplies are far in excess of world ‘requirements. | Next season‘s world wheat prosâ€" ‘pects are still an underminable quanâ€" tity. An expected reduction in world [wheat acreage, especially in the \United States, will be a favor but ‘even more important than known ‘acreage trends will be the 1939 world ‘average yields. The statement, prepared under the direction of a subcommittee of the national advisory committee on agriâ€" cultural services, analyses the favâ€" ‘ornble and unfavorable features of domestic and â€" international condiâ€" tions, then considers the positions of [ As in other leading countries so in Icantdl the only practical remedy for railway difficulties is â€"rationalization |of the whole industry. The best meâ€" thod, agreed upon alike by labor and capital, is unified management of the C:NR. and CJP.R. The eventual iachievement of this great step is cerâ€" tain. But the barrier to the nonâ€"poliâ€" tical taxless transport system of the future is* public indifference to high taxation today. On the credit side of the ledger was the fact the severe decline in world prices of farm products apparâ€" ently had been checked in the last half of 1938. Also, larger supplies of wheat and other farm products in ‘Canada, with the help of new trade agreements, would probably result in 'a greater volume of agricultural exâ€" ports in 1939. If a fair number of taxpayers, men and women, would give a little inâ€" quiring thought to the C.N.R. tax problem, would come to a reasoned conclusion about the matter and work together, then the problem would vanish. In a democracy, the democrats must do the work. The C.N.R. tax must be destroyed! Alfred Hooper,. 383 Woburn Ave., | ‘Toronto, Ontario. taken more than one billion dollars from the public in taxation. Increased Farm Prices In 1939 In their annual eurvey of the agriâ€" cultural outlook, they analyzed crop and market prospects so the farmers could adjust their plans to changing conditions of supply and demand in both home and foreign markets. "Normal yields on an acreage thus adjusted would bring total producâ€" tion more into line with consumpâ€" tion requirements," the survey says. Huge Wheat Crop In 1938 However Held Disconcerting Feature CTTAWA.â€"â€"Agricultural experts of the Dominion Government told the farmers of Canada what htey might éxpect in 1939. ‘They predicted some general imâ€" provement in prices of farm products in 1939 as a result of moderately inâ€" creased industrial activity. At the same time they warned that general activity would not likely be restored to 1937 levels. THE WATERLOO MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Notice is heroby given that the Seventyâ€"sizth Annual Meeting .'t. "“ioo houfn' c:i 1.30 o’eloc‘k p.m., u;thmACo:lp‘;y.'- Ol'eo. aterloo, for the purpose of receiving the Ann port, for the election of Directors and Auditors in the place of those reâ€" tiring, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. F. H. MOSER, Waterloo, Ont., January 19, 1989. Annual Meeting * will be held on SATURDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1939 | ‘The actual vote was not disclosed ‘bnt only approximately 25 of the 272 }delegates with voting power stood in opposition when the vote was taken. Decision of the delegates ended ‘polltlcal activity that started in 1919 when the convention in Edmonton decided to take political action. Two ‘yeu late the first United Farmers of Alberta Government was formed and ‘lt remained in power until defeated by the Social* Credit landslide of August, 1935. _ As far as international trade in agricultural products was concerned, the immediate outlook ~â€"â€"having in view the present low level of prices and the increased supplies, especialâ€" ly of wheatâ€"lends but little encourâ€" agement to the prospect for early reâ€" duction of such trade barriers. p Production of most agricultural products showed a substantial inâ€" crease in 1938 but prices declined much more rapidly than prices of other commodities. The low leyel of farm prices was a factor retarding general economic recovery, accordâ€" ing to the survey. â€" Most encouraging element in the outlook for international trade wa@ the upturn in business activity in the United States, which began in the third quarter of 1938. Terminating 20 years‘ activity in both the federal and provincial field, the 31â€"yearâ€"old farm organization‘s annual convention by standing vote adopted the recommendation of its ‘board of directors. each group of farm products on its 1938 record an dits 1939 prospects. It summarizes the outlook for inâ€" come from the amore important farm cemmodities: ‘"With more hogs to market in 1939 as a whole, the prosâ€" pects of a steady demand at home and in export markets, the income from hog products in 1939 should not be any less than that obtained in 1938, even though the average price lwd for hogs during 1939 may be somewhat lower. ‘‘The gross income from the sale of the 1938 spring wheat crop will possibly be somewhat larger than that obtained for the small crop of 1937. The reduced prices for fall wheat, oats and barley will mean a smaller total income from these grdins, in spite of somewhat larger crops. Cash income from the 1938 crop of Durum wheat will be less as a result of a amalled production and of lower prices." U.F.A. Drop Out Of Politics _ "Income from beef cattle should be approximately the same in 1939 as in 1938 as reduced marketings are expected to be offset by higher prices. Returns from sheep and woot in 1939 are not likely to be very different from that obtaind in 1938. "It is likely that the gross cash inâ€" come from all dairy products will not be any higher in 1939 and beâ€" cause of current prospects for lower butterfat prices it is possible that it might be slightly lower during the early part of 1939. ‘‘The probability of a favorite exâ€" port market for eggs and poultry and the outlook for some improvement in business conditions in 1939 are facâ€" tors which, in spite of prospects of increased supplies, favor as large a gross income from poultry and eggs in 1939 as was Obtained in 1938. CALGARY.â€"The United Farmers of Alberta voted to cease all politiâ€" cal activity in the future.