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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
3
Opinion stresses farming as vital to industry and liberty. It argues city and farmer interdependence, criticizes middlemen, and calls for reforms to free farmers from marketing constraints to boost production amid looming famines and war-driven shortages.
A comic exchange features a Lady Worker and Lady Land Worker discussing chores and bird cages, with Charlie recounting boyhood cigarette advice and a quip about becoming Miss Keen. The fragment hints at light stage humor from a London scene.
Paris dispatch details U.S. minister Charles Whitolck in Brussels who refused German pressure to evacuate ahead of his staff. He insisted the entire party depart together, prompting a special train arrangement so Whitlock, his staff, consuls, relief workers, and the Chinese delegation left Germany simultaneously.
The Baltimore Star notes British Americans cherish the Revolution as a just cause. It recalls George Washington as an Englishman leading Anglo-Saxons against a German king and envisions a future Anglo-Saxon unity through a British-American alliance led by figures like Viscount Bryce.
The grain rust epidemic last year in Western Canada caused losses estimated at 100 million dollars. Agriculture Minister Martin Burrell funds special research and establishes Western field laboratories at Brandon Manitoba and Indian Head Saskatchewan. W P Fraser MA will lead investigations, leaving Macdonald College to join the program. Fraser is a Canadian born BA from Cornell and MA from Dalhousie and has prior plant disease work backing the project.
A Boston Transcript excerpt features a father and son debating finances and restraint. The son admits overspending and hopes for future budget relief as the father urges discipline.
Frank Dilnot in New York Outlook notes Sweden’s tension amid World War I. He argues German influence permeated trade, universities, and the royal court, shaping policy while a pro Allied majority supported England and France. The king’s neutral government faced pressure, with Wallenberg as foreign minister.
Prof. FE Howes of the University of Alberta warns against rural depopulation as young people drift to cities. He cites home conditions and agricultural education in public schools as key to showing farming as equal to other professions and begins reforms in Western Canada.
The text recalls Joffre as France’s idol who valued upcoming generals over established reputations. It hints that he would step aside to make way for General Nivelle, signaling a transition in command during wartime.
A Swiss correspondent travels across Germany and reports that food shortages among the poor stem from bureaucratic red tape and failed distribution rather than mere lack of supply. He notes delays in Cologne as carloads of essentials were unnecessarily staged in stores, and cites bread shortages caused by misprinted cards. The correspondent criticizes agrarian magnates for hoarding grain and warns confiscation could solve city shortages next summer.
A New York dispatch reports the king of England donates a prized stallion to Canada to boost remounting for Allied armies. John F. Ryan, director general of the Canadian breeding bureau, previously tracked thousands of horses and coordinated with the New York Jockey Club to supply hundreds of thoroughbred stallions across Canada and beyond.
Russia outlines a new financial program to tax excess profits and share increased earnings with the government. Finance Minister Tereschtenko says the system will rectify past deficiencies and mobilize revenue from growing industry activity.
Saskatchewan passes a sweeping fire protection act appointing reeves as fire guardians in rural municipalities and declaring provincial police as ex officio guardians. The law regulates slash burning, requires permits near forests, and allows arrests for violations to curb prairie and forest fires.
Marquis of Queensbury told Winnipeg audiences that Canada’s mineral wealth rivals Ural riches and could cover Britain and Canada's war debt. He cited BC resources, ten square miles staked on Porcher Island, and urged a smelter to harness the wealth amid a predicted surge in major mining. He warned Canadians underestimate their natural resources and urged more geological prospecting.
The North China News asserts a dramatic German ploy influenced the Chinese Prime Minister toward breaking with Germany. It claims the German envoy boasted glycerine for explosives was drawn from fallen soldiers, a grotesque claim that shocked Beijing.
The Alberta Farmers Co operative aims to build about forty elevators across Alberta this spring to serve the 1917 crop. Thirty six sites are secured with negotiations under way for the rest. Each elevator will store 35 000 to 65 000 bushels, averaging 40 000, boosting total capacity by roughly 1 600 000 bushels. About 150 men will be employed.
A New York Evening Post critique argues professors misled Germany by basing claims on unfounded generalizations. The piece alleges such thinking obsessed with race and misread neighboring nations France and Russia, undermining Germany's understanding of others and its own defense.
A harsh editorial accuses monopolists of gouging the public during wartime, equating price exploitation with treason. It argues both profiteers from essentials and munition dealers rob the government and weaken national strength, deserving severe punishment.
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