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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1947
Page
2
Canada relies on agriculture as a major industry with 17.3 percent of the population in farming, yet farm income makes up only 11 percent of national income. Some farmers prosper while many see little financial profit relative to their labor and investment. Western producers push for reforms, aided by sympathetic leaders in ag groups and politics amid mixed support.
Parliament reviewed farm incomes showing net income rising from 387 million dollars in 1939 to 1 billion in 1945. Expenses and depreciation climbed from 498 million to 750 million in the same period. Despite a doubling over seven years, average cash income before 1939 was 743 dollars annually.
The text notes that only about 4 percent of all farmers paid income tax in 1945 46 and inspectors found that not more than 7 percent of farmers had income large enough to be taxed or to require further checking. It laments that the average farmer earns under $2 000 a year during a period of prosperity and stresses the mismatch between farming’s national economic contribution and earnings.
A farmer writes to a contemporary opposing magistrates urging vagrants to seek farm work. He argues loafers and drunks cannot perform required farming duties and that farming now demands skilled workers, early hours, and acceptance into the employer’s home. He contends loiterers lack training and suitability, noting the farmer must trust hired help. The piece reflects local views on rural labor and temperate judgment.
Baghat Chimy Bey, member of Egypt’s higher council of tourism, after two months in the United States, says he likes the country but notes it costs 75 to 80 dollars a day to live as a gentleman. He spoke while hurrying to a plane bound for Paris.
A forestry team works at Caron beside Moose Jaw pumping stations planting 50,000 trees under the supervision of W. H. Howes of the Provincial Forestry Branch. The group pauses for noonday refreshments as they stride along the fur row.
Canada sees record cheque volume in first half of year with $36.409 billion total, up from $34.484 billion. Prairie centres all rise led by Medicine Hat at $42 million and Calgary at $843 million, while Vancouver climbs 19 percent to $2.571 billion and British Columbia totals reach $3.135 billion.
A collection of quotations from Aldous Huxley Sir Philip Sidney Farrar William Whewell Mary Baker Eddy and D Brande. The excerpts discuss how experience shapes action how burdened hearts strive upward and how true failure is not being true to the best knowledge. Each quote links failure to learning and corrective effort.
A collection of brief gags about bosses, office boys, contractors, and couples. Jokes cover beliefs in life after death, alarm clocks, advertising mistakes, Socrates, trench hazards, borrowing electricity, panhandlers, farm talk, grammar class, and club dinners. The humor hinges on miscommunication and social foibles.
British farmers touring Sweden report strong adoption of electricity in rural areas and efficient water supply for cattle feeding and field irrigation, noting practical benefits of the power grid and irrigation systems observed during their visit.
The piece reflects on a peaceful Victorian era and warns that modern fears of a brief peace impede hope and planning. It argues for discovering a lasting peace to avoid futility.
The British financial crisis endangers the Geneva talks to build a multilateral trade system and stimulate recovery. U.S. officials note Britain relies on foodstuffs and raw materials from America, while tobacco and other imports decline, risking the postwar plan and prompting emergency reviews in Paris.
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River spans 278 miles in length with a maximum width of 13 miles and a depth reaching 6,000 feet at its deepest point.
Mrs G Randall of Salt Spring Island BC raised two motherless lambs given by a neighbor. After nursing them to adulthood the two sheep yielded more than 11 pounds each at shearing, far above the normal BC clip of seven and a half to eight pounds per sheep. The pair have grazed in her orchard.
A shaving brush, worn but soft, serves as an effective tool for dusting pleated lamp shades. Its long bristles reach into folds without harming fabric, removing dust with ease.
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