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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
4
Debates over the reciprocity agreement widen from coast to coast with Ottawa protests and pro and anti positions. Prominent Montreal Board of Trade backlash draws unanimous condemnation while other regions voice mixed opinions.
The Vicinity debates the treaty phase affecting the horse trade with dealers predicting a price drop of about 75 dollars if duties vanish and more American horses enter. Butter and eggs may also fall in price as wholesalers anticipate treaty effects, harming farmers more than potential binder costs.
A growing number of towns are organizing Boy Scout corps linked to schools in Canada. The movement is spreading through schools where boys show keen interest and improved bearing and discipline, with military-style training seen as highly beneficial for youth behavior and productive use of time.
A letter urges the board to appoint Shimoin as drill master and start a boy scout corps at Hamiota School. The writer believes an exhibition at the annual summer fair and sports day would please parents and attract attendance, showing community interest in boys' opportunities and activities.
MP Rodolphe Forget advocates a Bank of Canada with $10 million capital to channel funds at home. He notes Canadians invest abroad through banks backing ventures in Mexico and South America and in the United States. French capitalists commit about $7.5 million, with Canadians supplying the rest to spur domestic finance and ease tight money markets.
An exchange argues that YY foot rural road allowances are too wide and will aid weed spread and tempt farmers to pasture cattle. It suggests reducing to 50 feet and selling excess land to adjoining farm owners to boost productive capacity rather than leave it idle waste.
A humorous fragment recounts a printer making up obituary copy with errors and a grim line about a town wreck. It notes an insurance payout covering losses and mentions a widow’s view of the editor. The passage ends with an ad copy urging Chamberlain products for digestive health.
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