Canada and the Trade with China and Japan
A special issue of the Weekly Report by the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce highlights the potential of Canadian exports to China and Japan. Sir George Foster introduces Grigg’s study on the Panamanian canal, coastal trade shifts, and flour and lumber exports, noting strong impact for western provinces and urging wide circulation to aid Canadian exporters.
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Orient
Department of Trade and Commerce
China
Japan
George E. Foster
K.c.mg
M.P
Canada
Sir George
Panar Canal
Tragec
Pasama
Tehuantepec
United States
Pacific Coast
Manchuria
Pritish Columbia
George Foster
Treasure of Lahun Crown and artifacts on display in London
Professor Flinders Petrie and the British School of Archaeology in Egypt display a vast hoard from the Fayum burial sites at University College London. The centerpiece is a golden crown legendary jewel from an ancient princess, with amethyst beads, lapis lazuli, carnelian, turquoise and a carved tadpole motif. Other finds include flare lamps, jars, and alabaster boxes from the tombs near the pyramid of Sanureset II, dating to around 3400 B.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flinders Petrie
British School of Archaeology
Egypt
Cairo
University College
Gower Street
London
Fayrm
Sanureset II
Sat
Sheffield
Birmingham
Fox farming in Alberta eyed for long term value
Fred M. e president of Pioneer Silver-Black Fox company discusses Alberta fox farming in Edmonton. He believes it will take at least 25 years to gauge pelt value and notes rising demand for breeding animals. Warns against overcapitalized companies and warns beginners to sell at market prices, asserting the industry is in its infancy and will grow with proper regulation and trust between trappers and companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M .«E
Pioneer Silver-Black Fox Company
Alberta
Edmonton
Tobacco a Drug Debate Ends With Patient’s Death
A Dublin dispute over whether tobacco is a drug or necessity under the National Insurance act leads to opposing authorities approving or denying tobacco for a consumptive patient. The patient dies while officials argue, and costs soar far above the price of the tobacco.
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National Insurance Act
Dublin
Tob Eco
D‘ll
Quebec Mines Report Shows Rising Mineral Values
The superintendent of mines for Quebec publishes a 1913 report noting mineral product value at 13 119 811 dollars, up nearly two million from the prior year. Asbestos exports top 3 830 504 dollars, with Quebec supplying eighty percent of global asbestos consumption. Fatal accidents total six, a rate of 1.86 per 1 009 workers, lower than Ontario’s 4.00 per 1 006.
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Quebec
Ontario
Quebec Mines Report Strong Production in 1913
The Quebec superintendent of mines reports province wide production of 13,119,811 dollars in 1913 despite economic crisis, up nearly two million from the prior year. Asbestos again leads, with the province alone supplying a dominant share of world consumption.
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Province of
Quebec
British Columbia Lumber Eyes West Indies Trade Via Panama Canal
Flood, Barbados trade commissioner, says opening Panama Canal lets BC lumber compete with the West Indies. BC will send samples of key lumber varieties to Trinidad, Jamaica, British Guiana, and the Northern Islands for export suitability and price comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. SS. S. Flood
Barbados
Department of Trade and Commerce
Panama Canal
British Columbia
West Indies
Trade Department of
Trinidad
Jamaica
British Guinea
British West Indies
Canada
Estern
Canal
Western farms shift to stock raising and mixed farming
A Saskatoon area farmer seeds 2000 acres of alfalfa and notes one acre yields thirty of wheat. Alberta produced about 15 million dollars in eggs poultry and milk with dairy products near 6 million. The shift toward stock raising and mixed farming brings stable income, year round work, and stronger rural prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Tim
Ottawa
Forest Reservations in the United States
The United States has approved lands for national forest purposes since 1910 now totaling 1 104 000 acres at a purchase price of 5 600 000. About 2 000 000 remains available for future purchases in 1915. About 133 000 acres lie in the White Mountains New Hampshire and 971 000 acres in the southern Appalachians Virginia to Georgia. Nearly 400 000 acres were approved for purchase in the past year at an average price of 4.96 per acre. The administration aims to protect forests from fire to stabilize stream flow and increase timber production, while allowing uses that do not diminish their value as timber and water sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
White
Virginia
Georgi
Dominion Paras Franch
Department of the Interior
Rocky Mountains Park
Canada
Islea
Simpson Pass
Banff
Dominion
Switzerland
France
Italy
E Parks
Dominion Parks Branch
Ales
Bryce
Ottawa
Exatlana
Two Stamps Mark Centenary of Peace Between Nations
The U S post service plans two special stamps to mark 1814 1914 centennial of peace with Great Britain. A 2 cent stamp features a hemisphere with a female figure and a British ally clasping hands across the globe. A 5 cent stamp shows a winged spirit with a dove in flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
U.S. Post Office Department
Buriesa
Rural depopulation and the conservation link
The article argues that rural depopulation grows from wasteful land use and soil exhaustion. It cites Rev. John MacDougall on rural life in Canada and warns that overharvesting forests and farming exhausted soils ruin agricultural regions. Conservation is vital to maintain rural prosperity and national welfare.
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John MacDougall
Canada
Typhoid Perforation Figures From London Congress
Dr Armstrong of Montreal, a Canadian delegate, read on typhoid perforation to 9,090 recent cases. He noted one third of deaths arose from perforation, more common in men. He urged pure water and drainage laws to curb the disease, marking ages 15 to 25 as most susceptible. He said the medical profession bore no blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Montreal
London Clinical Congress
Kr. Armstrong
Croker Plans Return to Oust Murphy at Tammany Hall
Richard Croker, former Tammany Hall leader, to return from Ireland and challenge Charles F. Murphy. Confidant Harry Walker reports Croker’s intent to reveal confessions and take bold public action, signaling a major move in the leadership fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
New York
Irelaae
Charles F. Murphy
Harry W. Walker
Croker
Ireland
Mr. Walker
Labrador and Canadian Moss Lands Predicted to Feed Reindeer
Dr. Grenfell argues Canada’s barren moss lands in Labrador and the north could support 3,960,000 to 5,000,000 reindeer, greatly boosting the country’s future food supply. He notes 22,000,000 more are not yet in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Trying to Improve Russian Education Reform Proposal
The Russian cabinet moves a bill to parliament to establish universal education. Russia faces low literacy with about 211 per 1000 literate. The empire is divided into 15 educational districts, with many schools under public instruction and several under separate ministries.
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Russia
Russian Empire
Ministry of Public Instruction
No max is wse at all times Pliny the Elder
A terse motto attributed to Pliny the Elder appears as a fragment about limits and constant change. The quote challenges the idea of fixed maximums and hints at perpetual variation in conditions.
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Max
Pliny the Elder
Population in the Canal Zone Census Decline Details
The Canal Zone census shows a population drop from 61 279 in early 1912 to 45 296 in early 194? with declines across Americans and other nationalities. White American men number 4 482 employees. American women and children total 1 574 and 1 535 respectively. Other nationalities total 16 694 with 14 066 employees. The chief aim was to track deprivation progress for non employees and their families.
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Panawa Canal Zone
Police
Panama Canal
Panama Railroad
Colon
Panama
Canal Zone
Department of Civil Administration
Ancon
Empire
Christotal
Snon
Carelessness Cited in Adirondack Forest Fires Investigation
New York conservation commission finds 85 percent of Adirondack fires in 1913 were preventable. Smoking and tobaccos caused about one third. campers’ carelessness nearly ten percent. engines 11.3 percent.
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New York Conservation Commission
Adirondacks
C. L
Servia and the Servians
Servia is a land of social equality with no aristocracy or middle class. Its officials are peasants and its people live with little work. In 1900 there were no paupers or workhouses. Servians prefer politics and poetry to drink, singing of national heroes. The 1908 Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina stirred Serbs toward a dream of a united Serb nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Isnia
Herzegovina
Egyptia Assembly Prorogued After Open Under Organic Law
The Egyptian legislative assembly, opened January 22 under the Organic Law of July 21 1913, has been prorogued to November 1. The recently concluded session drew wide public interest with over 800 petitions, large gallery crowds, and extensive local paper coverage.
Lumbering to be extra heavy in Ot tawa region
Representatives of major lumber companies in the upper Ottawa region announce unusually heavy bush operations expected this fall. About 35 000 men will be employed in two months, aiding unemployment relief in eastern cities as timber felled and damaged by fires must be utilized before decay.
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Ottawa
National Gallery Travel Scholarship for British Artists
The National Gallery of Canada trustees announce a traveling scholarship of 1000 dollars to an artist. The winner must be a painter or sculptor who is a British subject and will travel to Europe within three months of the award to reside there for one year.
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National Gallery of Canada
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Europe
Canada Loses Much Through Pests
Canada loses at least fifty million dollars yearly from crop damage caused by insect pests the Agricultural Gazette says. The department of agriculture urges stronger protection of insectivorous birds. Investigations show birds eat large portions of pest insects and weed seeds, aiding crop protection.
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Canada
Agricultural Gazette
Department of Agriculture
The Rational Parks of the Dominion
A government publication celebrates Canada’s national parks as vital to tourism and public health. It highlights Simpson Pass near Banff, the Parks Branch work, wildlife preservation, and proposals for large urban-adjacent reserves as “people’s estates” for recreation, health, and education.
Attu Aleuts Face Sharp Population Decline
Revenue Cutter Unalga reports Attu natives in the western Aleutians are dying rapidly with depopulation feared. Captain Hamlet says winter and spring mortality is especially high and Aleuts suffer from multiple diseases as the crew returns from a north Pacific cruise.
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Attu Isander
Attu Ilana
Alaska
Unalgu
H. ©. Hamlet
Unalga
Attu
Street railways mileage per capita in Canadian cities
The report shows Calgary leading with 88 miles of street railway track per 1000 people followed by Saskatoon 75 miles Edmonton 70 Regina 6 Winsnipeg 4 and Toronto 0.29 miles per thousand residents.
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Calgary
Dominion of Canada
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Regina
Winsipes
Toronto
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GawiSuy Bar
Theodore
Govern- Weal
Lahun
Crea I
BoOoSsr BC
Lumser Trade
U. S
U.S
Labrador
Egyptia
National Gallery
THE
Treet Railways
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