Intricate Organization Promotes Western Canada Grain Trade
The piece details Canada's grain logistics as Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta farmers move wheat to Port Arthur and Fort William. It highlights railways banks lake carriers and elevators coordinating to maximize export before Great Lakes navigation closes, with 1923 export figures and growing storage capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Port Arthur
Fort William
Pacific
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Montreal
Atlantic
Canada
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Railways
Domoinion
United States
Europe
Canadian Council Sets Rules for Plant Trial Plots
The Canadian Horticultural Council lists rules for trial plots in government institutions to test new plant varieties before registration. By 1923 eight new flower varieties and one strawberry were recorded. The council will record origin and traits of Canadian standard fruits including McIntosh and Famense apples, Hilborn black raspberry, Joscelyn gooseberry, Saunders black currant, Fitegerald peach, and Windsor cherry. Demonstration gardens will be recognized and run by responsible horticultural groups to educate the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Horticultural Council
Canada
Horticultural Sperties
Dominion of Canada Leads Wheat Supply and Exports
New figures show Canada as the world’s largest single contributor to wheat production and second in automobile exports. Analysts note gains in mineral, forest, agricultural, and fisheries sectors, now valued at 2.42 billion dollars, up 252.9 million from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion of Canada
United States
Capade
Glasgow Herald urges probe into Canadian emigrant rumors
The Glasgow Herald says Canada should invite expert investigations to verify alarming letters from British immigrants about conditions there. It notes difficulty in confirming claims, warns against unchecked emigration rumors, and suggests a less sensational recruitment method may be needed. The London Star also prints settlers’ letters and Canadian clippings supporting anti emigration views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Dominion
Glasgow Herald
Canada
Herald
The
London Star
Star
The Dilemma of the Western Farmer in Canadian Tariffs
The piece argues western farmers sell in a free trade market yet buy under protection. It notes Ontario and Quebec rural shares shrinking, prairie rural dominance, and grain surpluses needing Britain. It suggests tariffs on grain are useless to western farmers while tariffed manufactured goods raise costs. It calls for non sectional, sympathetic western understanding to govern Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
Great Britain
Canada
Toronto Globe
Border Barriers to Halt Rum Smuggling Across Quebec Line
A 120 foot no mans land will be set along the United States Quebec border to stop contraband aquor operations on premises spanning the border. The Canadian end of this legislation will be introduced in the current Quebec Legislature session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No Man's Land
United States-Quebec
Quebec
Wealthy One-Daughter Dress Sparks Pride Chats
A Toronto Telegram blurb notes a witty exchange about pride in a self-made man and his family. The remark compares his wife and daughters to a homemade dress, underscoring quiet admiration in social circles.
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Toronto
Telgram
Never at the Right Time Mother
The dialogue captures a tense family moment with Bobby pleading for chocolate while a parent urges restraint and recalls past indecision, reflecting a domestic scene of bargaining and impatience.
Alberta Wool Stocks Move With Associations Milestone
The Alberta Provincial Sheep Breeders' Association reports over 74 000 pounds of wool handled in the past year with a total value not exceeding 17 212 dollars. The figure reflects the association’s trading and sale activity among member flocks and producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canadian wheat flow and U S mill capacity contrast
The article notes Canadian hard spring wheat pours into the U S border trade via Duluth despite tariffs, with 1920 21 22 and eleven months of 1913 import totals. It contrasts weak Northwestern flour mills run at half capacity versus Canadian mills operating at full export capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
United States Customs Service
Northwestern States
Northwestern National Bank Review
Minneapolis
Alberta Dairying Shows Sharp Rise in 1923 Output
The provincial dairy commissioner reports a substantial rise in Alberta dairy production in 1923 over 1922. Creamery butter output reached 17,750,000 pounds and factory cheese 1,559,000 pounds, with a total value of 22,975,000 dollars. Creameries increased from 54 to 75, while cheese factories declined from 14 to 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Cuts Grain Rates to Vancouver and Fort William
D C Coleman vice president Western lines announces reduced grain rates to Vancouver and Fort William effective January 19 in cooperation with Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway to aid settlers in Peace River country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace River Country
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edmonton, Dunvegan
British Columbia
Vancouver
Fort William
D. C. Coleman
Western Lines
Canadian official to curb prohibited Chinese in immigration
J. E. Featherston travels to China and Hong Kong to enforce new Canadian immigration rules in the Far East. His duty is to prevent prohibited Chinese from leaving for Canada and deport them on arrival if needed, with cooperation from coast officials. He will base operations in Hong Kong and coordinate with Canadian agencies to block entry or return for offences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
J. E. Featherston
Far East
Victoria
Long Kong
Featherston
Canada
The
Orient
A Call for Canadian Paper Trade Reform
The Financial Post argues Canada should curb paper exports and tax shipments of pulpwood to fund fire protection and reforestation. It notes Roumania bans paper exports, Canada ships raw material to the United States for processing, and U S mills employ thousands to supply Canadian markets with locally sourced paper products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumania
Canada
United States
Financial Post
Farce About Lenine and Trotsky Sparks Detroit Note
Detroit Free Press comments on misnaming figures and misrepresenting bolshevism, noting that Lenine and Trotsky are not what critics portray. The piece treats political labels as misleading and calls attention to inflated claims about Bolshevism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenine
Trotsky
Detroit Free Press
Worldview Advice Echoed in Cautionary Saying
A maxim urges skepticism toward doom sayers cautioning that a pessimist who declares the world worse should be met with a sorrowful look and then ignored. The saying promotes resilience over despair in the face of negative forecasts.
Advantages All With Canada In Wheat Production Factors
A report from Canadian agricultural experts notes higher per cow yields from cow testing in multiple provinces and argues Canadian wheat farming benefits from lower land costs, cheaper freight, higher yields, and lower taxes. It cites 1921–1923 comparisons showing Canada’s cost to produce a bushel of wheat lower than the United States, along with superior grain quality and broader market demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tyiff Commission
Canada
Canadian West
Commission
Unites States
United State
Surveying Fields For Immigrants
Miss H. M. Somerville of Liverpool tours the west under Cunard lines to assess prospects for girl immigrants. She says Scandinavia and Central Europe will not permit emigration without job assurances and that educated and domestic girls are eager to come to Canada and would make good workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Somerville
Liverpool
Cunard Lines
Scandinavia
Miss Somerville
Europe
Canada
Great Lakes season sets record for freight tonnage
President William Livingston reported to the Lake Carriers' Association that the 1923 navigation season on the Great Lakes was incident free with no seaman losing his life in shipwrecks. The season set a record for freight tonnage moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Livingstone
Lake Carriers’ Association
Hebridean settlers thrive on Alberta farms
Hebridean settlers who arrived in Canada last May to settle in Alberta are now well established on three main farm areas west of Red Deer north of Edmonton and east of Camrose. They cultivate 40 to 60 acres on 169 acre plots, share in crops, and value schooling and church access as they build a sturdy community contributing to Canada’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Soldiers* Settlement Board
Canada
Marloch
al Ways
Roland MacPhee
Angus Macintyre
Donald MacPherson
Clinton
Campbell
Westlock
Iron in Russia Reveals Vast Riches in Iron Deposits
A Paris Academy note by M. Lazareff claims Russia holds sixteen times the iron metal known in other deposits. Two bands 125 miles long lie 50 miles apart with ore at 500 feet depth containing 46 percent iron, and deeper ore shows increasing metal content.
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Russia
M. Lazareff
Paris Academy of Sciences
First Chorus Girl Stage Note
The stage manager gave us a minute and a half to change costumes. Second Chorus Girl says Good! That leaves us a minute to ourselves.
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Western
Bobby
U. S
Alberta Dairying
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
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