THE OMINECA MINER,-SATURDAY, DEGEMBER 16,.1916 -

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_ Vou. VI. . Sarurpay, DECEMBER 16,'1916

In 1910 the Dominion government appointed a royal commission
to enquire into the needs and present equipment of the Dominion
. respecting industrial training and technical education, and into the
, systems and methods of technical instruction obtaining i in other
“ countries. The report of the commission was published in 1913, but
has not been acted upon as yet. The following is a brief extract

from this report, showing the need of industrial: and technical
education in Canada:

_ “Until recently Canada was an interested and debating snestator
of the movements for industrial efficiency,- The training of young
workers to. deftness in manipulation and technique, and to an
understanding of the principles and sciences which lie at the base of

" all trades and industries, was not provided for in the courses. “When
manufactured goods were ‘wanted in increasing quantities and variety
and towns and cities were growing by leaps and bounds, it was
discovered that there had been practically: no organization of means
for preparing the hundréds of thousands of young people to become
the best qualified artisans, farmers and housekeepers in the world.
The country’s growing’ wealth was ample for the cost; but’ the
educational work was becoming bookish.in the extreme, und, worse
than that, was developing into school systems that had few points
of contact with, or relation to, industrial, agricultural or - ‘house-
keeping life.”

In so far as mining is. coneerned, “Canada ‘would not only be
‘benifited industrially, but workmen would become better’ educated,
more contented, and ‘the risk of accident considerably lessened.
The accident death rate among miners is greater i in Canada than in
any other civilized country. This j is ‘due, largely. to the hazardous
‘ ‘nature of the work and.the class of Inbor available forem ployment,
‘<The fatality rate in coal mines in ‘Belgium, is the lowest i in the
: ‘world, being slightly over one per thousand employed. In 1850 the
" ‘fatality rate in Belgium was as high as it is tuday in Canada, The
decrease is the result of the combined efforts of the: ‘mine owners,
the workmen, and the Administration of mines, and’ iti is due, toa
great. extent, to diffusion of technical and ‘professional: ‘eduteation.,
Tn view of its importance, the- government should direct’ more
attention to the education of the workman, so that he’ may not be a
danger to himself or others and that he may become better « educated,
more skilful, and thus have the opportunity to. better his position.

No. 16/

Apple Growth i in Canada
. -. Named varieties of apples are
very numerous, being probably
over 3000, says M. :-T. Macoun,
Dominién horticulturist, in Bul-
letin 86 of the Division of Horti-
culture, Ottawa, entitled “The

apple in Canada; its Cultivation
- and Improvement.’' At the time)

of the census, there were 10, 390,-.
457 bearing apple. trees in Canada
- and 5,578,965 non-bearing: The
:. production of apples in the year
. preceding the census of 1910 was

10, 405, 457. bushels, , Mr. Macoun

i sketches the-history of the apple|i

in eyery- avinte, In, Prine
., Edward Island apple. traes made

' their ‘appébravi¢e i in 1758, with the du

first settlement of ‘the English,

duces ‘more applés than’ any other
province, having in 1910. six and
a half million bearing | trees, to
one million and: a‘half-in Nova
Scotia and one million, ‘two hun-

dred thousand in. ‘Quebec, ” The

industry,. Mr. Macoun points out;
is developing. rapidly, although dn
British. Columbia .apple. ‘Browing
hes only been: cultivated to any
extent since: 1887, the: develop-|}
ment. has - -béen very. rapid, @8-
pecially during the last ten: ‘years.
In the’Okanagan valley’ are. some
of the finest. orchards to be found
in the Dominion. Manitoba bro-
duces. more apples than 4 i

New Brungwick., hag.made slow | ai

Tiaras

, progress. in. cultivation’ of the
: apple, although. climate and much
“of. the soil are adapted to the

growth of ‘the’ hardier” viel iatles. D

' In Nova ‘Scotia the’ ‘apple “has

_ heén ‘grown since the advent of| the

: the French nettlers

grown:

mia Places, ih] ai

cease : am

north in Canada that. apples have
_|been grown, 50 far as Mr. Ma-

coun ‘is aware, is at the sub-sta-
tion at Fort. Vermillion, in the

-|Peace'river district,. where. crab

apples have been gathered, - The

hulletia, which ean be had free

on application to the Publications
Branch of the Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa,i is a complete
compendium on the cultivation of
the apple and treatment. of the
orchard.

The Provincial Opporition
Discussing the coming. session.

fof the provincial legislature, Ex-

bremier Bowser, in a” recent,
interview, said:

“The opposition. has no policy
to declare ag ‘yet. In. fact it has
not, so far. gurveyed the’ situa.
tion. I supposé we shall stick: to
the general principles on which
we went to the country. Nothing
mure can be said till we know
the policy of the government,
which was pat forward only in a
general way. in the campaign:
If the government brings down
food legislation it will not meet
with any opposition . from our
side, We’ shali be réady to jain
hands in bringing the Province

into its own.??

Training of Youth

Sir Ciifford Sifton stated at thé
fifth annual meeting of the Com-
mission of Conservation: ‘With
respect to the general progress
of conservation: ideas, it must be
remembered. that, in: the last re-
sort the highest: degree ,of con-
servation depends upon the effi-
elency of the human unit.’”’

Many” influences are operating
to increase the ‘efficiency of our
people, and especially. i is this the
case with. hal jhimnan, unit—the
boy, - . :

To the boy of’ ‘today we must
look for ‘future results, _ When.
ealled upon’ to undertake. burdens
of civic: and ‘business life, the
effects of his ‘training: as a boy
will be apparent in hig character
and : habits, his initiative and.
action. : Canada’s future great-
néss' depends: upon the proper
direction ‘of the young tind of
today, and upon -her leading mien
of today rests the responsibility
of providing® for this training, |

Many voluntary’ organizations
are devoting” earnest attention to
boy - training. : The ‘Boy Scout
association i ig one of these,. Young

as ‘this ; movement. ‘is-.in -years, |

many. rising yong men. of. today

show. in. their’. characters. and:
habits the’ influence of their Boy

Scout trairiing, :* This movement,’
however, as well as sitnilar ones,
is hianipered by: ‘the, dearth: of
suitable. leaders, : many of* .whom
have been claimed. by ‘the . war,’

An: ‘English paper recently’ ‘stated: |

“On the shoulders ‘of, the. ‘Scout.
masters a great responsibility:

rests: for: it, is to. them: ‘that is

is” eammitted the,i important. task.

Jof moulding the characters of the

lands and: ttaching.: ‘them ‘those:

a habits. of thought’ and action that
.| fit them, for the, “feupation of a.
, better an d ‘mo

aphere. of: life, : ‘Scoutmastarg;

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