Week such clubs or societies shall be provided with an 

 address on the objects of the Week and the claims of 

 Canadian writers for the support of their fellow citizens. 

 The Association will endeavor to provide speakers wherever 

 called upon to do so. 



The associated publishers have undertaken 

 to place at the disposal of the Canadian Authors 

 Association a large number of books of good 

 quality and appearance, written by Canadian 

 authors, which may be used as prizes in any 

 schools, literary or debating societies, etc., where 

 competitions can be arranged which will have 

 some bearing on the Canadian Book Week. 



More Readers for Canadian Writers 



Some of the methods which will be employed 

 in endeavor to get the widest possible publicity 

 for Canadian books during this week are: 



Ministers are being invited to preach sermons on the 

 spiritual values of a national literature. 



School teachers of English literature are asked to hold 

 competitions on subjects related to English literature for 

 prizes which will be donated by Canadian publishers. 



Literary, Debating and Young Peoples' Societies are 

 invited to hear talks on Canadian Book Week, speakers 

 to be provided by the Association. 



Booksellers will make a special display of Canadian 

 books and libraries endeavor to induce takers of books 

 to read Canadian books buring Book Week. 



The Labor Situation 



A review of labor conditions in the month of 

 September discloses a continuance of the im- 

 provement noted in the two previous months in 

 the unemployment situation. There is a small 

 seasonal rise in the cost of living as illustrated in 

 the cost of a family weekly budget of staple 

 goods. The time lost due to industrial disputes 

 during the month was less than in the previous 

 month. 



At the beginning of September unemploy- 

 ment amongst trade union members was 8.71 as 

 compared with 9.10 in August and 2.37 in Sep- 

 tember, 1920. According to returns received 

 from some 5,000 firms, the employment situation 

 in the month continued to show some improve- 

 ment but conditions were considerably less favor- 

 able than in the same month in 1920. 



The cost of the weekly family budget of 

 staple foods rose to $11.82 during the month as 

 compared with $11.44 in August, $15.95 in Sep- 

 tember 1920 and $7.83 in September, 1914. 



Thejiimejost due to industrial disputes dur- 

 ing September resulted in a time loss of 69,100 

 working days, there being some 22 strikes invol- 

 ving 3,535 workpeople. At the end of the month 

 there were on record 15 strikes involving about 

 2,429 workpeople. 



Industries Showing Net Increases 



The industries which showed the most pro- 

 nounced net increases over the previous term in 

 employment were logging, edible plant products 

 (particularly canneries), textiles, coal mining, 



railway and water transportation and retail 

 trade. In many cases, these gains represent a 

 continuation of the activity already noted in the 

 July-August period. Additions to staffs were 

 recorded in the rubber trade, and in the textile 

 divisions, net additions to staffs exceeded 3,800 

 persons. 



An increase in coal mining is noted from 

 Alberta but Nova Scotia employment was 

 practically stationary. Sawmills continued to 

 register declines in activity, this being largely 

 seasonal, which was also exhibited in pulp and 

 paper products. Decreases on a much smaller scale 

 were recorded in building and railway construc- 

 tion, tobacco factories, telephone operation, non- 

 metallic minerals other than coal, and hotels and 

 restaurants. The last losses reflect the closing of 

 summer hotels, particularly in Alberta. 



In iron and steel products the registered decline 

 was very slight. Decreases were recorded in rail- 

 way car and other vehicle manufacture, in crude 

 rolled and forged products and agricultural im- 

 plement divisions. Compensating gains weie 

 registered in land vehicles, shipbuilding and 

 repairing, and wire products manufacturing. 



Clay and Clay Products 



A young Canadian industry which is making 

 successful headway and promises lo fill an im- 

 portant place among Canadian manufactures is 

 that of clay and clay products which at the same 

 time, from Canada's wide and valuable deposits 

 of the necessary raw material, offers the oppor- 

 tunity for expansive development and the invest- 

 ment of capital. Not only is the home industry 

 beginning to meet domestic requirements moie 

 adequately, but from the excellent standard set 

 by her products is penetrating with much success 

 into the foreign export field. 



The total value of the clay and clay products 

 industry in Canada for the year 1920 was $10, 523,- 

 271, as compared with $7,906,366 in 1919, or an 

 increase of roughly 33 per cent. The 1919 pro- 

 duction in turn showed an increase of 67 per cent, 

 over the 1918 figures, which is illustrative of how 

 this young industry is growing. In the produc- 

 tion of last year, common brick accounts fcr 

 54,868,958 of the total revenue; pressed brick 

 $1,756,760; fire proofing $591,216; hollow build- 

 ing bbcks $284,163; kaolin $15,022; terra-cotta 

 8120,875; pottery $207 ,410 ; sewerpipe $1 ,549,090 ; 

 drain tile sS619,442; and other products $5 17, 335. 



Valuable Commercial Deposits 



Canada is fortunate in the possession of valu- 

 able commercial clays, deposits being found all 

 over her wide area. These consist of fire clay, 

 brick and tile clays, and earthenware clays. 

 Fire clay occurs at Shubenacadie and Middle 

 M usquodoboit in Nova Scotia and several local- 

 ities in Southern Saskatchewan as well as at 

 Clayburn, B.C. ft is also known to occur on the 



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