Eighty Bushels in Three Hours 



As an example of the profusion of fruit in 

 the district, he cites the case of three girls from 

 a neighboring farm who went out picking 

 with him one afternoon; in three hours they 

 took home with them eighty bushels of blue- 

 berries, the result of their brief efforts. 



The countryside was by no means exhausted 

 and the great profusion offered steady picking 

 to a small army. One of the district's fea- 

 tures was a solid mass of high bush blueberries, 

 two hundred acres in extent, the greater part 

 of which necessarily went to waste, though 

 for many days it presented a picture of won- 

 derful beauty in its unbroken purpie sheen. 



Strawberries, raspberries, dewberries, low and 

 high bush cranberries, grow in the same lux- 

 uriance; gooseberries and red currants flourish 

 in wild abundance. The supply is much more 

 than enough for the scattered farmers who 

 can but fill the winter's and spring's require- 

 ments and permit the greater part to rot. 



This district is not exceptional, but on the 

 contrary rather typical of the Canadian West. 

 Bountiful nature has been especially generous 

 to that region and seems to have had in mind 

 the needs of the new settlers when she sprink- 

 led her wild fruits so variously and so lavishly. 

 The profusion and wild distribution form an 

 important asset to the farming settlements and 

 should appeal as an attraction of the first order 

 to settlers. The farmer, busy with the larger 

 phases of grain growing and stock raising, has 

 his desserts ready provided for him without the 

 necessity of cultivation, and can, for the devo- 

 tion of a little time to picking in the summer, 

 provide himself with ample preserved fruit for 

 the whole ot the year. 



NOTE : Writing of the summer life of the Indian women 

 and children of the trappers in the Northern areas of tht 

 Prairie Provinces, Mr. Arthur Heming in hit recent book 

 "The Drama of the Forests" says: "The women, in addition 

 to their regular routine of summer camp duties, occupy them- 

 telves with fishing, moccasin-making and berry picking. The ' 

 girle join their mothers in picking berries which are plentiful 

 and of great variety raspberries, strawberries, cranberries, 

 blueberriet, gooseberries, swampberries, saskatoonlierriet, 

 pembinaberriet, pheasantberries, bearberries and snate- 

 berri."Ed. 



Canada and the Orient 



By E. W. Beatty, K.C., President, Canadian 

 Pacific Railway 



The limelight has been thrown almost continuously 

 on the Japanese and Chinese at the Washington Dis- 

 armament Conference. Appreciation has been shown 

 in the press for Japan's activities during the Great War, 

 and the world has realized that the war brought great 

 prosperity to Japan, which has established her products 

 in every port in the world. 



Since China has adopted a republican form of govern- 

 ment, young China displays more aggressiveness than was 

 shown under the old regime, and foreign capital and in- 

 dustries are invited to participate in the development of 

 the country. China should become one of the most 

 productive and prosperous nations on earth with the 



development of her natural resources. The unlimited 

 supply of efficient labor in the Orient is proving a great 

 attraction to manufacturers. Canadian and American 

 business men, realizing the possibilities, are opening 

 branch houses and plants in ever-increasing numbers. 

 The greater interest being taken in the Orient is illus- 

 trated by the steamship traffic. During the year ending 

 June 30, 1921, the Canadian Pacific carried 9,671 first- 

 class, 1,854 second and 23,940 steerage passengers across 

 the Pacific, as compared with 2,514 first-class, 1,028 sec- 

 ond and 11,033 steerage for the year ending June 30, 1914. 

 Shortly after travel to Europe had been stopped by the 

 world war, the Canadian Pacific, realizing that the tour- 

 ist would naturally turn to the Pacific, sent a representa- 

 tive to the_Orient to place its passenger organization on 

 a parity with that in Canada, and also to study conditions 

 with a view to stimulating travel. At that time, the 

 Imperial Government Railways of Japan, although 

 built on narrow gauge, were in good physical condition, 

 with modern equipment, including sleeping, dining and 

 parlor cars. Travellers experienced no trouble in visiting 

 the various points of interest throughout Japan, as there 

 were English-speaking employees on all trains and at 

 the important stations. There were, however, no through 

 ticketing arrangements to points in China. Experience 

 has shown that travel is greatly encouraged by eliminating 

 the necessity of buying tickets at different points en route, 

 and the plan recommended was to link up existing routes 

 by through-ticketing facilities. 



_ From_ Japan to Korea there was an excellent steam- 

 ship service between Shimonoseki and Fusan. The South 

 Manchurian Railway from Fusan to Seoul and Antung and 

 the Chinese Government Railways were standard gauge 

 throughout. Each Chinese railway had different style 

 rolling stock and power, one being equipped with Am- 

 erican engines and cars, the other with English, German 

 and French. The Chinese Government Railway trains 

 carried large numbers of third-class passengers, but very 

 few first-class, while sleepers and diners were run at a 

 heavy loss. The traffic departments of the Imperial 

 Government Railways of Japan and the Chinese Govern- 

 ment Railways agreed to grant the Canadian Pacific 

 the privilege of printing and selling through railway 

 tickets, in connection with its Ocean tickets to the 

 Orient. The Japanese Officials were keen on securing 

 tourist travel. They realized that they must do every- 

 thing within their power to make the visits of tourists 

 as pleasant as possible and provide opportunities for 

 covering the points of interest with the greatest comfort 

 and in the shortest possible time. 



Japan-China Overland Tour 



The Chinese Traffic Officials realized that China 

 needed money; indeed was negotiating for a loan in the 

 United States at that time. It was suggested that in- 

 stead of sending Chinese Government Officials to New 

 York to negotiate the loan, the New York financiers 

 should be brought to China in order to obtain first-hand 

 information as to the resources of the country. Further- 

 more, they agreed that first-class travel was needed to 

 increase the earnings of the sleeping and dining cars. 

 Through this co-operation of Japanese and Chinese rail- 

 ways, the Japan-China Overland Tour was launched. It 

 took almost a year to arrange the details and print the 

 contract, which was entered into by the six important 

 railways of Japan and China and the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway. The agreement provided for the issuance of 

 first-class tickets from Yokohama to Shimonoseki, Fusan, 

 Seoul, Mukden, Peking, Tientsin, Nanking and Shang- 

 hai, with stop-over privileges and free checking of baggage 

 Trans-Pacific travel was at once given an impetus and has 

 increased steadily. The through-ticketing scheme has 

 since been adopted by the Japanese and Chinese railways 

 for other tours, and first-class Overland travel has de- 

 veloped to such an extent that it has been necessary to add 

 additional sleeping cars to their trains. 



The Imperial Government Railways of Japan have 

 sent a number of the heads of the various departments to 



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