. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. for other purposes. West Developing Rapidly. It was brought out that the the diffi-culty lay in the rapid development of theWest, and as soon as the railway com-panies and consignees alike did their bestto keep the rolling stock moving, the situ-ation would be greatly relieved. tUe several Governments of the western pro-vinces in the direction of the promotion ofindustrial and technical education for the fol-lowing reasons: First—To provide men and women capableof meeting modern demands of manufacture,and thus to enable Western Canada to takeits pl
. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. for other purposes. West Developing Rapidly. It was brought out that the the diffi-culty lay in the rapid development of theWest, and as soon as the railway com-panies and consignees alike did their bestto keep the rolling stock moving, the situ-ation would be greatly relieved. tUe several Governments of the western pro-vinces in the direction of the promotion ofindustrial and technical education for the fol-lowing reasons: First—To provide men and women capableof meeting modern demands of manufacture,and thus to enable Western Canada to takeits place in providing for our home require-ments and also to meet the necessities of theoutside world, thus to conserve the many by-products of the Western country alreadylargely going to waste. Second—To provide training under modernci nditions for specialized manufactures whichwill be equivalent to the training which usedto be given by systems of apprenticeship. Third—To give boys and girls a broadfamiliarity with the industrial processes. E. D. MARTIN, Winnipeg,Elected Second Vice-President <it the Convention. The matter of the city providing itsown warehouse facilities had been dis-cussed at previous conventions, but noth-ing had resulted from it, owing, no doubtto lack of proper following-up was no doubt in the minds of thedelegates that such a remedy wouldgreatly eliminate the grievance. Industrial Education. Resolution No. 5, Industrial Educa-tion, submitted by E. J. Chewwin,Moose Jaw, seconded by Mr. Crichton,Moose Jaw, read as follows:— BE IT RESOLVED that this Conventionof Associated Boards of Trade realizing theimportance of a very decided advancement inthe educational methods of this Western coun-try and to that end is desirous of petitionilift 36 which will open to them a wide range of use-ful employments. Fourth—To adapt public education to thereal needs of the youth of Western Canada,nine-tenths of whom take up, directly or in-directly, indus
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