1924 - Annual Convention Report

              2s A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
to the high rate of i n f a n t and m a t e r n a l m o r t a l i t y , a n d to s t i m u l a t e p u b l i c interest
i n the need of greater medical service i n the schools as well as i n the homes.
As C h a i r m a n of H o m e E c o n o m i c s , for t h e T a b e r C o n s t i t u e n c y , M r s . A l e x a n d e r
gave a most i n s t r u c t i v e address a n d made an appeal for " T h e U s e o f M o r e M i l k ."
I came across an advertisement of a w e l l - k n o w n Insurance C o m p a n y the other
day,— the advice of a famous m e d i c a l m a n had been sought, a n d his p r e s c r i p t i on
was, " L a c p u r u m ( pure m i l k ) — t o be t a k e n freely and o f t e n — w i t h meals a n d be­tween
meals." This p r e s c r i p t i o n was c a l c u l a t e d to be w o r t h £ 219,000,000 many
times over to the Insurance C o m p a n y , w h y s h o u l d it not be of p r o p o r t i o n a t e value
t o a n y one of us?
A n d Ladies, I wish y o u t o k n o w t h a t it was t h r o u g h our P r e s i d e n t ' s unselfish
generosity and sincere interest i n our O r g a n i z a t i o n of w h i c h we have the honor of
h a v i n g M r s . B e a u b i e r as president, that we were able t o have the benefit of her
guidance and were p r i v i l e g e d t o enjoy her presence and hear her s p l e n d i d address
at our D i s t r i c t Conference. I ask y o u , w o u l d y o u w i s h to h a v e a Conference w i t h o ut
y o u r President being there i n person? No, a n d neither d i d we. A n d we wish
her to k n ow h ow m u c h we a p p r e c i a t e d her s t a n d i n g b y us and c o m i n g e v e n at her
own expense. The subject A i r s . B e a u b i e r chose was " S i m p l i c i t y of L i v i n g " and
indeed not o n l y t h o s e a t t e n d i n g t h e Conference b u t the people of L e t h b r i d g e who were
there i n force enjoyed the p r i v i l e g e of l i s t e n i n g to t h i s excellent address w h i c h was
g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d b y a l l .
N o r is i t o n l y the benefits, the i n s p i r a t i o n , t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a c c r u i n g t o us f r om
the addresses a n d i n s t r u c t i o n we received at the Conference that we bear i n m i nd
f c r l o n g after, but also the remembrance of t h e pleasures tendered us, the greetings,
the m u s i c , the d e l i g h t f u l e n t e r t a i n m e n t s , the h o s p i t a l i t y of the ladies of the C i v ic
C l u b and the L o c a l C o u n c i l of W o m e n , the h e a r t y welcome to the c i t y . A l l of
these we c a r r y i n our hearts l o n g after the C o n v e n t i o n is passed, a n d t h e g o o d - w i l l,
the s p i r i t of u n i t y so i n v a l u a b l e i n a n o r g a n i z a t i o n.
I t was felt b y the Conference that the D i s t r i c t Conference c o u l d not be d i s ­pensed
w i t h a n d the c o r d i a l i n v i t a t i o n of the M a y o r of M a c l e o d to h o l d our next
D i s t r i c t Conference there was accepted u n a n i m o u s l y.
I n conclusion I can o n l y w i s h t h a t t h e other d i s t r i c t s of the A l b e r t a W o m e n ' s
I n s t i t u t e s hearing of the pleasure and the benefit we d e r i v e f r om our Conferences,
m a y have the same enjoyment and advantages b y h o l d i n g D i s t r i c t Conferences
each year i n t h e i r D i s t r i c t s .
E M M A L Y N C H - S T A U N T O N,
D i r e c t o r , D i s t r i c t N o . 4.
S T A T E M E N T P R E P A R E D B Y R O B E R T J . C . S T E A D , O T T A W A .
T h e a p p o i n t m e n t i n 1923 of the H o n o r a b l e James A l e x a n d e r R o b b , f o r m e r ly
M i n i s t e r of T r a d e a n d C o m m e r c e , to be M i n i s t e r of I m m i g r a t i o n a n d C o l o n i z a t i on
was a r e c o g n i t i o n of t h e i m p o r t a n c e to the p r o s p e r i t y of C a n a d a of progressive i m ­m
i g r a t i o n and c o l o n i z a t i o n a c t i v i t i e s . The a p p o i n t m e n t was f o l l o w e d b y a general
r e - o r g a n i z a t i o n of the i m m i g r a t i o n m a c h i n e r y w i t h a v i ew to p r o m o t i n g efficiency
b o t h in C a n a d a and i n the other countries i n w h i c h the C a n a d i a n I m m i g r a t i on
D e p a r t m e n t operates.
One of the first steps was the c r e a t i o n of a L a n d S e t t l e m e n t B r a n c h o f the
I m m i g r a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t , i n w h i c h the staff of the S o l d i e r S e t t l e m e n t B o a r d is
u t i l i z e d . The duties of the L a n d Settlement B o a r d are to ensure n ew settlers being
d i r e c t e d to lands where t h e y can have the best o p p o r t u n i t i e s of success, to safe­g
u a r d t h em f r om e x p l o i t a t i o n i n the purchase price of farms w h i c h t h e y buy, to
conduct surveys w i t h a v i e w t o m a k i n g o p p o r t u n i t y r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e to the new­comer
and to place r e l i a b l e a n d d i s i n t e r e s t e d advice at his c o m m a n d . The social
life of the new s e t t l e r is also r e c o g n i z e d t h r o u g h an endeavour to give i m p e t u s to
c o m m u n i t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s . In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e L a n d S e t t l e m e n t B r a n c h a d v i s o ry
boards have been a p p o i n t e d c o m p r i s i n g men well i n f o r m e d c o n c e r n i n g local con­d
i t i o n s i n the v a r i o u s d i s t r i c t s , t o advise o n the v a l u e a n d s u i t a b i l i t y of l a n d s offered
for sale t o the i n c o m i n g settlers.
T h r o u g h its D e p a r t m e n t of I m m i g r a t i o n and C o l o n i z a t i o n the Government
i s m a k i n g a s p e c i a l a n d v e r y r e a l e n d e a v o r t o o b t a i n d e s i r a b l e i m m i g r a n t s i n g r e a t er
numbers t h a n heretofore. As a p a r t of t h i s p o l i c y financial assistance is extended
to three types of B r i t i s h I m m i g r a n t s , namely, c h i l d r e n , n o m i n a t e d persons and
female h o u s e h o l d workers.