1931 - Annual Convention

              5S A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
a commodity used in the house and produced in A l b e r t a . Some name Canadian
articles, and seme British. One had a menu of A l b e r t a grown or manu­factured
eatables for a winter supper. Several locals had either a fair or
b a z i a r . showing samples of goods produced in Canada. Some had essays by
the school children, the prizes being donated by the manufacturers. In a few
of the towns the local merchants assisted in the work by displaying A l b e r ta
made g^ ods in their windows and allowing the ladies to serve tea in the
stores. At cne of the fairs the Medalta Potteries sent a display and the
ladies acted as demonstrators.
The directory arranged by the Edmonton Industrial Association, and sent
to all the northern and central Institutes of A l b e r t a , has been hung in p r o m i n ­ent
places for reference for the community at large.
Mr. Stutchbury spoke at one meeting and led a discussion on A l b e r ta
wool, e x h i b i t i n g a pair of socks that had the wool, crown, cleaned, carded
and knit i n A l b e r t a and they were second to none.
The beet sugar industry seemed to be very popular, as quite a number of
Institutes had papers and discussions on it. It must have put quite a dint in
the pocketl of the sugar trust as they have now purchased the Raymond
factory. We hope they w i l l s t i l l continue to operate it as the sugar surpassed
the cane sugar in a great many ways. A report on the imports of Canada,
sent out by the C . M . A . ' s Edmonton office, was read and discussed at a few
meet'ng:. The Secretary sent out a copy to the secretary of every Institute
i n A l b e r t a to be passed on to the Convener on Canadian Industries, so each
local w i l have plenty of material to work on. Only one Institute took an
outside industry; they discussed the C l a r k Canning Co. of Ontario. It is a
purely Canadian industry.
The card c i l l e d " M y C r e e d . " sent out by the H o n . H . H . Stevens. M i n i s t er
of Trade and Commerce, was sent for by many of the Institutes and some
of i h i m have taken it as their 1931 pledge. They can be had for Ihr. a s k i ng
and I t h i n k it well worth having in the home.
An industry we know very l i t t l e about is the spruce wood s i l k ; we arr
b u y i n g many things made from it and the wearing qualities recommend it to
our economical ideas.
A very creditable action was recorded by one branch. It pledged its
members to buy only Canadian magazines. If we would all buy more of the
Canadian variety it would not be l e n g t i l l we would be able to have as good
authors as any magazine in the world. The magazines now b e i n g published
have s o m e very fine literature and should be patronized.
Last year as in I9i9, the Edmonton Women's Institute assisted in " The
Produced in A l b e r t a " E x h i b i t i o n . It was such a success that the Committee
had requests for space for the next one.
A l l these d ffercnt activities help to keep the work before the public and
show us the need to buy Canadian made goods. Wherever and whenever
possibl •, we should talk Canadian and Empire Shopping. For our Christmas
shopping we can obtain small cards, stickers and s t r i n g for parcels made in
Canadu. and this year Edmonton turned out some very handsome Christmas
cards with reproductions of the Parliament Buildings and some of the beauty
spots around Edmonton in their winter dress. They are very appropriate for
on: of town friends.
In a copy of the " A g r i c u l t u r a l and Industrial Progress of Canada," a
magaz'ne published by the C. P . R., it says: ' T h e last six years have been the
mo> t successful in Canada's Industrial history. The tremendous strides made