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But even Sir Herbert's wealth does not yield an income as big as that of his Nassau neighbor, Harry Oakes. Montreal still dominates Canada's old industries, though its political influence, like its financial influence, has waned. Politically, financial Toronto is about as liberal as the Archbishop of Canterbury but in spirit the Liberal Government of Prime Minister King is close to exciting Toronto, just as the previous Conservative Government of pious Richard Bedford Bennett was close to decorous Montreal.
Toronto mining stocks have slumped lately, like stocks in the U. S., but with the rise of non-ferrous metal prices to take up where gold left off, the boom is by no means dead. Moreover, the Toronto brokers, a superstitious lot, have had a good omen. For years the Exchange has harbored a tawny old cat, nameless but famed throughout Canada for the fact that each time it has kittened, mining stocks have started a long upswing. Last week as the brokers cleared out of their old quarters to move into the new building on Bay Street, they noted that the cat was big once more.