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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1932-09-22, Page 2CANADA. How Canada. Came °Through nada.. has. come. successfully 1Carough.ten serious depressions in leas, thNaR lialf.0 a .• eM411.ry • ' Considering. " ►opulation*:and resources• -some • of the• earlier "depressions ' were ' perhaps1 S raveretllan the•one through,whikh`we. • re, now ;passing. In many respects that of 4837• was the: most severe In .our history But -Canada survived thetn ally :,and.. passed ;on to ,greater, heights: ofprosperity: •.•k The •presei}t, depression semis to he.liftingg and ?there is "every' reason' to believe that * economieatly our:,•future. will follow the :,!history of the !,gest.. Tiii's depression; •arectuiree • to. be 1,001r, d at . in its 'proper; ierspective Our previous expert seilcos are..d isciiibed in.,,„a,palmphlet en itled "CanadaAnnie,* .,Th 'ugh," by 2Vir. F1oyd'�S Chhinaers�, 'editor;`of the. Fi'nanciai' Post, 'Toronto.: These •artir files, are'•an antidote to'pessiipii'em and live reason for confidence in the fu- ture. --Toronto.; Mail and:';Empire;. • Cantenarlane, The' gepeus. returns .s;OFuytnt urn- Aqi •centenarians,. in Qntario, We have. no details -f the a1 ea, 440 "lirobably sev; Oral of them are well beyond .the .Cen- luny . Thereori34 me a74.1 89,'wu i i la, he list indicating that women are "tilt! most tenacious. Tho return shows that ab outone. person In X18,090 has a' Chance tobeconie a centenarian, tie' .the grovieee. , Hamilton Herald. t, Weeds are Expensive . , , ' Justh ow serious ` is the lo e1 ` occa- ' stoned, to.;,Canada agr culture,;'by -tile' peed nuisance .i§shown: by Ithe.rePert the 14ssoeiate; Committee on4.:'Weed,• uvestigating ;th'e-more important geese tion ,with.. particular• attention".'. to ;the western •provinces • The report de- telares that 18 per cent. is a very con- kiervati've •estimate 4f •the.crop loss dare . weeds:. and taking the. •.average ...wheat yield on the prairies to be three ..hundred. million bushels,; the' oats yield' at two, ' hundred milieu„ .bushels and peeat barley yield one hundred 'init. lion .bushels' the; committee 'considers tthat .at current prices weeds'.` mean a . •Value' Of Fats ' A notable' fact is that diet plays a meat ini'portant part in .ceinbating, ;;tuberculosis ' After the German occi}-. 'nation of Warsaw there•was'an alarm-. ing' increase.. ,in tuberculosis,' ,l$ arise, :the Germans removed.' as much fat . of all kinds as grey eouXd with which ;to 44,4!.e. 1404explosiv,s•,, • Whew the peO- •ple of Warsaw; were,'able •to•return�•:tt' 'a ,diet 'teoiltain+ing =sufficient' fat, • 'tile" •tuberculosis declined rapidly.. It '.iii generaily, aecepted'"tiiat`i�•"diet it -b -fir►. fats constitute's ,a •definite; protection against turierculosisa • *torts made' to reduce, dust in factoriea- are�also .cited � as a contributory •eause'of the. deafer', as Well. as sanitation, ;water_ supply,• 1 and personal' ' hygiene;=Montileal Star.l''. Sf' • t;ontrol bf the Canadian, Research' Council Tihib.-.bodywhich'has The Empire has been: To=day we have a tale 'of • the ' new . It•'estiesanes'e that has :conte over tine, Pitcairn Islanders; culminating inetile ;loss of ,$aO,0.Q0;(100 e tto. agrtcul'- • tune iii ' three 'prdvinces _apparently 'causes little conte - Peterborough Examiner, "ttangerous Holiday ',There is no mons., foolish vacation than an Itutomobile , trip that .requires too fast. or too long driving; it•io' much • Inore ` comfortable, as . well ;ea 'much nafer, to plan an • easy driving eche- dule.-Peterborough Examiner. " :departure of two Pitcairn 'maidens. to seek :.careers • in New Zealand. • NO longer are they content, like their for- bears, ' �'!In the hollow Lotus -rand. to ; live,.and lie reclined, • On the 'hills like. gods. tq'gelher, care ` :less of mankind."' , but are fled .away to • that world' of ac- tion over which the gods smi'le:in Sec- ret. ;So it is and. has%always: been. The ,men of the Bounty found their .L• otus- land; their- descendants' -Weary:o •. it f , for the heart of inen is.never satisfied since he. came out of Eden: ;Another` gelieratio -will=.G.asie hat kias, g -diad; enough of action Wand of motion" and longs for, rest :and ',ease aid forgetful,: ness and the influence of mild -minded melancholy. But alas! Lotus -lands. grow ever more difficult to, find. There' is no escape from the ant heap and the n' Evening Native., comps , hive. -Condo a.._ .. . _ • r I itish ,$pard Qi Trade " ® Nate* • To Extend Credits to I woo. New'Yer'k•-4%. special cable to t o =S(ll�I r'1" ''f'(? �' "4'R Tame :fr m Lox4don stated S. miner , fs' high-tlrriekt Amin that the Board of Trade has author4z-` Moscowp'"soil graupa" of` Inxurioi a • -blow, York,.. a , 4 ( >1 ed eaten dingSoviet 'trade credits n'i American ;motorcars,, which, Intourist, the United Kingdom. from twelve to the,.. Soiiiet• state ;travel apencyp has ighteen .months. Proceeding,' the cable says: "This is • the I first gesture the Goer.. "ernment has made to the Russians since the "Ottawa Conference, and it indicates • that rnanufactrrers are about :to mike a' determined "drive to purchased for the repriveyancee of -its l atronsi ate to be seen. in front of the three or four hotels which are largely reserved for the accomodation of for-.• signers. English is overwhelmingly -the, predominant language • in the corr. ridors and restaurant of these hotels, push' their exports ; into the Russian because: the majority of foreign tour-. n.•rkets. ...., .. ' • • • • ists id Russia are • Americans, with "The twelve-enolath' credit limit lied � British in'scond. p1aFe. Despite world ,;been a severe: obstacle to British .0 - porters, particularly,. manufactu°rears .of machinery' and heavy engineering goods,, The Russians have always its- sieted on ;an eighteen=month period, "asserting that •they 'are always able" .to obtain' credits- for "this- length• of, "time from. continental countries Sev- eral ncashi're engiti�-; era!: inontkis .ago• the � , , Bering 'industry lost thousands. of To>inds' wort''ii of. orders te. Ceti -pally li "t was •'because. the tweXve,:moiith • , >nd r • Iiere.We see. Joseph V..1VIcKee,. successor to' New York's playboy•'; m yor,, ai'mmy Walker:' •No trouble at all, he was president of the rd of', aldermen' and just moved up 'a 'and automatically :fill'ed : the pest, A Shaft r °tWorkweek t: wORSE - By' Frank 1VIorrison, tSecretary Amer icazi F'.e ieration of labor.'' • the irnportant'question in our;conn•` try is an'understanding y citizens of the forces that are brining econ- oink,, changes.'.: . .The same- •f erces, are driving. indus- trY:. to : a five-day week 'iasis arid a -sherter workday. ' The tendency is irresistible, and labor is daily secur- ing: recruits, front Citizens, outside oF. our ranks to'its demand for a shorter workda, and'a Shorter workweek The greseiit :husinesss depression, with, 11,006,000' idle •workmen • is the -'best' defence of.Mir shorter. workweek , de- •,:While the .five-day .week is neces- �ary; 1a15oiF-2�=rtlusone-that�hTs= will • be • ` voluntarily . granted • ;by the great . majority' of employees. The wr:kers, expect to go over -the same grand .they tr;iveled" when they 'attache ed the ten, nine and' eight.thour:work= days, when they urged workmen's nsation safety in mill, "mine Loans td; Austria and 'factory, free public schools .and; a . other a • dvances tha•t, are now. accepted • • During the,' week -end • it was 'an as part .of._ Cllr` social life:. �'1Vlaclnirle�-fin: So�iet3� ' --,. Sy Wllia' `m ' N.- Doak Uziited; Sfa'tt�s -` ` !: Secietaity of Labor, in'.ait Address • .• at tlie. Syracuse State Fair hinexy lies been arvboon to'em=" player;.to worker' and consumer; but its real purposes.` must' never be lest sight of,. for when they are, machin British -Made' Cars Excelled. , .A terrine contest, for' automobiles - _ was ,eenductedrecentiy When the In • 'hernatt'onal Alpine trials' were: field.. {,!here were ontestsjosjoitr grades of, :7%,04 which had .to, drive fiver: a ;long,: ;;hteep lnd�tortuous.tcourse threugh:the !Ai , a gruelling trial , of speed and; an liani'cal. 'efdciency.. .Competitors. `direr riot'dierrnitte'd to =put'fresh`"water t Bir radiators, the ability., to sego - late Uie..hills ,without- a "boil out" be - jig one of the factors considered in• *he racer 'BrItishritade`care' were one,. -..two, - hreeeineevery class,-and_some: .:' pies lour, five and six •as wen. Ti -ere • ;were cars from France; Germany, Italy • '-and other countries in the competition • and they *ere simply "blotted mit." British ' workmanship is rarely sur. , passed by that, of •other nations. -St. ;Thomas .Tunes -Journal;"' , Handshake Dangerous Because Ainericans, Englishmen, Germans, Dutchmen, •Swedes; Littman - ' fans; alt ,*Danes, ATmenlaus, "Ser; ibians, Greeks, .Estonians,Syrians, n Letts, Icelanders, „Norwegians and, es- �`� e `�ca ae 0M�Li1lIIpC if S 8ff'L'nl eeee e- 4 Two. young married Men were 'ex, - 'changing! ex- 'changing contidences.'. ' • (.. ' I 'know' nothing worse' -than letting 'your wife find a :letter you've forgot= ten to pos't," said Wilson- hastily turning out lire various pockets. Hayes. grimaced,' • . "I do,"• he',replied. • "What's that? asked Wilson. ', • "Letting her. find one you've; dor- gotten. to burn," replied Hayes. NEW TO' HIM The- company director shook his head. "My. dear man," he, said,''` there are hulidreds of way's .ef makin'g"money but only 'one that's honest.", , The company . promoter. looked puz "What's than?" he asked. " "Ah," smiled -the Other,. "I, .though you wouldn't knew' nounced'that the League; of "Nations had granted,•AustHeTa lna of- Z'9,000,- 000: -=One-third-of-this--amoitnt-t wrll .be- furnished'. by Great- •Britain. This, - Money his,money` is being diverted from Our own' needs and interests in the Empire' to , bolster ..up_, a ..Country_ . that no-_lomger. maintain independent •national exist - mice, but whose products thus subsi- dized will .directly' compete -With ours. Every: one knows that Austria must • itishRailway�In�talls�, ; New 'Style ..Cafeteria London. = The .London Midland Scottish Railway has•• put into service t a new type of cafeteria car, unique' to .design andrequipmeft. , The intro- duction ' of this type of vehicle,. on which •the passenger can spend as,lit-' economic 0Ande-hens, the flow of visi- tors -.has • been well maintained this year. ' The .Soviet inion attracts the serious student rather than the casual: vacationist or sight -seer., Tours ere : • of varied:leingth; ranging from' a few days.'la. Moscow to: a month ,or more, With extensive ,travel throughout- the' . country, : 'A _ fami lar • route. of the • tootirists with more•"dine::at•their die- •,,,'' posal inc1,ides a. boat voyage do inn, the Volga, frem.;Ni,chrii Novgorod to•_Seal ; ingrad,:,visits to sone :of, the -lajgo new '.factories and state farms in Southeaaatern_.Russia, - an automobile • " rip -ever. the--famo.mi" tiaorginiLiMil_i-. :,tart'' Road, which 'cuts . through the centre of the main Caucasus - range, and a voyage on the Black Sea from the Caucasian port"df ,Batum. to one of Russia'$ favorite summer resorts, the Crimea. :t;e or as much .as may, be: desired, has ' NEWRUY.ING FOR. PEASANTS. been engendered by the •company°s Rules defining the condition tinder • wish to provide . 'railway catcaring' fa- which a peasant may be expelled from c:]ities 'in accorlanee with• present : Meinher-ship ina collective .farm' and •day economic: conditions:: •' • ' indicating his rights of appeal against The cars.'are run on strictly ,cafe- a sentenee',have just been'published teria • principles, 'customers serving by1.. the.' Commissariat 'for Agriculture. themselves, whale the traveling bar= Henceforward a peasant may only: tie" maid• also makes.ber debut. There are excluded - by a- two,:thirda..:majority no.l'. ensin• restrictions ori trains,' and vote at .a meeting of she collective ' is g. . the traveler ca make mem ry . from . i:.rm ''members,, • The reason for the • .• on to> Ab rdeen if he'. ]rtes, action.: .be set. down *n writing.' Eust thou, h the refreshment .rooms of; the ' If the excluded • member'; feels. that he • •` g. ' stations he • :Ides through are . bolted has been treated unjustly .the 'had a ' - - -e a;ni nat•- ._. • ,•.._ 'right of appeal-�to tw•o rg z. ,ions i th •.to the' .first. to the dist. ct and ,-en ... • r, ional .coinmisdion which exists, for • the purpose of hearing` complaints: the seatin accommodations. Passen-•, The decision of the regional .commie - ens ass aloe this corridor to. the -Wit is final. " ` �` "• bar, where.' they select their look and .put' it -..on, trays that w.,rk'' along • a s]ding• rack. At the end' ,if ,the bar 'the cost of the ,trayiful. is computed and the . custoiaers pais' 'in ..to: the tables! by • walking aieend the end• of thhhrrmer,' ,.Thus is 'completed: a one, way:circuit which 'insures the service of refreshments withot.t delay. and -barred::. To.,in'sure'rapid service the car is divided' .longitudinally by a barrier which. provides '.a corridor alongside t eventually be taken 'into •a Customs t ery . becomes the destroyer and not linin ' itR-Gernaliy "Berlin- intends: Abe, -builder- -of• 'the" hopes of `.ever -3F to absorb her. Plio;'continue to lend worker to earn'. the wherewithalnot money to Austria is only to add to the only of the, necessities for himself and his family, but as well such luxuries, as will keep, him and them up to the standards of normal American life. • The continuation and extension of. this modern giant' must be . accompan- ied with ,a well:balanced hunianitar--' ran and economic program to prevent us from reaching a' state .ef social danger.. The income received through 1cEsoiircri``o'f salaii'es and--w#'ges Must. be, 'i balanced that'allmay have the means of a livelihood. Such a plan will prevent the collapseof otrr social fabric which would otherwise destroy our advanced civilize ;ion which the machine age has made possible. This 41,a es_t be safeguarded by increased ages, simile. etrelt and,'shorter workweeks, thereby equitably "c isi;rt--" buting. `the fruits. 'of. mechannization. This pl:.n has my unqualified endorse- ment. . inate, many •modern Frenchmen have abandoned the • ancient and honora Y; 1 Gallic custom of greeting friends wi: - a resounding .kiss ori the cheek or jaw, "Time" says. So widespread has be - Cone the custom of haking hands in France that the august L -'Academie de Medeeine was asked Decently for an opinion: ''Weightily the academie con- 'aidered, then ober the voluble opposi- +tion of . a youthful minority delivered these decisions: (1) the couritry'iiian'a hands, carry fewer germs than the city . (man's; but. (2) more germs change carriers during a handclasp than dur- ing a perfunctory peck of the. lips: lienee (3) • the handshakeis more dan- gerous than the kiss. -Border Cities Star. . benelovent 'golden' stream which has' its source here and its outlet in the bottomless sea of German finance. London Daily 'Express." • ' Australia's Recovery During the eight years,tq June, 1930, the net excess df imports over exports .Was °sixty_two millions That is to say.,. dirI~ ng17tese year's we not only did not pay anything towards our overseas interest; we slipped sixty-two millions still further back. That we she}ild tie , Wir ' be able not only to . pay' all our interesOd,'�+.,put by eight or nine. millions as well is`de. esedermenee to .which we are surely entitled To;;ate least, call the world's'attention'.-Syd- ney. Bulletin. , . Too Qulck • With the Plow. • In Brant County, a farmer was dis- ;gusted with the prices pal$ for straw 'berries, and he ploughed up. hie _plants nn;; put in something else, In Niagara district, the fruit' growers pre -cooled ,and refrigerated their, ttrawberries. ---telt-deopeneditp_ame_wer arket in Whin!-, . peg. There's a difference. The 'view- point of iewpoint'of one was pessimistic arrd'.des- kructive, whilst the other fruit growers. were .optimistic led constructive. The optinii!sts were quie'k thinkers with initiative, while the, pessimist was the "mail 'with the hoe." -Sherbrooke Re - Cord. Pineapple Market As it is, the Canada -British West In- dies Trade Agreement,. gives a prefer- ence of two cents per Ib. on canned. pfii apple`from any of thesecolonies, but *here, may we ask, is the • pre=. served pineapple? Jamaica, th'e colony from which some Ameridan investors. obtained three thousand pine suckers in 1882, whfch they, shipped to the Hawaiian Islands, and upon which an enormous industry, one that provides ,.fruits for fifteen Canning factories in that American dependency, has been built up; has not take advantage of Canada's fgenerous off* too assist her to establish an industry which should be worth a considerable sum to island producers. • The value of" pineapple culture, and .canning to Hawaii .is ape, proximately 50,000,Obe dollars per an- num.-•Kingston^ Gleaner (Jamaica). ' "He's an unlucky fellow." '.`Yes, he is always Johnny on the wrong spot." ' , Vil,rong :Tune, A millionaire who wrote a dread- fully illegible fisttooka shoot • in the North of S",tland. ' One night before retiring he sent the head keeper ,detailed written in- structions for the morrow. : Next morning 'he • was awakened very, early by the •Persistent skirling of bagpipes beneath his window. - erinnionmg-his-:nt erva'fft testily: "W is that fearful racket?" "Oh." aid the man, "that's Donald a bit tune i in -that woe thete per a t . P playing g , ye sent him last night." TRUTH. Truth is the ground beneath, heav- erkeede nrele The . art we mortals See we call..Wisdom, • and t e other part, underlying heaven, we • 'call Faith: - • • • , Conversation There are few accomplishments tie be desired above.-tlie;•art eta. skilled. a n d interesting ebnversatlorialist, 'udged by the multiplicity of examples the term is disconcertingly misunder- stood. So• many folks seem to think that wind and words make convcrsa- tion. They "blither -about inconsequen- • tial things. Their victims are, giveri no opportunity to drop a •suggestion nor tri express an opinion. That is one reason wiry so many intelligent and • 'highly eciuca:ted• people talk so little. -e ,,Brendan Sun: . New Penal Code in Spain' Abolishes Death Penalty • Madrid. -A new civil penal code which 'includes a clause ' abolish. ing the death penalty teas adopted by the Spanish Parliament. • recently. 'The constitution is silent on the. 'sdbject of the death penalty, , which is left to the. civil and 'military penal: codes. The military code will con- tinue to include the death penalty although the fact that the sentence imposed recently on Gen. Jose San. Jurjo, leader of the Royalist revolt, was 'commuted .to life imprisonment indicates that, ' a ne* code eventual- ly wilt aboiieh ex, ecution.. • "Our generation is too drunk and infatuated' with, formulas." -Andre Aiidre Maurois, Trace- Found of New PBrtid of atter -The .Malin building , of etheenew -N W LIBRARY :UNDER -WAYS Oiie. of . the largest• libraries in.'the world, is now unifier construction in Moscow, • Whencompleted, in.1933 or 1934 it will : have housing, space for 8,000;000 volumes. The new building, • i. r rather group of building,, is :being • constructed on the. site of the. present Lenine (formerly Rumyaritsev) ; Lib- rary, which has •now heen outgrown, as 'a' result of the accumulation of New. York Identification of. what library will be a :three-starey blild- may be :a new ultimate •particle of matter was announced recently by 11r". -Carl-D--Andersorit, associate--of-Dr:-- ' f-Dr:' Robert A. Iyliaikan 'of California •In- -stitute of Technicology. It is 'an ex- tremely light 'positive charge of elec- tricity, seemingly about •1.,800 times less in mass than previously. observed -positive-eharges. , . Beyond Him ! The cyclist had lest his way and had inadvertently entered a private road. " Suddenly he was confronted. by a very stout and irate. bailiff.. "Look here, young -man," shouted th' bailiff, "you go back! You'll not proceed except over my dead., body!" "Ver;;_t Ogood," replied • the cyclist. "If les,like..at- T oeback.e.erve_do _ quite enough' ;hill; climbing for one daY!" y•i AGREED ' The rnathematies master . noticed that tone of his pupils was day -dream ing, and not following his work on ieg with seats to commodate 3,000 readers. The face df the building will l --constructed= aut-of n arble' iirrd granite, •the inside walls , will be. of . aricolored marble, the, woodwork (and :furniture of redwood. ' TRANSLATING TOLSTOY. The Soviet State Publishing -Com- pany has been comm'ssioned to. pre- pare a limited edition of 1,500 copies of Tolstoy's novel, "Anna Karenina, ' in the English language, in two vol- umes, on .especially fine paper. •' A New . Yor firm,: "Limited . Editions Club," orifi ated the plan eef publish - in the bed literar work every y of eel ntry in English'•f .r Russia in lim- , . ited editions of especially'high qual- ity„ The somewhat debatable point. =what ecoastitutet;Russials-•-greatest.- : literary work'tvas decided in favor of "Anna Ifarenhia," A feature of the new publication will be illustrations by N. I. Piskarev, a prominent etcher. -The Christian 'Science Monitor. the blackboard.. To recall his atten- ' Plans ` 'A !!rasa,. • Forming tijr, he said,,: sharply: I"Brown, Brown,' board!" ( For Regina World 'Fain Tire boy, startled, looked ups Toronto -Ontario will be'adequate- "Yes,.sir, very," came -the reply. ly and 'appropr'iately represented at the World's' gain' Show and Confer- - Barrymore- Christening- Party - ' g g f John Blyth Bari'ymore, Eon The '13arrymore 'chin had an informal gathermn for lire cltristeniit o, of John and Dolores. Pettier O'Shea, Baby Ethel Dolores; Dolores Costello Baltimore, JOhn Barry more, . • Helene Costello (With Bally 'John)' and Lionel Ratty snore pose, for' the , cariiera-man. • • • P ence which takes place in Regina, July .24 to. ,Aug. 0, 1933, stated Col= ouei the Hon. Thomas" L. Kennedy,. Minister of Agriculture. for . Ontario, at a meeting' of the . Ontario Com- mittee of . the World's Grain Show1 Col. 'Kennedy advised ,the commit- • tee that Ontario should- .be repre- setited in the interceliege and junior grain judging competitions. ' Plana 'are being completed ,for holding grain judging competitions at several strategic points throughout the pro= vince. The winners in each 'region- al competition will, in all probab- iiity, be brought to Guelph and a final Provincial seed judging•• competition will be held in which three young u--4111-lee-Ter.el°eted- o -represent Ontario at the World''s Grain Show junior judging competition. Some consideration was given to the preparation of an educational•ex- ' habit at the ,shote representing the . natural teeOurees ' of the province :of Ontario, including' agriculture, for- Il'esis, mines and tourist possibI!llies. • A boolniaker, who was ill, sent his • small son to as tea- certain doctor to call, A differt physician Having arrived, the' bookmaker afterwards ' asked his son • to explain. • "Well, you see,, dad," , he said, "there were a lot of brass plates on the doors, and When. I gotto the riuinber. yet* gave mo I • saw 'Consulthtiona, 11 to 12 The chap next .door was offer- • ing "Consultations,. 10 to i;', and 1: knew you'd like the ono that'. gave ' the best odds,'; ; ' • 't d�'k'ktJf;it