HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-12-12, Page 2Beaverbrook
Empire Plan
Is Rejected
Leaders Of Three Parties in
Upper 1-101,1Se Oppose
e Tariff
Restrictions For 1 Machines Open Reminder a mys fiGme Forever"
Settlers Detailed New Farm Era,
Engineers Told
Department Says People of
educed, Production is
d, Social Changes
Barred Increase
Orgy. One Country Labor R
Ottawa, — A-1-1.7‘ restrictive °gal' Brought by Science 311
tlons regarding immigrants to
Protectiv
London,—Lord BeaVerbrookb faracla as affecting Peoples of Southeast- APiellitUre
remaking seheree for free trade withiu era Ee/e, de not aPPIY to l'elish Tokio, e -v Agriculture is becoming
the British, COMenouwealth of Nationfarmer* or those of any other natioa. mechanized rapidly and the use Of
with a protective tariff against the ality so long as they have the capital mechanical power on the term inerlo
rest 'of the world recetrea its teinpor.I to set themselves up on tbe land, it , dietinctly the beginering of an engin.
ary political quietus In the House ot I wee stated at the ImMigratiou De.: &wing epoole said Profeseor li, B.
Lords aisbate. The dieeltesion brought ' Partment reeently in regard to sane Welker, Qt Davis, Calit., addresaieg
out the fad that none of the great queatione which have been raised. I the first worlds engineering congress
Pelitical Parties were prepared to etip. As a Matter of fact, Cauftda bare , here oa Me subject ot "Engineering
Port the scheme,
the Dente of only one con:Are—Chem : as Applied to Agriculture:" Proteesor
Lord Beaverbrook pointed to the —and eVen front ite Pelndetion cer- Walker, head of the agrieultural en -
predominance the United States had 1 talo can be admitted. All other ilia gtheerieg division of the trnivereity of
achieved in the 'wade markets as an tions who want to conle in ee farmers Califoreia, iff representiag the univer.
evidence a who
Might be effected by , and have the money to establish them.: sity an. dthe Antetican Society of Ag -
the Britiele Commontvealtb, of Nations selves, are admitted providing thea 1 rloultural Engineers at the congress,
under eiaillar tariff conditions. "In ' measure up to the phyttical standards. I "Engineering in agriculture relates
1913 the year before the War," he I Where a restriction Is applied is to' to the eagineering Problems of an in.
said, "American exports et inanufao- single men from those Eastern man- eustry," said Protestor Walker. In.
ttbed goods wore only half of those' tries coming in as farm laborers. As this respect it is similar to mining ell -
e, rule they have no capita • giueering, but in practice it nuist die.
may be btought ili is a quota of the . culture are largely biological. For
previoue year. It was
the exports of Great Britain.
it was no mom difficult ' year thaa last—about a third of the glueer ot the importance of the bite
tomer total—and the same rule will logical sciences is eseential.
Move Gains impetus.
'Engineering in agriculture has at-
tained great impetus through the ex-
tensive use or mechanical power. This
lias influenced the urban and raral
population. reties, In colonial days
more than 90 per cent, ot the People
were directly dependent upon agricul-
ture in contrast to 24 per cent, to -day.
. "There have been three distinct
Power epochs in the agriculture of this
nation, viz: human, animal and me-
chauical. The first was characterized
by hard work and little social progress
for the worker. The second marked
the beginning of the machinery ags
in agriculture, resulting in. the break-
ing down of traditions and the begin-
ning of scientific agriculture. Tin
third period, just begianiug, is exert-
ing a great Influence on production
metboda, as well as on the .social en-
vironments tee the emitter. It is dis-
tinctly ea engineering eV/MI. bombshell was exploded when Hon. E,
Animal Power Wanes G. Theodore, commonwealth treasurer DO -X, came to grief near Trove -
application in the United Ste:tee about' presented the new Labor iovern- milencle On the 'Baltic reeeutly, ir. its
"Animal power mached litsepeek .of
191s. Tile rate of deerease 111. suck' menta budget. Henceforth the goy.. first attempt to fly to Spain.'
eminent win love a supertax on After being towed from Trave-
' nmende to Geoetmitz, the maohineei
a Gracie Britain. Now in the >ea
1929, American exports of manufac-
t ed goods are actually more than
are not excluded but the munber who ter, since the basic sciences in art.
this ' on an aPPreciation bY the en -
for the British Empire to adopt tariff
unification now than it had been in
the past, for Canada, anti Australia
had introduced a arrangement
thougleent their territories.
He was answered by Loed Ornold
for the Goyernment, Lora Ceehentlen
for the Conservatives and Lord Beau.
champ for the Liberals. The first -
named described. Lord Beaverbroolc's
proposals as "a scheme for the re-
versal ot the fiscal polity of the moth-
er country." He went on: "You could
not have what he called free trade
within the empire unless you re
t
made Great Britain a protectionist . is in charge al retegets wat
ntr I need ecarcelt say His Ma- League 02 Nations. He has interested
liimseIt on behalf of the distressed
people els the German Cioyernnient did
Previously.
The inclination hero is to go 'slowly,
be applied next year,
The experienoe, it is clainied, was
that many, so admitted, either failed
to go to the land or else drifted back
to the cities after a Sr/Jour:1 in rural
parts. Families, materially equipped,
may, as stated, come in uulliudered if
physically sound.
The number of Mennonites seeking
admission to Canada was first placed
tve a thousand families bit- it is now
thought to be double that number, A.
new development in the situation is
the interevation of Dr. Nausea, who
jesty's Government is strongly 09 -
posed to any sub. policy. This is a
tree trade country. Time after time
attempt$ have been made to induce
people to desert their allegiance to The situation. might bo different had
free trade, I say that the mandate of there been a bigger crop la the West,
His Itlejesty's present Government is but tb.ough grading high, it is lacking
I t 'n free trade and they 1 volume and conditions are not be
10
do it,"
Lord Cushenden also ruled out Lord
Beaverbrookea proposals as a practi-
cal policy thottli personally he gym-
'
vorable to an influx of people. at a
season when their relations have ne
work to put them at. No decision has
been reached pending negotiations
ith the Prairie Governments' hut the
patitized with them. e
was not convinced they appealed to outlook for a Menuonite movement
th Dotainious, He also recalled his ' betore spring, if there is eve move-
ment at all, is not now very pvenlisieg.
Own unsuccessful tudeavor 20 years
ago in fighting four elections in Great
Britain on somewhat similar pro-
posaleput forward by Joseph Cham-
berlain as evidence of the British
electorate being quite unlikely to
agree,
Lord Beauchamp said that Lord
Beaverbrook's proposals should be
addressed not so much to Great Bri-
tain as to the selt-goveming Do-
minions, where the tendency was to
Increase, not to diminish, protective
duties.
Record -Breaking
Flight is Success
Coste and Bellonte Reach
Paris After Trip to "
Manchuria
Part,' —Dieudotum Coste and Maur-
ice Bellonte returned to France form
their record-breaking flight to Man-
churia landing at La Bourget Field medical terms this extract is charac.
alter a morning flight from Rome. tubed as a physiologically active gill-
Hundrede of admirers swarmed over oositle.saponin. In plain 'English it is
La. Bourget Field as ths airmen a drug which when given to patients
brought their 'plane to a, landing. I suffering from high blood pressure, a
Minister of Air Laurent Eynac was frequent trouble a people approach -
on hand to greet the fliers in the mune iag old. age Deduces the pressure of
ol the Government and to praise them 1 blood coming from the heart by more
for their record flight of more than than ten millimeters in 73 per cent.
5,000 miles from La Bennet to the ; of the cases. In thirty-nine patients
desolate desert near Tsitsiltar, Man- showing symptoms definitely trace-
able to high blood pressure relief by
New World's Record use of curcurbocitrin was obtained by
Although the instruments recording 82 per cent. of the cases.
the flight to Manchuria have not yet Drs. Althausen and Kerr carried out
been checked, Geste and Bellonte bave their tests chiefly in the cliale of the
been accredited unofficially with es -I university treating a group of forty
tablishing a new world's record for ; patients ranging from twenty-eight to
nen-stop long distance flight. I seventy-seven year old of whom thirty
Tbeir return trip was made by way eeven -wen more than forty years old.
Relief Extract
Found in Seed
Of Watermelon
High Blood Pressure Lessen-
ed by Cucurbocitrin,
Recent Test Indicate
San Francisco.—The lowly water-
melon seed has come into its own.
Recent experiments tend to show that
an extract from these annoying appen-
dages ot an otherwise delightful des-
sert offers dependable relief for many
cases of hypertension or high blood
pressure.
Drug called Cucurbecitrin.
The technical name of the water-
melon used is Curcurbita citrullus.
The extract found by Dr. Barksdale
I bees. named eucurbocitrin. In
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WOULD PRESERVE ANCIENT NIAGARA LANDMARK
Top—FO.• lefississauga, Niagareemeth,e-Lake, for the preserving of whicb.
local historical society will petition government. Bottom--111asdive tunnel
inside old tort.
Australian Budget
Canada to Show 1 Bonk Review
Goods to World By Keanetif„
1 Red Silenee, by Katlileea Kerrie,
Exhibit at 13ritish Fair' Doweday, Dorau & Co., Ltd., Toren;
te, $2,00, In elite book Kathleen NOV"
Wt and at Buenos Ayres I os bas written Another ot her very,
Ottwa.--4, meeting ot repreattntaa human and moving roinanate, ea the
Oyes of Canadian Profile RallWaY, subtitle implie0, "The story a a
Caeadian National Oaaadian girl Who kept her ftecret" le the Umlaut
National Steameltips, Canadian Menu, ot the story. Young Dom Penfield,
facturers Assoelation mad other bodies lovely, talented and supremely happy
91a5 been called by la. C. T. O'Haraal In her marriage is confronted with au
deputy minister of Trade and Com- episode from a merry heedless mit?*
P100011, to confer with 3, Tareotte, , Mould aim risk -all: that her happy,
exhibition commissioner at , Buenos marriage has glyen heaand face open.'
Ayres, with a view to furthering plans le the spectre of her early raistaire.
M the Batumi Ayres trade fair to be ' Qr
lug that her husband may'never know.
should elle:Imp her secret, trust,
betd
for tee participation of the Dominion
98'1Y in 1081. I The author hats written 'one of her
Questions regarding freight rates very finest floral in the story of Dory's'
and the assembling and siliPniald' of struggle to avert disaster.
exhibits 'will be dealt with, and, Mr.
O'Hara. States that already the De-
partment lies received assurances of
hearty err -operation from manufac-
turers and exporters throughout'the
country to make Canada's part in the
exhibition productive.
Britain's recent negotiation ot a
trade -treaty with Argentina, and Can -
[trials saboldized steamship service to
the Rhier Plate, are other indications
of the British endeavor to take everY
possible advantage of the groairiag
comenereial opportunitiee. ,in South
Ainerica, where already there
most favorable public isentiment.
strong movement originated by the
powerful -Argentine Rural Seeday,
coraPoised largely of the wealthY
ranehers and tarmera of Argentina, to
encourage the buying of geode from
these who buy frora the Afgentine Re --
Public, is also a big factor in favor ot
Canadien. and British business,
Plans are now being prepared bY
Mr. "Turcotte -for Canadiaii building
at the Buenoff Ayree exhibition, and
a considerable sum will be provided
by =the Dominion Government toe this
Purpose. Following the Meeting to be
held here, a circular will be seat to
Canadian manufacturers and export-
ers informing them et the skipping
facilities to be Limitable,' ado the -ex-
hibit spece to' be .placed at their dis-
posal.
Springs Surprise
Graded Sup'er-tax on. Incomes
to Make Up Big Deficit.
Will Make Living
High
Canberra, Australia,. — domestic
Big Gersh ..11 Plane
Overturns in Sea
Rohrbach-Romar Seaplane
Turns- Turtle When
Starting Flight
Berlin. — One of •the three. great
Rolubach-Romar type seaplanes, ex-
ceeded in size only 'by the Dornier
power is rapid, amounting to mac
cally 500,000 animals a year.
"Agrioulture is becoming mechan-
ized rapidly. Statistics in the United
States show that in 1924 16,000,00,-
000. horse -power hours were used by
farmers, 10 per cent. of which was
supplied by steam and gas tractors.
ea 1928 18,000,000,000 horsepower
hours, were utilized, 2S per cent. of
whicii was supplied by steam and gas
tractors, The total number of farm
tractors in 1924 was 150,000, increas,
ing to 762,825 in 1928. Similay treacle
in agricultural power are taking place
in *Canada, Argentina, Australia and
British South Africa.
et Hanoi, French Ind0-China, Calvet. Takes Effect immediatly
ta. Garachl, and Athens.
There was an impressive moment in
the ceremony when Minister Eynac
They found that curcurbocitrin has
an immediate lowering effect on the
pressure a the blood proportional to
atoned up to the youthful BolloUte, the size of the dose taken. They
and pinned the Cross ot the Legion ei' found that continued treatment
lienor on his breast, brought continued slit but that bet -
The crowd cheered. enthusiastically ter results were obtained, on an. 0101'-
715 E.:mac eulogized the aviator who age, with younger patients, and with
hat been Coste's companion on two those who had been suffering the
dangerous ventutes. Bel on e
1000).
distinction a few weeks betore the
Manchurian flight when he accora-
Panied Costs on a projected flight to
New 70011'. The aviators turned back
near the Azores Islands because of
storms and gasoline ahortage ana
landed safely near Paris.
After the first greeting the fliers
were honored at a natation in the
hangar, where the usual toasts were
drunk.
When starting in to paint old furni.
tire, get an matte can o/ paint to fin.
ish off the feta spots on the flea you
iniss,—Life.
Hetet Garage Man (to fumy little
baby car owner who has been. giving perity of wet centres.
him very P19111118 instructioas)i " Awl.
incomes above $1a00 to 21), per cent. (Propellers -were set in motion by 0.0
conies, 'varying tom pe . i
1 a.m.. Everything went smoothly un -
Increased clutiea are imposed. sa 211 hall an hour laeer, when the hydro,.
on. incomes over 915,000.
cigars, textiles, metal manufactures, plane started, ' Ploughing its waY
motorcar bodies, motorcar gears and
, Lthrough
lt tleyr.atAlliBter rditrItP-eYilivagatearsfe°:
P10103' chassis. .
There was no time to prepare an , yards, it turned turtle -before it -gath-
entirely new budget statement and ered sufficient momentum to riSe into
therefore he had to accept some -of ' the air. The crew were able to save
the proposals lald down. by his prode- themselves 'only with th greatest dif--
ficulty. The plane was later towed
cessor it the Bruce government, Mr.
bV tugboats
Theodore stated. i back, keel uppermost, to Travemuende
As the former governmente
deficit of 910,000,000 he would have to
get $6,000,000 more from customs and.
excise, and the remainder from the
supertax, Mr. Theodore explained. The
netv government, IA continued in mak-
ing the statement to the house ot re-
presentativee, was convinced there
welt defect% in the present system of
credit control. These militated against
the best use being made of credit re -
'amines. The organization of credit,
which was one of the nation's great , modate 12 passengere and a crew o
services, would therefore be control. five. On July 2, with its two sister
led. by national institutions. I ships, it was,-therea over .by the Lira
thansa Company for a projected trans-
Atbatie service .by -stages between
Europe and South Americo..
The accident Occurred at approxl-
.
mately the same spot where another
ilohrbacla-Romar flying boat sank on
Sept. 11. in 60 feet. of water after
crashing from a height of 100 feet.
The 13 passengers and crew' in that
acciaenteelso escaped. \
The :headline which met with this
last disaster passed its trial flights a
Year ago last August. Seventy-two
feet long, it was designed to 0000m.
The Stock Market and the
Tariff
- 'Springfield Republican: One vital
fact is that, whatever may have been
the cause of the stook market ca.
lapse, the business and financial atm -
ilea has been so far changed that
tariff revision should begin from a
point of view coasiderahly modified
from the earlier point of view which
determined just how the pending leg-
islation should be Initiated, and ma-
tured. The situation has radically
changed, even sine,e the coalition over-
threw the Republican regulars in
September. To go ahead with this
tariff Dili would be a leap 4n. the dark,
Time is now needed for the stabiliza-
tion a the securities market and for
a careful and dependable assessment
of the new economic factors that have
shaped conditions not yet fully dis-
cerned before any new fiscal legisla-
tion 'affecting seriously the trade and
the finance a the country can be
juditiously undertaken. In conformity
with this judgment the President may
be expected to ignore the tariff in his
coming annual message, or so to treat
it that legislation on the lines recom,
mended by him six months ago wilt
not seem urgent,
Martha Osterse
The Young May Morn by Martha
Ostellso, Dodd Mead & Go,, 801 pages/
$9.00. The Young May Morn ie a
story of village life, very grim and
like most of the author's books ttuite
purposeless, but the very stmx trag.
edy of the settingmnd details is soul
gripping from page to page, Marcia
Gunther, after her husband's suicide
for years indifferently suffered the
hatred and bullying of her mother.in.
'law and the gossiping and sly insinua.
Hens ot the village folk, and devoted,
her me to her baby and remorse for
the past. Then one day -a longing or
her girlhood came back, She quer
-
rale witb. bar mother4n.law and after
O fierce eetercation -welcomes her dis.
missal train the house. How she made
a horde for her son, defied the advancee
of the village bully* and became eager
to have a part and place in the growth
of the 'lib about her, all makes in --
tensely good and impressionable read-
ing, There are few more worthy and
valuable contributions to Canadian
fiction. ptiblished this year than Mb
book.
Whiteoaks of Seine, by lvlazo de la
Roche, MacMillan, Toronto, 304 pages,
92.00. Again the tamily of Solna, with
its tribal consciousuess and its ruth.
less vitality. This time the book be.
lone,s to Finch, the sensitive, inieun-e.
derstood musical one. Twice he tries
to esoape, but each time Salna drags
him back. There is no evading the
spell a the old red brick house. It
'holds them all, and vele Alayne, the
outsider, is drawn beck in the, circlet
The continuation of Salna is undoubt-
edly a best seller on its own merits
and not on the success of its forerma
nee. The author has written, as in
Saba, wItli her perfect sense of the
significance of little things, the same
arresting force and humor and the
same vivid power of eharacterization,
Death of a Hero, by Richard Aid-
ington, Gordon & Gotch, Ltd., Toronto.
388 pages, 92,50. A. few days before
Armistice in the Great War, Captain.
George Winterbourne, of the British.
Army, stands up suddenly and ua-
neceesarily to a hail of machine gun
bullets and is instantly killed. Did.
he or did he not commit suicide? IE
it was suicide, 'what was the reason?
air, Aldington has written a novel on
the problem of this officer's death. He
divides the book into three parts, and
also a prologue, which latter describes
the indifference the news of the war-
'dor% death was received at home.
Part one deals with Wiuterbourne's
parents and. grandparents, old English
families of the Victorian nineties.
Part two, Winterbourne struggling ail
an artist amongst the affectations oE
the Intelligensia, and against British
apathy, also two women who play a,
major part in hie life. Part 3, a pic-
ture of the war—gruesome and real-
istic as ever a wariboole was, pethalis
a little too frank, but a story thee one
will remember, The book is the time
noel by this young Englishman, Rick-
ard Aldington, who is a poet, Scholar-
ly translator, critic and biographer.
110 writes with a Musical sweep and
fluency that carries you through the,
book entranced,
Wises
Hubby: "Well, what was there to
Mrs. Jones' evening gown?"
Wifte: "Very little besides style, my
dear."
In the course of a debate held by
the Nationalist party at Pretoria, on
„women's tranchine, a delegate said
that vtoman's place was among the
Pots and pans. A most scullery.ous
statement,
shortest length fat time.
Vote "Wet" to
Secure Trade
Greenwood, B.C.—Within a few
months it is probable that BritishColumbia.
Columbia. will all be wet following the
plelgacIte here that decided by more
than four to one in favor of beer par-
lors.
Greenwood voted dry during the
plebleolte which placed this province
in the wet column, but residents alter
seeing how trade and Waist traffic
favored towns that voted, wet decided
to try to share in the Manning Nes-
right, awitight—I'll See it's relied, We read in 11 big dally that the
aucl wa0ed, and polished, and it yer Sapaneee want the submaritte
111 'arc it lett outside yor bed- ed "as aa Warmed ot navel war.
mem door with yor boots itt the fare.° We vender why, wham they
Inornia':' can Still Commit had kart.
The government would also oou-
sider shortly remodelling the common-
wealth bank to increase its scope, the.
treasurer said. He .was unable to
ke any rovision 111. NaldatiOn of
SHARING HAPPINESS •
the accumulated deficits of former Taere is no „greater mistake than
governments. "We Inherited an empty that made by the anal who is selfishly
treasury but we do not view the future seeking any kind of happiness at the
Pessimistically," he said. 1 expense of others. 12 -the search for it
'through his whole life he will never
The report that lairs, Hoover"Irnd ; find it. To diminish .the -welfare of
Miss Ishbel MacDonald have been out his neighbors will add no mite to his
riding at Rapidan on horses from the oWn store, On the contrary, llama -
neighboring marine camp is regarded nese increases as it Is shared, and
as justifying confidence that the *110' alitanishes as it is seffishly grasped.
cussions on naval reduction do not in -
elude the question of disbanding the Girls should remember that a love
horse marines. knot,is best tied with a single beau.
If Boxed and. Sent to England or Toronto. What?
"They say Auction Bridge is re-
sponsible for a lot of nervous break-
downs."
"I know IL It won't be long before
we'll have to go to an asylum for a
really good game."
Politicians and Their
Responsibilities
Louisville Courier-lournal: Let the
law impute to o candidate responsi-
bility for what hIs representatives at
an election do in his behalf and Punish
any who presume to act for him with-
out his conseut. The candidate 15 en-
titled to protection against the con-
duct of volt:dithers; but he stands in
the relation of priacipal to agent with
reference to his own chosen tore-
sentative0. A man in business 18
bound by the actions of Moat+ be em-
powers to represent him la a transac-
'
tion though they may be unfaithful
and diaobey instructions. Their
Happy the man who Icarus the very
wide chasm that Iles between his
wishes and his powers.—Goethe,
Little Algernon, 1:1101011 to have no.
etio tendeacies, was asked by teacher
10 deliver sometlxiag along the 11110 of
figure study, which he did:
"The man who made that Wingless
hen '
Must be a real flue wizard,
The matter don't concern me much,
I always get the gizzard."
to him
actions are his actions.. The Iaw W. H. Stayton the anti.prohibitiost
wouldn't permit a buainess man to te. leader was criticizing in Boeton the
I
cave the benefit, of their iniScOndact Methods of certain prohibition °facers.
and disclaim the obligations and 113."These methods are stionect," ifitka „
sponsiiallities attached to their meth. Mr, Stayton, "They make me
ode, There 10 no justice in applying , trustful. Tliey remind me of the cityi
a More liberal rule to politicians than Missionary, This miasionaty, yeti
to business men, mottoi laws should know, made, one day, a tour ot inspect
be revised to ednforra to the theory tion la a moae1 box tactory, ‘What's
that it is Mit a private competition be- the big idea, allY1105V one faeterV,
tweet' iudivideala for the power and head said to another when the mlfia
entolunteate of office, but a public at. sioxiarY started on lil0 roulids, "The,
ORIMSSV AppLa CANNERY CRACKS TWENTY.YEAR RECORD IN INDUSTRY - Reir ili which the interests ot the pee- secoad geare a eynical laugh and am.
TweittY thOimalid iniSheis 02 apples in yards of Grimsby canning plant. This fleason thia dral Will can. over pie are superior to await of the in-' were& '"It seente soniebodY told hint
minion and a quarter pollees sI epplee, mord for over 20 years in Grimsby, and apples fie ea tib g Toronare. dividuais camerae& ' the gala work a ehifte It