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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-01-23, Page 7Rayon Industry One of Italy's Trade Leaders production Since 1919 Has 1Vlultiplied More Than 26 Tunes Rome—The increase in the produce 'Sou of artlflcial silk in Italy leas been more rapid titan in any other country, And today the rayon industry is one of the most flourishing in Italy. Italian rayon production, which in 1919 amounted only to 1,000;000 kilograms, rose to 24,100,000 kilograms in 1927 And to 26,500,000 in -1922. Mare than 2,000,000,000 lire are invested in the Italian rayon- industry; of the total Investment, 83 per Bent, is distributed among the three major groups, name• [y, the Sala Viscosa, with 56 per cent, of the total, the Society Geyer. ale della- Viscosa with 17 per. cent, and the Sole de Chatillon with 10 per cent., and almost :the total Italian prodac>tiou (93 Per cent.) Is supplied' by the 15 plants .of these three com- panies. Seven other independent companies turn out the remaining per. -ventage of production.' During the first six months of this year production of rayon totaled 15,- -205,000 5;-205,000 kilograms, compared with 14,- 867,000 kilograms in the correspond- ing period of 1928. During 1928 ex- Verts of rayon totaled a little over 16,000,000 kilograms. During the first seven months of 1929 exports of rayon and of rayon waste together -amounted to 11,239,000 kilograms as -compared with 9,847,000 kilograms -during the corresponding period of 1928. Last spring the four largest Italian artificial silk companies concluded an .agreement regarding the output and the marketing of their product. The awmpanies concerned are the Snia Viscosa, its subsidiary the Varedo, the Soie de Chatillon and the Society Generale della Viscosa. The agree- ment, which has a temporary dura - Mon of ,five years, provides for the allocation of the production among the four compauies on tate basis .of fixed percentages, and is limited to the home market and for viscose silk only, acetate and other artificial silks being excluded. The formation of national cartels paves the way to a general international agreement, ne- gotiations to that end being easier than by dealing with individual com- panies. The competition among the home producers, which had been so strong as to bring' the domestic prices below the export price, has thus come to an end. . During 1929 a new Italian company ' was formed in which the Society Montecatint of Milan, the Societe pour la Fabrication de la Soie "lIhodia- 'silk" of Paris and the Societe Usines du Rhone Poulenc are interested. Italy's best customers for artificial. silk are India and China, which be- tween them take over 44 per cent. .of the total output, In Europe the chief Italian markets are Germany, Austria and Fiance, A Tel ; antep c Diner Party The next day in Tehuantepec, On the street a tall, heavy figure. Tite dress is Mexican but the determined stride is not the languorous glide of the native. The features are brown- ed by the sun, but the set grimness About the eyes and the corners of the mouth are nothing if not Nordic. S have not seen his like in a long time, but there is no mistaking his nationality. Every movement boars the hard gritty stamp od the country north of the Rio Grande. We meet, hesitate, eye each other suspiciously, and speak as "paisanos," fellow l;ountrymen, His Western accent is Incredible dreamlike, in this soft, melting atmosphere. His face re- laxes and he permits himself to laugh, The laugh improves' him, .dls- sol'ing the artificial grimness out of his face. ' Though he is a man of some forty years, be became Sudden - ay boyish and pleasant -spoken. After %aloe fencing, he accepts me and in- vites me to his home for dinner. I dtccept. His house is high-ceilinged., copi and tiled, its Hispano,Mexican- char - teeter fighting with North American xtui'es and plumbing, Odors from Massed flowers give secret battle to Rite prim whatnot on which they rest. His wife is a Tehuana woman. On Ater soft-slippored feet site glides in kracefulty and: curls herself up in a orner like a panther oa a limb. She Is poised and gracious iu her maw ner. The five children come in, three 'dainty girls, pliant and a little timid, tthe two boy's tousled and riotous. No get down on the floor and play w ith giant beetles which the, boys have brought in. The father shouts with laughter at their antics. The mother adds to the entertainment by showing me the Tehuana festal Dos- tame, with its wide white stify starched Elizabethan raft worn around the face is church but in the street dropped so as to hang fluttering from the back. She shows her collection of twenty-five huipils, made in rani bow colors and embroidered with rota of gold thread. Such huipils are scarce now, having been driven out by machine -made garments, and the women n0 'longer Gare to spend the many hours necessary 1ti the pro- per starching of the white ruffs. Din- ner is served in the patio and we are. all very merry.—Phillips'' Russell, in "Lied Tiger," Canadian P 1itics i 1929 The session at Ottawa had several lollg debates and a variety of sub- jects were discussed, bat the volume of important legislation was not iarge. A $400,0.00,000 budget was introduced but aroused Ilius discussion. Tax and tariff alterations were not important though relief was given through de- crease of the sales tax and abolition of some stamp duties. There was some talk of a general election but the rumors came to nothing and Mr.. R., B. Bennett and Premier Mackenzie King made speaking tours of the' West and Pacific coast in the summer and fall. The . Government and the oountrysuffered a severe loss through the death of Hon. James Robb, Min- ister of Finance on Armistice-Thrtaks- giving Day . Ills place was filled by theappointment to the post he had filled so ably of Hon. Charles Dun- ning, unning, Minister of Railways,` Certain other Cabinet changes' were freely rumored towards .the close of the year. The question of divorce occu- pied a large amount of tile time of the legislators. What amounted to a blockade took place - when divorce bills occupied' the entire time of pri- vate bills legislation. The filibuster was halted when Premier King pro- mised that legislatioi. would be brought down in 1930, providing a more satisfactory way of handling di- vorce cases. A proposal to hold an Inter -Empire Economic conference to discuss the promotion of inter -Em- pire trade was brought up, Itis ua derstood that all units of the Emprre save Australia approved the holding Of such a conference at Ottawa next year. Efforts to secure federal aid for three fields of activity now pro- vided exclusively by the Urovinees were made during the session—pub- lic health, technical education and public highways. The proposals were rejected but the matter will come up again in 1930. The largest individual vote was the granting of $50,000,000 to enable the Canadian National Railways to em- bark upon a huge terminal project for Montreal. Loans of $29,000,000 were also passed for harbor improvements —ten millions for Vancouver and Montreal, five millions for Halifax and two millions each for Quebec and Chicoutimi. There were long discussions re- garding the Civil Service and charges were made that subterfuges were be- ing resorted to destroy the rules gov- erning the department regarding pro- motion. Repeated attacks were made ou the Postmaster General through- out the session for alleged favorism towards political friends. An effort to pass retaliatory legislation to off- set the expected discrimination of the new American tariff was frustrated by Premier King, who said that the Government would wait and see what action it would take until tate tariff legislation was passed in the United States. Atter sitting until late in November the United States Cou gress adjourned without taking any action ou the tariff, due to differences developing between the Senate and the Lower House. A Conservative motion censuring the Immigration Department was defeated. A new scheme of taxation on low priced min- ing and other shares brought about much lobbying and raised long dis- cussion, the question raised being whether power to pass such legisla- tion rested with the provincial or the federal authorities. Important char- ters for railway extensions in Sas- katchewan and Alberba,were granted thereby openiug up new areas for ex- ploitation and. development In the North. Tile Government agreed to ,Guaranteed because made trona our own steel 01MONO5CANADA SAW C0.1.00. MONTREAL' VANCOWEC, s0,JOHN,N.m,. -. TORONTo. A – 11I111LIPS co MASA/6,o e st 4 For Troubles ciao to Acid IN010a9TION ACID STOMACH eARTOURN HEADACNn OASES-NAUOCA A Grand Old Sport Has Birthday Too ATHLETICS' PILOT CELEBRATES HIS. BIRTHDAY Connie Mack, manager 02 world -champion Athletics, vieltd Shibe Park, not to manage ball team, but to celebrate his sixty-seventh birthday. pay is full all reparation claims by Canadian civilians for damages suf- fered during the war which had been approved by the Royal Commission. The amount iarolved was $1,246,868 and the number of claims was 1,221. The Board of Grain Commissioners came under fire. All the Commis- sioners resigned dud new ones were appointed. Four deputy commission - era were also added. Parliament closed a question that had hung fire for several years when it voted $100,- 000 to pay the time lost by the postal workers who struck in Wfnnipeg in 1919. Tho sinkiug of the rum runner I'm Alone in waters that the skipper of the vessel claimed were outside the jurisdiction of the 'United States raised a ticklish problem. Premier King promised to name assessors to 510 with similar appointees of the United States to settle the matter and the storm subsided. The Commission has been appointed but has not yet had Its first hearing. A treaty affect- ing the sock -eye salmon fisheries of British Columbia was discussed, but final action was postponed until next session. A resolution regarding title of hotter and clistiuctiott which Have boon in abeyance in Canada since soon atter the war was brought up, but the matter was dropped when an adverse vote along non-party lines Prevented its being brought tin in coinmitte0. A convention covering the preservation and beautilicatiou of Niagara Fails was approved by both Houses. Petitions signed by over 100,000 prayed that the Government would take action t0 prevent the ex- Per000lort of liquor to the Milted States, The Cabinet was generally admitted to be divided oil this point, but la the end no action was taken, the Goverlrntent intimating that the U nited States authorities had not shown any particular zeal in enforc- ing its own. regulations. Tho return of the natural resources to Manitoba was advanced a step when a Commis- sion brought down a report which -Is to be implemented with legislation this year, Merchant Adventurers. London 'Times (Ind): The founda- tions of British foreign trade were laid by men who were adventurers as well as merchants. They went out into the word and saw with their own eyeb the manners and customs and ueeda of their customers. What seems to be wanted is a more general revival of that adventurous spirit. Only by the personal touch that comes of actual visits to foreign markets can there be a proper understanding' of tite mentality of potential custom- ers and of the potato in. which Bri- tish methods 02 salesmanship, as compared with those of foreign rivals niay call for ameadment, When Pain ome What man* people call indigestion very often means excess add in the stomach. The fltcmae t neryes have been over-stimuIated, and food sours, The corrective le an alkali, Which neutralizes acids instantly. And the best alkali known to medical science is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia, It has remained the standard with physi- cians in the 50 "years Once its tuven- tion. Cue spoonful of this'harmless, taste less alkali iu water will neutralize in- stantly manytimee as much acid, and the symptomsdlsappeer at once.' You w 111 never' use etude methods when Mice you learn the efficiency of this. Go get a small bottle to try. 130. euro td get the genuine Phillips' Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physi chinos for 50 years in correcting ex - cum acids. Each bottle contains full directions -any drugstore. DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR LITTLE ONES At no time of 'life is delay or neg- lect more serious than at childhood. The ills of little cues come quickly and unless the mother is prompt in administering treatment a precious little life may be snuffed out almost before the mother realizes the baby is ill. The prudent mother always keeps something in the medicine chest as a safeguard against the sud- den illness of her little ones. Thous- ands of mothers have found through experience that there is no other medicine t0 equal Baby's Own Tab- lets and that is why they always keep a box of the Tablets on hand—why they always feel safe with the Tab- lets. Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which by 'regulat- ing tate bowels and stomach banish constipation and indigestion; break up colds and simple fevers and pro- mote healthy, natural sleep. Con ceiling them, Mrs. Isaac Sonia, St. Eugene, Ont., writes:—"I have been using Baby's Own Tablets ever since baby was a mouth old and have found that they reach the spot and do more good than any other medicine I have ever tried. I alwaya keep the Tab- lets in the house and would advise all other mothers to do so," The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by nail at 25 cents a box from The Di. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. Children in Poor Houses Prior to the Children's Protection Act it was a common practice in various Counties to send destitute children as well as adults to the County poor house, the' number of youngsters in these institutions vary- ing from two or three to twenty. The surroundinge were not at all condu- cive to good morals and these child- ren were referred to by officials as "pauper brats" and similar disparag- ing names. Dr. R. M. Coulter in his report to the York County Council is, January, 1894, on the health of in- mates -at the Industrial Home, added: "The example and influence of old men of dissolute and vicious habits is ruining the boys; and there is very great danger from the contaminating influence of these boys on Ste child- ren of the district school which they must attend. This matter was brought to the at- tention of the Governmentand.. on Mr. I elso's suggestion the following section was passed by the Ontario Legislature in March, 1S94: "No child between the ages of two and sixteen years shall be received or boarded in any house or Institution established for the reception and care of paupers or other dependent adults. This section takes 0ffeet on and after the 1st of July, 1895," There were nineteen children In the Industrial Home at Newmarket and through the efforts of Mr. Kelso fos- ter homes were found for them In variotrs parts of the Province, To- day the Ohtidren's Aid of York County has a fine Children's Shelter at Lansing and a great work 1s being done for the better pare and protec- tion 02'c1iildren. CONTENT O0 must Ica downwards as well as upwards in human lite, though many !Iwo passed us in the race, there aro many we have left behind. —,Sydney Smith. "Speed is the one; and caul yy reeMMSoe for the airplane."—Eddie Itiokenbaek- er, A Cargo of Stories I For Children By Emma Lorne Duff • The author of this charming vol- ume of stories for children' is a Toronto Kindergarten teacher, who, through years of experience has gath- ered a rich harvest of stories of many kinds, and through her love of child-' ren and her knowledge of the educe,. tional value of .beautiful imaginings, has learned how to tell them delight-, fully. No' child and but few grown- ups would fail to fall under the fas- cination of these tales and we can Imagine no one dipping auto the vol- ume who isnot made thereby a little kinder or tendered to young things,' or more wide awake to the beauties round them. The stories are told as they, have been told many tines to children and one cannot fait to sense that the teller, equally with the child - 'Sen, has enjoyed them.Here is one who frankly loves children and lovee.. stories, whose emotions are active yet -wholesome and quite under con- trol. Here is sentiment and a beauti- ful assumption of a desire in her lis- teners for goodness and beauty, but absolutely no sentimentality. Tho stories themselves cover a wide range. There are tatty stories, nature stories, animal stories and the story of the first Christmas told large- ly iu the Bible words. This latter, though very beautifully told, is more poetical and spiritual in its treatment than many even amongst good story tellers could tell successfully. Yet, provided the children have the voca- bulary and the experience to follow it, they could never forget the atmos ,phere of reverence and awe which permeates the beautiful story of the coming of the King. A section following the stories is headed "About the Stories," and is for grown-ups. This is a wise and suggestive chapter, full of sense and sensitiveness. One wishes that in- stead of being a very brief word it had been expanded into more thor- ough exposition of the author's point of view. For she has a ,very definite theory of story telling, of what to tell and how it should be told, and a very clear idea of the effect on the child ren which should result from the hearing or reading of these tales. "The influence of a literature on a race is not greater than that of the. baby -lode of nature and nursery tales of nature in all her forms upon a lit- tle child," she says. The calumy so often heard that children are cruel cannot stand in the face of such tes- timony as this. "No one who has looked into the faces of a group of little children and has begun, 'There was once a little dog,' or 'There was once a piggy.' or 'When I was a little gill I had a darling pussy -cat,' and has seen the lighted lamps of love in their faces, wilI believe for a moment that they are naturally cruel or even fearful where animals are concerned. The love and care of beasties is the ladder upon which little feet climb to the heights of love and self-sacrifice expressive of the highest and best of that known in later life by the digni- fied -name of 'aItruism'," Nature stories should foster this in- stinctive love, stimulating and train- ing it to feel the spirit rather than to see will accuracy the forms of nature —to feel the beauty born of obedi- ence to law, and to trace the mutual dependence of all living things—ih the hope that even children may real- ize ealize that— "We hat"We are held accountable And God .some future day will reckon With us roundly for the abuse Of what Ile deems no mean or trivial trust.". The book is a gay Little book in an. avenge cover and with excellent live. drawings by Elsie Deane, scattered through the text. In literary form it is excellent. The stories are told in the vivid and dramatic yet simple language which befits 'the high tone of the tales and which it is good for children to read, Altogether those who are in the way of story -telling to children are to be congratulated on. the arrival of the Cargo, which should be invaluable to them, while children Who can read will no doubt unpack it with delight. (McClelland & Ste- wart, Ltd., Toronto). sell yours in the sQl highest Market We have paid for the week ending 4th.. EXTRAS FIRSTS PULLETS. SECONDS eggs for January Deal with an ole reliable busi- ness house with a reputation of more than'. sixty-five years for square dealing. " . Best prices 60c dozen pald. Prompt payments. Cases 66o dozen returned` quickly. Cases sup - 60o dozen piled, 60e each, complete, `delly- .30c dozen ered, payment In advance. Referenoot=Your Own Banker. 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