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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-04-28, Page 7A lIO ZZ WHICH'TR NS TOWARD TRF . UN D1^ Siskey Iduddlestoi . How any of us have longec1 for house whose iiitede*s might always face the sun". ht! Such a house ha been design esu by two Parisian arcbi tects, Georges ?,ecuyer and Ileeri Ju bailie It is 'ailed the "Villa Tourne 'sol and revel- es on a platform to sal the desire of the occupant. The corerlete model, perfect it every detail• lionbeen exhibited at th Exposition de l'I:iabitation et des Art Decoratifs, which has been opened a Nice, As mwy be supposed, it is th most attractive of all the exhibits and has pro;olred many celmens from the pens of descriptive writers and • ture especially adapted to the char; actor of the rooms. As rule, clear 8 colors havebeen chosen, which will - enhance the effect of sunlight, but el- - though black is banished, startling - colors are also avoided. Thus a bed - t room is in mahogany with siiver chairs and mauve hangings, This 1 combination is said to be ideal for a e room in which the rising, sun will • enter. t In the studio ,almond green and e old Utrecht yellow are adopted. Even , such details as the covers of the books, which are in yellow, ,have been care- fully considered. social commentators. The Villa Tournesol is a comfort- able and spacious abode. It reposes on a round mobile platform hi meta and concrete. To some extent this platform: is similar to the turntables used in railway yards, It has eight large beams raced •starwise on a cen- tral pivot. At the end of each beam is an iron wheel which is inserted into a circular rail. Sufficient space is left for periodic examination and re- pairs. Needless to say, the foundations, of reinforced concrete, are extremely solid, and are built on a special plan. T}e mechanism of gyration is simple enough, and is worked by an electric nester. In the interior of the house a button may be pressed, and the structure will start to turn slowly. it can be stopped instantly. Withy a motor of four horsepower, it is; caldu- Iated that the complete circuit can be made in an hour. That is regardel as rapid enough, and generally speal;- ing, the house may be turned toward the sun in •a few minutes, while even when t"he edifice is in motion. it may be entered easily. * * * * It will at once be understood that no extraordinary ingenuity is re- quired to carry, out the scheme; and; yet a revolving house strikes one as almost revolutionary. The architec- , ture is sober. The polygonal form; has been preferred, because it is loss Monotonous than the round form, The eight sides of the house give it a pleasing appearance, and they have been made as decorative as possible,. It is Lucien Boudot, who is known for his originality of style and his ex- ceptional taste, who has been callers in to make the design harmonious and truly artistic, and he has also made valuable suggestions for the internal arrangements, The rooms of a house are generally more or less rectangular in shape, but in the VilIa- Tournesol they are natur- ally V-shaped. At first sight it would seem to be difficult to compose such a room which should be agreeable to t the eye. But thedifficulty has been overcome by a dexterous distribution of various projections. Quaint cupboards have been placed here and there, for instance, while sections have been cut off to serve as pantries and other offices. Furni- ture has been disposed in such a man- ner as to break up the lines—furni- An internal court has walls of Wedgwood blue, and is paved with white and blue marble. The bathroofn 1 in in tones of light pink. •Everything in the house is designed in conformity with the notion that it may be turned toward the sun, Bordering the revolving platform is a terrace with a balustrade. On the roof is a terrace with a pergola, and in the centre a glass -covered dome. * * It may, however, be asked what price is required for such a house. The model that is shown, with its large vestibule, its bureau/its salon, its dining room, its big kitchen and offices, its two bedrooms, its bath- room, its closets, its cabinets, and i roomy cupboard's, and its centrad court, lits roof terrace, and its external ter- race; is estimated atg1.,25�0,000 francs, l or about $50,000. This includes the ; decorations and the furnishings of 'the most sumptuous kind. The meth - .however, only represents 200,- 000 francs, or some $8,000. For persons of limited means it should be added that the authors of the project declare that it is possible to build smaller and less luxurious villas which will turn on a pivot at very little cost. The mechanism of these villas is estimated at 20,000 francs that is to say, considerably less than $1,000. "^ All kinds of econ- omies can be effected on the ornamen- tations and furnishings, and, in short, a house that turns toward the sun at the pleasure of the occupant can be had for a most reasonable rate. M. Sergine, writing in ('Illustra- tion, rightly says: "After the instinc- tive surprise caused by the idea of a turning house, one will 'quickly be- come accustomed to such a realization and even be astonished that it should have been thought of so late; for by its form and its rotative movement, the house is in perfect harmony with the form and the movement of the universe.' In any case, there is something pe- culiarly poetic and attractive ih the, cern to the Government," stated, the project, and it is safe to say : that Minister of Lands and . Forests pre - this combination of modern mechan senting to the provincial legislature his policy which aims at further In- creasing this wealth and at rehabilit- ating the forest lands within the lim- its of the province. The amount of white and red pine alone in the pro- vince he estimated as sufficient to last for fifty years without counting on ned growth, ensuring vast revenue to the province. COMMERCIAL DEMAND HEAVY, The commercial drain on the province's timber resources is very large, both through the lumber and the pulp„ and paper industries. The first sale of pulpwood was made in the province in 1891 and to -day, of the $500,000,000 invested in the in- dustry, Ontario is represented by about $1.75,000;000. Of the nearly $210;000,000 invested in the lumber industry of Canada, almost $55,000,- 000 is concerned with Ontario opera- tions. For the last five years the average annual value of the produc- tion of lumber, laths, shingles and ties has been approximately $37,500; 000;, pulp and paper, $66,642,000; 'pulpwood exported, $3,800,000; and fuel wood, 812,229,0.00; or a total of approximately $120,000,000. One compensation for the depletion of the pine resources has been the rapidity with which other timbers, poplar for instance, were taking its place. Poplar is now coming greatly into demand for the manufacture of. fine paper and this fabrication has been suecess`fully inaugurated in the province.. At the same time it is the declared intention of the Goverineent to stop the export of pulpwood as rapidly es possible. While it is rec- ognized that Ontario has great timber resources yet, Northern Ontario, for instance, having vast stretches that ^1,4.....1.1.!1•1110.15,171!•11..1...• After their Canadian visit the boy choristers of the Royal Chapel return. to England, some of them ecluiped p with skates they secured in the Do,minlon. FOREST POLICY OF ONTARIO PROVINCE Secure Co-operation of Town- ships, Municipalities and Farmers to Aid in Work. STOP EXPORT OF PULP WOOD TO CONSERVE TIMBER Revision of their forest policies stems to be in order in the great tiln ber provinces of Canada to the end that their forest wealth may be fur- ther assured of preservation and their r forest industries of stabilization and perpetuation. The Quebec Govern- ment recently moved to take steps to protect its forest industries by follow- ing up more actively its policy of safeguarding the forests through re- planting and ensuring an abundance of supplies for those mills aiready''in existence before favoring the estab- lishment of other mills. Now the On- tario Government, which has always shown itself progressive in forestry matters, is inaugurating a new and novel policy of conservation calculated to further preserve and perpetuate the province's forests to the people through enlisting the support of the general public in the prttiseworthy are barely scratched, the Government thinks it advisable to take early meas- ures not only to conserve this forest wealth but ensure the future of the pulp and paper industries, and the new measures of the Minister of Lands and Forests are aimed at this. NEW REFORESTATION POLICY. .The new policy is directed at se- curing the co-operation of the town ships and municipalities of the pre vince and the farmers of the southern area to aid in the work. These `will be invited to set aside tracts of land for reforestation purposes, farmer being asked to devote ten acres, th - poorest on their farms, to this pur pose. The Government will provid the trees and attend to their planting tiat the same me giving the growers three options. After a period of thirty years the growers can take over the tracts planted entirely from the Government, or return them to the Government, or enter into part- nership with the Government in the reforestation plan. While this will go a long way to- wards building up Ontario's forests, it does not affect the province's great- est menace, that of fire, but it is gratifying to 1e.arn that energetic measures are resulting in a diminu- tion of the anneal loss by this means. In 1923 Ontario lost 2,120,148 acres of forest land through fire; in 1924, 146,000 acres; in 1925, 187,000 acres.; and in 1926 the efficiency of fire pa- 'trol reduced this to 82,000 acres. The Ontario Government had gradually :built up and developed a very able aerial forest patrol service, and has ' at Sault Ste. Marie what is claimed ' to be the greatest .areodrome centre in America from which fire -fighting forces are able to spot fires andex- , tinguish thene before any great dam- age is done. In 1926 the cost of fire !protection amounted to about $4000,- 000, $300,000 of this :being contributed by lumbermen who hold concessions in the area. s e e work. "Ontario leads the world in timber wealth, in spite of -the enormous com- mercial demands being made upon its resources and a fire menace ` which has destroyed many millions of acres and is still a problem of great con - ism, artistic taste, and the natural love of sunlight, will before long be given in Francs, in England, and in America practical shape, and many people will avail themselves of the new possibility of living ,alwaysx, in the sun, The Adventurous Brook. The tiny, excited brook romps an gurgles with delight at the prospec of seeking adventure. Its exalte babble mingles with the lowing ap proval of the cattle in the near -b meadows. It wends its irresponsibl way in a lurching, twisting, • carefre manner. The silly little brooklet hn not a single worry. Bushes line the banks in an effor to ward off possible harm. Their slender arms wave a farewell to th stream as it rushes by. The tall proud trees on the hill seen to smile at its childish antics. Pieces of, flotsamretreat to tiny, quiet bays as though trying to catch their breath. They then again join their joyously carousing comrade who has swaggered on -,alone. A leaf from a neighborly tree is aroused from its lethargy and swirls down to take part 4n the fun, A twig comes hurrying „after in an effort to join these strange 'Playmates. d t d 3' e e s t e A motherly bush reaches out a watchful arm and stops the twig long enough to gently admonish it to behave. She then reluctantly' re- leases it to resume its wild gambols. .YYLL- ing bridge, giving its base a nils• chievous slap as it swishes along. A dam causes the brook to hesitate a moment in wonder. It becomes sol- emn and quiet for a few minutes as 1; struge es to understand the mean- • tag of this strange obstacle. The un - detested streams hurdles the barrier dnd' continues its mad pace, The am has been too difficult for the _h:ldish brook to understand. The banks' :for the first time melee its rapid growth and draw away tom it in cautious regard. The stream # ows down its p^re in Consternation. l`b ponders on their strange' behavior. It becomes more taciturn and quiet, -brooding to itself. The brook hest•• Cates, but briefly, however, only to above swiftly and excitedly onward: le then rashes along :furiously, con- *idering its fancied wrong, tumbling aver a falls with ni.inclignant boom - :trig roar. It boils with rage, The *ream. 'slowly calms down and begins. to realize the truth, It has matured and is no longer a little brook but e u11 -grown elver, Tho river thoughtfully continues en its way, a great, humble, placid stream. It gently flows along, cares make up for its outburst of childish temper. The apology must have been accept- ed, for the river continues on its way with a soft murmur of happiness. To know the happy consciousness of the thirsty animals partaking of its pre- cious fluid, the trees stretching out their long trunks endeavoring to se- cure their share of the crystal water, is its reward. The big river is at' lest contented, for it realizes its grand purpose --- the privilege of helping others. Utilization of Natural Gas. The low cost of production of natural gas coupled with the belief that the supply was inexhaustible has in the past led to certain abuses in Canada. In days gone by, in towns lighted by natural gas it seemed to be an ex- travagant expenditure to pay a pian to turn the gas off In daytime so the lights vreee allowed to burn through- out the twenty-four hours. And in Western Ontario, where the earliest welds were dniiiled from 1890 to 1895,. there were few customers in Canada .but large potential markets in the. cities of Detroit and Buffedo, the pro - duet of the weirs was heavily export- ed; this •export was curtailed In 1898 and 1900. Canadians. are wisely learn- ing more au.i more to- put their raw materials to industrial and other tunes at home rather th,an.,clisposing of them in an unruanufactured state. -_�...•---soh—� .......� Distribution of Canada's Water Power. The significance of the distributions of Canadian water power in relation to its present. and future require- ments, may be appreciated when it is reajized that 82 per cent. of the total developed water power and, roughly, 60 ,per cent. of the total re- sources are situated in Ontario and Quebec, which also contain 82 per cent, of the manufacturing i2ideis-try of the Dominion,' Canadians Like Eggs.... To supply the breakfasts and eggs. hogs, etc., of tho Canadian homes near, its, eleven million dozens of eggs are kept In etora,ge. This is oven a dozen iter every man, woman and child in the cotinteys Similarity nearly five. pounds of meat per capita, excluding pouuiitry, aro available, and 2 lbs. each irifr g the soft, grassy banks, tryiney to Of 1n tten• 'anal chees1O. • A SANE AND HEALTIiY POLICY. Ontario, in. common with the rest of Canada, is endeavoring to follow a sane and healthy policy with regard to its forests and the insurance of future supplies. The pulp and paper industry has in record manner reach- ed the leadership among Canadian in- dustrial ativities and it is felt has attained adequate heights of produc- tion having regard to forest resour- ces.' Nothing in Ontario, according to the Minister of Lands 'and Forests, has done more to stabilize industrial conditions than the pulp and paper industry, but now, following the ex- ample of Quebec, the Government hesitates to make further connniit- ments. Canada's Virgin Soils. Few people realize how steadily Iend settlement is contliurthg in the west. In 19260up to :and including September over 5000 homesteads were taken up stn the four western prewinces, repre- senting an arena of over 630,000 acres. Tide was nearly double the area taken up in 1925. There is still much virgin land in Canada capable of tremendous production agriculturally and this is equally true of every section of the Dominion from the Maritime Pro- Vinae's, to the Peace River 'country, Your Bill, Sir? A novel type of taximeter supplies the: passenger at the end of his Jour - nee -with a printed ticket showing the exact amount of fare dine. FLtGHt t.LIEUTY o. R, CARR One of the two TLA..F, officers, who, in s. powerful airpiaue, will, next May, ettoinet the quickest and first lion -stop journey to India. The :,Joyous Wanderer, f go by road, I go by street--- Lira, la 1a! 0 white high roads, ye know my feet! A loaf I carry and, all told, Three broad bits of lucky' gold- Lira, la la! And oh, within my flowering heart (Sing, dear„ nightingaleis my Sweet, A poor man met me and begged for bread— Lira, la la! "B�`rother, take all the loaf," I said. }'J• • shall but go with lighter cheer" Lira, la la! And oh, within my flowering heart -. (Sing, sweet nightingale!) is my Dear, What They Are Saying, Life is too short to waste it on be- ing miserable unless you really, enjoy being miserable,—Miss Dorothy Dickson. The present generation is a very bright generation. It is better - looking, healthier, stronger, and keen- er than its, predeoessor.—Loyil Riddell. People have no more right to be ill than they have to be criminals, --Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane. Nine -tenths of the things an adult does are done because other people do them.—Dr. J. A. Hadfield. The world is much the best univer- sity. One does not 'begin to learn until the gates of the college have closed behind one for good, and the problems of life are met in actual experience. -Lord Abercronway. We are still a very long way from having exhausted the possibilities of wireless to anything like their full extent.—Senatore Marconi. Hard work is the friend! of the soul, the guardian angel of the conscience, .medicine for the body, and protection 'against all sorts of temptation.—Gen. Bramwell Booth. Friends. After all this, treat thy friend 'nobly, love to be with him, do to him all the worthinesses of love and fair endearment, according to thy ca- pacity and his.... Give him gifts and upbraid him not, and refuse not his kindnesses, and be sure never to despise the smallness or the impro- priety of them, . So must the love of friends sometimes be refreshed with material and low caresses, lest by striving to be too divine it becomes less human: it must be allowed its share of both: it is human in giving pardon and fair construction, and in emit aneed ti openness and g y, p ng secrets: it hath something that is di- THIRTEEN HUNDRED MILLS OPERATING... vine because it is beneficent; but In 1925 there were -1,310 mills in much because it is eternal.—Jeremy operation in Canada, 455 of them be- ing flour and grist mills and 855 chop- ping mills. Ontario is most active in this industry with 664 mills, followed When a grate fire is wanted and by Quebec with 392 mills. Alberta neither coal nor wood is at hand', has 65, Saskatchewan 61, Manitoba paper fagots may be quickly made 36, New Brunskick 35, Nova Scotia from old newspapers. Two or three 28, Prince Edward Island 24, and sheets only should be folded together British Columbia 6. The total in the the original folds and then twisted ing capacity in Canada, per 24 hours, very tight. It is surprising how sue- in 1925 was 120,751 barrels, of which cessful such a fire will be, and how Ontario accounted for 63;063 barte]a,. enduring. It is also very beautiful, and Quebec 22,264 barrels. Western for the printers' ink contains chemi- Canada's daily capacity was 33,486 Gals which produce the most unusual barrels and that of the Nlanitinie Pra- green and blue flames. If one cares winces 1,933 barrels. The tendency to take the trouble, such fagots may of late years would seem to have been be made in quantities, thoroughly soaked in water, and dried. So made, they -will be found to be [almost as hard as wood and quite as lasting for fuel. This is not difficult to under- stand when one rememb•ens. that the paper itself is made from wood pulp. F1�4I9R l�i[�JN� 1N- �i1fSTRY 0�' CANADA Competes for Leadership With the Pulp .and Paper • • Industry... REMARKABLE GROWTH OF FLOUR MANUFAC- TURE. The Canadian flour mtllin�g intim- try is one of the main sources of Canadian industrial revenue, this manufacture vying with the pulp and paper industry for leadership .among Dominion industrial activities in point of value of annual production. A re- cent Government survey ooverin'g this industry since the first Dominion census was taken in 1871, reveals the remarkable growth of flour manufac- ture in Canada, which has in. the time. placed its product on markets all, over the world and made it as potent an advertiser of Canadian quality as the country's wheat. The -develop- ment of the manufacture of flour in Canada has, in fact, very IargeIy cor- responded to the settlement and culti- vation of the great wheat growing territory of Western Canada, and it is reasonable to suppose that the fu- ture of Canadian flour production will be gauged to .some extent by fur- ther settlement in the wheat growing areas, which have recently been con- siderably expanded. In 1871 the oapital invested in the industry amounted to only 9,929,898, and the production to $39,135,919. By 1891 the capital was $23,039;041 and the production $52,423,286. In 1911 capitalization was $42,905,689 and production $82,494,826. In 1925 the capital invested had grown to '$6.0; 104,258 and production to $187,944; 731. Analysis of investment shows it to be over fifty per cent. Canadian and the rest mainly United States. In this last year a total of 6,166 persons were employed in the industry and paid $7,190;022. The cost of the raw materials used in the industry in 1925 was $163,164,668, making the value added by manufacture $24,780,063. Isu the fifty-four years since the first census was taken the capital in the flour milling industry of Canada has increased by over 500 per cent. and the production by over 380 per cent. Taylor. Paper Fagots for the Grate. Silk From Wood. Nearly seven tons- of wood are .re- quired to produce one ton of artificial for new mills to locate in the Prairie Provinces, in the heart of the wheat country from which they draw their raw material. In the production of 1925 the out- standing item is that of wheat flour which amounted to 17,769,366 barrels with a value of $131,870,175. In the manufacture of this flour, 95,750,772 bushels of wheat worth $112,419,521 were used. This amounts to very silk, and for the same reason that Can - wheat. 30 per cent. of the Dominion oda has become an outstanding pro- wheat production of 1924 which would dicer of newsprint—namely large re- be utilized in theuia•nufaatwre of Soar sources of suitable pulp timber and n the year 10,318,840 barrels its the facture following convenient natural, power sites,the iyear. Of this menu- entrees Dominion! is also destined to become worth $74,319,169 were exported, or ono of the great rayon textile menu- between 58 and 59 per cent. of the facturing countries. She already is a total volume of production. At the envy producer of pulp used in this in- same time 5,1,697 barrels worth $450,- 1dustry •,sacs many millions of dollars 161 were imported, making a Can- adian domestic consumption of 7,502,- are bein.g invested for its furtheir 223 barrels worth $58,001,167, or a manufacture histo rayon yarns saes i p•er capita domestic consumption of cloths. Canadian Honey of High - Quality. One of the most wholesome and easily digested sweets in the world to -day is produced in Canada in quantities sufficient to maintain a large export trade, says the Natural Resources Intelligence Service. Honey is the sweet in question. Honey is really a predigested food as the bees have modified the sugar content of the nectar. Hence It is a very valuable food for children and ievadids without in any way impairing its food value ae an everyday relish. Canadian homey has a world-wide reputation for tts highs quality and pure consistent flavor. 1 -lad to Play Baa. It was a . lovely summer afternoon and school was nearly over, Jonas was looking forward to e gable of base: ball very soon -- and then the blow fell. "Jones," sold the master shortly, "your last suns ass wrong, you'll have to stay behind and work it out again." Jones gulped, land then he said, "lfow much was, I wrong by, sir?„ "Three ce:nts," replied the master, "Well—well, sir," stammered the boy, as he put his. hand in his trouser pocltet, "do you :mind 11 1 pay the die feronee? , I've got a match on this evening," .81 barrels worth $6.26. FLOUR EXPORTS ANIS CUSTOMERS. Wheat flour exports from Canada 'increased in volume in 1926, though on account of lower prices prevailing the total- value was slightly Lower. Shipments from the Dominion in that year amounted to 10,456,916 barrels valued at $71,993,608, ee compared with 10,318,840 barrels worth $74,- 3194(39 74;319;169 in 1925, and 11,476,868 bar - role worth $64,295,566 in 1924. The value of Canadian flour exports has practically doubled in the past ten years, shipments in 1916 amounting to 6,400,214 barrels worth $35,767,- 044. 35,767;044. The United kingdom was Canada's first flour customer in 1926, tal;i.ng 3,526,63.0 barrels worth 824,385,878, as compared with 2,657,999 barrels worth $18,701,231 in the previous year. The -next heaviest importer was Germany, which simikirly in- creased its purchases, Newfoundland and Brazil and Greece each purchased Canadian flour to the extent of over $2,000,000 in the first nine months of the present fiscal year, and Trinidad .and Tobago, China, Denmark and the F Irish ree State were responsible for buying to the extent 01 about a mil- lion and a half dollars. JAMAICA French West Indies, and Norway were all ever the million dollar mark in their purchases and Vene�••iela just under that figure.