Zurich Herald, 1930-05-29, Page 6What Are We
Coming To?
Sixteen -Hours Working Week
—and Family Planes
For All
Have you ever tried to visualize
what the world will be like in A.D.
2030? Lord Birkenhead has been do
ing this, and some of his forecasts of
the world of the future are described
below.
lass
c
Pos intelligence, that State mo
Imagine a world in which it is il]
sible by tapping the atomics energy I chase which does not actively eDCOlrr-
of 50,000 tons of water—the amount perisage such unions among its citizens."
displaced by a large liner—to main-� Week -ends in Africa
thin the Polar regions at the teompera-
yeaof the Sahara fora thousand llead,1"soundtrepugnan'., but in esses Lord nce
years!
A world in which television will en- they are reasonable
by segregatingothem
able political leaders to address every
elector on any vital issue and then in prisons during the major portions
for the whole electorate (instead of of their adult life, we put an effective
its representatives) to vote for or brake upon the fecundity of our incur -
against the Government, and for those able criminals. Our descendants will
millions of votes to be automatically adopt the more effective precaution
counted by mechanism installed in our of preventing the birth of those who
telephone exchanges so that the result must inevitably grow up with anti
is -announced twenty minutes after social proclivities. Prevention is bet-
the last speaker has addressed the temhant iBroadmoor."
rd dm owill disappear, but
nation. horse -racing will be as popular as
Factories in the Fields ever in 2030. Week -ends iii. North–
Or
st take a look at thewfuture of ch ern Africa for: the workers—carried
dgricul Picture a world in which thither with their families in family
agriculture and ionsng are eic planes travelling at 400 miles an hour,
tinct; our population fed on n in he An inspiring and thought-provoking
foods made of cellulose grown in the picture of what our world may be
t
derives and warmed by electricity like in a hundred years hence. And
derived from man's mastery overw theewith men—and women living in a
energy stored in every drop of water. world wlilch changes from year to
In this` be neither we are dustr al citesating year before our eyes, it is not improb-
northere will farms.Th'industrial cities able that when the man of A.D. 2030
eThe 'factories will no reads this book, he may wonder a': the
lo
ways—they
need tolbe dott coal.o or rteail- knowledge revealed by Lord Birken-
countrth and will d dotted over the head in 1930. But somehow, I can -
transplanting
served godsy electric trains. not help thinking that the future is
tra The worker
their eat low cost. going to be even more greatly chaug-
vworker in these factories will ed than any mind can visualize to -day.
have the which
nature of the children horn of atl.y,
particular marriage.
"Suppose that it is established be-
yond doubt that the union of A with
B must • inevitably produce children
of 'a type 0, congenitally criminal and
mentally repulsive, then, no matter'
what outcry is raised by the acilier-
ents of various religious denomina-
tions, the State will certainly legis-
late either to prohibit o compulsorily
to sterilize such a marriage.
"Conversely, when the eugenist can
predict that a marriage of D with E
must inevitably pr..dece offspring of
robust physique, .endowed with first -
mastered ie .-._. -- ---
now threaten to enslave hint. He Brighter Stamps for Britain
sof his a him.willrest
be cation for use been put forward for the Postmaster -
thehe will—in on art,eaeducation, travel, General's consideration.. It is that a
the pur lest d health. new series of postage stamps should
Whole Industries to Disappear be prepared, specially for the pur-
It all sounds like a world which has pose of bringing house to us the
never existed. And it hasn't—yet. beauties 0 t' f the countryside.
But that is what w 1 are coming to, If These • stamps it i•s s gg
we are to bleieve Lord Birkenhead's
brilliant new book, "The World in
2030".
And if we remember wireless or
those first aeroplanes of pre- Var
days; the excitement when the Chan-
nel was Sown by Bleriot; and remem-
ber the mighty air -mail liners of the
skies to -day, who can doubt that even
more amazing discoveries relay—nay,
Prince Charming .Returned by Air
Striking photograph of Prince of Wales, tanned by African sun, boarding plane at Marseilles, France,
ng to London from big game hunt on the dark continent.
Glasgow Gets
Fiercest Cross Back
Israelites. • They would remember
how the aged prophet Eli met his enol
while administering justice in the
gate; a messenger brought evil news
After `D90of disasters, both national and do-
mestic, and the old man fell back-
wards from his sea`.
"I was pleased and interested to The Centre of Justice
hear of your project for the re -erection "And they could recollect hohowwhen
of the Mercat Cross of Glasgow. the match -making Naomi had safely
landed a rich suitor for the hand of
Ruth, it,was to the gate that Boaz
went to arrange that strange bargain
for Naomi's parcel of land which legal-
ized his further declaration:—`More-
over, Ruth the Moabitess, the with of
Mahlon, have I purcha.ied to be my
u ested, "These old crosses serve not only
should bear pictures of flowers and as reminders of the past, but also as
animals and landscape. emblems of the continuity of our civic
It is true that we haven't made the and national life, We shall always,
same use of our opportunities in the I hope, be a forward-looking people,
matter of postage stamps as some ready to face ie. an adventurous spirit
other nations. The new series would every new task that confrohts us; but
certainly make for brighter British we must never allow to wither those
sections in our stamp albums, espec- 'roots, embedded in our past, from
ially if new issues, with fresh sub which we derive strength and stability.
jects, were made from time to time. "We have a great history, and the
From the publicity viewpoint, too, more we treasure its memories, the
the idea is a good one. Stamps,
bearing pictures of some of our love-
liest landscapes. would prove a pow-
erful aid to the "Cone to Britain"
movement.
must -come?
Nothing is sure but change. And
the changes Lord Birkenhead fore-
sees will mean the disappearance of
whole industries within the next cen-
tury.
In addition to agriculture, the rub-
ber and cotton industries -will go.
"It is already possible to synthesise
rubber from isoprene in' any ordin-
arily equipped chemical laboratory,"
writes Lord Birkenhead. "The pro-
cess is as yet uneconomic, for syn-
thetic rubber costs anything up to
fifty times the price et the natural
produbt. It is certain, however, that
this will not long continue, and that
within a very few years synthetic rub-
ber will be producer on. an industrial
scale which will soon drive the na-
tural rubber off the market."
The outlook for the cotton industry,
already depressed, is equally black.
The Doom of Cotton
"Artificial silk is already an impor-
tance menace to the existence of cot-
ton spinning and weaving. It seems
to fulfil every function of cotton, and
to fulfil it as satisfactorily. Mate-
rials manufactured from this sub-
stance are more pleasing to the eye
and touch, more desired by women,
and yet as durable as cotton goods.
Artificial silk, which can be produced
as cheaply as cotton, will certainly
destroy the cotton industry.
"Intensive scientific research has
already been fiinanced, both iu• Lan-
cashire and the United States, with
the object of discovering a means
whereby cotton can successfully with-
stand the challenge of artificial silk,"
adds Lord, Birkenhead. "There is
much discussion and promise of all
kinds of zrocesses for mercerizing cot-
ton thread. But I foresee all this
activity will have been in vain. Arti-
ficial silk has already shown itself the
ultimate victor. Cotton is obsoles-
cent."
Motor -cars as Toys
Yet another industry doomed to
eventual extinction is the manufac-
ture of motor -cars, Lord Birkenhead
expects the coming of the cheap, fast,
convenient fainily airplane • to first
cheek and tLen destroy the prosperity
of motor -car manufacturers.
"By 2030 motor -cars will probably
have passed their zenith of pepular-
sty. A century later they will only
be used for shopping, picnics, .and
the amusement of youth. They will,
in fact, sink to the level iiow oc-
cupied by the bicycle."
With all these changes in prospect,
it is natural that soiree attempt sltouild
be made to improve the human race
itself. This will be achieved by
eugenics—scientific breeding.
"During the next century," prop-
hesies Lord Birkenhead, "biology
promises definite alid .sweeping ad-
• vances. The secrets of human here-
dity will certainly receive elucidation
the vague nonsense Which now' mas-
querades as `eugenics' will be replac-
ed by an exact science. Its.experts
Vile claim, for example to predict
With aecuracy the physical and trental
EVERY DAY HEROISM
We should all be heroic if our trials
were on a grand scale! Should we?
Heroism in. the least is the only
pledge or heroism in the greatest. Un-
less we take the smallest trials as
real trials of us and trifling tests as
real tests of us, we give promise of go-
ing down under great ones. Dignify "The Mercat Cross, the token of the
little troubles by the thought of the i city's commerce, which has - developed
from humble beginnings, was being 1'e-
stored on. almost exactly the same site
as its predecessor, which, iu the
phraseology of the period, was 'made
equall with the gruud' in 1053."
Professor R. S. Rait, speaking on
the occasion, said:
"They might ask him to tell them
what meant we, what meant they, by
that Cross to which our remote an-
cestors attached great importance and
our nearer ancestors seemed to have.
attached no importance at all? The
Cross in an ancient burgh, in Scotland
or elsewhere, served the purpose
which was served by the gate many
trality.—Harold Begbie. centuries earlier, iu :the (Ales of the
stronger will be our determination I legal evidence of bargains — these
that the chapter in it for which we •
`three things .constituted a large part
ourselves are responsible shall be of Of life of an early mercantile tom
worthy one."—Mr. Ramsay MacDon-
ald.munity, and in days when the art of
writing was a. rare accomplishment
"Not for centuries have the citizens human memory was helped by the cir
of Glasgow witnessed a scene of more cumstance that such things were done
historical and romantic import than at a fixed and recognized place.
that which was tecl under the "So the Cross became th..$ scene of
shadow of the oldld Tolbooth Steeple, almost everything that affected the
which has stood the test of time as secular life of the community. Goods
the symbol of the community's torpor for sale were exposed at at near thhe
ate existence," says the Glasgow Her Cross. Royal proclamations were read
aid. from it and legal notices were posted
on it.
"Perhaps nothing showed more
clearly the part played by the Market
Cross in the burghal life than the
fact that the Town Council which had
made it `equal with the ground' con-
tinued to speak and act as if it were
still there.
"There were many references to it
in the printed records, and, no reader
would guess that it had ceased to
exist. Everybody knew where.,it had
been, the name was retained in. com-
mon. use, and the egg and butter mar-
ket, for example, continued to be held
at the Cross just as in the days when
an. actual Cross stood there."
Glasgow's new Mercat Cross re -
Thornton Expects
Recovery Shortly
C.N;R. Head Says Good Crop
This Year Will Retrieve
Most of Losses
PROGRESS -TS NOTED
etao etao T etaoi .etaoi etaoin
Ottawa--Slr Henry Thorton said re-
cently the outstanding facts of the
year's operation were so well . known
as not to requirenuicll further explan-
ation, The first six months' business
was splendid.
Then carne a crop shortage and the
failure of the crop to be moved. This
resulted in very material reduction in
the revenues of the company. A
very considerable expense had been
incurred iii preparing for a move•
n'ient that failed to materialize, The
company, however, had taken steps
to see that no hardship was •inflictod'
on the employees by reason of the les-
sened, traffic.
Much May Be Retrieved
The crop was commencing to move
and it would be expedited. With a
good crop this year Sir Henry ex-
pected to "retrieve a good part of
-what has been lost."
The committee afterwards took up
the financial statement. The decrease
in revenue from grain shipments alone
was $15,000,000.
The stock market crash also had
been an adverse influence. Various
other details were given 01 items
which figure in the lessened passenger
and freight revenues of the past year
lisandhed, which already have been pub -
"A fair amount of the decline in
return- passenger traffic is due to highway
competition," said Sir Henry, adding
"true tourist coning in by motor prob-
ably leaves more behind him than if
places, through the beneficence of Dr.
It
nearly 300 h e comes by train. It all amounts
Blackie, that .pulled d
own $300,000,000 a year.
years ago. Policy to Fill Trains
"The object of the railway is to fill
TwentyYearsKing
aits trains and, the better the service,
(H.M. • the King celebrated the the better the patronage," was Sir
twentieth anniversary of his accession Hanson, Henry's
eply to a as to why trqusawe a being
to the Throne).
speeded up when the passenger traf-
King of hearts as well as lands, fit„Improved facilities,” he said, "un
falling. ,
Not upon a throne,
But on you this Empire stands, doubtedly increased business.. Some
You, its corner -stone; services, unprofitable at first, were
Twenty years have proved your worth now very profitable; for example,
To the farthest bounds of earth. those from Canada to New York,
Washington and the south."
Helpfulness has been your aim Montreal Port Growing
wife, to raise up the name of the dead Each and every day,
upon his inheritance.' And you've always played the game
"What the gate was to ancient In akingly way;
Israel the Market Cross was to our Who can ever say that you
forefathers. Justice, bargaining and Failed to keep life's compass true?
divine purpose in them and great,trou-
bles will have dignified treatment. Let
each small annoyance or disappoint-
ment be one degree of heat in the fur-
nace for the steel's sake, one gritty
grain in the grindstone for the knife's
sake and the making of heroism is
here.
FLATTERY
Beware of flattery, 'tis a weed •
Which oft offends stile very idol—vic
Whose shrine it would perfumeFentO
e,
n.
In the moral arena fere is no ne
war's storm broke o'er your
head.
Courage never slept;
When the empire mourned its dead,
With the sad you wept,
Ever hoping for that time .
When the bells of Peace should chime.
•
Sailor King indeed you are,
Cheerful, hopeful, strong,
Kind in peace and calm in war,
Hating strife and wrong,
Clinging close to home and wife,
Pattern of domestic life.
Never since the world began
Has there ever been
Sweeter woman, kinder man,
Than our King and Queen,
And, if this seem simple praise,
Let who can name nobler traits.
A. B. Cooper iu Answers,
Happiness comes far more from
within than from without.—J. F.
Clarke.
The world is full of hope for the
man who has hopes for himself.—J.
Brierley. '
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5NGLISH MANUFACTURERS CONTINUE•TO tXPERIMENT WITH SPEEb CARS Wile au Tiour, and beat I; ay
('apt. llirkin, English speed driver, at wheel of Zion Dorothy ragent's ear, when he'' set tip new track record of 135.33 1 S ,
record.
r
The St. Lawrence route, Sir Henry
stated, is becoming more and more
popular and Montreal a very growing
port. Fine train services undoubted-
ly bring to Canadian ports much Euro-
pean traffic orginating in the United
States. Because $10,000,000 was lost
on passenger services, it did not mean
that it was all lost. All the large rail-
ways had the same experience. Pas-
senger services could not be dispensed
with and, "if they are not good, we
should not .have them." The most
profitable services really were the
suburban. It cost no more to have a
full train than au empty one.”
Col. Cantley wanted to know when
the company would be needing more
freight care and. Sir Henry said the
system had inherited 5,000 old wood-
en cars, which were being got rid of
as quickly as possible.
"Do you ever anticipate coming to
the end of your betterment program?"
asked 1Vialcolm McLean, M.P.
"No, no railway or no individual,
ever does," Sir Henry answered. •
e Don'S
Man Sought For 18 Years
Arrested When He Begs
Chicago. -"Big Charley," wanted for
1S years in. connection with. a $272,-000
safe -cracking in Canada, was held at
the Detective Bureau recently for the
authorities at New Westminster, B.C.
"Charley," • alias • John W. Harris,
alias J. P. Montague, alias William St.
Clair, hold-up man, burglar and yegg,
is alleged to have been a member of
the bandit gang which raided the Bank
of Montreal branch at New Westmin-
ster in the summer et 1912. Despite
a convincing police record, CharleY
denied emphatically that lie was a
versatile criminal. He said:
"The charges are ridiculous. Why,
son, I'rn old enough to be your grand-
father. Do I look like a 'Pete Man?
They don't want me in Canada, either.
That cop arrested me just because we
tough?
look g
Do
I
ut,
•
had an argument. gme
Of course not,
and you have to be •
tough to do all the things they say I
did."
As Sergeant Thomas Connolly was.
leaving his home, a shabby man asked
him for a dime to buy coffee. Connol-
ly took him to the Detective Bureau,
where he gave his name as Joseph'
Burgess, but was identified as "Big
Charley."
Montreal: T1ie Bank of Montreal
has no information, nor have city.de-
tectivei, on "Big Charley."
Many Motorists .
Don't give a hoot for pedestrians,
—Are content, to take life as it
conies.
--Know all about the crawl of the
open road,
—Seem 'to enjoy Miming down their
fellow -men.
—Like speed -hogging, but are keen
on saving their oWn. bacon.
-•--Go crazy over a new car and finish
ttp ley doing the Baine thing under it.
—Discover that in addition to the
cost of the car, there is the upkeep
and very often the turnover,