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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-03-24, Page 16. R it 1.�--�'� ••�nrm� NFSCOUTS Our Weekly Scout Law, 1. A Scout's ' Old Country hovers of several years Honor is to be Trusted, + Scout experience are being sought by This is the first of the Scout Laws the Hudson's Bay Co. for apprentice - to which every Boy Scout throughout ship posts in Canada. Ten or more the world has subscribed. What more have been in touch with Dominion can be said of a boy" or a man than Scout Headquarters. A recent typical that he is honorable? Shakespeare letter from a Scottish hover tells of has said that "My honor is my life;" j two months atom. as cook with his and it is certain that a boy not ismuch factor on an Ungava island, awaiting use without life, and it is eqis p ter- the freeze-up, then visits of Eskimos, tain that without a code of honor lie the making of igloos, hunting seals cannot use his life to very effective and trapping foxes. All these young purpose for the uplifting of himself OT Scout adventurers write cheerily, re - of his fellow men. 1 fleeting the true Scout spirit under And what does honor mean? Ac- conditions that at times must be lone - cording to my dictionary a person vtlto seemly trying • is held in boner is one who is esteem- There are two boys away up in the ed, respected and upright, And such far north of Ontario, who are working a person is one who can be trusted., for the Hudson's Bay Company, hav- so that when he gives his word on any I ing coma out from Scotland for that matter there can be no doubt but what ! purpose, who are an the roll of the he intends to carry out his promise to Ontario Lone Scout Department. Tra- the letter. Telling is so difficult in that country Thus a Scout is honorable, and may that we do not hear from them very be trusted, because having given bis 1 often, but they are trying to carry out their Scout programme loyally promise to obey the Scout Law, of , away up in that lonely country. which this is the first clause, he willAn Emergency Guard of Honor follow through to the very end any Au interesting inside story of the task which he undertakes "Cu his role played by a Boy Scout"Guard of honor, and further, being a Scout and Honour is told by President D. P. trying all the time to obey the Scout Cruikshanks of the Minto Skating Law, he will not make statements Club of Ottawa. The occasion was the which are not true. last visit of Viscount and Lady Will - Scouts At Famous English Schools , ingdon to the annual skating carnival, No less than. eighty Old Country! the "Mints Follies," accompanied by public schools now have their Boy distinguished members of the diplo- Scout Troops. The latest additions; rnatie corps and several provincial are Epsom, Mill Hill, Oakliam, Oundle, . lieutenants -governors. Tonbridge and le-estminster. Cana- To facilitate the approach of the which resulted in a big majority for dean Scouts on tour after the great , party to the vice -regal box a strip of the Government. 1929 World Jamboree in England were . carpet had been placed upon the ice. __--...,a _- ,-_ much interested in a Scout notice'A. few minutes before the arrival of the Board in the famous quadrangle at guests the director, on a final tour of The Attacks on insurance I slipped under him, ' holidays. Immediately came visions of a catas- This is another token of the fact trophe—His Excellency or Her ExceI- that it is generally recognized that the lency, or the Japanese Consul General, Scout Programme is beneficial to boys or the U.S. Minister—possibly even of all ranks and classes, and in every the whole distinguished party in a station of life. heap on the ice: And even broken It should be recollected that the bones! "Public Schools' mentioned here are The director thought rapidly. the old established boarding schools Smartly uniformed Scouts were of England, which are attended for the scattered about the auditorium on most part by the sons of wealthy par- various duties. ents, who pay high fees for their boys' Hastily he called them together. education at these colleges They Quickly he explained and placed them should not be confused or compared at intervals along the carpet, each Gco4l Pra Lice Jean Shiley is shown here clearing the bar at over 5 feet. This is just training. We'd say she should prove a good Olympic hope. against• the misuse of this Act, be -r causes anyone wishing to take advent -1 age of the new Act cannot do so un- less it has been passed upon by a local Judge." There was strenuous opposition to the passing of the Budget by the Lib- eral and Progressive members, but the vote was a straight Party one, the Con- servatives lining up solidly behind the measure, while the Liberals and Pro- gressives voted for the Amendment, Eton, recording the activities or Eton inspection, stepped upon the carpet. It Companies Scout patrols prior to the summer with the "public school" as we know it i boy's toes firmly clamping the carpet in Canada. edge to the ice. When Does Wind Whistle? Their Excellencies and guests passed How do trees indicate varying wind through the erect line of Scouts, smil- velocities? At what 'wind 'velocity ingiy appreciative of the youthful does dust rise and swirl, and loose guard of honour—and reached their paper whirl into the air? At what box in safety. velocity does wind whistle in the tele- Boys who are interested in the Lone shone wires? Ask a Boy Scout who Scouts may obtain full particulars by has been studying his 1932 Canadian writing to the Lone Scout Department, Scout Diary. Boy Scouts Association, 330 Bay St., Scouts For Hudson's Bay Co. Toronto 2. • The Legislature 1 In Brief The Ontario Budget was carried in the Legislature with another big Gov- ernment majority. The Hon. E. A. Dunlop, Provincial Treasurer, in tab- ling his budget, showed it to be a bal- anced one for the year 1932, together with an estimated surplus of three hundred and sixty-five thousand dol- lars. Increased taxation, amounting to four million three hundred and ten thousand dollars, coupled with gov- ernmental economies and expenditure cuts of four million, six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars are also shown in the budget. Increased Taxation Tile attacks upon two Canadian in- surance companies which gave rise to a recent debate in parliament have been deprecated not only by leading members of the House of Commons, but, since the debate took place, by dozens of influential newspapers throughout the Dominion. Seldom has the press spolcen with so unanimous a voice. One of the companies, the North American Life, has its head office in Toronto. The attacks upon it had to do with its recent mutualization under Mr. Thomas Bradshaw. Mr. Bradsha}v and Mr. J. IL Gundy, who at one time jJ jointly controlled the company, were denounced in certain quarters as men' who had profited unduly from the' mutualizing transaction. But as Hon. Charles Stewart pointed out iu the House on Monday, 'the price which these gentlemen received for their shares was the price which they had paid. They did not make a profit. So far as Mr. Gundy was concerned, he was already out of the company before mutualization took place. Late in 1930 he had transferred his shares to Mr. Bradshaw at cost. Mr. Brad- shaw, finding himself in control and Ret:; ernent finding also that there was provision It is not difficult to get away into for mutualization in the company's charter, proceeded to submit a plan to the shareholders and policyholders which. was carried`by them without a dissenting voice. This plan involved the relinquishment of the Bradshaw stock at the price he had paid for it. The sum of $1,275,000 which retired the stock to the shareholders and en- abled the North American to function as a mutual company was secured from funds in which the policyholders had no interest or equity—chiefly from the surplus in the company' s non -par- ticipating fund. The participating fund out of which dividends are paid to policyholders was not only left ab - r�r •�4449rr�a.r�-�+rwr� v 4 -r+ -'r 1 Current Events As Viewed By The Press . -r-tr-s� 0' -M -r-4-+-4- --a-o-r-s-rR-.'+'• 0-ra 7.4e-6. 8.4.4-s-4, The New British Tariff take her part in the coming pet t .a Which particular Canadian products of prosperity, but to c1a this suctiese- are most likely to derive benefit from fully, our manufacturers mast bo. pre - the new British tariff? The subject is Pared to meet the tas=te, the quality, discussed in the Commercial Intellt- and the price of the buyer, and this; gence Journal of March 6, published, cannot be clone unless we send abtord by the Department of Trade and the right men, armed with the tight Commerce, Ottawa, by Mr. Iiarrison goods, --Sir Harry Gloster Arms'tr Watson, Canadian Trade Commission-. in the`' Empire ,•review t, trenches er in London, who thinks that the 1 the following are among Canadian I If in future the millers ere to bey articles in which our export trade is 15 per cent. of their 'bread cereal see likely to be stimulated by the prefer -t pensively in Britain and are to h eatiai duties: Flour, cereals (includ-1 compelled to buy 55 per ceut. from ing possibly malting barley), cereal! the Dominions, a dangerous situattn:t foods, apples, pears, concentrated! may arise. If Dominion grain•grorv- apPle juice, canned fruits and 'eget ers were to organize a pool they might ables, honey, milk powder (and to a 1 force up the price of bread grain ell - lesser extent evaporated and candelas - trade to any figure. The Englishc am ed milk), canned salmon, timber, I trade and millers would have no to dowels, handles and other wooden- portunity of buylnc enough cheat ware, paper boards of various kinds,1 grain to peep the price of oar ivaf wrapping paper, wallboards, rubber down, as their "free market" would footwear, gloves, silk hosiery, metal- have been curtailed to some no per lie office furniture, agricultural ma 1 cent. of their requirements. Nor c•,u,d chiuery and household electric apple- our Government meet such an attempt- anees. ed hold-up by reducing the quota, es The outstanding fact from a Can; the Dominions would have obtuinc d a adieu point of view is that up to definite quota for their grain in re - November c•-Novenrber 15 next the British Gov -I turn for giving us a quid pro quo forernment has granted Canada and all! manufactures. So our industiial'atr< Empire countries immunity from the would use their iufinenee to apli:: 10 per cent. duty levied from March 1 on all goods of foreign origin, ex- cept a comparatively short list ap- pended to Mr. Watson's report. --The Mail and Empire (Toronto). any curtailment h the Dominion wheat quota lest it react on the it sales. But the effect upon Bri iidi bread prices might be dangerous, eve•;, calamitous, on inter -Imperial re'a- tions and good will.—Viscount Aster L The Empire Conference. •the nineteenth Century (London s. Empire solutely intact, but becomes entitled Strong as Empire trade sentiment to all future surplus earnings of the "It Pays to Advertise." non -participating fund which, under may be, it is obvious that the sum the old system, would have gone to cess of the coming conference will "I can count on my ten finger' tie only result if all parties approach the departrrieut stores in this country Oslo shareholders. are doing more business today thurx they did a year ago," said Mr. Babeee. "and in every case I find them also, doing more advertising than a year ago." Mr. Babson is of tate opiniuri that manufacturers and merchurtts who offer good quality, honest serv- ice and the lowest possible price:, and emphasize them be- truthful, forceful and continual advertising wild find 1932 a profitable year. In other and more familiar words, a year it, which it will pay to advertise.--Bes• ton Christian Science Monitor. The Language of Broadcasts. The talking motion pictures anti the radio are undeniably having at effect on language as it is spoken. Tile microphone has definite limits, which are even further limited by the films and their technique. Long words, and particularly sibilant words with aim anee of inflection, do not reproduce properly. So for tate .making of "talk- ies," there has to be a vocabulary censorship. This censorship has weed- ed out a long list of words. It is noteworthy that most of those words which have been retained have been those belonging, roughly speaking, to the Anglo-Saxon family. And many of those which have been banished are of distinctly Latin ancestry.—Phis adelphia Ledger. tura under direct relief last year had been. eliminated Ontario 'would have had a surplus of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Having to include the necessary amount for direct relief this year and to secure a balanced bud- get, it meant that additional revenue to the extent of four million dollars had to be raised. Liquor Board Not "Robbed" From the Liquor Control Board, the Government had received ten million dollars, but the profits of the Board had been. 51,509,3.46 less than this figure, the difference being realized from the surplus profits in the hands of the Board, "Any statement, how- ever," said Mr. Dunlop, "that the Gov- ernment had robbed the, Board is en- tirely erroneous." Power to declare a moratorium in the case of a municipality in default of payment of its bonds is provided for in the newly -created Ontario Municipal Board under provisions of a bill in- troduced to the Legislature by Attor- ney -General Price. The bill merges the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board and the Bureau of Municipal Af- fairs into one Board. This Board is commissioned to render upon any municipal matter and is empowered to scrutinize the debenture of any muni- cipality and declare a moratorium when a municipality is in default and thus prevent suits against the muni- cipality. The Board may inquire into the affairs upon the request of the :municipality itself, or of twenty per cent. of its creditors, Moratorium Act Explained The increases It taxation include: raising the gasoline tax by one cent to six cents a gallon; a tax of ten cents a bottle en all imported liquors and wines and a tax of twenty-five cents a gallon on domestic wine; ex- t ension of the amusement tax to in - ,elude itickets as low as twenty-five cents, and abolition of all exemptions except religious, charitable, patriotic and philanthropic bodies; increased taxes under the Corporation Tax .Act, and increased charges for law stamps. These new taxes are expected to net the following: Corporation tax, two million dollars; amusement tax, two hundred thousand; gas tax, one mil- lion illion three hundred and fifty thousand; liquor taxes, fire hundred thousand; wine tax, sixty thousand; and law During the debate in the Commons a number of influential members paid tribute to Mr. Bradshaw's part in the transaction. "Many of you know," said Mr. Bennett, "that he was city treasurer of Toronto for several years, and he enjoys, I believe, a reputation for probity, for honor and for integrity second to that of no man to this coun- try." Mr. Mitchell Hepburn said: "I believe he is an honorable, capable gentleman, and I think he showed his unselfish spirit when he mutualized the company for the benefit of the policyholders." Mr. Cameron R. Ma pudiating obliga.ions. But the bur- Intosh (North Battleford) said: "I be- den is so great that she may have lieve Mr. Bradshaw ought to be corn- no choice. She has already it must mended for taking a lead in the not be forgotten, through the Bal- mutualization of that company. It was not to his private benefit that the company should be mutualized." There are always those who are ready to impute selfish and improper motives to successful men. It is en- couraging to find that on this occasion there has been a general desire to let the facts of the case be known and to repudiate the unfair attacks whieh have been made upon two citizens of Toronto and the institution which they at one time jointly controlled,—Toron- to Star. problem of Empire trade in a spirit of give and take. If, as Hon. C. A. Duuniug pointed out lately, the con- ference is merely an aggression of sellers, no forward step will result. Quite as important for each part of t' e Empire as finding a market for their own products is the question of what they can or will buy from the others—Kingston Whig -St and ard (Ind.). Britain and the War Debt. Britain is not accustomed to re - The Moratorium Act, where is es- poolally applies to farmers, was ex- plained by a member of the Govern- statnps, a Hundred thousand. 1 ment in the following way: Cut in Expenditures "If a farmer has a farm which is valued at fifteen thousand dollars, but to -day only shows a valuation. of ten thousand doltors, their this Act will he in operation until steel time as the farm realize' its proper valuation." "The method of procedure is very simpie," said this member, "If a fann- er requires to use the Moratorium on Mortgages, the Act provides that he will apply personally to a Judge in Chambers and will give all the facts The Hon. Mr. Dunlop announced a raft in governtu•n Lal expenditures by tour million JIVE Ent:tired thousand dol- lars. Referring to the new gasoline tax. he pointed Out that automobile fees in Ontario are lower than any other provit`ice ill the Dominion and that the presetr:t motor vehicle and gasoline tax tt.'getiiee are fifteen per cent. short of road maintenance, in- terest and debt zetirement The balanrr. _:,/net shows the asset,'relative to Ills position and the amigo of the provint r ,,seeding liabilities will decide the merits of itis rase, This by thirty -ono iailtiuit dollars, while the guarantees absolute privacy of the existing taxation is tees than thirty. ` fttr•ntwt's personal business and. at the tour per cent. of the total rr.,vcttnr,. 1 SUMO tinmC, prohibits tits. fliegel us/, r,r. There is also to be included tier+, the "Mloraicrinnt. Iinillion, five ltttudred thousand dollars 1` Safeguards Taken.for diroot relief, for unemployment, ..in ' It will be realized," he maid, "teat that expenditneee, and if the eiPeneis ev=wry, eefeguara has been talteu retirement and there live upon your own convictions; nor is it difficult to mix with men and follow their con- victions; but to -ntt.: into the world, and there live firmly and fearlessly according to your own conscience. that is Christian greatness—F. W. Robert- The Railway Commission. son. The Canadian people will not per- mit a railway monopoly under pri- four agreement of August, 1922, as- - red her debtors that she wants from thein and from Germany only suffi- cient money to discharge her debt to the United States. All the debts owing to her in excess of this amount —and they totalled more than five and one-half billion dollars—she has al- ready wiped off the slate. Vaucourer Province (Ted. Cons.). Financial Problems in the U.S.A.. Much is heard about the financial problems of Britain and Germany; but little about those of the United States. The latter are very serious, but there is fear of taking drastic action in the year of a presidential election. The consequence is that pro- crastination is marking the course of Political Washington in grappling with the financial problems that be- set the country. --Victoria Colonist (Cons.), Forrner Champion In Bermuda Gert, `Putney „•.•i,"reed f:amr let t"0 but in 11,1:- Picture l ' suQ ties. Ti;::' ere emaive out ro tear It •.maids• tvh're they are ext . „ u ,,tort vacation. vats ownership. Neither are they in a humor at the present time to bring about a railway monopoly under pub- lic ownership. But so far no respon- sible public man, no responsible rail- way official, in fact, no one whose voice carried any weight of authority whatever, has advocated amalgama- tion. Mr. Bennett's last word. on the subject was his well-known slogan: "Competition ever; amalgamation never." Mr. Ring is as 'vigorous in his insistence on the maintenance of both railways as independent systems. And from Mr. Bennett and Mr• Ring the list of those who have expressed unqualified opposition to any such idea could bo prolonged indefinitely. To suggest, therefore, that the Royal Commission is going to pick up the idea out of the thin air and present It in any form as its major recom- mendation for the solution 01 the dif- ficulties of the railways, staggers credulity. — Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons.), The Irish Government. Building on Increase Dominion Figures Shot Ottawa.—A marked increase in building construction for the last two months, as compared with December, is shown by the Dominion Bureau off •Statistics. The contracts in February were valued at $14802,000. this corn, pares with $12,738,000 in January and $11,3557,000 in December of last year. Canada's gold production in 1981 of 2,686,700 ounces, valued at 05,- 457,000, 455r457,000, set a record for this precious metal, being 27 per cent. above the 1930 production. Kansas Grocer Puts Custofiners to Work Lawrence, Iian.—A neighborhood grocer here has his own remedy for the economic situation, Many of his customers had Ueen out of work all winter and were indebted to him for groceries, And he wanted to build a new combination store and home. So he put his customers to work, paid them hall their wages, and credited the other half on their bills. men got work, Mr. J. C. Carter, the grocer, got the building, and the grocery bills diminished in size, The popular conception of Mr. De Valera hand in hand with the bogey of anarchy Is as completely unfound- ed as it is unfortunately prevalent. There will undoubtedly be attempts, in the Press and elsewhere, to dis- credit Mr. De Valera's actions from the beginning. Actually there is no , necessity to judge, Mr. De Valera of today by the Mr. ne Valera of 1916. Power paradoxically clips the wings of fanaticism, and nowhere more strangely than int Irelencl, • - pectator Lnncal t. Britain's Foreign Trade. if our people would only "wane up," e. wnuld bo possiblt: Lo Increase nue c:xpot t. trade enormously. The following quotation is from the recent- ly publieeted Tiuslo report: "There Is ne Methuen in ec•onornia history of a tie meteor 'hew great, which tat:' not ecru renewed ley periods of atabil'ty and peosperity." Britain Mee 'She likes publicity, eh?" 'Does she? Why, she thinks the society columns ought to make an item of it when she gives a little breakfast to a tramp." • Jewels As jewels are treasured in the cas- ket, to be brought forth on great oc• callous, so We would preserve the re- memerzoice of our joys, and keep thein foe St., ;was when special rousolatione are * anted to cheer tixe soul—jams Kirkpatrick.