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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-01-12, Page 6Voice of the Frees -. Canada, The Empire and The World at Large *^P • R A o ♦ • •••-• a s :•a-o-•-H'f-•'-S-#-,-b +- CANADA. •Helping a Brother Thera is something more than mere, ly goodenews in the announcement that Britain and Canada have come to the assistance of Newfoundland in its financial troubles. It is an instance of members of the family helpng a broth- er 'out of temporary difficulties, It Might be said, in the vernacular, that Britain and this Dominion have "chippocl in" that the ancient colony May be able to meet its interest obli- gations on Jan. 1. This is the more notable at a time when other members of the family are themselves not any too well off, in the financial seuse. Both Britain and Canada have enormous bills to meet, but they have strained a point to help tee little Dominion. Canada may be Younger than Newfoundland, but has gown tp be the big brother, and re- cognizes a big brother's obligations, Altogether, it is a very human ac- tion, this lending of a hand; and it is fully appreciated by the people of Newfoundland. News from St. John's indicates that the loan of $1,250,000 has been received with touching evi- dence of thankfulness. Following the Premier's announcement that help was assured, members of the Govern - bent joined involuntarily in singing 'Land of Hope and Glory," "The Maple Leaf" and "God Save the King." And with it all there has been no hint as to the a l isability of confederation with Canada. Thus the altogether satisfac- tory business is marked by two admir- able features: generosity and good taste: But there is no telling to what it may lead,—Toronto-Globe. The Tragedy of Youth Oue of the most serious features of the present economic .depression is the Iacic of employment for young men just out of collegiate institutes and universities. Thousands of youths, having completed their educaton, are finding the doors to employment bar- red.—London Free Press. - Censorship Members of, the British board of movie censors have recently rejected dearly three hundred films because they included blasphemy, ridicule of religious beliefs, death treated with flippancy and the„portrayal of vicious lives. Some more pruning of the same kind would be an excellent thing. everywhere.—Brantford Expositor. Canada's New Cattle Market The end of the embargo means, however, that Canadian cattle have a much wider .market in. Britain, that reemy iri•Itating restrictions have been reitoved, that their movement once. landed is not restricted, that -inland markets are opened, that expensive veterinary -charges are largely elimin- ated, and that certain grades of Cattle formerly prohibited, will now be ad- mitted. Only when the exchange situation rights itself will the full force of this measure be appreciated by Canadian livestock men: —Ottawa iourean Pace That Kilts People of to -day think that the pace Df life is fast—much too fast to be conductive to old age; but they are note the only ones who have had that feeling; and still the pace grows fast- er, and people continue to livp to a good old age. This thought is em- phasized by an American writer who recalls that as far back as 1832 there were people who saw in the "mad - hurry" of that age an omen of ill for the fn.ture.—Chatham News. Clean Hands It is affirmed that paper money is a carrier of disease germs. If it were the only source of infection a lot of people would be almost immune these days.—Edmonton Journal. Trade With West Africa (Palm oil in bulk is being shipped trom Nigeria direct to Halifax). This', sew movement through all -Canadian Channels is a direct result of the Im- perial Economic Conference agree- ments, under which palm oil is given It preference, and to secure the pre- :erence it must come in through Cana - Han ports. The use of this produce In Canada, of course, Is not new, and 'what this Dominion has consumed has been coming in largely through United States Ports. Now, Canadian ports Will get the business, and also the bulk of the export of soap as wall.—Halifax Herald. Barley Smothers Mustard Experimental work carried out at the Central Experimental Farm. Otr tawa, shows conclusively that barley Oen be used most effectively In smndthering out mustard. It has been found that barley sown at the rate of ftbushels per acre is most effective for is purpose. Incidentally, it is also own .that heavier seeding produces heavier yield of grain per sere,—Dse ,arttuent of Agriculture. THE EMPIRE Sive-bay Week A. shorter working day an4. a shorter rising week, without dliininution of ecka, are increasingly looped upon 4.e cif the most effective ways of tiOtmg unemployment, This is op- posed by employers in various coun- tries on the ground that it would place them at a disadvantage in competing for foreign trade. But if there is in- ternational agreement for ooucerted action this objection falls. Such an agreement may be legitimately looked for from the World Economic Confer- ence.—London Daily Herald, . Canada's Turn, An innmrtaut Canadian firm is to es- tablish a branch in Blackburn for the manufacture of electric cookers, re- frigerators etc. After a preliminary survey of various Lancashire towns, representatives of the firm who were searching for suitable premises de- cided on the India Mills 'Blackburn, brought to their notice by the Lanca- shire Industrial Development Council. This building contains an area of over 40,000 square feet, and it is expected that employment will be found for several hundreds of work people. The firm celebrated their jubilee this year. They were the pioneers in Canada of their particular type of manufacture anti will be the first Canadian firm to establish a works in Lancashire.—In- dus trial Britain, Discrimination Against Shipping British shipping is excluded by many foreign countries from their coastal trade. Thus British ships may not carry cargo or passengers from New York to Charleston or San Francisco. American shipping is not treated by us in this manner. It can ply from port to port in the British Isles and engage in inter -Empire trade. The day has come to end this one-sided and unfair position. If a nation discriminates against our shipping, similar discrim- inator should be applied to that na- tion's vessels in our ports. --London Daily Mail. India Accepts Ottawa India should now enjoy a large ex pension of trade in the Colonies and Dependences, while she yields nothing that should act as a bar to her Indus trial progress. That for the first time she is to give preferences to certain British industries is of immense im portance, especially in view of the new Constitution to which India is now looking forward. We hope that by the time it is actually established the mutual gains arising out of the Ottawa agreement will be such that it will be accepted by all parties as the basic economic principle of Anglo- Indian trade relations.—London Daily Telegraph. AMERICAN s"Lihr(irstatement ^� As for'the long -necked subject of un- der -statement, three new items' have recently been added to the collection. There was, for instance, that bit of the plaintiff's testimony in Lilienfeld v, Lilienfeld,•a suit for separate main- tenance brought by a Brooklyn bride. It seems that, on one occasion, the husband had beaten her, blacked her eyes,' scratched her, torn her night- dress and otherwise maltreated her. Her counsel asked what her comment at the time had been. ' "Well," said Mrs. Lilienfeld, "I was quite sur- prised: Not to be outdone, Justice Schmuck awarded her the relief she sought on the ground that Mr. Lilien- feld had, as a husband, been neither loving nor lovable.—The New Yorker. Britan's Record There are no blots on the British war debt record. But there will be a very large-sized blot on the record of American Government if it does not alter the British debt agreement be- fore the next semi-annual payment is due.—Providence Journal, Average Family in U.S. Worth $12,000 Cincinnati. — Believe it or not, the average family in the United States is worth $12,+090. That, at least, is the estimate of M. R. Neifeid, New York statistician, presented before the American Statistical Association here. Neifeid said the average of 30,000,- 000 families will find current assets more than double current liabilities, despite the last three years, and he displayed a balance sheet to ,Drove it. Total assets of the American fam- ily at the end of 1929, he figured, were $421,679;000,000, while total lia- bilities were only $46,360,000,000. "In other words," he said, "for every dol lar the American family owed, they had nine in their possession.," 'Australian .. U'.5. Film War Starts Sydney, Australia, -- A Min war is in progress between Australian thea- tre -owners and American film agen- cies over the supply of notion plc- ture films for 1983, The theatre nen are making a de- terreined stand against the American terms, particularly against blocic btrolting, and assert that they will close their theatres rather than sur- render. In reply the Americans have threatened to cut off the film -sup- ply' There is approximately one police- man to. every 2004 int London's popu. latinn. Adveittising At Sea No longer do• the ships of the sea slip silently through -the night. For instance this gigantic electric sign aboard. the Europa flashes out when she Meets another vessel in mid -ocean;: Trade Balance Will Be European Cities Are Over $50,000,000 Glimpsed in . Lecture Ottawa. — Canada's export balance Montreal.—Glimpses of a number of trade for the calendar year 1932, of cities of Europe were afforded to will be slightly over $50,000,000. This members of the Montreal West Wo - figure is arrived at by returns ma ei men's Club recently when David A. to Government departments with t,l Keys, Ph.D,, professor of physics at last few days of the year estimated b`J,,,,McGill University, gave an illustrated trade experts. I;talk on a recent tour in Europe, in - Canada's total exports of domesti / eluding capit'l cities and places less goods are estimated at $498,301,004; . frequently visited. Starting ,. Paris, It also exported foreign goods esti- the lecturer proceeded to Munich, mated at $8,018,000. The imports which, he remarked, has the .best during the yearare estimated at town -planning system of ;.ny city in $455,877,000. Since this includes the Eurcpe, no building being allowed to goods afterwards re-exported, the ex- be of such a height as to shut out the port balance is the difference between sun from the opposite side. A musical the total exports (domestic and for- centre, Munich has a new theatre ler eign) and the total imports. .sunmer visitors, with pricer much in This is a considerable change from fff advance of those -charged the xesiffents 1931. The totals for both exports'] the rest of the year. Vienna, which and imports were greater last year,' in 1910 had been, a, gay and flourish - but the imports exceeded the exports ing city, was, siniesthe war, Dr. Keys by $10,855,000. The exports of doe mestic goods totalled,$6OE5,336,000, for eign goods $11,907,000, and the im `' ports totalled $628,098,000, a Carnarvon to Celebrate Lloyd George's Birthday se London '_:` g Special. ;arran ,arrangements 'Ifave beeiz made at Carnarvon for the celebration of David Lloyd George's 70th birthday on Jan. 17. Mr. Lloyd George has represented this area in Parliament uninteerupt edly for 42 years. , He first entered the House of Commons as member for the division, then- known as Carnarvon Boroughs in 1890. On the day of his birthday he is to address a mass meeting of his constituents. Four Generations Live on Same Street found, badly off,,' with "no visible means of support," peed with many of the buildings showing "the effects of lack of money 'for their upkeep. Prague, Dresden, Heidelberg, famous for its university; Danzig, •were other cities visited:. The island of Gothland ie the. Baltic Sea, once a powerful member of the"Hanseatic 'League, was. also -visited.' Its 'chief town, which some six or seven centuries ago was as large'ss, London at that time, has now a pop�iiation of only a few thou- sand people. , Stockholm was pointed Out as unlikd# most cities, raving an attractive appearance fi$'onn the har- bor. .Famous Petrified Forest Carted Away as `Lumber' Ada Okla. - Ada's celebrated pet- rified forest, long a subject of study by scientists, is no more. The petri- Vernion, B.C. — Four generations; 'fied: wood has been sold by its Indian all living on the sane street in the : owner for use in the construction of same city, is extraordinary, but Ver- a commercial garage. non and its Seventh street have this' . The "forest," with remains of giant distinction. trees of long ago scattered where Mrs. David Alexander, great -grand. they fell, was described by geologists mother, Mrs. J. F. Gray, grandmoth-: as the largest of its kind in the ers, Mrs. Charles Woods, mother, and Southwest. George Woods, 10 -year-old son, make Ada civic Ieaders had hoped to in - up the four generations. elude the forest in a two -acre park, The four generations attended as but the petrified wood was sold and family Christmas dinner, at which 37 hauled away before they could obtain• relatives assembled. the land. Stranded Off Yorkshire Coast The 'trawler Commander Horton pielted tog o aground on the Yorkshire coast near F'Iambrough, Eng. Tile cliffs are 400 feet high' and the beach is inaccessible for six .miles. 8., to Increase Lumber Exports Shipments to U. K. May Reach 150,000,000 Feet In 1933 Vancouver,--]3ritish Columbia' in cease her lumber exports to United iNngdoni during the co year to 150,000,000 feet, it is fore in well-informed circles. This pares with. 87,000,000 feet shi during the past 12 months, a ga more than 70 per cent:, or treble shipped in 1931, when 50,000,000 created a record, - Sentiment in the United Kin in favor of Empire trade, inclu the general friendly attitude of I ber importers and Governmental ies,is expected to produce this re Three men are employed for e 1,000 feet exported, one in the wo one in the Mill, one in transporta services, so that the conning ye expected export to the United K don. will provide employment amo ting to 450,000 work days, or steady employment for one year for 1,500 men. . British Columbia is fast ousting Washington and Oregon from the United .Kingdom market, In the first three, months of this year, with the Import Duties Act in effect for one month, the province shipped 51.9 per cent. of the Pacific coast export to the United Kingdom Washington shiped 37.5 per cent., with Oregon 10.6 per cent. In the first nine months of the year, with the Import Duties Act. in effect for seven of them, British Columbia steadily increased her per- centage to 70.5 per cent., with Wash- ington getting 23.5 per cent. and Ore- gon 6 per cent. The import duties preferences are now embodied in the Imperial Conference agreement. British Columbia has also practic- ally ousted the two states to the south from the Australian market as a re- sult of the trade treaty with that Do- minion. She is shipping about 108,- 000,000 feet yearly to Australia, or about 90 per cent, of the Pacific coast export to that market, exact*,re- versing the percentage figure of a few years ago. Indian Education Report Shows Remarkable Advances. Made by Can, . adian Indians C1'towa,—Honourable Thomas (L Murphy, Minister of the Interior and will Superintendent .General of Iridian At, the i fairs, points out in the recently issued. ming annual report. of the Dept. of Indian cast cam- pped fn of that feet glom ding um- bod- sult. ach ads, tion ar's ing- un- Australian Munitions Plant Puts 2,000 Back at Work Steyr, Austria.—A wave of new hope has spread through this town with news that the famous Steyr Werke, where much of Austria's war- time munitions were produced, is put- ting 2,000 men back to work this month. Two big orders, on'e said to be frons. Brazil, are mentioned 'as the reason for resumption of operations. Of particular interest in connection with this development was the almost simultaneous announcement from Pil- sen`_;that the Skala company is re- opening steel mills which have been idle for months, taking back several thousand men, in the middle' c,° Janu- ary. Resumption of work at the Steyr Werke was announced after an agree- ment had been reached with the metal workers' union establishing a 40 -hour week with a 5 per cent. wage cut. The second of the orders placed with the works came from Portugal, which is changing the style of its infantry weapons. Intelligence Level In N.Y. City Hops ,Atlantic City, NJ. —The average level of intelligence in New York City is ddblining because people of low intelligence are having many ehiidren, while those of high intelli- gence are having few, the American Association for the Advancement of Science was told last week. This conclusion, drawn from a study of intelligence records of 100,- 000 00;000 children in New York City schools, was reported by Dr. J. B. Mailer, of Columbia University. Childrenof native-born parents scored higher than those of foreign born parents in level of intelligence and school progress, the study show- ed. Jewish children scored higher than other "national groups-" Getting Down to Business President Hoover promulates the most sweeping reorganization of fed- -eral •departments in history. These become effective in 60 days, subject to congressional approval: The propos- ed consolidations and discontinuances affect 58 executive agencies. Four new divisions and 10 major regroup- ings are scheduled, bureaus are transferred from one department to another, commissions are merged. The message to Congress drops like a bombshell among officeholders, who had expected nothing so drastic, Yet the president says it is only a dis- agreeable task long deferred -govern- l ment' methods must get down to a business basis.—Orillia News -Letter. it Old Lady of London" To Be Renovated London,—e further section of the old buildings at the Bank of. England is to be pulled down this year. The buildings nearing completion repre- sent about half of the complete scheme, and tenders are being sought for demolishing a substantial part of the old buildings on the remaining :half of the Site, The complete reno- vation of "The Old Lady of Thread. needle Street" was originally estint- ated to take twelve years and cost ksom Affairs the gratifying increase ie school enrohnent and attendance bef Indian children throughout the De minion. . During the past few yearA the increase - in attendanoe•- at the schools maintained by the Department Inas been. very gratifying and in the year 1931-32 there was an ei]rohnen1 of over 17,000 and an average attend ance of over 13,000, which is a record for the work, The remarkable resultt obtained through the efforts of th4 Department to advance the Indians t4 a state of independence and self sup port is showing in the growing inter. est of the Indian's in education. Is the ten years from 1921-22 to 1981-32 the total enrolment increased from' 13,021 to 17,163, while the average attendance advanced fron7 8,668 to 13.107. During the year, 80 residential schools and 270 dayschools were it operation, a total of 350 centres of Indian educational activity througle out the Dominion. The day schools are conducted wholly by the Department but in the management of the resider tial schools the co-operation of th4 churches was as follows: Roman Catholic, in 44 schools; Church of England, in 21 schools; United Church, in 13 schools; and Presbyter. Ian, in 2 schools. At the day schools the work is made more attractive to the pupils by the correlation of class- room exercises with reserve and In- dian hone activities,,,and in the resi- dential es.dential schools vocational training is emphasized. The health of the Indian boys and girls while they are attending school is a special concern of the Department and in addition to careful inspection, physical education, proper diet, and sanitation is stressed. The welfare of the graduates is also looked after when they have left school and ap- proximately 250 young Indian men and women were assisted in the con- tinuation of 'their studies .and in the establishment of homes during the past year. - Buying . Expensive Models Is Economy Says Actress Economize by buying expensive things! This advice comes from Ann Harding, stage and screen star. "Nothing is gained by buying things just because they are cheap," she de- clares. "One good dross can actually . serve as three if you plan proper ac- cessories to go with it—the hats and jackets and scarfs, the bags and slip- pers and jewelery. , „ Get two set of accessories far each s, dress, have them very different in color and have them in. quite•different degrees of formality. This widens tlhe, uses of the costumes as well as adding .' variety. "Another effective economy' is ac quired by buying interchangeable cos turves," she advised. "For instance. for evening wear, buy an expensive plain gown, beautiful in line. This cam bo worn unadorned as one costume, With other accessories it becomes an• other gown, and by means of a lei el flowers it becomes a third dress. Canada's Fish Stocks Are Well Maintainer Ottawa.—From coast to coast Can ada's fish hatcheries are stocked with fry, or fish eggs, which will be de veloped during the winter. Distribu. tion will take place during the spring and summer of 1933 for the restocking of the various lakes and streams throughout the Dominion, Rivers and lakes are in :abundance in every province and with sea fishing on both coasts Canada is a paradise for the angler. The department of fisheries, however, supplements the natural production by the distribution of eggs and fry, and in the past year more than 138,000,000 fry and older fish were placed in suitable streams throughout the Dominion, The British Columbia Sockeye headed . the list with more than 97,000,000 fry and fin- gerlings being distributed. Next in order was the Atlantic salmon with 21,000,000. The remainder of the dis. tribution was made up of other varie ties of salmon and trout. The above figures do not include hatcheries takes over`' by the provincial governments and it is estimated that in the past year more than 600,000,000 eggs, frI and fingerlings have been distributed when the hatcheries operated by the Dominion and Provincial Govern ments are taken into consideration. English Phone Service To Be Investigates /The executive of the National 'Gulls of Telephonists, London, Eng., decided to appeal to the Prime Ministet through Parliament for an investiga tion of night staffing conditions in th4 telephone service. It has been de' cided to act on a recommendation of the Bridgeman Committee on the. Post Office that girls must share duty with tile men until 11 p,n, instead of until 8 p.m. The executive received a re port indicating the unamiiiious•oppost- tion of the wonnen'to the change, e as,000,000. :µrar.� s •r rAgWke1lWG'tl.4°.L '.xw:.