HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-01-26, Page 6Voice of the ,Press
Canada, The Empire and The World at Large
CANADA
The Royal Bank of Canada
The president and the general man-
ager of the Royal Bank Ieok forward
to the year ahead with something like
optimism, both with regard to their
own institution and the Dominion. As
Sir Herbert Holt puts it: "Prophesy
continues to be dangerous, .. , My
feeling is that present indications
point to the initiation of a substantial
recovery in 1933, if a reasonable de-
gree of international common sense
and co-operation can be assured."--
Montreal
ssured,"—A ontreal Daily Star.
Living Costs Have Shrunk
A grocery firm in Dutton, Ont., has
contrasted the buying power of the
dollar in a most effective way in a
window display. The comparison Is
made between the prices of to -day
and those of a few years ago.
A bag of sugar costing $17.75 in
1919 was used as a basis of the dis-
play. Alongside this bag was placed
the goods which the store was pre-
pared to sell for $17,75.
The same bag of sugar; 3 packages
of shredded wheat, 2 of corn flakes, 1
pound of tea, 2 pounds of coffee, 3
cans of salmon, 1 jar of pickles, 1 jar
tion for the loss of all respect and all
authority. --Manchester Guardian:"
World Conference's Opportunity
I believe the road back to freer
trade lies largely through such •(re-
gional) agreements, if, as le the re-
cent convention between Belgium,
Holland, and Luxembourg, they in-
volve no inorease against any coun-
try, secure a substantial and progres-
sive reciprocal reduction and are open,
on similar terms, to other countries.
For the rest, the most useful action
the approaching World Economic Con-
ference could takewould be to lay
down principles in the light of• which
each country would undertake to re-
examine its own 'tariff system, The
most important of these would be a
clear explanation and explicit con-
demnation of the "compensatory" or
miscalled "scientific" principle of
making a tariff equal to the difference
of costs at home and abroad. Trade is
based upon exactly the difference, and
the compensation for the difference
by tariff is destructive of the very
foundation upon which trade rests.—
Sir Arthur Salter in The Yale Review,
Entugh to go Round
of olives, 3 cans of tomatoes, 2 cans If we could only see it, for the first
a time in history • the astounding ad -
of corn, 1 package meal, 1 2 k_ vance of productive machinery and
cake flour, 100 pounds flour, 2 pack-
ages
ac
ages Pep, 10 bars of soap, 3 cans of
cleaner, 1 can of baking powder, 1
jar of jam, 1 box macaroni, 2 cans of
pumpkin, 4 bottles ketchup, 3 pack-
ages •of corn starch, 2 pounds of
cheese, 2 packages of oatmeal, 2 cans
spaghetti."
Truly the cost of lying has shrunk
remarkably,—Sault Ste. Marie Star.
Few Bright Spots
It cannot truthfully be said that 1932
was a good year for Canada but the
Dominion did remarkably well despite
the world-wide impasse. Here are a
few facts from.which may be extract-
ed a liberal measure of comfort. Last
year Canada retained world leader-
ship in the export of wheat, printing
paper, asbestos; was second in gold,
platinum, and cobalt; was third in
wheat flour; fourth in automobiles and
wood pulp; fifth in rubber tires. Can-
ada concluded the year with a favor-
able trade balance of $50,000,000 con-
trasted with an unfavorable balance of
$10,000,000 in 1931.—Kitohener Daily
Record.
Publishers f=eel Stress
The Oshawa Daily Times has
changed from daily publicaton to three
times week and will be issued Tues-
- days,- Thursdays and Saturdays; and
one does not need to read the publish-
er's announcement to realize that -the
change has come about after every
other possible means of retrenchment
has been tried. It is pointed out that
the Times started publication as a
daily in 1925 and at no time since that
time have any dividends been taken
out of the business.
It bas been a problem for many
publishers to continue putting out a
product of high calibre with diminish-
ing revenues; but 1t may fairly be said
that the quality of the average news-
paper still is unimpaired and that
when everything is cheaper than ever
before, there still is nothing so cheap
or necessary as your daily newspaper.
Niagara Fails Review.
Inviting Enough
We wonder why so many people ap,
pear anxious to spend the Winter's in
Florida. The Garden of Canada is
surely inviting enough for anyone, and
it's only about ten weeks to the first
day of Spring,—St, Catharines Stand-
ard,
Empire Migration
Migration schemes to place British
'unemployed in unpopulated areas In
different parts of the Empire through
State aid have been tried out, but on
the whole their history has not been
swift transport make it possible for
everyone to be rich beyond the bounds
of Utopian imagination; Men are not
worse or much better than they used
to be, but they are the creatures of
habit and tradition and fa" altogether
to enlarge their loyalties to lit a
larger world:" Wheu we can at last be
rich by sharing, why should we per-
petuate the greedy habits we learnt
when there was not enough to go
round? New Satesman and Nation.
Watch Germany
There is no longer anybhing to dread
from Prussia's naval yards, nor her
armament firms. The challenge now
is from her factory chimneys, her
modern industrial equipment,. and her
potential financial position. The Ger-
mans vowed when they lost the war
that they would win the peace. There
are significant signs the'. the vow will
be kept—London Daily Express,
UNITED STATeS
Social Trends
The report of President Hoover's
Committee on Social Trends suggests
*strongly that the ills of the nation are
to be laid at the door of the social
theorists rather than of the business
man. The business m£ has done his
.job pretty; well.. .Those who like to
call themselves social engineers -the
politicians and the social workers,
among others— have 4fallen down.
America has lacked not mechanical
but social invention, the committee
finds. Our industries push ahead, but
our social mechanisms are laggard,
and the substitutes which are attempt-
ed often prove even less serviceable
than the institutions they replaced.
Yet the specialists who have failed in
their self-appointed tasks insist on
dictating to the very men whohave
succeeded in theirs. — Chicago Tri-
bune,
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Stock invades Hollywood
Speaking at ooutrage, a real old-fas-
hioned stock oompany has crept into
HellYwood• Something of a teat, in
view of the fact that not a single
other legitimate production graces the
downtown theatres. It is a genuine
relic from the past, even to the ante-
diluvian heroine with the rural accent
who proves to be an opera singer in
disguise. Even to the company man-
ager who steps out after the second
curtain to announce next week's at-
traotion,--San Francisco Argonaut.
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World Economic Parley
To ,Be Held This Spring
Ottawa.— The World i0conomie
Conference likely will be held next
one of , outstanding success. 'Spring or early in the Summer in
Scheme of tlhe kind would depend aup- London it
on the full co-operation of the Do-
minions and Colonies with the Moth-
erland, and at present the temper in.
,Canada, at least, is against further im-
_ migration because of the existing)
Widespread unemployment.— Calgary
ierald,
THE EMPIRE
• Prices of Farm Produce
There can be no effective rise in
prices until there is au expanaia4'1n
the purchasing power of the people of
this country. The cults in wages must
he restored. The unemployed Must
be put to work. Farmers who live
ixear industrial districts need little
Convincing that the Inability of people
to buy agricultural produce Is the
cause of their own difficulties. Pacts
stare them in the face every dap,—. -
London Daily Herald.
Japan and the League
Japan tuella, the authority of the
Leagtie. She threatens to withdraw
dhenn membership. No one desires
that, yet worse things might happen.
gtf we must choose between. condoning
'Japanese action and losing Japan as et
member of the reeague of Nations, the
o'lzofce is absolutely clear, Japanese
"loyalty" is the sense in which we
au-
thorityas here lastWeek.. ed N good decision, though, o definite
g • has been made.
The matter is one to be arranged
shortly by the council of the League
of Nations.
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett pro-
bably will head the Canadian deXe-
gation. Naming of the personnel of
the Domfttion delegates, however,
would be somewhat premature at
the moment.
The general tariff policy on which
an economic committee is working
includes .economies, quotas anti pro
ambitions. The monetary sub -com-
mittee 3a devoting its preparatory
work to monetary and economic poll -
:cies, involving price levels•, export
rsestrictions and movement of capi-
tal from one country to another.
Feminine Canada Spent
$5,946,292 On Cosmetics
Ottawa. --Madame and the young
ladies did not stint themselves hi
1931 where toilet preparationswere
concerned. The output of Canada's
toilet preparations, in that year; made
a large increase, the factory value
being $5,946,292, as 'compared with
$4,206,513 ih 1930. incidentally the
larger Caned/art output Caused a
decrease In the importations ,hose;
$1,267,969 in le30 to $1.,tit6n5 in
give oicpetiethced it le no Conipensa. s
1031.
Sino-Japanese War Still Waging
Major-General Yuji Takanami, one of the Japa nese military leaders in northern China, surveys
Shanhaikwan just before the Japanese began their latest drive; which would indicate that Mars still
rules the eastern front.
Much Prized Scholarship
Won By Surrey G
.A. 20 -year-old Croydon, Surrey, E
land, girl has won Oxford's
sought after award — the Cra
Scholarship.
The girl, Miss Barbara Flow
daughter of Dr. Robin Flower, the p
and deputy -keeper of Manuscripts
the British Museum, is the first of
sex to win the prize.
Latin and Greek, for which
Craven scholarship is awarded, a
not Miss Flower's only linguistic
complishment, She speaks Fren
and German and is a Celtic scholar,
Two previous holders of the Cray
Scholarship were Lord Asquith,.
his son Raymond.
"I am at Lady Margaret Hall," ;,s
said, "where the Latin is optional.
the examination you have a piece`
English poetry to translate and it:
most difficult at times, but to me it
always of interest."
Dr. Flower said his daughter w
to Croydon High School and won
scholarship to Oxford just over a Ye
ago.
The Craven scholarship is wort
£40 (about $160) a year for two yea
Beam Tells Course
of Distant Storms
Adelaide S. .Aust. — Interviewed
when passing through this city on his
way .to. Cambridge University, having
won a British Empire Carnegie Fel-
lowship, Prof, Percy W. Burbidge, pro -
lessor of physics in. the Auckland Unl-
vensity, related, with great interest to
natural scientists, .how in New Zea-
land meteorologists were now able to
detect cyclonic disturbances 1,000
Miles away without the aid of other
stations.
This is done through atmospherics
caused by light Sashes originating in
the storms, moat of which pass over
the Tasman Sea. This is of great me-
teorological importance owing to NeW
Zealand's isolation, and the absence
of outside information to assist in wea-
ther forecasts.
The instrument used, said Profes-
sor Burbidge, consists of two loop
aerials which intercept the storm sig-
nals, and transfer them to a special
instrument where they are made to
focus a beam of light on a screen.
The direction of the beam's movement
indientes the course, and intensity of
the static disturbances,
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Can't Sell Eggs
Before 7 a.m. in Berlin
Berlin.—He who goes shipping
at 6.30 a.m, may buy rolls and milk
for breakfast. But it he wants eggs,
he must wait until 7 o'clock.
A Berlin police regulation, which
rigidly controls the hours for sale
of all retail goods, has recently been
changed topermit the sale of milk
one-half hour before the regular
opening time, Baked goods had
previously beet permitted to be scold
at 6.30 o'clock.. Dairy products much
ae butter and eggs cannot, however,
be sold until 7 o'clock,.mas,
Infantile Mortality
In Quebec {Decreases
Quebec, --A decrease of 47.4 in in-
fantile mortality rates in the Pro-
vince of Quebec has been recorded
since 1926, when the Provincial
Health Department commenced keep-
ing vital statistics, and health units
eeere first established in the' Province,
for whereas the infantile mortality
rate in 1926 was 142,0, it dropped to
94.6 for the first 10 months of 1932.
While a total of 68,480 infantile
deaths have been registered since
January 1, 1926, the numbers have
gradually decreased with each year.
The 1926 total of 11,666 decreased to
10,730 the following year, and 10,332
in 1928. The next year saw a greater
drop to 9,810, but 1930 recorded a
slight increase, 10,045 being recorded
while the lowest rate was shown in
1931, when the infantile mortality
total was 9,443. For the first ten
,,months of 1932 the number was only
6,445, or a little over 50 per ce:it. of
dl;he 1926 figure for the same period.
The infantile enortality rate shows
;that for 1926 ie was 142.0, for 1927.
1129.3, for 1928 123.6, for 1929 120.5,
jfor 1930 120.1, fdr 1931 112.i• and for
the first ten months of 193.9 94.6, this
being the first time that the rate ever
opped below' the 100 mark.
it Mother - "Does your husband
make a report to you of how he
speeds his time?"
Daughter—"yes, but he censors
To a Pessimist
if conditions were as hopeless as
the pessimists sometimes paint them,
we should still have our honor; and
that could not be taken from us. If
it were true that the battle is lost,
we should have the great consolation
of dying with faces toward the foe,
and with scorn of fear. The pessim-
ism in which a great deal of modern
art is steeped is the cursing of those
who cannot look fate in the face. The
air of the last two decades has been
filled with the eyes of the panic-
stricken, the defeated, the dishearten-
ed. "The old sources of hope are
lost," they tell us; "the old. leaders.
are shown to have been mistaken; the
old faiths were lies; the old enthusi-
asms are dead; we are defeated and
the cause is lost." Well, if there are
those who believe all this, let them
go to the rear in silence, and give
their places to men who have courage,
even if they have lost hope.
Canadians Ate
Less Apples in '32
Pomologists See Challenge in
Loss of Popularity of
Fruit
Montreal,—The per capita consump-
tion of apples in Canada has decreased
10 per cent. during the past five years,
the average being 29.7 pounds per
person per annum as compared with
34 pounds which was the per capita
consumption in the five years from
1921-25; but the consumption of
oranges, bananas and other fruits has
considerably increased, and this was
regarded by apple growers as a chal-
lenge to them to increase the public
demand for their fruit, J. L. Webster of
Macdonald College, reported at the
meeting of the Pomologicai Society of
Quebec here.
Dr. J. E. Lattimer, professor of agri-
cultural economics at Macdonald Col-
lege, declared that taking the country
generally the fruit grower occupied
one of the bright spots in Canadian ag-
riculture. He maintained that grow -
era should take a keener interest in
the British market which they had
neglected for the past ten years.
W. B. Gornall of the Fruit Branch,
Ottawa, followedwith an analysis of
the British market and ruling prices.
Canada's interest in the British apple
market was between September and
April and during that time it imported
an average of 3,523,977 barrels of ap-
ples, of which the United Statec sup-
plied 65.35 per cent. up to last year.
With the new trade agreement it is
anticipated this figure would be cut
in half,
Better Handling
Some of the many problems that
have to be solved by apple -growers of
the province in order to bring their
fruit to the market in an attractive un-
blemished condition were discussed by
owe 200 apple growers at the meeting.
Among the questions discussed was
that of pollination—the selection of
the proper varieties of trees necessary
to ensure proper pollination and con-
sequent fruit production. From the
Central Experimental Farm. at Ottawa
came H. Hill, of the Department of
Agriculture, who went into an analysis
of the pollenizing values of old and
new varieties of apples that have been
produced in the experimental plots,
Canal Traffic Gains
Ottawa,—Traffic through Canadian
canals in 1932 increased 10 per cent
over the previous year, 'the Domin-
ion Bureau of Statistics reports, The
total was 17,955,700 tons, an increase
of 1,766,600 tons,
The improved shipping conditions
,on the Welland ship canal, says the
Bureau report, showed their effect
and traffic increased from 7,273,886
tons in 1931 to 8,535,641 tons, a new
high record for the canal, the pre-
vious record seesegetereelee417 tons for
1928,
Golden Gate to ,Be Spanned
Steam shovele making way for the $32,077,000 bridge which will spa
liranteeese, The job will take at least tour yearn,
thili t;Foldet Gate at San
Death in the Dark
9lectrical Ness's, a ciade jouto31
serving the electrical industry, has
launched a campaign for better high-
way lighting. Campaigns are not un-
usual in these days of business depros-
sion. But in this particular instance
the journal in question advances facts
and figures which are well worthy of
public attention. In presenting an im•
posing array of official statistics it
argues that lack of highway lighting
is a chief cause of motor accidents
and automobile killings.
"The main outstanding conclusion,'
says the paper, "is that, although n
smaller percentage, of automobiles
travel at night, more than 40 per cent
of accidents occur then. For the two,
year period ending August, 1932, there
was a total of 17,581 acidents in On•
tario. Of that number 10,067 occurred
in daylight, 1,378 at dusk, 6,095 at
night. Of these 9e3 were fatal, 47 per
cent. of which occurred after dark.
A table supplied by the Ontario De
partment of Highways gives the fol
lowing information: -
Total Fatal
Hour of Occurrence Accidents
12 to 1 a.m, .. 531 27
1 to 6 a,m- 1,049 69
6 to 7 a,m. 155 12
7 to 8 a.m. .......:251 15
8 to 9 a.m, 482 38
9 to 10 a,m- 452 23
10 to 11 a.m. 727 34
11 to 12 a.m, 799 42
12 to 1 p.m, 886 43
1 to 2 p.m, 786 38
2 to 3 p.m. 892 36
3 to 4 p.m. 992 63
4 to 5 p.m, 1,254 64
5 to 6'p,m, 1,691 76
6 to 7 p.m, 1,310 82
7 to 8 p.m, 1,297 86
8 to 9 pm. 1,217 81
9 to 10 p.m. 997 57
10 to 11 p.m, 872 54
11 to 12 p.m, 836 47
Not stated 105 3
Totals 17,581 998
In order to understand the trut
significance of the s.bove compilation
It would be necessary to have flgutes
showing density of traffic at the hours
indicated. But the relationship of in-
adequate lighting to highway acci-
dents is self-evident.
Incidentally, it would be interesting
to know to what -an extent the drink-
ing driver is responsible for the acci-
dents after midnight. The proportion
of accidents between midnight and
dawn as shown in the table above, ap•
pears to demand some other explants
tion than insufficient electric illumine.
tion..
In any event,. the Electrical NeWE
has rendered a real service in present
ing the results of this research to the
public.
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Obsolete Ships Scrapped
Hamburg, — German ship•c,ssx.;tit
concerns are thinning out their fleets.
sending vessels upward of 12 years
old, a total tonnage of rougixly, :;00,
000, to the scrapping yards.
Many of the older shies beat
names that were well known on the
North and South Atlantic and Eat
Eastern passenger trade routes,,
The Hamburg -American Line i
scrapping about 100,000 tons, iuclu l
Ing the 10,000 sixip General Rel•
grano.
The North German Lloyd is dis
carding 14 bottoms, including tht
8000 -9000 -ton vessels Derfiinger. Sey
dlitz and Lutzow.
The Hamburg-Sudamerika Line is
breaking up the Argentina. Villa
garcia, Santa Fe, Bilbao and Sang
Teresa. The Hansa Line is scrap
ping several of its old 5000 -tor
freighters.
Groom Rowed to Wedding
Following an old custom, G. W. N.
Ramsay, wearing the uniform of the
Atholl Highlanders, was rowed across
the tidal waters of Loch Etive from
Achnacloich to Argylshire, Scotiaud,_
to meet his bride, Miss Maryel Camp.
bell -Preston, The •wedding was then
solemnized in the historic Archattan
priory at Archattan, before elan
chiefs and guests representative of
many Highland families. The wed•
ding reception was held in the old
priory refectory, where King Robert
the Bruce, held the last Scottish
parliament,
Creamery on Cash
Basis in Far North
Victoria, — North of tete 53rd
parallel opportunity does not eves
have to knock, it is sought. Word
received here says provincial inter,
gists are installing creamery machin
ery in a plant with a eapacity of
200,000 pounds to operate en a strict.
ly cash basis. Farmers of the area
will take the milk and cream to tilt
plant and will be paid in cash for
It. A flour mill was installed last
year In the Fort St. John district on
a co-operative basses to handle the
farmers' grain without the long haul
out to existing mills and the return
journey to the area where the flour
is used,
British Trade Figures
London,—The following are the
Board of Trade figures for the,, month
of December: Total imports, 260,
630,000; exports of British products
£22,440,000; re-exports, £4,130,000;
total exports, £36,570,000: excess a
imports, £24,060,000.