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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-03-09, Page 6; • ;4 • 10.4140"..-0-.'""19-4"4".""" " s-1"fr. -t *-4".1^.""1" "4." �°+ce of the Pn.ss Large The Empire and The World at CANADA Started the Rush Cigarettes were for sale for years before =the manufacturers started spending millions innewspaper adver- tising. Now they're being sold. — Kingston Whig Standard. Modern Bridge "Shall we have a friendly game of cards?" . "No, let's play bridge." This scrap of conversation which we ran across the other day is evi- dence of an unfortunate situation. Time was when folks sat down to a card table for a little bit of relaxation, but nowadays it is serious business. It is not a matter of playing the cards that you get and trusting to your good sense to coming out with the long end of the score. No. In these times you have to think about informative bids, to remember whether you're vulner- able or not, to give serious considera- tion to the approach force system and a host of other things. It's no longer relaxation, it's a strenuous mental exercise.—Sault Star. Another on the Scot There is a story going the rounds concerning a Scot who desired to send a telegram telling about an automo- bile accident. The manner in which he selected his words was: "Bruises killed, erased afford, erect- or; analysis hurt too; infectious dead." Scotty. He was charged for ten words. We are not told whether the person who received the wire could read it, but the explanation and the full wording follows: "Bruce is killed, he raced a Ford; he wrecked her, and Alice is hurt too, in fact she's dead."—Scotty.—Strat- ford Beacon -Herald, Farm Settlement Ottawa reports that the back to the land movement is meeting with satis- ractory results, Up to the end of 1932, 426 families had been successfully placed In Quebec, 380 in Saskatche- wan, 226 in Ontario, 185 in Manitoba, 145 in Nova Scotia and 51 in Alberta. The sum of $600 is provided as a set up in each case and care is taken to see that those helped have 'some know- ledge of agriculture. — Brantford Ex- positor, First in War: First in Peace For obvious reasons we in Canada hear and read a good deal about United States airplanes, American Niers, their exploits and achievements. Actually no country in the world has approached the intensive study of planes and their possibilities given by the United Kingdom; no country has. ;one farther—or as far—in developlpg the factors of speed safety, and gener- al utilization of aircraft; and in no land are there air' pilots superior to lose of the United. Kingdom in experi- ence, capability, and ingenuity.—Otta- Wa Journal. Difficult Times For Railways Railways, apparently, .are in the same fix the world over. French lines report deficits of $600,000,000 during the past ten years,—St. Thomas Times- rournal, Buy Canadian Wherever it is possible to do so, Canadians should give their prefer- ence first of all to national products, especially when these products are of as good quality and as cheap as the foreign article. Some people, when they have to choose between two ar- ticles offering the same advantages, spick the foreign article simply because it comes from .abroad, .A preference et this kind is unjustifiable and, if "Widely practised, causes great injury to Canadian industry and commerce, Which are thus deprived of the patron- age to which they are 'rightly en- t'ttled.—La Presse, Montreal. Restore Confidence If it is known and believed that the ,Qnited States is prepared at last to . oucert measures for the restoration Of credit and confidence, it will have tin immense effect in the world. The repression s mow .more than ever a ;tate of mind. .Lift the oppression of rear and uncertainty from the minds IR the people of the western nations incl half the battle would be won.— ancouver Province. Setting a New Record Sir Modeolrn Campbell's viotory over tinie .and space established not only. the supremacy of his sax as the fast - i t thing that man has yet designed tie get him over the ground and his toWn skill as its driver, but it appal' eptly tweet have conte pretty close to Fetting up a new record in human dar i.ng and endurance. '.I'ho question that will naturally be asked now is, where do we go next?', It is reasonably clear that the speed of the internal combustion engine oil the type at present used is now fairly close to its limit. It atones largely a question of greater horse -power and certain betterments in tire design With the object of eliminating as much tire -slip as possible, before the present record is in its turn upset, but even the 300 -mile -tie -hour mark, for the pre- sent regarded as the grand 'objective, will eel. satisfy forever. . The interest-, ing,thing will be to see whether, the experts are content to continue refill- ing the present type of e. ire Inde- finitely or whether they now turn to something as radically different as Perseus did when lie abapdoned the familiar marine reciprocating steam engine for the turbine and revolution- ized marine engineering thereby.— Montreal Daily Star. THE EMPIRE Sterling and Gold It became inevitable when the Em- pire countries made a definite attempt towards economic cooperation that sooner or later their various curren- cies should be licked with sterling. We believe that this is the process through which the Canadian dollar is now moving. We are witnessing the establishment of sterling as the stronge t monetary force in the world. The day is coming when gold will play no greater part as a medium of trade than sterling will allow it.—London ally Express. Bank Balances and Business The extent and liquidity of bank deposits, as displayed in the balance sheets, give clear evidence of ample power to finance a trade revival; but it rests with forces beyond the con- trol of the banks to produce the con- ditions which will lead to a trade re- vival, and, Incidentally, once more pro- vide ample and profitable employment for banking resources.—London Morn- ing Post. Trinidad and Britain There was a time when it was part. of Venezuela, another when it was in- habited by Caritas, another when it be- longed to Spain, another when it vir- tually belonged to France, and an- other, much rater in history, when it was rapidly becoming Americanized. Now, happily, it is becoming more Bri- tish every day. -Trinidad Guardian. Restriction and Prosperity Ultimately we think it will be found necessary, in the interests of the world, to regularize the production of all commodities. It is all very fine for economic theorists to say that abund- ance is for the good of the greatest number. They forget that the price of every article to the consumer must include transport and all sorts of ser- vices, so that even if it were produced for nothing it does not follow that some people would not still perish for the want of it. —,Colombo Times of Ceylon. The Manchurian Muddle The Western nations appear to be weary of the whole business. They do not understand the problem of Man- churia or the traditional Far Eastern methods of diplomacy and war. A sud- den suspicion has been awakened that both Powers are angling for what they can get from Europe and America, but that when the answer is an un- equivocal "We can do nothing more," China and Japan will settle down to patch up an agreement, much more satisfactory to themselves than any- thing which the West can suggest. The contempt poured on the efforts of the Lytton Commission has puzzled Europe, and given rise to the idea that the Far East must get itself out of its own muddle in its own way; and that as long as intervention, of any kind, is possible every skirmish will be raised to the status of a battle and every political manoeuvre to a world eelsis,—Honk Kong Press. Revision of Tariffs • An appeal for some bold stroke of international action has been made by Sir John Aird, one of the leading bank- ers of Canada. He suggests an early reduction of 10 per cent, in every cus- toms tariff, A general cut in tariffs is, however, not the most effective ap- proach to the problem. High tariffs have hampered international trade; the paralyzing obstacles have been such emergency measures as prohibi- tive quota restrictions and embargoes, Neither of these is amenable to such. proportional reductions as Sir John Ard suggests. The only method of dealing with them is to abolish theaai as rapidly as possible. — Ancklaud Weekly Neve. The giant airship Macon, sister ship of the Akron, is nearly ready for the christening ceremony which will be held on March 11. Naval officials plan to give the huge ship its first test flight about a week later. New York Farmer Has Mass Egg -Production Scheme Buffalo,—L. A. Hazard, a farmer living near North Evans,' claim's to have found the ,secret of intensive egg production. He says that he fre- quently gets two eggs a day from a hen and that he has reduced the cosh of operating biz plant to about 8 scents a dozen eggs. His method is to confine each hen by itself in a small cage, about 16 inches deep by 12 inches wide. The hen is 'provided with ample food and water, but is never released All the energy which the tow generates is devoted to egg -laying. The hen is kept from exposure to any of the numerous contagious dis- eases of fowls and from the fatal quarrels common to hen yards. As no exercise is permitted, the fowl never ;toughens its muscles, end .even as an old hen still provides tender meat for the pot when it no longer is !profitable as a layer of eggs. ",Back -to -the -Soil" Movement Fills Georgia Farmhouses Valdosta, Ga.—The migration of city people to the soil has been in such numbers that not a habitable farm- house in the Valdosta area is vacant. Every building fit for dwelling shelters a family. Many have no means of financing a crop or even feeding themselves until harvest, but they express confidence of eking out a better living than in the cities. In numerous instances migrators moved into vacant houses without even troubling to find out who owned them. Once domiciled, they set about to drive a bargain with the landlord. THEi UNITED STATES Trains In the Air Only ten lines long was the item'. that recorded the successful towing e Willy Farmer and 110 pounds of mai through. the air over the ,Alps from Zurich to Milan, 'Yet It may mark as other stage in the evoltttign of aerial transportation. Fanner, a famous pilot of motorlese gliders, was cast eine by the tolvinE airplane and coasted to the air field at Milan in ten minutes. Visions• are conjured up of trains hauled through the atmosphere by power "locomotives.' Phitadelphid, looms into view, and the last car le eat loose to glide with its passengete and Mail to the airport below while the rest of the train roars en, At Wilmington and Baltimore other ears descend. Thus it is ooneeivable that an air - train inay start from New 'Y'ork with ten cars and arrive at Iirey West with but one•---natnoly, the "locomotive," 1 which has covered the whole disianee withoni a stop. -Net" York 'rimes, Britain Raises. Duties London.—Alterations in the cus- toms tariff made by a recent Treasury order include import duties of four shillings and sixpence a square yard on hand -made carpets; rugs and mats; and ninepence a square yard or 20 per cent. ad valorem, whichever is the greater, on machine -made rugs and mats. A duty of ten shillings and sixpence a hundredweight will be levied on dried apples, pears, peaches and nec- tarines, and a 10 per ce.nt. ad valorem duty will he laid against dates. A 381-3 per cent. ad valorem duty on iron and steel wire; a £3 a ton or 20 per cent. ad valorem, whichever is the greater, on iron, steel, wire and nails; £8 a ton on galvanized hexagonal wire netting and 831,3 per cent. ace val- orem on other kinds is also included. The new schedule will operate Feb. 28. The Treasury order exempts from customs duty chargeable under the Import Duties Act bismuth metal. French Coal Production Drops Paris.—Coal production in France. in 1932 dropped from 51;060,792 me- tric tons the previous year to 47,- 257,575 metric tons, according to sta- t:etics just issued. The number of workers employed by the cool indus- try dropped correspondingly from 275,856 in DecemL _, 1931, to 254,533 in December, 1932. The production of metallurgical cake was likewise re- duced from 4,525,181 tons to 3,325,- 881 tons. On the other hand, the pro- duction of briquettes was 5,442,682 toms in 1932 compared to 5;003,147 tons the year before. -Gordon Lrnciav finish..' Article No. -2 In the Old Country a vegetable cal- endar, like the one hung on the wall, includes every month in the year. In other words, the man across the At- lantic expects a continuous supply latent his vegetable patch. How dif- ferent is the case here, where the average man is content if he can have new potatoes ready by early July, and corn and tomatoes by the middle of August. There is nothing much ex- pected before the end of June, nor af- ter mid-September; that is, if we ex- cept some potatoes aucl, possibly a pumpkin or two put away tor winter use. But while we are not favoured with a very long growing season, it is true, we have compensation in hotter sun- shine and longer hours of daylight, which permit us to grow many things that Britain, for Instance, must im- port, and if we take full advantage of the long lists of vegetables we can grow, our calendar might be extended almost the year round. In the winter, besides enjoying our own cabbage, po- tatoes, turnips and similar hardy things from the cellar, we may have fresh rhubarb and mushrooms growing in the same place. If we possess a hot bed or bit of a greenhouse we may have lettuce, cress and radish ready for the table in March. Asparagus, rhubarb, peren- nial onions and parsnips come along the first thing in the spring and these are followed by lettuce, radish, spin- ach and similar things which are ready for use from three to six weeks after planting. Fifty days after sow- ing, the earliest peas are ready and by using an early, medium 'and late peo, or successional plantings, we may oontinue using them for weeks. The first thinning of beets make excellent greens and are taken out six weeks af- ter sowing. Baby carrots are delicious and are ready about the same time, By making several sowings and using early, as well as late, types, we spread the supply of fresh vegetables over the entire growing season. Late white corn will remain in perfect con- dition for several weeks after frost if we cut stalks and all and store, and tomatoes will continue to ripen until Christmas if .vines are pulled and hung up in the cellar. By handling the well-known vegetables in this fas- hion, and by graduallj extending our list of new things until we have tried everything offered in the seed cata- logue, we can develop our vegetable garden to its full possibilities. General Lay -outs ' Though ave exercise our ingenuity or architectural skill and our pocket books to the utmost, a house without growing things. aout it is but half com- plete. Something is needed to soften the harsh lines and to tie the whole affair down to Mother Earth. To do this the gardener uses a variety of material, grass,. flower beds, vines, shrubbery and trees. The general theory is the same in all cases, but the effects are individual. If the pro- perty is our own we -will use perman- ent things in the way o3 creepers and shrubbery, but if we simply are a ten- ant and expect to move in the near future, we may depend upon annuals entirely and make a fairly good job of it, because under this heading we Doing Nicely After Assassin's Attack ter:.atas.,_.., r:a. .;:: t; :oa;t�naar ?ire. Helen Cermak Kitatty, daughter of Chioagm'ss mayor 'who tient to MitovP, s!ltootiiig, alma ern Mtss Margaret Frites, who also stopped a bullet. ter fathef's bedsi b after the have vines which will grow from teal to fifteen feet in a single season and tall plants, such as Cosmos, Mexican Sunflower and Castor Beans, that will serve excellently in place of wrens Mal shrubs. Even in the 'case of a. property owner, it Is a good thing to work in plenty of annuals during the first few years, while the other planta aro getting established. Avoid formality because only the most expert eau handle straight lines with any chance of success, and often he makes a mess of it. 'Irregularly shaped main borders, with clumps of one variety and color, and the small stuff generally in front, is the simplest and most effective way of handling the flowers. Against the house one can use any of the clinging vines, while septi -clinging things like the R'aTbling Rose, Dutchman's Pipe and narrow California Cedars close to the walls are effective. Doctor Gets Two Dozen Egg* For Assisting at Baby's, Birth, Toledo, Ohio.—More than one baby in this city has gone off the gold standard, and the business of giving birth to -children hide fair to go back. on a barter basis. This development in the economics of Toledo's birth rate last week was brought forcibly to the attention of one physician who received two dozen eggs in payment for his services -in assisting at the birth of a child. The physician's experience in that instance is typical of many other* recorded by 'profes;sional men here, Proverbially the last to be paid foe their services, many physicians and dentists are treating more patients now than they did three years ago. But they find when they send out their statements that the cash cue. touters are even slower to meet bill• today than in prosperous time. Says 2 -Cents Tablet Will Make Gallon of Perfect Motor Fuel Paris.—Invention of a tablet which dissolved in 'water will produce a per feet fuel for internal-combustion mo tors, replacing gasoline, is claimed by a Russian inventor, Professoa Jdarloff, formerly of the Imperial College of Sciences, Petrograd. Professor Jdardloff states that this doughnut -shaped tablet, composed entirely of vegetable matter, . costa less than 2 cents and is sufficient to turn one gallon of water into a praett cal ,oarburant. He claims, the new fuel possesses the same qualities as high test gasoline. .Professor Jdarloff.-• testis i two rooms adjoining his laboratory in a suburb of Paris, where a motor wad seen ripping with his fuel. He states he is not seeking financial aid, as his produot is being investigated by the French Academy of Sciencep and the Ministry of War. France Leads World In Air Strength Britain is Fifth Waslhiugton.—Tho United States 14 ranked second to France in military air strength, in figures supplied the Hous& Appropriations Committee by the navy. The planes listed by the navy as al July 1, 1932, were: France, 3244; United 'States, 3014; Japan, 2822; Italy, 2688, and Great Britain, 1900. Because most of the air strength of Great Britain, Franco and Italy is pooled under a separate air force, comparisons between army plau4 numbers and navy plane numbers, were not available for the five pow •ars. London Professor Divides Marriages into Four Classes London.--Pnofessior E. S. Water house of London University, speaksttl at Chriist Church, divided married people into four quarters, with the following reactions: "One quarter is ideally Happy; 4 seemed quarter is more happy that' unhappy; a `third quarter is more un happy than happy; and the fourth quarter is .absolutely'miserable." Men he divided into three types! those who wanted to be cave meta; those who wanted to le ohum meal; and those who Wanted to be ,eradli or children men, Britain May eonvert Coal Mines Into Oil l4ian,eliewter, long. — ;Convertin Whole seams of coal into oil beneath the earth Was Visualized as a future means of 'obtaining Rues to Great Britaini, by Mr. W. H, Meorileld, iia his presidential teatime to, the Man, cheater Coal I3xoltanifre cheese. Idot hydrogen pumped down into a pit under high 'pressure wow,ld cop,, vert the ooal into oil, w to then be ibrorttgltt to the, aardace, claimed, Smart Maas Ambidextrous Japan writes .."0.1C." with one liana while adminatering ew ' CiQr" vita *the Other; --- Louisville Thies.