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CANADA
City Vandals
An, outraged Summer cottager draws
attention •,to the indecent liberties}
whielt many city motorists take with
other people's property in the country.
Too many urban dwellers, devoid of
good manners and common sense, de-
vote the Sabbath to excursions into
the surrounding countryside and to de-
vastating raids upon the woods and
fields and lake shores where they picnic
and carry on their frolics. In the in-
stance complained of a group of men,
women and children tore up shrubs
and flowers, broke the branches of
trees, and no doubt littered the neigh-
borhood with empty cans, waste paper
and other refuse. Such vandals are
beyond the law and surely also beyond
the pale.—Toronto Mail and Empire,
Burning $10,000,000 a Year
Figures compiled by the Forest Ser-
tice of the Department of the Interior
show that the annual forest -fire loss
in Canada for the ten year period 1922-
31 was $10,000,000. It is something
that appals. Canada's forests are
among the richest of her heritages,
and the fact that we, the trustees of
that heritage, should be sending it up
in smoke at the rate of $10,000,000 a
year, is a blot upon our capacity as a
people. The melancholy aspect of it
all is that most of this fire -loss is the
result of indifference, of a carelessness
that will not heed warnings or educa-
tional propaganda.—Ottawa Journal.
The Difference
Women, according to a trade survey,
tiuy twice as many shoes as men. But,
AM see, a man •can wear a pair of blue
socks without finding it necessary to
wear blue- shoes.—Border Cities Star.
An Explorer Honored
A. distinguished Canadian, Mr. J. B.
Tyrrell, received honor at Kingston in
the award of the Flavelle Medal at the
hands of the Royal Society of Canada.
The Flavelle Medal is given annually
to the Canadian whose achievements
the society considers have been the
;nest important and significant. One
of the previous awards was to Mr. C.
)31. Saunders, the discoverer of Marquis
wheat, which revolutionized the date
of harvest and the volume of the
:Western crop.
Mr. Tyrrell has won high tributes
the American Geological Society, and
from the Geological Society of Loudon,
the University of Toronto. His early
academie career was interrupted by
an illness which compelled him to live
in the open air, and which changed the
course of his life From 1881 he spent
seventeen years in exploration work in
gabert4, Manitoba, and the Northwest
,Territories, his work taking him into
the 'Yukon at the time of the famous
gold rush.
s Since his return to Toronto, in 1906,
he has spent many years as a consult -
jug engineer, in which capacity he was
forceinul advocate of the investment
of British. capital in the natural re-
ources of Canada. As President of the
Kirkland Lake Gold Mines he is an im-
p6rtant executive in the development
elf the Northland, but in scientific and
literary circles he is revered for his
)studies and elucidation of the early
':rplorations in Canada by David
Thompson, Samuel Hearne, and other
pathfinders whose services to Canada
ere all too little known.—Toronto
Globe.
A Surprise
An East Williams farmer called us
flp. the other day and asked us if we
wore not surprised to hear that one
of his Black Minorca pullets had just
laid an egg measuring 81/. inches from
tip to tip and 6.4 inches with chest ex-
needed. We certainly are. We were
tinder the impression that the Black
leeinorcas were a group of islands.—
Ailsa Craig Banner.
No More Jails
-No more jails are to be built in Aus-
tralia. They are to have prison honor
Camps instead, where convicts, who
have been gradedaccording to intelli-
gnce, will be given useful work and
ample food. This is a far cry from the
Old convict settlement at Botany Bay
Bird is heartening evidence of the pro-
gress being made in the work of re-
claiming for human society those who
have offended against the law,--Char-
1ttetown Guardian.
Foolish Flying
Australia has the right attitude to -
Wards foolhardy and vainglorious fly-
ers. They became such a nuisance,
getting lost in the Australian desert
and having to be rescued at great trou-
e ble and expense, that flying over the
Interior of the island continent with-
out permission has been prohibited,
Beforeissuing such permission, the
authorities must have a guarantee
Qinat the plane is its good condition and
costs of any rescue will be borne by
the flyers themselves. --London Free
Press.
The Drunken Driver
Conditions roust be made so uncom-
fortable for the drunken driver that
he will be banished from the road, He
THE EMPIRE
Australia and the Ottawa Agreements
Up to the present the Ottawa agree,
moat has brought Australia uo disad-
vantage. The building of new fac-
tories and the general improvement ,in
manufacturing production are amongst
the best signs of returning prosperity.
Industrial stocks on the share market.
are stronger and more buoyant titan
they have been since adversity swept
over us.—Melbourne Herald,
Lord Wiliingdon and India
No one can doubt that the present
Viceroy is a real friend to true Indian
nationalism. It is not that he regards
it as a movement to which concessions
roust be made, because it is there and
is growing, but which is regrettable in
itself. On the contrary, like many
other Englishmen, he evidently re-
gards it as a fine thing in itself, which
Britain can be proud that she has had
a share in producing, It is the weak-
ness, not the strength, of Indian na-
tionalism, which such Englishmen de-
plore. To love a common Motherland,
to wish it to be great and prosperous,
united 'internally, at peace with other
countries, admired and respected
abroad„ and administering its own af-
fairs, these are surely true thoughts
fer every Indian, and. these are
thoughts which self-respecting Eng-
lishnten would wish to see grow in the
Youth of a country for which history
has given them such a strange re-
sponsibility. Given a recognition of
that spirit on both sides, even the
poorest constitution would work.—Cal-•i
cutta Statesman.
"British Settlers For Canada"
If the British people are to find a
way in this new time, they must seek
a much closer relationship with the
Continent of North America. Such a
relationship to Canada as we here sug-
gest will add the strongest physical
bouds to those already formed by a
common language and a peculiar cul-
ture. The distance across the Atlantic
becomes ever less important. I be-
lieve it possible, and necessary, to ce-
ment this union by the strongest sort
of economic union. Behind Britain is
the European Continent. Before her
is North America. With her working
class and her intellectuals constantly
merging with those of North America,
the future relationship would seem to
be very natural. Discussions of this
tendency need not long befog the un-
derstanding. North America is not
going to overwhelm Britain as a whale
swallows a small fish; yet Britain and
North America are likely to evolve a
new sort of international relationship.
The strongest bond of that connection
will be the British settlement of Ca.n-
ada.—Dr. Frank Bohn in The National
Review (Loudon).
THE UNITED STATES
Roosevelt's Year
Each new occupant of tate White
House knows very well that he is
never likely to be so strong politically
as during the first twelve months of
his term of office. The nation is ex-
pectant; there is a universal feeling
that wishes him well; he has enough
political favours to grant and appoint
ments to distribute to keep his follow-
ers compliant and to make it worth
while for Congressmen to stand well
with the White House; and, above all,
the hope never dies down in the eter-
nally resilient American breast that a
new'President means a new era and
better times. In Mr. Roosevelt's case
all these favouring factors are magni-
fied and multiplied, first, by the fact
that both Houses of Congress are im-
pregnably held by his own party;
secondly, by the ever -widening range
and severity of the crisis that has
brought him to power; and thirdly, by
the impression already made upon tate
public mind by his personality and his
acts. --Alfred Bossom in The National
Review (London).
Explosion Injures Twenty
An explosion of illuminating gas did this to a tenement in Pitts-
burg. More than 20 people were injured, while one is missing, Fire-
men attributed it to escaping gas from a main.
Britain Signs Two
More Agreements
Pacts With Norway and Swed-
en Widen Market for
British Coal
London.—On May 15 the United
Kingdom signed trade agr'eeutents
with Norway and Sweden, bringing
the total of such new pacts to five
within a few weeks. The two new-
est treaties, like those with Den-
mark and Germany, provided for in-
creased exports of British coal which,
officials estimate, will reach 4,000,-
000 tons annually to the four signa-
tory countries.
The agreement specifies that Nor-
way and Sweden take 1,500,000 tons
of British coal 'annually in return
for certain concessions thought • to
involve reduction of duties on some
Scandinavian products imported in-
to the United Kingdom. Guarantee
of a 2,500,000 -ton market for British
coal do Denmark and Germany was
the United Kingdom's chief gain in
treaties with those countries.
In its other new trade pact, that
with the Argentine, the United [ iug-
dom undertook to give the ' South
American republic concessions in
chilled and frozen meats, her chief
exports, in return for a guarantee
that Britain's frozen peso credits
would be liquidated gradually by
changes in Argentine exchange re:
gulations. The United Kingdom
also got a promise that duties on her
exports to the Argentine would be
lowered as far as possible to the
level prevailing in 1930.
Branch Banks
Ther must be branch banking on a
wide scale, as in England and Canada.
There trust be a single national bank-
ing system, rorously supervised.
Only after ouch a reformation has
been accomplished can there be seri-
ous discussion of a guarantee of de-
posits --and then it would be unneces-
sary, for failures would be negligible.
—New York Herald -Tribune.
Lighter Light Bilis
The cost of illuminating a ballroom
in Philadelphia with candles for the
celebration of Washington's Birthday
in 1517 was. $150, while now the same
amount of light would cost 50 cents.
Electricity seems to have considerably
lightened the light bill. - Christian
Science Monitor.
Futures. of Skyscrapers
Population and industrial trends in.
dicated in the census reports are now
recognized by one professor particle
laxly affected. William Orr Ludlow, of
the American Institute of Architects,'
sees the skyscraper era at an end and
the time of smaller cities, widespread
suburban communities and'decentral-
ized industry at hand. --- New York
Everting Post,,
is a menace not only to his own life -�--+a �--
astcl liitrb, but to the lives and proper- Ames of 2,000 hippos otami killed by
ties
of h
ie neighbours, — Saint John prehistoric hunters
were found in a
Telegrapieelournal. single cave it Sicily.
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Moscow's May Day. The stats e
of Lenin in the Soviet capital s
decorated for the huge celebra-
tion staged by Russian Workmen.
Back Seat Drivers Beware
Fairmont, W. Va.---Back seat drivers
niay now sit a little farther back to
snake room for John Poling, who is
suing his wife for $25,000, claiming he'
was lnjnred in an Alabama auto acci-
dent while Mrs. Poling was driving,
Former Rhodes
Scholars Plan
June Reunion
,agreement: Reached More Advertising
On Silver issue Way to Prosperity
Sias
Pints Decided on by 111
Leading Countries Con-
sulted— Must Be
Stabilized
Washington. Definite agree-
ment between Canada and other
nations interested fa improving the
price of silver on a six -point 'pro-
gram to be worke'd out at the World
'Economic Conference in London was
made known Friday by Senator Pit-
man, who has beau appointed to the
Atnericaa delegation,
The announcement was made as
preliminary White house conversa-
tions with spokesmen of 11 leading
nations entered their final stages
and the monetary policy being pre-
pared for agreement at London took
on greater clarity,
The six points to
said all the nations consulted had
agreed were:
1. That the price of silver should
be ' reasonaTi.ly raised, .. and substan-
tially stabilized.
2, That the silver' question is a
part of the general problem of cur-
rency stabilization.
3, That governments should agree
to abandon the policy and practice
of debasing and melting up silver.
4. That the fineness tf debased
coins e,hould be restored as rapidly
as practicable.
5. That so far as possible there
should be a largo use of silver as a
base for currency issues.
6. That tariffs and other obstruc-
tions to a free movement of silver
should be lowered or eliminated.
Silver May Solve Problem
After Prime Minister R. B. Ben-
nett had attended President Roose-
velt's economic conversations Hon.
Charles McCrea, Ontario's. Minister
of Mines, on behalf of the Canadian
Government, conferred with United
States and Mexican officials on the
silver question. -
State department officials who
have been working with Pittman on
the problem pointed in asserting
that if the status of silver can be
definitely improved, many ••of the
other problems .of the conference
will be automatically solved and its
success assured.,
150 American and Canadian
Winners to Attend Gath-
ering at Swarshmore
Swarthmore, Pa.—The first United
States reunion of Canadian and Amer-
ican Rhodes scholars, will be held at
Swarthmore College on June 4 to 6,
beginning the day before college
,commencement. Newton D. Baker
and Sir Francis Wylie will bo the
feature speakers at the activities at
which 150 former Rhodes sciholars
'and their wives are expected to be
present. ,
Sire Francis Wylie, iu addition to
delivering . the commencement ad-
dress on Jnne 5, will be tendered a
dinnr the same evening in the col-
lege dining hall. He will give the
impressions he has. received from his
wide contacts with Rhodes scholars,
especially on his recent world tour.
Until July, 1931, he was Oxford secre-
tary to the Rhodes trustees.
Two of the visiting Rhodes schol-
ars, now distinguished in their fields,•
"will be contributors to the graduat-
ing exercises of the college, in addi-
tion to Sir. Francis. Willard Sperry,
the first .Rhodes scholar from Michi-
gan, will deliver 'the baccalaureate
sermon en June 4. Mr. Sperry was
formerly Hibbert lecturer at Oxford,
and is now dean of the Theological
School at Harvard. Another mem-
ber of the first group of Rhodes men,
C. F. , Tucker Brooke, of West Vir-
ginia, will deliver the Phi Pete. Kappa
address. Mr. Brooke is now a pro-
fessor of English at Yale.
The two conferences have been
arranged for June. 6. At the first of
these, the methods of selection of
Rhodes scholars will be discussed.
The new method which has been in
force for several years and was origin-
ally worked out through the efforts
6f Dr: Frank Aydelotte, president of
Swarthmore, provides for selections
overlapping state boundaries.
The other conference will be con-
cerned with the international prob-
lems arising out of the present eco-
nomic crisis. Mr. Baker will be the
principal speaker at this conference,
Less Marriages — More
Divorces in France
Fewer .marriages, more divorces,
and fewer births, are recorded in
the povisional vital statistics issued
by the French authorities for 1932,
To offset the decline in the num-
ber of births, there is a decrease in
the number of deaths, although the
deciineein the deaths of babies un-
der 12 months is negligible, there
being only 267 fewer deaths of child-
ren within that age limit as com-
pared with 1931.
The provisional statistics, based
ofi returns from 90 departments arr-
as
rcas follows:
1931 1932
Marriages .. 326,355 314,878
Divorces . 31,212 21184$
Births .. . 730,249 722,240
Deaths (under 12
months) . 55,444 55,177
Total deaths 680,710 • 660,882
Still Births 28,058 27,537
Tile excess of births over deaths
was 49,539' in 1931, and 61,364 ,iu
1932,
Out of every 10,000 of population,
marriages were 156 in 1931, and 150
in 1932, Births were 174 in 1931
and 173 in 1932. Deaths were 163
and 153 respectively.
which Pittman
Bacon, Ham Largest _
Exports of Meat
Ottawa. — Bacon and ham consti-
tuted the larger part of the meat ex-
ports of Canada in April last, accord-
ing to a report issued by the Domin-
ion Bureau of Statistics. Out of a
total export value of $461,760, bacon
and hams accounted for $398,326,
against $199,191 for the correspond-
ing month last year.
The volume of that commodity ex-
,ported last month was 3,$17,400
pounds, comparedwith 1,846,600 for
the same month in 1932.
Canned meat exported last month
amounted to 67,271 pounds valued at
$9;820, compared with 12,576 pounds
with a value of $2,473 in April last
year.
Roosevelt In Office
Eleven Weeks Enacts •
Eight Major Laws
Washington. — The Tennessee
Valley Developtnnt Act, just signed
by President Hoover, was the eighth.
major law put into effect in the
eleven weeks he has been in of-
fice.
The major accomplishments of
the administration in the domestic
field to date:
Emergency hank legislation, Re-
forestation Act, legalization of beer,
government economy, farm relief,
currency control, Wagner direct un-
employment relief, . and Tennessee
valley -Muscle Shoals development.
Ends Air Torr
Mrs, Lindbergh and the 'Colonel
arrived at Washington for the
trial of Gaston Means, alleged ex-
tortionist,
New York Club Hears Talk.
' On 'Advertising media
New York.—Use of ad'reytising,
media on a more general, and extena
sive scale is the sure t. way to end; ti?9 '
current economic situation and to pre::
vent them in the future, according to
Mr. i rward A. Filene, of Bostonk
speaking before the New York Ad.‘
vertising Club.
Declaring that good advertising,
with all that it implies, will show the
way and lead toward a height of press
perity such as the world bas nevei
known, Mr. Filene held that a "good
.adver'tieeiiient is just as productive
of social and economic values as a
good potato patch or a good clothing
factory.,'
Advertising is not a distinct step
which is separable from the. rest of
the economic machinery, but is anerea
ly a cog in the wheel and a necesa
sary part of the whole, he continued,
Advertising, "linked with mass produal
tion and distribution, he said, "all
help to get bread and butter and other
things, the necessities of life and the
luxuries of life, which should be availi
able to every one, from those who pro-
duce them to those who need them;
Advertising of the riglit sort is azi
essential element in this process." I
He urged that manufacturers and
sellers make every effort to allow the
consumer to get the most for every
dollar he spends and suggested that
the best way to do this would be
through low unit costs and low uniti
profits.
"The problem of the advertiser in
these days is not to make people want'
to buy," he continued. "Who doubts
that the consumer wants to buy bets
ter clothing, better housing, better
food, a higher standard of living all
around? The problem is to enable
people to buy. I maintain deliberately,
and with no sense of paradox that
this is precisely what advertising
ought to do and what advertising can
do."
Mr. Filene enyisaged the future in
most optimistic terms.
"Looking ahead," he said, "I see a
possible future which is incomparably'
brighter. I see mass distribution
linked with mass production—an ens'
richment of individual life, a gain in
leisure, in enjoyment, in freedom o'1
choice, in liberation from anxiety's'
The machine is not enslaving man.
kind. Man is enslaving the m•acltine,
and in so doing setting himself free,"
Working in Field
Finds Coin of 1604
Guelph, Ont.—Working in a field„
'which had not been plo✓ed for nine
years, George Boreham of Guelph
Township discovered- a five -shilling
piece struck. around! 1600. Despite
an offer by' an expert on numismatics;
• Boreham intends to keep the ancieei
coin.
British, 0)11.1144a bia Taxes
11 eats Above 50 Cents
Victoria., B.C.—The British Column
bia Government has imposed its new
tax on all public meals costing 50
Cents and more, according to the,
following schedule, just issued: 3 -
cents on meals from 65 to 80 -cents;
5 cents between 85 cents and $1; -6
cents between $1.05' and $1.20; 7
cents between $1.25 and $1.40; 8 cents
between $1.45' and $1.60; 9 cents be-
tween 41.65 and $1.80; and 10 cents
between $1.85 and $2.
The revenue from this tax will be
used for hospital purposes, to replace
grants which the Government foria ..!
eriy gave these institutions. •
Prospects of Agriculture
Brighter, Says Swanson
Regina.—Wheat is now welt on the
road to recovery and prospects for im
proved agricultural prices are much
brighter, Prof. W. W. Swanson, pro.
tosser of economics, University of Sas-
katchewan, told the Social Service
Council here.
Ultimate restoration of prosperity
in the West depended upon much bet-
ter prices for faun products, lie de-
clared, but the improved situation in
regard to wheat was a Hopeful sign.
He suggested the council might con
sider crop insurance and the devising
of a new scheme of co-operation simi- •
tar to that now in vogue in Denmark,
Herds Shrink in Norfolk
Due to Tobacco Acreage.
Sim•cce.—Nowhere is the growth of
the tobacco industry reflected more
than in the general trend of farthing
in this district. F. C. Patersbni
D.R.A., points out that Norfolk's cat-
tle population is decreasing at h rate
of 1;000 per an um, while there are
about 1,600 less brood sows than there
were five years ago, when the tobacco
industry was just getting established`'
Former King of Spain '
Observes 47th Birthday
Madrid, Spain,—The former Ding of
Spain, Don Alfonso of Bourbon and
Napsburgl-Lorraine, on May 18th cele-
brated his 47th birthday in exile
abroad.
It was the third birthday celebrated .
in exile. Alfonzo has established" -his
residence at Fontainebleau, outside
Paris,
The day passed without notice br
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