Zurich Herald, 1933-06-29, Page 6Voice of the Press
'Canada, The Empire and The World at Large
CANADA
Towns Growing Up
ce'..A15 year .several Ontario towns and
cit:es will be 100 years old. They are
having;a centennial celebration iu Fer-
gus this summer, Next year Toronto
celebrates 100 years as a city, .So half
a (Outlay is a comparatively short'
period in Eastern Canadian history,
but a long one in Western history. It
was only 50 years ago that the first
lnloneer;z .arrived to settle on the banks
et the North Saskatchewan River,
where the thriving city of Saskatoon
• now stands, In August the establish -
Ment of the townsite 60 years ago will
be celebrated,—London Free Press.
The Rains
The drouth- cycle which for
years, has been a heart-breakiug
meat in the lives of people in a 1
area. of Saskatchewan appears to
run its course.
The country is now wet, thorou
soaked, mired to the ears in nz
places. There is enough moistur
the ground in most localities to
the season; anything approaching
mai weather conditions during
summer will mean a crop. Fodder
vegetables should also be abund
Wells will have water in th
sloughs have brimming banks.
We do not know, of course,
prices may be obtained for the the
that may be produced. For the ti
being let us be satisfied that the g
earth is not to withhold her yield
Regina Leader -Post.
England Likes Our Tobaccb
Very gratifying reports are being
ceived from Canadian trade comm
tioners in Great Britain regarding th
• steadily increasing popularity of Ca
iiian tobacco—almost entirely fro
this part eef the country. Accord
to D, S. Cole, of Bristol, Empire
bacco cleared from English bond
Warehouses had grown from 1,500,0
Bounds in 1919 to just on 47,000,0
pounds last year. Of this latter qua
City 10,699,493 pounds were from C
iida, The largest quantity was fro
�'•yasaland, over 15,000,000 pound
Canada coming next, with Souther
Rhodesia and British India close b
hind.
There is a heavy decrease in im
p�orts from. the United States, the el
crease being 48,0Q0,000 pounds coin
Pared with the 1930 figures --more tha
the whole Empire contribution.
According to Mr. Cole the great in
crease In Canadian tobacco was du
to lowering of the price and improv
Ment of the product. Important Er
fish firms state. that the quality of
Canadian flue -cured tobacco was goo
In 1931 and better still in 1932. It ha
created much favoralsle comment, an
Provided that quality is maintains
British importers are convinced tha
tine demand for Canadian tobacco wil
increase—St. Thomas Times -Journal.
Did You Ever?
A survey reveals that twice as many
Men as women wear spectacles. Which
isn't at all surprising. For instance,
have you ever seen a group of women
on a street corner on a windy day
watching a man,: cross the street?- .
Hamilton Spectator. ,
four
ele-.
age
have
ghly
any
s in
last
nor
the
and THE EMPIRE
ant. LL. G.'S War Memories
em;t
An advance notice of the serial pub
what licatfon of extracts front Mr. Lloyd
ngs George's book of "War Memoirs" pro -
me miser us hard hitting on controversial
ood
topics, a candor that spares no repu-
tations, highly provocative criticisms,
and revelations of Great Britain's un-
preparedness for war. On that last
point it will be interesting to see how
- the author deals with the eminent
ie- Welsh statesman who told us, about
March; 1914, that there never had been
e a time so favorable as the present for
/la -the safe reduction of armaments, Per-
m haps this utterance was really closer
zng Ito August,, 1914. It' certainly was not
to further away, The Memoirs are said
0 to deal very with ruthlessly' ;with
00 Kitchener's shortcomings. I wonder
how they will deal with the charges
Ca
a
fete than its 1istorioal features, In
tbi;s respect Simcce and Norfolk
County are rich, Numerous points *of
prime historical interest along the
lakefront have been marked in the
Past ten years, Now,$lIncoe is Coming
into the limelight by virtue of the com-
pletion of a meet= of art and an-
tiques relating to the early history of
this district.---Simeoe Reformer,
Let's Rent a. Painting!
A group of painters, in Providence,
Rhode Island, is trying a very novel
scheme which has as its object the
oreatiou of an art-conciousness among
Rhode Islanders, This scheme is real-
ly a circulating library of Original'
paintings from. the brushes of living
artists of that city.. There is to be a
central depot where pictures can be
gathered. Connoisseurs and persons
who simply know what pleases .them
in design will be invited to inspect
them, select a picture, and take it
home. The rental fee will be 42 cents
a month, and the picture chosen may
be kept for any period up to a year,
or -it may be exchanged monthly,
Winnipeg Free Press.
in General John Charteris' "At G.H.Q.
that Mr. Lloyd George was responsible
m for the starving of our military
S' strength in France before the Germans
e- so nearly broke through in March,
1918; and also for protra;eted intrigues
aiming at the removal of Haig as Com-
mander -in -Chief. In whatever way Mr.
Com-
e- Lloyd George may deal with these and
other matters his "War Memoirs"
n promises to be a book of the
- Edinburgh Scotsman. year.--
The Economics of Leisure
A great deal is said about over -pro-
duction, but the more vital need for:
increased consumption is not so 'wide-
ly recognized, Until quite recently
s the majority of people_ were engaged
d
d
t
1
Man's Intricate Brain
The difficulties faced by psycholo-
gists and brain specialists in their ef-
fort to understand just what the
!human mind is arid how it works are
graphically expressed by Prof. C. Jud-
son Herrick, noted psychiatrist, If
you took all the apparatus of tele-
graph, telephone and radio in North
America, says Professor Herrick, and
compressed it into a two -quart jar, you
would still have an affair less bewild-
eringly intricate than the human
brain. Is It any wonder that our, spe-
cialists still have a great deal to learn
about the way the mind operates?—
Vancouver Sufi.
Beating Diphtheria
Ten years ago the diphtheria death
rate in Manitoba was 21.5 per 100,000,
which meant that 150 children lost
their lives in this province every year
from this preventable disease. In 1923
iminunizatiou was started in 'Winne
peg, with the result that by 1929 the
•death rate for the whole province had
been brought down to 10.3, In that
year immunization was extended to a
part of rural Manitoba, resulting in a
further reduction of death rate to 5.4 In
s•u:raI Manitoba since 1930 there have
been 63 deaths in unimmunized terri-
tory and only 18 deaths in the much
larger population of the immunized
territory. There have been no deaths
among ininunized persons, ---Winnipeg
Tribune,
Bridge
Most of the millions who play bridge
play it for enjoyment and not as a
Mathematical exercise. They break
all the rules, they under -bid when they
don't oven -bid, they forget what's
trump, violate the, conventions, but
they have a lot of fun out of the game
find if that isn't the prime Purpose of
si game then we are greatly mistaken,
--Ottawa /mime).
Historical M ueete ns
it town or county can have me mare
attractive litre for vigitorg and tour.
in factories and offices for most
their waking hours and had little
energy or opportunity for anything
but work. The producer in his free
hoursnow becomes a consumer and
helps to restore the balance. It has
been estimated that 50 years hence
the work of the world will be done in
about four''hours daily. A good many
'firms have already adopted the five-
day working week. The proper use of
leisure is a problem that will become
increasingly important. — The Nine-
teenth Century,
Citizens Forum Fire Brigade
When a $125,000 fire broke out in the J. 13. Smith lumber yard at
Callander the other day, a C.N.R. locomotive was called in to, help
pump water, fire -fighting equipment was rushed from North Bay,
citizens loaned buckets, pails and garden hose.
e --
Selling in England
Comments the Ottawa Journal.—
"Seeaking in St. Thomas Hon
Charles McCrea, Ontario Minister o
Mines, -quoted figures prepared b
Hon. T. L, Kennedy, the provincia
Minister of Agriculture, which prove
the extraordinary development of
agricultural exports to the British
znar•ket. ' In the period from Janu-
ary 31, 1932, to January" 31, 1933, per-
centage increases of farm products
exported to the United Kingdom were
as follows, as compared to the twelve
months immediately preceding:
Percent
Canoed fruits 93
Oats . . GO
Bran 644
Flaxseed ., 1,168
Tobacco ... 104
Bacon .. 186
Beef .... 190
Pork • 283
Poultry 1.688
Canned Milk 140
Canned Meats ° 2.443
This remarkable showing is all the
more significant when it is remem-
bered that the new treaty wasin ef-
fect
ffect for only about half the latter
year. Furthermore it is apparent
that there is a cumulative effecton
of the development of an export bust-
y
•
Canada and Opportunity
The emigration of large numbers is
now made easy by all things of the
machine age. The settler is taken to
his new home by railway -train and
motor car. Land settlement or indus-
trial develoliment in a new country to-
day, when compared to what It was
formerly, maiy be made a Sort of sport-
ing event. Ten millions of British can
be well settled. in Canada with much
Iess effort than the original half-dozen
British settlements were made in our
American colonies during the Seven-
teenth Century. If the goodly land
of Canada is not soon occupied by Bre.
Cali immigrants it may be taken up
by Continental Europeans, If Canada
is to remain permanently British in
blood and :sentiment the time to act Is.
the golden present. The world is now
at the lowest point of an ever -recur•
ring agricultural cycle. Within live
years or less agricultural conditions
(nmust change somewhat for the better.
THE UNITED STATES
Living in the Past
No stranger crew sails the seven
Seas to -clay than that. •of the TJ.S.S.
Constitution, Eighty men went aboard
the restored frigate in June, 1931,.to
Undertake an existence strange to
them. Everything aboard "OId Iron-
sides" is the sante to -day as in 1812,
including the routine of the crew. The
work is all done by hand; even the
decks are scrubbed with water pumped
from the ,sea, . The only heat is in the
galley. Yet the crew, after nearly two
years, 18 reported almost intact. Quite
a.record, in view of the pleasant duty
to be had on the 'up-to-date man -o'
war, :Boston Pest,
A Health Hint
Ozie reason assigned to Mr. Reese-
velt's good physical condition is that
116 Is able' to shake off his problems
when he goes to bed. This is a hint
for all of us. We should be failing
asleep then, instead of trying to solve
tbezn by the often llhpraeticable pro-
cess of mere thought.---Providei;ce
journal.
ness and that it will be years before
the full benefit Is reaped. Enough
has been accomplished already, how-
ever, to justify the convictions of
those who brought the treaty into
existence and commended it to the
people of. -this country,"
Getting Rid of Moths
A government bulletin says the way
to frighten off moths is to use a pound
of paradichlorobenzine, and if this
won't do the trick we would suggest
takeahammerandkno ckhisblo ckoff.
A Swedish firm is planning to con-.
vert 1,000,000 tons of wood pulp into
synthetic sugarevery year,. ' The
sugar is to be used for cattle feed- is
ing and distillation into commercial b
alcohol. colo . ' summer,
More International
Education Urged
Angell Tells All Peoples As-
sociation It Will Curb
Nationalism
•
Copenloagen.—International educa-
tion was urged to overcome excess nee
tionalism by Sir Norman Angell,
British • economist, at a recent meet-
ing of the A11 Peoples Association
here. Sir Norman blamed excess of
nationalism for the economic and fin-
ancial collapse of the world.
The kind of education given at
present does not help us to perceive
the essential conditions that make for
peace or the nature of the, world in
which we live, continued Sir Norman.
For the last 10 years the economists
have been urging the goverinnents of
the world to scale down or wipe out
reparations and debts, and to have
lower tariffs. Education must teach
that the vast sums involved in debts
or reparations can only be paid in
goads dr services. This trust be taught
in ..a way that millions can grasp.
- The use of international textbooks.
for the teaching of history, literature
and other subjects were urged by Sir
Norman to develop an appreciation
for the achievements of other coun-
tries. These books sheuld be compiled
by economists, whose interest and pot-
icies were based on building up rather
than on exaggerations; on brother-
hood, rather than nationalism.
Baby Who Stole Film
Wins Seven-year Contract
Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount Stu-
dios have announced the signing to a
seven-year contract of Leroy Wein-
bruner, the one -year-old baby who
shared honors with Maurice Chevalier
in a recent movie.
From the weather this spring, it
re i ted
p d c that army worms will
e flourishing in grain fields this
Mountain Slides Into German River
A terrible cata ;•trophe occurred on May' 31st near Latdorf in the
Merseburg.dittriet of Gerniany when the chalk mountains slipped into
into the Seale river. The water 'Inputted half a meter in,•az fou
minutes,
100,000 City People
Back on the Land
'hitless" Street Car
Passes First Test
Satisfactory Results Reported; Result of $500,000 Research?
Ir* Most Cases ---Quebec to is Demonstrated in
Extend Grants of Brooklyn
Money
(Comments the Toronto Mail and
Empire.)
The wholesome back.to-the-land
movement in whieh Hon. Wesley Ger-
don, Minister of Labor and Inunigra-
tion, has tp ken a strong lead ever
since he came into office, is gaining
a constructive impetus. In co-opera-
tion with the two railway systems and
the provincial government, nearly
100,000 individuals have been taken
from the cities and placed on farms.
The breadwinners in most cases thus
provided for lived formerly on the
soil and were attracted to urban cen-
tres during former boom periods. A
familiarity with rural life fits them
to succeed as farmers or farm workers.
Most of the provinces have co-op-
erated with the Federal Government
and with the railways in the move-
ment, and satisfactory results have
been obtained in manyparts of the
Dominion, though there has been a
percentage of failures, due perhaps to
poor selection on the part of some
municipalities. It is understood that
the Ontario Government will continue
to place suitable settlers on the land
along the existing highways, and
where colonization . roads are used
they will be put in shape under the
unemployment relief plan. It is un-
derstood that Mr. Gordon, during his
present trip to the North Country, is
giving some time to the study of the
problem,
In the Province of Quebec Premier
Taschereau has announced that his
Government plans to intensify the
back -to -the -land movement by extend-
ing grants of money for a period of
three years to farmers who are will-
ing to place their sons on abandoned
farms. The Department of Coloniza-
tion, Game and s Fisheries is _co-oper-
ating with the Department of Agricul-
ture in this work. In the view of Mr.
Taschereau, a long -continued exodus
of young men and women from rural
areas to urban districts has weakened
the basis of Quebec's prosperity and
development to a disquieting extent.
It is the Govertimeut's intention to do
all in its power to correct this un-
profitable situation,
This is all to the good. At such a
time, newspapers everywhere should
refrain from publishing sensational
stories negarding the failure of occa-
sional migrants to the land. These
people constitute a small minority,
and the unnecessary airing of their
grievances tends to discourage an in-
valuable movement which, if properly
developed, can make a real contribu-
tion to the renewed development of
prosperous conditions throughout 'On-
tario and the Dominion.
1,300;000 Return to Jobs -
In U.S. • Within 3 Months
would
least 1,
it from
Ancie
Montr
ed mor
turies a
sive exl
library,
through
ashington, .—Reports of a general
rn in business cheeredi adminis-
on leaders as, they fought to carry
resident Roosevelt's billion dollar
my program.
dget dizector Lewis Douglas
t word to the White House that
;00 0 persons have returned to.
jobs since March 4. Harvey
, member of the Board of the
struction Finance Corporation,
the President that the steady in
in cotton prices . already was
g an economic stimulant to
rn agriculturists.
in the Federal Reserve Board
new indications of economic re -
y. Member barnks in 90 leading
reported that in the week end -
ay 31, total loans increased
00,000 to reach a total' of $8,-
0,000.
ns en .securities rose $65,000,000
18,000,000. Total loans and•i�n-
nts increased $97,000;000 to
6,000;000.
lied, in his explanation, declar-.
at the rise in cotton prices front
$50,a bale, not only have a tre-
e impetus to southern buying
but also strengthened the po-
of the banks in the cotton -
g states. He estimated that the
AI) loan to China by the* Re-
ction Finance Corporation,
result in the purchase of at
000,000 bales of botton, some of
the surplus stocks.
nt Bird Books
Displayed at McGill
eat,—Books aboutizirds print -
e than four and a half cen-
go afe included in an exteh-
tibit at McGi11 University
whiciz is open t0`the public
out the summer months.
upttuu
trate
out Pi
scone
Bu
broug
their
Couch
Recon
told
crease
previn
southe
Fro
carne
cover
cities
ing M
$133,0
485,00
Loa
to $3,7
vesture
$16,42
Couc
ed th
$30 to
menden
power,
sition
growin
$50,00,0
constru
New York,—Citizens of a .certain'
section of Brooklyn beheld a strange
sight last weep—a street car that sped
along making less noise than an elec.
trio egg -beater,
Rolling on rubberized tires, and
with rubber "sandwiches" worked in,
to springs, the car was demonstrated
after two .years of research iu whieb
$500,000 was expended in an effort to
produce a more comfortable and morn
efficient means of transportation foi
the nation's straphangers.
The car was given its first formal
test before a group of newspaper and
magazine writers, all of whom werer
permitted to ride in it. They worn
impressed not only by the completer
quietness of the car in operation, but
by the developments of speed control
which eliminates sudden and jolting
stops. and starts.
A man may stand in the aisle and
read his newspaper without fear of
being thrown violently against other
standees, and without the clatter and
bang ordinarily associated with street
car transportation. It is as though
in fact, he were riding be a deep
cushioned limousine.
C. F. Iiirshfield, noted engineer, wilt
had charge of the experiments in then
various phases, sought to determin(
just what things about street cars iv
ritate and discommode the passenger, -
The noise, the jarring, the ventilatigi
and speed were the main factors. Ont
problem which confronted him wa(
the fact that many passengers becom(
irritated when -they see automobile(
swing in ahead of the street car.
Thus the present car was evolved
Noise has been eliminated 'to such an
extent that the most distinguishabl(
sound is that of the trolley wheel run
ning overhead.
The new type controls provide t
"pick-up" rate almost double that of
the ordinary street car,
2•
Sianish Flyers
Set New Mark
Cover 4,500 Miles From
Seville to Havana in
Forty Hours
Havana, Cuba.—On June 11 tw(
veteran Spanish army flyers covering
4,500 miles in a non-stop flight froze
Seville to Cuba, set a new North At.
lantic record,
Capt.'Mariano Barberan and Lieut
Joaquin Collar left the Spanish city
on Saturday morning and arrived at
Camaguey, in Central Cuba, Sundae
afternoon, averaging about 115 mile(
an hour during the 39 hours and 5d
minutes they were in the air.
Their reception at the Camague,
Airport was a cordial one, while Hai
vane gave them an ovation greatee
than the first.
Their plane, named the Cuatro Vii
entos, or Four Winds, Ianded grace
fully after making the crossing witt
almost mathematical precision.
"We had one fine trip," the Span
iards exclaimed as their big plan(
slid down out of the grey clouds. Th(
weather was gook!, they said.
The aviators saw only twopassene
ger ships during their flight. ' "I don't
expect they saw us, however, because
we were flying very high," they said
A manufacturer here said he would
pay the Spaniards $5,000 for the firs(
Spain -to -Cuba flight, although hil
long-standing prize offer' elapsed lad
January.
Cuban officials estimated the die
tance at 4,533 miles, most of it over.
water.
German Research Group
to Check Oil Deposih
Berlin.—Germany ie making an en
fort to check all its natural resources%
As a first step, the "German Societe
for Oil Research" has been founded
including representatives of the gov-
ernment, industry, experts of the Na•
tional Socialist and Nationalist' Pax•
ties, and several' independent experts,
Professor C. Eduard Leo Ubbeohde,
of ICarisruhe has been appointed pre-
sident, while Gottfried, Feder, well.
known economic expert of the Nasi
party, has been named liaison offlceri
According to the statutes drawn up
by the society, its first task will be to
create a. basis for methodical..geologia+
al and geophysical research all over
Germany, with a view to ascertaining
the exact site of oil deposits as well es
their approximate potential yield;
An extensive study also is to be
made as to question of exploitation,
refining, transport, storing and the
lite exhibit includes many rare, use of oil and oiI products
books from • the collection in the
Blacker Library of Ornithology; they
Emma etiearer Wood Library of Greater New York Sets
Ornithology, augmented by rare vol-
unzes, from the Osier Library; an ex -
Census at 12,616,300
tensive selection from the 4000 orifi. New York—The metropolitan. popue
anal bird paintings in possession• of .lotion of New York now is 12,6
16,300
the library; stuffed birds, and birds' au increase of nearly 600,000 siuc(i
eggs from the Redpath Museum, and ! the 1980 census the Merchants tier
other material "reletieg to the Ills-. etiolation reported June lst,
tory of bird illustration, r New York City's estimated popular
1 tion was placed at 7,218,000, against
— —` ' 0,9.30,446 in 1930.
The American alligator got Its,' New York's metropolitan
1 name by• mistake: Srianish explorers t prises toor retail
I p trading area; conipris�s territory
f mistook; it for a great lizard and within a radius of 60 utiles Trot(
i called it el largato, the lizard. dowt.town New 1t ork,