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Zurich Herald, 1933-08-03, Page 6Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large THE EMPIRE Britain's Stand The choice for this country at the World Conference is not between High Protection and Free Trade. There is a broad intermediate grouud, and on that we stand now and mean to go on standing.—London Daily Tele- graph. • The Scientific Use of Coal In few things is this country more wasteful than in its use of coal. Much industry, research, and ingenuity have been devoted to the quest of eoonomi- cal processes for the scientific utiliza- tion of coal. A variety has been dis- covered, and some of them have been applied on a limited scale. But there have been snags and difficulties in- numerable. It is one thing to conduct a successful experiment in a labora- tory: another to float aprocess as an industrial and commercial success. It is for the Government to put the mat- ter to the test, and to act swiftly. One thing must be secured above all. It is that coal treatment shall be regard- ed not as a separate industry but as part of mining, and its benefits shared with the miners wito have borne ad- versity so long and so patiently.—Lon- don Daily Herald. CANADA Jig -Saw Pezzlee. Just why jig -saw puzzles should be so popular at present is hard to say, They have been in existence for years in the Angio -Saxon world, and have been used by the Chinese for thous- ands of years. But they 'were oonsider- ed chiefly a pastime for children, and invalids until the last few months. Ap- parently they were revived just at the psychological moment, supplying an actual need. The majority of people nowadays have consderable time on their hands, It seems likely that the conditions which made the jig -saw flourish will continue for some con- siderable time. So while the craze may not maintain its present intensity for, more thau a few months, there will be a continuing demand for new puzzles which will reduce unemploy- ment and add to the happiness of thousands.—London Free Press. Radio and the News Many people appear to think that the radio has news of its own. It hasn't. All the news that radio broad- casts has been gathered by news- papers, is in. newspaper offices or newspapers before the radio broad- casts it. In most cases it is news given to the radio by the newspapers. —Ottawa Journal. Bit Hard on Pedestrians If you're verging on a nervous break- down—go out and buy a car—an old car will do—and you'll he cured) We ran into a friend downtown the other day who looked so radiantly well we immediately demanded, "Have you just got back from a Mediterranean cruise or something?" "My dear," she replied, "I haven't been farther than Port Credit, but I've never felt better in my life. "Two months ago," she continued, "I was jusi about d nervous wreck— couldn't sleep and all that sort of thing—n. fact, 1 felt just about like one of those ads for patent medicines. So Fred hauled me to a doctor, and the doctor's advice to Fred was to buy me a car and let me learn to drive. He said something about con- centration oncentration taking one's mind off one's self or something of that sort. So Fred ought me a second-hand car and here I am." All of which may be excellent advice for the nervous, but it does sound a little hard on pedestrians.—Toronto Tel Coming to Uncle Sam's Rescue Great Britain is said to be ready to pay ten cents on the dollar in settle- ment of the war debt to the United States. She has evidently hearkened seriously to the current American folk song: "Brother, Can You Spare .a ;Dime?"—Toronto Saturday Night. The Housewife's Thrill It must be a dandy thrill fora wo- man, elbow deep in the family wash tub, to answer the postman's knock and receive a Valentine from her hus- band and then discover that while she as been out of the kitchen Junior has allen out of his high chair and the ' cans have burned.—Hamilton Spec- tator. Judge Bingham Mr. Roosevelt has selected Judge Robert W. Bingham, publisher and 4ditor of the Louisville Couirer-Jour- i ai, to be the new Ambassador to Bri- tain. The world used to speak of 'mere Sam's "shirt -sleeves diplomacy." That will scarcely be .tbe sort of diplomacy practised by this cultured S.outherner; who is a lawyer, an edit - sr, a publisher ,and a business man, olio has a long list of academic titles }after his name, has travelled widely, and belongs to some of London's most exclusive clubs,—Ottawa Journal, Those Who Servo it was interesting to read the other 4ay that the Great Western Railway of England lost a crack express train in blizzard—lost it when the train got etuck in snowdrifts on ith way to Lon - ties in one of the Worst winter storms 'nglaud has known for years, a Even more interesting, though, was ha news of what th passengers On e train tied When. it finallir got to t•pndon. The uewe dispatches relate at` "leaseeng ra edged forwar to e locomotive end doiegss tulated the lagineer ;co.! getting tlzepn through. no.womakissed Slim." 1 This, to be sure, was no more than .lir.. But it Is the sort of taring that-, elc;oui happens to railroad engineers, 03' to any other of those skilled tech- . aeiriens on whose devotion, endurance and uhllity the lives, 4 tr wellers de. Meer). 11. ought to haPPen often, lilt 11. doesn't. \ i.'robably there Is not a reader of ns newspaper who ha'anot et Sonia t, me made a trio bsi train, by steamer, by 'hns or by airplane at a time when the elements were actively hostile, But is there one reader who went cltt of bis way, after it was over', to shake the hand of the engineer—sir the cap- tain, the driver tar the pilot -441 t thank him far gats ri g� hiv. t ;rough sttfell?' eaitcliener fAlly )Record, Gold Prices and Sterling South Africa's departure from the gold standard seems likely to have far wider consequences than the mere im mediate benefits to this country, and may yet be the deciding factor in the battle for the command of world prices that has been going on since Septem- ber, 1931, between the sterling bloc and the countries remaining on the old gold basis. It means that the Wit- watersrand, the producer of the bulk of the world's raw gold, is now de- manding a higher price for its product —a price more in keeping with ,the world commodity values. In other words, our gold producers, when re- leased by the Union's departure from the gold standard from their obliga- tion to sell their product to the South African Reserve Bank at a fixed, price, showed the world that they considered that their gold had been selling too cheaply, and they immediately left a group paying about 84s. an ounce and joined a group paying about 122s. an ounce. The Transvaal Chamber of Mines appears to consider a victory for the sterling bloc a foregone con- clusion, and to be banking ou the old price of 84s. an ounce for gold never returning. — Johannesburg Sunday Times. .Road vs. Rail Railway transport, in Malaya as well as at home and in other countries of the Empire, has cried "Wolf" rather more lousily than other transport sys- tems. There has, in consequence, grown up a feeling as between railway and road transport that each is out to cut the other's throat in catering for transport requirements. The railways take the view that the road services are unpleasant competitors who, if they cannot be displaced, must at all events be handicapped; while the road trans- port operator would probably like to select the cream of the traffic without restrictions and responsibility. It is for the Government to hold the bal- ance equitably between the two.— Singapore Press Press. THE UNITED STATES - Doing Their Bit Two persons intentionally paid the State of New York greater sums in income taxes last year than the law required; one, a retired professor, waived his personal exemption from taxes on a part of leis income, and the other, an executive in a transportation company, forebore to write off $25,000 of.lo:sses sustained in sales. of secure - ties. Neither is named, but both are -cited as fine examples of public -spirit. These men -deserve public gratitude. They acted as a generous regard for the welfare of their fellows dictated, Their sacrifice is acceptable at a time when sacrifice Is difficult and when. the State finds it more difficult tbau in living memory to obtain the re- venue that it requires, Their example may be recommended to others who cat. make similar sacrifice without passing it on to their•own dependents. —Brooklyn Eagle, Mr. Roosevelt's Task Only one other President in the his- toyr Of the Republic has taken Wilde ata time when it was evident that the course of his administratiou was to lie beset from. the very start with such dangers and such crucial problems as face Franklin Delano Roosevelt. That other President was, of course, Abrar': ham Lincoln. To -day there are fears exprenaed in conservative circles, ars there were in the early sixties, that the new leadership will bring the na- tion Into untried and dangerous paths, hut that oomplaint has tow terrors far a people • which finds itself bogged davrn in a morass of difiloulties deeper, as it believes, than ally in all its past experience. IL is as clear to tI Americans of to -day as' it was to those of Lincoln's time, either tli-at the old ways led to disasteror that their lead- ers have somewhere missed the road and they Ileun:alld a guide under whose direction they can cut a new road syack to safety and security.,.. -Detroit � hi Training fi WASS w & t scat 5 "r ws �. hr3;1. s# .,.io, 4,c.x %.(�,' ,n�•.�, .�.:;d In order to limber up leg muscles for the approaching season Kimsey and Barry of the Chicago White Son hot foot it around the diamond at their Pasadena training quarters. Stream Flow in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Ottawa. — The Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau of the Dept. of the Interior reports that run-off in western and southern Man- itoba ?continued substantially Wellow normal during January, the flow of the Assiniboine at Headingley being about -one-half the January mean whilst the flow of the Red river hi the south of the ,ri.vinee was only 1.0 per cent. of the mean Ind a new minimum was recorded. In north- western Ontario run -cif was about 17 per cent. above the mean for January.. Throughout the area under consid- eration precipitation was above the average but occuresd aa snow which, awing to continuous frost, did not appear as run-off. The mean regulated outflow from the Lake of the Woods during Janu- aa-y was slightly greater than in:.De- cennber but the level of the ls.ke rose about two inches during the month. The mean regulated outflow from Lac Seul was the same as during Decem- ber ecember and the level of the lake dropped about eighteen inches during the month, The mean flow of the Winni- peg river in Manitoba in the vicinity of the hydro -electric plants, was slightly higher than. in December and provided ample water for power pro- duction, SLEEP There is no death but sleep. Where is the fear? This Is but sleep and rest. Art ,thou not tired? Look up into my stars, my eyes. There is uo death! * * * And the strong sun cried, "Awake, far I am come again. Life never dies, and after every night there is a dawn.." -Fielding Hall. Sealing Skipper 77, Carries On Sixty Years in Arctic Trade, Capt. A. Kean to Com- mand Sealer St, John's, N.F.—The name of Cap- tain Abram Kean stands out boldly on a record of the sealing industry cover- ing a period of sixty years. The veter- an skipper- former Minister of Fish- eries of Newfoundland, is preparing for his forty-third trip into the danger- ous northern icefields, despite his seventy-seven years. IIe will com- mand the veteran sealer Terra Nova. According • to the record, he has brought in 947,719 seals during his long and active career. There is not another skipper in the fleet with figures worthy of,eomparison, but seal- ing ;skippers cone from sealing fami- lies and some of the family records are interesting. For instance, eight Captains Kean have brought hi 1,914,072 seals in sixty years; eight Captains Barbour, 1,463,847; ten Captains Bartlett, 892,- 902; seven Captains Dawe, 878,897; four Captains Jackman, 716,714; four Captains Blandford, 803,050; four Cap- tains Winsor, 947,495; three Captains Knee, 620,589. Rooster Dies of Grief A Japanese rooster that died re- cently in Hayward, Calif., is reported to have grieved himself to death be- cause a malady had caused hili to lose his remarkable vocal powers. The rooster, Tokyo by name, had previous- ly been able to maintain a single crowing note over thirty seconds.— Detroit News. Old inner tubes of automobile tires are being made into waterproof covers for horses and mules in Guatemala. British Welcome Tomato Juice Habit Canadian Product Selling Well , After Industries Fair— Records Eclipsed Ottawa. -- "Summarizing Canadii.n participation in the Brit' ah Industries Fair this year, the Canaille . trade commissioners consider all previous records eclipsed from a viewpoint of .volume of business transacted and prospective business In sight," This was the gist of a oable received by the Hon. H. H. Stevens, Minister of ,Trade and Commerce, setting forth in detail the important results accruing to Canadian industry as a result of the part taken by the Dominion in the great exhibition just closed. The British Industries Fair was held simultaneously at London and Bir- mingham, and covered a two-week period. "The Canadian section of the fair ,at London,' reads the cable, "was generally considered to be one of the fair's most attractive features." The most noteworthy result of this year's fair was the volume of continental European business done by Canadian firms, together with a satisfactory in- crease in United Kingdom business. "At the London section Canadian oanning firms were entirely cleared out of all English stocks with a heavy influx of orders. Many new accounts have been opened by these firms. Con- siderable trade interest was aroused by Canadian canned peaches and as- paragus in competition with Califor- nian article. "Canadian tomato juice, which is still comparatively little known in Great Britain, was sold in consider- able quantities, while good orders were received for this commodity from France." Nova Scotia's New Game Preserve Ottawa.—Tobeakit park, including portions of Digby, Yarmouth, Shel- burine and Queens counties in Nova S,.otia, has been set. apart by the provincial government as a perman- ent game sanctuary where all hunt- ing, shooting, and trapping are strict- ly forbidden. This is one of the haunts of the moose and it is confi- dently expected that the protection so afforded these lordly denizens of .the forest will result in greatly increased numbers, not only within the park, but in the whole interior of the. west- ern peninsula of the province, This arcia is justly famed as one of the finest sportsman's countries in. North America. Some of the finest trout fishing in the world is found in this locality, and permits for fishing within the perk may be obtained from the Forest Ranger, provided the ap- plicants are accompanied by licensed guides. This park is shown on the provisional edition. of the Rossignol map sheet just published by the Topo- graphical Survey, Dept. of the In- terior, Ottawa. Progress of Canada's Fanning Indians Ottawa.—Data compiled for the re- cently issued annual report of the Dept. of Indian Affairs shows that in the year 1931-32 progress was main- tained in husbandry on the different reserves throughout the Prairie Pro- vinces of Canada. During that fiscal year there were 2,425 farming In- dians who had under cultivation 114,- 235 acres of land. Of this 73,421 acres were under crop; the growing of routs and tubers and the cultiva- tion of gardens accounted for 1,447 acres; summer -fallowing aggregated 36,213 acres, and new land broken totalled 3,154 acres. Anything For Business ire tie Exant + tvi e . ani+ tickets frtt ls,i 'CIteatrses in New York, to fight the lack 01 loose change, are .accepting patrons' signatures for the necessary meant, Here we see some anatinee-go ers taking advantage of the credit system, The D UEninio C tast''t +'.Coast Halifax, N.S.--Whet the Prov`•neial Dairymen's Association was organiz. ed in 1913, there were 13 creameries in the Province of Nova Scotia, silt cheese factories and one making both butter and cheese. The, total output of creamery butter was 7'09,01' pounds, Cream was supplies', by 1,587 farmers, and thee total value of the business was $214, 588. In 1932 there were 80 creanvetries in operation, pro- ducing 5,968,600 pounds of butters with more than 13,000 farmers sup plying the cream, The total value of this.�business was approximately $2, 75 (1,000, Fredericton, N.B.—The Province el New Brunswick may shortly enter competitions as a grower of prize wheat, At the recent annual meeting of the New .Brunswick )harmers' and Dairymen's Association in h'rederic- ton, Mr. E. M. Taylor, Dept. of Agri- culture, stated he had wheat grown in the province that weighed 65th pounds to the bushel. The best sample at the Chicago International weighed only two pounds ino'rie, he explained; while that which took second prize was only a fraction better than his wheat, Montreal, Que.—According to an announcement by the Montreal Tour- ist and Convention Bureau, leading business men of Montreal. are consider- ing the establishment of pernnanent exhibition grounds in or near the city, on the lines of the Toronto Exhibition, to foh•iil a "shop windrow of Eastern Canada." Art, industry, manufae- ture, agriculture and natural re- sources are expected to come into the development program, which is prim- arily for the purpose of continuing the growth of the tourist business and the bringing of more and larger con- ventions to Montreal. - Toronto, Ont. — New industrial plants opened -or announced in Can- ada during 1932 totalled 206, accord- ing to The Financial Post Business Year Book, which also reports 19 important plant extension~ and 29 new industrial connections made dur• ing the year by existing corporations in Canada. Analyzeai by country of origin, of the 206 new pilante.. 106 cane from the United Status, five from Great Britain and five from other countries, the remainder being of Canadian origin. Brandon, Man.—Fifty years of com- munity service were celebrated at the recent annual meeting of the Brandon Board. of Trade, when a representa• tive gathering listened to ' addressee on past progress and future pros- pects. It was pointed out that during the past two years the Bandon Board of Trade had widened its scope by taking in . four organizations the Brandon Tourist and Convention As- sociation, the Brandon Branch of the Industrial Development Board of Manitoba, the Western Manitoba Boards of Trade and Communities and the Retail Merchants' Asnsociatios of the area. Edmonton, Alta.—The distinetlom of operating the larrgent of the 2.5 fly. ing clubs in Canada goes to Minion. ton, Alberta. At the recent annual meeting it was shown that in 1932 a9 total of 24 private pilots' licenses and five commercial licences were won by members, which was one -twelfth of all the licences issued in the Domin- ion to similar clubs during the year! A total of 800 flying hours was nude during the year by, pupils at the Ed, mouton club. Usefulness of Wasp Explained by Speaker Montreal.—Citizens should shed their prejudices against the wasp on . account of his sting and think of the goocl lie docs, according to Philip J. Croft, who addressed the Electrical Club of Montreal hero recently. He depicted a little yelilew insect as a great friend of horticulturists, destroying millions of insects in the course of .a sununer. When the cold weather comes the working wasp dies but the queen survives through the winter and proceeds to have a poo. geny of .approximately 25,000, consist ing mainly of workerss. Insects preying on insects are the best aid to the ,gardener . in ridding his land of pestes, Mr. Croft continuedi Only .are :absurdly small number are destroyed by means of spraying and while the birds help to keep thoni down their work is nothing compared to the control exercised by the insects upon eali other.- The struggle fox existence among the millions of &if+ f+3reint specieos, Mr. Croft declared, ii indeed difficult for the human min< to grasp. The green fly which mein) produce 600 egg -laying females fall victim to the lady bug and the lathe in turn has her enemies. "A burglar got into my house about tlirdo o'clock this .mornings— just before I came home fieeas the club.". 'Did he get anything?" "You bet! Ile's In tllq hospital, My wife thought it Tim 1,"