Zurich Herald, 1933-09-07, Page 6Voice of the Press
Canada, The Empire and The Worms t Large�,,
ANADA ► that in all ,the chancelleries of the
world it has become the terror that
walketh by night. It was easy to run
Europe -even to run it—when the Man
on the Street was merely a speck. on
the Horizon.—Glasgow Weekly Herald.
Easy to Advise, But—
Here, readers, iss"'a little advice; Ear-
ly to bed, early to rise, cut the weeds
Wad swat the flies; mind your own
business, don't tell lies; don't get gay
and deceive your wives; pay your
debts, use enterprise; and buy from
those who advertise. — '.Cillsonburg
News.
Some People—Some Bank!
'there is a striking indication of the
'financial strength of Britain in the
Matter of the saving of money by Bri-
tishers, contained in the annual report
et a leading bank, one a* the Big Five.
The deposits compared with last year
bow a clear gain of $179,000,000.
The general prosperity of the insti-
tution was shown in the mainteuanee
of three classes of dividends, one of
10 per cent., the others of 14 per cent.
each.
With total resources approximating
two billions- of dollars, there is sum-
6ioned up a satisfactory money pros-
ect of capacity to finance enterprises
tinder a widening market, such as was
sloped for by the action of the Econ-
bmic Conference, that is most reas-
luring.
The increased savings • on deposit
tell the story of latent financial re-
serves. in England. This is _fortified
by the statement of the large divid-
ends earned, and paid—Winuipeg Tri -
tune.
Better Music
'There is little sense in the argument
that because music is now "on tap"
universally, it has been degraded to
the status of water, gas and electric
light. There was nothing more calcu-
lated to degrade music than the pre -
wireless era of cottage pianos and
musical evenings, when inefficient
amateurs desecrated the air with
execrable renderings of "Cavalleria
Rusticana" and the latest sentimental
ballad. If so-called "mechanical music"
had done nothing else but free us from
this form of torture it would have our
heartfelt gratitude.—London Morning
Post.
Lumber Trade. Picking Up
• .A. decided optimistic outlook is now
lnevading this section and the Domin-
ion in general in the lumbering iudus
try, as the demand recently has in-
creased and' lumber piles that have
ttood untouched for the past two years
ave begun to diminish. Prices for
umber have advanced five to ten dol-
es per thousand, although the price
s still about half of what it was in the
oom years. More lumber is being
shipped out now than for any time in
the Bast two years. --Lindsay Post.
Husband's Allowance
In Italy bachelors pay a tax of ap-
proximately $65 a year, which, says
he Hamilton Spectator, is just about
khat the average husband in this coun-
try is allowed to keep for spending
naoney. Woodstock Sentiuel-Review.
Empire Trade
The self-governing Dominions as
well as the Crown Colonies are now
buying from and selling to the Old
Country on an increasing scale. Senti-
mental bonds are strong, but economic
bonds are not to be despised. Interna-
tional trade is far too complex for all
trade to be on a reciprocal basis, but
it seems a common sense proposition
to help those who help you, and the
picture of an ever-increasing mutual
trade between the Old Country and the
Empire overseas is one that must ap-
peal --British Guiana Commercial Re-
view.
Fatal Oversight
He brushed his teeth twice a day
With natioually advertised tooth paste.
",The doctors examined him twice a
. year. He wore his rubbers when it
rained. He slept with the windows
wide open. He stuck to a diet with
plenty of fresh vegetables. He relin-
quished his tonsils. He golfed, but
never more than eighteen holes at a
time. He got at least eight hours sleep
every night. He never smoked, drank
or lost his temper. He did his daily
dozen, daily. He was all set to live
to be a hundred. -The funeral will be
next Wednesday. He had forgotten
about trains at grade crossings.—For-
est Standard.
A Prince's Fortune
Forty polo ponies which have just
been brought to England by the Ma-
harajah of Jaipur are valued at £1,000
each. This Indian Prince's fortune,
including his wonderful collection of
jewellery, is estimated at more than
£100,000,000.—London Answers.
No Market
A new street car has been demon-
lStrated in New York, a car that pro-
vides acceleration almost double that
pf the standard model and that, roll-
ing on rubberized tires and with rub-
ber "sandwiches" worked into its
springs, is said to make less noise
than an electric egg -beater. It cost
$500,000 to produce this new car, re-
ports say. The next problem, it would
seem, is to find a large market for it.
We have seen nothing to indicate that
very many street car companies are in
a position these days to lay out exten-
sive sums in the purchase of new roll-
ing stock—even when it rolls on rub-
ber.—Border Cities Star.
Curfew Still Rings in London
London still rings the curfew, though
centuries have passed since the order
it conveyed to "cover your. fires" had
any effect. From the Tower of Lon-
don, from Gray's Inn and from Char-
terhouse the curfew is rung each night
of the year. Charterhouse rings the
number of the brothers in residence.
Should the number be full, all is well.
If it falls one short, then the brothers
know thereby that another of their
fellows had gone to his rest.—London
Daily Telegraph.
THE UNITED STATES
Silent Revolution
Six mouths ago this country would
have laughed to scorn a prediction that
July would see child labor wiped out in
cotton textile mills, the stretch -out
abolished, the mill village on the way
to the scrap heap, 1929 wages guaran-
teed to unskilled laborers for the short-
est work week they have ever known
and the right to join labor unions no
longer questioned. Yet this has come
to pass with the placing of President
Roosevelt's signature on the cotton tex-
tile code.—New York World -Telegram,
Pleases Followers
Sarazen wins professional championship. Gene climbed out of
his recent islump to .triumph over Willie Goggin and win the tourna-
ment held at the Blue Mound. course in. Milwaukee.
Wooden Cats For Orchards
It's a wonder that some one has not
thought of it before. A farmer of War-
wickshire, England, weary of losing
his fruit crops- to birds, has made
wooden cats for "scarecrows" and
placed them where the offending birds
cannot but see them.—Los Angeles
Times.
New Record of Exports
Prairie Trees
Many a farm in the west has been
Raved by the planting and cultivation
of trees. Shelter belts properly made
Have protected the crops trove wind
and from extremes of temperatures,
and have helped in collecting and con-
serving moisture and in directing it
to the best advantage. And, perhaps
equally important, they havetempered
the flatness and barrenness of the
prairie and have helped to make even
the lone shack look and feel like a
Moine.—Winnipeg Tribune.
Flight of Time
Eighteen years ago two aviators flew
the Atlantic Ocean, the first ever to
have done so. The i3ritish flyers had
a primitive plane, no radio and never
were informed of the weather ahead.
,With great courage they gambled
against fate—and won. They had only
trained In war aviation with all its
thrills and courage and both had been
shot doWn. Nevertheless, such is the
fate of :air heroes in peace in the Bri-
tish Empire that the names of John
'11.1cock and Arthur Whidden Brown are
sedoni remembered—Brandon ;Sun,
THE EMPIRE
Probems of Statesmen
It is ,of course, unfair to judge mod.
ern statesmen by tits old standards,
Statecraft to -day has not only to
2nandle complexities that were un-
iIreamt of fifty or a hrndred years ago,
but it has to reckon '' 1th a democracy
Se teens) alive to in own importance
An Early Winter
Predicted by Old -Timers.
Old-timers who do their weather
forecasting by those signs of the
times already apparent in Western
Ontario are predicting an early
winter.
Such unmistakable indications as
late fall crops• ripening and being
harvested by the second week of
August can have only one interpre-
tation: Wintery winds will be cast-
ing their icy breath across this part
of the province by the time Septem-
ber is out and snows will be piled
high weeks ahead of time.
The • old-timers claim that Nature
is looking , after her own and that
such crops are ripening so far ahead
of time because in the weeks to•cozne
there is going to be an early freeze-
up that would destroy such crops.
There are sonic, however, who are
inclined to put the cause before the
result and blame the early ripening
for events which have already occur-
red. They say that the unusually
hot weather speeded up growth.
Boy Scouts from 34 Nations; Bigamists Rife
In E n 1a ad
The European newspapers .of recent
date contain reports of the Fourth
International Boy Scouts' Jamboree,
held at Go.dolit in Hungary, early
British T.}ir&st }Blaui es ltiil3"
in August, writes the Toronto 'Mail J
and Empire. The Regent was pre- tion Upon Official
sent to welcome over 20,000 scouts Carelessness
Ore -
from 34 different nations, and the in-
augural
nn "Many people may es shcolced to
au ural ceremonies are described- as
g, learn that England has about the
inti°centra Lord Baden-Powell tne1 � ath was worst record for bigamy of any Euro•
the central figure of the gathering:
To few leaders of movements has it pean nation," declares E, Blackwood
boon given to achieve e,o much In a Wright, a former colonial judge, in
single lifetime. The Daily Telegraph of London. He
It was he who conceived the idea adds that there are nearly 400 cases
of appealing to the love of orgauiz annually, most of them due to the
tact that very little attempt is uiada
to ascertain the status of men and wo
mean applying for a marriage license.
Germany, he writes, with a popula
tion of nearly twice that of England,
averaged only about 166 cases a year,
while in France, which has about the
population of England, the yearly num-
ber of convibtions are under. a dozen.
The secret of the small number of con-
victions in France, he adds,'is to be
God an o b, found in the precautions taken there
break
to prevent bigamy, and he proceeds:
"The calling of banns (in Lngland)
affords .,no real publicity. That was
proved;so long ago as. 1868, when the
Marriage Law Commissioners reported
and how much more is it true nowa-
days,
owa
days, when church attendance is often
neglected? To have banns proclaim-
ed in. a church it is only necessary to
give an accommodation address, which
can be acquired by having a bag left
at lodgings for three nights. It is not
necessary to be a regular church at
tendant or a genuine parishioner.
"In France when parties wish to be
married they are required, besides giv
ing the usual notices, to produce auth
orized copies of their birth certificates,
in each case not more than six months
old.,, Immediately after the marriage
has been celebrated, the celebrant`
must send particulars of the marriage
to the registrar of the parties' respec'
tive birthplaces. These registrars
must then endorse such particulars on
the birth certificates. If either party
wishes afterward to marry again, such
party can only produce an endorsed
birth certificate, and must, therefore
prove before being remarried that the
person whose name is' endorsed there
on is either dead or has been di
vorced."
1I l
Squire Morgan in England
The live stock on the ,estate of J.
Pierpont Morgan in Aldenham, Hert-
fordshire, England, had won dozens
of prizes which the owner, now ad-
dressed as "Squire Morgan," only
learned of on his arrival there a
few days ago. According to The
Daily Herald of London, as his big
touring car glided through a field of
oats, he was equally ignorant of the
fact that sixty rabbits had been
shot while the geld was being cut,
and the Labor paper says he knows
as little about his famous sheep,
middle -white pigs and Percheron
horses that have been carrying off
prizes at this year's great agrieul-
tural shows.
Father, Aged , 81, Swims
ation .and adventure inherent in
boys in order to direct their 'surplus
vitality in wholesome directions. He
took advantage of the gang spirit
latent in most youngsters. He
sought to use this spirit to good
ends.. As an English writer says,
be had in liis mind the ideals fos-
tered by the old orders of chivalry,
Like the medieval knights, a Scout
was to promise to do his duty to
G d dst ° the King; to help other
people at all trines never to b res
his honor; to be courteous and polite
to all, but especially to women and
children; to be clean in thought,
word and deed.
The movement prospered from
the first. Starting in England, it
spread rapidly to the other parts of
the Empire including Canada, and to
most important foreign countries. It •
has influenced for good the spirit
and character of 'millions of boys
throughout the world. It has oper-
ated to improve international under-
standing—to promote better relation-
ships between the naioi.s. We here
in Canada are familiar with its
work. The Dominion is a much
better ,country today than it would
have been without the Boy Scout
movement, which is led by men of
character in each community who
have caught from Lord Baden-Powell
something of his keeness for human
service.
Careful Drivers Willing to
Testify Against Reckless
Port Credit—Motorists who cut out
of traffic lines and endanger the lives
of other drivers and passengers are
receiving short shift on the Lake Shore
and Dundas highways, where provin-
cial police are particularly watchful
for this form of recklessness.
Careful drivers are showing great
willingness to appear in court and give
evidence against drivers who offend in
this regard, police stated.
To United Kingdom
Canada figures prominently among
the new records for the importation of
Empire products into the United King-
dom, which are announced by the Em-
pire Marketing Board ,in its Annual
Report for 1932-33. The importatiou
of Canadian wheat amounted to nearly
47 million cwts., 6 million cwts. more
than the previous record. of 41 million
cwts. in 1928. This new record is the
highest figure ever reached by any
country, with the exception of the War
years, 1916 and 1917, when importa-
tions from the United States into
Great Britain were higher. Canadians
tobacco has also made a new and
striking record; where 6' million lbs.
represented a record figure in 1931, the
figure for 1932 is just under 11 million
lbs. Canadian plums have also beaten
the record they previously established
in 1928.
400,000 Factory Hands
Return to Work in U.S.
Faster Than Sons
Raymond, Alta. When it conies to
swimming, 81 -year-old Thomas Hick-
en
icken can still show the boys a thing or
two. Father of 17 children, Hicken
disported himself in Schaier's lake,
outdistancing three of his sons in a
race there.
United States Interests
In Cuba $1,500,000,000
New York.—Students of financial
vrelatrions between the United States
and Cuba estimate this country's
"stake" in the island at between $1,-
250;000;00.0 skid $1,500;000,000.
• The figures represent holdings of
Americans in institutions and cor-
poration investments. Much of the
money is in Cuban sugar interests,
calculated at about $375;000;000.
Preston Woman Attains
Her 102nd Birthday
Wasi.,ington,-Secretary of Labor
Frances Perlcins announced that ap-
proximately 400,000 U.S. factory
workers returned to jobs in July. Pur-
chasing power of all workers in manu-
facturing plants had increased about
$29,000;000 in weekly: wages in July,
compared ' with March.
Tho Secretary estimated that re-
employment of 1,100,000 wage earners
in the manufacturing industries be-
tween March and July, and figured
that another 300,000 additional work-
era went back bo their jobs in 16 non-
manufacturing industries in the same
period.
If the increase was maintained at
the present rate, she said, it Would
add $300,000,000 by Dec. 31. to the
payrolls fc r the .year.
i
Ten -Thousand Miles By Boat
Captain Alton Ilaw:en was In no gct 1;.) l;.•`r f.r :n:..
Progress fair. Ile arrivod at Chicago with his 36 -foot boat a year
and four days after leaving Otio, Norway., lie crossed the ocean
and journeyed up the Mississippi.•
Preston, Ont. -Waterloo County re-
cently paid its respects to its oldest
resident, Mrs. Margaret Seyffert„
Preston, upon the attainment of her
102nd birthday. Born in Bremen,
Germany, Mrs. Seyffert came to Can-
ada
amada when six years of age.
"Waterloo County was rough and
wild at that time," Mrs. Seyffert said
when reminiscing about the pioneer
days in that sections of the country.
"Wild animals were numerous and it
was .no novelty to hear the wolves
howling during the winter nights.
Winters of years ago were always
more severe than the winters of the
past 10' years," she said.
Born' Margaretha Hess, she was
married in 1852 to Frederick Seyffert
of Murtennbinsg, Germany. Mr. Seyf-
fert died in his '79th year. Seven of
Mrs. Seyffert's eight children are liv-
ing, while she has 16 grandchildren,
15 great-grandchildren and one great -
great -grandchild.
Two years ago when she reached the
century mark,` Mrs. Seyffert received
a cable from King George conveying
congratulations.
All Water Routing
of Grain Increasing
Ottawa.—More grain is bring ,ship
ped by :water from the head of the
lakes than last year, says a report
issued by the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics. Up to July 21 the amount
was 76,375,000 bushels compared
with 67,027,000 on the corresponding
date last year.
A feature of the all -water traffic
has been shipments to Halifax of
239,999 bushels as against 30,000 a
year ago, and 114,000 to Europe com-
pared with none last year.
The following are the totals up tc
July 21 by water from the head of
the lakes the figures in brackets be
ing those of a year ago: To Georgian
Bay ports, Port Colborne, Toronto,
Prescott and Kingston, 37,502,00t
(32,066,000) ; Montreal 17,666,000;
(21,374,000) Sorel 1,751,000 (3,834,
000); Quebec 3,413,000 (4ri8;000);
Buffalo 13,112;000 (8,950,000); other
U.S.A. ports 2,589,000 (305,000) ; Eur-
ope 114,000 (nil) ; Halifax 239,000
(30,000).
Another feature is the amount of
grain that is being shipped direct
from the head of the lakes to Mont-
real and other St. Lawrence ports,
instead of being shipped to lower
lake ports and transhipped from
these to Montreal, Quebec and Sorel,
Vanity Mirror Aids
[Aviatrix in Difficulty
Fort Nolioth, South Africa.—A
vanity mirror proved a valuable addl.,
tion to the tool kit of Fraulein Ell
Beinhorn, German aviatrix, who was
in difficulties during a flight from
Berlin to Cape Town.
Fraulein Beinhorn experienced bad
weather and after several bumps she
!vas startled by a sudden jerk, and
found that she had lost control of the
rudder. The machine was behaving
in an extraordinary manner, she said,
and she was unable to discover the
Production of Eggs
Down in Ontario
"In Ontario, as practically over the
whole of Canada," said T. A. Ben-
son, Federal, Poultry Branch, To-
ronto, "the production of eggs has
dropped, and with any increase in
demand may easily drop below the
level of consumption.
"The lack of an active demand
for eggs from Ontario, and to some
extent on the Ontario markets, has
caused a temporary further reduction
in prices. This condition, however,
Is not unusual at this season and may
result in a somewhat increased con-
sumption as indicated by a better
clearance of eggs on the market
early this week.
"Receipts on the Montreal market
as of August 3 were considerably
lighter than those of the sante date
last year. All this may herald the
turn of the market in an upward
direction, which is about due. Usual-
ly such a turn comes quite quickly
at this season,
"Everything would appear , to de-
pend upon consumptive demand
cause, as she could not see the Iowe1
rather than upon any likelihood of
increased .supplies. Although to parts of the machine behind her.
i
some extent economic •conditions Through a vanity nnirror. she wa
have handicapped sales of the higher able to look back and learn that the
grades, the demand for extras
would appear to be increasing at the
larger centres."
Eskimos Will Munch
Maritime Biscuits
Eskimos in Canada's far north will
be munching Maritime biscuits in the
not far distant future. A biscuit mann where, despite a 70-iniie-an-hour gale
factuxing company located in Moncton she made' a good landing.
has received a large order from the - 2•
Hudson Bay Company for biscuits to rierinan ;S Man older Back
to Montreal, thence by steamer,
be forwarded to their trading posts in y p
the north. This order will go by rail To Ioimal, Census Reveal!
Berlin. New eeiis�us ilgures dee
close that Germany's manpower has
been restored to normal. The
shortage of men caused by the World
War has been made good and the
Winnipeg,—Officials of the Amin- normal proportion of sexes restored.
ion Department of the Interior are • The latest statistics show an in -
conferring at Ottawa with repre- crease of 5 per cent in the number of.
sentatives of the Manitoba Govern- men 3.8 pint om.
e tracts of
lease of large I' or everyand 1,000
er menseent there nowworaen
Ment on the d to 'tine 1,060 women, compared with 1,07'3 .ht
Manitoba prow:fndial lands - 1025, when the previous census wit
Dominion Government for reroresta and with 1,101 in 1910
tion purposes, it was learned. bore.taken,
terrific bumping evidently had loosen-
ed the lid of the luggage compartment
As a result various articles had fallen
out and her coat had beeonne.entangle!
in the rudder.
. She managed to control the plan
until the coat was torn away by the
wind. Subsequently she was .compel,
led to turn back to Port Nolloth
and portage into the 'far north.
Manitoba Reforestation
Discussed at Ottawa