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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-05-10, Page 6Vote of the Press Empire and The World at Large Canada, The Canada BELIEVE IT OR NOT Here is something that reads like fiction in these days of hard times, shrinking values and uncollected taxes: "City Treasurer M, M. Morse, of Ogdensburg, states that the city end- ed its fiscal year March 31 with a cash surplus of $50,729.75 after set- ting up a reserve fund of about $10,- 000 to meet outstanding claims. There was $12,923,37 to the credit of the school fund and $37,729.76 to the general city fund. Cash on hand was $61,596.23 and tax arrears, $1,886.80." ---Pembroke Standar►)-Observer. WHAT MOTORISTS PAY More than 27 per cent, of the total revenues collected by the govern- ments of the different provinces of Canada is contributed by owners of automobiles in the form, of taxes on gasoline and license fees. Tho re- port states that the total amount paid by automobile owners to the provincial treasuries in the fiscal year 1932-33 was $45,499,458, of which gasoline taxes accounted for $24,948,- 280 and $20,551,173 was in license fees. In the Province of Ontario 35.9 per cent. of the total government revenue is paid by motorists; in Que- bec, 32 per cent.; in Nova Scotia, 27.2 per cent.; in New Brunswick, 27.3 per cent.; in Alberta, 24.1 per cent.; in Prince Edward Island, 22.7 per cent.; in Saskatchewan, 19.8 per cent.; in British Columbia, 17 per cent., and in Manitoba, 15.45 per cent. —Prescott Journal. $165,000,000 When figures get- up into billions, imagination clogs. But while our mind blurs over those new statistics telling that Canadians spend $4,750,- 000,000 a year, have incomes of $4,- 600,000,000, one figure amidst a maze of others stands out very clear. It is the figure which tells that we spend on education $165,000,000 a year. That for ten million people.— Ottawa Journal. "CHEQUE ARTIST" Ontario communities having public hospitals are being paid a visit by a "cheque artist." He goes to a fiower shop, says he wants to send flowers 1 orders , to a friend in hospita some- thing worth $3 and tenders a cheque for $5. A fictitious name is given of the supposed patient, with the re- quest that the flowers be delivered. Receiving $2 in change, the rascal departs. Smallness of his cheque and his aesthetic tastes and human sym- pathy combine to disarm suspicion. It is presumed that the flowers are re- claimed. In Renfrew the situation is such that the fraud could at least be attempted.—Renfrew Mercury, the children's pets, The following words of an editor from a nearby town are quite applicable to People of this district who throw poison to dumb animals, "There has been an epidemic of deaths especially among cats lately, and no other causes has been assign- ed except that of poisoning. Some of the poor brutes have lingered for days in misery before dying. We could understand a man in the fury of the moment of being awakened by unmusical choruses under his window, firing his shotgun into the noise, but to prepare, whereleave it it deliberately, a mess of mur- derpoison both the offenders andanylother wandering creature, is quite beyond us. There is something subnormal about the man who will rob a small boy of his pet. Ingersoll Tribune. KEEP OFF THE GRASS Much damage is being done lawns and boulevards at present by people walking across or riding bicycles on the grass. As the ground is wet and soft on the surface, muddy paths are quickly worn or the ground is chur- ned into a pile of mud that will not produce grass in the coming months. —Lindsay Post. The Empire OPEN SEASON FOR PEDESTRIANS "It's a fine day; says the English- man—and takes out his car to kill some one. That, at least, has been the recent routine, resulting last year in 7,202 killed and over two hundred thousand injured, But this Easter has been much less murderous than precedent had led us to expect, and it may be that road users are really beginning to realise that a motor is a lethal weapon which can only be made compatible with civilized life if used with great skill and caution, It is from this point of view—the effect on the psychology of roadusers—that the Minister of Transport's new traf- fic legislation should be judged. . . It is a case for risking some injustice to individual motorists; nothing will so much hasten the growth of care- ful driving as the fear of a strictly enforced penalty against carelessness, —The New Statesman and Nation (London). THE WAY OF NEWS By means of their correspondence and of the news agencies with which they deal, the feelers of a newspaper reach to every corner of the globe. -An assassination may take place in Afghanistan, a political coup in Buk- harest, a discovery in Africa, or a ship may founder off the Azores, yet before twenty-four hours are out the news will be dished out by the news- papers to the residents of this col- ony, or any other place where they are able to support a press organiza- tion. It is not necessary to dwell on the specialized process to which the news is subjected on its way to Hong Kong from its incidence in that far away spot, and in its final form in the newspaper column. Suffice it to say that the organization which this entails very often escapes the notice of the man in the"street.—The Hong Kong Press. THE CAMPAIGN FOR TEA In an attempt to rationalize the in- dustry, the producers of Ceylon, India and the Dutch East Indies have now entered into an agreement whereby wasteful competition will be elimin- ated, and each will have its own fields for development. In this country the producers of India and Ceylon are to have a free hand to build up the mar- ket for •their own teas, for at pres- ent the Dutch East Indies supply 160,- 000,000 out of the 500,000,000 pounds which we drink every year, In Can- ada and South Africa the Ceylon pro- ducers are attempting to popularize their own wares, and irl, the United States, India, who has already been making inroads on the coffee -drinking habits of the people, is to continue her efforts. The Dutch are to make a determined drive on the continent of Europe. But above and beyond all these markets there lies one of almost unlimited potentialities jrhe Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, 'whose tea consumption has declined by more than 50 percent. since the years before its birth. It is believed that if reasonable credit facilities could be given to the Russia Gov- ernment, they would be able to take as much as 100 million pounds a year, an order which would enable an immediate large •reduction, to . be,. Made in the restriction quota.—Philip Jordan in The Fortnightly Review (London).: ' THE STUDENT ON, THE LAND Undoubtedly a scheme of this character (to place unemployed uni- versity students on the land) assumes a spirit of adventure and enterprise on the part of those who desire to take advantage of it. . To most per- sons accustomed to city life and in- ured to the sedentary habits of the student, outdoor worst, involving some fatigue and a good deal of manual labor, may in its early stages appear repulsive, Indiatt university men are known to possess rather ortho- dox notions of personal dignity and a positive distaste for manual labor. rt if recent tendencies are a guide, ADVERTISING Tell me not in mournful numbers advertising is a dream, for the busi- ness man who slumbers, has no chance to skim the cream. Life is real! Life is earnest! Competition's sometimes fierce. In the business field of battle, colicoddles have no place; be not like dumb driven cat- tle, be a live one in the race. Lives of great men all remind us we must bring the bacon home, and, depart- ing, leave behind us footprints on. another's dome. Let us then be up and doing; otherwise we may be done; still achieving, still pursuing— advertise and get the mon.—From Publicity. NEWSPAPERS A preacher came at a newspaper man this way: "You editors do not tell the truth. If .you did you could not live; your newspaper would be a failure." The editor replied: "You are right, and the minister who will at all times and under all circum- stances tell the truth about his mem- bers, alive or dead, will not occupy, his pulpit more than one Sunday, and then he will find it necessary to leave town In a hurry. The press and pulpit go hand in hand, with white- wash brushes and pleasant words, magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen, and the grave- stone are the great saint, making tri- umvirate." And the editor turned to his work and told of the unsurpassing beauty of the bride, while, in fact, she was as homely as a mud fence.—North Hastings Review, BRITAIN'S ENTRY NEARING COMPLETION Workrnen are seen here putting the finishing touches to the deck of the Endeavour II, the British yacht which is to challenge for America's Cup. ertheless the cautious attitude of the Committee towards the colonization of the large unoccupied tracts of the United Provinces is justified, as it is necessary in the first instance to make sure that sufficient men of the type that will make good colonisers would be willing to enter the scheme. Ailments Guards Intestinal Ills Protect You Against Infantile Pa- ralysis Chicago. — To minimize your chances of catching infantile par- alysis, stay in a region where stom- ach and intestinal ailments are com- mon—that is the prescription drawn from discoveries by Dr. John A. Too- mey, of Cleveland. Dr. Toomey reported new theories about infantile paralysis to the Ameri- can College of Physicians. His research showed that apparent- ly there is some connection between infantile paralysis and diseases of the digestive tract, and that people in regions where intestinal troubles,.are prevalent develop an immunity that protects them from the infantile para-. lysis virus, Dr. Toomey said that in south east- ern United States, where intestinal. troubles are more common than in some other sections, and in China, where they abound, infantile para- lysis is not prevalent.. Presumably, this is because south eastern Ameri- cans and the Chinese have more im- munity. Three new conclusions regarding infantile paralysis were drawn from evidence, disclosed by Dr. Toomey's experiments. Its most probable channel of entry to the human body is through the mouth, stomach and intestines.. It is caused by a combination of a virus—an organism too small to see under any microscope—and poisons produced by other kinds of bacteria that live in the intestines of most humans. Immunity against it is produced either by immunity against the in- answer. Moreover the patients do not fantile paralysis invirns the body go ;hungry, the doctor says. through the digestive tract contra- As tried out at the Metabolism dicts the former belief of many scien- nic of the Johns Hopkins University tists th tait entered through the nose patients eat four to six bananas and albng the olfactoyr nerves,"the sense drink three or four glasses of skim - of smell route." His experiments indicate the virus spreads from hte intestinal tract of the human body by way of the fibres of the sympathetic nervous system to the thain of nerves that runs down either side of the spine and from there first to the loins and then up- ward to the neck. Short of "F's' and "K' s' Here is an authentic extract from the first issue of a Western, news- paper: We begin the pus:lrcntion of the Roccay Mountain (:yclone wits•, soma phew diphphiculties in the way. The type phounders phrom whom we bought our outphit phor this printing ophice phailed to supply us with any ephs or cays, and it will be phour or phie weeks bephore we cdn get any. We have ordered the missing letters, and. will have to get along with tt them until they come. We don't lique the loox ov this variety ov spelling any better than our reader, but mis- tax will happen in the best regulated pharnilies, and psi the 'ph's' and `es' and 'x's' and `q s' hold out we shall ceep (sound the 'c' hard) the Cyclone whirling aphter a phashion till the sorts arrive. t: is no joque to us --it's a serious aph?'i:tir. HARD UP? An eighty-year-old former bricklay- er, a bachelor, who was drawing an old -age pension from the British Col- umbia Government, certainly had his nerve about him. He died in Seattle white on a bi.iness trip and authori- ties not only found nearly $1,900 in his hotel room, but also discovered that he had an estate worth more than $12,000! Rather hard up!—The Barrie Examiner. A CONTEMPTIBLE TRICK One of the mealiest and most con- temptible of men Is he who throws poisoned food out where he knows the neighbor's cats or doge will pick it tip. He may have been annoyed et the yowling of cats on the back fence but that Is no reason for ease. hig .Indiscriminate slaughter among Focus New Hopes In Ireland's Bogs Motor Spirits Distilled. From Lowly Turf and Potatoes Dublin—Peat from Treland's bog lands is snaking a bid to drive the wheels of industry and transport as well as warming cottage firesides and cooking griddle cakes, A scheme for producing indus- trial alcohol from potatoes and turf has been, planned by the Fianna Fail Government. It is intended to mix the home -produced alcohol with im- ported gasoline in order to reduce the country's present petrol bill of more than 2500,000 a year. Five distilleries and one, refinery are scheduled for erection during 1934. Further indication of the impor- tance turf is expected to play in the future development of the Free State was given at the recent annual meet- ing of the Grand Canal Company here, While regretting, a loss of re- venue following the introduction of tariffs, Mr. John McCann, who pre- sided, said that the company antici- pated compensation from a big exten- tion of turf carrying as a result of the campaign for increased utilization of native products. A committee of investigation has already reported favorably here on peat for motor spirits, and in 1925 Irish turf was successfully tested in France for this. purpose. Further work in developing this new use for the Free State's widespread bog lands will be one of the tasks of the In- dustrial Research Council which is being •established by the Government.! . In the meantime potatoes are to' be used as the raw product in the distilleries. The scheme will at first be experimental rather than a com- mercial proposition with little inter- ference, it is pointed out. Discussing the project in the Dail,) Mr... Sean F. Lemass, Minister of In-� dustry and Commerce, said that the,' distilleries would utilize about 25,0001 tons of potatoes a year at a price, near 35 shillings a ton. The by- products of the industrial alcohol) he said, were a valuable cattle food,' and farmers would be encouraged to use them The first year's working, of the distilleries would be taken as an indication of the advisability of developing the project on a big -scale' commercial basis. Referring to the Governinent4 plan for wide activities of the Indus-' trial Research Council, Mr. Lemass pointed out that in recent ,years rapid progress has been made in other, countries in the organization of re-' •search work. But.. the ttime. had come, the Min ister continued, when the . Govern- ment must take part in an intelli- gently planned system of research. It was intended to compose the coun- cil of honorary members with special- ized knowledge. They would be en• titled to travelling and incidental ex- penses. xpenses. In addition there would be a permnaent secretary, and a small. staff and library. The annual grant called for was estimated at £5,500. i One of the functions of the coun- cil will be to advise the Government on the granting of assistance to in- ventors whose activities are likely to have beneficial rational results, razed milk daily for two weeks. They lose six to ten pounds. Then follows a two weeks off diet period, in which they eat, meat, fish eggb, and vegetables, but refrain from faTS and starches. Then back to the diet again for two weeks losing six to ten pounds more. Some, by follow- ing this alternating system, have lost 50 pounds in a few months. For milder diets the bananas are increased to seven or eight and the milk to four glasses, Dr. Harrop, au- thority of treatment of disease by di- et, began the experiment to reduce waistbands -but on hearing of deaths from reducing drugs he became will- ing to make his findings public. Coffee and tea are allowed, but no cream or sugar. It's considered advis- able to drink large amounts of water New Regulations The Minister of Education makes the following announcements with re- gard to Second Year Normal Course, commencing in September, 1934-5: 1. Interim Certificates issued in July 1930 to teachers will be extended one year. If they wish to continue teach- ing after thae date, they will be re- quired to return for the Second Year Course in September 1935. 2. Teach- ers who completed the lst Year Nor- mal School Course in 1929 and whose Interim Certificates were extended to July 1934, will be obliged to return to Normal School in order to take their positions. This Course will be given each of the Normal Schools. Forms of application may be obtain- ed from the Deputy Minister of Edu- cation after July 1st, Let's You Eat And Grow Thin. Baltimore—Dr. George A. Harrop,' Jr., of Johns Hopkins has worked out an n eat -and -grow thin diet Bananas and skimmed milk are the $136,000 Is Awarded To Broker Firm Halifax. ---The Montreal brokerage firm of McDougall and Cowans was awarded $136,000 by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia recently in its $148,000 suit against T. C. Glennie, the Nova Scotia lumberman who made and lost a small fortune_ in the wild stock market of 1929. Glennie was sued by the broker- age company for the amount of his losses on its books after the 1929 crash. He had run up a $10,000 stake to more than'$500,000 and then had seen his huge profits turned gwiftly into a deficit. Before a Supreme Court jury he successfully contested his claim that the losses were caused by inefficient. handling of his account by the firm. But the full benech'reversed. 'this ver- dict in a majority decision recently. though the judges differed i11 opin- ions as to the amount due the firm. The company's counsel inc'licated they would be satisfied to have the amount reduced by $19,000 to meet Gra- the strength of such prejudices is the finding of Mr, r istice R. id. Gra" weakening in the face of the compel- ham and an order to this effect Was ling circumstances of our time, Nev' granted. Bombing of Rabbits Successful Plan Liberal, Kan.—Southwest Kansas nimrods have conceived the ideaof bomb -hunting rabbits from airplanes In a recent rabbit drive near Here- ford, Tex. Doc Henderson and Overt Pinkerton dropped bombs on scurry- ing cottontai`Usfrom planes and al- though, 300 foothunters participated in the drive, the air -hunters account- ed for 2,000 of the 3,000 rabbits ob- tained. Health in China For centuries\ the Chinese have paid their doctors to keep them well rather than to cure them when they were sick. Many -an effort has been made by inquisitive visitors to China to check up this well-known bit of scientific information. The results have been discouraging, however, showing that until recently the Chin- ese have had no doctors worthy of the name to practise preventive medicine, or any other kind. Even though the Chinese doctor. story is evidently a myth, it carries a valuable suggest- ion. Positive health, periodic heath examination, early diagnosis, prev- ention of disease, make up the mess- age that is begining to prevent much suffering and save many lives.—The Canadian Medical Association' Journ- al, November, 1933. WINNING DEBS The most beautiful debutante and the debutante with the most char- atter, selected recently at the Blue and White Ball in New York. Miss Betty Kipp, left, was selected as having the most character and Miss loan Power, the most beauty.. 65,000 Words Columbia `U' Commission Finds Poverty Evils Can `Be Cured If New York.—The Columbia Univer- sity commission of economic recon- struction reported recently, in 65,000 words, that society could overcome the evils of poverty and unemploy- ment if: 1. It continually utilized to the full the productive capacity which is ac- tually available. 2. It equitably distributed the ' na- tional income. "What happened -during the war,"i says the report, "when the volume off goods taking war and peace products. together, increased at the very time when millions of the younger and more vigorous workers were with-, drawn from productive functions, is an indication, highly peculiar though conditions then were, of the manner in which potential productivity lies utilized in normal. times. 3,000,000 Lbs. Of Wool Stolen Denver.—Reports of operations• of cattle rustlers and horse thieves are • an old story here, but depredations at the expense of sheep men have been rare until recently., Thefts of wool are now being re ported from all sections where sheep are raised.. Sometimes the wool >til pulled frbm the backs of live sheep) but more often the animals are killed and the wool pulled from the dead carcases a few days later. The wool is also removed from animals thal have died from natural causes. Such, "dead" wool is worth about half thj price commanded by this year's clip It is estimated that 3,000,000 pound of wool have been stolen IA the lea few months in the region from We Texas to Montana. DROUGHT RELIEVED Heavy rains are ' saving crops nes; Buenos Aires, Argentine, from thl drought;