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Canada. The Empire a World at Largs
Good ixmaple
Jeer Excellency the Countess of Besa-
borough milled"tram Halling on the-
Canadian Pacific liner Montclare. The.
• Maritime Provinces dill appreciate
dela example• set by Her Exeellency'ta
• the• nen of Canadian winter porta• In
Many respects sailing ficin Halite" is
;more .comfortable, although the
• • grievances have raised 'doff Hitler to
great influence in Germany It ill the
white, collar middle•ciaris worker who
is Paying the:piper in. Canada• West
can be•done for him? -Vancouver Sun.
The Ottawas Conferoncs
The conference will not be of merely
external importance;' its intended pur-
pose is • inextricably •interwoven; with•
are, less elaborate, than sailing from the domestic business of this country.
New; York. -=The Ottawa Citizen. and • to -allow it. to, be thrust out of
Force of. World .opinion - • ' thought for the sake of seemingly
Atter all, .the cautions policy et .the more 'intimate affairs 'would be sulci-
.League of Nations 'has borne fralt.. dal, When the "strictly. business" nes
Critics whit spoke cif • the impotencyof' titre oi••its wotk is appreciatetr thereis
Met the absolute necessity ora repre;"
ssentation 'fully cquaUlied'-to deal:. with
' matters of trader -Auckland Weekly
'News- -
"'Mdn$ptng!' the Pound
' Ii there, is any chance; of a further
'the Teague. and jested at its . inaction
must, admit that, had'it not been for
the' existence •of • that,bodisvery serf
ons ,international complications 'might
„have, 'arisen.. .No one, can say. 'what
would. have; been, the result of a vigors
esus assertion of the powers conferred speculative 'bull movements in ,,the
by the covenant, or the ado$tien of. the .pound developing -and we are not d1s-
Coercive expedients proposed; by dome posed ;to minimize' the •danger -it
`lu►patient counsellors. • Moderation, .would, we urge, be usetul .ft -it were
and the force ot,,worldopinion, have made clear by the actions of the Bank
bad theft effect. Instead of being die- of.England, reinforced,. It need be, by
*edited, the League is vindicated ,as definite official statement of Polley,
Ali -agency "nacof international eeropera- that -While no decision- as to the ultt-
• don stains"t a ''oommoa mee, whoa l mate Ievel' of sterling has yet been
•uiergencies arise. - 'Haffiiiton Spec` reached, .there is., solar, no underlying s
tater. . ' justification for any substantial: up•
international -Affairs,- , ward=movement,aands_thet, therefore; j
In the realm of international deal,- effective steps will . be 'taken,. byIthe
Ings the1i dted States has provided die acquisition "a• 1'outrance7 .of foreign
• recorii 'which Canada would, desire to short term assets (or, even gold) to
„s,raneL It ha eneasetd wrong on mat give specaiation "for the rise" . its
tern of foreign policy far oftener than quietus. E0oaowdst (Loudon).
any other major power.' Few Parts of Britain's Recovery,
• Its program in recent years-could<juatt-
fir either, blind imitation by Canada, or
excessively -amiable attempts to meet
Ito„ wishes. If Canada needs outside
advice on, foreign polies a e, w111*be
wise to remember that. Britain still
holds the world's all-time record in the
'- • matter of guessing. right on interna-
• tional questions. -Toronto Telegram.
We are satisfied that never since the
war has there been so firm a case for
sane optimism. Tram thatleverything '
cannotbe done at once. Tree that
the larger-problems-are-stilLaiI1 et of
the same magnitude, and that we are
enly just beginning to make a real' im-
pression
mpression on them. Bat the great. work.
of national reconstruction is fairly in
, World Trade Decline, hand. -,J. L. Galvin in the London Ob-
♦ graphic idea oh- the extentto 'ser . ver
. `
Which. depression affected the trade of •
Prices in Britain
the world during the past year may be The doleful prophecies.; that the -
gained. from, a perusal of the ,statistics prloes , of imported foodstuffs were
jasi. issued by the British ' Board of I bbund to rise have not been .fulfilled. -
d crease of 2TThis is dus:inpart to the •
fact that cer-
e. ,There `was -a e �
nt. in 'comparison with 1930 anal tam countries from which we. purchase
1. ircent. from the, total for 1929. 59 per cent. of our imports of food fol.
Ent' British .trade stood up .very well lowed Great Britain; the gold stand-
Got
Greyhounds of the rapingtrack keep : fit. A group of dirt track riders, :ready to leap out
Sprint et their. Wimbledon :training quarters, .make Tse of ,greyhsound starting boxes there. -
4
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as(--aa
-li
O t1oo#r Fe* $41400hfeeti
Faers Thilf Tot
'he drought stricken arena of Wei°
ern Cauda, including a ,portion o4 OW
Province of StielottcpWaa, have olatm- '
ed, a g iOd .0''e4 el .attentio, Mallets
team in other sections of ...
on forthe• past ye{!r two Et *g
good news, thereforereat Sp ing worst.. *Welt, which
fw days ago
ag
been started by the farmers.• in the
vicinity.of:.Swift Current. The pubito
mind,naturally, reverted on -scalp.
this news to the -statement made-be-
fore'the 'Toto °'Canadian Club- -
cently by Hon. Robert Weir, Federal.
•Mtniater of Agriculture. that what wee • •
considered drpught-proof- seed, had .
been produced. for distribution in,° tea
Western areas which had suffered se
,greatly. -
In this conection it is interesting.to
note a bulletin Issued :by Dr. W. Allen
end, Prof. E. C. $one,.•. •ot . the Farm- '
,.Managemmet .Department ,of the itni-„
versity,,,ofsSaskatChewan's 'College o!
Agriculture. ')it is^ entitled "The Farm •'
Outlook :for •Saskatchewan, 1932," and
says: that moat' Saskatchewan fernxera' w „
,are :still: unable, to discover any major
enterprise as .satisfactory, ee `wheat
produc n , although farm tnoomes
have, been almost obliterated by the '
continued depression of wheat pricoa• .
The chief interest of the farmers,' new
is'to secure sufficient funds to support,
their families and .carry. on their "tarn"
ing operations.,, Taking.stock.of the
'situation, the bulletin •states, that is
the district of Turtleford, ICindersie7,
.Davidson and Craik and • Maple Creek,
,.of .the 441 owners• or part owners. '
eight: per cent. were reported' tree
from .debt, the remaining 92 per cent..
having. debts ' averaging $4;782 pee
farm. Debts against real , estate se-
cured ; by mortgages . • plus .unpaid
amounts on agreements oc salla wets
reported by 81 per' cent. of all the .441
owners, and amounted to `$4,341, .per
farm. • The debts - of.. tenants usually
average less than those of owneri es
their assets are smatter, movable and
depreciate more quickly. '
The general • physical' conditions;'
bearing 'on the 1932 Saskatchewan:
wheat crop are said' to be decidedly
more • favorable than •a year 'ago: Pre-
cipitation since last, harvest.,has.: been
better than 'average in the northern
agricultural 'sections, • and decidedly
better than for last .year in the south-,
ern districts.. The southern area •must
secure adequate rains during the grow- •
ing season to harvest even: a modulate
crop. There are 'possibiitties • also off.•
considerable damage ''Prong cutworms
asahoppers
Conditions in agriculture at present
are said to .bo very much like those
of 11 years ago when prices tors grains,
stocks.and live stock products were all
,at about the lowest points in their' re.
-spective-eyeles—Tice-outlook-for liveLL--
stock, •therefore, is not considered fa-
vorable. 'Recovery in such prices .are
looked, for ins the following . order:
Poultry products; hogs' and sheep, but- '
ter and cattle. • The. chief factor is
• farm; success is said to be the ability
of„ the individual farm operator. -
Mail & Empire.
Don't forget to let all yonr farmer.
Glenda know that they cart obtain all
the trees they want from the Ontario
Forestry Branch free of charge. 'We
hope that you have ' posted all your
Tree Signs_by tb time:.
For particulars of how 'tobecome a
Lone: Scout, write to the Boy Scouts
Association, Lone Scout Dept:, 330 Bay
Street; Toronto.--"Lone-E."
Scouts and Accidents f municipal. bureaus of the international
°Dtirin-g 1.931 atotal of 16,577 acct- settlement, ,as . messengers, ' guides; Early Aprd
Behold the robin's breast a8l
'hone opera hos fiat' orderlies,
d is Ota ' Of this' P pe p
en occured
in nno: ow ,
number 1,738 'proved fatfil. The rola- etc: The' boys came. from troops of As on the lawn he seeks his game,
haps include practically every accident many nationalities British, French, His cap a darker hue doth show.
against which we give Spout..training German, American, Russian, Jewish. His bill a :yellow : flame:
either directly or ]ndfrectly. There i Sleep Out and Live To Bo --100f— •,
were 341 accidental drownings; 33 elec-'(• i know • that there are quite a few Now in the elm -taps see the swarm
trocutions,' 24deaths• from poisoning, 1 hone Scouts: who sleep out, of doors Of swelling bud like bees in May-,
15 from.atangulation, 19 from septic nearly all the year• round, and you The, maples, too,.have tints blood
poisoning from wounds; 61 from burns ' should see what fine healthy boys they warm,
Or scalds. There were 150 accidents are: s -.And wiliceve show a goldenray.
with fire arms, of .which 45 were fatal! Did you know that -'the Chief 'Scout,
There were 534 cases of fractures and Lord Baden-Powell: who is 75 years of Porth from the hive go voyaging,
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age sleeps outside winter and sum -1 bee
sprains, and 299 accidents to hands . or s,
feet. Two of the latter resulted in mer? ! Cruising far each sunny hour;
death: There were 355 accidents. dur- Writing the Editor of "Camping" to Scenting sap niid maple .trees,
ing sports, ten being fatal. deny a statement that he had . given' Of sifting , bread , frpm sawdust
Powell -demands, . "Wh 'h 70'
Is this not an almost thsmayXng re , to do with• it? 'I've learned wisdom in
:For Canada the totals can be multi up sleeping out of doors Lord Baden
plied approximately by ii
at,- as -over
Up from the march a chorus shrill
O!' piping frogs swells in the night;
The meadowlark shows flashing 'quill
As o'er broWn fields she takes her
flight.'
flour.
'Corapared with American trade, shies ard, and other got coun es d f the' porta ourffirst
British, imports fell. off by 16.6 per,
cent. and American by 32. per . cent.,
while British exports decreased only
31,8 per cent. compared. with a falling-
off
alling tri
off of 37 per cent. in exports from the
adjupt their .prices to ours Bit it is.
also due to the. praiseworthy self-re-
straint of both wholesale and retail
traders, . who refrained front 1•exploit-
ing �� such opportunities' as offered.
mm eor -. afro ice o ,
aid instructional work,' and the general
objective' of, Scout ' training=teaching
to be menially; prepared to .use. the
head under all circumstances : -
my 15 years, and that tells me that if
everyone slept ont we should all 'live
to be 100 or more. But as this would
overcrowd the clubs it is perhaps just
as_yeelT...thats_s_ome hould sleep fn ands
•
Ione Scouts' will be well advised to___die early -say at 90. But for nfe to Now screaming -gawks soao ec the
. United States. •• . London Daily Telegraph''(Ind. Cons.)concentrate • strongly on the tests sl ids Not it l know its" wood,
;Tee:.devastating eif4ecteof_Anstra]iate- Britain's Grea ( And spa r ws red haunt
policy a fleeted in s
,
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cep inside! o
fe --w -qua y- • em as v mrner8, -So, ]`monies; sleep outdoors -and- e- sparrows bushy
de -
' Great Efforts
fiscalpo cy were reflected
Our
is fair tosay that things are look Rescuers Firemen' and Public Safety healthy' t banks;
crease in her imports of 54 per cent., -balance is better; men, The piths has a right to expect I The starlings
ing up. Our tradec Our Weekly Scout • Law gossip, Lite"is good."
ustralia's exports, however, fell of( the stock market has visibly brighten that. in face of such accidents as the t And grackles pass in sable. ranks.
only 17. per cent. The depression"7fft to lin h risen' we.have paid above .a Lone Scout will be qualified No 4 A Scout is a friend to all and
the ribber industry very, heavily in back before it was due a tarps, part of
Malaya, .and this is indicated in the the £80;000,000 credits from France
fact that British Malaya showed the and . America. Income tax payments
heaviest decrease in eaports-57 Per are flowing in well! Budget prospects
cent below the figure for 1929. are , reasonably good, • and the econo-
The German figures show an amaz- mics effected by departments more
,ring turnover.. sr 1929, 1930 and 193E than come up to expectations. ° All
Germany had'' a e.' Itssisely favour -
these things bear testimony to thena-
'abie trade •balance: was less than tion's immense. strength and to its
£2,000,000 in 1929; it rose to more'magnificent capacity for effott.=Lon-
than ,£80;000,000. in the following year. don SundayTimes (Cons.)
and it was. in excess of ' £140,000,000
for •the 1931 period. -Montreal ker. 'i The Enigma of Germany
' Empire. -Trade
Minister of Finance in g F This, Lorries, .is perhaps the most
+ mans are perhaps the greatest race of and earned an apprec p . important Law of all. Make it: a part
speech is that,; owing to the poitcy of their funds. What about a Lone Scout of your life, and see that YOII. fulfil all
the present Government, Canada is't modern times. At any rate, they pos. Apple Day in- your district?
trading less with the United States' Bess a capacity for work unrivalled by the obligations required of. a real
and more with the Br'tish Empire than • other nations: Birt politically they. are Scouts' Good Work at Shanghai friend. Someone has said "A friend is
lieis are rt from Shanghai record
Germany is a curious country, where
Scouts of Toronto sold Ontario ,Otte of the points brought out by the the'unexpected always happens. From on all the streetcorners of that pc city, ,ples League of Nations can ever be;
his bud et an economic point of whew the Ger-fable roflt 'for -
to render efficient assistance, if the op -
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p a brother to every other Scout.
Hence the oft used- phrase "The
portnniit cornea his way 1
Toronto:Scouts Boost Ontario Apples.
y Worldwide Brotherhood of Scouting.” 1
in this law 18 found the real heart of
That the Boy Scouts of Toronto Scouting on which we build all our °
could do more in one ''jay than the pro- hopes. for the future. of the world. To ;
vincial departmetit t of agriculture be a friend to ALL!. There is no room
could'do in a month to make Toronto here for quarrels and fighting. War
"Ontario apple conscious" was •affirm- can have no place in Scouting . while
ed by Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, pro- this law remains; in. the constitution.
vincial Minister of Agriculture. And . if Scouts of every nation ility, ea
He referred to the• Boy Scout Apple • or, creed nd tongue are brothers, as
Day held en April 1st, when, tat assist well as being friends, then we have an
their district financial compeign,- the organization more powerful than any
work
other veers For the 11 incompetent. Many among emReports oro one who knows all .about yon but loves
• available our im- absence
-George So eseythicNiue-
'..15.3%
T'
pp it did in the.first to admit it, and • this curious
which reports
of the past fiscal year for b encs of an understanding of polities
p its vont th ar ave a is -one of the tragedies. of civilization:
ports from the •British Empire were I k in the
Arne•
2a �iCo l our total imports s euro- teenth Century (London'.
pared with 22.6% the previous Year;
our imports from the United -States ese--r
• 60 Qcc • as against 64.5%. and our - U
ports from other craft , Made, to Study Trades
' 13.3Cc compared with 12.9%. Our ea -t - 1
ports have shown a somewhat similar Attendance M. a trade school is
change for the better.' This trend is made compulsory . for the unemploy-
encouraging to all those who entertain ed 18 years of age in Berlin and
high hopes of closer trade relations other cities of Germany. -The pro-
w•itbin the Empire as a result of the' gram includes courses in manual
forthcoming Imperial Economlc Con- training, typing, stenography, domes-
fe: ence at Ottawa next -July. It 18 tic science. general educational ;siiib-
mor eaver to be repeated that'for 11 jects and classes in gymnastics and
months of the past 'year Canada has hygiene. Books and shoot mate -
a favorable trade balance of over 325,- rials are free.
•
tt foreign countries nemploye d Germano .•
by Boy Scouts during .the recent Sino- . you just the same!" Need.I say morel
Japanese outbreak. that reminds�one of N.S. Scouts Plant 80,000 Trees
the siege of Mafeking, where the ser- As reported by Provincial Chief For -
vice idea of Scouting originated in ester Schierbeck, • Nova Scsotian Boy
1900, The first call was for 12 Scout Scouts in 1931 planted 80;000 trees in
cyclists Soon 90 boys were on duty Scout reforestation areas in various
The rye fields .show a„tender' hue
Of ' freah'ning green amid the
brown.
And pussy -willows clad anew
• Along the :brook in silver gown.
The purple finch bath , found his
tongue,
From out 'the .elm tree what a
burst! •< r;
Now once again all things are young,
Renewed by love as at the first.
-John 'Burroughs: '
:English Plays on .
Istanbul Stage
Istanbul -For the first time since
the' war, plays are being Presented
here in English, . a troupe from Lon-
don offering the dramas of George
Bernard Shaer, . and other ,British
playwrights for .,the Anglo-American
colony.
,Well ' water should. nevi be en -
at various relief headquarters and parts of the province. healthy:
00• . ee compared with an unfavorable Young girls out of work are being
bs:anee of nearly 971,000.000 in the employed as assistants in municipal
prey i --,as ' corresponding period. In kindergartens, nurseries and hospi-
c:l.er words ther has beeii a change in tats. For sewing classes, at which
Canada's 'favor of nearly 3100,000.000. attendance is mandatory, madhines,
Mail & Empire, Toronto. materials and lunclles 'are supplied ,
unemployed and Plater Mining , without (barge.
P •: ' •
r to • i~ -ac,
It would be far bette '' eve
ry,
sad cheaper in the longer run, to put
unemployed men in the way of earn -
inn a good living for themselves than
.cos:tinue to keep them. in idleness by.'
c ay of direct relief. k is a matter of
c-rgatization cheffy to transfer• a. large
body of men to the placer gold district
of British Columbia, where climatic
a zeneral working ' conditions' are
h:ghl3• suitable to -outdoor work. They
need employment and Canada needs
d-,,d.-(Ce1gary Herald.
Paying the Piper
Tl,e great middle-class of white -coital
Workers in c,ff ces. Stores and factories
- i3 the backbone of society. the.big tax-
paying class and the big purchasing
class. And it is the class that stands
ai a buffer' between organized labour
and orieniied capital. ' It is ;he white
'r -113r middle-class 'worker• d hr,5e
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Pacific "Growers" Experiment .,
With ..Atlantic Coast Oysters
Santa Cruz. Calif. -Experiments are
being conducted in an effort to grow
Eastern oysters in Pacific Coast
waters. Ten thousand "spat" were 1
brought from the atlantic last year 1
and a trillion more ' will be brought ,
out this year. '
The small Japanese oyster has been
transplanted ,successfully bit at yet
Coast beds have had little stip ass
with the • Eastern Blueeoints. Na -
i ive oysters are succulent but s'm'all
:;t -P the Japatiese produce
wise enemy is better than a fool•'
ftipTO,
t:nt•r- i like, the rttst of iron;
wears ;.wily the envious.
it
" Berengaria's" Rudder. Journeys to Repair Shop.
a y4i
.3„ 5i -ten rudder: or the ' IBFP'enga.ria" wa= carried 316 mile to faarlington. F.•ngland, fur
the trip from Snatha-r..pto.ir ti�ttendarrc at front and. Irak of the sr), '.ally' construct, l
touch by mean8 of a tel' -phone.
Most of Canada's Land -
Is G'Still Uncultivated
Only about one-sixth of Canada's
suitable land is actually under culti-
vation
ultivation as 'farms, according. • to the-
e8nsus---of--Juste; . 1931,, - figures - of •
which are being made public by the
Dominion Government. It is esti-
mated that about 300,000,000 .acres
de suitable for cultivation, of whtck
some 57,000,00 were aotual&y • sown '
to field crops at the ; time • of the
census. . This, however, represents
tan increase of about 2.4 per, cent in
th,e number, of farina in the decade
' since 1921.. •
The Pros -ince of Ontario has the
largest number, of farms -191,697.
Saskatchewan is second ..with, 136;671'
,and Quebec third with 136,061. The .
five Eastern Provinces -Prince Ed-
ward Island, ?lova Scotia, New Bruns-
wick, Quebec and Ontario -showed
an increase of 19,416 for the decade;
while the four Western Provinces
Manitoba, Saskatchewan. . Alberta
and Britist Columbia -showed in
increase of 36,770. The five East-
ern Provinces, however. have 414,-
044 farms as against • 314.200 ,for the
four Western.
A farm, for the " purposes of the
census, is any tract of land an acre
.or. more ' itf extent which produces
agricultural products of 350 annual -
1y or More. or which is ,ret for
crops or pasturing..
Ton of ' Hay •Travels.,
By Parcel Post
Denver, Colo. --A ton • of hay 'has
been mailed by parcel -post to feed.
dairy Cattle in the snow -bound totem
of Silverton, which .has been isolated
since Feb. 9. •
A Durango firm a•as unable to ship
the :hay because the railroad is block-
ed by, snow slides. So it was placed
in bundles to conform with the maxi-
mum size and weight specified for
parcel post. and mailed. It regt.ired ,,dkr
914 worth of stamps. • •.
The hay was transported by pack
mule at a cost of 5 cents a pound M
the Post Office Department, according
to a report to the State utilities Cone
misainn. The Post Of fire _Department
,thee; lost 986 orthe transact -ten but
the Silce4•ten e i•s are munching hay
'and the children of the. isolated Marr
hal tr Crash milk again. '
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