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The Brussels Post, 1957-03-13, Page 71INDAY SCHOOL LESSON uy Ae*.11arclay 'War:re- 1141.. • -••••-• W PLOWING IN THE PARKING LOT-This striking ,contrast between, the ultramodern apartmenl. house and the age-old plowman behind his horses presents itself in West Berlin, Germany. ,The "city farmer" is actually a gardener who 'took advantage of the warm weather to turn up the soil for spring plqnting in the apartment house yard. . THE FARM FRONT JokA land 20Q Sawyer traps - the trap which kills instantly and which I mentioned earlier and the Department distributed these to Ontario trappers for testing. Their reports were so favourable that we imported another 1,000 Which we sold at 'Cost to trap- pers across Canada. Then in the Spring of 1952 we sent out a questionnaire to each purchaser asking his opinion, as to the et- festiveness of the Sawyer trap in Canadian conditions and ask- ing him to suggest improvements. There' was a good response to this questionnaire, with many valuable suggestions. Since then we have continued to sell these traps at cost to the trappers. In 1954 we imported another type of instant-killing trap, the Bigelow, from U.S.A. and have sold many hundreds of them also, In 1956 We sponsored the manufacture of a trap invent- ed in Canada called the This trap is made in two sizes, the smaller one is used for mink, muskrat and animals of similar size while the larger one is for beaver and otter. As far as we know, this is the only instant- killer that will hold these large animals. We are now selling all three of these traps and each. Spring the purchasers are issued 'with a questionnaire so 'that we can find out the reactions of the men who use them to the different type of traps. In. British Columbia the Asso- ciation for the Protection of Fur- Bearing Animals is testing an- other type, the Conibear, also in- vented by a Canadian. your bare hand. Imagine that the door is jammed shut - and im- agine that you are then left with your hand so caught until you either starve to death, or freeze to death - or tear your hand apart. You are probably asking your- selves right now - "If' this is such a painful business, why doesn't somebody do •something about it?" Well, some countries have done something about it, Norway, for example. The leg- ' hold trap was outlawed in Nor- way over 50 years ago, yet Nor- wegians manage. to trap about half a million animals in hu- mane traps each year. • I under- stand 'that Sweden, Finland, and ' Germany, have outlawed it too. In 1949 the British Government appointed a committee of inquiry to investigate charges of cruelty ' to wild animals in Britain. The tone of their report, issued, in 1951, was far frOm fanatical. They stated quite strongly, "Nobody ,can doubt that this is a diabolical instrument, which ceuses an in-, calculable amount of suffering?' Incalculable is the right word, for 30 million rabbits alone are trapped 'in Britain in one year., They added - "We recommend , that the sale for use in this country of the gift trap, and the use of the gin trap, should be banned by law within a short period of time." By the Pests Act 1954 the use ,of the gin •trap will become illegal in Britain after July 31, 1958.' Thirty •years ago the Royal Society for the Prevention`of Cruelty to Animals in Britain offered .a prize for an effective humane trap. In 1947 a rabbit trapper named Sawyer finally won the award. His trap has two arms which snap up, and to- gether, and break the rabbit's neck instantly. The Authority of Jesus ldattheW 21; ga.a2 Memory Sciection: The People were astonished at his doctrines for he taught them as one hav• ing authority, Matthew 1: 28-2l. Jesus was the great teacher. He skillfully asked questions which focused attention on the important point. In this lesson he asked a question in answer to a question. The chief priests and elders angered at his cleansing of the temple the previous day, demanded to know the basis of his authority. He in turn asked it John's baptism was of heaven or of men, They wouldn't commit themselves so Jesus did not an- swer their question. But his question exposed their unbelief in John which premised their unbelief in Jesus. Those who were disciples of John, the Fore,• runner, readily became disciples Of Jesus. Then Jesus went On to tell a story which added to the con- demnation of the questioners, They were like the son who said he would work for,his father but failed to go, They gave lip ser- vice to God but failed to do righteously in their every day living. Their rejections of John who came in the way of right- eousness demonstrated their real attitude to God. On the other hand the publicans and harlots made no profession of being teligioug. But under the preaching of.Jesus many of thew wicked people re- pented and believed and began to love and serve God. The lesson is clear. Religion is a practical every day affair. We must all repent of our sins and believe on Jesus Christ ifews are to enter the kingdom of God. Our do-it-yourself way of being respectable won't do. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. We all need to repent and turn from our •sins. Then we can believe on Jesuit Christ ter His deliverance from our sins. Jesus 'Christ's authority is based in the fact that He is 'the Son of God, • World's Biggest! Plans are being discussed in New York, for the publication in 1959 of the -second issue of the world's largest newspaper which appears only once every, century. This monster publica- tion was . first published in United States in 1859 and meas- ured 7 ft. long and 4 ft. 6 in. wide. The first issue of The Illumin- ated Qtiadruple Constellation, as it was called, consisted of eight pages eagh containing thir- teen closely printed columns. It took forty people eight weeks, working day and night to bring out, this gigantic news- paper. The contents included news about' stars and the uni- verse generally. Preserved in London, too, is, another oddity in newspapers, a small yellowing sheet head "The Daily Citizen, Vicrtabliiie Mississippi, July 2nd 1863." It was printed during the Amex:17 can Civil. War on wallpaper, ' THAT NEEDLED- HIM.-=-.•4- The boss was accustomed to being out of the office a good deal s on business and was ra- ther worried about the behav- ior of his new. typist while he was away. Sending for her one morn- ing he asked: "I hope you don't just sit and twiddle your thumbs while I'm not in the 'office." "Oh no, sir," the girl replied, "I get on with' my knitting. promptly turned round and Smuggled south again, to be re.- Old in Dublin! By this System an animal can realize $300, for an expenditure of abaut With a herd of fifty the profit is hefty, Another two-wee eraeltet con- sissts of filling a i:arge lorry with any goods more expensive in the north at that time, run- ning it over the border and sail- ing the contents, The lorry makes its return trip loaded with fertilizer, which Is enors ineusly more expensive in the south. A lorry full of cigarettes can go north and be back with fertilizer in two or three hours, maybe making several trips on a dark night. Smugglers are glad when the hordes of tourists start flocking in and out, tying up the customs in routine checks on major traffic routes, These checks are always a battle of, wits. It was rather a pity one in- genious fellow was caught, He used to smuggle a- quart of* whisky at a time in the •inner tube of his bicycle - but had a puncture outside a customs station! Only the very stupid woman now, smuggles butter into the north concealed in her clothes. At Dundalk railway station she is liable to be taken out of the train and into a small room where generally there is ,a blaz- ing fire, whatever the weather. Stood casually in front of this,- she can be kept in conversation until the butter threatens to be- tray its presence; when she will invariably give in! The customs men can be very 'tough. They've even taken gen- uine engagement rings from girls, as well as watches and bracelets. And if the amateur smuggler does get past the customs man, let him beware of leaning, back and relaxing as• the train moves off again for Belfast. For that good-looking girl sitting oppo- site is liable to invite him sweetly to ancompany her to the guard's van, where he finds that she, too, is a customs offi- cer, left to trap him. Smugglers Curse Irish Terrorists Irieh terrorists are being cursed heartily these days - for an unusual tweet), They've wrecked the best racket in 411.. Ireland --- cattle rustling - just when folk on both sides of the border were getting rich through two-way smuggling. But now there are foe many guards. For over thirty years the clash between smugglers and preventive men has been fought out non-stop along the 180 mile line that divides Eire and Northern Ireland. During the 'war and just afterwards Dub- lin, jammed with luxury goods, was regularly invaded by week- end visitors from Belfast and. Britain, seeking cigarettes, chocolates, nylons, clothes, cam- eras, watches and jewellery. Nowadays the amateur smug- gler confines himself to this small stuff, but the profession- al goes in for large-scale cat- tle rustling and the import of fertilizers into Eire. It is highly prosperous, thanks eo the 'in- genious two-way system ;that, could only happen in Ireland! The Eire farmer hands his cattle over to a professional smuggler. Along the whole fron- tier line that crosses mountain and bog and much desolate country, there are only eigh- teen routes by which people are permitted to pass from one territory to another, via customs control points. But there are scores of tiny reads crossing and recrossing the border., The penalties for being caught on these roads are extremely heavy, but the smugglers gen- erally know how to evade the customs. • Some fifty cattle, say, 'are taken across and sold at pc- tion in the north. Each animal collects a government bonus of up to $30, depending on its quality and the price it reaches. Once sold, the animals are Biters Get Bit Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking One type of criminal who does not often get into the news is the gentleman who specializes in robbing the robbers. There was once• a footman who had his eye on some jewels- belonging to his master. One night, as a first attempt ,in crime he decamped with $50,000 worth of gems bulging his pockets. But a professional cracksman had also hard his eye on thdie spark- lers for a long time, but couldn't get at them. He waylaid the ab- sconding footman, stunned him, ' and removed • the 'loot with the comment: "Let this show you` that honesty is the best policy!" In New Zealand this year a man stole $10,000 from the po- lice -payroll. The money was found in a schoolboy's satchel.. The boy said he saw a man hiding the Money in a hole in a wall and • when the man had gone he helped himself.. In Paris, at one, time, there were three gangs specializing in waylaying crooks . homeward bound with the proceeds of a night's "work." When arrested the gangsters could not under- stand that they were doing any- thing wrong in stealing from thieves. Some months ago a man was sentenced to death for stabbing a shopkeeper. in the East End of London and stealing clothes. Before' he was arrested he met another man and this man stole from 'him' the clothes for which the murder -had been committed. Even if we ignore the ques- tion of being humane, we. can see that such a trap has two great advantages over the leg - hold type. First, there is no loss of animals by the wring-off; second- ly, the animal makes no noise that will attract other animals to attack it, and spoil the 'fur or carcass before the trapper arrives. WHO ECU ©©©CO OE= MUM MEE 0000 muummun mom mucoon OMMM EMW UOM MOB [DEEM MIME UM CUED EinEn0 MB upon MUM MED ECOMOBO MECO MENHOMMMM 0002 [MEE MO WEED U000 OEM UOUB EYE CUTE -"Gagging it up with a pair of trickspectacles, Ralph Santos, TV • cameraman, takes a turn in front of the lens. The specs are weird enough at first sight (top) but when Ralph turns on his "zoomar" lens (bottom), he really makes folks jump. CALM -- The graceful prow of the S.S. United .States is mirror. ed in the still surfacet of New York's North River. Ship and reflection join together to fOrm an illusion of' startling stream' lining. The luxury liner, third largest in the wcirld, docked re- cently unaided, by strikebound -tugboats by an operation re- garded by experts as an.amar. ing feat of navigation. "Hew is your son getting on with his Medical studies?" in- quired Mrs. Green of her friend. "Very well, thank you," re- Plied the proud mother. "He can 'already cure small children." About 30 years, ago a national organization ,was formed in Can, ada with the object of abolish- ing the Cruelty of the steel trap. It is called the Canadian Asso- ciation for .Humane Trapping. 'Its headquarters are in Tor- onto, but there are members from coast• to -coast. This Asseci- ation is endorsed by Humane So- cletiee across Canada, since it tries to do for our fur beaters what the Humane Societies do for domestic Until recent years we devoted most of Our association's' energy and income to telling, people about existing conditions in Ceti- , ediati trapping. You may have Seen Our advertisements in maga- zines and newspapers',, We have distributed thousands of pain= phlets, and We have Operated demonstration booths at the Carte adien National 2.1thibition. We have also kept, hi touch With the latest practices in fur' faririe, and in the deVeldpineet of Sub,' Stitetes for 'natural fore, Stich as the nylon furs recently deVelop- ed. We do these things beeanse We Want• tee conserve same of our Wild life resources in a natural balance for the people who some after us, and because 'We just don't like to tee unnecessary suffering going Mt tight 'hod in ' Canada. HUMANE TRAPPING By Donald Baillie Vice-President Canadian Association for Humane Trapping. Are you interested in trap- ping? Perhaps you •don't do much of it - jult the odd mouse or rat around your own house or barn. The trap you use ptobably has a striking bar attached to a strong spring. When the spring is released the bar strikes the animal;; crushing it to death, pret- ty Ciuickly. A trap like this, which kills almost instantly) is .a fairly humane way of destroy- ing mice and rats. The kind of trap I want to dis- cuss with you today is a different story altogether. It has a very powerful spring, but instead of a crushing -bar it has steel jaws. These jaws will try to clamp to- gether' when the spring is re- leased. If something tries to ''stop them, froin clamping right together, they bite into that something. By • no stretch of imagination rah these traps be called humane, When the jaws spring shut on the leg or paw of an animal, the pain he feels is only the begin- ning of his sufferings. At the ' best they may be ended „fairly soon by drowning, if he is a water animal, and if the trapper has taken the trouble to arrange a' drowning set, which will hold him under the water when he dives for his natural cover. Even then, deowning is a 'fairly slow business fora beaver, or otter, or mink, or muskrat, equipped to stay under 'water for a long , time. If there is no way for him to drown, .he must either gnaiv off his paw, or twist it off, or en= dure the trap as best he can un- til death.releases him. He may struggle till he is dead - he may freeze till he is dead - another animal ,may kill him..- or at last the trapper' may kill him. •• A fur trapper 'in. Canada will do well to get around his trap lines once 'in a week. He may have five or six tr hundred to visit. In bad weather a trap may be left unvisited fcir nearly a month. I mentioned that the animal may gnaw and twist at his leg until' finallyi the flesh and sinew and bones are all sev- ered apart and he is free- free to hobble away with a raw stump, or the gangrenous re- mains of a frtizen. paw. Some trappers have estimated that they lose as many as 20% of their catch by these "Wring-offs", that is, 20% 'of several million wild animals may be amputated this way each Winter in• Can ada. Each year we Canadians kill abetit nine million animals fot theit fur, and the great • majority of theee are not raised on fur faring. They are trapped. Seine are caught in wire snares around their necks', but most in, leghold traps. This means that One or more steel traps snap, shut every in di Our long winter,, While you ate reading this, two hundred or More elf` our Can- adian heiritale ate being caught in the legholci trepe and Several thotitatid already caught are dying. Apart from the, numbers we kill, let's think, about the tin., iiedessary pain We ihfliet catching them, It seems to ins that higher Mareithale leftist feel' something pretty close to what' we humans feel. of the `biologists Pied Mk agree With me on thie. Yeti all knew that Yale deg or at Certainly doeSn't like 'to have his pates trod On. If yeti wanteough idea of the leghold trap; just imagine that the door Of yout car has been slammed• iteteSS' the fingers of NOT-SO-MYSTERIOUS EMT - The smiles of these ehildren'a faces would be understood in any language. The youngsters, in Bangkok, Thailand, are sampling American milk which hat been "disassembled" and• then shipped to the Far Eastern cowt. try where the solids and fats are recombined With 'water te Make whole milk. How Conservation Really Paid Off One of the great news stories of 1957 is about something that didn't heepeel-the terrible Ten- neesee River flood of 057 that never came, Right now Americans Priebe, ably would be digging into their, pockets for contributions for, survivors of the Chattanooga- Oak Ridge "disaster" except that the sullen, boiling 52-foot crest wasn't permitted to dee velop, Playing the intricate system of 20-odd clams on the Tennes- see River and its tributaries like an organ, the young engineers who administer the interstate Tennessee Valley Authority- shot through some waters, held bank others, and operated a fantastic machinery of fluvial traffic con- trol that .sent a potentially dreadful monster harmless to the sea. Since there was no catastro- phe there, was no news. e In contrast, the same unusual rainfall that raised rivers in WeSt Virginia, Ohio, and Penn- sylvania caused havoc there and for a week the news was on the destruction in a widespread area in West Virginia. Disaster is treated as news; not the ab- sence of disaster, writes Richard L. Strout in The Christian Sci- ence Monitor. The flood didn't comes in the TVA area because it had been, foreseen 20 years before and some of the eforld's boldest en- gineers had quietly trapped it. "Some day," the engineers who built the 20 dams said, "we are going to have another flood like that of 1867 and 1875. Floods come from unusual rain. The record crest was 58 feet in 1867 at Chattanooga, Tenn. We may not live to see it, but the test will come." It has just come. There was double normal precipitation - eight inches in most of the mul- tistate• area, in some places 9, 10 and 12. By former standards, Chattanooga would have had its fourth worst flood in history. It would have endangered the Atomic Energy ' Commission's main pumping station at Oak Ridge,' Tenn., in an area where AEC has a billion-dollar invest- ment. The whole' complex of valleys is now alive with new targets for a great flood. Then began an extraordinary game of "mud pies," played by grim, sleepless young engineers, poring over meteorological maps h and listening to telephoned re- ports for stakes involving prop- erty, industry, and human lives.; It was perhaps the most ,spec- tacular modern example of standing up to nature, looking the terror (4 flood full in the face and conquering it. The Marie who, ran the show was Reed A. Elliott, TVA's chief water-control officer. His TVA- trained ,staff are mostly young engineers. The ,big rain started Jan. 21. Nobody knew hew long-it would' last, Nit, this, was the flood sea- son. So 'the' upstream reservoirs had been- kept at a' low level. Now these were' allowed to fill. It kept ' raining. The storms crossed Tennessee. The dams upstream held back the water in the traffic-control system' while ' maximum amount of nearby water surged past the Chatta- nooga area. River gauge read- ings and United States weather reports came hour by hour. Computers calculated run-off rates and acre feet of impound- ed water. It was a thrilling per- formance, but it went almost unnoticed. The papers, were full of flood news-but it came prin- cipally from areas not under TVA flood control, from the CUMberland River to the north and' the Alabama and Georgia Rivers to the South. In the TVA struggle, mean- while, control reservoirs were opened and closed to meet ethe crisis, eeone area being., played against another. 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