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The Clinton News Record, 1930-05-01, Page 6Attack understand it better. than thePreach Slashing ever will—with the exception IA a few ® brilliant and beloved 'French friends, such as are known to all of us, who have a genuine thought amused affec- tion for Britain or A-merica, or both., Japan, like Italy„ does not,reed .can-'- not, want to force -;up naval xpenses. HeHr .deepest students of America and Britain know that h the Eugiish- speaking world as a whole there is more respect and liking for them than ever there was hefore. Why should a nation so progressive and discern- ing, force, the United States to build more than the American people at, present desire? For Japan any agree- ment in the general spirit' of the Washington Conference is far better than no agreement, ' The greatest thing to be secured, whether in the Conference or out of it, is: the Auglo-American settlement. In all. constructive hopes` andplans for the world's peace, that is the key- stone of the arch. Pull it out and the rest collapses. ]livery thorough ,student, of international affairs is well aware that amongst many minds in at least three :contineuts-not exclud- ing South America—speculation on eventual Anglo -America discord in an uuconiessed but most obstinate and pernicious influence against disarma- ment. Talc like Mr, Churchill's nourishes that -evil thought. Until •it is eradicated, and extirpated—until the lingering conjecture that the two English-speaking Powers may y,et be divided ,ls absolutely given up—the best atmosphere required for the pro- gress of a new world -spirit under President Hoover's leadership will not exist. The, Conference, whatever else hap- pens, Will have done much to create that atmosphere, The sequel must be made to ensure it even if the rigidity of the French program should compel this country to build more cruisers and "destroyers than we had hitherto imagined. Even in that event, which would release us from all diplomatic entanglements in Eur- ope, full means of friendly .adjust- ment between the American Govern - On Churchill L� By J. L. GARVIN °4 'While the Naval Conference:s still Bitting in London, and while there are things of' supremo importance to be •braved, with it oi• wlthput it, a fore- snoet British statesman .has allowed lihitself to make a epeeclt which is of. the;deepest public disservice in every way, but especially mischievous in the tone of its references to Anglo- American relations. It is ,an .unavoid- able necessity to repudiate that speech in . the name of at least five- Bixths of the British' people. We write these .words, and what follows ,with the greatest possible're-. pittance . and regret. • Pew ,public eren are' personally so attractive to • us as Mr Churchill. We have often given hien generous support, and most staunchly at times when liis friends were hard to seek. ide is in- his fifty- sixth 'year, and hill' be sixty within those few years more which will pass like a breath. We •had hopdd ,that in thatin present public circumstance9 he would play, both in Parliament and the country, a still greater part as an eloquent and intellectual statesman. Those hopes have so farbeen disap-. pointed, Just now something is go- ing wrong :with iib 'splendid powers. The Prime, Minister is conducting the naval .negotiations in the name of the country and the. Empire. What- ever else happens at St..James's, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will 'win golden opinions for his memorable services to the all-important. cause of enduring • Anglo-American settlement. Yet at this delicate . and critical moment, Mr. Churbhill addressed a meeting and permitted himself to attack the Gov- ernment and to challenge the whole spirit on while Anglo-American friend- ship and co-operation depend. Firstly, the orator suggested that amongst all •the delegations, British Ministers were notably exhibiting. themselves as squeeable and shuffling persons, feebly surrendering British interests at every step and to everyone. In this state- ment there 154 not a particle of resem- blance to ;the facts, whether as re- gards the •Prime Minister himself, .or Mr. Alexander, the 'First Lord of the Admiralty, or any one of their col- leagues. It was Mr. MacDonald pito said "The Navy is us." Let us work this out. "The Simple is desirable," said Pascal, "but the simple is so hard." Like others, .we have desired the simplicity of a com- plete Five -Power agreement. We have neer been over -sanguine that this particular idea would be realized in any honest and effectival manner. An- ticipating the position taken' up by Franco, we have shown how the logi- cal pursuit of armed Security by one nation involves all neighboring na- ter -armaments and increasing inseams tions In the choice between full coma ity. The twentieth century is get- ting on. In the end France must disarm or Germany must rearm. The present contrast- between them is more unnatural than anything ever aeon before in the world The great German race, bound to become nearly twice as numerous as their Western neighbors, while second to none in brains and fibre, cannot for ever ac- cept a Gallie suxoralnty in arms which France by herself never could have "established. She owes her practical ascendency to the ex -Allies and the ex -Allies and the ex -Associate who now ask her to concede something•to (them. Though every year that passes will Strengthen the plea, as Versailles re- cedes and French diplomatic comma. tions weaken, this argument by itself ie not likely to be of touch present avail at St. James's. What theu? It is suggested that if the "Never, Never Fact" against war were supplement- ed upplemented by agreement amongst the signa- tories to consult under American aus- pices in case of violation or serious menace, ()ranee would face some re- duction of her present bristling pre. grans "If ifs and ands ," What kind of agreement to consult? How much French reduction in return? These questions ought to be frankly put and answered to clear up the Psychological situation and complete the efforts of the delegations to 00- • deretand each other's positions wheth- er the positions prove reconcilable or not. Britain is ready of, course, for any extent of consultation when peace is threatened or even locally ruptured. The united States seem to us to have a great moral opportunity ,involving no practical embarrassments or en-' tanglements. This has been shown with his usual sagacity and lucidity by Chief Justice Hughes. For the Pact is' the basis. It implies every ' kind of mediation batt prohibits re- sort to violence. Consultation.. would ensure the largest possible number of neutrals, and compel delay—just the conditions that were lacking when the wild, blind sweep to doom surged 'on-: wards iu the last:week of "July, 1914. Can President Hoover contemplate the entry of the United States into such a guarded agreement to consult without any increased obligation to net? Itis the idea of "co-operation :without entanglement" that we have ' urged often during the last seven years. It would be wonderfully worth while to moot the idea and to ask what France would give in the way of reduced tonnage were such ani ar•' raugement possible, In business, on:committal discussions beginning evith "If and if" are frequent, and up- pally clear the air. The method moderates .temper. There•ie, of course, a'profound differ knee of mental approach between English-speaking minds and French I�nlads. The English -speakers believe hat saving .common seuse were the act affronted, would •briug about con ultation, even it, as now,there were 0 formai Mamma to consult, But u tine, as In 'a thousand other Cone resting ways—Social and literary as dv¢11 e political ---French logic demands Pie rule, the regulate -le acid the pro- Itotol.. A;Eailnily Canada Can Well be Proud, of H. W. P,HELAN OF TORONTO AND FAMILY WINTER IN HOLLYWOOD, FLA. Happy group her shows (left to right) : ; Donny Phelan, H. W. Phelan, Mrs. D'Arcy Coulson, Ottawa; Lorraine Phelan, Marion Coulson, Dolly 'Regan, Ottawa, and Adele Phelan. Canadian Briefs Winuipeg.—Rev. P. Oleksiw, rector 91 'St, Vladeniir's and St, Olga's Ulo Faintan Catholic Pro•laathedeal here, has accepted the pastorate of the Holy Ghost; Church, Hamilton, Ont, He will leave for' the East on April, 28, Winnipeg,—Police arosearching for a bandit with a sore ,head who at- tempted to rob St..James' Grocery stove: The proprietor struck the gun- man with a two -pound can of tobacco ae he fled from a Melinda of merchan- dtse- The' bandit replied with: two shots from a! revolver ,fillet' missing Mrs, James Wyllie, wife, of the store owner. The Pas; Man.—Geological survey ,of the'non-metallic deposits of North- ern Manitoba will be undertaken by the new training branch • of the Mani- toba Government when. the provinces • Assume control of its natural re-. sources. • • Meadow Lake, Sask,—James Ed- under strict regulations designed to ward Eveans, veteran of the Nile Ex- prevent others from obtaining beer in pedltiou, in 1883, and first settler of these establishments. This will legal - this far Northern ,Saskatehewau dis- !2o beer sales now proceeding ma trict, is dead here. checked in many.soldiers', clubs. Proprietary clubs, considered a lead- ing source of illicit liquor, sales, will be wiped out. The Manitoba system of padlock- ing bootlegging establishments is adopted to be enforced after a second conviction for liquor sale within a year of the first conviction. Suck establishments may be completely closed for twelve months, whether they are dwellings or`otherwise. Liquor advertising on billboards dodgers, leaflets and by similar means will be prohibited after January 1, 1931. Wine makers on a small scale, who cannot afford to hold their wine long enough to mature it poprerly, will bo allowed to sell it to the larger win- eries, which have adequate maturing facilities. This is designed to main- tain the standard' of British Columbia wines. New regulations are provided to pre- vent any persons from using another person's liquor permit to obtain liquor at government stores. Under tate new regulations, any per- son under twenty-one years who makes application for a liquor permit, or is found without ]awful excuse in a li- censed club or beer parlor will be guilty of an offense against the act; Another clause provides that when liquor is transported illegally the automobile, boat or other conveyance will be forfeited to the Crown. The new act goes into force at once. New ",i:, Re" Act Africa : ares Co,. per Veins to Supply We Ith Discovery ' of Red Metal in North Rhodesia Brings ment and the Labor Government would be found. At the Morayshire dinner Mr. Stimson paid a. generous tribute' to the Prime Minister, whose patience, courtesy, and dignity have never failed. If the Conference comes, in spite of all, to a Five -Power Agreement, which will be a real service is Disarmament and to confidence in Peace, very well and very good. For our part we would rather have an honest break- up than a false sucess. If nominal failure should be :he end of it, we shall show at once how the main cause on which the whole world's hope depends can be and will be saved on lines equally bold and nautical. Meanwhile; it has been our business to tell America whY Mr. Churchill's attack on the British Government at this juncture is condemned by five - sixths of the British people. It was this spirit that helped largely to damn the late Conservative 'regime at the polls. If the lesson has not - been learned it will be reveated with addi- tions.—Montreal 'Standard. in Era of Civilization BY MAXWELL NORMAN Who would associate industrial prosperity with Central Africa? Who indeed, would tleiuk of the interior of the .continent, the heart of the es. plorer's paradise, the big -game hun- ter's stamping ground, as the hub of an industrial activity that would startle the world Yet it is an es- tablished fact. Imagine a ' land of open forest, abounding in many varieties of big game, treversed by streams_ and rivers, populated sparsely by villages of savage blacks, wrapped In its en- tirety in ignorance and bound by ties of a superstition bred of centuries of uueniightenment. Imagine 'hundreds of thousands of square miles such as this, where the only means of trans- port is walking, and that on narrow pathsworn smooth by the constant tread of naked feet Spirit of Wilderness Reigns Picture this country where the total extent of the nattee's world is limit- ed to the dozen or ep little villages within his immediate surroundings, where knowledge of an outside world. After that, when be leas earned *m- other countries ,oceans, cities, civtli- ough to pay his hut tax and buy some of the kafiir truck from the traders, he goes back to his village to do no- thing for the rest of the year, .est .'and richest' copper field ie. the everywhere. Millions of (Milers ' are world has been discovered. being expended annually, But there are difficulties The thou. The airplane is Playing large part sands of Miles whitilt separate' the in this development. Some 20,000 country from. 'so-called `civilization square mules of country already has means that the importatioth •of-inach- 'ben surveyed 'and mapped by aerial inery, I7uropean. food•aud living neoee-' Photography and a further 60,000 cities' is difficult and, costly. square miles is' -being surveyed at, Labor •offers another problem, .The present. native .men. never have worried: in It was a memorable moment when their lives, nor even have any of their the first airplane took off from ancestors. Their women .have done N'Chauga. Thousands of natives all the uupleasaut jobs—hoed the gar- had flocked to the air field. They dens, kept the huts in good shape, cut had never heard of such a thing .be - and carried the grass for thatching fore, Suddenly the engine, burst into the roofs, "and .00 :on. If a family a -roar and the machine started off moved its habitat, all the household across the field and in a. few seconds Possessions were, gathered into one vias climbing into the air, Men bundle and the woman carried it ou shouted and women screamed. ' They ..Iter head. ran halter skelter. The next day, Tax Made Native Work however ,their fear was.gone. They The first difficulty, then, was to had .come to accept it all as the magic make these natives work. So the gov- of the white man. eminent placed a "hut tax of $2.59 Radio Arouses Fear on eaolt adult male native, •and this It was the same with radio. I eon- had to be paid in cash. There was strutted ,as a recreation ,a short wave only one way for them to obtain cash. transmitter and receiver and operated They had to go to work for the white under the signal VQ2NC: It was the men. 'Andthenwhen they began first one in the copper belt. The to learn to work,, they learned also natives heard. music played by *stria- te, covet the cheap goods of the tract- meats that even yet have never ap- e rs. peered in northern Rhodesia They The wages else "raw" native amount heard concerts from Europe acid once, to about $2,50 a month at the start during a test, they heard one of my plus his food, which costs a similar own natives broadcast in their own amount, for lie lives almost entirely Chinyanja language from a few miles on "buuga" (corn meal porridge). But away I was immediately dubbed an even now it is'vety rare for a native "mfiti" (wizard) and was given the to work tor - more than six months. name "Bwana Nsantbo ye, Dfpepo," which means "The White Master of tate Wire of the Wind." And "Nsam- ba ya Mpepo" Wire of the Wind) is now the standard name for radio throughout the country. In a few years more tate district will be producing more than 1,000,000,000 pounds of copper a year. But the world can absorb it. Since 1920, or roughly since the World War, stet's. tics show that the world's consump- tion of*copperhas increased by an average of 9 per cent on each previous year's demand. This is due, not only to the rapid advancements and expan- sion of the eleotrical industry, mod- ern scientific discoveries, and so on, but also to the fact that the popula- tion of tate world is steadily inoreae- ing Especially is this so in the large cities and industrial centers where copper is used far more than in the rural and less populated areas. In 1928 the world's consumption of copper was 2,000,000 tons. By a very simple process of arithmetic it may easily be seen that by 1934 the world's demand for copper should reach, theoretically, 3,204,000 tons for the year. The native is accepting c(vIltattoU. The marvels of science and invention have come, and, for a moment, sur- prised ltlm. He has become, uncon- sciously, the operator of inexpltcable wonders, but he still remains, at heart, Ste savage. He has welcomed the white man as the "master," and though he Si learning to perform the operations requited of him, he will always remain, pathetioally I think, the native. Anglo-French Co-operation "Augur" in the Fortnightly (Lon- don): Lon-don): The experience of ages past and of our own time down to the present day shows that British intervention in European affairs never has been so profitable to the cause of peace and so productive of positive results ,as when exercised in Agreement with our geo- graphical neighbor, France. On the whole, we prefer the Germans,but un- til now Anglo -German co•operationhas neither been stable nor effective; gen- erally speaking, we line the French muck less than the Germans, but Anglo-Frenoh ententes (for there have been several) have always had excel - zation, is simply non-existent. Ima- gine ever-present death lurking amid these trees, creeping on softly padded paws in the long grass around the drinking pool; e, the constant battle with nature, the struggle for exis- tence, with the reality of the ele- ments. Ther vision, in the very heart of such a country, townsites paved with streets, electricity, radio, airplanes, Power plants; great smokestacks tow- ering above the topmost brauches of the forest trees; giant smelters, with their enormous reverberatory fur- naces; the hunt of machinery, and, in fact, all the conglomeration of mod- ern scientific industry and mechani- cal invention. This offers a limited portrayal of the phenomenal develop- ment, during the last three years, of northern Rhodesia: And the reason? Just capper, No more, no less. Metal in hundreds 01 millions of tons, in thousands of square miles—in fact, brid0y, a field that may prove the richest and largest ever discovered lu the world. A year or two ago Northern Rho- desia was a trent of country almost unknown to the world at large. For Years after the energy and genius of Cecil John Rhodes first oPan- ed up the country it lay dormant, A few lone prospectors did a certain. amount of desultory, prospecting, but 'they werehandicapped by tate fact that a fair thickness of geologically recent detritus overlies the whole Country.hiding the rock outcrops and covering 09 the surface showings of potential mtueral wealth. When Progress Started Australian Finance London Times Trade Supplement (Ind.): There seems to be some con- fusion of thought in regard to the financial position in Australia. It was recently stated in the House of Com- mons, in reply to a question by Mr. A. M. Samuel, that in the last ten years Australia, as a whole, has bor- rowed abroad, mainly 10 this country, but partly in America, over 460,000,- 000 60,000;000 more than she has paid in interest. The meaning of these figures is that the Commonwealth has failed to create sufficient credits in London by its exports to offset its imports, and has therefore been compelled to raise further loans to meet its annual in- debtedness. Trailing further loans, the exchange was bound to move against Australia and title has hap- pened. In some quarters there has been a tendency to blame the banks, but it should be obvious that the bankers are powerless In the absence of sufficient credits, The real re- medy for the present state of affairs is for Australia either to inorease her exports or restrict her imports, or do both, but the fall in the price of wheat and wool has accentuated the difficulty and the withholding of stocks from sale has increased the trouble. is Roads on the Brain London Daily Telegraph!. (Cons.): Mr. Lloyd George still has roads on the brain. He sees road traffic de- veloping until every by -road becomes a secondary road and every second- ary road abroad and spacious high- way. The railways he treats as a back number, their development al- ready stationary. Ile still abides by his election panacea,—unlimited mil- lions for endless roads. It is time that he, also mentioned afforestation —which for half a century has been the refuge of the gravelled statesman —canals and the like; but first and last ou the Liberal program is roads. Toe Japanese are equally important, irnd hare one of the,greatest opportun- ties or wise etatestuauship. In the „tree of their nlreel lecs develop- , r'.n i •n• t gigue V 1 ,t , en ha q t Ind ti or Yre: li n tr ,Tl .t es to , she English-speaking world. Tiley Then, superstition plays a large part in his everyday life. For example, among certain tribes it is considered a dire calamity for a child to cut its upper teeth first, This foretells that the child will become a witch and will kill many people. In the more distant villages and twee off the beaten track of the native commission- ers the only remedy is the death of tate child. Buell cases illustrate the difficulty of introducing civilized law into this country, inhabited by a people who, though they have a strict code them- selves, are almost incapable of ap- proctating the meaning 01 anything different Then conoidence plays a large part in the "proving" of their superstitious. I remember once my cook -boy appear- ing in shlrt only to explain that he was unable to serve the mid-day meal owing to his having no trousers. Upon inquiry I elicited the fact that he had given his trousers, valued at four shillings to a witch doctor in the na- tive compound in payment for some "mutt," or magic medicine, that would save the life of his child. I It was not until 1923 that the first of the big concession companies Dame into existence, The government then granted exclusive ,prospecting rights over 52,000 square miles of land is re- turn for a guarantee to expend a cer- tain atm of money in the country an- nually. This company brought in trained geologists and engineers and scattered them over the country, and by the end of 1926 it was realized that there were huge posslbilltlos for wealth in minerals there. As soon as this became apparent other companies were formed, more concessions granted, and now almost the whole of Northern Rhodesia is taken up by concessions from govern- ment of exclusive prospecting rights, Within the last few months the great - 'A strong breath after a night out has rutted many a home,"• e} ell -known actor Says 0e-11 t w Y each - ng hie chfldiou to dance, A etepfetber• to 1110101 e,tern Canada Tighter. uSi Li U€l1 , nt*. ,lPolicy) British Coltlrnbia's 3 -Man) Board Has Power to Fix Price of Wet Purchases Montreal; P,Q.—Drastic changes 1e,, the operation and "enforcement or, British Coluihbia's liquor policy wast revealed' by Attorney. General'. R. I.L Pooley in the British Columbia Legis- lature. The new amendments .pro- vide -for a three-man liquor board and tighteningup of the present liquor act as follows: The board will do all its own liquor purchasing Up • to the present ail purchasing has gone through the gov- ermnent's purchasing department. The boardaislo is given power to fix Hirer prices,' which are fixed now by the government. Specified soldiers'. clubs will be al- lowed to sell beer to their members Crotherview,Sask,—Beside 'a dis- charged shotgun, the body of John Ed- luiid, 45, lumber yard manager, was found recently. He had been ill for some time. - Maniwaki, Que.—Twenty-five room- ers at the Central Hotel were driven outdoors in scanty night attire when fire wan discovered in tate attic of the structure. None were injured and the flames were subdued after $500 dam- age had been done. A defective chim- ney is believed responsible. Hull, Que.—Leaving a note saying he- was tired • 01 life, didn't have enough money to pay .his room rent, and was going to jump in the river, Romeo Paquin disappeared from a local boarding house. The man had shown deep despondency of late and acquaintances believe he has carried out his threat 'of suicide. Police are investigating. Ottawa.—Serious injuries were suf- fered by Mrs. Catherine Rigby, 70, and her sister, Miss Mary McCarthy, 72, when they were knocked down by an automobile at a street intersection here. Scalp wounds necessitated re- moval of both to hospital, where their conditions are reported os just fair. Edgar Dutold," the car driver, was not held by police. Stratford, Ont. — Bricks crashing through a blazing roof from a cramp - led chimney into the kitchen where he lay sleeping, awakened Tom Park- er in his West Zorra home just in time to allow him, to escape. He had bare- ly reached the outside -when the en- tire roof collapsed. Fortunately Mrs, Parker and her four children were at a neighboring house at the time. The total cut of lumber on the crown lauds of New Brunswick during the current season is estimated at the equivalent of 212,000,000 feet, France Alarmed had a look at the piccaninny, who was very far gone with a severe attack of dysentery,gave him some good medi- cine, and, under dire threats, made my cook go to the witch doctor and give back the muti lu return for his nether garments again, After some argu- ment he did so. The child died. I was to blame. Look, now, at the heart of tate 'top- per belt as it is to -day. The dili- gence and persevrauce of the pioners have discovered a number of mines with huge potential futures. There aro Bwana M'Iiubwa, Nltana, Roan Antelope, Chambishl, Mufulira, N'Chauga, Mindola, 13aluba and sev- eral others. At each of these town - sites are being laid out great power plants being erected; concentrators, shops, smelters, stores, stregts,,a0h00ls hospitalsare under construction. Three new railroads have been laid down and put into operation and others are in process of construction. Giant steel structures; bridges, auto- mobile reads, service stations, tele- phone lines , hotels, film theatres, clubs and so on are springing up rr t.) y M firth =date Figures of Neighboring Coun- tries Provide Striking Comparison Paris—The race between the stork and the reaper again monopolizes front page space in the Parisian press. The newly -published census figures for 1929 reveal that Prance is in the dilemma of a constantly falling birth- rate a decrease of marriage and an increasing death rate while surround- ed by neighboring countries—Ger- many, Italy, Spalu all of whom re. gistered tremendous increases of pop- ulattou in the past twelve months. France is becoming alarmed at these figures. According to the offi- cial figures of the National Alliance for the Increase of French Population, deaths exceeded births in 1920 by 12,- 564, and it is estimated that unless something is done to check the ac- ceutuating tendency of recent years France in a few years time will be subjected to an annual loss of popu- lation of 2,000,000 or more. The situation thus has become so serious as to make thinking French- men open a cry for a "birthrate 001 - fey" on the part of the government. One reason for this Iles in the Franco. Italian rivalry, Mussolini has al- ready inaugurated a birthrate policy and the' census returns show that it 1s working—to the extent of hund- lent.resulte for this" country,, and the reds of thousands additional -births per last, no doubt, saved us from falling 'Year. under the economic, if not the phYsi- The National Alliance report cal, .hegemony of a Prussianized Em. reads: "In 1929 Italy increased its Aire in Berlin. population by 375,000, Germany grow by 360,000 In habitants,Spain inereas- Britain Knows No "Paupers" In New Relief Act for Poor Canada's Remarkable Advance in Mineral Production MaLLIONS OV DOLLARS son--WALtE OF CAN/ -0,D49 !MINERA1. OUTPUT 1900/920 -• _. • 250 -- THE 901ID BARB DENOTE( TNII 6UCLESStON OT NEW moti LEVELS 111 DIE ANNUAL VALUE OP MINERAL PRODUCTION 200 Ino 100 00 eF` 00 1905 0910 0915 During the thirty years el:aro-ea by the period 1900.29 Inclusive, the annual value of Canada's mineral produe. tion bas on no ,fewer, than sixteen different oecasieats Surpassed all previous marks, While the effect of the Up- ward 'read of prices must' be taker into aeoount, &epochally as regards the war period, this record is nevertheless a remarkable illustratlou:of sustained growth. It sutfo es the Mining History as a foremost forte in' the march of Canadian development during the twentieth century. ee to well over $800,000,000 10 1920 -is amply inti• The sheer increase in voiud,4irom less than $65,000,000 id a;,u,,.. pressive in itself. But the manner ht which It has been attained hi -Ed io,°-u notable. There has been a great advance in variety of OtLtput, At rite OPREV: of tba century gold and opal 596rE1 4";;;,Z! 02117 two large item° 01 Canada's mineral production, whereas the Thonlirit.nett present-day mining iudttstry, ewes lib. Thse,?ttude not only to coal and gold, Gust. to eepper, nickel, lead, silver, jG[17(1+ 4112 l.@i Phil Iv s oy,t ty perhapy a lyide a'tivolsktj!.0" (resources as any country affords to inkling saterp).'igo ed to the extent of 200,000. We are being overwhelmed by our neighbors. France Is really faced with a profound- ly serious problem. It is about time that those in power inaugurated •.a real policy of births with the idea of increasing the size of the average family .by makiug it easier to earn a Erving, - The St. Lawrence Waterway R, C, Hswkia in the .Contemporary (London) : Who will pay for this mighty enterprise? Mr. Hoover's financial proposal was that the United States and Canada should constitute an International Board, with authority to issue waterway bonds guaranteed jointly by the United States and Can- ada. This would obviously plactPthe 174010 groeot tinder the control of American ananelers, and etfperience elsewhere indicates that unto thou conditions Canada would play a very secondary part. The alternative plan would be to recognize frankly that trot ¢lily Canada, but Great I}ritain, is deeply interested in the scheme. Eng- land- and Canada, , acting together, need not ask assistance from New York bankers, They can find 50 per gent. of the money required, so that the proiedt would be on a fifty-fifty basis. • London.—A system for the adminis- tration for the poor which in some respects has been in effect since the days of Queen Elizabeth went into the discard April 1, when the local government act passed by the Cone servative government In 1920 went into effect. The former poor law system has been swept away and its functions taken over by county and borough councils. The new law apparently aims to suppress "interiority com- plexes" on the part of recipients of public relief, for under the new law there is a complete change of named. There are no more "paupers"; they are called "persons in receipt of help"; there are no more workhouses, but "labor institutes," Lunatics become "mental ' defectives"; infirmaries be- come "hospitals", and asylums for the insane become "mental hospitals." There were on March 31 more than 1,000,000 persons in receipt of public relief under the poor law. Of this, number more than 200,000 were 155 workhouses or infirmaries. The' change however, has been mostly ad- ministrative and in name, and, so far, has not involved mucic shifting about of the recipients of relief. Last year. approximately £40,895,000 was spent in England and Walcs on poor law re- lief, as distinct from doles and unem- ployment uemployment Maurauce for the tempor- arily unemployed. Of this amount,, £34,800,000 came front local taxes, and the balance from government grants. "The mea Who gives in when he knows he is right to weak," says pa aorrallet, Or, of ochres, married¢ Tidying Up the House To the woman with • a "tidy com- plex" a household careless in this respect is a constant source of irrita- tion. She spends her time putting things straight and gathering up other people's litter. A little thought and arrangement will suggest ways of counteracting& untidy tendencies. Books and periodicals are special' offenders in this liue. A small book -1 rack, or, a pair of book supports, our a side table give room to magazines,: library volumes, etc., which are other-! wise left lying about. A portfolio, manufactured from two largo sheets of strong cardboard, canvas or cre- tonne -covered is a ready -to -hand re- ceptacle for newspapers. Another portfolio for the music, which was wort to strew the piano, disposes of that eyesore. A roomy letter -rack placed promi- nently rominently ou the writing -table is a hint to the family that unanswered letters and invitation cards are better kept' there than put on the mantelpiece or making an untidy heap on the blotter, The unsightly array of bottles, glasses and other articles which usu..; ally decorate the bathroom shelf may 310 B11cppalhQd0t0111 is a small cupboard, lit which eaolr member of the family is allotted a shelf; Tho presentation of a smoker's cabL net would be a silent reminder to the chief male offender that stray pipes and •tobacco pouches should hhavleeBa proper home. DARING OF FAITH The eaglets that attempt to fiy when flight ' seome hopelessly impossible Open find .themselves lords of the blue, .The man .who, in the daring of faith, undertakes what he cannot perform, will soon aetonisy the world by 001" formin lt. 2?^,pretl@1n,