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The Seaforth News, 1930-02-27, Page 3Canada the Goat Great Interest is Taken in Ou Count-ty as to the Ultimate Solution of Nation Wide Prohibition in the U.S. The Washington proposal that i the interest of Prohibition enforcement there should be an ermed America patrol of 10,000 coastguards along th 3,000 miles of .,,nfbrtified frontier be tween Canada and the United State has resulted in much Canadian editor ht. comment, Some Canadian editors are wroth a the idea. Some subject it to mockery Yet others express great s path with the United States in its P ohibe tion problem. The latter urge Canadians to do al they can to avoid conflict with th American regulations, and ,tot to con done violation. Their argument is tha in the long run profits gleaned from liquor selling can not 'do Canada an good. In the matter of the American thy lay, the London (Ont.) Advertiser note±that there, seems to be choice be tween enforcement and obedience on the one hand,. and lawlessness border- ing on chaos on, the ether. This daily then remarks: "President Hoover makes his choice enforcement, and as the Chief Execu- tive of the nation, he can do nothing else without repudiating his duty. "In this situation it is unfortunate that Canada should seenrto:be against the Government of the United States and on the side of the lawbreakers. Some say, 'Let the United States en- force their own laws.' It is true that we are not called upon to assist our -neighbors in enforcing their laws, but it is equally true that we should not assist those who are breaking the laws, especially when the President and the -Government are straining every nerve to make enforcement more effective. There is no,question here between wets and • drys in Canada. Canadians will lose no part of their liberty. They will, continue to be governed by their own laws, no matter what is done to _restrict exports.. The question is one of international relations and neigh- borly conduct. "The proposal to increase. the duties on certain products of Canada when exported to the United States has no- thing to do with the case. We are at liberty to make any •:ort of tariff we please, and to look elsewhere for trade, but: not to plead that the tariff of the United States is an excuse for conduct which make, it more difficult for the Government of the United States to enforce the laws of. that country." In a.press cable to the London Daily Mail, its New ,York correspondent •points out that if .the wishes of the authorities at Washington are fulfilled, the boundary line between Canada and the United States, which for more than a.century has required no. army for its defence, will be dotted by a foece of 10,000 coast guards' on the United States side. What is more, this informant tells us: "The frontier's 100 ports of entry are also to be increased to 600, and in future, it is proposed, no one is to be allowed to cross from one country to the other except through one of these ports. "These changes, it is explained, are rendreed necessary by the exigencies of Prohibition.. As the United States custom -houses at each of these ports of entry must, have their Canadian counterparts, the new schen:, to be a success, requires. the co-operation of the twat governments. I"The trading base between Canada and the United States when or if Pro- hibition of export is legislated at the r coining session will be St. Pierre --Mi quelon. "If international difficulties arise; over what is bound to be an even more troublesome •situation for the United States, that country will have to do n business with the 'Government of France." n I The'mere suggestion'that the Un - 8 ited. States .should acm and patrol its s, 1border against' the entry of Canadian liquor rouses'the ire of the Vancouver Daily Province, which declares: "It is an unhappy proposal beeause, t if it - were carried•out, it would inevit- • ably. raise'a cloud upon the old friend- ' .ship of the two peoples. "Canadians woulc be reminded, every time they crossed the border, 1 that the' honest boast of the unforti- e' fied frontier and the hundred years: - of peace had ended in this'display of t men and vessels and munition of, war. "Americans would be reminded, on Y their lawful occasions at she border, that this display of force was intended against the people who were to be their; hosts. It would make Canada the - scapegoat of the domestic liquor issue of the United States. It would exhibit Canada—which supplies only 2 per cent, of the illicit liquor consumed in the United States—as the villain of the Prohibition drama" - Ten thousand rifler and one thou- sand machine-guns are liable to do a lot of damage _anywhere,' observes the Ottawa Journal. But, it adds, "when they are in, the hands of the sort of people who have been serving as'Vol- stead-enforcement officers, notoriously without discrimination in fingering a trigger, anybody's liable to be shot at any time, whether' he is a smuggler, or a bootlegger, or an evangelist." So this daily things "it's no matter to laugh ata "Hitherto Canadians and Americans have crossed the border wherever they pleased, provided they notified the nearest port of entry of their cross- ing." Just how big an industry border bootlegging is, we are told, may be gathered from the figures for the ex- port trade of Canadian distillers, brewers, and wine -growers for the year 1929. As cited by the Ottawa Evening Citizen, the record shows that: "Apart from home consumption, the export of alcoholic beverages -whisky, beer, and wine included -in 1929 was valued at $29,559,929 as compared with $28;448,393 in the calendar year ' of 1928. "Of this total quantity, last year, $20,787,100 worth went to the United States and the balance to other coun- tries, but evidently the traffic is de- clining somewhat, for in 1928 the ex- ports to the States totaled $23,- 1.39,498." A new international aspect of the problem appears in an Ottawa press dlispatch to the Vancouver Sun, Ac- Cording to this information the United States may in future wet wrangles have to deal with the Government of France and not with Canada. Such a prediction is based on the figures on liquor export from Canada, of which we read: "They show a tremendous increase in the whislty exports from Canada to St. Pierre -Miquelon, the French island colony` in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. "The same figures also show a re- markable coincidence between this in treale and the increase to the United Mecca. "Whisky exports from Canada to *he United States, direct, in November; 1929,'were 130, 627 gallons, as com- pared with only 87,771 gallons in the same month in 1928. Whisky exports ;to St. Pierre in November, 1929, were. 188,900 gallons, as compared with only 88,253 gallons in November of the pre- yious year. "Ale and beer exports to the United States showed a heavy decrease. Typhoid Carriers A Health Menace Unfortunate . People le Ca p rry Typhoid Germs and Start Epidemics Several years ago a woman in New York City became known as "T'yphold Mary." "Typhoid Mary" is one of those people who have become infected. with the bacilli of typhoid, and al- though she is herself, immune to the disease, she has passed on the germs to other 'people wherever she went. What made her. all the more danger- ous was the fact that "Typhoid Mary" was a cook, and persisted in pursuing that profession, regardless: of the fact that the authorities told her that she was a menace to the health of every community with which she came in contact. ",Typhoid Mary"—whose real name ie Mary Mallon—was discovered by Dr. George A. Soper, whose job as a sanitary engineer made him a doctor of sick cities rather than sick indivi- duals. He was called in to Investi- gate a mysterious typhoid .epidemic that broke out in a summer bone at Oyster Bay, Six people out of a household of eleven were attacked. In order to ascertain the cause, the water supply was tested, the plumb- ing inspected, the milk supply inspect- ed, even vegetables and fruits were e"xamined but no clue to. the cause of the outbreak was found at any of these obvious sources. So, Dr. Soper went, to work and followed up the health record of every person who had entered the house that season. He finally lit upon the information that for a time that year the former cook of the household had been away and a new one had been engaged in the interval. The coon, of course, was Mary Mallon. The doctor started on the trail of the new cook. It led him along the route of the most amazing chain of typhoid epidemics that had been un- covered in years—hi view of the feet that not one of the outbreaks had been from a known cause atthe tine. In one of the households where every- one but Mary, the cook, and the head of the house, had taken ill, Mary's employer thought so highly oe the manner in which she had helped ed aroundthe house during the calam- ity.that he gave her $50 as a present. It took Dr. Soper come time to locate Mary, and when he did find. her, she was very little help to him on his mission, which was to protect the public from further exposure to the germs of which 'she was a breed- ing ground, She refused to give him any information, she refused to sub- mit to bacteriological tests. She denied that she could have caused typhoid to anybody, although in the house in which she was 'working at the time, the daughter of the fatnily, had just died of typhoid. "Typhoid Mary" would not eo-oper ate in any way with the authorities, so 'that they had no choice but to put her away for three years on North Brother Islands, Examine tions proved there, what the doctors suspected, that there would likely be typhoid epidenmics wherever she went Mary sued the city of New York for $50,000 for putting her away, but she lost her case. It was shown that she had caused an indefinitely large num- ber of people to contract typhoid. She even worked in snob a fertile field as a maternity hoepitale-giving twenty - live people the disease there. There are typhoid. carriers like Mary Mallon—thousands of them, who constitute just as great a danger to your health and mine as .this woman did to those people with whom she came in tented. .Some of them have ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES—By O. Jacobsson had typhoid, and the germs are still with them and found in their excre- tions. Othh people, like Mary, have been attacked by the germs and al- though they are In no danger of get- ting typhoid themselves, they pass it on to other people. And the worst of it is, that a percentage of the car- riers in Canada are in regular con- tact with our food sources. Typhoid carriers are apt to disbe- lieve that they do spread the disease, and they are difficult for the author- ities to handle, as in the case of Mary Mallon, for they feel under a great injustice if they are restricted in any way. For that you can hardly blame them. They should be willing and even anxious to have a thorough bac- teriological examination made of ex- cretions and blood. If following this, they are proved to be "carriers," they should follow ' out the Instructions' given as to the best means of obtain- ing a cure. In England some of the known car- riers have been pensioned, so that the authorities could keep them where tbey would do no more harm. But, there are carriers all over the world, including Canada, who are not discov- ered. As time goes on, undoubtedly medi- cal officers will have more success in inducing carriers not to endanger the health of others any more than can be avoided. But in the . meantime we must be careful to protect ourselves from other unfortunate people. Al- though the health measures of your city or town may be the best, and al- though you know that typhoid is al- most on the list of conquered dis- eases, it must be borne in mind at all times that typhoid carriers are an ever-present danger, One of the first lessons from Mary lilailon's case is of .course, that peo- ple should' not employ help for their household, without .some investiga- tion of the'suggested employee's medi- cal history. This is made doubly true because a large percentage of the carriers are women. So this is one of the first questions you should ask an applicant. "Have you ever had typhoid fever?" And the help, when engaged should at all times be careful to keep them- selves clean. And the kitchen clean too—the cleanest room in the house. When there is typhoid in the ]louse, it should never be forgotten that the disease is most generally—in fact, al- most invariably, transmitted by the hands P01 on, ursare at;oc!ted by typhoidthisreasmerenthanes any other class. l.cod should be safeguarded. Fruit be rest from strangers should not be oaten unless washed or the skin 're- moved. Food in restaurants that .has to be handled after the cooking, lilte sandwiches, might well be avoid- ed if there is any doubt In your mind. No one should eat without washing the hands, even though there may he no apparent dirt there. Remember typici t fever is largely a disease of sanitation and personal. cleanliness, and you can help your- self a great deal toward the avoid- ance of this disease by observing a few simple rules. - The Dominions and Britain Perth West Australian: Since noth- ing is more likely to conduce to their own prosperity than_a prosperous Britain, their chief customer, they might with advantage take counsel, to- gether as to how their own develop- ments may be directed to increase the purchasing power of the British. people. An economic unit the Em- pire is not in the Ieast likely to be- come, its component parts being in se vastly different stages of industrial development, but the lack of economic unity is trot fatal to a very large mea- sure of economic co-operation. Disorder in Australia Auckland Weekly News: The readi- ness to use violence in labor disputes shown in Australia during recent gears has become progressively more disquieting as instances have multi- plied. , . It justifies uneasy specu- lation as to whither Australia is drift- ing, when disorder can be precipi- tated so hastily, so rashly and on such a scale. Passer-by—"How's business, Tony?" Scissors Grinder—"Fine, I never saw things so dull in my life." Policeman—"The defendant said he had just got married and conic] not afford a dog -license." FORMING A' POOL Joe Sicoli, Algonquin Park railway man, props up his quiet day fishing through ice. FOR FINNY TRIBE blanket, stacks his snowshoes, and lies down to Let's Not Wear 'Em! Children Wiat,:. Lie FANNIE HURST Are the fashion mongers' going succeed in reviving the obsolete a ridiculous spectacle of a women tri ping over her train? Let the dictate be careful, lest the "tyranny of fa- shion" cease to be a half -affectionate phrase and stand suddenly revealed in its true light as an impudent and intolerable obligation. It has been embarrassingly true of the female fo the human species, that you can lead her from one form to an- other of personal adornment, but, you cannot make her cerebrate, about it. Witness the hoop -skirt, the big sleeve, the corset, the bustle. In times past 'elle has lent herself to the outlandish,' the impractical, the cumbersome, the absurd and the risible, for so long, that it seems only natural .that the Master Mind behind the dictatorship should feel enormous self-confidence. During the last ten years, in the ferment of the war, radical changes have occurred in woman's dress. These changes eloquently represent her new psychological, sociological, economic and political status. A peep lnto the clothes closet of Queen Victoria would have proved that she did not golf, drive a ear, or go to business. The utilitarian fashions of the last ten years tell eloquently of woman's new and varied' activities. But slowly,, surely, subtly, over a period of three years, forces have been at work to pry from woman those fa-. shions of the past decade which she has found so sane and comfortable. Slyly, Paris has been dropping that hemline, inch by inch. Subtly, woman's eye has been trained toward the skirt of more yardage. And then, overnight, as it were, fashion, emboldened by signs of sue - cess, suddenly trumpets her triumph. Long skirts. Trains. Corsets. Larger hats. Eleven yards to a gown instead 01 hairfaun. or five. Long gloves. Long The woman shopping has not much choice. Not only are the .,inhple fa- shions of yesteryear not on view, but if they were, it would be rank 'imprac- ticability to buy then. It not only takes a crusader's strength of purposo to be "special," but there are two other deterrents. It is expensive to be spe- cial. It is conspicuous to be special. At the moment, the ridiculous spec - tole is seen of millions of women about to climb back into corsets; trains, long gloves and coiffures. Here is one of the most important emancipa- tions of woman in the past 12 years, about to go for naught. Organization alone can save her from the predica- ment. "Down with the corset and up with the hemline!" should be the slo- gan of every woman who woesn't want to be bullied into doing something as undesirable as it is unwelcome. Lying among children is tae subject to, of a methodical study by a woman nd physician, Dr, Buhler, attached to p -i the Psychological Institute at Vienna, TS and reported in the French .reviews La Pediatric. Her interesting corp elusions are summarized by a review. er in Cemaedia (Paris), whose article we translate below. He says: "It appears from this investigation that 35 per cent, of children between six and fifteen years of age tell lies, and believe in their necessity. WitJII children. ander five, there is no cone. Mous 'falsehood, that is, there are 00. false statements made with intent to deceive; the inexactitudes frequently noticed among tots of this age are simply products of the creative ima. ginetion. 'From five to ten years the child generally lies from incitation, or to avoid punishment for some reproach from a playmate, In his last case, be begins, in fact, an apprenticeship to the 'white lie,' which he will oftei ) employ later in life, in society or busi• nese. 4t this period of his .life, the child is imprest with the numerous advantages presented by the utilitar- ian falsehood, which he observe$' among adults, and in which he i5 of. ten made an accomplice. He cone eludes, quite naturally, that a lie le of use in making existence easier. "Beyond the age of eight there ap• pears what may be called the pupil. ary lie. The schoolchild lies to his teacher to make his school life more agreeable. The type of lie ]n which a companion is accused as a means ' of self-defense is quite rare among children less than ten years old, and is generally a sign of lack of char- acter. The teacherwho discovers one of these defensive Hes ought to carefully seek for its secret causes, and give his whole attention to de- veloping a sense of responsibility in the young culprit. "Dr. Buhler distinguishes three e kinds of lies; the social lie, whose ob- ject is to assist some one else, the asocialiie, dictated by personal needs, though without intention to harm any one else, and the antisocial lie, in- spired by self-interest without regard tot the dangers to which it may expose. others. "The method indicated to combat falsehood is above all the personal ex- ample. The teacher ought also to try to inspire in the child a confidence that will be the best auxiliary to his task. "The habit of falsehood is always In danger of becoming so inveterate that parents or teachers are confronted with a real mania, so rebellious to all correction, and so dangerous that it calls for the services of a specialist M pedagogical psychology." A Lost Market TilneM of Ceylon: (Russia wishes to buy 50,000,000 pounds of tea, but can- not annot arrange satisfactory payment). There is, of course, an element of risk in long-term bills, but Russia has al- ready done business with Great Bri- tain ritain on long term credits and we have not yet heard of any default.. Why not sell her the tea on generous eredit and regard the risk in the double light of advertising propaganda and relief of the present colossal stocks" it would almost pay to give Russia its tea for nothing, so that the tea indus- try has everything to gain from a long credit deal with Russia. It is certain that the market wouldalmost. immedi- ately respond, with better prices• to the reduction of stocks, and in the end the Russian money neigh: be forth- coming. Above all it is of the utmost importance that a serions c:iort should be made to recapture one of the biggest tea markets in the wo:•1t. Banks and Industry Economist (London): (Mee Timms says the great bauks are ready to co- operate in the work of ratioc:^-1iza- tion). The Bank of Enslaud may c.p- propriatelyundertake the task of in- termediary in bringing other institu- tions into collaboratiou, But Mr. Nor- man is beyond doubt likely to recog- nize that it is undesit'able for the Bank. of England to be too directly concern- ed in the development and administra- tion of plans that may involve the fate' of many individual concerns. It is of the first importance that the cen- tral back should maintain, and that the city should have complete confi- dence that it will always maintain, ce abrsoluas.te impartiality in its dealings, whether with banks or industrial con - Britain Leads The World The croakings of the pessimists have seldom ' r_n heard to such noi- some advanta..a when sounding the knell of Britain's existence as a world 1 r as during the past few mor It is, therefore, 'distinctly he --,ening to learn that, after all, things are not quite so desperate as the mourners would have us believe. Shipbuilding is one of Britain's key industries. So long as she maintains her lead in shipbuilding there Is hope for her survival from .the Aire fate forecast by the -disciples of gloom. Lloyd's Registry for 1929 has just been issued, and it shows that in the building of ships Britain still leads' the world. Busing the year just elid- ed she built 54.5 per cent. of all the world's shipping, the total tonnage output of which 2,793,210.' The next nearest was Germany, with only 249,- 077 49;077 tons. A particularly bright fea- ture is that Britain allowed an in- crease of 77,000 tons over her total for 1928. With figures such as these before us, we find it increasingly difficult to realize that Britain is swiftly descend- ing to the bowwows. It looks rather as though things are beginning to pick up, and that the Old Country has a big kick left in her still. It would be foolish optimism, however, to ex- pect the croakers to cease from croaking while they have breath, -- Montreal Star. Business and Civilizat-iorl. Prof. Harold J, Laski in Harper's Monthly Magazine (New York) : If we wish to be civilized, we must transfer the emphasis of business life from the pursuit of money as its guiding grin. ciple to a One regard for the things money is to serve. There is room in such a conception for every diversity of type, the great economic explorer to whom reek is the salt of life, the bureaucratic official to whom routine Is all, the artist-craftsmau who will. call no men master. But such a world would have a different scale of values from the present order. it may become a society in which there are few wealthy 'men. . Their disappearanceawill merely involve the absence of that conspicuous display wbicic bas made nnieb of our social life seem crude and vulgar and taw- cley, Smith—"I suppose your landlord asks you a lot for the rent of this house?" Brown—"I should think he does; at least twice a month." A scientist predicts that the not war: will be a wireless orae. And ao-,$pe- times it sounds as if it had started! Lord Beaverbrook's Crusade Spectator (London): The present controversy, particularly associated at present with the name of Lord Beav- erbrook, may easily provoke a dispute as prolonged and disturbing as Mr, Chamberlain's campaign. It' may 'po& sibly split the Unionist Party as that party was split by Home Rule, What: ever we may think of Lord Beavers brook's proposal for an Imperial coon. omie unit. or zollverein, we should make a mistake, if we underrated the influencethat it may have on current politics. If there were no other rear son for regarding it as important,16. would be be reasonable to say—bo- palliating though the confession is --1- that a flscal"reaction was due in the cycle, . and that if Lord Beaverbrook had not seized the occasion somebody, else would have done so.. Canada's Fleet Cheese Factory The fleet Canadian cheese fact r was established in Ontario in .