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The Seaforth News, 1930-06-19, Page 6Three Principles Of Canada's Offer 589 Classes of Goods AHow- ed Free Entry -270 Duties Lowered )'Sr. Dunning, the Minister of Fin gnce for Canada, has announced bet- ' 'ter preference terms for Br1 Ish goods,. The "Canadian Gazette" thus concise- Iy explains the situation:— 'Th'e principals upon which Mr, Dun- ning has proceededare quite definite,. and it is 'essential to a proper; under- standing of Q'anada's position to make this clear. They are threefold:— "(1) When neither Britain -nor qan- ada produces a commodity, as low a general tariff as possible.. "(2) Where Canada does not pro. duce and Britain does, free entry of British goods with a general tariff; and "(8) Where Canada does produce, tariff protebtion, usuallywith prefer- ence, The Position of British Traders "The net effect is such a revision of Canadian import duties as will give what the Times justly describes as a 'widespread and generous improve - meat in the British preference rates,' On imports which last year reached a value of some £40,000,000, British trade receives important concessions, and in 589 tariff items out of 1,188 it will enjoy a free entry into the Cana- dian market. Only in eleven items has the duty on British goods been in- creased, wbile it has been lowered in no fewer than 270. "To sum up in general percentages. It may be said that whereas United States exports to Canada .increased from £9 4s. per head in 1912 to £14 18s. in 1928, the British exports to Canada increased from ie3 8s. to 3 17s. only. In iron and its products, which benefit most by the new sche- dule, British exports per head actual- ly declined by 15.2 per cent, in the same period, while United States ex- ports to Canada increased by 88.6.per cent, "It is for British traders to take ad- vantage of this new position. They are busy expressing gratitude. Let theta mend their ways also. Canada has made these concessions to Bra tieb industry without any bargaining Future Prospects Promise Prosperity "There is no general or wide- epread depression in Canada, though several factors, principally the failure to market our grain, have contributed to a slowing up et freight traffic", said Mr, E, W. Beatty, President aof' the Canadian. Paeiila Railway, at Its i'6ceut meeting.' "There is not, however, anything of a fundamental character whish Should prevent the return of normal business conditions within the :next few months. Indeed, we have all been hopeful that the first and 'per- haps most essential change, both be- cause Ofits psychological, ..as well as rte commercial effect, namely, the free movement of grain out of the country would be in evidence during this or next month. "If this movement begins I, feel Personalty assured that the effect Will be a gradual betterment in con - 'dittoes, and, granted normal • crope, the fall business should show an Improvement over' that of last year. It is not, I think, -reasonable to as- sume that the same difficulties in mar- keting of the grain will be experieuc- ed this year, and it this is so Canada has only a short step to take to reach a position of healthy and gradual prosperity. It is probably too early to esti- mate the possible results of the tariff polieles recently announced by the federal authorities, but It is hoped that they will result in advantage to Canadian industries and in the\ ex- pansion of Canadian trade. One of the most. gratifying factors of our present situation has been that the contribution of unusual conditions has failed to shake the general confidence throughout Canada. T'he strength of the country bas been very effectively proven, and' for one do not view to - tura prospects with any degree of ap- prebension, notwithstanding that in some particulars and during the past eight months the situation bas been obscure." New Light on Bees (new Jersey, U.S,A., _agricultural Experimental Station claims to have produced "good-natured" •bees that will not sting.) for corresponding concessions. She "Everything is done by kindness"— has asked for nothing in return. They 'Tis a saying far from new, are, as Mr. Dunning said, designed Though most people in their blind - simultaneously to serve the best in- nese terests of the Canadian people and to Thought it bunkum hitherto. enable Canadians to buy freely from .Now throughout the world is ringing those countries which buy most free- ly from Canada. But: 'The seller, even with the advantage of British preference, must seek a buyer In Can- ada through sales service organiza- tions comparable with those of his ef- News that proves the adage good: Bees lose all their urge for stinging If we treat them as we should. Now that summer's spell entrances, And the garden's passing fair, ed in the treatment of diabetics by fective competitor.' Those whose heads are bald -expanses making such patients familiar with "We all know how assiduously the Can with safety take the air, food valves and the principles of dal- -United States business men cultivate Bees in countless swarms alighting betia treatment could be emulated In the Canadian market, They know how wolf itis worth, while. Not infrequent- ly they Iive a part if the year ou Canadian soil, and have a big advant- age over a British firm content to send over a clerk. They also show more enterprise in associating with Cana- dian firms or establishing braueh or- ganizations. It is true that three- quarters of the marufacturhig process may be finished in Canada, but a quar- ter is better than none at all, and it is for British indnstriailsts to seek that quarter and tura their new chance to its full advantage. Golfing'Priinc$ aaesegaaal The Prince of Wales enjoying his favorite sport on course at Sandwich after he had flown there to see first day's play of Walker Cup match between America and Great Britain. Patients Should Barrier of Light S bniit to Illness Reforms Drivers There are too many people who The unexpected bit of psychology think that the stomach is merely a that care)oss automoobile drivers are Punch bowl into which can be poured less likely to run past a barrier con - with impunity any quantity at any slating of anyfllnminated lino across the street pavement than they are to time of any substance not actually la- ignore an ordinary red traffic light belled poison, declared Dr. Campbell hung on a pole at one side, Is reported Laiillaw of Ottawa, speaking before from recent tests in England with the the Ontario Medical Association at the method of stopping traffic by pave - Royal York recently. ment markers. The apparatus com The co-operation which had result- gists of a line of electric lamps buried underneath small glass lenses flush with the pavement or inside a glass- topped trough across the road. When traffic is to be stopped these lamps are illuminated, making a line of light across the roadway. This line the motorist is supposed not to cross, just as he is supposed not to run past a red signal on a pole. In the 'ordinary light systems, how- ever, the .custom grows among many motorists of "stealing a light” when no traffic officer is visible. For some obscure psychological rea- son the vivid line of light across the pavements seems, the English investi- gators report, to be observed more rigidly. A schoolmistress was returning home one night in an omnibus, and the face of the man opposite to whom eke sat seemed very familiar to her. She smiled at him and said, "Goad evening." Ile looked so surprised that she realized at once that she had The dogs used by Eskimos to draw spoken to a stranger. "I beg your their sledges, and known as "huskies," pardon,' sire exclaimed, much con - are closely allied to the vole and it lased, "but when I first saw you I they overcome their fear of human quite thought you were the father beings can be very dangerous. of two of my children!" "Canada, with the approval of ]prat• tinnily the whole nation, bas .shown hor readiness to meet other members of the Empire more than half -way in the direction of freer Empire trade. There is good ground for believing that Mr. Neville Chamberlain aecur- ately expresses the predominant Bri- tish view when he says: 'If we eau get an offer like that fro Canada without giving anything in return, how much more do you think we could get if we could offer something which would be of substantial value to her" In that some, the new Canadian bud- get may become the keystone of a new Empire structure." A Significant Hint to Canada "If the fullest benefit," comments the Times Trade and Engineering Sup- plement, "is to be obtained from the new concessions, British exporters will have to make special efforts to obtain orders ;and equally, if Cana- dians really wish to 'buy freely from those countries which buy most free- ly Canada's most vital products,' they' wit have to see that their terms and conditions do not preclude any possi- bility of 'contracts being secured by Great Britain. 1n many cases every- thing depends on the way in which specifications are drawn up and on the date for the delivery of tenders, and it is not inopportune to remind Canadian buyers that in the past there have been occasions when American engineering concerns have beaten the British simply becauee the time limit has been insuffleient to give this'`coun- try a chance. In such cases the com- plefirt that 'British methods of sales- manship are .not as good as American is irrelevant and unfair.' Little Mary was on a visit to her grandparents and the old-fashioned grandfather clock in the ball was a f;ource of wonderment to her. While she was standing before it her grand- mother said to her from the next room: "Is the clock runeieg, dear?" "No, ma'am," promptly replied Mary, "it's lust standing still and wagging its tail." On those pink and shining spheres Bring their owners no affrighting Thoughts of pain—the little dears. When the Occup rats are flitting In and out the hive, you'll find Auyoue le safe in silting On it with an easy nhincl. Ano un ar—no bee wilt treat you To an angry little bite, So that friends next day will greet yon As a lovely ".summer sight." Fondle bees ---you're safe as houses, l'ut year nose beneath their roof; Conduct such as this arouses Ne'or a buzz of mild reproof. But, before you're really able 811011 dellghtfui tricks to play, See each bee displays the label; "Sir:tight from Jersey, U.S.A.!" —L. E. V. in "Answers." Italy is Driven Into Poverty By Europe Expanding Population Met By Tariff Barriers Loudon—Italy is being forced into poverty by European nations, Sir George Paish, widely known econ- omist, said recently in an address be - fere the Free Trade Conference at Caxton Hall. "That is why Premier Mussolini is making speeches just like the former German Kaiser made before the World War," said Paish. "Italy has an expanding population but the na- tions are barring their frontiers against Italian immigrants, "They an enter America or Aus- tralia only in small number. They can emigrate to South America." He said Britain's duties on artificial silk and automobiles were contribut- ing to keep Italy in great poverty. "Italian statesmen have to face the prospects of an increasing population with high tariff barriers against her goods," he said. Sandy had just come up to .his girl at the end ot the street, where she bad been waiting for him. She was looking into a confectioner's when Sandy made his presence known by remarking: "Walt, Jean, what are Ye goin' to have the nicht, some sweets or fruit?" Surprised at her sweet heart's unexpected generosity, the girl replied: "I'll have both it I may, Sandy." So Sandy went into the shop and came out a minute later -with a toffee -apple in his Wand! the treatment of digestive disturb- ances, Dr, Willey said. The majority of people had yet to learn that after having eaten a meal the stomach had to be given time to digest it. Discussing the treatment ot "after- dinner complaints," Doctor George C. Hale, professor of .medicine at West- ern University, London, Ont., pointed out that a great many of these were caused by "neurosis," Much would be gained„ Ile said, 19 the patient could be taught the law of submission—to stop searching for cures and be con- tent to get along as best he could with his handicap. "He should cease kicking against the pricks and even view, if not with humor, at least with philosophical acquiescence, his after- dinner complaints," he concluded. Canada Hurts U.S. Biggest Customer Washington—Canada:0 new tariff will affect American trade„with the Dominion, adversely in moat instance to the Amount of $225,000;000, it is estimated in an analysis of the Dun- ning.'Budget from the United States point of view, whish has been .far• warted to Washington by Lynn W. Meekins, commercial attache, and A. ;I3. Thiermannt assistant 'trade com- missioner of the United States, in.Ot- tawa, Itis pointed out in these reports that the new duties mainly affect Imp and steel products, machinery, fruit and vegetables, while countervailing duties are also carried in the meas- ure. The agents .also stress the fact that other parts of the British Empire are threatening to raise similar barriers against United States products. and that Canada is America's best cus- tomer, buying $800,000,000 annually' from its, neighbor., - American producers .ere greatly. In- terested in the clauses which give preference to British Empire goods and raise the duties against Ameri- ban products. King's Condition Not ( celled Grave. His Majesty Forced Only to Forego Attendance at Royal Courts London—For the first time in twelve mouths, the British: people were re- cently scanning the press for reports of the illness of their Sovereign. Confined to his quarters in Buck- ingham Palace with a painful attack of inflammatory rheumatism center- ing in his right hip, Ring George was obliged to forego the third court of the season, his place being occupied by the Prince of Wales, Otherwise, according to official an- nouncement, the King was maintain - leg hie usual schedules. George V Is 64 years old. He has had two severe illnesses in the last two years. The present illness, however, was only indirectly related to these, clue to Iris somewhat depleted. vigor,. Immigration Work Of Commended Miss Whitton's Report Shows Rapid Expansion of Activities Montreal—Immigration work on the part of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in all the Provinces made a notable advance last year, under' the, new working arrangements' approved at the last annual meeting and which have been -widely endorsed by official bodies, as well as by the Federal services concerned and sev- eral of the Provincial Governments, it was reported by Miss Charlotte Whitton, convener of the Immigration Committee, at the recent annual meeting of the National Chapter, I,O.D.5. Miss Whitton bad made a comprehensive stu'vey covering each Province separ'ateiy and the Dominion as a whole. Increasing Activity Nova Snotia, which last year report- ed no immigration work, looked after 176 boys, a splendid record, It was commented. increases in activity was reported for all the Provinces, even though the tide 'of immigration had slowed Clown. The woi7t accom- plished during the eight months that formed the basis of the review augur- ed well for the approach of the immi- gration season. Blind Boys Overcome Handicap Tornadoes Menace Briand Wants U.S.E. Nations Disagree' U.S. and Australia • Tornadoes, the worid,s shortest and most vicious storms; occur almost ex- elusively in; the United States and 'in Australia. Although tornadoes occur practical- ly every month'` in .the year, says •Science Servlce's:Dally Science News Bulletin, most of them strike during March% April, May and June. In 1929. there were 17 tornadoes .in March, killing 20 people; 60• in April, killing 168; 37 in. May, killing 15; and 11 in, June, killi'ug two, During the $ret Soar months of 1930 only about 20 poo' ple bad been killed by the storms,'bat to these must be addedmore than 100 fives lost in two outbreaks of torna- does the first part of May. We Teed further: "Tornadoes .of America are confined almost entirely to the : Mid -West,; Where the most destructive one to visit this country swept through Mis- souri, Illinois, and Indiana in March, a complete report on the reception of 1925, -killing 605 people, injuring 2,027, his plan 'at the League of Nations. As - and destroyiug $15,500,001) worth .o5 sembiy in September. Property. • This "attempt of Mr, Briand to save 'St. Louis has Buffered from torna- Europe fromitself," as some skeptical does more than any other American editors abroad p'hr'ase It, is subjected, city, because that city 'happens to be (.they say, to a .cruel blow at the way the biggest target in -their territory, outset, and they naturally hit it often. In( They refer to a fighting speech May, 1896, enema these 'twisters' kill-: made by Benito Mussolini, Premier of ed 255 people in the'Missouri city, and, the. Fascist Government, which he de - again in September, 1927, 85 people' livered at Florence, after what is call- were Billed, 1,300 injured, and $15,-' ed a triumphant tour of Tuscany. 009,000 worth of damage was ;done, According to the Vancouver Sun, it "In spite of, the great 'havoc wrought would be "the greatest achievement the tornado's career is brief. The en -;.of all time in statecraft, and further tire storm seldom lasts longer than ani declares that: ]hour, and not more than a minute in "It would make Europe an economic any one place. It usually cuts a path unit and give the U.S.D. dominance in about -thirty miles long and only 1,000 world industry and' trade for the pre - feet wide, so narrow that • the 'U.S. sent at least. It would have its leper - Weather Bureau advisee that if '-un-' cuseion on this side of: the Atlantic in derground shelters are not available, closer trade understanding between one should try to run out of the path Canada and. the United Stctes, with of the approaching storm." !reciprocity as the probable flr'st step "Nine per cent. of tornado damage toward consolidation. is done In Iowa. Missouri suffers next, I "Mr, Briand's project is based on and Kansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Min- business principles. He sees in it the nesota, Illinois and Wisconsin follow; finish of enormous tariff barriers in order. Eighty per cent. of the,' which at present are strangling -Euro - storms occur between mon and 6 pean trade. It envisions Europe as a P.m," •self-sustaining ,unit. Its very grand - Zeppelin Proves rzig Attraction in restraint by its component parts __ lIt would be based on voluntary ache Crowd of 125,000 Throngs sion rather than-. on conquest. 0nee Field—Traffi Chokes formed; it would represent economic Road Naval Air Station, Lakebur•st, N.J.- The European Union propo9ed by;' Aristide l3riand,'France's Foreign Min - aster, is'designed to !solve the.econo- mic and Social problems of Europe by; means of `a political and economic fed- eration'of independent States. Hie plan, it is recalled, was first closed in September, 1929, before the League of Nations. But now, as we learn from European press dispatohes,'.he has offered an outline of.it .to the governments ot. twenty-six European. members of the League of Nations. With the outline, as. Is noted by Le- land Stowe in a Paris dispatch to the New York Herald Tribune, was a ques- tionnaire asking the reactions of the. sevet'al Powers to the various phases of the plan. Replies to this questionnaire are to be returned to Mr. Briand by July 15. Thus we will be enabled to present This interesting photograph shows pupils of the Ontario school for the blind during one of the more difficult stunts in gymnastio training, showing bow they have overcome tbeir'handicap. our -is perhaps against its hope of ear- ly realization, "Tho' United States of Eu'•ope would represent a supreme authority, held c O eS salvation to its meinbere. • "With its constant tendency to fur- ther consolidation, it would be the antithesis of a conquest empire whose constant tendency would be to disinte- grate." The Graf Zeppelin, famed nomad of the air, recently drew a crowd esti- mated at 125,000 persons to the Iran - gar in which its giant hulk was resting preparatory to its early departure for Canadian Shoe Seville and ite-home Port of Friedrich - Not hafen. Not in the lifetime of the dirigible Get Musical Bells flight a respectable ti I sightseers who thronged for a brief Toronto, Ont. — Canadian sheep g t spa o frac on of the farmers are realizing that the Euro - slew 01 the Graf. The -visitors were peen custom of "belling" . sheep is forced 10 line up 15 abreaetin a 1,000- foot quekue and then, moving as quick- ly as could be, they were permitted to pass along a ramp.and look into the cabin of the airship, could it accornmoclate in transocean $72,000 Speech The large sum of $72,000 paid to Will Rogers for a series of short talks overthe radio establishes a high mark at which other celebrities are likely to be shooting for some time.ct Mr. Rogers' contracalled for four - backed by something more practical than a love of music. The tinkle of many -toned bells does seem to blend with a beautiful landscape but other meanings are also conveyed. The belief is growing in Canada that 'where several of the older ewes are "belled," the sheep are much less liable to attack, and it disturbed, a warning is quickly carried. The Basque shepherds in the foothills: of the Pyrenees ,Mountains were among the first to adopt the custom. It was to these people that the Canadian teen sessions at the microphone. Each Co-operative Wool Growers went di - session lasted fifteen minutes: Stati- sticians have sharps/ ed their pencils root with a request for a supply ot their clear -toned, far -carrying bells, and figured that at this rate Mr, which are made in the little village Re, was tdy sum of $350 forges from brass and Copper' scree, minogersute forpaid his workthe,i'That is more oollected on the battthf"'' money than the President of the Vni - ted States receives tor a ten-hour day.' 'The reasons behind Mr. Rogers' fifers Women Support popularity, probably' lie in large part Internationalism on the quality of his ready talent. sienna --Something akin to a breath 1298 wit is casual and spontaneous. of country wind has swept over the He wastes no time with it, 1218 conference of the International Coun- stories are all point ana no prologue, c1 of Women which opened here flay Thos are immensely up-to-date, con- 27 in the arrival in their midst of tine gerned with a treaty in London or an women of the •rural organizations, uproar in Congress or 'a scandal in Hollywood that happened yesterday. If Queer Marie of Rumania signs a new testimonial or Bernard Shaw goes walking with. Gene Tuuney or the i Present-day requirements make in. ternationalism imperative, and it was the natural outcome of present-day thinking that, a year ago, brought together in London a body of country' President of Mexico mattes a hole n women determined Lo discover wheth- one, Mr, Rogers seems to bear about er international organization was Poe - it in five minutes. Glass Eyes Safe? Comfort and better eyesight are ference of Rural Women's Organiza- tions by the inventor for those who tions was born; and in Vienna are gathering women from countries as tar distaut as India and the United States, as Australia and Finland; women of many racesand many tongues, with many histories, and In consequence, as many pants of view. There are fifteen groups, each under its own leader, and each representing its own country. The •rural confer. Bible for tirertisolves as for other wo- men and, :if it were, lust how to ac- complish lt. Out of that consultation the Con - wear lenses inside the eyelids instead of in the usual' "outside" spectacles Says Popular Science Monthly, The new glasses, devised by 'a German oculist, are an .adaptation 01 the thin glass shells sometimes used to pro- tect the cornea in oases of inflamma- tion. The new lenses are said to be more effective than ordinary spectac- fes because they turn from side to once program covers three clays. side with the eyeballs. No irritation,. it is claimed, of the eye 05 eyelid, and mi interference with the flow of New Record Made tears, will result if the internal lenses are properly shaped and, ground. The inventor says that there is no great danger of injury to the eye in case of breakage, but other oculists are'in- clined to doubt this statement,. Spiders' webs, which are used In aerial'photograpby and surveying; are being "cultivated" in Canada, In use they are stretched across view -finders, helping operators to secure a more ac- curate direction. By Italian Airmen Rome -A new world's endurance flight record without'refuelliug was set recently-. when Major Umberto Maddalena and Lieut. Fausto Cecconi landed at Montecelio Airfield at 12,45 !arm., after having been in the air 67 hours and 15 minutes, The pre- vious record of 65 hour's and 26 min- utes was held by Johann RisztIcs and Wilhelm Zimmerman dt Germany, made in a Junkers airplane over Dessau in July, 1928.