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Zurich Herald, 1929-04-25, Page 7.ti as compared with $69,729,358 in 1927, o s Disas er Lead, copper and coal, in that older, were the largest p'xoclreers So it would appear that progress and prosperity aro in store for Calm ada. - Face Canada? ' 1 Few Iterns Gleaned From Canadian Sources From Coast to Coast Does Not Look Like It, Sir George Paish Wrong ' Recent press dispatches have played Up rather prominently the gloomy forebodings of Britain's champion pessimist, Sir George Paish, Sir George visited Canada in 1919 or Mere about and his interpretations of the world's economics were interest- ing and to say the least, disconcert- ing. 1 -le pictured the post war con ditiou as one where the world had rolled over a deep chasm and that it was then falling to the everlasting and eternal bow wows. Recently Sir George the gloomy has buret forth again. The world is on • the verge of financial collapse. The writer is no dee. •thinking economic highbrowbut he can read and partial- ly . understand the written word. If the following news dispatches from coast to east hi Canada mean any- thing they mean that Sir George Paish has once more "missed his putt." From the East Halifax, Nova Scotia.—The freight import anti export business of the port of_ Halifax this season exceeds that of tart season by about 30 to 40 per cent. According to the Board of Trade bulletins, this has been one of the beet shipping seasons the port has ever had. Apple s .iprnents are about 100,000 barrels head of the 1927-28 season. Quebec:, Quebec.—The Port of Que- bec is preparing for a busy season as is evidenced by the activity along the waterfront. Montreal, Quebec—Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures show February's exports of automobiles to be twice as large in volume as those for the same month last year, the largest buyers being the United Kingdom, South Af- rica, Australia, British India and New ~'Zealand. while there were also some sales to Argentina, Dutch East Indies, Egypt, and the United States. Fehr uary's exports of passenger ears amotintett to $3,362,973, compared with $2,479,515 in January and $1,491,609 in February, 1928. Exports to trucks amounted to $1;21,716, as against $1,- 337,2077. 1;337,2077. la January and $551....,472 in February, 1928. • Canada Not Disposed to Bar Rum Running. I'm Alone Case Turns. Public Opinion Against Request for Tighter Border Control Ottawa—Whatever form the negoti- ation between Ottawa and Washing- ton over the Canadian schooner I'm Alone may take it is certain that the sinking of this boat )las destroyed on a Canadian farm by a British whatever small chance existed that couple and their children is recorded Parliament would do something. .to in the London Times by the wife of a farmer who has been in the Dominion ofr six full years. She and her hus- band decided to emigrate, we are told, because Canada offered more scope for a small family •with limited means than anything they. could Hope for in the British Isles, and they picked out the Province of Ontario "greatly on mount of its proximity to England; the idea of being only nine days from London rather appeal- ed to us." At the oatset in Canada, it is further stated, they decided that "they were ,there more to save money than to make many" for the first few years, because to make money one must first be willing to sink a `certain amount, which they did not feel justified in doing at the begin- ning. Their initial effort, it seems, of the people. • was the purchase of a fair-sized farm, Why should Canada, it is asked, concern itself with' this purely do- mestic American problem, and make a crime out of 'what is now legitimate trading on this side• of -the line, when on all the evidence millions of Ameri- cans break the prohibition law daily and even men in important official posts seem to show no particular solicitude for it. Thus it will be found inconvenient to do anything at this session about the border business. Ontario Home Brings Happiness Story of One Immigrant Tells That Success is Possible in Northern Ontario. CLIMATE PRAISFD The bitter disappointment expert. euced by some English emigrants; who tried life in Canada as workers during the harvest time on Canadian farms last summer, has been noted in these pages, with the press explana- would not have .been successful any- tion that some of the disillusioned where on a farm, and that others bad Journeyed to Canada feom England. merely as an experiment, But•flow a concrete case of the happiness found Meet the request of the United States for a tighter control over the border liquor trade. Naturally this state- ment is not possible' of exact proof, but undoubtedly it is true that public opinion inthis country has been shocked and astounded by the long Pursuit and deliberate sinking of the I'm Alone by armed American Coast Guard patrols, 200 miles off shore. Before Parliament there are nu- merous petitions from prohibition or- ganizations praying that it be made a crime in Canada to ship liquor over the international frontier, but in of- ficial circles it is held unofficially that these .documents' are signed by the sort of uncompromising drys who, in the United States, would be members of the Anti -Saloon League and that they do not speak for he great body From Ontario Toronto., Ontario.—Canadian bond sales to date, according to the weakly stunntarf of A. E. Ames & Co., amount to $119,654,289, a ; `compared with $60,- 215,607 60;215,607 for the corresponding period of 1928 and $93,920,507 for that of 1927. Government issued made tip a total of $6,417,000; Municipal of 525,- 501,189, and Corporation of $83,636,- 100: 83,636;100. Canada purchased to the extent of $81,039,289; the United 'States 530,- 12.4,000 awl Great Britain $4,500,000. From the, Prairies Winnipeg, Manitoba. — Homestead filings for the two first months of the year numbered 1,416, as compared with 1,0;6 for the same two months of 1928. A1ber' i's entries amounted to 702 as against 502 in January and February of 192S; Saskatchewan's were 595 against 430; Manitoba's 78 against 74 and British Columbia's 41 against 30, Breeden, Manitoba.—A. season of record building activity is promised by the number of projects at present in the planning stage or actually in procesu. In fact, there is every pro- mise of last year's active season be ing surpassed. l,.egtna,• Saskatchewan.—The butter prodnc roa of the province in Feb- ruary clearly doubled that of the pre- vious February, being 553,912 pounds, as compared with 284,356 Pounds in February, 192S. Tho e'tnter season as a whole has been an active ono in creamery circles with each mouth showing an increase over the same month of the previous year. A special train of tractors, valued at $400,)0O, recently reached Regina. There were 280 machines in all, oc- cnpying 70 railway cars. The tractors were distributed to farmer buyers in Saskatchewan and . Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta. — According to announcement made by different bust- neer tir'nrs and governmental bodies,' over $,7,000,000 in building is in sight for .Edmonton this year, The provin- cial government is plaimniug to spend armed $1,250,000 on new construction which includes a new normal school, 5500,000 administrative building, and a•$25Q,0.00 extension to the University. •hospttat is in prospect. Permits to date are six times greater than the total for the sante period last year. • From British Columbia 'frau , Inver, British Columbia,—Con sttuctiou has , begun ori , the Marine Building which, when completed,, will be the tallest building in Canada west of Teranto., towering 13 stories above the northwest 'corner ;of Burnie' and Hastln.g$ Streets. Tite :Doaninio t Bridge Coiilpany will eltortly begin construction of the first uitit of a structural steel fabricating ,plant h Burnaby. It will he operated i11 conNucti>ln with the )slant the cern Amoy new Ow118 o11 False^Creek« The iiew drift will Cost about $1,500,000, An leterease' o -f nearly $4,000,000 in . the value ot the mineral output. of Bri- tislr. Columbia for 1928, as compared. with • that of the previous year, is 'noteit in the Dreliifilitiery report of the provincial Mineralogist.. The value of all Ingierals is, placed at $64;657691.;; New Brunswick Revises Its Motor Vehicle Code The Canadian Province of New Brunswick has recently remodeled its motor vehicle laws. Among the salient features of the new regulations are: Open country speed of forty miles per hour. No parking on curves or intersec- tions. - Persons over 16 years of age with licenses obtained in the country of their residence may operate a car in New Brunswick for not longer than. ninety days in any one year. Jail sentence without the option of fine for persons convicted of driving while intoxicated. Where an accident results in injury or death, or causes property damage to the apparent extent of $50 or more, the driver must immediately report to the proper authority. Some more howlers for the exam- inations: Joan of Arc's father was a pheasant. Perkin Warbeck said he was the son of a king but he was really the son of respectable people• for her, my carefusly, `.).Fought -out A skeleton is a man with his. inside , supply for the. day's work. having out and outside off. When there is al given out by the middle of the morn - 'parasite in the areoplane the pilot is ing. By 6.30 p.m. she left fresh and smiling, with a dollar and a quarter in her pocket, leaving behind her a completely exhausted 'Missile.' Even- tually I found myself far more tired after my day's help than any other day in the week, so I gave it up, ex - rept about once a month, and when I had given time and thought to pre - with a few tumble-down buildings, in one of which they lived while they were having a house built. The new one was a nine -room bungalow, with an attic capable of being divided into five more rooms, and with all modern conveniences, including many labor- saving devices. The coat of putting up this house in Canada was less than it would have been in England, ac- cording scording to this settler's wife, who con- tinues: "it is astonishing how much one can save if one tries, and living ex- penses in Northern Ontario where we live are very much lower than at home; so are rates and taxes. We decided, to begin with, to employ no labor in the house or outside except on special occasions, and as I had heard that a servant was difficult to get I thought I woe ld try to carry on without help, though I found it was always possible to get a 'girl.' The `girl' is usually French-Canadian, talks very little English, receives not less than $20, the equivalent to £4, a month, or if employed by the day from $1.25, and will do any and every kind of job. "I decided to have a 'girl' once a week to give me a hand, but I bad no idea how to prepare for this 'at- tack.' .She would appear soon after 8 a.m. and expect to work without any interval, except a half-hour for lunch, until 6.30 in the evening, and I found it almost impossible to beep the sup- ply of work equal to the demand. My vision of a restful day, getting through arrears of darning, letter - writing, and perchance a little read- ing, soon vanished. I would settle down in a comfortable chair with. a lapful of socks to mend, when round the door would pop Morie•linse, 'And now what, 11Iissus?' and 1. would have to think out son'ie furtlie^ occupatie i not afraid• to jump out. An optician is a cheerful eye s ,cialist, A Petri clan is an Irish nobleman. All Scotch - men wear quilts. "The Last Rose of Summer" was written by the pian who wrote "Caller Herring." Wolfe said he would rather write au elegy in a countv0 r'-erchyard than fight the bat- tle of Quebec. l t :of the Depths Again SCUTTLED CRUISER 1S FLOATED AT SCAPA FLOW Called one of the most remarkable salvage feats in marine history, the German warship Kaiser, scuttled 10 years ago in Scapa Flow, is brought to the surface again. paring a real! full ten hours of work. One soon gets accustomed to doing everything oneself, though certain things such as washing can be done 'out,' but it is advisable to inquire about the water supply before entrust- ing any light-colored garments to the hands of a washerwoman." The secret of success, according to this farmer's wife, is working by the ted States. In 1927 the number of clock, setting aside definite tines for settlers who crossed the international each job, and beginning and ending boundary to settle in this country was at the set time. One soon learns 18,663, During 1928 this number has how long various jobs take, and we risen to 23,329, clue, probably, to in - read: •creasing unemployment in the Uni tacked with the impropriety of s "If by any chance the work is finish- ted States. I Prime Minister "going over the head eel five minutes before scheduled "This means that while immigra-j of a trusted Minister" he evidently re - time it gives one the feeling of tion from the United States increasedimmigration from Great Birtain j girded the process as a sort of every. leisure, whereas if there is a great during the past year by 25 per cent., .clay political leap -frog, and replied deal to do and one sets oneself no time limit one is always chasing and rushing round. I don't work so very hard either. I never start before 7 a.m., and make a rule to knock off all housework and domestic work at 3 o'clock, leaving all tea and supper washing-up to be done the following morning ,supper usually having been prepared earlier in the, day. I always try to put in half au Hour resting and reading from 3 to 3.30, and then I f go out, very often driving into town with the children to shop or to see friends, or possibly going ot a neigh- boring farm with a message from my husband. "I do not think it will come amiss to say, for the benefit of mothers go- ing out with small families, that it is a marvelously stealthy country for children. Last winter there were only two clays on which the children had 'to be kept indoors; and certainly the open-air life in Canada, with na- ture as nurse and school -teacher, is one of the best upbringings .mentally, morally, and Physically. 1t makes the children independent In the right way, observant, able to fend for them- "Most men are not at home in even - selves." ing clothes, if they have any other That Canada is not receiving a place to go. sufficient proportion of Britons as im- migrants worries some Canadian and tion into Canada has increased from 124,362 in 1927 to 132,398 in 1928, the number of British immigrants shows a decrease from 45,012 in 1927 to 43,- '229 in 1928 ,excluding the miner -har- vesters. ,' . . "If we have had fewer British im- migrants to welcome during the past year, we have had more from the Uni- Stanley Baldwin Eternal Boy By SIB EDWARD BARRY Mr, Baldwin has Just figured in aa•�. incident in the British Nouse of Com mons which showed hint as the strong man with the planner that is firm, though 'gentle. The Postmaster' General had refused to see a depute. tion on an important national clues. tion. The Premier saw the depute' tion Himself, and, in his own words, gave a "courteous reply to a courte• ous request." Sir Edward 'Parry sug, gests that this night bea slogan for Whitehall, Mr. Baldwin made a pleasant speech the other day, taking as his text Byron's line: Ali, happy years! Once more who would not be a boy? it is a great thing for a man in pub- lic life to have kept the spirit of boy- hood in him and the honesty to no knowledge It unabashed. "I al •says think;" said Mr. Baldwin, "one of the great charms of my sex is timat the best of us remain boys to the end," and it is that characteristic of our Prime Minister that has gain- ed him a place in the hearts of the people. When Pharaoh Refused The Press desired to discuss with. the P.M.G. a•question of public policy, The P.M.G. was sulky and Inacces- sible and on two occasions when they called he peeped at them over the blinds, but was not at home. So they went to see Mr. Baldwin instead, and had a heart-to-heart talk, and came away happy. Our P,M.G, should read about Pharaoh- When he refused to see deputations be found his roll-top desk swarming with fat, healthy frogs the next morning. Our mod- ern Pharaohs should study history. - The House of Commons wanted to know all about the incident, and Mr. Baldwin was asked why he had re- ceived the Press representatives that the P.M.G. had refused to receive. "In the same way I always receive them," replied the Prime Minister; "a courteous reply to a courteous re- quest." Political Leap -frog When Mr. Baldwin was further creased by 4 per cent." with joyous determination: "1 never feel any hesitation in doing so if I think it desirable in the public inter- est." The House was delighted. For at its best it has the psychology of a col-' Iection of schoolboys. And Mr, Bald- win with a boy's instinct, rias made just the reply that the captain of the school would have made if someone • . had 'asked him why he had taken off an efficient bowler and gone on to , bowl himself. It had seemed to him that it was the interests of the gaume. That settled it. Microbes Blamed for Street Blow -Up Germs Now Said to Have Causer Explosions in Old London London — The newest danger ot cities, a microbe that lives in the ground beneath them and does its best to blow them up, is suspected in. London by the distinguished British biologist, Professor J.. S. Iialdane, as an explanation of a mysterious explo- sion which tore up long sections of some English editors. At present, The Mexican rebels will never win street paving in the Holborn district remarks the London Daily Express, any battles as long as they allow the last December. two Europeans are entering Canada Fecleratls to write the official reports. That explosion undoubtedly was for every Briton, and this fact is con -411* caused by a gas of some kind which sidered "ominous for the Canadian, . "We have decided the my son shall collected in conduits ancl. manholes future." Says the Montreal Daily be an artist." "I3as he a special tal- !underneath the street and exploded Star: • I net?" "Yes; he eau go t week with- violently when one of the manholes "In spite of the fact that immigra- out food," was opened and a light struck inside it. The problem with which Lon Old Wartime Leader Starts His Campaign .1111111•011/111. 0.)11111141101. 11.11101.11081111Olir • LLOYD GEORGE BELIEVES iN LEARNING CONDITIONS FIRST Canvassing tarns -workers with a candidate in the Bddisbury division constituency. Ile follows the well )luny of his supporters as possible, HAND known plan of giving Personal help to as don authorities are now wrestling is to decide where the explosive gal cane from. Called as an expert witness because . of his long experience with sach ex- plosive xplosive gases i11 mines and elsewhere, Professor Haldane suggested his start- ling microbe theory of the origin of the gas, It is well known, he said, that nii- crobes. which live in the mud of swamps are able to nianfacture the go.s called methane, which explodes violently when mixed with air and innched off by a match or a spark: This is the "marsh gas" which bubbles ottt of suck swamps, and which 18 Possible, the distinguished biologist believes, that these same microbe• live in vast numbers in the moist., Flirty sub -soil of a city and slowly pro- duce this same explosive gas. Pave- ments keep the gas 'front escaping into the air. Accordingly it may ac• cumulate in seldom -opened conduits of manholes, prepared to send the wllois street skyward if someone Moan, tfoualy introduces a light, Canada's Mining Advance From a +comparatively obscure poli• Hon in 1900 with a production of loss than $65,000,000, Canada is steadily advancing to the front rank of the - Mineral -producing countries of the world with a total production in 1095 valved at 5271,000,000.. in the adversity of .our best friettcl we often find eoinething that is not exactly displeasing: La Roches u Mid,