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Zurich Herald, 1932-09-08, Page 6r r V.oice of the fres... Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA Honing the Road An automobile driven at a fast rate and "hogging" the centre of the road Was responsible for a car containing live persOns taking to the ditch.on tae highway near St, Placide, all the co hupants being injured. This offence is altogether toe common., some motor - lists even ignoring the dividing white !Marks at curves and on, billsappar- ently confident that they will be per- Mitted to continue on their selfish and perilous course by other drivers who are fearful of risking their lives by asserting their right to their side of alto highway. Traps for thee offend- ers should be in order, and drastic wunishment upon conviction of driving to the danger of others. — Montreal Gazette. 3 Food First We can do without automobiles, iradios, trips to the beach, and fas- hions. Our bread comes to us not from the forest, nor from pulp and peeper nor the mine. No more does t come from manufacturing or trade. ur values have been upset. We have thought too much of pulp and paper land too little of our bread. We have attached too much importance to in- dustry and not enough to agriculture. —Le Droit, Ottawa. Possible New Industry Whales are plentiful wherever there ds open water in the Hudson Bay dis- trict. Inquiries are being made to see f it would be worth while to develop the whaling industry. Some white ;whales are to be taken to Winnipeg or sampling. tinder the auspices of the Manitoba Industrial Development Board a movement is being pushed to See if a market for whale oil, meat and leather can be cultivated. It is also ahought there is a possibility of ex- Isorting the oil and leather to overseas Markets. When tests have been corn- tpleted, a survey is to be made of the English and. European markets. If the hopes of the interested parties are ful- filled, it means a new industry for Manitoba and the West. Border Cities Star, Too Common The camper who is careless about his Are, the picnic party, which strews the ground with empty bottles, tin Cans and the debris of the picnic Linea, the vandal who tosses broken glass and sharp tins into lake or river where they lie in waiting for some un- -atortiftiate bather, the army of people who make no attempt to clean up af- ter a meal in the open air are all too if they base their ideas of our house - common. Our friends in the country, keeping on our behaviour on these pic- nic jaunts, must have a decided poor opinion of our homes.—Peterborough Examiner. Worn Tires Extra Hazard Driving at high rates of speed when the ear is shod with badly worn tires is often attended with fatal results. A blowout on. the front tire of an auto- mobile on the Kingston Road recently resulted in one person being killed and six injured. For economic rea- sons many car owners are endeavor- ing to get all possible wear out of their tires. Apparently they give too aittle consideration to the risk in- volved: In the final analysis this dan- gerous practice is actually false econ- omy. An accident caused by a blow- out—and 'mishaps of this kind more of- ten. occur with worn tires—may prove 'very costly.—Kitchener Record. fashions Change. Toronto Mad and Empire. THE EMPIRE. The Finest Hospitality There are, Indeed, many kinds of hospitality, yet how rare are all gooal thing's, how rare is the true Simple Hospitality. Simple Hospitality—you know it and feel it instinctively when. - ever its presence is near. It pervades the whole atmosphere, for it breathes in all the hundred and one little things whioli thoughtful and loving hearts have arranged for your comfort. Arti- ficiality cannot live in its presence; thus you are not for ever pretending to be somebody else. You. know you are welcome for yourself alone. Sim- ple Hospitality sets you at your ease and makes you feel at home. You thus think naturally, act naturally. Therefore you are happy,—Mrs. Hew Wardrop in Chamber's Journal. Civic Pride San Francisco bas set a new pace for civic enterprise. She is laying plans to build for future greatness. Cities and towns where the people as a whole show interest in civic affairs, especially those improvements which affect the general appearance of their, city for all time to COMA move ahead fast. It is one thing for a city to talk progressiveness and another to be pro- gressive. Experience has proved that cities which really do worthwhile things are the cities whose citizens preach co-operation and practise what they preach.—Trinidad Guardian. They Still Goose -Step in Germany Constitution Day in Berlin called forth the bands and all the trappings. Here we see e portion of the parade stepping smartly along. Harz Mountains Border Line "High, Low" Germans The Harz Mountains, best known in this country as the source of sing_ ing canary birds, says "The Washing - The Pioneer Spirit ton. Star," stands in Germany as the "a would like to invoke the enter- dividing line between the so-called peeing spirit of our forefathers and I would like to say that at no period of the world's history have rewards been greater than they are to -day. It may be true that so far as the world is con- cerned, those who hold in their hands the fortunes of these great schemes may not achieve such personal dis- tinction asthe forcer of the North-West tion of 3,740 feet, The range is Passage, or those who extend the ter- fifty-seven miles long and twenty ritory of the British Empire; their ser- miles topped by a plateau vice to humanity, their influence upon which is reached by fairly steep our daily life and well being, is not mountain sides, one whit the less. We need constant- The legends which add glamour to ly to remind ourselves that the future the mountains, and the birds which prosperity of our Empire depends on spread joy with their singing are only our maintaining a virile spirit of En- a small part of the real value of the high and low Germans. Around the mountains have been built many of the legends and weird tales in which the German folklore revels. The mountains vary in elevation from around 1,000 feet to some 2,100, with the Brocken, highest peak in Cen- tral Germany, towering to an eleva- terprise. It is the only policy which will ensure success," — Sir Edward Stockton in tile Merchant Adventurer. Forest Conservation Many thousands of Canadians earn their livings from lumber and the in- dustries which are derived from. it. For this reason it is of the first import- ance, if we want to assure the well- being of a large part of our population, to prevent forest fires. Railways ,and companies interested in the exploita- tion of forests do all that they can do to safeguard them, but the immense sums which they spend annually for this purpose cannot preserve our woods from destruction if the general public doeS not realize the seriousness of these losses, and does not do its pact in aiding and sharing in these measures of conservation.—La Tri- bune, Sherbrooke. Up to the People Governments are human. Minor faults can always be found, The Aues- er 'with the mining activItlest give tiois, can we do better than we ire 'employment to many people. n doing now? Are any of the common- ly suggested mprovemen.ts really like- ly to add to our welfare? Or is it bet- ter to leave things as they are? The answer must depend upon Honk Kong people themselves. Are the best of thein ready to take up public work, as in. the Horne manner? Experts have their disadvantages but they are infinitely to be preferred to profes- sional politicians, whose first care is to feather their own nests. Only the willing services of the leaders in com- merce and the professors can keep the mountains, however, for the Harz is, in reality, rich in minerals. Silver, lead, iron, copper, zinc, marble, ala- baster and granite are found in its mines and 'quarries, while the for- ests yield much timber and, togeth- CONSOLATION Mrs. Nuwedd was paying her mother a visit. "Oh, mother," she said, as soon as they met, "I'm so wretched. I've just discovered that my husband only married me for my money." Mother raised her eyebrows in- quiringly. "There, there, my dear," she calm- ly replied, "don't worry about that, undesirables out of a demecratic goy- You at least have the comfort of ernmene—Hong-Kong Press. Inswing that he's not such a fool as he locks.' OTHER OPINIONS Poverty in Japan "Give a Dog a Bad Name" They are having something or a. scare in Ontario, especially in Toron- to, over the police dog. It appeare that in Toronto this partieular breed of dog has bitten 34 persons so far this year, and one of the city news- papers is hinting about the complete aboltion of the police dog from the towns and oities of Southern Ontario as possibly necessary in the public Safety, There le surely iao reason for panic where these dogs are eoncerned. It may be argued that their place is not in crowded cities where they are compelled to come into contact with Etrangers all the time, But the same thing holds true of any' large dog :which needs mueh exercise and air to maintain his health and equanimity. It looks as though the police dog has got a bad name which he may not al- together desorve. Aad we knoW what happens to the dog—or the human -- The food their cattle need Japanese fanners themselves, their wives and children are eating, because they have no other sustenance. In one-time pros- perous communities official investiga- tions have brought to light the fact that less than 10 per cent. of the fami- lies living there possess more than ten yen in cash. And when it Is re- membered that a yen is worth about 27% cents in American money, one can understand something of the poverty of Japan's farming class. But what is worse, say Japanese inform- ants, more than 50 per cent. of the farmers have no cash whatever and are reverting to the primitive practice of barter.—Literary Digest. Humane Warfare In the fighting with the police one man was killed and many injured be- cause guns, clubs and brickbats were used. When the infantry moved hi to take aosseesion tear gas was eirMIOY- ed, It did the work which might otherwise have required bayonets, rifle butts or gunshots, A most un- pleasant episode might have been the consequence of trying to control the disorder and eject the men by force. The gas did it with ease, The mili- tary had the upper hand at once. Chemicals can be used to subdue American titizens, but international agreement seeks to bar the use of gas ou eeemiet, sentimentalizing; on cate- gory of destructive weapons as hu- mane and another as unspeakably bar- baric.--ChIcago Tribune. Fewer Schools Result Of improved Roads Raleigh, — Consolidations to reduce further the number of schools in North Carolina will be effected next sessioe, according to plats an- nounced by thcaState Board of Equali- zation. This move, primarily in the inter - et of "economy," is made possible because of the State's improved highway system and adequate trans - Who alis under that ban. Anyway, Dorte,tion Patient (angrily)—"The size of your bill makes ray blood boil." Doctor—"Then it will be twenty dollars more for sterilizing your system." Soviet Harvest Total Shows Rapid Increase Moscow.—Harvest figures for the third five-day period of August have been more satisfactory and the total now is only 4,000,000 acres behind that of the middle of August last year The deficit is the result of rains in the north Caucasus, which is 6,000,000 acres behind its schedule. Especially successful are the ma- chine and tractor stations, which have completed 80 per cent. of their pro- gram. Their number has greatly in- creased as a result of Soviet produc- tion of 25,000 tractor.; in the first half year. There are now 3,000 of these stations with nominally twenty-five machines each and with their own ser- vice stations and mechanics. State grain collections improved 30 per cent. over the previops five-day period but are still behind the month- ly plan. Last year's collections ap- proximated 23,000,000 tons of all grains and the fear that the current year's figure woald be materially re- duced is now lessening. The cotton harvest has begun in Central Asia and the prospects are portedas excellent. The Day's Work Use well the moment; what the hour Brings for thy use is in thy power; And what thou best caust understand Is just the thing that lies nearest to thy hand. Art thou little, do that little well, and for they comfort know The biggest man can do his biggest work no brier than just so. Farm Problems Conducted by Prof, Henry G. Bell, Dept. of Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph 1, What are the arguments for using fertilizer on fall wheat? 1 Ans.—(a) To increase yield. (b) To improve quality, (c) To insure a stand of clover or other legumes seeded With wheat, (d) To balance the plantfood ration so that the wheat crop may be able to make desirable growth ripen at a favorable time and fill lurnp, heavy kernels. 1. Why is potash needed for wheat? Alas. -40 busbels of wheat crop takes out of the soil 75 lbs. nitrogen, 28 lbs. phosphoric acid and 50 lbs, pot- ash. Wheat contains about 71% car- bohydrates of which starch is the largest representative, Potash is ab- solutely essential for the formation of starch. The point has been many times established that the chlorophyll or green matter of the plant cannot function to the full in producing starch unless there is a sufficient amount of potash obtainable. For this reason, there must be either pot- ash in the soil, or added to the soil In manure or fertilizers if wheat is going to do its best. Certain soils contaiu a desirable amount of potash while others, such as light sandy or gravelly loam soils or soils which tend to be of a muck type, are notably short of this essen- tial element. 3: Will phosphate alone give maxi- mum results on wheat? Ans.—On many good wheat farms where the soil is of a clay loam or clay type and where it is possible to return a liberal application of manure :in preparing the field for wheat, high - profitable results are obtained from the use of superphosphate. Of course superphosphate supplies mainly phos- phoric acid and a little sulphur. The growing wheat crop requires nitrogen to make straw growth and potash to assist in the formation of starch, as already described. Where there is a lack of either nitrogen or potash these certainly must be added in order to get best yields of best quality wheat. 4. Will lime do any good on the wheat field? Ans.—Lime is a soil corrector. That is, it corrects the rea'btion of the soil, turning it from acid or sour to alka- line. If the soil is sour, much of the phosphoric acd added in manure and in fertilizers tends to combine with iron and aluminum, of the soil and is thereby rendered largely unavailable for the growing crop. The addition of lime corrects this condition so that added fertility is retained in a form in Like the star That shines afar, Without haste And without rest, Let each man wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do his best. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in "The Wisdom of Goethe." Trans- lated and Edited by John Stuart Mackie. The Greatest Work Have you known how to meditate, and manage your life? You have per- formed the greatest work of all.— Montaigne. Mr. Peters: "At last we're out of debt." Mrs, Peters: "Oh, thank good- ness! Now I can get credit again." Capt. Janos A. Mollison, first westward solo Met of the Atlanlre, giVoS the motors ef his trusty plane a minute inspection and every thing seems to be In working order. which the growing wheat crop can use It. Furthermore, lime, by sweetening the soil, puts it in good shape for a start of alfalfa, or other legumes seed-. ed with wheat. 11 18, therefore, good Practice to lime the wheat field if the soil shows an acid reaction. Thirty years experimental work at Ohio Ex- perimental Station show that lime ap- plied to the wheat crop accounts for approximately an increase of 5 bushel per acre, whether the field is fertilized or unfertilized. 5. What soils are not adapted to wheat and why? Ans.—Many wheat crops are des- tined to failure through being placed on soils which have too great a handi- cap to overcome in order to make them successful mediums for growing this cereal. A poorly drained soil is absolutely unsuited for the growing of wheat. In order for wheat to success- fully pass the winter it must make suf- ficient root growth and sufficient de- velopment of top so that there . is strength to survive winter climatic conditions. Moreover, if water stands in the soil, alternate freezing' and thawing are sure to dislodge the Young plant and expose its roots to the sun and drying winds of spring. Muck soil is notably high in nitrogen, low in phosphoric acid and very low in potasb. An attempt to grow tall wheat on this soil will nearly always result in an excessive growth of straw which goes down, and the production of small heads poorly filled with shrivelled grain. This is the result of lack of phosphate and potash. 6. What fertilizers are recommend- ed for wheat and how should they be applied? Ans.—From the general experience of the work of this station, we are led to recommend on medium loam soils the use of 200 to 300 lbs. per acre of a fertilizer of the type of 0-14- 16. Much nitrogen will have been.add- ed by the growth of legumes and the addition of manure. The phosphoric acid and potash added in this type of fertilizer produces a balance of plant - food which gives excellent results. On soils for which it is impossible to supply a dressing of manure, and on soils which normally do not grow suf. flcient straw, the use of such fertia izers as 2-12-6 or 3.10-5 is recommend, pd at the rate of 250 to 375 lbs. per acre. In all cases best results are obtained by drilling the fertilizers into the soil at the time the wheat is sown. ritikin sand Plditiv By Ramsay MacDonald We never wished to intervene in the communal controversies of India. We made that abundantly clear during both sessions of the round table when we strove hard to get the Indians to settle this matter between themselves. We have realized from tbe very first that any decision we may make is like- ly—to begin with, at any rate—to be criticized by every community purely from the viewpoint of its own com- plete demands. But we believe that in the end considerations of Indian needs will prevail, and all communi- ties will see that their duty is to co- operate in working out the new Con- stitution which is to give India a new place in the British Commonwealth of Nations. We should be only too glad :1 at any stage before the proposed bill becomes law the communities can reach an agreentent among themselves. The government will be ready and willing to substitute for its echeme, either in respect of any one or more of the pro- vinces or in respect of the whole af British India. EASY WINNER The defendant in the breach of pro- mise •action was a singularly ugly lit- tle man. When his counsel rose to address the jury, he said: "You've heard the evidence of the plaintiff, believe this enchanting, this fascinating, this captivating, this accomplished girl would favor the advances or listen, save with scorn, to the amorous pro- testations of the Wretched and re- pulsive creaure, the deformed and degraded defendant?" His client tried to interrupt, "Silence, sir!" replied his counsel, in an under -tone, "Gentlemen," he •continted, "do you think this girl would ever have permittedan offer of marriage to be made her by this miserable atom of eumanity, would have to stand on a penny to look over twopence?" The jury thoeght not. Vealee, fer dof end ant. 4:1 QUICKER Tony and his friend were at a leo.% and. one afternoon and becoming troublesome, so father proposed that they should pot some geraniums for him. The suggestion met with ap- proval, and off the two boys went to start the job. At the tea -table later father asked what they had done with the trowel, "Oh," said the truthful Tony, "we didn't use the trowel. We just took turns With my airgum" Before Christian Princeton, N.J.—Cosmetics used by Grecian women 400 years before the Christian era were manufactured by methods almost identical with those of today, according to discoveries by Princet< n 'University chemists. Analyt sis of a white face powder found in a tomb in Corinth by Dr. T. Leslie Shear, of the Princeton art and arch- aeology department, disclosed that they were cubes of carbonate of lead which Grecian manufacturers had produced by a process much like that employed now in the production of white lead, a paint pigment. The discovery of the white cos- metics by Dr. Shear was a rare ..ithcugh their use -by Grecian and Re - man women is frequently mentioned in classical writings. Red cosmetics used by the ancients have been found before and some of this type is on dis- play in the British Museum. This type was produced from a plant. An old Grecian poem, in warning against their use, observes that "never by use of psimythion (the Greek word for white face powder) can you make a Helen out of Hecuba." The Romans knew the white cos- metic as "serussa" and Ovid, cele- brated Latin poet, is. author of an essay on "the care of the complex- ion." Dr. Shear, who is now associated with the Anaeriean School of Classical Studies in Athens, as field director of the excavating of the ancient Market Macs; there, has recently returned to Princeton front the scene of opera- tions, where he spent the past season Spain to Use $32,001,000 in constructing Schools Madrid.—The Official Gazette re- cently published a decree..e.uthotizing the Finance Ministry to issue bonds to the extent of 400,000,000 pesetas (about $32,000,000) for construction of new schools in Spain. .t. The teacher told the children about the Garden of Eden and how Adam and Eve had disobeyed after being forbiddee to eat the fruit of one tree. "Now, zhildren," she said, "can any- one tell ine what lesson that teaches t.z?" "Yes, iniss," 'replied a small ey, "Eat less freit," loty--"Hero's a find, just the thing for ray barber Shop."