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Zurich Herald, 1934-03-01, Page 6,••*_ ••••••• :....................... r. Voice of the Press. Canada, The Empire and The World at Large deceitful as the human animal, Rea- son, says Mr. Boas, makes men slaves to their own apprebension. If it is better to be a beast than a mau, in order to escape the burden of reason, then it would be better never to be born at all and thus escape even the little burdens that assail the beasts. This sort of intellectual nihilism, if it were any more than conversational chewing gum, would be nauseaus.- Vancouver Sun. CANADA Research Rewarded. Searching the Scriptures has its Inerits. We read of a Saskatchewan man -vvho opened the family Bible the other evening and found a five -dollar bill that had been there for 20 years. .-Regina Leader -Post. Drunken Driving Lord Knutsford makes a public pro- test against -what he considers to be the inadequate punishment of 'people Convicted of driving a motor car while under the influence of drink. He adds: "Imagine the justifiable outcry if a railway engine driver who was even suspected of drinking habits, much less convicted of being under the in- fluence of drink when on the footplate, was ever again allowed. to drive an engine." -.Northern Farmer. Long Life. Tames Treece of Indiana, who has fust celebrated his 100th birthday, at- tributes his long. life to smoking, be Caaving taken to the weed when he was nine years of age. Another cen- tenarian recently said that keeping away from the weed was the cause of his longevity and thus the contradic- tions continue. The plain fact of the matter seems to be that some people attain exceptional longevity without much regard as to what they may oi. may not do. -Brantford Expositor. Dime Novels. Honor comes if one waits long enough. The "Deadwood Dick" dime novels of a long past day have been discovered to be authentic records of Americana, and for that reason have been given a place of honor in the Congressional library at Washington, D.C., as "rare books."-Fredericten Gleaner. Better Times. The Massey -Harris Company, imple- ment manufacturers, revealed recent- ly that it expected enough work at its Brantford plant to maintain the present schedule of operation, with some augmentatiori of staff, until about mid -summer. Simultaneously the Dominion Radi- ator and Boiler Company issued the statement that its "outlook for the Brantford plant is for a pretty steady •run throughout the year 1934." Executives of several other Brant- ford industries professed to see indi- cations that they would employ more help during this year than for the last two years. -North Hastings Re- view. The Berries. Manitoba's new-found moss -berry was a real discovery, say the jam makers. Then Nova Scotia comes along with "Same thing as our fox - berry." The Manitoba name is more poetic -Manitoba Tribune. ..101,1•1••••••• Outlaw the Revolver. When all Canada agrees to classify the revolver with morphine, heroin, cocaine' and similar things, as a na- tional problem to be treated as such, there will be a far better chance of bringing about its svirtual disappear- ance, except in such circumstances as it has a useful purpose to serve. Meantime, all we can do is back up the police and the courts in their un- necessarily difficult task. --Montreal Star. Haunt of Artists. One of the proud places in the Mari- times is "Bear River," an historic old village with many ancient landmarks. Last week the demon which destroys some of our fondest traditions, razed to' the ground. a colonial period Angli- can church building which had long since passed its century mark -an Irreparable loss to a community made liamous chiefly by the artist's brush. Quaint and modern bits from Bear River and shown in many a private collection of paintings throughout Can- ada. -Sherbrooke Record. Danger of Whether or not one is in favor of the abolition of speed limits, it will have to be admitted that the Minister of Highways put his words together In each a way that they made sense. If one is hit by an automobile travel- ling 20 miles an hour, his chances of surviving to thresh out the matter in oourt undoubtedly would. be better than those of a fellow who was bowl - Speed. Sign of Better Times. For the fifth successive month sales of new automobiles at retail in Can- ada in November show a gain over the corresponding month in 1932. The number increased 12.4 per cent., while the value increased 16.6 per cent. The number of trucks and buses sold show- ed a gain of 4.8 per cent., while their value increased 39.3 per cent. The combined result for all automobile, truck and bus sales was a gain of 10.4 per cent. in number, and 21.8 ger cent. in values -Brandon Sun. THE EMPIRE. British Shipping. British shipping is something more than "the vital Imperial interest," it was held to be in the striking and eloquent speech of the Hon. Alexander Shaw recently. As in the late war, so in the future, it may be the one strong safeguard of our people against starvation. Yet British shipping is everywhere declining under the pres- sure of a competition heavily subsidiz- ed by other powers, and even by our own Dominions. Before the war 43 per cent, of the world's tonnage sail- ed under the British flag, today only 29 per cent. does so. Most of the ships that are still miming are doing so with losses that are eating up the reserves of the owners. -London Tele- graph. The Too Common Cold. A wave of colds is sweeping over the country, and few are escaping its rav- ages. One reason for their persistence is probably to be found in this: that the cold is in itself rather disagree- able than deadily, and people will not take the trouble to extirpate it -Lon- don Daily Herald. A Telephone Conversation. Sir Edmund Vestley has a talk on the telephone with Mr. William Ang- liss. Sir Edmund is in South Africa and Mr. Angliss is in Australia, and at the end of twelve minutes a 21,- 500,000 meat business merger has been accomplished. It will mean that mil- lions of telephone calls in this coun- try from housewives to their butchers will 'deal with Australian Meat orders instead of Argentine. Three thousand Variety shops will be selling more Em- pire meat. The Australians are bet- ter buyers here than the Argentines. So it pays to order from Australia. - London Daily Express. Nelson Aground. H.M.S. Nelson's adventures would have been unbelievable if they had not happened. That the flagship of the Home Fleet should run aground at the very entrance. to Portsmouth Harbor while leaving for the spring cruise is an event probably without parallel in the history of the British Navy. The result of the official inquiry will be awaited with intense interest, for the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor must ed over by a car doing 35 or 40 miles. be as familiar to the responsible Ol- en hour And after all, it is much cers of the Nelson as the road down more to be concerned about that( Whitehall is to the Little Admiral him - people are being killed by motor.L .self on his pillar in Trafalgae Square. ears than that a percentage of drivers are chafing about the inconvenience DE speed restrictions.-Hatnilton Spectator, Don't Worry. An eminent United States medical man, Dr. Clendenning, has written an Interesting book on the subject of the human body. The doctor claims that It is futile to become over-anxious as to physical ailments or length of life. He has reached the conclusion that there is not much that can be done by the individual to lengthen life and that the age span is virtually set at birth. This authority does not pre- tend to say that drunkards, dope ad- dicts or those who deliberately injure their health through neglect or de- • bauchery, will live as long as those who follow a sensible program in re- gard to care of their physical systetn, but he emphasizes a sensible freedom from worry as to this, that and the other concerning bodily health. - Woodstock Sentinel -Review. Man and Beast. George tioaS, farnous anthropologist, has Startled society with the state- ment that the beast is far superior to man, Beasts are peaceful and men • are warlike. Beasts, he says, are more friendly, faithful and magnanimous than men, nor is any beast so unjust, • thankleas, treacherons, perlidibus and -H.-London Delle Telegraph. e More Gold Police, plainclothesmen and private guards crowded the pier in New York, at which the S. S. Bremen docked. The reason for the gathering of the protectors was the unloading from the Bremen of 224 boxes. Each of the boxes contained two yellow bars of gold and represented about $58,000, sense given above it is a crying need in education among the middle classes of this country, though it is not neces- sarily synonymous with manual train- ing for which workshops complete, with benches, lathes and cobbler's jast, are a sine qua non. The tasks of the clerk and the stenographer are as necessary and as "vocational" as those of the motor mechanic and the shoemaker. Nor should it be forgot- ten that an education that specializes too early is apt to deprive the coun- try adopting it of that general range of knowledge necessary if voters are not to be swept off their feet by sur- ges a emotion and appeals to preju- dice. An educational syllabus that is entirely utilitarian defeats its own object -Calcutta Statesman. Flying in New Zealand. That aviation has come to stay in New Zealand is an accepted fact, but it has not yet reached the point of fulfilling a function as a public utility. Various attempts to organize services between isolated places have been made, but after a times these pio- neers have found it impossible to car- ry on owing to insufficient support. In a country of such geographical forma- tion as New Zealand there is justifica- tion for the development of a reliable aerial service the length of the North and South Island, chiefly on account of the fact that other means of trans- portation cannot hope to rival the high average speed of an aeroplane. With the news of Flight -Lieutenant Ulm's non-stop flight between Auck- land and Invercargill, and the publish- ed time -table of the first air transport company organized on a national bas- is, comes the prospect that next year will see the definite inauguration of a long-distance service in New Zea- land. -The Auckland Weekly News. •4n Elected Governor•.. • • • A 'Governor • �r Governor-General ehosen•hy,a1 perty, £either directly or through nomieation to the King, or for popular" eleatiOn) could not pos- sibly.• have tb.e same feeling of satis- faction, .or the same dignity of char- acter or the sante influence as the Governor or Governor-General directly chosen and appointed by His Majesty. Neither could he have the conscious- ness that merit and proper qualifica- tion had procured the appointment for him, lie would not be able to hide froin liimself the humiliating knowl- edge that he had been paid for serv- ices not to the people but to a Party. Lord Huntingfield relieves Sir William Irvine,. who has been a dignified and capable Lieutenant -Governor, and one who, incidentally, has publicly .advo- cated the appointment of the Gover- nor directly by the Xing. -The Aus. tralasian. Scope of Education. One feature common to many speeches and letters to the press deal- ing with the subject of middle-class careers is an insistence that educatiou shall henceforth have as its object the ability, to tarn a living. Usually the term 'vocatimial training" is used, a term that is in danger of becoming catchword, We agree that in the An Auspicious Opening • The first week of this year, ending January 4, opened auspiciously. Nine hundred and seventy-four cattle were shipped to Great Britain; 40,732 hogs were graded. in Canada; 0,566 cattle, 3,005 calves, 14,116 ,hogs" and 2,052 sheep vere sold, at the public stock yards; and 60,550 barrels and 42,324 boxes of apples were exported to the British market. The seasonal exports of apples to January 4 are 1,629,639 barrels and 1,600,003 boxes, represent- ing increases on last season of 183 and 11 per cent. respectively. Clean -Up Society In Britain Attacks Villagers' Dumps London. -Tidying up of English vil- lages, particularly in the matter of proper disposal of refuse, is the object of a campaign being carried out by the Scapa Society, a group -whose main objective is to pr6tect the "England Beautiful." A questionnaire, issued with the ap- proval of the National Federation of Women's Institutes, was sent out to the institutes in more than 1000 par- ishes of 29 counties in England and Wales. Judging by the answers England is still somewhat primitive in regard to the manner in which it disposes of its refuse. No fewer than 37 per cent. of the villages confessed that no system of refuse collection is employed and. that individuals who do not want the trouble of burning or burying it, simp- ly throw it into the nearest conveni- ent, or inconveniet, place where it lies, decaying and unsightly. In a book entitled "Rural Refuse and Its Disposal," published by the society, exposed dumps are proved to be a menace td the wealth and health of the rural community. The implied moral of the society's book is that of mutual consideration. Regular collec- tions may not be possible in scattered districts, and in such districts the in- dividual householder must recognize his responsibility for the general good. If the untidy and selfish person would mend his ways, it is pointed out, he could bring untold good to his neigh- bors. Protection Asked For "Zipper" Makers Ottawa. -Increased • protection for the manufacturers of slide fasteners, commonly known as "zippers," is songht in two application's for tariff revision which have been sent to the Tariff Board by Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Minister of Finance. The applications arefrom the Colonial Fastener Coin- pany of Montreal, and the Lightning Fastener Company of St. Catharines, • Ont. The applicants claim that the classification under which these ar- ticles are entered was created before "zippers" came into general use. Garbo. Will Not Wed Her Director Relations Purely Platonic- .. Not Likely to Marry .. Anyone Hollywood, Feb. 18. -From one of the few intimate of the enigmatic Greta Garbo film folk have learned the Swedish actress will not marry Raul - ben Mamoulian and that he probably will not direct another picture star- ring her. After several flurries of coming and going out in the world from her cloistered sequestration thee silent Garbo seems likely to retire more deeply into her wonted seclusion. Mainoulian is to direct the Soviet sensation Anna Sten, regarded as a Garbo rivnal on the screen, in her next picture. Pathways of the cinema queen and her director are spreading away only a few short weeks after their motor trip into Arizona that gave rise to several reports of their marriage or impending marriage. But from a Garbo friend it is learned that Greta and Mamoulian remain friends, purely platonic, because they have similar in- terests in picture maldng, art and music. Garbo's closest friends do not' be- lieve she will ever -marry. Living Costs Rise 0.3 Per Cent. For Month of January New York. -After declining for two successive months, the cost of lir- ,in f of wage-earners turned upward again in January, increasing 0.3 per cent over December, according to the regular monthly survey of the Na- tional Industrial Conference Board. Living costs were 5.2 per cent higher than in January, 1933, but 22.4 per cent lower than in January, 1929. The purchasing value of the wage- earner's dollar, compared with the base 1923 equals 100, was. 129.0 cents in January, 1934, as compared with 129.4 in December and 139.9 tents last April. •• Food prices rose 0.4 per cent in January over December, to a level 10.9 per cent above January, 1933, but 31.9 per cent below January, 1929. Rents declined slightly, 0.2 per cent, which made them 5.6 per cent lower than in January of last year and 31.8 per cent lower than in Janu- ary of five years ago. Heavy Rains Damage Australian Wheat Crops Harvesting is carried on in New South Wales, Australia, from the end of November until January, and these months are generally very dry., Due to heavy rains, however, this yeses wheat crop has suffered serious damage, and there is no doubt that the yields will be appreciably de- creased, and .the quality of the grain reduced. On account of the low price of wheat and the higher prices of wool, it is expected that much of the land no N under wheat will be returned to pasture. Estimated World Wheat Import The London Wheat Conference es- timated world import requirements for 1933-34 at 560 million bushels. From August 1, 1933, to January 15, 1934, world shipments amounted to #38 million bushels, or an average of 9.9 million bushels per week. This leaves a balance of 322 million bush- els to be shipped during the remain - Weekly average of 11.5 million bush- lenlsg. 28. ev eeks -of the crop year, or a, Germany Returns Captured Scottiih Drums 4.54 liltiM,Neggig The Scottish general, Ian Hamilton, has solemnly received the drums of his old regiment, 5f;( and Gordon Highlanders, in ,the Beichswehr ministry in Berlin en January 31, :which the derinana: had call' tured in the war. Montreal Advised To Banish Shuns $50,000,000 Building Project Discussed by Improve- ment League. Montreal. -Benefits to be petted from the plan to construct 20,001 modern dwelling in Montreal in place of unsanitary sluums now in tence, with funds at present being used for direct relief, were desorib ed by Mr. A. Dupuis, addressing a meeting of the City Improvement League. The project, which would cost $50,000,000, would eliminate hovels, provide salubrious residences at low cost without adding to the oversupply of dwellin,gs, asset the small landlord now in distress, and stabilize real estate values. The plan would also help to em- bellish the city, widen the narrow streets and provide playgrounds at almost no expense. It would pro vide at reasonable salaries work for 10,000 men tin the bundling trades for the period of three years. Mr. Dupuis said that the project entailed the passing of the neces sary legislation on the part of the three governments, a loan of $50; 000.000 with a guarantee of the three governments., federal, provincial, and municipal, redeemable by annuities at the rate of 7 per cent, of which per cent would be applied to inter est and 3 per cent to sinking fund. Landlords would be, compensated according to a set scale. The houses torn down would be rebuilt by al vancing the sums necessary to the owners, and architect's plans and specifications would be caretany considered to assure that construe tion should be carried on accordinn to etsitablished sanitary Istandlarde The governments would hold a wort gage until the complete payment of the loan. Advertising in Papers • Steadily Increasing Montreal. -Declaring that the daily newspapers are the backbone of any advertising oampaign, Mr. G. F. Ban nerman, sales manager in charge of advertising for a well-known make of automobiles told 150 dealers and company representatives here that the company's newspaper advertising appropriation for 1934 had been greatily increased. Austrian Independence Matter of Course Say German Officials Berlin, Feb. 18. -The maintenance of Austrian. independence, which Great Britain, Italy and France in a joint manifesto said must be main- tained, was represented in official circles today as being "a matter of oourse." - "Who is threatening Austria's in- dependence?" demanded one spokes- man. Relief Workers Fed Buffalo Meal Prince Albert, Sask.-Used in the Prince Albert National Park relief camps, where it is served six meals per week, 26,000 pounds of buffalo meat is in refrigeration here. The meat, obtained when the animals were slaughtered at Wainwright, Alta., has become popular with relief workers. Winnipeg Hai) Highest Population Gains Winnipeg, Man. -Winnipeg's popu 242. There has been a steady in 1933 was the highest in its history, crease in the city's inhabitants since The figures compiled by the city's assessment commissioner were 221; 1926. lation, oitle suburbs, ix Loans to Brokers Down $43 000 000 Washingion,-Loans to brokers and dealers held by weekly reporting NeW York City'rhernber,banks amounted to $353,000,000 during the Week • ended Feb. 14,- the: Federal Reserve Board reports representing a decrease of $43,000,000 for the week, Loans for the week ended Feb. 15, 1933, were $427,090,000. The Spring .Seed Requirement? Farmere who desire to assure their Seed supply at Minimum cost are al ready taking stock of their sprine reqUirements. Those who have seed of their own will .he taking steps te have it properly cleaned and graded before the spring rush. Others, lesS fortunate, will be well advised this year partiCularly, to secure what they require as soon. as possible, making sure that they are getting varieties which are most highly recommended for oonclibions such as theire. Waterloo Sch'ool Rate Up WaterlOo. - The Waterloo publid school rate was set at 12% mills by the board recently. This is an ite crease of lee mills over the 11.50 rate that has held for seven years. Brantford Fitt Loss Ilrantrord.-Total fire loss for tilt year of $17,115 was reported to the • . city council byFire Chief D. .1, Lewis. This, is slightly.: above last year's Agave.