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Voice of the Press "| "Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA } The Royal Bank of Canada The president and the general man- ager of the Royal Bank lock forward - to.the year ahead with something like optimism, both with regard to their own institution and the Dominion. As Sir Herbert Holt puts it: "Prophesy i continues to be dangerous. ... My y fooling is that present indications point to the initiation of a substantial recovery in 1933, if a reasonable de- gree of international common sense and co-operation can be assured.-- Montreal Daily Star. Living, Costs Have Shrunk A grocery firm in Dutton, Ont., has contrasted the buying power of the dolar in a most effective way in'a window display. The comparison ls made: between the prices of to-day and those of a few years ago. A bag of sugar costing $17.76 in 1919 was used as a basis of the dis- play. Alongside this bag was placed the goods which the store was pre- paved to sell for $17.75. The same bag of sugar, 3 packages of shredded wheat, 2 of corn flakes, 1 pound of tea, 2 pounds of coffee, 3 cans of salmon, 1 jar of pickles, 1 jar of olives, 3 cans of tomatoes, 2 cans of corn, 1 package meal, 1 package cake flour, 100 pounds flour, 2 pack- ~4eges Pep, 10 bars of soap, 3 cans of wsoleaner, 1 can of baking -powder, 1 jar of jam, 1 box macarani, 2 cans of pumpkin, 4 bottles ketchup. 3 pack- eges of corn starch, 2 pounds of cheese, 2 packages of oatmeal, 2 cans spaghetti," Truly the cost of lving has shrunk remarkably.--Sault Ste. Marie Star. r Few Bright Spots It cannot truthfully be said that 1052 was a good year for Canada but the Dominion did remarkably well despite the world-wide impasse. Here are a few facts from which may be extract- ed a liberal measure of comfort, Last year Canada retained world leader- ship in the export of wheat, printing paper, asbestos; was second 'in gold, platinum, and cobalt; was third in wheat flour; fourth in automobiles and wood pulp; fifth in rubber tires. Can- ada concluded the year with a favor- able trade balance of $50,000,000 con- trasted with an unfavorable balance of $10,000,000 in 1931.--Kitchener Daily lecond. Publishers Feel Stress The Oshawa Daily Times has changed from daily publicaton to three times a week and will be issued Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays; and one does not need to read the publish- er's.announcement to realize that the change has come about after every other possible means of retrenchment has been tried. It is pointed out that the Times started publication as a daily in 1925 and at no time since that time have any dividends been taken out of the business. It has been a problem for many publishers to continue putting out a product of high calibre with diminish- ing revenues; but it may fairly be said that the guality of the average news- 5 paper still is unimpaired and that b : when everything is cheaper than ever } before, there still is nothing so cheap i or necessary as your daily newspaper. --Niagara Falls Review. t i k Inviting Enough E We wonder why so many people ap- B : pear anxious to spend the Winters in 5 v& Florida, The Garden of Canada is i surely inviting enough for anyone, and 3 it's only about ten weeks to the first g day of Spring.--St. Catharines Stand- § ard, Empire Migration Migration schemes to place British unemployed in unpopulated areas in i different parts of the Empire through State aid have been tried out, but on the whole their history has not been ! ona of outstanding success. Any scheme of the kind would depend up- on the full co-operation of the Do- . minions and Colonies with the Moth- + etland, and at present the temper In Canada, at least, is against further im- migration because of the existing Herald. THE EMPIRE TTT Piices of Farm evbuuct' CH ; japan and the League widespread unemployment, -- Calgary _ There can be no effective rise in ces until there is an expansion in it the inability of people tural produce* is the of their own difficulties. Facts "the face every day.-- erald, tion for the loss of all respect and all authority. --Manchester Guardian. World Conference's Opportunity I believe the road back to freer trade lies largely through such (re- gional) agreements, if, as in the re- cent convention between Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg, they in- volve no increase against any coun- try, secure a substantial and progres- sive reciprocal reduction and are open, on similar terms, to other countries. For the rest, the most useful action the approaching World Economic Con- ference could take would be to lay down principles in the light of which each country would undertake to re- examine its own tariff system The most important of these would be a clear explanation and explicit ocon- demnation of the "compensatory" or miscalled "scientific" principle of making a tariff equal to the difference of costs at home and abroad. Trade is based upon exactly the difference, and the compensation for the difference by tarift is destructive of the very foundation upon which trade rests.-- Sir Arthur Salter in The Yale Review. Enough to go Round It we could only see it, for the first time in history the astounding ad- vance of productive machinery and swift transport make it possible for everyone to be rich beyond the bounds of Utopian imagination. Men are not worse or much better than they used to be, but they are the creatures of habit and tradition and fa: altogethor to enlarge their loyalties to fit a larger world. When we can at last be rich by sharing, why should we per- petuate the greedy habits we learnt when there was not enough to go round ?--New Satesman and Nation. Watch Germany There is no longer anything to dread from Prussia's naval yards, nor ler armament firms. The challenge now is from her factory chimneys, her modern industrial equipment, and her potential financial position. The Ger- mans vowed when they lost the war that they would win the peace. There are significant signs thc: the vow will be kept--London Daily Express. UNITED STAT=S Social Trends The report of President Hoover's Committee on Social Trends suggests strongly that the ills of the nation are to be laid at the door of the social theorists rather than of the business man. The business m: has done his job pretty well. Those who like to call themselves social engineers--the politicians and®the social workers, among others -- have fallen down. America has lacked not mechanical but social invention, the committee finds. Our industries push ahead, but our social mechanisms are laggard, and the substitutes which are attempt- ed often prove even less serviceable than the institutions they replaced. Yet the specialists who have failed in their self-appointed tasks insist on dictating to the very men who have succeeded in theirs, -- Chicago Trl- bune. Stock Invades Hollywood Speaking of courage, a real old-fas- hioned stock company has crept into Hollywood. Something of a feat, In view of the fact that not a single other legitimate production graces the downtown theatres. It is a genuine relic from the past, even to the ante- diluvian heroine with the rural accent who proves to be an opera singer in disguise. Even to the company man- ager who steps out after the second curtain to announce next week's at- traction.--San Francisco Argonaut. ee eee. World Economic Parley To Be Held This Spring Ottawa.-- The World Heconomic Conference likely will be held next Spring or early in the Summer in thority here last week. No definite decision, though, has been made. The matter is one to be arranged shortly by the council of the League of Nations, Prime Minister R. B. Bennett pro- bably will head the Canadian dele- gation. Naming of the personnel of the Dominion delegates, however, would be somewhat ture at the moment, The general tariff policy on which an economic committe is working includes economics, quotas and pro- hibitions, The monetary sub-com- mittee is devotihg {its preparatory work to monetary and economic poll- cles, involving price levels, export restrictions and movement of capl- tal from one country to another, London, it was learned on good au- FER BG we TW | | Major-General Yuji Takanami, one of the Japanese military leaders in northern China, urveys Shanhalkwan just before the Japanese began their latest drive which would indicate that Mars still rules the eastern front. Much Prized Scholarship Won By Surrey Girl A 20-year-old Croydon, Surrey, Eng- land, girl has won Oxford's most sought after award -- the Craven Scholarship. The girl, Miss Barbara Flower, daughter of Dr. Robin Flower, the poet and deputy-keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, is the first of her sex to win the prize. Latin and Greek, for which . the Craven scholarship is awarded, are not Miss Flower's only linguistic ac- complishment, She speaks French and German and isa Celtic scholar. Two previous holders of the Craven Scholarship were Lord Asquith and his son Raymond. "I am at Lady Margaret Hall," she said, "where the Latin is optional. In the examination you have a piece of English poetry to translate and it is most difficult at times, but to me it is always of interest." Dr. Flower said his daughter went fo Croydon High School and won a scholarship to Oxford just over a year ago. ' The Craven scholarship is worth £40 (about $160) a year for two years. Beam Tells Course of Distant Storms Adelaide S. Aust, -- Interviewed when passing through this city on his way to Cambridge University, baving won a British Empire Carnegie Fel- lowship, Prof. Percy W. Burbidge, pro- fessor of physics in the Auckland Uni- versity, related, with great interest to: natural scientists, how in New Zea- land meteorologists were now able to detect cyclonic disturbances 1,000 miles away without the aid of other stations. This is done through atmospherics caused by light flashes originating in the storms, most of which pass over the Tasman Sea. This is of great me- teorological importance owing to New Zealand's isolation, and the absence of outside information to assist in wea- ther forecasts. The instrument used, said Profes- sor Burbidge, consists of two loop aerials which intercept the storm sig- nals, and transfer them to a special instrument where they are made to focus a beam of light on a screen. The direction of the beam's movement indicates the course, and intensres of the static disturbances. Can't Sell Eggs Before 7 a.m. in Berlin Berlin--~He who goes shipping at 6.30 am. may buy rolls and milk for breakfast. But if he wants eggs, he must wait until 7 o'clock. A Berlin police regulation, which rigidly controls the hours for sale of all retail goods, has recently been changed to permit the sale of milk one-half hour before the regular opening time. Baked goods had previously been permitted to be sold at 6.30 o'clock. Dairy products such as butter and eggs cannot. however, be sold until 7 o'clock, athilie --_------------e TTT Infantile Mortality In Quebec since 1926, when the total was 9,443. the 1926 figure for the same period. The infantile mortality rate shows that for 1926 i° was 142.0, for 1927 129.3, for 1928 123.6, for 1929 120.5, for 1930 120.1, for 1931 112: and for the first ten months of 193% 94.6, this being the first time that the yate ever « opped below the 100 mark. fy Mother -- "Does your husband make a report to you of how he spends his time?" Daughter--"Yes, biit he censors it." etm To a Pessimist If conditions were as hopeless as the pessimists sometimes paint them, we should still have our honor; and 1 it were tiue that the battle is lost, we should have the great consolation of dying with faces toward the foe, and with scorn of fear. The pessim- ism in which a great deal of modern art is steeped is the cursing of Wee T air of the last two decades has been filled' with the eyes of the panic- stricken, the defeated, the dishearten- "The old sources of hope are lost," they tell us; "the old leaders are shown to have been mistaken; the old faiths were lies; the old enthusi- asms are dead; we are defeated and the cause is lost," - Well, if there are those who believe all this, let them go to the rear in silence, and: give their places to men who have courage, that could not be taken from us. who cannot look fate in the face. ed. Decreases Quebec.--~A decrease of 47.4 ia in- fantile mortality rates in the Pro- vince of Quebec has been recorded Provincial Health Department commenced keep- ing vital statistics, and health units wer. first established in the Province, for whereas the infantile mortality rate in 1926 was 142.0, it dropped to 94.6 for the first 10 months of 1932, While a total of 68,480 infantile deaths have been registered since January 1, 1926, the numbers have gradually decreased: with each year. The 1926 total of 11,666 decreased to 10,730 the following year, and 10,332 in 1928. The next year saw a greater drop to 9,810, but 1930 recorded a slight increase, 10,045 being recorded while the lowest rate was shown in 1031, when the infantile mortality For the first ten months of 1982 the number was only 6,445, or a little over 50 per ce .t, of Canadians Ate Less Apples in '32 Pomologists See Challenge in Loss of Popularity of Fruit Montreal.--The per capita consump: tion of apples In Canada has decreased 10. per cent. during the past five years, the average being 29.7 pounds per eperson per annum as compdred with 34 pounds which was the per capita consumption in the five years from 1921-25; but the consumption of oranges, bananas and other fruits has considerably increased, and this was regarded by apple growers as a chal- lenge to them to increase the public demand for their fruit, J. L. Webster of Macdonald College, reported at the meeting of the Pomological Society of Quebec here, #5 Dr, J. E. Lattimer, professor of agri- cultural economics at Macdonald Col- lege, declared that taking the country generally the fruit grower" occupied one of the bright spots in Canadian ag- riculture. He maintained that grow- ers should take a keener interest in the British market which they had neglected for the past ten years. » W. B. Gornall of the Fruit Branch, Ottawa, followed with an analysis. of the British market and ruling prices. Canada's interest in the British apple market was between September and April and during that time it imported an average of 3,523,977 barrels of ap- ples, of which the United State: sup- plied 65.35 per cent. up to last year. With the new trade agreement it is anticipated this figure would be cut in half. Better Handling Some of the many problems that have to be solved by apple-growers of the province in order to bring their "fruit to the market in an attractive un- blemished condition were discussed by oves 200 apple growers at the meeting. Among the questions discussed was that of pollination--the selection of the proper varieties of trees necessary to ensure proper pollination and con- sequent fruit production.' From the Central Experimental Farm ct Ottawa came H. Hill, of the Department of Agriculture, who went into an analysis of the pollenizing values of old and new varieties of apples that have been produced in the experimental plots. a Canal Traffic Gains Otlawa.--Trafic through Canadian canals jn 1932 increased 10 per cent over the previous year, the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics reports. The total was 17,955,700 tons, an increas of 1,766,600 tons. ¢ The improved shipping conditions on the Welland ship canal, says the Bureau report, showed their effect and - traffic increased from 7,273,886 tons in 1931 to 8,535,641 tons, a mew high record for the canal, | vious record ' for even if they have lost hope. ' ams, are Ls lowing information: Hour of Occurrence dents is self-evident. of accidents between midnight tion. public. ren semen old, a total tonnage of roughly 000, 'to the scrapping yards. Many of the older ships North and South Atlantic and Eas.ern passenger trade routes. ing the 10,000 ship General The North German Lloyd is carding 14 bottoms, including 8000-9000-ton vessels Derflicger, dltz and' Lutzow. breaking up the freighters. : Pics priory at Archattan, before many Highland families. The partment ee gives the 4 12:10 1 Am. jis BBL, BT 1to 6am oi... 1,049 69 6 10 TAM. vous 156° 0 12 7t0 8am wii 251 15 | for : a the 810 9 AM. wv 482 38 | causes of every epidemic. He not only ~~ 9 to 10 8M, wees 452 23 | provides the.soil upon which the epf hl 10 to 11 AM. isons 727 34 | demics grow but he cultivates the sof ; 11 to 1 42 | in the wehse that he allows it to ve Ta 12 to 43 | come especially favorable for the rapid '1t0 - 38 | multiplicatioz. of germs. 2 2 to 36 Of course there is such a thing as . 3. to 63 | a healthy person with relatively high 4 to 64 being overwhelmed in as 5 to 7% attack by a multiplicity of germs. 6 to 82 "This danger is minimized, however, 7 to 86 | by quarantine, but it sometimes mar 8 to 84 | terfalizes by contact with carriers, 9 to 10 p.m. 57 | ambulatory patients and in homes in 10 to 11 p.m. 64 | which children or even adults come 11 to 12 p.m. 47 | into contact with tuberculous patients. Not stated 3 | It may also happen when a person 5 ---- | drinks or eats highly Totals woven wees 17,681 993 | water or food. 7 In order to understand the true| "Evidence indicates, ever, that "significance of the ubove compilation it would be necessary to have figures showing density of traffic at the hours indicated. But the relationship of in- adequate lighting to highway acel Incidentally, it would be interesting to know to what an extent the drink- ing driver is responsible for the acci- dents after midnight. The proportion dawn as shown in the tabl. above, ap- pears to demand some other: explana- tion than insufficient electric illumina- In any event, the Electrical News has rendered a real service in present- ing the results of this research to the . Obsolete Ships Scrapped Hamburg. -- German ship-owning concerns are thinning out their fleets, sending vessels upward of 12 years names that were well known on the The Hamburg-American Line Is scrapping about 100,000 tons, includ- 'The Hamburg-Sudamerika, Line is Argentina, Villa- garcia, Santa Fe, Bilbao and Santa Teresa. The Hansa Line is scrap ping several - of "its old, 5000-ton Groom Rowed to Wedding Following an old custom, G. W. N. Ramsay, wearing the uniform of the Atholl Highlanders, was rowed across the tidal waters of Loch Etive from Achnacloich to Argylshire, Scotland, to meet his bride, Miss Maryel Camp- bell-Preston, The wedding was then golemnized in the historic Archattan chiefs and guests representative of i "The most serious aspect.of uness- ding reception-was held in the old . priory refectory, where King Robert | ployment distress is the possible of " the Btuce, held the last Scottisn| fects on health, particularly of child 'parliament. «JEN. Undernourishment, overcrowd : ing of living-quarters and a shortage EE tii i iif 2 germs. Colds and pneumonia are partice = larly good illustrations of discisof - : which await the invitation of humaas present nearly all the time. = "By breathing polluted air, by 7 - ing a onesided and undernourishing ee diet, by living for most of the winter ' and an incubator for disease germs. "Epidemic menigitis is another dis ease that usually requires an invite 200, bear Far | 2 § ! § : Bel- erous enough to make exposure rather dis-| common. the Sey-| every man, woman and child can take his or her choice in the risk of can decide for it or himself how many > and how extensive will be the epi demic outbreaks of this winter. "Every form of epidemic disease which the winter will bring fs now < or that person will be sick is largely a question of whether 6r not the body will be able to resist ay attack. 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