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"Voice of Canada, The Empire and The World at Large ress the P ! CANADA HOPEFUL, It seems a hard thing to believe, but from many sources there is evi- dence of returning prosperity. In keeping with the age, it is coming in fnstallpients, and so far the install ments are not much felt. But it is a good thing to keep a stiff upper lip end a hopeful heart.-- (Petrolia Ad- vertiser Topic.) BREVITY IN SPEECH. Much may be said for the statement made by Judge Hawley Mott when questioned by a reporter recently in Bowmanville as to the reason that he only spoke for 80 minutes at the Wo- men's Canadian Club. Judge Mott said that any man should be able to express all he has to say in 30 min- utes, and if he could nct then he should not rise to speak. Some men are notoriously long-winded in an ad- dress, so long-winded in fact, that by the time they have concluded their talk the chances are ten to one that the audience have completely forgot- ten the first part of his remarks.-- (Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville.) ECONOMY AT SEA. So rapidly has post-war ship design developed that a modern 40,000-ton liner costs less to run to Montreal than a 20,000-ton 30-year-old rival. ~-- (London Saturday Review.) WOMEN IN INDUSTRY. To want to establish an inflexible rule and to deny women the right to eu:n their daily bread is a lot of non- sense; 'to pretend that replacing wo- men by men in industry would allow the men to support their homes is an- other of those utopian theories which will not hold water, just as it is un- true to say that the majority of wo- men sfek employment as a hobby, to satisfy their taste for luxury and to be independent of men. The reverse in fact is true, for, in the majority of cases, the woman works because she needs to, of necessity, because the con- ditions of modern cxistence compel her to do so.--(Le Monde Ouvrier, Mon- treal.) 'LEARNING A NEW TRICK. Just when farm boys rre adept at adjusting carburetors, the old horse stages a comeback and you've got to learn to knot a halter.-- (Winnipeg Tribune.) IT HAD TO COME. There's a gal in old Kentucky who fs deserving of a general vote of thanks, if not a public memcrial. She is suing for $10,000 a vaudeville per- former, who left the stage during the performance, ambied along the aisle and crooned to her, In her statement of claim she declares she was humili- et. ' and embarrassed and that her health was affected as a result.-- (Hamilton Spectator.) THE UNFINISHED WORLD. In 1834, a current magazine article roveals, an official of the United States patent office resigned because "Everything possible had been in- vented." Since this gentleman left his post it the smug belief that the world was » finished product, the worll's brains have invented the sewing machine, the typewriter, the electric locomotive, the air brake, wireless telgraphy, internal combustion engines, aeroplanes, cash rogisters, incandescent lamps, motion pictures and about a million and a half other devices which we now con- s.der commonplace, -- (Vancouver Sun.) . WITH BARZD HEADS. From time to time there are pic- tures in Toronto papers showing peenes at the funerals of prominent fit or again it may be some pub- ec function outdoors such as the open- ng of a new building. The people appear to be well and comfortably dressed as a rule, that is If there is any comfort in a silk hat for a man. Often, though, it is no- Aiced that many stand with bared heads in coldvweather. They do so as # mark of respect. The same thing is done in nearly every other place. Whether all these people can do so - safely is something we do not know; . fact we have doubts. We do not believe the "person to whom the honor 8 being paid, were he able to make his x be bared by elderly people in old weather, In many cases it is a Bure way to invite a cold and possible : re illness.-- (Stratford Beacon- erald.) . -- THE 'EMPIRE GOLD AND THE CONFERENCE. The report of the experts on the agenda for the World Economic Con- ference confirms all the worst expec- tations. If 'the experts have their way, it is not to be a Conference to deyise ways and means of emerging from the economic depression. It is to be a Conference to devise ways and means of forcing the whole world back upon the gold standard. From first to last these experts have approached the problems, not from the point of view of the workers, not from the point of view of the indust:ialists, but from that of the financiers--of the money-lenders. Unless there is quick and effective protest, the World Econ- omic Conference is going to be little more than a new and international "bankers' ramp."--(London Daily Herald.) LORD WILLINGDON'S RULE, The law-abiding section of the com- munity, Indian and European, owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to Lord Willingdon for the manner in which he has succéeded in restoriug the sym- reeset eetese | ahead under full steam. Just after taking off from the British aircraft carrier Furious, during annual exercises off the north coast of Africa en route to Malta. An unusual view of the giant carrier, while she is speeding bols of law and order that had b so dreadfully defaced during the rule of his predecessor.-- (Calcutta Eng- lishman.) BLOOD THICKER THAN WATER. The cordiality that should exist be- tween these two English-speaking na- tions--Great Britain and America-- should be sponsored as much as pos- sible, but cordiality must ba promoted by correct information, and both sides must work to disseminate such infor- mation. The best agents, of course, will bé the leading statesiren of both countries. Will Mr. Roosevelt take the initiative in this work ia America? -- (Kingston (Jamaica) Gleaner.) BRITISH FILMS IN TRINIDAD. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are eager buyers of British pictures. Canada, as a film distribu- tion centre, Itas hitherto seemed vir- tually identical with the United States, but British films are triumphing here too. The significance of Trinidad's acceptance of British films is thus] seen, The distributing organization responsible for winning the co-opera- tion of our local cinema owners are on the threshold of entering the entire West Indian market. This, we under- stand, will be the greatest colonial conquast made by the British indus- try. It must be the beginning of one more step in encircling the entire British-speaking areas of the Empire to cater for the major portion of their requirements in cinema entertainment, -- (Trinidad Guardian). HOARDING IN INDIA. Those who persist in believing that all India still "hoards" precious metals and does not put them to any prag- tical use have proof of their mistake right under their eyes. As Sir George Schuster mentioned, the improvement in sales of Post Office Cash Certifi- cetes indicates that some part of the proceeds of gold sales is being convert- ed into other forms of investment even by the smallest class of investor, Then, too, the maintenance of the im- port trade is only explained by the fact that some part of the profits from gold sales is being used for current expenditure, " As a large profit has been, and is being, made on sales of gold, it cannot be said that the util- ization of that profit for current needs is equivalent to eating up the savings or capital of the people; the capital value of the original invest- ment remains intact.-- (Bombay Times of India.) GOLD AND WAR DEBTS. The inevitable return to some form of gold standard fo:* all countries has come appreciably nearer in the last few weeks; but it is equally clear that no stabilization of currencies can be achieved while the war debts remain, with the implied necessity for the periodical transfer of huge amounts of gold from one country to another, --(The Melbourne Argus.) y ee ee Sinclair Lewis Advocates Cancellation of War Debt London.--Sinclair Lewis, the writ- er, arriving here from the continent, proclaimed that Anglo-American friendship could save the world from a new war. / Lewis, professing a new-found af- fection for Great Britain, declared his belief that "modern civilization is a heritage worth keeping," and a con- tention that "the only countries which have a chance of retaining it are Am- erica and Great Britain" Lewis, in an interview with the cancellation of the war debts as "simply a matter of good business-- not sentiment." : Air Shuttle Service Planned Chicago.--Alir-traveling : visitors to the Century of Progress Exposition here this summer may be "set down" Daily Express, advocated outright]: Campbell Says Speed Contests Develop Auto British Racer States Valuable Lessons Learned Are Most Useful in Improving Models of Future Daytona Beach, Fla.--Mctor speed contests develop the automobile just as horse racing improves tke breed, in the opinion of Sir Malcolm Camp- bell. "I have often been asked," the Brit- ish racer said, "what is the use of attempting these high speeds, but the answer /is easy. Unless we progress we shall soon come to a standstill, and when this occurs we would imme- diately go backward. "The lessons learn are most valu- able, and, although the man in the street has no wish to travel at a speed of 200 miles an hour, yet in the course ¢" time he benefits by information that is compiled, since a great deal of knowledge can be utilized in the tour- ing car of tomorrow. * "We should never have possessed the powerful four-wheel brakes of to- day had not the racing car of yester- day developed this most important factor, and undoubtedly tle tires of today owe a lot of lessons learned in the past by strains and stresses which racing has imposed on them." Tu:ning to a discussion of automo- bile record attempts, Sir Malcolm ex- pained the governing factors at pres- ent are tires and condition of the course, "Regarding tires," he said, "as we progress, so will they become more efficient and will be made to stand ter- rific strains and stresses to which they 'are subjected when these high speeds are attempted. And, natur- ally, it is only possible to achieve high speed under the most favorable con- ditions of the course." --e----p An auto trip across the United States from Jersey City of Oakland was made in 86 hours and 20 min- utes elapsed time, 0.A.C. Short Courses Packed With Practical Usefulness Amazed at the amount of 'practical information which she has picked up in the ten-day short course in Farm Power, a- woman who is operating a 150-acre farm in Norfolk County has has decided to return next week to attend two or three 'other short courses in which she is confident that she can get many practical ideas which will be helpful to her in the management of her home farm. "l am glad that there are so many people taking advantage of these short courses, but after going through one 'of them 'and thus realizing its practical value, I am surprised that there are not five times as "many people in attendance." She is just one of many who are having similar experience at the On- tario Agricultural College this win- ter. In all, there are 218 men and Wo- men, young and old, taking advant- age of the various short courses which are under way at the present time. Two or three othef courses of different kinds will open in the near future and these will undoubt- edly bring a number more to take ad- vantage of what is being offered by the College in these special winter courses, ne World Conference, Debts, Trade Whether the Conference meets or not, this monstrosity of the Great War is. now clearly at an end, writes George Glasgow in the Contemporary Review. No political force can longer keep it going. No more political debt payments will be made. If the poli- ticians of the world cannot agree to 'lower tariffs and thus to remove a gi- gantic barrier to trade; if the United States and France cannot agree to unloosen their hoards of gold which make the working of the gold stand- ard impossible; then the wit of man and his innate resource for acclimatiz- ing himself to any conditions will force him to resume his normal work in spite of the politicians and their tar- iffs and without the help of the gold standard; and experience suggests that he will succeed in doing so. Off To French Indo China | He said that it is the development confessional of autobiography: sustains him in hig life of hazar 'adventure. The facts of his : ments most of us already know; have" become flying history. + Mr. J. A. Mollison's "Death Cometh Soon or Late" is an illuminating as well as thrilling narrative because reveals the mind and emotions of courageous record-beater who flew from Australia to England, from Eng- land to the Cape, scross the Atlantic from east to west, and from England to Brazil, apart from War service in Waziristan and general test-pilot work which involved grave if less spectacu- lar risks, : :; To-day's the Day ol _ First, then, his outlook on life. It is, he confesses, "lamentably hedonis- tic," taking little or no thought for the morrow; but one which takes cogniz- ance of the present and the near fu- ture, and finds the years to come be- yond its range, Is, I believe, ideally adapted to anyone who takes adven- ture for his goal . . . my outlook on lite in fact is fairly adequately sum- med up in the words of a recently popular song, "To-morrow the skies may be'grey, I dare say, but not to- day." ¥ This lone fiyer can also truly say of himself; ety 1 am never more happy than when in a crowd. My own ionshi quickly begins to pall. , , . On my long flights I have to drive continually on my nerves, singing, muttering and reciting poetry to myself to vary the monotony of loneliness. Not for me is the ideal contemplation of the true philosopher: my feelings can neyer pursue a level course. When I am left alone to think I only know the moods of ecstasy and depression. The airman who takes riske with his life is frightened to give free rein to meditations on the future, Because of an element of laziness within him, he adds, which whispers of the joys of security in routine, che day. his nerves will cease to rule him and his imagination will forsake him. Then. "I shall become a contented bore. All that I think worth while will die that day." The Ship At Night It is deeply interesting, psychologi- cally, to watch this cast of mind in action during the most crucial phases of his flights; We see grim courage and resource, but no Olympian indif- ference, no easy fatalism. Mollison lives to the utmost every successive moment, whether it be of trial or triumph. Everything that is happen- ing within and without his cabin im: pinges on his mind with instant force. When, on the flight from Australia, for instance, he espled a brilliantly lighted ship about 120 miles-out from Batavia, I somehow felt I must not leave it. I circled round it two or three times, while the passengers on deck gazed at me, The night was very dark, and it was a wrench to leave the only link wiih existence I saw that night. I pressed on, grateful for the clear weather, but beginning to Ford Sees Bright . Future Nearing Magnate Says Machine Age Has Barely Started as Yet New York--The New York Times recently published under a Detroit dateline a copyrigltted interview with Henry Ford in which the automobile manufacturer declared that these are not bad times but good ones, and that we are on the threshold of an incon- ceivably bright future. v | of machines which will bring the bright new era and he smilingly d missed technocracy. ¢ "Technocracy sems to be misnam- ed," he said. I see little evidence of technical experience in it. Its diag- nosis of present conditions is partly correct, but when it assumes that pre- sent. conditions are permanant, when it forgets the fluid and progressive elements in life, it simply goes on the rocks. » ay "The machine age is barely started In the real machine thoughts and feelings in s of | crisis, and the mental outonk with average deposits of 60 pesos is-| amount now on deposit, 90,793,381 | worst of Newfoundland fogs, he could not see even the tips of his | wings: -- * 1 uld only. press on, straining my eyes in vain, hoping against hope that all would be well. My.head ached, and 1 began to feel physically sick. The 'length of the crossing was telling on me, and I felt the drowsy numbness that I had experienced so often in my earlier flights beginning to attack me with ever-increasing force. Thus I flew on, philosophically resigned to the worst, but still hopng faintly That a miracle might happen that would see me through. ' Scotch Economy The miracle did happen, and he com- pleted the flight at a cost, it is estl- mated, of only £10 6s, 3d, for petrol and 168, for engine oil--a fact which induced an American editor to re- mark: "Took a Scotchman like Molli- son to do it economecally. Wait, now, till Harry Lauder flies from Edinburgh to New York for sixpence!" . Mr. Mollison does not pretend that his outlook enables him to take seri- ous defeat philosophically. At his first attempt to fly from Australia to Efigland his machine failed to clear telegraph poles bordering his taking- oft ground and was wrecked. Next morning I awoke in black despair. It was the worst day of my life, Oaths that I never suspectéd I knew came crowding to my lips as I lay thinking of thecdisaster.", . . I lay for hours, and cursed myself for my bravado in taking off with a full complement of petrol. . . . I blamed the mechanic. . +. 1 blamed everything and every- body, but in-my heart I knew that I had only myself to blame. Mr. Mollison traces the spirit of ad- venture in hmself to his grandfathor, a Glasgow man who became an office in the Turkish navy. It was first aroused in the direction of aviaton, he says, by Claude Grahame-White's car- ly book, "With the Airmen," and his machine was the first young Mollison ever saw in flight, When the Great War came he realized his ambition by joining the R.A.F., and bombing work on the Indian frontier laid the founda- tions of a distinguished areer. "Death Cometh Soon or Late." But, luckily, not sufficiently soon to prevent Mr. Mollison writing a book which is a superb gest 2 of deflance in the face of danger and a beckoning to achievement and adventure. 3 than anything the world Las known before." ; . Ford talked enthusiastically about his program to restore prosperity to the farmer by teaching him to pro- duce other commodities besides food- stuffs and of a system of decentral- ized industry, in which small, self- contained communities scattered over Buenos Aires,--The Argentine Pos- tals Savings Bank continues to ba popular, especially. among school chil- dren in the country districts for whom special facilities were provided when the bank was established in 1905, Te- day the bank has.1,628,506 depositors ($12), Slightly more than half the pesos, is interest that has accrued on the savings, There are 5,145 branches of the bank, of which 3,712 are in schools and 1,432 in post offices. y mere Qc - Second Trade Trip Here ~ Glasgow, Scotland.--Scottish busi- ness men, it ia reportad have steps to organize a second trade mis- to eastern Canadian ports of the floating industrial -exhibition aboard the steamer Letitia. ; pa have decreased. 'in the first Canada exported 130,960 'Empire countries while in the second | bait she exported 162,041 million feet. : Auto Industfy Booms "The automobile industry is Canadian industry which is more activity owing to increasing mar kets in Empire countries. The index for employment in industries manufac- turing automobiles and parts stood at 57.9 in January as ¢dmpared with 56.9 in January, 1932, and 60.9 in December last. Exports of vehicles to countries within the Empire in the first half of 1932 amounted to $1,022,090 and in the second half of the year to $3,466,169. Great Britain was the principal Em- pire country to import Canadian-made vehicles and it increased purchases from $184,471 in the first half of the year to $948,734 in the last half. Exports of vehicles to British South Africa increased in this period from $217,298 . ta $658,689; those to Aus- tralia increased from $132,625 to $5659, 747, and those of New Zealand fro $31,298 to $207,142." : U. S. Publisher Leaves Fortune To Mankind Denver, Colo.--Frederick G. Bonfils, one of the last.of the personal journal ists dedicated his tremendous fortune to the betterment of mankind. The publisher, who died Feb. 2, left almost all his estate, including the . Denver Post, to the Frederick G. Bon- fils Foundation for the advancement of the welfare of mankind. The amount of the fortune was not "revealed, but it has been estimated at from $10,000,000 to $60,000,000. He placed no limits on the execu: tors. He wanted only that the foun: | dation be used so that it would "result in better homes, better schools, better and more intelligent people and healthier and happier .conditions of lite." Already a fund of $100,000 Las been established under the foundation te provide college educations for 100 girls and boys of the Rocky Mountain re gion, y 5A A special fund has been set aside as a reward for the scientists who dis. cover a cure for cancer, or a cure for tubereulosis, Other rewards are speci fled under the terms of the foundation for anyone who discovers a cure for other specified diseases. The arts, physical or moral sciences, sociology, education, and philosophy come within the scope of the founda. tion as Bonfils planned it, iar i Harbingers of Spring Long before I found the first dat fodil, nodding her yellow hedd be neath an oak tree, I knew that spring was not far away. I had awaken ed one sunny Saturday morning te the country will i {find our usually secluded street alive oy will ba te wis with roller skaters--and what, a Postal Savings Popular laughing, shouting lot they were! A wind which would have done. credit to March was blowing, and two small boys raced up and down, em- deavoring to loft: a rebellious kite to the skies. I could not help ad- 'miring their taste in kites. This one was such a jolly red, and bore a bold, modernistic design in black; which, although rather amateurishly done would be sure to look well from a distance. Hven as I watched, the kite jerked itself upward, flapping yards of raggedy tail behind ft. Shouts accompanied its flight: --"Let 'er out! Let ter out! 'Give, 'er more 1" . Another window afforded a "view of the bird bath, and here, to my sur: prise, 1 saw a cardinal drinking thi him gravely from her in the 'slon to Canada to follow up success |china tree. In a moment his sweet trill mingled with the shouts. of the skaters in the street. Children ana birds, I reflected, are the trae har 'million feet of planks and boards ta another | showing , while his mate watched: