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orig CANADA City Vandals T 'An outraged Summer cottager draws attention to the indecent liberties which many city motorists take with other people's property in the country. Too many urban dwellers, devoid of good manners and common sense, de- vote the Sabbath to excursions into the surrounding countryside and to de- vastating raids upon the woods and fields and lake shores where they picnic and carry on their frolics. In the in- stance complained of a group of men, women and children tore up shrubs and flowers, broke the branches of trees, and no doubt littered the neigh- borhood with empty cans, waste paper and other refuse. Such vandals are beyond the law and surely also beyond the pale--Toronto Mail and Empire. Burning $10,000,000 a Year Figures compiled by the Forest Ser- vice of the Department of the Interior show that the annual forest-fire loss in Canada for the ten year period 1922- 81 was $10,000,000. It is something that appals. Canada's forests are among the richest of her heritages, and the fact that we, the trustees of that heritage, should be sending it up in smoke at the rate of $10,000,000 a year, is a blot upon our capacity as a people. The melancholy aspect of it all is that most of this fire-loss is the result of indifference, of a carelessness that will not heed warnings or educa- tional propaganda.--Ottcwa Journal, The Difference 'Women, according to a trade survey, buy twice as many shoes as men. But, you see, a man can wear a pair of blue socks without finding it necessary to wear blue shoes.--Border Cities Star, An Explorer Honored A distinguished Canadian, Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, received honor at Kingston in the award of the Flavelle Medal at the hands of the Royal Society of Canada, The Flavelle Medal is given annually to the Canadian whose achievements the society considers have been the most important and significant. (One of the previous awards was to Mr, C. BE. Saunders, the discoverer of Marquis wheat, which revolutionized the date of harvest and the volume of the Western crop. Mr. Tyrrell has won high tributes the American Geological Society, and from the Geological Society of London, the University of Toronto. His early academic career was interrupted by an illness which compelled him to live in the open air, and which changed the course of his life. From 1881 he spent seventéen years in exploration work in Alberta, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories, his work taking him into the Yukon at the time of the famous gold rush. Since his return to Toronto, in 1906, he has spent many years as a consult- Ing engineer, in which capacity he was a forcemul advocate of the investment of British capital in the natural re- sources of Canada. As President of the Kirkland Lake Gold Mines he is an im- portant executive in the development of the Northland, but in scientific and literary circles he is revered for his studies and elucidation of the early explorations in Canada by David Thompson, Samuel Hearne, and other pathfinders whose services to Canada are all too little known.--Toronto Globe. A Surprise An East' Williams farmer called us bp the other day and asked us if we were not surprised to hear that one of liis Black Minorca pullets had just laid an egg measuring 8% inches from tip to tip and 6% inches With chest ex- panded. We certainly are. We were nder the impression that the Black inorcas were a group of islands. -- Ailsa Craig Banner, No More Jails No more jails are to be built in Aus- tralia. They are to have prison honor gamps instead," where convicts, who. have been graded according to intelli- gnce, will be given useful work and ample food. This is a far gry from the pld convict settlement an Bay nd is heartening evidence of the pro gress-being made in the work of re- fuming for human society those who ave offended against the law.--Char-, ottetown Guardian, Foolish Flying « Australia has the right attitude to- ards foolhardy and vainglorious fly- gts. They became such a nuisance, getting lost in the Australian desert ble and expense, that flying over the fitorior of the island continent with- Pit Permission has been prohibited. uing such permission, the must ha "Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large I vantage. gud having to be rescued at great trou- THE EMPIRE Australia and! the Ottawa Agreements | Up to the present the Ottawa agree- ment has brought Australia no disad- The building of new fac. tories and the general improvement in manufacturing production are amongst the best signs of returning prosperity. Industrial stocks on the share market are stronger and more buoyant than they have been since adversity swept over us.--Melbourne Herald, Lord Willingdon and India No one can doubt that the present Viceroy is a real friend to true Indian nationalism. It is not that he regards it as a moyement to which conzessions must be made, because it is there and ig growing, but which is regreftable in itself. On the contrary, like many other Englishmen, he evidently re- gards it as a fine thing in itself, which Britain can be proud that she has had a share in producing, It is the weak- ness, not the strength, of Indian na- tionalism, which such Englishmen de- plore. To love a common Motherland, to wish it to be great and prosperous, united internally, at peace with other countries, admired and respected abroad,, and administering its own at- fairs, these are surely true thoughts for every Indian, and these are thoughts which self-respecting Eng- lishmen would wish to see grow in the youth of a country for which history has given them such a strange re- sponsibility. Given a recognition of that spirit on both sides, even the poorest constitution would work.--Cal- cutta Statesman, "British Settlers Fof Canada" If the British people are to find a way in this new time, they must seek a much closer relationship with the Continent of North America. Such a relationship to Canada as we here sug- gest will add the strongest physical bonds to those already formed by a common language and a peculiar cul: ture. The distance across the Atlantic becomes ever less important. I be. lieve it possible, and necessary, to ce- ment this union by the strongest sort of economic union. Behind Britain is the European Continent. Before her is North America. With her working «class and her intellectuals constantly merging with those of North America, the future relationship would seem to be very natural. Discussions of this tendency need not long befog the un. derstanding. North America is not going to overwhelm Britain as a whale swallows a small fish; yet Britain and North America are likely to evolve a new sort of international relationship. The strongest bond of that connection will be the British settlement of,Can- alla.--Dr. Frank Bohn in The National Review (London). THE UNITED STATES Roosevelt's Year Each new occupant of the White House knows very well that he is never likely to be so strong politically as during the first twelve months of his term of office. The nation is ex- pectant; there is a universal feeling that wishes him well; he has enough political favours to grant and appoint: ments to distribute to keep his follow- ers compliant and to make it worth while for Congressmen to stand well with the White House; and, above all, the hope never dies down in the eter- nally resilient Amarican breast that a new President means a new era and better times, In Mr, Roosevelt's case all these favouring factors are magni- fied. and multiplied, first, by the fact that both Houses of Congress are im- pregnably held by his own party; secondly, by the ever-widening range and severity of the.crisis that has brought him to power; and thirdly, by the impression already made upon the public mind by his personality and his : acts.--Alfred Bossom in The National Review (London), Branch Banks Ther must be branch banking on a wide scale, as in England and Canada. There must be a single national bank- ing system, rigorously supervised. Only after, such a reformation has been accomplished can there be seri- ous discussion of a guarantee of de- posits--and then it would be unneces- sary, for failures would be negligible. --New York Herald-Tribune, Lighter Light Bills The cost of illuminating a ballroom in Philadelphia with candles for the celebration of Washington's Birthday in 1817 was $150, while now the same amount of light would cost 50 cents. Electricity seems to have considerably lightened the light bill. -- Christian Sclence Monitor, , Futures of Skyscrapers Population and industrial trends in: dicated in the census reports are now recognized by one professor particu- larly affected. William Orr Ludlow, of the American Institute of Architects, sees the skyscraper era at an end and! the time of smaller cities, widespread | suburban communities and decentral-- ized Judishéy, at hand, -- New York Bening, Britain Signs Two More Agreements Pacts With Norway and Swed- en Widen Market for British Coal London.--On May 15 the United Kingdom signed trade agreements with Norway and Sweden, bringing the total of such new pacts to five within a few weeks, The two new- est treaties, like those with Den- mark and Germany, provided for in- creased, exports of British coal which, officials estimate, will reach 4,000, 000 tong annually to the four signa- tory countries. The agreement specifies that Nor- way and Sweden take 1,600,000 tons of British coal.annually. in return for certain concessions thought "to involve reduction of duties on some Scandinavian products imported in- to the Uniteq Kingdom, Guarantee of a 2,500,000-ton market for British coal in Denmark and Germany was the United Kingdom's chief gain in treaties with those countries, In its other mew trade pact, that with the Argentine, the United King- dom undertook to give the South American republic concessions in chilled and frozen meats, her chief exports, in return for a guarantee that Britain's _ frozen peso credits would be liquidated gradually by changes in Argentine exchange re- gulations, The United Kingdom also got a promise that duties on her exports to the Argentine would be lowered as far as possible to the level prevailing in 1930, 'The statue Moscow's May Day. of Lenin In the Soviet capital is "decorated for the huge © "tiod staged by Russian Wor ; 4 ° : : -- An explosion of illuminating gas did this to a tenement in Pitts- burg. More than 20 people were injured, while one is missing, men attributed it to escaping gas from a main, "}lems arising out 6f the present eco- _| force for several years and was origin- '| and fewer births, Fire- Former Rhodes Scholars Plan June Reunion 150: American. and Canadian Winners to Attend Gath- ering at Swarshmore Swarthmore, Pa.--The first United States reunion of Canadian and Amer- ican Rhodes scholars will be held at Swarthmore College on June 4 to 6, beginning the day before college commencement, Newton D. Baker and Sir Francis Wylie will be the feature speakers at the activities at which 150 former Rhodes sdholars and their wives are expected tobe present, Sira Francis Wylie, ins addition to delivering the commencement ad- dress on June 5, will be tendered a dinnr the same evening in the col: lege dining hall. He will give the impressions he has received from his wide contacts with Rhodes scholars, especially on his recent world tour. Until July, 1931, he was Oxford secre- tary to the Rhodes trustees, Two of the visiting Rhodes schol- ars, now distinguished In their*fields, will be contributors to the graduat- ing exercises of the college, in addl- tion to Sir Francis, Willard Sperry, the first Rhodes scholar from Michl- gan, will delivep 'the baccalaureate sermon on June 4. Mr, Sperry was formerly Hibbert lecturer at Oxford, and is now dean of the Theological School at Harvard, Another mem- ber of the first group of Rhodes men, C. ¥, Tucker Brooke, of West Vir- ginla, will deliver the Phi Peta Kappa address. Mr. Brooke is now a pro- fessor of English at Yale, The two conferences have been arranged for June 6, At the first of these, the methods of selection of Rhodes scholars will be discussed. The new method which has been In ally worked out through the efforts of Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore, provides for selections overlapping state boundaries, The other conference will be con- cerned with the international prob- nomic crisis, Mr, Baker will be-the principal speaker at this conference, reueflins Less Marriages -- More _ : . Divorces in France Fewer marriages, more divorces, are recorded in the povisional 'vital statistics issued by the French authorities for 1932, _~ To offset the decline in the num- ber of births, there {s a decrease in the number of: deaths, although the decline in the deaths of babies un-|{: der 12 months fs megligible, there being only 267 fewer deaths of child- ren within that age mi pared with 1981. "The 8 teres on a six-point pro- 2558 ; Di gram to be worked out at the World Economic Conference in London was made known Friday by Senator Pit- man, who has been appointed to the American delegatioh, preliminary White House tions with spokesmén of 11 nations entered their final stages! of and the monetary policy being pi 'pared for agreement at London took on greater clarity, The six pots to which Pittman sald all the nations cousilied "had agreed were: Ye 1, That the price of sliver should be reasonably raised and substafl- tially stabilized, 2. That the silver question: is a part of the general problem of cur- rency stabilization. ¥ J 3. That governments should agres'| "to abandon the policy and practice of debasing and melting up silver. 4. That the fineness of debased |. coins should be restored as rapidly as practicable,' 5, That so far as posable there should be a large use of silver ag a base for currency issues, 6, That tariffs and other obstruc- tions to a free movement of silver should he lowered 'or eliminated. Silver May Solve Problem Alter Prime Minister R, B, Ben- velt"s economic conversations Hon. Charles McCrea, Ontario's Minister of Mines, on behalf of the Canadian Government, conferred wity United States and Mexican officials on the silver question, State department officials who have been working with Pittman on the problem pointed - in asserting that If the status of silver can be definitely improved, many of the other problems of the conference will be automatically solved and its success assured, Bacon, Ham Largest i Exports of Meat 'Ottaws. -- Bacori and ham consti- tuted the larger part of the meat ex- ports of Canada in April last, accord- ing to a report issued by the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics. Out of a total export value of $461,760, bacon and hams accounted for $398,326, against $199,191 for the correspond- ing month last year. The volume of that commodity ex- ported last month was 3,817,400] pounds, compared with 1,846,600 for the same month in 1932. Canned meat exported last month $9,820, compared with 12,676 pounds with a value of $2,473 in April last year, } ------ es Roosevelt In Office Eleven Weeks Enacts Major Laws 'Washington. -- The by President Hoover, was the eighth major law put intp effect in the eleven weeks he has been fice. fleld to date: Emergency hank legislation, government economy, = farm employment relief, valley-Muscle Shoals development, i fp ett: . Ends Air Tour a Game lag el provisional tistics, based| oh slams rom 0 estan ar : nett had attended President Roose- amounted to 67,271 pounds valued at os Valley Developmnt Act, just signed in of- The major accomplishments of the: administration in the domestic Re- forestation Act, legalization of beer, 'relief, currency control, Wagner direct un- and Tennesseo a laring that 'with all that it in which is separable from the rest of the economic machinery, but is mere- ly a cog in the wheel and a néces- sary part of the whole, he continued, Advertising, linked with Mg prod: things, the necessities 'of and luxuries of life, which should be avail- able to every-one, from those who pro- Advertising of the right "essential element in this process." He urged that manufacturers a sellers make every effort to allow the consumer to get the most for every dollar he spends and suggested that the best way to. do this would be through low unit costs and dow unit profits. "The problem of the advertiser in these days is not to make people want to buy," he continued. "Who doubts that the consumer wants to buy bet- ter clothing. better housing, better food, a higher standard of living all around?" The. problem is to enable people to buy. I maintain deliberately! and with no sense of paradox that this is precisely what advertising ought to do and what advertising can do." Mr. Filene envisage the future in most optimistic terms. "Looking "ahead," he said, "I gee a possible ne which is incomparably brighter. I sée mass distribution | linked with mass production--an en- richment of individual life, a gain in leisure, in enjoyment, in' freedom of choice, in liberation "from = anxiety. The machine is not enslaying man- kind. Man is enslaving the machine, and in so doing setting himself free, " --_-- Working in Field Finds Coin of 1600 Guelph, Ont--Working in a field which had not been plowed for nine years, George "Boreham of Guelph Township discovered a five-shilling piece struck around 1600. Despite an offer by an expert on numismatics, Boreham intends to keep the ancient coin. > -- ep British Columbia Taxes ~~ "Meals Above 50 Cents Victoria, B.C.--The British Colum: 'bia Government has imposed its new tax on all public meals costing 650 cents and more, according to ~ the following schedule, just issued: 8 cents on meals from 65 to 80 sents: 6 cents between 85 cents and $1; 6 cents between $1.05 and $1.20; 7 cents between $1.25 and $1.40; 8 cents between $1.46 and $1.60; 9 cents be- tween $166 and $1.80; and 10 cents) between $1.85 and $2. 'The revenue from this tax will be used for hospital purposes, to replace grants which the Government form- erly gave these institutions, mare eae of Agriculture. ighter, Says Swanson Regina. --Wheat is now well on the road to recovery and prospects for im. proved agricultural. prices are much brighter, Prof, W. W. Swanson, pro- fesgor of economics, Universily of Sas- katchewan, told the Social Service Couneil here. Ultimate restoration 'of prosperity in the West depended upon much bet: ter prices for farm products, he de- clared, but the improved situation in regard to wheat was a hopeful sign. He suggested the council might con sider crop insurance and the devising of a new scheme of co-operation simi- 'lar to that. now in vogue in Denmark. per an.um, while & about 1,600 less brood sows than were five years ago, when the ; Tay fo ad ova gh pr i The announcement was made as| 'has m. | ports of forest products in Cana estimated as equivalent to 11,670,928 Eas ors actory." 7 Advertising is not a distinct step| mal ng equivalent to 6,143,706 cubic feet of ea. ued at $141,123,930, The vol consumed in the Dominion is laced at 2,171,108,183 cuble feet and eo volume of exports at 146,706,451 : cubic feet of standing timber. - Home consumption in 1931 is valued at $129, 198,337 and exports at $12,913,608. Im- da are cube feet with a value of $988,105. Measured by value pulpwood headed the list for the Dominion in 1931 with over $61,000,000. Pulpwood also head- ed the list for value in the Provinces lof Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Que- bec and Ontario. Firewood came sec- ond in the list for value in the Do- minion with a total exceeding $44,000,- 000 and was the most valuable item of forest production in the Provinces of Prince Edward Island, Manitoba; Sas- katchewan and Alberta. Logs and bolts, with a total of over $32,000,000, came third on the list for the Do- minfon as a whole, and headed the list in British Columbia. Hewn railway ties at over $4,000,000, poles at vver $3,000,000, and posts at over $1, 000,000 were among the other more valuable: items of production. Comparing forest products on the basis of equivalent standing timber, firewood occupied first position in 1931 * 'for the Dominion as a whole and form- ed the most important item in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Mani. toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. It came second in Nova Scotia, New . Brunswick and British Columbia. Pulp wood was the next most important ftem 'in regard to volume. It headed the list in 1931 in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and came second in Quebec, Ontario apd Manitoba and third in British Colum- bia. Logs and bolts ranked next, com- ing first in British Columbia, second in Prince Edward Island and third in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebee, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta. Other foresg products 'in order of importance from the volume" standpoint are hewn railway ties, which came second in Saskatchewan and Alberta, posts which cathe third in Saskatctiewan, rails which came' third in Prine Bd ward Island, these being followed im order of volume by poles, round min- ing timber, wood for _Qistillation, and square timber. Reports received from about 890 of the more important logging concerns account for about a third of the esti mated cut. Using these:reports as a basis, it has been estimated that operations in the woods in Canada fm * 1931 involved the investment of $198, 000,000 in logging equipment, most of. 'which is employed in British Columbia, where power logging has reached ita highest development, The logging operations are estimated to give em- ployment for a part of the year to more than 52,000 men,*and to distri bute over $37, 000,000 in wages and salaries. The largest numbers: of em- ployees were reported from. British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec in the order named. eee fe Historic Bell Homestead Menaced by River Erosion Brantford.--The historic Bell home- stead where Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone is in danger ot sliding down the banks of.the Grand River, according to reports of the Brantford Parks Board last week. ' River erosion and a bed of quicksand menace the homestead site. The On- tario Government spent $20,000 in driv- + ing piles and placing groynes in the gineers had. submitted r i tions. The clay "bed, however, gests on quicksand, and is showing sigiis of giving i and Jaking the Lit, -