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» • *«-•-»•«• •♦♦♦♦•-•â- < ^oice of the Press Canada. Dip F.mplre and The World at Ijirge CANADA Started the Ruih Cigarettes v».;ii« for sali; f'lr y««ri4 bofori' till) inarmfuilurfrs startod mMiiiliiiK millions in in*ii|>apt;r aUver- tUltis. Now Ihi-yio bolliB solit. - KtnKKton WliJK SUiuliiitl. Modern Bridge "Shall »»â-  liuvf a filfiirtl.v fcamu of ranlH?" "No. let'h plu) bililni'." ThiH acraii of coiivcrsutloii wliit-li wo ran uitomk tin- other day fs fvl- dPiici' of an unfo'tiinatu BitUHlloii. Tlmo wa.s when folks sat down to a lard table for u lltll«> till of relaxation, but nowaday* It i?. serious business. It i.s not a matter of jilaylnK the eards that you get and tnistliiK to your wood senso to coining out with the Iouk end of the score. No. In these tlme.s you have to think about informative bids, to remember whether you'ro vulner- able or not, to pivH serious considera- tion to the ai>i>roaeh force system and a host of other things. It's no lonser relaxation, it's a strenuous inental exerilse.--SauIt Star. Ing thing will be to Bee •thatlier the exi>erts are content to continue retln- iUK the present type of «r;liie liido- tinltply or whether they now turn to somethlUK us radli'ully different av I'arsuus did when he abandoned the familiar murino reiiprocatinK .-tleam I'UKlne for the turbine and revolution- lied marine enKii»eerliiK thereby. â€" Montreal Mally Star. Another on the Scot There is a story going the rounds concerning a Scot who do.slred to .send a telegram telling about au automo- bile accident. The manner in which he selected his words was: â- â€¢Bruises killed, erased afford, erect- or; analysis hurt tiMi; Infectious dead." Scotty. He was charged for ten words. We are not told whether the person who received the wire could read it. but the explanation and the fall wording follows: "Bruce is killed, ho raced a Kord; he wrecked her, and Alice Is hurt too. In fact she's dead." â€" Scotty. â€" Strat- ford Beacon-Herald. Farm Settlement Ottawa reports that ilie hack to the land movement Is meeting with satis- factory result-i. Up to the end of 19^,2, 426 familios had been successfully placed In Quebec. 380 in Saskatche- wan. 22G In Ontario, 185 in Manitoba, 14.5 in Nova Scotia and 51 in Alberta. The sum of $600 is provided as a set up in each case and care is taken to lee that those helped have some know- ledge of agriculture. â€" â-  Braiitford K.x- yositor. THE EMPIRE Sterling ar.d Gold n became inevitable wlien the Em- pire cotintries made a detlnitc- attempt towards economic i-oo|ieratioii that sooner or later their various curren- cies Khouid he linked with sterling. We believe that this is the pioces.s through which the C'uiiadiaii dollar is now moving. We are witnessing tlie establishnieut of sterling as the stronge I monetary force in the world. The day is coming w hen gold will play MO greater part as a medium of trade than .sterling will allow It.â€" I.ondou ally Kxpress. Bank Balances and Business Tlio extent and liiiuidity of bank deposits, as displayed in the balance sheets, give clear evidence of amide power to finance a trade revival; but It rests with forces beyond the con- trol of the banks to pi-odnco the con- ditions which will lead to a trade re- vival, and. liu'identally, once more pro- vide ample and prontuble eniploynicnl for banking resources- London Moru- ing Post. Trinidad and Britain Tliere was a time when it was part of Venezuela, another when it was In- habited by Curibs, another when it be- longed to Simin, another when it vir- tually belongeti to France, and an- other, much later In history, when It was rapidly becomiiiK Americanized. Now, happily. It is becoming more Rrl- ti.-fh every day. â€" Trinidad Guardian. First in War: First in Peace For obvious rea.soug we lu Canada »ear and read a pood deal alwut L'nited States airplanes, .\merican lierB. their exploits and achievements, fcctually no country in the world has ipproached tho intensive study of planes and their possibilities given by !he United Kingdom; no country has tone farther â€" or as farâ€" in developing Ihe fytors of speed safety, and gener- kl utilization of aircraft; and In no land arc thero air pilots superior to tTiose of the United Kingdom iu e.xperi- »_nce, capability, and ingenuity. â€" Otta- wa Journal. Restriction and Prosperity I'llinuitciy wp think it will "lie found necessary, iu the interests of the l'4.ftf rxA â- Cordon LindsAy ^mitH- The giant air-ship Macon, sister ship of the Al<ron, Is marly ready for llie christening ceremony whicii will be held on March 11. Naval officials lilan to give tho huge ship Us llrsl test flight about a week later. New York Farmer Has Mass Egg-Production Scheme Buflalo. -1.. A. Hazard, a farmer livinf; near North Kvans, claims to have found tlio secret of intensive egg production. He says liiat he fre- quently got.s two eggs a day from a lieu and tiiat he has reduced tlie cost of operating his plant to about 8 cents a dozen esgs. His method world, to regularize the production of I is to confine eacli hen by itself in a all commodities. It Is all very fine for' small cage, about 16 inches deep by economic theorists to say tiiat abund-|l2 inches wide. The hen Is priividfd ance is for the good of the greatest j wllli ample t(Kid and water, but Is number. They forget that the price never released of every article to the consumer must All the energy wliicli the fowl include transport and all sorts of ser- generates is devoted to egg-laying, vices, .so that even if it were produced! The hen is kept from exposure to for nothing it does not follow that some people would not still perisli for the want of it. â€" Colomlio Time.s of Ceylon. Difficult Times For Railways Railways, apparently, are iu the »ame fix the world over. Ficnch lines reiK.rt deficits of $600,000,000 during Iho past ten years. -St. Thomas Tlmes- /ounial. Buy Canadian Wherever It is possible to do so. Canadians «hould give their prefer- ence first of all to natiomil products, especially when the.qe products arc of as good quality and as cheap as the foreign article. Somo people, when <hey have to choose between two ar- llcles offering the same advantages, pick the foreign article simply because It comes from abroad. A preference of this kind is unjustifiable and, if Widely practised, causes great Injury to Canadian industry and commerce, which are thus deprived of tho patron- age to which they are rightly en- Htl»d. â€" Jm Presse, Montreat. Restore Confidence ff it is kiu)wn and believed that the United States is prepared at last to concert measures for the restoration «Jf credit and confldeiu-e. It will have in Immense effect In the world. The flepresslon s now more than ever a itaio of mind. Lift tho opproi-slon of jar and uncerUInty from the minds the people of tho western nations, ad half the battle would b« won. â€" I Bn> ouver Province. Setting a New Record tilr .Malcolm CanipbeH's victory over Jlme and space established not only the "iipremacy of his car as the fast- fsl tiling that man has yet designed to get him over the Kroinid and his fwn skill as its driver, but It appar- ently must have como pretty close to Mtllnc up a now record In human dar- Inn and endurance. TIm- iiuestion that will naturally be asked now Is, where do we go n«xt? It Is reasonably dear that Ihe speed Of the internal combustion engine of ihe lypi. at present used Is now fairly eloK.' to Its limit. It wems largely a queniiiiii of grealor horsejiower and rertiiin betternienls in (Ire design, with til., object of elluiiiinilng a.4 much lire Mif. as |>o«^il>Ie. In-fore Ihe pre.wnt recird it in its turn up«el, hut f\en Ihe rtOd mile an-hnm mark, for the pre- !"â- '•â-  ' â- â€¢arded as tb"' gtand objective, «!l â-  fUllMfj' forever. Tht- IniiroMl- The IVIanchurian Muddle The ^\'eslern nations appear to be weary of tlie whole business. They do not understand tlie problem of Man- churia or the traditional l''ar Eastern nietliods of diplomacy and war. A sud- den KiiKpicion has beeu awakened lltat both Powers are angling for what they can get from Kurope and America, hut that when the answer is an un- e(iui vocal "We can do nothing niore," Cliina and .lapaii will .settle down to patch uj) an agreement, much more satisfactory to themselves tiian any- thing which tlie West cau .suggest. Tiie conteini)t poured on the efforts of the Lytton Commls.sioii has puzzled Kurope, and given rise to the idea that the Kar Kast must get itself out of its own muddle in its own way; and that as long as intervention, of any kind, is possible every sklrniish will be raised to the status of a battle and every i>olitical manoeuvre to a world crisis. â€" Monk Kong Press. any of the numerous contagious dis- eases of fowls* and from tlio fatal quarrels common to lien yards. As uo exercise is porniitted, the fowl never toughens its muscles, and even as aJi old hen still provides tender moat for the pot wlion it no longer is profitable as a layer of eg;?- "Back-to-the-Soil" Movement Fills Georgia Farmhouses ValUosla. tla.- Tlio mi.u'ratiou of city |)(M)ple to tiie soil has been in such nutubers that not a habitalile farm- I house in the Valdosla area is vacant. i Kvery building lit for dwelling -shelters a family. .Many have no means of llnanciiiK a crop or even feotling thcni»ielvos nnlil harvest, but lliey express coiilirtence of eking tmt a better living than iu the citit^s. In numerous instances niigrators moved into vacant iiouscs without even troubliiiK to find out who owned tlieni. Once domiciled, they set about to drive a hargain wiih tlie landlord. Britain Raises Duties London.â€" .â- Mttrati<.ns in the cus- toms tariff made by a recent Treasury order include import duties of four .shillings and si.^pence a square yard on hand-made carpets, rups an.l mats; and ninepence a s<iuare yard or 20 i»er cent, ad valorem, whichever is the greater, on machine-made rug.s and mats. .â- \ duly of ten sfiillinjfs and si.xpence a hundredweight will be levied on liried apples, pears, peaches anil nec- tarines, and a 10 per crnt. ad valorem duty will be laid against dates. A .'l:> l-;i per cent, ad valorem duty on iron and steel wire; a i'3 a ton or '10 per cent, ad valorem, whicliever is the Srcater, on iron, steel, wire and nails; £8 a ton on galvanized hcxaRonal wire netting and '-V-i l-I! i>er cent. a<l val- orem on other kinds is also included. The new schedule will operate Feb. '28. The Treasury order exempts from customs duty chargeable under tho Import Duties Act bismuth metal. French Coal Production Drops Paris. -Co;'.! production in Ki-anco in 19;V2 dropped froln 51,OC>0,7i)-2 me- tric tons the previous year to 47,- '2.')7..575 metric tons, according to sta- t sties just issued. The n'Uinber of workers empK)yed by the coal indus- try dfopped corresixjndingly from 27r'.yoG in DocemL :, 1!):U. to 254,533 in December, 1S).'!2. The production of metallurgical cr.ke v.as lit.ewiso re- duced from 4,525,181 tons to 3,325,- 881 tons. On tlie other hand, the pro- duction of briquettes was 5,442,632 tons in 1932 compared to 5,00;!. 147 tons the year before. Article No. 2 III the Old Country a vegetable cal- endar, like the one hung on the wall. Includes every month In the year. In other words, the man across the At- lantic expects a <'ontinuouH supply ironi his vegi-.table patch. How dif- ferent lii the cast! here, where the averaga man U content If he can have new i>otatoe) ready by earli July, and corn and tomatoes by the middle of August. There Is nothing much ex- pected before the end of June, nor af- ter mid-S'-ptemhor; that is, if we ex- cept some potatoes and, pisslbly a pumpkin or two put away for winter use. But while we are not favoured witii a very long growing season. It is true, we have compensation in hotter sun- shine and longer hours of daylight, which permit us to glow many things that Britain, for Instance, must im- port, and if we lake full advantage of the long lists of vegetables we can grow, our calendar might be e.\lended almost the year round. In the winter, iiosides enjoying our own cabbage, po- tatoes, turnips and similar hardy things from the cellar, we may have fresh rhubarb and mushrooms growing in the same place. If we possess a hot bed or bit of a greenhouse we may have leltuce. cress and radish rnady for the ta6le in March. Asparagus, rhubarb, peren- nial onions and parsnips come along the llrsl thing in the spring and these are followed by lettuce, radish, spin- ach and similar things whicli are ready for use from three to sii weeks after planting. Kifty days after sow- ing, the earliest peas are ready and by using an early, medium and late peo, or successional plantings, we may continue using them for wtek.s. The first thinning of beets make excellent greens and are taken out si.x weeks af- ter sowing. Haby carrots are delicious and are ready about the same time. By making several sowings and using early, as well as late, types, we spread the supply of fresh vegetables over the entire growing season. Late white corn will remain in perfect cO!i- ditiou for several weeks after frost if we cut stalks and all and store, and tomatoes will continue to ripen until Christmas if vines are pulled and hung up in the cellar. By handling the well-known vegetables in this fas- hion, and by gradually extending our list of new things until we have tried everything offered in the seed cata- logue, we cau develop our vegetable garden to its full possibilities. General Lay-outs Though we e.\ercise our ingenuity or architectural .skill and our pocket books to the utmost, a house without growing things aout it is liut half com- I>lete. Something is needed to soften the harsh lines and to tie the whole aftair down to -Mother Earth. To do this the gardener uses a variety of material, grass, flower beds, vines, shrubbery and trees. The general theory is the same in all cases, but the effects are individual. If the pro- perty is our own we will use perman- ent things in the way of creepers and shrubbery, but if we simply are a ten- ant and expect to move in the near future, we may depend upon annuals entirely and make a fairly good Job of it. because under this heading we have vines which will grow front ten to fifteen feet In a single season and tall plants, such as Cosmos, Mexlcait Sunflower and Castor Beans, that will serve excellently in place of peren- nial shrubs. Kven in the ca.-'e of a property owner, it Is s sood thing to work ill plenty of annuals during iha first few years, while the other pUinta â-  are getliiig OMlablished. Avoid formality because only th« most expert can handle straight Unet with any chance of success, and often he makes a mess of ft. Irregularly shaped main borders, with clumps ol one variety and color, and the small .stuff generally iu front, is the simplest and most effective way of handling th« flowers. Agafnst the house one can u.se any of the clinging vines, whll« dami-<linging things like the Rambling Rose, Dutchman's Pipe and narrow California Cedars close to the wall/ arc effective. Revision of Tariffs An aiipeal for some bold stroke of International action has been matie by Sir John Alrd, one of the U>adliig bank- ers of Canada. He suggests an early reduction of 10 per cent, in every cus- toms tariff. .\ general cut in tariffs is, however, not the most effective ai>- proacli to the problem. High tariffs have hampered Intornatinnal trade; the paralyzing obstacles have been such emergency measures as prohibl- tlvo quota restriclion.s and embargoes. Neither of these is amenable to such proportional reductions as Sir John .\rd Hugges.tH. The only method of dealing with them Is to abolish them as rapidly as possible. • .\urkland Weekly 'News. the; united states Trains in the Air Only ten lines long was the Itoai that recorded the suoceS'tlii! towing ot Willy Farner and 110 pounds of mall tlirniigh the air over th« Alps fn>ra Zurich to Milan. Ifet it may mark an- other stage In the ey.>i(it!,iii of aerial ti'ans|>orlutioii. Kniiier. a famous pilot of motorlesa Kllders. was east oft by (he towing nitjilane and coasted to the air field at -Milan In ten minutes. V'lsloiift are conjured up of trains hiiiiled I h rough Ihe atmosphern b.r power 'locomotives.' Philadelphia looms Into view, and Ihe last car Is cut loose to glide with its passongcrH and mall to the airport below while the rest of Ihii train roars on. At Wilmington and Ihillimore other earn descend. Tims it Is loiicelvuble that an air- iniln may slart from New York with ten lars mid arrive at Key West with but one namely, the "locnnunlve." which hif covered the w hole dlstrtn. â-  wilhoiii a -itop. - .New Vork Times. Doing Nicely After Assassin's Attack Doctor Gets Two Dozen Eggi For Assisting at Baby's Birtli ToI'.mJo, Ohio. ---More than one baby in ihls city has gone off the gold .standard, and the businets of giving birth to children bids fair to go back on a barter ba-sis. This development in the economics of Toledo's birth rate latt week was brought forcibly to the attention of one physician w-ho received two dozen eggs in payment for bis .services iu assisting at th« birth of a child. The physician's experience io that instance is typical of many othera recorded by professional men her» Proverbially the last to be paid fo« their services, many physicians and denti.s^s ar© treating more patients now than they did three years ago. But they find when they send out their statements that the cash cu» tomers are even tlower to mect'^bJlL' today than iu prosperous time. Mrs. [lel^n t'ermak Kinlay, <Iaughfer of ChlcRBo'ss mayor who flew Io her lathers bedsid* aftw lhe> MiHuia slKKitlng, calls on Mls.s .Margaret Knils, who al.to stopped a bullet. Says 2-Cents Tablet Will Make Gallon of Perfect Motor Fue! Paris. -luvention ot a tablet which di;solve<l in water will produce a per feet fuel for internal-combustio-i mo- tors, replacing gasoline, is claimed by a Rus.=ian inventor. Professor Jdarloff, formerly of the Imperial College of Sciences, Petrograd. Professor Jdardloff states that this doughnut-shaped tablet, composec entirely of vegetable aaatter. cost! less than 2 cents and is sufficient to turn one gallon of water into a practi- cal carburant. He claims the new fuel possesses the same qualities as. high-test gasoliue. Profe-ssor Jdarloff lives in tw« rooms adjoining his laboratory iu s luburb of Paris, where a motor was seen running with his fuel. Ha states he is not seeking financial aid, as liis product is being investigated by the iVench Academy of Sciencea and the Ministry of War. France Leads World In Air Strength Britain is Fiftl Wasdiington.â€" The United States it ranked second to Prance in niiiitarj air strengtli. in fijrures supplied thi House Appropriations Committee b> the navy. Tho planes listed by the navy as ol July 1. 1932. -were: France, 3244; United Statetf. SOU; Jaiviu. 2S22; Italy. 2688. and Great Britain. 19(H.>. Because most of the air s-treugth of Gre,it Britain. France and Italy is pooled under a separate air force, comparL'oiis between army plan< uutubors and navy plane uumben were not available tor the fire pow ers. -»â€" London Professor Divides Marriages into Four Classet Loudon. â€" Professor E. y. Water house of London University, speakiuj at Christ Church, divided nmrried I>eople Into four quarters, with lh« following reaction*: "One tiuarter is ideally happy; j second quarter is more happy than unhappy ; a third quarter is more un happy than happy; and th« fourtli quarter is absolutely miserable." Men he divided into three typ€«: those who wanted to t)e cave meu; those who wante>d to be chum men, and tho»e who wanted to be ciadl' or chUdreu men. Britain May Convert Coal Mines Into Oil .Maachi>5ter. Bng. â€" Convertinji whole seams of coal into oli beneath the earth was visualized as a future means ot obtaining fuel In C.real Britain by Mr. \V. H. MoorHeld. in his presidential addretw to the Man Chester Coal Kxchange here. 'Hot hydn»gen pumped down into a pit under high pressure would coa-. vert th« i-oal into oil. whioh conW then be brmight to the mufac*. M claimed. Smart Man .Vmbldextrous Japan writes "O.K.' with ona hand while adminstering • Ko" with the other. â€" LoulsTllle Times.