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vo CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CANADA • Worse Than Disease The problem which presents itself • on Sunday evenings to the news edi- , tor of Le Canada is to prepare a ^ complete list of the tragic deaths which have taken place during the ' week-end. This rather grim census , has become a routine in all news- paper offices and excuses journalists for not having more than reasonable • pity for the fate of the victims. The , reality, however, is none the less sad for the families who are thus afflict- ed. In the last three weeks the num- ber of automobile victims is seven dead and 19 wounded. Summer has only begun and when autumn has come it will be possible to demon- strate mathematically that motor vehicles in the district of Montreal have claimed more victims than no matter what disease. â€" Le Canada, . Montreal. Page "Pop-Eye" Ontar'o Dtpartment of AgricuJture reports the 1937 acreage of spinach up 20 per cent west of Toronto, while In the eastern half of the province it is the same as last year. This ought to have a bearing upon outcome of the college rugby series. â€" Woodstock Sentinel-Review. Mine Dividends Ontario gold mines have produced . an average of a little over $7,000,000 •per month so far this year. Records • prepared indicate a production of ' close to $-13,000,000 for the first half • of 1937. . Lake Shore will have an output of ^well over .$8,000,000 h\ gold during the first si.x months of this year. Hollinger Consolidated continues •to be Canada's second largest gold- • producing mine and will report an output of around $7,^50,000 during ^ the si.\ months to end June 30. . Mclntyre-Porcupine will report an output of over S4.100.000 in gold for ^ the first half of the year, according to the preliminary data now or. hand. . Dome Mines, according to prelim- inary information, will show an out- •put of about $3,900,000 for the first .half of 1937. . Wri'jht-Hargi-eavcs is maintaining • B high rate, and will be able to re- • port a production of $3,7J0,000 in . gold during the half year, according . to data now available.â€" Toronto Sat- nrda;- N:<rhr. Speed Problem , "Is ^pcL-il itself dangerous?" asks a contemporary. It is difficult to give a direct an- swer, because so many other things must be taken into consideration. The dan;.:or of speed depends upon the experience and ability of the driver, the character of his tenipera- • ment and the condition of his mind, • and body; the mechanical condition « of the car; the condition of traffic; . the stati- cf the roads; weather con- • ditions; th? mental and physical con- • diticn of the other drivers he meets • en the load, and the speed at which . they are travelling; the visibility â€" , and the many other features of _ niotori!;g which enter into the cause of accident.s. If all of these conditions are favor- • able tj> the driver, therefore, we . would venture the opinion that speed itself is not dangerous â€" providing • the motorist stay;-, v.lthin the speed limit. â€" C'lntha'-i ^'cv.s. Wctlu.: J R:ng3 June being the month of weddir.jCo, it is interesting to note that half the world s brides are said to be married . with v.-,-dding rings made in Cirming- hani, v.here some of the firms in the ' trade have been in existence since . the ISth century. A hundred years ago wodding rings were made narrow as they are today, and gradually they • became v.-ider, until 50 years later , no riii.iT was acceptable unless it was broa 1 and heavy. The pendulum has swun^T back a;:ain to the present ^ fashion for abnormally narrow and light rings, r.lthou;;h there is a • tendency to revert to heavier rings. , â€" Victcria Colonist. * Feed Fit For A Man It is the considered opinion of many a he-man that some strange ' fads and fancies have been flourish- t inp in our kitchens in recent years. Our forefathers waxed great and strong on solid fodder that would ; back up against a fellow's chest bones and stay there, letting him know that he had had a meal. But we, their unworthy descendants, are facing a world in which the kitchen has become an experimental labora- Aâ€" 4 tory for a ladies' bridge-club, so that a plateful of cream-colored stuff on a wilted lettuce leaf is actually held to be suitable nourishment for a hard- working adult human being. The he-man, of course, probably knows little about the modern dis- covery of vitamins. So he cannot be expected to enter into the spirit of cookery of the "chiffon school"â€" as one iconoclast has aptly described it. The he-man may be all wrong, but being a he-man he likes to know when a meal is over by the feeling of ful- ness inside him rather than by the emptiness of his plate. Dietary ideas of the past could not have been wholly wrong. We might try re-discovering some of the old- fashioned recipes for old-fashioned foods, and give the can-opening wrist a chance to relax. â€" Winnipeg Tribune. Canadians in The War The total Canadian enlistments in the Great War numbered 590,572. There were 317,705 Canadian-born, 221,495 natives of the British Isles, 7,256 bom in other British posses- sions and 37,391 bom in the United States among the enlisted members. The division of non-native British was as follows: English, 150,468; Scottish, 46,850; Irish, 19.452; Welsh. 4,780. The Canadian-born racial division was: English-speaking, 259,- 872; French-speaking, 57,833; U. S. born, 37,391; other nations, 6,725. By Ontario. 245,677; Quebec, 82,793; New Brunswick, 25,864; Xova Scotia (includes P.iC.I.) 33, 342; Manitoba, 66,319; Saskatchewan, 37,666; Al- berta, 45,146; British Columbia, 51,- 438; Yukon, 3,327. According to racial origin the decennial census of Canada computes the pouiation of British origin at 56.40 per cent of the total, and that of French origin at 27.91.â€" St. John Telegraph-Jour- nal. Hqm Blowers The Toronto Telegram carries an editorial on the motorist horn-blower. In Hong Kong in the past year there havf been CO foreign drivers and 1,035 Chinese drivers penalized for blowing the old horn when they should not have. And 69 "chronics" had their licenses cancelled. Our contemporary suggests that Toronto authorities take some energetic steps to stop this nuisance. And what a nuisance it is ? There is the taxi-driver who never gets out of his car, but honks for his charge. There is the worst pest of all, the v\oman driver who commands right of way, and scares the daylight cut of the average pedestrian. Why should anyone get this way at the wheel 7 And what about the pest who honks and honks because the green light does not come on after the red speedily enough to suit him? There is a whole lot of bad man- ners in traffic, but try and tell some of them about it?â€" St. Catharines Standard. Concerning "Canacans" The Peace Bridge at Fort Erie is justified. A "war" of sonae years duration along the Niagara international border has been settled. It was a "fly" war â€" though aeronautics had no part in its cause or cure. The annually recurring trouble centred upon sand flies â€" millions of which are wont to invade both sides of the Niagara River each Summer. Canadians called them "Buffalo flies." Americans dubbed them "Canada flies." Both wrong â€" or only half-right. They're "Canacan" flies. To wit, Canadian and American. Who says so? Professor Willium Wild, entomology associate of the Buffalo Museum of Science. The learned professor seems to have good grounds â€" or rather good waters â€" for his findings in the fly war. Says he: "The two countries share alike in their ownership of these flies, which breed in the mid- dle of the swift-running Niagara." â€" Stratford Beacon-Herald. THE EMPIRE New Zealand's Defence Observers were uneasy iwo years ago when the British naval person- nel fell below the 100,000 mark. The Japanese has been rising and now stands at 90,000, while that of the United States is 127,000. The First Lord has made provision in h's esti- mates to increase the Briti.;h ptr;-:in- nei by 11,000 from its present figure of lOl.OOO. Whether th.-.t is sufficient, in vi', '.v o? the I>ng. srecialiied train- ing required to supply efficient naval ratings, may be considered an open Urges Scientific Feeding of People Prof. James Luck Stresses Im- portance of Study of Nutritive Requirements VANCOUVER â€" Taking mother out of the kitchen and replacing her with expert dieticians in community feeding centres was suggested by Professor James Luck of Stanford University as a possible means of remedying the "a^'reciable degree" of malnutriticn in the western world. The former University cf Toronto graduate, now associate professor of biochemistry at the California Col- lege, told delegates to the annual convention cf the Canadian Chemical Association that "more is known and put in practice in the nutritive re- quirements of chickens, cows and hogs than about the nutrition of humans in respect to rearing of in- fants and maintenance of health. His address was an outline of bio- chemical investigations aimed toward betterment of human feeding prac- tices. He urged wider study- of "op- timum" cr best nutritive require- ments rather than the study of mini- mum needs which has obtained most attention sa far. He said that "at a price â€" largely psychological â€" progress along that line could be made by sacrificing the family kitchen and submitting to community feeding by public auth- orities under the intelligent direction of experts in nutrition." He suggested co-operative societies might organize satisfactory "com- munity restaurants" with similar ex- pert guidance. Decline of Farm Pooulation WASHINGTON'.â€" Agriculture De- partment economists noted today a traditional sign of prosperity â€" a decline in the United States farm population. They said persons living on farms at the start of ths year totaled 31,729,000, a decrease of SO.- 000 from January 1, 1936. It was the first decline since 1929. question. At least it represents a substantial increase. Viewing all these defensive preparations. New Zealand would do well to consider whether she is doing her part. She is as dependent on naval protection as Britain. Her Government is pro- viding for the maintenance of two large cruisers on the New Zealand station, but that increased contribu- tion is far from being proportionate with Britain's mighty expansion. â€" Auckland News. Relief From Relief Loan money is spor.t every year en so-called unemployment relief. Tax- ation is imposed also, and this double burden is a serious handicap on eco- nomic recovery. Money which re- mains in private enterprises is avail- able for the expansion of industry and for the real relief of unemploy- ment. Apart from its debiliating in- fluence on individuals, taxation Ljr unemployment relief militates against the relief of unemployment. It ag- gravates that which it is imposed to cure. Farmers cannot obtain season- al labour, ".ut they are taxed to maintain men who will not work. Be- sides having become a huge depart- ment of State in which more than £400,000 has been spent on adminis- tration, it has developed into a branch of high finance. The funds have been debited with loan flotation expenses (£94,000) and with interest and sinking fund t C 400,000). These items cover the v'jlo period over which loans have boon floated for un- employment relief; but it is a scandal that taxation for benevolent purposes should be charged with the interest, sinking fund and flotation expenses on loans floated for purposes of ben- evolence so-called. What is sorely needed is relief from this kind of re- lief. â€" Melbourne Argus. Isolate Germ Of Paralysis California Report â€" Eaeteviolc- gist Seid to Have Mrde Discovery CLENDALE. Calif. â€" The Glendale News-Press said last week that Dr. Edward Carl Uosocow, bacteriologist connected with the Mayo Foundation, had succeeded in Isolating the germ causing infantile paralysis. Dr. Rosenow first came to Los An- geles in 1934 during the infantile par- alysis epidemic. Many of his experiments, the news- paper said, were confined at Los An- geles County Hospital and he was as- sisted by Drs. E. T. Remmen and 0. J. Slean. The newspaper said that it is rea- sonable to assume that In the near fu- ture a serum or antitoxin to combat infantile paralysis will be developed. â-  • a > » » .; j News In Review ! Ofiice of the Department of High- ways here confirmed building of the read and bridge. Estimate of the cost of the project which will get under way shortly could not be ob- tained. P. Goldie, head of the construction firm which rec-eived the contract, vis- ited the island during the week end and made an examination of the pro- posed road. The work, it is expected, will require three months. The project will reduce the ferry crossing from throe-quarters of a mile to 500 yards- At present traffic congestion has been experienced, mo- tor sts often waiting two hours to cross from the mainland to Manitou- lin. Big Lake Trout WIAETOX.â€" What is likely to be the champion firrfa for Bruce Penin- sula this year was caught this week by .\rnott Smith, Willard, Ohio, at Barrow Bay. The fish, a lake trout, weighed 27 pounds and measured 44 inches. He was f.!u:aht on a 700-ft. copper line, with an Otter Trail troll. Considerable d fficulty was e.xperienc- ed in landing the trout, as Mr. Smith had no gaff in the beat. He had to bring the rish close to the boat and grab him by the gills. $27,000 Saved ST. THOIMAS.â€" St. Thomas Hydro users will bcne'it in the a:-:iour.t of approximately 27.000 a year with the now rates reductions that the Public Utilities Commisson has sent to the Ontario Power Commission for ap- proval. The latest reduction in domestic, commercial and industrial power rates are made possible by the $2 per horsepower decrease in the cost i-f power to munidpalit es, announc- ed by the Ontario Commission to take effect on .\ugust 1. The new reductions will be the second cut this year, as the present rates were only put into effect on Jan. 1 last, being made possible by the ?2.50 per horseoowar reduction of last fall. General Manager P. W. Peart, of the local commission, stated that the red.ictions on Jan. 1 represented a saving of 313,300 to local power users while the proposed new rates w.U mean an eiiua! amount. The local commission is also seeking per- mission to reduce the c"ost to local consumers of flat rate water heaters by 10 per cent, from Aug. 12. New Economic Accord LONDON, Eng.â€" Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons this week that Premier Paul Van Zeeland. of Belgium, fresh from talks with President Roosevelt, is further pursuing the possibility of a bread international economic agreement. The prime minister tartly refused, however, to disclose any details of negotiations thus far. Van Zeeland, he said, is inoceeding with iniiuiries "to endeavor to ascer- tain how far it is possible to obtain HEWS PARADE Commentary on the HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS - liy Peter Haiidal Cc'.-.ti-oi of tLe P:2C3 Twenty years ago a great war swept away the hampering bonds of tradition. Men dreamed of a golden age in which peace and good will were to take the place of the old phrase concerning might and right. Those men are either dead or gone from the seats of the mighty. Free- dom has given place to a new slav- ery. One of the traditions to go in the war ruins was the world concep- tion of democracy. Today democracy is facing an unequal struggle against the forces of dictatorship as vested in Fascism and Bolshevism. By dictatorship is not not meant the placing of political power alone in the hands of one man, but the very lives and thoughts of his people. In many sections of the world civilized people no longer possess the right to think or to speak other than as they are commanded so to do. Their right to self government has gone, and gone with it the right to a free press. That something of the same order may well come to pass in our own world is not beyond the powers of imagination. Last week, eleven large newspaper associations met in Chicago to prote.-;t the attempts of the .\merican Newspaper Guild to obtain closed shop conditions for editorial workers. Such attempts, if successful, would mean a virtual control of the voice of the people. Of particular significance is the fact that the American Newspaper Guild is an affiliation of the C.I.O. and thus bound in many respects to sup- port its cause and its dictates in op- position to all others. In other words, .\morica is entering upon the first stages of a dictatorship. C. I. 0. Battle At the present time, no one is able to predict the future of the C.I.O. .A recent straw vote taken by the magazine, "Fortune" would seem to in iicate a growing sympathy for the .American Federation of Labor amon?? a great many people who are beginnmg to look upon it as a bulwark in time of dire n;ed. The threat of press control is only one indication of iust how severe the battle is likely to be. John L. Lewis has determined to take his organiza- tion beyond the ranks of induslria: workers into the realm of the white collar p;;or.le. Only the other day, we received a copy of a handbill being distributed to workers in Am- erican publishing houses. The hand- bill clearly stated the affiliation of its sponsors with the C.LO. Workers' Dictatorship There is more than one way to the powers of dictatorship. Lewis has stated his intention of enlisting .5.000,000 workers in his organiza- tion. The power that such an or- ganization would be able to give if his plans are ever completed holds possibilities a'oove and beyond any government. Government to "Marriage" Last wotk, we com.mented on the change of governments in France. E.x-Premier Blum is again in the headlines though for quite a differ- ent cause than the downfall of a government. Back in the days be- fore he thought of governments, the ex-promi»r wrote a book on mar- riage. The book is to be published in New York soon and is predicted a.' one of the coming best sellers. Canada In The News Canada made world news last week in several connections. For I'm hungry and the speculator, there was the news that Canada's huge wheat surplus has finally been liqui- dated. For the hungrj-, the news meant higher wheat prices when coupled with rumours of light crops. For the speculator, it meant busi- ni.-:;, better Canadian business all round. Canada's wheat carry over amounted to 211 million bushels in 1S34, so the task accomplished by the Wheat Beard may be considered as som.ething -of an aL'hievement especially in view of the fact that i: was done with r.o 1 >ss to the gov- ernment. Then there was the story of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's visit to the Chancellor of Germany. Official- ly it was designated as a purely persur.al affair but men in a position t) know of Mr. King's influence in Empire affairs are wondering if the seemingly innocent visit may not have decid.ed effect on British policy. .\s the most iniiuential of the Do- minions. Caraiia's statesmen are tali'ng an increas;!vriy important rart in Empire doc'.-i r-. agreements on certr.in general prin- ciples of eC''>nom!c policy among a number of states, ini-liiding the sig- natories fif the tripartite currency a;-.reenicnt." Frant'p, Great Brit:\in and the Ur.itcd State:--, using huge gold-pur- chase funds, have co-operated under the tripartite agroenicnt n working toward currency stabilization. Chamberlain returned an abrupt ' no" to I.aborite Kmannel Shinwell's (,uestion whether Van Zeelan.i is "the only vehicle of the United Kingdom's expression." (The Belgium premier was dele- gated by France imd Great Br tain ro sound out world opinion on a poss- ilde international economic a'.:rec- irent that would spur world trade through the elimination of tra le barriers. (He had I.->ng talks with President rioosevelt in late Juno and early this week reported to the British Prime Minster on the results cf his visit-) Bridge to Manitcilin SUUlirKV. â€" Prcam of a decade will be fuliilled this summer when all-year traflic communication will be established to Manitoulin Island by road and brid.ec conncv'tiiig the main- lar.'l ar.d Gosy Island. pa;'t â- â- :' Mani- •.o'.:lin Inland." The romainirg '00 \ â- .â- :<U from Goat I-;iand to Manit'ulin wll be o'lvoreil by forry. Fast water in the t'nannel prevents ice j-riring and permits oT'cration of the fovry in 'Wn- ter. Prolonged Rainfall Needed EDMONTON. â€" With Kdson dis- trict blazes reported deiir.itely under control, battle against forest fires in .A.lberta centred on six persistent out- Ine.nks in the Mc^Iurray dist-ict, 300 miles north of Fdnvnion, Prov ncial forestry oflicials stated. llaging since Juno 30 in the Edson ;\rea. loO miles west of here, scat- tered conflagrations yielded to ef- t'orts of more than 200 I're-figbters. C.asolii-e engine pumps and bat-k-fir- â- â€¢â- â- r mei'iods turned the tide of battle i.i favor of the weary crews. The tires were place.! ustder c ontrol bo- t'oro they destroyed valua:-le timber. Posrii'o valiant efforts of the men tlchting the:ii, the McMurray blazes p.i>'':il>iy will bo ext'nguidied only at'u'r a prolonged r;iint'a'!. J. .\. Hutohison, Provincial lor.'stry efli- cial said. Headed For Gair-Cj The South American sooner lo.tto., rci:.i...;..;i.i:^ »_ m.,', .'.i.-entiiio, â- , lU', :.:y. loi.. Hr.-:-ii. j. as they arrived in New York City en route to the Pan American E.xpositiou in Dallas, Texas. Yoiit'ns Ride Bicycles From Sas- katchewcn to Kitchener KlTCHKNKi;. â€" Two S:iskateho- v.nn youths are resting here with fr'cnds on a bi.ycle trio that will take them from Wadeti;>. Sask . to Postoii. and reftr!!. a ditance of r'^'OI niiles. The lads. Tom Kllis. 20. and Har- old l"rde"i;d. 20. expecte I to make the en. ire ;o;irney on loss than .?100 ench. They have already travelled 1.601 miles in Canada and the Unit- ed .''t-t'cs vi.hout a ptinctute. "Yoj have to bo careful tn the hiirhv ays. Nobody pats any atten- tion to y.u. So far we b.ave escaped a.'cidents Intt ve ha I a near brush in Mitmesc^t!. The traflic- in that State is tevrii'lo. There is no high- v.-r.y patrol at all and the motorists drive as they please," they declared. Th.e boys, who ti-nvel seventy-five )>-i!c:-. a day. ci^\i'i a'l their tw::U and carry a "r-i':""' tent to use v.hon the v,-ca(her i:-. bad. Cthcrv.-ise ihey s'e->p i:n;!cr the str-f-. Fct-r Lrdj VVat?h Cctrj-a.-icn Dro-«vn lIALU-'A\.--rowerless (o len.l aid 1 ccaitse tb.ey could not svim, four c-T'i'anions watched Ronald Power, !â- ">. drown 'n Halifax Harbor. Power steppcil off a ledge into deep w-ater and was unable to return to shore.