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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1937 VOiCE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE ©/ the PRESS Supplies for Spain CANADA Country's Backbone Blessed is the nation that can boast of a sturdy "farm aristocracy," families that have farmed for two or three generations and would no more think of going off the land and migrating to the cities than they would of becoming sailors. Such families have character. They sink their roots into the soil, and one generation is proud to succeed another. It would be interesting to know how many families on Canadian farms could trace their ownership back to pioneer days. Such people are the the backbone of the country and make the lirst type of citizens.--Stratford Beacon-Herald. Woods Going, Too Optimists sa.v that Canada is now out of the woods. But if the destructions of her forests continues, the woods will soon be out of Canada.-- Toronto Star. One View of Speed Surely, it requires no argument to prove that risk increases proportionately to speed. With all the modern mechanical improvements and technical safeguards, it is, after all, the human factor which counts most in ensuring safety. A car bounding along at 70 or SO miles an hour is not under proper control and it is a per itself and to other vehicles. Ex ing (that's give you ; far as arful >f he gets) to words. Poli-ves talking. tha to driv to invit s above > disaster. 50 ; the speed limit to son view of recent develop-e automobile industr While so stepping in extent, in ments in i abolish it s render to the demands of the reck less, the selfish, and inconsiderat:.-Hamilton Spectator. Days cf Youth "We are only young once," you of ten hear some person remark as ai excuse for "hitting the pace." True we can be young but once, and :he pleasures, of youth must be crowdec into that space of time. But how lonj 40, while others are still young at Cll It depends upon the pace they hit ant the manner in which they hit it. --Kingston W-',v,frSt*ndard. Scenic Highways Everybody knows that the provln rial highways are all loo drab al many noints and everyone will agree that the placing of pretty flowers here and there would do much to improve t the govern tion f give highway situation, diiiia a good deal more it has in tie past toward making Ontario's ma ii routes th Hons they <-hould be. It should be needless • i point out the enormous revenup that we secure from these routes and the desirability of i them loot be-tfer than at pre Windsor i a,- Mo-fem Convenience Dr. Arl ijr Pi'lsbury, nat scientist house vi i inventor, states that ^oon may b. groi getables in the kiti use of chemicals. With b and ve^tta the s I he folks i the > the old vinj hands and l i the kitchen flew ght soapy plunges niggardly in regard t tat matter as edueat Hiu they can be. n•>• i i reasonable a? 'he ability ot th than oi the pa? d have made biool building paid to he car ; y riven in then Record. Candid "Tliei nnected with the Pre* that has evei got me into 3UCh [TIE t trouble as the accuracy of the >-.- jt>rts of what 1 have said," coafides Ljr.j Derby. . Vnd such ad- mira-jh ' onesty and candci is .. plac. ... nes Standard, o Much Talking .j we are going to wake :ble to the fact that Lhere h talking. Every time yot ir radio somebody is start- pen d their Wives (not your or are always at it. Preachers do their share. Editors do their with a typewriters or fountain pens. What a lot of ink there must he! One of these days when we wake up and cease the incessant clatter for a moment, somebody is bound to take advantage of the lull -- and dj a little thinking.--St. Mary's Iournt.i-Argus. Fat Profits from War During 1914 1918 one British munitions company is reputed to have made net profits of some £34.000.-000. The firm bupplied four battleships, three armored cruisers, fifty-three submarines, sixty-two light ships, three auxiliary cruisers, 2,328 heavy naval guns, field guns, etc., 100,000 Maxim guns, 5,500 aeroplanes, and a large number of rifles, small guns and other materials of war. The war business certainly runt, up big profit? for those who depend on human sacrifices for their orders. Windsor Star. Air Mail Service Pays Air mail service in Canada has proved i-hmpei than other kinds. Air mail costs in the last fiscal year were $375,971,. and the revenue amounted to $533,048. If the entire service could operate on that basis we would have 2-cent postage in a hurry. -- Peterborough Examiner. THE EMPIRE Careers for Youth There has in the past been no official machinery by which boys have been ahle to join the British Army or Air Force. Unofficially some 50 young men have gone over to find successfully military careers. Although it is the Navy that invites youth "to see the world," the sistei same invitation, and South African; service could really extend much the who have returned after servic the British Army come home with tales of strange places. But judging from the inquiries we have received, the offer of commissions in the Royal Air Force to university graduates unde: the age of 25 is likely to find most response in the Ur Even with clouds on the European horizon, these careers hold much to attract youth. And to judge of the value to the Union of this training abroad it may be remarked that Air Force pilots were the pioneers of civil aviation in this country. --The Cape Argus. No Excuse for Slaughter Crossings and speed limits are of no avail if the drivers, riders, and walkers will not be constantly vigilant. There is no excuse for road slaughter. It must be stopped. By taking thought and taking care it can be stopped. -- London Sunday Dispatch. Art in All Trades ie turbulent days of the pi ane of the popular ways o was death by the rope. This etcd out in i wholesale ot always witb the .v. Bexaust in the early day. the as far too inadequate to cope II crooks in so large a te: Two large ba»ges loafed with foodstuffs, clothing and medical supflfces for the Spanish Loyalists are pictured as they left the (Juai Henry in Paris, France, as sympathizers of the Spanish Government cheered. Ftpids for the supplies and their transportation were raised by pop: ular subscription. 61)382 Industrial Mishaps Are Reported During Past Year I of ; than 73.000 square miles whether k. If the p hand if the rope were ind the knot were placed ■ft ear then when the time of these tin: e United States butter, reported by twenty-six cream-and one creamery estimated, 196,569 pounds in November as compared with 289,564 pounds in the month last year, an increase of 2.45 per cent., the provincial depart-of agriculture reports. 375 Fatalities Among List; Reductions for 1937 Easily Ob tained Accident Prevention Officials Claim--Give Suggestioi For Safe Driving During Winter Months. TORONTO.--'Industrial accidents ported to this board for 1936 totalled 61,382. Fatal accidents totalled 375. Sand sucking fatalities to railed These are serious losses. They and should be reduced for 1937. Employers and workmen and the Accident Prevention Associations should for their own sake and for the sake of humanity help make that reduction." Such was the message received from George Wilkie, chairman of the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board by the Industrial Accident Prevention Associations. R. B. /lorley, general manager of the I.A.P.A., commenting on the statement pointed out that the incn last year in industrial accidents due to a considerable extent to the fact that within the past few years "industry has moved out on to the This development, said Mr. Morley, has seriously complicated efforts to promote highway safety nizations he represents have been working for some time ir close operation with the Department of Highways and other groups interested. -J. in reducing accidents on Ontario' RULES FOR DRIVERS He made the suggestion that recent clear road conditions throughout the province offered an excellent opportunity to put into practice several suggestions designed to promote safe driving when Winter lays its inevitable blanket of snow and ice ov-r the countryside. The following rules, if applied conscientiously, Mr. Morley believed, would help considerably to control highway accidents in Winter weather: 1. When starting on slippery pavements, accelerate slowly and gradually; when stopping, begin to slow down a safe distance from the stopping point. Avoid situations calling for quick stops. 2. On days requiring anti-skid chains, continue to drive as though you didn't have them. 3. Watch the road surfaces for very slippery spots. Try to keep out of ruts and street car tracks. If driving in them, bring the car to a stop afore trying to turn out. 4. When two vehicles meet on narrow, slippery roadway, one should pull to the right and stop to let the 5. At all times drivt v.. 11 courtesy and consideration for the other users of the highway. This includes the pedestrian. Commentint, farther on the increase in compensated accidents in i&36, Mr. Mone> pointed to the increase in-d»°trial activity throughout Ontario, and urged employers who were taking on new men, or former hands who had lost some of their skill, to exer full accident preventior control that these new workers might be sa from injury. Income of American farmers from their sale of products in November amounted to $731,000,000, compared with $882,000,000 in October and $669,-000,000 in November, 1935. The income from crops fell off somewhat more than usual from October to November, due chiefly to the decreased sales of cotton and tobacco. Receipts from live, stock and live stock products on the other hand increased more than usual. What Our Visitors Expect When They Cross the Border (By F. T. Pattison, Collector of Cus-tome and Excise at Fort Erie, Ont., in the National Revenue Review). The successful handling of a large volume of tourist traffic is, of course, a matter that requires close attention and serious consideration. At the same time, unusual incidents occur during the. daily routine to relieve any monotony. Many tourists entering at Fort Erie have a sketchy and meagre knowledge of the geography of and their 'inquiries veiry active imagination. For instance: | An officer is busily engaged with the flow of automobiles before him, making the necessary inquiries of each person to determine what procedure he shall outline to be followed, when someone from the rear seat of the the outomobile says, in response to inquiry as to the length of time it s intended to remain in Canada, 'Oh, we are only coming in to see the quints. We will be back in plenty of time for dinner." The time is approximately two p.m. At 11 a.m., on one occasion, three boys of the "teen" age, equipped with fishing rods and a light lunch, nformed the officers they were just going up to North Bay for some Canadian trout. In response to further inquiry, thej stated they would Canada more than a short time, as they had to be back to play football that afternoon in a by United States city. There was a lady tourist from the stats of Alabama applying for a permit, who, in response to the officer's question if the car was with radio or heater replied that if a 'leater was needed in this country at this time of the year-- September--she would go no further, but would hurry back to Ala- A native of the state of Kansas naively stated he had been spending a few days in Buffalo, N.Y. and, "learning that Canada was News in Brief rears «»ws Leak TORONTO--At the Liberal Party caucus held this week, Attorney-General Roebuck refused to talk on the reported pending purchase of more Quebec power f'mn the Ottawa Valley Company, .or fear, the news woult? "leak" to the newspapers. "Traitors" ? A lot of caucus argument was centred on the o^sibility that "traitors" were providing the press with caucus I-" mat:' that "ould not be obtained except through "leaks." Major James Clark (Windsor-SandwichI was strong in his denunciation of such al- " leged tactics, and had the caucus adopt a resolution providing that all ipeeches therein be regarded as "secret" Tom Murray, veteran Iegisla-, or and famed humorist from North Renfrew, sugested that the best «ayj tj get around the situation v/as to ip up the press by having the best. ar among .he Liberals invent inac-' irate stories to feed ^ut systematic- ly to the reporters. Good Speech At Ottaw this week when A. A. Heap:., (C.C.F., W'nnipeg North) pre-1 ted his motion asking the Govern-' nt to reques. President Roosevelt call a world peace conference, he ead at length from what he thought' as an address delivered by Mr.i aosevelt at Rio de Janeiro. Prime Minister Mackenzie King in-rrupted him: "Is my honorable friend quoting the President of the United States' I thin:, that is what "That may be the case," replied Mr, e p", "but 1 think it is a tty good atement to make ana I am fully in icord with what the Prime Minister said and I hope I have done him no injustice by crediting his remarks to the President of the United States. Veto Peace Conference The World Peace Confe ence to be held at Washington suggested by A. Heaps, was sternly opposed by the' ime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. Declared Prime Minister Mackenzie King: "I am not sure that a world conference would achieve any good. ight make things a great deal i over t the would During the month of August young man from a not 'ar-distant United States city n quested a permit to enter.. Not a little attention was attracted to his equipment, which consisted of heavy woolen socks, shoepacks, mackinaw jackets and sundry other articles to be found lumber camps. Taking no exception to any of these articles, the officer advised the young man that the regulations did not permit him to bring into Canada the large western type, 45-calibre revolver contained in his duffle bag. However, the young man would not contemplate the protection of this gun, and it was only after repeated assurance of his safety that he hesitantly decided to brave the dangers from wild bear and moose, pictured co him by his friends, to be encountered in Canada. By CiLUYAS WILLIAMS MOTHER CAUS TO FiCK. UP HI5 BLOCKS NOWJ MM SUPPER 15 REAPV fi^fe GMnERltf6 an" armpjl IM ORPER TO carry THEM OVER TO PUT IN BO* DISCOVERS THKf FOR EACH DECIDES TT WILL BE ONE HE ADDS To ARMFUL BETTER To BRlHfe BOX HE DROPS TWO OR THREE OVER ANp PUT THEM IN HERE dumps them 1n.findin6 fUSf there seems to BE Room for orliy hw-f of them 3ft 1HZ VKll ps he will have > Fit Them in neatlv, AtorMPfiE6 0l)f1::"" him pv irt ( Bopyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, In,;,) FrfsTHEM |N, AND V COVER 0M B# CARRIES VfOVERTbSHELfc IN TRVlrfe TO SHlff |T. GE£ »f URSlDEPOWrJ, SPULlHG Et/ESfYrHNG-M01HER PICKS BLOCKS UP And it n "Our generation is gone a little mad on the question of conferences, it seems to me. A conference is a very convenien way of appearing to b'. doing something, while in reality very' little is being achieved. The m re l' see of conferences, the less pa-'ence I am coming to have with th Observed the Conservative Leader, ix. c Beniitti; ■ t nave not forgotten that a great World Economic Jonfer-j ence was called in 1933. I know one, man, two men, three men, who were, urged by the President of the United, States to expedite in every possible way the work of that conference. Yet1 the conference had hardly met and or-! ganized before the President of the United States torpedoed it for reasons [ which have never yet been made pub lie." Provincial Parley Favored Right Hon. R. B. Bennett's proposal, for a conference on constitutional questions generally found favor among Provincial Government heads. Premier W. J. Patterson of Saskatchewan said he believed it might be.' better handled by a commission than, by the proposed conference. , Acting Premier Harry Nixon of On-' tirio had no cor .ent to make on Mr.1 Bennett's suggestions. Hon. A. P. Paterson, Minister of Federal and Municipal Relations of Now Brunswick: "We shall never get; t" > right unti all ge' around a table and talk it over quietly and dispassionately." Premier Angus L. Macdonald of Nova Scotia: "It is generally ag: ea certain amendment are necessary. The only point of difficulty is deciding on a method of amendment that will be satisfactory to both the Dominion Parliament and Provincial Legisla- Premier i\ D. Pattullo of British Columbia: "Such action ^ad been advocated by British Columbia for Premier William Aberha r Alberta: "Alberta is ready to discuss any necessary changes in Canada'- Con-Premier John Bracken of Manitoba: "We have been agitating for modernization of the Canadian Govern mental set-up for ten years." Lethbridge Boast LETH BRIDGE Alberta challenges the Gait. Ontario record of not one fatal motor acciden within its boundaries during l!)3(i with a two-year record. Not one --utomobile fatality occurred the-e in 193fi or 1935. have been found in the cows which have been 1 sected by scientist. illed and dis- A suggestion that air development had destroyed naval supremacy, rendering it a matter of difficulty for Australia to send troops to Europe in a new war, was made by Mr. W. M. Hughes, Australia's war-time Prime Minister, speaking at a luncheon in Melbourne.