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I THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., JUNE 10th 1937, VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE oi the PRESS Canada New Canadians Formation of a practical policy with regard to immigration is a task that will devolve on the government one of these fine days. Adequate development of the widespread resources of this great Dominion calls for a much larger population than we have today. The time is not far distant when settlement of our vacant lands will become imperative if Canada is to progress and become a greater nation. And when that time arrives with an influx of newcomers to settle in this country we will have to do something about it. It is interesting to know what Canadians do with their new citizens and how they cultivate the raw material Into something better than mere labor to till the soil and garner the harvests into the barns.--Chatham The Tourist Business Time was when the average citizen regarded tourists as objects of typical Canadian hospitality who, incidentally spent some money in the country. But the casual regard has been replaced by the realization that the tourist trade is one of the leading industries of the province. Thus, Without forgetting friendliness and hospitality the people of Ontario are rapidly learning to appreciate the annual throng of visitors as definitely meaning dollars and cents. Last year, for instance, about $101,678,000 was spent by motor tourists in this province, and this was supplemented by the amounts spent by the thousands who came in by train and boat. Basing their estimate on the number of inquiries received, particularly from the United States, transportation experts predict that the present season will set an all-time record, so the "industry" is not only large but growing. Another point of interest is that while Quebec has always claimed first place in tourist totals, Dominion statistics set aside the boast in favor of Ontario, by indicating that tourists spend about three times as 5ujh »:' _li'^e ail. French Cr.nada.--Brantford Expositor. A Lot cf Honev When we think of Canada's exports we are liable to think mainly of wheat and newsprint and minerals. Well, last year Canada sold Britain 2,295,000 pounds of honey. --Ottawa .Journal. At Its Beat These are no longer the horse and buggy days. The average motorist can knock off work around three o'clock or later in the afternoon and make a survey of the countrys: well before supper time. It is well worth doing in the Niagara Peninsula right now. One of the oldest residents informed this writer this week that he had never seen the district look better. There are favorite drives for everyone. Some of us like to get off the beaten track. The beautification job at Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, will prove one of the finest assets of this pr< when completed. And from the Falls to Queenston Heights, to Niagara-on-the-Lake, to Port Weller,'with its beautiful horticultural garden is a dream now and for months to come. Is there anything better on the continent of America?--St. Catharines Standard. Move Discipline A new cell block at Guelph Reformatory is to contain 312 single cells which will replace the dormitory system. This change follows the recommendation made by Judge Madden, who investigated the recent riot in the institution. There is to be greater discipline in the future, and discipline is the first essential in any prison.--Ottawa Journal. Army Life The British Army is going to start serving four meals a day instead of three; barracks are to be modernized and equipped with bathrooms and reading rooms. Butter will replace margarine in the army kitchens. Fresh milk will be served daily. Dorr.est'c help will be hired to scrub out canteens, thereby relieving Tommy of one of the most disliked jobs. --Vancouver Sun. Cx-r/clescer.t Hospitals ' Formally opening the new St. John's Convalescent Hosp'tal at New-tonbrook, just north of Toronto, Lord Tweedsmuir took time off to utter words cf commendation for the high standard of Canadian hospitals. He mentioned their equipment, research facilities and work, and general effectiveness. He brought home what too many persons are prone to forget, the high state of development in this country for the treatment of those who are ill. At the same time, His Excellency commended the inauguration of the convalescent type of institution. "A patient at this point needs a change, a change of atmosphere," he told the gathering. In his statement, the Governor General is undoubtedly right. When a patient has reached a convalescent stage, keeping him in an institution where people are seriously ill, many even dying, must be a retarding factor in his recovery. By placing him in a building where all are getting well, and anticipating being able to resume normal health at an early date, a patient is given a psychological benefit.--Windsor Star. Freight By Air Government figures show that Canadian airplanes are carrying six and a half times as much freight as all scheduled United States lines, domestic and foreign combined. The last completed figures are those of 1935, and in that year 13,000 tons of freight and express were moved. Last year's figures will total h'gher, as indicated by the fact that one company carried 1,543,000 pounds in the first six months, equalling nine months of the previous year, while another carried seven million pounds in the first ten months, as compared to five million in the twelve months of 1935. There are some thirty companies engaged in this transportation business in Canada's northland. -- Moncton Transcript. The Empire London's Eggs During the hearing of the case an expert said that he supervised the grading of 3,000,000 eggs annually, stated: "I consider an egg new-laid up to seven days. After that it becomes a fresh egg. It may be in a new-laid condition some time after. It depends on the condition of the egg when it is laid." One egg dealer described a new-^id^eggj ;_one f.'which is fit for. 1**^ inf. poa -iiing or frying," and added: "I've known eggs to remain fresh for five or six weeks in cool weather. A fresh egg is fresh until it goes west."--London Times. Gaudy "1 do not believe that Englishmen like to be conspicuously dressed," said the War Secretary, explaining why he refuses to restore the Army's scarlet tunic. That is strange talk in this land of pearly kings, Beefeaters, bewigged Judges, ermined Mayors, Brass Hats, Black Rods and strawberry-leaved Dukes. Apart even from such dazzling personages we are a picturesque lot. See how eagerly the average man gets out of his drab office uniform and into plus-fours, hiker's kit, or a gay blazer as soon as he has a few hours off. And nobody ever heard of a British redcoat or his girl complaining that he was too gaudy.--Sunday Chronicle, Lon- Facing The Truth Hard For Women Lady McLaren Brown Gives Own Folk Some Hints LONDON, Ont.--Lack of co-operation and unwillingness to face the truth in all situations are principal reasons why women do not achieve their objectives as readily as do men. Lady McClaren Brown, of Hamilton, said in an address on women', enfranchisement before the Local Council of Women here. "Women's .groups seek affiliat:on with men's organizations because they know that it is best for them, but we do not find man forced to seek the prestige of affiliation with woman's work," remarked Lady Brown. "They have learned what we have failed to learn, the importance of co-operaticn. ' Playful Ways The Advance correspondent at Cobalt calls attention to the improper use of firecrackers in that town. Ladies had their silk stockings destroyed by vicious fools who threw firecrackers at their legs in a distorted and demeted spirit of frolic. There have been a few recent incidents of the t same kind in Timmins the past week or two. !t is difficult to speak calmly of vicious form of idiocy that prompts this form of prank.--Tim-; Advance. Marie Now Sets Pace for Quiets CALLANDER, Ont. -- Marie, tiniest of the Dionne quintuplets, is setting the pace for her sisters these days. Statistics released by Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe show she has more teeth and has gained more weight during the last month than the others. Weakest of the children s'nee birth and afflicted with a thigh tumor which was removed, Marie is now challenging her sisters for rugged-ness. She has 18 teeth, one more than Cecile and two more than Yvonne. Emilie and Annette. She gained one pound in the last month to reach 28 pounds. Five oak trees sent from a royal forest in England have been planted near the quints' hospital home, two and one-half miles from this Northern Ontario town. Dr. Dafoe, medical guardian to the children since birth, planted one tree for each of the little girls. Each of the quints, who speak considerable French but little English, gained in height during the last month. Emilie showed a 1-2 inch gain, her sisters each adding 1-4 inch. Anette, although her weight was unchanged, continued as heavyweight at 31 1-2 pounds, while she remained tied with Yvonne at 3-4 inches for height honors. | News In Review j Licer.se Cheese Men Toronto--Every cheese buyer in the Province is to be licensed under a plan which was approved by a Cabinet Council this week at Queen's Park. Under the scheme, all cheese will be sold throi-^h the medium of organized cheese boards. A direct charge of five cents per 100 pounds will be levied by the Ontario Cheese Producers' Marketing Board, and will be remitted to the board by the cheese buyer, who will deduct it from factory remittances. Eight hundred factories v/ill be affected. Ontario Dogs Win Awards At New Jersey Show Toronto.--At the recent Morris and Essex Dog Show at New Jersey, Waterloo Happy Warrior, a bull terrier owned by W. B. Milner of Toronto took first prize in the open class under thirty-five pounds, Trafalgar Queen Bess took first limit class, first open class and reserve winners, and Trafalgar Greatheart took first limit class. Both these bull terriers belong to Capts' Meanest Thief The Pas, Man.--This Manitoba mining centre, 250 northwest of Winnipeg, has found a new type of "meanest thief." One of the collection boxes, dsitributed to collect funds to aid in the battle against cancer, was missing from the postoffice lobby. Drill for Oil Calgary.--Several oil companies have announced plans to drill in search of oil near the ranch owned by the Duke of Windsor in the foothills of High River, 40 miles south of Drilling is already underway at one well, four miles northwest of the ranch property, and the rotary drill is down 2,000 feet. The new tests will be made north, east, south and west of the Duke's property,'known as the E.P. ranch. No one may seek oil on the Royal ranch. The Duke holds a 99-year lease on the oil and gas rights and only with his permission could drilling be started. Northern A strike at the boundary wells, oil men said, might mean permission would be sought from his Royal Highness to drill on the ranch property. . One of the companies which will drill on the ranch boundary is controlled by Chinese. It was organize! by the Chinese communities of Calgary and Vancouver. Charges Patronage Exists In Canadian Postal Service Quebec--S. J. Thomas of Montreal, editor of the Postmasters' Association of Qunebec Province year book, told the opening meet'ng of the annual convention that "although the presence of patronage in Canada's postal service is denied, it is actually present." More than 200 delegates were in session for three days. Dies While Cashkg Pension Cheque Edmonton.--More than six decades after arriving at Fort Saskatchewan as a bold young bugler with the old, original Northwest Mounted Police, 84-year-old Phil'as Brunette dropped dead here recently--on a bench in a crowded bank. Overcome by a heart attack immediately after cashing an old-age pension cheque, he suddenly collapsed. Born July 26, 1852, in St. Mar-tinne, Quebec, he enlisted with the Mounted Police in 1874, original year of the storied force. He was a bugler at Fort Saskatchewan, near Edmonton, the same year. Few living men could look back on so early a connection with the "Mounties." Little is known of him. He was a life member of the Northern Alberta Pioneers' and Old-Timers' Association. His wife died many years ago. He had one daughter, but old-age pension officials said he d'd not know himself where she was living. New Highways Aid to Mines Toronto.--Expenditure of $474,-745 on road construction and improvement, to serve the mining areas of Northern Ontario, is announced by Hon. Paul Leduc in the release recently of his Mining Transportation Program, 1937-38, to be carr'ed out jointly by the Federal and Provincial Governments. Reduction of the Dominion Government's appropriation for. the worl^ Mr. Leduc's statement announced, had made it "necessary to curtail the anticipated program of road work to some extent." But this, it was added, would have a bearing on the standard of roads to be constructed rather than on the number of projects to be undertaken. Huge Tobacco Crop Toronto.--Ambitious plans for tobacco growing in Ontario have been formulated by the Provincial Department of Agriculture which an-nuirSrcW^uSr-Wi.000 acies ox flue-cured tobacco would be grown this year, an increase of 15,000 acres over last year. The increase in tobacco acreage means that from 1,400 to 1,600 expert tobacco curers from the southern United States will be needed, as compared with 836 last year. There are 500 new growers in the tobacco area this year. A normal crop is expected to provide employment for 18,000 men in the counties of Norfolk, Brant, Oxford, Elgin, Kent and Essex. That potatoes fresh from the ground contain three times as much Vitamin C as those which are kept over the Winter is the claim of the Department of Physiology of the University of Upsala. Measles headed the list of communicable diseases in Canada during the last two weeks of April, according to the Department of Pensions and National Health. The total number of cases was 3,298 or 36 per cent of all reported infectious diseases. A Queenly Meeting Jane Ault (left), Bates College student chosen as Queen of Greene, Me., Apple Blossom Festival, and Arlene Gott, Queen of Festival of States at St. Petersburg, Fla., last winter, discuss their royal status. NEWS PARADE Commentary on the HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS -By Peter Randal Events in the international arena are moving with all the swiftness of a championship prize fight. At a meeting of the League of Nations Assembly at Geneva last week, fifty nations recognized the Valencia government of the Spanish Loyalists while completely ignoring General Francisco Franco of the military opposition. It looked as though the Loyalists might eventually win on points. The League was for them. Mussolini and Hitler were both reported to be very tired and the Loyalist forces in the field were holding on very well in spite of determined rebel attacks. The Sins of the Fathers But tho loyalists made a tactical error when a squadron cf their fighting planes attacked the German battle cruiser Deutschland. One of the devilish eggs landed on her decks and she limped into Gibraltar with twenty-four dead officers and men. It did not matter that the Deutschland was in forbidden waters when the bombing occurred. Twenty four Germans were dead and Nazi authority challenged. Germany and Italy withdrew from the non-intervention committee and a German fleet destroyed the Spanish harbor of Almeria. Three hundred have been reported dead as the sins of the Spanish fathers are visited upon their defenseless children. Imperial Politics Italy and Germany are in dangerous mood and there are many worried heads in England at the present time. Collective security as represented by the League of Nations failed to protect China. Collective security failed to help Ethiopia and now, collective security appears to have failed in a situation that may well threaten the whole peace of the world. One of the chief pillars of the League has been Great Britain but after the failure of sanctions and the possible effect if they should again be invoked by an offended nation, it is said that Great Britain is wavering in its attitude toward the League as a body to punish aggressor nations. As the most powerful of the Dominions, Canada is said to have the deciding voice in Britain's decision. Shall Prime Minister Mackenzie King attempt to use his influence for the abandonment of sanctions? Few think he will but the possibility has interesting aspects when Canada's well known reluctance to being drawn into European affairs is known. The late Lord Birkenhead scribed Neville Chamberlain, the new prime minister, in his characteristic sneer as "a man who is what he was --a very good Lord Mayor of Birmingham--in a lean year. "For honesty, he is said to be Baldwin's counterpart. In matters of policy, it's thought that he will follow in the steps of his former leader. Where new innovations are to be sought, some think he will look for a hint from President Roosevelt. Should some daring experimenter, arrive at some feasible plan for world economic and political stabilization Neville Chamberlain is expected to give his whole hearted support. That such a scheme is al- foot cannot be gainsaid in the attempts of American gain influence in the Imperial conference discussions through the voices of certain of the Dominions. Last of the "Old Gang" The past few months have witnessed many changes in high places. This week, the last of England's "Old Gang" statesmen takes over the direction of affairs on the retirement of two contemporaries. Stanley Baldwin has become an earl and retired to the comparative peace of the House of Lords. Ramsay Macdonald, true to his idealistic streak, has declined a similar honour as a gesture toward the political career of his son who retains cabinet rank in the new government as Minister for the Dominions. An Angry Paper Hanger Chicago has always had a reputation for very free "free speech". A few years ago, Wild Bill Thompson used the municipal rostrum to hurl imprecation at the head of George V. Today he visits the Dominion of the late king as only one of thousands of enthusianiic American fishermen. Back in Chicago, an oratorical successor has arisen in the past few weeks in the person of an ecclesiasti-: cal prince, Cardinal Mundelein who. has had the misfortune to call Chancellor Hitler an "Austrian paper; hanger". Now Chancellor Hitler was a paper hanger not such a very long time ago but he and the German people like to forget about it. Whether as I a direct result of Chicago's Cardinal's remarks or as a part of a con- j certed campaign against the Church, j the Nazi Government last week ban-! ned publication of 200 Catholic news-1 papers and pushed forward the trials of German clergy held on wholesale j immorality charges. And the Church j prepared to fight back as clergy used j their pulpits to denounce the Chan-1 cellor and all his works. Aviation Merry-Go-Round When we started out, this week's news looked like a prize fight gone mad with the fighters not caring particularly whether they hit the other, man, the referee or someone in the audience. After going the circle from I Germany to Germany, it begins to j take some of the aspects of a merry-! go-round.That is just what aviation > is about to do with the world as the . last remaining link in globe circling "CU^^^UvsdtmS^t He •. .as" snails prepared on both both allies-flj of the Atlantic ocean. Experimental flights are already being put on schedule basis between New York and Bermuda while in the wilds of Newfoundland, not far from the take off point of the first Transatlantic flight in T919, 400 men are hacking out the runways which the first one hop planes will use in June. The great air- ! ports will take at least two years to- And up at the North Pole, arrangements for the top of the world weather observation post are almost completed ar base planes landed on the drifting ice floe3 with cargoes of supplies. And so another week's adventures march into history. U.S. Trade Is Declared To Be In Grasp of British Empire Marriage Bill Passes 190-37 British Measure Is Sent To Lords Many Absent When Vote Taken LONDON, Eng. -- The marriage bill, which its sponsor, A. P. Herbert, introduced to remove the "indecent, hypocritical, cruel and unjust marriage laws of the country," was given third reading in the House of Commons last week. A majority of members abstained from the division but the vote of 190 to 37 sends the bill to the House of Lords where it is expected it will either be thrown out or drastically amended. Under terms of the bill no divorce will be obtainable within five years of marriage but after that time a divorce may be granted on the grounds of adultery, desertion, cruelty or incurable insanity. New grounds for the nullity of marriage are introduced and provision Is made for the presumption of death in cases of miss'ng parties to a ir.ar- At presert adultery ground for divorce. t:-t only Never apologize for showing feeling. My friend, remember that when you do so you apologize for truth.-- Beaconsfield. You, who forget your own friends, meanly to follow after those of a higher degree, are a snob. -- Thackeray. The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.-- A. DETROIT.--Francis Patrick Garvin, president of the Farm Chemur-gic Council and assailant of American trade treaty policies, has asserted that "the United States is in the ever-growing grasp of the British Garvan, president of the Chemical Foundation and former alien property custodian under President Wilson, told a banquet of the Third Dearborn Conference of the Chem-urgic Council that little is known publicly of the terms of a new trade treaty about to be made w th Great "Our people don't know," he declared. "Our government will have nothing more to say about it than Japan because of the control that Britain holds over basic commodities which we need from abroad and the control exercised through financial interests." Garvan also took the Roosevelt Administration to task for its gold pol'cy, declaring that the United States has bought $4,000,000,000 worth of British South African gold, normally worth $22 an ounce, for "Who. told us to increase the price of gold from $22' to $35 before we bought the S4,000,000,000 worth?" he asked. ."Did they take any cotton, or any of our exportable materials, in exchange for it? The an- Referring to international trade, Garvan said that such does not exist because 80 per cent of the trading between nations is "British control-