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ny -- oe Ta ae THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1936- aU at ee HAILEYBURIAN Page ? Fe The Ottawa Spotlight By Wilfrid Eggleston Ottawa, Aug. 25. -- The first thing the cabinet did when the ainisters had returned from over- seas was to deal with the drought ana fodder situation in western Canada. Final arangements are still to be concluded and the problem will need continuous attention until next summer. But meantime the following assistance appears to be likely: Free shipment of food from areas where there is a surplus, to the drought areas. The railways will reduce their rates one-third and the federal government pay the remainder. Free movement of cattle from the drought areas to others where food is plentiful, within the pro- vince. (The Provincial and federal government are likely to find it necessary to buy up all surplus hay, oats, barley and green-feed in Alberta and Saskatchewan, to prevent speculation and export to the United States of needed fod- der.) Reduced rates on cattle moving eastward. A bonus of five dollars per head to eastern farmers and ranchers for keeping western cattle at least two months. Payment by the big packing houses of one dollar per hundred pounds (about double the market quotation) for cows and canners, for processing and export sales; with the provision that any loss on the transaction will be absorb- ed by the federal government, and any profit be distributed pro rata among the farmers and ran- chers supplying these animals. It is lioped to take 100,000 head off the market in this way. Give Work Where Possible -- The problem of farm relief in the drought-stricken areas was alse faced. Wherever it is pos- sible it is proposed to give work to farmers in relief areas, but the openings for this sort of thing are confined to adjacent road- work and, water conservation projects. Possibilities of the former have been fairly well ex- hausted in the recurrent dry areas, and the latter is a limited thing. Not more than $200,000 at the most can be spent this fall on dams and dug-outs. : : A great deal of the distress in the west this year is in a district which has had to be helped once or oftener in the past six years, and the machinery can readily be set up to deal with it. It will be necessary for Ottawa to increase substantially the monthly "grants in aid" of the two most seriously stricken provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan. During last winter. Saskatche- wan was getting $350,000 a monty, and Alberta $175,000. On the first of April these amounts were re- duced 15 per cent, and later there was another small reduction. Now they will have to be stepped up again. Saskatchewan came down with an ambitious program call- ing for the total expenditure of $12,000,000 and Alberta has simi- lar ideas. Both will be looked after, but the grants will prob- ably be a little shy of original re- quests. The federal government is getting revenues in a bit more freely than last year, but once again ,nevertheless, we are head- ing into a heavy deficit. That "balanced budget" is still quite a way. off. Promising British Market Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, came back from the United Kingdom impressed with the possibilities of the mar- ket over there, if we go after it. He thinks the annual shipment of 100,000 live cattle should not be dificult. The British market de- serves more study, and Canadian products deserve more advertis- ing. He has a vote of $300,000 which he can use toward this end, and a small staff will probably be set up over there soon, respon- sible to the Minister of Agricul- ture here, to push this affair. The National Employment Commission is looking into the housing question; and is trying to solve the financial end, admit- ted to be the stumbling block to progress. The high cost of money and the consequent high rents have made it unsound for build- ers and owners to go ahead. Ifa housing scheme could be launch- ed with money at little more than the quotation on gilt-edge gov- WELL BABY CLINIC Upstairs, Northwest Classroom Public School THURSDAYS 2 to 4 p.m. ernment bonds (say 3% per cent)! ment will in the long run have to it would be commercially profit-| come to the rescue, but private able, and the houses could be enterprise is in the meantime go- rented at prices within the reach! ing to be given a chance to work of the average working man, it' it out. is believed. Anyway, the com-| poration is one suggestion. A building finance cor- Re- mission is going to take a crack! pairs as well as new houses would at this end. Probably the govern- be included. 5 so ripe rage TLS. The effect of altitude is en- hanced in these two pictures, (below) by including in the foreground the brow of the hill, and (right) by the shadow of the building (Empire State) from which the downward shot was made. The pictures were taken at exposures, respective- ly, of 1/50 second at f.16 and 1/25 second at f.16. I RECALLING your vacation tours, did it ever occur to you how often you were taken. or went to high elevations for a view? The summit of a hill, the edge of a precipice, the mountain peak, the skyscraper, the lofty monument, the church tower, the crow's nest of a ship, not to men- tion going aloft in airplanes. Therein lies a picture-taking idea for the next time you start going places. Forget not your camera, and, whenever you find yourself "on top of the world" somewhere, make your- self "monarch of all you survey" by snapping the picture below. Reserve a part of your album for such pic- tures with an intriguing title-- "Jumping Off Places I Have Known," "Scenes from High Perches," "My Camera Goes Aloft," "Topside Snaps," "Hitting the High Spots" or what better can you think of? If you will take advantage of such oppor- tunities--and once you get started on this hobby, you are likely to see that you go to high places purposely for picture-taking--you will soon have a collection of compelling, not to say dizzy, interest. The impression that you want to give in these pictures is that of eery altitude. To do this it isn't necessary to teeter on the brink of your perch or otherwise to risk your life while you snap the picture. It is better for you and the picture to stand far enough back to include a little of the brink in the foreground, thereby in- tensifying the feeling of height. Hav- ing the horizon line well toward the top of the picture also helps by add- ing distance and vastness. You may be tempted to poke your camera over the edge of a retaining wall or window ledge and shoot down. If it be a coun- try landscape, shooting down will not usually give the perspective that conveys the effect of great alti- tude, so well as shooting with the camera held level, although the pic- ture may still be interesting. In any case, when you do shoot down, the effect will be helped by taking in a nearby object located on the way, such as a protruding gargoyle from a church tower, a jutting rock from a precipice, or a bit of the wing or wheel of your airplane. Have the sun at your back, because the shadow of your elevation on the terrain be- low also helps to tell that you were high up when that picture was taken. In all such snapshooting it is ad- visable to use a small lens opening, otherwise, you will lose-a little detail in the distance. Frequently, too, it is worth while to use a filter, particu- larly if your picture is to include a cloud-studded horizon or if there is haze. 94 JOHN VAN GUILDER @ FANCIFUL FABLES MY GOODNESS, JUNIOR! PAY ATTENTION WHEN MOMMA TALKS TO You! | SAID BRING ME A BANANA, NOT THE "PIANNA™ SS Selv 3y 33 oosy cme Semen Syma, tes Gre Brine nthe macreed Cayhwniuge gvantage Takes galighttul aoe fal y 0! spen'> agnecial fare painimumn special ang ream i AEs eee we A HEALTH SERVICE OF Hy THE CAMADIAN MEDICAL an ASSOCIATION AND LIFE Sige INSURANCE COMPARES IM CANADA THE EFFECT OF PROLONGED STARVATION What is the effect upon the human body of prolonged starva- tion? Since time immemorial fasting has been observed for many purposes. In former years its significance was largely re- ligious; in recent years prolong- ed fasting, except in Indian and certain other oriental countries, has been largely associated with the theories held by various cult- ists that fasting is a cure for many diseases. During starvation combustion of body tissue naturally contin- ues. This is essential to life, to the production of body heat. The excretion of nitrogenous and car- bonaceous waste continues through the kidneys, the skin and through the lungs. In the absence of food the body tissues are themselves burnt and there is a definite loss of weight. If water be available the loss of weight is not so rapid and life may be pro- longed considerably. Occasional one-day fasts may be beneficial, but prolonged star- vation means more rapid com- bustion of body tissues. Were that all, prolonged starvation might be freely recommended to all overweight people. The dan- ger lies in the development of acidosis. If a coal fire be lighted with insufficient kindling, it will smoke rather than burn clearly. Like coal, body tissues do not burn readily and require the kindling, certain properly assimilated starches and sugars, to produce perfect combustion. Imperfect combustion, as when the intake of readily burnt or metabolized food is cut off, liber- ates so-called "acetone bodies." These are found in the blood and urine in certain diseases such as severe diabetes or uremic poison- ing, but appear in normal indivi- duals during starvation about the!tion as in prolonged starvation, fourth or fifth day. {considerable damage may result. About this time the desire for] In one instance observed by food dwindles. This may be be-! the writer of voluntary starva- cause of the beginning acidosis, 'tion, except for water, extending which may explain also the tem-!OV¢r a period of fifty-one days, porar ystage of mental acuity said'the patient was practically un- to be experienced by those fast-(COuScious from toxaemia. Intra- ing for supernatural insight or|Y€MOuS injections of glucose and power. jinsulin corrected the acidosis, but hes presente van ceteris or|t0° late; there were gangrenous such abnormal acids as diacetic|*"¢#S throughout the liver. Do acid in the blood is not particular-;°t be 4 fanatic in fasting. y dangerous if the cause bel Questions conceinmg Health, addres- promptly corrected, but if they|s¢4 to the Canadian Medical Associa- remain and increase in concentra-|be answered personally by letter. tion, 184 College Street, Toronto, will i MAKING UP A SHOPPING LIST The hall needs a new rug. More towels are needed for - the bathioom, ard the kitchen floor could certainly stand a coat of paint. The children need shoes. The car will soon need tires. Well, we buy a hundred new , things every year. Scattered throughout Canada are manufacturers who make the very things we need. Their products are on sale in certain stores within easy reach. Certain of these products, aad certain of these stores, are espe- cially fitted to take care of our special need. But which products and which stores? Which can we afford, and which do we think best? We must look to advertising for advice. Advertising is the straight ~line between supply and demand. It saves time spent in haphazard shopping. It leads you directly to your goal. By reading the adver- tisements. we can determine in advance where the best With the aid of advertising, shopping becomes a simple and pleasant business, and values can be found. budget figures bring more smiles than frowns. From the pages of this paper you can make up a shopping list that will save you money! Want Ads. Bring Results goods. Advertisements Are a Guide to Value % Experts can roughly a product by looking at it. handling and examining it. texture, the "feel" and the balance of it all mean something to their trained eyes and fingers. % But no one person can be an expert on steel, brass, wood, leather, of the materials that make up a list of personal purchases. by concealed flaws and imperfections. %& There is a surer index of value than the senses of sight and touch--knowledge of the rT maker's name and for what it stands. most certain method, except that of actual use, for judging the value of any. manufactured goods. Here is the only guarantee against careless work- manship, or the use of shoddy materials. % This is one important reason why it pays to read the advertisements and to buy advertised MERCHANDISE MUST BE GOOD OR IT _COULDN'T BE CONSISTENTLY ADVERTISED Buy Advertised Goods estimate the value of More accurately, by Its appearance, its 1] foodstuffs, fabrics, and all And even experts are fooled, sometimes Here is the The product that is advertised is worthy of your confidence.