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ot The Empire and The World at Large the Press SANADA Leave Gzrage Doors Open In spite of repeated warnings, deaths * from carbon monoxide poisoning in garages continue to mount up. The death of a young Kitchener business man, overcome by fumes from the motor of his automobile, is the latest example of the folly of remaining in a garage while the engine is "heating up." In this case it is stated that the door of the garage was partly open. Un- der the most ordinary circumstances motorists should be sure to see that the doors of the garage are wide open before attempting to start up their motors. After they are started the safest plan is to get out as soon as possibile and let the engine "heat up" in the open air.--Chatham News. Carrying a Gun 'The law and the police ought to make gun-toting so hazardous that criminals will not run the risk of hav- ing one about their person.--Edmon- ton Journal, Canadian Seed The numerous prizes won by Cana- dian grain at the Hay and Grain Show in Chicago suggest that Canada has an opportunity, if she will seize it, to establish herself as the seed-producer par excellence of the world. The vigour of northern-grown seeds is pro- verbial. I. is all very well to produce grain in large quantities for the mar- kets ot the world. Canada will, no doubt, continue to do this, But why should she not take full advantage of the rewards offering in th. smaller, more specialized field of seed-growirg. The rewards are worth gathering. -- Vancouver Province. Over-production in Canada We have, in the past, put practically all our eggs in two different baskets-- wheat in the West, wood-pulp in the East. There is no more wheat being gold, and newsprint plants ar. partly closed up, three-fourths of them being in bankruptcy. In both cases there has been cverproduction, in relation to the possible market. Shall we know enough to profit by the lesson, when business picks up again? Or are we going to repeat the mistakes of the past?--Le Devoir, Montreal. Back to Small Industries Are we to experience a revival of the village industries that were forced out of business by the pressure of mass production centred in the larger towns and cities of the country? A report from the province of Que- bec is that recent months have wit- nessed the re-opening of a number of small tanneries situated in that part of the Dominion that have been closed for from 25 to 60 years. The farmers, seeking a market for their hides, are, apparently, finding it in these small Industrial institutions which are in turn contributing.to the domestic pro- duction of footwear. These Quebec farmers are evidently finding it profitable to return to the opening - of industrial establishments with a limited capacity in order to market their products and also to fill their leather needs.--Brockville Re- corder. Still Waiting Another Christmas, the fourth of the depression, and the world is still wait- ing for the sunrise. It's been a long, tough wait, but at least the sunrise is ~three years nearer than it was in 1929. A lot of grief is behind us, We look to the future with renewed hopes, enheartened by the indications that things are moving at last. The world has finally awakened to the fact that waiting is not good enough, that positive action is necessary to effect release from the depression morass. The peoples of the world are at last coming to grips with the real issues of the depression, those of money, credit ,war debts, tariffs, taxation and armaments, and something is going to result. Next Christmas should be a substantially brighter one than this.-- P. M. R. in Toronto Saturday Night, Hospital officials announce that babies now are $15 to $30 cheaper than they used to be. And the quality is practically the same.--Woodstock Sen- _tinel-Review. Ra sident Hotere Empire produce are by no means possible. .It is significant, for instance, that in the Ottawa agreements the edule' dealing with eggs, butter, eese and poultry assures free entry to the exports of the Dominions for 'three years, but reserves thereafter the right to impose duties or quantitative restrictions so long as preference over foreign produce is given. No Do-f minion is entitled to a word of protest against this policy, because, as al- ready suggested, their own practice in- hibits them from objecting to the exer- cise by Britain of a liberty they have always claimed for themselves--Auck- land Weekly News, The Dual Policy in India In two spheres at the sam time the Government are trying to carry out what is known as the dual policy. The principal aspect of the duality which seems inherent in the British Govern- ment's mentality at the present junec- ture is the decision to press on with the new Constitution while firmly striking at all unconstitutional forms of agitation. In a country such as Great Britain, or most Western coun- tries where the Government have an immense backing among the educated as well as among the uneducated por- tion of the community, such a policy might prove workable, It will never prove workable in India, where the Government has little or no following among the educated Indian communi- ties to whom it is proposed to hand over power. There are no moderate and friendly parties in India to whom Great Britain can hand over with sure expectations that they will play fair and deliver the goods.--Calcutta Eng- lishman, Britain's New Start In the heavy industries coal is on the verge of fresh development It is well known that hydro-generation and other chemical processes are ready now to give a vigorous impetus to fur- ther output. The opportunities for ft are immense. The coal 'measures of the United Kingdom are greater than those of Germany, the most highly in- dustrialized State on the Continent. The deposits of bituminous coal in this country are far richer than those of even the United States. It remains now for the people of Great Britain to make full use of these unrivalled pos- sibilities by an energetic increase of the national production. -- London Daily Express. Footing the Bill John Bull is used to paying. He has been paying ever since the war, and has become hardened to standing treat to the nations. The pleasing convic- tion prevalent abroad that whatever happens John Bull will foot the bill, so sedulously fostered by successive Bri- tish Governments, is as strong as ever, Even the staggering prospect of hand- ing over colossal sums to the U.S.A. while getting not a penny from our own debtors does not appal the Bri- tish taxpayer. Notuing appals him any more. He knows from long ex- perience that he is "for it" in any case.--Plain Dealer in Truth. (Lon- don.) The Price of Wool Australia is easily the world's largest producer of high-grade wool; and its supremacy is not threatened. No largely increased quantity of this wool could come quickly from any other country. Further, the world has been consuming current production, Of almost every other agricultural pro- duct there are large stocks; of wool there has been practically no carry- over for years. Yet the committee which was appointed to inquire into the wool industry finds that Australian wool 18 costing a great' deal more to produce than it is fetching in the mar- ket This suggests that there is some- thing radically wrong somewhere. Un- less competition in some shape or other is driving us to it, why are we selling at a loss?--Sydney Bulletin. AMERICA Distress in the United States « It is easily possible for the total economic situation to be worse even though the employment statistics are better. Jt is worse. And that for at least two reasons. The men who are going back to work are going back at lower wages; and those who still have jobs or businesses of their own have so that it is with more difficulty that they can extend ald to the unemploy- ed. estimates from every quarter are absolutely unanimous in their agreement that the needs for re- will be greater this winter than ver before in the history of this Re- lower incomes and depleted resegves| Congratulations showered upon England's Brigadier-General Hugh Mr. Cholmondeley celebrated his 80th birth- Cholmondeley and wife. day on December 1. On December 4 his wife gave birth to a daughter. $1,334,962 Is Received On Radio Licenses Ottawa.--The net cash received by the Department of Marine for radio- receiving set licenses for the first eight and a half months of the pres- ent fiscal year, that is up to the mid- dle of December, amounts to $1,334, 962, according to a statement issued recently by Hon. Alfred D:ranleau, Minister of Maripe. This does not include the issi to those authorized td sell the licenses. This collection would indicate that about 685,000 radio licenses have been sold since April 1 last, with 8 1-2 months of the fiscal year yet to be accounted for. The Minister said that the co-oper- ation of radio manufacturers, deal- ers and service men, in ensuring the collection of all license fees, bad proved very satisfactory. Under the regulations no set may be sold or serviced unless the owner, or prospec- tive owner, possesses a license. It would appear, from bureau of statistics' figures accompanying the Minister's statement, that all radio owners have not paid their license fees, The bureau estimated recently that Canada had a total of 770,436 radio-receiving sets, or 74.32 rets per 1,000 of population. ------r---- Ancient High School At Emmerich in Germany this fall the high school will celebrate its 120th anniversary. When it was first estab- lished Charles Martel was fighting to d..ve the Saracens out of Europe and the so-called Dark Ages were just be- ginning. In 1692 it became so famous a school that it had 2.000 pupils, and during the course of its history it has been controlled by the Jesuits, and the Knights of Malta and in 1811 it was closed by order of Napoleon Bona- parte. Many well-known statesmen and ecclesiastics have been among its students. Emmerich is on the Rhine, an ancient walled town of Rhenish Russia, about 50 miles from Dussel- dorf. | France Plans Abolition Of All Grade Crossings Paris,--Pending complete abolition of grade ciossings, the French Min- istry of Public Works has issued an order prohibiting ground-level rail- road crossings to be constructed in the future. In the national equipment bill a regular allotment of funds in each budget has been devoted to suppres- gion of the existing grade crossings. There are nearly 40,000 of them and it will be many years before the work can be finished. From p ing only 100,000 motor vehicles in 1914 France has come to have 1,700,000 automo- biles. Although there are fewer acci- dents in France than in many other ccuntries, the Ministry of Public Works regards grade crossings as a principal cause of accidents. Five hundred ground-level cross- ings have been marked for early re- placement by viaducts or tunnels. tie A eet. Barcelona's Police Gayly Clad Barcelona.--Barcelona's police offer th» only anachronist note in this new "pocket Stute" which prides itself on its modernity. Although they throw the plain khaki-clad army officers into ths background when it comes to the reception of admiring female glances, their scarlet eoats, blue trousers and tall white helmets are regarded as wkin to comic opera uniforms by cer- eralidad, Aen -- Eminent Radiologist Is Martyr to Science Paris.--Dr. Georges Haret, emin- ent French radiologist and head of the radiology department at Lari- boisiere Hospital, died here last week as a result of X-Ray burns incur- red in a scientic career beginning with treatment of wounded soldiers during the war. He was 68 yéars old. Previously the fingers of his right hand and then his right arm had been amputated. For The Nearly Blind tain more sober citizens of the Gen-| siderably ey which in would find expression in tremors. t sppears that thesé predictions have been born: out by recent events. Records of seismographic observator- ies, both in Holland and western Germany, agree that the epicenter of the latest tremors in the Rhine Val- ley was to be sought in Holland, J RS Brazil to Return Visit Of the Prince of Wales Rio De Janeiro, -- Brazil, like Ar- gentina, will send a mission to Eng- land to repay the visit made Lere by the Prince of 'Wales. two years ago, the newspaper "A Noite" reports. The mission, according to the news- paper, will be headed by Oswaldo Aranha, Minister of Finance, and will leave for London early in Janu- one stenographer has dreamed of being an air pilot. Amy Johnston wove her dream into actuality. She did it by getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to tyke flying lessons at a minor airport. She did it by re- tucing to listen to the limitation that | aviation was the 'sport or avocation | of the rich. She prepared herself to cope with mechanical difficulties on her solo epic across-the-world flights by the prosaic method of werking for and winning a ground 4 's 1 Tnatd ily, the ex-stenographer was the first wo- man in Great Britain to get one. Amy Johnson's accomplishments in the air have stirred the world. Her persistency gives it inspiration.--The ary. Argentina's special issi will leave Buenos Ayers for London shortly. President Aguston Justo or Argenm- tina will confer with Provisional President Getullo Vargas here In January regarding economic and dip- lomatic matters, "A Noite" also re- ported. BE a "Escape Proof" Block Is Proved Escapable Ossining, N.Y.--Two convicts es- caped from Sing Sing's new "escape proof' cell block recently. They sawed out of individual cells, slipped past three guards, and used the pris- on's own ladders to get over the wall. They were John Egan, 33, serving ten years for assault, and William Sutton, 80, serving 80 years for rob- bery. The convicts used a length of rope kept by the guards to pull up water and food to slide down the outside of the wall. An hour after the escape, the men were seen walking along a highway toward Albany. They were still in prison uniform. . Sam Madrid Plans to Electrify Roads Madrid, -- A commission has been appointed to study the electrifica- tion of all railroad lines within a radius of forty or fifty miles of Ma- drid and the construction of an un- derground station in the centre of the capital. The project is to make commuters of the people living at Aranjuez, Toledo, Avila, Segovia, Alcala de Henares and other near- by cities It is also planned to bring the Sierra Guadarrama mountains, with their 'Winter sports, within a few minutes of Madrid, te nn Cigarettes 1 Cent Each McClellanville, S.C.--Many mer- chants in this section obligingly break open a package of cigarettes and sell them at one cent each to customers who find it necessary to buy their smokes in small quaniities. One day recently a customer came into a local store and asked for one cigarette. The merchant took one from : package and laid it on the counter. The cus- tomer then carefully removed an egg from his pocket, laid it on the counter, picked up the cigarette and walked away. f Ey ey - Son is Punished For Disrespect to Father Rome.--The newsp pers give prom- inence to the action of one of the pro- vincial Fascist chiefs who has sus- pended a member of the Fascist party for two months on the ground that he - NE Christian Science Monitor. Women Out-T: In British Commons London.--One spot where women do not out-talk men, is Parliament, The record f6r a year, just iled frequently a matter of dealing with underlying factors, rather than giv. ing exercise. Hence, prevention fis obviously a better aproach than am attempt to cure defective posture, they state. > Exercise Not Always Cure, Although 'much knowledge has been gained from the field of physi cal education concerning corrective exercises and the development of good posture, much of the work in this field has been done without re gard to other 'fields of knowledge, Dr. Phelps and Mr. Kiphuth- say shows that lady legislators were This isolation has been productive of incorrect conclusions, they be buried, so to speak, under & moun... and frequently the correlative tain of male oratory. exercises have ben given withoul The biggest talker in the las: 8es- 4, regard to body mechanics and sion was Sir Stafford Cripps, a Labor Opposition leader. According to the Parliamentary Gazette from Novem- ber 3, 1931, to November 17, 1982, Sir S.afford spoke enough to fill 374 columns. A Women fared comparatively badly. The 'highest was the Duchess of Atholl, who "Lad 68 columns. Second rank to Sir Stafford was taken by George Lansbury, leader of the Labor party, with '348 columns. The Prime Minister, Ramsay Mac- Donald, had 83 columns. In the House of Lords, Viscount Hailsham headed the list with 265 columns. BE 60 Kinds of Taxes Raise Food Peiping Prices Peiping--Sixty different kinds of taxes are collected in Peiping, ac- cording to the returns of the Muni- cipal Finance Bureau. All business operations are heavily taxed while even the small property owner has been made "land poor" because of the levies imposed by the authorities. ito the physical and environmental conditions of the" individual. Young men and athletes should be made as conscious of correct - lini and body architecture as they once were conscious and in some measure still are, of tremendous musculature they point out. The emphasis should be on line and function rather than on muscle bulk. The present me chanical derivation of 'deal posture which has been arrived at through ° a study of proper bome, joint and muscle alignment will often reveal obvious defects in the most: perfect of athletes. It is manifestly impos. sible for the bulk of population to undertake a mode of life similar to that of the athlete in training; therefore, it is decidedly wiser to eradicate the defects and to live a normal life than to hold defects in check by an extreme adherence to an athletic program, they advise. Develop New Exercises, Dr. Phelps and Mr. Kiphuth have developed exercises based on the fun. d tal principde that a strength- Food prices have mounted rapid- ly as a result of the taxation burden. Social workers have estimated that taxes on meat amount to 30 per cent. From the time an animal enters the city until it is delivered to the com- Sumer it is taxed ten times. This figure does not include levies im- posed as it enters the city gates. Plans British Airship Line London.--Dr, Hugo Eckener, the Graf Zeppelin's commander, is plan- ning a weekly airship service between England and South America next spring, according to The Sunday Dis- patch. He is said to have won-the consent of the British Air Ministry to make the English base at Oardington, whence the ill-fated R-101 started her last voyage two years ago. "The immediate plans are for ser- vice between England and the con- tinent and South America," the Dis- patch says. 'But it will not be long before a similar service is organized between England and North America," Bm SR TA ---------- Albertans See Distant Capital Reflected in Sky Leduc, Alta--A number of residents here have reported seeing in the sky a mirage of the city ot Bdmon ca. ened muscle shortens an! a weak one becomes longer, The exercises are designed to strengthen a certain muscle or muscles, to stretch oppos- ing muscles, and to give co-ordima- tion, poise and equilibrium, so that when the body is in equilibrium it is poised without the aid of much muscle power. The adolescent age, rather tham the pr t or pre-school age, is the time when corrective exercis- es should be given, they have found. Find Clothing In General, Good. In di i envir tal fac tors in the posture of children, they state that the clothing of 'children at. present in general is good, for it is loose, light and does not impede free motion. : A prominent abdomen in a child is not 'a postural defect, they point out. 'A flat abdomen is very rare among children and is only a char acteristic in good posturé through- out the young adult period and again becom<¥ a rarity after thirty-five. "Straight ae an Indian" is an out worn phrase, in their opinion, espe cially if the cause of straightness is ascribed to the practice of strap ping the baby to a board, for the in- vestigators find no evidence that the hardest bed is any more advan softest feathers