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See, N Ros Fo oa ou a Ae Ae TH ae a Sv; NBER lw a : Ley oT Hark a a IN yo ue RC Se ep Se I Rs ns NS ES PR TR Od Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire ad The World at Large Ee haa Eo a aaa CANADA - 4 2 ON ADVISING THE FARMER How easy it is for some persons "wjth imagination and: gifted with a flow of words to sit dn a comfortable arm chair feet cocked on a desk and dictate to a stenographer funstruction how a farmer ¢an better his condl- tions, One of these effusions recent. ly reached our desk and here it is: "The application of engineering to agriculture has for its purpose the utl- lization of engineering principles, me thods dnd equipment to decrease the unit cost of farm products, to reduce the amounts of irksome labor in pro- ducing crops and caring for livestock and to increase the satisfaction of farm living." What a wonderful thing this must be for the farmer, The application of engineering to farming is going to show how he can the more easily plow, sow and harvest, how best to unload his grain in the mows, cut and hoist the corn into the silo! milk his cows and with the minimum of ener- gy and in the cheapest manner; weed the turnip patch and get the weeds out of his corn and potatoes while the farmer's wife is to be told how to per- form her multiplicity of chores about the house so as lo increase the satis- faction of farm living. It the authors of some ul the non. gsensical stuf emanating from city of: fices were to write their articles leave them on the desk until the following morning, and then read them before they began the work of the day, we feel sure much of it would find a place in the wasle paper basltet.-- Perth Ixpositor, VERY LIKELY Much of the sighing for good old. fashioned meals Is sighing for a thir- teen year-old stomach, -- Brantford Sun. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE As well as being against the law, it is dangeious to use trucks to con- vey childien or adults to picnics or other gatherings, The other day five little girls were seriously injured when part of the side of a truck gave way. rencks are not built for such work and carrying passengers in vehicles not adapted for (hat purpose is a dangerous practice, -- Niagara falls leview, SAD BUT TRUE A fellow doesnt realize now old he is getting until he finds that one deep heeath won't blow out the candles on Tis birthday cake --Regina Leader- Post, PROBLEM FOR-JEEVES Pp. ¢G. Wodehouse well known Brit- {sh author, has had a tax lien filed against him in the United States for $250,703 --$123,826 original levy and penalties and Interest of $126,877, It is efiective against the many royalties he receives for the stories he sells across the line and his film right. It looks as it Jeeves would have to put on his thinking cap in dead earnest to gel the popular writer out of this at. tack on his hank account.--Brantford Exjositor, DEATH DUTIES . The important role of the death du- {ies as part of British revenue is seen in ho fact that the estate of the late Viscount Tredgar will contribute al- most $6,300,000 to (he (reasury of G ear Britain, -- Niagara Falls Review. T+E COUNTRY'S FOUNDATION Mote and more the average man is coming to realize that the cornerstone of the national edifice is a contented and successful farm' population, In smaller cities such as Belleville this is the truism accepted by everyone-- that the farm's wealth and prosperity uuderly city wealth and prosperity,-- Belleville Intelligencer. OVERCROWDED Young people thinking of studying to be teachers are given cause to pause and think by the announcement that 900 applications were received for two teaching vacancies at Deser- onto High School, and 263 for a vac- ant public school principalship in Gan. anoque,-- Lindsay Post, THE HAIR BRUSH Judge Bleakley, in the New York Supreme Court, does not adjudge Bea. trice Countess Tavara, guilty on a charge of cruelty because of her use of the reverse side of the brush on the reverse side of her young son. He de- crees: "The hair brush is a recogniz- ed institution in all well regulated fa. milies"--Moncton Transcript, _ CHICAGO PROGRESS And it does seem Lhat progréss Is a very funny thing when the chief sen- gations of a fair launched with the purpose of showing the advances of practical science are a nudist wedding and a fan dance, Apparently progress in the eyes of Chicago, is represented by moving backwards toward the sim- plicities of the Garden of Eden,--Ham- flton Herald. IN DEFENCE We old highbrows ere apt to forget that the sloppy love the crooners croon about, is after all, the thing that makes the world go round,--Moose Jaw Times-Herald, ' ' HIS WEAKNESS Barbara Hutton complains that her fubby, Prince Alexis Mdivani, is pay- ing more attention to the polo pores she gave him as a wedding present than he is to her. He's a groom'but not the right kind,--Border Cities Star . THERE WAS Another man lit a match to see If there was any gas left in his car, and the coroner's jury was informed that there were a couple of gallons,--Strat. ford Beacon-Herald, EMPIRE EXPORTS There were some remarkable in. creases in Canada's domestic ex- ports to British Empire countries in June. Compared with a year ago the increase to Great Britain was from $17,997,000 to $26,497,000, the gain be- ing $8,620000 or 47 per cent; Australia from $841,000 to $1,630,000 a gain of $789,000 or 93 per cent; British South Africa from $378,000 to $1,082,000, the increase being $704,000 or 186 per cent,---Brandon Sun, MAKING A DISCOVERY Some June bridegrooms are finding life one grand refrain, instead of one grand sweet song. Refrain from cards, smoking, booze and fishing trips, =-- Kitchener Record, v CRUELTY If there is a humane soclety in tle St, Catharines district, it needs to do some educative work among the peo: ple of the city and surrounding dis- trict, It was some inspired mind in St, Catharines a month or two ago that hit upon the extraordinary idea of al- lowing the children to see a movie show for two starling legs, Whether tho children put the starlings to death in some way before tearing off the legs we cannot tell, but it was-found that they were offering the legs of robins and other birds at the ticket office, and so public spirit forced this scheme to be abandoned, --St. Thomas Times-Journal. COST OF WAR Of covery dollar we pay the federal treasury in taxes sixty cents goes to pay for our part in the Great War, So Brooke Claxton rem'nds us in Canad- jan Business, There are indirect costs as well. Two-thirds of our internation- al trade, exporls and imports, has dis- appeared as a result of growing econ- omic nationalism abroad.--Calgary Al. bhertan. 5 LOST EVERY DAY Two women's bodies are found, one by accident in search for the other, Lists cf girls missing from British homes are combed, and the public is shocked to learn that they number to 10,000 Scotland Yard, seeking to jden. tify the Brighton victim, have named a large army of them. In London wo- men disappear at the rate of five per day. A few are found alive or dead, but the fate of the rest is a deeper my- stery than that which now engages the police at Brighton,--Manchester Sunday Chronicle, THE EMPIRE N.Z. Beef For Britain, PR eet I ts *f SAE i 29cm] Agi + Fort Niagara Fully Restored De -- ee. et Se ------------ nt = After seven years of labour and an expenditure of $500,000, Old Fort Niagara has been re- stored. Photo shows air view of the Old Fort from the Lake Ontario side. Left to right, in foreground, British. Blokhouse, Millet Cross, Lombardy Poplars, Rush-Bagot memorial and old f 5 ali the wall at right, British Hot-shot oven, artificer's cabin, French powder magazine, dreneh Fe slang British Blokhouse; beyond the ba Nations (behind Rec hilly rracks may be seen the Dauphin battery covering the Portes des cinq of the total population, It is true that the latter figure is less than the ex- penditure in the United Kingdon which is about 1 pound 17s per head; but it has to be borne in mind that na. tive education costs the Transvaal only 18 3d per head of the native pop- ulation and about 1s 2d per head of the total population,--Johannesburg Times, License Hay Straw Export Dominion Action--Reciprocal Arrangement With U.S. Planned. Ottawa. -- Confronted with a ser- fous shortage of fodder crops in sec- tlons of Canada, the government has utilized powers conferred by the new Marketing Act to license the export of hay and straw, An order-in-council passed under the act requires export. ers to obtain licenses for shipments abroad, It also makes transportation companies see that shipments outside Canada are covered by such licenses, A statement issued recently from the prime minister's office explained that drought and. heat had so affected the aay crop in some sections that an acute lack of suitable cattle feed was being felt. Both Canada aud the U. S. had found ijt necessary to take steps to conserve the cattle feed, Where surplus areas in Canada were adjacent to deficit areas in the United States, and vice versa, it was [ntimat- fed, arrangements would be reached for moving feed across the line, - The statement reads, in part: "In view of the seriousness of the short- age of fodder crops in several areas within the Dominion, the government It should be remembered (hat the] success gained with chilled New Zea-: land lamb in the British market came! neither by luck nor favor, It was won | by hard work, close attention to de-' tail, and by scrupulous care to assure, that every carcass corresponded to! what its grading implied, A London | butcher suggests that the position of | the Argentine supplier in the London Market is not unassailable, But if New Zealand wishes to gain a place the | task must be tackled resolutely and : systematically, It Is a commonplace that this country has not, at least in| any quantity, beef cattle of the qual- demanded by the British consumer, | The answer to that is to acquire 'the foundation stock and breed on the pro-| per lines. As indicated in the advice already quoted, it would be no use | trying fo break into the market with | inferior beef. There is plenty of that] already. But it is also suggested that | there is ample room for the best, | again a reasonable proposition, That | ity demanded by the British consumer. farming industry should consider very seriously, and then determine if it Is} by order-in.council under powers con- ferred by the Natural Products Act, has taken steps to regulate the export of hay and straw. The prolonged drought and heat that have afflicted large areas in Canada and the U. S, have compelled the two governments to take immediate action to relieve the acute lack of suitable cattle feed that- is now apparent. and to prevent speculators from exploiting the con- sumers and producers of fodder crops, "The Canadian hay and clover crop which in the four years of 1926-1930, averaged over 16 million tons, had fal. 'len to 11,433,000 in 1933, and, for the current year is estimated at 9,884,000 tons, This decline is, of course, un. equaly distributed across the country being most pronounced in Saskatche- wan and Southern Alberta, "It 13 the policy of the government to see that such local surpluses of fodder crops as exist in accessible parts of Canada, should be made available In the first instance for re- lief of conditions in the deficit areas. fn view of the high ratio of transpor- tation costs to the value of the pro. duct, it 1s not expected that it will be prepared to engage in a contest for a! share of the British beet market, -- Auckland News, EDUCATION COSTS IN US.A. South Africa is probably the only country in the world that spends a econoniically advantageous to ship guch feed stuffs over long distances, by rall, It may be anticipated that where surplus areas in Canada are contiguous to deficit areas in the U.S, or vice versa, it conditions warrant, quarter of its national income (about arrangements will be reached 2 9,000,000 pounds a year) on education, ol pa of feed stuffs across e ne," Twenty years ago that expenditure, was 2,600,000 pounds, In this country | education is not only free to rich and poor alike, but it is also compuldory to a higher standard than in most other countries, Primary and second ary education (that is, free education) costs South Africa three pourds and 10s a year per head of the European population (man, woman and child), A fire ranger no longer smokes on the trail. He has found it too much of a chance to take. Neither does an experienced camper, or woodsman pull out his pipe until he comes to the end of a portage, And when he is fin- {shed he knocks his pipe-ashes into the water, He runs no risk of leaving and nearly one pound per head of the, fire behind to destroy his wild-life total population, white, black and col- friends, and despoil his favorite ored. In the Transvaal the expenditure haunts, Make Forest Protection your is even greater, and Is said to be the highest in the world. Out of an annual | revenue of not much more than 4,000, 000 the Transvaal spends nearly 3,000, 000 on education, which Is equivalent to more than 4 pounds per head' of the European population of the Fro: vince and to one pound 2s 9d per héad personal policy for 1934, \ When the -unwilling juror askol lo be excused from duly because he could' only hear with one ear, (he judge told hirk he'd' do all right, as only one side of tue case would be heard at a time, EXPERIMENT THE RIDGETOWN EXPERIMENT. Suoh a course has been introduced at Ridgetown and Ridgetown may well be proud of its secondary school system for there is no other just like it in the Dominion of Canada Dele. gations from Australia, Western Can- ada and many parts of Ontario have visited the school during the past seven years, and all have been most favorably impressed, The school was established as an experiment to find a practical solu- tion for the problem of vocational education for boys and girls in the smaller and more rural centres, The trustees at that time were men of considerable vision, Some ol these men are still members of the board and could not be pried from office they are so enthusiastic about the new school. It was their opinion that the high school course was not providing the right kind of a training for a great many students who had to he absorbed by the community and that as the community had to pay the bills it should be benefiting to a great. er degree, Accordingly courses were introduc- ed providing agricultural subjects and farm mechanics for boys and house- hold science and arts for girls, in ad- dition to the essential academic sub- jects. That the experiment is prov: ing successful is shown by the fact that of those who have left school over S0 per cent. of the boys have returned to the farm and the girls to the home,where they are putting in- to practical use many of the things learned at school, During the seven vears that the vocational school has been in operation the total average attendance in the high school and vocational school has been well over 200--at present 265--- compared with 160 before the opening of the voca- tional school, Contrasting the at- tendance at Ridgetown with that of other towns in Western Ontario, of the same population, it will be found that from 50 to 100 more students are enrolled for secondary school education, Thus it is seen the com. bined schools are meeting the needs of a larger percentage of boys and girls. One of the features of the Ridge- town vocational school Is that the first year is more or less of an ex- ploratory year, Parents are not always sure that the vocational course is go- ing to meet the needs of their boys and girls.. In the-larger centres more than halt of the students who pass entrance attend vocational or tech- nical schools. In so doing, however, they must definitely decide upon the future course of studies they wish to pursue and a change in thelr plans results in a loss of time, A student enrolling for the first year In the Ridgetown Vocational School does so with the assurance that he can trans. fer to high school at the end of the first year and proceed to a matricula- tion or normal school entrance with. out loss of time in either case, This leaves the choice of course open un- til the end of the first year by which time the student has had some ex- perience of secondary school work and is better able to decide, In the meantime a valuable training in prac- tical subjects will have been .recelv- ed, Or, it the. student rémaing at vocational school for three years, he can then transtér to high school and have just.as many credits towards a normal entrance as the student who has taken four, years of straight high school work, The main difference in the courses-of the vocational school and the high school lies in the fact that no languages are taken in the fofmer .school, thus leaving time for gubjects of a mote practical nature. The two schools are under the same priveipal and &taff." Corresponding Principal Ridgetown High and Vocational-Agriculture Schools RURAL HIGH SCHOOL i LT HIGHLY PRAISED By J. W. Edwards, B.A., B. A., BSA. B. Paed., graphy, etc,, are taught by the same subjects such as English, history, geo. teacher in the two schools, Both are of high school grade and pupils from the vocational school may write -de- partmental subjects and secure stan- ding in the subjects taken the same as those in high school classes, This arrangement,, coupled with tho fact that vocational school students make transfers to high school ivitbout loss of time, absolutely eliminates any feeling that cne course of studies 1s the inferior to the other, Another feature of the vocational school course is the advantage to the student who attends school for one or two years only, Boys attending for one year only receive training in me- chanical "drawing, woodworking, rope splicing, belt lacing, horticulture, poultry, soil physics and livestock, not taught in high school, and girls, sew- ing, cooking and home management, Boys attending two years recelve fur- ther work in farm mechanics (includ- ing forge work), seed selection and other agricultural topics; girls, fur- ther work in sewing, cooking and home nursing, and both boys and girls, bookkeeping. Girls who complete the three-year "course receive a diploma and may stop .school or trausfer to high school to complete a normal en- trance course, or resume their stud- igs- elsewhbre-~te--hecume dietitians, nurses or teachers or millinery and sewing, Boys at the end of three years may graduate to the farm, take a fourth year in the vocational depart- ment to qualify for entrance to the 0.A.C., or they may continue their studies at high. school, But perhaps the most unique fea- ture of the system is the attention that is given to adult education, Ridgetown is, I believe, the only rural high school in the province that con- ducts a winter short course for young men and women who have stopped school. This is a day course and cov- ers a period of six weeks during January and February and has been offered now for four years, Last win- ter 21 boys and 24 girls attended and at the end of the course express- ed themselves unanimously in favor of an extension of the course to eight commercial law were added for boys, and household budgeting for gills and these subjects proved popular, There is absolutely no question of Vv the value of slich-a-sehool to any' e.g - centre that serves a rural obvi) Gliding Experts. ity.' Nothing that has been accom- ished at Ridgetown is impossible elsewhere once the {facilities are provided. tem needs a good overhauling and that other communities: fiould be served" by agricultural departments, we have at Ridgetown, Our courses are by no means perfect and changes are being made from time to time. I believe that evening classes might be introduced for our young men and women giving instruction in subjects which would be of benefit to them ag citizens, and I am-of the opinion that the first year high school course should be made more general with languages: -set over until the second year to give fifth form students a better chance and the first year stu. dent more time' do: adjust himself to new: conditions, These are trouble- weeks. In some cases these students attend the regular classes, if the class is not too large, but most of their time is spent with special instruc- tors - who are 'added to the regular staff, The practical subjects taken are similar to those taught elsewhere in the school and some time is given to stimulating an interest In good reading, in" municipal affairs and pub- lic speaking, . Last year farm book< some. times and we are not yet out ot the woods, and economics must still be practiced but it is not pos- ernizing of this branch of. our rural educational system; The Dominion Government has recently extended the program of its Technical Educas« tional Act until 1936, Ontario is sup. '| posed' to have obtained its full shane of the grant, but perliaps some con- sideration might be given to the united claims for a new: deal to the population of Ontario. There has been a great dea: of talk about the intermediate school, but ap- parently we can not expect too much: from it. Dr, Rogers. director of edu- cation for the province, speaking on this subject, said that he could see no hope for the establishment of the intermediate schools in rural commu- nities unless the administrative unit was changed and school districts con- solidated, I believe that reform must be effected by making our high school courses more elastic, Everybody -- every man, woman and child has a stake in education, Passive accept- ance of present day educational mas chinery is not good enough if, through our organizations, something: better can be obtained for the boys and girls of our secondary schools, 'Boards: of trustees and citizens with the welfare of the communities: at heart, and the young men so courageously engaged in the new Canada movement should champion the cause of our rural high schools and see to it that they are modernized so that they will command the interest of the pupil and the approval of the public. From. personal observations I am convinced that these suggested re- forms would at least have one wel- come result, Some 20,000 pupils in rural high schools in Ontario now struggling needlessly with courses leading to university entrance would: know a new happiness when transfer- and rural life would in time benefit by the higher standards of more effi- cient, more open-minded and rational: citizens. o Our expectation of life has increas- "ed greatly. A new-born boy baby can now anticipate living fifty-six years, centry ago, the figures were forty-two and forty-five years respectively. Loudspeakers installed in one Man- chester factory have increased output of the work-girls, and, as they are on piecework, their wages have hour and a half in the afternoon. Distinguished Woman to Visit Us Dame Janet Campbell, an Outstanding Figure in Maternal Welfare Work Will Visit Canada This Autumn Ottawa--One of the outstanding figures in maternal welfare in the English-speaking world will visit Canada for two months this autumn, according to plans announced by the Canadian Council on Child and Fam. ily Welfare, Dame Janet Campbell, DBE. (1924), M.D., M.S. (London) who has just retired as Senior Medi. cal Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare of the British Ministry of Health and Chief Woman Medical Adviser to the Board of Education of Great Britain since 1919, is coming here She is a member of the Health Committee of the League of Nations, and at present closely associated in its 'studies on maternal and infant |/ welfare, Accompanied by Miss Eunice Dyke, secretary of the Canadian: Council's division on maternal and child hy. glene, Dame Janet will visit all the largest cities in Canada as part of her educational campaign to arouse greater interest in the problems of maternal welfare, Her visit will. co- ineide with the antiual meeting of the National Council of Women at Ottawa in Oclober, - Dame Janet: was educated at the London School for Medicine for Women, and ° followed with post graduate work in Vienna, After ex tensive hospital work she was called In 1919 to the newly formed Ministry! of Health, as the Senior Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Wel. fare, at the same time remaining in her senior pest with the: Board of! Educatiom In 1928 she was named the medi cal member of the Committee on the! Training of Midwives and also of the' Committée on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity, It is in connection: with her intensive work and studiesy bin the intervening years that Damel | Janet is' known throughout the Eng. lish-speaking world, and' is regarded There is no doubt but that our whole rural educational sys- in their secondary schools, such as keeping, business: administration and. sible that there are public projects. that might be set: over for so im- portant an. undertaking as the mod rural high schools. and the farming: red to work adapted to their needs,: and a girl baby sixty years. Half a the gone up in proportion. There is music for one hour in the morning and an}. Exchange Titles Each Breaks Record Held by the Other -- Aces' Daring Feats. London, -- Two "British gilding re. smashed simultaneously on the same day recently, ' And the two record holders exohan- ged titles, While the holder of the altitude record was smashing the distance re- cord; the holder of sthe 'distance re- cord broke the-altitude record, The.two rival pilots are Mr; G. B, Collins and Mr. P A, Wills Mr Collins flew from Dunstable (Beds) to Holkham Bay, near Wells, Norfolk, a distance of 95 miles, The previous record was set up by Wills last March, : Collins took off as the unofficial holder of the 6,000 feet altitude re- cord, - The same night he heard that while he was breaking Wills' record, Wills had broken dis, Gliding from Sutton Bank, near Thirsk, Wills reached an officially re- corded height of 6,100 feet above the starting point, and 6,000 feet above the sea level. The previous official record 4,600 feet, During his flight which lasted for three and one half hours, Collins reached 4,000 feet. Although he 'was not wearing a parachute; he looped the: loop: before landing. on the beach, It is stated that he could have flown | much farther, but was prevented by the North Sea. The world distance record is held by a German, Heéini Dittman, who last month; starting: from the famous Wes. serkuppe slopes, flew two. hundred was and: thirtysthree and one quarter miles. Selling Trip Is Successful Roosevelt Tour Leaves Its Impression on North- West Portland, Ore, -- President Roo:- velt's selling campaign of the New Deal and its purposes had left its im- pression on the Pacific Northwest, + Residents of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana understood better the aims of the President to insure "a more abundant life for Americans." His tour of the Northwest met with tremendous personal success and pre- sumably strengthened Democratic party lines. Supporters and critics alike agreed that he- had kept political promises made prior to his election, Nearly $100,000,000 is being spent at Bonneville, Ore.,, and Grand Coulee, Wash,, to harness the Columbia river. These dam projects will provide cheap electrical energy, improve nav- igation, produce water to irrigate thousands of acres and reduce flood dangers, + All over the Northwest are numer. ous PWA, CWA, SERA and kindred ; federal projects, Thousands of citi- !zens are receiving monthly pay cheques from the government and still more are recipients of direct and work relief. Improvement in business has been apparent in many industries, Agricul- tural prices have increased, idle mills especially lumber plants, have reop- ened bank debits have gained and bus- iness failures decreased, , Democratic leaders hailed the ar- rival of the President as the most val- uable asset possessed by the party fn fall campaigns to elect state and federal office seekers. "Be Brief The world is in a hurry; please bs brief. Pour termina! facilities for authcrs snd: speakers often nullify all their excellent wisacni. A man may possess oll kinds of useful knowledge, but fail in "discerning when to have done." ' Brevity is the tocchstene of success in. any. field. You may offend your customer, your reader or your hearer ia one respect and please him in an: other. But if you tire him 'by your day in pith and cogency and has educated: the public to the expectation of receiving mueh in little; The well- executed cartoon, will impart a whole philosophy of life at a glance, or pro- vide silent comment on current events worth a column of words. Brevity is the soul of wit. Yet they who have wit, or think they have, are in special danger of saying too much. 'Some one has said: "It is better to say nothing and be thought a fool, than to open the mouth and dispel-all doubt." Be brief! by the League of Nations as one of the outstanding International aunthof- It's: before marriage that a young man has his. girl constantly in his cords for distance and height were - tediousness, you lose him altogether, The: newspaper leads the style: to- ities on the subject, j ind. Afterwards he has her on his ; ands, . Dame Janet retired from her post : Li with thie British Ministry, in Decem-|' «gejtiahnegation, by which we lay ber, 1933, but continues lo serve ON ggwn all for Truth, or Christ, in our many of the Ministry's and the warfare "agaidst errof, 1a orale In League of Nations' committee On' ppigijan Science" -- Mary Baker 13] health subiects. < i Pddv, ; " 9