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we Voice of Canada, The Empire and The World at Large the Press : CANADA Hogging the Road An automobile driven at & fast rate ~ and "hogging" the centre of the road was responsible for a car containing five persons taking to the ditch on the highway near St. Placide, all the oc- cupants being injured. This offence is altogether too common, some motor- ists even ignoring the dividing white marks at curves and on hills, appar- ently confident that they will be per- mitted to continue on their selfish and perilous course by other drivers who are fearful of risking their lives by asserting their right to their side of the highway. Traps for these offend- ers should be in order, amd drastic punishment upon conviction of driving to the danger of others, -- Montreal Gazette. Food First We can do without automobiles, radios, trips to the beach, and fas- hions, Our bread comes to us not from the forest, nor from pulp and paper nor the mine. No more does it come from manufacturing or trade. Our values have been upset, We have thought too much of pulp and paper and too little of our bread. We have attached too much importance to in- dustry and not enough to agriculture. --Le Droit, Ottawa. Possible New Industry Whales are plentiful wherever there is open water in the Hudson Bay dis- trict. Inquiries are being made to see if it would be worth while to develop the whaling industry. Some white whales are to be taken to Winnipeg for sampling. Under the auspices of the Manitoba Industrial Development Board a movement is being pushed to see if a market for whale oil, meat and leather can be cultivated. It is also thought there is a possibility of ex- porting the oil and leather to overseas markets. When tests have been com- pleted, a survey is to be made of the English and European markets. If the hopes of the interested parties are ful- filled, it means a new industry for Manitoba and the West. -- Border Cities Star. Too Common The camper who is careless about his fire, the picnic party, which strews the ground with empty bottles, tin cans and the debris of the picnic lunch, the vandal who tosses broken glass and sharp tins into lake or river where they lie in waiting for some un- fortunate bather, the army of people who make no attempt to clean up af- ter a meal in the open air are all too if they base their ideas of our house- common, Our friends in the country, keeping on our behaviour on these pic- nic jaunts, must have a decided poor opinion of our homes.--Peterborough Examiner. Worn Tires Extra Hazard Drivihg at high rates of speed when the car is shod with badly worn tires is often attended with fatal results. A blowout on the front tire of an auto- mobile on the Kingston Road recently resulted in one person being killed and six injured. For economic rea- sons many car owners are endeavor- ing to get all possible wear out of their tires. Apparently they give too little consideration to the risk in- volved. In the final analysis this dan- gerous practice is actually false econ- omy. An accident caused by a blow- out--and mishaps of this kind more of- ten occur with worn tires--may prove very costly.--Kitchener Record. Forest Conservation Many thousands of Canadians earn their living from lumber and the in- dustries which are derived from it. For this reason it is of the first import- ance, If we want to assure the well being of a large part of our population, to prevent forest fires. Railways and companies interested in the exploita- tion of forests do all that they can do to safeguard them, but the immense sums which they spend annually for this purpose cannot - preserve our woods from destruction if the general public does not realize the seriousness of these losses, and does not do its part in aiding and sharing in these measures of conservation.--La Tri- bune, Sherbrooke. "Give a Dog a Bad Name" They are having something of a scare. in Ontario, especially in Toron- to, over the police dog. It appears that in Toronto this particular breed of dog has bitten 84 persons so far this year, and one of the city news- papers is hinting about the complete aboltion of the police dog from the towns and cities of Southern Ontario as possibly necessary in the public safety. There is surely no reason for panic where these dogs are concerned. fashions cHange. -- Toronto Mall and Empire. : THE EMPIRE The Finest Hospitality There are, indeed, many kinds of hospitality, yet how rare are all good things, how rare is the true Simple Hospitality, Simple Hospitality--you know it and feel it instinctively when- ever its presence is near. It pervades the whole atmosphere, for it breathes in all the hundred and one little things which thoughtful and loving hearts have arranged for your comfort. Arti- ficiality cannot live in its presence; thus you are not for ever pretending to be somebody else. You know you are welcome for yourself alone. Sim- ple Hospitality sets you at your ease } improve quality. (¢) To and makeg you feel at home. You thus think naturally, act naturally. Therefore you are happy.--Mrs. Hew Wardrop in Chamber's Journal, Civic Pride San Francisco has set a new pace for civic enterprise. She is laying plans to build for future greatness. Cities and towns where the people as a whole show interest in civic affairs, especlally those improvements which affect the general appearance of their city for all time to come, move ahead fast. It is one thing for a city to talk progressiveness and another to be pro- gressive. Experience has proved that cities which really do worthwhile things are the cities whose citizens preach co-operation and practise what they preach.--Trinidad Guardian, The Pioneer Spirit "I would like to invoke the enter prsing spirit of our forefathers and I would like to say that at no period of the world's history have rewards been greater than they are to-day. It may be true that so far as the world is con- cerned, those who hold in their hands the fortunes of these great schemes may not achieve such personal dis- tinction asthe forcer of the North-West Passage, or those who extend the ter- ritory of the British Empire; their ser- vice to humanity, their influence upon our daily life and well being, is not one whit the less. We need constant- ly to remind ourselves that the future prosperity of our Empire depends on our maintaining a virile spirit of En- terprise. It is the only policy which will ensure success." -- Sir Edward Stockton in the Merchant Adventurer. Up to the People Governments are human, Minor faults can always be found. The ques- tion is, can we do better than we are doing now? Are any of the common- ly suggested mprovements really like- ly to add to our welfare? Or is it bet- ter to leave things as they are? The answer must depend upon Honk Kong people themselves. - Are the best of them ready to take up public work, as in the Home .manner? Experts have their disadvantages but they are infinitely to be preferred to profes- sional politicians, whose first care is to feather their own nests. Only the willing services of the leaders in com- merce and the professons can keep the undesirables out of a democratic gov- ernment.--Hong-Kong Press. OTHER OPINIONS Poverty in Japan The food their cattle need Japanese farmers themselves, their wives and children are eating, because they have no other sustenance. In one-time pros- berous communities official investiga- tions have brought to light the fact that less than 10 per cent. of the fami- lies living there possess more than ten yen in cash. And when it is re- membered that a yen is worth about 27% cents in American money, one can understand something of the poverty of Japan's farming class. But what is worse, say Japanese inform- ants, more than 50 per cent. of the farmers have no cash whatever and are reverting to the primitive practice of barter--Literary Digest. Humane Warfare In the fighting with the police one man was killed and many injured be- cause guns, clubs and brickbats were used. When the infantry moved in to take possession tear gas was employ- ed. It did the work which might otherwise have required bayonets, rifle butts or gunshots. A most un- pleasant episode might have been the consequence of trying to control the disorder and eject the men by force. The gas did it with ease. The mili- tary had the upper hand at once. Chemicals can be psed to subdue American citizens, but international agreement seeks to bar the use of gas on enemies, sentimentalizing on cate gory of destructive weapons as hu- mane and another as unspeakably bar- baric.--~Chicago Tribune, -- in Fewer Schools Result Of Improved Roads Raleigh, N.C. -- Consolidations to reduce further the number of schools in North Carolina will he effected next session, according to plans an- nounced by the State Board of Equall- zation, This move, primarily in the inter- est of "economy," is made possible because of the State's improved I trappings. along. Constitution Day in Berlin called forth the bands and all the Here we see a portion of the parade stepping smartly 1. What are the arguments for using] fertilizer on fall wheat? ~~ ¢ Ans.--(a) To increase yleld: (b) To of clover or other legumes seeded with wheat. ' (d) To bala e the plantfood ration so that the wheat 8 fill lump, heavy kernels, Sug 1. Why Is potash needed for wheat? Ans.--40 bushels of wheat crop takes out of the soil 75 lbs. nitrogen, 28 Ibs. phosphoric acid and 50 Ibs. pot ash. Wheat contains about 71% car- bohydrates of which starch is the largest representative, Potash is ab- solutely essential for the formation of starch. The point has been many times established that the chlorophyll or green matter of the plant cannot | crop may be able to make desirable | growth ripen at a favorable time and p ho | per acre, whether the fleld is f 2 or d. 6. What soils are not adapted to wheat and why? Ans.--Many wheat crops are des-|* tined to failure through being placed on soils which have too great a handi-| I | cap to overcome in order to make them successful mediums for growing this cereal. A poorly drained soil is! function to the full in produc starch unless there is a sufficient amount of potash obtainable. For this reason, there must be either pot-| ash in the soll, or added to the soil in manure or fertilizers if wheat is going to do fts best. / : Certain soils contain a desirable amount of potash while others, such as light sandy or gravelly loam sols or soils which tend to be of a muck Harz Mountains Border Line "High, Low" Germans The Harz Mountains, best known in this country as the source of sing- ing canary birds, says "The Washing- ton Star," stands in Germany as the dividing line between the so-called high and low Germans. Around the mountains have been built many of the legends and weird tales in which the German folklore revels, The mountains vary in elevation from around 1,000 feet to some 2,100, with the Brocken, highest peak in Cen- tral Germany, towering to an eleva- tion of 3,740 feet. The range is fifty-seven miles long and twenty miles 'wide, topped by a plateau which is reached by fairly" steep mountain sides. The legends which add glamour to the mountains, and the birds which spread joy with their singing aré only a small part of the real value of the mountains, however, for the Harz is, in reality, rich in minerals, Silver, lead, iron, copper, zinc, marble, ala- baster and granite are found in its mines and quarries, while the for- ests yield much timber and, togeth- er with the mining activities, give employment to many people. -- ee CONSOLATION Mrs. Nuwedd was paying her mother a visit. "Oh, mother," she said, as soon as they met, "I'm so wretched. I've Just discovered that my husband only married me for my money." Mother raised her eyebrows quiringly. "There, there, my dear," she calm- ly replied, "don't worry about that. You at least have the comfort of knwing that he's not such a fool as he looks." in- Patient (angrily)--""The size of your bill makes my blood boil." Doctor--"Then it will be twenty dollars more for sterilizing your system." . Soviet Harvest Total Shows Rapid Increase Moscow.--Harvest figures for the third five-day period of August have been more satisfactory and the total now is only 4,000,000 acres behind that of the middle of August last year The deficit is the result of rains in the north Caucasus, which is 6,000,000 acres behind its schedule. Especially successful are the ma. chine and tractor stations, which have completed 80 per cent. of their pro- gram, Their number has greatly in- creased as a result of Soviet produc- tion of 25,000 tractor. in the first half year. There are now 3,000 of these stations with nominally twenty-five machines each and with their own ser- vice stations and mechanics, State grain collections improved 30 per cent. over the previous five-day' period but are still behind the month- ly plan. Last year's collections ap- proximated 28,000,000 tons of all grains and the fear that the current year's figure would be materially re- duced is now lessening. The cotton harvest has begun in Central Asia and the prospects are reported as excellent. m---------- The Day's Work Use well the moment; what the hour Brings for thy use is in thy power; And what thou best canst understand Is just the thing that lies nearest to thy hand. Art thou little, do that little well, and for they comfort know The biggest man can do his higgest work no bc'ier than just so. Like the star That shines afar, Without haste And without rest, Let each man wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do his best, ; --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in "The Wisdom of Goethe." Trans- lated and Edited by John Stuart Blackie. ---- The Greatest Work Have you known how to meditate, and manage your life? You have per- formed the greatest work of all.-- Montaigne. --ee Mr, Peters: "At last we're out of debt." Mrs. Peters: "Oh, thank good- ness! Now I can get credit again." Capt. James A. Mollison, first gives the motors of his trusty thing seems to be in working order. {in preparing the fleld for wheat, high- type, are notably short of this essen- tal ol " 3. Will phosphate alone give maxi- mum results on wheat? Ans--On many good wheat farms where the soil is of a clay loam or clay type and where it is possible «0 return a liberal application of manure profitable results are obtained from the use of superphosphate, Of course superphosphate supplies mainly phos- phoric acid and a little sulphur. - The growing wheat crop requires nitrogen to make straw growth and potash to assist in the formation of starch, as already described. Where there is a lack of either nitrogen or potash these certainly must be added in order to get best yields of best quality wheat. 4. Will lime do any good on the wheat field? Ans.--Lime is a soil corrector. That is, it corrects the reaction of the soil, turning it from acid or sour to alka- line, If the soil is sour, much of the phosphoric acd added in manure -and in fertilizers tends to combine with iron and aluminum of the soil and is thereby rendered largely unavailable for the growing crop. The addition of lime corrects this condition so that added fertility is retained in a form in y ited for the growing of wheat. In order for wheat to success- fully pass the winter it must make suf- ficient, root growth and sufficient de- velopment of top so that there is strength to survive winter climatic conditions. Moreover, if water stands in the soil, alternate freezing and thawing are sure to dislodge the young plant and expose its roots to the sun and drying winds of spring, Muck soil is notably high in nitrogen, low in phosphoric acid and very low in potash. An attempt to grow fall wheat on this soil will nearly always result in an excessive growth of straw which goes down, and the production of small heads poorly filled with shrivelled grain. This is the result of lack of phosphate and potash. 6. What fertilizers are recommend- ed for wheat and how should they be applied? Ans.--From the general experience of the work of this station, we are fed to recommend on medium loam soils the-use of 200 to 300 lbs, per acre of a fertilizer of the type of 0-14- 16. Much nitrogen will have been add- ed by the growth of legumes and the addition of manure. The phosphoric acid and potash added in this type of fertilizer produces a balance of plant- food which gives excellent results, On soils for which it is im ble to ding of money for re drew W. Mel- past."--Andre Maurois. "The greatest burden our system of government carries today is taxation." --Richard E. Byrd. ws "Nothing in hum: life has ever stdod s'ill and nothing ever will."--- Sir Harold Bowden. 4 + "We must be prepared to build up from now a competent receiver to deal with our bankrupt world."--H. G. Wells. , ! "Despite our ineffective methods of training and guidance, lawlessness is still the exception."--Lewis E. Lawes, "Ignorance and conceit go to- gether."--Clarence Darrow. "The modern capitalist is a fair weather sailor."--Sir Josiah Stamp. "The difference between a nice place and a swell home is the size of the mort; wge."--Eddie Cantor, "Muck of greatness in men is lost because no opportunity knocks."-- Richard Washburn Child.. "Under capitalist conditions increas- ed production is no automatic cure for supply a dressing of manure, and on soils which normally do not grow suf- ficient straw, the use of such fertil- izers as 2-12-6 or 3.10-6 is recommend. ed at'the rate of 260 to 375 lbs. per acre; In all cases best results are Shtained by drilling the fertilizers into the soil at the time the wheat is sown. Britain and India By Ramsay MacDonald We never wished to intervene in the communal controversies of India. We made that abundantly clear during both sessions of the round table when we strove hard to get the Indians to settle this matter between themselves. We have realized from the very first that any decision we may make is like- ly--to begin with, at any rate--to be criticized by every, community purely from the viewpoint of its own com- plete demands. But we believe that in the end considerations of Indian needs will prevail, and all communi ties will see that their 'duty is to co- operate in working out the new Con- stitution which is to give India a new place in the British Commonwealth of Nations. We should be only too glad 'f at any stage before the proposed bill becomes law the communities can reach an agreement among themselves, The government will be raady and willing to substitute for its scheme, vither in respect of any one or more of the pro- vinces or in respect of the whole of British India. \ Ph A ARIAL EASY WINNER The defendant in the breach of pro- mise action was a singularly ugly lit- tle man. When his counsel rose to address the jury, he sald: "You've heard the evidence of the plaintiff, believe this hanting, this fasci this captivating, this accomplished girl would favor the advances or listen, save with scorn, to the amorous pro- testations of the wretched and re- pulsive creaure, the deformed and degraded defendant?" ' His client 'tried to Interrupt. "Silence, sir!" replied his counsel, in an undertone. "Gentlemen," Re continued, "do you think this girl would ever have permitted an offer of marriage to be made her by this miserable atom of humanity, who would have to stand on a penny to look over twopence?" The jury thought not. Verdict for defendant, ing, rai ---- QUICKER Tony and his friend were at a loose end 'one aftern AT Powder Made by Grecians Before Christian Era , NJ--C used by Grecian women 400 years before the Christian era were manufactured by methods almost identical with those of tolay, according to discoveries by Princetcn University chemists. Analy- sis of a white face powder found in a tomb in Corinth by Dr. T. Leslie Shear, of the Princeton art and arch- ecology department, disclosed that they were cubes of carbonate of lead which Grecian manufacturers had produced by a process much like that employed now in the production of white lead, a paint pigment. The discovery of the white cos- netics by Dr. Shear was a rare 4nd, .Ithcugh their use by Grecian and Ro- man women is frequently mentioned in classical writings, Red cosmetics used by the ancients have been found before and some of this type is on dis- play in the British Museum. This type was produced from a plant. An old Grecian poem, in warning against their use, observes that "never by use of psimythion (the Greek word for white face powder) can you make u Helen out of Hecuba." The Romans knew the white cos- metic as "serussa" and Ovid, cele- brated Latin poet, ir author of an essay on "the care of the complex- ion." ay Dr, Shear, who is now associated with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, as field director of the excavating of the ancient Market Pri + ey rr ployment."--Norman Thomas. "Of all the qualities that man ad- mires in man, almost the greatest is vitality." --Fannie Hurst. y "Interdependence is. the keynote ta modern life and buying means employ- ment, one key-log in the jam."--. fred P. Sloan, Jr. iE 3 "Politics is not interesting to intelli- A gent persons."--George Jean Nathan = "Power and responsibility cannot be separated, politically or economic- ally."--Calvin Coolidge. "Love is a gift from Heaven; when the gift is withdrawn, the one who has lost it is to be pitied, not blamed."-- Bertrand Russell, "Statistics: are all right in them- selves, but what is necessary is a com- petent interpretation of them."--John Dewey. "Palaces were good publicity for kingship, just as an impressive office building is good publicity for a busi- ness corporation,"--Aldous Huxley. "Competition is between human be- ings, not sexes."--Anne Morgan. "We can no longer solve the problem of the twentieth century by reciting the maxims of the eighteenth or fo'- lowing the procedure of 'the nine- teenth."--Nicholas Murray Butler. "A more equitable distribution must be obtained of the products of human lcbor, brain and brawn."--George Foster Peabody. -- "Any government, like any family, can for a year spend a little more than it earns, but a continuation of that habit means the poorhouse."--Frank- lin D. Roosevelt. ; \ Place there, has recently returned to Princeton from the scene of opera- tions, where he spent the past season, a a Spain to Use $32,001,000 in Constructing Madrid--The Official Gazette re- cently published a d thorizi yd The Future of English By H. C. Bailey, British Wrter, Dis cussing a Prophecy by a Lecturer. In two centuries the English-speak- ing world will not be speaking Eng lish. What it will speak is to be "a the Finance Ministry to issue bonds to the extent of 400,000,000 pesetas (about $32,000,000) for construction of new schools in Spain. : 5} RET, A AS The teacher told the children about the Sapte of Eden and how Adam and " had disobeyed after being forbidden to eat the fruit of one tree. one tell me what lesson that teaches us?" "Yes, miss," 'replied a smal Loy. "Eat less fruit." = Ly - | able statements which in fact is fak compromise between future British English and future American English," a lingo, perhaps mercifully, . hidden by Providence from our imagl- . nation, § » E This prophecy is not mine. It was made this nis Bo a lecturer in phon- etics, A. Lloyd James. His reason for the hybridization of our language in that there are many more people fn the world to-day who speak American English than there are speaking Brk tish English, 3 ~ Here we have one of those u -