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mm - Voice of CANADA How Canada Came Through Canada has come successfully through ten serious depressions in less than half a century. Considering population and resources some of the earlier depressions were perhaps graver than the one through which we are now passing, In many respects that of 1837 was the most severe in Canada, The Empire and*The World at Large ~ _ the Press Centenarlans The census returns account for 163 centenarians in Ontario. We have no details of the ages, jut probably sev- eral of them are well beyond the cen- tury. There are 74 men and 89 women in the list indicating that women are the most tenacious. - The return shows that about one person in 18,000 has a chance to become a centenarian in the about to make a determined drive to push their exports into the Russian markets, verwhelmingly y in the cor- ridors and restaurants of these hotels, because the majority of foreign tour- with are findi p-oduction requires -- "1 cannot help thinking that we ' 3 fa "The twelve-movth credit limit had! yin RUsSa are Americans, been a severe obstacle to British ex- porters, particularly manufacturers wie, turning point toward 'Despite world have marked 8. turr dn economic conditions, the flow of visi-| better things." Nicholas Murer tors has been well maintained this Ty a go our history. But Canada survived |Province.--Hamilton Herald. them all and passed on to greater heights of prosperity. The present Value of Fats depression seems to be lifting, and there is every reason to beliéve that economically our future will follow the history of the past. This depression requires to be looked at in its proper perspective. Our previous experi- ences are described in a pamphlet en- titled: "Canada Comes Through," by Mr. Floyd 8. Chalmers, editor of the Financial Post, Toronto. These arti- cles are an antidote to pessimism and Weeds Are Expensive Just how. serious is the loss occa- sioned to Canada agriculture by the weed nuisance is shown by the report of the Associate Committee on Weed Control of the Canadian Research A notable fact is that diet plays a most important part in combating tuberculosis. After the German occu- pation of Warsaw there was an alarm- ing increase In tuberculosis, because the Germans removed as much fat of all kinds as they could with which to make high explosives. When the peo- ple of Warsaw were able to return to a diet containing sufficient fat, the tuberculosis declined rapidly. against tuberculosis. Efforts made to reduce dust in factories are also cited as a contributory cause of the decline, as well as sanitation, water supply, and personal hygiene.--~Montreal Star, The Empire Council. This body which has been investigating the more important ques- tion with particular attention to the western provinces. The report de- clares that 18 per cent. is a very con- servative estimate of the crop loss due to weeds and taking the average wheat yield on the prairies to be three hundred million bushels, the oats yield al two hundred million bushels and the barley yield at one hundred mil- lon bushels the committee considers that at current prices weeds mean a To-day we have a tale of the new Restlessness that has come over the Pitcairn Islanders, culminating in the departure of two Pitcairn maidens to seek careers in New Zealand. No longer are they content, like their for- bears, "In the hollow Lotus-land to live and lie reclined, On the hills like gods toge.her, care- less of mankind." but are fled away to that world of ac- tion over which the gods smile in sec- Here we see Joseph V. McKee, successor to New York's playboy mayor, Jimmy Walker. No trouble at all, he was president of the board of aldermen and just moved up a peg and automatically filled the post. A Shorter Workweek By Frank Morrison, Secretary Amer- ican Federation of Labor. The important question in our coun: try is an understanding by citizens of the forces that are bringing econ- omic changes. . . . The same forces are driving indus- try to a five-day week basis and a shorter workday. The tendency is irresistible, and labor is daily secur- ing recruits from citizens outside of our ranks to its demand for a shorter WORSE Two young married men. were ex- changing confidences. "I know nothing worse than letting your wife find a letter you've forgot- ten to post," said Wilson hastily turning out his various pockets, Hayes grimaced, "I do," he replied, "What's that?" asked Wilson, "Letting her find one you've for- gotten to burn," replied Hayes, NEW TO HIM of machinery and heavy engineering goods, The Russians have always in- sisted on an eighteen-month period, asserting that they are always able to obtain credits for this length of time from Continental countries, Sev- eral months ago the Lancashire engin- e ring industry lost thousands of pounds' worth of orders to Germany because the twelve-month limit was in force." New Style Cafeteria London. -- The London Midland Scottish Railway has put into service a new type of cafeteria car, unique in design and equipment. The intro- duction of this type of vehicle, on which the passenger can spend as lit- tie or as much as may be desired, has been engendered by the company's wish to provide railway catering fa- clities in accordance with present. day economic conditions. The cars are rvn on strictly cafe- teria principles, customers serving themsélves, while the traveling bar- maid also makes her debut. There are no licensing restrictions on trains, and the traveler can make merry from Euston to Aberdeen if he likes, serious student rather than the casual vucationist or sight-scer, Tours are of varied length, ranging from a few days in Moscow to a month or more, with extensive travel throughout the country. f tourists with more time at their down dis- posal includes a boat voyage down Volga, from Nizhni Norgorod 6s Stal- i visits to some large i tis . Ea and state farms in|? a pappery dodging Tn ie he faoyied bist 2 Wt teh la British Railway Installs southeastern Russia, an automobile ghost."--) mn. ture--Toronto Mail and Empire. fats constitutes a definite protection trip over the famous Georgian Mili- tary Road, which cuts through the centre of the main Caucasus range, and a voyage on the Black Sea from the Caucasian port of Batum to one of Russia's favorite summer resorts, the Crimea. NEW RULING FOR PEASANTS. Rules defining the conditions under which a peasant may be expelled from membership in a collective farm and indicating his rights of appeal against a sentence have just been published by the Commissariat for Agriculture. Henceforward a peasant may only be excluded by a two-thirds majority vote at a meeting of the collective 1trm members, The reason for the action must be set down in writing. the A familiar route of the the | nerd Shaw. "All I ask from life is a loaf of bread, some onions and a bottle of beer."--Olga Petrova. : / "People should be warned that the loss from sweating cannot be replaced . by fresh water alone."--George Ber- "Psychology is a "The science of one generation, however abstruse 't may seem, be- comes the mere 'common sense' of the next.""--Lord Rayleigh. "It is never safe to assume that the human community differs very greatly from an ant heap."--Rebecca West. ; "These times are the best tim that the world Las seen in many years ~--they are teaching us something."-- Henry Ford. "Criminals today are not illiterate." --Lewis E. Lawes. " "Money has never yet formed an though the refreshment rooms of the| If the excluded member feels that he environment for anything; only gen- kda; .| The company director shook his 3 § loss of $40,000,000 a year to agricul- | Tet. So it is and has always been. The ee SE aeotter Workweek, head. i | stations he :1des through are bolted | has been treated unjustly he has al ius or talent, 08 Whatever eawitiia ture in three provinces apparently |men of the Bounty found their Lotus- 11,000,000 'idle workmen is the best| "My dear man," he said, "there are | and barred. ; : right of appeal to two organizations, you can at." --Mary s causes little concern, -- Peterborough | 12nd; their descendants weary of it, defence of our shorter workweek de. |hundreds of ways of making money,| To insure rapid service the car i8| first to the district and then to the Examiner. for the heart of man is never satisfied . Dangerous Holiday There is no more foelish vacation than an automobile trip that requires too fast or too long driving; it is much more comfortable, as well as much safer, to plan an easy driving sche- dule.--Peterborough Examiner. British-Made Cars Excelled A terrific contest for automobiles was conducted recently when the In- ternational Alpine trials were held. There were contests for four grades of cars, which had to drive over a long, steep and tortuous course through the Alps, a gruelling trial of speed and mechanical efficiency. Competitors were not permitted to put fresh water in their radiators, the ability to nego- tiate the hills without a "boil out" be- ing one of the factors considered in the race. British-made care were one, two, three in every class, and some- since he came out of Eden. Another generatio. will come that has "had enough of action and of motion" and longs for rest and ease and forgetful- ness and the influence of mild-minded melancholy. But alas! Lotus-lands grow ever more difficult to find. There is no escape from the ant heap and the hive--~London Evening News. Loans to Austria During the week-end it was an- nounced that the League of Nations had granted Austria a loan of £9,000, 000. One third of this amount will be furnished by Great Britain. This money is being diverted from our own needs and interests in the Empire to bolster up a country that no longer maintains independent national exist- ence, but whose products thus subsi- dized will directly compete with ours. Every one knows that Austria must eventually be taken into a Customs Union with Germany, mand. While the five-day week is neces- sary, labor has no illusions that this will be voluntarily granted by the great majority of employers. The weokers expect to go over the same grond they traveled when they attack- ed the ten, nine and eight hour work- days, when they urged workmen's compeneation, safety in mill, mine and factory, free public schools and other advances that are now accepted as part of our social life. Machinery in Society By William N. Doak, United States Secretary of Labor, in an Address at the Syracuse State Fair. Machinery has been a boon to em- but only one that's honest." The company promoter looked puz- zled. g "What's that?" he asked, "Ah," smiled the other, "I thought you wouldn't know!" ployer, to worker and ; but its real purposes must never be lost sight of, for when they are, machin- ery becomes the destroyer and not the builder of the hopes of every "He's an unlucky fellow." "Yes, he is always Johnny on the wrong spot." divided longitudinally by a barrier which provides a corridor alongside the seating accommodations. Passen- gers pass aloag this corridor to the bur, where they select their food and put it on trays that work along a sliding rack. At the end »f the bar the ecst of the trayful is computed and the customers pass m to the tables by walking arcund the end of the barrier. Thus is completed a ome- way circuit which insures the service of refreshments without delay. SESS REA Trace Found of New Particle of Matter New York--Identification of what may be a new ultimate particle of matter was announced recently by Dr. Carl D. Anderson, associate of Dr. Robert A. Millikan of California~In- stitute of Technicology. It is an ex- tremely light positive charge of elec- tricity, seemingly about 1,800 times ruzional commission which exists for the purpose of hearing complaints. The decision of the regional commis- sion is final. © NEW LIBRARY UNDER WAY. One of the largest Libraries in the world is now under construction in Moscow, When completed in 1938 or 1934 it will have housing space for 8,000,000 volumes. The new building, «<r rather group of*building, is being constructed on the site of the present Lenine (formerly -Rumyantsev) Lib- rary, which has now been outgrown, as a result of the accumulation of besks, The main building of the new library will be a three-storey build- i.g with seats to accommodate 3,000 readers. The face of the building will Le constructed out of marble and granite, the inside walls will be of .aricolored marble, the woodwork and furniture of redwood. TRANSLATING TOLSTOY. ; "The soil is the source of wealth-- not the banks."--Henry Ford. "Many a cream-puff personality goes as a hero, and heroes are write ten down as fools."--Richard Wash- burs Child. "In one motion picture studio they quit producing comedies and are | working on a financial statement in Siete reels; they think it'll be much funnier." --Eddie Cantor. "National confidence will return as soon as we are able to think again mn are rather than what we have lost." --Andrew W. Mellon. | "The more properly managed clubs and playgrounds we have he less po- lice stations we shall need.--Lewis E. Lawes. less in mass than previously observed : 3 "We are living in a world not of . d Berlin intends Sr fans oe The Soviet State Publishing Com. : : : Hey ve Jud shy ey There to absorb her. To continue to lend| Worker to earn the wherewithal not positive charges; pany has been commissioned to pre- Hares Simensione, bet of Joon =, , ) 2 ; ti imsolf Wrong Tune bi e fourth is movement." --Sir Haro! and other coufitries in the competition money to Austria is only to add to the only of the necessities for himself and and they were simply "blotted out." British workmanship is rarely sur- passed by that of other mation: --St. Thomas Times-Journal. Handshake Dangerous Because Americans," Englishmen, Germans, Dutchmen, Swedes, Lithuan- fans, Poles, Danes, Armenians, Ser- bians, Greeks, Estonians, Syrians, Letts, Icelanders, Norwegians and es- ecially the Japanese think it is effem- inate, many modern Frenchmen have abandoned the ancient and honorable benelovent golden stream which has its source here and its outlet in the bottomless sea of German finance. -- London Daily Express. Australia's Recovery During the eight years to June, 1930, the net excess of imports over exports was sixty-two millions. That is to say, during these years we not only did not pay anything towards our overseas interest; we slipped sixty-two millions still further back. That we should this year be able not only to pay all our interest, but put by eight or nine kis family, but as well such luxuries as will keep him and them up to the standards of normal American life. The continuation and extension of this modern giant must be accompan- ied with a well-balanced humanitar- ian and economic program to prevent us from reaching a state of social danger, The income received through the source of salaries and wages must be so balanced that all may have the means of a livelihood. Such a plan will prevent the collapse of our social fabric which would otherwice destroy our advanced civilization which the A millionaire who wrote a dread- fully illegible fist took a shoot in the North of Scotland. One night before retiring he sent the head keeper detailed written in- structions for the morrow. Next morning he was awakened very early by the' persisteat skirling of bagpipes beneath his window. Summoning his manservant, he said testily: "What's that fearful racket?" "Oh," said the man, "that's Donald the keeper playing that wee bit tune ye sent him last night." Beyond Him The cyclist had lost his way and Lud inadvertently entered a private road. Suddenly he was confronted by a very stout and irate bailiff. "Look here, young man," shoutsd ths bailiff, "you go back! You'll not proceed except over my dead body!" "Very good," replied the cyclist. "If it's like that I'll go back. I've done quite enough hill-climbing for one day!" AGREED pare a limited edition of 1,500 copies of Tolstoy's novel, "Anna Karenina," in the English language, in two vol- umes, on especially fine paper. A New York firm, "Limited Editions Club," originated the plan of publish- ing the best literary work of every country in English for Russia in lim- ited editions of especially high qual- ity. The somewhat debatable point of what titutes Russia's greatest literary work was decided in favor of "Anna Karenina." A feature of tho new publication will be illustrations by N. I. Piskarev, a prominent etcher. Bowden, "Bad times, it is said, are always good times for superstition."'--Aldous Huxley. "We face the stark insanity that we starve because we have produced too much food, go urclothed because we prod too much cotton, and in general suffer want in the midst of plenty."--Harry Emerson Fosdick, "If all the monetary gold in the The mathematics master noticed | --The Christian Science Moni world were collected, it would pa; \ : mien : y J nce Monitor. A pay Gallic custom of greeting friends With | millions as well is a performance | machine age has made possible. This that one of his pupils was day-dream- i only about one-third of the British a resounding kiss on the cheek or jaw, | to which we are surely entitled to, at| can best be safeguarded by increased TRUTH ing, and not following his work on pr------ "Time" says. So widespread has be- come the custom of shaking hands in France that the august L'Academie de Medecine was asked recently for an least, call the world's attention.--Syd- ney Bulletin. v-ages, shorter workdays and shorter workweeks, thereby equitably distri- buting the fruits of mechanization. Truth is the ground beneath heav- en and earth. The part we mortals see we call Wisdom, and the other the blackboard. To recall his atten- tion he said, sharply: "Brown, Brown, board!" Plans Already Forming For Regina World Fair national debt."--Lord Desborsugh. "The ultimate goal is the Kingdom earth. " y Pineapple Market This plan has my unqualified endorse. | part, underlying haven, we call The boy, startled, looked up. Toronto--Ontario will be adequate. ot H Savon oi '--Stanley Bald- opialon, oy eigiiily tho ncndoule son As it is, the Canada-British West In- quent. Faith. "Yes, sir, very," came the reply, [ly and appropriately represented at sidered, then over the voluble oppos!-| dies Trade Agreement gives a prefer > the World's rain Show and Confer-| « % tion of a youthful minority delivered | ence of two cents per Ib, on i gD fnce Which takes place in Regina, tren in lieve Individuals of hots these decisions: (1) the country man's | pineapple from any of these colonies, Barrymore Christening Party July 24 to Aug. 5 1983, stated Col-| responsibilities to their nei hbors,"-- hands carry fewer germs than the city | but where, may we ask, is the pro. onel the Hon, Thomas L. Kennedy, | Herbert Hoover g man's, but (2) more germs change served pineapple? Jamaica, the colony DET re ¥ ; carriers during a handclasp than dur- ing a perfunctory peck of tte lips; hence (3) the handshake is more dan- gerous than the kiss.--Border Cities Star. Too Quick With the Plow In Brant County, a farmer was dis- gusted with the prices paid for straw- berries, and he ploughed up his plants and put in something else, In Niagara district, the fruit growers pre-cooled and refrigerated their strawberries and opened up a new market in Winni- peg. There's a difference. The view- point of one was pessimistic and des- tructive, whilst the other fruit growers were optimistic and constructive. The _ optimists were quick thinkers with initiative, while the pessimist was the "man with the hoe."--Sherbrooke Re- cord, Conversation There are few accomplishments to be desired above the art of a skilled a n d interesting conversationalist. Judged by the multiplicity of examples the term is disconcertingly misunder- stood. So many folks seem to think that wind and words make conversa- tial, things, pportuni given from which some American investors obtained three thousand pine suckers in 1882, which they shipped to the Hawaiian Islands, and upon which an enormous industry, one that provides fruits for fifteen canning factories in that American dependency, has been built up, has not taken advantage of Canada's generous offer to assist her to establish an industry which should be worth a considerable sum to island culture and canning to Hawaii is ap- proximately 50,000,000 dollars per an- num.--Kingston Gleaner (Jamaica). ----ee New Penal Code in Spain Abolishes Death Penalty Madrid.--A new civil penal code which includes a clause abolishing the death penalty was adopted by the Spanish Parliament recently, The constitution is silent on the subject of the death penalty, which is left to the civil and military penal codes, The military code will con. tinue to include the death penalty although the fact that the sentence imposed recently on Gen. Jose San Jurjo, leader of the Royalist revolt, was commuted to life imprisonment, indicates that a new code eventual ly will abolish "Our generation is too producers. The value of pineapple | Maurois. wy drunk and formulas."--Andte | - of John an Father | Helens Costello (with Baby . Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, at a meeting of the Ontario Com- mittee of the World's Grain Show. Col. Kennedy advised the commit- tee that Ontario should be repre- sented in the intercollege and junior grain judging competitions, Plans | are being completed for holding grain judging competitions af several strategic points throughout the pro- | vince, The winners in each region al competition will, in all probab- ility, be brought to Guelph and a final provincial seed judging competition will be held in which three young men will be selected to represent Ontario at the World's Grain Show junior judging competition.' ' Some consideration was given to the preparation of an educational ex- hibit at the show representing the natural resources of the province of Ontario, including agriculture, for. | ests, mimes and tourist possibilities. "We live in the richest world that has ever existed. Still, hundreds of ing."--Gustav Cassel. "Moral disapproval, when it be- comes the disapproval of the whole world, tikes on a significance hither- to unknown in international law."-- Henry L. Stimson. ee fp ee en Alarm Clock For Potatoes Perry, N.Y.--A student of the Col lege of Agriculture at Cornell, named Eric Mader, finds that an effective way to combat potato bugs "is to dust the vines with dry powder and that this can be applied most effec tively at night when they are cover ed with dew. In this region, however, dew does not form every night, keeping awake to watch for it | practicable for h hard-pressed om amp? terms of what we have and what we. oy millions of people are nearly sta So