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f voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large canada joy in work an honest man is entitled to happi ness in his work it is the one sure ign that he has found his true voca tion he greets his work each day with a singing heart and loves his business love is the greatest thing in the world and love for ones business is us natural as love for ones family in deed love is the great partner of suc cess in life there can be no joy with- ut it kingston whigstandard the old straw tick we read in a magazine the other iay a statement about a new mattress md part of it said never before did people know the delights of going to sleep never before was there inch a place to sleep and so on we do not doubt that these folk may have a very desirable mattress they do make such things in a very superior way and yet we cannot entirely agree it is not possible to forget the days on lot four concession ten now and then they need to fill the tick with new btraw nic clean straw bulging straw when tho tick was filled with that elraw it wa3 almost as round a3 a pumpkin we well recall the flrst night mi a newly filled tick we made quite i rumpus going to bed that night it nas great to take a short run and a lump and land square on top of that kilt straw tick it was necessary to lo considerable levelling down in or- ler to get a place to sleep without oiling out but the thing felt fresh it smelled fresh and it was fresh whats more it was a great place to deep ih the spare room thore was a leather tick that was considered a little better than the straw tick but f course we never got a chance to ileep in pare bed stratford beacon- herald three seriously injured in crossing acci dent 4000000 pounds of turkey had all the turkeys exported from tho province of alberta in 1932 been made in one shipment it would have required a train of 110 freight cars which would have extended almost a mile in length the total production of turkeys in the province sent to market last year is estimated at 4000000 pounds a large proportion of which was sold in kastern canada and the british isles dominion government bulletin dangerous ditches a deep ditch at the side of a high way is a death trap so far as motor traffic is concerned many lives have been lost because there was a useless ditch at the side of a road sarnia observer importance of wills almost daily one hears stories of hardship caused by lack of wills path etic stories of widows left without suf ficient means because the head of the family had been so careless as not to leave a will making a will should be the considered duty of everyone who has any estate to leave niagara falls review exports to great britain within the past ear canada has become a substantia exporter of files lo england and other parts of the bri tish empire and the credit goes to the nicholson ifile company of port hope the only makers of files in can ada who have been manufacturing files for the canadian market since 1s91 our export sales for the past year have shown a steady increase says e m tluirber manager of the com pany and they now constitute a sub stantial part of our total sales in england and other parts of the em pire we are competing successfully with flies of english manufacture in spite of the fact that sheffield steel tools have long been regarded as set ting the standard for the world this is all the more striking when it is known that our canadianmade files post the english purchaser more than knglish files the reception accorded nur files abroad justifies us in expect ing a still further increase in our ex port business during 1933 mail and empire toronto cost of printing plants thrc newspapers have placed or ders with one firm for presses which will keep 400 men busy for five months perhaps that will give some idea of what it costs to rig out a modern print ing plant stratford beaconherald harry van home tho driver joseph mclaughlin suffered back injuries jured and eightyearold mala kovaioh was cat when a sedar car was struck by the sherman ave crossing in hamilton on a passenger is gravely la in express train at jehol governor issues challenge says japanese can have his province when all chinese are dead chengteh fu jehol province i gen tsng yuliu chinese governor of jehol province detied japan to pursue its attempts to win bis prov ince in an exclusive interview with the united pres sunday the japanese can have this prov ince ho said when all tho chinese are dead we are unafraid let them come let them drop botubj- let uiolr airplanes thrown out what they want and then fly back to their bases the japaneo can kill 10 of our men and only lose one of theirs but they are now fighting all china lets see how long they can kep that up the governor a grizzled but hos pitable warrior received spondent seated on the throne built 200 years ago where j the sons of heaven rulers on uie dragon throne at peiping then poking sat in us compares banking systems britain and canada lov- while us tct-l- 10733 rups wa years tog s dcors bant i iii u- ivhiii l2 cad to le mi ni ore if the im- the empire shipping subsidies the matter is one of firstrate portance it would be somethin than a fiscal curiosity proved trade looked for now that the ottawa agreements are in force were to promote the interests of britains shipping rivals a chamber of ship ping committee report says that fti- terenipire trade finds employment for only a little over onethird of british tonnage available for overseas trade the question surely is whether even that third will be employed if the prob lem of subsidies is not tackled prompt ly united empire london the time to rebuild a great country like britain ought not to tackle in a paltry way so great a problem as its slums we should blow them up we should build on their sites new dwellings vast blocks of flats not single buildings but whole constellations of them majestic spa cious aired lighted warmed all these things the genius of modern architecture and construction can sup ply london daily express fame when john masefleld the english poetlaurete landed in new york not long ago the newspapers recalled how in his youth he had worked in a water front saloon there and this prompted fpa the columnist to remark that ten times as many of us know that john masefield once worked in saloon as are able to quote two lines from one of his poems victoria rimes war debts sooner or later the people of the united states have to face the facts of the debts situation whether they are willing to admit it now or not the truth is that payments on any con siderable scale are no longer possible that there can be no going back on the lausanne agreement and that no practical way out of existing difficul ties remains but to liquidate all inter- alliod debts with as good a grace as possible glasgow herald the markets produce toronto dealers are buying produce at the following prices eggs prices to farmers and coun try shippers ungraded cases return ed fresh extras 18c fresh firsts lgc seconds 14c cracks 13c graded cases free 19c for fresh extras 17c for fresh firsts 16c for seconds butter no 1 ontario creamery solids 23 to 23vic no 2 22 to 22ic churning cream special 20 to 21c no 1 19 to 20c no 2 17 to 18c fob shipping points cheese no 1 large colored paraf fined aid government graded loi to 10 vc poultry buying prices grade a alive spring chickens over 6 lbs lie do over 5 to 6 lbs 10c do oyer 4 to 5 lbs 9c do under 4 lbs 7c fatted hens over 5 lbs 10c do over 4 to 5 lbs 9c do over 3 to 4 lbs 7c old roosters over 5 lbs 6c white ducklings over- 5 lbs 10c do over 4 to 5 lbs 7c colored ducklings 2c less domestic rabbits over 4 lbs 5c poultry buying prices a grade dressed spring chickens over g lbs 13 to 16c do over 5 to 6 lbs 12 to 15c do over 4 to 5 lbs 11 to 14c do under 4 lbs 10 to 13c fatted hens over 5 lbs 12c do over 4 to 5 lbs lie do over 3 to 4 lbs 9c young turkeys 8 to 12 lbs 17c young geese 10c old roosters over 5 lbs 9c white ducklings over 5 lbs 12c do over 4 to 5 lbs 9c wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to retail dealers pork ham 9 to 10c shoulders 6 to 7c butts 8 to 8e loins 10 to lie picnics gms to 7c cured meats long clears 50 to 70 lbs lie 90 to 100 lbs 9c shorts all clear 13c ds bellies 14 to 20 lbs 12c middles 50 to 70 lbs 13c lard pure tierces 8c tubs 8c pails 9c prints 9c shortening tierces 9c tubs 9c pails 9c prints 10c grain quotations following are yesterdays closing quotations on local grain transactions for car lots prices on basis cif bay hoover acts to protect banks from public hysteria power granted to declare moratorium protecting national bank depositors ford comes to aid of dettoit firms s ford refused to the corro- ceremonial hiagum- ourr t 1073s banks with it- isuiii have in the united si t great britain iave been free from run- this sharp contrast is larg hind agitation by cougrcssion ers and administrative officials form the national system fiscal authorities here gave he to lowing comparisons of the hritis and american banking customs british banks are managed by train cd men american banks art in tin words of a wellknown treasury oiti cial managed in a hcdteihidw as hion by untrained and often ignuran individuals banks in great britain and cauad are organised under four or five gigan tic systems which have a network o branches they operate as coinnicr the imperial summer cial institutions with investments il fined almost exclusively to com palace here the palace is la con coiumor palace here me i byrinth of beautiful pavilions parks cial paper easily liquidated american banks are organized uude national and state control and an divided into a great number of senai in england la the correspondence column of the lyondon times appears a lettor in nluch the writer tells that he had leen a grey wagtail in st james park tile letter is signed neville chamber lain it was from tho chancellor of iho exchequer what an extrnordln- my race the english are england is kureiy the only country in which the chancellor of the exchequer on tho rve of an important speech on war debts and burdened with a hundred dther things could writo such a letter in the press yet in england it is line of the charms of her public hfo mich letters are not uncommon poli ticians over there are not afraid to let it be known that their interests lire wider than blue books and-orders- gi council that like most of tho rest of us they are interested in little and common things and sometimes in the ghe3t ottawa journal great pacifists hilaire bellocs new biography of fjapoleon says the littlo corsica was feally a man of peace driven to a dra- fnatlc downfall by enemies who made iilm fight all tho time and prevented mni from enjoying tho peace ho craved another pathotic caso is that 0t ely culhertson whoso apparent plashes at his enemies arc really blows pt self defence kansas city star no ottawa and the world crisis prominent among the remedial measures suggested by the prepara tory commission of the world econ omic conference are the moderation and stabilization of tariff policies no nation can of its own individual action hope to do much to settle such an overwhelming problem but g britain can at leas claimthat shemias sejisrr example in negotiating wide spread reciprocal agreements with the dominions and colonies there are signs that the lessons of ottawa have not been lost on the world at large is it too much to hope that a seed has been sown from which may spring great results london financial times work oit the farm there is not the slightest doubt that nuny a young man who is walking tho ihrect1 today could find pleasant and profitable employment on a farm it they would consent to accept it it is only too truo that many do not caro for tho farm but in most cases it is liecauso thoy know very little about it owen sound suntimes the united states hope for the railways the dieselmotored german train from berlin to hamburg is giving tho alrplano sorvico a battlo and boating it this flyer makes the ls7mllo run at an average speed of so miles an hour and givon a clear rightofway tho train could average moro than 100 miles an hour it is possible to make a 1300mile nonstop run with no necessity of refueling tho operating cost is onefourth that of the steam lo- comotivo train according to tho gor man authorities if this invention is feasible here and there is no reason why it should not be it would give our railways a new lease of life boston post for car lots prices ports man wheat no 1 hard 52c 1 north 51c no 2 north 50c man oats no 2 cw 29 c no 3 cw 280 mixed feed oats 18c man barley no 3 cw 33c no 1 feed screening 11 per ton south african corn 53c ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point wheat 44 to 46c oats 23 to 24c barley 32 to 35c corn 33 to 35c rye 30 to 32c buck wheat 28 to 30c livestock steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 375 to 4 do med 325 to 3g0 do com s3 to sr95 rters r 1c5g lbs good and choice 385 to 425 do med 350 to 375 do com 3 to 340 heifers good and choice 375 to 4 do med 325 to 300 do com 3 to 325 fed calves good and choice 525 to 575 do med 4 to 5 cows good 250 to 3 do med 225 to 250 do com 2 to 225 canners and cutters 075 to 150 bulls good 250 to 275 do com 175 to 225 stockcr and feeder steers good 325 to 350 do com 250 to 3 milkers and springers 25 to 50 calves good and choice veals 650 to 750 do com and med 350 to 6 hogs bacon f o b 310 to 350 do do off trucks 3g5 to 375 do do off ears 390 to 100 good ewe and wether lambs 625 to 650 do jned 550 to 6 bucks 450 to 550 culls 4 to 5 good light sheep 250 to 3 do heavies 2 to 250 do culls 1 to 150 spectacular fire causes 150000 loss in ottawa ottawa fire raging for nearly four hours destroyed tho dominion house furnishing companys store on bank street early sunday causing 150000 damage one fireman roy macr03tie was slightly hurt by flying bricks and several othors had narrow escapes when bricks from tho walls dropped near the hoso crows who surrounded it was one unexpected somehow wo cant got a bit excited when wo sco pictures of our very best society folk getting their backs beautl- 1 the flameswept structure fully tanned on tho sands in florida of tho most spectacular fires in the or california or mexico wo ju3t look city for many years tho fourstorey at tho plcturo and hopo a chlggor or a building was filled with stock largely sand flea or a humming bird bites em furniture providing tho flames with what a disposition what a disposi- plenty of fuel and kept the firefighters tlon chicogo tribune i era at work until long aftet daylight washington actuated by calling ot bank holidays in three separate states president herbert hoover sunday night had approved a measure convey ing sweeping powers on tho united states treasury to protect national banks against public hysteria the federal legislation product ot senator couzens ot michigan who is canadian by birth would provide among other things for freezing of the assets of national banks in states where such emergency action was deemed necessary meantime while the bank situation in michigan seemed to be clearing maryland sought solution of the prob lem that forced a threeday suspension of banking and two of ohios leading cities moved to combat the problem of weakened bank structures tho five banks of akron ohio agreed to proceed with business on restricted withdrawal basis while the city commission of dayton de clared a threeday holiday for the three banks of that city the action came on the heels ot a promise of governor george white to introduce legislation that would avoid declara tion of a statewide banking holiday state and bank officials of maryland broke away from their customary rou tine to continue conferences looking to solution of the problem sitting in the conferences seeking recommenda tions for legislation to cope with the situaton was governor rtchle who is sued the holiday proclamation late fri day after heavy withdrawals from bal timore banks had precipitated the crisis withdrawals were general in balti more marylands chief city the holi day extends over monday and tuesday and in the meantime preparations go on to lessen the interference with business the baltimore clearing house association decided to open their banks monday for changemak ing purposes and stock transactions measure quickly approved the couzenssponsored legislation was hurriedly handled at washington saturday but there was no indication that it might be brought into early use the measure received approval of the house of representatives by a 241tol vote was speedily approved by the senate and announcement came early that tho president had fo cavy given it his approval tho measure which primarily is do- signed to give the comptroller of cur rency authority to apply to national banks the same restrictions state legis latures may apply to state banks to moet emergencies is now being studied by treasury officials ford provides aid detroit henry ford and edsel ford sunday night joined in backing reorganization ot the first national and union guardian bank of com merce hero providing tho 58250000 capital required at the same time william j cam eron fords executivo secretary an nounced that incorporation of the new institutions had already taken place that they would open soon and that de positors in the banks now would prob ably receive 30 per cent immediately the two new banks will tako over tho story said all of tho liquid assets of tho first national bank and the guardian national bank of commerce both important detroit institutions issue statement the fords issued a joint statement in which they offered to furnish tho capital providing the depositors and directors of tho two institutions had confldenco in their ability to choo30 mon to dlroct tho affairs ot tho two banks and were willing to unite them later to form ono bank under ford management the bank3 will emphasize safety for doposltora camerons accompanying statemont revealed loans will not be mode for speculative purposes but only for pro ductive purposes cameron dcnlod earlier reports that ford had refused to cooporata in tho land pools around which are scattered numerous houses once occupied by j princes and others in the luxurious court of the chinese emperors j outlines plan of defence j general tang outlined the plan of defense which the chinese are makl ing as the japanese puslt continually forward in their drive for control of embattled jehol i ate types loans are made on rea estate and other investments often dif i ficult to liquidate british banks are not allowed i speculate on the stock market then is no such restriction in this country it is extremely difficult to obtain he would be but n i w devekp maj war in is mlliml to against many it was explained h the general ideas on banking do nonconform inj fit infield grayj wjg some respects to thoso held by the others in the management the ford statement addressed to depositors and directors of the two banks read we are ready to join you in the creation of two new hanks and will the total necessary capital we understand is 8250000 match which british banks are regularly ttudltec j by outside auditors which makes fo less brocades greater honesty and safety througl he said during the next few weeks mergers they have reduced opovntirii e chineco most probably would costs and eliminated wasteful compe uniform sot surrounded by relics ot i the imperial regime including price with the good brains of those who are anks into one institution founded on what we communicatons the chineco withdraw westward from the east ern border of johol provncc but our wthdrawal will be a fighting retreat he said to shorten with tne goou lhuuio willing later to unite these banks into the line and extend japanese 1 wa enmmunicatons i hate to lines of give think sound banking vided you have confidence in our ability to select the men who we all believe will merit future puture con fidence the institution so established will be the type of a financial institution that will merit public faith in the ability of industrial detroit habilitate itself signed ford edsel ford should be pro- j those cities and other positions on account of the bad effect on flip morale of our troops and ti peope but we must bring the japanese he- brin ond the rail heads therefore the heaviest and pos- fighti g vill henry huntsville fire endangers town loss in briggs block is 20- 000 starts on roof huntsville damage of 20000 was done here sunday afternoon by a fire which broke out in the briggs block at 2 oclock for two hours the firemen fought the stubborn blaze and at ono time several adjoining blocks were endan gered the office of tho huntsville forester adjoining the briggs block was slightly damaged but the plant remains intact the fire originated in the roof when the occupants mr and mrs ted briggs were absent mrs briggs who is wellknown as hattie donaldson famous canadian speed skater was in chicago participating in international speed events she is to return to morrow the entire household effects are ruined and heavy damage was done to tho largo jewelery and fancy goods stock downstairs the upper part of the building is also badly damaged sibly the mou decisive occur northward of here in the vicin- to rejty of chihfen and northeast around lingyuan aiid pingyuan storms sweep ireland heavy snow in england dublin a wide swath of destruc tion had been cut across ireland sun day night by the greatest snow-and- wind storm of a century the paralyz ing grip of snow was slowly lifting calgary gets 93000 credit to meet bills calgary bank of montreal officials saturday officially informed mayor andy davison the head office ot the bank had approved a 93000 lino of credit requested by the city to meet its february obligations expenses of the school board and chic employees salaries will be mot with the loan under the new agreement with the bank calgary 13 required to apply uonthly for loans necessary to carry on operatons during the present finan cial crisis the old agreement with the bank was removed when the city rofused to ray united states exchange rates on debentures which matured in new york despito the banks opposi tion to such a step however and messages trickled through from outlying districts telli ing of considerable damage thousands of automobiles were stowbound onthe roads and the great er part of the country was impassable saturday the telephone and tele graph breakdown was the greatest in the history of the service shipping suffered severely vessels being wrecked in harbors all along the coast there was sunshine sun day and the storm appeared spent snow falls again london heavy snow fell again saturday night in eastern scotland where the country already was blank eted a foot deep while from all parts of england and ireland and wales reports continued of damage caused b- the worst blizzard in years seven deaths have been reported the gale blew itself out in south ern england late at night with bursts of snow rain and sleet in some places torrential downpours melted snow drifts many houses in upland villages of wales were buried under drifts busi ness in some towns such as concern llangollen and bala was at a stand still while tho populace shovelled snow tition business in britain has not flourish ed since the world war and as a re suit banks have not overloaned t was the case in this country australia pays million weekly onljs war bc canberra australia olliclal figures show that australia is still paying al par 2000000 a week for tin- weriil war the to al war bill shquldsred by the commonwealth is approximate ly 3s50500000 at par u uvl c a person of that amount jc2000i000o was spent by australia in actual c mihat war expenditures by the common wealth since the armis ice was sign ed have been 510000000 interest charges and peusi n pay- ments have been the two chief factors the country to date has paid in war interest excluding sinking fund 247900000 of that amount 225- 000000 has been paid since the eno of the war i the actual war interest charge on i australias contribution to the world war which stood around 20000- 000 for some years was reduced last year to 12552000 in war pensions the total payments to date have beoti more than 110000000 there alio has been 27498000 paid gratuity bonds in war brotherinlaw of czar dies of spinal complaint roquecap martin france grand duko alexander michailoviteh bro therinlaw of the lost czai- of rus sia died here sunday at the age of gc the grand duke who was grand admiral of tho russian navy at the time of the revolution had suffered from a spinal affliction which his secretary arkady roumanolt eaid resulted from an accident on his last visit to new york three years ago widely known as a writer and lcci turer ho had lived in paris most of ons on belgiums eastern front tho time since the russian revolution planned by m a devoze minister ot j defense australian farms selling at 2 to 4 sydney australia small fartr plots many of them within twenty or thirty miles of this australias greatest city are selling at from 2 to 4 at some recent sales it has been difficult to get even these prices although the prices are small the interest and taxes owing on some of tho blocks are heavy many un employed families receiving govern ment dole have transformed these lilots into truck and flower gardens gasworthy completed trilogy as death neared london john galsworthy round ed out his last trilogy before he died the manuscript relatives said was finished and corrected and had been i entirely translated into german consisting ot nearly 100000 words it was written to form a trilogy with maid in waiting and flowering wilderness it has not been deter mined when it will be published a few days after the authors death a copy of his the forsyte limited edition and signed 1922 brought 20 at a sale alfonso injured in polo game will forego strenuous sports geona italy exking alfonso of spain revealed here before leaving for ceylon to hunt tigers that in juries suffered in a polo gams have forced him to forego strenuous snorts tho former ruler was thrown from his pony in a game in france hunting tigers offers thrills with out violent oxorclso he explained conversion plan in new zealand part of national debt to be put on 4 per cent basis wellington nz feb 27 the gov ernment tonight announced it would launch a loan to convert to a four per cent basis that part ot its national debt domiciled in new zealand amounting to 180000000 the conversion is expected to save the government 300000 annually j g coates minister ot finance who is expected to announce details of tho now loan has been negotiating with large holders ot government bonds and is said to have received indica tions ot their adherence to tho scheme which would virtually assure its suc cess in advance belgium maps fortifications brussels a now war oftico job to i coordinate the building ot fortlfica- a whcl1 tho edilarr ii t i 8 ot human nature do you imaglno indolence it industry is no more than habit it is at least an excellent one if you in addition to the widow grand duchess xcnle alexandrovna b i survived by three sons and a daugh ter princess youasoupoff mrs a t ace your husband never goes out at night mrs b so do l f shall answer pride or luxury or am bition or egotism no i shall answer indolence who conquers indolence will conquer all tho rest indeed all good principles must stagnate without mental activity zimmerman