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voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large canada hunting down the pessimists indications have appeared already that pessimists in canada are to be hunted down and hounded into the wilderness during 1933 there has teen a pretty steady sniping at the pessimist during the past two and a half years hut the coming months will see him being pursued with violence and unrelenting fury he will be any bodys meat and it will almost be safer to be accused of having commit ted arson than to be charged with pes simism the pessimist must be muz zled that is the new slogan and there is a perfectly good reason for it manitoba free press paying ability of citizens is steadily de clining calgary herald allcanadian product it is now announced that allcana dian cod liver oil is to bo manufac tured in halifax this is ono of the fruits of the imperial conference at ottawa and should be a cause of much rejoicing among the juvenile patriots hitherto most of this medicament 1ms been produced in norway but in the mother country as well as in canada a duty was placed upon the imported product possibly it will not taste any better than the foreign oil it cannot we hope taste any worse st thomas timesjournal an editors ideal it is a truism that todays news paper is tomorrow mornings kindling but people who have anything to do with newspapers feel that they help to kindle something more than the kit chen lire they like to think that the presentation of facts helps to kindle intelligence and interest that the ex position oi opinions stimulates read ers into thinking things out for them selves and that while the physical paper may be destroyed the effect on the reader remains edmonton jour nal the united states the growth of villages during the years from 1920 to 1930 when the strictly farming population wa3 rapidily losing ground the rural village population steadily gaiued in 1920 there were approximately 20- 000000 americans living in the vil lages in 1930 this number has risen o 23coo000 meanwhile the farms had lost only 1300000 so more than half the gain in village population came from elsewere than the sur rounding farms philadelphia ledger ohio river on rampage warm jobs service in the canadian navy seems to he more attractive at this time of year than at others tho navy both ships is in caribbean waters for winter manoeuvres fort erie timesreview reason for optimism outside of our railway problem canada faces few public emergencies which are not found to even a greater degree in other countries our law- courts are sane and effective in their operation our financial institutions are founded upon the very bed rock of stability our people are industrious lawabiding and progressive and are demonstrating a fine restraint in tho face of lifficuit and trying conditions chatham news fight for existence tho extension of tho war area is calculated to do injury to commerce far beyond the confines of china but there is very little prospect of the pre sent military government of japan be ing overthrown tho outside world is faced with the prospect of bitter war fare between china and japan per haps for many years it is an appall ingconflict between nations for na tional existence ottawa citizen price of history w perkins bull of brmpton has just finished spending some 18 months compiling tho history of peel county for 200 years he was assisted by 35 paid men and womes secretaries and the work cost him 18000 now who would like to write a history of wel lington fergus newsrecord chinas new highway china lias just opened a big new highway no doubt this will later on be much appreciated by tho japs brantford expositor worlds greatest apple pie speaking of apples the worlds greatest apple pie as recently made al birmingham england being 12 feet long ten feet wide two feet deep containing iso pounds of apples 150 pounds of flour 50 pounds of lard and 28 pounds of sugar and 3000 portions were served from it st thomas timesjournal and it did the trick man in british columbia has invent ed a machine which tells scholars if they are early or late for school there used to ho something like that inthe red school on the tenth con cession only it was kept in the upper left hand drawer of the teachers desk stratford beaconherald calgarys financial position what is tile position apart from all other considerations tho city is faced with a total of over four million dollars of unpaid accounts more titan 500000 is owing to the olenmore dam contractors there are more than 2- e0oo0o of waterworks debentures pledged to the hank of montreal for monies advanced to complete that big project the city has borrowed from the same bank this year 199000 and has arranged for a rnrtlier loai of 9- 000 for current expensis jn addition there is owing lo he provincial gov ei nment the sum of 250000 to the local sink fund 100000 and to the school hoard 35000 these are huge indebtednesses at a urns when tho tax- they get their man nineteen of twentyone murders committed within the precincts of greater london were solved by tho metropolitan police last year this is a record the authorities of the great british metropolis may well he proud politics and slack court procedure are things that do not enter into the ques tion of justice in the old country hence this notable achievement cuelnh mercury the empire war clouds in europe tiie question is whether the world is to disarm or germany to rearm if anyone ever doubted the intention of a german government to profit by tho failure of the allied countries to make good their pledges be would be little likely to doubt it with a hitler admin istration in office from that the se quence develops automatically ger many rearms in face of that real or supposed menace even a radical gov ernment would fall immediately and m tardieu and m marin come in i rule in the poincare tradition the kittle entente could no more ignore the spectacle of a rearmed germany than could france while along an other lino of consequence italy would of course increase her army and fleet and air forco pari passu with the french bloc what in tho face of those development fifteen worshippers lose lives in 500000 montreal church fire champion student f xl a when the water in the ohio river rose five feet above normal flood level many cities and towns in the upper mississippi valley were inundated numerous house boats were marooned falling airplane causes holocaust thirteen persons burned at san leandro california san leandro cal march 23 thir teen persons were killed here last night when one of the west coasts fastest transport planes crashed into a house at full speed exploded and hurtled in flames into a second dwell- would be the use i ing confident evans had not had motor trouble mrs arisa was caring for her child ren and her husband was playing cards with their visitors when the dis aster occurred at the jordan home a dinner party was in progress fire equipment was powerless to halt the gasolinefed flames which des troyed both houses and a barn on the arisa property of convening any world economic conference at all spectator lon don gold or sterling a constructive movement by great britain to establish a working head quarters for sterling is what half the world is waiting for there is no rea son to defer action until the world economic conference meets not only the empire but all the countries now in convoy with sterling would respond readily to a lead which offered a stable foundation for the restoration of their trade tho events which followed great britains departure from gold make it clear that the interests of these countries are linked so closely to great britains purchasing power that if we find a stable medium of ex change they will conform to it most practical immediate step would be the establishment of an empire ex change base or conceivably even an international sterling bank which would act as a general headquarters or pooling centro for the central banks of tho countries taking part it would in other words bear exactly the same relation to the central banks of the nations on sterling as the bank of england bears today to tho joint stock banks of great britain sir john wardlawmilne in the nine teenth century lornon the little entente the foreign ministers of yugo slavia rumania and czechoslovakia have signed a treaty at geneva they have set up an institution without pre cedent in european history a per manent council of tho little en tente is to consist of all three for- j eigu ministers and will direct a com mon foreign and economic policy for all three powers thus on the basis of a common foreign policy an in- j ternational community iias boon foun- ded as powerful as any war morel strongly armed than prewar austria- 1 hungary it is selfevident that such j extraordinary measures do not spring from ordinary situations europe is ailing physically and morally the revelations of the last few months have shown the world that those who want revision of the territorial set tlement are getting ready to support their claims by force manchester j guardian fire menaces windsor castle found in canons residence london historic windsor castle long the residence of the knglish i royal family narrowly escaped ex tensive damage from ire last week i iiitc one evening flames broke out in the residence of canon lllackburne in the deans cloisters hich were built j by edward iii and vorm one of the oldest paris of the castle the canon found an cal beam in fhe ceiling ablaze i the castle tir brigade worked a long time before the flames were ex- tinguislied it is thought hril not canon blackburne discovered the fiv when he did there might hove lissn a major lire for th deans cloitlrs are built entirely of wood truth is mighty rid m- n s niishij scarcot both homes wrecked by the impact burned a fattier and mother and their four children were among those burn ed to death in one of them noel b little jackie evans a veteran of the pacific airways was piloting tho lowwing varney speed lines craft his passengers were her man l brown and miss iavelle mill er los angeles plunging blind through an v local storm at mated 200 miles an hour the plane- struck the home of joseph jordan there was a crash an explosion flames filled tho night sky the crumpled hlazing wreckage that had been a plane bounced through the air struck the home of joseph arisa and hurtled into an orchard nine persons in the arisa home the burned to death only arisa 40 es caped his clothing was aflame as he plunged from a window and he died late tonight of burns none in the jordan home was killed although a guest mrs tony tochcro was injured by a falling timber as the dwelling collapsed aviators believed evans flew into what they term a wind switch line moving at terrific speed they believed his piano suddenly plunged into a black maelstrom of twisting winds and driving rains unale to see evans apparently made a desperate effort to zoom upward just before the crash winds had drawn the plane sharply down with its motors wide opati to destruction fliers said they were 250000 surplus in postal service ottawa a surplas of about 250- 000 will be shown on the operations of tho post office department for the fiscal year ending march 31 this has been made possible it is stated by effecting economies wherever possible without sacrificing the high standards of the service the extent of tho economies is illus trated by a comparison with the year ending march 31 1931 when the de partment showed a deficit oz 6000- 000 this deficit was cut down to 2000000 last year turning of the deficit into a surplus was accomplish ed despite falling revenues from the postal service once enough for prince london march 10 the informality of the prince of wales was amusingly illustrated at a brilliant function at the spanish embassy last night in honor of vicepresident julio roca of argentina an attractive spanish dancer drop ped her comb and the prince came for ward picked it up and restored it with a gallant bow a few minutes later the dancer provocatively dropped two combs and a flower near the prince the quests roared but tho prince re fused to budge montreal- pandemonium succeeded prayers in st jacques itoman catholic church here sunday when a 500000 flrepresumaby the work of an in cendiary swept the edifice during mass causing injury to 15 persons two arrests followed worshippers leapt from the gallery in terror dashed to the doors and crowded the stairways as flames en veloped the st catharine and st denis street building in the fourth re cent church fire iu queber province previously under guard following re ported threats to set it afire the ruin ed church was still smoking sunday night when the police arrested a hus band and wfe in connection with the blaze the woman according to the police is the same one who last fri day warned the church authorities that her husband might try to burn tho building guards were quietly watching the interior of the edifice at the very mo ment when during 10 oclock mass flames burst out in the top gallery and spread fear and in some cases panic among the worshippers who filled the pews on the main floor and lower gallery the voices of clergy and ushers rose at once above tho rising tumult of tho frightened parishioners urging cour age and coolness iu place of tho panic which threatened to jam the door ways and cause a holocaust three or four women hurled them selves from the lower gallery the up per one was unoccupied and crashed to the floor among the jostling crowd below baby abandoned men slid down the balcony supports children fell and were trampled in the rush for the exits their frightened cries drowned in the clamor to which the roar of the spreading flames was adding a momentarily increasing note of menace purses coats and hats even a tiny infantinarms were thoughtlessly abandoned as pewholders dashed for safety the baby was later rescued one little girl had both shoes torn from her feet in the rush and was picked up some time later on the street trying to find her ay home in her bare feet abbe oscar valiquette who had just descended from the pulpit when the first cry of fire shattered the stillness led in trying to quiet the worshippers while the parish priest rev father pierre richard ran from the presby tery to aid the celebrant of the mass in saving the sacred vessels the fire department was by this time on the scene and six firemen were soon added to the list of nine other injured as the work of fighting the roaring blaze began by this time tho last of tho wor shippers were out of tho building the injured receiving medical attention and the remainder swelling the crowd which fiacked tho street outside fear ful of loss of life and vociferously in dignant as the rumor of incendiarism spread detectives sth to work while tho fire was still burning to trace the woman who on friday had interviewed clergy aud it is alleged suggested that her husband should be watched lest he set the church afire the woman whom the detectives arrested a few- hours later was located iu a rooming house her husband it is reported denied all complicity in the fire previous outbreak the theory that the fiie was set de liberately was supported by the fact that on march c a previous outbreak occurred in the church causing only minor loss it broke out on the main floor below tho balcony sundays damage is set at approach ing 500000 insurance of only 200 000 is carried all of the 15 injured were not iden tified as a number received medical attention on the scene and did not givo their names those listed included mrs lorenzo perron 51 the most seriously injured who was taken to st lukes hospital she was one of those who jumped from the balcony and the following firemen v hebert masson maille auennehedard and vincent theories advanced one theory was the firebug had re mained in the church after an earlier mass and had set the blaze in the wall at the back of the gallery crim inality of the act was intensified po lice ponted out by the knowledge he must have had that tho outbreak would occur when the church was filled with worshippers the fire rushed up through the second gallery and into the roof the second gallery was not being used but had it been occupied many would cer tainly have lost their lives according to firemen half an hour after the first alarm the roof feil through and carried the floor into the collar district fire chief p doolau who was in charge said the roof had already begun to weaken as iiis men rushed in to make sure every one had left the blazing structure the steeple over 300 feet high and the tallest iu montreal was thought liable to fall and several streams of water were poured on it for hours the flames burned in another direc tion however and it was saved spf 1 to enable freshmen to finish subject work quickly tho univer sity of chicago allows them to cram george mann finished with in a year the markets man is the wolf of man there only one means of preventing that wolf from doing a great deal of harm and that is not to change its nature but to try to file his teeth ignace i padcrcwski diastrous rubber fire m mms ywi jsfffj produce prices toronto dealers are buying produce at the following prices eggs prices to farmers and coun try shippers ungraded cases return ed fresh extras 1lc fresh firsts 12c seconds 10c cracks 9c graded cases free 15 vic for fresh extras hvi for fresh firsts 13 for seconds butter no 1 ontario creamery solids 2lsc no 2 24c churning cream special 25c no 1 24c no 2 21c fob shipping points cheese no 1 large colored paraf fined and government graded lie twins lluc triplets llc poultry a grade alive spring chickens over lbs lie ever 5 to 6 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c under 4 lbs 7c fatted hens over 5 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c ovi r 3 to 4 lbs 7c old roosters over 5 lbs 6c white ducklings over 5 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 7c colored ducklings 2c less domestic rabbitr over 4 lbs 5c poultry a grad dressed spring cckens over 0 lbs 13 to lgc over 5 to 6 lbs 12 to 15c over 4 to 5 lbs 11 to lie under 4 lbs 10 to 13c fat ted hens over 5 lbs 12c oe i to 5 lbs lie over 3 to 1 lbs 9c young turkeys 8 to 12 lbs 17c young geese 10c old roosters ove 5 lbs 9c white ducklings over 5 lbs 12c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c domestic rabbits over 1 lbs carcasses 10c wholesale provisions wiuksale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to retail dealers pork ham 12c shoulders 9c btt ice loins 13c picnics 8c cured meats long clears 50 to 70 lbs 13c 90 to 109 lbs 13c shorts ail clear 13c us bellies 14 to 20 lbs lc middles 50 to 70 lbs he 475 do mod 4 to 425 do com 350 to 375 heifers good and choice 4 to 450 do med 350 to 4 do com 300 to 350 fed calves good and choice 575 to 625 do med s450 to 550 cows good 275 to 3 do med 250 to 275 do com 2 to 225 canners and cutters 75c to 150 bulb good 250 to 275 do com 175 to 225 stocker and feeder steers good 325 to 350 do com 275 to 3 milkers and springers 20 to 45 calves good and choice veals 6 to 650 do com and med 3 to 550 hogs bacon fob 485 to 490 do do off trucks 510 to 515 do do off cars 535 to 540 good ewe and wether lambs 650 do mod 550 to 625 bucks 450 to 550 culls 450 to 550 good light sheep 325 to 350 do heavies 250 to 3 do culls 1 to 2 insurance for air travel same as rail in great britain the safety and trustworthiness of british airliners may be realized from the announcement that in future in surance rates for passengers travel ling by imperial airways wil be no higher than those charged for travel by boat and train the new rates work out as low as one shilling per 1000 per day compared with the previous premium costs of 12 shillings a- day for insurance of the same am ount passengers travelling by air to india for ixample can insure for 2000 for a premium payment of 14 shillings which is actually two shil lings less than equivalent ccver for the journey to india by surface trans port for years imperial airways havo cen leaving no stone unturned to re move this anomaly of high accident insurance rates for passengers thanks largely to the splendid record of british air transport this barrier has just been swept aside and the company has been able to complete with a group of underwriters at lloyd- and the british aviation in surance company limited an ar rangement which places passenger air insurance on an entirety new basis toronto mail empire 2952000 deficit for 1933 says premier geo s henry the present fiscal year it is esti mated will show a deficit of 2952- 000 announced premier george s henry in delivering the budget ad dress last week the deficit for the last fiscal year which closed october 31 was 20g09s th- premier estimated the cost of exchange in us funds for the year at 1200000 while the cost last year was 2333000 oilier exrsditures show that the dept of education with an expenditure of 10525000 for apples protected in british market otwa the explanation given in official circles here for leaving apples out of the group of commodities in which the agricultural stabilization fund will absorb some of the sterling exchange losses was the large measure of protection canadian apples enjoy in the markets of the united king dom canadian apples enter the uk markets free whereas foreign apples meet a tariff of about 1 a barrel the result is that united states apples have been practically shut out of the uk markets it was claimed here this elimirilcd canadas chinf competitor it was slated it was regarded as placing tha can adian apple growers in a preferred position in exporting to britain ami they did not need hop in the same way as hog raisers and priductrs of the year is decreased by l233000 con which bad to rvot while the dept of highways will oxj gol competition in th- u k mar- hubi r pure tievess i 9jc prints 10c irtenintr tierces 9c- pi iiits 10c grain quotations tubs 914c nearly 100 chiucso girls were burned to death iu fire which foil cl a terrific explosion in the vulcanizing department of a slisns- hai lubber factory some twelve yearolds wcro smothered in boil ing rubber fi mowing are yesterdays cioig quotations on local grain transactions for a- la prices on basts cii bay pert maijtba what no 1 hard 55ac no 1 nortiisrri 53c no 2 northern 52c man cats nc 2 cw 31c xo 3 cyv 2s7ic man barley ne 3 cw 34c no 1 feed scrianig 1250 per toi to arrive on ing 1 navigation t south african eru oiit grain atirrcsirrntc price s tiav shipimcr reint wheal 50 to lie cat 26 to 28c barlay 32 to 33c cvn 33 to sc rye 39 ti 32c bu-l- v hear c8 to 30c live stock ouotrtxons si civ up lo i0ri lb- i riolci 51 to 51a do r- 331 si fccd rrt 1 cv 3- fy do com 3 to 33 ico and ei- o to kets lloyd george london in w rs 289000 xperiditur2 pond 3115000 or a decrease from the i revious year of 766000 no men lion is made of provision for unem ployment direct relief while miscei laneotis expenditures tindcv the wei fare dept are abolished the amount umoof his memoir last year baing 299030 i lollomr tho tin dept of agriculture will have ginning expenditure of 1753000 a de- lt chntes iscclari- c0 b of this department ul f are reduced vy 389000 tha figure toj rc la expanded being 209cc0 as com- pared with 5s9000 in 1932 total ordinary expenditures are 532800i as compared with 4 in 1932 making the decrease of 3174000 ordinary revenue is placed at 50- 333030 tis compared with 54398000 i 11 1932 or a decrease of 1005000 profits from the liquor control board rs estimated at 5500000 as com pared with s9260000 in 1932 a de- crraso of 3761000 lands and for- 21s expenditure 1218000 a de- civ of 1210000 while succession dniiss zri expected to rise the csti- nttl fixur being 3500000 a3 com- ri v ih 36137 cc0 last year or an ia- 6 23c30c0 i a os the fi ilov a 1 v th 1 tho 130000 yens a- 1 bsd slarln as arly as 530 in the month on hs i best days he as viltin as many as 14000 words hi- real drudgery is caused by having to wade through i documents of vlih h- pchcssjs nearly a carload alberta relief ucjy planning gold rush calgary placing of 1000 unemploy ed single men from alberta in gold fields of british columbia is under con sideration as a means of aiding jobless who will be cut off relief lists april 30 during conferences here over the weekend a a mnckcnzio chairman of tho alberta kellef commission dis closed tho plan for it jobless trek to gold fields