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roosevelt launches drive to raise commodity prices moves to halt dollar disturbances interfering with recov ery of prices as part of giant financial program highlights of speech washington oct 22 significant sen- washington oct 22 a managed currency was pledged by president roosevelt to the nation tonight he also revealed plans to establish a gov ernment market for gold for dollar stabilization mr roosevelts speech his third major address to the nation since march 4 reviewed all aspects of his recovery program in it he took cog nizance of agricultural unrest point ing out that every effort would be made to further the rise of commodity prices the gold move outlined by mr roosevelt was interpreted as meaning that the government would maintain the price of the dollar in international exchange through gold operations much as the bank of england through its stabilization fund undertakes to tegulate quotations of the pound sterling fourpoint plan the president outlined an orderly procedure for the realization of his gigantic economic and financial pro gram he summed it up as follows 1 restoration of the price level first of all 2 establishment and maintenance of a dollar of unchanging purchasing power in short a managed currency 3 control of the gold value of the domestic dollar 4 establishment of a government market for gold to establish and main tain continuous control mr roosevelts utterances on the monetary question came as a distinct surprise to official washington which had felt that he would confine the ad dress to an accounting of his steward ship since march 1 nth reference of course to the farm situation now com plicated by strikes in the middle west no one the president said who considers the plain facts of our situa tion believes that commodity prices especially agricultural prices are high enough yet our dollar is now altogether too greatly influenced by the accidents of international trade by the internal policies of other nations and by politi cal disturbances in other countries therefore the united states must take firmly in its hands the control of the gold value of our dollar this is neces sary in order to prevent dollar dis turbances from swinging us away from our ultimate goal namely the continued recovery of our commodity prices tences in president roosevelts outline to the nation of his future financial plans include our troubles will not be over to morrow but we are on our way and we are headed in the right direction t c government credit will be main tained and a sound currency will ac company a rise in the american com modity price level v we are continuing to move to wards a managed currency i would not know and no one else could tell just what the permanent valua tion of the dollar will be to guess at a permanent gold valuation now- would certainly require later changes caused by later facts t when we have restored the price level we shall seek to establish and maintain a dollar which will not change its purchasing and debtpaying power during the succeeding genera tion t e e our dollar is now altogether too greatly influenced by the accidents of international trade by the internal policies of other nations and political disturbance in other continents there fore the united states must take firm ly in its own hands the control of the gold value of our dollar c as a further effective means to this end i am going to establish a govern ment market for gold in the united states therefore i am authoriz ing the reconstruction finance cor poration to buy gold newly mined in the united states at prices to be de termined from time to time after con sultation with the secretary of the treasury and 110 president when ever necessary to the end in view we shall also buy or sell gold in the world market this is a policy and not an expedient it is definitely a part of ouiv policy to increase the rise of commodity prices and to exteud it to those pro ducts which have as yet felt no bene fit if we cannot do this one way we will do it another do it we will gladiolus expert h h groff dead famous simcoe horticulturist was in 8 1st year simcoe oct 22 the death oc curred at his home in simcoe on sat urday following a comparatively brief illness of henry h groff one of canadas bestknown horticultuiists and a prominent citizen of smlcoe for many years in his 81st year mr groff was the second son of and a prominent citizen of simcoe he served an apprenticeship with dr wilson simcoes first mayor as a druggist and later entered bank ing he attained wide fame through his success in the scientific hybridiza tion of galdioi capturing innumer able medals and trophies chief among which was the gold medal grand prize at th worlds fair in st louis in 1904 in recent years he has devoted his attention to the iris with conspicuous success not long ago he developed a new variety of com which has commanded wide attention and carries his name ready to absorb wheat this yaer oovemment of canada stands behind market stevens intimates buchanan sask if necessary the dominion government is prepared to ibsorb a large quantity of wheat this year hon h h stevens minister jf trade and commerce told a gath ering of farmers here the govern ment intends to keep wheat prices at a reasonable level he declared nd continually keeps a watchful eye on the wheat market the governments action in enter ing the markets during the past year averted a catastrophe stevens had said as much as 79000000 bushels of wheat had been held at one time mr stevens spoke in support of s h edgar conservative candidae tho mackenzie byelection in britain views lindberghs visit as significant of future ocean flying montreal gitit britain is mak ing even greater strides in aviation said j a wilson of ottawa control ler of civil aviation when 1 e return ed fronr england recently in every respect fie declared the empire is forging ahead in the air while he would not say much regarding the prospects of a near future for trans atlantic air travel he did say that this is very definitely in the air mr wilson whose visit to england had no official significance said that the visit of col and mrs chas lind bergh is looked upjn in england as having a significant relation to the prospect of transatlantic air travel in the near future there had been no definite pronouncements on the sub ject but it was anticipated his trans atlantic trip by easy stages on the northward roiite and the possibility of a return via the azores and ber muda were looked upon as significant ridging in the fall one of the best methods of killing weeds is to ridge the land in the fall there are those who claim that there is no benefit in the way of killing rootstocks of sow thistle and couch grass remaining in the soil after summer cultivation others re gard ridging as supplementary to early afterharvesting cultivation in the eradication of weeds at kempt- villc agricultural school in ontario ridging is considered an important tillage practice all land ploughed early and subsequently topworked be ing drilled up in early fall another advantage of ridging is that it aids in getting on the land a few days earlier in the spring which is a de cided gain on low or heavy land some clays tend to run together if left in a highly cultivated state all winter but ridging up corrects this kingsfordsmith given tumultuous greeting sydney australia an enthusi astic throng of thousands gave wing commander sir charles kingsford- smith a tumultous greeting when he arrived here late completing the nota ble flight on which he established a new record from england to aus tralia sir charles clipped more than 40 hours off the old record when he landed at wyndham australia after having flown from england in the elapsed time of 7 days 4 hours and 41 minutes 2000yearold axe changes us history washington oct 22 a new chap ter in american history first evi dence that humans lived on the at lantic coast as far back as the time of christ has been written by a 2- 000yearold stone axe dug up in albermarle county virginia the primitive axe is unique in that it was chipped out of black diabase rock by some savage amer ican 20 centuries ago and then was found and resharpened by a later owuer about 1300 years later it shows says the smithsonian institu tion that former ideas of which the first humans readied the eastern united states were mistaken two die in gravel cavein third saved sherbrooke ns oct 22 the overhanging bank of a gravel pit toppled saturday while men worked beneath and two laborers met death beneath tons of falling earth that nearly snuffed out a third mans life oswald gae 22 and edward croft 50 were dead when fellow workmen extricated them after digging more than an hour bill archibald a truckman was trapped for an hour with only his head above earth and he suffered bruises and shock all three men were natives of souora ns dog attacks boy lip torn from jaw animal springs as chile turns on flashlight misses eye toronto oct 22 before two men standing betide him could stop the attack a mongrel dog saturday night sprang at a 13yearold fair- bank boy tore his lower up from the jawbone and missed by a hairbreadth sinking his teeth into the cmlds left eye the child george richardson 172 times road was walking with his father and tho owner of the dog lewis paddle 95 dansbury road along brlarhlll avenue the boy turned on a flashlight he was carry ing and the animal half police dog and half bull struck without warn ing paddle swung with his fist a split second too late knocked the animal to the ground and caled for help the father caught the faint ing child in his arms and did what h could to stop the bleeding eris amos 150 brlarhlll avenue came to the aid with his car and took the boy to st josephs hospital offers prize to bestpaying husband montreal judge j o lacroix of the sessions of the peace in sentenc ing george campion to pay his wife 5 a week remarked he was con templating offering a prize to the re pentant husband convicted of non- support who behaved himself best when ordered to give his wife money at that particular time he had 30 men on his books who reported from time to time how they were fulfilling their promises to give their wives money and campion would join the list he said the worst cases of non- support judge lacroix found were dvo to sheer heartlessness two autoists are killed three hurt at crossing mrs h j cable and her daughter loses lives at crossing two men and girl are in hospital seriously injured brampton oct 22 a toronto wo man and her daughter were killed and three other persons seriously injured when their motor car was struck by a cnr train at the level crossing on queen street east 100 yards from the main street late tonight the dead are mrs h j cable 70 of 168 curzon avenue and miss etta cable her daughter same address the injured are ernest montgom ery 100 hiltz ave toronto the driver serious leg and back injuries kenneth cable 108 curzon ave severe shoulder and chest injuries miss merle hodgins 599 gerrard street serious leg injuries the party returning from a week- voice o tiie jrvesa canada depend on newspapers radio may carry the noise and thf color of political meetings but the newspapers after all carry the lacu the permanent record and most listen ers having received a certain fleeting end trip to dundalk was struck by impression of what occurred from the 958 westbound cnr train the passages overheard in the interval wigw ag at the crossing was working and the train whistle was blowing at the time eyewitnesses stated trie train struck the car with terrific impact carrying it 100 yards down the track where it was thrown to the side a tangled mass of wreck age both mrs cable and her daughter were killed instantly thu injured were all rushed to pee memorial hos pital here the view near the crossing is more or less unobstructed the last fatal ity at the crossing was four years ago when a man was killed celluloid comb ignites clothing of eaby girl sudbury oct 22 when a celluloid comb in the hands of her five-year- old brother ignited and fel on her and set her clothes on fire the seven- monthsold daughter of mr and mrs oscar dionne of noelville was sev erely burned little hope is held for her recovery first aid was ad ministered in noelville and the baby was brought to the hospital here the trip over the rough roads taking six hours duck hunter drowns when canoe capsizes iroquois falls ont oct 22 jack ede a wellknown sportsman of this district was drowned in reed lake when the canoe from which he was shooting capsized with joe cliiroski he started out duckhunting and leaned forward to fire his gun when the ves sel turned over cliiroski was able to swim to shore with difficulty the body was recovered shortage of potatoes by spring is predicted orangeville the frosts have put a crimp in the price of potatoes here forced to dig the crop the producers were recently offered only 60 cents a bag and buyers expect a further drop of at least 10 cents for the time be ing the market will be flooded but a survey indicates a real shortage be fore spring norfolk county journalist p g pearce is called simcoe oct 22 p george pearce a wellknown norfolk county jour- nlist died saturday after a brief illness for 36 years he was pub lisher of the waterford star which was founded by his father in 1932 he bought the simcoe reformer from the late h b donly he was one time chairman of the weekly division of the canadian press and had been active in the weekly newspapers association for many years speeder fined 1000 passenger was injured moncton a fine of 51000 was im posed on bryce w steives convicted on a charge of wanton and furious automobile driving and causing bod ily harm to a woman passengor fire in chesterfield kills two love birds edmonton two love birds perish ed when a chesterfield in the home of prof w rowan university of alberta caught fire the birds suf focated in their cage when a match dropped between cushions set a nearby chesterfield on fire newspaper ads receive tribute bournemouth eng i know of no more profitable way of spending money on advertising than through tho press said sir francis gooder- ough chairman of the executive at the annual conference of the british gas association at bournemouth re cently advertising he added is the voice of business it is as essen tial for an industry to learn to ad vertise as it is for a child to learn to talk warning to motorist statistics show that 35 per cent of all automobile fatalities occur during the three fall months of september october and november george a mc- namee manager of the royal auto mobile club of canada said recently in warning of the dangers of au tumn motoring autumn days herald the presence of that dangerous driving season when early darkness rain fog snow fallen leaves and greasy pavements combine to create extra hazards in the operation of motor vehicles mr mcnamee pointed out the prudent motorist will take due precautions to see that his lights are in good order and properly focused that spare bulbs are on hand that brakes are inspected and adjusted if necessary that the treads are not worn too smooth that chains are in the car ready for use when required and that the windshield wiper is in working order a jew minutes of attention paid to these details at the outset may save much trouble and expense and possibly avert lifelong regrets because of serious or fatal mis haps as the temperature drops it is ad visable to change the lubricant to a winter grade to put an cntifreeze mixture in the radiator to have bat teries examined and recharged and to have the generator speed adjusted for winter driving it is also timely to remind motor ists in general of the danger of run ning an automobile engine in a con fined space because of the rapid gen eration of carbon monoxide one of the deadliest and most insidious of poison gases it would seem unneces sary to reiterate the folly of indulg ence in a practice so perilous except for the fact that even in mild weather there have been recurring cases of death and narrow escape from this cause and with cooler weather immi nent there is an everpresent tempta tion for the unthinking motorist to expose himself to the danger created when the engine is run in a garage with closed doors and windows carbon monoxide gas is odorleis and tasteless and it is even danger ous to run a motor in a confined space with doors and windows open mr mcnamee also issued an ap peal to motorists asking for careful driving in school zones and urging that cautious driving be the rule when puddles of water are lying on the pavements in order to avoid splashing pedestrians care at railway crossings the use of hand signals slow driving on nar row country roads at night and care ful motoring on poorlylighted city streets were also advised as a means of preventing serious or fatal acci dents montreal gazette the markets dozen eggs 24 yolks roseburg ore umpqua valley hens believe in heavy production dr b r shoemaker purchased a dozen eggs at a local grocery one of the dozen had a double yolk produce toronto dealers are buying produce at the following prices eggs prices to farmers and coun- tr- shippers ungraded cases return ed fresh extras 31c fresh firsts 28c seconds 17c pullet extras 20c grad ed cases free 31c for fresh extras 2fc for fresh firsts 17c for seconds butter ontario creamery solids no 1 1894c no 2 1814c churning cream special 19c no 1 18c no 2 icc fob shipping points cheese no 1 large colored par affined and government graded 10c twins lovic triplets 1014c poultry a grade alive spring chickens over 6 lbs 15c over 5 to 6 lbs 14c over 5 to 514 lbs 13c over 4 to 5 lbs lie over 2 to 4 lbs 8c broilers over 1 to 2 lbs 10c fatted hens over 6 lbs 9c over 5 tr 6 lbs 8c over 4 to 5 lbs 7c over 34 to 4 lbs cc over 3 to 3 lbs 5c old roosters over 5 lbs 5c do mestic rabbits over 4 lbs cc white ducklings over 5 lbs 9c do 4 to 5 lbs 7c colored 2c less guinea fowl per pair 90c b grade poultry 2c lb less than a c grade 2c lb less than b pullets not over 3 lbs each 2c per lb above chicken prices poultry a grade dressed spring chickens over 0 lbs 18c over 514 to 8 lbs 17c over 5 to 51a lbs icc over 4 to 5 lbs 14c over 2 to 4 lbs 11c broilers over 1 a to 2 lbs 13c fatted hens over 6 lbs lie over 5 to 6 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c over 3 to 4 lbs 8c over 3 to 3 lis 7c domestic rabbits over 4 lbs 12c white ducklings ovei 5 lbs 13c do 4 to 5 lbs lie wholesale provisions wholesale provisions dealers are quoting the following prices to to ronto retail dealers park hams 14c shoulders 914c butts 131c pork loins 1514c pic nics 9c lard pure tierces 1014c tubs lie pails 1114c prints 1114c shortening tierces 914c tubs 10c pails lie prints 11 to 1114c grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on grain transactions for car lots prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 northern 65c no 2 northern 63c no 3 passages of a bridge game or some other domes tic enterprise look to the printed pages for news of what really happen ed ottawa journal these teachers resourceful unique and highly interesting is th tale of a vagabond vacation trip taken by two school teachers one from tht pembroke to the pacific coast and re- pembroke totbe pacific coast and re turn within two mouths vacation period over 7000 miles being done in a decrepit automobile at a cost of but one hundred dollars each including expenses for the car new clothes and necessary food was the stunt accom plished by miss vera wagner of pem broke teacher at the school at ran kin and miss velma wlngrove a teacher from cochrane pembroke standard progress along this line a total of nearly 60000 acres ol bushland burned over and 245 aepar- ate fires to fight in the algoma dis trict during tho past summer and not a single log of valuable timber des troyed 13 the record of the forestrj department this year in the sudburj district despite a season of unusuallj severe fire hazard it 13 estimated tha less than 100 acres of merchantabli timber were burued over very tev summers have been as ir as the on just closing and that the menace o the forest flames has been so success fully met is a matter tor satisfaction undoubtelly the policy of educate camper fisherman hunter prospectoi and settler to take greater precaution in the bush against the setting of firei is having its resuis this fact to gether with the greater facilities li detecting blazes and the efficiency oi air patrol and firefighting forces would seem to give assurance thai northern ontarios losses from fores fires shord with reasonable success be held down to a minimum sj bury star iron imports in the decade from 192s to 193 there was imported into canada 14 747059 tons of iron of which a porlior came from newfoundland but il which about 10000000 ions came from sources outside this britsh empire and this vast impc uhi was carr on despite the fact that canada has tremendous deposits of iron ore wait ing to be developed in ilgoma ilont there are probably billions of tons ore there being close r 100000uul tons of siderite proved in the new helen mine alone while in other see tions of ontario as well as in othei provinces there are known to be large bodies which have not yet been uly explored sault star 62c no 4 northern alberta beet crop record this year lethbridge alta thirteen thou sand acres of sugar beets one of the largest crops in the history of south ern alberta proviree now are being harvested approximately 300 men vil be employed in the raymond su gar beet factory during a three months run contrasted with this bumper yield of sugar beets was an estimated 18000000 to 20000000 bushel wheat crop approximately half the normal harvest half of canadas idle million belong to building trades ottawa of an estimated number of gott you will immediately give work bno million men unemployed in can- to half of these unemployed men and ada today half were dependent on tho thc ott llat wil1 gradually be ab- constructlon industry said joseph m sor anyvolumeofconstructionworkit piggott of hamilton addressing the this time would have an immediate eighth annual convention of the cana- effect on the unemplovment situation dan chamber of commerce here or- the present system of relief was j industr em uneconomical mr piggott declared ployed 600 000 men and of these 500- the chamber of commerce should 000 were idle glvc consideration to the matter in an if you can restore the building pro- effort to get something moving in a grain of 192s and 1929 said mr pig- constructive way moulinette fire estimated at 5000 northern gosc manitoba oats no 2 cw 3314c no 3 cw 3094c no 1 feed 2914c no 2 feed 2814c mixed feed oats 23c manitoba barlev no 3 cw 3694c no 4 cw 3594c no 1 feed screenings 1650 per ton south african corn 7314c ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point wheat 55 to 58c oats 23 to 25c rye 40 to 42c buckwheat 38 to 4c i live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 375 to 84 do med 325 to 375 do com 2 to 3 steers over 1050 lbs good and choice 4 to 450 do med 350 to 4 do com 250 to 325 heifers good and choice 375 to 4 do med 325 to 375 do com 2 to 3 fed calves tme everv good and choice 675 to 725 do fcvery gwu g q to 275 do med 2 to 225 do com 150 to 2 canners and cut ters 1 to 125 bulls good 2 to 225 do com 150 to 175 stack ers and feeder steers good 275 xs 3 do com 175 to 250 milkers and springers 25 to 45 calves good and choice veals 0 to 7 do com and med 350 to 6 grassers 150 to 250 hogs bacons fob 510 do off trucks 535 do off cars 560 good ewe and wether lambs 0 to 7 do med 550 to 575 do bucks 475 to 5 culls 4 to 450 sheep good light 2 to 250 do heavies 150 to 2 do culls 1 to 125 eugenics halifax principal says that eugenics are necessary to create hr ideal boy most of us dont know whether eu genics are fed to a youngster with a spoon or whether e should turn hira over our knee to adnr lister them lindsay post when modern fire engine sent from cornwall ont failed to function the oldfashioned bucket brigade was called into action at moulinette eleven miles from cornwall at one time it seomed that the village would be destroyed but the loss wa held to about 3000 cow pumps herself drink of water milburn mcbide a farmer in thc pleasant valley section of the wcst- rcath township near pembroke has a talented holstain cow which can pump herself a drink of water when ever she feels in the mood according to w a mcmullen a neighbor of mr mcbride recently mr mcmullen had an er rand at mr mcbrides home and when ho entered thc yard the cow was busy at the well shoving the pump handle up with her nose and pulling it down with her horns work ing fast enough to pump a good strewn into the trough from which she drark when she had pumped problem proportionately than enough turn of the tide it is gratifying to learn that thi amount of lumber exported from bri tish columbia last rnont exceeded that of any other mot 1 in ti history of the province it exceeded the ship ments of august 1929 the totals being 75432000 feet and 73077000 feet tha latter the total for alfgust 1929 the previous high mark we are told that since the beginning of this year a de finite uptrend in the lumber industry for this rrovirco has been noted that this has taken place in spite tho fact that the market in the united states and japan has declined very considerably in recent months it is to be hoped that the increase in can adas shipments of lumber to tho united kingdom will be maintained victoria times highway bully the auto truck which is the swag gering and the brutal bully of the high way is rapidly wearing out olllcial patience by its senseless but danger ously destructive abuses thus wt aro told that the roads department oi this province has decided tn withdraw the licenses from nil trucks that ex ceed tho maximum legal speed of 25 miles per hour relying upon a power size and weight far superior to tho3e of anything it may meet upon the highway except another oi its kind the auto truck literally acts in far too many cases as though it owned tlu road quebec chronic ietelesrapl new population it seems to us that the dominion trades and labor congress is n- necessarlly alarmed over reports that preliminary steps for a considerable migration from britain to canada aio now being taken no immediate flood u canadas direction is possible but the time is coming and it is not so fat off when wo shall be needing now population and it i3 only sensible that tho groundwork for it should be laid now a canada with twenty or thirty million population would cer tainly havo no greater unemployment we have today border cities star