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250600 fanners still on relief but brighter prospects are seen as trade conditions improve ottawa time was when the ontario farmer made a good living from the land the husbandman raised his own wheat his wife baked the bread they had their own beef and their own sheep and wore their own wool writes william marching- ton staff writer of the globe and mail cicero probably was speaking the truth about bis own day when he wrote of all occupations from which gain is secured there is none better than agriculture but that day is past certain it is that in the last five or six years thousands of canadian farmers have gone from plenty to poverty and whether be cause of depression or drought it is a fact that more than a quarter of a millionodd canadians who are presently on relief are farmers and their dependents the vast majority of them in western canada optimiittc survey tis the farmers care that makes the field bear but the ultimate outcome whether there is a profit or a loss depends not only upon winds and weather but largely upon world conditions for the latter reason ontario farmers may be en couraged by an optimistic survey of prospects which has just been pre pared by economists of the depart ments of agriculture and trade and commerce in cooperation with the provincial authorities they see an improvement not only in the domestic demand situ ation but also in international trade conditions the outlook for higher farm prices they say is better this conclusion is based upon in creased industrial production greater tourist trade policies which are expanding canadian markets abroad the prospect of more as sured stability of exchange rates the increased demand of food im porting countries for primary pro ducts of which canada has such an abundance to export it is estimated that actual farm prices have risen since 1932 from about 35 per cent to about c5 per cent of the 1926 level which was regarded as normal while prices of goods which the farmer must buy have not yet risen above the 1932 level the farmer who is struggling to pay his taxes may find a little comfort in this reflection but it is claimed that although his price dis advantage has been reduced ma terially the ratio still remains an obstacle in the road of normal agri cultural consumption the survey indicates that consid ering the probable level of farm prices and tne volume of farm pro ducts to be marketed exclusive of the drought areas canadian farm- are are likely to obtain an income during the early part of 1037 which will be somewhat higher than that obtained during tho corresponding period of i93fi average land values rose slightly in the last two years according to this review and are now about 65 per cent of their predepression level the average value per acre of occupied farm lands in canada declined 40 per cent from 1928 to 1934 while the decline in the net returns from farming was even greater than that as a result of drought and depres sion 16000 canadian farmers who found themselves unable to pay their debts made an assignment un der the farmers creditors arrange ment act and important debt ad justments totalling 575000000 were made in the province of saskatche wan alone federal and provincial depart- winter blusters in question generally found faror among provincial government heads premier w j patterson of saskat chewan said he believed it might be better bandied by a commission than by the proposed conference acting premier harry nixon of on tario bad no cor ent to maie on- mr bennetts suggestions hon a p paterson minister of scene in columbus circle new cork city as winters first heavy snowall blanketed the circle and central park background rain mingling with the snow turned the whte blanket into a slippery mass of slush ments are now seeking to assist the hardpressed farmers to rehabilitate themselves by concentrating upon the marketing of agricultural pro ducts the federal parliament will appropriate 650000 this year for the purpose of advertising and mar keting the produce of canadian farms good weather good crops and good markets alone will put money in the farmers purse editorial comment from here there and everywhere 5000000 capitalization air service proposed levees hold floods checked victory caps frantic fight 1000000 are homeless canada one view of speed surely it requires no argument to prove that risk increases proportion ately to speed with all the modern mechanical improvements and techni cal safeguards it is after all the human factor which counts most in ensuring safety a car bounding along at 70 or 80 miles an hour is not under proper control and it is a peril to itself and to other vehicles experts agree that to drive above 60 miles an hour is to invite disaster while something might be said for stepping up the speed limit to some extent in view of recent develop ments in the automobile industry to nbollsh it altogether would be to sur render to the demands of the reck less tho selfish and inconsiderate hamilton spectator days of youth we are only young once you of ten hear some person remark as an excuse for hitting the pace true we can be young but once and the pleasures of youth must be crowded into that space of time but how long are we young some men are old at 40 while others are still young at 61 it depends upon the pace they hit and the manner in which they hit it kingston whigstandard countrys backbone blessed is tho nation that can boast of a sturdy farm aristocracy families that havo farmed tor two or three generations and would no more think of going off tho land and migrating to tho cities than they would of becoming sailors such fam ilies havo character they sink their roots into the soil and one genera tion is proud to succeed another it would be interesting to know how many families on canadian farms could trace their ownership back to pioneer day3 such people are the the backbone of tho country and make tho hrst type of citizens strat ford beaconherald them look better than at present windsor star modern convenience dr arthur pillsbury naturalist scientist anj inventor states that housewives soon may b growing their own vegetables in the kitchen sink by the use of chemicals with coal in th th tub aud vetuables growing in the sink the folks in the house will have to resort to the old tin basin for avint hands and face and to the tub i the kitchen rior for the saturday night soapy plunges montreal gazette woods going too optimists say that canada is now out of tho woods rut if tho destruc tions of her forests continues tho woods will soon bo out of canada toronto star scenic highways everybody knows that tho provin cial highways aro all too drab at many points nnd everyone will agree that tho placing of pretty flowers here and thero would do much to improve thorn it seems to us that the govern mont itself should give some atten hon to this phase of the highway sit uation doing a good deal more than it has in tho past toward making on tarios main routes tho scenic attrac tions they should bo t should be nocdless to point out tho enormous rovonuo that wo secure from these routes nnd the desirability of making school buildings there arc those who say and be lieve that no municipality can af ford to be niggardly in regard to such an important matter as education of the voung but they can be never e- ess sensible about it and ot involve themselves in expenses which are other than reasonable and jjsiiiiuble or above the ability ol the ratepayers i meet over a period it years more than one municipality has found it self financial embarrassed during the past few years because of unwise capital expenditures whlo it pre viously mad in respect ol education with town vcining with town as to which should equip itseii nost lavish y in this regard there is danger that in this country we have made rather a fet ish of school buildings without as much attention being paid to he teaching given in them brockville recorder and times candid thero is nothing connected with the press that has ever got me into such great trouble as the accuracy of the reports of what i have said confides lord derby and such ad mirable honesty and candoi is worthy of a place in the records st catharines standard too much talking somo da we aro going to wake up and tumble to the fact that iherc is too much talking evcry time you turn on your radio somebody is start ing- thats as far as he gets to give you an earful f words poli ticians spend their lives talking wives not your or mine of course i are always at it preachers do their share editors do their with n type writers or fountain pens what a lot of ink thero must be one of these days when we wake up and cease the incessant clatter for a moment somebody is bound to take advantage of the lull and do a little think ing st marys journalargus fat profits from war during 1914 1918 one british mu nitions company is reputed to have made net profits of rome 34000- 000 tho firm supplied four battle ships three armored cruisers fifty- 1 thrco submarine sixtytwo light ships three auxiliary cruisers 2328 heavy naval guns field guns etc ottawa a 5000000 capital ization is being discussed for the corporation to be incorporated this session to own and operate the transcanada air service a very enlivened controversy has been going on for weeks as to the set up the proposed preponderant interest of the railways having brought objections from private companies the latest word is that agreement is being approached if not concluded but the cabinet has to pass upon the required legisla tion as soon as it does it will be introduced in the house and the minister of transport is reserving any statement about it govern ment control is certain to be ex tensive the equipment contemplated is of the most modern and most speedy type 100000 maxim guns 5500 aero planes and a large number of rifles small guns and other mater ials of war the war business cer tainly run up big profits for those who depeid on humai sacrifices for their orders windsor star air mail service pays air mail service in canada lias proved rhapei than other kinds air mail costs in the last fiscal year were 375971 and the revenue amounted to 533048 if the entire service could operate on that basis we would have 2cent postage in a hurry peterborough kxaminer lower mississippi valley likely to be saved disease and famine battled scene grimmest at louisville the empire careers for youth there has in the past been no of ficial machinery by which boys have been able to ioin the british army or air force unofficially some 50 young men have gone over to find successfully military careers al though it is the navy that invites youth to see the world the sister same invitation and south africans service could really extend much tho who have returned after service in the british army come home with talcs of strange places but judging from the inquiries we have received tho offer of commissions in the roy al air force to university gradu ates unde the age of 25 is likely to find most esponse in the union even with clouds on the european horizon these careers hold much to attract youth and to judge of the value to the union of this training abroad it may be remarked that air force pilots were the pioneers of civil aviation in this country the cape argus no excuse for slaughter crossings and speed limits are of no avail if the drivers riders and walkers will not be constantly vig ilant there is no excuse for road slaughter it must be stopped by taking thought and taking care it can bo stopped london sunday dispatch a swarm of bcos that has left a hive continues to be tho owners pro perty as long as ho can kcop it in sight according to tho laws of black- stone b 4 one hundred thousand men fought raging waters for over 1500 miles down the mississippi as floods gnaw- their way s iuthward today frulay the cities of evansvillc indiana and cairo illinois expect the disease- laden waters to reach their crest but neither city expect serious fur ther damage the authenticated known death toll in the eleven flooiied states now stands at 273 hundreds of others are feared dead as families start a frantic search for missing friends and relatives over 1000000 are homeless damage is estimated at j400000000 summary by states the situation by states thursday night follows pennsylvania waters at pittsburgh recede more than eleven feet in thirtysix hours- rivers be- iow flood stage three dead 1800 homeless west virginia fear collapse of buildings at wheeling as waters recede steadily families warned to remain at relief centres until homes are driel and cleaned ten dead r4firl homeless ohio cincinnati- portsmouth and i ronton face danger of epi demic cincinnati damage estimated at 825000000 as city starts clean up governor martin l davey ad vocates construction of thousands of dams to prevent future floods eighteen dead 143437 homeless kentucky receding waters give up bodies of 102 known dead at louisville illness widespread red cross evacuatin families at pa- ducah cold weather througnout state expected to add to suffering one hundred and sixtytwo known dead 347589 homeless indiana waters receding as far as evansvillc where crest of 535 expected within twentyfour hours looting reported at lawrcnceburg throe houses reported still stinding at leavenworth twelve dead 07- 775 homeless the red cross was to spend 1000000 to rehabilitate homes in evansville illinois cario believer safe behind giant vshaped seawall one thousand men work to strengthen pig four levee believed last weak link in citys protection dozen cities and town abovf cairo inundated some abandoned to raging waters eleven dead 24399 homeless missouri every available man at charleston mo was called to work on the levees at new ma drid mo 2500 wpa worker were rushed to protect a levee there fourteen dead 41792 homeless arkansas seven hundred homeless families trooping into hel ena daily for shelter mellwood ark believed a danger point regu lar army officers arrive to take command of flood scctiun twenty- nine dead 74951 homeless tennessee hickman and tip- tonvillc evacuated as flood crests move down mississippi at fifteen miles per hour nine dead 35824 homeless engineers at memphis estimate 50000 men at work on le vees in mississippi valley mississippi army officers at vicksburg asked to have boats wait ing should evacuation of arkansas city ark prove necessary four dead 4050 homeless iouisian iowand families from natchez miss to new or- floods mississippi and black rivers rising steadily schools closing and eastern louisiana lumber industry nearly idle two hundred and sev enty homeless news in brief 0- laments high mortality rate toronto onebait tho 1200 moth ers who die in childbirth in this coun try every year and onehalf the 23- 000 who are permanently disabled or injured could bo saved by segregation federal and municipal relations ot j of the feebleminded and eradication new brunswick wo shall never get of social diseases this was the dec- f right ntf all ge around alteration ot dr walter chtpman out- table and talk it over quietly and dls- standing montreal obstetrician ad- passionately dressing an audience in eaton audl- premlei angus u macd maid of j torlum on reducing the risks of motherhood the c of a series of five lectures sponsored by the to ronto brauch of the health league of canada onehalf our terrific yearly toll ot mothers could bo cured at the begin ning said dr chlpman this must be done and it will be done when wo have enough common sense to call a spade a spado or chlpman saw ignorance as a chief offender in the high maternal death rate and quoted statistics to show that 3g per cent of fatalities was due to faulty technique or mis taken judgment on tho part of the doctor or nurse another 35 per cent was due to poor antenatal care is per cent to the patients ignorance and 10 per cent to lack ot nursing and hospital facilities more education in the case ot the doctor the speak er said tho trouble lay in insufficient training ho demanded that more education bo given in medical and nursing schools especially in the way of practical training i think it most important too dr chlpman mentioned that plenty ot refresher courses bo given to keep medical men posted on the latest changes in technique dealing next with poor antenatal care the speaker stressed the impor tance of healthy motherhood propa ganda tho speaker outlined an idea which ho thought should make for healthy canadian mothers it would be tho i responsibility of the municipal and nova scotia ii is generally ag 3d i certain amendment aro necessary tho only point of difficulty is deciding on a niethoa of amendment that will bo satisfactory to both the dominion parliament and provincial legisla tures prouder i d pattullo or hltlsh columbia such action ad beev od- vocated by british columbia for years premier william aberha t alber ta alberta is ready to discuss any necessary changes in cauada- con stitution jrcier john bracken of manito ba we hao b on agitating for mod ernization of the canadian govern mental setup for ten years lethbridge boast lethbxidge alberta challenges the gait ontario record of not one fatal motor acclden within its boun daries during 1936 with a twoyear record not one automobile fatality occurred there in 1936 or 1935 gap is seen in debt law senator seeks to prohibit us loans to wardebt defaulters washington united states senator ellender louisiana demo- j provincial departments ot public crat asked the state department alu voluntary associations if ears lews leak toronto at the liberal party caucus held this week attorneygen eral roebuck refused to talk on the j reported pending purchase of morej quebec power from the ottawa valley company or fear the news would leak to the newspapers and the securities commission last week to define the practical limi tations of the johnson act forbid- ding loans to nations defaulting on debts to this country ellender said 000000 canadian bond offering in the united states was legal he would be placed under these depart ments to prevent overlapping he suggested that in all towns and cities the hospital bo organized as the working centre of a better mother- wwt vvliu vi h uclll ululmvt that if in their opinions an 85- hood movement and that under this centre there should be as many clin- i ics as necessary to give free and traitors a lot of caucus argument was cen ired on the possibility that traitors were providing the press with caucus p mat that could not bo obtain ed except through leaks major fames clark windsorsaudwich was strong in his denunciation of such al leged tactics and had the caucus tdopt a resolution providing that all speeches therein be regarded as se cret tom murray veteran legisla tor and famed humorist from north renfrew sugested that the best ay i i get around the situation rfab to trip up the press by having the best liar among he liberals invent inac curate stories to feed ut 3ysiematlc- lly to the reporters good speech at ottaw this week when a a leap cci w inipeg north pre sented his mo to- asking the govern ment to reques president toosevelt to call a world peace conference he read at length from what he thought was an address delivered by mr oosevelt at rio de janeiro prime minister mackenzie king in- irrupted him is my honorable friend quoting the president ot the nitei shtes i jiin that is what i said that may be the case replied mr c but i think it is i tt good statement to make uno i am fully in ccord with what the prime minister said and i hopo i have done him no injustice by credltln his rem rks to he presldem of the united states veto peace conference tho world peace confe ence to be held at washington suggested by a a heaps was sternly opposed by tho prime minister and tho leader of the opposition declared prime minister mackenzie king i am not sure that a world conference would achieve any good and it might mako things a great deal worse our generation is gone a little mad on tho question of conferences it seems to me a conference is a very convenlen way of appearing to bo doing something whllo in reality very llttlo is being achieved tho more 1 see of conferences the less patience i am coming to have with them observed the conservative leader r b dennett i have not forgotten that a great world economic oonfor- onco was called in 1933 i know one man two men throe men who were urged by the president of tho united states to expedite in every possible way the work of that conference yet tho conference had hardly met and or- ganlzed before the president of tho united states torpedoed it for reasons which havo never yet been made pub- he would introduce legislation to plug i careful examinations to expectant what he termed this wideopen mothers canadas poor record this would do wonders to protect the patient against infection ha said the crown of sorrow is that fully 50 per cent of our mothers could be saved from death if septic infection toxemias and such were prevented wo have five deaths for every 1000 births and canada ranks from fifth to twelfth high among 29 countries in maternal death rato sta tistics the saddest part of the un necessary fatalities is that theso mothers are cut off in tho very full ness of their lives for tho average age of canadian mothers is only 31 years referring again to his working plan the speaker thought that com munity clinics and outposts as many as are necessary placed at advantag eous posts would bring enlighten ment to farm women these clinics he said should be fully equipped with cars and airplanes the govtrnment could serve the entire country from coast to coast he said we must have enough money and a little to spare can you toll mo why a government will spend millions importing hogs to raise tho standard of the countrys prize pis yet the prize mother remains neglec ted the prize mother dr chlpman de scribed as not too intellectual he gap in the law in his maiden address ellender attacked the canadian bond issue on the ground that canada was a possession of great britain and britain had defaulted on its war debt to the united states the canadian issue was disposed of last week he emphasizeo that he had no wish to jeopardize united states friendly relations with canada he did not feel the 85000000 issue alone was of major importance but if canada is permitted to float loans in the united states he declared other subdivisions of the britih empire may do the same thing thus nullifying the intent of the john son act ellender said the bill he is considering would forbid a de faulting nation or its depend encies to borrow money in the united states except to refinance bonds owned by united states citi zens prior to the passage of the johnson act in 1934 the canadian issue is intended to refinance an old loan not more than half of which was so owned he asserted sport idols art in all trades in the turbulent days of the pioneer west one of the popular ways of exe cution was death by tho rope this was meted out in wholesale manner and not always with the sanction of the law bcaust in the early day the law was far too inadequate to cope with all crooks in so large a torrltory at one time the law had an area of not less than 73 000 square miles in its jurisdiction under one united states court hanging was used extensively and men became very proficient in th- use of tho rope rr this at the time was a trade it was discovered that the method used in fastening tho rope was of great importance to the victim the uterenco being whether he died a slow eath of strangulation or instant ly a broken neck if the rope were tied as any other rope might be tied then usually the victim was strangled to death ve slowlj as can b seen on tho other hand if the rope were tied loosely and the knoi were placed under tho left ear then when the tr n was sprung tho neck was bro ken i stantly at the lime of these unsettlcf re gions one united states court had under its jurisdiction an area cover ing 70000 square miles of land provinc- parley favored right hon r b bennetts proposal there as an increaso of about 12- 000 in the canadian import ot checso in november amounting to 09409 compared with 57402 a year ago tho import of butter was small valued blue uniforms for ottawa waitresses ottawa a touch of color this year for tho first ttrao brightens uniforms of waitresses in the parliamentary restaurant whoro members their wives and friends will eat about 50- 000 meals during tho next 3 months the uniform consisting of tur quoise blue dross with white apron are effoctivo in tho big sunny cream and brown room with its walnut nnd dull red leather chairs snown table cloths and shining silver hero with a fine view of tho river below nnd b gntlneau hills in the distance the members wives entertain at lun jon teas and din- s after tho official opening and subsequent government functions aro over one woman starts tho social cycle with perhaps a luncheon covers laid j- 30 this says henri lo bee head waiter of tho dining room for 1g years automatically mans 30 luncheons for 30 or now oac one present at the first luncheon must entertain tho hoston consults mr lo bee beforo hand and wocu thorn they concoct a pleascnt color scheme with green yellow mauve or blue hn 3 and harmonizing flow ers mr lo bee as been with tho par liamentary dining room staff longer than any other member and finds the senators and members tho most congenial tho easiest to place of any group he has served in the ca pacity of head waiter although it leans reported fearful of disastrous tor conference on constitutional at 309 confpared with 598 the is tho ruling of tho committee that checso camo mainly from france j no tips are allowed tho members italy switzerland united kingdom i ovcrcmo this by generosity in their now zealand and tho united states own individual manner