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voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large canaoa the vision of the future the motor that keeps our industrial civilization moving ahead may have stalled but it still has tremendous capabilities if we are bogged down just uow we should never forget that these bright visions of our technolo gists are psrfectly in hue with the facts beyond tho tragedy of unem ployment idle factories and bread- line there stands the dazzling tact that applied science has made it pos sible for the work of the world to be done with far less human effort than ever before lias made it possible for every mortal to have enough of every thing if only the system of distribu tion is properly organized from the depression we can emerge into an ora finer than anything we have known before the tools are in our hands wo need only learn how to manage them victoria times rescue of the drowning there is no doubt that the number of deaths by drowning each summer would be greatly lessened if more peo ple wero familiar with swimming life- saving and resuscitation the current issue of the swimmer official orgau of the canadian amateur swjmming association is appropriately a lite- saving number the most interesting article with a large number of illus trations is devoted to methods which may be used by a rescuei to break the hold of a drowning person another by the editor mr it c wood deals with differences of opinion regarding resuscitation held by leading authori ties toronto mail and empire hat problem one of the most embarrassing fea tures of the current mode in womens style is to meet a laiiy and be unablo to determine whether the slant of her hat is style a rough wind or cock tails winnipeg free press british films we would likj to see our motion pic ture houses show 100 per cent british films it the films were better than or as good as any films which can be ground out of hollywood and we be lieve that the time will come when british films will be a long way the better of the two it is said that the british film sunshine susie has any thing beaten that ever came out of a studio in the united states but there is no good reason why the manage ment of a motion picture house should be compelled to give his audience pic tures which do not appeal to them he- cause they happen to be made in the british empire it was not by quotas and compulsion that sheffield cutlery became the worlds standard it was by sheer niorit fort william times- journal size of farms a romarkable change in the sizes of farms in canada has taken place dur ing the past ten years the census of 1931 shows a great increase in tho number of farms having the largest acreage with a corresponding de crease in the smallestsized farms tho total number in the dominion in creased by 175g4 but those of one to 10 acres decreased by 2037 and those of 51 to 100 acres decreased by 10035 on the other hand those of 101 to 200 acres increased in number by 3072 those of 201 to 299 acres increased by 4138 and those of 300 acres and over increased by 22737 an examination of these changes by provinces shows that the decrease in the number of smallersized farms was confined practically to the east in ontario the total of farms decreased from 198053 to 192171 a difference of 5s79 those of one to 10 acres de creased by 20c those of 11 to go acres decreased by 2173 those of 51 to 100 acres decreased by g05g and those of 101 to 200 acres decreased by 23 but tho farms of 201 to 299 acres in creased by 133s and those of 300 acres and over increased by 1210 in saskatchewan and alberta all farms largo and small increased in number in manitoba and british columbia tho only excoption to the general increase was in farms of 101 to 200 acres the dominion bureau of statistics which gives tho figures confines itself to tho facts and offers no explanation of the changes toronto mail and empire growth and the renewal of industry so that those who might be employed iu the creation of wealth are supported by its destruction sir william mor ris and his eoleagues estimate the total loss of industrial capital by taxa tion at 140000000 a year and this loss is translated into unemployment figures london morning post working and shirking it is good for a man to learn to do good honest hard work a man can go about his work sordidly or stupidly or halfheartedly or angrily and miss the good of it almost altogether the work that builds character and makes tor real happiness and enjoyment is honest intelligent and somewhat dis interested work shirkiug or stupid ity or greed will spoil work ana rob it of its blessing almost completely new outlook loudon high pressure peddling a comparatively new and sinister practice in the selling of goods is be ing developed iu this country like many more undesirable featuros of british salesmanship it is an importa tion from america there are more men being broken by this pernicious system of housetohouse soiling than by any other phase of british sales manship it cannot be too strongly condemned and the men who are en gaged on this work are generally driven to it because i economic pres sure the salesmans chances of suc cess can be measured by the fact that a number of these firms advertise through our leading newspapers every day of the newspaper year obvious ly if men could make a living with this class of firm the would carry on with the work and there would not be any necessity to advertise daily for more men the usual custom is for men to sell the particular commodity among their cwn circle of friends and immediately the sales possibilities of that circle are exhausted they find themselves again amongst the unem ployed the system is thoroughly alien to all our ideas of british com merce and should be discountenanced at every opportunity captain j w fawcott in the labour magazine lon don other opinions debt blocks trade by shelving reparations europe has taken a long step forward along the road that leads to financial sanity an other important advance will be made when and if the united states con sents to the elimination of most if not all the remaining vestiges of tho inter governmental debt payments which have stood in the way of a re turn to normal peacetime commercial and financial intercourse among na tions new york journal of com merce the buckboards last stand few isolations aro secure against the forward march of the- automobile even bermuda in midocean has to he always on the alert to vote down the motor threat to her repose on isles- boro however on penobscot bay tho buckboard still leigns ten miles from shore islesboro has warded off the automobile and most of the sum mer residents would gladly keep the machine age at arms length indefin itely but the permanent residents have grown restive at being deprived of a lively and entertaining iustru- miit of civilization they want auto mobiles more than they want quiet and aro likely to get them for tho is sue is coming up next month at a spe cial town meeting new york herald tribune the hudson bay route it is easy to recall that for several years after vancouver was fitted up with grainhandling facilities little grain passed through tho western port today vancouver is one of the larg est shippers of wheat ou tho contin ent it is quito possible that history will repeat itself in tho case of churchill trial shipments last year proved that tho northern routo is per fectly safe during a certain part of the your two ships ladon with wheat proceeded to england without tho least trouble if fifteen vessels can carry grain to the old country this year without mishap it will prove to all fair minds that the northorn routo is feasible calgary herald the empire high taxation le employment industry can only expand by ita sav ing power high taxation by destroy stream flow in quebec during june ottawa canada the dominion ater power and hydrometric bur eau of the department of the interior reports that runoff in the province of quebec during june was much be low ormal the runoff from the area tributary to the st lawrence river from the north as indicated by the records of the st maurice river cor reeled for storage was only 38 per cent of average in the sherbrooko area south of the st lawrence the lunolt was only co per cent of nor mal for the month of june in the jatane area in the eastern portion of the province runoff was 55 per cent of normal whilst the samo ratio for the northern portion of the province was indicated by the records of the harrieanaw river at amos these be law average runofi conditions are at tributable to a continuance of the be low average precipitations already noted for may log this power destroys both thobetweoo tha two gas street lamps increase in england london tho city of westminster council has contracted for tho light ing of about 55 miles of its streets by gas for tho next 15 years a good many of the streets which are now lit by gas were lit by electric ity in the early years of this cen tury now thero are 44 miles of streets with electric lights as against 55 with gas in other paru ot von- don 47 local authorities favor gas 22 profer electricity and 35 dlvlda betty gow scottish nurse ot the illfated lindbergh baby is met by her mother at plymouth england recently while ou her way to her home town iu scotland farmers of west paying back relief take advantage of pegged price offer made for wheat regina the repayment-to-the- commission movement is getting under way farmers who have received relief in past months are beginning to take advantage of tho pegged price offer whereby they may secure credit of 70 cents per bushel on wheat the pro ceeds of which they wish to apply on their accounts with the relief om- missiori the premium varies accord ing to the price of wheat from day to day and comparative premiums on oher grains rre included in the offer two farmers who were on relief have paid up in full all their indebt edness to the relief commission the two farmers whese names were not announced by the commission have notified the commission they have de voted the first carloads of grain from their 1932 crops to paying back what they owe for relief probably amounting to between 900 and 000 bushels these carloads of grain will pay off c30 or 700 of in debtedness to the commission per farmer not very informative did you ever have a loveletter marjorle politely asked her spinster auntie why yes my dear ot course said aunt oh do tell me who you received it from asked the girl the postman said aunt coldly one dead 3 hurt new method used over weekend in eclipse study ramblings canadas muskrat becomes a nuisance in europe the canadian muskrat when in his native habitat is kept under control by native enemies and also by hunt ers who are after his hide the situa tion is different iu europe tho musk- rat was first introduced to that con tinent in 1905 by a nobleman of bo hemia and later by the crown prince of germany but the animal spread so rapidly as to become a public dan ger by 1925 the circle of distribution was nearly 400 miles and a vigorous campaign was started by the govern ments of germany and austria at con siderable expense against him the british government has also passed regulations prohibiting the importa tion of muskrats and providing that precautions against their escape must be taken by those permitted to farm them a distinguished army officer was recently fined at a petty sessions tor failure to comply with the regula tions the history ot tho muskrat in europe illustrates once more the dan ger of importing foreign animals birds or plants toronto mail and empire the reallyy lucky man they were resting between dances he was pointing out the various local celebrities to his partner see that woman over there in black he whispered thats old alderman groves daughter she must be well over thirty married asked the girl not yet he replied but 1 hoar shes going to be soon whos the lucky man asked the fair damsel old groves ha laughingly re plied chatham man victim stj thomas cyclist killed drowning fatality chatham charles hill 26 of this city was fatally injured and three others were less seriously hurt shortly after midnight sunday when the car in which they wero riding crashed in to a ditch on tho creek ltoad a mile east of kent centre hill and a companion misj margaret campbell of detroit were pinned be- neatfi the vehicle homo bordeau and i dolly degarty both of this city es caped with superficial injuries according to provincial officer jack shoff who investigated the car was ditched when a front tire blew out st thomas cyclist killed st thomas thomas grantham 02 ot 9 college street was fatally iu- jured saturday afternoon wheu his bicycle was struck by a car driven by mis3 dorothy mcfiece ot this city tho victim was carried into the of fice of dr d l ewin tor first aid and was rushed to the hospital dying a few minutes after arrival bather is stricken ottawa edgar poole 20 a native ot england but tor some years a resi dent ot iroquois falls out was drowned saturday while bathing at britannia beach near here arrests follow fatality sarnia thomas kocsh 22 ot 114 edward street was killed at wis- beach 35 miles east ot here sunday when mrs christiue hchn 18 ot brubacher street kitchener lost con trol of the light coupe which she was driving and crashed into a deep ditch provincial polce have laid a charge of criminal negligence aganst the wo man and an inquest has been called by dr g robinson of arkona for fri day boy killed on highway north bay james craft 12 year old son of mr and mrs william craft west ferris was instantly killed about eight oclock sunday night when struck by a car driven by gordon kosenborough north bay as he was walking along the calander highway when the fatality occurred both were proceeding north the boy was on the right haul side of the road wif z husband and dog fall into old well birmingham ala mrs fred bailey started on a search for her pet dog which had strayed from its kennel the woman stumbled into an abandoned dry well breaking an arm and a leg in the lsfoot fall when she regained consciousness the dog was standing over her mr bailey became alarmed over the long absence of his wife and went out to find her he too fell in to the well suffering a broken ankle after lying at the bottom of the well all night bailey managed to climb out and summon aid the dog was un hurt increased tonnage expected in home ports montreal as a result of the six cents a bushel preference granted canada by tho united king dom in the agreement signed at the imperial economic conference mil lions of bushels of canadian wheat that has formerly been shipped via tho united states will now he export- ed from canadian ports j h rain- ville president ot the montreal har bor commission stated recently he declared that the agreement would re sult in a great increase in the hand ling ot grain in montreal st john and halifax talkies are now being turned out la over sixty different languages british professor to conccn- of tho men between the ages ot i qo ior twenty and fifty in the british isles trate on sun s cusps ate bcuelor3 boston something literally new under the sun observations of the fines for motoring offences bnn iu suns cusps will be attempted by a revenue ot over 200000 a year la astrcnomy luring the total ecliyse on england wednesday j new subscribers to the telephouo the cusps are the tips or horns system in gt biitalu last year uum- of the thin crescent of sun visible be- 1 bered 85000 fore the moon completely covers the j 0 the 4300 varieties of bowers grown iu europe only 120 have au agreeable perfume one of the pelicans which live ou the lake in st jamess park london is forty years old foreign nobility is cheaper in holly wood where grand dukes wild used to get 40 a day now receive only halt that sum barons and countesses arc- rated at 10 a day french families are growing small er in 1835 the average uai four child ren today it is just over two green apples can be made rosy red iu fortyeight hours by treating them with ultraviolet light but tho process is at present very costly there are 10g34000 unemployed persons in the united states ol america this represents over one- fifth ot the normally employed popula tion in army strength soviet russia heads tho list with 1800000 franco come3 second with 340037 italy third with 24iss0 and japan fouth with 2337sg gramopones are replacing pianos la british homes iu 1924 as a nation 92s1 pianos were bought and 27g- 092 gramophones in 1930 the pianos sold numbered 50120 and the gramo phones 7774gs1 c last year tho average age of brido- grooms in c t britain was 2904 and of brides 2017 thirty years ago the average groom was 2838 and the brldo 2021 years ot age vacant plots of land said to ba worth altogether some 25000 in lew- isham london se have no known owners the local council has spent 10000 in paving in front of theso sites established just a century ago with a strength of one hundred tho city ot london police force now numbers 1200 and has its own wireless receiv ing statioii and hying squad aviation in all its forms is papular iu cermany particularly gliding 817 gliding certificates wero issued and 241 airmen trancd for their pilots cer tificates to fly aeroplanes last year regular mail and passenger air routes over the northlands to link europe and america are said to be not far distant it begins to look as though aviation would liquidate tho arctics frozen assets another so called modern improve ment disillusion it has been found that the ancient chinese used a sys tem of ice cooling in houses on torrid days they even went further and used that same apparatus for heating iu the winter sunlight thse cusps offer a source of information about the nature of sunlight which hitherto has not heonl ised although attempts at such 6b- j servations have been made haze has thwarted previous scperiments j these crescent tips are in effect lke sputtering trains of gunpowder although nothing is visible there toj the eye the astronomers spectrum of gass prisms shows an array of colors j jt where the suns edge is sinking beneath the moon these colors arc- thought to come from the lowest lay ers of the suns atmosphere 1000 miles or so deep determining the nature of this flaming layer is scientifically import ant and one of the things that might be translated sometime into practical values in some earthly laboratory it l of immediate importance also in einsteins proofs of relativity the nature of this layer has been studied at eclipses by another method known as the flash spectrum which however is limited to about six sec onds duration of each eclipse three just as the last edge of the sun passes behind the moon and three seconds more when it emerges the new method does not give as much of the layer but it can be em ployed for 20 to 30 minutes total eclipse is not needed for that reason the astronomer at tempting these observations almost alone among all the leading watchers has chosen the edge of the eclipse path for his stand instead of the muchsought middle he is professor herbert dingle- of the im lerial college south kensing ton london england he will watch from the roof of a building in mon treal mcgill university scientists will assist him considerable importance is attach ed to another set f observations which professor diigla will sotempt from his unusual viewpoint these are the spectroscopic stjdijs of the crescentshaped sun the crescent is formed of the upper yers of the suns body seen edgeon the spectroscope is expected to show e good deal more clearly what sort of fires compose these out layers that is physical states of the atoms compos ing the burning mass by photograph ing the crescent professor dingle ex pects to get away from the distortion caused by diffused light from the full sun 20 steamers destroyed as wind fans flames sacramento cah more than 20 river steamers were destroyed at their docks sunday in a spectacular fire that swept more than four blcoks along the waterfront damage was estimated at more than 000000 explosions of gasoline and oil spread the flames a strong wind swept the sheet of fire endangering millions of dollars of wharves ware houses and other steamers huge glacier range found how to work and keep cool london england recently sweltered under a heat wave but theso two stenog defeated old king sol i here wa sea them atop aa office building having toa in stylo and comfort serenity nothing can produce so great a serenity of lite as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted not only from actions but purposes that aro wicked by this means the soul will be not only unpolluted but not dis turbed the fountain will run clear and unsullied and the streams that run from it will be tist and honest energy ot spirit which makes a man bv explorer in greenland deeds ecstasies of satisfaction a brisk aud enthusiast in his joy and a tenaci ous memory sweeter tlian for as shrubs which are cut down with tho morning dew upon them do for a long timo after retain their fragranco ro the good actions of a wise man per fume his mind and leave a rich scent them so that joy is as it were watered with those essences and owes its nourishing to them plutarch reykjavik iceland the discov ery that greenlands icy mountains are a vast glacier range was announc ed over the weekend by dr laugo koch leader of a danish exploration party in greenland dr koch arrived saturday riigfiti hehiud by seaplane from scorseby sound and announced that he had made an aerial trip along the greenland coastal region and discovered vast glaciers and mountains between scoresby sound and denmark liar bor he said lie was entirely satisfied with the results of exploration by his i the reason i an insignificant little man was tho meek escort ot a large robustlooking woman in her ramble through the big party since june 1931 and that he j presently she stopped at had flown more than 18000 miles surveying 17000 square miles ou the eastern coast of greenland the expedition is the largest ever sent out by the danish government and it will not return until 1934 counter and as she leaned aver to speak to tho assistant the meek littlo man went down iu a dead faint a shopwalker hurried up is he subject to this sort of thing ho asked tho woman while ho wa trying to bring tho man to well said tho woman offhanded ly he isnt exactly but hes rathor nervous i tried hard to buy it with out lotting him hear might i ask what you wero trying drtying licenses cancelled in quebec 25 motorists have lost their driver licences because they failed to observe the provincial law ot a full stop at level railway crossings j luy asked tl10 ped shopwalk- the dislike of most motorists to lose even a minute or so is one ot the ex traordinary characteristics ot this comparatively new method of travel brantford expositor canadian named or yes said the big woman a rolllngpln it wa little wilfred had been absent from sunday school and the teacher called to inquire why the real reason said the boys mother is because i j fear he is learning things which only lo british rost ten t0 ma him mischievous mis- reading eng d if kay profes- chiovous exclaimed tho astonished sor of biochemistry at tho university i teacher really i dont understand ot toronto ha3 been appointed dlrecjhow sunday school could have that tor of the national institute for ro- effect on him you see explained search in dairying at shlnflcld a the parent its like this the last suburb ot this city professor kay time wilfred went to sunday school will succeed professor stenhouso he camo homo convinced that peopl williams who was found dying in a are made of dust and wa found him railway coach at euston station ser- trying to draw his littlo sister into eral months ago j tha vacuum cleaner i