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Abolition Of Poverty

| American Investigator Has Cheery

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“Fresh from the Gardens”

W. F. Ogburn, who is Director of
the Research committee of Social
Trends which has been set up by the
United States Government has a
cheery word for the future, He sees
ahead, when the clouds have rolled
away, that strides will be made to-
wards the abolition of poverty. There
are four factors he thinks that deter-
mine the standard of living—popula-
tion, natural resources, technology
and economic organization.

A Soheme ni, eye Prices.

The tremendous decline in prices of all primary products in Canada, in
cemmon with similar declines throughout the world; the huge accumulation
of unsettled war and other debts; the unparalled restrictions imposed by
nearly all nations upon imports from other nations; the break-down of the
gold standard and the resultant upsetting of exchange rates between coun-
tries; the stupendous number of unemployed throughout the world, and the
loss or purchasing power by practically everybody as a result of these econo-
mic disasters and disabilities, have led to making of all kinds of ‘proposals
designed to remedy, either temporary or permanently, the situation in which
mankind is now floundering.

Many of the suggesiions advanced ‘de hopelessly Impracticable; some
utterly fantastic; and not a few of the so-called remedies would only serve
to intensify the disease rather than ameliorate or cure it. Unfortunately, the
distress occasioned by the present world economic situation is so great, and
people are so much at a loss in seeing any way out of, their difficulties, or an
early solution to their problems, that thousands of them are in a state of
mind where they are prepared to grasp at any straw, and, the more alluring
the promises made in support of any given scheme, the greater the danger
of people “falling for” something which later on they would bitterly regret.

Included in the suggestions being advanced are numerous forms of “in-
fiation” of money. ‘ Some advocate the printing by the Government of tens,
even hundreds, of millions of paper money without any reserve of any value
held against them. Others demand that steps be taken to bring the Canadian
dollar to a parity with the British pound sterling. In scores of communities
the issue of local scrip is strongly supported as a means of putting more
money into circulation, speeding up buiness and the payment of debts, and as
@ means of raising prices of primary products. Some extremists advocate the
repudiation of existing dobt.

Despite the difficulty of their present situation, we believe the over-
whelming majority of the Canadian people do not look upon repudiation of
debt with favor; rather that they are willing to pay their debts and are anx-
fous to do so, and only want to be placed in a position where they can pay.
They feel they can pay their debts in the future, as they did in the past, if
they could only obtain a fair price for their products above the cost of pro-
duction, or steady work at a fair wage.

Because we are convinced such is the attitude of the average man, we
are interested in the plan of Colin H. Burnell, past president of the United
Farmers of Manitoba, as recently outlined by him in the press. Mr. Burnell
proposes what he calls the Collective Produce Clearing Association, and, in
brief, his plan is this:

A farmer producer brings, say a can of cream to a dairy for which he
receives a cash ticket for 50 cents. Instead of cashing that ticket, he takes
it to the Collective Produce Clearing Association and exchanges it for a
Bond of $1.00. He buys a C.P.C.A. 4-cent stamp which he affixes to the Bond,
endorses the same on the back, and then turns it in the same as a one dol-
lar bill on any purchase he may make. The merchant to whom he pays it
ids another 4-cent C.P.C.A. stamp, endorses the Bond in turn, and
it to someone else, who follows the same procedure, until the Bond has
fourteen 4-cent stamps, or the equivalent of 56 cents on it, when the Bank
will cash it and charge it against the account of the Collective Produce
Clearing Association.

What has happened is this: The farmer producer received 96 cents, in-
stead of 50 cents, for his can of cream. His purchasing power was nearly
doubled. Each of the other thirteen people who receved the Bond and added
@ 4-cent stamp actually gave a 4 per cent. discount on the price of their
goods or services. The C.P.C.A. got the original 50 cent cash ticket from the

‘Tf the is kept small,”
he argues, “that will be a great help
in raising the standard of living. If
the nation will plan the utilization of
its oil, coal and other natural re-

The sain Of fF Birds

Is Just Acute Sense Of Sight and
Hearing

The mystery of how migrating
birds find their way unerringly to
their destination will probably be dis-
pelled by further field observations, it
is predicted.

Repeated observations of the be-
haviour of migrating birds have con-
vinced Prof. Patten of Sheffield Uni-
versity, that they are not guided by
any “special sense” but that they
find their way by watching their sur-
roundings and by profiting from ex-
perience.

“Birds possess an ‘eye-brain’,” he
says. “Their sense of vision is extra-
ordinarily acute and by no means in-

sources, ing the pre

wastes of present-day organization,
natural resources will be abundant
for many years to cone, and rising
costs may be postponed.

“New inventions and new machines
will be a great aid to raising the
standard of living, the technocrats to
the contrary notwithstanding, al-
though they do for a time take jobs
away from many men. Advancing
| technology will do far more to give
ho all more of the good things of life
| than any redistribution of wealth. The
greatest difficulty to be overcome in
raising the level of life is the econo-
mic organization, which has many
serious weaknesses, but which is in
no way in danger of collapse, unless
there is another big war or a revolu-
tion.”"—Winnipeg Free Press.

Polarograph Is New Device

Instrument Has Been Perfected
Which Analyzes Any Substance
The polarograph, a new instrument
for lysis of
liquid or solid, which, by the mere
pressing of an electric switch, au-
tomatically registers on a paper in
four or five minutes both the kind
and the amount of chemical sub-
stances present, was described at
New York by the Carnegie Endow-
ment for International Peace.
Among the many uses for the new
instrument, it was explained, is an al-
most instantaneous analysis of the
contents and quality of all alcoholic
liquors, which at present takes con-
siderable time and expense. By the
pressing of the button the polaro-
graph will at once draw tell-tale
curves on the paper which will tell
exactly the kind of alcohol the liquor
contains as well as the percentage.

Mongolian-Japanese
Di t} y ig ye |

Colloidal Fuel Is New

Canadian Coal Can Be Used For It
Says Ottawa Engineer
Of great interest to Canadian coal

| producers is the announcement of

William Burnip, prominent Ottawa
engineer, that Canadian coal may be
used as the basis of a newly invented
coal—colloidal fuel. A friend of Mr.
Burnip, Stephen L. Wyndham, is the
inventor, and Mr. Burnip, who was
recently in Cardiff, Wales, has seen
the invention demonstrated.

It has been a dream for years to
invent a fuel by mixing coal with oil
and getting a fluid mixture in which
the coal would not settle down to
the bottom. Mr. Burnip announced
the invention has succeeded in pro-
ducing” samples of colloidal fuel—a
combination of coal and oil—in stable
mixtures varying. from 60 per cent.
coal and 40 per cent. oil to 80 per
cent opal and 20 per cent. oil. In his
announcement Mr. Burnip says the
intriguing feature to Canada is that
the fuel will be cheaper than oil and

It seems

to brush aside the idea that migrants
may obtain guidance by taking stock
of landmarks. Furthermore, the sense
of hearing can play a part. The wash
of the waves is a reminder to hug
the coast—the -guide-line of primary
importance. The courses of great riv-
ers are followed by overland mi-
grants.

“Birds band together for the trip,
thus giving the untravelled young an
opportunity to be guided over the
route by adults’ who have already
been over the ground.

‘In thick weather migrating birds
often go astray, and, arriving at un-
accustomed haunts are classified as
rare and accidental vagrants. When
the gloom deepens the yoyagers be-
come sorely handicapped, while a
dense and prolonged fog will put the
brakes effectually on migration.”

Fewer Sea Fish Caught

Fishermen Curtailed Efforts Last
Year Because Market Was
Poor

can be p from C: coal.
Even the oil used in the mixture, he
says, can be replaced by coal tar and
oils derived from the distillation of
coal. He predicts its use in power
plants requiring intense heat with
flexibility of oil fuel.

“The value to the Canadian coal
industry should be very marked,” he
says in stating the fuel could be used
for oil-burning furnaces in the home.

In reporting the result of the vari-
ous tests he witnessed recently before
the South Wales Institute of Engin-
eers, of which he is a member, he
adds: “No one was prepared to wit- |*
ness the intense white glare given
out by the burning colloidal fuel,
against which the flame from the
best quality fuel oil appeared yellow
and smoky, both Liter under exactly

Is First Of Its Kind and Contains

farmer and the 56 cents paid to it for stamps, or $1.06,
account at the bank was good for $1.00 when the Bond was finally presented
for payment.

Unquestionably, this is a form of inflation, but there was 50 per cent.
cash back of every Bond issued. The 4 cents paid by each handler of the Bond
some may argue was in the nature of a sales tax. May it not be even more
fairly be called a 4 per cent. discount? And who in these days would not
willingly grant a 4 per cent. discount if the volume of business could be prac-
tically doubled? As fast as these Produce Bonds were turned over fourteen
times, and then cashed, one dollar of money would be placed in general cir-
culation instead of only fifty cents had the farmer cashed his original cream
check,

As Mr. Burnell points out, farm produce would flow to market as usual
without interfering with prices which are set on an export basis, It would,
he further adds, still allow of feeding the unemployed cheaply, but many of
these would be absorbed by the greater yolume of business which would
result.

It is not argued that the scheme is perfect, nor that it Is a permanent
solution of existing difficulties. It is admitted that it may be considered some-
what cumbersome, but, so, too, is the present situation. There may be other
criticisms, but Mr. Burnell’s plan certainly overcomes many of the objections
properly advanced against the usual issue of scrip plan.

One seeming weakness does suggest itself, but it is a detail and does not
affect the principle of the scheme. That is, whether the margin of six cents
on the dollar, which is all the profit the C.P.C.A, would receive, would be
sufficient to cover the costs of operation, including printing of Bonds, stamps,
distribution of same to all centres, and the bonding of an agent of the
C.P.C.A. in each country town which it is proposed should be done, Howeyer,
if a 4-cent stamp on each turnover of a $1.00 Bond was not sufficient for
the purpose, a 5-cent stamp, or a 5 per cent. discount instead of four, would
no doubt prove more than sufficient.

Mr, Burnell’s plan is certainly deserving of further consideration and
study by farmers, merchants, and, in fact, everybody because one and all are
anxious to find some relief, even of a temporary character, from the impasse
into which all have been brought and from which all are seeking a way of
escape.

“Black Hand

"Cominnalty prices in Finland are
increasing,

London | has a new
gang.”

Black horses are affected by heat | There are 701.3 persons per square
e of any other color.

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Was So Short of Breath
Could Not Lie Down to Sleep

Mrs. P. J, Chernoff, Shoreacres, B.C., writes: —
*«T had been so troubled with shortness of breath
I could not lie down to sleep.

I couldn’t do any hard work, or climb tho
stairs, and had nervous and smothering feelings,
and became very weak.

I tried all kinds of medicine, but could get
no relief until after I had taken three boxea of
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills, and since then
TI have felt better in every way.’’

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2,000 Pages
After 16 years of work, Major
ly its | Kenji of the

War Office has completed a Mongo-
lian-Japanese dictionary, the first of
its kind, which will be published
shortly by the army. It is a book of
2,000 pages.

The army long has given close at-
tention to the study of foreign lan-
guages and has in its language school
experts on nearly all tongues, Major

has i
Chinese dialects, Manchu and Tibe-
tan. He had to design special type to
reproduce the intricate Mongol char-
acters appearing in his dictionary.

The Next Metal Age

Aluminum Will Be Widely Used Says
American Professor
Civilization’s next metal age will
be that of aluminum. Prof, Colin
G. Fink tells the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers radical chang-
es will come to the basic industries
in 10 years through applying electric-
ity to chemical processes, with alu-
minum a chief product. Aluminum
trains will roll along at 100 miles an
hour; aluminum steamships will rip
across the Atlantic; aluminum air-
planes will drop weight and gather
speed; skyscrapers will revolutionize
with aluminum floors and glass walls.
| This is big news—It ought even to
| tickle te y out of its
ness.—Christian Science Monitor,
————
Small Wonder
A press despatch from Galt, On-
tario, states that seventy guests at a
Burns banquet were made ill by

the same

Precious pecerinents have failed
because the coal has sunk to the bot-
tom of the mixture. Wyndham has
added what is called a “stabilizer.”
During the process of mixing, each
bit of coal, ground to a particle, be-
comes coated with a film of stabilizer,
which adheres to it even at high tem-
perature. The result is each coal par-
ticle floats permanently in the mix-
ture and the product looks like vase-
Ine when cold and flows like coal oil
when about 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Its density results in a tank built
to hold 500 tons of fuel oil accom-
modating 650 tons of colloidal fuel.

Mr. Burnip says the interest of the
oil and coal world was thoroughly
aroused recently when the Cunard
steamship line used some colloidal
fuel in one of their steamships on a
voyage with distinct success. Some-
thing attempted in the way of a
liquid fuel, using present coal field
products, has caused interest for
years.

‘The lawyer looked up as his friend
dashed into the office.

“Hullo, whats up?” he said.

“Friend of mine’s just been run in
for stealing whisky,’ explained the
other excitedly. “Will you take the
case?”

“Sure—if it's going cheap,’ was the
reply.
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The Doctor’s Trade Mark

Doctors in Berlin may now carry an
extra lamp on their cars. This shows
a red cross on @ green background,
and is for use only on occasions of
urgency, when the policemen will get
them through traffic as quickly as
pout’.

reasons for eating Cania-
dian fish are that fish are

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Canadian fish are unexcelled in qual-
ity. We call attention to these facts
in the hope that people will eat more
fish and, in that way, assist the fish-
ermen to make a better living.

The Fisheries News Bulletin, issued
by the Department of Fisheries, Ot-
tawa, states that exclusive of the
catches from one or two minor fisher-
ies, the landings from Canada’s sea
fishing operations in 1932, as shown
by bebe statistics, totalled ap-

7,120,000
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throughout the ‘world during 1932
the fishermen curtailed their fishing
effort. The reduction in landings re-
filects market disturbance. Plenty
more fish could have been taken from
the Dominions sea fisheries resources
if the market situation had warrant-
ed greater catching efforts.—Toronto
Mail and Empire.

Ban Is Lifted

Freight May Now Be Shipped To
Churchill Without Permit

Further indications of the opening
of Churchill to the public this year is
seen in the recent ruling on the Hud-
son Bay railway to the effect that
freight may now be shipped to
Churchill without a permit.

A similar ruling applies to passen-
ger traffic. Since the steel reached
Churchill in March, 1929, it has been
necessary to have a permit to enter
the port or ship goods to the seas.
This ruling was the subject of much
criticism, among traders and others
who had business in the far north.
Last year the road was open to the
public as far as Gilam Mile 327. Per-
mits were required from that point to
sea.

The new ruling lifting the permit
ban came without publicity or adver-
tising. Railroaders say that it was the
desire not to encourage a trek in the
direction of the new port while the
townsite lacked facilities for handling
transient traffic.

Colorful Rubber Dishes

Pale plastic crepe rubber, said to
be odorless and tasteless, is being
used to make plates and tumblers at
Akron, Ohio. The new “unbreak-
ables’ are being made in brilliant
and artistic colors, and they are ex-
pected to displace the old blue porce-

lemonade served there, L at
a Burns banquet! Shades of the im-
mortal poet! No wonder the guests
were ill.

| “Frult” Hardly Right

The St. Thomas Times-Journal
describes Canadian-made cod liver oil
as “one of the fruits of the Imperial
Conference.” This Colyum can only
say that anyone who thinks cod liver
oil a fruit should have to take it as
@ punishment says the Toronto Star,

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use, The rubber can be colored with
any desired pigment.

A Gigantic Apple
Cordelia, Georgia, has a replica of
an apple in steel and concrete, 22
feet in ence, as a
in its public square,
weighs 5,000 pounds and is mounted
on a base eight feet in height.

Australia expects bumper 1933

W. N, U. 1983

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crops,

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Brevity In S In Speech

Ontarlo Judge Thinks Half Hour
Address Long Enough

Much may be said for the state-
ment made by Judge Hawley Mott
when questioned by a reporter re- ie
cently in Bowmanville, Ontario, as to
the reason that he only spoke for 30
minutes at the Women’s Canadian
Club. Judge Mott said that
man should be able to express all
he has to say in 30 minutes and if ©
he could not then he should not rise
to speak. Some men are notoriously —
long winded in an address, so long-
winded in fact, that by the time they
have concluded their talk the chances —
are ten to one that the audience have
completely forgotten the first part of
his remarks.

Saskatchewan Power

Commission Shows a Deficit
$50,979 For Year 1932 5

Despite an operating profit of
$182,217 for the year 1932, the balk —
ance sheet of the Saskatchewan pow-—
er commission showed a deficit of —
$50,979, when provision was made
for depr charges, to
the annual report tabled in the legis-
lature by Hon. J. R. Merkley, ia
ter in charge.
The report indicated that no new
undertakings nor extensions had been |
upon by the in
1932, the second year in which the
activities of the commission have
been confined almost solely to operas
tion of existing systems,

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The output of gold from the pl:
deposits of the Yukon territory in ~
1932 had a value of $900,000. In
1900, the greatest year of the Klon-
dyke gold production, the output w
valued at over $22,000,000.

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