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J-l â-ºâ- â€¢-• •» • » ♦-» *â- Â»â- Â»â-  t » » *â- *-» Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large Sino-Japanese War Still Waging CANADA Th« Royal Bank of Canada The president and tht> general man- asor ot tho Royul Hank luok forward to the year aiicud with somothlng like oi>liiuiiJin, l>oth with rugard to llieir own institution und tho Uoniiniuu. As Sir Herbert Holt puts It; 'I'ropUeKy continues lo he dunRerous. . . . My fbciinK \i that present indications point to the initiation of a KUlistantial recovery in 1933, If a reasonable de- gree of international common sense and co-0|>cration can be assured." â€" Montreal Daily Star. Living Costs Have Shrunk A grocery (Inn iu UuUon, Out., has ;onlra.ste<l the uiiying iKiwer of the dollar in a mo.st effective way In a window display. Tho compari.son is made between the prices of to-day mil those of a few yc>ars ago. A bag of sugar costing $17,75 iu 19iy was used as a basis oE the dis- play. Alongside this bag was placed lh& goo<ls which the store was pre- pared to sell for 117.75. The same bag of sugar, 3 packages of shredded wheat, 2 of corn flakes, 1 pound of tea, 2 pounds of coffee, 3 can.s of salmon. 1 jar of pickles, 1 jar of olives, a cans of tomatoes, 2 cai;s ot corn, 1 package meal, 1 package cako flour. 100 pounds 'flour, 2 pack- ages I'ep, 10 bars ot soap, 3 cans ot cleaner, 1 can ot baking i>owder, 1 |ar of jam, 1 box macaroni, 2 cans of pumpkin, 4 bottles ketchup, 3 pack- ages of corn starch, 2 pounds ot Dheese, 2 packages ot oatmeal, 2 cans ipaghettl." Truly the cost ot Iving has shrunk remaikably.â€" Sault Ste. Marie Star. tlon tor the loM of all regi>ect and ill authority. â€" Manchehter Guardian. Few Bright Spots It cannot tmUifully bo said thai li>32 was a good year for Canada but the Dominion did remarkably well despite tho world-wido impasse. Hero are a few facta from which may be extract- ed a liberal raeasuro of comfort. Last year Canada retained world leador- Bhip in tho export of wheat, printing paper, asbestos; was second in gold, platinum, and cobalt; was third In wheat flour; fourth in automobiles and wood pulp; fifth in rubber tires. Can- ada concluded tho year with a favor- able trade balance of $50,000,000 con- trasted with an unfavorable balance of $10,000,000 in 1931.â€" Kitchener Daily Record. Publishers Feel Stress The Osliawa Daily Times has changed from daily publicalon to threo times a week and will be issued Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays; and one dooa not need to read tho publish- er's announcement to realize that the change has come about after every other possible means ot retreuchment has been tried. It is pointed out that the Times started publication as a daily In 1925 and at no time since that time have any dividends been taken out of the business. It has been a problem for many publishers to continue putting out a product of high calibre with diminish- ing revenues; but It may fairly be said tliat Uie quality of the average newu- paper still is unimpaired and that when everything is clieaper than ever before, there still is nothing so cheap or necessary as your daily newspaper. â€".Niagara Falls Ueview. Inviting Enough We wonder why so many people ap- pear anxioua to spend the Winters in Florida. The Garden ot Canada is Btirely inviting enoug-h for anyone, and It's only about ten weeks to the'flrst day of Spring.â€" St. Catharines Stand- ard. Empire Migration Migration schemes to place British unemployed in unpopulated areas In different parts ot tho Empire through State aid have been tried out, but on the wholo their history has not bean one ot outstanding success. Any scheme of the kind would depend up- on the full co-operation of tho Do- minions and Colonies with the Moth- erland, and at present the temper In Canada, at least, is against further Im- migration because of the existing widespread unemployment. -- f'algary IJerald. THE EMPIRE Price* of Farm Produce There can be no eSectlve riM in prices until there is an expansion in the purchasing power of the people of this country. TMie cuts In wages must bo restored. The unemployed mu«t toe put to work. Fanneirs who lire near Industrial distrlcU need little nonvin< ing that the Inability of people to buy agricultural produce la the c«u»e of thetr own difflcultiea. F^acts â- tare them In the fare every day. â€" London Daily Herald. Japan and the League Japsn deaes the auUiority at the league. She threatens to withdraw from membership. No one de«ir«s that, yet worse Ihing.i might happen. If we must ch<K)3e be<ween condoning Japanese action and losing Japau â- â-  a member of l!ie I.«ugue of Nations, the cAiolce is absolutely clear. Japanese "loyalty" la the sense in which we ^vs experienced It is no rnmi>en<ia- jgji World Conference's Opportunity I believe the road back to frour trade lies largely through such (re- gionuh agreements. It, as in tho re- cent convention between Helgium, Holland, and Luxembourg, they in- volve no Increase against any coun- try, swure a sul)stantial and progres- sive rtxiprocal reduction and are open, ou similar terms, to other countries. For the rest, the most useful action the approaching World ICconomlc Con- ference could take v^•o^ld be to lay down principles in the light of which each country would undertake to re- examine its own tariff system Tho most imi>ortant of these would be a clear explanation and explicit con- demnation of the "compensatory" or miscalled "scientllic" principle of making a tariff equal to the difference of costs at home and abroa<l. Trade is based upon exactly tlie difference, and the compensation for the difference by tariff is destructive ot tho very foundation uix)n wliich trade roats.â€" Sir Arthur Sailer In The Yale Ucvievv. Enough to go Round If we could only see it, for the first time In history the astounding ad- vance ot productive machinery and swift transport make it ivjssible for everyone to be rich ln-yond tho t)ouihls ot Utopian imagination. Men are not worse or mucli better than tliey us'-d to be, but they are the creatures of habit and tradition and fa" altogetlicr to enlarge their loyaliios to fit a larger world. When we can at last bo rich by sharing, why should we per- petuate the greedy habits we leaint wlien there was not enough to go round'.' -New Satesnian and .Maliou. Watch Germany Tlibre is no longer anything to droad from Prussia's naval yards, nor her armament Arms. Tho challenge now is from her tactoiy chimneys, her modern industrial equipment, and bar potential financial position. The Ger- mans vowed when they lost the war that they would win the peace. There are significant signs Mii . the vow will be kept- london Daily Kxpress. UNITED STAT-.G Social Trends Tho report of President lluovers Committer on Social Trends suggests strongly that the ills of the nation are to be laid at the door of the social theorisu raUier than of the business miin. The busin6.ss im has done hU job protty wall. Those who like to call themselves social engineersâ€" the politicians and the social workers, among others â€" havo fallen down.' America has lacked not mechanical but social invention, the committee finds. Our industries push ahead, but our social meohauisnis are laggard, and the sulKstitutes which are aticniiit' ed often prove even less serviceable tlian the institutions they replaced. Yet the specialists who have tailed iii their self-appointed tasks insist on dictating to the very men who have succooded In theirs. ~ Chicago Tri- bune. Stocit Invades Hollywood Speaking of courage, a real old-fas hioned stock company has crept into Hollywood. Something of a feat in view of the faot that not a single other legitimate production graces the downtown theatres. It Is a genuine relic from the past, even to tlie ante- diluvian heroine with the rural accent who proves to bo an opera singer in disguise. Kven to the company man- ager who steps out after the second curtain to announce next week's at- traction.â€" San I'Vancisco Argonaut -<. World Economic Parley To Be Held This Spring Ottawa.â€" The World Bcouomic Conference likely will be held next Spring or early in the Summer in London, It was learned on good au- thority here last week. No deflnite decision, though, has been made. The matter U one to be arranged shortly by the council ot the League of Nations. Prime Minister U. B. Bennett pro- bably win head the Canadian dele- gation. Naming of the personnel of the Dominion delegates, however, would be somewhat premature at the moment. The general tariff policy on which an economic committee Is working Includes economics, quotas and pro- hibitions. The monetary sub-cnm- mlttee Is devoting Us preparatory work to monetary and economic poli- cies, involving price levels, export restrictions and movement of <>Apt fal from one country to another. Major-General i'ujl Takanami, one of the Japa nese military leaders In northern China, surveya Shanhalkwan just before the Japanese began their latest drive which would indicate that Mars stiU rules the eas.ern front. Much Prized Scholarship Won By Surrey Girl A 20ycar-old Croydon, Surrey, Eng- land, gir! has won Oxford's most sought after award â€" the Craven Scholarship. The girl. Miss Diirbara Flower, dau"! ;(.r of Dr. lt(jbin Flower, the poet and deputykooper of .Manuscripus at the Britisli Museum, is tlie first of her sex to win tlie prize. Latin and Greek, for which the Craven scholarship is awarded, are not Miss i''lower's only linguistic ac- complishment. She speaks French and German and Is a Celtic scholar. Two previous holders ot the Cravon Scholarshij) were Ixird Asquith and his son itaymond. "I am at Lady Margaret Hall," siie said, "where the Latin is optional. In the exaniinaiiuii you have a piece of English poetry to translate and it is most difficult at times, but to me it is always of interest." Dr. Flower said his daughter went to Croydon High Sciiool and won n scholarshii) to Oxford just over a year ago. The Craven scholarship Is worth £40 (about $160) a year for two year.j. Feminine Canada Spent $5,946,292 On Cosmetics Ottawa.â€" Madame and the young ladle* did not atint themselves In WSl where toilet preparations wer« concerned. The output ot (Janada's toilet preparations In that year made a large Inoreaae, the factory value being $5,9«6,t»t, as compared with $4,206,511 in ItlO. Incidentally the larger Cansdiaa output caused a decrease In the importations tram $1,267.<»5» in !930 (,â- > f l,112,fi.'?:. la Beam Tells Course of Distant Storms Adelaide S. .Au.st. â€" luterviewtd when i)assing through this city on his way to Cambridge University, having won a British Empire Caruogio Fel- lowship, I'rof. Percy W. Burbidge, pro- feasor ot physics in the AuckUind Uni- versity, relato<l, with great interest to natural scientists, how in New Zea- land meteorologists were now able to detect cyclonic disturbances 1,000 miles away without the aid of other stations. This is done through atmospherics caused by light flashes originating In the storms, most of which pas<3 over the Tasman Sea. This is ot great me- teorological importance owing to New Zealand's isolation, and the absence of outside information to a.ssist iu wea- ther forecasts. The instrument used, said Profes- sor Burbidge, consLsits ot two loop aerials which intercept the storm sig- nals, and transfer them to a special instrument whore they are made to focus a beam ot light on a screen. The dirocliou ot tho beam's movement indicates tho course, and intensity ot the sialic disturbances. Infantile Mortality In Quebec Decreases Quebec. â€" A decrease of 47.1 in in- fantile mortality rates in the Pro- vince of Quebec has been recorded since 1926, when the Provincial Health Department commenced keep- ing vital statistics, and health umts werv. first established in the Province, for wl.ereas the infantile mortality rate in 1926 was 14'.^.0, it dropped to 94.6 for the fiitt 10 months of 1932. While a total of 68,480 infantile deaths have been registered since January 1, 192G, the numbers have gradually decreased with each j"eair. The 1926 total of 11,666 decreased to 10,730 the following year, and 10,-J32 in 1928. The next year saw a greater drop to 9,810, but 1930 recorded a slight imrease, 10,045 being recorded while the lowest rate was shown in 1931, wlicn the infantile mortality total was 9,443. For the first ten months of 1932 the number was only 0,445, or a little over 50 per ,:eit. of the 1926 figure for the same period The infantile mortality rate shows that for 1926 i was 142.0, for 1927 129.3, for 1928 123.0, for 1929 120.5, for 1930 120.1, for 1931 112.t and for the first ten months of 193'^ 94.6, this being the first time that the rate ever ^ opped below the 100 mark. Can't Sell Eggs Before 7 a.m. in Berlin Berlin.â€" He wlio goes shipping at 6.30 a.m. may buy rolls and milk tor breakfast. But if he wants eggs, he must wait until 7 o'clock. A Berlin police regulation, which rigidly controls the hours for sale of all retail goods, has recently been changed to permit the sale of milk one-half hour before the regular opening lime. Baked goods had previously been permitted to he sold at 6.30 o'clock. Dairy products soich ai hutter and eggs cannot, however, be sold until 7 o'clock. Mother â€" "Does your husband make a report to you of how ha spends his time?" Daugliter â€" "Yes. but he censors It." To a Pessimist If conditions were as hopeless as the pessimists sometimes paint them, we should still have our honor; and that could not be taken from us. If it were ti ue that the battle is lost, w« should have the great consolation of dying with faces toward the foe, and with scorn of fear. The pessim- ism in which a great deal of ntwxlorn art is steeped is the cursing of those who cannot look fate in the fi>ce. The air of the last two decades has been filled with the eyes of the panic- stricken, the defeated, the dishearten- ed. "The old sources of hope are lost," they tell us; "the old leaders are shown to have been mistaken; the old faiths were lies; the old enthusi- asms are dead; we are defeated and the cause is lost." Well, if there are those who believe all this, let them g^) to the rear in silence, and give their places to men who have courage, even if they have lost hope. Canadians Ate Less Apples in '32 Pomologists See Challenge in Loss of Popularity of Fruit Montreal. â€" The per capita consump- tion of apples in Canada has decreased 10 per cent, during the past Ave years, the average being 29.7 pounds per person per aunum as comimred with 31 pounds which was the per capita consumption In the Ave years from 1921-25; but the consumption of oranges, bananas and other fruita has considerably increased, and this was regarded by apple growers as a chal- lenge to them to increase the public demand for their fruit, J. L. Webster of Macdonald College, reiwrted at the meeting of the Pomological Society of Quebec here. I Dr. J. E. Lattimer, professor of agri- cultural economics at Macdonald Col- lege, declared that taking the country generally the fruit grower occupied one of the bright spots in Canadian ag- riculture. He maintained that grow- ers should take a keeuer interest in the British market which they had neglected for the past ten years. W. B. Oornall of the Fruit Branch, Ottawa, followed with an analysis of the Britisih market and ruling prices. Canada's interest iu the British apple market was between September and April and during that time it imported au average of 3,523,977 barrels ot ap- ples, of which the United State:; sup plied 65.35 per cent, up to last year. With the new trade agreement it Is anticipated this figure would be cut iu halt. Better Handling Some of the many problems that have to be solved by apple-growers of the province in order to bring their fruit to the market in an attractive un- blemished condition were discussed by ovf»- 200 apple growers at the meeting. Among the questions discussed was that of pollination â€" the selection of the proper varieties ot trees necessary to ensure proper pollination and con- sequent fruit production. From the Central E.xperimental Farm ct Ottawa came H. Hill, of the Department of Agriculture, who went into an analysis ot the poUeiiizing values of old and new varieties of apples that have been produced in the e.xperimental plots. De^th in the Dark Eleciricul News, a it idt. jouiiijil serving the electrical Industry, tiat launched a campaign for better lilsjh- way lightlnt,. Campaigns are not un- usual in these days ot business dc-pres- .slon. But in this particular instance the journal in question advances facts and figures which are well vvorthy of public attention. In presenting an im- posing array of ofllcial statistics It argue.'i tliut lack of highway lighting Is a chief cause of motor accident* and automobile killings. "The main outstanding conclusion,' says the paper, "is that, although • smaller percentage of automobilei travel at night, more than 40 per tout of accidents occur then. For the two- year period ending August, 1932, lher« was a total of 17,581 acidents in On- tario. Of that number 10,067 occurred in daylight, 1,.'!7S at dusk, (1,095 at night. Of those 9C3 were fatal. 47 poi cent, of which occurred after dark. A table supplied by the Ontario D» partment of Highways gives the fol- lowing information: Total Fatal Hour of Occurrence Acciu .nts 12 to 1 am. _.. 531 27 1 to 6 a.m 1,049 69 6 to 7 am 155 12 7 to 8 a.m. 251 15 8 to 9 a.ni. 482 38 9 to 10 a.m 452 23 10 to 11 a.m. 727 34 11 to 12 a.m 799 42 12 to 1 p.m 886 43 1 to 2 p.m „ 786 38 2 to 3 p.m 892 36 3 to 4 p.m 992 63 4 to 5 p.m „. 1,254 64 5 to 6 p.m 1,691 76 6 to 7 pm 1,310 82 7 to 8 p.m 1,297 86 8 to 9 p.m 1,217 84 9 to 10 p.m 997 57 10 to 11 p.m 872 54 11 to 12 p.m 836 47 Not stated 105 3 Totals 17,581 993 In order to understand the tru« signiUcance ot the ^bove compilatior it would be necessary to have liguiea showing density oi: traffic at the hours indicated. But the relationship of in- adequate lighting to highway acci- dents is self-evident. Incidentally, it would be interesting to know to what an extent the drink- ing driver is responsible for the acci- dents after midnight. The proportion of accidents between midniglit and dawn as shown in the tabi- above, ap pears to demand some other explana- tion than Insufficient electric illumina- tion. In any event, the Electriciil .\e«£ has rendered a real service in pn'sent iug the results of this researcli to llie public. <- Canal Traffic Gains Otiawa.â€" Traffic through Canadian cauals in 1932 increased 10 per ce^it over the previous year, the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics reports. Tho total was 17,955,700 tons, an increase of 1,766,600 tons. The improved shipping conditions on the Welland ship canal, sayn the Bureau report, showed their effect and traffic increased from 7,273,886 tons in 1931 to 8,535,641 tons, a new high record for the canal, the pre- vious record U«« UiftV^l7 tons for 192S. Golden Gate to Be Spanned Steam shovels making way for the $32,077,000 bridge which Franctsro The Job will take at least four years. wilt span the Golden Rate 3aa Obsolete Ships Scrapped Hamburg. â€" German sUip-i \. i..nj concerns are thinning out their Hcets sending ve..'sels upward of 12 yean old, a total tonnage of roughly ;;nO. 000, to the scrapping yards. Many of the older shi;>: iK-ai names that were well known on the North and South Atlantic and b'ai Eastern passenger trade loutes. The Hamburg-American Line is scrapping about 100,000 tons, includ- ing the 10,000 ship General Bel grano. The North German Lloyd is dis carding 14 bottoms, including th« 8000-9000;ton vessels Derflirger. Sey dlitz and Lutzow, The Hamburg-Sudamerika Line ii breaking up the Argentina. Villa garcia, Santa Fe. Bilbao and Sants Tereia. The Hansa Line is scrap ping several ot its old rOOO-toi freig^hters. Groom Rowed to Wedding Following an old custom. G. \V. N Ram-say, wearing the uniform of the Atholl Highlanders, was rowed across the tidal waters ot Loch Etive from Achnaclolch to Argyls'hlre, Scotland, to meet his bride. Miss Maryel Camp bell-Preston. The wedding was then solemnized In the historic Archattan priory at Archattan, before clat chiefs and guests repretentativc ol many Highland families. The wed ding reception was held In the old priory refectory, where King Robert the Bruce, held the last Scotti8.li l>arliament. Creamery on Cash Basis in Far North victoria. â€" North of the 53ri! parallel opportuulty does not even have to knock, it Is sought. Word received hare .says provincial inter ests are installing creamery machin- ery in a plant with a capacity ol 200,000 pounds to operate on a strict- ly cash basis. Farmers of the area will take the milk and cream to the plant and will be paid in cash toi It. A flour mill viae installed last year in the Fort St. John district on a co-operative basds to handle the farmers' grain without the long haul out to existing mills and the return Journey to the area where the flour Is used. British Trade Figures London. â€" The following are lh« Board of Trade figures for the month of December: Total imports. £60, 630,000; esport.s of British products £32.440.000: re-exports. £4.1.W.0fM> total exports. £36,570.000; excess 9 imports, £24,060,OQO.