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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1933.
DISARMAMENT HOPES
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1933.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
THE SPIRIT OF REVOLT
The late Sir George Beaumont's life experience was typical of this modern-day world. A direct descendant of King Louls VIII of France, a brilliant army officer,
| a landowner and a model gentleman
| farmer, ha jyon comparatively little
A Great Grain Expert on
THE WORLD'S BULGING
WHEAT BINS
By F. E. MURPHY ·
The Very Idea!
STATISTICS AND STATIC
By Edward Kelly, Figure Experi
WHAT with Budget week WHAT
just over, everyone is
Whoat, the most valuable of all Agreement, and show the man in full of statistics. We don't
grain the street why the purchasing
| known outside the small circle | cereal grapes, whose
of Leicestershiro society-until furnishes the flour for our daily power of his hardly won wagen han mean the kind you get on
carly this year when the price of bread, and whose production in been brought down, and why so lettuces filled him with the spirit therefore of suprems Importance many unemployed men owe their our wireless, but real honest of revult and he turned baronet to the world at large, har fately unfortunate condition solely to to goodness figures.
reohgrocert His family history evoked universal attention. whent.
EFFECT ON NATION,
Not that we're keen on
governs the price of all farm configures that interest us are In America the price of wheat statistics ourself. The only diamodities, and in turn the country's
and war deeds wore thon employ- When the representatives of 32 el to form the perfect background countries met in conference in for a story which burst into the London, an agreement was signed. front pages of nearly every Eng- to limit supplies for two years, Hish now raper, of the baronet who and, among other points, to was going his rounds scling his courage any extension of the areas own vegetable, produce! Indly, of wheut nirendy Bown. nant at the middleman, he showed it and brame a public figure. Such is fame.
WATER SUPPLY
KEYSTONE OF PROSPERITY.
I believe this decision is likely to prove of Inestimable value, for 1
agricultural products as a whole those we see every Saturday
govern to a very great extent the
national income. If the country pre-and Sunday out at Repulse duces too much, it cannot sell,
Money cannot be earned, and Bay. therefore the people have not got
feel convinced that wheat in not to spond. And so the wheels. For instance, it doesn't in- only responsible for the depression of trade slow down. It is no good terest us to know that there aro
Fears of a Spring water short-in industrial and financial circles the farmer thinking that he can are have, happily, been removed to-day, but in actually the keystone raiae more money by growing more 586,666 dogs in Hongkong, and although restoration of a full sup-up which the future prosperity wheat, because the more he grows that if you were bitten once by
of the world dépenda.
.
lower falls the privo,
A DEAD MARKET.
Porhaps a fow hard facto and Agures will demonstrate beyond the slightest shadow of doubt why I believe this is go.
The present low price of wheat which have taken place owing to Reufforestation Department.
ench dog you'd probably get rubies. We know all that. If A recent experience of mine will you don't believe us, ask the serve to indicate the repercussions
is solely due to an enormous sur-the over-production seem very
plus which has slowly been
of wheat, ar
acAfter the close of the London
and has been glutting the market for the last five years,
~A HUGE SURPLUS.,
Still, if you want figures, here
Every day 8,666 cups of tea
nly to island consumers in. not within sight. Rations for all must bo the inaxim for several mantle to come unlean rains unusual to the Autumn come along to set Tytam overflowing. This, it will be agreed, does not likely at the moment and thought therefore travals to the quastion simulating in the world's granarica Economic Conference, 1 toured are some more: of whether ultra-caution is not
most of the Continental countrica now being exercised by the go-
In order to talk with the people vernment-whether If-rations thoro
and explain to the best of-my- must be, the fanuc might not be
ability how the present-day con are consumed in the various Increased. The island reservoirs During and immediately follow-
ditions of commerce have arisen. nre to-day storing about 2,100,000, ing the war, there was naturally a ful petit-point handbags, inquiry service. This means that if offices of the Hongkong civil In Vienna, noted for, its beautf- 060 gallons, little short of full great demand for wheat. From a showed that Amerien was the there was only one working go- capacity, sufficient, at the presentüren of 47,000,000 acres, the United rate of outflow to last for nine or States of America increased the very little to-day, I was told, and verument official he would have to
chief eustomer. She is buying ten months. Government also amount to 71,000,000. Canuda, nssures us that present arrange from a pre-war acreage of 10,000,- 50 there was distress in this consume the ten at the rate of ments make it possible to uso Shing | 000, sowed 27,000,000 acres.
industry, which normally gives aix cups a minute, providing he Mun water to better advantage
Just as wheat production ductu-Venice I heard the same dolefulls a working offelal. .
employment for 8,000 hands. In ates, so does all commercial, in tale: America, who used to buy dustrial, and financial work pro-98 per cout, of the output of lace it overy minute, and 100 smokers Then a thousand elgaretics are
to
to-day than twelve months ago. Circumstances would seem warrant a little further relief.
CONFIRMATION
gress or wane,
market.
wish they'd bought matches in-
In 1928, and just prior to it.. la now, virtually speaking, a denú warning clouds began to gather. Every shopkeeper, merchant, atend of a lighter, for the world's wheat output grow and manufacturer when asked why Bo big that supply exceeded demand trade was and Invariably replied
however,
THE BLACKEST CLOUD.
convorted into cash at a workable
UNMIXED CRAIN,
1
Over 3,500 holes and ladders in
of
to each
blackest cloud in the world to-day, why it is necessary to curtail home search of Edward Kelly stood in It was this great surplus, the Farmers who still do not see visited the Telegraph office in that faced the representatives of production of wheat might remem the nations who forgathered at ber that 85 to 160 per cent. of a queue they would still not be Canada House, London, last month. domestic grain is unmixed in prid. They had to formulate a plan for certain countrica. Consumption
Were
The next few days should de eide the fate of the Disarmament Conference AO HOOM to assemble and the key
is un- BRITISH TRADE doubtedly with Horr Hitler. France, Britain and the United
When Air. Chamberlain takes a by 950,000,000 bushels. In 1830 that he did not know. To each of stockings are mended every day. States have reached practically bright view, there is room for high the Importing countries of Europe them I explained how it comes This represents a total area common ground and Italian sup- encouragement. Ills speech at alone increased their production by port on the main issues is also the Mansion House removes any 300,000,000 bushels, and the excess about that wheat, the oneteat thing 100 square feet of feet or leg to assured. In doubt is the atti-fear that the improvement may be world production was 600,000,000 in the world to grow, le not being be covered.
then, mere Bash in the pan. There bushels. Since tude of Germany. Inflexibility are still black spots, as, for la production, and consumption have profit, that there is consequently if Hongkong's present water of policy has been the chief stance, in the coal trade, ship-been about equal, although even little money for luxuries in the supply was toled out charneteriatic hitherto of the building and export businesa. now there are some 500,000,000 possession not only of the farmer Intler regime, an attitude which But these are exceptions, not the bushels of excess stock to be dis but of all the people who are eltizon, and a heavy shower of must always be fatal to agree-rule he was the case a year ago. posed of somehow,
dependent upon his prosperity. rain refilled the reservoirs there ment when applied to foreign 4 raph entitled "Index of Dual-
would still be a water shortage. affairs. Baron von Neurath is Economist shown, the tide began. ness Activity," published In the
If all the shroffs who have in Berlin well versed in the attito turn in the third quarter of tude of the other great Powers, Inat year. Since then there has how far they are prepared to go, been a steady upward trend-slow where they intend to call a de- certainly, but unfaltering. fite halt. If he returns with proposals acceptable to the other principal Powers, the Bureau of the Disarmament Conference
Poal office returns, which always will
resume discussions in confident
correspond closely to business spirit, with conditions, tell the same only the.
story -Bavol- issues The number of letters posted be pitfall to avoid. Mr. Norman gan to increase the moment the Davis, Ambassador-at-Large trade-tide turned, namely last under the Hoover Administra- September, after going down flon, again represents the United 1930. The estimated post office month after month. from October, States. This ensures continuity surplus for the current year is of policy. It is also
welcome the largest in its history. A news to learn that the Secretary curious feature of statistics is that for War at Washington has held although employment in retail up the Army Modernisation pro- trades in May and June, 1933, was gramme. It was estimated that higher than in the corresponding the new equipment on land and months of 1932, retailers stocks in the air would have cost some Board, of Trade Journal records and sales were both lower. The £15,000,000. Action is deferred an increase of about 1.5 per cent. until the results of the Disarm in retail employment for ament Conference are made month of the June quarter. On ench known. On the other hand, the the other handl atacks at cost were American naval programme pra-5.6 per cent..ldwer in June, 1933, ceods apace. Fear of Japan lies than in June, 1932, Sales, allow at the back of it. But It has re-ing for the smaller number of acted on other countries as well, working days this June wore frac Navy groups in France, Italy June together the decrease was
tionally lower. For May and and Britain are demanding big-per cent. The inforonce in that gor and botter navion. So much retailers reduced their staffa to a Ho that gonoral opinion inclines minimum, during the slump. mon- to the belief that no conclusions ths, and are now making ready for on Naval, Dearmamont can be a rosumption of buying activity on reached at Gonova and the whole the part of the public. matter will have to be fought out
at a Naval Disarmament Confer-
scenes
once in 1985. In Great Britain, some of the most delicato dis-| a meeting of the special Cabinot cussions behind the Disarmament Committee, com- during the last few weeks were prising the Prime Miniator, Sir on this very question. It la John Simon, Lord Hallsham, known that America in general Lord Londondorry, Sir Bolton has come round to support the Eyres Monsoll and Sir Philip Fronch plan and this doubtless Cunliffe-Lister, had little dif-influenced Britain's final acqui- ficulty in forming policy. The escence. The other difficulties" two principal troubles of the before the Disarmament Confer British Government are the once are largely caused by lack question of the abolition of air of courage. A bold. Disarmin- bombing and Ita dosire to retain mont Treaty would cut through the right for "police purposes" many of the difficulties that have and the question of supervision, been raised. But with fear The French Government is of stalking the world, nations aro the ophion that world security terrified to ronounce what they ean boat be guaranteed, without consider to be their only means the existence of a League fight. of proservation, namely their Ing forco, by means of strict in-weapons capable of most des- ternational supervision of nation-truction. But opinion le grow al armamenta. It is the Froneling in Great Britain that within price for the dropping of the a limited perlod there should be demand for a definito Pact of complete abolition of all weapons, Mutual Guarantee. The British including military acroplanes, Government was slow to agree forbidden to Germany, coupled to the whole of the Fronch with limitation of expenditure scheme and it is surmised that 'and international supervision.
the absorption of the excess stock, will be greater if it is made morc Between 10 am. and midnight No country in the world ims palatable. And if some of the In Hongkong five hundred thou- studled wheat and its problems restrictions more deeply than the United States, creased consumption would follow front door. Ten minutes later removed In-sand cats howl to be lat out of the and nowhere In Great Britain or on naturally. the Continent does a better organis sation for dealing with it exist, growing
Experts state that if all wheat the same number how to come in Americn.is the greatest wheat-pro- acreage by 15 per cent., this de-
countries would cut again." ducing nation in the world. She pressing cloud would vanish in a It is computed that over had certainly foreseen the present year.
thousand people visit Hongkong years and quietly been taking steps four chief exporting and produc-cent play a game resembling golf. impasse, and for the last seven That this is appreciated by the golf courses every week. One per
doctors, farmers, industrialists, and Canada, the United States of
A way out. Scientists, ing countries-the the universities all mot and dis-America and Australia, who be
Argentine, The others don't. russed the problem in all its aspects. tween them provide 45 per cent. of the question so very much to heart? the fact that they have now agreed Why should America have taken the world's supply-is shown by My reply to this will, I hope, not to curtail this year's exports and
Every fresh outbreak of crime is present economic stagnation, but cent. When the world sees that the news, such as only provide the
answer to the next year's production by 15 per attributed to whatever is latest in will clear away any doubt there the cure is effective, it is hoped peace, the talkies, the heat wave, or the war, the
garding the wisdom of the Wheat gradually improve. may be in the minds of farmers re- that the price of wheat will body-line bowling. But there je
to And
"It wouldn't hurt to mention to the publisher that ho would soll seventeen copies of your book to our relatiyes alone."
RADIO AND CRIME
no doubt that much of our present lawlessness is due to the radio.
We are not referring to those undiscovered murders which are the result of the man next door Alling the ether with shrieks be cause he is trying to tune in to Moscow with one good valvo, and a dud one, but to the theory that the waves themselves make dente in our morals. Some day a pontant malefactor. is going to ascribe his downfall to a passion for listening to improving lectures: from Daventry.
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This dogeneration starts in -n. subtle fashion because radio shares." with the motor-car an influenco which makes its owner. tell truths No man braga about the way his gas stove will boll a kettle, yet he is always prepared to swear on oath that his baby car will do eighty miles an hour, and that if it had claws it would climb a trea..
In the same way, he will assure- that his set picked up so much volume from Barcelona that it shook the calling down, and that when he got Pittsburg at three o'clock this morning some 'people a mile away complained becauso he kept their baby awake. Ho knows! you don't believe it, but. he simply can't help it.
And then there is another model husband and father started on
life of crime.