Timely Topics

Northern Advocate, 24 January 1939, Page 6

Timely Topics

According to a report by the League of Nations, Australia leads the world in the fight against malnutri--

ROAD TO HEALTH.

tion. Lord Horder, a noted English

\ physician, in a broadcast talk in 1937, ,said: . . The simpler and more restricted the food the less must we interfere with its nutritive value, whether in its manufacture or in its cockling; in this case bread must be made from the whole of the meal, potato must be the whole potato, and rice ! must be the whole of the rice; . . . | “Hunger is not a safe guide to nutrition. A man may fill his belly with .food and so feel satisfied-, yet he may |be undernourished. And he m*ay be | well nourished and to spare, yet feel ! hungry. . . .

“Just as natural and appetising foods are better for us than artificial and dbctored foods, so natural and pleasant forms of exercise are better for us in every way than drill and physical jerks. Walking and hiking, outdoor games of all sorts—playing themselves and riot watching others play them—bicycling, swimming, gardening, digging in allotments, | things that bring us more into con- | tfact with mother earth, the sun, the | wind, and even the rain; all these , make for health more readily ai\d | more pleasantly than anything we do lat the bidding of the drill sergeant or [the gymnasium instructor.” i t ®’ sc s a

An official report predicts the financial and economic collapse of India if the policy of increasing domestic pro-

INDIA’S INDUSTRY.

' ductioh is extended', and if

. the *system of maximum industrialisation ■is pushed to the lengths contemplated by Congress and the Provincial Govem- | ments, , ' | The pplicy of domestic production ■is largely the work of Gandhi. , He ’built up wWat is called Industries Organisation. He believes • that the revival of village industries will infuse life into occupations that are now dying out. ;• < Spinning is the industry on which he has set his heart for many::years and it is now directed by the" AllIndia Spinners’ Association, jt. He sUarted a campaign, too, againts millpolished rice and mill ground wheat. He also, encourages the -use of%coarse sugar (gur) as against the factoryrefined: article. ,' ? . .o, y t

India is essentially agricultural, 70 per cent of the people living therefrom. Wheat, rice, cotton, tea," jute, linseed, rubber, and somo opium are the principal productions’ Theire is' an unusually wide range of metals irf the country. Excluding the Native States and Government factories British India has about 7000 industrial establishments employing more than 1,200,000 persons. The cotton industry is the most important, and jute mills Come next.