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Increases Efficiency Says
Prof. Willis Moore
Other Bits Of News From
London

London, July 6+That the increased
efficiency, due to climatic conditions,
Of the transplanted Britisher will soon
make Canada the center point Of the
British empire ia the statement with
which Professor willis Moore, chief
of the United States weather bureau,
has startled Londoners. fg
Professor Moore declares 1t can be
scientifically demonstrated that the
climate OF the North American conti-
nent is producing . race which, in
mental and physical energy, promises
to be distinctly more efficient than any
past nation of the Northern Aryan
race. He bases his theory on the fact
that the northwest winds of the Ameri.
can continent, blowing with great We.
locity from an extreme altitude of
vast electrical potentiality, release
more ozone in the proper state for hu.
man breathing than in any other place
in the world. The continental climate
of America differs from the marine eli
mates Of Europe in the fact that most
of the winds originate over land areas
and that they carry oxygen which is
readily transmitted into ozone by elec-
tricity, whereas the marine winds Of
the British isles and the European
continent are lacking in the means for
releasing this virile element. Conse-
quently the American weather expert
maintains that the American can no
more control that nervous energy
which is the marvel of Europe than he
can stop his own breathing.
According to Professor Moore, race
efficiency depends upon the following
meteorological formula: The higher
the wind velocity the greater the
downward component Of motion
whereby six moulecules of oxygen of
two atoms each are changed into three
molecules OF ozone of three atoms
each, in which form they enter the
human lungs and drive the physical
and mental engines at the maximum
rate.
This Is what the Northwest winds
are doing for most Of the United
States and Canada, which need fear no
competition from the rest Of the world
SO long as the winds continue to
blow.
Professor Moore also accounts for
the successful assimilation by America
of SO many foreigners by this theory
and on its account he predicts that
the American type will become more
and more pronounced in the future.
Great Britain Is threatened with a
strike of motor car owners, who are
In open rebellion against the recent
increases in the price Of gasoline. The
first big rise. was made during the
transport strikes of last year. which
held up the usual supply Of gasoline,
but with the resumption Of normal
conditions there was no correspond.
ing reductions of price. This caused
mutterings among the motorists, but
no action was taken until the present
dock strike, when the price again
scared to such q height that the re-
tail cost is almost double what 1t was
two years ago. n
The first definite action to give voice
to the complaint Of the motorists
was a meeting of the Royal Automo.
bile Club, at which the head Of one Of
the leading moor spirit companies
had an uncomfortable hour in trying
to explain the reasons for the rise.
The club members did not hesitate to
declare that they were not satisfied
with the explanation. and they have
entered upon a definite campaign to
force the oil interests to lower the
price of gasoline 7fe
1 Two reasons are given by the oil
men for the increase: First, the rules
OF the port of London authority, which
prohibit the storage Of large quaint.
ties of the spirit in London, thereby
increasing the cost of handling It, and.
secondly, that the steadily increasing
demand for refined motor spirit has
left q large quantity Of heavier oils on
hand, which is dead loss to the oil
companies, unless market can be
found for IL, RG1s m3.aeh uir no
A memorial to the combined services
Of 10 years in the royal artillery OF
Major General Sir Alexander Dickson,
who commanded the British artillery
in the war of 1912, and his son, Gener-
al Sir Collingwood Dickson, who also
saw much active service, has been UNI
veiled at Woolwich by Lord Roberts.
The original monument to the father
was unveiled in 1S45 and 1t has been
moved to the spot where the combined
memorial has been erected. During
the peninsuiar war, he held supreme
command Of the artillery, although
only So years OF age and ranking as .
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