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(Established 1871) independent newspaper published every afternoon oo Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, "anada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A Alloway, Secretary. e Oshawa Daily Times is a memher of the Canadian Te Ol the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureap of is ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 by carrier: 10c a week. By mail: in the Blivired | 2 Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year, TORONTO OFFICE: "wy Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone delaide 0107, H. D, "Tiesidder, representative, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1927 PERHAPS IT ISN'T A STONE Two years ago one of the largest depart- ment stores in New York City arrived at the conclusion that there was no reason why busi- ness should be dull in August, Every year this huge business had experienced a mid- summer slump and had accepted it as unavoid- able, What changed this fatalistic attitude has not been revealed, but the very year the managers decided to make August a banner business month the store during the eighth month of the year assumed the hustle and bustle aspect of the twelfth month, That year the August business broke all records and that new record was shattered last August. Now the store is well on the way toward setting up' a new August record, What is the secret? First, the department heads made a study of August needs, Then it stocked up on goods to supply those needs. Finally, it increased its volume of newspaper advertising to educate the public to summer buying and to create a desire for the things that make summer heat bear- able, So it came to pass that another big firm, which had been going blindly along for years thinking it was draining its market to the last drop, discovered it had hardly tapped the po- tential August business, A little wise buying and a great deal of wise newspaper advertising exploded the myth of the August slump, What the New York store has done for two years and is now doing for the third year, has been done in Oshawa and can be done in Nsh- awa, One cannot draw blood from a stone, but it may not be a stone, Summer advertising will find out, » THEC.F.T, The Canadian Teachers' Federation has been holding its annual meeting this week in the Senate Chamber of the University of Tor- onto. It was the Canadian Teachers' Federa- tion which brought to Canada last week the Conference of the World Federation of Educa- tion Association. The C.T. F. was the official host to the thousands of visitors from all parts of the world. The Canadian Teachers' Federation is made up of representatives of teachers' federations in the nine Provinces of Canada, These pro- vincial federations are sometimes, by outsiders, called trade unions and perhaps that is what they are; but, if so, then all the objectionable features have been removed. Teachers' fed- erations have as their aim the improvement of relations between teachers and their employ- ers, the school boards. They try to produce harmony, not friction. They do not use the strike weapon. In these respects teachers' federations have nothing in common with trades unionism. In its inception, some centuries ago, trade unionism served a useful purpose and the strike weapon was at times of much value to labour. But, especially in a new country, times change and conditions must change with them. Trade unionism is out of date; over and over again the strike weapon has been proved a boomerang. There is a new and a better way, as teachers' federations are abundantly able to show. . It is not. the principle of collective bargain- ing but the abuses that have crept in with it, that have produced such dire results. Trade unionism graduaily developed the paid agitator, the full-time trouble-maker, who works only for 2 high salary and whose business it is to sow the seeds of discontent. An expert agi- tator can overnight transform a cheerful con- tented workingman into a potential communist. To be an agitator it is only necessary to be able to talk bosh violently and continuously ; brains are not required; indeed, brains are ex- cess baggage to the agitator or walking del- gate. He is a salesman of discontent. Teachers, in their federations, are trying to promote the welfare of education in Canada. They have no sympathy with the scheming tea- cher who may try to get along without work- ing. "They wish to see that teachers every- where give of their very best energies for the good of their pupils and, of course, that they | are well paid for doing so. The Canadian Teachers' Federation, as well as its subsidiary provincial federations, would have the status THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY. AUGUST 19, 1927 of the teacher raised by seeing to it that all teachers are competent and efficient and that no other sort of teacher gets into the profes- sion. Teachers' federations try to: help, not to hinder, their employers. One has heard many an employer of labour say that, rather than face the annoyances, the antagonisms, the quarrellings and bickerings, which trade unionism would bring into his fac. tory, he would close up his plant and leave it idle for the rest of his lifetime, It is not the matter of wages but the enmity, the strife, the unbridled garrulity, the suspicion, the ob-: structionist tactics, that make the honourable employer dislike trade unionism. Co-operation, "as expressed in industrial relations depart- ments, is the substitute for the old-fashionad condition of affairs, Co-operation brings peace and contentment, Co-operation is one of the watch words of the Canadian Teachers' Federation and of the prévincial teachers' federations throughout Canada, Teachers' federations have no use for the loquacious agitator, They are showing the world in general, and Canada in particular, that there is a new and better way of avoiding dis- putes and of settling disagreements, And they have proved that theirs is an effective method, one that produces respect on both sides of an argument. They go with a smile and a promise rather than with a frown and a threat. That is-the plan for men and women of good will in a new century and in a new country, That plan is infinitely better than the old one that has now become absolete, LAWS AND HUMAN CONDUCT "Spitting prohibited by law under penalty of fine or imprisonment," and "No spitting on the sidewalk," were signs as often seen two decades ago as are "No parking," "Speed limit" and "Detour" signs today, Those signs were quite necessary years past because the public had a fashion of expector- ating at random and without regard for the health and sensibilities of others, People had not been educated in the disease-spreading ten- dencies of public spitting and in "polite eti- quette," Today there are few breaches of either the penal or the social rule, Whether fear of the law or sanitary educa- tion has brought about this reformation is a matter of conjecture or perhaps prejudice, but it is generally admitted that there is little real need today for "spitting prohibited" and "no spitting" signs. One no longer hears of arrests for violations of the expectoration law because there is so little unlawful and unsanitary spit- ting. The same thing applies to many others nf the rules of human conduct which this civili- zation chooses to call laws, Laws enacted to- day are absolete tomorrow. The first automo- biles were held down to a six-mile-an-hour limit, Because one generation finds a law necessary to the well-beine of society does not argue that the same law must be enforced in the next generation or that a law diametrically opposite is not advisable for a succeeding generation. EDITORIAL NOTES It takes two to make a quarrel--except when one is the wife, Grapefruit is almost human in the way it sometimes strikes back. Reminders that it is time to order Christmas cards is the first "shop early" warning. The driver who hits a telephone pole learns there is something to motion besides speed. Many a husband lives in fear that his wife knows a lot more about him than he hopes she does. Bit of Verse MAGIC In my fairy garden, Perfume fills the air, Pyramids of lilac Blossom everywhere. Musk and soft Mimosa, Southernwood and thyme, Mingle with the fragrance Of the tasselled lime. In my fairy garden, All I love is grown-- Violet and lily All I crave I own. "Mid its leafy arbors Feathered warblers throng, Blending in one rapture, Color, scent and song. Of my fairy garden, Faney holds the key, Wings me from a garret - Into Arcady. A sa ------ -- ee tn EE ---- A --. RUBBING 1 IT IN (Life) Willis: Have you got ome of these home refrigeration plants? Gillis: You bet; and I've got a! whistle on it, too, to razz the ice- man when, he goes by. i PREVUE | "Want a couple of seats for the opening night of my revue?" "Thanks--but if t's the same to you, I'd rather attend the undress rehearsal." STATISTION { (Vassar Vagabond) i Statistics prove that Yale gradu- ates have 1.3 children while Vassar graduates have 1.7 children. This | all goes to prove that women have | more than men do. | PLENTY OF PRACTICE | (Goblin) Manager: "So you think you are qualified for a job as floor- walker? 1 What experience have you had?" | Applicant: "I have a pair of twins at home that have just finished teething." ! | A PERSONAL TOUCH (Punch Bowl) The professor had asked time and again for the students to put more personal touch in their themes, so one of the papers which he received ended thus: | "Well, professor, how are the wife and kiddies? And by the way | before 1 forget it could you lend! me five dollars?" | YASSUH! (Goblin) Sam: "You know, man, Ah, done got stuck up there in the woods' with a flat tire on each of mah wheels, mah gears stripped, be- sides two burnt-out bearings." Rastus: "That sure was but it couda heen worse." Sam: "How could of it been worse?" 1 Rastus: *It couda been me." | bad, | BIRD FLIES THROUGH GLASS (Popular Mechanics) Mistaking a large plate glass window in front of a swimming! pool at Banff, Alberta, for an open | 'passage, a partridge flew into it breaking the huge pane and kill- ing itself, The force of the flight was shown by the fact that the bird passed entirely through the] glass and partly across the room within before it fell. It cost $400 | to repair the damage, HIS UNCANNY ABILITY (Dearborn Independent) Bill Jenney, a sixty-two-year-old voy Hotel, London, years ago that at any hour of the! day or night he could tell the time within half a minute, This canny 'ability baffles the Britigh Medical Society, members of whieh | have tried by numerous tests to, dislodge what they call his "acute psychoastral poise." | THE JAPANESE "JOB!" (San Diego Union) The empress of Japan puts on | her sacred girdle, an *'obi" beauti-! ful white silk, 12 feet long, wrap- ped around the waist. jesty had, of course, This means that month. fied. by prayer. she expects a baby in a the palace. That means a baby. y 3 Some Westeners will smile at | all this "primitive stuff." But the! sacred white obi and the purifica tion by prayer is better than the old fashioned American tight cor- set that often destroyed the new baby's chances. The "obi" means many things | in Japan, acording to David Be- asco. If a young lady, for instance, ties her "obi" in front, instead of tying it in the back, that means | that she is no better than she | should be, DOGS AND SHEEP (Fergus News Record) The theory behind the dog tax is that the money collected in that manper goes to reimburse the own- ers of sheep killed by the dogs. In | some places, especially in the towns, it is a paying proposition | for the municipality because, there being no sheep to kill, there cam be mo losses and the revenue from the dog tax comes jin just the same. Some townships do mot find it such a profitable business. Up im Grey County, the township of Ar- temesia paid out $590.70 to farm- ers for sheep worried by dogs and after paying am additional $165 this year, they decided that it was time something was dome about ijt and so they passed a bydaw re- quiring all dogs to be chained wp between sevem at might amd six jn the morning unless muzzled. The nearby township of Proton had a total bill last year of $930.95 for damages by dogs and the Council will be a long-suffering bunch if they don't take similar precaution. A CITY'S RECORD AS A KILLER {New York Evening World) If in the last six months 514 peo- ple had been murdered im this city. it would be conceded that society was jin a state of collapse. If the six months showed that 514 people had been killed by sub- ways the entire country would be shocked at the record. If during these months as many as 514 peopl. had beem killed by falling brick or timber where com- struction is in progress, special le- | gislation would he passed at once lto meet the grave peril. . | But since th. 514 people killed in New York City during the last WHAT OTHERS SAY thing to be | them drive | oats! Now it's when the expected. And, of course, nothing new will b, tried to put an end to the slaughter, Killing by automobiles has come 'to' be privileged; and it is consid- ered rather bad taste to discuss it. One fact stands out in the re- port of the Street Safety Commit- tee of the New York Auomobile Club and that is that commercial vehicles numbering 134,436 killed (Life) {within forty-seven of as many peo- 'ple as the passenger ears which number 600,854. This means, as the report says, that "the motor trucks are being operated more recklessly and with less considera- tion for the rights of pedestrians than any other vehicle driven.' . Isn't it about time to take these reckless drivers of powerful trucks in hand? OFTEN STOPS IN THE DITCH (Stratford Beacon-ierald) Hon. G, 8. Henry says that a driver who finds himself blinded "by lights from another car should stop until the ear passes. Quite of- ten he does--in the ditch, CRISP COMMENT What's to be country's insane, motor done now that most of cars ?--Ottawa Journal. In this day of laborsaving devices why doesn't someone invent a note that will renew itself ?--Kitchener Record, One of the most essential duties of a government is the proper pro- tection of the health of its people. ~--Montreal Star, It is said that 80,000,000 Ameri- cans do not use tooth brushes. Well, the poor dentists must live. --Chicago Pally Post, If all men talked and dressed alike, as they might, there wouldn't he any howl for "equality." --King ston Whig-Standard. Driving became dangerous in the old days when the horse felt his driver feels his rye.--Detroit News. Carrying water on the head gives Egyptian women a fine, proud car riage. Carrying a $65 hat does the same thing for American women.--- Keep well and Keep cool! EAT Delight ully invigorating, with fresh fruits and inl in whole milk and cream, with the | San Francisco Chronicle, clockmaker who for the last thirty-! two years has heen winding and | tending the 1,050 clocks of the Sa- | claimed many | un- | Her ma- | sent the obi | to the imperial shrine to be puri-| And a stork flew three times around | boy | F six months were killed by auntomo- Liles, we take it lightly as some- EE _- WI ona WE pi é ART £3, [J OR six blocks the driver of the car had tried to pass the boy on the bike, Every time the road seemed clear of jaywalkers, street cars and brick wagons, the boy, by design or accident, swerved across the motor car's path, Registered Accurate Weight Unexcelled Quality Conger Lehigh Coal Co. Ltd. 52 King St, East Yard--Athol St, East Phone 871 "ie Phone 931 J. H. BR. LUKF Oshawa Manager ¢ Boys I becareful | ~Death | 1s SO Der mancht / \ ~i919] | Finally there was an opening, The driver "stepped then the boy front of him. Then it happened. Life seems to be a perpetual race between educa tion and disaster, Probably by the time cyclists and learned bow to cars, we shall find ourselves in the middle of the aeroplane era, with a brand new set of problems. But meanwhile . . . . you boys who ride bicycles, won't you try to make the high- ways safer, won't you try to ride in 2 straight line, use your hand to signal SPINE so sop ot tur, snd cany 2 i light at night ? onit" ,.,, And just decided to cross the Street--in have » with drivers of motor when you're Atta Boy! all~-w are i iL ety: The BRITISH AMERICAN Or, CO LIMITED e at a reali