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I TEX). YE". Creo A i Si Ha IIIEEINENN Wy Tet Tyee wT | Ce WAAR LANG THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY: 21, 1928 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone © Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. ~ . REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928 - MISSIONARIES' CHILDREN One of the most half-baked stories that Toronto evening journalism has yet produced appeared Tuesday with Dr. Wallace Craw- ford, United Church Missionary to China from Western Ontario, who is quoted just enough to leave an inference that his chil- dren, having been born in China, are being denied rights of Canadian citizenship, The only thing that could rob Canadian children of their British birthright is for their parents to have given that honor over voluntarily for citizenship in another coun- try. Dr, Crawford may or may not have be- come a citizen of China before his children were born, At any event, he should lose no time in stating the fact plainly, for if he is still a citizen of Canada, his children are not to be denied their rights merely because they were born in China. A pithy illustration has been used in simi- lar cases, which is that kittens may be born in an oven but they are not, from that fact, to be considered biscuits. However, if any immigration officials have taken the extraordinary view that citizen. ship ether in Canada or the British Empire depends upon anything else than a child's father's allegiance to the King, then Ottawa will be well advised to administer a telling rebuke to those responsible, Nothing could excuse it but a plea of ignorance, and such gross ignorance has no place in the Govern. ment service, "ga MAN WANTS TO LIVE , A London physician of the "famous. spe- eialist" type has been lecturing on "Psysi- ological Efficiency." He says this thing goes back to the question of diet and, being prac- tised, man would live to be 140 or 150 years old instead of 70 or less. Specifically, "the world should partake of meagre fare, fresh air and all kinds of raw food." Living prop- erly, man would not, as soon as he reaches maturity, "sit down and impair his efficiency as quickly as possible by sending out appeals to every microbe to come and take up resi- dence in his body." What the doctor pre- scribes is sacrifices and denial of needless luxuries and soft comforts, The truth must be that it is not the strug- gle for life that is the bane of civilization, for merely life does not satisfy. Millions have no more than a bare existence, which is about what one would have, following the rules of the London doctor. Prolongation of that makes no appeal. What man wants is to live in comfort, surrounded by conven- fences that increase his ease, Needless sac- rificing is not for him, Needless luxuries are something to be striven for, to be earned if possible or to be taken away from someone who has them in abundance if they are not to be had otherwise. That's the popular view, What if a few or many germs and microbes make their habitat in his internal mechanism if he feels good? Man wants to live rather than to live long. yo U.S. RANKS SIXTH + Refreshing it is to find that United States' editors do not always place their country first nor always avoid the discus- sion of topics which show the inferiority of their own country, Here is what one says; "It was a surprise to the average Ameri- ean to learn that this country stands sixth among the nations of the world in the do- mestic use of electricity. The Populat Bifief was that the United States stood y f Switzerland, Japan, Denmark, a and : i New Zealand, in the order named, surpass this country in the proportion of "homes wired for electricity. Sy "Had one given serious thought fo the pubject he would have found reasons for the United States well down the list. a There are large areas of the United States without the water-power essential to produc- tion of cheap electricity. Where the cost of production is high, it is not profitable in a trify the farm, far too many of which still . belong to the era of the kerosene lamp, back- breaking wash board and arm-operated churn, Electrification is complete in those sections where farms are small and electri- city is cheap, but it is slow in coming to the large isolated farm. "Perhaps experiments being made in a number of states to learn what electric power can do on the farm will convince the farmers that they cannot afford to do with- out electricity at any cost. If it is proved that electric power more than pays for it-. self on the farm and in the farm home it will not be long before every agricultural area will be a network of power lines." NO INDIVIDUALISM The growing tendency toward human co- operation must be disconcerting to the indi- vidualists, if there still are any of the latter. It was the creed of the individualist that the only thing worth while was that attained by individual effort and individual ability. Society may see the light in the theory of the individualists, but its faith is in the po- tency of the shibboleth, "In union there is strength." Few people today are struggling single- handed for something. Whether for higher wages, better working conditions, political reform, community progress, welfare funds, industrial expansion, commercial power, beneficial legislation, or any of the other in- numerable phases of human desire, the ap- proved method of procedure today is organ- ization and co-operation, + This revolt against individualism, or per- haps this modern expediency of community- action, raises the thought that civilization has repealed the law of self-preservation. Isn't the first law of twentieth-century na- ture that of community-preservation, or at least community preservation of self? This community action cannot be con- strued as socialism, nor socialism with reser- vations, nor communism, It is a convenient combination of individualism and combina- tion. In community co-operation the indi- viduals are seeking something for them- selves with the assistance of others who want the same thing, Perhaps there was only romance and heroics in the pet theory of the individual- ists, which exalted personal achievement, but there are a few romantic ones who still refuse to organize and to ride in their own automobiles of popular makes. No sympa- thy is wasted upon them by the organized industrialists, capitalists, professional men, labourers, businessmen, churches, govern- ments, political parties and other members of the gregarious species, Bit of Verse WHEN I AM OLD When I am old, the days crawl limp and slow, When stressful duties bring no weariness, Then I shall calmly sit till sunset glow Recounting all the hours God sent to bless. Ten thousand dawns shall come again to me To lose me from the fear of shrouding night ; Old-fashioned gardens limned by memory Sal 3 haunt my noontide with their pure de- t. Soft, through the windows, tender words shall come, : Voices I knew when life was April-sweet; Then I shall sing, no more shall I be dumb; Youth shall return, to make my joy complete, When I am old, and quieted all strife, My heart shall say, How good, how kind, - was life! ~--Thomas Curtis Clark, THE WINTER EVENING i » How stir the fire, and close the shutters ; t, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate wait on each, 80 let us welcome peaceful evenings in." v ee v r-- a ed from interfering in any way in Chinese domestic affairs, and pa- tiently awaits the appearance of a Chinese Government which can rea- sonably be said to represent a large part of China....Perhaps in the end two or three Chinese Governments will have to be recognized, DEATHS FROM BAD LIQUOR (The Argonaut) All the saintly will rejoice in the news that in 'the first seven years of prohibition 65000 Americans were killed by bad liquor or by poison placed in liquor so that jus tice might be done violators of the Holy Law. But really there is little reason for hosannas in the statis tics. At that rate, adjusted for the probable increase in population in spite of the Eighteenth Amend- ment, it will be 10,000 years before the last of the godless takes his last drink of wood alcohol and prohi- bition becomes enforceable, Deaths from bad liquor outnum- ber by 1,500 American deaths in the World War. But prohibition, of course, is a better cause, PARTY NEWSPAPERS (An Editorial in the Montreal, Ga- zette, Ind.-Con.) In addressing the Toronto Con- servative Businessmen's Club, Hon, Dr. R. J. Manion said that the party must have much greater press sup: port, but the brief report of his ad- dress fails to define his own idea of press support. Dr, Manion is too astute and observant a man to en: tertain the old notion that a political party can be best served, or even well served, by a parrot press, one that is incapable of doing its own thinking or is restrained from do- ing so; a press, to put it briefly, that has no other function than to echo and applaud, That sort of thing has had its day in this country, as it has done in Britain and as it has done, or is doing, in the United States, and from the standpoint of the public the change has been a welcome one, It will not do, of course, to say that there exists no longer a party press, but it is a fact that the so called party newspaper of today is more concerned with the fate of po- litical principles than with the for- tunes of individuals and the expedi- ents of an election contest, and this is a very wholesome and desirable condition, however, distasteful it may be to certain politicians at cer- tain times. It is a condition which has earned for the party newspaper something that a generation ago--or even less--it rarely enjoyed, namely, the respect and confidence of the public. That is why the public, now- adays, are inclined to look to the newspaper rather than to the hust- ings for guidance in political af- fairs; the politician may be here to- day and somewhere else, tomorrow, making one plea here and another elsewhere, but the newspaper and its principles remain, and the first obli- gation of the newspaper--of any newspaper worthy of the name--is to be true to itself and honest with its public, If there are any politicians left in Canada who think that the first and last duty of a party newspaper is to plead the cause of the party, as expressed by campaigners who may be--and not infrequently have been ~trimmers and opportunist, with- out regard to the fundamental prin- ciples of party policy, all that can be said it that those politicians do not belong to the age in which they live. No political party was ever en- titled to newspaper support of that kind, and no political party should ever have it. No political party, moreover, could derive any advant- age, certainly any permanent advan- tage, from the unreasoning support of a clapper journalism. The first consideration of the Conservative party, or of any party, ought to be its policy. If its policy is one that commands the confidence and ap- proval of the public, the party need not worry overmuch about what used to me regarded as "press sup- port." A strong, sound policy needs only to be conveyed to the public, without coloring, and for that the columns of every real newspaper are open. \ Crisp Comment It the ne'er-do-well doesn't seem to be wedded to his work, don't jump to conclusions. Maybe it is a companionate marriage.-- Kitchener Record, A stadium of 40,000 persons watching two dozen men at play presents a wonderful picture of how our race takes fs exerclse.-- Boston Herald. , Statistics show that a record crop of rye was grown in the Unit- ed States last year. What tender memories this must have recalled! ~--Ottawa Journal, Billy Sunday threatens to run for the presidency, and even Al Smith will have to replenish his vocabulary if that should happen. ~~Chicago Evening Post. "What kind of man can a girl trust?" queries a contemporary. Our opinion is that she can trust ~ ~Cowper." self.--Kitchener most kinds--if she behaves her- Record, He. E C. HODGINS Manager, Oshawa Branch Sewmenritl. Port Perey, Whisky StoBiE-FoRLONG &(© Head Office: Reford BAY AND WELLINGTON STS. TORON S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshawa -- Above C.P.R. Office Phones 143 and 144 A. E HUDSON & CO. 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It should be noted that the activities of this Company are confined exclusively to Canada and Newfoundland, Assets represent the book value of the Company's securities (entirely Canadian) and would appear sub- stantially larger if existing market values were used. The increase for the year is $8,600,000. An increase of more than $550,000 @rrer the previous year. Insuring the continuance of liberal dividend distribution, Again the expense ratio has been materially reduced. New investments made during the year exceeded $12,000,000 and, not- withstanding steadily declinin interest rates, the average rate of the previous year was almost ained { Established 1869 , A ssets an Force Doyments to Pid ed Wor 814656410 $51,001,848 $680,220.30 s38LU6 1917 32,165,431 123,511,314 2,513,991.23 1,007,730 1927 89,233,343 386,669,481 8279,514.19 4,501,387 The Annual Meeting of the leyholders will be held on Thursday, February 2nd, nt tha Trond AN" aa SWaterloo, Ont FRANK V. 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