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-~ PAGE FOUR : [3 i lhe "shawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) Street, Telephone 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers aud Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. EE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1928 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The financial success of the Chamber of Commerce campaign is already assured. The Activities Fund Committee is meeting with a splendid response from the industries and large individual givers, as the news report published today indicates, But a Chamber of Commerce needs some- thing else besides funds with which to carry on. Quite as important, if not more so, is the securing of a large and representative mem- bership. Indeed no Chamber of Commerce, no matter how well financed, can hope to succeed unless it has the citizens of the com- munity strongly behind it. It is the task of "Col." Bob Preston and his sales army to secure 400 members dur- ing the first four days of this week--100 memberships per day. This campaign was inaugurated this morning at the "Early Bird Breakfast" at which there was a very large attendance and also very marked enthus- iasm. The benefits of individual members from the organization of a live Chamber of Com- merce are so obvious that it seems to us that no man who can possibly afford the membership fee of $25 a year should hesi- tate about signing an application form when called upon to do so, No one should try to make the failure of previous efforts along this line an excuse for not joining. This argument, if it is an argument, is completely answered by the fact that other cities on this continent by the hundred have succeed- ed in establishing successful worthwhile, go- getting Chambers of Commerce, and what other cities can do, Oshawa can do quite as well and perhaps a little better. A Chamber of Commerce is-an organiza- tion of men and women who believe in their city, who say "it can be done and we are going to do it." The way to start is to exceed all objectives, both financial and member- ship, that have been set by the Committee in charge of the present campaign. "Let's Go." MASHED POTATOES It's sometimes hard to get the things you want in a restaurant. The waitress may make you wait for an hour before she brings you the glass of water which you have been craving, And after you have finished the meal, minus knife, fork and soup spoon, you may have to wait fifteen or twenty minutes for your check. But there is one thing for which you never are in want--mashed potatoes. Doesn't make any difference if you do or- der "short ribs of beef and baked brown po- tatoes" just in order to get the short ribs, and tell the waitress that you prefer a big baked potatoe instead of the brown pota- toes, you'll get baked brown potatoes, big baked potatoes, and over on one corner of the plate a mountain of mashed potatoes. It's a fact. You'd think somebody was giving mashed potatoes away, the tons of them that are passed out gratis in the rest- aurants these days. THE USEFUL LIFE There is an engaging freshness of view- point in the lively generalization that mod- ern Methuselahs are of real interest only to bioligists, life insurance companies, statisti- cians and the villages in which they first saw light, and that the function of public health services is less to make people live longer than to enable them to live more competent- I ves the instant citation of such bioligi- edl triumphs as Palmerston, Gladstone, Queen Victoria or the Emperor Francis Jos- eph will not quite dispel the horrid suspicion that there is something in this out-of-the- ordinary viewpoint. A study of biographies of present-day centenarians has failed to convince one either of their attractiveness - or utility ; while one can still remember how audiences quailed under Shaw's terrible pic- clE OSHAW ~ DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, FF™" UAi« 27, 1928 ture of what future tri-centenarians be like. It is enough to make a civilization, which sometimes seems to have staked everything on comfort, safety and its vital statistics, take pause. Pleasingly romantic speculations as to what would have happened if Keats had en- joyed the benefits of modern medicine too frequently overlook the appalling results in some people who have enjoyed them. The disquieting responsibility assumed by physi- cians who keep us alive is less dramatic than the responsibility of the few who occasion- ally kill us. All are not in sympathy with the view that the main job of science, medicine and public health service is to fill up the world by lengthening the life span. Life is valuable only for the fine things that can be created out of it. Safety first is not always the noblest maxim, and there are some who would still upon occasion prefer being sorry, in spite of what the anti-accident publicity experts tell the people. Life is less important than living, and health-for-all is more desirable than old-age- for-all. OBSTACLES TO UNDERSTANDING ---- China has thirty-three cities with popula- tions of more than a million, but only six of them have motion picture theatres. Ning- po, with more than two million, has no "pic~ ture show;" Shanghai, with its large foreign population, has twenty-six. Tientsin has nine, Canton eight. Among the smaller cities Harbin has six for its Russian citizens, Dairen ten for its Japanese, and Hongkong eight for its British. The nation of four hundred million people has only 106 regular motion picture houses. But the first steamer to navigate the rapids reached Chungking only twenty years ago; ten years ago the import of films into China was negligible--less than half a million feet of film a year--and by 1925 the tide had ris- en to nearly six million feet. Then importa- tions began co fall off because of the produc. tion of Chinese pictures by Chinese produc- ers and Chinese actors and actresses. For several thousands of years China has been proving her capacity to absorb what she wants from other civilizations and to remold to her own taste or to reject entirely. This makes it all the more difficult to account for the demand for Hollywood films in China. Fighting films and slapstick films touch a chord that thrums in the remotest oriental city, but American society pictures are utter- ly meaningless to the Chinese mind, Only the more ~osmopolitan Chinese can understand an American film--the actors look strange, wear strange clothes, act strangely and their gestures mean nothing or the wrong things to the rank and file. International understanding seems too much to expect from peoples who cannot even understand each other's emotions, ges- tures, customs and manners. MILITARISM'S NEXT GOAL One lesson the world had hoped Europe would take from the last war was that com- pulsory military service and mobilization of all man power in time of peace promote war, and therefore should be abolished. It was a false hope. France has defeated a measure authoriz- ing the drafting of all women in time of war, but before the senate voted it down the chamber of deputies had passed it by a vote of 500 to 31. Since the chamber is the larger of the two bodies and more representative of the French people, it would seem that the World war has made the French more mili- taristic than ever. There was cheering in the senate of the French parliament when the law was pass- ed making all men liable to mobilization in time of war, but the members of that august and conservative body would not tolerate any sort of forced mobilization of their wives and daughters. Perhaps, in the next war they will come to that. Before the American draft in 1917 there were many patriotic Americans who believed compulsory military service forbidden by the constitution and by the will of the peace- loving American people. Yet it was effective to a high degree and the agitation now is not for making it impossible in the future but for extending it to capital, industry and labor. EDITORIAL NOTES A word to the too wise is wasted. Men who never take a day off have off days. : There's always room at the top for im- provement. 3 Most good conversationalists are self- starters. Nobody ever thinks a thing is too bad to be true. What Others Say THE JOY OF LIVING (Kiwanis Magazine) The real joy of living consists i. making one's own mind a pleas- ant place to spend one's leisure moments. NO TEETH IN IT (Hamilton Spectator) A scientist declares that the day is coming when the world will be toothless. This fellow has undoubt- edly been studying the United States criminal code. USE THEM, TOO (Chatham News) The claim is made that everyone has a "mental tool box." The trouble is that too many of these chests contain crow bars for prying into other people's business. THE WEATHER PESSIMIST (St. Marys Journal) Pity the poor pessimist who can't enjoy the wonderful weather we have been having without re- marking "We'll pay up for it some of these days!" THOSE LOUD SPEAKERS (Punch) In a London theatre the experi- ment has been tried of placing loud- speakers all over the auditorium. Usually they are seated just behind us. . THE PLODDING ENGLISHMAN (Hamilton Spectator) The world's automobile speed re- cord established by an Englishman has been broken by a fellow-coun- tryman. The 'patient plodders," it seems, can hurry when the need arises. MUCH OF A MUCHNESS (Life) "I have always maintained," de- clared Charles, "that no two peo- ple on earth think alike." "You'll change your mind," said his flancee, "when you look over our wedding presents." A GREAT HEAP (Hamilton Spectator) A New York broker is alleged to have made a million dollars selling stock in a company to manufacture gasoline from garbage. His victims can now add their pretty stock cer- tificates to the pile of raw material, OUTTALKS BIG BILL (Calgary Herald) Chicago has made a larger con- tribution to the Shakespeare Mem- try in thshrdluetaoishrdluetaoinshr orial theatre than any other city in the United States. Thus money proves that it can talk louder than Mayor William Thompson, which is going some, OFFICIAY, BARNACLES (Hamilton Herald) Although the fighting strength of the British navy in ships and men is much less than it was before the great war, the London Outlook says that the British admiralty has on its payrolls more than a thous- and civilian employees in excess of the number before the war, Official barnacles are harder to get rid of than fighting men, WESTERN NATURAL RESOURCES (Manitoba Free Press) So far as Manitoba is concerned, there is pressing urgency for the transfer to the province of its re- sources without a day's unneces- sary delay. A new era of develop- ment has opened in this province, but the whole situation is obscure and tangled as a result of the prov- ince not being in control of fits lands, forests, waterpowers and mines, ..RULES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (From the Ottawa Journal) An order passed ip the British House of Commons prohibits the chewing of tobacco in the Cham- b.z. This rule has never been oh- served in Ottawa, If it was cer- tain Maritime members would have to beat hasty retreats. Beauchesne's parliamentary rules specify that silence is requir- ed in both the Commons and Sen- ate. In the Commons all members may converse in a whisper. Appar- ently the Senators can be as loud as they like. The rules ordain that members are not allowed to read books, newspapers or letters in the Cham- ber. This rule was made to be brok- en for it is seldom observed. As a mratter of fact most of the mem- bers write the bulk of their per- sonal letters in the House. It is interesting to note that members of Parliament require no property qualifications, but they must be 21, and British subjects and not be disqualified by law by virtue of having committed a erim- ina] offense. Senators must have attained the age of 30, have property to the value of $4,000 free from encum- brances and be a resident of the province for which they are ap- pointed. J Members of the Senate and the Commons must attend three-guar- ters of the sittings of the respee- tive Houses before they can draw heir sessional allowances of $4,- MR. KING'S WISE DECISION (Hamilton Herald) Premier King deserves public thanks for his firmness in dealing with the attempts of Thomas L. Church of Toronto, to force the de- tails of the Marcil-Barron affair into publicity. Mr. Church moved re Sry PV prmp-- wy PRAISE 18 COMELY-- Praise yo the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto our God, for jt is pleasant; and praise is comely.-- Psalm 147: 1. PRAYER--"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands" that all the correspondence relat ing to the utterances of the Mexi- can consul at Toronto on the sub- ject of the treatment of the Ro- man Catholic church by the Mexi- can Government and the demand that the Canadian Government re- sent that treatment by suspension of all relations with the Govern- ment of Mexico be laid on the table of the House. The Prime Minister 'quietly remarked that a great mass of correspondence had come to the Government from all over the coun- try, some of it condemning ' the Mexican consul's utterances and some of it commending them. "I do not think it would be in the public interest to bring that cor- respondence down," said the Prem- fer. It was a wise decision. It was for partisan reasons that Mr, Church wanted that correspond- ence tabled. It would have afford- ed him and kindred spirits material for no end of the perfervid oratory in which he delights; but no good purpose would have been served by the publicity and it would prob- ably have caused much mischief. Mr, Marcil, who recéntly was so eager to force the Mexican situa- tion into discussion at Ottawa, is now content to let the matter rest. Mr. Church would do well to exer- cise similar discretion, EVER THINK OF THIS? (Peterboro Examiner) "Do you know that it costs $10,- 500 to raise a boy or girl to the age of 21 years just for food, cloth- ing and shelter? ? "That. the figures recently given out by the Department of Immigra- tion to the effect that 274,000 Can- adians had gone to the United States in three years represented an investment of $2,877,000,000 on the part of Canadian parents? "That in addition to the cost of raising children to be 21, that the community has invested an average of $700 in the education of this group, or an additional $191,800, 000, making a total of $3,026,800,- 000, that has been put into develop- ing citizens for the States? "Suppose, to he fair, we admit that one-half of them come back to Canada, which is doubtful, that leaves the figures at the astound- ing sum of $1,008,000,000 a year, or a dead loss to Canada of $504,- 000,000 in money alone, "This sum, if made available through the Chamber of Commerce, would pay the Canadian war debt in 20 years. This hegira costs each Canadian $100 per annum, Add to this children and children's child- ren and see"where it ends, "Securing this annual crop of Canadian citizens to the States is fine business for them, "Youth with a common language, common ideals, similar education, all secured ready for citizenship, without a single worry about train. ing, education or morals. "The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce has all this in mind when it is conducting a campaign to make it a more effective institu- tion, through "adequate finance first, that it may more effectively grapple with this problem of keep- ing Canadian men and money at home," A chemist says that the first al. cohol distilled was Arabian, which may account for those nights.-- St. Catharines Standard. Listen ! Skinny Folks Why Not Put on Flesh Where Flesh Is Needed Tens of thousands of exceedingly thin men and women have put on good healthy flesh with McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets--and put it on were it was most needed, There's nothing in McCoy's that can hurt you--They will not only help you to take on weight you need, but will make you stronger, more energetic and vigorous, McCoy takes all the risk--Read this ironclad guarantee, If after taking 4 sixty cent boxes of Me- Coy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets or 2 one dollar boxes any thin, under- weight man or woman doesn't gain at least 5 pounds and feel com- pletely satisfied with the marked improvement in health--your drug- gist is authorized to return the pur- chase price. Ask Jury & Lovell Ltd, T. B. Mitchell, W. H. Karn, or any good druggist. Player Pianos Pianos phs Special Club Plan Without Interest Ontario Piano & Music Company, Limited 92 Simcoe Street etc. Phone 1643w for 185 Arthur Street Registered in Accordance with the Cop, right Act By Jas. W. Barton, M.D. TEETH THAT MEET I read the other day about an old lady who was being consoled about the loss of Ler teeth. "Yes," she said, "It's hard to have to get along with only two teeth, but thank Heaven they meet." I mentioned the fact once be- fore, that our first instructions in examining recruits for overseas service at the beginning of the war, was to see that they had at least two grinding teeth that met one another, * It was surprising to see the large number who were rejected in these early days, because they could not meet this simple requirement. Now I am just wondering if some of my readers, who perhaps have nice looking "front" teeth, have enough grinding teeth behind. That is have you on at least one side of your mouth, a complete number of upper and lower teeth, that grind or bite on one another? If you haven't them you must expect to have trouble. Why? Because food should have three things happen to it before it leaves the mouth. It must be divided up into sman particles by chewing, then moist ened and softened by the saliva, and also have starch changed into a form of sugar. If this "preparation" 1s net given to it, then it arrives in the stomach in a condition that does- n't make the stomach anxious to tackle it. The stomach expects ft to be well divided, softened, moist ened, and with an alkaline reac- tion to it, because this alkaline reaction stimulates the acid juice of the stomach to get busy and prepare the food for the next di- gestion juices, which are the bile and pancreatic juice, Therefore, if you do not chew your food, you are giving your di- gestion a bad start, and will likely have pain and distress In the stomach, So get at least one side of your mouth complete with the full number of teeth, teeth ' that "meet," and that keep your food under this grinding surface until It is in the proper condition to go to the stomach. A good start in anything is half the battle. 33 DISPUTES GO T0 ARBITRATION Hon. P. Heenan Tells Ad. vantages of Settlement By Lemieux Act Winnipeg, Feb. 27.--Arbitration under the Lemieux Act nad work- ed to excellent advantage in pre- venting strikes, 33 disputes hav- ing been settled by this means in the past twelve months, Hon Peter Heenan, Minister of Labor, stated. Mr. Heenan is here for the pur- pose of endeavoring to bring about the settlement of three different industrial disputes, affecting the hydro linemen, the Winnipeg Gov- ernment Telephone Commission and its electrical workers, Referring to the disputes settled by arbitration under the Lemieux Act, Mr, Heenan declared that "every one of these disputes was settled without a day's loss of time," The city's claim that the Federal Government should bear a portion of unemployment relief costs will be presented to Mr, Heenan during his stay here, The Minister of Labor, in dus- cussing the old age pension scheme, stated that the number coming un- der the Pension Act would be very much smaller than an'icipated. There were, he said, 8 Jurge num- ber of citizens taken care of un- der various penmnsica schemes, and when these were removed the per- centage coming under the Act would be materially reduced from the original estimates. BUS AND RAILWAY TRAVEL (From Toronto Mail and Empire) In 2 recent address to the So- ~iety of Automotive Engineers, President Budd of the Great Nor- thern Railway Company took as his subject the present trend fin passenger travel. Everybody knows what it is--away to the autobus. The question of its re- gulation is complicated by rail- way operation of buses to make up losses in earnings from pas- senger transportation. President Budd gave some striking figures of the decline of railway passenger traffic since 1920. The decrease in seven years was 33 per cent. In 1920 the number of passengers carried was 1,270,000,- 000 approximately, and 849,000,- 000 in 1927, although the populs- tion of the United States increased 13 per cent. Locally the greatest loss occurred in the West, where it was about 650 per cent. The mistake must not be made of sup- posing that the autobus services abseorbed most of the passengers lost by the railways. There are about 20,600,000 automobiles in the country. "In the aggregate," said this railway President, "they are handling many times more peo- ple than the railways did during their busiest days in 1919 and 1920." This statement would be confusing if one did not bear fa mind the general use of the auto- mobile by people who were not all Hardwood Floors LAID BY EXPERT MECHANICS ALL FLOORS FINISHED LIKE NEW 0 B. W. Haynes 161 King St. W. Office Phone 481; Res., 180-2 -- StOoBIE-FORLONG (© STOCKS BONDS GRAIN ead Office: Reford Build 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 toSave Your Eyes a I ran To ent eyestrain and keep your vision Inside Frosting diffuses light properly, and their long life makes them economical. Ask your . EDISON MAZDA = | NSIDE LEERY LAMPS CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCT a py, Cleve Fox Hardware 20 SIMCOE ST. SOUTF. - 15 SIMCOE ST. NORTH PHONES 419 AND 26 C. B. DeGuerre _ 35 CiBB STREET PHONE 923 Oshawa Electric Service 148 SIMCOE ST. SOUTH PHONE 2530 STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT About 12,000 ft. of good dry storage space, conveniently locat- ed, with Canadian National siding, for rent either in whole or in part. Low rental. CHARLES M. MUNDY c/o Mundy Printing Company, Limited Telephone 35 or 312 addicted to traveling on the rail- ways. i