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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929 Che Oshatva Baily Times - Succeeding § THE OSHAWA DALY REFORMER Py (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every : } ue except Sundays ois legal Bog at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy y Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; ror Alloway, Secretary. . Oshawa Dally Times 18 # member of the Cana gp Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As. sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dallies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, % SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: oc & week, 3y mail (ont side Oshawa carrier delivery limits): in the Counties of Ontarlo, Durham end Northumber- 1and, $8.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year, TORONTO OFFICE Bibests Tobe Bond Building, 64 Temperance Mo Adelaide 0107, H. D. 'Fresidder, repre. yeutapive TIVES IN U.S. REPRESENTA b, i Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, es . FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929 a i AN APPEAL TO OSHAWA Few appeals have touched 80 responsive a chord fn the hearts of the people of the British Empire as the appeal which is now being made in avery British country on behalf of the miners of Wales and England through the fund being raised by the Lord Mayor of London. The most significant fac- tor is that the people of Britain, who are close to the situation and know the actual conditions, are making a magnificent response, The Prince of Wales, in his radio appeal to the people of Britain, unfolded a tragic story of suffering, and the result was an immediate outpouring of financial aid for the suffering people of the dis- tressed mining areas, In Canada, several ronto Globe, have taken up the cause, and are giving their readers an opportunity to contribute to the fund which is being raised to help provide food and clothing for destitute homes in districts where lack of employment has created conditions sufficient to wring the hear.s of éven the most callous of people, These people, men, women and children, are destitute through no fault of their own, They are the victims of circumstances, of the failure of an industry which formerly gave them work, and enabled them to live in comfort and happi- ness, but which, in recent years, has collapsed and left the bread-earnmers without work and without hope, and their women-folk and children are faced with slow starvation, The Oshawa Times believes that this appeal is a worihy one, and that the cause of the destitute British miners is one which the citizens of Oshawa will support loyally. For that reason, the Times has decided to open a fund through the columns of this newspaper, and appeals to all those citizens to whom the call of suffering means anything to join with this newspaper in raising a fund in Oshawa such as will provide a worthy contribu- tion from this busy industrial city to those who are in need and in distress in the motherland. hb January 25, is a day which is honored by people of the Scottish race as the anniversary of the birth of their great national poet, Robbie Burns. Wherever Scottish people are gathered on this night, "The Immortal Memory" of the poet is honored, and the evening hours are spent in the recital of some of the gems of his works, and in recalling the many fine attributes in his character. g Time has a mellowing influence, and as suc- cessive generations honor the name of Burns, the follies and weaknesses are forgotten, and only the great humanity of the man is remembered. For it was he, above all others of his craft, who elevated honest toil to a position of dignity, who saw the beauty of the common things of life, and the newspapers, notably the To- ROBBIE BURNS aa them on the C.N.R, systems alone,--~would mean a tremendous expense, more than the country can reasonably bea: at the present time, The principle set forth in the recommendation, however, is a good one, It might reasonably be accepted as an ideal towards which the railway companies and the people of the country gener ally could work by degrees, with the ultimate objective of complying with it in full, Motor traftio will continue to increase for some decades to come, and every step taken towards the at- tainment of this ideal will help to save the lives of occupants of automobiles, FIRE PREVENTION WORTH WHILE The executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, meeting in Hamilton, took a worth while step in giving careful consideration to the question of fire prevention in Canada, One of the tragedies of this country's economic life is that there is, every year, a fire wastage of millions of dollars, This wastage is not confined to any one phase of life, but it embraces industrial estab- lishments, retall stores and properties, dwellings and natural resources in the form of forests, Fire is so terrible a thing that one would not imagine it would be difficult to induce people to take exceptional precautions, Yet it is a proven fact that the great majority of fires are caused hecause of carelessness on the part of the human element. That being so, consistent education along the lines of fire prevention is essential it the human consclousness is to be fully im- pressed with its importance, : The plan proposed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, that local boards of trade and chambers of commerce make fire prevention efforts part of thelr program is a logical one, "These bodies come closer to the people than do the national bodles, although these have to play the important part of giving leadership, and providing essential financial help in the educational process, It is no unusual thing to find cities competing each other in the matter of low fire loss, and if this same spirit can be made individual as well as community-wide in its scope, the results should be beneficial, ' EDITORIAL NOTES Working like a horse is much better than loaf- ing like a jackass, Man is naturally lazy, and it is easier to quarrel about religion than to practice it. You can't expect a mere man to understand a sex that thinks a three-cornered olive sandwich a square meal, Smoking may become general among women, but you'll never see one pulling on a cigaret while mixing the dough, A philosopher is one who realizes that trouble is just opportunity knocking to offer him a little exercise. The pursuit of happiness is just a matter of finding a community whose definition of morality fits yours. : -- Other Editors' Coma. ent-- | SCOTTISH EDUCATION (Edinburgh Weekly Scotsman) There seems to be a disposition to assume that we (in Scotland) are lacking in facilities for adult edu- cation. If the demand ior adult education in Scot- land has not been so insistent as in other countries, the reason may be found in the Scot's readiness to grapple with problems in his own way and in his own time. The fact that in every quarter of the Globe we find Scotsmen in positions of eminence speaks for itself as to the value of individual effort, which, as the Scot knows, is the only passport to success. As soon as the Scot realizes that he is handicapped in the battle of life by a lack of easy paths to knowledge the provision of the means will follow in due course. CURE FOR SOCIALISM (Guelph Mercury) The cure for socialism and all labor unrest in Great Britain and other countries is conceded to lie in prosperous conditions . for industry. Keeping the people employed and at good wages has been shown to have a wonderful effect on the political aspirations of the people. None of them really care for the sort of government in power providing there is work in plenty, with time for leisure and for the enjoy- ment of their privileges, one of which involves the spending of their funds, thus helping to keep money in circulation and benefiting business of all sorts. SHARING OF RADIO (Winnipeg Tribune) If the United States is not prepared to be fair and reasonable; if, in other words, the policy of its radio F. really represents the attitude of the gov- uplifting elements in the most common and ial of daily tasks. He it was who sang of the brotherhood of man in a day when it was but Jittle apparent. His poem, "A man's a man for A" that" proclaims the worth of all mankind, whether they be clad in fine raiment, or in the humble garb of the laborer. ernment of the United States, there will be nothing for it but to establish Canadian stations of such power that their programs will be available to Cana- dian listeners, regardless of their effect on the air channels across the linc. But until this attitude is established, Canada's best course in all neighborliness is to put the question squarely up to Washington. Qt a Glance College Senior--=What would you advise me to read after I graduate? English professor --= The "Help Wanted! eolumm, . EE An Old Ome The preacher was just finish- ing # very forceful sermon, and wound it up by requesting Dea- con Jones to lead in prayer, After getting no response from the sleeping deacon, he raised his voice a little and and said: 'Deacon Jones, will you lead in prayer?" But the deacon enjoyed unin- terupted slumber, Louder -- 'Deacon Jones, will you lead in prayer?" The Deacon was unmoved. Very loud---*Deacon Jones, will you be so kind as to lead in pray- er?" The deacon half-opened his eyes and exclaimed: "Lead yourself, I just dealt." » L »* Which just goes to show, that no matter what you think you are, others will disagree with you, « I am Impressed, 1 was quite certain that I was not going to like the ride on the street car, as they call it, In fact, I had quite made up my mind to this many days before we had set out from Apple Crate Junction, where the most modern means of travel was a hack with two teams in advance. And now we were off for the big eity. My heart actually went into my mouth and little goose bumps came over me whenever I thought of the wond- ers that were soon to be placed before me. I am sure I would like them, But I was afraid of these tram-cars. I had never seen one before, let alone ride on one and the experience was to be entirely new. As the hours flitted by, we hove into sight of the great city where traffic, 1 heard, was a con- undrum, We disembarked from the little Ford autymobile which acted as stage, from the Junction, and boarded an expensive looking bus, which took us into the very heart of the city. The driver of the hack said he dared not take his bus. into the city for fear of gett. ing into traffic jum. I think the word he used was 'jam' but I can't just remember. We soon arrived at our destination, where the busses all congregate, and stepped out in- to a mass of cars and people, black and white, and there, waiting at the corner for us was a street car, I knew it was one, because, it had, "Pay as you enter" on the back end. Those people must make a cars. The eity counsel must have coneidered their trade worth while when they would Jay all those tracks for them to run about on. We were ushered into one of the ears by several people who seemed to be fn a hurry to give me my first experience on the cars, and I was about to drop my nickel in the glass cage when I saw the police- man give me a terrible look. I didn't know what was the matter, but I felt something was wrong. Just at that time someone el:ze dropped their fare into the box and I saw that two coppers had to go along with the nickel. I therefore produced the two. and passed on, or rather was forced into the car. As I walked right up to the front end, a middle aged man got up and smil- ed sweetly at me, at the same time catching hold of my arm and at- tempting to shove me into the seat which he formerly occupied. I had read about these city men so I promptly stuck my nose in the alr and told him to mind his own busi- ness or I would call the police- man at the back of the car. It's a fine state of affairs if one can't ride the cars without being insultea by the likes of him, and I told him #0. He seemed to think. my remark 2 joke, but I didn't let on I saw him. I took the seat, however. I judged that we were going at a ter- ritic rate down the street, and sees ing a kind old man next to me, I asked him if he liked riding cars He said he was sick of themr, be- cause it took so long for him flo get anywhere. I told him I didn't like them either. and that I preferr- ed a hack at any time. He quite agreed with me, and we became very conversant. He pressed the button in the wall soon. and said he had to get off, but that I was to write him, when I got back to the Junction. When I think of it, I really had a marrow escape since Le didn't leave me any address, and I have wasted more than 20¢ in stamps trring to find out who lot of money running one of those By James W. Barton, M.D. HARD WORK AND THE HEART You run to catch a car or train and find yourself short of breath as you reach a seat, Your heart fis likewise pumping rapidly and per- haps you wonder whether your heart is really as strong as it should be. Of course your heart has been ex- amined for insurance, the army, or other purposes ,and you have been assured that it is perfectly sound, And a sound heart is scarcely ever damaged by exercise for two reasons. First, you get out of breath and have to stop exercising long before any damage can be done, Second, as 8ir Thomas Lewis states and his opinion is mow well sup- ported, "The burdens imposed by exercise upon the heart, however heavy these burdens may be, never exhaust the heart's reserve, The re- serve of other bodily structures will fail before the heart is pushed to the limit of its endurance." This means then that if your heart is sound, is not diseased, excessive exertion may be undertaken with safety. Getting out of breath will be your safety valve because them you will stop and rest for awhile, Now what about a heart that is not sound but has some organic trouble? When this individual does a certain amount of work he uses up his avail: able supply of oxygen, and he must stop work, and wait for a longer period of time for his lungs to get rid of waste carbon dioxide and a sufficient supply of oxygen into the blood. When there is real heart trouble therefore, if the individual exercises or works a little too hard, Nature takes care of him by getting him out of breath in a very short time, and then makes him walt longer than a normal individual to get his breath again, You can thus see then that if you have no real heart trouble you are not likely to do your heart any dam: age by overexertion, And if you do have organic heart trouble Nature tries to take care of you as mentioned above. This explains why an individual with organic heart trouble can go on his way year after year without any trouble, because he has learned how much exercise or work 'he can do with safety, Remember however that if an ex- ercise or piece of work you have been doing daily for some time, with. out getting out of breath, begins to render you breathless, it would be good sense to see your family doctor and let him examine your heart. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act) Of course modesty is shrinking, anyone can see it Bhrinking nowal days.--Brandon Sun, An Oxford professor has master- ed all modern tongues save one, Of course he is married.--Chicago Daily News, Sropie-ForLoNG 6 @ 5288 Oc tend Bunting" S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Street East, Oshawa = Above C.P.R. Offiee Phones 143 and 144 « Bits of Humor « QUESTION Tess--""T told mother you were good and I told father you were in- dustrious." Tom--"But when they find out dif- ferent--then what?" THE TRUTH ABOUT MAUD Maud Muller on an August day Went out to help them harvest hay, "This heat," quoth Maud, "is not so nice; I'd sooner help them harvest ice" TRUTH WILL OUT Stylish woman (selling admissions to bazaar)--If you cannot come to the bazaar owing to a previous cn- gagement, will you buy a ticket to give away to some one less fortunate than yourself? WEE SMA' HOURS Father--"I should have thought that a night club was the very last place a daughter of mine would go 0 Daughter--"Tt usually is, darling." ~--Punch, THE RETORT PROPER It is supposed to have happened at his own apartment, Herbert Bay- ard Swope, the erstwhile executive editor of the New York World, had guests, He interrupted a slightly intoxicated lass who was gabbing in- coherently, "Here, here," she scolded Mr. Swope, "you mustn't Swope until you're Swopen to!" CHRISTMAS SEAL RECEIPTS Ottawa, Jan, 25, --~Approximately $140,000 was raised this year by the sale of Christmas seals, it was reported to-day to the central coms mittee from the Canadian Tuber- culosis Association's geal sale cam- palgn., This is almost double the amount raiesd .a year ago, It will be devoted to fighting tuberculosis in all parts of Caanda. New Issue Territory excepted). voting unless six Mo: Preferred as to capital and dividends, January 1st, 1929, and will be the Company's bankers (now Transfer A pol (1 of The Standard Fuel Com Year ended March 3lst, Year ended March 3lst, Year ending March Slst, Annual dividend requirements on Preferred Shares now to be issued $1,400,000 Standard Fuel Co. Limited 6!%% Cumulative Sinking Fund Preferred Shares (Par Value $100) Redeemable at 110 Cumulative dividends at the rate of 615% per annum will acerng from Jevable quarterly, January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st, by cheque on e Canadian Bank of Commerce) at par at any branch thereof in Canada (Yukon lus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption. Non- uarterly dividends shall be in arrears and so long as any of such dividends remain unpaid. tional Trust Company, Limited. Registrar--Chartered Trust and Executor Company. So long as any of the Preferred Shares are outstanding, no mortgage or charge on fixed assets shall be given by the Company, or by any subsidiary company (other than purchase money mortgages or charges on properties hereafter acquired) except under authority of a resolution passed by at least 76%. of the votes cast in person or by proxy at a special meeting of the holders of Preferred Shares called for that purpose. For detailed information, we refer to the prospectus containing letter from Colonel K. R. Marshall, President, which has beem summarized in port as follows: The Company Standard Fuel Co. Limited (Dominion Charter) has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock y of Toronto, Limited, and The Milnes Coal Company, Limited; the latter company owns all of the capital stock of Milnes Fuel Oil, Limited, and Anthracite Briquet Com- pany of Canada, Limited. The Standard Fuel Company of Toronto, Limited, and The Milnes Coal Company, Limited, are two of the oldest fuel distributors in Canada, having been established for more than sixty years and thirty-five years respectively. izations under unified management, The business includes the wholesale and retail distribution of anthracite coal and briquettes, bituminous coal, coke, and the retail distribution of fuel oil and wood, Earnings 1926 Messrs. Vigeon and Company, Chartered Accountants, Toronto, have examined the books of The Standard Fuel Company of Toronto, Limited, and The Milnes Coal Company subsidiaries, for the three years ended March 81st, 1928, and have reported upor! period. Officials of the respective companies have furnished reports estimating earnings for year ending March 31st, 1929, based upon results for nine months ended December 31st, 1928. The above-mentioned reports show net earnings available for dividends on this issue of Pre ferred Shares, and income taxes, as follows: Year ended March 31st, 1927 1928 1929... *Estimated. The above-mentioned earnings do not reflect the advantages of substantial operating economies, which should result from placing the businesses under single control. Assets Based on valuation of fixed assets by inde dent appraisers, combined fixed and net current assets of Standard Fuel Co. Limited, and subsidiary companies, as shown in the consolidated balance sheet, as at March 31st, 1928 (after giving effect to present financing) certified by Messrs. Vigeon and Company, Chartered Accountants, Toronto, aggregated $1,781,895, fixed assets having a depre- ciated replacement value of $1,052,317, and net current assets (after deducting all eurrant Liabilities including purchase money mortgages) having totalled $729,578. Capitalization rigages Cumulative Preferred Shares .......... Issued 29,000* 1,400.000 Authorized $2,500,000 They will operate as individual organ- $218,601 Limited, and its earnings for that 160,010 129,194 165,000* $91,000 Common Shares (no par value)........ 50,000 Shares 50,000 Shares *Purchase money mortgage not yet due. Over a2 hundred and twenty-five years have pass- he was. Knowing that I was to get od since Robbie Burns went to his last resting place, but his songs will live forever. In Scottish minstrelsy, they have an abiding place, just as the sentiments of his wonderful poem, "Cottar's Saturday Night" will ever stand as a picture of that type of Scottish home devotional life which has done so much to make the Scottish people a power throughout the world. { ELIMINATING LEVEL CROSSINGS The brotherhood of various classes of railway sworkers is hardly to be blamed for urging that steps should be taken to eliminate all level cross- fings in Canada. No class of workers comes more closely into touch with the menace of the railway grossing, for every time there is a fatal accident on a crossing, there is a great shock to the nervous system of the engineer, a man who needs to be fin full possession of all his faculties of nerve and brain. > The recommendation of the railway brotherhood fs that all level crossings should be removed, and, their removal, should be adeguately pro- fected by warning signals of am effective stop faw for motor vehicles. Of course, there are tremendous difficulties in fhe way of meeting this request in full. To elim- fnate all level crossings on the forty thousand miles of Canadian railwars--there are 16.000 of i - - Bits of Verse - - FATHER TIME Old Father Time is never stopped by any signal light, He never has to heed a sign: "No turning, Ws go He never meets a traffic jam. In all this world he's one Through storm or shine or good or ill who just keeps traveling on. 2 Old Father Time is never stopped by omnibus or train, His hour hand upon the dot the goal ahead will gain. He will not pause for flood or fire nor rest beneath : the shade, Nor stand upon the curb to watch a circus street parade. The sun comes up and then goes down and Father Time moves on There's nothing in this human play he stops to lock upon. So many minutes to the hour, so many hours a day [He measures out to men on earth, let come or go what may. But man must wait for trains and tides and stop for signal light, And even pause to catch his breath while climbing. _ mountain heights. . While Father Time goes trudging on with sure and measured beat. 1 think I'd rather be a man and sometimes stop to cat. --By Edgar A. Guest. | off at Kingsdale street, I asked the woman on the other side of me where it was, but she said how could she know, she wasn't a walk- ing encyclopedia. I didn't like her attitude, and T greatly disliked her. so I Prowply remarked that 1 never 'carried a cane either, and hearing the policeman yell out Kingsdale" I pushed my way to policeman that ram the car that his system was very inferior to that of the hacks of the Junction I left. feeling that my experience was far from satisfactory. " ha fs "My Eamori- ences Away from Home," Aunt Sarah Drew. ul OUR SINFUL IGNORANCE -- Yea, the stork in the heaven know- cth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know mot the judgement of the Lord. --Jeremiah 87. PRAYER--Teach me Thy Way, O Lord, and lead me in the Way Ever- lasting. the front door, and after telling the | The information contisined in purchase of these Preferned Sheaves. Management The management of the business will be under the direction of officials who sible for their success during recent years. The Board of Directors will be composed ; Marshall, President ; J, Herbert Milnes, Vice-President; D. B. Hanna, A. J. Mitchell and W. E. Wilder. London, Ont. Ottawa this edvertisement ? is based We do mot guarantee, but We offer these Preferred Shares, subject to prior sale, for delivery, if, as and when issued and accepicd ky us, and subject to the approval of our counsel, at Price: $100 per Share and acerued dividend with bonus of ene-half share of no par value common stock Fractions of shares of mo por welse common stock will be adjusted at $25 per share. Wood, Gundy & Company Toronto . Montres! Winnipeg Hamilton Vancouver New York London, Eng. otal. ts and statisti belicpe the statements hercin made to have been of Colonel K R. on aohick sve have relied in tae true.