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Ta : | | § i Se i rer TRI TS TA, *AGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1929 The ©shata Baily Times : THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) pendent newspaper published every after. A luge except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Secretary, Oshawa Daily Times 1s a member of the Cana. he Oe Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As. sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dallies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION iin wail (Oh ivered by carrier; 30c a wee y Pele rif Bh carrier delivery limits): in the Counties of Ontario, Durham 8nd Northumber- 1and, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE dttest. 8 407 Bond Building, 64 Temperance Street, o> phone Adelaldo 0107, H, D, 'Tresidder, repre. sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. 929 -- SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1 HELP THE BRITISH MINERS As was intimated in this column in last night's issue of The Times, this newspaper has decided to sponsor a fund in aid of the distressed families of British miners, who, victims of circumstances over whieh they have no control, are unable to find work, To raise this fund The Times feels to be a duly 10 fellow-Britishers who are in need in the mother- land, Jt is significant that the Oshawa local of the International Auto Workers Union is solidly behind this appeal, It shows that the workers of this coun- iry have the deepest sympathy for their suffering brothers in the old land, and that they are willing to sacrifice to help them, Let the spirit of the workers be the spirit of Osh- awa, $0 that this city will make a contribution to the Lord Mayor's I'und in England that will be worthy of this thriving industrial centre. WORTHY OF GREATER SUPPORT Those who are at the head of affairs in the Little 'Theatre movement in Oshawa are to be complimented on the splendid presentation made by its members this week, Not only were the four plays well selected, offering a wide range and variety of opportunity for those of ability, but they were excellently staged. Those who took part in them showed abundant evi- dence of natural ability for dramatic work, and the direction of the plays was handled in such a way that none of their value was lost, The only adverse comment which is possible is not directed at the players mor the Little Theatre movement, but at the citizens generally, for their failure to support the movement as it deserves. The attendance on the last evening was good, but on the two previous nights it fell far short of what it should have been. The Little Theatre movement, with its aim of in- troducing the best in the dramatic art into Oshawa, is worthy of the fullest support, and it is to be hoped that this support will be given in fuller measure to future presentations. THANKS TO THE KING OF KINGS Plans are already being made in Great Britain to bold a national thanksgiving, centred in a solemn service in St. Paul's Cathedral in the Empire's capi- tal, for the recovery of King George from his serious illness. People in all parts of the country are pre- paring to take part in it, This is a significant move, It indicates, once again, the love and esteem of the people for their sovereign, in that they should feel impelled to make his re- covery an occasion for general thanksgiving and re- Jjoleing. But it shows more than that. It shows a recogni- tion on the part of the British people that there is One Great Supreme Being who guides the destinies of mankind, who alone can save life or take it, It shows an acknowledgment of the graciousness of Al- mighty God in preserving the life of the one human being who could have called forth, from the hearts of the people of a great and far-flung Empire, the love and devotion which has been shown to King George in his illness. A people imbued with a spirit of that kind cannot help but be a great power in ihe world. | j CONFIDENCE IN CANADA As a rule, the reports issued by Canada's banks concerning conditions throughout the country are reliable. Bankers are not given to flights of im- agination. They prefer to deal in facts from the standpoint of cold and hard business principles, to point to weaknesses im the economic and in- dustrial fabric when they see them, and to indi- cate conditions which are favorable when these exist. The quarterly survey of Canadian conditions jupt issued by the Bank of Nova Scotia, is there- fore worth heeding. It says little of the future, but by reading between the lines, one can sense a note of confidence that the next twelve months will be no less successful than the last. Showing how the various factors which indicate pribos- perity or depression have all moved upward, the report says: "Canada bas experienced a degree of pros- perity during 1928 exceeding all expectations held twelve months age. For four success- ive years there has been an unbroken process of cxpancion; and current indications war- rani the belief that this will continue for some time to come. A record volume of retail trade, and a fificen per cent. increase in industrial production have made for com- tinued confidence. "From the stanpeint of wage-earners gen- erally, the year just closed has been one of continuous good fortune. The working force employed in all industries increased during 1928 by more than nine per cent, At the same time, the working force employed in building construction increased by no less than twenty-eight per cent." Accepting this statement in the light of the statistical figures which accompany it, one can only agree that there is every reason to believe that this upward trend in industry, employment and building construction will continue, Leaders in the banking world believe that the pqak has not yet been reached by far, and it is usually fairly safe to take their analysis of the situation as being very pear the truth, EXTRA CAUTION NEEDED Days such aa yesterday come fairly often during the winter season, and it is regrettable to find that they produce an extra crop of automobile accidents, The condition of the roads and highways, of course, had a great deal to do with sending so many cars into the ditches and causing so many collisions, but it cannot be said that this was the sole contributing factor, Surely the drivers of automobiles have had suffi- client experience with Canadian winter conditions to know that only the greatest of caution will pre- vent accidents under conditions such as existed yes- terday. The accounts of accidents which occur every time the roads are in slippery condition should be a sufficient warning that extra caution is needed on such occasions, and should help to convince motorists who have their cars out that it is far better to be careful and live than to be reckless and become the central figure in a funeral, EDITORIAL NOTES Obsolete saying: "Howdy, stranger; want a ride?' Heads may be some thicker out in the sticks; but the milk is also, Originality: Doing what some other man did 80 long ago that people have forgotten, You can't make yourself happy, but any fool can avoid the things that make him unhappy, There are South American Indians that destroy their young, but they don't do it in the name of speed. "Wealth makes the man." Modern cynicism? No, a Greek wrote it 600 years before Christ, A defeated candidate in Mexico has one ad- vantage. The estate does the 'worrying about campaign expenses, « Other Editors' Comment -- WELL ACROSS THE THRESHOLD ... (Ottawa Journal) Famous visiting statesman says Canada is on the threshold of a great future. It might not be con- sidered conceit if we felt that we had passed the threshold. COMPENSATION : (N. Y, Herald Tribune) . A rich man may stand small chance of getting into the Kingdom of Heaven, Lut at least hie can take a Mecditerranean cruise along in January. IN THE WARM COUNTRIES (Lethbridge Herald) Most of .us are inclined to associate furs with the northern lands, but in the United States the two greatest fur-producing states are Louisiana and Ar- kansas. The muskrat and the 'possum are the chief contributors to the fur wealth of these states, JUST LIKE RUSSIA (Stratford Beacon-Herald) We have been reading about the Communists in Sudbury. They marry and "unmarry" about as easily as you would put on your coat, and--if it became too hot--take it off again. If a couple wish to marry they simply buy advertising space in the Finnish news- paper published in Sudbury and tell the world that they are "united to live as comrades," If they have a spat another portion of advertising lineage will undo what the first one did, THE PAYMENT OF TEACHERS (Winnipeg Liberte) It is difficult to get recruits for the teaching pro- fession, because the reward is not in keeping with the long preparation, the expense, the sacrifice and the privations of all sorts which it demands. In plain justice, here as in other occupations, the salary should be proportionate to the service rendered. If the training of children is--as no onc will doubt--first among our national tasks, the pecuniary return to the teacher should be the intangible sign of the es- teen with which we regard the profession and of the price that we attach to the work. OVERPRODUCTION OF WHEAT (La Patrie) There are grave indications that within a few years from now conditions will not be favourable to an in- tensive development of farming, at any rate as far as wheat-growing is concerned. Jt is stated in fact that the world production of this grain has lately exceeded the needs of the importing countries. 'There can be no profit to us in producing more and more wheat which we have to throw upon a glutted market. It is surprising on this score that the three prairic provinces have not alrcady roused themselves with common accord to demand from the Government the necessary measures to prevent overproduction, - - Bits of Verse - - RECOGNITION Qut of my necd you come to me, O Father, Not as a Spirit gazing from on high, Not as a wraith, gigantic in its outlines, Waiting against the tumult of the sky! Father, you come to me in threads of music, And in the blessedness of whispered mirth, And in the fragrance of frail garden flowers, When summer lies across the drowsy earth! --_, Out of my need you come to me, O Father, When I can scarcely see the path ahcad-- It is your Hand that turns the sky, at evening, Into a sea of throbbing, pulsing red-- It is Your call that sounds across the marshes, It is Your smile that touches ficlds of grain, Painting them with pale gold--it is your nearness That makes me sec new beauty after pain! Out of my need vou come to me, O Father-- Not as a presence vast and great and still, But as the purple mist that clings, cach morning, To the shim summit of a pine-crowned hill, Not as a 1ague and awful power that urges, Urges and prods and hurries me along-- But as 2 Hand that paints a lovely picture, But as a Voice that sings a tender song! --Margaret Sanzster. dt a Clapce - «Oshawa has now the oppor. tunity to give as a community to the British Miners' Fund and we do mot doubt but that The appeal as appeared in yes- terday's issue of the Times will be sufficient to bring in the subscriptions to this wonderful cause. Luckily Canada is not in the position just mow to undergo such a terrible catas- trophe as England in this re. gard, but if we were in the same position, who would be among the first to fly to our aid----England! . LJ * Linemen on telephone and hydro systems get precious little sleep these days, what with the snow, and the hail, and the rain, and the gleet, and the frost, and the cold, cold weather, > Some people are against the England-France tunnel scheme for a veason which looks fairly ample, Their fear centers around the point that each country will get a terrible draft from the water-cooled air tra velling in the tunnel, L » LJ True Enough Theatre patrons for many years have put up with the silent pleture without flinching, Now that the gound plctures are being installed, the public clambers for them, But the sound pictures by no means reaches every theatre going indi vidual on the earth's surface, and this fact brings to mind one which is uppermost in a number of free thinking people's minds, That mus- fc adds greatly to the effect of 8 picture is rather a generally known fact, That the different types and compositions of sound created by music may bring ahout the correct atmospheres for a pier ture, we are fairly well sure, Then why do so many theatres provide so little music during feature pre- sentations? $= A great difference is made, sald one theatre manager, in the box office receipts by the simple policy adopted by theatres in regard to their music, The small expenditure for musical accompaniment to a pic ture is by far outgrown by the in- crease in box-office receipts, There fore, said the manager, our policy is to have musical accompaniment during the whole presentation of the program, from the minute the doors are opened until they close. To sit through a picture, even a news real, without some musical accompaniment, {s a bore for many patrons, and the sooner the theatre managers realize this, the sooner their 'box office receipts will in- crease, « & » play to-day. Many were the this morning. Many were the fantastic stunts performed on main highways as leather failed to stand on ice, and the two separated with anything but grace, rs rr @ "Oh, for a life on the ses, when H the bright, swcet breezg fs | blown!" | "Oh, to live on the land, then I'm near my home sweet home!" "But, oh, for existance in alr; like a bird in the sky let me soar," "I'm sick of washing dishes, ap' ain't gonna do it no more!" * LJ Yesterday was Bobble Burns Day, ' But nobody in Oshawa can say they got a headache from singing to the haggis. * * Warren--*I wonder why a dog puts sueh implicit trust in 8 man?" Moore--*'Well, you never heard 2 man trying to borrow money off a dog or selling him a used car!" y vv # Or selling him insurance, - Bits of Humor - CAN'T SEE THE Man Buried Under Pile JORE of Lumber Still Seri --Bronx (N.Y.) Hime hii : THANKS: LATER ON I'uneral Directors: ; Coffins and Caskets. "Make Our Store Yor i Headquarters." --Ad in a Florida paper. . WILLING TO OBLIGE Dietitian -- "Yes, a few lettuce leaves, without oil, and a glass of orange juice. 'There, madam, that completes your daily diet." Mrs, Overweight -- "Thank you so much, doctor, but do I take this before or after meals?" --London Passing Show, ---- WRONG INSTRUMENT Teacher--"Give me an historical cxample of inappropriate action," Bright Pupil --"When Rome was burning Nero played the fiddle when he should have" been playing the hose."--Boston Transcript, SL SPARE PARTS "What are you doing now?" I have found 2 new circus turn --the friendship of a fion and a goat." "But them? "Oh, yes, they have their litt quarrels, but then we buy a ile goat." -- Der G tlich: piles emutliche Sachse aren't there quarrels between A GREAT CALAMITY ~The har- vest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.--Jesemiah 8:20. PRAYER--"Pass me not, O Gra- cious Father, Sinful though my heart may be By James W. Barton, M.D. COURAGE FROM PLAY Some years ago I spoke of the work done in some European hospi- tals to get the patient strong before he was allowed to go home or to work, Whether he was a medical or surgical case he was taken outdoors as soon as possible, and given light exercise, similar to the calesthenics glven to recruits in the army, He was given just a few minutes daily at first, and the work gradu-| ally increased until it was thought | that he could complete the "cure" at home, The exercise stimulated heart and lungs, worked the muscles of the body, gave the patient the natural | appetite, and so tired him physically, | that he wanted to sleep, and so got | & good natural sleep, Unfortunately we haven't anything like this in America, and yet the wisdom of get- ting patients strong before they leave | hospital is at once apparent. However we are gradually coming | to it as we read about the work done at the Burke I"'oundation, White Plains, N.J. Dr, Frederic Bush says "sleep, rest and peace of mind form the largest part of the treatment of oup patients who are recovering from their illness but these things alone will not carry depressed and disheartened persons safely back to health of body and mind, And so games are used because Dr, Bush says that these convalescents, {mensions than that as they are called, regain courage through play. So golf on a "small" scale is used, with holes from 10 to 70 yards in length. Golf gives exercise in walk- ing, using the club in strokes, and the patient is intensely interested. Quoit pitching and baseball, and light forms of football, lawn bowling, are other forms of games that are not too strenuous. And as you think about it, there can be no doubt that an exercise like bowling or baseball, that really in- terests the patient, will stimulate him to effort much more effectively than the ordinary calesthenic exer cise. Play is worth a lot to everybody sick or well, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act) TO SUBMIT REPORT ON FUNDY POWER PLAN I aad Ottawa, Jan. 26, -- Government engineers investigating the gigan- tic scheme to harness the tides of the Bay of Fundy for hydro-elec- trio power are expected to report within the next two weeks. W, A. I'ound, deputy Minister of Fisher- ies stated. The scheme envigages the build- ing of a chain of dams across Pas- amaquoddy Bay so that advantage might be taken of the high tides there, A development of greater di- at Niagara I'alls {3 in prospect, with a capac- ity of 600,000 horse power. Tear has heen erpressed that fisheries might be seriously affect- ied through the change in currents iwhich would result. Government en- gineers have heen investigating the nroject to decide what might be ex- pected in that connection, In 1926 a Dominion charter was eranted to the Dexter P, Cooper Company for the developmen lscheme, It contained a stipulation Biggar, Turner & Crawford Stock and Bond Brokers ESTABLISHED 19032 Members Toronto Stock Exchange Associate Members N Direct Private Wires to New York and Toronto Quotations Boarded on New York, Toronto, Montreal and Standard Mining Exchanges Enquiries and Correspondence Solicited OSHAWA OFFICE Telephone 2600-1 Alger Building, Opposite Post Office ¥. G. CARSWELL, Manager ew York Curb Market that before final approval shoul. be given the plans, the Ministers of Marine and Fisheries, Public Works and Interior must be satis- fied as to its various ramifications. The question of the fisheries has loomed up as the most contentious matter to be dealt with, ------ E---- StoBIE-FORLONG &(@ STOCKS BONDS Office: Reford Bu AND WELLINGTON S18 Je S. F. 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