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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1929 \ A Sncoeeding vid THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER An independént newspaper published after moon except Sundays and legal n a + Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A, RB Alloway, Secretary. @he Oshawa Dally Times 1s & member of the Cana: dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As. sociation, The Outario Provincial Dailies and the - Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 0c & week. Hy mail (ont Oshaws carrier delivery Mmits): in the Counties of Omtario, Durham and Northumber- land, $8.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a yeas. TORONTO OFFICE #07 Bond Building, un Temperance Street, Tele phone Adelaide 0107, H. D. 'Fresiddev, repre sentative, REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S. Powers and Stone, Inc., New York and Chicago. . -- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1929 mm TOURIST TRAFFIC IN ONTARIO The figures prepared by Leon Frazer, secretary of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce for the Ontario government, dealing with the value of the 1928 tourist traffic to this province, are en- Mghtening. They show the tremendous value, in dollars and cents, of this new tourist industry. Mr. Frazer has computed, from official figures, that tourists left in Ontario last year a total of $103,000,000, spent in many fleids of commercial activity. This makes the tourist trade decidedly worth while, for it is spread over the whole provinee, wherever there are provincial highways, and even beyond that to the distant resorts of hunters and fishermen, Every city located on a provincial highway has benefitted to some extent, the bene- fit being in proportion to the measure on whic. tourists pass through the various centres, . It would be interesting to know to what extent Oshawa benefitted last year from the tourist traf- fie, and to what extent the city is likely to benefit this year. Tourists, in seeking places in which to stop, desire ove of two things, a good camp- ing ground or a good hotel, This year, Oshawa, it is expected, will be able to provide both of these essential features, and, if judicious publicity were given to this fact, it might have the effect of at- teacting tourists to this city for at least an over- night stay. : 1t is admittedly diftieult for a city close to the metropolis of Toronto, to attract tourist traffic, yet, a city like this has its advantages. There are thousands of tourists whose one desire while on 8 boliday-making jaunt is to avoid the large ofties as stopping-places, 'and who prefer the smaller centres. lor these, Oshawa, as a small city close enough to the large centre to be a con- venient stopping place, has decided advantages. If the tourists can be made to realize how import- ant these advantages are, Oshawa should have an opportunity of securing a fair share of the tourist business, With the new hotel operating, and a camping site on the lake shore, this city has at- tractions to offer which not even Toronto can surpass, for after all, the only thing which To- tonto has that Oshawa has not is the great mass of people and traffic which, to a Lourist, simply make confusion worse confounded. ANONYMOUS LETTERS The Times is gratified with the manner in which the readers of the newspaper have been taking advantage of its columns to have their views on various matters of public interest pub- lished. The columns of this newspaper are at all times open to letters on subjects of public interest and in the public welfare, so long as they are kept within reasonable "ounds, and letters of this kind will always be welcomed. There is one type of letter, however, which can find no place in the columns of the Times. That is the letter which comes in under the cloak of anonymity. It is absolutely mecessary that all letters designed for publication fm this news- paper, must bear the signafure of the writer, not necessarily for publication, unless the subject is one which demands that, in thes judgment of this newspaper, amy letters bearing upon. it cam be published only over the signature of the writer, In most cases, however, pen-names are quite per- missible, so long as the name of the writer is attached as a guarantee of good faith on his or her part. For anonymous letters, there is only ope place, and that is the capacious wastepaper pasket which reposes alongside the editor's desk. THE PREVALENCE OF WAR TALK wi it was probably an unwise move for the Hon. R. B. Bennett, in his first address of the session in the house of commons, to make so of the belligerent speeches of certain hot- United States legislators, it campot be gainsald that there is some foundation for the sentiments which he expressed. J The latest issue of "The Literary Digest", which collects and summarizes the opinions of United States newspapers, thinks the subject of so much importance that its leading article deals with it, aad under the caption, "War With Britain Not Under this heading are quoted statements of leading mewspapers im which they openly express their fears that Britain and the United States are drifting towards war. For instance, an editorial writer for the Scripps-Howard chain of mnews- papers says that relations between the two comn- tries are "in a bad way". The New York World says that' war *ls thinkable" between Britain and the United States, and William Philip Simms, a special writer in the Washington News, says that "admittedly the spectre of war hovers black and ugly in the background." The Troy Record re- marks "There is something wrong", and, the Bos- ton Globe says, "This whole problem is a challenge to' statesmanship in both America and in Eng- land, Statesmen cannot prefer to let it slide and remain statesmen." - : The bright spot in the situation, however, is found in the number of newspapers which be- lieve that the whole problem can be straightened out by a mutual understanding. In creating that understanding, ' Canada can play a large part as interpreter of British gentiments to the United States, This is why 'Mr, Bennett's speech was un- fortunate, since it has been quoted far and wide: throughout the United States as indicative of the viewpoint of a great Canadian political party, If peace is to remain with the world in the future, there must be greater forbearance be- tween the nations, and those who are raised to' places of authority need to bend their strongest possible energies towards creating feelings of trust where mistrust prevails today, THE NARCOTIC DRUG PROBLEM There are few prob.ems today perplexing the world to any greater extent than that of the world-wide traffic in bparcotic drugs, The nar- . cotic drug habit is the worst curse of humanity, since it robs men and women of their vitality and their senses, degrades them physically, and renders them unfit to associate openly with their tellows, For years, the na.ons of the world have been trying to evolve a plan to, curb the activities of those who fatten themselves on the sufferings of the narcotic addicts, : ; The League 0f Nations has been making some efforts in this direction, and through that channel Spain has offered a solution which might be workable, The Spanish proposal places the im- portation and dis.ribution of nagcotics in the hands of a state monopoly,.in the hope that this will' eliminate the securing of narcotics by those who have no desire to use them for legi.imate purposes. There are some good points in this plan, yet it is doubtful if it would be effective in preventing the smuggling which has been so large a feature of this {illicit trade, Control of liquor by the Ontario government, which has a monopoly on its importation and distribution, has by no means re- moved the curse of excessive alcoholism from this province, nor bas it done away with the boot- legger. Therefore, it is just a question whether any method of control, no matter how well-mean- ing it may be, would be fuily effective in doing away wih the trafficking in narcotic drugs, EDITORIAL NOTES During these beautiful. I"ebruary days, every- one can have a place in the sunshine. For ages men have worked for the public; the present age seems largely to have eliminated. the word "for", The reason most chronic patients require a "change of air is that they have. become a nuisance to the doctor. The training of Britishers to work in the do- minions is & good idea, provided that first of all they have the will to work, Here is the most successful system knows, You pursue happiness, the pursuit gives you exercise; exercise gives you health; health gives you hap- piness. Lloyd George has been trying to tell the people of Britain that the Conservative party is down and out. That sounds funny coming from the leader of the party which has been a poor third in every election in Britain for years. A Toronto organization is trying to work up interest in a movement to abolish capital punish- ment. It can recruit a lot of members from the ranks of those who are carrying gums ip their pockets waiting for a chance to stage a hold-up. ~ Other Editors' Comment -- THE "CRABBERS" Railroad Em JURIES AND MERCY (St. Thomas Times-Journal) We Have noticed, juries have attached By ere). 1 8.20 business of x of mercy to virtue, 'This EXPECTATION Sometime, somewhere, we shall surely meet, sun they homing go, "Tell them, = the noone En that: several recommendations (Ta | 0, 'Lite you are to me it seems an empty monotone No longer colored with sweet dreams or "What I'll do when grown', Such as my childish fancy wove e'er I had sought to learn The path that left that sylvan . rove where I cannot re- urs How dear each day, each hour complete with simple happy : things The Pipes of Pan still sounded beside the Fairy sweet Springs And Laughter swept through merry glades where Joy reigned all supreme ' But that dear land has now be- come an idle, golden dream' TA, G. Lee, Oshawa. Europe is in the throes of a terrible storm, which quickly robbing many nations of their people, It is not a peculiar fact that and the United States not ago gradually wore the ravaging epidemic off and now Europe is staggering under its ine fluence, What disastrous re sults might ensue if the flu strikes the districts where dwell the struggling peasants. LJ] Lindbergh is engaged, So the despatches tell us, Despite the fact that the age-old joke "I told you so" is used with discretion howa- days, we might suggest that this axiom might be implied wilh ref- erence to the country's knowledge that it "wouldn't be long now." LJ] "Man hypnotizes himselt and undergoes operation' = headline, We consider this to be a scientific operation of the highest national imporiance. It is reported that this means of "inducing" an anaesthetic is used a great desl France, but so many are against its principles because they believe it is attributed to "black magic' or some- thing that it's use in America is somewhat minimized, The sooner a public which is une intelligent regarding matters of this type allows science to point out the wonders of such a demonstration, the quicker science will in the interests of its public. NM LJ "Wrecks cars to save dog's Iife"--headline. This sentence brings to mind a picture of the local dog-catcher's "buginess" vehicle. How imporiant it is, says the dvg catcher, but how many dogs are sent to their dog's heaven by him. If the sentence were to read "Wrecked car takes dog's life" it would probably be a more modern version of the case, LJ ] Solace for the Beautiful Bat Dumb Rhodors, if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasied on the earth and sky dear, if eyes were made for seeing Then beauty is its own excuse for being. ---Emerson. - Bits of Humor . AFTER THE ACCIDENT The Victim--But, lady, you put out your hand. . Fair Motorist (recently engaged)-- Sorry. I was just admiring my new ring~Motor Age. A LACHRYMOSE VISIT New Hampshire paper: "The Rev. Robgrt Walters has gone to Chicago for a weep." To us in Boston it seems rather a far cry.--~Boston Transcript. FEMININE REASON Bobby (who's been to the zoo)-- Why do elephants have such big trunks? Betty (aged nine)--They have to come all the way from India, stupid. ~--Bombay Times. NO WONDER The Young Wife--How do you Jike the joint, dear? ' Her Husband--Fine; vy? , "I wondered how soon you'd miss it, you absent-minded boy. You did n't bring a drop with the meat." WHAT HE MEANT The theatre magnate was i actors for the new me interviewed 2 young player who seemed perfectly satisfactory for the part, but asked a salary fhat made the magnate's hair rise. "No! no! You are too inquisitive!" the magnate. aspirant was bewildered. be ow do you mean--inquisitive?" ic "You ask too much," the theatre man retorted. but where's ~The heart is deceitful can know it?--Jeremiah 179. PRAYER--O God, take my heart and make it Thine. GOD KNOWETH THE HEART, LIQUOR QUESTION LIKELY 0 COME UP AGAININBL. | Speech From Throne Ignores Problem at Opening of Present Legislature Victoria, B.C, Feb, 14 --~Wheth- er the British Columbia legislature will once again re-open the liquor question at its present session has not yet been definitely indicated, but it is almost certain to be dealt with in some way or other, even though the speech from the Throne ignored fit, A 'systam of government control of liquor sales is now in effect in British Columbia, this having been adopted after an unfavorable exper- fence with prohibition, The sys- tem has been frequently amended but in its essential features it is virtually the same as when the legislation was originally enacted October 20, 197), On that date the people of British Columbia went on record as being in favor of gov- ernment control of the sale of li- quor "in sealed packages' at stores owned and controlled by the government, All purchasers of liquor must possess a license to be produced with the signature of the licensee whenever a purchase is made. Non-residents of the province can purchase liquor by the securing of a permit good for each purchase. Not for Beer Sale These conditions do uot apply to. the sale of beer, however, Al- though beer may be purchased in bottles at the government stores, it may also be secured by the glass at licensed beer parlors owned and operated by private interests, who, however, must buy their stocks wholesale from the government, These beer parlors ure similar to the old-time saloon except that on- ly beer may be obtained there and there 18 no "bar-rail" drinking. All beer must be consumed on the premises when purchased at the parlors which are equipped with booths and tables, Beer parlors are established ac- cording to local option. Vancouver, for instance, has more than sixty beer parlors because a majority of the voters favored the system. Vie. toria has none because beer-by- the-glass plebiscites have been re- peatedly turned down in that city. Beer-drinking Victorians who are averse to buying their beer by the bottle at the government stores which are, incidentally, establish- ed in all centres of population re- gardless of local sentiment, must travel to the adjacet municipality of Esquimalt to slake their thirst, for Esquimalt voted for beer by the glass and has its own parlors, Chief criticism of the present liquor system has been that it pro- vides opportunity for graft snd charges o fcorruption were made against members of the last govern- ment in connection with commjs- sions on purchases from Old Coun- try distilleries and it was alleged these commissions found their way into party campaign funds, These charges were subsequently repudi- ated by a royal commission but the possibilities of graft are still held up by opponents of liquor control as a grave defect ip the system, At present the adminfs- tration of the Liquor Act is the business of a controller who is an- swerable to the legislature, al- though enforcement comes within the jurisdiction of the attorney- general's department acting through the provincisl police. The provincial government has made repeated efforts to secure authority to control privately-own- ed export liquor houses it being contended that these establish- ments operating outside the juris. diction of the province under fed- eral license, were able to import largé quantities of liquor in bond from foreign countries and export it ostensibly for delivery in Mexico or some other non-prohibition country although, in reality, it trickled through smuggung chan- nels to the United States. The Bri- tish Columbia government main- tainel that so long as it lacked authority over these houses border rum-runing could not be stopped. This feature of the liguor question may be dealt with during the pres- ent session. Another point likely to be raised ing privileges which they enjoyed before government control came into foree. English Accent Is Sought by Americans London, Feb. 18.~The English \ "TODAY'S LIST OF AUTO AC. IDENTS GIRL INJURED Toronto, Keb, 14.,--Seven-year- old eVra Sligh, 12 Sword sreet, suffered cuts about the 'face when she was struck by a motor car driven by George Tuff, 846 Lo- gan avenue ,at Gerrard and Sack- ville streets, yesterday afternoon. The child 'was removed to St. Michael's hospital, Her condition is not serious, DROWNED IN AUTOMOBILE Detroit, Feb, 14.--John J. Hildebrandt, 16 years old, was drowned yesterday when the auto- mobile in which he was riding crashed through the ice, on the Detroit River, a short distance from the Grosse Isle shore. The driver, Carson KE, Jackson, aged 34, saved himself by catching the edge of the ice as the car went down, INTERNALLY INJURED Toronto, Feb, 14w--Dale Burns, aged 12, of ©5698 College street, suffered severe internal injuries, when he was run oyer by a motor car driven by George Thompson, Long Branch, at College and Clin- «on streets lasg evening, The lad was removed to the Hospital for Sick Children. The mishap was caused by the lad suddenly dart- ing out from the sidewalk as the motor car was proceeding east on College street, The .motorist was not held. HUDSON BAY RY. 00ST $23,817,455 T0 END OF 1928 Expenditure Figures Tabled in the House of Commons Ottawa, Feb. 14.--The total ex- pneditures of the department of railways in connection with the con- struction of the Hudson Bay rail- way since 1911-12 to the end of December, 1928, amounted to $23,- 817,465.75, according to a return tabled in the house of commons Tuesday. On the Port of Nelson the department spent $6,273,217.88 and on Churchill $3,541,185.09 has been disbursed. The costs to the railway depart- ment in full in the purchase .an transport of all supplies to Nelson or Churchill were as follows: Material and equipment: land $2,166,439.76; water $2,122 649.- 64; air, $99,118.55; Transporta- tion; land, $89,374.62; water $1,- 113,449.19. In the period from 1911-12 to June 20, 1928, the marine and fisheries department spent a total of $1,467,932.5%, made up of fol- lowing sums in connection with the Hudson Bay railway: Hydro survey $361,737.11 trip of Aranmore re beacons $69,278.44; marine expenditures of the last ex- pedition, $603,983.23; air force $432,933.79. The smithy of Gretna Gréen, the historic Scottish resort of runaway couples, had a record year in 1928, The number of mrarriages contract- ed by joining hands across the blackemith's anvil averages four for each week of the year, SASKATCHEWAN ASKS BOUNDARY EXTENSION TO SEA Application Will Be Laid Before the Federal Government Regina, Feb, 14.--Saskatchewan is seeking an outlet to the sea, Pre- mier J, G. Gardiner and the mem- bers of his Cabinet, who will meet members of the Dominion Govern- ment in conference to discuss the terms upon which the natural re- sources shall be transferred to the Province,will ask for an extension of the boundaries of Saskatchewan northward to Coronation Gulf in the Arctic and along the west coast 'Hudson Bay to give the Province an outlet to the sea through Chester field inlet, "We are going to ask that the western boundary of Saskatchewan be extended due north to Cotropa- tion Gulf on the Arctic," stated Premier Gardiner in an interview with The Morning Leader, "and that the northern and eastern houn- daries follow the coastline along the Arctic and along the west coast of the Hudson Bay southward un- til it reaches the northern boun- dary of Manitoba and thence west to the present eastern boundary of Saskatchewan." "We have two good reasons for making this request, First, we claim that our natural mineral area ex- tends out of the northern part of our Province into the territory that we are asking to be added to the Province, Second, the. natural outlet to the sea from this miner- alized area to the Hudson Bay Is through Chesterfield Inlet." Premi¢r Gardiner also announced that Bram Thompson, K, C., Re- ina a recognized authority on con- stitutional law, would accompany the Saskatchewan delegation to Ot- tawa in an advisory capacity re- garfling the return of the matural resources. ; Ottva Awaits Application Ottawa. Feb, 14, -- Membirs of the Dominion Cabinet available de- clined to discuss the proposals of Saskatchewan for' an extension of the boundaries "of that Province. The vicw expressed was that until such a request had been officially made the sur~estion was one which could hardly be commented upon. The conference between the Do- minfon Government apd Premier Gord'ner and members of his Cabi- net for the return of natural re- d [sources to Sagkat-hzwan will open here on Tuesday next, Premier Mac- kenzie King, Hon. Charles Stewart, Hon, C. A. Dunning and other Ca- That _ Wovy, of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D, FOOD CAUSES ECZEMA. One of the mean skin ailments of which I have written before is ecz~ ema, You may remember that it usually begins with a redness, then little raised points, which become watery and later excrete a sort of light pus; this is followed by scales, scabs, and sometimes by fissures or open cuts in the skin, There is nearly always itching which is one of the ways it is diagnosed, Just what causes eczema is still unknown, but that there is a heredi- tary tendency, and that the manner in which the body handles or fails to handle certain foods is a factor, is now agreed, : The foods to avoid are said to be, ork, preserved meats, veal, foose, iver, fresh' bread, hot bread, hot cakes, fried foods, acid fruits, pota- toes, butter, cream, sugar, milk, candy, very hot or very cold drinks, Safe foods are meat and vegetable soups, fresh fish, boiled or poached eggs, any cereal breakfast foods ex- cept oatmeal, stale bread, spinach, lettuce; asparagus, beans and peas, figs, prunes, oranges, stewed fruits, water, with limited amounts of tea, coffee, milk, cocoa, buttermilk, However Dr, B, Usher, Montreal, has been comparing the blood sugar in normal individuals with thcse having eczema. In those with ecz- ema there was a large per cent who showed more delay in assimilating the starch or sugar than in those free from eczema, From his experiments Dr. Usher feels that in itself dextrose or sugar formed by starchy food does not cause eczema. However it has been shown recent- ly by investigators that human sweat or perspiration makes an excellent culture medium or food for organ- isms. Now these organisms are present on the skin all the t'me and seem to be lmrmless, but it is be- lieved that in persons whose cells or tissues do not handle or take care of, starchy foods properly, that these organisms seem to bgcome more ac tive and irritate the skin. And it has been shown that these organisms vary in number and ac- tivity with the amount of sugar in the sweat. The only thought here is that food is still the big factor in causing eczema and the afflicted individual must work out his own salvation by avoiding the articles of food which aggravate the condition in his par- ticular case, binet Ministers will me:t the Sas- katchewan representatives, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) mm -- SromethRioncs@ AND WELLINGTON S18 S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 11 King Strest East, Oshews -- Above CPR Ofiee Phone 143 and 144 par excellence. a Now try The Parker Duofold's pol- ished iridium-tippod point 'Pressureless Writing 'Parker "Duofold Feature 'This is the writer's pen