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1 a THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1929 She Oshawa Baily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER An independent newspaper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays, at' Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Syn Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Sec.' retafy. "The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana- dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' Ase sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 10¢ a week. By mail (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE #07 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1929 German finances are in a much better condition i : . than Dr, Schacht will admit, and are not anxious to reduce their claims, which are already far below the original reparations fixed at the peace conference, and also below 'the scales fixed in the Dawes plan. The chief hope for a settlement lies in the fact that the Dawes scales would remain in effect again if a settloment is mot reached at the present con- ference. Since they are much heavier than the amount now demanded by the Allies, the Germans would have a great deal to lose by a point-blank re- fusal to accept the Allied terms. A great deal is in- volved in this question, for on its settlement depends the financial stability of Europe. For that reason, it is to be hoped that a way out that will satisfy all parties concerned will be found, BALDWIN'S ANNOUNCEMENT The election announcement of Premier Baldwin of Great Britain was characteristically Conservative. He had nothing spectacular to offer. He waved no Midas wand before the people, nor did he indulge in extravagant promises with which to win the votes of the electorate. " His appeal, if it could really be termed as such, was a sane, sober, declaration, stressing the point that he had no desire to promise any more than he could perform. As is typical of him, he indulged in no high-flown rhetoric to capture the emotions of his hearers. He preferred, rather, to point to the poli- cles of steady efforts to improve the position of Bri- tish industry which his party has undertaken. Compared with the appeals of Lloyd George, with his wonderful policy of curing unemployment within two years by gigantic schemes of public works and highway improvement, Premier Baldwin's speech seems to lack fire, But it contains a great deal of good common sense, and is typical of the sane and sober outlook on life and national problems that is characteristic of the average Britisher. The Conservative detlaration of policy has now WORTH CONTINUING With last night's performance of, "Outward Bound" a remarkable play remarkably well presented, the first season of the Oshawa Little Theatre has been brought to a close. In many respects, it has been a decided success. Thanks to the efforts of its director, John Craig, the supporters of the move ment have been shown that there are in Oshawa ? those people with an abundance of dramatic talent which needs but a means for its expression, They have been shown, too, that the finest quality of plays can be produced just as successfully by well-trained and well-directed amateurs as by many of the pro- fessional companies. Those behind the Little Theatre movement have good reason to be satisfied with the result of their efforts. It is true that the membership has not been as large as had been hoped for, and that the audiences at some of the productions were smaller than théy should have been. But the first season must be largely one of education. In fact, the whole venture is more or less of an experiment, and it has had the result of placing the movement in Oshawa beyond the experimental stage, and into the realm 'of an accepted institution. The Little Theatre movement is worth continuing jn Oshawa. But it must have a larger measure of support in order to make progress. The idea that it exists for only a select few must be dissipated. The Little Theatre must be made what it is in- tended to be, an institution for all the people of the community. It is not organized for the pur- pose only of elevating the culture of the people. It is essentially intended to entertain, to help lift the people out of themselves, take them away from the busy industrial life of this community, and such a movement, it must be admitted, is one of the things which is a necessity for Oshawa. COLLECTING SOUVENIRS Now that the theft charges brought against a number of people in the Bowmanville district have been disposed of by the imposition of fines it is - possible to. make some comment oD them, It is hardly likely that any of the persons involved appreciated being classed as thieves. In their de- sire to acquire souvenirs of a tragic railway wreck, they apparently took what was nearest to their pands; irrespective of whether they were break- tng the law or not. } This is not an uncommon trait on the part of many people. There are certain types of individ- uals who have a habit of collecting souvenirs wherever they go, without regard to whether the things they collect belong to some other person. They seem unable to grasp the fact that in so doing they are stealing what does not belong to them, and yet these same people would have a horror of being charged with theft in police court. For instance, farmers complain every spring, at blossom time, of the ravages of city people on their fruit trees. These city people, out for plea- sure, and seeing the lovely blossoms. at once think it would be fine to have some of these for house decorations. So, without thinking of the loss they are inflicting on the orchard owner or con- sidering that they are stealing, they help them- selves. This is not a hypothetical case. It happens every spring. Yet it is stealing just as much as if they had put their hands into the farmer's pocket and stolen some of his money. It is a strange instinct of human nature, that instinct of collecting things seen in travels around the countryside: admirable when done in a proper and honorable manner, but despicable when It descends to the level of thoughtless but never- theless petty theft. WILL THE CONFERENCE FAIL? The reparations conference which has been going on for the last few months seems doomed to be a failure unless some means of compromise can be devised. The figure which the German spokesman has named as being the maximum amount which Germany can afford to pay in settlement of the claims against her is so far short of that named by' the Allies, that it cannot fail to be absolutely re: Jected. It was hardly to be expected, of course, that Ger- many would accept the Allied figures without a strug- gle to have them reduced. Dr. Schacht, the Ger man delegation leader, is no fool, and his whole ef- fort is being concentrated on having his country let off as lightly as possible in the matter of re- parations payments. The Ailies, on the other hand, are convinced that placed the election issues squarely before the British people. The chances of the government. have been improved more by the speech in the House of Com- mons by Philip Snowden, former Labor chancellor of the exchequer, than by the speech of Premier Bald- win, Snowden, with characteristic bluntness, stated without qualification that he disagreed with the prin- ciples of war debt settlement adopted by Britain in signed agreements, and that, if Labor came into power, these would be repudiated. It is a tradition that agreements once made by Britain must be respected by succeeding governments. This has become one of the foundation stones of British national character, and the 'attempt on the part of Snowden to advocate breaking loose from agreements solemnly made and partly carried out is bound to have a harmful effect on the Labor suc- cess in the coming election, Mr. Baldwin had nothing to say in his speech in reply to Mr. Snowden. Probably he was wise. The British people have a habit of thinking for them- selves a good deal, and the more they think over and compare the promises of Lloyd George, the radical. {sm of Snowden and the sober policy of Baldwin, the greater will be the advantage to the present government. EDITORIAL NOTES Work has never been known to hurt any man-- unless he kept too far away from it. There is one person who never complains about his ups and downs--the man who runs am elevator. The abolition of the old toll-gates on the country roads has by no means done away with the toll of the highways. The big league baseball season has started. And with it will come the usual summer-time epidemic of grandmothers' deaths. The Toronto Globe says the agreement which Can- ada has made with the United States regarding in- spection of export docks at Windsor is a gesture of goodwill that the United States will appreciate. But will it be appreciated enough to prevent the sinking of any more Canadian ships by U.S, coastguards. « Other Editors' Comment ~ FORD AND THE (St. Catharines Standard) Henry Ford dropped something of a bombshell the other day when he informed an interviewer: that he didn't kmow anything about the stock market adding that he "never looked at & stock market quotation in his life." The reporter was trying to find out what Ford thought of the recent collapse of the New York Exchange, He went to the richest and most successful man in the world for the opinion but apparently he should have approached the butcher, or the baker, or the candlestick maker. LACK PUBLICITY (Daily Express) . Qur industrial reputation depends on our not catering for the multitude, or, if we do, on giving them a better article than they can obtain any- where else, Quality, standard, the best--those are our mottoes. They pay in the end. As. with coal, so with everything else, the reward for putting nothing on the market that is not superior to everything else, while it may be tardy, is always sure. If we were only as skilled in letting the world know what we have to sell as we are in the business of making it, no depression in British in- dustry could last long -. « Bits of Verse - - er A SONG When nothing survives That once had breath, 'When nothing' lives But only death. A statue or rime, When all is done, Will remain to vex Oblivion. Immortal glory From mortal dust Will make its nest in Poem and bust. A gover that was ot all our own Had winged the word And shaped the stone; Till they were wrought Corruption free To traffic with Eternity . .. . : --Louis Ginsberg in the Amecrican Hebrew That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. FREEDOM OF THE FEET A great military leader once said that winning battles was due to "getting there first." Another said "The army that marches best, other things being equal, is the successful army." n the final examination of the men before they left for the front the examination of the feet was just as Hlarough as of the heart. Because it has been found that as many as one in ten are unable to "carry on" because of foot injuries that are due, not to deformities, but to carelessness or thoughtlessness in the care of the feet. And the cause' of most of the foot troubles was the wearing of shoes that were too small. As a matter of fact the way to teally think about your foot is to think about' it from the standpoint of the hand. The toes have as many little bones as the fingers, the foot proper has as many bones as the hand, and the ankle has almost as many--just one lecss--bones as the wrist. Now how do you treat your hand? in the warm weather you keep it absolutely free even of covering, and in the cold weather you put on mits or gloves as a protection against the cold, but the fingers, hand and wrist, are all free to do their work. Now as a matter of fact your foot has the same' little ligaments hold- ing bones together, and also muscles and tendons that pull on these bones and thus allow the foot to move in various directions. And it is these muscles that hold the bones in po- sition to support your weight. Now how do most folks think of the feet? Simply as a support that needs a feather shoe to bind the front part of the foot, corresponding to hand and fingers, into a small solid space. Nature meant this part of the foot to be free and movable. She sup- plies us with two arches, oné we call the instep, and the other supporting the ball of the foot. What is my thought? That in buying shoes the idea should be to have this "front" part of the foot able to move freely, so that all the muscles will have a chance to work instead of being bound as in a vise. The shoe should fit snugly about the ankle because the ankle bones are used to support the weight. (Registered in Accordance with the Copyright Act.) - Bits of Humor - | The village fire department was still on the job, "Why don't you stop?" yelled the 'angry house owner. 'The fire is all out." "I know it is," replied the fire captain, "but there's three win- dows yet to break." "What are you studying, John?" asked Aunt Maria. "Economics." "I dont' see no use in studying that stuff. If it's forced on you, you gotta practise it." A commercial traveller was de- tained longer than he expected at a small town, and, missing the last train, was forced to put up at a local hotel for the night. Being very anxious to catch the first train next morning he sum- moned boots and told him to be sure and call him at six. The boots promised, and as {as clock struck, true to his word he entered the bedroom. Catching hold of the sleeper, he gabe him a vigorous shake and exclaimed in a deep voice: "Yer hour has come, sir!' "You ought to be proud to ve the father of such a splendid fam- ily," said' the headmistress to her visitor, "What on earth--? Large fam- ily?" gasped the visitor. "Yes, indeed. Your daughter has had 11 of her brothers here this term to take her out. She ex- pects another tomorrow." Ofticious Friend -- "Uncle Jim, I'd get rid of that mare if I were you. She interferes pretty bad." Uncle Jim--"Yeh, she interferes, all right; but she don't interfere with nobody but herself." Landlady--"Your bottle of whis- key is finished, sir. Shall 1 get you another?" A Lodger--"Well, turn, isn't it?" its' about your The farmer met one of his new employes coming towards the house in a dripping condition. ¢ "Say, Bill," he asked, "what 'ave you been a-doin' of?" "Oh," was the reply, "I've just been 'avin' a game of cricket wi' the old bull by the pond, I won the toss and went in first." "Why does a stork stand on one leg?" "I don't know." "Why, if he lifted it, he'd fall down." GOOD OR EVIL?--Seek good, |- and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.-- Amos 5:14. PRAYER--Lord, we would seek the 1 and not the evil, and cleave to Thee all our days. CLAIM RATES BASED ON LITTLE INFORMATION COUNSEL SAYS IMPOS- SIBLE TO SAY IF REASONABLE Merit Rating Plan Ip Again Discussed at In- quiry Toronto, April 19.--The auto in- surance rates probe before Mr. Justice Hodgins, royal commis- sioner, livened considerably yes- terday afternoon when R. Leighton Foster, special counsel for the at- torney-general, stated that the rates set by the rate fixing bur- eau of the Canadian Automobile Underwriterers' association were were compiled from experience of only 40 per cent. of its members. Mr. Foster demanded that the experience of the other members of the commissioner or otherwise Lue the bureau should be filed with the commissioner or otherwise the latter would not be able to defin- itely decide if the rates of the as- sociation were reasonable. In reply E, Evan Gray, counsel tor the as- sociation, stated that in his opinion the commissioner had sufficient material before him to satisfactor- ily judge the rates... Merit Plan Outlined J. B. Laidlaw, manager of the Canadian Norwich Union Fire In- surance, filed with the commis- sioner a copy of a letter which had been sent out on March 28 to all the agents of the company, out- lining a merit rating plan of in- surance. Under it, motorists were compelled to make a statement as to their past experiences and pen- alty was provided for infractions. This announcement created consid- erable interest inasmuch as the as- sociation had taken a strong stand against such plans, Mr. Laidlaw expressed disap- proval of such plans. Estimating from the experience of his own company, 13 per cent, of the policy holders who had collision and pub- lic liability coverage made claims for loss. Nearly 90 per cent. made no claims at all. . Thus, roughly estimating close to 90 per cent. would be possible holders of the merit policy and would.obtuin the 10 per cent. discount, Thus the company would stand to lose much more heavily than otherwise. In addition, Mr. Laidlaw a@e- clared that from the experience of | his company the rates prevailing at present were tro low, although the rates had been increased this year "a very little." The commissioner adjourned all hearing until April 29. At that hearing, he stated, arrangements would have to be made for furth- er hearings. PROTEST OVER TREATMENT (OF HAMILTON WOMAN National Council May Take Up Case of Twins Born in Jail Toronto, April 19, -- Strong in- dignation expressed by women in Toronto and Hamilton last nignt over the case of Mrs. Annie Min- nigan, who gave birth to twmhms half an hour after being sent to jail in Hamilton, one of waich died, may result in representations being made by women's organiza- tions demanding of the provincial government the appointment of women policemen and women mag- strates. This and the fact that investiga- tion has been started by the prov- incial secretary, who has demand- ed a report in the case from Hon. Leeming Carr, sheriff of Went- worth county, constituted the maj- or features of the situation last night--a situation which had its beginning when Mrs, Minnigan 'was summoned to court in Hamil- ton for being in possession of al- cohol not purchased from the li- quor commission, She pleaded guilty, was fined $200 and, not having the money, was sent to jail to serve a month's imprisonment. While officials of the local branch of the National Council of Women, and of ther women's organizations expressed themselves indignantly, they stat- ed that official action must come from the Hamilton officials of the National Council. Last night there were indications that Hamil- ton women were preparing to deal with the case, MUST KNOW A.B.C'S TO OBTAIN LICENSE Angora, Turkey, Apr, 19.--Wed- ding bells henceforth ring in Turk- ey only to the turn of the new A B C's. The government has or- dered that marriage licenses may be issued in the future only to those applicants who can show cer- tificates signed by government. in- spectors testifying to their knowl- edge of the new alphabet from A "Deserters from culture," as the Turkish press calls those who have played hookey from tHe alphabet schools which the republic has opened by thousands, are thus to be penalized matrimonially, in ad- dition to suffering fines and prison sentences. (EXPLORER TELLS OF MAYA CITIES Dr. Gann Finds Same Ar- chitecture in Asia and Central America Honolulu, April 19.--Resembl- ances in the architecture of the old the ancient Maya cities of Yucatan and Central America, are beyond possible coincidence, in the opinion of Dr. Thomas Gann, of Belize, British Honduras, Dr. Gann, a famous Maya arch- aeologist, stopped in Honolulu af- ter visiting many ruins in the far east, on a mission for the London Daily Mail. "I am convinced that travellfre from Asia, probably from Indo- China, followed the equatorial cur- rent to Central America some time in the first centuries of the Chris- tian era and left their marks on Be, Maya civilization," Dr. Gann sald. "Probably they touched at the Carolinas on the way, for the meg- alithic ruins there are strikingly Similar to those of Tylum in Yuca- Pid On his present journey Dr. Gann visited the ruins of Angkor in Cambodia, Anuradhapura and Po- lonarhua in Ceylon, and Borobudur in Java, The resemblance to Maya cities he found chiefly in Cambo- Dr. Gann said he would prob- ably be criticized by fellow-scien- tists for his theory, but he cited a number of cases to substantiate his contention. - "If you were to stand in the ruins of Angkor," he said, "youn might think you were in Maya city, The chief difference is that Cam- bodian ruins are larger. The struc- Cambodian civilization and those of |, (OF 9) Road Shocks STRETCH the life out of YOUR TIRLS ? 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