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A PAGE FOUR EE A THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER N of Ontario, Darham and Northumberland, $3.90 'a year; elsewhere in Canada, $400 & year; U States, $5.00 a year. . TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U, 8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929 A NEW MEDITERRANEAN In a special "Great Lakes to the Ocean" edition, ublished recently, the Detroit Times makes a strik- ng appeal for the consummation of the project which means so-much to both Canada and the United States, the development of the St. Lawrence Waterway. The edition in itself is remarkably comprehensive, and, in addition to providing a wealth of facts and figures, gives the considered and signed opinions of some ot the outstanding leaders in the political life of the state of Michigan, the United States at large, and in the dominion of Canada, The summing up of the whole edition is that it is a reasoned and urgent appeal to the powers that be in the United States to take immediate action to reach an agreement with the government of Canada for the carrying out of this huge project. Even today the needs of a waterway from the Great Lakes to the ocean are readily apparent, and its advantages easily recognized, How much greater the nced and the ad- vantages will be ten years from now, for it would take eight or ten years to complete the project, can be risualized in the light of the continuous progress and fevelopment of those sections of Canada and the United States which will be directly benefitted by the waterway, PEE TE Detroit, of course, is vitally interested in the pro- ject, but not any more so than every one of the towns and cities which are situated on Lake Ontario, whe- ther in Canada or the United States, For those sec- tions of Ontario contiguous to Lake Ontario, the de- velopment of the St. Lawrence Waterway would mean 8 new era of progress, a re-vitalizing of industrial and economic life, and a growth such as has never been seen even in the most balmy days of the past. The Detroit Times special edition is, of course, largely devoted to the benefits of the waterway to the state of Michigan, but Ontario's position is almost ex- actly the same. Ontario, in fact, has even greater + yeason to favor the project than has Michigan, for practically the whole southern boundary of this pro- vince would lie along its route, eR Discussing the advantages to Michigan, and these can be applied just as readily to Ontario, the follow- ing statements arc found throughout the pages of the edition: "No great project that has ever been promul- gated or even dreamed of means more to the whole of Michigan than the Great Lakes to the Ocean enterprise that seems about to become a reality, To think what it means to the present, as well as to coming generations, is almost impossible for one to visualize. Great ocean vessels will pass and stop at our front door; shipping to all ports of the world will become an everyday occurrence; thousands of men will be employed to handle this wonderful tonnage, and last, but not least, De- troit will be linked, as never before, to her neigh- bors across the seas." "It means more to Michigan than to any other single state, because Michigan has the longest shore line of any state in the union, and there fore Michigan has the most potential ocean ports and the greatest opportunity for their develop- ment." * 2 & » And here, perhaps, is the thought which appeals most to the imagination, but, at the same time, shows the vast erading possibilities of the scheme. "It will transform the Great Lakes into a new Mediterranean Sea of the western hemisphere, It will extend the ocean 2000 miles inland and create a myriad of new seaports with direct access to all other world ports .... It will be the greatest marketing device ever created in the world's his- tory . ++. It will pay for itself and more in the hydro-electric energy that it will produce. It will save to manufacturers and industry generally, it further is estimated, as much as to the farmers and power users combined." These are all statements backed by sound reason ing. Just as the Mediterranean Sea was the centre of the early commercial development of the old world, and formed the means whereby men learned to trade with cach other, and just as it has built up a vast commercial business for those countries benefitting by it, so will the development of the St. Lawrence Waterway transform the Great Lakes, all the way from the St. Lawrence to the head of the lakes, into 2 vast a ue for ocean-going traffic. * *® * LJ It must be remembered, too, that much of the ork to make the Great Lakes to the Ocean project reality has already been done. The Welland Canal, ¢ of the most vital links in the project, will soon completed, and the canals at the Soo are already 1 operation, There alone remains the St. Lawrence tion to be developed, and it appears that the cost this section will be between $175,000,000 and $200,- 00,000. It seems a staggering amount of money, but when one considers the vast potentialities of the pro ject, and the fact that the undertaking will have to THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929 be a joint Canada and the United States, one _in part at least, it is far from being beyond the realms rig hi + 0h e ha When the great Canadian rail transportation sys- tems were started, the country would have been stag- gered at the idea of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on them, 'Yet hundreds of millions have been spent, and these great public utilities are actually paying dividends. So the expenditures necessary for the St. Lawrence development, while admittedly large, are not beyond the power of this country, and, with the development which will follow, should be absorbed just as easily as have been the gigantic railway ex- penditures, i . * As a community, Oshawa should stand strongly be- hind the St. Lawrence development project. All that the Detroit Times has to say regarding its potentia- lities to that city applies with equal force to this city, As a rapidly growing industrial centre, Oshawa stands to reap untold benefits from the Great Lakes to. the Ocean waterway plan, What water transpor- tation to all the markets of the world, direct from an Oshawa harbor to the ultimate market, and what the possibility of bringing raw materials from all parts of the world direct to Oshawa's industrial plants by water, would mean to the industries of this city is tremendous. With an ambitious harbor development, and a waterway making it possible. for ships to come direct from the ocean ports of the world to that har bor, Oshawa would have a glorious future, far greater than any of its present generation: of citizens can fully realize, It may be a dream of the future only, but it is a dream which is worth putting into practi- cal form, and it is only by the consummation by the governments of the United States and Canada of the St. Lawrence Waterway project, that it will ever come true in its fullest possible greatness, THE INSURANCE INQUIRY The motorists of Ontario can find cause for satis- faction in the manner in which Mr. Justice Hodgins is carrying out his inquiry into the increases in automo- bile insurance rates. In spite of the protests of the companies, whe might be expected to protest, he is in- sisting that they shall provide him with complete re- cords and data of their past operations, and the fact that the companies are unwilling to give this infor~ mation suggests that the increases were not justified. When the increased insurance rates were announced, The Times was the first newspaper to protest against them, and to demand that there be an inquiry by the attorney-general of Ontario, The granting of the in- quiry, and the manner in which it is being conducted, proves that the attitude of The Times was timely and justified, and should serve as a notice to the automo- bile insurance companies that motorists have some rights which should be respected, and that the prin- ciple of making the traffic bear more than it can stand cannot safely be applied to the field of auto- mobile insurance, BUILDING HOMES The outstanding feature of the building activities in Oshawa is the large number of permits which have been taken out for the construction of residences. Building of homes has so far this year, predominated in the building activity, and while the building of fac- tories would be very welcome as a sign of new indus- trial progress, yet it is encouraging to find so many new homes being erected. Home building always makes for stability in a com- munity. No city can be any greater than its homes, and if there is a scarcity of houses to accommodate its people, then there is an unnatural and unhealthy condition. Oshawa has for some years suffered from a condition of that kind, and the only way in which it can be relieved is by the construction of more dwelling houses. The fact that so much home-building activity is going on is a reassuring sign that Oshawa's growth is proceeding along sane lines, along the lines which will make for permanent growth and stability. « Other Editors Comment ~ THE LEISURE OF THE PEOPLE (Winnipeg Liberte Ind.) To know a people well, it is less important to know how they dress and what they eat, and the conditions of their labor, than to see what use they make of their leisure time: what they read, the shows they go to, and the sort of artistic recreation they indulge in, It is in fact in their diversions, in the moments when they are left to themselves, that societies be- come really natural, and show most clearly what are their. tastes, their inclinations and aspirations, COMMUNIST OUTBURST . (Kirkland Lake Northern News) If it is true that Finlanders or other foreigners, are the leaders in these communistic outbursts, then the sooner they are told that if they arc not satisfied with the freedom granted them in Canada under the Union ack, the sooner they get back to their own land the etter, With other communists, who may claim the right of birth as Canadians or British subjects, the sooner hey are taught by process of law that their personal liberty depends upon their respect for the rights of others, the better, - « Bits of Verse » - TO A WOOD ANEMONE Anemone-- Mauve-tinted delicacy! Your little wind-blown dress Flutters among the violets That stain the woodland paths with purple. I can see you shine In little companies of white Under the tall tree nis, alling to me to com § Ty Be e and see you dance And when the noonday sun sends out a shaft of gold Across the open spaces. You gleam A white note in a song of emerald! A white note in a song of emerald! ~Florence Irene Gubins, ; MYSELF I have to live with myself and so-- I want to be fit for myself to know, I want to be able as days go by Always to look myself straight in the eye, I don't want to stand with the setting sun And hate myself for the things I've done, But I want to go out with my head erect, I want to deserve all men's respect. And here in this struggle for fame and pelf, I want to be able to like myself-- I don't want to look at myself and know, That I am bluster, bluff and empty show, I never can hide myself from me; I sec what others may never see-- I know what others may never know. I never can fool myself and so, Whatever happens I want to be Self-respecting and conscience-iree, That Body of urs By James W. Barton, M.D. CHANGING YOUR TEMPER. © MENT Did you ever realize that your dige position or temperament is very much like that of one or both of your parents, or their parents? Perhaps you have considered this as only a natural sort of thing, be- cause yougresemble one or other of your parents in the color of your Jair, eyes, and in the build of your y/ Now as these characteristics are to some extent dependent on the juice of the ductless glands, so also may your temperament be due to the balance of these glands, I have written before about these ductless glands and how they affect the growth, development, and actions of the body; the thyroid lands in the neck secrets a fluid which has- tens the action of the different pro- cesses; the adrenal glands, one above cach kidney, which slow down. or steady the processes; the pituitary gland at under side of _the brain which affects or regulates the growth of bones, and the deposit of fat on certain parts of the body. And now Dr, Huxley of Oxford has recently stated that temperament is largely a matter of the balance of the glands of internal secretion. If these glands are working at a rate that just fits or suits one ane other then you will get what might be called the ideal temperament "Many men who had office posi- tions in civil life came back from the war with altered temperaments. The violent activities into which they were forced made demands on these and other glands which there pre. vious life had nover done. The glands responded by increased activity and a new balance of all the glands was set up, These men began to live at a new rate or an angle and have continued to do so." Now what does this mean? That these glands with which we were born can actually be inflyenced to increase their activity according to the circumstances used to over- come a deficiency of that particular gland of the body, Already we have thyroid extract for goitrous conditions, adrenal ex- tract to stimulate heart action in persons apparently dead, and pituit- ary extract to increase necessary contraction of certain muscles in the body. . An individual may some day be "sized up" from the standpoint of his ductless glands, and an unstable temperament thereby made stable. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). . Bits of Humor s | ONE MUST EAT "Your sweetheart is rich but if you marry her you must give yp smoking and drinking," "Yes, but if I do not marry her, I must give up eating." --Fauy, Patron at table--Oh, say, waite er! how long have You been em- ployed here? Waiter--Six weeks, sir. Patron--Pardon me--then ft isn't you that I've ordered that steak from. NOT SO DUMB "I. want a pair of squeany oup pers, size 10." "Squeaky slipers? Who for?" "Father; so my boy frienu van hear him coming down the hall.""-- Answers, TOO FAR GONE First: Gish, I couldn't swear off to off for New Year's? Second: Petting. I'm going to keep my kisses for the man I mar- First: Gish, I couldn't swear off to save my neck.--Judge. Muskete, Vienna, TO SALVE $5,000,000 IN GOLD An attempt will be made to save the $5,000,000 in bullion sunk off Brest, France, in the liner Egypt during the World war. An Italian company which salved the Belgian steamship Elizabeth also a war vice tim, will have charge. The latest German diving outfit, which ena- bles divers to work for several hours at 200 fathoms, will be used. BROADWAY CHINESE SCORED When Anna May Wong, the mo- tion picture actress, appeared in London recently in "The Circle of Chalk," written by an unknown Chinese author 600 years ago, Lon- doners liked the Chinese plot, the Chinese music, and the Chinese set- ting, but declared that the Broad- way accent to the star's Chinese did not fit into the production. CHINESE FLAPPER A LA PARIS Paris fashions in women's clothes are all the rage in Pekin, China, this season, and the Chinese flap- per contends that individuality of dress is . sign of progress. Native dress has given way to silks, close- fitting hats and light stockings. But the ideas of her ancestors have made her feet unsuited to the mod- ern high-heeled shoe. CHRIST POR ALL~ALL POR THE FIRST TEST--And when the tempter came to Jesus he said, If thou be the Son of God, com- mand that these stones be made bread. But he answered and sald, It is written, Man shall not live | by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.--Matthew 4:3, 4. PRAYER---"Shall not we Thy sorrows share, And from earthly joys abstain?" wim ti -la I "The British Labour Party And the General Election Article No. 2 ' A REPLY TO MR. SHAW by : HERBERT C. WILLIAMS, Prominent Board of Trade Leader (Copyright--By Arrangement with Anglo-American Newspaper Service) 1 have read with care and inter est the article on the subject of the Labour party and unemploy- ment by my friend the Rt. Hon, Thomas Shapv, M.P. He complains that it is a difficult matter even to give an outline of Labour's policy on unemployment and in- dustry in a short article. I sym- pathise with him. A real substan- tial policy can always be stated in a few words, though it may take many to justify it. A vague, indef!- nite policy always needs a volume of words, even to state it, Bricks Without Straw I congratulate Mr. Shaw, never. theless on his capacity for making bricks without straw, for his ar- ticle makes good reading, and may even induce some simple souls to believe that the Labour Party, has an unemployment policy, Let us try to pick out the state- ments of policy from the sur- rounding mass of argument. "Scrap the parasites on Indus- try." This is merely repeating what Mr. Baldwin said at Glasgow some weeks ago. 'Squeeze the water out of Capi- tal." . This is a truism that everyone believes in and acts on as soon as he conveniently can. "Danish farmers have no nat- ural advantages--except brains." This pricelesg little bit I hand over to the Farmer's Union to deal with, Mcans Nothing "Co-operation, scientific meth- od, coordination, and centraliza tion are better than our old meth- ods," This is impressive, means nothing except should keep up-to-date. "What a rellef it would be if we could get rid of most of our arma- ment burdens." This is common ground, Locar- no Angora, the Irish Boundary Settlement, the Kellogg Pact, and the Commercial Treaty with China are big steps in the right direc- tion. No previous Government has such a good record in work for Peace as the present one, On the other hand a sudden re- duction in armament expenditure would probably 'create more un- employment than it would re- lieve. Why did Mr. Shaw vote against the reduced armament burden at Pembroke or Rosyth? "Every effort ought to be made to develop trade to a much larger degree in China, India and Rus- sia, to allay suspicion where it exists and to develop friendship where now a certain uneasiness, to say the least of it, exists.' I agree. In China our policy has won through, In India prospects are improving rapidly: 'in Rus- sla the impediments to trade are none of them of our making, but all of Russia's, Russia and Russians can trade perfeciy freely here; we cannot do so there. Empire Trade As to development of Empire trade, I know that Mr, Shaw is as keen as I am, but when he writes about marketing Canadian pro- ducts in such a scientific way, that the consumer pays a reasonable price and the grower gets the full reward of his labour, I am afraid he ig using the word 'scientific' as a means of concealing the fact that he has no coherent policy. 'Labour would he in favour of developing our own country." Mr, Shaw is hardly original there, and when he proceeds to specify re-afforestation road mak- ing, bridge building, land drain- age, and the like, I would point out to him that far more is now being done than whey he was Minister of Labour, for the amount devoted by the Exchequer to roads was £15,563,000 in Mr. Snowden's Budget ag compared with £21,300,000 this year. Relief Work Finally, Mr. Shaw, before he recapitulates, winds up with the proposal of his party's Bill, several times discussed in this Parlia- ment and every time riddled, What did that Bill propose? To set up a Cabinet Committee as a statu- tory authority and to provide £10,000,000 a year for relief work. A Cabinet Committee does not need an Act of Parliament for such a Committee exists, and as to relief works, we all know that they are merely devices for re- distributing unemployment, and not for reducing it. Speaking in the House of Com- mons as Prime Minister on Feb. 14, 1924, Mr. MacDonald sald: "We are not going to diminish in- dustrial capital in order to pro- vide relief," and then proceeded to show quite clearly that, broadly speaking, no help could come (rom relief works. ! No Policy At All In brief, therefore, the Labour Party has no policy at all to deal with unemployment. Mr, Shaw quite properly wants industry to '"'adopt, adapt, and im- prove," to use the Prince of Wales's most apt expression. This process is always going on, at times very rapidly at other times gradually It is the normal routine work of Ministers and De- partments to assist it Where pos- sible, Sometimes wa may be a lit- tle lacking in vigour, as others in foresight, or, again, in courage in takings, risks. It is only ships which can be of the 100 Al class; human beings are at best below it, but there is nothing of value which Mr. Shaw suggests which is not but really that we being pursued today with greater vigour than shown by Mr. Shaw and his colleagues in 1924, Positive Proposals In addition we have positive, proposals, e.g., de-rating of indus- try and agriculture, so as to reduce costs of production, and application of safeguarding after enquiry to equalise our costs with foreign costs by reducing the one and forcing up the other. Mr. Shaw asserts that much unemployment is due to excessive production, and then, after a diversion into other matters, urges reater efficiency, which would therease production still further. e is in an intelectual dilemma. Actually, of course, it is not over- production, but unbalanced pro- duction which . Mr, Shaw should gird at, Finally, may I draw Mr. Shaw's attention to the fact that when he and his colleagues took office the number of cpal miners out of work was only about 30,000 or 2% per cent., and it continued at this level for about four months, Then it started to rise rapidly and reached 130,000 at the end of October, 1924, The circum- stances which caused this rise con- tinued to operate after the Con- servative Government took offi-e, and in June, 1925, there were 315,000 coal miners out of work. Out of this situation there ulti- mately developed the coal dispute and. much of our present unem- ployment, Labour Responsible Mr. Shaw and his colleagues were responsible in part for the change that occurred in 1924, and they are accordingly responsible for much of the present situation. It would have been interesting if Mr. Shaw could have added to his article an account of the dep- utation on coal mining unemploy- ment from the Miners' Federa- tion, which, on October 1, 1924, waited on Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Shaw and others. TINTED GLASS AIDS PLANTS Seeds grow better under green- ish-yellow glass than when under plain panes. So declare workers in a greenhouse in Germany that have been experimenting with the tinted glass. Seeds planted unaer the colored panes were five times as productive as those under the plain glass, and also remalneu green longer. HARBIN BUS OWNERS UNITE Bus owners of Harbin, China, have adopted modern methods by combining, and the association new controls 110 vehicles and pays the city an annual tax of more than $16,000. The fares have been fixed at from two to five cents, according to the distance, within city limits. SHIELDS TO RENEW DES MOINES BATTLE Brands Jlowa Clergyman "Champion Slanderer of America Toronto, May 20.--Reverbera- tions from the batle of Des Moines university were heard in Jarvis Bt, Baptist church last evening when Rev. Dr. T. T. Shields read from his pulpit a denunciation of an Io- wa clergyman whom he termed "the champion slandérer of America." Just returned from Buffalo af- ter the strenuous sessions of the Baptist Bible Union of North Am- erica, Dr, Shields celebrated the 19 anniversary of his pastorate at Jar- vis street by preaching to a congre- gation which packed the church to the doors. He stated at the open- ing of his sermon that he would make only one reference to the dis- put which has been making funda- mentalist history for the past week. but his opening reference was a pungent one, The pastor read to his congrega- tion a letter from Rev. C, L, Ken- agy, minister of First Baptist Church, Waterloo, Iowa, regarding Dr. Shields' statements that a Wat- érloo clergyman wag responsible for charges made against the Bible Union president and secretary. Mr Kenagy asked that in airness to himself and a brother minister of Waterloo, Dr. Shields should an- nounce the name of the clergyman. "I have already given from pub- lic platform and to press reporters," Dr. Shields' reply read, "the name of Warren L. Steeves, of Waterloo, as the champion slanderer of Am- erica. At the proper time and place he will be made to answer for his crime, You have my full permis- sion and authority to read this tele- gram from your pulpit." BLEACHERS CROWD PANIG KILLS THD Passageway 12 Feet Wide, Mass of Struggling Humans New York, May 19.--Crowd pan- ic today cost the lives of a man and a girl at Yankee stadium, Fifty- three more, including many women and children, were injured, some seriously. The dead, Eleanor Hunter, 17, of the Bronx, a student at Hunter College, and oseph Carter, 60, were trampled underfoot when some 6, 000 persons in the righttield bleach- ers rose as one after a clap of thun- der suddenly let loose a cloudburst at about 3:15 and sought refuge from the rain, In a passageway 12 feet wide, leading from front to right under theb eachers most of the 6,000 tried to funnel themselves at once--cat- tle chutes, some of the fans call theses passageways. Why so many sought this one exit no one could explain. The bleachers rise higher at that point and extend back further, so that there is more protection, and it is Summer Tourist Io the FROM OSHAWA, ONT, In effect May 15th--To Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland and return $111.85 To Banff and return reached only via Canadian Paci- BIC +irieisivecnesemS80 10 In effect June 1st--to Lake Louise and return reached only via Canadian Paci- Bie oouicniiineeaen.. $91.60 Return Limit October 31st. Stop over allowed. Let us arrange your itinerary, IMustrated literature will be glad- berth enroute. $31 and $39.00. Ask about all Tours af the West Oshawa, Ont. ly furnished by M. R. JOHNSON, C.P.A, C.P.R. 11 King St. East, Phone 40 ees Sropie-For BONDS STOCKS GRAIN dled Otton Beton nang "TS. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 though this may have been partly responsible, CLUBB AND HAJOR AGAIN IN CABINET Reinstatement Follows Ex oneration From Power Lease Charges Winnipeg, May 19.--Hon. W, J. Major and Hon. W. R. Clubb are again members of the provineial cabinet. 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